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Next weekend, the New England Center for Circus Arts (NECCA) will present their holiday show, The Flying Nut: A Dark & Stormy Night, a quirky fantasy that puts a circus spin on the perennial Christmas favorite, Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker.
As in the classic ballet, a party leads to a magical gift, but in this new offbeat version, which NECCA office manager Janet Lowry, calls “a vertical Nutcracker,” the gift leads not to a series of dances, but rather to a circus adventure in mysterious lands.
The Flying Nut brings together onstage NECCA's Professional Adult Program with the Youth Performance troupe, as well as a few surprising guest artists.
Performances are at NECCA's main studio located on the third floor at 74 Cotton Mill Hill in Brattleboro. Times are Friday, Dec. 14, at 7 p.m., and Saturday, Dec. 15 and Sunday Dec. 16, at 1 and 5 p.m. The show is expected to sell out, as it has previously, so it is recommended to purchase tickets in advance.
In those old musicals from MGM, when Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland found out that their neighbors and friends were in financial need, they took matter into their own hands, gathering all the town's kids together to raise the money on their own by putting on a show. That's...
What makes the musical ensemble Childsplay: Fiddlers, Fiddles and Fiddlemaker unique is that the group's fiddlers and violinists all perform on instruments lovingly crafted by Bob Childs. Childs' stringed handiwork will be on display on Friday, Nov. 30 at Greenhoe Theatre at Landmark College when Childsplay will perform in...
Three prominent acoustic guitarists are set to join forces at a historic night of music and conversation to celebrate the Vermont instrument maker Michael Millard and his renowned Froggy Bottom Guitars. The event, also a benefit performance for the Next Stage Arts Project, is Nov. 30 at 7:30 p.m. at Next Stage on Kimball Hill. According to Next Stage Arts, Millard has built more than 5,000 steel-string guitars over 40 years, many of them to order. His award-winning instruments are...
Where can you go to see blown glass, woodworking, ceramics, circus, dance, painting, music, food, film, furniture, garden sculpture, jewelry, books, bodywork, jams, candles and more, all under one roof? This Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, Nov. 30 through Dec. 2, a self-described “mad gang” of artists, musicians, bakers, cooks, circus performers, and craftspeople of the Cotton Mill open their studio doors for the 11th annual Open Studio event. This celebration features the work of many artists and artisans, and promises...
Robert Burch and Nancy Gagnon of Brandywine Glassworks are preparing for 1,000 guests at their studio this coming weekend. They say that's typical traffic - and a delight to see - during the Putney Craft Tour, which has taken place every Thanksgiving weekend for the past 33 years. This year marks the 34th Annual Putney Craft Tour, scheduled for the weekend of Nov. 23-25. It will feature the works of 28 new and returning artists and craftspeople, including blacksmiths, glass...
Stone Church Arts in Bellows Falls presents folk artist Elizabeth Rogers as part of its 2012-13 concert series. Look for Rogers to accompany herself on guitar as she performs her own songs, focusing on life, love and longing, this Saturday, Nov. 24, at 7:30 p.m., at the chapel of Immanuel Episcopal Church, 20 Church St., Bellows Falls. “I tell stories of my life,” Rogers says. “My songs are a search for a way to feel at home.” Tickets range from...
Hugh Keelan, the Windham Orchestra's music director, is a native of England but hasn't tried putting together a concert showcasing the music of his homeland. Until now. This weekend, the Windham Orchestra opens its 2012-13 season with British Jubilee, a special concert that includes pieces from the three most beloved British composers of the twentieth century. The first half of the program consists of Frederick Delius' Irmelin Prelude and Benjamin Britten's Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, followed after intermission...
