Courtesy of Downtown Rutland Partnership The Little Circus sets up a tall apparatus, with performers flying high above the street on Merchants Row. Local merchants set out sidewalk sale tents along the closed streets of Merchants Row and Center Street in downtown Rutland. Sidewalk sales, circus, brew festival, and movies highlight the week of activities…

Courtesy of BRAM Have your treasured items appraised by Mark Putnam. Saturday, Aug. —LUDLOW—Black River Academy Museum in Ludlow will conduct a basketmaking workshop on Saturday, Aug. 1 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., led by Mary Coonradt. The fee is $60 per person, including supplies. Bring a bag lunch; drinks will be available Also…

Courtesy of VINS Encounter live caterpillars at VINS’ Incredible Insect Festival. Saturday, Aug. 1 at 10 a.m.—QUECHEE—Join the Vermont Institute of Natural Science (VINS) in celebration of the fascinating world of insects on Saturday, Aug. 1 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fill the day with adventure as you encounter live caterpillars and other insects…

Courtesy of Billings Farm & Museum Making for beautiful wall art is a juried exhibition of forty colorful quilts made by Windsor County quilters, part of the 29th Annual Quilt Exhibition. Antique Tractor Day offers a chance to see tractors that date back to the 1930’s-1960’s and learn all about them from their owners. Aug.…

Courtesy of NOFA Vermont This curious cow gets a closer look, just as folks  can do with local farms during Open Farm Week, Aug. 3-9. Aug. 3-9—STATEWIDE—The Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont (NOFA-VT) announces the first Open Farm Week, scheduled for Monday, Aug. 3 through Sunday, Aug. 9. A celebration of the “farm” in…

Wednesday, Aug. 5 at 7 p.m.—RUTLAND—Limbo Lounge band, eight local musicians who have performed for two years running at Main Street Park, will be returning this year on Wednesday, Aug. 5 from 7 to 8:30 p.m., this time as part of Rutland Recreation’s Seven to Sunset summer concert series. The show is free to all.…

Saturday, Aug. 1 at 7:30 p.m.—BRANDON— come back to Brandon Music for an energetic evening of bluegrass music with the very popular collaboration between Snake Mountain Bluegrass and the Connor Sisters. Guests from past performances know the groups are highly entertaining with vocal, instrumental, and original songwriting talents, plus a great sense of humor, onstage…

Saturday, Aug. 1 at 10 a.m. — PLYMOUTH NOTCH — The President Calvin Coolidge State Historic Site hosts “Plymouth Old Home Day” on Saturday, Aug. 1 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. This annual event, sponsored by the Vermont Division for Historic Preservation, features traditional craft and farm demonstrations, wagon rides, country cuisine, and many more fun…

Submitted AARON AUDET BAND Thursday, July 23 at 7 p.m. — FAIR HAVEN — The Fair Haven Concerts in the Park welcomes back Aaron Audet on Thursday, July 2. Audet brings with him his band, consisting of local musicians Jeff Poremski on lead guitar, Chris Johnson on the electric bass, and Ross Edmunds on the drums.…

Saturday, July 25 at 2 p.m. — ORWELL — The summer and fall of 1776 during the American Revolution was a time of high drama on Lake Champlain and Mount Independence in Orwell. On Saturday, July 25 at 2 p.m. the Mount Independence State Historic Site gets out the time machine for the program, “An Investigation into…

Submitted St. John’s Episcopal Church in Poultney reopened in 2014 after over 80 years closed, since 1931. Saturday, July 25 — EAST POULTNEY — The historic St. John’s Episcopal Church in East Poultney reopened for this summer in June as a summer chapel with weekly worship services every Saturday at 4 p.m. Service of Evening…

Courtesy of Billings Farm & Museum Children partake in the classic game of penny-in-the-haystack at Billings Farm & Museum. Sunday, July 26 at 10 a.m. — WOODSTOCK — Billings Farm & Museum will feature Hay Day on Sunday, July 26, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.  The event will feature traditional 19th century haying techniques using horse-drawn…

By Robin Alberti It’s all things blueberry on Sunday at Okemo, as it celebrate its first-ever Blueberry Festival. Sunday, July 26 at 10 a.m. — LUDLOW — July is National Blueberry Month and Okemo Mountain Resort is celebrating the nutritious and tasty little blue orb with its first-ever Blueberry Festival on Sunday, July 26. Though native to…

Courtesy of Town of Killington BIM SKALA BIM Saturday, July 25 at 3:30 p.m. — KILLINGTON — Bim Skala Bim will perform a free concert at Killington Resort’s Snowshed Base Area on Saturday, July 25 beginning at 3:30 p.m. The free concert is part of the Town of Killington’s Cooler in the Mountains summer concert series, presented…

Courtesy of RCMS HELIAND TRIO Sunday, July 26 at 4 p.m. — ROCHESTER — The Rochester Chamber Music Society presents soprano Mary Bonhag with the Heliand Trio in Rochester, on Sunday, July 26 at 4 p.m. in the Rochester Federated Church. The program features lyrical songs by Schubert, including his iconic “Shepherd on the Rock” trio, a…