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Hard Time: Vermont Hasn’t Lost a Single Prisoner to COVID-19. But at What Cost?
Before Newport police took Michael Cornell to prison, they brought him to the hospital. The 33-year-old was suspected of stealing $1,184 from a computer repair…
Obituary: David Severance, 1946-2022
Thoughtful, inquisitive Vermont man was “a friend to so many”
Obituary: Helen W. Newton, 1941-2022
Swanton woman taught English at Bellows Free Academy for 33 years
Clean: ‘Just the Way I Am’ (3/28/22)
Shivers reverberated through my body as I stepped out of my shower onto a cold tile floor. I was three years sober, and I was…
Obituary: Diane Haskins, 1944-2022
Longtime operating room nurse at UVM Medical Center found great joy in simple pleasures
Obituary: Oda Hubbard, 1925-2022
Longtime Shelburne resident was among Harvard’s first female architecture students and retained her love of design until death
Bob Bolyard Dishes on the 100th Episode of Drag Queen Amber LeMay’s Web Series, ‘Amber Live!’
A couple of weeks into lockdown back in 2020, Bob Bolyard decided to take his longtime character, Amber LeMay, to the wide world of livestreaming….
Letters to the Editor (3/23/22)
Obscene Gesture? The Fidium ad on page 29 of your March 9 issue was incredibly offensive and insulting. The gesture the woman is giving is…
Pixar’s ‘Turning Red’ Offers a Wonderfully Messy Puberty Fable
I admit it. When I heard there was a social media storm brewing around the new Pixar animation Turning Red, I was instantly interested. While…
Shadows, Layers and Wildlife Inform Tara Thacker’s Exhibition of Sculpture and Prints
Ceramic sculptor Tara Thacker loves multiplication and repetition; many of her works consist of fastidiously hand-cut, nearly identical components that number in the hundreds. On…
WTF: Does Vermont Have an Actual ‘Ice Highway’?
Earlier this winter, the brother of a Seven Days editor asked her why she had never mentioned Vermont’s “ice highway,” an alleged shortcut running between…
Now Playing in Theaters: March 23-29
In addition to The Outfit, here’s what is playing in Northern and Central Vermont movie theaters this week. Listings include new movies, vintage films and a directory of open theaters.
Free Will Astrology (3/23/22)
ARIES (Mar. 21-Apr. 19): The Carib people from Surinam quote their mysterious Snake Spirit as follows: “I am the force of the spirit of the…
As Russia Invades Ukraine, a Vermont Journalist Recalls His Time as a Moscow Correspondent in the 1980s
A few weeks ago, on the cusp of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, I heard a familiar name introduced on NPR and then a voice I…
Soundbites: Mdou Moctar’s Guitar Brilliance; Marco Benevento Returns
One of my least favorite questions is, “Is guitar music dead?” Whenever the topic rears its head, I have to force myself not to roll…
Burlington Takes Aim at Ending Homelessness With ‘Shelter Pod’ Community
In December, Burlington razed what was left of the Sears Lane homeless encampment in the South End. Mayor Miro Weinberger had abruptly ordered campers to…
Bow Thayer, ‘The Book of Moss’
(Elbop Music, digital) Every Seven Days review of a Bow Thayer album has noted a particular quality: This is not an artist who stays on…
Ethan Stokes Tischler, ‘Across the Waking Skies’
(Self-released, CD, digital) The German poet Berthold Auerbach once wrote that music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. I was reminded…
How Do I Overcome My Apprehension About Joining an Orgy?
Dear Reverend, I went to my first swinger hotel takeover last weekend, where a group of 75 or so swingers and singles rented out a…
Cartoonist Ed Koren and Photographer Stephen Gorman Address the Climate Crisis in New Exhibit
What gets you first is the gaze. Direct, personal and full of meaning, yet unreadable. The polar bears are rooted in a place and a…
With School Masking Guidance Lifted, Families With Medically Fragile Kids Feel Forgotten
Earlier this month, when Vermont officials announced that masking guidance for K-12 schools would end on March 14, they cited new federal guidance and low…
Life Stories: Tom Morse ‘Loved to Do His Own Thing’
At night, looking south from the house he built on his farm in East Montpelier, Burr Morse can see the blinking lights of the airport…
As Costs Rise, Vermont’s Largest Hospitals Demand More Money
Vermont’s three largest hospitals are projecting tens of millions of dollars in losses this year amid rising labor costs and the highest rate of inflation…
Pianist Stephen Hough to Play a Famously Difficult Work With the Vermont Symphony Orchestra
This weekend’s Vermont Symphony Orchestra concert is a must-go for two reasons — aside, of course, from hearing the excellent VSO musicians perform. One is…
Deep Dives: Feeling (Almost) at Home at the Last Stop Sports Bar in Winooski
“You’re not from around here, are ya?” My interrogator, sporting a sterling silver grill and a cluster of stick-and-poke face tattoos, wasn’t entirely wrong. I…
From the Publisher: Losing Frankie
More than 23 million Americans adopted pets during the pandemic, seeking unconditional love, companionship and animal entertainment. My partner, Tim, and I already had all…
Trenchers Farmhouse Grows Italian Specialties — and a Pasta Club — in the NEK
March signals two annual occasions in Vermont: mud season and CSA sign-ups. As the snow melts and the ground thaws, farmers start their first seeds…
Young Winooski Cooks Compete in Rescheduled Jr Iron Chef VT
On April 2, Kianalee Hill will finally get to pull out the knives and show her stuff as a member of the Winooski Middle School…
Ferene Paris Meyer’s Haitian Rum Cake Hits the Menu at Hotel Vermont
When Ferene Paris Meyer mixes her Haitian Barbancourt Rhum cakes, she adds her signature heartfelt, storytelling touch to the recipe. “I’m saying intentions over all…
Burlington Wine Bar Sotto Enoteca Reopens
What is social media good for? Confirming the rumor that a favorite cozy wine bar has reawakened like Sleeping Beauty after almost two years. On…
The Magnificent 7: Must See, Must Do, March 23-29
Spring is right around the corner, there’s no shortage of ways for Vermonters to connect, learn and have a good time. We’ve compiled seven must-do events, including Foul Contending Rebels Theatre’s first production of a contemporary play: Sarah Ruhl’s Eurydice.
My Little Cupcake to Close; Belleville Bakery to Open Storefront in Burlington
One sweet business will make way for another at 217 College Street in Burlington this spring. My Little Cupcake, which has occupied the corner of…






