KIDS & FAMILIES

Bennington Museum

Bennington. 802-447-1571.

Sept. 9 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. -- In honor of National Grandparents Day, "Bring Your Grandparent to the Museum" Day, inspired by the children's book, "How to Take Your Grandmother to the Museum", by Lois Wyse. Reduced admission.

Bennington Quiltfest 2012

At Mt. Anthony Middle School

Sept. 15-16 -- The Quiet Valley Quilters' Guild presents its 19th annual quilt show. Camping on the Battenkill

Arlington. 802-375-6663.

Sept. 8 from 4-6 p.m. -- Patti Smith Jazz and Blues Quartet; fundraiser for campground Irene Storm recovery.

Sept. 15 from 4-6 p.m. -- Country Living with Larry Lee Ebere; fundraiser for campground Irene Storm recovery.

Sept. 22 from 3-5 p.m. -- Buck2Fifty New Orleans Style Blues and R&B; fundraiser for campground Irene Storm recovery.

Craft Producers' Craft Sale

At Riley Rink

Manchester. 802-362-3658.

Sept. 30 from noon to 3 p.m. -- Craft sale including entertainment by "Downtown" Bob Stannard and Those Dangerous Bluesman.

Federated Church of East Arlington

East Arlington. 802-375-2548.

Sept. 9 at 4 p.m. -- A concert by Elisabeth Von Trapp in the the church sanctuary. Free.

Town Hall Concert Series

Bennington. 802-442-9196.

Sept. 8 from 2 p.m. to dusk -- Rescheduled to Town Hall, Season finale "Music Festival" with Sam Clemons and Friends, including Immune Friction. Free.

Walloomsac Farmers Market

Bennington. bccdvt.org.

Sept. 8 (Saturdays through October) from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. -- at Riverwalk at Bennington Station (Depot Street). Free.

Sept. 11 (Tuesdays through October) from 3 to 6 p.m. -- At Greenberg's home center parking lot downtown. Free.

NIGHTLIFE

(Drive responsibly!)

Kevin's Pub and Restaurant

North Bennington. 802-442-0122.

Sept. 7 -- Double Dare

Sept. 8 -- Ray Karaoke

Sept. 14 -- DJ Jim

Sept. 15 -- Buzz Saw

Sept. 21 -- Paul Harmonic Duo

Sept. 22 -- Mayhem

Sept. 28 -- Ransom Notes

Sept. 29 -- Kelli and Cindy

The Publyk House

Bennington. 802-442-7500.

Each Thursday night -- Live music.

LECTURES/READINGS

The Clark Art

Williamstown, Mass. 413-458-0524.

Sept. 7 at 7 p.m. -- Photographer Allen Rokach presents "How I See a Garden," a lecture on some of the gardens he has photographed. Free.

Sept. 9 at 3 p.m. -- Dr. Lillian Lan-ying Tseng lectures on "Ancient Chinese Objects in a Global Context." Free.

Equinox Village Gallery

Manchester. 802-362-4061.

Sept. 12 at 3 p.m. -- Don Keelan will read from and discuss his book "Conspiracy on the Hudson. Free.

Oct. 21 at 4 p.m. -- Vermont Humanities Council program on "Shipwrecks of Lake Champlain." Free.

Hooker-Dunham Theater and Gallery

Brattleboro. 802-254-9276.

Sept. 11 at 7 p.m. -- Lisa Lanno presents "Messages and Psychic Reads."

Palace Theatre

Albany, N.Y. 518-465-3335.

Sept. 28 at 8 p.m. -- Comedy show with Gabriel Iglesias, "Stand Up Revolution" Tour.

Oct. 11 at 7 p.m. -- The Second City's "Second City for President" comedy tour.

Nov. 10 at 8 p.m. -- Bill Cosby Live! Comedic legend and television star.

Susan B. Anthony Birthplace Museum

Adams. Mass. 413-743-7121.

Sept. 9 at 3 p.m. -- Historian Suzanne Schnittman talks on "The Founding Mothers, Their Daughters and the Long Road to Women's Rights." Free.

Robert Frost House Museum

Shaftsbury. 802-447-6200.

Sept. 9 at 2 p.m. -- Lesley Lee Francis, Robert Frost's granddaughter, will be the final speaker in this season's "Sunday Afternoons with Robert Frost" series in the little Red Barn on the Stone House Museum grounds. The working title of her talk is "Education by Poetry," echoing the essay Frost wrote outlining his educational philosophy.

FILM

Cinema7

Bennington. 802-442-8179

Call for regular film schedule.

Hathaway's Drive-In

North Hoosick, N.Y. 518-659-6098.

Call for regular film schedule.

Images Cinema

Williamstown, Mass. 413-458-5612.

Call for regular film schedule.

Town Hall Theater

West Rutland. duanecarleton.com.

Sept. 18 at 7 p.m. -- "Overtaken by Darkness," documentary by Duane Carleton about the disappearance and subsequent homicide of Sarah Hunter in 1986.

DANCE

Bennington Contra Dance

At the Masonic Lodge

Bennington. 802-447-2173.

Sept. 7 at 7:30 p.m. -- Community dance and lessons with callers.

MUSIC

Bennington Center for the Arts

Bennington. 802-442-7158.

Sept. 29 at 8 p.m. -- An Evening with Tom Rush, a night of humor and musical entertainment.

The Colonial Theatre

Pittsfield, Mass. 413-997-4444.

Sept. 29 -- Woody's Roadhouse Reunion, featuring four acts that performed at the legendary Berkshire nightclub: The Commander Cody Band, Fat, The Spampinato Brothers Band (featuring Joey and Johnny formerly of NRBQ) and Burnt Bacon and The Home Fries.

Hudson Valley Community College

At Stapleton Theatre

Troy, N.Y. hvcc.edu/culture.

Oct. 18 at 7:30 p.m. -- Jay Unger and Molly Mason Family Band.

Oct. 25 at noon -- Thomasina Winslow, blues singer/guitarist. Free.

Nov. 1 at noon -- Lost Radio Rounders, who "make music from another time. Free.

Nov. 15 at noon -- Jim Gaudet and the Railroad Boys, bluegrass music. Free.

Jamaica Community Arts

At Jamaica Town Hall

Jamaica. 802-896-6810.

Sept. 15 at 7 p.m. -- Blues guitarist and historian, Scott Ainslie , as part of Summer Music Series.

New England Youth Theatre

Brattleboro. 802-257-1571.

Sept. 8 at 7:30 p.m. -- Nuala Kennedy Band, led by an Irish singer and flute/whistle player whose music springs from the traditional music of Ireland and Scotland.

Palace Theatre

Albany, N.Y. 518-465-3335.

Sept. 15 at 7 p.m. -- Sandy Hackett's "Rat Pack Show," with music by impersonators of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., and Joey Bishop, with voice overs by the late comedian Buddy Hackett.

Sept. 27 at 9 p.m. -- The Heavy, leads Miller Time night of music.

Changed from Oct. 11; April 4, 2013, at 8 p.m. -- "An Evening with Johnny Mathis."

Oct. 20 at 8 p.m. -- Return of "The Australian Pink Floyd Show" and its "Exposed to the Light" production.

Oct. 25 at 7:30 p.m. -- Straight No Chaser," male a cappella group that is neither straight laced or straight faced.

South Mountain Concerts

At Mass. routes 7 and 20

Pittsfield. Mass. 413-442-2106.

Sept. 9 at 3 p.m. -- American String Quartet; program includes Mozart's "Trio in E Major Flat."

Sept. 23 at 3 p.m. -- Emerson String Quartet; program includes Dvorak's "Quartet in F. Major."

Sept. 30 at 3 p.m. -- Brentano String Quartet; program includes world premiere of Eric Moe's "Of Color Braded All Desire."

Oct. 7 at 3 p.m. -- Saint Lawrence String Quartet; program includes world premiere of Ellen Taaffe Zwilich's "Voyage for String Quartet."

South Street Café

Bennington. 802-447-2433.

Sept. 7 at 7 p.m. -- Layne Underwood. Free.

Sept. 15 at 7 p.m. -- Danny Scott Whitecotton. Free.

Sept. 29 at 7 p.m. -- Conor Mulroy. Free.

Unitarian Universalist Meetinghouse Café

Bennington. 802-440-9816.

Sept. 14 at 8 p.m. -- Hungrytown, the musical and married duo of Ken Anderson and Rebecca Hall.

Oct. 19 at 8 p.m. -- Michele Choiniere, an award-winning Smithsonian Folkways recording artist, with Franco-American music overlaying a raw authenticity.

Nov. 16 at 8 p.m. -- Christopher Shaw, singer and teller of songs and stories from the Adirondacks.

Dec. 14 at 8 p.m. -- Woods Tea Company, returning for annual local crowd favorite.

Jan. 11 at 8 p.m. -- Claudia Schmidt the remarkable singer of original and folk stories and songs, returns.

Feb. 15 at 8 p.m. -- The Modern Grass Quintet, a Vermont group, which includes Steve Light, an award-winning banjoist and a staple of the Northeast acoustic scene.

March 15 at 8 p.m. -- Dafé Brudäjo, the Williamstown, Mass., plays an eclectic mix of contemporary folk, jazz and original compositions.

April 19 at 8 p.m. -- Singer/songwriter Chuck Brodsky, whose songwriting pokes fun at political corruption, road rage, mischief he made as a kid.

THEATER

The Clark Art

Williamstown, Mass. 413-458-0524.

Sept. 6 at 2 p.m. -- Live in HD, London's National Theater's "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time."

Hubbard Hall Opera Theater

Cambridge, N.Y. 518-488-7733.

Sept. 28-30 -- Guerilla Opera presents "Rojahn, Heart of a Dog," with chamber orchestra. (Pay what you will.)

Oct. 27 (at Dorset Playhouse) and Oct 28 (at University of Albany) -- Puccini's "La Boheme," piano, reduced version, semi costumed and staged.

Feb. 7-15 -- Verdi's "La Traviata," fully costumed and staged and sung in Italian, at Proctors Theater in Albany, N.Y.

Palace Theatre

Albany, N.Y. 518-465-3335.

Oct. 21 at 7:30 p.m. -- "Tell Hell I Ain't Comin'," Marcia P. Samuel's play.

Shakespeare & Company

Lenox, Mass. 413-637-3353.

Through Sept.16 -- New England premire of Terry Teachout's "Satchmo at the Waldorf," directed by Gordon Edelstein, and starring John Douglas Thompson; in Founder's Theatre.

Williams College

‘62 Center for Theatre and Dance

at Currier Ballroom

Williamstown, Mass. 413-597-2425.

Sept. 15 and 22 at 8 p.m. -- Lebanese theatre artist Maya Zbib's "The Music Box," a one-woman performance about homes, usually performed in people's living rooms. With Q&As both nights.

MUSEUMS/GALLERIES

Opening, Closing, Special Events

Bennington Center for the Arts

Bennington. 802-442-7158.

Closing Sept. 9 -- "Impressions of New England," more than 60 scenes captured in paint and bronze.

Equinox Village Gallery

Manchester. 802-362-4061.

Artists reception and opening Sept. 20 at 5:30 p.m. -- Painting exhibit by barbara Rowells and Terry Lindsey; landscapes, florals and animals. Free.

Continuing

Bennington Center for the Arts

Bennington. 802-442-7158.

Through Sept. 23 -- "California Art Club" presents "Saving Paradise: The Symbiosis of Landscape Painting and Environmental Awareness." Also, "The Laumeister Fine Art Competition," artists from around the country and the world are invited to submit work to be included in our fourth annual fine art competition, this year juried by Scott Christensen.

Through mid-December -- "The Small Works Show."

Opening Sept. 29 (through Oct. 27) -- "Oil Painter of American Eastern Regional Exhibition," about 120 pieces will be on view and for sale this fall.

Bennington Museum

Bennington. 802-447-1571.

Through Oct. 20 -- An exhibit of historical artifacts of the USS Bennington (CVA 20) in the orientation gallery.

Through Oct. 30 -- "Rockwell Kent's Egypt: Shadow and Light in Vermont," the first comprehensive documentation of Kent's life and work in Vermont.

Berkshire Museum

Pittsfield, Mass. 413-443-7171.

Through Jan. 6, 2012 -- "Rethink! American Indian Art," contemporary and historic art objects.

Doll and Toy Museum of Vt.

Bennington. dollhouseandtoymuseumofvermont.com.

Saturday-Sunday, 1-4 p.m. -- New exhibit is an assortment of historical puppets and marionettes, with several puppet theaters, on exhibit throught the fall; continuing, "Dolls of the World" collection, featuring baby dolls and baby bottles.

Gardenworks

Salem, N.Y. 518-854-3250.

Through Oct. 21 -- "Points of View," an exhibit of new works by mother-daughter artists Virginia and Annie McNeice and their friend, Helen Young; a show of elegant pastels and paintings of barns and flowers. Free.

MASS MoCA

North Adams, Mass. 413-663-8548.

Through summer 2012 -- "Oh Canada," billed as the first comprehensive survey of Canadian contemporary art in decades, features more than 100 works by 62 artists, including more than a dozen major new commissions.

Through 2012 -- "Sanford Biggers: The Cartographer's Conundrum," in Building 5; "New Work" by Anna Betbeze.

Thorugh January 2, 2013 -- With Williams College/Clark Art, "Making Room: The Space Between Two and Three Demensions."

Through Feb. 4, 2013 -- Group show: "Invisible Cities," titled after Italo Calvino's book which re-imagines Marco Polo's poetic descriptions of China's cities.

Through Feb. 4, 2013 -- Anna Betbeze: New Work.

Permanent -- Sol LeWitt: "A Wall Drawing Retrospective."

North Bennington Art Park

And Train Station Gallery

North Bennington. northbennington.org.

Through summer -- 15th Annual North Bennington Art Park, located on the grounds around the North Bennington Post Office and train station including Welling Town House and the Aldrich property next door. With artists including Fred Brownstein, Willard Boepple, Joe Chichirillo, Matthew Perry, sculptors from Salem Art Works; gallery show with the works of Pat Adams, Kevin Bubriski, Susie Cronin, Ann Pibal, Leslie Parke, John Recco, Barbara Sussman and Elaine Witten. Free.

Valley Artisans Market

Cambridge, N.Y. 518-677-2765.

Through Sept. 18 -- "Studies and Contemplations," oil paintings by Berta Burr. Free.

Vermont Arts Exchange

North Bennington. 802-442-5594.

Through Sept. 22 -- Brooklyn-based artist Traci Molloy, a native of Shaftsbury, returns to southern Vermont for a new exhibition of works with deep ties to the region and her experiences here titled "There You Will Always Be." Free.

Williams College Museum of Art

Williamstown, Mass. 413-597-3178.

Through Oct. 21 -- "Power Runs in Many Channels: Diversity in Nigerian Art," an exhibition that explores the rich diversity of cultural and artistic production in traditional African art from Nigeria. Free.

Through Nov. 25 -- "Laylah Ali: The Greenheads Series," described by curator as "Onto these timeless, genderless figures we can project a multitude of scenarios encompassing anything from schoolyard bullying to racial crimes." Free.

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