Thursday, July 23 at 7 p.m. — LUDLOW — The Okemo Valley Regional Chamber of Commerce will join with FOLA (Friends of Ludlow Auditorium) to offer a very special business presentation called “Encore Entrepreneurship Class” on Thursday, July 23 at 7 p.m. in the Ludlow Town Hall Auditorium. The program will feature Chris Herriman of the Small Business Administration (SBA) in Montpelier…

By Stephen Seitz WOODSTOCK – Visitors from all over are expected to descend on the Woodstock Green July 24-26 for the annual Bookstock Literary Festival. Book sales begin at 9 a.m. and run until 6 p.m. on July 24, opening day. Food and exhibitor tents will be open on the Green from 10 a.m. to…

Saturday, July 25 at 9:30 a.m. — BELMONT — The 9th annual Mount Holly Garden Tour will be held on Saturday, July 25 from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. This is a self-guided tour of diverse, high altitude gardens, including a wide range of perennials, organic vegetables, and truly creative landscaping ideas. Depending on the gardens in the…

July 24-25 — WOODSTOCK — Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park is pleased to partner with Bookstock, the Green Mountain Festival of Words to offer some special book-related activities. Two special literary offerings will occur in the park during Bookstock: a special writing and drawing workshop for young people; and a ranger-led Robert Frost poetry walk. Youth are invited…

Friday, July 24 at 6 p.m. — CASTLETON — The Castleton Downtown Gallery in Rutland will feature the works of local Vermont artists Denis Versweyveld and Judith Rey running from July 15 through Aug. 15, with an artist reception scheduled for Friday, July 24 at 6 p.m. Entitled “A Sense of Place,” the exhibit will feature paintings,…

July 25-26 — WOODSTOCK — Vermont Antiques Dealers’Association will present its 41st consecutive show and sale and offer their wares for sale in room settings that promise to delight visitors. With dealers from around New England, as well as Missouri, California, New York, Kentucky and Ohio, “Antiques & Art in Woodstock” will open July 25 and 26…

The Vermont Recreation and Parks Association (VRPA) is partnering with 39  Vermont communities to offer deeply discounted amusement park tickets to Bromley Mountain Adventure Park in Manchester, Vt.; Arbortrek Canopy Adventures in Jeffersonville, Vt.; Great Escape/Splashwater Kingdom in Lake George, N.Y.; and Six Flags New England in Agawam, Mass. Save up to 36 percent off…

By Robin Alberti Favorite summer pastimes vary greatly as there are many fun activities to fit into a relatively short season. Some can’t wait to get out their golf clubs, others their grills. You can lace up your hiking boots and hit the trails, or spend the day swimming, kayaking or canoeing one of Vermont’s…

Tuesday July 28 at 7 p.m. — CASTLETON — Castleton College is pleased to present Left Eye Jump as part of the 20th Annual Castleton Summer Concert SeriesTuesday, July 28 at 7 p.m. at the Castleton Pavilion. Out of Burlington, Left Eye Jump plays blues music with the authentic sounds of Chicago, Texas, New Orleans, California,…

Courtesy of Killington Resort A rider rides a trail at Killington Resort’s ever-growing Gravity Logic-built bike park. By Anthony Accurso, Upper Blue Magic is one of the new intermediate jump trails recently built by Gravity Logic at Killington Resort. Located on Snowshed Mountain, this trail is a flow rider’s dream! The trail begins just below the Snowshed…

By Carolyn Lorié On a recent afternoon, I was driving along my road in Thetford when I saw a baby ruffed grouse about the size of a pincushion scurry into the bushes. I had the same impulse I did as a 10-year-old, when I scooped up a baby blue jay hopping around on a neighbor’s…

Why is the new judge on “Masterchef” so annoying? For anyone who doesn’t know, “Masterchef” is a reality TV show and amateur chef competition—billed as the quest to find America’s best home cook—that has aired on Fox since 2010. Each year, after an extensive battery of tests and challenges, a new Masterchef is crowned by…

Even though Mission Farm Road gives the semblance of being a private road, it is a mile-long town road (TH#38) that bypasses an otherwise unremarkable (save the Skyeship base lodge) stretch of Route 4. Traffic varies from very few cars per day to a burst of pickup trucks that comes through at quitting time, usually…

It’s not too often that an event I enjoyed as a child in the 50s can still be enjoyed today. But the Rutland City band concert in Main Street Park continues to delight those who attend. You will be pleasantly entertained on Sunday nights at 7 p.m. during 10 weeks of the summer. Growing up…

Vermont has been referred to of late as the Bavaria of New England, a state to which people travel to enjoy its mountains and scenic beauty, its high-quality foods, like cheeses and sausages—and its beer. To a large degree, the state’s economy and infrastructure were built to accommodate, equip, feed and entertain our visitors. The…