MONTPELIER – High school students from across the state marched to the Vermont State House on Tuesday, Feb. 6, and met with lawmakers to speak out against the dangerous influence flavored tobacco has on Vermont’s kids and teens. The members of the youth-led organization Our Voices Xposed (OVX) come to Montpelier each year to discuss the challenges…

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Copyright Andrew Scott Blackstein HAYLEY JANE AND THE PRIMATES By DJ Dave Hoffenberg This Thursday making their debut at the Pickle Barrel is a band not to be missed: Hayley Jane and the Primates. I first saw this band two years ago at Jerry Jam in New Hampshire and became an instant fan. I’ve seen…

By Cal Garrison, a.k.a. Mother of the Skye This week’s horoscopes are coming out under the light of a Libra Moon. Earlier this week the moon turned Void-of-Course. We’ve talked enough about the Void-of-Course Moon for you to know that whenever we are under this influence we are pretty much off the hook and free…

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Courtesy of Lightyear Entertainment The “cast” of “Tanna” are the natives of the South Pacific nation of Vanuata. Shown here are Dain and Wawa. Saturday, Feb. 10, 3 p.m. & 5:15 p.m.—WOODSTOCK— The eighth annual Woodstock Vermont Film Series at the Billings Farm & Museum will feature the award-winning documentary, “Tanna,” on Saturday, Feb. 10, at 3…

By Laura Carbone PAUL ASBELL Saturday, Feb. 10, 7:30 p.m.—BRANDON— Paul Asbell will perform at Brandon Music on Saturday, Feb. 10 at 7:30 p.m. From his early years, playing blues on Chicago’s South Side, to his present multi-faceted career based out of northern Vermont, Paul Asbell has earned an underground reputation as a true musician’s…

By Roy Pilcher This American tree sparrow is quite puffed up as it sits perched on a piece of weathered wood. Saturday, Feb. 10, 8 a.m. — WEST RUTLAND — Rutland County Audubon Society hosts its monthly bird monitoring walk, Saturday, Feb. 10. Join the group for the 3.7-mile loop around the marsh, or go halfway. Learn…

Courtesy of JAG Productions Playwrights Nathan Yungerberg, Zhailon Levingston, Korde Arrington Tuttle, and NSangou Njikam. Feb. 9-11—WHITE RIVER JUNCTION— JAG Productions is pleased to announce the second annual JAGfest, a weekend performing arts festival of new works all celebrating the talents of African-American playwrights and performing artists. Presented Feb. 9-11 at Briggs Opera House in White River…

Courtesy of NWPL Though breastfeeding seems as though it should be easy, that is not always the case. Learn more through a support group in Woodstock, with other mothers, a lactation consultant and women sharing stories. Friday, Feb. 9, 3:30 p.m.—WOODSTOCK— Are you breastfeeding? Pregnant and plan to breastfeed? Meet monthly to discuss any breastfeeding related…

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Courtesy of VINS It’s becoming more and more common for humans and black bears to cross paths in places that are troublesome to both like the one shown above.

Saturday, Feb. 10, 6 p.m.—KILLINGTON— The Sherburne Memorial Library presents Sip & Spell: A Spelling Bee for Adults (18 years and older) on Saturday, Feb. 10 at The Summit Lodge, 200 Summit Road, Killington. Registration begins at 6 p.m., and the spelling bee starts at 7 p.m. The library will be pulling all of the…

Saturday, Feb. 10, 12 p.m.—WHITE RIVER JUNCTION— On Saturday, Feb. 10, Guntis Goncarovs will be the guest speaker at the monthly meeting of the Green Mountain Civil War Round Table (GMCWRT). The meeting will be held at the Bugbee Senior Center, 262 North Main St., White River Junction. Doors open at noon; an optional catered…

Thursday, Feb. 8, 7 p.m.—WOODSTOCK— Education in the United States has been conducted in a similar frame since Horace Mann copied the Prussian model of the division of education by subject matter, age, and ability in the mid-19th century. At the time, this helped mold great factory workers who could expect to support a family…