/tags/weekly-conversation-on-the-arts Weekly Conversation On The Arts en-US ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý Sat, 31 Dec 2022 14:56:54 GMT /local-news/2022-12-31/vermont-music-how-to-celebrate-it-where-to-find-it-ways-to-connect-with-local-artists You can stay connected to local musicians in a number of ways, in person, online and by subscribing to their content. Sat, 31 Dec 2022 14:56:54 GMT /local-news/2022-12-31/vermont-music-how-to-celebrate-it-where-to-find-it-ways-to-connect-with-local-artists Mary Williams Engisch /programs/2018-03-29/making-fun-of-movies-is-an-actual-day-job-and-conor-lastowkas-got-it Burlington writer Conor Lastowka has just written his second comedy sci-fi novel, called The Pole Vault Championship of the Entire Universe. The bookâ€� Thu, 29 Mar 2018 12:41:58 GMT /programs/2018-03-29/making-fun-of-movies-is-an-actual-day-job-and-conor-lastowkas-got-it Mary Williams Engisch /programs/2018-03-16/waitsfield-author-finds-beauty-in-lined-faces-with-new-book-on-aging-well Olivia Hoblitzelle has spent her career as a teacher, a therapist and a writer. Her lifelong work brought together the practices of meditation, cognitiveâ€� Fri, 16 Mar 2018 12:53:26 GMT /programs/2018-03-16/waitsfield-author-finds-beauty-in-lined-faces-with-new-book-on-aging-well Mary Williams Engisch /programs/2018-03-01/arts-flashback-why-one-vermont-artist-lets-her-elaborate-mandalas-be-taken-by-the-wind This episode was originally broadcast in August 2017: Michelle Wallace, who owns Nature Mandala Art :: Vermont, spoke to VPR about the process andâ€� Thu, 01 Mar 2018 21:09:26 GMT /programs/2018-03-01/arts-flashback-why-one-vermont-artist-lets-her-elaborate-mandalas-be-taken-by-the-wind Mary Williams Engisch /programs/2018-02-22/from-empty-to-bustling-montgomery-center-for-the-arts-breathes-life-into-old-building When New York native Sebastian Araujo and his partner moved from Cape Cod to Montgomery Center, Vermont, he arrived with the notion that thrifty Newâ€� Thu, 22 Feb 2018 21:45:47 GMT /programs/2018-02-22/from-empty-to-bustling-montgomery-center-for-the-arts-breathes-life-into-old-building Mary Williams Engisch /programs/2018-02-08/serving-dinner-theater-along-with-food-and-drink-at-local-club-this-april If you feel the same as local theater performer Erin Evarts does, then you think there is a space in the local arts landscape for dinner theater.Using theâ€� Thu, 08 Feb 2018 21:42:48 GMT /programs/2018-02-08/serving-dinner-theater-along-with-food-and-drink-at-local-club-this-april Mary Williams Engisch /programs/2018-01-25/i-knew-how-to-be-disabled-and-have-a-full-life-burlington-authors-stories-smash-stereotypes Imagine you use a mobility device like a wheelchair. You pick up a book to read but no one depicted in the pages looks or moves like you. In fact, theâ€� Thu, 25 Jan 2018 22:09:15 GMT /programs/2018-01-25/i-knew-how-to-be-disabled-and-have-a-full-life-burlington-authors-stories-smash-stereotypes Mary Williams Engisch /programs/2018-01-18/i-had-to-find-a-way-to-make-the-body-sacred-again-killackys-films-celebrate-friends-lost-to-aids John Killacky is Flynn Center for the Performing Arts' executive director, an artist and a filmmaker. Killacky is also someone who, in the 1990s AIDSâ€� Thu, 18 Jan 2018 19:56:48 GMT /programs/2018-01-18/i-had-to-find-a-way-to-make-the-body-sacred-again-killackys-films-celebrate-friends-lost-to-aids Mary Williams Engisch /programs/2018-01-05/one-brief-moment-in-which-everything-is-decided-putneys-sandglass-theater-tells-refugee-stories For seven refugees who fled their homelands of Syria, Afghanistan, El Salvador, and Burundi to make new lives in Vermont, Putney's Sandglass Theater willâ€� Fri, 05 Jan 2018 18:27:25 GMT /programs/2018-01-05/one-brief-moment-in-which-everything-is-decided-putneys-sandglass-theater-tells-refugee-stories Mary Williams Engisch /programs/2017-12-14/refreshed-from-10-days-of-silence-musician-django-koenig-is-ready-to-sing After 10 days of contemplative, "noble silence" at a Washington state retreat, Plainfield musician Django Koenig is ready to sing. Koenig, a songwriterâ€� Thu, 14 Dec 2017 20:58:46 GMT /programs/2017-12-14/refreshed-from-10-days-of-silence-musician-django-koenig-is-ready-to-sing Mary Williams Engisch