• Little City Baking Co. opened Aug. 2 in the Wilder Block on Main Street in Brattleboro.
Described on its website (littlecitybaking.com) as “the culmination of years of planning and preparation,” its founder, Danielle “Dani” Bochneak, a former attorney from Chicago, has relocated into a career change.
Initial hours for the bakery will be Wednesdays, 7 a.m. – 7 p.m.; Thursdays, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Fridays, 7 a.m. to 1 a.m.; Saturdays, 8 a.m. to 1 a.m.; and Sundays, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The bakery's telephone number is 312-339-5974.
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• Barnaby's announced on July 20 that the doors to the bar and music hall at 95 Main St. in Brattleboro has closed permanently.
“As much as we would love to stay open and continue doing what we love, we just can't come up with the funding needed to keep the doors open. Maybe someday down the road we can reopen and continue this amazing adventure,” its proprietors wrote on its Facebook page.
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• The First United Methodist Church will hold its Blueberry Festival on Saturday, Aug. 10, from 7 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The festival on the grounds of the church, at 18 Town Crier Dr., features “blueberry breakfast, handcrafted items, blueberry baked goods, musicians, BBQ lunch, kids' games and crafts, and a whole lot of fun,” organizers write.
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• Vermont's oldest organic herb and flower farm is teaming up with Putney's newest restaurant to present the 2nd annual Garlic Harvest Dinner.
Every August, High Meadows Farm (highmeadowsfarm.com), at 742 Westminster West Rd. in Westminster West, hangs all its garlic to dry in the rafters of its 160-year-old barn. For the evening, the barn will become a whimsical dining room, and the fresh raspberries, herbs, greens, and potatoes growing around the barn will become a four-course dinner.
The Gleanery (thegleanery.com; 802-387-3052), a restaurant at 133 Main St. in Putney which emphasizes locally sourced ingredients, is responsible for the menu.
The dinner will take place Sunday, Aug. 18 starting at 6:30 p.m.
Tickets are $45, for sale at the Gleanery and at the Brattleboro Farmers' Market.