Super Bowl
Thursday 10
Guests at the Empty Bowls Dinner at Champlain Valley Union High School in Hinesburg select a handmade ceramic bowl, then fill it from a menu of homemade soup, artisan bread and ice cream from Shelburne’s Sisters of Anarchy. Money raised from the meal and a silent auction benefits the Hinesburg Food Shelf, ensuring that even more bellies won’t go empty.
That Beats All
Friday 11
Ugandan youth performing arts ensemble Dance of Hope lifts spirits — and lifts audience members right out of their seats — at a free show at Chandler Center for the Arts in Randolph. With an irresistible blend of choreography, drumming and vocal harmonies that draw on Africa’s vibrant cultural history, the artists relay a message of resilience, empowerment and transformation.
Baby Steps
Wednesday 9-Sunday 13
Phoebe Potts evokes laughter and tears in Too Fat for China, her solo show with Lost Nation Theater in Montpelier. With her signature synthesis of stage and standup, the comedic storyteller uses a six-foot-tall cranky scroll to illustrate the “newsreel” that ran through her head as she navigated the hilarious, heartbreaking and ultimately successful journey to adopting a child.
In the Beginning
Thursday 10
At the St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, Julie Pellissier-Lush — the first Indigenous poet laureate of Prince Edward Island — combines stories, songs, drumming and poetry to share her powerful collection of Mi’kmaq Creation Stories. Taking inspiration from her elders, the storyteller keeps her heritage alive with tales of some of the original inhabitants of Canada’s Atlantic provinces.
The Flow Must Go On
Friday 11 & Saturday 12
Hometown troupe the Paramount Players stage Tony Award-winning satire Urinetown: The Musical at the Paramount Theatre in Rutland. Puerile pee jokes combine with cutting commentary on capitalism to tell the story of a future in which a decades-long drought has led to a government ban on private toilets and fees for using public bathrooms. You gotta go! (See it, that is.)
Morel of the Story
Saturday 12
Holy shiitake! Mycologist and author Melany Kahn joins the “Billings Backyard” workshop series — designed to educate adults about sustainable living skills — to explore Flavorful Fungi at Billings Farm & Museum in Woodstock. The mushroom maven turns wild and cultivated varieties into delectable dishes that will have even finicky fungus eaters asking for spore … er, more.
It’s All Subjective
Ongoing
Artists explore the idea that perception is reality in “Cosmologies” at the Fine Arts Gallery at Landmark College in Putney. Mimi Allin, Michael Abrams, Rick Harlow, c marquez and Keri Straka use mediums including sculpture, ceramics, painting and video to delve into the magic and mystery of the human unconscious and find inspiration for their poetically personal works.
This article appears in Apr 9-15, 2025.
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