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The Dorset Players Celebrate Their 90th Anniversary

In 1927, a group of Dorset residents came together with the intention to produce a play for all of their friends and neighbors. The group became known as The Dorset Players and during the past 90 years, they…

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Al Hirschfeld: An Artistic Legacy

For nine decades, Al Hirschfeld’s art defined the world of the performing arts primarily through his drawings of productions on Broadway and in Hollywood. He captured the first half century of television and recorded more musicians than any record, CD, or mp3. Now, for a limited time, a unique gallery of his drawings and prints comes to Manchester…

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Film Director Tom Donahue Presents New Documentary Film, Davi’s Way in Manchester

DAVI’S WAY follows legendary actor/singer Robert Davi for one year as he sets out, in tribute to his idol, Frank Sinatra, for his 100th birthday, to recreate Sinatra’s fabled “Main Event” in Madison Square Garden. DAVI’S WAY will be shown at Village Picture Shows in Manchester on Saturday, August 5th, at 3:00 PM…

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Between Past and Future: Clemens Kalischer’s Vermont

Saturday, June 3, 3:00 to 5:00 pm. Come and meet Clemens Kalischer and enjoy his work. Free and open to the public at Bennington Museum. Born in Germany in 1921, Clemens Kalischer fled with his family to France in 1933 and escaped to the United States in 1942…

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The Art of Photography

Trained as a photographer, Schaub’s work combines the traditional capture of film with cutting-edge technologies and rare and handmade materials from around the world. The result is a hybrid medium of his own creation. “No one else in the world is doing this,” he explains. “I have a conception of how I want it to look, and I work it backward as to how to get there.”…

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Romancing The Stones

Most Stratton residents and visitors are familiar with the company’s Stratton Village location, a shop that itself is as precious as a jewel box. Not long ago, I was invited to meet Nathan Bennett at the company’s studio in Springfield, Vermont, a pleasant drive from Stratton, along VT Route 11 through Londonderry and Chester. I find Bennett seated on a six-wheeled rolling chair at his wooden workbench…

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Behind the Curtain

When Stratton Magazine was given a peek behind the curtains at what it takes to schedule big, Broadway stars for plays and to line up world class musicians for concerts, we were amazed at the logistics, the planning, the creativity, and the joy–yes, joy!–that these professionals bring to their craft…

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Siblings Take The Stage in Dorset

Tim Daly and Tyne Daly grew up in a showbiz family and have starred in some of the biggest hits in TV and film. But the two have never before shared a live stage together–until now. The play, about a brother who moves into the basement of his sister’s home, much to her husband’s dismay, will have its world premiere at the Festival on June 22 and runs through July 8….

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Business Owners and SVAC Partner to Promote the Arts

Southern Vermont Arts Center will offer off-site exhibition space throughout the town of Manchester. The initiative dubbed ART Manchester will connect Vermont artists with visitors and residents by converting storefronts into pop-up art galleries…

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Gatherum of Quiddities: Paintings by Pat Adams

Pat Adams has been creating rich, lovingly wrought abstract paintings for well over six decades. On view at the Bennington Museum from April 1 to June 18, 2017, Gatherum of Quiddities: Paintings by Pat Adams presents a selection of twenty-nine works surveying her entire career. Championed for decades…

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Manchester Music Festival Poised for an Astounding Season

The summer season at Manchester Music Festival welcomes award winning artists from around the country for seven weeks of concerts in the Green Mountains of Vermont. July 6 – August 17 concerts on Thursday evenings are slated to feature a number of top caliber musicians who have played with some of the world’s most prestigious orchestras…

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Treat Williams and Stephen Adly Guirgis Join Tim and Tyne Daly for Dorset Theatre Festival’s 40th Anniversary Season

Dorset Theatre Festival is proud to announce its 40th Anniversary Season, featuring the World Premiere of Theresa Rebeck’s Downstairs (June 22 – July 8), directed by Adrienne Campbell-Holt; the Regional Premiere of Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery…

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Dorset Theatre Festival Receives Matching Grant in Honor of 40th Anniversary Season

An anonymous donor is encouraging others to donate to Dorset Theatre Festival by matching up to $40,000 in new and increased gifts during the upcoming 40th anniversary season. As part of the $40k for the 40th Matching Grant, a phone-a-thon will be held later this month “We are humbled by the generosity of this amazing donor, who wants to encourage others in…

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Jane Stickle Quilt on Display at the Bennington Museum

From September 3 through October 10, the quilt that inspires quilters all over the world will be on its yearly display at the Bennington Museum.

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Peter and John Film Screening

Jay Craven’s new seaside film drama, “Peter and John,” screens at the Bennington Museum in the Ada Paresky Education Center at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, August 23. Director Jay Craven will introduce the film and lead a post-screening Q & A.

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Vermont’s Poetry

On the first official summer evening of 2016, the Marble House Project hosted Sydney Lea, the former poet laureate of Vermont. Lea’s list of credentials is extensive: he served as the poet laureate from 2011 to 2015, is a college professor, a published author and critic in many formal publications, and a Pulitzer Prize finalist.

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Duane Michals: Photographs from the Floating World

On view at the Bennington Museum from August 6 through October 30 is a remarkable photography exhibition of works by Duane Michals, known by many as one of the great photographic innovators of the last century, widely known for his work with series, multiple exposures, and text.

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Wavelength

He is known as ‘Wavelength’ by the locals and is as powerful and commanding as he is gentle and curious.

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Marble Revival

Two hundred years ago, millions of tons of marble were quarried at the old Manley-Lefevre property on Dorset West Road, and now, the quarry and mansion have been turned into an absolute goldmine of creativity and inspiration.

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Peggie Telscher

She holds degrees in Performance and Music Education from Northwestern, she still performs herself…opera, and is a dedicated and vigorous promoter of music in the area. As a board member of the Manchester Music Festival and the Opera Theater of Weston, she spends her days strategically planning to get first rate musical talent to the area.