Professional Documents
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April 2012
A MAN OF ARTS
Stockwell Makes It Happen
2 X 2 STAGES
Four One-Act Plays
DO STUFF
A Month Of Events
POSTAL CUSTOMER
LOCAL PERMIT NO. 110
BELLOWS FALLS,VT
U.S. POSTAGE PAID
NONPROFIT ORG
Bela Schultz
PRSRT STD
ECRWSS
of the Putney School
Thank you for all the encouraging and touching responses to our first issue. Its good to know that were on the right track.
A Publication of Great Falls Community Broadcasting Company
April 2012
Volume 1, Number 2
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Earth Day Lives
Putney students remind
us how the world turns.
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Calendar Listings
Theres more than enough
to keep us all busy.
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Crazy Like Foxes
Drowning in a stream of
consciousness at the ETC show.
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Art Is Everywhere
Down to earth in a
community space.
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Hot Dance and Jazz
When icons were sidemen and
we all danced to jazz.
Four One-Acts
Light and dark shine on
our areas stages.
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Sunday, April 1 Shower Wall (visual arts) | Through Apr work in a non-juried show. Exhibits change
20 | BLCARTGRP Gallery; 295 Main St; every three months. | 802-885-7111, www.
Registration Deadline for No Film Chester,VT | Featuring NYC painter Mickie galleryvault.org
Film Festival (cinema) | Falls Area Com- Hoffmans stark, moving, raw workbleak,
munity Television, FACT TV; 1 Hospital Ct; yet inspirational. Iron sculptures by Adam Live Irish Trad Sessions (music) | 6 PM |
Bellows Falls,VT | Contestants will have Howard are also on display. | 802-843-1162, Salt Hill Pub; 2 West Park St; Lebanon, NH
one week to make a seven- to fifteen- www.brycelevancushing.com | Its Irish. Its traditional. | 603-448-4532,
minute spoof of a classic American film. | www.salthillpub.com
802-463-1613, www.nofilmfestival.org Trivia Night Lebanon (other) | 7 PM |
Salt Hill Pub; 2 West Park St; Lebanon, NH | Swing & Salsa Dance Classes (education,
Doubt: A Parable (performance) | 3 PM | Live pub trivia every Sunday night. Fun and music) | 7 PM | Tracy Hall WB; S Main St;
Hooker-Dunham Theater & Gallery; 139 prizes. | 603-448-4532, www.salthillpub.com Norwich,VT | Swing 7-8; Salsa 8-9. | 603-
Main St; Brattleboro,VT | A popular and 643-5065, www.uvdance.net
progressive young priest has come under Trivia Night Newport (other) | 7 PM |
the watchful eye of the Principal Sister. A Salt Hill Pub; 58 Main Street; Newport, NH Ballet Hispanico (performance) | 7:30 PM
vague incident with the schools first black | Live pub trivia every Sunday night. Fun and | UMass Amherst, Fine Arts Center Concert
student arouses suspicions about conduct & prizes. | 603-863-7774, www.salthillpub.com Hall; 151 Presidents Dr; Amherst, MA |
motive. www.vermonttheatrecompany.com Magnetic energy and vivacious choreogra-
| 802-258-1344, www.hookerdunham.org Monday, April 2 phy that fuses Latin dance with elements
of classical and contemporary forms. www.
Monty Pythons Spamalot (performance) Sculpture Garden (visual arts, outdoors) | ballethispanico.org | 545-2511 or 1-800-
| 4 & 8 PM | The Paramount Theatre; 30 Brattleboro Museum & Art Center; 10 Ver- 999-UMAS, https://fac.umass.edu
Center St; Rutland,VT | Two shows! non St; Brattleboro,VT | Newly completed
Lovingly ripped off from the motion picture Garden features two permanent artworks Wednesday, April 4
Monty Python and the Holy Grail, its a musical that double as seating areas. | 802-257-
telling of the legendary tale of King Arthur 0124, www.brattleboromuseum.org Lilys Crossing (performance, education,
and his Knights of the Round Table like no family/youth) | 10 AM | Claremont Opera
otherfeaturing beautiful show girls, flying All About Air (education, family/youth) | House; 58 Opera House Square; Clare-
cows, killer rabbits, coconut-carrying swal- 3:30 PM | Montshire Museum of mont, NH | Lily has planned a spectacular
lows, and French people. | 802-775-0903, Science; One Montshire Rd; Norwich,VT | summer at Rockaway Beach at her familys
www.paramountvt.org Afterschool science program for children cozy house on the Atlantic Ocean. But
grades 1-3. Launch parachutes, fly kites, and by the summer of 1944, World War II has
Red (performance) | 5 PM | Northern Stage; make stomp rockets while exploring the changed almost everyones lives. Appropri-
Briggs Opera House, 12 W Main St; White properties of air. Pre-registration required. | ate for grades 3-8. Open to the public sub-
River Junction,VT | New York, 1958. In a 802-649-2200, www.montshire.org ject to seating availability. | 603-542-4433,
tension-filled studio, painter Mark Rothko www.claremontoperahouse.com
works furiously to complete a definitive Tuesday, April 3
work for an extraordinary setting. As the Knitting Together (benefit/charity) | 1 PM
huge project takes shape, his internal strug- Open Wall (visual arts) | 11 AM | Gallery | Village Square Booksellers; 32 The Square;
gle to reconcile his growing wealth with his at the VAULT; 68 Main St; Springfield,VT Bellows Falls,VT | A community charitable
artistic integrity threatens to destroy him. | | Theme: People, Places, and Things. Open organization knitting hats, mittens, and
802-296-7000, www.northernstage.org Wall is open to local artists to display their sweaters to donate to our local schools.
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I
t is doubtful that a majority of river valley folks have ever attended an event at the tiny
Hooker-Dunham Theater. More likely the curious driver has noticed a small sign on the
east side of Main Street in Brattleboro while stalled in traffic approaching the turn
for Route 9 west. The sign says Hooker-Dunham Theater and Gallery, and more than a
few of us have wondered how anyone squeezed a theater down the back of that alley.
But art, you know, is everywhere. Actually that full quote is attributed to American
sculptor Louise Nevelson, a Russian migr who arrived in this country at the turn of
the 19th century. She said, Art is everywhere, except it has to pass through a creative
mind. If you look past the back alleys and unconventional locations you can see the art
potential in the most unexpected places. It just takes a little creative exploring.
Follow the alley away from the business of Main the renovation, Hooker-Dunham emerged as a gallery
Street, and take the stairs down a level and somewhat as well as a rather intimate theateronly 99 seats.
back in time. George Hooker constructed the main
building in 1884, hauling granite blocks down from The creative mind in H-DT&G was renewed in early
the hills to create an edifice overlooking the 2004, when Barry Stockwell came in to work with the
Connecticut River. Three years later the Dunham Wild Root Arts management team. Hes been there
brothers added their name to the front and built an ever since. Director Stockwell carefully sculpted a
addition on the river side.
Barry Stockwell in his office at Hooker-Dunham.
The annex served as a warehouse for Dunham Shoes
for most of the 1900s, and in 1984, a renovation
project left room in the basement for a small cinema
space. The space now occupied by the theater was
actually an alley between the two buildings; the
interior west wall of the theater is the stone
foundation of the original Hooker building. In the
early 90s the Hooker-Dunham Theater was a movie
house, designed after a small theater the building
owners, Leo and Simi Berman, had attended in Italy
on a vacation tour. They fell in love with the place,
our guide told us, and wanted to recreate it in the
Hooker-Dunham building.
1 2 3
Monty Pythons Spamalot All About Air (education, family/ Open Wall (visual arts) | 11 AM
(performance) | 4 & 8 PM | The youth) | 3:30 PM | Montshire Mu- | Gallery at the VAULT; 68 Main
Paramount Theatre; 30 Center St; seum of Science; One Montshire St; Springfield,VT | Theme: People,
Rutland,VT | Two shows! Rd; Norwich,VT Places, and Things.
8 9 10
Trivia Night (other) | 7 PM | Salt Books and Beyond: Science History of the Railroad in
Hill Pub; Lebanon and Newport, for Preschoolers (family/youth) Cheshire County, 1844-1984
NH | Live pub trivia every Sunday | 10:15 & 11:30 AM | Montshire (cultural/historic) | Historical Soci-
night. Museum of Science; Norwich,VT ety of Cheshire Co., Keene, NH
15 16 17
West River Creamery Cheese April in Wonderland Kids Football Fields are for Band
Tasting (food) | 12 Noon | Camp (family/youth) | Mon-Fri, Practice! (music, education) |
Vermont Country Store; 1292 Apr 16-20 | MoCo Arts; 76 Rail- 9 AM | Redfern Arts Center;
Rockingham Rd; Rockingham,VT road St; Keene, NH Wyman Way; Keene, NH
22 23 24
Putney Community Earth Keene Restaurant Week Swing & Salsa Dance Classes
Day (education, cultural/historic) (food) | Mon-Sun, Apr 23-29 | (education, music) | Tracy Hall WB,
| 10 AM | Putney School; 418 Keene, NH Norwich,VT
Houghton Brook Rd; Putney,VT
29 30 31
Keene Pops Choir (music) | 3 Free Balance Screening
PM | The Colonial Theatre; 95 (health) | 9 AM | Bellows Falls
Main St; Keene, NH | Music from Senior Center, 18 Tuttle St. |
Americas great legacy. Sponsored by Springfield Hospital.
WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
4 5 6 7
Lilys Crossing (performance, Jazz Trio (music) | 6:30 PM | Almost Maine (performance, fam- Baby Animal Day (family/youth,
education, family/youth) | 10 AM | Burdicks; 47 Main St; Walpole, NH ily/youth) | Apr 6-8 & 13-15; Fri & agriculture, cultural/historic) | 10 AM
Claremont Opera House; 58 Op- | Jesse Carr; Eugene Uman; and Sat @ 7 PM, Sat & Sun @ 2 PM | | Billings Farm & Museum; Rte 12
era House Square; Claremont, NH Genevieve Rose. No cover. New England Youth Theater. & River Rd; Woodstock,VT
11 12 13 14
John Willis (visual arts, educa- Zentangles! (spirituality, educa- Richard King w/ Jan Rosen Turn It Loose (music) | 8 PM
tion) | 7 PM | Landmark College; 1 tion) | 6 PM | Springfield Town (music) | 7 PM | Sunapee Com- | Mole Hill Theatre; 789 Gilsum
River Rd S; Putney,VT | How Might Library; 43 Main St; Springfield,VT munity Coffeehouse; Sunapee Mine Rd; East Alstead, NH
We Use Artistic Practice in Service? Methodist Church, Sunapee, NH
18 19 20 21
What Went Wrong? The Charles Simic (written word) | Tibetan Harmonic Healing Second Wind w/ Guests (music)
Clash Between Islam and 4 PM | Keene State College; Bowls (spirituality) | 7 PM | South | 7:30 PM | Claremont Opera
Modernity in the Middle East Keene, NH | Former Poet Church; 20 Church St; Newport, House; 58 Opera House Square;
(education) | 7 PM | Brooks Me- Laureate of the United States. NH Claremont, NH | Classy, a bit sassy
morial Library; Brattleboro,VT
25 26 27 28
John Nestle (education) | 7 PM Acoustic Thursdays (music) White River Indie Film Festi- Billings Farm Opening Day
| Brooks Memorial Library; 224 | 6:30 PM | Fritzs; 45 Main St; val (cinema) | Fri-Sun, Apr 27-29 | (agriculture) | 10 AM | Billings Farm
Main St; Brattleboro,VT Keene, NH White River Junction,VT & Museum; Woodstock,VT
A P R I L
See our full listings inside for more information, or at www.WhatsUpInTheValley.com.
Check with the event promoter beforehand to make sure there hasnt been a
cancellation or rescheduling. Let them know you saw it in Whats Up In The Valley!
(April 7, contd) activities for fun science learning and Swing & Salsa Dance Classes (education,
exploration. For children ages 3-5 and their music) | Tracy Hall WB, Norwich,VT | See
tool & die shop. BYOB. | Directions: Gilsum parent or caregiver. | 802-649-2200, www. listing for Tuesday, April 3.
Mine Road to Baine Way; search Mole Hill montshire.org
Theater on Facebook Wednesday, April 11
Tuesday, April 10
Prydein (music) | 7:30 PM | Next Stage; 15 Knitting Together (benefit/charity) | Village
Kimball Hill; Putney,VT | Celtic rock quintet History of the Railroad in Cheshire Square Booksellers, Bellows Falls | See
Prydein featuring bagpipers Iain Macharg County, 1844-1984 (education, cultural/ listing for Wednesday, April 4.
and Dan Houghton. | 802-254-9276, www. historic) | Runs through Apr 27 | Histori-
twilightmusic.org cal Society of Cheshire County; 246 Main Chicago (performance) | Tue-Sun through
St; Keene, NH | Speed, Safety and Comfort: May 6 @ 7:30 PM; plus weekend matinees |
The Double Trouble Tour (performance) A History of the Railroad in Cheshire County Northern Stage; Briggs Opera House, 12 W
| Hooker-Dunham Theater & Gallery, illustrates the story of the railroad from its Main St; White River Junction,VT | Nomi-
Brattleboro | See listing for Friday, April 6. construction through its demise. | 603-352- nated for 11 Tony Awards; the revival won
1895, www.hsccnh.org 6 Tonys, including Best Revival of a Musical.
Red Molly w/ Mark | 802-291-9009, www.
Erelli (music) | 8 PM | northernstage.org
Peterborough Players Great Mystery Bus Tour
Theater; 55 Hadley Rd; John Willis (visual arts,
Peterborouogh, NH | education) | 7 PM | Land-
The dynamic female trio mark College; 1 River Rd
brings back their lively S; Putney,VT | How Might
music & engaging stage We Use Artistic Practice
presence. | 603-827-2905, in Service? Using pho-
www.pfmsconcerts.org tographic explorations,
Sat, Apr 14 @ noon | Mystery on Main Street, Brattleboro artistic process, & educa-
NRBQ (music) | 8 PM | Bestselling authors John Connolly, William Kent Krueger, Liza tion as a way to relate to
Tupelo Music Hall; 188 S Marklund, & M.J. Rosethe tours only northern New England stop. others and attempt to
Main St; White River Junc- make a positive contri-
tion,VT | Known for live bution to the world. |
performances containing a high degree of 802-387-4767, www.landmark.edu
spontaneity and levity, and blending rock, Pub Night (education, cultural/historic) |
pop, jazz, blues and Tin Pan Alley. www. 6 PM | JD McCliments Pub; 26 Bellows Falls An Evening of Poetry (written word)
nrbq.com | 802-698-8341, www.tupelohall- Rd; Putney,VT | Transition Putney hosts Pub | 7 PM | Brooks Memorial Library; 224
vermont.com Night every 2nd Tuesday: good food, drink, Main St; Brattleboro,VT | Join poets Tim
and conversation about how we can build Mayo, Jeff Friedman, and Lucas Farrell for
SIRSY (music) | 9 PM | Salt Hill Pub; 7 a vibrant, localized, resilient, and connected an evening of poetry. | 802-254-5290,
Lebanon St; Hanover, NH | Albany, NY indie community. | http://transition.putney.net http://brooks.lib.vt.us
power-pop duo. | 603-676-7855, www.
salthillpub.com Live Irish Trad Sessions (music) | Salt Jazz Jam Session (music) | Vermont
Hill Pub, Lebanon | See listing for Tuesday, Jazz Center, Brattleboro | See listing for
Sunday, April 8 April 3. Wednesday, April 4.
Almost Maine (performance, family/youth) Workshops On The Edge (performing Thursday, April 12
| New England Youth Theater, Brattleboro | arts, education) | 6:30 PM | Heberton Hall;
See listing for Friday, April 6. 72 Winter St; Keene, NH | Every 2nd Tues- Zentangles! (spirituality, education) | 6
day, members of the Edge Ensemble share PM | Springfield Town Library; 43 Main St;
Contra Dance Brattleboro (music, their knowledge with any and all. | 603-352- Springfield,VT | Easy to learn, relaxing, and
family/youth) | 7:15 PM | Stone Church; 5657, www.edgeensemble.org intuitive art form using repetitive
210 Main St; Brattleboro,VT | A twice- patterns. A great creativity kick-start.
monthly dance party featuring fantastic live Astronomy Group Meeting (educa- www.pumpkinspun.com | 802-885-3108,
music, excellent calling, and a lively group tion) | 7 PM | Whiting Library; 117 Main St; www.springfieldtownlibrary.org
of friendly dancers. | 802-257-9234, www. Chester,VT | A monthly stimulating evening
brattcontra.org exploring the universe through astronomy. Acoustic Thursdays (music) | Fritzs,
Free and open to all. | 802-875-6464 Keene | See listing for Thursday, April 5.
Monday, April 9
Messages From The Other Side (spiri- Open Mic Newport (music) | Salt Hill
Books and Beyond: Science for Pre- tuality) | 7 PM | Hooker-Dunham Theater Pub, Newport | See listing for Thursday,
schoolers (family/youth) | 10:15 & 11:30 & Gallery; 139 Main St; Brattleboro,VT | April 5.
AM | Montshire Museum of Science; One Connect with loved ones who have passed;
Montshire Rd; Norwich,VT | Combines random readings for audience members. | Open Mic Lebanon (music) | Salt Hill Pub,
great childrens literature and hands-on 802-254-9276, www.twilightmusic.org Lebanon | See listing for Thursday, April 5.
My folks bought me a portable record player from Sears Roebuck. I was just a young guy, 14. I had this pal, he
came over to the house with a record and asked if Id like to listen to it. I said Yeah. He had a copy of an LP by
The California Ramblers. And that record had great titles on itClap Hands, Here Comes Charlie, Col-
legiate, The Charleston, Everything is Hotsy-Totsy... I was hooked. I hoped my friend would never come
and ask for it back (laughs). Well, years later, at a record show, a guy had a box under the table. I pulled it out
and went through it, and there was that record! Man, I snapped it up. Its one of my favorite things.
Contra Dance Nelson (family/youth, Cheryl Wheeler (music) | 8 PM | Tupelo Almost Maine (performance, family/youth)
music) | 7:30 PM | Nelson Town Hall; 7 Music Hall; 188 S Main St; White River | New England Youth Theater, Brattleboro |
Nelson Common Rd; Nelson, NH | Junction,VT | Cheryls songs have been See listing for Friday, April 6.
Workshop/lesson 7:30, Dance 8-11. | covered by Dan Seals, Peter Paul and Mary,
603-762-0235, www.monadnockfolk.org Kenny Loggins, Garth Brooks, Suzy Boggus, The Ariel Quartet (music) | 3 PM | The
Melanie, Bette Midler, Maura OConnell, Paramount Theatre; 30 Center St; Rutland,
Turn It Loose (music) | 8 PM | Mole Hill Sylvia, Kathy Mattea, and Holly Near. They VT | The American Record Guide de-
Theatre; 789 Gilsum Mine Rd; East Alstead, think shes great. www.cherylwheeler.com | scribed them as a consummate ensemble
NH | Music & performing arts in the unique 802-698-8341, www.tupelohallvermont.com gifted with utter musicality and remarkable
setting of a working tool & die shop. BYOB. interpretive power. | 802-775-0903, www.
| Directions: Gilsum Mine Road to Baine Sunday, April 15 paramountvt.org
Way; search Mole Hill Theater on Facebook
West River Creamery Cheese Tasting Shower Wall (visual arts) | BLCARTGRP
The Double Trouble Tour (performance) | (food & foodie) | 12 PM | Vermont Country Gallery, Chester | See listing for Sunday,
Hooker-Dunham Theater & Gallery, Store; 1292 Rockingham Rd; Rockingham, April 1.
Brattleboro | See listing for Friday, April 6. VT | A selection of their cheeses. For
tasting. | 802-362-5950, www.Vermont- Bluegrass @ Home (music) | 7 PM |
CountryStore.com Lebanon Opera House; 51 North Park St;
Monday, April 16
Abenaki Lifeways Childrens Camp
(family/youth) | Mon-Fri, Apr 16-20; Cheshire
County grades 3-8 students only | Histori-
cal Society of Cheshire County; 246 Main St;
Keene, NH | Children will learn the regions
Native history and cultures. Activities include
cordage making; identify & collect spring plants;
make toys & play games; make models & life-
size structures; cook traditional food; basket
making. Registration required. | 603-352-1895,
www.hsccnh.org
Tuesday, April 17
Football Fields are for Band Practice!
(music, education) | 9 AM | Redfern Arts Center;
Wyman Way; Keene, NH | A Music Education
Guest Lecture sponsored by the KSC Dept.
of Music: Mr. Glen DEon, band director at Fall
Mountain Regional High School. | 603-358-
2344, www.keene.edu
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One-act plays arent some new idea spawned in our attention-deficit era: Euripides was writing
them back in the day, in the 5th Century BC. And like a great short story can pack more
wallop than a mediocre novel, a powerful one-act can blow a bigger production off the stage.
We have two pairs of compelling single-acts playing in our region this April. At first blush the
sets appear to be diametric opposites; but a closer look uncovers that the four delve into similar
territory. All of them deal with alienation, as well as with changethe lack of change, or the
need for it. But the plays in The Double Trouble Tour are just about as light as the ones in Two Men
On The Edge are dark. All of them make for compelling theater.
Regarded by many as the best one-man one-act ever written, In The Rock N Wrestle Road Show, actor/author Collin Chace careens
Krapps Last Tape is an absurdist masterpiece. Spanning a lifetime between characters like potty-mouthed heiress Delilah Bardeaux
of increasing self-loathing and despair using the clever conceit of Counterbeea peace activist, because war is interfering with her
a reel-to-reel recorder, every line, whether spoken or on tape sex life; eight-year-old poet Luis Saragossa, sending Teen Beat his
and every silence as wellworks to reveal that life. The play isnt poem Crazy 4 Justin Timberlake; and Huey Walker Lewis, a civil
devoid of humor, however. The actor tackling the work, Peter rights activist-turned-British tube station announcer. Released
Hendrick, told WUITV, Its a loaded play, and the intimacy of Mole from a mental health ward, theyre rejoining the world with
Hill will allow no hiding from the audience. their outsider perspectives on race relations, gay marriage, war,
and other big issues. The play affirms that the marginalized are
Round The Bend is an autobiographical consideration of Lionel essential voices for social change.
Chutes life, emphasizing his work as an environmentalist. He grew
up in New York City and was an actor there for 15 years before Seth Lepore turns the happiness industry on its head in his play
packing it in for the woods of New England, where he became a SuperHappyMelancholyexpialidocious, unearthing the farcical ideolo-
forester and botanist. He wound up leading a state program that gy of the positive thinking movement by scrutinizing its elements,
keeps track of rare plant and animal species. The crux is not from Texas megachurches-turned-motivational-hothouses to the
necessarily a spoiler: Today, Lionel says, I no longer believe that latest Oprahs Book Club self-actualization testament. He uses
human society can, or even really wants to, live in harmony with shrewd observations of our happiness hang-ups to expose the true
nature and natural systems. Ouch. This hits especially close to cost of this ongoing pursuit, weaving stranger-than-fiction yet all-
home on Earth Day weekend. too-real characters into the fold, shifting on a dime.
In an intriguing bit of theatrical collaboration, each actor is Lepore and Chace combine their skills as playwrights and actors to
directing the others performance. The Mole Hill Theater, which spotlight societys overlooked with a wry grace. The Hooker-Dun-
has a day job as a working industrial machine shop, seems a ham is a comfortable, intimate theater. See the article beginning
particularly appropriate venue. on page 12 in this issue.
Krapps Last Tape by Samuel Beckett; Peter Hendrick, actor The Rock N Wrestle Road Show, actor/author Collin Chace
Round the Bend by Lionel Chute, performed by the author SuperHappyMelancholyexpialidocious, actor/author Seth Lepore
Mole Hill Theatre | East Alstead, NH Hooker-Dunham Theater & Gallery | Brattleboro, VT
Three Performances: Four Performances:
Fri & Sat, Apr 20 & 21 @ 7:30 PM; Sun, Apr 22 @ 4 PM Fri & Sat, Apr 6-7 & 13-14 @ 8 PM
ing public awareness of the complexity of the prob- Rachel Carson was interviewed on CBS television
lemthe relationship of international economies. The shortly before her death in 1964. She praised the
dense web of commerce, politics, importance of youthful
and human rights figures so in- perspective, when [the]
extricably into the ecological dy- Passion vs. the machine is world is fresh. Its new, its
namic that its no longer sensible what it is for me... this idea is beautiful, full of wonder
to just demand a clean-up of the and excitement. Its our
environment. Long-term regula- still really important to think misfortune that for most of
tion comes at a short-term ex- about. -Bela Schultz us, that clear-eyed vision
pense to everyone. and that true instinct for
what is beautiful and awe-
Putney teacher Dawn Zweig puts inspiring is dimmed. She
it directly, The environmen- didnt mention the flip side
tal movement isnt just about of how easily we can see
sustainability, its about human the darkness when young,
rights. You cant take the social and how motivational that
piece or the government piece can be.
out of the equation. She never-
theless remains optimistic that hat stone wall in the
in all these nested systems there
are advocates for progressive
change, a fact that offers sol-
T woods behind my
house reminds me
of another thing: its a metaphor for how, individu-
ace to the students and forestalls fatigue. There are ally, each stone can be dislodged assembled in this
people working at all these different levels. A big part one place where they have stood the test of time. The
of what I try to do in my class, without overwhelming wall recalls of the passion of early farmers who lived
the students, is to explain complex systems. If people in a less tenuous balance with the earth, and with the
dont understand how these systems work, how will hands-on version of renewal.
they make good decisions?
Passion vs. the machine is what it is for me, Bela
Many aspects of this complex system can be explored
Schultz says, summing up neatly the simple enduring
at Putneys Earth Day event. More than thirty work-
force of Earth Day. ...This day is still important, this
shops will be led by area people. Local vendors will
idea is still really important to think about.
provide food, crafts, and information. The Putney Coop
will host local farmers and their services. There will
be live music throughout the day. Scheduled peakers For more information about the event, visit the site at
include a keynote address from Tom Wessels, whose
1997 book, Reading The Forested Landscape: A Natural
www.putneyschool.org/earthday2012
History of New England has become a classic.
Thursday, April 26 Final Friday Coffeehouse (music) | 7:30 PRYDEIN & FRIENDS
PM | Stone Church Arts; 20 Church St; Twin bagpipe Celtic Rock quintet that mixes
Keene Restaurant Week (food) | Keene, Bellows Falls,VT | Our region brims with traditional repertoire and rock sensability.
NH | See listing for Monday, April 23. talent! Open mic in the intimate setting of NEXT STAGE SAT. APRIL 7, 7:30PM
the Chapel Gallery. | 802-463-3100, www. 15 Kimball Hill, Putney
Acoustic Thursdays (music) | Fritzs, immanuelepiscopal.org/SCAConcerts.html
SIERRA HULL & HIGHWAY 111
Keene | See listing for Thursday, April 5.
Open Mic Sunapee (music, performance) The IBMA award-winning
Open Mic Newport (music) | Salt Hill | 7 PM | Sunapee Community Coffeehouse; mandolin prodigy and
her all-star bluegrass
Pub, Newport | See listing for Thursday, Sunapee Methodist Church, Downstairs, quintet, plus Monroe-
April 5. 17 Lower Main St; Sunapee, NH | Stop by style mondolinist, Mike
to listen or join in! Sign up for your 15 min Compton
Open Mic Lebanon (music) | Salt Hill Pub, or three songs. Storytellers also welcome. SUN. APRIL 22, 7:30PM
Lebanon | See listing for Thursday, April 5. | 603-763-3241 (or after 6 PM, 603-763- NEXT STAGE
4301), www.sunapeecoffeehouse.org 15 Kimball Hill, Putney
Friday, April 27 CANTRIP & FRIENDS
Rag Rug Weaving (other) | 7 PM | Putney
High energy Scottish
Keene Restaurant Week (food) | Keene, Inn; 57 Putney Landing Rd; Putney,VT | music from Edinburgh
NH | See listing for Monday, April 23. Learn the fun art of turning old clothes FRI. APRIL 27, 7:30PM
into beautiful rugs. Covers setting up the HOOKER-DUNHAM
Friday Morning Pageturners (written loom, rag preparation, weaving and finishing 139 Main St., Brattleboro
word) | Springfield Public Library | See list- techniques. | 802-387-2656, www.putney- INFO & TICKETS
ing for Friday, April 13. inn.com 802-254-9276
www.twilightmusic.org
Cantrip and Friends | 7:30 PM | Hooker- White River Indie Film Festival (cin-
Dunham Theater & Gallery; 139 Main St; ema) | White River Junction | See listing for
Brattleboro,VT | High energy Scottish Friday, April 27.
music from Edinburgh and New England. |
802-254-9276, www.twilightmusic.org Hungry Town (music) | 7:30 PM | Stone
Church Arts; 20 Church St; Bellows Falls,
Comedian Bob Marley (performance) VT | Old-timey folkthe good stuff. | 802-
| Fri, Apr 27 @ 8:00 PM | The Colonial 463-3100, www.immanuelepiscopal.org/
Theatre; 95 Main St; Keene, NH | One of SCAConcerts.html
the hottest comedians in the country. |
603-352-2033, www.thecolonial.org Ira Glass (performance) | 8 PM | The
Colonial Theatre; 95 Main St; Keene, NH |
Joan Rivers (performance) | 8 PM | The A beloved voice of public radio. Whether
Paramount Theatre; 30 Center St; Rutland, backstories of favorite episodes of This
VT | Comedian, TV host, and CEO Joan American Life or recounting elements of his
Rivers is an icon of American culture. Shell considerable experience in radio
be serving up an original, wickedly funny broadcasting, you can rest assured that it
performance of gossip, music, and politically will be warm, witty and worthwhile. | 603-
incorrect one-liners with abandon. Mature 352-2033, www.thecolonial.org
contentadults only. | 802-775-0903, www.
paramountvt.org Sunday, April 29