Annie Landenberger
Event centers work of young photographers — and their dreams
Giving young people a chance to see the world through a different lens for 30 years, In-Sight Photography Project now hosts its first annual Youth Photo Contest & Fair.
On Saturday, Sept. 30, some 31 young artists from Brattleboro and across the region - including Bennington; Greenfield, Massachusetts; and Keene, New Hampshire - will be celebrated at the Latchis Theatre for their 89 submissions to the contest.
Galbraith to reflect on role of the U.S. in a fast-changing world
The former diplomat takes up the concept of the American century at his annual Windham World Affairs Council lecture
For years, former Ambassador Peter Galbraith has given an annual talk to the Windham World Affairs Council (WWAC). These talks have usually focused on the various hot spots in the Middle East and the U.S. role in places such as Iraq, Afghanistan, and Syria. This year's annual Galbraith Lecture,
A surprise sampler
Actors Theatre Playhouse closes out its season with its Pay-What-You-Like show, with proceeds to maintain the company’s building fund
Actors Theatre Playhouse (ATP) offers a "Pay-What-You-Like Season-Ending Celebration: Shakespeare to Durang" on Fridays and Saturdays from Sept. 15 to Sept. 30, with a theatrical sampler of sorts. The show is designed as a dip-sticking into theater history with monologues, scenes, and one-acts by a host of playwrights and...
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Puppetry abundance
Sandglass Theater, founded in 1982 by Eric Bass and Ines Zeller Bass, has a mission that's clearly manifest in all they offer. The nonprofit is "dedicated to the arts of theater and puppetry as a means of exploring contemporary issues, inspiring dialogue, and sparking wonder - by creating original ensemble performances and collaborations, presenting diverse theater artists, producing events that serve our communities, and teaching our art." Living up to it all, this venerable player on the area's lively arts...
Coming full circle
Kimberly Carmody became the new executive director of the River Gallery School on Sept. 1, carrying on a nearly half-century legacy of community art and creativity. Board President Judith Darrow Freed called Carmody "a grand choice for our school. We count ourselves lucky to include her. Her thoughtful and caring energies are indeed inspirational and valuable for the school's vision and mission." Nearly 48 years ago, teaching artists Ric Campman and Barbara Merfeld Campman founded the school, offering after-school classes...
Puppetry abundance
Sandglass Theater, founded in 1982 by Eric Bass and Ines Zeller Bass, has a mission that's clearly manifest in all they offer. The nonprofit is "dedicated to the arts of theater and puppetry as a means of exploring contemporary issues, inspiring dialogue, and sparking wonder - by creating original ensemble performances and collaborations, presenting diverse theater artists, producing events that serve our communities, and teaching our art." Living up to it all, this venerable player on the area's lively arts...
Art in all sizes
Leonard Ragouzeos's art rivets attention to detail, exposing the essence of his subjects from a graceful kohlrabi plant - "that I grew," he says - to an intricately stitched baseball to a dark-eyed, bearded fellow. The artist's black ink drawings, on display through Friday, Aug. 31, in the Crowell Gallery at Moore Free Library, employ a technique he's been honing for a few decades. Using brushes, pens, rollers, and other tools, he applies India ink to Yupo paper - an...
‘Puppetry speaks truth to power, it is full of surprises, it is silly and sublime’
New England Center for Circus Arts (NECCA) just keeps growing, it seems, stretching its sinews to embrace an expanding universe of dramatic and kinesthetic arts. This Sunday, Aug. 20, NECCA hosts North Star Puppets to present Hot Jam Puppet Slam Festival, an event of puppetry, music, theater, crafts, and food. From 4 to 7 p.m. under the circus tent, a family-friendly festival will feature an all-ages puppet show, silkscreening, live music, and a craft workshop. Festivalgoers will hear singer-songwriters Stephen...