New Pastels, a show by two local artists, Deedee Jones and Cicely Carroll, will go up at the Putney Public Library on December 1st. There will be an opening on Saturday, December 5th, from 4 to 6:00 p.m. at the library on Main Street in Putney.

Deedee Jones and Cicely Carroll have been painting in pastels for 10 years. Both women are long-standing students at the River Gallery School in Brattleboro, and over the last few years, have studied with Karen Baker, a master pastelist. This is the artists' third show together.

With an added sense of purpose, Putney Craft Tour returns

Reformer Staff http://www.reformer.com/ovation/ci_138698

By JON POTTER
PUTNEY -- In its 31 years, the Putney Craft Tour has always been a mix of serious fun and serious business, a pleasant Thanksgiving weekend blend of "home for the holidays" and "be our guest."
This year, a sad turn of events has added a serious sense of purpose and a heartfelt mission of outreach to this annual three-day event in which artists and artisans in the village, hills and heartland of Putney open their studios.
As many as 2,000 people are expected to come to Putney for the annual event, which runs Friday through Sunday, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. And they, like their neighbors will have a special chance this year to do something good for the community.

Local artist, Paul Stone, a master of luminous color, will be speaking about his work and showing slides on Thursday, November 19th, from 7-8:30 pm. at The Putney Public Library.

Paul, a native Vermonter, having grown up in Westminster, has been painting ever since he can remember. He is a graduate of both Dartmouth College and Tufts University.

Paul’s paintings are mysteriously evocative and yet very structured in a classical reality. He is best known for his vibrant portrayals of the Vermont landscape.

Humor & Balinese Buicks

Putney artist and librarian Art Costa, who takes a cartoon attitude toward the arts, will speak about his working process on Thursday, November 5th from 7-8:30 p.m. at The Putney Public Library. The talk “From Anansi Tales to Balinese Buicks” is the second of three presentations in a series “Artists Talk” to be given this fall.

Lecture - "Daddy’s War"
Dartmouth College professor Irene Kacandes uses her family’s own story as a starting point to explore how the trauma of war, like the revenge of Greek gods, can visit each generation. Irene Kacandes is Professor of German and Comparative Literature and Chair of the Department of German Studies at Dartmouth.

Sponsored by the Vermont Humanities Council

For more information, see www.brooks.lib.vt.us.

Weaving Retreat: Nov 13, 14, 15

Basics of weaving and all of the skills necessary to create a finished piece of fabric. Participants will leave with some beautiful handwoven textiles and the skills necessary to complete projects at home. All equipment and materials provided.

Class size will be small enough to accomodate beginning weavers as well as weavers with some prior experience.

Price: $250 including all materials
Taught by Dena Gartenstein at Vermont Weaving School in Putney
for more info: 387-2656, www.vermontweavingschool.com

(From Yellow Barn listserv)

We are delighted to announce that Yellow Barn will be featured once again on WGBH radio on Sunday, October 18, 2009

The Program
MAHLER Symphony No. 4 in G major

If you live in or near Boston:
9:00 AM - 89.7 FM Boston

David Rohn, masterful painter of watercolor still lifes will show slides and speak about his work on October 22nd from 7-8:30 pm at The Putney Public Library. The talk entitled “On Being an Adequate Artist” is the first of three to be given this fall in the library series “Artists Talk” .

David Rohn was born in Chicago in 1934 where he attended public school and then Culver Military Academy in Indiana.

(From Sandglass Theater listserv)

Hey Everyone! We haven’t seen this show but we’ve heard good things and we invite you to come check it out with us this weekend.

Reckoning Motions (from Alaska)
The Great Zigurratat the New England Center for Circus Arts (NECCA) 3rd floor at the Cotton Mill in Brattleboro
Oct. 17 and 18 at 7:00pm
Tickets are $15 and will be available at the door.
Call 802-365-4106 for more information.

Reckoning Motions is a puppet troupe originating out of Haines, Alaska.

The Blanche Moyse Chorale will present “An American Sampler” on Friday, October 9 at the Hastings Memorial Parish House in Walpole, NH at 8 p.m., and on Sunday, October 11 at the Centre Congregational Church in Brattleboro, VT at 4 p.m.

The 30-voice Chorale, including Putney residents Alan Blood, Tom Baehr, Christie Baskett, Jody Graves, Abijah Reed, and Virginia Scholl is an ensemble of the Brattleboro Music Center.