Vermont Public Community Calendar

Join us for an 8-class series taught by Technology for Tomorrow! Designed to help adult learners build advanced workplace-ready technology skills, BTC's Tier 2 Digital Literacy course is intended for learners who already have basic computer experience and are ready to strengthen their confidence using Google Workspace, Microsoft Office, cloud-based tools, and cross-platform navigation. Each 1.5-hour session provides hands-on, practical instruction using Google Drive, Docs, Gmail, Calendar, Sheets, and Slides, with clear connections to how these skills transfer to Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

VSAC tuition assistance may be available to eligible adult learners and can cover all or part of the program cost. For more information or to inquire about eligibility, contact btcadulted@bsdvt.org.

Join us at the Flynn for an exclusive evening with award-winning documentary filmmaker, Ken Burns.

Ken Burns has been making documentary films for almost fifty years. Since the Academy Award nominated Brooklyn Bridge in 1981, Ken has gone on to direct and produce some of the most acclaimed historical documentaries ever made, including The Civil War; Baseball; Jazz; The War; The National Parks:  America’s Best Idea; Prohibition; The Roosevelts:  An Intimate History; The Vietnam War; Country Music; The U.S. and the Holocaust; The American Buffalo; Leonardo da Vinci; and, most recently, The American Revolution.

Future film projects include Emancipation to Exodus, and LBJ & the Great Society, among others.

Ken’s films have been honored with dozens of major awards, including seventeen Emmy Awards, two Grammy Awards and two Oscar nominations. In September of 2008, at the News & Documentary Emmy Awards, Ken was honored by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences with a Lifetime Achievement Award. In November of 2022, Ken was inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame.

With Moderator, Jane Lindholm
Host and Executive Producer, But Why? and special projects for Vermont Public

Jane Lindholm is the host, executive producer and creator of But Why: A Podcast For Curious Kids. In addition to her work on our international kids show, she produces special projects for Vermont Public. Until March 2021, she was host and editor of the award-winning Vermont Public program Vermont Edition.

Jane joined Vermont Public in 2007 to expand Vermont Edition from a weekly pilot into the flagship daily newsmagazine it is today. She has been recognized with regional and national accolades, including several Murrow, PRNDI and GRACIE awards. In 2016 she started the nationally recognized But Why, which takes questions from kids all over the world and finds interesting people to answer them.

All P1 Tickets come with a special merch bundle including a limited edition show poster and a Vermont Public tote bag.

Join us at Underhill Ironworks for our Memorial Day Weekend Open Studio.

📅 May 23 & May 24
🕙 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Organized by the Vermont Crafts Council, this special event features more than 50 welded steel sculptures exploring a wide range of themes. Visitors are invited to walk the grounds, explore the studio, and experience the work up close in the place where it is created.

With Mount Mansfield providing a stunning backdrop for your arrival and visit, it’s a perfect way to spend a spring day in Vermont.

Friends, collectors, and anyone curious about sculpture are warmly welcome.

Let's get creative together with another monthly 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."

Looking for a supportive space to learn the basics of car care?

Burlington Technical Center is offering the Garage Girls Auto Confidence for Women Series running May 9–June 6, taught in partnership with Rowley Wrench. This hands-on class series is designed to build confidence and practical skills for everyday drivers.

Topics include under-the-hood basics, fluid checks, replacing wipers and filters, emergency roadside skills, oil changes, and how to communicate with a mechanic. Rowley Wrench brings a welcoming, practical approach that helps participants feel comfortable asking questions and learning by doing.

Take one class or join the full series to build skills over time.

$65 per class
$275 for the full 5-class series (save $50)

No prior experience needed. Spots are limited—reach out to register or learn more.

The M&T Bank Vermont City Marathon and Relay promises a scenic route, vibrant community spirit, and something for everyone. Running options include a full marathon, half marathon as part of 2-person relay, or a 3-5 person relay. The course includes the iconic Church Street Marketplace, the bike path overlooking Lake Champlain, and four of Burlington’s parks. Whether you are a participant or in the crowd cheering, this event will start your summer off on a high note.

Join us at Underhill Ironworks for our Memorial Day Weekend Open Studio.

📅 May 23 & May 24
🕙 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Organized by the Vermont Crafts Council, this special event features more than 50 welded steel sculptures exploring a wide range of themes. Visitors are invited to walk the grounds, explore the studio, and experience the work up close in the place where it is created.

With Mount Mansfield providing a stunning backdrop for your arrival and visit, it’s a perfect way to spend a spring day in Vermont.

Friends, collectors, and anyone curious about sculpture are warmly welcome.

Join us for an 8-class series taught by Technology for Tomorrow! Designed to help adult learners build advanced workplace-ready technology skills, BTC's Tier 2 Digital Literacy course is intended for learners who already have basic computer experience and are ready to strengthen their confidence using Google Workspace, Microsoft Office, cloud-based tools, and cross-platform navigation. Each 1.5-hour session provides hands-on, practical instruction using Google Drive, Docs, Gmail, Calendar, Sheets, and Slides, with clear connections to how these skills transfer to Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

VSAC tuition assistance may be available to eligible adult learners and can cover all or part of the program cost. For more information or to inquire about eligibility, contact btcadulted@bsdvt.org.

Looking for a supportive space to learn the basics of car care?

Burlington Technical Center is offering the Garage Girls Auto Confidence for Women Series running May 9–June 6, taught in partnership with Rowley Wrench. This hands-on class series is designed to build confidence and practical skills for everyday drivers.

Topics include under-the-hood basics, fluid checks, replacing wipers and filters, emergency roadside skills, oil changes, and how to communicate with a mechanic. Rowley Wrench brings a welcoming, practical approach that helps participants feel comfortable asking questions and learning by doing.

Take one class or join the full series to build skills over time.

$65 per class
$275 for the full 5-class series (save $50)

No prior experience needed. Spots are limited—reach out to register or learn more.

Join us for an 8-class series taught by Technology for Tomorrow! Designed to help adult learners build advanced workplace-ready technology skills, BTC's Tier 2 Digital Literacy course is intended for learners who already have basic computer experience and are ready to strengthen their confidence using Google Workspace, Microsoft Office, cloud-based tools, and cross-platform navigation. Each 1.5-hour session provides hands-on, practical instruction using Google Drive, Docs, Gmail, Calendar, Sheets, and Slides, with clear connections to how these skills transfer to Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

VSAC tuition assistance may be available to eligible adult learners and can cover all or part of the program cost. For more information or to inquire about eligibility, contact btcadulted@bsdvt.org.

The Beat Beneath Us opens the 2026 Burlington Discover Jazz Festival with a celebration of rhythm, movement, and Black creative power — placing the body itself at the center of the music.

The evening begins with Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE, A Dance Company, performing dances made in tribute to Max Roach, the iconic drummer, composer, and activist whose music reshaped jazz and whose artistic voice was deeply engaged with the civil rights movement. Drawing on Roach’s rhythmic innovation and political urgency, Brown’s choreography translates sound into movement — honoring Roach’s legacy through ensemble motion that is grounded, propulsive, and alive with history.

The second half of the evening features Savion Glover, Jason Moran, and Chris “Daddy” Dave coming together as equal partners in rhythm — tap, piano, and drums — creating a live, improvisational exchange where movement and music are inseparable. Glover brings a fiercely musical approach to tap, using his feet as both instrument and voice. Moran, a MacArthur Fellow and defining artistic voice of contemporary jazz, and Dave, one of the most influential drummers of the last two decades, meet him in a shared language of rhythm that is urgent, inventive, and deeply rooted in jazz tradition.

The result is an explosive opening reminding us that jazz is not only something we hear — it is something we see, feel, and experience through the moving body.

BDJF is produced by the Flynn and presented by Vermont Tire with Nokian Tyres.

Looking for a supportive space to learn the basics of car care?

Burlington Technical Center is offering the Garage Girls Auto Confidence for Women Series running May 9–June 6, taught in partnership with Rowley Wrench. This hands-on class series is designed to build confidence and practical skills for everyday drivers.

Topics include under-the-hood basics, fluid checks, replacing wipers and filters, emergency roadside skills, oil changes, and how to communicate with a mechanic. Rowley Wrench brings a welcoming, practical approach that helps participants feel comfortable asking questions and learning by doing.

Take one class or join the full series to build skills over time.

$65 per class
$275 for the full 5-class series (save $50)

No prior experience needed. Spots are limited—reach out to register or learn more.

The 2026 Burlington Discover Jazz Festival closes with A Nation Listens, an ambitious evening that confronts history, identity, and the unresolved tensions at the heart of the American story.

The festival closes with A Nation Listens, an ambitious evening that confronts history, identity, and the unresolved tensions at the heart of the American story.

The night opens with Mark Turner, one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary jazz, presenting The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man, inspired by James Weldon Johnson’s 1912 novel. Turner translates the novel into a thoughtful musical essay — rhythmically elusive, harmonically dense, and emotionally intense — where long, searching lines and ensemble interplay unfold like narrative rather than illustration.

Chris Potter and Julian Lage then take the stage to debut a world premiere inspired by the legacy of abolitionist John Brown - the radical abolitionist whose 1859 raid on Harpers Ferry helped propel the nation toward Civil War. The work reflects on Brown himself: the physical body as symbol, catalyst, and moral reckoning. Potter, one of the most significant saxophonists of his generation, joins forces with Lage — guitarist celebrated for his clarity, imagination, and deep engagement with American musical traditions — to explore history through music that wrestles with contradiction, conviction, and consequence.

These performances close the festival with depth, urgency, and a clear-eyed look at the ghosts we continue to live with.

BDJF is produced by the Flynn and presented by Vermont Tire with Nokian Tyres.

Join us for an 8-class series taught by Technology for Tomorrow! Designed to help adult learners build advanced workplace-ready technology skills, BTC's Tier 2 Digital Literacy course is intended for learners who already have basic computer experience and are ready to strengthen their confidence using Google Workspace, Microsoft Office, cloud-based tools, and cross-platform navigation. Each 1.5-hour session provides hands-on, practical instruction using Google Drive, Docs, Gmail, Calendar, Sheets, and Slides, with clear connections to how these skills transfer to Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

VSAC tuition assistance may be available to eligible adult learners and can cover all or part of the program cost. For more information or to inquire about eligibility, contact btcadulted@bsdvt.org.

Vermont Repertory Theatre presents Shakespeare in Love - the play, the lush, romantic adaptation of the Academy award -winning film.

London 1593. Young Will Shakespeare is struck with writer's block and a poor first draft titled Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's Daughter - until he meets the spirited Viola. Their secret romance sparks the creation of the world's greatest love story. Featuring dazzling period costumes, this production transforms the Isham Barn Theatre into an Elizabethan playhouse. Join us for a witty, joyful, and intimate ode to the redemptive power of love.

Thurs 11th June at 7.30pm
Fri 12th June at 7.30pm
Sat 13th June at 2pm and 7.30pm
Sun 14th June at 2pm
Wed 17th June at 7.30pm
Thurs 18th June at 7.30pm
Fri 19th June at 7.30pm
Sat 20th June at 2pm and 7.30pm

Tickets: https://theaterengine.com/productions/3016

Show Sponsor: Wild Meadows Books & Cafe, Williston
Season Sponsor: Union Bank

Vermont Repertory Theatre presents Shakespeare in Love - the play, the lush, romantic adaptation of the Academy award -winning film.

London 1593. Young Will Shakespeare is struck with writer's block and a poor first draft titled Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's Daughter - until he meets the spirited Viola. Their secret romance sparks the creation of the world's greatest love story. Featuring dazzling period costumes, this production transforms the Isham Barn Theatre into an Elizabethan playhouse. Join us for a witty, joyful, and intimate ode to the redemptive power of love.

Thurs 11th June at 7.30pm
Fri 12th June at 7.30pm
Sat 13th June at 2pm and 7.30pm
Sun 14th June at 2pm
Wed 17th June at 7.30pm
Thurs 18th June at 7.30pm
Fri 19th June at 7.30pm
Sat 20th June at 2pm and 7.30pm

Tickets: https://theaterengine.com/productions/3016

Show Sponsor: Wild Meadows Books & Cafe, Williston
Season Sponsor: Union Bank

Vermont Repertory Theatre presents Shakespeare in Love - the play, the lush, romantic adaptation of the Academy award -winning film.

London 1593. Young Will Shakespeare is struck with writer's block and a poor first draft titled Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's Daughter - until he meets the spirited Viola. Their secret romance sparks the creation of the world's greatest love story. Featuring dazzling period costumes, this production transforms the Isham Barn Theatre into an Elizabethan playhouse. Join us for a witty, joyful, and intimate ode to the redemptive power of love.

Thurs 11th June at 7.30pm
Fri 12th June at 7.30pm
Sat 13th June at 2pm and 7.30pm
Sun 14th June at 2pm
Wed 17th June at 7.30pm
Thurs 18th June at 7.30pm
Fri 19th June at 7.30pm
Sat 20th June at 2pm and 7.30pm

Tickets: https://theaterengine.com/productions/3016

Show Sponsor: Wild Meadows Books & Cafe, Williston
Season Sponsor: Union Bank

Vermont Repertory Theatre presents Shakespeare in Love - the play, the lush, romantic adaptation of the Academy award -winning film.

London 1593. Young Will Shakespeare is struck with writer's block and a poor first draft titled Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's Daughter - until he meets the spirited Viola. Their secret romance sparks the creation of the world's greatest love story. Featuring dazzling period costumes, this production transforms the Isham Barn Theatre into an Elizabethan playhouse. Join us for a witty, joyful, and intimate ode to the redemptive power of love.

Thurs 11th June at 7.30pm
Fri 12th June at 7.30pm
Sat 13th June at 2pm and 7.30pm
Sun 14th June at 2pm
Wed 17th June at 7.30pm
Thurs 18th June at 7.30pm
Fri 19th June at 7.30pm
Sat 20th June at 2pm and 7.30pm

Tickets: https://theaterengine.com/productions/3016

Show Sponsor: Wild Meadows Books & Cafe, Williston
Season Sponsor: Union Bank

Vermont Repertory Theatre presents Shakespeare in Love - the play, the lush, romantic adaptation of the Academy award -winning film.

London 1593. Young Will Shakespeare is struck with writer's block and a poor first draft titled Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's Daughter - until he meets the spirited Viola. Their secret romance sparks the creation of the world's greatest love story. Featuring dazzling period costumes, this production transforms the Isham Barn Theatre into an Elizabethan playhouse. Join us for a witty, joyful, and intimate ode to the redemptive power of love.

Thurs 11th June at 7.30pm
Fri 12th June at 7.30pm
Sat 13th June at 2pm and 7.30pm
Sun 14th June at 2pm
Wed 17th June at 7.30pm
Thurs 18th June at 7.30pm
Fri 19th June at 7.30pm
Sat 20th June at 2pm and 7.30pm

Tickets: https://theaterengine.com/productions/3016

Show Sponsor: Wild Meadows Books & Cafe, Williston
Season Sponsor: Union Bank

Vermont Repertory Theatre presents Shakespeare in Love - the play, the lush, romantic adaptation of the Academy award -winning film.

London 1593. Young Will Shakespeare is struck with writer's block and a poor first draft titled Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's Daughter - until he meets the spirited Viola. Their secret romance sparks the creation of the world's greatest love story. Featuring dazzling period costumes, this production transforms the Isham Barn Theatre into an Elizabethan playhouse. Join us for a witty, joyful, and intimate ode to the redemptive power of love.

Thurs 11th June at 7.30pm
Fri 12th June at 7.30pm
Sat 13th June at 2pm and 7.30pm
Sun 14th June at 2pm
Wed 17th June at 7.30pm
Thurs 18th June at 7.30pm
Fri 19th June at 7.30pm
Sat 20th June at 2pm and 7.30pm

Tickets: https://theaterengine.com/productions/3016

Show Sponsor: Wild Meadows Books & Cafe, Williston
Season Sponsor: Union Bank