It was a Friday in December when Nick Monaco, of Rutland, got the call that would change his life.
One benefit to my readers is that whatever continuing education I’m currently doing comes through into my articles. This may not seem like a huge benefit because I get excessively excited about random topics, but I swear it is. The great thing about all of my continuing education is that I a…
This winter, my wife and I joined a winter CSA from a local farm. A CSA is essentially a subscription with a local farm where you pay in advance and sign up to receive a regular schedule of in-season goods. Though CSAs also exist for meat, baked goods, and other specific niches. Depending on…
Genres have been combining and breaking down for decades now, to the education and joy of readers everywhere. One of the most experimental, vibrant areas for this is biography. Once the home of often-dry, tome-like paperweights about Important Men, biography has expanded into a wide variety …
It is now officially autumn — time for leaf-peeping, cider pressing, and of course, the first cold viruses of the season. I have a 4-year-old daughter and a 7-month-old son, and with my daughter’s entrance into preschool this year, the little ones have had two colds already since the start o…
Joanna Tebbs Young CIRCLES OF COMMUNITY Last month my family drove to the Outer Banks of North Carolina for a week’s vacation at the beach. Motoring along the highways of...
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Let’s start with what “Shrill” isn’t: it isn’t a show about a fat woman taking pratfalls or being a cruel, easy punchline. It’s a confident, gently funny, slice-of-life show that benefits from the streaming model, where niche shows can find an audience, as it explores issues and characters y…
In Silicon Valley, the old adage “fake it ’til you make it” is often a guiding principle of fledgling startup companies. Sometimes, turning a good idea into a viable business and, potentially, revolutionizing society, requires a bit of smoke and mirrors. The danger, of course, is knowing how…
Watching “Arrested Development” is a lot like hanging out with an old friend. No matter how long you’ve been apart, you’re always happy to see them. And, like spending time with an old friend, that pull of nostalgia and shared memories makes it easy to fall into the same old routine. But at …
Growing up reading “X-Men” comic books, I never really considered the psychological toll fighting crime and saving the world would have on the young super-powered characters that often populated the teams. With few exceptions, the books often glossed over how traumatizing all that violence a…
It’s difficult to critique longstanding institutions. Over time, aged bodies like the Catholic Church or Congress become so towering and entrenched that even the sharpest criticisms tend to bounce off them or are waved off by defenders who dismiss them as subjective, petty, facile or ignoran…
The big prize for this year’s Rutland South Rotary Club fundraiser will be a brand-new 25-foot, 10-inch, Riverside Retro Travel Trailer.
The stage may be dark, but new life is percolating behind the curtain at Dorset Theatre Festival. The acclaimed and innovative southern Vermont professional company has launched its new Commissioning and Fellowship Program, and named returning director Jade King Carroll as resident artist.
Distilling the magic of a puppet show into words is best left to the people behind the puppets.
The Vermont Symphony Orchestra’s next Jukebox is a reunion of sorts, featuring two popular Vermont rock musicians, singer-songwriters Kat Wright and Ryan Miller.
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, art teacher Emily Umphlett’s classroom looked much different than it does today. In a regular full day of classes, she would see more than 100 students who would share a variety of art materials kept in a big community art bucket.
Kandis Charlton said all vaccines are fussy to work with, but the ones for COVID-19 can be extra tricky.
Snowmobile sales and trail use across Vermont are strong despite both the pandemic and minimal snowfall in December.
The Outside Story In a February forest, evergreens provide welcome color. But look more closely on the bark of trees, conifers and hardwoods, and you’ll find other bright hues, from sunny yellows to blue-greens. These are lichens, common, but often overlooked members of the winter woods. Lic…
Staff at Rutland Regional Medical Center are updating the community health needs assessment and developing implementation strategies to address those needs with the help of the members of Project VISION, according to Jamie Bentley, community impact coordinator for the community health team a…
Last summer, Taconic Music was first in Vermont to present live indoor concerts, after the COVID-19 pandemic shut down indoor performing arts in the state. Now the Manchester community music organization is the first in the state to announce an indoor summer concert series for 2021.
Members of Project VISION said farewell to their second leader on Thursday as Cmdr. Matthew Prouty announced plans to retire from the Rutland City Police Department at the beginning of April.
Thanks to COVID-19, the Vermont Symphony Orchestra has been able to take its statewide mission even deeper. In addition to streaming chamber music programs to the general public, the VSO has partnered with the VA Hospital in White River Junction and Age Well, advocates for the aging populati…
It was a Friday in December when Nick Monaco, of Rutland, got the call that would change his life.
Rutland artist Lopi Laroe (LMNOPI) has created giant timely murals around Rutland and the United States.
The organizers of a community service program that helps residents, restaurants and farmers have tried to make sure that “Everyone Eats” will continue to serve through at least the end of the fiscal year.
William Thomas was as much a part of Rutland Town as Rutland Town was a part of him, friends and relatives said this week.
To help support a local theater through the pandemic, a solar company is offering a $20,000 array — or a $10,000 cash prize — to the winner of a raffle.
Vermont’s theater world hasn’t let the COVID-19 pandemic stop them from practicing their art — instead, coming up with novel ways to meet the challenge. Middlebury Acting Company, already presenting its play reading series, “The American Dream,” hasn’t stopped there.
In a rehearsal this past Sunday for Vermont Actors’ Repertory Theatre’s (ART) upcoming virtual short play festival, the subject of a reporter’s interview reveals a little too much, a family pays more attention to Facebook than to each other, and a service that seems too good to be true gloss…
Staff members at United Way of Rutland County have been working to gather information for the “Overdone Data to Action” project in Rutland County, according to Caprice Hover, United Way’s executive director.
“Unmasked: Artful Responses to the Pandemic," featuring artwork influenced by and created during the pandemic, opened this week at Southern Vermont Arts Center in Manchester. Through 10 galleries of SVAC’s Yester House, the show includes collaborative projects born of this time and work by over 40 individual artists.
COLCHESTER — The Vermont National Guard has announced that women can now be directly recruited into the Cavalry Squadron.
A former Rutland area resident will be playing in the big game Feb. 7.
The town’s newest small business is doing well, despite the combined ages of its founders not breaking 16.
While food drives and similar events are drawing high levels of donations during the pandemic, some Rutlanders are looking at smaller ways to help their neighbors.
Zoom has taken over the theater — at least for the moment. Dorset Theatre Festival, White River Junction’s Northern Stage and Weston Playhouse Theatre Company have each found Zoom particularly effective in the development of new plays.
The Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival (MNFF) and the Vermont International Film Festival (VTIFF) have announced their January program for Split/Screen, the online monthly movie series partnership that began in November 2020 and runs through June 2021.
If the old saying “a picture is worth a thousand words” is true, the Chaffee Art Center’s latest exhibit demonstrates it. “Pictures and Words,” up through Feb. 26, features local authors and artists.
Roxbury playwright Jeanne Beckwith has been a Vermont playwright for nearly two decades. “I’ll be honest,” she said. “I’ve been a playwright in Indiana, I’ve been a playwright in Georgia, I’ve been a playwright in Alabama, and I’ve been more productive since I got to Vermont than I was through any of the other years."
If the old saying “a picture is worth a thousand words” is true, the Chaffee Art Center’s latest exhibit demonstrates it. “Pictures and Words,” up through Feb. 26, features local authors and artists.
This week, Vermont middle school students met someone who’s hoping to boldly go where no woman or man has ever gone before.
Pete’s Posse, the talented trad-roots trio, released a double album of instrumentals and songs at the end of last year that highlights the band’s growing stylistic repertoire and each member’s expanding musical skills.
Weston Playhouse’s latest project combines a dash of nostalgia and a smattering of artists in one of its most unusual ventures to date. It pays homage as well to the theater’s roots, and may not have happened if not for the COVID-19 push for new solutions.
The Rutland Herald has a new publisher, its fourth in a 10-year period.
Was your New Year’s resolution to get more exercise? Or maybe it was to improve your health by losing weight or lowering your blood pressure? Or perhaps, like so many of us right now, your goal is simply to stay healthy. Then, I’ve got good news: heading outside for some time in nature can a…
This is a good time to be outdoors exploring the fields and woods. There is so much to see that will be buried in snow later on. But you may ask, what is there to see? Trees, winter weeds, animal footprints, signs of insects, shelf fungi on trees, evergreen woodland plants and more. If I had…
Shortly after his family moved to Rutland, Jeffrey Wennberg’s mother asked him how his first week at his new school had gone.
Vermont Pride Theater began 10 years ago with the goal to reveal real issues and concerns of LGBTQ Vermonters onstage, and encourage community conversations about them in a safe space.
Mornings are quiet now. Gone is the loud chorus of bird song outside my window that I awoke to in spring and summer. While we brave the cold, snow and bitter winds of winter by donning extra layers or throwing another log on the fire, most of our summer birds have departed for the warmer tem…
For nearly two decades, Rutland County Head Start has worked with Vermont arts organizations to bring art and music to its preschool population.
When doors closed in widespread response to a deadly new virus in March, arts organizations were among the first to be affected. But the virtual door swung open. A wide variety of arts content began to crop up online, from dance to theater to film — and a lot of it was free. Instead of fadin…
Patricia Aigner has always been ahead of the curve. It’s a tendency that has served her well in her role as technology director for Rutland City Public Schools.
Rutland artist Lopi Laroe (LMNOPI) has created giant timely murals around Rutland and the United States.
Currently open public art exhibits, galleries and museums throughout the region.
Currently open public art exhibits, galleries and museums throughout the region.
Currently open public art exhibits, galleries and museums throughout the region.
