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Art for the exhibit “Transient Beauty” is based on the photos of “Snowflake” Bentley.

Museum offers unique art show and auction based on snowflakes

BENNINGTON - On Friday, November 26, Bennington Museum will open the annual winter exhibition and closed-bid auction “Transient Beauty: Responding to ‘Snowflake’ Bentley,” featuring 25 contemporary artists responding to the magical photomicrographs of Wilson “Snowflake” Bentley. Completely self-...

CLiF Rural Libraries conference

VERMONT - The Children’s Literacy Foundation will host its biennial Rural Libraries conference online from Tuesday, November 30, to Thursday, December 2, from 8:30 to 10 am each day. The conference is open to librarians in rural communities. As with past in-person conferences, the three-day...

Bob Burch

Craft tour hits its 43rd year

PUTNEY - The 43rd annual Putney Craft Tour, the oldest continuing crafts tour in the country, will be held Thanksgiving weekend, from Friday, November 26, to Sunday, November 28, 10 am to 5 pm each day. Nineteen artists - glass blowers, potters, jewelers, weavers, painters, artisan cheesemakers,...

The spirit of giving - community dinners

Jacksonville Community Church
JACKSONVILLE - Back again by popular demand, the Jacksonville Community Church will be having its ninth annual Harvest Soup and Stew supper on Friday, November 19, from 5 to 7 pm. Join the church for a large variety of soups and stews, along...

Susie Ibarra will perform at MASS MoCA.

Percussionist to take the stage

NORTH ADAMS, MA - On Saturday, November 20, at 8 pm, composer and percussionist Susie Ibarra will perform “Fragility Etudes” at MASS MoCA. Ibarra’s “Fragility Etudes” explores humanity’s interdependence with the natural environment, through a world of sound. One of SPIN’s “100 Greatest Drummers...

Rick Winston

Discussion looks at Hollywood blacklist

BRATTLEBORO - Film scholar Rick Winston will present a program on the Hollywood blacklist at the Hooker-Dunham Theater on Friday, November 19, at 7:30 pm. For more information visit hookerdunham.org/the-hollywood- blacklist.
The blacklist was the best-known cultural manifestation of...

Randi Solin, of Fire Arts Vermont, making glasswork.

Glass-blowing demo, competition

BRATTLEBORO - Members of the Vermont Glass Guild will participate in “Vermont Blown Away,” a free glass-blowing demonstration presented in collaboration with the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center, on Sunday, November 21, at 2 pm. Register at brattleboromuseum.org to watch live via Zoom....

“Urinetown” at Keene State

KEENE, NH - KSC Theatre and Dance, in collaboration with the KSC Music Department, presents “Urinetown, the Musical,” on Friday and Saturday, November 19 and 20, from 7:30 pm to 8:30 pm.
Urinetown is a place where, because of a 20-year drought, people have to pay to “use the facilities.”...

Jeff Snow

Celtic concert for the holidays

JACKSONVILLE - Whitingham Free Public Library will welcome back Celtic musician Jeff Snow on Sunday, November 21, at 2 pm. Join the library for some holiday cheer and Celtic Christmas music.
Snow is a talented multi-instrumentalist who shares the music, and the stories behind the music, of...

A scene from the new Jay Craven movie, “Jack London’s Martin Eden.” The film will screen Sunday afternoon at Next Stage Arts and Craven will introduce it.

Vermont filmmaker reboots classic

PUTNEY - On Sunday, November 21, at 5 pm, filmmaker, producer, educator, and art director Jay Craven will screen his most recent film, “Jack London’s Martin Eden,” at Next Stage Arts. Craven will introduce the film and will be available for a post-film Q&A session with the audience.
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