Paper Cuts
Saturday 16 & Sunday 17
Vocal and instrumental trio Heartwood enchants with back-to-back performances of “The Well Tree” at Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center in Burlington and Haybarn Theatre in Plainfield. The original production invites audiences to participate in modern mythmaking through song and story, backed by an illuminated, hand-cranked scroll from papercut artist Jennifer Jones.
New Kids on the Block
Ongoing
Run, don’t walk, to the South Burlington Public Library for Aaron Hurwitz‘s “Goatagraphs II” exhibit. The face-meltingly cute show fills the library’s art wall with a collection of goat portraits taken at New Village Farm in Shelburne, where Hurwitz and his spouse volunteer. No matter your age or interests, one thing is certain: There will be squeals.
Amazing Grace
Thursday 14
The Lake Morey Summer Concert Series continues to bring top-notch musical talent to listeners in Fairlee, this week with Nashville’s Grace Bowers & the Hodge Podge. The prodigious 18-year-old singer-songwriter and guitarist’s meteoric rise appears infinite; her recently released debut album, Wine on Venus, garnered critical acclaim from media moguls Forbes and Rolling Stone.
Can’t Be Topped
Thursday 14
Pioneering pizza purveyor American Flatbread invites friends to the 40th Anniversary Community Fest at its flagship hearth in Waitsfield. The artisanal empire known for its wood-fired pies baked in clay ovens — and for championing the farm-to-table movement before it was cool — celebrates four decades in operation with complimentary slices, live local music, art installations and a bonfire.
Chef’s Kiss
Thursday 14-Saturday 16
Gastronomes, buckle up for A Taste of New England at the Spruce Peak Village Green in Stowe, where the region’s most celebrated chefs unite at an elevated weekend of world-class wines and epicurean delights. The sumptuous culinary experience culminates in a five-course Chef Collaboration Dinner highlighting first-class talents, including three-time “Chopped” winner Evan Hennessey.
Guitar Hero
Friday 15
Alt-rocker extraordinaire Lou Barlow goes solo for a genre-defying concert at Plainfield Town Hall Opera House. A founding member of pioneering groups Dinosaur Jr., Sebadoh and the Folk Implosion, Barlow helped usher lo-fi-style rock music into the mainstream music zeitgeist of the late 1980s and early ’90s.
Toe the Line
Opens Wednesday 20
Canadian-born Kareem Fahmy’s new Vermont-based play A Distinct Society gets its regional premiere at Weston Theater at Walker Farm. The timely and topical production follows an Iranian father and daughter who use Derby Line’s Haskell Free Library & Opera House — a Victorian building that quietly straddles the U.S.-Canada border — as their international meeting place.
This article appears in Aug 13-19, 2025.
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