Calendar

At the Museums

Bennington Center for the Arts
44 Gypsy Lane, Bennington
10a to 5p (Closed Mondays)
benningtoncenterforthearts.org , 802 442-7158
June 9-July 14: Artists for the New Century. Southwest Art, American Art Collector and Fine Art Connoisseur nominated artists show the piece best showcasing their work on the representative art scene. June 16-Aug 5: Art of the Animal Kingdom XVI, with special guest artist Greg Beecham. July 2-8: American Artists Abroad. July 14-Aug 17: Impressions of New England. Over sixty scenes captured in paint & bronze. July 21-Sept 23: California Art Club- Saving Paradise: The Symbiosis of Landscape Painting & Environmental Awareness. Collection from the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery at BarnsdallPark documents CAC artist preservation. Aug 11-Sept. 23: The Laumeister Fine Art Competition. Artists from around the world are invited to submit work for the fourth annual fine art competition juried by Scott Christenson. Sept 29-Oct 27: Oil Painter of American Eastern Regional Exhibition.

Bennington Museum
75 Main Street, Rte. 9, Bennington
10a to 5p (Closed Wednesdays)
benningtonmuseum.org, 802 477-1571
Thru May 22: “Memento Mori” The Art & Commerce of Gravestones in Bennington. June 9-Oct 30: Rockwell Kent’s ‘Egypt’: Shadow & Light in Vermont. Ongoing: The Bennington Museum Celebrating Vermont’s Heritage offers eleven galleries of permanent and changing exhibits and features the largest public collection of Grandma Moses paintings and Bennington Pottery in the world, fine and decorative arts, military artifacts, the 1924 Martin-Wasp touring car, and the Bennington Flag, one of the earliest ‘stars and stripes’ in existence.

Brattleboro Museum & Art Center
10 Vernon Street, Brattleboro
11a to 5p (Closed Tuesdays)
brattleboromuseum.org, 802 257-0124
May 22: Pink Pint Night, 5:30p. June 1: Art Film After Gallery Walk: Climbing Redwood Giants, 8:30p. June 3: BEAN Dinner & Micro-Grants, 6p. June 15: Cais’ Dim Sum Teahouse @ BMAC, 5:30-9p. June 17: Brattleboro Tree Walk, 2p. Meet at Main Street Post Office. June 23-24: The Green Gold Tree, 1p. Multimedia production based on Goethe’s Faust featuring lantern slides, film, puppets, goldtextiles & original music. June 28: Past, Present & Future of the Southern Vermont Forest, 7:30p. Slide presentation & panel discussion. July 6: Art Film After Gallery Walk: Intangible Asset No. 82, 8:30p. Jazz drummer searches for an enigmatic Korean Shaman. Aug 6-8: Visual Thinking Strategies Institute. Thru July 8: Six concurrent exhibits that explore our physical & metaphorical relationship to trees seen for millennia as botanical analogues for human life, spiritual touchstones, & expressions of family connectivity.

The Clark Art Institute
225 South Street, Williamstown, Mass
10a to 5p Tuesday thru Sundayclarkart.edu, 413 458-2303
June 15: Summer Opening Party, 7p. Purchase tickets online. June 16-Sept. 16: Then & Now: Photographs of Northern China. June 16-Sept. 16: Through Shen-kan: Sterling Clark in China. Celebrate the 100th anniversary of Clark’s expedition to Northern China featuring a selection of biological specimens, scientific equipment and historic photographs. June 16-Oct.21: Unearthed: Recent Archaeological Discoveries from Northern China. Discoveries from the Shanxi and Gansu provinces never exhibited outside of China. June 24: Family Fun, 4p. Chinese Street Festival Family Day, free admission featuring a dragon parade, Chinese cuisine and booths full of fun family activities.
Free outdoor summer concerts: July 3: The Eagles Band, 6p. July 10: Misty Blues, 6p. July 17: Banjo Dan and the Mid-nite Plowboys, 6p. July 24: Incendio, 6p.
Chamber Music at the Clark: July 31: Ying String Quartet, 8p. Aug 7: Hermitage Piano Trio, 8p. Aug 14: Carpe Diem String Quartet with Yihan Chen, pipa player, 8p. Aug 21: Shanghai String Quartet, 8p.
Adventures in Exploration Film Series: July 2: The Man Who Would Be King, 3p. July 9: Mountains of the Moon, 3p. July 16: Fitzcarraldo, 3p. July 23: Black Robe, 3p.
China Looks in the Mirror Film Series: Aug 6: To Live, 3p. Aug 13: Sunflower, 3p. Aug 20: 24 City, 3p. Aug 27: Last Train Home, 3p.
Lectures & Gallery Talks: June 17: Opening lecture: Unearthed: Recent Archaeological Discoveries from Northern China. Free lecture by Annette L. Juliano, Professor of Asian Art & History Rutgers University. July 8: Digging the Ancient Maya, 3p. Free lecture by Stephen Houston, MacArthur Fellow & Dupee Family Professor of Social Science at Brown University.

American Museum of Fly Fishing
4104 Main Street, Manchester
10a-4p Tuesday thru Saturday
amff.com, 802 362-3300
July 14: Ice Cream Social, 10-4p free ice cream. Aug 9-12: “Angling & Art” Benefit Art Sale. Public reception Saturday 4-7p. Sept 22: Free Community Day. Ongoing: A Graceful Rise: Women in Fly Fishing Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow.
Helen Day Fine Art Center
90 Pond Street, Stowe
helenday.com, 802 253-8358
July 1-Oct 1: Exposed!, outdoor sculpture exhibition. Oliver Schemm and his wife, Jessica DiClerico of Saxtons River were commissioned to do multiple “Godbox’s” for the run of the show. The reception and walk about tour will be on July 13th at 5p. This is the second year in a row that Jessica and Oliver have collaborated on an outdoor sculpture for the Helen Day Art Show.

Hildene Estate
Route 7A, Manchester
hildene.org, 802 362-1788
May 26, June 16, July 21, Aug 18, Sept. 15: Bird Walk, 8a. Meet at welcome Center parking lot. May 20: Lincoln Essay Competition Awards & Luncheon. May 20: Celebration of Peonies. June 2: Wonderful World of Weeds, 10-12p. July 2: Vermont Symphony Orchestra, 5p. July 28: Komen VT-NH Race for the Cure. Aug 21: The Rivalry, 6:30p. Renowned civic leaders including Madeleine Kunin reading with moderation by
VPR’s Jane Lindholm. Ongoing: The American Ideal: Abraham Lincoln and the Second Inaugural. This exhibit attempts to illuminate some of the personal qualities that made Abraham Lincoln the indelible part of the American psyche he remains today.

Park-McCullough House
One Park Street, North Bennington
parkmccullough.org, 802 442-5441
May 6: Annual Zenn-Benn Road Race. June 3: Annual McCullough Library Tea Party. June 8: Mettawee Theater giant puppet performance, 6-9p. Come picnic with the whole family prior to the show. June 14, 21, 28 & July 5, 12, 19, 26 & Aug. 2, 9, 16, 23: Croquet League Gathering, 5p. June 24: Music From Manchester, 4-6p. July 7: PMH Mid-Summer Fundraiser, 4-6p. July 8: Music From Salem, 4-6p. July 15: Jay Sager & Friends, 4-6p. July 22 & 29: Annual Green Mountain Music Camp Concert. Au 4: PMH Rose Garden Fundraiser. Aug 5: Eight Cellos, 4-6p. Aug 19: George Lopez Piano, 4-6p. Aug 29: Second Annual Anniversary Letters Reading & Dinner, 6-9p.

Robert Frost Stone House Museum
121 Rte. 7A, South Shaftsbury
frostfriends.org, 802 447-6200
June 10: Fact, Dream & Labor: Robert Frost & the New England Attitude, 2p. Sydney Lea, Poet Laureate of Vermont, is also a novelist, essayist, literary scholar & teacher at Dartmouth, Yale, Wesleyan & Middlebury College. July 8: Frost’s Summer Poems, 2p. Peter Gilbert is Executive Director of the Vermont Humanities Council and Executor of the Frost Estate. A frequent commentator on Vermont Public Radio, Mr. Gilbert will explore a summer selection. Aug 5: Robert Frost Comes Alive for Young Readers, 2p. Sunday children’s program with Shaftsbury Teacher Pat Gibbons. Sept 9: Lesley Lee Francis, granddaughter of Robert Frost, speaks, 2p. Ongoing: Robert Frost:The Poetry of Trees explores Frost’s love of rural life. He always said his poems were based on real people and real experiences.

Southern Vermont Arts Center, Yester House Gallery
West Road, Manchester
10a–5p, Tues-Sat; 12p–5p, Sun
svac.org, 802 362-2522, 362-1405
Thru June 17: 83rd Annual Member’s Exhibition. May 23-26: Painting a Still Life with Andrew Orr, 9:30-4:30p. June 1-2: Looking In – Looking Out, Doors & Windows in Watercolor with Robert O’Brien, 9:30-4:30p. June 12-15: Ceramics & Sculpture with Lauren Silver, 10-1p. June 23: Printmaking By Hand: Monotypes with Lori Hinrichsen, 10:30-4:30p. June 23-July 22: Legends of Rock & Roll – From the Lens of George Kalinsky. June 23: Stamens & Stems: Nature’s Tryst Opening Reception, 2-4p. June 23-Sept 23: Mining the Past & Present: Works by Joe Fig. June 23: Elizabeth de C. Wilson Museum 12th Season Opening Reception, 2-4p. June 23-Aug 26: Stamens & Stems: Nature’s Trysts. June 23-Aug 26: Stamens & Stems: Nature’s Tryst. June 24: Stories on the Hill – Katie Meets the Impressionists, 1-2:30p. June 26-30: Painting in Mass with Karen Winslow. July 6-7: Contemporary Landscape Painting in Pastel with Robert Carsten, 9:30-4:30p. July 7: Neil Berg’s 100 Years of Broadway, 7:30p. July 8: Stories on the Hill – This Land Is Your Land. July 9- Aug 27: Painting Your Way with Barbara Pafume, 9:30-4:30p. July 10-13: Sculpture Elements in 3D Clay with Elaine Witten, 9:30-4:30p. July 14: Blues & Brews Festival, 12-7p. July 17-21: Fun With Xtraord!nary Watercolor Techniques with Judi Betts, 9-4p. July 21: Field, Flower, Forest – An Exploration into Japanese Flower Arranging with Katsuko Lord, 12-4p. July 24-28: Oil Floral Still Life with Christopher Pierce, 9:30-4:30p. July 28: Weatherbound: The Art of Jay Hall Connaway Opening Reception, 2-4p. July 28-Oct 21: The Art of Jay Hall Connaway. July 31-Aug 4: Landscape Painting in Watercolor with Robert O’Brien, 9:30-4:30p. Aug 1-4: Introduction to Portraiture with Dawn Miller, 9:30-4:30p. Aug. 9-11: Still Life Oil Painting with Elizabeth Torak, 10-4p. Aug 9: Igudesman & Joo, 7:30p. Aug 12: Stories on the Hill – The Seashore Book, 1-2:30p. Aug 16-18: Flower Power with Annelien Beukenkamp, 10-4p. Aug 21-24: Painting Landscapes in Pastel with Jim Markel, 9:30-4:30p. Aug 25: Wine Color with Chester Kasnowski, 11:4p. Aug 27-31: Plein Air & Beyond with Kenn Backhaus, 9-4p. Aug 28-31: From Traveler to Travel Photographer with Robyn Gianni, 9-4p. Sept 11-14: It’s All About the Light with Robert Carsten, 9:30-4:30p. Sept 15: Art on the Hill, 11-3p. Sept 21-22: Oil Pastels for Everyone with Chester Kasnowski, 9-3p. Sept 22: Field, Flower, Forest – An Exploration into Japanese Flower Arranging with Katsuko Lord, 12-4p. Sept 27-29: Passionate Still Life with Joe Anna Arnett, 9:30-4:30p.

The Nature Museum at Grafton
186 Townshend Rd., Grafton
nature-museum.org, 802-843-2111
May 26: Food For Thought: A Pale Blue Dot Symposium, 9-5p. Check in 8a at the White Church on Main Street.

Vermont Museum of Mining and Minerals
55 Pleasant St., Grafton
vtmmm.org, 802-875-3562
Ongoing: Learn about Vermont’s rich mining and mineral industries through displays on talc, soapstone, and the world-famous Vermont marble, granite and slate.

Carving Studio & Sculpture Center
636 Marble Street, Rutland
carvingstudio.org, 802 438-2097
May 19-July 1: 25th Anniversary Members Show. July 13-Aug 19: Emerging Sculptors Exhibition. Sept 8-Oct 21: SculptFest2012.

Vermont Center for Photography
49 Flat Street Street, Brattleboro
2-7p, Fri., noon- 5p, Sat.-Sun.
vcphoto.org, 802 251-6051
Thru May 27: Christine Triebert. Still life botanicals made without the use of a camera with light-sensitive paper. June 1-30: COWSCAPES: A Juried Exhibition. Aug 3-31: Sally Apfelbaum: It’s What’s Inside. Sept 7-30: Off the Books: Three Photographs. Jesseca Ferguson, Robert Flynt & Medora Hebert. Work utilizing books as an object of reverence as technology threatens to make them obsolete.

Brandon Artists Guild
7 Center Street, Brandon
10-5p daily
brandonartistsguild.org, 802 247-4956
Thru July 1: Flower Power. May 25-Sept 29: What’s Hatching in Brandon? Reception for 2012 Community Art Project. May  26-27: Open Studio Weekend. July 4-Aug 28: Double Vision.

Vermont Institute of Contemporary Art
15 Depot Street, Chester
Weds-Sat, 11-6p, Sun, 12-5p
vtica.org, 802 875-1018
Thru June 17: The Power of Beauty: Introducing the Paradise Suite Figurative and Landscape Watercolors by Jeanne Carbonetti. May 26: Personal Observations From Our Contemporary Fishbowl with Ernesto Montenegro. June 2: Music Performance by Scott Mullet Jazz Trio, 8p. June 8: Music Performance by the Feminine Divine Quartet. June 16: Music Performance by Lena Black 4tet with Cameron Brown, 8p. June 23-Aug 19: Jack Dowd’s 27. Acclaimed Sarasota artist and sculptor Jack Dowd, a contemporary social realist immortalizes ten iconic names synonymous with the “rock and roll” lifestyle when they died at age 27.Opening Reception June 29. Aug 11: The New York Short Film Concert.

At the Galleries

Asian Cultural Center of Vermont and C.X. Silver Gallery
814 Western Ave, Brattleboro
accvt.org, 802 257-7898, ext. 1
Sept 26 & 30: Art as Food as Art: Dim Sum at BMAC, 5:30-8:30p. May 20: Brattleboro’s Kite Festival of Japan, China & India, 1-3p. Living Memorial Park Kiwanis Shelter. Craft activities, games, calligraphy, poetry, music, giant windsocks, origami, storytelling, & bake sale. Bring your own kite to show & fly. Aug 19: Brattleboro’s Tanabata/Obon Japanese Summer Double Festival, 6-8p. Living Memorial Park Kiwanis Shelter. Sept 26: Rumi Celebration at Asian Cultural Center of Vermont (ACCVT) home base in West Brattleboro. Sept 30: Mid-Autumn Moon Festival of China, Korea & Vietnam, 5:30-8:30p. Living Memorial Park Kiwanis Shelter. Ongoing: Kiri-E Paintings of Hiroshima Youth of 1945 exhibit.

Carving Studio and Sculpture Center
636 Marble Street, Rutland
carvingstudio.org, 802 438-2097
Thru July 1: 25th Annual Members Show.
July 13-Aug. 19: Emerging Sculptors Exhibition. Exhibition of maquettes by symposium participants & other up-and-coming young artists. Sept 8-Oct. 21: SculptFest2012. Large-scale outdoor installations in the 13th annual event with theme, “Keep On Keepin’ On…” by curator Adam Frelin. Featuring a fine art raffle at opening reception.

Chaffee Art Center
16 South Main St, Rutland
Tues-Sat 10-5p, Closed Sat & Sun
chaffeeartcenter.org, 802 775-0356
50th anniversary – will mail brochure
May 25-July 7: Summer Member’s Exhibition/Pastel Society. July 13-Aug 18: Vermont Watercolor Society Annual Show. Juried by Steven Quiller. Aug 11-12: Art in the Park. Voted one of the top ten Summer events by the Vermont Chamber of Commerce. Aug 24-Sept 29: Annual Full House Exhibit. Featuring Kitty O’Hara, Christine Holzchuh, Chikako Suginome, Anne Havel, Meta Strick & Mareva Millarc.

Crow Hill Gallery
729 Flamstead Rd, Chester
crowhillgallery.com, 802 875-3763
Nestled in the woods among outdoor sculptures, the gallery offers a beautiful variety of viewing spaces. Here one can view in contemplative elegance a large selection of Jeanne’s most recent works, as well as the sculpture of visiting artists.

Epoch — 18 Vermont Artisans
4927 Main Street
Manchester, Vermont 05255
http://www.epochvermont.com, 802-768-9711
Saturday, June 23, from 3:00 to 7:00: Birthday celebration of the gallery’s third anniversary, featuring new work from member artists, guest artists, refreshments, and music.  Epoch is an authentic cooperative craft gallery showcasing the work of 18 of Vermont’s finest craftspeople working in wood, glass, ceramics, jewelry, metal, wearables, and more.  Please come and meet the artists and help us celebrate.  

Gallery 103
7 Pineview Drive, Chester
802 875-7400, gallery103.com.
Featuring fine American Craft, this art space is filled with the handmade craft of more than 100 New England artists, featuring photography, jewelry, ironwork, textiles, blown glass, pottery, soaps, candles & woodwork.

Gallery 2 and Vermont Artisan Designs
106 Main St, Brattleboro
10a-7p, Mon-Sat, 11a-4p Sun
buyvermontart.com, 802 257-7044
Through June: Dispatches from the Winter without a Winter, painting by Charlie Hunter. A mixture of studio and in-the-field work demonstrating Hunter’s precise eye and loose brushwork. The show also debuts the use of window squeegee in his repertoire of painting tools.
In addition to the fine art and sculpture found in Gallery 2, the works of more than 350 American craftspeople are on display.

Gallery at the VAULT
68 Main St, Springfield, Vermont
galleryvault.org, 802 885-7111
Featuring fine art and hand-crafted gifts from over 165 local and regional artists and craftsmen.

Gallery North Star
151 Townshend Road, Grafton
10a-5p daily (Tuesday by chance)
gnsgrafton.com, 802 843-2465
July 14-Aug 12: Phyllis Chase “The Inns & Outs of Vermont” Sept 29-Oct 28: James Urbaska Solo Exhibition. The gallery is in a restored 1877 village house and presents works by over 30 of New England’s finest artists in a variety of mediums including oil, pastel and watercolor paintings along with sculpture, and prides itself on showing a diverse selection of artistic styles.

Hunter Gallery of Fine Art
and Hunter Artworks
74 Main St & 56 Townshend Rd, Grafton
hunterartworks.com, 802 843-1440
A gallery of original watercolors of landscapes, village life and seacoast scenes by Peter Jeziorski.
Newberry Gallery (at Vermont Pretzel)
Main St., Bellows Falls, pretzels@sover.net
June and July: Brian Shriver Photography, Large scale, panoramic images of local scenery on stretched canvas. Artist’s reception, June 15, Bellows Falls Third Friday ( bf3f.org) catered by Vermont Pretzel Cafe.

Tilting at Windmills Gallery
24 Highland Ave, Manchester Center
10a-5p Mon-Sat, 9a-5p Sun
vtartgallery.com, 802 362-3022
One of New England’s largest fine art galleries, Tilting at Windmills features a broad selection of work by important national, regional and international artists.

Vermont Center for Photography
49 Flat Street Street, Brattleboro
Fri. 2-7p, Sat-Sun noon-5p
vcphoto.org, 802 251-6051
Through May 27: Christine Triebert. Still life botanicals made without the use of a camera with light-sensitive paper. June 1-30: COWSCAPES: A Juried Exhibition. Aug 3-31: Sally Apfelbaum: It’s What’s Inside. Sept 7-30: Off the Books: Three Photographs. Jesseca Ferguson, Robert Flynt & Medora Hebert. Work utilizing books as an object of reverence as technology threatens to make them obsolete.

The Village Green Gallery
661 Main St, Weston, 9a-5p daily
802 824-3669, thevillagegreengallery.com
Featuring the photography of Nobushi Fuji’i and showcasing works by selected Vermont artists and artisans, the cozy building next to the Vermont Country Store offers a place for visitors to savor fine art as well as to socialize. The main display is devoted to Nobushi’s Exquisite Vermont images, an ongoing work-in-progress, designed to bring a Japanese aesthetic to Vermont’s landscape and capture its beauty from a fresh perspective.

Music & Theater

Bellows Falls Opera House
7 Centennial Square, Rockingham
bfoperahouse.com, 802 463-3964
May 23: South Pacific. May 30: Oklahoma. Enjoy movies on the biggest screen in Vermont every Friday.

Brattleboro Music Center
38 Walnut Street, Brattleboro
bmcvt.org, 802 257-4523
June 25-29: Camp Calliope with Valerie Kosednar, 9:30-11:30a. Music & Movement, ages 3-5. June 25-29: Music Extra! with Raquel Moreno, 1-3p. Music Theory, Sight Singing & Games, ages 6-9. June 18-22: Piano Duets for Kids with Raquel Moreno & Bruce Griffin, 10-12p. Ages 6-12. June 25-29: Traditional Arts Camp for Kids with Andy Davis, Keith Murphy & Becky Tracy, 8:30-3p. Ages 9-14. July 9-13: Hit It! Percussion Camp with Steve Rice & Julian Gerstin, 9:30-4p. Ages 9:30-4p. July 16-20: Get Real Day Camp, 8:30-3:30p. Ages 12-18. Get Real Getaway, Overnight Singing Camp. Girls age 15-18.

The Clark Art Institute
225 South Street, Williamstown, Mass
10a to 5p Tuesday thru Sundayclarkart.edu, 413 458-2303
Free outdoor summer concerts: July 3: The Eagles Band, 6p. July 10: Misty Blues, 6p. July 17: Banjo Dan and the Mid-nite Plowboys, 6p. July 24: Incendio, 6p.
Chamber Music at the Clark: July 31: Ying String Quartet, 8p. Aug 7: Hermitage Piano Trio, 8p. Aug 14: Carpe Diem String Quartet with Yihan Chen, pipa player, 8p. Aug 21: Shanghai String Quartet, 8p.

Dorset Theatre Festival
P.O. Box 510, Dorset
802 867-2223, Dorsettheatrefestival.org
37th Summer Season: June 20-July7: Good People; July 7-15: Hills Alive! Festival Week, July 12-28: Boeing-Boeing, Aug 2-11: The Whore and Mr. Moore, Aug 16-Sept 1: Deathtrap.

Friends of Music at Guilford
http://www.fomag.org
Sept 3&4: 46th Annual Labor Day Weekend Festival. Classical Music.
Grafton Music Festival
Various locations in Grafton
graftonmusicfestival.com
June 29: Evening Outdoor Concert. June 30: Festival Day—Grafton Expo & children’s activities, 1p. Outdoor Concert with the Sweetback Sisters. Evening Concert with Corvettes Doo Wop Revue. July 1: Music Service at the White Church. July 3: 22nd Annual Vermont Symphony Orchestra Concert & Fireworks Extravaganza at Grafton Ponds Outdoor Center.

Manchester Music Festival
Shows at Arkell Pavilion at Southern Vermont Arts Center, Manchester, 7p mmfvt.org, 802 362-1956
July 5: Opening Night, The Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio performs works by Haydn, Mendelssohn & Schumann. July 12: Oren Fader, guitar & Yehuda Hanini, cello perform works by Castelnuovo-Tedesco, deFalla & Smetana. July 19: Imani Minds performs Poulenc, Piazolla & Paquito d’Rivera. July 26: Manchester Chamber Orchestra. Beethoven “Triple” Concerto, Mozart Symphony no. 40. Aug 2: Jessica Lee, violin & Michael Ibrahim, saxophone perform Dvorak, Bach, Schoenfeld & Piazolla. Aug 9: Stefan Milenkovich, violin & David Deveau, piano. All Russian Program. Aug 16: Young Stars from the Metropolitan Opera, Caren Levin, piano.

Marlboro Music Festival
2585 South Road, Marlboro
marlboromusic.org, 800 343-0049
Since 1951 Marlboro Music has played a leadership role in the development of chamber music worldwide, & in enriching the artistry & changing the lives of generations of exceptional musicians. For seven weeks each summer, concert artists of widely varied ages & backgrounds come together as one closely-knit musical family. They have the unique gift of unlimited time to study in great depth works from the vast chamber music repertoire. After three weeks of intensive daily rehearsals, Marlboro presents a portion of its musical collaborations at week-end concerts, held from mid-July to mid-August.

New England Center for the Circus Arts
76 Cotton Mill Hill #300, Brattleboro
necenterforcircusarts.org, 802 254-9780
June 9, 10: Intensive and High School Programs Shows. June 11-17: Alumni Skill Share Week. June 25-29: Camp Astley Age 5-15. July 2-6: Aerial Skills Workshop. July 2-6: Camp Barnum Age 5-15. July 16-20: Camp Cadnoa Age 5-15. July 23-27: Advanced Camp Age 8-18. July 27: Advanced Camp Show (free) July 23-Aug 10: Boot Camp. Aug 6-10: Playing With Fire Workshop. Aug 9-12: Summer Workshop Weekend. Aug 10: Boot Camp & Playing With Fire Presentation (free)

New England Youth Theater
100 Flat St, Brattleboro
neyt.org, 802 246-NEYT (6398)
June 8-10: Alumni Show. June 18-July 1, July 16-29: Melodrama Festival Program Round Two. June 18-July 16: Musical Theater: Godspell. June 18-July 15, July 16-Aug 12: Technical Theater Program. June 25-July 13: Theater Arts Summer Seminar. June 29-July 1: Melodrama Festival Round One. July 6-14: Musical Theater: Godspell. July 9-20: Twelfth Night. July 9-20: Junior Shake-speare: Get Thee to the Funnery. July 10-21: Circus Minimus. July 21: Circus Minimus. July 30-Aug. 3: Drama & Dress Up. July 30 Aug. 3: Page to Stage. July 23-Aug: 10: Senior Shakespeare: Titus Andronicus. Aug 6-10: Leap Into Acting. Aug 10-12: Titus Andronicus.

The Old Tavern at Grafton
92 Main St., Grafton
802 843-2231, oldtavern.com.
All shows at the Phelps Barn, 8p

One Drum Festival
Path of Life Garden, Windsor
onedrumfestival.com
July 7: The One Drum Festival will feature a concert by Todd Roach, Marcus Santos and Sayon Camara from 7-9p. The concert will take place in the Harpoon Beer Garden.

Roots on the River Festival
Various locations in Bellows Falls
rootsontheriver.com
June 7: Mark Mandeville & Raianne Richards, Bow Thayer, Waylon Speed, 7p. June 8: Open air shows in the Square, Downtown Bellows Falls. Michael Hertz, Tall Heights, The Break Maids, Dan Weber. Open air shows at BF Farmers Market. Phil Bosley, Crunchy Western Boys. Big Tent Festival Site, 7p. Brock Zeman, Danielle Miraglia, Blackie & the Rodeo Kings. June 9: Big Tent Festival, 12p. Hot Mustard, Roger Marin Band, Barnstar!, Melissa Ferrick, Steel Wheels, Red Molly, Hayes Carll, The Fred Eaglesmith Travelling Steam Show. June 10: Rockingham Meeting House, 11:30a. Mary Gauthier, The Fred Eaglesmith Travelling Steam Show.

Vermont Performance Lab
561 Fitch Road, Guilford
vermontperformancelab.com, 802 579-3766
May 21, 22, 25: Where (We) Live, 7p. So Percussion performance at Serkin Center at Marlboro College.
Vermont Symphony Orchestra
At various locations in Vermont
Vso.org, 800 876-9293

The Vermont Symphony Orchestra’s Summer Festival Tour brings picnicking, music, and fireworks to outdoor venues across the state. Doors open at 5p, with shows starting at 7:30p July 2: Manchester, July 3: Grafton.

Weston Playhouse Theatre Company
703 Main Street, Weston
westonplayhouse.org, 802 824-5288
June 21-July 8: You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown. June 26-July 7: The Hound of the Baskervilles. July 12-28: Ella. July 19-Aug 5: Mary’s Wedding. Aug 2-15: Fiddler on the Roof. Aug 16-Sept 9: Bad Dates. Aug 30-Sept 11: Pregnancy Pact

Yellow Barn Music Festival
63 Main Street, Putney
yellowbarn.org, 800 639-3891
Concerts at 8p, Big Barn. June 17: Johannes String Quartet, 3p. June 22: Young Artists Program Concert. June 28: Young Artists Program Concert. June 29: Young Artists Program Concert. July 6: Yellow Barn Opening Night Concert. July 7: Masterclass: Laurence Lesser.