VERMONT FOLKLIFE CENTER Administrative Assistant Bob Hooker stands in the middle of the “New Lives/New England” exhibit on display in Middlebury through Feb. 8. The exhibit celebrates the traditional arts and crafts of refugee and new immigrant artists now living in Connecticut, Maine and Vermont.
Independent photo/Alex Munteanu
MIDDLEBURY — As rich cultural music from Somalia dances out of one room of the Vermont Folklife Center in downtown Middlebury, other rooms display colorful woven fabrics and crocheted lace draped from the ceiling by thin wires. In a corner, a Mac computer showing a Bosnian dance group performing captivates visiting guests.
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