| Barre | 8:00 p.m. | Richard Shindell Granite City Folk Series With special guest David Francey. An expatriate New Yorker now living in Argentina, Richard Shindell is a meticulous craftsman of song. His writing is truly eclectic, ranging from lighthearted ballads and adulterous love songs, to dirges and diatribes that skillfully skewer politics, prejudice, war and religion. In 1997, he was invited to join Joan Baez on tour and opened the eyes and ears of a new segment of folk music enthusiasts to his talents as a songwriter and performer. In 1998, Shindell formed the acoustic trio, Cry Cry Cry, with Dar Williams and Lucy Kaplansky. Canadian folk singer David Francey is a storyteller whose wry humor and astute observations combined with his openhearted singing style have earned him a loyal following across Canada and now into the US. $22, $18, & $15. Contact Kristina Stykos, 685-4304. Location: Barre Opera House, 6 North Main Street. staff@barreoperahouse.org, 476-8188. | |
| Cabot | 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon. | Recycling — Saturdays Central Vermont Solid Waste Management District. comments@cvswmd.com, 229-9383, (800) 730-9475. Location: Cabot Recycling Center, Main Street, across from Cabot Creamery. Gary Gulka, 563-2284. | |
| 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 | Snowshoe Loop from Underhill State Park involving various trails. Difficult. Approximately 6 hrs. on trails. Call leader evening before for meeting time. Please register. Contact Nancy Schulz, 223-7035. Green Mountain Club/Montpelier Section. Kathryn Gohl, 223-1097. | ||
| Montpelier | 6:00 p.m. | Chili & Chachalacas Enjoy a fantastic homemade chili dinner to benefit a group of teens preparing for the Texas Birding Classic. Bryan Pfeiffer will amuse and delight with a Texas bird slide show. the evening will include a silent auction and a live Harris' hawk. Please register. Vermont Institute of Natural Science (VINS). info@vinsweb.org, 229-6206. Location: Christ Episcopal Church, 64 State Street. 223-3631. | |
| Montpelier | 6:30 p.m. | Film: The Barbarian Invasions — April 2nd - 8th A.O. Scott, The New York Times: "Denys Arcand resembles many of the same lustful, left-wing French-Canadian intellectuals who populated his 'Decline of the American Empire,' his 1986 comedy of intellectual grandiosity and sexual duplicity. This time, the bawdy talk and political banter is shadowed by mortality, and by the rueful awareness that history has had the last laugh. Remy (Remy Girard) is dying of cancer, and his friends, former lovers, and estranged wife gather round his death bed for a sentimental seminar replete with naughty jokes and wistful nostalgia. Joining them are two members of the younger generation — Remy's son Sebastien, a wealthy international banker, and Nathalie, a heroin addict — who lack both the bravado and narcissism of their parents. What makes this much more than a facile study in generational conflict is Mr. Arcand's acute sense of history: he has made the cultural contradictions of global capitalism into the material of heartfelt domestic drama that is also a broad, accessible and devilishly funny sex farce." Rated R, 99 minutes, in French with subtitles. Location: Savoy Theater, 26 Main Street. film@savoytheater.com, 229-0509, (800) 676-0509. | |
| Montpelier | 7:30 p.m. | Montpelier Chamber Orchestra Society The American Experiment: music of Scott Joplin, George Gershwin, Charles Ives, William Grant Still, Aaron Copland, and Beth Anderson. Featuring Dan Bruce, piano, performing Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, and Sounding Joy! singing Copland. $12/adults, $10/seniors & students. Location: Unitarian Church of Montpelier, 134 Main Street, Corner of School Street. 223-7861. | |
| 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 | 8:30 p.m. | Film: The Barbarian Invasions — April 2nd - 8th A.O. Scott, The New York Times: "Denys Arcand resembles many of the same lustful, left-wing French-Canadian intellectuals who populated his 'Decline of the American Empire,' his 1986 comedy of intellectual grandiosity and sexual duplicity. This time, the bawdy talk and political banter is shadowed by mortality, and by the rueful awareness that history has had the last laugh. Remy (Remy Girard) is dying of cancer, and his friends, former lovers, and estranged wife gather round his death bed for a sentimental seminar replete with naughty jokes and wistful nostalgia. Joining them are two members of the younger generation — Remy's son Sebastien, a wealthy international banker, and Nathalie, a heroin addict — who lack both the bravado and narcissism of their parents. What makes this much more than a facile study in generational conflict is Mr. Arcand's acute sense of history: he has made the cultural contradictions of global capitalism into the material of heartfelt domestic drama that is also a broad, accessible and devilishly funny sex farce." Rated R, 99 minutes, in French with subtitles. Location: Savoy Theater, 26 Main Street. film@savoytheater.com, 229-0509, (800) 676-0509. | |
| St. Johnsbury | 7:00 p.m. | Film: Girl with a Pearl Earring — April 2nd - 8th In a visually stunning adaptation of Tracy Chevalier's best-selling novel, a resilient Dutch girl (Scarlet Johansson) becomes a maid in the house of painter Johannes Vermeer (Colin Firth) and ultimately the subject of one of the artist's most famous works. Though from vastly different backgrounds, the artist and the maid strike a unique emotional chord in one another and develop a societally taboo relationship responsible for the passion behind the creation of one of his greatest paintings. Tom Wilkinson and Cillian Murphy also star. It has just been nominated for Oscars for Costume Design and Art Direction. Rated R, 99 minutes. Location: Catamount Arts Center, 139 Eastern Avenue. catamountarts@charter.net, 748-2600, (888) 757-5559. | |
| St. Johnsbury | 9:00 p.m. | Film: Girl with a Pearl Earring — April 2nd - 8th In a visually stunning adaptation of Tracy Chevalier's best-selling novel, a resilient Dutch girl (Scarlet Johansson) becomes a maid in the house of painter Johannes Vermeer (Colin Firth) and ultimately the subject of one of the artist's most famous works. Though from vastly different backgrounds, the artist and the maid strike a unique emotional chord in one another and develop a societally taboo relationship responsible for the passion behind the creation of one of his greatest paintings. Tom Wilkinson and Cillian Murphy also star. It has just been nominated for Oscars for Costume Design and Art Direction. Rated R, 99 minutes. Location: Catamount Arts Center, 139 Eastern Avenue. catamountarts@charter.net, 748-2600, (888) 757-5559. | |