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Drag story hour swept Bristol
BRISTOL— From a child’s point of view, it might have been that two fairies manifested from a secret garden and made their way to the local library. This is pretty close to what happened in reality. Emoji Nightmare and Katniss Everqueer, two local drag queens currently co-directing the Drag Story Hour Vermont Chapter, had launched their 2024 Rural Outreach Program from April to July with the help of the Samara Fund at the Vermont Community Foundation. That fund allowed them to read stories to kids at eight rural libraries.
10th MNFF swings for the fences
Organizers of the Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival (MNFF) always try to amp up the invite list to generate more buzz for what is an annual showcase of work by up-and-coming movie makers. We’re glad you’re interested in this valuable content! Please understand that in order for us to be able...
Waitsfield, Vermont, USA By Philip Bobrow
For the past 25 years, I have loved photographing my home state of Vermont from its many backroads. I have driven by and taken a picture of this lone tree many times. In mid-winter, snow to glorious sunsets to this pic in the fall season. It's located on an award-winning dairy farm for its amazing cheese and the wonderful farmers, the von Trapp family farmstead in Waitsfield Common.
Punkstock 2024 — Better Living Through Anarchy
BRANDON—Hardcore, steadfast, resolute, tough. Vermonters by any name are fiercely independent and self-reliant from living at the edges of society. There’s a necessary premium on the homemade, homespun, and homegrown. And yet, mutually beneficial relationships flourish in the pragmatic exchange of goods and services—over back fences, in driveways and pastures, and, more recently, online in places like Front Porch Forum. Local governments and community associations are propelled by volunteers with a solidarity of community spirit that thrives because of differing political opinions, abilities, and idiosyncrasies. Vermonters are self-organized folk who’ve adhered to the do-it-yourself (DIY) code far longer than it’s been a lifestyle buzzword.
Vergennes welcomes new gallery with ‘Soft Openings’
Kristen Grant’s love affair with the arts began early, when she was a child in her Addison home, and it deepened during her years at Vergennes Union High School. We’re glad you’re interested in this valuable content! Please understand that in order for us to be able to fund reporters covering local news, we need your help! For full access to this story and all online content, please log in or subscribe to the Addison Independent.
Big Red Barn Art Show opens this weekend
The Big Red Barn Art Show returns for its annual visit in the Red Barn Galleries at Lareau Farm and Forest in Waitsfield, from July 26 to September 1. The 2024 show marks 26 years of showcasing the artists and artisans of the Mad River Valley. ----------------------------------- The show originated...
Rokeby Museum to host pie and ice cream social
Having a great day is as easy as pie at Rokeby Museum’s annual Pie & Ice Cream Social this Sunday, August 11, from 1 to 4 p.m. We’re glad you’re interested in this valuable content! Please understand that in order for us to be able to fund reporters covering local news, we need your help! For full access to this story and all online content, please log in or subscribe to the Addison Independent.
Town Hall Theater to Present Bread and Puppet's Circus at the Addison County Fair
The circus is coming! The circus is coming! Bread and Puppet Theatre’s circus, that is. On Sunday, September 1st, Town Hall Theater will present Bread + Puppet’s Medium Big Tour at the Addison County Fair Grounds in Vergennes, Vermont. The performance of “The Beginning After the End of Humanity Circus” will be set against the iconic Bread + Puppet hand-painted bus – and begin with Bread & Puppet’s brass band at 4:15pm.
Middlebury Underground trying for Guinness World Record for number of dogs at a film screening
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. — Middlebury Underground and the Homeward Bound Animal Shelter are calling on all dog owners to attend a movie screening on Aug. 10 with their furry friends in the hopes of breaking a world record. The group is hoping to break a Guinness World Record for "Most...
Unique Exhibit Showcases Lake Champlain Canal Boats
For the research and archaeology team at the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum in Vergennes, Vermont, the work of excavating canal boat shipwrecks in Lake Champlain is a unique and special experience as they discover families’ home goods, toys, tools, and clothes as well as the cargo that canal boats were tasked with delivering.
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