Sunday, Sept. 12 — WOODSTOCK — Billings Farm & Museum will host Traditional Crafts Day, a celebration of makers and the handmade, on Sunday, Sept. 12, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Visitors can learn how these pragmatic and beautiful crafts are made, view demonstrations, and meet practicing artisans in the region. Skilled demonstrations will…

Thursday, Sept. 9, 6 p.m. — RUTLAND — Join 350Vermont and the VT Renews Coalition for a Just Transition Community Conversation at Vermont Farmers Food Center at 251 West St, Rutland. Masks and social distant seating are required. This fall, the state is deciding how Vermonters will confront the climate emergency. Attend the conversation if…

Sunday, Sept. 12 at 2 p.m. — MIDDLETOWN SPRINGS — Vermont historian Phillip Crossman will be the featured speaker at the 52nd annual meeting of the Middletown Springs Historical Society at 2 p.m., Sept. 12 at the Historical Society building. After a brief business meeting, including a review of the year’s accomplishments by MSHS trustees,…

Saturday, Sept. 11 at 10 a.m. — WOODSTOCK — Don’t get in a jam with this year’s harvest! Learn how to turn your bounty into something delicious and new! The Billings Backyard Series presents Making Jam with Chef Emery on Saturday, Sept. 11 from 10-11:30 a.m. Jams can include many more ingredients than just fruits…

Featuring a world premiere by Eve Beglarian for 24 double basses in a grove of trees Saturday, Sept. 11 at 5 p.m. — BRANDON — New Music On The Point and Scrag Mountain Music are joining forces to create "A Murmur in the Trees," an immersive concert experience performed in nature. The concerts will feature…

Saturday, Sept. 11 at 10 a.m. — KILLINGTON — Can you imagine sending your child to school with the kit shown in the photograph? This is what was required to attend school in Sherburne in the late 1800s. This is just one of the artifacts on display at the Sherburne Library as part of the…

Ryan Cabrera to play Downtown Rutland on Sept. 10 Friday, Sept. 10 at 5 p.m.— RUTLAND —Friday Night Live returns in September with a free performance featuring platinum-selling artist Ryan Cabrera and 2000s rock band Nine Days on Sept. 10 at 5 p.m. on Center Street in Downtown Rutland. “After a year of patiently waiting…

Vermont and New England traditional landscape paintings Sept. 9 - Nov. 7 — JEFFERSONVILLE — Bryan Memorial Gallery is pleased to present its annual signature exhibit, Land and Light and Water and Air, featuring traditional New England landscape paintings by over 70 member artists, shown in Bryan Memorial Gallery’s main gallery. Land and Light and…

By Ethan Weinstein Ian MacLauchlan did his first Spartan Race in Killington in 2018. Now, three years and 20 races later, he is preparing for this weekend’s 50K, 12-hour Ultra race. Spartan races are obstacle course races ranging from three miles to marathon length and beyond. Participants trek through mud, swing across monkey bars, climb…

Sept. 13-18—KILLINGTON—Over 100 libraries have signed up to participate in the Great Vermont Dragon Egg Hunt. They are doing their scavenger hunt in their own communities. There is a dragon egg hidden somewhere in Killington. It can be found on public property and you’ll need clues to find the egg. The clues will be given…

Saturday, Sept. 11 at 5 p.m.— WEST RUTLAND — An exciting group of artists will present sculptural installations for SculptFest21 at the Carving Studio and Sculpture Center. The opening reception for the annual exhibition is scheduled for 5-8 p.m. on Saturday, Sept.11. Proposals were submitted in response to this year’s theme of “artifact.” Guest curator…

Sunday, Sept. 12 at 2 p.m. — PLYMOUTH NOTCH — The President Calvin Coolidge State Historic Site hosts this season’s first Grace Coolidge Musicale on Sunday, Sept. 12 at 2 p.m.  The concert will be held in the Union Christian Church and is free; donations are welcome. The program features old-time fiddler Adam Boyce and…

Sunday, Sept. 12 at 4:30 p.m. — HARTLAND — The Moonlighters Big Band based in Hartland, Vermont, will be presenting a benefit concert for Aging in Hartland on Sunday, Sept. 12, at 4:30 p.m. The concert will be held outside at the gazebo behind the Rec Center at 19 Route 12 in Hartland. If the…

This will be the fifth year Wonderfeet Kids’ Museum hosts its Lip Sync Battle fundraiser. The event has become a much anticipated community tradition, filling The Paramount Theatre and downtown Rutland with lots of fun, laughter and creativity. While Covid restrictions in 2020 threatened to cancel the event, Wonderfeet was able to transition to a…

By Brooke Geery It’s harvest season in Vermont and if you have a garden, you’re inundated with produce. It’s been a bountiful season for tomatoes, peppers, potatoes, beans and many other local Vermont veggies and fruits, and it is time to reap the rewards of all that raking, weeding and shoveling. But if you’ve got…