Hello, Dolly
Friday 4
Catamount Arts’ KCP Presents Series closes out another dynamite season with high-voltage tribute concert “Trailblazing Women of Country Music” at St. Johnsbury Academy’s Fuller Hall. Backed by an all-female band, Grammy nominee Rissi Palmer (pictured) and Nashville’s Kristina Train bring down the house with hits by chart-topping pioneers Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn and Dolly Parton.
See and Say
Ongoing
Gabrielle Dietzel and Howard Norman‘s “Three-Dimensional Collages & Incidents on a Train” exhibit at T.W. Wood Gallery in Montpelier features collages by the celebrated local artist paired with poems by the acclaimed author. The two discuss their innovative visual art and storytelling collaboration at a reception and talk on Friday, April 4.
Spring in Your Step
Saturday 5
Quick, quick, slow, slow! Country-and-western enthusiasts move on down the line to the Mud Boot Shuffle at the Grange Hall Cultural Center in Waterbury Center. Blisterin’ juke-joint band Red Hot Juba light up the room with swinging countrified tunes to chassé those winter blues away. No experience? No problem! The evening begins with an intro lesson for beginners or brushups.
Therefore I Am
Through Saturday 5
Public Philosophy Week continues on its path to enlightenment, drawing introspective Vermonters to talks, panels, screenings and readings across the state. The analytical lineup features topics as eclectic as the ethics of having children, the urban benefits of skateboarding, and a (spoiler-free) discussion of memory and identity in the hit TV show “Severance.”
All Together Now
Sunday 6
Nonprofit arts organization Revels North ushers in sunnier days with the annual Spring Sing concert at its Center for the Traditional Arts in Lebanon, N.H. The spirited celebration of tunes and togetherness features traditional New England-style music master Andy Davis alongside vocalists from the org’s spring chorale workshop, plus plenty of audience participation.
Well Versed
Sunday 6
Vermont poet laureate Bianca Stone, author Chard deNiord and bass clarinetist Toussaint St. Negritude headline Kellogg-Hubbard Library’s PoemCity Book Launch, which includes open mic readings by writers featured in this year’s anthology. The party kicks off the beloved citywide celebration of National Poetry Month that sees more than 300 verses by Vermonters displayed in downtown Montpelier.
Class Act
Monday 7
Northern Stage offers an unmissable Master Class With Caitlin Kinnunen at Barrette Center for the Arts in White River Junction. The Tony Award nominee — and current cast member of the regional nonprofit’s production of Waitress — teaches aspiring actors how to tap into their truest selves and access the emotional depth necessary for a memorable, showstopping performance.
This article appears in The Money & Retirement Issue 2025.
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