The Vermont Historical Society this month will publish a new book about the history of the state’s eugenics movement.

Axel’s Gallery & Frame Shop is looking for its next photographer to showcase with the 2023 Photography Shoot-Out contest. 

The week ahead is a busy one for the arts in Waterbury – live musical performances along with art to see, art to buy, plus visits from multiple Vermont authors. 

On Sunday afternoon inside Bridgeside Books on Stowe Street, a unique gathering is planned with Vermont Lt. Gov. David Zuckerman, several Vermont authors of children’s literature, and local librarians. 

Painting begins this weekend on the “Madonna's Earth” mural that project organizers are aiming to install on the back of 29 Stowe Street in September. 

New little plastic cards are landing in Vermonters’ mail that are worth at least $120 at your nearest grocery store or farmers market. And there’s no catch. 

Local electric vehicle owners and enthusiasts are invited to Crossett Brook Middle School on Aug. 15 for the annual Waterbury LEAP Electric Vehicle Fest. 

Waterbury Center author, journalist, and radio host David Goodman will be among the honorees at the 2023 Vermont Ski & Snowboard Hall of Fame induction ceremony in October at Killington’s K1 Lodge.

“The Addams Family” was originally scheduled to open July 20 and run for 14 performances over three weekends at the Montpelier City Hall Arts Center. The universe had a different plan as the July 10 flood has rendered City Hall and much of downtown Montpelier on pause for flood cleanup. But that’s not stopping the determined community theater company. 

The recent spell of soggy weather didn’t let up for last Saturday’s Not Quite Independence Day celebration in Waterbury, but Waterbury Rotary Club organizers and spectators partied on with raingear, some extra pop-up tents, and good nature.

Waterbury Studios hosts a new exhibit of specialty photographs with an opening reception planned for Friday, June 16. Titled “CYANOTYPICAL,” the show features blueprint portraits by Benjamin Aleshire through Aug. 18.

As Amtrak’s Vermonter makes its way south from St. Albans to Brattleboro on Sunday, a group from Bellows Falls is hoping actual Vermonters will flock to their train stations to celebrate Pride. 

The Montpelier-based Central Vermont Playback Theatre Troupe comes to the Grange Hall Cultural Center in Waterbury Center on Sunday, June 11, with its current interactive performance, “Pursuit of Happiness?”

The MadDog chapter of Trout Unlimited is throwing a special community cookout and fishing outing on Saturday, June 10, in Middlesex and members invite the community to join them.

The Public Art Team of the Waterbury Area Anti-Racism Coalition has announced its artist and design choice for the Waterbury Community Mural project planned for the back side of the building at 29 Stowe Street. 

The Waterbury-Stowe Fish & Game Club held its 61st annual Kids Fishing Derby last weekend with 58 young anglers up to age 12 taking part. 

Thousands of young readers around Vermont have weighed in to choose the latest winners of three annual literary awards organized by the Vermont Department of Libraries.