Saturday, June 25 at 7 p.m. — KILLINGTON — Now in its 34th season of presenting fine chamber music, the Killington Music Festival will open its 2016 concert schedule on Saturday, June 25 with a concert titled “Season’s Opening on KMF’s Grand,” featuring Simon Ghraichy, who has been dubbed “the classical piano-rock star” by Quien Mag, and…

Saturday, June 25 at 7:30 p.m. — BRANDON — Maple Jam is Vermont’s own a cappella jazz octet specializing in close-harmony vocal arrangements of sweet love songs and swinging big band favorites. The band returns to Brandon Music on Saturday, June 25 at 7:30 p.m. No one in New England does it the way Maple…

Saturday, June 25 at 7 p.m. — GRANVILLE, N.Y. — The Slate Valley Museum invites offers a night of bluegrass and old time country by the popular local band, Northern Homespun. The museum opened its exhibit, “A New Deal for the Hills and Valleys,” on May 6. This exhibit explores the reality of FDR’s New Deal throughout…

Saturday, June 25 at 7:30 p.m. — SOUTH POMFRET — The Contenders, Jay Nash and Josh Day, will be performing in concert on Saturday, June 25 at 7:30 p.m. at ArtisTree Community Center for the Arts. Nash and Day have been players and poets for the better part of two decades. They have been making music, telling…

Sunday, June 26 at 2 p.m. — MIDDLETOWN SPRINGS — Local artists, craftsmakers and musicians will join Historical Society volunteers to present the 41st annual Middletown Springs Strawberry Festival at the Historical Society on the village green, Sunday, June 26 from 2 to 4 p.m. The festival features strawberry shortcake made with fresh local strawberries, homemade biscuits,…

Sunday, June 26 at 12 p.m. — BOMOSEEN — The Fly Dogs has moved from Killington, to the Palms at Prospect Bay on Lake Bomoseen! On Sunday, June 26 the group will hold the first of three dog jumping events this summer, beginning at noon and jumping in the finals around 2 p.m. or until all the…

Tuesday, June 28 at 7 p.m. — CASTLETON — Castleton University is presents Extra Stout as part of the 21st annual Castleton Summer Concerts at the Castleton Pavilion on Tuesday, June 28 at 7 p.m. Continuing every Tuesday evening throughout the summer, the ten-show series highlights live entertainment by outstanding local area professional musicians. A traditional Irish…

Saturday, June 25—LUDLOW—Coleman Brook Tavern, Okemo Mountain Resort’s premier restaurant, introduces its Farmhouse Dinner series. Six communal, artisanal dinners featuring great hospitality, a fun atmosphere and delicious local foods are scheduled on Saturday evenings throughout the summer: June 25, July 9, July 23, Aug. 20, Sept. 3 and Sept. 17. Coleman Brook Tavern’s Farmhouse Dinners…

WOODSTOCK — Woodstock Area Jewish Community Congregation Shir Shalom welcomes scholar-in-residence Rabbi Sheldon Zimmerman, currently Rabbi of the Jewish Center of the Hamptons and previous president of Hebrew Union College-Institute of Religion, who will lead a series of thought-provoking sessions entitled “Revealing Some Mysteries of the Bible.” On Friday, June 24 from 6-7 p.m., join the…

WOODSTOCK — Interplay Jazz will turn the green in Woodstock into an all-American music party at the first-of-the-season brown bag performance, June 23 at noon. This event is free to the public, who may want to bring chairs and picnics. On Friday, June 24 at 8 p.m., the Interplay Jazz & Arts culminates a week of…

Saturday, June 25 at 2 p.m. — PLYMOUTH NOTCH — The Coolidge White House animals will be the center of attention at the President Calvin Coolidge State Historic Site on Saturday, June 25 at 2 p.m. Noted presidential scholar David Pietrusza presents “Wombats & Such,” a program about the Coolidge White House menagerie that included the usual…

Saturday, June 25 at 2 p.m. — RUTLAND — Want to learn more about the science, math, technology and fun aspects of ham radio? Want to talk to the world? Join the Field Day event at Rutland High School football field announcers’ booth just off Woodstock Avenue in Rutland on Saturday, June 25 starting at 2 p.m.…

Thursday, June 23 at 2 p.m. — BRANDON — The Compass Music and Arts Foundation is holding a free open day to show some of the work of the Foundation over the past three years, on Thursday, June 23 from 2 to 8 p.m. Members of the board will be available to talk about the work of…

By Cal Garrison, a.k.a. Mother of the Skye With the Sun sitting at the first degree of the sign, Cancer, this week's Horoscopes are coming out under the light of a Full Capricorn Moon. Welcome to the Summer Solstice! This could very well be the most magical day of the year. The Sun and the…

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