Leisure

Amanda Carr

Big band at Jazz Center gala

BRATTLEBORO - The Vermont Jazz Center’s Big Band will present its annual scholarship gala on Friday, December 3, at 8 pm. This year the band will be featuring vocalist Amanda Carr, who has sung with the Boston Pops, Artie Shaw, Glenn Miller’s orchestras, and many others. Two years have passed...

Fire department virtual auction

NEWFANE - The 19th annual silent auction to benefit the NewBrook Fire and Rescue Department went live Saturday, November 27, and will continue through Monday, December 6, at 11:45 pm. There are over 190 items available to bid on including food, lodging, and services gift certificates; Shippee...

Holiday shopping, jingle bell jogging

BRATTLEBORO - “Holly Days, Holly Nights” will run from Friday, December 3, to Sunday, December 5, this year. Thirty-one businesses are participating to help consumers check off some names on their holiday list.
Consumers who shop at participating businesses for special deals - with the “...

Brattleboro tree lighting Friday

BRATTLEBORO - Join the Downtown Brattleboro Alliance for their annual tree lighting ceremony in Pliny Park on Friday, December 3, at 5 pm. This is a community tradition where people gather around the tree, close their eyes, and, together, set an intention for the holiday month.
Join the...

Children play in the woods at a previous nature walk.

Hogback Mountain walk for kids

MARLBORO - Interested in learning more about the wintery world? Come up to Hogback on Saturday, December 4, to join Southern Vermont Natural History Museum educators for a casual walk around the Hogback Mountain Conservation Area. This will be a kid-directed event intended to foster activity,...

Santa and an elf ask children if they were naughty or nice at a visit to the Dover Free Library in 2015. File

Santa Claus is coming to Dover

DOVER - Santa Claus cometh to the Dover Free Library, bearing gifts for children on Saturday, December 4, from 3 to 5 pm. There will be music by Andy Davis and craft activities. Food pantry donations are requested at this event. Facemasks are required.
On Monday, December 6, the Dover...

Workshop tour part of BMAC show

PUTNEY - Fine woodworker Richard Bissell will lead a tour of his workshop and showroom on Sunday, December 5, at 2 pm. This event is offered in connection with the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center exhibit “Guild of Vermont Furniture Makers: Evolving Traditions.”
Bissell is among the 21...

“Zoo Story” to be staged

PUTNEY - On Friday and Saturday, November 26, and 27, at 7:30 pm, Next Stage Arts will present the Wild Goose Players’ production of “The Zoo Story” by Edward Albee.
Among the most famous one-act plays in the English language, “Zoo Story” is the story of two men, Peter and Jerry - played...

“Crankies” to invade orchard

PUTNEY - Sandglass Theater will offer “A Rafter of Crankies” at Green Mountain Orchard, located on West Hill Road, on Friday, November 26, at 7 pm, and Saturday, November 27, at 5 and 7:30 pm. Performances will feature Sandglass co-founders Ines Zeller Bass and Eric Bass, as well as local crankie...

William Ransom

Sculptor to talk about art

BRATTLEBORO - The Brattleboro Museum & Art Center will present a free talk by sculptor William Ransom on Thursday, December 2, at 7 pm via Zoom and Facebook Live. Ransom will discuss the BMAC exhibit “Keep Up/Hold Up.” Included in the exhibit are sculptures in which the literal tensions in...