5+ day, 22+ hour 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…...

6+ day, 13+ min 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…...

1+ week, 3+ 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…...

1+ week, 4+ 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…...

1+ week, 5+ 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....

1+ week, 5+ 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…...

2+ week, 20+ hour 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…...

3+ week, 4+ day 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…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (1225+ words) HANOVER — It wasn’t until Rachel Dratch joined the improvisational comedy group “Said and Done” during her sophomore year of college that she began to fit in. On Sunday, the Tony-nominated comedian, actor and alumna of both Saturday Night Live and…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (846+ words) BRATTLEBORO, Vt. — Ever since the Latchis Theatre debuted the day after the Great New England Hurricane of 1938, its operators have aimed to take the town by storm with one splashy film premiere after another. Consider “That Certain Age,” a now-forgotten…...