Jan 21-27, 2015
UVM Medical Center Has Grown Into a Billion-Dollar Monolith; Should the State Tax Sugared Drinks?; Drinking and Drawing in Vermont; Taste Test: ArtsRiot Kitchen
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UVM Medical Center Has Grown Into a Billion-Dollar Monolith
It started as a three-story brick manor on 35 open acres overlooking downtown Burlington. With a $400,000 inheritance from her parents, Queen City resident Mary…
Obituary: Julia Ann Magoon Monta, 1941-2015, Colchester
Julia Ann Magoon Monta, Colchester. Julia died Monday, January 26, 2015 at the University of Vermont Medical Center of complications from fractured hip surgery. Julia…
Obituary: Margaret Ann Puttick
Margaret Ann Puttick, age 63 years, a resident of the Swanton community for 30 years died early Monday morning January 26, 2015, at the Birchwood…
Obituary: Patricia Ann Corwell
Patricia Ann Corwell passed away on January 25th, 2015 at home with her loving family by her side. She fought a long courageous battle with…
Obituary: Bonnie Christensen, 1951-2015, Burlington
Bonnie Christensen, a Burlington author and illustrator whose award-winning children’s books illuminated the lives of such cultural icons as Elvis Presley, Andy Warhol, and Woody…
Obituary: Maureen Pelkey, 1945-2015, Winooski/St. Albans
The world lost a beautiful soul today when the lord came looking for and angel. Maureen Tew Pelkey born in Brooklyn New York on August…
Obituary: James L. Fitzgerald, 1927-2015, Colchester
James L. Fitzgerald, 87, beloved husband, father and grandfather passed away on January 15, 2015 after a period of declining health. He born on November…
Letters to the Editor (01/21/15)
Idling Threat “Getting to Zero” [January 7] is a comprehensive piece on, as the subhead says, “… ways Vermonters can reduce their carbon footprint —…
How This Movie Ends: Montpelier’s Downstairs Video Will Close Next Month
It’s one of the few, the proud … the last surviving Vermont video stores. And this Valentine’s Day, Montpelier’s Downstairs Video will close its doors…
Seventeen Spoonfuls of Sugar: Will Vermont Tax Sweetened Drinks?
Eight years ago, David Blittersdorf — pushing 50 years old and “obesely overweight” at the time, as he recalls it — resolved to get his…
Foxcatcher
“I hate Bennett Miller.” “Everything I’ve ever said positive about the movie I take back. I hate it. i hate it. i hate it. i…
Free Will Astrology (01/21/15)
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Is there a patron saint of advertising or a goddess of marketing or a power animal that rules publicity and promotion?…
News Quirks (01/21/15)
Curses, Foiled Again Police charged Kahlif Aleem Buggs, 32, with fraudulent use of debit cards after Tamara Thomas noticed a family “shopping like it was…
I’m Not Comfortable With Oral Sex
Dear Athena, My boyfriend says he loves oral sex and wants to go down on me, but I’m not comfortable. Something about it freaks me…
For Its 80th Birthday, the VSO Commissions 80-Second Fanfares
The Vermont Symphony Orchestra performed its first concert in January 1934. Eight decades on, the orchestra is still doing what it was created for: traveling…
A Distant War Haunts Accused Vermont Refugee
After a two-year investigation, an unusual trial began in federal court last week based on allegations that a local refugee concealed crimes he committed during…
Young-Adult Novel ‘M or F?’ Staged for Vermont Pride Theater
Sales of the young-adult novel M or F? have been “slow and steady” since its 2005 publication, according to Hinesburg-based coauthor Chris Tebbetts. But it…
That’s Budget: Seven Takeaways From Shumlin’s New Agenda
If your eyes glaze over at the very mention of the words “budget” and “address,” we feel your pain. So we won’t hold it against…
Love and Hate
On a busy Saturday night, an attractive couple hailed me from the front of “Nectar’s Lounge and Restaurant,” as the bar’s rotating sign announces in…
Legal Pot in Vermont? Not Yet, Say Some Top Policy Makers
Mason Tvert had never been to Vermont before last week, but he’s known for a while that the Green Mountain State would be next on…
Two New Photo Exhibits Go Back in Time, and Technology
Images have a power that modern vehicles so far do not: to instantly transport us to other places and even times. Two photography exhibits opening…
Burlington Residents to Decide on Noncitizen Voting
In 2007, an Italian ecologist led a group of local immigrants in trying to convince Burlington residents to allow people who weren’t U.S. citizens to…
The Besnard Lakes’ Jace Lasek on His Band’s New Record, Stoner Metal and Prince
Swirling, whirling and hypnotically lush, the music of the Besnard Lakes beckons listeners to be swept away into an ocean of sound and promises to…
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Rachel Lives Here Now [SIV384]
1/15/15: In August of 2013, Rachel Lindsay made a big move and left New York City and her work in the advertising industry to relocate…
Soundbites: the Dead Reunite One Last Time; MusicCares in VT
There was big, big news for jam fans, local and beyond, last week. If you missed it, congrats on waking up from the coma you…
Art Review: “Fibrations,” the Great Hall
“Fibrations!: New England Fiber Art and Mixed-Media Invitational Exhibition” brings works from 15 artists to the Great Hall in Springfield. For this show — the…
Keiti Botula, Wider Net
(Self-released, CD, digital download) Vermont native Keiti Botula has moved to New York City to pursue more fertile music grounds, but her work still evokes…
The Canines of Legally Blonde Learn Their Lines
Joey’s just a regular guy at home. Surrounded by five more boisterous and mostly bigger siblings, who compete with him for attention and treats and…
Draw-and-Drink Events Proliferate in Vermont
Creative types have long hit the bottle for inspiration. So perhaps it’s no surprise that arts organizations and businesses would lure newbies to art class…
Red Hen Baking Using Mostly Local Wheat
As of mid-January, Red Hen Baking is sourcing the vast majority of its wheat within 150 miles of its Middlesex bakery. The bakery turns out…
Restaurant Closings; Vermont Serendipity; Collaborative Cheese
For the first time since 1969, there is no Café Shelburne. Weston Nicoll, co-owner since 2013 along with Bill Iliff, confirmed that New Year’s Eve…
Josh Brooks, Tall Tales
(Self-released, CD, digital download) It takes a lot of practice to make something simple seem amazing. Veteran Vergennes singer, songwriter and journeyman collaborator Josh Brooks…
Vermont Chefs Share Tips for Making Pasta at Home
In the late ’90s, when I was an ironic teen with a thing for infomercials, my favorite featured the slimy Ron Popeil shilling his Popeil…
Elliott Katz Gives Burlington an Artful Mushroom Grove
Burlington has experienced a growth spurt in recent years, with new construction and renovation projects popping up like mushrooms after a heavy rain. But the…
Upscale Restaurant at Edson Hill Opens
When Seven Days last spoke to Chad Hanley, in 2010, the French-trained chef had recently returned to his native Jeffersonville after years cooking in the…
