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Among the most widely cultivated and recognizable plants growing in gardens this time of year are sunflowers, members of the genus Helianthus. The showiest species and hybrid varieties within this cheery botanical club, such as common sunflower, often steal the limelight for their size and color. But it’s worth getting to know northern New England’s […]
A roadside tea house once stood in Sherburne Pass, across from the Long Trail Inn and near the site of the former Long Trail Lodge. The pagoda-style building was open for little more than a summer season: it appeared in the fall of 1915, ran through the summer of 1916, was reported closed by a […]
By Gary Barron September: The journey begins The Autumn season is finally here! Three glorious months, each of which is distinctively different and projecting a specific personality defining their identity. Enhancing the spirit of the season, one hears the words of Robert Frost and Henry David Thoreau beginning their ghostly whisper in our ears. Living […]
I saw a kid ripping through my neighborhood the other day on one of those electric bikes that resemble a gas-powered motorcycle. He was probably 12 years old, didn’t have a helmet on, and was traveling at an excessive speed – much faster than you could move if you were forced to pedal. Besides thinking […]
Saturday, Sept. 12 at 11 a.m. —WESTON— Eight decades of Vermont tradition will be celebrated with a new community event when The Vermont Country Store marks its 80th anniversary during the inaugural Weston Village Fair & Jubilee on Saturday, Sept. 12. The daylong celebration will combine an old-fashioned village fair with a milestone anniversary for […]
Sunday, Sept. 13 at 4 p.m. —ROCHESTER— The Rochester Chamber Music Society will conclude its 32nd season with a performance by the Jasper String Quartet at the Federated Church of Rochester. The concert will feature a program spanning Mozart and Beethoven, alongside works by contemporary composer Reinaldo Moya. Admission is by donation. The Jasper String […]
Sunday, Sept. 13, at noon — POULTNEY— Acclaimed cellist, singer and composer Helen Gillet will spend an afternoon at Stone Valley Arts exploring just how far the sound of a cello can travel. Gillet will lead a cello workshop from noon to 2:30 p.m. before taking the stage for a 4 p.m. concert Sunday, Sept. […]
Sunday, Sept. 13 at 2 p.m. —CAVENDISH— A remarkable accident that occurred in Cavendish 178 years ago and went on to become an important chapter in the study of the human brain will be revisited during the Cavendish Historical Society’s Annual Phineas Gage Walk & Talk on Sunday, Sept. 13. This year’s program has added […]
Thursday, Sept. 10 at 7 p.m. —THETFORD— More than 140 years after Henrik Ibsen’s “Ghosts” first reached the stage, Parish Players is giving the influential drama a contemporary treatment for a two-week run at the Eclipse Grange Theatre in Thetford. Directed by Aaron M. Hodge, “Ghosts” will be performed Sept. 10-20, with evening performances Thursdays […]
Saturday, Sept. 12, at noon. —STOCKBRIDGE— For two centuries, the Stockbridge Meeting House has stood as a gathering place for the community. On Saturday, Sept. 12, residents and visitors will have an opportunity to gather there once again — this time to celebrate the building itself. The Stockbridge Meeting House will mark its 200th anniversary […]
Sunday, Sept. 13 at 1 p.m.—PITTSFIELD—This Sunday afternoon at the Clear River Tavern, it’s time once again to pie local celebrities in the face while raising money for Chase William Kuehl and the Phelan-McDermid Syndrome Foundation (PMSF). Kuehl is one of only about 2,500 children worldwide diagnosed with Phelan-McDermid syndrome. The prevalence is estimated at […]
Dear Editor, I am a hedonist. I have lived my life seeking pleasure. Not completely in the way you are first thinking when I said hedonist. I have done many difficult and unpleasant things in my life in the pursuit of pleasure. I believe I have a highly refined view of pleasure. Because I started […]
