Rhode Island

Apple Stand

An old apple stand in Greenville, RI

New England

Beaches of New England | Photography Slide Show

Photographer Madeline Polss uses a Diana toy camera to capture black-and-white images of some of our favorite beaches around New England — Longnook Beach, Truro, Massachusetts; Odiorne Point, Rye, New Hampshire; and Second Beach, Middletown, Rhode Island. See more of her work: mpolssphoto.com  

Vermont

Top 20 Vermont Events

Call ahead to confirm dates, times, and admission prices. For hundreds of fairs, festivals, exhibits, shows, and other fun activities, go to: YankeeMagazine.com/events MAY 1-2: WOODSTOCK, Spring Farm Festival. A weekend packed with traditional spring activities at Billings Farm & Museum, including the annual shearing of the Southdown flock. Farmers demonstrate plowing skills with oxen […]

New Hampshire

Top 20 New Hampshire Events

Call ahead to confirm dates, times, and admission prices. For hundreds of fairs, festivals, exhibits, shows, and other fun activities, go to: YankeeMagazine.com/events MAY 5: PORTSMOUTH, Writers on a New England Stage. Acclaimed Latin American novelist Isabel Allende joins this celebrated series at The Music Hall to discuss Island Beneath the Sea. 603-436-2400; themusichall.org MAY […]

Rhode Island

Top 20 Rhode Island Events

Call ahead to confirm dates, times, and admission prices. For hundreds of fairs, festivals, exhibits, shows, and other fun activities, go to: YankeeMagazine.com/events MAY 1: CRANSTON, May Breakfast. Ring in the spring with a traditional New England May breakfast at Phillips Memorial Baptist Church. Feast on eggs, ham, johnnycakes, and baked beans, served on china, […]

Maine

Top 20 2013 Maine Summer Events

Call ahead to confirm dates, times, and admission prices. For hundreds of fairs, festivals, exhibits, shows, and other fun activities, go to: YankeeMagazine.com/events MAY 14-16: FRYEBURG, Northern New England Home, Garden, and Flower Show. The Fryeburg Fairgrounds fills with more than 250 exhibitors of indoor home and garden products. Find popular and rare perennials, annuals, […]

Massachusetts

Top 20 Massachusetts Events

Call ahead to confirm dates, times, and admission prices. For hundreds of fairs, festivals, exhibits, shows, and other fun activities, go to: YankeeMagazine.com/events JULY 31-AUG. 7: WOODS HOLE, Woods Hole Film Festival. With daily screenings, workshops, panel discussions, staged readings, parties, and an awards ceremony, this nonprofit, eight-day showcase of more than 100 independent films […]

Connecticut

Top 20 Connecticut Events

Call ahead to confirm dates, times, and admission prices. For hundreds of fairs, festivals, exhibits, shows, and other fun activities, go to: YankeeMagazine.com/events MAY 1: COS COB, May Gardeners’ Market. Twelve juried vendors from specialty nurseries come to Montgomery Pinetum to sell their collections of annuals, perennials, wildflowers, herbs, hanging baskets, plants, and orchids. Plants […]

Vermont

Vermont Local Secrets 2010

Best Literary Stopover NAULAKHA, Dummerston Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book not in steamy India but in the sober kingdom of southern Vermont. His former home has been restored and is available to groups. 707 Kipling Road. 802-254-6868; landmarktrustusa.org Best Stargazing STELLAFANE CONVENTION, Springfield Quirky doesn’t begin to describe this annual convention of “amateur telescope […]

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