{"id":2048045,"date":"2025-09-25T02:47:46","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T02:47:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2048045"},"modified":"2025-09-25T02:47:46","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T02:47:46","slug":"art-notes-upper-valley-fall-arts-and-entertainment-lineup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/art-notes-upper-valley-fall-arts-and-entertainment-lineup\/","title":{"rendered":"Art Notes: Upper Valley fall arts and entertainment lineup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<aside>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p><iframe title=\"Everlit Audio Player\" width=\"100%\" height=\"130px\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\" class=\"perfmatters-lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/everlit.audio\/embeds\/artl_xQ1ykHewoRQ?ui_title_icon=headphones&amp;client=wp&amp;client_version=2.3.4\"><\/iframe><noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Everlit Audio Player\" src=\"https:\/\/everlit.audio\/embeds\/artl_xQ1ykHewoRQ?ui_title_icon=headphones&amp;client=wp&amp;client_version=2.3.4\" width=\"100%\" height=\"130px\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap has-normal-font-size\">The big event in this fall\u2019s season of arts and entertainment is the reopening of Dartmouth College\u2019s Hopkins Center for the Arts after a nearly three-year, $89 million renovation and expansion. There\u2019s a big opening weekend planned for Oct. 16-19, featuring many of the stars in the Big Green sky \u2014 Shonda Rhimes, Mindy Kaling, Rachel Dratch, the celebrated dance company Pilobolus, you get the idea \u2014 and fancy guests, including Yo Yo Ma. The Ivy League prestige meter will be turned up to 11.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll get to that closer to the date. In the meantime, the new, expanded Hop is up and running, hosting the Telluride at Dartmouth film screenings last week, among other events. <\/p>\n<p>This week, the first performances are taking place in the Hop\u2019s new Daryl Roth Studio Theater. \u201cFirebird\u201d is a reimagining of Stravinsky\u2019s \u201cFirebird Suite\u201d by the Dutch arts collective Touki Delphine. With neither musicians nor dancers, the movement and music are communicated by an installation of 500 recycled car taillights. Tickets for the 45-minute show are pay-what-you-can, with a minimum price of $5 and a suggested price of $15.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"scaip scaip-1    \">\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cFirebird\u201d and the opening weekend at Northern Stage tell us that the arts are already on the move. Here\u2019s a list, by no means exhaustive, of what\u2019s coming at us this fall.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Theater<\/h3>\n<p>Two upcoming shows at <strong>Northern Stage<\/strong> beam viewers down into distant lands, one real, the other fictional. First is the musical, \u201cCome From Away,\u201d which began previews on Wednesday and tells the true story of the 38 planes that were rerouted to Gander, Newfoundland following the Sept. 11 attacks. Northern Stage\u2019s Artistic Director Carol Dunne directs, and the cast includes homegrown talent in the form of Kate Budney, a Hanover High School alum who now lives in Brooklyn.<\/p>\n<aside>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p>Northern Stage\u2019s former Director of Education, Eric Love, returns to the theater to direct \u201cPeter and Wendy,\u201d a musical based on J.M. Barrie\u2019s beloved tale of Peter Pan. The play opens on Dec. 4 and runs through New Year\u2019s Day.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets to both productions are $37-$100 for general admission; $28 for students and people ages 25 and under; and pay-what-you-can starting at $10 on preview days.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Artistree Community Arts Center\u2019s<\/strong> production of \u201cUrinetown, The Musical,\u201d a satire about a dystopian community whose government has banned private toilets amid a 20-year drought, opens next week at the Grange Theater in South Pomfret. The play feels especially prescient given the drought that\u2019s been afflicting the region this summer. Tickets are $40 for adults; $35 for children and seniors. The matinee on Oct. 8 is free to seniors and members of Zack\u2019s Place, the Woodstock-based education and resource center for people with disabilities.<\/p>\n<p>As one can imagine, only a handful of tickets remain for David Sedaris\u2019 reading of new essays at Lebanon Opera House on Wednesday, Oct. 8 ($71-$91). The lucky few who nab one will be privy to a Q&amp;A with the author followed by a book signing.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"scaip scaip-3    \">\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p>Parish Players\u2019 longstanding <strong>Tens Festival<\/strong> is back at the Eclipse Grange Theater in Thetford starting Oct. 2. This year\u2019s roster of 10-minute plays features a wide swath of Upper Valley talent including longtime theater director Hetty Thomae; Samantha Davidson Green, the executive director at JAM (Junction Arts and Media) in White River Junction, and burgeoning actor and Hartford High School alum, Alex Rushton. Tickets are $25; $20 for seniors; $15 for students; and $10 on Thursdays.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The cast of Shaker Bridge Theatre\u2019s production of \u201cEureka Day,\u201d from left, Jon Protas, Jammie Patton, Gordon Clapp, Danielle Cohen and Stephanie Jeane. (Courtesy photograph)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Speaking of the Briggs, <strong>Shaker Bridge Theatre<\/strong> starts its season on Oct. 2 with Jonathan Spector\u2019s \u201cEureka Day,\u201d in which a progressive California school board is forced to confront their consensus-based, everyone-is-valid, decision-making process when a bout of mumps sparks panic on campus.<\/p>\n<p>The theater will switch gears in December with a production of \u201cDear Jack, Dear Louise,\u201d a strangers-to-lovers two-hander set against the backdrop of World War II that details the epistolary exchange between a military doctor stationed in Oregon and a New York City actress.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets to the two productions are $38-$45 for general admission; $25 for people under 35; and pay-what-you-will on the first Thursday show.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dance<\/h3>\n<p>As part of a statewide tour, <strong>Vermont Dance Alliance<\/strong>, a Burlington nonprofit that helps artists develop new work, will present \u201cThe Institute for Folding\u201d at Briggs Opera House on Oct. 29 ($20). Michael Bodel, who works in external affairs at Dartmouth, developed the piece over the course of a yearlong Alliance residency. The finished work centers around the manipulation and movement of 30 slabs of cardboard, with music composed by Rodrigo Mart\u00ednez Torres, who recently completed an MFA in Sonic Practice at Dartmouth.<\/p>\n<p>Across the river, on Nov. 11, student-led groups performing a range of dance styles will grace the Hopkins stage for <strong>Dartmouth\u2019s annual fall dance showcase<\/strong>. Tickets to the two-hour event are $20 for the general public; $12 for students and youth.<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian dance company Grand Kyiv Ballet will bring to life Tchaikovsky\u2019s \u201cSwan Lake\u201d at <strong>Chandler Center for the Arts<\/strong> in Randolph on Oct. 18 ($40.95-$71.85). The company will return later in the season to perform \u201cThe Nutcracker\u201d on Dec. 12.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Music<\/h3>\n<p>After a dynamic celebration of its 100th birthday last year, <strong>Lebanon Opera House<\/strong> is keeping the bar high with performances from some big names. Jeff Tweedy, front man for two leading alt-country bands, Uncle Tupelo and Wilco, performs on Oct. 14 ($68-$88), and the graceful singer-songwriters Patty Griffin and Rickie Lee Jones drop in on Oct. 20 ($62.50-$82.50). (To be fair, Natalie Merchant might be a bigger name, but that show, on Nov. 14, is sold out. The Tweedy and Griffin-Jones shows don\u2019t have many seats left.)<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"521\" data-attachment-id=\"230557\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/vnews.com\/sierra-hull-2024-06-26-show-24\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Sierra-Hull-2024-06-26-Show-24.jpg?fit=2500%2C1669&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2500,1669\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D750&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1719434208&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;22&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20250924-vn-artspreview003\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Celebrated mandolinist Sierra Hull performs on Oct. 2 at Lebanon Opera House with singer John Craigie.&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Sierra-Hull-2024-06-26-Show-24.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Sierra-Hull-2024-06-26-Show-24.jpg?fit=780%2C521&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Sierra-Hull-2024-06-26-Show-24.jpg?resize=780%2C521&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-230557\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Sierra-Hull-2024-06-26-Show-24.jpg?resize=1024%2C684&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Sierra-Hull-2024-06-26-Show-24.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Sierra-Hull-2024-06-26-Show-24.jpg?resize=768%2C513&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Sierra-Hull-2024-06-26-Show-24.jpg?resize=1536%2C1025&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Sierra-Hull-2024-06-26-Show-24.jpg?resize=2048%2C1367&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Sierra-Hull-2024-06-26-Show-24.jpg?resize=1200%2C801&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Sierra-Hull-2024-06-26-Show-24.jpg?resize=2000%2C1335&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Sierra-Hull-2024-06-26-Show-24.jpg?resize=780%2C521&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 780w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Sierra-Hull-2024-06-26-Show-24.jpg?resize=400%2C267&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Sierra-Hull-2024-06-26-Show-24.jpg?w=2340&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 2340w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Sierra-Hull-2024-06-26-Show-24-1024x684.jpg?w=370&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 370w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Celebrated mandolinist Sierra Hull performs on Oct. 2 at Lebanon Opera House with singer John Craigie. (Courtesy photograph)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The opera house also continues its tradition of strong traditional music programming, with mandolinist Sierra Hull and singer-songwriter-storyteller John Craigie (Oct. 2); the Cajun band BeauSoleil and British folk-rock maestro Richard Thompson (Nov. 21); A Cape Breton Christmas (Dec. 6) and the folk trio the Wood Brothers (Dec. 13). The year ends with the final Midwinter Revels (Dec. 20 and 21).<\/p>\n<p>Of all the drag names in all the world, Flamy Grant might be the best. With a voice that\u2019s been described as a mix of \u201cWynona Judd smokiness and Dolly Parton realness,\u201d Grant comes from a religious background and sings in the gospel tradition, so it\u2019s fitting the opera house is staging the Nov. 6 show at First Congregational Church of Lebanon ($23). Grant is also an artist-in-residence at LOH.<\/p>\n<aside>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p>Outside the Hopkins Center\u2019s massive opening weekend in October, its musical offerings consist of the college\u2019s own ensembles performing with guest artists. It\u2019s going to take time to grow into the new space.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, many of the area\u2019s smaller venues will be busy.<\/p>\n<p>Randolph\u2019s Chandler Center for the Arts continues its resurgence under director Chloe Powell. The hall hosts Puuluup, an Estonian \u201cneo-zombie-post-folk\u201d duo that compose and play on talharpas, a lute once common to northern Europe, on Oct. 3. Tickets are pay-what-you-can, from $10 to $40, free for children under 12.<\/p>\n<p>Further along, look for the double bill of two masterful string bands, Canada\u2019s The Fretless and Vasen, from Sweden, on Oct. 28 ($10-$45, free under 12); Leroy Preston and the Unknown Blues Band, on Nov. 8 ($10-$40, kids free); and two performances of William Grant Still\u2019s \u201cA Bayou Legend,\u201d by Opera Vermont, on Nov. 14 and 15 ($25-$65).<\/p>\n<p>Court Street Arts, which programs shows at Haverhill\u2019s Alumni Hall, is unusual in that patrons can order dinner ahead and eat before the concert. Shows run in the Americana vein, including an Oct. 10 performance by The Rough &amp; Tumble, and their fellow Americana duo The Honey Badgers ($25 for the show, $20 for dinner). The two duos are releasing a new EP together in November and plan to perform it in Haverhill. Further shows include jazz guitarist Frank Vignola\u2019s Birdland Trio, on Oct. 17 ($25, plus $20 for dinner); New York State singer-songwriter Reese Fulmer and his band, on Nov. 14 ($20, plus $20); and Maine\u2019s The Mallett Brothers, on Dec. 12 ($25, plus $20).<\/p>\n<p>For more Americana, keep an eye on the Anonymous Coffeehouse, which brings in local and regional artists for free, Friday night (and sometimes Saturday night, including this week) shows at Lebanon\u2019s First Congregational Church.<\/p>\n<p>Artistree Community Arts Center starts a busy slate of concerts with two this weekend: Friday night, Leslie Neighbor Stroud, flute, and Matthew Odell, piano, play classical compositions by Schubert, Connesson, Weinberg and Ravel (pay what you can, with a suggested donation of $20). And Sunday afternoon, the contemporary jazz trio Tone Forest performs with special guest Michael Zsoldos ($31.50).<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The great outdoors<\/h3>\n<p>There are a couple of music festivals planned for Oct. 11. The Vermont Food and Music Festival at Mount Ascutney in West Windsor includes a range of bands, headlined by country artist Brent Cobb. Gates open at 11 and music starts at noon. Tickets are $45 in advance, $60 the day of, free for kids 12 and under. For more information go to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vtfoodandmusicfest.com\/\">vtfoodandmusicfest.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And you know that -palooza is a universal term when you hear about Grafton Palooza, a music festival held at the Mascoma Valley town\u2019s rec field, with food trucks and other vendors. Tickets are $5 and the bands sound pleasingly earnest and obscure, among them Astra Mortis, Sunset Sloth, Pointless Culture, and Broke.<\/p>\n<aside>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>What to Read Next<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source vnews.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The big event in this fall\u2019s season of arts and entertainment is the reopening of Dartmouth College\u2019s Hopkins Center for the Arts after a nearly three-year, $89 million renovation and expansion. 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