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By MARION UMPLEBY

NORWICH — Activist and puppeteer Pati Hernández has always seen the power of storytelling.

By MARION UMPLEBY

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — When I stepped into Two Rivers Printmaking Studio, an arts cooperative in the Tip Top Media Arts building, on Tuesday afternoon, it was clear that the work on display was not based on the Vermont landscape.

By MARION UMPLEBY

WOODSTOCK — Over the past few years, comedian Vicki Ferentinos has been busy getting in reps at stand-up venues in the Upper Valley and across Vermont.

By MARION UMPLEBY

As the school year draws to a close, a group of six Hartford High School students prepare to display their work in a month-long exhibit at the Main Street Museum in White River Junction.

By MARION UMPLEBY

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — This week, two bedrocks of the Upper Valley, farming and theater, will meet in “The Vermont Farm Project,” a new musical generated by Northern Stage.

By ALEX HANSON

At the heart of the 20-year history of the New London-based Center for the Arts is a paradox: Until recently, it was less an arts center with a fixed address than a set of programs meant to build community around the arts.

By MARION UMPLEBY

Video game soundtracks, by their nature, exist in the background. Their job is to give texture to the action and to lull players into the world of the game, without posing a distraction. 

By MARION UMPLEBY

In the latter part of his life, Wayne Thompson was a dedicated patron of Artistree, the community arts center in South Pomfret. An artist himself, he submitted numerous paintings and sculptures to group exhibitions over the years.

By ALEX HANSON

At first look, “The Fierce Females Project,” a sharp, concentrated installation of portraits by the Sharon artist Finnie Trimpi that went on view Tuesday at Artistree Gallery in South Pomfret, reads like its exterior, a grid of small square frames painted a metallic gold.

By MARION UMPLEBY

At last Friday’s rehearsal, director Lanni Luce West asked her teenage cast to circle up on the Lebanon Opera House stage and share one thing that made them each unique.

By ALEX HANSON

John Masko has been involved in orchestral conducting in a variety of forms since graduating from San Francisco Conservatory in 2018.

By ALEX HANSON

Jackie Rocha’s longest job was a 14-year stint at the history center of The Statue of Liberty — Ellis Island Foundation.

By ALEX HANSON

Revels North, an arts nonprofit that celebrates and performs traditional music from around the world, has had a tough go since the coronavirus pandemic.

By ALEX HANSON

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — For the past couple of years, it seemed like the Main Street Museum had something going on several nights a week.Movie clubs screen offbeat films on weeknights. A slate of bands, both local and from around the region, might fill...

By ALEX HANSON

After building a music career in Portland, Ore., Hunter Paye moved back to the Upper Valley in 2018. His mother, Tish Paye, who had raised him on her own, needed his help.Paye had made regular trips back here to play shows. “I told her one time, ‘You...

By ALEX HANSON

Halloween is upon us, and in the Upper Valley that means that all eyes that aren’t watching over children in search of candy are on White River Junction.And for good reason. As Halloween enthusiasts have come to expect, this year’s Gory Daze events,...

By ALEX HANSON

Two years ago, Lisa Piccirillo was at an intermediate stage in a musical journey.She’d written a suite of songs during the pandemic, a process that had helped her work through some dark days and find a ray of light. She was ready to make a record and...

By ALEX HANSON

Thanksgiving has always seemed to me the greatest of our holidays. The idea of a harvest festival, where families or tribes gather to celebrate their agricultural labors with a generous feast, might be outdated in the era of factory farming, but the...

By ALEX HANSON

This space has already taken note of Lebanon Opera House’s 100th birthday, in part because it’s kind of a rolling celebration.The dedication of the building took place on Oct. 29, 1924, so it seems fitting that the opera house’s fall season is perhaps...

By ALEX HANSON

Sometimes there’s an obvious subject for this column, such as the three music festivals I wrote about last week.But sometimes there isn’t. Instead there are a bunch of art opportunities that run counter to the big event, which this weekend is the...

By ALEX HANSON

The music festival is a feature of the automobile age. Even before Woodstock, the massive 1969 concert in Upstate New York, the Newport (R.I.) Folk Festival dates only to a decade earlier and the Newport Jazz Festival to 1954. Cheap gas brings people...