Apr 10-16, 2019
How the Opioid Epidemic Drives Sexual Exploitation in Vermont; Walking the Talk on the 350VT March; Verd Mont Collectors Are All Buttoned Up
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Trafficked: How the Opioid Epidemic Drives Sexual Exploitation in Vermont
“I thought sex trafficking was something that happened to people in other countries or to women who were brought to this country to work in massage parlors,” writes Kate O’Neill. “I had no idea it was something that could happen to my sister.” O’Neill explores the intersection of opioid addiction and sexual exploitation in Vermont…
The Cannabis Catch-Up: Money on My Mind
Ever wonder what it’s like to be a cannabis company’s money guy? National Public Radio dived right in and palled around with Tom DiGiovanni, the…
The USS Vermont Submarine Gets the Teddy Bear Treatment
A committee organizing a ceremony for the new USS Vermont submarine has collaborated on a special-edition stuffed animal with the Vermont Teddy Bear Company. The…
‘Ada and the Engine’ Features a 19th-Century Woman and Her Algorithm
The name “Ada Lovelace” sounds like a curtsy and a combat boot to your petticoat all at once. And that sort of sums her up:…
Album Review: Troy Millette, ‘Living With a Ghost’
(Self-released, CD, digital download) In a 2015 review of Jason Isbell’s album Something More Than Free, Pitchfork’s Stephen Deusner described the singer-songwriter as having “an…
Act 250 Revamp Mired in Montpelier Quagmire
During a break from an afternoon of highly technical testimony last week about how to modernize Act 250, Vermont’s landmark land-use law, Rep. Chris Bates…
What Created the Weird Dirt Formations in a Shelburne Meadow?
Right now, Vermonters are ankle-deep in mud season, that ugly time of year when melting snow unearths winter’s long-concealed objects: toddlers’ bikes, errant Frisbees, windblown…
Lyric Theatre Hires Erin Evarts as Executive Director
Erin Evarts has been enamored of theater, both onstage and off, since she was a kid. Now the Hinesburg native has landed the role she…
Album Review: Michael Chinworth, ‘Three Vapors’
(Self-released, digital download) Obsession usually bookends love. It’s there when one person first decides they have to have more of someone. And it’s there when…
Fastened Together: Verd Mont Button Club Celebrates 40 Years
The first rule of Button Club is: You do not talk about Button Club. The second rule of Button Club is: Actually, scratch that. Unlike…
Chard deNiord Talks Influences, Rituals and Being Poet Laureate
Vermont’s eighth poet laureate, Chard deNiord, is technically a lame duck. His four-year tenure ends this coming November, and the Vermont Arts Council has begun…
New Owners at Ripton Store Find Their Rural Groove
Back in Virginia, Eva Hoffmann was a technology integration specialist who worked with state-of-the-art computers in public schools. Now she spends her days operating a…
Emails Detail Conflict in Choosing Burlington School Principals
Two kinds of questions were being asked in the Integrated Arts Academy gymnasium on April 1: prearranged ones, posed via moderator to finalists for three…
Movie Review: ‘Mary Magdalene’ Offers an Inspired Revisionist Take on an Age-Old Story
It’s going to be a sad day for me when Rooney Mara makes a superhero movie. She’s been doing her Audrey Hepburn-esque thing for more…
Letters to the Editor (4/10/19)
Dairy Do I just wanted to thank Seven Days and writer Chelsea Edgar for the story about life on a dairy farm [“Milking It,” March…
VPR’s Jane Lindholm and Melody Bodette Tap Into Kids’ Curiosity With ‘But Why?’
“Did you know that elephants have 42,000 muscles in their trunks?” Jane Lindholm asked me recently. I had to confess I did not. Humans, the…
Eat This Week, April 10 to 16, 2019: Mud Pie
Beer and pizza, pizza and beer. West Glover’s Parker Pie celebrates mud, glorious mud as only a brew-focused pizzeria can — with uncommon drafts from…
Art Review: ‘Harold Weston: Freedom in the Wilds,’ Shelburne Museum
Cobalt blue: That’s the color Shelburne Museum has painted its gallery for the current exhibit, “Harold Weston: Freedom in the Wilds.” On the lower level…
Quick Hits on Overlooked Vermont Albums From 2018
Seven Days receives more book submissions than our staff writers can read and fully review. So, every month or so, we publish Page 32, a…
Soundbites: ’90s Nostalgia in Full Effect
Time After Time Greetings, kiddos! Since nostalgia is pretty much permanently on our brains these days, I want to draw your attention to a couple…
Elephant’s Lament: VTGOP Ranks Are Deeply Divided
Over the past 15 years, Sen. Randy Brock (R-Franklin) has been a Republican Party stalwart. He’s had his wins and losses, but he has always…
Free Will Astrology (4/10/19)
ARIES (March 21-April 19): The Qing Dynasty controlled China from the mid-17th century to the early 20th century. It was the fifth biggest empire in…
Movie Review: The New ‘Pet Sematary’ Doesn’t Manage to Bury Its Campy Predecessor
Who cares if cats are camera-shy? This is the year they came into their own at the multiplex, thanks at least in part to the…
I’m Not Sure I Can Handle My Partner Calling Me ‘Mommy’
Dear Reverend, I met a guy at the grocery store last month. The line at the register was long, and we just hit it off…
The Trudge Report: Seven Days Joins a Walk to Save the Planet
If Samuel Beckett were alive today and writing bleak plays about climate activism, the plot would probably sound very much like Monday’s 19-mile trek from…
Kingdom Taproom to Open Restaurant ‘Table’
St. Johnsbury’s Kingdom Taproom will mark five years in business later this month. To celebrate, its 16 owner-partners have opened a new restaurant: Located directly…
Meat-forward Meals at Mark BBQ in Essex Junction
There are several reasons to go to Mark BBQ, a Texas-style barbecue restaurant in Essex Junction. The most obvious is meat. The ribs are thick…
