Knots in your stomach? Knotweed cuisine!
By Linda Santucci Fondulas As you ramble along in your car or bike on a winding second-class Vermont road in autumn, the spectacular brushstrokes of foliage before you captivate no less than the swaths of white blooms on tall bushy plants lining the rivers and brooks. This pleasing site would certainly not induce a knot in your stomach, yet that is precisely what it should do… in more ways than one. If only we knew then about the...
Food trucks: Our guide to roadside chow in Vermont and New Hampshire
By Nicole Colson As the food truck trend continues to spread, menus are adapting to suit the more discerning palates of foodies, who expect the the unexpected from their local trucks, carts and stands. Our list of kitchens on wheels satisfies every taste imaginable, so bring your appetite, step up to the window, and sample—preferably with your hands. Vermont The Biscuit Shed 959 Putney Road, Brattleboro 802 683-7692 Serving breakfast...
Welcome to the Deerfield Valley
Four decades after she first set foot here, Janet L. Boyd still finds something to celebrate every season By Janet L. Boyd I came up to Vermont for the weekend from New Jersey when I was 19. Saturday morning, I woke up looked around and knew I could live here! That was 42 years ago. My first summer here I met a fourth-generation Vermont farmer. I admired his family’s commitment to preserving the family farm and his willingness to try...
Following a dream: Farming like they mean it
By Cicely M. Eastman Ashlyn Bristle and Abraham McClurg are a beacon of hope for Vermont’s agricultural industry. At a time when many of the state’s youth are leaving the state to seek careers in urban areas, Ashlyn and Abraham are of a new breed of young farmer moving to Vermont, establishing Rebop Farm CSA on Sunset Lake Road in Brattleboro. For Ashlyn it was to follow a dream. For Abraham it was life’s purpose found. Ashlyn, from...
Vermont entrepreneurs charting their own course
By Valerie Stuart Shapeshifters Solving their own dilemma is helping others When Eli and Krista Coughlin-Galbraith couldn’t find the kind of undergarments they needed on the retail market they decided to create their own. Eli, who is transgender, sought a better fitting binder. Krista wanted a comfortable plus-size sports bra. Thanks to Shapeshifters, the company the young entrepreneurs founded five years ago, transgender individuals...
Double vision: DaVallia Art & Accents rocks a decade
DaVallia: two spaces on the creative continuum between an artist studio, a gallery, a design center, and a makerspace. Davallia: a genus of ferns that includes about three dozen fern species. DaVallia: a name chosen by artists who garden to describe a place that defies description but is rich in variety. By Meg Brazill DaVallia Art & Accents is on the creative continuum between a design think tank, an artisan boutique, a home...
Bookmarks
Kevin O’Connor reviews five new Vermont page-turners: Identifying Ferns the Easy Way As the first female consulting forester to work in New England, Lynn Levine has a 40-year history of navigating the great outdoors. But the East Dummerston educator is good with small things, too. Having shepherded thousands of people into the woods to share her love of nature, she has authored the new book “Identifying Ferns the Easy Way: A Pocket...
Circus arts
Circus Smirkus 1 Circus Road, Greensboro http://www.smirkus.org 802 533-7443 Big Top Tour: Carnival: July 9–10: Northampton, Mass.; July 12–13: Manchester; July 15–16: Keene, N.H.; Aug 14–16: Montpelier. New England Center for Circus Arts 10 Town Crier Dr., Brattleboro http://www.necenterforcircusarts.org 802 254-9780 June 6, 7:30p; June 7, 3:30 & 7:30; June 8, 1p: As One: ProTrack NECCA’s budding professionals present their...
Special events
Food Truck Roundup Retreat Farm, Brattleboro Route 30 at 45 Farmhouse Square, Brattleboro http://www.retreatfarm.org 802 490-2270 July 4–Sept 5: Thursdays from 5 to 8p. Live music, craft brews, and more than a dozen local food trucks make this weekly event a summer staple for visitors from near and far. See story this issue. Grafton Food & Spirits Festival Grafton http://www.graftonfoodfestival.com July 13, noon to 5p: Dozens of...
Gardens
Brattleboro Area Hospice Summer Soirée 3293 Route 5, Westminster http://www.brattleborohospice 802 257-0775 x109 July 26, 4:30 to 7:30p: A festive evening supporting Brattleboro Area Hospice. Music, light refreshments, great company in the gardens of designer Cyndy Fine of Genius Loci, Ecological Landscape Design. Special guests Elizabeth Rogers & Eugene Friesen and the Hallowell Singers. Hildene, The Lincoln Family Home 1005...
Dance
‘Farm to Ballet’ at Retreat Farm Route 30 at 45 Farmhouse Square, Brattleboro http://www.balletvermont.org/retreat-farm.html 802 490-2270 July 20: Doors open at 4:30, Camper Dance Performance 5:30, show starts at 6. “Farm to Ballet.” Full-length performance reinterpreting classical ballet pieces to tell the story of a Vermont farm from spring to fall. Bring your own picnic or purchase some farm fresh food to enjoy during the...
Music
Bennington Museum 75 Main St., Bennington http://www.benningtonmuseum.org 10a to 5p (Closed Wed) 802 447-1571 May 26, 2p: Pianist Elizabeth Wright performs Beethoven sonatas with special guests: violinist Joana Genova and cellist Nathaniel Parke. Brattleboro Music Center: Juno Orchestra 38 Walnut St., Brattleboro http://www.bmcvt.org 802 257-4523 June 1, 7:30p & June 2, 4p: Discoveries. Juno’s fifth concert, composition Serenity...
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