‘Beyond Utopia’ to screen in Middlebury

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

College hosts symposium about radical engagement through architecture

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.

Ripton Community Coffee House welcomes folk duo Fellow Pynins

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.

Sam Kuhns to play at the Lincoln Library April 18

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.

Ask a Master Gardener: All about growing hellebores

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 Outside Story: The tale of a lake tsunami

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

5-Town Friends see the magic in Lincoln

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)

Edgewater artists present ‘Solitude’

In the gallery’s first large group show of the 2024 season, eight Edgewater artists have interpreted the theme of solitude.

Miles Donahue Quartet and students give free concert

‏Experience an exciting collaborative concert featuring eclectic music from classic jazz to classic rock including reharmonized standards.

The month in poetry: On waking slowly

Eyes closed at first,/ wintering inside the earth,/ black matted fur/ dampness pressing soft eyelids/ shut to outlast frost/ heaving around him.

Town Hall Theater opens the Poetry Cafe, April 21

‏A poet once wrote: ‏“Winter’s done, and April’s in the skies,
Earth, look up with laughter in your eyes!”

Vergennes Opera House offers two events to celebrate the eclipse

To celebrate the upcoming solar eclipse on Monday, April 8, the Friends of the Vergennes Opera House have planned two events, one Friday evening and one Sunday afternoon.

Champlain Philharmonic hosts pre-eclipse concert in Middlebury

The Champlain Philharmonic Orchestra will perform “In the Key of Spring,” at 7:30 p.m., on Saturday, April 6 at the Middlebury Congregational Church.

Ask a Master Gardener: How to share your yard with nature

Your home landscape can be an amazing opportunity to collaborate with nature. With thoughtful plant choices, you can invite more biodiversity into your yard.

The Outside Story: Fascinating adaptations of frogs

Frogs have hopped about Earth since before the time of the dinosaurs, and it shows. Celebrated for their amphibious lifestyle and cacophonous choruses, the long arc of frog evolution has yielded other awesome and efficient adaptations in organs from their … (read more)

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