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WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Last summer, as JAG Productions was preparing for its second year of Theater on the Hill at King Arthur Baking Co., Jarvis Antonio Green said he could envision a physical home for the company he started.“I’m not the only...

ROYALTON — Making music on her own has been part of Alison Turner’s life since middle school. For a shy, self-described “reticent” child, music was an outlet.“I think I got my first Mac computer when I was in seventh grade,” Turner, a Royalton native...

Around 18 months ago, John Stomberg pitched the idea of curating a show at AVA Gallery and Art Center as part of AVA’s 50th anniversary year.It was not the kind of pitch AVA staff had to puzzle over. Stomberg, director of Dartmouth College’s Hood...

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Over the last few years, one of the pleasures of shopping at the Upper Valley Food Co-op has been seeing what Denver Ferguson is working on.With his long frame folded into the space behind the express checkout line, Ferguson is...

HANOVER — The construction fencing along East Wheelock Street signals the beginning of the $88 million expansion and renovation of the Hopkins Center for the Arts. The iconic 1962 building is anticipated to reopen in 2025. In the interim, the Hop’s...

Two longtime Upper Valley performers are each bringing to the stage productions that are departures from their past work.First, on Friday evening, Alan Haehnel opens My Ode to Joy — a performance of spoken-word poetry mixed with music — at Parish...

Maybe it’s because the Christmas holiday falls on a weekend, but the next few days are as filled with arts events as a person could hope for. All the cliches about gifts under the tree apply.So rather than write a lot about one subject, it seems...

In a further sign of the Upper Valley’s growing reach in the arts, the Thanksgiving week will offer art both global and local in scale that has ties to the area.First the global: Devotion, which can safely be called “a major motion picture,” is on...

I’ve always been drawn to art that resists easy classification. There are certain attributes of a sculpture or painting that we tend to accept as fact.The formulation is something like “that thing is two-dimensional and shows me something, so it must...

Attendees at this month’s First Friday can get a look at JAM, one of the newest organizations in this vibrant arts hub.Lodged in a prime downtown spot, between Tuckerbox and Piecemeal Pies, JAM, which stands for Junction Arts and Media, is hosting...