Saturday, April 15, 1 p.m.—RUTLAND—Paramount Theatre continues its Live in HD broadcasts from the National Theatre of Great Britain with the second in a three-play series. The broadcast—Peter Shaffer’s masterpiece “Amadeus”—will screen Saturday, April 15 at 1 p.m. Lucian Msamati plays Salieri in Shaffer’s iconic exploration of music, power and jealousy. The production also features…

Saturday, April 15, 7:30 p.m.—BRANDON—Acclaimed and celebrated Scottish concert pianist Murray McLachlan will perform at the Compass Music and Arts Center April 15 at 7:30 p.m., the first recital to be given on a classic 1915 Steinway piano recently donated to the Compass Music and Arts Foundation by the estate of late New York jazz…

T.A.G. Vision: Together, Art Grows RUTLAND—Welcome springtime into the neighborhood by decorating garden stakes, cute ladybug rocks, and other fun crafty creations during April school vacation. Tuesday, April 18, 4-6 p.m. there will be a Spring Craft Party in the Community Green Space at 113 Library Ave., Rutland. The rain date will be the next…

Sunday, April 16, 5:30 a.m.—What better way to start off Easter Sunday than with a sunrise service at Killington Peak? Then, watch the kids as they search for treats left behind by the local Easter Bunny, including lift tickets and season passes. Easter sunrise service is set to begin at 6:30 a.m. at the Killington…

Friday, April 14, 1:30 p.m.—BROWNSVILLE—Brownsville Community Church will sponsor the first of a series of free concerts open to the public Friday, April 14. The first concert will be a Good Friday concert which starts at 1:30 p.m., followed by a brief service at 2:30 p.m. The concert will feature treasured works from Bach and more including…

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By Daryle Thomas We have now suffered through the first few weeks after daylight saving. Spring ahead, loose an hour. “Don’t worry,” my friend said. “The days are getting longer.” Spring means it won’t be long before the deep woods snows begin to melt, swelling the brooks, streams and rivers across Vermont’s greening landscape. In…

By Elise Tillinghast Every year around this time, my husband, kids and I haul out the tent blind from our garage and set it up in the field in front of our house. We toss in a few folding chairs, a thermos, maybe a neighbor. At dusk, we take our seats. First come the vocalizations…

I suspected Trump’s surprise electoral victory was Russia’s doing, until I discovered an important puzzle piece I knew nothing about. Now I believe the meddler extraordinaire was more complicated, sinister, and insidious than Kremlin hacking alone. Have you ever heard of “psychometrics?” I hadn’t until I happened upon an article called “The Data That Turned…

When I was a kid, I never woke up in the morning and said, “When I grow up, I want to have a needle in my spine.”  Of course I also never said, “When I grow up, I want to be single at the age of 46.” And also, I never said, “When I grow…

By Brett Yates [Verse 1] In the time of bloated budgets, I got real wonky, Made PowerPoints in vain, became a fiscal junkie. With the widow’s peak, the airbrushed headshots, Wisconsinites voted for the beefcake hotshot. Kill the entitlements and put it in neutral; Stock market’s gaining with the White House under our control. Body…

From April 6 to April 10, 2017, The Rutland County Sheriff’s Department and other local Departments will be out in force looking for distracted drivers as part of the U Drive. U Text. U Pay. campaign, a high-visibility effort to enforce distracted-driving laws. “Everyone knows texting and driving is illegal and dangerous, and everyone knows…

The Department of Financial Regulation (DFR) has received several reports of callers claiming to be conducting surveys on behalf of DFR’s insurance and banking divisions. Commissioner Michael S. Pieciak wants to stress DFR is not involved in these surveys. DFR does not believe personal client information has been requested. Callers have targeted insurance agencies around…

CU president search begins CASTLETON—As the process of choosing Castleton University president Dave Wolk’s successor begins, Vermont State Colleges Chancellor Jeb Spaulding and board of trustees members hosted a March 28 forum to get community feedback on the process. They discussed whether the search should be internal or external, and whether the candidate should have…