Upper Valley Connections

Cellist Ben Kulp and pianist Ludovic Sardain play a free set of classical and contemporary favorites. Bring your lunch.

Bryan talks about Falling Leaves, an exhibition that began with a rediscovered childhood note to her mother and grew into an archive of family photographs, documents and ephemera, some faded, some missing context entirely.

The fifth edition of Lion's annual Hanover concert: he accompanies himself on piano through songs and translations in seven languages, from Yiddish and Ukrainian to French and Portuguese.

Oboe, bassoon and piano works by Mozart, Bruch, Glinka, Bonis and Corticelli. Advance tickets are $18 ($13.50 for church members), and kids 18 and under are free. The trio also plays house concerts Friday at 7 in Norwich and Saturday at 2 in White River Junction: $40, $20 for children, registration required and seats limited.

Whaleback's 6th annual Flannel Fest: wear your best flannel for live music, a silent auction, giveaways, and complimentary food and drinks. Doors open at 5. The whole $50 ticket is a donation toward affordable, accessible skiing and snowboarding at Whaleback.

Your ticket includes a handcrafted soup bowl or mug of your choosing, made by a local potter, plus unlimited soups, salads, breads and desserts in the Great Stone Dwelling's historic dining room, with a cocktail reception upstairs. Proceeds benefit Enfield Shaker Museum and Jezzie's Place, a Canaan dog rescue.

The year's first After Dark celebrates Marie Curie's birthday with investigations into radioactivity. Adults 21+ only and pre-registration is required; dinner and drinks from Brownsville Butcher & Pantry are available for purchase.

Trumbull Hall Troupe stages the Britney Spears jukebox musical in which a rogue fairy godmother hands classic heroines copies of The Feminine Mystique. Also Saturday at 7 and Sunday at 3; select youth and senior pricing at checkout.

Regional makers fill the greenhouses and yard with pottery, textiles, photography and woodworking, plus spinning and basket-making demonstrations, live music with an open mic, food trucks and baked goods. Free and family-friendly.

Jigs, reels, slow airs and waltzes from the award-winning fiddler, whose repertoire spans Irish, Scottish and New Hampshire tunes, Shaker melodies included. Museum members pay less.

Three acts in one night: old-time banjo from Carolyn Shapiro at 7:30, country blues from the Arthur Terembula Trio at 8, and three-part harmonies from New Hampshire trio The Hot Skillet Club at 9.

Bring your needles, hooks or sewing skills and help make hats at this free kick-off stitch-in. Open to all ages.

Afternoon music and dance workshops (bourrée, scottish, mazurka and more), then a 5:45 pm dance with Jeremiah McLane, Tim Cummings and McKinley James, called by Mary Wesley. No partner or experience needed; dance-only admission is a suggested $15, and students get $15 off the workshop package.

William Christie and Paul Agnew talk about their work with moderator Filippo Ciabatti before that night's Les Arts Florissants concert. Free.

Franklin discusses her new novel about Claire Clairmont, Mary Shelley's stepsister, and the summer of 1816 that gave us Frankenstein. Yankee Bookshop will have copies.

UVMC's Children's Chorus and Community Chorus, plus Lebanon-based Harmony Night, each sing a set that includes an original song by pan-Latin ensemble Sol y Canto, who perform as well. Under 18 free.

Author Brian L. Porto traces two political cultures back to geology and early settlement, and looks at how they shape today's debates over affordable housing and school funding. Q&A follows.

Speth reads from Jericho River, stories of a small Vermont village in the 1960s and '70s seen through the eyes of a solitary observer.

Spontaneous comedy, suitable for all ages. Ten dollars. Need we say more.

An after-hours charcuterie workshop for ages 21+: $80/person or $140/couple for members, $85/$150 for non-members.

The indie rocker behind the platinum-certified "Freakin' Out On The Interstate" plays an intimate stripped-down set, programmed with the Dartmouth Student Programming Board.

The first indoor market of the winter season, with about 30 vendors.