Recommended Events, Winter 2014-15
Maple Open House Weekend & Vermont Maple Festival Heavyfest at Magic Hat Brewery Vermont Handcrafters Open Studio Weekend & Essex Spring Craft Show Maple Open House Weekend & Vermont Maple Festival Vermonters are proud to lead the country in maple syrup production. When spring temperatures arrive in sugar-maple forests, sap flows freely and provides the…
Art at the Airport (Spring 2014)
→ Version française Burlington City Arts curates art exhibits at the airport in three areas: the Skyway, the area above the escalator, and the walls facing security for Gates 1-8. Whether you’ve arrived early for a flight or are waiting to pick up passengers, do take the time to have a look around! In March…
Ground Crew: Meet Scott Whittier, Warning Coordination Meteorologist
→ Version française Things aren’t what they used to be in the storm-watching world. In the late 1980s, when Scott Whittier got his bachelor’s degree in meteorology, all he had were textbooks and his imagination. Now, meteorologists entering the workforce are trained with 3-D and 4-D models and, according to Whittier, “can forecast circles around…
Shelburne Museum Expands with a Contemporary, Year-round Facility
→ Version française The Shelburne Museum is known and admired worldwide for its immense collection of folk art, objects, tools and other artifacts of 19th-century New England. Last August, the museum finished construction on a new, state-of-the-art addition to its nearly 40 historical buildings: the Pizzagalli Center for Art and Education, located at the crest…
Vermont Restaurant Week Livens Up ‘Mud Season’
→ Version française In late April, Vermont emerges from its long winter into a riot of daffodils, tulips, sunshine and — food? Yes. Vermont Restaurant Week, presented by Seven Days and Vermont Federal Credit Union, is the state’s largest culinary event and makes every spring über-delicious. Starting April 25, chefs at more than 100 restaurants…
How to Ski, Skim and Hike Vermont this Season
→ Version française The Green Mountain State can be a lot more white than green in the spring: When tulips arrive in the rest of the country, it can still be blue-lips time for chilly Vermonters. But this season also means the best skiing and riding of the year at myriad mountain resorts, not to…
BTV — Spring 2014
Welcome to Burlington — and Vermont. We’re delighted to have you. BTV: The Burlington International Airport Quarterly is a bilingual magazine — translated into French for our Québécois visitors — that highlights Vermont’s recreational, cultural and dining scenes according to the season. If you’ve come here to enjoy summertime, you’ll find some tempting options within…
