Museums
Bennington Center for the Arts 44 Gypsy Lane, Bennington 10a to 5p, Tue-Sun (Closed Mon) http://www.thebennington.org, 802 442-7158 Currently: Women. The beauty of women has long been the subject of the painter’s brush. This exhibit not only displays the beauty of the female form but also features the different roles and aspects of women in their everyday lives. Currently: Impressions of New England From the Laumeister Collection. For...
Ruggles & Hunt open new Brattleboro store
Ruggles & Hunt, purveyor of staple and fancy goods, has built up an incredible loyalty from shoppers in and around Walpole, N.H., for 13 years. Now it’s opening a location on Brattleboro’s Main Street. “The location, at 79 Main St., is great,” says store manager Jaja Laughlin. “In Brattleboro we’re situated between Distinctive Decor, which offers mid-century items, and the popular Fireworks Restaurant.” In renovating the...
A Steinway surprise for the Jazz Center
A Steinway piano for the Vermont Jazz Center The Vermont Jazz Center in Brattleboro has presented concerts, hosted jam sessions, and run ensembles using the same sweet workhorse piano for the past 15 years. In that time, numerous world-class pianists such as Carolina Calvache, Cyrus Chestnut, Gerald Clayton, Armen Donelian, Taylor Eigsti, Don Friedman, Hal Galper, Robert Glasper, Jason Lindner, Harold Mabern, Luis Perdomo, and Edward...
Open Studios
State Open Studio Tour Various locations in Vermont http://www.vermontcrafts.com May 28-29: Most Vermont craftspeople work in studios in or near their residences. These are places of production and inspiration in downtowns and at the end of dirt roads. Wherever they are, they are exciting places to visit because they reflect the dynamic, organized process that produces works of art. The studio itself is enormously informative because...
NBOSS: Outdoor sculptures in Bennington
In addition to the sculpture park, works in the 19th annual North Bennington Outdoor Sculpture Show will also be on view at the North Bennington Train Depot and at other locations on Main Street. This year’s show features works by approximately 40 national and local artists, some coming from Kansas, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee to participate. The show is also sponsored in part from the Fund for North Bennington and the...
Farm to Ballet: A celebration of Vermont’s vibrant food system
Farm to Ballet, a Burlington-based dance company, will stage throughout Vermont nine performances of an original composition linking farmers and food production to music and dance. Some of the evenings are organized as fundraisers to assist farmers. Chatch Pregger, who left the ranks of professional ballet dancing to become a teacher, has choreographed a 75-minute program that weaves together the timeless arts of farming and ballet....
Festivals & Fun Events
Southern Vermont Idol 603-313-0052, http://www.southernvermontidol.com (Audition dates, additional details at website.) The event competition begins Saturday, July 9 and continues on July 16, 23, 30 and Aug 5. Adult grand prize of $1,500. Four adults and four youth will receive prizes, awarded at the Aug 5 finale. Net proceeds benefit the Rockingham Arts and Museum Project (RAMP), a nonprofit organization in Bellows Falls. RAMP...
Summer Music
Next Stage Arts 15 Kimball Hill Road, Putney http://www.nextstagearts.org May 20: BETTY, Woman-powered Activist Rock, 7:30p. Many more events on the website. Southern Vermont Arts Center Arkell Pavilion at West Road, Manchester http://www.svac.org, 802 362-1405 June 17: Bob Stannard & Those Dangerous Bluesmen, with special guest Big Llou Johnson of Sirius XM’s “BB King Blues Radio,” 7p. July 7, 14, 21, and 28: Manchester Music...
Galleries
Barbara Ernst Prey Gallery 71 Spring St., Williamstown, Mass. http://www.barbaraprey.com, 413 884-6184 July 16-Sept 5: In Search of America explores the memory, art history, and influences of Color Field painters on large-scale watercolors. Opening reception Aug 1, 6-8p. Chaffee Art Center 16 South Main St., Rutland http://www.chaffeeartcenter.org, 802 775-0356 June 10-July 30: In Flanders Field, featuring artist Fran Bull. Aug 4-Sept...
Art in the atrium: Mitchell Giddings gallery expansion
Mitchell Giddings Fine Arts is a two-year-old gallery showcasing contemporary art in solo and group exhibitions. Along with its 183 Main St., Brattleboro, location, the gallery is expanding across the street to the Brooks House Atrium, 120 Main St. The expansion will enable MGFA to rotate exhibitions approximately every three months in this new, spacious, and light-filled public venue. As in the main gallery, all artwork in the atrium...
Remembering “36 miles of trouble”: Historical Society shows West River Railroad collection
The West River Trail may well be Vermont’s oldest transportation path. Native Americans called the West River “Wantastiquet” or “waters of the lonely way,” and the Wantastiquet path was an important connection from the West River valley and Fort Dummer in Brattleboro over the Green Mountains to Otter Creek and Lake Champlain. In 1879, this path was developed into the West River Railroad, originating in Brattleboro and terminating at...
Let’s show off our stuff: Windham County arts as an invitation to visitors
By Shanta L. Evans-Crowley How can we better showcase what we have to those who aren’t familiar with all we do in Windham County? How can we leverage our good stuff, especially through strategic partnerships? This question has been on my mind, and a part of many of my conversations, over the past several months. I can best start to answer it by telling you how I first encountered Windham County — as a traveler, resident, and creative...
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