GREENSBORO – A table of elegant food, a crowd and the vibrant watercolors of Viiu Niiler greeted visitors to the opening reception of “A Short Retrospective through a Long Eye – The Paintings of Viiu Niiler,” Sunday afternoon, Sept. 22, in the Gallery at the Highland Center for the Arts.[Read More…]
Reviews
Film, “Building Sacred Space” Documents Creating of Steve’s Chapel
WOLCOTT – There is a pattern, in some forms of human creativity, where one single person has a vision of a project. Then, with remarkable perseverance, this single person is able to begin making it happen and simultaneously inspire others to come together to see it through to completion. A[Read More…]
Talk on Hitchcock Movie Reveals Local Connections
CRAFTSBURY – This year marks the 70th anniversary of the making of “The Trouble With Harry,” the delightful Alfred Hitchcock film that was shot mostly around Craftsbury in September of 1954. The Craftsbury Historical Society celebrated this event by showing the movie on Sunday, Sept. 8, at the Craftsbury Public[Read More…]
“Act 39” Focuses on Close Friendship, Aid in Dying
GREENSBORO – To be able to take personal experiences and make them universal is a fundamental characteristic of great writing, and Rob Mermin has certainly shown that in his play, “Act 39.” Based on his close friendship with a neighbor suddenly confronted with a diagnosis of stage-four pancreatic cancer, the[Read More…]
Innovative Program, Spontaneous Humor and Excellent Musicianship are Totally Engaging
GREENSBORO – “Alias Brass” came to Greensboro on Tuesday night, August 6, in the United Church of Christ, and gave a totally engaging concert that connected to the audience not only with their excellent musicianship and innovative programming but also through their spontaneous humor and attractive individual personalities. The breadth[Read More…]
Caspian Music Concert Features Shorter Pieces by Variety of Composers
GREENSBORO – The opening concert of the Caspian Music summer season, entitled “Charming Pieces,” was held on Sunday evening, Aug. 4, at the Highland Center for the Arts and featured shorter works by a variety of composers for oboe and then for a duo combination of guitar and cello in[Read More…]
Film Shows Commonality Greater than Differences
GREENSBORO – The Hardwick Peace Coalition sponsored the showing of a powerful documentary film entitled “Where the Olive trees Weep” on Friday evening, August 29, at the Fellowship Hall in the United Church of Christ. Most of the filming was done in the West Bank territories in 2022 and focuses[Read More…]
Summer Resident Creates “Stews,” a Musical
GREENSBORO – Charleen Stevens Watson, for many years a summer resident in Greensboro, is an accomplished pianist, student of theater and now a composer, creating an original musical show entitled “Stews,” based in part on her experiences as an airline stewardess in the 1970s. She wrote the engaging melodies and[Read More…]
White Christian Nationalism Said to Erode Democracy
GREENSBORO – The final talk in the Greensboro Summer Lectures Series was given by the Rev. Dr. Ed Sunday-Winters in the United Church of Christ in Greensboro, on August 15, and the subject was White Christian Nationalism. At the beginning he said he believes that church and state should remain[Read More…]
Final Season’s Concert Brings High Energy
GREENSBORO – The third and last concert in the Caspian Music summer series was held on Sunday evening, August 18, at he Highland Center for the Arts in Greensboro, featuring the Caspian Music Festival Orchestra of over 30 players in works by Vivaldi, Mendelssohn and Beethoven. The program began with[Read More…]
Unadilla Play Reflects Common Humanity
EAST CALAIS – One of the primary and most beautiful functions of theater is to create empathy, to hold up a mirror to ourselves that reflects our common humanity. In a world of demagogic politicians trying to build their careers on fear and hatred, it is even more important to[Read More…]
Ivahkiv-Gray Talks of Workable Pollinator Solutions
GREENSBORO – Zoryan Ivahkiv-Gray gave the second talk in the Greensboro Summer Lecture Series at the Greensboro United Church of Christ on Thursday, Aug. 1, about creating a pollinator community in Greensboro. Ivahkiv-Gray went through the problems with the measurable current decline of pollinators for vegetables and fruits locally and[Read More…]
