By Cal Garrison, a.k.a. Mother of the Skye This week’s Horoscopes are coming out under the light of a Cancer Moon, at the peak of the Lammas Crossquarter. This is an incredibly powerful time. Anyone who is paying attention can feel it. The instructions at this time of year are simple and direct: Rejoice, celebrate,…

Courtesy of Ceil Hunt JOE MOORE BAND Thursday, Aug. 4 at 7 p.m.—FAIR HAVEN—The Fair Haven Concerts in the Park welcomes a new band to the stage this Thursday, Aug. 4 at 7 p.m.  The concert will feature some very talented musicians from the Burlington area, the Joe Moore Band. They perform a wide variety…

Courtesy of PEGTV A community member gets a tour of the fully equipped studio kitchen at PEGTV. Thursday, Aug. 4 at 11 a.m.—RUTLAND—PEGTV will hold an open house on Thursday, Aug. 4 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at building 24 in the Howe Center, located on One Scale Avenue in Rutland. The public will…

Courtesy of Chandler Center for the Arts Mary Bonhag and Matthew Patrick Morris will reprise the roles of Eve and Adam in “The Diaries of Adam and Eve,” as performed by Scrag Mountain Music. Friday, Aug. 5 at 7 p.m.—RANDOLPH—“Wheresoever she was, there was Eden.” So ends Mark Twain’s “The Diaries of Adam and Eve,”…

Courtesy of Okemo Mountain Resort Beer-pourer Dave gives a sample to a taster at the 2015 Hops in the Hills Beer & Wine Festival at Okemo.

Courtesy of Farm to Ballet Farm to Ballet, a dance project intended to celebrate Vermont’s farming culture while expanding classical ballet’s audience, continues its season in Central Vermont this week.

Courtesy of Brandon Artists Guild A stained glass tree hangs in a window, seeming to blend in with nature behind it. Sunday, Aug. 7 at 11 a.m.–BRANDON–From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 7, stained glass artist Karen Deets will lead an adult workshop in stained glass. In one session participants will learn…

Courtesy of Town of Killington Robert Randolph and The Family Band Saturday, Aug. 6 at 3:30 p.m.—KILLINGTON—Robert Randolph & the Family Band will be stopping in at Killington Resort’s Snowshed Adventure Center on Saturday, Aug. 6 to perform the fourth show in the free eight-week Cooler in the Mountains concert series. Robert Randolph took the…

Courtesy of Chaffee Art Center Young girls display their face paintings, part of Art in the Park’s summer festival. Aug. 6, 7 at 10 a.m.—RUTLAND—The 55th annual Summer and Fall Foliage Art in the Park festival opens Saturday, Aug. 6, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and continues on Sunday, Aug. 6-7 and again on Oct.…

Courtesy of Chandler Center for the Arts “Peter and John” marks Jay Craven’s eighth narrative film based in New England. It was recently nominated for a 2016 New England Emmy. The film will be screened Sunday at Chandler Music Hall’s Upper Gallery.

Courtesy of NOFA-VT Pitchfork javelin is one of the contests at the Farmer Olympics to be held in Vershire. Tuesday, Aug. 9 at 4 p.m.—VERSHIRE—Farmers and spectators are invited for boisterous mid-season competition in the fields at Broad Acres Farm in Vershire, when teams from all over Vermont come together Tuesday, Aug. 9, from 4…

A comedian, a journalist, and a country music group walk into a theater … Aug. 4, 5 & 6—RUTLAND—The Paramount readies for three nights of entertainment this week. After announcing its upcoming season, the line-up is in full swing already. Head to Downtown Rutland for an evening or two of world-class entertainment! On Thursday, Aug.…

Sunday, Aug. 7 at 4 p.m.—ROCHESTER—The Rochester Chamber Music Society in association with the Vermont Festival of the Arts will close the RCMS summer series with returning guest artists and Boston musicians Vanessa Holroyd and Katherine Winterstein.  They will be accompanied by Cynthia Huard on piano, Sunday, Aug. 7 at 4 p.m. at the Federated…

Aug. 5-7—MOUNT HOLLY—The Mount Holly Community Historical Museum will be hosting Artfest Friday to Sunday, Aug. 5-7. The work of Mount Holly artists will be available for purchase in the Perkins House Museum in Belmont. The artists work in a variety of media, including watercolor painting, photography, penwork, hand woven baskets, painted silk, woodcarving, shaker…

Sunday, Aug. 7 at 2 p.m.—HUBBARDTON—Has the genealogy bug bitten you? On Sunday, Aug. 7 at the Hubbardton Battlefield State Historic Site in Hubbardton, genealogy experts will get those interested in family genealogy started on researching their family history. The program is from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Genealogist Dani Roberts and family historian Francis Owen,…