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CALENDAR LISTINGS FOR Saturday, December
31
GREENFIELD New Years Eve: Jimmy Just Quit, After Glo, The B-52.0s: 7:30 p.m. (doors open 7 p.m.) All ages. $25 to $30. Hawks & Reed Ballroom, 289 Main St. Information: Tickets: hhttps://tinyurl.com/8kkpak5t.
BRATTLEBORO Becky Tracy & Keith Murphy, Stefan Amidon & Zara Bode, and Peter & Mary Alice Amidon: Annual holiday "Smorgasbord of Traditional Song & Dance Tunes," with New England, Appalachian, Irish and French-Canadian dance music, fiddling from around the world, and a feast of singing. Keith Murphy (guitar, mandolin, piano, foot percussion) and Becky Tracy (fiddle) will heat up the hall with fiercely intelligent and driving arrangements of dance tunes and traditional songs. Zara Bode and Stefan Amidon are the faces behind musical sensations The Sweetback Sisters and The Devil Makes Three. Stefan Amidon is a master percussionist, multi-instrumentalist, and expressive bass singer. 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. (2 performances). Space is limited. Masking and proof of vaccination or negative test for those age 12 and up. $15 for adults, $5 for ages 6 to 14, free under age 5. Brattleboro Music Center, 72 Blanche Moyse Way. Information: www.bmcvt.org, 802-257-4523.
All Brains Belong VT: Virtual New Year's Eve Party (via Zoom): We invite you to celebrate the re-imagining of health & community. We'll have Zoom sessions with a range of offerings for kids and adults: Low-demand "parallel play" arts & crafts. Stuffed animals. Meet & Greet/Dance Party. Special New Year’s Brain Club: "Unlearning the Brain Rules of New Year's Resolutions" (Mel Houser). MD and family coach (Amanda Diekman). Musical performance by the Misty Bay Ramblers - trio playing folk, rock and roll, alt rock, Americana, and original work. 5-7:30 p.m. All Brains Belong VT is a nonprofit providing neurodiversity-affirming personalized healthcare, education, social connection. Free. Zoom. Information: www.allbrainsbelong.org.
