Leisure

Studios and galleries to showcase items this weekend.

Open studio weekend

BRATTLEBORO - The statewide Vermont Crafts Council’s fall Open Studio Weekend on Saturday and Sunday, October 1 and 2, will include artist studios and galleries in the Brattleboro area.
Participating sites will be open to the public from 10 am to 5 pm each day and visitors will have the...

Auction at In-Sight

PUTNEY - Join In-Sight Photography Project on Saturday, October 1, from 5 to 8 pm, at Next Stage Arts Project, where they will celebrate their 30th anniversary with a retrospective of student artwork, delicious appetizers by The Porch Too, and play with photography. In-Sight’s annual benefit...

“Room with a View” by Dennis Ciancimino

Vermont’s horrific tales through art

NEWFANE - The Crowell Art Gallery will celebrate Halloween all October long with Dennis Ciancimino’s “Goosebumps in Vermont” series. The exhibit will run from Tuesday, October 4, to Friday, October 28. A reception will be held Saturday, October 15, from 1 to 3 pm.
Ciancimino invites...

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...

Apply to art and crafts market

WILMINGTON - Wilmington Works invites all artisans to apply to its annual Bright Lights Makers Market, to be held Friday and Saturday, December 9 and 10, in historic Memorial Hall. This market has been a highly successful venue for selling handmade products and art and promises to be even better...

Becca Balint

Bartleby’s Books hosts Becca Balint

WILMINGTON - Bartleby’s Books will host a book reading and signing with Becca Balint on Wednesday, September 28, at 6 pm. Balint will discuss her book “The Girl in the Yellow Pantsuit: Essays on Politics, History and Culture.”
Balint is a stateswoman, current candidate for the US House of...

Harvest festival will return

READSBORO - On Saturday, September 24, the Readsboro Baptist Church’s annual fall harvest festival will be held from 10 am to 2 pm at the Readsboro Baptist Church and the Bullock Building.
This is the 60th year of the fall harvest festival in a time when traditions are slowly fading away....

Townshend’s ties to Juneteenth

TOWNSHEND - The Vermont Old Cemetery Association, the oldest cemetery preservation organization in the United States, will hold its fall meeting at the Townshend Town Hall on Saturday, September 24. The day will begin at 9 am with snacks and visiting, followed by the organization’s annual...

The workshop allows participants to explore their senses.

Learn to “see” with other senses in workshop

BRATTLEBORO - The Brattleboro Museum & Art Center will present “Walking as Learning to See,” a sensory observation workshop with artist Roberley Bell, on Sunday, September 25, at 2 pm.
Sight is the dominant sense with which most people take in the world around them. Bell will lead...