Leisure

Children leading walk to pond

MARLBORO - On Saturday, January 15, at 1 pm, join Southern Vermont Natural History Museum educators at the Pool Conservation Area, 117 Adams Cross Road, for a free-form kids exploration walk. The goal will be to reach one of the many beaver ponds on the property but expect this child-directed...

“Children of Windermere” at Dover library

DOVER - On Monday, January 10, the Dover Free Library will present the feature film “The Children of Windermere.” Showtime will be 3 pm. Run time is 145 minutes. The film is not rated. This event is free and open to the public. Questions call (802) 348-7488.

Jeff Bower will give a demonstration on using a lathe this Wednesday.

BMAC presents woodworking demonstration

BRATTLEBORO - The Brattleboro Museum & Art Center will present a demonstration by master wood turner Jeff Bower on Wednesday, January 12, at 5:30 pm at HatchSpace, a community-supported woodworking facility on the corner of High and Green Streets.
Bower will use a lathe to create a...

Will Patton, Matt Flinner, and Jamie Masefield.

Mandolin music this weekend

PUTNEY - Next Stage Arts Project and Twilight Music will present an evening of bluegrass, jazz, Romani, classical, and roots music by three of Vermont’s finest mandolinists: Will Patton, Matt Flinner, and Jamie Masefield; and accompanied by acoustic bassist Pat Melvin. The concert will take place...

Highly-abridged Shakespeare

BENNINGTON - Bennington Community Theater will present “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)” on Fridays and Saturdays, January 14, 15, 21, and 22 at 7:30 pm; and Sundays, January 16 and 23 at 2 pm. This comedic tour de force by Adam Long, Daniel Singer, and Jess Winfield combines...

Rosenbloom

Talk on racism and health

VERMONT - The League of Women Voters of Vermont, in partnership with Kellogg-Hubbard Library of Montpelier, will host Professor Jonathan Rosenbloom in “How Does Racism affect Environmental Health?,” on Wednesday, January 12, from 7 to 8:30 pm via Zoom.
The second lecture in a four-part...

Music from the heart

BRATTLEBORO - The Brattleboro Music Center’s 2021-22 season guest series will continue Friday, January 14, at 7:30 pm, with the Sarasa Ensemble presenting “Music from the Heart.”
The concert will focus on the resurgence of music following Germany’s 30 Years War. The program will include...

Statues at the Cancún Underwater Museum of Art, which is in the Atlantic Ocean. The transatlantic slave trade will be discussed in a public talk on Wednesday.

Online talks offered on slave trade, eugenics

SOUTHERN VERMONT - On Wednesday, January 5, at 7 pm, the Brooks Memorial Library is hosting the free public talk “Atlantic is a Sea of Bones” with Jarvis Green, as part of Vermont Humanities First Wednesdays’ series.
Green, founder of the Black theater company JAG Productions, invites...

Bennington College week of free readings

BENNINGTON - From Thursday, January 6, to Friday, January 14, each night at 7 pm, critically acclaimed, award-winning authors and faculty of the Bennington Writing Seminars will host “Writers Reading,” an evening reading series during the MFA program’s winter residency. All readings are free,...

Thursday Night Lights return to Old School

WILMINGTON - The opening of Thursday Night Lights at Winterplace will be Thursday, January 6, from 5 to 7 pm at the Old School.
Winterplace is a pop-up seasonal park that encourages winter fun and connections and Thursday Night Lights extends the fun into the evenings throughout January...