Music
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Chopin, Debussy highlight clarinet, piano recital
ELIZABETHTOWN | Chamber music works for piano and clarinet promise a springtime step in the Piano by Nature series. The April offering brings Vermont clarinetist Steven Klimowski together with pianist Sadie Brighten in chamber music performance. Read more
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Congratulations to top chess players
The Elizabethtown Social Center is pleased to announce the winner of the 2019 Dr. Mel Amsel Memorial Chess Tournament — Peter Vaiciulis of Westport! Read more
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Bands ‘n Beans to rock new venue this year
LAKE GEORGE | An event that was launched in the early 1990s as a gathering of friends active in the local art and music scene — to enjoy homegrown music and spicy food — grew over the next quarter-century into the most prominent annual mega-party... Read more
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Jazz up April with final coffeehouse
Mark your April calendars now for concerts you will not want to miss! Read more
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Blues concert a pleasant surprise
It isn’t often that Jim and I trek to Plattsburgh at night for a concert, especially in winter. But we did last (Friday). Read more
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Ed Gerhard to perform in Brandon
BRANDON | Grammy-winning guitar instrumentalist Ed Gerhard performs in concert Saturday, March 23 at 7:30 p.m. at Brandon Town Hall Theater... Read more
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‘Sham-Rock the Block’ to enliven Lake George next weekend
LAKE GEORGE | A festive party celebrating Irish heritage — annually embraced by people all over the Capital Region and beyond — is to be held next weekend in Lake George. Read more
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Jazz in town
MIDDLEBURY | Five-time Grammy Award nominee and Steinway artist Christian Sands will bring his jazz trio to the Middlebury Mahaney Arts Center on Friday, Feb. 22 at 7:30 p.m. Read more
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Frigid fraternizing is hot in Lake George, Bolton
LAKE GEORGE | For well more than a century, socializing outdoors while drinking adult beverages in Lake George Village and Bolton Landing has been a popular pastime — in the balmy months. Read more
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Award-winning Cornwall student to perform
MIDDLEBURY | Young Tradition Vermont award-winning high school student Romy Munkres, of Cornwall, will play with the Middlebury College Community Chorus during the upcoming spring season. Read more
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Beat the winter blues with music | Elizabethtown Social Center
Making music is a joyful way to pass the cold winter months. We have two opportunities for you to express yourself by creating sound this winter. Read more
Castleton hosts arts open house
CASTLETON | Castleton University is hosting a fine and performing arts open house on Jan. 26 for residents who are interested in developing their passion for art, creative writing, music or theater. Read more
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Liam’s sacrifice
TICONDEROGA | In the late summer of 2017, Liam Brown had decided to come home. Read more
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Brit ‘dream team’ to perform in Middlebury
MIDDLEBURY | The art song “dream team” of British tenor Mark Padmore and compatriot pianist Paul Lewis will perform as part of the Middlebury Performing Arts Series (PAS) on Friday, Jan. 18 at 7:30 p.m. at the Mahaney Arts Center’s Robison Hall. Read more
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Professor hosts event
MIDDLEBURY | New Century-New Voices is a new music series hosted by Middlebury College’s visiting assistant professor of music Matthew Evan Taylor. Read more
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Discover local talent at coffeehouse concert series
Our monthly coffeehouse concert series, Discover North Country, starts Jan. 13! Read more
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Stafford Middle School singers celebrate CD release
PLATTSBURGH | Stafford Music School’s Fermata Nowhere a capella group and a few of their friends came together last week to celebrate the release of the group’s album, “Shine.” Read more
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Middle school group readies CD to fund trip
PLATTSBURGH | Fermata Nowhere, a Stafford Middle School a cappella group is poised to compete in the International Championship of High School A Cappella (ICHSA), to be held in Danvers, Massachusetts in February. Read more
Christmas by rail
PORT HENRY | For moment, it looked as if Marlene Gadway would be forced to break an impressive streak. Read more
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'Tis the season
MIDDLEBURY | The annual Lessons and Carols for Advent and Christmas will be held at Middlebury’s Mead Memorial Chapel on Sunday, Dec. 9, at 4 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 9, at 7 p.m. Read more
