It’s not been a sanguine summer for plein-air painters, but the Vermont Watercolor Society is taking its chances this Saturday with an outdoor fundraiser at the Burlington Waterfront. Members will be creating artworks from 10 to 4, and then auctioning them off online at vwshowsonline.blogspot.com, with proceeds to benefit Dragonheart Vermont, the VWS and, happily, the artists.... Read more

Middlebury-based Danforth Pewter is drawing a new bead on its colonial roots. The business cofounded by Judi and Fred Danforth in 1975 initially revived a family legacy begun by Thomas Danforth II in 1755. This week, Danforth purchased one of America’s premier brands of the craft, Shirley Pewter of Williamsburg, Va., and will operate the Shirley Pewter Shop in that historic village, where some Danforth works are already sold.... Read more

Most potters stick with a formula: They choose a clay type, a firing technique and a vessel shape, and crank out production pieces to sell in the craft market.

To describe the late Vermont artist Charlotte Potok as merely a potter is to sell her short. Yet that’s how she saw herself.... Read more

For Lost Nation Theater, Samuel Beckett’s signature play, Waiting for Godot, is a bit like an economic downturn: Every 10 years or so it comes back around, inspiring reflection on perseverance and hope.... Read more

Art and life imitate and overlap each other in a Broadway-style operetta that premiered at Middlebury College last Sunday night. Julian Gargiulo’s “Middlebury Musical” tells the story of the rocky romance of two Americans attending the college’s Italian summer language school.... Read more

The Burlington Book Festival has found its new headliners to replace the late Frank McCourt: Amy and David Goodman. The journalist host of progressive news show “Democracy Now!” (on Air America) and her brother have coauthored three New York Times bestsellers that read deep into the post-9/11 U.S.... Read more

Burlington’s Pine Street corridor, already home to many artist spaces, is about to get a new one in caps: S.P.A.C.E. That stands for Soda Plant Artist Collective Environment and is the brainchild of Burlington artist Christy Mitchell, 28. “I’ve been part of collectives before and then on my own, and realized I really missed that interaction,” she says. “When I started working for Steve [Conant], I discovered there was a warehouse space for rent.”... Read more

Playwright Margot Lasher removes an envelope of provolone cheese from her purse. Her 7-year-old Goldendoodle, Shiro, grabs for a slice. But he has competition. David Klein, on his hands and knees, grabs it first. He and Shiro tussle briefly before Klein curls up for a nap on the floor of the Flynn’s Hoehl Studio Lab.... Read more

M P Landis’ summer isn’t turning out exactly as he’d expected. For starters, he was supposed to be in Dufftown, Scotland, right now serving as an artist-in-residence at the legendary distillery Glenfiddich. If things had worked out, he, his partner, Sarah English, and their infant daughter would be living on the distillery grounds with seven other international artists.... Read more

It’s no secret the ailing economy has left many nonprofits limping along. Burlington’s South End Business and Arts Association (SEABA) is no exception. That means its signature event, the South End Art Hop, is imperiled. It takes money to put on this wildly popular annual art fest, scheduled for September 11 and 12, and funds have been harder to come by this year.... Read more