Jul 10-16, 2019
Bread and Puppet’s Memorial Village Honors Departed Friends; Can Burlington and South Burlington Consolidate Trash Pickup?; Sampling New Vietnamese Street Food at Pho Son
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At Bread and Puppet, a ‘Memorial Village’ Honors Departed Friends and Family
In a hilltop grove at Bread and Puppet Theater in Glover, a painting of an evergreen on a piece of tin is nailed to a…
Obituary: Eric Zencey, 1953-2019
Eric Zencey, professor, writer and social critic, died on July 1 at his home in Montpelier. His wife, Kathryn Davis; daughter, Daphne Zencey; and sister-in-law…
Obituary: Henry P. Albarelli, Jr.
H.P. “Hank” Albarelli Jr., author and Burlington native, died on June 18 from complications of a stroke. The eldest son of Nancy O’Neill Albarelli and…
About Time, ‘I Don’t Think I Belong Here’
(Self-released, CD, digital) About Time know a thing or two about the art of the slow burn. The busy Chittenden County jazz-funk-pop band spent more…
Free Will Astrology (7/10/19)
CANCER (June 21-July 22): Vantablack is a material made of carbon nanotubes. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, it is the darkest stuff…
Ari Aster’s Latest Is a ‘Midsommar’ Night’s Fever Dream
Darkness is the primal stuff of horror movies, the place where bad things hide. Almost every scene in Midsommar, the hypnotic second film from writer-director…
Bernie Sanders’ Long Trail to 2020
Last week, the Doom Patrol came calling for Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). Suddenly, the Beltway press was bursting with predictions of trouble for Sanders’ presidential…
The Wet Ones!, ‘Tombstoning’
(Self-released, digital download) The Wet Ones! are a surf-rock trio from Burlington, and this is not an uncommon thing. Despite the fact that it’s a…
Burlington, South Burlington Consider Consolidated Approach to Trash Pickup
The groaning garbage truck navigated a tight turn onto Luck Street in Burlington, switched on its warning beepers and reversed into a driveway, where two…
Walmart Arrests Show Why Undocumented Farmworkers Are Leery of Food Shopping
Zully Palacios stood out at the July 2 rally on Burlington’s Church Street that drew hundreds to protest the Trump administration’s child internment centers in…
Eat This Week, July 10 to 16, 2019: If You Got ‘Em, Fry ‘Em
Maple Wind Farm is hosting a fried chicken dinner at its Richmond farm on Friday, July 12. The main course, chicken pasture-raised on the premises,…
Hackie: Sammy Living Large
Sammy Smith was on a mission in which I was to play a bit part: driving him and his sister from the Grand Isle ferry…
Theater Review: ‘I and You,’ Weston Playhouse
Weston Playhouse’s flexible second stage at Walker Farm is an ideal venue for an intimate two-character play, and Lauren Gunderson’s 2013 I And You offers…
Art Review: ‘The Geometric Exercises of Helen Matteson,’ BigTown Gallery
At BigTown Gallery in Rochester, a small exhibit offers a tantalizing glimpse into the work of an artist who pursued her discipline to great depth…
Theater Review: ‘The 39 Steps,’ Saint Michael’s Playhouse
In popular culture, plenty of stories hop art forms; for example, books are adapted into movies or plays or Hulu series. But The 39 Steps…
Letters to the Editor (7/10/19)
Cop Out [Re Off Message: “‘Did You Just Swear at Me?’ Bodycam Captured Violent Encounter With Burlington Cop,” July 3]: Frankly, I am appalled that…
Prosecutor, Politician … Priest? Bram Kranichfeld Pursues a Higher Calling
Bram Kranichfeld was having a rough go of it in May 2017 when his pastor approached him with an unexpected proposition. “I said, ‘I think…
Exploring the Wonders of the Montréal International Jazz Festival
Fantasy author Vera Nazarian once mused, “If music is a place, then jazz is the city.” She might have been talking about Montréal. Just 90…
Quick Lit: ‘Me, Myself and Him’ by Chris Tebbetts
There was a time when most of the pop-culture stories told about LGBTQ teens were coming-out stories, or had tragic endings, or both. Happily, that’s…
In East Middlebury, Brown Novelty Company Winds Down
Behind Otter Creek Engineering in East Middlebury, a six-acre chunk of property stretches down to the bank of the Middlebury River. Blink and you might…
New Play Highlights Growing Up LGBTQ in Rural Vermont
The spring of 2020 will mark two decades since same-sex partners in Vermont gained the right to a civil union. Twenty years is, perhaps, enough…
Soundbites: Grand Point North Local Band Contest; Highlight Seeks Proposals
Hey, Mister DJ Did you catch last week’s music scene survey? Once in a while, we like to poll prominent members of the local music…
Lit Club Open Mic Brings Poetry to Monday Nights
Soft yellow light bathes Meg Reynolds as she steps onto the stage at the Light Club Lamp Shop in Burlington. Her hair is half pulled…
I’m Bisexual; Why Are My Standards Higher for Women Than Men?
Dear Reverend, So I’m gonna go ahead and throw it out there that I already know I’m bisexual. However, I’m kinda confused as to why…
The Tenor Remains Elusive in Ron Howard’s Doc ‘Pavarotti’
Few things are as sublime as the voice of legendary tenor Luciano Pavarotti. Fewer still are as dryly dull to non-buffs as opera. That, in…
Obituary: Marie Lorenzini, 1964-2019
It is with great sadness that the family of Marie (Gaudreault) Lorenzini of Essex Junction, Vt., announces her passing, at age 54, on July 4,…
18 Elm in Waterbury Creates Community at the Table
If Eric Warnstedt tells you he’s winging it, take it with a grain of salt. But don’t sprinkle any on his food. Just grab the…
Sampling Burlington’s New Vietnamese Street Food at Pho Son
My grandmother always said, “Have a hot cup of tea, dear; it will cool you down.” The same thinking applies to a steaming bowl of…
Barre’s Historic Rise Up Bakery Hires Baker Jim Haas
History is getting closer to repeating itself as Barre’s historic Rise Up Bakery moves into the final stages of its restoration project. Nearly four years…
Stowe’s PK Coffee Expanding to Waterbury This Fall
A second location of the Stowe-based café and bakery PK Coffee will open in early fall at 40 Foundry Street in Waterbury. “We’re very excited,”…
