Arts

Village will be buzzing

WILMINGTON - The summer festivities are set to begin with Wilmington’s first village stroll of the season, Wilmington’s A-Buzz, promising an evening of sweet memories for the entire family. Join Wilmington Works on Friday, June 28, from 4 to 7 pm as downtown is transformed with bee-themed...

Local glass artist featured in new show

WILMINGTON - Wilmington glass artist Jen Violette, has several of her sculptures currently featured in a Vermont Glass Guild exhibit at the Wilson Museum of the Southern Vermont Arts Center in Manchester. This beautiful group exhibit entitled “Sand to Splendor, the Nature of Glass” showcases the...

Tour all about aspects of love

WILLIAMSTOWN, MA—The Clark Art Institute presents a special In Focus tour titled “What’s Love Got To Do With It?” on Sunday, June 23, at 11:15 am. A Clark educator leads a thematic tour of the institute’s permanent collection exploring the many iterations of love on view in the galleries—romantic...

Benedict Scheuer’s “Dreamscape Landscape” (2022).

Benedict Scheuer’s “Dreamscape Landscape” (2022).

Opening of eight new exhibits

BRATTLEBORO - Eight new exhibits open at the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center on Saturday, June 22, featuring intriguing and diverse artmaking techniques, media, and themes, from “sci-fi Sufism” to the power of water, from the mythic qualities of animals to environmental wake-up calls. Five...

Friday night movie in Williamsville

WILLIAMSVILLE - Friday Night Movie at the Williamsville Hall presents “My Cousin Vinny” on Friday, June 21, at 7:30 pm. Jonathan Lynn directed this hilarious and endlessly re-watchable courtroom comedy, which consistently lands on “best courtroom movies” lists.
Two NYU students driving...

Exhibition of Caribbean-born artist

WILLIAMSTOWN, MA- The Clark Art Institute presents the first monographic exhibition of Caribbean-born artist Guillaume Lethière.
Organized in partnership with the Musée du Louvre, the exhibition celebrates Lethière’s extraordinary career and sheds new light on the presence and reception of...

“Bright as Amber,” features six traditional songs featuring Keith Murphy on vocals and acoustic guitar.

“Bright as Amber,” features six traditional songs featuring Keith Murphy on vocals and acoustic guitar.

Album release for traditional artist

PUTNEY - Next Stage Arts and Twilight Music present an album release concert for Keith Murphy and Band’s “Bright As Amber,” at Next Stage on Friday, June 21, at 7:30 pm.
For many years, Murphy has been forging a distinctive sound in the world of traditional song. He grew up surrounded by...

One of the pieces in Orton’s collection, titled “Two White Oxen in Winter,” by Kyra Markham (1891-1967).

One of the pieces in Orton’s collection, titled “Two White Oxen in Winter,” by Kyra Markham (1891-1967).

Reception and talk by art collector

MANCHESTER - On Friday, June 14, at 5 pm, the Manchester Community Library will host a reception and talk by art collector Lyman Orton. There are about 70 artworks in the show, many of which weren’t in prior art shows.
Orton began collecting scenes of Vermont in the 1970s, and he continues...

Silent blockbuster screening

BRATTLEBORO - Epsilon Spires presents Greta Garbo’s pre-code silent blockbuster “Flesh and the Devil,” featuring award-winning organist Peter Krasinski on Saturday, June 15, at 8 pm.
“Flesh and the Devil” was the blockbuster that established Garbo as an international superstar. It’s a...

Hayward and his wife Mary, have been developing a 1 1/2-acre garden around their 220-year-old farmhouse in southern Vermont for the past 35 years.

Hayward and his wife Mary, have been developing a 1 1/2-acre garden around their 220-year-old farmhouse in southern Vermont for the past 35 years.

Garden designer and author gives talk

MARLBORO - Gordon Hayward, noted garden designer and author, will give a talk on the relationship between fine painting and garden design on Friday, June 14, at 7 pm. The talk is based on Hayward’s latest book, “Art and the Gardener.” Hayward will explore the remarkable crosscurrents between...