Sept. 6 Jam for the Parks music festival in Waterbury will support state parks
An all-day music festival at Waterbury Center State Park on Sept. 6 will bring multiple bands, food vendors, and activities together for a fundraising event to support Vermont State Parks.
Syrphid flies puzzle and pollinate
Survey the insects orbiting a globe of milkweed blossoms or the delicate blooms of a chokeberry, and you might spy an apparent chimera.
Opening Aug. 13: Photographer Belva Hayden’s show is a journey around the world
In a new solo exhibition at Axel’s Gallery, Waterbury Center award-winning wildlife and adventure photographer Belva Hayden serves up a feast of rich images captured on her travels around the world from Alaska to Madagascar and beyond.
August at the library: Feed your hobby
Library programs speak to your hobbies from bridge to stitchery, Dungeons & Dragons to silent reading, to wellness and self-improvement.
Northeastern bulrush is on the edge, but not on the brink
The northeastern bulrush, which is sometimes called the barbed bristle bulrush (Scirpus ancistrochaetus), grows from rhizomes along the margins of ponds, marshes, ephemeral pools, and other wetlands.
August performances in and near Waterbury
Summertime shows include many outdoor concerts, performances by community theater companies and more.
Rotary taps three leaders for 2025-26 & presents awards
At its annual “Change Over” meeting, the Rotary Club of Waterbury tapped new leaders for the 2025-26 term, honored a Rotarian of the year, and presented its community service award to the Waterbury Roundabout’s editor.
‘Wings and Things’ photo exhibit lands at The Corner School in Granville
The luminous photography of longtime Waitsfield resident Julie Parker takes flight with “Wings and Things,” a solo exhibition at The Corner School Resource Center of Granville in August.
The Baltimore checkerspot: Finding Maryland’s state insect in Vermont
Unlike most butterflies, Baltimore checkerspots overwinter as caterpillars. They have antifreeze chemicals that enable them to partially solidify without damaging their bodies and then thaw out again.
Group painting, meditation project to create new public artwork
A special community art and meditation project happening on Saturday aims to bring people together to create a new artwork that could be publicly displayed in the future.
Waterbury LEAP leads effort to tackle drafty windows before winter
It may be July, but Waterbury LEAP members are already making plans for their second fall building effort to create energy-efficient, low-cost window inserts to help make drafty houses more comfortable this winter.
Ripples from the Reservoir: Greeting visitors, targeting invasives, eyeing eaglets
Summer has made a steamy, muggy and hot entrance. The warm weather and holiday weekend brought many visitors to the reservoir, keeping rangers, park staff, vendors, and our Aquatic Invasive Species greeters very busy.
Valley Players to hold auditions for October play, ‘Blithe Spirit’
The Valley Players will hold auditions Aug. 3 and 5 for their fall production of the play “Blithe Spirit” by Noël Coward.
What makes blueberries blue?
Like many eye-catching berries, blueberries contain pigment chemicals that selectively absorb some light wavelengths, reflecting the other colors back to our eyes for us to see. They also have a waxy layer, or bloom, that scatters and reflects blue light.
‘Primordial Forms’ exhibit opens at The Phoenix
A new art exhibition at The Phoenix Gallery & Music Hall opens July 17 with a reception and runs through Oct. 19. ‘Primordial Forms’ presents the abstract work of three artists.
New Stage Players holds auditions for fall production
The New Stage Players will hold auditions July 22, 23 and 25 in Waterbury to cast a fall stage production of the play “Middletown” by Will Eno that presents a modern telling of the classic “Our Town” story.
Northern Spain pilgrimage comes to life in a one-woman show July 25-26 in Warren
Phantom Theater’s 40th Anniversary season continues with a dramatic presentation July 25-26 when renowned author, aviator and adventurer Susan Edsall performs her one-woman show, “Buen Camino” on the Edgcomb Barn stage.
Upcoming Green Mountain Club programs offer hiking tips for all ages
You probably know Vermont’s Long Trail, but are you familiar with the Green Mountain Club’s Short Trail?
The real story of the viceroy & the monarch
Monarch butterflies are noxious to potential predators because of the cardenolide toxins lacing their bodies, courtesy of the milkweed plants they fed on as larvae. Viceroy butterflies have no such defenses, so they act as a copycat, disguising themselves as monarchs.
Vt. Philharmonic plays Summer Pops at Moose Meadow Lodge Aug. 10
Moose Meadow Lodge in Duxbury provides the outdoor setting to hear the big orchestral sound of the Vermont Philharmonic’s Summer Pops concert on Sunday, Aug. 10.