By Lani Duke Pool possibilities RUTLAND—Maybe it’s the time of the year. Do Rutland folks get more interested in replacing White Pool, maybe with a year-round one, each autumn when the all-too-brief community pool season closes for the winter? When Rutland City Recreation superintendent Cindy Wight approached the Board of Aldermen about the possibility of…

Thursday, Oct. 23 at 8 p.m. — RUTLAND — Banjo virtuosos and husband-and-wife musical adventurers with divergent areas of specialty, Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn will take to the Paramount Theatre stage on Thursday, Oct. 23 at 8 p.m. – only three weeks after the release of their much awaited and critically acclaimed self-titled debut album. Banjoists…

Friday-Sunday, Oct. 24-26 — WOODSTOCK — Pentangle Players present “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” at Woodstock Town Hall Theatre. Considered one of the most enduring shows of all time, Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s irresistible family-friendly musical about Joseph the Dreamer is coming to the Woodstock Town Hall stage with an ensemble of talented actors…

Friday-Sunday, Oct. 24-26 — ROCHESTER — The White River Valley Players bring their acclaimed production of “Ransom,” a Civil War play with music, to venues in Rochester, Middlebury, and Randolph. The show was written and first performed by WRVP in 2010, then had its professional premiere by Lost Nation Theater in 2013. Inspired by the letters of…

Friday, Oct. 24 at 5 p.m. — CASTLETON — Looking for a “wild” family-based adventure for Halloween this year? The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department is inviting families to attend the annual Halloween Wildlife Festival and Jack-o’Lantern Hike at the Education Center of the Edward F. Kehoe Green Mountain Conservation Camp on Point of Pine Road in…

Friday, Oct. 24 at 7:30 p.m. — TINMOUTH — John Gillette & Sarah Mittlefehldt return to Tinmouth’s Old Firehouse on Friday, Oct. 24 at 7:30 p.m. This is the final concert in the 2014 Series. Work is underway by the volunteer organizers to be sure there is music in the Old Firehouse starting in April. John and…

Saturday, Oct. 25 at 3 p.m. — WOODSTOCK — Billings Farm & Museum will host the 5th Annual Woodstock Vermont Film Series beginning on Saturday, Oct. 25 and continuing through April 4, 2015. Fifteen films and documentaries from around the world have been selected for the big screen in the museum’s theater, with high definition digital projection and…

Saturday & Sunday, Oct. 25 & 26 – WEST PAWLET — The 2014 Fall “Share The Warmth” Clothing Drive and Giveaway will be held at the Mettawee Community School, 5788 VT Route 153, West Pawlet on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 25 and 26, between 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. This semi-annual clothing drive and giveaway at Mettawee Community School…

Saturday, Oct. 25 at 9 a.m. — WOODSTOCK — Saturday, Oct. 25 marks the 100th sale for Glad Rags, a non-profit based in Woodstock. The sale will be held from 9 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. and 1 - 3 p.m., at the Masonic Temple, 30 Pleasant Street in Woodstock. Each year the sale features the best of…

Saturday, Oct. 25 at 10 a.m. — QUECHEE — The Vermont Institute of Natural Science (VINS) invites both children and adults to Hoots & Howls, a seasonal fall event on Saturday, Oct. 25 at the VINS Nature Center in Quechee. This fun, educational and exciting Halloween event is an all-day affair, beginning at 10 a.m. and ending…

Saturday, Oct. 25 at 6:30 p.m. — The 55th annual Rutland Halloween Parade takes to the streets of Downtown Rutland on Saturday, Oct. 25, starting at 6:30 p.m. Parade route is Madison Street and Strongs Avenue onto Wales Street, taking a left onto West Street, then another left onto Merchants Row, ending at the plaza. Get…

Saturday, Oct. 25 at 12 p.m. — RUTLAND — Identical twins Brycen and Jaydon Crossman were born on June 7 with an unfair start — they were 15 weeks early, making them just over a pound each, and suffering from twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome, an illness that leaves one baby taking nutrients from the other in the womb. The twins…

Sunday, Oct. 26 at 2 p.m. — RUTLAND — In an expansion of the newly installed exhibition technology, The Paramount Theatre offers the HD experience by adding Live in HD from the National Theatre of Great Britain during the 2014-2015 season. This internationally acclaimed program mirrors the Live in HD from the Metropolitan Opera, and will continue throughout…

Monday, Oct. 27 at 7 p.m. — POULTNEY — Bill McKibben, author, educator, environmentalist, and founder of 350.org, will be on the Green Mountain College campus on Monday, Oct. 27 at 7 p.m. to deliver a public talk “Life on the Border: Vermont, New York and the Future” in Ackley Auditorium. The address is free and open to the public. McKibben is the…

Monday, Oct. 27 — DeadFi Productions of Burlington, Vt. is set to release a horror film, “Dead Static,” based on Vermont’s most haunted locations on Oct. 27. The film will be viewable for free exclusively on the DeadFi YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/user/DeadFi. The 23-minute film contains three separate stories of horrific paranormal incidences that were caught…