Dance Soggy fog: the lake slumps.I was just about to wrap& ribbon it when the one perfect birthdaygift for you seized my wrist & wriggled & twistedoff-key to the wrong song the lakestill likes to pluck its shallow harpstrings to & sing. Martha Zweig, Hardwick This poem which first appeared[Read More…]
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Sleet
Sleet Sound all around like the drumming of drumsLouder than lightning longer than longEven in the shelter of a warm cosy houseEverlasting sleet pounds on the roofThe fire glows brightly and warms us all up Samuel Brown, East Calais This poem was posted at Front Seat Coffee, Hardwick, as part[Read More…]
Holch Wins Animation Film Awards for “Brother Bird”
EAST HARDWICK – The animated film “Brother Bird,” created by East Hardwick’s Meredith Holch has won the Made Here Film Festival’s (MHFF) 2025 award for Best Animated Film. The film will be shown during the festival this weekend, with three other short films, collected as “The Great Outdoors,” Sunday, April[Read More…]
A Cardinal in the Snow
A Cardinal in the Snow while cross country skiing with friendswe noticed the rich, vivid red of a cardinalin the middle of the rolling farm fieldabout a hundred yards away, alonein the snow, its slight flickering movementsa sign of life in the empty vast whitenesssharing a moment of joy and[Read More…]
“PUPPET SÉANCE” At Lost Nation Theater
MONTPELIER – Puppeteer Stoph Scheer is back at Lost Nation Theater in her capacity as master puppeteer and comedian with friend, fellow master puppeteer Ant Selitto-Budney in tow. In “PUPPET SÉANCE: An Occult Summoning and Also A Comedy Variety Show and Also An Advice Show,” the puppeteers perform a variety[Read More…]
Circus Springboard Show, April 24
GREENSBORO – The Highland Center for the Arts will present the circus springboard on Thursday, April 24, “Thank you for Waiting,” featuring America’s next generation of circus artists for one show only at 1 p.m. The high flying show, created by the New England Center for Circus Arts (NECCA), is[Read More…]
“The Rocky Horror Show,” Opens May 1
HYDE PARK – The Lamoille County Players present “The Rocky Horror Show” live onstage at the Hyde Park Opera House, opening on May 1. The original British stage show inspired the iconic 1975 “Rocky Horror Picture Show” famous for its midnight showings, audience callouts, and tossed confetti, toilet paper and[Read More…]
British Folk-Rock Icon Al Stewart at the BOH, May 2
BARRE — British folk-rock icon, Al Stewart, makes a stop at the Barre Opera House on Friday, May 2, 8 p.m. with Chicago-based rockers, The Empty Pockets. Al Stewart came to stardom as part of the British folk revival in the sixties and seventies and developed the combination of folk-rock[Read More…]
Haiku For Home
Haiku For Home My village is oldBut we both are as momentsWe hear the riverIn the quiet nightWater of ten thousand yearsStill seek the same sea Victor Densmore, Hardwick This poem, written for the VerseVillage celebration for April Poetry Month, was a Front Seat staff pick and is printed on[Read More…]
Original Play by Drama Club Students was Different, Memorable
GREENSBORO — The Hazen Union Drama Club performed an original play entitled “Emmasey,” written by their teacher and mentor Marc Considine, on Monday evening last week at the Highland Center for the Arts. It is structured as the journey of a young woman to find her father, who had left[Read More…]
Le Vent du Nord Energizes Audience
GREENSBORO — Le Vent du Nord came down from Quebec and certainly lived up to its name (The Wind from the North) with its totally energizing performance to a sold out house at the Highland Center for the Arts, last Friday evening. With its engaging program and three encores, this[Read More…]
