Apr 22-28, 2015
Meet Vermont’s “King of Cheese” Peter Dixon; Policing Student ‘Hoods; “Fun House” Scores in New York City; Farm Share: Jericho Settlers Farm
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Meet Vermont’s ‘King of Cheese,’ Peter Dixon
Peter Dixon leans over the textbook he wrote, Farmstead Cheesemaking Collection, and peers at his calculations. “How thick are the mycelium?” he asks his student,…
Obituary: Kim R. Montgomery, 1948-2015, Cornwall
Kim R. Montgomery, aged 66, died in Middlebury on Thursday, April 23, 2015 after having suffered from Alzheimer’s Disease over several years. That morning his…
Obituary: William Howard Nedde, Jr., 1934-2015, Colchester
William H. Nedde Jr., 80, passed away on Monday, April 13, 2015. Bill was born in Pittsburgh, Pa. on December 10, 1934. He attended Springfield…
Theater Review: Eurydice, Lost Nation Theater
The myth of Orpheus and Eurydice is elemental: love, death, a desperate wish granted, then a simple human mistake that leads to permanent loss. In…
True Story
Everyone wants their side of the story told — even, or especially, people accused of hideous crimes. So it is that the phenomenon of journalists…
Theater Review: O, Caligula!, Saints & Poets Production Company
Watching Kevin Christopher’s musical O, Caligula!, you don’t have to be scandalized at the depraved doings of the Roman emperor and his subjects. You just…
Michael Hurley Talks About His Time in Vermont
Most articles you’ll read on folk singer Michael Hurley typically begin by pointing out that you probably have no idea who Michael Hurley is. It’s…
Vermont’s White River Indie Festival Is Talkin’ Revolution
Remember when “bonus features” on DVDs were super cool? The discs’ digital technology allowed the inclusion of scenes and supplements that enriched the story of…
Watching Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home on the Great White Way
Welcome to our house on Maple Avenue, see how we polish and we shine. That’s just one of the half dozen or so lyrics still…
Free Will Astrology (4/22/15)
ARIES (March 21-April 19): If you’re stumped about what present to give someone for a special occasion, you might buy him or her a gift…
On the Menu for August First’s Expansion
In September, we reported that August First Bakery & Café was taking over 61 Main Street in Burlington. The space that most recently held Pistou…
Judgment Day Looms for Vermont Health Connect
When the state of Connecticut was building its health insurance exchange, former Vermonter James Wadleigh was under the gun. As chief information officer for Access…
Northern Stage’s New Theater Takes Shape
Not quite two years ago, White River Junction’s Northern Stage was on the cusp of the biggest challenge in its history: building a new state-of-the-art…
News Quirks (4/22/15)
Firebuggery Verlin Sexton, 48, told authorities investigating a fire that destroyed his garage and damaged his house in Fremont, Ohio, that it started while he…
WTF: What’s Up With That ‘UFO’ Painting in the Statehouse?
The Vermont Statehouse is filled with portraits of its 80 pre-Shumlin governors, along with other paintings and sculptures. But one that hangs in Room 11…
Opinion: Hillary’s Marriage Is Queer
At the 1995 Fourth World Conference on Women, in Beijing, a bouquet of roses lay beside First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton on the podium. She…
Long Shot: A Mother of Two Keeps the Gun Debate Alive
When Ann Braden was 18 months old, her father died in a plane crash. She was on the aircraft, strapped into a car seat, but…
Soundbites: Neil Young to Play VT
White Out. Young In. Last week, Jack White announced that he would be taking a long hiatus from performing live following his headlining run at…
A Violent Sex Offender Is Released Into the Public Spotlight
One week after completing a 23-year prison sentence for a violent sexual assault, Richard Laws walked through downtown Burlington on a sun-drenched afternoon — a…
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Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home on Broadway [SIV396]
4/17/15: Vermont cartoonist Alison Bechdel published her graphic novel Fun Home in 2006. The best-selling book told the tale of the author’s tumultuous childhood in…
In the ‘Hood With Burlington’s Party Patrol
A University of Vermont student relieved himself on the side of a house on North Union Street last Thursday night as two friends stood by….
Art Review: “Back to Nature,” Vermont Metro Gallery
In Vermont Metro Gallery’s new exhibit, curator Kerri Macon has once again grouped a handful of talented local artists with varied styles and mediums around…
Death, N.E.W.
(Tryangle Records / Drag City Records, cassette, CD, digital download, vinyl) There’s a revealing song couplet toward the end of Death’s new record, N.E.W., the…
I Don’t Think My Wife is Pretty Anymore
Dear Athena, I have been married for more than 20 years, and I’m not attracted to my wife anymore. Quite frankly, I don’t think she…
Gang of Thieves, Mantra
(Self-released, CD, digital download) Funk-rock groovers Gang of Thieves can’t — and won’t — slow down. Save for the time it took to record and…
Sick ‘Em: Paid Leave Gets a Long-Delayed Vote
Ten years after Rep. Helen Head (D-South Burlington) first introduced legislation guaranteeing paid sick leave to workers, the Vermont House is finally poised to vote…
Letters to the Editor (4/22/15)
Second Opinion “Record Time? Checking Vitals on Vermont’s Other Health Exchange,” [April 1] creates an incomplete picture of the important work done by Vermont Information…
In the South End’s Howard Space, Loyal Tenants Persevere
On February 1, Liz Segal got a call from a maintenance worker who informed her that an “incident” had occurred at her business, the Lamp…
Middlebury’s Latest Trash Haulers Are Equine
It’s not every day that people get up early to catch a glimpse of a garbage truck, or that kids on a playground leap off…
While We’re Young
While We’re Young isn’t Noah Baumbach’s greatest film. It’s more like a collection of his greatest hits. It revisits the nostalgia for the freedom and…
Obituary: Ann M. Bessette, 1937-2015, South Burlington, Vt.
Ann M. Bessette, 77, of South Burlington passed away on Sunday April 19, 2015 at Vermont Respite House surrounded by her loving family. She was…
Farm Share: Transplanting Season at Jericho Settlers Farm
It’s barely 8 a.m. on a Friday and Christa Alexander is already behind. “We’re going to be here until 11 packing,” she says, balancing trays…
Pho Thai Coming to Montpelier; MLC Bakeshop Closes
Montpelier is getting a new Asian restaurant. Called Pho Thai Express and located in the former Montpelier Village Pizza space at 54 Main Street, the…
