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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)
Film Threat
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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WCAX
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...
North Country Public Radio
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Wish Benefit Tour kicks off in Saratoga
Make-A-Wish Vermont and Northeast New York kicked off the Wish Benefit Tour, a four city concert series, Tuesday night in Saratoga. The tour features former Allman Brothers Band bassist Oteil Burbridge, a founding member of Dead & Company, playing with the Vermont-based band LaMP.
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Honoring American patriots at Valcour Bay
Gunboat reenactors took to Valcour Bay as part of memorial events held Oct. 10, 2026 to remember those who died here in the war for Independence. — PERU | A day to honor history turned into a historic day at Valcour Bay, Oct. 10. Though one day shy of 250 years since the critical naval battle took place here in 1776, new revelations about the patriots who gave their lives came to light.
North Country Public Radio
Poet Alison Hawthorne Deming is St. Lawrence University's inaugural Environmental Scholar in Residence
How can art and science help move the needle during the climate crisis? That’s what environmentalist poet and essayist Alison Hawthorne Deming is working through. Deming is St. Lawrence University’s inaugural Environmental Scholar in Residence. This month, she’s hosting readings and talks around the Adirondacks and at St. Lawrence’s campus in Canton.
WCAX
Battle of Valcour commemoration concludes in Plattsburgh
PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (WCAX) - Plattsburgh’s three-day Battle of Valcour commemoration concluded Sunday with a reenactment at the Plattsburgh City Beach. A Navy band performed to signal the start of the 250th commemoration of the Battle of Valcour, a naval engagement in the American Revolution led by Benedict Arnold. Visitors...