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Vermont Events Calendar
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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 |
Vermont Maple Festival -- St. Albans
April 30, 2010 to May 2, 2010
When sugaring is over, it’s time for maple fun! This festival has something for everyone, including sugarhouse tours, exhibits, maple buffet, entertainment, pancake breakfasts, crafts, antiques, talent and fiddlers shows, cooking contests, carnival, face painting, grand parade, and delightful downtown shops. Location: City Buildings and Main Street.Information: 802-524-5800
or visit www.vermontmaplefestival.org |
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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 |
Franklin County Quilt Show – St. Albans
April 10, 2010 to April 11, 2010
The best and largest quilt show in Franklin County. Features over 100 quilts, silent auction, demos and raffle.
Location: City Hall,
100 N. Main Street. Time: Saturday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sunday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
Information: 802-326-3135
or visit www.vtmooses.us/fcqgshow.pdf |
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| CHILDREN & FAMILIES |
Springtime at the Farm -- Woodstock
April 3, 2010
Featuring family-centered programs with the farm’s lambs, chicks, and calves, plus heirloom garden activities, and wagon rides. Visitors can plant seeds to take home or may take heirloom vegetable seeds to plant in their own gardens.
Location: Billings Farm and Museum
5302 River Road
Time: 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Information: 802-457-2355
or visit www.billingsfarm.org |
Easter Egg Hunt at Okemo – Okemo, Ludlow
April 4, 2010
In Okemo’s annual Easter Egg Hunt, the hills are teeming with colored eggs stuffed with prizes, but there’s only one Golden Egg hidden on an open trail at Okemo. The person who finds the Golden Egg wins a pair of skis or a snowboard. Many eggs are filled with prizes from The Hatchery in Ludlow.
Location: Okemo Mountain Resort, 77 Okemo Ridge Road.
Time: 8 a.m.
Cost: Free.
Information: 802-228-1313 or visit www.okemo.com. |
Martha Dana, the Puppet Lady -- Randolph
April 10, 2010
A menagerie of handmade puppets assists this master storyteller as she brings folk tales and children’s stories to life.
Location: Chandler Gallery,
71 -73 Main Street. Time: 11 a.m.
Information: 802-728-9878
or visit www.chandler-arts.org |
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| FARMS |
Maple Open House Weekend -- Woodstock
March 26, 2010 to March 29, 2010
Celebrate Open House Maple Weekend at a 550-acre sugar bush. Watch boiling, sample syrup, maple creams, and other Vermont products made with maple syrup. Walk on the maple nature trail to see how sap is collected by tubing and buckets. Farm store.
Location: Sugarbush Farm, 591 Sugarbush Farm Road.
Time: 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Information: 802-457-1757 or visit
www.sugarbushfarm.com |
Maple Open House Weekend -- Shelburne
March 27, 2010 to March 28, 2010
Come to the sugarbush at Shelburne Farms on Saturday for some hands-on maple activities with Shelburne Farms educators— from tapping a tree to sugar on snow. On Sunday you can take a self-guided tour of the sugarbush and see the sugarhouse in action. Location: Shelburne Farms, 1611 Harbor Road. Time: 9:30 a.m. – 2 p.m. Cost: Free.
Information: 802-985-8686 or visit www.shelburnefarms.org |
Springtime at the Farm -- Woodstock
April 3, 2010
Featuring family-centered programs with the farm’s lambs, chicks, and calves, plus heirloom garden activities, and wagon rides. Visitors can plant seeds to take home or may take heirloom vegetable seeds to plant in their own gardens.
Location: Billings Farm and Museum
5302 River Road
Time: 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Information: 802-457-2355
or visit www.billingsfarm.org |
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| FOOD, WINE, BEER |
St. Patrick's Dinner and Music -- Cabot
March 19, 2010
St. Patrick’s Day Dinner of corned beef and cabbage followed by live music. Dancing to live Irish music by Bill Carol and Friends
Location: Cabot's Willey Building.
Main Street. (across from hardware store)
Time: Dinner served 5:30-7 p.m.
Information: 802-563-2278 |
Wine Tasting and Five Course Dinner -- Plymouth
March 27, 2010
Featured Vintages of Caymus Cabernet Sauvignon: 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003. And a small taste of the 2001. Event includes five courses to go with the wines plus dessert.
Location: The River Tavern at Hawk Mountain Resort.
Cost: $150, including tax and gratuity.
Information: 802-672-3362
or visit www.hawkresort.com |
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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 |
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| MUSIC |
Dervish -- Burlington
March 17, 2010
Dervish plays traditional music with an original flair, punctuated by the gorgeously pure soprano of lead singer Jordan. Location: Southwick Recital Hall, University of Vermont,
392 South Prospect Street.
Information: 802-656-4455
or visit www.uvm.edu/laneseries/. |
Francois Clemmons and Friends: St. Patrick's Day Concert -- Middlebury
March 17, 2010
Wear something green and come prepared to sing along to this annual concert featuring lively Irish tunes. Clemmons is an esteemed tenor with a long and colorful career. Time: 8 p.m. Location: Middlebury College Centre for the Arts Concert Hall. Information: 802-443-3168. |
The Luck of the VSO Farmers’ Night Concert– Montpelier
March 17, 2010
The Vermont Symphony Orchestra will present its annual concert in the State House Chambers. VSO hosts a program of favorites from the British Isles, including Irish Tune from County Derry, Brian Boru’s March, Molly on the Shore, and works by Holst, Elgar, Purcell, Grainger, and Boyce. Harpist Heidi Soons will add some Irish jigs and reels. Location: The Vermont State House, 115 State Street.
Time: 7:30 p.m. Cost: Free.
Information: at www.vso.org. |
Natalie MacMaster -- Rutland
March 18, 2010
Meet Natalie MacMaster: wife, mother and virtuoso Cape Breton fiddler, an electrifying performer whose passionate proficiency on the beloved four-string amplifies the traditional East Coast sound for contemporary times. Location: Paramount Theatre, 30 Center Street. Time: 8 p.m. Cost: $27.50 - $39.50. Information: 802-775-0903 or visit www.paramountvt.org/ |
Broadway Rocks II – Warren
March 19, 2010
This cabaret features songs from Broadway's rock musicals.
Location: Gate House Lodge of Sugarbush Resort,
Sugarbush Access Road.
Time: 7 p.m. Cost: General admission, $15; students, $12;
children age 11 and younger, $7; premiere seating, $20.
Information: 802-496-4781
or visit www.madriverchorale.org |
Vermont Symphony Orchestra -- Burlington
March 20, 2010
Guest conductor Sarah Hicks leads the orchestra performing Richard Danielpour’s moving tribute to the healing power of music. “Simple Gifts” refers to the Shaker melody Copland used in his beloved ballet; our concert package also contains hot-blooded music from Mozart and De Falla, and salutes to the vernal equinox. Location: Flynn Center, 153 Main Street. Time: 8 p.m. Cost: Tickets start at $16. Information and tickets: 802-86-FLYNN or visit www.vso.org. |
Vermont Symphony Orchestra -- Rutland
March 21, 2010
Guest conductor Sarah Hicks leads the orchestra performing Richard Danielpour’s moving tribute to the healing power of music. “Simple Gifts” refers to the Shaker melody Copland used in his beloved ballet; our concert package also contains hot-blooded music from Mozart and De Falla, and salutes to the vernal equinox. Location: Paramount Theatre, 30 Center Street. Time: 4 p.m. Cost: Adults, $21-$32; students, $9. Information: 802-775-0903 or visit www.paramountvt.org/ |
Choral Concert: An Evening of Cole Porter -- Burlington
March 22, 2010
David Neiweem leads the Catamount Singers and the Concert Choir. Free and open to the public. Location: Southwick Recital Hall, University of Vermont, 392 South Prospect Street. Time: 7:30 p.m.
Information: 802-656-3040
or visit www.uvm.edu/music |
Wood’s Tea Company with Patti Casey -- Middlebury
March 26, 2010
Award winning Wood’s Tea Company, with local favorite Patti Casey, comes to Town Hall Theater with their signature mix of Bluegrass, Celtic tunes, sea chanties, and folk songs played on a dozen instruments
Location: Town Hall Theater,
Merchants Row.
Cost: $10.
Information: 802-382-9222
or visit www.townhalltheater.org |
African-American Spirituals Meet the Orchestra -- Brattleboro
March 28, 2010
The Windham Orchestra celebrates the poignant and powerful spirituals created by enslaved African people in America, and the music they have inspired. Program includes Antonin Dvorak's New World’ Symphony in its entirety and a collection of the most famous African-American spirituals arranged for voices and orchestra.
Location: Latchis Theatre,
Main Street.
Time: 3 p.m.
Information: 802-257-4523
or visit www.bmcvt.org |
Ray Vega Jazz Quintet "Ray on Ray" -- Burlington
March 28, 2010
Ray Vega's Burlington Jazz Ensemble presents an entire program consisting of Vega's original compositions and arrangements. Free and open to the public.
Location: Southwick Recital Hall, University of Vermont, 392 South Prospect Street.
Time: 3 p.m. Information: 802-656-3040
or visit www.uvm.edu/music |
Vermont Philharmonic Family Concert -- Barre
March 28, 2010
This year’s concert is inspired by American history and invention, including a performance by Cecilia Brauer of the New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra on the glass harmonica, guest appearances by the Green Mountain Youth Symphony, and members of the Norwich University Band.
Location: Barre Opera House,
6 North Main Street. Time: 3:30 p.m.
Information: 802-476-8188
or visit www.vermontphilharmonic.org |
The Junkman -- Randolph
April 1, 2010
Donald Knaack – aka The Junkman – crosses all the traditional boundaries in music in an array of unique musical styles and grooves guaranteed to rock your socks off! From a stage filled with three large metal racks holding over 1000 recycled materials – from auto parts, kitchen utensils and snowboards to tools, tin cans and scrapwood – The Junkman presents Junk Music, an eye-opening, provocative performance.
Location: Chandler Music Hall, 71-73 Main Street. Time: 9:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.
Cost: All seats $5.
Information: 802-728-6464 or visit www.chandler-arts.org |
Zolotoi Plyos – Middlebury
April 4, 2010
This colorful ensemble offers a lively program of folk songs and instrumental music.
Location: Mead Memorial Chapel, Hepburn Road.
Time: 8 p.m.
Information: 802-443-3168. |
Cherryholmes – Woodstock
April 8, 2010
America's new first family of bluegrass, Cherryholmes has many qualities that make it unique, but the basis of its success lies in hard work combined with talent that glows more brightly with each performance. Location: Town Hall Theatre, 31 The Green.
Cost: Adults, $30; children, $25. Information: 802-457-3981 or visit www.pentanglearts.org/ |
Pacifica Quartet -- Randolph
April 9, 2010
Recognized for its virtuosity and exuberant performance style, the Pacifica Quartet has carved out a compelling musical path. Its performance at Chandler includes music by Mendelssohn, Beethoven and Shostakovich. Location: Chandler Music Hall, 71-73 Main Street. Time: 7:30 p.m. Cost: Adults, $30; students, $10.
Information: 802-728-6464 or visit www.chandler-arts.org |
Clelia and Rafe Stefanini -- Burlington
April 9, 2010
Southern old time fiddle and banjo by daughter/father duo internationally recognized as masters of the genre. Part of the UVM Old Time Music Festival.
Location: Billings North Lounge at the University of Vermont.
University Place. Time: 7 p.m.
Information: 802-849-6968
or visit www.youngtraditionvermont.org |
The Pacifica Quartet -- Randolph
April 9, 2010
Haydn, Shostakovich and Brahms by Musical America’s 2009 Ensemble of the Year and 2009 Grammy Award winner
Location: Chandler Music Hall,
71 -73 Main Street. Time: 7:30 p.m.
Information: 802-728-9878
or visit www.chandler-arts.org |
Takács Quartet -- Middlebury
April 14, 2010
Since their first Middlebury performance in 1994, the Takács has become a beloved and highly acclaimed quartet around the globe. It performs Haydn’s op. 71, no. 2, a new work by Psathas, and Beethoven’s op. 130.
Location: Mahaney Center for the Arts, Concert Hall. Time: 7:30 p.m.
Information: 802-443-3168 |
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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. |
Maple Open House Weekend -- Shelburne
March 27, 2010 to March 28, 2010
Come to the sugarbush at Shelburne Farms on Saturday for some hands-on maple activities with Shelburne Farms educators— from tapping a tree to sugar on snow. On Sunday you can take a self-guided tour of the sugarbush and see the sugarhouse in action. Location: Shelburne Farms, 1611 Harbor Road. Time: 9:30 a.m. – 2 p.m. Cost: Free.
Information: 802-985-8686 or visit www.shelburnefarms.org |
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| PARTIES, DANCES, BALLS |
Black and Blue Bash -- Stratton
March 27, 2010
The Stratton Foundation’s event is a twist on the traditional formal fundraising dinner. The creative combinations of black tie and denim add to the fun and set the mood for an enjoyable evening with a raffle, silent auction, candlelight dining and dancing to Doc Scanlon’s Rhythm Boys.
Location: Stratton Mountain Resort Main Base Lodge,
5 Village Lodge Road.
Time: 7-11 p.m.
Information: 802-297-2096
or visit www.strattonfoundation.org |
Aurora Island Beach Party -- Bennington
March 27, 2010
Dance Party featuring DJ Jim Woodward, Netherwood Blues Band, and Frosty Rout. Creative dress strongly encouraged.
Location: Bennington Brush Building, 190 North Street. Time: 8 p.m. Cost: $13 in advance or $15 at the door; cash bar. Information: 802-447-3311 or visit
www.bennington.com |
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| PERFORMING ARTS, THEATER, DANCE |
Vermont Stage Company presents “Shipwrecked” -- Burlington
Now through March 28, 2010
Based on actual incidents, the play tells the story of how, in the late 1890s, a middle-aged man named Louis de Rougemont appeared out of nowhere and became the toast of London with fantastical and adventure-filled tales of being stranded off the coast of Australia.
Location: FlynnSpace,
153 Main Street
Time: Wednesday-Saturday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 2 p.m.
Information: 802-863-5966
or visit www.vtstage.org |
"Blithe Spirit" – West Rutland
Now through March 20, 2010
A novelist invites an eccentric medium to his house to conduct a séance, hoping to gather material for his next book. The scheme backfires when she summons the ghost of his annoying first wife, Elvira, who attempts to disrupt his marriage to his second wife, Ruth, who cannot see or hear the ghost. Location: West Rutland Town Hall Theater, 35 Marble Street.
Time: March 12, 13, 19, and 20 at 8 p.m. and March 14 at 2 p.m. Cost: $12 at the door.
Information: 802-7750903
or visit www.paramountvt.org |
Little City Players Presents "Harvey" -- Vergennes
March 18, 2010 to March 27, 2010
When Elwood P. Dowd starts to introduce his imaginary friend, Harvey (a six-and-a-half-foot rabbit) to guests at a society party, his sister, Veta, has seen as much of his eccentric behavior as she can tolerate and decides to have him committed to a sanitarium to spare their family future embarrassment.
Location: Vergennes Opera House,
120 Main Street.
Time: Thursday-Saturday only, 8 p.m.
Cost: Adults, $12; seniors and students, $10.
Information: 802-877-6737
or visit www.vergennesoperahouse.org |
Middlebury Actors Workshop Presents “The Fox” -- Middlebury
March 18, 2010 to March 21, 2010
In 1918, England, two women struggle to run an isolated farm. Enter a young soldier who comes to dominate their lives.
Location: Town Hall Theater,
Merchants Row.
Time: March 18-20 at 8 p.m., and March 21 at 2 p.m.
Cost: $17.
Information: 802-382-9222
or visit www.townhalltheater.org |
“After Miss Julie” -- Middlebury
April 15, 2010 to April 17, 2010
On the night of the British Labour Party’s election victory in July of 1945, Miss Julie and her father’s chauffeur, John, envision a life together. As the two ultimately push each other towards self-destruction, Marber strips bare modern British society revealing a love story about the impossibility of social movement.
Location: Middlebury College, Hepburn Hall. Cost: $4.
Information: 802-443-3168. |
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| SCIENCE & NATURE |
Astronomy Extravaganza -- Montgomery Center
March 20, 2010
Talk and slide show starts at 6:30 p.m., with Ronald Anstey, member of VT Astronomical Society, who will speak about the solar system. The slide show will feature his photography of the moon, our galaxy, and beyond. Live images from a large telescope. Location: Montgomery Town Library,
86 Mountain Road.
Time: 6:30-9 p.m. Cost: Free.
Information: 802-326-3113
or visit www.montgomeryvt.us/library.htm |
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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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