Nov 19-25, 2014
Ryan Miller Gets Weird With a Web Series and a New Guster Record; Graphic Arts in Med School; Rookie Shooters Feel the Skeet; Jewelry on the Wild Side; Fiddlehead’s New Brews
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Guster’s Ryan Miller Gets Weird and Makes Friends
Ryan Miller sits at the bar of the Tilt Classic Arcade & Ale House, a vintage-video-game-themed pub tucked into the far end of a strip…
Obituary: Marvin James Braley
Marvin James Braley, age 64 years, a resident of the Parizo Road died suddenly Tuesday, November 18, 2014, in the Northwestern Medical Center. Born in…
Obituary: Barbara J. Delphia
Barbara J. Delphia, 89 passed away at Burlington Health & Rehab. on Saturday Nov. 22, 2014. Visitation is on Monday evening from 6 to 7…
Obituary: Rebecca Boardman, 1948-2014, Woodstock
Eleanor Rebecca Silliman Boardman, known to all as Rebecca, died suddenly and unexpectedly, but peacefully in the early afternoon of Saturday, November 15, as she…
Obituary: Robert C. Morin
Robert C. Morin, 68, passed away peacefully at U.V.M. Medical Center on Saturday, Nov. 15, 2014. He was born on July 8, 1946 in Burlington…
Obituary: Gary A. Moody
Gary A. Moody, 64, passed away unexpectedly at home on Monday, Nov. 10, 2014. He served his country honorably with the U.S. Marines in Vietnam…
Obituary: Walter Edward Carlisle. Jr.
Walter Edward Carlisle. Jr., age 59 years, died Friday morning, November 14, 2014, at The University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington. Born in Springfield,…
Shumlin 2.0: How Does the Gov Get His Groove Back?
There’s a new Peter Shumlin in town, and he’d really like to know what you’re thinking. Two weeks after the two-term Democratic governor narrowly escaped…
Two Newbie Shooters Hit the Skeet Beat
The heart of the Sportsman’s Club of Franklin County is a small, uninsulated shack that sits at the edge of a reedy, weedy expanse, across…
Soundbites: Matteo Palmer is Really, Really Good
Earlier this year, I reviewed the debut record from Vergennes-based fingerstyle guitarist Matteo Palmer, Out of Nothing. If you missed it, here’s a quick summation…
Should I Feel Bad About Not Missing My Boyfriend When He’s Gone?
Dear Athena, I am totally confused. My boyfriend of seven years and I have a really good relationship. He’s funny and I’m attracted to him…
Planting Seeds: PlanBTV South End Engages Artists
On Monday afternoon, three South End artists gather in E1 Studio on Pine Street to put finishing touches on the 200 wooden “seeds” they plan…
Free Will Astrology (11/19/14)
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Someone on reddit.com posed the question, “What have you always been curious to try?” In reply, many people said they wanted…
Ye Olde Papers for Sale — and Not for a Few Pounds
Update, 12:35 p.m. Friday, Nov. 21: A private collector from Marblehead, Mass., purchased the document bearing Jefferson’s signature after bidding $32,500 via telephone. Once upon…
News Quirks (11/19/14)
Curses, Foiled Again Alan Knight, 47, denied robbing his neighbor in Swansea, Wales, and avoided prosecution by pretending to be “quadriplegic and in a comatose…
Drawing From Life: Cartooning in the Medical Arts
Eleven University of Vermont medical students and faculty members sat in small groups, studying photographs of a chickadee at a bird feeder. Their assignment: to…
What’s the Story Behind Woodbury’s Medieval Stone Tower?
What is it about medieval dwellings that people find so compelling? Maybe because we live in an age of less-permanent architecture, there’s something reassuring about…
At the Shelburne Museum, a Jewelry Exhibit Reflects the Natural World
All that glitters is not gold in “Natural Beauties: Jewelry From Art Nouveau to Now.” The new exhibit at the Shelburne Museum’s Pizzagalli Center for…
An Architectural Philosophy: Buildings for People in Need
“The history of architecture is about monuments.” So began last week’s talk by Michael Wisniewski of Duncan Wisniewski Architecture in Burlington. Wisniewski gave the 15th…
Leaving ‘Rut-Vegas’: Influential Police Chief Has a New Gig
When Jim Baker first took over Rutland’s scandal-plagued police department in the winter of 2012, he had a running joke with the mayor. In department-head…
Closing Time: A Security Breach Leads to Gallery Shutdown
When members of Rising Tide Vermont occupied Montpelier’s Pavilion Building on Monday, October 27, they wanted Gov. Peter Shumlin to do two things: withdraw his…
LocalStore: Stowe Kitchen Bath & Linens
What’s in a name? Even Shakespeare couldn’t answer that question. But in the case of Stowe Kitchen Bath & Linens, you should expect to find…
An Interview With Comedian John Hodgman
John Hodgman is quite upset that the world has not ended. Had the end times arrived in December 2012, as the ancient Mayans (and Hodgman…
Gallery Profile: South Gallery
No sales associate waits patiently to answer questions. Exhibits don’t have catalogs. Hours are irregular. But those who enter 27 Sears Lane in Burlington’s South…
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The YMCA’s Silver Foxes [SIV377]
11/12/14: The Silver Foxes is a group of women and a few men ranging in age from their 50s-80s who work out at the Pomerleau…
Work: Jim Dattilio, Dattilio’s Discount Guns & Tackles
Name: Jim Dattilio Town: South Burlington Job: Bow Technician At 9:30 a.m. midweek at Dattilio’s Discount Guns & Tackle, owner Jim Dattilio has been troubleshooting…
Talking Shop With Fiddlehead Brewer Matt Cohen
When Matthew (“Matty O”) Cohen opened Fiddlehead Brewing Company in 2011 after more than a decade brewing at Magic Hat, he wanted to get one…
Mary McGinniss, Borderlands
(Self-released, CD, digital download) The term “terroir” is a current favorite in the vocabulary of food writers. It’s a French word that refers to characteristics…
Two New Breweries Come to Tunbridge
High on a hill above the Tunbridge World’s Fair grounds, Andrew Puchalik and Chris Perry are busy building Upper Pass Beer, one of two new…
Back to Bach: Soprano Hyunah Yu Sings for Capital City Concerts
When reviewers try to describe Hyunah Yu’s voice, “pure” is often the word that comes to mind. In 1999, when the Korean-born singer was a…
Letters to the Editor (11/19/14)
Land Grab It’s time to find a creative way to save this amazing piece of land from development and preserve it for future generations [“Who…
The Bondville Boys, Rivergrass
(Lonely Highway Records, CD, digital download) Various incarnations of the Bondville Boys have been rambling through the southern portion of the Green Mountains since 1990,…
Book Review: Like Water on Stone by Dana Walrath
When author Dana Walrath was a young girl, she asked her mother about her grandmother’s childhood in Armenia. The answer had a stark horror to…
Junior’s Rustico to Open in South Burlington
The 25-foot black-walnut bar and 16 taps are ready. The brick walls feel appropriately rustic, and the open kitchen gleams with all-new equipment. So why…
Taste Test: Grazers
The high ceiling is intact, but the wood details, fireplace and modern, 22-foot bar at the back of Grazers make it clear you’re not in…
