Category: Arts & Entertainment

Take a Thursday for yourself for some talk over tomes. On May 16 at 7 pm, Bill Mares will discuss his new book, “The Bach Road to Boston,” at Phoenix Books Burlington. “The Bach Road to Boston” is a heartwarming story of Mares’ experience running the Boston Marathon. It narrates a weekend ten years ago when… Read More

Shelburne Museum has been awarded two grants totaling $55,000 from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and People’s United Bank. The grants support educational programming and a major new exhibition of art by NC, Andrew and Jamie Wyeth. The NEA awarded a $30,000 Art Works grant for the museum’s innovative Passport to Learning program… Read More

Adriel Miles of Shelburne recently shared his vocal talents with the tenor section of the Ithaca College Choir at the Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall on April 19. Home to the New York Philharmonic and the Metropolitan Opera, the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts has been called by Frommer’s Travel Guides as “New York… Read More

Tom Denenberg, Director of Shelburne Museum, just wrapped up his successful, three-part lecture series on American Art. As with previous lectures, Denenberg’s final talk on Wednesday, April 24 was met with an enthusiastic audience of over 125 people at All Souls Interfaith Gathering.   Read More

SpringFest at Shelburne Museum marks the annual opening day, Sunday, May 12 from 10 am-4 pm. Indoor and outdoor activities will lure visitors of all ages. Concerts include performances by the Fiddleheads at 11 am and On the Border Morris at 1 pm. All guests are sure to enjoy the start of the season with… Read More

This month, the Village welcomes a unique exhibit by local artist John Douglas titled “Stones &.” Pad over to Falls Road for the opening reception, Friday, April 26 from 6-8 pm at Shelburne’s Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery. Vermont artist John Douglas’ critically regarded and academically respected film work of the 1960s pursued the political conflicts of… Read More

How will you venture out from hibernation into warmer weather? Why not open the windows to your inner muse and along with the buds of spring, burst into blossom at the Writers’ Barn? Daytime Can you imagine condensing the enormity of your life experiences into a powerful poem of 24 words in a mere eight… Read More

Two of Wind Ridge Books’ (WRB) favorite canine mascots, Stella and Bella, were more than pleased to see Wind Ridge publisher Holly Johnson and author Dr. Steven Metz with check in hand to donate 10 percent of the net profits from the sale of his book, “Exotic Tails,” to the Humane Society of Chittenden County.… Read More

by Margery Sharp When the Shelburne Players chose to present Lucy Maud Montgomery’s story of a plucky young orphan who makes the best of a situation, they were on the mark. The tenor and range of audience attending last Saturday’s performance of “Anne of Green Gables” was testimony to the popularity of this century-old story… Read More

Shelburne resident Caitlin Downey and South Burlington’s Sue Roupp warm up along with the weather in two new workshops at the Writers’ Barn beginning in April. Downey invites women scribes to loosen up with writing prompts in Wine, Women, and Words on alternating Friday evenings beginning April 19 at 6 pm. Roupp welcomes morning larks… Read More