Arts

Auction items include certificates to area restaurants, theater tickets, and a daylong sailing trip.

Online auction

TOWNSHEND- To benefit its patient care fund, Grace Cottage Hospital is launching its sixth annual online auction on Valentine’s Day. Bidding on more than 80 items, donated by generous friends of Grace Cottage, will continue through February 24.
The auction features over 60 items for every...

Museum holds free open house

MARLBORO- Join the Southern Vermont Natural History Museum for an afternoon of backyard wildlife. The museum’s annual open house is free to the public on Saturday, February 15, from 1 pm until closing.
This year will feature opportunities to learn about the wild critters who call local...

Pick up your passport to the animal kingdom with “The Conservation Supergirl”

WILMINGTON- Join Bartleby’s Books for a family fun event with CS Wurzberger on Saturday, February 15, at 4:30 pm. Wurzberger will be reading from and discussing her books, including “KISSes for Awesome Animals.”
Wurzberger, aka The Conservation Supergirl, is a wildlife conservation coach...

Author, photographer visits local book store for a reading of his latest book

WILMINGTON- Join Bartleby’s Books for a reading with Jon Meyer, author and photographer of “Love Poems From Vermont: Reflections on an Inner and Outer State,” on Saturday, February 8, at 4:30 pm. This event is part of Wilmington Works’ Snowflake Saturdays in the Village.
The book shows...

Card making workshop

NEWFANE- The Moore Free Library will offer an all-ages card making workshop on Friday, February 7, from 5 to 6 pm.
Stamping enthusiast Cindy Crawford will bring along paper and rubber stamps to assist participants in making two Valentine’s Day cards.
This activity is part of the...

Photographer shares her love for local nature

WILMINGTON- Bartleby’s Books is hosting its annual show of Nicki Steel’s photography throughout the month of February. Steel’s show will focus on her Hearts in Nature series as well as new works. It is a celebration of love, and also a selection of photos which highlight landscapes and scenery...

Free entrance to MASS MoCA

NORTH ADAMS, MA- Community Day is coming and MASS MoCA admission is free all day long. On Sunday, January 25, join the fun and celebrate with art-making projects inspired by Kidspace’s 20th year, pop-up party games, music in the galleries (including “elevator music” — played live), and a free...

Ann Coleman’s painting decorate some of Eco-tique’s space.

Meet-the-artist reception

DOVER- There will be a meet-the-artist reception for Ann Coleman at The Gallery in Eco-tique Saturday, January 18, from 2 to 6 pm. Coleman will show some new winter pastel scenes that are sure to make viewers’ hearts skip with joy and wonder. Sample Eco-tiques organic wines and local cheeses...

Unique pottery on exhibit at library

WARDSBORO- The Wardsboro Library will exhibit unique pieces of pottery created by Erin Stewart and Will Finkel. The exhibit will carry over through the month of January.
Finkel took his first pottery class when he was 5, and never looked back. He has spent the majority of his life working...

River Gallery School offers sequencing workshops as a staff wellness activity. Sequencing is a highly accessible approach to painting, steeped in mindfulness and flow states. The Farm School staff recently came to RGS to do a workshop, led by David Graham.

Art classes for everyone

BRATTLEBORO- For nearly four and a half decades, River Gallery School has been a home of art. A home a stranger might pass, feel compelled to enter and brush the dust from the hidden spaces of the mind. A place where one might explore deeper ways of being human, for there is nothing more human...