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Cabin Fever with Chocolate and Cheese Tasting

If you are longing to satiate your yearning for Colby, Monterey Jack, Godiva and Hershey's, muster the very best of your tastebuds' resources and head on up to Bixby Memorial Free Library in Vergennes on March 20 at 7 p.m. for "Cabin Fever with Chocolate and Cheese Tasting," where Floery Mahoney and Heidi Markowski - connosseuirs of all that is tasty - will lead participants on a mouth-watering culinary adventure. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, call (802) 877-2211.


Toucans and Free Trade Coffee

While an excursion to tropical bliss certainly trumps a Thursday night lecture at the public library, those who will not be embarking on a foray into beaches, rainforests and volcanoes any time soon may have to content themselves with "Toucans and Fair Trade Coffee in Costa Rica" on March 20 at 7 p.m. at Ilsley. Expert Lewis Homes will discuss sustainability in small, rural villages as it is influenced by the growth of organic and Fair Trade coffee and bananas. The free event is one of several installments in the Otter Creek Audubon Society's Cabin Fever Lecture Series.


Otter Creek Contradance

Rustle up your soft-soled dancing shoes and tolerance for dizziness, and dispense with all sheepishness and inhibitions, in preparation for Otter Creek Contras Fourth Saturday Contradance at Holley Hall in Bristol on March 22 at 8 p.m. Lausanne Allen will call the steps with music by the String Collective. Newcomers are urged to participate. All dances will be taught - so no excuses! For more information, call (802) 453-4613.


Cub Scouts Pinewood Derby

Who needs NASCAR when you have blocks of pine, plastic wheels, metal axles and father-son bonding (or drama)? Cub Scout Pack 536 will hold a Pinewood Derby on March 28 at 6 p.m. at the Middlebury Municipal Gym. Baked goods and "excitement" are promised. For more information, call (802) 388-4225. Brushing up on your citizenship training, character development and personal fitness in advance is recommended, though not required.


Green Mountain Film Festival

If you're seeking to reconnect with the cinematic realm from which you have become estranged while burying your nose in several books at a time this semester, you are in luck - the 11th Annual Green Mountain Film Festival will be held at venues throughout downtown Montpelier from March 21-30, showcasing the very best Vermont's small film makers have to offer, spanning a wide array of genres. For more information, call (802) 262-3423 or e-mail tuppennyblue@verizon.net.


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