Leisure

Shires Housing and SASH offer tai chi classes to residents

WILMINGTON - Shires Housing/SASH and the board of OSEC announce the start of fall prevention tai chi classes and a weekly walking group. Each class is open to SASH participants and all Deerfield Valley residents.
The first tai chi class was held on Tuesday, February 15, and future classes...

Poems meet music in debut performance

BENNINGTON - Bennington Performing Arts Center will be a part of the weekend debut of “Unsaid Prayers - The Song Cycle,” based on poems by J.S. Lillie and composed by Nico Gutierrez, on Saturday, February 26, at 7:30 pm. As an introduction for the song cycle performance, BPAC will be hosting an...

Ice skating dance party

BRATTLEBORO - Next Stage Arts will partner with the Brattleboro Winter Carnival for a DJed dance party, “Disco on Ice,” at the Nelson Withington Skating Facility in Memorial Park on Sunday, February 20, from 7 to 9 pm. Tickets are $5 per person and skates can be rented for $3. The event will be...

Artful Ice Shanties return, displayed at Retreat Farm

BRATTLEBORO - Last winter over 1,000 people attended the inaugural Artful Ice Shanties exhibit, presented by the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center and Retreat Farm. Visitors saw ice shanties shaped like a giant iridescent fish, a black die with moon-shaped dots, a seascape with a...

February Break

Theater Camp BENNINGTON - Bennington Performing Arts Center will offer a fun, safe theater camp for kids age 5 to 11 years during the winter break from Monday, February 21, through Friday, February 25, from 10 am to noon.
Children will learn the basic techniques of...

Workshops

Printmaking BRATTLEBORO - Daniel Chiaccio will demonstrate the basics of monotype printmaking at First Proof Press on Saturday, February 12, at 2 pm. This event is presented in partnership with the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center.
Monotype printmaking is an ideal...

Children learn about track patterns while exploring.

Follow animal tracks at the Southern VT Natural History Museum

MARLBORO - Southern Vermont Natural History Museum will present a kids’ exploration walk, “Let’s Chase Tracks,” on Saturday, February 12, at 1 pm.
Meet the staff at the museum’s Mountainside Center at 117 Adams Cross Road. Attendees will search for the tracks and traces of wildlife found...

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...