Apr 18-24, 2018
Vermont Tomato Farmer Leads Fight for Organic Standards; Who’s Overseeing the State Police?; Podcast Highlights Female Composers Past and Present
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Vermont Tomato Farmer Leads Defense of Organic Principles
The weather forecast in East Thetford on a recent Friday called for snow flurries, but stepping into a greenhouse on Dave Chapman’s Long Wind Farm…
Organic Eats
Before moving to Vermont in 2010, Belgian-born Véronique Beittel had never bought a beet in her life. But the bounty of fresh produce she found…
Seriously: So Much to Eat This Week
In this episode, Bryan talks to a hot dog about the tastiest week in Vermont.
Obituary: Kate Nicholson, 1982-2018
Kate Ellen Nicholson, my beautiful daughter, passed away unexpectedly April 9, 2018 at Texas Falls in Hancock, Vermont. She was only 35 years old, born…
Obituary: Frederick Grant Hill, 1935-2018, South Burlington
Frederick Grant Hill was born December 6, 1935, in Tulsa, Okla., grew up in nearby Bartlesville and died peacefully on April 17, 2018, at the…
Game Changer: Richmond Elementary’s PE Program Focuses on Accessibility, Lifelong Fitness and Fun
If elementary school physical education conjures memories of being pegged by a dodgeball, huffing and puffing through timed miles, or climbing a rope dangling from…
Burlington Mural Tour: Art Appreciation — for Free! — in the Queen City
Burlington is a town full of art, artists and an abundance of murals. If you’re like our family, you’re always looking for fun, low-cost weekend…
The Cannabis Catch-Up: Hey, It’s 4/20!
Welcome to the first 4/20 in Cannabeat history! This year’s high holiday for stoners is the last one in Vermont for which weed will be…
Obituary: John Wayne Tomczyk, 1986-2018
Milton – John Wayne Tomczyk, 31, died unexpectedly on Monday, April 16, 2018, at his home in Milton. “Johnny” was born on November 29, 1986,…
Seriously: For the Trees
In this episode, Bryan takes a look at some of the tree stories making headlines and asks a emerald ash borer for advice.
New Champlain College Dorm to Ease the Student Housing Crunch
The granite countertops, sparkling appliances and panoramic lake views look like they belong in a posh condo development. Instead these amenities enhance a new six-story,…
Eat This Week, April 18 to 24, 2018: Vermont Restaurant Week
If the past week’s weather has you wanting to duck under the covers, we get it. Maybe a three-course meal would help? The ninth annual…
Anna & Elizabeth Mine New England’s Musical Traditions on ‘The Invisible Comes to Us’
On their latest album, The Invisible Comes to Us, Anna & Elizabeth went in a new direction — north, specifically. For the past five or…
Principled Stand? Why Vermont’s Former Ed Chief Split With Scott
When Rebecca Holcombe left Vermont’s Agency of Education this month after four years as its leader, she gave just one week’s notice — and zero…
Vermont Breweries Aim to Reduce Carbon Footprint
On Tuesday, April 17, members of Vermont’s Green Brewery Cohort gathered at Magic Hat Brewing’s South Burlington Artifactory to discuss recent efforts to green up…
Theater Review: ‘Noises Off’ at Northern Stage
Nine doors, nine actors and nonstop silliness are the ingredients in Northern Stage’s production of Michael Frayn’s farce-within-a-farce, Noises Off. It’s a loving parody of…
Album Review: J Bengoy, ‘Dogwood Winter’
(Self-released, digital download) The boys of “bummer rock” quintet J Bengoy seem thick as thieves. As they state in the liner notes to their full-length…
Art Review: ‘Vox Populi’ Asks How ‘the People’ Are Faring
In journalism, the “vox pop” interview — short for vox populi, or voice of the people — places the reporter on the street, asking passersby…
Album Review: Adrian Aardvark, ‘Dying Optimistically’
(Epifo Music, CD, digital download, vinyl) When last we left Christopher Stott-Rigsbee, he was captaining the intergalactic curiosity that is Plattsburgh’s Our Holy Orgasmic Cosmic…
Get on the CannaBus: A Smokin’ Festival In Burlington
Here’s the major challenge of creating a successful pot-themed film festival, especially one that’s scheduled on the stoner high holiday of 4/20: Compile an impressive-enough…
Into the Arena: Gov. Phil Scott Confronts the Gun Issue Head-On
It was one of the most dramatic scenes in recent Vermont history: Gov. Phil Scott striding toward the Statehouse steps on the afternoon of April…
A Ferret Is Lost, and Found, in a Hannaford Parking Lot
Tyler LaBelle thought the tail poking out from under a car in the parking lot at the Shelburne Road Hannaford belonged to a squirrel. But…
Shelburne Vineyard Celebrates LEED Certification
In other environmentally friendly booze news, Shelburne Vineyard will celebrate its Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification with snacks and pours at the…
Sampling Bistro de Margot’s New App + Wine Special
The white tablecloths are gone from the bar area at Burlington’s Bistro de Margot, but the service remains first-rate and full range. I was on…
Scarlett Letters: How Do I Ask My New Girlfriend to Get Tested?
Dear Scarlett, About a year before my girlfriend met me, she had unprotected sex with her boyfriend, although she was still on the pill. This…
Letters to the Editor (4/18/18)
Dairy Clarification Thank you for covering the current situation facing Vermont dairy farmers [“Selling the Herd,” April 11]. My parents, brothers, and several aunts, uncles…
Movie Review: Dwayne Johnson Takes Viewers on a ‘Rampage’ Through an Idiotic Giant-Monster Flick
Recently I spent nearly two hours watching Dwayne Johnson pretend to look with concern in the direction of giant creatures that would be created on…
Free Will Astrology (4/18/18)
ARIES (March 21-April 19): In the early history of the automobile, electric engines were more popular and common than gasoline-powered engines. They were less noisy,…
Soundbites: Vermont Comedy Club to Host New Improv Festival
Big Fish, Big Pond When an artist achieves success in a small city like Burlington, they’re sometimes saddled with the “big fish in a small…
Hackie: The Grapes Are Dead
“I’m a seventh-generation Ver-monter,” Cindy shared with me — matter-of-factly with just a sliver of pride — as we got underway to her home in…
Movie Review: Wes Anderson Brings Us to a Marvelously Designed ‘Isle of Dogs’
The new stop-motion animation from writer-director Wes Anderson is set in a futuristic Japan where people still use ’70s-style Dymo Label Makers. It contains a…
What Would Mozart Do? Sylvia Berry Performs on Replica Fortepiano
In 1777, when Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was 21 years old, he wrote an enthusiastic letter to his father describing a newly popular type of piano….
Oversight Unseen: Who’s Watching the Vermont Police?
The Vermont State Police held a press conference in February after one of its troopers killed an armed suicidal man on the side of Interstate…
Page 32: Five Short Takes on New Vermont Books
Seven Days writers can’t possibly read, much less review, all the books that arrive in a steady stream by post, email and, in one memorable…
Listening to Ladies Podcast Highlights Female Composers
For its May 5 Masterworks concert, the Vermont Symphony Orchestra will play Ellen Taaffe Zwilich’s horn concerto from 1993. It shouldn’t be a momentous occasion,…
In Middlebury, ‘The Christians’ Explores the Power of Belief
An old axiom holds that religion and politics should be avoided in polite conversation. But, with its latest project, Middlebury Actors Workshop charges headfirst into…
Vermont Companies Win Specialty Food Awards
On April 11, the national Specialty Food Association announced the winners of its annual sofi Awards. Among the honorees were a handful of Vermont companies,…
It’s All About the Sides at Montpelier’s Banchan Korean Restaurant
In restaurant kitchens, the French phrase mise en place (“setting in place”) describes prepared ingredients set out to facilitate efficient dish assembly during service. When…
Si Aku Ramen Brings Café and Market to Barre
Things are about to get noodle-y in Barre. Marlyn and Peter Brown — partners in life and business — plan to open an 18-seat ramen…
