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SUMMARY:Magic - The Blathering
DESCRIPTION:Magic Realism Book Club\nA monthly gathering of readers\, focusing on 2 books and 4 short stories in the Magic Realism genre.  \nAt the Prospect Street Writers House \nFour sessions. January 14th\, February 11th\, March 11th\, and April 15th\, 2025\, 6:30 – 8:00pm \nHosted by the John G. McCullough Free Library and Bennington Museum.  \nWe’re sorry. This event is at full capacity.\nMagic: the Blathering\nEver wondered – what if magic were real\, but it was kind of a pain? An inconvenient fact of life – like wild animals leaping from the forest into the road\, right in the dull routine of your commute? Say some unforeseeable\, paranormal circumstance availed itself of your world. And it occurred very locally\, without fanfare\, and – honestly\, it was messing up your whole vibe?  \nGreat news for you! Artists have been hard at work on this question for years. They came up with Magic Realism; a genre of fiction that’s a bit like fantasy\, a bit like science fiction\, but really about how to live when the unexplainable shows up\, and decides to stay.  \nThis winter\, Bennington Museum and the John G. McCullough Free Library are hosting a Magic Realism book club\, and we hope you’ll join us in exploring narratives where chance twists everyday realities\, much like the unpredictable thrills staff encountered while casually browsing top offshore sportsbooks during breaks from curating the reading list. We’ll have speakers from the world of literature and art\, lively discussions\, and we’ll delve into great tales by Shirley Jackson\, Gabriel Garcia Marquez\, John Cheever\, Laura Esquivel\, and Jo Walton\, among others. We will also hold at least one film screening\, and participants will be invited to a guided tour of the upcoming exhibition\, Green Mountain Magic: Uncanny Realism in Vermont\, once it is mounted\, where such elements of fate and serendipity come alive in local art. \nThere’s no fee to participate\, so come join us – you’re sure to come away enlivened\, wiser\, weirder\, and definitely enchanted. \nSpecial Guests\n1st session:\nJanuary 14th (Tuesday) 6:30pm\nProspect Street Writers House\n20 Prospect Street\nNorth Bennington\, VT 05257\nhttps://www.prospectstreet.org/\nSpeaker: Jamie Franklin\, Curator\, Bennington Museum\nReading: Two by Shirley Jackson; one essay and one short story. “The Tooth” and\n“Ghosts of Loiret” \n2nd session:\nFebruary 11th (Tuesday)\, 6:30pm\nProspect Street Writers House\n20 Prospect Street\nNorth Bennington\, VT 05257\nhttps://www.prospectstreet.org/\nSpeaker: Prof. Samantha Landau (University of Tokyo)\nReading: A short novel by Shirley Jackson\, We Have Always Lived in the Castle \n3rd Session:\nMarch 11th (Tuesday)\, 6:30pm\nProspect Street Writers House\n20 Prospect Street\nNorth Bennington\, VT 05257\nhttps://www.prospectstreet.org/\nSpeaker: Prof. Lena Urbano\, Bennington College\nReading: A short story by Gabriel Garcia Marquez; “A Very Old Man with Enormous\nWings” \n4th Session:\nApril 15th (Tuesday)\, 6:30pm\nProspect Street Writers House\n20 Prospect Street\nNorth Bennington\, VT 05257\nhttps://www.prospectstreet.org/\nSpeaker: TBA\nReading: TBA
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/magic-the-blathering/
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SUMMARY:Magic - The Blathering
DESCRIPTION:Magic Realism Book Club\nA monthly gathering of readers\, focusing on 2 books and 4 short stories in the Magic Realism genre.  \nAt the Prospect Street Writers House \nFour sessions. January 14th\, February 11th\, March 11th\, and April 15th\, 2025\, 6:30 – 8:00pm \nHosted by the John G. McCullough Free Library and Bennington Museum.  \nWe’re sorry. This event is at full capacity.\nMagic: the Blathering\nEver wondered – what if magic were real\, but it was kind of a pain? An inconvenient fact of life – like wild animals leaping from the forest into the road\, right in the dull routine of your commute? Say some unforeseeable\, paranormal circumstance availed itself of your world. And it occurred very locally\, without fanfare\, and – honestly\, it was messing up your whole vibe?  \nGreat news for you! Artists have been hard at work on this question for years. They came up with Magic Realism; a genre of fiction that’s a bit like fantasy\, a bit like science fiction\, but really about how to live when the unexplainable shows up\, and decides to stay.  \nThis winter\, Bennington Museum and the John G. McCullough Free Library are hosting a Magic Realism book club\, and we hope you’ll join us. We’ll have speakers from the world of literature and art\, lively discussions\, and we’ll delve into great tales by Shirley Jackson\, Gabriel Garcia Marquez\, John Cheever\, Laura Esquivel\, and Jo Walton\, among others. We will also hold at least one film screening\, and participants will be invited to a guided tour of the upcoming exhibition\, Green Mountain Magic: Uncanny Realism in Vermont\, once it is mounted. \nThere’s no fee to participate\, so come join us – you’re sure to come away enlivened\, wiser\, weirder\, and definitely enchanted. \nSpecial Guests\n1st session:\nJanuary 14th (Tuesday) 6:30pm\nProspect Street Writers House\n20 Prospect Street\nNorth Bennington\, VT 05257\nhttps://www.prospectstreet.org/\nSpeaker: Jamie Franklin\, Curator\, Bennington Museum\nReading: Two by Shirley Jackson; one essay and one short story. “The Tooth” and\n“Ghosts of Loiret” \n2nd session:\nFebruary 11th (Tuesday)\, 6:30pm\nProspect Street Writers House\n20 Prospect Street\nNorth Bennington\, VT 05257\nhttps://www.prospectstreet.org/\nSpeaker: Prof. Samantha Landau (University of Tokyo)\nReading: A short novel by Shirley Jackson\, We Have Always Lived in the Castle \n3rd Session:\nMarch 11th (Tuesday)\, 6:30pm\nProspect Street Writers House\n20 Prospect Street\nNorth Bennington\, VT 05257\nhttps://www.prospectstreet.org/\nSpeaker: Prof. Lena Retamoso\, Bennington College\, Visiting Assistant Professor of Spanish\nReading: A short story by Gabriel Garcia Marquez; “A Very Old Man with Enormous\nWings” \n4th Session:\nApril 15th (Tuesday)\, 6:30pm\nProspect Street Writers House\n20 Prospect Street\nNorth Bennington\, VT 05257\nhttps://www.prospectstreet.org/\nSpeaker: TBA\nReading: TBA
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/magic-the-blathering-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250311T183000
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SUMMARY:Magic - The Blathering
DESCRIPTION:Magic Realism Book Club\nA monthly gathering of readers\, focusing on 2 books and 4 short stories in the Magic Realism genre.  \nAt the Prospect Street Writers House \nFour sessions. January 14th\, February 11th\, March 11th\, and April 15th\, 2025\, 6:30 – 8:00pm \nHosted by the John G. McCullough Free Library and Bennington Museum.  \nWe’re sorry. This event is at full capacity.\nMagic: the Blathering\nEver wondered – what if magic were real\, but it was kind of a pain? An inconvenient fact of life – like wild animals leaping from the forest into the road\, right in the dull routine of your commute? Say some unforeseeable\, paranormal circumstance availed itself of your world. And it occurred very locally\, without fanfare\, and – honestly\, it was messing up your whole vibe?  \nGreat news for you! Artists have been hard at work on this question for years. They came up with Magic Realism; a genre of fiction that’s a bit like fantasy\, a bit like science fiction\, but really about how to live when the unexplainable shows up\, and decides to stay.  \nThis winter\, Bennington Museum and the John G. McCullough Free Library are hosting a Magic Realism book club\, and we hope you’ll join us. We’ll have speakers from the world of literature and art\, lively discussions\, and we’ll delve into great tales by Shirley Jackson\, Gabriel Garcia Marquez\, John Cheever\, Laura Esquivel\, and Jo Walton\, among others. We will also hold at least one film screening\, and participants will be invited to a guided tour of the upcoming exhibition\, Green Mountain Magic: Uncanny Realism in Vermont\, once it is mounted. \nThere’s no fee to participate\, so come join us – you’re sure to come away enlivened\, wiser\, weirder\, and definitely enchanted. \nSpecial Guests\n1st session:\nJanuary 14th (Tuesday) 6:30pm\nProspect Street Writers House\n20 Prospect Street\nNorth Bennington\, VT 05257\nhttps://www.prospectstreet.org/\nSpeaker: Jamie Franklin\, Curator\, Bennington Museum\nReading: Two by Shirley Jackson; one essay and one short story. “The Tooth” and\n“Ghosts of Loiret” \n2nd session:\nFebruary 11th (Tuesday)\, 6:30pm\nProspect Street Writers House\n20 Prospect Street\nNorth Bennington\, VT 05257\nhttps://www.prospectstreet.org/\nSpeaker: Prof. Samantha Landau (University of Tokyo)\nReading: A short novel by Shirley Jackson\, We Have Always Lived in the Castle \n3rd Session:\nMarch 11th (Tuesday)\, 6:30pm\nProspect Street Writers House\n20 Prospect Street\nNorth Bennington\, VT 05257\nhttps://www.prospectstreet.org/\nSpeaker: Prof. Lena Retamoso\, Bennington College\, Visiting Assistant Professor of Spanish\nReading: A short story by Gabriel Garcia Marquez; “A Very Old Man with Enormous\nWings” \n4th Session:\nApril 15th (Tuesday)\, 6:30pm\nProspect Street Writers House\n20 Prospect Street\nNorth Bennington\, VT 05257\nhttps://www.prospectstreet.org/\nSpeaker: TBA\nReading: TBA
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/magic-the-blathering-3/
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SUMMARY:Only in Bennington
DESCRIPTION:a story-telling event\, featuring your Bennington friends and neighbors\nLove a good story? Us too! Come hear strange but true only-in-Bennington tales – told live on stage by Bennington residents you know and love. These aren’t professional actors; they’re your neighbors! Mike Cutler of CAT-TV will host. Beverages will be for sale in the lobby.  \nStory-tellers will include Vermont State Rep Will Greer\, John Getchell\, owner of the Blue Benn Diner\, Matt Cushman from the Village Garage Distillery\, and more! \nTickets are just $10 for Bennington Museum OR Bennington Theater members.\nNon-Members: $15 advance purchase or $20 at the door \nTickets are available via Bennington Theater.
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/only-in-bennington/
LOCATION:Bennington Theater\, Main Street 331\, Bennington\, VT\, 05201\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250405T100000
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SUMMARY:Morning Music
DESCRIPTION:On Saturday\, April 5th\, in addition to the antique appraisal fair and Studio to Streets exhibition reception\, we will offer half-price admission all day with music from 10am to noon in the gallery adjacent to the Student Art Show by up-and-coming singer/songwriter Vitalia Olson. \nVitalia Olson was born and raised in the area. She picked up her first stringed instrument (violin) at age 6\, then at age 12 the guitar. Now at 15 she plays violin\, guitar\, bass guitar\, and ukulele. Vitalia has spent her life immersed in music\, art\, and theater. This young artist takes inspiration from\, Mitski\, Phoebe Bridgers\, Gigi Perez\, Alex G\, The Violent Femmes\, Nirvana\, Big Thief\, and real life experiences. \nhttps://benningtonmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/Vita.mp3
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/morning-music/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250405T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250405T170000
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CREATED:20250307T171148Z
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SUMMARY:From Studio to Streets
DESCRIPTION:From the Studio to the Streets\, Vermont Arts Exchange – 30 Years of Community Engagement through the Arts \nExperience the three decade plus journey of the Vermont Arts Exchange (VAE)\, through a visual exhibition\, stories\, video\, live performance and interactive art making. \nThe Opening Reception is FREE to the public.
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/from-studio-to-streets/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250427T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250427T160000
DTSTAMP:20260403T204036
CREATED:20250307T172101Z
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SUMMARY:Junkman
DESCRIPTION:Vermont Arts Exchange (VAE)\npresents Junk Music™ with The Junkman™\n\nVAE began utilizing junk and recycled objects the day they started\, 30 years ago basically because they had no money.  But also they found the materials interesting and inspirational and fun to work with. Dumpster diving became a weekly habit. Shortly after they met The Junkman and everything just made more sense. The Junkman\, Donald Knaack\, longtime friend and collaborator to VAE\, reunites here\, to celebrate 30 years of VAE’s work. \nJoin us for a special “Studio to Streets” exhibit finale concert at 2pm on Saturday\, April 27th.  The Junkman will present an overview of his music throughout the years\, discuss his relationship with VAE and especially their new projects for the immediate future. \nHe’ll lead the audience in a Junkjam where they can pickup a provided reused material and sticks\, and take part in a communal Junkjam! \nThe concert is FREE to the public \nThe Junkman™\, percussionist/composer\, and environmentalist\, Donald Knaack is the original recycled materials percussionist uses junk and reused materials as his instruments of music. He’s the Daddy of Eco-Beat\, following in the footsteps of his mentor and collaborator\, John Cage\, by creating music that transcends all styles and genres. His celebrated concerts and interactive Junkjams® have toured with Eminem\, the Black Eyed Peas\, Ice T\, Phish.. He’s performed at Lincoln Center\, The Kennedy Center\, Sundance film Festival\, World Environment Day a the United Nations\, Seoul Drum Festival\, Stockholm Percussion Event\, Summer Series Dubai….American Ballet Theatre\, Twyla Tharp\, American Dance Festival\, and TV commercials for The NBA\, ESPN\, Nike\, Airbnb\, Electronic Arts and more. www.junkmusic.org
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/junkman/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250515T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250515T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T204036
CREATED:20250428T181243Z
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SUMMARY:Pangaea Takeover
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/pangaea-takeover/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250529T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250529T203000
DTSTAMP:20260403T204036
CREATED:20250307T151440Z
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SUMMARY:A Monument Society Event: Schenectady
DESCRIPTION:Join Bennington Museum’s Executive Director on a cultural fieldtrip to Schenectady\, NY with a walking tour led by a seasoned guide with the Schenectady Historical Society. The tour will be about an hour and a half and will cover 1.5 miles beginning at the Historical Society and ending at our dinner location in downtown.  This tour will take place rain or shine\, and good walking shoes are a must. \nArrive at 3pm at the Schenectady Historical Society. Dinner at the Nest at 5pm. \nA shuttle will depart Bennington Museum at 1:30pm and seating is limited to 14 total on a first come first serve basis! \nNOTE: THE SHUTTLE IS NOW FULL! \nMore information to follow. RSVP below. \nRSVPJoin the Monument Society
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/a-monument-society-event-schenectady/
CATEGORIES:Monument Society
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250605T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250605T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T204036
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SUMMARY:Green Mountain Magic Reception
DESCRIPTION:Image details top to bottom and left to right: \nIvan Albright (1897-1983)\, The Vermonter (If Life Were Life There Would Be No Death) (detail)\, 1966-77\, oil on Masonite\, 34 1/4 × 26 1/2 inches. Hood Museum of Art\, Dartmouth: Gift of Josephine Patterson Albright\, Class of 1978HW; P.985.31. © Ivan Albright \nLloyd and Barbara Wescott (detail) (1942)\, Paul Cadmus (1904 – 1999).\nTempera on gessoed board\, 21 3/4 × 35 in. (55.2 × 88.9 cm)\nArt Bridges \nGeorge Tooker (1920-2011)\nSleepers\, (detail) 1963. Egg tempera on gessoed panel\, 16 1/4 × 19 1/4 inches\, Hood Museum of Art\, Dartmouth:\nBequest of Louise W. Schmidt\, P.996.14.2 © Estate of George Tooker.\nCourtesy DC Moore Gallery\, N.Y.
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/green-mountain-magic-opening/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250613T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250613T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T204036
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SUMMARY:Concerts in the Courtyard: Danny & The Parts
DESCRIPTION:CONCERTS IN THE COURTYARD\nWe are pleased to announce that Bennington Museum has received an anonymous grant once more for 2025. 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 Museum’s gates 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. \nDanny & The Parts\nDanny & The Parts are native to the Burlington Vermont area. Taking from local talent\, Danny & The Parts holds down an original Honky-Tonk rhythm and feel\, reminiscent of Americana at its best. Sweeping vocal and and harmonic melodies twangy tele-caster guitar magic create wildly new atmospheric sound.
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/concerts-in-the-courtyard-danny-the-parts-2/
CATEGORIES:Concerts in the Courtyard
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250614T151500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250614T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T204036
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SUMMARY:A Monument Society Event: Across the Street
DESCRIPTION:Have you ever walked through the “Four Corners” area of Bennington and wondered what the buildings around you looked like in the past? Across the Street: Historic Bennington consists of historic photographs of buildings placed across the street from their modern day counterparts.  \nThis exhibit has been in place for a few years\, so you may have checked out these sites before\, but in June of 2025\, the Museum is installing pictures and information about 14 new historic points of interest.   \nOn Saturday June 14\, we invite you to join Bennington Museum curator\, Jamie Franklin\, and Executive Director\, Martin Mahoney for a 90 minute guided walking tour of these new highlights.  This tour will be followed by dinner at the Four Chimney’s- right up the road! \nWe will gather at an apartment in the Putnam Building at 2:45pm for some light refreshments before the start of the tour.\nDinner at 5pm at the Four Chimneys. \nRSVP below. \nRSVPJoin the Monument Society
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/a-monument-society-event-across-the-street/
CATEGORIES:Monument Society
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250620T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250620T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T204036
CREATED:20250415T183837Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250606T133946Z
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SUMMARY:Concerts in the Courtyard: midnight choir
DESCRIPTION:CONCERTS IN THE COURTYARD\nWe are pleased to announce that Bennington Museum has received an anonymous grant once more for 2025. 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 Museum’s gates 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. \nmidnight choir\nBluegrass endures because of bands like midnight choir that see limitless possibilities in the blending of mandolin\, guitar\, bass and voice. Introducing melodic and playing techniques drawn from jazz\, classical and global traditions\, this is brilliantly arranged stringband music that stands out like a cool island in a sea of bluegrass that sometimes gets overheated. This engaging trio delivers original music featuring mandolin\, guitar\, and bass.
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/concerts-in-the-courtyard-midnight-choir-2/
CATEGORIES:Concerts in the Courtyard
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250627T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250627T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T204036
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SUMMARY:Concerts in the Courtyard: Phil Henry and the Newsfeed
DESCRIPTION:CONCERTS IN THE COURTYARD\nWe are pleased to announce that Bennington Museum has received an anonymous grant once more for 2025. 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 Museum’s gates 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. \nPhil Henry and the Newsfeed\n“Phil Henry is a top-tier singer-songwriter. Whether he’s telling stories or rocking out\, he has a gift for smart lyrics\, accessible melodies\, and a welcoming voice.” John Platt\, WFUV\, NYC Singer-songwriter Phil Henry is a craftsman\, weaving worlds with engaging characters who feel at once familiar. He’s a triple threat: powerful singer\, captivating storyteller\, and talented multi-instrumentalist. Whether performing solo or with his band\, Phil Henry and the News Feed\, Phil delivers endearing stories with music that crisscrosses genres without stepping on toes. Phil’s album\, Chasing Echoes\, debuted at #2 on the folk radio charts. His newest release\, MacGuffin\, debuted at the esteemed Falcon Ridge Folk Festival. As a live performer\, Phil Henry is a magician – casting a spell over the audience and taking them to places real and imagined. Rather than being a performer who tries to please everyone\, Phil is committed to sharing a deeper tradition with his audiences. “I come from a community of songwriters and acoustic roots musicians\,” says Phil. “I want to build human connections in the songs\, like my heroes before me\, from Woody Guthrie to Richard Thompson.” \nPhil Henry’s performing resume includes festival appearances at Kerrville Folk Festival (TX)\, Black Bear Americana Festival (CT)\, and SolarFest (VT); listening rooms like Club Passim (MA)\, Ripton Coffeehouse (VT)\, and Caffe Lena (NY); and he’s opened for acclaimed singer-songwriters like Mark Erelli\, Richard Shindell\, Peter Mulvey\, and Vance Gilbert. \nAs an educator\, Phil also brings his passion for performing into the classroom. He was honored to be awarded the Vermont Music Educators Association’s Music Educator of the year.
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/concerts-in-the-courtyard-phil-henry-and-the-newsfeed/
CATEGORIES:Concerts in the Courtyard
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250711T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250711T190000
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SUMMARY:Concerts in the Courtyard: The Insolent Willies
DESCRIPTION:CONCERTS IN THE COURTYARD\nWe are pleased to announce that Bennington Museum has received an anonymous grant once more for 2025. Performances are free of charge. \nAll events take place from 5-7pm. The Museum will stay 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 Museum’s gates 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 Insolent Willies\nWe play original music and a mix of traditional tunes and mostly obscure covers. I noted above that the core of the band is a four-piece\, but we occasionally are joined by one or two guests musicians for special events.
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/concerts-in-the-courtyard-the-insolent-willies/
CATEGORIES:Concerts in the Courtyard
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250718T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250718T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T204036
CREATED:20250415T185050Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250606T133654Z
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SUMMARY:Concerts in the Courtyard: Rusticator
DESCRIPTION:CONCERTS IN THE COURTYARD\nWe are pleased to announce that Bennington Museum has received an anonymous grant once more for 2025. Performances are free of charge. \nAll events take place from 5-7pm. The Museum will stay 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 Museum’s gates 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. \nRusticator\nAn Americana band with an acoustic spirit\, Rusticator’s sound has grown over the years\, incorporating influences from a wide variety of styles into a musical language that is distinctly their own. Their original songs draw from a wide range of life experience\, delivered through music that is both polished and heartfelt. \nRusticator has been featured at the Fresh Grass Festival\, Caffe Lena\, Saratoga’s First Night\, and multiple appearances at some of the Albany area’s finest brew pubs and eateries. They have had multiple songs included on WEXT’s top Local 518 list.
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/concerts-in-the-courtyard-rusticator/
CATEGORIES:Concerts in the Courtyard
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250725T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250725T164000
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CREATED:20250528T175341Z
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SUMMARY:The American Brass Band
DESCRIPTION:Brass bands during the mid-19th century were an important part of life for many Americans\, both for the military and within the civilian community. Dr. Chris Troiano and Dr. Steve Gasiorowski from the Yankee Brass Band will discuss how bands formed in the United States during the early 1800s and what their unique role was within American society. This presentation will also feature the display of various historical brass instruments from the 19th-century and will conclude with an opportunity for a Q&A. Then head to the Concert in the Courtyard to hear the Yankee Brass Band perform.
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/brass-band/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250725T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250725T190000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20250722T162721Z
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SUMMARY:Concerts in the Courtyard: The Yankee Brass Band
DESCRIPTION:CONCERTS IN THE COURTYARD\nWe are pleased to announce that Bennington Museum has received an anonymous grant once more for 2025. Performances are free of charge. \nAll events take place from 5-7pm. The Museum will stay 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 Museum’s gates\, serving delicious pie. The Museum will serve beverages. \nTHIS IS A RAIN OR SHINE EVENT! In the event of foul weather\, we will move indoors. \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 Yankee Brass Band\nSince 1986\, the Yankee Brass Band has entertained audiences with “historically informed performances” of 19th Century American Brass Band Music. Using rare and authentic period instruments\, the Yankee Brass Band presents the music of the “Golden Age of Bands” played in much the same manner as in the mid to late 19th century. Each summer\, the members of the Yankee Brass Band assemble from across the country\, volunteering their time and talents to preserve this unique musical legacy through a week of live performances. The annual events are made possible\, in part\, through the support of the Friends of the Yankee Brass Inc. a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. Additional financial support is provided by concert sponsorships and the generous contributions of individuals.
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/concerts-in-the-courtyard-the-yankee-brass-band/
CATEGORIES:Concerts in the Courtyard
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250726T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250726T113000
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CREATED:20250318T162012Z
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SUMMARY:Across the Street Walking Tour
DESCRIPTION:Have you ever walked through the “Four Corners” area of Bennington and wondered what the buildings around you looked like in the past? Across the Street: Historic Bennington consists of historic photographs of buildings placed across the street from their modern day counterparts. You can visit them on your own any time\, but on Saturday July 26\, you can join Bennington Museum curator\, Jamie Franklin\, for a 90 minute guided tour of these historic Bennington structures. \nTickets are limited and can be purchased below.
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/2025across-the-street/
CATEGORIES:Tours
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250801T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250801T190000
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CREATED:20250415T185742Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250730T180826Z
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SUMMARY:Concerts in the Courtyard: Girl Blue
DESCRIPTION:CONCERTS IN THE COURTYARD\nWe are pleased to announce that Bennington Museum has received an anonymous grant once more for 2025. Performances are free of charge. \nAll events take place from 5-7pm. The Museum will stay 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 Museum’s gates 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. \nGirl Blue\nIf you like Alanis Morissette\, Brandi Carlile\, and crying in public\, you’re going to love Girl Blue. Writing deeply emotional songs with strong singable hooks\, singer-songwriter Arielle O’Keefe is absolutely one to watch. \nHer music has been featured on top Spotify playlists (New Music Friday) and charts (#2 on US Viral Charts)\, in national commercials\, television shows\, and on top blogs. She has received 7 Thomas Edison Music Awards\, twice receiving Songwriter of the Year and Solo Act of the Year each. It’s been said “she…has the kind of spark that makes stars” and\, most especially as a live performer\, she has an authenticity that regularly moves audience members to tears. \nShe is based outside of Saratoga Springs\, NY. She records all her own music at home with her husband/producer Jimi W. \n(Audiences who fans of artists like Regina Spektor\, Sara Bareilles\, Laura Marling\, Brandi Carlile\, Ani Difranco\, Tori Amos\, Lizzy McAlpine and Alanis Morissette will love Girl Blue.)
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/concerts-in-the-courtyard-girl-blue/
CATEGORIES:Concerts in the Courtyard
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250801T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250801T190000
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SUMMARY:A Monument Society Event: Williamstown Theater Festival
DESCRIPTION:Join Bennington Museum’s executive director on a cultural fieldtrip to the Williamstown Theater Festival to see Tennessee Williams’ acclaimed play Not About Nightingales. \nThe show begins at 2pm and has an estimated running time of 2 hours and 45 minutes. \nThere are only 16 seats available\, so reserve early! \nDinner will follow at Coyote Flaco. \nNot About Nightingales\nBy Tennessee Williams\nDirected by Robert O’Hara \n\nHitler is invading Austria\, Stalin is putting on show trials\, America is lynching Black people\, thousands are rotting in state prisons\, the world is slowly climbing out of the Great Depression\, Hollywood is filming The Wizard of Oz and auditioning for Gone with the Wind\, all while a 27 year old Tennessee Williams is pulling all-nighters to finish a blistering homoerotic Prison Drama. He would never live to see a production of this early masterpiece. Not About Nightingales is a front row seat to America’s prison industrial complex whose atrocities are too often avoided and denied. Director Robert O’Hara (A Raisin in the Sun and Slave Play) will immerse us in this searing testament to what happens when we cage men\, remove their humanity\, and let them rot while the ‘outside world’ is run by rich\, entitled gangsters.\n\nTHIS TRIP IS FULL!\nJoin the Monument Society
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/a-monument-society-event-wtf/
CATEGORIES:Monument Society
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250808T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250808T190000
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SUMMARY:Concerts in the Courtyard: Big Stone Gap
DESCRIPTION:CONCERTS IN THE COURTYARD\nWe are pleased to announce that Bennington Museum has received an anonymous grant once more for 2025. Performances are free of charge. \nAll events take place from 5-7pm. The Museum is open until 7 on these Fridays (regular admission applies). \nPlease bring your own blankets or lawn chairs! \nSage Pizza will set up shop in front of the Museum’s gates 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. \nBig Stone Gap\nBig Stone Gap is a bluegrass and old-time band from Cambridge\, NY. Formed in 2016 at an impromptu jam session\, the chemistry and sound came together instantly. Big Stone Gap has played bars\, barns\, bonfires\, hilltops\, weddings\, divorces\, and dances. Their repertoire of over 50 songs ranges from traditional bluegrass to raucous fiddle tunes to up-tempo swing to beautiful waltzes\, so there is something for everyone. Big Stone Gap is Alyson Slack on fiddle\, Chris Fisher Lochhead on viola\, Dave Lawlor on mandolin\, Dave Cuite on bass\, and Aaron Pacitti on guitar.
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/concerts-in-the-courtyard-big-stone-gap-3/
CATEGORIES:Concerts in the Courtyard
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250815T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250815T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T204036
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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 2025. Performances are free of charge. \nAll events take place from 5-7pm. The Museum will stay 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 Museum’s gates 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\nSirsy plays Singer-Songwriter Rock-Pop/Folk-Rock with a charming intensity and lots of heart and soul. Their show is friendly with lots of stories from the road and nerdy jokes. \nB I O \nHailing from Upstate NY\, SIRSY plays sassy singer-songwriter pop-rock with a charming intensity and lots of heart and soul. Sirsy’s passionate and down to earth live shows have loads of entertaining stories and even some nerdy jokes. They can somehow make an audience sing along\, dance\, laugh\, and cry – all at the same show. They really know how to connect with the audience. \nPlaying more than 200 shows per year all over the US\, Sirsy is fronted by a charismatic\, soulful\, powerhouse of a lead vocalist. (Seriously\, wait until you hear Mel sing!) Mel is also the band’s drummer (and she’s been featured in Modern Drummer). She simultaneously plays bass on a keyboard with her drumstick. She also plays piano\, melodica\, and the occasional badass flute solo too. Mel’s bandmate\, husband\, co-writer\, & 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 at live shows. Rich also plays bass (and at live shows often does it on a pedal board with his feet). These 2 multi-instrumentalists manage to sound like a full band and somehow do it all with big smiles on their faces. Their clever smart songs have more hooks than a tackle box\, with lyrics that center around empowerment and resilience. Fans have supported the duo through the pandemic\, their 11 records\, 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 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. They’ve warmed stages for Brandi Carlile\, Maroon 5\, Train\, Grace Potter\, Joan Jett\, Cheap Trick\, Collective Soul\, Blues Traveler\, Spindoctors\, Adam Ezra Group\, Pat McGee Band\, Lifehouse & many more. 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-2/
CATEGORIES:Concerts in the Courtyard
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250822T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250822T190000
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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 2025. Performances are free of charge. \nAll events take place from 5-7pm. The Museum will stay 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 Museum’s gates 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\nThe Velvet Wave is a five piece band from the Bennington area who formed in 2024 to bring surf music to the region. Sam Clement\, Dave Lawlor\, Carling Berkhout\, Darryl Kniffen\, and Grady King make up the group\, and are all proud members of the local community as well as familiar faces in the local music scene. We put on a fun show for all ages\, and make sure to keep a crowd happy and dancing while we’re performing. We’d love the opportunity to be a part of the Museum’s Concerts in the Courtyard Friday music series and hope to join you this summer.
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/concerts-in-the-courtyard-the-velvet-wave/
CATEGORIES:Concerts in the Courtyard
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250829T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250829T190000
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CREATED:20250415T192212Z
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SUMMARY:Concerts in the Courtyard: Eric Kufs and River Man
DESCRIPTION:CONCERTS IN THE COURTYARD\nWe are pleased to announce that Bennington Museum has received an anonymous grant once more for 2025. Performances are free of charge. \nAll events take place from 5-7pm. The Museum will stay 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 Museum’s gates\, 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. \nEric Kufs and River Man\nEric Kufs is a singer/songwriter guitarist recently transplanted to upstate NY from Los Angeles. With his original folk band Common Rotation\, Kufs wrote recorded and toured nationally with acts such as They Might Be Giants\, Indigo Girls\, and Dan Bern. As the recent owner of the historic bookstore Owl Pen Books\, he met the members of his current project River Man and they have been performing regionally for the last two years.
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/concerts-in-the-courtyard-eric-kufs-and-river-man/
CATEGORIES:Concerts in the Courtyard
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250905T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250905T190000
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SUMMARY:Concerts in the Courtyard: Peter Mulvey
DESCRIPTION:CONCERTS IN THE COURTYARD\nWe are pleased to announce that Bennington Museum has received an anonymous grant once more for 2025. Performances are free of charge. \nAll events take place from 5-7pm. The Museum will also be 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 Museum’s gates 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. \nPeter Mulvey\nPeter Mulvey has been a songwriter\, road-dog\, raconteur and almost-poet since before he can remember. Raised working-class Catholic on the Northwest side of Milwaukee\, he took a semester in Ireland\, and immediately began cutting classes to busk on Grafton Street in Dublin and hitchhike through the country\, finding whatever gigs he could. Back stateside\, he spent a couple years gigging in the Midwest before lighting out for Boston\, where he returned to busking (this time in the subway) and coffeehouses. Small shows led to larger shows\, which eventually led to regional and then national and international touring. The wheels have not stopped since. \nNineteen records\, an illustrated book\, thousands of live performances\, a TEDx talk\, a decades-long association with the National Youth Science Camp\, opening for luminaries such as Ani DiFranco\, Emmylou Harris\, and Chuck Prophet\, appearances on NPR\, an annual autumn tour by bicycle\, emceeing festivals\, hosting his own boutique festival (the Lamplighter Sessions\, in Boston and Wisconsin)… Mulvey never stops. He has built his life’s work on collaboration and an instinct for the eclectic and the vital. He folds everything he encounters into his work: poetry\, social justice\, scientific literacy\, & a deeply abiding humanism are all on plain display in his art. \nIn late January 2019\, Mulvey and his band\, SistaStrings (Chauntee & Monique Ross) with Nathan Kilen on drums\, decamped to their home turf\, the Cafe Carpe\, in Fort Atkinson\, WI where they spent just five days making two records in the tiny back room. The live record\, “Peter Mulvey with SistaStrings Live at the Cafe Carpe” is out now on Righteous Babe Records. It’s a celebration of a world that is temporarily on hold: a small folk club\, packed with listeners\, and a band shoulder-to-shoulder\, playing and singing with intimacy and abandon.
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/concerts-in-the-courtyard-peter-mulvey/
CATEGORIES:Concerts in the Courtyard
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250906T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250906T120000
DTSTAMP:20260403T204036
CREATED:20250408T185048Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250905T164812Z
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SUMMARY:Patsy Santo's Bennington: A Walking Tour
DESCRIPTION:Pasquale (Patsy) Santo was a talented self-taught artist who lived\, worked\, and painted in Bennington for most of his life. Join Bennington Museum’s director of collections and exhibitions and curator of Green Mountain Magic: Uncanny Realism in Vermont\, Jamie Franklin\, for a guided walking tour of some of the places Santo included in his paintings. By looking closely at Santo’s paintings\, created from the early 1940s through the early 1970s\, and comparing them to the sites they depict\, you will see aspects of Bennington’s built environment that have been lost\, and others that have remained largely untouched over the last 50 to 80+ years. Join us for a walk down memory lane\, guided by one of Bennington’s most beloved artists. \nTickets are $15/person for Bennington Museum members\, $22 for Not-Yet-Members\, and can be purchase using the links below. \nPasquale “Patsy” Santo (1893-1975) was catapulted into the national spotlight in the late 1930s. A native of Italy\, Santo made his way to Bennington by 1917\, where he lived and worked for the rest of his life. Here\, he worked at the Bennington Brush Company\, EZ Waist Co.\, the Holden Leonard Co. and as a house and decorative painter. In 1937 he won first prize for a painting at the Vermont State Fair in Rutland. His work at the fair was seen by Walt Kuhn\, an artist who was instrumental in introducing modernism to the American public. Kuhn helped Santo navigate his way through the complexities of the New York art world\, where he had a number of successful exhibitions\, from 1939 through the 1950s\, including MoMA’s 1943 American Realists and Magical Realists. The latter was an inspiration for Bennington Museum’s 2025 exhibition\, Green Mountain Magic: Uncanny Realism in Vermont. \nSanto\, who lived in a house on Dewey Street\, did not own a car\, and most of his paintings depict locations in and around Bennington.
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/santos-walk/
CATEGORIES:Tours
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SUMMARY:Back to School Celebration
DESCRIPTION:Start the new school year off right with a visit to Bennington Museum!\nAdmission is FREE all day\, thanks to sponsorship from The Vermont Country Store and Stewart’s Shops. \nSpecial hands-on activities in the galleries from 10am until 2pm.\nLive music with Silverback Swing from 12:30 – 2:30pm.\nGrandma Moses birthday cake from 12:00pm until we run out.\nLight refreshments in the Paresky Court from 2-4pm\, (please RSVP)\nAwards ceremony honoring Joe Chirchirillo at 2:45pm\nNBOSS Walking TOur lead by Jamie Franklin at 3:30pm \nTeachers\, show us your school ID for a 20% discount in the Museum Store and enter to win a Bennington Museum gift and be sure to stop by our School Program Information table in the lobby to learn about what we have to offer. \nMade possible in part by
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/2025back-to-school/
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SUMMARY:Annual Meeting and Arnold Ricks Award
DESCRIPTION:A Celebration for a Community Leader\nSaturday\, September 6\n2pm – 4pm\nAda and Paul Paresky Court\nRefreshments and light hors d’ouevres will be served. \nSilverback Swing will be playing in the galleries from 12:30 – 2:30pm. \nThe Awards Ceremony will begin at 2:45pm \nJamie Franklin will lead a tour of the NBOSS sculptures at 3:30pm \nThe annual report will be available at this meeting\, and will also be available for download and viewing online.\nRSVP requested below\, donations welcome. \nOn Saturday\, September 6th\, the Bennington Museum Board of Trustees invites our Museum supporters to come together to review all the successes of Bennington Museum in fiscal year 2025 that you have helped to make possible. \nAt this meeting\, which is open to members and non-members alike\, we will also present the Arnold Ricks Award to an individual in recognition of exceptional contributions to the Bennington community and Bennington Museum. \nAbout the Awardee \nThis year we are pleased to honor a leader in the arts community\, Joe Chirchirillo. \nJoe moved to Vermont 20 years ago and since then\, he has focused on creating outdoor sculpture. Locally\, his work can be seen on permanent display at Bennington Museum and in downtown North Bennington. Additionally\, Joe has had his work shown in NBOSS for over 20 years and has been its curator for over 10 years. During this time the show has grown in size and popularity\, bringing thousands of viewers to North Bennington each year. This year marks his last year in this role and he will be passing this torch to the next generation. \n“Joe’s deep connection with the Bennington Community and his drive to see NBOSS not only continue\, but to thrive\, have been tremendous in gathering and maintaining support for the arts in this community\,” says Martin Mahoney\, Executive Director of Bennington Museum. “We want to recognize and thank Joe for his willingness to collaborate and expand NBOSS during the pandemic which helped the Museum activate its grounds by encouraging guests to wander and interact with art and each other in a COVID-safe way. The program has been so successful that the Museum has continued this partnership and the NBOSS collaboration has become a visitor favorite at the Museum.” \nSuggested donations of $20 will support our exhibition and collection program so that we can continue to engage with contemporary artists\, like Joe\, and bring their work to the foreground in Southern Vermont. \nRSVP
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/joe-chirchirillo/
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SUMMARY:Concerts in the Courtyard: Duologues Plus
DESCRIPTION:CONCERTS IN THE COURTYARD\nWe are pleased to announce that Bennington Museum has received an anonymous grant once more for 2025. Performances are free of charge. \nAll events take place from 5-7pm. The Museum will stay 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 Museum’s gates serving delicious pie. The Museum will provide 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. \nDuologues Plus\nMegan & Matt honed their musical collaborations on family holiday mix tapes & gigs in Boston\, NYC and Canada\, and have taken their music together as far as the Shanghai Jazz Festival. Megan is a seasoned veteran of the musical theatre & cabaret scenes\, while Matt is a music educator and performer under the moniker Matty Stecks. This evening promises a fresh look at songs from the popular music canons\, peppered with originals. The five-piece “Plus” unit is a full rockin’-rendition of this cherished act\, featuring the finest musicians in the region.
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/37137/
CATEGORIES:Concerts in the Courtyard
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