Our Town Summer Entertainment Series- We are seeking performers for this years series. Sunday afternoons from 4pm, performances on the Porches of Bellows Falls & Vicinity. Potluck BBQ. Contact Pat Fowler if you are interested in performing.

2008 July 31- Aug 3 Rockingham Old Home Days- kid's carnival, food booths, craft vendors, Youth activities, sidewalk sales in the Square with entertainment (music, clowns, jugglers...) 802-463-4280 Great Falls Regional Chamber of Commerce

Sunday 3pm Pilgrimage to the Rockingham Meeting House

Great Falls Regional Chamber of Commerce needs volunteers to help with the event. Call Roger at 802-463-4280

Regular Events:

Rockingham Library's calendar of events. Friends of the Rockingham Library staff the Museum starting July through Labor Day (Fridays from 2-4)

Village Square Bookseller Events- check this page, please, for details on VSB events

3rd Friday Art Walk in Bellows Falls- art, music, literary events in Bellows Falls & neighboring villages in Vermont & New Hampshire, co-sponsored by the Great Falls Regional Chamber of Commerce & Village Square Booksellers.

Great Falls Regional Chamber of Commerce calendar

FARMERS MARKET: The Bellows Falls Farmers Market Fridays from 4-7 pm at the Waypoint Center in downtown Bellows Falls, VT. Plenty of free parking, or just jump off the Amtrak! Through Oct 20.

River Voices Poetry Reading on the second Saturday of each month from 2 to 4 p.m., in their café. The session is open mic, with individuals reading their own poetry or poems from their favorite poet. Listeners are welcome to attend. Light refreshments are served. To reserve a place at the table, e-mail vsbooks@sover.net or call (802) 463-9404.

Strategy Games Tournament 1-4 pm at VS Books 1st Saturday of each month.

More Community Events:

Bellows Falls High School Alumni Association Weekend (usually Father's Day Weekend) Friday Dances, Saturday Reunion Parties, Sunday Parade.

ROOTS ON THE RIVER June 5-8, 2008

Tickets will be available at

Village Square Booksellers!

Roots On The River Festival time!

The 9^th Annual Roots On The River Festival/Fred Eaglesmith Weekend will be held from Thursday, June 5, 2008 through Sunday, June 8, 2008.

Kicking off the weekend will be Lori McKenna in a full-blown concert production at the beautifully restored 553 seat Bellows Falls Opera House on Thursday, June 5, 2008 at 7:30pm. Mark Erelli will support. The Opera House boasts a state of the art lighting system, sound by the awesomely talented Dan Richardson and the most comfortable theatre seating in New England. This show WILL sell out.

The concert will be preceded by a Deluxe Reception for Deluxe Weekend Ticket holders at 5pm in the Womens' Club Rooms in the Town Hall below the Opera House.

On Friday, the Festival will host an Open Mic show at Boccelli's On the Canal starting at 12 noon. Details will be posted on the website, www.rootsontheriver.com, as they are updated.

At 4:00pm we move to the Bellows Falls Farmers' Market, across the canal from Boccelli's. The Lonesome Brothers will be performing at the Market free concert. Other artists to be announced as they are confirmed.

Then, on to The Big Tent at the Festival's Main Venue behind the Everyday Inn for the Friday night show at 7:30pm. This show will open with The Lonesome Brothers, followed by The Bottle Rockets from St. Louis Missouri, who will play the Festival as one of their limited 15^th Anniversary concerts. And for their first performance of the weekend, Fred Eaglesmith and The Flying Squirrels. Fred will be performing many of his songs from the just released "Tinderbox."

Saturday will find us back at The Big Tent for the all day lineup. Kicking off the day at 12:00 noon will be George's Back Pocket, featuring George Nostrand, Bellows Falls' native son. The rest of the day will see the Festival's favorite birthday boy, Roger Marin and his band, Sarah Borges and The Broken Singles, the Starline Rhythm Boys, Eilen Jewel, Robbie Fulks, Steve Forbert and Fred Eaglesmith and The Flying Squirrels.

In addition to all the music, throw in ample free parking, terrific food and drink at reasonable prices, a kid's tent, great festival merchandise, the equipment swap tent, the best fans anywhere, and it all adds up to an unbeatable day of music.

Sunday at 12:00 noon finds us in the historic Rockingham Meeting House, the 200+ year old landmark and oldest continuously operating public building in Vermont. With no electricity, no running water and incredible acoustics designed to amplify the 18^th century preachers it was built to accommodate, we welcome back long-time Festival favorite, Mary Gauthier. She returns after a two year absence to focus her concise, poetic lyrics on the midnight hours of desperate souls and confirms that she's among the best singer-songwriters of her generation, especially when it comes to illustrating ramblers, derelicts and anyone who struggles with demons in the night. Fred Eaglesmith and The Flying Squirrels will round out the weekend with their third Festival concert to close out the afternoon. The Meeting House venue is my personal favorite of the weekend.

Saxtons River 4th of July- Parade, food & fun for all the family, entertainment. Parade starts around 9 am. Get there early to find parking or walk into the village. Chicken Dinner & Fireworks in the Recreation Center (swimming & picnics)

Main Street Arts- music, theater, art classes, language potlucks, senior activities, perennial swap. Activities for all ages. 802-869-2960 Reservations are appreciated, and may be made by calling or e-mail.

Main Street Arts
PO Box 100
Saxtons River, VT 05154
802 869-2960

Community Reads Project 2007- events were scheduled for October & November- reading groups, Counting on Grace by Elizabeth Winthrop. Copies of the book for the general public were available at Village Square Booksellers & the Rockingham Library

Flying Under Radar at Boccelli's- tickets at Village Square Booksellers. Boccelli's on the Canal,46 Canal Street, BF, VT 802-460-1190 for dinner before the shows

2ND SUNDAYS SONG CIRCLE- hosted by guitar virtuoso Julie Waters, will take place in the lobby of the Exner Block at 9 Canal Street in downtown Bellows Falls, at 7pm. The venue is smoke-free and wheelchair accessible. http://juliewaters.com/

Tuesdays: Acoustic Feedback Open Mic 8pm-on.No cover. Ezra Veitch redaxe@sover.net location: PK's Irish Pub

Bellows Falls Opera House- Movies in the Town Hall building. Thursdays through Tuesdays 463-4766 for schedule.

Stone Church Arts
Concert Season 2007 - 2008

Sat, Apr 12, 7:30 pm
Cello Nova, jazz with world flavors
Making a triumphant return to Immanuel Episcopal Church, the three stellar performers of "Cello Nova"--cellist Eugene Friesen, pianist Tim Ray and guitarist Freddie Bryant--present a program featuring jazz with world flavors in music from Brazil, Colombia and Venezuela.

Sat, April 26, 7:30 pm:
Christian Klonz, classical pianist from Germany
In 1985, Christiane Klonz was awarded a diploma in the Robert Schumann Competition in Zwickau,and in 1987 she received the Gold Medal. Her brilliant and vivid interpretation of Richard Strauss' "Burlesque for Piano and Orchestra" in the Berolina Concert of the Berlin Symphony Orchestra won the acclaim of the professionals and the public alike. In 1996, Christiane Klonz was awarded a one-year artist's scholarship by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation. She was the first pianist to receive this distinction. CD recordings of works of Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Grieg, Chopin, Liszt and Shostakovich illustrate her ability to give convincing interpretations of works of different ages and styles. She will perform a debut concert at Carnegie Hall in March, 2008 before coming to Bellows Falls.

Fri, May 16, 7:30 pm: Coffeehouse series –
Elizabeth Reian Bennett, Shakuhachi flute
Elizabeth Reian Bennett is the first woman to be certified a Grand Master of the shakuhachi and one of only a hanadful of western players trained in traditional Japanese music. She has studied and performed with Living National Treasure Aoki Reibo, recognized as Japan's foremost shakuhachi instrumentalist, for 25 years. Reian Bennett has performed frequently in Japan and worldwide; her Tokyo appearances include Tokyo National Theater and NHK, Japanese National TV. Her repertory encompasses the ancient wandering monk solos, classical Japanese chamber music, east-west contemporary compositions and works of her own improvisation. She is active in the Boston area.
Underwriting by The Framery and The Queen's Maids

The Chapel Gallery

The purpose of art is to praise, thank, express our gratitude and wonder. M.C. Richards

Stone Church Arts is expanding. We are opening a small, intimate art gallery set in the chapel of Immanuel Episcopal Church. This new venue for local talent and inspiration-seekers is the perfect place to be touched by the creative spirit in Bellows Falls.

Shows

FRI, Apr 18, 5 - 7 pm – chapel gallery opening
The Arabian Nights
Donald Saaf’s sculpture and Julia Zanes’ paintings are inspired by The Arabian Nights, a window into Islamic culture. Baghdad – as a place of wonder and enchantment – is central to much of this vast collection of stories dating from as early as the 12th century. Show runs through March 31.

FRI, Jun 20, 5 - 7 pm – chapel gallery opening
Drawing from Her Completion
Work by Jennifer Irion of Westminster West that explores transitions using the theater of the body. The show runs through July 31

Please call Cindy Bowler at 802-376-9244 for more information.

Robert Bowler

Administrative Assistant

Immanuel Church

P.O. Box 64

Bellows Falls, VT 05101-0064

Phone: 802-463-3100

Webpage created by Village Square Booksellers 32 The Square, Bellows Falls, Vermont 802-463-9404 vsbooks@sover.net

Pat Paltiel Fowler
Last Edited Monday, May 05, 2008 07:53 PM

Stone Church Arts Concert Season 2007 - 2008

Stone Church Arts
Concert Season 2007 - 2008