This will be the fifth year Wonderfeet Kids’ Museum hosts its Lip Sync Battle fundraiser. The event has become a much anticipated community tradition, filling The Paramount Theatre and downtown Rutland with lots of fun, laughter and creativity. While Covid restrictions in 2020 threatened to cancel the event, Wonderfeet was able to transition to a…

By Brooke Geery It’s harvest season in Vermont and if you have a garden, you’re inundated with produce. It’s been a bountiful season for tomatoes, peppers, potatoes, beans and many other local Vermont veggies and fruits, and it is time to reap the rewards of all that raking, weeding and shoveling. But if you’ve got…

Tart and tangy, lemon-based flavors are hard to pass up. Citrus can help cleanse the palate between courses, but it also can be a refreshing component in beverages. Anyone who has enjoyed a tall glass of lemonade on a warm day understands how thirst-quenching it can be. Limoncello is a lemon liqueur mainly produced in…

Lighter fare is in season every summer. Salads may dominate menus, while vegetable-rich side dishes can dress up barbecues, brunches or outdoor buffet meals. Spinach not only packs a nutritional punch, it can add flavor to any dish. According to Judy Joo, a French-trained Korean American chef and author of “Judy Joo’s Korean Soul Food”…

Training workshop set for Sept. 25 The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Dept. is seeking volunteers to become Let’s Go Fishing instructors to pass on Vermont’s fishing tradition to the next generation of Vermonters. The department will be hosting a one-day training workshop for new instructors on Saturday, Sept. 25, at its Essex Junction office. Instructors…

Saturday, Sept. 4 at 11 a.m. — MIDDLEBURY — Whether you are new or have deep roots in the region, businesses in the Middlebury area invite you to town to celebrate the wealth of clubs, volunteer opportunities, services, kids’ programs, and local arts and entertainment options. At Welcome to Middlebury, USA, Town Hall Theater (THT)…

By Missy Mackin, Vermont Works for Women program manager It's been a hot summer and the construction and clean energy trades have been as hot as the weather, with many businesses across Vermont hiring new employees. This is great news for the eight participants who recently completed the summer cohort of Vermont Works for Women’s…

By Virginia Dean One of the unique aspects of the newly-opened Elderflower Esthetics is its true emphasis on the client — not just individual lifestyle and needs but customized products that touch the skin. With the business launched Aug. 20, owner Emily MacGregor operates her small, independent skin care studio under the premise that our…

Saturday, Sept. 4 at noon — PLYMOUTH — The 2021 annual “Shakespeare Alive! A Bard Based Variety Show” returns for an all-new, never-before-seen collection of scenes, skits, soliloquies and songs. Stand-Up Shakespeare is a collective of New York City-based actors who have become a veritable Vermont institution over a 21-year period. The troupe travels to…

RUTLAND—Grace Congregational Church has a wonderful season of music coming up this fall, featuring guest soloists and choirs as well as the Grace Church Sanctuary Choir, the Grace Church Festival Brass and Festival Orchestra. Fall kick-off Sunday with Choir and Festival Brass, Sept. 12 at 10 a.m. Vocal recital: Olivia Boughton, soprano, and Alastair Stout,…

Sept. 4-5 —PLYMOUTH NOTCH —The 16th Plymouth Folk and Blues Festival, which had been selected in 2020 by the Vermont Chamber of Commerce as a Top 10 Fall Event, will take place at the President Calvin Coolidge State Historic Site in Plymouth Notch on Labor Day weekend, Saturday, Sept. 4 and Sunday, Sept. 5. Stars…

Friday, Sept. 3, 7 p.m.—RUTLAND—The State Fairgrounds brings back your favorite WOH wrestling stars through the years and welcomed back former WWE NXT and reigning Impact Wrestling champion Deonna Purrazzo andWWE Hall of Famer Tony Atlas, presented by Masters of the Toyverse. The event will also include Jeff Starr, DANGER, Punk, Shane & Eric Alden,…

Hartford Area Chamber prepares for Balloon Festival Sept. 3-5—QUECHEE—The Quechee Hot Air Balloon Craft and Music Festival, the longest running hot air balloon festival in New England, will celebrate its 41st anniversary when thousands are expected to flock to central Vermont, Sept. 3-5, 2021. Twenty balloonists headline the event with five flights slated throughout the…

Wednesday, Sept. 1 at 7:15 p.m. — RUTLAND — A song circle will be held Wednesday, Sept. 1, at the Godnick Adult Center in Rutland, and virtually by Zoom, from 7:15-9:15 p.m. The song circle welcomes singers, players of acoustic instruments, and listeners. The so-called Wild Woods Song Circle has gathered acoustic musicians and singers…

A youngster’s first hunt can mark the beginning of a lifelong passion for the outdoors and a commitment to wildlife conservation. There is no finer time to begin this journey than during Vermont’s upcoming youth waterfowl hunting weekend Sept. 25 - 26. “Vermont’s youth waterfowl hunting weekend helps ensure that young hunters get the quality…