ST. JOHNSBURY – Catamount Arts will begin a full weekend of free, all-ages arts programming, in celebration of the arts organization’s 50th anniversary, Friday, May 9, with a reading by Vermont poet laureate Bianca Stone. Stone will read at the Catamount Arts Center, 115 Eastern Avenue, 5 p.m.
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Stone is the author of many books, including the poetry collections “What is Otherwise Infinite,” which received the 2022 Vermont Book Award, and “The Near and Distant World,” scheduled for release from Tin House in January 2026.
Her poetry and writings have appeared widely in such magazines as The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Poets and Writers, The Nation and the Best American Poetry series. In 2013 she co-founded the poetry-based nonprofit, Ruth Stone House, where she organizes events and retreats, teaches classes on poetry and poetic study, and hosts the Ode & Psyche Podcast.
Stone’s reading on Friday, May 9, kicks off a full weekend of entertainment at the Catamount Arts Center and creative campus, including a gallery reception with painter Elly Barksdale, workshops, film screenings with Jay Craven, a block party, and an outdoor concert featuring Twisted Pine. For a full listing of Catamount Arts 50th Anniversary weekend programming, visit catamountarts.org.
