Island Arts

Alexander String Quartet
2025-06-07 19:00 - 20:45 (America/New_York) | South Hero Congregational Church, 24 South St., South Hero, VT
The Alexander String QuartetDate and Time: Saturday, June 7 2025, 7 PM. ~80 minutes of music, with an intermission. Meet-and-greet with Quartet members post-concert.
Location: Congregational Church of South Hero, 24 South St, South Hero, VT 05486
Tickets: $25 online and at the door, $20 at local outlets. NOTE 6/3: The South Hero, Grand Isle, & North Hero outlets are sold out. Tickets are still available online, and at the door subject to availability.
The Alexander String Quartet stands among the world’s premier ensembles, having performed in the major music capitals of five continents. The quartet has performed at Lincoln Center, the 92nd Street Y, the Metropolitan Museum, Jordan Hall, the Library of Congress, and appeared as guests at universities including Yale, Princeton, Stanford, Lewis & Clark, UCLA, St. Lawrence, and many more. Numerous overseas tours include the U.K., the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Italy, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, France, Greece, the Republic of Georgia, Argentina, Panamá, and the Philippines. The quartet’s extensive recordings have won international critical acclaim.
This ensemble appears in South Hero on June 7. Experiencing an ensemble such as this up close—to see the sweat on their brows—is truly amazing. It is SO unlike the experience in a big concert hall. Not to be missed! The concert may sell out, so please consider getting your tickets now.
The program includes Haydn String Quartet in G major, Op. 77, No. 1; Tarik O’Regan Gradual; and Schubert String Quartet No. 14 in D minor “Death and the Maiden.” https://asq4.com/

WHAT REVIEWERS HAVE SAID ABOUT THE ALEXANDER STRING QUARTET:
“Dream-come-true performances ….” — THE BOSTON GLOBE
“… as ferociously impressive as a small group of precision fighter pilots going through aerial maneuvers at breakneck speeds.” — LOS ANGELES TIMES
“a special privilege to hear the dynamic Alexander performances… — THE NEW YORK TIMES
“They make music with a remarkable joy in playing.” — NRC HANDELSBLAD (The Netherlands)
“…. terrific of tone, virtuosity and balance. The general quality level, as well as all the particulars of communicative virtuosity, place the Alexander Quartet right up there with the best on today’s international scene.” — SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
PROGRAM:
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Tai Chi
2025-06-11 16:00 - 17:00, 2025-06-18 16:00 - 17:00, 2025-06-25 16:00 - 17:00, 2025-07-02 16:00 - 17:00, 2025-07-09 16:00 - 17:00, 2025-07-16 16:00 - 17:00 (Asia/Dubai) | Island Arts Center, 1127 US Rte 2, North Hero, 05474, United States
Tai ChiDate and Time: Every Wednesday from May 28 – September 3, 2025, 4:00pm – 5:00pm
Instructor: Rob Rousseau
Location: Island Arts Center, 1127 U.S. Rte. 2, N. Hero
Tickets: Free, Donations to Island Arts appreciated
Prior to attending class, please call Rob Rousseau to register or for more information at 802-373-0947.
Join us in Tai Chi for health and relaxation. New students are always welcome.Tai Chi is, literally, the connecting of individual energy to the universe energy through a series of movements. Moving simply and letting go of our own blocks allows Chi, or energy, to flow.
QiGong is a method of movement from which Tai Chi and a plethora of other movements have evolved.
Classes held outside weather permitting; otherwise, class will move inside the barn.
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Bird Walk - Landon Community Trail with Maeve Kim
2025-06-14 08:30 - 10:30 UTC | Landon Community Trail, South Hero, 190 West Shore Rd, South Hero, VT, United States
Bird walk – Landon Community Trail with Maeve KimDate & Time: Saturday, June 14, 2025: 8:30am – 10:30am
Location: Landon Community Trail parking lot, South Hero
Instructor: Maeve Kim
Tickets: $10
Explore our woodlands and working farm community trail. We might see several kinds of woodpeckers,
warblers and thrushes, as well as bobolinks in the adjacent field.
Participants age 8* and above is suggested.
* Anyone between 8 and 12 must be accompanied by a parent for the June bird walks.
Photo courtesy of audubon.org
Maeve Kim, Instructor
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"Making Magic with Ken Burns" - Schwab Piano Lecture
2025-06-15 16:00 - 17:30 (America/New_York) | Isle LaMotte Town Hall Community Room, Isle LaMotte, VT 05463, 67 Church St., Isle LaMotte, VT, 05463, United States
“Making Magic with Ken Burns” – A Jacqueline Schwab Piano-LectureDate and Time: Sunday, June 15, 2025, 4 PM. Inside concert
Grounds open at 3:30 for optional picnic on the green before the concert, weather permitting. Bring a chair or blanket if desired.
Location: Island Arts Center, 1127 US Rt 2, North Hero, VT 05474
Tickets: FREE concert for all to enjoy. Registration requested and appreciated but not required.
Pianist Jacqueline Schwab performs her solo program “Making Magic with Ken Burns.” Heard for many years on numerous Ken Burns’ documentaries, in this concert, she will feature pieces from her Burns soundtrack performances—vintage American folk tunes and standards, spirituals, traditional Celtic tunes and more. She will also share some of her own work celebrating cultural diversity, inspired by her work with Burns.
Schwab will speak about the tunes and Burns’ unusual way of working with music—how he inspires emotive performances and uses music to amplify his messages and shed historical light on today’s world. This will be Jacqueline’s first Island Arts appearance. She spins musical stories out of the many strands in the American quilt, with community music-making at their heart.
Her signature playing has been featured in over a dozen Ken Burns’ documentaries, including his Grammy-winning Civil War, Baseball, Lewis and Clark, Mark Twain, The War, and his recently-released Benjamin Franklin, as well as in other PBS documentaries, such as The Irish in America—The Long Journey Home. She has performed at the White House and on national PBS, accompanied Scottish singer Jean Redpath on A Prairie Home Companion, and appeared on the CBS Late Show with David Letterman. She is well known to the traditional dance world for her groundbreaking playing with the Bare Necessities ensemble. Her recently-released solo album––I Lift My Lamp, Illuminations from Immigrant America––celebrates vintage music from American immigrants. She is a graduate of the New England Conservatory’s Third Stream Department (now Contemporary Music) with a degree in piano improvisation. She lives in the Boston area.
Concert Program: http://www.islandarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Program_Schwab_15-June-2025_v1.1-1.pdf
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Handcrafted Greeting Card Workshop
2025-06-18 10:30 - 12:00 UTC | 275 South St South Hero VT, 275 South St, South Hero, VT, United States
Handcrafted Greeting Card WorkshopDate and Time: Wednesday June 18, 2025 10:30am – 12:00pm
Instructor: Pat Brennan
Location: 275 South Street, South Hero, Vermont 05486
Tickets: $12
Enjoy Card Workshops taught by Pat Brennan. An Islander since 1969, Pat
has been giving card classes for five years. She will teach you basic
card-making. At your first class, in addition to the class fee,
you will be required to buy a tool kit ($7) that includes a dispenser with double-sided tape, glue dots, sponge daubers, and a little bling.
At each class, you will receive two kits. Each kit will create a beautiful one-of-kind card with envelope, a card likely to cost $5 or $6 in a store—if you could find one as nice! This is a great opportunity to have fun, learn card-making, and surprise friends and family with beautiful cards.
Please bring scissors if you have them.
Class fee includes 2 card kits per class.
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International Folk Dancing 2025
2025-06-20 09:30 - 11:00, 2025-06-27 09:30 - 11:00, 2025-07-04 09:30 - 11:00, 2025-07-11 09:30 - 11:00 UTC | North Hero House Pier, 3671 US-2, North Hero, VT, 05474
International Folk DancingDate and Time: Friday June 20 – September 26, 2025 9:30 am – 11:00 am
(Check web site as Aug 8+15 may be excluded)
Instructor: Lesley Alpert
Location: North Hero House Pier
3671 US Route 2, North Hero, VT
Tickets: Free, Donations to Island Arts are appreciated
Experience the JOY of community dancing to lively music.
Gentle exercise for body, mind and soul; movement and balance, memory and joy. No experience needed.
No partner needed. Wear comfortable FLAT shoes. Bring your water bottle.
Call 514-476-3418 to register, however drop-ins are also encouraged.
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Summer Solstice Celebration!
2025-06-20 19:30 - 21:00 UTC | 1769 South End RD, North Hero Camp Ingalls, 1769 South End Road, North Hero, VT
Summer SolsticeSummer Solstice Celebration!! With Kim and Bob Muncil
(in partnership with North Hero Parks and Recreation and Island Arts)
Date/Time: June 20, 2025 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Location Camp Ingalls Longhouse
Cost: By donation (cash, venmo, check)
Summer Solstice is one of the great turning points of the year, when the sun is at its peak, and the days abound with promise. Join Kim and Bob Muncil (and other special guests) to celebrate this year’s summer solstice. This celebration will be an experiential event that includes live music, singing, and sun salutations. It will conclude with a relaxing gong sound immersion where participants lie on a yoga mat and let the sounds of the gong wash over them. This is a perfect opportunity to celebrate with our wonderful community welcoming summer to the Islands! And with any luck there will be a beautiful sunset to take in at our conclusion.
Participants should dress in comfy clothes and bring a yoga mat. (Some mats will be available for use).
This event is by donation at the door; cash, check, or venmo. All proceeds will support Island Arts
programming.
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Book Sale & Silent Auction
2025-06-21 11:00 - 15:00 UTC | Isle LaMotte Town Hall Community Room, Isle LaMotte, VT 05463, 67 Church St., Isle LaMotte, VT, 05463, United States
Book Sale & Silent AuctionDate & Time: Saturday & Sunday, June 21-22, 2025; 11 AM to 3 PM, Evan Alsop performs 1 PM to 3 PM June 21Location: Island Arts Center (barn), 1127 U.S. Rte. 2, North Hero, VT 05474Tickets: Free admission. Books by donation.
The book sale will feature more than 3,000 books to cater to every taste. All books are organized by subject for your easy discovery. There are paperbacks, hard-covers, and some beautiful books to display. The subjects are varied and include Fiction, Mysteries, History, Travel, Cooking, Psychology, True Stories, Biographies, and more. Browse at your leisure in the airy space that is the Island Arts Center barn.
Be sure to join us from 1PM to 3PM as we are entertained by singer/songwriter Evan Alsop.
Silent AuctionCome and bid to win multiple gift certificates for local restaurants, pubs, and other attractions locally and in surrounding towns. Other items are to be announced.
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Book Sale
2025-06-22 11:00 - 15:00 UTC | Isle LaMotte Town Hall Community Room, Isle LaMotte, VT 05463, 67 Church St., Isle LaMotte, VT, 05463, United States
Book Sale & Silent AuctionDate & Time: Saturday & Sunday, June 21-22, 2025; 11 AM to 3 PM
Location: Island Arts Center (barn), 1127 U.S. Rte. 2, North Hero, VT 05474
Tickets: Free admission. Books by donation.
The book sale will feature more than 3,000 books to cater to every taste. All books are organized by subject for your easy discovery. There are paperbacks, hard-covers, and some beautiful books to display. The subjects are varied and include Fiction, Mysteries, History, Travel, Cooking, Psychology, True Stories, Biographies, and more. Browse at your leisure in the airy space that is the Island Arts Center barn.
Silent Auction
Come and bid to win multiple gift certificates for local restaurants, pubs, and other attractions locally and in surrounding towns. Other items are to be announced.
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Yin Yoga for All
2025-06-23 09:00 - 10:00, 2025-06-30 09:00 - 10:00, 2025-07-14 09:00 - 10:00 (America/New_York) | 1769 South End RD, North Hero Camp Ingalls, 1769 South End Road, North Hero, VT
Day/Time: Monday 9:00 – 10:00 AM
Date/Location: June 23, 30, July 14, 21, 28, Aug 4, 25 no class July 7
Camp Ingalls 1769 South End Rd, North Hero, VT
Cost: $10 suggested donation at the door (cash, check, venmo)
(In partnership with North Hero Parks and Recreation and Island Arts)
For Beginner, Aging, Active, and Athletic
Yin Yoga is a contemplative practice that targets the connective tissues of the body such as tendons, ligaments, and the deep fascia network. This practice consists of going into a pose, finding stillness, and then connecting to the breath while holding the pose for 3-4 minutes. Most poses are seated poses similar to stretching poses. This is a great practice for people with an active mind as well as an active body. If you are new to yoga this is a wonderful place to start.
A limited number of mats will be available for use.
Bob Muncil
Bob loves fishing and playing pickleball in North Hero in the summertime. He is a certified Yin Yoga and meditation teacher and has experienced the benefits they offer to his aging and athletic body; and for quieting his busy mind. Bob is also an Interventionist and Recovery Coach and has been sober for 31 years. He has made it his mission in retirement to share the benefits of yoga, meditation, and sobriety wherever he goes. Prior to retirement Bob worked for 35 years in the business world.

Kundalini Yoga
2025-06-25 09:00 - 10:30, 2025-07-02 09:00 - 10:30, 2025-07-09 09:00 - 10:30, 2025-07-16 09:00 - 10:30 (America/New_York) | 1769 South End RD, North Hero Camp Ingalls, 1769 South End Road, North Hero, VT
Time: Wednesday mornings 9-10:30

Camp Ingalls:
June 25, July 2, 16, 23, 30, Aug 6, 27 no class July 9
Island Arts Center:
Aug 13, 20
Cost: $15 suggested donation at the door (cash, venmo, check)
Join Kim Muncil for one or all ten Kundalini yoga classes. She will offer a few different themes this year. Her first two classes of the season will focus on the Heart Chakra. Weeks 3-6 will focus on developing a strong mind and nervous system. The final 4 weeks will focus on breath technology. Each class will include breathwork, a yoga set, gong relaxation, and a meditation or chant.
No experience is necessary. A limited number of mats will be available for use.
(In partnership with North Hero Parks and Recreation and Island Arts)
Kim Muncil
Kim is a native of Vermont and returns each summer to North Hero with her husband Bob. She is a 500 hr certified Kundalini Yoga and meditation teacher and a certified Yin Yoga teacher. Her mission is to share the tools of yoga wherever she goes because the practice of yoga (particularly Kundalini Yoga) has had such a positive influence on her life. Prior to retirement Kim taught elementary school for 34 years.

Youthful Circle Family Night Movie
2025-06-27 18:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Isle LaMotte Town Hall Community Room, Isle LaMotte, VT 05463, 67 Church St., Isle LaMotte, VT, 05463, United States
Youthful Circle Family Movie Night
Date & Time: Friday, June 27, 2025; 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Location: Island Arts Center (barn), 1127 U.S. Rte. 2, North Hero, VT 05474
Tickets: Free admission.
Enjoy a family movie night. Bring your favorite snacks, stuffed animals, pillows and blankets.
Island Arts is excited to introduce the Youthful Circle program that begins this summer. This program consists of three free events that will take place at the Island Arts Center barn for kids of all ages and their families, including parents and guardians that are feeling young at heart!
Sara Bullis, a mail carrier and farmer from Grand Isle, will be facilitating these family friendly events once a month beginning in June and if enjoyed more events will be offered next summer and throughout the year.
The Youthful Circle events for this 2025 summer are two family movie nights at the barn on Friday June 27th and August 1st at 6pm. There will also be an Agricultural Craft Day on Sunday, July 27th from 12-2pm with collaboration from the Grand Isle County Farm Bureau.
Email Sara Bullis at saragriswold112@gmail.com if you have any questions about I.A.’s Youthful Circle program.
Thank you!
**This is NOT a chaperoned event – adults must stay with youth during the event**

Mango Jam Vermont
2025-06-28 18:00 - 19:30 UTC | Isle LaMotte Town Hall Community Room, Isle LaMotte, VT 05463, 67 Church St., Isle LaMotte, VT, 05463, United States
Mango Jam Vermont – Free Family Barn DanceDate and Time: Saturday, June 28, 2025, 6 to 7:30 PM. Outside concert. Grounds open at 5:30. Optional picnic on the green. If weather requires, concert will move inside the barn.

Location: Island Arts Center, 1127 US Rt 2, North Hero, VT 05474
Tickets: FREE concert for all to enjoy. Registration requested and appreciated but not required.
Free concert for all. Bring a lawn chair or blanket and enjoy a summer evening overlooking beautiful Lake Champlain. Boogie on the Bayou – the Zydeco and Cajun sounds of Louisiana! Lots of room to dance and space for kids to move around.
Mango Jam Vermont, a six-piece dance band from Burlington, plays straight-ahead Zydeco as well as New Orleans-inspired funk, Reggae, and Ska. Its infectious beats and great sound will get your feet moving. Band members are Gus Ziesing, accordions, saxophones and vocals; Mimi Ryan, alto saxophone, rubboard, and vocals; Peter Riley, bass and vocals; Dennis Willmott, guitar and vocals; Bill Mullins, guitar; Cannon Labrie on Cajun accordion and vocals; and Michael Bradshaw on drums.
Well-behaved pets on leashes are welcome outside.
Laissez le bon temps rouler!
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Film Camp LCATV: Lights, Camera, Action!
2025-07-07 09:00 - 12:00 UTC | Island Arts Center, 1127 US Rte 2, North Hero, 05474, United States
Film Camp LCATV – Lights, Camera, ActionDate: Monday, July 7 through Friday, July 11, 2025, 9 AM to 12 PM
Location: Island Arts Center, 1127 US Rt 2, North Hero, VT 05474
Tickets: FREE. Registration required. For youth 10 to 17 years old.
Join LCATV instructors in the Island Arts Center barn for a week of film-making activities. The camp meets Monday through Friday mornings in the Island Arts Center barn from 9 AM to noon.
Learn basic camera techniques on our HD cameras, and how to edit your projects on Adobe Premiere Pro editing software. Campers will also have instruction on how to use a green screen and a variety of microphones during the week. To round out the week, campers will put their new skills to use by recreating a 2–4-minute scene from a blockbuster film, as part of the Crowdsourced Cinema VT (https://www.mediafactory.org/crowdsourcedvt), a statewide collaborative film project (past films have included Star Wars and Jurassic Park…what will we recreate this year? Sign up and find out!).
This is a collaboration brought to you by Island Arts and Lake Champlain Access Television (LCATV). For more information you can contact Island Arts at 802-372-8889 or Stephanie at LCATV.
Space is limited so sign up is required. Please sign up with Island Arts by calling 802-233-1725 or 802-372-8889.
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Counterpoint Vocal Ensemble
2025-07-11 19:00 - 20:00 UTC | Island Arts Center, 1127 US Rte 2, North Hero, 05474, United States
Counterpoint Vocal EnsembleDate and Time: Friday, July 11, 2025, 7 PM. Inside concert.
Grounds open at 6:30. Optional picnic on the green. Bring a chair or blanket if desired.
Location: Island Arts Center, 1127 US Rt 2, North Hero, VT 05474
Tickets: $25 online and at the door, $20 at local outlets.

Table Upgrades: Reserve a table for seating at $15 for a 2-top, $25 for a 4-top, and BYOB. Table tickets are available online or at the door, first come-first served, and subject to availability. Tables tickets are not available from local ticket outlets.
A concert of unaccompanied choral music performed by the outstanding Montpelier-based chamber chorus Counterpoint, directed by Nathaniel Lew.
As the success of HBO’s “The Gilded Age” shows, the final decades of the 19th century in America continue to fascinate the public. The age of the robber barons was also the peak of the middle-class parlor piano and vaudeville, and saw a flowering of tragic ballads, naive love lyrics, theater songs, and pictures of city life, as well as the first stirrings of Tin Pan Alley.
The concert is a tour of this repertory, in sparking a cappella arrangements that show off what critics have praised as the Counterpoint ensemble’s “clarity, skill” and “sophisticated musical expressiveness.”
The program ranges from the evergreen songs of Stephen Foster (“Beautiful Dreamer”) to Bowery waltzes (“The Sidewalks of New York”), and from sentimental classics like “Home Sweet Home” to comic numbers such as “You’ll Have to Put a Nightie on Aphrodite.”
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Counterpoint was founded in 2000 by legendary Vermont choral conductor and arranger Robert De Cormier. The ensemble performs throughout Vermont and surrounding regions, and has released seven CDs with Albany Records and five more independently.
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Ken Clark Organ Trio - Soul, Jazz, R&B
2025-07-13 19:00 (America/New_York) | Island Arts Center, 1127 US Rte 2, North Hero, 05474, United States
Ken Clark Organ Trio – Soul, Jazz, R&BDate and Time: Sunday, July 13, 2025, 7 PM. Inside concert.
Optional picnic on the green starting at 6:30. Bring a chair or blanket if desired.
Location: Island Arts Center, 1127 US Rt 2, North Hero, VT 05474
Tickets: $25 online and at the door, $20 at local outlets.
Tables: Reserve a table online or at the door at $15 for a 2-top, $25 for a 4-top, and BYOB. Table tickets are only available online or at the door––first come-first served, subject to availability. Tables tickets are not available from local ticket outlets.
The Ken Clark Organ Trio has been performing around New England, the eastern U.S., and internationally for 15 years. This is their first appearance at the Island Arts Summer Festival. “Organist Ken Clark, guitarist Mike Mele, and drummer Steve Chaggaris lean on the beat, (high stepping funk, shuffle boogaloo back beat ballad), build dynamic climaxes sprinkle in jazz solos and deliver the goods. Clark controls the B3 like a master: hip bass lines, sizzling chordal washes, feel-good riffs, funky blues lines and syncopated accents figure in the mix. The groove, the sonic power of the organ and a soulful message are a forceful combination for reaching the people, all the way from the church to the dance floor. Can’t beat the feeling.” ~ Owen Cordle, Jazz Times
“You might be skeptical about listening to a CD without a bass player, but from the opening bars of the first track, school is in session! Organist Ken Clark has a punchy, thick bass tone that rivals Rocco’s, and he grooves like a funky S.O.B. His right hand is pretty happening, too. A must hear for fans of jazzy, funky groove music.” ~ Bass Player Magazine

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Handcrafted Greeting Card Workshop
2025-07-16 10:30 - 12:00 UTC | 275 South St South Hero VT, 275 South St, South Hero, VT, United States
Handcrafted Greeting Card WorkshopDate & Time: Wednesday July 16, 2025 10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Location: 275 South Street, South Hero, Vermont 05486
Tickets: $12
Enjoy Card Workshops taught by Pat Brennan. An Islander since 1969, Pat has been giving card classes for five years. She will teach you basic card-making. At your first class, in addition to the class fee, you will be required to buy a tool kit ($7) that includes a dispenser with double-sided tape, glue dots, sponge daubers, and a little bling.
Please bring scissors if you have them.
At each class, you will receive two kits. Each kit will create a beautiful one-of-kind card with envelope, a card likely to cost $5 or $6 in a store—if you could find one as nice! This is a great opportunity to have fun, learn card-making, and surprise friends and family with beautiful cards.
Class fee includes 2 card kits per class.
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