Registration is now open for communities to join the Vermont Mural Project. The Community Engagement Lab, Juniper Creative Arts and the Vermont Folklife Center are partners on the statewide project, which features a collaborative mural-making process to guide communities to build vision statements and action plans that address the social and environmental justice issues they…

Saturday, March 6 at 7 p.m.—RANDOLPH—The Young Tradition Touring Group will perform a 45-60 minute online concert on Saturday, March 6 starting at 7 p.m. for the Chandler Center for The Arts in Randolph. Featured will be the 20 teen members of the Touring Group. An opening set will feature the 2020/2021 Youth Commission ensemble led by Maeve Fairfax and four…

An engaging, moving, and important film about the complicated topic of policing practices March 4-7—  WOODSTOCK—Billings Farm & Museum’s 11th annual Woodstock Vermont Film Series features the award-winning documentary, “Ernie & Joe: Crisis Cops.” “Ernie & Joe” follows two police officers with the San Antonio, Texas, police department who are diverting people away from jail and into mental health treatment,…

A Zoom event Saturday, March 6 at 6 p.m.—BARNARD—BarnArts is hosting its 9th annual Masquerade Jazz and Funk Winter Music Carnival. From 6-9 p.m. DJ Sean will be spinning the tunes, keeping with the New Orleans-style fun and funk you love. Tickets are available on a $5-20 sliding-scale. Enjoy Jazz hours at 6 p.m. featuring…

Friday, March 5 at 7 p.m.—RUTLAND—The Chaffee Art Center— Your Center for Creativity invites the community to the opening of its new exhibit, “The Art of Technology on March 5 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.  An RSVP is required to attend. The exhibit will feature: Peter Wallis, with animation and art in two of…

By Nadie VanZandt, Extension Master Gardener Intern, University of Vermont With the lengthening daylight and the many seed catalogs arriving in your mailbox, it’s hard to ignore the promise of spring. Are you planning to grow your own vegetable and flower transplants this year? You may find that shopping for grow lights for indoor gardening can…

A month-long virtual event with workshops, campus visits and more High school students and parents, whether you’re college-bound, training-bound or not sure, College & Career Pathways is the one-stop online resource and month-long virtual event. Throughout the month of March, Vermont Student Assistance Corp. will offer live virtual workshops, led by local experts, who give…

The pandemic may have cancelled most things, but not Bethel University. Bethel’s free community pop-up university is back with 30 free Zoom classes, meetup groups, and discussions this March. All are invited to browse and sign up for classes at bu-vt.org; classes will run from March 1–31. Bethel University is a unique community pop-up now…

Norwich University’s College of Liberal Arts presents the Tournées French Film Festival, featuring six French films with English subtitles screened over five weeks online; round-table discussions with Norwich professors will follow each film. The festival, making its Norwich University debut, is free and open to the public. Register here: bit.ly/2LLZNT1. Program director and assistant professor of French Dr. Sophia…

‘The Eternal Conductor’ explores a local stop on the Underground Railroad By Brooke Geery Debbie Garneau Griffin grew up in a haunted house in Fair Haven, and has recently published a book, “The Eternal Conductor,” based upon true-life events (Write Your Way, 2020). From a young age, Griffin knew something supernatural was afoot in her home. “It…

Inspiring a love of learning by gifting books to young children free of charge RUTLAND—Beginning immediately, children birth to age five living in Rutland City, Rutland Town, Mendon, Tinmouth and Ira can receive a free specially chosen book monthly, thanks to a new collaboration between Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library and the Rutland Free Library. “We’re…

Friday, February 26 at 7 p.m.—Social distancing, green screens, savvy film teams - oh my!  Filming has concluded for Pride’s Young Artists’ production of Disney’s “The Little Mermaid Jr.” Pride’s evolving SmART Art protocols means the actors are being filmed individually and in family groups only — for this (their THIRD) streaming production mid-Pandemic! It…

A documentary film at the intersection of race, artificial intelligence, and a pursuit of justice Feb. 22 - March 8—Shalini Kantayya’s newest film, “Coded Bias,” will virtually screen for free across Vermont Feb. 22  - March 8. This is the second such screening of this film organized in Vermont. Modern society sits at the intersection of…

Wednesday, Feb. 24 at 12 p.m.—NORTHFIELD— Norwich University’s Sullivan Museum and History Center presents Samantha R. Talbot-Kelly in a prerecorded interview on her installation, “Pandemia’s Black Feather,” handmade masks outfitted on a mannequin that resembles a fashionable sci-fi couture dress. During the Covid-19 pandemic, masks have become a significant part of our lives. We wear them…

NORTHFIELD—Norwich University’s John and Mary Frances Patton Peace & War Center will host the second Peace and War Summit, which will address the escalating U.S.-China rivalry in 11 virtual sessions held over seven weeks from March 3 to April 21. The summit will highlight military/security, economic, cyber and technological challenges and follows Norwich’s tradition of hosting leading scholars and…