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Shawn Hannux of Wilder, Vt. tries his luck catching rainbow trout in the Ottauquechee River in Quechee, Vt. on Saturday, May 18, 2013. He said he usually begins fishing around six in the evening and stays until dusk falls.
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Chasing Rainbows

Friday, May 24, 2013

Shawn Hannux of Wilder, Vt. tries his luck catching rainbow trout in the Ottauquechee River in Quechee, Vt. on Saturday, May 18, 2013. He said …

Money and the Pursuit of Poetry

Friday, May 24, 2013

For a man with his surname, Peter Money picked the one profession in which he was almost guaranteed not to make any: publishing. And not …

An Appreciation: Bernard Waber Made Crocodiles Lovable

Friday, May 24, 2013

One of my favorite writers died this week. He wasn’t a literary lion, he wasn’t recognized as a young prodigy, he didn’t show up on …

An Author’s Confession: She Likes Likable Characters

Friday, May 24, 2013

Quick: What’s the most unforgivable sin a writer can commit in fiction? A writerly crime so awful that major, award-winning novelists are condemning it on the pages of Publishers Weekly and inveighing against it in The New Yorker? …

Scammers Make Fake Facebook Pages

Friday, May 24, 2013

Kansas City, Mo. — Search for the Rev. Adam Hamilton on Facebook and you’ll likely get two seemingly identical pages to choose from. Hamilton uses one of them to publicize upcoming sermons at the 18,000-member United Methodist Church of the Resurrection. The other was started by a scammer …

Art Notes: Vermont Artists Open Their Studio Doors

Thursday, May 23, 2013

This weekend’s traditional start to summer also brings the first Vermont Open Studio Weekend of the year. Twice annually, dozens of Vermont artists and craftsmen open their studios to the public. This weekend, nearly 250 studios around the state will be open to visitors, including many in the …

Entertainment Highlights: Theater Doesn’t Take a Summer Break

Thursday, May 23, 2013

While Enfield’s Shaker Bridge Theatre wrapped up its sixth season earlier this month, and Northern Stage concluded its 16th season Sunday, Upper Valley theatergoers needn’t twiddle their thumbs waiting for those companies to return in the fall. Three …

Toots and the Maytals Still On For Lebanon

Thursday, May 23, 2013

If there’s a hall of fame for the great road warriors of music, there must be room inside for one Frederick “Toots” Hibbert, especially after last weekend. While fronting the legendary reggae band, Toots and the Maytals, at …

Carole King Receives Gershwin Prize

Thursday, May 23, 2013

One fine day in 1957, a 15-year-old named Carol Klein got off the express train from Brooklyn to Manhattan with schoolbooks under one arm and sheet music under the other. She wore bobby socks, white sneakers and a …

McNicholas Rides to Win at Lake Sunapee Road Race

Thursday, May 23, 2013

Sunapee — Dylan McNicholas won a pack finish of 15 riders to win the top classification of the 40th Lake Sunapee Road Race on Sunday. McNicholas claimed the victory in the Pro 1-2-3 division, finishing a 69-mile route …

Successful Putting Depends on Gear, Preparation

Thursday, May 23, 2013

Is anyone struggling with the putter early in the season like me? There is not much more that’s as mentally challenging in golf as hitting some great iron shots and walking up to green looking at how close …

‘Ice Age’ Director Labors Eight Years on ‘Epic’ on the screen

Thursday, May 23, 2013

Orlando, Fla. — All those years since Ice Age and Robots, you’d figure Chris Wedge had retired on the “Scrat” bucks he and Blue Sky Animation pulled in from that saber-toothed squirrel. “Yeah, I’d have starved, like Scrat, if I’d done that,” he jokes. It turns out that …

‘Arrested Development’ Is Inscrutable

Thursday, May 23, 2013

Los Angeles — Just two days before Arrested Development would release its first new episodes in seven years, creator Mitchell Hurwitz called David Cross with a frantic request: Could the actor do a quick reshoot? Cross, however, was …