Sheep & Wool Day Saturday, June 15, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Rokeby Museum’s Sheep & Wool Day celebrates Vermont’s wooly heritage. This is a family-friendly event with sheep petting from Hands & Heart Farm, kids’ crafts, historic spinning and weaving, printing press demonstrations from A Revolutionary Press, an instrument petting zoo from the Vermont Folk Life...
Dig Deep Vermont concert Saturday, June 15, 6:30 p.m. Country music singer Jamie Lee Thurston will perform a benefit concert at Snow Farm Vineyard & Distillery in South Hero to support the Dig Deep Vermont campaign and the more than 350 Vermont family farms devastated from flooding and severe weather in 2023.
Early Birder morning walks Sundays, June 16, 23 & 30, 7-8:30 a.m. Spring and early summer mornings are terrific for birding. Who’s singing, calling, nesting or flying around the Birds of Vermont Museum? Discover birds on an early morning ramble in the museum’s forest and meadows. Walks are led by experienced birders familiar with Vermont...
Past presidential election controversies Sunday, June 16, 2 p.m. Doug Slaybaugh, emeritus professor of history at St. Michael’s College, will give a talk called “When a Presidential Election Led to Civil War (and Three Times it Almost Did)” at the Ethan Allen Homestead Museum. With threats of civil war if our current presidential election doesn’t...
Age Well luncheon Tuesday, June 18, 11:30 a.m. St. Catherine of Siena and Age Well are offering a luncheon for anyone 60 or older in the St. Catherine of Siena Parish Hall, 72 Church Street, in Shelburne. The check-in time is 11:30 a.m. and the meal will be served at noon. There is a $5...
Criterium practice Tuesdays, June 18 & July 9, 6 p.m. The Green Mountain Bicycle Club will sponsor practice criteriums at Watertower Hill in Colchester on Tuesdays, June 18 and July 9. Those with lower or no ranking ride for 35 minutes starting at 6 p.m. This is a great way for novices to try their...
Juneteenth at Rokeby Museum Wednesday, June 19, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. In celebration of Juneteenth, the Rokey Museum will be free. The historic house will be open for self-guided tours from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. There are no public guided tours on this day.
HOPE for TomorROW Saturday, June 22, 8:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Lake Champlain Maritime Museum and Project HOePpnEr are holding the sixth annual rowathon to raise awareness about teen suicide. No prior rowing experience is needed to join this event and row in a fun 2-mile course. The museum provides four- and six-oar rowing gigs and life jackets,...
Railroad art exhibit opens Saturday, June 22, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Shelburne Museum presents All Aboard: The Railroad in American Art, 1840-1955, an exhibition exploring depictions of trains in American visual culture during the rapid industrialization and expansion of the 19th and 20th centuries. The exhibition will be on view through Oct. 20. All Aboard explores...
Family Art Saturday, June 22, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Get creative and make art together at a drop-in artmaking activity inspired by Burlington City Arts’ summer exhibitions. The art activity will be outdoors in City Hall Park patio. Family art events at BCA will also be on July 27 and Aug. 24.
Early Birder morning walks Sundays, June 23 & 30, 7-8:30 a.m. Spring and early summer mornings are terrific for birding. Who’s singing, calling, nesting or flying around the Birds of Vermont Museum? Discover birds on an early morning ramble in the museum’s forest and meadows. Walks are led by experienced birders familiar with Vermont birds....
Grange on the Green Thursday, June 27, 5:30 p.m. This summer’s first Grange on the Green takes place on June 27 with the Will Patton Quartet playing various styles of music including Brazilian and bebop.
‘Light’ debuts in Essex Friday, June 28, 7 p.m. “Light” opens on Friday, June 28, at 7 p.m. at the Masonic Lodge at 2756 Essex Road in Essex, N.Y., the season-opening performance of the Essex Theatre Company. The production is in collaboration with Bell Fire Arts. For $15 you can get a boxed dinner and...
Bird monitoring walk Saturdays, June 29 & July 27, 7:30 a.m. Join the monthly monitoring walk to record birds on the Birds of Vermont Museum’s property. Please bring your own binoculars and dress for the weather. Free, suggested donation $5-$15. Register.
VSO at Shelburne Museum Thursday, July 4, 7:30 p.m. Celebrate the Vermont Symphony Orchestra’s 90th birthday with fireworks at the Shelburne Museum and an evening of music by Sufjan Stevens, Margaret Bonds, Vermont’s own Erik Nielsen, John Philip Sousa marches, John Williams’ E.T. score and more. Gates open at 5:30 p.m. Concert begins at 7:30...
Butterfly and bug walk Saturday, July 6, 10 a.m.–noon Beetles, butterflies and so much more. Join Vermont Entomological Society naturalists and entomologists for an exploratory stroll on the Birds of Vermont Museum grounds. Bring magnifying glasses and an insect net if you have one. Binoculars can be helpful. Do bring your water bottle and dress for...
Joni Mitchell Tribute Saturday & Sunday, July 6 & 7, 6:30 p.m. Singer-songwriters Celeste Krenz, Liz Barnez and Rebecca Folsom have shared the stage many times over the years and rejoin to pay tribute to Joni Mitchell’s best-loved songs at the Essex Theater in the Masonic Lodge in Essex, N.Y. The show starts at 6:30...
Grab and Go meal Tuesday, July 9, 11 a.m.-noon Age Well and St. Catherine’s of Siena Parish in Shelburne are providing a meal to go for anyone age 60 and older on July 9. The meal will be available for pick up in the parking lot at 72 Church Street. A $5 donation is suggested....
Art exhibit Saturday, July 1-30 Brenda Myrick’s exhibit Stillness in Motion will run at Village Wine and Coffee in Shelburne July 1-30. There will be an art opening celebration Saturday, July 13, 4-6 p.m. with complementary wine and small bites. For more information: 802-985-8922 or email.
Charlotte Beach Party Saturday, July 13, 5 p.m. The annual town party will be at the Charlotte Town Beach. It is a pot luck picnic with dinner served at 6 p.m. Please bring an item to share, your own utensils and beverages, and carry out all of your trash. No dogs, and free parking after...