Jun 26 – Jul 2, 2019
Sen. Bernie Sanders’ Relationship to Gun Laws? It’s Complicated; a Vermont Pinup Girl Poses for Lyme Awareness; a High School Senior’s ‘Knotty’ Art Project Is Censored
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Stickin’ to His Guns? The NRA Helped Elect Bernie Sanders to Congress. Now He’s Telling a Different Story.
When it comes to gun rights, Bernie Sanders has been anything but consistent.
Seriously: A Berning Dispute
In this episode, Bryan and Sen. Bernie Sanders discuss a recent Seven Days cover story.
Obituary: Holly Sorenson Buck, 1955-2019
Holly Sorenson Buck walked into Rich Wollensak’s Waterbury, Vt., dental office, told him of her hygienist experience, noted that they had 5-year olds in school…
Mothers’ Helpers: Volunteers Lighten the Load During the ‘Fourth Trimester’
“Mothering has been the richest experience of my life,” writes Anne Lamott. Her memoir of solo parenting an infant, Operating Instructions: A Journal of My…
The Art of… Creating a Snack Board — on a Budget
I have a somewhat embarrassing — though surprisingly common — affinity for looking at beautiful photographs of yummy things to eat. That means I follow…
The Cannabis Catch-Up: Massachusetts Moves Toward Allowing Weed Delivery, Cafés
Imagine living in a state that has legalized cannabis sales and is considering allowing home weed deliveries and cafés where you could sit and smoke…
Obituary: Samuel J. Dube, 1991-2019
Samuel J. Dube, 27, passed away peacefully with his family at his side on Father’s Day, June 16, 2019, at the home of his loving…
Undervalued: Early Childhood Educators Provide Critical Service but Struggle to Make Ends Meet
When Noelle Cleveland enrolled at San José State University in California in 2008, she knew she wanted to work with young children one day. She…
Obituary: Allen Martin, 1937-2019
Allen Martin, age 81, died peacefully surrounded by the enduring love of his wife, Bonnie, on June 19, 2019, in Windsor, Vt., after a long,…
Playtime Gets Serious in Pixar’s ‘Toy Story 4’
In a world where things and people merge, what happens when you outlive your usefulness? The question that workers worldwide have been asking themselves is…
A Vermonty Pinup Calendar Benefits Lyme Nonprofit
As an advocate, Julie Gagnon Prior has had to give a lot of hugs. She didn’t hug much before she got sick, she said, but…
Priced for Scale: $8.5 Million Listing Could Limit Options for Burlington Cathedral
Devin Colman isn’t the first to describe Burlington’s Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception as an oasis in an urban landscape. Its 2.2-acre plot is boxed…
A High School Senior’s ‘Knotty’ Artwork Is Censored
In October 2018, Lea-Or “Tooti” Zarfati-Eirmann decided that her final project in her advanced-placement art class would involve shibari, the ancient Japanese art of decorative…
Champ Gets a New Electrified Ride for Lake Monsters Games
Champ, the Vermont Lake Monsters’ googly-eyed mascot, has ditched his gas-guzzling game-day transport for a greener machine. For 25 years, the mythic minor-league baseball cheerleader…
Champlain College President Makes a Quick Exit
The last Champlain College president to step down, David Finney, gave the Burlington school plenty of notice in 2013 — 14 months, in fact. Likewise,…
Free Will Astrology (6/26/19)
CANCER (June 21-July 22): Here are your fortune cookie-style horoscopes for the months ahead. July: Acquire a new personal symbol that thrills your mind and…
Theater Review: ‘The Fantasticks,’ Weston Playhouse
In the late 1950s, when musicals were big and getting bigger, lyricist Tom Jones and composer Harvey Schmidt wrote the smallest musical they could. The…
Icon Designer Jory Raphael Publishes Book of Visual Puns
Jory Raphael isn’t offended when people don’t recognize his artworks as personal creations. That’s because his specialty is creating icons that appear on websites, smartphones…
How Veronica Lewis Went From Jail to a Mental Hospital — and Back Again
The guards at Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility in South Burlington knew that Veronica Lewis could be violent. In the first three months she was imprisoned…
Bookstock Festival Offers First Literary Inspiration Award
Since it opened for business in 2013, Green Writers Press has worked to inspire writers and readers in Vermont and beyond to think differently, not…
Hackie: Green Mountain Giants
On my first pass up the mountain, I missed my destination and had to pull over to ask a lady working in her garden. In…
Letters to the Editor (6/26/19)
‘Go’ Time While reading the “Piss Poor” article [“Piss Poor: Burlington Mulls Proposals for More Public Bathrooms,” May 22], I was reminded of the Greg…
Strangled Darlings’ New Album Chronicles Three Years on the Road
Touring is an essential part of a professional musician’s life. It’s not only imperative for making connections within the industry and with fans, but it…
Erin Cassels-Brown, ‘Dreamin’ on Overdrive’
(self-released, CD, digital) Just over two years ago, Erin Cassels-Brown released his debut EP, Northern Lights, Vol. 1. The Winooski-based singer-songwriter’s tunes dwelled mostly in…
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[Jeremy Brotz], ‘Knowing Time’
(Self-released, digital download) Taking a chance on a new endeavor takes guts and can lead to (sometimes harsh) criticism. Take “Beverly Hills, 90210” actor Brian…
I Just Can’t Bring Myself to Swallow
Dear Reverend, My lover has been asking me to swallow his sperm, but I just don’t want to. He’s a great lover who makes me…
‘Echo in the Canyon’ Celebrates a Seminal Era in Music History
People who grew up in the ’60s know that music used to be better. People who grew up with boy bands and Auto-Tune can quibble,…
Soundbites: Thoughts on Rezoning in the South End
Sounding Off This column primarily functions as a way to highlight local music news and interesting events, and usually there’s plenty of stuff to write…
Eat This Week, June 26 to July 2, 2019: Sips and Tunes
Beer and music are paired on Monday evenings at Lawson’s Finest Liquids in Waitsfield. The featured brew on July 1 will be Scrag Mountain Pils,…
Art Review: Misoo and Wendy Copp at GreenTARA Space
The current exhibition at GreenTARA Space in North Hero is a two-artist show of assemblages by Wendy Copp and paintings by Misoo. Titled “Identities: Cultural…
Vermont Brewmasters Experiment With Yeasts and Foraged Ingredients
Vermont’s first beer of the spring began in a Northeast Kingdom forest. On a drizzly June afternoon, Vasilios Gletsos, Wunderkammer Bier’s brewmaster, gathered tips and…
First Bite at Bliss Bee, Fast Casual Eatery from Founder of Farmhouse Group
When I visited Bliss Bee in Williston, a list of Vermont suppliers graced the wall, including the Northeast Kingdom dairy responsible for the creemee mix….
Restoration Barbecue Sets Up a Smoker in Brandon
The new owners of a grocery store in Brandon will add barbecue to the business one Saturday a month when they launch Restoration Barbecue in…
