Wednesdays 10am – 12pm
Winter Sessions: February 4 – March 25 (no session Feb 25)

For children ages 0-5 with parent or caregiver
Free (donations welcome) | A drop-in program (registration not required)

Robin’s Nest Nature Playgroup is a free activity for families to gather, learn, and play in nature. Guided by the idea that children need to spend ample time outdoors, we offer a community experience in the world of nature and will model ways the natural environment can be used as a tool for learning and play.

Engaging with nature’s seasonal offerings stimulates curiosity and a sense of wonder while fostering self-confidenc   ...

Wednesdays 10am – 12pm
Winter Sessions: February 4 – March 25 (no session Feb 25)

For children ages 0-5 with parent or caregiver
Free (donations welcome) | A drop-in program (registration not required)

Robin’s Nest Nature Playgroup is a free activity for families to gather, learn, and play in nature. Guided by the idea that children need to spend ample time outdoors, we offer a community experience in the world of nature and will model ways the natural environment can be used as a tool for learning and play.

Engaging with nature’s seasonal offerings stimulates curiosity and a sense of wonder while fostering self-confidence and empathy for all living things. Join us for 2 hours of spontaneous play, exploration, discovery, song, nature inspired crafts, and oral storytelling.

Play, dig, build and grow alongside your child
Learn how to stay comfortable while getting messy in any weather
Connect with other families with young children
This program is entirely outside, so be prepared with water, snacks, and clothing for staying comfortable and getting wet!

Visit our Robin’s Nest page for more information

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Art Exhibit
Contact:
chiphaggerty.com
@palmtreepapers
[email protected]
CHIP HAGGERTY: “Just More Self Sabotage + Purple”
The Front, 6 Barre Street, Montpelier VT
March 6-March 29, 2026
Gallery Hours: Friday 4-7, Saturday and Sunday 11-5
Opening Reception: Friday March 6, 2026, 4:00-7:00
Artist’s Talk: TBD

Chip Haggerty is an emerging, self-taught, closet artist. His work, described as a blend of art brut, outsider art, and folk art, draws heavily from a lifetime of observation. Haggerty transforms ordinary paper bags into vivid reflections of his memories, daily life and inner dialogues. Mixing    ...

Art Exhibit
Contact:
chiphaggerty.com
@palmtreepapers
[email protected]
CHIP HAGGERTY: “Just More Self Sabotage + Purple”
The Front, 6 Barre Street, Montpelier VT
March 6-March 29, 2026
Gallery Hours: Friday 4-7, Saturday and Sunday 11-5
Opening Reception: Friday March 6, 2026, 4:00-7:00
Artist’s Talk: TBD

Chip Haggerty is an emerging, self-taught, closet artist. His work, described as a blend of art brut, outsider art, and folk art, draws heavily from a lifetime of observation. Haggerty transforms ordinary paper bags into vivid reflections of his memories, daily life and inner dialogues. Mixing humor, nostalgia and unfiltered honesty, his work invites viewers to pause, reflect and oftentimes relate to the wild ride of being human. Pulling from childhood experiences, parenting, work life, random social gatherings, literature and every day encounters, Chip takes slices of past and present interactions to formulate the foundation of each piece produced.

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Come together in peace and unity at a film screening of the movie The Choral followed by a community singalong.

The one-day showing of the movie The Choral is a film about a choir in England adapting to WWI. After the film, everyone is invited to join in a singalong of songs of peace and hope led by Linda Young and Alice Silverman.

Get tickets at the Savoy for the one evening showing at the URL or at the door.

Additional donations for this event will be shared between the Peace & Justice Center of Vermont and our beloved Savoy.

For further information, please contact Kathleen Casserly at
[email protected] or 63   ...

Come together in peace and unity at a film screening of the movie The Choral followed by a community singalong.

The one-day showing of the movie The Choral is a film about a choir in England adapting to WWI. After the film, everyone is invited to join in a singalong of songs of peace and hope led by Linda Young and Alice Silverman.

Get tickets at the Savoy for the one evening showing at the URL or at the door.

Additional donations for this event will be shared between the Peace & Justice Center of Vermont and our beloved Savoy.

For further information, please contact Kathleen Casserly at
[email protected] or 631-235-4838.

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Wednesdays 10am – 12pm
Winter Sessions: February 4 – March 25 (no session Feb 25)

For children ages 0-5 with parent or caregiver
Free (donations welcome) | A drop-in program (registration not required)

Robin’s Nest Nature Playgroup is a free activity for families to gather, learn, and play in nature. Guided by the idea that children need to spend ample time outdoors, we offer a community experience in the world of nature and will model ways the natural environment can be used as a tool for learning and play.

Engaging with nature’s seasonal offerings stimulates curiosity and a sense of wonder while fostering self-confidenc   ...

Wednesdays 10am – 12pm
Winter Sessions: February 4 – March 25 (no session Feb 25)

For children ages 0-5 with parent or caregiver
Free (donations welcome) | A drop-in program (registration not required)

Robin’s Nest Nature Playgroup is a free activity for families to gather, learn, and play in nature. Guided by the idea that children need to spend ample time outdoors, we offer a community experience in the world of nature and will model ways the natural environment can be used as a tool for learning and play.

Engaging with nature’s seasonal offerings stimulates curiosity and a sense of wonder while fostering self-confidence and empathy for all living things. Join us for 2 hours of spontaneous play, exploration, discovery, song, nature inspired crafts, and oral storytelling.

Play, dig, build and grow alongside your child
Learn how to stay comfortable while getting messy in any weather
Connect with other families with young children
This program is entirely outside, so be prepared with water, snacks, and clothing for staying comfortable and getting wet!

Visit our Robin’s Nest page for more information

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The 2026 Farmers Night Series presents the seventh concert at the Vermont State House with Voices for All Seasons on Wednesday, March 11 at 7:30 pm. This Morrisville-based community choir, directed by Judith St. Aubin, will present an eclectic variety of popular music from the 20th and 21st centuries, Cole Porter to Andrew Lloyd Webber with stops along the way by Rodgers & Hammerstein, Jerome Kern, John Rutter and others. A little something for everyone!

This year’s Farmers Night offerings include a dozen weekly Wednesday performances with the exception of a break for Town Meeting in early March. The series concludes in mid-April.

The Farmers Night Conce   ...

The 2026 Farmers Night Series presents the seventh concert at the Vermont State House with Voices for All Seasons on Wednesday, March 11 at 7:30 pm. This Morrisville-based community choir, directed by Judith St. Aubin, will present an eclectic variety of popular music from the 20th and 21st centuries, Cole Porter to Andrew Lloyd Webber with stops along the way by Rodgers & Hammerstein, Jerome Kern, John Rutter and others. A little something for everyone!

This year’s Farmers Night offerings include a dozen weekly Wednesday performances with the exception of a break for Town Meeting in early March. The series concludes in mid-April.

The Farmers Night Concert Series is a longstanding State House tradition which goes back over 100 years to a time when lawmakers entertained themselves in the House Chamber mid-week while away from home. Artists from around the state, in genres ranging from classical music to bluegrass to spoken word, perform in the well of the House Chamber each Wednesday night at 7:30 during the legislative session. Doors open at 7:00 pm. All concerts are FREE and open to the public.

For the entire series, visit: Farmers Night 2026

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Free and in-person at NBNC | Register Here
Presentation will be livestreamed and recorded (link coming soon)
The forested landscape along the North Branch of the Winooski River is home to an intricate web of life. Through tracking, camera trapping, and quiet observation we can peer into the lives of NBNC’s most secretive animals: foxes, felines, ravens, beavers, bears, and more. In this presentation, we’ll go on a virtual exploration of the ecosystem to visit some of its wildest creatures and most interesting stories.

About the Presenter:NBNC Teacher-Naturalist Ana Maria Arroyo is thrilled to be achieving her childhood goal to be “the person that brings   ...

Free and in-person at NBNC | Register Here
Presentation will be livestreamed and recorded (link coming soon)
The forested landscape along the North Branch of the Winooski River is home to an intricate web of life. Through tracking, camera trapping, and quiet observation we can peer into the lives of NBNC’s most secretive animals: foxes, felines, ravens, beavers, bears, and more. In this presentation, we’ll go on a virtual exploration of the ecosystem to visit some of its wildest creatures and most interesting stories.

About the Presenter:NBNC Teacher-Naturalist Ana Maria Arroyo is thrilled to be achieving her childhood goal to be “the person that brings cool nature stuff to school”. She earned a degree in Environmental Studies from Ithaca College, and is a certified North America Track & Sign Professional. Ana Maria was a wildlife rehabilitator and falconer before moving to VT, and can most often be found poking around the beaver wetlands at the nature center, looking for caterpillars in the meadow or following animal trails in the snow.

About our Naturalist Journeys 2026 Winter Presentation Series: This season is about understanding how our watersheds function, how our rivers fl

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Wednesdays 10am – 12pm
Winter Sessions: February 4 – March 25 (no session Feb 25)

For children ages 0-5 with parent or caregiver
Free (donations welcome) | A drop-in program (registration not required)

Robin’s Nest Nature Playgroup is a free activity for families to gather, learn, and play in nature. Guided by the idea that children need to spend ample time outdoors, we offer a community experience in the world of nature and will model ways the natural environment can be used as a tool for learning and play.

Engaging with nature’s seasonal offerings stimulates curiosity and a sense of wonder while fostering self-confidenc   ...

Wednesdays 10am – 12pm
Winter Sessions: February 4 – March 25 (no session Feb 25)

For children ages 0-5 with parent or caregiver
Free (donations welcome) | A drop-in program (registration not required)

Robin’s Nest Nature Playgroup is a free activity for families to gather, learn, and play in nature. Guided by the idea that children need to spend ample time outdoors, we offer a community experience in the world of nature and will model ways the natural environment can be used as a tool for learning and play.

Engaging with nature’s seasonal offerings stimulates curiosity and a sense of wonder while fostering self-confidence and empathy for all living things. Join us for 2 hours of spontaneous play, exploration, discovery, song, nature inspired crafts, and oral storytelling.

Play, dig, build and grow alongside your child
Learn how to stay comfortable while getting messy in any weather
Connect with other families with young children
This program is entirely outside, so be prepared with water, snacks, and clothing for staying comfortable and getting wet!

Visit our Robin’s Nest page for more information

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On Wednesday March 18 at 7:30 pm the Friends of the Vermont State House presents the eighth 2026 Farmers Night Series concert with two performances by The Bread & Puppet Theater and Burlington-based world music quartet Kraatz Carromato.



The one and only Bread & Puppet Theater will kick-off the evening with artist / founder Peter Schumann and others from the troupe.

Come experience the legendary Bread and Puppet Theater, a cornerstone of political performance art since 1963. Founded by Peter Schumann, this internationally acclaimed troupe brings giant, expressive puppets and hand painted banners to the stage, combining poignant social comment   ...

On Wednesday March 18 at 7:30 pm the Friends of the Vermont State House presents the eighth 2026 Farmers Night Series concert with two performances by The Bread & Puppet Theater and Burlington-based world music quartet Kraatz Carromato.



The one and only Bread & Puppet Theater will kick-off the evening with artist / founder Peter Schumann and others from the troupe.

Come experience the legendary Bread and Puppet Theater, a cornerstone of political performance art since 1963. Founded by Peter Schumann, this internationally acclaimed troupe brings giant, expressive puppets and hand painted banners to the stage, combining poignant social commentary, dance, and music - surely to make you think differently.



Join us as Kraatz Carromato takes us on a musical journey that echoes the migration of the Roma people through the Middle East and Europe, connecting Spanish flamenco and rumba with Balkan, East European, and Middle Eastern influences. Performing mostly original compositions, including songs of migration, of longing for a homeland, of loss, hope, and resilience. Listeners will also hear new and traditional songs sung in Spanish, Bosnian, English, and the Romani language.

This year’s Farmers Night offerings include a dozen weekly Wednesday performances with the exception of a break for Town Meeting in early March. The series concludes in mid-April.

The Farmers Night Concert Series is a longstanding State House tradition which goes back over 100 years to a time when lawmakers entertained themselves in the House Chamber mid-week while away from home. Artists from around the state, in genres ranging from classical music to bluegrass to spoken word, perform in the well of the House Chamber each Wedne

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$40-$60 sliding scale, pre-registration required
Blossom Main Studio, 2nd floor

Springing Forward towards the Light With Erica Getto & Ashley Muscarella of Blossom Wellness Center

Join us for a yin seasonal offering, carefully designed to bring deep healing, rest, renewal and CALM.


While Ashley guides you through extra gentle yin and restorative postures, Erica will rotate the room, offering her massage magic. Let go of doing and allow yourself to simply pause and be in this welcoming container. Enjoy deeply restful shapes supported by props and blankets, loving touch (if desired), a peaceful playlist, blissful organic essentia   ...

$40-$60 sliding scale, pre-registration required
Blossom Main Studio, 2nd floor

Springing Forward towards the Light With Erica Getto & Ashley Muscarella of Blossom Wellness Center

Join us for a yin seasonal offering, carefully designed to bring deep healing, rest, renewal and CALM.


While Ashley guides you through extra gentle yin and restorative postures, Erica will rotate the room, offering her massage magic. Let go of doing and allow yourself to simply pause and be in this welcoming container. Enjoy deeply restful shapes supported by props and blankets, loving touch (if desired), a peaceful playlist, blissful organic essential oils and retreat space for your soul.

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Got feelings about what’s going on right now?

Join us for: ALL THE RAGE: A One-Day Art Workshop

If you’re holding feelings about the harm happening in the world, let’s make art about it! Come be in a room with other humans who feel it too. Art can help the nervous system settle, discharge, and connect.

Let’s be angry and creative together. Join us for this one time workshop!

We’ll have supplies for collage, painting, etc. Bring whatever materials or projects that feel most impactful to you.

North Branch Nature Center
713 Elm St., Montpelier, VT 05602

March 21, 2026
10:00 am -   ...

Got feelings about what’s going on right now?

Join us for: ALL THE RAGE: A One-Day Art Workshop

If you’re holding feelings about the harm happening in the world, let’s make art about it! Come be in a room with other humans who feel it too. Art can help the nervous system settle, discharge, and connect.

Let’s be angry and creative together. Join us for this one time workshop!

We’ll have supplies for collage, painting, etc. Bring whatever materials or projects that feel most impactful to you.

North Branch Nature Center
713 Elm St., Montpelier, VT 05602

March 21, 2026
10:00 am - 11:30 am

RSVP is required: [email protected]

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We’re excited to announce our Spring Works-In-Progress Showing! Featuring Teen Jazz, Junior Company, Ballet, Modern, Jazz, Acro, Contemporary, Tap, and Hip Hop!

Our Works-In-Progress showings are family-friendly, informal performances where classes share what they’ve been working on so far—sometimes class exercises, sometimes choreography-in-progress, and sometimes short variations. It’s a low-stress, high-joy night that celebrates learning and gives dancers a chance to perform prior to our big show in May. Seating is limited and advance reservations are highly recommended. This event is hosted by Teen Jazz, and all funds support the company’s fundraising for the   ...

We’re excited to announce our Spring Works-In-Progress Showing! Featuring Teen Jazz, Junior Company, Ballet, Modern, Jazz, Acro, Contemporary, Tap, and Hip Hop!

Our Works-In-Progress showings are family-friendly, informal performances where classes share what they’ve been working on so far—sometimes class exercises, sometimes choreography-in-progress, and sometimes short variations. It’s a low-stress, high-joy night that celebrates learning and gives dancers a chance to perform prior to our big show in May. Seating is limited and advance reservations are highly recommended. This event is hosted by Teen Jazz, and all funds support the company’s fundraising for their biennial New York City trip. Suggested donation is $10/child and $15/adult; we accept cash, check, or Venmo at the door. No one is turned away for lack of funds.

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A Movement, Journaling + Creating Change Workshop
Facilitated by: Emerge with Amy LePage + Magpie & Tiger's Elana Gustavson
15 State St. | 3rd Floor | Suite #303 | Elevator Accessible

Join us for a nourishing, mini digital detox experience designed to help you step away from screens and reconnect with your body, mind, and intentions. This workshop weaves together gentle movement, reflection, and creativity to bring greater awareness to what you want your relationship with screen to be and how to get there.
- Gentle movement and body-based practices to help you shift out of the physical strain and mental drain of screen habits that live in your body.

A Movement, Journaling + Creating Change Workshop
Facilitated by: Emerge with Amy LePage + Magpie & Tiger's Elana Gustavson
15 State St. | 3rd Floor | Suite #303 | Elevator Accessible

Join us for a nourishing, mini digital detox experience designed to help you step away from screens and reconnect with your body, mind, and intentions. This workshop weaves together gentle movement, reflection, and creativity to bring greater awareness to what you want your relationship with screen to be and how to get there.
- Gentle movement and body-based practices to help you shift out of the physical strain and mental drain of screen habits that live in your body.
- Insight into why our brains are so drawn to screens, plus practical tips for change.
- Guided journaling prompts + your own journal—small enough for your pocket, powerful enough to change a habit.
- Space to create personalized, doable digital detox ideas that fit your real life.
with your screens.

Cost is $35 and you'll leave with your very own pocket journal & reflective prompts, Movement Moment reminders, $5 of Magpie Money (for use at Magpie & Tiger), and $10 voucher toward any class offered at Emerge with Amy LePage.

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Join North Branch Nature Center scientists to learn about our Amphibian Road Crossing program, and find out how you can help Vermont’s frogs and salamanders safely cross the road during their annual spring movements. This community science project accommodates volunteers of all ages and backgrounds — the only requirement is an eagerness to enjoy and protect our local amphibians!

Each spring, amphibians migrate by the millions from upland forests to wetland breeding grounds, often crossing roadways at their peril. NBNC’s ARC program trains volunteers to survey migration sites to help amphibians across the road while collecting valuable data that informs local conserva   ...

Join North Branch Nature Center scientists to learn about our Amphibian Road Crossing program, and find out how you can help Vermont’s frogs and salamanders safely cross the road during their annual spring movements. This community science project accommodates volunteers of all ages and backgrounds — the only requirement is an eagerness to enjoy and protect our local amphibians!

Each spring, amphibians migrate by the millions from upland forests to wetland breeding grounds, often crossing roadways at their peril. NBNC’s ARC program trains volunteers to survey migration sites to help amphibians across the road while collecting valuable data that informs local conservation and transportation planning efforts. Over the last eight years, NBNC volunteers conducted over 1,400 surveys and documented 22,000 salamanders at over 200 crossing sites across Vermont.

Did you know that Spotted Salamanders live underground in mouse tunnels? Did you know that Four-toed Salamanders guard their eggs? Did you know that Red Efts spend years traveling across the forest floor in search of the perfect breeding habitat? Tonight will also feature a dive into the amazing ecology and life history of these

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6-7pm Family Friendly Potluck and sharing community organizing opportunities

7-8pm Optional SURJ Leadership / Organizing Meeting (open to your participation)

The Central Vermont chapter of SURJ (Showing up for Racial Justice) invites white folks interested in coming together for racial and economic justice to gather for a family friendly potluck. If you would like to, please stay after the potluck for a SURJ leadership team meeting to help strategize about mobilizing other white folks for racial and economic justice.

Please bring your family and friends, as well as any announcements of community organizing opportunities or invitations to take    ...

6-7pm Family Friendly Potluck and sharing community organizing opportunities

7-8pm Optional SURJ Leadership / Organizing Meeting (open to your participation)

The Central Vermont chapter of SURJ (Showing up for Racial Justice) invites white folks interested in coming together for racial and economic justice to gather for a family friendly potluck. If you would like to, please stay after the potluck for a SURJ leadership team meeting to help strategize about mobilizing other white folks for racial and economic justice.

Please bring your family and friends, as well as any announcements of community organizing opportunities or invitations to take actions together.

Please bring your own plates/bowls and cutlery. Please bring a potluck dish if you can.

This is a FREE community event for building connection and solidarity, and taking action against racism and classism. Join us as we work on appreciating and respecting differences, building skills to interrupt racism and classism, creating community, cultivating trust, learning about our own privilege and how to share it. We engage in this work so that truly everyone can live with dignity, good health, honor, joy, security.

COVID & Wellness practices: We're asking folks to mask as desired or needed, including if you have been in close proximity to anyone who is sick (covid or otherwise). Please stay home if you are sick, we'd be happy to welcome you at the next monthly gathering!

For more information email [email protected].

Learn more about Showing Up for Racial Justice at https://surj.org/

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Wednesdays 10am – 12pm
Winter Sessions: February 4 – March 25 (no session Feb 25)

For children ages 0-5 with parent or caregiver
Free (donations welcome) | A drop-in program (registration not required)

Robin’s Nest Nature Playgroup is a free activity for families to gather, learn, and play in nature. Guided by the idea that children need to spend ample time outdoors, we offer a community experience in the world of nature and will model ways the natural environment can be used as a tool for learning and play.

Engaging with nature’s seasonal offerings stimulates curiosity and a sense of wonder while fostering self-confidenc   ...

Wednesdays 10am – 12pm
Winter Sessions: February 4 – March 25 (no session Feb 25)

For children ages 0-5 with parent or caregiver
Free (donations welcome) | A drop-in program (registration not required)

Robin’s Nest Nature Playgroup is a free activity for families to gather, learn, and play in nature. Guided by the idea that children need to spend ample time outdoors, we offer a community experience in the world of nature and will model ways the natural environment can be used as a tool for learning and play.

Engaging with nature’s seasonal offerings stimulates curiosity and a sense of wonder while fostering self-confidence and empathy for all living things. Join us for 2 hours of spontaneous play, exploration, discovery, song, nature inspired crafts, and oral storytelling.

Play, dig, build and grow alongside your child
Learn how to stay comfortable while getting messy in any weather
Connect with other families with young children
This program is entirely outside, so be prepared with water, snacks, and clothing for staying comfortable and getting wet!

Visit our Robin’s Nest page for more information

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Join Mariachi Alpízar de Vermont on Wednesday March 25 at 7:30 pm for the weekly 2026 Farmers Night concert series at the Vermont State House. Led by Joanna Velázquez Alpízar for an evening of traditional Mexican music. This ensemble is the 1st mariachi of Vermont and is a collaboration of Mariachi Los Osos del Norte at Crane School of Music, Mariachi Los Broncos at Cal Poly Pomona, and the music directors of BFA Fairfax of Vermont. Mexican music is a vast tapestry – from soulful storytelling to intricate indigenous rhythms that only this style of musical composition can offer. An experience for everyone to enjoy.

The Farmers Night Concert Series is a longstanding St   ...

Join Mariachi Alpízar de Vermont on Wednesday March 25 at 7:30 pm for the weekly 2026 Farmers Night concert series at the Vermont State House. Led by Joanna Velázquez Alpízar for an evening of traditional Mexican music. This ensemble is the 1st mariachi of Vermont and is a collaboration of Mariachi Los Osos del Norte at Crane School of Music, Mariachi Los Broncos at Cal Poly Pomona, and the music directors of BFA Fairfax of Vermont. Mexican music is a vast tapestry – from soulful storytelling to intricate indigenous rhythms that only this style of musical composition can offer. An experience for everyone to enjoy.

The Farmers Night Concert Series is a longstanding State House tradition which goes back over 100 years to a time when lawmakers entertained themselves in the House Chamber mid-week while away from home. Artists from around the state, in genres ranging from classical music to bluegrass to spoken word, perform in the well of the House Chamber each Wednesday night at 7:30 during the legislative session. Doors open at 7:00 pm. All concerts are FREE and open to the public.

For the entire series, visit: Farmers Night 2026

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Join us for the Closing Celebration on March 26 from 3:30 - 5:30.
The Vermont 250th Recognition Art Exhibition titled:
“Unfinished Revolutions in Vermont” asks K-12 learners to consider this question:
What movements or struggles for change, both large and small, remain unfinished or ongoing in Vermont today? This isn’t just about looking backward — it’s about understanding how our spirit of innovation, independence, and social progress continues today through the voices and actions of the people of Vermont.
A provocative exhibition of creative expression from our regional youth.
Free and open to the public.

Presented by the A   ...

Join us for the Closing Celebration on March 26 from 3:30 - 5:30.
The Vermont 250th Recognition Art Exhibition titled:
“Unfinished Revolutions in Vermont” asks K-12 learners to consider this question:
What movements or struggles for change, both large and small, remain unfinished or ongoing in Vermont today? This isn’t just about looking backward — it’s about understanding how our spirit of innovation, independence, and social progress continues today through the voices and actions of the people of Vermont.
A provocative exhibition of creative expression from our regional youth.
Free and open to the public.

Presented by the Agency of Education and the Vermont State Curator’s Office.
On view NOW until March 27. Open daily from 8:00am – 4:30pm at the Vermont State House cafeteria (second floor).

Join us for a discussion with Mary Walling Blackburn and Kaye Cain-Nielsen about the flow of activism and death; the ox-bowing of our best and worst intentions; and whether one can drown-proof in your Data Lake...?

As a point of departure, Walling Blackburn will read from “Swim to Us,” an essay included in her new book Cream Psychosis. This text spends time tracing various tributaries of power in the USA, looking at how American and UnAmerican punishment is visualized—from Moomintroll/Tom of Finland hybrids to Far Right GIFs. The essay also IDs some moments where plant allies are hijacked by an array of white supremacists, and does all this while dodging corporate an   ...

Join us for a discussion with Mary Walling Blackburn and Kaye Cain-Nielsen about the flow of activism and death; the ox-bowing of our best and worst intentions; and whether one can drown-proof in your Data Lake...?

As a point of departure, Walling Blackburn will read from “Swim to Us,” an essay included in her new book Cream Psychosis. This text spends time tracing various tributaries of power in the USA, looking at how American and UnAmerican punishment is visualized—from Moomintroll/Tom of Finland hybrids to Far Right GIFs. The essay also IDs some moments where plant allies are hijacked by an array of white supremacists, and does all this while dodging corporate ancestors and COVID ghosts.

BIOS
Kaye Cain-Nielsen, editor of Cream Psychosis, has purified herself in the waters of Lake Minnetonka (see: Purple Rain, 1984).


Artist and writer Mary Walling Blackburn, co-author of Questiones Perversas (with Dr. Beatriz E. Balanta) and author of Cream Psychosis (E-flux/Sternberg Press March 2026).

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Free and in-person at NBNC
Presentation will not be livestreamed or recorded

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This creative chamber music performance features brand new music inspired by climate change and our local watershed, performed and composed by Vermont’s finest musicians. TURNmusic’s March 2026 Watershed/Environmental Programs will blend artistic expression with community engagement to raise awareness about local watershed health and environmental concerns through music, workshops, and collaborative events. This initiative aims to connect audiences with environmental themes, inspiring appreciation for the natural world while fostering creative responses to ecological cha   ...

Free and in-person at NBNC
Presentation will not be livestreamed or recorded

Register
This creative chamber music performance features brand new music inspired by climate change and our local watershed, performed and composed by Vermont’s finest musicians. TURNmusic’s March 2026 Watershed/Environmental Programs will blend artistic expression with community engagement to raise awareness about local watershed health and environmental concerns through music, workshops, and collaborative events. This initiative aims to connect audiences with environmental themes, inspiring appreciation for the natural world while fostering creative responses to ecological challenges. By uniting musicians, educators, and environmental advocates, TURNmusic will create meaningful experiences that celebrate both culture and conservation in the Waterbury region in 2026. The concert program premieres music by Vermont composers Tom Cate, Colin McCaffrey, Elizabeth Reid, and Matt LaRocca.
About our Naturalist Journeys 2026 Winter Presentation Series: This season is about understanding how our watersheds function, how our rivers flow, and which actions move us towards—or away from—becoming a more resilient riv

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