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USA, Unrated, 105 Minutes
Director: Theo Anthony
Cast: Theo Anthony, Keaver Brenai, Robert Cunniff
Showtimes:
Wednesday through Sunday - 7:00 pm (no screenings Monday and Tuesday)
Sunday & Wednesday matinees - 1:30 pm
Tickets: $9 adults, $7 seniors, $6 members/students
Matinees: $7 adults, $5 seniors, $4 members/students
ALL LIGHT, EVERYWHERE is an exploration of the shared histories of cameras, weapons, policing and justice. As surveillance technologies become a fixture in everyday life, the film interrogates the complexity of an objective point of view, probing the biases inherent in both human perception and the lens.
The Original Musical based on the lives of Vermont teens.
Outdoor Vermont Tour
Dates and Locations:
Wednesday, August 4 and Thursday, August 5, 7:30 pm
NVU Lyndon Rugby Field
1000 College Road
Lyndonville, VT
Rain date is Friday, August 6 and or inside rain venue is Fenton Chester Arena. You will be emailed the day of show by 4 p.m. with information on any changes. If you do not hear from us by 4 p.m. the show will go on as planned!
Saturday, August 7 and Sunday, August 8, 7:30 pm
Dresden Athletic Field
221 US Route 5
Norwich, VT
Rain date is Monday, August 9 or inside rain venue TBA. You will be emailed the day of show by 4 p.m. with information on any changes. If you do not hear from us by 4 p.m. the show will go on as planned!
Tuesday, August 10 and Wednesday, August 11, 7:30 pm
Landmark College
19 River Road S.
Putney, VT
Rain date is Thursday, August 12 and or inside rain venue is Landmark Gymnasium. You will be emailed the day of show by 4 p.m. with information on any changes. If you do not hear from us by 4 p.m. the show will go on as planned!
Friday, August 13 and Saturday, August 14, 7:30 pm
Shelburne Museum
6000 Shelburne Road
Shelburne, VT
Rain date will be inside rain venue at Shelburne Athletic Club. You will be emailed the day of show by 4 p.m. with information on any changes. If you do not hear from us by 4 p.m. the show will go on as planned!
Sunday, August 15, 7:30 pm
State House Lawn
115 State St.
Montpelier, VT
Rain date is Monday, August 16th on the Montpelier Green. You will be emailed the day of show by 4 p.m. with information on any changes. If you are not notified the show will go on as planned!
Ticket prices listed do not include any applicable fees or taxes.
No alcoholic beverages allowed at any venues.
Seating:
- General Admission
- We will have open seating on the ground and will also be providing folding chairs for folks in the back of the audience
- For most shows seating will be on a flat lawn area.
- For the Lyndon show seating is slightly sloped on a hill.
- Masks are not required, but feel free to wear them if you like.
- We encourage socially distanced seating on the ground.
- If you bring tall/camping chairs you will be seated nearer the back with folks sitting in KCP folding chairs.
Outdoor and what to bring!
All shows are scheduled to be outdoors under the stars!
Please bring the following:
- Blankets to sit on
- Low sling back lawn chairs (if you’d like)
- Sweaters/sweatshirts in case it gets chilly in the evening
- Bug spray
- DO NOT bring umbrellas, because this blocks audience behind you. If you want to bring a tarp to sit on or to flip over your head in case a quick sprinkle of rain drifts by, that is fine!
Rain date policy:
- For all outdoor shows we have rain dates and indoor venues standing by.
- You will be contacted by 4 p.m. the day of the show if the musical has been moved indoors or moved to a rain date. If you do not hear from us, the show will go on as planned.
- Indoor venues for rain dates are in large gyms or venues
The Listen Up Project is an ambitious original musical based on eight months of interviews, workshops, conversations and listening sessions with more than 800 teens across Vermont.
From the vast and diverse stories gathered over this time, a script was written. Youth were engaged in the script- and song-writing process and the musical was created.
Contains Mature Themes
Spnosored by:
The Vermont Department of Health, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Vermont, Burton, VSAC, The Alchemist Foundation, The Fountain Fund, and UVM Medical Center.
Choreography by SERGEY VIKHAREV
Sunday, August 1, 2:00 pm
Encore - Sunday, August 8, 2:00 pm
Location:
Catamount Arts Center
115 Eastern Ave.
St. Johnsbury, VT
Tickets: Adults - $21, Members - $18, Students - $7
Swanilda notices her fianceé Franz is infatuated with the beautiful Coppélia who sits reading on her balcony each day. Nearly breaking up the two sweethearts, Coppélia is not what she seems and Swanilda decides to teach Franz a lesson...The Bolshoi’s ebullient comedy Coppélia involves a feisty heroine, a boyish fianceé with a wandering eye, an old dollmaker, and a stunning corps de ballet abounding in youthful energy and irresistible humor in this effervescent production.
This is an on-screen event.
Levitt AMP St. Johnsbury Music Series at Dog Mountain
Sunday, August 8, 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Gates open at 4:00 pm
Location:
Dog Mountain
143 Parks Road
St. Johnsbury, VT 05819
Admission: FREE!
Mike Mains and The Branches is a pop-rock band based in Michigan. Since their conception in 2012, the group has built a reputation for their fantastical instrumentation and unforgettable live performances. Mains began writing songs early in his career between shifts at a casino, which is an apt illustration of Mains perspective on life: it’s a comedy, a tragedy, and a fairytale. It’s that perspective that laces itself throughout the band’s catalogue, where the songs make you dance while lyrics make you cry. And while the juxtaposition of glitter and gloom should feel confusing, it renders itself joyfully therapeutic. And that’s their goal—particularly in their live shows—to strap you into a rollercoaster you never want to get off of.
Their boisterousness began when founding members Mike and Shannon fell in love, got married, and in doing so, minted the focal experience of the band’s music and lyrics; not just love, but the swirling highs and the bruising lows of choosing to live life together. After releasing an EP and two full-length albums, they chose to partner with Tooth & Nail Records on their latest release. The record, When We Were In Love, is their most honest yet. Although their agenda remains the same—to combat numbness with joy, pain, and wings to fly—this latest pursuit is more of an honest reflection in the struggle to love. The result is an infectious and colorful album full of tragedy, comedy, and the freedom to forget fairytales.
USA, Rated PG, 98 Minutes
Director: Jon S. Baird
Cast: John C. Reilly, Shirley Henderson, Steve Coogan
Showtime:
Wednesday, August 11, 6:00 pm
Tickets: FREE
Laurel & Hardy, one of the world's great comedy teams, set out on a variety hall tour of Britain in 1953. Diminished by age and with their golden era as the kings of Hollywood comedy now behind them, they face an uncertain future. As the charm and beauty of their performances shines through, they re-connect with their adoring fans. The tour becomes a hit, but Stan and Ollie can't quite shake the specter of Laurel and Hardy's past; the long-buried ghosts, coupled with Oliver's failing health, start to threaten their precious partnership. A portrait of the most tender and poignant of creative marriages, they are aware that they may be approaching their swan song, trying to rediscover just how much they mean to each other.
Thursday, August 12, 7:00 pm
Location:
York Street Meeting House
153 York Street
Lyndon, VT
Tickets: by donation
Ten brilliant singers present traditional songs from Caucasus Georgia, the Balkans, Corsica and South Africa, American shape-note and songs of social struggle, and renaissance pieces.
For more information, contact the Upright Steeple Society at 802-473-4208
USA, Rated R, 92 Minutes
Director: Michael Sarnoski
Cast: Nicholas Cage, Alex Wolff, Adam Arkin
Showtimes:
Wednesday through Sunday - 7:00 pm (no screenings Monday and Tuesday)
Sunday & Wednesday matinees - 1:30 pm
Tickets: $9 adults, $7 seniors, $6 members/students
Matinees: $7 adults, $5 seniors, $4 members/students
Living alone in the Oregon wilderness, a truffle hunter returns to Portland to find the person who stole his beloved pig.
Presented by PAMFEST, Kingdom County Productions and Catamount Arts
Opening Act: Bob and Sarah Amos
Saturday, August 14th, 7:00 pm
Location:
Peacham Congregational Church
56 Church Street
Peacham, VT
General admission tickets: Adults - $30, Students - $15
Ticket prices do not include any applicable fees or sales taxes.
Vaccinations, please. Wear a mask if you’d like. If you’re not vaccinated, masks are mandatory - and please notify Frank Miller (frank.miller@charter.net) to arrange distanced seating.
In her first 25 years alone, singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Sierra Hull has hit more milestones than many musicians accomplish in a lifetime. After making her Grand Ole Opry debut at the age of 10, the Tennessee-bred virtuoso mandolinist played Carnegie Hall at age 12, then landed a deal with Rounder Records just a year later. Now 28-years-old, Hull is set to deliver her fourth full-length for Rounder: an elegantly inventive and endlessly captivating album called 25 Trips.
Revealing her profound warmth as a storyteller, 25 Trips finds Hull shedding light on the beauty and chaos and sometimes sorrow of growing up and getting older. To that end, the album’s title nods to a particularly momentous year of her life, including her marriage to fellow bluegrass musician Justin Moses and the release of her widely acclaimed album Weighted Mind—a Béla Fleck- produced effort nominated for Best Folk Album at the 2017 Grammy Awards.
Justin Moses is an award winning multi-instrumentalist celebrated as one of the most versatile musicians in all of acoustic music. A prominent Nashville session musician, he has appeared on stage or in the studio with artists including Alison Krauss, Del McCoury, Garth Brooks, Emmylou Harris, Brad Paisley, Vince Gill, Bruce Hornsby, Béla Fleck, Peter Frampton, Rosanne Cash, Marty Stuart and Barry Gibb among many others. In 2018 and 2020 he was named Dobro Player of the Year by the International Bluegrass Music Association.
“Sierra Hull plays the mandolin with a degree of refined elegance and freedom that few have achieved.” -Bela Fleck
“I think she’s endless. I don’t see any boundaries. Talent like hers is so rare.” - Alison Krauss
Please check our website for the COVID-19 policy for the KCP Presents Series.
Sierra Hull and Justin Moses - Dueling Mandolin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dBGJOuEbq8
Sunday, August 15, 2:00 pm
Encore - Sunday, August 22, 2:00 pm
Location:
Catamount Arts Center
115 Eastern Ave.
St. Johnsbury, VT
Tickets: Adults - $21, Members - $18, Students - $7
On her sixteenth birthday, Princess Aurora falls under the curse of the Evil Fairy Carabosse and into a deep slumber lasting one hundred years. Only the kiss of a prince can break the spell....Tchaikovsky’s resplendent fairytale ballet perfect for the whole family, The Sleeping Beauty features scores of magical characters including the Little Red Riding Hood, Puss in Boots, Cinderella, and a beautiful young Princess Aurora performed by Olga Smirnova, a “truly extraordinary talent” (The Telegraph).
Music: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Choreography: Yuri Grigorovich
Libretto: Ivan Vsevolozhsky and Marius Petipa (after Charles Perrault)
Cast: Olga Smirnova (Princess Aurora), Semyon Chudin (Prince Desire), Yulia Stepanova (Lilac Fairy), Alexei Loparevich (the Evil Fairy Carabosse)
Runtime: 2 hours 40 minutes including one intermission
Captured live January 22, 2017
This is an on-screen event.
Sekou (SAY-koo)
Levitt AMP St. Johnsbury Music Series at Dog Mountain
Sunday, August 15, 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Gates open at 4:00 pm
Location:
Dog Mountain
143 Parks Road
St. Johnsbury, VT 05819
Admission: FREE!
Noted activist, theologian, author, documentary filmmaker, and musician, Reverend Osagyefo Sekou was born in St. Louis, Missouri and raised in the rural Arkansas Delta. Rev. Sekou's music is a unique combination of Arkansas Delta Blues, Memphis Soul 1970s funk, and Gospel. In May 2017, he released "In Times Like These” produced the six-time Grammy nominated North Mississippi Allstars. AFROPUNK heralded the “deep bone-marrow-level conviction” of his first album, “The Revolution Has Come”. The single, “We Comin'”—was named the new anthem for the modern Civil Rights movement by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
On July 6, 2018, over 1500 people gathered at the historic Levitt Shell in Memphis, TN to welcome home their southern son, Rev. Sekou. Performing new arrangements from his previous two studio albums—Rev. Sekou also presented never released music with his band the Freedom Fighters (Nashville, TN). For nearly two hours, the audience was treated to stellar performance that was one-part protest rally, one-part Pentecostal tent revival, and one-part latenight juke joint. In March 2019, he released the live album, “When We Fight, We Win”. A consummate entertainer, Paste Studio celebrated his barn-burning performance saying: "Rev. Sekou delivers the spiritual performance we need now." NPR’s Bob Boilen commented that Rev. Sekou delivered one of “the most rousing Tiny Desk performances”.
Sponsored by Stages in the Sun
The Stages in the Sun initiative is a partnership between the Vermont Recreation & Parks Association, the Vermont Arts Council, and the Vermont Department of Tourism & Marketing, to promote two of the best things Vermont has to offer: incredible artists and the great outdoors. We thank the Vermont Community Foundation for their donation to help sponsor this and other Stages in the Sun events through a Covid-19 Response Grant. Please check out the Stages in the Sun calendar online at Vermont Vacation dot com to find more great outdoors arts events.
Monday, August 16 through Friday, August 20, 9:00 am - noon
Location:
Union Baptist Church
Route 5
Waterford, VT
Class fee: Free
The North Country Youth Chorus, in partnership with Catamount Arts, is offering a summer camp open to any students entering grades 4 to 8, with any level of experience. The camp will be held on Monday, August 16 through Friday, August 20 from 9:00 am to noon at the Union Baptist Church on Rt. 5 in Waterford. Activities will feature singing, movement, the development of musicianship skills and games. Up-to-date Covid protocols will be followed. The program is free of charge.
The North Country Youth Chorus is directed by Lewis Botelho-Gomes, who has had 20 years of experience in conducting children’s choruses. He is also the Music Director for Catamount Arts’ EPIC Music. He has led the Youth Chorus in performances at the St. Johnsbury Athenaeum’s Victorian Holiday event and First Night North in St. Johnsbury, where they appeared with EPIC Music students and the Kingdom All Stars.
For more information about the Chorus Camp, contact Lewis Botelho-Gomes at lbotelhogomes@hotmail.com.
To register for camp please complete the form found HERE.
"Buying" a ticket does NOT register you for the camp.
Monday-Friday, August 16-20, 1-4 pm
Location:
Catamount Arts Center
115 Eastern Ave.
St. Johnsbury, VT
Instructor: Tara Goreau
Help design and create a mural this summer and gain an introduction to large-scale art in public places from artist Tara Goreau, a Northeast Kingdom native who has created many murals, including the mural at the Kiwanis pool in St. Johnsbury. Join Tara to create a vibrant piece of public art for our town to enjoy for many seasons!
Please bring a snack and lots of water, and sunscreen, as we will be working outside much of the time. Should we need to work inside due to rain, we request that unvaccinated students wear masks. Tara will be bringing her very mellow dog, Vilo, to the mural site each day.
Class fee: $115. Catamount Arts is committed to offering quality arts activities for children, regardless of ability to pay. Please call 802-748-2600 ext 109 and speak to Anne to inquire about scholarship availability or working out a payment plan.
Space is limited. Please purchase a using the BUY TICKETS button AND complete an enrollment form HERE in order to secure your spot(s). The deadline for registration is August 13 at 5pm.
Tara Goreau is a large-scale painter dedicated to enriching localities with public participation in community art. Since she was in high school at St. Johnsbury Academy, Tara has painted many murals around her home state of Vermont aimed at celebrating nature and agriculture, understanding cultural histories and social justice issues, local food systems, and surrealist alternative realities. Her hope is that by helping communities create public art, the population will feel empowered to change their worlds for the better. She believes that art can be a refuge from reality for those that need escapism, a reminder of the past for those who could benefit from reminders, and also a vision board for a hopeful future. Ultimately, the work that goes into public art creates a sense of ownership of our public spaces and helps people understand their own efficacy in impacting their communities for the better. She has recently returned to live in the NEK after several years in the Burlington area, and is glad to be home.
Levitt AMP St. Johnsbury Music Series at Dog Mountain
Sunday, August 22, 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Gates open at 4:00 pm
Location:
Dog Mountain
143 Parks Road
St. Johnsbury, VT 05819
Admission: FREE!
Inspired by the traditional drum rhythms of Ghana, Kotoko Brass has created a unique, joyful, and improvisational style of West African dance music described by the Boston Globe as “propulsive, infectious party music”. The drums provide the heart and soul of Kotoko Brass — merging syncopated African percussion polyrhythms with hard-hitting dance grooves on the drumset. The horns blend traditional sounds of New Orleans with the famous West African brass band sound heard from Ghana to Nigeria, and the guitar, keys, and bass evoke classic African and Caribbean styles of highlife, afrobeat, and reggae. A celebratory and energetic synthesis of music, people, and cultures from around the world, Kotoko Brass features musicians from Ghana, Antigua, Japan, and the United States playing together in unity. Kotoko Brass has shared the stage with Angelique Kidjo, Red Baraat, Femi Kuti, the California Honeydrops, Vieux Farka Toure, Innov Gnawa, Take 6, the Boston Pops, Rubblebucket, and more.
Sunday and Monday, August 22 and 23, 7:00 pm
Location:
Peacham Library
656 Bailey Hazen Road
Peacham, VT
Tickets: $12 all seats
Jack London’s Martin Eden is based on the celebrated writer’s autobiographical novel. Set in 1909, it tells the story of a poor and unschooled sailor who unexpectedly meets Ruth Morse, a magnetic young woman of means and education. Their unconventional attraction upends both lives and propels timely themes of impossible love, dogged individualism in pursuit of the American Dream, and the quest for a comfortable place in an inconstant world.
Jack London was America’s most popular writer at the turn of the 20th century, having written stories including Call of the Wild and White Fang. His novel, Martin Eden, inspired Ernest Hemingway, Susan Sontag and Upton Sinclair, among others.
Martin Eden’s cast includes Andrew Richardson in the title role and Hayley Griffith and Annet Mahendru as Ruth Morse and Lizzie Connolly, respectively. Richardson trained at Carnegie Mellon and London’s Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and Royal Academy of Dance. His credits include eight film and television productions along with theatrical stagings of Taming of the Shrew and Othello.
Annet Mahendru is best known for her co-starring role as Nina Krilova, the U.S. Russian embassy operative who has a love affair with FBI agent, Stan Beeman, in the long-running Emmy-winning series, The Americans. She also co-starred as Elena Evanovich in the Amazon series, The Romanoffs.
Hayley Griffth’s credits include Law and Order and Bull. Other supporting actors Missy Yager (Mad Men, Manchester by the Sea), Grainger Hines (Lincoln, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs), Phil McGlaston (Broadway’s “Little Foxes,” Athol Fugard’s “Master Harold and the Boys,” August Wilson’s Fences), Jeff Adler (Hightown, Modern Family) Michael Benz (Downton Abbey, Joker), Jo Armeniox (Boardwalk Empire), Ken Wulf Clark (House of Cards) and Rebecca Faulkenberry (co-star of Spiderman on Broadway).
Jack London’s Martin Eden was completed in late June and has been named an official selection at the Nantucket, Woods Hole and Boston Film Festivals. The picture was produced through Craven’s Cinema Sarah Lawrence program, based at Sarah Lawrence College. 27 professionals mentored 35 students from 11 colleges through a film intensive semester that included production of the film. A new project, Lost Nation, is slated for production during winter-spring 2022. More information is available by contacting Jay Craven (jcraven1590@gmail.com).
USA, PG, 124 Minutes
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss
Showtime:
Wednesday, August 25, 6:00 pm
Tickets: FREE
When a young woman is killed by a shark while skinny-dipping near the New England tourist town of Amity Island, police chief Martin Brody (Roy Scheider) wants to close the beaches, but mayor Larry Vaughn (Murray Hamilton) overrules him, fearing that the loss of tourist revenue will cripple the town. Ichthyologist Matt Hooper (Richard Dreyfuss) and grizzled ship captain Quint (Robert Shaw) offer to help Brody capture the killer beast, and the trio engage in an epic battle of man vs. nature.
USA, Rated PG-13, 82 Minutes
Director: Jamila Wignot
Cast: Alvin Ailey, Judith Jamison, George Faison
Showtimes:
Wednesday through Sunday - 7:00 pm (no screenings Monday and Tuesday)
Sunday & Wednesday matinees - 1:30 pm
Tickets: $9 adults, $7 seniors, $6 members/students
Matinees: $7 adults, $5 seniors, $4 members/students
Alvin Ailey was a trailblazing pioneer who found salvation through dance. Ailey traces the full contours of this brilliant and enigmatic man whose search for the truth in movement resulted in enduring choreography that centers on the Black American experience with grace, strength, and unparalleled beauty. Told through Ailey's own words and featuring evocative archival footage and interviews with those who intimately knew him, director Jamila Wignot weaves together a resonant biography of an elusive visionary.
Levitt AMP St. Johnsbury Music Series at Dog Mountain
Sunday, August 29, 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Gates open at 4:00 pm
Location:
Dog Mountain
143 Parks Road
St. Johnsbury, VT 05819
Admission: FREE!
Maine-based indie duo, Oshima Brothers’ have been creating music together since childhood. The brothers blend songs from the heart with blood harmonies to produce a "roots-based popsound that is infectious." (NPR) On stage, Sean and Jamie offer lush vocals, live looping, foot percussion, electric and acoustic guitars, vintage keyboard and bass - often all at once. They want every show to feel like a deep breath, a dance party and a sonic embrace. When not recording or touring they find time to film and produce their own music videos, tie their own shoes and cook elaborate feasts. Maine Public Radio’s Sara Willis describes their songs as “beautiful, those brother harmonies can’t be beat. They are uplifting and, let’s face it, we need uplifting these days.”
Levitt AMP St. Johnsbury Music Series at Dog Mountain
Saturday, September 4, 5:00 pm
Gates open at 4:00 pm
Location:
Dog Mountain
143 Parks Road
St. Johnsbury, VT 05819
Admission: FREE!
The name Cantrip is an Old Scots word meaning a charm, magic spell or piece of mischief and it aptly describes the unexpected twists and turns in their musical arrangements, likewise the compelling potency of their musicianship. Swirling border pipes, raging fiddle, thunderous guitar and three rich voices blend to create a sound energetic enough to tear the roof off. Echoes can be heard of trad music from the 1960s and 70s, but the years have slowly infested their music with the sounds of funk, metal, bluegrass, swing, and even klezmer.
Thursday, September 9, 7:00 pm
Encore - Thursday, September 16, 7:00 pm
Location:
Catamount Arts Center
115 Eastern Ave.
St. Johnsbury, VT
Tickets: $21 adult, $18 Catamount Arts member, $7 student
By Edmond Rostand, in a new version by Martin Crimp
Directed by Jamie Lloyd
James McAvoy (X-Men, Atonement) returns to the stage in an inventive new adaptation of Cyrano de Bergerac, broadcast live to cinemas from the London’s West End.
Fierce with a pen and notorious in combat, Cyrano almost has it all - if only he could win the heart of his true love Roxane. There’s just one big problem: he has a nose as huge as his heart. Will a society engulfed by narcissism get the better of Cyrano - or can his mastery of language set Roxane’s world alight?
Edmond Rostand’s masterwork is adapted by Martin Crimp and directed by Jamie Lloyd (Betrayal). This classic play will be brought to life with linguistic ingenuity to celebrate Cyrano’s powerful and resonant resistance against overwhelming odds.
★★★★★"McAvoy is spellbinding as Cyrano" - Metro
★★★★★"funny, thrilling and deeply moving." - WhatsOnStage
★★★★★"The most breathtakingly exciting show in London right now" - Evening Standard
Friday, September 10, 8:00 pm
Location:
Rugby Field (rain location - Alexander Twilight Theatre)
NVU-Lydon
1001 College Road
Lyndonville, VT
Tickets: $10—general admission, NVU Community—FREE
Consider a tropical blend of Jimi Hendrix, Sam Cooke and Raul Midon and you get Ron Artis II & The Truth, who is on tour and will be playing on our Lyndon campus Friday September 10.
This event is accessible to all.
Please check the Events During Covid web page for any changes to community access.
Saturday, September 11, 8:00 pm
Location:
South Lawn (rain location - Dibden Center for the Arts)
NVU-Johnson
S Pond Road
Johnson, VT
Tickets: $10—general admission, NVU Community—FREE
Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad is an American reggae and jam band from Rochester, New York, founded in 2004 and known for their live performances and authentic roots reggae and dub sound. The band's first album Slow Down was released in 2006, soon after they recorded a live acoustic session at the Moboogie loft in Denver. Their third studio album In These Times peaked at #5 on the Billboard Reggae Album chart. The band's next studio album Steady hit #1 on the Billboard Reggae Album chart on October 9, 2014. Their subsequent album Make it Better was released on September 16, 2016 and debuted at the #1 spot on Billboard and iTunes reggae charts.
This event is accessible to all.
Please check the Events During Covid web page for any changes to community access.
Sundays, September 12, 19, 26, and October 3, 1:00—2:00 pm
Location:
Catamount Arts Cabaret Room
115 Eastern Ave.
St. Johnsbury, VT
Instructor: Mary Sturtevant
In this introductory series of four classes, students will learn about the design, function and care of the Native American flute; history and legend; the pentatonic scale; basic notes and rhythms; playing songs using finger diagrams; an introduction to Nakai TAB; solos and duets; plus a few surprises! Flutes will be available for purchase from the instructor, as will workbooks and flute bags.
Class fee: $60 (10% discount for Catamount Arts members and students)
Parents of students under 18 will need to complete an Enrollment Form after paying for the class.
Mary Sturtevant, the owner of Path of Harmony in Sugar Hill, NH, is a certified instructor of Reiki, Qigong, and Taiji, and a student and practitioner of Eastern philosophy, healing modalities and movement forms for more than 35 years. More recently, her energies have been drawn by the Native American Flute and this beautiful instrument has become a source of healing, creativity, meditation, and relaxation. Mary finds that it is a joy to share this instrument with other like-minded beings on the journey.
Saturday, September 18, 7:00 pm
Location:
ArtPort
Green Mountain Mall
2000 Memorial Drive
St. Johnsbury, VT
Tickets: General Admission—$15; NVU Student—$10
Ticket prices do not include any applicable fees or sales taxes.
The Last King is not your average metal band, with powerful lyrics and technical instrumentation comes one of New England’s most unique local acts. With a mission statement of: keeping the underground community alive and bringing metalheads together, it’s quite clear that TLK embraces its influence from many different genres including all styles of heavy music.
Formed in the winter of 2014, TLK have been performing around the Northeast for over 6 years, have released several albums, and continue to push the boundaries of heavy music with each release. The band just dropped their highly anticipated third album entitled, “The New Age” on July 2nd, 2021. The album dives deep into many concepts found in the present day world including corruption, greed, decision-making, and survival while incorporating a storyline about characters witnessing a society experiencing its long-awaited downfall. TLK will be performing their new album "The New Age" in its entirety on 9/18 for a special album release livestream/extended performance for fellow concertgoers!
The band was supposed to embark on a Northeast-Midwest tour followed by a second leg East-coast run last year however those plans were cancelled due to covid. As soon as dates are eligible for rescheduling those shows will hopefully be honored at a later date. Until then TLK will be honored to give fans the opportunity to hear their entire new album in full on 9/18 with livestream capabilities to connect with even more fans across the nation!
Stream the band’s latest single “Sacrosanct” HERE.
Wednesday, September 22, 7:30 pm
Location:
Bellows Falls Opera House
7 Square
Bellows Falls, VT
Tickets: $55 orchestra and $45 balcony
With sardonic wit and incisive social critiques, David Sedaris has become one of America’s pre-eminent humor writers. He is the master of satire and one of today’s most observant writers addressing the human condition. Calypso, his latest collection of essays, is a New York Times best-seller, and a Washington Post Best Book of the Year. The audiobook of Calypso was nominated for a 2019 Grammy in the Best Spoken Word Album category.
Beloved for his personal essays and short stories, David Sedaris is the author of Barrel Fever, Holidays on Ice, Naked, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, When You Are Engulfed in Flames, Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls, and Theft By Finding: Diaries (1977-2002). He is the author of Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary, a collection of fables with illustrations by Ian Falconer. Each of these books was an immediate bestseller. He was also the editor of Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules: An Anthology of Outstanding Stories. His pieces regularly appear in The New Yorker and have twice been included in “The Best American Essays.” There are over ten million copies of his books in print and they have been translated into 25 languages. In 2018 he was awarded the Terry Southern Prize for Humor, as well as the Medal for Spoken Language from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. In March 2019 he was elected as a member into the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Thursday, September 23, 7:00 pm
Encore - Thursday, September 30, 7:00 pm
Location:
Catamount Arts Center
115 Eastern Ave.
St. Johnsbury, VT
Tickets: $21 adult, $18 Catamount Arts member, $7 student
Filmed live onstage from London’s West End, Arthur Miller’s dark and passionate play A View from the Bridge returns exclusively to cinema screens.
Ivo Van Hove (All About Eve, Network) directs Mark Strong (The Imitation Game; Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy) and Nicola Walker (The Split, Last Tango in Halifax) in this ‘magnetic, electrifying, astonishingly bold’ production (Evening Standard).
In Brooklyn, longshoreman Eddie Carbone welcomes his Sicilian cousins to the land of freedom. But when one of them falls for his beautiful niece, they discover that freedom comes at a price. Eddie’s jealous mistrust exposes a deep, unspeakable secret – one that drives him to commit the ultimate betrayal.
September 24, 2021 through April 23, 2022
Location:
Various venues. See the list below for details.
Tickets: Season Pass—$600;Season Pass + Peking Acrobats—$630
Ticket prices do not include any applicable fees or sales taxes.
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Purchase your 2021-22 SEASON PASS for KCP Presents to:
- Save on your tickets!
- Get prime seats to all the season's shows
- Avoid disappointment on sold-out shows
- Help us save marketing dollars
- Give unused tickets to friends and family
- Support the KCP Presents series
Please note that your season pass entitles you to a ticket to see Paula Poundstone at the Dibden Center in Johnson, VT -OR- at Fuller Hall in St. Johnsbury, not to both performances.
Also be aware that to receive a ticket for the Peking Acrobats performance you will need to select the Season Pass + Peking Acrobats pricing option when selecting your tickets.
The 2021-2022 KCP Presents Series includes:
- 9/24/21 Aoife O'Donovan with special guests Hawktail - Lyndon Institute Auditorium
- 10/5/21 Dorrance Dance - Lyndon Institute Auditorium
- 10/23/21 Amythyst Kiah - Lyndon Institute Auditorium
- 11/2/21 Shake and Holla - Fuller Hall
- 12/4/21 PAMFest presents Boston Brass for the Holidays - Peacham Congregational Church
- 12/5/21 Viva MOMIX Forever - Lyndon Institute Auditorium
- 1/28/22 Paula Poundstone - Dibden Center for the Arts
—OR—
1/29/22 Paula Poundstone - Fuller Hall - 2/15/22 Polish Baltic Philharmonic Orchestra - Lyndon Institute Auditorium
- 2/21/22 A Tribute to Aretha Franklin – Queen of Soul - Fuller Hall
- 3/2/22 Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy - Fuller Hall
- 3/9/22 Peking Acrobats - Dibden Center for the Arts (This is an optional event.)
- 3/17/22 Mardi Gras Mambo - Fuller Hall
- 4/13/22 The Queen's Cartoonists - Lyndon Institute Auditorium
- 4/23/22 Stile Antico - Highland Center for the Arts - Main Stage
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Friday, September 24, 7:00 pm
Location:
Lyndon Institute Auditorium
168 Institute Circle
Lyndon Center, VT
Tickets: $52, $42, $32, $15. Students are free.
Ticket prices do not include any applicable fees or sales taxes.
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Grammy award-winning songwriter and musician Aoife O'Donovan is one of the most sought-after singers and songwriters of her generation. She has released three critically-acclaimed solo albums, is co-founder of the bands I’m With Her and Crooked Still, is the featured vocalist on The Goat Rodeo Sessions with Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer, and Chris Thile, and spent a decade contributing to the radio variety shows Live From Here and A Prairie Home Companion.
Hawktail is a rising Americana “supergroup" and includes members of Crooked Still, Punch Brothers and the I’m with Her house band. Expect Aoife to sit in with them – and vice-versa.
“The star of the show for me is always O’ Donovan’s voice. She has a chill-inducing vocal that shines, haunting you with each word and phrase she spins within the loom of her storied songs. Evocative and siren-like, smoke-tinged but tender and inviting. There is a curiosity and tempting nature to her honeyed voice. It dances elegantly above simple, but fitting arrangements. A romance seeps into the cracks of each strum of the acoustic guitar or fiddle cry and while O’Donovan has a range that is enviable to most, she elevates and opens it only at moments when it is most needed for full impact. Beauty embodied and realized, simple as that.” - Brian Carroll, Red Line Roots
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Tuesday, October 5, 7:00 pm
Location:
Lyndon Institute Auditorium
168 Institute Circle
Lyndon Center, VT
Tickets: $58, $46, $34, $15. Students are free.
Ticket prices do not include any applicable fees or sales taxes.
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Dorrance Dance explores what is most thrilling, brilliant, and beautiful about tap dancing — that it is, at once, movement and music. Founded in 2011 by Artistic Director and 2015 MacArthur Fellow, Michelle Dorrance, the company shares the incredibly dynamic range that tap dance has to offer. Their goal is to engage with audiences on a musical and emotional level, and to share the complex history and powerful legacy of this American art form throughout the country and the world.
“A sonic distillation of a blistering American past and its perilous present, with a transcendent strength of spirit woven through.” — The Washington Post
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Thursday, October 21, 7:00 pm
Encore - Thursday, October 28, 7:00 pm
Location:
Catamount Arts Center
115 Eastern Ave.
St. Johnsbury, VT
Tickets: $21 adult, $18 Catamount Arts member, $7 student
Tracie Bennett, Janie Dee and Imelda Staunton play the magnificent Follies in this dazzling production. Featuring a cast of 37 and an orchestra of 21, Stephen Sondheim’s legendary musical was directed by Dominic Cooke and filmed live on stage at the National Theatre in 2017.
New York, 1971. There’s a party on the stage of the Weismann Theatre. Tomorrow the iconic building will be demolished. Thirty years after their final performance, the Follies girls gather to have a few drinks, sing a few songs and lie about themselves.
Winner of Academy, Tony, Grammy and Olivier awards, Sondheim’s previous work includes A Little Night Music, Sweeney Todd and Sunday in the Park with George.
Saturday, October 23, 7:00 pm
Location:
Alexander Twilight Theatre
NVU-Lyndon
1001 College Road
Lyndonville, VT
Tickets: $38, $28, $18, $15. Students are free
Ticket prices do not include any applicable fees or sales taxes.
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Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Amythyst Kiah, represents a glorious collision of two vastly different worlds: the iconoclastic alt-rock that first sparked her musical passion, and the roots/old-time/country music scene where she’s found breakout success in recent years, including recognition from Rolling Stone as “one of Americana’s great up-and-coming secrets.”
Amythyst Kiah endlessly redefines the limits of roots music in its inventive rhythms and textures. With an unforgettable voice that’s both unfettered and exquisitely controlled, Kiah gracefully interlaces social commentary and personal revelation, ultimately offering a raw yet poetic and nuanced examination of grief, alienation, and the hard-won triumph of total self-acceptance.
The Chattanooga-bred singer/songwriter is also a member of Our Native Daughters—a women-of-color supergroup that includes Rhiannon Giddens, Allison Russell and Leyla McCalla. Their performance of Kiah’s Black Myself, earned a Grammy nomination for Best American Roots Song and won Song of the Year at the Folk Alliance International Awards.
“A deep-hued voice that can change on a dime from brushed steel to melted toffee.” - New York Times
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October, 2021 - April, 2022
Location:
South Church
1052 Main Street
St. Johnsbury, VT
Tickets: Season Pass—$58
The season pass includes admission to:
- Alexander String Quartet - Sunday, October 24, 3:00 pm
- Shtrykov–Tanaka Duo - Sunday, January 30, 3:00 pm
- Gleb Ivanov - Sunday, March 13, 3:00 pm
- Chroma Piano Trio - Sunday, April 30, 7:00 pm
For more information, visit the Northeast Kingom Classical Series website.
Violin, Violin, Viola, Cello
Sunday, October 24, 2021, 3:00 pm
Location:
South Church
1052 Main Street
St. Johnsbury, VT
Tickets: Adults - $18
Senior - $16
Student - $6
Special* - $6
*For those who find the regular price beyond their budget. We believe classical music should be available to everyone. Just request the special rate. No questions asked.
Season Passes are available by calling the box office at 802-748-2600 or purchase tickets for all four events and automatically save! Get an adult ticket for all four events for just $58 (discount applies when you proceed to checkout with tickets for all four events in your basket).
"Dream-come-true performances...with their sure ensemble, lyricism, accurate pitch, handsome sound and technical fluidity." — Boston Globe
We open the season with one of chamber music's premiere quartets. Widely admired for their musical interpretation and extensive discography, they perform Haydn, Shostakovich, and Beethoven.
- Joseph Haydn — Quartet No. 42 in C major, Op. 54, No. 2
- Dmitri Shostakovich — Quartet No. 7 in F-sharp minor, Op. 108
- Ludwig van Beethoven — Quartet No. 13 in B-flat major, Op. 130
Friday, October 29, 7:00 pm
Location:
ArtPort
Green Mountain Mall
2000 Memorial Drive
St. Johnsbury, VT
Tickets: General Admission—$15; NVU Student—$10
Ticket prices do not include any applicable fees or sales taxes.
Saving Vice are an independent, two-vocalist American metalcore band from Vermont founded by guitarist Robbie Litchfield. Litchfield added vocalist Chase Papariello to the band first and then vocalist Tyler Small shortly thereafter. It wasn't until later on that the band included the final pieces of their lineup, drummer Sam Whelton and bassist Kenjamin Smiertelny.
Since their official start in 2017, Saving Vice have shared the stage with many impressive acts and played on multiple festivals such as Warped Tour, iMatter Festival and Heavy Fest. The group’s high energy live performance, catchy choruses, and hard-hitting riffs aided by the chemistry created by the vocalist duo helped them make their mark on the New England music scene and beyond.
The sound, energy and personality Saving Vice have brought to the current heavy music scene is both refreshing and nostalgic. Their sound is reminiscent of classic, 2009 metalcore balanced with the modern genre trend. Emotional and melodic, yet unapologetically brutal and dark.
Tuesday, November 2, 7:00 pm
Location:
Fuller Hall
St. Johnsbury Academy
1000 Main St.
St. Johnsbury, VT
Tickets: $52, $42, $32, $15. Students free.
Ticket prices do not include any applicable fees or sales taxes.
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Shake & Holla will feature foot-stomping Mississippi "hill country" blues and the funky, syncopated sounds of New Orleans brass. Touring together for the first time, the Grammy-nominated and Blues Music Award-winning North Mississippi All-Stars will be joined by the legendary Rebirth Brass Band in a musical celebration of two great southern musical traditions. Steeped deeply in their own traditions, both artists also are part of the vanguard of blues and soul music.
Grammy-nominated blues guitarist, vocalist, and drummer Cedric Burnside, provides the icing to the cake for this collaboration. Grandson of legendary Fat Possum recording artist RL Burnside, he will weave in and out of this special evening as these artists play their own favorite selections and collaborate on a grab bag of songs that explore the musical connection between the Mississippi Delta and Bourbon Street...right down Highway 61.
“New Orleans horns, raw and funky… exhilarating and full throttle.” - New York Times.
“Cedric Burnside's set at Lizotte's was like opening Pandora's box on the blues; out flew some music so rare, so soulful, so close to the bones it would make you shiver if you first heard back where it came from, the hill country of north Mississippi.” – New Castle Herald
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Thursday, November 4, 7:00 pm
Encore - November 11, 7:00 pm
Location:
Catamount Arts Center
115 Eastern Ave.
St. Johnsbury, VT
Tickets: $21 adult, $18 Catamount Arts member, $7 student
★★★★★ ‘Ian McKellen reigns supreme in this triumphant production.’ (Daily Telegraph)
Captured live from London’s West End in 2018, see Ian McKellen’s ‘extraordinarily moving portrayal’ (Independent) of King Lear in cinemas.
Considered by many to be the greatest tragedy ever written, King Lear sees two ageing fathers – one a King, one his courtier – reject the children who truly love them. Their blindness unleashes a tornado of pitiless ambition and treachery, as family and state are plunged into a violent power struggle with bitter ends.
Jonathan Munby directs this ‘nuanced and powerful’ (The Times) contemporary retelling of Shakespeare’s tender, violent, moving and shocking play.
Thursday, November 18, 7:00 pm
Encore - December 2, 7:00 pm
Location:
Catamount Arts Center
115 Eastern Ave.
St. Johnsbury, VT
Tickets: $21 adult, $18 Catamount Arts member, $7 student
Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart lead the cast in this glorious revival of Harold Pinter’s comic classic.
One summer's evening, two ageing writers, Hirst and Spooner, meet in a Hampstead pub and continue their drinking into the night at Hirst's stately house nearby. As the pair become increasingly inebriated, and their stories increasingly unbelievable, the lively conversation soon turns into a revealing power game, further complicated by the return home of two sinister younger men.
Following a hit run on Broadway, No Man’s Land was captured from the West End in London in 2016.
Presented in a partnership with Peacham Acoustic Music Festival
Saturday, December 4, 7:00 pm
Location:
Peacham Congregational Church
56 Church Street
Peacham, VT
General admission tickets: Adults - $40, Students - $20
Ticket prices do not include any applicable fees or sales taxes.
Comfortably set in this Peacham village setting, the Boston Brass offer a sound for this holiday season that will be long remembered. This ensemble of all brass instruments (trumpets, French horns, trombones, and tuba) will perform holiday classics like The Carol of the Bells, White Christmas and Three Dances from The Nutcracker Suite alongside Astor Piazzolla’s Verana Porteno and Duke Ellington’s Caravan. This ensemble of virtuoso musicians will light up the stage with an energy that will have audiences ensconced in the holiday spirit - and asking for an encore.
The Boston Brass have performed in 49 states and 30 countries and have conducted master classes around the world including sessions and residencies at the Eastman School of Music, The Julliard School, Shepherd School of Music at Rice University, Peabody Conservatory of Music, University of North Texas, Royal Academy of Music in London, Yong Siew Toh Conservatory at the National University of Singapore, Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts and Mahidol University in Bangkok.
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Saturday, December 5, 2021, 1:00—5:00 pm
Location:
Catamount Arts Cabaret Room
115 Eastern Ave.
St. Johnsbury, VT
Instructor: Penny Hewitt
Enjoy the simple pleasure of creating a decoration or gift from materials responsibly harvested in Vermont. Utilizing techniques common to the Scandinavian and Russian styles of basketry, you will craft birds and stars using strips of inner bark from the paper birch, and also learn how these materials are harvested and prepared.
Workshop fee: $45 (10% discount for Catamount Arts members and high school students); in addition, please bring a $28 materials fee, payable to the instructor.
Scholarship funds are available for high school students; please call Anne at 802-748-2600 ext. 109 for details.
Registration deadline: November 29
Parents of high school students under age 18: Please complete an enrollment form HERE after paying for the workshop.A craftsperson, teacher, homesteader, and homeschooling mom, Penny Hewitt lives with her family on a diversified farm in the Northeast Kingdom. Working with responsibly harvested and hand-processed materials from the forest surrounding her home, Penny seeks to create objects of beauty that are useful in everyday life. She is inspired by traditions of other cultures, and grateful for the opportunities of connection to people, place, nature, and self that her craft cultivates. Her experience with weaving includes teaching workshops, leading homeschool groups, and crafting for income.
40th Anniversary Show
Sunday, December 5, 7:00 pm
Location:
Lyndon Institute Auditorium
168 Institute Circle
Lyndon Center, VT
Tickets: $52, $42, $32, $15. Students are free.
Ticket prices do not include any applicable fees or sales taxes.
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Transporting audiences from their everyday lives to a fantasy world through its trademark use of magical lighting and imagery, MOMIX has thrilled fans in over 22 countries and has been featured on stage, screen and television. In an endless search for another gravity, Artistic Director Moses Pendleton combines athletic dance, riveting music, outrageous costumes, inventive props and pure talent to create an entertaining multimedia experience that will surprise, enchant and astonish.
In celebration of their 40th anniversary, Viva MOMIX Forever is a mix-and-match variety of sections from their hugely popular shows, Botanica, Alchemia, Remix, Opus Cactus, and Lunar Sea. Additionally, four new pieces were created especially for the birthday celebration in June 2020 at Teatro Nazionale in Milan, Italy – the site of the first-ever Momix show.
Moses Pendleton grew up in Lyndonville, graduated from Lyndon Institute, co-founded Pilobolus and created internationally acclaimed Momix as his crowning achievement. We are pleased to welcome him back to his hometown as part of this 40th anniversary celebration.
“MOMIX creates a tension between illusion and reality, apprehension and excitement.” – New York Times
“I’d love to be able to see into Pendleton’s dreams just one night, but dreams alone don’t make theater like this.” —The Philadelphia Inquirer
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Thursday, December 9, 7:00 pm
Encore - December 16, 7:00 pm
Location:
Catamount Arts Center
115 Eastern Ave.
St. Johnsbury, VT
Tickets: $21 adult, $18 Catamount Arts member, $7 student
Bill Nighy (Love Actually, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel) and Carey Mulligan (Inside Llewyn Davis, The Great Gatsby) feature in the highly anticipated production of David Hare’s Skylight, directed by Stephen Daldry (The Audience), broadcast live from the West End by National Theatre Live.
On a bitterly cold London evening, schoolteacher Kyra Hollis (Carey Mulligan) receives an unexpected visit from her former lover, Tom Sergeant (Bill Nighy), a successful and charismatic restaurateur whose wife has recently died.
As the evening progresses, the two attempt to rekindle their once passionate relationship only to find themselves locked in a dangerous battle of opposing ideologies and mutual desires.
Friday, January 28, 7:00 pm
Location:
Dibden Center for the Arts
NVU-Johnson
S Pond Road
Johnson, VT
Reserved seats: $50, $40, $30. Students are free.
Ticket prices do not include any applicable fees or sales taxes.
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Saturday, January 29, 7:00 pm
Location:
Fuller Hall
St. Johnsbury Academy
1000 Main St.
St. Johnsbury, VT
Reserved seats: $52, $42, $32, $15. Students are free.
Ticket prices do not include any applicable fees or sales taxes.
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Emmy-winning comedian Paula Poundstone is famous for her razor-sharp wit and spontaneity, drawing from her own complex life: three kids, 13 cats, motherhood, demanding job, crazy travel schedule, her frustration at getting older, and a bag of neuroses, including her famous inability to ever shut up. Then, add a year in quarantine and imagine the outcome.
In other words: she’s just like many of us.
One of Comedy Central’s “Greatest Stand-Ups of All Time,” Paula Poundstone was a frequent guest on Leno, Letterman and A Prairie Home Companion. And she remains a leading staple of NPR’s show, Wait Wait! Don’t Tell Me! Poundstone is so quick that audience members often leave complaining that their cheeks hurt from laughter.
“Poundstone improvises with a crowd like a jazz musician, swinging in unexpected directions without a net.” – Boston Globe
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Clarinet, Piano
Sunday, January 30, 2022, 3:00 pm
Location:
South Church
1052 Main Street
St. Johnsbury, VT
Tickets: Adults - $18
Senior - $16
Student - $6
Special* - $6
*For those who find the regular price beyond their budget. We believe classical music should be available to everyone. Just request the special rate. No questions asked.
Season Passes are available by calling the box office at 802-748-2600 or purchase tickets for all four events and automatically save! Get an adult ticket for all four events for just $58 (discount applies when you proceed to checkout with tickets for all four events in your basket).
"A new generation of exquisitely talented performers who elevate our understanding of the world's music." — Shelter Island Reporter
Two virtuoso artists combine the warm, rich sound of the clarinet with the expressive response of the piano for an afternoon of Brahms, Reinecke, and Schumann—and perhaps some surprises as well!
- Carl Reinecke — Fantasiestücke, Op. 22
- Johannes Brahms — Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 120
- Robert Schumann — Fünf Stücke im Volkston (Five Pieces in Folk Style), Op. 102
- Robert Schumann — Sonata No. 1 in A minor, Op. 105
Obie-winning Elevator Repair Service Theater Company
A virtual presentation available 8am Sunday, February 13 through 5pm, Thursday, February 17th.
Plus live online interactive discussion with the show’s director and actors: 7pm, Thursday, February 17th
Location:
Online. A link for viewing the event will be provided to ticket buyers prior to the start date.
Tickets: Free. You need to "buy" the free ticket to receive the link to view the event.
In 1965 writer/activist James Baldwin and conservative arbiter William F. Buckley, Jr. were invited to the UK’s Cambridge University Union to debate the resolution “The American Dream is at the Expense of The American Negro.” The groundbreaking Obie-winning NYC theater troupe, Elevator Repair Service, re-creates Baldwin and Buckley's profoundly relevant confrontation in Baldwin and Buckley at Cambridge.
The rapt audience at the Cambridge debate match voted Baldwin the winner by a vote of 544-164. Despite the victory, Baldwin felt stung by the encounter, calling Buckley “the intellectuals' James Bond.” Buckley, never one to admit defeat, called the night at Cambridge, "the most satisfying debate I ever had.”
Baldwin and Buckley at Cambridge had its first work-in-progress showings in January of 2020 at Abrons Art Center’s Underground Theater. Our staging will be a virtual presentation recorded at Montclair State College - followed by a live interactive virtual conversation/Q & A with the show’s director, John Collins and actors, including April Matthis, Gavin Price, Greig Sargeant, Christopher Rashee Stevenson and Ben Williams.
Founded in 1991 by Artistic Director John Collins, Elevator Repair Service (ERS) creates original works with an ongoing ensemble. ERS’s theater pieces are built round a broad range of subject matter and literary forms; they combine elements of slapstick comedy, hi-tech and lo-tech design, both literary and found text, and the group’s own highly developed style of choreography.
ERS creates its performances through extended periods of collaboration. A typical development cycle includes 4-6 intensive work periods within a 2-year period, which conclude with work-in-progress showings. Time off between development is filled with touring and presentations of finished works. Following completion, the piece is presented in NYC for an extended run and is toured throughout the US and abroad.
ERS creations include their critically-acclaimed 2010 production of Gatz, adapted from the Great Gatsby. Lead NY Times theater critic, Ben Brantley called it “The most remarkable achievement in theater not only of this year but also of this decade.”
"The famous Baldwin-Buckley debate still matters today. In 1965, two American titans faced off on the subject of the country’s racial divides. Nearly 55 years later, the event has lost none of its relevance.”—The Atlantic
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Tuesday, February 15, 7:00 pm
Location:
Lyndon Institute Auditorium
168 Institute Circle
Lyndon Center, VT
Tickets: $52, $42, $32, $15. Students are free.
Ticket prices do not include any applicable fees or sales taxes.
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Founded in 1945 on the heels of postwar Polish independence in Gdańsk, the Polish Baltic Philharmonic is the largest music institution in northern Poland. One might think that long periods of political turbulence may have weakened the arts in Gdańsk, yet the reality is quite the opposite. The Polish Baltic Philharmonic, as it exists and thrives today, represents an amalgamation of international and historical influences, while still capturing the pride and artistry of contemporary Poland and the larger Baltic Sea coast.
This feast of orchestra music will include Rossini’s Overture to La Gazza Ladra (The Silken Ladder); Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35; and Beethoven’s Symphony no 5.
“It’s been a long time since I’ve seen and heard such clarity. The common idea was upheld by the exceptionally beautiful sound of the orchestra adjusted by the conductor to the musical poetry of the soloist”. — Gazeta Wyborcza
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Monday, February 21, 7:00 pm
Location:
Fuller Hall
St. Johnsbury Academy
1000 Main St.
St. Johnsbury, VT
Reserved seats: $56, $46, $36, $15. Students are free.
Ticket prices do not include any applicable fees or sales taxes.
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Aretha Franklin’s legendary career spanned several generations and a multitude of genres. “The Queen of Soul” grew up in the Baptist congregations of Detroit, where she first developed her talent for expressive and powerful vocals that propelled her to international stardom. Beloved by musicians and listeners alike, Aretha is recognized as the most successful female recording artist in history with 112 charted singles on Billboard, 18 Grammy Awards, and more than 75 million records sold.
Musician, vocalist, and composer Damien Sneed toured with Aretha during her later years, developing a strong relationship with the soul legend. In this special tribute, Sneed pays homage to the monarch herself with fresh renditions of her most cherished hits including Respect, Knew You Were Waiting, Bridge Over Troubled Water, Precious Memories, Think, Until You Come Back To Me, Daydreaming, Freeway, Natural Woman, and others. Backed by a stellar cast of jazz, gospel, and soul musicians and vocalists, Damien Sneed’s multi-media tribute offers a tender and spiritual reflection upon the life of an iconic music titan.
Four-time Grammy Award-winner Karen Clark Sheard will sing Franklin’s iconic songs, showing a deep reverence to Franklin’s talent while endowing them with her own power. A gospel music legend, Sheard is renowned for her signature, one-of-a-kind multi-octave vocal range and ability. Her musical style, as a solo artist and with the acclaimed Clark Sisters, has inspired today’s brightest pop divas, among them Beyoncé, Mariah Carey, Missy Elliott, and Faith Evans. Like Sneed, Clark also collaborated and performed with Aretha Franklin, who became her cherished mentor.
“A soprano of great range in pitch and tone, from elegant to guttural, Karen Clark Sheard brings depth and flexibility, with constant invention, singing about destiny and power, sometimes sliding into testifying…there are extended sequences, not just moments when a listener can start to worry: Do I deserve such riches?” — Ben Ratliff, New York Times
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Wednesday, March 2, 7:00 pm
Location:
Fuller Hall
St. Johnsbury Academy
1000 Main St.
St. Johnsbury, VT
Reserved seats: $52, $42, $32, $15. Students are free.
Ticket prices do not include any applicable fees or sales taxes.
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Since marrying in 2002, two of Canada’s brightest stars have been captivating audiences all over North America with their exceptional musical skills and obvious joy at playing the fiddle together. Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy have received both industry-acclaim and a loyal fan base by combining their magnificent individual talents, giving audiences an unforgettable musical experience every performance.
Being part of musical families, Natalie and Donnell were born into their musical careers. Hailing from Cape Breton Island, Natalie received her first fiddle at the age of nine, launching a career that has lasted for more than 30 years. Her first recording was released when she was only 16 and she has never looked back. MacMaster's many projects include collaborations with Alison Krauss, Carlos Santana, the Chieftains, Paul Simon, Pavarotti, and Yo-Yo Ma. Her live performances are a testament to her incandescent musicianship and boundless energy, featuring foot-tapping rave-ups, heart-rending ballads, and world-class step dancing.
Perfecting his astonishing talent since the age of three, Donnell has literally spent his entire life with a fiddle in his hand. His parents, a fiddle-playing father from Ontario and a step-dancing mother from Cape Breton, were his source of inspiration and guidance. His mesmerizingly exultant and high-energy performances have become Donnell Leahy’s musical signature.
“Flying notes, fast-paced jigs, reels and polkas, paint can percussion and Gaelic lyrics, original music and tunes from Scotland, Ireland, the Maritimes, and elsewhere, piano, bagpipes, guitar, accordion, and of course fiddles: all those, in the hands and spirits of these gifted musicians.” — Music Road
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Wednesday, March 9, 7:00 pm
Location:
Dibden Center for the Arts
NVU-Johnson
S Pond Road
Johnson, VT
Reserved seats: $46, $36, $15. Students are free.
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For the last thirty-two years, The Peking Acrobats have redefined audience perceptions of Chinese acrobatics. They perform daring maneuvers atop a precarious pagoda of chairs and display their technical prowess at such arts as trick-cycling, precision tumbling, juggling, somersaulting, and gymnastics. They push the limits of human ability, defying gravity with amazing displays of contortion, flexibility, and
control.The Peking Acrobats are part of a time-honored Chinese tradition, rooted in centuries of Chinese history and folk art. Tradition demands that each generation of acrobats add its own improvements and embellishments; because of this, high honor is conferred upon those skilled enough to become acrobats. The Peking Acrobats seek to uphold this rich and ancient folk art tradition, bringing it to new technical heights while integrating twenty-first century technology.
The Peking Acrobats have been featured on television shows including Nickelodeon’s Unfabulous, Ellen’s Really Big Show (hosted by Ellen DeGeneres), The Wayne Brady Show, That’s Incredible, ABC’s Wide World of Sports, and NBC’s Ring In The New Year Holiday Special. They set the world record for the Human Chair Stack on FOX Network’s Guinness Book Primetime television show in 1999: they balanced six people precariously atop six chairs twenty-one feet up in the air without safety lines, astounding audiences with their bravery and dexterity. They were featured in Steven Soderbergh’s hit film Ocean’s Eleven playing alongside Julia Roberts, Brad Pitt and George Clooney. Peking Acrobats’ alumnus Shaobo Qin also appeared in that film’s two sequels, Ocean’s Twelve and Ocean’s Thirteen.
“The Peking Acrobats are pushing the envelope of human possibility, combining agility and grace in remarkable feats of pure artistry.” —Clive Davis, New York Post.
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Piano
Sunday, March 13, 2022, 3:00 pm
Location:
South Church
1052 Main Street
St. Johnsbury, VT
Tickets: Adults - $18
Senior - $16
Student - $6
Special* - $6
*For those who find the regular price beyond their budget. We believe classical music should be available to everyone. Just request the special rate. No questions asked.
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"A young super-virtuoso with musical sensitivity and an appreciation of style to go with thunder and lightning." — New York Times
Russian-born and trained, this prizewinning artist brightens the winter with some of the piano repertoire's treasures from Schubert, Ravel, and Mussorgsky.
- Franz Schubert — Impromptu No. 3 in G-flat major, Op. 90
- Franz Schubert — Impromptu No. 4 in A-flat major, Op. 90
- Maurice Ravel — Miroirs
- Modest Mussorgsky — Pictures at an Exhibition (Arr. by V. Horowitz)
featuring The Dirty Dozen Brass Band and Nathan and the Zydeco Cha Chas
Thursday, March 17, 7:00 pm
Location:
Fuller Hall
St. Johnsbury Academy
1000 Main St.
St. Johnsbury, VT
Reserved seats: $52, $42, $32, $15. Students are free.
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A Creole Zydeco – Brass Band Showdown!
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band are the pioneers of the modern New Orleans brass band movement, recognized worldwide as an unstoppable musical machine. Formed in 1977, they are the pioneers of the modern New Orleans brass band movement, recognized worldwide as an unstoppable musical machine whose name is synonymous with genre bending romps and high-octane performances.
They have been featured guests both in the studio and on stage with artists including Elvis Costello, Dr. John, Widespread Panic, Modest Mouse, Dave Matthews Band, The Black Crowes and many others. Their immediate plans include fifty shows where they will support and then join the Doobie Brothers onstage for their 50th Anniversary tour.
Nathan Williams delivers a direct connection to Zydeco’s storied pioneers including Clifton Chenier and Boozoo Chavis. Together, this sizzling show provides a non-stop master class in blues, cajun, New Orleans soul, zydeco and R&B from two of Louisiana’s best!
“Nathan Williams and his Zydeco Cha Chas – makes it all count.”—Offbeat Magazine
"The Dirty Dozen Brass Band is arguably the most influential ensemble to emerge in New Orleans over the last 25 years. Its sway on the brass band scene has been staggering, spawning bands like the ReBirth, New Birth, Hot 8, Li’l Rascals, Soul Rebels and just about every other young brass ensemble presently performing."—Offbeat Magazine
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Wednesday, April 13, 7:00 pm
Location:
Lyndon Institute Auditorium
168 Institute Circle
Lyndon Center, VT
Reserved seats: $52, $42, $32, $15. Students are free.
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The Queen’s Cartoonists are 6 world-class jazz players who perform fabulous and often funny music for classic cartoons and contemporary animation. The stars are the musicians – along with Betty Boop, Elmer Fudd, Bugs Bunny, Popeye the Sailor and more. The performances are synchronized to video projections of the original films, and the band leads the audience through a world of virtuosic musicianship, multi-instrumental mayhem, and comedy.
Behind the project is a single question: Is it possible to create jazz and classical music in the 21st century that appeals to everyone? Even people who normally wouldn’t go to concerts? The Queen’s Cartoonists present a concert for everybody – regardless of age, gender, or anything else.
Tying this diverse concert together are comedic anecdotes involving the cartoons and their composers. This band is on a musical mission of equal parts performance, preservation, and education. Expect the unexpected from a repertoire that includes the Golden Age of animation, cult cartoon classics, modern animation, and elements of a musical circus. Then add a special focus on cartoons and music that celebrate the holidays!
Since their inception in 2015, The Queen’s Cartoonists have brought their unique sound to performing arts centers in more than 20 states and have opened for the New York Philharmonic and others. The 6 members, all currently living in Queens, New York, are world-class professional musicians. The band has been featured in numerous major publications, including The Wall Street Journal, The Chicago Tribune, Mashable, and on NPR.
“As I watched The Queen’s Cartoonists slip and slide through decades of cartoon music, I followed a captivated crowd of young and old – the pleasure of the perfect synchrony of sound and pictures was instantly recognizable.” - Mashable
“Who needs another Broadway show when you can hire a jazz combo playing music from Bugs Bunny cartoons?” - The Wall Street Journal
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Saturday, April 23, 7:00 pm
Location:
Main Stage
Highland Center for the Arts
2875 Hardwick St.
Greensboro, VT
Tickets: $42 general admission
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Presented in a partnership with Highland Center for the Arts.
Stile Antico is firmly established as one of the world’s most accomplished and innovative vocal ensembles. Working without a conductor, its twelve members have thrilled audiences on four continents with their fresh, vibrant and moving performances of Renaissance polyphony. Its bestselling recordings have earned accolades including the Gramophone Award for Early Music, Diapason d’or de l’année, Edison Klassiek Award, and Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik. The group has received three Grammy nominations, and performed live at the 60th Grammy Awards at Madison Square Garden. Based in London, Stile Antico has also appeared at many of the world’s most prestigious venues and festivals. The group enjoys a particularly close association with Wigmore Hall, and has performed at the BBC Proms, Buckingham Palace, Amsterdam Concertgebouw, the Palais des Beaux-Arts, Cité de la Musique, Luxembourg Philharmonie, and Leipzig Gewandhaus.
Stile Antico’s performances are often praised for their immediacy, expressive commitment, and their sensitive and imaginative response to text. These qualities arise from the group’s collaborative working style: members rehearse and perform as chamber musicians, each contributing artistically to the musical results. The group is also noted for its compelling programming, which seeks to draw out thematic connections between works to shine new light on Renaissance music.
“Perfectly exquisite.”—St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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Violin, Cello, Piano
Saturday, April 30, 2022, 7:00 pm
Location:
South Church
1052 Main Street
St. Johnsbury, VT
Tickets: Adults - $18
Senior - $16
Student - $6
Special* - $6
*For those who find the regular price beyond their budget. We believe classical music should be available to everyone. Just request the special rate. No questions asked.
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"Polished performance, with elegance and energy finely balanced." — New York Times
With a memorable appearance on the Series a few years ago, these impeccable musicians return to St. Johnsbury with a stirring program of Brahms, Beethoven, and Messiaen
- Olivier Messiaen — Quartet for the End of Time (No. V. Praise to the eternity of Jesus)
- Ludwig van Beethoven — Trio No. 1 in E-flat major, Op. 1
- Johannes Brahms — Trio No. 1 in B major, Op. 8