The Mad River Valley Village

Friends of Waterbury Reservoir Annual Meeting
2024-10-23 17:30 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Blush Hill Country Club, 141 Lonesome Trail Dr. Blush Hill, Waterbury, Vermont, Waterbury, United States
The Board of the Friends of Waterbury Reservoir (FWR) invites you to join us for our annual meeting at the Blush Hill Golf Country Club.
What: Friends of Waterbury Reservoir Annual Meeting
When: Wednesday, 23rd October 2024
Where: Blush Hill Country Club – 141 Lonesome Trail Road, Waterbury, VT 05676
2024 Annual Meeting to be held on Wednesday, October 23, at the Blush Hill Country Club in Waterbury VT. Social time begins at 5:30, meeting underway at 6:15. Admission is free to the public, and all are welcome to join us for this memorable event! Donations to the FWR are always welcome.
Special Guest Speaker! Kurt J. Valenta, presenting “The Beaver – Nature’s Superb Engineer” (and often seen residents of the Waterbury Reservoir!)
Kurt will give us “a look at the historical significance the beaver had in the exploration and mapping of North America. Their unique adaptations allows them to survive year-round in a habitat of their own making. The ecosystem that is created supports a diversity of wildlife while also playing a major role in flood control and environmental rejuvenation.”
There will be hands-on materials, a presentation with amazing photos, and a time for questions and answers. Children are welcome to attend.
Kurt Valenta is the founder of EXORDIUM, an organization that provides outdoor learning experiences for the “young and young-at-heart”. He has extensive experience as a traveler and educator, and we are thrilled that we can offer his expertise and love of the natural world with our members. Don’t miss this fascinating evening!
In addition to our Nature Presentation, we will have presentations on our Loon Projects, Wildlife on the Reservoir, Updates on the season from our On-the-Water Rangers, and information on the current status of the Waterbury Dam Repairs. For more information, contact us via our Facebook Page, or by email, waterburyres@gmail.com.
www.friendsofwaterburyres.org

Fall 2024 Speaker Series – Making Connections: Mobility for All with Kelly Stoddard-Poor and Jon Kaplan
2024-10-23 18:30 - 20:00 | Yestermorrow Design/Build School, 7865 Main Street, Waitsfield, 05673
AARP VT’s Kelly Stoddard-Poor and Jon Kaplan will give a transportation seminar for people interested in learning what can be done to improve local transportation options for those who can no longer drive, or who do not wish to drive. Participants will learn key concepts of healthy community design, share their own experiences, get tips on going car-light or car-free, and dig into ideas for advocacy and action in their own community.

Wild Pink
2024-10-24 13:00 - 17:00, 2024-10-25 13:00 - 17:00, 2024-10-26 13:00 - 17:00, 2024-10-29 13:00 - 17:00, 2024-10-30 13:00 - 17:00, 2024-10-31 13:00 - 17:00 | Festival Gallery at Valley Arts, 5031 Main Street,, Waitsfield, 05673
WILD PINK is a group show about the natural and cultural relationship of the ancient color PINK. There is certainly no dearth of pink in the natural world or in human culture. We accessorize, cosmeticize, gender-ize and interiorize to the point of being ‘tickled pink’. In the animal and floral world pink as hue and shade exists multifold. Whether to shock, protest or code the millennials, pink has survived the test of time. This show examines the fluid origins of PINK in ‘natural’ and/or ‘cultural’ contexts. This is open media, interdisciplinary, multimedia, installation, all contemporary crafts and design arts in two/three dimensions for the wall and floor.
Reception & Artist talks: Sept. 26th, 5-7pm

Cookbook Club
2024-10-24 18:00 - 19:30 | Warren Public Library, 413 Main Street, Warren, 05674
In honor of the release of Ina Garten’s new memoir, this month’s Warren Public Library cookbook club will highlight recipes from Ina’s books. Choose any Ina Garten recipe to prepare and bring to the library for a potluck dinner. Several of her cookbooks are on display at the library to browse.
Register online at warrenlibrary.com or in person at the library.

Valley Gone Madder
2024-10-25 20:00 | After Thoughts, 8 VT 17, Waitsfield, Vermont, 05673, United States
Please Join us at afterthoughts, above Valley Meade Dispensary for an amazing Halloween Party. Our theme this year is sinister Carnival / Circus, so get your best killer carni-wear ready to go.
We will have special guests back by popular demand for live music… Running in Circles. The evening will be hosted by the amazing Mister Burns and he might even bless us with some of his lyrical mastery. Tickets are $20 Pre-sale and $25 at the door if tickets remain.
The event is possible by a few fantastic sponsors including our Platinum Sponsor for the evening Jimmy Green Grass. As always, all of our sponsors are vital in keeping our events affordable. Special thanks to The Clean Cannabis Company, Simple, Forbins Finest and the Mad Taco. All of these sponsors are amazing contributors to Valley Meade and the events we put on. Please support these guys at Valley Meade and through out Vermont.

MRVBC / NOLS Wilderness First Aid
2024-10-26 08:00 - 2024-10-27 17:00 | Mad River Glen, 57 Schuss Pass Road, Waitsfield, 05673
Prepare for the unexpected with this fun, hands-on introduction to wilderness medicine. If you like to take short trips relatively close to medical resources, enjoy weekend family outdoor activities, or recreate outdoors, this course is for you.
You’ll learn the Patient Assessment System, how to provide effective first aid treatments for injuries and illnesses common in the outdoors, how to manage environmental emergencies, and how to make appropriate evacuation decisions. You will spend half your time practicing skills and participating in realistic scenarios.
NOLS Wilderness Medicine’s WFA course is approved by such organizations as the American Camp Association, the United States Coast Guard, as well as other state and federal agencies.
The class format involves lectures integrated with practical scenarios, case studies, and skills practice sessions. Attendance is required at all classes.
Scenarios and practice sessions will take place both inside and outside. Bring outdoor clothing appropriate for lying on the potentially wet, snowy, or cold ground while playing the role of both rescuer and patient. Stage (moulage) blood and make-up are used to enhance the realism of a scenario. The classroom environment generally lends itself to a pair of indoor comfy shoes.

Sled Dog Meet and Greet
2024-10-26 14:30 - 15:00 | Umiak Outfitters, 849 South Main Street, Stowe, Vermont, 05672, United States
Elevate your spirits and embrace the joy of companionship by joining Siber Sled Dogs and Umiak for a Puppy Meet and Greet! This experience features an enchanting new litter of Siberian Husky puppies! Immerse yourself in the delightful charm and playful energy these adorable pups bring, creating a truly unforgettable experience. This exclusive opportunity is available for a limited time and is a great activity for families and kids! Secure your reservation today and be a part of this unique celebration of joy and connection! While the snow may not have arrived just yet, these wonderful puppies are here to warm your heart and bring a smile to your face!
What’s included
Puppy program tells the story of how the puppies of Siber Sled Dogs have spread joy throughout the community. Playtime and interaction with the puppies included!
Location
Umiak Outdoor Outfitters
849 South Main Street,
Stowe, Vermont 05672
October 26th, 2024
2:30 PM – 3:00 PM
3:30 PM – 4:00 PM
Adult: $39 Per Person
Child: $29 Per Person
Reserve online through our calendar or call 802-253-2317

Steelers Bar(n) @1824 House
2024-10-28 20:00 - 23:00 | 1824 House, 2150 Main St., Waitsfield, VT, 05673
Yinz can come dahn and wutch the stillers on the tv. We are just north of tahn on hundrid. Translation: Come out and watch the Steelers play the New York Football Giants on the 65″ TV in our Barn. Our food menu includes Pierogies, our “Burgh” sandwich with fries and slaw on it, a Pittsburgh Salad with fries and chicken tenders and more…. Doors open 15 minutes before kickoff. Renegade will be played in 4th quarter! It’s a burgh thing!

3rd annual Musical Munchkins Halloween concert
2024-10-30 15:45 - 16:45 | Waitsfield United Church of Christ Village Meeting House, 4335 Main St, Waitsfield, VT, 05673, United States
Join Miss Andrea of Musical Munchkins for the Joslin Memorial Library’s 3rd annual HALLOWEEN CONCERT event for toddlers, preschoolers, kindergartners, first-graders & their families. All ages welcome
COME IN COSTUME- for an interactive hour of Halloween Music, dance, songs, stories, puppets and instruments

Fall 2024 Speaker Series: Connected Communities VT-100 Active Transportation Corridor with Misha Golfman
2024-10-30 18:30 - 20:00 | Yestermorrow Design/Build School, 7865 Main Street, Waitsfield, 05673
The exciting Alternative Transportation Corridor from Warren to Moretown is being planned for the Valley. It is time to re-think our roads to include all users: bicyclists, pedestrians, children, the elderly, and people with disabilities. In his presentation, Misha Golfman, the Executive Director of Mad River Path will talk about how reimagining the roadways contributes to social transformation, builds community, and improves well-being. Misha will share the details of the VT-100 corridor study, now in the works, and draw on examples of other successful corridors from the Burlington Bike Path to the Copenhagen bike trail system.

Camp Meade Trunk or Treat Halloween & Pumpkin Lighting
2024-10-31 17:00 - 19:00 | Camp Meade, 961 ROUTE 2, middlesex, 05602
Celebrate Halloween with us! Tour the Spooky Tower, listen to eerie music and catch your breath while drinking hot cider or hot chocolate. Your little ones will have a blast walking safely from vehicle to vehicle, collecting treats and enjoying the atmosphere on the Green. Tickets are Free and available on our website!

Puzzle Swap
2024-11-02 10:00 - 14:00 | Moretown Town Hall and Library, 1147 Route 100B, Moretown, 05660
Bring your puzzles (with all of their pieces) to Moretown Library to share anytime up to and during the swap, and then come take some new-to-you ones home for the colder, darker months ahead. Don’t have a puzzle to share? No problem, there are plenty to choose from!

Album Release Concert
2024-11-02 19:00 - 20:30 | Living Tree Alliance, 96 Living Tree Ln, Moretown, VT, 05660, United States
Join us for an intimate living-room performance by multi-instrumentalist Raphael Groten and violinist Rebecca Kodis as they share songs from their new CD, Unity—a musical prayer for healing. We’ll gather in the Common House of LTA’s co-housing village for this cozy event!
Unity began in 2020, when Raphael met Rebecca while playing a kirtan with a mutual friend. As their friendship and partnership grew, so did the repertoire found on this album. With ten songs offered as a healing balm for the world, Unity is Raphael and Rebecca’s prayer for this time.
Returning to Imaginary Road Studios to work with Will Ackerman and Tom Eaton, Raphael brought Rebecca and captured an album of heart-opening, soul-soothing music. Unity features Raphael’s nylon string guitar and flutes accompanied by Rebecca’s angelic violin. Rebecca’s violin shines, enriched at times with multiple layers creating an orchestral quality listeners have yet to hear in Raphael’s music. The additional highlights of Eugene Friesen on cello, Michael Manring on fretless bass and Will Ackerman’s timeless guitar weave seamlessly with the meditative and visionary qualities of this recording.

Dolls in My Pocket
2024-11-02 19:00 - 20:30 | Big Picture Theater, 44 Carroll Road, Waitsfield, 05673
Ghosts, witches, and dolls, oh my! A perfect Day of the Dead offering. Keryn Nightingale’s multimedia shows have delighted Phantom audiences for years. Don’t miss her latest – a story of generational trauma wrapped up in a Russian folktale!

Vermont Reads “Gather” Hike
2024-11-03 01:00 - 03:00 | Moretown Town Forest, School Street, Waitsfield, Vermont, Moretown, United States
Join the Moretown Library and Friends of the Mad River for a foraging and survival skills hike led by experts Cory Stephenson and Luke Foley, celebrating the Vermont Reads program and their chosen title, “Gather” by Kenneth M. Cadow. The Vermont Reads program invites Vermont communities to plan projects and events centered around a novel and its themes. The chosen novel for 2024 is “Gather” and its themes of rural life, resilience, class differences, addiction, housing and food insecurity, a deep relationship to the land, and the power of community.

Community Tree Planting
2024-11-03 09:00 - 13:00 | Lareau Park, 6051 Vermont Rte 100, Waitesfield, VT, 05673
Join Friends of the Mad River in collaboration with the Warren, Fayston, and Waitsfield Conservation Commissions for a community tree planting. The work group will set out to various areas to plant native tree species and strengthen riparian buffers. Please bring shovels and work gloves if you have them. This is a great opportunity to help make the Mad River more resilient and biodiverse and give back to your community!

Write Your Novel Tuesdays
2024-11-05 17:00 - 20:00 | Old Stagecoach Inn, 18 N Main St., Waterbury, Vermont, 05676, United States
November brings NaNoWriMo – National Novel Writing Month! For all you aspiring writers, join us Tuesday nights in November in our pub or parlor to work on your novel in a welcoming, community space. Get feedback and support from other writers, or just put your head down and write. And of course, our bar will be open to help get your creative juices flowing.
For more info about NaNoWriMo or to sign-up to officially participate in this monthlong challenge, check out their website https://nanowrimo.org/

Fall 2024 Speaker Series – The Velomont: Creating the Largest Hut-Supported Trail System in the U.S. with RJ Thompson
2024-11-06 18:30 - 20:00 | Yestermorrow Design/Build School, 7865 Main Street, Waitsfield, 05673
Imagine a continuous trail and conservation corridor that links mountain ridges to Vermont villages, all supported by a backcountry hut network. This ambitious project has the potential to conserve landscapes, connect communities, build economies, and create an incredible recreational resource. This is the Velomont. The Velomont invites people on bikes, skis, and foot to one day explore 485 miles of trail which will connect 30-45 backcountry huts & downtown hostels and 27 communities, potentially conserving over 200,000 acres of crucial wildlife corridor. When complete, the Velomont will represent the largest hut-supported trail network in the United
States – and the public can already enjoy select huts connected by new trail segments.

Elemental
2024-11-07 13:00 - 17:00 | Mad River Valley Arts, 5031 Main Street #2 Village Square, Waitsfield, 05673
ELEMENTAL is a group art show that speaks to the subject of water and its soulful impact in our daily lives. The global water cycle has a significant grasp on the hold of human lives and all other species with rhythms that pass through soils, vegetation and rocks before its destination into the atmospheres. Waterways from raindrop to stream-flow transport carbon and nutrients much like the human circulatory system in order to sustain life on this planet. It goes without saying we are vulnerable to the forces of water in complex ways. While water can destroy our built environment if climate ‘changes’ reach peak levels, water can also be one of our elixir’s in life, offering wisdom and endless inspiration. Artists
in Elemental share the ethereal beauty of water and ask us to reflect upon our deep connection to this element of nature. Unusual materials and whimsical forms in their varying creative practices force the viewer to contemplate colors, textures, and emotions of imaginal waterscapes, and to evoke the connection between them through the balance between harmony and disharmonies, structure and chaos and the dance between light and shadow.

Pub Trivia with the MRV Libraries
2024-11-07 19:00 - 20:30 | Hostel Tevere, 203 Powderhound Rd, Warren, VT, 05674, United States
The MRV Libraries host their monthly session of pub trivia. Teams compete for prizes with four rounds of trivia inspired by a desire to make an escape and get away from it all. Call the restaurant at 802-496-9222 to reserve a table for a team.

Keep Up Good Courage (an original play)
2024-11-08 19:00 - 21:00 | Valley Players Theater, 4254 Main Street, Route 100, Waitsfield, VT, 05673, United States
This play tells the story of MRV Union soldiers, through their correspondence with loved ones , of what happened during their nine month stay in Virginia from 1862-63. As they were looking forward to returning home in June, they were instead ordered to march North and found themselves engaged in an extraordinary battle. This story is a testament to the13th regiment who helped turn the tide of the war. The Songbird Project will provide musical accompaniment, with original and favorite Civil War era tunes.

AFROMAN
2024-11-08 20:00 - 23:00 | After Thoughts, 8 VT 17, Waitsfield, Vermont, 05673, United States
DO NOT MISS THIS SHOW!!!! This is going to be an amazing show at the newest venue located in the Mad River Valley, Afterthoughts. AFROMAN with Vermont’s own MISTER BURNS!!!!!! Anyone who has attended any of our shows knows the talent of Mister Burns, but this is going to be epic paired up with a hip hop icon.
Afroman is an incredible hip hop artist that puts on one of the best live performances that you will ever see. Afroman’s best-known song is the 2001 hit “Because I Got High”, which gained popularity through Napster, local radio play, a feature on Howard Stern’s radio show, and the ‘stoner’ movie ‘Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back’ (and accompanying soundtrack). His other most popular song, “Crazy Rap”, is often referred to as “Colt 45” because of its lyric “Colt 45 and two Zig Zags”.Afroman is also fond of referencing his independence from record labels and the “corporate world” and cites himself as an example of how an artist can take recording and distribution into their own hands.
In 2014 Afroman became a spokesman for NORML and Weedmaps, remade “Because I Got High” in favor of legalization, and released the EP “One Hit Wonder” and concept album “The Frorider.” http://www.afromanmuzzicc.

Waitsfield Elementary Ski & Skate Sale
2024-11-09 09:00 - 16:00 | Waitsfield Elementary School, 3951 Main St, Waitsfield, VT, 05673, United States
The 45th annual Waitsfield Elementary Ski & Skate Sale is back! This beloved community event will offer unbeatable deals on new and used ski and skate equipment, clothing, and accessories, with proceeds benefiting the Waitsfield Elementary PTA. Shoppers can expect a wide variety of new and used gear from trusted regional and local vendors, as well as pre-loved consignment gear looking for a new home! Anyone is welcome to sell new and used soft and hard goods in good condition (skis, boards, boots, skates, jackets, base layers, outerwear, etc.), but all consignment items must be pre-registered online. Purchase an early shop ticket for exclusive access 8am-9am for first dibs on the best deals!

The Collection’s Annual Toy Store Day Play Palooza
2024-11-09 10:00 - 16:00 | The Collection, 110 Mad River Green Shopping Center, Waitsfield, VT, 05673
Come Play With Us!
The Collection’s Annual Toy Store Day Playpalooza
Drop-in Event, join us for games, activities, toddler play area, free gift with purchase, secret discounts and so much more! Stop by the Waitsfield Elementary Ski and Skate sale, then join us for more family fun!
Free, rain or shine, for all ages. Come start your holiday shopping too! We are ready to help you find the perfect holiday gift and wrap it as well.

MRVBC Pre-Season BC Primer
2024-11-10 09:00 - 17:00 | Mad River Glen, 57 Schuss Pass Road, Waitsfield, 05673
MRVBC has partnered again with Kel Rossiter of Adventure Spirit to offer a 1-day workshop on backcountry fundamentals. The BC Primer will be an all-day workshop held at the Mad River Glen @ the Cricket Club and on the mountain on Sunday, November 10th. The course topics will help those who are newer to backcountry skiing/riding feel more comfortable going out into the deep woods of our region in search of untracked snow. More experienced skiers/riders will gain useful insights, information, tools, and techniques for exploring mountains further afield. And all will certainly enjoy meeting and connecting with other BC enthusiasts in our community!
