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GKWC hosts free movie night

November 2, 2016
Thursday, Nov. 3 at 6 p.m.—KILLINGTON—The Greater Killington Women’s Club (GKWC) is hosting a free movie night on Thursday, Nov. 3, 6-9 p.m. at the Sherburne Library at 2998 River Road, Killington. There will be time to mix and mingle before the film starts at 6:30 p.m. The film “Calendar Girls” will be shown. This is…

Guardian ad Litem program holds information meeting

November 2, 2016
Wednesday Nov.  2 at 12 p.m.—RUTLAND—Rutland County is in need of guardians ad litem (GAL). The State of Vermont mandates that a guardian ad litem be appointed when a child comes to the attention of the Family Court because of abuse and neglect. Judges may appoint a GAL for juveniles involved in delinquency cases or…

Dartmouth professor Leslie Butler looks at women and early democracy

November 2, 2016
Wednesday, Nov. 2 at 7 p.m.—RUTLAND—Dartmouth history professor Leslie Butler will consider how women were viewed in the early years of democracy in America in a talk at Rutland Free Library on Nov. 2 at 7 p.m. Her talk, “American Democracy and the Woman Question,” is part of the Vermont Humanities Council’s First Wednesdays lecture…

Bald Mountain presents Vermont tour of newly adapted “Puss in Boots”

November 2, 2016
Nov. 2-20—VERMONT—Bald Mountain Theater presents a 13-town Vermont tour of its wildly original, all-ages adaptation of the classic story “Puss in Boots: or How to get Ahead in the World.” The story is touring Nov. 2-20. See schedule below. What does it take to get ahead in the world? When a third son inherits nothing…

Horoscopes for October 26th – November 1st, 2016

November 2, 2016
Cal Garrison (a.k.a Mother of the Skye) writes weekly horoscopes for The Mountain Times. If you would like an emailed notification sent to you weekly, sign up for the newsletter, below. Want to hear more from Mother of the Skye? Check out Mother's Celestial Inspirations for a deeper look into this weeks horoscopes Horoscopes for…

Horoscopes for October 19th – October 25th, 2016

October 27, 2016
Cal Garrison (a.k.a Mother of the Skye) writes weekly horoscopes for The Mountain Times. If you would like an emailed notification sent to you weekly, sign up for the newsletter, below. Want to hear more from Mother of the Skye? Check out Mother's Celestial Inspirations for a deeper look into this weeks horoscopes Horoscopes for…

Chandler hosts intergenerational dance party, live music

October 20, 2016
Saturday, Oct. 22 at 6:30 p.m.—RANDOLPH—A community music and dance party will be held on Oct. 22 from 6:30-10:30 p.m. at the Chandler Center for the Arts. This intergenerational social is the second of the “Live and Upstairs!” series of community engagement arts events to be hosted in the Upper Gallery. Dance callers Robin Russell…

Pentangle presents classic Broadway musical production of “Cabaret”

October 20, 2016
Oct. 21-23, 27-31—WOODSTOCK—Pentangle Arts invites all to leave your troubles outside and come to its production of “Cabaret” based on the 1998 production directed by Sam Mendes and Rob Marshall. The show opens Friday, Oct. 21, and closes with a special Halloween performance on Oct. 31. This legendary musical takes the audience to Berlin in the 1930s, an…

Castleton Arts presents world premiere of “Side Effects”

October 20, 2016
Tuesday, Oct. 25 at 7 p.m.—CASTLETON—Castleton University presents the world premiere of Michael Milligan’s latest one-man play, “Side Effects,” onTuesday, Oct. 25 at 7 p.m. in the Casella Theater. As his physician father slips towards senility, Dr. William MacQueen strives to live up to the standards he has inherited. The frustration of forms, complicated coding…

FOLA to host candidates forum, Oct. 20 at town hall

October 20, 2016
Thursday, Oct. 20 at 7 p.m.—LUDLOW—FOLA (Friends of Ludlow Auditorium) will sponsor a candidate’s forum on Thursday, Oct. 20 at 7 p.m. in the Ludlow Town Hall Auditorium. Candidates for the three Windsor County Senate seats, along with the two candidates for the Rutland-Windsor-2 (RW-2) House seat in Montpelier have been invited to participate in…

Locations announced for tire drop-offs in advance of annual Wheels for Warmth sale

October 20, 2016
The Wheels for Warmth team is asking Vermonters to help their neighbors in need and donate old tires no longer in use to the 12th annual Wheels for Warmth tire recycle and resale event. Established in 2005, Wheels for Warmth’s three goals are to raise funds for emergency fuel assistance; create a resource of DMV-inspected…

Hospice volunteer training to start

October 20, 2016
Thursday, Oct. 20 at 7:30 p.m.—RUTLAND—The Rutland Area Visiting Nurse Association & Hospice (RAVNAH) is providing training for those interested in becoming hospice volunteers beginning on Thursday, Oct. 20 from 4:30-7:30 p.m.. The four-week session runs every Thursday and Saturday through Nov. 12. The training course will be held at RAVNAH, 7 Albert Cree Drive…

Champlain Philharmonic to showcase Russian music masters

October 20, 2016
Saturday & Sunday, Oct. 22-23—POULTNEY, MIDDLEBURY—The Champlain Philharmonic will return to Ackley Hall at Green Mountain College in Poultney on Oct. 22 at 7:30 p.m, and the Mahaney Center for the Arts at Middlebury College on Oct. 23 at 4 p.m. to present a rousing set of works by some of the great Russian composers: Tchaikovsky,…

Celebrate the benefits of play with Rutland Regional’s community fun time event

October 20, 2016
Saturday, Oct. 22 at 10 a.m.—RUTLAND—Play prepares a young brain for life, love, and even schoolwork. To celebrate the benefits of play, Rutland Building Bright Futures (BBF) is holding its fourth annual Free Family Fun Time community event ”Just Play? No Way!” on Saturday, Oct. 22 from 10 a.m.-12 noon at Rutland Regional Medical Center in…

Welsh heritage societies give presentation on antique clock

October 20, 2016
Sunday, Oct. 23 at 2:30 p.m.—POULTNEY—Poultney Area St. David’s Society and the Welsh-American Genealogical Society will give a presentation Sunday, Oct. 23 at 2:30 p.m. “A Story of a Clock” by Mark Roberts is about his family’s grandfather clock, which was made in northwest Wales 202 years ago. The clock traveled to the Vermont/New York…