| 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25Events on May 25, 2013 Hardwick Spring Festival
Starts: 12:00 am
Ends: May 26, 2013 - 12:00 am
Description: The 63rd annual Hardwick Spring Festival will be held Saturday, May 25. Parade, craft fair, children’s fair and rides, Kiwanis chicken barbecue, Rick & the Ramblers homecoming concert, Bread and Puppet, Spring Festival Run, farm, food and energy tent, and fireworks, and more. A full day of family fun beginning with a bird walk at 7 a.m. For locations, times, and more information, visit http://www.HardwickKiwanisSpringFestival.info.
Slack line party
Starts: 10:00 am
Ends: May 25, 2013 - 4:00 pm
Location: NorthWoods Stewardship Center, Charleston, VT
Description: NorthWoods Slackline Lyndonville is a slackline party that will be held Saturday, May 25, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the park. Slacklines will be rigged at various lengths and heights. $5 suggested donation. For info or to register, contact NorthWoods Stewardship Center in East Charleston at 723-6551, extension 115, or david@northwoodscenter.org.
Blacksmith hammer-in
Starts: 10:00 am
Ends: May 25, 2013 - 2:00 pm
Location: Old Stone House, Brownington, VT
Description: Visit the Moffat Forge at the Old Stone House Museum in Brownington on Saturday, May 25, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Meet the instructors, watch them at the forge, and sign up for classes, and get on the mailing list. For more information, call (802) 754-2022.
OCCA benefit concert
Starts: 5:00 pm
Ends: May 25, 2013 - 7:00 pm
Location: Gateway Center, Newport, VT
Description: On Saturday, May 25, Mark Shelton will give a concert to benefit Orleans County Citizen Advocacy in supporting people with developmental disabilities on Saturday, May 25, at 5 p.m., at The Gateway Center in Newport for a gala evening of music and dancing. Hors d’oeuvres and beverages (with no alcohol) will be provided. Tickets are $18. Seating is limited. To buy your tickets, contact OCCA at 55 Seymour Lane, Suite 18, Newport; call (802) 624-0877; or mharney@occa-vt.org. Also at the concert, raffle tickets to win a week’s vacation in Cabo, Mexico, will be sold. 30 raffle tickets will be available at the concert and a total of only 150 raffle tickets will be sold before the drawing that is scheduled to take place in January of 2014.
Benefit dance
Starts: 6:00 pm
Ends: May 25, 2013 - 7:00 pm
Description: The Relay for Life Northeast Kingdom Team, Life Walkers, will host a Benefit Dance on Saturday, May 25, at the North Troy American Legion. Doors open at 6 p.m. $5 cover per person. Live DJ with music starting at 7 p.m., silent auction, 50-50 raffle with a cash bar. All proceeds go toward Relay for Life.
| 26Events on May 26, 2013 Bird watching
Starts: 12:00 am
Ends: May 27, 2013 - 12:00 am
Description: On Sunday, May 26, join Eric Hanson and friends in the Hosmer Ponds Watershed group on a 2 to 3 mile slow hike to look for spring migrants and early summer arrivals. Meet at the Little Hosmer Boat Access. For more information, call Eric at (802) 586-8065.
Rock climbing
Starts: 10:00 am
Ends: May 26, 2013 - 11:00 am
Description: Join experienced guides in this introduction to rock climbing on Wheeler Mountain. Participants will be introduced to the basics with a top rope-harness, knots, and climbing techniques. Gear provided. Youth must be accompanied by an adult. Meet at the Wheeler Mountain trailhead at 10 a.m. For info or to register, contact NorthWoods at 723-6551, extension 115, or david@northwoodscenter.org. Registration deadline is May 17.
Hummingbirds
Starts: 10:00 am
Ends: May 26, 2013 - 12:00 pm
Location: NorthWoods Stewardship Center, Charleston, VT
Description: Learn about hummingbirds and what you can do to bring them into your garden at NorthWoods Stewardship Center in East Charleston on Sunday, May 26, from 10 a.m. to noon. $5. Topics include feeder maintenance and placement, noninvasive nectar producers and strategies for meeting hummingbirds’ needs throughout the season. For info or to register, contact NorthWoods at 723-6551, extension 115, or events@northwoodscenter.org.
Yoga
Starts: 11:00 am
Ends: May 26, 2013 - 12:00 pm
Location: Parker Pie
Description: A class suitable for beginner and intermediate level hatha yoga with Tina Ghantous Maher, RYT will be held at Parker Pie’s Village Hall in West Glover on Sunday, May 26, from 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. For more information, call 626-4759 or look up Moonrise Yoga on Facebook. Drop in for $12 or sign up for all 5 for $50. No one turned away for lack of funds. Some yoga mats and props available for use.
B&P papier maché workshop
Starts: 2:00 pm
Ends: May 26, 2013 - 5:00 pm
Location: Bread and Puppet Museum, Route 122, Glover, VT
Description: Bread and Puppet Theater announces a series of papier-mache workshops this spring at the Bread and Puppet Farm on Route 122 in Glover. Every Sunday in May from 2 to 5 p.m., the theater will host open workshops for community members who would like to put their feet in the mud and their hands to work. Participants will help create puppets for the 50th anniversary performances this summer. These workshops are free and open to all ages, but children must be accompanied by an adult. In case of rain, work will continue under cover. For more information, call 525-3031.
Northsong
Starts: 4:00 pm
Ends: May 26, 2013 - 6:00 pm
Description: Northsong, the Newport-based chamber choir directed by Anne K. Hamilton with Vivian Spates, accompanist, will perform their annual Spring Concert on Friday, May 24, at 7:30 p.m. at Barton United Church and Sunday, May 26, at 4 p.m., at the Newport United Church on Third Street. Included in the program, along with a potpourri of choral works, are Cecelia MacDowell’s Ave Maris Stella, Daniel Pinham’s Wedding Cantata, and Sid Robinovitch’s Canciones por las Americas. Suggested donation is $5. Handicapped accessible. For more information, visit http://www.northsong.org or call (802) 895-4942.
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