Events

Join U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders and Rural Utilities Service Administrator Jonathan Adelstein for a Town Meeting

on Broadband in Vermont.

Date: Saturday, September 25

Time: 10:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.

Place: Vermont Technical College, Judd Hall, Randolph, VT

Dear Fellow Vermonters:

CALL FOR EXHIBITORS: VT WOODWORKING FESTIVAL

Do you make a quality, Vermont wood product? Calling all Vermont furniture
makers, wood turners, basket weavers, millwork and flooring, door and window
manufacturers, and all others who make products out of wood! The Vermont
Wood Manufacturers Association (VWMA) invites you to exhibit at the Seventh
Annual Vermont Fine Furniture & Woodworking Festival to make this event the
one stop shopping experience for homeowners, architects, interior designers,

CALL FOR EXHIBITORS: VT WOODWORKING FESTIVAL

Do you make a quality, Vermont wood product? Calling all Vermont furniture
makers, wood turners, basket weavers, millwork and flooring, door and window
manufacturers, and all others who make products out of wood! The Vermont
Wood Manufacturers Association (VWMA) invites you to exhibit at the Seventh
Annual Vermont Fine Furniture & Woodworking Festival to make this event the
one stop shopping experience for homeowners, architects, interior designers,

VINS Offers Naturalist-led Canoe Trip on the Ottauquechee River
 

VPT Will Broadcast and Webcast Sept. 26 AARP Gubernatorial Debate

On Sunday, Sept. 26, at 6:30 p.m., AARP Vermont will sponsor the AARP Vermont Governor's Forum, a debate between the Democratic and Republican candidates for governor. Vermont Public Television will broadcast the debate statewide and webcast it on its website, www.vpt.org.

Republican Brian Dubie and Democrat Peter Shumlin will meet at the Doubletree Hotel and Conference Center in S. Burlington, Vt.

September is National Prostate Screening Awareness Week, so Brattleboro Memorial Hospital will once again be offering a free prostate screening clinic this month. The focus of this year’s screening, which is scheduled for Monday, September 27th at 5:30 p.m., is to reach individuals who have not yet received an initial screening. Prostate cancer is the second leading cancer killer in American men.

In the past couple of years, BMH has sponsored Technology Tours to offer the community a chance to come learn about some of the hospital’s state-of-the-art instruments. To date we have featured tours of Radiology, Digital Mammography, Cardiology, the OR suite, and the Oncology Departments, to name a few.

Second Small Business and Entrepreneurship Forum on E-mail Marketing Offered at Southern Vermont College

 The Paramount Theatre announced today that Emmy and Obie-Award Winning actor Christopher Lloyd will appear Tuesday, September 28 at 7:30pm in the Tony and Pulitzer-winning drama Death of A Salesman.

The Center for Research on Vermont kicks off its Research in Progress Seminar Series this fall with "9,000 Years of Life Under the Bridge: The Archaeology of Chimney Point", by John Crock, director of the University of Vermont Consulting Archaeology Program (UVM CAP) and assistant research professor of anthropology.

Conference 2010

Recommitting to Vermont, Seizing the Opportunity
How to Use the Crisis to Make Vermont Work for Everyone

September 30-October 1, 2010

Sheraton Hotel & Conference Center
Burlington, Vermont
870 Williston Road
Burlington, VT 05403

www.REVermont.org

Open House

BRATTLEBORO – Union Institute & University, a private, non-profit university with two locations in Brattleboro, will host the first Brattleboro Area Higher Education Fair, Thursday, September 30, from 5-7 p.m. at VABEC on Old Guilford Road in Brattleboro. The event is co-sponsored by the Brattleboro Area Chamber of Commerce as part of their September Swing into Fall series and will feature representatives from a number of Brattleboro-area colleges and universities including:

Community College of Vermont  

Expand Career Options in the Import/Export Sector

New, easier pricing announced:

In response to feedback from Vermont companies, we’ve changed the pricing for the Import/Export programs to let individuals register for one course at a time.

The Brattleboro Retreat’s Office of Continuing Education will offer a full-day seminar called “Chronic Illness and Bereavement: Helping Families Cope” on Friday, October 1st. The presenter, Dr. Gerald P. Koocher, has devoted his career to working with families confronted by chronic illness and loss at Children’s Hospital Boston. He is currently a professor of psychology at Simmons College and Lecturer at Harvard Medical School’s Department of Psychiatry.

 What: 2010 Gubernatorial Forum on Energy and the Environment.

Who: Gubernatorial candidates Republican Brian Dubie and Democrat Peter Shumlin. Moderated by Mark Johnson of WDEV Radio.

When: Friday, October 1, 2010 from 3:30-5 pm.

Public Event: Saturday, October 2, 2010, 10am - 4pm,

Where: Green buildings throughout Vermont. For a complete listing visit http://www.nesea.org/openhouse/listings/

Homeowners throughout Vermont are turning green – and saving green – with the help of Alteris Renewables. Now is your opportunity to learn why and how they decided to power their homes and businesses with clean, efficient, affordable solar energy.

The Vermont Chapter of AFSP has organized a community walk which will include approximately 300 walkers for Saturday, October 2, 2010.

"As you are all aware, I personally have been touched by suicide. My son, Logan, died of suicide 6 months ago today and I am doing my best to try to prevent this from happening to other families by telling my story," said Cathy Voyer.

Location: Battery Park, Burlington Vermont

Sunday, October 3, 2010
Start & Finish at Dorset Park, South Burlington

A great Ride for a great organization helping homeless, foster, and at-risk youth throughout Vermont access basic needs and transform their lives.
Have you registered for the Ride yet? Visit our First Giving page to register.

The Brattleboro Memorial Hospital Rehabilitation Services Department is offering a seven week “Standing Tall Spine Health Class” for individuals diagnosed with osteoporosis or osteopenia, or those at risk for low bone mass. The classes will take place on Mondays from 4:00-5:00 p.m., October 4th to November 15th. The class fee is $60.

Come find out what your business can do to reduce environmental impacts and improve your bottom line. Topics will include a Plenary Session: Greening Up Vermont’s Business Sectors Panel; Green Project Financing Panel; The Lean Office; Beyond Business Sustainability; LEED Existing Buildings and Energy Retrofits; Food Recycling & the VT Compost/Biogas Data Viewer; Walking the Environmental Talk panel; and Assessing Your Businesses’ Sustainability Efforts. A Green Drinks session will follow the conference.

WHAT: Open House and Networking Get Together to celebrate Maclay Architect’s office transition to net-zero. Net-zero buildings are facilities that produce as much energy as they consume, on an annual basis, through increased efficiency and on-site renewable systems.

 CVMC’s 2010 Charity Golf Classic

SOUTH ROYALTON, VT –– A group of Russian and Norwegian nuclear scientists, regulators and activists will visit Vermont Law School on Oct. 7 to learn more about decommissioning nuclear power plants in New England, including the potential closure of Vermont Yankee. The discussion is from 12:45 p.m. to 2 p.m. in Oakes Hall, Room 107.

What: Down-Ticket Downtown Debates, sponsored by Channel 17, Common Good Vermont and Seven Days
When: Thursday, October 7, 2010; starts at 6 p.m.
Where: Contois Auditorium, Burlington City Hall
Admission: Free

Montpelier ~ Vermont author and National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature Katherine Paterson will speak about the importance of reading in child development in a talk at McCarthy Arts Center at Saint Michael’s College on Thursday, October 7. Her talk, “The Child Left Behind,” takes place at 7:30 p.m. and is free and open to the public.

Chaput Family Farms, Vermont Electric Cooperative, Inc. and Central Vermont Public Service will host a free Cow Power Open House Oct. 8 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the farm at 2473 Route 105 East in North Troy. Farm tours, renewable energy information and a free picnic lunch will be available.

Any swimmer looking to improve technique should come to the Bennington Rec Center on Friday, October 8 at 5pm. Olympians Ian Crocker and Maritza Correia will give a clinic and breathtaking up-close performances that will inspire swimmers of all ages to refine technique, and get fitter and faster.

Inaugural Champlain Valley Buddy Walk® to be held October 9

Event Celebrates National Down Syndrome Awareness Month

Call for Fine Artists and Craftspeople

Call for Fine Artists and Craftspeople

The UVM Department of Theatre opens its 2010-2011 Season with the award
winning comedy CLOUD 9 by British playwright Caryl Churchill running
September 30 – October 10 at the Royall Tyler Theatre.
CLOUD 9 wraps gender-bending characters and outrageous portrayals of
sexuality into thought-provoking satire. Political and sexual oppression
are explored in a time-twisted structure from Victorian Africa to modern
Britain exploding with brilliant wittiness to stretch your imagination.

SOUTH ROYALTON, VT –– Vermont Law School will host an IRS workshop for small and medium-sized non-profit organizations in northern New England from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Oct. 12.

Vermont Technical College in Randolph Center will be transformed into an exposition of career and educational opportunities for high school girls on Thursday, October 13 as Vermont Works for Women hosts its twelth annual Women Can Do conference!  The conference, which runs from 8:45 am to 2:45 pm, boosts the profile of women working in non-traditional fields and encourages girls to take technical courses, enroll at technical high schools, and consider non-traditional careers. 

The Expo will be at beautiful Lake Morey Resort, Fairlee, Vermont. Registration opens at 8:00 and includes continental breakfast with an opportunity to network and visit our vendor booths. The program begins at 9:00 and will include a Workers Compensation Update from Steve Monahan, Director of the Workers’ Compensation Division of the Vermont Department of Labor, addresses from the 2010 Governors Award winners (IBM and Long Trail Brewing), and workshops on Noise & Hearing Conservation, Machine Guarding & Lockout/Tagout, and Energizing Your Safety Program.

Candidates for Lieutenant Governor to Debate on Vermont Public Television Oct. 14

On Thursday, Oct. 14, from 7:30 to 9 p.m., Vermont Public Television (VPT) will present the second in a weekly series of live candidate debates. All candidates on the ballot for lieutenant governor have been invited to participate.

The candidates and their affiliations are Peter Garritano, independent; Steve Howard, Democratic; Marjorie Power, Progressive; Phil Scott, Republican; and Boots Wardinski, Liberty Union.

WHO: Members of the Press are Cordially Invited

WHAT: Annual White Cane Awareness Day

WHEN: October 15, 2010 – between 8:30 am and 4:30 pm

WHERE:

Newport, 8:30AM

Saint Albans, 11:00AM

Brattleboro, 3:00PM

Rutland, 4:00PM

Friday-Sunday, October 15-17

Tunbridge Fairgrounds, Tunbridge, VT 05077

Dedicated to working draft animals in enterprises that support sustainability of local communities and vital land-based economies

The Montpelier Rotary Club is excited to announce the Montpelier Rotary Club Golf Challenge on Friday, October 15th, 2010. There will be a 10:00 AM Shotgun Start at The Stowe Country Club at Stowe Mountain Resort.

Through fundraising efforts, the Montpelier Rotary Club has been able to contribute thousands of dollars to annually to Central Vermont organizations, as well as humanitarian projects around the world. In addition, in the past 10 years the club has made scholarship commitments in excess of $180,000 to area high school students who exemplify the ideals of Rotary.

Sustainable Business & Communities residency program Oct. 15-22. Open to the Public. www.goddard.edu

Saturday, 10/16/10
3:45-5:15
Goddard College Manor Lounge

Friday-Sunday, October 15-17

Tunbridge Fairgrounds, Tunbridge, VT 05077

Dedicated to working draft animals in enterprises that support sustainability of local communities and vital land-based economies

BURLINGTON, VT – U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), a member of the Senate health committee, will host a conference on complementary and alternative health care on Saturday, October 16, at Vermont Technical College in Randolph.  The forum will feature a keynote address from Dr. Josephine Briggs, the director of the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine.

More details on the conference agenda, available workshops, presenters and registration are available on the senator’s web site.
 

Alternative and Complementary Health Conference

Hosted By Sen. Sanders This Saturday  

Friday-Sunday, October 15-17

Tunbridge Fairgrounds, Tunbridge, VT 05077

Dedicated to working draft animals in enterprises that support sustainability of local communities and vital land-based economies

On Monday, October 18th, Brattleboro Memorial Hospital surgeon Joseph Rosen, MD, will present a program called “Mammography Screening – For Whom, When, and Why?”. The program will be held in the New Brew Barry Conference Center, now located on the lower level of the main hospital in the former Physical Therapy gym (down the same hallway as the Cafeteria). Follow signs to the New Brew Barry Conference Center from the main front lobby for the easiest access.

Defining Vermont's Environmental Business Sector 

Tuesday, October 19th, 2010
8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
McCardell Bicentennial Hall
Middlebury College
Middlebury, Vermont

Vermont Environmental Consortium's 10th Annual Environmental EXPO  
 

90th AIV Annual Meeting

Wednesday, October 20
Capitol Plaza, Montpelier

Addresses by the Democratic and Republican Gubernatorial and Lt.
Gubernatorial Candidates on Economic Agendas
Panel Discussion with Industry Leaders on Making Manufacturing Work in
Vermont
Discussion with the Blue Ribbon Tax Structure Commission

Members and non-members welcome -- Registration required by October 18.
$45 members, $55 non-members.

Registration form and agenda at: www.aivt.org

The Five Temptations of the CEO
Thursday, October 21, 2010 from 8:30 AM - 1:30 PM 
Essex, VT

The Essex
70 Essex Way
Essex, VT 05452