GLOVER – Author Nancy Price Graff will share her new picture book “Runaway Pond,” illustrated by Bagram Ibatoulline, a delightful retelling of Glover’s most famous legend on Thursday, No. 2, beginning at 5 p.m., at the Glover Public Library. Children and adults can enjoy a storytime by the author and then engage[Read More…]
Entertainment
Paintings by Peggy Watson On Exhibit to Nov. 11
ST. JOHNSBURY – Paintings by Peggy Watson will be on exhibit at the Back Room Gallery through November 11. Originally from Brooklyn, Watson moved to Vermont after a career as an art teacher, after receiving her degree at Pratt Institute of Art. She began teaching in her home area, but[Read More…]
Mal Maiz Brings Afro-Latin Dance Music to ArtPort
ST. JOHNSBURY – Catamount Arts will present Vermont’s own Mal Maiz, at Catamount ArtPort, Friday, Oct. 20, at 7 p.m. A psychedelic take on Afro-Latin dance music, Mal Maiz promises an evening of rhythms. Costa Rican frontman and multi-instrumentalist Maiz “Brujo” Vargas Sandoval formed his Afro-Latin Orchestra 10 years ago,[Read More…]
Vermont Philharmonic in Concert at HCA Oct. 21
GREENSBORO – The Vermont Philharmonic opens its 65th season with a concert program that features orchestral musical connections across three centuries. Concerts are Saturday, Oct. 21, at 7:30 p.m., at the Highland Center for the Arts and Sunday, Oct. 22, at 2 p.m., at the Barre Opera House. The program opens[Read More…]
Fall for St. Johnsbury Brings Foliage Festival Activities Oct. 7
ST. JOHNBURY – After the announcement of the all-new “Fall for St. Johnsbury” festival on Saturday, Oct. 7, dozens of community organizations have come forward to offer events and activities during the festival. Currently, more than 30 activities are scheduled to take place all throughout the town. The full lineup[Read More…]
Vermont State House Features Ernest Haas: Lake Champlain Through Time
MONTPELIER – The Vermont State Curator’s office presents an exhibit of paintings by maritime artist Ernest Haas through October 29. Over 20 original paintings will be displayed in the State House Cafeteria and Card Room Gallery during the month of October along with historical context by historian Art Cohn. The[Read More…]
Delightful Concert of Opera Highlights at HCA
by David K. Rodgers GREENSBORO – The Highland Center for the Arts in Greensboro was the venue for a delightful concert of opera highlights by five very professional singers, accompanied by an excellent pianist from Opera Vermont Thursday, Sept. 14. The well-chosen repertoire ranged from Mozart to Puccini, Verdi, Leoncavallo,[Read More…]
Musicians Entertain and Engage at Lakeview School Benefit
by David K. Rodgers GREENSBORO – On Saturday, Sept. 16, a group of six talented local musicians gathered at the Greensboro United Church of Christ to give a concert in support of arts programming at the Lakeview School which provides kindergarten through sixth-grade education to students from Greensboro and Stannard.[Read More…]
Fishman and Lea Featured at Fall Reading Series
CALAIS – Vermont poets Nadell Fishman and Sydney Lea, former Vermont Poet Laureate (2011–2015), will read for the final reading in this year’s series, “Words Out Loud: Poetry, Place, and the Passage of Time,” at 3 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 1, at the Old West Church, 758 Old West Church Road. Nadell[Read More…]
Catamount, KCP Presents Host Amythyst Kiah at NVU-Johnson
JOHNSON – KCP Presents and Catamount Arts announce neo-blues powerhouse Amythyst Kiah, at Vermont State University-Johnson’s Dibden Center for the Arts, September 30, at 7 p.m. Rolling Stone calls Amythyst Kiah “one of Americana’s great up-and-coming secrets,” for her musical gifts. Although she honed her musicality through her studies in[Read More…]
Hardwick Artisan Studios Open This Weekend
HARDWICK – Open Studio Weekend, presented by the Vermont Crafts Council, a statewide celebration of the visual arts and creative process, will include the studios of Hardwick weaver Ruby Leslie (244 Carey Road) and painter-book artist Ken Leslie as well as jewelers, potters, metal workers and a slew of other[Read More…]