Saturday, Aug. 5, 7:30 p.m.—BRANDON— New Dakotas are a folk-rock-pop-psych band based in the Boston area, comprised of Alasdair MacKenzie (drums, vocals), Chris Haley (guitar, vocals), Juan Carlos Fernandez del Castillo (piano), and David Baler (bass). The band is out on tour during summer break; MacKenzie, Haley, and del Castillo attend Harvard College and Baler attends…

Tuesday, Aug. 8, 5 p.m.—RUTLAND— The Rutland Region Chamber of Commerce’s 36th annual Winter in August celebration will be held Tuesday, Aug. 8, 5-8 p.m. The event is moving back outside this year, under the tents to Merchants Row, between West and Center streets. Winter in August is held annually in recognition of the ski…

Aug. 4-6—LUDLOW— Okemo Mountain Resort will host its annual Hops in the Hills Beer & Wine Festival Aug. 4-6. This is a Vermont Chamber of Commerce “Top Ten Summer Event.” Okemo’s Jackson Gore Inn courtyard will be the setting for enjoying the great outdoors and sampling a variety of beer and wine from regional and…

Friday, Aug. 4, 7 p.m.—GRANVILLE, N.Y.— The Slate Valley Museum welcomes families with youth in grades K-12 to unleash their inner artist and create their own chalk drawings in a friendly art competition at the 3rd annual Chalk Art Festival happening First Friday, Aug. 4 from 7-9 p.m. Youth are invited to make chalk art on the museum’s sidewalks,…

Sunday, Aug. 6, 2 p.m.—ORWELL— Enjoy a guided hike into Revolutionary War history at the Mount Independence State Historic Site in Orwell on Sunday, Aug. 6, with Stephen Zeoli. The walk runs 2-4 p.m., and is included with regular site admission of $5 for adults and free for children under 15. Walkers will learn about the stirring…

Friday & Saturday, Aug. 4-5—RUTLAND—The end of July and start of August has marked the annual Downtown Rutland Partnership’s annual Sidewalk Sales event for years. This year, it’s being held Friday, Aug. 4, 9 a.m.-10 p.m. and Saturday, Aug. 5, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. This two-day open-air market spans from lower Center Street around the corner to…

Saturday, Aug. 5, 10 a.m.—PLYMOUTH— The President Calvin Coolidge State Historic Site will host Plymouth Old Home Day, a century-old town tradition, on Saturday, Aug. 5, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sponsored by the Vermont Division for Historic Preservation, the event features traditional craft and farm demonstrations, wagon rides, music, a chicken barbecue, and many other activities for…

Aug. 3-19—DORSET— Dorset Theatre Festival continues its 40th anniversary season with the regional premiere of “The Legend of Georgia McBride” by Matthew Lopez, running for 16 performances Aug. 3-19, at the Dorset Playhouse, 104 Cheney Road, Dorset. In “The Legend of Georgia McBride,” Casey is young, broke, and his wife is having a baby when he loses his gig as an…

Aug. 11-13—SOUTH POMFRET— ArtisTree is excited to announce its Music Theatre Festival, Aug. 11-Oct. 22 in the Grange Theatre, a new state-of-the-art, 90-seat venue in South Pomfret. The ArtisTree Music Theatre Festival features four musicals showcasing both local and New York talent, including a youth production of Disney’s “The Little Mermaid, Jr.,” Aug. 11-13; “Always Patsy Cline,” Aug.…

Monday, Aug. 7, 6 p.m.—WOODSTOCK—Opera North & Pentangle Arts are thrilled to present the Vermont premiere of “Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened,” a film by Lonny Price, at the Woodstock Town Hall Theatre on Monday, Aug. 7 at 6 p.m. The evening will include a talk-back after the screening with Jim Walton (currently…

Saturday, Aug. 5, 3 p.m.—MIDDLETOWN SPRINGS—Author Rachelle Chase will present a multimedia program, “Buxton, Iowa: The Town that Vermonter Ben Buxton Built,” at the Middletown Springs Historical Society on Saturday, Aug. 5, at 3 p.m. In 1900, at a time when Jim Crow laws, segregation, and the Ku Klux Klan kept blacks and whites separated, Vermonter Ben…

RUTLAND—Until its closing reception on Aug. 11, SPACE Pop Up Art Gallery, located at 116 Merchants Row, Rutland, is hosting an art raffle for a photography print on canvas of ambassador to Rutland Steve Costello’s photo, “Meeri’s Legacy.” Perfect for bird-lovers or any empty mantle, the 30” x 40” print is a stunning shot of a peregrine falcon. All…

Saturday, Aug. 19, 3 p.m.—BELMONT—Summerpalooza is coming Saturday, Aug. 19, 3-9 p.m., a huge never-ending big party at the Odd Fellows Hall on Star Lake in Belmont. It’s going to be fun for the whole family. The party kicks off at 3 p.m. with a laugh-a-minute cardboard regatta with prizes awarded, followed by a dunking…

Saturday, July 29, 7 p.m.—KILLINGTON—The Killington Music Festival’s Music in the Mountains special season finale performance will take place at 7 p.m., Saturday, July 29 at Killington’s Peak Lodge. A festival favorite, this program will impress with the likes of quartets by Haydn, Puccini and Dvorak’s “American String Quarter No. 12.” Join KMF faculty members…

Saturday, July 29, 7:30 p.m.—WOODSTOCK—Pentangle Arts presents singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Chris Pierce, in collaboration with the 9th annual Bookstock Literary Festival, Saturday, July 29, 7:30 p.m. Pierce’s presentation “A Path for the Song” will explain his personal approach to songwriting and his interpretation of the human experience. Chris Pierce is an established artist who’s released seven independent albums…