News

There is always something going on in Weston…… Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall. Here are a few highlights of some of our annual events.

Gypsy Reel Returns to Weston for their Annual Labor Day Concert

Aug 24, 2019 in News

The Weston Community Association is happy to announce that Gypsy Reel, “The Celtic Band that Rocks”, will return for their ninth annual Labor Day concert on the Weston Green. The date is September 2 and the time is 4 PM. Bring chairs, your friends and a picnic. Gypsy Reel plays high energy, stirring music rooted in the Celtic tradition but garnered from the whole world. They have “bags of originality” (Andy Cheyne, Folk Roots) and The Message dubbed them “the hottest acoustic band around.” There is no cost to attend. Donations...

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New Thought Vermont Presentation on Emotions and the Spiritual Life

May 1, 2019 in News

Weston, VT…. New Thought Vermont offers a pubic presentation on Emotions and the Spiritual Life with Jane Kopp, Ph.D., Thursday, May 16th from 2:30 to 3:45 pm at the Village Green Gallery in Weston, Vermont. The gathering time is from 2:00 to 2:30 pm.  Conversation with light refreshments will follow the presentation from 3:45 to 4:30 pm. There is a suggested donation of $15 at the door. Even ordinary day-to-day family and work interactions among human beings can give rise to surprisingly powerful emotions—anger, resentment, and hurt, to...

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Weston Playhouse Announces 2019 Weston – Ghostlight New Musical Award Winner

Feb 6, 2019 in News

The award features two free public concerts of ALICE BLISS at Weston Playhouse at Walker Farm on March 2nd : 4pm & 7pm WESTON, VT (February 5, 2019) – The writing team of Jenny Giering (music), Adam Gwon (lyrics) and Karen Hartman have won the 13th Annual Weston-Ghostlight New Musical Award for their new musical, ALICE BLISS. The only award of its kind in the country, the Weston-Ghostlight New Musical Award brings the creators of a promising new project together with a small ensemble of actors to rehearse, perform, and record selections...

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New Thought Vermont Seeks Community Input

Jan 23, 2019 in News

Weston, VT….For fifteen years, New Thought Vermont, a not-for-profit organization based in Weston, has offered retreats, seminars and other programs and services that support the spiritual needs of those in our region.  In 2018, we completed a year-long strategic planning process, during which we updated our mission:  create opportunities for connection, personal growth, and professional enrichment through creative spirituality and artistic engagement.  As we are actively pursuing an expanded presence in Weston and in the neighboring...

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Weston Playhouse Announces Lineup for Walker Farm Music Series

Jan 21, 2019 in News

Four concerts between January and April feature touring bands and special guests performing across an array of genres, including: Alt-Country, Folk Rock, American Jazz, and Bluegrass. All concerts held at Weston Playhouse at Walker Farm. WESTON, VT (January 16, 2019) – The Weston Playhouse Theatre Company has announced a new music series, WALKER FARM MUSIC, to be presented at their new, state-of-the-art performance facility, Walker Farm in Weston, VT. The music lineup includes Alt-Country and Americana wailers, THE MALLETT BROTHERS BAND...

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Broadway-bound Joe Iconis & Family Return to Weston’s Stage

Oct 3, 2018 in News

Weston, VT —  Fresh from the runaway success of his Broadway-bound production of Be More Chill, musical theatre vanguard and rabble-rouser Joe Iconis brings his merry band of theatre punks back to Weston for a fall foliage concert run. The New York Times recently dubbed Joe and his troupe of musical mavericks “the future of musical theater,” so treat yourselves to some of the industry’s hottest new work in Weston’s new, versatile performance surrounded by Vermont’s famed fall foliage! Each performance promises...

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New Thought Vermont Presentation and Retreat Focuses on Blessings

Oct 2, 2018 in News

Weston, VT… New Thought Vermont is sponsoring Mutual Radiance:  A Retreat Exploring the Gift of Blessing on October 12th & 13th with Gunilla Norris, a psychotherapist and nationally known author of numerous books on the spirituality of the everyday.  She is a treasure, a woman of inspiration and wisdom who invites us to look for and be with the blessings in daily life. “In this retreat, we will explore practices that nurture our ability to sustain a life lived in blessing, including the making of blessing postcards to share. ...

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Weston Playhouse announces fall foliage production

Sep 12, 2018 in News

Weston, VT — The Weston Playhouse’s 2018 season expands into the fall with Two Trains Running by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright August Wilson at the company’s new second stage, Weston Playhouse at Walker Farm, beginning September 27. It’s 1969, and urban planning threatens the demise of a popular lunch counter in Pittsburgh’s close-knit Hill District. Owner Memphis struggles with whether or not to sell, and at what cost. Wilson’s warm and personal portrait of a time of extraordinary challenge and change is...

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Visit Weston’s “Colonial Craft Day” On September 15

Sep 12, 2018 in News

On Saturday, September 15, between the hours of 11 and 4, the Weston Historical Society will present their sixth Colonial Craft Day on their museum campus, just north of the Weston Green on Route 100. Skills of the 18th and 19th centuries will be demonstrated, and tools and machinery of the period will be in operation and on display. Previous Days have attracted and entertained audiences numbering well into the hundreds. Favorites from prior years will be on hand, beginning with Master Tinsmith David Claggett, whose colonial reproductions...

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Weston welcomes author and journalist Gabriel Sherman on September 15th — One Night Only!

Aug 30, 2018 in News

Weston, VT – Vanity Fair’s Special Correspondent Gabriel Sherman will give and a special one-night-only talk on September 15th: “A View from the Front Row,” an in-depth look at the Trump administration. Gabriel Sherman is a special correspondent for Vanity Fair. Most recently, Sherman served as national-affairs editor at New York magazine, and he is a regular contributor to NBC News and MSNBC. He is the author of the 2014 New York Times’ best-seller The Loudest Voice in the Room, about the late Fox News CEO, Roger Ailes. The...

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