| Barnet | Spring Dathun — April 1st - 30th With Acharya Gaylon Ferguson. A one-month group meditation retreat in which participants are introduced to and guided in mindfulness-awareness meditation. Each day consists of sitting and walking meditation, talks, study, and a short work period. Silence and functional speech are observed. Meals are served oryoki-style, from the Zen monastic tradition. Regular individual meditation instruction is included. Please register. $955. Location: Karmê Chöling Shambhala Buddhist Meditation Center, 369 Patneaude Lane. reception@karmecholing.org, 633-2384. | ||
| Hardwick | 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. | Open Chess Night Night Life — Thursdays, March 18th - April 15th Bring a friend or several to play chess. The space is perfect — quiet and cozy. For adults and high school students. No charge. Contact Jeff Fournier, 472-6511 x116. Location: Hazen Union High School, Library, 14 North Main Street. 472-6511. | |
| Hardwick | 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. | Volleyball Night Life — Thursdays, March 18th - April 15th Here is your chance to get moving and active before spring. Shed that extra winter weight, get more flexible, and improve your breathing. For adults and high school students. $2/night. Contact Jeff Fournier, 472-6511 x116. Location: Hazen Union High School, 14 North Main Street. 472-6511. | |
| Today's Montpelier listings are sponsored by Lost Nation Theater. City Hall Arts Center, 39 Main Street. 229-0492. info@lostnationtheater.org. Theater with Heart in the Heart of Vermont. | |||
| Montpelier | Book Sale — March 22nd - April 10th Thousands of books sorted by subject and at very reasonable prices. Location: Kellogg-Hubbard Library, 135 Main Street. Ellen Miles, 223-3338. | ||
| Montpelier | 9:00 - 11:00 a.m. | Baby Play Group — Thursdays; not held when schools are closed. For young people ages 0 - 2. Free. Contact Kate, 229-2212. Location: Family Center of Washington County, 32 College Street. 828-8765, 476-8757. | |
| Montpelier | 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. | Dads and Children's Play Group — Thursdays; not held when schools are closed. For children birth to five and their male adults. Town residency is not required. Location: Family Center of Washington County, 32 College Street. 828-8765, 476-8757. | |
| Montpelier | 6:30 p.m. | Film: My Architect — March 29th - April 1st Louis Kahn was one of the great 20th century architects, whose work includes the Salk Institute in La Jolla and his most ambitious achievement, the capital of Bangladesh in Dacca. When Louis Kahn died of a heart attack in 1976, he had already been a mostly absent father to 11-year-old Nathaniel, whose mother was one of Louis Kahn's two long-time secret partners. In Kahn's obituary in the New York Times, there was no mention of Nathaniel, his mother, or Kahn's other secret family. In this film, recently nominated for the Best Documentary Oscar, Nathaniel Kahn attempts to uncover and understand the mystery and complexity of Louis Kahn as both a father and an artist. Not rated. 116 minutes. Location: Savoy Theater, 26 Main Street. film@savoytheater.com, 229-0509, (800) 676-0509. | |
| Montpelier | 8:45 p.m. | Film: My Architect — March 29th - April 1st Louis Kahn was one of the great 20th century architects, whose work includes the Salk Institute in La Jolla and his most ambitious achievement, the capital of Bangladesh in Dacca. When Louis Kahn died of a heart attack in 1976, he had already been a mostly absent father to 11-year-old Nathaniel, whose mother was one of Louis Kahn's two long-time secret partners. In Kahn's obituary in the New York Times, there was no mention of Nathaniel, his mother, or Kahn's other secret family. In this film, recently nominated for the Best Documentary Oscar, Nathaniel Kahn attempts to uncover and understand the mystery and complexity of Louis Kahn as both a father and an artist. Not rated. 116 minutes. Location: Savoy Theater, 26 Main Street. film@savoytheater.com, 229-0509, (800) 676-0509. | |
| St. Johnsbury | 7:00 p.m. | Film: House of Sand and Fog — March 26th - April 1st Ben Kingsley and Jennifer Connelly star in this powerful drama as two people fighting over the same house. Connelly is Kathy, a troubled young woman struggling with addiction and her husband's departure. Lost in her funk, she fails to check her mail, which includes letters threatening to evict her. After she is thrown out of the house she grew up in — wrongly, it turns out, so she seeks legal representation — Massoud Amir Behrani (Kingsley) buys the property at auction with the goal of selling it at a huge profit so his family can live a better life. Behrani, a former colonel in the Iranian army, is determined to make his family's move to the United States a successful one — nothing matters more to him than his wife and son's well-being. But when he sees Kathy sleeping in a car outside his fence, he knows he is in for a fight. 126 minutes. Rated R. Location: Catamount Arts Center, 139 Eastern Avenue. catamountarts@charter.net, 748-2600, (888) 757-5559. | |