by Christina Dryden | Jan 28, 2026
Instructor: Carolyn Exler Ten Mondays, February 2–April 13 (Skips February 23) 10–10:40 a.m. SVAC Member: $135; Non-member: $170 Ages 0-4 Early childhood music continues! New and returning students are welcome. This music class is designed for children from birth...
by Christina Dryden | Jan 22, 2026
Instructor: Teri Andersen Monday, February 23–Friday, February 27 9 a.m.–3 p.m. SVAC Member: $255; Non-member: $320 Ages 7+ This week-long arts camp explores the vibrant world of Hip-Hop culture through both movement and visual art. Campers will learn Hip-Hop dance...
by Christina Dryden | Jan 22, 2026
Instructor: Teri Andersen Monday, February 23–Friday, February 27 9 a.m.–3 p.m. SVAC Member: $255; Non-member: $320 Ages 7+ This week-long arts camp explores the vibrant world of Hip-Hop culture through both movement and visual art. Campers will learn Hip-Hop dance...
by Christina Dryden | Jan 22, 2026
Instructor: Teri Andersen Monday, February 23–Friday, February 27 9 a.m.–3 p.m. SVAC Member: $255; Non-member: $320 Ages 7+ This week-long arts camp explores the vibrant world of Hip-Hop culture through both movement and visual art. Campers will learn Hip-Hop dance...
by Christina Dryden | Jan 22, 2026
Instructor: Teri Andersen Monday, February 23–Friday, February 27 9 a.m.–3 p.m. SVAC Member: $255; Non-member: $320 Ages 7+ This week-long arts camp explores the vibrant world of Hip-Hop culture through both movement and visual art. Campers will learn Hip-Hop dance...
by Christina Dryden | Jan 22, 2026
Instructor: Teri Andersen Monday, February 23–Friday, February 27 9 a.m.–3 p.m. SVAC Member: $255; Non-member: $320 Ages 7+ This week-long arts camp explores the vibrant world of Hip-Hop culture through both movement and visual art. Campers will learn Hip-Hop dance...
by Christina Dryden | Jan 16, 2026
Join Rutland County Forester Tessa McGann at Merck Forest & Farmland Center for a discussion of the NEA Big Read book, Lab Girl. Read the book, then gather with friends and neighbors to discuss the themes explored in it. Pick up your free copy of this NEA Big Read...
by Christina Dryden | Nov 4, 2025
Shermtone & The Bonfire will rock Copper Grouse Restaurant & Bar the evening before Thanksgiving on Wednesday, November 26th from 6pm-9pm. Here’s the best part – tickets are not required. Just swing by with friends and family and enjoy a wonderful...
by Christina Dryden | Nov 4, 2025
Shermtone & The Bonfire will rock Copper Grouse Restaurant & Bar the evening before Thanksgiving on Wednesday, November 26th from 6pm-9pm. Here’s the best part – tickets are not required. Just swing by with friends and family and enjoy a wonderful...
by Christina Dryden | Oct 27, 2025
Join us for Homage, the exhibition is on view through Sunday, November 9th. Come discover the newest masterworks and revisit beloved pieces that span five decades. Reach out to schedule a visit or stop in during gallery hours. Gallery Hours Friday & Saturday 11-5...
by Christina Dryden | Oct 27, 2025
Join us for Homage, the exhibition is on view through Sunday, November 9th. Come discover the newest masterworks and revisit beloved pieces that span five decades. Reach out to schedule a visit or stop in during gallery hours. Gallery Hours Friday & Saturday 11-5...
by Christina Dryden | Oct 27, 2025
Join us for Homage, the exhibition is on view through Sunday, November 9th. Come discover the newest masterworks and revisit beloved pieces that span five decades. Reach out to schedule a visit or stop in during gallery hours. Gallery Hours Friday & Saturday 11-5...
by Christina Dryden | Oct 27, 2025
Join us for Homage, the exhibition is on view through Sunday, November 9th. Come discover the newest masterworks and revisit beloved pieces that span five decades. Reach out to schedule a visit or stop in during gallery hours. Gallery Hours Friday & Saturday 11-5...
by Christina Dryden | Oct 27, 2025
Join us for Homage, the exhibition is on view through Sunday, November 9th. Come discover the newest masterworks and revisit beloved pieces that span five decades. Reach out to schedule a visit or stop in during gallery hours. Gallery Hours Friday & Saturday 11-5...
by Christina Dryden | Oct 27, 2025
Join us for Homage, the exhibition is on view through Sunday, November 9th. Come discover the newest masterworks and revisit beloved pieces that span five decades. Reach out to schedule a visit or stop in during gallery hours. Gallery Hours Friday & Saturday 11-5...
by Christina Dryden | Oct 20, 2025
Vermont Symphony Orchestra’s chamber ensemble is joined by The Moth Radio Hour guests from Vermont for a concert with storytelling at its heart. Music by Edvard Grieg, Edward Elgar, Sonny-Ray Day Rider and more are interspersed with storytelling about summer...
by Christina Dryden | Sep 30, 2025
Inspired by a turn of the century society scandal that rocked Manchester Vermont and Chicago , The Wilburton’s latest history-inspired murder mystery, THE RUNAWAY DEBUTANTE, offers an elegant, immersive evening of music, mayhem – and murder! The year is 1904, and Mr....
by Christina Dryden | Sep 25, 2025
Helmholz Fine Art presents HOMAGE, a ground-breaking exhibition by Thomas Torak, a grand master painter whose 50-year career includes 15 years as an instructor at the Art Students League of New York. The show features ten new works honoring the great masters —...
by Christina Dryden | Jul 24, 2025
August 2, 9:30 AM to Noon Join artist Corry Buckwalter for a nature journaling workshop along Hildene’s beautiful, wooded trails to learn how to study and draw plants, small animals, birds, fungi and more. Students will use graphite pencils and watercolors. Beginners...
by Christina Dryden | Jul 17, 2025
Friday, August 29 5:00–8:30 p.m. General Admission is FREE and open to the public Arkell Pavilion lawn, outdoors Saints & Liars–Vermont-based Americana band who has been blending their own variants of honky tonk, folk, bluegrass, and rock ‘n roll since 2012....
by Christina Dryden | Jul 15, 2025
Friday, July 25 5:00–8:30 p.m. General Admission is FREE and open to the public Arkell Pavilion lawn, outdoors THUS LOVE featuring Luminous Crush, Sisyphean Feat, Willowsmiths THUS LOVE is a band from Brattleboro, Vermont that shares a bond cemented by their...
by Christina Dryden | Jul 15, 2025
Friday, August 1 5:00–8:30 p.m. General Admission is FREE and open to the public Arkell Pavilion lawn, outdoors Howard Fishman began his career in New Orleans three decades ago, forging a unique sound that combines the sounds and rhythms of that city with country,...
by Christina Dryden | Jul 15, 2025
Friday, August 8 5:00–8:30 p.m. General Admission is FREE and open to the public Arkell Pavilion lawn, outdoors Jonathan Whitney is a father, husband, son, artivist, jazz drummer, and composer. He uses his music to search for spaces to find understanding. His works...
by Christina Dryden | Jul 8, 2025
Many artists avoid adding figures into their landscape paintings because they can’t imagine how to do it. However, adding a figure or two can enliven a painting and even create a story! Without delving into portrait painting, Ned will explain the basic proportions of...
by Christina Dryden | Jul 7, 2025
Join us to tell your story. Engineered like an accordion, a tunnel book is a series of cut-paper panels placed one behind the other, creating an illusion of perspective in a miniature world. The illustrated panels are lined up and viewed through a front peep-hole....
by Christina Dryden | Jul 7, 2025
Join us to tell your story. Engineered like an accordion, a tunnel book is a series of cut-paper panels placed one behind the other, creating an illusion of perspective in a miniature world. The illustrated panels are lined up and viewed through a front peep-hole....
by Christina Dryden | Jul 7, 2025
SVAC and Georgine welcome those new to the medium as well as more experienced artists. Use still life and reference photographs to explore this highly expressive medium. Some drawing experience recommended. Instructor: Georgine MacGarvey Mondays & Wednesdays, Sept...
by Christina Dryden | Jul 7, 2025
SVAC and Georgine welcome those new to the medium as well as more experienced artists. Use still life and reference photographs to explore this highly expressive medium. Some drawing experience recommended. Instructor: Georgine MacGarvey Mondays & Wednesdays, Sept...
by Christina Dryden | Jul 7, 2025
SVAC and Georgine welcome those new to the medium as well as more experienced artists. Use still life and reference photographs to explore this highly expressive medium. Some drawing experience recommended. Instructor: Georgine MacGarvey Mondays & Wednesdays, Sept...
by Christina Dryden | Jul 7, 2025
SVAC and Georgine welcome those new to the medium as well as more experienced artists. Use still life and reference photographs to explore this highly expressive medium. Some drawing experience recommended. Instructor: Georgine MacGarvey Mondays & Wednesdays, Sept...
by Christina Dryden | Jul 7, 2025
SVAC and Georgine welcome those new to the medium as well as more experienced artists. Use still life and reference photographs to explore this highly expressive medium. Some drawing experience recommended. Instructor: Georgine MacGarvey Mondays & Wednesdays, Sept...
by Christina Dryden | Jul 7, 2025
SVAC and Georgine welcome those new to the medium as well as more experienced artists. Use still life and reference photographs to explore this highly expressive medium. Some drawing experience recommended. Instructor: Georgine MacGarvey Mondays & Wednesdays, Sept...
by Christina Dryden | Jul 4, 2025
Instructor: Cynthia Rosen August 24–26, 10am-4pm Tuition: $400 member / $500 non-member Ages 16+ This three-day workshop will focus on color and the optional use of a variety of art tools in creating images. Though I specialize in palette knife painting, my background...
by Christina Dryden | Jul 4, 2025
Instructor: Cynthia Rosen August 24–26, 10am-4pm Tuition: $400 member / $500 non-member Ages 16+ This three-day workshop will focus on color and the optional use of a variety of art tools in creating images. Though I specialize in palette knife painting, my background...
by Christina Dryden | Jul 4, 2025
Instructor: Cynthia Rosen August 24–26, 10am-4pm Tuition: $400 member / $500 non-member Ages 16+ This three-day workshop will focus on color and the optional use of a variety of art tools in creating images. Though I specialize in palette knife painting, my background...
by Christina Dryden | Jul 4, 2025
Instructor: Chalice Mitchell Sunday August 17, 2025 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. SVAC Member: $125; Non-member: $155 (includes model fee) Ages 16+ Register Online: https://www.svac.org/class/portrait-painting/?wcs_timestamp=1755424800 Students with all levels of experience are...
by Christina Dryden | Jun 26, 2025
Meet & Greet Celebrity Chef, Mary Ann Esposito from the longest running cooking show Ciao Italia. Mary Ann and Patti Fortuna, 3rd generation at Fortuna’s Sausage Co. will be doing a cooking demo with tasting of course at the Italian Market of Manchester!...
by Christina Dryden | Jun 26, 2025
Instructor: Chalice Mitchell Sunday August 17, 2025 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. SVAC Member: $125; Non-member: $155 (includes model fee) Ages 16+ Register Online: https://www.svac.org/class/portrait-painting/?wcs_timestamp=1755424800 Students with all levels of experience are...
by Christina Dryden | Jun 24, 2025
Students with all levels of experience are welcome to join Portrait Painting. Instruction will be given through demos and one-on-one guidance. Students will learn to create a likeness by simplifying the form of the head, using value to create form, understanding the...
by Christina Dryden | Jun 17, 2025
Saturday and Sunday, July 12 and 13 10 a.m.–4 p.m. SVAC Member: $290; Non-member: $325 (includes materials) Age 18+ Learn the basics of—or become reacquainted with–the magical process of stained glass. Students will learn how to cut glass, solder in the copper foil...
by Christina Dryden | Mar 27, 2025
The Dorset Theatre Festival proudly presents Satellites, Aug 6 – Aug 16 (TWO WEEKS ONLY!) Girl meets Boy, Girl marries Boy, Girl moves on after Boy goes missing in outer space…Until Boy mysteriously reappears on Earth 7 years later. Katherine and Mike...
by Christina Dryden | Mar 27, 2025
The Dorset Theatre Festival proudly presents Satellites, Aug 6 – Aug 16 (TWO WEEKS ONLY!) Girl meets Boy, Girl marries Boy, Girl moves on after Boy goes missing in outer space…Until Boy mysteriously reappears on Earth 7 years later. Katherine and Mike...
by Christina Dryden | Mar 27, 2025
The Dorset Theatre Festival proudly presents Satellites, Aug 6 – Aug 16 (TWO WEEKS ONLY!) Girl meets Boy, Girl marries Boy, Girl moves on after Boy goes missing in outer space…Until Boy mysteriously reappears on Earth 7 years later. Katherine and Mike...
by Christina Dryden | Mar 27, 2025
The Dorset Theatre Festival proudly presents Satellites, Aug 6 – Aug 16 (TWO WEEKS ONLY!) Girl meets Boy, Girl marries Boy, Girl moves on after Boy goes missing in outer space…Until Boy mysteriously reappears on Earth 7 years later. Katherine and Mike...
by Christina Dryden | Mar 27, 2025
The Dorset Theatre Festival proudly presents Satellites, Aug 6 – Aug 16 (TWO WEEKS ONLY!) Girl meets Boy, Girl marries Boy, Girl moves on after Boy goes missing in outer space…Until Boy mysteriously reappears on Earth 7 years later. Katherine and Mike...
by Christina Dryden | Mar 27, 2025
The Dorset Theatre Festival proudly presents Satellites, Aug 6 – Aug 16 (TWO WEEKS ONLY!) Girl meets Boy, Girl marries Boy, Girl moves on after Boy goes missing in outer space…Until Boy mysteriously reappears on Earth 7 years later. Katherine and Mike...
by Christina Dryden | Mar 27, 2025
The Dorset Theatre Festival proudly presents Satellites, Aug 6 – Aug 16 (TWO WEEKS ONLY!) Girl meets Boy, Girl marries Boy, Girl moves on after Boy goes missing in outer space…Until Boy mysteriously reappears on Earth 7 years later. Katherine and Mike...
by Christina Dryden | Mar 27, 2025
The Dorset Theatre Festival proudly presents Satellites, Aug 6 – Aug 16 (TWO WEEKS ONLY!) Girl meets Boy, Girl marries Boy, Girl moves on after Boy goes missing in outer space…Until Boy mysteriously reappears on Earth 7 years later. Katherine and Mike...
by Christina Dryden | Mar 27, 2025
The Dorset Theatre Festival proudly presents Satellites, Aug 6 – Aug 16 (TWO WEEKS ONLY!) Girl meets Boy, Girl marries Boy, Girl moves on after Boy goes missing in outer space…Until Boy mysteriously reappears on Earth 7 years later. Katherine and Mike...
by Christina Dryden | Mar 27, 2025
The Dorset Theatre Festival proudly presents Satellites, Aug 6 – Aug 16 (TWO WEEKS ONLY!) Girl meets Boy, Girl marries Boy, Girl moves on after Boy goes missing in outer space…Until Boy mysteriously reappears on Earth 7 years later. Katherine and Mike...
by Christina Dryden | Mar 27, 2025
The Dorset Theatre Festival proudly presents Satellites, Aug 6 – Aug 16 (TWO WEEKS ONLY!) Girl meets Boy, Girl marries Boy, Girl moves on after Boy goes missing in outer space…Until Boy mysteriously reappears on Earth 7 years later. Katherine and Mike...
by Christina Dryden | Mar 27, 2025
The Dorset Theatre Festival proudly present The Other Desert Cities, Aug 22 – Sept6. When Brooke arrives at her parents’ Palm Springs mansion with the manuscript of her tell-all memoir in tow she unearths a devastating family secret—throwing her parents into a...
by Christina Dryden | Mar 27, 2025
The Dorset Theatre Festival proudly present The Other Desert Cities, Aug 22 – Sept6. When Brooke arrives at her parents’ Palm Springs mansion with the manuscript of her tell-all memoir in tow she unearths a devastating family secret—throwing her parents into a...
by Christina Dryden | Mar 27, 2025
The Dorset Theatre Festival proudly present The Other Desert Cities, Aug 22 – Sept6. When Brooke arrives at her parents’ Palm Springs mansion with the manuscript of her tell-all memoir in tow she unearths a devastating family secret—throwing her parents into a...
by Christina Dryden | Mar 27, 2025
The Dorset Theatre Festival proudly present The Other Desert Cities, Aug 22 – Sept6. When Brooke arrives at her parents’ Palm Springs mansion with the manuscript of her tell-all memoir in tow she unearths a devastating family secret—throwing her parents into a...
by Christina Dryden | Mar 27, 2025
The Dorset Theatre Festival proudly present The Other Desert Cities, Aug 22 – Sept6. When Brooke arrives at her parents’ Palm Springs mansion with the manuscript of her tell-all memoir in tow she unearths a devastating family secret—throwing her parents into a...
by Christina Dryden | Mar 27, 2025
The Dorset Theatre Festival proudly present The Other Desert Cities, Aug 22 – Sept6. When Brooke arrives at her parents’ Palm Springs mansion with the manuscript of her tell-all memoir in tow she unearths a devastating family secret—throwing her parents into a...
by Christina Dryden | Mar 27, 2025
The Dorset Theatre Festival proudly present The Other Desert Cities, Aug 22 – Sept6. When Brooke arrives at her parents’ Palm Springs mansion with the manuscript of her tell-all memoir in tow she unearths a devastating family secret—throwing her parents into a...
by Christina Dryden | Mar 27, 2025
The Dorset Theatre Festival proudly present The Other Desert Cities, Aug 22 – Sept6. When Brooke arrives at her parents’ Palm Springs mansion with the manuscript of her tell-all memoir in tow she unearths a devastating family secret—throwing her parents into a...
by Christina Dryden | Mar 27, 2025
The Dorset Theatre Festival proudly present The Other Desert Cities, Aug 22 – Sept6. When Brooke arrives at her parents’ Palm Springs mansion with the manuscript of her tell-all memoir in tow she unearths a devastating family secret—throwing her parents into a...
by Christina Dryden | Mar 27, 2025
The Dorset Theatre Festival proudly present The Other Desert Cities, Aug 22 – Sept6. When Brooke arrives at her parents’ Palm Springs mansion with the manuscript of her tell-all memoir in tow she unearths a devastating family secret—throwing her parents into a...
by Christina Dryden | Mar 27, 2025
The Dorset Theatre Festival proudly present The Other Desert Cities, Aug 22 – Sept6. When Brooke arrives at her parents’ Palm Springs mansion with the manuscript of her tell-all memoir in tow she unearths a devastating family secret—throwing her parents into a...
by Christina Dryden | Mar 27, 2025
The Dorset Theatre Festival proudly present The Other Desert Cities, Aug 22 – Sept6. When Brooke arrives at her parents’ Palm Springs mansion with the manuscript of her tell-all memoir in tow she unearths a devastating family secret—throwing her parents into a...
by Christina Dryden | Mar 27, 2025
The Dorset Theatre Festival proudly present The Other Desert Cities, Aug 22 – Sept6. When Brooke arrives at her parents’ Palm Springs mansion with the manuscript of her tell-all memoir in tow she unearths a devastating family secret—throwing her parents into a...
by Christina Dryden | Mar 27, 2025
The Dorset Theatre Festival proudly present The Other Desert Cities, Aug 22 – Sept6. When Brooke arrives at her parents’ Palm Springs mansion with the manuscript of her tell-all memoir in tow she unearths a devastating family secret—throwing her parents into a...
by Christina Dryden | Mar 27, 2025
The Dorset Theatre Festival proudly present The Other Desert Cities, Aug 22 – Sept6. When Brooke arrives at her parents’ Palm Springs mansion with the manuscript of her tell-all memoir in tow she unearths a devastating family secret—throwing her parents into a...
by Christina Dryden | Mar 27, 2025
The Dorset Theatre Festival proudly presents The Book Club Play, July 11 – July 26 A comedy about books and the people who love them. When the members of a devoted book club become the subjects of a documentary film, their intimate discussions of life and...
by Christina Dryden | Mar 27, 2025
The Dorset Theatre Festival proudly presents The Book Club Play, July 11 – July 26 A comedy about books and the people who love them. When the members of a devoted book club become the subjects of a documentary film, their intimate discussions of life and...
by Christina Dryden | Mar 27, 2025
The Dorset Theatre Festival proudly presents The Book Club Play, July 11 – July 26 A comedy about books and the people who love them. When the members of a devoted book club become the subjects of a documentary film, their intimate discussions of life and...
by Christina Dryden | Mar 27, 2025
The Dorset Theatre Festival proudly presents The Book Club Play, July 11 – July 26 A comedy about books and the people who love them. When the members of a devoted book club become the subjects of a documentary film, their intimate discussions of life and...
by Christina Dryden | Mar 27, 2025
The Dorset Theatre Festival proudly presents The Book Club Play, July 11 – July 26 A comedy about books and the people who love them. When the members of a devoted book club become the subjects of a documentary film, their intimate discussions of life and...
by Christina Dryden | Mar 27, 2025
The Dorset Theatre Festival proudly presents The Book Club Play, July 11 – July 26 A comedy about books and the people who love them. When the members of a devoted book club become the subjects of a documentary film, their intimate discussions of life and...
by Christina Dryden | Mar 27, 2025
The Dorset Theatre Festival proudly presents The Book Club Play, July 11 – July 26 A comedy about books and the people who love them. When the members of a devoted book club become the subjects of a documentary film, their intimate discussions of life and...
by Christina Dryden | Mar 27, 2025
The Dorset Theatre Festival proudly presents The Book Club Play, July 11 – July 26 A comedy about books and the people who love them. When the members of a devoted book club become the subjects of a documentary film, their intimate discussions of life and...
by Christina Dryden | Mar 27, 2025
The Dorset Theatre Festival proudly presents The Book Club Play, July 11 – July 26 A comedy about books and the people who love them. When the members of a devoted book club become the subjects of a documentary film, their intimate discussions of life and...
by Christina Dryden | Mar 27, 2025
The Dorset Theatre Festival proudly presents The Book Club Play, July 11 – July 26 A comedy about books and the people who love them. When the members of a devoted book club become the subjects of a documentary film, their intimate discussions of life and...
by Christina Dryden | Mar 27, 2025
The Dorset Theatre Festival proudly presents The Book Club Play, July 11 – July 26 A comedy about books and the people who love them. When the members of a devoted book club become the subjects of a documentary film, their intimate discussions of life and...
by Christina Dryden | Mar 27, 2025
The Dorset Theatre Festival proudly presents The Book Club Play, July 11 – July 26 A comedy about books and the people who love them. When the members of a devoted book club become the subjects of a documentary film, their intimate discussions of life and...
by Christina Dryden | Mar 27, 2025
The Dorset Theatre Festival proudly presents The Book Club Play, July 11 – July 26 A comedy about books and the people who love them. When the members of a devoted book club become the subjects of a documentary film, their intimate discussions of life and...
by Christina Dryden | Mar 27, 2025
The Dorset Theatre Festival proudly presents The Book Club Play, July 11 – July 26 A comedy about books and the people who love them. When the members of a devoted book club become the subjects of a documentary film, their intimate discussions of life and...
