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Helen Day Art Center’s Student Art Show exhibits emerging talent in Lamoille Valley

Opens Thursday, May 3rd, 3:00-5:00 p.m.

On Thursday May 3rd at 3:00 p.m. the gallery doors will open on a spectacular group of artwork from local students. Stowe Elementary, Middle, and High school art students will exhibit their work along with this year’s guest: Waitsfield Elementary School. Complimentary servings of Ice Cream will be served thanks to Stowe Ice Cream.

Students, inspired by visits to Helen Day Art Center exhibitions and by their teachers, build skills in multiple media while simultaneously finding their expressive voice. The evidence of this ongoing process is amazing and it lines the walls of the Center which produces this exhibition annually to honor the talent of these students.

Maddie Schaal

The artwork includes: painting, drawing, collage, metal work, ceramics, photography and graphic design, taught by five dedicated teachers: Jen Volansky, Stowe Elementary; Averill McDowell, Stowe Middle; Kate Crouse & Carleen Zimbalatti, Stowe HS; Nora SK McDonough, Waitsfield Elementary. Subject matter is broad as well encompassing imagery that is abstract, figurative, imaginary, and practical.

Lynn Rublee, Education Coordinator at the Art Center as well as other staff will help select award winners among high school artists.

The exhibition is made possible by Partner: Robert Paul Galleries and by Sponsors: XPress Printing and Copying, Stowe Reporter, The Art Store, Black Cap Coffee, Cafe on Main, McCarthy’s Restaurant, Stowe Hardware and Dry Goods, and Stowe Ice Cream

Bjorn Westervelt

For more information, contact:
Lynn Rublee
Education Coordinator
Helen Day Art Center
5 School Street
Stowe, Vermont 05672
(802) 253-8358
education@helenday.com
www.helenday.com

Images: Maddie Schaal, Claire Driscoll, Bjorn Westervelt

in a special one-night-only performance of the classic Broadway musical

Jane Levere, Contributor
FORBES LIFESTYLE | 4/24/2012 @ 11:13AM

Youngest von Trapp Child Discusses ‘The Sound Of Music’

Tonight’s gala concert performance of The Sound of Music at New York’s Carnegie Hall will reunite one of Maria von Trapp’s ten singing children with an actor from the 1965 film of the beloved musical.

Johannes von Trapp, the youngest child of Baron Georg von Trapp and Maria Kutschera, is an honorary chair of the gala, while Daniel Truhitte, who played Rolfe, the suitor of Liesl, a von Trapp daughter in the film, will appear in the concert as Baron Elberfeld, a guest at a party given by the baron. Read the complete Forbes aricle

I don’t normally write about home decorating, but I was reading a home & design article in the current issue of Realtor® Magazine about the Pantone 2012 Color of the Year: Tangerine Tango. So, I thought I’d share it with you in the context of using it in your home, whether you’re getting it ready to sell or getting ready to buy a new home, or thinking about adding some color even if you’re staying put.

There’s already a List of Top Ten Tangerine Tango Products.

Tangerine Tango is a bright, burnt orange hue. Here are 3 ways to incorporate this color, reminiscent of a sunset, in your home:

Stage it with Accessories. A moderate amount of tangerine tango can add just the right amount of pop with pillows, throws, or table top accessories. Pair it with gray-scale neutrals for a modern flair.

Mix it in the kitchen. Some home owners are choosing this sunset hue for kitchen appliances to add an extra colorful touch.

Brighten up a wall. As Pantone suggests, try a painted accent wall in tangerine tango to create “a dynamic burst of energy” in the kitchen, entryway, or hallway.

BY ALICE LEVITT ON APRIL 17, 2012 | SEVEN DAYS

There’s nothing like a lovely spring day to stir brunch cravings. I’m ready for a Benedict at any time of year, but when I headed to the Rusty Nail Bar & Grille on Sunday, I was met by a brunch rush that could only have been kindled by the 70-degree weather and plenty of outdoor seating.

Having an obsessive fear of sun damage, I was happy to stay inside. Our hostess had some difficulty processing that idea, but, hey, it got me a table right away.

A table filled with local ingredients for Bloody Marys sat beside the bar, and general manager Kate Wise told us that she was making excellent Irish coffees that day. But even at 2 p.m., I just wasn’t in the head (or body) space for cocktails. Read the complete Review

Chuck Talks in the Over Easy at Stowe Mountain Resort

Chuck Talks on Easy Street Line Check at Stowe Mountain Resort

This is me on Wednesday, March 21, 2011. It was in the high 70s to low 80s all day. I’d received an eMail from my son Jeff, who lives in Colorado, telling me that his ski season and ended and he was now focusing on mountain biking. He even included a photo. So, I asked my friend, T. Lane, to snap a photo of me, with my iPhone, outside our patrol station, which I sent right back to Colorado. Just about every patroller skied all day in a T-shirt!

The Chartis 2012 Winter Summit, benefiting Disabled Sports USA’s (DS/USA) Warfighter Sports Program is underway at Stowe Mountain Resort, having started on Tuesday, and ending tomorrow

Yesterday, some of my fellow patrollers and I rotated through short shifts at the top of the race course, keeping a patrol and EMT presence on the hill, from start to finish.

Here are 3 photos I shot with my iPhone shortly before the race began.

While on the slopes, event attendees were able to participate in practice runs with celebrity ski host and Olympic gold medalist Tommy Moe. ABC News Correspondent Bob Woodruff is serving as the event’s keynote speaker.

In its 24th year, the Winter Summit is a business-building event attended by a number of participants across the insurance industry. The event combines Chartis-led panel sessions with ski and snowboarding races, forming a fundraising platform on behalf of DS/USA whose Warfighter Sports Program offers sports rehabilitation for those wounded in combat.  Mr. Woodruff’s remarks on the closing evening of the Winter Summit will address efforts to assist injured service members, veterans and their families — including those involved in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars – along with related issues. Read the complete press release here.

Big Pig

BY ALICE LEVITT [03.13.12] | SEVEN DAYS

It’s been almost seven months since the Alchemist Pub & Brewery was forced to shut its doors in the wake of Tropical Storm Irene’s wrath. This week, its devotees will finally be able to return to the beloved building with the opening of Prohibition Pig.

Guests will see many familiar faces, says owner Chad Rich. Of the 14 full-time employees at the Alchemist when it closed, 11 are now on staff at Prohibition Pig. The familiar burgers, fries, wings and pretzels are there, too, along with Alchemist brews, now produced on higher ground at the Alchemist Cannery.

Those beers are among 24 on tap and 120 bottles, giving PP one of the largest craft-beer lists in the Northeast. The bar also stocks about 100 bottles of craft spirits, many of them hard to find.

Rich, the former bar manager at the Farmhouse Tap & Grill, has given that role at PP to Jeff Baumann, who was once his boss behind the bar at American Flatbread Burlington Hearth. By the end of the year, Rich hopes to begin distilling several of his own drinks.

For now, Baumann has conceived a list of 12 cocktails made from craft-distilled beverages — and some other surprising ingredients. The Averna Flip features herbaceous Amaro mixed with chocolate stout, bitters and a whole egg. The Red Delicious pays homage to Rich’s formative years in North Carolina with Noilly Prat vermouth, applejack, Campari and the deep-red Southern soda Cheerwine.

The food nods southward, too. Rich chose former Flatbread chef Brian Sheehan to head his kitchen because of his way with meat. “I just used to see it on all the specialty flatbreads, braising meats, doing the amazing things he did,” says Rich. “He’s really talented. I’m really excited about his food.”

Construction of some parts of the building took longer than expected, but the kitchen has been completed for weeks. In that interval, Sheehan has been perfecting the vinegar-sauced Carolina-style barbecue that gives the restaurant its name.

Though Rich says he doesn’t want his business to be known just as a barbecue joint, he’s particularly taken with Sheehan’s brisket. As for the smoked, seared fish, he touts it as “something I can go in and eat many times a week, and I don’t feel guilty about eating it, either.” Rich will make room for shrimp and grits, too. Most likely, so will a slew of new fans.

The 2011 Residential (not including Condominiums) Selling Prices to Listing Prices in Stowe, Vermont were, on average -9%. That is, most homes in Stowe sold, in 2011, at 9% below their Listing Price. See this new chart here.