Local actors looking to stretch their skills can check out two upcoming opportunities from community theater groups in the Mad River Valley and Waterbury. 

Check out highlights of upcoming live musical performances – several in Waterbury, others nearby in Barre and Montpelier – March 28 to April 5. 

Waterbury Rotary has announced the theme of “Vermont Weather” for this year's Not Quite Independence Day celebration now being planned for Saturday, June 28. 

Lost Nation Theater’s latest production “for kids and by kids” hits the stage for three shows March 1-2 with an hourlong youth adaptation of the Broadway musical “Tuck Everlasting.” 

Years in the making, Vermont filmmaker Jay Craven’s latest feature film, “Lost Nation,” has been on a tour around the region since last summer and its next stop is Waterbury’s Grange Hall Cultural Center next weekend. 

The Green Mountain Club’s annual Outdoor Adventure Speaker Series is under way on Thursday nights with speakers who are authors, athletes, scientists, advocates, and outdoor professionals. The community is invited to these free events.

Vermont Repertory Theatre steps back to Victorian London to present some delightfully theatrical horrors in “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,” Feb. 28-March 7 at Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center in Burlington.

On Feb. 22, Mad River Glen hosts Stark Mountain Foundation’s annual family-friendly StorySki event.

Local hikers interested in a guided nearby hikes — one with a chance to explore newly conserved lands by Duxbury Land Trust — can mark their calendars for two upcoming winter walks. 

Vermont gardening guru Charlie Nardozzi is due for his annual visit to the Stowe Free Library.