The Mad River Valley Village

Fluid Impressions: Barrie Fisher and Susie Conrad
2025-08-27 10:00 - 16:00, 2025-08-28 10:00 - 16:00, 2025-08-29 10:00 - 16:00, 2025-08-31 14:00 - 18:00, 2025-09-01 10:00 - 16:00, 2025-09-02 10:00 - 16:00, 2025-09-03 10:00 - 16:00, 2025-09-04 10:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) and 1 more date | Planetary Art Institute, 961 Route 2, Middlesex, Vermont, 05602, United States
The Planetary Art Institute at Camp Meade is delighted to present these meditations as a conversation between two creators and friends-Barrie Fisher and Susie Conrad, in keeping with our mission to support creativity, collaboration, and community in central Vermont.
Monday – Friday 10am to 4pm
Sunday – 2pm to 6pm
Select Saturdays

The Big Red Barn Art Show
2025-08-28 16:00 - 21:00, 2025-08-29 16:00 - 21:00, 2025-08-30 12:00 - 21:00, 2025-08-31 12:00 - 21:00 | Big Red Barn at Lareau Farm, 48 Lareau Road, Waitsfield, 05673
The Big Red Barn Art Show has been a summer tradition for 27 years. The Exhibition presents an eclectic selection of work that highlights the talents and creativity of local artists and fine craftspeople. The Show runs from July 27 – August 31 at the Red Barn Galleries at Lareau Farm in Waitsfield.
Thursday – Friday 4:00 – 9:00
Saturday – Sunday 12:00 – 9:00

Phantom Theater Presents: Miranda Henne and Friends
2025-08-28 20:00 - 21:00, 2025-08-30 20:00 - 21:00 | Edgcomb Barn, 970 Dump Rd, Warren, Vermont, Warren, United States
Lincoln Center performing artist and beloved Phantom performer, Miranda Henne is equally at home playing Bach as bluegrass.
In this, her fifth appearance in the Barn, she brings together an eclectic group of talented musicians to make a genre defying, joyful program, sure to please every taste.

Phantom Theater Presents: Miranda Henne and Friends
2025-08-28 20:00 - 21:00, 2025-08-29 20:00 - 21:00, 2025-08-30 20:00 - 21:00 | Edgcomb Barn, 970 Dump Rd, Warren, Vermont, Warren, United States
Lincoln Center performing artist and beloved Phantom performer, Miranda Henne is equally at home playing Bach as bluegrass.
In this, her fifth appearance in the Barn, she brings together an eclectic group of talented musicians to make a genre defying, joyful program, sure to please every taste.
Featuring an exciting, virtuosic ensemble: Greg Liszt (Crooked Still, Bruce Springsteen’s Seeger Sessions) on banjo, Upasak Mukhergee (renowned film scorer) on Indian tabla, and Darol Anger (David Grisman Quintet, Turtle Island String Band) on fiddle.

Bread and Puppet presents: Oh You Beasts Descendants
2025-08-29 00:00 - 23:59 | Bread and Puppet Theater, 753 Heights Rd, Montreal, Vermont, Glover, United States
Join us in the Paper Maché Cathedral for a brand new, urgently-needed puppet show. Keeping the work up-to-the-minute, the show will evolve over the course of the summer.
In Peter Schumann’s words:”We human beasts, descendants of revenge and elimination gods, and of the gods of love who preach by killing love, how can we survive while our very own evil empire promotes incinerations and starvation warfare and supreme inhumanity is performed in front of our eyes? We, the numerous people here on the face of the earth, we occupants of not knowing where else to be, living in the jungle of beastly minutes, need Mother Dirt to rebirth our joy muscles, strip us of our horror inhumanity, and make water and bread of life obligatory.”
Every Friday at 7pm July through August
Tickets: $15, no one turned away for lack of funds.
*Capacity is limited at our indoor shows*
https://breadandpuppet.org/on-the-farm
Dogs are not permitted at our indoor performances.

Feel the Wheel Pottery Workshop
2025-08-29 18:00 - 20:00 | Blockhouse Studio, 5031 Main Street, Waitsfield, VT, 05673
Here’s your chance to try your hand at the potter’s wheel! This workshop will be offered the last Friday of every month (most months).
This is a one time, two hour introduction to learn the basics of wheel throwing.
You will be guided from a ball of clay to your first bowl or cup. Using a simple to understand process, you will learn the foundational techniques needed to enjoy this meditative and somewhat magical craft. Most students will successfully throw at least 2 pots which will be fired and finished by us, ready to pick up in approximately 3 weeks.
If you throw more than 2 that you would like to keep we can finish them as well for $15/pot (first 2 are included). Shipping is available for additional fees.

Bread and Puppet presents: Oh You Beasts Descendants
2025-08-29 19:00 - 20:00 | Bread and Puppet Theater, 753 Heights Rd, Montreal, Vermont, Glover, United States
Join us in the Paper Maché Cathedral for a brand new, urgently-needed puppet show. Keeping the work up-to-the-minute, the show will evolve over the course of the summer.
In Peter Schumann’s words:”We human beasts, descendants of revenge and elimination gods, and of the gods of love who preach by killing love, how can we survive while our very own evil empire promotes incinerations and starvation warfare and supreme inhumanity is performed in front of our eyes? We, the numerous people here on the face of the earth, we occupants of not knowing where else to be, living in the jungle of beastly minutes, need Mother Dirt to rebirth our joy muscles, strip us of our horror inhumanity, and make water and bread of life obligatory.”
Every Friday at 7pm July through August. *No show August 22nd*
Tickets: $15, no one turned away for lack of funds.
*Capacity is limited at our indoor shows*

On the B&P Farm

Dogs are not permitted at our indoor performances.

Author Tanya Lee Stone Visits Inklings!
2025-08-30 10:30 - 11:30 | Inklings Children’s Books, 106 Mad River Greeen, Waitsfield, VT, 05673, United States
Inklings is thrilled to welcome award-winning author Tanya Lee Stone on Saturday, August 30th at 10:30am!!
Join Tanya and help celebrate Women’s Equality Day with a reading of REMEMBERING ROSALIND FRANKLIN, an inspiring nonfiction picture book about Rosalind Franklin, the groundbreaking chemist who helped discover the structure of DNA but was not credited for it.
In this wonderful book, Rosalind Franklin is remembered, and her story put back in the narrative where it belongs!
Following the reading, children will have the chance to create a fun, colorful DNA double helix – the kind that Rosalind’s work made possible to discover. Tanya will also discuss her other wonderful books about women’s empowerment!

Make a Mug Pottery Workshop
2025-08-31 10:00 - 12:00 | Blockhouse Studio, 5031 Main Street, Waitsfield, VT, 05673
Make your very own mug constructed from slabs of clay! Unlike wheel thrown pottery, slab building is easy to get the hang of. With no experience anyone can make a beautiful, functional piece of pottery, which can be personalized with texture and pattern. We will fire and finish in your choice of glaze color, having pieces ready for pick up in approximately 3 weeks.
Open to all skill levels, this workshop is suitable for beginners while also giving experienced potters some excellent tips and tricks to bring their hand-built work to the next level. Check our workshop page for other hand-building projects!

Bread and Puppet presents: Our Domestic Resurrection Revolution in Progress Circus
2025-08-31 15:00 - 18:00 | Bread and Puppet Theater, 753 Heights Rd, Montreal, Vermont, Glover, United States
Sundays, July 13-August 31 at 3pm
The company presents Our Domestic Revolution in Progress, 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 make a raucous, colorful spectacle of protest and celebration.
After the show Bread & Puppet will serve its famous sourdough rye bread with aioli, and Bread & Puppet’s “Cheap Art” – books, posters, postcards, pamphlets and banners from the Bread & Puppet Press – will be for sale prior and after the show.
Tickets: $15, no one turned away for lack of funds.
https://breadandpuppet.org/on-the-farm
Dogs are discouraged, though well behaved dogs on leash are allowed. If you bring your dog, PLEASE SIT IN THE BACK of the audience, at the top of the amphitheater, as far away as possible from the brass band and bring plenty of water (there is none onsite). Dogs are not able to attend our indoor performances.

Bread and Puppet presents: Our Domestic Resurrection Revolution in Progress Circus
2025-08-31 15:00 - 18:00 | Bread and Puppet Theater, 753 Heights Rd, Montreal, Vermont, Glover, United States
Sundays, July 13-August 31 at 3pm
The company presents Our Domestic Revolution in Progress, 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 make a raucous, colorful spectacle of protest and celebration.
After the show Bread & Puppet will serve its famous sourdough rye bread with aioli, and Bread & Puppet’s “Cheap Art” – books, posters, postcards, pamphlets and banners from the Bread & Puppet Press – will be for sale prior and after the show.
Tickets: $15, no one turned away for lack of funds.

On the B&P Farm

Dogs are discouraged, though well behaved dogs on leash are allowed. If you bring your dog, PLEASE SIT IN THE BACK of the audience, at the top of the amphitheater, as far away as possible from the brass band and bring plenty of water (there is none onsite). Dogs are not able to attend our indoor performances.

Phantom Theater Presents: Moth-Inspired Storytelling
2025-08-31 19:00 - 20:30 | Edgcomb Barn, 970 Dump Rd, Warren, Vermont, Warren, United States
True stories told by your friends and neighbors hosted by national Moth storyteller, Bobby Stoddard.
Tonight’s theme: Longevity and Anniversaries.
Come to listen, come to tell!

Comedy Illusionist: Ben Pratt
2025-08-31 19:00 - 20:30 | Big Picture Theater, 44 Carroll Road, Waitsfield, 05673
Magic, laughs and sleight of hand.
Ben has created an 80 minute in your face stand up comedy show combined with magic and Illusions that widely appeals to both adults and kids. Ben has won multiple awards and has performed all over New England, as well as Las Vegas. From the moment he walks into a room ready to perform, to the moment he leaves he will ALWAYS leave people begging for more. Limited seating available. Get your tickets before they all disappear!

A Moth Inspired Storytelling Event
2025-08-31 19:00 - 21:00 | Edgcomb Barn, 970 Dump Rd, Warren, Vermont, Warren, United States

Fall Toddler Time Art Class at Inklings!
2025-09-05 10:00 - 11:00 | Inklings Children’s Books, 106 Mad River Greeen, Waitsfield, VT, 05673, United States
It’s Fall Toddler Time Art Class at Inklings Children’s Books! Friday mornings from 10am – 11am.
Caregivers and their little ones are invited to explore the colors & shapes of the season, and develop those fine motor skills; all while having some creative fun!
Activities will include painting on torn newspaper, craft pumpkins, and colorful watercolor felt leaves.
SIGN UP using the EVENT LINK
Begins Friday, Sept. 5th and goes for 6 weeks.
Ages: 18mo – 4yrs
Price: $85 (all six classes) Drop-in Price: $15/per class

ARTful Justice: Art Auction with music Fundraiser
2025-09-05 17:00 - 19:00 | afterthoughts, 8 Vt Route 17 200, Waitsfield, Vermont, 05673, United States
ARTFul Justice 2025
What it is: A Silent Auction and Celebration of an Activated Community. All Proceeds from the Auction go to The Vermont Immigration Legal Defense Fund. Enjoy the Art Sale, Raise Awareness, Meet Like Minded People, and Celebrate Hope over Despair!
Presented by: Indivisible Mad River Valley and Camel’s Hump Indivisible
Beneficiary: The Vermont Immigration Legal Defense Fund. The Fund supports and expands legal resources available to organizations that protect asylum seekers, immigrants, and marginalized people facing deportation or detention.
AfterThoughts 8 VT 17, Waitsfield, Vermont
Food (Peace Burger) and drinks available for purchase
Live Music by Granville Daze
Overview: The event showcases creatives including: crafters, painters, photographers, ceramicists, fiber artists, sculptors, and conceptual artists. These artists and artisans have donated their work to raise funds for the Vermont Immigration Legal Defense Fund.
For information or to register, please visit: https://www.mobilize.us/indivisiblemadrivervalley/event/810698/
