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Vermont Events Calendar
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Magic Hat Mardi Gras Parade & Block Party -- Burlington
February 26, 2010 to February 28, 2010
The clubs and cafes of Burlington will throw open their doors with a delectable gumbo of music, Cajun and Creole eats, and Big Easy drinks. A grand pageant of festooned floats will parade through the streets. Location: Church Street and other Burlington locations. Parade is February 27 on Church Street, beginning at 3 p.m. Information: 802-658-2739 or visit www.magichat.net/mardigras |
Whitingham Maple Festival -- Whitingham
March 20, 2010 to March 21, 2010
Exhibits for history buffs, sugarhouse tours, tree tapping demonstrations, contests, raffle, homemade meals. Events include pancake breakfast, tours of local sugarhouses, craft fair and Kids Korner Whitingham School, Sugar on Snow Ham Dinner, horse-drawn sleigh rides.
Location: Various locations in town.
Information: 802-464-1154 or visit www.whitingham-maplefest.us/index.html |
Maple Festival -- Lunenburg
March 27, 2010
Full day of free and affordable family fun in celebration of our sugaring heritage - free door prizes, contests, displays, sugarhouse tours, and tree tapping demonstrations. Pancake breakfast, homemade meals throughout the day, maple theme quilt raffle and gift items. Location: Lunenburg Elementary School, Bobbin Mill Road.
Time: 8 a.m.-7 p.m.
Information: 802-892-6654 or visit www.topofthecommon.org |
Greene's Ox Pasture Maples Open House Weekend – East Berkshire
March 27, 2010 to March 28, 2010
Sugarhouse tours showing our vacuum system, new reverse osmosis machine, wood fired arch and our piggyback system. Free taste testing, sugar on snow, and cider donut holes. Maple syrup and sugar available for sale. Great for the whole family. Location: Greene's Ox Pasture Maples Sugarhouse, 1147 Montgomery Road.
Information: 802-309-8275 or visit www.oxpasturemaples.com |
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| ARTS & CRAFTS SHOWS |
Festival of Quilts -- Rutland
March 27, 2010 to March 28, 2010
Spectacular quilts Vermont quilters; invitational quilter Jane Masenas with her extrodinary crazy quilts; antique quilt exhibit; vendors. The Festival of Quilts is a Vermont Maple Open House Weekend partner.
Location: College of St. Joseph, 71 Clement Road. Time: Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Information: mlq2010show@yahoo.com |
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| FOOD, WINE, BEER |
Snowcat Dining -- Ludlow
February 27, 2010
At Snowcat Dinners, a snow grooming machine with a ten-person cab takes guests from the Jackson Gore ski mountain base area to Epic restaurant at Solitude for a five-course gourmet dinner.
Location: Jackson Gore Inn, 77 Okemo Ridge Road.
Information and reservations: 802-228-1600. |
Snowcat Dining -- Ludlow
March 6, 2010
At Snowcat Dinners, a snow grooming machine with a ten-person cab takes guests from the Jackson Gore ski mountain base area to Epic restaurant at Solitude for a five-course gourmet dinner.
Location: Jackson Gore Inn, 77 Okemo Ridge Road.
Information and reservations: 802-228-1600. |
Snowcat Dining -- Ludlow
March 13, 2010
At Snowcat Dinners, a snow grooming machine with a ten-person cab takes guests from the Jackson Gore ski mountain base area to Epic restaurant at Solitude for a five-course gourmet dinner.
Location: Jackson Gore Inn, 77 Okemo Ridge Road.
Information and reservations: 802-228-1600. |
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| MUSEUMS |
Vermont Impressions -- Bennington
Now through April 30, 2010
Drawn from the Bennington Museum's permanent collection, this exhibition features paintings in the impressionist vein dating largely from 1900 - 1950. It includes works by Vermont artists such as Horace Brown, Clifford A. Bayard, Wallace Weir Fahnestock, Lorenzo Hatch, William Morris Hunt, Herbert Meyer, and others.
Location: Bennington Museum, 75 Main Street.Time: Daily, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Closed Wednesdays.
Admission: Adults, $9; seniors, $8; students through grade 12, free. Information: 802-447-1571 or visit www.benningtonmuseum.org |
Domino Toppling III -- Brattleboro
March 1, 2010
The Perrucci Brothers of Perkasie, Pennsylvania, return to Brattleboro to build — then topple — an original domino course made up of tens of thousands of handmade dominoes. Last year’s course covered the floor of our Main Gallery; this year’s will be even bigger and better, with plenty of new stunts and clever art references. Correctly guess how many dominoes are set up and you could start the entire chain reaction. Location: Brattleboro Museum & Art Center,
10 Vernon Street. Time: 5:30 p.m. Admission: $5; free for children age 8 and younger. Information: www.brattleboromuseum.org. |
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| MUSIC |
Antonio Hart Quartet -- Brattleboro
February 13, 2010
New York city-based saxophonist has played with Dizzy Gillespie and McCoy Tyner among many others.
Location: Vermont Jazz Center, 72 Cotton Mill Hill #222.
Time: 8 p.m.
Information and tickets: 802-254-9088.
Cost: General admission, $20; students, $15. |
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| OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES |
Vermont maple Open House Weekend -- Statewide
March 26, 2010 to March 28, 2010
Visitors are welcome at sugarhouses all over Vermont on this weekend. The weekend is an opportunity for the public to visit sugarhouses throughout the state and to learn about Vermont’s first crop of the year. Activities during Open House Weekend will be include the opportunity to watch maple syrup being made and to often sample syrup and other maple products. Some sugarhouses offer tours of their sugarbushes and some have activities for
children. Information: 800-837-6668 or visit www.vermontmaple.org. |
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| PERFORMING ARTS, THEATER, DANCE |
“Piecework: When We Were French” -- Montpelier
February 11, 2010 to February 14, 2010
Comedienne Abby Paige performs "Piecework: When We Were French," a play she also wrote. Drawing on the experiences of immigrants in Vermont's north country, Paige also uses her family's background to tell the story of 10 Franco-American characters. Part of Winterfest 2010 of the Lost Nation Theater.
Location: 39 Main Street.
Information: 802-229-0492
or visit http://lostnationtheater.org/ |
"Souvenir" -- Middlebury
February 11, 2010 to February 14, 2010
Souvenir tells the true story of Florence Foster Jenkins, a socialite who gave a series of concerts during the 1930s. The only problem: Jenkins suffered under the illusion that she was a great coloratura soprano, when in fact she couldn't carry a tune. A hilarious portrait of a true original, Souvenir asks intriguing questions about the true nature of an artist's heart.
Location: Town Hall Theater, 68 South Pleasant Street. Time: Thursday-Saturday, 8 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, 2 p.m. Information: 802-382-9222 or visit www.townhalltheater.org/ |
Teddy Roosevelt: Mind, Body, and Spirit -- Woodstock
February 15, 2010
Theodore Roosevelt was a formidable achiever. His titles include soldier, author, naturalist, historian, statesman, Nobel Prize-winner and twenty-sixth President of the United States. This one-person performance by Ted Zalewski emphasizes the forces that shaped Teddy’s personality and leadership style. Most of the show uses Teddy Roosevelt’s own words. Location: Billings Farm & Museum, Route 12N and River Road. Information: 802-457-2355 |
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| SCIENCE & NATURE |
Baby Turtles at ECHO -- Burlington
Now through March 1, 2010
Baby indigenous turtles find a cozy home for the winter at ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center. A cadre of spiny softshell, northern map, and painted turtles will be spending the winter safely housed within ECHO’s walls. ECHO animal care staff members give demonstrations on Saturday and Sunday mornings at 10:30 a.m. that allow guests to see the turtles up-close, highlight the various species’ unique adaptations, and point out their roles in the ecosystem. Location: ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center, Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, 1 College Street. Hours: Year-round, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Information: echovermont.org or call 877-324-6386. |
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| SHOWS & EXHIBITS |
Vermont HomeStyle's Interior Design Show -- Burlington
October 2, 2010 to October 3, 2010
The Vermont HomeStyle Interiors & Trends Show is a two-day event showcasing interior design for the home. Open to both design professionals and consumers, the show will feature Vermont retailers and manufacturers across all interior design categories including furniture, kitchen, bath, flooring, tile, windows, doors, fabric, paint, and electronics. Location: Sheraton Hotel and Confrence Center, 870 Williston Road. Time: Saturday, 9 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sunday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Cost: $5. Information: www.Vermonthomestyle.com |
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