By Julia Purdy Now that St. Patrick’s Day is upon us, we are treated to the usual time-honored ethnic slurs and jokes about the Irish: freckled red-haired leprechauns with huge grins and missing teeth, the drunken Irishman with his hat […]
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Rockin’ the Region with Curragh’s Fancy
By DJ Dave Hoffenberg Live music is what I missed most during the pandemic. Killington had a few places doing music but one had taken 15 months off, until now. One that people, including myself, have come to love seeing […]
St. Pat’s may be over, but Irish music continues in Brandon
Friday, March 31, 7:30 p.m.—BRANDON—Daymark is an international trio performing traditional Irish music infused with infectious energy, raw power, and Northern swagger. The group performs at Brandon Music Friday, March 31 at 7:30 p.m. Fusing the talents of Will Woodson […]
An Irish welcome for Middle Eastern refugees
Dear Editor, In light of the so-called travel ban being effective the day before St. Patrick’s Day, I offer a perspective on the executive order: “Céad míle fáilte,” Irish for “a hundred thousand welcomes.” Irish immigrants who left home in […]
First Annual Killington Irish Festival a success
Dear editor, If you were to ask a dozen people who attended the first annual Killington Irish Festival to sum up their experience at the event I would bet the stock reply would be, “It was Grand.” But of course, […]
ArtisTree welcomes public on Irish musical journey
Friday, March 17, 7:30 p.m.—SOUTH POMFRET—ArtisTree Community Arts Center welcomes Pete’s Posse for a St. Patrick’s concert, Friday, March 17, 7:30 p.m. Join Vermont’s own multi-generational folk power trio, Pete’s Posse, for a St. Patrick’s Day celebration to be remembered! The […]
Irish Comedy Tour will have crowds “Dublin’” over with laughs
Saturday, March 18, 8 p.m.—RUTLAND—Making a return to the Paramount Theatre right on time for the spirit of St. Patrick’s Day is the Irish Comedy Tour, Saturday, March 18, 8 p.m. The Irish Comedy Tour takes the party atmosphere of […]
O’Dwyer’s Public House will hold its first Killington Irish Festival over St. Pat’s weekend
Friday & Saturday March 17-18—KILLINGTON—O’Dwyer’s Public House at the Summit Lodge in Killington will host the first annual Killington Irish Festival (Saint Patrick’s Day Weekend), March 17-18. The Festival kicks off Friday, March 17 at 3 p.m. (and again Saturday, […]
Fair Haven library celebrates St. Pat’s early with Irish band
Tuesday, March 14, 7 p.m.—FAIR HAVEN—The Friends of Fair Haven Liberty will be presenting the band Craic Agus Ceol (fun and music) for its Almost St. Patrick’s Day program Tuesday, March 14, 7 p.m. at the Fair Haven Free Library. […]