The Capital City is shining light into the darkest days of winter. For the first time, the downtown revitalization nonprofit Montpelier Alive has illuminated seven of the city's historic bridges with thousands of bulbs. Every night through mid-February, and on special occasions, they will stand bright above the Winooski River and its North Branch. After the heartbreaking floods Montpelier experienced in 2023, the lights are a sparkling sign of community spirit and strength. At a kickoff ceremony in mid-November, hundreds of people carrying glowing lanterns met on the Langdon Street bridge for cookies and celebratory speeches. When the bridges were lit, the lantern parade followed the Brass Balagan street band toward the Main Street bridge. The procession ended near the Taylor Street bridge for a fiery performance by Cirque de Fuego. Senior multimedia producer Eva Sollberger recorded the festivities for the latest episode of "Stuck in Vermont." She spoke with Seven Days about the filming process. Why did you feature this event? I love Montpelier and have been amazed by how resilient the community has been after the devastating floods. It is such a unique and funky capital, and I enjoy bringing out-of-town friends for a visit. These dark winter nights can be a bit depressing, so I jumped at an opportunity to be surrounded by people and lights. What was the scene like? My friend Kelly Thomas came along on the trip, and we arrived early, before the crowds had gathered. It was cool to see the empty bridge slowly fill with hundreds of people carrying creative lights. The lanterns were in a variety of interesting shapes: a bridge, the state of Vermont with a heart, a giant butterfly. It was definitely heartwarming to be surrounded by lights as darkness fell. Tell us about the drone footage in the video. I always wish that I had a drone to get a bird's-eye view of large events like this. Luckily, Paul Richardson of Storyworkz was willing to share his wonderful drone footage from the evening, which included a really cool shot of the Taylor Street bridge as day turned to night. His footage of the city and bridges all lit up with the moon hovering above was also wonderful. Covering parades can be difficult, especially when there are a lot of people. Montpelier Alive estimates that 1,000 people were in the parade! What moments of the evening stood…