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"Food is a great way to transport your family to far-flung destinations. This light, flavorful salad is the perfect dish for the steamy summer months, and it's easily adaptable depending on what ingredients you have on hand." writes Astrid Hedbor Lague in this month's "Mealtime" column.
Image: Andy Brumbaugh
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Your personal staycation may be no further than your own backyard. If you’re planning on a local adventure, NEFCU has options! Ask us about our loans for swimming pools, ATVs, RVs, motorcycles, boats, campers and jet skis. Call us at 866.80.LOANS or visit nefcu.com.
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"Inside the Cinemas, Edelmann said, he plans to show matinees only on weekends. On weekdays, the auditoriums will offer different forms of entertainment — and education — to a constituency particularly in need of it: schoolchildren. Edelmann has volunteered the cinemas' space for a K-8 school-day program... Rec Kids Supported Learning Spaces, a partnership of the district and Essex Parks and Recreation. The program offers learning spaces, breakfast, lunch and activities to K-8 students on days when they're doing remote learning under the district's hybrid model."
Image: Margot Harrison
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Have a feel-good summer with the Good Citizen Challenge! a youth civics program for young people in grades K-12. Each month we’ll announce new activities focusing on history, community, government, advocacy and news literacy to keep you and your family active and engaged. View activities.
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A 2016 release from director Mira Nair, Queen of Katwe is an inspiring underdog tale with a charming cast, writes Matt KillKelley. "Chess can be a boring activity to watch, but Nair has the rare ability to create tension and make the game feel mesmerizing, even to those who aren’t chess buffs."
Image: ©ANGELODEVAL | DREAMSTIME.COM
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Let Seven Days be your travel guide. Introducing Staytripper, the road map to rediscovering Vermont. Every month we’ll be rounding up mini excursions, dining destinations, lodging, tours and more into a curated itinerary for you to grab and go. Why? Because you’re on vacation — let us do the work. (Image: Nathanael Asaro)
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Vermont's School Reopening Plans, Mapped
"The state is taking a local-control mentality to reopening schools, and reopening plans are all over the map. But for weeks, Vermonters have been asking us for some way to track what schools are doing statewide. Both the Vermont Superintendents Association and the Agency of Education have recently put out surveys into the field to track district reopening plans. They provided us with their findings, and we combined the information into this map."
VTDigger.org, 08/20/20
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What It Looks Like When School, and Everything Else, Happens at Home
"Lockdown has made our family bond, wrapping us in a tight hug, though at times it feels like a boa constrictor's slow squeeze," writes British photographer Elizabeth Dalziel. "It has allowed my husband and me a glimpse into how our children approach learning and knowledge. We found them injecting humor into every available assignment that would allow it. Laughter, it seems, is a great route to education."
NPR, 08/22/20
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Kids Break Into Farm and Abuse Petting Zoo Animals, Owners Find Out on Social Media
"The owners of [a New Jersey] animal farm and market are outraged after discovering on social media that a group of teenagers broke into their farm, stole from their market, and even rode their donkeys in the petting zoo after putting lipstick on one of them."
ABC News, 08/24/20
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Nonprofits Team Up to Teach Kids How to Skateboard
"For years, [nonprofits Chill and Vermont Adaptive] have been working individually to help Vermont’s youth overcome challenges, and get outside. But for the first time ever, they’ve joined forces to roll out a new program in Chittenden County."
WCAX, 08/23/20
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Catch up on our latest installment of Kids VT before the September issue drops next week!
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"While it's impossible to know exactly how many animals have been adopted in Vermont since 'social distancing' and 'flatten the curve' entered the popular lexicon, anecdotally we know that pet adoptions have skyrocketed," writes Dan Bolles in Seven Days' animal supplement, Creature Feature, which is on stands until tomorrow. Recently, Seven Days put out a call to readers soliciting pictures and stories of pets adopted since the coronavirus arrived. 
