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Community backs local musician's debut work

Posted on September 29, 2011 |
By Andrew Stein



LINCOLN — Lincoln’s Nate Gusakov has created a new kind of CSA. No, not a community supported agriculture farm, but rather a community supported album.

Born from the talents of local musicians and propelled by his community’s financial support, the 31-year-old banjo-playing singer-songwriter just released his debut solo album called “Running Clear.”

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Alvarez receives state's highest arts award

Posted on September 26, 2011 |
By Christian Woodard



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WEYBRIDGE — “What has been most inspiring about Vermont is that I’ve been able to stay put here. Nothing is as good as stability for getting your work done.”

Julia Alvarez, a Weybridge writer who has also taught at Middlebury College for nearly 25 years, wrote those lines in her essay “A Vermont Writer from the Dominican Republic.”

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Civil War play to be staged in Middlebury

Posted on September 8, 2011 |
By John Flowers



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MIDDLEBURY — Area actors will take to the Town Hall Theater stage this Friday, Sept. 9, and Saturday, Sept. 10, in a Civil War-era play drawn directly from the experiences of the people who lived through it.

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Festival on-the-Green needs more helpers

Posted on September 1, 2011 |
By John Flowers



MIDDLEBURY — For 33 years, organizers of the Middlebury Festival on-the-Green have been able to draw a steady stream of talented entertainers to the heart of Addison County’s shire town for a week of free music and family fun.

Now organizers are appealing for an infusion of new talent within their own ranks in order to keep the annual festival successful and vibrant into the future.

“We are at an energy crossroads,” said Festival on-the-Green President Gale Hurd.

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Nation's poet laureate to speak at Bread Loaf

Posted on August 15, 2011 |
By John Flowers



MIDDLEBURY — Poet Philip Levine mentored scores of aspiring wordsmiths during the 1980s as a faculty member of Middlebury College’s Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference.

Levine, now 83, will return to the nationally renowned, 10-day conference in Ripton on Thursday, Aug. 18 — this time with a different role and some loftier credentials.

Librarian of Congress James H. Billington last Wednesday announced Levine as the nation’s new Poet Laureate for 2011-2012.

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Artistry spans generations in local family

Posted on August 11, 2011 |
By Ian Trombulak



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MIDDLEBURY — Some say that artistry runs in the family. If that’s true, then it may be that Weybridge resident Lisa Coale has inherited a keen artistic eye from her grandfather Richard Niebuhr of Middlebury.

Connoisseurs of art can decide for themselves — the two will have their art featured side-by-side at Otter Creek Custom Framing on Friday as part of this month’s Middlebury Arts Walk. Coale’s acrylic paintings and Niebuhr’s photography will be on display from 5-7 p.m.

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Musician follows her dreams

Posted on August 8, 2011 |
By Andrew Stein



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ADDISON COUNTY — Helen Weston has always lived a life of music.

She grew up in Bristol playing more instruments than she has toes. Her parents Ken and Vivian Weston of Bristol and her five siblings all play a medley of instruments. She studied concert piano and music theory in college, and she taught music to local children at Starksboro’s Robinson Elementary School and Lincoln Community School.

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Slideshow: Festival on-the-Green

Posted on July 14, 2011 |
By Trent Campbell



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The 33rd annual Middlebury Festival on-the-Green kicked off Sunday, July 10, with beautiful summer weather. With a wide variety of acts, from African music to magic shows, the festival wraps up Saturday, July 16, with its annual street dance.

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The boys are back in town

Posted on July 14, 2011 |
By Ian Trombulak



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MIDDLEBURY — As children, three members of the band Chamberlin enjoyed playing on Middlebury’s gazebo during the town’s annual Festival on-the-Green, often entirely unaware of the music being played. This year, they came back to play again — this time on the stage.

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Kilroy is here, at the Brandon Town Hall

Posted on July 11, 2011 |
By Trent Campbell



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BRANDON — A convergence this year of three significant anniversaries, the town of Brandon’s 250th, the Brandon Town Hall’s 150th and WWII’s 70th, inspired Brandon Town Players’ Director Dennis Marden to stage the WWII musical comedy “Kilroy Was Here.” The show, which opened last Friday night and finishes its run on July 15 and 16, is the first major musical to hit the Town Hall stage in almost 30 years.

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