Marlon Hyde

The Brattleboro Museum and Art Center recently hosted a unique art exhibit of sixteen colorful and creatively decorated ice shanties. Organizers hoped to set them up on the ice, but warm winter put those plans on hold.

Burlington residents voted down the creation of an independent police oversight board during this Town Meeting Day.

Vermont’s largest city is preparing to host a celebration of the thriving and diverse Black communities across the state. The second annual Black Experience kicks off this weekend on the Flynn Main Stage. As Vermont Public’s Marlon Hyde reports, this event will feature activist and author Angela Davis and a slew of local artists ready to share what Black culture means to them.

In the summer of 2020, the Fleming Museum at the University of Vermont set an ambitious goal: to decolonize its collection and address the legacies of imperialism that stain museum culture. Since then, the almost hundred-year-old museum’s staff has faced lots of turnover. New Executive Director Sonja Lunde spoke with Vermont Public's Marlon Hyde.

Vermonters can find plenty of reasons to watch Super Bowl 57 even without the Patriots involved.

Juniper Creative's most recent community-based mural is going up inside of the Greater Burlington YMCA. It will feature a kid on a dragon flying through a portal to safety.Vermont Public’s Marlon Hyde recently stopped by and spoke with the Black and Dominican family art collective about their murals and their impacts on Vermont culture.

Recently lawmakers unanimously voted to bring the state's pest management rules in line with federal Environmental Protection Agency regulations.Some of the changes include requiring that pesticides only be applied by certified applicators, and that landowners be notified of pesticide use. There will also be a mandatory permit process for adult mosquito spraying.

Congresswoman-elect Becca Balint readies to head to Washington. Plus, Vermont’s two new constitutional amendments are official, Beta flies its electric plane to Kentucky, and a federal grant will fund a border crossing upgrade.

Depending on the day, walking into the Tiny Community Kitchen in Burlington’s Old North End feels like walking into a different part of the country or a whole new country altogether. From soul food to food from the Middle East, local chefs are using the space to introduce new flavors to the neighborhood.

For almost 40 years, Burlington-based DJ Melo Grant has been one of Vermont’s foremost purveyors of hip-hop. Generations of local rap fans — and rappers such as North Ave Jax and Rivan C. — have been raised on her weekly radio show “Cultural Bunker” on WRUV, the University of Vermont’s radio station.