Broadway winner brings Changing Room to Williamstown finale
Williamstown Theatre unveils an unprecedented finale for its 19th season by bringing the entire Broadway production of The Changing Room to town for one week from Aug 2 to Sept 1. Eleven of the 22 cast members are Williamstown alumni, with notable names including Emery Battls Rex Robbins William Snelland and George Fide. The production features David Jenkins set design and Whitney Blausen costume work, aiming to attract full Equity company representation and near capacity crowds for three special matinees.
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Williamstown
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Willicenstown Theatre
The
Berkshires
North American
Nikos Psacharapoulos
U.S
Long Wharf Theatre
New Haven
Moresco Theatre
Williamstown Theatre
Emery Battls
Rex Robbins
William Snelland
George Fide
Charles Siebert
Tom Atkins
Dick Masur
Richard Nevin
Psacharopoulos
Weekend crescendo at SPA with top orchestras and stars
Saratoga Performing Arts Center plans a bustling mid August with The Philadelphia Orchestra under Aldo Ceccato on Aug 17 in Verdi and Bruckner. Benny Goodman joins on Aug 18 for a special concert, then Ferrante and Yeicher, Glen Campbell, and the Philadelphia Baroque Quartet perform across venues. Film Festival shows Space Odyssey 2001 and Marx Brothers films, with late programs and on stage seating options. Tickets via box office or Ticketron. call (518) 587-1440.
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Saratoga
N.Y
Saratoga Performing Arts Center
Philadelphia Orchestra
Gily Center
Aldo Ceccato
Ceccato
City Center
Spa Summer Theater
Benny Goodman
Ferrante
Yeicher
Center
P.m
Glen Campbell
Dad Strunk
Philadelphia Baroque Quartet
Canfield Casino
Deborah Carter
Herbert Light
George Harpham
Ello
William Smolin
Roberto Benzi
van Cliburn
Moscow
Eugene Ormandy
Performing Arts Center
Ticketron
String Band Concert at Rutland Church Lawn
The Farm and Wilderness Camps String Band, Plymouth Union Vermont, will perform early American music at the Unitarian Universalist Church on West Street Rutland. The event starts at 7 p.m. on the church lawn under church event sponsorship for Sugar Maple Day Care Center. Refreshments will be served and the public is invited.
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Farm and Wilderness
Farm and Wilderness Camps, Inc
Plymouth Union
Vermont
Unitarian Universalist Church
West Street
Rutland
Sugar Maple
Nelson Brooks urges new discipline for language studies at Middlebury
Yale scholar Dr. Nelson Brooks told Middlebury College graduates that a true language discipline requires doctorates and professorships in language, proposing a field integrating language evolution, teaching, and culture. He warned current departments neglect the status of language and urged formation of a distinct scholarly discipline.
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Middlebury College
Nelson Brooks
Yale University
Brooks
The
Mead Memorial Chapel
East Africa
Brooss
Mt Equinox Grange notes and upcoming events
Mt Equinox Grange No 435 met August 6 with reports on Youth Camp Week at Camp Ondawa Sunderland and card and flower duties. Entries for the needlework contest due August 20. Mt Equinox Cookbooks selling for $2 at local shops and through members for Christmas gifts. Talent contest set for Barre September 8. Bedspread raffle tickets available from Master Austin Ranney or Marion Thompson. Lecturers theme Health readings on Water Balance and Happiness. Next meeting September 17 for officer elections. Neighbors Night at Bennington Grange Aug 9 drew six attendees. No meetings August 20 or September 3.
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Ceres
Kornet Economics Committee
Caroline Ritchie
Florence Bull
Arlington
Basket Barn
Jelly Mill
Manchester
Grange
Evelyn Snow
Marion Thompson
Barre
Finn
Brother Finn
Austin Ranney
Sherill Snow
Benington Grange
Ethan Allen Pomona Grange
Sheriff's Posse Ride in Rupert at Merck Forest
The Bennington County Sheriff's Mounted Posse sponsors a summer pleasure ride in Rupert at the Merck Forest. Meeting at 10 a.m. on Aug 48, riders will traverse about 15 miles of marked trails on private woodlands. Open to all ages, noncompetitive, with refreshments and completion certificates. Contact Mrs. F. D. Frantz for details.
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Bennington County
Sheriff's Mounted Posse
Rupert
Merck Forest
Will
Ill
Down Dale
Rt. 315
Tose
F. D. Frantz
Burgess Road
Bensington
Escapee hunted near Brownsville after prison break
Kenneth Wein 18 of Hyde Park escaped from Vermont’s Wind sor State Prison on Wednesday afternoon after attacking a guard. He fled with a warehouse incident and car keys. a Brownsville constable found the officer’s yellow car. Wein, 5 feet 10 inches and 135 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes, has a facial scar and is linked to prior crimes with Warrent Tudhope. Road blocks extended through the night as authorities pursued the pair.
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Windsor
APT
Windsor State
Brownsville
Rio
Kenneth Wein
Hyde Park
Wein
Ralph Johnson
Clay Hill
Warrent Tudhope
South Peshadion
Burlington Bus Terminal
Oil spill off Shelburne Point under Coast Guard probe
A small spill near Shelburne Point is under Coast Guard investigation after a University of Vermont marine boat reported a six gallon, ten yard long slick. Chief Charles Jennings noted the spill could have originated from nearby barges or tugs observed in the area.
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UPI
Shelburne Point
University of Vermont
Charles Jennings
Coast Guard
Rustlers warned as cattle thefts spread in western Massachusetts
Massachusetts state police investigate multiple cattle rustling incidents in western Massachusetts with thefts in the Lee area and two suspects from southern Vermont arrested in Pownal for shooting and butchering a cow. North Adams farmer William P. Burke patrols pastures after earlier thefts as rustling fears grow.
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Massachusetts
Lee
North Adin
Vermont
Pownul
William P. Burke
North Adama
Curran Highway
Burke
Navy
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