Local Flavor: A Love Affair with Yeast
By Molly Leuschel — Photos by Emily Hale “Yeast and I are really happy together,” says Rachel Laliberté, owner of a home-based bakery business in Grafton, appropriately named the Grafton Village Bakery. Rachel’s love affair with yeast began nearly ten years ago, shortly after she moved with her husband, Keith Hermiz, to Vermont from the Washington DC area. She had been working as an executive for a national retailer whose headquarters...
Talk of the Arts: A Call to the Raven-like
Three Opportunities for Vermont Creatives by Lars Hasselblad Torres Bernd Heinrich, writing in “Mind of the Raven,” draws the reader deeply into the social life of this magnificent bird. The emeritus University of Vermont biology professor paints the picture of the Raven—a shy, alert, keenly sighted and far-ranging creature that is a common feature of the North American landscape. How like the raven we artists can be – our...
Workshops, classes & artist residencies
ArtisTree Community Art Center 1206 Rt 12, Woodstock artistreevt.org, 802 457-3500 Dec 7: Pastel Painting Workshop using still life and landscape photos. Dec 12:You Paint It! Pottery Workshop. Ongoing: Our community arts center provides the opportunity for a joyful, meaningful, and satisfying experience of the visual arts and music through our year-round classes, workshops, and events. Bennington Center for the Arts 44 Gypsy Lane,...
At the museums
Bennington Center for the Arts 44 Gypsy Lane, Bennington 10a to 5p, Mon-Sun (Closed Mon) thebennington.org, 802 442-7158 Thru Dec 22: American Artists Abroad, a world tour of art. American artists share their work in this beautiful world tour. We get to see famous monuments as well as quiet moments through the eyes of these talented painters and sculptors. Thru Dec 22: Plein Air Vermont exhibition. Thru Dec 22: The Vermont Watercolor...
At the galleries
Asian Cultural Center of Vermont and C.X. Silver Gallery 814 Western Ave, Brattleboro accvt.org, 802 257-7898, ext. 1 2nd Sun each month: Cai’s Dim Sum Teahouse, featuring over 30 unique authentic dishes with vegetarian wheat-free and gluten-free options and an emphasis on local ingredients. Ongoing: Kiri-e: Fabric collage pictures by young women survivors of the Hiroshima aftermath. The Asian Cultural Center of Vermont is an...
Farmers’ markets
Bellows Falls: Bellows Falls Farmers’ Market, at the Train Depot every 3rd Friday, 4-7p, bffarmersmartet.com. Bennington: Walloomsac Winter Farmers’ Market, Dec 14 and 21, first and third Saturdays thru April, 10a-1p, at Baptist Church, info@walloomsac.org, 802 681-3501. Brattleboro: Brattleboro Winter Farmers’ Market, Saturdays thru March, 10a-3p, at the River Garden, downtown Brattleboro, postoilsolutions.org, 802 869-2141....
Day to day
Winter Carnival Dates Dec 14: Annual Festival of Lights and Winter Gala, Stratton Mountain, 7-10p,stratton.com. Feb 1: North Bennington Winter Festival, with penguin plunge, ice carving competition, wagon rides, and many more family friendly events, all day,bennington.com. Feb 8: Second Annual Grafton Winter Carnival, at the Grafton Ponds Outdoor Center, with sleigh rides, ice skating, bonfire, snow tubing and...
Music and theater
Bellows Falls Opera House 7 Centennial Square, Rockingham bfoperahouse.com, 802 463-3964 Known as the civic and cultural heart of the Bellows Falls community, the Opera House shows movies and has live events on a regular basis. See the web site for details and a schedule. Bennington Center for the Arts 44 Gypsy Lane, Bennington 10am to 5pm, Mon-Sun (Closed Mondays) thebennington.org, 802 442-7158 Nov 30: Russian Duo Oleg Druglyakov...
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