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SUMMARY:Concerts in the Courtyard: SIRSY
DESCRIPTION:CONCERTS IN THE COURTYARD\nWe are pleased to announce that Bennington Museum has received an anonymous grant once more for 2026. Performances are free of charge. \nAll events take place from 5-7pm. The Museum will remain open until 7pm on these days\, regular admission applies. \nPlease bring your own blankets or lawn chairs! \nSage Pizza will set up shop in front of the NEW Courtyard serving delicious pie. The Museum will serve beverages. \nIn the event of rain\, the event will be cancelled by 2pm on Fridays. Check our facebook page for updates. \nMuseum educators will provide free children’s activities during Concerts in the Courtyard. Kids of all ages will find a fun makerspace at the picnic tables where they can create art based on art and objects featured in the Museum. \nSIRSY\nS I R S Y – B I O\n“Rock Pop Artist of the Year” + “Record of the Year” 2024 Thomas Edison Music Awards “Eddies Music Hall of Fame Inductee” 2025\n“Solo Duo Artist of the Year” 2023 Thomas Edison Music Awards \nIt’s hard to imagine a sound this big coming from two people. The Boston Globe calls Sirsy “The little band with the big sound.” Fans call them “the little band with a big heart.” Hailing from NY\, SIRSY plays compelling singer-songwriter rock and pop with a charming intensity\, a bit of sass\, lots of soul\, and loads of heart. They write honest\, engaging songs that are instantly relatable and catchy. The Times Union says “Sirsy’s clever\, smart songs have more hooks than a tackle box”. Sirsy’s passionate and down to earth live shows also include storytelling and even some nerdy jokes. They can somehow make an audience sing along\, dance\, laugh\, and cry – all at the same show. \nMelanie Krahmer’s passionate and immediately arresting vocals are sultry and seductive. They can be a floaty whisper or at times raspy and rocking – with a little bit of a tongue-in-cheek tone\, as if she’s singing with a wink. She has “one of the most powerful and flexible voices you’ll ever hear”. Mel is also the band’s drummer (and featured in Modern Drummer). She simultaneously plays bass on a keyboard with her drumstick. Live\, she also plays piano\, melodica\, and the occasional badass flute solo too. Mel’s bandmate\, co-writer\, & husband/bestie is Rich Libutti. Rich masterfully plays a well-loved and road worn Rickenbacker through a pedal board full of vintage effects. He sounds like 3 guitarists all on his own. SXSW music blog says “The guitar player is flawless and raw. Clean enough to be enjoyed\, and just edgy enough to make you grin.” Rich also plays bass (and at live shows often does it on a pedal board with his feet).\nThese 2 multi-instrumentalists manage to sound like a full band and somehow do it all with big smiles on their faces. It’s clear they love what they do. And that love is contagious when you see them live. You can’t help smiling along with them. With song lyrics that center around empowerment and resilience\, it’s no surprise that Sirsy’s fans have supported the duo through the pandemic\, over a dozen records\, 20+ years of touring\, and Mel’s 2 bouts with cancer. Every show is like a celebration for this couple and their fans. Come celebrate life with them! \nSirsy’s warmed stages for Brandi Carlile\, Maroon 5\, Train\, Grace Potter\, Joan Jett\, Cheap Trick\, Collective Soul\, Blues Traveler\, Spindoctors\, Adam Ezra Group\, Lifehouse & many more. They’ve had songs on the hit tv show “Shameless”\, the NFL\, HBO\, MTV\, and PBS. Their latest single\, “Stupid Little Heart” (Jan 7\, 2025) debuted at #10 on the folk chart. They are regulars on NPR. In 2024\, Sirsy was given the lauded ‘Thomas Edison Music Award’ for “rock/pop artist of the year” and “Record of the year” and in 2023 “solo/duo artist of the year”. Their last several records were produced by Grammy-Winner Paul Q Kolderie. The SXSW Music Blog says “Sirsy’s not just a 2 piece but a head scratching WOW!” And the Houston Music Blog says “Sirsy makes edgy feel-good music that’s fun to watch. You must see them live!” \n“SIRSY is your favorite band\, you just don’t know it yet.” – Rochester City Newspaper.
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/concerts-in-the-courtyard-sirsy-3/
CATEGORIES:Concerts in the Courtyard
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260815T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260815T150000
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SUMMARY:Vermont Coppers Symposium - The 14th Star: Currency & Independence
DESCRIPTION:Bennington Museum holds an extraordinary collection of Vermont Coppers\, the unique currency minted during Vermont’s years as an independent republic (1777–1791). These coins are central to Vermont’s culture of innovation and represent a rare period when a non-state entity exercised the sovereign right to coin its own money. \nThe Museum’s collection includes some of the finest known examples of these rare 18th-century coins. \nSpeakers will include Dr. Jesse Kraft: American Numismatic Society (ANS); Jamie Franklin: Curator\, Bennington Museum; and Tony Corlotto: Author of The Copper Coins of Vermont and Those Bearing the Vermont Name (1998) \nAdmission for the symposium is $25.\nBennington Museum Members receive a 50% discount!\nPurchase tickets using the link below.\nOnline ticket sales end at 5:00PM on August 14. Tickets can be purchased at the door on the day of the event.
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/coppers2026/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260821T170000
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SUMMARY:Concerts in the Courtyard: The Velvet Wave
DESCRIPTION:CONCERTS IN THE COURTYARD\nWe are pleased to announce that Bennington Museum has received an anonymous grant once more for 2026. Performances are free of charge. \nAll events take place from 5-7pm. The Museum will remain open until 7pm on these days\, regular admission applies. \nPlease bring your own blankets or lawn chairs! \nSage Pizza will set up shop in front of the NEW Courtyard serving delicious pie. The Museum will serve beverages. \nIn the event of rain\, the event will be cancelled by 2pm on Fridays. Check our facebook page for updates. \nMuseum educators will provide free children’s activities during Concerts in the Courtyard. Kids of all ages will find a fun makerspace at the picnic tables where they can create art based on art and objects featured in the Museum. \nThe Velvet Wave\nDive into the timeless sounds of your favorite instrumental surf rock classics with The Velvet Wave\, who deliver an electrifying performance that’ll have you dancing on the warm sands of nostalgia.
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/concerts-in-the-courtyard-the-velvet-wave-2/
CATEGORIES:Concerts in the Courtyard
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SUMMARY:Concerts in the Courtyard: Soul Porpoise
DESCRIPTION:CONCERTS IN THE COURTYARD\nWe are pleased to announce that Bennington Museum has received an anonymous grant once more for 2026. Performances are free of charge. \nAll events take place from 5-7pm. The Museum will remain open until 7pm on these days\, regular admission applies. \nPlease bring your own blankets or lawn chairs! \nSage Pizza will set up shop in front of the NEW Courtyard serving delicious pie. The Museum will serve beverages. \nIn the event of rain\, the event will be cancelled by 2pm on Fridays. Check our facebook page for updates. \nMuseum educators will provide free children’s activities during Concerts in the Courtyard. Kids of all ages will find a fun makerspace at the picnic tables where they can create art based on art and objects featured in the Museum. \nSoul Porpoise\nSoul Porpoise lays down all original organ driven funk and soul inspired by artists such as Stevie Wonder\, Dr. John\, and Herbie Hancock. Collin Cope’s gritty vocals have been compared to Joe Cocker and Ray Charles and breathe fire into Ira Friedman’s heartfelt original songs. This soul drenched band will move your body with craft songs and airtight grooves.
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/concerts-in-the-courtyard-soul-porpoise/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260912T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260912T113000
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SUMMARY:Museum ABCs: My Family Tree
DESCRIPTION:Your family tree starts with you and branches out from there. Add your siblings if you have them and the grown-ups who take care of you at home. Do you know who they grew up with? More leaves for your tree! Each family will go home with a copy of today’s story\, Alma and How She Got Her Name\, by Juana Martinez-Neal. \nMuseum ABCs is a collaboration between Bennington Museum and the Bennington Free Library\, designed for children ages 3 to 5 and their adult companions. Siblings are welcome! Museum ABCs is FREE thanks to funding from The Bank of Bennington. Join us on the second Saturday of each month\, April through November\, for artwork\, stories\, and more! \npresented in partnership with the Bennington Free Library \nsponsored by \nadditional support from
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/abcs2026sep/
CATEGORIES:Museum ABCs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260913T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260913T160000
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SUMMARY:Annual Meeting and Arnold Ricks Award
DESCRIPTION:Join the Bennington Museum Board of Trustees for our annual meeting where we will review all the successes of Bennington Museum in fiscal year 2026 that you have helped to make possible\, and discuss exciting projects slated for the coming year. \nAt this meeting\, which is open to members and non-members alike\, we will also be presenting the Arnold Ricks Award which is given to an individual or organization in recognition of exceptional contributions to the Bennington community and Bennington Museum. \nThis year we are pleased to honor Tom Dee\, recently retired President and Chief Executive Officer of Southwestern Vermont Health Care (SVHC).  Under his leadership\, the health system attained twelve consecutive years of positive operating performance\, became an institutional member of Dartmouth Health\, and received numerous state and national awards for quality of care\, community leadership and workplace excellence.  During his tenure\, Tom also made sure to give back to the community by directing SVMC’s philanthropic priorities in ways that made a local difference at Bennington Museum and beyond. He encouraged and helped lead economic development in Bennington through his involvement with the repurposing of the former Southern Vermont College campus and the renovations of the downtown Putnam building.  With his late wife\, Rita\, he committed countless hours of personal advocacy and volunteerism across many sectors including to equine and animal rescue efforts\, Catholic charities\, and the arts and culture. \n“Tom has stewarded a truly transformational change in the way the people of this area experience health care\,” says Martin Mahoney\, Executive Director. “But more than that\, he understands that a healthy community is built through strong partnerships. This exemplary vision has paved the way for organizations like ours to begin bold projects\, to make new connections\, and to dream bigger for the benefit of the entire region. For that\, we are deeply grateful.” \nSuggested donations of $20 will support our education programming so that we can continue to provide equitable access to the arts and culture for our youngest community members throughout the year! \nRefreshments and light hors d’ouevres will be served in the Ada and Paul Paresky Court. \nThe annual report will be available at this meeting\, and will also be available for download and viewing online. \nRSVP
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/annual-meeting-and-arnold-ricks-award-dee/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260920T140000
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SUMMARY:Villainous Vermont
DESCRIPTION:a Bennington Historical Society presentation \nAuthor Lawrence Gooley reveals shocking discoveries made while researching Villainous Vermont\, his collection of 32 true murder stories from the past. Learn about the murderess later cited as a Montpelier icon\, unpunished vigilantes\, the stomach-churning secrets behind a young girl’s death\, the worst criminal incident in Vermont history\, and more. \nLawrence Gooley is an award-winning author with a lifetime love of research\, writing\, and history. He has authored 22 regional books on history and true crime. For ten years he wrote a weekly history column on Adirondack Almanack\, the region’s award-winning and most popular online journal. He and his partner\, Jill Jones\, founded Bloated Toe Enterprises in 2004. They have published over 100 titles including 35 historical Adirondack reprints of vintage books. His book\, Oliver’s War: An Adirondack Rebel Battles the Rockefeller Fortune\, won the Adirondack Literary Award for Best Book of Nonfiction in 2008. Another title\, Terror in the Adirondacks: The True Story of Serial Killer Robert F. Garrow\, was a regional best-seller for four consecutive years. Other best-sellers include Escape from Dannemora and 25 Diabolical Adirondack Murders. \nsupported by
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/bhs2026sep/
CATEGORIES:BHS
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261010T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261010T113000
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SUMMARY:Museum ABCs: Preschool Printmakers
DESCRIPTION:Printmaking is fun and easy! We’ll explore a few ways to make prints using things like Q-tips\, styrofoam\, and plants. Dress for a mess for this inky\, painty program! \nMuseum ABCs is a collaboration between Bennington Museum and the Bennington Free Library\, designed for children ages 3 to 5 and their adult companions. Siblings are welcome! Museum ABCs is FREE thanks to funding from The Bank of Bennington. Join us on the second Saturday of each month\, April through November\, for artwork\, stories\, and more! \npresented in partnership with the Bennington Free Library \nsponsored by \nadditional support from
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/abcs2026oct/
CATEGORIES:Museum ABCs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261018T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261018T150000
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SUMMARY:Winter's Time
DESCRIPTION:a Bennington Historical Society presentation \nIn November 1926\, Cecelia Gullivan\, treasurer of the Cone Automatic Machine company of Windsor\, Vermont\, was brutally killed in her home. Local police quickly arrested Cone Automatic machinist John Winters on suspicion of the crime\, and the trial that followed was sensational and swift. The author of Winters’ Time: A Secret Pledge\, a Severed Head\, and the Murder that Brought America’s Most Famous Lawyer to Vermont\, shares the story. \nJeffrey L. Amestoy\, the former Vermont Attorney General (1985-1997) and Chief Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court (1997-2004)\, has spent years researching a fascinating and dramatic episode of Vermont’s history: the time that Clarence Darrow\, America’s most famous lawyer\, came to Vermont to defend a convicted murderer before the Vermont Supreme Court. \nsupported by
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/bhs2026oct/
CATEGORIES:BHS
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261114T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261114T113000
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SUMMARY:Museum ABCs: Toys of Long Ago
DESCRIPTION:Bring in a favorite toy and we’ll talk about what it is made of. Then we’ll travel back in time to see what kinds of toys children played with long ago. Were they made of the same materials? Did they need charging? Were they fun to play with? Come find out! \nMuseum ABCs is a collaboration between Bennington Museum and the Bennington Free Library\, designed for children ages 3 to 5 and their adult companions. Siblings are welcome! Museum ABCs is FREE thanks to funding from The Bank of Bennington. Join us on the second Saturday of each month\, April through November\, for artwork\, stories\, and more! \npresented in partnership with the Bennington Free Library \nsponsored by \nadditional support from
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/abcs2026nov/
CATEGORIES:Museum ABCs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261115T140000
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SUMMARY:Bridges of Bennington County
DESCRIPTION:a Bennington Historical Society presentation \nVermont is home to the third highest number of covered bridges in the United States\, after Pennsylvania and Ohio. If you look at the number per square mile\, Vermont ranks number one. There are five of them right here in Bennington County – three in Bennington alone! These bridges are part of Vermont’s identity\, captured in paintings\, the subject of ghost stories\, and part of many of our daily commutes. In this presentation\, local researchers will share what they know about our county’s beautiful and historic covered bridges. \nAvis Hayden lives in Sunderland\, on property that adjoins the Chiselville Covered Bridge. She has a curiosity about local history\, spurred on by her genealogical research involving Vermont residents. She holds a Certificate from Boston University in Genealogy. She volunteers at Bennington Museum’s Regional History Room and assists with projects at the Russell Collection (Arlington/Sunderland/Sandgate).   \nDavid Pilachowski has lived in Bennington for 25 years\, worked in college and university libraries\, and has long been interested in history. He volunteers in Bennington Museum’s Regional History Room (RHR) and is a Museum Trustee. He was one of several people involved for the past several years in reorganizing and cataloging the RHR collection. Through that work\, he became aware of Professor Louis Puffer’s remarkable collection of covered bridge materials and associated resources donated to the RHR. \nsupported by
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/bhs2026nov/
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