Through Sept. 3: Month-long show of The Guild of Vermont Furniture Makers. vtartisans.com

Through Aug. 17: 5th Annual Abene African Dance & Drum Festival in Brattleboro and Putney. geocities.com/AfricanDanceVT

Tues/Sat., Aug. 26 & 30: Films from Tajikistan: “Kosh Ba Kosh,” Tues., 6-7:30pm; “Hassan Arbakesh,” Sat., 5-6:30pm. asianculturalcentervt.org/html/events.htm.

Fri., Aug. 29, 8-11pm: After Hours at BMAC. Free admission. Live music, refreshments + art. brattleboromuseum.org

Sat.-Sun., Aug. 30-31: Friends of Music at Guilford Labor Day Weekend Concert/Picnic; fomag.org

Sat.-Sun., Aug. 30-31: 14th Annual Mt. Snow Brewers Festival, at Mt. Snow Resort.

Tues., Sept. 2, 11:45-1:30pm: Windham World Affairs Council, windhamworldaffairs.org

Thurs.-Sat., Sept. 4-27, 8pm: Actors Theatre Playhouse: Terrence McNally's "A Perfect Ganesh". atp@sover.net

Fri., Sept. 5, 5:30-8:30pm: Gallery Walk: gallerywalk.org and Dance Party kick-off of Samurai Kaiju Fest during Gallery Walk at the River Garden; Late show at Latchis 4, 9pm-12:30am vermontsamuraikaiju.org, asianculturalcentervt.org/html/events.htm .

Weekend Sept. 5-6-7: 1st Annual Vermont Samurai Kaiju Festival, vermontsamuraikaju.org: at Latchis, NEYT and Hooker Dunham Theaters - matinees and evening film showings and Town Circus preview; necenterforcircusarts.org

Fri.-Sun., Sept. 12-21: Sandglass Theater's 'Puppets in the Green Mountains': A Festival of Unusual Theater. 10 days of performances from Brazil, Bulgaria, France, Quebec, Sweden, Taiwan. puppetsinthegreenmountains.com

Sat., Sept 13, 5:30-8:30 pm: Mid Autumn Moon Festival, Memorial Park, asianculturalcentervt.org/html/events.htm.

Sat., Sept. 13, 7pm: Pete Seeger, Tao Seeger-Rodriguez, and Guy Davis in Concert at the Latchis: A family concert to benefit New England Farm Relief. strollingof the heifers.com, latchis.com

Tues/Sat., Sept. 16 &20: Films from Uzbekistan: “The Orator,” Tues., 6-7:30pm; “You Are Not An Orphan,” Sat., 5-6:30pm. asianculturalcentervt.org/html/events.htm.

Wed. Sept. 17, 7:30 pm at Brattleboro Museum: 'When Images Speak Louder than Words: The Power of Visual Theater', a symposium of Puppets in the Green Mountains Festival with artists from the visiting international puppet theater companies; sandglasstheater.org

Fri., Sept. 19, 7-9pm: Networking Potluck for Local Artists & Friends at the Brattleboro Museum. brattleboromuseum.org

Tues., Sept. 23: Bus trip to Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, depart 8am return 6pm. brattleboromuseum.org

Fri., Sept. 26, 7:30 pm: Panel Discussion at Brattleboro Museum : The Pre-eminenceof Jules Olitski; Andrew Hudson; brattleboromuseum.org

Fri/Sat., Sept. 26 and 27: Vermont Jazz Center: Tribute to New Orleans, featuring Samirah Evans; vtjazz.org.

Fri-Sun, Sept. 26-28: The Vermont Life Wine & Harvest Festival thevermontfestival.com, Wilmington, VT.

Sat., Sept. 27, 8 pm: Mendelssohn String Quartet, Centre Congregational Church, Brattleboro, bmcvt.org

Sat/Sun., Sept. 27 & 28: Finals of the Mt. Snow USA Cycling Mountain Bike Championships, West Dover, Mt. Snow Mountain Bike Center.
Qualifying rounds: June 27-29.

Sun., Sept. 28, 1-4 pm: Navaratri Dance Festival of India at the River Garden; asianculturalcentervt.org/html/events.htm.

Wed., Oct. 1, 7pm: First Wednesdays Lecture. Brooks Memorial Library. brooks.lib.vt.us.

Fri., Oct. 3, 5:30-8:30 pm: Gallery Walk. gallerywalk.org. Raffle drawing at Brattleboro Museum & Art Center. brattleboromuseum.org

Weekend, Oct. 3-4-5: Brattleboro Literary Festival, brattleboroliteraryfestival.org

Thurs.-Sat., Oct. 9-18, 8pm: Actors Theatre Playhouse: 10-Minute Play Festival. atp@sover.net

Fri., Oct.10, 7:30pm: Sabra Field Artist Talk. brattleboromuseum.org

Sat., Oct. 11: Medieval Faire, The Grammar School, Putney; tgs-putney.org

Sat., Oct. 11, 7:30pm: An Evening with President Harry S Truman. brattleboromuseum.org

Sat., Oct. 11: Sol Y Canto / Noche de Muertos (Night of the Dead), SIT, Brattleboro, bmcvt.org

Sat.-Sun., Oct. 11-12: Putney School Harvest Festival; 43rd Annual Dummerston Apple Pie Festival; Newfane Heritage Festival; Marlboro Meetinghouse Annual Cider Sale. home.svcable.net/festival

Sat.-Sun., Oct. 11-12: 11th annual Oktoberfest / 35th Harvest Art & Craft Show, Mt. Snow Resort.

Sun., Oct. 12, 8pm, Vermont Jazz Center: Miles Davis protégé, Wallace Roney Sextet. vtjazz.org.

Tues/Sat., Oct. 14 & 18: Films from Kyrgyzstan: “Beshkempir,” Tues., 6-7:30pm; “The White Mountains,” Sat., 5-6:30pm. asianculturalcentervt.org/html/events.htm.

Thurs.-Sun., Oct. 16-19 & 23-26: New England Youth Theatre: Glass Menagerie. Thurs., 7pm, Fri./Sat., 7:30pm; Sat./Sun., 3pm. neyt.org

Fri., Oct. 17, 7:30pm: Robert Flynt Artist Talk. brattleboromuseum.org

Sat, Oct. 18, 8 pm: Blanche Moyse Chorale, Centre Congregational Church, Brattleboro, bmcvt.org

Sun., Oct. 19, 1-4pm: Tbilisoba, National Festival of the Eurasian Republic of Georgia hosted by the Asian Cultural Center of Vermont; asianculturalcentervt.org/html/events.htm.

Sun, Oct. 19, 3pm: Blanche Moyse Chorale, Vermont Academy, Saxtons River, bmcvt.org

Thurs., Oct. 23, 7:30pm, Brattleboro Museum: Kim Hartman Colligan on being artist assistant and printmaker for Jules Olitski. brattleboromuseum.org

Thurs., Oct. 23: Childsplay, 4th Annual at the Latchis. latchis.com

Fri/Sat. Oct. 24-25: Dance event at Marlboro College, co-hosted by Vermont Performance Lab; vermontperformancelab.com

Sat., Oct. 25, Vermonster Gala Auction and Dinner, Wilmington, The Vermonsters of Deerfield Valley , Mt. Snow Valley Chamber of Commerce.

Sun., Oct. 26, 1-4 pm: Diwali Indian New Year Festival, 1-4pm at the River Garden; asianculturalcentervt.org/html/events.htm.

Fri., Oct. 31, 8pm: Trio con Brio Copenhagen, Centre Congregational Church, Brattleboro, bmcvt.org

Saturdays, Nov. 1 - Dec. 27: Farmers Market at the River Garden, 157 Main St, downtown Brattleboro; brattleborofarmersmarket.com.

Sat.-Sun., Nov. 1-2, Matinee and Sunday evening: Mongolian Film Festival, Latchis and Hooker Dunham Theaters, asianculturalcentervt.org/html/events.htm

Sat. Nov. 1, 7:30pm. College Gospel Concert benefit, 7:30pm at the Latchis Theatre; latchis.com

Sun., Nov. 2, 2pm: Curator Tour with Mara Williams. brattleboromuseum.org

Wed., Nov. 5, 7pm: Brooks Memorial Library Lecture. brooks.lib.vt.us.

Thurs., Nov. 6, 7:30pm Slide talk: Gordon Hayward on Art & The Gardener, Author Talk & Book Signing. brattleboromuseum.org

Fri., Nov. 7: Gallery Walk; gallerywalk.org

Sat., Nov. 8, 9am-4pm.: Making a Picture Book from Start to Finish Workshop with Linda Lembke. brattleboromuseum.org

Sat., Nov. 8: Friends of Music at Guilford events; fomag.org

Tues., Nov. 11, 5:30pm: BMAC's First Annual LEGO Contest Awards Ceremony. brattleboromuseum.org

Tues/Sat., Nov. 11 & 15: Films from Kazakhstan: “Aksuat,” Tues., 6-7:30pm; “The Land of the Fathers,” Sat., 5-6:30pm. ianculturalcentervt.org/html/events.htm.

Fri-Sun., Nov. 14-15-16, 21-22-23: Thanksgiving Sacred Theatre: Hooker-Dunham Theatre. Luz Elena Morey, hookerdunham.org

Fri., Nov. 21: Windham Orchestra, Vermont Academy, Saxtons River, bmcvt.org

Sat., Nov. 22: Windham Orchestra, Brattleboro Union High School, Brattleboro, bmcvt.org

Nov. 28-29-30: 30th Annual Putney Craft Tour putneycrafts.com

Mon., Dec. 15: Nowell Sing We Clear, at the Latchis. latchis.com

Thu., Jan. 1, 2009, 1-4pm: Shogatsu New Year Festival of Japan, at the River Garden; asianculturalcentervt.org/html/events.htm

Sun., Jan. 29, 1-4pm: Lunar New Year of China, Korea & Vietnam, at the River Garden; asianculturalcentervt.org/html/events.htm

Sun., Mar. 8, 2009, 1-4pm: Hinamatsuri Doll Festival of Japan, at C.X. Silver Gallery; asianculturalcentervt.org/html/events.htm

Fri., Mar. 14, 2009: River Gallery Art School Benefit Auction. rivergalleryschool.org.

Sun., Mar. 22, 2009, 1-4pm: Now-Ruz, Southwest Asia's New Year Festival, at C.X. Silver Gallery; asianculturalcentervt.org/html/events.htm

Sun., May 17, 2009, 1-4pm: Children's Day Festival of China and Japan, at the Kiwanis Pavilion, Living Memorial Park; asianculturalcentervt.org/html/events.htm.