DURING JULY

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 July 3, To Life: A

Celebration of Vermont Jewish Women featuring stories and photos, Vermont History Museum.

Randolph Through August 4, Visions

of Vermont photographs of Jesse Orr at

the Gifford Gallery at

the Medical Center. Through August 29 –

Impressions: Virginia Webb and George Lawrence present landscapes, stills and portrait works, miniatures, acrylic landscapes and abstracts, Chandler Gallery, Thursday 4 – 6 p.m., 1 – 3 p.m. Saturday

and Sunday.

Warren Through July – Ann Warren

Photos.

Stowe Through July 4, Artwork

juried from MFA programs across New England & Todd Sargood

paintings at Helen Day

Art Center.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 7

Northfield 6:30 p.m. – Bingo at the

Masonic Temple.

Montpelier 2 p.m. – Kid’s Pirate Party

for kids from 5 to 7, make a pirate craft, listen to some sea shanties and play a

pirate game, Kellogg-

Hubbard Library. 7 p.m. – Capital City Band

Concert on the lawn next to the Pavilion

Office building.

Middlesex 6:30 p.m. – Myra Flynn,

neo-soul and folk blendings, bring a picnic, FREE, at the Martha Pellerin & Andy Shapiro Memorial Bandstand, rain venue

is Rumney School.

Waterbury 7:30 p.m. – Murder’s Bad

But Monday Can Kill You, Harry Monday investigates a case at the psychiatric annex in this wise-cracking whodoneit, Waterbury Festival Players Theater, 498-3755 for tickets

and information.

Bethel 7 p.m. – John Lackard

Blues Band at the Bethel Band Shell.

THURSDAY, JULY 8

Northfield 1:30 – 3 p.m. – Great Summer

Reading Program at the Brown Public Library, kids K through 5, Make a Splash exploring water

through science, art,

games and books. 5 p.m. – Weightwatchers

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

Montpelier 7 p.m. – Love Letters Made

Easy, Lost Nation Theater, a fun romp through the promises, pitfalls and perils of love in today’s electronic age, $25/$15, 229- 0492 for tickets and

information.

Waterbury 7:30 p.m. – Murder’s Bad

But Monday Can Kill You, Harry Monday investigates a case at the psychiatric annex in this wise-cracking whodoneit, Waterbury Festival Players Theater, 498-3755 for tickets and information.

FRIDAY, JULY 9

Northfield Opens 9 a.m. – Military

Vehicle Show at Norwich University, vehicle displays, demonstrations, trail rides, flea market, buy-sell-trade

military equipment,

$3/$5 family. 6 p.m. – FREE dinner at

the United Methodist

Church.

Montpelier 7 p.m. – Love Letters Made

Easy, Lost Nation Theater, a fun romp through the promises, pitfalls and perils of love in today’s electronic age, $25/$15, 229-

0492 for tickets and

information. 8 - 11 p.m. - Swing Daning

with Miss Shirley’s Buckle Shiners, Capital City Grange Hall, off Route 12 toward Northfield, beginnners lessons at 7:30 p.m. with Cyris Bridwelll and Sophie Theriault teaching, $10, 229-4008 for

information.

Waterbury 7:30 p.m. – Murder’s Bad

But Monday Can Kill You, Harry Monday investigates a case at the psychiatric annex in this wise-cracking whodoneit, Waterbury Festival Players Theater, 498-3755 for tickets

and information.

Stowe 4 p.m. – 24th Annual Hotair

Balloon Festival runs through the weekend, viewing FREE, festival admission $10, balloon rides available, $10 teathered, $275 roving, registration

required for roving

rides. 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. – Mustangs

in the Valley at Olde England Inne, Registration for participants Noon – 6, not really set up as a viewing show for the general public but the public is invited to come and meander

around and enjoy the

cars.

SATURDAY, JULY 10

Northfield 1 p.m. – Carillon Concert

at Norwich University, Hans Hielscher on the carillon, upper parade

ground, FREE.

Williamstown 8 a.m. - 4 p.m - Community

Yard Sale and Bake Sale sponsored by the Williamstown Beautification Committee, tag sale and barbeque at St. Andrews Church, hot dogs from the Friends of Ainsworth

Library and more.

Montpelier 9 a.m. – Noon – Family

Activity Day at North Branch Nature Center, Annual Butterfly Count, 713 Elm Street, $5 adults/Kids FREE,

229-6206 for information.

9 a.m. – 1 p.m. – Capital

City Farmers Market on

State St. and Elm St. 7 p.m. – Love Letters Made

Easy, Lost Nation Theater, a fun romp through the promises, pitfalls and perils of love in today’s electronic age, $25/$15, 229-

0492 for tickets and

information. 7:30 p.m. – Homegrown in

the Tradition at the Capital City Grange Hall, off Route 12 toward Northfield, contradance, $8 at the

door.

Barre 5:30 p.m. – Concert: High

Low Jack featuring Sarah Hotchkiss and John Mowad at the Church of the Good

Shepard.

Randolph 7:30 p.m. – VSO: The

Birds and The Bees, music literally about birds and bees, $29 adults/kids free/$32/$10 at the door, Three Stallion Inn, gates open at 5

p.m.

Waterbury 7:30 p.m. – Murder’s Bad

But Monday Can Kill You, Harry Monday investigates a case at the psychiatric annex in this wise-cracking whodoneit, Waterbury Festival Players Theater, 498-3755 for tickets

and information.

Warren 3:30 – 5 p.m. – Library

Book Sale at the Warren

Public Library.

Stowe 4 p.m. – 24th Annual Hotair

Balloon Festival runs through the weekend, viewing FREE, festival admission $10, balloon rides available, $10 teathered, $275 roving, registration required for roving rides.

SUNDAY, JULY 11

Northfield 7 – 8:30 a.m. – Breakfast

hosted by the Legion Auxiliary for the Veterans Memorial Bike Ride for all who are riding or wishing to support those who are riding, collecting personal items to pack the cyclist’s bags full of donations for the Veterans’ Hospital, donations can be dropped off at the Legion any time prior to the breakfast date. Riders will travel to Post 26 in White River for the 8th Annual Placement of Wreathes on the Vermont Veterans Monument off I-89 and Veterans Cemetery in Randolph ending at Abel Mountain Campground in Randolph for a cookout, $10 single rider/$15 riding double, proceeds to the V.A. Hospital Patients Relief Fund, call Angie/Jerry at 485-9225 for information.

Brookfield 2 p.m. & 4 p.m. - Victorian

Tea and Wedding Attire Exhibit at the Marvin Newton House, home of the Brookfield Historical Society, tea and quilt exhibit, come and enjoy tea and a selection of sweet and savory delicacies while residents wear 19th and early 20th century wedding attire, $7, 276- 3394 for reservations

and information.

Montpelier 1 – 4 p.m. – Fabulous Fern

Walk at the North Branch Nature Center, join botany professor Marray Evans for a walk through the woodlands, $10 members/$ 12 non-members/$ 5 children, 713

Elm Street, 229- 6206

for information. 2 p.m. – Love Letters Made

Easy, Lost Nation Theater, a fun romp through the promises, pitfalls and perils of love in today’s electronic age, $25/$15, 229- 0492 for tickets and

information.

Waterbury 7:30 p.m. – Murder’s Bad

But Monday Can Kill You, Harry Monday investigates a case at the psychiatric annex in this wise-cracking whodoneit, Waterbury Festival Players Theater, 498-3755 for tickets and information.

Waitsfield 8 p.m. – Broadway

Cabaret featuring Lauri Landry and Susan Scannell at the Skinner Barn, $20, 496-4422 for tickets and information.

Stowe 7:30 p.m. – VSO at the

Trapp Family Lodge Meadow, $25 adv./$30 gate/$10 ages 5- 17/Free under 5, 253- 7792 for tickets and information.

MONDAY, JULY 12

Northfield 6 p.m. – Recreation Committee

Meeting, Municipal

Building. 7 p.m. – Selectboard Meeting,

Community Room,

Brown Public Library.

Barre 6 – 8 p.m. – Green Mountain

Cloggers, Green Mountain Tavern, $20 a month dues, beginners always welcome.

TUESDAY, JULY 13

Northfield 7 p.m. – Village Trustees

Meeting, Community Room, Brown Public

Library.

Montpelier 7:30 p.m. – Village Harmony,

teen world music ensemble at the Unitarian Church, $10 suggested donation/$5 for

students, 426-3210 for

information.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 14

Northfield 6:30 p.m. – Conservation

Commission Meeting,

Community Room,

Brown Public Library. 6:30 p.m. – Bingo at the

Masonic Temple.

Montpelier 5:30 p.m. – Poetry Discussion:

You Come Too: British Poets with Peter Gilbert exploring the poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins, God’s Grandeur, The Windhover, Pied Beauty, Vermont Humanities

Council, 11 Loomis

Street.

THURSDAY, JULY 15

Northfield 1:30 – 3 p.m. – Let’s Make

Boats, calling all kids from K-5 to the Brown Public Library, registration call 485-4621, change to win $1,000

toward a college education.

5:30 p.m. – Weight Watchers

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

FRIDAY, JULY 16

Northfield 4 – 7 p.m. – Tire Recycling

sponsored by the Northfield Amateur Hockey Association and the Vermonters Helping Vermonters to get rid of old tires, Kenyon’s Parking Lot, $3.50 per

tire, any and all car and

truck tires. 6 p.m. – FREE dinner at

the United Methodist Church.