Events from September 14 – June 23 – Page 2 – Happy Vermont

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Maple Meet-Up at Merck Forest in Rupert

Merck Forest and Farmland Center 3270 Route 315, Rupert, VT, United States

Join Merck Forest for a 1.5-hour sugaring tour. See and experience maple sugaring operations, from the trees in the sugarbush to the evaporator. Fee is $10. Pre-registration required. Meet at the Visitor Center.

Join Cartoonist and Author Alison Bechdel in St. Johnsbury

St. Johnsbury Athenaeum 1171 Main Street, St. Johnsbury, VT, United States

Celebrated cartoonist Alison Bechdel discusses her work as an illustrator and memoirist, including her most recent book, "The Secret to Superhuman Strength," a graphic memoir about her lifelong love affair with exercise that won the 2021 Vermont Book Award.

Poultney Bird Walk

D&H Rail Trail Poultney, VT, United States

An easy 3-mile bird walk open to all. The group will hopefully see lingering winter birds and early spring arrivals. Park in downtown Poultney and meet where the rail trail crosses Main Street near the Poultney Pub.  

Spring Exhibition and Art Walk in Montpelier

Vermont Supreme Court Gallery 109 State Street, Montpelier, VT, United States

An artist reception at the Vermont Supreme Court and the Montpelier Art Walk will feature paintings by Kate Burnim. The exhibition is titled “Liminal Arc,” a collection of artworks that contemplates space, time, separation and togetherness, boundaries, transition, and memory. Burnim will offer artist remarks...

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Community Music Jam in Poultney

Green Mountain Community School 1 Brennan Circle, Poultney, VT, United States

Bring your instruments, your voices, and your ideas. Everyone will take turns, teaching each other new song numbers while keeping it simple. Rock, folk, blues, Americana. Feel free to bring lead sheets.

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Guided Nature Walks at Hildene

Hildene 1005 Hildene Road, Manchester, VT, United States

ECO AmeriCorps member Rose West will guide participants on an exploratory walk, focusing on in-the-field species identification of local flora and fauna and their ecological connections to our landscape; $5/person with admission; members free. Registration is strongly encouraged, but not required.

Folk/roots quartet Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem in Putney

Next Stage Arts Project 15 Kimball Hill, Putney, VT, United States

Next Stage Arts Project and Twilight Music present New England’s acclaimed folk/roots quartet Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem. Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem feature 4-part vocal harmonies, indelible songs, fiddle, acoustic and electric guitars, bass, and a homemade percussion kit of cardboard boxes, tin cans,...

$22 – $25

Cirque Us Presents One Man’s Trash in Greensboro

Highland Center for the Arts 2875 Hardwick Street, Greensboro, VT, United States

Celebrate Earth Day with a performance by this repurposed circus that turns trash into treasure. Boston-based Cirque Us presents “One Man’s Trash.” With limitless spirit, a cast reclaims and reanimates all that’s left in trash cans and littered in the garage to create a junkyard...

$5 – $10

Bomoseen State Park Bird Walk in Castleton

Bomoseen State Park 2 Cedar Mountain Road, Castleton, VT, United States

The easy three-mile walk offers a chance to see waterfowl, bald eagles and the first birds of spring. Meet in the state park parking area.

West Rutland Marsh Monitoring Walk

West Rutland Marsh Marble Street, West Rutland, VT, United States

Join Rutland County Audubon's monthly monitoring of West Rutland Marsh and celebrate Earth Day with a scavenger hunt and snacks at the halfway point. Walk the entire four-mile route or go halfway. Meet at the boardwalk on Marble Street.

Earth Day Open House in Grafton

The Nature Museum 186 Townshend Road, Grafton, VT, United States

Explore The Nature Museum to celebrate Earth Day!   Enjoy crafts, scavenger hunts, a campfire (conditions permitting), and more. Explore the Magic Forest Playscape, wander through the awakening Chapman Meadow, discover the nearby Grafton Village Park hiking trails, see a budding native pollinator garden, and...