Arts & Leisure
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Look Up: Demoted But Not Forgotten
Ken Corey helps us understand all about the “demoted” lil’ planet Pluto in this month’s LOOK UP column.
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New Haven house concert hosts Natalie and Brittany Haas for an intimate evening
Music Up Close continues on Aug. 9 with Natalie and Brittany Haas playing a house concert in New Haven.
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Free Friday concert series continues in Middlebury with Atom & the Orbits
More free music folks! Check out Atom & the Orbits performing on the outdoor plaza at Town Hall Theater in Middlebury Friday, Aug. 7.
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Chill out at Reggae Night in Middlebury on Aug. 8
Chill out at a reggae night in Middlebury on Saturday, Aug. 8, featuring Apple Balm Sound and NauNau Beloha. Free and open to all.
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World Photography Day is Aug. 19
Celebrate World Photography Day with a contemporary photography exhibit at PhotoPlace Gallery in Middlebury, opening Friday, Aug. 7.
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Free concert series features musicians from Vermont roots
Rembember Baker will play on Sunday, July 26, from 5-7 p.m., for the kickoff of the Peet Farm Music Series in Cornwall.
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Enjoy Two Plays and a Picnic
What’s better than a picnic? Two plays and a picnic! Come enjoy an afternoon of causal theater and lunch on the Vergennes Green.
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This year’s film festival comes into view
MNFF co-founder and Artistic Director Jay Craven offers an overview of this year’s film fest, which will come to Middlebury Aug. 26-30.
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Boogie on down to the Marble Works for Foodaroo 11 on Aug. 2
Foodaroo 11 is coming to the Marble Works District in Middlebury on Aug. 2 — food, beverages, buskers, bakers and the All Night Boogie Band.
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Private gardens open to visitors in Brandon, Goshen and Sudbury
Get inspired by your neighbors’ gardens during a day-long garden tour in Brandon, Goshen and Sudbury on July 26.
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It’s a Battle of the Bands!
Middlebury’s Town Hall Theater will host five bands to battle it out on Thursday, July 30, from 7-9 p.m.
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North Ferrisburgh artist exhibits at Charlotte Library
See Shirley Reid’s oil paintings at the Charlotte Library now through Aug. 31. An opening reception will be held Thursday, July 30 at 3 p.m. Open to all.
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Teens turn the heat up on ‘1776 the Musical’
This is not some boring history lesson about the Declaration of Independence… These teens get rowdy in “1776.”
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Fanning performs benefit concert for Point CounterPoint Foundation
Support chamber music and listen to an amazing concert at the same time on Thursday, July 23 at Town Hall Theater in Middlebury.
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41st Middlebury College Carillon Concert Series begins, July 24
Bring your picnic dinner to the Middlebury College Mead Chapel lawns and listen to carillon performances every Friday evening for free.
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Ask A Master Gardener: How to use groundcovers as living mulch
Need help with weeds? Try living mulch! Master Gardener Deborah J. Benoit offers some tips and options for what you might choose.
