Apr 24-28, 2019
Recipes for Success From Seven Long-Lived Vermont Restaurants; Burlington Police Chief Brandon Del Pozo Bucks Homicide Finding; An Encounter With Burlington’s Cuddle Collective
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Recipes for Success From Seven Long-Lived Vermont Restaurants
In his 1980 novel Still Life With Woodpecker, Tom Robbins pondered the question “What makes love stay?” The answer: Lasting love is actually a crapshoot, but working hard at loving seems to improve the chances of success. The same question could be asked about restaurants: What makes them last? We’ve all seen great ones fizzle…
The Cannabis Catch-Up: The Governor’s Three Wishes
The stage is set for final negotiations. Gov. Phil Scott made it clear this week that he’s open to having a taxed and regulated cannabis…
Seriously: Dear Champ
In this episode, Bryan discusses clean water funding with his longtime friend and pen pal, Champ the Lake Monster.
Hot for Heifer: Montpelier Cops Find a Cow in a Car
This was no ordinary moo-ving violation. Cops responding to a parking complaint on Barre Street in Montpelier last Friday found two animals left unattended in…
Eat This Week, April 24 to 30, 2019: Sweet Spring
April showers bring … Easter, Passover and Vermont Restaurant Week, of course! This year’s 10-day feasting event kicks off on Thursday, April 25, with the…
Art Review: Teresa Celemin’s ‘Works on Paper,’ Studio Place Arts
Walking in the front door, visitors to Studio Place Arts in Barre generally discover multimedia group shows with works hanging on walls or from the…
A Cynic Cozies Up to the Burlington Cuddle Collective
I’ve been told that I’m a good cuddler. What can I say? I know how to wrap someone in a hug, and my spooning skills…
Georges Méliès Silent Shorts Get Live Music at Main Street Landing
It’s among the most iconic sequences in movie history: A space capsule shaped like an oversize bullet is loaded into a long-barreled cannon and fired…
Super Trooper: Time on ‘the Road’ Shapes Rep. Nader Hashim’s Views
Nader Hashim opened a folder and presented a pair of documents to members of the House Government Operations Committee last week. The 30-year-old Vermont State…
Movie Review: The Aspiring-Pop-Star Drama ‘Teen Spirit’ Has Plenty of It
If you aren’t convinced that reality television is a cultural cancer, you might want to turn on the news. This country has been so dumbed…
Soundbites: The Cautionary Tale of SeepeopleS
New American Nightmare Howdy, folks! This week, I want to turn your attention to a show happening on Thursday, April 25, at the Monkey House…
Movie Review: ‘The Curse of La Llorona’ Adds More Half-Hearted Scares to the ‘Conjuring’ Franchise
I suspect every fright fan has had the experience of dozing off streaming a crappy horror movie. All the beats are so soothingly predictable: If…
How Do I Get Some ‘Dad Time’ Away From My Stepmom?
Dear Reverend, My father got married five years ago. He seems happy, but for various reasons that I won’t go into here, my siblings and…
Free Will Astrology (4/24/19)
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Whether or not you believe in magic, magic believes in you right now. Will you take advantage of the fancy gifts…
Very Cool Organizes a File-Cabinet ‘Worship’ Service
The sculpture “File Under So. Co., Waiting For…” — better known as the World’s Tallest Filing Cabinet — has towered over Burlington’s Flynn Avenue for…
A Consideration of Food Waste: How Much Are You Throwing Away?
Imagine you’re at the grocery store buying food for the week. As the checker scans your groceries, you notice that, shockingly, she tosses every third…
Mo Citro Promotes Sustainability at UVM Medical Center
On a typical afternoon in the University of Vermont Medical Center’s operating room 21, surgical staff were prepping for an imminent hip-replacement surgery. This process…
Australian Cabaret Hot Brown Honey Create Space for Women of Color
Since its origins as a fringe nightclub performance piece in 2012, Australian cabaret Hot Brown Honey has become a full-blown theatrical experience. Its creators, Lisa…
PechaKucha Night Burlington to Make a Comeback — at FlynnSpace
PechaKucha Night is coming back! If you missed it the first seven years, when it was held at the Un iversity of Vermont’s Fleming Museum…
Will the Revolution Be Monetized? Bernie Sanders’ ‘Dark Money’ Org
At a rally last week in Pittsburgh, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) lampooned those who said during the 2016 presidential campaign that politicians must depend on…
Theater Review: ‘The Legend of Georgia McBride,’ Vermont Stage
Matthew Lopez fills The Legend of Georgia McBride with drag spectacle, but it’s the script’s warm, wonderful humor that makes the characters so engaging. All…
One Radish Eatery in Richmond Closes Its Doors
One Radish Eatery, which opened at 39 Esplanade in Richmond in December 2016, closed last week, according to a post on the restaurant’s Facebook page….
Man Who Died After Fight With Cop Had Broken Jaw, Eye Socket
Burlington Police Chief Brandon del Pozo has depicted Douglas Kilburn as an irate man who picked a fistfight with an officer outside the University of…
Album Review: Meg Rice, ‘Now or Then’
(Self-released, digital download) At their best, solo albums can serve to spotlight underutilized resources in the bands from which they stem. Conversely, a solo effort…
Why Does a Thrift Shop Help Support Porter Medical Center?
Visitors to the historic Marble Works District in downtown Middlebury may have noticed an unusual partnership. Tucked in the southeastern corner of the business complex,…
Cannabis — or Can’t? With Time Running Short, House Struggles With Full Legalization
Just about everyone around the Vermont Statehouse agrees on one thing: Legalization of cannabis sales is inevitable. In fact, there’s broad agreement that it’s the…
Letters to the Editor (4/24/19)
What About Men? [Re “Trafficked: How the Opioid Epidemic Drives Sexual Exploitation in Vermont,” April 10]: While Seven Days published an excellent report on the…
Album Review: Comrade Nixon, ‘The Hades Trip’
(Rat Pâté Records, digital download) Comrade Nixon are a punk act that emerged from the scrappy music scene of Plattsburgh, N.Y. Since 2014, the center…
Obituary: Stephen John Reid, 1950-2018
Stephen John Reid, 68, of Wakefield, Québec, died late last year of a terminal illness at the home of his daughter, Katelyn, in Itasca, Texas….
A Sneak Peek at South Royalton’s Fox & Harrow
In recent history, the stately brick building at 5615 Route 14 in South Royalton has housed a revamp of the historic Fox Stand Tavern and…
Barfly: Otter Creek Brewing Pub Pairs Suds With Smoke
Driving home up Route 7 from southern Vermont several weeks ago, my husband and I became a little peckish right around Middlebury. But where to…
