Maple Open Houses
Maple Open House Weekend Visitors are welcome at sugarhouses all over Vermont on March 24 and 25, 2012 Pictured: “Sugaring Season” 6-color embossed linoleum block print by William H. Hays, courtesy The Artist’s Loft Fine Art Gallery, Brattleboro The 11th Annual Open House Weekend is a celebration of the maple syrup season and an opportunity to visit one or more “sugarhouses” throughout the state to learn about...
Discerning the taste of maple
Discerning the Taste of Maple A team of researchers, sugarmakers and sensory panelists collaborated over several years by evaluating maple syrup from throughout the state of Vermont to describe the terroir or taste of place of Vermont maple syrup, using a unique sensory map that captures the delicious qualities of Vermont Maple syrup.This interesting sensory tool was jointly developed by Professor Amy Trubek author of 2008 The Taste...
Classes, workshops & residencies
Classes, Workshop & Residencies In Vermont art flourishes year-round. There’s always a good time to learn, practice and perform. Here are a few programs and places to help you learn about classes or workshops in your area. Carving Studio and Sculpture Center636 Marble St, Rutlandcarvingstudio.org, 802 438-2097March 17-18: Introductory Stone Carving with Bill Nuff. April 21-22: Carving in Alabaster with Anne Dean....
Tubing to Terroir
Vermont Food & Wine Tubing to Terroir… Maple Comes of Age by Roger Allbee, former Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets for Vermont; Bruce Martell, former Maple Specialist for the State of Vermont; and Betty Ann Lockhart, author of Maple Sugarin’ in Vermont — A Sweet History. The official contact for the Vermont Maple Industry is www.vtmaple.org. Maple is often called the “Soul of Vermont” as it has defined...
Biodynamic Wines
Wine Observed: Biodynamic Wines by Marty Ramsburg What are Biodynamic® wines? Some people may explain that it is uber-organic, but that does not accord Biodynamic practitioners the respect they deserve.Vinters who embrace Biodynamic principles also commit themselves not just to winemaking, but to farming. For those wine producers who adopt Biodynamic principles, the objective is to create a self-sufficient living organism by...
Winter Farmers Markets
Vermont Food and Wine Winter Farmers Markets Bennington: Walloomsac Winter Farmers’ Market, Jan 21, Feb 18, March 17, April 21, 10a-1p, at St. Peter’s Church, walloomsac.org, 802 688-7210. Brattleboro: Brattleboro Winter Farmers’ Market, Saturdays thru March, 10a-2p, at the River Garden, downtown Brattleboro, postoilsolutions.org, 802 869-2141. Dorset: Dorset Winter Farmers’ Market, Sundays thru Feb 19, 10a-2p, at...
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...
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