Arts

“Avoid the Day: a New Nonfiction in Two Movements” 
Jay Kirk, Harper Perennial, 2020.
The day to be avoided in this “new nonfictional” book is the day of Jay Kirk’s father’s death. It’s imminent, but the father’s decline is slow enough for Kirk to avoid it in a variety of ways. He...
WINOOSKI - To all the graduating high school seniors in Vermont: VSAC wants to pay for takeout, to celebrate their achievements.
That’s right. Vermont Student Assistance Corporation will pay $50 toward takeout for five seniors each week through June 26. That could be pizza, subs or even...

painter Gianna Robinson
NEWFANE- Rock River Artists, a collaborative showcasing a wide range of fine art and craft, has announced the addition of Newfane painter Gianna Robinson into their juried collective. As the RRA gears up for its 28th Open Studio Tour July 18-19, Robinson is in high production mode.
The...

Tasha Tudor strolled through her gorgeous gardens.
BRATTLEBORO-  Tasha Tudor (1915-2008), was a prolific children’s book author and illustrator whose gorgeous gardens and 1830s New England lifestyle are admired worldwide. Acolytes, from especially Japan and Southeast Asia, often visit the area to experience the landscape which so inspired her...

Steven Kinder’s “Banjole”
BRATTLEBORO- Eight new exhibits open at the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center on Saturday, March 14, with an opening reception at 3 pm. All the exhibiting artists are expected to attend the reception, which is free and open to the public. The exhibits will be on view through June 14, except for...
PUTNEY- The Brattleboro Museum & Art Center, Next Stage Arts Project, and the Vermont Women’s Fund present “Grit and Grace: The Empowerment of Women at Work in Global Communities,” a talk by National Geographic photographer Alison Wright on Saturday, March 14, at 7:30 pm at Next Stage Arts...
READSBORO- Cindy Bartosewcz has been accepted as a contestant with her quilt,
“A Day Away,” at AQS QuiltWeek, in Paducah, KY.
The American Quilter’s Society, the largest quilting membership organization in the world, hosts AQS QuiltWeek. It features over 400 quilts from around the...
Brattleboro- “Gordon Meinhard: The Lives of Tables” is on view at the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center through March 7.
While the works in the exhibit could be described as contemporary still life paintings of tables, BMAC chief curator Mara Williams said that as the series progresses,...
WILMINGTON- On Saturday, February 22, at 4:30 pm, John C. Porter will discuss his book, “Preserving Old Barns: Preventing the Loss of a Valuable Resource.” Get those barn restoration and history questions ready.
The new edition of “Preserving Old Barns” is a wonderful resource for barn...
“Skiing with Henry Knox: A Personal Journey Along Vermont’s Catamount Trail” by Sam Brakeley
Islandport Press, 2019
Sam Brakeley’s long-time girlfriend has just completed her medical studies at Dartmouth-Hitchcock. Now she has accepted a residency in Salt Lake City, thousands of...

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