MONTPELIER — The Night series will kick off Montpelier’s PoetCity celebration in honor of National Poetry Month with The Laureates Three on Wednesday, April 2, 7:30 p.m. The program features three Northern New England poets laureate, Bianca Stone of Vermont, Jennifer Militello of New Hampshire and Julia Bouwsma of Maine.[Read More…]
Events
Events
Adam Ezra Group at BOH, April 12
BARRE — The Adam Ezra Group returns to the Barre Opera House on Saturday, April 12, 7:30 p.m. Ezra began playing shows over 20 years ago. When music venues wouldn’t hire him, he played bars, bookstores, fields, and parking lots, often raising money for causes he cared about; a practice[Read More…]
Folk Musician Performs April 24
CABOT — David Wilcox, a folk musician and storyteller will will perform on April 24 at the Willey Building, beginning at 7 p.m. The Ohio native found his artistic muse in North Carolina during the mid-1980s. In 1987, he released his debut album, “The Nightshift Watchman,” which led to winning[Read More…]
Coffin Tells of Civil War Women, March 30
CABOT — Sunday, March 30, at 2 pm, Howard Coffin will be speaking at the Willey Building about “Vermont Women and the Civil War.” Coffin is a seventh-generation Vermonter, an author and historian, whose area of expertise is the Civil War. With nearly 35,000 of the state’s able-bodied men at[Read More…]
Let’s Talk Race: April 4, 11
MARSHFIELD — On Friday, April 4 and April 11, Central Vermont SURJ (Showing Up for Racial Justice) facilitators Shalini Suryanarayana and Kathy Johnson will host a two-part series using “Let’s Talk Race” conversation cards. The session will begin at 6:30 p.m. at the Jaquith Public Library. This card deck was[Read More…]
Discussion on Flood Impacts, April 17
MARSHFIELD — On Thursday, April 17 at 7 p.m., the Jaquith Public Library will host a discussion about the July 2024 Great Brook flood in Plainfield. Plainfield resident and Norwich University Professor George Springston will discuss the rainstorm, the flooding, the extensive geomorphic changes to the river corridor and the[Read More…]
Waite-Fellner Paintings Exhibited Through April
HARDWICK – A series of paintings by Laurie Waite-Fellner, “Women That I Admire,” is on exhibit at Positive Pie. She says, “The women I chose are all famous in their field, although usually when someone sees them, there is at least one who they are not familiar with. Especially if[Read More…]
Orchard Basics, March 22
MARSHFIELD – A session on the basics of maintaining trees and orchards will be held Saturday, March 22, 2 p.m., at East Hill Tree Farm, 3499 East Hill Rd., Plainfield. The Jaquith Memorial Library will present the session with Nicko Rubin. The free class will cover pruning, amendments and other[Read More…]
Music Jam, March 19
EAST CRAFTSBURY – The Simpson Memorial Library will hold an old-time music jam on Wednesdays, March 19, April 2 and April 16, 6 to 8 p.m. Old-time music, also known as Appalachian stringband music, is traditionally played on the fiddle, banjo, guitar and bass. Tunes are learned by ear[Read More…]
Sugar on Snow at Care Center, March 22
EAST CRAFTSBURY – The Craftsbury Community Care Center’s traditional sugar on snow party returns Saturday, March 22, 2 to 4 p.m., in time for the Care Center’s 30th anniversary year. Besides the sugar on snow, there will be games and raffle of local baked goods. This is a free event.[Read More…]
Caring for Cut Flowers, March 23
CRAFTSBURY— Craftsbury Librarian Susan O’Connell grew cut flowers commercially for several decades in Hardwick, and she will present a program about some of her favorite cut flowers for Vermont gardens, and give a basic primer on harvesting and caring for cut flowers for the longest vase life after cutting. The[Read More…]
Spanish Conversation Class, March 30
EAST CRAFTSBURY – The Simpson Memorial Library offers a Spanish conversation class, Clase de Conversación, Sunday, March 30, 1 to 2 p.m. This is the first of a six-week class with Trisha Ingalls on Sundays. This interactive six-week class is designed for beginners to early intermediate learners, but open to all[Read More…]
