ART EXHIBITS AROUND THE AREA Barre

Through February 25 - New Shows at Studio Place Arts - Main Floor Gallery, Weathering It Out, multi media exhibit with installations and sculptures - Second Floor, Vermonters In Italy, pastels and drawings by Jeneane Lunn and Jim Lund - Third Floor, What Lies Below, multimedia works by Maggie Neale, 479-7069 for informaiton.

Randolph

Through January 30 - Sabra Field Cosmis Geometry Suite at Hartness Library at the Vermont Technical College. Through March 6 - The Art of the Chair: Process & Possibility, both two and three dementional, Chandler Gallery, Thursdays 4 - 6 p.m., Saturday and Sunday from 1 to 3 p.m.

Richmond

Through February 15 - Young Visions, an exhibit of photographic works by students from Champlain Valley & Mt. Mansfield High Schools, Gallery 160, 160 East Main Street, hours by chance or appointment, call 434-6434.

Stowe

Through February 26 - Clark Derbes’s artwork of paintings, sculpture and video documentation of public art school, at Helen Day Art Center. Through April 15 - The Art on Burton examining the profound role of art and design on the culture of snowboarding, Helen Day Art Gallery, 90 Pond Street, hours Wednesday through Sunday, Noon - 5 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25

Northfield 6 p.m. – Boys Basketball, Northfield v. Peoples Academy in Northfield.

Montpelier

7 p.m. – International Movie Night featuring “How I Ended My Summer,” two men work at a small meteorological station in the Arctic, in Russian, 130 minutes, Kellogg-Hubbard Library, FREE. 7:30 p.m. – Annual Farmers Night Concert with the Vermont Symphony Orchestra at the Statehouse Legislative Chambers, first come, first seated, doors will open at 6:45 p.m., conducted by Andrew Massey in a program including Gluck, Faure, Bach and Wagner, FREE.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 26 Northfield

7 p.m. – Zoning Board of Adjustment, Municipal Building. 7 p.m. – Impact of Irene on the Dog River Valley, overview of the geology, Irene’s impacts on the watershed & fish population, Norwich University, Cabot Science Building.

Montpelier

5 p.m. – Middle School

boys and girls Basketball, Northfield v. Main Street Middle School at Montpelier. 6 p.m. – Five week course for adults geared to the physical abilities of participants to cultivate energy, harmony and well being, 1 Granite Street, $50 for five week course, 454-8550 to register or www.info@aikidoofmontpelier.org for information. 6:30 p.m. – Citizenship, Faith & Feminism: Jewish & Muslim Vermont with UVM Professor Jan Feldman, Beth Jacob Synagogue, 10 Harrison Ave., $5 donation. 7 p.m. – Remembering Samuel Coleridge-Taylor with Dr. William Tortolano, illustrated lecture on the anglo-black composer, conductor and educator, Kellogg- Hubbard Library, FREE.

Barre

6 p.m. – The Greater Barre Democrats will sponsor a public forum on tax reform with Ann Cummings, Janet Ancel and Mary Peterson, a Q& A will follow, Milne Room, Aldrich Public Library. 6 – 7:45 p.m. – Forum of Tax Reform with Sen. Ann Cummings, Janet Ancel a,d Mary Peterson, tax commissioner, with Q& A, hosted by Barre Democrats, Aldrich Public Library, 476-4185 for information.

Waterbury

7 p.m. – Mortgage & Lending Options with Marino Bartolomei, Asst. VP of TD Bank, Waterbury Public Library, FREE, 224-7036 for information.

Stowe

6 p.m. – A History of Snowboarding and Burton with Todd Kohlman, Helen Day Art Center.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 27

Northfield

8:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. – Vermont Wood Manufacturer’s Association Meeting at Northfield Wood Products with tour of the plant followed by a business meeting in the United Methodist Church parish, a chance to have lunch and network with members of the wood manufacturing community. Noon – 9 p.m. with Reception from 7 – 9 p.m. – Paine Mountain Arts Council Winter Show, three day exhibit of work by 30 artists from the Northfield community, Brown Public Library. 6 p.m. – Boys Basketball, Northfield v. Enosburg in Northfield.

Montpelier

7 p.m. – Apollo Bridge Club meets at Bethany Church, 223-3922 for information. 7 p.m. – Into the Canyon, Into the Earth with naturalist Bryan Pfeiffer as

part of the North Branch Nature Center’s lecture series, Unitarian Church, donations welcome, 229-6206 for information. 7:30 p.m. – The Romance of Scotland, Robert Burns birthday celebration with traditional Scottish songs and stories by Sounding Joy! Choral group and soloists, Bethany Church, donations.

Barre

5:30 – 7:30 p.m. – Art Opening, “Weathering It Out,” and two other exhibits at Studio Place Arts, 479-7069 for information.

Duxbury

7 p.m. – Vermont Youth Orchestra featuring works by Rossini and Grondahl, Harwood High School, $5/$2, tickets at the door, www.vyo.org for information.

SATURDAY, JANUARY 28

Northfield

10 a.m. – 7 p.m. – Paine Mountain Arts Council Winter Show, Brown Public Library. 2 p.m. – Girls Basketball, Northfield v. Stowe, Home game.

Williamstown

5 & 6:30 p.m. – Chicken Pie Supper at the Masonic Lodge, sponsored by Charity Chapter, No. 57, Order of the Eastern Star, $10, $5 children, reserve early as space is limited, 479-9664.

Montpelier

6:30 p.m. – Annual Latin Dinner and Dance, gourmet Mexican meal, live Latin music and dancing, dance lesions, U-32 High School, $15/$7/$35 family, 223-0321x5179 for tickets or from a U-32 music student.

Barre

5 p.m. – Strength of the Storm, local premier of the film about a group of Central Vermont mobile home park residents who organized to have a voice in government and relief efforts after their homes were wiped out by Irene, Old Labor Hall, 861-4892 for information.

Barre Town

5 – 9 p.m. – Chinese New Year Banquet and Auction with silent and live auctions, banquet by chefs Chet Briggs & Henry Huang, proceeds support Aldrich Library programs and materials, Knights of Columbus Hall,, Pine Hill Road, $25, for tickets and information call 476- 7550.

Marshfield

9 a.m. – 2 p.m. – Mammoth book sale, Jaquith Public Library, Old Schoolhouse Common on School Street, thousands of books on every subject priced from $2

down, 454-7767 for information.

SUNDAY, JANUARY 29 Northfield

9 & 10 a.m. – Boys and Girls Middle School Basketball v. Crossett Brook at Northfield. Noon – 4 p.m. – Paine Mountain Arts Council Winter Show, Brown Public Library.

Montpelier

2 – 5 p.m. – Ice on Fire Winter Festival, North Branch Nature Center, activities for all ages, games, outdoor theater, storytelling, igloos, hot food and drink, opening parade at 2 p.m., 713 Elm Street, suggested donations $1-5, 223- 0577 for information.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 31 Northfield

& 6 p.m. – Northfield Middle School boys and girls basketball v. Websterville at Northfield. p.m. - Lt. General Michael Dunn, president and CEO of the Air Force Association will speak at the Todd Lecture Series in Plumley Armory, FREE.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1 Northfield

8:45 a.m. – Girls Hockey, Northfield v. Brattleboro at Kreitzberg Arena. 6:30 p.m. – Northfield Roxbury Long Term Recovery Committee meets in the Community Room, Brown Public Library, 505-7648 for information. 7 p.m. - Ellyn McColgan, Director of PriAmerica, Inc. and Exec. Advisor of Aquiline, LLC will speak at the Todd Lecture Series, Plumley Armory, FREE.

Montpelier

10 a.m. - Preschool Discovery Program: Warm Woodchucks, groundhog day for children ages 3 - 5 see how they survive during the winter, North Branch Nature Center, 713 Elm Street, $5 per child, 229-6206 for information. 7:30 p.m. – First Wednesday Farmers Night, An Evening with George Gershwin and Michael Arnowitt, Vermont Statehouse.