Aug 23-29, 2006
One Year After Katrina, What is Being Done to Avert Future Disaster?; Colorful Birdhouses Attract Swallows, Sparrows and Stares in South Hero; City Struggles to Tag Elusive Graffiti Vandals
Corn on the Cob!
It’s been a while since I’ve eaten corn on the cob that deserved an exclamation point, but this weekend I had it twice. Gahlord and…
Black Bean Ice Cream
This is fun to make. There’s a lot of time between certain steps, but if you’re doing other things in the kitchen and you don’t…
News Quirks 08.23.06
Curses, Foiled Again Police said that Pierre Barton, 20, tried to rob a Cleveland pizza place by waving a gun in the manager’s face. When…
After The Flood
One year after Hurricane Katrina, what is New Orleans – or the rest of the country – doing to avert future disaster?
Guagua, Pan Frito
(Self-released, CD) Burlington’s “psychotropical” ensemble Guagua have just released the local jazz album of the year. Recorded last winter, Pan Frito is a shining example…
Rick Redington & The Luv Machine, Mother Earth
(Self-released, CD) Central Vermont-based singer, guitarist and songwriter Rick Redington is a genuinely nice guy. Makes me wish I could say all nice things about…
SCARY MOVIE 4**1/2
David (Airplane!) Zucker directs this installment of the horror-spoof series, which pokes fun at such recent releases as The Grudge, The Village and Saw. With…
L’ENFANT****1/2
Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne direct this drama in which a small-time thief sells his newborn son sending his wife to the hospital and himself in…
DON’T COME KNOCKING***
Sam Shepard co-wrote and stars in this portrait of an aging movie star who embarks on a road trip, which leads to a complicated family…
Just Desserts
That’s what we got last night! Thinking that it might be nice to have a mid-month pick-me-up, my sub-group of localvores in Burlington convened for…
