The Princess Diaries
Thursday 23
Viral comedian and self-proclaimed “Slavic American Princess” Stef Dag delivers dark wit in spades at Vermont Comedy Club in Burlington. The Brooklyn writer, actor and comic got her start producing content for pop-culture top dogs such as Bill Hader and Chelsea Handler. Now the host of the popular TikTok dating show “Hot and Single” is taking the standup world by storm herself.
Blurred Lines
Closes Saturday 25
Sage Tucker-Ketcham’s solo show, “Patterns in Nature,” at ATM Gallery in Shelburne showcases oil paintings exploring color and light as observed during her daily walks. The works, with their meticulously layered applications of paint and other mediums, blur the lines between memory and imagination, inspiring viewers to contemplate where personal experience intersects with the collective.
Out of This World
Thursday 23
The Norwich Bookstore hosts genre fans at the Traveling Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Festival, a series of panel discussions spanning eight Northeast cities. Vermont’s edition, “SFF: Escapism or Truth-Telling,” features local BookToker Amanda Peterson in a speculative conversation with award-winning authors, including Elaine U. Cho, Emily Jane, J.R. Dawson and Yume Kitasei.
Back by Demand
Saturday 25
After an eight-year hiatus, Vermont’s own Americana stalwarts Bluegrass Gospel Project reunite at the historic Barre Opera House. Formed as a one-time act for Burlington’s First Night, the group went on to enjoy a 16-year run fueled by a dedicated New England fan base. Founding and first-time members take the stage to resurrect the band’s reputation for traditional music mastery.
A Beautiful Mind
Saturday 25
Academy Award-winning director Gerardine Wurzburg’s inspiring 2011 documentary Wretches & Jabberers screens at the Phoenix in Waterbury — with a bonus. Larry Bissonnette, one of the main subjects and an exhibiting artist in the space’s upstairs gallery, sits down for a Q&A after the film, which follows him and others in a quest to destigmatize societal perceptions of people with autism.
Sign of the Times
Sunday 26
Local singer-songwriter John Daly’s period musical Spit’n Lyon summons the past to warn about the future at the First Congregational Church of Fair Haven. The original work recounts the true story of 19th-century Vermont state senator and free speech martyr Matthew Lyon, who, in a moment that rocked the nation, criticized president John Adams and was arrested for violating the Sedition Act. The more things change…
Too Hot to Handle
Tuesday 28
Linguists Martha Barnette and Grant Barrett, the cohosts of the weekly public radio program and podcast “A Way With Words,” unpack the lexicon used to discuss climate change in “The Language of Resilience: Words in a Warming World” at the South Burlington Public Library. Interested but always looking to minimize your carbon footprint? You can stay home and live stream the talk.
This article appears in The Tech Issue 2025.
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