River Gallery School of Art celebrates 40 years
Now celebrating 40 years, River Gallery School of Art has ground-floor studio space and invites the community in to pay a visit. The school has offered high-quality arts education since 1976. Founders Barbara and Ric Campman developed their vision of nurturing creativity starting with children’s classes at the Ingenuity Shops. With a move to downtown at 127 Main St., they began offering classes to students of all ages. Now the school...
Our view: Wind energy is not for Vermont
By Lynn Barrett, Vermont Arts & Living Editor Our small towns stand by a wonderful sense of community and trust. We depend on our neighbors. We come through for each other. Just think about how neighbors responded during Tropical Storm Irene; no one stopped to think about the other’s politics or whether they were a second homeowner or a permanent resident. Everyone pitched in to get the job done. But Vermont’s small towns are...
Music and theater
Actors Theatre Playhouse Main St., West Chesterfield, N.H. http://www.atplayhouse.org, 877 666-1855 Thru-Oct 1: The Boys Next Door. Playwright Tom Griffin’s comedy-drama depicts life in a group home for the developmentally disabled. Wavering on the fine line between comedy and tragedy, Griffin draws from both traditions to create a touching, funny, sad, and moving portrait in which five challenged men survive by discovering what it...
At the 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: The Small Works Show, consisting of works 11 x 14 or smaller. Annual show allows our artists and patrons the privilege of being able to purchase a piece of art and take it home with them the same day. Currently: Wildscapes, juried by Donald Demers. Includes landscapes, seascapes, and scenes...
Grafton Museum highlights Vermont’s African American Heritage Trail
Occasionally overlooked as part of Vermont’s history are the African Americans who made Vermont their home. Over the centuries, they have tilled the soil, owned businesses, held public office, fought alongside fellow citizens in major wars, and worked to make Vermont—and the United States—a better place. The African American Heritage Trail was created to encourage black travelers to visit the state by offering journeys to exhibits and...
Reciprocal influence: How Arts, Manufacturing and Tech Meet in Bennington
By Arlene Distler Museums, as repositories of the old, often struggle for contemporary relevance, and the Bennington Museum — a fine edifice of gray stone known for its collection of Grandma Moses paintings and early American crafts and art — is no exception. But the current exhibit, “Digital 3D: Here and Now,” is very much of the moment, with surprises at every turn. The show celebrates what the museum describes as the “reciprocal...
Earthly Concern: When an artist marries an astronaut
By Meg Brazill The night was clear when artist Pat Musick stepped outside her house in upstate New York to see Skylab 4 making one of its 1,214 orbits around the Earth. Musick watched as the craft flew through the starry sky, a beacon connecting humans with the universe. She mused about the people on board, wondering who they were, and then the station slipped below the horizon and out of view. The year was 1973 and Musick, an artist...
“The Art of Glass” at the Wilson Museum
The exhibition “Modern Alchemy: The Art of Glass” features glass artists from all over the state who are members of the Vermont Glass Guild, an organization established in 2010 by glass artist Chris Sherwin. The goal of the Vermont Glass Guild is to bring together Vermont artists working in glass for mutual support and professional enrichment. The show , housed in the museum’s soaring galleries, features the variety of techniques used...
Reinventing a celebrated craft-beer brand
Surely you can fit this into your summer plans: Trout River Brewing is opening in the former Fellows Gear Shaper complex. Trout River Brewing Co., founded in July 1996 by Dan and Laura Gates, developed some of finest craft brews in Vermont — including Rainbow Red, Chocolate Oatmeal Stout, Hoppin’ Mad, and The Knight Slayer — and earned fans throughout New England. Dan stepped down in 2014, selling the brewery to Vermont Beer Shapers...
Food Festivals
Artists and artisanal food makers, winemakers, brewers, craftsmen, and farmers abound in this small region, bringing to the visitor’s mind — and palate — a taste of Tuscany, an area renowned for its fresh food and old-world charm. Fortunately, travelers in search of such a culinary and cultural experience can find it closer to home, nestled in the southern section of Vermont’s beautiful Green Mountains. Southern Vermont has become...
Farmers Markets
Tuesdays Rutland Downtown Farmers’ Market Depot Park, 3-6p 802 747-4403 Bennington Walloomsac Farmers’ Market Bennington Station, 10a-1p 802 442-8934 Wednesdays Brattleboro Area Farmers’ Market Brattleboro Food Co-op Parking Lot, 10a-2p http://www.brattleborofarmersmarket.com Woodstock Market On The Green, 3-6p http://www.woodstockvt.com Thursdays Manchester Farmers’ Market Adams Park, Manchester, 3-6p http://www.manchestermarket.org...
Family affair: Three Vermont couples, three Vermont food services businesses
By Nicole Colson Vermonters have plenty of reasons to rejoice in living here, including the more relaxed pace, the beautiful, bucolic setting, and the friendliness of people that comes from this charming lifestyle. We met three husband-and-wife teams of restaurateurs who relocated to the Green Mountain State for all those reasons — and one more. They have freshly grown and raised food at their disposal thanks to the bounty of nearby...
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