MONTPELIER — On Wednesday, March 26, at 7:30 p.m., the 2025 Farmers Night series features the Jaded Ravins in the House Chamber of the Vermont Statehouse. This Calais-based musical duo presents an evening of Americana, country blues and original music composed and sung by Halle Jade and Kelly Ravin. Ravin[Read More…]
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Local Artists Exhibit at Gallery, March 27
MONTPELIER — The T.W. Wood Gallery is exhibiting two local artists with an artists talk, March 27, 6 p.m., and a reception, Friday, April 4, 5 to 7:30 p.m. “Howard Norman & Gabrielle Dietzel – Incidents on a Train” will be on exhibit through May 27. The Nuquist Gallery feature[Read More…]
Earth Day Essay Challenge, April 16
MONTPELIER – The Vermont Attorney General’s Office is holding an Earth Day Essay Challenge for fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-graders all around Vermont. The submission deadline is April 16. Essays can be submitted electronically to the attorney general’s office by email to [email protected]. Include the name of the school or indicate homeschooling,[Read More…]
Vermont Symphonic Winds Featured March 12
MONTPELIER March 12, at 7:30 p.m., will be the Farmers Night concert in the Vermont State Capital House Chamber featuring The Vermont Symphonic Winds. The ensemble’s members are music teachers and other professional musicians from around Vermont. Several are from the local Lamoille County area. The ensemble and chorus is[Read More…]
Heartbeet Lifesharing Receives Community Development Block Grant
MONTPELIER – Governor Phil Scott and the Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) announced $4,764,010 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding to benefit 15 projects in 14 communities, February 13. A town of Hardwick subgrant to Heartbeet Lifesharing will employ at least three new full-time staff who were[Read More…]
Gospel Choir Performs, Feb. 22-23
MONTPELIER – The Montpelier Community Gospel Choir presents a concert in honor of Black History Month: “Clap Your Hands,” at the Unitarian Church, 130 Main Street, Saturday, Feb. 22, 7 p.m., and Sunday, Feb. 23, 4 p.m. Dr. Jolie Rocke, Houston, Texas, is the guest vocalist. Saturday’s concert will be[Read More…]
Poet, Bass Clarinetist, Shaman Performs Feb. 26
MONTPELIER – Afro-futurist, Oro-shamanic poet and bass clarinetist Toussaint St. Negritude performs at the Vermont State House for the Farmers Night performance series, February 26, 7:30 p.m. Toussaint dually conjures both his horn and verse. For more information, contact David Schutz, Vermont State Curator by email at [email protected], or (802) 279-5558.
Vermonters Join Movement to Protest Trump Policies
MONTPELIER – Several hundred people gathered at the Statehouse in Montpelier, Wednesday, Feb. 5, to protest actions taken by the Trump administration. Hundreds of Vermonters joined a protest against the Trump administration on the steps of the Statehouse, part of a national movement to resist President Donald Trump’s actions since[Read More…]
Campaign Aims to Reunite Vermonters with Unclaimed Property
MONTPELIER – On February 4, Treasurer Mike Pieciak announced the “Claim Your Money” campaign, an initiative to return at least $1 million of unclaimed property to Vermonters in the month of February. The Claim Your Money campaign will include outreach events to return unclaimed property to local businesses and non-profits,[Read More…]
Real Start of Work Begins
MONTPELIER – The legislature convened in early January. But last week, the real start of our work began with the governor’s budget address. The “consensus revenue forecasts process” estimates the coming year’s revenues for all of State Government spending. We use that process to estimate and establish stimates for available revenue[Read More…]
Immigration Panel Webinar, Feb. 6
MONTPELIER – Treasurer Mike Pieciak’s Task Force on the Federal Transition, the Vermont Chamber of Commerce and Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility (VBSR) will host a webinar for Vermont employers to discuss their rights, obligations and prudent steps they can take to prepare for a worksite visit from Immigration and[Read More…]
NBNC Holds Wilderness Program, Feb. 6
MONTPELIER — On February 6, 6:30 to 8 p.m., the North Branch Nature Center (NBNC) will hold the “Wilderness Works Too: The Promise of Passive Rewilding” program with Shelby Perry of the Northeast Wilderness Trust. The free and in-person program will be located at 713 Elm St. Tickets are required.[Read More…]
