Woodstock Magazine - Spring 2022

WOODSTOCK MAGAZINE

SPRING 2022

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Taking Action for Birds with Audubon Vermont

SPRING 2022

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CONTENTS

36 Birds and 36 Protecting Our Ecosystem

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By Dean Whitlock Audubon Vermont promotes conservation and stewardship.

44 58 Beauty, Form, and Function Mangalitsa

By Pamela Brown Bringing farm to table to life.

By Dian Parker Vermont artists display many talents.

On the cover: A male eastern bluebird eats fruit from a blueberry bush. Gail DuBois/Audubon Photography Awards.

This page, top: A white-breasted nuthatch forages for insects.

Laura Frazier/Audubon Photography Awards.

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CONTENTS

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26 In Every Issue

Departments

17 Editor’s Note 18 Contributors 20 Online Exclusives &

22 Everyday Essentials

Business Directory

81 Happenings 87 Advertisers Index 88 Last Glance

Tips for healthy living.

26 Around & About

By Cassie Horner

54 Preserving History

By Cassie Horner

Engaging students of all ages.

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Unique Shopping, Dining, and Services In and Around Woodstock, Vermont

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Shop, Dine, and Explore Quechee this Spring

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68 Travel Time

By Lisa Ballard Trying the trapeze and other tricks.

74 On the Town

By Stephen D’Agostino Staging a classic American drama.

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E D I TO R ’ S N OT E

IAN RAYMOND

Springtime Cheer It’s time to bid farewell to winter’s snow, ice, and frigid temperatures and welcome the warmth of spring to the area. There’s no better way to enjoy the season and marvel at its wonders than to witness the return of many species of birds to our woods, fields, and backyards. If we pay attention, birds can tell us what’s happening in our ecosystem, including climate. You can help by getting involved with bird counts and other activities conducted by Audubon Vermont. Check out their website at vt.audubon.org. Many thanks to Environmental Educator and Senior Communications Coordinator Gwendolyn Causer for her assistance with our cover story (page 36). We’re especially grateful for her sharing the beautiful, award-winning photography, including our cover, with us.

There’s plenty to do locally this spring, from attending the BarnArts production of A Streetcar Named Desire at the Grange Theatre in April (page 74) to enjoying fine food and wine at Mangalitsa on Central Street (page 44). Owner Matt Lombard produces 70 percent of the food he serves at his own Peace Field Farm and sources other local farms for much of the remainder.

We’re also visiting with three very talented artists—painter Elizabeth Ricketson, glass artist Nicholas Kekic, and jewelry maker Allison Korn (page 58).

We think you’ll agree that their work is unique and truly amazing! And the Woodstock History Center has been busy producing a new booklet for children highlighting the area’s history (page 54). Emily Zea’s playful illustrations and animal characters are sure to keep their attention.

As you’re out and about during this lovely season, keep in touch with local news and events at www.greateruppervalley.com. Enjoy!

Deborah Thompson Executive Editor dthompson@mountainviewpublishing.com

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Pamela has been a journalist with Hearst Connecticut Media Group for 20 years, covering a wide spectrum of subjects, and has a monthly food column in Connecticut Magazine.

When she steps away from the computer, Pamela enjoys vacationing in Woodstock, playing tennis, gardening, reading, and spending time with her beautiful daughter, Alexis, and adorable mini Goldendoodle, Rafa.

Pamela Brown

Stephen is a freelance writer living in Reading, Vermont.

His work has appeared in local publications in Boston and New York City, museum catalogs, Night Sky magazine, and weekly in the Vermont Standard. He’s always writing a novel and is working with an agent to get his first book published.

When he’s not writing, he’s knitting, gardening, baking, or struggling with his ukulele.

Stephen D’Agostino

Cassie is a writer, editor, and publisher and the author of a historical novel, Lucy E.—Road to Victory. Her roots in Vermont go back almost 200 years and inspire her love of the natural world and history. She lives in Plymouth, Vermont, with her husband and two dogs—an English Shepherd and a mini Dachshund.

Cassie Horner

Dian is a freelance writer published in a number of literary journals and magazines. She is also an oil painter and is a curator for White River Gallery in Vermont. She has traveled extensively, including to Syria before its heartbreaking devastation.

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Dean, a longtime resident of Thetford, Vermont, is a freelance writer, author, and fundraising auctioneer for nonprofits. He is also an amateur birdwatcher of many years, thanks to his wife, his mother-in-law, and Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring. You can find out more about his novels and short stories at deanwhitlock.com.

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E V E RY DAY E S S E N T I A L S Tips for Healthy Living

Rejuvenate Your Hair

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inter is over, but the damage to your hair from dry air and freezing temperatures remains.

Give your tresses some TLC with the following tips: It’s time for a trim. Say goodbye to dried-out, damaged ends with a fresh haircut. Even just a trim can make you feel great—and make your hair look much healthier.

Condition like crazy. After a dry winter, your hair needs nourishment and hydration in the spring so it’s strong enough to survive the summer. Invest in some extra-moisture conditioner and a high-quality hair mask to bring some life and shine back into your hair.

Don’t forget sun protection. Just as ultraviolet rays can damage your skin, they can also damage your hair. A UV protective shampoo will help minimize the effects of the sun, which is particularly important for color-treated hair.

Get to Know Rhubarb

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nyone who has rhubarb in their garden knows that this hardy, late-spring vegetable is practically bulletproof. Not only does it survive late frosts, drought, and only moderately fertile soil, but rhubarb will also tolerate some crowding and still come back year after year. Taking care of rhubarb requires very little effort—just remove any weeds from the area and cultivate around the stalks carefully so you don’t injure the growing rhubarb. When you’re ready to harvest it, simply grasp the stalk of the leaf and pull, or use a knife to cut it off.

Strawberries and rhubarb are a match made in heaven and can be enjoyed together in pies and jams. Rhubarb can be made into sauces, chutneys, and salsas to add flavor to savory dishes. Roast chunks of rhubarb drizzled with honey on a baking sheet and toss them with salad greens. The stalks can also be eaten raw—dip them in sugar or honey to mellow the tartness.

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Take the Office

Outdoors

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he sunny days and warmer weather probably have you itching to get out of the office. Whether you work from home or on-site, skip the Zoom meetings and conference calls at your desk and take them outside while you walk. Walking meetings help spark creativity and counteract the effects of sitting for long periods of time. Plus studies show that natural light significantly boosts energy and productivity.

Check Your Deck

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nce the snow has melted, give your wooden deck, fence, railings, trellis, and other outdoor structures a good onceover. Wood needs to be stained or resealed every year or two to keep it looking great and in good condition, and spring is an excellent time to do it before the heat of summer sets in. Take this opportunity to make any repairs to woodwork as well.

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Have Allergies?

Remember These Spring-Cleaning Tips

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t’s that time of year again when the urge kicks in to throw open the windows and scrub the house from top to bottom. However, if you have allergies, you’ll want to add a few tasks to your spring-cleaning checklist to reduce allergens in the entire house.

In addition to thoroughly scrubbing, dusting, and vacuuming, the Spruce offers the following tips:

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Control the indoor temperature and humidity. Dust mites and mold spores like heat and humidity. By maintaining a temperature between 68° and 72° and a humidity level of no more than 50 percent, you can reduce their growth.

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Use small-particle filters in central heating and cooling systems and in room air conditioners. Change or clean filters monthly.

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Control pests like insects and mice. Use traps or a professional exterminator and seal any cracks that may allow them into your home.

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Remove clutter and dust catchers from living spaces.

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Do not allow smoking anywhere within the home.

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Keep pets outside as much as possible. Wash their bedding weekly.

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fter a long winter of navigating the pandemic, trying your best to stay well, and dealing with the stress that comes along with uncertainty, why not engage the whole family in some fun self-care? Creating something with your own hands sparks the imagination and soothes the soul, and a family ceramics class may be just what the doctor ordered.

Working with clay can improve motor skills by engaging the arm and hand muscles. It encourages problemsolving, creativity, self-expression, and confidence in adults and children of any age or skill level. It can even help relieve stress.

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Family Cyclists

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he Hagge family of Plymouth, Vermont, has a lot to look forward to with the start of spring weather. Parents Sarah and Detlef, and daughters Schuyler and Beatrix, are all cycling enthusiasts. Before the children were born, Sarah and Detlef, now teachers at Rutland High, cycled the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route that goes between Canada and New Mexico. Schuyler, an eighth grader at Woodstock Middle School, won first place at a championship race at the end of the 2021 season, which made her the Northern New England Mountain Bike Champ for the girls in the A group. Beatrix, a second grader at Killington Elementary School, cycles with her dad on a modified tandem fat bike.

Everyone in the family started out biking as kids. Sarah went from just biking around her childhood neighborhood to mountain biking in her college years after Detlef introduced her to the sport. The couple’s biking life led to the big adventure on the Great Divide trail.

They continued to bike in North Carolina, where Detlef learned about bike mechanics while working in a bike shop.

In Vermont, both Schuyler and Beatrix learned to ride with Strider bikes in their very hilly, woodsy yard.

Now, the Hagge family has embraced cyclocross. The bikes are a cross between road and mountain bikes, with knobby tires. The sport involves riding and racing on specially designed paths.

Detlef competes at the Keene Pumpkin Cross race in Keene, New Hampshire.

Photo by Beatrix Hagge.

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Top: Detlef, Schuyler, Beatrix, and Sarah at Acadia National Park in Maine. Photo by Georgi Grover.

Above: Beatrix Hagge competes at the Northampton International Cyclocross race. Photo

by Schuyler Hagge.

Left: Schuyler Hagge (center) with friends. Photo

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“Life is like biking. You never know where it’s going to take you, but you go with it. The family motto is ‘Choose your line and follow through.’”

— Detlef Hagge

Top: Beatrix and Detlef with a fat bike tandem in Plymouth, Vermont. Photo by Sarah Hagge.

Above: Schuyler races in the Vermont Youth Cycling race on Slate Valley Trails in Poultney, Vermont. Photo by Sarah Hagge.

“It is a very exciting sport,” Sarah says.

“Detlef said it would be a great family sport because you race in your age and skill level and we cheer each other on.” They have been to the big race in Northampton, Massachusetts, and to

races in Hampton, New Hampshire, and Putney, Vermont. “It is a fun way to escape reality on weekends,” she says.

Schuyler, who has been riding a bike since she was four years old, races with the Woodstock Union High School & Middle School’s mountain bike club. She recalls adventures with her dad when she was young, exploring back roads.

Now, she and her friends enjoy the trails that are not too technical but not too easy. “I am very extroverted, and I enjoy being on a bike team with people who enjoy the same thing as I do,” she says.

With COVID-19 precautions, “the bike acts as a natural spacer with us outdoors, breathing fresh air. It is pure fun to ride with your friends,” she says. Her enthusiasm for cycling has led her to encourage other girls to join the school team of about 30 students that is comprised of almost 50 percent girls. Races

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in the New England League are hosted by different schools. “I love to be with the team,” she says. “I can hear everyone cheering me on. Last year, I was the only girl on my team in the A division. I self-motivate and push myself. People in my category are usually a lot older than me. At first, I thought I was way out of my league, but after I won the first race, I thought I could be competitive in this field.”

Detlef, with his many years as a biker, works Saturdays and summers at a local ski/bike shop. For him, biking as a kid was a source of freedom and a sport that has easily evolved to include the whole family. He has dreams of bike-packing with the family. “Life is like biking,” he says. “You never know where it’s going to take you, but you go with it. The family motto is ‘Choose your line and follow through.’”

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Side Judge

Michael Ricci

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ermont has a unique judicial position—that of assistant or side judge. Two lay judges are elected for each of the 14 counties. In Windsor County, Michael Ricci of Woodstock was named last fall to fill Jack Anderson’s term when he retired.

The appointment appealed to Michael as a way of being involved in the county.

“I have lived in Woodstock for 40 years and I love the community,” he says. “I thought this would be a good way for me to serve.” After serving for several months, Michael finds the work challenging, interesting, and rewarding and feels that he is making a difference in people’s lives.

“Judges to the superior court in what is now Vermont were originally appointed by the king of England or the governor of New York,” Michael explains. “Judges traveled around the state to hear cases, and Vermonters didn’t trust them. The position of side judge gave people who understand the community a say in the cases.”

Windsor County Assistant Judge Michael Ricci and wife Karen Shea at the Windsor County Court House, September 24, 2021, swearing-in ceremony. Photo by Michael Ricci II.

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Michael and the other Windsor or both parties. With representation, the I managed budgets, personnel, and old County side judge, Ellen Terie, sit in on attorneys ask the majority of the quesbuildings,” Michael says. His experience civil and family cases in the White River tions.” is a perfect match for his responsibilities Junction and Woodstock courthouses.

The other role of side judges is the as a side judge.

The week begins with Relief from Abuse financial and operational management Currently, Michael is the director hearings in which one family member is of and long-term planning for the buildof community relations and technolseeking relief from abuse from another ings in Woodstock, which includes the ogy education at the Norman Williams family member. Civil cases cover issues courthouse on the Green and the former Public Library in Woodstock. His work such as property disputes and stalking. jail that now houses the sheriffs’ and history includes 10 years at Dartmouth “Our main job is fact-finding,” Michael county offices. “The majority of my life, College as a financial officer. He was also says of the judicial role the business manager of the of the side judges. “The Windham Northeast Su“Judges to the superior court in what is now superior court judge is pervisory Union. For about the legal representative.

12 years, he was a member Vermont were originally appointed by the All three of us may hear and then chair of the Village king of England or the governor of New York. Trustees. different things from the same testimony, with Michael lives in WoodJudges traveled around the state to hear some nuances that may stock with his wife Karen cases, and Vermonters didn’t trust them. temper decisions. In a Shea. They raised their hearing, the way it works three children in the comThe position of side judge gave people who is we and the superior munity. In his spare time, he judge may ask questions understand the community a say in the cases.” coaches and teaches tennis when there is no repreat the Woodstock Athletic — Michael Ricci, Windsor County side judge sentation for either one Club.

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Woodstock Author

Julia Cooke

“It was grinding labor every day. They were constantly on their feet meeting customers’ requirements. They had to be incredibly alert for problems or emergencies, all while keeping up an appearance of glamour.”

— Julia Cooke

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ulia Cooke of Woodstock was inspired to write Come Fly the World: The Jet-Age Story of the Women of Pan Am in part because she was fortunate enough as a child to fly often with her family, thanks to her father’s job as a Pan Am executive.

In her book, Julia explores this world through the eyes of five women who worked in the industry.

These iconic figures in American life had rigorous standards to maintain.

Between 1966 and 1975, the women had

to be between five feet, three inches and five feet, nine inches tall and weigh between 105 and 140 pounds and be under age 26 when they were hired.

“It was grinding labor every day,” Julia says. “They were constantly on their feet meeting customers’ requirements. They had to be incredibly alert for problems or emergencies, all while keeping up an appearance of glamour. The counterpoint to working really hard was their access to a huge part of the country and the world.”

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An important impetus for writing the book came after Julia attended a Pan Am Historical Foundation event. “I was completely captivated by a group of stewardesses,” she says. “They were smart, sophisticated, really interesting women. I was drawn to the glamour and grit of the profession. They had an interesting knowledge of the cities of the world. The pressures on them were high but so were the opportunities.”

Julia did extensive research for five years for her book, including many

“I was drawn to the glamour and grit of the profession.

They had an interesting knowledge of the cities of the world. The pressures on them were high but so were the opportunities.”

— Julia Cooke

Karen Walker sits in the engine of a Boeing 707 in the early 1970s. Photo courtesy of Karen Walker Ryan.

interviews. “I wanted the individual stories of specific women to guide the narrative,” she says. The focus is on three women—Tori, Lynne, and Karen—with additional stories from Clare and Hazel.

Of the group, some worked in the industry for only six to seven years while one of them (Clare) worked almost 50 years

because of her determined climb into management.

Stewardesses grappled with the biased practices of the airlines. “Till the EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission) legislation in the mid ’60s, all American airlines were openly sexist and racist in their hiring practices,” Julia says. One of the women in the book, Hazel, was in the first wave of Black women hired by Pan Am. Some of the stewardesses had a tough experience working during

Tori Werner sightsees during a layover in the Philippines in the 1970s. Photo courtesy of Tori Werner.

airlifts during the Vietnam war. “Airlines were intertwined with American conflicts abroad,” Julia says. They were taking soldiers to combat and to R&R in other countries. At the conflict’s end, they were involved in baby lifts and other refugee airlifts out of Vietnam.

“It was not known the degree to which

Above: Hazel Bowie’s training photo from 1972. Photo courtesy of Hazel Bowie.

Left: Cocktail service aboard a new Pan Am Boeing 707 circa 1958. Photo courtesy of Pan Am Historical Foundation.

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stewardesses provided essential and controversial services. It was really heartbreaking from the point of view of the stewardesses.” Lynne, for example, was ambivalent about her participation in anything to do with the war, so she struggled to contextualize her experiences.

“I wanted to represent them,” Julia says of the stewardesses she interviewed. Come Fly the World opens up an important component of women’s experiences in the jet age. She has written a sensitive narrative exploring the wide range of good times and rough times of American stewardesses.

Julia, a journalist, has written for English-language magazines and newspapers in Mexico City.

She has written essays, narrative reportage, and some criticism. “I always knew I wanted to write,” she says. Come Fly the World is her first book. She and her husband, Patrick Proctor, who has longtime Vermont connections, have lived in Woodstock for about five years.

New recruits pose around a Pan Am globe at Miami’s stewardess school in the late 1960s. Photo Pan Am Records, courtesy of Special Collections, University of Miami Libraries.

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very spring, around 150 species of birds migrate thousands of miles to Vermont, where they are greeted by thousands of birdwatchers. Have you ever wondered why those birds migrate? And why so many people watch them?

One surprising reason songbirds migrate north in the spring is the ample availability of caterpillars. The tropics provide adequate food for adult birds in the winter when food is scarce in the north, but the nesting habitat and food supply aren’t adequate for raising chicks. Many migratory songbird chicks need thousands of insects—more than 90 percent of them caterpillars—to grow to adulthood. Migration solves that problem.

People watch birds for many reasons: their beauty, their fascinating variety, their important place in our local ecosystem, and their role as canaries in the environmental mineshaft. Audubon Vermont welcomes everyone, for every reason.

MONITORING VERMONT’S BIRD POPULATION

With its century-old annual bird counts and its new, more focused Climate Watch counts, the National Audubon Society’s regional chapters are able to monitor the health of our bird populations. The bad news is that bird counts have steadily declined over the past decades, primarily due to habitat loss, greatly exacerbated by climate change. Twothirds of North American bird species are at risk.

The good news is that Audubon Vermont and its sister chapters are already implementing many community education programs to help mitigate the negative effects, helping to protect not only birds but all other animals in our ecosystem.

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A female eastern bluebird gathers nesting material, while the male holds a spider. Photo by Mark Boyd/Audubon Photography Awards.

A male red-winged blackbird defends its nesting territory in the early springtime. Photo by Michael Gale/Audubon Photography Awards.

Blue-winged warbler populations are declining throughout all of their range as early successional habitats revert to forest and are lost to human development. Photo by Joseph Mahoney/Audubon Photography Awards.

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A red-breasted nuthatch feeds on the seeds of a native pine cone. Photo by Peggy Cadigan/Audubon Photography Awards.

Pat and Sophie Benzie are a case in point. Seven years ago, they purchased a large piece of forested property with a small 1930s cabin in South Pomfret.

Soon after, during a seminar on forest management hosted by Vermont Coverts, they heard presentations from Vermont Fish & Wildlife, foresters including Andy McGovern from Tamarack Forestry and Land Management, and many others,

including conservation biologist Steve Hagenbuch from Audubon Vermont.

Pat and Sophie made a point of speaking with Steve, and he was happy to walk their property with them. Steve pointed out different bird habitat areas, problems like invasive plants, and ways to improve the habitat, particularly for birds; for example, creating micro clearings about the size created by one

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fallen oak tree. Now Steve is helping them rewrite their forest management plan for the next 10 years.

Working with Steve, Pat says, “has dramatically changed how we view the property. Being aware of what’s going on with the birds makes being there much more satisfying . . . bird conservation seems like a pretty straightforward decision.”

Working with Steve, Pat says, “has dramatically changed how we view the property. Being aware of what’s going on with the birds makes being there much more satisfying . . . bird conservation seems like a pretty straightforward decision.”

An iridescent blue male indigo bunting. Photo by Jessica Nelson/Audubon Photography Awards.

A northern mockingbird feasts on native winterberry. Photo by Will Stuart.

A rose-breasted grosbeak forages in a native sugar maple tree. Photo by Putneypics/Flickr Creative Commons.

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Pat described Audubon Vermont’s programs as “very practical functions that don’t ask for big sacrifices or dramatic changes in your world.” Gwen couldn’t agree more, adding, “These individual efforts, when taken together, can have a big impact.”

A female pine grosbeak rests on a native staghorn sumac branch. Photo by Rejean Turgeon/Great Backyard Bird Count.

A brown thrasher eats native elderberry. Photo by Will Stuart.

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A ruby-throated hummingbird sips nectar from a native cardinal flower.

Photo by Will Stuart.

A Cape May warbler rests in a flowering crab apple tree. Photo by Janet Pellegrini/Audubon Photography Awards.

EDUCATION AND PROGRAMS

In similar partnerships with Audubon Vermont, dairy farmers are protecting meadowland birds by adjusting haycutting schedules; vegetable farmers are creating bird- and bee-friendly habitats around their gardens; and commercial sugar-makers are increasing the resilience of their sugarbushes by leaving snags and letting other tree species grow

among the maples.

In return, the farmers and sugar-makers receive planning assistance, grants to defray some of the costs, and brand recognition from being in the programs.

According to Gwen Causer, an Audubon Vermont environmental educator, all of these programs have been well received, opening up large tracts of healthier habitats for birds and the insects they feed

on. “The sugaring season is short but the sugarbush is there all year long,” Gwen points out.

Activities for large landowners can be scaled down easily to any woodlot, backyard, or garden. Audubon Vermont provides a wealth of resources on its website to help homeowners and renters get started and will happily answer questions via email.

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As the Benzies learned, perhaps the first effective action any landowner should take is to replace invasive plants with local varieties. Our native birds, plants, and insects evolved together into an interconnected ecosystem: plants provide food and habitat, insects provide pollination services, and birds spread seeds and keep insect populations in check. Non-native plants do not provide the same quality of nutrition or breeding habitat for either birds or insects.

An oak tree, for example, can host more than 450 species of caterpillars; the nonnative ginkgo tree hosts only five.

The Audubon Vermont website has a database of native plants that are good hosts for birds and pollinators, searchable by zip code, type of plant, and type of bird. There is even a page of “superstar” natives, ranked by the number of caterpillar species they can host and the types of food they provide.

INDIVIDUAL EFFORTS HAVE A BIG IMPACT Bald eagle. After being listed as a state endangered species since 1987, bald eagles are now considered a recovered species and are no longer listed in Vermont. Photo by Brian Kushner/ Audubon Photography Awards.

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Pat described Audubon Vermont’s programs as “very practical functions that don’t

ask for big sacrifices or dramatic changes in your world.” Gwen couldn’t agree more, adding, “These individual efforts, when taken together, can have a big impact.”

Audubon Vermont also provides educational programs for children and teens, including school field trips and summer camps at the Green Mountain Audubon Center in Huntington, 255 acres of an old sheep farm with hiking trails, forest, a beaver pond, ancient sugarbush, and land along the Huntington River. Committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion, Audubon Vermont has an agreement with the Western Abenaki that acknowledges them as the historical stewards of the land and recognizes their right to harvest the natural resources surrounding the center. The general public is welcome to visit and—of course—watch birds.

Audubon Vermont Green Mountain Audubon Center 255 Sherman Hollow Road Huntington, VT (802) 434-3068 vt.audubon.org

A magnolia warbler looks for insects amongst the blossoms of a native box elder tree. Photo by Dennis Derby/Audubon Photography Awards.

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By Pamela Brown Photography by Lynn Bohanon (unless otherwise noted)

MANGALITSA Bringing farm to table to life

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ood, farming, and wine. This trifecta serves Matt Lombard well. As owner of Mangalitsa, a farm to table restaurant on Central Street, and longtime farmer and wine enthusiast, Matt brings his three interests together. “It’s been a vision of mine. I’ve always dreamed of owning a restaurant and having a farm, and I like wine.

They all support each other,” says Matt, who raises about 70 percent of the food served at the restaurant on nearby Peace Field Farm, including pork and produce. Beef is sourced from local farms.

Entrees are complemented by the wine he sells at his recently opened Decant Wine Shop.

LOCAL AND SEASONAL CUISINE

Opened in 2017, Mangalitsa offers locally sourced New American fare. A year-round dish is its Mangalitsa pork, featuring what Matt describes as the Kobe beef of pork. “Our chef prepares it in a number of different ways accompanied by seasonal farm products. The expertly crafted cuisine is centered around seasonality, and our menu changes frequently to reflect what’s current,” says Matt. Dishes features produce harvested from his nearby farm, including different kinds of cabbage, cauliflower, and brussels sprouts; sweet corn; up to

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Clockwise from top: Roasted cauliflower, Vermont Farmstead Cheese Company aged cheddar, beer mustard, sage, apple, and rye crisp. Mangalitsa menu jacket. Purple napa cabbage on Peace Field Farm. Photo by Donna Lombard.

Clockwise from left: Matt Lombard, owner of Decant Wine Shop and Mangalitsa. Decant Wine Shop. The bar at Mangalitsa restaurant.

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Rose Pfeiffer arranges flowers for tables in Mangalitsa.

how exceedingly farm to table we can be, especially with the state of Vermont being so close to farms.”

eight varietals of tomatoes; hearty greens, such as endive, radicchio, kale, and Swiss chard; and dry beans.

He also grows microgreens for garnish and is experimenting with dry tea.

“We’re able to be farm to table even in winter because we extend our harvest by keeping the produce fresh by various methods, such as pickling and curing.

Plus we grow a lot of storage crops and root vegetables.

I like to see people caught off guard knowing that of the 16 vegetables we serve, I grew 14 of them,” he says, noting they rarely waste anything. “People never grasp

THE WHOLE PACKAGE

At the height of the pandemic, Matt closed for a year, focused his energy on the farm, and regrouped, and today business is better than ever. He emphasizes the importance of a dedicated staff. “They’re like family. It’s about the people there with you and on top of that the local following that has kept us alive,” he says.

“I’m hospitality driven. Hospitality and cuisine work hand in hand. The interior is very warm and inviting.

There’s an authentic barnboard wall that people love.

I put a strong emphasis on how we treat others. I want

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Left: Mason Lombard checks the garden at Peace Field Farm.

Photo by Donna Lombard.

Below: Seared hake, romanesco cauliflower, and rutabaga.

Far left: The dining room at Mangalitsa restaurant.

Left: Mangalitsa’s famous blood orange margarita.

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Right: Peace Field Farm Mangalitsa pork chop, Brussels sprouts, and root vegetable gratin.

Below: Matt Lombard pulls tillage radishes at Peace Field Farm. Photo by Donna Lombard.

guests to feel they’ve had a unique dining experience from start to finish. It’s about the whole package.”

In mid-January, across the hall, Matt opened Decant Wine Shop, managed by his best friend Keven Ring, a certified sommelier. “At Mangalitsa we serve great wines and I always wanted to offer them outside the restaurant,” he explains. The shop carries wine from a local producer in Vermont and a unique selection from wineries around the world. “We source wine only from winemakers who make wine as a form of agriculture—with a sense of place; staying true to its varietal, region, and history; and growing good quality grapes that translate into good wine.” The shop also sells pork products, a selection of prepared food, and charcuterie. “There’s a lot of walking traffic in this town and it gives the townspeople and tourists an opportunity to grab and go, get some wine and snacks and sit and eat on the Green.”

A longtime Vermont resident, Matt remains community focused. “My first job was in a restaurant kitchen that used to be in this same building. I love this town and I want to be here forever,” he says. “As a resident and a business owner, I feel there’s an obligation to uphold the needs of this town. Woodstock is a destination, and my goal is to offer multiple unique experiences.” Matt is on his way to fulfilling that dream when he opens a second restaurant downstairs. It will offer small plates and also feature seasonal homegrown in-

Kevin Ring, manager and curator of Decant Wine Shop.

gredients. “I love a challenge. There’s no hiding I’ve bitten off a lot,” says Matt, who’s living the phrase “go big or go home.”

“Having gotten through everything, I feel we’ve definitely been successful and the reputation we built is something I never imagined. The restaurant has been so well received. The demand is through the roof—it’s pretty amazing!”

Mangalitsa and Decant Wine Shop 61 Central Street, 2nd Floor Woodstock, VT mangalitsavt.com

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Clockwise from left: California wine section at Decant Wine Shop. Matt Lombard with Peace Field Farm laying hens. Photo by Donna Lombard. Chef Scott Ryan plates smoked monkfish chowder.

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Engaging Students of All Ages A new graphic booklet highlights local history

By Cassie Horner Photography courtesy of the Woodstock History Center

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or over 20 years, the Woodstock History Center has played a central role in organizing the Fourth Grade History Fair at the Woodstock Elementary School. This education initiative matches community mentors with students to research a topic on local history. After six weeks of work, the students present their topics in a variety of ways to the third graders as well as their families. Unfortunately, the program has had to be put on hold for the last two years due to COVID-19. To help fill the gap, the WHC staff decided to develop a graphic booklet entitled A Bird’s Eye View of Woodstock’s History, which highlights interesting aspects of our local area.

“We are excited to have something to share with the students that shows the local history of the area. There are many ways that the graphic booklet can be used in the school’s curriculum.”

— Jennie Shurtleff, director of public engagement

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Students on Mount Tom look at the village below. A map in the WHC’s new booklet will encourage students to seek out historic landmarks and explore their community.

“We are always looking for ways to engage students of all ages,” says Jennie Shurtleff, director of public engagement.

The graphic booklet idea had been discussed for several years, and the timing was right with the impact of the pandemic on WHC’s community services. “So many kids love graphic books.

It is an excellent interface,” says Jennie. “We are excited to have something to share with the students that shows the local history of the area. There are many ways that the graphic booklet can be used in the school’s curriculum.”

A PLAYFUL LOOK AT HISTORY

Students from Woodstock Elementary School engage in a place-based learning activity that can be done with the new graphic booklet.

Emily Zea, a graduate of the Center for Cartoon Studies in White River Junction, was hired as the illustrator. “She is very talented,” Jennie

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History Fair students look at a “big book” with historic photos. Historic photos will be included in the timeline at the end of the WHC’s new booklet.

“It was a very exciting project, branching into a new area working closely with an artist. It is wonderful to reach our young people in a new way.”

— Jennie Shurtleff

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also done a masterful job of incorporating historic details into her illustrations to match the text that I wrote. We hope that as students read the book and see the pictures of local sites, they will be more aware of the history that surrounds them in Woodstock.”

Even with the limitations of a small booklet, the author and illustrator were able to include highlights on Indigenous people, early settlers, farming, the railway, early skiing, and trends of the 19th and 20th centuries. It looks at the impact of the changes on the landscape and at the community responses, such as Vermont’s protection of the environment. The booklet features a timeline of events as well as a section on how to draw their own comic char-

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acters. There are historic photos in addition to the illustrations.

REACHING YOUNG PEOPLE IN A NEW WAY

The result is a 36-page booklet that will be given out in fourth-grade classrooms and available in libraries. “It was a very exciting project, branching into a new area working closely with an artist,” Jennie says.

“It is wonderful to reach our young people in a new way.” The booklet is expected to be completed this spring.

This publication was made possible by a multiyear grant from the LISWHIT Foundation as well a grant from the Woodstock Union High School Endowment Association.

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Beauty, Form, and Function Vermont Artists Display Many Talents

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here is no shortage of talent in Vermont, and the stunning work from three local artists is proof. From nature-inspired jewelry crafted with love and intention to beautiful, functional glasswork and paintings that capture the beauty of our surroundings from a new perspective, it’s well worth exploring the artwork of Elizabeth Ricketson, Nicholas Kekic, and Allison Korn.

Necklace with crazy lace agate by Allison Korn.

Glass bowl by Nick Kekic.

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Friendship Bouquet (30" x 36"acrylic on canvas) by Elizabeth Ricketson.

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rtist Elizabeth Ricketson not only finds inspiration from landscapes, animals, and floral still lifes, but she is also a lifelong runner. The discipline of running supports her daily art practice.

She often rises at three in the morning to

and weekends, juggling school with the demands of mothering.

In recent years, Elizabeth has been exploring abstract expressionism, saturating her work with vibrant colors, primarily with acrylic and oil paints. “I like to use unusual colors to represent begin painting—a peaceful time the usual,” she says. Merging the of quiet when she can concentrate ELIZABETH RICKETSON | PAINTER abstract with representational on her work.

ELIZABETHRICKETSON.NET Not wanting to replicate what themes, Elizabeth has found a new she sees, Elizabeth paints an indirection in her work. She also terpretation of what she is focused on. A Woodstock sidewalk continues her devotion to running, which feeds the paintturns into a scene from Dickens’ London. Graceful ballerinas ings. “The form and movement of runners have always been grand jeté through muted tones of pinks and gray. Her horses a place of study for me, whether it’s watching athletes race or gallop at full speed, their manes wild with running. Giraffes, perfecting my own running form and movement,” she says. lambs, children, cows, iconic Vermont red barns, winter “It’s a fascinating way for me to understand grace under presscenes drenched in snow and ice, vases of sunflowers—all of sure, as well as strength and endurance.” Painting ballerinas these subjects interest Elizabeth. “I find the exploration of and racehorses is a perfect complement. form and movement inspiring and forever a focus of study,” Elizabeth lives and works in South Pomfret, Vermont, with she says. her husband Jon and their dog Cub. After acquiring a BA in English from Providence College, Her work can be found at Artistree in Pomfret, where she Elizabeth went on to have a family. When her children were teaches painting classes. She also exhibits at AVA Gallery, very young, she decided to pursue the visual arts. She studied Bryan Memorial Gallery, and at Collective–The Art of Craft in figure drawing at the Rhode Island School of Design on nights Woodstock. You might also catch her running.

Pomfret Road (30" x 36" acrylic on canvas).

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Purple Posies (18" x 24" acrylic on canvas).

Bonnie's Sunflowers (18" x 48" acrylic on canvas).

Flower Shoppe (30" x 40" acrylic on canvas).

Dancing at Dartmouth (30" x 48" acrylic on canvas).

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The resulting glasswork he magical process of is elegant, sleek, colorful, working with hot glass and impeccably made. has intrigued and chalImagine touching one of lenged artists for generathe cool goblets to your tions. For Nicholas Kekic, lips. Arranging a spray of glassblowing has been and flowers in a tall, continues to be an graceful vase. Deempowering experiNICHOLAS KEKIC | GLASS ARTIST canting wine in a ence—a combination TSUGASTUDIOS.COM Rolling Red wine of chemistry, physics, decanter, designed and the human touch. to help the wine breathe more effectively. Or Nicholas was born into a glassmaking family. illuminating a room with a pendant light in the He took up the torch (literally) by attending a glassmaking class at Penland School of Crafts in shape of a bell that highlights the transparent and translucent properties of glass. The many North Carolina, where his father had been 20 colors of the designs are richly striking, whethyears earlier. Today, the third-generation glassworker has had 30 years of working and playing er opaque or clear.

“My focus continues to be designing and makwith hot glass. “I am humbled by the material ing work that is both beautiful and useful. When nearly every day,” he says. “One can spend a working with hot glass, it takes years to develop lifetime working to master its unique and curicontrol of the material. As I’ve developed more ous tendencies.” control with the material, I allow myself to While making glass objects that are beautiful think more sculpturally, to express more about and functional is important to him, making the form, color, texture, and proportions.” work responsibly has also been important. BeThe artful and exacting glassworks by Nichocause melting glass requires high heat to soften las can be found in many galleries in the Norththe material sufficiently for blowing, a lot of east and around the country, as well as online at fossil fuels are used. In 2018, Nicholas moved his website and at artfulhome.com. Nick’s work his studio to a building next to a facility on the is available at Collective–The Art of Craft in Connecticut River that generates hydroelectric Woodstock, and you can also find him refining power. “I can now melt and cool the glass ushis designs in his studio in Bellows Falls, where ing renewable energy from an existing carbonhe continues to make work that combines sheer neutral energy source, shrinking my carbon beauty with excellent craftmanship. footprint and my impact on the climate.”

Transparent colored pitchers.

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Filigrana Collection in black.

Above: Tessera bowl.

“My focus continues to be designing and making work that is both beautiful and useful.”

Stardust Collection.

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rings, necklaces, and llison Korn uses metalbirthing jewelry, clay to make her jewwhich celebrates and elry. Different from silverhonors the process of smithing, the clay is creatbirth, are testaments ed from recycled silver parto Allison’s ethics and ticles with an organic binder. workmanship. “I The method was invented want people who in the 1990s in Japan. AlALLISON KORN | JEWELER wear my pieces to lison buys her metal-clay ALLISONKORNDESIGNS.COM from a company that exfeel empowered and tracts the silver particles supported and to from old silverware, x-rays, and photographic be reminded of their resilience, bravery, and negatives. When you wear one of her designs, strength.” around your neck dangle many stories.

People who wear Allison’s jewelry have Allison first learned metalworking in Ecua- often felt this way. “Her jewelry is poetry in dor. When she later learned about the metalsolid form,” says one fan of her work, while another considers it “A daily reminder of clay material, she educated herself through tending to my inner light so I can share it many online and in-person workshops, with the world.” Another remarks, “Wearing working diligently to improve her technique.

When she moved to Vermont in 2014, she was the jewelry helps keep me connected to potential and possibility.” ready to start a jewelry business, which beA passionate lover of hiking and the outcame Allison Korn Designs. At first, she sold doors, Allison, along with her husband and her work at the local Brattleboro Farmers’ two children, through-hiked the Long Trail Market, eventually at a number of art shows, this past summer, logging in 272 miles. She is and now her work can be found not only onalso passionate about social justice and antiline but also at many art galleries throughout racism, which comes through in her art. “My Vermont and New Hampshire. personal beliefs are not separate from my The jewelry is often embedded with gemart. What I care deeply about really informs stones. “I feel like each stone has its own enthe jewelry I make.” Allison Korn Designs ergy,” Allison says. “Creating a design is like are rustic, earthy, intimate, nature inspired, I am collaborating with the stone. A blend and intentional. And beautiful. of dreamworld and a labor of love.” The ear-

Inner Flow necklace.

Flowing Open turquoise necklace.

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By Lisa Ballard Photos by Jack and Lisa Ballard

Circus School Trying the trapeze and other tricks

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’ve always loved the circus. When I was a child of 10, my parents took me to Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey’s Circus at Madison Square Garden in New York City. With three rings of action at once, the show overwhelmed me.

The elephants bowed in unison to thundering applause. The lion tamer cracked his whip at three oversized felines. Tiny poodles pushed even tinier carriages.

My jaw dropped into my box of popcorn when an impossibly large, muscular man held six other performers above his head, each of whom sprang off a board onto what looked like a growing tree of humans. And I laughed at the silly clowns who drenched themselves with fire hoses.

The high point of the show came when a petite woman in a skintight bodysuit climbed to the top of the big top and then leapt into the air while grasping tightly to a silver bar. After two swings back and forth across most of the massive tent, she did a double flip and then seamlessly caught the wrists of an athletic, lithe man who hung upside down on another bar.

After several more flips through the air, they both dropped to a net as the crowd went wild.

Ever since, whenever the opportunity to watch a circus, any circus, has come up, I’ve eagerly joined the audience. Though none of them captured my imagination quite like Ringling Brothers, that is, until I saw Cirque du Soleil while at a trade show in Las Vegas.

Left: The author bounces on the vertical trampoline at circus school in the Domincan Republic.

Right: The author steps into the air for the first time on the high trapeze.

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A guest at Club Med Punta Cana walks across the veritcal trampoline while keeping his body parallel to the ground.

CIRQUE DU SOLEIL

Cirque du Soleil was created on the banks of the St. Lawrence River near Quebec City. Originally a local troupe of stilt walkers, jugglers, fire breathers, and musicians, in 1984, in celebration of the 450th anniversary of Jacque Cartier’s discovery of Canada, one of the performers, Guy Laliberte, put together a tour for them. His idea was unique to the circus arts at the time—no animals, outrageous costumes, magical lighting, and original music. He dubbed the show Cirque du Soleil because, he said, “The sun symbolizes youth, energy, and strength,” which certainly described my introduction to this now internationally renowned force in the circus world.

Today, Cirque du Soleil employs 1,300 artists from 55 different countries. Each individual show has between 50 and 100

performers, with backgrounds in rhythmic gymnastics, acrobatics, trampoline, tumbling, diving, dance, or synchronized swimming. A dozen of them work at Club Med in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

CLUB MED

Club Med offers all-inclusive vacations at properties around the world, but only a couple of its resorts offer “circus school” in partnership with Cirque du Soleil. I learned about the one in Punta Cana from a friend who had just returned from there.

The GOs (Gentile Organisateurs) that teach the various elements of the circus school are members of Cirque du Soleil who then perform during the evenings.

Trapeze is a daily offering, along with one other apparatus.

My husband and I were looking for a place to thaw out after the winter. We had some time mid-May, and it was my birthday, so we booked a four-day trip.

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An evening performance by one of the circus school instructors delights guests at Club Med.

The author prepares to step off the platform for her first swing on the trapeze.

CIRCUS SCHOOL

Circus school was one of the many activities that guests at Club Med Punta Cana could partake in. No registration required. You just showed up each afternoon at 4pm.

On our first day, upon entering the circus area, it was evident that some guests geared their entire stay around learning circus tricks and kept coming back on subsequent vacations for more. Others, like Jack and me, were green. On this particular day, our choices were trapeze and something called “vertical trampoline.” We headed first to the trapeze and took a seat to watch and await our turn.

One of the regulars balanced on a platform several stories in the air as an instructor used a large hook to pull the trapeze bar to the guest. The guest nodded to another coach on the ground in front of us, who was obviously in charge.

“Hup!” yelled the trapeze master.

The guest stepped confidently off the platform. As he accelerated through the air, holding tight to the bar, he snapped his legs together then forward, then whipped them aft. On the next swing forward, he pulled his legs through his arms, then back again.

“Hup!” yelled the trapeze master again, and the guest released the bar, executing a perfect backflip into the safety net a couple stories below. He bouncecrawled to the edge of the net then did a front flip off the net to the ground. “Just like that,” I nudged my husband.

When our turn came, a petite performer with the toned, fat-free body of an Olympic gymnast led us to a trapeze bar hanging at shoulder level above the ground. We practiced the basic move of stepping off the high platform and then pulling our legs through our arms. After passing that test, we were ready for our first aerial swing.

I went first, climbing the narrow ladder. When I reached the platform, two other instructors greeted me, then clipped my safety harness into a cable system. It was a long way down. “Hup!” commanded the trapeze master. With

“Hup!” yelled the trapeze master again, and the guest released the bar, executing a perfect backflip into the safety net a couple stories below. He bounce-crawled to the edge of the net then did a front flip off the net to the ground. “Just like that,” I nudged my husband.

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“Hup!” I pulled my feet through my arms. This was fun! “How about a backflip to dismount?” shouted the trapeze master. Then I lost my brave blood. “Maybe next time.” I shouted, then released the bar. I landed in a sitting position on the safety net. Jack went next. We did it!

VERTICAL TRAMPOLINE

After the trapeze, we got a taste of a vertical trampoline. The trampoline bed was enormous and stretched perpendicular to the ground, which was padded with a sizeable mat. Like the trapeze, we watched a regular before we tried it ourselves. In this case, a 30-something man, held in the air by a climbing harness, walked back and forth on the wall to warm up. With each step, he sprang outward over the mat.

“Hup!” commanded the instructor, and the man jumped like he was on a normal trampoline, except that instead of going up into the air, he went outward, parallel to the ground.

“Hup!” He did a front flip, again parallel to the ground, as if he defied gravity. “Hup!” He did a backflip, then alternated between front and backflips several more times.

My turn. Though I hadn’t jumped on a trampoline in years, with the harness, I figured it would be easy.

The instructor lifted me into position, then coached me to lean impossibly far back to simply get into a position parallel to the ground. My stomach muscles screamed.

“Walk,” commanded the instructor, but it was not easy to stay level. Then he had me try a backflip, which felt more like a side flip due to my orientation. It didn’t go well, and I piled into the wall. I tried again and piled into the wall again. Then my stomach muscles begged for forgiveness, and I relinquished the trampoline to Jack.

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Jack Ballard swings upside down on the high trapeze.

That evening, we watched our circus school instructors perform gravitydefying moves to strobing lights and energetic music. It was inspirational, particularly after circus school.

The motto of Cirque du Soleil is “Dreaming the unimaginable, creating the unexpected.” I never imagined I would fly on a trapeze, and the vertical trampoline was an unexpected discovery at Club Med Punta Cana. Next time a circus comes to town, you can bet I’ll be first in line for tickets.

TRAVEL PLANNER WHEN TO GO Year-round, though spring break and holiday periods are busiest. May is off season and a good time to be in the Caribbean. June through November is hurricane season and can be riskier, weatherwise.

GETTING THERE Many major carriers fly to Punta Cana (airport code PUJ), including Frontier, American, JetBlue, Delta, and United from the United States. If you don’t have an airline preference, Club Med will book your airline flights as part of your all-inclusive vacation package, which also includes ground transportation from the airport to the resort. (If you book your own flight, then you will need to take a taxi to the resort.)

BOOK IT For more info and to book an allinclusive trip to Club Med Punta Cana, go to www.clubmed.us.

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By Stephen D’Agostino Photography by Lynn Bohannon

Staging a Classic

Am ican Drama BarnArts tackles A Streetcar Named Desire

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he opening stage direction of Tennessee Williams’s A Streetcar Named Desire notes that the play takes place in New Orleans, with the opening scene happening in the spring. BarnArts’ production of this iconic American play is also happening in the spring, but spring in Vermont is very different from spring in New Orleans. In addition, the world in 2022 is very different from when the drama made its Broadway premiere on December 3, 1947. Can a play celebrating its 75th anniversary still be relevant in this place and at this time?

Linda Treash, executive director of BarnArts and the director of Streetcar, thinks so. She admits that having lived in New Orleans for six years drew her to the play and Tennessee Williams, but that is not all. “I want theater to deal with what is real and what is true,” Linda says. “I really like theater that gets at the guts of humanity.”

Above: BarnArts’ production of A Streetcar Named Desire will be performed at the Grange Theatre in South Pomfret April 1 through 10.

Right: Cliff Johnson (Steve), Aaron Michael Hodge (Stanley), and Erin Bennett (Stella) rehearse a scene from Streetcar Act 1.

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Rehearsing the poker-night fallout scene in Streetcar. Buddies Pablo (Rob Aspenleider) and Steve (Cliff Johnson) put Stanley Kowalski (Aaron Michael Hodge) in the shower to sober him up while Mitch (Noor Taher) criticizes with the famous line, “Poker should not be played in a house with women.”

A Streetcar Named Desire certainly does that. The play is about fragile Blanche DuBois, a worn and desperate Southern belle who moves to New Orleans to live with her sister, Stella, and her brutish brother-in-law, Stanley Kowalski, in a small, dingy apartment. In this three-act drama, Blanche’s romantic illusions and tender secrets clash against Stanley’s frank and violent physicality, leading to tragic results.

As flawed as these characters are, they are also accessible. That’s something else that drew Linda to Streetcar. However, no matter how well Tennessee Williams presented these characters on paper, they need to be brought to life by the actors who take these roles and are willing to put themselves into making them real.

STANLEY, STELLA, AND BLANCHE THROUGH THE ACTORS’ EYES

Sixteen local actors auditioned for the roles in the play over two nights in late January. “There are just really excellent actors in the area,” Linda says, “people who are leading other lives but have very strong acting skills and want to

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do theater, and that is to our benefit.”

Through the process, she narrowed the cast to 12 actors. Two people who were not cast agreed to help out in behindthe-scenes roles.

All of the actors playing the leading roles are known entities to BarnArts.

Aaron Michael Hodge, cast as Stanley, has been acting for 11 years. He appeared in various BarnArts productions, and in 2020, right before the pandemic, he directed The Seagull.

Linda notes that Aaron came prepared to audition for Stanley. “Aaron knew the play so well,” she says, “he could fully act out the scenes being auditioned.” Of Stanley, Aaron says, “he is a gruff blue-

Members of the Streetcar production team, from left: Stage Manger Jill Clough, Director Linda Treash, and Assistant Producer Molly Elsasser (also cast as the upstairs neighbor Eunice).

“ Th e are just really cellent act s in the area, pe le who are leading oth liv but have v y strоg acting skills and want to do theat , and that is to our benefit.”

Linda Treash, ecutive direct of BarnArts and the direct of Streetcar

collar character who can be vicious to friends and foes alike, but also incredibly intimate and tender to those he loves.

He’s not the smartest guy on the block, but he possesses an unparalleled drive for dominance and an ability to surround himself with skilled acquaintances that makes him impossible to pin down.”

Perhaps it is the brutality of the role of Stanley, or perhaps it is because Aaron is married to the woman playing his wife in the play, he wants people to realize that Stella is a saint. Erin Bennett played Sissy Jessup in its 2018 production of It Can’t Happen Here and reprised that role in 2020. Stella, Erin notes, is her most significant role in some time.

Though Stanley and Blanche are the most prominent characters in Streetcar, it can be argued that by being stuck between her sister and her husband, Stella is the most intricate. Linda notes that Erin brings forth the complexity that Stella needs.

“In every scene,” Erin says, “Stella runs the risk of getting sucked into Stanley’s world or Blanche’s world and drowned out completely, so there has to be something steady at her core that she won’t compromise on. I think that’s what Stanley and Blanche love in her for different reasons, the way she lives in the real world and by connection, makes their fantasies real.”

Erin continues, “Knowing the whole time that in the end, the audience will be disappointed in you, in Stella—that is a vulnerable place to be.”

One aspect of BarnArts that is attractive to Katie Cawley, who is playing Blanche, is the organization’s “fearlessness and trust in giving actors within

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Rehearsing BarnArts’ production of Streetcar are actors Rob Aspenleider (Pablo), Mary Ann Stanford (Neighbor & Ensemble), and Molly Elsasser (Eunice).

our community the opportunity to be in a show like this one.” Streetcar, in particular, is special to Katie because of Tennessee Williams’s ability to cultivate relationships and give them depth with dialogue.

This is especially important for Blanche, “a complex character,” Katie says, “who has gone through, and is going through, so much. It can almost feel like an invasion of privacy to try to drop into her psyche.”

On stage, as Katie drops into Blanche’s being, Blanche drops into the privacy of Stanley and Stella’s lives and upends their seemingly stable relationship. “It is thrilling,” Katie says, “to watch something as objectively innocent as a visiting relative so wholly disrupt the other characters’ status quo and cause things to unravel the way they do.”

THE RELEVANCY OF STREETCAR

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Linda notes a lot of the themes A Streetcar Named Desire tackled 75 years ago are still relevant. “Sadly,” she says,

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“domestic violence and sexual abuse and alcoholism, all the things portrayed in this story, are still rampant in our culture. They are part of what we’ve been through. They are things people often don’t want to look at.”

For Katie, the relevance relates to mental health. “I find it fascinating to think about the public dialogue around mental health that exists today versus the conversations (or lack thereof ) being had at the time the show was written. In this day and age, I feel that Blanche’s character stands to remind us both of how far we have come and how far we still need to go in this arena.”

Erin adds another insight regarding the relevancy of Streetcar in how the portrayal of Stella still rings true. “In one scene, you might describe Stella as the hopeless romantic, blinded by her idealized view of her marriage with Stanley or by an idealized picture of her sister, and in the very next scene, she has to be the one bringing us back down to earth: cleaning up the kitchen, putting the candles on the cake, keeping the world together and the day going. She has to be a lot of differ-

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Married in real life, actors Aaron Michael Hodge and Erin Bennett rehearse their passionate but dysfunctional on-stage marriage as Stanley and Stella.

ent things to a lot of different people.

I think that is a challenge for an actor, but I also think it’s very commonplace.

It’s how many women feel every day.”

For Stella, for Erin, for everyone involved in this play, including the audience, Streetcar will be an emotional night of community theater—of theater—at its best. On its opening night on Broadway, there was stunned silence when the play ended and then an extended ovation. It is not hard to imagine both on the nights in April when the curtain falls.

Upc ing BarnArts Events Global Music Residency with Haitian Band Lakou Mizik April 22 Lakou Mizik at Woodstock’s Town Hall Theatre May 14 Lakou Mizik at Barnard Town Hall May 22 Race Around the Lake 5k/10k, a fundraiser for youth programs May 26–Sept 29 Thursday Night Music Series at Feast & Field For more information, visit barnarts.org.

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Spring 2022

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April 10–11

Baby Farm Animal Celebration Billings Farm & Museum BILLINGSFARM.ORG

Online Exhibit: Character: Unforgettable People of Woodstock An ongoing exhibit featuring some of the unforgettable people who have made Woodstock such a special place throughout its history. Several profiles are on display at the museum; we will continue to add individuals from the physical exhibit to our online version.

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Exhibit: Contributions and Sacrifice Explore the contributions and sacrifices made by both soldiers and civilians during World War II through a variety of media and artifacts, including the stories of nine young Woodstock men who never returned home.

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Exhibit: Hindsight 20/20 This exhibit highlights some of the many pivotal events and people in Woodstock’s social, natural, political, and economic history and places them within the context of Vermont’s and the nation’s history.

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Exhibit: Fan-tastic A display of 40 fans from our collection covering 1770 to 1930, including a Chinese brise fan that is double carved, a telescoping fan, vanity fans, and a signed Duvelleroy fan.

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March 22–25 Mossville: When Great Trees Fall Mossville, Louisiana: a once-thriving community founded by formerly enslaved and free people of color, and an economically flourishing safe haven for generations of African American families. Today it’s a breeding ground for petrochemical plants and their toxic black clouds. Many residents are forced from their homes, and those that stay suffer from prolonged exposure to contamination and pollution. Amid this chaos and injustice stands one man who refuses to abandon his family’s land—and his community. Online streaming, free screening. Register at mossville.eventbrite.com.

April 5 Jabari Dreams of Freedom In Jabari Dreams of Freedom, 10-year-old Jabari learns to love to paint. Through these paintings, he escapes the turbulent world around him, and the reality of a friend hurt by police violence. In his dreams, he meets children and young people from the civil rights era, including Ruby Bridges, Claudette Colvin, and others, who teach him how to be fearless. He also meets his hero, Barack Obama, as a seven-year-old boy on the eve of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Town Hall Theatre, 10am

April 7 Pete the Cat In this live musical, Pete the Cat meets the Biddles and he gets the whole family rocking. That is, except for young Jimmy Biddle, the most organized second grader on planet Earth. But when Jimmy draws a blank in art class during the last week of school, it turns out Pete is the perfect pal to help him out. Together, they set out on a mission to help Jimmy conquer second grade art, and along the way, they both learn a little something new about inspiration. Join Jimmy and Pete on an adventure of friendship, all the way to Paris and back in a VW bus!

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March, April, May Knitters—Thursdays via Zoom Zoom, 2pm NORMANWILLIAMS.ORG

March, April, May Qigong Friday with Gerry Sandweiss Norman Williams Public Library, 8:30am NORMANWILLIAMS.ORG

March, April, May Baby Story Time Tuesday Noman Williams Public Library, 10:30am NORMANWILLIAMS.ORG

March 30, April 27 Zentangle Workshop with Jenny Dembinski Noman Williams Public Library, 2pm NORMANWILLIAMS.ORG

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March 24 Open Mic Night Artistree, 7pm ARTISTREEVT.ORG

April 9 Opening Day Billings Farm & Museum BILLINGSFARM.ORG

April 9 Intro to Soul Collage Artistree, 10am ARTISTREEVT.ORG

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Hartford Chamber of Commerce .......................... 67 Hull Maynard Hersey Insurance............................. 17 Jeff Wilmot Painting & Wallpapering................... 80 Junction Frame ....................................................... 85 Junction Fuels ........................................................... 8 Kedron Valley Inn................................................... 34 LaValley Building Supply........................................ 73 Landshapes ............................................................. 83 Mangalitsa .............................................................. 31 Massage Eminence ................................................. 66 Mertens House ....................................................... 21 Mon Vert Café ........................................................ 51 Mt. Ascutney Hospital............................................ 29 NT Ferro Estate & Custom Jewelers...............50 & 83 Ottauquechee Pharmacy ....................................... 86 Pizza Chef ............................................................... 51 Quality Inn .............................................................. 67 Quechee Cuts.......................................................... 66 Quechee Home, Porch & Closet............................. 66 Quechee Pizza Chef and Mini Golf ....................... 67 RT Home Gifts & Decorative Accessories .............. 52 Radiant Wellness Massage Therapy ...................... 67 Red Wagon Toy Co................................................. 50 Shepard Interior Selections.................................... 66 Sleep Woodstock Motel......................................... 51 Snyder Donegan Real Estate Group .......................Inside front cover Soulfully Good Café ............................................... 52 Splendid Chaos ....................................................... 51 Studio Nexus Architects and Planners................... 72 Teago General Store .............................................. 43 Terrace Communities ............................................. 25

The Blue Horse Inn ................................................. 50 The Carriage Shed .................................................. 53 The Gilded Edge ..................................................... 56 The Jackson House Inn .......................................... 72 The Prince and The Pauper ................................... 50 The Public House .................................................... 66 The Quechee Club .................................................... 1 The Quechee Inn at Marshland Farm.................... 67 The Skinny Pancake.................................................. 4 The Sweet Spot...............................................66 & 79 The Ultimate Bath Store .......................................... 9 The Vermont Horse Country Store ........................ 52 The Vermont Spot .................................................. 66 The Village at White River Junction...................... 57 The Woodstocker Bed & Breakfast ....................... 50 Unicorn ................................................................... 51 Upper Valley Haven................................................ 85 VINS......................................................................... 78 Vermont Cabinetry................................................. 42 WISE ........................................................................ 86 Wagner Hodgson ................................................... 65 Whisper Hill Bath & Body ...................................... 67 Williamson Group ..........................Inside back cover Windsor Station Restaurant .................................. 23 Woodstock Beverage ............................................. 84 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce ...................... 21 Woodstock Farmers’ Market ................................. 16 Woodstock Hops n’ Barley..................................... 52 Woodstock Recreation Center............................... 52 Woodstock Scoops ................................................ 51 Woody’s Mercantile ................................................. 3

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Spring is nature’s way of saying, “Let’s party!”

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