TAM’s new ‘Phone of the Wind’ offers people comfort in grief

A new “Phone of the Wind” sits along the Trail Around Middlebury in Wright Park, offering a quiet place for anyone who has lost a loved one to send their words into the breeze.

“If golf has taught me anything, it’s that progress is never permanent.”

Middlebury artist Kate Gridley’s new multimedia exhibit, “Witness Marks: Anatomy of a Memory,” is on display at the Kent Museum in Calais.

“Giovanni Battista Piranesi: Visions of Grandeur,” was partly curated by Middlebury College students in a winter term course.

Ralph Myhre Golf Course club members fared well in VSWGA State Day competition at Killington Golf Club on Tuesday, Aug. 26.

The Independent spoke to Vt. journalist Ron Powers, author of “Nobody Cares About Crazy People.” A documentary inspired by the book will screen at Town Hall Theater on Sept. 6.

On Monday night, 86 community-members-turned-movie-extras filmed a standing ovation scene for “Down Below.”

A new art hub and store has cropped up in Addison that showcases the work of 21 Vermont artisans. Come check it out!

“If you have to ask what yazz is, you’ll never know,” Louis Armstrong once said … not quite.  Still, that playful spirit captures the essence of the Vermont Yazz Fest, which makes its Addison County debut this summer on Saturday, Aug. 30, from 2 to 6 p.m. … (read more)

Tekla Fine-Lease claimed first in Flight 1 with a gross score of 78 in a VSWGA State event at Ralph Myhre Golf Course on Monday, Aug. 11.

Creative communities are debating the role of AI in the arts. Legislation proposed by Vt. Senator Peter Welch would help creators protect copyrighted work.

Damage caused by an electrical fire Tuesday evening at Otter Creek East Bakery and Deli in East Middlebury will knock the eatery out of business for an indeterminate amount of time. 

“Through metaphor, we begin to understand the vastness of the world.”

“Traces of Time,” a film by Simeon Hutner and winner of MNFF’s Shouldice Family Prize for Best Vermont Film, will screen on Aug. 21.

Green Mountain National’s Hailey Katona claimed her third consecutive Vermont Women’s Amateur title, carding a 9-over-par 219 after 54 holes at Ekwanok Country Club.