Jun 14-20, 2017
Passing It On: A Vermont Farm Family Grapples With Succession; Why a Burlington Home Has Been Vacant 48 Years; The South End Loses an Unlikely Art Champion
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At Butterworks Farm, a Family Faces Succession
As an only child growing up at Butterworks Farm in Westfield, Christine Lazor spent lots of time alone. She’d play on the stone walls and…
Spirited Cocktail Offerings at Worthy Burger
At the Worthy Burger, the rules of engagement are clear: You go to eat burgers and drink beer in a casual but clean setting. You…
Seriously: Butterworks Farm, 97 Dunder Rd., 2018 Vermont Governor Race
“Seriously Seven Days” is a new video series that takes a lighthearted look inside each issue and behind the scenes at Vermont’s Independent Voice. In this episode, host Bryan Parmelee describes a Vermont dairy farm in transition, tells the tale of a Burlington dream house that’s been under construction for more than 40 years and…
The Parmelee Post: Study: 90 Percent of All Creemee Lines the Result of Social Media
A groundbreaking study released last Thursday has shined a light on the impenetrable menace standing between thousands of Vermonters and their favorite frozen concoction. According…
Memoriam: Eric H. Charbonneau
1/6/63-3/10/15 Seems unreal and kayfabe, Troll misses you babe. Our minds are so murkey and muddy, Eric misses you buddy. All other are zero, Amberlee…
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Butterworks Farm [SIV493]
5/30/17: Butterworks Farm is a beloved Vermont institution, a small-farm success story in the Northeast Kingdom. Many recognize the Jersey cow on the label for…
Meet the 79-Year-Old Man Who Will Oversee Vermont’s Energy Future
When the fledgling New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution went looking for a lawyer 46 years ago, they turned to Tony Roisman, a young Dartmouth…
Soundbites: Mister Disaster
After only a few months of operation, Winooski’s Mister Sister — the only official LGBTQ bar in Vermont — might not be long for this…
Eat This Week, June 14 to 20, 2017: Wined and Dined
The Burlington Wine & Food Festival kicks off its weeklong edible extravaganza with a new event that explores the connections between wines and scent. Bartenders…
Farm-to-Institution Dining at Wake Robin
One night last week, the Seversons and the Larsens were eating together at a back table in Wake Robin’s dining room. The wives are sisters,…
Raw Milk Purveyor Henry’s Dairy Is Closing
In February 2016, Henry Cammack began selling bottles of raw Jersey milk at Bread & Butter Farm in Shelburne under the name Henry’s Dairy. This…
Hackie: A Member of the Tribe
“In 300 feet, your destination is on your left.” I can never get used to the strangely inert voice of my GPS narrator. I find…
Vermont Crafters Get Medieval at the Renaissance Faire
Expect to see men, women and children dressed in chain mail or flowing gowns with bodices later this month in Stowe. On June 24 and…
Album Review: Kyle Chadburn, ‘Faded Colors in Darkened Skies’
(Self-released, digital download) Vermont has long been a bastion for twang. From folk and bluegrass to rockabilly and country, mountain music is as much a…
Wren Kitz Dematerializes on His New Album
During his recent performance at the BCA Center in Burlington, experimental singer-songwriter Wren Kitz disappeared. Not literally, of course. But, after delivering a bashful introduction…
VNA Versus Bayada: Is Home-Care Competition Good for Vermont?
Vermont’s nonprofit home-care providers did everything in their power to prevent a for-profit, New Jersey-based competitor from setting up shop in the state eight years…
Sculptor Bruce MacDonald Completes the Periodic Table
For the past three years, Burlington-based artist Bruce R. MacDonald has been working in his South End studio to, in his way, make the elements…
Letters to the Editor (6/14/17)
A Word on ‘That Bird’ Your WTF [“What’s That Bird That Calls ‘Dorito?'” June 7] about birdsongs struck a wrong chord. I did not tell…
Movie Review: ‘It Comes at Night’ Masterfully Builds Existential Dread
Exactly which “night” is writer-director Trey Edward Shults alluding to with his teasingly enigmatic title? That “good night” into which Dylan Thomas implored us not…
Woodbelly Pizza Serves Up Slices in the Capital
A mobile pizza business will soon settle down in Montpelier on Thursdays, when Woodbelly Pizza starts serving pies and slices at its commissary kitchen at…
Movie Review: ‘My Cousin Rachel’ Offers Twists, No Easy Answers
It’s not easy to write a compelling story with a protagonist who’s a clueless nincompoop, but midcentury best seller Daphne du Maurier excelled at it….
Ask Athena: My Mom Isn’t OK With Me Being Gay
Dear Athena, My mom is not really OK with me being gay. She says she is, but I don’t think she is. At first she…
Local Tibetan Shares Stories About the Dalai Lama
Multicolored Tibetan Buddhist tapestries hang on the walls of Pasang Thondup’s living room in South Burlington, along with photos of his wife, Nyima Bhuti, and…
A Never-Ending Home Construction Project Vexes a Queen City Hood
Beautiful, pricey homes with trim lawns line a dead-end street in Burlington’s South End. Runners jog and children play along the quiet tract. Situated by…
It’s 2018 Time: Who Might Challenge Gov. Scott?
That’s right, my friends. Some readers may howl at the idea, but it’s time for a first look at the 2018 campaign for governor. In…
South End Arts Community Loses an Unlikely Champion
Two weeks ago, Sue Powers affixed a handwritten note to a fence outside a trailer in Burlington’s South End. It said that anyone who was…
Vermont Officials Warn: That Cute Raccoon Is Not a Pet
Here’s a tip from your friendly state game wardens: Leave wild baby animals alone. Vermont’s Fish & Wildlife Department says this is the time of…
Album Review: NODON, ‘Covfefe EP’
(Self-released, digital download) Good punk thrives on bad politics. In 1980, the election of Ronald Reagan awakened a whole generation and made careers for the…
Free Will Astrology (6/14/17)
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Actress Marisa Berenson offers a line of antiaging products that contain an elixir made from the seeds of a desert fruit…
A Tribute to Michael ‘Mick’ Deloreto
A new public memorial of sorts recently appeared in Burlington’s South End: the name “Mick,” emblazoned in all-capital purple and black letters on the second-floor…
‘Moriah’: A Work of Dark Fiction Set in Vermont
Homegrown author Daniel Mills has gained a bit of a following in the horror community over the past few years. Since 2009, the Vermont native…
Review: ‘Art Works,’ Studio Place Arts
Aluminum, brass, copper, metal, mixed media, steel, stone, thread and wood speak to the strength and delicacy of the 20 works currently on exhibit at…
New Takes on a Perennial Summer Fave: Strawberries
Some foods never overstay their welcome. People may tire of beets or green beans or the endless zucchini that become baseball bats in many a…
Caledonia Spirits to Open Distillery in Montpelier
If all goes according to plan, Hardwick-based Caledonia Spirits will open a 30,000-square-foot riverfront distillery on Barre Street in Montpelier in the spring of 2018….
