Aug 27 – Sep 2, 2014
In Cabot, One Family Makes the Case for “Unschooling;” Garret Keizer Argues for the Power of Public Schools; An Internet Firestorm in Winooski; Can a Barre Stonecarver Get His Due?; Bunbury EAT Spices Up the Faira
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A Cabot Family Makes the Case for ‘Unschooling’
Fin and Rye Hewitt are boys on a mission. On a cool afternoon in late summer, the two boys tear across the 40 rolling, green…
Obituary: Jean Paul Laplante
Father Jean Paul Laplante, age 93 years, a priest of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington since 1950 died late Friday evening August 29, 2014,…
Obituary: Blake R. Gould, 1947-2014, Elmore
Blake R. Gould, 67, of Elmore passed away at his home Wednesday, August 20, 2014. He was born August 6, 1947 in Hardwick, the son…
Obituary: Maurice Joseph Laroche
Maurice Joseph Laroche, age 89 years, rejoined his wife Juliette on her birthday, early Saturday morning August 30, 2014, at the Franklin County Rehab Center…
A Vermont Security Center Helps Keep Campuses Safe
When Kim Vansell started her new job on May 1 as director of the newly formed National Center for Campus Public Safety in Burlington, she…
Comcast Calling: Shumlin Backs a Donor’s Mega-Merger
Bernie backs limited airstrikes against ISIS forces in Iraq, but he says President Obama shouldn’t send in ground troops.
Ignat Solzhenitsyn Concludes Chamber Music Fest
The Lake Champlain Chamber Music Festival is about halfway through its packed, eight-day schedule of concerts, classes and discussions centered on this year’s theme, art…
How Can My Boyfriend Last Longer in Bed?
Dear Athena, My boyfriend and I are writing to ask if you have ideas about lasting longer in bed. We love each other and want…
Bacon Wars: Why Did the Sneakers Bistro Incident Go Viral?
The setting: a community garden. The central character: a respected Winooski businessman who has contributed to just about every charitable cause in the city. His…
Various Artists, Friends for A-Dog Volume 1
(Friends for A-Dog Foundation, CD, digital download) It still doesn’t quite seem real that Andy Williams, aka DJ A-Dog, isn’t here. Since his death following…
WDY, Never Been the Same
(Self-released, digital download) When last we left St. Albans-based DJ and producer Matt Woodward, aka WDY, he had released a promising, if inconsistent, debut, Take…
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WYSIWYG [SIV366]
8/23/14: The first two day WYSIWYG (pronounced wizzy-wig) music festival was held last weekend on the grounds behind Burlington College. WYSIWYG is an acronym for…
Previewing A-Dog Day
It’s hard to know where to begin this week’s column. It’s rare I find myself at a loss for words. But in contemplating the magnitude…
Book Review: Getting Schooled by Garret Keizer
At first glance, Northeast Kingdom writer Garret Keizer might appear to be a likelier advocate of “unschooling” than schooling. Eighteen years ago, he left a…
Aaron Stein Takes His Auto-Art to the Demolition Derby
Burlington artist Aaron Stein is ready to crush it. “It” being his 1995 Buick Century named Eunice Bloom, which he has been driving for the…
Frank Miller’s Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
When Sin City hit theaters in 2005, audiences hadn’t seen anything like it. Movies based on comic books are common as weeds, but here was…
Year-Round Indoor Farmers Market Opens in St. Albans
This past weekend, a new indoor market and tasting room called Local Fare opened its doors adjacent to Twiggs in downtown St. Albans. The opening…
A Conversation with Battle Trance Founder Travis Laplante
Palace of Wind, the debut LP from New York City’s Battle Trance, is unlike any record you’ll hear this year. For one thing, it’s almost…
Quick Lit: Taproot: Coming Home to Prairie Hill by Martha Leb Molnar
Whenever I read a press release for a new memoir by somebody from the Big City who decided to move to Vermont, I groan. It…
WTF: What’s the Story With the Mannequin Heads at the Triple L?
Hinesburg’s Triple L Mobile Home Park is an unassuming place. Most of its 60-some residences squat behind fences near the intersection of Richmond and Texas…
CCTA Uses Eminent Domain to Acquire Properties
Twice in recent months, the Chittenden County Transportation Authority has been thwarted in its attempts to buy property in Burlington that it claims is crucial…
Local Dancers Take the Stage in Inaugural DanceFest Vermont!
Next weekend, modern-dance fans across central and northern Vermont are in for a treat. That’s when the first annual DanceFest Vermont!, a showcase and celebration…
Art Review: ‘Solé,’ Vermont Metro Gallery
Commonalities aren’t immediately obvious among the three artists included in “Solé,” the sprightly late-summer show installed in the BCA Center’s fourth-floor Vermont Metro Gallery. Susan…
Champlain Valley Fair Revives Farm Feast
The Champlain Valley Fair in Essex is going back to its agricultural roots this Saturday, August 30. At 5:30 p.m., guests will descend on the…
Free Will Astrology (8/27/14)
ARIES (March 21-April 19): In the coming weeks it will be important for you to bestow blessings and disseminate gifts and dole out helpful feedback….
Letters to the Editor (8/27/14)
Better Days at Burlington College I chose Burlington College because of the smaller campus [“Pass or Fail,” August 20]. Like many students, I was in…
News Quirks (8/27/14)
Curses, Foiled Again Roger Beasley Jr., 30, abandoned his car at a routine traffic stop in Biloxi, Miss., but didn’t get far because he ran…
A New Book Reveals a Barre Stonecarver’s Leading Role at Mount Rushmore
Lou Del Bianco was just 6 years old in 1969 when his grandfather and namesake, Luigi Del Bianco, died at the age of 76. By…
Why Some Co-ops Are Killing Off Their Member-Labor Programs
After wrapping up harvest work at the Intervale Community Farm last fall, an eager crew of laborers said good-bye to the farmers they’d been helping…
Work: Medical Librarian Alan Lampson
Name: Alan Lampson Town: Burlington Job: Medical librarian Don’t worry: That highly realistic skeleton and the life-size model of the partially eviscerated girl are there…
Seasoned Traveler: Bunbury Eat
Without ChristianMingle.com, Vermonters might never have been introduced to Guyanese cook-up rice or pepperpot stew. Robert Whitcomb met his now-wife, Marcelle, née Bunbury, through the…
Vermont’s Growing Food Industry Seeks Trained Professionals
According to the state tax department, diners spent more than $910 million eating out in Vermont in 2013. The state has become a destination known…
