Oct 4-10, 2017
WRUV DJ Melo Grant Celebrates 33 1/3 Years Spinning Hip-Hop; Unprecedented Growth at ACLU-VT; Living Tree Alliance Cultivates Earth-Based Judaism
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DJ Melo Grant Celebrates 33 1/3 Years on the Hip-Hop Airwaves
Melo Grant can’t sit down. Well, she can, of course, if she chooses to. But throughout a recent broadcast of her two-hour radio show, “Cultural…
Fact Finders: Librarians’ Tips for Helping Kids Make Sense of Online Information
Upon entering the Burlington High School library, visitors confront a large multimedia display that’s intended to provoke and challenge them. It focuses on the white…
Diapers for Days at Dee Physical Therapy
Dee Physical Therapy’s annual Great Diaper Drive — a project that collects disposable diapers for families served by the Committee on Temporary Shelter (COTS) —…
The Parmelee Post: Documentary Film Crew to Track Migration Patterns of Leaf Peepers
Biologists from the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department have teamed up with a documentary film crew from East Calais to produce what is expected to…
Seriously: Happiness is a Warm Vinyl Record; Door-to-Door Localvore; Still Soldiering
In this episode, Bryan waxes poetic on vinyl records, delivers an exciting update in Burlington’s budding grocery war and highlights a few bright spots in a week filled with bleak news.
Hiking Tot-Friendly Trails
I love hiking with my 1-year-old daughter, Virginia, but I’m in no shape to carry her up steep inclines. So on a sunny day in…
Rock Star: The Sky’s the Limit for This Teen Climber
Name: Ben Blackmore Age: 16 Town: Charlotte Ben Blackmore keeps scaling new heights. Literally. The day before Kids VT caught up with the 16-year-old Charlotte…
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The Orange Owl [SIV506]
9/28/17: Akshata Nayak founded The Orange Owl in 2010 and is based in Essex. Her vegan, handmade skincare line features unique scent combinations like cloves,…
Despite Transgender Ban, Norwich University Cadets Soldier On
Luka Salvatore has wanted to join the Marines since age 9. The Cincinnati native’s grandfather, father, uncles and brother all served in the military. Until…
Fashion Revolution in the Upper Valley
The words “fashion show” might evoke thoughts of glossy lips, doll-like eyes and rail-thin bodies. That standard has been slow to evolve on an international…
Ask Athena: Our Best Friends Are Getting Divorced
Dear Athena, My wife and I have been friends with this other couple since before we all got married more than 10 years ago. Now…
From Strip Tease to Family Fare at Fringe Fest
People, get ready: The Burlington Fringe Festival is back. The fifth almost-annual event — it took a hiatus in 2015 — will burst onto the…
Soundbites: Slam Dunk; Autumn in Winooski
Slam Dunk It’s a week of firsts for both Higher Ground and the Vermont music scene in general. On Saturday and Sunday, October 7 and…
VYO Director Benjamin Klemme: Passion and Patience
A full-time directorship in the youth-orchestra world is rare. That’s one reason why the Vermont Youth Orchestra Association’s search last year for a new music…
Saudi Arabian Writer Mohammed Hasan Alwan in Burlington
English speakers will have to wait to find out exactly why Mohammed Hasan Alwan won the 2017 International Prize for Arabic Fiction. Raised in Saudi…
Girls Nite Out Takes a Leap With ‘Ripcord’
For its fall production, Burlington theater company Girls Nite Out presents Ripcord, a 2015 work by playwright David Lindsay-Abaire. Directed by Abbie Tykocki, the show…
Water Wariness: Concerns Rise Over Scott’s Commitment to Cleanup
Tensions have flared between environmental advocates and Gov. Phil Scott’s administration in recent days, sparked by concern that the administration plans to slow-play the federally…
Free Will Astrology (10/4/17)
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)You’re a good candidate for the following roles: 1. a skeptical optimist who is both discerning and open-minded; 2. a robust truth-teller…
Eat This Week, October 4 to 10, 2017: Cinematic Cuisine
Will they serve hard-boiled eggs à la Cool Hand Luke or offer Hannibal Lecter’s second-favorite meal — lamb with fava beans and Chianti? Who knows?…
Apartment Complexes Sprout in Suburban South Burlington
Jennifer Bliss helped her daughter, Kayla, out of their car with the 5-year-old still swathed in a pink tutu from dance class. Then they headed…
Hackie: Twizzlers
A couple stood on the Pearl Street sidewalk in front of the UU, the church from which Burlington’s Church Street takes its name. They appeared…
Vermont Weirdos Unite for a Festival All Their Own
Add Weirdofest to the list of offbeat celebrations in Vermont. Onion River Campground owners Jaquelyn Fernandez Rieke and Raul Fernandez hosted the third annual fest…
Living Tree Alliance Cultivates Earth-Based Judaism
On an unpaved road in Moretown, amid woods and meadows along Dowsville Brook, one of Vermont’s newest cohousing projects is under way. It looks like…
Movie Review: Aubrey Plaza Uses All Her Filters in the Instagram Satire ‘Ingrid Goes West’
As online culture competes with the movies, it’s also inspiring more and more of them. On the heels of the horror flick Friend Request, here’s…
Movie Review: Tom Cruise Flies High Again in ‘American Made’
Tom Cruise never gives his megawatt movie-star grin a rest, but, for the moment, he truly has something to smile about. After The Mummy handed…
A Lyrically Inspired Not-Quite-Interview with Tricky
When I heard Tricky was coming to perform in Vermont, I dropped what I was doing and texted one of my best friends from high…
Art Review: ‘Spirited Things: Sacred Arts of the Black Atlantic,’ Fleming Museum
Just past the entrance of the Fleming Museum exhibition “Spirited Things: Sacred Arts of the Black Atlantic” stands a vitrine containing a leather whip, a…
Album Review: Near North, ‘Most Every Night’
(Self-released, LP, digital download) Franklin County power trio Near North took their sweet time releasing a full-length album. They dropped their debut EP, Get Loud,…
Taryn Noelle Talks Dance, Music, Theater and Teaching Kids
It’s ironic that, even after two successful decades in the state’s entertainment industry, Taryn Noelle still describes herself, half-jokingly, as “moonlighting in Vermont.” The Toronto-born…
Letters to the Editor (10/4/17)
Cave Save It is great that search and rescue groups are getting organized in Vermont [“After a Hiker’s Death, Vermont Finds Ways to Improve Search…
ACLU of Vermont Experiences Unprecedented Growth
U.S. Border Patrol officials met privately with Vermont college administrators on September 14 to talk about why agents had boarded buses and questioned passengers, including…
Album Review: Wool See, ‘Leaving / Left’
(Heaven Noise Recordings, CD, cassette, digital download) Leaving / Left is the fourth album from Wool See, a self-described “imaginary rap band” created by rapper…
Barfly: Chatting Up Waterworks Owner David Abdoo
Tuesday is trivia night at Waterworks Food + Drink in Winooski, but the fun and games started for us before the contest kicked off. The…
Finer Fare at Royalton’s Wild Roots
A wedge of green melon rested on the plate between the scallops. Grilled to juicy softness outside, the melon was lukewarm, firm in the middle,…
Intervale Food Hub to Begin Home Delivery
Signing up for an Intervale Food Hub subscription used to involve scrolling through a list and choosing a pickup site. Then, each week, customers traveled…
More BBQ for White River Junction: Wicked Awesome
Already the home of Big Fatty’s BBQ, White River Junction will have a new barbecue restaurant by the end of October. Wicked Awesome BBQ will…
