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March 2020
Corinth Coffeehouse, One Night Standards: Songs of Spring
Corinth Coffeehouse is very pleased to present: One Night Standards: Songs of Spring The line-up: Don Sinclair and De Mallary have played at the Coffeehouse with "SCO Jazz". Don is also known from "Don and Jenn", and "The Zookeepers". Chris Billiau, guitar, plays with "Save Room for Pie", as well as solo and with other small groups. Anthony Cantlin, drums, has played as part of "Soulfix". Glenn Griffin is from "Interplay Jazz and Arts", which is also where we met…
Find out more »Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival
Celebrate wilderness at the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival On Tour. WHEN: Sunday, March 22nd, 3:00 pm - 5:30 pm (with a short intermission) WHERE: Thetford Academy - Martha J. Rich Theater Come see this selection of award winners from the 2019 *Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival. *This event is the premier nature film competition celebrating the world’s best science, conservation, & wildlife films. Our afternoon will feature short and medium length films which astonish, transport and connect us.
Find out more »Vermont Women and the Civil War
Historical Program, “Vermont Women and the Civil War” presented by Howard Coffin, a seventh generation Vermonter and author of four books on the Civil War. The story of Vermont Women as they worked the family farm, keep the wheels of industry moving, nursed the sick and wounded is told through words taken from their letters and diaries. Hear the story of how at least one Vermont woman enlisted and fought in the war.This event is made possible through the Vermont Humanities…
Find out more »From Mudpuppies to Wood Turtles
Jim Andrews, head of The Vermont Reptile and Amphibian Atlas Project, will give a slide presentation on the denizens of our forest floor and pools on March 31, 2020, as part of FCA's monthly "Secret Lives" series of lectures on Upper Valley wildlife and habitats. Jim is a herpetologist/wildlife biologist, chair of the Reptile and Amphibian Scientific Advisory Group to the Vermont Endangered Species Committee, coordinator for the Vermont Reptile and Amphibian Atlas Project, one of the region's signature "citizen…
Find out more »April 2020
Love for Lydia Benefit with Music By Bow Thayer & Patrick Ross!!
~~~ Love for Lydia ~~~ A fundraiser to benefit the Sudden Unexplained Death in Childhood Foundation (SUDC). Saturday, April 4th, 2020 5:00pm - 11:00pm Lake Morey Resort, Fairlee Vermont **Music by Bow Thayer and band, with Patrick Ross **Food **Silent Auction & Raffle ***Tickets are $20 each. Purchase in advance or at the door. ***To purchase in advance, email keating_interiors@yahoo.com Sudden unexplained death in childhood is a category of death in children ages 1 to 18 which remains unexplained after thorough…
Find out more »Puppeteers Cooperative “GIANT PUPPET FAST WORKSHOP”
Starting April 13, FCA (Fairlee Community Arts, Inc.) will offer another 5-day workshop with Sara Peattie and associate from the Puppeteers Cooperative of Boston (https://www.puppetco-op.org) in Fairlee Town Hall Auditorium. The five 2-hour daily workshops, 2-4 pm, will culminate in a free public performance by participants on Friday evening. There is a 30-person limit on participation. This year, thanks to a generous grant from the Vermont Community Foundation's "Spark!" program, participation will be FREE. The workshops are open to all,…
Find out more »JAZZ JAM SESSION
INTERPLAY JAZZ AND ARTS in collaboration with FAIRLEE COMMUNITY ARTS is hosting a Jazz Jam Session Thursday, April 16th from 6:30 to 9 pm, in the FAIRLEE TOWN HALL IN FAIRLEE, VT. Open to all: Instrumentalists, Vocalists and the general public for listening. A jam session is an opportunity for musicians to get together and try out new tunes or arrangements, new improv or comping techniques and to hear and be inspired by what others are working on. Interplay’s Third…
Find out more »Vernal Pools: Wicked Big Puddles or Critical Wildlife Habitat
Steve Faccio, co-founder of the Vermont Center for Ecostudies, presents a slide lecture on the life in our vernal pools as part of FCA's "Secret Lives" series on Upper Valley wildlife and habitats. Steve is a Conservation Biologist with wide-ranging interests and skills as a scientist, naturalist, writer, and photographer. Much of his work at VCE is focused on forest ecology, including long-term population monitoring of forest songbirds here and at their wintering grounds in Costa Rica, as well as…
Find out more »May 2020
Wildlife on the Move in Forests Around Fairlee
Jens Hilke, Conservation Planning Biologist, Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department, will introduce us to the concept of "forest blocks" and "wildlife corridors" as they relate to the forests and wildlife of the Upper Valley, in particular the very important, and exceptionally large block of unfragmented forest that stretches across parts of Thetford, Fairlee, West Fairlee, Bradford and even across the Connecticut River into Orford. Jens Hilke helps towns, regional planning commissions and non-governmental organizations with their conservation planning efforts. This…
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