All Entries in the "Community & Arts in Brief" Category
Bluegrass music in Chester; author Halpern and her therapy pup-partner at Misty Valley; TARPS announces photo contest winners; music in Rutland, Brattleboro; & ‘Mockingbird’ documentary in Ludlow
Chester Family Medicine, part of Springfield Medical Care Systems, brings bluesgrass band Big Spike to Chester from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, July 25, on the lawn of the Academy Building across from the Green on Main Street. With impeccable vocal harmonies, a powerful stage presence, a sense of humor and mastery of their […]
Busy week of music, musicals, authors, movies, turtles and toads!
July 18: Starline Rhythm Boys The Chester Summer Music Series welcomes once again bring the Starline Rhythm Boys back to Chester from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday, July 18. The “Boys” evoke the spirited country and juke joint sounds that echoed out of the Tennessee Hills and Texas Honkytonks of the 1940s and ’50s. They’ll […]
Gypsy Reel kicks off Chester Music Series; ‘Next to Normal’ premieres at Weston; gun show set for September
Chester’s Summer Music Series kicks off its 2013 season with Gypsy Reel, at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, July 11. The 90-minute concert will take place on the lawn of the Academy Building across from the Green. Gypsy Reel is an acoustic band rooted in Celtic tradition. Its music is a synthesis of world rhythms and influences […]
Weston Playhouse announces London Theatre Tour; Jersey Girls cafe opens; aviation career day camp for boys and girls at Hartness
The Weston Playhouse Theatre Company is sponsoring its 12th annual London Theatre Tour, Nov. 5 to 14. An informational reception will be held in the Weston Playhouse living room at 4:30 p.m., Wednesday, July 3. Weston producing director Steve Stettler and London tour director Giles Ramsay will review the itinerary and answer questions. Registration deadline […]
Chester Summer Concert Series begins; Okemo hosts music fest; Springfield Rotary scholarship winners
Chester’s 2013 Summer Concert Series returns to the Academy Building lawn in downtown Chester with five Thursday night concerts from 6:30-8 p.m. starting July 11. The concerts are free and attendees are invited to bring blankets and lawn chairs for seating. Kicking off the series on July 11 is Gypsy Reel with music rooted in […]
Depression author at Misty Valley; temporary digs for Rockingham Library; Weston opening & Cavendish Music Series.
Brattleboro author David Blistein will talk about his book, David’s Inferno, My Journey through the Dark Wood of Depression, at 4 p.m. Sunday, June 23 at Misty Valley Books, 58 the Common, followed by a reception and book signing. With a forward by Ken Burns, David’s Inferno combines intensely personal reminiscences of the author’s two-year nervous […]
Bonnie’s Bundles celebrates 45 years; Cavendish calendar contest; Brattleboro music and Putney garden tour
Bonnie’s Bundles Dolls of 250 North St. in the Stone Village in Chester is celebrating 45 years of doll making with a series of events. The first will be held 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, June 15 and features three activities: wheat pasting images of the most popular dolls as a mural on the […]
TARPS fund-raiser at Pizza Stone; ballet recital; blood drive; cookbook author at Misty Valley; learn about ponds at Nature Museum; Whiting Summer Reading program and host families sought
The Pizza Stone will host a fundraiser for The Animal Rescue and Protection Society Chester’s animal shelter 6:30 to 9 p.m. Monday, June 10. The restaurant, at 291 Pleasant St., will offer a special menu for the evening. Josh and Beth Adams from DV8 will perform their Southern outlaw country rock to entertain diners, and […]
Family Center annual dinner; diabetes class; young playwrights read; and VSO in concert
Chester-Andover Family Center will acknowledge and thank its student volunteers at its annual dinner meeting at 5:30 p.m., Monday, June 3, at the Chester American Legion, 637 VT Route 103 S. in Chester. As an all-volunteer organization, the family center counts on these young people for help with many of the daily tasks such as […]
Fish Ladder Visitors Center opens; Chester artists open for Studio Weekend; Cavendish grants awarded
The Bellows Falls Fish Ladder Visitor Center will open for the season at 10 a.m. Friday, May 24 next to the Post Office on Bridge Street in Bellows Falls. The center’s regular hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend. Long-time environmental educator […]
Parenting course begins; Rockingham Library temporarily closed; poetry stars at celestial event; BRAM walk & FOLA series
Free course for parents of older children The Collaborative is offering a free, six-session Positive Parenting course at 7–9 p.m., on consecutive Mondays through June 24 in the SongYard, above the Moondog Café, 295 Main St. The course began on May 13. The next classes will be held on May 27, June 3, June 10, […]
Playhouse expands V-Tix program; Beethoven in Vermont; ‘War Horse’ at Ludlow; toe-tapping music in Proctorsville
The Weston Playhouse Theatre Company announces initiatives to make its popular plays and musicals affordable for all Vermonters and anyone who asks. Single tickets are now on sale for a summer season that includes everything from Broadway musical favorites to exciting new works. The Vermonter Tickets program — V-Tix — which was introduced several years […]
Weston Playhouse hosts open Artist Salon; Manchester theater reopens; Skygate Farm pond tour
The Weston Playhouse Theatre Company announces its sixth annual Artists Retreat, hosting seven collaborating artists for a week’s work in Vermont, capped by a free Artist Salon at the Weston Playhouse, 703 Main St., Weston, from 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday, May 4. An informal reception with the artists will follow. At the Salon, Artist […]
Celtic & gospel music at Baptist Church; Chorale & orchestra present Bach; Whiting book discussion; Weston Playhouse sets gala
Celtic/gospel performers The Sky Family will perform their high energy Celtic dance and Gospel production “Celtic Revival” 7 p.m. Friday, April 26, downstairs at the Chester Baptist Church, 162 Main St. as part of the church’s ground4LIFE program. The Skys, eastern Canada’s premiere Irish dance artists, are known for fast-paced fiddle music and high-energy Irish […]
It’s almost time to Green Up Chester!
Vermont’s Green Up Day is on Saturday, May 4th. The town of Chester and the Chester Conservation Committee support Green Up Day by coordinating the Green Up efforts, picking up large loads of trash and by putting a dumpster at the Town Garage. Volunteers are encouraged to green up roadways in their area anytime this […]
Operation Christmas; Nature museum events; Windham Orchestra premier in Chester and more
A workshop to benefit Operation Christmas Child will be held in Willard Hall at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 313 Main St. in Chester, Friday, April 19, from 2 to 7 p.m. Toys, games and learning pieces will be created with glue and scissors and recycled objects to send to Operation Christmas Child. No special skills […]
Nature vacation camps; St. Luke’s hosts Pampered Chef; Speckers to perform; and a talk on chestnut trees
Children’s vacation camps in Grafton The Nature Museum in Grafton is heading out into the woods and fields over April break with three one-day school vacation camps for children ages 3 to 12. On Tuesday, April 16, registered 6- to 8-year-olds will experience the water cycle and learn about conservation in “Water, Water Everywhere.” Wednesday, […]
Movie night in Ludlow; birding chat at Misty Valley; Senior luncheon; Aging series starts; and Weston Playhouse seeks youth actors
The Friends of Ludlow Auditorium’s next movie at the Ludlow Town Hall Auditorium will be the award winning The Iron Lady, at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 6. A donation from the Berkshire Bank will cover the popcorn costs for the evening. The Iron Lady is a 2011 biographical film based on the life of Margaret Thatcher, […]
TARPS movie fund-raiser; Whiting presents global warming author; spring over to Family Center; Herrick’s Cove event
Mary Poppins Benefit for TARPS shelter Bellows Falls Opera House is sponsoring a benefit showing of Mary Poppins 7 p.m., Thursday March 21 at The Square in Bellows Falls to raise funds for The Animal Rescue and Protection Society based in Chester. Part live action and part animation, Mary Poppins is rated G and is […]
Parenting classes; senior lunch; join the band; Poetry Month at Misty Valley; theater classes in Weston
Positive Parenting classes at CAES The Collaborative is offering a free, six session, Positive Parenting course at 6–8 p.m., Tuesday, March 19, April 2, April 30, May 14, May 28 and June 11 in the library of the Chester-Andover Elementary School, 72 Main St. The course, facilitated by Nancy Pennell of Chester, will teach strategies […]
