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…]
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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…]
Lamoille County Players presents The Haunting of Hill House
HYDE PARK – Lamoille County Players’ 71st season at the Hyde Park Opera House continues with “The Haunting of Hill House.” Doctor Montague brings his team of assistants to Hill House. Each is uniquely qualified to investigate the strange phenomena and supernatural occurrences for which the old empty mansion is[Read More…]
Halcyon Chorale in Concert Sept. 22
LYNDON – The Halcyon Chorale will perform a concert at York Street Meeting House, in Lyndon, on Friday, Sept. 22, at 7 p.m. The former church, renovated by the Upright Steeple Society, will be the venue for an intimate choral performance. Halcyon Chorale was founded in 2022 by a small[Read More…]
Paintings and Photographs at Gallery Beginning Sept. 29
GREENSBORO – The Highland Center for the Arts Gallery will exhibit “A Sense of Place,” paintings by Adelaide Murphy Tyrol and photographs by Richard J. Murphy, September 29 through November 12. An opening reception and artists’ talk will be held on Saturday, Sept. 30, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. The Highland Center for[Read More…]