http://www.timesargus.com Vermont's Capitol Newspaper en-us steven.pappas@timesargus.com webmaster@timesargus.com http://www.timesargus.com/article/20100208/FEATURES02/100209963/1011/FEATURES02 BURLINGTON – Few hysterically funny comedies can claim to be based on absolute fact, but Vermont Stage Company's “Souvenir” certainly is one. ... - By JIM LOWE Staff Writer Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:37:00 EST http://www.timesargus.com/article/20100206/FEATURES02/2060307/1011/FEATURES02 MONTPELIER – "She laughed. And then she blew her nose. She had a cold. The bullet struck her forehead. It caught her in the middle of a thought. She was 9," Rose says, describing the death of her daughter by a Nazi soldier in Warsaw during World War II. ... - By JIM LOWE Times Argus Staff Sat, 06 Feb 2010 10:48:00 EST http://www.timesargus.com/article/20100206/FEATURES02/100209982/1011/FEATURES02 By JIM LOWE ... Sat, 06 Feb 2010 10:47:00 EST http://www.timesargus.com/article/20100205/FEATURES02/2050301/1011/FEATURES02 It's the heart of winter around here, and things are slooowww. For instance, The Black Door, normally an every weekend venue in the city of the golden dome, has no music this weekend. Many decry the decline of our usually vibrant scene in the winter, but let's face it, there's just not that many people coming out. Fear not, though, dear local music lover, there is always something going on that's worth seeing around the capital region. ... Fri, 05 Feb 2010 09:04:00 EST http://www.timesargus.com/article/20100205/FEATURES02/2050302/1011/FEATURES02 Jean-Claude Pennetier is well-known to central Vermont audiences as the pianist of the beloved Paris Piano Trio. But, in Europe, the French pianist is perhaps better known for his solo career. ... - By JIM LOWE Times Argus Staff Fri, 05 Feb 2010 09:02:00 EST http://www.timesargus.com/article/20100205/FEATURES02/2050304/1011/FEATURES02 Two of the more unique and up-and-coming female singer-songwriters around make back-to-back stops at Higher Ground's intimate Showcase Lounge. Boston-based Eilen Jewell brings her rugged Americana on Thursday, while Oregon-based Laura Veirs brings a dreamier, more delicate sound the following night. ... - By TOM HUNTINGTON Arts Correspondent Fri, 05 Feb 2010 09:02:00 EST http://www.timesargus.com/article/20100205/FEATURES02/2050303/1011/FEATURES02 With an attractive alto voice, an on-stage presence that is warm and humorous, and songs that reveal a true wordsmith, Dar Williams is a welcome visitor to the Barre Opera House Celebration Series. On Saturday, Feb. 13, art 8 p.m., this Beacon, N.Y.-resident and her pianist/accompanist will make their first visit here. ... - By ART EDELSTEIN Arts Correspondent Fri, 05 Feb 2010 09:00:00 EST http://www.timesargus.com/article/20100205/FEATURES02/2050305/1011/FEATURES02 Sarah Durham has been playing piano since she was a young child, but it was just another extra-curricular activity for the Spaulding High School junior. But, since she won this season's Vermont Philharmonic Borowicz Memorial Student Scholarship competition, that is changing. ... - By JIM LOWE Times Argus Staff Fri, 05 Feb 2010 08:59:00 EST http://www.timesargus.com/article/20100204/FEATURES02/100209988/1011/FEATURES02 MONTREAL — Puccini’s “Tosca” is one of most musically and emotionally powerful of all operas, and the Opéra de Montréal production, which opened Saturday at Place des Arts, delivered those qualities in spades. ... - By JIM LOWE Times Argus Staff Thu, 04 Feb 2010 09:24:00 EST http://www.timesargus.com/article/20100204/FEATURES02/100209987/1011/FEATURES02 RUTLAND – Sunday’s packed Paramount Theatre audience responded thunderously to one of the world’s great pianists, but it also received a challenging new piece of music with warmth and enthusiasm. ... - By JIM LOWE Staff Writer Thu, 04 Feb 2010 09:23:00 EST http://www.timesargus.com/article/20100131/FEATURES02/1310360/1011/FEATURES02 MONTPELIER — She was already a convicted criminal — at 13. ... - By JIM LOWE Staff Writer Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:52:00 EST http://www.timesargus.com/article/20100129/FEATURES02/1290302/1011/FEATURES02 Indie-pop standout and new Northeast Kingdom resident Neko Case (pictured) performs Friday, March 12 at 8 p.m. at Fuller Hall, 1000 Main St., in St. Johnsbury. The concert, which also features rising-star Vermont songstress Anaïs Mitchell, is a benefit for St. Johnsbury arts organization Catamount Arts. Tickets are $48, $36 (reserved seating; discounted prices for members). Tickets go on sale to the public on Monday; call the Catamount Arts box office at 748-2600, or go online to www. ... Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:29:00 EST http://www.timesargus.com/article/20100129/FEATURES02/1290308/1011/FEATURES02 HANOVER, N.H. – Mozart's Requiem continues to move audiences with its wrenching pleas for salvation and ecstatic contemplation of the divine — just as Mozart himself was reported to have wept when he sang sections of it with friends gathered at his bedside on the eve of his death. Conducted by director Louis Burkot, the Dartmouth College Glee Club, a 40-singer ensemble, will perform the work on Saturday, Feb. 6, at 8 p.m., in the Hopkins Center's Spaulding Auditorium. ... Fri, 29 Jan 2010 08:48:00 EST http://www.timesargus.com/article/20100129/FEATURES02/1290309/1011/FEATURES02 Silent Surrealism ... Fri, 29 Jan 2010 08:47:00 EST http://www.timesargus.com/article/20100129/FEATURES02/1290307/1011/FEATURES02 MONTPELIER – The Vermont Contemporary Music Ensemble's February program includes two new works by two of Vermont's finest composers, Thomas Read and David Feurzeig. Also included are a piece by the young Nicolas Chlebak (winner of the 2009 Vermont All State composer competition) and a work by VSO composer-in-residence, David Ludwig. In addition, pianist Michael Arnowitt will perform a selection of György Ligeti's "Etudes for Piano" on Friday, Feb. 5, at 8 p.m., at the Unitarian Church. ... Fri, 29 Jan 2010 08:44:00 EST