Spring celebrations wouldn’t be the same without lamb.  While leg of lamb and other lamb roasts may be customary, lamb chops also can fit the bill. Lamb chops are the star of the show in this recipe for Les côtes d’agneau grillées avec aïoli (Broiled lamb chops with garlic mayonnaise) from ‘The Food of France’…

Saturday and Sunday, April 10-11—WOODSTOCK—Billings Farm & Museum will host its annual Baby Farm Animal Celebration, Saturday and Sunday, April 10 and 11 from 10 a.m.–5 p.m. The farm’s most popular event offers visitors the opportunity to get up close with the farm’s baby animals, plant an heirloom seed, participate in fun craft activities and more.…

Wednesday, April 7 at 7 p.m.—Virtual— It may seem that the current anxieties about immigration in the U.S. have never been more intense, but history suggests otherwise. Dartmouth professor Richard Wright examines the present-day contradictions of U.S. immigration policy and places them in historical perspective. First Wednesday is a Vermont Humanities program hosted by the…

Vermont Fish and Wildlife (VTF&W) is asking drivers to slow down and be cautious when traveling at night in early spring or to take alternate routes to avoid driving near ponds and wetlands where salamanders and frogs are crossing during their breeding season. “One of the benefits of checking out amphibian road crossings,” said VTF&W…

April 8-11—KCP Presents will present a virtual performance of Sara Juli’s satirical dance/theater piece, “Burnt Out Wife.” Sara Juli’s wildly funny virtual performance will be available April 8-11. A live workshop with Juli will be held at 7 p.m., Sunday, April 11. Tickets for the show and workshop are free but you must reserve them at…

80+ years: A long time or hardly any? Wednesday, April 7 at 7 p.m.—VIRTUAL—It’s been more than 80 years since the onset of the mass annihilation of Europe’s Jews. Join the Rutland Jewish Center to explore the question of time elapsed with Martha Molnar leading the discussion with short readings from her new book,  “To…

Friday April 9 and Saturday April 10 at 7—HARTFORD— The Hartford High School performing arts department presents “The Drowsy Chaperone” for two nights, April 9-10 at 7 p.m. via livestream only. Enjoy live theatre in the comfort of your own home! Tickets can be purchased online at showtix4u.com/events/hartfordhighschool With live-streaming, they cannot control how many people…

Focus on housing, investment clubs, purchase power White River Junction – Vital Communities and its partners continue its series of virtual events teaching how and why to shift your investment from Wall Street to Main Street. All events are free and open to the public. Upcoming events to the series, Put Your Money Where Your Life Is:…

Thursday, April 8 at 7 p.m.— The Springfield Town Library will present a free webinar on how to write a waterway “Quest” in the style of the Valley Quests compiled by Vital Communities, a White River Junction-based nonprofit. Learn to Write a Waterway Quest, a hands-on webinar with Vital Communities’ Sandy Gmur, takes place Thursday,…

Saturday and Sunday, April 10-11—KILLINGTON—Are you bored of Zoom meetings? Maybe you’re tired of going through grade school again?  Looking for a reason to break out of your house and go all-out while visiting your favorite mountain? Well, if you answered yes to none or all of these questions, you won’t want to miss the All-Out Weekend presented by Bud…

By Tricia Noelle The Bear Mountain quad, which services Outer Limits (OL), is winding down for the season. And what a season it was! The recent spring conditions on Outer Limits were the highlight. Don’t get me wrong, OL is great under the guns, but for the community of mogul skiers who call Killington home,…

By Katy Savage When Killington Resort replaced its 26-year-old K-1 gondolas in 2018, Dominique Bastien bought all 57 of them. Bastien, who owns The Gondola Shop, a small gondola repair shop in Fruita, Colorado, had worked on Killington’s gondolas for 15 years. The Montreal native spent a month in Killington every few years to work. She…

Rutland’s Makerspace, The Mint, is in the process of expanding into an additional 9,100 square feet at its current location. As a result, many new shops will be added, and the “quiet” side will be shifted towards the back of the building, according to a the Chamber & Economic Development of the Rutland Region (CEDRR) newsletter,…

Stray animals. We don’t hear about them as much as we did years ago, when it felt like they were everywhere, but there are still many strays out there. In the cold. Without food. Needing medical care. During this past year, we had two stray animals who stood out to all of us at the…

Monday, April 5  at 1 p.m.—VIRTUAL—Rutland County Restorative Justice Center and ARC Rutland Area are joining together to host a virtual cooking class, Cooking for a Cause. This class, taught by local Chef Robert Barral, owner and head chef of Cafe Provence in Brandon, will give participants the chance to learn how to make Chicken…