Life and culture coverage
VTDigger covers life in Vermont through reporting on the arts, history, cultural events and the stories of people across the state.
This section highlights features and reporting that explore the traditions, creativity and everyday experiences that shape Vermont communities.
Vermont Conversation: Filmmaker Bess O’Brien on connection, resilience and joy after tragedy
The inspiration for O’Brien’s new film was seeing what happened after the floods in 2023 and 2024 that ravaged some Vermont communities.
Revealed in the river
Local historians discover the remnants of a blockhouse on the Crown Point Road, Vermont’s first interstate highway.
Real Vermonters don’t milk goats. They laugh at newly revived books with that title.
A 43rd anniversary edition of 1983’s “Real Vermonters Don’t Milk Goats” — the state’s all-time bestselling humor book — is debuting this month with a few 21st century tweaks.
Vermont Almanac, an annual compendium of Vermont life, is shutting down
The founders of the publication say they’re stretched too thin to continue after six years.
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The one story from 9/11 that I can’t forget. And I don’t want to.
Bob Dow lost the love of his life in the south tower. Nearing the 25th anniversary of the attack, he taught me why we still need stories like his — and journalists to tell them.
Then Again: Armed with a spirit of discovery and a gun, the first lady road-trips through Vermont
Eleanor Roosevelt had planned a getaway. But the trip also helped reshape expectations of what a first lady could do — and helped cement her role as a partner in her husband’s presidency.
‘An unprecedented day’: How Vermonters learned of 9/11 — and who remembers 25 years later
“The biggest thing for me was how much America came together,” an eyewitness with state ties recalled of the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. “There wasn’t the nonsense that’s in the news now.”
Vermont Conversation: Alternative media pioneer Nat Winthrop on a half-century of covering Vermont
Winthrop’s new book, “On the Record,” collects his cover stories over the years, from his reporting on a controversial Randolph physician in the 1970s to his stories about Bernie Sanders and ice cream icons Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield as they rose to national fame.
PHOTOS: A day at the rodeo in Vermont’s wild west
Riders and animals kicked up dust as the sun set on Pond Hill Ranch in Castleton Saturday night.
Meet three Vermonters whose histories are lesser known
“The majority of people throughout history have been common people whose stories have not been highlighted,” said Angie Grove, executive director of the Ethan Allen Homestead.
Vermont Conversation: Grace Potter on how she achieved musical stardom by trespassing
The Mad River Valley rocker, who divides her time between Vermont and California, will bring her act to Burlington on Sept. 18 when her annual Grand Point North festival kicks off.
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