The Civic Standard

The Civic Standard is a mobile cultural center that takes many forms: live performances at the local opera house, dance nights at the American Legion hall, community-built carnival midways, free supper on Main Street, open-call theater creation, and more. The Civic creates participatory cultural experiences that strengthen community life in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom.

SNOWBOUND is a mythic feature film emerging from the winters, stories, and lived experiences of the Northeast Kingdom. Created by theater Director Rose Friedman and award-winning filmmaker Catherine Eaton, SNOWBOUND blends raw emotional realities of rural northern life with mythic forces such as the Snow Queen and the Cailleach, creating a rare cinematic invites local residents to shape and inhabit a cinematic self-portrait of the living glory of a rural Vermont Community.