Mar 15-21, 2017
The Sister Legislators Who Hold Vermont’s Purse Strings; Comedian Kevin Allison Takes a Risk; UVM Fecal Transplant Study Seeks Cure for Colon Infection
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Sisters Act: Siblings Kitty Toll and Jane Kitchel Hold Vermont’s Purse Strings
At the Danville Town Meeting lunch last week, Sen. Jane Beattie Kitchel and Rep. Kitty Beattie Toll squeezed into pint-size seats next to one another…
Eat This Week, March 22 to 28, 2017: Drink From the Tree
To celebrate its move from a farmhouse basement in Barnard village to expansive new digs on the Royalton Turnpike, Fable Farm Fermentory invites friends and…
The Parmelee Post: Whiny Resident Wins Chance to Operate City Plow Himself
One lucky Burlington resident was awarded a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to share a hidden talent with the world thanks to a generous online contest organized by…
Kids VT, Seven Days’ Free Parenting Magazine, Wins Six Awards From National Parenting Media Group
For the sixth year in a row, Kids VT, Vermont’s free monthly parenting magazine, took home the top writing prize at the Parenting Media Association’s…
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Chief, National Guard Bureau Biathlon Championship [SIV482]
3/9/17: The Vermont National Guard hosted 120 athletes from 23 different states last week for the 2017 Chief, National Guard Bureau Biathlon Championship at Camp…
Deadline Days: Time Is Short for Moving Legislation
Now that Town Meeting recess is in the rearview, Vermont lawmakers are returning to work with the sense of urgency inspired by the imminence of…
A Benefit Fashion Show Models Multiculturalism
On a chilly Sunday in February, several dozen New American and U.S.-born performers gathered at North End Studios in Burlington to rehearse an upcoming production…
Hard Lesson: A UVM Econ Prof Fights to Keep His Job
Students in hoodies and fleeces shuffled into a lecture hall at the University of Vermont shortly before 8:30 a.m. last Thursday for an intro-level course,…
Talking Art With Glass Sculptor Alissa Faber
Walk into New City Galerie on Burlington’s Church Street some afternoon, and you’ll get the full effect of Alissa Faber’s wall-mounted sculptures. The distorted glass…
A Little Free Advice: Lawyers Help Vermonters Facing Eviction
An hour before his court hearing last month, Henry Condo pulled out a wallet as if to make a deal. “I can pay something now,…
Theater Review: Blackberry Winter, Vermont Stage
In Blackberry Winter, playwright Steve Yockey subverts the artistic dictum “show, don’t tell.” Showing isn’t any more powerful than a character with a strong need…
Movie Review: ‘Neruda’ Blends Fact and Fiction Into Magic
#OscarsSoWTF. This past year, the great Chilean director Pablo Larraín (The Club) presented the world with a pair of films in which famous names figure…
‘TRASHburgh’ Revels in the Seedy Side of Plattsburgh
Plattsburgh, N.Y. musician Matthew Hall has a question for you: How poopy is your butt? No, seriously. The question is repeatedly asked in interviews throughout…
My Fiancé Has Asked Me for Some Space
Dear Athena, My fiancé recently asked me for some space. I love him so much, but he says I’m smothering him. He says he’s worried…
Letters to the Editor (3/15/17)
Wrong Mountains? I’m very fond of your paper but wondering why you featured a photo of mountains that do not appear to be in Vermont…
Soundbites: Kiss Me, I’m Drunk
A storm is coming. No, not another Nor’easter. I’m talking about the yearly maelstrom of binge drinking and misplaced aggression that is St. Patrick’s Day….
Spacious New Digs for Vermont Artisan Coffee & Tea
In 2015, Waterbury’s Vermont Artisan Coffee & Tea broke ground on a 15,000-square-foot facility that would house its roastery and two sister companies, Coffee Lab…
At 20, the Green Mountain Film Fest Looks Forward
The Green Mountain Film Festival turns 20 this week with a Friday evening screening of Ken Loach’s blue-collar British drama I, Daniel Blake, launching a…
Strafford’s Stone Soup: Excellent Food, Not Cell, Service
There’s no cell service in upper Strafford village, which is just a handful of antique homes clustered around a green with white clapboard churches on…
The State’s Kevin Allison Talks Comedy and Podcasts
When his sketch comedy group the State broke up in 1995 — thus ending the cult-favorite MTV show of the same name — Kevin Allison…
What’s the Story With Vermont’s Many Hill Roads?
Road names can speak volumes about a place — its topography, the people who settled there, where they hailed from and how they used the…
Free Will Astrology (3/15/17)
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Would you like some free healing that’s in alignment with cosmic rhythms? Try this experiment. Imagine that you’re planning to write…
New American Women’s Soccer Team Dreams Big
Among the soccer players gathered at the Shelburne Field House on a Saturday evening in late February, Binti Abdullahi cut a stark figure in her…
Mask, World Gone Crazy
(Self-released, cassette, digital download) Wallingford’s Mask have released what has got to be one of the shortest local EPs in recent memory, World Gone Crazy….
UVM Study Explores a Fecal Transplant Cure
One week after celebrating her 80th birthday in December 2015, “Iris” contracted Clostridium difficile, a serious colon infection that causes fever, nausea, severe abdominal pain…
Movie Review: ‘Kong: Skull Island’ Is a Warm-Up, Not a Remake
Moviegoers over a certain age will look at the poster art for Kong: Skull Island and immediately see the iconic one-sheet for Apocalypse Now. The…
ETHEL Bring Program of Works by Fierce Females
When violinist Mary Rowell of Craftsbury and three fellow contemporary-music enthusiasts were brainstorming a name for their quartet back in 1998, Rowell hit on ETHEL….
Wooden Dinosaur, Working Weather
(Lost Honey Records, CD, digital download, vinyl) Over some 10 releases dating back 20 years or so, Wooden Dinosaur’s Michael Roberts has crafted songs by…
Obituary: David Wales, 1960-2017, Montpelier/Sugarbush
David Allan Wales, age 57, of Montpelier passed away suddenly Thursday morning, March 9th. Born March 8, 1960, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is survived by…
New ‘Dykes to Watch Out For’ Tackles the Ides of Trump
Alison Bechdel is a Vermont-based cartoonist and author of Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic — a graphic memoir turned Tony-winning Broadway musical. From 1983 to…
Local Chefs Hop on the Cocktail-and-Food Pairing Trend
The veggie hash arrived five courses into a brunch-time cocktail pairing at Misery Loves Co. in Winooski — hunks of mushroom and cauliflower and strips…
Namuna Asian Kitchen Opens in Winooski
Less than two years after replacing Dharshan Namaste Asian Deli at 212 Main Street in Winooski, the Spice Traders’ Kitchen closed in February. A sign…
Eat This Week, March 15 to 21, 2017: Breakfast at Limlaw’s
In West Topsham, the Limlaw family opens its sunny post-and-beam sugarhouse for a Sunday buffet breakfast series each spring when the sap is flowing. For…
