Putney

Sandglass Theatre’s shows bring warmth and laughter during the cold winter.

Winter Sunshine puppet series enters its 15th year

PUTNEY - Sandglass Theatre has been celebrating the magic and warmth of puppetry for young audiences with the annual Winter Sunshine Series running throughout the month of March. Winter Sunshine provides a lively respite from the cold, a creative interlude between snow shoveling and wood...

House of Waters mixes genre-bending jazz with rock fusion.

House of Waters performs new album, “Rising”

PUTNEY - Genre-bending jazz and prog rock fusion trio House of Waters will perform at Next Stage Arts, 18 Kimball Road, on Friday, March 18, at 7:30 pm.
Fresh off a globetrotting touring schedule from 2018 to 2019, including four tours of Europe, their first tour in India, and numerous...

Isaiah J. Thompson and trio perform

PUTNEY - Next Stage Arts will present a concert by jazz master in the making Isaiah J. Thompson and his trio, IT’s Freedom, at 15 Kimball Hill on Sunday, February 27, at 5 pm. Tickets are $25 in advance and $30 at the door. The performance is part of Next Stage’s programming in honor of Black...

Will Patton, Matt Flinner, and Jamie Masefield.

Mandolin music this weekend

PUTNEY - Next Stage Arts Project and Twilight Music will present an evening of bluegrass, jazz, Romani, classical, and roots music by three of Vermont’s finest mandolinists: Will Patton, Matt Flinner, and Jamie Masefield; and accompanied by acoustic bassist Pat Melvin. The concert will take place...

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...

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,...

“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...

Quick Picks (11/18 - 11/25)

Open Sesame PUTNEY - Joe Fiedler, Emmy-nominated music director and staff arranger for the famed children’s show “Sesame Street,” will perform at Next Stage Arts on Friday, November 19, at 7:30 pm with his project Open Sesame. The sextet will perform music from the group’s...

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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