Crunch Captains
Saturday 24
The postholiday humdrum is real, y’all. Time to shake it off at Next Stage Arts’ Cereal & K-Pop: Cabin Fever Cure! in Putney, where all ages reboot at a boredom-busting morning of food and fun. Crunchy options bowl over eaters at the build-your-own cereal bar, followed by bouts of classic board and card games and a sugared-up sing-along viewing of a pop-powered supernatural action flick.
Bow Ties
Sunday 25
The Northeast Kingdom Classical Series calls listeners to South Church Hall in St. Johnsbury for a spirit-raising performance by the Young Concert Artists on Tour. Consummate string musicians (remember their names, folks — these players are going places) show off their skills with potent works by José Elizondo, Ernst von Dohnányi and Franz Schubert.
Heartbreak Motel
Opens Thursday 22
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Sam Shepard’s haunting family drama Fool for Love is the kind of show that digs deep and sticks with you long after the curtain drops. Shaker Bridge Theatre brings the indelible production to Briggs Opera House in White River Junction, where love, identity and myths of the American West intersect in a seedy motel room at the edge of the world.
Up to Snow Good
Friday 23
What’s better than a snow day? A snow night! Burlington City Arts keeps festivities rolling on the Church Street Marketplace with Downtown Lights: Snow Ball. A celebration of winter awaits hot cocoa-fueled revelers, with breathtaking light projections, listening sets by DJ Amelia Devoid, and Snow Miser-approved activities such as mini snowman building and snowball-throwing competitions.
Jammy Center
Saturday 24
Grammy-winning bluegrass outfit the Infamous Stringdusters amp up their swagger at this year’s Founders Cup Benefit Concert at Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center in Stowe. Sonic exploration meets acoustic tradition at a transcendent performance blurring the boundaries of jam band, Americana, country and folk — all wrapped up in rock-star attitude.
What a Farce
Tuesday 27
Middlebury’s Town Hall Theater pokes through the artistic veil with its new Loop Series, a curated lineup of immersive experiences that foster a deeper understanding of the art-making process, as it unfolds in real time. In “The Elements of Folly,” director Craig Maravich and a cast of local actors lead curious minds — literally, through the building — into the rollicking world of slapstick stage humor.
Color Me Captivated
Ongoing
AVA Gallery and Art Center’s “all the colors humans have not yet named” exhibit in Lebanon, N.H., casts off January grayscale with highly saturated works spanning styles, subjects and mediums. A stroll through the vibrant showcase of flamboyant, hue-hyped works could prove as effective as happy pills in lifting the weight of winter. Art: It’s what the doctor ordered.
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