Sep 19-25, 2018
In Her New Show, Comedian Josie Leavitt Confronts Cancer; Winooski Rejects Noncitizen Voting — for Now; Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner in Middlebury
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In Her New Comedy Show, Josie Leavitt Confronts Cancer
In the standup comedy classes she used to teach, Josie Leavitt imparted one key piece of advice to her students. Aside from tips on joke…
The Parmelee Post: Mississippi Prison Promises Better Conditions for Out-of-State Lobbyists
CoreCivic, the private prison corporation that operates the Mississippi facility slated to house Vermont’s out-of-state inmates for the next two years, has addressed concerns about…
The Cannabis Catch-Up: Getting Lobsters High Is a Thing Now, Apparently
Google “getting animals high” and you’ll find all sorts of stuff. Some people write about feeding animals cannabidiol-laced treats. More often than not, the results…
Walking on Water: Michigan Man Paddleboards Across Lake Champlain
A Michigan man has conquered Lake Champlain by crossing it via paddleboard from Burlington’s North Beach to Port Kent, N.Y. Eric Strickler hopped aboard his…
Art Review: ‘Backstory,’ Kent Museum
The word “backstory,” a contraction of “background story,” is a relatively recent addition to English. Hollywood screenwriters began using the term in the 1980s for…
Movie Review: ‘The Wife’
Say Donald Trump was a film critic. Hmm, delicious, isn’t it, to imagine him doing anything other than what he actually does? Let’s pause to…
Bernie Boost: Sanders Giving Plenty of Help to Vermont Democrats
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has had a sometimes rocky relationship with the Democratic Party. But he’s making considerable efforts this year to support the Vermont…
Movie Review: ‘A Simple Favor’
Watching the trailer for A Simple Favor, I thought director Paul Feig, who’s known for comedies (The Heat, Spy, Bridesmaids) had decided to try his…
Counselor Julia Rogers Helps Students Navigate Their Gap Year
Julia Rogers credits her upbringing in Toms River, N.J., for stoking her wanderlust. As she joked in a recent interview, “There’s nothing like growing up…
Brian’s North End Store and Deli Ups the Fast-Food Ante
Come October, discerning palates in Burlington’s Old North End may want to revisit the menu at Brian’s North End Store & Deli. That’s the former…
Hackie: Mercy, Mercy Me
I had just dropped off a customer at the hospital when a woman signaled to me and approached my cab. Her traditional African garb —…
Eat This Week, September 19 to 25, 2018: Chez September
Chef Suzanne Podhaizer (a former Seven Days food writer) teams up with Half Pint Farm, 1000 Stone Farm and Badger Brook Meats to cook up a multicourse supper exploring the flavors of summer into fall. Find farm-fresh egg yolks tucked inside handmade pasta plated with roasted yellow tomatoes, Maple Wind Farm chickens braised in warm…
Free Will Astrology (9/19/18)
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Virgo businessman Warren Buffet is among the top five wealthiest people on the planet. In an average year, his company Berkshire…
Album Review: Preece, ‘Bad Choices Make Good Stories’
(Self-released, digital download) It’s 1997, and I’m desperate to impress a girl. I should be smart enough to know it won’t work, but I’m not…
Scarlett Letters: What Are the Long-Term Effects of Frequent Masturbation?
Dear Scarlett, I masturbate often, maybe even three to four times a day. Please tell me the long-term effects of this and how I can…
Four Live Albums From Local Artists
Any music fan, casual or otherwise, likely has an opinion about live albums. Some people love them. (I’m looking at you, Phish fans.) Others aren’t…
Harry Bliss and Kate DiCamillo Release Children’s Book on Canine Friendship
Cartoonist Harry Bliss, whose work has graced the cover of the New Yorker, thinks there’s too much shitty art in the world. “You can’t contribute…
Longtime Burlington Jewelers Doug and Marty French Call It a Career
Marty and Doug French rolled into Burlington in June 1971 in a Volkswagen bus with a 4-month-old baby, a poodle and all of their possessions,…
Vermont Symphony Orchestra Hosts Pianist Peter Serkin in Concert
The Vermont Symphony Orchestra opens its season with the return of a near native — pianist Peter Serkin, who grew up in Guilford. Yes, one…
Vietnamese Seminary Candidates Find New Home in Vermont
Thang Nguyen believes the best way to express gratitude is to pay it forward. Catholic missionaries arrived in Vietnam in the 17th century to preach…
Vermont’s Most Diverse City Rejects Noncitizen Voting for Now
On Monday night, the Winooski City Council temporarily settled a debate that has divided its denizens: whether to allow Onion City residents who are living…
Trying Out a Draft and Craft Night in Winooski
If you’ve known me longer than 10 minutes, I’ve probably roped you into watching comedian Chris Fleming’s “Paint Nite” video on YouTube. With his singular…
Let Equality Bloom Fest to Combine Art and Activism
When people think of activism, they’re more likely to think of petitions and protest signs than food trucks and festivities. But expect both of the…
Letters to the Editor (9/19/18)
Good Sheriff [“Sheriff, Inc.,” September 5] unfairly portrayed the work and operations of the sheriffs’ offices in Vermont. Here are important facts about our work:…
Album Review: A Box of Stars, ‘Days Drunk Off Heat’
(Self-released, digital download) A Box of Stars emerged from the Green Mountain College arts community — or, as the folk band refers to its home…
Can Republicans Bring Down House Speaker Mitzi Johnson?
House Speaker Mitzi Johnson (D-South Hero) didn’t seem worried as she made her way through the South Hero farmers market on a sunny afternoon last…
State Withholds Report on Inmate’s Final, Agonizing Cancer Fight
Vermont inmate Roger Brown was in agony in the weeks before he died at Pennsylvania’s Camp Hill prison. Staffers provided over-the-counter remedies such as ibuprofen…
Soundbites: Ansari Not Sorry?
In case you somehow missed this week’s biggest bit of local entertainment news: Aziz Ansari is coming to Burlington. Specifically, the comedian plays two shows…
Robbie Leeds and Nick Smith Take the Lead at Otter Creek Brewing
When Lawrence Miller founded Otter Creek Brewing in a pint-size space on Middlebury’s Exchange Street in 1991, it was one of very few Vermont microbreweries….
Three Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner in Middlebury
It was, at first, all about the buns. Haymaker Bun of Middlebury was reliably making me drool all over my phone every time I checked my Instagram feed. There was the maple-bacon Sugarshack version of the traditional coiled cinnamon bun; the Far East filled with dates, cardamom and coconut and topped with toasted almonds; even…
Two in One: Haymaker Bun Co. and Arcadian to Share Middlebury Space
When Caroline and Matt Corrente open their Middlebury business in November, it will embody a model unusual in the food industry: two restaurants in one….
