MANCHESTER — Guitars twanged. Violins wheedled and wailed. Singers cajoled and roared and soothed. Mandolins … did whatever mandolins do. And the fourth annual Green Mountain Bluegrass and Roots Festival…

Say the word to yourself: Family.

BRATTLEBORO — TUNDI’s Wagner in Vermont Festival 2023 will take place Friday through Aug. 24, at the Latchis Theatre, at 50 Main St.

DORSET — So, seriously, of all the terrific young playwrights in America today, the one I want to sit down on my back deck and have a beer with is Kate Hamill. Aside from her obvious talent in both acting and…

BRATTLEBORO — The Sweetback Sisters will perform at a Sunday afternoon reunion concert and country picnic. This show is produced by The Stone Church, but presented at Retreat Farm.

BRATTLEBORO — In-Sight Photography Project announces its first Youth Photo Contest & Fair.

BRATTLEBORO — The Drawing Studio will be holding an event to celebrate its reopening as a nonprofit community art center from 4 to 7 p.m. on Aug. 26 at 28 Williams St. in Brattleboro. 

BRATTLEBORO — Epsilon Spires, in collaboration with Vidhi Salla of ‘Vidhi’s Bollywood Jukebox’ will host a special screening of Last Film Show (2021) also known as Chhello Show, at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, at 190…

NEWFANE — An exhibit of recent large-scale ink drawings and small color paintings by Newfane artist Leonard Ragouzeos is now on display in the Crowell Gallery at Moore Free Library.

BENNINGTON — The great 17th-century French philosopher, scientist and mathematician once expressed his strong feelings on the power of books when he said that “[t]he reading of all good books is like a…

GUILFORD — At 4 p.m. on July 23, Joel Veena & Gordon Korstange present ‘Raga Poems,’ accompanied by Mir Naqibul Islam in Wendy’s House Concert Series at 2596 Tater Lane in Guilford.

BRATTLEBORO — Saxtons Distillery, known for its exceptional craft spirits, is hosting a brand new summer music series in its beautiful backyard. 

As I joined the standing ovation for the performance of Paula Vogel’s play, “Indecent,” at Next Stage Arts in Putney, Vermont, a line from Sophocles, the ancient Greek Tragedian, spontaneously came to mind: “A…

BRATTLEBORO — Bob George expressed surprise as he walked into the Vermont Center for Photography, where more than 50 people gathered to celebrate his 90th birthday.

BRATTLEBORO — Up until 1831, firefighting in Brattleboro was pretty much a neighborhood affair. The bucket brigade was the only organized attack. If a fire started, everybody within eye or earshot grabbed a pail…

GREENFIELD, Mass. — An indie rock band from Brattleboro is among this year’s lineup for one of the region’s favorite music festivals.

MANCHESTER — Honoring the Grateful Dead’s impact on music and culture each year in Vermont is the Dead of Summer Music Festival.

DUMMERSTON — When the members of the Putney Rowing Club bought five acres at the end of Dummerston Station Road three years ago for the purpose of locating a new boathouse, they didn’t realize they needed to…

DORSET — A new exhibit by part-time Danby artist Ken Rush captures his local quarry’s vibrant colors and rich textures through the hazy lens of childhood nostalgia, realism and a dose of pure imagination.