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Reading: Julia Alvarez and Mary Ruefle

Highland Center for the Arts 2875 Hardwick St, Greensboro, VT, United States

Back Roads Readings was created to bring esteemed poets and writers, both local and regional, to read their work to people in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont. Readings are followed by a book signing and reception, and are held outside in a tent with socially distanced seating. This is a free event. Julia Alvarez has […]

Free

Cirque Barcode’s Branché : A circus show for people of all ages

Highland Center for the Arts 2875 Hardwick St, Greensboro, VT, United States

At the Highland Center for the Arts, Greensboro. Shows at  3  and 6 p.m. played outdoors.  In the show, the acrobats revolve around each other, they build spectacular, yet fragile human pyramids. This frantic pursuit of infinite growth makes for a heart stopping scene of acrobats falling, slipping, and tumbling. A more tender acrobatic language […]

$20

Poetry Reading: Victoria Redel and Marie Howard

Highland Center for the Arts 2875 Hardwick St, Greensboro, VT, United States

Back Roads Readings was created to bring esteemed poets and writers, both local and regional, to read their work to people in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont. Readings are followed by a book signing and reception, and are held outside in a tent with socially distanced seating. This is a free event. Victoria Redel is […]

Free

Poetry Reading: Chard deNiord and Sydney Lea

Highland Center for the Arts 2875 Hardwick St, Greensboro, VT, United States

Back Roads Readings was created to bring esteemed poets and writers, both local and regional, to read their work to people in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont. Readings are followed by a book signing and reception, and are held outside in a tent with socially distanced seating. This is a free event. Chard deNiord was […]

Free

Exhibit: Mat Broner and Heidi Broner, “Relative Color,” A Father and Daughter’s Paths in Painting

Highland Center for the Arts 2875 Hardwick St, Greensboro, VT, United States

May 28-July 11, 2021 Sunday, June 6, 4-6:00 p.m. Opening reception and artist talk by Heidi Broner Gallery hours: Wednesday-Sunday, 12-4:00 p.m. Reservations not required but social distancing enforced. Masks required until further notice.  Information: highlandartsvt.org | 802.533.2000

Free

Building Winter Shelters

Highland Center for the Arts 2875 Hardwick St, Greensboro, VT, United States

Learn about snow shelters and build your own quinzhee with Brian Emery, a Sterling College Outdoor Education student. Warm up by the fire and enjoy a hot beverage (included with your ticket). Make a day of it and enjoy lunch at the HCA Café. Participants should wear winter clothing suitable for spending several hours outdoors […]

$10

Basics of Birding Workshop

Highland Center for the Arts 2875 Hardwick St, Greensboro, VT, United States

Come learn the basics of birding as a family through active games about bird song, migration, and identification with Audubon Vermont. Discover how Audubon protects birds and their habitats through projects like Plants for Birds and opportunities to engage in community science programs. Perfect for adults and kids who are looking to bird together. Workshops […]

Low Lily

Highland Center for the Arts 2875 Hardwick St, Greensboro, VT, United States

Saturday, April 4 @ 7:00 pm Tickets start at $15, Students $10, and Seniors 10% off With a cohesive vocal blend that has been dubbed “outstanding” and “meticulous,” Low Lily has crafted a signature sound which they have shared with enthusiastic audiences throughout North America and the UK. With acoustic music that is grounded in […]

Roy MacNeil: A Spirit Lifted

Highland Center for the Arts 2875 Hardwick St, Greensboro, VT, United States

Saturday, March 21 @ 7:00 pm Tickets are $15, Students $10, and Seniors 10% off Roy returns to the HCA stage, joined by an all-star band of talented friends for what will be his most broad and bold, yet fragile, intimate show yet. The program will contain a little bit of everything, including classical, folk, […]

Opening Reception: “There are hints of Spring!”

Highland Center for the Arts 2875 Hardwick St, Greensboro, VT, United States

Opening Reception: Friday, March 20, 5pm Exhibit runs: March 20 – April 26, 2020 "There are hints of Spring!" Susan Bull Riley’s watercolors chronicle the emergence and progression of a magical and long-awaited season in her exhibit Intimate: An Artist and the Natural World. Bull Riley paints in the millennia-long tradition of plant portraiture. Like […]

Bread & Puppet: The Diagonal Life Circus

Highland Center for the Arts 2875 Hardwick St, Greensboro, VT, United States

Sunday, February 23 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm Tickets are $10 The Diagonal Life Circus is a raucous, colorful giant puppet spectacle that portrays a current, precariously diagonal condition – on the verge of collapse, yet always capable of uprising. According to Bread & Puppet Director Peter Schumann, “Reality is either horizontal or vertical […]

Mal Maiz

Highland Center for the Arts 2875 Hardwick St, Greensboro, VT, United States

Friday, February 14 @ 7:00 pm Tickets start at $20 Brujo Maiz Vargas Sandoval and his Latin dance band heat up the HCA stage on Valentine’s Day with world music in the traditions of reggae and afro-Carribbean dance. Originally from Costa Rica, multi-lingual Maiz delivers with funk and flair in a remarkable blend of both […]

Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival Vermont Tour 2020: THE RETURN OF RICHARD III ON THE 9:24 AM TRAIN

Highland Center for the Arts 2875 Hardwick St, Greensboro, VT, United States

Saturday, February 8 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm Tickets are $12.50 for each movie. Use code "DoubleFeature" for $10 tickets when you buy tickets for both movies. 3 PM – "The Return of Richard III on the 9:24 AM Train" is a savory blend of drama and comedy. The drama: a dying man decides […]

Young Tradition Vermont

Highland Center for the Arts 2875 Hardwick St, Greensboro, VT, United States

Saturday, February 1 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Regular $15, Senior $12 and Students $8 The Young Tradition Touring Group are teen players, singers and dancers who focus on learning and performing traditional music and dance repertoire over the course of a 9-month, early September through early May session, including an April performance tour. […]

East Coast Inspirational Singers

Highland Center for the Arts 2875 Hardwick St, Greensboro, VT, United States

January 18, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Tickets are $20, Seniors are $16 and Students are $10 Moving audiences with an energetic and high-spirited style of harmony, the East Coast Inspirational Singers hail from Harlem and specialize in Gospel, R&B, Pop, Broadway, Jazz and Blues. They are no stranger to the stage, having […]

Mark Barry: Snow Daze Opening Reception and Artist Talk

Highland Center for the Arts 2875 Hardwick St, Greensboro, VT, United States

Mark Barry celebrates life with paint brush in hand. No moment is too small — flying down the hill on a sled, skiing in fresh powder or snuggled by the fire with a favorite book — and he captures each one with bold, brilliant color, often in large scale, to capture each moment’s importance.

free

Vermont Mandolin Trio

Highland Center for the Arts 2875 Hardwick St, Greensboro, VT, United States

January 12, 2020 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm Tickets are $12 Three of Vermont’s finest mandolinists, Matt Flinner, Jamie Masefield and Will Patton, come together for an exceptional evening of bluegrass, jazz and roots music in HCA’s unique setting. The group performs music of Bill Monroe, Django Reinhardt, J.S. Bach – and everything in […]

$12.00

The Goldfinch Screening

Highland Center for the Arts 2875 Hardwick St, Greensboro, VT, United States

Theo Decker’s mother was killed in a terrorist bombing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art when he was just 13. Confused, amid the rubble, Theo steals a painting of a tiny bird, a goldfinch, chained to its perch. The tragedy changes the course of his life, sending him on a stirring odyssey of grief and […]

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

Highland Center for the Arts 2875 Hardwick St, Greensboro, VT, United States

When the town hooligans (also known as the six Herdman kids) forego their usual mischief-making to take over the annual Christmas pageant, they provide a completely new spin on tradition by – among other antics – improving upon gifts from the Wise Men. As the story unfolds, this Christmas pageant is filled with surprises for […]

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

Highland Center for the Arts 2875 Hardwick St, Greensboro, VT, United States

When the town hooligans (also known as the six Herdman kids) forego their usual mischief-making to take over the annual Christmas pageant, they provide a completely new spin on tradition by – among other antics – improving upon gifts from the Wise Men. As the story unfolds, this Christmas pageant is filled with surprises for […]