Leisure

Val Jeanty will be performing in Brattleboro on Saturday.

Jazz, gender justice at festival

BRATTLEBORO - The Vermont Jazz Center will present its fourth annual Emerging Artist Festival on Saturday, November 13, at 72 Cotton Mill Hill. The event promotes new ideas and individuals affecting the future of jazz, a music that encourages creativity and lauds game-changing artists.
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Live comedy

PUTNEY - Next Stage Arts and the Vermont Comedy All Stars have partnered up for a night of live stand-up comedy, to take place at the Next Stage Theater, 15 Kimball Hill. The show will take place on Friday, November 12, from 7:30 to 9 pm.
While Next Stage has hosted many national and...

Fans enter the “Twilight Zone”

BRATTLEBORO - On Saturday and Sunday, November 13 and 14, join Dr. Michael Ferrara and resident “Twilight Zone” scholar Bethany Kriger Thies for “‘Twilight Zone’ Examined,” an exploration of five episodes from Rod Serling’s original series over the course of a two-day interactive program. For...

Quick Picks (11/11 - 11/18)

NECCA alumni VERMONT - On Saturday, November 13, at 7 pm, watch dazzling performances by NECCA alumni in the one-night-only, online “Virtual Alumni Showcase.” Tickets range from $15 to $50; all ticket sales benefit NECCA’s outreach programming. For more information and...

The Methodist Church in Wardsboro has reopened.

Church reopens, clothing drive gets underway

WARDSBORO - The Methodist Church on Main Street has several pieces of news to share with the community.
Starting with some background, the church recently reopened, after being closed due to structural issues. A restoration committee was initiated and, after several inspections, a plan was...

Visitors exploring the first Artful Ice Shanties exhibit last February. Michelle Frehsee

Start planning an artful ice shanty

BRATTLEBORO - Last winter, the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center’s inaugural Artful Ice Shanties outdoor exhibit drew over 1,000 visitors to Retreat Farm to view ice shanties shaped like a giant, iridescent fish, a black die with moon-shaped dots, a seascape with a three-dimensional octopus,...

Bennington Museum honors veterans, rededicates memorial

BENNINGTON - American Legion Post 13 and Bennington Museum will honor all veterans and rededicate the Civil War Memorial on Saturday, November 6, from 1 to 2 pm, followed by a reception and activities in the museum, from 2 to 3:30 pm.
The Civil War Memorial, honoring over 450 Bennington...

1920s Broadway comes to valley

WILLIAMSVILLE - Rock River Players will present Hecht and MacArthur’s screwball comedy “The Front Page,” Friday, November 5 to Sunday, November 7, and Friday, November 12 to Sunday, November 14, at the Williamsville Hall on Dover Road. Friday and Saturday performances are at 7 pm; Sundays at 2:30...

Left to right, Spencer Butynski, Peter Broussard, and Andrew Tolbert rehearse a scene from “Mamma Mia!.”

Mamma Mia! Here they go again!

TOWNSHEND - Live music and theater will return to Leland & Gray in the form of “Mamma Mia!” on Thursday, November 11, and Friday, November 12, at 7 pm, and Saturday, November 13, at 4 pm.
Featuring the upbeat and ever-danceable music of ABBA, the musical centers around a young woman...

Quick Picks (11/4 - 11/11)

19 South Main WILMINGTON - Kevin Parry will play solo acoustic at 19 South Main on Friday, November 5, from 6 to 9 pm. More information can be found at www.kevinparrymusic.com. Lego contest BRATTLEBORO - The Brattleboro Museum & Art Center invites...