The Daily Scoop
The Daily Scoop
September:
6-11: North Bennington Plein Air Competition, Main Street, North Bennington, pleinair-northbennington.com.
7: Open House at the Circus, come check out what a circus school is like, 6-7:30p, necenterforcircusarts.org. Thru Sept.
7: 5th Annual Exhibition at Grafton Fine Art Show, artwork on display across town, exhibitionatgrafton.com.
7: Open House at the Circus, at New England Center for Circus Arts, Brattleboro, necenterforcircusarts.org.
7: Vermont My Home Tour with performance artist and poet T. Namaya, at Village Square Booksellers, Bellows Falls, 7p, villagesquarebooks.com.
10: Plymouth Cheese & Harvest Festival, with award winning cheeses, historicvermont.org./Coolidge.
10: Touch a Truck at Brattleboro Memorial Hospital, including fire trucks, a crane, tractors and more, 10-2p, bmhvt.org.
10: Maple Leaf Half Marathon and 5K Run/Walk, 9a, Manchester, visitmanchestervt.com.
10: Artist’s Open House at Hay Madeira Studios, Manchester, noon, svac.org.
10: Community Creation Celebration, 12-8p, music festival, food, dancing, at the historic Brookline Church, Newfane, 802 365-7118.
10-11: Puppets in Paradise, two afternoons of puppetry and performance, at Gordon and Mary Hayward’s Gardens, West Westminster, 10-4p, sandglasstheater.org.
10-11: Rockingham Music Festival, at Rocking-ham Hill Farm, trivalleyproductions.com.
16: Bellows Falls Third Friday with art, music, literary events in Bellows Falls, facebook.com/BellowsFalls.3rdF
16: Dessert social at the Circus, 6:30-8p, New England Center for Circus Arts, Brattleboro, necenterforcircusarts.org.
16-18: 45th Bennington Antique & Classic Car Show, all day at Willow Park, Bennington, bennington.com.
17-18: Bennington Quilt Fest, at Mount Anthony Union Middle School, Bennington, 9-5p Sat., 9-4p Sun, benningtonquiltfest.com.
17: Car Show Cruise-In at Center Stage, Main St, Bennington, 6p, betterbennington.com.
18: Draa Hobbs Quintet in concert, 8p, Old Tavern, Grafton, oldtavern.com.
23-25: 4th Annual Vermont Life Wine & Harvest Festival, a weekend showcase for Vermont wines, specialty foods and artisans, all day, thevermontfestival.com.
24: Fifth Annual Southern Vermont Homebrew Festival, noon-5p, downtown Bennington at the Bennington Brush Company, benningtonmuseum.org.
24: 30th Peru Fair, 9-4p, with pig roast, art, crafts, music and more, perufair.org.
24: Benefit concert for VT chapter of National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, with several local bands, 5-9p, Brattleboro, namivt.org.
24: SEVCA’s 13th Annual Flea market, Silent Auction, Raffle, 9a, Westminster, sevca.org.
24: New Age Multi-Instrumentalist Spencer Lewis at the Jamaica Town Hall, 7p, jamaicavt.com.
24-25: Vermont Fine Furniture & Woodworking Festival, Woodstock, vermontwoodfestival.org.
30: Wolf Kahn Opening Reception and Book signing, 5p, Brattleboro Museum, brattleboromuseum.org.
30-Oct. 1: Weston Antiques Show at the Weston Playhouse, 10a-5p, westonantiquesshow.org.
30-Oct. 1: Annual Okemo Antiques Show, 3-6p Fri, 10-5p Sat, Okemo Mountain Resort, okemo.com.
30-Oct. 2: 19th Annual Hildene Arts & Crafts Festival, at Hildene, Manchester, 10-5p, craftproducers.com.
October:
1-2: Chester’s Fall Craft Festival on the Green, 10-4p, Chester, 802 875-2626.
1-2: Vermont Foliage Open Studio Weekend, a Vermont Crafts Council event, with open studios across the state, vermontcrafts.com.
1-2: Billings Farm & Museum Pumpkin & Apple Celebration, at Billings Farm, Woodstock, billingsfarm.org.
1: DooWop Legends tribute band, Southern Vermont Arts Center, 7:30p, svac.org.
2: Blanche Moyse Memorial Concert, 3p, Persons Auditorium, Marlboro, bmcvt.org.
6: Artist Talk: Karen Kamenetzky, Brattleboro Museum & Arts Cennter, 7:30p, brattleboromuseum.org.
6-8 & 13-15: 2011 Ten Minute Play Festival, 7:30p, Actors Theatre Playhouse, West Chesterfield NH, actors-theatre.info.
7: Gallery Walk in downtown Brattleboro, 5:30-8:30p, gallerywalk.org.
7-9: 28th Annual Weston Craft Fair, 10-5p each day, Weston, westoncraftshow.com.
8: 29th Annual Vermont Apple Festival & Craft Show, 9a, Riverside Middle School, Springfield, springfieldvt.com.
8-9: 38th Annual Harvest Art & Craft Show at Mount Snow, with great holiday shopping items, 9-5p, mountsnow.com.
8-9: Oktoberfest, with Keg Toss, Horseshoe Tournament, Stein Holding contest, and events for children, noon-5p, Mount Snow, mountsnow.com.
8-9: Harvest Weekend at Billings Farm, Woodstock, billingsfarm.org.
8-9: Art in the Park Fall Festival, 50th anniversary, Rutland, chaffeeartcenter.org.
8-9: Harpoon Octoberfest, at Harpoon Brewery in Windsor, harpoonbrewery.com.
9: Dummerston Apple Pie Festival, including apples, cider and donuts, pancake breakfast and apple pies, 7-4p, 802 254-9158.
9: Empty Bowls Dinner to benefit Brattleboro Drop In Center, 5p, Landmark College, Putney, 802 257-2005 x108 for reservations.
9: Annual Vermont Apple Festival and Craft Show, 10-4p, Riverside Middle School, Springfield, 802 885-2779.
9: The Artful Flea, a market of artful finds, at Gallery at the Vault, Springfield, galleryvault.org.
9: Monthly Dim Sum Teahouse at CX Silver Gallery, 10-8p, West Brattleboro, dimsumvt.com.
14-16: Brattleboro Literary Festival, with more than 35 emerging and established authors giving readings, discussions and more, brattleboroliteraryfestival.or
15: Kenny Barron Trio at the Latchis Theatre, 8p, Brattleboro, vtjazz.org.
15: Official Pumpkin Carving Day, Equinox Valley Nursery, Manchester, equinoxvalleynursery.com.
15: Alash, Tuvan, Throat Singers & Instrumentalists, 7:30p, at Stone Church Arts, Bellows Falls, immanuelepiscopal.org.
16: Vermont and the Civil War, discussion with Howard Coffin, Bennington Museum, benningtonmuseum.org.
16: CINCHA performs at Old Tavern in Grafton, 8p, oldtavern.com.
21: Dissecting Bordeaux: An Evening of Wine and Song, 7p, Brattleboro Museum, brattleboromuseum.org.
21: Bellows Falls Third Friday with art, music, literary events in Bellows Falls, facebook.com/BellowsFalls.3rdF
21-23: Quilt Show and Sale at Memorial Hall in Wilmington, 7p Fri., 10-6p Sat., noon-2p Sun., 802 464-8591.
23: Sixth Annual Bridal Fair, 1-4:30p, Bennington Museum, benningtonmuseum.org.
28-30: Fourth Annual Lego Contest at Brattleboro Museum, ceremony at 5p Oct. 28, Brattleboro, brattleboromuseum.org.
29: Fallapalooza!,fun for the whole family, Main St, downtown Bennington, betterbennington.com.
November:
4: Gallery Walk in downtown Brattleboro, 5:30-8:30p, gallerywalk.org.
5: Aine Minogue, Celtic harp and vocals, 7:30p, at Stone Church Arts, Bellows Falls, immanuelepiscopal.org.
11: Bennington Veteran’s Day Parade, downtown Bennington, betterbennington.com.
13: Festival of Foods, with silent auction, benefit for Habitat for Humanity, 4p, Springfield VFW, 802 882-2779.
16: Bellows Falls Third Friday with art, music, literary events in Bellows Falls, facebook.com/BellowsFalls.3rdF
19: Wild Night on the Cat Walk runway show and silent auction. Benefit for Brattleboro Area Hospice, 7p. 802 257-0775
25-27: Walpole Artisan Tour, with open studios in Walpole NH and Bellows Falls, 11-5p each day, walpoleartisans.org.
25-27: 33rd Annual Putney Craft Tour, start in Putney, putneycrafts.com for map.
26: Thanksgiving Weekend at Billings Farm & Museum, Woodstock, 10-3:30p, billingsfarm.org.
Nov. 26-Dec. 31: Manchester Merriment, with events around the Manchester area, visitmanchestervt.com.
December:
1-31: Decemberfest in Brattleboro, with events throughout the month, brattleborochamber.org.
1-31: Manchester Merriment, with events around the Manchester area, visitmanchestervt.com.
2: Gallery Walk in downtown Brattleboro, 5:30-8:30p, gallerywalk.org.
2: Scottish Winter Ball at Southern Vermont Arts Center, Manchester, svac.org.
2-4: Holly Days Holly Nights, with special deals to kick off the holiday shopping season, downtown Brattleboro, brattleborochamber.org.
2-4: Cotton Mill Hill Open Studio and Sale, 10-5p, the Cotton Mill, Brattleboro, thecottonmill.org.
3: Christmas in Weston, 11-4p, westonvt.com.
3: Hometown Holiday in downtown Bennington, noon, betterbennington.com.
3: Festival of Trees Gala, 7-11p, Bennington Museum, benningtonmuseum.org.
