Visitor Events
View Business EventsSupper with Neighbors - Free Community Dinner
Date: Thursday, October 24, 2019
Time: 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Come and help, come and eat, come and visit with fifty to sixty of your neighbors. If you would like to help with set-up or clean-up, check out our listing at https://mealtrain.com/w35k4e.
Hosted by Interfaith Partners. Everyone is welcome!
Location: United Community Church, 1325 Main St., St. Johnsbury, VT
Contact: United Community Church
Phone: (802) 748-2603
Email: unitedcommunitychurchucc@gmail.com
Website: www.uccstj.com
Walk for Justice
Date: Thursday, October 24, 2019
Time: 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
This event is being organized and sponsored by the Caledonia and Southern Essex County Domestic Violence Task Force. The aim is to honor survivors while bringing awareness to the community of the prevalence of domestic violence.
Participants will convene outside of the Welcome Center in St. Johnsbury and walk together up Eastern Ave., across Main St., down Maple St. to head back to the Welcome Center via Railroad St. The walk will end with a short reflection in front of the Welcome Center. Warm drinks will be available.
Location: Welcome Center, 51 Depot Sq, St.Johnsbury, VT
Contact: Umbrella
Phone: 802-748-1992
Email: ahussey@umbrellanek.org
Website: www.umbrellanek.org
Woodworking Class
Date: Thursday, October 24, 2019
Time: 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Barnet Public Library is hosting a Build Your Own Cutlery Box class with Barnet woodworker Mike Lamp. No experience necessary. Mike Lamp is the owner of West Barnet Wood Works and specializes in fine wood construction of custom made products.
We are excited to offer this class for the first time! We are only taking 8 people in this class so register with us today!
Location: Barnet Public Library, 147 Church Street, Barnet, VT
Contact: Barnet Public Library
Phone: 802-633-4436
Email: barnetpl@hotmail.com
Good Living Senior Center Pasta Party
Date: Friday, October 25, 2019
Time: 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Come to the St. Johnsbury House for a delicious selection of Vanna's homemade pasta featuring Hors d'oeuvres, 2 Lasagnas (Vegetarian & Beef Bolognese), Mac & 3 Cheeses, Chicken Milanese, Sides, and Desserts!
Bring your friends and your favorite vintage. Eat-in or take out. $30/person.
Location: St. Johnsbury House, Main Street, St. Johnsbury, VT
Contact: Susan Dugan
Email: srdugan@charter.net
Passumpsic Community Baptist Church Movie Night
Date: Friday, October 25, 2019
Time: 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Movie Night with free pizza. The movie this month is “October Baby”
Our Church is on Route 5 in the village of Passumpsic just 5 minute drive south of St Johnsbury.
Location: Passumpsic Community Baptist Church, Route 5, St. Johnsbury, VT
Contact: Passumpsic Community Baptist Church, Pamela Bullock
Email: cpbullock@myfairpoint.net
Trunk or Treat
Date: Friday, October 25, 2019
Time: 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Island Pond Halloween Celebration. Pick up some candy, decorate your trunk and head out to Island Pond for some old fashioned fun.
Prizes will be awarded for best decorated trunk. Candy will be given out from each decorated trunk.
Location: Main Street, Island Pond, VT
Contact: Island Pond Chamber of Commerce
Phone: 802-673-1854
Email: info@islandpondchamber.org
Game of Logging Level 3 & 4
Date: Saturday, October 26, 2019 - Sunday, October 27, 2019
Time: 8:00 am
Levels 3 and 4 give experienced sawyers the skills to deal with challenging trees and hazardous situations in the woods. Level 3 focuses on trees with heavy lean, compression/tension, and limbing/bucking techniques. Level 4 shows you how to deal with hung-up trees, and may include winching, rope use, harvest pre-planning, or other topics, depending on the group interests. Both levels include precision felling practice.
Participants must have taken Game of Logging Levels 1 and 2 previously.
Fee: $185 per level.
Location: NorthWoods Stewardship Center,154 Leadership Drive, East Charleston, VT
Contact: NorthWoods Stewardship Center
Phone: 802-723-6551
Email: info@northwoodscenter.org.
Website: www.northwoodscenter.org
12th Annual Kingdom Challenge
Date: Saturday, October 26, 2019
Time: 8:30 am
A challenging point to point half marathon with typical Vermont terrain including hills, four covered bridges and scenic Vermont back roads. The event includes two races: an in-town 5K and a point to point; 1/2 marathon from Lyndonville to St. Johnsbury. Both races finish at the St. Johnsbury School on Western Avenue. Online registration with RaceWire will include a small service charge. Courses: 1/2 marathon: A very challenging point to point half marathon. Course maps available at the race website. www.thekingdomchallenge.com.
Awards: All 1/2 marathon finishers will receive a medal. There will be awards for the overall men's and women's winners in the 5K and 1/2 marathon races. There will also be awards for the male and female top three age group winners in the 5K and 1/2 marathon.
T-shirts: Long sleeved tech shirts for all 1/2 marathon and relay runners guaranteed if registered by October 1, 2019. Men's and women's sizes available.
Directions: Both races finish at the St. Johnsbury School. The school is located at 257 Western Ave., St. Johnsbury, VT . The 1/2 marathon will start at the Lyndonville Town Offices, 119 Park Ave. in Lyndonville. There will be shuttle bus service to the start for the 1/2 marathon and return service after the races. More information on shuttle times will be sent by email to registered runners closer to the race date.
Location: St. Johnbury Middle School, Western Avenue, St. Johnsbury, VT
Contact: Lynn Cartularo
Phone: (802) 751-8223
Website: www.thekingdomchallenge.com
Home Weatherization Workshop
Date: Saturday, October 26, 2019
Time: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
A workshop to learn how to help you save money on home heating. A professional energy consultant from Button Up Vermont will present a 20 minute video and then lead a question and answer session with attendees to guide them through the home Weatherization process and keep within your budget.
Anybody from any town is welcome to attend. Sponsored by the St. Johnsbury Town Energy Committee. 10 free home energy consultations will be offered to participants, first come, first serve. Refreshments will be provided at the MacGuire Center behind the museum.
Location: Fairbanks Museum, 1302 Main Street, St. Johnsbury, VT
Contact: Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium
Phone: 802-748-2372
Email: lwurzburg@yahoo.com
Website: www.fairbanksmuseum.org
Vermont Highland Games
Date: Saturday, October 26, 2019
Time: 11:00 am
Events include: performance by the Catamount Pipe Band, Highland Dance Showcase hosted by Heather Morris of Green Mountain Performing Arts, Pipe Duet Contest, Scottish Country/Ceilidh Dance Workshop, Gaelic Language Worship, Bagpipes of Britain and Ireland Lecture, and Traditional Haggis Dinner (additional ticket required)
Tickets: $10, kids under 5 are free. Hosted Vermont Institute of Celtic Arts.
Location: Catamount Arts Center, 115 Eastern Avenue, St.Johnsbury, Vt
Contact: Catamount Arts
Phone: 802-748-2600
Website: www.catamountarts.org
Metropolitan Opera
Date: Saturday, October 26, 2019
Time: 12:45 pm
Massenet’s tale of passion, excess, and their consequences stars rising soprano Lisette Oropesa in the effervescent title role. Tenor Michael Fabiano is her ardent admirer, Chevalier des Grieux, with Maurizio Benini conducting Laurent Pelly’s enchanting production.
Tickets: $25 adult, $23 Catamount Arts member, $16 student. Encore - Saturday, November 2, 12:55 pm.
Location: Catamount Arts, 115 Eastern Avenue, St. Johnsbury, VT
Contact: Catamount Arts
Phone: 802-748-2600
Website: www.catamountarts.org
USAF Heritage of America Band - Clarinet Quartet
Date: Saturday, October 26, 2019
Time: 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Featuring the world's finest active duty musicians performing exciting modern compositions and classical favorites for audiences of all ages. Professional Airman-musician members of the American Clarinet Quartet use the power of music to honor our veterans, inspire patriotism and communicate the Air Force story with a diverse repertoire including traditional classical, rousing patriotic marches, Klezmer music, Broadway, Jazz, Latin and South American music, as well as their own original arrangements. The Quartet is a component of the United States Air Force Heritage of America Band, stationed at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia.
This is a free performance.
Location: Highland Center for the Arts, 2875 Hardwick St, Greensboro, VT
Contact: Tiffany Quinn
Phone: 802-533-2000
Email: boxoffice@highlandartsvt.org
Website: https://www.highlandartsvt.org
Halloween Party in the Bear Den
Date: Saturday, October 26, 2019
Time: 7:00 pm - 11:00 pm
When Halloween is here the monsters appear. Join us at the Den for our annual monster mash and Halloween costume contest.
$10/Person
$8/Person w/college student ID
$5/Kids and DD's
Music from 7:30-11pm (TBD)
Costume Contest Announcements at 10 pm. (Prizes TBD)
Location: Burke Mountain, 223 Shelburne Lodge Road, East Burke, VT
Contact: Ski Burke Base Lodge
Phone: 802-626-7300
Website: www.skiburke.com
The Moon Shells in Concert
Date: Saturday, October 26, 2019
Time: 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
The Moonshells are a Connecticut based trio featuring Brain Slattery, Maggie Shar and Laura Murawski. Grounded in the Appalachian fiddle tradition, drawing on Louisiana, West Africa, and Eastern Europe, they create a fusion of traditional oldtime stringband music with deep rhythms and joyful songwriting.
Fresh off the release of the band's first two albums - Seaside Asylum, an album of original songs and tunes, and Screech Plank, an album of traditional fiddle tunes done in neo-traditional style - the Moon Shells are embarking on a series of shows that will take them across New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Vermont throughout October.
The band will be hosting fiddle and banjo workshops at 4pm in the afternoon, $30.
Concert tickets: Adv. $16, at Door $20. Potluck and BYOB. Doors Open at 7:00pm - Music Starts at 7:30 pm. Moon Shells website: https://www.themoonshells.com.
Location: Landmark Schoolhouse, 1643 Rte. 215, Lower Cabot, VT
Contact: Dana Robinson
Phone: 802-793-3016
Email: director@cabotarts.org
Website: https://www.cabotarts.org/upcoming-concerts
Vermont Folk Horror Roadshow
Date: Sunday, October 27, 2019
Time: 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Is there such a thing as Vermont folk horror? Answer the call of the coven in Transformations and vanish into the winter woods in The Animal, two films set and created in Vermont and recently preserved by the Vermont Archive Movie Project. Introduced by Andy Kolovos, Vermont Folklife Center Associate Director and Archivist.
This is a free event.
Location: Highland Center for the Arts, 2875 Hardwick St, Greensboro, VT
Contact: Tiffany Quinn
Phone: 802-533-2000
Email: boxoffice@highlandartsvt.org
Website: www.highlandartsvt.org
St. Johnsbury Rotary - World Polio Day - Special Film
Date: Sunday, October 27, 2019
Time: 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
To celebrate World Polio Day, the special movie showing of "Breathe" will be held at Catamount Arts. This movie is an inspiring story about a man confined to bed and given just months to live after his polio diagnosis; only to overcome many challenges with the help of his family and the inventor, Teddy Hall.
The cost will be by donation. The event will benefit the Rotary Foundation PolioPlus Initiative, with a two-to-one match from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. For every $1 raised, we will be effectively raising $3!
Location: Catamount Arts, 115 Eastern Avenue, St. Johnsbury, VT
Contact: Catamount Arts
Phone: 802-748-2600
Website: www.catamountarts.org
Annual Danville Harvest Concert and Potluck Dinner
Date: Sunday, October 27, 2019
Time: 5:00 pm
Concert and Potluck Dinner. Dessert provided. Please bring a dish to share.
Admission by donation.
Location: Danville Congregational Church, Hill Street, Danville, VT
Contact: Danville Congregational Church
Phone: 802-684-2064
Final Walkthrough Opportunity - St. Johnsbury School
Date: Monday, October 28, 2019
Time: 5:00 pm
The St. Johnsbury Board of School Directors invites members of the community to tour the sites on the school campus for the proposed bond projects. The final opportunity members of the public have to come to speak with the architect, as well as members of the Board.
We will begin at the main entrance of the school. All are welcome and encouraged to attend! Please come to be more informed about the facts surrounding this bond.
Location: St. Johnsbury School, Western Avenue, St. Johnsbury, VT
Contact: Dr. Brian Ricca
Phone: 802-745-2789
Email: bricca@stjsd.org
Website: http:/
End of Life Options Program
Date: Tuesday, October 29, 2019
Time: 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Dr. Mary Ready, palliative care physician and Allison Wright-Roberts RN, Hospice Coordinator at Caledonia Home Health Care & Hospice will speak about end of life options and services which can help create more moments of life before a life is over. It's never too soon to explore your end-of-life options. Whether you are caring for a loved one or planning for yourself, this program will help you make informed choices.
Location: Peacham Library, 656 Bayley Hazen Rd, Peacham, VT
Contact: Peacham Public Library
Phone: 802-592-3216
Email: peachamlib@fairpoint.net
Website: www.peachamlibrary.org
Newport and Derby Businesses Halloween Costume Contest
Date: Thursday, October 31, 2019
Time: 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Location: North County Chamber of Commerce, The Visitor's Center, 246 The Causeway, Newport, VT
Contact: Vermont's North Country Chamber of Commerce
Phone: 802-334-7782
Email: president@vtnorthcountry.org
Website: www.vtnorthcountry.org
Introduction to T'ai Chi Chu'an
Date: Thursday, October 31, 2019
Time: 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
T'ai Chi is a sequence of precise body movements done slowly and without effort that balance the flow of energy within the body. At once a moving form of meditation, a dynamic system of exercise to improve health, and an introduction to the basics of self-defense, T'ai Chi Chu'an has been practiced daily in China by millions for millennia. It requires no special clothes or equipment, keeps you on your feet, takes only a few minutes each day, and can be learned at any age.
Regular practitioners of T'ai Chi are rewarded with energy and focus and they age with vitality and grace. Instructor Alan Erdossy has 45 years of experience teaching at businesses, including art, ballet, and exercise studios throughout the Northeast.
This six-week introductory class will be one hour, however, participants who are repeating the introduction may stay for another half hour to begin exploring the second set of T'ai Chi. Registration is $65 for six weeks. To register call or email Alan at 802.223.5125 or 802.249.2902 (cell) or alanerdossy@gmail.com.
Location: Highland Center for the Arts, 2875 Hardwick Street, Greensboro, VT
Contact: Tiffany Quinn
Phone: 802-533-2000
Email: boxoffice@highlandartsvt.org
Website: www.highlandartsvt.org
5th Annual S. Johsbury Halloween Costume Parade
Date: Thursday, October 31, 2019
Time: 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Put on your scariest, prettiest, or funniest costume and march from the Fairbanks Museum to Arnold Park.
Main Street will be closed to all cars and trucks from 5pm - 8pm. Everyone is welcome. Schedule of events:
4:00 – 8:00 The Fairbanks Museum is open for trick-or-treating.
4:30 - 5:30 Come paint pumpkins at Eastern & Main Market - Deli.
4:30 - 6:30 Joey the Clown does balloon animals & fire juggling!
5:00 - 8:00 United Congregational Church has a haunted house in the vestry and Umbrella is out front hosting spooky and fun activities.
Calex is bringing their Emergency Grill food truck.
5:30 Pre-parade activities in front of the Fairbanks Musuem.
5:45 The parade begins!
Trick or treating will begin immediately after the parade.
Location: Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium, 1302 Main St., Saint Johnsbury, VT
Contact: Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium
Phone: 748-748-2372
Website: www.stjhalloweenparade.com