All Entries in the "In the Arts" Category
Chester quilter Ippolito makes history with top two awards from state quilt fest
Norma Ippolito of Chester received the top two awards at the Vermont Quilt Festival held this past weekend at the Champlain Valley Expo in Essex Junction. Along with a ribbon for Exceptional Merit, her quilt, “Celestial Sedona,” won ribbons for Best of Show and the Governor’s Award for the best Vermont Quilt. This is the […]
Weston’s ‘Junie B. Jones’ a sugar cookie delight for kids, adults alike
By Shawn Cunningham © 2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC There are many things to look at in judging whether a show is successful or not. There are the performances, of course, but there’s also lighting, sets, costumes, staging and choreography among others. When it comes to a show for kids, however, there’s one more thing – […]
Vermont venues offer a summer of musicals, dramas and comedies
By David Lampe-Wilson © 2015 – Telegraph Publishing LLC Vermont’s summer months offer an array of pleasures – from long hikes on hidden trails to backyard get-togethers with friends and family. In addition to the natural wonders of a short, cherished season, we also look forward to the arrival of the summer theater season. From […]
Weston Playhouse offers discount tickets to Vermonters
The Weston Playhouse Theatre Company kicks off its 79th season with a family-friendly performance schedule and discounts for Vermonters. “There’s something for everyone on our stages this year,” says Producing Artistic Director Steve Stettler, “and with our ability to offer major local discounts, we hope that our neighbors from throughout the state will come make […]
Weston Playhouse offers two summer theater programs for students
The Weston Playhouse Theatre Company is offering two fun theater opportunities for students this summer. Weston’s Student Ambassador Program provides 15 students with free admission to all seven summer shows, and an opportunity to discover how professional productions go from planning to stage. Backstage tours, first read-throughs, tech rehearsals, actor/director talkbacks and more are part […]
Weston Playhouse awarded $15,000 NEA grant
The National Endowment for the Arts has awarded the Weston Playhouse Theatre Company a $15,000 grant to, in part, support the newly developed American Masters Series, which seeks to bring both iconic and contemporary master theater works to the stage. American Masters launches late this summer, with Tennessee Williams’ drama The Glass Menagerie, which will […]
Weston Playhouse Theatre Co. wraps 8th annual Artists Retreat
The Weston Playhouse Theatre Co. concluded its 8th annual Artists Retreat with an Artists Salon and Reception at the Wilburton Inn in Manchester on Saturday, May 2. Actors, composers, directors and playwrights who had spent the week living and working in Weston spoke about and shared examples from their work before an invited group of theater […]
Weston Playhouse honored with Actors’ Equity diversity award
Weston Playhouse Theater Company has been awarded the 2015 Rosetta LeNoire Award from the Actors’ Equity Association, recognizing its long commitment to diversity in casting, programming and the cultivation of new works. Only one LeNoire Award is given out annually. Weston artistic producer Steve Stettler accepted the award on April 10 in New York City […]
Weston Playhouse presents Broadway Boot Camp for teens
Offering high school students an opportunity to learn what it takes to be a Broadway performer, Burr and Burton Academy is partnering with Vermont’s oldest professional theater company in presenting The Weston Playhouse Theatre Co.’s Broadway Boot Camp in Manchester from Monday, Aug. 3 to Friday, Aug. 21. After working with the cast of Weston’s […]
103 Artisans Marketplace showcases works of three New England craftsmen
103 Artisans Marketplace is featuring 3 Guys Makin’ Stuff, highlighting the works of woodcarver Mike Earle, Joseph Bedard, who creates reclaimed wood furniture and bowls, and metal artist Payne Junker, through Sunday, March 29 at the gallery. Junker’s work combines traditional ironwork techniques combined with plasma torch and heat, movement and play of light on […]
Northern Stage hires assistant director/director of education
Lillian King, Northern Stage’s new assistant artistic director and director of education, will make her Northern Stage directorial debut with the upcoming production of Blithe Spirit. A recent graduate of Boston University’s School of Theatre, King was the assistant director on Rocky the Musical and Peter and the Starcatcher, both on Broadway. King grew up […]
Six new authors highlighted at New Voices this weekend
Six new authors will discuss their work during Misty Valley Books’ annual New Voices event on 2 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 31, at the First Universalist Church in Chester’s Stone Village. Tickets are $10 and available at the bookstore. Seating is limited. This year’s writers’ books cover such subjects as war, crime, journalism, Appalachia, rock […]
College of Fine Arts gets second million-dollar donation
MONTPELIER Vermont College of Fine Arts has received a second $1 million gift from an anonymous donor in December, President Thomas Greene recently announced. With the gift, the college has raised $3.4 million toward its newly public $3.5 million capital campaign. The two $1 million gifts for the “Campaign for VCFA” are the largest in […]
Opera Theatre of Weston to stage ‘The Secret Garden’ in Rutland, Weston
Members of the Opera Theatre of Weston creative team recently visited a class of pre-K children at The Little School in Weston with its school outreach project, “Storybook Opera: The Secret Garden.” The event is in preparation of East Coast premiere of the new opera The Secret Garden, which the OTW is staging in Weston […]
SVAC hires gallery-development director
MANCHESTER Jennifer Weinstein, executive director of the Southern Vermont Arts Center, has announced the appointment of Sarah Hall Weaver to the post of director of galleries and development. A graduate of Alfred University, Hall Weaver was most recently the assistant director of the National Museum of Dance in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., where her responsibilities included […]
‘Guys & Dolls,’ ‘Glass Menagerie’ on tap for 2015 Weston season
Pointing to its new slogan – Celebrating the Classics, Nurturing the New – Steve Stettler, resident producing director of the Weston Playhouse, introduced the theater company’s 79th season at the new Manchester Community Library on Saturday Nov. 29. Stettler also announced the expansion of discount programs to encourage locals and families to attend this summer’s […]
‘The Crucible’ to be performed by GM Drama Club
Green Mountain Union High School Drama Club this weekend presents “The Crucible,” Arthur Miller’s drama about the Puritan purge of witchcraft in old Salem, which he wrote in the early 1950s during a time of McCarthyism in the United States. “The Crucible” is considered a gripping historical play and a timely parable of contemporary society. […]
Vermont Voices presents four authors in November
Leading off Misty Valley Books’ annual Vermont Voices Sunday, Nov. 2 is Thomas Christopher Greene, the founding president of Vermont College of Fine Arts in Montpelier. Greene was a Misty Valley Books’ New Voices in 2004 with his novel, Mirror Lake. His latest, The Headmaster’s Wife, is his fourth. Greene explores the way that tragedy […]
Craftswoman Lester blends love of crocheting and tea
Joan Lester was chosen as River Artisans’ Artist for the Month of October. Lester’s love of all things crafty began at the age of 4 when a neighbor taught her how to make shoes for her dolls out of ribbons. This sparked her lifelong passion for learning about, teaching and creating handcrafted items. Originally from […]
Two-day artist workshops on plein air, photography and still lifes
The Southern Vermont Arts Center’s Fall Art Workshop Series wraps up with three two-day, all-level workshops in plein air oil painting, High Dynamic Range digital photography and still life pastel painting. All workshops meet from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Oil painter Walt Pasko leads off on Saturday Oct. 4 and Sunday, Oct. 5 with […]
