Summer of Dinosaurs Dino devotees of all ages enjoy hands-on activities and neck-straining sights at the Montshire Museum of Science s Summer of Dinosaurs. The exhibit features ancient eggs, interactive exploration stations and the fossils of adult and adolescent allosauruses to help visitors learn first-hand about the lives of these scaly specimens.
Related Events Talented local teens take to the outdoor stage in a sardonic rendition of the campy cult musical.. Thu., Aug. 5, 6:30 p.m., Fri., Aug. 6, 6:30 p.m., Sat., Aug. 7, 6:30 p.m. and Sun., Aug. 8, 6:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Explore the lives of dinosaurs, big and small, through exhibits about dinosaur eggs and babies, dramatic dinosaur fossil specimens, and a series of special events.
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Jason Pettigrew
Originally published on July 12, 2021 3:47 pm
Eight large fires are burning across Oregon and Washington, prompting evacuations in Southern and Central Oregon, and blanketing much of the southeastern corner of the state in smoke.
In Oregon, the Jack Fire east of Glide had grown to more than 10,000 acres and was 10% contained as of midday Monday. The Grandview Fire north of Sisters, which sparked Sunday, quickly grew to 4,000 acres, with zero containment. Evacuations are in place for both, as well as for the massive south-central Oregon Bootleg Fire, the largest in the state, where firefighters reported that heavy smoke worked in their favor by slowing the conflagration’s growth.
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Vermont Symphony Orchestra concert tent On a Wednesday in mid-May, I entered the Stowe Community Church to see the first live performance of classical music I had experienced in more than a year: Middlebury pianist Diana Fanning playing works by Maurice Ravel, Fédéric Chopin and Franz Schubert. The formidable entrance requirements included emailing an image of my COVID-19 vaccination card to Stowe Performing Arts, which hosted the concert. Audience members were led to seats spaced six feet apart. But the payoff was hearing those nuances of interpretation and volume that virtual mediums never quite capture. As masks fall away and the weather warms, classical musicians schedules are filling up with live gigs, and festivals are reviving their summer seasons. There s even a new concert series in a Jericho barn. With so many performances cropping up as the state lifts its pandemic restrictions, the following list is only a sample