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Local musicians share how Winooski has become a welcoming place to perform

“Middle Eastern” dancers attempt to avoid appropriation and spread appreciation

Peter Harrigan’s last production at Saint Michael’s College revisits the stories of New England’s mill workers.

“I just want to shout on every corner that this guy is a big deal.”

The inaugural Vermont Circus Festival is happening in Brattleboro this week. It’s eight days of circus performances, workshops and community events hosted by the New England Center for Circus Arts.

Partizanfilm is a grassroots, member-run non-profit. And it’s opening a two-screen art-house cinema on College Street later this month.

Robert Nickelsberg is a celebrated photojournalist whose work has appeared in various national galleries and global publications.

Even the pooches who didn’t win still wagged their tails and grinned ear to ear.

The storm rolled in during intermission at the noon performance.

Winooski has French bread and Quebecois roots — and now the taste of chicken banh mi from Vietnam, colorful weave-work crafted by Nepalese hands and Kenyan folk music. 

Part Emergency Communications drill and part informal competition, amateur radio Field Day encourages ham radio operators across the U.S. and Canada to test their equipment and skills.

“Winooski’s the most diverse city in the state. We’re celebrating them. We’re celebrating the freedom and love that the community has for them,” said Craig Mitchell, one of the celebration’s lead organizers.

With post-flood renovations in the basement and upgrades to the theater’s upstairs, the Savoy crew is hitting back against the streaming surge. 

Natalie Miller co-owns the Vermont Comedy Club and performs with a popular improv team.

Fleetwood goes by “‘Evie” among friends — but “DJ Goddess” when hosting her LGBTQ+-centric karaoke nights.

Vermont native and Olympic Rugby star Ilona Maher captivated the world with her athleticism, bronze medal and social media prowess. Now she is joined by her two sisters in a new podcast called “House of Maher.”

Nanci Gordon is a longtime Rutland area DJ with a passion for the Beatles, and preaching.

Mah jongg provides a community of friends, a safe space to come together and a mental challenge.

The owner of the Rutland-based Funky Flies online store are creating wild skateboard decks and turning some into pet bowls featured on Chewy.com

Marko the Magician is still performing at Colatina Exit, 30 years after starting there.

The yoga routine of a Fair Haven woman sparked a business, aided by some like-minded friends.

Young Vermonters often decide to leave their small hometowns for jobs elsewhere, but siblings Martin and Whitney VanBuren decided to stay put and make a difference in Poultney.

Terry Bergen was a psychology professor at Castleton University for four decades, but those in Poultney may know him more for his dojo in town. He sat down to chat about life as a black belt professor.

“Story Theater” sees itself as a creative oasis

The Sparkle Barn, Wallingford’s artsy gift shop, has added an eye-popping “Bloom Room” event space and will soon be offering a mobile version.

Crumby the kitten was rescued by volunteers in Rutland and will be featured at halftime of Sunday’s annual Puppy Bowl on Animal Plant.

“She is amazing to work with and brings warmth to the stage that goes out to the crowd as well,” said a bandmate.

Guitarist Antara Catch and bassist Chris Cheney recently played at the Winooski Farmers Market.

Hundreds of enthusiasts come every year in search of supernatural experiences.

“I don’t know if the worst breath is a bragging right, but hey, you won something!”

The 2024 celebration boasted music, food, vendor tables and interactive projects.

Oohs and aahs filled the air as performers entered the stage under the bright lights and tent ceiling dazzling with colorful stars.

Wingman of the Year, a company aiming to redefine dating shows, is coming to Rutland on Saturday for a live dating show.

Scheer is an actor, puppeteer, clown, acrobat — and one of the first openly trans women and nonbinary people to puppeteer in American television.

The brothers’ art-filled upbringings would take them from auditoriums in Randolph to arenas and stages worldwide, working with people like Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish, Ryan Gosling and more.

The festival was on pause during the Covid-19 pandemic, and reviving it was no small feat.

For Castleton’s 10th Annual International Film Festival, filmmaker Jethro Waters visited campus for a Q&A after the screening of his film.

Once collapsing ruins, the two old barns are becoming rustic venues.

Randolph has maintained a sister city relationship with Myrhorod, in central Ukraine, for more than two decades.

On the final night of the Palace 9 movie theater’s operation, the hottest ticket was for the three-hour Martin Scorsese film “Killers of the Flower Moon,” costing only a dollar.

On Sept. 30, Goodling will join other Vermont sheep farmers and New England fiber artists for the 35th Vermont Sheep & Wool Festival at the Tunbridge Fairgrounds.

Hinesburg locals flooded the gathering space with kids and dogs, taking advantage of activities like old-timey apple pressing, a puppet show and local food offerings.

Tucked away in Burlington’s arts district on Pine Street, the Dojo gives independent music teachers a space to gather and teach lessons to students both in person and online. 

The Vermont Agency of Digital Services banned use of the popular app TikTok on all state-owned devices, joining more than half the states and the federal government as concerns about the app’s Chinese ownership continue to swirl.

RANDOLPH — Students take over the basement in Keenan Hall after sunset nearly every night at Vermont Technical College, posting up in front of computer monitors with rainbow-colored keyboards and headsets.  Sophomore Luc Levesque, a regular, spent a recent weeknight explaining one game he and others come there to grind — first-person shooter Valorant — […]

What started almost two decades ago as only a camp in a local barn has grown into a theater organization serving about 1,000 youths annually from northwestern Vermont.

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At the Shelburne Community School, Dynamic Dates fundraiser raffles off adventures from teachers and staff to kids at the school.

The Ice Center has reopened after taking three months to repair and replace aging equipment