CASTLETON — The Castleton Alumni Association is holding its first spring gala on Saturday, April 16 at the Holiday Inn in Rutland beginning at 6 p.m. The gala will include a dinner buffet and dancing to the sounds of Enerjazz. Cost of tickets is $50 per person. Tickets can be purchased online at castleton.edu/alumni-giving/alumni-association/spring-gala/ Proceeds from the event…

Maplefest converges on Poultney, April 2 POULTNEY — Maplefest 2016 in Poultney will be happening on Saturday, April 2. There are over 20 different things going on! A Pancake Breakfast starts Saturday at 8 a.m. at the Methodist Church. After breakfast, stop at the Stonebridge in the center of Poultney by the traffic light for a…

By Karen D. Lorentz The fourth annual Shriners’ pancake breakfast will take place at the Meeting House in Shrewsbury on Saturday April 2 from 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. The buffet-style breakfast includes pancakes, bacon, sausage, juice and coffee and, of course, maple syrup. The idea of a breakfast came about because Shriners Bill and…

Maple Open House Weekend offers visitors an opportunity to see a variety of sugarhouses throughout Vermont in operation during sugaring season. Sugarmakers are pleased to open their doors and educate visitors on all things maple. Learn how the sap from the trees gets to the sugarhouse and becomes the maple syrup we all love, why…

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Courtesy of Pentangle Arts Council GREG ABATE International jazz artist and master musician Greg Abate leads the Greg Abate Quartet onstage at ArtisTree Community Arts Center on Friday, April 1 at 7:30 p.m. Known for his energetic, lively, and playful interpretations of jazz, Abate is considered one of the finest proponents and interpreters of bebop…

Courtesy of Chandler Center for the Arts KAMIKAZE COMEDY Friday, April 1 at 7:30 p.m. — RANDOLPH — Kamikaze Comedy takes the stage at Chandler Music Hall on Friday, April 1 at 7:30 p.m. Come “laugh your darn face off” with this Burlington based improv troupe. They have been performing together since 1995, creating outrageous characters,…

Courtesy of NWPL ROBIN GABY FISHER Saturday, April 2 at 2 p.m. — WOODSTOCK — N.Y. Times bestselling author and two-time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in feature writing, Robin Gaby Fisher will read from and lead a discussion about her latest book “Choosing Hope,” the story of the Newtown teacher who saved her first graders when…

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Courtesy of Chandler Center for the Arts NEW BLACK EAGLE JAZZ BAND Sunday, April 3 at 2 p.m. — RANDOLPH — The New Black Eagle Jazz Band takes the stage at Chandler Music Hall on Sunday April 3 at 2 p.m., playing traditional New Orleans-style jazz. The Black Eagles have been a fixture on the international jazz…

Courtesy of RRMC Project VISION held the project Photo Voice, highlighting the work of nine residents of Rutland’s Northwest Neighborhood as they captured gritty, hopeful and inspiring moments. Wednesday, April 6 at 12 p.m. — RUTLAND — Rutland Regional Medical Center, in partnership with Project VISION, will host a reception featuring the work of Project VISION’s Photo…

RUTLAND — There will be three weekends of liquidation sales at BROC’s Good Cents Store located at 38 West Street in Rutland. The store is closing and everything must go: furniture, clothing, toys, shoes, knickknacks, dishes, and more. Everything is reasonably priced or free. Items will be on display in-store and in the parking lot of Grace Congregational…

Thursday, March 31 at 4 p.m. — WOODSTOCK — New frauds and scams seem to crop up daily. Identity theft, investment fraud and scams rob millions of Americans of their hard-earned money. Last year, 13 million people were the victims of identity theft alone. That’s one person every two seconds! AARP’s Fraud Watch Network is arming Americans…

Friday, April 1 at 4 p.m. — RUTLAND — Chaffee Art Center announces the opening of its Annual Student Art Exhibit entitled “Energy” on April 1. Our area is full of energy—social, sustainable, nutritional, physical, and more. Energy is all around us and we are eager to have the energy of our area youth’s creativity adorn the walls…