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Practice with Cirque du Soleil coaches

BRATTLEBORO - The New England Center for Circus Arts announces a new partnership with Cirque du Soleil’s NexGen Program.
Cirque du Soleil’s NexGen is a collaboration between CDS and select talent training centers. NECCA is one of six partners from around the world. This partnership allows...

For last year’s Artful Ice Shanties exhibit, the Wardsboro School’s third and fourth grade classes designed a shanty that educated attendees on animals’ winter survival strategies. File photo

Register for Artful Ice Shanties 2023

BRATTLEBORO - The Brattleboro Museum & Art Center and Retreat Farm are now accepting entries for Artful Ice Shanties 2023. Registrations will be accepted until Friday, December 16.
The Artful Ice Shanties outdoor exhibit is a place-based celebration of artistic talent, creative...

Cover of “The Chickadee in the Red Mitten,” one of Alice Muise’s children’s books inspired by her pets.

Muise reads from her books

NEWFANE - On Saturday, November 26, at 10 am, there will be a family event at the Moore Free Library. Come meet local author Alice Muise. She will be reading from her two children’s books. Books will be available for purchase.
Muise lives in Townshend in a log cabin with her husband...

Blayney Colmore

Local author launches book

WILMINGTON - Join Bartleby’s Books for the launch of Blayney Colmore’s new book “I Reserve the Right to be Terrified: A Long Life” on Thursday, November 17, at 6 pm.
Colmore was an Episcopal priest for 30 years, from the tumultuous 1960s into the new millennium. He served at parishes...

Addams Family

TOWNSHEND - The Leland & Gray Players will return with another hit musical, “The Addams Family.” After the sold-out run of “Mamma Mia,” the players couldn’t be more excited for this show.
Bringing back in-person shows, leaving behind the masks, and returning the spotlight to classic...

Disability-friendly theater presents “The Costume Shop”

WEST BRATTLEBORO - Theatre Adventure will present their original musical “The Costume Shop” in person and online on Friday, November 11, at 7 pm at the West Village Meeting House, 29 South Street.
“The Costume Shop” takes place in a small sleepy village called Navin. The arrival of a...

Jake Charkey will present raga music and Indian-inspired compositions.

Rare Hindustani cello performance by Brattleboro native

BRATTLEBORO - Brattleboro native Jake Charkey, a cellist whose unusual career has led him to spend the last two decades immersed in the study of North Indian classical music, will present a program featuring the rare sound of Hindustani cello at the Brattleboro Music Center on Sunday, November 13...

Quick picks (11/10 - 11/17)

Film screening DOVER - On Monday, November 14, the Dover Free Library will present the feature film “Enola Homes,” starring Millie Bobby Brown, Helena Bonham Carter, Susan Wokoma, and Adeel Akhtar. Showtime is 3 pm. Runtime is 123 minutes. The film is rated PG-13. This event is...

Last year’s 14th annual LEGO contest and exhibit.

Never too old for toys: LEGO sculpture contest

BRATTLEBORO - The Brattleboro Museum & Art Center invites creators of all ages to design and build original LEGO sculptures and display them at the 15th annual LEGO contest and exhibit, taking place Thursday, November 10, through Sunday, November 13, with an awards ceremony on Wednesday,...

BMAC’s 2022 climate change artists in residence. Left to right: Andrea Stix Wasserman, Elizabeth Billings, and Evie Lovett.

Artists in residence showcase climate art

PUTNEY - In response to the ongoing climate crisis, the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center recently created an artist residency program to support artists seeking time and resources to engage with the profound questions and challenges presented by climate change. Over the past year Elizabeth...