GOOD MORNING, UPPER VALLEY!
Today's cloudy, but a little warmer. Yesterday's high has moved out, two separate lows are headed our way, but so is warmer air coming in from the southeast. The upshot: Getting cloudy, highs in the high 40s, winds shifting to from the southeast in the afternoon. Rain's likely to move in overnight, probably mixed with harder stuff at some point, and it'll probably be raining by the time you wake up tomorrow. Lows in the mid-30s.Hey! Spring's happening! Early violets are up at the Montshire, and the museum took to Reddit with the proof.If you're planning to go to a show, it's worth double-checking that it's still on. That's the upshot of David Corriveau's weekend highlights in the VN. He's got cancellations as they stood yesterday afternoon: tonight's Mudroom at AVA; tomorrow's Fretless show in Woodstock; the Hop's weekend HD screenings of Der Fliegende Holländer and Riverdance, as well as HopStops; and a variety of things on Saturday and Sunday. Late yesterday, tomorrow's Anonymous Coffeehouse was also cancelled.Meanwhile, Tuck is moving to all-online classes for at least two weeks after spring break. Dartmouth provost Joe Helble announced that decision in an email to campus last night. He also said that the college will decide on undergraduate classes by March 16 "if not sooner." Elsewhere, Vermont Law School will go all-online until at least March 30.Ed Brown fights re-sentencing. He was originally sentenced to 37 years in prison for his armed standoff with federal agents, but after a US Supreme Court decision last year, one charge was vacated. Hence the re-sentencing, with prosecutors calling for a new sentence of 30 years to life. Brown's lawyer argues he's completed his sentences on all of the other convictions, and that re-sentencing would "violate the Fifth Amendment’s Double Jeopardy prohibition against multiple punishments for an offense.” Hearing March 24.Did you happen to catch the Worm Supermoon rising on Monday evening? Andrea Miller did, in Weathersfield, and it was a glorious sight! Thanks, Andee!Coming to WRJ in a few months: The first annual Junction Dance Festival. It's the brainchild of dancer and choreographer Elizabeth Kurylo, Susan Apel writes, and will take over downtown White River Junction with formal and informal dance performances for two days in August. "Outside of major urban areas, there are few opportunities for audiences to experience dance in its rich variety," Kurylo says. The festival will give locals a chance to meet local artists and "move and experience different kinds of dance first-hand." Oh, and definitely check out the video Susan includes in her post.
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SO, THE MUDROOM'S BEEN POSTPONED, WHAT SHOULD WE DO?
Kevin McTaggart hosts Bill Douglas, Corey Richardson, Peter Pardoe, Alex Duval, Bryan Meunzer, and Meredith Gordon. Here's your chance to watch your neighbors make light of the world, beer in hand and snacking on barbecue. Almost makes these parlous times bearable. Doors open at 7, show at 8.
Now that it's Daylight Savings Time and it's not getting dark until after 7, the Upper Valley Land Trust is leading a 2-mile hike up old logging roads, through two large fields and dense pine woods, to a clearing that offers views of Croydon Mountain, Mt. Ascutney, and Blueberry Hill. If conditions are appropriate, the group will end with a small “signal” fire. 5 pm, meet at the trailhead adjacent to 127 Stevens Road.
Here's the premise: Della, who runs Della’s Sweets, decides her faith will not allow her to bake a cake for a lesbian wedding — even though, in Bekah Brunstetter's script, one of the brides is like a daughter to her. The play follows the clash of needs into the courts; cast and crew were rehearsing the show on the 20th anniversary of
Baker v. Vermont,
the case that set off the state's debate over gay marriage. 7:30 tonight, tomorrow and Saturday, post-show discussion.
The band — three musicians from Taos, NM, vocalist and aspiring filmmaker Quinn Thomashow from Strafford, and vocalist Alice Morillon from France — launched a three-month national tour last fall at Windsor Station, part of Thomashow's senior thesis for college. They covered a lot of adventurous ground through the South, Midwest and West, and closed things out in Taos in December. Now they're back for a night where it all started. Windsor Station, 7 pm.
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