Looking for something different to do this winter? Join the Snow Bowl Ski Bum League! Enjoy ski racing on the slopes with family, friends and neighbors. Races are held Friday afternoons beginning January 11th and ending March 29th (10 dates). All skiing levels are welcome. If you’re interested there’s a preseason informational meeting at American Flatbread Thursday, December 6th […]
Heading north this weekend? Stop by Shelburne Farms for a morning of family fun. Come learn how to make easy, holiday goodies to give as gifts, with printed recipes so you can make more at home! Also, create “green” crafts inspired by natural things—like a door decoration made from evergreen branches, or a pencil holder
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Stop by the Sheldon Museum today from 12:00-4:00 p.m. to enjoy carols played on the Sheldon’s 1831 piano, a craft activity, exhibits, a holiday raffle, Christmas cookies, and trains, trains, trains! You can also visit their Wooden Winter Wonderland exhibit featuring Christmas ornaments and carvings by local woodcarver Peter Padua, a private collection of wooden artifacts related to Vermont winter
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Those sneaky Very Merry Middlebury elves are at it again! This time they’ve put together a festive I Spy game around town. To play just hunt for 10 miniature Christmas mice hidden in downtown Middlebury store window displays from Dec 1-Dec 31. Write down where you spotted 6 out of 10 mice and place your answers
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If you’re around Middlebury Saturday morning, take a break from visiting Santa, drinking hot chocolate, and horse-drawn carriage rides to slip inside the Ilsley Public Library for some gingerbread making fun. Families are invited to drop in during Very Merry Middlebury to make their own graham cracker gingerbread houses. Free, open to all ages from 11:00-2:00. For
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Vermont Folklife Center will host an opening reception for the Gingerbread House Exhibit from 4:00 – 6:00p.m. today. The exhibit continues through December 19th. This year, the VFC is partnering with the Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity Middlebury office and asking visitors to bring in non-perishable food items for the food shelf. Exhibit hours: Mon-Sat 10:00a.m. – 5:00p.m.
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Saturday, December 1st is bursting with fun events, but the latest one we’ve come across is sure to be the most delicious! Middlebury Agway is hosting a pancake breakfast from 7-11 a.m. at their Exchange Street store. Expect to find FREE yummy pancakes with syrup, coffee, sausage, dairy products from Monument Farms plus some serious
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Ok, we admit it, sometimes we get a little lazy around here. There’s usually a good reason; the kids have ear infections (again), the dog spread trash across the kitchen (again), dinner’s burning (again), you get the idea… But it’s (nearly) December, so we promise to make this month different. No excuses. We’re calling it our
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Tickets for the Holiday Character Breakfast are now on sale at the Middlebury Inn front desk and going fast! Enjoy delicious pancakes, balloons, coloring and laughs with your favorite holiday character (Mrs. Claus, Christmas Mouse, Gingerbread Man, Snowman, Nutcracker and Elves). Saturday, December 8. Two seatings: 8:30 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. $8 adults, $5 kids 12
