It’s All Downhill
Thursday 15-Sunday 18
Fans of high-octane cycling flood Killington Resort for the Fox US Open of Mountain Biking, a free, four-day bonanza of fearless bike riding. Spectators take in downhill and endurance races of all varieties, watch daredevils defy gravity in the whip competition, and visit the vendor village in between.
Epic Poems
Monday 19
Four Way Books, a nonprofit New York City publisher of poetry and short fiction, launches its fall 2022 list with a virtual authors’ roundtable hosted by Norwich Bookstore. Featured are poet Julia Guez (pictured), whose The Certain Body grapples with the realities of long COVID; Nathan McClain, who unpacks American culture in Previously Owned; Doug Anderson, whose Undress, She Said deals in themes of history and aging; and Daniel Wolff, who takes on our economic moment in More Poems About Money.
Chord Progression
Friday 16
Sarasa Ensemble reclaims 17th-century chamber music for the ladies with Female Torchbearers of the Baroque at the Brattleboro Music Center. The program highlights works by forgotten composers of the period, including Barbara Strozzi, Isabella Leonarda, Francesca Caccini, Antonia Bembo and Elisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, and features vintage instruments like the theorbo, a member of the lute family.
Hanging Out
Friday 16
Heart Song Aerial Healing Arts, a purveyor of therapeutic aerial silk movement sessions, throws a Sparkle Soirée at Burlington’s Railyard Apothecary. Live music and fizzy herbal libations underscore an unbeatable opportunity to try soaring in the silks and unleashing one’s inner muse on the lyre.
Keep the Fall Rolling
Saturday 17 & Sunday 18
One of southern Vermont’s most beloved traditions, the Chester Festival on the Green returns to usher in foliage season with a flourish. The Chester Green fills up with such autumnal delights as sheepdog herding demonstrations, educational beekeeping exhibits, apple cider pressing, pumpkin bowling, live music, and a field full of food and craft vendors.
Rainbow Connection
Sunday 18
The Vermont Pride Festival & Parade 2022 once again fills the streets of Burlington with LGBTQ joy, love and resistance this weekend. Starting with a procession along the Church Street Marketplace and ending with a beautiful blowout at Waterfront Park, the celebration features live music, drag performances, burlesque dancing and more.
Expanding Universe
Ongoing
Shelburne’s Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery presents “Growth Patterns,” a solo show by mixed-media artist Jessica Scriver. Scriver’s background in biology is evident in her colorful, fractal-laden paintings, which recall cells, cities, and all manner of other living things both micro- and macroscopic.
This article appears in The Performing Arts Preview 2022.
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