Seven Days: Vermont's Independent Voice

The original Vermonters — Native American Abenaki — have a voice at the Vermont Folklife Center. So do the Vermont descendents of slaves. With an archive that consists of more than 3900 tapes, the organization aims to document and conserve the state’s cultural heritage, including groups making history today. A recent photo exhibit captured the lives of Mexican dairy farm workers in Addison County. This summer’s special exhibit is “Almost Utopia: In Search of the Good Life in Mid-Century America” a photographic exploration of Vermont’s original back-to-the-land movement spearheaded by Scott and Helen Nearing.

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