Events for September 2014
Addison County Chamber of Commerce
Jul 2 - Dec 7    Visual Weimar, 1919-1933
This exhibit brings together select paintings, drawings, and etchings by some of Weimar Germany's most prominent artists, including Otto Dix, George Grosz, and Käthe Kollwitz. The works confront the viewer with representations of this highly visual culture in Germany's first democracy and the productive and sometimes problematic relationship between criticizing and participating in a culture that could not prevent its people from falling for Hitler's Germany under the Swastika.
Date: July 2, 2014
Website: http://www.middlebury.edu/arts/news/14-15
Location: Middlebury College Museum of Art, Overbrook Gallery
Fees/Admission: Free
Aug 12 - Oct 20    Call to Artists: The Art of Giving - The Giving of Art
We're currently accepting work for our holiday show, to be held from November 7, 2014 through January 11, 2015. We're looking for decorative, functional, festive, and/or simply attractive works of art, accessories, holiday ornaments and other fun gifts. All work must be for sale and is not to exceed the price tag of $100. Entry fees do apply and the commission rate on sold work is 35%. See our website for more details and the submission form.
Date: August 12, 2014
Time: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Website: http://www.cmacvt.org/opportunities.htm
Location: Compass Music and Arts Center
Contact: 802-247-4295
EMail: info@cmacvt.org
Fees/Admission: Entry fees do apply and the commission rate on sold work is 35%
Sep 2 - Sep 12    Portraits of Power
Paintings from Jim Butler's course Portraiture in Ceramics and Oil Paint convey visions of what students think is powerful in their lives. The large-scale paintings and ceramic assemblages use dynamic design and powerful color to create images that range from photo-realistic to expressionist. Sponsored by the Program in Studio Art.
Date: September 2, 2014
Website: http://www.middlebury.edu/arts/news/14-15
Location: Johnson Memorial Building
Fees/Admission: Free
Sep 2 - Oct 26    Hyper! Works by Greg Haberny
Artist Greg Haberny describes his own style as "completely loose and out of control." He uses an array of materials, refusing to conform to a single medium. Melted crayons and Band-Aids add a vital texture to his work, while appropriated images of pop culture, like the iconic Mickey Mouse, create a tone of cultural and political critique.
Date: September 2, 2014
Website: http://www.middlebury.edu/arts/news/14-15
Location: Middlebury College Museum of Art, Upper Balcony
Fees/Admission: Free
Sep 5 - Nov 2    ArtFULL Vermont exhibit at Compass
This multi-media, group exhibit celebrates the remarkable diversity of creativity throughout Vermont with work by artists in the contemporary, artisanal, and fine art fields. Featuring works by: Jeremy Ayers,  Ben Barlow, Torrey Carroll Smith,  Melanie Considine, Wendy Copp, MaryKay Dempewolffe,  Diane Gabriel, Marilyn Maddison , Cristina Pellechio, Frieda Post, Susan Raber Bray, John Rivers, Janet Van Fleet, Stephanie Whitney-Payne, and Mim Zelis
Date: September 5, 2014
Time: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Website: http://www.cmacvt.org
Location: Compass Music and Arts Center Park Village at 333 Jones Dr. Brandon VT, 05733 (Park Village used to be the Brandon Training School, located 1.5 miles north of downtown Brandon off of Arnold District Rd.)
Contact: 802-247-4295
EMail: info@cmacvt.org
Date/Time Details: Daily, 10-5pm
Fees/Admission: Free
Sep 6    Auditions for "The Story of the Nutcracker"
The Middlebury Community Players are staging a family-oriented variation of the Nutcracker in December. Featuring Tchaikovsky's famous music, the production of this delightful tale will charm audiences this holiday season as it brings to life the story of a young girl's journey through a world full of fantasy and adventure. Three performances at the Middlebury Union High School auditorium during "Merry Middlebury Weekend" Friday-Sunday, December 5-7. Roles for children age 8 and up, plus two adult male roles and one adult female role. For more information, visit www.middleburycommunityplayers.org
Date: September 6, 2014
Time: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Website: http://www.middleburycommunityplayers.org/
Location: Middlebury Union High School Auditorium
Contact: Kathleen Walls, Director (989-8363 OR kwalls@gmavt.net) Elizabeth Maher, Producer (777-5818 OR emaher@anesu.org)
EMail: info@middleburycommunityplayers.org
Date/Time Details: 9:00 am to noon, Saturday, Sept. 6, 2014
Fees/Admission: Free! No experience needed. All are welcome. (Must be age 8 by October 1 in order to audition.)
Sep 6    Ronald's Midway Express
Take a Ride on the Train! Our Midway Express takes off from Burlington headed to the Vermont State Fair in Rutland. With stops in Charlotte and Middlebury along the way, come enjoy views of Lake Champlain and the Adirondacks along with an afternoon of fun at the the Fair.
Date: September 6, 2014
Time: 9:00 AM - 9:30 PM
Website: http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=yrmvzncab&oeidk=a07e9di7h0lfef1256d
Location: Burlington to Rutland's VT State Fair with stops in Charlotte and Middlebury.
Contact: Deanna Cameron 802-862-4943
EMail: deanna@rmhcvt.org
Date/Time Details: Saturday, September 6, 2014 9am - 9:30pm
Fees/Admission: $40/person includes fair admission
Sep 6    Harvest Fair
The White River Valley Players' 26th annual Harvest Fair, live music and other entertainment throughout the day, many food choices, flower show on the bandstand, activities for kids, craft vendors and demos, non-profit organization information booths and displays, and more, plus collection depot at the entry gate for donations of non-perishable food items for the community food shelf.
Date: September 6, 2014
Time: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Location: on the park in Rochester village, Rochester, Vt.
Contact: Info: Martha Slater at 767-3025 or Ginny Bowman at 767-3954.
EMail: lavendarmfs@myfairpoint.net
Date/Time Details: Saturday, Sept. 6, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Fees/Admission: admission by suggested $2 donation
Sep 6    Brandon Music Presents Jeremiah McLane and Timothy Cummings
The dynamic duo of Jeremiah McLane and Timothy Cummings play music that is deeply rooted in the Northeastern United States, bringing together the diverse heritage of New England dance tunes, yet have branches that extend across the Atlantic. Their repertoire includes French dance tunes, jigs and reels from the British Isles, plus North American Roots music. A pre-concert dinner is available. Reservations are required for dinner and recommended for the show. BYOB.
Date: September 6, 2014
Time: 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Website: http://www.brandon-music.net
Location: Brandon Music 62 Country Club Rd. Brandon, VT 05733
Contact: 802-465-4071
EMail: info@brandon-music.net
Date/Time Details: 7:30pm
Fees/Admission: Show $15, dinner & show $35.
Sep 7    Vermonters for Vermonters
Vermonters for Vermonters will be hosting a benefit concert at the Vermont State Fairgrounds Grandstand in Rutland, from 2PM-8PM. There will be live music by Joey Leone, Bow Thayer, Jeremy Graham, Ashley Buchart, Myk Sno, Tony Lee Thomas, as well as many speakers from Governor Peter Shumlin to many inspiring people affected by Vermont’s opiate addiction epidemic.

Vermonters for Vermonters is a volunteer effort of citizens committed to raising funds and awareness to help combat the negative effect drugs have had in Vermont. The group started this organization in response to the growing epidemic of drug abuse in Vermont, which is affecting citizens across the state in increasing and alarming numbers. The Vermonters for Vermonters volunteers have decided it is time to take action against this epidemic, and have organized this benefit concert to help raise awareness and get other Vermonters involved in the cause.

Proceeds from the event will benefit three organizations that are directly involved in combating this epidemic and providing assistance to Vermonters and their families suffering from drug abuse and addiction: Project Vision, VT Recovery Network, and Dismas House.

Date: September 7, 2014
Time: 2:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Website: http://vermontersforvermonters.com/
Location: Vermont State Fairgrounds Grandstand, Rutland, VT
Contact: 802-245-4106
EMail: marie@sopodesigns.us
Date/Time Details: 2pm - 8pm
Fees/Admission: $15.00
Sep 7    Claude Bourbon to play at Brandon Music
Known as a formidable performer, Claude's playing is firmly rooted in classical Spanish guitar. However he has crafted an unbelievable fusion of classical and jazz, with ethereal Eastern influences and strains of Western folk. The BBC says, "This accomplished artist offers tender, compelling performance through highly developed precision." Reservations are recommended. BYOB. Please note dinner will not be available at this concert.
Date: September 7, 2014
Time: 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Website: http://www.brandon-music.net
Location: Brandon Music 62 Country Club Rd. Brandon, VT 05733
Contact: 802-465-4071
EMail: info@brandon-music.net
Date/Time Details: 7:30pm
Fees/Admission: $15
Sep 9 - Sep 19    Senior Architectural Design Thesis 2014 Exhibit: Tackling the Autoscape
View examples of students' design responses to the question, "What can (should) architecture do to improve the ubiquitous fast-food restaurant and gas-station building types?" View a selection of outstanding 2013-14 senior-thesis work in architectural design, including drawings, renderings, and models. Sponsored by the Architectural Studies Program.
Date: September 9, 2014
Website: http://www.middlebury.edu/arts/news/14-15
Location: Johnson Memorial Building, Lobby
Fees/Admission: Free
Sep 10    ACCOC Annual Meeting 2014

5 – 6 p.m. Cocktails and Hors d’oeuvres
6 – 8 p.m. Buffet Dinner and Awards Presentation
$40 per person • Cash Bar
Silent Auction


Annual awards presented to:
Buster Brush Citizen of the Year
Community Achievement Award
Business of the Year 

RSVP by clicking "Register Online" above or email sue@addisoncounty.com


Auction!
As in past years we'll be holding an auction of cool and useful items donated by Chamber members.

Donate an item to the auction!Email sue@addisoncounty.com

 

Date: September 10, 2014
Time: 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Location: Cafe Provence
11 Center Street
Brandon, VT
Contact: Sue Hoxie
EMail: sue@addisoncounty.com
Date/Time Details: 5 - 8 p.m.
Fees/Admission: $40 per person
Sep 12 - Dec 7    Picturing Enlightenment: Tibetan Tangkas from the Mead Art Museum
This exhibition highlights 18 centuries-old scroll paintings of Buddhist figures from the collection of Amherst College's Mead Art Museum. So fragile that they have remained largely inaccessible to scholars and museum visitors for nearly six decades, these tangkas, primarily from Tibet, have recently been gently cleaned, stabilized, and repaired. Vibrantly colored, intricately patterned, and ranging in height from two to nine feet, each work rewards close study.
Date: September 12, 2014
Website: http://www.middlebury.edu/arts/news/14-15
Location: picturing_enlightenment_seventh_dalai_lama September 12, Friday (through December 7) Picturing Enlightenment: Tibetan Tangkas from the Mead Art Museum Middlebury College Museum of Art, Christian A. Johnson Memorial Gallery
Fees/Admission: Free
Sep 12    Gallery Talk: Picturing Enlightenment
Cynthia Packert, Christian A. Johnson Professor of History of Art and Architecture, introduces the museum's newest exhibition of Tibetan scroll paintings on loan from the Mead Art Museum at Amherst College, Picturing Enlightenment: Tibetan Tangkas from the Mead Art Museum.
Date: September 12, 2014
Time: 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Website: http://www.middlebury.edu/arts/news/14-15
Location: Middlebury College Museum of Art
Fees/Admission: Free
Sep 12    ArtFULL Vermont opening reception
The multi-media, group exhibit, ArtFULL Vermont celebrates the remarkable diversity of creativity throughout Vermont. Come to the opening reception, meet the artists and enjoy another art form which Vermont is known for: music! Isabel Oliart on fiddle and McKinley James on cello, winners of the Young Tradition Weekend Contest, will give a performance at 6:15. Both classically trained, they will perform a mixture of New England style and Celtic music.
Date: September 12, 2014
Time: 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Website: http://www.cmacvt.org
Location: Compass Music and Arts Center Park Village at 333 Jones Dr. Brandon VT, 05733 (Park Village used to be the Brandon Training School, located 1.5 miles north of downtown Brandon off of Arnold District Rd.)
Contact: 802-247-4295
EMail: info@cmacvt.org
Date/Time Details: 5-8pm
Fees/Admission: Free to attend
Sep 13 - Sep 14    7th Annual Farmall Hill Antique Field Days
Demonstrations of horse and belt powered farm machinery: grain threshing, corn grinding, hay pressing, ensilage cutting, plowing, mowing. Historic sawmill operating, corn picking, and hay loader demonstration. Tractor games to watch or to participate in. Fresh churned ice cream and other food options available.
Date: September 13, 2014
Time: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Website: http://www.FarmallHill.org
Location: 695 Doolittle Road, Shoreham VT. Watch for signs on Route 22A and Route 74.
Contact: Lee Forgues and Ed James 802-468-5240 or 802-897-2075.
EMail: rpbowdish@gmavt.net
Date/Time Details: Saturday, Sept. 13 & Sunday Sept 14, 2014, 9:00AM to 5:00 PM. Rain or shine
Fees/Admission: $5.00 donation to defray expenses, under 12 admitted free.
Sep 13    Middlebury Quarry Open House
Geology rocks! Omya's Middlebury Quarry Open House is Saturday, September 13, 2014 from 10:00 a.m. ? 2:00 p.m. ? rain or shine. For a rock'n good time come see what Omya does and learn more about Vermont's geology and mining! Take a bus tour of the open-pit marble quarry or disembark and explore. View the large trucks and equipment on display, learn about rocks and minerals from experts and collect a souvenir! Suitable for all ages. Omya?s Middlebury Quarry access road (1975 Private Road) is located on the east side of Rt. 7, 2 miles south of Middlebury, VT or 1 mile north of the Rt. 125 & Rt. 7 intersection to East Middlebury. The turn (between Connor Homes & Foster Motors) will be prominently marked on the day of the event. For more information call the Omya Community Feedback Line at 802-770-7644 or visit http://www.omyainvermont.net.
Date: September 13, 2014
Time: 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Location: Omya's Middlebury Quarry access road (1975 Private Road) is located on the east side of Rt. 7, 2 miles south of Middlebury, VT or 1 mile north of the Rt. 125 & Rt. 7 intersection to East Middlebury. The turn (between Connor Homes & Foster Motors) will be prominently marked on the day of the event
Contact: For more information call the Omya Community Feedback Line at 802-770-7644 or visit http://www.omyainvermont.net.
Date/Time Details: Saturday, September 13, 2014 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Fees/Admission: Free
Sep 13    Inside Llewyn Davis
The latest Coen brothers movie is an original and intoxicating ramble through one struggling musician's fraught efforts to navigate the Greenwich Village folk scene of 1961. Attempting to reconcile his life and his art, Llewyn attempts to overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles that are often self-created. "This soulful, unabashedly lyrical film is best enjoyed by sinking into it like a sweet, sad dream"-Ann Hornaday, Washington Post. Sponsored by the Hirschfield International Film Series. (Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, USA/UK/France, 2014, 104 minutes)
Date: September 13, 2014
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Website: http://www.middlebury.edu/academics/fmmc/hirschfield/14-15#inside
Location: Dana Auditorium
Fees/Admission: Free
Sep 13    Woodchuck?s Revenge at Brandon Music
We're ushering in the fall music scene with a performance by Vermont's favorite, Woodchuck's Revenge. Their repertoire, which has been described as encyclopedic, is a mixture of traditional and contemporary folk songs including modern cowboy songs, Irish ballads, bluegrass and more, all with a healthy dose of humor. A pre-concert dinner is available. Reservations are required for dinner and recommended for the show. BYOB.
Date: September 13, 2014
Time: 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Website: http://www.brandon-music.net
Location: Brandon Music 62 Country Club Rd. Brandon, VT 05733
Contact: 802-465-4071
EMail: info@brandon-music.net
Date/Time Details: 7:30pm
Fees/Admission: Show $15, Dinner & Show $35
Sep 13    Inside Llewyn Davis
The latest Coen brothers movie is an original and intoxicating ramble through one struggling musician's fraught efforts to navigate the Greenwich Village folk scene of 1961. Attempting to reconcile his life and his art, Llewyn attempts to overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles that are often self-created. "This soulful, unabashedly lyrical film is best enjoyed by sinking into it like a sweet, sad dream"-Ann Hornaday, Washington Post. Sponsored by the Hirschfield International Film Series. (Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, USA/UK/France, 2014, 104 minutes)
Date: September 13, 2014
Time: 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Website: http://www.middlebury.edu/academics/fmmc/hirschfield/14-15#inside
Location: Dana Auditorium
Fees/Admission: Free
Sep 13    Mark LaVoie, voice and harmonica
Affiliate Artist Mark LaVoie has been playing harmonica and performing for over 42 years. His unique acoustic style is reminiscent of the late harmonica legend Sonny Terry, who was his mentor. With more than 35 harmonicas in his case, he plays with great range and brings his long history of authentic blues performance to this solo concert. Sponsored by the Department of Music.
Date: September 13, 2014
Time: 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Website: http://www.middlebury.edu/arts/news/14-15
Location: Mahaney Center for the Arts, Concert Hall
Fees/Admission: Free
Sep 14    Better L8 Than Never Car Show
10th Annual Car Show Sunday, September 14th, expecting over 200 cars plus music, food and a great relaxing day for all.

Hosted by the Snake Mountain Cruisers
Sponsored by the Addison County Chamber of Commerce
 
Date: September 14, 2014
Time: 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Website: http://www.BetterL8ThanNever.com
Location: Bristol Recreation Field
110 Airport Drive
Bristol, VT 05443
Contact: (802) 388-7951
EMail: maria@addisoncounty.com
Date/Time Details: Sunday, September 14th
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Fees/Admission: Free admission for Spectators ~ donations for Camp Ta-Kum-Ta greatly accepted!

Pre-registration(by 08/29): $10
Registration(after 08/30): $15
Sep 14    Vermont Mac & Cheese Challenge
2nd Annual Vermont Mac & Cheese Challenge Over 20 area Restaurants and Chefs compete for the title of Best Mac & Cheese and you're one of the judges! Enjoy over 20 gourmet Mac & Cheese dishes, live music, calf petting zoo, with Harpoon beer available for purchase. Proceeds benefit Sustainable Woodstock and The Vermont Foodbank. Kids 6 and under are free. Where: Artisans Park, Rte 5, Windsor, VT (next to Harpoon Brewery) When: September 14, 2014 from 11 - 3 For tickets: www.vtmacandcheese.com Tickets are $12 in advance or $15 at the door.
Date: September 14, 2014
Time: 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Website: http://www.vtmacandcheese.com/
Location: Where: Artisans Park, Rte 5, Windsor, VT (next to Harpoon Brewery)
Contact: sharon huntley 802-457-9992
EMail: sharon@vermontfarmstead.com
Date/Time Details: September 14, 2014 from 11 - 3
Fees/Admission: For tickets: www.vtmacandcheese.com Tickets are $12 in advance or $15 at the door. Kids 6 and under are free!
Sep 16    Slow Money Vermont Launch Event
Agricultural and food business entrepreneurs, investors, funders and lenders, and anyone interested in supporting the work of re-building a healthy food system in Vermont. Learn about the vision, goals, and structure of the new Slow Money Vermont Network. Presentations by National Slow Money movement founder, Woody Tasch, Cheryl Devos of Kimball Brook Farm Organic Milk, and leaders of the Slow Money Vermont. Network with entrepreneurs, investors, and service providers interested in building a sustainable local and regional food system. Slow Money Vermont is an emerging network that aims to inform, inspire and connect individuals, businesses, philanthropists, and investors interested in building a sustainable local and regional food system and to catalyze new investment opportunities in the people, businesses and communities that contribute to a sustainable food economy. Slow Money Vermont is being organized through a task force connected to the Vermont Farm to Plate - the statewide initiative to strengthen the food system. Slow Money Vermont aligns with the state's Farm to Plate goals to increase investments and financial partnerships in food system enterprises. Individuals, businesses, philanthropists, and investors interested in getting involved in Slow Money Vermont can learn more at: www.facebook.com/slowmoneyvermont Sponsors include: Vermont Farm to Plate, Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund, Inc., VSJF Flexible Capital Fund, L3C, Clean Yield Asset Management, Merritt, Merritt & Moulton, Sugarsnap Catering, Vermont Farm and Forest Viability Program
Date: September 16, 2014
Time: 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Website: http://www.facebook.com/SlowMoneyVermont.
Location: Vermont College of Fine Arts, The Chapel at College Hall, 36 College St, Montpelier, VT 05602. For a map and directions, visit http://www.vcfa.edu/maps-directions.
Contact: Recommended for food planning and parking permits. RSVP and inquiries to Caitlin Jenness, co-chair Slow Money Vermont: ckjenness@gmail.com, phone: (603) 620-3713.
EMail: ckjenness@gmail.com
Date/Time Details: September 16, 2014 5:30 -7:30 p.m.
Fees/Admission: Free and open to the public. Light refreshments served, cash bar.
Sep 18 - Sep 20    Clifford Symposium: Transforming the Academy in the Digital Era
This three-day symposium focuses on how transformations in digital technology and the corresponding cultural, political, economic, and social shifts are changing the worlds of higher education, scholarly research, and creative arts. Friday's events are hosted at Mahaney Center for the Arts, including a panel on the Arts in the Digital Age, at 2:15 PM. See the full schedule at go.middlebury.edu/clifford.
Date: September 18, 2014
Website: http://www.middlebury.edu/clifford
Location: Middlebury College Campus
Fees/Admission: Free
Sep 18    After Hours Business Mixer - September 2014

Please join us for our next After Hours Business Mixer. Great networking opportunities, tasty food, beverages, super door prizes, and Pot of Gold drawing!

Date: September 18, 2014
Time: 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Website: http://www.addisoncounty.com
Location:

Vermont Hard Cider
1321 Exchange Street
Middlebury

Contact: Sue Hoxie, 802-388-7951 x2
EMail: sue@addisoncounty.com
Date/Time Details: 5 - 7 pm
Fees/Admission: Gold Members: FREE; Members: $5; Guests: $10.
Sep 18    NC Dances VT Featuring work by Van Dyke Dance Group, Paul Besaw, and Christal Br
Professor emeritus and former chair of dance at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Jan Van Dyke knows both Paul Besaw and Christal Brown as former students. Now leading their respective dance programs at the University of Vermont and Middlebury College, Besaw and Brown contribute the unique artistic approaches they have developed since their Greensboro days to this rich gathering of dance. Sponsored by the Dance Program.
Date: September 18, 2014
Time: 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Website: http://www.middlebury.edu/arts/news/14-15
Location: Mahaney Center for the Arts, Dance Theatre
Fees/Admission: Tickets: $12/10/6; on sale to PASS members September 3; to Middlebury College ID card holders September 8; and to the general public on September 11. go.middlebury.edu/boxoffice 802.443.3168
Sep 19    Paul D. Miller (a.k.a. DJ Spooky, That Subliminal Kid)
Well known in popular culture as DJ Spooky, Miller is a groundbreaking and award-winning composer, multimedia artist, and writer, and the featured performer of the 2014 Clifford Symposium. He presents Of Water and Ice, a suite for string quartet, iPad, and video that explores the composition of ice and water, and our relationship to the vanishing environment of the arctic poles. All of the electronic sounds are generated by interpretations of either algorithms that mirror the geometry in ice crystals or the math of climate change data.
Date: September 19, 2014
Time: 9:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Website: http://www.middlebury.edu/arts/news/14-15
Location: Wilson Hall, McCullough Social Space
Fees/Admission: Tickets: $15/10/6; on sale to PASS members September 3; to Middlebury College ID card holders September 8; and to the general public on September 11. 802.443.3168
Sep 20    Computer Chess
Set in 1980 and shot in late-1970s analog, this film features teams competing at an annual gathering of chess software programmers to see which of their programs can perform the best against a human chess player. Director Andrew Bujalski transports viewers to a nostalgic moment of contention between technology and the human spirit. "A supremely intelligent, beautifully constructed film, interweaving comedy and character, satire and subtext"-Tom Huddleston, Time Out. Sponsored by the Hirschfield International Film Series. (Andrew Bujalski, USA, 2013, 92 minutes)
Date: September 20, 2014
Time: 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Website: http://www.middlebury.edu/academics/fmmc/hirschfield/14-15#computer
Location: Dana Auditorium
Fees/Admission: Free
Sep 20    Brandon Music presents Rick Ceballos & Matt Witten
An evening of finger-picking, toe-tapping, good old-fashioned folk music. Rick and Matt provide a wide range of folk music traditions, from early African banjo blues to their own modern compositions with Irish, French and Galician. Their music is played on a variety of banjos, squeezeboxes and rhythm instruments, all presented in a highly entertaining style. A pre-concert dinner is available. Reservations are required for dinner and recommended for the show. BYOB.
Date: September 20, 2014
Time: 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Website: http://www.brandon-music.net
Location: Brandon Music 62 Country Club Rd Brandon, VT 05733
Contact: 802-465-4071
EMail: info@brandon-music.net
Date/Time Details: 7:30pm
Fees/Admission: Show $15, Dinner & Show $35
Sep 20    Computer Chess
Set in 1980 and shot in late-1970s analog, this film features teams competing at an annual gathering of chess software programmers to see which of their programs can perform the best against a human chess player. Director Andrew Bujalski transports viewers to a nostalgic moment of contention between technology and the human spirit. "A supremely intelligent, beautifully constructed film, interweaving comedy and character, satire and subtext"-Tom Huddleston, Time Out. Sponsored by the Hirschfield International Film Series. (Andrew Bujalski, USA, 2013, 92 minutes)
Date: September 20, 2014
Time: 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Website: http://www.middlebury.edu/academics/fmmc/hirschfield/14-15#computer
Location: Dana Auditorium
Fees/Admission: Free
Sep 21    Natural History Hike
We'll salute the nature-loving Robinson family with a guided hike on the trail and grounds. Formerly home to sheep and dairy cattle, Rokeby's landscape reveals much of its historic past. Join us for a look at what's growing here now and why?
Date: September 21, 2014
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Website: http://www.rokeby.org
Location: Rokeby Museum
4334 Route 7
Ferrisburgh, VT 05456
Contact: Jane Williamson 802-877-3406
EMail: rokeby@comcast.net
Date/Time Details: Sunday, September 21, 3 pm
Sep 21    Nature HIke at Rokeby Museum
Join us for a hike on Rokeby Museum’s nature trail on Sunday, September 21 at 3:00 pm. We’ll salute the nature-loving Robinson family with a hike guided by Addison County forester Chris Olson. Formerly home to sheep and dairy cattle, Rokeby’s landscape reveals much of its historic past. We’ll take a look at what’s growing here now – and why.
Date: September 21, 2014
Time: 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Website: http://www.rokeby.org
Location: Rokeby Museum, 4334 Route 7, Ferrisburgh
 
Contact: 802-877-3460
EMail: rokeby@comcast.net
Date/Time Details: 3:00 pm
Sep 23    An Evening Without: Giving Voice To The Silenced
Vermont writers read from works that have been challenged, censored, or banned. This event is held during Banned Books Week (September 21-27) in celebration of the First Amendment. Admission by donation. Featured readers are Chris Bohjalian, Kathryn Davis, Ron Powers, Tanya Lee Stone, James M. Tabor, Ashley Wolff, Dana Yeaton. Emcee is ACLU-VT Executive Director Allen Gilbert. Parking for those with disabilities at the church; otherwise at nearby high school (watch for signs).
Date: September 23, 2014
Time: 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Website: http://www.acluvt.org
Location: Unitarian Church off Charles Ave., Middlebury
Contact: Andrea Warnke, ACLU-VT
EMail: info@acluvt.org
Date/Time Details: Tuesday, September 23, 7:00 p.m.
Fees/Admission: Admission by donation
Sep 25    Verbum est Res: Rendering Divinity in the Book of Kells
The Book of Kells is famous for the vibrancy of its decoration and the intricacy of its designs. Professor Ben Tilghman of Lawrence University explores how the calligraphy and ornament in the manuscript and related works represent an effort by its makers to solve the problem of depicting an invisible and unknowable god. Sponsored by the Department of History of Art and Architecture.
Date: September 25, 2014
Time: 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Website: http://www.middlebury.edu/arts/news/14-15
Location: Mahaney Center for the Arts, Room 125
Fees/Admission: Free
Sep 26 - Oct 3    Big Drawings
This rambunctious show of large-scale drawings from the Studio Art Program's fall drawing courses features handcrafted images that display inventive solutions to narrative and symbolic image making. Using a variety of materials, from charcoal to spray paint, the images reveal Middlebury students' imaginative inner lives. Sponsored by the Program in Studio Art.
Date: September 26, 2014
Website: http://www.middlebury.edu/arts/news/14-15
Location: Johnson Memorial Building
Fees/Admission: Free
Sep 26    Jeffrey Arnett: Emerging Adulthood
Psychologist Jeffrey Arnett of Clark University, who coined the term "emerging adulthood" to describe the life phase between adolescence and adulthood, speaks about what marks this period between ages 18 and 25. Following the talk, artist Kate Gridley leads a tour and discussion of her installation Passing Through: Portraits of Emerging Adults in the lower lobby of the Mahaney Center for the Arts. Sponsored by the Department of Psychology, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College Museum of Art, and Parton Center for Health and Wellness.
Date: September 26, 2014
Time: 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Website: http://www.middlebury.edu/arts/news/14-15
Location: Dana Auditorium
Fees/Admission: Free
Sep 26    Passing Through: Portraits of Emerging Adults
In this collaborative, interdisciplinary talk, Middlebury College playwrights under the direction of Dana Yeaton '79 present monologues written in response to Kate Gridley's portraits of emerging adults, and Gridley discusses the interplay of sound and vision in her exhibit honoring the presentation of self during the passage into adulthood.
Date: September 26, 2014
Time: 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Website: http://www.middlebury.edu/arts/news/14-15
Location: Town Hall Theater, Jackson Gallery
Fees/Admission: Free
Sep 26    Dinner and Conversation with Friends
The pre-performance dinner is back by popular demand! Before settling into the Concert Hall for an evening of chamber music by the Takács Quartet, join fellow concertgoers for a meal and a creative conversation about the arts in our community. Meet friends or make new ones at this catered buffet dinner.
Date: September 26, 2014
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Website: http://www.middlebury.edu/arts/news/14-15
Location: Mahaney Center for the Arts, Lower Lobby
Fees/Admission: Tickets: $25. On sale to PASS members September 3; to Middlebury College ID card holders September 8; and to the general public on September 11. go.middlebury.edu/boxoffice or 802.443.3168
Sep 26    Takács Quartet
Recognized as one of the world's great chamber music ensembles and a Middlebury favorite, the Grammy Award-winning Takács Quartet plays with an irresistible blend of virtuosic technique and engaging personality. The Guardian of London proclaims, "The Takács Quartet are matchless, their supreme artistry manifest at every level." For this opening event of the Performing Arts Series' 95th-anniversary season, the quartet performs quartets by Haydn and Debussy, as well as Beethoven's Op. 130 with the Allegro finale. Sponsored by the Performing Arts Series and the Performing Arts Series Society. Reserved Seating.
Date: September 26, 2014
Time: 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Website: http://www.middlebury.edu/arts/news/14-15
Location: Mahaney Center for the Arts, Concert Hall
Fees/Admission: Tickets: $25/20/6; PASS Members: $20/15/6. On sale to PASS members September 3; to Middlebury College ID card holders September 8; and to the general public on September 11. go.middlebury.edu/boxoffice or 802.443.3168
Sep 27    Bristol Harvest Festival
70 plus crafters/vendors, great bandstand music by the Bristol Harvest Festival Band, LC Jazz and more local talent, children's venue with games, pony rides, face painting, Apple Pie Contest, Pie Eating Contest, Chicken Wing Contest, Biggest Zucchini Contest, Tug O War, 5K Race and more! Organized by the Addison County Chamber of Commerce and the Bristol Recreation Dept.
Date: September 27, 2014
Time: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Website: http://www.BristolharvestFest.com
Location: Bristol Town Green Bristol
Contact: 802-388-7951 or 802-453-5885
EMail: sue@addisoncounty.com
Date/Time Details: Saturday, September 27 10:00 am
Sep 27    In the House
A 16-year-old boy becomes involved with the family of a fellow student and writes about it in essays for his French teacher. Faced with this gifted but unusual pupil, the teacher rediscovers enthusiasm for his work, but the boy's intrusion leads him into a treacherous no-man's land between the literary and the literal. "The view it affords is at once so silvery-clear and so misted with longing and confusion that, unexpectedly, it draws us close to heartache"-Anthony Lane, The New Yorker. Sponsored by the Hirschfield International Film Series. (François Ozon, France, 2012, 105 minutes)
Date: September 27, 2014
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Website: http://www.middlebury.edu/academics/fmmc/hirschfield/14-15#house
Location: Dana Auditorium
Fees/Admission: Free
Sep 27    Crockpot Spaghetti Supper
Saturday, September 27, 5 -7 pm, Congregational Church, Middlebury Crockpot Spaghetti Supper to benefit Robin Karov of Shoreham and the Northeast Lung Transplant Fund/HelpHOPELive. Enjoy a full meal of spaghetti with many fabulous homemade sauces to choose from including meat sauces, Alfredo sauces, vegetarian and gluten free sauces. Bread, salad and beverage also included. $5 a plate, tickets in advance or at the door. Bake Sale and Live Music. All proceeds go to nonprofit HelpHOPELive to benefit Robin Karov who needs a lung transplant. For more info or to purchase tickets in advance, contact Kathy Hall at 453-6088.
Date: September 27, 2014
Time: 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Location: Congregational Church, 1 Main Street, Middlebury, VT
Contact: Kathy Hall 453-6088
EMail: kathyhall1060@gmail.com
Date/Time Details: September 27 5 -7 p.m.
Fees/Admission: $5 a person
Sep 27    Caitlin Canty to make her Compass Music and Arts Center debut
Caitlin's Americana music is at the intersection of folk, blues and country. The singer-songwriter paints the line between joy and pathos with uncanny precision and power. When she sings, she becomes a part of the natural world the song inhabits, in an elegant and lucid poetry. She will be joined by Charlie Rose on pedal steel, guitar and banjo. A pre-concert dinner is available. Reservations are required for dinner and recommended for the show. Dinner is BYOB.
Date: September 27, 2014
Time: 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Website: http://www.cmacvt.org
Location: Park Village, 333 Jones Dr. Brandon VT, 05733 (Park Village used to be the Brandon Training School, located 1.5 miles north of downtown Brandon off of Arnold District Rd.).
Contact: 802-247-4295
EMail: info@cmacvt.org
Date/Time Details: 7:30pm
Fees/Admission: Show $15, Dinner & Show $35
Sep 27    In the House
A 16-year-old boy becomes involved with the family of a fellow student and writes about it in essays for his French teacher. Faced with this gifted but unusual pupil, the teacher rediscovers enthusiasm for his work, but the boy's intrusion leads him into a treacherous no-man's land between the literary and the literal. "The view it affords is at once so silvery-clear and so misted with longing and confusion that, unexpectedly, it draws us close to heartache"-Anthony Lane, The New Yorker. Sponsored by the Hirschfield International Film Series. (François Ozon, France, 2012, 105 minutes)
Date: September 27, 2014
Time: 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Website: http://www.middlebury.edu/academics/fmmc/hirschfield/14-15#house
Fees/Admission: Free
Sep 27    Eric Despard, classical guitar
Affiliate Artist Eric Despard shares contemporary classical guitar music inspired by non-Western musical traditions, including Italian composer Carlo Domeniconi's Turkish delight Koyunbaba; Cuban composer Leo Brouwer's Berceuse; Norwegian Composer Bjorn Skjelbred's Moves; American composer Benjamin Verdery's Be Kind All the Time for prepared electric classical guitar with chopsticks, loop, and volume pedals; and Steve Reich's Electric Counterpoint. Sponsored by the Department of Music.
Date: September 27, 2014
Time: 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Website: http://www.middlebury.edu/arts/news/14-15
Location: Mahaney Center for the Arts, Concert Hall
Fees/Admission: Free
Sep 28    Ugandan Suite: The Felipe Salles Group
Featuring seasoned international players--the legendary American saxophonist David Liebman, Brazilian percussionist Rogerio Boccato, and Middlebury's own Ugandan ethnomusicologist and multi-instrumentalist Damascus Kafumb--the Felipe Salles Group presents their latest work, Ugandan Suite. This five-movement jazz composition integrates Ugandan musical idioms with Western musical forms, reuniting African and diasporic African musics with a unique touch. Preconcert lecture at 7:00 PM. Sponsored by the Department of Music, Mahaney Center for the Arts, and Committee on the Arts.
Date: September 28, 2014
Time: 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Website: http://www.middlebury.edu/arts/news/14-15
Location: Mahaney Center for the Arts, Concert Hall
Fees/Admission: Tickets: $12/10/6. On sale to PASS members September 3; to Middlebury College ID card holders September 8; and to the general public on September 11. go.middlebury.edu/boxoffice or 802.443.3168
Sep 29    Models and Mimics: Homages in Music. Andrew Rangell, piano
The superb American pianist has returned to the concert stage after a seven-year hiatus recovering from a devastating hand injury. Now in fine concert form, he has focused his performances on thematic programming that incorporates elements beyond music. Through his active recording career, he has compiled a mind bogglingly vast and varied repertoire from Renaissance to new music, and including things like all of Beethoven's and much of Bach's keyboard output. Sponsored by the Department of Music. Free
Date: September 29, 2014
Time: 8:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Website: http://www.middlebury.edu/arts/news/14-15/sep14
Location: Mahaney Center for the Arts, Concert Hall
Contact: Middlebury College Box Office
EMail: cfa@middlebury.edu
Date/Time Details: September 29th, 2014: 8pm
Fees/Admission: Free, no tickets required.