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Bring your toddlers and preschoolers (all ages welcome) to romp around the Old Town Hall.  Various activities in an “open gym” setting, parents and children can play and network with others in the community.

Unlike  making a fabric quilt, this is your chance to create a unique and  special piece of history to display proudly on your home, barn, shed,  porch or even hang in your home.  And the best part is that most of the  Barn Quilt art is created in one day.  They are painted on aluminum  composite material, which will not rot or rust, ensuring you can enjoy  your piece of art for years to come.  Pre-Registration is a must! 

Fee based on quilt size, see Pre-Registration for specifics.

In a time of misinformation and media distrust, how do journalists uncover and deliver the truth? Join VTDigger for a behind-the-scenes look at how our newsroom creates independent, original reporting for Vermonters. Our editorial team will share how we fact-check, navigate bias, and hold ourselves accountable to the highest standards. Come with your questions and leave with tools to better understand the news you consume.

Explore the art of mixed medium collage with artist Jane Ellen Reid.  No artistic experience necessary, just a desire to have a fun creative experience, ripping and cutting paper, using a glue stick, mixing and matching colors and textures. All materials will be provided. Each person will go home with a completed collage.

Jane Ellen will guide the creative process while discussing various collage techniques and ways of using color and design. There is no one way to make a collage. That is the beauty of it and one of the aspects that makes it the most fun. Bring snacks and a bag lunch. 

Cost: $25. Registration required: email judithdirving@gmail.com

Performed in a one-of-a-kind suit-stage, this show packs classic hand puppetry, Dadaist ventriloquism, and stand-up comedy into a cardboard box and delivers it, with impeccable timing, live on stage. Inside the box are the Baffos — two slapstick chaps who keep the sun, moon and everything else running on schedule. From the moment the lid opens, audiences are captivated as the Baffos juggle and dance their way through the day’s chores, despite the undeniable evidence that their world is changing. A daring work of puppetry and object manipulation, full of beautiful images, junk music sonatas, and Modern Times Theater’s unique brand of all ages comedy. This re-envisioning of classic hand puppet forms is digital entertainment as it was meant to be: two hands, ten fingers, and no camera tricks.

Puppeteered by Justin Lander and directed by Rose Friedman, The Baffo Box Show was supported by a 2022 Family Grant from the Jim Henson Foundation. Modern Times Theater has been making and touring puppet shows and variety acts, and creating public community events since 2007. They pursue a radically divergent model of art making, creating venues in unlikely locations, and revitalizing the historic, run-down, and defunct. Working in populist theater forms, they seek to reinvent and reimagine classic American entertainment. Co-founders Rose Friedman and Justin Lander are a husband and wife duo, producers for Vermont Vaudeville and alumni of the Bread and Puppet Theater.

Calling all introverts! A departure from the traditional book club where folks read the same book and there’s mandatory discussion about it, Silent Book Club invites folks to bring and read whatever they want quietly and independently. We’ll read for 45 minutes, followed by 15 minutes of (optional!) social time. Join us for a relaxed and low-pressure way to socialize with fellow book lovers.