Laura King shows work from 120-day art challenge

Laura King shows work from 120-day art challenge

BRANDON — The Compass Music and Arts Center in Brandon is opening a new exhibit by Brandon-based artist and educator, Laura King on Friday, Sept. 24. A public reception will be held to mark the opening on Friday from 5-7 p.m. The exhibit will remain on view through...

Ferrisburgh Day returns with something for everyone

Ferrisburgh Day is shaping up to be a wonderful weekend with something for everyone, from a Medivac Helicopter, fire engine, antique cars and tractors at the fire station open house on Sunday, Sept. 26, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.), to an open house at Rokeby Museum, from 10...

Call for actors at Rokeby Museum

FERRISBURGH — Rokeby Museum in Ferrisburgh is planning a new program, Spirits of Rokeby, and is looking for actors.This production will be held on Friday, Oct. 29 and Saturday, Oct. 30. It’s a short-form experience — part history, part live theater. Guests will arrive...
Book review: Bewilderment — by Richard Powers

Book review: Bewilderment — by Richard Powers

(W. W. Norton & Company)When astrobiologist Theo Byrne loses his wife, the center of his universe, he is left, seemingly without the proper tools in his arsenal, to single-parent Robin, the child named after his mother’s favorite bird. Robin is...
MACo brings comedy to town

MACo brings comedy to town

Middlebury Acting Company continues its 2021 outdoor season with “Outside Mullingar,” a feisty romantic comedy about two Irish outsiders by John Patrick Shanley. Performances are under The Swift House Tent in Middlebury, from Sept. 23-26, at 7:30 p.m. Picnic dinners...