Folklife Center’s annual gingerbread house competition goes virtual

The Vermont Folklife Center announces its first virtual gingerbread house competition and exhibit. This ever-popular 22-year annual tradition will continue safely despite the pandemic. “If we can’t all crowd into a room to admire these fantastically creative confections and cast our ballots, we’ll do so online,” said the Folklife Center. “There is no shortage of creativity and excitement around this holiday tradition; bakers and creators documented the process and their completed gingerbread houses in photo … (read more)

Annual gingerbread house competition goes virtual

MIDDLEBURY — The Vermont Folklife Center will be holding its annual gingerbread house competition and exhibit virtually this year. The contest is open to anyone living in Vermont, and anyone interested should sing up by Nov. 18 via the VFC website at verm … (read more)

Vermont Folklife Center nabs LGBTQ grant

MIDDLEBURY — Vermont Folklife Center recently received $3,500 from the Vermont Community Foundation’s Samara Fund. This year the Fund focused it’s grants on supporting the LGBTQ community in Vermont. The Folklife Center will use the grant to support the “ … (read more)

Folklife Center names Antohin as head of education

MIDDLEBURY — The Vermont Folklife Center has appointed Alexandra “Sasha” Antohin as the its full-time director of education. “I cannot imagine a more qualified person to lead the center’s education programming to new and exciting places,” said Executive D … (read more)

Folklife Center launches “Show Us Your Masks!” project

MIDDLEBURY — Like many people across the globe, Vermonters have stepped up and started making homemade face masks — both in response to a call for us to wear them while out in public, and to help address the shortage of basic protective equipment for doct … (read more)

Listening in Place: Vt. Folklife Center documents quarantine

MIDDLEBURY — While many of our family, friends and neighbors are at work on the front lines — healthcare workers, supermarket employees, emergency responders — a whole lot of us are at home, often with family members, working (or not) and waiting anxiousl … (read more)

Local seniors whip up gingerbread Hagrid’s hut

MIDDLEBURY — The Elderly Services building off Exchange Street is modern and comfortable, offering a wonderful experience to participants in the nonprofit’s Project Independence adult daycare program. For a day earlier this month, the building took on an … (read more)

In photos: Gingerbread ingenuity

MIDDLEBURY — The theme of the Vermont Folklife Center’s 21st annual Gingerbread House Competition and Exhibit is “Christmas at Hogwarts Castle.” The center at 88 Main St. in Middlebury smells like the holidays with several dozen all-edible pieces of art o … (read more)

Gingerbread houses sweeten the season

MIDDLEBURY — Time to get ready for the 21st annual Gingerbread House Competition and Exhibit at the Vermont Folklife Center in Middlebury. Creations will be on display from Thursday, Dec. 5 through Friday, Dec. 20, with an opening reception on Friday, Dec … (read more)

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