Winter is now officially over. (The key word there is “officially” – we all know another snowstorm or two or six could still happen between now and Memorial Day.) That means you have a little more time on your hands, either because you don’t have to shovel your driveway as often or because ski season in Vermont is all but kaput.

Now, what can you possibly do with all that free time? Here’s an idea: Why not go to an arts event or two or six? This list gives you the choice of several dozen entertaining and enlightening days and nights out, whether it’s to see a concert or a play or a display of visual art. Zero in on a few of these and get out there and do some art-hopping.

Art exhibit continues in Vergennes

Through Sunday, April 30, the exhibition of paintings by Hannah Sessions, titled “Collective Vision: Beauty in Transitions,” concludes its run that began March 15 at Northern Daughters Fine Art Gallery, Vergennes. Free. www.northerndaughters.com

‘Chicago’ comes to Jericho

7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 1 and 2 p.m. Sunday, April 2, the theater department at Mount Mansfield Union High School completes its three-show run of the musical “Chicago” at the school in Jericho. $7-$10. https://mmu.mmuusd.org/quick_links/theatre_department

Robin Hood shows some moves

1:30 and 6:30 p.m. Saturday, April 1, 1:30 p.m. Sunday, April 2, the Vermont Youth Dancers present a unique take on the legend of Robin Hood with “In the Woods Somewhere, Robyn Hood’s Gang of Thieves,” Essex High School. $12. www.vermontyouthdancers.org

Ivy League laughs in Randolph

7 p.m. Saturday, April 1, The Ivy League of Comedy, featuring Myq Kaplan and Clayton Fletcher, visits the Chandler Center for the Arts, Randolph. $10-$45. www.chandler-arts.org

Ripton event with Robinson & Rohe

7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 1, the Americana duo Robinson & Rohe performs at a Ripton Community Coffee House event at Burnham Hall, Lincoln. $15-$25. www.rcch.org

Le Vent du Nord blows into Barre

7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 1, the Quebecois folk quintet Le Vent du Nord plays the Barre Opera House. $32-$39. www.barreoperahouse.org

Ukraine event at Middlebury College

7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 1, “ReUnited for Ukraine” is a benefit performance featuring music, poetry, video and dance from Middlebury College students and alumni paying tribute to the nation now in its second year of war with Russia, Robison Concert Hall, Mahaney Arts Center, Middlebury College. Free; information about suggested charities will be provided. www.middlebury.edu/arts.

UVM hosts klezmer concert

7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 1, folk performers Daniel Kahn and Jake Shulman-Ment play klezmer music as part of the University of Vermont Lane Series, UVM Recital Hall, Burlington. $6.20-$38.25. www.uvm.edu/laneseries.

Ex-Capitol Steps step out

8 p.m. Saturday, April 1, political satire group The Capitol Steps have called it quits, but members of that outfit have formed a new entity, D.C.’s Reflecting Fools, that brings its witty observations to the Paramount Theatre, Rutland. $30-$45. www.paramountvt.org

Bread & Puppet rants in Barre

3 and 7 p.m. Sunday, April 2, the stalwart Vermont troupe Bread & Puppet Theater delivers two performances of its show “Inflammatory Earthling Rants (with help from Kropotkin),” Old Labor Hall, Barre. $15-$20; free for children under 12. www.oldlaborhall.com

‘Race and Song’ in Franklin County

7 p.m. Tuesday, April 4, musicians/storytellers Reggie Harris and Alastair Moock explore issues of race, class, gender and history through the prism of their years-long friendship in the multimedia performance “Race and Song,” Richford Town Hall. The performance will be repeated at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 5, Enosburg Opera House. Free. https://www.openingdoorsproject.net/

Montreal band in the Onion City

8 p.m. Tuesday, April 4, psychedelic rock band Atsuko Chiba heads down from Montreal for a show with The Dead Shakers and Blood, The Monkey House, Winooski. $10 in advance, $12 day of show. www.monkeyhousevt.com

Caroline Rose times two

8 p.m. Tuesday, April 4-Wednesday, April 5, former Burlington musician Caroline Rose, touring on the heels of her well-received new album, “The Art of Forgetting,” plays two shows with opening act Hammydown, Higher Ground Ballroom, South Burlington. $26 in advance, $30 day of show. www.highergroundmusic.com

The Steel Wheels motor to Higher Ground

7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 5, Americana rockers The Steel Wheels follow Reid Parsons to the stage at the Higher Ground Showcase Lounge, South Burlington. $15 in advance, $20 day of show. www.highergroundmusic.com

Tribute to late Vermont musician

7 p.m. Thursday, April 6, Vermont musicians pay tribute to one of their own, the late Mark Ransom, a veteran of Chrome Cowboys, the Radio Bean Honky Tonk Tuesday band and many other groups, Higher Ground Ballroom, South Burlington. Free. www.highergroundmusic.com

Middlebury theater department goes ‘Somewhere’

7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 6-Saturday, April 8, 2 p.m. Saturday, April 8, the Middlebury College Theatre Department presents the ecology-themed drama “Somewhere” by Marisela Trevino Orta, Seeler Studio Theatre, Mahaney Arts Center, Middlebury College. $5-$15. https://www.middlebury.edu/college/academics/theatre

Art goes to court

4:30-6:30 p.m. Friday, April 7, an exhibit of paintings by Montpelier artist Kate Burnim, titled “Liminal Art,” will be the subject of an opening reception at the Vermont State Supreme Court Gallery, Montpelier. Free. www.kateburnim.com

Brass, voice join forces

7:30 p.m. Friday, April 7, brass quartet The Westerlies and singer/composer Theo Bleckmann team up for a concert in Robison Hall, Mahaney Arts Center, Middlebury College. $5-$25. www.middlebury.edu/arts

Classical guitar at UVM

7:30 p.m. Friday, April 7, the University of Vermont Lane Series continues with classical guitarist Pablo Sainz-Villegas, UVM Recital Hall, Burlington. $6.20-$48.25. www.uvm.edu/laneseries.

Off Center is reborn

4-7 p.m. Saturday, April 8, the Off Center for the Dramatic Arts, dormant since losing its home in the Old North End of Burlington, opens its new home in the New North End with a ribbon cutting and party, 1127 North Ave., Burlington. Free; $5 donations accepted. www.offcentervt.com

Music, comedy at Higher Ground

6:30 p.m. Saturday, April 8, a night of music and comedy features the former from Troy Millette & the Fire Below, Two Stroke Motors, Milton Busker & the Grim Work and Ivamae and the latter from Mike Thomas, Nic Sisk and Liam Welsh, Higher Ground Showcase Lounge, South Burlington. $20 in advance, $22 day of show. www.highergroundmusic.com

Fiddle player featured in Westford

7 p.m. Saturday, April 8, fiddle player Natalie Padilla, who recently joined the Vermont-based folk trio Low Lily, plays an album-release show for her new effort, “Montana Wildflower,” with Quinn Bachand, Westford Common Hall. $20 in advance, $25 at the door, free for children 12 and under. www.nataliepadillamusic.com

Bikini Kill (finally) plays Higher Ground

8:30 p.m. Monday, April 10, the oft-postponed concert by Pacific Northwest punk-rockers Bikini Kill, with opener Brontez Purnell, looks to be happening once and for all at the Higher Ground Ballroom, South Burlington. Sold out. www.highergroundmusic.com

Eastern Mountain Time celebrates new album

7 p.m. Tuesday, April 11, Winooski musician Sean Hood celebrates the release of the new Eastern Mountain Time album, “More Buses & Trains,” with a concert that includes Bear’s Tapestry, Radio Bean, Burlington. $5-$10. www.radiobean.com

Grammy winners play Shelburne

7 p.m. Tuesday, April 11, Grammy-winning guitarist Jason Vieaux and fellow award recipient Timothy McAllister on saxophone perform in a concert presented by the Lake Champlain Chamber Music Festival, All Souls Interfaith Gathering, Shelburne. $10-$40. www.lccmf.org.

New England films receive a showcase

Thursday, April 13-Sunday, April 16, the Made Here Film Festival highlights movies made in New England and Quebec, Burlington Beer Co. Free; donations accepted. www.vtiff.org

Ray Vega trumpets into Stowe

6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 13, Vermont trumpet master Ray Vega and his quintet play the latest installment of the monthly “Jazz at the Lantern” series, The Brass Lantern Inn, Stowe. $25-$50. www.facebook.com/brasslanterninnstowe/

‘Pass Over’ arrives at Lost Nation Theater

7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 13, the Antoinette Nwandu play “Pass Over” begins its run through April 30 at Lost Nation Theater, Montpelier City Hall Arts Center. $10-$30. www.lostnationtheater.org

The Flynn welcomes ‘Shrek’

7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 13-Saturday, April 15; 1 p.m. Saturday, April 15-Sunday, April 16; 6 p.m. Sunday, April 16, Lyric Theater presents “Shrek: The Musical,” the Flynn, Burlington. $19-$45. www.lyrictheatrevt.org

British choir sings in Middlebury

7:30 p.m. Friday, April 14, The Choir of Clare College arrives from the United Kingdom to sing 20^th– and 21^st-century choral works, St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, Middlebury. $15-$20. www.ststephensmidd.org/

A sellout at Higher Ground (Part I)

8:30 p.m. Friday, April 14, the folk-music act Hiss Golden Messenger plays a set in the Higher Ground Showcase Lounge, South Burlington. Sold out. www.highergroundmusic.com

A sellout at Higher Ground (Part II)

9 p.m. Friday, April 14-Saturday, April 15, the veteran jam-rock group moe. performs two shows in the Higher Ground Ballroom, South Burlington. $39-$45 for Friday’s show; Saturday’s concert is sold out. www.highergroundmusic.com

Opera sung by the young

2 p.m. Saturday, April 15-Sunday, April 16, the Youth Opera Company of Vermont, founded by soprano Sarah Cullins, performs a collection of opera scenes and songs titled “An American in Paris,” Waterbury Congregational Church (Saturday) and Faith United Methodist Church in South Burlington (Sunday). Admission by donation. www.youthoperavt.org

Capital City Concerts ends season

7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 15, Capital City Concerts concludes its 2022-23 season with a program titled “Magnificent Masterpieces” featuring works by Brahms, Mozart and other composers, Unitarian Church, Montpelier. $15-$30. www.capitalcityconcerts.org

Concerts pay tribute to Ukraine

7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 15, the 100 singers who make up the combined Burlington Choral Society and Onion River Chorus present music from and inspired by Ukraine, Elley-Long Music Center, Colchester. The program will be repeated at 4 p.m. Sunday, April 16, Smilie Auditorium, Montpelier High School. $25; free for those 18 and under. www.bcsvermont.org or www.onionriverchorus.org

Noise at train station

8 p.m. Saturday, April 15, a night of local experimental noise music, presented by Community of Sound, features State Vector Collapse, Jo Bled, Poverty Line, Peasant Farm and Gun Name, 1 Main St. (Union Station building), Burlington. Free; donations encouraged. www.facebook.com/events/758492308869401

Westford welcomes Buck Hollers

4 p.m. Sunday, April 16, the rockabilly/Americana sounds of The Buck Hollers Band, presented by the Westford Music Series, fill the Westford Common Hall. Free; donations accepted. www.facebook.com/Westfordmusicseries

Country singer visits Vermont

7:30 p.m. Sunday, April 16, Montana native Stephanie Quayle brings her country songs to the Higher Ground Ballroom, South Burlington. $12 in advance, $15 day of show. www.highergroundmusic.com

Wave of joy hits Higher Ground

7 p.m. Wednesday, April 19, the Rochester, New York indie-rock band Joywave follows Dizzy and Elliot Lee to the stage at the Higher Ground Ballroom, South Burlington. $29 in advance, $33 day of show. www.highergroundmusic.com

A concert for the planet

7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 19, “Our Planet,” a live concert based upon the Netflix series of the same name, combines high-definition cinematography and an on-stage orchestra, the Flynn, Burlington. $40-$80. www.flynnvt.org

Whose Live at the Flynn?

7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 20, the cast of the improv-comedy TV show “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” performs on stage in the show “Whose Live Anyway?” at the Flynn, Burlington. $48-$58. www.flynnvt.org

The tasteful songs of Reed Foehl

7 p.m. Friday, April 21, singer-songwriter Reed Foehl performs in The Tasting Room Loft at Shelburne Vineyard. $25. www.shelburnevineyard.com

West African musician sells out at UVM

7:30 p.m. Friday, April 21, from Gambia, kora player Sona Jobarteh joins her band for a University of Vermont Lane Series performance, UVM Recital Hall, Burlington. Sold out. www.uvm.edu/laneseries.

Upstate finds Higher Ground

8 p.m. Friday, April 21, the pop-rock-jazz-etc. group Upstate follows Wild Leek River at the Higher Ground Showcase Lounge, South Burlington. $20 in advance, $25 day of show. www.highergroundmusic.com

Pinky Patel, TikTok star

8:30 p.m. Friday, April 21, comedian Pinky Patel, whose following has grown large on TikTok, visits the Higher Ground Ballroom, South Burlington. $30 in advance, $35 day of show. www.highergroundmusic.com

A matinee with Wynton Marsalis

3 p.m. Saturday, April 22, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with trumpet superstar/music director Wynton Marsalis plays an afternoon concert at the Flynn, Burlington. $50-$72. www.flynnvt.org

The Crystal Method arrives in Burlington

8 p.m. Saturday, April 22, electronic-music veterans The Crystal Method join Simply Jeff, Club Metronome above Nectar’s, Burlington. $40. www.liveatnectars.com

ARTS: This town might have Vermont’s hottest music scene right now (and no, it’s not Burlington)

Brunch with the VSO Jukebox

11 a.m. Sunday, April 23, the Vermont Symphony Orchestra’s Jukebox Quartet plays a catered Sunday brunch, joined by Burlington-based cellist Zoe Keating, Higher Ground Showcase Lounge, South Burlington. $15 in advance, $20 day of show, $25 for ticket and brunch. www.highergroundmusic.com

Chamber choir in Brattleboro

4 p.m. Sunday, April 23, the lively music scene in southern Vermont on this day includes the Brattleboro Camerata presenting “The Want of You: Renaissance Music and the Future,” including the world premiere of the titular composition by Vermont-based Kitty Brazelton, Brattleboro Music Center auditorium. $10-$25, free for ages 12 and under. https://bmcvt.org/brattleboro-camerata/

‘Stomp’ tromps into Flynn

7:30 p.m. Sunday, April 23, the rhythmic stage show “Stomp” brings its percussive power to the Flynn, Burlington. $52-$92. www.flynnvt.org

AliT celebrates new album

7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 26, Vermont singer-songwriter AliT marks the occasion of her new album, “Pancakes at Midnight,” with a concert started by Lake Waves, Higher Ground Showcase Lounge, South Burlington. $20 in advance, $23 day of show. www.highergroundmusic.com

‘Venus in Fur’ revival at Vermont Stage

7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 26, Vermont Stage restages its 2014 hit thriller “Venus in Fur” through May 14 with original cast members Deanna McGovern and Jordan Gullikson, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington. $31.05-$38.50. www.vermontstage.org

Poet Tarfia Faizullah talks in Johnson

7 p.m. Thursday, April 27, poet Tarfia Faizullah gives a reading in the Red Mill Building, followed at 10 a.m. Friday, April 28, with a writing craft talk in Mason House Library, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson. Free. www.vermontstudiocenter.org

‘Every Brilliant Thing’ in White River Junction

7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 27, Jarvis Antonio Green, founder of JAG Productions, stars in a production of the one-person play “Every Brilliant Thing” that runs through May 14, Briggs Opera House, White River Junction. $20-$43. www.jagproductionsvt.com

Andy Shauf spins stories in South Burlington

8 p.m. Thursday, April 27, Canadian musician Andy Shauf, known for his storytelling songs, joins Marina Allen in the Higher Ground Ballroom, South Burlington. $25 in advance, $29 day of show. www.highergroundmusic.com

Maple and music in St. Albans

1 p.m. Friday, April 28, Canadian-born Sherri Anne leads her group Sister Speak in the first performance at this year’s Vermont Maple Festival, which includes a show at 4 p.m. by the No Shoes Nation Band, followed Saturday, April 29 by the Kingdom All Stars (1:30 p.m.) and 8084 (4 p.m.) and at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 30 by Isaac French, Main Street, St. Albans. Free. www.vtmaplefestival.org

Celebrated jazz trio hits UVM

7:30 p.m. Friday, April 28, the University of Vermont Lane Series ends its 2022-23 season with the Love in Exile project featuring jazz musicians Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer and Shahzad Ismaily, UVM Recital Hall, Burlington. $6.20-$48.25. www.uvm.edu/laneseries

Higher Ground hosts The War and Treaty

8 p.m. Friday, April 28, bluesy-country-rock duo The War and Treaty follows William Prince at a show in the Higher Ground Ballroom, South Burlington. $26 in advance, $31 day of show. www.highergroundmusic.com

Hardcore hip hop at Nectar’s

9 p.m. Friday, April 28, veteran hardcore hip-hop group Onyx joins R.A. The Rugged Man at Nectar’s, Burlington. $32. www.liveatnectars.com

New exhibit in southern Vermont

2-4 p.m. Saturday, April 29, an exhibit of paintings titled “Alberto Rey: Cultural Landscapes” begins with an opening reception and runs through June 25 at the Southern Vermont Arts Center, Manchester. free. www.svac.org

Burlington pianist plays hometown concert

7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 29, Burlington pianist Claire Black performs “Song & Dance: Part 2,” including solo piano works by composers such as Schubert and Bartok, First Baptist Church, Burlington. Free; donations accepted. www.facebook.com/pianistclaireblack/

Judy Collins returns to the Flynn

8 p.m. Sunday, April 30, ‘60s singing favorite Judy Collins is back at the Flynn, Burlington. $34-$65.50. www.flynnvt.org

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