This month’s First Friday on May 3 will bring the usual combination of fine art, history, food and music. At the Slate Valley Museum there will be an exhibit opening for “Economic Geology: A Study Through Photography—Photographs and Geological Studies from the post-Civil War to Early 1900s.” On display will be a variety of images [...]
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First Friday welcomes spring
By Jaime Thomas It’s finally spring, and April First Friday will celebrate that theme in various ways. As fishing season approaches, the Slate Valley Museum will display Vermont artist Rachael Laundon’s fish relief sculptures. “Being from a long line of ladies who love to fish I too became hooked on the sport as soon as [...]
First Friday to celebrate history, art, food-more
From Welsh patron saints to local veterans, First Friday on March 1 will offer a diverse mix of art, history, culture, food and music. In honor of significant numbers of area descendents of Welsh immigrants, the Slate Valley Museum will celebrate St. David’s Day with various activities. “Centuries of slate quarrying in Wales gave these [...]
Featured Pember artist is man of many talents
By Jaime Thomas What happens when you throw together a dentist, a photographer, a gun-maker and a competitive skater? You get Dr. Fred Michel. The Poultney resident, whose work will be on display at the Pember Library and Museum for February’s First Friday, is a man of many interests. “I’m curious — I want to [...]
First Friday offers glimpse into digital archiving
The new year’s First Friday on Jan. 4 offers locals a chance to learn a little bit about how things work at the Slate Valley Museum. Visitors will be able to see how collection pieces are digitized while getting a glimpse at items in the museum’s collections that are not on exhibit, officials said. “People [...]
Artists rally to Pember First Fridays
More than 25 artists will be featured at this month’s First Friday at the Pember Library and Museum. Organizers of the Nov.2 event describe it as “a retrospective and celebration of the many artists who have shown their work with us over the last two years.” Bo Young, a member of the library board of [...]
A special First Friday
By Bo Young It was all Kathy Juckett’s idea. As if she doesn’t have enough to do, Kathy thought it would be a good idea to invite every artist who has shown at First Friday over the past two years to donate a piece or two of their work to be sold for the exclusive [...]
Wizards, weavers and fiddlers at First Friday
So … it turns out that Paul Klam isn’t from Brooklyn as I last wrote. He insists on it, actually, despite the fact that he spent a whole lot of time and wood carving the Brooklyn Dodgers. Seems suspicious to me. But he says he was Manhattan born and bred. That’s his story and he’s [...]
Irish artist to be featured at Pember event
By Bo Young I’ve been teasing out the next First Friday and now I’m going to come right out with it and tell you everything I know. First things first: the first Friday of September is the 7th and, as always both the Pember and the Slate Valley will be open for the event. At [...]
Rec center is bustling
Recreation director Dan Welch reported that his first Friday movie night drew about 25 youths to the rec center and added that he plans to continue to hold similar events. “That’s a really good turnout for the first time,” said Welch who is also arranging plans for a dance at the center. Welch said he [...]
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VPR commentator entertains at Slate Valley Museum
By Jaime Thomas About 75 people gathered at the Slate Valley Museum Thursday evening to listen to Vermont Public Radio [...]