Feb 20-26, 2013
From Muddy Waters to Iris DeMent, Vermont-Based Musician and Producer Jim Rooney Recounts a Star-Studded Career; New Art Studios in the South End; Sleep Research at the Sheraton; Locavore Mixology in Hardwick
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From Muddy Waters to Iris DeMent, Vermont-based Musician and Producer Jim Rooney Recounts a Star-studded Career
Jim Rooney is seated at a round wooden table in an alcove off the main room of his home in Sharon, Vt. His hands are…
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again Convicted bank robber Kenneth Conley managed to escape from Chicago’s Metropolitan Correctional Center but was caught 17 days later living at an…
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): In the course of her world travels, writer Jane Brunette has seen many wonderful things — as well as a lot…
Dead Creek Singers, Curmudgeon
(Self-released, digital download) Let’s imagine Beck, Tom Waits and the ghost of Charles Bukowski meet at a bar. After wading through rivers of whiskey, they…
Taste Test: Hinesburgh Public House
I made a reservation in a name not my own, but I wasn’t seated long at Hinesburgh Public House before owner Will Patten came to…
Theater Review: The Heidi Chronicles at UVM Department of Theatre
Consider the difference between a woman struggling to make a difficult decision and one who appears never to decide at all. The results are similar:…
Sleep-Disordered Patients Find Relief at a Burlington Hotel-Cum-Clinic
“I’m Alex. I’m the one who watches people sleep.” And with that introduction, Alex Svayg, a springy, boyish 38-year-old, bounded across the carpeted floor of…
Visiting the Sonic Universe of Producer Colin McCaffrey
Think of a recording studio, and chances are you’ll envision banks of technology, an engineer in headphones and one or more musicians doing their thing…
Middlebury College Senior Corinne Prevot Gets Ahead With Her Hat Biz, Skida
College students these days wear a lot of hats — but not nearly as many as Middlebury senior Corinne Prevot. Last winter season, she sold…
Grilling the Bartender: Don Horrigan, Positive Pie and Sumptuous Syrups
The pale-yellow drink that Don Horrigan sets down on the bar resembles a mashup of a coconut daiquiri and a miniature terrarium. A green leaf…
Letters to the Editor
Smell the Clover House Hello, I am writing in response to your article about the opening of the Lighthouse Restaurant & Lounge [Side Dishes, January…
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The Valentine Phantom [301]
2/14/13: The Valentine Phantom has been secretly papering downtown Montpelier with hearts every Valentine’s Day since 2002. Eva goes out early Thursday morning hoping to…
