Anthony Edwards / Staff Photo Last Monday evening I walked into a theatre lobby packed with smiling, chatting, well-dressed, hors d’oeuvre-nibbling, wine-sipping Rutlanders. Inside the theatre proper, more small groups of men and women were gathered around the food tables — provided by Roots the Restaurant — while others had already chosen their seats and sat waiting for the formalities to begin. On the giant screen on the stage, scrolled the names of approximately 200 local female “Guests of Honor,” while the Beatles’ “Here comes the Sun” and other popular songs played in the background. This was the first annual Evolve Rutland Celebration of the Women of Rutland County held at the...
↧