Vermont Public Community Calendar

Take a trip through our solar system to learn about Earth, our Moon, and all the planets in the Milky Way with daily activities and demonstrations at ECHO’s out-of-this-world spring festival. Plus, celebrate what makes our home planet special with the beloved Mud Fling! Discover Mother Nature’s recipe for perfect mud, then join the mud parade and throw mud balls from ECHO’s upper deck.

Take a trip through our solar system to learn about Earth, our Moon, and all the planets in the Milky Way with daily activities and demonstrations at ECHO’s out-of-this-world spring festival. Plus, celebrate what makes our home planet special with the beloved Mud Fling! Discover Mother Nature’s recipe for perfect mud, then join the mud parade and throw mud balls from ECHO’s upper deck.

What if the band was the band? 🤔
Meet HEARTSONG a musical where young performers become the instruments themselves! 🤯
Yes, they become instruments!

A one-of-a-kind musical about teamwork, big choices, and finding your voice. Each participant will have an important, fun role in the story, and the creators of the musical will cast and direct the ensemble. We will read and discuss the script, block and rehearse scenes, learn music, improvise, learn simple choreography and create costumes and set pieces. With focus, generosity and support of each other, performers will learn skills to confidently and collaboratively portray their characters. A final "sharing" for friends and family, a script-in-hand presentation, will take place in the main theater with simple theatrical elements.

HEARTSONG, an hour-long children's musical by Barbara Blatner and Lin Snider, tells of a band of musical instrument middle schoolers who make music by listening to each other’s hearts. When the opportunity arises for one of the band members to gain fame and fortune at the expense of the others, the instruments have to choose between "me" and "we." HEARTSONG asks: What are the lures and realities of being a "star," the consequences of disrespecting and bullying each other, and affirms the joys of collaborating with those of different backgrounds.

Take a trip through our solar system to learn about Earth, our Moon, and all the planets in the Milky Way with daily activities and demonstrations at ECHO’s out-of-this-world spring festival. Plus, celebrate what makes our home planet special with the beloved Mud Fling! Discover Mother Nature’s recipe for perfect mud, then join the mud parade and throw mud balls from ECHO’s upper deck.

The Vermont State Curator’s Office presents Brattleboro artist and state legislator Mollie S. Burke in her solo exhibit at the Vermont State House Cafeteria Gallery titled Realism and Magical Realism. Burke’s paintings and drawings bring the viewer into a dreamlike world filled with richly colored environments that present a sense of place and home, surrounded by nature. Burke’s imagery includes flowers, vines, water, and trees that weave a fanciful tapestry of meaning and movement. On view Now– April 24, the show will celebrate the artist with a reception on Tuesday, April 21 from 3:30 – 5:30 pm.

“To me the natural world is both real and magical. In my paintings I try to represent the marvelous and symbolic aspects of reality. Many influences contribute to my style --the interlace designs of my Irish ancestry, the compositional structure of illuminated manuscripts, and the Zapotec weavings of southern Mexico. I embrace a non-linear way of seeing, and I celebrate the imagination as a value, a force that can save us from narrow ideologies and rigid thinking.” – Mollie Burke

About: Mollie Burke holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from Goddard College. She has been active in the Brattleboro community as an artist and teacher of both art and figure skating for many years. She is the founder and director of Art in the Neighborhood, an organization that provides tuition-free art classes to children in low-income housing communities. She also teaches in several Vermont schools with the Vermont Arts Council artist-in-residence program.

Burke is a Brattleboro Town Meeting representative and a member of the Brattleboro Coalition for Active Transportation. She was elected to the House in 2008 and has served since then on the Transportation Committee. She is also Chair of the House Sexual Harassment Prevention Panel and active in the Climate Solutions Caucus and the Women's Caucus. She and her husband have three grown children and five grandchildren.

The exhibit is free and open to the public. Food and drink will be served at the artist reception.

A three-week immersion program exploring a literary classic for participants ages 13-19. This is a challenging and fun experience under the guidance of professional practitioners.
Think you know what a love story looks like? Think again.
This summer, NEYT’s Senior Company takes on Arms and the Man, a fast, funny, and surprisingly modern comedy that flips romance, heroism, and “main character energy” completely on its head.
In this three week immersive program, actors ages 13–19 will dive into a rigorous, ensemble driven process building a fully staged production while sharpening their skills in voice, language, movement, and character work. This is the ideal opportunity for actors who want to go deeper, to make bold choices, tackle rich text, and collaborate at a high level.
Video audition submissions are now open. Apply by April 22nd and claim your place in the company now. Rehearsals June 22 - July 10. Performances July 10 & 11.

Take a trip through our solar system to learn about Earth, our Moon, and all the planets in the Milky Way with daily activities and demonstrations at ECHO’s out-of-this-world spring festival. Plus, celebrate what makes our home planet special with the beloved Mud Fling! Discover Mother Nature’s recipe for perfect mud, then join the mud parade and throw mud balls from ECHO’s upper deck.

Take a trip through our solar system to learn about Earth, our Moon, and all the planets in the Milky Way with daily activities and demonstrations at ECHO’s out-of-this-world spring festival. Plus, celebrate what makes our home planet special with the beloved Mud Fling! Discover Mother Nature’s recipe for perfect mud, then join the mud parade and throw mud balls from ECHO’s upper deck.

Champlain Valley Quilt Guild presents our biennial quilt show! The theme this year is “Star Struck.” there will be gorgeous quilts on display, as well as the extraordinary quilts of our featured artist, Hope Johnson. Vendors, raffles, members craft sales, and judges’ awards are all part of the fun.

Take a trip through our solar system to learn about Earth, our Moon, and all the planets in the Milky Way with daily activities and demonstrations at ECHO’s out-of-this-world spring festival. Plus, celebrate what makes our home planet special with the beloved Mud Fling! Discover Mother Nature’s recipe for perfect mud, then join the mud parade and throw mud balls from ECHO’s upper deck.

Champlain Valley Quilt Guild presents our biennial quilt show! The theme this year is “Star Struck.” there will be gorgeous quilts on display, as well as the extraordinary quilts of our featured artist, Hope Johnson. Vendors, raffles, members craft sales, and judges’ awards are all part of the fun.

Take a trip through our solar system to learn about Earth, our Moon, and all the planets in the Milky Way with daily activities and demonstrations at ECHO’s out-of-this-world spring festival. Plus, celebrate what makes our home planet special with the beloved Mud Fling! Discover Mother Nature’s recipe for perfect mud, then join the mud parade and throw mud balls from ECHO’s upper deck.

Bring your whole creative crew together for a drop-in artmaking activity inspired by artists' work featured in BCA's spring exhibitions, "Human Impact: Art and our Environment" and "What's the Difference? Sculptural Ideas".

Transform a tiny computer into a living character by designing custom emoji faces, coding 'feelings' that react to your touch, and building a physical body for your pet using a variety of craft materials. It’s a fantastic way for parents and kids to collaborate and see their code come to life in real-time.

Ages 7+. Children under 15 years must be accompanied by an adult.

Champlain Valley Quilt Guild presents our biennial quilt show! The theme this year is “Star Struck.” there will be gorgeous quilts on display, as well as the extraordinary quilts of our featured artist, Hope Johnson. Vendors, raffles, members craft sales, and judges’ awards are all part of the fun.

Take a trip through our solar system to learn about Earth, our Moon, and all the planets in the Milky Way with daily activities and demonstrations at ECHO’s out-of-this-world spring festival. Plus, celebrate what makes our home planet special with the beloved Mud Fling! Discover Mother Nature’s recipe for perfect mud, then join the mud parade and throw mud balls from ECHO’s upper deck.

Ed Morgan is better known simply as “The Music Man.” For over 10 years he has delighted kids and grownups alike with his interactive blend of original & traditional children’s songs. Singing and dancing for kids ages 1-99!

For more information, contact Becky Hatfield, Youth Services Librarian, bhatfield@stjathenaeum.org or -802-745-1391.

This event is free, ADA accessible, and open to the public.

Green Up Day is a special day in Vermont when volunteers come together for a massive, spring clean-up of litter. Pick up supplies at the Capital City Farmers Market or City Hall!

If you’d like to volunteer for Montpelier’s Green Up Day, stop by the Green Up Day stations at the Capital City Farmers Market (133 State St) or outside City Hall (39 Main St) for Green Up Day bags and gloves for volunteers.

Volunteers can leave their full Green Up Day bags curbside within city limits. The crew from the Montpelier Department of Public Works will pick up the bags of litter after Green Up Day.

Thank you for your help to make Montpelier sparkle!

Celebrate spring in downtown Montpelier during Mayfest, a weekend full of community events, local food, music, and shopping. Highlights include the return of the Capital City Farmers Market, Green Up Day, and the beloved All Species Day parade and pageant.

Spend the weekend exploring downtown—enjoy sidewalk sales, pop-up vendors, live music, and dining at local restaurants. Stick around after dark to catch Montpelier’s glowing bridges.

Saturday Highlights:
• Capital City Farmers Market (9am–1pm, 133 State St)
• Green Up Day (bag pick-up at Farmers Market & City Hall)

Sunday Highlights:
• All Species Day (12–4pm)
Parade from Hubbard Park through downtown, ending with the Birth of Spring Pageant at the State House.

Plus additional events and live performances throughout the weekend. Sponsored by Catamount Solar.

Step into WUNDERLAND and build a tiny home for fairies and gnomes! This free, community-building workshop with artist Loren Brock—creator of Sunderland’s magical fairy path—invites you to craft a whimsical dwelling from natural materials. Bring shells, stones, feathers, or treasures. Your creation will be donated to grow the Wunderland path—thank you for adding a little magic!