In-Sight Photography
In-Sight Photography By Steve Noble One summer, 20 years ago, photographers Bill Ledger and John Willis saw something that bothered them. Teens in Brattleboro were just hanging out with nothing to do, and catching it from local police for loitering. Willis and Ledger decided to do something about it and put together a one-month photography class. It proved so popular , what they started quickly expanded from a one-month class to...
Wine Observed
Wine Observed: This Time it’s Craft Beers by Marty Ramsburg Ten years ago, in November 2002, a craft beer producer made the iconoclastic decision to package its first beer for distribution in a can. Demand for beer produced by the Oskar Blues brewpub in tiny Lyons, Colorado, had grown steadily, encouraging owner, Dale Katechis to expand production beyond what could be consumed on-premise. Releasing his Dale’s Pale Ale in cans,...
Calendar
The Daily Scoop September:Thru Sep 9: North Bennington Plein Air Competition, pleinair-vermont.com.Thru Sep 9: Vermont State Fair, all day, Rutland, vermontstatefair.net.Saturdays: Traditional Craft Saturdays at Billings Farm & Museum, 10a-5p, Woodstock, billingsfarm.org.6: Chinese Painting lecture, First Congregational Church, Manchester Center, 4p,visitmanchestervt.com.7: Gallery Walk in and around downtown...
Music & Theatre
Music & Theater Bellows Falls Opera House7 Centennial Square, Rockinghambfoperahouse.com,802 463-3964Sep 6: Gordie Tentrees, 7:30p. Sep 23: Puppets in the Green Mountains performance, Peter and the Wolf, 8p. Sep 28: Made in Vermont Music Festival Statewide Tour, 7:30p. Bennington Center for the Arts44 Gypsy Lane, Bennington10a–5p, (Closed Mondays)benningtoncenterforthearts.org802 442-7158Sep 29: An Evening with Tom Rush, 8p....
At the Galleries
At the Galleries Ann Coleman Gallery437 Maple Dr, Whitingham, 10a–5p dailyartistanncoleman.com, 802 378-7090Ongoing: Ann Coleman’s watercolors inspired by nature and the outdoors of New England can be viewed at Quahog Design, Quaigh Designs, 11 W Main St, Wilmington. Asian Cultural Center of Vermont and C.X. Silver Gallery814 Western Ave, Brattleboroaccvt.org, 802 257-7898, ext 12nd Sun each month: Cai’s Dim Sum Teahouse, featuring...
At the Museums
At the Museums Bennington Center for the Arts44 Gypsy Lane, Bennington10a–5p, (Closed Mondays)benningtoncenterforthearts.org802 442-7158Thru Sep 9: Impression of New England, including over 60 scenes in paint and bronze. Thru Sep 23: California Art Club7–Saving Paradise: The Symbiosis of Landscape Painting & Environmental Awareness. Thru Sep 23: The Laumeister Fine Art Competition, juried by Scott Christensen. Sep 29-Oct 27: Oil...
Spotlights
Spotlights Puppets in the Green MountainsSept 22-30, http://www.puppetsinthegreenmountains.com The Puppets in the Green Mountains Festival is an international puppet festival held every other year in Southern Vermont. Produced and Presented by Vermont’s Sandglass Theater, it is a wellspring of creativity, this year presenting companies from Japan, Israel, Turkey, Spain, Poland, Finland, Quebec, and the US. 9th Annual...
Fall Food Festivals
Fall Food Festivals NO TASTE OF DEERFIELD VALLEY THIS YEAR!!! Vermont Life Wine& Harvest FestivalSep 21-23, with events in downtown Wilmington, local inns, farms and wineries, and at nearby Mount Snow in West Dover,thevermontfestival.comA weekend showcase for Vermont wines, Vermont specialty foods and artisans of all types celebrating the rich uniqueness, quality and ingenuity of Vermont producers. Named one of Vermont’s “Top 10...
Farmers Markets
Farmers’ Markets ***Most Farmers’ Markets in Vermont close by the end of October.*** Every Tuesday: Rutland Downtown Farmers’ Market, Depot Park, 3-6p, 802 747-4403. Bennington Walloomsac Farmers’ Market at the Bennington Station, 10a-1p, 802 442-8934. Woodstock Farmers’ Market, on the Green, 3-6p, woodstockvt.com. Every Wednesday: Brattleboro Farmers’ Market, Gibson-Aiken Center, Brattleboro,...
Community Supported Restaurants
Community Supported Restaurants: The Gleanery in Putney and Popolo in Bellows Falls By Katherine P. Cox Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) has become an ingrained part of our culture as more and more people embrace the notion of supporting local farmers and buying fresh, healthy, local food. Now an intrepid group in Putney has applied that model to its new restaurant, The Gleanery, scheduled to open in October. Likewise, a...
Putney Craft Tour
Thanksgiving Weekend: On Putney, Vermont’s Artisan Trail By Katherine P. Cox Liz Hawkes deNiord, a painter and ceramic artist from Putney, says to expect the usual and the unusual when you visit her studio on the 34th annual Putney Craft Tour in November. She could be talking about the tour itself, whose organizers are always striving to add something new and different to the venerable arts tour. Twenty-eight artists and craftspeople,...
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