Vermont Folklife Center

FROG RUN SAP BEER FEST

Join us on Saturday July 7, 2012 from 12:00pm - 6:00pm at the Fiddlehead Brewing Company in Shelburne, VT for Frog Run Beer Fest—a celebration of Frog Run Sap Beer and the traditional fiddle music of Vermont, New England and Quebec! Free music all afternoon and pints of Frog Run Sap Beer—in special pint glasses with frog logo—available for purchase! Come and hear some great sap beer stories! More information: http://www.vermontfolklifecenter.org/sapbeer/ 

Proceeds will benefit programs and archive at the Vermont Folklife Center.

“A pretty good drink for hayin…”—Edgar Dodge

Sponsored by 7 Days, Essex Resort and Spa, Farmhouse Tap and Grill, Awesome Graphics, Newcomb Graphics and Radiator.

Join us on May 31, 2012 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm for an evening with The New York Times Magazine “Drink” columnist Rosie Schaap. Rosie will read from the Vermont-based chapter of her forthcoming memoir, Drinking With Men. Rosie’s reading will be followed by a question and answer session, and she will be on hand the entire evening to discuss cocktails, spirits, brews and bar culture!

Sap beer will be on tap for tasting!

Tickets are $125, and $100 of the cost is a tax deductible donation to the Vermont Folklife Center. To purchase tickets contact Bob Hooker at (802) 388-4964.

Only 50 tickets available!!

Call Bob Hooker @802-388-4964 for more information and to purchase

Rosie Schaap has been a bartender, a fortuneteller, a librarian at a paranormal society, an English teacher, an editor, a preacher, a community organizer, and a manager of homeless shelters. A contributor to “This American Life” and NPR, she writes the monthly “Drink” column for The New York Times Magazine. Her memoir, “Drinking With Men,” will be published next winter by Riverhead.

GIVE PEEPS A CHANCE!!

Imagine - marshmallow peeps demonstrating on the mall in Washington! This is your chance to bring marshmallow peeps to life in your own diorama and share it with the world! (And we know that Vermonters have wild imaginations.)

You can get the whole family involved in this one! If you want to get a taste (no pun intended) of what we’re talking about, check this out: http://blogs.browardpalmbeach.com/cleanplatecharlie/2011/04/peep_show_marshmallow_easter_chicks_get_around.php

The deadline for submitting entry/registration forms is March 17, 2012. Display opens to the public on March 23, 2012 and runs through April 5, 2012.

Registration form here: http://www.vermontfolklifecenter.org/2012-peeps.pdf

Join the fun! It’s free!

YOU’RE INVITED!!

Eddie Pennington and son will be here Sunday at 7 pm. Eddie is a National Heritage Award winning thumbpicker. Call us now at 802-388-4964 to purchase your tix today. We doubt there will be any tix left to sell at the door. This will be an intimate evening with a thumbpicking guitar genius. A night to remember. We promise