State of the Arts: What’s the future for the arts in Southern Vermont?
By Joyce Marcel Vermont, once famous for its cows, is now becoming famous for its culture. How big can a rural art economy get? Having taken a big hit in 2008, Southern Vermont’s arts organizations believe they’re riding a creative economy that grows stronger every year. Over the past 10 years, economic growth has also spiraled upward as many organizations—Brattleboro Music Center and New England Center for Circus Arts in Brattleboro,...
One great little magazine — that’s what they tell us!
When you flip through [SO Vermont Arts & Living], you just sit back in awe while realizing the sheer amount of things related to the arts going on in the Southern half of the state that you were completely unaware of. Anyone picking up that magazine…tourist or native, will not help but be affected. That’s the power of working together in the arts community and keeping people abreast of what’s going on. ...
Talk of the Arts: Why we’re ‘Vermont strong’
We are a small state and we deal with each other one on one. The scale is more manageable. We know each other personally, and that makes a difference. By Carolyn Partridge There’s something special for me about this time of year. We just celebrated the holiday season and the new year and things, one hopes, are quieting down a little—except for those of us who serve in the Legislature. Now is when things get going! But, back to the...
At the museums
Bennington Center for the Arts 44 Gypsy Lane, Bennington 10a–5p, Mon–Sun (Closed Mon) http://www.thebennington.org, 802 442-7158 Ongoing: Exhibitions by many of the country’s most prestigious groups, along with artists chosen to participate in shows that we annually curate, have given the Bennington a reputation of a venue that exhibits only world-class art in an elegant, state-of-the-art facility. At the Covered Bridge Museum,...
At the galleries
Arts Council of Windham County 118 Elliot St., Brattleboro All events start at 6p. For tickets and more information, visit http://www.acwc.us ACWC is an organization of artists for artists. Board Trustee Sarah Bowen and former Board President Shanta Lee Gander have collaborated to plan a series of forums at 118 Elliott St. for the spring of 2018: Nourishing the Inner Artist: Conversations on Art and Creativity. The series plans to...
Music & Theater
Brattleboro Music Center 38 Walnut St., Brattleboro http://www.bmcvt.org, 802 257-4523 Jan 20–21: BMC Concert Choir Presents Jenkins’ “Requiem” and Lauridsen’s “Lux Aeterna,” 7:30p. Jan 27: Northern Roots Festival, noon–10p. Drawing on Brattleboro’s rich local scene as well as colleagues from across New England, Northern Roots presents the highest caliber of Irish, Scottish, Scandinavian and French Canadian music in intimate settings....
Maple Fests
Shearer Hill Farm Maple Festival Shearer Hill Farm, Wilmington http://www.Shearerhillfarm.com March–early April If you haven’t experienced maple sugaring first hand, you can do so at Shearer Hill Farm. For most of March and into April, you can join the crew to experiencing maple sugaring in the farm’s private sugarhouse. You’ll be able to help gather sap, stoke the fire in the sugarhouse evaporator, and watch as Farmer Bill boils...
Winter carnivals
Bennington Winterfest Various locations in North Bennington http://www.bennington.com Jan 27 The Village of North Bennington is thrilled to announce its Annual Winterfest and Penguin Plunge. Start your day off with a dip in the frigid waters of Lake Paran at the Penguin Plunge. You can opt out of the swim by cheering on the brave souls raising money for the Special Olympics at the Lake Paran Boat Launch. The Vermont Arts Exchange once...
Special events
Harris Hill Ski Jump Cedar Street, Brattleboro http://www.harrishillskijump.com, 802 254-4565 Feb. 17–18 Ski jumping returns to Harris Hill with an international field of jumpers. Boasting the only 90-meter, Olympic-sized ski jump in New England, the iconic two-day competition features the Fred Harris Memorial Tournament and the Pepsi Challenge. The event—a stop on the U.S. Cup Series of USA Nordic—includes a Nordic-combined...
2008-2017: SO Vermont Arts & Living anniversary retrospective
In each issue of SO Vermont Arts & Living, we cover gallery openings, festivals, people, entrepreneurs — all the things that encompass the Southern Vermont lifestyle. The timeline is a just a tip of the iceberg that we enjoyed sharing with you as we travelled down memory lane in flipping through back issues of the magazine. There was so much more we could have included! We hope these vignettes of material from this time shows the...
Latchis Theatre to celebrate its 80th
By Steve Noble Resilience is the operative word to describe the Latchis Hotel and Theatre, Brattleboro’s downtown Art Deco gem, which celebrates its 80th birthday in September 2018. The four brothers who built the Latchis Memorial Building in 1938 in tribute to their father, Demetrius Latchis, should have had an inkling from the start that their resilience would be tested. Their grand opening celebration was set for Sept. 22, 1938,...
Valley Cares senior housing celebrates 10 years
By Elayne Clift He’s energetic, gallant, and wickedly funny. He still has an eye for the ladies, writes stories and letters to the editor on a typewriter, bakes banana bread, and up until a year ago was snowshoeing. He says keeping active and maintaining a sense of humor is vital. None of this would be unusual for many people residing in assisted living settings. But Warren Patrick, former carpenter and real estate and insurance...
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