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Woodstock hosts Interplay Jazz performances
June 22, 2016
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…
Coolidge Site program features “first pets”
June 22, 2016
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…
Ham Radio Field Day and open house returns to Rutland H.S. for 24 hours of communication
June 22, 2016
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.…
Compass holds open day
June 22, 2016
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…
VINS celebrates Father’s Day with free admission for dads
June 15, 2016
Courtesy of VINS Get up close with the resident raptors at VINS with free admission for dads on Father’s Day. Sunday, June 19 at 10 a.m. — QUECHEE — In honor of Father's Day, the Vermont Institute of Natural Science (VINS) will offer free admission to dads on Sunday, June 19 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Join…
Annie and the Hedonists to be featured in Castleton Summer Concerts at the Pavilion
June 15, 2016
Tuesday, June 21 at 7 p.m. — CASTLETON — Castleton University is pleased to present Annie and the Hedonists as part of the 21st Annual Castleton Summer Concerts at the Pavilion on Tuesday, June 21 at 7 p.m. at the Castleton Pavilion. Annie and the Hedonists are a four-piece acoustic blues, vintage jazz, and roots Americana Band.…
Beloved Solarfest feature, Theater in the Woods launches summer camp
June 15, 2016
MIDDLETOWN SPRINGS — When was the last time you ran into a pack of wolves and a princess roaming the woods? This could be your lucky summer: three directors of SolarFest’s renowned Theater in the Woods will hold a two-week summer camp at Burnham Hollow Orchard in Middletown Springs from June 27 - July 8, for…
Heritage-filled weekend to be had in Tunbridge, with Vermont History Expo
June 15, 2016
Saturday & Sunday, June 18 & 19 — TUNBRIDGE — History comes alive when the Vermont Historical Society returns to the Tunbridge World’s Fairgrounds presenting the Vermont History Expo on June 18 and 19. A unique country history fair, the 2016 Expo will feature “H2O: the History of Water in Vermont.” The Vermont History Expo is down-home…
Relay For Life of Rutland County goes through the night to fight against cancer
June 15, 2016
Saturday, June 18 at 1 p.m. — RUTLAND — Relay For Life is a fun filled event that mobilizes communities throughout the country to celebrate survivors (anyone who has ever been diagnosed with cancer), remember loved ones and raise money for the fight against cancer. Teams of Rutland County residents will gather at the Vermont State Fairgrounds…
Artists address boundaries in Chandler exhibit
June 15, 2016
Saturday, June 18 at 6 p.m. — RANDOLPH — During the summer of 2016, Chandler Center for the Arts will be hosting “A Journey Across Boundaries,” an exhibition curated by artists Gowri Savoor and Angelo Arnold. The show features the work of eleven regional visual artists: Angelo Arnold, Galen Cheney, Jason Galligan-Baldwin, Karen Henderson, Liz Kauffman, Rachel…
Hubbardton Site honors early fathers in site walk-and-talk
June 15, 2016
Sunday, June 19 at 2 p.m. — HUBBARDTON — On Sunday, June 19 the Hubbardton Battlefield State Historic Site in Hubbardton is honoring Father’s Day with the first Third Sunday program at 2 p.m. Site interpreter Carl Fuller will talk about the early town fathers of Hubbardton. Hear the exciting stories about early settlement and their involvement with the…
PHS holds annual tag and bake sale
June 15, 2016
Saturday, June 18 at 8:30 a.m. — PAWLET — The Pawlett Historical Society will hold its annual fundraising tag and baked goods sale on Saturday, June 18 from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the Pawlet Firehouse on VT Route 133. The PHS is looking for donations (no clothing, TVs, or other electronics, please). Drop off donations…
“Support Your Local Library” in-store book sale happening at Book Nook
June 15, 2016
June 17-19 — LUDLOW — The Book Nook will be hosting its fifth annual in-store book fair at its store on Main Street in Ludlow. Everyone is encouraged to stop by the Book Nook from June 17 through June 19 and buy books to help support our great local libraries. Scott Stearns, bookseller at the Book Nook, said “I can’t imagine…
Second annual North Country Climate Conference focuses on responses to climate change
June 15, 2016
Friday, June 17 at 8 a.m. — POULTNEY — Green Mountain College, in partnership with the SUNY Plattsburgh at Queensbury Branch Campus, will be hosting its second annual North Country Climate Conference on Friday, June 17, at the SUNY Adirondack Campus in Queensbury, N.Y. The conference will engage citizens from our Vermont and New York region…
BarnArts continues tradition of staging edgy dramas with “The Realistic Joneses”
June 15, 2016
June 17, 18 at 7 p.m. — BARNARD — BarnArts, having gained a reputation for staging edgy, controversial drama, presents the northern New England premier of a one-act play that was a 2014 Broadway success, “The Realistic Joneses.” The play takes place in settings familiar to the Upper Valley – in a backyard and on a…
