Couch + cork

12/17/2025

We have NEVER been this engaged in a community dialogue. MAKE BENNINGTON’S FERRIS WHEEL HAPPEN! 🎡

The idea of a Ferris wheel to attract more visitors and area residents to downtown Bennington would be a difficult undertaking – especially when it comes to funding – but

12/16/2025

We are THRILLED to announce that we've teamed up with Florida-based nonprofit, Love2Read for a virtual fundraiser in February that is open to all.

Enjoy learning about wine with Kaiya and Nancy while supporting science-based literacy instruction!

Here are the details
🗓️ Date: Friday, February 6, 2026
🕗 Time: 8:00 PM Eastern | 5:00 PM Pacific
📍 Location: Zoom (virtual event)

Choose from 1-bottle, 2-bottles, or N/A - you even get to specify your preference. Once registered you'll receive all the information you need to receive your wine and participate.

Love 2 Read's mission is to provide scientific, strategic, multi-sensory, structured literacy instruction based on the science of reading within a positive partnership learning experience to all learners as well as to those whose lives are impacted by reading difficulties or learning differences, including dyslexia.

Fun fact: Kaiya and Nancy are both readers, Kaiya even worked at a bookshop for years (and still makes guest appearances!).

Learn More + Register Now >> https://www.love2read.org/love2read-fundraising

10/31/2025

From setup through breakdown last night's Shires Young Professionals event was a spooOOOOooOOOoOOOooOOOky sensation!

We get it, everyone wants to have a 'gram-worthy charcuterie board, but we leaned into the season and made charSPOOKerie boards instead!

Thanks to SYP for using part of a special grant to create a fun event that was FREE to the community! Thanks to The Left Bank for hosting it! Thanks to the SYP events committee for making it SUCH a breeze to collaborate, plan and execute! Thanks to everyone who came early to help with setup, came to enjoy the event and those who stayed to clean up after.

And a very special thank you to Courtnay W. for indulging 782 texts prior to the events of photo of charspookerie/skeli platter inspo.

If you're in your 20s-40s and live in Bennington Co. Shires Young Professionals is a great opportunity to meet, engage and do a lot of fun things within our community: hikes, so many volunteering opportunities, access to conferences and professional development and so much more. couch + cork is a proud sponsor of this great group!

**If you attended last night's event and have pics or vids of your board, please share in the comments or send them to us!**

10/22/2025

Shout out to our friend, Heather, for sharing this otterly adorable meme with us.

At couch + cork, we welcome Brad and Steve but what we really want your experience to be is something in between. We want you to understand what the heck someone means when they say "oaky" but we also want you to remember it tomorrow.

Cheers to all the Brads, Steves and everyone else!

09/24/2025

If you're local and in your 20s-40s, check out the Shires Young Professionals! Last night they hosted members for a mixer at the incredible Four Chimneys Inn that included networking, raffles and so much more.

09/18/2025

Curious about couch + cork? Nancy's been on a few podcasts recently you should definitely check out!

Strategic Counsel >> https://open.spotify.com/episode/0dgIrqhfzKjn2S335OZovH?si=35c9d6d30df2486b

Work Positive >> https://open.spotify.com/episode/244ngy1ysPLziXinjzmqt0?si=V8YtkcwzRtyJiiR6ZEsDmA

Work Positive · Episode

09/11/2025

Proud of our friends at Francis of Assisi Society for Animals for educating the public on our kitty cat overpopulation and also taking in, caring for and finding homes for our feline friends. If you're local and looking for a cat companion, give them a follow - they have plenty of adoptable cats!

The Town of Bennington said there is an overpopulation of cats in the town and that new cats are being born at an alarming rate. The town said some are family pets but others are strays.Francis of Assisi Rescue in Bennington is run by volunteers and said they are at a capacity with about 40 […]

09/11/2025

Are you registered for Zoomtopia? Zoom's flagship annual event is PACKED with conversations about everything you can think of, including how small businesses have leveraged the platform to grow, new features, tips, tricks and so much more. Register and be sure to check out the 25-minute convo Nancy was a part of!

Register here >> https://zoomtopia.com/

09/11/2025

Very cool dining experience here in town!

By Ahmad Yassir, Vermont Country Magazine. Step through the doors of TAAN in downtown Bennington, and the Green Mountains fade into the background as the sce

09/02/2025

Check out the latest episode of , a great podcast for anyone in business. Nancy's on talking about how yes, you can use virtual events as one of the many ways to build culture in your business!

Strategic Counsel by ForthRight Business · Episode

08/22/2025

Be sure to pop over to the demo tent, sponsored by Couch + cork! Nancy is teaching how to make a gorgeous graze board, there will be garlic trivia with everyone’s fav host, James Thatch and the belle of the ball, Chef Carolina Thatch will close out the thirtieth festival with her famous garlic ice cream!

We have four tix up for grabs - shoot us a DM with how many you need: first come, first served!

☀️ 🧄 Celebrating +30 years of GARLIC! 🧄 ☀️

Garlic Town, USA returns to Bennington, VT every Labor Day Weekend. Featuring 130+ vendors, live music, +50 tastings, family fun & zero-waste efforts.

~3 hr from NYC & Boston, 45 min from Albany NY.

08/18/2025

Don't forget to sign up for couch + cork casuals FIRST EVENT! This Wednesday night is all about Spain's fortified wine, Sherry, and if you'd like to taste, you'll want to pick up a fino, amontillado and olorosso. Bonus points for cream. Need help finding them? Our DMs are open or comment below!