Saturday, Aug. 13 at 4 p. m.—EAST POULTNEY—St. John’s Church will hold its final summer service on Saturday, Aug. 13 at 4 p.m. The antique church, built in 1831, has remained unchanged in the almost 200 years since then. It has no electricity, no running water, no heat, but a great deal of charm. Worshippers,…

Saturday, Aug. 13 at 7:30 p.m.—BRANDON—Singer-songwriter Phil Henry, brings his talented band to Brandon Town Hall on Saturday, Aug. 13 at 7:30 p.m. Henry will be accompanied by Gary Moon on vocals, djembe, cajon, shakers, high hat, tambourine and xylophone and multi-instrumentalist Jeff Kimball on mandolin, accordion, keyboards and vocals. Phil Henry is that rare…

Earlier and shorter than dates of past years By Lani Duke Aug. 16-20—RUTLAND TOWN—The Vermont State Fair, once a 10-and-a-half-day blend of competitions, livestock, exhibits, carnival rides, “fair food,” 4-H, and concerts, opens its gates for a much-condensed four-and-a-half-day run Aug. 16-20. Organizers have packed a lot of fun into those summer days, hoping the…

Sunday, Aug. 14 at 3:30 p.m.—LUDLOW— The Book Nook proudly announces a special author event with World Horror Grandmaster Brian Keene on Sunday, Aug. 14 at 3:30 p.m. Brian Keene writes novels, comic books, short fiction, and occasional journalism for money. He is the author of over 40 books, mostly in the horror, crime, and…

Saturday, Aug. 13—POULTNEY—Susan Clark, author of “Slow Democracy,” is the featured speaker at East Poultney Day held Saturday, Aug. 13. She encourages citizens to govern themselves locally using inclusive, citizen-powered processes. Among her numerous honors is that of receiving the 2010 Vermont Secretary of State’s Enduring Democracy Award. The 81st annual East Poultney Day also…

Saturday, Aug. 13, at 2 p.m.—ORWELL—Researchers and the historically curious are making “new” discoveries about Mount Independence as libraries and archives across the country make more of their resources available online. The historians would like to share some of these fun findings. On Saturday, Aug. 13 from 2 to 3:30 p.m. at the Mount Independence…

Proposed network will link resort trails with Forest Service KILLINGTON—Construction on the first three miles of an extensive mountain bike trail network in Killington will begin following a formal groundbreaking ceremony on Friday, Aug. 5 at 10:30 a.m. The event will take place off Route 100 North, approximately 0.25 miles north of Lakewood Drive. When…

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…