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Colleen Randall, "Gust of Light," 2019, oil on canvas. Courtesy the artist.

Painter Colleen Randall connects with the energy of abstraction

by Nicola Smith Valley News CorrespondentJanuary 29, 2020

Helmuth von Moltke at his home in Hartford, Vt., on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019, von Moltke has published a collection of prison correspondence between his parents who resisted the Nazis. (Valley News - Jennifer Hauck) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

‘Last Letters’ from a couple defying Hitler published in English

October 18, 2019

Samuel Neustadt's work is on display in a show titled "Faces and Places," at ArtisTree Gallery, which is just around the corner from the Teago General Store in South Pomfret. (Courtesy Samuel Neustadt)

Pomfret resident’s digital paintings go on display for a good cause

by Nicola Smith Valley News correspondentSeptember 11, 2019

Sandra Lopez, as Lady Macbeth, and Marcello Guzzo, as Macbeth, sing before a banquet of guests during a technical rehearsal of Opera North's production of Verdi's Macbeth at the Lebanon (N.H.) Opera House, Wednesday, July 31, 2019. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

Macbeth, revisited: Opera North stages stirring production

by Nicola Smith Valley News CorrespondentAugust 5, 2019

Reginald Vessey in an undated photograph. (Courtesy photograph)

Painting earns a posthumous prize for a Vermont artist

by Nicola Smith Valley News CorrespondentJuly 17, 2019

Dave Eagle and Melanie Gregg, who cook at Isaac B's Diner, which is owned by Peaked Moon Farm in Orford, look over their menu on Tuesday, June 25, 2019, in Orford, N.H. (Valley News - Jennifer Hauck) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

Orford diner brings the table to the farm

by Nicola Smith Valley News CorrespondentJuly 3, 2019

Robert Newton's collection includes washboards made of glass, wood, and steel, and one that was home made of scraps of wood and heavy guage wire. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

Lebanon man considers the washboards and other trinkets he’s gathered for decades

by Nicola Smith Valley News CorrespondentJune 21, 2019

Betsy Goldsborough's "His Harem" is part of the exhibition “TRIO: Exploring Dementia,” which opens on June 14, 2019, at ArtisTree Gallery in Pomfret, Vt., with a reception at 5:30 p.m.

Three artists who practiced their craft through dementia

by Nicola Smith Valley News CorrespondentJune 12, 2019

Obiora Udechukwu, Our Journey, 1993, ink and acrylic on stretched canvas (4 panels). Purchased through a gift from Evelyn A. and William B. Jaffe, Class of 1964H, by exchange; 2017.23. Ó Obiora Udechukwu

Review: Hood Museum transforms what it means to display visual art

by Nicola Smith Valley News CorrespondentJune 5, 2019

Suzanne Hinman, 71, of Enfield, N.H., is the author of "The Grandest Madison Square Garden: Art, Scandal and Architecture in Gilded Age New York." She began writing a novel on the subject 18 years ago, but has returned to it with a non-fiction approach. Hinman was photographed at her Enfield, N.H., home Tuesday, May 6, 2019. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

Enfield author reconstructs a Gilded Age masterpiece

by Nicola Smith Valley News CorrespondentMay 10, 2019