

Obituary: Joan Lamere, 1944-2022
Active community member worked in state government and human services
Richmond Vows to Return to ‘Full Fluoride’ Levels
Richmond officials ordered that the fluoride level in the town’s drinking water immediately be raised to recommended levels on Monday, two weeks after the public…
Obituary: Stuart E. Jacobs, 1931-2022
Bronze Star Medal-awarded veteran loved travel and wildlife
Obituary: Robert James Niemi, PhD 1955-2022
Saint Michael’s College professor enriched the lives of students and inmates through education
Obituary: Frank Spatafora, 1953-2022
Navy veteran was a talented drummer and history buff who loved spending time with family and friends
Guitar Virtuoso Richard Smith to Perform Live at CVU
British-born guitarist Richard Smith is swinging through Vermont on his current tour, playing the Champlain Valley Union High School Theater this Friday night. Smith began…
Obituary: Michael Joseph Mansfield-Marcoux, 1955-2022
Proud 35-year U.S. Navy veteran was also a longtime Champlain College employee and lifelong lover of music
John Daly Band, Miscellaneous Singles
(Self-released, CD) In the modern era, what constitutes an album release can be a little confusing. The death of the LP has been massively exaggerated…
‘Earth & Fire’ Shows the Alchemy of Natural Elements, Heat and Human Imagination
The current exhibition at Mad River Valley Arts in Waitsfield shows what can arise from the alchemy of natural elements, heat and human imagination. “Earth…
The Wormdogs, ‘Sunny Side Up’
(Self-released, digital) The first time I had the pleasure of seeing the Wormdogs play a show was outside at Moogs Joint in Johnson during mud…
From the Publisher: Welcome Diversion
Once a year for a month, a historic home in the coolest corner of Calais becomes a pop-up art gallery. Fleeting as the fall, the…
Dollar General Stakes a Claim — and Meets Resistance — in Royalton
It’s been almost six years since residents of Royalton fought off wealthy Utah businessman David Hall’s plan to build a utopian city in rural Windsor…
Free Will Astrology (9/28/22)
LIBRA (Sep. 23-Oct. 22): Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh was born under the sign of Libra. He said, “The root word ‘Buddha’ means to wake…
Seed to Sale: How Your Weed Makes Its Way to the Shelf
How your weed makes its way to shelf.
Marketing Firm CannaPlanners Helps Clients Move Beyond Tired Pot Tropes
In 2017, Scott Sparks needed help developing the brand identity of his Brattleboro-based CBD store, Vermont Hempicurean. Though his hemp-derived products were legal to sell…
Book Review: ‘Thistlefoot,’ GennaRose Nethercott
In her 2018 book-length poem The Lumberjack’s Dove, chosen by Louise Glück for the National Poetry Series, GennaRose Nethercott of Brattleboro offers “three rules of…
At ‘Exposed’ in Stowe, Sculptors Consider the Future
Last year, Stowe’s annual outdoor sculpture show, “Exposed,” talked at visitors: Text-based works expressed specific messages, often regarding ongoing social justice issues. At this year’s…
Cannabis Compliance Agents Ensure That Vermont Growers Know — and Follow — the Rules
Their title brings to mind someone in a suit, aviator sunglasses and a big black SUV. But Vermont’s new cannabis compliance agents lean more toward…
Inside Rutland’s Mountain Girl Cannabis, One of Vermont’s First Adult-Use Dispensaries
When Vermont’s adult-use cannabis market opens on Saturday, October 1, so will the state’s first nonmedical, recreational cannabis dispensaries. Mountain Girl Cannabis in Rutland will…
TURNmusic Premieres a Multimedia Piece About Women Who Lived and Died in Flight
As a total solar eclipse darkened the skies on August 21, 2017, composer Danielle O’Hallisey found herself in front of her computer. “The light got…
Letters to the Editor (9/27/22)
Respectful Reporting I’ve been reading Seven Days for a couple of decades now, and I have to say “Upward Mobility” [August 17] is one of…
‘The Woman King’ Is a Rousing Epic of African Woman Warriors — With Big Divergences From History
How often does a film with a Black woman director and stars win at the box office? A couple of weekends ago, The Woman King…
When Legal Cannabis Goes on Sale in Vermont, It Must Be in Recyclable, Nonplastic Containers
When people can finally buy weed legally in Vermont, beginning on October 1, their precious buds will arrive in glass, metal or cardboard containers —…
Now Playing in Theaters: September 28-October 4
In addition to Barbarians, here’s what is playing in Northern and Central Vermont movie theaters this week. Listings include new movies, vintage films and a directory of open theaters.
Is It Natural for Someone Who Is Quitting Drinking to Get Depressed?
Dear Reverend, I’m 70, my BFF is 50, and we have a good relationship. She’s trying to stop drinking, and the last couple of days,…
Cannapreneurs and Town Governments Are Still Hashing Out Local Regulation
When Jahala Dudley sought a permit in the spring to convert a barn on her flower farm in Plainfield into a cannabis nursery, she recalled,…
A Cannabis Nurse Trains Dispensary Staff and Consumers in Cutting-Edge Weed Science
In the back room of Higher Elevation, a soon-to-open adult-use dispensary in Morrisville, registered nurse Jessilyn Dolan asked her students to sniff lavender, cloves, cinnamon…
Cannabis Cornucopia: The Bounty of Vermont’s Legal Weed Industry Is Coming — Slowly — to a Store Near You
It’s finally here. Vermonters have waited years — hell, decades — for the state’s regulated, adult-use cannabis market, which is scheduled to “open” on Saturday,…
Soundbites: Boomslang’s Final Act; Ali McGuirk Drops Her New LP
A chilly wind blew across the deck of the restaurant, a vanguard of autumn’s arrival. Dustin Byerly sat upright in his chair across the table…
A Tiny Mobile Library Makes a Pit Stop at Burlington’s Intervale Center
On the way to Burlington’s Intervale Center — a 360-acre campus of farmland and trails — one can expect to pass bikers, farmers, hikers and…
Obituary: Melvin Ira Kaplan, 1929-2022
Cofounder and artistic director of the Vermont Mozart Festival had passions for music, reading, travel and jokes.
Obituary: John Patnode Ketcham, 1962-2022
Skilled cabinetmaker and jazz enthusiast lived an unhurried life of purpose
Vermont Food and Drink Producers Prepare for the Adult-Use Cannabis Market
Cannabis edibles get a bad rap. Homemade versions with unknown dosing and delayed effects have caused enough unfortunate experiences to keep many folks away from…
Three Questions for Indigenous Chef Nephi Craig Ahead of His UVM Lecture
Nephi Craig is White Mountain Apache on his mother’s side and Diné (Navajo) on his father’s. He grew up mostly in Whiteriver, Ariz., on the…
Après Only Opens in Stowe; alla vita to Close in Montpelier
Get out your ugly sweaters and vintage snowsuits. Stowe’s Field Guide Lodge has a new bar concept, and it’s a celebration of 1980s ski culture….
The Magnificent 7: Must See, Must Do, September 28-October 4
Fall is officially here, and there’s no shortage of ways for Vermonters to connect, learn and have a good time. We’ve compiled seven must-do events, including an appearance by best-selling young adult author Jason Reynolds as part of the Vermont Humanities’ Where We Land Fall Festival.
Off Center for the Dramatic Arts to Reopen in the New North End
In a press release billed as “big happy news,” Burlington’s shuttered Off Center for the Dramatic Arts announced this week that it will open a…
The Center for Cartoon Studies Launches Ed Koren Scholarship
Ed Koren is best known for his distinctive cartoons in the New Yorker — well more than 1,000 over six decades — featuring hirsute, long-nosed…






