New Year’s Eve Gala, Mount Anthony Country Club, Dec 31

Ring in the New Year with a sparkling celebration featuring a lavish buffet, champagne toast, DJ entertainment and dancing!

Appetizers 7 pm, dinner 8 pm, desserts 9pm. $45 per person, tickets required.

Monday, December 31, 7:00 pm – 1 am, Mount Anthony Country Club. Call 802-442-2617 for information or to make reservations.

New Year’s Eve Celebration, Park-McCullough, Dec 31

This 1865, Second Empire “summer cottage,” is one of the finest Victorian mansions in New England. Home to two Vermont Governors, its 35 rooms retain many original furnishings.

New Year’s Eve, December 31, 8:00 pm to 12:00 am, Park McCullough House, 1 Park Street North Bennington, VT 05257. Phone 802-442-5441.

Bach at New Year’s, Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, Dec 31 (MA)

Berkshire Bach Society presents Bach at New Year’s: The Brandenburg Concerti. This New Year’s Eve J.S. Bach’s Brandenburg Concerti Nos. 1, 2 and 3 will be featured along with two of the gorgeous and exciting Orchestral Suites – the sensitive and mysterious No. 2 in B minor with divine flutist Judith Mendenhall, and the festive No. 3 in D featuring our star-studded trumpet team of Allan Dean, Neil Mueller and Gerald Serfass. This suite includes the celebrated Air, to be led by phenomenal violinist, Eugene Drucker. New Year’s Eve, Monday, December 31, Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington, MA, 6:00 pm. For more information call the box office 413-528-0100.

Tickets are available only through the theater box offices.

Cello Concert, N. Benn. RR Station, Dec 31

The Bennington Cultural and Arts Council is sponsoring cellist Sylvia Lou, Williams College ‘09 graduate. The program will include two cello suites by Bach and other music, if time permits. This is the 3rd Annual New Year’s Eve Concert, and is FREE.

Monday, December, 31 7:00 to 8:00 pm, North Bennington Railroad Station on rt 67A.

This event is part of the Arts at the Station series and is open to the public.

New Year’s Eve Youth Celebration, St. Peter’s Church, Dec 31

A New Year’s Eve Celebration designed for youth grades 6 – 12. Food, games, music, contests, fun for all. All youth are welcome.

December 31, 9 pm to 1 am, St. Peter’s Episcopal Church Parish Hall, 200 Pleasant St., Bennington. Call the church at 442-2911 for more information.

Harpist Carol Wood & Poet John Wood, Misty Valley Books, Dec 30

Singer, harpist & composer Carol Wood and poet John Wood will delight us with a holiday concert/reading

Carol Wood, who draws her inspiration from great poets like William Blake & W.B.Yeats and from ancient Celtic music, will play & sing pieces from The Beasts of Bethlehem and other holiday songs.

John Wood, an award-winning poet, art critic, and photographic historian will read some of his poems related to Christmas and the winter season.

FREE, Misty Valley Books, Main St, Chester, Vermont. Sunday, December 30, 4:00 pm. This concert is a reschedule of one canceled from December 16.

Tim McIntire w/ Renata Tutko, comedy, Hooker-Dunham Theater, Dec 28

Twilight Music presents Tim McIntire and Renata Tutko, two stand-up comedians from Boston, Massachusetts as part of the monthly comedy series at H-DT&G.

Tim McIntire’s honest, raw stand-up comedy is real, relevant, smart and funny. He began his career in Colorado and honed his act on the road, working every comedy club, roadhouse, and speakeasy between California and Pennsylvania.

Rising young comedian, Renata Tutko, has been invited to participate in the Boston Comedy Festival for both standup comedy and for sketch comedy with the group, The Untrainables..

For more information, visit www.TheMcIntireConspiracy.com.

Friday, December 28, 8:00 pm, tickets $12, ticket reservations and info 802-254-9276. Hooker-Dunham Theater is located at 139 Main St, Brattleboro, VT.

Astrological Readings, SVAC, Dec 29

As part of welcoming in the New Year, Southern Vermont Arts Center will have astrological readings by artist and astrologer Richard Jones. Individual readings $15, couples $25. Each reading includes a printed report.
Saturday, December 29, 1 -3 pm, SVAC Yester House Gallery, Manchester. For more info call 802-362-1405.

Could not verify this event at the SVAC web site, but it sounds interesting. Suggest calling ahead to check.

5th Annual Messiah Sing-Along, St. James Church, Dec 30

This “Messiah Sing-along” is for singers of all abilities with an interest in singing, humming, or simply listening to this incredible music. There will be several soloists and a chamber orchestra accompanying the audience/choir. It will be performed nder the direction of Linda Hueckel, with organist Laura Woodward Weiss and several talented soloists. A chamber orchestra will accompany the chorus/audience. A limited number of copies of the score will be available to singers but those who have their own copy are encouraged to bring it. Child care will be provided and light refreshments served after the event.

St. James Episcopal Church, Arlington, Sunday, December 30, 3:00 pm.

St. James Episcopal is located on the village green on Historic Route 7A in the center of Arlington. For directions or additional information, call the parish office at 802 375-9952.