Cold storage: How Harlow farm keeps vegetables through the winter
By Allyson Wendt There’s a touch of frost on the fields as I arrive at Harlow Farm in Westminster on an early November morning. After a long, warm fall, winter is definitely coming. I head for the relative warmth of the big barn, where I find farm manager Jon Slason and his crew trimming turnips for packing and delivery. I’m here to see the storage methods Harlow Farm uses for its winter veggies. With around 2,000 square feet of cold...
Music & Theatre
Bellows Falls Opera House 7 Centennial Square, Rockingham http://www.bfoperahouse.com, 802 463-3964 March 28, 2015: The Steel Wheels, with Todd Roach, Mac Ritchey and Beth Lavinder, benefit concert for accelerate brain cancer cure. Brattleboro Music Center 38 Walnut Street, Brattleboro http://www.bmcvt.org, 802 257-4523 Jan 10-11: Concert Choir presents Verdi’s Requiem at the Latchis Theater, 7:30p on Sat, 3p on Sun. Latchis...
At the Museums
Bennington Center for the Arts 44 Gypsy Lane, Bennington 10a to 5p, Mon-Sun (Closed Mon) http://www.thebennington.org, 802 442-7158 Thru Dec 21: Small Works Show, with figuratives, landscapes, cityscapes, wildlife, still-life’s and more. Thru Dec 21: Portraying the Human Spirit exhibit, a small show of 26 pieces that capture the essence of the human spirit. Thru Dec 21: The Laumeister Fine Art Competition. Thru Dec 21: Small Works...
At the Galleries
Bennington Arts Guild 103 South St, Bennington http://www.benningtonartsguild.org , 802 442-7838 Thru Dec 31: The Bennington Arts Guild Holiday Show. Catherine Dianich Gallery 139 Main St, Brattleboro Open by appointment only http://www.catherinedianichgallery.com, 802 380-1607 Thru Dec 30: The Blue Prophetic Alphabet. Chaffee Art Center 16 South Main St, Rutland http://www.chaffeeartcenter.org, 802 775-0356 Dec 5-20: Holiday...
Farmers Markets
Farmers’ Markets Bennington: Bennington Winter Farmers’ Market, first and third Saturday each month, at First Baptist Church, http://www.nofavt.org. Bellows Falls: Bellows Fall Farmers’ Market (Winter), Nov 21, Dec 19, Train Depot, 4-6:30p, www.bffarmersmarket.com. Brattleboro: Brattleboro Winter Farmers’ Market, Saturdays thru March, 10a-2p, at the River Garden, downtown Brattleboro,www.facebook.com/BrattleboroWinterFarmersMarket,...
Workshops & Classes
Carving Studio and Sculpture Center 636 Marble St, Rutland http://www.carvingstudio.org, 802 438-2097 March 14-15: Introductory Stone Carving Workshop. Two days of hand carving techniques and stone carving lore. Fletcher Farm 611 Route 103 S., Ludlow http://www.fletcherfarm.org, 802 228-8770 Feb 6-8: Quilter’s Choice Workshop. Feb 28-March 1: How to Paint Landscapes in Watercolor. March 21: Spring into Baskets. March 7-8: Beginning...
Calendar spotlight: Downton Abbey premiere party
WILBURTON INN 257 Wilburton Drive Manchester, VT 05254 DOWNTON ABBEY SEASON PREMIERE PARTY Saturday, January 3 6:30-10:00pm | $40 Dress up in your sparkles & tux and go back in time for a Downton Abbey Party in the country manor — the Wilburton Inn! Manchester Designer Outlets and Manchester Music Festival join the Wilburton Inn for a glamorous evening of music, dancing, delicious hors d’oeuvres to celebrate the start...
Teaching Gallery: Fine art at Landmark College
From the opening of its Fine Arts Gallery to the student art displayed front and center, Landmark College celebrates a ‘fundamental element of education and life.’ By Steve Noble If art is the result of artists seeing the everyday world in a way others don’t, then the existence of the Fine Art Gallery at Landmark College is, itself, work of art. In what was then the pleasant well-lit lobby of the Greenhoe Theater in the college’s...
Best of both worlds: Southern Vermont arts connect to New York City
The Southern Vermont creative world finds deep connections to the New York arts scene — and vice versa. By Arlene Distler As Sharon Olds, New York poet, put it the year she appeared at the Brattleboro Literary Festival, “I lift mine hills to the hills from whence my deliverance comes.” New Yorkers have long eyed the lands to the north with yearning –at least since the 40’s and 50’s. That was the era of Scott Nearing and a...
Curtains up: new theatrical curtains reflect Vermont seasons
Five regional artists go all in to create a modern chapter to Main Street Arts’ historic theatrical curtain collection By Susan Morse How do you paint a curtain, and a large 9 by 18-foot theatrical curtain at that? With exuberance and color and not a small amount of trepidation and curiosity a group of five contemporary Saxtons River artists have learned.. Michele Ratté says she isn’t even a painter: the Saxtons River artist calls...
The Brooks House: A new day for an Brattleboro landmark
The Brooks House reopening celebration will be on October 3 The $24 million renovation of downtown Brattleboro’s Brooks House will be celebrated on October 3. The 80,000-square-foot building includes an 18,000-square-foot academic center for Community College of Vermont and Vermont Technical Center, where classes have already begun. The building also features high-end apartments and a variety of commercial businesses, including the...
New travel apps poised to put Vermont on the mobile map
State, entrepreneurs offer modern twists on the old road atlas (and special provisions for cellular dead zones) Technology isn’t something you necessarily think of when you think of Vermont,” admits Doug Allbee, CEO and Co-Founder of Viewboost, a newly launched Vermont tourism app. “There are a lot of traditional ways that Vermont is marketing itself, a lot of status quo approaches. But we really feel strongly that it’s a great...
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