9/22/12: Costumed revelers gathered at Phoenix Books in Essex to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the publication of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit. Wizards, hobbits, and elves toasted Bilbo Baggins’ birthday with a reading from The Hobbit and a preview of the upcoming film.

Music: Kevin MacLeod,incompetech.com,”Industrial Music Box,”&”Fairytale Waltz”

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Seven Days senior multimedia producer Eva Sollberger has been making her award-winning video series "Stuck in Vermont" since 2007. In 2024, she won first place from the Association of Alternative Newsmedia for her video, “Barbie Collector.” She received the Margaret L. (Peggy) Kannenstine Award for Arts Advocacy from the Vermont Arts Council in 2023. This map details her travels around the state; her 500th video was a musical. New episodes appear on the Seven Days website every other Thursday...