February 11-14—WOODSTOCK— Billings Farm & Museum’s 11th annual Woodstock Vermont Film Series features “Life in Synchro,” a fascinating, fun, and entertaining look into the sport of synchronized ice skating, directed and produced by Angela Pinaglia. Synchronized skating has been empowering generations of women since 1956 when it was founded by a father who saw the need for team…

Presentation and discussion with internationally-known author Douglas Tallamy GRAFTON—Do you love to garden? Do you care about birds and bees? Join The Nature Museum’s next online webinar with Doug Tallamy on Wednesday, Feb. 17 at 7 p.m. to learn how our gardening choices can have a profound impact on local conservation and biodiversity. Doug Tallamy…

WATERBURY CENTER—The Children’s Literacy Foundation (CLiF) has been offering virtual author visits for kids and adults during the pandemic when our regular in-person programming is on hiatus. Every Wednesday at 1 p.m. we offer storytelling and workshops for kids and families. We highlight work by Vermont and New Hampshire authors who discuss their writing and…

JOHNSON—Vermont Studio Center will hold a virtual visiting writer reading and writing craft talk with award-winning poet, Joy Priest through Virtual VSC on Feb. 16 and 17 at 7 p.m. and 10 a.m., respectively. Joy Priest will give a 30-minute reading with a short Q&A session to follow and a one-hour writing craft talk. Both…

RUTLAND—Head to downtown Rutland with your little ones to kick off Rutland Winterfest with the Center Street Story Walk! Pick up a map and scavenger hunt at Phoenix Books and read “Once Upon a Winter Day” by Liza Woodruff in the windows of Center Street shops. Turn in your completed scavenger hunt and you’ll be…

Saturday, Feb. 13 at 7 p.m.—BARNARD— Favorite local musicians gather for BarnArts Local Music Show, Saturday, Feb. 13 at 7 p.m. on Zoom. This digital celebration of music and community will include new Covid-era music videos by Jack Snyder, Bow Thayer and Trifolium, plus live interview, discussion and community chat with the musicians. Tickets are…

Friday, Feb. 12—WHITE RIVER JUNCTION— Every winter JAG Productions invites 30-50 artists to the snowy mountains of Vermont to develop full-length plays at their new works festival of Black Theatre, JAGfest. They put up five companies of early-career theatre-makers in cozy dwellings for one week to support the development of audacious and alluring works that illuminate Black life and…

Feb. 13-21 from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.— WOODSTOCK—Billings Farm & Museum will host its annual Maple Celebration, Feb. 13-21 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. The Vermont traditions of maple sugaring will be on display—the tools, historic photos and exhibits on the maple sugaring process. Daily cooking demonstrations and samples of two popular maple recipes, maple popcorn and maple French toast cookie, will delight…

By Melinda Myers Whether planning your first, second or 10th vegetable garden it can be overwhelming. There are so many tasty vegetables and never enough space and time to grow them all. Start with a plan. Locate your garden in a sunny location with moist, well-drained soil. Save those partially sunny areas for greens like…

Inspiring Vermont entrepreneurs to ReFocus – ReImagine – ReEngineer RANDOLPH CENTER— More than 250 Vermont educators, business advisors, business leaders, and students will come together virtually on Feb. 10 from 8:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. to join the 12th annual Vermont Student Entrepreneurship Day free event. The theme of this year’s event is Inspiring Vermont Entrepreneurs…

Artist Rob Mullen raised over $1,600 for the Vermont Wildlife Coalition (VWC) and over $700 for the Green Mountain Club by hiking 273 miles of the Long Trail this summer, painting along the way and selling his art to help raise the donations. Mullen made the trek over the course of four weeks, starting from the…

The Poultney Mettowee Natural Resource Conservation District is holding its annual plant sale. This year it is offering a variety of native trees and shrubs for landscaping or  naturalizing (balsam fir, sugar maple, serviceberry,and winterberry), native edible plants (red mulberry, American plum, elderberry, and hazelnut), as well as apple trees, blueberries, raspberries, strawberries, and asparagus.…

Good nutrition and daily active play can help kids grow up healthy. To help them learn lifelong healthy eating and activity habits, the University of Vermont Extension’s Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) is offering a free, six-week class for Grade 3-6 students. The Choose Health: Food, Fun and Fitness curriculum will be taught via Zoom…

How to decide whether if it’s best to renovate on your own A do-it-yourself mentality has taken hold in millions of households across the globe. Popular television channels like HGTV and DIY Network as well as accessible home improvement content on apps like YouTube has inspired many homeowners to tackle renovation projects around their homes.…

LUDLOW—Please join the first ever Virtual Okemo Mountain School Winter Festival! Purchase a household ticket to join OMS on Zoom for a festive evening at home with live  music by Sammy Blanchette and special guest appearances. The silent auction that went live on Jan. 30 continues through the end of the virtual event on Feb.…