Brent Hallenbeck

It’s been a long year – not just one of those “this felt like a long year” years, but it actually was one day longer thanks to Leap Day. That even slower than usual passage of time means it can be awfully hard to remember everything that happened in 2024, let alone some of the events going all the way back to those early tentative steps into a new uncharted year.

It’s been nearly 20 years since rising young Vermont folksinger Anais Mitchell unveiled her poetic, esoteric musical-theater production “Hadestown” with performances in Barre and Vergennes.

Waterfront Park hosted many of the events with music from Ryan Montbleau, Thus Love, Kalbells and more, plus fireworks and Champ burning in effigy

The café is operated by chef Sean Richards, a Fair Haven native who studied at the now-defunct Montpelier-based New England Culinary Institute.

The team won its title Dec. 16 after classes at UVM had ended for the semester, so the parade lets students and the community celebrate together.

Sergei Ushakov provided sound and was a familiar sight in the elevated sound booth at the renowned Burlington music venue for more than three decades.

This year marks 96 years since the birth of Martin Luther King Jr. Gains in civil rights spurred in large part by King’s actions have been numerous, but more work looms on the horizon.

East West Café has a history in Burlington. Brett Richland and his wife, Samran Kaewkoet-Richland, opened the Thai eatery at the corner of North Winooski Avenue and Pearl Street in 2016.

It's super-easy to join up. Almost all bar-trivia nights are free, though you should at least order a drink or a snack. Winners may get cool prizes.

Five Vermont restaurants and bars were announced Wednesday morning as semifinalists for the James Beard Awards, the industry’s most prominent American honors. The nominees include a much-lauded Burlington restaurant in the biggest category of all, Outstanding Restaurateur.