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January 2017 • Calendar of Events • Map, Inns, B&B’s • Dining, Real Estate • Entertainment • Book Reviews • Plenty of Good Free Reading! “Vermont’s Favorite Country Inn” Randolph, Vermont Book a room for the holidays or a special occasion. Or, book the entire Inn - there’s space for everyone! - Comfortably sleeps 41 guests in 14 rooms. - Luxuriously appointed suites with private baths and dedicated phone lines. - “The Sporting Life” ~ X-C Skiing, Snowshoeing, Hiking, Biking & more! - Hot Springs Hot Tub, Sauna and Fitness Center. - Breakfast included, Catered meals available. - Rates from $98 / night. Only 3 miles from Exit 4, I-89. 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All their If I keep the soil warm, prophetic power rests in their moist and close enough to the two or four leaves, all of their fl uorescent bulbs, the seeds potential compressed into the germinate within a week or most delicate and vulnerable so and then develop steadily fl esh. throughout the winter. Here there is no thought of Although I enjoy the fl ow- maturity or harvest, no logi- ers that the plants produce cal conclusion, no socially in spring and summer, for redeeming value, no death. me, the best part of sprout- I do not think about the photo courtesy of Brattleboro Music Center ing seeds in winter is sitting eventual work of transplant- The Gawler Family band will be performing at Northern Roots Festival in Brattleboro, VT. next to them, feeling safe and ing and mulching, confl icts disconnected from the snow with insects and weather and Brattleboro, VT and from the rest of my life. blights. Even the promise of There, the only sound is beauty, color and fragrance is 10th Annual Northern Roots Festival the low purr of the furnace irrelevant. Only the coverlet fan. All around me and the of this time in this place with plants and the soft lights, the these creatures makes sense. A Musical Milestone The 10th Annual Northern Roots Festival is sure to be boro, with an evening concert featuring the best of Northern a musical milestone, bringing together the largest, most Musical Traditions to be presented at 7:30 p.m. Teacher Treasures impressive array of traditional music since the festival’s A Teacher Resource Store & More! founding. The popular daylong event Saturday, January Tickets are available for the daytime program, evening 28th, combines workshops, jam sessions and evening con- Scrapbooking Materials & Gently concert or in combination. For ticket information and a Used Books/Lending Library cert that spotlight Irish, Scottish, Scandinavian and French complete schedule, contact the BMC at (802) 257-4523 or Canadian music visit www.bmcvt.org. “A Hands-On Store” Presented by the Brattleboro Music Center and drawing School Year Hours: on both Brattleboro’s rich local scene as well as colleagues 2–5 pm Tues–Fri and 10–5 on Sat from across New England, Northern Roots presents the About the Brattleboro Music Center (802) 365-4811 • (802) 365-4426 fax highest caliber of Irish, Scottish, Scandinavian and French Guided by artistic advi- Each year, the Music Cynthia W. Nau • [email protected] Canadian music in intimate settings. Few other events of this sors, the acclaimed violinist/ Center enriches the lives of size offer the opportunity to experience this range of music conductor Jaime Laredo and more than 5,000 residents of Right on Rt. 30—just north of Newfane Village through teaching workshops, performances and jam sessions. cellist Sharon Robinson, the southeastern Vermont and The festival is based at the New England Youth Theater Brattleboro Music Center is nearby New Hampshire and with McNeills’ Brewery hosting a pub sing and Irish and a community-based organi- Massachusetts. Hundreds BAKERY, DELI French Canadian jam sessions throughout the afternoon. zation, exceptional for the of classes, workshops, con- Among the featured performers: quality of its programs. certs and other events bring FARMS GREENHOUSE • The Gawler Family—A fun-loving, folk-singing, fi ddle- Founded in 1952, today’s people of all ages and abili- 722-3395 & GAS playing family band from Maine, the group has a long his- BMC consists of numerous ties together in celebration of tory of keeping the traditions of Maine dance tunes and old performance and education music and community. songs alive. programs led by talented As the area’s oldest arts YOUR ONE STOP DESTINATION • The Vox Hunters—Armand Aromin and Benedict Ga- artistic directors and a dedi- organization, the Music Cen- Featuring Made-to-Order gliardi are musically bound by a shared love of traditional cated faculty of 40 profes- ter has attracted scores of Sandwiches, Homemade Pizza, Mac & Cheese, Irish music, which originally brought them together, as well sional musicians. professional musicians and Soup and Chili as an eclectic and ever-growing amalgam of songs both inside Their programs include other artists to the area over and far outside the realm of ‘folk music.’ the Brattleboro Concert the past 60 years. The result Pressing our Own Vermont Apple Cider • Other performers include Anna Patton and Mary Lea, Choir, Windham Orchestra, today is a town and region Hard Cider, Wine and Beer Kate Barnes, and Shannon and Matt Heaton. Blanche Moyse Chorale, nationally renowned for its Homemade Breads, Cookies and Pies Daytime events are scheduled from 12 noon to 5:30 p.m., Chamber Music Series and rich diversity of arts and arts at the New England Youth Theater, 100 Flat St. in Brattle- Northern Roots festival. events. 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On the weekends, sample favorite cook- the Woodstock village green on Vermont Rt.