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Plainfield, VT · Arts & Culture
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Screen Time: Two Solo Art Shows Consider a New Era of Tech
The word “screen” is one of those with deliciously juicy intersections of meaning. It’s a device on which to watch video, read text or do work; it’s also a filter, a barrier that blocks out imperfections and lets the good stuff through. Two shows currently on view — Chris Sollars’ “The Neighbors” at Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H., and Sebastian Alvarez’s “The Completion Office” in the McCarthy Art Gallery at Saint Michael’s College in Colchester — consider how we use screens and other tech to understand the current moment in ways that also play with multiple meanings. Sollars investigates the natural world surrounding his rural home; Alvarez contemplates the era we’re entering, what will persist and what will get screened out.
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The Flynn Showcases New Works on the State of Democracy
The writing prompt was deceptively simple yet vast in scope: Compose a new 10-minute play that answers the question “What is the current state of democracy in America?” The deadline: two months, preposterously short for one playwright, let alone 34 with busy careers in professional theater and national, if not global, reputations.
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WCAX
YouTubeTV connection repaired, WCAX back on streaming service
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - YouTubeTV subscribers are watching WCAX once again after technicians repaired the broken streaming connection between the station and YouTubeTV. Just after 5:00 p.m. Tuesday evening, the feed WCAX provides directly to YouTubeTV was interrupted by a streaming failure with YouTubeTV’s connection to the station. WCAX...
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Hallo-weekend in Milton: Haunted Library, Trunk or Treat planned
MILTON — A haunted library experience and an evening of trunk-or-treating will kick-off Halloween weekend in Milton, with activities planned for the two nights leading up to the holiday. Milton Public Library’s Teen Advisory Group will host Haunted Library from 6-7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29, in the library’s community...
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Stuck in Vermont: A knitting adventure with Tamara Jordan of Starcrossed Knits
SHELBURNE, Vt. (WCAX) - When Tamara Jordan moved from the West Coast to Vermont in 2020, she knew she’d need scarves and sweaters to stay warm, but she didn’t buy them — she learned how to knit her own. Motivated by her new hobby, she began to...
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What can we do? An answer from Vermont’s premiere theater.
The Flynn asked what it could do to address the uncertainty many of us feel about our nation's future. The answer, Women+ on the Edge of Democracy, takes the stage Saturday, October 24. Read the story on VTDigger here: What can we do? An answer from Vermont’s premiere theater. .
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Now Playing in Theaters, October 14-21
MUSK: Alex Gibney (Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room) offers his “thorough and unvarnished analysis” of the tech billionaire in this documentary. (232 min, R. Essex) SENSE AND SENSIBILITY: Two sisters must seek husbands in director Georgia Oakley’s new take on the Jane Austen classic, starring Daisy Edgar-Jones and Esmé Creed-Miles. (131 min, PG. Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Marquis, Savoy, Star, Welden)
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Scream of My Blood: A Gogol Bordello Story
Gogol Bordello is a fascinating band. A blend of Slavic folk music and punk rock, Gogol Bordello has been an avant-garde musical experience on the periphery of popular music for decades. The band leader, Eugene Hütz, is a Soviet era refugee to America. In Scream of My Blood: A Gogol Bordello Story, we learn the entire life story of the esteemed Mr. Hütz from his childhood in Soviet Ukraine to his family immigrating to Burlington, Vermont, and beyond. Starting with listening to bootleg punk albums to the Gorbachev-approved performance of Sonic Youth in Kyiv in the late 80s, Hütz has been inspired to compose bohemian punk melanges.
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Burlington City Arts Announces New Grants for Visual Arts
On Friday, October 16, Burlington City Arts announced the Verge Artist Fund, a new annual grant program supported by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts’ Regional Regranting Program. Each year, the $60,000 fund will distribute between 10 and 15 grants ranging from $2,500 to $7,000 to local artists and artist groups.
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Nectar’s could be making a comeback in Burlington
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - The iconic Burlington nightclub Nectar’s that closed last year could be coming back to life. WCAX has learned of the possibility that Nectar’s will return after shutting its doors last summer, citing the impact of Main Street construction and staffing issues. It is unclear...
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Comedian Kendall Farrell Returns to His Roots
Kendall Farrell has a go-to whenever he comes back to Burlington. “I have a special, special place in my heart for Taco Gordo,” the comedian told Seven Days in a recent phone call. “I was an OG fan back when it was just a taco cart on Church Street, and I’d show up looking ratty as hell after standing at a hotel desk all day.”
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All Night Boogie Band – Shut Your Eyes and See | Album Review
The Burlington, Vermont band first formed in 2021 and won the 2023 Vermont Blues Challenge and represented them at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis where they were a semi-finalist. They have received numerous accolades in the New England area and in 2022 was featured in Relix magazine’s July 2022 issue as an “Artist on the Rise”. This album is the band’s third release following a debut album in 2022.
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New ceramics studio opens in Keeseville
Third Space Studios is located on Kent Street in Keeseville. — KEESEVILLE | Mollie Ward has loved ceramics since a 4th-grade summer program. That hobby has become a calling, and she recently opened her own studio, Third Space Studios. Located right on Kent Street, this new venture is a...