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…

To celebrate the power of youth in changing the future, Military Kids Vermont (MKVT) and University of Vermont Extension 4-H have teamed up to sponsor a poetry contest for kids, 5-18. The contest is being held in conjunction with April is the Month of the Military Child, an annual recognition of the sacrifices and bravery…

The Pawlet Community Church will be holding its first pork supper of the year on April 3.  This will be a drive thru-pickup meal in the church parking lot located at 38 VT-133 in Pawlet starting at 4:30 p.m. Please enter from the east end of the parking lot (the end toward the fire station) and…

April 1 and 3— VIRTUAL— Catch two shows this week featuring Vermont’s own Bow Thayer, as part of his newest album release, “The Zen of Snug,” at two different Vermont studios. Both shows will feature unique line-ups and performances. On Thursday, April 1, Thayer will bring his “Choirs of Aether” improvisational show inspired by Sun Ra, to the stage at The Underground in…

Thursday, April 1 at 12 p.m.—VIRTUAL— The Dept. of Environmental  Conservation  (DEC)  invites  the public to join  the next Clean Water  Series talk on Thursday, April 1 from 12-1 p.m. The talk  will highlight wetland conservation and is part of a  monthly  virtual series  featuring efforts to  protect and  restore  water quality in Vermont. At the event, David Sausville, a biologist with the Vermont Fish…

Traces, a day of outdoor dance happenings, will celebrate the change into summer, dancing in public spaces, and connection of community. Scheduled for Saturday June 12, this year’s festival will include educational workshops and performances, and will take place in three towns simultaneously: White River Junction, Burlington and Montpelier. Each town’s event will be near…