Open Studios, Antiques, Craft Show
Open Studios, Antiques & Crafts Shows Readsboro Arts FestivalSep 15, 10-4, Readsboro Central School, readsboroarts.orgThe 6th annual Readsboro Arts Festival features the work of artists and craftspeople from southern Vermont and includes performances by local musicians and free art-making activities for all ages. 38th Fall Craft FestivalSept 22-23, On the Green, Rt 11, Chester, 10-4p, 802...
Arts, Crafts & Antiques Fairs
Arts, Crafts & Antiques Fairs Readsboro Arts FestivalSep 15, 10-4p, Readsboro Central School, readsboroarts.org 9th Annual Vermont Fine Furniture and Woodworking FestivalSep 29-30, 9-6p Sat, 10-4p Sun, Union Arena, Woodstock, vermontwoodfestival.org Big Buzz Chainsaw Carving FestivalOct 2-8, all day, MacKenzie Field, Rt 103, Chester (field is behind Stone House Antiques & across from Jack’s Diner), 508 965-3211...
Workshops, classes, artist residencies
Workshops, Classes & Artist Residencies Stone Trust indoor stone building workshop Bennington Center for the Arts44 Gypsy Lane, Bennington10a to 5p, Mon-Sun (Closed Mon)benningtoncenterforthearts.org, 802 442-7158Ongoing: Students will learn the techniques of carving small animals from blocks of wood. Students will carve and paint a piece with instruction on every aspect of the art form. Check the website for...
Main Street Arts
The Little Theatre That Could—Main Street Arts By Joyce Marcel Main Street Arts is a little community arts center that always thinks big. “Main Street Arts is to Saxtons River as Lincoln Center is to New York City,” it likes to say. “It’s the heartbeat of Saxtons River,” said Kathleen J. Bryar, the chair of Main Street Arts’ audacious capital campaign. “And it’s not just for Saxtons River. It’s Grafton, Westminster West, Putney,...
Brattleboro Literary Festival
Brattleboro Literary Festival By Arlene Distler The literary arts have played an important part in Brattleboro’s history. Royall Tyler, writer of the first comedy written and produced in the New World, lived and worked in Brattleboro during the late eighteenth century. The first literary societies in the community were formed in his day, the forerunners of the reading and writing groups that abound here today. In the...
Stephen Hannock
Stephen Hannock By Joyce Marcel Stephen Hannock’s paintings combine landscape with stories — as if there were any landscapes without stories. Lovely and alive, the paintings flow with rivers and glow with flares of light. “Decoding meaning is one of the great pleasures of viewing art by Stephen Hannock,” said Brattleboro Museum and Art Center curator Mara Williams. “Each work is exquisitely rendered, suffused with light,...
What’s New
What’s New Is it Brooklyn or Brattleboro? State-of-the-Art pads and retail in the heart of Downtown. The Historic Brooks House, that suffered a massive fire a year ago, is now being developed as a major hub for downtown with top urban amenities for both retail and apartment living. A new indoor mall area with a coffee bar, seating, and handicapped access will connect a mix of retail and restaurant spaces on the ground floor. The...
What’s New
What’s New Is it Brooklyn or Brattleboro? State-of-the-Art pads and retail in the heart of Downtown. The Historic Brooks House, that suffered a massive fire a year ago, is now being developed as a major hub for downtown with top urban amenities for both retail and apartment living. A new indoor mall area with a coffee bar, seating, and handicapped access will connect a mix of retail and restaurant spaces on the ground floor. The...
Great Hall of Springfield
The Great Hall of Springfield By Arlene Distler Clearly it takes a village––and town––to make a first-class art space. With the transforming of the defunct Fellows Gear Shaper Factory from an abandoned and derelict shell into the medical center-retail-art space that it is today, has taken vision, patience, and selflessness on the part of many. Springfield has done it right and done itself proud. The opening of the new, airy, and...
Great Hall of Springfield
The Great Hall of Springfield By Arlene Distler Clearly it takes a village––and town––to make a first-class art space. With the transforming of the defunct Fellows Gear Shaper Factory from an abandoned and derelict shell into the medical center-retail-art space that it is today, has taken vision, patience, and selflessness on the part of many. Springfield has done it right and done itself proud. The opening of the new, airy, and...
Bead man
On The Street…Bead Man Beadniks, on Main Street in Brattleboro is celebrating its 20th anniversary. Family owned and operated and voted one of Vermont’s top 10 shops, it’s more than just a bead shop; it’s a museum, a pop culture emporium, and a walk on the wild side. Retro toys, old-fashioned candy, postcards, gemstones and eclectic gifts await the curious. On Friday, Oct. 5, Beadniks will be celebrating its 20th anniversary...
Bead man
On The Street…Bead Man Beadniks, on Main Street in Brattleboro is celebrating its 20th anniversary. Family owned and operated and voted one of Vermont’s top 10 shops, it’s more than just a bead shop; it’s a museum, a pop culture emporium, and a walk on the wild side. Retro toys, old-fashioned candy, postcards, gemstones and eclectic gifts await the curious. On Friday, Oct. 5, Beadniks will be celebrating its 20th anniversary...
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