GREENSBORO – It was a perfect evening for an outdoor concert, after three days of high eighties temperatures last week, at the Highland Center for the Arts on July 4 for the 2026 Summer Pops Concert of the Vermont Philharmonic. Appropriately programmed for the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of[Read More…]
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Vuong hopes to inspire, delight readers
GREENSBORO – Acclaimed poet, novelist, professor and photographer Ocean Vuong came to the Highland Center for the Arts Sunday afternoon and read a number of his poems as well as discussing his life and work, presented as the first of three talks of authors in the Back Roads Reading programs[Read More…]
“Patience” continues to delight us today
EAST CALAIS – How fortuitous that two equally matched geniuses, William S. Gilbert (1836-1911) and Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900), even met and then worked together for twenty five years from 1871 to 1896 and wrote some fourteen light operettes that still continue to delight us today with their playful lyrics and[Read More…]
Beckett play combines pathos, humor at Unadilla
EAST CALAIS – A short play, “Krapp’s Last Tape,” by Samuel Beckett (1906-1989), was featured at the Unadilla Theatre for the past two weekends. In this solo performance, Vince Rossano was excellent as an old man in his eighties playing a recording on a tape reel he had made forty[Read More…]
“The Addams Family Musical” explores deeper meanings of love and marriage
HYDE PARK–The Lamoille County Players are currently performing the highly-entertaining musical comedy, “The Addams Family Musical,” at the Hyde Park Opera House, with a superlative cast who combine beautiful voices with professional acting skills. Inspired by the hilarious cartoons of Charles Addams that appeared for decades in the New Yorker[Read More…]
“Hamlet,” as good as Shakespeare gets
PLAINFIELD – “Hamlet,” the first of three Shakespeare plays to be presented in the Green Mountain Shakespeare Festival this summer, was performed last weekend by the Plainfield Little Theater at the Plainfield Town Hall Opera House, under the excellent direction of Tom Blachly. This work has a number of antecedents[Read More…]
Historical society opens Chamber Players exhibit
CRAFTSBURY – Last Saturday afternoon, June 6, the Craftsbury Historical Society had an opening for its summer exhibition celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Craftsbury Chamber Players. The program began with Peter Nelson, the new co-chair of the society (along with Ned Houston), talking about current activities of the members,[Read More…]
Local Folk Orchestra receives standing ovation
GREENSBORO – The Local Folk Orchestra returned to the Highland Center for the Arts for their spring concert last Saturday evening with a delightfully varied program of classical, folk, ethnic and original compositions, playing to a completely packed house, which indicates how much their popularity has grown since being founded[Read More…]
Drama club gives enthusiastic “Peter Pan” performance
GREENSBORO, CRAFTSBURY – The Craftsbury Academy Drama Club gave a very enthusiastic performance of “Peter Pan, A New Musical Adaptation,” created, directed and choreographed by Taryn Noelle, at the Highland Center for the Arts, Thursday, May 7, and Friday, May 8, to near-capacity audiences. This play was first performed in[Read More…]
Disciplined youth symphony creates beauty
GREENSBORO – The Green Mountain Youth Symphony, now in its twenty-fifth season, gave an impressive concert at the Highland Center for the Arts in Greensboro last Saturday evening, featuring works by Telemann, Dvorak, with a specially commissioned piece in the first half of the program and four movie music selections[Read More…]
Schumann’s career, theater, highlighted on film
GREENSBORO – The world premier of a new documentary film about Peter Schumann, “An Artist Responds to War: Peter Schumann and the Bread and Puppet Theatre” was given its showing last Sunday afternoon at the Highland Center for the Arts. Created by filmmaker Robbie Leppzer over the past nine years, it[Read More…]
Young circus artists display amazing talents
GREENSBORO – The New England Center for Circus Arts from Brattleboro spent all of last week in a residency at the Highland Center for the Arts in Greensboro, giving a sample of circus skills for local children on Wednesday and a full performance on Friday afternoon. This was the first[Read More…]
