Viewers who attended the recent premiere showing of “Red Raven’s Kiss,” a Vermont-made mystery film, weren’t expected to just sit and watch.
The group show “Explorations” opens on May 15 with artwork and objects created by Axel’s staff members Kristen Santucci, Kate Montross and Steve Simoes.
Upcoming local performances next weekend include Green Mountain Performing Arts annual spring recital at Spruce Peak, Afro Jazz artist and storyteller KeruBo-Ogoti Webster at the Grange Hall and No String Marionettes at The Phoenix hosted by TURNmusic.
It’s time to scour your cabinets, shelves, garages and sheds for those containers of unwanted cleaners and weed killers, old paint, batteries, and more to take to the Spring Household Hazardous Waste Collection at Crossett Brook Middle School on Saturday, May 18.
Deer fawns are being born this time of year and state wildlife officials ask people to avoid disturbing or picking them up.
Years ago, a hitchhiker found a baby red squirrel beneath a tree and brought it to the nature center where I worked as a naturalist and wildlife rehabilitator. The squirrel kit had not yet opened its eyes, so we estimated it was only three weeks old.
Bluebird start for the 2023 Gravel Grinder bike ride fundraiser for the Waterbury Area Trails Alliance. Photo by Gordon Miller
The Mad River Chorale joins forces with South Burlington Community Chorus for an ensemble of 100 voices together singing works of Mozart, Fauré, and Bernstein, May 10 and 12.
Ten Vermont kids will get some new fishing gear as a reward for them entering the annual Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department’s annual art contest.
For veteran birders, the spring migration season is a delight, with new bird species arriving – or passing through – daily, in yards and forests, fields and wetlands. For newer birders or casual backyard bird watchers, this influx can be overwhelming.
As amphibians and reptiles are on the move in springtime, the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department reminds the public that keeping native turtles as pets is prohibited because it can harm turtles and threaten wild turtle populations.
Dungeons & Dragons storytelling returns to the the Valley Players stage in Waitsfield on Friday with “Chaos in the Valley: Undefeated Champ.”
The Green Mountain Dog Club holds its spring Fast CAT Fun Trial next Saturday and Sunday, May 4-5, at Dac Rowe athletic fields in downtown Waterbury.
The Waterbury Public Library hosts a variety of regular and special programs and events each month. Here are highlights for two upcoming self-improvement programs for adults in May.
The Waterbury High School Alumni Association has two important announcements to share with the community: June 22 all-class reunion banquet. And applications are open for current Harwood seniors to apply for six scholarships worth $4,500 each.
For nearly 15 years, I have been exploring the headwaters of a river near my home.
The 41st Vermont Corporate Cup Challenge and State Agency 5K is set for Thursday, May 16, in Montpelier.
For the second year, Revitalizing Waterbury will produce a commemorative poster for Watebury Arts Fest and the organization has put out a call to Vermont artists to submit designs.
The Vermont a cappella chorus the Barre-Tones recently took home two awards at a regional competition in Framingham, Massachusetts.
Obituaries
Nadine Berrini died on May 10, 2024, in Waterbury Center, Vermont, at age 51. There are so many of us, friends and family, who sat at her table.
Walter Luce, of Waterbury Center, Vermont, passed away on Monday, December 18, 2023. He was just shy of 90 years old.
Michael Arthur Spinelli, 84, passed away peacefully with family by his side, on May 3, 2024, at The Arbors in Shelburne, Vermont.
Priscilla Rose Grout, beloved wife of the late Frederick Andrew Grout and cherished mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, aunt, and friend, was peacefully called home to her Heavenly Father on April 29, 2024.
Willis James “Bill” Morse, 79, a lifelong resident of Duxbury, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, April 30, 2024, in Duxbury. Born in Duxbury on May 23, 1944, he was the son of the late Willis Howard and Barbara Agnes (Callahan) Morse.
Norma Lois (Taylor) McLeod, 89, passed away peacefully in her sleep on the morning of Friday, April 26, 2024, at The Arbors in Shelburne, Vermont.
Dennis Donald Cassidy, 71, beloved father, Opa, and husband, lost his hard-fought battle with the devastating disease, PSP (Progressive Supranuclear Palsy), on March 14, 2024.
Stephen Henry Lotspeich, known to family, friends and colleagues as Steve, died on Wednesday, April 24 in Berlin, Vermont at age 71.
Rachel S Cubit (Reynolds) of Duxbury, passed away peacefully on January, 28, 2024, in the comfort of her home surrounded by her loving family.
The Duxbury Historical Society invites the community to two upcoming programs featuring presentations on the women’s suffrage movement and the Stonewall Uprising.