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Join us for a guided wine and cheese pairing at Shelburne Vineyard. We’ll hear from staff about the emerging Vermont wine industry, learn how to taste wines with food, and sample cheese and wine pairings. This class is ideal for wine lovers interested in learning more about wine tasting, growing grapes and making wine in Vermont, or novices interested in learning more about one of our local vendors!

*Please note, this class is 21+ only*

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Craving something a little different for dinner and dessert as we head into winter nights? Join Maria for the next installment of her Filipino Feast series on Pancit Sotanghon (a noodle stir-fry) and Puto (steamed rice muffins).

This class will be taught by Maria Garrido. Maria was born and raised in Florida in a Chamorro and Filipino household. After living in Louisiana and San Francisco, she moved to Vermont in 2005 to attend the New England Culinary Institute (NECI) and was most recently at the Burlington School Food Project.

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Join us for a guided beer and cheese pairing at Burlington Beer Company’s beautiful space. We’ll learn about the brewery and hear from staff about the Vermont beer industry, then taste a variety of local cheeses paired with beers from the brewery. This class is ideal for beer lovers interested in learning more about food pairings, or brew novices interested in learning more about the offerings from one of our local vendors!

*Please note, this class is 21+ only*

Join Ethan Tapper, the Chittenden County Forester, for “Understanding Forest Management,” a walk of an active forest management project at the Hinesburg Town Forest (HTF).

Done well, modern forest management can be restorative and regenerative, helping create more diverse, vibrant, resilient forests with great wildlife habitat, helping forests recover from the effects of human land use and creating old forest attributes sooner than they would naturally occur. At the same time, forest management generates local, renewable resources which get turned into building materials, paper, power and more. Like local food, local wood supports our working landscape and our rural communities and mitigates the use of resources produced under more adverse ecological and social conditions elsewhere in the country or the world. We will walk the management area and talk about forests, forest management, and forest ecology. Please bring an open mind and all those questions you’ve never had a chance to ask about forest management.

This walk will happen “rain (snow, mud) or shine.” Participants should be ready to spend a couple hours outdoors walking over uneven and potentially slippery surfaces in whatever weather we find ourselves in, and also to spend extended periods of time standing and talking. Directions on where to meet will be sent to participants in advance.

As the Chittenden County Forester for the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation, Ethan Tapper advises private landowners, municipalities, conservation organizations, foresters and loggers on the responsible stewardship of forestland, administers Vermont’s Use Value Appraisal (or “Current Use”) program in the County, and manages over 4,500 acres of Community Forests. He writes a monthly column for 11 newspapers and a quarterly column in Northern Woodlands magazine, maintains a YouTube channel with over 100 videos, and leads public events in Vermont and throughout New England which are attended by thousands of people each year. Ethan is the Northeast-Midwest State Foresters Alliance’s 2021 CFM Forester of the Year, the 2021 recipient of the Vermont American Tree Farm System’s Education and Outreach Award, 2020 recipient of Vermont Coverts’ James B. Engle Award, and the 2022 recipient of the Vermont Urban and Community Forestry Program’s Vermont Tree Steward Award.

In his spare time, Ethan manages his own homestead, orchard and 175-acre forest – “Bear Island” – in Bolton, with the help of his trusty Timberjack skidder, “Red.”

Learn more about Ethan’s work at: https://linktr.ee/ChittendenCountyForester

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Join us for a relaxing acrylic painting lesson ! The event is hosted in partnership with Arts So Wonderful and local artist Kadina Malicbegovic of Little Artsy Faces. She’ll introduce participants to her favorite art techniques, then guide them step by step through the process of painting on canvas using acrylic paint. These painting sessions are beginner friendly, but all skill levels are welcome. The goal is to bring the community together, socialize, explore our hidden talents, and most importantly relax and have a good time! Materials will be provided.