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  • Colchester July 4th & Quadricentennial Celebration - Amateur athletes make strides with a fun run, then take in a boat parade, live music and Quad festivities before a fireworks finale. Race, Union Memorial School, 8:15 a.m. Parade, Main Street, 11 a.m. Festivities, Bayside Park, 12 - 9 p.m., fireworks at dusk. Saturday, July 4, 8AM–11PM at Various locations in Colchester. Free. [Holidays]

  • 10th Annual Butterfly Count - Participants spend the day sleuthing the sky for fluttering wings in a predetermined area. Saturday, July 4, 9AM at North Branch Nature Center in Montpelier. $3 donation. [Outdoors]

  • 'Appalachian Trails & Tales' - Join a ranger on this four-mile trek along the nation's most historic long-distance hiking trail, while learning local history. Saturday, July 4, 10:30AM–1:30PM at Billings Farm and Museum in Woodstock. Free. [Outdoors]

  • Ballroom Dance Social - Singles and couples of all ages learn ballroom, swing and Latin dancing. Saturday, July 4, 7–10PM at Jazzercize Studio in Williston. $10-14. [Dance]

  • Brandon's July 4th Celebration - Family fun begins with a town street dance, continues the following day with karaoke, live music, pony rides and a parade with floats, and finishes off with a bluegrass concert, food and fireworks. Activities in Central Park and Park Village. Saturday, July 4, 9AM–10PM at Central Park in Brandon. Free. [Holidays]

  • Burklyn Arts Summer Art Fair - Over 60 Vermont artists share their handmade wonders at a day of outdoor entertainment, including face painting and craft raffles. Saturday, July 4, 10AM–4PM at Bandstand Park in Lyndonville. Free. [Fairs&Festivals]

  • Burlington Cohousing Potluck - Hungry people bring a dish to share as they meet, mingle and learn about collaborative living. Saturday, July 4, 6PM at East Village Cohousing in Burlington. Free. [Etc.]

  • Burlington Farmers Market - Vendors sell everything from fresh fruits and vegetables to ethnic cuisine to pottery to artisan cheese. Saturday, July 4, 8:30AM–2PM at Burlington City Hall Park in Burlington. Free. [Food&Drink]

  • Cabot's 4th of July Celebration - A grand parade, rummage sale, pie-eating contest, games and barbecue create family fun on the anniversary of our independence. Rummage sale, Cabot School Gym, 8 a.m. - 2 p.m., Parade, Main Street, 11 a.m., Barbecue, Cabot Recreation Field, noon. Saturday, July 4, 8AM–5PM at Various locations in Cabot. Free. [Holidays]

  • Capital City Farmers Market - Fresh produce, perennials, seedlings, home-baked foods and handmade crafts lure local buyers throughout the growing season. Saturday, July 4, 9AM–1PM at Capital City Farmers Market in Montpelier. Free. [Food&Drink]

  • Carving Demos - Robert Spear Jr. and Ingrid Brown whittle life-size wooden recreations of birds. Saturday, July 4, 1–3PM at Birds of Vermont Museum in Huntington. $3-6. [Etc.]

  • 'Celebration of the Exploration' - Carnival rides, food booths, live tunes and fireworks abound to commemorate both the 4th and Lake Champlain's 400th in style. Saturday, July 4, 12–9PM at Rouses Point Civic Center in Rouses Point. Free. [Holidays]

  • Champlain Islands Farmers Market - Shoppers browse through a wide selection of local fruits, veggies and handmade crafts. Saturday, July 4, 10AM–1PM at St. Joseph Church Hall in Grand Isle. Free. [Food&Drink]

  • Clarence DeMar Road Race - Runners work their legs in this 5K mad dash to benefit the South Hero Rescue Squad and Green Mountain Athletic Association. Kids can join the chase in a quarter-mile run. Saturday, July 4, 8:30AM at Folsom School in South Hero. $10-13. [Sport]

  • 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' - The big-screen "Sci Fi July" series kicks off with Steven Spielberg's 1977 classic about visitors from outer space who announce their presence with music. Saturday, July 4, 3:30PM at Savoy Theater in Montpelier. $5. [Film]

  • 'Conservation Through the Artist's Eye' - Folks stroll through the Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller Mansion, gazing at landscape paintings by Hudson River School artists and learning how they influenced the development of a conservation ethic. Saturday, July 4, 2:30–4PM at Carriage Barn Visitor Center, Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historic Park in Woodstock. $8. [Etc.]

  • 'Deathtrap' - Ira Levin's simultaneously macabre and comic 1978 play about an author with a tricky case of writer's block is also the longest-running thriller on Broadway. Saturday, July 4, 8PM at Lost Nation Theater in Montpelier. $10-25. [Theater]

  • 'Dyno Shoot-Out Showdown' - Motorcyclists show what they're made of in this prestigious torque contest. Saturday, July 4, 9AM–3PM at Green Mountain Harley-Davidson in Essex Junction. Free. [Sport]

  • Essex Junction 4th of July Celebration - Local cover band Starcrazie rocks out at a community picnic with disc-catching dogs, face painting and a “mini-fun town” for tots. Fireworks at 9:30 p.m. Saturday, July 4, 6–10PM at Maple Street Park in Essex. Free. [Holidays]

  • Fourth of July River Flotilla - At the Main Street Museum’s open house, Vermontophiles offer artistic responses to Calvin Coolidge’s 1928 speech “Vermont is a State I Love.” Hands-free navigators head downstream in rented inner tubes as part of an annual flotilla, then take in a BYO barbecue on the river banks. Saturday, July 4, 1–10PM at Main Street Museum in White River Junction. $5-10. [Holidays]

  • 'Fully Committed' - Sam Lloyd Jr. — he's Ted on "Scrubs" — acts out 40 different characters in this laugh-out-loud, one-man show about a reservations clerk. Saturday, July 4: 3PM, 8PM at Weston Playhouse in Weston. $30-38. [Theater]

  • Fundraising Book Sale - Bibliophiles peruse thousands of novels, CDs and DVDs to find appealing additions to their bookshelves. Saturday, July 4, 10AM–5:30PM at Kellogg-Hubbard Library in Montpelier. Free. [Etc.]

  • Grafton Music Festival - Carnival games, craft stands and local food vendors join area musicians — including Turkey Mountain Window Smashers, the Daniel Timmerman Band, the VSO, Love Bomb and more — for a weekend of tunes. Saturday, July 4, 5–7PM at Various locations in Grafton. Various prices. [Fairs&Festivals]

  • Island Pond July 4th Celebration - Patriotism is celebrated to the nines with an Independence Day parade, pony rides, a canoe race and, of course, booming fireworks at dusk. Saturday, July 4, 9AM–10PM at Gazebo Park in Island Pond. Free. [Holidays]

  • Jeffersonville 4th of July Celebration - The 40th Army Band features patriotic faves — including Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture to firing howitzers — before a dramatic lights display in the night sky. Saturday, July 4, 8–11PM at Village Green, Smugglers' Notch Resort in Jeffersonville. Free. [Holidays]

  • July 4th in Bristol - The small town celebrates the 4th in a big way with music, crafts and a bright lights show ending Friday evening with a bang, followed by an "outhouse" race, themed parade, cotton candy and games the next day. July 3, Town Recreation Field, activities 6 p.m.; fireworks at dusk. July 4, Town Green, race 9 a.m., parade 10:30 a.m., music at noon. Saturday, July 4, 9AM at Various locations in Bristol. Free. [Holidays]

  • Killington 4th of July Celebration - Fire on the mountain? A day of high spirits and swimming comes to a colorful conclusion after a belly flop contest and fireman’s barbecue. Parade, Killington Events Center, 10 a.m.; swimming, Johnson Recreation Pool, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.; fireworks, 9:30 p.m. Saturday, July 4, 10AM–10PM at Various locations in Killington. Free. [Holidays]

  • Lincoln Peak Fireworks - Pyrotechnics displays draw sky gazers to Lincoln Peak. Saturday, July 4, 9PM at Sugarbush Resort in Warren. Free. [Holidays]

  • Middlebury Farmers Market - Crafts, cheeses, breads and fresh veggies vie for spots in shoppers' totes. Saturday, July 4, 9AM–12PM at The Marbleworks in Middlebury. Free. [Food&Drink]

  • Milton Independence Day Celebration - Float riders and marchers line up for a patriotic display featuring decorated bicycles, then take in barbecued birds and a community band concert before evening explosions. Parade starts at the Herrick Avenue School, 10 a.m. Barbecue, Milton Fire Station, 6 p.m. Concert at the Milton Recreation Park, 7 p.m.; fireworks at 9 p.m. Saturday, July 4, 10AM–10PM at Various locations in Milton. Barbeque, $10-12; festivities free. [Holidays]

  • Morristown Independence Day Events - Townsfolk contribute homemade float creations to the street parade, and live music and vendors precede twilight pyrotechnics. Parade at noon. Fireworks, Morristown Elementary School, at dusk. Saturday, July 4, 12–10PM at Various locations in Morristown. Free. [Holidays]

  • Northeast Kingdom 'Vermont Fourth' - This fun-filled fest includes the prerequisite fireworks, as well as chair lift rides, a fiddlers' contest, train rides with political comedian "Danny Gore," a Teddy Roosevelt re-enactor and more. Saturday, July 4, 9AM–9PM at Burke Mountain in East Burke. Free. [Holidays]

  • Northwest Farmers Market - Stock up on local, seasonal produce, garden plants, canned goods and handmade crafts. Saturday, July 4, 9AM–2PM at Taylor Park in St. Albans. Free. [Food&Drink]

  • 'Old Vermont 4th' - Celebrate the 4th the old-fashioned way — with speeches, strawberry ice cream, music, wagon rides and flag making. Saturday, July 4, 10AM–5PM at Billings Farm and Museum in Woodstock. $3-11. [Holidays]

  • 'Old-Fashioned Family 4th of July' - “The world’s shortest parade” kicks off a day of tunes, field games, hayrides and bouncy houses, finishing up with illuminating ’works. Saturday, July 4, 10AM–10PM at Various locations in Stowe. Free. [Holidays]

  • 'Paris 36' - In Christophe Barratier's 2008 French flick, a group of local performers must stand up to the mobster who closed their beloved theater. Saturday, July 4: 1:30PM, 7PM, 9:15PM at Catamount Arts Center in St. Johnsbury. $6.50. [Film]

  • 'Planet of the Apes' - Charlton Heston exhorts "damned dirty apes" to get their paws off him in the 1968 flick about a world where humans live in cages. Don't tell your kids the twist! Saturday, July 4, 11PM at Savoy Theater in Montpelier. $5. [Film]

  • Plattsburg July 4th Celebration - Quadricentennial themes highlight the town parade, then music by local band Angry Neighbors preps folks for colorful explosions. Parade, Wilcox Dock on Cumberland Avenue, 2 p.m. City Beach events, 6 p.m. Fireworks at City Beach, 9:30 p.m.; free for pedestrians, $5 per vehicle. Saturday, July 4, 2–10PM at Various locations in Plattsburgh. Free. [Holidays]

  • President Calvin Coolidge Birthday Celebration - A birthday barbecue follows a wreath-laying ceremony at the grave of Vermont’s “born on the fourth of July” president. Ceremonial march, noon; music festival, 2 p.m. Saturday, July 4, 12PM at Calvin Coolidge State Historic Site in Plymouth. Free. [Holidays]

  • 'Puppets, Masks & Other Transformations' - Young artists craft the creatures of Lake Champlain from recycled materials with ECHO's artist-in-residence Frank Gonzalez. Saturday, July 4, 12–2PM at ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center/Leahy Center for Lake Champlain in Burlington. Regular admission, $7.50-9.50. [Kids]

  • Quadricentennial Indigenous Expressions Celebration - Kids learn what a bola is, make twine like the Abenakis did and play native games. Saturday, July 4: 11AM, 1PM, 2PM, 4PM at ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center/Leahy Center for Lake Champlain in Burlington. $7.50-9.50. [Kids]

  • Quadricentennial Symposium - The four-day scholarly event includes over 30 speakers and workshops about the last four centuries of Franco-American presence in the New World. Saturday, July 4, 8AM–8PM at Champlain College in Burlington. $200. [Etc.]

  • Queen City Harborwalk - From the creators of Queen City Ghostwalk comes an informative walking tour of Burlington's waterfront district. Saturday, July 4: 3PM, 7PM at Waterfront Park in Burlington. $12. [Outdoors]

  • Randolph 4th of July Parade - Folks reflect on what it takes to make a life in the Green Mountain state in a “Making it in Vermont” promenade down Merchants Row, filled with creatively crafted floats, music by the Panhandlers and RUHS Junk Band, an art bus and more. Saturday, July 4, 10AM at Various locations in Randolph. Free. [Holidays]

  • Raymonde Litalien - The honorary archivist of Canada breaks down a timeline of the past in "Historical Antecedents of Lake Champlain's Exploration." Saturday, July 4, 2–3:15PM at Alumni Auditorium, Champlain College in Burlington. Free. [Talks]

  • Richmond 4th of July Festivities - Residents beat a path through town on a fun run and community parade, followed by old-fashioned games, pony rides, a dog agility demo and fireworks in the park. Parade starts at East Main Street, 10:30 a.m. Fair, Volunteers Green, following parade. Fireworks at 9:30 p.m. Saturday, July 4, 10:30AM–10PM at Various locations in Richmond. Free. [Holidays]

  • 'Rose' & 'Seven Jewish Children: A Play for Gaza' - Two provocative plays probe the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in a double-bill performance. Saturday, July 4, 7:30PM at Unadilla Theater in Marshfield. Donations accepted. [Theater]

  • 'Round & Round the Garden' - Believing it's his mission to shower women with love, hapless Norman attempts to romance his sister-in-law, brother-in-law's wife and his own wife in this lively British farce. Saturday, July 4, 8PM at Depot Theatre in Westport. $15-25. [Theater]

  • Rutland 4th of July Celebration - Patriots give a hip-hip-hurrah! for independence with booming noises and flashing lights in the darkening sky. Saturday, July 4, 9:45PM at Vermont State Fair Grounds in Rutland. Free. [Holidays]

  • 'Savor Burlington' - Vermont Farm Tours takes foodies on a tasty search for great eats at the farmers market, artisan food shops, restaurants and more. Saturday, July 4, 10AM–1PM at Burlington City Hall Park in Burlington. $65. [Food&Drink]

  • Shelburne Farmers Market - Harvested fruits and greens, artisan cheeses and local novelties grace outdoor tables at a presentation of the season's best. Saturday, July 4, 9AM–1PM at Shelburne Parade Ground in Shelburne. Free. [Food&Drink]

  • St. Johnsbury-Caledonia Farmers Market - Folks browse through local baked goods, handmade crafts and fresh produce. Saturday, July 4, 9AM–1PM at St. Johnsbury Farmers Market in St. Johnsbury. Free. [Food&Drink]

  • 'Talley's Folly' - The Pulitzer Prize-winning play, considered by many to be one of the "sweetest plays ever written," follows two young lovers on July 4, 1944, as they try to overcome family bigotry and dark secrets. Saturday, July 4: 2PM, 8PM at McCarthy Arts Center, St. Michael's College in Colchester. $31-34. [Theater]

  • 'The Class' - Middlebury Language Schools presents Laurent Cantet's Palme d'Or-winning French flick about a teacher at an inner-city high school as part of their International Film Festival. Saturday, July 4: 7PM, 9:30PM at Dana Auditorium, Sunderland Language Center, Middlebury College in Middlebury. Free. [Film]

  • 'The King & I' - More than 80 area youths present Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical in which an English widow and her son move to the Royal Palace in Bangkok. Saturday, July 4, 7PM at Chandler Music Hall in Randolph. $10-15. [Theater]

  • The Lois McClure - The full-scale replica of the 1862 canal boat General Butler and the flagship schooner of the quad drops anchor for folks' viewing pleasure. Saturday, July 4, 10AM–5PM at Bayside Park, Malletts Bay in Colchester. Free. [Etc.]

  • Vermont Fourth - This two-day fest includes the town's 39th summer craft fair, fireworks on Burke Mountain, chair-lift rides, open-air music, a strawberry shortcake barbecue and more. Music and entertainment at Lyndon State College, July 3, noon - 10 p.m., craft fair, Saturday, July 4, 10 a.m. -4p.m. at Bandstand Park. Saturday, July 4, 8AM–10PM at Lyndon State College in Lyndonville. Free. [Holidays]

  • Village-Wide Garage Sale - A town sorts out its nonessentials and offers them up to passersby looking for secondhand gizmos. Saturday, July 4, 8AM at Various locations in Rouses Point. Free. [Etc.]

  • Waitsfield Farmers Market - Local bands enliven an outdoor outlet for homegrown herbs, flowers and fruits, and handmade breads, cheeses and syrups. Saturday, July 4, 9AM–1PM at Mad River Green in Waitsfield. Free. [Food&Drink]

  • 'Waking Up to Emptiness' - Buddhist nun Venerable Amy Miller explores the nature of reality in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition in this weekend workshop celebrating "Interdependence Day" as well as the Dalai Lama's birthday. Saturday, July 4, 8AM–10PM at Milarepa Center in Barnet. Donations accepted. [Talks]

  • Walk/Run & Fun Run - Athletes pound a challenging path through Woodstock, finishing at the Middle Bridge, as kids traverse a loop around the green at the 33rd John Langhans Green Seven Mile Road Run/Walk. Saturday, July 4, 8:30AM at Woodstock Village Green in Woodstock. $23-25. [Sport]

  • Wardsboro 4th of July Street Fair & Parade - As many as 5000 visitors join this small town annually for the oldest Independence Day parade in the state, replete with crafts and antiques booths, floats, marching bands, a flower show, barbecue eats and more. Saturday, July 4, 8AM–3PM at Various locations in Wardsboro. Donations accepted. [Holidays]

  • Warren July 4th Parade - For the 61st consecutive year, a cannon shot initiates one of the state’s largest parades, followed by a street dance, food and festivities. Parade, Main Street, 10 a.m.; activities and live music at Brook’s Field, starting at noon; and Lincoln Peak Base Area, noon – 9 p.m., fireworks at 9:30 p.m. Saturday, July 4, 10AM–10PM at Various locations in Warren. $1. [Holidays]

  • Westford's 4th of July Celebration - Hot dogs, hamburgers and strawberry shortcake plump up dancers for a rock concert by local bands. Those too shy to shake it can try to sink a dunk booth’s denizen instead. Saturday, July 4, 11AM–1PM at Westford Common in Westford. Free. [Holidays]

  • Williston Farmers Market - Shoppers seek prepared foods and unadorned produce at a weekly open-air affair. Saturday, July 4, 10AM–12PM at Town Green in Williston. Free. [Food&Drink]

  • Woden Teachout - The historian and author of Capture the Flag: A Political History of American Patriotism explains the symbolic weave of the red, white and blue. Saturday, July 4, 7PM at Briggs Carriage Bookstore in Brandon. Free. [Words]

  • Woodstock July 4th Celebration - Pentangle Arts presents fire spinners, a flag ceremony and a concert featuring Vermont’s biggest steel drum band, The Panhandlers; then listeners turn their attention to a show in the sky. Saturday, July 4, 6–10PM at Woodstock Union High School in Woodstock. Parking by donation. [Holidays]

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  • Burklyn Arts Summer Art Fair - Over 60 Vermont artists share their handmade wonders at a day of outdoor entertainment, including face painting and craft raffles. Saturday, July 4, 10AM–4PM at Bandstand Park in Lyndonville. Free.

  • Grafton Music Festival - Carnival games, craft stands and local food vendors join area musicians — including Turkey Mountain Window Smashers, the Daniel Timmerman Band, the VSO, Love Bomb and more — for a weekend of tunes. Saturday, July 4, 5–7PM at Various locations in Grafton. Various prices.

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  • 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' - The big-screen "Sci Fi July" series kicks off with Steven Spielberg's 1977 classic about visitors from outer space who announce their presence with music. Saturday, July 4, 3:30PM at Savoy Theater in Montpelier. $5.

  • 'Paris 36' - In Christophe Barratier's 2008 French flick, a group of local performers must stand up to the mobster who closed their beloved theater. Saturday, July 4: 1:30PM, 7PM, 9:15PM at Catamount Arts Center in St. Johnsbury. $6.50.

  • 'Planet of the Apes' - Charlton Heston exhorts "damned dirty apes" to get their paws off him in the 1968 flick about a world where humans live in cages. Don't tell your kids the twist! Saturday, July 4, 11PM at Savoy Theater in Montpelier. $5.

  • 'The Class' - Middlebury Language Schools presents Laurent Cantet's Palme d'Or-winning French flick about a teacher at an inner-city high school as part of their International Film Festival. Saturday, July 4: 7PM, 9:30PM at Dana Auditorium, Sunderland Language Center, Middlebury College in Middlebury. Free.

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  • Colchester July 4th & Quadricentennial Celebration - Amateur athletes make strides with a fun run, then take in a boat parade, live music and Quad festivities before a fireworks finale. Race, Union Memorial School, 8:15 a.m. Parade, Main Street, 11 a.m. Festivities, Bayside Park, 12 - 9 p.m., fireworks at dusk. Saturday, July 4, 8AM–11PM at Various locations in Colchester. Free.

  • Brandon's July 4th Celebration - Family fun begins with a town street dance, continues the following day with karaoke, live music, pony rides and a parade with floats, and finishes off with a bluegrass concert, food and fireworks. Activities in Central Park and Park Village. Saturday, July 4, 9AM–10PM at Central Park in Brandon. Free.

  • Cabot's 4th of July Celebration - A grand parade, rummage sale, pie-eating contest, games and barbecue create family fun on the anniversary of our independence. Rummage sale, Cabot School Gym, 8 a.m. - 2 p.m., Parade, Main Street, 11 a.m., Barbecue, Cabot Recreation Field, noon. Saturday, July 4, 8AM–5PM at Various locations in Cabot. Free.

  • 'Celebration of the Exploration' - Carnival rides, food booths, live tunes and fireworks abound to commemorate both the 4th and Lake Champlain's 400th in style. Saturday, July 4, 12–9PM at Rouses Point Civic Center in Rouses Point. Free.

  • Essex Junction 4th of July Celebration - Local cover band Starcrazie rocks out at a community picnic with disc-catching dogs, face painting and a “mini-fun town” for tots. Fireworks at 9:30 p.m. Saturday, July 4, 6–10PM at Maple Street Park in Essex. Free.

  • Fourth of July River Flotilla - At the Main Street Museum’s open house, Vermontophiles offer artistic responses to Calvin Coolidge’s 1928 speech “Vermont is a State I Love.” Hands-free navigators head downstream in rented inner tubes as part of an annual flotilla, then take in a BYO barbecue on the river banks. Saturday, July 4, 1–10PM at Main Street Museum in White River Junction. $5-10.

  • Island Pond July 4th Celebration - Patriotism is celebrated to the nines with an Independence Day parade, pony rides, a canoe race and, of course, booming fireworks at dusk. Saturday, July 4, 9AM–10PM at Gazebo Park in Island Pond. Free.

  • Jeffersonville 4th of July Celebration - The 40th Army Band features patriotic faves — including Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture to firing howitzers — before a dramatic lights display in the night sky. Saturday, July 4, 8–11PM at Village Green, Smugglers' Notch Resort in Jeffersonville. Free.

  • July 4th in Bristol - The small town celebrates the 4th in a big way with music, crafts and a bright lights show ending Friday evening with a bang, followed by an "outhouse" race, themed parade, cotton candy and games the next day. July 3, Town Recreation Field, activities 6 p.m.; fireworks at dusk. July 4, Town Green, race 9 a.m., parade 10:30 a.m., music at noon. Saturday, July 4, 9AM at Various locations in Bristol. Free.

  • Killington 4th of July Celebration - Fire on the mountain? A day of high spirits and swimming comes to a colorful conclusion after a belly flop contest and fireman’s barbecue. Parade, Killington Events Center, 10 a.m.; swimming, Johnson Recreation Pool, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.; fireworks, 9:30 p.m. Saturday, July 4, 10AM–10PM at Various locations in Killington. Free.

  • Lincoln Peak Fireworks - Pyrotechnics displays draw sky gazers to Lincoln Peak. Saturday, July 4, 9PM at Sugarbush Resort in Warren. Free.

  • Milton Independence Day Celebration - Float riders and marchers line up for a patriotic display featuring decorated bicycles, then take in barbecued birds and a community band concert before evening explosions. Parade starts at the Herrick Avenue School, 10 a.m. Barbecue, Milton Fire Station, 6 p.m. Concert at the Milton Recreation Park, 7 p.m.; fireworks at 9 p.m. Saturday, July 4, 10AM–10PM at Various locations in Milton. Barbeque, $10-12; festivities free.

  • Morristown Independence Day Events - Townsfolk contribute homemade float creations to the street parade, and live music and vendors precede twilight pyrotechnics. Parade at noon. Fireworks, Morristown Elementary School, at dusk. Saturday, July 4, 12–10PM at Various locations in Morristown. Free.

  • Northeast Kingdom 'Vermont Fourth' - This fun-filled fest includes the prerequisite fireworks, as well as chair lift rides, a fiddlers' contest, train rides with political comedian "Danny Gore," a Teddy Roosevelt re-enactor and more. Saturday, July 4, 9AM–9PM at Burke Mountain in East Burke. Free.

  • 'Old Vermont 4th' - Celebrate the 4th the old-fashioned way — with speeches, strawberry ice cream, music, wagon rides and flag making. Saturday, July 4, 10AM–5PM at Billings Farm and Museum in Woodstock. $3-11.

  • 'Old-Fashioned Family 4th of July' - “The world’s shortest parade” kicks off a day of tunes, field games, hayrides and bouncy houses, finishing up with illuminating ’works. Saturday, July 4, 10AM–10PM at Various locations in Stowe. Free.

  • Plattsburg July 4th Celebration - Quadricentennial themes highlight the town parade, then music by local band Angry Neighbors preps folks for colorful explosions. Parade, Wilcox Dock on Cumberland Avenue, 2 p.m. City Beach events, 6 p.m. Fireworks at City Beach, 9:30 p.m.; free for pedestrians, $5 per vehicle. Saturday, July 4, 2–10PM at Various locations in Plattsburgh. Free.

  • President Calvin Coolidge Birthday Celebration - A birthday barbecue follows a wreath-laying ceremony at the grave of Vermont’s “born on the fourth of July” president. Ceremonial march, noon; music festival, 2 p.m. Saturday, July 4, 12PM at Calvin Coolidge State Historic Site in Plymouth. Free.

  • Randolph 4th of July Parade - Folks reflect on what it takes to make a life in the Green Mountain state in a “Making it in Vermont” promenade down Merchants Row, filled with creatively crafted floats, music by the Panhandlers and RUHS Junk Band, an art bus and more. Saturday, July 4, 10AM at Various locations in Randolph. Free.

  • Richmond 4th of July Festivities - Residents beat a path through town on a fun run and community parade, followed by old-fashioned games, pony rides, a dog agility demo and fireworks in the park. Parade starts at East Main Street, 10:30 a.m. Fair, Volunteers Green, following parade. Fireworks at 9:30 p.m. Saturday, July 4, 10:30AM–10PM at Various locations in Richmond. Free.

  • Rutland 4th of July Celebration - Patriots give a hip-hip-hurrah! for independence with booming noises and flashing lights in the darkening sky. Saturday, July 4, 9:45PM at Vermont State Fair Grounds in Rutland. Free.

  • Vermont Fourth - This two-day fest includes the town's 39th summer craft fair, fireworks on Burke Mountain, chair-lift rides, open-air music, a strawberry shortcake barbecue and more. Music and entertainment at Lyndon State College, July 3, noon - 10 p.m., craft fair, Saturday, July 4, 10 a.m. -4p.m. at Bandstand Park. Saturday, July 4, 8AM–10PM at Lyndon State College in Lyndonville. Free.

  • Wardsboro 4th of July Street Fair & Parade - As many as 5000 visitors join this small town annually for the oldest Independence Day parade in the state, replete with crafts and antiques booths, floats, marching bands, a flower show, barbecue eats and more. Saturday, July 4, 8AM–3PM at Various locations in Wardsboro. Donations accepted.

  • Warren July 4th Parade - For the 61st consecutive year, a cannon shot initiates one of the state’s largest parades, followed by a street dance, food and festivities. Parade, Main Street, 10 a.m.; activities and live music at Brook’s Field, starting at noon; and Lincoln Peak Base Area, noon – 9 p.m., fireworks at 9:30 p.m. Saturday, July 4, 10AM–10PM at Various locations in Warren. $1.

  • Westford's 4th of July Celebration - Hot dogs, hamburgers and strawberry shortcake plump up dancers for a rock concert by local bands. Those too shy to shake it can try to sink a dunk booth’s denizen instead. Saturday, July 4, 11AM–1PM at Westford Common in Westford. Free.

  • Woodstock July 4th Celebration - Pentangle Arts presents fire spinners, a flag ceremony and a concert featuring Vermont’s biggest steel drum band, The Panhandlers; then listeners turn their attention to a show in the sky. Saturday, July 4, 6–10PM at Woodstock Union High School in Woodstock. Parking by donation.

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  • Clarence DeMar Road Race - Runners work their legs in this 5K mad dash to benefit the South Hero Rescue Squad and Green Mountain Athletic Association. Kids can join the chase in a quarter-mile run. Saturday, July 4, 8:30AM at Folsom School in South Hero. $10-13.

  • 'Dyno Shoot-Out Showdown' - Motorcyclists show what they're made of in this prestigious torque contest. Saturday, July 4, 9AM–3PM at Green Mountain Harley-Davidson in Essex Junction. Free.

  • Walk/Run & Fun Run - Athletes pound a challenging path through Woodstock, finishing at the Middle Bridge, as kids traverse a loop around the green at the 33rd John Langhans Green Seven Mile Road Run/Walk. Saturday, July 4, 8:30AM at Woodstock Village Green in Woodstock. $23-25.

Talks (2)

  • Raymonde Litalien - The honorary archivist of Canada breaks down a timeline of the past in "Historical Antecedents of Lake Champlain's Exploration." Saturday, July 4, 2–3:15PM at Alumni Auditorium, Champlain College in Burlington. Free.

  • 'Waking Up to Emptiness' - Buddhist nun Venerable Amy Miller explores the nature of reality in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition in this weekend workshop celebrating "Interdependence Day" as well as the Dalai Lama's birthday. Saturday, July 4, 8AM–10PM at Milarepa Center in Barnet. Donations accepted.

Theater (6)

  • 'Deathtrap' - Ira Levin's simultaneously macabre and comic 1978 play about an author with a tricky case of writer's block is also the longest-running thriller on Broadway. Saturday, July 4, 8PM at Lost Nation Theater in Montpelier. $10-25.

  • 'Fully Committed' - Sam Lloyd Jr. — he's Ted on "Scrubs" — acts out 40 different characters in this laugh-out-loud, one-man show about a reservations clerk. Saturday, July 4: 3PM, 8PM at Weston Playhouse in Weston. $30-38.

  • 'Rose' & 'Seven Jewish Children: A Play for Gaza' - Two provocative plays probe the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in a double-bill performance. Saturday, July 4, 7:30PM at Unadilla Theater in Marshfield. Donations accepted.

  • 'Round & Round the Garden' - Believing it's his mission to shower women with love, hapless Norman attempts to romance his sister-in-law, brother-in-law's wife and his own wife in this lively British farce. Saturday, July 4, 8PM at Depot Theatre in Westport. $15-25.

  • 'Talley's Folly' - The Pulitzer Prize-winning play, considered by many to be one of the "sweetest plays ever written," follows two young lovers on July 4, 1944, as they try to overcome family bigotry and dark secrets. Saturday, July 4: 2PM, 8PM at McCarthy Arts Center, St. Michael's College in Colchester. $31-34.

  • 'The King & I' - More than 80 area youths present Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical in which an English widow and her son move to the Royal Palace in Bangkok. Saturday, July 4, 7PM at Chandler Music Hall in Randolph. $10-15.

Words (1)

  • Woden Teachout - The historian and author of Capture the Flag: A Political History of American Patriotism explains the symbolic weave of the red, white and blue. Saturday, July 4, 7PM at Briggs Carriage Bookstore in Brandon. Free.

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Burlington Area (25)

  • 'A Beckoning Country: Art and Objects from the Lake Champlain Valley', Fleming Museum, UVM, Burlington. In celebration of the quadricentennial anniversary of Samuel de Champlain's arrival to the lake that bears his name, the works in this exhibit examine the features of the Champlain Valley landscape through objects and art created from and inspired by it since pre-European contact.

  • 'Art of Vermont', McCarthy Arts Center Gallery, St. Michael's College, Colchester. Artworks by some of the area's best artists past and present that celebrate the state, and are owned by the State of Vermont, are touring this summer.

  • Bill Davison, Firehouse Center for the Visual Arts, Burlington. "Vestiges/Hues/Fragments," the retired UVM printmaker shows works from his "Lake Champlain Duck Hunting" series.

  • Randy Allen, Artpath Gallery, Burlington. "Landscapes as Metaphor," paintings; Maggie Neale: "Stimulus in Paint," paintings; Jack Sabon: "Contemporary Native Work"; and Axel Stohlberg: "Night Drawings."

  • Aimee Daniel, CCV Burlington Cherry Pit Gallery, Burlington. "Digital Manipulations," digital photography that transforms the everyday into patterns of light and shadow.

  • Anne McKenna, The Joy Gallery, Burlington. "Beauty," abstract paintings.

  • 'Blue Cross Blue Shield: Celebrating 400 Years of Health Care', Metropolitan Gallery, Burlington City Hall, Burlington. An exhibit examining the development of health care in Vermont reaching back to the 17th century features medical artifacts, implements and historical information.

  • Bonnie Anderson, CarShare Vermont, Burlington. Acrylic paintings and prints with images from Burlington and travels beyond.

  • 'Buffalo Soldiers in Vermont', Fleming Museum, UVM, Burlington. Rare historic photographs of African American army soldiers who fought in several wars for their country, including the 10th Cavalry Unit that marched into Vermont in 1909; the exhibit marks the centennial of that march.

  • 'Death Sex Disco', Sanctuary Artsite, Burlington. This group show represents the culmination of two months' exploration with the two-dimensional world of screen printing via the teachings and tools of the Iskra Print Collective.

  • 'Designing for the Environment', TruexCullins Architecture & Interior Design, Burlington. An anniversary exhibit of display boards that illustrates the company's commitment to sustainable design with projects spanning four decades.

  • 'Drawings to Save Your Skin', Community College of Vermont, Burlington. In the school's Pearl Gallery, a group show of works on paper that illustrate the line between tension and liberation.

  • Elizabeth Billings, Fleming Museum, UVM, Burlington. "The Ties That Bind," ikat weavings with embroidered text from the Vermont artist's Handprint Series, as well as a large weaving of twigs from local trees.

  • 'Full Throttle: Vintage Motorcycles, Custom Choppers and Racing Machines', Shelburne Museum, Shelburne. A showcase of the art and design of America's favorite two-wheeled ride, from classic choppers to racing bikes; 'The Bright and Shining Light of Irreverence: Richard Saja and the Historically Inaccurate School': The New York textiles designer transforms the Kalkin House into a 19th-century painter's salon with his trademark embroidered toile, embellished pillows and subversive take on decorative arts; 'Piecing Together the Past: The Quilts of Florence Peto': An exhibit of quilts from the former collector and quilter (1880-1970) who inspired museum founder Electra Havemeyer Webb; 'In the Eye of the Beholder: Selections of American and European Art from the Theodore H. Church Collection': Paintings and drawings, primarily from the 19th century, that offer a window into the personal nature of collecting; and 'Patty Yoder: Rugs of the Black House Farm': From one of the most acclaimed rug hookers (1943-2005), this exhibit includes rugs from her series "The Alphabet of Sheep."

  • Jude Bond, 215 College Artists' Cooperative, Burlington. "Beyond the Inland Sea," mixed-media artworks that explore the prehistory and history of the Champlain Basin. A 7-by-11-foot hand-painted canvas backdrop is included; visitors can dress up with provided costumes and props and pose in front of it for a camera.

  • Kate Longmaid, The Men's Room, Burlington. "Intimate Portraits," recent works by the Burlington artist.

  • Leunig's Group Show, Leunig's, Burlington. Artwork by past and present "regulars" depicts the iconic bistro in multiple media.

  • 'Louis Comfort Tiffany: Nature by Design', Shelburne Museum, Shelburne. More than 50 works, including jewelry, lamps, stained glass and furniture, explore the oeuvre of the famous designer within the context of the art-nouveau style and the aesthetic movement.

  • Marcel Donaj, Viva Espresso, Burlington. Twenty-five black-and-white photographs of automobiles, focusing on mood, shadow, reflection, texture and form.

  • Ned Castle, ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center/Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington. "Indigenous Expressions," black-and-white photographs of regional native identities, defined from the perspective of the subjects, with archival pigments on fine-art paper.

  • NVAA Group Show, Red Square, Burlington. Members of the Northern Vermont Artists Association share an exhibit in various media.

  • 'Outside the Box', Phoenix Books, Essex. A group show of multiple media by members of the Essex Art League

  • Suchetha Pradhu, Essex Town Offices, Essex. The member of the Essex Art League shows her works.

  • The Maltex Building, The Maltex Building, Burlington. All four floors of this post-industrial building are curated by Burlington City Arts with a group of artists in multiple media.

  • 'The World of Roland Rochette', Burlington City Hall, Burlington. Paintings by the untrained artist, a Canadian-turned-Vermonter who died at age 98 in 1986, feature the animals, landscape, architecture and daily life around his home in Greensboro Bend, and incorporate natural elements found in the area. In connection with the Quadricentennial and the GRACE program, his works are on view in the third-floor gallery.

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