Mar 4-10, 2015
What’s Gained and Lost As Shelburne Museum Evolves Into a Year-Round Arrts Center?; Meet the Chief of Health Care Reform; A Vermont Swimmer Hits High Sea; Taste Test: Waterworks Food + Drink; The Weeders Survey
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The Evolution of the Shelburne Museum
Months before her death in 1960, Electra Havemeyer Webb began drafting a list she titled simply “Moderns I Like.” The wealthy founder of the Shelburne…
Obituary: Frank Ray Keyser, Jr., 1927-2015, Proctor/Chelsea
Frank Ray Keyser, Jr. passed away on Saturday, March 7, 2015, surrounded by the family he loved and inspired. Ray was born in Chelsea, Vermont,…
A Vermont-Made App That Could Save Kids’ Lives
When pediatrician Barry Finette treated sick kids in some of the world’s poorest countries, he knew his patients had already defied incredible odds: They were…
News Quirks (3/4/15)
Curses, Foiled Again Gregory Dike, 38, received 11 years in jail for robbing 10 banks across England. Police arrested him after he booked a taxi…
Theater Review: Proof, Essex Community Players
The elegant structure of Proof lures the audience into a series of small misconceptions and then shatters each of them to great effect. The Essex…
Talking With Long-Distance Swimmer Charlotte Brynne
When Charlotte Brynn dipped a toe into the water, she winced — but not because it was too cold. The indoor whirlpool was actually a…
Middlebury Town Hall Theater Brings Back Pop-Up Plays
Haley Rice compares a pop-up play to a unicorn — in fact, to a “unicorn playing a banjo: unique, rare and really interesting. You don’t…
Vultures of Cult, Bitter Gloom on a Golden Dawn
(Self-released, digital download) In recent years, many underground genres have sneaked into the charts and found a comfortable place in pop culture. Metal, for one,…
$2 Million Baby: Calculating the Cost of Shumlin’s Single-Payer ‘Exercise’
It took Gov. Peter Shumlin nearly four years in office to determine that his signature policy proposal — universal health insurance — was “just not…
The Woedoggies, Sorrytown
(Self released, CD and digital download) If you like a little twang in your tunes, finding contemporary bands that play old-school country isn’t easy. With…
I Think My Boyfriend Is Emotionally Abusive
Dear Athena, I’ve been dating my boyfriend for two years. In the past year I’ve noticed that he is more possessive than I originally thought….
Vermont Towns Make National List for ‘Arts Vibrancy’
When the Texas-based National Center for Arts Research set out to find the country’s most creatively vibrant communities, it didn’t have to research for long….
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Vermont Flower Show [SIV390]
2/27/15: Three days of spring transformed the Champlain Valley Expo in Essex Junction last weekend for the 2015 Vermont Flower Show organized by Green Works….
Windsor Romance Writer Heats Up Vermont Fiction
“That was the trouble with small towns. When your naked exploits ended badly, there was nowhere to hide.” So muses the heroine of Sarina Bowen’s…
St. Paul Street Gastrogrub Opens in Burlington
After a lengthy incubation, the “Open” sign flew over St. Paul Street Gastro Grub in Burlington late last week. Located at the corner of Maple…
Historical Society Hosts ’70s Counterculture Forums
Vermont’s transformation in the 1970s — from deep-red Republicanism to rainbow radicalism — will be the discussion topic at a series of community forums this…
Letters to the Editor (3/4/15)
Design Flawed In my opinion, the location of the proposed bus station is one of the dumbest ideas of all time [“Back to the Landscape:…
Talking Art With Bill Ramage
William T. Ramage, an emeritus professor of art at Castleton State College, came to Vermont in 1971 as a “hippie refugee,” as he puts it….
King Arthur’s Sift Magazine; Cabot Creamery’s New Cookbook
Foodies shopping at bookstores and Price Chopper supermarkets in the past week may have spotted a new kid on the magazine rack. Norwich’s King Arthur…
Turning the Longtime Homeless Population Into Tenants
Last October, dozens of volunteers wearing bright green shirts surveyed homeless people in Burlington. They were participating in the 100,000 Homes Campaign — a national…
Guitarist John Jorgenson Pays Homage to Django Reinhardt
Guitarist John Jorgenson has contributed licks to nearly every genre of popular music, from country to pop to opera. But one style keeps calling to…
Miller Time: The Beer Czar Behind Shumlin’s Health Care Reforms
Lawrence Miller looked on attentively last Thursday as his fiancée, Helen Labun Jordan, described the English delicacies gracing their kitchen table, from Bedfordshire clanger to…
Soundbites: About That Paste List; A New Signal Kitchen Venture
Last week, the local music scene was abuzz when national online media outlet Paste published a list of “10 Vermont Bands You Should Listen to…
You’ve Got Voicemail: Will a New Web App Make Constituent Voices Heard?
Last week, state Sen. Phil Baruth’s inbox was brimming with emails from Vermonters telling him how to vote on various bills. Sen. Diane Snelling estimates…
The Lazarus Effect
There’s no way to enjoy this derivative riff on reanimation as a horror movie. It’s far too laughable, which is why it’s been rotting on…
Jan’s Farmhouse Crisps: Not Just for Vermonters Anymore
Jan Gorham is not the first Vermonter to note that Canadians do a few things better — including crackers. But she was tired of spending…
Ink Your Hackie
“Hey, it’s Lance,” the caller announced. “How long for a ride to the bar?” Lance has been a customer long enough that he needn’t specify…
In Vermont Towns, Video Stores Leverage Nostalgia for Their Survival
Inside the front door of Gagnon’s Video in Hardwick, DVDs pile up in a cardboard box. These are the day’s rental returns, slipped through the…
Free Will Astrology (3/4/15)
ARIES (March 21-April 19): To depict what lay beyond the limits of the known world, medieval mapmakers sometimes drew pictures of dragons and sea serpents….
Obituary: Robert “Bob” Piche, 1934-2015, Winooski
Robert “Bob” Piche, age 80, passed away peacefully after a brief illness on March 2, 2015 at UVM Medical Center. Bob was born in Winooski…
Taste Test: Waterworks Food + Drink
Guests may feel a rush of emotions as they enter Waterworks Food + Drink in Winooski. Granted, one of those sensations might be relief at…
Sauce Brings Italian Take-out to Stowe
Sharon Herbert has always been a food lover, but until now, her career path has involved mountains more than marinara. She worked full-time in Burton’s…
