A Special Publication of The Addison Independent, Fall, 2009 — PAGE 1B
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A special publication of the Addison Independent
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2010
Dining Guide and Calendar of Events Here’s what’s happening Sep
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Advanced bridge course in Middlebury. Thursday, Sept. 23, 6:30-8 p.m., Ilsley Library. Louise Acker, Bronze Life Master, teaches this six-week course covering competitive bidding. Info: 388-4095 or chris.kirby@ilsleypubliclibrary.org. Author appearance in Brandon. Thursday, Sept. 23, 7 p.m., Briggs Carriage Bookstore. Bill Morgan presents “The Typewriter Is Holy: The Complete, Uncensored History of the Beat Generation.” Morgan discusses the literary phenomenon of post-World War II America, primarily the three “holy” books of Beat: Ginsberg’s “Howl,” Kerouac’s “On the Road,” and Burroughs’ “Naked Lunch.” Info: 247-0050. Vermont Symphony Orchestra in Vergennes. Thursday, Sept. 23, 7:30 p.m., Vergennes Opera House. The VSO performs its 2010 Made in Vermont Music Festival, highlighting several principal players including Albert Brouwer on flute, Shelagh Abate on French horn and harpist Heidi Soons. Tickets $24 adults, $20 seniors, $12 students, Vermont state college faculty and staff $12, Vermont state college students $6. Tickets available at the VOH and Classic Stitching and through FlynnTix at (802) 86-FLYNN.
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Spaghetti dinner in Vergennes. Friday, Sept. 24, 6 p.m. Vergennes American Legion. Tickets $10 adults, $5 kids 10 and under. Benefits Friends of Vergennes Football. Tickets: Lisa Rowell, 759-2078 or rowell@madriver.com. Justin Perdue in Brandon. Friday, Sept. 24, 7 p.m., Briggs
in our part of Vermont from mid-September through Thanksgiving weekend. Calendar listings were accurate at press time, but things can change — call before you travel. More detailed and up-to-the-minute calendar listings are available in the twice-weekly Addison Independent and on the Independent website, www.addisonindependent.com.
Carriage Bookstore. Perdue on jazz guitar, Jeremy Harlos on bass, and Travis Shores on drums playing original compositions. Info: 247-0050.
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Vergennes Opera House Road Rally. Saturday, Sept. 25, 8 a.m., Vergennes Opera House. Formerly the Ladies’ Rally, this annual fundraiser is now open to both men and women. Support the opera house and take a scenic drive through Vermont and New York, with a stop at Fort Ti and lunch at the Sagamore Hotel in Lake George. Registration 8 a.m., send-off at 9 from the Vergennes City Park. Go to www.vergennesoperahouse.org/home/rally for info, registration form and “Go the Extra Mile” pledge sheets. Benefit bike ride in Addison County. Saturday, Sept. 25, 9 a.m., start and end at Bridport town green. Two routes: 38-mile route through Bridport, Addison and Panton or 15-mile route through Bridport. To benefit the Foundation for Alcoholism Research. Registration fee minimum $40 for adults, $20 for riders under 16. Lunch and T-shirts provided. Register online at www.alcoholismresearch.org, by phone at 758-2243, or on site the day of the ride. Antiques appraisals in Middlebury. Saturday, Sept. 25, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Courtyard Marriott. As a fund-raiser, the Henry Sheldon Museum in Middlebury brings in five appraisers to give verbal appraisals of toys, furniture, glass, jewelry, china, books, military items and ephemera. Cost $7 per item or $24 per four items. Silent art auction and raffle in Bristol. Saturday, Sept. 25, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., town green, at Art on Main’s Harvest Festival booth. Tickets and info: 453-4032 or info@artonmain.net. Bristol Harvest Festival. Saturday, Sept. 25, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free family fun with 90-plus crafters/vendors, horse-
drawn wagon rides, pie contest, bandstand music, farmers’ market, children’s venue with pony rides and more. Info: www.bristolharvestfest.com. Footrace at Fort Ticonderoga. Saturday, Sept. 25, 10 a.m., Ticonderoga, N.Y. To benefit the Duane Crammond Memorial Scholarship fund. A 5K cross-country race on grass and gravel on the Fort Ti peninsula. Fifes and drums hail the finishers. Info: (518) 585-2821 or www.duanecrammond.net. Better L8 than Never Car Show in Bristol. Saturday, Sept. 25, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Bristol Recreation field. Hosted by the Snake Mountain Cruisers, sponsored by the Five Town Business Council. Part of the Bristol Harvest Festival. Info: 388-7951, ext. 1. Shipwreck tour in Ferrisburgh. Saturday, Sept. 25, 11 a.m.12:30 p.m., Lake Champlain Maritime Museum. Take a boat tour and “see” some of Lake Champlain’s 300 shipwrecks with the onboard remotely operated vehicle (ROV) camera. Special September rate, half-price: adults $11, youth $9. Pre-registration required: 475-2022 or info@lcmm.org. “Liberty Now Has a New Country” history presentation in Orwell. Saturday, Sept. 25, 1 p.m., Mount Independence State Historic Site. British actor and playwright Howard Burnham portrays the Marquis de Lafayette, during his 1825 tour of the U.S. Lafayette eulogizes the Baron de Kalb, with whom he arrived in 1777 as a young man to fight in the cause of American liberty. Info: www.historicvermont. org/mountindependence. “Bright Star” screening at Middlebury College. Saturday, Sept. 25, 3 and 8 p.m., Dana Auditorium. Film by Jane Campion (“The Piano”) based on the 3-year romance between 19th-century poet John Keats and Fanny Brawne. Free. Info: 443-3168 or www.middlebury.edu/arts. Champlain Valley Fiddlers Club meeting in Middlebury. Sunday, Sept. 25, 7-9 p.m., VFW. Fiddlers meet to share songs and techniques and hold a friendly jam. Special