Jim Lowe

20 hours ago | timesargus.com | Jim Lowe

When he went solo in 1969, singer-songwriter John Denver had found his place in the fabric of American life — a place he has returned to. “He really is globally in the fabric of so many people’s lives now because what he wrote about was universal,” says contemporary folk artist Sherry Stregack-Lutken. “What he wrote about was very earnest and sincere, something that we all can see in ourselves and the people that we love and in our situations.

20 hours ago | timesargus.com | Jim Lowe

Felicity Stiverson began the next step in her choreography for Weston Theater Company’s “White Christmas” Friday at her New York studio, where she will spend each day for two weeks, giving her ideas a more finite direction. “I’m just going to go through, number by number, the production numbers to get a really good sketch for myself of what I think it will be,” she said.

2 days ago | rutlandherald.com | Jim Lowe

Giacomo Puccini’s “La bohème” is easily one of the most popular operas of all time. Despite being written from 1893-95 and set in 1830, today’s audiences continue to find its romantic tale of “starving artists” contemporary and compelling. And then, of course, there’s Puccini’s music, which remains irresistible. “I’ve always loved this piece because I identify with it,” says Douglas Anderson.

5 days ago | timesargus.com | Jim Lowe

Samantha just wants to die. The middle-age faculty wife has just exploded and lost it at a Christmas cocktail party at the college president’s home. Anyone familiar with academia will know that this is tantamount to suicide. Reeling after smacking her husband in front of everyone, Samantha has retreated upstairs to the president’s teen daughter’s room, where she is hiding until she can kill herself — or can she save herself?

1 week ago | timesargus.com | Jim Lowe

It’s the French Revolution and four prominent women — playwright Olympe de Gouges, assassin Charlotte Corday, Haitian spy Marianne Angelle and Queen Marie Antoinette — find themselves holed up together, deciding what to do about it. What ensues is laughter, tears and some witty philosophizing — all in an attempt to keep their heads. Lost Nation Theater presents “The Revolutionists,” Lauren Gunderson’s historical comedy set in the French Revolution, June 5–15 at City Hall Arts Center in Montpelier.