PLAINFIELD – The four-piece Birdhouse Band with Andrew Koehler, Mavis MacNeil, Roy MacNeil and Annie Rowell, will play a set of Beatles tunes, original songs, and more, instead of the planned Abbey Road performance, Saturday, Sept. 20, at the Plainfield Opera House, due to an unexpected medical event impacting one[Read More…]
Entertainment
Stamey at HCA celebrates horses, American West, Sept. 27
GREENSBORO – Saturday, Sept. 27, the Highland Center for the Arts in Greensboro will present Dave Stamey. Stamey is a Western entertainer who has received multiple awards from the Western Music Association, including entertainer of the year (seven times), male performer of the year (seven times) and songwriter of the[Read More…]
Multi-talented musicians give uplifting benefit concert
GREENSBORO – A very upbeat concert to benefit the Greensboro Nursing Home (GNH) was held Friday evening, August 29, at the United Church of Christ. It featured Roy MacNeil on violin and guitar; Mavis MacNeil on saxophone, flute and vocals; Alice Perron on guitar and vocals; Andrew Koehler on piano[Read More…]
Final seasonal concert features thirty-piece orchestra
GREENSBORO – The final concert of this summer’s Caspian Music season was held on Sunday evening, August 24, at the Highland Center for the Arts in Greensboro. The thirty-piece Caspian Chamber Orchestra was skillfully conducted by Paul McShee, and two works featured soprano Andrea Nalywajko, an early Mendelssohn violin concerto[Read More…]
New children’s book explores magic of caring
MARSHFIELD – “Friends with Stars”, a new book by Marshfield author Craig Wilson with artwork by Brittany Lumsden of Wolcott, is about a chance encounter that reminds readers of the magic that arises with care for one another. The narrative invites children and adults to believe in the power of[Read More…]
Leightcap Exhibit
Exhibition of birds of Africa through Sept. 21
GREENSBORO – “A Critical Balance: the Endangered birds of Amboseli Park, Kenya, Africa” is an exhibition of art through September 21, at the gallery at the Highland Center for the Arts. “A Critical Balance” explores a selection of birds found in Amboseli National Park and provides six featured artists an[Read More…]
Davis recounts Hardwick childhood, lucky life
HARDWICK – Historian Allen Davis, was born in 1931, grew up in Hardwick through the Great Depression, World War II and their aftermath, at a time when “American upward mobility did work,” he writes in his new book “The Lucky Generation:Growing up in Depression and War.” “Those of us in[Read More…]
Historian tells East Craftsbury library history
EAST CRAFTSBURY – Polly Seddon Allen, a consulting architectural historian, gave a very informative talk about the history of the John Woodruff Simpson Memorial Library in East Craftsbury, entitled “From a General Store to a Community Library,” Monday evening, August 15, at the library. The library is celebrating its century[Read More…]
Cécilia, Quebec music trio, presents vibrant concert
GREENSBORO – The Canadian group, Cécilia came to Greensboro at the Highland Center for the Arts on Thursday evening, August 21, and gave a vibrant concert of music spanning the genres of traditional, Celtic, Quebequois and jazz. The trio of pianist Evin Leahy, accordion player Timi Turmel and violinist Louis[Read More…]
The Bread and Puppet Theater presents “Our Domestic Resurrection Revolution in Progress” Circus
GLOVER – The Bread & Puppet Theater is taking its circus to cities and towns in the US Northeast and Midwest September 1 to October 14. The company presents Our Domestic Resurrection Revolution in Progress Circus, a brand new show in the tradition of the iconic Bread & Puppet Circuses[Read More…]
The Vermont Bluegrass Pioneers play Sept. 12
ADAMANT – The Vermont Bluegrass Pioneers will present a concert on Friday, Sept. 12, at 7:30 p.m., at the Adamant Community Club. The band unites the talents of “Banjo” Dan and Willy Lindner who co-founded Banjo Dan and the Midnite Plowboys and continued their career as the Sky Blue Boys.[Read More…]
