Love & Marriage Issue 2015
The Love & Marriage Issue: Food Truck Weddings on a Roll; Working Couples Work It Out; Polyamory in Vermont; A Bill Would Keep Ed Tax Dollars at Home
Obituary: Jennie Charlotte Hilliker
Jennie Charlotte Hilliker, age 91 years, a longtime resident of Blue Rock Road, Alburgh, went to be with the Lord, Friday February 6, 2015, at…
Obituary: Velma Mary Irish
Velma Mary Irish, age 78 years, died early Friday morning February 6, 2015, at her home with loving family at her side. Born in Colchester…
Obituary: Gary John Campbell, Sr.
Gary John Campbell, Sr., age 60, died unexpectedly Tuesday February 3, 2015, at his North River Street residence. Born in Saint Albans on September, 16,…
Obituary: Robert Marcel Parizo
Robert Marcel Parizo, age 75 years, died unexpectedly December 19, 2014, at his Boutah Road residence. Born in Highgate, Vermont on October 4, 1939, he…
Obituary: Adrian Remi St. Denis, 1931-2015, Jericho
Adrian Remi St. Denis, 83, passed away Tuesday, February 3rd, 2015 at his home in Jericho with his loving family at his bedside. Born September…
Project Almanac
Once there was a scrappy little time travel movie called Primer. Produced for just $7,000, Shane Carruth’s 2004 indie proved that thoughtful science fiction films…
Daddy’s Girl
I answered my phone on a snowy Wednesday afternoon, and the caller launched into his request. “My daughter’s coming up on Amtrak tonight from New…
A Most Violent Year
A long time ago in an awards season that now seems far, far away, this was shaping up to be the year of A Most…
News Quirks (02/04/15)
Curses, Foiled Again Clayton Dial, 23, pulled a gun and demanded cash at a Japanese restaurant in Champaign, Ill., only to have chef Tetsuji Miwa…
Hip-hop Legend Masta Ace Still Keeps It Real
Masta Ace has performed hip-hop since 1988 and has been widely considered one of the best at it throughout the genre’s evolution. But he doesn’t…
Theater Review: Or, at Vermont Stage Company
In Liz Duffy Adams’ Or, the medium is the message. For this comedy set in 1660, that medium is farce, wrapped around a bit of…
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The Odd Couple [SIV386]
1/29/15: This week is the Love & Marriage issue of Seven Days and what better way to celebrate than with a video featuring a unique…
I’ve Been Married Six Years, and My Wife Is Never ‘in the Mood’
Dear Athena, I’ve been married six years, and things in the bedroom are a disaster. My wife is 40 and I’m 33, and she’s no…
Vermont Culinary Couples Share Their Wedding Stories
If planning a party is stressful, devising a wedding is enough to land many couples in therapy. When it comes to the all-important postnuptial meal,…
Letters to the Editor (02/04/15)
Another Slippery Slope Although I did not see the Vermont Right to Life flier that was referenced in the January 28 letters to the editor…
Soundbites: New Monkey House Residency, Dead Set Turns Two, New Band Alert, Sturgill Simpson!
Residential Area Greetings, music fans! This week’s edition of Soundbites is coming to you under unusual circumstances. Namely, I’m penning it from Chicago in the…
Casual Cuisine: Food-Truck Weddings
Weddings can be fussy, formal affairs. The number of conventions associated with the ritual is dizzying: contracts to sign, rings to purchase, dresses to try…
Michael Arnowitt’s Beethoven Project Comes to an End
Vermont musicians who know Montpelier pianist Michael Arnowitt — and most do — never fail to comment on his imaginative programming. Since he moved to…
Books: Murray Bookchin’s ‘The Next Revolution’
The life and thought of longtime Burlington resident Murray Bookchin can be read as a profile in courage. Never a slave to political fashion, he…
Lobby Hobby: Who’s Spending Big on Vermont’s Legislative Session?
Liberal activists weren’t the only ones disappointed when Gov. Peter Shumlin reversed course in December and dropped his plan to create a single-payer health care…
Not So Funny: A Lifetime of Comics Stolen in Brattleboro
Cops in Brattleboro are asking for the public’s help in locating comic book collector Jim Wheelock’s missing loved ones. The Los Angeles-based illustrator, writer and…
A ‘Luxury’ Alternative to the Wedding Porta-Potty
Jeff Snyder and Mike Solomon were at a poker game, expressing their disdain for the typical portable toilet, when the idea of Luxury Event Restrooms…
Jarvis Green Leads New ArtisTree Theatre Co. in ‘Fiddler’
When ArtisTree Community Arts Center & Gallery moved into a newly renovated three-story barn and farmhouse in Pomfret last fall, there were no plans to…
How Couples Who Work Together Work It Out
Marriage, as many a spouse will tell you, is a series of negotiations — not just about who does the dishes, but about how two…
Art Review: ‘Taking Pictures,’ BCA Center
The title of this exhibition, “Taking Pictures,” has multiple meanings yet remains somewhat misleading. The most common interpretation might be “snapping photographs.” But the BCA…
Exploring the Ins and Outs of Polyamory
Betsy has a full day ahead of her, even for someone with four romantic partners. An hour after her interview with a reporter, she’s due…
New Bill Aims to Stop Funding Out-of-State Schools
Every year, Vermont tax dollars help pay tuition to prestigious, out-of-state private schools — Phillips Exeter Academy, Emma Willard School and Northfield Mount Hermon, to…
Writers Weigh In on Crafting Wedding Vows
Wedding vows are curious literary beasts. Truly meaningful to only two individuals, they’re typically read aloud in front of groups of people. And what if…
A Final Act of Devotion Ends in Tragedy
After 38 years of marriage, Stewart and Patricia Little acted as a team. Because she had broken her arm in a recent driveway fall, he…
Free Will Astrology (02/04/15)
ARIES (March 21-April 19): In 1979, Monty Python comedian John Cleese helped direct a four-night extravaganza, “The Secret Policeman’s Ball.” It was a benefit to…
Man of the People Faces Woman of the Party in Burlington City Council Race
A convenience store manager and a marketing director are vying to represent the largest voting bloc in Burlington. It’s an odd matchup: Both city council…
Red Clover & the Hermit Thrush, We Get By
(Monkey Luck Records, digital download) In August 2014, Burlington’s Red Clover & the Hermit Thrush released their debut self-titled album, a lo-fi assemblage of bluegrass…
Shiel Worcester’s Jam Bakery Goes Mobile
Shiel Worcester started Jam Bakery from her Richmond home kitchen in summer 2013. By day, the baker turns out pastries alongside Andrew LeStourgeon at Hen…
Hold Me Back, Follow Through
(Self-released, digital download) Emo-alternative-punk music has certainly fallen from its mid-2000s commercial stardom, but there are still pockets of sensitive rockers moping in café corners….
Obituary: Dr. Robert Lanzer, 1927-2015, Charlotte, NC
Robert Clark Lanzer died peacefully on January 28,2015 at the Levin-Dickson Hospice House in Huntersville, NC. He was born on May 20, 1927-a very famous…
Agricola Farm Introduces a Dinner Club
For years, Vermont fields have welcomed a hungry public for on-farm dinners — in the summer. But Alessandra Rellini of Agricola Farm in Panton has…
Why Don’t Chickens Like to Lay in Winter?
A few weeks ago, I found myself standing in front of the egg cooler at Burlington’s City Market/Onion River Co-op, bewildered. Usually filled to the…
