Combine fall foliage viewing and harvest activities with purchases from local artists across Vermont. Bright yellow signs compete with oranges and reds of October along Vermont's roads enticing visitors to the studios of craftspeople and fine artists across Vermont during the 2018 Fall Open Studio Tour over October 13 & 14. The Vermont Crafts Council is coordinating their event with American Craft Week, a national celebration of craftwork, taking place from October 5 through October 14. The Center for Arts and Learning on Barre Street has several venues to visit. The T.W. Wood gallery is open and showing works by Warren Kimble. Inky Dinky OinkInk is also open with Liz le Serviget working at her Studio and displaying completed pieces in the Lounge. We hope you have the opportunity to visit many artists around Vermont, but will make a special stop to visit Montpelier. Happy Fall!

The “Enchanted Forest” is Montpelier’s night time community celebration of Autumn. Located in historic Hubbard Park, hay wagon rides bring groups of people deep into the park where they are led by guides through candle-lit paths to stages of storytelling, music, fire, and enchantment. It is also the one time of the year park goers get to see Hubbard Park’s 50-foot tower illuminated by fire! Proceeds benefit the Montpelier Parks! Advance tickets are available at the City Clerk's office at Montpelier City Hall. Tickets will also be available at the Montpelier Farmers Market the three weekends before the event (September 29, October 6, and October 13). NO TICKETS WILL BE SOLD AT THE GATE. Tickets: $5 children/$10 adults/$25 family New this Year! Sunday, October 14th from 3:00 - 7:00 we'll be re-lighting the pumpkins and torches for folks to come and experience a self-guided, performance free "enchanted walk" through the park. By donation - give as you are able!

Stay up late with NBNC educators and naturalists as we capture, tag, and release these charismatic pint-sized predators. Good fall weather can yield dozens of migratory Northern Saw-whet Owls at our research station in a single night. We’ll keep the nets open from dusk until the wee hours of the morning, using the Nature Center as our home base for catching some shut-eye before breakfast. Owls and pizza included! A free program for youth/teen birders and naturalists ages 10 and up. Free, but registration required. Participants must bring sleeping bag, sleeping pad, and pillow. Group size limited to 12.

October 10, 11, 12, 16, and 20, 7 - 9 pm Join NBNC biologists as we capture, tag, and release these pint-sized owls. After the birds are released, we will discuss the highlights of recent research at NBNC and across the country, and share what’s been discovered about this mysterious little predator. Program will be cancelled in the event of rain or very high winds. Free and open to all ages. Donations to NBNC encouraged. ***RSVP is required*** RSVP opens September 21st.

LOST NATION THEATER presents DISAPPEARANCES Howard Frank Mosher’s first published novel comes to the stage for the first time in a world-premiere adaptation by Kim Allen Bent. Lost Nation Theater Brings Another Vermont Story to Life with founder & resident playwright Kim Allen Bent’s translation of Disappearances by Howard Frank Mosher. “Rollicking, Boisterous, and Highly Entertaining” is how Harper’s Magazine describes the novel. A teen (“Wild Bill”) & his larger-than-life father (“Quebec Bill”) set out to save the family farm by running Canadian whiskey in Prohibition Era Vermont. On an epic journey through the wilderness, Bill and his father encounter a cast of wild characters—and live out magical escapades as they carve their way into legend. LNT’s production is the first time any Mosher novel has been adapted for the stage