Wednesday February 1, 2012 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- The Williams College Museum of Art this weekend will open "Asco: Elite of the Obscure, A Retrospective, 1972-1987" -- the first retrospective to present the wide-ranging work of the Chicano performance and conceptual art group Asco (1972-1987), co-organized with the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.   Full Story

Wednesday February 1, 2012 BENNINGTON -- Charles Dewey has always had an appreciation of local history, and the desire to preserve it -- as you would expect from a descendant of the Rev. Jedidiah Dewey, Bennington's first minister. So when Rev. Dewey's original Vermont marble headstone, located in the Bennington Center Cemetery, broke at the ground and fell in 2008, Charles knew   Full Story

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Wednesday February 1, 2012 MANCHESTER -- The Southern Vermont Arts Center, in the winter mood even if the weather is not, will host its first workshop of the season, snow painting with Stapleton Kearns -- "Design and Color for Outdoor Painting," running Thursday, March 1, through Saturday, March 3, from 9:30 a.   Full Story

Wednesday February 1, 2012 BENNINGTON -- The Bennington Museum returns this weekend from its annual January renewal/closure with a re-opening Community Day -- when regular admission is $3 -- on Saturday, Feb. 4. New in the galleries are the opening of the Annual Student Art Show, the first part of the "Memento Mori: The Art and Commerce of Gravestones in Bennington" exhibit, and the   Full Story

Wednesday February 1, 2012 KIDS & FAMILIES Bennington Contra Dance At Masonic Hall. Bennington. 802-447-2173. Feb. 3 from 7:30-10:30 p.m. -- Family-frendly community Contra Dance with Peter Stix will be calling to the music of Wintergreen. Equinox Village Manchester. 802-362-4061.   Full Story

Wednesday February 1, 2012 Thursday, Feb. 2 ’Wimpy Kid’ Jeff Kinney at Northshire MANCHESTER -- Northshire Bookstore will host Jeff Kinney, author of the bestselling, beloved "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" series, for a special signing on Thursday, Feb. 2, at 6 p.m. His newest book "Cabin Fever," is the sixth installment of "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" and finds Greg Heffley in big   Full Story

Wednesday February 1, 2012 Feb. 8 ’Folk Fibers’ adult class at HAYC3 HOOSICK FALLS, N.Y. -- The Hoosick Falls Youth & Community Center (HAYC3) will host "Folk Fibers," an adult class focusing on recycling fibers and using them to creating stretched fabric images. The class will meet at on Wednesday, Feb.   Full Story

Wednesday February 1, 2012 Pittsfield, Mass.; Feb. 2 Eric Marczak to perform at BCC concert PITTSFIELD, Mass -- The spring session of FORUM on Berkshire Community College’s main campus will open with a free and open to the public concert performance by Eric Marczak, Thursday, Feb. 2, at 12:15 p.   Full Story

Thursday January 26, 2012 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. -- The Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art will host the debut of the hotly anticipated new band, Zammuto -- the newest project from Nick Zammuto, co-founder of the sonically and visually innovative (and North Adams, Mass., based) band The Books -- on Friday, Feb.   Full Story

Wednesday February 1, 2012 NORTH BENNINGTON -- As part of the band’s annual winter house calls, local favorite The Prescription, with The Side Effects horn section, will bring its "dance hits" to the Vermont Arts Exchange’s Basement Music Series stage for the group’s annual dance party on Saturday, Feb.   Full Story