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Arlington Garden Club to host Holiday Bazaar

The Arlington Garden Club will present “Christmas in Arlington: An Old-

Fashioned Vermont Celebration” with festivities throughout the day on Saturday,

Dec. 10 at the Arlington Community House. See Pg. 2 for details.

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Santa Lucia Festival of Light in Arlington this weekendThe Arlington community

extends a warm welcome to

everyone to attend its annual

Santa Lucia Festival of Lights

to be held on Saturday, Dec.10.

The day begins at noon with

Holiday Open Houses at Inns

and B&B’s in Arlington and

Manchester. The Inn to Inn

tours cost $15, which benefits

Habitat for Humanity.

At 4 p.m. in front of the

Arlington Community House,

the annual Christmas Tree

lighting will take place, along

with lighting of the luminaries

and a community carol sing.

The Santa Lucia Pageant,

hosted by St. James Episcopal

Church, begins at 5 p.m. An

annual tradition set around the

story of Santa Lucia, the pag-

eant includes carol singing,

readings, and participation by

local youth and adults.

While Santa Lucia was

Italian-born, her celebration

originated in 16th century

Germany and spread to Sweden

and other Scandinavian coun-

tries. Santa Lucia was fabled to

have been a healer and spreader

of light and love. During this

darkest time of the year, the

community comes together to

honor her and welcome light

into the bleak mid-winter.

Because Santa Lucia was

known for her courage in dis-

pensing food to the hungry and

poor in times of persecution,

this tradition of community

giving is continued as attendees

are encouraged to bring dona-

tions of non-perishable foods to

the Arlington Food Shelf.

The Arlington Community

House and Saint James Church

are located on Route 7A in the

center of the Arlington, VT.

For more information, call

Amie at (802) 375-6516 or email

[email protected].

The reality of life as a child

worker in 1911 at the Eclipse

Cotton Mill in North Adams will

be explored in the Bennington

Museum’s new exhibit “The

Mill Children,” on view through

Dec. 31 in the museum’s Regional

Artists Gallery.

An educational presentation

will be given at 1:30 p.m. on Dec.

10, followed by an artists’ recep-

tion at 3 p.m.

“The Mill Children” features

responses by realist painter

William Oberst and abstract

painter Dawn Nelson to the pho-

tos taken by Lewis Wickes Hine

at the Eclipse Mill for his child

labor project in August 1911. The

exhibit is a distillation of an

exhibit previously held at the

Brill Gallery in the Eclipse Mill.

All elements of “The Mill

Children” exhibit speak to the

moods inside this mill 100 years

ago. “It’s a centennial of sorts,”

said Jamie Franklin, curator of

collections at the Bennington

Museum. Historian Joe Manning,

educator Anne Thidemann

French and fillmaker Steven

Borns all had instrumental roles

in creating the exhibit both at the

Bennington Museum and the

Brill Gallery. Borns’ documenta-

ry is planned as an intergral part

of the Bennington exhibit.

In addition to the images from

the Eclipse Mill, Hine’s photos

(now part of the Bennington

Museum’s collection) reflecting

mill housing on Benmont Ave., as

well as an image of the interior

of the Bradford Mill, are includ-

ed in the exhibition.

Photographer Lewis Wickes

Hine was commissioned in 1908

by the National Child Labor

Committee to photograph child

labor practices in various mills,

canneries, etc. around the coun-

try. Between 1908 and 1917 he trav-

eled the country, taking approxi-

mately 5,000 photographs which

were used to bring the tragedy of

child labor into the public con-

sciousness. His most powerful

images became American icons,

including the photograph origi-

nally known as “Addie Laird, 12

years, Spinner in North Pormal

(Pownal) Cotton Mill, Vt.”

Artist William Oberst holds

an MFA in painting from Stony

Brook University and a Ph.D in

philosophy from Claremont

Graduate University. He taught

painting and drawing at Stony

Brook for more than a decade

and was awarded the universi-

ty’s Distinguished Faculty

Service Award in 2002. Oberst

maintains a studio-residence in

North Adams, MA.

Dawn Nelson received a BFA

from Illinois Wesleyan University

and earned a graduate degree in

Expressive Therapies from Lesley

College in Cambridge, MA. She has

worked as an Art Therapist and an

Art Teacher, and taught graduate

summer course at Northeastern

University. In 2009, she opened a

studio in the Eclipse Mill.

For more information about

the exhibit, call the museum

at (802) 447-1571 or visit

www.benningtonmuseum.org.

“The Mill Children” explores topic

of child labor through art

Three Junior Girl Scouts from

Arlington’s Troop #30462 were

presented with the highest honor

that a Junior Scout can earn, the

Bronze Award, at a special cere-

mony on Sunday, Nov. 20 held at

St. James Episcopal Church.

Junior Scouts Katie Berger,

Kaleigh Ward and Sofie Pedemonti

were each required to explore the

needs of their community and cre-

ate a sustainable “Take Action”

community project in which they

collaborated with an advisor to put

their plans into motion.

With Amy Caples, director of

Burdett Commons in Arlington

as her advisor, Katie Berger cre-

ated a teaching program at

Happy Days Preschool called

“Wow I Can Grow Food.” Kaleigh

Ward chose local author and cer-

tified public accountant Don

Keelan for her advisor, and cre-

ated a program to encourage the

joy of reading at a young age

entitled “Read all about it.” Sofie

Pedemonti worked with state

representative Cynthia

Browning to complete a commu-

nity project entitled “The Yellow

Barn Farm,” which involved

reclaiming an overgrown farm

and planting vegetables that

were served at Fisher Elementary

School’s summer lunch program.

Former Girl Scout leader Ruth

Wilcox presented the awards.

The three scouts also flew up to

the Cadette level at the ceremony.

Other girls were also honored

for flying up to the next level of

scouting. Going from Brownies

to Juniors were Danielle

Moscarello, Haley Mattison and

Lilah Ward. Juniors who received

badges include Anna Freebern,

Florrie Hynds, Alyssa

Harrington, Angela Caggiano

and Kierstyn Hess. New mem-

bers welcomed into the troop

were Juniors Hadley Perkins,

Austri Samuelson and Kayleigh

Millette; Brownies Sophie

Granger, Clara Wright, Emma

Hoover, Montgomery crane,

Faith Matteson, Audrianna

Ennis, Kyelle Batts; and Daisy

Scout Emma Sheldon.

Any local girls who would like

to join Girl Scouts of American

should call Amanda Harrington

at (802) 375-9910 or contact Girl

Scouts of the Green and White

Mountains at (888) 474-9686.

Arlington Girl Scouts honored

Bestselling authors Jon Katz

and James Howard Kunstler

highlight a busy week of events at

Northshire Bookstore this week.

At 7 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 9,

buyer Jessica Wood hosts

“MyMela: Timeless Treasures

from India.” MyMela is a recre-

ation of an Indian mela, a village

fair that brings together traders,

artisans and consumers. You’ll

find a wide selection of exquisite

handmade products created by

skilled artisans, many of who are

continuing artistic traditions dat-

ing back many generations.

Purchases from MyMela

Marketplace help provide a sus-

tainable market for the artists’

work, giving them the opportuni-

ty to live with dignity while pre-

serving their artistic traditions.

Jon Katz returns for his

annual Holiday Booksigning at

2 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 10. Stop

by and chat with Jon and have

him personalize any of his

books, including “Soul of a

Dog,” “Going Home,” and “A

Good Dog.” If you can’t make

the signing, call the store at

(802) 362-2200 and place an order

with the requested inscription,

and Jon will sign it.

At 7 p.m. on Saturday, Dec.

10, award-winning author

Susan Cooper presents her new

book “The Magic Maker.” It’s

the story of Christmas Revels

founder John Langstaff, who

went from star choir boy to

recording artists, TV performer

and children’s author, as well as

creating the Revels. Cooper is a

noted children’s author who

won the Newbery Medal for her

book “The Grey King.”

Bestselling author James

Howard Kunstler will read from

his novella “A Christmas

Orphan” at 7 p.m. on Wednesday,

Dec. 14. It’s the story of a big

city boy who runs away from

home to a small town in

Vermont on Christmas Eve. A

resident of Saratoga Springs,

Kunstler is the author of

acclaimed non-

fiction books

including “The

Georgraphy of

Nowhere” and

“The Long

Emergency.”

For more

i n f o r m a t i o n

call the book-

store at (802)

362-2200 or visit

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The Arlington Garden Club

will present “Christmas in

Arlington: An Old-Fashioned

Vermont Celebration” with fes-

tivities throughout the day on

Saturday, Dec. 10 at the

Arlington Community House.

From 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., the

club will host a Holiday Bazaar,

featuring wonderful baked

goods and holiday specialty

food items for sale, along with

boxwood Christmas Trees, kiss-

ing balls, holiday centerpieces

and holiday ornaments. Pre-

orders will be accepted.

In the afternoon at 4 p.m., the

Arlington School Chorus will

lead caroling, and a special visi-

tor from the North Pole will

arrive to help light the Arlington

Christmas Tree. Garden club

members will light nearly 350

luminaries along Route 7A, and

hot cocoa and cookies will be

served to all who attend.

The Arlington Garden Club

is a not-for-profit garden club

that is a member of the

Federated Garden Clubs of

Vermont. All proceeds from

sales at this event will be used

to fund the club’s many commu-

nity-wide programs.

For more information, call

Kathy Geneslaw at 375-1233.

Arlington Garden Club to host Holiday Bazaar

Club Muse Dance Party at Festival of TreesThe Bennington Museum’s Festival of Trees “A New England

Holiday” continues throughout the month of December, with this

week’s special event, the Club Muse Holiday Dance Party taking

place from 8 to 11 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 16.

Join your friends, enjoy themed holiday cocktails, and get on the

floor to dance at this special event. The festival’s “Best of the Fest”

awards fro the public’s favorite tree vignettes will be announced at

the party Cover charge for Club Muse is $5 at the door.

The Festival of Trees runs Thurs-Tues from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

until Dec. 31. For more information call (802) 447-1751 or visit

www.benningtonmuseum.org.

International FeastThe Mountain School at Winhall will hold its OPUS Project

Presentation and International Feast at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 15

at the school.

Fare served will range from Jewish Latkes and Matzo Ball Soup to

Russian Olive Salad and Pierogies to Asian Fried Rice and Maki Rolls.

Light desserts will be provided, and the annual Middle School Dessert

Raffle will provide some delectables to take home.

At 6:15 p.m., all guests are invited to the school’s Winter Holiday

OPUS Project Presentation. Cost is just $10 per person, or $25 for a fam-

ily of three or more. All proceeds will benefit the school’s Student

Scholarship Fund.

To attend, please RSVP at 802-297-2662 by 4 p.m. on Tues, Dec. 13.

For more information, visit www.themountainschool.org.

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Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong

Learning and Burr and Burton Academy

are again excited to bring the National

Theatre of London to Manchester. The

plays are simulcast live, captured and

shown here in an encore performance a

week after the live simulcast.

The play Collaborators will be shown

at Burr and Burton Academy’s Riley

Center for the Arts in Manchester,

Vermont at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 9.

This is a new play by John Hodge.

“Collaborators” takes place in Moscow,

1938, a dangerous place to have a sense of

humor; even more so a sense of freedom.

Mikhail Bulgakov, living among dissi-

dents, stalked by secret police, has both.

And then he’s offered a poisoned chalice:

a commission to write a play about Stalin

to celebrate his sixtieth birthday.

Tickets are $20 for general admission

and $5 for students. For more informa-

tion and to purchase tickets, visit www.

greenmtnacademy.org or call Renee

Bornstein at (802) 362-1199.

National Theatre Live is presented in

partnership with Aviva and distributed

internationally (ex-UK) by New York-

based BY Experience.

GMALL and Burr & Burton to present National Theatre of London

Israel Congregation of Manchester’s

Jewish Film Festival is back by popular

demand with an expanded list of films

that are bound to delight and enlighten

adult audiences. At 4 p.m. on Sunday,

December 11, the series opens with the

well-reviewed comedy “Keeping the

Faith” starring Ben Stiller, Ed Norton,

Anne Bancroft, and Eli Wallach.

With an interfaith theme, “Keeping

the Faith” tells the story of best friends

— a priest and a rabbi — who fall in love

with the same girl. However, neither

man can pursue the relationship due to

his religious beliefs: the priest cannot

break his vow of celibacy and the rabbi

cannot marry a non-Jew. This humor-

ous yet poignant film is Ed Norton’s

directorial debut and works on several

levels, including a loving look at rela-

tionships and the common ground that

Judaism and Catholicism share in show-

ing compassion toward people.

As in the past, ICM’s Jewish Film

Series will present a broad range of sub-

jects and treatments. The films will be

presented on the following Sundays at

4:00 pm: December 11, January 8,

January 22, February 5, February 26,

and March 11. All are welcome and

admission is by free-will donation.

Refreshments will be served. Israel

Congregation is located on Route 7A

north at 6025 Main Street in Manchester

Center. For more information, call Doris

Bass at (802) 297-0167.

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MANCHESTER The Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning and Burr and Burton Academy will screen the National Theatre of London’s play, “Collaborators,” at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 9. This play is set in 1938 Moscow. Cost: $20; $5 stu-dents. You’ll find this event at Burr and Burton’s Riley Center for the Arts in Manchester. Information/tickets: Renee Bornstein at 802-362-1199, or www.greenmtnacad-emy.org.

ARLINGTON A Holiday Bazaar will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 10, at the Arlington Community House. Featured will be a Christmas tree lighting and a carol sing at 4 p.m., and luminaries will be lit on Main Street in Arlington. Cookies and hot chocolate, too. To pre-order a boxwood tree, kissing ball or cen-terpiece, call Kathy Geneslaw at 802-375-1233.

RUPERT The Mount Anthony Grange will host its annual Christmas Bazaar from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 10, at the Rupert Firehouse. Vendors will offer a range of handmade, locally produced items suitable for gift giv-ing, including jams and relishes, candy, jewelry, pillows, and aprons. There also will be corn chowder, burgers and chili dogs for sale, with food proceeds benefiting the Kids Summer Lunch Program. Information/table space: Ellie at 802-645-9161 after 5 p.m., or email Kelli at [email protected].

ARLINGTON The Santa Lucia Festival of Lights will be held on Saturday, Dec. 10, in Arlington. Included will be holiday open houses at Arlington and Manchester inns and B&Bs from noon to 4 p.m.; tree and luminary lighting and a carol sing at 4 p.m. at the Arlington Community House; and a pageant at 5 p.m. at St. James Church. The Manchester inn/B&B tours will cost $15, with proceeds benefiting Habitat for Humanity. All other events will be free and open to all; free-will offer-ings will be accepted to benefit the Arlington Area Food Shelf.

Information: Amie Emmons at 802-375-6516, or email [email protected].

ARLINGTON Arlington’s annual Tree Lighting will be held on Saturday, Dec. 10, at the Arlington Community House, followed by the annual St. Lucia Celebration at St. James Church that will feature a Swedish twist this year. Everyone will be welcome.

MANCHESTER The American Museum of Fly Fishing in Manchester will host a Hooked on the Holidays Celebration from 1 to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 10. Museum admission will be free all day and activities will include dec-orating a trout cookie, painting a fish ornament, weaving a paper snowflake, and tying a clown fly. Refreshments will be served, too, and you can visit the current exhi-bition, “A Graceful Rise: Women in Fly Fishing, Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow.”

SHUSHAN The Courthouse Community Center will offer a Home for the Holidays House Tour at eight homes in Shushan and nearby communities from 1 to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 10. Meet at 1 p.m. at the Center, 58 E. Broadway in Salem, where maps will be provided for this self-guided tour. Cost: $20; $15 for CCC mem-bers. Reservations are encour-aged at 518-854-7053.

MANCHESTER The Emerald Valley Recorder Ensemble and the FCC Chancel Choir will perform “The Christmas Star” at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 11, at the First Congregational Church in Manchester. The FCC Tall Spire Ringers, Burr and Burton Academy students, and special guest musi-cians will join in this program of music and narration. Cost: Free-will offering to benefit the FCC organ restoration fund. Information: Patti Kelley at 802-558-6946.

MANCHESTER The Israel Congregation of Manchester’s Jewish Film Festival will screen the comedy, “Keeping the Faith,” at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 11, at Israel Congregation on Route 7A north, 6025 Main Street in Manchester. This film…starring

Ben Stiller, Ed Norton, Anne Bancroft and Eli Wallach…tells the story of best friends, a priest and a rabbi, and the common ground that Judaism and Catholicism share in showing compassion toward people. Cost: Free-will donation. Open to all and refresh-ments will be served. Information: Doris Bass at 802-297-0167.

PAWLET The Haystack Hustlers Seniors will hold a catered ham dinner served by Mettowee Valley Grange members at noon on Tuesday, Dec. 13 at the Pawlet Church. Cost is $10 per person, to reserve call Phyllis by Dec. 5 at 802-325-3196. Bring a table deco-ration and grab bag gift not to exceed $5. Food shelf items will also be collected.

MANCHESTER Alan Benoit, owner of Sustainable Design, and Chris Morrow, founder of Local First Vermont will host a program entitled “Sustainable Shopping” at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 15 at Northshire Bookstore. Free and open to the public.

BENNINGTON The Club Muse Holiday Dance Party will be held from 8 to 11 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 16, at the Bennington Museum, 75 Main Street, Route 9. Holiday-themed cocktails from the cash bar will be available and the “Best of the Fest” awards for the public’s favorite tree vignettes will be announced. Cost: $5 at the door. Information: 802-447-1571.

MANCHESTER Sue Ritchie will read stories in Spanish and English from 10:30 to 11:15 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 17, at the Mark Skinner Library in Manchester. Free and open to all; children must be accompanied by adult caregiv-ers. Information: 802-362-2607.

MANCHESTER The Manchester Chamber and the Equinox Resort present nationally renowned recording artist Phil Rosenthal in a special children’s Bluegrass Concert at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 17 in the Rockwell Room at the Equinox Resort. Members of the group Wildwood will join Rosenthal in this new “Manchester Merriment” event. Admission: Free for children, $10 for adults. Reserve by calling the Manchester Chamber at 802-362-6313.

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