Tai Chi
2025-08-27 16:00 - 17:00, 2025-09-03 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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Spontaneous Evening Under the Stars - 2025
2025-08-27 20:00 - 22:00 (America/New_York) | Orchard Hill Observatory, 70 Poor Farm Rd., Alburgh, VT
Spontaneous Evening Under the StarsDate: Wednesday August 27, 2025 starting at 8:00 PM.
Location: Orchard Hill Observatory, 70 Poor Farm Rd., Alburgh
Tickets: Free event
The Sky is full of surprises, ready for you and your family to enjoy. As stargazing is weather-dependent, if uncertain about the weather conditions for August 26th call 802-238-1664, or email Joe Comeau (jkcomeau@hotmail.com) with the word “Stars” in the Subject line.
Sponsored by Island Arts and the Vermont Astronomical Society.
FREE EVENT!Photo by Greg Rakozy on Unsplash

Wonderful Migratory Birds of the Champlain Islands with Maeve Kim
2025-08-28 18:30 - 19:30 UTC | ZOOM
Wonderful Migratory Birds of the Champlain Islands with Maeve Kim!Date & Time: Thusday, Aug 28, 2025: 6:30pm-7:30pm; Zoom
Instructor: Maeve Kim
Tickets: $10
The Champlain Islands are bursting with birds in August! Year-round birds are here, of course. Birds that nested and raised their young here but go south for the winter are still here. And birds that nested in the far north are beginning to come through our area on their way south. It’s possible to see an extraordinary number of species at this time of year, more than at any other time of the year. We’ll enjoy wonderful photos of just some of this birding bonanza!
THIS IS A VIRTUAL CLASS.
Zoom link will be sent to all registrants the day prior to the class.
Photo courtesy of audubon.org
Maeve Kim, Instructor
Register NowPhoto courtesy of audubon.org
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International Folk Dancing 2025
2025-08-29 09:30 - 11:00, 2025-09-05 09:30 - 11:00, 2025-09-12 09:30 - 11:00, 2025-09-19 09:30 - 11:00, 2025-09-26 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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Top of the Mountain Blues Band
2025-11-08 13:00 - 15:00 UTC | United Methodist Church 67 Church St. Isle LaMotte, VT, United Methodist Church 67 Church St. Isle LaMotte, VT
Top of the Mountain Blues BandDate and Time: Saturday, November 8, 1pmLight refreshments will be served at Intermission thanks to the Isle LaMotte Recreation Committee
Location: Isle LaMotte United Methodist Church 67 Church St. Isle LaMotte, VTCost: Free concert for all to enjoy, Sponsored by Island Arts and the Isle LaMotte Recreation Department.Seating capacity 70, please respond if attending to: recreation@islelamotte.gov
Come join us and your neighbors at a free concert event featuring the Top of the Mountain Blues Band. A recently formed trio of accomplished artist-entertainers:

Marie Ragan. Formerly with the Johnny Cash Tribute Show in Vermont for 6 years, playing the part of June Carter Cash. Marie sang duets with “Johnny ” and also, did some solos as June and as Patsy Cline. In 2019, Marie portrayed Patsy Cline in the play, ” A closer Walk With Patsy Cline” at the Enosburg, Vt. Opera House. It was well attended and well received. The show ran for 4 days. Marie performs at open mics with a group called AdHoc and sings with a group called Seniors sing in St. Albans. You’ll find Marie out supporting local musicians on the weekends when she’s not performing. She thanks you for supporting live and local music.

“Gentleman” Bruce Leclair. Bruce hails from Champlain, NY and has been playing bass and cigar box slide guitar for many years. Bruce played in the Resonators trio with Dennis Willmott and Harpo Mike some years ago. He and John have been a duo for 10 + years. Background vocals are his thing!

John “Mad Dog” Marino. John’s been playing/singing the blues since 1966. Lives around the Lake Placid area and played the Heritage blues fest there, 3 years running. He’s played with Devin Allman, Lewis Walker, the Ink Spots and several other well known artists. He is a master on the harp (harmonica) and plays slide guitars and some mean blues. John and Bruce Leclair have played many venues throughout N Y State over the past 10 years.

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Film Camp LCATV: Lights, Camera, Action!
2026-07-06 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 6 through Friday, July 10, 2026, 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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Peter Pan @ Island Arts
2026-08-03 09:00 - 15:00, 2026-08-04 09:00 - 15:00, 2026-08-05 09:00 - 15:00, 2026-08-06 09:00 - 15:00, 2026-08-07 09:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Island Arts Center, 1127 US Rte 2, North Hero, 05474, United States
Date: Monday August 3, 2026 through Friday August 7, 2026
Time: 9 AM to 3 PM
Location: Island Arts US Rte. 2 North Hero VT 05474

Peter Pan, a FREE Very Merry Theatre Camp at Island Arts in North Hero, VT.
Lots of fun roles for everyone in this VMT original musical! Peter Pan is a live-action fairy-tale masterpiece about a mischievous young boy who can fly and never grows up.
Peter spends his never-ending childhood having adventures on the island of Neverland as the leader of the Lost Boys, interacting with fairies, pirates, mermaids, island animals, and sometimes ordinary children like the Darling Family and especially Wendy.
This is a weeklong camp from Monday August 3 – Friday August 7.
It will look like only one day in your Sawyer registration, but you are enrolling for all five days, Monday through Friday, including the Friday performances.

August 3-7
9am-3pm daily
Final Fri performance at 1:30pm
FREE

For more information on location, visit https://www.islandarts.org/
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You will receive a startup email from Don approximately one week before your program begins.
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Please save and refer to your email order confirmation from Sawyer. It contains valuable information about your program, plus a link to the full order on the Sawyer website.
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Please refer to the order number in any related correspondence (including cancellation requests).
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Contact ben@verymerrytheatre.org if you have questions.

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