Music at town beach Wednesday, July 30, 5 p.m. Skylark, a quartet made of Vermont Symphony musicians, will be performing at Charlotte Beach. This picnic event is a sensory experience not to be missed. Picnicking at 5 p.m., music at 6 p.m. The event is free with your beach pass or daily beach parking. Donations...
Grange on the Green concert Thursday, July 31, 5:30-7 p.m. Forest Station, a local bluegrass band will perform on the Charlotte Town Green. The concert sponsor is Otter Creek Awnings.
One act of play gone wrong Friday-Sunday, Aug. 1-3, 2 & 7 p.m. The “One-Act Play That Goes Wrong” is the one-act version of what would later become the global phenomenon “The Play That Goes Wrong.” It premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2012 and was the foundation of the full-length West End and...
Sunset bird & nature walk Thursday, Aug. 7 Enjoy a sunset stroll around the Birds of Vermont’s clearings. Erin Talmage and Ali Wagner will lead the walk. Not an early riser? You’re not alone. Some birds also prefer to sing, call or display in late afternoon and early evening. Although we may see and hear...
ALS Day with Lake Monsters Saturday, Aug. 2, 6:05 p.m. Support efforts to find a cure for ALS and enjoy a baseball game on ALS Day with the Vermont Lake Monsters at Centennial Field to help raise funds and awareness for Vermonters affected by the neurodegenerative disease, ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease. For...
Learn about bird crafting Sunday, Aug. 3, 10:30 a.m.-noon Create soft-sculpture replicas of real birds lost to collisions at Birds of Vermont. Contribute to a traveling exhibit. Learn practical ways to protect birds in the built environment. Make a small fabric bird based on a real migratory bird found in Vermont. Learn about migratory birds in...
Pie & ice cream social Sunday, Aug. 3, noon-3 p.m. The Rokeby Museum will hold its annual Pie & Ice Cream Social on Sunday, Aug. 3, noon-3 p.m.
‘Blithe Spirit’ auditions Sunday, 4 p.m., & Tuesday, 6 p.m., Aug. 3 & 5 The Valley Players are holding auditions for their fall production of “Blithe Spirit” by Noël Coward on Sunday, Aug. 3, at 4 p.m. and Tuesday, Aug. 5 at 6 p.m., at the Valley Players Theater, 4254 Main Street (Route 100), Waitsfield....
Milton National Night Out Tuesday, Aug. 5, 5:30-8 p.m. The police and community of Milton are holding their annual Milton National Night Out at Bombardier Park in West Milton. The Milton Police are serving free barbecue and The Hitmen are serving free music. There will be kids’ games, family-friendly activities, safety demonstrations, K-9 presentations and...
Guide to drawing & painting birds Saturday, Aug. 9, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Explore the beauty of nature through art in this workshop at the Birds of Vermont Museum in Huntington. Tap into the rich resource of Bob Spear’s dioramas and the museum’s natural history library to draw and paint birds in their natural habitats. Touching...
Age Well luncheon Tuesday, Aug. 12, 11:30 a.m. St. Catherine of Siena and Age Well are offering a free luncheon for anyone 60 or older in the St. Catherine of Siena Parish Hall at 72 Church Street in Shelburne. The check-in time is 11:30 a.m., and the meal will be served at noon. There is...
Free summer night at Shelburne Museum Thursday, Aug. 14, 5-7:30 p.m. Visit galleries, listen to live music, enjoy a picnic, stroll through gardens and take in the splendor of a summer’s night at the Shelburne Museum for free. The museum will stay open from 5-7:30 p.m.
Middlebury film festival Wednesday-Sunday, Aug. 20-24 The 11th annual Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival brings more than 100 films across seven screens. The festival includes 55 Vermont premieres, six world premieres and 12 special panels and talks. Approximately two-thirds of the festival’s screenings will be accompanied by a live, on-stage Q&A from a visiting filmmaker. Get...
Festival of woodcarving Wednesday, Friday, Aug. 20-22 Green Mountain Woodcarvers Matt Strong and Bob Lindemann lead a three-day workshop to create a scaled-down great blue heron. More info. The woodcarving festival will be followed by the annual carvers show on Saturday, Aug. 23, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. At the show, discover some of the variety of...
Softball tournament Saturday & Sunday, Aug. 23 & 24 The seventh annual Harper Rose Briar Men’s Softball Tournament will be held at Kampersville in Salisbury. This tournament is held in memory of Harper Rose Briar, who died on Jan. 24, 2019, at 6 months old after being given an overdose of a medication containing diphenhydramine,...
Sunset bird & nature walk Aug. 28, 7 p.m. Enjoy a sunset stroll around the Birds of Vermont’s clearings. Erin Talmage and Ali Wagner will lead the walk. Not an early riser? You’re not alone. Some birds also prefer to sing, call or display in late afternoon and early evening. Although we may see and...
Fall woodland training Friday-Sunday, Sept. 12-14 Vermont Coverts: Woodlands for Wildlife invites landowners, foresters, and conservation-minded individuals to its fall cooperator training, held at Kehoe Conservation Camp on the shores of Lake Bomoseen. This free, 2 1/2-day program immerses participants in the science and art of woodland stewardship. With presentations from state and local experts...
Words in the Woods Saturday, Sept. 20, 11 a.m. Vermont Humanities Words in the Woods events allow Vermonters and visitors to enjoy our state’s natural beauty while listening to and reading literature in the outdoors at different Vermont State Parks. The fifth of this year’s readings will be at Mt. Philo State Park and will...