Arts and Culture

1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (319+ words) No Vermont author was more popular between the Civil War and World War I than Rowland E. Robinson. In 1883 Robinson decided to concentrate on writing fiction. His literary world was the Addison County of his youth, which he centered around the…...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (346+ words) One annual festival does exactly one thing well. It produces a spike. Thousands of people arrive, parking fills, vendors sell out, and then the street empties and the calendar goes quiet until the following year. Retailers can't staff against a…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (173+ words) Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Historical Society is pleased to announce that it has acquired the Vermont music collection assembled by Big Heavy World, preserving this one-of-a-kind archive for scholars and music lovers alike. James Lockridge founded Big Heavy World…...

1+ week, 15+ hour ago   (146+ words) RUTLAND, Vt. (WCAX) - Vermont’s Open Studio Weekend has returned for its fall edition. The event is designed to showcase local artists across the state during the tourist season. While many artists around the state are opening their home-based studios, others,…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (714+ words) Vermont filmmaker Bess O’Brien had finished her last documentary — the 2024 on-the-ground look at food and housing insecurity, “Just Getting By” — when she hungered for a change. “A lot of my films through the years have tackled big issues,” recalled O’Brien,…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (67+ words) An early Southern Vermont Artist. MANCHESTER — Superette, which was opened in April inside a former outlet space in the bottom… WINHALL — Wagmore Kennels is under new ownership. MANCHESTER — The opening of Canopy Juice on July 25 was a soft event announced…...