Cotton Mill Arts Open Studio and Holiday Sale
Cotton Mill Hill, Brattleboro, Dec 1–3 This 19th annual seasonal event celebrates the work and creations of artists, musicians, bakers, cooks, and craftspeople of the Cotton Mill, and many other talented, juried artists and artisans from Brattleboro and surrounding communities. This popular spirited, sensory extravaganza spread throughout the three floors of the Mill is sure to provide something for everyone. Tenants invite you to...
Open studio tours and arts festivals
North Bennington Outdoor Sculpture Show Downtown Bennington http://www.northbennington.org Thru Oct 29: Artist Joe Chirchirillo organizes and curates the 20th annual North Bennington Outdoor Sculpture Show. Through the ages, classic sculpture—whether a Greek or Roman marble or a Far East depiction of Buddha—tends to follow a familiar visual aesthetic with which most lovers of art, as well as the lay public, are familiar. Enter...
Columbus Day weekend
Heirloom Apple Tasting Day Scott Farm, Dummerston http://www.scottfarmvermont.com Oct 8, 10a, 12p, 2p Each October during Columbus Day weekend we open our packing barn at Scott Farm for an heirloom apple tasting celebration. Our orchard manager, Ezekiel Goodband, offers all a taste of a select group of apples while sharing apple lore. What was Thomas Jefferson’s favorite apple? Who was Mr. Greening and what was his claim to fame? Come...
Pumpkin fests
33rd Townshend Pumpkin Festival Townshend, on the Common http://www.townshenvermont.org Oct 14 The Pumpkin Festival is a country fair with a craft show, plus pumpkin decorating contest, Halloween costume parade, best pumpkin pie contest, food vendors, and free pony rides for kids during Vermont’s foliage season. Buy your pumpkin pies whole or by the piece. Manchester Pumpkin Festival Equinox Valley Nursery, Manchester...
Fall Festivals
Weston Antiques Show Weston Playhouse, Weston http://www.westonantiquesshow.org Sept 28-30, 10a-5p, preview Sept 28, 7:30p Featuring renowned dealers from across the United States with American and English furniture, accessories, Americana, folk art, silver, samplers, paintings, Oriental rugs, jewelry, and more. Since the Weston Antiques Show’s inception, more than 85,000 attendees have enjoyed the show and more than $1 million has...
Farmers’ markets
Saturdays Brattleboro Farmers’ Market Western Avenue (just west of Creamery Covered Bridge) Brattleboro, 9a-2p http://www.brattleborofarmersmarket.com. Norwich Farmers’ Market Route 5 south in Norwich, 9a-1p http://www.norwichfarmersmarket.org. Bennington Farmers’ Market Bennington Station, 10a-1p 802 442-8934 Londonderry – West River Farmers’ Market Routes 11 and 100, 9a-1p 802 824-4492 Rutland Downtown Farmers’ Market Depot Park,...
Music and theater
Actors Theatre Playhouse Main Street, West Chesterfield, NH http://www.atplayhouse.org, 877 666-1855 Sept 16: “A Delicate Balance,” a staged reading for Edward Albee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama. Set in Connecticut, this play features an upper-class married couple whose relationship has been an uneasy one for several years. Sept 22-Oct 17 (Fridays and Saturdays): “Uncle Vanya” by Anon Chekhov. A cautionary tale delicately balanced...
Liz Hawkes de Niord works and book at CX Silver Gallery
Get in on the new exhibition and opening reception for Liz Hawkes deNiord’s paintings and clay works at Brattleboro’s CX Silver Gallery, which is publishing a gorgeous book on these groundbreaking pieces. The reception and book launch are Friday, Sept 29, from 5:30 to 7:30p, and the exhibition is open daily by appointment. Of deNiord’s work, painter Michele Burgess, the director of Brighton Press, writes that the artist “creates...
At the galleries
Asian Cultural Center of Vermont and C.X. Silver Gallery 814 Western Ave, Brattleboro http://www.accvt.org, 802 257-7898, ext. 1 Sept-March: Liz Hawkes deNiord’s paintings and clay works. The opening reception and book launch is Sept 29, 5:30-7:30p. Open daily by appointment. Concurrent with the exhibition, the gallery is publishing a book on Liz’s work. Catherine Dianich Gallery 139 Main St, Brattleboro Open by appointment only...
At the museums
Bennington Center for the Arts 44 Gypsy Lane, Bennington 10a to 5p, Mon-Sun (Closed Mon) http://www.thebennington.org, 802 442-7158 Thru Dec 23: Small Works Show. Beautiful works in a broad variety of subjects, but with a size limitation of 14 inches. Thru Sept 17: The Laumeister Fine Art Competition. Annual competition juried by Calvin Liang, a highly respected member of the Oil Painters of America and the California Art Club....
Vermont Arts Council lands accomplished new director
Karen S. Mittelman is the new executive director of the Vermont Arts Council. Mittelman, previously director of the Division of Public Programs at the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) in Washington, D.C., brings to the Arts Council more than 30 years of experience in the public sector and in the the federal cultural arena. Beyond her work at NEH, Mittelman held a senior position at the National Museum of American Jewish...
Murals make the town
Cities and towns across the country are looking a little more colorful lately—and that’s not because of the changing seasons. Groups that aim to promote local talent and engage the community have been turning bare city walls and public buildings into huge public canvases. Brattleboro is in the planning stages to promote creative murals townwide. Some years ago, Bellows Falls created a welcoming mural for its downtown. Now the Rotary...
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