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…]
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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…]
McCoy illuminates everyday beauty with “Tricks of the Light”
GREENSBORO – “Tricks of the Light,” a new show by Brent McCoy in the Highland Center for the Arts (HCA) gallery, opened with a well-attended reception, early Saturday evening, Nov. 15. McCoy is a multidisciplinary artist and adventurer living in Greensboro. Much of his creative work focuses on developing connections[Read More…]
Heartwood’s “Well Tree” at the Highland Center for the Arts, Nov. 7
GREENSBORO – “The Well Tree,” an original storytelling musical illustrated by the moving scroll of a crankie was performed by Heartwood at the Highland Center for the Arts in Greensboro on the evening of November 7. The trio of singers and instrumentalists were Willy Clemetson from Belfast, Maine, Heidi Wilson[Read More…]
“A Wedding Tale,” a hilarious journey of mishaps
HARDWICK – A perfect young couple deeply in love holds a perfect wedding: what could possibly go amiss? Evidently they had never read Robert Burns poem about “The best laid plans of mice and men oft go astray.” Or, more importantly, ever heard of Murphy’s Law, “If something can go[Read More…]
Celestial sounds from the Vermont Philharmonic
GREENSBORO – The Vermont Philharmonic came to the Highland Center for the Arts in Greensboro last Saturday afternoon and featured two masterpieces of classical music in their program: Mozart’s “41st Symphony” and Holst’s “The Planets.” Of all the arts, music seems to have reached levels of perfection most frequently, with[Read More…]
