Jun 28 – Jul 4, 2017
Vermonters Call for Transparency in Opiate Prescriptions; Pine Island Community Farm Continues Late Founder’s Vision; Champlain Islands Institution Hero’s Welcome Is for Sale
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Vermont Leaders Make a Case for Opiate Prescription Data Transparency
The human cost of Vermont’s opiate crisis was on display at a recent SubStat meeting at the Burlington Police Department. Chittenden County State’s Attorney Sarah…
Seriously: The Tragedy of Ramlet, Coal Train’s Greatest Hits, Handle With Care: Fragile Comments
In this episode, host Bryan Parmelee frolics in the field of modern dance, explains how to ride the rails in Huntington and comes face to…
The Parmelee Post: Graphic Designer Confident Selecting the Right Font Will Help Farmers Market Vegetables
A boutique graphic design firm in Burlington has approached several local farms with an offer to help them better market their vegetables to consumers. “I…
Cooking in a Camper, Serving in a Bus: Chef Brad’s CrazySide
A pastel-painted school bus was parked on the hill that rises behind the shops at Fat Hat Corner in Quechee. On a warm and muggy…
Looking for a Hero: A Champlain Islands Institution Is for Sale
Dan Williams could not find a gravy separator. He’d searched all over Hero’s Welcome, one of the wackiest general stores in Vermont, on a recent…
No More Mr. Nice Guy: Will Scott’s ‘Hardball’ Approach Hurt Him?
Standing by a Civil War battle painting in the Statehouse last week, Vermont’s Republican governor and top Democratic lawmakers officially ended a 56-day dispute that…
Movie Review: Netflix Goes Whole Hog With Social Satire ‘Okja’
Traditionally, this isn’t the season in which a studio releases its five-star material. Summer is for superheroes, sequels and star-studded action extravaganzas. Of course, there’s…
Eat This Week, June 28 to July 4, 2017: Shellfish and a View
Burke Mountain is best known for its cold-weather activities, but, come summer, the place buzzes with hikers, mountain bikers and other warm-weather revelers. On Friday,…
Theater Review: Sibs Tim and Tyne Daly Star in ‘Downstairs’
Tim and Tyne Daly have built distinguished careers in television and theater, but not until Theresa Rebeck, Dorset Theatre Festival’s resident playwright, wrote a script…
Movie Review: ‘Transformers: The Last Knight’ Should Have Been the Last Transformers
Early in Transformers: The Last Knight, an adorable tyke boasts, “We’re kids, man! We can get away with anything!” That line’s gleeful irresponsibility encapsulates everything…
With New Owners, Arvads Grill Gets Belgian Upgrade
In 2014, Arvads Grill in Waterbury got an upgrade to its look and menu. Now the eatery has new owners, Jason Palmer and David Hubbard,…
Julia Child Opera Comes to Hardwick, With Cake
Julia Child accomplished much in her life, from working for the U.S. Office of Strategic Services (the early Central Intelligence Agency) to transforming American cuisine….
Xenia Rubinos’ Most Transgressive Act Is Being Herself
In 2016, a funny thing happened when Brooklyn-based R&B maverick Xenia Rubinos released her sophomore album, Black Terry Cat. For her, it was a collection…
Digital Cicadas Take Over Burlington’s City Hall Park
At noon last Friday, the bell in the Burlington City Hall clock tower rang out its midday notice and seemed to set off a river…
Soundbites: The Best Albums of 2017 … So Far (Part 1)
The midyear marker always sneaks up on me. But here we are, roughly halfway through 2017. Temperatures may be rising, but the days are getting…
Ask Athena: My Girlfriend Is Changing and I Don’t Know What to Do
Dear Athena, My girlfriend and I have been together since high school, which is almost five years now. She is changing, and I don’t know…
New Americans at Pine Island Farm Carry on Without Founder
Beads of sweat trickled down Theogène Mahoro’s temple as he shoveled goat manure and hay onto his pickup truck. Mahoro, a chicken farmer at Pine…
Rocket Erotic Offers Positive Sex Ed With Its Toys
Customers at Ondine salon in Montpelier are usually there for a cut, trim or color. But every once in a while, in the evening, they…
Album Review: Band of the Land, ‘Band of the Land’
(Self-released, digital download) The serenity and open spaces of rural Vermont allow ample room for hearts to expand. Burlington’s Band of the Land have hearts…
Letters to the Editor (6/28/17)
Rooftop Garden Is Fine Regarding Katie Jickling’s [“Not-So-Green Roof: BTV Airport’s Garage-Top Garden Has Deteriorated,” June 21], I recently viewed the garden, and I was…
A South Burlington Grad Reflects on Renaming the Rebels
Isaiah Hines was sipping an iced latte and talking with a reporter last week at Starbucks in South Burlington when a middle-aged woman approached the…
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Quimby Country [SIV495]
6/24/17: Quimby Country in Averill celebrates its 122nd season this summer in the Northeast Kingdom. Founded by Charles Quimby in 1894, the rustic resort is…
Hackie: Solo Maria
It was a perfect late-spring afternoon when I pulled up to the August First bakery just off of lower Main Street to hook up with…
Free Will Astrology (6/28/17)
CANCER (June 21-July 22): When Leos rise above their habit selves and seize the authority to be rigorously authentic, I refer to them as Sun…
What the Elk? Cervids Escape From Derby Enclosure
About 16 rogue elk escaped their Northeast Kingdom pen more than a week ago, and they appear to be roaming near the Canadian border, according…
Herding Sheep in Hanover: The Premiere of ‘Doggie Hamlet’
Here’s a quiz: What world-premiere performance in Hanover, N.H., this week was inspired by William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book and David Wroblewski’s…
Mini Train Rides With a View in Huntington
Barbara Aitken shouted to her elementary school students, “Guys, get off the bridge! The train’s coming!” The kids were seated on a wooden trestle bridge,…
Album Review: Ben Dunham, ‘Backline Collective’
(Self-released, CD, digital download) As the saying goes, “Go big or go home.” On his newly released record, Backline Collective, Ben Dunham actually does both….
Art Review: Photographer Julie Blackmon’s Memories of Home
A mother’s back is turned to her three small children while she searches deep in a car trunk for something out of view. Behind her,…
Long, Strange Session: A Look Back at the 2017 Legislature
Finally, it’s over. The legislative session that threatened to turn into a real-life Zeno’s paradox (you keep getting closer to the end, but you never…
Sampling Burlington’s Latest Coffee Stops
Burlington is a coffee lover’s dream town, with a number of places to grab a cup to go or to sit down and sip. Java…
The Spot on the Dock Opens in Burlington
Find your flip-flops, slip on your Wayfarers and call the dog: The Spot on the Dock is open at 1 King Street in Burlington. Follow…
