History

Stump the Chumps: TBD 08/30/2017

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Hosts Bill Koegh and Joey Donovan are joined by former Rice Memorial High School Coach/Teacher John Varricchione to discuss urban renewal, immigrants, sports, and Mount Saint Mary's, among many other topics.

Test your knowledge of Chittenden County history and see if you have what it takes to Stump the Chumps!

Preservation Burlington: TBD 08/24/2017

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Ron Wanamaker is joined by Liisa Reimann Rivera over the phone to discuss upcoming Preservation Burlington events and tours.

On this show Preservation Burlington recaps their June event, offers a preview of the Old North End Ramble and celebrates the Lake Champlain Maritime Festival with Burlington's boating history. They also explore the origins of the Memorial Auditorium--an endangered Burlington treasure.

More information on Preservation Burlington.

Liisa Reimann Rivera - Originally from England, Liisa has lived in Burlington since 2006. She earned her Master's in Historic Preservation from the University of Vermont and is a principal with Blue Brick Preservation. Liisa lives in a 1954 ranch house, whose historic wooden windows she thinks are of a genius design seldom seen since, in Burlington's New North End. Liisa's passions include historic industrial buildings, firehouses and little-known builder-architects of the vernacular landscape.

Ron Wanamaker - Ron has been a member of the Board since 2007 and has served as Vice President and President. A passionate preservationist, he continues to serve on the Education Committee for Preservation Burlington and is also a member of Burlington’s Design Advisory Board. A contractor since 1988, he has lived and worked in Burlington since 1998 and managed Wanamaker Restoration as well as Champlain Valley Millworks.

What's Going On?: Charlottesville and the Uses of History 08/17/2017

Host Sandy Baird brings in Marc Estrin and Kurt Mehta to talk about the clashes at the Unite the Right event in Virginia, what to do with confederate memorial statues, and how to deal with unwelcome ideas without violating the constitution.

A Visit With: 242 Main at Memorial Hall 08/09/2017

"A Visit With" talks to Jim Lockridge, of Big Heavy World, outside the back door of 242 Main's past all-ages music space, which has since shut down. Jim explains 242's legacy, how it closed, and where we can go from here. Produced by Margaret Harrington and Tessa Tallagnon.

Reading Frederick Douglass 08/09/2017

South Burlington Assistant Principal Paul Yoon welcomes Boston College Instructor Paul Marcus. Together with South Burlington Librarian Susan Bliss they host a group reading and discussion of a Frederick Douglass speech at South Burlington Community Library. Sponsored by the Vermont Humanities Council.

Artful Word: Dragonboat Racing 08/06/2017

Community producer James Gero comes to the Dragonboat Races on the Burlington Waterfront. The Lake Champlain Dragon Boat Festival includes 1,600 Vermonters racing 41-foot long dragon boats for fitness, fun, and fundraising. Community teams are made up of local businesses, non-profits, service groups, neighbors, and families who make a difference in the lives of our friends and neighbors with cancer.

Native Voices: A Traveling Encampment 07/30/2017

This program features an event at Burlington's Fletcher Free Library with short stories and music from three indigenous cultures shared beside a Native American tipi and a Bedouin tent.

Old North End Ramble Round-Up 07/29/2017

Revelers join MC Eric Dreiblatt, dance leader Lois Trombley, DJ Rush, and musical guests ReVibe, A2VT, Appalled Eagles, and Binger at the Old North End Ramble's culminating event, the Round-Up.

Church Street Marketplace Pioneers 07/28/2017

Jim Rader interviews Bill Truex, Pat Robins, and Paul Bruhn at Leunig's Bistro about their visionary concept for, and savvy creation of, Burlington's Church Street Marketplace, which incorperates four consecutive downtown blocks reserved for pedestrians and is filled with shops, services, and residences.

Old North End Ramble 2017 07/27/2017

Organizers of The Ramble invite viewers to their annual street festival to spend a day exploring the Old North End. They detail how to get involved by hosting, performing, playing music, barbecuing, showing off your artwork or garden, having a yard sale, leading games, doing workshops, vending, and more!

Featured Story

JOB OPENING: Channel 17 Field Producer

Channel 17 is hiring one part-time Field Producer to cover Chittenden County municipal meetings and public events to air on its government access TV channels and website (www.Ch17.TV). Meetings typically take place during evening hours with some weekend event coverage. Complete Job Description is available upon request.