Arts + Culture
Vermont’s 2026-27 Performing Arts Season Is in Full Swing
From the grandest stages in the land to the smallest — including a tiny new one — the 2026-27 performing arts season is loaded with promise.
Tina Friml Comes Home to Record Her Debut Standup Special
The ascendant Vermont-born comedian will tape her first one-hour special at Town Hall Theater in Middlebury next month.
VSO Opens Season With Charity and Sylvia Tribute
The orchestra’s Flynn program features “Summerland,” a new work based on the story of two women who lived openly as a couple in 19th-century Weybridge.
Supernatural Musical Comedy ‘Hatchford Hotel’ Revels in Fowl Play
Shelburne Players give the first full staging to a comic musical about Werechickens that two Vermont rockers hatched during lockdown.
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Stuck in Vermont: Exploring Isaac Bissell’s Yard With Vermont Pollinator Photography
Episode 775: Bissell uses macrophotography to document the “tiny dramas” of pollinators in his small South Burlington backyard on Instagram.
Visual Art
Art Review: Sean Clute, “10,000 Seeds and the Phantom Air”
The multimedia artist and composer’s installation at Vermont State University-Johnson combines sound and sculpture to tell a personal story.
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Music + Nightlife
Cricket Blue Get Philosophical About Death on New Album
Burlington chamber-folk duo Laura Heaberlin and Taylor Smith turn serious about mortality on a sprawling double album called “Sweet Animal.”
Movies + TV
‘Practical Magic 2’ Coasts Through a Lackluster Plot on Witchy Vibes
Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock reprise their roles as sister witches in Susanne Bier’s legacy sequel to the 1998 cult hit.
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Lyric Theatre Launches Free Ticket Program
The South Burlington community theater is teaming up with other nonprofits to give tickets for its hit musicals to people who may not be able to afford them.
Drivers at Rocky Ridge Raceway Battle for the Checkered Flag
At Vermont’s only speedway built exclusively for go-kart racing, drivers from as young as 4 to their sixties get a taste of life in the fast lane.
WTF: What’s With the Costumed Crow Figurines in Shelburne?
A murder of (model) crows has entertained passersby in Shelburne for decades with clever outfits and configurations that change with the seasons.
Patrick Branstetter Gives Grace Coolidge’s Piano a New Life
The Brattleboro piano tech restored the 100-year-old piano at the Coolidge historic site in Plymouth to its former glory for future audiences to enjoy.
Alvarez’s Award-Winning Book Adapted Into Graphic Novel
In the Time of the Butterflies: The Graphic Novel’ retells the Vermont author’s 1994 novel, drawing on a storytelling format with deep roots in Latino culture.
The Seven Days Guide to South End Art Hop 2026
The annual celebration of hyperlocal art runs from September 11 to 13 this year, and we’re guiding the way to visual art, galleries, food, music and more.
The New SEABA Center Is a Hub for Visual and Performing Arts
With its art gallery, stage and rental venue, the South End Arts + Business Association headquarters is a hot spot in the heart of Burlington’s arts district.
Exit Interview: Artist Cynthia Cagle Recaps Her SEABA Residency
The South Burlington painter and ceramicist talks about her year in a studio at the Vaults, how her artistic vision changed and her plans for the future.
7 Pieces of Public Art in Burlington’s South End
Exploring town for the South End Art Hop? Here are seven year-round art landmarks to seek out, from the World’s Tallest Filing Cabinet to the Soda Plant rocket ship.
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