Mar 30 – Apr 5, 2016
Former Fighter Tom Murphy Faces New Foe: School Bullies; New UVM Dean Promotes Liberal Arts; Cavendish Game Birds Takes on Pigs
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Former Ultimate Fighter Tom Murphy Has New Foe: Bullying
For any kid who’s ever been picked on, Tom Murphy might seem like a real-life superhero. Their first introduction to him, in his standard middle-school…
Obituary: Priscilla B. Throop, 1946-2016
Priscilla B. Throop, beloved mother, sister and friend and esteemed scholar, died peacefully on March 8. She is survived by her dearly loved son, Alexander…
Obituary: Ryan A Morin, 1980-2016
Ryan, 35, passed away unexpectedly on April 3, 2016. Born in Burlington, Vermont on December 3, 1980, he was the son of Diane Many and…
Obituary: Sean ‘Binkie’ Tyler Stem, 1989-2016
Sean “Binkie” Tyler Stem, age 26, Burlington, VT, passed away on March 29, 2016 after fighting a long, terrible battle of addiction. He was born…
Competitive Kids at Jr Iron Chef VT
Vermont has many talented young cooks. I know this because on a recent Saturday in March, I sampled outstanding dishes prepared by chefs in the…
Profile: White River Gallery at BALE, South Royalton
South Royalton chalks up another win on its community scorecard with the launch of the White River Gallery at BALE. Not that anyone is keeping…
Page 32: Seven Short Book Reviews
Seven Days’ writers can’t possibly read, much less review, the number of books that arrive in a steady stream by post, email and, in one…
Waiting to Inhale: Lawmakers Consider Raising Smoking Age to 21
Rep. George Till (D-Jericho) is on a mission to deter tobacco use in Vermont. For the past three weeks, the 63-year-old four-term lawmaker has been…
Cavendish Game Birds of Vermont Adds Pigs
Driving into Springfield on Route 11, you can’t ignore the forlorn vestiges of industry. In addition to the boarded-up factories and slummed-out properties, with their…
Eye in the Sky
Human beings are sometimes better at making super-sophisticated devices than at making simple decisions. This is the moral of the story told in Eye in…
Bhutanese-Vermont Artist Paints Life as Refugee
The next time you drive past Spinner Place in Winooski, watch for the “welcome” signs, both in English and Nepali, at the pedestrian entrance of…
I Need More Sex and Affection From My Wife
Dear Athena, My wife and I have been married eight years. We had lots of sex before we got married. It died down some after,…
New UVM Dean Says Liberal Arts Need More Love
The first in his family to attend college, William Falls is accustomed to a challenge. Both his parents worked at a General Electric plant in…
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
During one of the many fiery climaxes of Batman v Superman, Bruce Wayne, aka Batman (Ben Affleck), turns to his loyal Alfred (Jeremy Irons) and…
A Rare Josef Albers Exhibit in Burlington
The lifelong credo of Bauhaus artist and teacher Josef Albers was “Minimal means for maximal effect.” That motto captures the impact of a selection of…
WTF: What Do Cyclists’ Hand Signals Mean?
It can be hard for motorists and cyclists to share the road. And when someone commandeering a couple of tons of steel doesn’t understand what…
A Talk About Art Questions … Art
Making fun of modern art can be, well, fun. Anyone who tells you otherwise is selling something — probably modern art. Pretentious artist statements and…
Stowe’s PK Coffee Finds Permanent Home
After an on-and-off residency at Commodities Natural Market in 2015 and guest appearances around town, Stowe’s PK Coffee moved into a permanent space earlier this…
Dogged Pursuit: Can Sen. Chris Bray Solve Vermont’s Siting Problem?
At home in New Haven, Sen. Chris Bray can redirect a wayward hound with a clap of his hands or a few select words, he…
Free Will Astrology (3/30/16)
ARIES (March 21-April 19): According to my astrological analysis, you would benefit profoundly from taking a ride in a jet fighter plane 70,000 feet above…
A More Modest Moran: Redstone to Help Redevelop Industrial Relic
An experienced developer has come to the aid of the trio trying to transform Burlington’s Moran Plant from a hulking industrial relic into a state-of-the…
Tube-Fed: All About Eva
Originally published March 9, 2005. Producing, writing, editing and hosting a local cable television program can be a thankless, all-consuming enterprise. I know because I’ve…
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Holi Festival of Colors [SIV437]
3/26/16: The Seventh Annual Holi Festival of Colors was held in downtown Burlington outside St. Joseph’s School on Saturday afternoon. Participants threw colored powder on…
Police Killing of a Mentally Ill Man Raises Questions — Again
Vermont mental health experts reacted with a sense of weary frustration to the news last week that a Burlington police officer shot and killed a…
Vermont Company’s Pet Toys Parody Presidential Candidates
If you’ve ever longed to tear into Donald Trump — or Sen. Bernie Sanders or Hillary Clinton, for that matter — you now have a…
Off Trail: Seeking Salamanders at the Podunk Preserve
Steve Faccio gingerly moved saplings aside as he trudged through the brush, taking care not to snap off any spindly branches. The young trees were…
The Di Is Cast: Snelling’s Resignation Is Bad News for Republicans
Soon after she moved to Hinesburg in 1983, Diane Snelling caught wind of a proposal to build 30 new houses in slapdash fashion on the…
The Lynguistic Civilians, Gratified Existence
(Self-released, CD, digital download) The Lynguistic Civilians are a Burlington rap crew who … wait, that’s not quite accurate. They are the Burlington rap crew….
Four More Local Recordings You (Probably) Haven’t Heard
So many records, so little time. Seven Days gets more album submissions than we know what to do with. And, given the ease of record…
Bren, Hot Lunch
(Rat Pâté Records, cassette, digital download) Something of a rock-and-roll renaissance is happening in Plattsburgh. Though it may be too soon to call what’s bubbling…
Soundbites: Ahead of Higher Ground Gig, Kat Wright Dishes on New Album
If it seems like it’s been a hot minute since we’ve heard from Kat Wright and the Indomitable Soul Band, well, it has. The band…
Letters to the Editor (3/30/16)
Flood Flub [Re “Leaders of the Backpack,” March 23]: Interesting article, but I noticed a minor factual error: The flood of 1927 occurred in November,…
Trout River Brewing Hops to It in Springfield
Founded in 1996, Trout River Brewing was part of Vermont’s first wave of craft breweries. For years, the Lyndonville brewery was the Northeast Kingdom’s sole…
Finalists for Bluebird Kiosk, Burlington Loses Noonie’s, Gains an Arcade Bar
When word came that the Bluebird Coffee Stop in Burlington would be vacating its kiosk, the Church Street Marketplace put together a special committee to…
