Black Like Him: The Buffalo Soldier, by Chris Bohjalian
It was just a few months ago that Lincoln author and Burlington Free Press columnist Chris Bohjalian finished the book tour for his last novel,…
Marlboro Man: The co-founder of Vermont’s famous music school looks back on war, wives and the composing life
On the walls of Louis Moyse’s hilltop house in Montpelier, dozens of wooden flutes vie for space with framed photographs of family members, friends and…
Sonic Boom? Introducing seven new bands that make Burlington go pop
Let’s face it, the Burlington rock scene has been a little bleak since the mid-’90s. While our phishy friends were bouncing around the country getting…
Chorney’s Kids: Three new jazz bands build on the viperHouse foundation
If anyone’s qualified to speculate about central Vermont’s new generation of creative young musicians, it’s Michael Chorney. “There must be something in the water,” jokes…
The Music That Goes ‘Round and ‘Round: Vermont vinyl collectors recall their record deals
What is it about spinning records that casts a spell on some listeners — people for whom a grooved disc and a few wires makes…
If the Glove Fits… Mud season turns up a lost-and-found art project
The fluctuating temperatures this winter have caused my long and narrow driveway to thaw and refreeze by turns. During the most recent melt in this…
Cheating Words
Whoever handles the press for the International Space Station, the floating science lab jointly sponsored by the U.S., Russia, Canada, Europe and Japan, issued a…
O’ Canada: Montreal gets its Irish up for a St. Patty’s Day parade
A quiz: Which North American city has the longest tradition of hosting a St. Patrick’s Day parade? Nope, it’s not Boston, not New York, not…
Flick Chick
Two early, defining moments remain fixed in Stephen Bissette’s memory: A third-grade teacher in Duxbury who liked to read Edgar Allen Poe to the class;…
Progs vs. Dems
At a press conference to announce federal funding for Vermont slaughterhouses, Sanders talks about his own carniverous preferences, which include pork.
