The Advocate's Vermont Notes
February 5th, 2005
The Maple Street School will hold a skate benefit to raise money for tsunami victims at Riley Rink on Saturday, Feb. 5, from 7 to 9 p.m.
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Young Wyatt gets in step
January 31st, 2005
A first step launches most journeys, but for 6-year-old Wyatt Coniglio, a first-time overseas voyage could enhance his ability to walk
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Canavan lands Bennington post
January 20th, 2005
Armed with excitement and experience, James L. Canavan Jr. of North Adams, Mass., said Tuesday that he is eager to tackle the tasks associated with his new job as the Bennington-based Regional Affordable Housing Corp.’s executive director
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New hours at Bennington Museum
January 14th, 2005
The Bennington Museum announces new open hours for 2005. The Museum will be closed to visitors on Wednesdays
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Vermont country store thinking big
November 19th, 2004
A company known for bringing products from the past to customers of the present is planning to bring jobs to the town's future.
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Bennington Museum Events Calendar
November 12th, 2004
2004 Events and Exhibitions at the Bennington Museum
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Oldcastle takes huge step forward
October 14th, 2004
For a year of increased political awareness, the region’s 2004 theater season offered few productions that dealt significantly with current socio-political concerns
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Film fest called 'most striking yet'
October 8th, 2004
The Williamstown Film Festival’s sixth season in the Berkshires will run from Oct. 22-31 and will include many premieres, 27 shorts and special guest Alec Baldwin
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Bennington offers Battle Week and a lot more
August 13th, 2004
While the town and surroundings will burst into life the upcoming “Battle Day Week,” Better Bennington Corp. and the Bennington Area Chamber of Commerce are encouraging visitors to come to region year-round
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Oldcastle cast shines in weak Simon comedy
August 13th, 2004
Oldcastle seems to have a penchant for producing lesser efforts by Neil Simon
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Northern Berkshire Notes
July 1st, 2004
Hopkins Observatory at Williams College's has announced a continuation of its spring astronomy show, “Mars: Planet of Spirit and Opportunity.”
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Oldcastle to stage "The Novelist"
July 1st, 2004
Oldcastle Theatre Company in residence at the Bennington Center for the Natural and Cultural Arts, will continue its 2004 season with Howard Fast’s “The Novelist” on Friday, July 9, at 8 p.m.
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Vermont notes
February 12th, 2004
Phyllis Chapman, director of education at the Bennington Museum, will give a lecture and slide presentation “From Ash Can to Soup Can: American Art in the 20th Century”
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MoCA Kidspace breezes into Windfarm
January 2nd, 2004
For the first half of the Earth, Wind, and Desire series, Kidspace at MASS MoCA was transformed into a Nature Park
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Looking forward: Bennington business
January 2nd, 2004
The Bennington Area Chamber of Commerce looks forward to the New Year with the support of its 400-plus members and some exciting programs aimed at promoting tourism and economic development
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Looking forward: The Vermont legislature
January 2nd, 2004
Assessing the future at the beginning of any year requires optimism and realism
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Remembering the golden days of the 10th
December 9th, 2003
The Vermont Ski Hall of Fame usually inducts a handful of the sport’s most famous members each year
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Grinnell revels in Ephraim Williams role
December 9th, 2003
Over the past several years that local attorney Bruce Grinnell has portrayed town father – or at least benefactor – Col. Ephraim Williams Jr., he has gotten used to wearing 18th century shoes
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Manchester Ballet Center offers Petite Ballet Camp
May 14th, 2003
This will be the ninth summer Manchester will have a dance camp for 3 & 4 year olds. The director, Marilyn Cavallari, says it's a fun experience for little people
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The ordeal of wearing great-grandma’s clothes
April 10th, 2003
They say clothes make the man ... but what about the woman? In the mid-19th century women were literally shaped by fashion. From corsets worn to achieve an 18-inch waist to the shape and color of dresses
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A spring mix of sports: skiing hangs on, baseball is here, golf on the way
April 3rd, 2003
Nearly 300 took part in the annual April Fool’s Day Road Races Saturday in Lenox under perfect conditions
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Carol Cable building becomes character in student-made movie
March 28th, 2003
The cavernous old brick Carol Cable building on Water Street in Williamstown served as an immense and gloomy movie set where a student film crew and actors from Marlboro College in Vermont worked through the night all last week
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Calvin Coolidge to revisit Bennington this September
March 19th, 2003
Seventy-five years ago, President Calvin Coolidge delivered perhaps the most spontaneous and heartfelt speech of his career
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Rugs and wall hangings on exhibition at the Plum Gallery
March 14th, 2003
Dragons romp across Tibetan wall hangings and rugs now on view at Plum Gallery at 112 Water St. in Williamstown
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Southern Vermont College hosts " The Sandwalk"
March 12th, 2003
The Sandwalk, winner of the 1985 Vermont Playwright Award, will be performed by The Guild Players Touring Company at Southern Vermont College in Bennington on Sunday, March 30, at 7 p.m. in the Everett Mansion Theatre
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Local Irish band gets ready for big St. Pat's weekend
March 6th, 2003
The James Patrick Murphy Band will perform on Saturday, March 15 at the Hoosick Falls, NY Elks Club, 21 Church Street, to enliven St.Patrick’s festivities and parade from 2-5:30 p.m. The band will also perform at Carmody’s in Bennington, Vermont on Sunday from 2:30 till 5:30 p.m
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Eric Rudd provides space for ambitious artists and creators
February 27th, 2003
Artist, community activist, former candidate for mayor, author, property owner, and businessman — Eric Rudd of North Adams is a multi-faceted person
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Woman transforms recycled materials into animals & birds
January 30th, 2003
Medieval bestiaries were the television nature programs of their day, collections of pictures and descriptions of wondrous creatures, many of them — basilisks and unicorns, for example — mythical
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Vermont's Loons are expanding to new lakes
January 22nd, 2003
Vermont’s common loons began nesting last year on some of Vermont’s busiest boating lakes, an indication these endangered birds are adapting to available habitat and seeking to expand their numbers according to biologists
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Railway depot in North Bennington opens to community with exhibit and performance this weekend
January 15th, 2003
To learn about North Bennington and its environs, make a stop at the railroad station on Route 67A. Starting this weekend, a space in the Victorian railway depot will be dedicated to community-focused exhibits and to special events and performances
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