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  • 'A Year with Frog & Toad' - Young theatergoers follow two friends, cheerful Frog and grumpy Toad, on their seasonal adventures, based on the book by Arnold Lobel. Friday, July 3, 11AM at McCarthy Arts Center, St. Michael's College in Colchester. $9. [Kids]

  • Ballroom Dance Social - Singles and couples of all ages learn ballroom, swing and Latin dancing. Friday, July 3, 7–10PM at Jazzercize Studio in Williston. $10-14. [Dance]

  • Bird Walk - Participants in the Youth Birding Program scour the skies for a glimpse of some of the 100 flying species on the property. Friday, July 3, 7–8:30AM at North Branch Nature Center in Montpelier. Free. [Kids]

  • Blues for Breakfast - Smooth jazzy tunes enliven the waves of the lake, as do some colorful Independence Day fireworks. Boarding at 7 p.m.; show starts at 7:30. Friday, July 3, 7:30–11PM at Northern Lights Cruise Boat in Burlington. $25 includes buffet. [Holidays]

  • 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. Friday, July 3, 6–9PM at Central Park in Brandon. Free. [Holidays]

  • 'Bus Stop' - A blizzard strands eight unlikely folks in a Kansas diner in William Inge's romantic comedy. Friday, July 3, 8PM at Pendragon Theater in Saranac Lake. $10-20. [Theater]

  • '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. Friday, July 3, 12–9PM at Rouses Point Civic Center in Rouses Point. Free. [Holidays]

  • Charlotte Farmers Market - Farmers within 10 miles of the park share their bountiful homegrown goods with neighbors as they hike and picnic nearby. Friday, July 3, 3:30–6:30PM at Mt. Philo State Park in Charlotte. Free. [Food&Drink]

  • '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. Friday, July 3, 11PM at Savoy Theater in Montpelier. $5. [Film]

  • Collective Book Signing - Students and alumni from the Center for Cartoon Studies share their artistic wisecracking with fans. Friday, July 3, 5–8PM at Revolution in White River Junction. Free. [Words]

  • '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. Friday, July 3, 2PM at Lost Nation Theater in Montpelier. $10-25. [Theater]

  • EcoSew Workshop - Rework fabrics, metals and yarns with fresh ideas to create cute stuffed-animal robot friends. Friday, July 3, 2–4PM at The Bobbin Sew Bar & Craft Lounge in Burlington. $25 includes materials. [Etc.]

  • Eric Thierry - The research fellow at the Centre de Recherche sur la Littérature des Voyages takes folks back to 1609 in "Champlain and the Iroquois." Friday, July 3, 11AM–12PM at Alumni Auditorium, Champlain College in Burlington. Free. [Talks]

  • Fireworks Cruise - Exploding lights draw big oohs and ahhs on this Independence Day traverse on the lake. Friday, July 3, 8:15–11PM at Valcour Ferry in Burlington. $14. [Holidays]

  • Fireworks Cruise - Exploding lights draw big oohs and ahhs on this Independence Day traverse on the lake. Friday, July 3, 7–10PM at Spirit of Ethan Allen III in Burlington. $30.99-48.10 includes dinner and entertainment. [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. Friday, July 3, 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. Friday, July 3, 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. Friday, July 3, 2–10PM at Various locations in Grafton. Various prices. [Fairs&Festivals]

  • Hardwick Farmers Market - A burgeoning culinary community celebrates local ag with fresh produce and handcrafted goods. Friday, July 3, 3–6PM at Route 15 West in Hardwick. Free. [Food&Drink]

  • Homeownership Info Meeting - Prospective house hunters learn about the resources available to them through the Permanently Affordable Homeownership Program. Friday, July 3, 12:30PM at Champlain Housing Trust in Burlington. Free. [Etc.]

  • Independence Day Celebration - Patriots eat a pancake breakfast, dip into a poolside water carnival, wiggle their toes at a library lawn party, and participate in — or ogle at — a one-mile road race and city parade. Bands fill three separate downtown stages before evening fireworks, and street dances and film showings keep the party going until midnight. Friday, July 3, 8–11:59AM at Various downtown locations in Montpelier. Free. [Holidays]

  • Independence Day Celebration Fireworks - Spectacular exploding lights accent the night sky with booming noises and vibrant colors to honor American independence. Friday, July 3, 9:30PM at Waterfront Park in Burlington. Free. [Holidays]

  • 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. Friday, July 3, 3–10PM at Gazebo Park in Island Pond. 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. Friday, July 3, 6–10PM at Various locations in Bristol. Free. [Holidays]

  • North Hero Fireworks Extravaganza - Sky blossoms bloom after dark at a fireworks extravaganza in the middle of Lake Champlain. Friday, July 3, 12–10PM at Knight Point State Park in North Hero. $3 before 5 p.m.; free after 5 p.m.. [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. Friday, July 3, 10AM–10PM at Burke Mountain in East Burke. 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. Friday, July 3, 7PM at Catamount Arts Center in St. Johnsbury. $6.50. [Film]

  • 'Puppets, Masks & Other Transformations' - Young artists craft the creatures of Lake Champlain from recycled materials with ECHO's artist-in-residence Frank Gonzalez. Friday, July 3, 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. Friday, July 3: 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. Friday, July 3, 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. Friday, July 3: 3PM, 7PM at Waterfront Park in Burlington. $12. [Outdoors]

  • Richmond Farmers Market - Live music entertains fresh-food browsers at a melody-centered market connecting farmers and cooks. Friday, July 3, 3–6:30PM at Volunteers Green in Richmond. Free. [Food&Drink]

  • 'Rock the Dock' Party - Queen City sailors host a scholarship benefit barbecue offering primo lakeside seating. Friday, July 3, 6–10PM at Lake Champlain Community Sailing Center in Burlington. $10 suggested donation. [Holidays]

  • 'Rose' & 'Seven Jewish Children: A Play for Gaza' - Two provocative plays probe the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in a double-bill performance. Friday, July 3, 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. Friday, July 3, 7PM at Depot Theatre in Westport. $15-25. [Theater]

  • 'Smirkus Ever After: A Big Top Fairytale' - Circus Smirkus switches up classic fables by Aesop, the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen with acrobatics, high-wire hijinks and general clowning around. Friday, July 3: 12PM, 6:30PM at Champlain Valley Exposition in Essex Junction. $15.75-18.75. [Theater]

  • Summer Storytime - Young explorers discover the wonders of the natural world through books and imaginative play. Friday, July 3, 11AM at ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center/Leahy Center for Lake Champlain in Burlington. $7.50-9.50. [Kids]

  • '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. Friday, July 3, 8PM at McCarthy Arts Center, St. Michael's College in Colchester. $31-34. [Theater]

  • 'The Full Monty' - The topical Brit flick about unemployed steelworkers hops across the pond to Buffalo in this award-winning musical. Will the men of the Stowe Theatre Guild reveal more than their hearts of gold? Friday, July 3, 8PM at Akeley Memorial Building in Stowe. $10-20. [Theater]

  • 'The Great Circus Train Robbery' - The Very Merry Theatre gears up to break a leg onstage with their original presentation of local author Nancy Means Wright's children's book. Friday, July 3, 6:30PM at Staige Hill Farm in Charlotte. Free. [Kids]

  • '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. Friday, July 3, 7PM at Chandler Music Hall in Randolph. $10-15. [Theater]

  • 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. Friday, July 3, 3–10PM at Lyndon State College in Lyndonville. Free. [Holidays]

  • '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. Friday, July 3, 6–10PM at Milarepa Center in Barnet. Donations accepted. [Talks]

  • Westford Farmers Market - Purveyors of produce and other edibles take a stand at outdoor stalls. Friday, July 3, 3:30–6:30PM at Westford Common in Westford. Free. [Food&Drink]

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Friday, July 3, 2009

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Fairs&Festivals (1)

  • 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. Friday, July 3, 2–10PM at Various locations in Grafton. Various prices.

Film (2)

  • '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. Friday, July 3, 11PM 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. Friday, July 3, 7PM at Catamount Arts Center in St. Johnsbury. $6.50.

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Holidays (13)

  • Blues for Breakfast - Smooth jazzy tunes enliven the waves of the lake, as do some colorful Independence Day fireworks. Boarding at 7 p.m.; show starts at 7:30. Friday, July 3, 7:30–11PM at Northern Lights Cruise Boat in Burlington. $25 includes buffet.

  • 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. Friday, July 3, 6–9PM at Central Park in Brandon. 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. Friday, July 3, 12–9PM at Rouses Point Civic Center in Rouses Point. Free.

  • Fireworks Cruise - Exploding lights draw big oohs and ahhs on this Independence Day traverse on the lake. Friday, July 3, 8:15–11PM at Valcour Ferry in Burlington. $14.

  • Fireworks Cruise - Exploding lights draw big oohs and ahhs on this Independence Day traverse on the lake. Friday, July 3, 7–10PM at Spirit of Ethan Allen III in Burlington. $30.99-48.10 includes dinner and entertainment.

  • Independence Day Celebration - Patriots eat a pancake breakfast, dip into a poolside water carnival, wiggle their toes at a library lawn party, and participate in — or ogle at — a one-mile road race and city parade. Bands fill three separate downtown stages before evening fireworks, and street dances and film showings keep the party going until midnight. Friday, July 3, 8–11:59AM at Various downtown locations in Montpelier. Free.

  • Independence Day Celebration Fireworks - Spectacular exploding lights accent the night sky with booming noises and vibrant colors to honor American independence. Friday, July 3, 9:30PM at Waterfront Park in Burlington. Free.

  • 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. Friday, July 3, 3–10PM at Gazebo Park in Island Pond. 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. Friday, July 3, 6–10PM at Various locations in Bristol. Free.

  • North Hero Fireworks Extravaganza - Sky blossoms bloom after dark at a fireworks extravaganza in the middle of Lake Champlain. Friday, July 3, 12–10PM at Knight Point State Park in North Hero. $3 before 5 p.m.; free after 5 p.m..

  • 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. Friday, July 3, 10AM–10PM at Burke Mountain in East Burke. Free.

  • 'Rock the Dock' Party - Queen City sailors host a scholarship benefit barbecue offering primo lakeside seating. Friday, July 3, 6–10PM at Lake Champlain Community Sailing Center in Burlington. $10 suggested donation.

  • 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. Friday, July 3, 3–10PM at Lyndon State College in Lyndonville. Free.

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Outdoors (1)

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

Talks (2)

  • Eric Thierry - The research fellow at the Centre de Recherche sur la Littérature des Voyages takes folks back to 1609 in "Champlain and the Iroquois." Friday, July 3, 11AM–12PM 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. Friday, July 3, 6–10PM at Milarepa Center in Barnet. Donations accepted.

Theater (9)

  • 'Bus Stop' - A blizzard strands eight unlikely folks in a Kansas diner in William Inge's romantic comedy. Friday, July 3, 8PM at Pendragon Theater in Saranac Lake. $10-20.

  • '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. Friday, July 3, 2PM 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. Friday, July 3, 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. Friday, July 3, 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. Friday, July 3, 7PM at Depot Theatre in Westport. $15-25.

  • 'Smirkus Ever After: A Big Top Fairytale' - Circus Smirkus switches up classic fables by Aesop, the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen with acrobatics, high-wire hijinks and general clowning around. Friday, July 3: 12PM, 6:30PM at Champlain Valley Exposition in Essex Junction. $15.75-18.75.

  • '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. Friday, July 3, 8PM at McCarthy Arts Center, St. Michael's College in Colchester. $31-34.

  • 'The Full Monty' - The topical Brit flick about unemployed steelworkers hops across the pond to Buffalo in this award-winning musical. Will the men of the Stowe Theatre Guild reveal more than their hearts of gold? Friday, July 3, 8PM at Akeley Memorial Building in Stowe. $10-20.

  • '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. Friday, July 3, 7PM at Chandler Music Hall in Randolph. $10-15.

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  • Collective Book Signing - Students and alumni from the Center for Cartoon Studies share their artistic wisecracking with fans. Friday, July 3, 5–8PM at Revolution in White River Junction. Free.

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  • '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."

  • Adam Heckle, Outer Space Café, Burlington. "Tribalien.biorganic.spirit.graffiti," psychedelic and experimental works in pastel, acrylic and spray paint.

  • 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.

  • Reception: 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. Friday, July 3, 5–8PM.

  • Talks & Events: July First Friday Art Walk, Burlington, Burlington. Art galleries and other venues around town stay open late for pedestrian viewers. Pick up ArtMap Burlington for participating venues. Friday, July 3, 5–8PM.

  • 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.

  • Reception: NVAA Group Show, Red Square, Burlington. Members of the Northern Vermont Artists Association share an exhibit in various media. Friday, July 3, 5–8PM.

  • '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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