Saturday, March 7 at 5 p.m.—RUTLAND—The Carving Studio and Sculpture Center will host “The Roaring 20’s” at the Southside Steakhouse. Each year the CSSC presents the fundraising event in time to be a great cure for the winter blues. The gala features cocktails and a silent/live auction with Barbara Waters, as well as a sumptuous dinner followed by…

Saturday, March 7 at 7:30 p.m.—BRANDON—Brandon Music is thrilled to be welcoming master innovator of the acoustic guitar Beppe Gambetta. From his background as an Italian musician in love with both American roots music as well as the music of his native country, Gambetta has traveled the world and even crossed the “Iron Curtain” to…

Sunday, March 8 at 7:30 a.m.—WEST PAWLETT—The West Pawlet Volunteer Fire Department will serve an all you can eat Pancake Breakfast at the West Pawlet Fire House located at 2806 Vermont Route 153. Breakfast will be served between 7:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. The facility is a handicap accessible site. The menu includes pancakes of…

Saturday, March 7 at 6 p.m.—CHITTENDEN—The Chittenden Day Committee is hosting a delicious community dinner at the North Chittenden Grange Hall, located at 3 Lower Middle Road in North Chittenden.  This dinner raises funds for Chittenden Day which will be on Aug. 22, 2020.  It will be a ham and turkey dinner. Take out begins at 5:30…

Thursday, March 5 at 5 p.m.—RANDOLPH—March is coming quickly and that means mud. Could you pull together a great act for the Mud Season Talent Show? Mud auditions are scheduled for March 5 in the Main Hall at Chandler Center for the Arts, 71 N. Main St. in Randolph. This year there will be fun…

Thursday, March 5 at 11:30 a.m.—CASTLETON—March is National Nutrition Month, that focuses on the importance of making informed food choices and developing sound eating and physical activity habits. This year, the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics encourages everyone to “Eat Right, Bite by Bite.” The Castleton Community Center will host a presentation on March 5…

Friday, March 6 at 5 p.m.—BRANDON—As the landscape thaws and life begins to stir, the Brandon Artists Guild (BAG) presents Wanderlust – a new, all-member, all-media art show. The exhibit opens with a free reception on March 6 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., and will run through April 28. Wanderlust celebrates journeys real, fanciful,…

Friday-Sunday, March 6-9—KILLINGTON—The Slash and Berm banked slalom returns to Killington for its seventh year this weekend. The race, which snakes through a creative and challenging course in the Stash park, will run for three days, beginning with the invite-only team event on Friday, March 6. The event benefits the Burton Chill Foundation. In the…

by DJ Dave Hoffenberg My most anticipated show of the season is almost here. Mark your calendars for Sunday, March 15, at 8 p.m. when Rome and Duddy will perform at The Pickle Barrel in Killington. Rome (31) is from Sublime and Duddy (38) is from the Dirty Heads. They’ll each do an acoustic set…

The course was well worn after 40 racers balanced their bikes and carved around slalom gates at Suicide Six ski mountain in South Pomfret.Here’s how the top cyclists finished by age group/division: Grom- 12 & Under 1. Jack Cote 2. Fisher Lillie 3. James Cote Youth 13-18 1. Simon Phipps Women’s Open 1. Sofie Redemanti…

More than meets the eye I was on a business trip recently where I had to take an Uber to get from one place to another. I pulled up the app, punched in a few data points, and within seconds I could see where my driver was and how long it would take him to…

By Declan McCabe On a picture-perfect winter morning last year, 20 Saint Michael’s College students and I visited Vermont Fish and Wildlife scientists for ice fishing at Knight’s Point on Lake Champlain. We drilled holes, baited hooks, learned about ice safety, identified fish – and even caught a few. The ice we tentatively walked on…

By Cal Garrison a.k.a. Mother of the Skye This week’s horoscopes are coming out under the light of a Gemini Moon. I have decided to take the easy way out and talk about some of the aspects that are active right now. I say this is easier because all I have to do is look…

By Lisa Lynn/Ski+RideVt At 3:20 p.m. on Saturday, February 29, Andrew Hyrb, 36, of Darien, Connecticut, and his brother Alexander, 35, of Norwalk, Connecticut, boarded the Sensation Quad, planning to ski a backcountry zone off Stowe Mountain Resort’s Spruce Peak. More than 35 inches had fallen in the area over the last four days and everywhere skiers…

By Merisa Sherman I get off the lift and look to the left. It’s there. A bright beacon for all to see marking the new summit of Skye Peak: the Superstar Glacier. You can’t see around the mound anymore, almost getting a crick in your neck as you look upward. There are people on the side of…