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Brattleboro Concert Choir

Concert choir returns

BRATTLEBORO - After a two-year hiatus, the Brattleboro Concert Choir resumes live performances with “Return to Light,” a program of deeply joyous and introspective works by American composers for choir, organ, and piano. The alternately joyful and introspective program includes 20th- and 21st-...

Storytelling and stargazing at BMAC

BRATTLEBORO - The Brattleboro Museum & Art Center and Bonnyvale Environmental Education Center will present “Night Skies & Stories,” a free stargazing and storytelling event, on Saturday, May 14, at 8 pm. The rain date for this event is the following day, Sunday, May 15. Space is limited...

Children searching for the first wildflowers of spring.

Watch the lunar eclipse, search for wildflowers, sit around the campfire

MARLBORO - It will be a busy weekend at the Southern Vermont Natural History Museum. On Saturday, May 14, join the Mountainside Center, 117 Adams Cross Road, for a kids exploration of “Spring Forest Flowers,” where participants will explore the woods in search of early wildflowers. Call the...

Ancient Greece inspires circus

BRATTLEBORO- Watch the New England Center for Circus Arts Youth Performance Troupe shine as they explore the myths of ancient Greece in “CircusNEXT: Myths of Circus.”
Together they’ll soar and fall with Icarus, climb and twist with Medusa and her sisters, and go on a journey through time...

Mutts gone nuts!

RANDOLPH - Mutts Gone Nuts is a one-hour comedy show featuring nine canine acrobats and their hapless humans, streaming live on Saturday, May 14, at 7 pm on the Chandler Center for the Arts website. Be amazed as these dogs jump, dance, and flip right into the audience’s hearts. Laugh out loud at...

Lions Club fishing derby returns

JACKSONVILLE - The Deerfield Valley Lions Club annual fishing derby will be held on Saturday, May 21, from 9 to 11 am at the brook by the Whitingham Municipal Center. The brook will be stocked by the Vermont Department of Fish & Wildlife. There will be prizes and refreshments, including hot...

Three Way Street

Musical trio hosts free outdoor listening party

DUMMERSTON - Three Way Street, featuring Kevin Parry, Lisa Brande, and Mark Trichka, will play a free outdoor concert at Kampfires, Route 5, on Friday, May 13, from 6 to 8 pm. There will be a food truck, ice cream, and craft beers. For more information visit www.kevinparrymusic.com.

A previous classical concert at St. Mary’s

Concert series kicks off

WILMINGTON - St. Mary’s in the Mountains will kick off its 2022 Red Door Concert Season with a concert of classical music offered by the Windham Philharmonic. On Sunday, May 15, at 7 pm, the red doors will open for a program of Bach and Brahms, offered in a room that will enhance and embrace the...

Shoppers at the 2021 tag sale look through clothing.

Church holds tag sale for refugees

BRATTLEBORO - St. Michael’s Episcopal Church is hosting a huge tag sale Saturday, May 7, from 8:30 am to 2 pm, to be held both indoors and outdoors under tents. The sale will feature not only clothing for all seasons and linens, housewares, jewelry, books, sporting goods, and furniture, but also...

Aging gardens, aging gardeners

WILMINGTON - Gardeners, anxious to be out working in the garden, improving the beds, and enjoying work? Join the Pettee Memorial Library on Thursday, May 5, at 6 pm, when it will host Ann McEntee for her presentation on “Aging Gardens, Aging Gardeners.” For years gardens have given great joy....