Last weekend of September, and Vermont has decided to spend all of fall at once. Two long-running festivals open within an hour of each other Saturday morning at opposite ends of the state, Cabot puts close to forty cheese, ferment, and beverage makers on its village common, and the Paramount in Rutland books Talking Heads on Friday and Journey on Saturday like it’s settling a bet. Ten counties are doing something worth the drive.
Fair season is officially in full swing, and this weekend Vermont’s smaller counties are carrying the load. From Scottish athletics on the Quechee Polo Field to a bluegrass brunch on a Braintree hilltop, here’s what’s worth the drive this Friday through Sunday, August 28-30.
The week will give Vermonters a rare up-close look at the U.S. Navy in a state without a major Navy installation. Sailors associated with the nuclear-powered attack submarine USS Montpelier and civilian mariners from the USNS Burlington are among those expected to participate.
Late August in Vermont is when the state squeezes every last drop out of summer, and this weekend the calendar shows it.
The future owner of the former Green Mountain College campus in Poultney is holding an open house this week, reports Seven Days. Tommie Zito plans to use it for a global evangelical school called Z University.
The University of Vermont announced today that it will host U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on October 20.
When Canada geese molt their flying feathers in the summer, scientists see a key window to study and track them.
if we don’t know where to start when we want to fix something that is broken in our communities then we become easy to divide, and the problems persist.
This year’s circuit spotlights the diversity of performances as the Statehouse opens its doors to underrepresented cultures and groups in Vermont.
Ethan Allen Institute’s 30th Jefferson Day Event will look at slavery and the author of the Declaration of Independence.
Rob Roper of the Ethan Allen Institute will speak on Vermont’s climate agenda at the Manchester Library.
Vermont Daily Chronicle debuts a new feature – a reader-sourced Calendar of Events.
