Va-et-vient to serenade Vergennes on Apr. 27

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’ Cajun and Créole tunes, and rollicking Québecois favorites.

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)

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

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

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

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