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The Next Stage Gallery presents “Hannah Harvester: Landscapes,” on exhibit August 17th through November 19th.
Hannah Harvester works in oils and soft pastels and is known both for her rural landscapes and sensitive portraits of children and families. She is also a teacher of drawing, pastel painting, and printmaking for adults and children.
The Next Stage Gallery is open to the public during scheduled performances in the theater, and by appointment.
“No matter your age or aspiration, New England Center for Circus Arts has programming that fits. We offer courses in juggling, tumbling, aerial yoga, aerial fitness, fabric (aerial silks), trapeze, trampoline, Chinese pole, and much, much more. We also have a variety of classes for youth ages 1.5–17. Classes for ages 1.5–5 are general circus classes designed for students to get a wide range of experiences (and see what they like)!
Fall Session 1 begins Tuesday September 3.
Fall Session 2 begins Monday October 14. Register now!”
When Nina G started comedy thirteen years ago, she was the only woman who stuttered and was dyslexic in the world doing stand-up. Undaunted after battling a lifetime of stigma, Nina G pursued her dream. Her presentation this evening will combine parts of her stand-up routine with a discussion about how she uses humor to help people confront and understand disability culture, access, and empowerment.
Nina G has performed across the country and has been part of the Comedians with Disabilities Act show, which spreads awareness and acceptance of disability. She has authored two books: “Stutterer Interrupted: The Comedian Who Almost Didn’t Happen,” and “Bay Area Stand-Up Comedy: A Humorous History”, and her 2023 comedy album debuted at #1 on iTunes. Her comedy special, titled “Stutterer Interrupted,” will be streaming in 2024.
This free and open to the public event is presented by the Landmark College Center for Neurodiversity. For more information, please contact institute@landmark.edu.
A tale of politics, power and Hollywood so outrageous it could be true! Two weeks prior to reelection, the United States president lands in the middle of a sex scandal. In need of outside help to quell the situation, presidential adviser Winifred Ames (Anne Heche) enlists the expertise of spin doctor Conrad Brean (Robert De Niro), who decides a distraction is the best course of action. Brean approaches Hollywood producer Stanley Motss (Dustin Hoffman) to help him fabricate a war in Albania — and once underway, the duo has the media entirely focused on the war. The methods for creating an “alternate reality” are presented in the context of a presidential election.
This film is the second in a five-part series entitled HOW IN THE WORLD DID WE GET HERE?? American Politics and Film.
Michael Krasner, political science professor emeritus and long-time political activist, designed this series to provide an entertaining framework for political analysis, and will introduce each film and then lead in-depth discussions after each showing.
Fall themed – Come in all your fall colors and cozy clothes! What a great way to end a day of looking at the beautiful changing leaves. This class is for flyers at every level of ability and experience—whether you’ve never tried flying trapeze before, or you’re working on taking tricks out of lines. Beginning students will learn how to take off from the platform, perform fundamental trapeze tricks, and begin working on the ‘swing’—the bread and butter of flying trapeze. More experienced flyers will continue to work on fundamentals and on advancing their trick vocabulary. In the last half hour of class, flyers who are ready will be able to take their tricks across to a catcher (one of their coaches) swinging from a second trapeze. Prerequisites: None! The only prerequisite for this class is age. This class is for students ages seven and up.
Something Else is a seven-piece Soul Jazz revue led by Vincent Herring. The all-star rotating lineup, according to Herring, features “music that is meant to be a celebration of life.”
The band plays new arrangements of soul jazz classics, originally recorded by composers like Donald Byrd, Horace Silver, Herbie Hancock & Eddie Harris.
Soul jazz, born in the early 1960s, provided a pathway for the funky grooves of contemporary soul & R&B to infuse the muscular hard bop of the day.
Soul jazz helped form the soundtrack for that generation, but, as it turns out, this music is multigenerational & has served as a springboard repertoire for up & coming young jazzers as well.
It’s groove-oriented & fun to play—and to hear!
Vincent Herring, alto saxophone
Freddie Hendrix, trumpet
Jerry Weldon, tenor saxophone
Paul Bollenback, guitar
Mike LeDonne, piano
Essiet Essiet, bass
Jerome Gillespie, drums
In-person tickets $25-60 sliding scale
Livestream donations appreciated!
For educational group discounts: eugene@vtjazz.org
www.vtjazz.org
802 254 9088
elsavjc@gmail.com
eugene@vtjazz.org
sarah@vtjazz.org
Vermont Jazz Center
72 Cotton Mill Hill #222
Brattleboro, VT 05301
Next Stage Arts continues its 2024 Bandwagon Summer Series of concerts with a Folk/Roots/Americana music festival featuring The Clements Brothers, The Jacob Jolliff Band, and The Mammals on Sunday, October 6 at 2:00 pm at Cooper Softball Field in Putney, VT.
“Cirque Us Stories” is a thoughtfully curated show that flips through the pages of our troupe’s favorite stories to bring you a touching, thrilling narrative about community and identity. Interweaving a collection of folktales, classic literature, children’s stories, modern fiction, and more, this show jumps off the page with twists, flips, rewrites, and retellings of stories you’ll love. The show features aerialists, jugglers, acrobats, contortionists, clowns, and more, all ready to fly off the shelf and straight to you.
Jay Bulworth (Warren Beatty), a financially ruined senator, is now disillusioned with politics. The forlorn statesman orders a contract killing — the target himself — so his family will be able to collect a fortune from his insurance policy. Facing imminent death, a devil-may-care Bulworth speaks his mind in public, forsaking platitudes for honest but controversial observations. But when he falls in love with a hip young woman (Halle Berry), Bulworth urgently rethinks his impending murder. A public hungry for authenticity responds strongly, foreshadowing recent developments.
This film is the third in a five-part series entitled HOW IN THE WORLD DID WE GET HERE?? American Politics and Film.
Michael Krasner, political science professor emeritus and long-time political activist, designed this series to provide an entertaining framework for political analysis, and will introduce each film and then lead in-depth discussions after each showing.
“Special is a Label”: Challenging Ableism and Promoting Inclusion in Higher Education
Portia Allie-Turco, Ph.D.
This session will explore societal prejudice against disability, starting with historical views framing disability as a punishment to ongoing stereotypes that associate disability with misfortune, poor lifestyle choices, or bad genetics. These beliefs negatively influence public policies and public attitudes by shaping how individuals with disabilities are perceived and treated across different historical periods and into the present day.
Portia Allie-Turco, PhD., LMHC, NCC, is an assistant professor, program coordinator, and clinic director at the State University of New York, Plattsburgh. She owns Adirondack Mental Health Counseling PLCC, a private practice offering counseling, supervision, and consultation services. Her research and clinical focus is on the treatment of racial, historical, and generational trauma and dismantling oppressive systems using indigenous and somatic healing approaches.
Created by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and designed and produced by the NYC-based arts organization Found Sound Nation, OneBeat brings musicians (ages 19-35) from around the world to a region of the U.S. for one month each year to collaboratively write, produce, and perform original music, and develop strategies for arts-based social engagement. OneBeat begins with an opening residency, when Fellows collaborate to create original material, record new musical ideas, and incubate their projects. OneBeat Fellows then go on tour across a region of the U.S., performing for a wide array of American audiences, collaborating with local musicians, and leading workshops with youth and community organizations. During the month, each OneBeat musician also sets out their plans for the future, further developing projects in their home countries that embody the OneBeat mission of collaboration and engagement.
The Bandwagon Summer Series is a family-friendly outdoor cultural performance series running from early May through mid-October. 20 performances ranging from a diverse group of musical styles, circus arts, dance, and theater will take place at ballfields, farms, and parks throughout Windham County. Kids under 12 always get in for free, and a dedicated play area will be available at all shows. Refreshments are sold onsite, including the return of the hugely popular Barr Hill cocktails. Bring a picnic and a blanket or fold-up chair to enjoy our concerts.
Five-time Independent Music Award winner and Grammy-nominated contemporary folk singer/songwriter Seth Glier’s gifts are an innate curiosity and a fierce desire to connect with other people. His musical acumen provides him with a vehicle for both. He has worked as a cultural diplomat for the US State Department and collaborated with musicians in Ukraine, Mongolia, China, and Mexico. Seth has shared the bill with a diverse list of artists ranging from the likes of Ronnie Spector, James Taylor, Ani DiFranco, and Glen Campbell. As a producer, music director, or studio musician, he has collaborated with Sophie B. Hawkins, Tom Rush, Antje Duvekot, Richard Shindell, Doctora Qingona, Dar Williams, Nick Carter, and Cyndi Lauper. With a commitment to using songwriting as a tool for positive change, he has written with the students in Parkland, FL for the “Parkland Project,” co-written with soldiers at Walter Reed, and is an advocate for autism awareness citing his autistic brother Jamie as his greatest non-musical-musical influence.
Bilingual, female-fronted Rosier balances folk-trad sounds (traditional melodies and lyrics) and instrumentation firmly rooted in indie-pop. By blending the pop textures of synthesizers, and the rock tones of electric guitars with more traditional instruments (acoustic guitar, banjo, fiddle), with lyrics rich in Franco-Canadian living heritage, Rosier creates a bridge between the stories of yesterday and today. Béatrix Méthé (vocals, fiddle and synthesizers), Sarah Marchand (vocals, piano and keyboards), Marie Savoie-Levac (bass), Éléonore Pitre (acoustic and electric guitar, backing vocals), Colin Savoie-Levac (Marie’s brother, on guitar, banjo, lap steel, feet and backing vocals), with guest drummers, have been sharing this Quebecois heritage around the world for over a decade.
Formerly known as Les poules à Colin, Rosier redefines Quebec’s living heritage through a modern lens. With their sixth album “Elle Veille Encore” to be released this fall, they paint a multifaceted portrait of women in society, past and present. Through hundreds of folklore archives consulted and analyzed, Rosier focused on an omnipresent theme – that of the mother figure and the mother-child relationship.
Tent Sale!
Every Year, historic Scott Farm welcomes visitors of all ages, from near and far, for our FREE one-day celebration of apples of all shapes, colors, tastes and their histories! We are overjoyed to welcome orchardist, pomologist, and “apple explorer” John Bunker as our keynote speaker this year.
Join us for talks, tastings, Pick Your Own, Farm Store & Pippin’s Café, Stone Park tours, non-profit fair, kids activities, food trucks, and live music. It’s the perfect way to spend a Fall day in Vermont! 🍎
Millionaire conservative Bob Roberts (Tim Robbins) launches an insurgent campaign against incumbent senator Brickley Paiste (Gore Vidal), firing up crowds at his rallies by singing ’60s-style acoustic folk songs with lyrics espousing far-right conservative social and economic views. Investigative journalist Bugs Raplin (Giancarlo Esposito) shadows the Roberts campaign, trying to connect Roberts to a drug-trafficking scheme, but an assassination attempt lays suspicion on both men. Many of the messages that have resonated powerfully in our time are presciently previewed here.
This film is the fourth in a five-part series entitled HOW IN THE WORLD DID WE GET HERE?? American Politics and Film.
Michael Krasner, political science professor emeritus and long-time political activist, designed this series to provide an entertaining framework for political analysis, and will introduce each film and then lead in-depth discussions after each showing.