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LYNDON-SOUTH POMFRET-ROCHESTER — Heliand’s 15th anniversary time draws to a near with a new method for oboe, bassoon and piano referred to as “Cool of the Working day.” Pianist Cynthia Huard, oboist Katie Oprea and bassoonist Rachael Elliott will be joined by guest percussionist Thomas Kozumplik:

— Friday, July 22: Lyndon — York Street Meeting Dwelling, 7 p.m.

— Saturday, July 23: South Pomfret — Artistree Neighborhood Arts Middle, 3 p.m.

— Sunday July 24: Rochester — Rochester Federated Church, 4 p.m.

Continuing their mission to make classical audio meaningful and accessible by purposeful programming and vivacious performances, Heliand brings together tunes of Franz Josef Haydn, Jenni Brandon, Padma Newsom, Clemence de Grandval and Chick Corea. They also current the earth premiere of “Nuts,” a piece commissioned by Heliand from composer Molly Leach. The software title was encouraged by the music “Now is the Awesome of the Day” by Jean Ritchie, which the trio will be singing in an arrangement by Moira Smiley

MARSHFIELD — Anton Chekhov’s “The Seagull” opened a 3-7 days operate July 14 at Unadilla Theatre and runs Thursday-Saturday with present time at 7:30 p.m. July 14-16, July 21-23, and 28-30 in addition a Sunday matinee at 1:30 p.m. July 31.

The perform commences with a play inside a perform getting carried out on the shore of a lake. The writer is youthful and nearly impossibly idealistic. He is crushed when the participate in is not effectively obtained by his household and good friends. What is even worse is that his first appreciate presents her coronary heart to a guy who is getting an affair with the boy’s mom. Passion and jealousy operate rampant. “The Seagull” contrasts concepts about the mother nature of art and of theater by characters who demonstrate how human conflict, discomfort and emptiness make issues about art and philosophy secondary to the trauma of failed interactions and the decline of hope. Unbelievably, Chekhov does this by laughter extra generally than as a result of tears.

Tickets are $25, $15 for age 12 and youthful get in touch with 802-456-8968, or go to unadilla.org on line.

BRANDON — He in no way smiled on digicam, earning him the nickname of “the Wonderful Stone Face.” But Buster Keaton’s comedies rocked Hollywood’s silent period with laughter all over the 1920s. Acclaimed for their originality, intelligent visual gags and awesome stunts, Keaton’s films keep on being well-liked group-pleasers right now.

See for by yourself with a screening of “Battling Butler” (1926), one particular of Keaton’s landmark attribute movies, at 7 p.m. Saturday, July 23 at the Brandon Town Hall and Group Centre.

Live songs for the “Battling Butler” and a companion Keaton characteristic, “Sherlock Jr.” (1924) will be offered by Jeff Rapsis, a New Hampshire-centered performer and composer who specializes in scoring and presenting silent movies.

“Battling Butler” tells the tale of pampered millionaire Alfred Butler (Keaton) who attempts to impress the lady of his dreams (Sally O’Neil) by pretending to be a championship boxer with the similar title. The masquerade qualified prospects to knockout comedy equally in and outside the house the ring, supplying Keaton sufficient chance to show his gifts for physical and visible comedy.

Admission is absolutely free (donations support support ongoing Town Hall renovation efforts) go to www.brandontownhall.com online. Brandon Town Corridor is at 1 Conant Sq., Route 7.

MARSHFIELD — Outdated Time on the Onion (OTOTO), Vermont’s well-known previous-time event, produced by the Summit College of Classic New music and Culture, will choose location July 22-24 at the Onion River Campground.

Even even though Previous Time on the Onion is a cost-free-kind weekend campout for aged-time musicians and their enablers, there are a couple of scheduled Saturday situations, and there will be at the very least a single food stuff vendor this calendar year. There will also be the traditional Saturday night time potluck, starting off around 6 p.m.

Less than the Massive Top rated at 10 a.m. Saturday, R.D. Eno, banjo participant from Cabot, will lead a gradual jam workshop known as “Playing Close to and Inside a Tune,” not for beginners but to give players of all talent degrees a possibility to get ingenious with counter-voices and strange harmonies not generally permitted in outdated-time songs. At 11 a.m., Jenny Monfore, at first a violist and veteran of various string bands, will educate a fiddle workshop. Following a split for lunch, at 1 p.m., Dana Robinson, recording artist and now director of Cabot Arts, will offer a workshop on aged-time guitar. And at 2 p.m., Tom Mackenzie, banjo (and also hammered dulcimer) virtuoso, displays you “How to Play Alongside When You Never Know the Tune.”

Admission is $30 for the complete weekend, $20 for Saturday only, $15 for Friday or Sunday, payable at the gate by dollars or check (no credit cards). RV hookups are offered for an excess $10, also payable at the gate, but we advise you make a reservation by calling R.D. Eno ([email protected]). The Onion River Campground is found at 61 Onion River Street, just off Route 2.