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"Oil Spills," an installation in porcelain, is among the works on view in the Hall Art Foundation's exhibition "Landscapes After Ruskin: Redefining the Sublime."

Art Notes: Exhibition Finds Darkness in the Sublime

by Nicola Smith Valley News Staff WriterSeptember 30, 2016

The film "Homeland: Iraq Year Zero" is to be shown at the Hopkins Center for the Arts in Hanover, N.H., on Saturday, October 8, 2016, at 7 p.m. and the second part on Sunday, October 9, at 4 p.m. (Courtesy photograph)

A Window on Iraq

by Nicola Smith Valley News Staff Writers, and David Corriveau Valley News Staff WritersSeptember 29, 2016

Stephen Lee Anderson plays a scene as King Duncan during a dress rehearsal of the play at the Barrette Center for the Arts in White River Junction, Vt. Tuesday, September 27, 2016. The season opening production brings the Shakespearean tragedy into the context of modern warfare. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

Lebanon High Graduate Returns for Northern Stage’s ‘Macbeth’

by Nicola Smith Valley News Staff WriterSeptember 29, 2016

Bill Coons, of Lebanon, founded Shaker Bridge Theater in Enfield, N.H. ten years ago. After reading a study that concluded 88 percent of plays that are produced are written by men, Coons decided to commit the entire 2016 - 2017 season to plays by women. The Mystery of Love and Sex, by Bathsheba Doran, will kick off the season, opening on October 13. September 16, 2016. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

Fall Theater Preview: Shaker Bridge Tackles Gender Imbalance

by Nicola Smith Valley News Staff WriterSeptember 27, 2016

Sue Mescher, of Danville, Vt., looks up at the over seven-foot-tall Morphy, an Amorphophallus Titanum plant, which is in the process of blooming in the Dartmouth College Life Sciences Greenhouse Thursday, September 22, 2016. The flower is currently growing up to four inches a day and stands over seven feet tall. Mescher was passing through on the way to New York City and did not want to miss the opportunity to stop and see the flower. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

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Fragrance of the Dead

by Nicola Smith Valley News Staff WriterSeptember 24, 2016

"Deluge #2," by Brenda Garand. An exhibition of Garand's work opens Friday, Sept. 23, at White River Gallery in South Royalton.

White River Gallery Opens Exhibition

by Nicola Smith Valley News Staff WriterSeptember 22, 2016

Oscar Michaeux's 1939 film "Lying Lips" is to be shown as part of a discussion about racially-segregated filmmaking at the Howe Library in Hanover, N.H., on October 17, 2016. It is part of Cine Salon's 20th anniversay celebration, held every Monday evening from September 19 to December 12 at 7 p.m. (Courtesy photograph)

Cine Salon Marks 20 Years of Film History’s Highs and Lows

by Nicola Smith Valley News Staff WriterSeptember 15, 2016

Dancers, from left, Hope Yaeger, Kelly Armbrust, Suzy Malerich, and Nicole Conte Stevens practice for The First Seven Days at Unitarian Universalist Church in Barnard, Vt., on Sept. 7, 2016. Seated is Nick Cohen as Jehovah in the production. Watching is dancer Molly Armbrust. (Valley News - Jennifer Hauck) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

Pomfret Composer’s Oratorio Retells Genesis

by Nicola Smith Valley News Staff WriterSeptember 15, 2016

A miniature workshop, part of Laetitia Soulier's exhibition, "The Fractal Architectures" at the Hood Museum Downtown in Hanover, N.H., on Sept. 13, 2016. (Valley News- Sarah Priestap) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

Art Notes: Hood Downtown Emerges as Urban Outpost for Contemporary Art

by Nicola Smith Valley News Staff WriterSeptember 15, 2016

Nick Zigelbaum milks Molly, the single cow from his herd of Devons that he milks, at Longest Acres Farm in Chelsea, Vt. The beef, pork and lamb Zigelbaum and his wife Kate MacLean raise on the farm are sold on order from their website by the 20 pound box to customers locally and in the Boston area. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

Seasons of Change for CSAs

by Nicola Smith Valley News Staff WriterSeptember 12, 2016