On our cover: A Michelle Ratté curtain
This issue’s cover is a detail from the fall-themed painted curtain by Michele Ratté (micheleratte.com; mmratte@comcast.net), one of five artists who agreed to participate in Main Street Arts’ ambitious painted curtains project. (See “Curtains up,” page 38). The result of Ratté’s art has been described by Vermont Public Radio commentator Anne Lawrence Guyon as “a stunning alchemy of past and present, organic evolution and human...
Our picks: Fall events in Southern Vermont not to be missed
Wine & Harvest Festival Sept 19–21, http://www.thevermontfestival.com Set in the backdrop of our world-renowned Vermont fall foliage, attendees at this seventh annual festival will discover, savor, and enjoy Vermont vintners, small specialty food producers, chefs, painters, publishers, cheese makers, potters, jewelers, photographers and farmers. Chester Vermont Fall Festival Sept 20-21, 10-4p, http://www.chesterfallfestival.org...
Music and theater
Actors Theatre Playhouse Main St, West Chesterfield, NH actors-theatre.info, 877 666-1855 Thru Sept 20: Copenhagen. In Nazi-occupied Denmark, the play’s characters meet secretly and discuss a subject that may change the world forever. Oct 2-18: Ten Minute Festival. Ten Minute Plays capture pivotal moments and are comic, tragic, and uplifting life-changing upheavals that occur in exactly ten minutes. They challenge the playwright, the...
At the museums
Bennington Center for the Arts 44 Gypsy Lane, Bennington 10a to 5p, Mon-Sun (Closed Mon) thebennington.org, 802 442-7158 Thru Sept 14: Impressions of New England. Annual exhibition including scenes of seashores, rolling hills, foliage and New England wildlife, all captured in paint and bronze. Thru Dec 21: Small Works Show, with figuratives, landscapes, cityscapes, wildlife, still-life’s and more. Thru Dec 21: Portraying the Human...
Farmers Markets
Every Saturday • Brattleboro Brattleboro Farmers’ Market, Western Avenue (just west of Creamery Covered Bridge), 9a – 2p, brattleborofarmersmarket.com. • Norwich Norwich Farmers’ Market, Route 5 south in Norwich, 9a-1p, morwichfarmersmarket.org. • Bennington Walloomsac Farmers’ Market at the Bennington Station, 10a-1p, 802 442-8934. • Londonderry West River Farmers’ Market, routes 11 and 100, 9a-1p, 802 824-4492. • Rutland Downtown...
Open studios
Hand Crafted, Vermont Works by the Guild of Vermont Furniture Makers, Thru Oct 19, Mon – Fri, 8-4:30 and Sat 11-3, The Vermont State House, 15 State St., Montpelier, http://www.vermontfurnituremakers.com/ An exhibit of furniture made by members of the Guild of Vermont Furniture Makers. Admission is free. The Guild is an association of master level furniture makers dedicated to the promotion of quality craftsmanship, excellence in...
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