Leisure

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...

Hikers snowshoe through the woods at an outing in 2017.

Start off the new year with a hike

MARLBORO - On Saturday, January 1, at 10:30 am, walk off a couple holiday pounds on a free-form romp around the Hogback Mountain Conservation Area. Participants will meet in the lot next to Vermont Distillers at the scenic overlook on Route 9 and then proceed into the forest.
This walk has...

Jamaica artist to discuss landscape art

BRATTLEBORO - The Brattleboro Museum & Art Center will present a free online talk by artist Michael Abrams on Thursday, January 6, at 7 pm. Abrams will welcome viewers to his Jamaica studio via Zoom and Facebook Live for a conversation about his installation “Arcadia Rediscovered” and his...

Free admission, snowshoes at Clark

WILLIAMSTOWN, MA - The Clark will offer free admission for all throughout January 2022. As a way of saying thanks to those who have visited, and as a way of welcoming to new visitors, the institute is pushing the doors of the museum wide open and hopes people will visit often to tour the...

Bedtime-friendly New Year’s party

BENNINGTON - Want to celebrate the arrival of 2022 but bedtime is at 8 pm? No problem. Put on party clothes and join the Bennington Museum in welcoming in the “noon” year with music, dancing, party hats, noisemakers, and the countdown to noon. Create a special hat before moving on to the silly...

Draw ducks for kids art contest

VERMONT - The US Fish and Wildlife Service invites students from pre-K to 12th grade to create designs featuring ducks, swans or geese in their natural habitats for the annual Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program. Designs are judged in four age categories, with awards for first,...

Art Council grant supports study

VERMONT - The Vermont Arts Council is now accepting applications for its next round of Artist Development Grants. These grants support artists at all stages of their careers. Grants can fund activities that enhance mastery of an artist’s craft or skills or that increase the viability of an artist...

Art addresses pandemic isolation

BRATTLEBORO - “Sonic Blanket,” a multimedia, audiovisual art piece addressing the themes of isolation, community, history, and place, made its debut on Sunday, December 19, at midnight on WVEW Brattleboro Community Radio and will be broadcast nightly at this time for one year. Local artist...