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Arts

VSO comes to Grafton for annual outdoor concert

Wednesday, June 12, 2013 — Issue 207

GRAFTON — Vermont Symphony Orchestra's Summer Festival Tour brings picnicking, music, and fireworks to Grafton on Wednesday, July 3.

Broadway star Sara Jean Ford joins the VSO for hits from the Great American Songbook. Vocal numbers by Richard Rodgers, Cole Porter, and George Gershwin share the spotlight with irresistible Benny Goodman Big Band tunes.

Orchestral favorites from the world of opera add drama, fantasy, and exoticism to the songful theme. As always, the concert closes with Tchaikovsky's spectacular “1812 Overture,” marches, and fireworks.

The concert at the Grafton Ponds Outdoor Center begins at 7:30 p.m., with Anthony Princiotti conducting. Gates open at 5:30 p.m. for picnicking.

Arts

Secrets and motives, tensions and suspicions

By
Annie Landenberger

WILLIAMSVILLE-The Rock River Players (RRP) seem to be making a name as producers of new...

‘One of the things that makes jazz really special is connectivity’

By
Eugene Uman

BRATTLEBORO-The Emerging Artist Festival (EAF) is one of the cornerstones of the Vermont Jazz Center's...

Tasha Tudor Society wins publication award

MARLBORO-The journal of the nonprofit Tasha Tudor Society won first place in the Newsletters &

Documentary focuses on anti-trans legal battles

BRATTLEBORO-The Vermont premiere of a new documentary, Heightened Scrutiny, will be held Saturday, Nov. 1,

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Grief for a beloved dog comes to the fore

By
Wendy M. Levy
Wednesday, July 18, 2018 — Issue 468

When I sat at the kitchen table where the Brattleboro Area Hospice's Pet Loss Support Group meets, I thought I had come there for a fairly straightforward interview about the group, how it formed, and some attendees' experiences with it. My plan was to first gather the information, then go home and write the article, just as I always do. I didn't realize until partway through the interview that I was actually participating from within, not reporting from afar. That...

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Voices

Power out

By
Patricia Sweet Austin
Wednesday, December 21, 2022 — Issue 695

Power out for three days. We got 16 inches of snow. Quiet settled in. We were very fortunate to stay warm with the wood stove. The pups napped with me on the couch. Honor slept on top of me and my orange-colored childhood blanket that he also loves. Darling Gracie had extra biscuits while she healed a wound on her muzzle. The well pump didn't work, so eventually the water stopped running. The dishes piled up. There was one fishy...

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Arts

Vermont Performance Lab presents preview of ‘Virago-Man Dem’

Wednesday, May 24, 2017 — Issue 409

On June 2 and 3, at 7 p.m., Vermont Performance Lab will present a preview of Virago-Man Dem at the New England Youth Theatre - a timely dance-theater work, created by choreographer Cynthia Oliver in collaboration with the all-male cast, that “unearths the complexities of blackness and masculinity,” according to a news release. Known for incorporating textures of Caribbean performance with African and American aesthetic sensibilities, in Virago-Man Dem Oliver turns her gaze toward a nuanced exploration of the masculine.

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