In 1850, Herman Melville, of New York City, a struggling writer of small repute, then known for novelized travel books “Typee” and “Omoo” based on his adventures as a merchant seaman and whaler, bought a 160-acre farm outside the then-village of Pittsfield, Massachusetts. He named the place …
Enid Reiman, of Rutland, is a woman with strong opinions, as anyone who knows her or has read her columns and letters to the editor in the pages of this newspaper. “I do think we’ve lost our moral compass in this nation. I don’t think it’s exclusive to us. I think the whole world is a little…
Petra O’Neill, who teaches yoga at her studio in the Howe Center in Rutland, says, “For me, yoga means not only movement but also a way to bring mindfulness to my day-to-day and to share that with other people.” O’Neill describes “mindfulness” as using time to pause, to be more present. “May…
A 77ART August artist-in-residence, Yasmeen Abdallah explores socio-political issues within contemporary culture using discarded/found objects, images and text as source material. She said, “I think (artists) have a privilege of doing what we love, and I think it’s our responsibility in a wa…
From Talking Pictures archives, Chloe Payne, of Portland, Oregon, plays and sings The Who’s “Squeezebox” at Pioneer Square in downtown Portland, and then answers a few impertinent questions. Visit bit.ly/ChloePayneVimeo to see this week’s Talking Pictures video.
When Ben Metzger, of Hartland, quit making art for 15 years, an unexpected hiatus, the change affected him physically, weight-gain, diabetes. “I stayed in Idaho, struggled with work, finding creative outlets that weren’t very lucrative and got married.” By the time he was 50 years old and di…
The Vermont Police Academy graduated 38 cadets on Friday for departments like the Vermont State Police, the Rutland City Police Department, the Montpelier Police Department and the Brandon Police Department, as well as nine canine teams from the grounds of the Vermont Criminal Justice Traini…
Peter Colomb, Rutland
Suddenly, it was winter.
Inspired as a child by her grandfather’s artwork, paintings, that decorated her family home in Teaneck, New Jersey, Amalya Megerman, an October artist-in-residence at 77ART in Rutland, “always kind of had that idea,” that she would one day be an artist. She says, “There were a lot of moments…
Talking Pictures visits with Lauren Peterson, of Snowmass, Colorado, an October 2019 artist-in-residence at 77ART in Rutland. She says, “I kind of subscribe to the idea that art should be a way of looking at the world around you and providing a new context for everyday objects. So I use foun…
Bernie Miles, Mendon
Rachel Spitzer-Firliet, of Proctor, is an artist-in-residence this month at 77ART in Rutland. When Talking Pictures asked her what deciding factor in her life prompted her to become an artist, Spitzer-Firliet said, “I don’t ever recall not wanting to be one, to be honest with you.” Now, as a…
Carrie Pill, Rutland
Allie Wilkinson, of New York City, was artist-in-residence with 77ART during August 2019 in Rutland. Wilkinson says, “It’s a really satisfying feeling when I get something that I wanted to capture. I plot things out small, and once I execute them on the large scale that I work at, it’s just …
Jim Miles, Rutland
Dr. Alan Betts, of Atmospheric Research in Pittsford, affirms, after hearing teenage Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg speak at the United Nations and just days after the protest organization Extinction Rebellion with 100,000 followers shut down busy thoroughfare Sunset Boulevard in Ho…
Originally from northern Virginia, Lizzy Lunday lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. In August 2019, Lunday was an artist in residence with 77Art in Rutland, Vermont. Lunday says, “The imagery that I use for my paintings right now for the series I’ve been work on for most of the past year …
Christina Hardman, Pittsford
Xingze Li, of Brooklyn, New York, was an August artist-in-residence with 77Art in Rutland. He completed his master of fine arts degree at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, where he lives and works. About the process of making his paintings, he says, “Sort of, it’s a torture doing the work. You ne…
Sarah Stefana Smith, from Washington, D.C., was an artist-in-residence with 77ART during August in Rutland. She works in photography, sculpture and installation. Smith says “For me, the materials that I use functions as a broader set of questions that I get to explore around what does it mea…
BURLINGTON — Steven D. Bourgoin was sentenced Monday to 30 years to life in prison for killing five Central Vermont teens in a horrific wrong-way fiery crash while impaired on Interstate 89 in Williston almost three years ago.
MONTPELIER — The victim of a fatal officer-involved shooting involving members of the Montpelier Police Department has been identified as Mark Johnson, 62, of Montpelier.
Stopping a nuclear disaster has been added to the list of things to do in downtown Rutland.
FAIR HAVEN — Ed Fabian said he hasn’t had to do any work on his 1930 Ford Coupe.
Bill Brower, Clarendon
Victoria Covarrubias, of West Rutland, moved from Oxnard, California, to Rutland, bringing with her recipes for authentic Mexican food learned from her grandmother. Now she runs her own catering business, has a popular booth at the Rutland Farmers Market on Saturdays and Wednesdays, and sits…
Chris Mendoza: “The circle’s important because it’s where we are. When you open your arms and you open your legs, and you just move around, you don’t go forwards and you don’t go backwards. You — basically — you just spin.”
The city’s Little Libraries are back in business.
The city has ordered the killing of a pit bull after it bit a man on Meadow Street.
Harry Rehm’s family hopes to finally bring him home.
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Rutland City Mayor David Allaire tells Talking Pictures what he was feeling the moment Tuesday night when he knew he'd won election to a second term in office. Allaire said, "There is a little bit of an adrenaline rush, particularly when you've spent 12 hours outside talking with lots of dif…
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BURLINGTON — A report commissioned by Hunger Free Vermont shows that universal meals in schools significantly improves outcomes for student health and academic achievement.
The biannual event hosted by area nonprofit Come Alive Outside brought students from Rutland City Schools to the sunflower and pumpkin patch
