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Look for our Blue Ribbon Events! These are some of our favorites.

On-goingBurlington.Exhibit - Toil and Spin: Recent Work by Kathleen Schneider.Late-20th-century sculpture. Robert Hull Fleming Museum. Adm. Info: 802-656-0750. Ongoing through 6/6.
On-goingMiddlebury.Exhibit - The Big Picture: Large-Format Photography.Middlebury College Museum of Art. Tue-Fri., 10-5 pm; Sat-Sun., Noon-5 pm. Info: 802-443-5007. On-going 4/8-8/1.
On-goingMiddlebury.31st Annual Senior Studio Art Majors Show.Middlebury College Museum of Art. Tue. - Fri., 10-5 pm; Sat. - Sun., Noon - 5 pm. Info: 802-443-5235. On-going through 8/15.
On-goingMontpelier.VINS After School Program: Wildlife Detectives.Explore nearby habitats and local wildlife. For children in grade 2-4. Meets two afternoons (3-5:30 pm) each week for seven weeks (4/26-6/10). Vermont Institute of Natural Science North Branch Nature Center. Adm. Register. Info: 802-229-6206.
On-goingPlymouth.Exhibit - First Pets: The Coolidge White House Animals.Examines the remarkable menagerie of domestic & exotic animals at the Coolidge White House. President Calvin Coolidge State Historic Site. 9:30 - 5 pm. Adm. Info: 802-672-3773. On-going 5/22 through 10/17.
On-goingSt. Johnsbury.Spring Birdwalks.blueribbonCall for schedule & more information. Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium. Adm. Info: 802-748-2372. On-going 5/16 - 5/23.
5/12/99Stowe.Noon Music in May.Community Church. Noon. Free. Info: 802-253-7792.
5/13/99Peacham.Mother - Daughter Luncheon.Info: 802-592-3571.
5/14/99Burlington.Paragon Ragtime Orchestra & Charlie Chaplin Film Festival.Shelburne Farms. 8 pm. Adm. Info: 802-652-4509, 802-86-FLYNN.
5/14/99Cambridge.Mime & Physical Comedy with Peter Gould.Elementary School gym. 7 pm. Donations. Info: 802-644-2233, 802-644-5660.
5/14/99Norwich.Montshire Museum Auction Night.Montshire Museum of Science. Silent Auction, 5:30 pm. Live Auction, 8:15 pm. Info: 802-649-2200.
5/15/99Middlebury.Walk-A-Thon.Downtown. Info: 802-388-6751.
5/15/99North Westminster.Beekeeping Workshop.Charles Andros, former NH/VT Apiary Inspector will hold beekeeping workshop. Topics of discussion: finding queens, requeening and 2-queen colonies, pollen collection, and more. Paul Harlow Farm. 1-3 pm. Registration. Info: 603-756-9056.
5/15/99Richmond.Scalloped Potato & Baked Ham Dinner.Congregational. Church. 5 pm. Info: 802-434-2053.
5/16/99Guilford.Concert - A Sense of Place.Central School. 2 pm. Adm. Info: 802-257-1961.
5/16/99Lyndonville.Northeast Kingdom Pulling Association Pull.Classes being pulled are 1400, 3300, 1800, and FFP, FFH. Lyndonville Fair Grounds. 10 am. Adm. Info: 802-525-3150.
5/16/99South Burlington.Tour De Cure.10K, 25K, 50K & 100K; Sponsored by American Diabetes Assoc.; www.tourdecuretv.org Dorset Park. 8 am. Entry fee. Info: 800-TOUR-888.
5/17/99Stowe.8th Annual Basketry Festival. Workshops & lectures; learn from the best. The Round Hearth at Stowe. Info: 802-523-7223. Also 5/18 - 5/23.
5/18/99Stowe.8th Annual Basketry Festival. See 5/17.
5/19/99Stowe.8th Annual Basketry Festival. See 5/17.
5/19/99Stowe.Noon Music in May.Community Church. Noon. Free. Info: 802-253-7792.
5/20/99Montpelier.VT Corporate Cup Challenge & State Agency Race.5K, running or walking race. Begins & ends at State House lawn. 5:30 pm. Entree fee. Info: 802-244-5898.
5/20/99Stowe.8th Annual Basketry Festival. See 5/17.
5/21/99Rutland.5th Annual Night of Italian Opera.College of St. Joseph Athletic Center. 8 pm. Adm. Info: 802-773-5900, ext. 264.
5/21/99Stowe.8th Annual Basketry Festival. See 5/17.
5/22/99Bellows Falls.Memorial Weekend Excursions.2 hour scenic ride to Chester Depot & return. Bellows Falls Station. 11 & 2 pm. Adm. Info: 802-463-3069. Also 5/23, 5/24.
5/22/99Cavendish.2nd Annual Sell-A-Brate Spring Sale.Baptist Church. 10-2 pm. Info: 802-226-7724.
5/22/99Colchester.19th Annual Open House.Free sailboat rides for the public. International Sailing School & Club. Noon - 5 pm. Free. Info: 802-864-9065.
5/22/99Middlebury.Duathlon.1 mile run, 21 mile bike, 5.7 mile run. VT Sun Fitness Center. 9 am. Registration fee. Info: 802-388-6888.
5/22/99Morrisville.1st Annual Emily Golf Tournament. Farm Resort Golf Course. 8 am - 10 pm. Adm. Info: 802-888-4303.
5/22/99Shelburne.26th Annual Pierson Library Used Book Sale.Shelburne Village School. Sat. 9 - 5 pm. Sun. 10 - 4 pm. Info: 802-985-5124. Also 5/23.
5/22/99Shelburne.Lilac Festival.More than 90 varieties of fragrant lilacs; music, garden tours, craft workshops. Shelburne Museum. 10 - 5 pm. Adm. Info: 802-985-3346. Also 5/23.
5/22/99Shelburne.Lilac Festival.See 5/22.
5/22/99Stowe.8th Annual Basketry Festival. See 5/17.
5/22/99Stowe.10th Annual Perennial Plant Sale.St. John's-in-the Mountains. Church. 10 am -1 pm. Info: 802-253-7857.
5/23/99Bellows Falls.Memorial Weekend Excursions.See 5/22.
5/23/99Randolph.Spring Concert - Randolph Singers.Chandler Music Hall. 8 pm. Adm. Info: 802-728-9133.
5/23/99Shelburne.26th Annual Pierson Library Used Book Sale.See 5/22.
5/23/99Stowe.8th Annual Basketry Festival. See 5/17.
5/24/99Bellows Falls.Memorial Weekend Excursions.See 5/22.
5/26/99Middlebury.Exhibit - Spring Into the Arts.Student art work. Middlebury College Center for the Arts. 9 - 4 pm. Info: 802-382-1287. Also 5/27.
5/26/99Stowe.Noon Music in May.Community Church. Noon. Free. Info: 802-253-7792.
5/27/99Middlebury.Exhibit - Spring Into the Arts.See 5/26.



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