Upcoming Events
January, 2020
The Need to Grow
The Need to Grow offers an intimate look into the hearts of activists and innovators in the food movement. An 8-year-old girl challenges the ethics of a beloved organizations, a renegade farmer struggles to keep his land as he revolutionizes resource efficient agriculture, and an accomplished visionary inventor faces catastrophes in the midst of developing a game-changing technology.
Find out more »Bombshell (R)
Starring Academy Award winner Charlize Theron, Academy Award winner Nicole Kidman, Academy Award nominee John Lithgow and Academy Award nominee Margot Robbie, based on the real scandal, Bombshell is a revealing look inside the most powerful and controversial media empire of all time; Fox News, and the explosive story of the women who brought down the infamous man who created it.
Find out more »February, 2020
1917 (R)
At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers, Schofield (Captain Fantastic's George MacKay) and Blake (Game of Thrones' Dean-Charles Chapman) are given a seemingly impossible mission. In a race against time, they must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers--Blake's own brother among them.
Find out more »Mister Chris and Friends
Sing and dance along as Mister Chris and his band of special friends perform new and familiar songs, including favorites from the popular Vermont PBS music series for kiddos, Mister Chris and Friends!
Find out more »Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker (PG-13)
When it's discovered that the evil Emperor Palpatine did not die at the hands of Darth Vader, the rebels must race against the clock to find out his whereabouts. Finn and Poe lead the Resistance to put a stop to the First Order's plans to form a new Empire, while Rey anticipates her inevitable confrontation with Kylo Ren.
Find out more »The Snowmaiden
Nineteen exquisitely hand crafted marionettes are featured in one of Russia's most beloved folk tales. As Father Frost spreads Winter throughout the land, he comes across a most amazing sight. A perfect little maiden sculpted entirely of snow! Mother Spring breathes life into the figure, making dreams come true for a childless couple who embrace the Snowmaiden with a love as deep and wide as Old Mother Russia herself. Can love sustain this child of winter as the seasons change? This kind and gentle hour long performance is free and appropriate for audiences of all age
Find out more »The Gentlemen (R)
The Gentlemen follows American expat Mickey Pearson who built a highly profitable marijuana empire in London. When word gets out that he's looking to cash out of the business forever it triggers plots, schemes, bribery and blackmail in an attempt to steal his domain out from under him.
Find out more »The Messenger
For thousands of years, humankind regarded songbirds as messengers from gods. Under threat from climate change, pesticides and more, populations of hundreds of species have dipped dramatically. As scientists, activists and bird enthusiasts investigate this phenomenon, amazing secrets of the bird world come to light for the first time.
Find out more »WBCN and The American Revolution
The amazing, untold story of the radical underground radio station WBCN-FM, set against the dazzling and profound social, political, and cultural changes that took place in Boston and nationally during the late-1960s and early-70s. Told through the actual sights, sounds, and stories of a compelling cast of characters who connected through the radio station, exploding music and countercultural scenes, militant anti-war activism, civil rights struggles, and the emerging women’s and LGBTQ-liberation movements.
Find out more »March, 2020
Wilma Jean the Worry Machine
Wilma Jean the Worry Machine, based on the book by Julia Cook, is a fun and humorous musical that offers creative strategies for parents and teachers to use that can lessen the severity of anxiety. Everyone feels fear, worry and apprehension from time to time, but when these feelings prevent a person from doing what they want and/or need to do, anxiety becomes a disability.
Find out more »The Fretless
Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day weekend with live music from The Fretless, a Canadian folk music group based in Victoria, British Columbia. The group, consisting of violinists Trent Freeman, Karrnnel Sawitsky and Ben Plotnick, and cellist Eric Wright, won the Juno Award for Instrumental Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2017. We’re delighted to welcome them back to our historic Town Hall Theatre!
Find out more »After School Dance Program
Movement artist and educator Madeline Warriner directs Pentangle’s after school dance camp. In this camp dancers will be fully immersed in a fun and challenging creative dance experience. Campers will take daily classes in Contemporary Modern Technique and Choreography, as well as other styles like Jazz and Hip-hop.
Find out more »Fantastic Fungi
A film about the magical, mysterious and medicinal world of fungi and their power to heal, sustain and contribute to the regeneration of life on Earth that began 3.5 billion years ago. Seen through the eyes of mycologists, like renowned Paul Stamets, talking about the unlimited potential of fungi in the fields of food, medicine, bioremediation, neurogenesis and treating end-of-life anxiety.
Find out more »April, 2020
Ice on Fire
Ice on Fire is an eye-opening documentary that focuses on many never-before-seen solutions designed to slow down our escalating environmental crisis. The film goes beyond the current climate change narrative and offers hope that we can actually stave off the worst effects of global warming.
Find out more »May, 2020
Lamartine Quartet
The Lamartine Quartet (formerly the Quartet Bussieres) was formed by four long-time musician friends as part of an initiative to bring first-rate chamber music programs to the Saône-et-Loire area of Burgundy, as well as to New England and New York audiences. The members of the quartet are violinist Bruno Eicher (Assistant Concertmaster, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra) and Elizabeth Chang (Faculty, University of Massachusetts and Juilliard Pre-College); violist Nardo Poy (Orpheus Chamber Orchestra) and Kari Docter (Metropolitan Opera Orchestra).
Find out more »Happening: A Clean Energy Revolution
Filmmaker James Redford embarks on a colorful personal journey into the dawn of the clean energy era as it creates jobs, turns profits, and makes communities stronger and healthier across the US. Unlikely entrepreneurs in communities from Georgetown, TX to Buffalo, NY reveal pioneering clean energy solutions while James’ discovery of how clean energy works, and what it means at a personal level, becomes the audiences’ discovery too. Reaching well beyond a great story of technology and innovation, “Happening” explores issues of human resilience, social justice, embracing the future, and finding hope for our survival.
Find out more »June, 2020
Vermont Symphony Orchestra: TD Bank Summer Festival Tour
Pack a picnic basket and celebrate the sound of summer in Vermont with the VSO! This year’s program, “Strike Up the Orchestra!” was crafted by guest conductor Sharon Lavery, making her VSO debut. The orchestra showcases the composers who set America to music: Gershwin, Joplin, Bernstein, Copland, and the foremost film composer of our generation, John Williams. VSO Principal Clarinet Kelli O’Connor is our featured soloist in a jazzy concerto written by Artie Shaw. Each concert closes with a dazzling fireworks display accompanying Tchaikovsky’s famous 1812 Overture and the beloved marches of John Philip Sousa.
Find out more »July, 2020
Creative Dance Program
Movement artist and educator Madeline Warriner directs Pentangle’s creative dance camp. In this two-week camp dancers will be fully immersed in a fun and challenging creative dance experience. Campers will take daily classes in Contemporary Modern Technique and Choreography, as well as other styles like Jazz and Hip-hop. In this inclusive and supportive environment, we will put together a culminating performance, challenging campers to create, collaborate, and explore new ways of thinking, articulating, and moving. Campers with any level of experience are encouraged to participate- the only requirement being to come with an open heart and mind, ready to learn and HAVE FUN!
Find out more »Performing Arts Camp
Sharon Groblicki and Nancy Boymer direct Pentangle Arts Summer Performing Arts Camp, with musical direction by Bob Merrill. This year’s program features songs and scenes from The Sound of Music, Fiddler on the Roof, and The Music Man. This year’s program will continue to focus on vocal technique and presentation, drama, improvisational theater, singing, and choreography. Classes are for children ages 8-16. Activities are indoors and outdoors. In addition, there will be some time allocated for swimming at the Woodstock Recreation Center– weather permitting – after lunch most days. The cost of the camp includes a $10 Camp T-Shirt and a $15 Weekly Pass to the Woodstock Recreation Center Pool.
Find out more »August, 2020
Central Vermont Chamber Music Festival
All Beethoven will conclude our 27th Season of Standards. Early, mid and late Beethoven with a Violin Sonata, Cello Sonata and the “Ghost” Piano Trio.
Find out more »December, 2020
Community Messiah Sing
A world-class ensemble and four featured soloists perform a stirring rendition of the Christmas portions of Handel’s Messiah. The audience joins in for the choruses, so bring your libretto!
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