Events Calendar
Summer/Fall 2009
Northeast Kingdom
Travel & Tourism Association
www.TraveltheKingdom.com
May 1st – Kingdom Trails opens for the season
Gear up and get ready for some world class mountain biking and phenomenal views. The trails will open for mountain biking today (Darling Hill Trails only to start).
Phone: 802-626-0737
Kingdom Trails
Route 114
East Burke, VT
Web: www.kingdomtrails.org
May 1st – 2nd - Animal Buddies Night at the Museum
Bring the kids and their stuffed animal to the museum and join us for breakfast as we wake up from hibernation.
Phone: 802-748-2372
Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium
1302 Main Street
St. Johnsbury, VT
Email: Web: www.fairbanksmuseum.org
May 1st - 18th - Painting by David Smith and Metal Sculpture by Steven Bronstein
10:30 AM 5:30 PM. The Northeast Kingdom Artisans’ Guild Backroom Gallery will host Painting by David Smith and Metal Sculpture by Steven Bronstein. The general public is welcome to attend.
Phone: 802-748-0158
The Northeast Kingdom Artisans’ Guild Backroom Gallery
430 Railroad Street
St Johnsbury, VT
Web: www.nekartisansguild.com
May 1st – 31st - Dean Bornstein and The Perpetua Press - Book Design in the Northeast Kingdom
The Athenaeum is open year - round during the following hours: Monday through Friday 10:00 AM - 5:30 PM, Saturday: 9:30 AM to 5:00 PM, Sunday: Closed. On exhibit until May 31. Dean Bornstein and The Perpetua Press - Book Design in the Northeast Kingdom.
Phone: 802-748-8291
St. Johnsbury Athenaeum
1171 Main St.
St. Johnsbury, VT
May 2nd – Birdwalk
7 – 9 AM. Price: FREE. Get up early and come out for the birdwalk! Beginners, long-time birders, families--all are welcome. Marie LaPre Grabon will guide on May 2 and Lucian Avery will guide on May 9. All events are free and sponsored by the Hardwick Trails Committee. Call Norma Wiesen at 472-6517 for information.
Meet at The trailhead behind the Hazen Union School parking lot
126 Hazen Union Dr.
Hardwick, VT
May 2nd – Green Up Day in Vermont
Vermont's Green Up Day began in 1970 when 70,000 Vermonters joined forces around the state to clean up roadside litter that had accumulated during the winter months. In our 39th year, the Green Up legacy continues to foster the stewardship of the Vermont landscape. It's about far more than picking up highway litter and cleaning up public parks. Green Up Day is about people of all ages from all walks of life joining together in community spirit to take care of Vermont. It teaches our children pride and respect. Green Up's mission is to promote the stewardship of our state's natural landscape and waterways and the livability of our communities by involving people in Green Up Day and raising public awareness about the benefits of a litter-free environment. Today, the Green Up tradition continues to grow thanks to the not-for-profit organization Green Up Vermont. Over 40,000 bags of trash are collected annually with the help of over 250 volunteer coordinators and co-coordinators and over 15,000 participants. Many towns offer lunch and/or refreshments for volunteers. For a complete list of all participating towns and contact information visit www.greenupvermont.org.
May 2nd - Power for Change Series: Introduction to Micro-Hydro Power
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM. Cost: $20. Professional installer David Palumbo and community hydro expert Lori Barg will guide us through small-scale hydro concepts, equipment options, rough costs, site requirements, comparison to solar and small-scale wind power, and permitting issues. The workshop will also include a visit to a nearby stream, where we will learn the basics of site assessment, including drop and flow measurements. Pre-registration required, space is limited. Contact Jayson for more information or to register.
Phone: 802-723-6551
Northwoods Stewardship Center
154 Leadership Drive
East Charleston, VT
Email Web: www.northwoodscenter.org
May 2nd - Spring Work Bee
9:00 AM - 2:00 PM. Friends of the museum help spruce up the buildings and grounds in preparation for the museum opening on May 15. There is plenty to do – rake, wash windows, prune the raspberries, and vacuum the museum. Workers are rewarded with a delicious potluck meal in the Twilight House.
The Old Stone House Museum
109 Old Stone House Road
Brownington, VT
Web: www.oldstonehousemuseum.org
May 2nd - JUMP Jazz Jubilee at the St. Johnsbury Country Club
6 PM. A night filled with music and fun to benefit NEK Youth Services and the JUMP Mentoring Program. This gala event features spectacular hors d'oeuvres and desserts, live and silent auctions, a 50/50 raffle and a heads and tails game. Please call for information, reservation of tickets or to donate an item for the auctions.
Phone: 802-748-8732
St. Johnsbury Country Club
1051 Memorial Dr
St Johnsbury, VT
E-mail: Web: nekyouthservices.org
May 2nd- The Michele Fay Band at the Music Box
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM. $10, Children Free. This band from Ripton, VT will bring a mix of traditional, swing and bluegrass music with rich female harmonies. The band is comprised of Michele on vocals, banjo and guitar, Tim Price on guitar and mandolin, Andre Munkres playing the upright bass and Lausanne Allen on fiddle and vocals. Together the four members of the band put forth a sound that captures you from an upbeat fiddle tune to a thought provoking ballad. This is fine country and folk music.
The Music Box
147 Creek Rd
Craftsbury, VT
Web: www.themusicboxvt.org
May 3rd - Lyndon State College Spring Day Triathlon
Check in starts at 8 AM. The race starts with a 500 yard swim at the LSC pool. Following is a 9.5 mile bike leg on a paved course. helmet required. The run is 2.5 miles mostly on trails, but some paved roads.
Phone: 802-626-6242
Lyndon State College
College Rd.
Lyndonville, VT
May 3rd - Home Orchard Workshop
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM. Fee $50, members $40. Michael Phillips returns to the museum when the weather is right for planting and bark grafting. In the morning he’ll offer practical information on healthy fruit tree ecology – soil needs, insect and disease control. In the afternoon he’ll plant trees and demonstrate bark grafting (a great technique to put desired varieties on wild trees).
The Old Stone House Museum
109 Old Stone House Road
Brownington, VT
Web: www.oldstonehousemuseum.org
May 3rd - Jazz on a Sunday Afternoon at Catamount Arts Center
4 PM. $7 admission. Jazz on a Sunday afternoon. Tim Gilmore - Drums, Barry Sahagian on Bass, other players TBA.
Phone: 802-748-2600
Catamount Arts
115 Eastern Ave.
St. Johnsbury, VT
Web: www.catamountarts.org
May 4th - LSC Student Guitar & Band Concert
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM. Admission by donation. Lyndon students perform their year-end recital.
Alexander Twilight Theatre
Lyndon State College
1001 College rd.
Lyndonville, VT
Web: www.lyndonstate.edu/arts
May 6th - 1763 and How America Became American
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM. First Wednesdays Lecture Series is a Vermont Humanities Council program hosted by the Athenaeum. Dartmouth history and Native American Studies professor Colin Calloway considers a time when a war of independence waged by Indian people set America on course for a second, more famous, war of independence.
Phone: 802-748-8291
St. Johnsbury Athenaeum
1171 Main St.
St. Johnsbury, VT
Email: Web: www.stjathenaeum.org
May 8th - Dartmouth Dance Ensemble
7:00 PM. The Dartmouth Dance Ensemble will perform contemporary and modern dance at LSC.
Twilight Theatre
Lyndon State College
1001 College rd.
Lyndonville, VT
Web: www.lyndonstate.edu/arts
May 8th – Nearly Full Moon Paddle
7 PM. $10. Join NorthWoods for the first of our seasonal moonlight paddles. NorthWoods staff will provide a guided tour on the Clyde River where we will enjoy the cool May waters, smell the evening air, and listen for sounds of spring. Our evening will culminate with a return paddle under the light of the rising moon. Weather permitting; dress appropriately. Call or email to register.
Phone: 802-723-6551 ext 112
Northwoods Stewardship Center
154 Leadership Drive
East Charleston, VT
Email: Web: www.northwoodscenter.org
May 8th – 17th – “Southern Hospitality”
Opening Night is May 8th 7:30 p.m. Subsequent shows May 9, 15, 16 at 7:30 and Matinee May 10 at 2 p.m. Tickets are available at Wider Than the Sky Bookstore, Newport, the Haskell Free Library, Derby Line VT/Stanstead, QC, by calling the QNEK Box Office 802-334-2216 or by ordering online at www.qnek.com. Award Winning QNEK Productions, International Theatre Company in Residence at the Haskell Opera House presents STANDING OVATIONS - the 16th Theatrical Season. The cast is set for the premiere of the final installment of the Futrelle Family, “Southern Hospitality”. A laugh-out-loud farce and a stand-alone play in its own right, Southern Hospitality is the third play in the trilogy that began with Dearly Beloved and continued with Christmas Belles by writing team Jesse Jones, Nicholas Hope and Jamie Wooten.
Haskell Opera House
93 Caswell Ave.
Derby Line, VT
May 8th – 31st - Dean Bornstein & The Perpetua Press
The Athenaeum is open year - round during the following hours: Monday through Friday 10:00 AM - 5:30 PM, Saturday: 9:30 AM to 5:00 PM, Sunday: Closed. On exhibit until May 31. Dean Bornstein and The Perpetua Press - Book Design in the Northeast Kingdom.
Phone: 802-748-8291
St. Johnsbury Athenaeum
1171 Main St.
St. Johnsbury, VT
May 9th – Birdwalk
7 – 9 AM. Price: FREE. Get up early and come out for the birdwalk! Beginners, long-time birders, families--all are welcome. Marie LaPre Grabon will guide on May 2 and Lucian Avery will guide on May 9. All events are free and sponsored by the Hardwick Trails Committee. Call Norma Wiesen at 472-6517 for information.
Meet at The trailhead behind the Hazen Union School parking lot
126 Hazen Union Dr.
Hardwick, VT
May 9th - Field trip to Blue Mt. School
Meet at the park 'n ride in at exit 18 off I-91 at 8 a.m. Field trip to Blue Mt. School in Wells River- We'll welcome the returning neotropic birds. For more information or to register for NEK Audubon trips email or call Tom at (802)626-9071. Note: All events are subject to change so be sure to register beforehand. We go regardless of the weather (unless weather would in some way pose a danger). Dress appropriately!
Email: Web: www.nekaudubon.org
May 9th - East Charleston Artisan Expo at Northwoods Center
10 AM – 2 PM. Creative Charleston folks are gathering to share their talents, display their work and also sell some of their creations. Sponsored by NorthWoods Stewardship Center and Community National Bank, this event is free for the artisans and the public. Meet gardeners, authors, painters, jewelry makers, potters, knitters, bakers, writers, sheep farmers and wine makers and plan to buy something special for Mother’s Day. For a current list of artisans, see the website: http://creativecharleston.intuitwebsites.com/.
Phone: 802-723-6551
Northwoods Stewardship Center
154 Leadership Drive
East Charleston, VT
Email Web: www.northwoodscenter.org
May 9th - Hands on History - Kitchen Garden
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM. Kitchen Garden - For families with school age children, $3 per child, pre-registration required.
Phone: 802-754-2022.
The Old Stone House Museum
109 Old Stone House Road
Brownington, VT
Web: www.oldstonehousemuseum.org
May 9th - Dig & Divide - Under the Ground, Not All Plant Roots Are the Same!
1 – 3 PM. It's Opening Day at New Leaf Designs Eclectic Nursery, so we welcome you to join us for a free Dig & Divide workshop where we will be digging up large perennials that need to be divided into new plants for replanting or potting up. We'll explore several different types of plants with very different kinds of roots; tuberous, fiberous, rhizomes, bulbs, etc. & show the different methods for successfully dividing them into more plants. Everyone who attends will go home with a free bare-root daylily plant & there will one-day special prices on most of the bare-root plants we work on. Refreshments will be served under our tent. Master Gardeners can use this class to earn education hours. Presented as part of the Buffalo Mt. Coop Community Ed. Program. Pre-registration is appreciated.
Phone: 802-533-9836
New Leaf Designs Eclectic Nursery
281 The Bend Rd.
Greensboro Bend, VT
Email: Web: www.downtoearthwormfarmvt.com
May 9th - Pie Social and Talent Show to Benefit High Ledge Farm
6 PM. Price: free - but we'll pass the hat for the Betz/Camilletti family. This is a benefit fundraiser for High Ledge Farm. The event will raise money to help the family of Paul Betz and Kate Camilletti, who lost their home and livelihood in a devastating fire earlier this month, which not only gutted their home, but destroyed the greenhouses, and vehicles necessary to keep their business, High Ledge Farm, operational. This pie and dessert social will be followed by a talent show. There is no admission fee, but there will be a hat passed for anyone able to contribute toward the family's needs. We are still accepting talented people to perform in the show. We also
need pie and dessert bakers. If anyone remembers Woodbury's annual pie breakfast, then you know we have some amazing bakers in this town!!
Phone: 802-456-3263
Woodbury Elementary School gymnasium
School Street
Woodbury, VT
Email:
May 9th - LSC Community Chorus Featuring Ralph Vaughn Williams’ Dona Nobis Pacem
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM. Admission by donation. Featuring Ralph Vaughn Williams’ Dona Nobis Pacem.
Alexander Twilight Theatre
Lyndon State College
1001 College rd.
Lyndonville, VT
Web: www.lyndonstate.edu/arts
May 9th & 10th - Tracking & Awareness Course
Cost: $200. Arguably the oldest human science, tracking takes human cerebral abilities to their ultimate limits. So much more than simply answering questions, tracking is an entirely new way of looking at the world. This class is directed at hunters, naturalists, and any and all who love to read the stories of wild in the earth beneath their feet. The class will cover the basics of tracking such as clear print identification, gait studies and interpretation, sign tracking, cluster tracking and much more. We will spend time looking at compression tracks and learning to track in different substrates. As well as tracking we will be discussing the importance of awareness and learn ancient techniques of how to open your senses to the world around you and observe a greater depth in the forests.