Vermont Public Events

Join Vermont Public this fall for live music, poetry, lively conversations with journalists, curious kids’ activities and Brave Little State gatherings across our region.

Hidden Brain: The Perceptions Tour comes to Burlington's Flynn on Sunday, Aug. 23, 2026. Ahead of the show, host Shankar Vedantam spoke with Vermont Public's Jenn Jarecki about the podcast and the importance of scientific research. Listen to Hidden Brain Saturdays at 2 p.m. and Mondays at 10 p.m. on Vermont Public.

Instead of answering a listener question about Vermont, we indulge the curiosity of a live audience about the making of the show itself.

Through film festivals and grants and media labs, Vermonters are working to inspire young talent.

Head to a block party in Burlington, tour Ferrisburgh's Rokeby Museum for free, or hear a choral group perform songs composed by enslaved people and abolitionists in Greensboro.

The award-winning documentary filmmaker joined Vermont Public's Jane Lindholm at the Flynn Center in Burlington for an exclusive evening with a live audience. Watch the full recording.

Three literary conversations on Banned Books Week, upcoming book festivals and a new poetry collection.

Christian mystic Hildegard von Bingen was a polymath. The 12th-century nun was a poet, artist, healer, philosopher and composer. On Saturday, Oct. 11, Vermont Public Classical will co-present "Hildegard Reanimated" with the Otter Creek Musical Festival.

Ira Glass, the Pulitzer Prize-winning creator/producer/host of This American Life, shares insights into his creative process.

Come meet the BLS team, hang out with fellow listeners and be part of a live voting round!