Calendar
Calendar
At the Museums
Bennington Center for the Arts 44 Gypsy Lane, Bennington⌦10am to 5pm, Tues.-Sun. (Closed Mondays) benningtoncenterforthearts.org. 802 442-7158
Ongoing: Discover the history and legends of Vermont’s covered bridges in the world’s only museum dedicated to their preservation. Explore the exhibits on engineering, construction, tools, and creators.
Bennington Museum 75 Main Street, Rte. 9, Bennington⌦10am to 5pm (Closed Wednesdays) benningtonmuseum.org, 802 477-1571
Feb. 1-April 25: “Vermont Impressions.” Drawn from the museum’s permanent collection, this exhibition will feature paintings in the impressionist vein dating largely from 1900-1950, including work by artists such as Clifford A Bayard, Horace Brown, Edwin B. Child and more. ■ May 22-Oct. 31: “State of Craft.” State of Craft is a landmark exhibition examining the evolution of the contemporary studio craft movement in Vermont.
Brattleboro Museum & Art Center 10 Vernon Street, Brattleboro 11am to 5pm (Closed Tuesdays) brattleboromuseum.org, 802 257-0124
Through Feb. 21: Drawing Itself: A Survey of Contemporary Practice. Drawing Itself offers viewers the rare pleasure of exploring the frequently overlooked art form of drawing. ■ Back Through Black: Marcy Hermansader. Hermansader has constructed a series of collages inspired by and about darkness, giving us much to ponder: darkness as protective but menacing, providing cover but full of dangers. ■ Eric Aho: Ice Box. Aho’s work is a perfect synthesis of abstraction and representation, the general and the particular, process and memory. It is both original and a précis of contemporary and art historical influences. ■ Bill Long: Through The View. Bill Long’s illustrated book Through the View consists of a series of 32 colorful oil paintings that explore the idea of careful observation — with regard not only to what we as viewers see, but also to what the characters that “people” the pictures are looking at. ■ Joseph Fichter: Clarion Call. Joseph Fichter’s horse sculptures are more than descriptions of living animals: they are dynamic depictions of energy in motion. ■ March 28–July 11: Oblique, Acute and Sidelong. Group exhibit including works by Subhankar Banerjee, Maya Gold, Yvonne Jaquet and David Kapp. Curated by Mara Williams, BMAC chief curator. ■ Egg Tempera: Contemporary Masters. Includes work by Koo Shadler, Doug Safranek, ■ Altoon Sultan, Robert Vickrey, George Tooker, Suzanne Scherer & Pavel Ouporov, Fred Wessel and Robert Paul Saphier. Curated by Susan Calabria, BMAC educational curator ■ Cecily Kahn: Call and Response. Curated by Mara Williams. ■ The City of Salt: Nicholas Kahn & Richard Selesnck. Curated by Susan Calabria. ■ Symmetries: Ellen Dorn Levitt. Curated by Susan Calabria.
The Clark ■ 225 South Street, Williamstown, Mass.⌦10am to 5pm Tuesday through Sunday clark.edu, 413 458-2303
Thru April 11: Material Witnesses: Photographs of Things. Drawn from the collections of the Clark and the Troob Family Foundation, and featuring works by William Henry Fox Talbot, Roger Fenton, and Eugène Atget. ■ Feb. 14-April 25: Giovanni Boldini in Impressionist Paris. These genre scenes, landscapes, city views, and casual portraits were inspired by both established artists and the emerging Impressionists.
Hildene Estate Route 7A, Manchester hildene.org, 802 362-1788
Ongoing: The American Ideal: Abraham Lincoln and the Second Inaugural. This exhibit attempts to illuminate some of the personal qualities that made Abraham Lincoln the indelible part of the American psyche he remains today. ■ Vermont and the North Shire in the Civil War. This is the story of the Equinox Guards. It is the story shared by all soldiers, and all families, and all communities on both sides of the conflict.
The Nature Museum at Grafton 186 Townshend Rd.,
Grafton nature-museum.org, 802 843-2111
The exhibits at The Nature Museum at Grafton encourage you to open the door to Vermont’s natural beauty. Innovative and interactive exhibits invite you to dig for fossils, discover minerals in a mine, watch honeybees at work in their hive (in season), or investigate underground life in a crawl through tunnel.
Robert Frost Stone House Museum 121 Rte. 7A, South Shaftsbury
frostfriends.org, 802 447-6200
Ongoing: Robert Frost: The Poetry of Agriculture. Explores Frost’s love of rural life. He always said his poems were based on real people and real experiences.
Smith College Museum of Art Elm Street at Bedford Terrace, Northampton, Mass. 10am-4pm Tues.-Sat., 12-4pm Sun.⌦smith.edu/artmuseum/, 413 585-2760
Through Feb. 28: Touch Fire: 94 vibrant and dynamic ceramic sculptures by 21 leading contemporary Japanese women artists working within and transforming a medium associated with men. ■ Thru April 11: Kin and Kindred: Reflections on Childhood. By juxtaposing images from different eras and in a variety of media the exhibition seeks to examine historically-defined assumptions and judgments of childhood and child rearing. ■ Thru – March 31: Susan Hiller: What Every Gardener Knows is an audio installation by the internationally renowned artist Susan Hiller (Smith College class of 1961). Originally commissioned for the exhibition Genius Locii in Stadtpark Lahr, Schwarzwald, Germany in 2003, the piece is an electronically-timed carillon that plays music composed by the artist and based on Gregor Mendel’s theory of inherited traits in plants. ■ April 3 – June 15: A Room of Their Own: The Bloomsbury Artists in American Collections. A Room of Their Own exemplifies the breadth and strength of the complex artistic output of the visual artists associated with the Bloomsbury Group, focusing particularly on the work of Vanessa Bell, Duncan Grant, Roger Fry, and Dora Carrington. The exhibition features over 100 works —prints, paintings, watercolors, drawings, books from the Hogarth Press, and decorative works from the Omega Workshop (1910-1950s)—drawn from public and private collections in the U.S.
Southern Vermont Arts Center, Yester House Gallery West Road, Manchester 10am to 5pm, Tues.-Sat., 12pm to 5pm, Sun.svac.org, 802 362-2522, 362-1405
Thru March 9: February’s exhibitions include artwork by Gerald Auten, Anne Harhay, Helen Young, Frances B. Ashforth, Susan Wadsworth, John MacDonald, Berta Burr and Tom Kerr. ■ March 13 to April 8: Art From Schools. Features work by Northshire area students from the elementary grades through high school. Opening reception March 13 from 2-4pm.
Vermont Folklife Center 88 Main Street, Middlebury 10am to 5pm Tues.-Sat. vermontfolklifecenter.org, 802 388-7090
Thru Apr.: Exhibits Exploring Vermont Communities. A series of exemplary student projects shaped by the perspectives of ethnography and place-based education from Addison County and schools throughout the state.
Vermont Museum of Mining and Minerals 55 Pleasant St., Grafton
vtmmm.org, 802 875-3562
Ongoing: Learn about Vermont’s rich mining and mineral industries through displays on talc, soapstone, and the world-famous Vermont marble, granite and slate. See a spectacular two-foot crystallized fossil shell of a giant ammonite (a prehistoric marine invertebrate). Watch rocks go from mild to wild in a hands-on fluorescent mineral exhibit. Find out what fossils have been found in Vermont’s Lake Champlain region.
Ann Coleman Gallery 23 West Main Street, Wilmington
9am-5pm daily artistanncoleman.com, 802 379-4305, 802 368-7090
Feb. 27 through March: New Works Show, 4-7 pm opening reception on Feb. 27. Local scenes in watercolor, and more. ■ May 29-30: Open Studio at the gallery, 9am–5pm.
Crow Hill Gallery 729 Flamstead Rd, Chester
crowhillgallery.com, 802 875-3763
New work by Jeanne Carbonetti. Includes watercolors from special series in still life, figure, and landscape. Also, the continuing display by renowned sculptor Jim Florschutz.
C.X. Silver Gallery 814 Western Avenue, Brattleboro 9am-9pm daily, by appointment or walk-in cxsilvergallery.com, 802 257-7898 ext. 2
Through Feb. 26: Tibetan Thangka Painting of Chuntui Lama. Thangkas are paintings on cloth scrolls mounted on brocade banners.
DaVallia Art and Accents⌦78 Common St., Chester
thedavallia.com, 802 875-1203
April 17–May 30: “Birds & Blossom” garden show. Blossoming bulbs in handcrafted planters, garden art, and birds galore.
Gallery 103 7 Pineview Drive, Chester 802 875-7400
Gallery 2 and Vermont Artisan Designs 106 Main Street, Brattleboro 10am-7pm, Mon.-Sat., 11am-4pm Sun. buyvermontart.com, vtartisans.com,802 257-7044
Gallery in the Woods 145 Main Street, Brattleboro⌦Open daily 11am-5:30pm, Sunday 12-5 galleryinthewoods.com, 802 257-4777
Thru Feb 28: Lauren Watrous introduces a new body of abstract oil paintings. Also introducing abstract work on paper is Jeanne Jaudry. New Porcelain tile installations from Brattleboro artists Natalie Blake and Cynthia Houghton. Images from nature in Houghton’s elegant and animated etching style, customized to fit any space, in a broad spectrum of colors for which Blake studios is famed. ■ March 1–April 30: The World by Bill Long:⌘Animator and Illustrator Bill Long shows⌘work for sale from his latest book, featured this winter at the Brattleboro Museum. Long has illustrated several works, and before relocating to Vermont, he created animation for Beavis and Butt-head and Nickelodian for television. ■ March 1– April 3: The Women’s Show. Benefit for the Women’s film festival. Kaori Hamura, Laurel Hausler, Marilyn Andrews, Gwen Murphy, Denise Beaudette. The common thread here is the ability to laugh.
Gallery North Star 151 Townshend Road, Grafton 10am-5pm daily (Tues. by chance) gnsgrafton.com 802 843-2465
Thru March 7: Julie Y Baker Albright solo show.
The Gallery at the Rhodes Art Center Northfield Mount Hermon 1 Lamplighter Way, Mount Hermon, Mass. nmhschool.org, 413 498-3000
Thru March 3: Sculpture and Paintings by Phyllis Rosser.
Hunter Gallery of Fine Art and Hunter Artworks 74 Main Street and 56 Townshend Road, Grafton hunterartworks.com 802 843-1440
Select images of the Maine Seacoast, Vermont Villages, Country Life and Private Collections.
Putney School Gallery 418 Houghton Brook Road, Putney putneyschool.org
Thru Feb. 20: Print show featuring 140 etchings and watercolors by long-time Putney School staff member Brian D. Cohen. Cohen’s etchings are carefully planned and include subjects like transportation (trains, bridges, ships, or zeppelins), music and natural history.
Spiral Press Café/ Northshire Bookstore 4 69 Main Street, Manchester Center 10am – 9pm Tues-Sat, 10am-7pm Sun-Mon. 802 362-9944
Through Sept: Nature of Awe: Two Photographic Perspectives. Christine Glade and Tom Reed exhibiting stunning photography in the natural world.
Tilting at Windmills 24 Highland Avenue, Manchester Center 10am-5pm, Mon.-Sat, 10am-4pm Sun. tilting.com, 802 362-3022
Feb. 14: Special Valentine’s Day Event: Gerald Lubeck and Louis Guarnaccia artist reception and painting demonstration from 3-5pm.
Vermont Center for Photography 49 Flat Street, Brattleboro 2 pm-7pm, Fri., noon–5pm, Sat.-Sun. vcphoto.org, 802 251-6051
March 5: Vermont Center for Photography Member’s Show. ■ April 2: The Landscape Show: A Juried Exhibition.
MUSIC & THEATER
Bennington Center for the Arts Vermont Route 9 at Gypsy Lane, Bennington benningtoncenterforthearts.org 802 442-7158
April 17: Mackenzie Melemed in concert: Since beginning piano at the age of five, this remarkable young man has performed at Carnegie Hall and the White House.7:30pm.
Brattleboro Music Center 38 Walnut Street, Brattleboro bmcvt.org,
802 257-4523
March 7: New England Bach Festival Musicians Reunion, 3pm, Latchis Theatre, Brattleboro. ■ March 26: Music School faculty recital, 7:30pm, Centre Congregational Church, Brattleboro. ■ March 27: Music School student recitals. ■ March 28: Windham Orchestra for Kids of All Ages, 3pm. ■ April 11: Music School Students and Faculty: Invention! 3pm, All Souls Church, West Brattleboro. ■ April 25: Pianist Peter Serkin with Violinist Madalyn Parnas and Cellist Cicely Parnas, 4pm, Centre Congrega-tional Church, Brattleboro. ■ April 30: The Blanche Moyse Chorale presents Die Erste Walpurgisnacht, 8pm, Walpole Unitarian Church, Walpole, NH. ■ May 2: The Blanche Moyse Chorale presents Die Erste Walpurgisnacht, 4pm, Centre Congregational Church, Brattleboro.
Bromley Mountain 3984 Route 11, Peru bromley.com, 802 824-5522
Feb. 13: Join us for the torchlight parade, live music, dancing, a dessert tasting, and a silent auction and vacation raffle, all capped off by a magnificent fireworks display!
The Clark College Museum 225 South Street, Williamstown, Mass. clark.edu, 413 458.2303
■ Feb. 20: An Evening with Judy Collins, 7pm. ■ Apr. 18 & 25: Arts Break Concert by Williams College Students, 1pm.
Hooker Dunham Theater & Gallery 139 Main Street, Brattleboro hookerdunham.org, 802 254-9276
See Web site for details.
Latchis Hotel 50 Main Street, Brattleboro http://www.latchis.com, 802 254-6300
■ Feb. 13: Warren Miller Ski Film.■ March 3: Vermont Humanities Council presents Ken Burns. ■ March 7: Brattleboro Music Center Moyse Centennial Year Chamber Concert. ■ March 20: Bush Mango Dancers. ■ April 3: Spell Check! A Spelling Bee for Grown Ups.
Main Street Arts 37 Main Street, Saxtons River mainstreetarts.org,
802 869-2960
Manchester Music Festival Arkell Pavilion at Southern Vermont Arts Center, Manchester mmfvt.org, 802 362-1956
Mar. 21: Peter and the Wolf with live orchestra and narrator, 3pm., Maple Street School. ■ April 8: Fireworks Ensemble, as part of the Young Composer’s Project, Riley Center for the Arts at Burr and Burton Academy, 7pm.
MUDTIME Theater 17 Canal Street, Bellows Falls mudtimetheater.blogspot.com
Free Theater each Friday night at 8pm, including: Feb. 12: “The Jolly Banker,” with the Modern Times Theater. ■ Feb. 19: “In Dreams Begin Responsibilities,” by Delmore Schwartz.
New England Youth Theater 100 Flat Street, Brattleboro neyt.org,
802 246-NEYT (6398)
March 12-14 and 19-21: The New England Youth Theater presents,” The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” directed by Peter Gould. ■ Apr. 1: TAP Thursday Morning Adult Troupe. ■ Apr. 14: TAP Wednesday Afternoon Youth Troupe. ■ Apr. 23-25 and Apr. 30-May 2: The New England Youth Theater presents, “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,” directed by John Hadden.
Sandglass Theater 17 Kimball Hill, Putney sandglasstheater.org,
802 387-4051
March 13: Mid-Winter Sunshine Children’s Series – Jack and the Beanstalk, 2 & 4pm.
Southern Vermont Arts Center Arkell Pavilion at West Road, Manchester svac.org, 802 362-1405
Feb. 13: Teddy Bear Tea Party, Yester House Gallery, 2-4 pm. Celebrate Valentine’s Day a day early with your child at the second annual Teddy Bear Tea Party! Party-goers are invited to bring a well-loved teddy bear (doll or other stuffed animal) and are encouraged to “dress up” for the occasion in their best tea finery. Reservations are required.
Snow Barn at Mount Snow mountsnow.com/snowbarn.html
Feb. 13: The Pulse of Boston. ■ Feb. 14: National Recording Artist Rusted Root. ■ Feb. 20: The Soul Band. ■ Feb. 27: Delta Generators. ■ March 13: Ernie and the Automatics. ■ March 17: A Tribute to U2’s The Joshua Tree.
Starving Artist Collective 10 West Street, Keene, NH thestarvingartistcollective.com, 603 352-6900
Feb. 11: The Daredevil and Christopher Wright, 8-10pm. ■ Feb. 18: Sisters and Brothers Freeform Jazz Collective, 8-10pm. ■ Feb. 19: David Wax Museum with RISE, 8pm. ■ Feb. 20: Apple Hill Performance, 8-10pm. ■ Feb. 23: Benefit Concert with Silas Beardslee, 8pm. ■ Feb. 24: Holy Grounds with guest Lecture, 8pm. ■ Feb. 26: The Accident That Led Me to the World with George Barber, 8pm.
Stone Church Arts 20 Church Street, Bellows Falls stonechurcharts.us, 802 463-3100
March 13: St. Patrick’s Fiddle Frenzy: Eugene Friesen, cello, with Annalivia, 7:30pm. ■ April 10: Eugene Friesen & Friends, 7:30pm. ■ April 17: Odaiko New England, Taiko drummers, at Bellows Falls Opera House, 7:30pm. ■ May 1: Klezmer/Jazz: Alki Steriopoulos, piano & Howie Leshaw, clarinet, 7:30pm.
Vermont Jazz Center 72 Cotton Mill Hill, Brattleboro vtjazz.org,
802 254-9088
Feb. 13: Antonio Hart Quartet, 8pm., Vermont Jazz Center. ■ March 13: Whirrr! The Music of Jimmy Guiffre with the Harrison /Schuller Sextet, 8pm., Vermont Jazz Center. ■ April 17: Peter Bernstein Tribute to Attila Zoller, 8pm., Vermont Jazz Center. ■ May 22: Howard Brofsky and Friends, 8pm., Vermont Jazz Center.
Weston Playhouse Theater 703 Main Street, Weston westonplayhouse.org, 802 824-5288
Feb. 13-14: 9th Annual Vermont and Beyond Fine Art Show with music and refreshments, 11am– 5pm at the Weston Playhouse.
ONGOING
Every Saturday: Winter Farmers’ Market, Downtown Brattleboro, 10am–3pm, 802869-2141, postoilsolutions.org. ■ Every Saturday: Vermont Craft Beer Tastings, Forty Putney Road Bed and Breakfast, Brattleboro, 5:30pm, fortyputneyroad.com, 802 254-6268. ■ Every Saturday: Rutland Winter Farmers Market, Old Strand Theatre, Rutland, 10am–2pm, 802 438-9803. ■ Every Sunday: Dorset Winter Farmers Market, J.K. Adams factory on Route 30, Dorset, 10am–2pm, 518 222-1149, dorsetfarmersmarket.com.
FEBRUARY
Every Monday: Knitting Circle, 5:50–7pm, the Starving Artist Collective, Keene, thestarvingartistcollective.com ■ Every Monday: Figure Drawing Model Swap, 7:15–10pm, the Starving Artist Collective, Keene, thestarvingartistcollective.com.Memorial Library, Brattleboro, brooks.lib.vt.us, 802 254-5290. Feb. 11: Drawing Itself Exhibit Tour with Curators Craig Stockwell, Mara Williams and Featured Artists, 7:30pm., Brattleboro, brattleboromuseum.org, 802 257-0124. Feb. 11: Gallery Talk: Looking at Lunchtime Talk: Material Witnesses, Clark Museum, 12:30pm, clarkart.edu. ■ Feb. 12, 14 and 20: Beethoven’s complete Works for Cello & Piano, 7:30pm. Friday and Saturday, 2pm. Sunday, Guilford Community Church, Guilford, fomag.org. ■ Feb. 13: Mardi Gras and Valentine Ball, presented by WOOL 100.1 FM, 7pm to midnight, music by Lil’ Orphans Cajun Express and the Black Sheep Brass Band. 33 Bridge Street, Bellows Falls, wool.fm or 802 518-4101. ■ Feb. 13: Warren Miller Ski Film, latchis.com, 802 254-6300. ■ Feb. 13: 2nd Saturday Poetry Open Mic, 5-8pm, Village Square Booksellers, Bellows Falls, free, 802 463-9404. ■ Feb. 13: February Festival with torchlight parade, live music and fireworks at Bromley Mountain, Peru. 802 824-5522, bromley.com. ■ Feb. 13: Lunar New Year Celebration: Festival & Potluck, Brattleboro, brattleboromuseum.org, 802 257-0124. ■ Feb. 13-14: 86th Annual Harris Hill Ski Jumping Competition, Brattleboro, harrishillskijump.org, 802 258-3992. ■ Feb. 13-14: 9th Annual Vermont and Beyond Fine Art Show, 11am–5pm, Weston Playhouse, westonplayhouse.org. Feb. 14: Poetry Reading with Tim Dunn, 4:30 pm, Great river Arts Initiative, Bellows Falls, greatriverarts.org. ■ Feb. 15-20: Mount Snow Mardi Gras President’s Week Celebration, events all week, mountsnow.com. ■ Feb. 17: Part 1 of “Wild Cow Monster: The Poetry of Ancient Mesopotamia,” 12:30, Brooks Memorial Library, Brattleboro, brooks.lib.vt.us, 802 254-5290. ■ Feb. 17: Storytime with Lee Harper presenting, “Snow! Snow! Snow!” 10:30am Northshire Books, Manchester Center, northshire.com. ■ Feb. 18: Independent Lens Film Screening: “The Eyes of Me,” 7:30pm., Brattleboro, brattleboromuseum.org, 802 257-0124. ■ Feb. 19: 3rd Friday Art Walk, Bellows Falls, 5-8pm, 802 463-9404. ■ Feb. 19: Barolo Wine Tasting Dinner, fundraiser for Great River Arts Initiative, at L.A. Burdick in Walpole, N.H., greatriverarts.org. ■ Feb. 24: Part 2 of “Wild Cow Monster: The Poetry of Ancient Mesopotamia,” 12:30, Brooks Memorial Library, Brattleboro, brooks.lib.vt.us, 802 254-5290. ■ Feb. 25: Wine Chat with Kevin, 6pm., Grafton, 802 843-2231, oldtavern.com.
MARCH
March 1: Domino Toppling Event, 5:30pm., brattleboromuseum.org, 802 257-0124. March 1: Clark/Williams College Museum of Art Artist Symposium: Artistic Crossings of the Black Atlantic: The Migratory Aesthetic in Contemporary Art, starts at 9am… runs all day, clarkart.edu. March 2: Lecture by Sandra Jordan, “Alpaca: From Commodity to Branded Luxury,” 2:45pm, Southern Vermont College, Bennington, 802 447-6388. March 3: First Wednesday Lecture, “The National Parks: America’s Best Idea,” with Ken Burns, 7pm, Latchis Theatre, Brattleboro, brooks.lib.vt.us, 802 254-5290. March 5-7: Almost Maine, presented by the Dorset Players, 7:30pm March 5-6, 2pm March 7, Dorset, dorsetplayers.org. March 6: Brattleboro Gallery Walk, 5:30pm, gallerywalk.org. March 7: Brattleboro Music Center New England Bach Festival Musicians Reunion Concert, latchis.com, 802 254-6300. March 8: Bird Walk at Hildene in Manchester, 8am, free, 802 362-2270, hildene.org. March 9: Winter History Series at Hildene in Manchester: Jason Emerson on “Robert Todd Lincoln and African Americans,” 7pm, free, 802 362-2270, hildene.org. March 10: Stephen King March Film Series, “Cat’s Eye,” 7pm, Brooks Memorial Library, Brattleboro, brooks.lib.vt.us, 802 254-5290. March 11: Gallery Talk: Looking at Lunchtime Talk: The Cliffs at Etretat, Clark Museum, 12:30, clarkart.edu. ■ March 12-14: Almost Maine, presented by the Dorset Players, 7:30pm ■ March 12-13, 2pm ■ March 14, Dorset, dorsetplayers.org. ■ March 12-21: 19th Annual Women’s Film Festival, featuring over 30 Vermont, U.S. and international films by or about women, at the Latchis, Hooker-Dunham and New England Youth Theater, Brattleboro, 802 257-0098, womensfilmfestival.org. ■ March 13: Yellow Barn in collaboration with New England Conservatory presents György Kurtág’s Kafka Fragments. Centre Congregational Church, Brattleboro, 8pm ■ March 13: 2nd Saturday Poetry Open Mic, 5-8pm, Village Square Booksellers, Bellows Falls, free, 802-463-9404. ■ March 13-14: Gorgeous Gardens & Green Living Show at Riley Rink, Manchester. greenworksvermont.org, 802 865-5202. ■ March 14: Yellow Barn in collaboration with NEC presents György Kurtág’s Kafka Fragments. Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory, Boston, 8pm ■ March 17: Stephen King March Film Series, “Hearts In Atlantic,” 7pm, Brooks Memorial Library, Brattleboro, brooks.lib.vt.us, 802 254-5290. ■ March 19: Lecture by Annette Gordon-Reed, “Presidents, Family and Culture, Rethinking History,” 7pm., Bennington Center for the Arts, Bennington, benningtoncenterforthearts.org, 802 447-6388. ■ March 19: 3rd Friday Art Walk, Bellows Falls, 5-8pm, 802 463-9404. ■ March 20: River Gallery School Annual Benefit Auction to support art programs and scholarships, Brattleboro, rivergalleryschool.org, 802 257-1577. ■ March 20: Bush Mango Dancers, latchis.com, 802 254-6300. ■ March 20-21: Spring Fling weekend at Sun Mountain Adventure Park, Bromley Mountain, bromley.com. ■ March 20-21: 12th Annual Whitingham Maple Festival, all day, Whitingham, whitingham-maplefest.us/index.html, 802 464-1154. ■ March 21: Vermont Symphony Orchestra matinee series 3 concert, 4pm, Paramount Theatre, Rutland, vso.org. ■ March 24: Stephen King March Film Series, “Secret Window,” 7pm, Brooks Memorial Library, Brattleboro, brooks.lib.vt.us, 802 254-5290. ■ March 25: Windham Orchestra, Children’s Concert, Brattleboro, 9:30 & 11pm, bmcvt.org, 802 257-4523. ■ March 26-28: 9th Annual Vermont Maple Open House Weekend. For a list of sugarmakers, visit vermontmaple.org or 800 837-6668. ■ March 28: Cappella Clausura: Sacred Music by Women Composers, 4:30pm., First Baptist Church, Brattleboro, fomag.org. ■ March 29: Windham Orchestra: Concert for Kids of All Ages, 3pm., Brattleboro, bmcvt.org, 802 257-4523. ■ March 31: Stephen King March Film Series, “Thinner,” 7pm, Brooks Memorial Library, Brattle-boro, brooks.lib.vt.us, 802 254-5290.
APRIL
April 3: Brattleboro Gallery Walk, 5:30 pm, gallerywalk.org. ■ April 8: Teddy Roosevelt: Mind, Body and Spirit, one-person performance by Ted Zalewski, Springfield Town Hall, 7pm., 802 805-3108. ■ April 8: Gallery Talk: Looking at Lunchtime Talk: At the Concert, Clark Museum, 12:30, clarkart.edu. ■ April 10: 2nd Saturday Poetry Open Mic, 5-8pm, Village Square Booksellers, Bellows Falls, free, 802 463-9404. ■ April 12: Bird Walk at Hildene in Manchester, 8am, free, 802 362-2270, hildene.org. ■ April 13: Winter History Series at Hildene in Manchester: Jason Emerson on “Robert Todd Lincoln and his Children and Grandchildren,” 7pm, free, 802 362-2270, hildene.org. ■ April 14: Part 1 of “The Winged Bull: The Sculptures of Ancient Mesopotamia,” 7pm, Brooks Memorial Library, Brattleboro, brooks.lib.vt.us, 802 254-5290. ■ April 16: 3rd Friday Art Walk, Bellows Falls, 5-8pm, 802 463-9404. ■ April 21: Part 2 of “The Winged Bull: The Sculptures of Ancient Mesopotamia,” 7pm, Brooks Memorial Library, Brattleboro, brooks.lib.vt.us, 802 254-5290. ■ April 23-25 & 30: “The Man Who Came to Dinner,” by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart, directed by Marilyn Grange, Dummerston Grange, Dummerston. 802 258-1344, vermonttheatrecompany.com. ■ April 23-25: Manchester and the Mountains 3rd Annual “Emerging Poets and Writers Weekend,” Manchester, greatermanchesterarts.org. ■ April 25: Parnas/Serkin Trio, Brattleboro, 4pm, 802 257-4523, bmcvt.org. ■ April 30: Blanche Moyse Choral presents Die Erste, 8pm, Walpole, NH, 802 257-4523, bmcvt.org.
MAY
May 1-2: “The Man Who Came to Dinner,” by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart, directed by Marilyn Grange, Dummerston Grange, Dummerston. 802 258-1344, vermonttheatrecompany.com. ■ May 2: Blanche Moyse Chorale – Die Erste Walpurgisnacht, 4pm, Centre Congregational Church, Brattleboro, 802 257-4523. ■ May 2: Herrick’s Cove Wildlife Festival, 10am-4pm, Rockingham, nature-museum.org, 802 843-2111. ■ May 2: School for International Training’s annual Race for a Reason, 5-10K walk or run for people of all ages. Money goes toward cyclone relief in Bangladesh, 802 257-7751. ■ May 7: Schumann Trio, 7:30pm, Centre Congregational Church, Brattleboro, 802 257-4523. ■ May 8: Off the Wall Gala, with unique auction items, travel opportunities and original artwork of Burr and Burton alumns, 6pm, Burr and Burton Academy, Manchester, 802 549-8281, burrburton.org. ■ May 14-16: “3rd Annual Mothers For Daughters Motorcycle Weekend,” a fundraiser for cancer research, West Dover, mothersfordaughters.com. ■ May 15: “Spring Into Health”” Community Health Fair, 10am-2pm, Townshend Common, gracecottage.org, 802 365-9109. ■ May 22: Howard Brofsky (Dr. Bebop) and Friends at the Vermont Jazz Center, 8pm, Brattleboro, vtjazz.org. ■ May 29-30: Annual Open Studio Weekend, with open studios across South-ern Vermont. See vermontscrafts.com. ■ May 29: 25th annual Mayfest Arts and Crafts Festival, 10am-5pm, downtown Bennington, betterbennington.com.
