One of the most memorable scenes from “Alice in Wonderland” is the Mad Hatter’s tea party — a tipsy mouse, musical teapots and a song about un-birthdays. There had to be something in that tea.
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This week a longtime Ludlow band opens Tinmouth’s Old Firehouse for the season, and an ‘80s video game exhibit supports the ongoing Rutland arts revitalization project in an old West Street building.
In Silicon Valley, the old adage “fake it ’til you make it” is often a guiding principle of fledgling startup companies. Sometimes, turning a good idea into a viable business and, potentially, revolutionizing society, requires a bit of smoke and mirrors. The danger, of course, is knowing how…
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Watching “Arrested Development” is a lot like hanging out with an old friend. No matter how long you’ve been apart, you’re always happy to see them. And, like spending time with an old friend, that pull of nostalgia and shared memories makes it easy to fall into the same old routine. But at …
Meg Bouchard’s “Our Town” could be subtitled “Rutland County.”
A broken heart with two full hearts descending from it is one piece in the unique, under-construction installation art project by more than 600 local students currently underway at the Compass Music and Arts Center in Brandon.
Growing up reading “X-Men” comic books, I never really considered the psychological toll fighting crime and saving the world would have on the young super-powered characters that often populated the teams. With few exceptions, the books often glossed over how traumatizing all that violence a…
The long-awaited remake of the “Really Big Show” is finally here, and Castleton University hosts a one-of-a-kind circus you can take the whole family to this week.
Grammy-winning guitarist Ed Gerhard will be performing in concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 23, at Brandon Town Hall in support of preserving a historic local site as a new venue.
It’s difficult to critique longstanding institutions. Over time, aged bodies like the Catholic Church or Congress become so towering and entrenched that even the sharpest criticisms tend to bounce off them or are waved off by defenders who dismiss them as subjective, petty, facile or ignoran…
What’s interesting about Mill River Union High School’s music program is that it’s different from other school programs. The singing groups traditionally classified as men’s and women’s ensembles are called the Clef Hangers (traditionally male voices, tenors and basses), the Tempo Tantrums (…
The stigma of menstruation is as universal as it is ludicrous. The notion that a woman should be ostracized or made to feel shame because of her period is inexcusably offensive. Yet, patriarchal queasiness over this natural, necessary biological function is another shameful example of the de…
Everyone has a story. You never know how someone’s story will affect you, or how someone else will be affected by yours. For many years, women’s stories were often not told. But an attempt to change that began in 1987 when March was designated Women’s History Month. Throughout March many eve…
TIG Welding Class
Most of us have to had to live in the shadow of a sibling who outshined us, who made our lives by comparison look unimpressive and disappointing. The new Comedy Central series “The Other Two” explores those anxieties to great effect.
They say talent can only take you so far. Hard work has to back it up. This week’s column on two new family-friendly theater ventures coming up highlights some of the talented hardworking people in our area, whose main goals are to support each other and have fun doing it.
Older generations like to talk about the golden age of parenting, when you could trust your neighbors, leave your doors unlocked and let your kids run free without care. The Netflix true-crime documentary, “Abducted in Plain Sight,” shows what happens when that approach goes horribly, horrib…
Rutland’s longest running talent show is getting a makeover. “Rutland's Got Talent,” hosted by the United Way of Rutland County, is the latest fundraiser in line with local successes like "Dancing with the Rutland Stars" and "Real Rutland Feud."
There is a universality in the teenage experience that supersedes time and place. No matter where or when you grow up, the highs and lows, the awkwardness, the emotions, the inevitable embarrassments will always be the same.
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As we go through life, we carry our traumas with us. The pain, sadness and guilt we experience accumulates within us. How we choose or don’t choose to confront those experiences comes to define who we are and how we live our lives. Failing to confront them can create an unending loop of pain…
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To the very end, “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” has been a colorful burst of comedy and optimism. In their followup to “30 Rock,” Tina Fey and Robert Carlock dialed down the cynicism to create something that was equal parts unflappably charming and riotously funny.
More than two dozen local artists and appreciators braved the February chill last Saturday night to welcome back to Rutland Milwaukee portrait painter Debo Mouloudji. Mouloudji was one of six artists-in-residence last summer at 77 Gallery. It was the gallery’s first venture into a residency …
What is it about the Harry Potter books that won over millions of fans and continues to be so popular more than 20 years after the first book came out? It could be any number of reasons.
Oftentimes, the most obvious question is the best one to ask. That’s the approach rapper and activist Michael “Killer Mike” Render takes in his new Netflix docuseries, “Trigger Warning with Killer Mike.”
A one-day pull from the Rutland Herald calendar brought up a list of things to do in the area, all today, Thursday, Jan. 31 ...
With the snow piling up and cabin fever setting it, let’s spend this week taking a look ahead to what we’ll be watching this coming winter and spring.
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There are two art shows over the next two weekends full of work by people you may know. Between a collection from students in nearby schools and a group exhibition of longtime Vermont artists, it’s an easy way to see some great museums, the muse in many forms and some artistic visions of the…
West Rutland musician and filmmaker Duane Carleton will screen his documentary “Divided by Diversity” at Green Mountain College on Tuesday.
“Black Mirror” is a television series that masterfully plays on the anxieties of living in the modern age. Its paranoid, pessimistic view of the creeping reach and influence of technology is made more chilling by its familiarity. Series creator and writer Charlie Booker approaches existing t…
Here’s why pottery is fun for anyone, not just for kids: Perfection is not the goal, creativity is.
It’s easy to get lost in the world of “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.” Showrunner Amy Sherman-Palladino (“Gilmore Girls”), who has a knack for building specific, live-in worlds, has created a saccharine, candy-coated alternate-universe 1950s-era Manhattan full of luxurious spaces and gorgeous cl…
Ladie’s Night Out
You might recognize local musician Ron Pulcer from anywhere from Giorgetti Park to the Chaffee Art Center — he’s been playing venues around Rutland for years — or from one of his many teaching gigs.
Curling Club Open House
If Bruce Springsteen had retired 30 years ago, his legacy as one of music’s most profound and consequential singer-songwriters would already have been secure. But he kept working, kept touring, and kept writing and releasing new music. Along the way, he’s remained relevant in ways few of his…
“The process of making a book happens in different ways,” Lizi Boyd says. Her latest book “Night Play” was published just a few months ago and she’ll be at Phoenix Books in Rutland, at 2 Center St., at 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 19, for a reading.
It’s New Year’s Eve and there are two ways to spend it — going out or staying in. Staying in is tempting, but if you’re up for going out there are a couple good family-friendly options.
Last year Miss Lorraine’s School of Dance revived its annual holiday “Nutcracker” for the first time after 20 years, and this year owner Heather Brouillard says it’s even bigger.
Two holiday shows are up for just a couple performances this weekend that you won’t want to miss.
This weekend features two unique concerts nearby with local talent.
A decade ago, news that Julia Roberts was starring in a TV show on a streaming video service would have sent industry observers clucking with speculation that her career was on the skids. Today, it’s hard to imagine the Oscar-winning actor doing anything as interesting and ambitious as “Home…
Yoga for Men
Two unique, Christmas-y, family friendly events are happening this Friday and Saturday in Rutland.
“Bodyguard” begins in a state of extreme tension and never lets up. The hit BBC series, which premiered on Netflix last month, opens on a commuter train bound for London where police Sgt. David Budd (Richard Madden), who’s traveling with his two young children, discovers a female suicide bom…
