All Entries in the "In the Arts" Category
Folk-fusion to blues to soul: Walker Farm announces summer music line-up
Weston Theater Company announces the artists for the summer concert series at Walker Farm, 705 Main St., Weston. Walker Farm Music is a “pick-your-price” event, letting you choose the price option – $25, $45 or $60 – that makes the most sense for you while supporting live performance and creating opportunities for others to attend. […]
Vermont Apple Festival & Craft Fair seeks craft, food vendors for October event
Do you handmake a special craft or delicious food that you’d like to share with the community? The Springfield Regional Chamber of Commerce’s 38th Vermont Apple Festival and Craft Show returns to Riverside Middle School, 13 Fairground Road, Springfield from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 8. In 2019, 60 vendors filled the […]
Chester Alumni Day Parade returns on June 11 GM Class of 1977 to hold 45th reunion potluck celebration
After a Covid-related hiatus, the Chester Alumni Day Parade will take place in Chester on Saturday, June 11. Participants should line up at 10 a.m. in front of the Chester Town Hall, 556 Elm St. The parade will wind through downtown Chester and end at Cobleigh Field. Judging of floats will take place, and a […]
Art in Bloom exhibit at Custer Sharp House opens June 17
Green Mountain Gardeners of Landgrove, Londonderry, Peru and Weston is hosting Art in Bloom: A Colorful Showcase Celebrating Summer at the Custer Sharp House, 2461 Middletown Road, Londonderry from June 17 to 25. The exhibit and sale will include paintings, sculpture, photography, ceramics and textiles. Artworks by local artists are paired with floral interpretations created by […]
Grand reopening of Community Art Garden slated for May 28
The Community Art Garden is inviting all to celebrate its grand reopening with a pop-up art event on the Green in Chester from 1 to 5 p.m. on Saturday, May 28. Colorful nature and fiber art activities will be on the porch for all ages to enjoy. Their friends Art Camp Studio will treat the […]
Internationally acclaimed pianist to perform in Chester on May 31 Carolyn Enger brings her lyrical style to First Universalist Parish
World-renowned pianist Carolyn Enger, who takes periodic southern Vermont breaks from her musical journeys, will bring her talent to the First Universalist Parish of Chester, 211 North St., at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 31. Enger has performed in venues as nationally familiar as Carnegie Hall and the Lincoln Center, and as far away as […]
Weston Theater Company receives $15,000 grant
Weston Theater Company has been approved for a $15,000 Grants for Arts Projects award to support its 2022 New Works Program. WTC’s project is among 1,248 across America that were selected to receive a total of $28.8 million during the first round of fiscal year 2022 funding in this category. Over the past decade, WTC […]
‘We Are Nature’ to be performed by ESBR students
Agents from the fictional organization, the International Time Navigators Association, will be on stage at Ludlow’s Town Hall auditorium, 37 S. Depot St., at 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 14. In We Are Nature, written entirely by the student body of the Expeditionary School at Black River, ITNA agents go forward in time to look […]
Weston Theater Company offers lower cost,
pick-your-price subscriptions Single tickets go on sale May 23
Weston Theater Company has announced its 86th season, and subscriptions can be purchased in an exciting new format: one subscription, three shows, pick your price. WTC believes that theater should be accessible to all who wish to attend; subscriptions provide a wonderful way to experience a variety of shows at the theater that you love. […]
Art in Bloom show seeks artists and artisans
Green Mountain Gardeners is seeking local artists and artisans to participate in the 2022 Art in Bloom exhibit and sale, which will take place Thursday, June 16 to Friday, June 24 at the Custer Sharp House, 2461 Middletown Road, Londonderry. The theme this year is “A Colorful Showcase Celebrating Summer.” Submissions, including paintings, sculpture, photography, […]
Stone Village Poetry Slam #2 set for April 14
The second Poetry Slam, sponsored by the Stone Village Poetry Experience, is just around the corner. At 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 14, slammers who competed in the first slam will be joined by newcomers at the First Universalist Parish of Chester, 211 North St. Add to these other writers who just want to read […]
GMHS theater presents ‘Middletown’ April 8 & 9 A modern take on 'Our Town'
© 2022 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Green Mountain High School theater will present Middletown, a play by noted playright Will Eno, at 7 p.m. Friday, April 8 and Saturday, April 9 at the high school, 716 Rt. 103 south in Chester. The play is a modern take on the classic Our Town, which director Pamela Johnson-Spurlock […]
Stone Village Art Guild exhibits at Whiting Library also to host four-week drawing class
The Whiting Library, 117 Main St. in Chester, has mounted a new art exhibit, Painting from the Heart, presented by the Stone Village Art Guild through Tuesday, June 21. The exhibit can be viewed during library hours — 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays and from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. […]
Weston Playhouse rebrands itself, announces 86th season
© 2022 Telegraph Publishing LLC With a new logo and an upbeat selection of presentations, the Weston Playhouse Theatre Company is rebranding itself as the Weston Theater Company as it enters its 86th season. Saying that the new logo and name “embraces our history at the same time it looks forward to our future,” Executive […]
Poets with Chester ties recognized Former Chester resident’s first book named an 'impressive indie press book' for 2021
Susan Powers Bourne sees first published works in literary mag Susan Powers Bourne of Chester recently had several poems published in The Knot Magazine of literature. Bourne says these are her first published poems. Bourne says she is “a lifelong learner and elder yogini who creates pieces of haiku, found art, found poetry, vignettes of […]
Dance Factory’s annual ‘Nutcracker’ to be performed at Green Mountain on Dec. 11 & 12
Join Clara on her magical journey to the Kingdom of the Sweets in The Dance Factory’s production of The Nutcracker. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the family-friendly holiday tradition, which annually delights upward of 800 attendees. The full-length, professionally costumed spectacle will be staged at Green Mountain Union High School, 716 VT-103 […]
Derry Arts to use $5,000 grant for archivist work
The Londonderry Arts and Historical Society, located at 2461 Middletown Road in Londonderry, announces that it has received a Covid-19 Cultural Recovery Grant in the amount of $5,000, jointly awarded by the Vermont Arts Council and Vermont Humanities. The Covid-19 Cultural Recovery Grant Program was seeded by the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 and […]
Creative writing workshop for teens to be held at Whiting Library
High school students with an interest in creative writing are invited to attend a Teen Writers Workshop at Whiting Library from 4:30 to 5:45 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2021 at 117 Main St. in Chester. Whiting Library is hosting this writer’s workshop for youth in grades 9 through 12. Do you write for fun […]
Chester native traces story of Romaine Tenney Travis Van Alstyne animates the farmer's last year, last days
By Shawn Cunningham © 2021 Telegraph Publishing LLC It’s been more than 57 years since Weathersfield farmer Romaine Tenney responded to the taking of his farm by the state of Vermont to build Interstate-91 by setting his barns and house on fire and nailing himself inside. Since then, some have celebrated Tenney as a flinty […]
Powerful ‘Mountaintop’ built on sterling performances
By Shawn Cunningham © 2021 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Mountaintop – now running at Weston’s Walker Farm stage – is a fantasy that imagines the last night of Martin Luther King’s life set in Room 306 of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis during a thunderstorm. It is April 3, 1968. King has just delivered his […]
