Apr 30 – May 6, 2008
In the World of Fair Housing, “Discrimination” is in the Eye of the Beholder; New Political Column “Fair Game” Takes Aim; Finding the Biggest Losers in Vermont; “Hog” Wild Women
Don’t Mess With the Model Horse Hobbyists!
Freelance writer Alice Levitt went to the “Everything Equine” horse show last weekend and wrote about it for our column, Scene@, that appears in the…
A Little More Yakking
One thing I didn’t mention in my article about the Vermont Yak Company this week was that Rob and Kate Williams, two of the yak…
It’s Not What You Think…
It’s a cake! My sister Monica made it. Here’s the recipe. I’m the resident Crazy Cat Lady here at Seven Days (I have six… but…
Very Short List
Every now and then the title of the daily e-mail from Very Short List urges me to not hit delete. Today’s culture du jour is…
Popcorn Peril
Throughout the winter months, my CSA share occasionally provided popcorn on the ear with instructions about how to prepare the snack in a microwave. It…
Al’s Last Trip
Could we ever know — is it even worth contemplating — what impact the Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann, who died yesterday at 102, had on…
(VT) Yankee Doodle Doldrums
Earlier this month, Christian Parenti, a contributing editor at The Nation, gave a lecture at the University of Vermont. I think the talk was ostensibly…
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again Christopher Allen Koch, 28, pulled into a bank parking lot in Liberty, Pa., and, according to police, waited in his car for…
Free Will Astrology
Here’s the weekly astrological forecast for April 30-May 7, 2008. What’s your sign, baby? They’re all here…. ARIES (March 21-April 19): Your power symbol for…
Everything Equine and Horse 2008
Champlain Valley Exposition, Essex Junction, Saturday-Sunday, April 26-27, 8:30 A.M. – 6 P.M
Losing It
Fat in Franklin County? Vermonters start their own version of “The Biggest Loser”
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King Lear [SIV77]
4/19/08: So you think Shakespeare is boring, eh? Vermont Stage Company’s new production of King Lear will quickly dispel that notion as it explodes onto…
Larger Than Life
Art Review: “Fragmented Figure,” prints by Chepe Cuadra. SEABA Gallery, Burlington.
Before he leaves, they let the intern speak
It’s my last day as an intern and someone suggested I might have a bit to say here. This didn’t happen until after being given…
Suckered By Marketing
Since I’ve been so busy recently I’ve been buying a lot of food from the Cheese Outlet/Fresh Market on Pine Street. I’m usually a pretty…
Vermont: The “Social Capital Capital”?
Last weekend, while I watched soldiers parade through downtown St. Albans during the annual Vermont Maple Festival, I experienced a mushy moment. Militaristic fanfare aside,…
