The Mad River Valley Village

Ground Truth Art Exhibition
2025-03-30 10:00 - 15:00, 2025-03-30 11:00 - 16:00, 2025-03-31 11:00 - 16:00, 2025-04-01 11:00 - 16:00, 2025-04-02 11:00 - 16:00, 2025-04-03 11:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Camp Meade, 961 ROUTE 2, middlesex, 05602
Ground Truth: Vermont Artists at Camp Meade’s Planetary Art Institute
March 11 – May 11, 2025
Mon-Fri 11am-4pm and select weekends
Ground Truth explores the foundations and landscapes of truth on which six central Vermont artists ground their visions of the world. This exhibition continues the yearlong inauguration of the Planetary Art Institute at Camp Meade, a nonprofit dedicated to childcare, arts education, and cultural programming in Middlesex, VT.
Join us at 961 Route 2 for an opening reception on Friday, March 14th 4-7pm to celebrate the work of Kurt Budliger, Daryl Burtnett, Erin Harris, Niall McCallum, Katie O’Rourke, and Samantha Lightner.

MRV Libraries Annual Peeps Diorama Contest
2025-03-30 10:00 - 17:00, 2025-03-31 10:00 - 17:00, 2025-04-01 10:00 - 17:00, 2025-04-02 10:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Multiple Locations, Sugarbush Resort
The MRV Libraries are now accepting Peeps dioramas. All ages are welcome to bring in a diorama to one of the three libraries.
Use your creativity to make a diorama based on a book or have a literary theme. Limit one entry per individual or team.
Public viewing and voting for the Peeple’s Choice Award will be held at each library.

Naturalist Guided Snowshoe Tours
2025-03-30 10:30 - 12:30 (America/New_York)
Every Saturday and Sunday at 10:30 am Join one of Mad River Glen’s Naturalists for a guided snowshoe trek tailored to your interest in the ecology and wildlife of Stark Mountain! Our outings and content vary each week depending on snow conditions and participants. Learn about the hardwood forests of the Green Mountains as well as our resident moose, bear, deer, fisher, coyote, red fox and more! Easy to moderate difficulty. Click here to Request A Reservation today or click here to learn more about our Naturalist Programs.

SKATIUM Open Air Ice Skating Rink
2025-03-30 12:00 - 22:00 (America/New_York) | Skatium Ice Rink, 40 Slow Road, Waitsfield, 05673
Come and enjoy open air ice skating and stick n’ puck hockey in the heart of downtown Waitsfield!
We will be open weekends and holidays from 12pm – 10pm, weather permitting. If we cannot open or our hours will change, we will post an update on facebook.com/skatium.
For more information and to purchase a Season Pass, see our website at skatiumvt.org.

Painting for Penelope
2025-03-30 13:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Barre Opera House, 6 N Main St #4, Barre, Vermont, 05641, United States
Art Exhibition
By: Barre Vermont Artist, Arthur B. Zorn
Exhibition: Painting’s for Penelope
Barre Opera House Lobby
Call: BOH box office weekdays
802-476-8188 and ask to visit the exhibition before arriving.
All art exhibited in is conjunction and relating to the music of Penelope, a Song Cycle
Presenting: TURNmusic Ensemble + Mary Bonhag performing Penelope, a Song Cycle Sunday,March 30, 2025 Lobby opens 1:00 pm to view art exhibition Performance 2:00 PM, Reception/Silent Auction will follow the performance
CONTACT: Arthur Zorn for information about art exhibition
vermontartmusic@gmail.com 802 522 7649
Concert Info: turnmusic.org

A Very Vermont Tea Experience – SOLD OUT
2025-03-30 13:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Inn at the Round Barn, 1661 East Warren Rd, Waitsfield 1661 East Warren Rd, Waitsfield, Vermont, 05673, United States
PLEASE NOTE: THIS EVENT HAS BEEN SOLD OUT
Please keep an eye out for upcoming ones to be scheduled in April and May.
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Join us for a Proper Afternoon Tea with your host Ashley Woods. Our seasonal menu features traditional English and Vermont Artisan Teas, paired with delectable savories and springtime sweets and confections. Toasties, soups and cocktails are also available.
Perfect for 2 or tables of up to 10. Large groups are welcome to schedule a private reservation.
Please call Ashley at 802-496-2276 or email her at lodging@theroundbarn.com to reserve your table.

Penelope Benefit Concert by TURNmusic Ensemble + Mary Bonhag at Barre Opera House
2025-03-30 14:00 (America/New_York) | Barre Opera House, 6 N Main St #4, Barre, Vermont, 05641, United States
PENELOPE is a song cycle by composer Sarah Kirkland Snider, with lyrics by playwright Ellen McLaughlin. Inspired by Homer’s epic poem, the Odyssey, PENELOPE is a meditation on memory, identity, and what it means to come home.
Come hear this, and string quartets from Bridgerton/Queen Charlotte, as the TURNmusic Ensemble presents these works with acclaimed soprano Mary Bonhag, March 30th, 2 pm at The Barre Opera House.
Free reception to follow sponsored by Red Hen Bakery, Jasper Hill Farm, Hunger Mountain Coop, JK Adams, and AR Market. Art auction to follow benefiting Brook Street High School and TURNmusic with paintings donated by Art Zorn.
Free youth tickets, adults pay what you can. Purchase tickets at Barre Opera House.

Build Your Grief Toolkit
2025-03-30 15:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Moretown Town Hall and Library, 1147 Route 100B, Moretown, 05660
Have you ever tried to open a can of beans with a spoon? Or inflate your bike tire with a straw? Hopefully you haven’t, because you know the value of having the right tool for the job at hand.
The same is true for navigating grief. In this workshop, Rachel Wylie-Fenton will provide you with a variety of philosophies, practices, and practical tools to build out your Grief Tool Kit.
Whether your grief stems from the loss of a loved one, a shift in ability, or the state of the world, the tools you’ll gather can be a source of support and strength, bolstering you to move with and through your grief.

Bear Haiku Challenge
2025-03-31 00:00 - 23:59, 2025-04-01 00:00 - 23:59, 2025-04-02 00:00 - 23:59, 2025-04-03 00:00 - 23:59 (America/New_York) | Moretown Town Hall and Library, 1147 Route 100B, Moretown, 05660
Celebrate National Poetry Month with The MRV Libraries and MRV Bear Initiative!
We invite all in the community to contribute a bear-themed haiku for display at local businesses throughout April and May. People of all ages may submit their haiku about bears using this form: https://forms.gle/f17U5tWVMHtVqeoF7
or by picking up a paper copy at any of the MRV Libraries. Submissions will be accepted until April 30.
What are Haiku, again?
Haiku are a form of poetry originating in Japan. Each haiku contains seventeen syllables divided into three lines. The first and last line each contain five syllables while the second line contains seven syllables. Here’s a bear-themed haiku by Megan Sharkey of Alaska:
Garbage on the porch
is the best way to get a
bear on short notice
We welcome submissions by children, teens, and adults. Everyone who submits a haiku may pick up a free MRV Bear Initiative magnet available at any MRV library. Let’s celebrate poetry, community, and bear awareness together!
What is the Mad River Valley Bear Initiative?
The Mad River Valley Bear Initiative is a local volunteer group that raises awareness about the bears that live around us in the Valley. Members come from the 5 towns in our watershed: Warren, Waitsfield, Fayston, Duxbury, and Moretown. Find out more at https://mrvbears.org.

Spring Sale on 2025/2026 Season Passes
2025-04-01 00:00 - 2025-04-14 23:59 (America/New_York)
2025-2026 Season Passes go on sale April 1st through the 14th.
Following the spring sale passes won’t be available to purchase again until they go on sale in the fall.
In order to maintain a unique, uncrowded ski experience, we have limited quantities of passes, seasonal programs and Stark Mountain Cards available for sale. Please buy early, once quantities are gone these products won’t be available again until next season.

Taco Tuesday
2025-04-01 16:00 - 22:00 (America/New_York) | Hyde Away, 1428 Mill Brook Rd, Waitsfield, 05673
Mexican Themed Food and Drink Specials!

Tuesday Tunes: Troy Millette and The Fire Below
2025-04-01 17:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | Lawson’s Finest Taproom, 155 Carroll Road, Waitsfield, Vermont, 05673
Witty onstage persona, imaginative covers, and heartfelt original songs. One of Vermont’s best folk artists.

“Keeping Adolescents Safe on the Internet”
2025-04-02 09:00 - 11:00 (America/New_York) | Waitsfield Church Village Meeting Room, Route 100, Waitsfield, VT, 05673
Free training opportunity brought to you by Prevent Child Abuse Vermont and Hannah’s House
Wednesday, April 2, 2025 9am-11am at Waitsfield Village Meeting House, 4355 Main St, Waitsfield, VT 05673
Today’s youth live in a world that is fully intertwined with technology. Tweens and teens make decisions daily, often independently, regarding online relationships. This training provides adults with a deeper understanding of the multiple kinds of digital risks all youth encounter in the digital environment: online grooming, in-person grooming facilitated by digital communications, sexting, and online pornography.
We also look at the legal consequences for minors engaging in consensual or non-consensual sexting. Participants will a) strategize ways to keep all youth safe in digital environments. b) learn effective strategies for dealing with youth exhibiting concerning digital behaviors. C) identify supports when youth encounter unwanted behaviors online and resources that can be accessed to remove unwanted images from the internet.
This program is designed for teachers, coaches, afterschool professionals, parents and caregivers of adolescents and teens. Light refreshments will be served.
Reserve your spot by emailing Kirstie Grant at kgrant@pcavt.org.
This training counts for afterschool and advanced specialized care in BFIS.
Vermont professionals in particular professions can earn 2 CE credits by attending.

Raclette Wednesdays
2025-04-02 12:00 - 19:00 (America/Halifax) | Lawson’s Finest Brewery, 155 Carroll Road, Waitsfield, VT, 05673, United States
Weekly Alps-inspired Après featuring melted cheese on top of sausage and potatoes. Leave your boots in the car and cozy up with your favorite Lawson’s Finest brews. $20 a plate.

LIVE MUSIC & PUB NIGHT Featuring Red River North!
2025-04-02 17:30 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Mad River Barn
Join us in the pub for all your favorite Mad River Barn menu items with live music from Red River North! Open 5pm – 9pm.

Bringing Mid-Century Modern Homes into the 21st Century (Yestermorrow Spring Speaker Series)
2025-04-02 18:30 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Yestermorrow Design/Build School, 7865 Main Street, Waitsfield, 05673
Join us for the fourth talk in our Spring 2025 Speaker Series: Innovative Homes! Each talk takes place in the Yestermorrow main studio. Free and open to the public.
Bringing Mid-Century Modern Homes into the 21st Century with Britton Rogers
Yestermorrow’s Executive Director Britton Rogers will discuss the historic preservation and deep energy retrofit of his mid-century modern home. Britton will present on design considerations for maintaining historic character while incorporating renewable energy systems like solar heat and hot water, passive thermal architecture, and resilient landscape design.

Free Cabot Fondue
2025-04-03 15:30 - 17:00 (America/New_York)
Join us aprés-ski every Thursday throughout the ski season for FREE FONDUE served with toasted bread thanks to our sponsors Cabot Creamery Cooperative!
Aprés in the Pub on fondue Thursdays is historically a very popular event, supplies are limited and may run out at any time, come early, leave happy.

Fresh Catch Thursdays
2025-04-03 16:00 - 19:00 (America/Halifax) | Lawson’s Finest Brewery, 155 Carroll Road, Waitsfield, VT, 05673, United States
Join us and Nor’Easter Catering every Thursday from 4:00pm to 7:00pm in the Taproom as they serve up a variety of oysters on the half shell and a rotating menu of seafood dishes like shrimp ceviche, crab quesadillas, lobster rolls and more.
