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Women Owning Woodlands Workshop offered in Woodstock

August 13, 2014
Saturday, Aug. 16 at 9 a.m. — WOODSTOCK — Whether you’re age 16 or 60+, a sole owner or partner, own woodland by choice or circumstance, know something or nothing about caring for the woods, but want to meet others and learn, then Women Owning Woodlands is for you! The day-long gathering will be held on Saturday,…

Step back in time during Castleton’s Colonial Day House Tour

August 13, 2014
Saturday, Aug. 16 at 10 a.m. — CASTLETON — The 76th Annual Castleton Woman’s Club Colonial Day House Tour will be held Saturday, Aug. 16 in Castleton, featuring outstanding private homes in a wide variety of architectural styles including Colonial Revival, Federal, Greek Revival, Queen Anne and Gothic Revival. The tour includes over a dozen sites throughout the village…

Pianist Dan Kennedy to play at Brandon Music

August 13, 2014
Saturday, Aug. 16 at 7:30 p.m. — Brandon Music welcomes Dan Kennedy, composer, pianist and recording artist on Saturday, Aug. 16, at 7:30 p.m. Classically trained, Kennedy got his start playing New Age/Contemporary Instrumental music at Oberlin College’s Cat-in-the-Cream Coffeehouse. Now his music can be heard on Sirius XM Satellite Radio (“Spa”) and his new…

Cavendish reschedules Sensible Shoes concert

August 13, 2014
Wednesday, Aug. 20 at 6 p.m. — PROCTORSVILLE — Sometimes the weather just does not cooperate. Thus, on Wednesday, July 23, the outdoor concert by Sensible Shoes that was scheduled for the Proctorsville Green was cancelled. The rescheduled concert will begin at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 20. Sensible Shoes is a local band that has played…

Rutland celebrates the 33rd Annual Winter in August: Food fest and street party to be held downtown Aug. 12

August 8, 2014
RUTLAND — On Tuesday, Aug. 12, the Rutland Region Chamber of Commerce will hold its 33rd Annual Winter In August Celebration from 5-8 p.m. The event will take place outside the Chamber Offi ces at 50 Merchants Row, in downtown Rutland. This food fest and street party, which started over 30 years ago, is organized…

Noted cookbook author to sign books

August 8, 2014
Friday, Aug. 8 at 4:30 p.m. — WOODSTOCK — Woodstock Farmers’ Market will proudly host a book signing by noted food writer and cookbook author, and former Woodstock resident, Jessica Battilana on Friday, Aug. 8 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Battilana, who is the daughter of the market’s Executive Chef Lisa Battilana, will be signing…

BarnArts Summer Youth Theatre to stage Roald Dahl’s “Willy Wonka, Jr.”

August 8, 2014
Aug. 8-10 — BARNARD — BarnArts Summer Youth Theatre Institute 2014 is staging Willy Wonka, Jr, a youth version of the 1971 film, “Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory,” Aug. 8-10 at Barnard Town Hall. Evening shows are Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m., and matinees are Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets are…

Dan walker Band is on deck for Okemo summer music series

August 8, 2014
Friday, Aug. 8 at 6 p.m. — LUDLOW — Okemo Mountain Resort will host a free concert on August 8 featuring the Dan Walker Band as part of the Jackson Gore Summer Music Series presented by Vermont Properties and Development, Inc. Concerts are scheduled from 6 to 9 p.m. on Friday evenings in the courtyard…

Coolidge State Historic site hosts civil War program with historian David Book

August 8, 2014
Saturday, Aug. 9 at 2 p.m. — PLYMOUTH NOTCH — The Vermont Division for Historic Preservation hosts Civil War historian David Book at the President Calvin Coolidge State Historic Site on Saturday, Aug. 9 at 2 p.m. The presentation is sponsored by the Vermont Humanities Council through its Speakers Bureau Program. It is free, open…

Downhill Throwdown reaches high speeds as skateboards, streetluge, and drift trike freerides take over East Mountain Road

August 8, 2014
Aug. 9-10 — KILLINGTON — The Town of Killington will host its fi rst skateboard, streetluge, and drift trike freeride on East Mountain Road, Aug. 9-10. Roughly 100 riders from across the country will travel to the heart of the Green Mountains to experience two miles of one of the steepest roadways in town. Reaching…

Entrain performs as part of Cooler in the Mountains series

August 8, 2014
Saturday, Aug. 9 at 3:30 p.m. — KILLINGTON — Entrain will perform a free concert at Killington Resort’s K-1 Base Area on Saturday, Aug. 9 from 3:30 to 6 p.m. The concert is part of the Town of Killington’s Cooler in the Mountains summer series, presented by Long Trail Brewing Co. Since the group’s inception…

VPR commentator to give author talk in Ludlow

August 8, 2014
Saturday, Aug. 9 at 7 p.m. — LUDLOW — The Book Nook is pleased to host VPR commentator Martha Leb Molnar at the store on Saturday, Aug. 9 at 7 p.m., to read from and talk about her first book, “Taproot: Coming Home to Prairie Hill.” A recent transplant from the New York Metropolitan area,…

Double-neck guitarist, Ian Ethan Case performs in Brandon

August 8, 2014
Saturday, Aug. 9 at 7:30 p.m. — BRANDON — Brandon Music welcomes the Boston-based, multi-instrumentalist, Ian Ethan Case on Saturday, Aug. 9 at 7:30 p.m. Case is best known for his innovative approach to the 18-string acoustic double-neck guitar. He has been performing in venues around the country for the past six years and is…

Professor leads geology hike

August 8, 2014
Sunday, Aug. 10 at 2 p.m. — ORWELL — Geology professor Helen Mango from Castleton College will be rocking the Mount Independence State Historic Site on Sunday, Aug. 10, at 2 p.m., to lead a guided walk exploring the Mount’s ancient past. Come to “A Walk on the (Cambrian) Beach: The Geology of Mount Independence…

Adam Boyce portrays Charles Ross Taggart at Mount Holly Public Library

August 8, 2014
Sunday, Aug. 10 at 4 p.m. — BELMONT — The Vermont Humanities Council presents fiddler Adam Boyce in “The Old Country Fiddler: Charles Ross Taggart, Vermont’s Traveling Entertainer,” on Sunday, Aug. 10 at 4 p.m. at the Mount Holly Town Library. Having grown up in Topsham, Vt., Charles Ross Taggart went on to a forty-year…