Photos of the Week: Aug. 14

Brennan Officer, of Orwell, shows off her moves at basketball camp at the Middlebury Rec Center. Photo: Steve James Elijah Brown of Ferrisburgh at basketball camp at the Middlebury Rec Center. Photo: Steve James Weston Crossman, of Vergennes, at basketball camp at the Middlebury Rec Center. Photo: Steve James Young athletes participate in a ball handling drill. Photo: Steve James Charlotte Densmore, 4, of Sudbury, meets a horse at the UVM Morgan Horse Farm’s annual open house. Photo: Steve James Tijah … (read more)

ROWDY POPE, 12, of Iroquois Acres Farm in Bridport is tickled to show his award-winning Holstein, Gypsy, at Addison County Fair & Field Days this week. We’re not so sure what Gypsy thinks of the honor.Independent photo/Steve James At Addison County Fa … (read more)

MAGICIAN TOM VERNER and his mime partner “Miss La Fleur” (aka his spouse, noted artist Janet Fredericks), regale the crowd during the Thursday, July 17, Brown Bag Lunch at Middlebury’s Festival on the Green. Verner and Fredericks, who live in Lincoln, are … (read more)

Ray Vega tooting his horn and sharing his singing voice during Monday’s performance of his namesake Afro-Caribbean Jazz Ensemble.Independent photos/Steve James Cellist Cleo Flemming, guitarist Hannah Hausman and bass player Logan Beck play harmonious ball … (read more)