67th Brattleboro Winter Carnival, 2023

Multiple Day Events

Saturday 2/18 - Sunday 2/26

Winter Carnival Coloring Contest

Sponsored by Pine Heights at Brattleboro, Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation

Saturday, February 18th - Thursday, February 23rd

It’s time to have some fun, get creative and show off some amazing coloring skills! This year’s coloring contest is open to children in the following age groups: 0-4, 5-7, 8-12.

You can pick up this year’s coloring page downtown at Brooks Memorial Library, at the Brattleboro Recreation Department, or at the Nelson Withington Skating Facility. You can also find it on the back of our calendar of events, in the 2023 Brattleboro Winter Carnival program published in the Brattleboro Reformer (on page 23), and on the Brattleboro Winter Carnival website where it is available to download.

Please turn in your completed entry to the Brooks Memorial Library Children’s Room any day from 10:00 am - 4:00 pm. All entries received by Thursday, February 23rd will be eligible for judging by a panel of Pine Heights residents. Only one entry per person. Be sure to include the artist’s first name, age and parent’s contact information so winners can be notified.

Please note: submissions may be shared on our Facebook page!

Brattleboro

Artful Ice Shanties

Retreat Meadows

Saturday, February 18th - Sunday, February 26th

10:00 am to 4:00 pm

Presented by the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center and Retreat Farm, the Artful Ice Shanties outdoor exhibit is a place-based celebration of artistic talent, creative ingenuity, and the rich history of ice fishing at the Retreat Meadows.

This year, most of the shanties will be displayed on the Retreat Meadows ice, with an ice shanty “village” by the farmhouse at Retreat Farm. We’ll have free hot chocolate every day and some drop-in activities from Saturday, February 18th through Sunday, February 26th.

This is the third year for Artful Ice Shanties. In February 2021, over 1,000 people visited the exhibit, and in 2022, over 1,700 people attended. Past Artful Ice Shanties have included:

• Namaskônek, a shanty inspired by the Algonquin ancestors of the region

• A glass box that used recycled lenses to simulate the experience of the northern lights

• A shanty by third and fourth graders that displayed animals’ winter survival strategies

• An enormous black die with moon-shaped dots

• A seascape with a three-dimensional octopus

• A shanty shaped like Baba Yaga’s house

Join us on Saturday, February 25th at 2:00 pm for a wintry, wonderful outdoor Awards Ceremony where a panel of local judges will give out an array of awards for ice shanties with notably artistic, inventive, or silly qualities.

ADMISSION: Free.