Jul 20-26, 2016
A Postmortem on the Bernie Sanders Campaign; Go Ahead, Laugh — at the Vermont Comedy Festival; Are Farmers Markets Working?
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After Bern: How Bernie Sanders Stunned the Establishment
On a rainy Friday night in September 2014, a small crowd of hipsters and aging intellectuals gathered in the lakeside home of a retired law…
Obituary: Susan Mitchum Ball, 1943-2016
Susan Mitchum Ball, 72, died July 8th at The Pines Rehabilitation & Health Center, Lyndonville, VT. Born October 11, 1943 in Memphis, Tennessee, the daughter…
WDY, Days of Youth
(Self-released, digital download) We’ll say this for Matt Woodward: The kid’s got ambition. Recording as WDY, the 22-year-old electronic producer and St. Albans native released…
Was That an Orgasm, or Did I Just Really Pee?
Dear Athena, When I’m having a moment to myself (wink, wink), I often feel like I just peed myself. Was that an orgasm, or did…
Running Stone Bread Goes for Toast
In a gristmill, the “bed” stone is fixed, while the “running” stone moves. Grain is crushed into flour between them. When Bread & Butter Farm…
Letters to the Editor (7/20/16)
For the Record Seven Days stated that “all 12 city councilors” voted for Burlington Police Chief Brandon del Pozo [“Scholar in Chief,” July 13]. This…
CBRASNKE, …But first they must catch you
(Self-released, digital download) CBRASNKE — pronounced “cobra snake” — are a Burlington hardcore band whose debut album, …But first they must catch you, is inseparable…
Stowe Public House Opens With Bites and Brews
Last weekend, Stowe Public House opened at 109 Main Street. The provisions shop is stocked with cured meats, Vermont cheeses and condiments and preserves from…
Woodstock’s Analogue Advocate, Sonny Saul
A few years ago, a Boston TV station did a show about the slow disappearance and repurposing of old New England barns. One of the…
Breaking Down the 2016 Green Mountain Comedy Festival
These are dark times, friends. It seems like every time you turn on a television or log into social media, you’re treated to one horribly…
Cause-Driven Candidates Aim to Secure Statehouse Seats
Gordon Bock said he complained at the Statehouse during the last legislative session about the way state law so frequently refers to people with criminal…
Feel the Bern Adult Coloring Contest Winners
In the July 6 all-cartoon issue of Seven Days, we presented our first-ever adult coloring contest, modeled after the coloring contest that appears each month…
Three Vermont Exhibits Showcase Self-Taught Art
One of southern California’s most iconic art destinations is Salvation Mountain, a singular work permanently installed outside the small desert town of Niland. Some 50…
Sharp Decline in Vermont Moose Herd Raises Questions About Hunting
The yearling moose was riddled with ticks and stuck in a mud bog, exhausted and barely able to move. Vermont game warden Randy Hazard considered…
Actors Needed for Vermont’s Largest-Ever Disaster-Preparedness Drill
Want to take part in the largest dramatic production Vermont has ever put on? We’re talking a cast of 5,000 participants performing over nine days…
Cashing In: Who’s Financing Vermont’s 2016 Candidates?
As he has throughout his four decades in Congress, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) returned to Vermont in February to deliver the goods. This time, it…
Ghostbusters
Talk about coming full circle. Or history repeating itself. Or just plain getting old. The original 1984 Ghostbusters was one of the first movies I…
Does Lightning Ever Strike the Same Place Twice?
Is there any credence to the adage, “Lightning never strikes the same place twice”? Ask Mary Powell and Mark Brooks, whose South Hero home was…
The Infiltrator
A biopic about an undercover federal crime fighter can go two ways. It can delve deep and journalistically into the procedural details of the job,…
Out of the Norm: Franklin County Senate Race Is Far From Typical
Bill Mayo and George Gates were sitting at the Franklin General Store last Wednesday, lunching on hot dogs and chatting about the news of the…
Counterpoint Sings Through the Seasons
Nathaniel Lew began a recent rehearsal of Counterpoint, Vermont’s sole professional choir, with some quick group stretches and a directive. “Since it’s so hot, let’s…
Upper Pass Beer Co. Boosts Its Brewing
Upper Pass Beer launched last fall as a one-barrel brewery in Tunbridge. In April 2016, owners Chris Perry, Andrew Puchalik and Ivan Tomek partnered with…
Free Will Astrology (7/20/16)
CANCER (June 21-July 22): Capricorns may be the hardest workers of the zodiac, and Tauruses the most dogged. But in the coming weeks, I suspect…
Theater News: Off Center, Stowe Theatre Guild, Pride Fest
During the summer, theater in Vermont heats up in a big way. Summer stock is a given, with seasonal series or single shows around the…
Soundbites: On Rap Battles, Girls Rockin’ and Small Festivals
On the surface, it’s kind of a low-key week on the local music scene. We don’t have a marquee festival. The biggest show of the…
On the Campaign Trail
Originally published August 14, 1996. No, you weren’t hearing things. That was the name of Bernie Sanders reverberating over the loudspeakers at the Republican National…
Your Stories From Bernie Sanders’ Presidential Run
Sen. Bernie Sanders’ unusual presidential campaign attracted unusually passionate supporters — people who volunteered countless hours, donated record numbers of small contributions and even got…
What Works, and Doesn’t, About Farmers Markets?
On a sunny Saturday in July, the smell of sausage fills the air. At the Burlington Farmers Market, vendors’ stands sprawl across City Hall Park…
Uncle and Nephew Chefs Open Nepali Kitchen
Almost nine years ago, Jeetan Khadka came to Burlington as a Nepali refugee and worked jobs at Spectrum Youth & Family Services and Burlington Parks…
