Wild Carrot Farm
Vermont Food & Wine Wild Carrot Farm by Katherine P. Cox When Caitlin Burlett and Jesse Kayen got married last September, all the food for 200 guests was locally produced — from the small farm that they run with their friend and partner, Max Madalinski, in Brookline. Wild Carrot Farm has been all-consuming for the young couple since they joined forces with Max in 2010 to raise organic vegetables, chickens, turkeys and lambs...
Artful Shopping
Artful Shopping There is a genuine joy to shopping with a mind for something above the ordinary, something one-of-a-kind and artfully unique. From art pottery to imported pashmina, the galleries, crafts boutiques and specialty shops in Southern Vermont’s small towns and historic villages are where you can discover beautiful things that feed your soul. Just as the Localvore and Slow Food movements took on the fast food chains, there is...
VTica
VTica by Arlene Distler One of the truly gratifying aspects of being a writer on the arts is witnessing close-up the dedication and passion of both artists and those whose desire it is to bring those artists’ work to the public eye.Vermont Institute of Contemporary Art (VTica), is a new non-profit arts venue that exemplifies this kind of dedication. The first show, which opened December 17th, and will go through the winter, is...
Vermont Performance Lab
Vermont Performance Lab by Katherine P. Cox Many artist colonies provide artists a retreat from the distractions of the world to focus on their work. Vermont Performance Lab, an arts residency program based in Guilford, turns that notion on its head and encourages artists to get involved in the local community and engage residents in their work.Founded by Sara Coffey in 2006, the goal of VPL is to bring contemporary artists to Windham...
Bullish on Vermont Vermont Culture
Bullish on Vermont Culture Investing in Vermont — and the arts — comes naturally to the people here. In Putney, Next Stage Arts has launched a performing arts center in a historic church in the center of town. In Guilford, Sara Coffey’s Vermont Performance Lab offers residency programs for contemporary artists, provides them support, fosters their work, and connects them with local townspeople and communities — hopefully in an...
Catherine Dianich
Catherine Dianich Down an inviting alleyway, through glass doors and at the far end of a low-ceilinged lobby in an old brick industrial building repurposed into offices, retail stores and apartments, resides a unique Brattleboro gallery in an unlikely location behind floor-to-ceiling windows that make it seem like you’re entering an art-filled snow globe.That is how people first encounter Catherine Dianich Gallery, which for the past...
Adria Schozer
Adria Schozer The Gander Gallery represents a vibrant new addition to Manchester’s art scene and a new venture for owner Adria Schozer, but it’s really no accident that it opened its doors last July at 4716B Main St. The twin worlds of art and Vermont have exerted a gravitational pull on Schozer for so long the opening of The Gander Gallery starts looking a lot like destiny.Schozer grew up in the world of art. Her father, Fred...
Three Women, Three Galleries
Three Women, Three Galleries by Steve Noble Ann Coleman, Catherine Dianich and Adria Schozer took different roads with unlikely twists and turns to arrive in Vermont and open their own art galleries. Although each has followed her own vision and put her own unique stamp on three of the jewels in Southern Vermont’s arts scene, their stories, together, reflect the independent, resilient, creative and community-minded spirit of the...
Daily Scoop
Daily Scoop January: 27: Acoustic Music by Claudia Schmidt at Meetinghouse Café, Bennington, 8p,uubennington.com.28: Northern Roots Traditional Music Festival, all day at various locations in Brattleboro, bmcvt.org.28: Winter Festival and Penguin Plunge, North Bennington, events all day, bennington.com.28: Tubbs 10th Annual Romp to Stomp out Breast Cancer, snowshoeing trails fundraiser, 8a,tubbsromptostomp.com. February: 3:...
Harris Hill
Harris Hill Continues to Soar After a 31-year hiatus on the college level and a waning of popularity in this country, the once popular sport of ski jumping may be ready to soar again that is if the recently formed USASJ (USA Ski Jumping) has anything to say about it.“Brattleboro’s Harris Hill is an important part of that effort,” says Rex Bell, former U.S. Ski Team coach, now Chairman of the Board of USASJ, and head of...
At the Museums
At the Museums Bennington Center for the Arts44 Gypsy Lane, Bennington10a to 5p, Mon-Sun (Closed Mondays)benningtoncenterforthearts.org ,802 442-7158Opening Jan 16. Thru April: Extended Fall Works exhibit. Ongoing: Discover the history and legends of Vermont’s covered bridges in the world’s only museum dedicated to their preservation. Explore the exhibits on engineering, construction, tools and more.Bennington Museum75 Main...
What’s New
What’s New Once Productive Factory Moves into the Future Fellows Gear Shaper, now known as One-Hundred River Street, formerly one of the largest and best known of the precision tool industry buildings in Springfield gets major transformation thanks to new owners who want to honor Springfield’s development in direct relation to its heritage. Their commitment to integrity of place is evident in both the 1950’s and 1900’s wings.The...
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