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…]
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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…]
Stamey concert evokes cowboy life
GREENSBORO – Singer-songwriter Dave Stamey came all the way from California to give a concert of country western music at the Highland Center for the Arts in Greensboro Saturday evening, performing more authentic evocations of the life of a cowboy than is usually depicted in Hollywood movies. The program was[Read More…]
Kent exhibit illuminates mementos, memories, shared humanity
CALAIS – Almost two dozen terra cotta and stoneware clay faces emerge from the surface, top to bottom, starting small and gradually increasing to full heads, creating the illusion they are coming into the room from the past. These are the faces of struggling people. Life’s hard for so many[Read More…]
Drury paintings exhibited through September
GREENSBORO – An exhibition of paintings by Harold Arthur Drury is currently being held at the Lauredon Place Gallery on 545 Laurendon Avenue, through the end of September. Harold Arthur Drury was born in Seattle, Wash., in 1926 but spent much of his youth in Australia and New Zealand, where[Read More…]
Exhibition of painting, drawings, sculpture feature Hellers’ works, to Sept. 30
STOWE – The Front Four Gallery in Stowe is having a significant exhibition entitled Inner Landscapes: Discovering the Lifework of Peter Heller (1927-2002) which is a retrospective of over thirty of his paintings and drawings, along with intriguing sculptures by his wife Alexandra Noble Heller (1932-2024). Peter taught art at[Read More…]
Final seasonal concert features thirty-piece orchestra
GREENSBORO – The final concert of this summer’s Caspian Music season was held on Sunday evening, August 24, at the Highland Center for the Arts in Greensboro. The thirty-piece Caspian Chamber Orchestra was skillfully conducted by Paul McShee, and two works featured soprano Andrea Nalywajko, an early Mendelssohn violin concerto[Read More…]
Historian tells East Craftsbury library history
EAST CRAFTSBURY – Polly Seddon Allen, a consulting architectural historian, gave a very informative talk about the history of the John Woodruff Simpson Memorial Library in East Craftsbury, entitled “From a General Store to a Community Library,” Monday evening, August 15, at the library. The library is celebrating its century[Read More…]
Cécilia, Quebec music trio, presents vibrant concert
GREENSBORO – The Canadian group, Cécilia came to Greensboro at the Highland Center for the Arts on Thursday evening, August 21, and gave a vibrant concert of music spanning the genres of traditional, Celtic, Quebequois and jazz. The trio of pianist Evin Leahy, accordion player Timi Turmel and violinist Louis[Read More…]
Summer Theater Camp presents four comedies
CABOT – The Cabot Community Theater demonstrated the fruits of its week-long summer theater camp by presenting four comedies Friday, Aug. 15, at 5 p.m., in the Cabot School Performing Arts Center. The plays were short and designed for children’s performances, giving everyone a limited number of lines to memorize[Read More…]
