Below is a flyer describing the event. Below the flyer you can purchase tickets online. If you prefer to pay by check, send payment to: Vermont Italian Club - P.O. Box 3155 - Burlington, VT 05408-3155   Space is limited, so purchase your tickets early.Payment for tickets must be received by November 6, 2013. Member price $45. per...

What a better way to toast to the hot temps than with a sweet cold treat that's made in Vermont. Things are moving at Leonardo's Gelateria in Barre. mLoris Carlo DePrato was born and raised in Italy in a family that was passionate about gelato - ice cream's Italian cousin.   "My great grandpa started in mid-1800s," said Loris. When he...

From 1898 to 1903, Henry C. Whitaker edited the Barre Evening Telegram, which will soon be available in Chronicling America.   Barre was the center of Vermont's thriving granite industry, with a significant population of Scottish and Italian immigrants, and the Telegram reported on the granite business, union and labor issues, and immigrant...

Full Scholarships Available for Intensive Language Study at the Middlebury Summer Language Schools – The Kathryn Davis Fellows for Peace will cover the cost of one summer of language study (tuition, room, and board)—from the beginner to graduate level—in Italian. The deadline has been extended to January 24, 2016. See the website for applicati...

by Chris Mays   Hermitage Club Culinary Director Terrance Brennan says a new Italian restaurant inside The Inn at Sawmill Farm is a very unique operation for the Green Mountain State. Brennan skied at Stratton for many years and was asked to take on the job by an official at the Hermitage Club who knew him from their days at the ski res...

Bread makers at La Panciata are keeping it in the family with an announcement the company is under new management. Twenty-four years since the company was founded, owners Glenn and Lori Loati announced that their son, Justin, and his wife, Bonka, took control of the company Jan. 7.   The specialty bread company will continue to operate...

How do you take a clay model and carve it in marble two, three, or even 10 times larger? Normally, you would have to learn this rare skill in Italy.   But this summer, The Carving Studio and Sculpture Center in West Rutland will offer a special, 6-day course in advanced Italian compass enlargement techniques, to be taught by three instructor...

Suburban shoppers who park their cars in the garage adjacent to Burlington Town Center and stroll along the featureless concrete wall toward the lake might be forgiven for not realizing that a very different scene existed here nearly half a century ago.   Before the wrecking ball began to swing as part of a massive urban renewal project in t...

by Alice Levitt   In September, few traces will remain of the Shelburne Road KFC. The fast-food counter and plastic tables where the ghost of Colonel Sanders once flitted will be replaced by a brick interior and 25-foot maple bar. Fountain drinks will give way to 15 local microbrews on tap, plus Vermont liquors and wines.   The man be...

The Middlebury Italian School summer immersion program is still accepting applications, and need-based financial aid is still available!   7-week immersion program - Take three classes in Italian and earn 9 transferable credit hours. MA in Italian - Attend a series of 6-week summer sessions or combine summer study and a year abroad.&nbs...