Woodstock Magazine - Summer 2015

SUMMER 2015

Sounds of

Summer

Discover Artemis Global Art Vintage Finds at Who Is Sylvia?

Enjoy a Meal at Chef Brad’s Food Truck

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Artemis Global Art

by Susan Nye Be inspired by color, beauty, and tranquility.

by Laura Campbell A grand time for a great cause.

by Anne Richter Arnold Life skills and more.

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39 In Every Issue

Departments

13 Editor’s Note 14 Contributors 16 Online Exclusives 75 Happenings 79 Advertisers Index 80 Last Glance

18 Everyday Essentials Tips for healthy living.

22 Around & About

by Cassie Horner

30 Community

by Amanda Yates The Taste of Woodstock Summer Festival.

39 Bright Ideas

by Meg Brazill

Crazy for food.

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63 Spotlight

by Bridget Wiffin Who Is Sylvia?

69 The Arts

by Kirsten Gehlbach Sculpturefest.

Unique Shopping in Woodstock Shop local for the best selection.

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E D I TO R ’ S N OT E

JACK ROWELL

Make Some Summer Memories My favorite season is finally here, and I can’t wait to go for a swim in the lake, tend to my flowers, and have a picnic. Since the last issue, we lost our sweet golden retriever Baylee (on right in photo, with 5-year-old Brady), and we have a new family member, a chocolate Lab puppy named Jackson. He’s very sweet, and we can see him growing every day. We’ll have to do a photo shoot with him soon.

If you’re lucky enough to be in Vermont this summer, you won’t have to look far for something fun to do. From the newly renamed Ottauquechee Musicfest (story on page 50) the first weekend of August to the Taste of Woodstock Summer Festival (page 30), friends, neighbors, and visitors from near and far will be out in force to enjoy these events.

Throughout the season and into the fall, be sure to take in Sculpturefest, which showcases artworks at two venues, King Farm and Prosper Road (page 69). Stop by and enjoy the experience, and tell Charlet and Peter Davenport how much you appreciate their efforts in presenting the event again this year.

While you’re out and about, you may be fortunate enough to encounter Chef Brad and his Food Truck (page 39). He’ll be serving up daily specials as well as everyone’s usual favorites, so tell him “Hi” for us while you’re ordering up a delicious treat.

We’re also visiting with Monique Slot at Artemis Global Art (page 44), where stunning works from around the world are on display, along with unique jewelry and other merchandise, and Jessica Abston at Who Is Sylvia? takes us on a tour of her shop filled with vintage clothing, accessories, and more (page 63). Come along and join the fun! You can keep in touch with local events wherever you are at www.woodstockmagazine.com.

The rest of the staff and I wish you a wonderful season filled with all your favorite things. Get out there and make some beautiful summer memories! Enjoy!

Deborah Thompson Executive Editor dthompson@mountainviewpublishing.com

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C O N T R I B U TO R S After graduating from Columbia University, Anne spent most of her career in the business world and only recently followed her lifelong passion for writing. An avid hiker and paddler, she enjoys living in Vermont as well as traveling to explore the outdoors in other parts of the country and world. When she isn’t writing, you’ll find her teaching fitness classes, leading hikes, working in her garden, or raising chickens.

Anne Richter Arnold

Lynn began her photographic career in Boston, studying at New England School of Photography, assisting commercial photographers, and color printing in photo labs. Originally from West Virginia, she worked her way north, finally landing in the hills of Vermont, where she has a studio in Woodstock.

Her current assignments include photographing people, product, and art.

Lynn Bohannon

Kirsten is a freelance writer and marketing consultant living in Norwich, Vermont. She enjoys public/press relations, music, art, travel, and writing about people and organizations. Her articles have been published in several regional magazines including Here in Hanover, Image, and Rutland magazines, and Juneau Empire with a firsthand account on climate change research in Glacier Bay, Alaska.

Kirsten Gehlbach

Susan is a writer, photographer, and chef who is a regular contributor to magazines and newspapers throughout New England. Her blog Around the Table (www.susannye.wordpress. com) is filled with her favorite recipes and stories about family and friendship. When she’s not writing or cooking, Susan is hiking, biking, or kayaking near her New Hampshire home.

Susan Nye

A fifth-generation Vermonter, Jack Rowell was born and raised in central Vermont. He has been a professional photographer for over 35 years, shooting documentary, commercial, and advertising photographs. His work has been published in People Weekly, London Independent, Time, Newsweek, the New York Times, the Economist, and the Times of London. In addition, Jack is an enthusiastic and experienced angler.

Jack Rowell

Gabrielle is a photographer and bartender living in the Upper Valley. Her work has appeared in publications including Washington, DC’s Brightest Young Things, Smithsonian Magazine’s Editor’s Picks of 2010, National Geographic’s Intelligent Travel Blog, and the Valley News. For further reporting of her musings and enterprises, you can follow her at MissVarelaBlog via Wordpress or tweet her @Miss_Varela.

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

A Delicious Sign of Summer:

Blueberries

One of the best things about summer? Fresh, local blueberries! Blueberries have one of the highest antioxidant capacities of any fruits and vegetables. These properties have been shown to help prevent Alzheimer’s disease, improve vision, protect against macular degeneration, and support healthy digestion. They’re also a great source of fiber.

At your local farm stand or farmers’ market, choose firm, plump, dry blueberries that are uniform in size with a dusty blue color. Enjoy picking your own blueberries too. These gems are in season for about three weeks in July at Cedar Circle Farm in East Thetford, Vermont. Add blueberries to muffins, smoothies, yogurt, cereal, desserts, and salads, or just snack on them by the handful. Blueberry season is brief in Vermont, so enjoy them while you can!

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Bring Your Hiking Boots —and Your Appetite On June 6, celebrate local trails and local food by participating in Woodstock’s Trek to Taste. Three guided walks will leave the Marsh-BillingsRockefeller National Park at 10:30am and noon. Follow the Stewardship Trail to the Woodstock Farmers’ Market, hike through the heart of the national park to the Nordic Hut, or take a moderate hike to the Pogue pond through woods and pastures. You’ll enjoy farm-fresh food samples along the trails as well as arts and crafts, trail games, quests, and community health exhibits, plus an ice cream social and music from 1 to 3pm.

This event is family friendly—and free! For details about each hike and more information about the day’s activities, visit www.trektotaste.info.

Did You Know?

The more sugar-sweetened sodas a person drinks, the higher his or her risk is for developing type 2 diabetes. Swapping just one soda a day for water or unsweetened coffee or tea could lower diabetes risk by up to 25 percent.

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E V E RY DAY E S S E N T I A L S

Improve Your

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earning new things can help keep your mind sharp at any age. To help exercise your mind, Harvard Medical School recommends the following: • Take up a new skill or adopt a hobby. Take every opportunity to learn—keep reading, learn a new language, or pick up that instrument you’ve always wanted to play.

• Engage all your senses every day.

Take in the sights, smells, sounds, tastes, and textures all around you.

• Take advantage of your smartphone and use the calendar app to help you remember appointments and other commitments. It’s also a great tool for apps that teach almost anything you want to learn.

The American Association of School Librarians’ website, www. ala.org, offers a list of the best learning apps.

The mind is powerful—believe that you can keep your memory strong and sharp.

Soothe a Sunburn After a very long winter, most of us are eager to soak up some sunshine. If you’re a little too eager and forget to apply sunblock beforehand, the Skin Cancer Foundation offers some suggestions for treating sunburn. First and foremost, get out of the sun as soon as you feel the first hint of sunburn. It usually takes several hours for the full effects to appear. Take a cool bath or shower and moisturize with a product that contains vitamins C and E, which have anti-inflammatory effects and can help nourish and repair skin. In addition, drink plenty of water during and after a day in the sun, and keep an eye on children for signs of dehydration.

Resist the urge to pick and peel sunburned skin. If you have a blistering sunburn that covers more than 20 percent of your body or a burn that causes chills and fever, contact your health care provider immediately.

It’s tempting to shed layers of clothing to warm sun-starved skin, and we all need some exposure to UV rays to produce vitamin D. But be sensible—always use sunblock, stay hydrated, and be sure you have access to shade.

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Safely Marinate Food Marinated meat, fish, and veggies always taste best on the grill in the summer. Marinating can add great flavor to foods, but keep a few safety tips in mind to avoid foodborne illnesses.

Always store marinating food in the refrigerator at 40 degrees or below, and make sure it’s covered. Don’t allow food to marinate on the kitchen counter.

If you’re bringing marinated food to a cookout, put it in an ice-packed cooler and keep it out of the sunlight.

Never reuse marinade that’s been added to raw meat—reserve some at the beginning and set it aside to add to food when it’s done cooking.

For a super easy marinade that’s excellent over grilled meat, veggies, or fish, combine the following in a large glass bowl: 1 ½ 1 ¼ ¼ 8

cup extra-virgin olive oil cup fresh lemon juice tsp chopped parsley cup fresh basil, chopped cup fresh rosemary, chopped garlic cloves, minced Salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste

Add meat, fish, or veggies to the bowl, cover, and marinate in the fridge for several hours or overnight.

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A RO U N D & A B O U T

By Cassie Horner

Find Your Park

National parks play a special role in the United States. The idea of a park

system emerged about 150 years ago during the Civil War. In the decades that followed, significant places were preserved for their beauty, access to outdoor adventures, and as a way to mark unique moments in our nation’s history. As 2016, the centennial for the National Park Service, approaches, our local national park in Woodstock, Vermont, is part of an initiative to kick off the celebration with a Find Your Park challenge.

What do national parks mean to you? Answers to that question can be found in an intriguing list of events each month at the MarshBillings-Rockefeller National Historical Park from June through October.

In collaboration with a variety of partners, Woodstock’s national park is offering a broad

spectrum of programs suitable for visitors of all ages. Whether you have a day or just a few hours to spend in the park, you’ll discover options for walking the trails, visiting the gardens, relaxing in a comfortable chair on the porch, or attending one of the many programs. Stop by the visitor desk to plan your park experience with guides, adventure packs, and of course, the Junior Ranger discovery book.

Programs during the summer include Trek to Taste on June 6, where visitors enjoy guided walks, family games, crafts, demonstrations, an ice cream social, music, and much more. This celebration of trails, local food, and healthy living involves over 30 community partners.

A sampling of July programs includes BioBlitz on July 11 from 7am to sunset. This event is part scientific endeavor, part festival, and part education, bringing together leading

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scientists, naturalists, and community members of all ages to find and document as many species as possible in one day at the park.

On August 22, the Community Open House and Picnic from noon to 4pm brings together the national park and Billings Farm & Museum in a joint event of family lawn games, art activities, and nature explorations. Special behindthe-scenes tours will surprise even regular park visitors. Visitors are welcome to bring a picnic lunch into the gardens or share afternoon lemonade on the porch. For more information about ways to find your park this summer in Woodstock, visit www.nps.gov/mabi.

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St. James Fair Celebrates th Its 90 Year

Showing a sampling of items for the fair are (from left) the Rev. Norman MacLeod, co-chair Sally Garmon, fair committee member Scott Kinne, and church administrator Sari White.

In 1951, Miss Elizabeth Johnson reported that the July St. James Church Fair would probably net in excess of $1,300. Almost a decade before, in 1943, the women of the church were given $100 in cash, money raised from the summer fair, to use to pay for items such as a new ceiling in the kindergarten room in the basement and hymn books for the choir. Over the years, the so-called street fair included fortune-telling, a supper, a movie, and even a dance at the town hall.

On Saturday, July 18, from 10am to 3pm, the St. James Church Fair in Woodstock celebrates its 90th year.

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grown through the years, sometimes netting as much as $20,000 and more. In 1996, the report for the fair was titled “Tradition Holds: It Never Rains on St. James.�

The report describes an expectant throng surrounding the tents before the ringing of the bell at 10am signaling permission to surge forward to explore the many treasures. Treasure hunters from coast to coast arrived including those from Maine, Washington State, Canada, and Florida.

In 2015, the tradition continues with bargains galore, good food, live music, and great fun. Items include antiques, white elephants, knickknacks, linens and fabrics, baked goods, toys and games, books, furniture, jewelry,

plants and flowers, CDs and records, rummage large and small, crafts, and artwork.

The fair is located on the small green in front of Saint James Episcopal Church in Woodstock. The event is anticipated by hundreds of fair goers, and the festivities of the day are appreciated and enjoyed by people from far and near. As co-chairs of the event wrote in 1989, “So many people, seen and unseen, helped in so many ways, both before and during the fair, to make it such a success; we can all be proud of the team effort that was needed to carry it off. Everyone enjoyed the day.�

Proceeds go to help families in need. For more information, call (802) 457-1727. Donations for the fair are accepted from June 29 through July 15 (please do not donate clothing, computers, large appliances, or skis).

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A RO U N D & A B O U T

Birds Are

Dinosaurs

The Vermont Institute of Natural Science’s dinosaur exhibit, Birds Are Dinosaurs, opened in May and runs through October 15.

Imagine walking through 250 million years of time, surrounded by skeletons and life-sized replicas of precursors to the modern birds. Visitors will discover the adaptations acquired over the past 250 million years to make birds what they are today.

Adults and children alike will explore the scientific history of dinosaurs all the way to our backyard feathered friends and other modern-day birds while enjoying the artistic work of renowned paleo-artist Todd Marshall, who has created a diversity of illuminating works of art specifically for this exhibit. His

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work is renowned in such publications as National Geographic and Scientific American magazines.

Todd has years of experience working in the video-game design industry. He is also a leading paleolife illustrator, collaborating with Dr. Paul Sereno of the University of Chicago and the National Geographic Society’s Paleontologist Explorer in Residence to reconstruct newly discovered prehistoric animals for scientific research. His work has been shown at the Smithsonian and the American Museum of Natural History.

The exhibit includes Marshall’s artwork, hands-on activities, and the opportunity to dig for dinosaurs.

Visitors have opportunities to learn about the evolution of dinosaurs to birds over many millennia, along

with discovering their similar traits and behaviors.

Admission to the dinosaur exhibit is included in the price of admission to the VINS Nature Center.

The cost is $13.50 for adults, $12.50 for seniors 62 and over, $11.50 for ages 4 to 17, and free for members and children 3 and under.

For more information about this exhibit, visit www.vinsweb.org.

More information about VINS can also be found at the nature center blog, vtnature.blogspot.com, and the center’s Facebook page.

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COMMUNITY

By Amanda Yates Photos by Gabrielle Varela

Taste of Woodstock

The

Summer Festival Fun & flavors to savor

With its focus on local foods, art, and music, the 4th annual Taste of Woodstock Summer Festival, a free event, is back again this summer with approximately 50 local vendors sure to inspire you to try something new. On August 8 from 10am to 9pm, the picturesque downtown of Woodstock, Vermont, will host this lively community festival with something for everyone to enjoy—and to taste!  1 2

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1. Ana Di Tursi serving up Ana's Empanadas.

2. Pentangle Arts Council event "Chalk it Up!" 3. Enjoying the day.

4. Vermont Farmstead Cheese.

5. Delicious breads from Naga Bakehouse.

6. Friends enjoy Elm Street being closed all day!

7. Nancy Warner of PotLicker Jams & Jellies.

8. Vermont Spirits booth with Summerfest Punch.

9. Alex Tsouknakis, owner of Pizza Chef, serves up barbecue.

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1. Dave Clark and Kerry Rosenthal strike up the band!

2. Tower of cupcakes from the Thompson Senior Center.

3. Painted gourds by Julia Emilo.

4. Enjoying a little Long Trail at the Bentleys Booth.

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Coordinated by the Woodstock Chamber of Commerce and the Purple Crayon, this event began with local residents’ interest in having a summer street dance. And while August in Vermont is a busy time of year, it’s also the perfect time to savor the flavors of summer, engage in creative art making, and reconnect with members of the community. A focus of the Taste of Woodstock Summer Festival is sharing the wide variety of talents and tastes of local vendors. Another important element for organizers of the festival, according to Beth Finlayson, the director of the Woodstock Chamber of Commerce is, “to host an event that Woodstock residents and visitors to the area can both enjoy.”

SAMPLE SUMMER’S BEST

The Taste of Woodstock Summer Festival is an event for all ages. Asked how the Purple Crayon became involved, Tayo Skarrow, communications and marketing director and community/event liaison for ArtisTree Community Arts Center & Gallery, says, “Purple Crayon and ArtisTree Community Arts Center are proud to be a part of the Taste of Woodstock. It’s a great chance to have fun with our community partners, fellow business people, and the public—which is an essential part of our organization’s mission.”

There are events for all ages at the festival. The Purple Crayon and ArtisTree Community Arts Center under Tayo’s direction will sponsor, “children’s art activities, face painting, and other interactive opportunities like music demos and drumming circles, and there will be children’s sidewalk chalk, which is always a huge hit!” she says. The Woodstock Fire Department will even have a fire truck on display for children of all ages to enjoy. »

Worthy Kitchen serves their famous burgers.

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COMMUNITY Don’t miss this opportunity to enjoy many of the great tastes of Vermont, including samplings from vendors and some of the sponsors, including Bentleys, Gillingham’s General Store, Howlin’ Good Kettle Corn, the Worthy Burger, Woodstock Farmers’ Market, Pizza Chef, and Newhall Farm among others. Vermont wineries, distilleries, and breweries including Caledonia Spirits, Neshobe River Winery, Vermont Spirits Distilling Company, Long Trail Brewery, Woodchuck Hard Cider, and Foley Brothers Brewing will also be on hand.

Visitors will be treated to music from Harry Borsch, The Artistree Trio, Woody Thompson, Brian Warren, Sensible Shoes, Jim Yeager and Friends, and The Three Hoarseman around 8:15pm before the culminating event of the night, the Fire Spinners led by Mary Urban.

REDISCOVER DOWNTOWN WOODSTOCK

Winding your way through the booths and into the local shops in downtown Woodstock, you’re sure to bump into old friends and strike up conversations with new ones as you find yourself enjoying a new favorite wine or sharing an affinity for the Worthy Burger’s truffle fries. The Taste of Woodstock Summer Festival offers visitors a reminder of all the things that are wonderfully delicious about summer in Vermont.

The festival invites you to explore downtown Woodstock by foot. The Woodstock Chamber of Commerce recommends that visitors park in the free parking lot on the east side of the village. For more information, contact the Chamber at (802) 457-3555, or visit the website at www.woodstockvt.com.

Online Extra Find this summer’s top events and activities in and around Woodstock at www. woodstockmagazine.com.

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Unique Shopping in Woodstock

The Barnard Inn Restaurant & Max’s Tavern 5518 Route 12 Barnard, VT (802) 234-9961 www.barnardinn.com

Caulfield Art Gallery 11 The Green Woodstock, VT (802) 457-1472 www.caulfieldartgallery.com

The Village Butcher 18 Elm Street Woodstock, VT (802) 457-2756 Open every day

Mon–Sun 10am–5pm

Tue–Sat 5–9pm

Krystyna’s Stones and Sterling 20 Central Street (Behind Vermont Flannel) Woodstock, VT (802) 457-9438 www.krystynassilver.com Mon–Sat 11am–5pm Sun 11am–4pm

Barnard General Store 6134 Route 12 Barnard, VT (802) 234-9688 Sun 8am–6pm www.friendsofbgs.com Mon–Sat 7am–8pm

Angkor Wat Restaurant 61 Pleasant Street Woodstock, VT (802) 457-9029 www.angkorwatrestaurant.com Tue–Sun 4–9pm

Woodstock Hops N’ Barley 446 Woodstock Road Woodstock, VT (802) 457-2472 www.woodstockhopsnbarley.com Open daily

NT Ferro Jewelers

Anything Printed

11 Central Street Woodstock, VT (802) 457-1901 www.ferrojewelers.com

2490 E Woodstock Road Woodstock, VT (802) 457-3414 www.anythingprinted.net

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Mon–Fri 8am–5:30pm

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Shop Local for the Best Selection

MoRae Jewelers

Collective – the Art of Craft

Unicorn

One Elm Street Woodstock, VT (802) 457-1357 www.moraejewelers.com

47 Central Street Woodstock, VT (802) 457-1298 www.collective-theartofcraft.com

15 Central Street Woodstock, VT (802) 457-2480 www.unicornvt.com

Thurs 10am–4pm Fri 10am–5pm Sat 10am–3pm

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Encore Designer Consignment

Gear Traders

Worthy Kitchen

1 The Green Woodstock, VT (802) 457-9797 www.encoredesignerconsignment.com

1 The Green Woodstock, VT (802) 457-1451 www.geartradersvt.com

442 Woodstock Road Woodstock, VT (802) 457-7281 www.worthyvermont.com

Please visit our website for current hours.

Please visit our website for current hours.

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Whippletree Yarn Shop

Frameworks Studio of Woodstock

Crystal & Bark Designs & The Little Flower Shoppe

7 Central Street Woodstock, VT (802) 457-1325 www.whippletreeyarn.com Mon–Sat 10am–5pm Sun 11am–4pm

63 Pleasant Street Barn Woodstock, VT (802) 356-5235 Open Tue–Sat

28 Pleasant Street Woodstock, VT (802) 332-6411 www.crystalandbarkdesigns.com Mon–Sat 9:30am–5:30pm S U M M E R 2015

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Shop Quechee & Nearby this Summer

Game Set Mat

Quechee Mobil

15 South Main Street, Lower Level Hanover, NH (603) 277-9763 www.gamesetmat.com

Route 4, Woodstock Road Quechee, VT (802) 296-6617 Mon-Fri 5am–9pm Sat 6am–9pm Sun 7am–9pm

Mon–Thu 10am–6pm Fri & Sat 10am–7pm Sun 11am–5pm

Old Federal Antique Shop East Woodstock Road Route 4 Quechee, VT (802) 457-2621 Open daily

The Lucky Elephant Quechee Gorge Village Route 4 Quechee, VT (802) 281-4717 www.iLuckyElephant.com

Antiques Collaborative, Inc. 6931 Woodstock Road (Route 4) Quechee, VT (802) 296-5858 www.antiquescollaborative.com Open daily 10am–5pm

The Vermont Spot Quechee Gorge Village 5573 Woodstock Road Quechee, VT (802) 281-6274 Open daily 9:30am–5:30pm

Open daily

VINS Nature Center and Store 6565 Woodstock Road Quechee, VT (802) 359-5000 www.vinsweb.org Open daily 10am–5pm

Deirdre Donnelly Jewelry Art Quechee Gorge Village 5573 Woodstock Road Quechee, VT (802) 432-1700 www.deirdredonnelly.com Open daily 10am–5pm

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Quality Inn 5817 Woodstock Road Quechee, VT (802) 295-7600 www.qualityinn.com/quechee

BRIGHT IDEAS

Above: Chef Brad with his #1 helper Stefani Duin.

Far left: Popular offerings include pork tacos and fish tacos.

Left: This school bus has turned into a mobile dining room.

By Meg Brazill Photos by Lynn Bohannon

Brad Pirkey is a chef by trade, a traveler by nature, and an adventurer in spirit. Come summer, when Vermont’s hills are verdant, Brad alternates his schedule between golfing and cooking. Thursdays through Sundays, starting with lunch and into the evening, those in the know can feast on Brad’s delectable fares at Crazy Side, his popular mobile restaurant just off Route 12 in Hartland.

Chef Brad’s Crazy Side food truck is the best kind of meals on wheels: fine food at great prices. The mobile kitchen is housed in a small, bright-yellow RV with an awning. Rainbow-colored chalk writing on a large blackboard announces the day’s specials along with regular

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From top: Customers enjoy dining in the revamped school bus.

Vince Cogswell orders his Fish & Chips. Seared Salmon Salad along with Sweet Potato and Jalepeno Soup. The interior of the bus offers seats for dining.

menu items, sides, and sauces. Nearby, picnic tables, chairs, and a fire pit create a cozy outdoor dining space. A big school bus, festooned with Christmas tree lights and a surfboard that’s in dry dock, is parked off to the side. The bus has been retrofitted with tables, stools, and director’s chairs for inside dining when it’s rainy or cool. Humble bouquets enliven the tables. But that’s all gravy.

It’s all about the food—the food and the friendship. There’s something about Brad and his food and his place that clicks with people and turns strangers into friends.

A LOYAL FOLLOWING

Fans of Brad’s fish tacos, burgers, lobster rolls, falafel pitas, grilled portobello mushrooms, and beef or lamb burgers—just a sampling of the menu—will go to great lengths to find Brad’s cooking and beat a path to his door. Last summer, his new food truck had been open only a couple of months in his new location on Damon Road off Route 12 in Hartland, but food fans and friends followed him, just as they have since his days as chef/owner at the Corners Inn in Bridgewater.

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Above: Brad’s license plate from Florida.

Left: Delicious food to go is always available.

So why the name “Crazy Side”? That’s easy.

“Because everybody thought I was crazy

to open a food truck,” Brad says.

So why the name “Crazy Side”?

That’s easy. “Because everybody thought I was crazy to open a food truck,” Brad says. He’d run a highly successful chef/owner restaurant operation at the Corners Inn and Restaurant for almost 15 years. “I owned it with a partner from 1995 until 2009.”

But when they tried to sell it, the economy was tanking, and Brad eventually decided to leave it all behind. “I was 46 when I left the Corners Inn,” he says.

He’d worked hard, built a business, and sent his two daughters off to college. He wanted to travel and do things that were important to him. “I took a year and toured the whole coast—me and my dog in a 1990 Volkswagen van—the whole coast except for a little bit of Texas. I

angled up to Washington and then came back down the coast.”

He had a VW pop-up camper, so he could camp, cook, and explore local foods. “I ate locally grown food and I caught some of my own seafood. It was a blast.” He even picked up some chef work at a golf course on the Oregon coast. Working, cooking, and playing golf—nice work when you can get it.

After the trip, he settled in Florida for a year, where he opened a little ice cream and sandwich shop.

But Brad admits, “I got homesick and came back to Vermont.” One thing he brought back was a recipe for Baja tacos from Southern California. He also picked up inspiration for his Crazy Cajun sauce while camping on Lake PontS U M M E R 2015

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From top: Chef Brad’s chalkboard menu and daily specials board. Sign from Brad’s first food truck on the farm. Satisfied diners decide when they’ll visit next. Chef Brad takes an order.

chartrain. “It’s a classic,” Brad says. “It’s a sauce some Cajuns made for me while I was hanging out with them.” They didn’t give him the recipe, but they told him what was in it. It’s now his best-selling sauce.

CRAZY FOR COOKING

Brad may have inherited the cooking gene from his mother, who had a catering company for a while. “She was fabulous. She was known for her dinner parties,” Brad says. “She’d put together a four-course dinner and, even though it was Vermont, she’d use her gold-plated dishes and the best silver.”

He also got kudos for cooking when he made a quiche for his French class when he was 14 years old. “It was the only ‘A’ I ever got in high school,” he says with a laugh. “Everybody loved the quiche, so I decided I should start cooking.” He got a job as a dishwasher at the Back Behind Saloon and he started cooking at 15.

This summer Chef Brad’s Crazy Side will be back at the same location in Hartland. And Boston, his famous yellow Labrador, will be with him as always—along with a new puppy. “For Christmas, my [grown] children put me in line for a puppy from the same breeder, so that will be a lot of fun!”

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Evening falls at the food truck.

Brad says his regular menu is still under $10 and the specials aren’t much more. People can’t always agree on what they like the best, but there’s always something for everybody. There are low-fat and gluten-free foods, all kinds of salads, and seafood and meat.

Crazy Side serves 100 percent Black Angus burgers, made from Vermontproduced beef when Brad can get it.

“I served over 600 burgers in just a couple of months last summer,” Brad says. “They’re a big hit.” Sally Cowdrey from Hartland agrees. “My husband loves the burgers. I come over and get them to go!”

Sally’s preferences lean toward his specials. “They’re all good,” she says, “but I really love his shrimp tacos.”

Louann Cogswell agrees that everything is good, adding, “I try to have something different every time I come here.” Wendy Winsor from Bridgewater has known Brad since grade school. “What I really like are his different sauces,” she says. Sally adds that she sometimes swings by more than once a day since it’s convenient for her. “He’s real fast too and the prices are great.”

All summer long and into early fall, Thursday through Sunday, Brad will be cooking from 11am to 9pm. “The rest of the time I’ll be golfing,” he says with a smile.

Chef Brad’s Crazy Side 6 Damon Road Hartland, VT Take Route 12 south of Route 4 for 2.6 miles, or .4 miles north of Hartland Hill Road on Route 12 Facebook: Chef Brad’s “Crazy Side” S U M M E R 2015

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Above: Vermont ski slope by “flat country” Dutch artist Gert van Reenen.

Left: Monique, wearing a Langani collier and bracelet, amid her favorite Dutch painters Ton Schulten (right) and Gert van Reenen (left).

By Susan Nye Photos by Lynn Bohannon

Artemis Global Art Be inspired by color, beauty, and tranquility

“Art is where my heart is,” says Monique Slot, owner of Artemis Global Art. Her love of art and Woodstock inspired her to open a gallery. Wanting something new and different, Monique turned to a handsome old building. She says, “I wanted to create a beautiful, tranquil place for people to view contemporary art.” After an extensive remodel, the gallery at 23 Elm Street opened last fall. With new floors, paint, and lighting, the space is bright and open. Comfortable chairs invite visitors to sit and enjoy fine works of contemporary art. »

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Clockwise from above: The entryway to Artemis features Ton Schulten’s artworks and other merchandise. A limited collection necklace by Langani. The Artemis sign with the gallery’s logo.

A Dutch national, Monique juggles her time between the gallery in Woodstock and her work as a global management consultant in London. She found Woodstock during a vacation almost a decade ago and fell in love with the town. With a foot on each continent, she is uniquely suited to own the gallery.

“With my lifelong interest in art, I have met many painters and sculptors over the years. Artemis is the goddess of hunting, and it seems that I am always hunting for just the right piece,” says Monique. She adds, “It is wonderful to be able to bring the works of some of my favorite artists to the United States and to Woodstock.”

EXCITING WORKS BY ARTISTS NEW TO THE US

Artemis Global Art opened last September with a oneman show by contemporary Dutch painter Ton Schulten. His canvases depict boldly colored mosaic-like

landscapes. Discussing his work, Ton explains, “My goal is to bring people joy, love, and peace and to show them harmony. My intention is for my pictures to stimulate people to think positively. I hope that they will let themselves be inspired by the colors I use and derive new strength as a result.”

Monique designed the gallery to be a place for visitors to relax, reflect, and escape the hectic pace of modern life. She says, “There is a sense of peace and happiness in Ton’s landscapes that I wanted to bring to the gallery and into people’s lives.” She is confident that gallery visitors will be drawn to the strength, harmony, and tranquility in his work. She says, “I am pleased that Ton has chosen Artemis Global Art to represent him in the United States. I have known him for 10 years and have always admired his work.”

Comprised of several rooms, the spacious gallery is ideal for exhibiting multiple artists’ works. This summer, Monique brings the work of several new artists to Woodstock and the gallery. Jan Pater, a Dutch sculptor, will show his works in stone and wood. Emulating the dynamics and the energy of the female torso, his sculptures combine movement and tension, surface and line, and the familiar with abstraction. In addition to his sculptures, Jan creates elegant jewelry in semiprecious stones, silver, and gold. Jan’s work has been

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“It is wonderful to be able to bring the works of some of my favorite artists to the United States and to Woodstock.”

— Monique Slot, owner of Artemis Global Art

Clockwise from top: The gallery’s flagship artwork by Ton Schulten, female torso by Jan Pater, and other Ton Schulten works with modern furniture (chairs are Gerrit Rietveld’s Red&Blue and, in the back, Le Corbusier). Gert van Reenen’s bull faces other paintings by Gert. Monique arranges the Langani jewelry collection.

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Clockwise from top: Requiem for a Gangster by Michael David. Tapestry Oasis Village, Ramses Wissa Wassef Art Center near Giza, Egypt. Monique, wearing Langani necklace and bracelet, expresses her passion. Gert van Reenen’s Dutch cows enjoying Vermont.

exhibited in Belgium, the Netherlands, and Norway.

Best known for his use of encaustic, Brooklyn painter Michael David’s works are in the permanent collections at the Museum of Modern Art and the Guggenheim Museum in New York, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. First used in ancient Egypt, encaustic incorporates pigment with heated beeswax. Michael uses this ancient media to create modern abstract expressions in wax and pigment. His painterly approach creates surfaces that are simultaneously massive and 4 8 F I N D WO O D S TO C K M AGA Z I N E AT W W W. WO O D S TO C K M AGA Z I N E . C O M

delicate, and that project a sense of immediacy and intensity.

Gert van Reenen’s colorful paintings are robust and energetic. Drawing inspiration from his travels to Greece, Mexico, France, and Spain, his monumental compositions are unique and expressive, filled with surprise and vitality. Although Gert has no formal training, the lyrical abstract painter’s work is well known and respected for its joy and exuberance.

STORIES WOVEN IN COTTON AND WOOL

The Ramses Wissa Wassef Art Center near Giza, Egypt, is the home of a unique tapestry school. Founded in 1947, the center teaches its students basic weaving skills, and then encourages them to release their innate creativity. The results are wonderful stories woven in cotton and wool.

These colorful, complex works depict images of life, both real and imagined.

Rarely shown in the United States, the exhibit will be at the Brattleboro Museum and Art Center before moving to Woodstock in late June. With the show at Artemis Global Art, these amazing tapestries will be available for sale for the first time in the United States.

Summer is a busy time, but make sure you set aside an afternoon to visit Artemis Global Art. Relax and enjoy the bright and bold paintings and tapestries and dynamic sculpture in the gallery’s sun-filled rooms. You’ll want to return again and again because, like Artemis, Monique continues her hunt, both near and far, for new artists for the gallery.

She says, “For me, it is all about color. I am drawn to very colorful contemporary art and works that evoke a sense of peace and tranquility.”

Artemis Global Art 23 Elm Street Woodstock, VT (802) 457-7199 www.artemisglobalart.com Open daily 11am–5pm S U M M E R 2015

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Ottauquechee Musicfest A grand time for a great cause

By Laura Campbell Photos courtesy of The Quechee Club

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ummer 2015 marks the second year The Quechee Club will host the Ottauquechee Musicfest, a not-to-be-missed event consisting of well-choreographed theatrical and musical performances that cover a myriad of musical genres from the 1950s to current hits. “Last year’s event left the community buzzing for weeks,” says Alicia Baker, The Quechee Club’s marketing coordinator. “That’s just how amazing it was!” »

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Clockwise from top: Walt Cunningham develops a team of esteemed performers from all over the country who made a special trip to Quechee for last year’s event. Among them are Chicago’s One Accords and powerhouse vocalist Janet Salter (bottom right).

From left: Peggy Woods, executive director of WISE of the Upper Valley, Tim Lewis, general manager of Quechee Lakes Landowners Association, and Terry Russell, community affairs committee chair. Rich Liscinsky, QLLA Board Member, pauses to pose. A club member with her grandson. Younger event attendees dance the night away.

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S P OT L I G H T This summer’s event will take place, rain or shine, the evening of Friday, August 7 at the Quechee Ski Area. The festival will spotlight a variety of musical genres and showcase multifaceted theatrics with a contemporary twist that includes a smooth jazz undertone, the energy of pop, and the soul of R&B. These classic renditions are performed alongside modern-day music kids will know and sing along to and will also include a string ensemble and dance choreography that is fun to watch and inevitably brings the crowd to its feet.

Walt Cunningham Jr., creator/director of Dartmouth Idol, produces and directs this amazing event and is solely responsible for the talent. Through his connections all over the country, he has brought well-known talent from New York, Chicago, and Boston to perform at the Ottauquechee Musicfest.

TALENT, ENERGY, AND A SPECIAL MOMENT IN TIME

Last summer’s festival drew approximately 1,000 attendees from the Upper Valley and beyond, ranging in age from three months to grandparents and even great-grands. “A very good turnout for a first-year event,” reports Alicia.

People settled in on blankets and chairs on the green grass of the gently sloped ski hill with picnic baskets of food and wine. The amphitheater before them came alive with talented and energetic performers who offered contagious energy that soon had people abandoning their comforts to twist and turn to the musical delights.

Alicia beams, “There was more dancing that night than at any other musical event we’ve held here in Quechee. . . .

It was amazing, it was beautiful, it was

infectious.”

Children played, people laughed and sang, and performers gave their all for a summer evening that was majestic and unforgettable. The backdrop of mountain views, a rippling river nearby, and multicolored hot-air balloons rising to the occasion added a special touch of quintessential charm that drew people into a special moment in time. Alicia adds, “You walked away from the event feeling like you had just witnessed something that would stay with you forever.”

DOING GOOD WORK

Vermont and each of its seasons is home to some and draws many more to bask in its beauty. Mild summer nights, vibrant autumn colors, bright spring flowers, and snow-topped mountains all offer their own measure of beauty to lovers of the Green Mountain State. An event such as the Ottauquechee Musicfest not only brings the beauty of music to the Vermont’s hills but also fosters good will and brings us all closer to our roots as well as supporting a great cause.

This nonprofit event would not be possible without the vision of The Quechee Club’s Community Affairs Committee. The committee consists of club members who engage the people in the community to do good work for the Upper Valley of Vermont and New Hampshire on behalf of the Quechee Lakes Landowners Association. QLLA Charities, the club’s charitable organization, founded in 1970, develops, plans, and executes charitable events that raise millions of dollars through well-known happenings such as the CHaD Classic.

For last year’s festival, the club and QLLA Charities solicited donations from local businesses and raised thou-

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Walt Cunningham with Michelle Dougherty, clubhouse manager.

sands of dollars to donate to WISE of the Upper Valley, a charitable organization offering assistance to victims of sexual and domestic assault and their families. One hundred percent of the net proceeds were donated to WISE. QLLA Charities will once again support the WISE foundation by donating this year’s proceeds to the organization.

The event is open to all, and The Quechee Club encourages everyone to attend. It’s a perfect opportunity to spend time in one of Vermont’s most enchanted valleys while enjoying family, friends, and an unforgettable show. Tickets for the event are $25 per person, all students pay $10, and children six and under are free.

A pre-event cocktail party in celebration of the sponsors who have helped to make this event possible will begin at 5:30pm and the show starts at 6:30.

Tickets are available at the gate or can be purchased in advance by calling The Quechee Club at (802) 295-9356 or emailing info@quecheeclub.com.

Online Extra Go to www.woodstockmagazine. com for a video of last year’s performance.

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Farm to School

Life skills and more

Above: Students in the Locally Grown class check and document the growth of salad greens grown for the cafeteria.

Right: Farm to School students learn kitchen skills as they process squash from the annual Zucchinator contest.

All Year-Round

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By Anne Richter Arnold | Photos by Lynn Bohannon unless otherwise noted

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n a sunny summer day, children are busily tending to plants in a large and thriving garden behind the Woodstock Union High School. They are having so much fun that it is questionable whether they realize that this is an educational experience. Along with the other participants, Priscilla and her little sister Matilda have learned how to weed the garden and have planted radishes and basil from seed. Priscilla and Matilda agree that “the best part has been making fairy houses out of plant materials.”

Graham enjoys his time in the garden too. “I’ve learned that gardening is much more fun than it sounds. I really like working in the garden and playing with friends.” »

Top: Seventh-grade science students show off their fall potato harvest after documenting ecological observations in their field journals.

Above: Heirloom cherry tomatoes from the school garden, freshly picked and headed to the cafeteria.

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“Farm to School really connects kids with how food is grown and produced. It allows them to explore in a way that’s instinctive to them through hands-on learning experiences. In our culture, we have gotten away from where our food comes from, and the program gets them back in touch.”

—Gretchen Czaja

Above right: Teachers and students work side by side in Farm to School to process garden-fresh veggies.

Left: The annual Zucchinator contest weaves together the school community as competition to grow the biggest or ugliest zucchini begins in the summer and carries right through sharing delicious zucchini bread!

Bottom Left: Students in the Locally Grown class perform soil tests on the garden soil and compost to determine how to improve conditions for vegetable cultivation.

Under the guidance of Gretchen Czaja, the students have done everything from planting vegetables to learning about garden pests and how to stop them to eating strawberries fresh from the garden and warmed by the sun.

The students are part of the Summer SOAK (Student Opportunity for Achievement and Knowledge) program.

Now in its second year, this particular program is one of many that bring hands-on education to local children during the summer. The “Garden Heroes” group, first graders to third graders, is focused on learning how food gets to our tables by growing and harvesting vegetables and fruits.

The “Farm Warriors” group, fourth through sixth graders, visits local farms, doing chores and learning how meat, vegetables, and cheese are produced. It takes a lot of effort to keep the extensive gardens at WUHS going to produce food into the fall, so every year the Farm to School program hires two high school interns to work during the summer weeding, watering, and harvesting the crops. »

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2. Chemistry and food go together perfectly.

3. One of the school's greenhouses, which the community can access for plant sales, soil tests, and more throughout the year.

4. Advanced Agricultural Studies students test the water chemistry of their aquaponics project.

5. Science spills from the classroom to after school as the seventh-grade teacher works with students to preserve the harvest.

6. Smiles accompany the harvest.

7. A variety of vegetables is cultivated in the garden to diversify the learning—and eating—opportunities.

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2. Summer SOAK campers were self-proclaimed potato bug avengers.

3. Sprinkling rain showers on a fairy house.

Photos by Gretchen Czaja.

WEAVING A COMMUNITY

The Farm to School program is a network of educators, farmers, and community members who integrate local food and farms into the classrooms and cafeterias of schools in our area.

It is part of the nonprofit group Vital Communities and through fundraising efforts provides many resources to bring these important programs to our Woodstock students.

Farm to School education happens year-round in all grades. Besides running the summer programs, Gretchen, Woodstock Elementary School’s Healthy Foods Educator and Provider, sources food for the cafeteria from nearby farms and exposes the students to healthy foods with “taste tests,” with the help of local chef Teresa Tan. Each grade has a garden plot at the school, and classes participate in raising food like salad greens for the 6 0 F I N D WO O D S TO C K M AGA Z I N E AT W W W. WO O D S TO C K M AGA Z I N E . C O M

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cafeteria and in composting. Gretchen says, “Farm to School really connects kids with how food is grown and produced. It allows them to explore in a way that’s instinctive to them through hands-on learning experiences. In our culture, we have gotten away from where our food comes from, and the program gets them back in touch.”

“LOCALLY GROWN” OPPORTUNITIES YEAR-ROUND

Educator Melissa Fellows teaches her seventh graders about ecology with a hands-on program. “We use the garden as an outdoor classroom and living laboratory to study ecosystems. The garden allows us to look at an ecosystem on a smaller scale and understand how organisms interact with one another and their environment. Students have the opportunity to grow and harvest food for the school cafeteria while learning about human impact on the environment, predator–prey relationships, and how energy moves through an ecosystem. In this way, the garden is a powerful learning tool but also a fun place to learn life skills that can be applied throughout students’ lives.” » S U M M E R 2015

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In 2015, Woodstock Union High School initiated a class called “Locally Grown,” co-taught by educator John Hiers and Kat Robbins, place-based education coordinator. Students explore issues surrounding our food systems, connect with local farms, and learn how to grow, harvest, and process fresh food. The 17 students in the program provide produce for the school cafeteria, learning firsthand what it takes to go from farm to table.

For students actively interested in knowing more about food systems, the high school offers an Advanced Agriculture Studies program. Students in the program work independently to complete a variety of research or demonstration projects in the field of agriculture. This year, several students are undertaking an aquaponics project, raising fish along with growing plants together in a new system in the greenhouse.

There are even opportunities after school to learn more about food systems. Students in the Earth Beat Club are designing and implementing a food-scraps composting system for the cafeteria and working on plans for rolling out an educational campaign on campus. The Farm to School Club works on a variety of projects, like testing out new recipes for the cafeteria to use and visiting local farms to help with the harvest or learn about what they do.

All year-round, students of all ages have an opportunity to learn how we get our food. Kat Robbins comments, “I think what students get out of this type of education is a great awareness of the interconnectedness of almost everything. They get to actively participate in science, decision making, physical work, sharing of food, making economic decisions, and so much more. Food education can weave together so many different disciplines and topics. Plus, at the end, you get to eat!”

For more information, email Kat Robbins at krobbins@wcsu.net.

Who Is Sylvia?

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Find vintage and one-of-a-kind wares

By Bridget Wiffin Photos by Jack Rowell

Owner Jessica Abston.

Jessica Abston, a young woman with a passion for wearing and collecting vintage clothing, decided to turn her hobby into a full-time affair when she purchased Who is Sylvia? This small shop located on Central Street in Woodstock specializes in eclectic, hardto-find, and one-of-a-kind wares. Âť

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Clockwise from top: Sigrid Lium of Quechee, a local fashion designer, looks at an Edwardian garden skirt. Rene Gerrior of Lebanon, a local fashion designer, reaches for a hat above a 1960s floral day dress. Jessica says that hats are an often-overlooked fashion accessory. A 1950s mint green tulle formal still makes a show-stopping statement.

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Besides fashions, the shop carries unexpected finds such as a portable Victrola, vintage sheet music, and other ephemera.

“Who is Sylvia? was the first job I ever loved,” says Jessica, who became the store’s owner and sole employee in 2011. “I feel so blessed to be working at something that interests me and I can keep learning about in continually clever and unexpected ways.”

EACH PIECE TELLS A TALE

As the owner of a store that for 35 years has been asking a question, Jessica certainly seems to have all the answers when it comes to the history of fashion. Who is Sylvia? is one of the oldest, continuously operating vintage clothing stores in the United States, and the fabrics and styles of its carefully selected pieces each tell a story of a different time.

“It could almost be thought of as a museum,” says Jessica, who, with her breadth of knowledge about vintage clothing, serves as this museum’s curator. The shop carries fashion accessories and clothing for men and women, linens, and smaller housewares such as colorful kitchen items and Art Deco picture frames. Items date from the mid 1800s through the mid 1980s and come from people who recognize Who is Sylvia? as a place of appreciation and rebirth for their family heirlooms or treasured antique pieces. » S U M M E R 2015

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Clockwise from above: Monica Ha of Hartford, a local vintage lover/enthusiast, models an early 1960s white straw hat, vintage clip-on earrings, and a watercolor floral 1960s suit.

Sigrid wears a cotton and lace Edwardian garden dress while Truly Alvarenga, a local fashion designer from Hanover, wears a couture 1980s party dress with peplum. An assortment of formal dresses. A 1936 wedding gown is displayed in front of Victorian bodices and vintage kitchenware in a glass case.

Jessica tells the story of a local gentleman who recently brought in wedding dresses that spanned three generations of women in his family. His great-grandmother’s Edwardian dress dates to the early 1900s, and his grandmother’s and mother’s dresses date to 1936 and 1961, respectively.

“That is the grandmother’s dress,” Jessica says, as she points to an ivory-colored, fitted, A-line gown that adorns a nearby mannequin. “That is exactly why I love doing this and why it’s so satisfying.”

While at first glance Who is Syl-

via? appears to specialize solely in vintage pieces in their original form, upon closer inspection one will also notice items that are a clever blend of the past and present. Just a few feet from the grandmother’s wedding dress stands a mannequin wearing a modern, locally designed bright blue and green jumper, reminiscent of the 1960s but adorned with a vintage lace collar.

“Here at Who is Sylvia? we can confidently declare that 100 percent of our items are local, recycled, or some combination of the two,” says Jessica. “In fact, a few

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The yellow dress is one of Rene Gerrior’s original creations that uses vintage materials. In the background are vintage baby items.

of the local designers we carry actually incorporate antique lace, textiles, or other materials they’ve purchased from the shop into the designs they sell here. How’s that for full circle?”

Since she took over the operation in 2011, Jessica has been selectively integrating her own flavor and interests into Who is Sylvia? “Slowly but surely, I’ve been making it my own,” she says.

“I have a keen sense for flushing out all things interesting and odd, so don’t be surprised to find an 1894 deer-hoof snuff box right alongside some ’70s Ralph Lauren cowboy boots.”

Still, she is committed to staying true to the vision of the store’s founder, Virginia Ullman, by maintaining the store’s reputation in the vintage community for being conspicuously classic and reasonably priced. In fact, Jessica is the fourth woman to take the store’s helm during its 35-year history. “Who is Sylvia? has housed a succession of rad, talented, and history- and vintageloving ladies,” she says. “I am proud to be a part of that.”

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S P OT L I G H T ArtisTree—a community arts center and gallery based in Pomfret, Vermont—to hold a fashion show. While Who Is Sylvia? has held fashion shows in the past, this is the first collaboration with ArtisTree and is expected to be a “fun, multifaceted event,” says Jessica.

Storefront and signage on Central Street.

The event will showcase specially selected items from Who is Sylvia? as well as fashion-inspired pieces created by local artists. “I definitely like to support and partner with local craftspeople,” says Jessica. “And it’s always fun to have an excuse to dress up in Vermont.”

So, who is "Sylvia?" The shop’s name only helps add to its intrigue. Its namesake stems from an ode in William Shakespeare’s The Two Gentlemen of Verona but over the years has developed different meanings for different people. “To classical music enthusiasts, she is the muse behind a Schubert composition,” says Jessica.

“To theater devotees, she is the unconventional other woman in a farcical play by Edward Albee.” According to Jessica, however, the answer to her shop’s identity is a more personal one.

“Who do you want her to be? Let’s go with that.”

Who Is Sylvia?

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Sculpturefest Artful land for everyone

Story and photos

by Kirsten Gehlbach

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rive up Prosper Road in Woodstock and experience the amazing sculptures created by artists from near and far. This is a favorite field trip for students, who get off the bus for a walk up the road past Bruce Hathaway’s welcoming aluminum sculpture and the fish he created around the pond. They scamper up the hill to the field to “fit in” and walk through Hector Santos’s dry-laid stone sculpture. At the top of the hill, they stand inside Herb Ferris’s creation and catch the eye of the nearby snake.

The students draw pictures, laugh, and share their thoughts and ideas about these amazing sculptures. Next, they romp down the path to Vermont Land Trust’s King Farm to see more wonderful and creative art. » Above: caption.

Far left: Caption.

Students enjoy Herb Ferris’s creation of wood, gold leaf, and steel (Prosper Road).

Left: caption

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Top left: Fitting In by Hector Santos is made of stone and copper (Prosper Road).

Above: Jamie Townsend’s work of carved wood and paint (King Farm).

Left: Students interact with Paul Machalaba’s aluminium sculpture (King Farm).

Below: The lines and curves of Bruce Hathaway’s aluminium piece inspire movement (Prosper Road).

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This annual art exhibit is amazing and one all ages will enjoy, and families have fun discovering what’s new every year.

Curated and organized with an eagle eye, along with a cart to get around, Charlet Davenport gets it done.

Don’t forget husband Peter, who does the heavy lifting and landscaping.

Thanks to the couple of over 50 years, their children and grandchildren enjoy the land and the arts, plus the extended community is invited anytime with no admission fee. All you need to bring to share this experience is your curiosity.

LOVING ART, LOVING THE LAND

“I am a sculptor. I want this to be a new experience for visitors every time, and I wanted to create a community of artists,” says Charlet. “Artists come here to grow.”

She also wants every visitor of every age to grow and experience the art that is outdoors and accessible to all. No public funding is involved, just a love of the land and art for all to enjoy. She does not want to be famous and calls herself a

“We are all creating what we need to do on the land. This land belongs to all of us, and we welcome the guests who come to Sculpturefest each year.”

—Charlet Davenport

community person, a family person, but Charlet is an artist at heart. This effort, this land is about branching out. Collaboration becomes bigger and everyone grows, she says.

“We all have an opportunity to teach,”

Charlet says with a smile as the next bus arrives. While she is always working on her own pieces and has an understanding of artists, at one point years ago, she asked herself, “Can I have more people here? Our land is calling for artists. They find us and come here to create sitespecific pieces. They don’t just plunk it here. Their work needs to belong here.

The artists are part of the experience with the land.

“We are all creating what we need to do on the land. This land belongs to all of us, and we welcome the guests who come to Sculpturefest each year,” Charlet says. She adds that she and Peter want to continue to encourage all the arts. There are scheduled events once again for Sculpturefest 2015 at the King Farm, along with the usual poetry reading, music, and BarnArts theater production. “BarnArts, under the direction of Jarvis Green, has been producing plays in the barn in conjunction with Sculpturefest, and this year will have two productions under new directors,” Charlet says. The first one opens on June 21 with

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Children are all smiles next to Devine Reid’s welded steel sculpture (King Farm).

David Mamet’s Oleanna and continues with another production planned for September.

Charlet has worked as an artist in Vermont since 1963. Initially, her outdoor art installations were created on fiberglass mesh and installed in public spaces including Saint-Gaudens Historic National Site, the Barrows Rotunda at Dartmouth College Hopkins Center, the Vermont Carving Studio and Sculpture Center, the banks of the Hoosic River on the Williams College Campus, the Slater Mill historic site, the T.W. Wood Gallery & Arts Center, and other public spaces.

Peter knows how to open the land.

He is also known as the one-man landscape force. He helps curate the exhibition and assists artists in installing work, clearing sites, creating signage, and keeping everything clear for visitors as well as caring for the grounds.

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June 27 and remains open daily, dawn to dusk, through foliage season, with no admission charge. Even in winter, you can drive up the road and gaze up at the sculptures. Featured artists for 2015 include ceramic sculptor Liz Fletcher, sculptor Paul Machalaba, and continuing work from 2014 to 2015, featured artist Bruce Hathaway. New to Sculpturefest is Suzie Grey, plus James Payne and Judith Wrend. New work will be on display by Hector Santos with the working title Moon Gate and by Herb Ferris, to be featured on the hill. There are continuing works on the land by Joseph Fichter, Wendy Klemperer, and Robert Markey.

There is so much to enjoy and ponder on the hill at Prosper Road and down the path at King Farm. At the bottom of the hill, don’t miss the heart sculpture drawn, cut, and welded by a 14-yearold teenager for his mother, a migrant worker. Near the pond, visit Charlet’s Floating in Time: Now and Then, a shed that explores history with her large

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T H E A RT S ceramic bowls, perhaps symbolic of washbowls, old-fashioned bathing suits hanging from a clothesline, and beautiful photographic images on curtains blowing in the wind.

High school students will have the opportunity to transform this building in September, and Charlet is looking forward to seeing what they come up with. The peace sign at the top of the hill passes on a message that there have been too many wars. Just past this, a bit higher up the hill and a favorite for the students, With the Question is a sculpture created by Paul Machalaba, a dancer looking over the Green Mountains.

Some sculptures sell, while others stand on the hill and are joined by more works created by amazing artists each year. For Charlet, this is not a job. “This is a connection through art,” she says.

If this is not enough to keep Charlet busy, she volunteers at local schools and heads downtown to Woodstock and leads tours for students around the sculptures in town. “The kids look at art, but the art is watching them,” says Charlet. “When they see the size and scope of the sculptures, they are blown away. What started as a sketch is now larger than life.”

Be a kid again and stroll up the hill on Prosper Road and soak in the beauty, the stonework, the bronze, and the colors of the sculptures. Romp down the path and up the hill and down to the pond at King Farm to reflect and rejuvenate. It’s amazing what art and the land can do for the spirit.

For more information about Sculpturefest, contact Charlet Davenport at (802) 457-1178 or charlet@sculpture fest.org. Visit sculpturefest.org for the schedule and for directions to both Prosper Road and King Farm.

Online Extra Find this summer’s top events and activities in and around Woodstock at www. woodstockmagazine.com.

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HAPPENINGS: SUMMER 2015 JUNE | JULY | AUGUST

August 2

Antique Tractor Day Billings Farm & Museum, www.billingsfarm.org, 10am–5pm

June 6 Covered Bridges Half Marathon Pasta Dinner

June 10–October 14, Wednesdays Market on the Green

June 13–14 Vermont Days

Suicide Six, 5, 6 & 7pm seatings

Woodstock Green, www.woodstockvt.com, 3–6pm

Statewide, historic sites and state parks

June 7, 14, 21, 28 Ice Cream Sundays

June 11, 25 Open Mic

Billings Farm & Museum, www.billingsfarm.org, 10am–5pm

ArtisTree, www.artistreevt.org, 7–9pm

June 21–27 Interplay Jazz & Arts Jam Summer Camp

June 7 Covered Bridges Half Marathon Suicide Six, 8:15am

June 8 Gregory Fleming: At the Point of a Cutlass Woodstock History Center, www.woodstockhistorical.org, 7pm

Hartland, www.interplayjazzandarts. org, 7am–10pm

June 12 Quechee Hot Air Balloon Festival

June 28 Hidden Treasures: Antiques Appraisals and Wine and Hors D’oeuvres

Quechee Village Green

June 13 Woodstock Alumni Day Parade

Woodstock History Center, www.woodstockhistorical.org, 2–5pm

Village of Woodstock, 2pm

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July 1–September 30, Wednesdays Wagon Ride Wednesdays Billings Farm & Museum, www.billingsfarm.org, 11am–3pm

July 1–31 Hot Food Month Sugarbush Cheese & Maple Farm, www.sugarbushfarm.com, 9am–5pm

July 4 4th of July Celebration Woodstock Union High School, dusk

July 4 Annual John Langhans Green Miles Road Race

July 4 Old Vermont 4th Billings Farm & Museum, www.billingsfarm.org, 10am–5pm

July 7–August 18, Tuesdays Time Travel Tuesdays

July 10–October 16, Fridays Foodways Fridays

Spectrum Teen Center, 8:30am

Billings Farm & Museum, www.billingsfarm.org, 10am–5pm

Billings Farm & Museum, www.billingsfarm.org, 10am–5pm

July 4 Flea Market, Chicken BBQ & Bake Sale

July 9 Vermont Symphony Orchestra TD Bank Summer Festival Tour

July 10 Band Concert & Ice Cream Social

Barnard Town Hall, 10am

Suicide Six, 7:30pm

Woodstock History Center, www.woodstockhistorical.org, 7pm

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July 16 The Twangtown Paramours Woodstock Green, 12pm

Pentangle Council on the Arts 31 The Green Woodstock, VT (802) 457-3981 www.pentanglearts.org

JUNE 25 | Interplay Jazz Gospel & Jazz Choir and Big Band Woodstock Green, 12pm

JULY 2 | The Will Patterson Ensemble Woodstock Green, 12pm

23 | Pete’s Posse Woodstock Green, 12pm

30 | The Stockwell Brothers Woodstock Green, 12pm

AUGUST 6 | Greg Abate and the Bill Wightman Trio Woodstock Green, 12pm

23 | Central Vermont Chamber Music Festival North Universalist Chapel, 4pm

30 | 18th Annual Mozart Festival Our Lady of the Snows Catholic Church, 4pm

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HAPPENINGS July 11 Cemetery Tour Woodstock History Center, www.woodstockhistorical.org, 6–8pm

July 13 Living History Portrayal: Civil War Story Woodstock History Center, www.woodstockhistorical.org, 7pm

July 18 St. James Fair St. James Church, www.stjameswoodstock.org, 10am–3pm

July 19 National Ice Cream Day Billings Farm & Museum, www.billingsfarm.org, 10am–5pm

July 20 The 1864 Shenandoah Campaign Woodstock History Center, www.woodstockhistorical.org, 7pm

July 24–26 7th Annual Bookstock Each year, the event attracts an impressive number of speakers who are well-known authors, poets, historians, essayists, and cartoonists or photographers from in and beyond Vermont and New Hampshire. Workshops, interesting speakers, live music, and a popular used-book sale with more than 25,000 volumes make for a most unusual and colorful event. Visit bookstockvt.org for events and locations.

July 25–26 Vermont Antique Dealers Association Show

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July 26 Hay Day Billings Farm & Museum, www.billingsfarm.org, 10am–5pm

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LaValley Building Supply......................................15

Ambrose Custom Builders....................................71

Mascoma Savings Bank ........................................35

American Plate Glass ............................................21

Mertens House .....................................................41

Angkor Wat Restaurant .......................................36

Mindful Dermatology ..........................................65

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MoRae Jewelers....................................................37

Antiques Collaborative ........................................38

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Anything Printed ..................................................36

Neal Wallace Dental.............................................74

Artemis Global Art ................................. Back cover

Newhall Farm .......................................................72

Artistree ................................................................61

Old Federal Shop ..................................................38

Barnard General Store .........................................36

Ottauquechee Well Drilling .................................65

Bentleys.................................................................67

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August 22–24 Woodstock Super Sidewalk Sale Days

Braeside Motel .....................................................14

Quechee Associates ..............................................73

Brown’s Floormasters ...........................................73

Quechee Lakes Listing..........................................55

Carpet King & Tile ................................................53

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Village of Woodstock

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Clear Choice MD ...................................................60

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July 27 The Battle at Cedar Creek Woodstock History Center, www.woodstockhistorical.org, 7pm

August 1–September 20 29th Annual Quilt Exhibition Billings Farm & Museum, www.billingsfarm.org, 10am–5pm

August 8 Taste of Woodstock Elm Street, 10am–9pm

August 10 Colonial Meeting Houses of New England Woodstock History Center, www.woodstockhistorical.org, 7pm

August 15–16 Heritage Chicken Days Billings Farm & Museum, www.billingsfarm.org, 10am–5pm

August 15–16 Naked Table Project Bridgewater Mill, www.nakedtable.com

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First Impressions Salon & Spa ..............................68

The Quechee Club ................................................34

Five Olde Tavern & Grille .....................................74

The Quechee Inn at Marshland Farm..................60

Fore-U Golf ...........................................................72

The Vermont Spot ....................................... 38 & 61

Four Seasons Sotheby’s ..........................................5

The Village Butcher ..............................................36

Frameworks ..........................................................37

The Williamson Group ...........................................1

Friends of Norris Cotton Cancer Center ..............67

The Woodlands ....................................................27

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Game Set Mat .......................................................38

Upland Construction ............................................74

Gear Traders .........................................................37

Upper Valley Ride .................................................54

GeoBarns...............................................................43

VINS .......................................................................38

Gilberte Interiors ....................................................9

Vermont Antique Dealers Association ................68

Gillingham’s ..........................................................12

Vermont Facial Aesthetics....................................67

Green Mountain Plumbing & Heating ................61

Visiting Nurse & Hospice of VT & NH ..................77

Henderson’s Tree & Garden Services ...................33

Vitt & Associates ...................................................62

Hull Maynard Hersey Insurance...........................13

Whippletree..........................................................37

Jancewicz & Son .....................................................6

Woodstock Beverage ...........................................65

Jeff Wilmot Painting ............................................49

Woodstock Chamber of Commerce ....................41

Kedron Valley Inn .................................................62

Woodstock Farmers Market ................................17

Keeper’s, A Country Café .....................................21

Woodstock Home & Hardware ............................11

Kendal at Hanover ...............................................43

Woodstock Hops & Barley ...................................36

Krystyna’s ..............................................................36

Worthy Kitchen ....................................................37

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LAST GLANCE

Deep summer is when laziness finds respectability. —Sam Keen

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