Thursday, Aug. 28 at 12:30 p.m. — CASTLETON —  The Christine Price Gallery at Castleton College will feature the works of local Middletown Springs artist Mareva Millarc running from Aug. 25 through Oct. 3, with an artist reception scheduled for Thursday, Aug. 28 at 12:30 p.m. Entitled “Absolutely Abstract” the exhibit will feature a variety of…

RUTLAND — The Castleton Downtown Gallery in Rutland is featuring the works of local Vermont artist Carolyn Enz Hack currently running, through Sept. 20. Entitled “Power and Energy” the exhibit features paintings, large drawings and paper sculptures, including both abstract and representational imagery. Each piece is a meditation on the nature of change and the mystery…

Friday, Aug. 29 at 7 p.m. — BRANDON — Members of Lake Dunmore’s Point CounterPoint faculty will perform a chamber music concert at Brandon Music on Aug. 29 at 7 p.m. to benefit the Compass Music and Arts Foundation. Performing are, Anton Miller (violin), Rita Porfiris (viola), Lawrence Zoernig (cello), Gili Sharett (bassoon) and Arielle Levioff (piano).…

Friday, Aug. 29 at 3 p.m. — ROCHESTER — The Nothing Is Not Ready Circus is for the not yet existing upriser masses and their kids who need to practice their upriser skills by teaming up with butterflies, cockroaches and elephants. Lions, horses and dogs are also employed to invent the correct rhythmical patterns that fight planetary…

Friday, Aug. 29 at 7 p.m. — CASTLETON — Castleton presents Ethiopian music group Debo Band on Friday, Aug. 29 at 7 p.m. in the Casella Theater. Debo Band, an 11-member group from Boston, takes traditional Ethiopian music to a new level.  Before Ethiopia entered a difficult period of military rule and civil war, the 1960’s and…

Friday, Aug. 29 at 7:30 p.m. — TINMOUTH — Tri-Polar, a newly re-formed group of veteran Vermont singers, will open the fall season at the Old Firehouse in Tinmouth Friday night Aug. 29 at 7:30 p.m. Darcie Gannon, Melissa Chesnut-Tangerman, and Don Martin have a long history of making music together. They first formed an electric rock…

Friday, Aug. 29 at 6 p.m. — LUDLOW — Okemo Mountain Resort will host its final free concert of the season on Aug. 29, featuring 2ADAM12 as part of the Jackson Gore Summer Music Series presented by Vermont Properties and Development, Inc. The concert is scheduled from 6 to 9 p.m. in the courtyard at the Jackson…

Aug. 29-Sept. 7 — RUTLAND — This Friday, Aug. 29, the 168th annual Vermont State Fair will be held at the fair grounds off Route 7 south in Rutland. This year’s entertainment, events and agricultural displays will be similar to other years with a few omissions (some due to cost constraints) and additions (among which…

Saturday, Aug. 30 at 10 a.m. — RUTLAND — On Saturday, Aug. 30, ARC Rutland Area’s Self Advocates Becoming Empowered – Rutland (SABE-R) group of adults living with Developmental Disabilities (DD) will be selling baked goods to raise funds for their main goal of the year: to adopt a family at Christmas. Each year this group of…

Saturday & Sunday, Aug. 30 & 31 — LUDLOW — The Okemo Valley Regional Chamber of Commerce is proud to announce the Okemo Valley Antique Car/Motorcycle & Classic Car Show, to be held on Saturday, Aug. 30 and Sunday, Aug. 31, at the Fletcher Farms School for the Arts & Crafts, 611 Route 103S in Ludlow. On…

Saturday, Aug. 30 at 1 p.m. — ORWELL — On Saturday, Aug. 30 at 1 p.m., author and historian Willard Sterne Randall will be speaking on the War of 1812 on Lake Champlain at the Mount Independence State Historic Site in Orwell. The talk honors the 200th anniversary of the famous Battle of Plattsburgh on Lake Champlain,…

Aug. 30 & 31 — PLYMOUTH NOTCH — The President Calvin Coolidge State Historic Site hosts the tenth annual Plymouth Folk & Blues Concerts on Labor Day weekend, Aug. 30 and 31, from 2 - 5 p.m. each day. The event teams Vermont stars and nationally known musicians in a lively folk and blues festival held…

Saturday, Aug. 30 at 3:30 p.m. — KILLINGTON — Live at the Fillmore will appear in concert at the Killington Resort on Saturday, Aug. 30 from 3:30 - 6 p.m. The free show at Killington Resort’s K-1 Base Area is the final concert in the Town of Killington’s Cooler in the Mountains summer concert series, presented by Long…

Saturday, Aug. 30 — KILLINGTON/VERGENNES — Members of the Red Knights International Firefighters Motorcycle Club are inviting the public to join them for “Ray’s Ride,” a motorcycle ride in remembrance of the late Ray Davison, who was active in state and regional firefighting circles. Join Red Knights Vermont IV on Saturday, Aug. 30, for a ride…

Aug. 30 & 31 — KILLINGTON — The Killington Arts Guild’s is set for their new show, “Vermont and Me,” on display at the Gallery this fall. An opening reception will be held on Sunday, Aug. 31, from 4-5:30 p.m. “Vermont and Me,” and all members show, features artist Maurie Harrington, who will be on hand at…