Jamaica State Park

Run the rapids, enjoy craft beer, support VT parks! Join us at Jamaica State Park for the white water release on Saturday, September 21st and enjoy the fall Pints for Parks event.

Vermont State Parks is proud to partner with Whetstone Beer Co. and Vermont Parks Forever to support our wonderful state parks. We’ll be serving VT State Parks 100th Anniversary beers to raise money for Vermont Parks Forever, the foundation for Vermont State Parks. Come paddle the white water and join us for a good cause!

Pints for Parks is a collaboration between Whetstone Beer and Vermont State Parks. In years past, Whetstone has focused on a different State Park to create a unique, limited-edition beer celebrating a specific park. This year we are celebrating Vermont Parks as a whole given the yearlong nature of the centennial event, and we have brewed up a whole new beer to celebrate the occasion.  In addition, Whetstone will donate proceeds from all Pints for Parks beer to VT State Parks’ partner charity, Vermont Parks Forever.  Join us as we honor the 100th Anniversary of the Vermont State Parks!

Popular author, master storyteller and musician Michael Caduto performs at the Jamaica State Park Nature Center on Thursday August 29 at 4:00pm.  Using a wide range of entertaining voices and expressions, Caduto creates a host of humorous and dramatic animals and human characters. The audience is invited to accompany the songs, chants, native instruments and dance. During this presentation, Michael introduces participants to the great circles of life—the basis for living sustainably with our Earth. Michael shares stories from traditional cultures found throughout the world—including Africa, Europe, North America and Central America. Includes original Earth music from Michael’s CD All One Earth: Songs for the Generations, as well as stories from his storytelling CD’s: The Rainbow Garden and The Wisdom of Nature. 

ABOUT THE PERFORMER:  Michael J. Caduto—a juried artist with the Vermont Arts Council and the New Hampshire Council on the Arts—is well-known as co-author of the national best-selling Keepers of the Earth® series, Native American Gardening: Stories, Projects and Recipes for Families and Earth Tales from Around the World which was awarded the Aesop Prize for literary and artistic excellence by the American Folklore Society. He has traveled throughout North America, Europe and the Middle East performing stories and music for audiences of all ages. His children’s books include The Garden of Wisdom: Earth Tales from the Middle East and Catch the Wind, Harness the Sun, which received the national Teacher’s Choice Award. He is the author of The Crimson Elf: Italian Tales of Wisdom (Storytelling World Honor Award).
 

Event free with park entry.