DURING MARCH

AROUND THE AREA

Montpelier Ongoing, Sculpture Exhibit

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

Council Sculpture Garden.

Through March 30, Works

by Brian D. Cohen at the Vermont Arts Council’s Spotlight Gallery,

136 State Street.

Barre Through April 17 – Studio

Place Arts, First Floor: Give Us Some Blues, a multimedia show that explores the color blue; Second Floor: A silent auction to benefit Studio Place Arts which concludes on March 13; Third Floor: Works by

Emily N. Wilson.

Randolph Through April 14, Gifford

Gallery, Watercolors and pen and ink by Gene Parent of Brookfield, Gifford Medical Center, 44 S. Main St., Randolph, free, (802) 728-7000.

WEDNESDAY,

MARCH 24

Northfield 7 p.m. – Capture the Flag:

a Political History of American Patriotism with Woden Teachout Brown Public Library,

FREE.

Williamstown 7 p.m. – Reader’s Group in

the Gardens at the Ainsworth Public Library discussing La Tour Dreams of the Wolf

Girl by David Huddle.

Montpelier 1 p.m. - Overview of

Health Care Politics with Con Hogan, former secretary of Health & Human Services, Vermont College of Fine Arts, An Osher Lifelearning event, $5 nonmembers,

454-4675 for

information. 5:30 – 7 p.m. – Chess at

the Library, Kellogg-

Hubbard Library. 7 p.m. – Reading Faces to

Understand People by Naomi Tickle of the International Center for

Personology at Kellogg-

Hubbard Library. 7:30 p.m. - Counterpoint,

performance by Vermont’s professional vocal ensemble founded by Robert DeCormier as part of the Farmers Night Series, State

House, FREE.

Barre 5:30 – 8:30 p.m. – Floral

Silk Paintings, this beginner/intermediate class will introduce students to the idea of painting on silk, Studio Place Arts, 201 N. Main

Street, Admission, 479-

7069 for information. 7:30 p.m. - Nitty Gritty

Dirt Band, Grammy winning folk, bluegrass and country band at the Barre Opera House, $28-$32, 476-8188 for tickets and information.

Randolph 6 - 8 p.m. - Dead Woman

Walking, screening of the short film about March Brenner’s fight with breast cancer followed by songs from the Mlasses Creek band, Gifford Medical Center, donations accepted, 728-2284 for information.

Waterbury 1:30 - 3 p.m. - Go With The

Flow, VINS Day at the Waterbury Public Library, Raptor Encounter prior at 12:30 p.m., pre-registere at 244-7036.

THURSDAY, MARCH 25

Northfield 3:30 p.m. – Clarence Hill,

National Commander of the American Legion

will be at Veterans Place

for a visitation. 5 p.m. – Weight Watchers

at the Gray Building,

weigh in at 5 p.m.,

meeting at 5:30 p.m. 7 p.m. – Zoning Board of

Adjustment in the Community

Room, Brown

Public Library. 7 p.m. – The Wiz, adapted

from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by Frank Baum, presented by Northfield Middle High School, tickets on sale

at the school, $5.

Barre 3 p.m. - GED Testing,

social studies, science and reading, take 1 or 2, writing at 5:30 p.m., math at 6 p.m., take one, Barre Learning Center, 46 Washington

Street, Pre-register at

476-4588. 6 - 8:30 p.m. - Unlock

Your Future: Tools For Life, Central Vermont Community Action Council, 476-8493 for information.

FRIDAY, MARCH 26

Northfield Call for Appointment –

CVHH&H Foot Clinic at

the Senior Center, 485-

8112. 6 p.m. – FREE Dinner at

the United Methodist

Church. 7 p.m. – The Wiz, adapted

from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by Frank Baum, presented by Northfield Middle High School, tickets on sale

at the school, $5.

Montpelier 3 – 5 p.m. – Games at the

Library, Kellogg-Hubbard

Library.

Barre 5 – 6:30 p.m. – Lenten Fish

Dinners sponsored by Central Vermont Catholic School includes soup, fish, a starch, vegetables, salad, rolls, a drink and dessert for $8/$6 students/$ 25 family of four, 50/50 raffle and $25 gift certificate raffle, St. Monica’s campus cafeteria, 79 Summer

Street, 476-5015

for information. 6 p.m. – Turkey Hunting

Secrets, learn turkey hunting secrets from the pros, Elks Lodge,

FREE.

Waitsfield 7:30 p.m. – Cabin Fever

Follies, a Mud Season Community Variety Show with singing, dancing, storytelling, joking and acting, Valley Players Theater, Route 100, $10, 583- 1674 for tickets or online

at www.valleyplayers.

com

SATURDAY, MARCH 27

Northfield 1:30 p.m. – The Wiz,

adapted from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by Frank Baum, presented by Northfield Middle High School, tickets on

sale at the school, $5.

Barre 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. – 20th

Annual Flea Market and Craft Fair at the Central Vermont Catholic School, 79 Summer Street sponsored by Catholic Daughters Court St. Monica #1181, Call Patty

Covino at 249-7780

for information. 1 -4 p.m. – Learn to make

and design Ukrainian eggs, Studio Place Arts,

201 N. Main Street.

Randolph 9:30 a.m. – Babysitter’s Training Course, New Family Center at Gifford Medical Center, open to pre-teens and teens, Call Nancy Clark at 728-2274 for information and registration, $50 for entire course, course certification cards on completion.

Waitsfield 7:30 p.m. – Cabin Fever

Follies, See Friday for

information.

SUNDAY, MARCH 28

Northfield 2 p.m. - Norwich Spring

Band Concert, White Chapel, features the Norwich Concert Band, the Choraleers, other musical groups and

soloists.

Brookfield Noon – 3:30 p.m. – Celebration

of Greece and Turkey, cooking class includes three course lunch win wine, Ariel’s Restaurant, $75 per person, 276-3939 for reservations and information.

Montpelier 7:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. –

Montpelier Antiques Market, Elks Country Club, $5 for early viewing

at 7:30 a.m., $2 regular

admission. 4 – 6 p.m. – Hispanola: the

Warmth of a Latin American Afternoon, a formal British high tea with words and music by poets and composers from the world’s Hispanic countries, T. W.

Wood Gallery, 828-

8743 for information. 7:30 p.m. – Monteverdi

Music School Recital featuring intermediate and advanced students on piano, strings, wind instruments and voice, FREE, Unitarian Church, donations

appreciated.

Barre 3:30 p.m. – Vermont Symphony

Orchestra Family Concert with Lou Kosma, Conductor, the Green Mountain Youth Symphony and the Norwich University Band, 476-8188 for tickets or online at vermontphilharmoic.

org.

Waitsfield 7:30 p.m. – Cabin Fever

Follies, See Friday for

information.

MONDAY, MARCH 29

Northfield 11 a.m. – John Knox at the

Senior Center to display

and discuss his photography.

6:30 p.m. - Northfield

Amateur Hockey Assocation Annual Meeting,

Northfield High School

Cafeteria.

TUESDAY, MARCH 30

Montpelier 3:30 – 5 p.m. – Comics

Club with Pete Talbot and Aubry Norman, Hayes Room, Kellogg-

Hubbard Library.

Randolph All Day – Auditions for

“The Next Generation” at the Chandler Music Hall, showcase of talented high school students who have seriously studied classical, folk or traditional vocal and instrumental music with performance date of May 14, call 431-0204 for audition times before March 26.

WEDNESDAY,

MARCH 31

Northfield 6:30 p.m. – Town Charter

Committee, Municipal

Building.

Montpelier 5:30 – 7 p.m. – Youth Chess Club, Chess at the Kellogg-Hubbard Library, call Robert

Nichols to get a game at

229-1207. 7 p.m. – Kyoto & Environs:

Steeped in Ancient Wildness with artist Jim Kelso, Kellogg- Hubbard Library, part of the Vermont Reads program, When the

Emperor Was Divine.

Barre 1 p.m. – Bearing Witness:

Art as Social Commentary, the role of visual arts in bearing witness to the injustices and

horrors of the world,

Aldrich Library, FREE. 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. – Floral

Silk Paintings, this beginner/intermediate class will introduce students to the idea of painting on silk, Studio Place Arts, 201 N. Main

Street, Admission, 479-

7069 for information.

THURSDAY, APRIL 1

Northfield 5 p.m. – Weight Watchers

at the Gray Building,

weigh in at 5 p.m.,

meeting at 5:30 p.m. 7 p.m. – Maundy Thursday

Service, Ecumenical thirty minute Seder Service at the United Methodist Church cosponsored

with the

United Church. 7 p.m. - Holy Thursday

Mass of the Lord’s Supper, St. Johns Catholic

Church.

Montpelier 3:30 – 5 p.m. – Lego Club,

Children’s department, Kellogg-Hubbard Library.

FRIDAY, APRIL 2

Northfield 1 - 7 p.m. - Playathon

Fundraiser for Grades 4 and 5 to send the chorus and band to Massachusetts

for the

Choral Music Festival 3 p.m. - Liturgy of the Passion,

Veneration of the Cross and holy communion, St. Johns

Catholic Church.

Williamstown 7 p.m. - Good Friday Liturgy

of the Passion, Veneration of the Cross and Holy Communion, St. Edwards Catholic

Church.

Montpelier 3 – 5 p.m. – Gaming at the

Kellogg-Hubbard Library, bring your friends, learn a game

from the library collection.

4 - 5:30 p.m. – Dungeons

and Dragons Club, Dungeon Masters wanted, no experience necessary,

Kellogg-Hubbard

Library.

SATURDAY, APRIL 3

Northfield 7 p.m. - Easter Vigil and

Mass, St. Johns Catholic Church.

SUNDAY, APRIL 4

Northfield 7 a.m. – Ecumenical Sunrise

Easter Service at the United Church of Northfield with Rev. Roger Brown of the United Church and Rev. Paul Hoffman of

the United Methodist

Church. 7:30 a.m. – Easter Breakfast,

United Church of

Northfield, FREE. 8:30 a.m. - Easter Mass,

St. Johns Catholic

Church.

Williamstown 10:30 a.m. - Easter Mass

at St. Edwards Catholic Church.