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11/8/09: The Green Mountain Hounds carry on the illustrious tradition of fox hunting with a modern day twist - instead of hunting actual foxes, the hounds trail the scent of anise.
Music:
Renaissonics, Carols for Dancing, "Gaytas," "Fum, Fum, Fum"
Location: Charlotte, Richmond, VT
10/30/09: The 2nd Annual Vermont Horror Fest frightened a sold out crowd Friday at the Outer Space Cafe.
Two local directors, Mike Turner and Owen Mulligan and a recent Hollywood transplant, Rob Schmidt, entertained the crowd with their terrifying films.
VT author and folklorist Joseph Citro told ghost stories to get the crowd in the Halloween mood.
Locations: Outer Space Cafe, Greenmount Cemetery, Burlington, Vermont
10/26/09: Over 65 exhibitors and hundreds of attendees packed the third Vermont 3.0 event at the Sheraton Monday. There were plenty of green, high tech, innovative companies on hand to offer a glimpse into Vermont's future.
Music: Ryan Power, Is It Happening, "Is It Happening"
Location: Sheraton, South Burlington, Vermont
10/24/09: Triptych Creations is the handiwork of special make-up FX artists Rebecca Reil and Sara Glasgow. Eva visits Triptych HQ to get shot through the face for the 4th Annual Burlington Zombie Walk. Get ready for a hefty serving of blood, guts and brainz.
Music: Aaron Reil, "Scratch Me"
Locations: Triptych HQ, Church ST, Burlington VT
10/17/09: Champlain College's Emergent Media Center in Winooski is preparing students for the "real world" and helping to solve world problems at the same time.
Vermont 3.0 is Monday, Oct 26 at the Sheraton in South Burlington, see you there!!!
Music: Chuch, Juarez, "Hold Me Down"
Location: Champlain Mill, Winooski, VT
10/11/09: The 2nd Annual Giant Pumpkin Regatta transformed the Burlington Waterfront Sunday with crowds of cheering fans and a bevy of floating pumpkin vessels. The money raised will go toward the Linking Learning to Life program called PILOT.
The pumpkins were provided by the Vermont Giant Vegetable Growers Association and Eva met them at their State Championship weigh off the day before the race.
Music:
The Jazz Guys, A Blessing in Disguise, "The Best Five Minutes of Your Life"
Locations: Sam Mazza's Farm, Colchester, Burlington Waterfront, VT
10/5/09: Don Eggert, Creative Director of Seven Days, talks about the new magazine-style format Vermont's alt weekly is switching to October 7th, this Wednesday.
Music: Missy Bly, Clean Bee, "She N' Me"
La Strada, "Flying"
Location: Burlington, VT to North Haverhill, NH
9/26/09: Eva takes a day trip on Amtrak's The Vermonter train from Essex Jct to Brattleboro for $12/each way (make reservations ahead of time to nab this special discount fare, V189). Ride the rails and visit Vermont villages this fall!
Music: Missy Bly, MB3, "Afraid to Fly"
9/19/09: The tiny village of Tunbridge (population 1,400) gets quite a boost each summer when 50,000 people visit the Tunbridge World's Fair during their four day run.
Music:
Pariah Beat, Pariah Beat Radio, "City Far Away," "Oh, What a Night"
9/12/09: September 1st it became legal for same sex couples to wed in Vermont. Dana & Katie said their vows in front of a large crowd of supportive family and friends at Trapp Family Lodge Saturday.
Music:
The Smittens, A Little Revolution, "Jeans and Mittens" The Coolest Thing About Love, "One Hundred Roses," "One for Me," Dana Julie Kaplan, "Year of the Lake"
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