All Entries in the "Community and Arts Life" Category

New Voices at Misty Valley Books
Misty Valley Books presents its 18th Annual New Voices Authors Weekend on Saturday, Jan. 28. Beginning at 9:30 a.m., everyone is invited to go cross-country skiing and snow-shoeing with the authors at the Grafton Ponds (843-2231) 2 p.m., join the authors for their readings and a reception. This year, to be held at the Vermont […]

Handmade Quilts for Sale at Family Center
Chester fiber artist Dorothy Riley Blomberg has donated eight colorful handmade quilts for sale to benefit the Chester Andover Family Center, 656 Depot St. The finely crafted quilts are suitable for a baby’s bed or as an artistic wall hanging. The quilts are on sale for $20 to $50 with all proceeds going to the […]

Overture to Christmas ‘best ever’
The 26th Annual Overture to Christmas promises to be the best ever, declares Pat Budnick, of Motel in the Meadow, who helped to organize the weeklong celebration. In rapid succession, she begins to tick off events: “ceramics with Melissa, bow making with Nancy, caroling with Stan, the senior dinner – Jack Carroll helps with that, […]

Andrew Ladd Scholarship Wine Tasting & Auction
It’s The 3rd Annual Wine Tasting Benefit
Cabaret Dinner to Benefit GMUHS
What good is sitting alone in your room on Halloween weekend? If you don’t want to go out in costume who could ask for anything more than an evening of comedy skits, music, singing and dancing?
Food and Donation Drive to Benefit Irene Flood Victims
Chester resident Cortney Donohue is organizing the Chester Vermont Food and Donation Drive scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 3, to collect, sort and distribute food and household items to help flood victims in the Chester, Cavendish and Ludlow areas of Vermont. The drive will take place from 9 a.m. to noon at the American Legion Post […]