The Atea Ring Gallery opens the season with primitive hooked rugs by Cheryl Raywood, pottery by Robert Segall and paintings, drawings and etchings by Harold Weston. Opening reception is 5 p.m. Saturday. The gallery is located at 236 Sam Spear Road, Westport.

Five bands take the stage in Chateaugay July 11, styles ranging from bluegrass to country to a little jazzy.

Mike Czuba's "I am I" takes the stage at Montreal Players' Theater.

Obviously, people expect and are paying for big explosions, battles and special effects when they go to a "Transformers" movie, says reviewer Steve Ouellette, but that's essentially all there is here.

A weekly listing of North Country entertainment events, including music, theater, art exhibitions, film and dance.

Theater workshop geared for kids; Quinlivan to teach pastel workshop; Franco-American Club to meet July 15; Tickets on sale for CVPH event; Grant recipients are announced; Artists sought for Watertown festival; Quebec Archaeology Month features events in U.S.; Festival Guild celebrates.

"Buffalo Soldiers in Vermont" is on exhibit through Sept. 12 in the Robert Hull Fleming Museum, University of Vermont, 61 Colchester Ave. The all African-American unit, part of the 10th Cavalry, was stationed at Fort Ethan Allen from 1909 to 1916.

"Louis Comfort Tiffany: Nature by Design" is open through Oct. 25 at the Shelburne Museum. The exhibition explores Tiffany's use of natural motifs in furniture, ceramics, metalwork and jewelry.

On display at the Montreal Science Center is "Aqua," a colorful new multimedia installation presented by the One Drop Foundation, the brainchild of Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte.