DURING FEBRUARY

AROUND THE AREA

Barre Through February 20, Art

of Action, Studio Place Arts, artists envision

the future of Vermont,

Main Gallery. Through February 20, Art

Saves Lives, works by Suzy and Mark Markowitt at Studio

Place Arts, 2nd Floor

Gallery. Through February 20,

Works by Elizabeth Kendrick, Studio Place Arts, Third Floor

Gallery.

Montpelier Through February 26,

Land, River, Sky, paintings by Strafford artist

Micki Colbeck, Vermont

Supreme Court. Through February 28,

Liminal Horizons, acrylic paintings on canvas by Kevin Mac

Neil Brown, The Shoe

Horn. Ongoing, Sculpture Exhibit

featuring the works of Leila Bandar, Kat Clear, Chris Curtis, David Tanych and Denis Versweyveld, Vermont Arts Council Sculpture Garden.

Randolph Through March 3 – Rutland

painter Ann McFarren brings her oils and watercolors to the Gifford Gallery, 44 S. Main Street.

WEDNESDAY,

FEBRUARY 17

Northfield 5:30 p.m. – Weight Watchers

at the Gray Building, weigh in at 5 p.m.

with meeting at 5:30

p.m. 6 – 9 p.m. – Indoor Fun Fly

hosted by the Vermont Modelers Club, spectators welcome, National

Guard Armory at Norwich

University. 6 p.m. – Boys Basketball,

Northfield v. Peoples

Academy at Home.

Williamstown 6:30 p.m. – Ainsworth

Library Trustees Open Meeting, Ainsworth

Library.

Berlin 6 p.m. – Man to Man

Prostate Cancer Support Group with Brian Irwin, M.D., urologist at Fletcher Allen, CVMC, 461-6222 for information,

FREE.

Montpelier 10 a.m. – Follow That

Track, preschool discovery program for kids age 3 – 5, North Branch Nature Center, 713 Elm Street, $5 per child,

229-5206 for information.

5:30 p.m. – You Come Too:

British Poets, a discussion of British poets at the Vermont Humanity

Council Offices at 11

Loomis Street, FREE. 6:30 p.m. – Remarkable

Conversations: Victim- Offender Dialogue in Cases of Extreme Violence, view and discuss Rachel Libert’s award winning film “beyond

Conviction” at the Kellogg

Hubbard Library. 7:30 p.m. – Leila Percy and

Bob Merrill bring the Greaqt American Songbook alive as part of Farmers Night Series,

State House, FREE.

Waterbury 7 p.m. – Author Bill

Schubart, Arthur of Lamoille Stories reads some passages and discusses how stories endure in communities and cultures, Waterbury Senior Center.

THURSDAY,

FEBRUARY 18

Northfield 12:15 p.m. – Panel Discussion

on SMART Power with Col. Christopher Holshek, Col. Thomas Baltazar, Ms. Caryn Hollis and Dr. Reuben Brigety II, Norwich University, Todd Lecture Series, Cabot Science

Hall, Room 85.

Barre 10 a.m. – The Taxman

Cometh with Diedra Thurston, taxpayer advocate, Central Vermont Action Council,

476-8493 for information.

11:30 a.m. – 1:15 p.m. –

Soup and Sandwich Luncheon to benefit Battered Women’s Services,

Barre Universalist

Church, $5. 3 p.m. – GED Testing writing

or math, take only one, 5:30 p.m., social studies, science, reading, take any two, Barre Learning Center, 46 Washington Street, 476-4588 for reservations

and information.

Waitsfield 4 p.m. – Twilight Zone,

Valley Player’s Theater, a series of short plays inspired by the television show, Route 100 in the village, $10 advance sale/$12 at the door,

Call 583-1674 for tickets

and information.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19

Northfield 6 p.m. – FREE Dinner at

the United Methodist

Church.

Waitsfield 4 p.m. – Twilight Zone,

Valley Player’s Theater, a series of short plays inspired by the television show, Route 100 in the village, $10 advance sale/$12 at the door, Call 583-1674 for tickets

and information.

Warren 7:30 p.m. – When You

Wish Upon A Star cabaret featuring 7 decades of Disney’s most popular music, Sugarbush Resort, Gatehouse Lodge, $15/$12 members and students/$7 kids under 11, 496-4781 for tickets

and information.

Waterbury Center 4 & 6 p.m. - Chicken Pie

Supper with potatoes, slaw, dessert and more,

Grange Hall, Must

RSVP to 244-8428. 7 p.m. – Long Trail to Kilimanjaro:

A Woman’s Journey to Wellness Through Mountain Climbing with Kara Richardson Whitely, part of the J. P. Taylor Series, GMC Visitor Center.

SATURDAY,

FEBRUARY 20

Northfield 1 p.m. – Men’s Basketball

at Norwich’s Andrews

Hall v. Emerson. 3 p.m. – Women’s Basketballat

Norwich’s Andrews Hall v. Emerson.

Montpelier 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. – Winter

Farmers Market at Vermont

College of Fine

Arts Gym. 6 p.m. – Treasures of the

Earth, Greed and a Sustainable Future with Dr. Saleem Ali talking about his new book, part of the Clarke Lecture Series, Unitarian Church, $15 includes dinner, RSVP 229-

1246.

Barre 3 p.m. – Vincent Van Gogh

and Paul Gauguin: The Odd Couple, slide lecture by Robert Manning, A Vermont Humanities Council event sponsored by Studio Place Arts at Studio Place Arts, call Sue Higby for information at

479-7069.

Waitsfield 4 p.m. – Twilight Zone,

Valley Player’s Theater, a series of short plays inspired by the television show, Route 100 in the village, $10 advance sale/$12 at the door, Call 583-1674 for tickets

and information.

Waterbury Center 7 p.m. – Day Hiking in the

Northern Rockies, Sheri Larsen shares stories and pictures of her favorite hikes through this spectacular landscape, part of the J.P.

Taylor Series, GMC Visitor

Center.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 21

Berlin Noon – 4 p.m. – Indoor Fun

Fly hosted by the Vermont Modeler’s Club, spectators welcome, Central Vermont Academy

Gym, Vine Street.

Brookfield Noon – 3:30 p.m. – Tapas

From Spain, cooking class includes 3 course lunch with wine, Ariel’s Restaurant, $75, 276-

3939 for information.

Waitsfield 4 p.m. – Twilight Zone,

Valley Player’s Theater, a series of short plays inspired by the television show, Route 100 in the village, $10 advance sale/$12 at the door,

Call 583-1674 for tickets

and information.

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22

Northfield 7 p.m. – Selectboard Meeting,

Community Room,

Brown Public Library.

Berlin All Day – Seasonal Flu

Clinic by appointment only, Central Vermont Health and Hospice, 223-1878 for appointment.

Barre 6 – 8 p.m. – Green Mountain

Cloggers, Green Mountain Tavern, 10 Keith Ave., $20 donation per month, call 622-2935 for information.

TUESDAY,

FEBRUARY 23

Northfield 7 p.m. – Village Trustees

Meeting, Community Room, Brown Public Library.

WEDNESDAY,

FEBRUARY 24

Northfield 5:30 p.m. – Weight Watchers

at the Gray Building, weigh in at 5 p.m. with meeting at 5:30

p.m.

Montpelier 5 - 8 p.m. - HOUSE &

SENATE COMM. ON EDUCATION PUBLIC HEARING ON DOING AWAY WITH LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS,

Vermont State House,

Room 11. 7:30 p.m. – Mark Twain

Talks, Farmers Night Series at the Vermont State House, Bern Budd’s show is based upon live performances by Twain, FREE.

THURSDAY,

FEBRUARY 25

Northfield 7 p.m. – Lawrence Krauss,

theoretical physicist, Todd Lecture Series, Norwich University, Presented by the School

of Math & Science, Plumley Armory. 7 p.m. – Zoning Board of Adjustment, Community Room, Brown Public

Library.

Williamstown 6:30 p.m. – Understanding

Food Factors that cause stress and fatique, Williamstown United

Federated Church.

Randolph 3 p.m. – GED Testing,

social studies, science, reading, take any two, 5:30 p.m., writing or math, take only one, Randolph Learning Center, 12 S. Main Street, 728-4492 for reservations and information.

Waitsfield 4 p.m. – Twilight Zone,

Valley Player’s Theater, a series of short plays inspired by the television show, Route 100 in the village, $10 advance sale/$12 at the door,

Call 583-1674 for tickets

and information.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26

Northfield Noon - 9 p.m. - Paine

Mountain Art Show at the Northfield Historical Society and Community Room of the Brown Public Library. Opening

Reception at 7 p.m. in

the Community Room. 6 p.m. – FREE Dinner at

the United Methodist

Church.

Waitsfield 4 p.m. – Twilight Zone,

Valley Player’s Theater, a series of short plays inspired by the television show, Route 100 in the village, $10 advance sale/$12 at the door, Call 583-1674 for tickets and information.

SATURDAY,

FEBRUARY 27

Northfield 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. - Paine

Mountain Art Show at the Northfield Historical Society and Community

Room of the Brown

Public Library. 6 & 7:30 p.m. – Missions

Team of Grace Church Benefit Dinner for trip to Honduras, Chicken Saltimbocca or Stuffed Pork Loin, butternut squash and pear soup, Caesar salad, roast garlic mashed potatoes and fresh vegetable with chefs Ed Streibe and Steven Morgan, Grace Fellowship Hall on Wall Street, Suggested donation $30, Call Donna at 485-7552 for reservations

and information.

Barre 7 p.m. – A Kaleidoscope of

Talent, talent show featuring local vocalists, instrumentalists, comedians and dance, Spaulding High School Auditorium, 229-9532

for tickets and information.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 28

Northfield Noon - 4 p.m. - Paine

Mountain Art Show at the Northfield Historical Society and Community Room of the Brown

Public Library.

Waitsfield 4 p.m. – Twilight Zone,

Valley Player’s Theater, a series of short plays inspired by the television show, Route 100 in the village, $10 advance sale/$12 at the door, Call 583-1674 for tickets and information.