Mar 12-19, 2014
Vermont’s Struggling Culinary School Plans Its Next Course; Minimum Wage, Paid Sick Leave, National Politics and the Governor; Keb’ Mo’ Talks ‘bluesAmericana;’ Generator Builds Up Steam; Seasoned Traveler: DownStreet Eats
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Vermont’s Struggling Culinary School Plans Its Next Course
“Order fire! Rachel, chef salad, carrot soup. All to-go!” Chef Ryan O’Malley shouts from his command post in the kitchens of NECI on Main, a…
Obituary: Allen Edward Menard, 1952-2014, Milton
Allen Edward Menard, age 61, passed away on March 13th 2014 at Fletcher Allen Hospital surrounded by his loving family. Allen was born on May…
Obituary: James Leo Delisle, Jr., 1938-2014, Colchester
James Leo Delisle, Jr., passed away March 7, 2014 at the Vermont Respite House. A complete obituary will appear on a later date. Arrangements are…
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Rock Point School Sugaring Tours [SIV345]
3/7/14: For years, sugaring has been a tradition at Rock Point School in Burlington. Three years ago, it even became a part of their academic…
In a Performance at Middlebury College, Two Brooklynites Explore the Sounds of Silence
Inspired by one of the noisiest cities in the world, musician Craig Shepard has composed a piece of music so still and spacious that most…
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): “There was another life that I might have had, but I am having this one.” So says a character in Kazuo…
The Burlington Bread Boys, ‘The Burlington Bread Boys’
(Self-released, CD, digital download) According to prophecy — and the cyclical nature of local music — it is written that every seven years a ragtag,…
Gunning for Reform: Burlington’s Firearms Vote May Prove Largely Symbolic
Residents of Vermont’s biggest city spoke decisively on Town Meeting Day, voting to change local laws to impose stricter regulations on firearms than the state…
Burlington High School Food Truck Needs a Name
“Slow fast food” is coming to the Burlington food-truck scene in June. The new truck will serve locally crafted hot dogs, Misty Knoll Farms chicken…
Obituary: Shirley Dusablon Berard, 1934-2014, Winooski
Shirley Dusablon Berard passed away peacefully on March 12 with her loving family by her side. She was born September 25, 1934 to Russell and…
Truancy Enforcement Is Difficult and Uneven Across Vermont
In his 27 years as a teacher at Bellows Free Academy in St. Albans, Neal Smith says he hasn’t seen much improvement in the problem…
Seasoned Traveler: DownStreet Eats
“Nowadays, you hear about kimchi parties. Kimchi is this mysterious, precious thing,” says Elena Gustavson. The lacto-fermented cabbage seemed a little more mundane when Gustavson…
When Jason Merrihew Sits In, Magic Happens
Boston-based Americana band the Big Lonesome are well into their second set at Sweet Melissa’s in Montpelier when they sit their guitar player down and…
How Can I Increase My Penis Size?
Dear Athena, I have penis envy. I stress about my size every day. Even if I’m alone, I obsess that it’s too small. What is…
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again Sheriff’s investigators concluded that a burglar who broke into a fishing store in Rochester, Minn., was driven off by a motion-activated singing…
Soundbites: Rap Battle Recap, Vermonters at SXSW
After digging in to the juicy rivalry growing between MCs Memaranda and Learic in last week’s column, my curiosity was piqued, and I had to…
Work: Angela Gatesy, Scientific Glassblower
The red neon sign in the window is more than just a beacon to those seeking Angela Gatesy’s workshop. It’s a testament to her skills….
Art Review: Catherine Hall at Castleton Downtown
The materials used in Catherine Hall’s current exhibition at the Castleton Downtown Gallery in Rutland read like a shopping list for an art-supply store: papier-mâché,…
WTF: How Can Barre and Montpelier Be Equidistant From Mile Marker 47 on Interstate 89? (And Other Highway Mysteries)
I’m intimately familiar with Interstate 89 — or at least I like to think so. A few days a week, I drive from my home…
Generator Maker Space to Open This Month
One Saturday in February, eight volunteer builders and painters gathered in Burlington’s Memorial Auditorium Annex with a mission: to transform the high-ceilinged, 5,000-square-foot room into…
Theater Review: ‘Good People’ at Northern Stage
In a tough world, it helps to be tougher. The characters in Good People have constructed defensive shells, and their hardness is tested in a…
Wage Against the Machine: Shumlin’s National Pay Play
Late last December, Senate Democrats gathered at Montpelier’s Capitol Plaza Hotel to discuss priorities for the upcoming legislative session. Sen. Peter Galbraith (D-Windham) made a…
Infinity Brewing Joins the Burlington Craft-Beer Scene
Good things come in threes — and so, apparently, do Burlington-area microbreweries. On the heels of Williston’s Burlington Beer Company and the imminent opening of…
Letters to the Editor
Off the Bus? Mayor Weinberger says that he is not a participant in the CCTA negotiations and thus has no opinion [“Bus Fair? CCTA Drivers…
An Interview With Blues Musician Keb’ Mo’
About 20 years ago, when songwriter and blues musician Kevin Moore reinvented himself as Keb’ Mo’ with his self-titled debut album, he not only earned…
Tim’s Vermeer
It’s hardly surprising that a movie made by Penn and Teller would feature a mind-bending stunt. What you’re less likely to expect is that the…
Crumbs: Shelburne Bakery Closes; August First Goes Screen-Free
Sometimes the restaurant fairy smiles on a new endeavor. Other times “she shits on you,” says Michel Mahe. With last month’s opening of the Lobby…
Like Father, Like Son
Which shapes a child more, nature or nurture? Many Americans would pick the latter, optimistically convinced that kids come to resemble those who raise them…
Mertz, ‘The Good in The Bad’
(Self-released, CD, digital download) In 2009, then-Burlington-based rapper Mertz released his debut recording, The Rise Above It EP. Though not without its flaws, the EP…
Erin Go BTV: Celebrating a Once-Scorned Immigrant Group
Burlington’s newest refugee groups — the Bhutanese, Somalis, Sudanese and Tibetans — might see their futures prefigured in this week’s celebration of one of Burlington’s…
Blu-Bin Brings 3-D Printing to the Masses on Church Street
Dan Riley tiptoes slowly in a semicircle, holding a digital camera at his knees as he scans something on the floor of his Church Street…
How Much ‘Green’ Does Green Up Day Require?
Vermont’s Green Up Day is a rite of spring. But it’s not a right — as citizens discovered two weeks ago, when the organization’s president,…
Obituary: Jean Brett, 1927-2014, Colchester
Jean Brett of Colchester, Vermont, passed away on March 12, 2014. Jean was born in the Bronx on September 29, 1927, to Hugh Paul and…
A New Wing at the West Branch Gallery Embraces Landscape Painting
Stowe’s 13-year-old West Branch Gallery & Sculpture Park is expanding — again. It wasn’t that long ago that co-owners Chris Curtis and Tari Swenson created…
Obituary: Franklin Swift Billings Jr., 1922-2014, Woodstock
Franklin Swift Billings Jr. died on March 9, 2014 in his family home and the place where he was born at 4 Bond Street, Woodstock,…
The Bryce Dance Company Moves Through the Aging Process
The Merriam-Webster Dictionary describes “aging” as a “gradual change in an organism that leads to increased risk of weakness, disease and death,” a definition that…
Eavesdropping at the New England Meat Conference
Stock your meat case with unusual cuts. Treat your farm like a business. Keep in mind that “whole carcass channels make a lot of sense.”…
A Couple of Accomplished Quartets Tackle Debussy and Mendelssohn
The longstanding and excellent Borromeo String Quartet returns to Vermont this weekend. And this time, the foursome will bring along a newer quartet: Gioviale, an…
