Engage with writing, music and movement in free community programs at THT

Middlebury’s Town Hall Theater will host three free programs next month that you don’t want to miss. Composer Mathew Evan Taylor and choreographer Laurel Jenkins will present “27 Breaths,” a live music and movement piece on Sunday, May 5; former dean of the Middlebury Language Schools and Professor Emeritus of Russian and east European studies Michael Katz joins Professor of Film and Media Culture Chris Keathly for a discussion about “Reimagining Stories: Translation and Adaptation,” on Tuesday, May 7; and … (read more)

Get ready to laugh — Cindy Pierce brings solo show to Middlebury

Acclaimed author, comic storyteller, innkeeper, and University of New Hampshire alum Cindy Pierce will perform at Town Hall Theater in Middlebury on Saturday, April 27, at 7 p.m. — her first stop on a tour performing in four Vermont communities,  April th … (read more)

Trio of Addison County musicians take the stage at Town Hall Theater

On Friday, April 19, at 7:30 p.m., three of Addison County’s finest songwriters return home to Town Hall Theater for an intimate evening of original material and familiar classics in three-part harmony.

‘Beyond Utopia’ to screen in Middlebury

Next Thursday, April 18, Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival Select Series will present “Beyond Utopia” at 7 p.m., in Middlebury’s Town Hall Theater.

Town Hall Theater opens the Poetry Cafe, April 21

‏A poet once wrote: ‏“Winter’s done, and April’s in the skies,
Earth, look up with laughter in your eyes!”

What if you only had one hundred days?

As the snow melts away and the early bulbs push through the crystalized dirt, we’re given a performance by the Middlebury Acting Company to help us process a question that is spring eternal: How do we make the most of the time that we have?

Four-part course on the American Musical is back

‏When Doug Anderson first taught a course on the “American Musical,” he didn’t have a lot of technology at his disposal. He had, basically, a pile of cassette tapes.

Robert Frost at age 150 is still worthy of recollection

For around five decades, Jay Parini has returned to Frost’s poems as a reader, a fellow writer, an academic and a biographer. He spent more than 20 of those years poring over Frost’s work and interviewing those close to the poet to compile his 1999 biogra … (read more)

‘Just Getting By’ makes a stop in Middlebury

On Saturday, March 30, come to Town Hall Theater in Middlebury to see Bess O’Brien’s new documentary “Just Getting By.” This film is a sweeping, and yet intimate look at the lives of Vermonters who are struggling with food and housing insecurity.

Swedish musicians play in Middlebury on Mar. 22

‏Town Hall Theater Wintertide Concert Series presents the Lena Johnson Trio in Middlebury on Friday, March 22

Great Art Wednesday: ‘Easter in Art’ screens Mar. 20

See the evolution and changing styles in how Jesus’ crucifixion and the Easter story is told on the canvas in this month’s edition of Great Art Wednesday. The documentary film will be screened at Town Hall Theater in Middlebury on Wednesday, March 20, at … (read more)

Grand Friends Gala to be held at THT March 23

The Vermont Children’s Museum will hold the Grand Friends Gala, a magical evening of live music, dancing, and activities for the young and young at heart, held on Saturday, March 23, from 4 to 6 p.m., at Town Hall Theater in Middlebury.

‘O’Carolan’s Farewell’ brings duo back to the stage

Even if you haven’t a drop of Irish blood in your veins, you have Irish music in your mind, perhaps far more than you realize.

New salon-style series sparks community conversation

‏Thanks to a grant from Vermont Humanities, Vermont Book Shop and Town Hall Theater present a new, free, quarterly series designed to spark community conversation.

Americana music takes the stage for next Wintertide Concert

On Friday, March 8, at 7:30 p.m, Town Hall Theater’s Wintertide Concert Series continues with Reed Foehl and His Band for an inspired show of Americana music, blending roots-rock, folk, and bluegrass.

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