Nov 26 – Dec 2, 2008
Burton Founders Lash Out at Critics; Two Vermont Counties Combine Efforts to Feed the Hungry; Quirky Cuts From Local Artists
NY Lit Mag Laces into Vermont Filmmakers
Two films with Vermont ties are among the targets of a new essay in the pretentiously hip biannual New York literary magazine n+1. The biting…
This Blog is Retired
Thanks for reading Omnivore! For future foodie posts, read Suzanne Podhaizer’s posts on Blurt: The Seven Days Staff Blog….
Why Can’t We All Just Get Along!?
Welcome back to all you students who trekked home for Thanksgiving. Today marks the beginning of the hellish two-week sprint to the end of the…
Reps from Vermont Solid Waste Districts Launch “Product Stewardship” Council
On Monday, November 24, reps from several Vermont solid waste districts announced they were creating the Vermont Product Stewardship Council. In a nutshell, the council…
Burton Founders Defend Their Boards
Ken Picard sat down for an interview with Jake Burton Carpenter and Donna Carpenter at the Burton HQ in Burlington this week to talk about…
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again Barry Cleveland Roberts, 46, was arrested for murder in Norfolk, Va., when he tried to buy a gun. Virginia State Police Sgt….
Free Will Astrology
Here’s the weekly astrological forecast for November 26 – December 3, 2008. What’s your sign, baby? They’re all here… ARIES (March 21-April 19): Have you…
Statement from Jake Burton Carpenter
From the day I incorporated Burton in Vermont over 30 years ago, I have been a passionate snowboarder. Donna and I, along with hundreds of…
Kindred Spirits
Art Review: Diane Gabriel, new monotypes and sculpture, and Jordan Douglas, photographs. 215 College Artists’ Cooperative, Burlington. Through December 7.
Statement from Donna Carpenter
I recently brought home a ‘Love’ board and propped it up in my kitchen. I was curious to hear how people would react to seeing…
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Stunt Nite [SIV106]
11/24/08: Rice Memorial High School’s annual talent competition Stunt Nite has been pitting classes against one another since 1929.Almost all of the 400+ private school…
Princeton Proposition 8
Tyler Machado, one of our WG bloggers, just posted this very funny video from Princeton. Says Tyler: A group of Princeton University students have been…
No Freshmen on the Sidewalks
A group of Princeton University students have been collecting signatures on Princeton’s Proposition 8, which would restore the “traditional” definition of sidewalks — i.e. that…
