Montpelier articles
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Q&A: Downtown Montpelier Transforms Into PoemCity Every April
April is National Poetry Month — and the perfect time to visit Montpelier, as the Capital City transforms into PoemCity. Organized by the Kellogg-Hubbard Library, this year's event features 450 poems displayed in the windows of 50 downtown businesses. The poets range in age from 3 to 94, include 200 students and represent 75 towns. Rounding out the monthlong celebration are 35 community events and poetry readings. In her latest episode of "Stuck in Vermont," Seven Days senior multimedia...
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Ondis Serves Seasonal Fare With a Side of Community in Montpelier
In July 2016, I spent one last day scrubbing down the tiger-lily-orange kitchen walls of my recently closed Montpelier business, Salt Café, and locked the door behind me. Since 2010, when I left my full-time job at Seven Days to open a restaurant, I'd spent nearly every day there, making flourless chocolate cake, rolling out sheets of herbed pasta or washing the dishes when a dishwasher called in sick. When times were tight, which was sometimes for months, I even spent my nights on a...
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Stuck in Vermont: Visiting the Kellogg-Hubbard Library’s PoemCity in Montpelier During the Month of April
April is National Poetry Month, when Montpelier transforms into PoemCity. The Kellogg-Hubbard Library organizes this event, during which 450 poems are displayed in the windows of 50 local businesses. Seven Days senior multimedia producer Eva Sollberger visited the Capital City in early April for a downtown poetry tour. April is National Poetry Month, and it is the perfect time to visit Montpelier, which transforms into PoemCity for the entire month. Organized...