It could be the common abbreviation for “established.” Or for Eastern Standard Time. Or the French word for east. Or something else entirely. Burlington poet Taylor Sacco says he and artist Heather Bischoff, cofounders of the new literary journal est, intended its title to be “kind of ambiguous.... Read more

Can comic strips be green? Why not? say the members of Trees & Hills, a group of comic artists from Vermont, New Hampshire and western Massachusetts. T & H publishes regular “mini-comic anthologies,” including last year’s Seeds, which featured “comics about nutrition, eating organic and local, and alternative food lifestyles,” writes co-founder and Montpelier journalist Dan Barlow in a press release.... Read more

Most people are comfortable with the concept of a book on CD or MP3. But a book on DVD? One you hear, read and watch?... Read more

It’s rare to hear young women today describe themselves as feminists. By the time they came of age, feminism was largely seen as having achieved the goals of the movement’s second wave. And it was associated with the dated stereotypes of their more radical sisters (or, more likely, mothers) who eschewed shaving and viewed men as oppressors. But some younger women still recognize the need for continued dialogue on what it means to be female.... Read more

Got ape? Middlebury’s Town Hall Theater does: King Kong, climbing up the side of its building. Actually, make that King Kong Jr. — he’s a miniature of the behemoth from Skull Island — and he’s not scaling the building so much as tethered there. But whatever.... Read more

It’s not uncommon for painters, sculptors and designers of all kinds to supplement their incomes by producing housewares, clothing lines or sundry tchotchkes for a mass market. Michael Graves did it designing toasters for Black & Decker. Isaac Mizrahi did it creating fashions for Target. Keith Haring did it selling all kinds of merchandise bearing his iconic images. So Abby Manock, a visual artist who splits her time between New York City and Vermont, is in good company.... Read more

Good news for jewelry lovers who miss Burlington’s late, great Grannis Gallery: Goldsmith Timothy Grannis is setting up shop in the South End — on the corner of Howard and Pine, to be exact.... Read more

The Fleming Museum has the answer for quadricentennial celebrants seeking something more culturally apropos than, say, a Tony Bennett concert.

Curator Aimee Marcereau DeGalan and Manager of Collections and Exhibitions Margaret Tamulonis have organized a multigenre show that examines the natural and human histories of the Champlain Valley through art and artifacts produced by its inhabitants. Paintings, photos, maps, books, tools, toys and furniture tell a story that begins centuries before Samuel de Champlain sailed the lake in 1609.... Read more

Michael Arnowitt’s eyesight is failing, but that doesn’t make him any less visionary. In addition to composing and performing solo piano music, the Montpelier resident has collaborated with poets and presented an evening that mingled music with fine food from a local caterer.... Read more

Everyone who loves painting, Vermont or both must see the Luigi Lucioni show this summer at Middlebury College’s Museum of Art. Lucioni (1900-88) was, after all, the greatest artist ever to work in this state.... Read more