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LivingADE 20 • The Mountain Times • Oct. 21-27, 2020 This week’s living Arts, Dining and Entertainment! “The Whales” by Brian Sylvester and Ailsa Diancia has been a fixture on Center Street in Rutland since 2014. By Vermont Arts Council RUTLAND COUNTY—There’s still plenty of art and culture to discover across Vermont this fall with room for spatial distancing, indoors and out. Vermont autumns are a magical time to discover something new, as “nothing gold can stay.” Get out there and fortify your soul for the months ahead with art with our recommended Covid-safe excursions around Vermont. What makes them Covid-safe? Clear Covid-precautions are posted for all visitors — you know the drill: masks, sanitizer, and social distancing. We’ve also got “Picnic Pairings” for premium picnic spots. The largest town in the Addison/Rutland Creative Zone is Rutland, with a population of 16,495, making it the third largest city in Vermont. Rutland’s art and culture scene is doing its best to keep folks active during Covid, in a safe and socially distanced way of course. There’s still plenty of art and culture to discover. A stroll through the historic district of downtown Rutland brings you to several works of art from local, national and international artists. There are murals, sculptures and galleries are a-plenty. Take a mural scavenger hunt downtown to spot a peregrine falcon, a whale, a giraffe, elephants and more on several of the more 100 buildings in downtown that are listed in the National Register of Historic Places. What’s with all the marble? Rutland County was once the center of the world’s largest marble manufacturers. You’ll find plenty of notable marble sculptures on the downtown streets on the Rutland Sculpture Trail. New pieces are added periodically. The most recent is a bust of Rotary International founder, Paul Harris. Next up is a tribute to Martin Henry Freeman, a Rutland native who was the first African American college president in the country. A variety of outdoor sculpture is also available for viewing in the Sculpture Enjoy an art excursion in the time of Covid Courtesy of Vermont Arts Council Garden at the Carving Studio and Sculpture Center at 636 Marble St., in West Rutland. The work of jurried artist members and featured member artist Alexis Kyriak are showcased in the upstairs galleries of the 1890s historic mansion that is Chaffee Art Center, through Oct. 30, at 16 S. Main St., Rutland. Hours: 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday and Friday, and by appointment. Have you worked up an appetite? Head over to Roots, 55 Washington St. in Rutland, where during prime dinner hours, from 5:30-8:30 p.m., Thursdays through Sundays, one or two artists paint mural-sized art on the walls of this industrial space. Each artist paints for a total of twelve hours over the course of four nights. With 3,000 square-feet, there’s also enough room to listen to live music from soloist musicians. It’s Covid time, so be sure to make reservations at rootsrutland.com or by calling 802-747-7414. A little farther south from Rutland, head to River Road in Pawlet to view the “drive-by, quarantine-friendly, art-in-a-Vermont-hayfield” series from EveNSteve. The exhibit includes several large standing screens featuring photography and artwork of best-selling author Eve O’ Schaub and art photographer Stephen Schaub. The exhibit’s intent is to provide visitors with hope in a time of uncertainty. You can drive by or park and walk the mown pathways in the field, for free. Visit evensteve.com/ for more information and directions. In Middlebury at Henry Sheldon Museum,1 Park St. is “A Sculpture Haven,” works of three Vermont sculptors in the museum’s garden, which is open from sunrise to sunset. The museum is temporarily closed in accordance with Covid-19 restrictions. Picnic Pairing: Happy Valley Orchard, 217 Quarry Road, Middlebury. Pick your own apples through October. Fresh made cider donuts everyday, and apple cider pressed at the orchard. Open everyday from 10 a.m.- 5:30 p.m. until Oct. 31. A short drive east from Middlebury, you’ll find the Robert Frost Interpretive Trail where you can enjoy the woods, fields and poetry. Frost’s poems are mounted along this easy 1.2 mile loop. The first 0.3 mile is along a wheelchairaccessible boardwalk. Directions from Middlebury: travel south on Route 7 to where it intersects with Route 125. Travel east on winding Route 125 for 5.8 miles. The parking area is on the right. If it’s Sunday, head to Poultney for Stone Valley Arts at Fox Hill, 145 E. Main St., and its exhibit of contemporary painters, Painters Choose Painters, through Nov. 22. Also featured is artist Sarah Elworthy and author Kara Beste in an exhibit of original batiks created by Elworthy with text by Beste from their book, “What Leads Her,” highlighting 23 women who lead in a multitude of ways. The book aims to inspire and empower girls ages 8 and up. The number of visitors are limited inside the building to 10, and face masks and social distancing are required. Gallery hours on Sundays are 1-4 p.m. or by appointment. In Brandon, the Brandon Artists Guild gallery exhibits A Space Within, a solo show of ceramics by artistmember Dasha Kalisz. Dasha’s newest work features wheel-thrown and altered organic forms based on the human body. The show continues through Nov. 1. The galley also showcases a selection of fine art and crafts from more than 30 member artists. Media include painting, sculpture, printmaking, ceramics, glass, jewelry, metalwork and more. Brandon Artists Guild is located at 7 Center St. Hours: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday; 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. Covidsafety protocols must be followed here as well.
The Mountain Times • Oct. 21-27, 2020 LIVING ADE • 21 Abbott & Costello meet a host of monsters on the big screen in Ludlow. Saturday, Oct. 24 at 7 p.m.—LUDLOW— In order to prepare for the Halloween season, FOLA will screen the classic comedy, “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein” in the Heald Auditorium of Ludlow Town Hall on Saturday, Oct. 24 at 7 p.m. In keeping with the tradition of their comedy routines, the film will feature virtually every major horror movie monster, including Dracula, Wolfman, and the Invisible Man in addition to Frankenstein’s monster – all in a hilarious romp of comedic fun as only Abbott and Costello can create. Portraying freight handlers, Abbott and Costello must deliver a box, oddly shaped like a coffin, to a museum. From that point on, the story introduces Dracula and friends as they attempt to restore a brain into Frankenstein – intending to use Costello’s. The usual haunts for this procedure follow with Abbott and Costello visiting a castle where the monster awaits his new brain, the Wolfman seeks to destroy Dracula, a beautiful woman scientist working with Dracula, and finally a masquerade party where Dracula is able to entrance Abbott and Costello. The finale is one that will draw laughs even from those not particularly pleased to view a monster film. Vincent Price makes an uncredited “appearance” to culminate the misadventures that Abbott and Costello endure. For all the odd-ball adventures in this comedy, Courtesy of FOLA FOLA features ‘Abbott & Costello Meets Frankenstein’ to usher in Halloween the film has been ranked very highly. In 2001, the United States Library of Congress deemed this film “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant” and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry, and in September 2007, Reader’s Digest selected the movie as one of the top 100 funniest films of all time. The film is 56th on the list of the American Film Institute’s 100 Funniest American Movies. The movie is open to everyone and is free; donations are appreciated. Water is provided by the United Church of Ludlow. All guests are asked to wear masks and maintain appropriate social distances. Call 802-228-3238 for information. Rutland Art Ramble returns for Part II Residents and visitors to Rutland may have noticed “Rutland Art Ramble” signs on windows along the downtown streets of our familiar city beginning in August. These signs point to art exhibits designed to enliven, challenge and entertain. Those exhibitions ran through September. October launches a new arrangement of exhibits. Rutland Art Ramble is a collaboration between organizations dedicated to fostering the arts and artists throughout the Rutland region. Many downtown business owners have lent store windows, so anyone walking in the city will be able to enjoy a wide variety of works including sculpture, painting, video and installation. Rutland Art Ramble is confirmation of the fact that, although we may be facing hardship, our city is as vital as ever. During this period of social distancing, anxiety and upheaval is when we need art most. Rutland Art Ramble brings art to the streets, where we can all enjoy it. Rutland Art Ramble organizers think of it as an outdoor museum, offering a new venue for art and design that highlights the extraordinary talent and tenacity of the organizations and artists who are our community partners, neighbors and friends: the Carving Studio, Castleton U. Bank Gallery, the Chaffee Art Center, The MINT, Stone Valley Arts, Vermont Creative Network and 77ART. The exhibitions will remain in place through Nov. 21. Windsor County Mentors to host virtual seminars on Covid-related stress Thursday, Oct. 22 at 7 p.m. – WINDSOR – Families, caregivers, and health professionals are seeing the devastating mental health impact that the Covid-19 pandemic is having on youth. The isolation, worry, and uncertainty of the past six months, coupled with anxiety over the challenges of a new school year, are causing changes in behavior among children that raise concerns about their wellbeing. Windsor County Mentors, the youth mentoring organization that serves all of Windsor County, will host two virtual seminars with renowned guest speaker Matthew Friedman, M.D., Ph.D., a leader in the fields of psychiatry and PTSD research. These seminars – Coping Through the Covid-19 Crisis – will be geared to two audiences, one for parents and caregivers and one for health and human services professionals, as described below: Thursday, Oct. 22, 7-8:30 p.m. A talk for parents and caregivers about normal and excessive reactions to pandemic-related stress and isolation. Thursday, Oct. 29, 7-8:30 p.m. A discussion for professionals about normal and excessive reactions to pandemicrelated stress and isolation. For both audiences, Dr. Friedman will discuss how we react to prolonged isolation and will frame what are considered normal reactions to stress as compared to excessive reactions, up to and including PTSD. He will also discuss helpful supports and interventions. In each seminar there will be time for audience participation and general discussion. Matthew Friedman, M.D., Pd.D., is Professor and Vice-Chair for Research in the Department of Psychiatry at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. He served for 24 years as executive director of the US Department of Veterans Affairs’ National Center for PTSD. There is a $10 registration fee for each session. To register, visit Windsor County Mentors’ event page at wcmentors.org/event.html. For further information, contact Windsor County Mentors at 802-674-5101. Green Mountain National YOUR NEXT GOLF ADVENTURE IS HERE Visit gmngc.com for the current playing and clubhouse guidelines. call the pro shop today to book a tee time 802-422-4653 Gracie’s Grill is open for inside & patio serVice Barrows-Towne Rd, Killington, VT 05751 | (802) 422-4653 | www.gmngc.com
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