/tags/summer-school-series Summer School Series en-US 开云体育 Fri, 09 Sep 2022 09:00:00 GMT /local-news/2022-09-09/summer-school-how-to-build-a-mountain-bike-trail Work is underway on the Velomont Trail, which is a plan to connect nearly 500 miles of mountain bike routes from Vermont鈥檚 southern border up to Canada, with a series of huts along the way. As part of our Summer School series, we spent a rainy morning with one of the trail builders. Fri, 09 Sep 2022 09:00:00 GMT /local-news/2022-09-09/summer-school-how-to-build-a-mountain-bike-trail Kevin Trevellyan /2022-08-19/summer-school-how-to-assemble-a-flower-bouquet August in Vermont is primetime for flower harvesting. At Unity Farm in Charlotte, the summer crew assembles between 60 and 100 colorful bouquets daily. As part of our Summer School series, 开云体育鈥檚 Joia Putnoi took a trip to the farm to learn what goes into making one of these bouquets. Fri, 19 Aug 2022 09:00:00 GMT /2022-08-19/summer-school-how-to-assemble-a-flower-bouquet Joia Putnoi /local-news/2022-08-12/summer-school-how-to-sweep-a-chimney Ian Conway has a job that sounds like it鈥檚 from a bygone era: He鈥檚 a chimney sweep. Wood stoves and fireplaces should have annual cleanings, so Conway鈥檚 services have been in high demand for decades. But, he鈥檚 having trouble passing on his business to a new generation. Fri, 12 Aug 2022 09:00:00 GMT /local-news/2022-08-12/summer-school-how-to-sweep-a-chimney Henry Epp /local-news/2022-07-29/little-brown-bats-are-making-a-comeback-in-vermont-heres-how-you-can-count-them The mosquito-chomping little brown bat is about the size of a thumb. It鈥檚 one of nine bat species that can be found in Vermont. And, along with four others, it鈥檚 considered endangered in Vermont. They like to hang out in attics and old barns.But in recent years, biologists have seen a promising trend: their populations here appear to be stabilizing. And they say it鈥檚 thanks to volunteer community scientists that we know. As part of our Summer School series, 开云体育鈥檚 Abagael Giles set out for a secret colony, to learn more about how to count them. Fri, 05 Aug 2022 09:00:00 GMT /local-news/2022-07-29/little-brown-bats-are-making-a-comeback-in-vermont-heres-how-you-can-count-them Abagael Giles /local-news/2022-07-29/summer-school-how-to-make-a-cubano The Cuban sandwich known as a Cubano can be found almost anywhere in the country. Two Cuban-American business owners are committed to bringing a slice of their culture to downtown Burlington. As part of our summer school series, 开云体育鈥檚 Marlon Hyde learned how to make this staple of Cuban-American culture. Fri, 29 Jul 2022 09:00:00 GMT /local-news/2022-07-29/summer-school-how-to-make-a-cubano Marlon Hyde /local-news/2022-07-22/pickleball-the-odd-sounding-sport-everyones-playing-heres-how The fastest growing sport in America is not NASCAR or paddleboarding. It鈥檚 pickleball. As part of 开云体育's Summer School series, we thought it would be fun to learn how to play. Fri, 22 Jul 2022 09:00:00 GMT /local-news/2022-07-22/pickleball-the-odd-sounding-sport-everyones-playing-heres-how Nina Keck /local-news/2022-07-15/summer-school-how-not-to-perform-shakespeare As part of our Summer School series, reporter Erica Heilman sat down with Vermont actress Maren Langdon Spillane to learn how to perform Shakespeare, and more importantly, how *not* to. Fri, 15 Jul 2022 09:00:00 GMT /local-news/2022-07-15/summer-school-how-not-to-perform-shakespeare Erica Heilman /local-news/2022-07-08/summer-school-how-to-run-a-neighborhood-bar T-Rugg鈥檚 Tavern in Burlington has been a fixture in the city鈥檚 Old North End for over four decades. It鈥檚 the kind of place where you鈥檙e likely to run into your neighbors 鈥� and that鈥檚 exactly what the bar鈥檚 owner wants. Fri, 08 Jul 2022 09:00:00 GMT /local-news/2022-07-08/summer-school-how-to-run-a-neighborhood-bar Liam Elder-Connors /local-news/2022-07-01/summer-school-from-the-grateful-dead-to-your-backyard-nathaniel-hall-makes-sure-everyone-gets-to-drum Nathaniel Hall has been making hand drums from his studio in Windham County for almost 30 years. For this episode of Summer School he teaches us how. Fri, 01 Jul 2022 09:00:00 GMT /local-news/2022-07-01/summer-school-from-the-grateful-dead-to-your-backyard-nathaniel-hall-makes-sure-everyone-gets-to-drum Howard Weiss-Tisman /local-news/2022-06-24/summer-school-how-to-keep-a-history Elizabeth Dow spends her days straddling the past, present and future. She worked as a professor of archive science before retiring to Hardwick, where she is now president of the town historical society. And in the inaugural feature in our Summer School series, she recently gave VPR鈥檚 Anna Van Dine a lesson in how to keep a history. Fri, 24 Jun 2022 09:00:00 GMT /local-news/2022-06-24/summer-school-how-to-keep-a-history Anna Van Dine