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…

The term “home theater” once made homeowners who love movies and sports dream of the day when they could dedicate a large area in their home to watching the big game or their favorite films. Such rooms are now widely referred to as “media rooms.” Though the terminology may have changed, media rooms are not…

The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Dept. says hunters are looking forward to Vermont’s upcoming Oct. 1-Nov. 12 and Nov. 29-Dec. 15 archery deer hunting season. A hunter may take up to four deer in Vermont’s two-part archery season if they do not shoot any deer in the other deer seasons. The purchase of an archery…

By Bonnie Kirn Donahue, extension master gardener — University of Vermont Summer can feel fleeting. Drying flowers is a great way to hold onto its essence. Flowers that work well for drying should have either nice color, texture, structure or a combination when dried. It is also important that you find the flower appealing. The…

RUTLAND — Last Friday, Chaffee Art Center hosted its BenchArt unveiling. Rutland mayor David Allaire, Downtown Rutland Partnership director Nikki Hindman and Chaffee Art Center executive director Sherri Birkheimer Rooker spoke about how this project will help further enhance the streets and culture of Rutland. Artists, sponsors and communtiy members mingled on the center's lawn…

Friday, Aug. 27 at 6 p.m.—RUTLAND — The Chaffee Art Center will unveil the 42 Rutland BenchART community art project benches on the lawn of the art center. The project was created as a fundraiser for The Chaffee Art Center. Many of the benches will be permanently placed in locations in downtown Rutland and the…

By Dave Hoffenberg The 8th annual Pie in the Face for Chase was held this past Sunday, Aug. 22, at Dream Maker Bakers in Killington, and it was a huge success. Twenty-two local celebrities took hundreds of pies in the face, raising $22,000 for Chase William Kuehl and the Phelan-McDermid Syndrome Foundation (PMSF). All of…

By Brooke Geery Sadie Boroff, 12, of New Canaan, Connecticut, sat on top of a ramp in the parking lot of the Darkside Snowboard shop watching as a few younger girls practiced their drop-ins. The sun baked down for the fifth day of skateboard camp, and Boroff wasn’t the only one showing signs of fatigue,…

Tuesday, Aug. 31 at 4 p.m.— NORWICH – On Aug. 31, farmers and farm crews from around Vermont are coming together at Honeyfield Farm in Norwich for the NOFA-VT’s sixth annual Farmer Olympics. Farm teams will show off their finely-honed skills in events ranging from physical to cerebral to just plain ridiculous. Past events have…

Aug. 28 - Nov. 14 — MANCHESTER — Our Tangled Choices: Art and the Environment will be on view in SVAC’s Elizabeth de C. Wilson Museum from Aug.28 through Nov. 14. We will celebrate the opening of the exhibition with a reception on Aug. 28 from 3-5 p.m. Our Tangled Choices: Art and the Environment…

Aug. 28-29 — WOODSTOCK — Pollinators – the bees, butterflies, birds and moths we see zipping from flower to flower in the summer – are integral for growing close to 90% of our food supply. Billings Farm & Museum’s Pollination Celebration on Aug. 28-29, 2021 highlights this big contribution from such small creatures with hands-on…