Tune into spring with the Heath Quartet’s free show

“This month’s live Heath Quartet concert will be their 11th at Middlebury, with the addition of three streamed encore performances during the pandemic,” said Performing Arts Series Director Allison Coyne Carroll.

Acclaimed author, comic storyteller, innkeeper, and University of New Hampshire alum Cindy Pierce will perform at Town Hall Theater in Middlebury on Saturday, April 27, at 7 p.m. — her first stop on a tour performing in four Vermont communities,  April th … (read more)

Lincoln artist Janet Fredericks has brought her work off the mountain and away from her studio for an exhibit at Tourterelle this April and May. That’s right, enjoy fine dining and fine art — a perfect pairing.

The Middlebury Community Players is holding auditions for two plays, “Love/Sick” and “Steel Magnolias” to be presented this summer at the Vergennes Opera House. 

Come to Bixby Library in Vergennes on Saturday, April 27, from 12:30-2 p.m., to hear the talented musicians of Va-et-vient guide you through the centuries, from France to Québec and New Orleans, with lively dance numbers, touching love songs, kickin’ Caju … (read more)

On Friday, April 19, at 7:30 p.m., three of Addison County’s finest songwriters return home to Town Hall Theater for an intimate evening of original material and familiar classics in three-part harmony.

You might be surprised to know that every Thursday evening, the Cider House at Woodchuck Cider turns into a boot stompin’ line dancing floor. Regularly about 50 guests show up in their dancin’ duds ready for a good time. 

‏Leigh Harder was “initially inspired as a young artist to try to catch the particular blue of the changing twilight sky, what is commonly referred to as ‘the blue hour,’” she said.

Next Thursday, April 18, Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival Select Series will present “Beyond Utopia” at 7 p.m., in Middlebury’s Town Hall Theater.

The Architectural Studies Program at Middlebury College will host a symposium exploring the idea of “Architecture for All” on April 22 and 24. Afternoon lectures Monday-Thursday are free and open to the public.

Fellow Pynins (pronounced Pie-nins) is an award-winning contemporary folk duo with a keen sense of vocal harmony and song craft anchored in the balladry tradition.

The next concert in the Five Town Friends of the Arts “Winter Into Spring Musical Library Tour” will be Sam Kuhns, who will perform on Thursday, April 18, at the Lincoln Library.

If you’re looking for an early-blooming, low-maintenance plant for your garden, look no further. A hellebore just might check off several requirement boxes on your plant wish list.

The sharpest contrast between rivers and lakes is in water movement. While rivers flow inexorably downhill, lake water movement is more subtle.

The contributions of Lincoln’s Tom Verner and Janet Fredericks to the arts abroad are undeniable — Fredericks through her visual artwork in galleries from New Haven to Nagoya, Japan, and both together with magic shows in more than 40 countries through the … (read more)