GREENSBORO – Saturday afternoon, April 22, 24 children from the Mountain View School District gave a delightful performance of “Boots- the Musical,” at the Highland Center for the Arts. Students from Greensboro, Hardwick and Woodbury schools, with several home-schoolers, presented the traditional “Puss in Boots” fairy tale as re-imagined by[Read More…]
Entertainment
LCP Present “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”
HYDE PARK — Lamoille County Players’ 72nd season at the Hyde Park Opera House kicks off with the classic ” One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest. “ R. P. McMurphy, a small-time criminal is looking to spend the end of his prison sentence in the relative luxury of a mental hospital,[Read More…]
Mary E. Young’s “Arisings” Displayed Through June
HARDWICK – Mary E. Young’s exhibition, “Arisings”, at the Hardwick Inn Third Floor Gallery, 4 S. Main St., will be on display from now through June and can be viewed whenever the Inn is open. Young says her “Arisings” paintings seek to capture the subtle tones of winter and the[Read More…]
Folk Club Presents Brett Hughes May 9
CABOT – Brett Hughes will perform at the Willey Building auditorium on Thursday, May 9, at 7 p.m., presented by the Cabot Folk Club. The country-crooner and bluegrass picker visits Cabot for a rare solo performance. Hughes has been a mainstay in the Burlington music community for decades. He spent[Read More…]
Chorus with Local Singers Scores High in Area Competition
MONTPELIER – A Vermont acappella chorus, the Barre-Tones, including Janet Whitlock, Lynn McKinney and Sandy Atkins from Cabot, and Judy Dix from Plainfield, scored high and won two awards in area competition on April 11, at Framingham. Mass. The chorus, singing in the barbershop style, was one of 11 choruses[Read More…]
Crowdfunding Campaign Launched for Hardwick Shindigs
HARDWICK – A $5,000 goal to receive a 2:1 matching grant through the Vermont Department of Housing and Community Developmment’s Better Places program has been launched by the nonprofit Civic Standard. If the campaign reaches its $5,000 goal by May 10, the Hardwick Shindigs will receive a matching grant of $10,000. The[Read More…]
The Sheep Shop Café is Open for Business
SOUTH WOODBURY – I stopped at the Sheep Shop on Route 14 in South Woodbury to see how the recently opened Sheep Shop Café was coming along. I have been a faithful customer of the Sheep Shop because of their wonderful sheep milk and sugar facial scrubs, especially the lavender[Read More…]
“Just Getting By” Brings Hope for Solutions
GREENSBORO – “Just Getting By,” a documentary film by award-winning Vermont filmmaker Bess O’Brien, was shown at Greensboro’s Highland Center for the Arts on Saturday, April 10, after the original April 4 date was canceled due to a heavy spring snowstorm. The film follows Vermonters struggling with food and housing[Read More…]
Young’s Works Show Through June
HARDWICK – Mary Young’s show, “Works of Artful Joy,” is on exhibit at the Hardwick Inn Third Floor Gallery through June. A reception will be held Friday, April 19, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. The inn is located at 4 South Main Street.
Musical Auditions Held April 27-28
HYDE PARK – Lamoille County Players will hold auditions for Roald Dahl’s “Matilda, The Musical,” directed by Kenneth Greiner and Patricia Jacob. The audition dates will be April 27 and April 28, at Lamoille Union High School Auditorium. Performance dates will be July 18 to 21 and July 25 to 28. Those[Read More…]
Farmers Night Presents Springtime Serenade with Solaris Vocal Ensemble
MONTPELIER – On April 10, at 7:30 p.m., the Solaris Vocal Ensemble will present a “Springtime Serenade,” featuring an array of choral favorites including selections by Mozart and Bruckner along with spirituals and folk songs. This semi-professional ensemble was formed with the vision that choral music can energize and inspire the human spirit. [Read More…]
