Jun 3-9, 2015
Digging on the Burlington Discover Jazz Festival With Reuben Jackson; Marijuana Dispensaries Compete; Game on for Ingress in BTV; Justin Bigelow’s Planet Food
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Digging on Burlington Discover Jazz With Reuben Jackson
Reuben Jackson has a way with words. In a 2012 Seven Days story, former Vermont Public Radio jazz-show host George Thomas said of Jackson, “He…
Obituary: Joseph Henry “Joe” Rivers, 1947-2015, Burlington, Vt
Joseph “Joe” Henry Rivers, 67, passed away Feb. 22, 2015 in Venice, Florida. Joe was born on Aug. 3, 1947, the son of Robert and…
Obituary: Patricia Novotny, Jericho, Vt
Patricia (”Pat”) Novotny died on June 3, 2015 at her home while in the loving care and embrace of her family. Pat was 75 years…
Seven Low-Cost Options at the Burlington Discover Jazz Festival
As wonderful as the Burlington Discover Jazz Festival is, you could go broke trying to see everything. Lucky for you, there are scads of relatively…
San Andreas
If you’ve been longing to witness the destruction of Los Angeles and San Francisco in glorious 3D, San Andreas delivers the goods. But the digital…
Going It Alone, and Female, in the Woods
Jocelyn Hebert needs no encouragement from Hollywood to hit the hiking trail all by herself. For years, she’s ventured deep into the woods with only…
Free Will Astrology (6/3/15)
ARIES (March 21-April 19): The Persian scholar Avicenna was so well-rounded in his knowledge that he wrote two different encyclopedias. Even as a teenager, he…
Letters to the Editor (6/3/15)
Believe in Bernie Why does everyone say Bernie can’t win [Off Message: “Sanders Endorsees Decline to Return the Favor,” May 21]? If everyone votes for…
News Quirks (6/3/15)
Curses, Foiled Again Investigators said David Menzies, 30, tried to steal bicycles and apparel from a bike shop in Wesley Chapel, Fla., that is located…
Young Muslims Find Community at Weekend Islamic School
Fathima Bariyajaan strode across the stage to fix a hand-painted date tree. Then she paused to adjust the headscarf that rested on her shoulders. It…
Push Comes to Gov: Will Shumlin Face a Primary?
Gov. Peter Shumlin looked pretty damn relieved Monday morning as he announced his administration had finally met a deadline to fix a component of the…
WTF: Why Is There an Appliance Store in a Victorian-Era Home in Shelburne?
Frequent travelers through Shelburne have likely noticed the large white house on the west side of Route 7 between the Pierson Library and Village Wine…
Ruth Stone Foundation Fights to Preserve the Late Poet’s Goshen Home
For late Vermont poet laureate Ruth Stone — whose 100th birthday would be June 8 — poetry was not just a sideline or a hobby….
Vermont’s Medical Marijuana Industry Is Growing — in Chittenden County
Two years ago, Shayne Lynn launched one of the state’s first medical marijuana dispensaries with two employees and about a dozen patients. Today, he has…
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Bernie Sanders’ Campaign Kickoff [SIV401]
5/26/15: U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders officially launched his presidential campaign Tuesday at Burlington’s Waterfront Park. National and local media flocked to cover the event and…
Shannon Hawley, A Different Kind of Progress
(Self-released, CD, digital download) Shelburne-based singer-songwriter Shannon Hawley spent five years writing and recording her debut album, A Different Kind of Progress. While the album…
Audrey Bernstein, Alright, OK, You Win
(Self-released, CD, digital download) Audrey Bernstein’s new album, Alright, OK, You Win, is like that out-of-focus camera shot in a movie with a late-night jazz…
Grazers Expands to Stowe
After just nine months in business, the owners of Grazers in Williston are bringing their burger-shake-martini concept to Stowe. According to co-owner Sam Handy Jr.,…
Rise Up Bakery to Bring Loaves to Barre
About seven feet above floor level in a run-down brick building in Barre, a thick band of soot extends across two interior walls. This, Carolyn…
Rowan’s Succeeds Milton’s Apollo Diner
Sam, Peter, Paul and Ann Handy are expanding northward, too. Last Tuesday, May 26, the siblings fired up the grill at the former Apollo Diner…
Soundbites: Jazz It Up
You kids like the jazz. Or maybe you don’t. I mean, what is jazz, really? While you ponder that pointless question, the Burlington Discover Jazz…
Should My Girlfriend Tell Me She’s Having Her Period Before We Have Sex?
Dear Athena, I was eating out my girlfriend the other night, and then we started having sex. After we finished, we noticed she had her…
‘Patsy Cline’ to Take the Stage in Lost Nation Theater’s Latest
The musical Always… Patsy Cline runs only two acts in 90 minutes. In her actual life, the country and pop music star only got 30…
Dream House: Soteria Vermont Welcomes Mental Health Patients
From the outside, the Soteria Vermont house on Burlington’s Manhattan Drive isn’t particularly noteworthy. With faded yellow clapboards and purple trim, it blends right in…
Montpelier’s Center for Arts and Learning Opens Its Doors
A long block from downtown Montpelier, a tidy brick building looms over Barre Street. Once a convent and Catholic school, the building may look square…
Shelter Skelter: Domestic Abuse Survivors Wind Up in Seedy Motels
Last month, state Sen. Norm McAllister (R-Franklin) was charged with sexual assault and other crimes involving three women. One of them has since died, apparently…
Local Artists Depict Their Lives Through Comic Art
Somewhere at the intersection of memoir, fine art and illustration sits “Graphic Lives,” a four-artist installation that opens this week at Burlington’s New City Galerie….
Work: Eleni Floyd, Heritage Toyota
Eleni Floyd moved from her native Greece to Vermont in 1992 when her husband landed at job with IBM in Essex Junction. She initially worked…
Art Review: Kit Donnelly, WalkOver Gallery
After three decades of trying to make it as an artist in Vermont, Kit Donnelly is giving up and moving to — of all places…
Ingress ‘Agents’ Seek Portals in Burlington
Tread carefully, Vermonters; it’s a brave new world out there. Even as you walk down familiar streets, that other world is all around you, divided…
Obituary: Yvonne Elaine Kujath, 1935-2015
Yvonne Elaine Kujath, 79, passed away unexpectedly at University of Vermont Medical Center on June 1, 2015. She was born on October 18, 1935 to…
Tap Room to Replace Psychedelicatessen
Fans of Burlington’s Psychedelicatessen have a month to get their pay-as-you-see-fit dumpling fix: The neighborhood eatery and performance space will serve its final meal the…
Grilling the Chef: Justin Bigelow of the Daily Planet
Chef: Justin Bigelow Age: 33 Restaurant: the Daily Planet Location: Burlington Restaurant Age: 33 Cuisine Type: New American Training: The Atlantic Culinary Academy (le Cordon…
Burlington’s Designbook Faces Off With Facebook
Last year, when Kyle Clark and Aaron Pollak launched their Burlington startup, Designbook, they chose a name that reflected the company’s mission and their mutual…
