Vermont
The 7 Best Vermont Events This Week: May 7-14, 2025 | Seven Days
Arctic Blast
Friday 9 & Saturday 10
Alaskan music makers Pamyua assume the limelight at Next Stage Arts in Putney and an electrifying outdoor concert at Barnard Town Hall. The BarnArts’ Global Music Residency Artists — whose name means “encore” in Yup’ik — expertly fuse Indigenous Arctic drum dance with modern R&B vocals in a bespoke genre dubbed “Inuit soul music.”
Laugh at the Wicked
Friday 9 & Saturday 10
The Vermont International Film Foundation screens three classic flicks befitting its “Fun With Fascist Dictators” series at Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center in Burlington. Friday’s selection, The Great Dictator, stars Charlie Chaplin in an early critique of Adolf Hitler. Saturday’s double bill pairs The Death of Stalin, a hearty mockery of the merciless, with Duck Soup, featuring comedic anarchists the Marx Brothers in Leo McCarey’s sacred cow-slaying masterpiece.
In the Mood
Thursday 8
Like a fine wine, the Glenn Miller Orchestra only gets better with age. Continuously touring since 1956, the sought-after ensemble swings by Chandler Center for the Arts in Randolph to transport listeners back to the era when big bands reigned supreme. Vocalist Jenny Swoish and the Moonlight Serenaders belt out catalog classics that are such humdingers, inspired attendees might jitterbug right out of their seats.
Bug Bites
Saturday 10
It’s grub time! Edible-insect ambassador and chef Joseph Yoon hosts curious epicureans for an evening of unexpected flavor at the Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium’s Bug Banquet in St. Johnsbury. The entomophagy-driven event redefines the meaning of “food for thought” with a 10-course tasting menu that Yoon says “blends science, sustainability, philosophy and gastronomy.”
To Die For
Saturday 10
You are cordially invited to the Wilburton mansion in Manchester for “The Million Dollar Movie,” a mystery dinner party à la Clue. Old Hollywood glamour consumes the space as guests dripping in diamonds and fur mingle with 1950s-era movie stars in an immersive experience blending theater, music — and a pinch of murder.
Open Door Policy
Sunday 11
Vermont Studio Center supports the state’s cultural landscape year-round, but those efforts are never more on display than during its annual Vermont Week — which includes a self-guided tour of open studios in Johnson. The afternoon affair summons guests for a peek into the world, works and practice of 30 talented artists and writers, all of whom participated in a fully funded residency.
What a Mom Wants
Sunday 11
Have you asked mom what she really wants this Mother’s Day? Here’s a hint: the Flowers & Feminism Brunch at the Adventure Dinner Clubhouse in Colchester. Nourish her body and her soul with activism activities, build-your-own bouquets and a luscious menu of epic proportions. (Think deviled eggs Benedict and charred allium frittata.) Favorite child status: confirmed.
Volunteers from across the region gathered at the Canadian Club in Barre to pack 30,000 meals for families facing food insecurity, according to a community announcement.
The Jan. 10 event, organized by Vermont Lions Clubs, brought together club members and volunteers to assemble meals for local food shelves and community partners, according to the announcement.
The project has been running in Vermont for nine years, starting with 10,000 meals in 2017.
Carol Greene, organizer for Vermont Lions, said the project reflects a longstanding commitment to hunger relief from the organization.
Volunteers worked in assembly-line fashion, scooping, weighing, sealing and boxing meals. Teams cheered each other on and paused to recognize milestones.
The event included volunteers from Maine, New Hampshire and Connecticut, who came to learn how to bring the meal-pack program to their own communities.
“This is what Lions do best: serve together and multiply impact,” according to the announcement.
This story was created by reporter Beth McDermott, bmcdermott1@usatodayco.com, with the assistance of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Journalists were involved in every step of the information gathering, review, editing and publishing process. Learn more at cm.usatoday.com/ethical-conduct.
Vermont
New federal funds to help Vermont keep up with rapid changes to child care and Pre-K – VTDigger
Theo Wells-Spackman is a Report for America corps member who reports for VTDigger.
Vermont has received a nearly $13 million federal grant to strengthen its child care and pre-Kindergarten programs, among other early childhood services, officials said Monday.
The grant comes from the Preschool Development Grant Birth Through Five program in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, which has supported parts of Vermont’s early childhood landscape for a decade, advocates said. This year’s award is the largest one-time amount the state has received.
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It’s a separate award from the regular $28 million in funding that Vermont receives via the federal Child Care and Development Fund, monies President Donald Trump’s administration sought to withhold from five Democratic-led states this month. Vermont Department for Children and Families Deputy Commissioner Janet McLaughlin said Monday that the state has not received such warnings, though a memo last week increased her team’s reporting requirements when accessing the funds.
Both the application process and the birth-through-five grant itself were much more compressed than usual, according to Morgan Crossman, the executive director of the childhood policy nonprofit Building Bright Futures.
“Generally, these grants take three months to write,” she said. “We wrote it in six days.”
A 12-month clock for the funding means that the state will be without the standard window for planning and engaging contractors, Crossman added. Nonetheless, she called the funding “critical” in a year where state lawmakers face especially tough budgeting decisions.
This new allocation will help Vermont build child care capacity, improve data management and facilitate cooperation between state agencies, advocates, and local providers, according to McLaughlin.
“We’re thrilled to have these resources right now,” said McLaughlin, adding that her team was working with “urgency and focus” to “draw down every dollar that we can.”
The grant comes in a period of fast change for Vermont’s child care ecosystem. The 2023 passage of Act 76 allowed thousands of kids to newly enroll in the state’s expanded child care tuition assistance program, and over 100 new care providers have launched statewide.
But aside from these central investments, McLaughlin said there was a “long list of projects” that could continue to expand and improve the state’s care offerings for young children and families.
Two priorities will be ensuring that child care providers have the business planning assistance necessary to survive or expand, and developing a workforce in Vermont that keeps pace with the industry’s expansion, McLaughlin said.
The state’s focus on workforce will include improvements to data and technology. The grant will allow the state to update its fingerprint-supported background-check system, delays in which have caused years of headaches for child care providers. The upgrades should “dramatically reduce the turnaround times” for checks, McLaughlin said.
Crossman said sharing information effectively between agencies and providers improves the experience of individual families, and also allows her team to do its job monitoring progress in areas like child care coverage, literacy and use of public aid programs. Vermont’s Early Childhood Data and Policy Center, a division of Crossman’s organization, is tasked with making data-based childhood policy recommendations to lawmakers based on such information.
“We’re making sure that we’re centralizing data and making it publicly available,” Crossman said.
Powerball, Mega Millions jackpots: What to know in case you win
Here’s what to know in case you win the Powerball or Mega Millions jackpot.
Just the FAQs, USA TODAY
The Vermont Lottery offers several draw games for those willing to make a bet to win big.
Those who want to play can enter the MegaBucks and Lucky for Life games as well as the national Powerball and Mega Millions games. Vermont also partners with New Hampshire and Maine for the Tri-State Lottery, which includes the Mega Bucks, Gimme 5 as well as the Pick 3 and Pick 4.
Drawings are held at regular days and times, check the end of this story to see the schedule. Here’s a look at Jan. 12, 2026, results for each game:
Winning Powerball numbers from Jan. 12 drawing
05-27-45-56-59, Powerball: 04, Power Play: 2
Check Powerball payouts and previous drawings here.
Winning Gimme 5 numbers from Jan. 12 drawing
07-26-27-34-36
Check Gimme 5 payouts and previous drawings here.
Winning Lucky For Life VT numbers from Jan. 12 drawing
21-23-24-28-39, Lucky Ball: 01
Check Lucky For Life VT payouts and previous drawings here.
Winning Pick 3 numbers from Jan. 12 drawing
Day: 7-3-8
Evening: 6-6-6
Check Pick 3 payouts and previous drawings here.
Winning Pick 4 numbers from Jan. 12 drawing
Day: 8-6-8-3
Evening: 4-9-0-6
Check Pick 4 payouts and previous drawings here.
Winning Megabucks Plus numbers from Jan. 12 drawing
02-19-23-32-33, Megaball: 04
Check Megabucks Plus payouts and previous drawings here.
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Are you a winner? Here’s how to claim your lottery prize
For Vermont Lottery prizes up to $499, winners can claim their prize at any authorized Vermont Lottery retailer or at the Vermont Lottery Headquarters by presenting the signed winning ticket for validation. Prizes between $500 and $5,000 can be claimed at any M&T Bank location in Vermont during the Vermont Lottery Office’s business hours, which are 8a.m.-4p.m. Monday through Friday, except state holidays.
For prizes over $5,000, claims must be made in person at the Vermont Lottery headquarters. In addition to signing your ticket, you will need to bring a government-issued photo ID, and a completed claim form.
All prize claims must be submitted within one year of the drawing date. For more information on prize claims or to download a Vermont Lottery Claim Form, visit the Vermont Lottery’s FAQ page or contact their customer service line at (802) 479-5686.
Vermont Lottery Headquarters
1311 US Route 302, Suite 100
Barre, VT
05641
When are the Vermont Lottery drawings held?
- Powerball: 10:59 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday.
- Mega Millions: 11 p.m. Tuesday and Friday.
- Gimme 5: 6:55 p.m. Monday through Friday.
- Lucky for Life: 10:38 p.m. daily.
- Pick 3 Day: 1:10 p.m. daily.
- Pick 4 Day: 1:10 p.m. daily.
- Pick 3 Evening: 6:55 p.m. daily.
- Pick 4 Evening: 6:55 p.m. daily.
- Megabucks: 7:59 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.
What is Vermont Lottery Second Chance?
Vermont’s 2nd Chance lottery lets players enter eligible non-winning instant scratch tickets into a drawing to win cash and/or other prizes. Players must register through the state’s official Lottery website or app. The drawings are held quarterly or are part of an additional promotion, and are done at Pollard Banknote Limited in Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
This results page was generated automatically using information from TinBu and a template written and reviewed by a Vermont editor. You can send feedback using this form.
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