The Mad River Valley Community Calendar is The Valley’s most comprehensive events calendar. All are invited to submit their event here:
—
Of the nearly 80,000 small businesses in Vermont, 61,921 of those are ONE person businesses: the solo-preneur. And thousands more are two or three people. This day is for YOU. Please join us for a day of free resources, connections, inspiration, and lunch! Map out your day with information and networking that matters to you. […]
Vermont,1800 and Froze to Death: The Cold Year of 1816 1816 has long been known as the year without summer. Vermonters still call it “1800 and Froze to Death,” a year of frosts every month, dark skies, and mysterious lights that caused a widespread belief that a higher power was displeased. In this talk, historian […]
Shirt Happens, a local screen printer and embroidered, is selling leftovers, overstocks, and seconds! Great deals to be had on t-shirts (short- and long-sleeve), hoodies, zip sweats, hats, beanies and more! Printed and blank items at bargain prices! Sale located at Shirt Happens (formerly Deerfield Designs), 151 Mad River Canoe Road, Waitsfield (behind Shaw’s). Cash, […]
The Friends of the Mad River is excited to launch its new series, “Climate and Ecology”! Join us for a foliage hike while learning all about the ways that climate change is impacting our trees and forests. This is the first in a series of monthly outdoor adventures that focuses on how our watershed and […]
Come learn how the simple green stormwater infrastructure of a rain garden can mimic pre-development hydrology to support sustainable sites. Rain gardens can offset the impacts of impervious surfaces (driveways, roofs) and semi-impervious surfaces (lawns, patios) that create large amounts of stormwater runoff, causing erosion and pollution downstream. You will come away with an understanding […]
Join Raj Bhakta of Bhakta Spirits and Pitcher Inn executive chef Jacob Ennis on Thursday, October 19, 2023, for a memorable evening of fine food and spirits. Chef Jacob and his team will present a seven-course dinner accompanied by seven vintage Bhakta Armagnacs and other rare spirits, including a 100-year-old Old Fashioned with Bhakta 1928 […]
The Gowanus Canal of Brooklyn, NY is considered a forsaken environment from a human perspective: the Superfund remediation plan is to dredge and cap with concrete. From 2013 until present our studies have shown the canal environment to be a thriving microbial ecosystem, with lifeforms evolved to inhabit industrial ruins with embodied metabolic information relevant […]
Ridge to River is a 5-town coalition working toward clean water and flood resilience in Vermont’s Mad River Valley. We discovered quickly that managing stormwater across the Valley is a critical strategy for reducing our vulnerability to flooding, and we worked together for 2 years on a strategic process to explore this nuanced challenge, our […]
Join us for our annual Neighborhood Toy Store Day Celebration, a day of fun, play and exploration! This is a FREE, RAIN or SHINE event, on SATURDAY 11/4 from 11-4pm! We look forward to playing with you! Come and : – Try New Games – Explore in the Toddler Play Area – Participate in fun […]
