ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Hopkins Center – Hanover, NH (603) 646-2422
The Hopkins Center is Dartmouth’s center for Performing and Creative Arts. Visiting artists, resident artists, and Dartmouth student ensembles appear in performances of music, theater, and dance. Film series and frequent film specials, often with guest artists, are presented throughout the year. (603) 646-2422
The Hood Musuem – Hanover, NH (603) 646-2808
The museum houses the Dartmouth College’s extensive and varied collection of more than 60,000 objects, 10 exhibition galleries, a classroom, study-storage area, and a 200 seat auditorium.
Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site – Cornish, NH (603) 675-2175
This site features the home, gardens, and studios of Augustus Saint-Gaudens, one of America’s greatest sculptors. Throughout the summer, the park holds outdoor concerts featuring various classical ensembles.
Simon Pearce Glass – Quechee, VT (802) 295-2711
Visitors can view the hydroelectric turbine on The Mill’s lower level and watch glass and pottery being hand made. Upstairs, original glass and pottery designs are sold alongside fine hand made furniture, baskets, linens, tweeds, clothing, and fine jewelry.
Quechee Gallery of Fine Art – Quechee, VT (802) 296-2900
Owners Barbara and Bob Keeshan, known to some as Captain Kangaroo, welcome and encourage you to come and see the local artists show their work. The art gallery features photography, oil, and water colors. It’s located in beautiful downtown Quechee overlooking the water falls, between Simon Pearce and the covered bridge.
Weston Playhouse – Weston, VT (802) 824-5288
Enjoy summer theater in the charming village of Weston, VT with Vermont's oldest theater company. Pre-theater dinner available at Downstairs at the Playhouse.
Cornish Colony Gallery & Museum – Windsor, VT (802) 674-6008
The Cornish Colony Museum at "Mastlands" has the largest display of Maxfield Parrish paintings in the country, as well as displays of over twenty other artists and sculptors who lived and worked in the Cornish/ Plainfield area. The museum is proud to have on exhibit Maxfield Parrish's most important painting "Daybreak" during the summer 2004 exhibit from Memorial Day through the last Sunday in October. This work, done in 1922, which Parrish referred to as his "magnum opus", is considered the most reproduced painting in the history of art. It is truly an American icon. Open from Memorial Day through the last Sunday in October, daily except Mondays.
For directions or more information, contact Ascutney's Activities Director at 802-484-7711 ext.3041 or by email.
