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Who knew that the Girl from Ipanema moved to Vermont?
Well, not exactly. But bossa nova is getting a new lease on life thanks to a local musician and Brattleboro Retreat instructor who composes and plays in that warm style, first popularized in America by that iconic song.
Singer-songwriter Jesse Lepkoff and his four-piece band, Serenata Bossa Nova, will host an afternoon of Lepkoff's own Brazilian bossa nova-influenced compositions to celebrate the release of his newest CD, “I'll Call it Ecstasy” at the Mahalo Performing Arts Center, 972 Western Ave., West Brattleboro, on Sunday, Feb. 17, from 4 to 6 pm.
The concert will be a mix of Lepkoff's solo performances and group songs performed by his quartet: Lepkoff on vocals and guitar, Alison Hale on flute, Gary Henry on drums, and Daniel Kasnitz on bass.
Have you ever wondered what role dreams, the subconscious, and the unconscious play in creating and apprehending strange, abstract works of visual art? The Vermont Institute of Contemporary Arts (VTica) presents “The Mysterious Mind,” an exhibit of 70 visual and sculptural works speaking directly to the subconscious through the...
Vermont Performance Lab (VPL) and the Redfern Arts Center at Keene State College are joining forces to present Niicugni, a performance piece by native Alaskan choreographer Emily Johnson and Catalyst Dance on Feb. 13. The second in a trilogy of works related to Johnson's Yup'ik heritage, Niicugni investigates identity,
Singer and songwriter Patty Larkin is returning to Vermont for a concert for Next Stage Arts Project on Saturday, Feb. 9, at 7:30 p.m. For more than 25 years, this Boston-based singer-songwriter and guitarist has redefined the boundaries of folk-urban pop music with her inventive guitar wizardry and uncompromising vocals and lyrics. Larkin is performing in Putney at the behest of Maria Basescu, the new executive director of Next Stage Arts Project. “I have been friends with Maria from years...
Vermont-based photographer Jen Morris presents a talk, “Landscape Photography and the USA,” at the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center (BMAC) on Thursday, Jan. 24, at 7:30 p.m. Morris plans to discuss the ways in which landscape photography historically has reflected notions of cultural identity in the United States. An internationally exhibited photographer in her own right, Morris received her BFA from Carnegie Mellon University in 1998, her MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2006, and...
Renana Gutman is thrilled to be returning to Marlboro College for the first two free concerts in this year's “Music for a Sunday Afternoon” series. After having been invited by her former teacher Richard Goode, Gutman spent three summers in Vermont at the Marlboro Music Festivals from 2006-2008, where she collaborated with celebrated pianists Goode and Mitsuko Uchida. “I fell in love with the place,” she says, “and I really felt part of the community.” The upcoming concerts will give...
If January doesn't chill you, then the Vermont Theatre Company's first production of 2013 certainly will. The ghostly “The Woman in Black” by the late Stephen Mallatratt appears through the VTC's tender mercies at the Hooker-Dunham Theater, 139 Main St., Friday and Saturday, Jan. 18-19, and 25-26, at 7:30 p.m.; and Sundays, Jan. 20 and 27, at 3 p.m. The play is directed by Jessica Callahan Gelter, and has a cast of two: Clark Glennon and Richard Epstein. Gelter warns...
With a yearlong series of special events planned for 2013, the Latchis Hotel and Theatre in Brattleboro celebrates both the 75th anniversary of the Latchis complex and the 10th anniversary of its nonprofit owner, Latchis Arts. But the most momentous event for the Latchis this year is a major renovation of the main theater itself. The main theater will see replacement of the main hall seating, as well as restoration of the famed Zodiac ceiling. The $550,000 project will require...
