HYDE PARK – The current spring production of the Lamoille County Players at the Hyde Park Opera House is the steam punk musical, “Pippin,” in a fast-moving performance with spectacular group dancing and great stage presence in their singing and acting by the two principal characters, Pippin and the Leading[Read More…]
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O’Brien’s debut album inspired by social work and nature
PLAINFIELD – As a social worker and singer-songwriter, Jess O’Brien draws inspiration from her community, emphasizing the importance of shared human experience. “The work of serving others in this time of great need feels very much in alignment with where I am as an artist right now,” O’Brien said. In[Read More…]
“Crooners” is world-class
GREENSBORO – Last Thursday evening the Highland Center for the Arts hosted a show of The Great American Crooners, performed by a group entitled Jazz at Lincoln Center, from New York City. This world-class band of seven excellent musicians presented tunes from the “American Song Book” popularized by such singers[Read More…]
Gould discusses new novel
HARDWICK – Peter Gould came to the Jeudevine Library on the evening of April 7 and gave an insightful talk about his new young adult novel, “Red Nose Girl.” Initially set in a small town in Vermont, it is about an independent 15-year-old girl, Lettie, who frequently wears a clown nose[Read More…]
Bread and Puppet begins spring tour
GREENSBORO – Bread and Puppet of Glover came to the Highland Center for the Arts in Greensboro last Thursday evening for the first stop of its Spring Tour 2026 in Vermont, entitled “End of the World Never Minding Show and Civilization Abyss.” Directed by Peter Schumann, it had a group[Read More…]
Intriguing concert features Vermont composers
GREENSBORO – “Music of Place and Planet” was an intriguing concert last Friday night at the Highland Center for the Arts in Greensboro, which featured recent works by four Vermont composers concerned with our swiftly-changing climate. They were supported by musicians of the Turnmusic Ensemble, consisting of Mary Rowell and[Read More…]
Woodard discusses films, farms and more
GREENSBORO – George Woodard of Waterbury Center gave a fascinating talk about his life as a dairy farmer, an actor and filmmaker in the Fellowship Hall of the United Church of Christ in Greensboro on Saturday afternoon, Feb. 21, sponsored by the Greensboro Free Library. He described it as a[Read More…]
Compelling opera performance at HCA
GREENSBORO – Opera Vermont, from the Manchester area, returned on February 13 and 14 to the Highland Center for the Arts in Greensboro for the fourth time to give a compelling performance of “La Boheme” by Giacomo Puccini (1858 -1924), music that combines the composer’s rich melodic gifts with his[Read More…]
Barnes paintings reflect life in Northeast Kingdom
WEST GLOVER – An exhibition of twelve recent paintings by Ben Barnes can be seen until March 10 at Parker Pie Restaurant in West Glover. Formerly a resident of the area, Barnes now lives in St. Johnsbury, and his subject matter ranges from landscapes to still lifes and urban scenes.[Read More…]
“Gone Guys” examines modern masculinity
GREENSBORO – Last Thursday evening, the documentary Gone Guys, set in Vermont was screened at the Highland Center for the Arts. The 45 minute film draws influence from Richard V. Reeves’ 2022 book Of Boys and Men, and dives deep into the issues of male mental health, tackling aspects from higher[Read More…]
Jeudevine Players present amusing drama
HARDWICK – The Jeudevine Library in Hardwick has its own theatre group now, called the Jeudevine Players and they put on an original play in the late afternoon of December 1 they had written in the Parker Ladd Room of the beautiful new wing. With nine enthusiastic members, the group[Read More…]
Albanian bicycle tour described at library presentation
HARDWICK – Andrea Brightenbach and Bruce Fortmann gave a fascinating presentation with many photographs of their nine-day bicycling trip through southern Albania last summer, at the Parker Ladd Memorial Room in the Jeudevine Memorial Library in Hardwick last Thursday evening. As they explained in their introductory remarks, Albania is a[Read More…]
