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Louise Clifford, of West Canaan, N.H. arranges bouquets of daffodils at her stand at the Norwich Farmer's Market on May 5, 2017. Clifford of Woodlawn Farm has been coming to the market for 35 years. Her father was one of the original vendors at the market, when there was only five tables. (Valley News - Jennifer Hauck) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

40 Years of Steady Growth: Norwich Farmers Market Digs In at Route 5 Site

by Nicola Smith Valley News Staff WriterMay 10, 2017

Verna Eastman Ervin with her son Jimmy when he was first in the Army in 1966. (Family photograph)

A Life: Verna Alice Eastman Ervin, 1920-2017; ‘She Was Strong’

by Nicola Smith Valley News Staff WriterMay 8, 2017August 4, 2025

Artist Enrique Martinez Celaya is the Roth Distinguished Visiting Scholar at Dartmouth College, and was also a Montgomery Fellow at Dartmouth. Martinez Celaya was born in Cuba, grew up in Spain and Puerto Rico and before dedicating himself to art studied physics and quantum electronics. "I like to think of (a painting) as a discovery, the way a scientist discovers something," he said in Hanover, N.H., Monday, May 1, 2017. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

Art Notes: Dartmouth Hosts a Painter in Pursuit of Discoveries

by Nicola Smith Valley News Staff WriterMay 4, 2017

"Bristol Sawmill," a painting by Lincoln, Vt., artist Kathleen Kolb is part of a series of works she has made about the Northern Forest and the people who work in it. A selection of her paintings and drawings is on view at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, accompanied by wall text reported and written by southern Vermont poet Verandah Porche.

Art Notes: Paintings and Drawings of a Working Landscape

by Nicola Smith Valley News Staff WriterApril 27, 2017

The ensemble of Northern Stage's production of "Mamma Mia!"

Theater Review: ‘Mamma Mia!’ — All the Pop and Twice the Fizz

by Nicola Smith Valley News Staff WriterApril 27, 2017

Jim Wright, president emeritus of Dartmouth College, shows the June 27, 1969 edition of "Life" magazine while discussing his new book, "Enduring Vietnam: An American Generation and its War," on Thursday, March 30, 2017, in Hanover, N.H. The edition of "Life" magazine featured photos of 242 troops who died within the span of one week during the Vietnam War. (Valley News - Jovelle Tamayo) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

Former Dartmouth College President James Wright Authors Book About Vietnam Veterans

by Nicola Smith Valley News Staff WriterApril 21, 2017

Blueberries on White Cloth is part of an exhibit by Susan Walp.

Art Notes: Still Lifes Hold Deep Reservoir Of Emotion

by Nicola Smith Valley News Staff WriterApril 20, 2017

The film "The Long Vacation of Lotte H. Eisner" is to be screened at the Black Family Visual Arts Center in Hanover, N.H., at 5:30 p.m. on April 15, 2017. Eisner was a film critic, historian and poet. (Courtesy photograph)

Film Notes: Hanover Conference Considers Role of Critics in Shaping Culture

by Nicola Smith Valley News Staff Writers, and David Corriveau Valley News Staff WritersApril 18, 2017

Eunie Guyre, of Lebanon, N.H. left and Betsy Murray, of Enfield, N.H. paint during the AVA’s Senior Art Program on April 13, 2017 in Lebanon. Murray had never painted before when she came to the program with a friend two and a half years ago. She nows sells her paintings. "This has been a huge change in my life," she said. (Valley News - Jennifer Hauck) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

Federal Budget Cuts Cultural Programs in the Twin States

by Nicola Smith Valley News Staff WriterApril 15, 2017

Excavating Henryk Ross’s buried box of negatives and documents in the ghetto, 1945. (Art Gallery of Ontario. Gift from the Archive of Modern Conflict © Art Gallery of Ontario, 2016. Courtesy, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

Art Notes: Photographs of Lodz Ghetto Depict Life Amid Despair

by Nicola Smith Valley News Staff WriterApril 13, 2017