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June 2022 News & Updates

We've got a lot happening at MSA in the upcoming weeks! Hope to see you there!

June 25-July 16: Wild Goose Players' Hamlet at MSA

June 26: Carrie Ferguson and the Grumpytime Trio

July 1: Canal Street Represented Artist Show Opening at MSA

July 4: Saxtons River 4th of July Festivities

July 8: Play Every Town Piano Concert

July 29-30: The Books of Alice and Wonderland

Wild Goose Players production of Hamlet

Wild Goose Players bring their production of Shakespeare's classic to the MSA theater, June 25 to July 16. This exciting new adaptation of the play is set in the MADMEN era of corporate giants and rebellious Beats, and staged in a black-box setting that offers some café-table seating for audience members who don’t mind becoming confidants of Hamlet and his inner demons. The script has been shortened and edited by Director John Hadden to focus on the split-second errors and miscalculations we all recognize that make such a mess of things. The production clocks in at about two hours.

Tickets are $25, and there are discounts, group rates, and free ticket opportunities available. For these, please call (802) 869-2960 for further information. Masks will be required of audience members, and all actors and staff are up-to-date on tests and vaccines.

We have 50 free tickets available for Hamlet, especially for young people. Tickets for a performance may sell out, so contact Main Street Arts at info@mainstreetarts.org or 802-869-2960 to reserve your free ticket. Thanks to these Wild Goose Players' sponsors for underwriting tickets:

Wunderbar, Edward Jones, and Harlow's Farm Stand.

Purchase advance tickets

Carrie Ferguson with The Grumpytime Club trio in an outdoor concert on Sunday, June 26 at 6pm

Carrie’s original music for children and their parents is creative, positive, upbeat, and catchy as cake!

Her recent album, The Grumpytime Club, offers children and families welcoming and inclusive messages about accepting feelings, celebrating differences, and loving themselves exactly as they are.

Learn more about Carrie at www.CarrieFergusonMusic.com.

This concert will be held on the lawn at MSA. Bring a chair and a picnic! Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for kids, with a $20 family maximum. Refreshments will be available for purchase. This concert is sponsored in part by DeCamp Plumbing & Heating.

Purchase advance tickets

MSA Celebrates the 4th!

Main Street Arts is gearing up for this year’s Saxtons River Fourth of July festivities! To celebrate this year’s theme, the Roaring Twenties, a troupe led by Matt Peake and Shanti will dance the Charleston at the head of the parade, just behind the grand marshals. Another MSA parade entry features the phoenix from our recent “Emergence” show with characters from The Books of Alice and Wonderland.

After the parade, cool off at our Speakeasy under a tent in the MSA yard. There will be seating, so you are welcome to bring your lunch and your family. Volunteers are needed to serve lemonade and popcorn and can opt to wear 1920s costumes. The MSA String Band will play old-timey music and some of our Charleston dancers will encourage you to try some steps.

Come inside our air-conditioned gallery to see the latest art exhibit. And don’t miss buying raffle tickets for a chance to win 100 gallons of free heating fuel (propane or oil) donated by Cota & Cota! Tickets are $5 each or six for $25. You do not have to be present at the drawing that evening at the Rec Center to win.

Finally, from 5:30 to 8 pm, come enjoy the food truck and the dance band at the Rec. All proceeds from the evening food truck will go to MSA. In appreciation, we’ll be providing volunteers to help clean up that night or the next day. To volunteer for the Speakeasy or the Rec, contact Susan Still at susanstill7@gmail.com.

Canal Street Gallery Show

The Canal Street Represented Artists Show opens in the MSA Gallery on July 1 and will run through August 19. Join us for the opening on

July 1 between 5:30 and 7:30 pm.

See the represented artist list here.

The Play Every Town Project is coming to MSA!

Pianist and UVM Professor David Feurzig will perform a free concert at MSA on Friday, July 8 at 7:30 pm.

Learn more about the Project here.

The Books of Alice and Wonderland

Directed by Sean Roberts

July 29 and 30 at 7pm

July 31 at 2pm

at MSA

Learn More about Alice

MSA Calendar

Raffle to Benefit MSA!

Cota & Cota has generously donated 100 gallons of heating oil or propane to MSA for a raflle. Tickets are $5 for 1 or $25 for 6. They can be purchased Village Booksellers

and at MSA on July 4th.

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