Tracy Silverman Credit: Courtesy of Eric England

It’s Electric

Saturday 4

Andrew Crust, the final candidate for music director of the Vermont Symphony Orchestra, makes his case at the Flynn in Burlington conducting Electric Dreams. This high-energy program includes works by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Canadian composer Jocelyn Morlock and hits its crescendo with a newly commissioned concerto by Latin Grammy Award-winning composer Roberto Sierra, featuring electric violinist Tracy Silverman.

First Language

Wednesday 8
Hanna Leliv, Lada Kolomiyets, Daryna Gladun & Veronika Yadukha Credit: Courtesy

Hanna Leliv, Lada Kolomiyets, Daryna Gladun and Veronika Yadukha, four of Dartmouth College’s visiting Ukrainian writers and translators, make a joint appearance at Norwich Bookstore to read from their work. The evening also features discussions of poetry, language and translation theory.

Stick It to Cancer

Friday 3
Rally Against Cancer Credit: Courtesy of Nich Hall

The University of Vermont’s hockey and basketball teams unite with its cancer center to present Rally Against Cancer, a series of games benefiting research and care. Fans are encouraged to wear lavender and bid on player jerseys at the first game at Burlington’s Gutterson Fieldhouse, where the women’s hockey team will square off against Merrimack College.

Track and Field

Saturday 4
Winter Trees and Tracking Credit: © Denis Trofimov | Dreamstime

Amateur naturalists and community scientists of all stripes team up for Winter Tree and Tracking Bioblitz Day at Green Mountain Audubon Center in Huntington. Led by AmeriCorps member Jacob Crawford, participants take photos of the trees and animal tracks they find in the forest, to be uploaded to iNaturalist.

Snow Burn

Sunday 5
Ice on Fire Credit: Courtesy of Kim Smith

Deep winter gets an injection of heat at Ice on Fire, the Capital City’s annual festival of warmth and whimsy. Visitors at the former grounds of the Montpelier Elks Club enjoy an afternoon of music, storytelling, dance and family activities, capped off by a bonfire at dusk.

Derring Doo-Wop

Sunday 5
Green Mountain Chorus Credit: Courtesy

Vermont’s oldest barbershop-style ensemble, the Green Mountain Chorus, stops by Westford Common Hall. The Winooski-based warblers treat listeners to hits from decades past, ear-tingling harmonies and gleeful shenanigans, while a community pie raffle offers extra, delicious fun.

Floral Imperative

Ongoing
“Sunflowers for Ukraine” by Benjamin Barnes Credit: Courtesy of Nek Artisans Guild

Art lovers already craving the return of spring enjoy “Winter Blossoms,” a group show by Benjamin Barnes, Sachiko Yoshida and Robert Chapla at the Northeast Kingdom Artisans Guild Backroom Gallery in St. Johnsbury. The exhibit features watercolor, oil and acrylic paintings of every flower under the sun.

This article appears in Feb 1-7, 2023.

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Emily Hamilton was the calendar writer at Seven Days and Kids VT July 2021-August 2024. A native New Yorker, she moved to Burlington in March 2020 and, after a year indoors, threw herself wholeheartedly into Vermont's arts and music scene. She's a novelist,...