Green Mountain Watercolor Exhibition
2024-07-12 12:00 - 21:00, 2024-07-12 16:00 - 21:00, 2024-07-13 12:00 - 21:00, 2024-07-14 12:00 - 21:00, 2024-07-18 12:00 - 21:00, 2024-07-18 16:00 - 21:00, 2024-07-19 12:00 - 21:00, 2024-07-19 16:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) and 1 more date | Big Red Barn at Lareau Farm, 48 Lareau Road, Waitsfield, 05673
The 12th annual Green Mountain Watercolor Exhibition has works from 85 artists from all over the country including paintings from the Whiskey Painters of America. The exhibition has received past recognition in the international magazine The Art of Watercolour and has developed the reputation of presenting the most contemporary styles of watercolor. Richard Russell Sneary AWS, NWS, nationally recognized watercolor artist, returns to serve as judge of awards.
The show is open on Thursdays and Fridays from 4-9pm and Saturdays and Sundays from 12-9 pm through July 20th.

Nacho’s Nachos Cooking Class at Inklings!
2024-07-12 15:30 - 16:30 | Inklings Children’s Books, 106 Mad River Greeen, Waitsfield, VT, 05673, United States
Ever wonder how one of the most popular dishes in America got its start? Join Vegging on the Mountain at Inklings on July 12th at 3:30pm to find out!!
After a reading of “Nacho’s Nachos”, children will have the chance to make nachos of their very own with Marci Lutsky from Vegging on the Mountain.
FREE and open to all!!

MRV Arts Summer Garden Tour Pre-Tour Social
2024-07-12 17:30 - 19:00 | Mad River Valley Arts, 5031 Main Street #2 Village Square, Waitsfield, 05673
This year’s Pre-Tour Social will be held at a beautiful farm with a stunning view on Friday, July 12 from 5:30 to 7PM. The event hosts are generously donating hors d’oeuvres from Adam Longworth’s Kitchen-ette along with festive cocktails. There will be a small silent auction offering high quality items and proceeds will benefit youth participating in MRVArts’ summer art camps.
The 2024 Mad River Valley Arts Garden Tour will take place on Saturday, July 13 from 10AM to 4PM featuring six private home gardens, two regenerative farms, a school garden with rain and pollinator gardens and a sculpture garden. The tour is sponsored by Lareau Farm and Forest, the Pitcher Inn and Warren Store, Broadleaf Landscape Architecture, Broscapes, LLC and Appalachian Landscaping. There will be painters and photographers in the gardens, a willow basket making demo, and the opportunity to design your own fresh bouquets provided by Diddle & Zen.
Tickets may be bought online at madrivervalleyarts.org/gardentourandpre-toursocialparty (http://madrivervalleyarts.org/gardentourandpre-toursocialparty) or purchased the day of the event at the Gallery at 5031 Main St in Waitsfield or in front of the Farmhouse Day Spa in Warren Village.
Tickets are priced at one tour for $30 or two for $50, $55 for the Pre-Tour Social and $80 for the Pre-Tour Social and Garden Tour. You may also call the Gallery at 802-496-6682 to place your order.

Monty Python’s SPAMALOT
2024-07-12 19:30 - 22:00, 2024-07-14 16:00 - 18:30 | Valley Players Theater, 4254 Main Street, Route 100, Waitsfield, VT, 05673, United States
The funniest show on earth is coming to spread laughter and merriment throughout Central Vermont! Lovingly ripped off from the classic film comedy Monty Python and the Holy Grail, SPAMALOT retells the legend of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table, and features a bevy of beautiful show girls, not to mention cows, killer rabbits, and French people. The outrageous, uproarious, and gloriously entertaining story will delight audiences as they search for the Holy Grail and “always look on the bright side of life.”
Monty Python’s SPAMALOT is presented at the Valley Players through special arrangement with, and all authorized performance materials are supplied by, Theatrical Rights Worldwide. The book and lyrics are by Eric Idle, with music by John Du Prez & Eric Idle from the original screenplay by Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin. The show runs 2 hours and 30 minutes, including intermission, and contains adult humor and language.

MRV Arts Summer Garden Tour, 2024
2024-07-13 10:00 - 16:00 | Mad River Valley Arts, 5031 Main Street #2 Village Square, Waitsfield, 05673
The 2024 Mad River Valley Arts Garden Tour will take place on Saturday, July 13 from 10AM to 4PM featuring six private home gardens, two regenerative farms, a school garden with rain and pollinator gardens and a sculpture garden. The tour is sponsored by Lareau Farm and Forest, the Pitcher Inn and Warren Store, Broadleaf Landscape Architecture, Broscapes, LLC and Appalachian Landscaping. There will be painters and photographers in the gardens, a willow basket making demo, and the opportunity to design your own fresh bouquets provided by Diddle & Zen.
This year’s Pre-Tour Social will be held at a beautiful farm with a stunning view on Friday, July 12 from 5:30 to 7PM. The event hosts are generously donating hors d’oeuvres from Adam Longworth’s Kitchen-ette along with festive cocktails. There will be a small silent auction offering high quality items and proceeds will benefit youth participating in MRVArts’ summer art camps.
Tickets may be bought online at madrivervalleyarts.org/gardentourandpre-toursocialparty (http://madrivervalleyarts.org/gardentourandpre-toursocialparty) or purchased the day of the event at the Gallery at 5031 Main St in Waitsfield or in front of the Farmhouse Day Spa in Warren Village.
Tickets are priced at one tour for $30 or two for $50, $55 for the Pre-Tour Social and $80 for the Pre-Tour Social and Garden Tour. You may also call the Gallery at 802-496-6682 to place your order.

Bread and Puppet presents: The Whole Kit and Caboodle Show
2024-07-13 15:00 - 16:00, 2024-07-14 15:00 - 16:00, 2024-07-20 15:00 - 16:00 | Bread and Puppet Theater, 753 Heights Rd, Montreal, Vermont, Glover, United States
Bread & Puppet kicks off its 2024 Summer Season with a new performance, The Whole Kit and Caboodle Show, created by Peter Schumann and company along with a cohort of spring apprentices. The Whole Kit and Caboodle Show runs Sundays June 9th-July 7th at 3 p.m. in the Papier Maché Cathedral at the Bread and Puppet farm, 753 Heights Rd, Glover, VT.
About this show Peter Schumann says, “We, the Whole Kit & Caboodle bread bakers, peace and harmony terrorists and criminal trespassers of the fascist empire offer anti-hospital-bombing calisthenics in the face of the Freedom and Democracy Bullshitters, and precise funeral rites for the collapsing Western Civilization and make our divine paper maché weaponry, as retrieved from the cardboard industry’s available refuse to defeat the capitalist hegemony and celebrate a brand-new humanity with appropriate victory dances and demonstrate our birthright as children of the one and only Mother Dirt, who makes us and unmakes us and now requires our full undivided attention.”
Bread and Puppet’s Cheap Art – books, posters, postcards, pamphlets and banners from the Bread and Puppet Press – will be for sale in the Bread & Puppet Museum Store throughout the event.
Tickets for this and other summer shows are $10 each. We ask that you purchase tickets ahead of time. However, it’s central to our philosophy that our performances are as accessible as possible and no one will be turned away for lack of funds. Admission by cash donation for kids 6 and under. You can purchase tickets on our website at https://breadandpuppet.org/book-tickets-for-upcoming-shows
The Whole Kit and Caboodle Show plays Sunday afternoons June 9th through July 7th at 3 p.m.. The Principle of Hope Circus plays at 3 p.m. (sideshows at 2 p.m.) every Saturday and Sunday July 13th through August 31st. All shows at the Bread & Puppet Farm, 753 Heights Rd/Rt. 122 in Glover, VT.

Ella Grace Dance Party
2024-07-13 20:00 - 22:00 | Edgcomb Barn, 970 Dump Rd, Warren, Vermont, Warren, United States
Local hero Ella Holter leads a rocking band rooted in the Valley and now living in LA. They lit up the Barn last summer and are ready to bring the party again.

Red River North
2024-07-13 20:00 - 23:00 | Emily’s Bar & Bistro, 5081 Main Street, Waitsfield, VT, 056673
It’s like going to the CMA Awards!!!

Bluegrass Brunch
2024-07-14 12:00 - 14:30 | Mad Bush Falls, 7575 Main Street, Waitsfield, VT, 05673, United States
Longtime local legends Brett Hughes (guitar), Pat Melvin (bass), Caleb Elder (fiddle) and Beau Stapleton (mandolin) pick bluegrass on the deck every Sunday. Named after Brett’s Old Home Place on Prickly Mountain Road, these old fellers have a heckuva time and you will too! Thanks to Frost Beer Works for supporting live music!

See YOU in the Garden with Charlie Nardozzi ~ A Benefit for Art on Main
2024-07-14 16:00 - 18:00 | Rocky Dale Gardens, 806 VT-17, Bristol, Vermont, 05443, United States
Art on Main is pleased to announce a summer garden fundraiser featuring nationally recognized garden expert Charlie Nardozzi. Join us as we tour the exceptional display gardens and unique landscape of Rocky Dale under the educated and exuberant guidance of Vermont’s favorite gardener. Charlie will discuss plants, garden design and maintenance; including Rocky Dale’s unusual specimen trees that add such distinction to the property. The tour will be followed with Herbal Tea and Treats and time for a Q and A with Charlie and Rocky Dale’s expert staff.
Tickets include delicious herbal treats after the tour and 10% off coupons to Rocky Dale for purchases that day and Art on Main for a purchase before the end of the year. Tickets are limited so don’t wait until the day of the tour!

Music on Mad River Green – Wednesday Evenings
2024-07-17 17:30 - 19:30 | Mad River Green, 105 Mad River Green, Waitsfield, VT, 05673, United States
Kick off the (free) summer music season on Wednesday, July 17th with extraordinary local musician Madigan Linnane, Dino Bones BBQ, Aladdin, and Three Mountain Cafe on the Mad River Green (site of the Waitsfield Farmers Market)!
Music, food, and drinks run from 5:30pm to 7:30 weekly. We love picnics, and we love you!
Please park at the Mad River Green Shops (Product Think Tank, Whippletree Designs, The Collection, Waitsfield Post Office, etc.), and avoid outside alcohol or glass containers.
Questions about the event, who’s playing, or who’s cooking? Ask Ryan at Three Mountain Cafe, and follow their social media for updates. Interest in sharing some fun music or food? Ask Brian at Inklings Children’s Books (inklingschildrensbooks@gmail.com).
See you July 17!

Family Nature Hunt
2024-07-18 12:00 - 16:00 | Corner School Resource Center of Granville Vermont, 75 Post Office Hill 75 Post Office Hill, Granville, Vermont, 05747, United States
Renowned naturalist and author of 15 books, Clare Walker Leslie, leads a fun and informative session that helps us see and record the wild world all around us. You’ll be amazed at how many critters and plants make their home near the beautifully renovated Corner School one-room schoolhouse and how their lives are connected to our own!

Yestermorrow Walk-In Campus Tour
2024-07-18 16:00 - 16:45 | Yestermorrow Design/Build School, 7865 Main Street, Waitsfield, 05673
If you are in the Mad River Valley and would like to tour the Yestermorrow campus, please come say hello. We are offering recurring walk-in tours, Thursdays at 4pm, throughout the summer. We will explore campus, do our best to answer your burning questions, and talk about all things Yestermorrow. We hope to see you there.

The Prom – the musical
2024-07-18 19:30 - 21:30, 2024-07-19 19:30 - 21:30, 2024-07-20 19:30 - 21:30 | Lost Nation Theater, 39 Main Street, Montpelier, 05602
Eric Love is back to direct this award winning Spectacular! Taryn Noelle choreographs! Down-on-their-luck Broadway stars shake up a small Indiana town as they rally behind a teen who just wants to go to the prom with her girlfriend. Among others, The Prom features Taryn Noelle, Kathleen Keenan, and a host of local triple-threat teens, and stage veterans in their LNT debut.
7:30pm Thu-Sat; 2pm Sun
July 18 –August 4
Covid Safety Protocols: Masks are strongly encouraged. (LNT’s State of the Art Bio-Defense Air Purification “Synexis” System is also in service 24/7 keeping everyone as safe as possible.)
The Flood made LNT/City Hall’s elevator inoperable, requiring climbing stairs to attend in person. The play will be available digitally to make the show accessible to those unable to physically join us. We appreciate your understanding during this emergency situation. Since we cannot provide wheelchair/walker access, please call us (802-229-0492) or email info@lostnationtheater.org to discuss options for seeing the show.
SPONSORS: Vermont Recovery & Resilience Fund of the Vermont Community Foundation, Montpelier Strong Fund, The City of Montpelier, Vermont Mutual Insurance, National Life Group, The World, Eternity, Vermont Arts Council/NEA, The Estate of Ted Richards, The Mary Shriver Fund of the Alan Weiss Estate
ABOUT LNT: Lost Nation Theater winner “Theater of the Decade” – Broadway World (2020); “Best of New England”, Yankee Magazine, was named “One of the Best regional theaters in America” by the New York Drama League, “Outstanding Achievement Award” from the New England Theatre Conference; and has won the People’s Choice awards from both Seven Days and The Times Argus for Best Theater.

Elli Parr Jewelry Making Event – Friday July 19th
2024-07-19 12:00 - 17:00 | Addison West, 5275 Main Street, Waitsfield, VT, 05673, United States
Elli Parr Jewelry is coming to Addison West on Friday July 19th, 12-5pm for a summer jewelry pop-up & DIY bracelet making event!
Give-a-ways every hour, totaling in over $400 worth of product!
One-of-a-kind jewerly pieces will be showcased and available for purchase.
Make-your-own bracelets starting at $20 a bracelet (depending on materials)
And so much more! We can’t wait to see you.

Bread & Puppet Theater Presents: The Beginning After the End of Humanity Circus and Gaza Grey Lady Cantata
2024-07-20 15:00 - 17:30 | Bread and Puppet Theater, 753 Heights Rd, Montreal, Vermont, Glover, United States
Bread & Puppet presents The Beginning After the End of Humanity Circus, a brand new show in the tradition of the iconic Bread & Puppet circuses that began at Goddard College in Plainfield, Vermont in 1970. As usual, the show will draw on traditional circus tropes and familiar Bread and Puppet iconography to draw attention to the urgent issues of the day. Stilt dancers, paper maché beasts of all sizes and a riotous brass band will make a raucous, colorful spectacle of protest and celebration.
This year The Beginning After the End of Humanity Circus will be performed in our outdoor amphitheater each Saturday and Sunday.
The Saturday circus will be followed by a performance of Gaza Gray Lady Cantata. Each Saturday, July 13th – August 31st at 3pm.
The Sunday circus will be followed by our traditional, large-scale outdoor pageant, a giant spectacle in the surrounding landscape. Each Sunday, July 14th through August 25th at 3pm.
*Please come early to allow time for parking and to enjoy side shows, beginning at 2pm.
All shows at The Bread & Puppet Theater, 753 Heights Rd. Glover, VT
Tickets for all summer shows are $10 each. Each ticket is for all performances on a given day. We ask that you purchase tickets ahead of time. However, it’s central to our philosophy that our performances are as accessible as possible and no one will be turned away for lack of funds. Admission by cash donation for kids 6 and under. You can purchase tickets on our website at: https://breadandpuppet.org/book-tickets-for-upcoming-shows
Cheap Art: On all performance days Bread and Puppet’s Cheap Art – books, posters, postcards, pamphlets and banners from the Bread and Puppet Press – will be for sale in the Bread & Puppet Museum Store and in the Circus Field.
A bit more about our shows: Bread & Puppet’s founder and director, Peter Schumann, describes The Beginning After The End of Humanity Circus: “After the appropriate death dances for the burial of the empire-of-horror and it’s horrified humanity and after the screaming-trees-choir teaches earthlings how to scream against the daily atrocities, the new underneath-all-of-this humanity emerges from under the rubble, whose voices must make the new language that the new humanity needs.”
In the late 60’s through the mid 1970’s, Peter Schumann created a series of shows in response to the Vietnam war called “The Gray Lady Cantatas”. The shows featured the iconic gray lady puppets moving through vignettes both dreamlike and brutal. This new version, Gaza Gray Lady Cantata, was created and co-directed this spring by father-daughter team Peter and Maria Schumann. It uses texts from Palestinians living through the war in Gaza, and, like the older versions of the show, is a meditation on grief, war, and resistance.
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Background Information about Bread and Puppet:
Bread & Puppet Theater is an internationally celebrated company that champions a visually rich, street-theater style of performance art filled with music, dance and slapstick. Its shows are political and spectacular, with huge puppets made of paper maché and cardboard. Founded in 1963 by Peter and Elka Schumann on New York City’s Lower East Side, the theater has been based in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont since the early 1970s.

New Works by Chimera Art Co-Lab
2024-07-20 20:00 - 21:00 | Edgcomb Barn, 970 Dump Rd, Warren, Vermont, Warren, United States
Featuring “The Space[s] We Hold” as well as new works-in-progress by a diverse dance collective including classically trained, local artist Larissa Ursprung.
