Late last year, Southern Vermont Arts Center (SVAC) announced a transformative gift from Lyman Orton: his acclaimed art collection, For the Love of Vermont: The Lyman Orton Collection, along with the funding for a major expansion of Yester House, the historic centerpiece of SVAC’s campus. Together, these gifts represent a landmark moment for SVAC and a lasting cultural legacy for the people of Vermont. The expansion of Yester House adds more than 10,000 square feet of new gallery and...

The Apprentice by Emily Rinkema (Prose Winner) The first time Ellen visited the butcher was a month after Colin died. She was driving home from Hannaford and before she had time to think about why she did it, she had her blinker on and was slowing down to turn into the long driveway with the old Butcher sign nailed to a tree. She had never been down the driveway before, and it was longer than she and Colin had imagined, winding at least a quarter mile through the woods before ending at a...

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