Leisure

Isaiah J. Thompson and trio perform

PUTNEY - Next Stage Arts will present a concert by jazz master in the making Isaiah J. Thompson and his trio, IT’s Freedom, at 15 Kimball Hill on Sunday, February 27, at 5 pm. Tickets are $25 in advance and $30 at the door. The performance is part of Next Stage’s programming in honor of Black...

Winter Carnival activities

BRATTLEBORO - Brattleboro has been bustling with Winter Carnival festivities. Ski jumping at Harris Hill kicked off Saturday, followed by a week of all kinds of fun events and activities. Retreat Farm will be at the center of the action with events happening every day in and around the farm...

“Journey to the Safest Place on Earth,” documentary.

“Journey to the Safest Place on Earth,” documentary.

Free screening, nuclear film

BRATTLEBORO - Nuclear reactors like the old decommissioning Vermont Yankee plant in Vernon have become de facto nuclear waste storage facilities due to the absence of a workable plan to manage the nation’s high level radioactive waste. The Biden Administration is pushing for more nuclear power...

Shires Housing and SASH offer tai chi classes to residents

WILMINGTON - Shires Housing/SASH and the board of OSEC announce the start of fall prevention tai chi classes and a weekly walking group. Each class is open to SASH participants and all Deerfield Valley residents.
The first tai chi class was held on Tuesday, February 15, and future classes...

Poems meet music in debut performance

BENNINGTON - Bennington Performing Arts Center will be a part of the weekend debut of “Unsaid Prayers - The Song Cycle,” based on poems by J.S. Lillie and composed by Nico Gutierrez, on Saturday, February 26, at 7:30 pm. As an introduction for the song cycle performance, BPAC will be hosting an...

Ice skating dance party

BRATTLEBORO - Next Stage Arts will partner with the Brattleboro Winter Carnival for a DJed dance party, “Disco on Ice,” at the Nelson Withington Skating Facility in Memorial Park on Sunday, February 20, from 7 to 9 pm. Tickets are $5 per person and skates can be rented for $3. The event will be...

Artful Ice Shanties return, displayed at Retreat Farm

BRATTLEBORO - Last winter over 1,000 people attended the inaugural Artful Ice Shanties exhibit, presented by the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center and Retreat Farm. Visitors saw ice shanties shaped like a giant iridescent fish, a black die with moon-shaped dots, a seascape with a...

February Break

Theater Camp BENNINGTON - Bennington Performing Arts Center will offer a fun, safe theater camp for kids age 5 to 11 years during the winter break from Monday, February 21, through Friday, February 25, from 10 am to noon.
Children will learn the basic techniques of...

Workshops

Printmaking BRATTLEBORO - Daniel Chiaccio will demonstrate the basics of monotype printmaking at First Proof Press on Saturday, February 12, at 2 pm. This event is presented in partnership with the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center.
Monotype printmaking is an ideal...

Children learn about track patterns while exploring.

Follow animal tracks at the Southern VT Natural History Museum

MARLBORO - Southern Vermont Natural History Museum will present a kids’ exploration walk, “Let’s Chase Tracks,” on Saturday, February 12, at 1 pm.
Meet the staff at the museum’s Mountainside Center at 117 Adams Cross Road. Attendees will search for the tracks and traces of wildlife found...