community events

Quick Picks (10/21 - 10/28)

Pizza and Bard Owl
TOWNSHEND - Bard Owl will perform Friday, October 22, at the West Townshend Country Store’s pizza night. T. Breeze Verdant and Annie Landenberger, joined by Bahman Mahdavi on bass, will play sweet harmonies, driving rhythms, and old-style tunes from 5 to...

Library, Lions Club team up for trick-or-treat event

JACKSONVILLE - On Sunday, October 31, from 5 to 7 pm, the Whitingham Free Public Library and The Deerfield Valley Lions Club will host a trick-or-treat event and jack-o’-lantern display at the Whitingham Municipal Center.
Love Halloween and want to participate? Call (802) 368-7506 to...

Halloween events begin Saturday

WILMINGTON - There are a series of fun community events planned downtown for Halloween this year.
First is the second annual Trunk O’ Treat held at the Wilmington Antique and Flea Market on Saturday, October 23. The event runs from 5 to 8 pm, with setup at 4 pm. Younger kids are invited to...

Gilfeather Turnip Festival returns Saturday at library

WARDSBORO - The Friends of the Wardsboro Library are celebrating the famous Gilfeather turnip and farmer John Gilfeather at the Gilfeather Turnip Festival, this Saturday, September 23, from 10 am to 1 pm, at the Wardsboro Public Library, 170 Main Street.
Just-harvested, locally grown...

Discussion on Abenaki history

NEWFANE - The Moore Free Library will host a local author talk and reading with Robert Goodby, Thursday, October 28, at 7 pm.
Goodby, a professor of anthropology at Franklin Pierce University, will give a presentation drawing from his newly-published book “A Deep Presence: 13,000 Years of...

College hosting poetry readings

BENNINGTON - Poetry at Bennington will continue Wednesday, October 27, with Sandra Lim and Ladan Osman, who will read from their poetry.
Lim is the author of three books of poetry, including the Louise Glück for the Barnard Women Poets Prize winner “The Wilderness.” Her poems have appeared...

Spooky writing workshops tackle ghosts, monsters

BRATTLEBORO - Hooker-Dunham Theatre is offering two spooky writing workshops this October, hosted by GennaRose Nethercott.
The first, “Ghost Lab,” will take place on Sunday, October 24, at 2 pm. Like many people, ghosts spent more than a year confined to their home, floating from room to...

FAFSA application virtual walkthrough

VERMONT - Whether new to filling out the 2022 FAFSA or just have questions, mark a calendar for the free, live, online Vermont Student Assistance Corporation “Shows You How” webinar, simulcast to Facebook on Tuesday, October 26, from 6 to 7 pm. VSAC outreach counselor Carrie Harlow will walk...

Early Black state poet to be honored in Guilford

GUILFORD - The Brattleboro Words Trail is collaborating with community partners to host an official unveiling of a state historic marker recognizing the achievements of the nation’s first African-American poet Lucy Terry Prince, and her husband Abijah Prince. The two were early Black landowners...

African fiction

BRATTLEBORO - Join the Windham World Affairs Council as they team up with the Brattleboro Literary Festival, Sunday, October 17, at 4 pm, to virtually host author Imbolo Mbue, discussing her work of fiction “How Beautiful We Were.” Register for the event at https://emamo.com/event/brattleboro-...