Vergennes Opera House gets back in the groove with Gina Coleman & the Misty Blues Band

Get ready to celebrate in the Little City on March 28, when the Vergennes Opera House will reopen the main stage with a powerhouse show. Gina Coleman & the Misty Blues Band will bring the energy back to the stage that’s been quiet — well, except for the construction noise — for the past year. The theater closed in May of 2025 to accommodate the installation of a new elevator tower affixed to the southwest side of the building; and a new, easier walkway from the street. On the inside of the theater (whic … (read more)

Senior MUHS art students at the top of their game will exhibit at Jackson Gallery on March 18-27.

Frozen in the New Year? Heat things up with the Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival Selects monthly screening series that starts Wednesday, Jan. 14.

Arts+Leisure turned 10 this year! Elsie Lynn Parini reflects on a years worth of stories from 2025.

Light it up in Bristol with the annual Lumen Celebration of Fire & Light on Saturday, Dec. 20, beginning at 4 p.m.

Wrap up the year with a solstice party for the whole family at Town Hall Theater.

Mount Abe students will present “Anastasia” at the MAUHS Performing Arts Center Nov. 20-22.

Caution! Stay back! Parent on Board. Come poke fun at the beautiful chaos of parenting during the sketch comedy shows at Town Hall Theater in Middlebury, Sept. 18-20.

A new season of stellar shows is headed our way… Tickets for the 2025-26 Middlebury Performing Arts Series are live now.

Middlebury’s Foodaroo festival will celebrate 10 years at the Marble Works River Front Park in Middlebury on Sunday, Aug. 3, 4-8 p.m., with cupcakes, music and live entertainment.

On Sunday, July 20, Larry & Joe will perform a fusion of Venezuelan and Appalachian folk music at The Barn at Bread Loaf View Farm in Cornwall. Tickets are limited.

Circus Smirkus will bring its 2025 Big Top Tour: Game On! to Middlebury on the green next to Mary Hogan Elementary School for four performances, July 5-6.

There was a lot going on this past weekend. Between the No Kings protests, the swearing in of Dog Mayor Tela and Porter Hospital’s Centennial Birthday Party — folks were out and about “painting the town”… oh, wait… That’s right, they actually were paintin … (read more)

Three friends floated into Amy Panitz’s home-studio on Weybridge Street on a Wednesday in May. It was the regular twice-monthly meeting time for these amateur artists to paint alongside one another, and get ready for the opening of their first exhibit at … (read more)

A pendulum swings — back and forth, back and forth. Sometimes a pendulum is used as a metaphor to explain large shifts: Democrats one year, Republicans the next… environmental stewardship one year, drill-baby-drill the next… Back and forth we go… you get … (read more)