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Middlebury New Filmakers Festival holds encore showing

DOVER- The Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival Vermont tour will return to the MHCA Dover Cinema and Arts facility on Sunday, February 13, for a double feature screening of “The Ants & The Grasshopper” at 2pm and “Storm Lake” at approximately 3:15 pm.
“Storm Lake” tells the...

Screening at Dover Free Library, starring the Beatles

DOVER - On Monday, February 7, the Dover Free Library will present part two of “The Beatles: Get Back,” starring John, Paul, George, and Ringo. Showtime is 3 pm. Runtime is 2 hours 57 minutes. The film is rated PG-13. This event is free and open to the public. Masks are required. Capacity is...

Players follow COVID-19 protocols to perform safely.

Vermont Jazz Center brings back in-person ensembles

BRATTLEBORO - The Vermont Jazz Center has a wide selection of ensembles for all interested musicians. On Sunday, February 13, the VJC will launch its winter to spring educational programs. This season’s offerings are a hybrid of in-person and online opportunities that make good use of the jazz...

Glass artist Robert DuGrenier also works with metal and marble.

See glassblowing in action with local artist

BRATTLEBORO - The Brattleboro Museum & Art Center will present a free online studio tour and glass blowing demonstration with glass artist Robert DuGrenier on Thursday, February 10, at 7 pm via Zoom and Facebook Live. Register at brattleboromuseum.org.
This event is presented in...

Middlebury Film Festival comes to Dover with a double feature

DOVER - The Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival Vermont tour will stop at the MHCA Dover Cinema and Arts facility on Sunday, February 6, for a double feature screening of “Storm Lake” and “The Ants & The Grasshopper,” at 3:45 pm. The MHCA Dover Cinema and Arts facility is a new Vermont...

Share some love, write a letter to your town

VERMONT - It’s year two of the pandemic and everyone could use a little love. That’s why Come Alive Outside is asking Vermonters to help boost the morale of their community, themselves, and their neighbors by telling the world what they love about where they live.
Come Alive Outside’s...

Cook dumplings from scratch

BRATTLEBORO - The Brattleboro Museum & Art Center will present a free Lunar New Year cooking demonstration on Tuesday, February 1, at 5:30 pm via Zoom and Facebook Live. Organized by the Asian Cultural Center of Vermont, the event will feature artist and chef Cai Xi, of Cai’s Dim Sum Catering...

Libraries host talks on poetry

SOUTHERN VERMONT - On Wednesday, February 2, at 7 pm, the Brooks Memorial Library is hosting the free public talk “Boneyarn: New York Slavery Poems” with actor and poet David Mills, as part of Vermont Humanities First Wednesdays’ series.
The oldest and largest slave cemetery in the United...

Nicki Steel’s fall photography, like this photo of Lake Sadawga, will be shown at Bartleby’s through February.

Fall in love, love the fall

WILMINGTON - Bartleby’s Books will be hosting its annual show of Nicki Steel’s photography throughout the month of February.
This year’s show is entitled: “Fall in Love ~ Love the Fall.” Steel’s show will focus on her “Hearts in Nature” series as well as new works. Most of the framed...

Celebration of Jewish music

BENNINGTON - Celebrate Jewish music with Pioneer Valley family and friends in a free online concert Saturday, January 29, at 6:30 pm.
The concert will feature music from Temple Beth El, Sinai Temple, Lander Grinspoon Academy, Congregation B’nai Israel, Temple Israel of Greenfield,...