Dec 2-8, 2020
WhistlePig Founder Raj Bhakta Buys Green Mountain College — and Takes Poultney’s Fate in His Hands; Burlington High School Students Feel the Impact of Remote Learning; Stowe’s Helen Day Art Center to Rebrand in 2021
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WhistlePig Founder Raj Bhakta’s Purchase of Green Mountain College Places Poultney’s Fate in His Hands
There’s no mistaking who owns Raj Bhakta’s farm. The roof of the tallest barn on his Shoreham property broadcasts his surname in enormous red letters….
Handy’s Lunch Quietly Celebrates Its 75th Anniversary
In any other year, a 75th anniversary might have involved a big celebration, but in 2020, Earl Handy has other things on his mind. He’s fighting not just for a business but for a family legacy, a community hub and a longstanding tradition.
The Magnificent 7: Must See, Must Do, December 3 to 9
1. Face Value Who does facial recognition technology help and who does it hurt? By focusing on the work of MIT Media Lab researcher Joy…
From the Publisher: Pressed for Time
Before the “China virus,” as the current president calls it, we had the “Spanish flu” — named for the only place in the world where…
From Bananas to Boobs, Beenanza Design Creates Eye-Catching Patterns
Bethany Andrews-Nichols has dedicated her life to patterns. Through her Burlington-based business Beenanza Design, she specializes in colorful, graphic motifs and even offers monthly downloads…
Burlington High School Students Feel the Impact of Remote Learning
Burlington High School senior Parker Ballard misses high-fiving his friends in the hallway and doing hands-on chemistry experiments. First-year student Myriam Huener longs for the…
Free Will Astrology (12/2/20)
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “Pictures of perfection, as you know, make me sick and wicked,” observed Sagittarian author Jane Austen. She wrote this confession in…
Commercial Drones Are Coming. Noise Experts Say Vermont Should Get Ready
Sometime in the not-too-distant future — think years, not decades — the skies above Vermont will likely hum with swarms of commercial drones completing their…
In ‘At Home in the Northern Forest,’ Photographer John Huddleston Documents His Ever-Changing Woods
Almost every day for the better part of a decade, photographer John Huddleston took his camera into the woods around his home in Weybridge and…
‘Hillbilly Elegy’ Says More About Hollywood Than It Does About Hillbillies
Our streaming entertainment options are overwhelming — and not always easy to sort through. This week, I watched Ron Howard’s star-studded adaptation of J.D. Vance’s…
Book Review: ‘No More Time,’ Greg Delanty
The latest collection of poems from Saint Michael’s College professor Greg Delanty, No More Time, is many things: a bestiary, an abecedarius, a glittering display…
Maxine Linehan’s New Holiday Album Is Intentionally Unconventional
Maxine Linehan knows the holidays can be hard. On her new holiday album, This Time of Year, the Irish-born, Vermont-based performer seeks to acknowledge the…
Letters to the Editor (12/2/20)
Why Shy Vermont conservatives and especially Donald Trump supporters are indeed media shy [From the Publisher: “Talking Cure,” November 11]. At Trump rallies, attendees tell…
Dave Keller, ‘You Get What You Give’
(Self-released, CD, digital) Vermont bluesman Dave Keller has made a career of playing a historically and culturally Black genre. Keller, who is white, acknowledges this…
In Enforcing Pandemic Precautions, Vermont Treads Lightly in Houses of Worship
On Sunday, November 15, two days after Gov. Phil Scott banned social gatherings involving people from different households, Todd Callahan, the pastor of Ignite Church…
Elder Orange, ‘Bricks in the Bathwater’
(Self-released, digital) 2020 has been a cruel year for the music business, but if anyone was prepared to weather this apocalypse, it was the home-studio…
What Should I Do With My Deceased Parents’ Photo Albums?
Dear Reverend, Spending so much time at home during lockdown has caused me to go on a decluttering kick. I came across a big box…
Helen Day Art Center to Rebrand in 2021
The Helen Day Art Center in Stowe will turn 40 next year. Just in time for middle age, the center will acquire a new name…
A Local Tech Company Connects Vermonters With Free Meals
Plenty of people and businesses helped feed those less fortunate during Thanksgiving last week. But the need remains. Now there’s an app for that. The…
Small Pleasures: Finding Joy in Delicious Locally Made Bites and Sips
Winter in Vermont can be full of joy: catching snowflakes, bluebird days, the twinkling candles and lights of beloved traditions. It also brings challenges: truncated…
Café Mamajuana and Poppy Café & Market Bring New Energy to the Old North End
Any business opening is a cause for celebration this year. But when the doors at 88 Oak Street in Burlington opened for not just one…
Butterworks Farm Cofounder Jack Lazor Dies at 69
Jack Lazor, a pioneer of organic agriculture and cofounder of Butterworks Farm in Westfield with his wife, Anne, died at home around midnight on Saturday,…
