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KENNEBUNKPORT, Me. – August 2, 2010 – Circus-goers may expect calliope music, but at a Circus Smirkus performance here last night Hail to the Chief filled the Big Top as President George H.W. Bush and his wife entered the tent.
The invitation to the Bush family was extended last month by Circus Smirkus, the 23-year-old, award-winning, [...]
SHELBURNE , VT - The gasoline-free days of Vermont agriculture, when horsepower was really horse power, will live again in the fields of historic Shelburne Farms as draft horse teams and their drivers gather for the annual Green Mountain Draft Horse Field Day on Saturday, July 31, 2010.
From 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. there will [...]
SOUTH BURLINGTON, VT - The Burlington Gem and Mineral Club’s 31st Annual Champlain Valley Gem, Mineral & Fossil Show gets under way this coming weekend, July 24-25, 2010, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day, at the Tuttle Middle School in South Burlington, Vt.
The venue will have quality dealers offering minerals, fossils, gems, jewelry, lapidary [...]
SHELBURNE,Vt. – June 12, 2010 – A new exhibit at Shelburne Museum features the legendary American wilderness photography of Ansel Adams contrasted with Edward Burtynsky’s contemporary images of global industrialization.
Ansel Adams and Edward Burtynsky: Constructed Landscapes includes over 60 extraordinary photographs and is the museum’s first exhibit of photography. The exhibit opens on Saturday, June [...]
BRATTLEBORO,Vt. – June 4, 2010 – The 9th annual Strolling of the Heifers Weekend, starting Friday, June 4 and continuing through Sunday, June 6, is highlighted, of course, by the world-famous Strolling of the Heifers Parade, Saturday June 5 at 10 a.m. sharp on Brattleboro’s historic Main Street.
When it’s over, the crowd follows the parade [...]
OXFORD, MAINE - This Fourth of July weekend, music fans will have something new to sing about when the inaugural Nateva Music & Camping Festival takes over the Oxford Fairgrounds in Oxford, Maine – forever changing New England’s summer entertainment landscape. On July 2, 3, and 4, the scenic, 100+ acre site will play host to the [...]
Burlington, Vt. – The 76th Anniversary Plant Sale, Saturday, May 22, 2010 , from 10am – 3pm, is open to the public. Awaken your senses to the scents of lilacs, flowering crabapples, magnolias and more. Perennials, lilacs and gardening books will be on sale where the UVM Greenhouse is on hand selling indoor plants.
Also, don’t miss the [...]
BURLINGTON, Vt. – May 12, 2010
- Registration is now open for the seventh annual Way to Go! Commuter Challenge, which will take place May 17-21, 2010, say organizers. The event is aimed at encouraging the use of healthier, more earth-friendly transportation, and less expensive alternatives to driving alone.
Everyone who commits to walk, bike, telecommute, carpool, take [...]
Vermont Folklife Center
Middlebury, Vt. – April 9 through 23, 2010 – Work created by Mexican migrant farm workers in Addison County and students of Lincoln Community School will be featured in a collaborative exhibition, which includes student poetry, prose and artwork inspired by quotes and excerpts from the 2008 VFC exhibit “The Golden Cage” [...]
Stowe, Vt. – April 3, 2010 – The Easter Bunny will visit Laughing Moon Chocolates on Main Street in Stowe Village during their annual Easter event. For the past six years the Easter Bunny has visited Laughing Moon Chocolates at Easter time and invited both the young and young-at-heart to visit and take pictures as [...]
