Friday, March 5 at 7 p.m.—RUTLAND—The Chaffee Art Center— Your Center for Creativity invites the community to the opening of its new exhibit, “The Art of Technology on March 5 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.  An RSVP is required to attend. The exhibit will feature: Peter Wallis, with animation and art in two of…

By Nadie VanZandt, Extension Master Gardener Intern, University of Vermont With the lengthening daylight and the many seed catalogs arriving in your mailbox, it’s hard to ignore the promise of spring. Are you planning to grow your own vegetable and flower transplants this year? You may find that shopping for grow lights for indoor gardening can…

A month-long virtual event with workshops, campus visits and more High school students and parents, whether you’re college-bound, training-bound or not sure, College & Career Pathways is the one-stop online resource and month-long virtual event. Throughout the month of March, Vermont Student Assistance Corp. will offer live virtual workshops, led by local experts, who give…

The pandemic may have cancelled most things, but not Bethel University. Bethel’s free community pop-up university is back with 30 free Zoom classes, meetup groups, and discussions this March. All are invited to browse and sign up for classes at bu-vt.org; classes will run from March 1–31. Bethel University is a unique community pop-up now…

Norwich University’s College of Liberal Arts presents the Tournées French Film Festival, featuring six French films with English subtitles screened over five weeks online; round-table discussions with Norwich professors will follow each film. The festival, making its Norwich University debut, is free and open to the public. Register here: bit.ly/2LLZNT1. Program director and assistant professor of French Dr. Sophia…

‘The Eternal Conductor’ explores a local stop on the Underground Railroad By Brooke Geery Debbie Garneau Griffin grew up in a haunted house in Fair Haven, and has recently published a book, “The Eternal Conductor,” based upon true-life events (Write Your Way, 2020). From a young age, Griffin knew something supernatural was afoot in her home. “It…

Inspiring a love of learning by gifting books to young children free of charge RUTLAND—Beginning immediately, children birth to age five living in Rutland City, Rutland Town, Mendon, Tinmouth and Ira can receive a free specially chosen book monthly, thanks to a new collaboration between Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library and the Rutland Free Library. “We’re…

Friday, February 26 at 7 p.m.—Social distancing, green screens, savvy film teams - oh my!  Filming has concluded for Pride’s Young Artists’ production of Disney’s “The Little Mermaid Jr.” Pride’s evolving SmART Art protocols means the actors are being filmed individually and in family groups only — for this (their THIRD) streaming production mid-Pandemic! It…

A documentary film at the intersection of race, artificial intelligence, and a pursuit of justice Feb. 22 - March 8—Shalini Kantayya’s newest film, “Coded Bias,” will virtually screen for free across Vermont Feb. 22  - March 8. This is the second such screening of this film organized in Vermont. Modern society sits at the intersection of…

Wednesday, Feb. 24 at 12 p.m.—NORTHFIELD— Norwich University’s Sullivan Museum and History Center presents Samantha R. Talbot-Kelly in a prerecorded interview on her installation, “Pandemia’s Black Feather,” handmade masks outfitted on a mannequin that resembles a fashionable sci-fi couture dress. During the Covid-19 pandemic, masks have become a significant part of our lives. We wear them…

NORTHFIELD—Norwich University’s John and Mary Frances Patton Peace & War Center will host the second Peace and War Summit, which will address the escalating U.S.-China rivalry in 11 virtual sessions held over seven weeks from March 3 to April 21. The summit will highlight military/security, economic, cyber and technological challenges and follows Norwich’s tradition of hosting leading scholars and…

Friday, Feb. 26 at 8 a.m.—BURLINGTON—A keynote talk by a leading U.S. cannabinoid researcher is among the highlights of the third annual Industrial Hemp Conference, Feb. 26. Dr. John McPartland, a Middlebury osteopathic physician and consultant for GW Pharmaceuticals, will describe the challenges he’s faced when working with the controversial cannabis crop. His presentation kicks…

Tuesday, March 2 at 7 p.m.—WOODSTOCK—In a Mad-Men-era of commercial flight, Pan Am Airways attracted the kind of young woman who wanted out, and wanted up. As Kirkus Reviews raved in a starred review, this “limber, well-researched … account of Pan Am World Airways in its glory days is smoothly interwoven with the engagingly complex…

Tune in for smart advice before accepting financial aid offers. March 2 at 6 p.m.—WINOOSKI—Join VSAC on March 2, from 6-7 p.m. for the next VSAC Shows You How webinar that shows you how to understand and compare financial aid offers. They’ll break it down so that you can better weigh your options and make informed choices.…

There are plenty of winter days ahead this season, but that doesn’t mean we can’t look forward to the spring season just around the corner—those longer days and soft snow will be here before we know it. At The Beast skiing and snowboarding continue well into the spring, and many say it’s the best time of…