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Wednesday February 8, 2012 K.D. NORRIS Arts and Entertainment Editor WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- They say you can't tell a book by its cover; just as you can't tell much about a person by simply looking at them -- you must read the book and, in the case of books in Human Library, you must listen to the story one has to tell.   Full Story
 
Wednesday February 8, 2012 KIDS & FAMILIES The Clark Art Williamstown, Mass. 413-458-0524. Feb. 11 from 10 a.m. to noon -- Start with Art session on theme of "faces," for ages 3-6 with parents. Free. Hildene Manchester. 802-367-7968. Feb. 12 from 1:30-4 p.m. -- Birthday party for Abraham Lincoln, for children ages 8-11, with a dramatic reading of Whitney   Full Story
 
Wednesday February 8, 2012 BENNINGTON -- South Street Café is hosting the modern digital paintings of Jerome Foster through the end of February. Foster was born in Bennington, was a "former ‘paper boy’ for the Banner when I was in my early teens, ... and went to school here up to a point," Foster said in an email interview.   Full Story
 
Wednesday February 8, 2012 BENNINGTON -- United Counseling Service’s program for children and families is sponsoring a photo exhibit of the HighLow Project, which explores the experience of homeless youth in Vermont. The exhibit opens with a reception and open house today, Thursday, Feb.   Full Story
 
Wednesday February 8, 2012 MANCESTER -- Equinox Village will host a free and open to the public opening reception for Dona Mara’s exhibition of new paintings produced in an ancient medium -- encaustic, or hot wax painting -- Thursday, Feb. 16, at 5:30 p.m. The show continues through March 12.   Full Story
 
Wednesday February 8, 2012 Saturday, Feb. 11 MoCA hosts annual free community day NORTH ADAMS, Mass. -- The Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Arts will open it’s doors Saturday, Feb. 11, for it’s annual free day. In addition to full access to the galleries, visitors will have a day full of activities, performances, and even a parade of Mermaids.   Full Story
 
Wednesday February 8, 2012 Saratoga, N.Y.; Feb. 10 ’And Then There Were None’ opens at HMT SARATOGA, N.Y. -- Home Made Theater continues their 27th season with Agatha Christie’s "And Then There Were None" at the Spa Little Theater in the Saratoga Spa State Park. The show runs weekends Feb.   Full Story
 
Wednesday February 1, 2012 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- The Williams College Museum of Art this weekend will open "Asco: Elite of the Obscure, A Retrospective, 1972-1987" -- the first retrospective to present the wide-ranging work of the Chicano performance and conceptual art group Asco (1972-1987), co-organized with the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.   Full Story
 
Wednesday February 1, 2012 BENNINGTON -- Charles Dewey has always had an appreciation of local history, and the desire to preserve it -- as you would expect from a descendant of the Rev. Jedidiah Dewey, Bennington's first minister. So when Rev. Dewey's original Vermont marble headstone, located in the Bennington Center Cemetery, broke at the ground and fell in 2008, Charles knew   Full Story
 
Wednesday February 1, 2012 BENNINGTON -- The Bennington Museum returns this weekend from its annual January renewal/closure with a re-opening Community Day -- when regular admission is $3 -- on Saturday, Feb. 4. New in the galleries are the opening of the Annual Student Art Show, the first part of the "Memento Mori: The Art and Commerce of Gravestones in Bennington" exhibit, and the   Full Story