The hills may be bare, but the community is full of life.

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Don’t let our winding dirt roads fool you — this little corner of Vermont knows how to have a good time! Whether you’re craving live tunes, tasty treats, or small-town charm, there’s plenty to explore this month.

Check out what’s happening right here in our neck of the woods, and make it part of an unforgettable stay at the treehouse!  Don't forget to make the most of your stay by enjoying your complimentary sauna at the Forest Spa and our Add-on's! 

Community members can book a 2 1/2-hour Streamside Sauna Session here!

Here are some ongoing events and calendars:

Artistic Mending Pop-Up, Front Seat Coffee, Every Friday from 7-9am - Repair of Knitted and Woven Fabric: Darning, Patching, Sashiko, Replacing Knitted Stitches. Are there moth holes in your sweater? Rips in your pants? Blown out elbows in your favorite shirt? - Go talk to Gwen

The Civic Standard in Hardwick has a steady stream of both ongoing activities and special events - check out their entire calendar here!

The Den at Harry's Hardware in Cabot (NEW ENGLAND’S ONLY BAR IN A HARDWARE STORE)valso has an ongoing stream of great music and fun community events!

The Open Space in Hardwick has ongoing yoga, qigong, and other healthy activities!  The Open Space Studio is a fully equipped movement studio located inside of Wellness 101 in Hardwick, Vermont. With an emphasis on breath work and meditation, the Open Space promotes thoughtful and accessible yoga to promote both physical and mental well-being.

The Highland Center for the Arts in Greensboro is a local community arts center that believes the arts inspire joy, contemplation, and conversation through distinctive performances, exhibitions, and events.  The Highland Center for the Arts offers a home for artistic expression, shared experience, and a sense of belonging.  Check out their ongoing events in the link!

Tara at Vermont Explored put together this Massive Vermont Bucket List - Worth checking out - all of Vermont's best!

Vermont Vacation Statewide Events Calendar - Gather together to watch as live music lights up historic downtowns and waterfronts, treat the whole family to a Vermont fair or festival as foliage bursts forth, or get outside in the winter for carnival activities like ice carving and snow volleyball. An event in the Green Mountains is an experience worth planning your trip around.

Vermont's Northeast Kingdom Events Calendar - Check out what's going on in Vermont's Northeast Kingdom!

Here are some specific Local highlights, curated just for you!

Breathwork for Deep Healing at Sierra Dawn McFeeters in Woodbury, VT, February 28, 2026, 12-4pm - Breathwork has been used for millennia to enhance health and connection with spirit. The aim of this workshop is to connect to the divine within ourselves, our true nature, our souls. The breathing technique helps to move stagnant energy in the body allowing physical healing and emotional release. Many have healed old wounds, discovered unhealthy patterns of thought and behavior, or found a spark to ignite inner creativity.

Sweet Cicely Harry's Hardware, Cabot, Saturday, February 28, 2026, 7:00 PM 9:00 PM - Sweet Cicely is Northern VT folk-grass fun! Fran Forim on upright bass, Marc Edwards on lead guitar, Hank Clark on mandolin and Christine Malcolm on rhythm guitar and washboard. They hope to see you out in the wild!

Hill Farmstead Brewery Winter Gathering, March 1st from 11:30 - 3pm, Greensboro   - With a nod to the first Winter Gatherings (a mere 15 years ago, in February 2011), we invite you to join us for a casual celebration of Vermont’s heartiest season on Sunday, 1 March. Don your winter coat and join us for an afternoon of warmth—both inner and outer—surrounded by the beauty of Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom in full winter regalia. 

Greensboro Historical Society presents FarmBoy (Vt made movie) Fellowship Hall Greensboro Church, March 1st at 1pm. Free but donations accepted

Town Meeting Day, all over Vermont, Tuesday, March 3rd   - Vermont town meeting is direct democracy practiced in its purest form. It is the key to town government, as voters determine the town business for the coming year.

Full Blood Worm Moon & Total Lunar Eclipse: March 3: Catch the eclipse just before sunrise! Look west around 6 AM for a spectacular view.

First Friday Pie Cafe, Mar 06, 2026, 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM The Civic Standard, 39 S Main St, Hardwick - The First Friday of March is the grand opening of our Pie Cafe! Sweet and Savory pies and hot beverages will be availble upstairs in the cafe, and there will be live music in the living room. First Friday Special is a new program at the Civic. Each month we'll have an event- music, movies, games or something else!

Comedy Night - Open Mic!, The Den at Harry's Hardware, Cabot, Friday, March 6, 2026, 8:00 PM  9:00 PM   - It’s the first Friday of the month, which means it’s time for our Open Mic Comedy Night at The Den! A night of belly laughs, smiling so hard your face hurts, and letting the stress melt away with natures best cure - laugher! Want to get up on stage and create the laughs? Email info@harryshardwarevt.com to sign up.

Scrabble History and Play, Saturday, March 7, 2026, 10:30 AM  12:00 PM, Greensboro Free Library - Join us to hear Stanley Parsons share stories about running a sawmill in Hardwick that was once the largest supplier of Scrabble pieces. He will talk about life at the mill, the history of the game, and other fascinating stories about growing up in Vermont. Stay afterward for snacks and a friendly game of Scrabble with neighbors and friends. Stanley Parsons is also a Grandmaster of martial arts at Pyramid Blackbelt Academy in Hardwick. For more information, contact Emily Purdy at greensborokids@gmail.com or call the library at 802 533 2531. This program is free and open to all.

Hardwick Community Winter Market, Hazen Union, Hardwick,  Sunday, March 15th, 2026, 10 AM to 1 PM - All three markets will be happening in the Hazen Union High School gymnasium so there's plenty of parking & attendance is free! We hope you'll join us in coming out to support your local growers, producers, artisans, and youth/students! There will also be some great opportunities to support yourself in our 'winter wellness' area with a chair massage, reiki session, aromatherapy etc. Other elements include: Free live music, lots of new & familiar faces, tons of yummy local food , prepared/lunch options, fun kids activities and a FREE $10 value meal & grocery voucher for the first 100 customers to arrive. These are going to be really fun community events with something for everyone!

New Moon: March 19:A perfect night for stargazing under a clear, dark sky.

March 20: Spring Equinox: Celebrate the change of seasons… Welcome spring! 

Puzzling For the Pantry fundraiser, March 21st at 2pm  -  bring canned good or donation; do a jig-saw, win a door prize Fellowship Hall, Greensboro Church

Maple Open House Weekend, March 21 & 22 all over Vermont: This is a sweet tradition you won't want to miss!

Seed Swap & Social!, Mar 22, Jeudevine Memorial Library, North Main  Hardwick, VT   -  It's time for the Swap Sisters' annual Seed Swap and Social!  All are welcome to the social whether you are a new gardener in need of seeds or an old pro with homegrown or extra seeds to share! We will ask participants to introduce themselves and share if they brought any seeds that have a story or need special instructions, then start the free-for-all seed swap. In years past the swap has offered a lot of donated seed from local seed companies as well as seed saved by gardeners themselves and older or excess seed purchased from seed companies that neighbors are willing to share. We encourage all to attend this free event whether you have something to swap or not. Bring your questions, gardening experiences, and dreams for the coming growing season. FREE! All ages welcome. This year we are again accepting donations for Migrant Justice: https://migrantjustice.net/   For more information about the swap feel free to email swapsisters@gmail.com .

Bread and Puppet's The End of the World Never Minding Show! Thursday, March 26 @ 7pm, Highland Center for the Arts, Greensboro - Puppet show! Puppet show! Bread & Puppet Theater is excited to announce that we will kick off our 63rd year by traversing the Northeast and Eastern Seaboard with The End of the World Never Minding Show! Join Bread & Puppet Theater for an urgently-needed new puppet show featuring our upside-down situation, a revolt orchestra, screaming choirs, and a reckoning with the catastrophe of logic. Of The End of the World Never Minding Show, director Peter Schumann tells us that, “The sitting mind realises the predicament of the rats, assigned to spread the plague which opens the gates of darkness as fears chase the populations across the face of the earth. Humanity’s humdrum is now outrageous and no longer composed of beloved details. The rats in charge of spreading the plague are ordered to repurpose human freedom and democracy into guns, bombs, and starvation. Our own futuristic Not-Yet is impatient and unready. We must take our cardboard provocations into the revolting streets of life, with help from our paper-maché divinities, to succeed and succeed.”  After the show Bread & Puppet will serve its famous sourdough rye bread with aioli, and Bread & Puppet’s “Cheap Art” – books, posters, postcards, pamphlets and banners from the Bread & Puppet Press – will be for sale. Tickets are $15, but nobody will be turned away.no Tickets: $15. on e turned away for lack of fund

No Kings Day, March 28th, all over the country -  In America, we have no kings.  Get out there and stand up for our country and our constitution!  Hope to see you there!

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Some March highlights (from a HR newsletter from the State of Vermont - my regular job) include:

Month-long:

Gender Equality Month, International (Diversity Resources)

Women’s History Month, National

• March 1: Zero Discrimination Day (International) - Began as a way to empower people living with HIV but has evolved into an occasion to draw attention to ending all forms of discrimination that impact quality of life. "Highlights how people can become informed about and promote tolerance, compassion, peace and, above all, a movement for change.” - United Nations Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (UNAIDS). This year their theme is “We Stand Together.”
• March 2-3: Purim (Judaism, International) - Purim, or the Festival of Lots, is a joyous holiday that celebrates the Biblical story of the rescue of the Jews in ancient Persia.
• March 4: Holi (Hindu, International) - Holi (Dolyatra, Doul Jatra, Basanta-Utsav) is the Hindu festival colors that celebrates the triumph of good over evil, good harvest, and fertility. It usually falls in the later part of February or early March. It is widely celebrated in the USA, as well.
• March 8: International Women’s Day - To celebrate women's achievements, raise awareness of and prevent bias, and to take action for equality. (See also Women’s Equality Day, Aug. 26)
• March 10: Harriet Tubman Day (USA) - Harriet Tubman was a formerly enslaved person who fought tirelessly to free other enslaved people by assisting them in fleeing their captors. This observance celebrates her heroic work towards the abolishment of slavery and freedom of enslaved people.
• March 17: St Patrick’s Day (International, primarily Ireland) - March 17 annually (fixed date). Said to be the date of St. Patrick's death circa the year 493. The Irish have observed this day as a religious holiday for over 1,000 years. On St. Patrick’s Day, which falls during the Christian season of Lent, Irish families would traditionally attend church in the morning and celebrate in the afternoon.
• March 25: International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade - Honors and remembers those who suffered and died at the hands of enslavers and their collaborators. The day also raises awareness about the dangers of racism and prejudice.
• March 29: Palm Sunday (Christianity) in 2026 falls on Sunday, March 29, marking the start of Holy Week, the week leading up to Easter Sunday, which will be April 5th, 2026. It commemorates Jesus' triumphant entry into Jerusalem, celebrated by crowds waving palm branches.
• March 30: Ugadi (Hindu, International) – Ugadi is an ancient festival that marks the beginning of the Hindu New Year (Lunar Calendar). With the rapidly evolving modern world, Ugadi still remains as a symbol of hope and joy where we blend sacred rituals with modern celebrations.
• March 31: Cesar Chavez Day (USA) - Honors Cesar Chavez, one of the most well-known and impactful labor leaders and civil rights activists in the U.S.