3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (817+ words) BRATTLEBORO, Vt. — Volunteers at the Estey Organ Museum in Brattleboro, Vt., are used to a symphony of sounds at the former home of the world’s largest manufacturer of pump and pipe instruments. “In its heyday, the Estey Organ Company factory…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (1123+ words) HANOVER — In May of last year, Kyle Timothy Blood was doing some spring cleaning at his home on Prince Edward Island. At the time, he and his husband, Dean Perry, were considering moving back to the U.S., and thinking about…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (689+ words) CANAAN — It’s no exaggeration to call the Canaan Meetinghouse readings the most cherished arts event of the Upper Valley summer. Yes, there are lots of free concerts, Opera North is up and running, theater is non-stop. But anyone who’s been…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (722+ words) The shuttering of several dance studios in recent years has thrust the Upper Valley’s dance scene into a state of flux. Two White River Junction studios, White River Ballet Academy and Dancers’ Corner, closed in 2024 and 2022, respectively. And Lebanon Ballet…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (855+ words) Happy 250th Birthday, America! You don’t look a day over 200. The last couple of years have been rollicking, with the White House as noisy as an inferno at a fireworks factory. I’m sorry your special day has been overshadowed by President…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (1860+ words) TUNBRIDGE — In 2001, Israel “Izzy” Provoncha was in his third year as a historical reenactor and the United States celebrated its 225th birthday. But the unit he was with at the time didn’t attend many larger events that acknowledged that anniversary. “I…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (716+ words) CORINTH — Something strange happens to one’s perception of time during a busy shift in food service. Crammed with a million tasks, each hour can feel like an eternity, while on the outside time marches on at its usual steady clip....

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (732+ words) Of all the arts to which Vermont is home, filmmaking remains an outlier, a collaborative pursuit whose practitioners live out in the weeds. Film projects conceived and executed in the state tend to be small, and it’s hard to quantify…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (419+ words) STRAFFORD — Town officials believe fans of Noah Kahan, the singer-songwriter turned global superstar, have been stealing the sign for a road mentioned in one of his songs. “Past Alger Brook Road, I’m over the bridge/ A minute from home but…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (934+ words) Garret Keizer was listening to a prison group talk about his quarter-century-old first novel, “God of Beer,” when he felt gobsmacked. “It was quite humbling to have some of these young men quote passages to me that I couldn’t even…...