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Picking Up the Thread With Little Bird Sewing's Sophie Hood
Sewing instructor Sophie Hood has always made her own Halloween costumes. From kindergarten in California through high school at St. Johnsbury Academy in Vermont, she and her parents and younger...
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Holli Bushnell Is Giving Dead Women Back Their Names
In addition to selling cemetery lots, scheduling burials and maintaining paperwork for Burlington's three city-owned cemeteries, sexton Holli Bushnell is digitizing cemetery records, which date back...
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New Program Allows Vermonters to Study Complex Local Issues
Teen mental health, flood resilience and food insecurity are three examples of topics that could be tackled in a new program designed to support Vermonters as they study and address complex issues...
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Winter Fun for the Whole Family: Best Events in 2024-25
Twinkle, Twinkle November 21-January 5 Winter Lights at Shelburne Museum outshines even the starriest night. The stunning, music-enhanced illumination of the grounds and historic buildings invites...
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Vermont Students Aced the 2024 Good Citizen Challenge
What does it mean to be a Good Citizen? We asked kids who participated in this summer's Good Citizen Challenge to share their interpretations of the term. Gilbert Whitman of Poultney said it well: "I...
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Vermont's Top Winter Events Brighten the Season Ahead
Winter is an ideal time to embrace hygge, the Danish and Norwegian term for getting cozy. But during Vermont's roughly eight months of cold and dark — give or take — fleece blankets, crackling fires...
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Shelburne Museum Expands Winter Lights Festival
The days are getting shorter, but Shelburne Museum's annual holiday lights spectacular is getting longer — and brighter. Winter Lights extends its run this year, presenting new installations alongside...
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10 Vermont Holiday Markets You Can't Miss in 2024
State of the Arts Central Vermont shoppers flock to Randolph's long-running Artisan Holiday Market, a one-stop gift shop. In a room bedecked with paper snowflakes and lace, more than 60 local artists...
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2024 Vermont Holiday Gift Guide
At the end of a divisive and draining election year, what the world needs now is love, sweet love. Our annual Gift Guide is here to help spread it. We made a list and checked it twice to ensure that...
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Vermont Holiday Shows Yule Be Glad You Caught This Season
'Twas three weeks before Christmas, and all through Vermont We were so tired of the same Christmas schlock. From Griswolds to Grinches to another Christmas Carol, TV options were stale as a tin popcorn...
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Noah Kahan Look-Alike Contest at UVM Draws a Crowd
You could be forgiven for thinking the bearded man in the photo to the right is Noah Kahan. After all, even AI can't tell them apart. Last Thursday, the University of Vermont Program Board held a...
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VTrans' Highway Signs Make the Season Bright — and Safe
'Tis the season for shopping and sing-alongs, holiday parties and heavy tipplers — and, on the highway, slick roads, lane closures and lost composure. The Vermont Agency of Transportation knows you...
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Burlington Crowns Bernie Sanders Look-Alike Contest Winner
When John Bronstein heard about a Bernie Sanders look-alike contest happening in Burlington, the 84-year-old Putney resident with white, receding hair and glasses had a feeling it could be his moment...
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Secondhand Arts and Crafts Supply Store Opens in Burlington
Used cars have long been offered for sale. Ditto secondhand clothes, shoes, books and even housewares. But art supplies? Avid crafter and thrifter Arianna Soloway read an article about secondhand arts...
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Photo Essay: Looking Back at 2024 in Vermont
This year we thought we'd give ourselves — and you, our dear, tired readers — a holiday break and fill a few pages of the paper with photos recapping the past 12 months. We soon found that playing...
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Afghan Muralists the ArtLords Leave Their Mark on Vermont
Negina Azimi painted her first mural as a member of ArtLords of Afghanistan in March 2017. It was Nowruz, the Persian New Year, a celebration of spring and new beginnings. The 18-year-old had just...
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Young Vermonters Are Drinking Less Alcohol
On a Saturday in December, the pop-up bar in Montpelier's North Branch Café was packed to the walls. Twentysomethings sipped drinks laden with fancy herbs in the dimly lit space. On a makeshift stage,...
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