A year ago I did my first blog. The nephew who inspired it has since healed, grown a foot taller than I am and still plays baseball, video games and reads. His brothers also enjoy a good book now and again (much to the glee of their book-indulging aunt). So in their honor a few …
Otherwise, we strongly suggest the following: this weekend’s events (including updated info about the Rachel Maddow event), bookseller Bill Lewis talking to WAMC’s Joe Donahue about a great list of history titles, and events in March. View full post on Northshire Bookstore’s Blog
well, yesterday was the opening of our show at the southern vermont arts center … see the post below … we had 8 pieces there, plus six of our ladderback chairs … in the last few years we have participated in shows only on a ‘piece here, piece there’ basis and this was our first …
Sarah Pinneo will appear at the Northshire Bookstore on Friday, February 17 at 7 pm. Julia’s Child is a comedy about the foibles of a mom who underestimates the difficulty of pushing her scrupulously organic children’s products into the world. As a journalist and a cookbook author, I’ve always written about food. A saner girl …
my friend malcolm cooper and i took a little 20 mile ride up the valley to middletown springs a couple of weeks ago. we were on a mission to get some barnboards from our friend dan mckeen for a project in malcolm’s store, at j.k.adams in dorset. well, we got the barnboards and a tour …
well, sam had another second floor balcony project recently … here’s the first one … there was some head scratching and a little rework, but in the end, it looks great and the clients are pleased … ever since i was a carpenter in the 70′s i have struggled with the ‘oval’ shape … it’s …
This coming Saturday the 18th at 1:00 PM marks the long anticipated arrival of the Pitchapalooza world tour to the Northshire Bookstore. Is it possible you haven’t heard of Pitchapalooza? Outrageous! Unthinkable! I’m joking, of course, but it has become a fairly big deal around here and it becomes harder and harder to imagine not …
The jacket for the book Envy by Gregg Olsen has the phrase: Murder is such a dirty word. It is also messy: the planning; the execution; the cleaning up; the cover-up. I have always loved a good mystery. The suspense, the drama, the wondering who-done-it. Two delightfully harrowing cases are, of course, Envy and Silence …
this time last year, we had about 20 inches on the ground and were bracing for what the weather man promised would be a ‘big one’. this year, no snow … this is my 41st winter in vermont, and while i remember others with not much snow, or with snow on the ground for only …
a couple of years ago, we worked with our neighbor, steve holman, on two large conference tables, one 9′ x 26′ and one 8′ x 20′. we had to set them up in my garage as neither of our shops was large enough to hold them … this fall he got a commissions to build …
6:30–8:30 pm. Micro and regional brew with food from southern Vermont restaurants and caterers. Live music; admission. For more information: (802) 447-1571 or benningtonmuseum.org
8 pm. Brofsky's penchant for the music of Charlie Parker, Sonny Clark and Dexter Gordon has earned him the name "Dr. Bebop." For more information: (802) 254-9088 or vtjazz.org
