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Burlington rapper making a name in VT, wants to play Castleton
Vermont is in the middle of an artistic renaissance. With Burlington’s major hip hop group 99 Neighbors parting ways, it seems many artists are looking forward to their 2024 campaigns. Rivan Calderin, known simply as Rivan, tore through the back end of 2023 releasing four songs and amassing over...
Bald eagles are back, but great blue herons paid the price
The Community News Service is a program in which University of Vermont students work with professional editors to provide content for local news outlets at no cost. After years of absence, the most patriotic bird in the sky returned to Vermont — but it might’ve come at another’s expense.
Cheese and Wine Traders to hold liquidation sale
SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. — A locally-owned Vermont business is holding a liquidation sale this week after it closed without warning last month. Signs for a liquidation sale went up at Cheese and Wine Traders in South Burlington this week, announcing that the business will be selling off all of its remaining stock at a discounted price.
UVM student’s painting business startup wins $212K prize
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - A group of University of Vermont students Thursday received accolades for creating a local start-up company. “We started from an idea where we wanted to not only help the community with a business but we found that the trades are at a major shortage,” said Zach Dunn, who started Painting with Purpose back in 2022 with the help of UVM’s Catamount Innovation Fund.
Bringing light to a darkened stage: Group aims to keep St. Michael's Playhouse in VT alive
St. Michael’s Playhouse, the professional theater company that has brought summer plays and musicals to Colchester for more than three-quarters of a century, is taking this season off as supporters restructure how the company is operated. The Playhouse had been run as a separate entity until 1997, when the college took over operation. Summer theater has been a constant at St. Michael’s College since 1947. The retirement late last year of Chuck Tobin, producing artistic director of...
Local Vermont artists collective known as The Sanctuary to host event in Burlington's City Hall Park
BURLINGTON, Vt. — Andy Mount has lived in Chittenden County his entire life, and fondly recalls memories from his childhood of spending time in downtown Burlington. "You know, it's funny, I remember walking around as a little kid on Church Street and there (were) hundreds of people out," Mount said.
Non-extractive storytelling workshop presented by award-winning, international film maker Jay Austin
Vermont Business Magazine A refreshing way for storytellers to change the narrative is coming to Burlington on May 2. Those seeking to tell stronger, truer stories will have an opportunity to attend a candid, uplifting free workshop presented by award-winning filmmaker Jay Austin on May 2 from 9 a.m. to 12 noon at Generator 40 Sears Lane, Burlington. The workshop is hosted by the Community Navigator Pilot Program (CNPP).
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