Nov 12-18, 2014
Solar Power Is Hot in Chilly Vermont, but What’s the Forecast?; Jericho Preschool Loses Home; Dispensing Cryptocurrency; New Fitness Trend Hangs 10; It’s Taco Time at Local Restaurants
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Here Comes the Sun: Solar is Hot in Chilly Vermont
Could the photovoltaic cell replace the Holstein cow as an iconic symbol of Vermont? Solar farms are sprouting along many of the state’s roads, while…
Obituary: Patricia Ann Rivers
Patricia Ann Rivers, 69, died peacefully at Anne Arundel Medical Center in Annapolis, Maryland on November 12, 2014 from complications of pneumonia. Patty was born…
Obituary: Diane Marie Bushey
Diane Marie Bushey of Swanton, passed away on November 16, 2014, at home with her loving family at her side following a courageous battle with…
Interstellar
I have a soft spot for Christopher Nolan. He may not be a director’s director, but he is a writer’s director: the kind who believes…
Vermont Quilters Reinvigorate Traditional Craft
If the word “quilt” makes you think of Grandma’s patchwork or Civil War-era patterns in red, white and blue, think again. Quilting is back in…
The Caves of Intervale
As I sat idling on a Friday night at the taxi stand on the corner of St. Paul and Main, I vaguely took notice in…
Tally Lapse: Why the Long Wait for Election Results?
Ryan Mason ran for high bailiff in Addison County, so he was eager to see the results from Election Day voting. In its Thursday edition,…
A Not-Quite-Interview With Jonathan Richman
Jonathan Richman doesn’t do interviews for print media. Actually, sometimes he does — he just makes it awfully hard. For one thing, we’re told he…
Burlington Adds Cryptocurrency With Bitcoin ATM
The usual point of an ATM is to transform a virtual representation of money — the digits of your bank account balance — into crisp,…
Theater Review: Our Town, UVM Department of Theatre
Though it’s been staged countless times since its 1938 Broadway debut, Thornton Wilder’s Our Town still retains its power to produce tears and a shiver…
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The Eat More Kale Dude [SIV376]
11/6/14: Since 2001, Bo Muller-Moore has been printing “Eat More Kale” shirts in his studio (“dudio”) above his garage in Montpelier. Three years ago Bo…
Gorgon, Secret
(Stickshift Recordings, CD, digital download) The punk-metal scene is not for those with sensitive ears. If you’re not there to rant, rage and rock, then…
Bess O’Brien’s Next Film to Tackle Eating Disorders
Documentary filmmaker Bess O’Brien will probably never win any awards for leaving her audiences feeling warm and fuzzy. But her films — and the speaking…
Various Artists, Twists & Bends: An Indie Compilation Project Featuring 17 Vermont Artists
(Malletts Bay Records, CD, digital download) For the past few years, Colchester’s Glory Reinstein has served as a champion for an established yet underappreciated class…
Quick Lit: Polly and the One and Only World by Don Bredes
In a broken future America, a teenage witch travels from Florida to Vermont to save her kind from a purge orchestrated by a repressive Christian…
Making Waves With New SurfSet Fitness
I’m paddling out toward the rolling white froth of surf, somewhere off the coast of Bali, furiously scooping my arms until my instructor tells me…
Eyewitness: Burlington Artist Valerie Hird
The nomads roaming parts of western Asia and northern Africa share key characteristics with Vermonters, says Burlington artist Valerie Hird, despite the vast geographic and…
Milne’s Miracle: Vermont’s Almost-Governor Fights On
You can forgive Scott Milne for believing in the impossible. Last Tuesday, the inexperienced, underfunded Republican gubernatorial candidate did what nobody expected: He nearly took…
Letters to the Editor (11/12/14)
Winner Takes All Our legislature should not consider the appeals of any politician asking to overturn the results of an election [Off Message: “Calling Shumlin…
Logan’s of Vermont Seeks New Home
Take-out spot Logan’s of Vermont will close its doors at 30 Main Street in Burlington for the last time on November 14 at 6 p.m….
David Budbill and Erik Nielsen to Reprise A Fleeting Animal Opera
After Brookfield composer Erik Nielsen finished writing his first opera, A Fleeting Animal, in 2000, he says, “I couldn’t write a note of music for…
Soundbites: Boomslang Drop A New Record
Every couple of months or so, I like to drop by Buch Spieler Records in Montpelier. For one thing, it’s a nifty little record shop…
How Can I Suggest New Things to Do in Bed With My Husband?
Dear Athena, How should I go about suggesting new things to do in bed with my husband? I am curious about some things, but I…
Girls’ Pint Out Brings Together Craft Beer Mavens
Amanda Wishin founded Girls Pint Out in Indiana in 2010 with a mission to “build a community of women who love craft beer and who…
Vermont Humanities Conference Examines Civil War Legacy
The American Civil War has spawned countless book-length studies, literary and cinematic recreations, and historical reenactments. When Yale history scholar David W. Blight was writing…
News Quirks (11/12/14)
Curses, Foiled Again When Dustin Kite, 25, fled from an outdoor-gear store in Chattanooga, Tenn., with stolen merchandise, he found himself pursued by store employees…
Popular Jericho Preschool Faces Expulsion
Bleak skies and sleet didn’t seem to bother preschoolers swinging on the Saxon Hill School playground as they chattered last week about sledding and holiday…
Close Call: Seven Reasons Shumlin Nearly Lost
Throughout the fall, Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott Milne repeatedly claimed he’d be the first challenger to topple an incumbent Vermont governor since Phil Hoff pulled…
Free Will Astrology (11/12/14)
ARIES (March 21-April 19): We all have addictive and obsessive tendencies. They are fundamental to being human. So the challenge is not to eliminate them…
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
The meta element in Alejandro González Iñárritu’s latest film is perhaps its most provocative. It’s impossible, for example, to watch this film about a sixtysomething…
Parkside Restaurant Opens in Richmond
How would you like to start this Thursday with apple fritters, biscuits and morning buns made by a James Beard Foundation Award-nominated chef? That day…
Plattsburgh’s Himalaya Restaurant Expands to Burlington
When Seven Days visited Himalaya Restaurant in Plattsburgh three years ago, owner Tenzin Dorjee told us, “My wife and I are pretty passionate about doing…
Vermont Restaurants Turn to Taco Nights
Vermont is about as far as from the Mexican border as anywhere in the U.S. — in both geography and culture. Here in the Green…
