Oct. 1-3—KILLINGTON—The 2021 Pico Ski Club’s Annual Ski & Snowboard Swap and Sale will be held on Oct. 1-3. at the Pico Mountain Base Lodge. This annual event benefits the Pico Ski Club and its racing programs that train more than 150 participants, ages 6 and up. Out of an abundance of caution, during consignment…

Tuesday, Sept. 28 at 8 p.m.— RUTLAND — In celebration of its 10th anniversary, Same Sun of Vermont, Inc. proudly sponsors Blackberry Smoke at The Paramount Theatre on Tuesday, Sept. 28. Tickets to the show are available online at The Heritage Family Credit Union online box office found at paramountvt.org or by calling The Paramount’s…

Saturday, Sept. 25 at 7 p.m. — LUDLOW — While it may not yet be May, “the mist of May will be in the heather” at the Heald Auditorium of Ludlow Town Hall on Saturday, Sept. 25 at 7 p.m. as FOLA presents the film version of the great musical, “Brigadoon”. “Brigadoon” is a 1954…

Sept. 25-26 — WOODSTOCK — Billings Farm & Museum will feature its annual autumn Wagon Ride Weekend on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 25-26, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Capture the beauty of a Vermont autumn on a ride around the farm fields. Enjoy different views of the farm’s scenic landscape with a 10-minute tractor-drawn…

Sept. 23-24 — RANDOLPH — This fall, Chandler Center for the Arts will host the Catapult Entertainment Dance Company for a two-week artist residency. The renowned dance troupe mesmerizes audiences by creating shadow puppetry with their entire bodies. The Catapult dancers will be practicing for their tour scheduled to perform across the US.  Their residency…

Saturday, Sept. 25 at 9 a.m. — POULTNEY—Gently used and new clothing of all shapes and sizes will be available for free at Revive Church’s free clothing giveaway being held Saturday Sept. 25 from 9 a.m. to noon at the Modern Woodsmen Hall on Route 30 in the town of Wells. Adult and children’s clothing,…

Sunday, Sept. 26 at 4 p.m. —PUTNEY — Next Stage Arts Project and Twilight Music present Kat Wright and her trio plus Pete Bernhard as part of the 2021 Next Stage's Bandwagon Summer Series, an outdoor, socially-distanced concert series, on Sunday, Sept. 26 at 4 p.m. on the field behind the Putney Inn in Putney.…

By Mary Ellen Shaw It won’t be long before fall is in the air! It’s been a very hot summer compared to the weather we used to have many years ago. I don’t remember one house on our street having an air conditioner when I was growing up in the '50s and '60s. Everyone had…

By Lee Emmons In September, as summer yields to fall, most of the colorful birds that breed in our region during spring and summer head south for warmer locales. The departure of ruby-throated hummingbirds, Baltimore orioles, migratory woodpeckers, and numerous warblers doesn’t leave us entirely without striking birds, however. Perhaps the most vivid remaining species…

The Rutland County Humane Society 2022 membership drive is now underway! The generosity of our members allows us to care for the homeless animals who come to us throughout the year. Through August, we have had 548 cats and kittens come through our doors, surpassing the 440 we cared for through August in 2020. Your…

By Merisa Sherman I turned around and looked back behind me. The Green Mountains lay sprawled below, the once-green now beginning to turn myriad colors. Yes, the thin reds are beginning to pop and are doing so in a wide vibrant form. You cannot help but notice them, randomly sprinkled about the mountains below. Last…

By Kevin Theissen Summer jobs are a perennial aspect of the American workforce. It’s a time when teenagers are filling out applications and, in many cases, earning wages of their own for the first time. But some of what we’ve become accustomed to may be changing. In May, leading into the summer months, over 30%…

By Dom Cioffi A friend who knew I had reached a major milestone in my cancer battle showed up at my door recently with a present. It came wrapped in one of those tall, thin wine bottle gift bags with tissue paper flowing out the top. I thanked her for the kind thought and then…

Saturday, Sept. 25 at 10 a.m. — PITTSFIELD — Pittsfield’s Roger Clark Memorial Library and PCC (Pittsfield Community Connections) invites all in the area to meet up on Saturday, Sept. 25, on the Pittsfield Green from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. to celebrate local artists, craftspeople, and makers at the 2nd Annual PCC: Maker Place.…

Sunday, Sept. 26 at 4 p.m. — FAIR HAVEN —For nearly four decades, Fair Haven Concerned has been offering a hand up to our neighbors in need here in Fair Haven and our surrounding communities. The organization is so grateful to everyone who continues to support the work, including the towns of Fair Haven, Benson,…