Courtesy Rutland Community Cupboard Eight couples will play in the Rutland version of the Newlywed Game: top row, from left, Liam and Danielle Monroe, Claudio and Brenda Fort, Brook and Tom Markowski, and Eliza and Jarod Wilcox. Bottom row, from left, Anna and Stephen Montanez, Eli Brannon and Tyler Hock, Colleen and Bill Wright, and…

Sunday, Feb. 10, 9 p.m.—KILLINGTON— Tribute band to the King of Pop, Who’s Bad is moonwalking their way to the Pickle Barrel Nightclub Sunday, Feb. 10 at 9 p.m. Who’s Bad’s power-packed performances celebrate Michael Jackson’s expansive career from the Jackson 5 days to “Invincible” hits. The group from North Carolina is the longest running MJ tribute…

Photo courtesy Ski for MS A trio skis in support of a loved one during Ski for MS.

Monday, Feb. 11, 6:30 p.m.—KILLINGTON— Vermont’s own John Lackard is set to join Joey Leone on the Foundry stage, Feb. 11 at 6:30 p.m. for Monday blues night. A Green Mountain native, Lackard started his career in music after his father brought home a Boogie Woogie piano and records home. This led to a passionate…

Sunday, Feb. 10, 11 a.m.—BURLINGTON— Ballet Vermont will host auditions for the upcoming summer season of Farm to Ballet on Feb. 10. Now in its fifth year, this season will feature six performances in July, at picturesque venues throughout Vermont: West Corinth, Wolcott, Brattleboro, Shelburne, Woodstock, and Essex. The 2019 summer season of the Farm to Ballet project will…

Sunday, Feb. 10—RUTLAND— The Paramount Theatre in Rutland will screen two documentary films from the fourth annual Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival on Sunday, Feb. 10. Rutland is one of seven cities participating in a statewide tour of the top documentaries from this past summer’s festival. Director Tom Herman’s “Dateline-Saigon” profiles five Pulitzer Prize-winning groundbreaking reporting during…

Saturday, Feb. 9, 7 p.m.—WALLINGFORD— Michael Kingsbury will lead a live storytelling event at the Sparkle Barn on Saturday, Feb. 9, 7-9 p.m. The event is a focus on love. Everyone has experienced love in many forms: from parents, siblings, friends, boyfriends, girlfriends, spouses, children and even pets. Sometimes those relationships are easy and joyful,…

Thursday, Feb. 7—WARREN— For the fourth year, a group of ski enthusiasts from the Boston area will host the annual Snow Ball event to benefit Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sports. All proceeds from the event will go directly toward the organization’s new adaptive sports facility at Mt. Ellen at Sugarbush Resort, with anticipated groundbreaking this…

Saturday, Feb. 9, 9 a.m.—WOODSTOCK— What’s walking in the woods? Join National Park Service for a Working Woodlands Workshop on animal tracking, Saturday, Feb. 9. The workshop is a four-hour intensive workshop to learn the tracks and signs of many common Vermont mammals, including fisher, red fox, bobcat, and many more. NPS Science Communication Specialist…

Thursday, Feb. 7, 5 p.m.—RUTLAND— The American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Rutland County will hold a free kickoff for the annual event on Feb. 7 at the Diamond Run Mall Community Room with the doors opening at 5 p.m. and celebrations beginning at 6 p.m. Everyone is invited to the kickoff to learn…

Wednesday, Feb. 6, 7 p.m.—RUTLAND— Middlebury College professor Jane Chaplin will discuss how historical writing rose from the influence of two individuals in a talk at Rutland Free Library on Feb. 6 at 7 p.m. Her talk, “The Invention of History,” is part of the Vermont Humanities Council’s First Wednesdays lecture series and is free and open…

Photo courtesy OCR Nation A competitor reaches for a rope at Shale Hill for the last race Saturday, Feb. 2.

Photo submitted The Okemo superpipe, 500 feet in length with 18-foot high walls, opened for the season Jan. 27.

By Curt Peterson Rutland entrepreneur Rebecca Buonadonna is planning to consolidate her two apparel stores into one – popular Raw Honey Apparel at 5 Center Street will be moving into Fruition Fineries space at 56 Merchants Row at the end of February. The retailer hasn’t decided just how to configure the new combined operations, but…

Editor’s note: these questions have been collected and submitted to the Mountain Times on behalf of some members of the Killington community, who wish to remain anonymous. We have asked experts on each topic to answer their questions: On the 1 percent option tax: Many Killington citizens/voters in town want to know why the 1…