Annual Gingerbread Contest! All interested bakers, schools, organizations, businesses, families, individuals, and young people are invited to submit their imaginative gingerbread creations. Pre-registration is appreciated, but not required. All entries must be delivered to the Chaffee Art Center by noon on Friday, December 2nd. Gingerbread creations go on display starting on December 3rd, with the […]
Mondays, from 12 to 3pm - weekly Canasta Masters Can we deal you in for the Canasta Masters? Come learn how to play the Modern American Canasta @ Manchester Community Library on Mondays. The game of Canasta was developed in 1939 in Montevideo, Uruguay. Canasta is the Spanish word for Basket. There are many versions […]
Annual Gingerbread Contest! All interested bakers, schools, organizations, businesses, families, individuals, and young people are invited to submit their imaginative gingerbread creations. Pre-registration is appreciated, but not required. All entries must be delivered to the Chaffee Art Center by noon on Friday, December 2nd. Gingerbread creations go on display starting on December 3rd, with the […]
INSTRUCTOR: ALEXANDRA LANGSTAFF TUESDAYS THROUGH DECEMBER, 2022 9 – 10 A.M. Drop-in – SVAC Member: $15; Non-member: $18* *Registration fee(s) should be paid directly to Alexandra on the day of the session. Please click “Email Alexandra” to reserve your spot. A mat-based class. We will move in ways that promote balance, flexibility and strength, and […]
Tuesdays from 3-4:30 - weekly Knitty Bitty The Manchester Community Library has a knitting group that meets every Monday - the Knit Wits - but the group is branching out to offer knitting lessons to kids who want to learn. If you are or know someone who is between the ages of 10 and 16 […]
Annual Gingerbread Contest! All interested bakers, schools, organizations, businesses, families, individuals, and young people are invited to submit their imaginative gingerbread creations. Pre-registration is appreciated, but not required. All entries must be delivered to the Chaffee Art Center by noon on Friday, December 2nd. Gingerbread creations go on display starting on December 3rd, with the […]
Award winning mystery author S. Lee Manning and debut author J.B. Manning discuss not just their very different thrillers, their writing processes, and why they write what they write, but also how their writing affects their marriage and how their marriage affects their writing.
Annual Gingerbread Contest! All interested bakers, schools, organizations, businesses, families, individuals, and young people are invited to submit their imaginative gingerbread creations. Pre-registration is appreciated, but not required. All entries must be delivered to the Chaffee Art Center by noon on Friday, December 2nd. Gingerbread creations go on display starting on December 3rd, with the […]
CELEBRATE! Give your true love a scrumptious $50 gift card ... ...and we'll give you a delicious $10 gift card. GO LARGE! Give your BFF a $100 gift card and we'll give you a $20 gift card. Happy Holidays!
The journeys of Latino migrant farmworkers to Vermont are part of a larger and longer story of Latino migrants coming to the region in search of work. Exploring this history will help to better understand the causes of migration and the reasons people leave their homes and travel such long distances in search of work […]
Annual Gingerbread Contest! All interested bakers, schools, organizations, businesses, families, individuals, and young people are invited to submit their imaginative gingerbread creations. Pre-registration is appreciated, but not required. All entries must be delivered to the Chaffee Art Center by noon on Friday, December 2nd. Gingerbread creations go on display starting on December 3rd, with the […]
Celebrate the beauty of the holiday season by visiting Robert & Mary's home during the month of December. The Georgian Revival mansion is decorated to evoke "Christmas Eve in 1912"—one of a handful of Christmas times that the Lincoln family spent in residence at their Vermont home. Visit Hildene Thursday - Monday, 10 - 4:30pm […]
Jetson, the Canine Concierge of The Wilburton Destination Resort invites you and the dogs you love to this joyful doggie weekend event! This Doggie Slumber Party is so legendary, Yankee Magazine is making it their cover story for the holiday issue in 2022! All breeds welcome. • Friday 6- 7:30pm: Welcome Paw-ty, Menorah lighting, Doggie […]
Since the Manchester Community Library began its weekly Dungeons & Dragons night for adults, there have been a large number of requests to open up a Young Adult game. Your requests have been heard and the MCL is happy to be able to fulfill your wishes. The Dungeon takes place after school on Fridays from […]
Our holiday traditions continue with a pop-up shop from the Village Peddler and Chocolatorium. Get your hostess gifts and delicious treats. The gallery will be open, and the trees will be lit. Free and open to the public. The multi-media exhibit, curated by Don Trachte, takes a nostalgic step back to a traditional 1950s Christmas, […]
Join us as we kick off the holiday spirit at The Equinox Golf Resort & Spa. We will light our holiday tree behind the resort and have a very special visit from a certain someone from the North Pole!
The Museum Store welcomes neighbors and new friends to kick-off the holidays with its annual 20% off weekend. Dressed in all its finery, the spirit of the season abounds in the 116-year-old Carriage Barn. The crisp fragrance of pine boughs and sounds of the season offer an abundance of holiday spirit. Visit The Museum Store […]
The month of December is a month of celebration for many people and the Manchester Community Library would like to help ring in the holiday season. On December 3rd from 10 am to 4pm The Garden Club of Manchester presents a Winter Bazaar at the Library. Beautiful holiday decorations created by the talented Garden Club […]
Continuing over a three decade's long tradition, The Shires of Southwestern Vermont’s Holiday Inn Tours, coordinated by the Manchester Business Association & The Shires of Southwestern Vermont, invites you to join us on Saturday, December 3 and/or Saturday, December 10 and take a self-guided tour of some of the best lodging establishments in VT. Fifteen […]
Manchester's annual Lighted Tractor Parade will once again bring plenty of holiday cheer to brighten your holiday season. Line the streets and support all of the fun times. Prizes, generously donated by Dorr Oil and Propane, will be awarded in several categories including favorite tractor decoration. Here's the route: Parade will begin at MEMS and […]
Florence Dore is a Nashville-born, North Carolina-based independent musical artist putting out a new record, Highways and Rocketships. The road from her first LP Perfect City (Slewfoot 2001) to Highways and Rocketships has been anything but straight—and that’s not even counting the pandemic delays. She has spent a lot of that time between then and […]
Broadway chanteuse and beloved star of many Wilburton Murder Mysteries, Melissa Marlin, is delighted to return to The Wilburton to perform her cabaret act: “A Broadway Christmas in Vermont.” All welcome. $25 cover charge includes a glass of champagne. Melissa's ties with The Wilburton are very deep because long before she performed on Broadway, she […]
Learn to needle felt holiday ornaments, Sunday, December 4, from 1:00 to 3:00 pm. Join Hildene Farm managers Kim Pinsonneault and Misty Hosley to felt holidays-inspired ornaments using wool roving from Hildene’s flock of Corriedale sheep. Handmade ornaments make lovely gifts as well as cheerful decorations on holiday packages. $30 members/$35 non-members, includes materials fee. […]
Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning (GMALL) welcomes arts educator Stacy Gates to lead this needle felting workshop. Perk up your holiday décor with one of these adorable needle felted gnomes. In this beginner friendly workshop, you will learn to create a solid 3D sculpture from just wool fibers using a special barbed needle. There […]
Mondays, from 12 to 3pm - weekly Canasta Masters Can we deal you in for the Canasta Masters? Come learn how to play the Modern American Canasta @ Manchester Community Library on Mondays. The game of Canasta was developed in 1939 in Montevideo, Uruguay. Canasta is the Spanish word for Basket. There are many versions […]
Tuesdays from 3-4:30 - weekly Knitty Bitty The Manchester Community Library has a knitting group that meets every Monday - the Knit Wits - but the group is branching out to offer knitting lessons to kids who want to learn. If you are or know someone who is between the ages of 10 and 16 […]
Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning (GMALL) welcomes Jamie Franklin, curator at the Bennington Museum, to talk about the convergence of folk and modern art. This presentation, originally created in conjunction with the 2014 Bennington Museum exhibition Alice Neel/Erastus Salisbury Field: Painting the People (named one of the nine most memorable exhibitions in North America […]
Kat Wright & Brett Hughes, two of Vermont’s most beloved songbirds, join forces once again for their 9th annual VT holiday tour. The show - a true Christmas gift (featuring Tyler Bolles on upright bass) offers songs of holiday heartbreak & holiday cheer - bejeweled with storytelling, originals, and beloved classics alike. It’s guaranteed to […]
Since the Manchester Community Library began its weekly Dungeons & Dragons night for adults, there have been a large number of requests to open up a Young Adult game. Your requests have been heard and the MCL is happy to be able to fulfill your wishes. The Dungeon takes place after school on Fridays from […]
Bird Walk Saturday, December 10, 8:00am. Join local birders to gather long-term data on the presence of birds, their abundance, and changes in populations. Weather in December is more variable than the expected birds at this time. But there is always the possibility of a visitor from the northern regions such as a Pine Siskin, […]
Hand-made makes the best holiday gifts. Join us at the Barn @ Center Hill for our Holiday Craft Fair to find that very special something for your very special someone!
Skip the long drive, the busy mall, the coughing crowd, and the expensive photo package! Guests at this event will enjoy a cookies and cocoa party with Mrs. Claus before or after their private visit with Santa and will take home a souvenir! Parents may take unlimited photos. Cost is $25 for the first 2 […]
Continuing over a three decade's long tradition, The Shires of Southwestern Vermont’s Holiday Inn Tours, coordinated by the Manchester Business Association & The Shires of Southwestern Vermont, invites you to join us on Saturday, December 3 and/or Saturday, December 10 and take a self-guided tour of some of the best lodging establishments in VT. Fifteen […]
DECEMBER 11TH & DON'T FORGET YOUR LIST! Children of all ages and their families are welcome to enjoy a festive, fun-filled morning complete with a holiday breakfast buffet in the scenic Colonnade with a visit from Santa Claus. Santa Breakfast in The Colonnade: 8 - 11:30am Adults $32++ / Children (Ages 5-12) $14++ / Kids […]
Kick-off the Holiday season with Christmas carols by the choir, both sacred and secular favorites. Hear the lovely bells of our handbell choir and stay afterwards if you can for the cookie contest. Proceeds will go to the Northshire Emergency Needs Fund. Oh, and YES: wear your ugly Christmas sweater if you have one....
Christmas Carols, both secular and sacred, along with the FCC handbell choir. Stay afterwards for the cookie contest! Proceeds go to the Northshire Emergency Needs Fund.
Wear your best (Ugly) Christmas Sweater to the First Congregational Church of Manchester, for a concert of seasonal music at 4:00PM in the Church Sanctuary, followed by refreshments and fun! The concert features the FCC Chancel Choir, Tall Spire Ringers, and area soloists. Further festivities includes The Great Manchester Cookie Contest: community members are invited […]
Mondays, from 12 to 3pm - weekly Canasta Masters Can we deal you in for the Canasta Masters? Come learn how to play the Modern American Canasta @ Manchester Community Library on Mondays. The game of Canasta was developed in 1939 in Montevideo, Uruguay. Canasta is the Spanish word for Basket. There are many versions […]
Tuesdays from 3-4:30 - weekly Knitty Bitty The Manchester Community Library has a knitting group that meets every Monday - the Knit Wits - but the group is branching out to offer knitting lessons to kids who want to learn. If you are or know someone who is between the ages of 10 and 16 […]
Since the Manchester Community Library began its weekly Dungeons & Dragons night for adults, there have been a large number of requests to open up a Young Adult game. Your requests have been heard and the MCL is happy to be able to fulfill your wishes. The Dungeon takes place after school on Fridays from […]
It’s rare for an artist to bridge the divide between critical acclaim and dedicated fan engagement. Chris Pureka is a Portland-based singer-songwriter whose body of work has resonated deeply with these seemingly disparate milieus. Her music has straddled the folk, Americana and indie rock genres over the course of her 20-year career, and over that […]
The Ballet Center at Manchester presents The Nutcracker at the Dorset Playhouse on December 17th at 7:00 pm. Tickets are sold at The Mountain Goat in Manchester, or call Marilyn, 802-379-0759.
Join us at the Israel Congregation of Manchester for a community musical celebration featuring our own Jason Weinberger, the students of the Israel Congregation, along with Cantor Scott and singer-songwriter Ethan Buckner as they perform holiday favorites. RSVP by December 14th by calling 802-362-4578
Mondays, from 12 to 3pm - weekly Canasta Masters Can we deal you in for the Canasta Masters? Come learn how to play the Modern American Canasta @ Manchester Community Library on Mondays. The game of Canasta was developed in 1939 in Montevideo, Uruguay. Canasta is the Spanish word for Basket. There are many versions […]
Tuesdays from 3-4:30 - weekly Knitty Bitty The Manchester Community Library has a knitting group that meets every Monday - the Knit Wits - but the group is branching out to offer knitting lessons to kids who want to learn. If you are or know someone who is between the ages of 10 and 16 […]
Since the Manchester Community Library began its weekly Dungeons & Dragons night for adults, there have been a large number of requests to open up a Young Adult game. Your requests have been heard and the MCL is happy to be able to fulfill your wishes. The Dungeon takes place after school on Fridays from […]
All are invited to a Christmas Eve community bonfire and carol sing on the Village Green in Peru, VT. Lyric pages provided. Bring your skates and stay a while!
Mondays, from 12 to 3pm - weekly Canasta Masters Can we deal you in for the Canasta Masters? Come learn how to play the Modern American Canasta @ Manchester Community Library on Mondays. The game of Canasta was developed in 1939 in Montevideo, Uruguay. Canasta is the Spanish word for Basket. There are many versions […]
Tuesdays from 3-4:30 - weekly Knitty Bitty The Manchester Community Library has a knitting group that meets every Monday - the Knit Wits - but the group is branching out to offer knitting lessons to kids who want to learn. If you are or know someone who is between the ages of 10 and 16 […]
Since the Manchester Community Library began its weekly Dungeons & Dragons night for adults, there have been a large number of requests to open up a Young Adult game. Your requests have been heard and the MCL is happy to be able to fulfill your wishes. The Dungeon takes place after school on Fridays from […]
Join Us for a New Year’s Eve Family Celebration Activities include a Family Buffet Dinner, Magic Show, Grab & Go Kid’s Craft, ending with a Sparkling Cider Toast & Ball Drop at 8pm
Ring in the new year at Stratton. Come out to celebrate the turn of the calendar with your family and friends and enjoy a celebration with those most important to you. The NYE buffet style dinner will take place in the main Base Lodge from 6PM to 8PM and is open to all ages. For […]
