Apr 27 – May 3, 2016
A Vermont Sheriff Risks His Career to Hire a Sex Offender; Impending Changes Threaten a Historic Burlington Hood; A Sexy Trend in Fitness: Pole Dancing
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Vermont Sheriff Risks His Career by Hiring a Sex Offender
According to his employers, Timothy Szad is a gifted carpenter and diligent worker. He is also Lamoille County’s most notorious criminal.
WTF: What Happened to the Planet Aid Boxes?
For years, Vermonters could empty their closets, drawers and basements of “gently used” clothes and shoes and donate them to Planet Aid, using any of…
Soundbites: Bon Voyage, Francesca Blanchard; A Benefit for Shrimp
If you’re a fan of local songwriter Francesca Blanchard, you’ve got precisely three chances left to see her in Vermont before she very likely blows…
The Huntsman: Winter’s War
Perhaps this fantasy film would have scored a bigger gross last weekend if someone had thought to title it Two Acclaimed Thespians Compete to See…
Talking Art With Toni-Lee Sangastiano
Visitors to Toni-Lee Sangastiano’s Burlington studio might be surprised to learn that all of the artwork there is hers. The range of mediums and visual…
The Rev. Peyton on His Big Damn Band, Touring and Hog Balls
Contrary to their name, the Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band are actually fairly damn small. They’re a trio, in fact, consisting of guitarist and vocalist…
Free Will Astrology (4/27/16)
TAURUS (April 20-May 20) You’re in a phase of your cycle when you’ll be rewarded for your freshness and originality. The more you cultivate a…
‘A Vermont Romance’ Makes Film History
Nobody makes movies like “A Vermont Romance” anymore. Three-quarters of the way through the 1916 melodrama, the narrative skids to a halt. Will young lovers…
Will South End Revival Alter Burlington’s Lakeside Neighborhood?
On a cloudless Sunday afternoon in early April, a group of about 50 gathered at the St. John’s Club, a squat brick building on the…
Leland Kinsey, Still ‘Galvanized’ by Poetry
A little more than a year ago, 65-year-old Barton poet Leland Kinsey was in the hospital with what seemed like a death sentence. “It was…
Power Players Face Dam Deadline
The pressure is on Vermont’s Hydropower Working Group, the seven-member panel convened to vet the state’s possible purchase of a chain of local hydroelectric dams….
Stephen Cramer’s Poems Sound Like Music
If there were a CliffsNotes version, or a summative tweet, for Stephen Cramer’s new poetry book Bone Music, it might be the last line of…
From Pesky Plant to Beautiful Bowls
Sumac is ubiquitous in Vermont — specifically, staghorn sumac, or Rhus typhina for the botanically inclined. The staghorn has a semitropical appearance, and its frond-like…
My Husband Can Only Orgasm Doggie-Style
Dear Athena, My husband and I have been together for seven years and married for five. We’re still very much in love and crazy about…
Ethics Schmethics: The Slow Death of Reform in the Vermont Senate
Talk about déjà vu! This time last year, Vermont legislators were questioning whether the state really needed new ethics rules. Then scandal broke. Attorney General…
Letters to the Editor (4/27/16)
Give It a Resto? It’s ironic that farm-to-table restaurants are struggling at a time when so many Americans are eating out [“Plates in the Air,”…
Dan Johnson, Magic Guitar
(Self-released, CD, digital download) Dan Johnson spent much of his musical life in his native upstate New York. A few years ago, he meandered across…
Page 32: Seven Books to Watch Out For
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…
Theater Review: I and You, Vermont Stage
The title of I and You, now playing at Vermont Stage, refers to Walt Whitman’s fluid use of pronouns to suggest humanity’s universal interconnection. This…
Botanical Bad Guys in the Backyard
Invasive plants can vanquish a vegetable garden, overtake our ornamentals and give hives to a horticulturist. As problematic as these plants may be on the…
Study Reveals Parity Between Farmers Markets and Grocers
Most farmers and food-system workers cite price concerns as a major factor in keeping some locals away from farmers markets. “People have this perception of…
Everyone’s a Critic
Originally published May 5, 2010. In today’s food-obsessed culture, even your grandmother probably knows her prosciutto from her pancetta. A glut of culinary magazines, TV…
Worthy Kitchen, Bar Antidote Expand
This spring, Vergennes “speakeasy” Bar Antidote will add another room, taking over the space above it that is currently occupied by the Clock Shop. That…
Theater Review: Hairspray, Lost Nation Theater
If musicals are all about feeling good, Hairspray is a double-dip cone with sprinkles on top. It combines dance-in-your-seat music, a message of racial equality…
Bohemienne Fitness Builds Sexy Strength Around the Pole
Outside, it’s sunny and 50 degrees. Inside North End Studio B in Burlington, it’s a sultry 70 degrees — the perfect temperature to start stripping…
Hillside Rounders, Lightning in a Bottle
(Self-released, CD, digital download) For the past several years, Hillside Rounders have rambled and roamed, bringing barroom twang to the juke joints of the Green…
Miles Ahead
As I picked my jaw up off the floor and pressed my eyeballs back into their sockets after watching Don Cheadle’s shockingly horrible new movie,…
Obituary: Stephen L. Brown
Stephen L. Brown, founder of the Vermont Vanguard Press, longtime publisher of the Providence Phoenix and a leader for nearly four decades in New England’s…
Obituary: Gregory Eurich, 1950-2016
Gregory P. Eurich, born November 5, 1950, originally from Waitsfield, passed away April 20th surrounded by his family in Waterbury Center. Greg had an adventurous…
Restaurant Week Diaries: Seven Writers Sample the Scene
Part of the fun of Vermont Restaurant Week is the opportunity to try new places — perhaps even in towns you rarely visit. With more…
Stowe’s Picnic Social Opens in June
Picnics necessarily revolve around packable, easy-to-eat foods that can be shared, perhaps with a glass of wine or lemonade. Such meals often take place on…
