Aug 20-26, 2014
What Happens if Burlington College Drops Out?; Tales From the Health Care Queue; An Argentine Actor in Vermont; Remembering Kip Meaker; Prohibition Pig’s Michael Weneke;
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Pass or Fail: What Happens If Burlington College Drops Out?
A liberal arts education is a tough sell these days, at a time when students are hesitant to take out large loans and online learning…
Obituary: James Edwin Hodet
James Edwin Hodet, age 81 years, died early Saturday morning August 23, 2014, at his residence with loving family at his side. Friends may call…
Obituary: Doris R. (Shepard) Parent, 1925-2014, Winooski
Doris R. (Shepard) Parent, 89, a lifelong resident of Winooski died Sunday, August 24, 2014 at Fletcher Allen Health Care in Burlington surrounded by her…
Obituary: Gertrude L’Esperance Sheloski
Mrs. Gertrude L’Esperance Sheloski, age 94 years, died late Wednesday evening August 20, 2014, in the Franklin County Rehab Center with loving family at her…
Obituary: Leona M. (Moody) Kirby, 1932-2014, Milton
Leona M. (Moody) Kirby, 82, of Milton, formerly of Colchester died peacefully on Tuesday, August 19, 2014 at Fletcher Allen Health Care in Burlington surrounded…
The Trickler
The middle-aged couple lingering on the corner of Church and Main needed a cab. They just didn’t know it yet. On weekend nights, I get…
Remembering Kip Meaker
One night, Kip Meaker was at a table at the Iridium watching Les Paul play. This was some time in the late 1990s, when Paul,…
Institute for Social Ecology Marks 40 Years of Anarchy
“Can anyone here give me a three-sentence definition of ‘communalism’?” asked an earnest and befuddled audience member last Saturday. “No!” replied a chorus of voices…
Contest for Votes Spotlights a Changing Winooski
The last time Winooski State Rep. Clem Bissonnette looked over the city’s voter rolls, the veteran local pol noticed something surprising: The names of fewer…
Weekend Ride Benefits a Huntington Food Hub
For years, Sarah Jane Williamson has hoped to enliven the space inside her historic white dairy barn in Huntington. As the owner of Jubilee Farm…
Front Line Stories of Vermont’s Online Health Exchange
Nearly a year after Vermont Health Connect went live, the state’s online insurance exchange still has a number of gaping operational holes into which plenty…
Free Will Astrology (8/20/14)
ARIES (March 21-April 19): An American named Kevin Shelley accomplished a feat worthy of inclusion in the Guinness Book of World Records. While wearing a…
News Quirks (8/20/14)
Curses, Foiled Again Police investigating the theft of a wallet found a photograph of the suspect after she used the stolen credit card at a…
A Tango Music and Dance Community Flourishes in Vermont
It’s 45 minutes into Queen City Tango’s twice-monthly milonga, and my tango partner and I are nowhere near ready to join the other dancers. In…
Magic in the Moonlight
Woody Allen pulls off a pretty impressive trick with his 44th film: He makes the charm of Emma Stone and Colin Firth disappear. Rarely have…
Soundbites: WYSIWYG Preview; VT Music Fest; Rock Candy
When Radio Bean’s Lee Anderson and Co. held last year’s Precipice music festival in the field behind Burlington College, it signaled the arrival of a…
Ava Marie, In Our Garden. After the War. Your Eyes Close. I Breathe Out.
(KTR Recordings, CD, digital download) If you’re looking for an uplifting record, then In Our Garden. After the War. Your Eyes Close. I Breathe Out….
A Montpelier Design/Build Duo Lands a House on Reality TV
At 493 square feet, a brand-new house in the backyard of 4 Hinckley Street in Montpelier is pushing the limits of “tiny.” “I call this…
Missisquoi River Band, Plenty of Heartaches
(Self-released, CD, digital download) There’s something refreshing about an album that doesn’t pretend to be anything other than what it is. Such is the case…
Biographer Jay Parini ‘Stars’ in Gore Vidal Documentary
Middlebury College professor and writer Jay Parini knew Gore Vidal well, and he agrees that the word “irascible” described the late author and commentator. “He…
Eyewitness: Painter Julie A. Davis
Simply put, Julie A. Davis paints landscapes. Her depictions of mountains, waterfalls, lakes, fields and small Vermont towns adorn her white-walled studio in Burlington’s South…
Road Trip: Vermont Festival of the Arts
In the 1975 movie Three Days of the Condor, Faye Dunaway plans a getaway to Sugarbush Resort in Warren, only to be abducted at her…
Letters to the Editor (8/20/14)
Program Trains Cooks [Re “Labor Pains,” July 9]: While the industry’s need for and availability of trained cooks has ebbed and flowed, as Alice Levitt’s…
A Vermont Exhibition Celebrates the Russian Kunstkamera
According to legend, the Russian monarch Peter the Great, while strolling along the wooded bank of St. Petersburg’s Neva River one day, happened on a…
Theater Review: Love Letters, Unadilla Theatre
Little did audiences at the 1988 debut of A.R. Gurney’s play Love Letters know just how quaint its premise would soon seem. Performed entirely by…
Local Drummer Jeff Salisbury Publishes a New Instructional Book
About 15 years ago, Jeff Salisbury found himself stumped. The local drummer and drum teacher was approached by a student who had reached an impasse…
Major Modifications at Salt in Montpelier
Salt in Montpelier is about to lose its chef of a year, Ryan Zacher. But owner (and former Seven Days food editor) Suzanne Podhaizer isn’t…
Jeezum, Jim: What Ever Happened to Jeffords Republicans?
Even after the post-Watergate rout of 1974, when Democrats picked up 49 seats in the U.S. House, eight of New England’s 25 House members still…
Ask Athena
Dear Athena, I’ve been single for two years, since I got divorced. I’ve been throwing myself into work and building myself back from zero. I…
Vermont’s Long Trail Brewing Company Turns 25
On a dismal afternoon at the height of last week’s rains, Billy Gault stands in the basement of an 1825 woolen mill on Route 4…
Grilling the Chef: Michael Werneke, Prohibition Pig
Michael Werneke chose a career in the kitchen after Tom Cruise foiled his original plans. “I really wanted to fly Tomcats for the Navy. I…
