DERBY LINE — Borderline Players is getting ready to present the comedy Let’s Murder Marsha! by Monk Ferris at the Haskell Opera House. The show will run October 18-20 and 25-26. In this madcap romp of murderous plots, a happy housewife named Marsha, hopelessly addicted to crime thrillers, overhears her loving husband discussing her upcoming…
NEWPORT — The MAC Center for the Arts is getting ready to host an opening reception celebrating the extraordinary work of renowned artist, Victoria Mathiesen. The event will take place October 4, from 5:00 -7:00 p.m. in the Downstairs Connection. “Notably, a retrospective looks back, and at a certain age looking back seems to be…
STANSTEAD, QC – Eastern Townships writer Ross Murray will release his third collection of humor, A Jerk in Progress, at Black Cat Books in Lennoxville on Sunday, September 15 at 3:00 p.m. Subtitled “Various Nonsense,” the collection features more than 80 columns and essays that originally appeared in The Sherbrooke Record and Life in Quebec…
NEWPORT — MAC Center for the Arts is getting ready to present their first annual “Musings and Music” series, which they promise will “illuminate the colors of your world audibly.” The event will take place on September 22, from 2:00-4:00 p.m. at the United Church of Newport. Everyone is welcome to come explore and enjoy…
NEWPORT — The MAC Center for the Arts will be opening a new exhibit, ANECHOIC, by sculptor Sterling Trail. The opening reception takes place on August 23, from 5-7 p.m. in the Downstairs Gallery, located at 158 Main Street, in Newport. A truly unique title, ANECHOIC, defined as free from echo, artist Sterling Trail describes…
NEWPORT — As a special presentation on the final weekend of the MAC Center’s stunning exhibition “Blue: an Exploration of the Colour,” local artist, filmmaker, and MAC Center member Bradleigh Stockwell will present a lecture about “Yves Klein: The Man Who Invented Blue.” This event will take place on Saturday, August 17, at 2:00 p.m.…
DERBY LINE — The crowd-pleasing musical Mamma Mia! comes to the Haskell Opera House in Stanstead and Derby Line, on August 9-11 and 16-18. Featuring over 20 songs by the Swedish pop phenomenon ABBA, the musical centers around Sophie, whose dream of a perfect wedding includes her father giving her away. The problem? Sophie doesn’t…
DERBY LINE — The award-winning first-time feature film ‘Farmer of the Year,” by Vermonters Kathy Swanson and Vince O’Connell, will screen at the Haskell Opera House in Derby Line this Thursday, July 11. The film, ‘Farmer of the Year,’ written by Swanson and shot largely at the farm on which she grew up in her…
NEWPORT — On Saturday, more than 1,000 visitors flocked to Maxwell’s Neighborhood Farm in Newport. The Newport dairy farm was packed as guests enjoyed a Vermont-inspired pancake breakfast and took a self-guided tour of the 1,000 cow dairy farm. In its fifth year, Vermont Breakfast on the Farm aims to connect the public with hard-working…
NEWPORT — The MAC Center for the Arts is inviting the public to come experience total immersion into the color blue, by joining them at their latest exhibit, “BLUE – An Exploration of the Colour.” The exhibition opens on June 28, inside the Downstairs Connection at the center, with a reception from 5:00 – 7:00…
NEWPORT — Vermont’s Breakfast on the Farm comes to the Maxwell’s Neighborhood Farm this Saturday, June 22 in Newport. This is the first time the event has been hosted in the Northeast Kingdom. This free, public event includes a Vermont-style pancake breakfast featuring local products, a self-guided tour of the farm including 14 educational stations,…
IRASBURG — The Leach Public Library in Irasburg will hold the third annual celebration of beloved Vermont author Howard Frank Mosher during an event at the library. The gathering will take place at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, June 2, the 76th anniversary of his birth. Howard Frank Mosher made his home in Irasburg until his…
NEWPORT — Locally renowned tenor Allen Cubit will present a special concert spotlighting Robert Schumann’s, Dichterliebe, on June 1, 2019, at 7:00 p.m. at the United Church of Newport. He will be accompanied by the extraordinary pianist, Vivian Spates. Cubit is well known professional tenor that has graced the stages in the Northeast Kingdom, Canada,…
ISLAND POND — The Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Weekend will take place in downtown Island Pond, this weekend, from May 24 – 27. The weekend offers four days of non-stop events including a champagne reception, karaoke, spa services, Paint ‘n Sips and wine & cider tastings, Tai Chi & exercise classes, and a living…
NEWPORT — MAC Center for the Arts presents Gabe Tempesta’s solo Exhibition entitled Selected Paintings with an opening reception on Friday, May 24, 2019, from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. in the MAC’s Downstairs Connection. The opening is free and open to the public. To highlight Tempesta in his own words: “Being born and raised in…
JAY — Jay Peak Resort will be hosting their second annual Schlamm Jam – A Celebration of Community and Spirit, starting tomorrow. The event, which debuted last spring, is designed to celebrate the surrounding communities and raise money for local causes. Its name comes from the German word for mud and is being sponsored by…
NEWPORT — The MAC Center for the Arts will share a posthumous tribute to the late Manfred Rieder starting this Saturday, April 27, from 10:00 – 5:00 p.m. The tribute will display a selection of Rieder‘s works, housed in the MAC’s newly named space, the Downstairs Connection. In Manfred Rieder‘s own words: ”My fantasy structures…
DERBY LINE — Borderline Players is getting ready to present an original comedy by border humorist Ross Murray, All Together Now. The show promises to be a love letter to the Haskell Free Library, life on the line and a resilient local myth. Performances are set for May 10-12 and May 17-19. It’s Labor Day,…
STANSTEAD — The public is invited to attend “This Must Be the Place,” a comedy by American playwright Monk Ferris, being presented by Stanstead College on Friday and Saturday, April 12 and 13 at 7:30 p.m. Admission is free for all shows. Directed by teacher Nicki Campbell, the production features performances by Stanstead College students:…
NEWPORT — This week Sunshine Silver Lining Vision Consulting, a media, management, and networking consulting company based out of Newport, announced their premiere workshop series “Tea and Tales.” This series of writing and reading workshops will highlight both Vermont writers and authors as well as a variety of writing styles from journalling to memoir, along…
NEWPORT — The MAC Center for the Arts will host a special exhibition from Vermont Folklife entitled “Portraits in Action.” The opening reception will take place on April 12, 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. in the lower gallery on Main Street, in Newport. The exhibition presents 25 Vermont pioneers in renewable energy, environmental conservation, and land planning in…
NEWPORT — The MAC Center for the Arts is getting ready for their 3rd Annual “Junque and Trunk Sale.” The event will take place on April 6 from 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. in the downstairs gallery of the center. This indoor yard sale categorizes items as “junque,” for 99 cents and “trunk,” for larger…
NEWPORT — The MAC Center for the Arts will be holding a writing workshop, Saturday, March 16, from 1:00-4:00 p.m. The workshop is called “The Power of the Personal Metaphor: A Memoir and Poetry Workshop.” Come discover how personal metaphors inspire the creation of poetry and memoir. Whether your interest is in writing poetry or…
NEWPORT — This year’s Winter Festival will kick off at Newport’s Gardner Memorial Park on Saturday, February 2. Come celebrate timeless Vermont traditions like snowmobiling, ice skating, broomball, and bonfires. Guy Fortin Broomball Tournament With broomball skills, smooth line changes and athletic ability optional, this casual tournament has become a favorite Winter Festival activity for…
NEWPORT –Now Playing Newport, the local Vermont concert series that has delighted audiences in the Northeast Kingdom over the past five years, will be presenting its final production on Saturday. The show will take place January 12, at 7:00 p.m. at the United Church of Newport on Third Street. This grand finale is in concert…