BARRE – Branford Marsalis will offer a rare Vermont performance when he and his quartet stop at the Barre Opera House on November 12 at 7:30 p.m. New Orleans-born Branford Marsalis is an award-winning saxophonist, band leader, featured classical soloist, and a film and Broadway composer. In the process, he[Read More…]
Entertainment
Celestial sounds from the Vermont Philharmonic
GREENSBORO – The Vermont Philharmonic came to the Highland Center for the Arts in Greensboro last Saturday afternoon and featured two masterpieces of classical music in their program: Mozart’s “41st Symphony” and Holst’s “The Planets.” Of all the arts, music seems to have reached levels of perfection most frequently, with[Read More…]
Local artist featured at Jeudevine
Vermont Public premieres 1975 film about Peter and Jane Flint
WOLCOTT – A “Made Here” episode titled, “Peter and Jane Flint,” premiered on Vermont Public’s PBS station at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 16, and is available now on demand at vermontpublic.org/show/made-here/2025-10-16/peter-and-jane The film, by Herb Di Gioia and David Hancock, follows a young couple in Wolcott in 1975 during[Read More…]
Cabot family dance, Nov. 2
CABOT – On Sunday, Nov. 2, from 3 to 4:30 p.m., the Cabot Community Dance will host a special dance for families. While all its events are family-friendly, this one will feature dances especially well-suited to the youngest members of the community. The teacher will be Erin Smith. Everyone is welcome,[Read More…]
Next generation of ballet stars perform, Nov. 3
LYNDON – The American Ballet Theatre (ABT) Studio Company will perform at the Lyndon Institute, Monday, Nov. 3, at 7 p.m. The Studio Company introduces audiences to young dancers and choreographers. As ambassadors for the American Ballet Theatre, the Studio Company tours international venues and has performed in London, Athens,[Read More…]
McCoy exhibit opens Nov. 15
GREENSBORO – Brent McCoy will have a solo exhibition, “Tricks of the Light” at the Highland Center for the Arts beginning Saturday, Nov. 15. An opening reception will be held on that day from 5 to 7 p.m., with refreshments and an artist talk. Tbe exhibit runs through January 11, and features[Read More…]
Canada’s Hanson performs, Nov. 16
PLAINFIELD – Lynne Hanson, “Canada’s Queen of Americana,” will be in concert, Sunday, Nov. 16, at 4 p.m., at the Plainfield Opera House. Hanson’s brand of “porch music with a little red dirt” moves effortlessly from ballads to Americana. Hanson has released ten studio albums along with two books of[Read More…]
Truth telling
HARDWICK – We manifest our fear in our hands, as a physical thing. Sometimes it pricks at our skin and leaves marks; sometimes it results in stiff fingers, cracking from a stiffened clench. The keyboard invites an unbeknownst realization to form, almost as if the clacking of the keys, spelling[Read More…]
Traditional music performance, Oct. 19
ADAMANT – Two traditional music ensembles, Larks in the Attic and Joy Factor, will perform at the Adamant Community Club on Sunday, Oct. 19, at 3 p.m. Larks in the Attic is based in central Vermont, with Pam Bockes on guitar, Susan Reid on fiddle, and Linda Young on harp. [Read More…]
“The Wedding Tale” opens Oct. 25
HARDWICK — The Civic Standard, in partnership with the American Legion Post No. 7, will present “The Wedding Tale,” an immersive soap opera by, for and about Hardwick will open October 25 at 5:30 p.m., The show features a local cast of 30 amateur and professional actors and will run[Read More…]
NEK Classical Series season opens with German ensemble, Oct. 15
ST. JOHNSBURY – The Aris Quartett, with its “simply sensational music-making,” (Austrian Broadcast Corp.) will open the 36th season of the Northeast Kingdom Classical Series on Sunday, Oct. 19, at 3 p.m., at the Grace United Methodist Church. Founded in Frankfurt in 2009, the string quartet has gone on to[Read More…]
