March 2022 News & Updates
Help MSA prepare for spring & summer classes, art shows and performances! Join us for our annual MSA Spring Work Days on Saturday and Sunday, April 2 & 3, 10 am - 2 pm.

We have a range of tasks, from washing windows, painting and carpet shampooing to light office work. You'll also hear more about our plans for spring and summer and meet other volunteers dedicated to Main Street Arts. Show up in your work clothes or let us know you are coming by posting on our Facebook page or emailing info@mainstreetarts.org. Stay after, relax and and mingle at our Community Fire from 2 pm -5:30 pm.

There are many ways you can volunteer at Main Street Arts! Please stay tuned to opportunities on our Facebook page or email info@mainstreetarts.org with your interests and availability.
Meet a New Neighbor:
Laura Wolfe

Engagement with Main Street Arts is a natural for Laura… she and her partner, Jennifer, bought the former home of Main Street Arts’ founder, Mary Hepburn. They’ve been in Saxtons River less than four months but Laura is already involved! She’s serving on the MSA board and spear-heading initiatives to increase volunteer opportunities and build community engagement.
“I want to see opportunities for everyone to be involved. I’m excited to help Saxtons River and Main Street Arts thrive,” Laura shared.

Following her October 2021 retirement, Laura moved to Saxtons River from Plano, Texas, just north of Dallas. There, she worked as a gerontologist focusing on health education and advocacy specific to adults 60 and older. She worked with 150 volunteers to provide services for 5000 community members a year in 14 counties, the largest service area of its type in Texas.

Meet the Instructor: Sean Roberts
Sean will be spending a lot of time at Main Street Arts over the next few months as he teaches the upcoming Acting Workshop and directs The Books of Alice. Sean is fun to work with and enjoys helping others reach their acting goals. Furthermore, he confidently said, “I hope to prove that the Main Street Arts theater can be used for live performance in ways that keep the finances ‘in the green.’ I’ve done this before and I know it is possible.” Sean welcomes drop-ins to his classes.
Did You Participate?
Fall & Winter 2021 Activities at Main Street Arts
Figure drawing sessions in the theater space with Charles Norris-Brown
Thursdays between Oct 7 and Dec 16, 2021
Beginning watercolor workshops with Jean Cannon
Sept- Nov 2021
Feldenkreis sessions in the theater space with Paris Kern
Oct and Nov 2021
Canal Street Art Gallery-Represented Artists Show
July 2 to Sept 7, 2021
Playing GorMatt Strangepeak: A Game Playing Approach to Making Collages with artist, Matthew Peake, and poet, Gordon Korstange
Gallery Show - Sept 9 to Oct 30, 2021, Artist Talk - Oct 1, Workshop Oct 16 and 23
Community Fires most first Saturdays
MAIN STREET ARTS THROUGH THE YEARS
MSA's production of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim premiered at the Bellows Falls Opera House on March 16. 2017. The production was a collaboration with the Town of Rockingham and numerous regional businesses and institutions, and was the first full-stage musical in decades to appear at the Bellows Falls Opera House. Directed by David Stern, the cast and crew included leaders from the ranks of New England Youth Theatre, New England Center for Circus Arts, Sandglass Puppet Theatre, Vermont Theatre Company, and The River Theatre.
AREA ARTS EVENTS & OPPORTUNITIES
CASTING OPPORTUNITY FOR LOCAL ACTORS

Kingdom County Productions (KCP), Semester Cinema and Jay Craven are preparing to make their new film “Lost Nation” this spring. They are looking for actors for background and battle re-enactors for a Revolutionary War Era Film to shoot in New Hampshire and Vermont between April 12-29 2022.

MSA Board Member Emmet Dunbar presents his first solo show of photographs at Canal Street Gallery in Bellows Falls. Meet Emmet at the opening on Friday, April 8 from 5-7pm. Show runs through May 7.
SAXTONS RIVER 4TH OF JULY PLANNING SESSIONS

Are you interested in helping plan and run Saxtons River's 4th of July celebration? The next planning meeting will be held at MSA on April 14 at 7 pm. Email saxtonsriver4th@gmail.com with questions.
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