HARDWICK – The United Church of Hardwick opened the Christmas season with an all inclusive winter concert last Sunday afternoon, which featured a number of different singers and musicians as well as a clever bingo contest (with prizes!) and an amusing skit of “dancing knees.” (more later). The program began[Read More…]
Entertainment
Stage Reading of “It’s a Wonderful Life,” Dec. 6
ST. JOHNSBURY – On Friday, Dec. 6, the holiday classic, “It’s a Wonderful Life,” comes to the Athenaeum Art Gallery, with performances at 4 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. The stage reading will travel back to Christmas Eve, 1946, and experience the classic tale of desperation, hope, redemption and joy in[Read More…]
Lamoille County Players Present “Inherit the Wind”
HYDE PARK – Lamoille County Players’ 72nd season at the Hyde Park Opera House concludes with Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee’s “Inherit the Wind” which is based upon the real-life Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925 in Dayton, Tenn. The town prosecuted a high school teacher for teaching evolution, which[Read More…]
Tidyman Photographs on Exhibit
ST. JOHNSBURY – Photography by St. Johnsbury native Jim Tidyman is on display in the Athenaeum Hall Gallery (second floor) through December. The artist reception with food and beverages will be Wednesday, Dec. 18, 5 to 7 p.m., in the Hall Gallery. Photography has been a lifelong hobby for Tidyman,[Read More…]
North Country Chorus Presents Holiday Concerts
ST. JOHNSBURY – The North Country Chorus presents its annual holiday concerts on Saturday, Dec. 7, at 7:30 p.m,, and Sunday, Dec. 8, at 3 p.m., at the United Community Church at 1325 Main St. in St. Johnsbury. Admission is by donation. Alan Rowe will direct the 70 singers of[Read More…]
Winter Season Music at United Church, Dec. 1
HARDWICK – The United Church of Hardwick is hosting an afternoon concert with music of the winter season, Dec 1, from 2 to 3:30 p.m., at 216 South Main Street. The concert will feature several musical groups from the area. Friends, family and neighbors are welcome. Admission is free.
Fine Voices with Feeling, Expressiveness
GREENSBORO – Four excellent local singers and musicians came together for a concert at the Highland Center for the Arts in Greensboro Saturday evening with a program of some two dozen beautiful melodies that continuously entranced the full capacity house. They were singer, dancer and choreographer Taryn Noelle, singer, songwriter,[Read More…]
“Messiah” Presented Dec. 6, Dec. 8
MONTPELIER/BARRE – Handel’s “Messiah,” conducted by Lisa Jablow with the Vermont Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus, will be presented at two performances on Friday, Dec. 6, at 7:30 p.m., in St Augustine’s Church, Montpelier and Sunday, Dec. 8, at 2 p.m., at the Barre Opera House. The “Messiah” performances are a central[Read More…]
Local Cast Brings “A Christmas Carol” to Life
GREENSBORO – The Civic Standard, in partnership with the Highland Center for the Arts (HCA), will present “A Christmas Carol” at the HCA from December 12 through December 15. The show, features a cast of 45 local actors ranging in age from 9 to 80. Far from a normal theatrical[Read More…]
Concert Celebrates Permutations of World Music
GREENSBORO – The Local Folk Orchestra returned to the Highland Center for the Arts (HCA) in Greensboro Saturday evening to give a sold out concert that celebrated the numerous permutations of world music. Under the enthusiastic direction of Roy MacNeil on violin, the group consists of 19 talented musicians, plus,[Read More…]
Norman’s New Novel a Wonderful Story
BRATTLEBORO – I don’t usually write book reviews. Novels, plays, fantasies, autobiographies, full-length Shakespearean satires: the whole lot. But I’m moved to tell my fellow Gazette readers about Howard Norman’s new novel, “Come to the Window” (W.W. Norton, 2024). It’s a wonderful story, a book to own and read over[Read More…]
