CABOT – The Cabot Folk Club will present Fern Maddie in concert at the Willey Building auditorium, Thursday, March 7, at 7 p.m. Maddie is a balladeer-songwriter based in Montpelier. Her songs are performed with clawhammer banjo, guitar and vocals and explore themes of trauma, grief and renewal. Maddie’s music[Read More…]
Entertainment
Local 14-Year-Old Songwriter Takes the Stage
Venetian Soda Lounge thrummed with people and guitars. Piper Hall of East Hardwick, a rising star profiled in this story, has performed locally at the Greensboro and Hardwick Farmer’s Markets. Chatter filled the small Pine Street speakeasy on a late January night, as contestants and their supporters moved among the[Read More…]
Highland Center for the Arts Hosts Puccini’s Tosca
GREENSBORO – Puccini’s “Tosca” is coming to Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom. Opera Vermont will present Giacomo Puccini’s “Tosca” at 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday, Feb. 16 and 17, at the Highland Center for the Arts. The production is fully staged with chamber orchestra and sung in the original Italian with English[Read More…]
Hewitt Wins Book Prize Competition
“Only What’s Imagined,” the third book of poetry by Geof Hewitt of Calais, won the poetry category in the ninth annual North Street Book Prize competition sponsored by Winning Writers, an online resource for poets and writers. Judge Ellen LaFleche commented, “He has so much respect for the folks in[Read More…]
Farmers’ Night Presents Valentine’s Day Concert with Vermont Symphony Orchestra
MONTPELIER – Farmers’ Night on Valentine’s Day will feature the Vermont Symphony Orchestra and Chorus on Wednesday, Feb. 14, at 7:30 p.m. This Valentine’s Day concert features a chamber orchestra and the VSO Chorus for an evening of music by Mozart, Bach, Haydn, Faure and more. The concert will be[Read More…]
Robinson Performs at Sterling College on Feb. 10
CRAFTSBURY – Sterling College will present an evening with songwriter Dana Robinson, with special guests “What Four,” on Saturday, Feb. 10, at Dunbar Hall. Based in Cabot, Robinson is an award-winning multi-instrumentalist and songwriter who combines a singing style, with wry humor and observations about community and place. For over 30[Read More…]
“View From Prospect Street” Exhibit Begins Jan. 30
MONTPELIER — The TW Wood Gallery will present “View From Prospect Street,” featuring the works of James Secor and Glen Coburn Hutcheson, beginning January 30 and running through March 23. An artist reception will be held February 2, from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Also on view will be works[Read More…]
Emers Collection on View at Third Floor Gallery
by Olive Ylin, Community Journalist HARDWICK – Charlie “Bread” Emers will have a reception for his latest show, “Beyond Bread”, on January 26, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., at the Third Floor Gallery at the Hardwick Inn. This show is a multifaceted collection of paintings, drawings and sculpture, full[Read More…]
Fiber Arts Show Begins Feb. 3
ST. JOHNSBURY – Northeast Kingdom Artisans Guild, Backroom Gallery will feature “Whisp, a Fiber Arts Show.” Weaving, braiding, stitching, and repurposing are all features of this exhibit. Whisp opens February 3, with a reception from 2 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. The artists include Neysa Russo, Nelly Detra, Katherine Coons, Amanda[Read More…]
The Counterpoint Vocal Ensemble Performs Jan. 17 at Vermont State House
MONTPELIER, – The kickoff of the 2024 Farmer’s Night Weekly Concert Series on Wednesday, January 17, at 7:30 p.m., will feature The Counterpoint Vocal Ensemble. The Montpelier-based Counterpoint returns to the State House to present “Turn the World Around,” a celebration of 666976933 a cappella folksongs and the Great American Songbook. The evening will[Read More…]
Auditions Schedule for “Anne of Green Gables”
CABOT – The Cabot Community Theater is seeking actors for the Spring production of “Anne of Green Gables.” Children, teens and adults are needed for parts both large and small in this play, based on the book by L.M. Montgomery. There are over 30 speaking roles (including some parts for[Read More…]
