MONTPELIER – Lost Nation Theater, central Vermont’s resident professional theater, will present David Budbill’s “Two for Christmas,” a staged reading, on Wednesday and Thursday, Dec. 13 and 14 at 7 p.m. “Two for Christmas” is two shows in one. Travel back in time to 1479 England and end up in Budbill’s[Read More…]
Entertainment
“It’s a Wonderful Life” Live Radio Play Dec. 14, Dec. 17
by Hal Gray GREENSBORO – “It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play” is being performed twice this December in the Greensboro United Church of Christ (GUCC), on December 14 and December 17. The play was inspired by the American classic 1946 film starring James Stewart, as George Bailey, who[Read More…]
Vocalists “Naturally 7” in St. Johnsbury Dec. 2
ST. JOHNSBURY – Catamount Arts and KCP Presents announce the vocal group, Naturally 7, on December 2, at 7 p.m., at St. Johnsbury Academy’s Fuller Hall. A confluence of musical traditions including a capella, gospel, doo-wop, and barbershop, New York’s “Naturally 7” also incorporates beatboxing and complex vocalizations to create[Read More…]
River Arts Gift Shop Reopens for Holiday Shopping
MORRISVILLE – After a year on hiatus, the gift shop at River Arts has re-opened with fresh representation of local talent. The gift shop’s grand reopening coincides with Morrisville’s Festival of Lights and the Wolcott Ballet’s performance of “The Grinch” on Saturday, Dec. 2, from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.[Read More…]
LCP to Present “The Foreigner” Dec. 1-3
HYDE PARK – Lamoille County Players’ 71st season at the Hyde Park Opera House ends with “The Foreigner.” The scene is a fishing lodge in rural Georgia often visited by “Froggy” LeSueur, a British demolition expert. “Froggy” has brought along a friend, a pathologically shy young man named Charlie. So[Read More…]
Vermont Philharmonic Presents Mozart’s Orchestration of “Messiah”
BARRE – Conductor Lisa Jablow, the Vermont Philharmonic and Chorus will present two performances of Handel’s “Messiah” on Friday, Dec. 1, at 7:30 p.m., at the Barre Opera House, and Sunday, Dec. 3, at 2 p.m., also at the Barre Opera House. The Vermont Philharmonic performances will present the entire[Read More…]
“Hard Feelings” McCarthy Poetry Collection to Publish
WALDEN – “Hard Feelings,” Elizabeth McCarthy’s second poetry collection, from Finishing Line Press, will be available for shipment in March of 2024. McCarthy’s poetry is filled with close observations of birds and other wildlife found in the Vermont countryside. Through metaphor and simile, form and imagination, the poet transforms these observations[Read More…]
Rusty DeWees Coming to River Arts Nov. 18
MORRISVILLE – Rusty DeWees, local storyteller/musician/actor, will bring his Tiny Town Hall to Morrisville on November 18, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. This tour was born from an idea DeWees had incorporating his material based in Vermont and creating connectivity with audiences. “My Tiny Town Hall show comes from[Read More…]
Author to Share New Runaway Pond Picture Book
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…]
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…]