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Lighted Pumpkin
Patch
Oct. 30, 6-8 p.m.

Come celebrate the fall at the
Middlebury pumpkin patch near
Helen Porter Nursing Home. Hot
cider and Halloween cookies will
be served, come add to the display
with your own carved pumpkins.

"Smokey Joe's
Café" at Town Hall
Theater
Oct. 30, 31 and Nov. 1, 8 p.m.,
Nov. 2, 2 p.m.

This hot Broadway musical features
songs from the 50s and 60s by
Lieber and Stoller, and includes
"On Broadway," "Spanish Harlem"
and "Stand By Me." A smokin'
band and the best Vermont talent
promise a fun night going to the
theater. Tickets $15.
Call (802) 382-9222 or email
tickets@townhalltheater.org

"A Wedding to
Die For"
Nov. 1, 7:30 p.m.

A "whodunnit" presented by the
Brandon Town Players, "A Wedding
to Die For" will be performed at the
Brandon Inn. There will be a cash
bar at 5:30 p.m. as well as a buffet
dinner at 6 p.m., before the show.
For more information, call (802)
247-6660 or (802) 345-3033.

Bread Loaf trails
clean-up party
Nov. 1

Volunteers are welcome to come
help the Green Mountain Club
spruce up trails in the Bread Loaf
Section, please contact Chip
Morgan, (802) 388-9868.

Latin American
Novel Lecture
Nov. 5, 5 and 7 p.m.

Amherst professor Ilan Stavans
will give a lecture on Gabriel
García Márquez's "One
Hundred Years of Solitude,"
perhaps the single most
influential novel of Latin American
culture. Ilsley Public Library will be
hosting this event that is
sponsored by the Vermont
Humanities Council.

"Remember
Remember the
Fifth of November"
Nov. 5

Come visit Fort Ticonderoga to
learn about Guy Fawkes Night and
the celebrate this 18th century
historical figure. Details TBA.
(518) 585-2821.
www.fort-ticonderoga.org