Vermont Public Community Calendar

Join Green Mountain Habitat for Humanity for our first weekend build event on our St. Albans build site. On August 31, from 8 a.m. - 1 p.m. volunteers will work with our Project Manager, Tim, on framing rooms and other home-building tasks! 16+ No experience is needed. All tools and safety equipment are provided. Enjoy a free pizza lunch, with other snacks and refreshments on site.

This is a great way to spend your Labor Day weekend while also making a difference in your community! Check out the event flyer, grab your friends and family and sign up today! *Volunteers must register and sign up for the shift using the link on our website. Click the blue "sign up for a shift" button!*

Hey, band nerds – have you missed marching band? Come join us in Franklin for our First Annual Once Around the Block Marching Band!

The date: Labor Day, September 1st
The time: 11am
The location: Meet at Dick Wright Pub
The uniform: Wear stripes, or plaid, or stripes AND plaid
The music: Louie, Louie by The Kingsmen
The route: You guessed it – Once Around the Block!

All instrumentalists are welcome, as are dancers, flag and banner peeps, singers, jugglers, stilt walkers, unicyclists, tiny car drivers, balloon artists, nuclear physicists, and cats on leashes.

Sheet music is available here:
https://tinyurl.com/364rwdcs

***PLEASE NOTE THAT WE WILL PLAY THIS A HALF-STEP HIGHER THAN THE ORIGINAL**

(That’s Concert B flat for the nerds.)

Thirty years after the Berlin Wall fell under the pressure of peaceful protests, Vermont author Kerstin Lange embarked on a bicycle expedition along the once-deadly East-West border. Lange tells the story of her journey and of the border itself – the impacts of the Iron Curtain on the people, the land and society.

The Green Mountain Audubon Society returns to beautiful Cold Hollow Sculpture Park to observe birds before many depart our region for warmer climes. Participants will explore the trails in search of different species while also having the opportunity to appreciate the spectacular work of world-renowned artist David Stromeyer.

For more information about the park, see https://www.coldhollowsculpturepark.com.

Every month, join a CHSP Park Guide for a lively walking conversation about the art, history, and landscape of the Cold Hollow Sculpture Park. From fabrication techniques, to use of color and play with perspective, we’ll explore the artistic process and narrative behind select sculptures in the Park.

Our monthly Art Making on the Land walking tour offers a great introduction to the Park for first time visitors and a fresh way to engage with the art on view for those returning.

Celebrate back-to-school season with The Flynn Center’s 4th annual Playing Fields Project! Gather with friends and family for an unforgettable night featuring France’s Compagnie OFF’s Les Girafes — a monumental street show that transforms school fields into vibrant stages with a herd of towering red giraffes, music and stunning special effects. Inspired by clowns, vaudeville acts and circus arts, this spectacular show kicks off the school year with fun and delight! Learn more at https://www.flynnvt.org/Community/playing-fields. 

Come to the Pub for a joyful, unforgettable, transcendent musical experience in just one evening. Join Jimmy Branca & the “arrangements while you wait” quartet!

Featuring the synergy of Chicago Tom Buckley rockin’ the bass & vocals, Matt “Jump Back” Nerbak on the drums & vivid vocal harmony & Tenacious Terry Youk on saxophones, for some spontaneous musical fireworks, jumping joy & cogent fiery original tunes throughout the night!

If you’re not familiar with Jimmy, here’s what others have said:

“Branca succeeds in transcending the blues genre. He has the ability to careen from a philosophical rap into an atmospheric howl, and then let loose with a truly astounding solo from his guitar.”
*Neil Charnoff VPR

” As a guitarist and vocalist Branca excels at both!”

“Prepare to be blown away… Branca’s music is more uplifting, fun, spiritual, and invigorating, than ought to be possible.”
*Blue Revue Magazine

“Timeless, yet Original, Transformational Magic!”
*Manhattan Rep Theatre

Mark your calendars peoples, it’s going to be a wild ride!

Announcing “Dig into Nature”: The Second Annual “Wildlife Fair” at Missisquoi National
Wildlife Refuge

Enjoy guided bird and nature walks. Self-guided explorations. Presentations by noted authors, scientists, and conservationists. Activities and exhibits by conservation and recreation organizations. A live raptor show. A children’s activity passport challenge to earn a badge. A raffle for a guided boat trip. All in one great day — September 20. Bird and nature walks at 8:00 a.m. Presentations, exhibits, activities from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Music and a food truck noon to 1:00. Free admission.

Refuge Headquarters, 29 Tabor Road, Swanton, VT. For more
information: https://friendsofmissisquoi.org/event/missisquoi-wildlife-fair/

- Early morning (8 a.m.) bird and nature walks
- Speakers:
10-11a.m. - Hyla Howe, Mass Audubon's Grassland Bird Biologist and Bobolink Project Coordinator speaking to the opportunities and challenges of grassland bird conservation
11a.m.- noon - Declan McCabe, author of "Turning Stones" and St. Michael's College Biology Professor speaking on The Wonder of the Living World in our streams, rivers, and lakes.

noon to 1p.m. - food truck and music
1-2 p.m. - Live raptor show by the Vermont Natural History Museum
2-3 p.m. - Trout Unlimited's Jared Carpenter will address the importance of protecting cold water habitats and the joy of fly fishing.

Every month, join a CHSP Park Guide for a lively walking conversation about the art, history, and landscape of the Cold Hollow Sculpture Park. From fabrication techniques, to use of color and play with perspective, we’ll explore the artistic process and narrative behind select sculptures in the Park.

Our monthly Art Making on the Land walking tour offers a great introduction to the Park for first time visitors and a fresh way to engage with the art on view for those returning.