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Shoppers at the 2021 tag sale look through clothing.

Church holds tag sale for refugees

BRATTLEBORO - St. Michael’s Episcopal Church is hosting a huge tag sale Saturday, May 7, from 8:30 am to 2 pm, to be held both indoors and outdoors under tents. The sale will feature not only clothing for all seasons and linens, housewares, jewelry, books, sporting goods, and furniture, but also...

Aging gardens, aging gardeners

WILMINGTON - Gardeners, anxious to be out working in the garden, improving the beds, and enjoying work? Join the Pettee Memorial Library on Thursday, May 5, at 6 pm, when it will host Ann McEntee for her presentation on “Aging Gardens, Aging Gardeners.” For years gardens have given great joy....

ANUFF looking for new leader

NEWFANE - The helping hands of A Neighborhood Uniting For Fuelwood will be back at Patty Johnson’s to finish getting her firewood in this Saturday, May 7, starting at 9:30 am. The address is 638 Vermont 30.
There will be a splitter going and, if all goes according to plan, a tractor to...

Viewers can see an HD screening of the full live performance.

Watch Puccini’s “Turandot” with backstage interviews

WILLIAMSTOWN, MA - On Saturday, May 7, at 12:55 pm, the Clark Art Institute will screen The Met: Live in HD’s broadcast of Giacomo Puccini’s “Turandot.” The Met: Live in HD is an award-winning series of live high-definition cinema simulcasts that feature the full live performance along with...

Learn how literature informs painting and visuals inspire language in monthly workshop

SHAFTSBURY - Join Renée Bouchard and Genevieve Plunkett in an image and text landscape study class at the Robert Frost Stone House Museum, 121 Vermont Rte 7A, each second Thursday of the month from 6:30 to 8:30 pm. Beginning Thursday, May 12 , participants of “A Literary and Painterly...

Bandwagon Summer Series kicks off with underground artists

PUTNEY - Next Stage Arts will kick off the Bandwagon Summer Series with two underground bands from the Brooklyn Barbés scene, Big Lazy and Mamie Minch, on Saturday, May 7 at 5 pm at Cooper Field, 41 Sand Hill Road. This concert was rescheduled from February 5.
Big Lazy has flourished for...

Gallery Walk returns

BRATTLEBORO - It’s back. Gallery Walk will return to downtown on Friday, May 6, with more galleries, more music, and more fun. For example, there will be a free ArtSEE gallery tour at 6 pm at Chicken Rex outside of Harmony Collective. No RSVP is needed. The Harmony Lot will also become an outdoor...

Opaque Miniatures by Nick Kekic, a blown glass artist

“May, Art Month” begins with glassblowing, pottery, stone art, painting, jewelry, and more

BELLOWS FALLS - Bellows Falls has designated May as “May, Art Month in Bellows Falls.” During the month Bellows Falls will celebrate the artists, events, shops, and restaurants that contribute year-round to the cultural richness and economic stability of the community.
The celebration will...

Marisa Imôn, seen here doing stand up musical comedy, is one of the hosts of Saturday’s event.

Laughter and motherhood

SAXTONS RIVER - “Momologues,” a Mother’s Day weekend comedy show will take place Saturday, May 7, at Main Street Arts, 35 Main Street, featuring 15 comics from around New England. Doors will open at 3 pm; the show will run from 3:30 to 5 pm. There will be vendors, refreshments, and gifts for...

Two Southern-based music groups visit Vermont

PUTNEY – Next Stage Arts Project and Twilight Music present New Orleans-based singer-songwriter Carsie Blanton and her trio, plus Asheville, NC, duo The Knotty G’s at Next Stage on Saturday, April 30 at 7:30 pm.
Blanton writes anthems for a world worth saving. Inspired by artists...