Leisure

Information session on recycling

MANCHESTER - Confused about where to throw out empty pizza boxes? Anxious about packaging that’s made of both plastic and cardboard? Want to know the secrets that the little numbers on plastic can tell? If so, attend “Recycling 101: Your Recycling Questions Answered,” a free educational event on...

Barbecue fundraiser planned

BRATTLEBORO - On Saturday, October 8, Black Mountain Assisted Family Living will host a barbecue competition fundraiser. The event will be open to the public Saturday, October 8, from noon until 5 pm on the Brattleboro Commons while area pros and amateurs will compete in the “‘Que for a Cause.”...

Nonprofit group out to help keep homes warm

DEERFIELD VALLEY - Winter is coming; now is the time to make sure windows are well insulated. Those who live in Wardsboro, Windham or Londonderry, the towns’ energy committees and the WindowDressers organization are ready to help.
WindowDressers is a nonprofit organization that works to...

The fundraiser will have several musical performances.

Musical fundraiser for Puerto Rican Hurricane Fiona relief

GREENFIELD, MA - Matthew King, lead composer and creative force behind the Latin funk-fusion band TapRoots, will be organizing a fundraiser for Puerto Rican Hurricane Fiona relief at Hawks and Reed Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday, October 8, at 8 pm.
Doors will open at 7 pm. The...

One-time screening of local documentary

BRATTLEBORO - Join the Women’s Action Team and Haptic Pictures at the Latchis Theatre on Sunday, October 9, at 6 pm for a special, one-time-only screening of the locally-made, one-hour documentary “Break The Silence: Reproductive & Sexual Health Stories,” created by Willow O’Feral in...

“The Mephisto Waltz” will be the first film this month.

Film month

DOVER - The Dover Free Library will feature scary and not-so-scary films for the month of October. On Tuesday, October 11, the Dover Free Library will present the feature film “The Mephisto Waltz,” starring Alan Alda, Jacqueline Bisset, and Barbara Parkins. Showtime is 3 pm. Runtime is 115...

Quick Picks (10/6 - 10/13)

Gospel performance BRATTLEBORO - Plattsburgh State Gospel Choir will perform Saturday, October 8, at 5 pm at St. Michael’s Episcopal Church, located at the corner of Putney Road and Bradley Avenue. The choir will perform traditional gospel, urban gospel, contemporary, Christian...

Mysterious performance

BRATTLEBORO - Winged Productions will present “Michael,” a contemporary mystery play, at St. Michael’s Episcopal Church, corner of Bradley Avenue and Putney Road.
Conceived, written, and directed by Susan Dedell, with score by Paul and Susan Dedell and art direction by Finn Campman, “...

Autumn photography by Josh Fields

Learn to photograph the fall

PUTNEY - Join the Putney Big Tree Quest for a free autumn woodland photography workshop with Josh Fields on Sunday, October 2, 7 to 8:30 am. Fields, a landscape photographer from the Forest for Learning board, will give an informal photography workshop all about capturing unique and compelling...

Artist Bill LeQuier at work in his Readsboro studio.

Open studio this weekend

READSBORO - Readsboro Glassworks will be open to the public and welcoming visitors to the studio Saturday and Sunday, October 1 and 2, from 10 am to 5 pm during the Vermont Crafts Council’s 30th annual fall Open Studio Weekend.
Mary Angus and Bill LeQuier, of Readsboro Glassworks, have...