Nov 29 – Dec 5, 2017
New Americans Share Their Pathways to Citizenship; A Montréal Exhibit Celebrates Leonard Cohen; Baker Martin Philip’s Memoir in Recipes
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Becoming Americans: New Vermonters Recall Their Pathways to Citizenship
Hameda Hinkle might not have become a United States citizen this year if it weren’t for President Donald Trump. When he signed his executive order…
Seven Days Wins 30 Vermont Press Association Awards
Seven Days picked up 30 journalism awards, including 13 first-place prizes, at the Vermont Press Association’s annual meeting Thursday in Montpelier. VPA officials handed out…
Richmond Community Kitchen Adds Classes, Parties
For two years, Amy Gifford and Susan Whitman of the Richmond Community Kitchen prepared meals in Gifford’s home and sold them, CSA-style, to folks who…
Pot, Not Pills: PhytoScience Envisions a New Strain of Pharmaceuticals
The modest yellow farmhouse off Route 2 in Waterbury looks more like a residence than a research facility. But inside the unmarked two-story building is…
Movie Review: ‘Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri’ Defies Expectation in Wonderful Ways
In the late 1990s, Martin McDonagh happened to glance out the window of a Greyhound zooming through the southern U.S. Raised in London, the playwright-filmmaker…
A Vermont Mother Waits to See Whether Her Son Will Face the Death Penalty
Vermont native Mikel Brady is imprisoned in North Carolina, accused of helping to murder four prison guards. Eight hundred miles north in Randolph, where his…
Bah, Humbug: A Curmudgeon’s Guide to Vermont Holiday Music
Now that we’ve officially moved into the holiday season, there’s something I need to get off my chest: I hate Christmas. I don’t know how…
I’ll Be Droned for Christmas: A Seasonal Tale From Church Street
On a blustery evening last Friday, Scott Hattin and his family joined the bundled masses at the top of Burlington’s Church Street Marketplace to witness…
Movie Review: With ‘Lady Bird,’ Greta Gerwig Becomes a Director to Watch
Behind every real-life “manic pixie dream girl,” there’s a world of doubts. Critic Nathan Rabin coined that phrase to refer to film characters such as…
‘ON DISPLAY’ Features Performers With and Without Disabilities
Many of us are taught that staring is rude. The belief is that acknowledging interest — and often difference — in other people is inappropriate…
Can Saving Endangered Languages Be Child’s Play?
The board game is Glagolitic Abbey. The players choose an avatar: the Assassin, the Inquisitor, the Spy or the Scholar. Their task is to solve…
Info Wars: Does the Legislature Demand Too Many Studies?
A battle over information is brewing between Republican Gov. Phil Scott and the Democratic legislature. The administration is pushing back against what it sees as…
In Montréal, a Leonard Cohen Exhibit Celebrates the Singer and the City
Montréal’s latest official commemoration of its 375th anniversary could have been subtitled “Happy birthday, music lovers!” The Musée d’art contemporain has assembled the city’s tribute…
Eat This Week, November 29 to December 5: Pottery Party
Feast on “gillyweed salad” washed down with “polyjuice potion” at this collaboration of Mary’s Restaurant and Stonecutter Spirits, with inspiration from J.K. Rowling. Riffing on…
Letters to the Editor (11/29/17)
‘Misogynist Mania’ [Re “‘Til Death Do Us Part”]: I still have a copy of the October 11 Seven Days on my table: It features the…
Soundbites: Brother to Brother; All Aboard
Quick show of hands: Who’s excited for New Year’s Eve? Despite my disdain for arbitrary edicts regarding when to party hearty — that is, most…
Free Will Astrology (11/29/17)
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) “What is love?” asks philosopher Richard Smoley. “It’s come to have a greeting-card quality,” he mourns. “Half the time ‘loving’ someone…
A ‘MuSICKal’ About Global Warming Debuts at Off Center
When they were dreaming up their latest play as a parable on global warming, HOTBALL cowriters David Schein and Geof Hewitt concocted what Al Gore…
Talking Art and Comics Biz With Stephanie Zuppo
The business of art making isn’t about just, well, making art. It’s no different in the world of comics. If you create a comic book,…
Vermont Schools Prepare for More Kneeling Athletes
Coaches who are running tryouts for winter sports at South Burlington High School this week are themselves being coached on how to respond if student…
Chandler Center Holds Auditions for ‘Trans Scripts’
Over nearly four years, New York City-based writer/producer Paul Lucas talked to 75 people around the world about their transgender (male to female) experiences. From…
Album Review: Brian McCarthy, ‘CODEX’
(Self-released, CD, digital download) Five months after the release of his epic, high-concept masterwork The Better Angels of Our Nature, Vermont saxophonist Brian McCarthy returns…
Parish Players Celebrate 50 Years With a Theater Revival
The Parish Players have spent the past year commemorating 50 years of creating theater in Thetford. Their activities include launching a capital campaign, throwing a…
Pianist George Winston Talks Driving, the Sound of Notes, and Playing Solo
As musical superstars go, solo pianist George Winston is a rather improbable one. Or, as the Chicago Tribune put it in a 1986 concert review,…
Ask Athena: I Do All the Work; My Husband Is Only Interested in Sex
Dear Athena, I’ve been married for more than 35 years. I shop for all the family needs. I cook. I clean. I have three jobs…
Album Review: Kelly Ravin, ‘Engine’
(Self-released, CD, digital download) As Andy Warhol said, “They always say time changes things.” His observation came with a caveat: “But you actually have to…
Hackie: Warrior Princess
“What a night,” Tommy, a regular customer, said to me as I drove him to his apartment in Winooski. “You’d think things’ll slow down when…
Restaurant Review: Comfort and Excellence at Mangalitsa
Every partnership begins with a meeting. In the case of Matt Lombard, 33, and Nick Laurendeau, 21, that meeting took place at Twin Farms, an…
Billtown Barbecue Comes to Williamstown
Billtown Barbecue is named for the central Vermont town, Williamstown, where it opened recently at 154 Depot Street. That’s also the hometown of owner and executive chef Michael Flies. Flies, who owns the restaurant with his wife, Donna, has taught culinary arts at Randolph Technical Career Center and is a former purchasing agent for the…
Dunc’s Mill Distillery Changes Hands
Northeast Kingdom distiller Dunc’s Mill doesn’t belong to Dunc (Duncan Holaday) anymore, but bottles of rum will continue to bear his name along with that…
King Arthur Flour Baker Martin Philip Shares a Life Through Flour
In 2005, Martin Philip moved with his family from New York City to Vermont to work as an entry-level baker at King Arthur Flour in…
