Williamstown director to stage Lizzy Borden at City Opera
Williamstown Theatre executive director Nikos Psacharopoulos signed to direct Jack Beeson’s Lizzy Borden for the New York City Opera this fall. He directed the premiere years ago and will rework the production for the City Opera’s New York State Theatre. Rehearsals begin mid September with a early October repertory debut. Luv returns to the Williamstown stage this week after a sold out first run.
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Williamstown
Mass
Williamstown Theatre
St. Joan
Nikos Psacharopoulos
New York
Jack Beeson
Lizzy Borden
New York City
New York State Theatre
New York City Opera
Psacharopoulos
Folk Singing Fun at Fox Hollow Beers Festival Opens
In Fox Hollow woods Petersburg New York the Beers Festival of Traditional Music and Arts opened with a natural amphitheatre setting attracting children and parents. The Dildines from Accokeek Maryland performed with their pups and led the crowd in folk songs while John Dildine served as sound engineer and Ginny Dildine sang and played guitar or banjo.
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Petersburg
N.Y
Fox Hollow Woods
Dildines
Accokeek
Froggie
John Dildine
Ginny
Scott Dildine
Summer clean-up and church renovations in Pownal and North Pownal
In preparation for the opening of schools in the Pownal Town District, the annual summer clean-up program is nearing completion with interior painting and new shelves at Center School, exterior work and railing install at the church, and a gravel parking lot being laid. Bus schedules and teacher listings are to be announced soon. Debut of puppet show and ongoing programs at Fox Hollow near Petersburg feature daily performances and exhibits.
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Pownal Town
Center School
North
Pownal
Oak Hill
Hunsicker
New York
Rhode Island
Levain Cameron
Richard Pudvar
William Hunsicker
Women’s Fellowship
North Pownal
White Creek Guests Attend Gardner Son’s Wedding
White Creek residents Mrs. Robert Call and daughter visited Burlington guests of the Charles Niles family. Weekend visitors included Mrs. Helen Wheeler Beechers Falls Mr and Mrs George Hibbard Pittsford N H Mr and Mrs Jack Wheeler Canaan Vt Mr and Mrs William Clogston Rhinebeck N Y and Mrs Lisa Hibard Stewartstown N H. They came to attend the wedding of Mrs Gardner’s son Richard White to Brenda McCart on Saturday evening.
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Robert Call
Burlington
Charles Niles
Helen Wheeler
Beechers Falls
George Hibbard
Pittsford
N.H
Jack Wheeler
Canaan
William Clogston
Rhinebeck
N.Y
Lisa Hibbard
Stewartstown
Fred Gardner
Bluebird Lady Nurtures New Winged Friend in Manchester
In Manchester, Lynn Walker dubbed the Bluebird Lady nurtures a baby bluebird at home and in her office. She hosts many bluebird houses, distributes hand colored letters, and notes a local population boom while fearing habitat loss could threaten the species. The rescued bird shares the Apple Orchard in Morse Hill Road and awaits release once strong enough to survive.
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Lynn Walker
Dorset
Manchester
U.S
Walker
National Audubon Society
East Dorset
James Glenn
Jane Walker
Morse Hill Road
Walker Realty
North Bennington Community Notices and Family Updates
Members of Tucker Chapter 38 OES of North remind donations for the Eastern Star Home in Randolph be given to Worthy Matron Opal Lindsey in Shaftsbury or to secretary Walter Whitman in North Bennington by August 26. David Wickenden leaves for California to visit his brother Chris before Chris departs with his Seabee unit for Okinawa. David returns next week. Mrs. Loretta W. Oakes rests at home in North Bennington after a European trip. Alan Legacy at the U S Naval Academy says he is busy and jokes about possible starvation or exhaustion, awaiting a parents visit, the 1967 Army Navy game, and Christmas leave.
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Tucker Chapter
OES
North
Eastern Star
Randolph
Opal Lindsey
Shaftsbury
Walter Whitman
North Bennington
David Wickenden
California
Chris
Okinawa
David
Loretta W. Oakes
Alan Legacy
U.S. Naval Academy
Edward Legacy Jr
Army
Bus Stop at Weston Playhouse Delights With Carbone’s Turn
William Inge's Bus Stop opened at Weston Playhouse under Robert Leibacher with a strong cast led by Karen Carbone as Cherie. The revival centers on a snowbound restaurant where five travelers and two locals reveal loves and lonelineses in sharp dialog and brisk humor.
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William Inge
Weston Playhouse
Robert Leibacher
Linda Fisher
Elma Duckworth
Muriel Kaplan
Grace Hoyland
Glenne Grant
Will Masters
Edmond Genest
Cherie
Karen Carbone
Gerald Lyman
Robert L. Hobbs
Carl David Mellwraith
Virgil Blessing
Robert Calvert
Decker Stephen Byrnes
Marilyn Monroe
Boston Conservatory
Touche
David McIlwraith
Virgil
Stephen Brynes
Miss Carbone
Messrs
Calvert
Brynes
Weston
Arlington Hosts Bridal Show and Community Fair Honors
Miss Sandra Andrews was guest of honor at a bridal show held at the Community House last week with about 40 attendees. Arlington Community Club trustees praised last week’s Community Fair as a success thanks to town organizations. Prizes awarded included a bicycle to Mrs. C. Lee Marsh, safari light to Mrs. Arthur F. Moody Jr., a camp store to Donald Keough, and a movie camera to Prosper Deschenes. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Blair and others traveled to Seymour, Connecticut, for the wedding of Janice Blair, daughter of Forrest and Mrs. Blair.
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Sandra Andrews
Arlington Community Club
C. Lee Marsh
Arthur F. Moody Jr
Donald Keough
Prosper Deschenes
Manchester Opens Second Junk Auto Dump For Burial Grounds
Manchester takes a second dump on North Road, leased from Edward and Mrs Squires, to bury junk autos. Auto hulks can be dropped for 5 dollars per car, half to town and half to the Squires. Town will crush cars with a bulldozer several times yearly, estimating 100 cars in the first year as Vermont contemplates a crackdown on unlicensed junkyards.
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Manchester
Edward Squires
North Road
Squires
James L. Woodard
Woodard
Woods
Vermont
Whitingham Auction To Aid Fire Department
One of the area largest community auctions will begin Saturday at 10 a.m. on Town Hill near Vermont Route 100. Proceeds from the sale and a noon barbecue will fund firefighting equipment for local volunteer firemen. Auctioneer Dominic Sabin will conduct the event through lunch until all items sell.
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Whitingham
Town Hill
Sadanga
Brigham Young
John H. Brigham
Dominic Sabin
Halifax
Davison to Return Home After Cross Roads Africa Study
Mrs. John Davison of Hoosick Falls will spend several days in New York City before meeting her daughter Betsy Davison on Tuesday. Betsy returns from a Cross roads Africa summer program in East Africa, flying home via Athens after a group evaluation in Nairobi for 58 students in the division.
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John§. Davison
New York City
Betsy Davison
Crossroads Africa
Davison
Athens
Nairobi
Africa
East Africa
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