The Animal Issue February 2016
A Man and His Dachshund Address Bullying; A Facebook-Famous Cat Grants an Interview. Also, What Happened in Nevada: Dispatches From the Sanders Campaign
Obituary: Gregory Noel Weaver, 1951-2016, Burlington
Gregory Noel Weaver, 64, of Burlington passed away on Friday, February 26, at the University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington. His death was unexpected…
Obituary: Doris R. Vincent Brace, 1923-2016
Doris R. Vincent Brace, 93, passed away peacefully on February 26, 2016 surrounded by family and friends at Starr Farm Nursing Home, Burlington. Doris had…
Obituary: Nancy Bickmore, 1935-2016, Essex
Nancy Bickmore (Claire Nancy Anne Carter) of Essex,VT age 80 went to be with our Lord on Friday February 12, 2016. She was born in…
Obituary: Sandra Lee Lewis, 1962-2016, Winooski
Sandra Lee Lewis, 53 of Winooski, passed away suddenly from a long illness on Wednesday February 24th, 2016 in the home of her loving family….
A Runner’s Yoga Marathon: Day 5
I think I’ve found the one. For my final workout this Sunday, I chose a new class at a new studio, taught by a familiar…
A Runner’s Yoga Marathon: Day 4
I had my hottest date yet today at Tapna Yoga on Pine Street, where the Bikram studio is a toasty 105 degrees. In fact, the…
A Runner’s Yoga Marathon: Day 3
Call me promiscuous, but I went to two classes today. The first was a midday Core Flow class at Honest Yoga. It wasn’t love at…
A Runner’s Yoga Marathon: Day 2
At the sound of my 6 a.m. alarm Wednesday, I sat upright and was immediately aware of some long-dormant, now-aching muscles in my back and…
Free Will Astrology (2/24/16)
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “People don’t want their lives fixed,” proclaims Chuck Palahniuk in his novel Survivor. “Nobody wants their problems solved. Their dramas. Their…
Inside a Las Vegas Casino Caucus
Slot machines blinked and whirred behind Fabiola Gonzalez as she waited in line Saturday morning at the New York-New York Hotel & Casino on the…
The Welsh Player
In that moment, I felt like I was riding with Rhiannon, the mythological queen of Celtic folklore. Mairwen Jones, my customer, and I were stuck…
From Chickens to Taxes: A Town Meeting Day Preview
Next Tuesday, people will descend on town halls and school gymnasiums across Vermont to practice the simplest form of democracy: town meeting. The 254-year-old tradition…
Bern Force One: On the Road and in the Air With Sanders
It took an hour last Friday afternoon for Bern Force One to traverse a lonely stretch of the Great Basin Desert from tiny Elko, Nev.,…
the le duo, Boogaloo for Improvisors
(Self-released, digital download) To some listeners, “experimental music” is a scary term. The stigma attached to so-called “other music” is that it’s the province of…
Small Digs: Election Season Means It’s Time for ‘Oppo Research’
During the month of February, the Vermont Agency of Transportation fulfilled two public-records requests for information about its former leader. Sue Minter left her cabinet-level…
David Rosane and the Zookeepers, Modern Folk
(Self-released, CD, digital download) If ever a band embodied the axiom “Think globally, act locally,” it might be David Rosane and the Zookeepers. Rosane is…
Vergennes’ 3 Squares Moves Up the Street
What happens when you decide to move your café one block north? For 3 Squares Café in Vergennes, it means rolling everything from chalkboards to…
Heart of a Dog
In the spirit of full disclosure, I have to confess that I’ve always loved Laurie Anderson. I loved 1982’s Big Science the first time I…
Letters to the Editor (2/24/16)
What Would Freyne Do? Thank you for resurrecting the great Peter Freyne [20/20 Hindsight: “Bernie & Howard,” February 17]. It is so refreshing to flash…
Pilgrimage to Pomfret: Tracking Down Vermont’s Papal Connection
The tiny town of Pomfret made world news last week. The hilly Vermont hamlet is where Cardinal Karol Wojtyla of Poland, the man who became…
‘Intimacy + Materiality,’ Helen Day Art Center
The relationship of the human body to clothing — and, by extension, to fiber — is inherently intimate. Now on view at the Helen Day…
Taste the Bernie: Senator-Inspired Sweets
With Sen. Bernie Sanders on the campaign trail, local food and beverage businesses are creating special treats in his honor. After Vermont’s junior senator declared…
My Girlfriend Won’t Forgive Me for Reading Her Work
Dear Athena, I accidentally read my girlfriend’s work — an opinion essay about love. I was looking for my own essay, then I stumbled upon…
The Animal Issue, 2016
We’re pet-loving peeps here at Seven Days, accompanied daily by canine companions. Our furry friends make their mark in this annual issue, but so do…
Bernie Songs From VT and Beyond
If this year’s presidential election were decided by the number of musical tributes each candidate has inspired, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) would win in a…
Vermont Sugar Makers Fight Maple Mislabeling
Last Monday, February 15, the Vermont Maple Sugar Makers Association teamed with the International Maple Syrup Institute, the North American Maple Syrup Council and maple…
Soundbites: On Bernie Jam, Caroline Rose & Invisble Homes and the Pants Doc
Enter Sandman Super Tuesday, in which 11 states, including Vermont, and American Samoa hold Democratic primaries and caucuses, is Tuesday, March 1. That means, by…
A Turtle Meets Fast Fate
In frigid winter, Vermont’s snapping turtles stay burrowed in mud beneath the ice. For some five or six months, they’re in a state of torpor,…
Artist Rob Mullen Ventures Into the Wild
Vermont is teeming with artists who paint pets, farm animals and critters from the woods. But there may be only one who has painted a…
A Human-Canine Duo Addresses Bullying
Shortly after lunchtime, several hundred students at East Montpelier Elementary School filed into a gymnasium and sat on the floor. While a pair of teachers…
In Montréal, an Art Installation for the Birds
What sort of music would birds make, if birds made music? Of course, they do make their own music every day. But French artist Céleste…
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Vermont English Bulldog Rescue [SIV433]
2/14/16: This week is the Seven Days’ Animal Issue and we are meeting some squishy-faced, wrinkly, drooling balls of love whose stories will melt your…
Short Takes on Film: Truth in Reporting
“Think about it, duh. Who deserves to be in that kind of situation? No one.” So opines a young woman in Nilima Abrams’ short documentary…
When Crows Outsmart Their Hunters
Rodney Elmer says he’s been wearing the same black baseball cap for more than 20 years. Just above the brim, nine tiny black talons protrude…
For Vermont Cider Week, Makers Plan Cider Dinners
To borrow a phrase from Citizen Cider, it’s time to “get excidered.” The second annual Vermont Cider Week kicks off this Friday, February 26, with…
Billy the Cat Talks Napping, Ankles and Mice
Anson Tebbetts is the news director of WCAX-TV, a position he’s held since 2009. He served as Vermont’s deputy secretary of agriculture for a few…
Work: Mobile Vet Gary Sturgis
Name: Gary Sturgis Town: Essex Job: House-call veterinarian Gary Sturgis lives on his own terms. The 61-year-old house-call veterinarian uses index cards to record details…
Barfly: Booze in Pretty Glasses at Simon Pearce
One of the least noted pleasures of drinking in a high-end lounge has nothing to do with the booze. As with restaurant service, successful glassware…
1st Republic Homebrew Store to Open in Essex Junction
Next week will see the opening of 1st Republic Brewing Co.’s brewery and homebrew store in Essex Junction. After several years of brewing in a…
