Aug 8-14, 2018
Is This Vermont’s Least Interesting Election Ever?; NEK Residents Debate Landfill Expansion; Graphic Medicine Conference Comes to Vermont
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Vermont’s Most Powerful Offices Are Up For Grabs This Election. So Why Is It So Slow?
Across America, 2018 is shaping up to be a remarkable election year. Energized by their opposition to President Donald Trump, Democrats are hoping a “blue…
Seriously: Go Vote!
In this episode, Bryan checks in on all the excitement surrounding Vermont’s August 14 primary election.
Obituary: Stella Sławin Penzer, 1921-2018
Stella Sławin Penzer, 96, died Tuesday, August 7, 2018, at home in the Old North End of Burlington, VT, embraced by family and friends. Stella…
Chittenden Sheriff Faces Challenge From His Own Deputy
Kevin McLaughlin was 34 and second-in-command at the Chittenden County Sheriff’s Department in 1986, the year he ran against his boss to become the next…
Theater Review: ‘A Doll’s House, Part 2,’ Weston Playhouse
Symmetry: A circle of a floor and a square of a wall. In that otherwise blank wall is an ornate wooden door. Nora knocks, and…
Letters to the Editor (8/8/18)
Where’s ‘Dope’? What happened to “Dear Cecil” — one of my favorite features?! Jud Lawrie Essex Junction Editor’s note: The column was written by the…
In Stowe, Farm Table Fridays Mean Guest-Chef Picnics
In tiny incandescent lights, the sign above the window at Spruce Peak Village’s walk-up bar advertised “VT BEER.” But on the service counter, a display…
Rough Francis’ Message Is More Important Than Ever
If you’re a music nerd, or have followed Vermont’s music scene throughout the last decade, you probably already know this story: In the 1970s, Bobby,…
Former Junior’s Employee to Open Jr’s Original in Winooski
On August 2, six weeks after Junior’s Italian closed its Colchester restaurant following 25 years in business, a longtime employee announced on Facebook that he…
Center for Cartoon Studies to Host Comics & Medicine Conference
A public health professional and cartoonist from New Jersey creates a graphic memoir to help her heal from sexual assault. At Penn State College of…
Eat This Week, August 8 to 14, 2018: Swine and Wine
What rhymes with pork? Cork! On Saturday, August 11, Burlington’s Dedalus Wine Shop, Market & Wine Bar teams up with Black Diamond Barbecue and vom…
Album Review: Zoë Keating, ‘Snowmelt’
(Self-released, CD, digital download) Zoë Keating’s four-song EP Snowmelt begins with a sad, solitary cello line. Having established a lonely, windswept musical terrain, the sound…
Hackie: Me Versus the Visigoths
It was the Saturday of the Vermont Brewers Festival, and the first session, which runs from noon to four, was just finishing up. The Burlington…
Sculptor Jim Sardonis to Create ‘Whale Dance’ for Randolph
Along a stretch of Interstate 89 in South Burlington, two large structures resembling whales’ tails emerge from the ground, a novel view for passersby and…
Should Vermont’s Only Landfill Get Bigger?
From a distance, the mounds of land east of Route 5 in Coventry resemble one more set of rolling hills in Vermont’s mountainous Northeast Kingdom….
Soundbites: Someone is Pretending to Be Jer Coons on Tinder
PREECE’s Pieces Last week, we bid adieu to Burlington indie rockers Gestalt, whose relocation to Seattle is imminent. It’s always sad to see local acts…
Music Therapists Help Clients Learn, Heal, Connect Through Song
Hannah Waterman doesn’t speak. The 16-year-old Burlington girl has Rett syndrome, a rare neurological disorder that affects her motor skills, coordination, balance and intellectual development….
Album Review: Pattern Addict, ‘Pattern Addict’
(Self-released, digital download) Music scenes in college towns like Burlington benefit from a constant influx of new blood. Whether young musicians arrive and meet like-minded…
Couple Plans to Build a House on Burlington’s Steep Depot Street
One of Burlington’s quirkiest undeveloped pieces of land is officially off the market. Joel and Wendy Hakken of Ann Arbor, Mich., paid $103,000 for the…
Movie Review: Middle School Angst Finds New Life in Bo Burnham’s ‘Eighth Grade’
Indie filmmakers have been telling poignant coming-of-age stories for so long that sometimes one may wonder if any compelling ones are left to tell. YouTube…
Claire Gear Joins Shelburne Craft School as Executive Director
Claire Gear, whose father was a woodworker, grew up surrounded by craft. “I studied design, space, people and materials ever since I was very young,”…
Theater Review: ‘See How They Run,’ Saint Michael’s Playhouse
Theatrical farce rule of thumb: If the first scene establishes that the vicar owns three suits with clerical collars, before the play is over three…
Climate Redaction: Report’s Slow Roll Sparks Skepticism
Roughly one year ago, with much fanfare, Gov. Phil Scott created the Vermont Climate Action Commission, whose charge was to produce recommendations for fighting climate…
Movie Review: Two Friends Get Sucked Into Spycraft in the Breezily Bonkers ‘The Spy Who Dumped Me’
Like an agent lying low until it’s time to rappel through a window, pull a gun and spray mayhem in every direction, The Spy Who…
Artist Scott André Campbell Talks Space, Line and Imagination
If you’ve seen the bright green King Street Center bus rolling through Burlington, you’re already familiar with Scott André Campbell’s work. He used digital technology…
Free Will Astrology (8/8/18)
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You probably gaze at the sky enough to realize when there’s a full moon. But you may not monitor the heavenly…
Campaign Cash Issue Roils Probate Judge Race in Chittenden County
Democratic voters in Chittenden County will vote in a rare contested primary for probate judge on August 14: Incumbent Gregory Glennon faces a challenge by…
I’m Married, But Does That Mean I Have No Privacy?
Dear Scarlett, A few weeks ago, a female coworker of mine sent me a few flirtatious texts. I didn’t respond and thought it was harmless,…
Good Food and Casual Community at Peg & Ter’s
We had only traveled to Shelburne from Montpelier and Burlington, but my friends and I felt like we were on vacation. Our destination was Peg…
After 40 Years, Burlington Bagel Bakery Goes Downtown
Nearly 40 years after Burlington Bagel Bakery launched its business on St. Paul Street in Burlington, it will return downtown when a new branch opens…
