The 30th anniversary of the South End Art Hop celebrates creatives and creativity in grand style. Nearly 100 studios, galleries, makerspaces, restaurants and other businesses along Burlington’s Pine Street and Flynn Avenue corridors roll out the welcome mat for throngs of art lovers. Events indoors and out amaze, inspire and even physically engage viewers in…
Need a nosh or a quaff to fuel your South End Art Hop explorations? Here’s a sampling of the comestible creativity offered by seven destinations along Flynn Avenue and Pine Street. 1. Burlington Beer Company 180 Flynn Avenue, burlingtonbeercompany.com Double your fun with gose barbecue-sauced chicken wings and a glass of Burlington Beer’s prickly pear…
A tangled bunch of string may please playful kittens, but it’s not much fun for busy humans. South Korean-born artist Juhyung Lee wondered: What if the webby mass were the size of a parking lot and numerous people untangled it together to a musical score and cool lighting? Attendees find out firsthand at “C’est pas…
In the weeks leading up to the South End Art Hop, stained glass artist Terry Zigmund and her studio mates were sprucing up the E-1 Studio Collective on Burlington’s Pine Street. Using cardboard stencils in shapes evoking cutouts by Henri Matisse, Zigmund planned to paint designs on the driveway and surrounding alleys. The colorful marks…
Nostalgia is big in the food and drink world right now. Restaurants across the country are embracing midwestern casseroles, blooming onions and wedge salads. In May, the New York Times predicted that the Dirty Shirley — a vodka-spiked version of the childhood classic — would be the drink of the summer. The new Venetian Soda…
Charlotte Dworshak remembers a common occurrence in her childhood: As her mother drove her to school, she would ask, “What color is the lake today?” Dworshak, along with her two siblings, came to realize that the answer wasn’t necessarily “blue.” Some 25 years later, that early lesson in really looking serves Dworshak well. To her…
