Local Press Releases

STOCKBRIDGE, MASS. — Berkshire Botanical Garden’s 2026 summer family programming continues with “Family Fridays.” This series, held from 11 a.m. to noon, includes eight weeks of family-friendly programs on snakes and reptiles, music-making, stories, drumming, community performances, and a little…

MANCHESTER>> Green Mountain Academy welcomes Devin Colman, the Director of the UVM Historic Preservation Graduate Program, to talk about modern architecture in the Green Mountain State. The talk will take place on Thursday, June 18 from 5:30 to 7:00 pm in the…

Author of Team of Rivals will sit down with Hildene President Craig Gemmell on July 8 at Robert Todd Lincoln’s Vermont estate; proceeds support a new Hildene initiative on civic discourse rooted in lessons from Abraham Lincoln MANCHESTER, VT — [June 4,2026] —…

(Manchester Center, VT) On Saturday, June 20 at 6 pm, acclaimed science and nature journalistRowan Jacobsen will discuss the quiet revolution transforming our understanding of sunlight’seffects on human health.For decades, a “zero-sun” policy has characterized our approach to sun protection,…

Danby, VT – Smokey House Center, a 5,000-acre forest and farming research nonprofit in Danby, Vermont was awarded a Farm to School Provider Grant through the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food, and Markets, which has funded the installation of a…

MANCHESTER>> Green Mountain Academy is excited to bring the film screening of New England Modernism: Revolutionary Architecture in the 20th Century to Burr and Burton Academy’s Riley Center right here in Manchester. The screening will take place on Friday, June 12 from 5:00 to…

STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. — Berkshire Botanical Garden’s Music Mondays series of live concerts begins June 29 and continues through Aug. 31, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., featuring traditional favorites and new voices from the Berkshires and beyond. Tickets are $15 for BBG…

(Manchester Center, VT) On Friday, June 12th at 6 pm, Balmer, a historian and ordainedEpiscopal priest, will discuss his book – which offers everything you need to know for shapingand defending your own beliefs on the role of religion in…

The Vermont Community Foundation is proud to share that President and CEO Dan Smith will receive the Community Service Award at the Community College of Vermont 2026 commencement ceremony on June 6 in Northfield. The award recognizes Smith’s longstanding commitment…

MANCHESTER>> Green Mountain Academy welcomes food scholar and author, Darra Goldstein, to talk about The Art of Corn. The talk will take place on Thursday, June 4 from 5:30 to 7:00 pm at the Southern Vermont Arts Center’s Yester House. This program looks…