Vermont’s Cultural Leaders: Elise Brunelle
YOUR NAME and TITLE: Elise Brunelle, Executive Director
YOUR ORGANIZATION: Vermont Symphony Orchestra
YEAR YOU JOINED ORGANIZATION: 2020
MONTH/YEAR YOU WERE APPOINTED TO CURRENT ...
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Singer Songwriter Mikahely
Mikahely is a self-taught musician who draws inspiration from traditional Malagasy rhythms and is based in Vermont who recently appeared on the podcast Rocket Shop Radio Hour, which features ...
Vermont’s Cultural Leaders: Erin Evarts
YOUR NAME and TITLE: Erin Evarts, Executive Director
YOUR ORGANIZATION: Lyric Theatre
YEAR YOU JOINED ORGANIZATION: 1999 (as a volunteer)
MONTH/YEAR YOU WERE APPOINTED TO CURRENT ...
Who Grows Our Food: A Conversation with Mr. Henry
Fall is just around the corner in Vermont. The COVID-19 pandemic hasn’t stopped folks from visiting their favorite farm stands and orchards to go apple picking and finding the perfect pumpkin to ...
A Pandemic Pregnancy
When New York City shut down in mid-March, Eliza Fitzhugh and Andrés Gutierrez already had a lot on their minds. The couple was expecting their first child, due on April 9th, along with a packed ...
Returning to Vermont Roots
“You’re going to need to figure something out,” Kiera Bratton-Lewis told her husband, Cory Bratton, over a phone call in early March. “It’s going to get bad.” She was referring to what was about ...
I Am a Vermont Artist: Shani Stoddard
By day Shani Stoddard is like many Vermonters: boots and caps, hikes with dogs, a house in the woods of Stannard. By night he is… “Shani.” In stilettos and braids, dancing himself sweaty for tips
Chief Don Stevens Represents a New Era of Abenaki Leadership in Vermont
By KEN PICARD
Don Stevens stepped to the podium in the Cedar Creek Room of the Vermont Statehouse on February 5 and reasserted the sovereign rights that his people have never ceded: to hunt and ...
Lumberjills Gain Skills, Confidence in Game of Logging
“Learning to use a chainsaw was the most empowering thing I have ever done,” said Caitlin Gosciminski, a natural resources major at the University of Vermont.
Gosciminski was among ten women ...
Independent Musician Ariel Zevon
Ariel Zevon is a singer songwriter based in Vermont who recently appeared on the podcast Rocket Shop Radio Hour, which features Vermont music and artists.
When I first walked ...
From Woodstock to Vermont: Bonnie Ward
Bonnie Ward is a singer songwriter based in Vermont who recently appeared on the podcast Rocket Shop Radio Hour, which features Vermont music and artists.
On Wednesday June 22, Bonnie Ward ...
Vermont companies support New American workers
In a 2016, the New American Economy reported that, as a whole, New Americans in Vermont earned $654.7M in 2014. These employees work for hundreds of Vermont businesses, and many of these ...