Jul 21-27, 2010
The Pride Issue: The Pride Guide Inside; Killacky Takes the Reins; What’s Next for Gay Rights?
Interview with a Wine Guy: Summer Wines
When the weather soarsabove 90 — and Vermonters curse their neighbors with air conditioning — standingwaist deep in Lake Champlain holding a cold drink sounds…
Get Your War On
Gov. Jim Douglas is back in Vermont after a four-day trip visiting soldiers in Iraq, Kuwait and Afghanistan.Douglas traveled with three other governors: Tim Pawlenty…
River Run in Plainfield Closes; Tasca To Open
Few Vermont eateries attain the fame of Plainfield’s River Run, which Mississippi-born chef Jimmy Kennedy opened with his then wife, Maya, in 1991. Over the…
Markowitz Fires Back Against “Half Truths and Mischaracterizations”
Secretary of State Deb Markowitz fired back late Thursday against claims that her office has dropped the ball in handling its election responsibilities.Earlier in the…
A True Boner
Jezebel is reporting that archaeologists in Sweden have unearthed a penis-like object carved out of antler bone. Some archaeologists say the object may have been…
Combo Platter: Rutland Festival; Hardwick on “Here & Now”
By Alice Levitt and Suzanne Podhaizer Rutland ‘Round the World Rutland has a rich history of introducing world cuisine to Vermont. The original Kong Chow…
Seven Days Writer in the Slammer?
Because I am a complete navel gazer, I want to know everything there is to know about me. Particularly, I want to know everything there…
Kick Him To The Curb
Dear Mistress Maeve, I have been seeing my “friend with benefits” for two years, and I’ve been desperately in love with him the entire time….
Centennial Field: A Major League Monster
If there’s one thing Burlington politicians agree on, it’s keeping minor league baseball in the Queen City. The Vermont Lake Monsters currently hold the best…
The Odyssey of Eugene Nikolaev
Gogol Bordello’s Eugene Hütz (still) loves to play the punk rock for the peoples
The Life of Brian
Brian Dubie wants to be Vermont’s top gun, but can his conservative values withstand enemy fire?
Will Voters Say “I Do” To Same-Sex Marriage Supporters?
Vermont Freedom to Marry hits the campaign trail
Free Will Astrology
Here’s the weekly astrological forecast for July 21 – July 27, 2010. What’s your sign, baby? They’re all here… ARIES (March 21-April 19): Revenge fantasies…
WTF: Why does a Burlington house tell passers-by to “cut consumption, not foreskin?”
Last summer, baseball fans leaving Burlington’s Centennial Field through the front gate got a surprise. The house at 276 Colchester Avenue had long been painted…
Michèle Choinière, La Violette
(Self-released, CD) On her fine new collection of soulful vocal music, La Violette, St. Albans native Michèle Choinière demonstrates once again that traditional French music…
Letters to the Editor
Bicycles Don’t Count? I appreciate the continuing coverage Seven Days gives to bicycling in Vermont, but I want to correct a couple of misconceptions in…
Faerie Tale
A Radical Faerie sanctuary in southern Vermont practices a different kind of camp
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again When Thomas Peno, 50, appeared at a courthouse in Vernon, Conn., to answer a larceny charge, he broke into several cars in…
Pride in Place
Tom Bivins leads the New England Culinary Institute toward greater diversity
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Last Stand Waterfront Bike Polo Tournament [SIV184]
7/10/10: Combine bikes, polo mallets, and a DIY aesthetic and what do you get? Bike polo, an alternative sport that is sweeping across North America…
Report: Entergy Vermont Yankee Lacks “Questioning Attitude”
A key legislative oversight panel is criticizing Entergy Vermont Yankee’s for lacking a “questioning attitude” that has led to a number of system failures at…
Wheeler Principal Removal Makes New York Times
“You can buy a lot of help for children with that money.” That’s what Joyce Irvine told a New York Times reporter after she was…
Sarah Palin Protects Patriotic Americans From Racist Slurs
Freelance columnist for Seven Days Judith Levine sent this in: “Peaceful New Yorkers,” tweeted Sarah Palin, “pls refute the Ground Zero mosque plan if you…
Bite Club TV: Culinary Chainsaw Massacre
What better way to spend a hot summer day than getting sprinkled with ice as a chain saw carves away at it? I had that…
