Vermont Public Community Calendar

Join us at the BCA Center for drinks and light refreshments to celebrate the opening of the Fall 2025 exhibition, How to Say Goodbye: Grief, Loss, and Mourning.

BCA Fall exhibitions are supported in part by the Maslow Family Foundation. Hospitality sponsor, Lake Champlain Chocolates. Burlington City Arts is supported in part by the Vermont Arts Council & the National Endowment for the Arts.

Come get some home-made pies! $20.00 each. All proceeds go to the Athenaeum to support youth and adult programming and materials. We start at 9 am and sell until the pies are gone.

The Outdoor Concert with Tom Stamp and Friends follows at 1 pm.

The Cheese and Culture Festival celebrates Vermont cheesemakers and producers of fermented foods and beverages. This year, over 40 vendors will gather on the Cabot Village Common, bringing together cheesemakers and producers of fermented foods and beverages for an afternoon of tasting, education, and celebration.

Featured speakers include:
Charlie Nardozzi. Charlie Nardozzi, a Regional Emmy® award winning, nationally recognized garden writer, speaker, radio and television personality, will discuss no-till gardening and soil health.

Hill Farmstead Brewery (named the best brewery in the world for the fifth straight year by RateBeer) will give a presentation about the history of their beers and the land they come from.

Award-winning, Jasper Hill Farm will give a demonstration about cheese cutting, service, storage, and appreciation.

The Cheese and Culture Festival has attracted over 1,400 people to Cabot each year since its launch in 2023. In addition to the speakers, workshops and demonstrations on fermented food-making, there will also be food trucks, live music and cheese and beverage pairing events.

The Cheese and Culture Festival will occur alongside Cabot’s annual Fall Foliage Festival day which will add pop-up crafts markets, apple pie contest, pumpkin carvings, wagon rides, children’s activities and leaf-peeping tours to the celebratory atmosphere.

The Festival is part of an initiative to enliven the arts and commerce in Cabot, Northern Washington County and the Northeast Kingdom. Participants can visit a quintessentially Vermont village, meet the producers, enjoy their creations and see for themselves how the products are made. The festival will also provide an opportunity for people to learn about farming practices and sustainable agriculture.

HAZMAT MODINE is “a uniquely intercontinental sonic collage encompassing a tremendous range of instrumental, vocal and conceptual originality–all with a lot of soul and groove.” This dynamic eight-piece band has toured and performed original songs for 25+ years with genre-defying music that is quintessentially New York–vibrant international cultures meets American Roots. Diverse backgrounds in Gypsy Jazz, Downtown Avant Garde loft music, Blues, Soul, Country, Rock n’ Roll and Roots is written and performed by musicians whose ages span every decade from their 20s to 70s.

Unique instrumentation matches virtuosic trumpet, saxophone, trombone, guitar, tuba, harmonica, drums, banjo and violin with a fantastical array of folk instruments and guest performers. The extraordinary vocals by lead Wade Schuman are riveting, rousing and emotive, and his mastery of harmonica is unparalleled.

$22 Advance / $25 Gate / Kids under 12 free

Spice things up with this hands-on class from Chef Ariel Voorhees of Gather Round Chef Service, where we’ll dive into the bold, vibrant flavors of the Middle East.

You’ll learn to make crispy falafel, tender shawarma-style chicken, creamy hummus, and other delicious favorites that are perfect for mezze platters or weeknight dinners with flair. Along the way, we’ll talk technique, spices, and how to build balanced, crave-worthy plates.

We’ll finish by gathering to enjoy the feast together because food is meant to be shared. Come curious, leave inspired, and bring these joyful, flavor-packed dishes into your own kitchen with confidence.

Aside from the shawarma, these recipes are all vegetarian and can be made gluten-free.

Menu:
-Baked Falafel
-Roasted Chicken Shawarma with Red Onions and Carrots
-Halal-Cart-Style White Sauce
-Middle-Eastern Salad
-Quick-Pickled Red Onions
-Lemony Hummus

The 24th Gilfeather Turnip Festival and Gilfeather Turnip Contest will be held Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025, from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m in Wardsboro, VT. Free admission. Rain or shine! Locations are at the Town Hall, the Wardsboro Public Library, the Wardsboro Methodist Church and The Big Tent – all on Main Street. This is America’s best turnip culinary event, showcasing Vermont's State Vegetable!

Join the whole town for Gilfeather turnip soup at the outdoor soup kiosk, turnip flavored treats, farmers’ market, craft vendors, children’s games, 1000+ lbs of turnip, library book sale and turnip seeds. Also on sale are turnip-themed gifts, and much more.

Enter the Turnip Contest! Awards are for the largest Gilfeather turnip grown from seed or seedling, in or out of town & most creative name – enter yours to win! Our Turnip judge this year will be Vermont Public’s own Howard Weiss-Tisman. Entries accepted until 12 noon with judging and prizes awarded after that.

Parking fee is $5 donation.

Sponsoring Organizations: Trustees of the Wardsboro Public Library, with support from the Friends of the Wardsboro Library, the Wardsboro School Club and Boy Scout troop 461.

On Saturday, December 6th and Sunday, December 7th, 2025, we’ll be bringing nearly 100 of the country’s best independent makers and manufacturers under one roof for a weekend of shopping at Hula in Burlington, Vermont. Join us for a drink and meet nearly 100 innovators, designers, and makers from all over who have been meticulously honing their crafts.

With your entry, you will receive a drink ticket for a small beer or cocktail, or a non-alcoholic beverage from one of our awesome sponsors, $2 off any full sized beverage from the bar, or $1 any coffee drink from Brio Coffeeworks.

'Tis the season to celebrate with crafting and holiday cookies!

Each cookie submission receives two free tickets to any Hop film events. Taste some cookies and vote for your favorites in a variety of categories including best decorated, best tasting and best overall cookie!
The cookie makers with the most votes in each category will win a special surprise Hop-themed gift. Participants can enjoy cookies and create and decorate paper snowflakes.

Come and enjoy this intergenerational HopStop event full of cookies, crafting, hot cocoa and holiday tunes with Grace Wallace.

Sign up to bring cookies.

All are welcome for this free family event.

On Saturday, December 6th and Sunday, December 7th, 2025, we’ll be bringing nearly 100 of the country’s best independent makers and manufacturers under one roof for a weekend of shopping at Hula in Burlington, Vermont. Join us for a drink and meet nearly 100 innovators, designers, and makers from all over who have been meticulously honing their crafts.

With your entry, you will receive a drink ticket for a small beer or cocktail, or a non-alcoholic beverage from one of our awesome sponsors, $2 off any full sized beverage from the bar, or $1 any coffee drink from Brio Coffeeworks.