Events for March 2015
Addison County Chamber of Commerce
Jan 1 - Apr 30    Beginning Piano Lessons at Compass
Ever wish you learned to play the piano? Now is your chance. Beginning piano lessons are being offered at Compass. Instructor, Kim Hewitt has taught piano for the past ten years in Bristol, Vermont and currently teaches at Otter Valley Union High School. The lessons, which are open to children and adults, will be offered every Monday and Thursday from 3:30-5:00 pm. $15 for a half hour lesson. Call Kim at 802-989-1694 to schedule lessons or for further details.
Date: January 1, 2015
Time: 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Website: http://www.cmacvt.org/events.htm
Location: 333 Jones Drive Brandon, VT 05733
Contact: Kim Hewitt: 802-989-1694
Date/Time Details: Mondays & Thursdays, 3:30-5 pm
Fees/Admission: $15/half hour lesson
Jan 6 - Apr 19    Mao, Sitting Bull, and Others: Recent Gifts from the Andy Warhol Foundation
The Andy Warhol Foundation has recently made a gift of 10 prints to the museum, thereby more than doubling our Warhol holdings. Now, in addition to the artist's iconic images of Marilyn Monroe, Mick Jagger, and Campbell's Soup, the museum owns vivid portraits of Chairman Mao, Goethe, Sitting Bull, Ingrid Bergman, and Queen Ntombi of Swaziland (one of Warhol's Reigning Queens of the mid-1980s).
Date: January 6, 2015
Website: http://www.middlebury.edu/arts/news/14-15/jan15
Location: Middlebury College Museum of Art, Overbrook Gallery
Contact: Middlebury College Mahaney Center for the Arts
EMail: cfa@middlebury.edu
Date/Time Details: January 6, Tuesday (through April 19)
Fees/Admission: Free
Jan 16 - Mar 28    2nd Annual Winter Art Mart at Compass Music and Arts Center
The winter season is upon us once again. Compass' Winter Art Mart is an exhibit which celebrates this stunning season by showing work by local artists, many portraying Vermont's beautiful winter season, along with a variety of other work in different media. Exhibiting artists include Gayl M. Braisted, Andrew David Christie, Lyn DuMoulin, Stu Hall, Maurie Harrington, Tom Merwin, Jim Samler, and Judith Reilly. An opening reception will be held on Friday, January 16 from 5-7pm.
Date: January 16, 2015
Time: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Website: http://www.brandon-music.net
Location: Compass Music and Arts Center is located in 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: Monday - Saturday, 10-5pm
Fees/Admission: Free to attend
Feb 13 - Apr 19    Outside In: Art of the Street
From outlaw status to the auction room, street art has become a global phenomenon. Its major practitioners--JR, Banksy, and Shepard Fairey, to name a few--have achieved rock-star recognition. This exhibition presents the graphic art of 19 street artists whose prestige has carried them from urban legend into high-profile international art museums and galleries
Date: February 13, 2015
Time: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Website: http://www.middlebury.edu/arts/news/14-15/feb15
Location: Middlebury College Museum of Art, Christian A. Johnson Memorial Gallery
EMail: boxoffice@middlebury.edu
Fees/Admission: Free
Feb 27 - Mar 1    2015 Vermont Flower Show
The 2015 Vermont Flower Show - "Spring Reflections" - will bring three days of spring to life as it offers a place of reflection and prepares us for the exciting season ahead!  Along with the grand landscaped central display, show goers also have the benefit of visiting over 90 vendors related to the horticultural/ gardening industry. The show offers educational seminars and workshops, a family room with hands-on activities and entertainment, cooking demonstrations, a bookstore, and VT Certified Horticulturists on hand to answer any gardening/landscaping questions, all included in the price of admission!  As Green Works marks its 50th year, we reflect on the thriving horticulture industry here in Vermont, and hope you will join us February 27 - March 1, 2015 and take a fantastic journey filled with flowers and fragrance and be inspired
Date: February 27, 2015
Time: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Website: http://greenworksvermont.org/vermont-flower-show/
Location: Champlain Valley Expo Center
Contact: Katie Remuzzi
EMail: info@delaneymeetingevent.com
Date/Time Details: 2/27/2015 - 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. 2/28/2015 - 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. 3/1/2015 - 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Fees/Admission: $15/Adults, $12/Seniors, $4/Kids
Mar 1    1st Sunday Public Breakfast Buffet
1ST SUNDAY PUBLIC BREAKFAST At your local Addison County VFW Post 7823 Exchange St, Middlebury, VT Sunday March 1st 8am-10am All you can eat for $8 per person Scrambled Eggs, Pancakes, Potatoes, Corned Beef Hash, Bacon, Sausage Sausage Gravy and Biscuits, Toast, Orange Juice, and Coffee. Open to the public. For more info call 388-9468  No reservations required
Date: March 1, 2015
Time: 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Location: VFW Post 7823 530 Exchange St Middlebury, VT 05753
Contact: Contact Post 7823 with any questions 802-388-9468
EMail: micsully@gmail.com
Date/Time Details: Sunday March 1 8am-10am
Fees/Admission: $8 per person
Mar 2    Addison County Legislative Breakfast
Meet with your Addison County legislators.

Breakfasts start at 7 a.m.; program begins at 7:30 a.m. and ends at 8:45 a.m.
Sponsored by Bridport Grange #303 and Addison County Farm Bureau.
Supported by:  Addison County Chamber of Commerce
                         Addison County Regional Planning
Date: March 2, 2015
Time: 7:00 AM - 8:45 AM
Location: Town Hall
Whiting
Date/Time Details: March 2
7:00 am
Fees/Admission: Purchase of breakfast not required to attend but helps our hosts to defray the cost of opening their hall.
 
Mar 3 - Mar 4    Camille A. Brown and Dancers
Camille A. Brown is aprolific choreographer who has earned multiple accolades and awards for her daring works. Her latest work, Black Girl, is a multimedia depiction of the complexities of carving out a positive identity as a black female in urban American culture. Combining history and musicology with fantastical imagery from Alice in Wonderland, this work offers a grand narrative reflecting on feminism, patriarchy, and how women navigate within this world. Middlebury's performances during women's history month also include works by three female emerging choreographers
Date: March 3, 2015
Time: 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Website: http://www.middlebury.edu/arts/news/14-15/mar15
Location: Middlebury College Mahaney Center for the Arts, Dance Theatre
EMail: boxoffice@middlebury.edu
Date/Time Details: March 3-4,* Tuesday & Wednesday*
Fees/Admission: Tickets: $20
Mar 4    Vermont Humanities Council's First Wednesdays Lecture Series for March - "You Are Not Special'... and Other Encouragements"
Expanding on his popular commencement speech, viewed by millions on YouTube, high school English teacher and father of four David McCullough Jr. considers how we raise our kids today, and why passionate engagement — rather than success for its own sake — is critical to a fulfilling, happy life.
Date: March 4, 2015
Website: http://www.vermonthumanities.org/WhatWeDo/FirstWednesdays/FirstWednesdaysMiddlebury/tabid/166/Default.aspx
Location: Ilsley Public Library
Middlebury
Contact: Ilsley Library 388-4095 or Vermont Humanities Council at 802-262-2626
EMail: info@vermonthumanities.org
Date/Time Details: March 4 at 7:00 pm
Fees/Admission: Free and open to the public and presented by Vermont Humanities Council
Mar 4    Shine and Dine at Tourterelle!
Need an excuse to go to Tourterelle? I sure do, which is why SunCommon is hosting a Shine and Dine at Tourterelle on March 4th from 5:30 to 7:00PM! RSVP Here: http://bit.ly/Tourterelle Come try some of Tourterelle's great local appetizers and a drink courtesy of SunCommon!  Some of your neighbors who have gone solar will be there to tell you about their experience, as well as some Community Solar Array Members.Those are folks who can't go solar at their own property, but still benefit from solar power through. Stop by Tourterelle to learn about their experience and ask your solar questions
Date: March 4, 2015
Time: 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Website: http://suncommon.com/event/shine-n-dine-tourterelle/
Location: Tourterelle Restaurant
Contact: 8027930662
EMail: radler@suncommon.com
Date/Time Details: Wednesday March 4th from 5:30 to 7:00PM
Fees/Admission: Free!
Mar 5    Style Wars
Screening of the 1983 film and Q&A with producer Henry Chalfant, the photographer who documented the cult and culture of graffiti in New York in the 1970s and 80s. In conjunction with the exhibition Outside In: Art of the Street at the Middlebury College Museum of Art, Henry Chalfant offers first-hand knowledge of the phenomenon of rampant street art. Co-sponsored by the Middlebury College Museum of Art, Film and Media Culture, Geography Department, and History of Art and Architecture.
Date: March 5, 2015
Time: 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Website: http://www.middlebury.edu/arts/news/14-15/mar15
Location: Middlebury College, Dana Auditorium
Contact: Middlebury College Box Office 802-443-3168
EMail: boxoffice@middlebury.edu
Date/Time Details: March 5, Thursday 4:30 PM
Fees/Admission: Free
Mar 5    Style Wars
Screening of the 1983 film and Q&A with producer Henry Chalfant, the photographer who documented the cult and culture of graffiti in New York in the 1970s and 80s. In conjunction with the exhibition Outside In: Art of the Street at the Middlebury College Museum of Art, Henry Chalfant offers first-hand knowledge of the phenomenon of rampant street art.
Date: March 5, 2015
Time: 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Website: http://www.middlebury.edu/arts/news/14-15/mar15
Location: Middlebury College Dana Auditorium
EMail: boxoffice@middlebury.edu
Date/Time Details: March 5, Thursday 4:30 PM
Fees/Admission: Free
Mar 5    Adult and Kids Swing Dancing Classes at Compass
Swing dancing in Vermont may be more popular than you know! Informal dances are held throughout the state on a regular basis. Give it a chance and you might just be completely surprised how much fun you have! On March 5, 12, 19, and 26th, David Allan will teach a beginner class for kids from 5:15-6:15pm, an adult beginner class from 6:45-7:45pm and an intermediate adult level course from 8:00-9:00pm. $25 for the kid's series, $40 for one adult series or $65 for both. Reservations are required.
Date: March 5, 2015
Time: 5:15 PM - 9:00 PM
Website: http://www.cmacvt.org
Location: Compass Music and Arts Center 333 Jones Dr. Brandon, VT 05733
Contact: 802-247-4295
EMail: info@cmacvt.org
Date/Time Details: Kids: 5:15-6:15pm; Adult beginner: 6:45-7:45pm; Adult intermediate: 8:00-9:00pm
Fees/Admission: $25 for the kid's series, $40 for one adult series or $65 for both
Mar 6 - Mar 7    Sola, an evening of solo dances
Dance Linkages and Middlebury College present Sola, an evening of solo dances. Choreographed for and by women, and curated by University of South Florida assistant professor Andee Scott, the performance showcases the work of choreographers from around the country including Middlebury College Assistant Professor of Dance Tzveta Kassabova (Vermont), Amy Chavasse (Michigan), Pam Pietro (New York), Mary Williford-Shade (Texas), and Bliss Kohlmyer and Andee Scott (Florida). Sponsored by the Dance Program.
Date: March 6, 2015
Time: 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Website: http://www.middlebury.edu/arts/news/14-15/mar15
Location: Middlebury College Mahaney Center for the Arts, Dance Theatre
Contact: Middlebury College Box Office 802-443-3168
EMail: boxoffice@middlebury.edu
Date/Time Details: March 6-7, Friday-Saturday 8 PM each evening
Fees/Admission: Tickets: $12/10/6
Mar 6 - Mar 7    Sola, an evening of solo dances
Dance Linkages and Middlebury College present Sola, an evening of solo dances. Choreographed for and by women, and curated by University of South Florida assistant professor Andee Scott, the performance showcases the work of choreographers from around the country including Middlebury College Assistant Professor of Dance Tzveta Kassabova (Vermont), Amy Chavasse (Michigan), Pam Pietro (New York), Mary Williford-Shade (Texas), and Bliss Kohlmyer and Andee Scott (Florida).
Date: March 6, 2015
Time: 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Website: http://www.middlebury.edu/arts/news/14-15/mar15
Location: Middlebury College Mahaney Center for the Arts, Dance Theatre
EMail: boxoffice@middlebury.edu
Date/Time Details: March 6-7, Friday-Saturday 8 PM each evening
Fees/Admission: Tickets: $12
Mar 7    Addison County Field & Field Days Gala

Our annual gala is our only fundraiser.

The proceeds from this year's gala will go towards improving the Safety Building.
Date: March 7, 2015
Location:
American Legion
49 Wilson Road
Middlebury
Contact: 802-545-2557 - Cara Mullin
EMail: fielddays@gmavt.net
Date/Time Details: Saturday, March 7 at 6:00 pm
6:00 pm Social Hour – 7:00 pm Dinner - 8:00 pm Drawing
 9:00 Entertainment: DJ Tony Lamoureux
 
 
Fees/Admission:

$125 per couple - includes entry into the door prizes, dinner, entertainment and entry into our Big Raffle which has 20 prizes the Grand Prize being $2500 - You do not have to be present to win
Mar 7    Artist Sale at Compass
Artists will be selling "seconds" and other finished artwork in addition to their unused art supplies, all at discounted rates. This is a great opportunity for fellow artists and hobbyists alike to stock up on useful supplies and for the public at large to shop a unique selection of affordable artwork from area artists. Interested in selling your items? Spaces can be reserved through Thursday, March 5th. Visit www.cmacvt.org or call 802-247-4295 for more details.
Date: March 7, 2015
Time: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Website: http://www.cmacvt.org
Location: Compass Music and Arts Center 333 Jones Dr. Brandon, VT 05733
Contact: 802-247-4295
EMail: info@cmacvt.org
Date/Time Details: 10:00am - 4:00pm
Fees/Admission: Free to attend
Mar 7    The Missing Picture
In this brilliant documentary about his childhood spent clinging to life in Cambodia's killing fields, Rithy Panh uses clay figures, archival footage, and his narration to reconstruct the atrocities committed by the Khmer Rouge from 1975 to 1979. Raising fascinating and problematic questions about representation, "the audacity of The Missing Picture is equaled only by its soulfulness", Manohla Dargis, New York Times.
Date: March 7, 2015
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Website: http://www.middlebury.edu/arts/news/14-15/mar15
Location: Middlebury College Dana Auditorium
EMail: boxoffice@middlebury.edu
Date/Time Details: March 7, Saturday 3:00 and 8:00 PM
Fees/Admission: Free
Mar 7    An Evening of Songs and Arias
Select students of affiliate artists Carol Christensen, Susanne Peck, and Beth Thompson present a variety of songs, duets, and arias that range from the Baroque era to the present. Accompanied by Cynthia Huard and Annemieke Spoelstra McLane, piano.
Date: March 7, 2015
Time: 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Website: http://www.middlebury.edu/arts/news/14-15/mar15
Location: Middlebury College Mahaney Center for the Arts, Concert Hall
EMail: boxoffice@middlebury.edu
Date/Time Details: March 7, Saturday 8:00 PM
Fees/Admission: Free
Mar 8    No Limit Texas Hold Em Tournament
There will be a No Limit Texas Hold Em Tournament Vergennes American Legion Post 14 100 Armory Lane, Vergennes, VT Sunday March 8 at 1pm. $50 Per Seat - no buy backs. Open to the public Sponsored by the Vergennes Lions Club and the American Legion Auxiliary Unit 14
Date: March 8, 2015
Time: 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: Vergennes American Legion Post 14 100 Armory Lane Vergennes, VT 05491
Contact: Michelle Eastman
EMail: micsully@gmail.com
Date/Time Details: Sunday March 8, 2015 1pm
Fees/Admission: $50 per seat
Mar 9    Addison County Legislative Breakfast
Meet with your Addison County legislators.

Breakfasts start at 7 a.m.; program begins at 7:30 a.m. and ends at 8:45 a.m.
Sponsored by Bridport Grange #303 and Addison County Farm Bureau.
Supported by:  Addison County Chamber of Commerce
                         Addison County Regional Planning
Date: March 9, 2015
Time: 7:00 AM - 8:45 AM
Location: American Legion
Middlebury
Date/Time Details: March 9
7:00 am
Fees/Admission: Purchase of breakfast not required to attend but helps our hosts to defray the cost of opening their hall.
 
Mar 9 - Mar 17    Scratching the Surface: Intaglio Prints
Students in Hedya Klein's class display the works they created while exploring traditional and contemporary methods of printmaking using drawing, layering, and hand-coloring applications. Intaglio encompasses an array of techniques: in essence, ink is applied to a plate, which can be made of anything from copper to cardboard, and then transferred onto paper by pulling it through a press.
Date: March 9, 2015
Time: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Website: http://www.middlebury.edu/arts/news/14-15/mar15
Location: Middlebury College Johnson Memorial Building, Mezzanine
EMail: boxoffice@middlebury.edu
Date/Time Details: March 9, Monday (through March 17)
Fees/Admission: Free
Mar 9    Bart Devolder
Bart Devolder, member of the restoration team of the Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage (KIK-IRPA) will speak about his work restoring Jan Van Eyck's Altarpiece of the Mystic Lamb, also known as the Ghent Altarpiece, one of the most important paintings in the history of western art. The conservation/restoration treatment of the altarpiece began in October 2012 in the Museum of Fine Arts Ghent, where the public can witness every step.
Date: March 9, 2015
Time: 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Website: http://www.middlebury.edu/arts/news/14-15/mar15
Location: Middlebury College Mahaney Center for the Arts, Concert Hall
EMail: boxoffice@middlebury.edu
Date/Time Details: March 9, Monday 4:30 PM
Fees/Admission: Free
Mar 9    Bart Devolder, ?The Conservation and Study of the Ghent Altarpiece by the Brothe
Bart Devolder, member of the restoration team of the Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage (KIK-IRPA) will speak about his work restoring Jan Van Eyck's Altarpiece of the Mystic Lamb, also known as the Ghent Altarpiece, one of the most important paintings in the history of western art. The conservation/restoration treatment of the altarpiece began in October 2012 in the Museum of Fine Arts Ghent, where the public can witness every step. Sponsored by the Department of History of Art and Architecture and the Director of the Arts, and the Middlebury College Museum of Art.
Date: March 9, 2015
Time: 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Website: http://www.middlebury.edu/arts/news/14-15/mar15
Location: Middlebury College, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Concert Hall
Contact: Middlebury College Box Office
EMail: boxoffice@middlebury.edu
Date/Time Details: March 9, Monday 4:30 PM
Fees/Admission: Free
Mar 10 - Apr 11    In Champlain's Wake: Trapping Boats of the Lake Champlain Basin, exhibit at Sheldon Museum

In Champlain’s Wake: Trapping Boats of the Lake Champlain Basin represents an innovative research partnership with the Patricia A. Hannaford Career Center, a technical, workplace and continuing educational school for secondary and adult students, also located in Middlebury.

The exhibit showcases the work of thirteen high school students who researched the traditions of trapping and boatbuilding in the Champlain Valley.  Under the direction of Vergennes-based boatbuilder Douglas Brooks and Hannaford’s STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Education) instructor Jake Burnham, the students conducted interviews with trappers, measured historic trapping boats, built replica boats, and produced detailed drawings, undertaking a much-needed comprehensive documentation of vernacular Lake Champlain small watercaft.
This exhibit includes one historic trapping boat from Addison County and a student-built replica, along with traps, a push pole, stretching boards for animal pelts, historic photographs of trappers, as well as a video highlighting the student activities throughout the semester, along with excerpts from the trapper interviews.For more information, visit www.HenrySheldonMuseum.org or call 802-388-2117.
Date: March 10, 2015
Time: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Website: http://www.HenrySheldonMuseum.org
Location: Henry Sheldon Museum, One Park Street, Middlebury, VT 05753
Contact: 802-388-2117
EMail: info@henrysheldonmuseum.org
Date/Time Details: through April 11, 2015. Tuesday-Saturday/10 am - 5 pm
Fees/Admission: Adult $5.00; Youth (6-18) $3.00; Under 6 Free; Student with current ID $4.00; Senior $4.50; Family $12.00
Mar 10 - Apr 11    The Museum as Muse for Six Vermont Poets: ?No Ideas but in Things? exhibit at Sheldon Museum
Six Vermont poets, members of Spring Street Poets Workshop of Addison County Vermont, searched Middlebury’s Sheldon Museum’s galleries and storerooms and were inspired. The result is a curated exhibition of artifacts selected by the poets, the poems they triggered. The participating authors are Spring Street Poets’ founder David Weinstock and contributing members Janet Fancher, Kari Hansen, Ray Hudson, Janice Miller Potter, and Mary Pratt.  The inspirational treasures selected by them range from a 19th century women’s corset and bustle, a memorial wreath of human hair, fine and folk art paintings and portraits, a wooden kitchen sink and a wooden flute, a historic marble road sign designating the distance between Vergennes and Middlebury, family diaries, a unique belt of Caribou teeth from the Yukon River, a silk cigar-ribbon quilt, telegraph keys, and antique spectacles.
Date: March 10, 2015
Time: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Website: http://henrysheldonmuseum.org/exhibits/the-museum-as-muse-for-six-vermont-poets-no-ideas-but-in-things/
Location: Sheldon Museum, One Park Street, Middlebury, VT 05753
Contact: 802-388-2117
EMail: info@henrysheldonmuseum.org
Date/Time Details: Through April 11, 2015. Tues-Sat/10 am-5 pm
Fees/Admission: Adult $5.00; Youth (6-18) $3.00; Under 6 Free; Student with current ID $4.00; Senior $4.50; Family $12.00
Mar 13    Ceremony
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Date: March 13, 2015
Time: 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Location: 68 S. Pleasant St., Middlebury VT 05753
EMail: publicity@townhalltheater.org
Date/Time Details: 3/13/2015
Fees/Admission: $20
Mar 14    Creative Music & Live Looping Workshop with Acoustic Double-Neck Guitarist Ian E
Prior to a concert at Brandon Music, the double-neck guitarist will offer a workshop at Compass for all musicians and those interested in music to develop their knowledge, skills and explore their unique creative potential. Ian will focus on ear training, developing better timing and rhythmic versatility and the technological aspects of live looping for which he is so well known. Register by March 13th at 4pm.
Date: March 14, 2015
Time: 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Website: http://www.cmacvt.org
Location: Compass Music and Arts Center 333 Jones Dr. Brandon, VT 05733
Contact: 802-247-4295
EMail: info@cmacvt.org
Date/Time Details: 11am-2pm
Fees/Admission: $35
Mar 14    Vermont Chili Festival
We're turning up the heat on the Vermont Chili Fest! This year, a panel of judges will be determining the best of the best in all six categories of chili: Veggie, Beef, Chicken, Game, Kitchen Sink and Pork. Winners will each receive a cash prize and will go on to compete in the best-of-the-best Overall Winner category. And, everyone who attends the festival will be able to vote for their favorite. The top vote-getter will also receive a cash prize and the destination of "People's Choice" award winner! The top chilies will be announced throughout the afternoon. So come sample your way through the closed off streets of historic Downtown Middlebury amid music and other entertainment and don't forget to stop in the beverage tent for some of the best local products available as well as live music from The Grift.
Date: March 14, 2015
Time: 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Website: http://vtchilifest.com
Location: Downtown Middlebury, VT
Contact: Better Middlebury Partnership 377-1752
EMail: vermontchilifest@gmail.com
Date/Time Details: March 14, 1:00pm
Fees/Admission: $7 at the door, $5 in advance (under 8 free)
Mar 14    Met live in HD LaDonna Del Lago
Joyce DiDonato and Juan Diego Flórez join forces for this Rossini showcase of bel canto virtuosity, set in the medieval Scottish highlands. DiDonato is the "lady of the lake" of the title, and Flórez is the king who relentlessly pursues her, with their vocal fireworks embellishing the tragic plot. This Met premiere production is directed by Paul Curran and conducted by Michele Mariotti. A free introductory talk about today's opera will be given by Greg Vitercek at 12:15 pm. Refreshments will be served. Sponsored by the Opera Company of Middlebury.
Date: March 14, 2015
Time: 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Website: http://www.townhalltheater.org.
Location: 68 S. Pleasant St. Middlebury Vt. 05753
Contact: Judy Holler
EMail: publicity@townhalltheater.org
Fees/Admission: $24/$10 students
Mar 14    Omar
Omar is a Palestinian baker who routinely climbs over the separation wall to meet up with his girlfriend. By night he risks his life to strike at the Israeli military. After his arrest and torture, Omar courts danger by becoming an informant. Palestinian filmmaker Hany Abu-Assad (Paradise Now) has made a dynamic, action-packed drama that is "told with a stark, pitiless clarity that leaves you with fewer answers than before", Ty Burr, Boston Globe.
Date: March 14, 2015
Time: 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Website: http://www.middlebury.edu/arts/news/14-15/feb15
Location: Middlebury College Dana Auditorium
EMail: boxoffice@middlebury.edu
Date/Time Details: March 14, Saturday 3:00 and 8:00 PM
Fees/Admission: Free
Mar 14    Pre Spring Fling Spaghetti Dinner and Dance
VFW Post 7823 will be hosting a Pre Spring Fling on Saturday March 14th at the club on Exchange St in Middlebury. Cocktail Hour starts at 5:30 followed by a Spaghetti Dinner featuring Tossed Salad, Spaghetti, Meatballs, Garlic Bread, and Dessert. $9 per person Dancing to Triple B DJ to follow dinner. Cash Bar Open to the public
Date: March 14, 2015
Time: 5:30 PM - 11:00 PM
Location: VFW Post 7823 530 Exchange St Middlebury, VT 05753
Contact: 802-388-9468 for more information
EMail: micsully@gmail.com
Date/Time Details: Saturday March 14, 2015 5:30 Cocktails Dinner and Dancing to Follow
Fees/Admission: $9.00 per person
Mar 14    Acoustic Double-neck guitarist Ian Ethan Case returns to Brandon Music
Ian's last performance left the audience exhilarated, exhausted, amazed and enthralled. He is only about one of five musicians worldwide to tackle the acoustic double-necked guitar in earnest. "Ian Ethan represents something so new in musical approach, that the result is near impossible to pigeon hole into a 'sounds like' statement ?" (Peter Bruce Wilder) A pre-concert dinner is available. Reservations are required for dinner and recommended for the show. BYOB.
Date: March 14, 2015
Time: 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Website: http://www.brandon-music.net
Location: Brandon Music 62 Country Club Rd. Brandon, VT 05733
Contact: 802-247-4295
EMail: info@brandon-music.net
Date/Time Details: 7:30pm
Fees/Admission: Show $15, Dinner & Show $35
Mar 14    Elias String Quartet
Sara Bitlloch, violin Donald Grant, violin Martin Saving, viola Marie Bitlloch, cello Described by the Washington Post as possessing "deft phrasing, a fine sense of dramatic pacing and seamless ensemble work," the Elias Quartet has emerged as one of the most intense and vibrant quartets of its generation. They continue their acclaimed Beethoven Project, delighting us with an all-Beethoven program, including opp. 95, 131, and 135. Associate professor of music Larry Hamberlin offers a pre-concert lecture at 7:00 PM in Room 221. This free Performing Arts Series concert is made possible with generous support from the Institute for Clinical Science and Art, in memory of F. William Sunderman Jr. and Carolyn Reynolds Sunderman.
Date: March 14, 2015
Time: 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Website: http://www.middlebury.edu/arts/news/14-15/mar15
Location: Middlebury College, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Concert Hall
Contact: Middlebury College Box Office 802-443-3168
EMail: boxoffice@middlebury.edu
Date/Time Details: March 14, Saturday 8:00 PM
Fees/Admission: Free; no tickets required
Mar 14    Elias String Quartet
Described by the Washington Post as possessing "deft phrasing, a fine sense of dramatic pacing and seamless ensemble work",  the Elias Quartet has emerged as one of the most intense and vibrant quartets of its generation. They continue their acclaimed Beethoven Project, delighting us with an all-Beethoven program, including opp. 95, 131, and 135. Associate professor of music Larry Hamberlin offers a pre-concert lecture at 7:00 PM in Room 221.
Date: March 14, 2015
Time: 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Website: http://www.middlebury.edu/arts/news/14-15/mar15
Location: Middlebury College Mahaney Center for the Arts, Concert Hall
EMail: boxoffice@middlebury.edu
Date/Time Details: March 14, Saturday 8:00 PM
Fees/Admission: Free; no tickets required
Mar 15    Timothy Cummings and Guests
This year's St. Patrick's Day celebration features a hybrid of concert and participatory dance, highlighting the rich and related traditions of Ireland and Appalachia. Timothy Cummings, affiliate artist and piper, is joined by Pete Sutherland (fiddle, banjo, song), Dominique Dodge (harp, song), Caleb Elder '04 (fiddle, mandolin), Mary Wesley (dance caller), and student guests. This gathering is sure to warm both hearts and bodies at winter's end.
Date: March 15, 2015
Time: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Website: http://www.middlebury.edu/arts/news/14-15/mar15
Location: Middlebury College Wilson Hall, McCullough Social Space
EMail: boxoffice@middlebury.edu
Date/Time Details: March 15, Sunday 4:00 PM
Fees/Admission: Free
Mar 16    Addison County Legislative Breakfast
Meet with your Addison County legislators.

Breakfasts start at 7 a.m.; program begins at 7:30 a.m. and ends at 8:45 a.m.
Sponsored by Bridport Grange #303 and Addison County Farm Bureau.
Supported by:  Addison County Chamber of Commerce
                         Addison County Regional Planning
Date: March 16, 2015
Time: 7:00 AM - 8:45 AM
Location: American Legion
Bristol
Date/Time Details: March 16
7:00 am
Fees/Admission: Purchase of breakfast not required to attend but helps our hosts to defray the cost of opening their hall.
 
Mar 17    "The Empty Room and the End of Man", Guest Speaker: Robert Slifkin
During the 1960s and early 1970s many artists in the United States created works that through their monumental scale, use of refracted light, and architectonic enclosures encouraged viewers to engage in an expansively spatial manner so that the gallery itself became an aesthetically-charged site. Many of the original viewers of these works experienced these unconventional, frequently austere, and affectless objects and installations as threatening and even aggressive. Drawing upon the original reception of some of the most significant public exhibitions of minimal and postminimal art (taking the work of William Anastasi, Dan Flavin, Robert Barry, and Bruce Nauman as key examples) this paper will argue that these works and "environments"  (to use a word often invoked around such art) produced experiential situations that served as imaginary figurations of what the world would look and feel like without human inhabitation or if the viewer was the last person on the Earth. Yet the works characteristically Spartan simplicity and attention to raw materiality also figured a possible future world uncluttered by unnecessary possessions, a world, according to theorists like Buckminster Fuller and Herbert Marcuse, that would distribute resources equitably and thus make warfare obsolete. By creating works that imagine uninhabitable or empty physical spaces or, through their massive size or spatial expansiveness, encourage a mode of spectatorship and photographic reproduction that occludes other people, these works channeled a larger cultural anxiety concerning the threat of nuclear annihilation and the need for economic and political justices that fundamentally inflected, however unconsciously, significant realms of postwar American culture well into the 1970s.
Date: March 17, 2015
Time: 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Location: Mahaney Center for the Arts, Room 125
Mar 18    In Champlain's Wake: Trapping Boats of the Lake Champlain Basin
A reception will be held at the Sheldon Museum to celebrate the achievements of the students from the Patricia A. Hannaford Career Center who researched the traditions of trapping and boatbuilding in the Champlain Valley under the direction of Vergennes-based boatbuilder Douglas Brooks and Hannaford’s STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Education) instructor Jake Burnham. The evening will include a presentation by Brooks and Burnham highlighting the students’ accomplishments. The exhibit runs March 10 through April 11, 2015 at the Museum.
 
Date: March 18, 2015
Website: http://www.henrysheldonmuseum.org
Location: Sheldon Museum
1 Park Street, Middlebury
Contact: 802-388-2117
EMail: mmanley@henrysheldonmuseum.org
Date/Time Details: March 18
7 p.m.
Fees/Admission: Included with regular museum admission; museum members free.
Mar 19 - Apr 3    Line in Space: Just a Corner of Your Memory Palace
Students from Sanford Mirling's fall class, Sculpture I: Communicating in Three Dimensions, exhibit works focused on the limitless, form-making possibilities of welded-steel rod. While tackling elemental aesthetic issues of balance, volume, perspective, and scale, each sculpture provides a glimpse into the artist's own personal narrative. As a collection, these pieces represent earnest experiments in translating two dimensions into three and memories into new realities.
Date: March 19, 2015
Time: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Website: http://www.middlebury.edu/arts/news/14-15/mar15
Location: Middlebury College Johnson Memorial Building
EMail: boxoffice@middlebury.edu
Date/Time Details: March 19, Thursday (through April 3)
Fees/Admission: Free
Mar 19    After Hours Business Mixer - March 2015

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: March 19, 2015
Time: 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Website: http://www.addisoncounty.com
Location:

Phoenix Rising Yoga
5 Mountain Street
Bristol
Contact: Pam Freilich, 802-388-7951
EMail: pam@addisoncounty.com
Date/Time Details: 5 - 7 pm
Fees/Admission: Gold Members: FREE; Members: $5; Guests: $10.
Mar 21    Middlebury Beverage Wine and Craft Beer Show
Joe Cotroneo of Middlebury Beverage has invited 6 craft beer makers and 6 wineries to come to Town Hall Theater for an epic tasting, all to benefit St. Mary's school. Included in the evening is an assortment of delicious food. Eat, drink and be merry for St. Mary's!
Date: March 21, 2015
Time: 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Location: 688 S. Pleasant St., Middlebury VT 05752
Contact: Judy Holler
EMail: publicity@townhalltheater.org
Fees/Admission: $20/$30 couple
Mar 21    Yabuno Ettun Project returns to Brandon Music
Yabuno Ettun Project, Ehud Ettun, bassist, and Haruka Yabuno, pianist, describe their music as "simple, but unique, and fun." The two young masters see their music as the next level of conversation. Their improvisatory music is on the line between classical and jazz with a mixture of Baroque esthetics and contemporary jazz. A pre-concert dinner is available. Reservations are required for dinner and recommended for the show. BYOB.
Date: March 21, 2015
Time: 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Website: http://www.brandon-music.net
Location: Brandon Music 62 Country Club Rd. Brandon, VT 05733
Contact: 802-247-4295
EMail: info@brandon-music.net
Date/Time Details: 7:30pm
Fees/Admission: Show $15, Dinner and Show $35
Mar 22    Homeward Bound Folk and Blues Fest!
In addition to four bands, Magicians Without Borders will be performing from 2-3 pm in the cafe.
 
Date: March 22, 2015
Time: 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Website: http://www.homewardboundanimals.org
Location: Marquis Theater - Main Street
Middlebury
Contact: 388-1100
EMail: hmanley@homewardboundanimals.org
Date/Time Details: March 22
1:00 - 4:00 pm
Fees/Admission: $15/adults, $10/age 12 and under
Purchase tickets in advance at the Marquis Theater or on the day of the event.
Mar 22    Champlain Philharmonic
The spring concert of the Champlain Philharmonic brings to life two well-loved works, Dvorak's New World Symphony and Beethoven's Egmont Overture. It will also feature the young winners of the Philharmonic's concerto competition. Nova Wang will perform the first movement of Mozart's A major violin concerto, K.219 and Erin Dundas will play Fritz Kreisler's Praeludium and Allegro.
Date: March 22, 2015
Time: 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Location: 68 S. Pleasant St. , Middlebury VT.05753
Contact: Judy Holler
EMail: publicity@townhalltheater.org
Fees/Admission: $15/$10 senior/$5 student
Mar 23    Addison County Legislative Governor's Luncheon
Meet with your Addison County legislators.

Luncheon begins at 12 noon; ends at 1:45 p.m.

Sponsored by Bridport Grange #303 and Addison County Farm Bureau.

 
Date: March 23, 2015
Time: 12:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Location: American Legion
Vergennes
Date/Time Details: March 23
12:00 pm
Mar 28    The Michele Fay Band to play at Brandon Music
The Michele Fay Band is a compelling and captivating ensemble featuring original and Americana music that brings forth a comfortable groove of folk, swing, and bluegrass-influenced songs. Fay's heartfelt lyrics are woven seamlessly together as she delivers with a crystal clear, authentic voice accompanied by guitar, fiddle, bass and banjo. A pre-concert dinner is available. Reservations are required for dinner and recommended for the show. BYOB.
Date: March 28, 2015
Time: 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Website: http://www.brandon-music.net
Location: Brandon Music 62 Country Club Rd. Brandon, VT 05733
Contact: 802-247-4295
EMail: info@brandon-music.net
Date/Time Details: 7:30pm
Fees/Admission: Show $15, Dinner & Show $35
Mar 30    Addison County Legislative AG Luncheon
Meet with your Addison County legislators.

Luncheon begins at 12 noon; ends at 1:45 p.m.

Sponsored by Bridport Grange #303 and Addison County Farm Bureau.
 
Date: March 30, 2015
Time: 12:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Location: Community Hall
Bridport
Date/Time Details: March 30
12:00 pm
Mar 30    College Choir Tour Home Concert
The College Choir performs the program from their concert tour of Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia, "Songs of Liberation," and select repertoire celebrating the 60th anniversary of Middlebury Hillel.
Date: March 30, 2015
Time: 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Website: http://www.middlebury.edu/arts/news/14-15/mar15
Location: Middlebury College Mahaney Center for the Arts, Concert Hall
EMail: boxoffice@middlebury.edu
Date/Time Details: March 30, Monday 7:30 PM
Fees/Admission: Free
Mar 30    College Choir Tour Home Concert
The College Choir performs the program from their concert tour of Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia, "Songs of Liberation," and select repertoire celebrating the 60th anniversary of Middlebury Hillel. Sponsored by the Department of Music.
Date: March 30, 2015
Time: 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Website: http://www.middlebury.edu/arts/news/14-15/mar15
Location: Middlebury College, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Concert Hall
Contact: Middlebury College Box Office 802-443-3168
EMail: boxoffice@middlebury.edu
Date/Time Details: March 30, Monday 7:30 PM
Fees/Admission: Free
Mar 31    Nile Project: Music Master Class with Dance?
Musicians from The Nile Project will present this lively master class surveying music and dance traditions from some of the eleven countries bordering the Nile River basin.
Date: March 31, 2015
Time: 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Website: http://www.middlebury.edu/arts/news/14-15/mar15
Location: Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College
Fees/Admission: Free