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Vermont Calendar of Events for May 2008

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May 1

Event: "Lake Champlain: Bringing History Home"
Location:
Room 413, Waterman Building
Address:  85 South Prospect Street
Town: Burlington
Description: Annual Meeting Presentation of the Center for Research on Vermont
 
Admission: Free
Phone: 802-656-4389
Website: www.uvm.edu/~crvt
Email Address: crv@uvm.edu
Handicap Accessible: Yes


May 1

Event: Women and Reading
Location:
Ilsley Public Library
Address:  75 Main Street
Town: Middlebury
Description: UVM Professor Sarah Turner discusses book clubs and gender.
 
Admission: Free
Phone: 802-388-4095
Website:
Email Address:
Handicap Accessible: Yes


May 1

Event: Angela Patten:  A Poet's Irish Childhood
Location:
Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Hayes Room
Address:  135 Main St
Town: Montpelier
Description: Angela Patten grew up in County Dublin.  A recognized poet & teacher, she will read from her latest collection of poems.
 
Admission: Free
Phone: 802-223-3338
Website: www.kellogghubbard.org
Email Address: rsenechal@kellogghubbard.org
Handicap Accessible: Yes


May 1

Event: Georgia O'Keeffe: An American Master
Location:
South Ryegate Presbytarian Church
Address:  Corner of Church St. and Route 302
Town: South Ryegate
Description: Artist and art historian Bob Manning traces the career of Georgia O’Keeffe.
 
Admission: Free
Phone: 802-584-4417
Website: www.vermonthumanities.org
Email Address:
Handicap Accessible: Yes


May 1

Event: The Group of Seven
Location:
St. Johnsbury House
Address:  1207 Main Street
Town: St. Johnsbury
Description: 7 unique Canadian artists came together to show the beauty of the Canadian landscape. Dr. Tortolano explores their work
 
Admission: Free
Phone: 802-748-4788
Website: www.vermonthumanities.org
Email Address:
Handicap Accessible: Yes


May 1

Event: Opening Day at Billings Farm & Museum
Location:
Billings Farm & Museum
Address:  Route 12N & River Road
Town: Woodstock
Description: Opening Day at Billings Farm & Museum
 
Admission: Yes
Phone: 802-457-2355
Website: www.billingsfarm.org
Email Address: info@billingsfarm.org
Handicap Accessible: Yes


May 1 - 3

Event: "Little Shop of Horrors"
Location:
Middlebury Union High School Auditorium
Address:  Route 7 South
Town: Middlebury
Description: Middlebury Union High School Spring Musical, "Little Shop of Horrors"
 
Admission: Yes
Phone: 802-382-1156
Website:
Email Address: cengvall@yahoo.com
Handicap Accessible: Yes


May 1 - 4

Event: Really Rosie
Location:
Vergennes Opera House
Address:  120 Main Street
Town: Vergennes
Description: Little City Players present Really Rosie
 
Admission: Yes
Phone: 802-877-6737
Website: www.vergennesoperahouse.org
Email Address: info@vergennesoperahouse.org
Handicap Accessible: Yes


May 1 - 31

Event: Artist in Residence May Featured Artists Exhibit
Location:
Artist in Residence -  a Cooperative Gallery
Address:  349 Main St.
Town: Enosburg Falls
Description: Artists Reception May 1.2008
 
Admission: Free
Phone: 802-933-6403
Website:
Email Address:
Handicap Accessible:


May 1 - 31

Event: Lauren's Lyrics
Location:
Southeastern Vermont Welcome Center
Address:  I-91 north
Town: Guilford
Description: Photography with poetry, childrens books.
 
Admission: Free
Phone: 802-254-4593
Website:
Email Address:
Handicap Accessible: Yes


May 1 - Nov. 1

Event: J. Seward Johnson Exhibit
Location:
Main St., Bennington, Vermont
Address:  215 South St.
Town: Bennington
Description: 15 lifesize cast bronze sculptures will populate historic downtown Bennington!
 
Admission: Free
Phone: 802-442-5758
Website: www.betterbennington.com
Email Address: betterbc@sover.net
Handicap Accessible: Yes


May 1 - Nov. 30

Event: Revolutionary and Civil War Tour
Location:
Sites are located in Manchester, Arlington, Dorset, Bennington, Sunderland
Address: 
Town: Manchester
Description: This war tour covers sites in  the Shires of Vermont  from Manchester to Bennington.
 
Admission: Yes
Phone: 802-362-4997
Website: www.backroaddiscovery.com
Email Address: bckrddisc@aol.com
Handicap Accessible:


May 1 - Nov. 30

Event: Volksmarch (non-competative walk)
Location:
Visitors center
Address:  Railroad street
Town: St. Johnsbury
Description: Walk through the largest city in the North East Kingdom of Vermont
 
Admission:  
Phone: 802-748-3678
Website:
Email Address:
Handicap Accessible:


May 2

Event: 14th Annual Historic Preservation Conference
Location:
Brandon Old Town Hall
Address: 
Town: Brandon
Description: The arts, historic preservation and community development.
 
Admission:  
Phone: 802-658-6647
Website: www.ptvermont.org
Email Address:
Handicap Accessible:


May 2

Event: Gospel Legend Marie Knight At The Vermont Jazz Center with M
Location:
Vermont Jazz Center
Address:  72 Cotton Mill Hill #222
Town: Brattleboro
Description: Gospel & soul singers Marie Knight and Danny Brooks appear to benefit Brattleboro Community Radio WVEW-FM.
 
Admission: Yes
Phone: 802-552-4207
Website: www.thebluesjoint.com/html/wvew_gospel_concert.htm
Email Address:
Handicap Accessible:


May 2

Event: Music by Wendy & The Lost Boys
Location:
Brattleboro Museum and Art Center
Address:  10 Vernon Street
Town: Brattleboro
Description: Local string band entertain Museum-goers with their vibrant, danceable mix of Irish, Old Time, Quebecois and Appalachia.
 
Admission: Free
Phone: 802-257-0124
Website:
Email Address:
Handicap Accessible:


May 2

Event: Pint-Sized Science
Location:
ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science center
Address:  1 College Street
Town: Burlington
Description: Children 2-7 participate in science themes with hands-on activities and stories.
 
Admission: Yes
Phone: 802-864-1848 X117
Website: www.echovermont.org
Email Address: welwell@uvm.edu
Handicap Accessible: Yes


May 2

Event: A Night to Honor Israel - Opening Ceremony, Shabbat, Dinner
Location:
UVM Billings Center
Address:  408 University Place
Town: Burlington
Description: First of a series of events to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the state of Israel.
 
Admission:  
Phone: 866-7554288
Website: www.israelat60vt.com
Email Address: byrontmurray@gmail.com
Handicap Accessible:


May 2

Event: Burlington's First Friday Art Walk
Location:

Address: 
Town: Burlington
Description: Spring and the art are in full bloom with more than 40 venues staying open late to welcome walkers.
 
Admission: Free
Phone: 802-264-4839
Website: www.artmapburlington.com
Email Address: info@artmapburlington.com
Handicap Accessible: Yes


May 2

Event: Family Friday Movie: High School Musical 1 & 2
Location:
Burnham Memorial Library
Address:  898 Main Street (Rte. 2A)
Town: Colchester
Description: Grab your family and spend Friday night at the movies with these two much-loved Disney films.
 
Admission: Free
Phone: 802-878-0313
Website: www.burnham.lib.vt.us
Email Address: ggellman@burnham.lib.vt.us
Handicap Accessible: Yes


May 2

Event: Grand Dérangement
Location:
Chandler Music Hall
Address:  71-73 Main Streeet
Town: Randolph
Description: Music and dance from the Acadian region of Nova Scotia
 
Admission: Yes
Phone: 802-728-6464
Website: www.grandderangement.com
Email Address: director@chandler-arts.org
Handicap Accessible: Yes


May 2

Event: Grand Dérangement
Location:
Chandler Music Hall
Address:  71-73 Main Streeet
Town: Randolph
Description: Music and dance from the Acadian region of Nova Scotia
 
Admission: Yes
Phone: 802-728-6464
Website: www.chandler-arts.org
Email Address: director@chandler-arts.org
Handicap Accessible: Yes


May 2

Event: Readings in the Gallery- Irish Poet John Deane
Location:
St. Johnsbury Athenaeum
Address:  1171 Main Street
Town: St. Johnsbury
Description: Poet John Deane reads from his works in the Athenaeum's Art Gallery.
 
Admission: Free
Phone: 802-748-8291 X301
Website: www.stjathenaeum.org/events.htm
Email Address:
Handicap Accessible: Yes


May 2 - 4

Event: Morgan Horse "Derby" Gala
Location:
American Morgan Horse Headquarters
Address:  122 Bostwick Rd
Town: Shelburne
Description: “Derby Gala” to Celebrate Morgan Horse Headquarters 20 Years in Shelburne
 
Admission: Donation
Phone: 802-985-4944 X26
Website: www.morganhorse.com
Email Address:
Handicap Accessible:


May 2 - 4

Event: Scrapbooking Weekend
Location:
White Horse Inn
Address:  999 German Flats Road
Town: Waitsfield
Description: A weekend of scrapbooking, both digital and traditional, with food, fun and gifts.
 
Admission: Yes
Phone: 802-496-3260
Website: www.whitehorseinnvermont.com
Email Address: whitehorseinn@accessvt.com
Handicap Accessible: No


May 2 - Jun. 1

Event: About Face - Peake's  Portrait-Mobiles
Location:
The Windham Art Gallery
Address:  69 Main Street
Town: Brattleboro
Description: The Windham Art Gallery is pleased to present About Face, an exhibit of new work by Matthew J. Peake
 
Admission: Free
Phone: 802-257-1881
Website: www.windhamartgallery.com
Email Address: pmandell@svcable.net
Handicap Accessible: Yes


May 3

Event: Chicken Pie Supper
Location:
Hedding United Methodist Church
Address:  40 Washington Street
Town: Barre
Description: Chicken Pie Supper
 
Admission: Yes
Phone: 802-476-6332
Website:
Email Address:
Handicap Accessible: Yes


May 3

Event: Author Appearance-Jennifer McMahon
Location:
Mystery on Main Street Bookshop
Address:  119 Main Street
Town: Brattleboro
Description: Meet Jennifer McMahon, author of Island of Lost Girls and Promise Not to Tell
 
Admission: Free
Phone: 802-258-2211
Website: www.mysteryonmain.com
Email Address: info@mysteryonmain.com
Handicap Accessible:


May 3

Event: Plant and Tag Sale
Location:
Bristol Baptist Church
Address:  10 Park St.
Town: Bristol
Description: Plant and Tag Sale including toys, attic treasures, furniture etc.
 
Admission:  
Phone: -
Website:
Email Address:
Handicap Accessible:


May 3

Event: Artist Demonstration - Gail Martin Origami
Location:
Art on Main
Address:  25 Main Street
Town: Bristol
Description: Bristol artist Gail Martin will demonstrate her unique textile and paper origami.
 
Admission: Free
Phone: 802-453-4032
Website: www.artonmain.net
Email Address: info@artonmain.net
Handicap Accessible:


May 3

Event: Opening Reception of Pictorial History of Vermont Jews
Location:
Pickering Room, Fletcher Free Library
Address:  235 College Street
Town: Burlington
Description: Celebrating our Heritage: Opening Reception of Pictorial Israel History and Pictorial History of Vermont Jews.
 
Admission:  
Phone: 866-7554288
Website: www.israelat60vt.com
Email Address: byrontmurray@gmail.com
Handicap Accessible:


May 3

Event: Vermont Symphony Orchestra's Masterworks Series
Location:
Flynn Center
Address: 
Town: Burlington
Description: Program features VSO's music director and conductor, violinist Jaime Laredo, with Sharon Robinson, cello.
 
Admission: Yes
Phone: 802-86-FLYNN
Website: www.vso.org
Email Address:
Handicap Accessible: Yes


May 3

Event: The Threepenny Opera
Location:
McCauley Hall
Address:  250 Colchester
Town: Burlington
Description: This spring, an interdisciplinary course and production will focus on The Threepenny Opera, the trail-blazing musical co
 
Admission: Yes
Phone: 802-656-3131
Website: learn.uvm.edu/threepenny/
Email Address: natalie.neuert@uvm.edu
Handicap Accessible:


May 3

Event: Mark Shelton concert
Location:
Enosburg Opera House
Address:  99 Depot Street
Town: Enosburg Falls
Description: "Golden Classics" concert.  Award Winning vocalist Mark Shelton.
 
Admission: Yes
Phone: 802-754-2216
Website: www.enosburgoperahouse.org
Email Address: worship@together.net
Handicap Accessible: Yes


May 3

Event: Mark Shelton concert
Location:
Enosburg Opera House
Address:  99 Depot Street
Town: Enosburg Falls
Description: "Golden Classics" concert.  Award Winning vocalist Mark Shelton.
 
Admission: Yes
Phone: 802-754-2216
Website: www.captainradical.com
Email Address: worship@together.net
Handicap Accessible: Yes


May 3

Event: Sins of My Old Age - an Evening with the Rossinis
Location:
The Unitarian Church of Montpelier
Address:  130 Main Street
Town: Montpelier
Description: An evening of deliciously witty anecdotes and music from the man who gave us the Barber of Seville.
 
Admission: Yes
Phone: 802-223-1279
Website: www.wordstagevt.com
Email Address: tim@wordstagevt.com
Handicap Accessible:


May 3

Event: Banjo Dan and the Mid-nite Plowboys
Location:
Chandler Music Hall
Address:  71-73 Main Streeet
Town: Randolph
Description: High energy, fine musicianship and sterling bluegrass entertainment
 
Admission: Yes
Phone: 802-728-6464
Website: www.banjodan.com
Email Address: director@chandler-arts.org
Handicap Accessible: Yes


May 3

Event: Banjo Dan and the Mid-nite Plowboys
Location:
Chandler Music Hall
Address:  71-73 Main Streeet
Town: Randolph
Description: High energy, fine musicianship and sterling bluegrass entertainment
 
Admission: Yes
Phone: 802-728-6464
Website: www.chandler-arts.org
Email Address: director@chandler-arts.org
Handicap Accessible: Yes


May 3

Event: 6th Annual Dinner & Silent Auction
Location:
Faith United Methodist Church
Address:  899 Dorset St. (South of I89 Overpass)
Town: South Burlington
Description: Dinner & Silent Auction
 
Admission: Yes
Phone: 802-863-6764
Website: www.faithsbvt.org
Email Address: faithom@verizon.net
Handicap Accessible: Yes


May 3

Event: Contra Dance Benefit for S. Woodstock Volunteer Fire Dept.
Location:
South Woodstock Fire House
Address:  Route 106
Town: South Woodstock
Description: David Millstone and the Sugar River Fidlers.
 
Admission: Donation
Phone: 802-353-7296
Website:
Email Address: jbskibee@yahoo.com
Handicap Accessible:


May 3

Event: Spring Thaw Sculptors' Forum
Location:
Carving Studio & Sculpture Center
Address:  636 Marble Street
Town: West Rutland
Description: Annual panel discussion of sculpture topics.
 
Admission:  
Phone: -
Website:
Email Address:
Handicap Accessible:


May 3 - 4

Event: Cooking Class-Vegetable Love
Location:
Inn at Baldwin Creek
Address:  1868 North Route 116
Town: Bristol
Description: Intimate, hands-on cooking class and garden tour with Chef Doug Mack.  Suitable for all experience levels.
 
Admission: Yes
Phone: 802-453-2432
Website: www.innatbaldwincreek.com
Email Address: linda@innatbaldwincreek.com
Handicap Accessible: Yes


May 3 - 4

Event: Freelance Family Singers Spring Concert
Location:
First Congregational Church of Woodstock
Address:  Elm St.
Town: Woodstock
Description: 30th anniversary concert - full chorus and vocal and instrumental ensembles.
 
Admission: Free
Phone: 802-457-3980
Website:
Email Address: ehs1935@Earthlink.net
Handicap Accessible: Yes


May 3 - 5

Event: Monoprinting Collaborative with Sarah Amos
Location:
Great River Arts Institute
Address:  33 Bridge Street
Town: Bellows Falls
Description: Work collaboratively with master printer Sarah Amos to bring your printmaking vision to a new level
 
Admission: Yes
Phone: 802-463-3330
Website: www.greatriverarts.org
Email Address: info@greatriverarts.org
Handicap Accessible: Yes


May 3 - 17

Event: Green Mountain Youth Symphony Auditions
Location:
U32 Junior Senior High School
Address:  930 Gallison Hill Road
Town: Montpelier
Description: Auditions for the GMYS orchestra program and summer music camps.
 
Admission:  
Phone: 802-454-0188
Website: www.gmys-vt.org
Email Address: sarah@gmys-vt.org
Handicap Accessible:


May 3 - Jun. 29

Event: Annual Members' Show
Location:
Carving Studio & Sculpture Center Gallery
Address:  259 Marble Street
Town: West Rutland
Description: Work by Carving Studio & Sculpture Center artist members in diverse media and methods.
 
Admission:  
Phone: -
Website:
Email Address:
Handicap Accessible:


May 3 - Oct. 31

Event: Hunter Gallery of Fine Arts Seasonal Opening
Location:
Hunter Gallery of Fine Arts
Address:  74 Main St.
Town: Grafton
Description: Opening for the seaon May thru Oct., 2008
 
Admission: Free
Phone: 802-843-1440
Website: www.hunterartworks.com
Email Address:
Handicap Accessible:


May 4

Event: The Group of Seven Slide Show
Location:
Studio Place Arts Classroom
Address:  201 North Main Street
Town: Barre
Description: A slide lecture by Dr. William Tortoland of St Michael's COllege. Supported by VT Humanities Council.
 
Admission: Free
Phone: 802-479-7069
Website: www.studioplacearts.com
Email Address: spa4arts@sover.net
Handicap Accessible: Yes


May 4

Event: Israeli Film - Live and Become
Location:
Merill's Roxy Cinema
Address:  222 College Street
Town: Burlington
Description: With a discussion led by Ken Peck.
 
Admission:  
Phone: 866-7554288
Website: www.israelat60vt.com
Email Address: byrontmurray@gmail.com
Handicap Accessible:


May 4

Event: Senior Recital - Mike Dunn, Tenor Saxophone
Location:
Music Building Recital Hall - University of Vermont
Address:  384 South Prospect Street
Town: Burlington
Description: University of Vermont Music Senior Mike Dunn performs on jazz saxophone. Mr. Dunn studies with instructor John McKenna.
 
Admission: Free
Phone: 802-656-3040
Website: www.uvm.edu/music
Email Address: music@uvm.edu
Handicap Accessible: Yes


May 4

Event: Sins of My Old Age - an Evening with the Rossinis
Location:
The Cathedral Church of St. Paul
Address:  2 Cherry Street
Town: Burlington
Description: An evening of witty conversations and music from the man who gave us The Barber of Seville.
 
Admission: Yes
Phone: 802-223-1279
Website: www.wordstagevt.com
Email Address: tim@wordstagevt.com
Handicap Accessible: Yes


May 4

Event: The Threepenny Opera
Location:
McCauley Hall
Address:  250 Colchester
Town: Burlington
Description: This spring, an interdisciplinary course and production will focus on The Threepenny Opera, the trail-blazing musical co
 
Admission: Yes
Phone: 802-656-3131
Website: learn.uvm.edu/threepenny/
Email Address:
Handicap Accessible:


May 4

Event: A Day at the Fair - UVM Hillel and Community Israel Fair
Location:
University of Vermont Davis Center Circle
Address: 
Town: Burlington
Description: The fair will feature Israeli food and music, activity and education booths, games and Israeli dancing.
 
Admission:  
Phone: 866-755-4288
Website: www.israelat60vt.com
Email Address: byrontmurray@gmail.com
Handicap Accessible:


May 4

Event: The Allen Brothers: Original Vermont Developers
Location:
Fletcher Free Library
Address:  235 College Street
Town: Burlington
Description: Learn how Ethan and Ira Allen built a real estate empire and how American independence ruined them.
 
Admission: Free
Phone: 802-865-7211
Website: www.vermonthumanities.org
Email Address:
Handicap Accessible: Yes


May 4

Event: VYO Spring Concert - Shostakovich Side-by-Side
Location:
Flynn Center for the Performing Arts
Address:  153 Main Street
Town: Burlington
Description: The VYO presents a collaborative performance with the Vermont Symphony Orchestra.
 
Admission: Yes
Phone: 802-863-5966
Website: www.vyo.org
Email Address: info@vyo.org
Handicap Accessible: Yes


May 4

Event: Quebec Mystery Author Louise Penny
Location:
Burnham Memorial Library
Address:  898 Main Street (Rte. 2A)
Town: Colchester
Description: Award-winner Louise Penny will read and discuss her writing in the Burnham Library's Meet-the-Author series.
 
Admission: Free
Phone: 802-879-7576
Website: www.burnham.lib.vt.us
Email Address: ggellman@burnham.lib.vt.us
Handicap Accessible: Yes


May 4

Event: Wood's Tea Company
Location:
Grand Isle Lake House
Address:  East Shore Road
Town: Grand Isle
Description: Musical concert featuring a mixture of lively folk music, Celtic tunes and sea shanties.
 
Admission: Yes
Phone: 802-372-5186
Website: www.woodstea.net
Email Address: info@islandarts.org
Handicap Accessible: Yes


May 4

Event: Wood's Tea Company
Location:
Grand Isle Lake House
Address:  East Shore Road
Town: Grand Isle
Description: Musical concert featuring a mixture of lively folk music, Celtic tunes and sea shanties.
 
Admission: Yes
Phone: 802-372-5186
Website: www.islandarts.org
Email Address: info@islandarts.org
Handicap Accessible: Yes


May 4

Event: Songs for Spring - A Choral Concert
Location:
Mead Chapel Middlebury College
Address: 
Town: Middlebury
Description: Music of life, remembrance, reflection & joy, featuring Rutter's Requiem, Haydn's The Seasons and contemporary works.
 
Admission: Free
Phone: 802-443-5811
Website: go.middlebury.edu/chorus
Email Address: rehbach@middlebury.edu
Handicap Accessible: Yes


May 4

Event: Lakes Region Youth Orchestra Spring Concert
Location:
Paramount Theatre
Address:  30 Center St.
Town: Rutland
Description: Our advanced students join Elisabeth von Trapp in performance!
 
Admission: Yes
Phone: 802-775-0903
Website: www.paramountvt.org
Email Address: lakesregionyouthorchestra@yahoo.com
Handicap Accessible: Yes


May 4

Event: Lakes Region Youth Orchestra Spring Concert
Location:
Paramount Theatre
Address:  30 Center St.
Town: Rutland
Description: Our advanced students join Elisabeth von Trapp in performance!
 
Admission: Yes
Phone: 802-775-0903
Website: www.lryo.net
Email Address: lakesregionyouthorchestra@yahoo.com
Handicap Accessible: Yes


May 4

Event: Rescheduled- First Wednesday Program
Location:
St. Johnsbury Athenaeum
Address:  1171 Main Street
Town: St. Johnsbury
Description: Author Reeve Lindbergh talks about "leaving middle age and other unexpected adventures"
 
Admission: Free
Phone: 802-748-8291 X307
Website: www.stjathenaeum.org/events.htm
Email Address: lvkann@stjathenaeum.org
Handicap Accessible: Yes


May 4

Event: Plow Match at Billings Farm & Museum
Location:
Billings Farm & Museum
Address:  Route 12N & River Road
Town: Woodstock
Description: Plow Match at Billings Farm & Museum
 
Admission: Yes
Phone: 802-457-2355
Website: www.billingsfarm.org
Email Address: info@billingsfarm.org
Handicap Accessible: Yes


May 4

Event: Freelance Family Singers Spring Concert
Location:
First Congregation Church
Address:  Elm Street
Town: Woodstock
Description: Popular sacred and secular musical pieces are offered in a free, family friendly concert.
 
Admission: Free
Phone: 802-484-5097
Website:
Email Address:
Handicap Accessible: Yes


May 4 - 17

Event: Figurative Sculpture Workshop with Heidi Mario
Location:
River Gallery School
Address: 
Town: Brattleboro
Description: Learn to model small realistic heads with fine detail in low-fire polymer clay using simple tools.
 
Admission: Yes
Phone: 802-257-0124
Website:
Email Address:
Handicap Accessible:


May 5

Event: Dorothy Canfield Fischer: A Vermonter For the World
Location:
Block School House (next to Hyde Log Cabin)
Address:  Route 2
Town: Grand Isle
Description: A living history presentation by Helene Lang showcasing the Vermont writer’s life works.
 
Admission: Free
Phone: 802-372-9099
Website: www.vermonthumanities.org
Email Address:
Handicap Accessible: Yes


May 6

Event: StoryTime with a Twist
Location:
ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science center
Address:  1 College Street
Town: Burlington
Description: Stories, songs and crafts link young minds to the wonders of nature.
 
Admission: Yes
Phone: 802-864-1848 X117
Website: www.echovermont.org
Email Address: welwell@uvm.edu
Handicap Accessible: Yes


May 6

Event: Voice Students of Jill Levis
Location:
Cathedral Church of St Paul
Address:  2 Cherry Street
Town: Burlington
Description: How Can We Keep from Singing?
 
Admission: Free
Phone: 802-864-0471
Website: www.CathedralArts.org
Email Address: info@CathedralArts.org
Handicap Accessible: Yes


May 6

Event: Voice Students of Jill Levis
Location:
Cathedral Church of St Paul
Address:  2 Cherry Street
Town: Burlington
Description: How Can We Keep from Singing?
 
Admission: Free
Phone: 802-864-0471
Website: www.stpaulscathedralvt.org
Email Address: info@CathedralArts.org
Handicap Accessible: Yes


May 6

Event: Life Onboard: Lake Champlain's Sunken Canal Boats
Location:
Burnham Memorial Library
Address:  898 Main Street (Rte. 2A)
Town: Colchester
Description: Underwater archaeologist Adam Kane shows artifacts and slides to tell the gripping tale of one the lake's sunken boats.
 
Admission: Free
Phone: 802-879-7576
Website: www.burnham.lib.vt.us
Email Address: ggellman@burnham.lib.vt.us
Handicap Accessible: Yes


May 6

Event: Annual Spring Amateur Musicians' Orchestra Concert
Location:
Elley Long Music Center at Fort Ethan Allen
Address: 
Town: Colchester
Description: Get out, celebrate spring and enjoy some wonderful music performed by your friends, neighbors and colleagues.
 
Admission: Free
Phone: 802-877-6962
Website: www.amovt.org
Email Address: allyson@amovt.org
Handicap Accessible: Yes


May 6

Event: Life Onboard - Studying Lake Champlain's Sunken Canal Boats
Location:
Burnham Library
Address:  Main Street
Town: Colchester
Description: Adam Kane from the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum discusses the wrecks of canal boats in Lake Champlain.
 
Admission: Free
Phone: 802-658-3706
Website: www.vermonthumanities.org
Email Address:
Handicap Accessible: Yes


May 7

Event: First Wednesdays Classic Book Program - Don Quixote
Location:
Brooks Memorial Library
Address:  224 Main Street
Town: Brattleboro
Description: Ilan Stavans discusses Cervantes's masterpiece.
 
Admission: Free
Phone: 802-254-5290
Website:
Email Address:
Handicap Accessible: Yes


May 7

Event: The Great Camps of the Adirondacks
Location:
First Congregational Church
Address:  3624 Main Street
Town: Manchester
Description: Vermont State Curator David Schutz shares examples of the Adirondack style of architecture.
 
Admission: Free
Phone: 802-362-2607
Website:
Email Address:
Handicap Accessible: Yes


May 7

Event: Why Jung?
Location:
Ilsley Public Library
Address:  75 Main Street
Town: Middlebury
Description: Dr. Polly Young-Eisendrath explores the psychology of Carl Jung.
 
Admission: Free
Phone: 802-388-4095
Website:
Email Address:
Handicap Accessible: Yes


May 7

Event: The White Mountain Huts
Location:
Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Hayes Room
Address:  135 Main Street
Town: Montpelier
Description: Dartmouth Professor Allen Koop explains the Appalachian Mountain Club's hut system in New Hampshire and its history.
 
Admission: Free
Phone: 802-223-3338
Website: www.kellogghubbard.org
Email Address: rsenechal@kellogghubbard.org
Handicap Accessible: Yes


May 7

Event: Regeneration of an Artist - Frank Lloyd Wright After 1932
Location:
Goodrich Memorial Library
Address:  202 Main Street
Town: Newport
Description: Historian H. Nicholas Muller discusses Frank Lloyd Wright.
 
Admission: Free
Phone: 802-334-7902
Website:
Email Address:
Handicap Accessible: Yes


May 7

Event: The Founders and the Problem of Democracy
Location:
St. Johnsbury Athenaeum
Address:  1171 Main Street
Town: St. Johnsbury
Description: Vic Henningsen considers America's founders and democracy.
 
Admission: Free
Phone: 802-748-8291
Website:
Email Address:
Handicap Accessible: Yes


May 7

Event: Stowe Performing Arts NOON MUSIC at NIGHT!
Location:
United States
Address:  PO Box 3283
Town: Stowe
Description: Free concert by Eugene Barban
 
Admission: Free
Phone: 802-253-7792
Website:
Email Address: spa@StoweArts.com
Handicap Accessible: Yes


May 7

Event: Stowe Arts Noon Music in May - Eugene Barban on Piano
Location:
Stowe Community Church
Address:  Main Street
Town: Stowe
Description: Renowned pianist Eugene Barban heralds the arrival of spring with pieces about birds.
 
Admission: Free
Phone: 802-253-7792
Website: www.StoweArts.com
Email Address: spa@StoweArts.com
Handicap Accessible: Yes


May 8

Event: The Holy Wells of Ireland
Location:
Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Hayes Room
Address:  135 Main St
Town: Montpelier
Description: Ancient Ireland was believed to be a land of power that "welled up" in the form of bubbling springs.
 
Admission: Free
Phone: 802-223-3338
Website: www.kellogghubbard.org
Email Address: rsenechal@kellogghubbard.org
Handicap Accessible: Yes


May 8

Event: Future of Vermont Discussion
Location:
St. Johnsbury Middle School
Address:  257 Western Avenue
Town: St. Johnsbury
Description: What should Vermont's focus for the future be?  Tell us at a community meeting where you can express your vision.
 
Admission: Free
Phone: 802-223-6091
Website: www.futureofvermont.org
Email Address:
Handicap Accessible:


May 8 - 29

Event: Children’s Book Readings and Healthy Snacks for Ages 5–9
Location:
Brattleboro Museum and Art Center
Address:  10 Vernon Street
Town: Brattleboro
Description: Enjoy readings of beautifully illustrated children’s