Winter picks
Brattleboro Clayworks Holiday Sale
532 Putney Road, Brattleboro
http://www.brattleboroclayworks.com, 802 254-9174
December: Stop by during extended showroom hours where we have an annual 10 percent off sale. Brattleboro Clayworks is Southern Vermont’s ceramics resource center. Founded in 1983, we seek to increase access to ceramic media for the communities of southeastern Vermont, northwestern Massachusetts, and southwestern New Hampshire.
32nd Readsboro Glassworks Holiday Open Studio and Sale
6954 Main St, Readsboro
http://www.maryangusglass.com, 802 423-7706
Dec 18-20: Please join us for our Annual Holiday Open Studio and Sale, on two weekends, December 12-13 and December 18-20, from 10 AM to 5 PM. Stop in to see our hand blown glass, enjoy some hot mulled cider and homemade cookies and help us celebrate our 32nd anniversary! We will have a unique collection of hand blown glass for sale, including perfume bottles and ring holders, bud vases, colorful handmade glass candy cane and icicle ornaments and our intricately carved glass snowflakes.
Mount Snow Film Festival
Sundance Base Lodge, Mount Snow, West Dover
Dec 19: Join us for our 5th Annual Mount Snow Film Festival at the Sundance Base Lodge. We’ll show a ski movie and a snowboard movie as well as a ton of Carinthia footage from the 2014-’15 season, all on our 16-foot widescreen! Snacks and drinks are available downstairs, and Cooper’s Bar is open upstairs for adult beverages and a great view. Come out and enjoy some of this year’s best videos — and get yourself stoked for the season!
Extension Master Gardener Course
Online at http://www.uvm.edu/mastergardener
Feb 2-April 26: Learn the keys to a healthy, sustainable home landscape from your home computer as University of Vermont faculty and other experts provide live, interactive webinars on gardening in Vermont. This 13-week, non-credit course covers a rich range of horticultural topics, including fruit and vegetable production, flower gardening, botany basics, plant pests, soil fertility, disease management, healthy lawns, invasive plant control, and introduction to home landscaping. Register by credit card at uvm.edu/mastergardener or by phone, to UVM’s Extension Master Gardener Program office, at 802 656-9562. Paying by check? Download your registration form from the website.
R. John Wright First-Ever Studio Open House
2402 West Road, Bennington
Feb 12-13: To celebrate its 40th year of 100 percent American-made, hand-crafted doll making, the R. John Wright Doll Co. hosts its first-ever public doll making studio tour and open house. Explore the facility, learn and appreciate the process that is the art of RJW doll making, and meet the team of talent bringing R. John Wright artist dolls to life. Free; refreshments included. Meet and speak with celebrated doll artists John and Susan Wright and tour the studio. Each guests gets a complementary exclusive, limited-edition RJW felt heart keepsake as a companion piece for their dolls. RSVP at http://on.fb.me/1Q5mADi (on.fb.me/1Q5mADi).
NECCA Circus Spectacular
Latchis Theater, downtown Brattleboro
http://www.necenterforcircusarts.com
March 5-6: Tired of being pushed around by Old Man Winter? Forget about the dark and cold — feel great at the hottest show in town! The Circus Spectacular is fun evening of circus acts presented by our friends from all over the world. Proceeds benefit our community outreach programming, including scholarships for summer camps, discounted classes with local schools, and free classes for kids through collaborations with regional social service agencies.
Spring Fling Weekend at Bromley
Base Lodge, Brommley Mountain, Winhall
March 26: A Bromley family’s favorite sun-soaked (or just plain soaked) event is back for another year. Featuring pond skimming, a duct tape derby, live music, and even some rides from our summer adventure park. Registration for pond skimming and the duct tape derby begins at 9a at the info desk in the base lodge. Full schedule to come.
Tilting at Windmills
24 Highland Ave
Manchester Center
802-362-3022
Feb 13, 4:30-7p: Tilting at Windmills Gallery will host an opening with a taste of New York City. People come to Vermont to get away from the city and here we have a reminder for those who might become homesick for the hustle and bustle. Steven Stroud is preparing three or four pieces that are quite large to fill a 30-foot wall and the subject is Grand Central Station.
Mount Snow Reggaefest
Main Base Area, Mount Snow, West Dover
March 25-27: Bud Light Reggaefest returns to Mount Snow for a weekend of fantastic live reggae music. Featuring great performances at the Snow Barn as well as a party out in the Base Area Saturday and Sunday. Check out our annual Sink or Skim pond skimming competition on Saturday and the Duct Tape Derby on Sunday.
Wags to Riches Party: Windham County Humane Society Benefit
VFW, Black Mountain Road, Brattleboro
April 2: Join Windham County Humane Society and friends for an evening of tasty food and drink, good conversation, and competitive bidding for a wide array of awesome items donated by local businesses. All proceeds benefit animals in need. 6p.
2016 R. John Wright Convention
http://www.rjohnwright.com/2016convention.html
Desmond Hotel & Conference Center, Albany, N.Y.
June 23-25: Join us as we celebrate four fabulous decades of R. John Wright creations, 1976-2016, with “A Time to Remember: R. John Wright Dolls Convention.” Activities include luxury coach transportation from the Desmond Hotel in Albany to Bennington, approximately an hour away. Visitors will tour the R. John Wright workshop, design studio, and showroom, where rare pieces will be available for purchase. There will be a catered luncheon in a festival tent overlooking Vermont’s lovely green mountains as well as side trips to Bennington points of interest. At the Desmond Hotel, there will be additional programs and exhibits, and a festive luncheon with costume competition. Breakout ticketed meal events, centering on R. John Wright doll history, will include themed decorations, door prizes, favors, and souvenirs. Exclusive workshops will also be offered for those creatively inclined. An elegant final banquet, “A Time to Remember,” will concludes with the presentation of the 40th anniversary souvenir doll to each fully registered guest. RSVP at http://bit.ly/1Q5mRGq.
