The Magnificent 7: Must See, Must Do, April 15 to 21
Even when dealing with a global health crisis and social unrest, Vermonters continue to connect, learn and have a good time. We’ve compiled seven of this week’s must-do events, including ‘Dancing Uphill,’ the University of Vermont Dance Program’s annual student performance.
Obituary: Jennifer Fuller, 1970-2021
Casualty of the opioid crisis remembered for her kindness, laugh and love of family
Obituary: Sylvia LeBourveau, 1944-2021
Registered nurse directed community health initiatives and traveled the world as a professional sword swallower
Obituary: Amy Blanchard Darley, 1954-2021
Dancer and loving mother and grandmother was a champion of women and children
Free Will Astrology (4/14/21)
ARIES (March 21-April 19): “Today I feel the whole world is a door,” wrote poet Dennis Silk. In a similar spirit, 13th-century Zen master Wumen…
In Massachusetts, a Marijuana Outlet Rings Up Sales — and Generates Taxes
A white-haired woman from Pittsfield, Mass., disappeared into a building and soon returned holding a paper bag. Sliding into the passenger seat of her sister’s…
Bottom Line: vTerra Farms Adopts a Pharmaceutical Approach to Creating CBD Products
When Kevin Kennedy’s sister, Taryn, was dying from an aggressive form of cancer a few years ago, she used cannabis — both THC- and CBD-infused…
Who Speaks for Medical Cannabis Patients in an Adult-Use Market?
These are heady times for cannabis legalization advocates, many of whom have fought for decades to end prohibition. Vermont now stands on the threshold of…
Book Review: ‘The Disintegration Loops’ by Stephen Cramer
Stephen Cramer’s The Disintegration Loops comes at the reader in leaps and bounds. Author of six previous books of poems and a volume of translations,…
Soundbites: The Slow but Steady Return of Live Music
Let’s start this week’s column off with a short rant, shall we? I recently received an email from someone who told me they had some…
Gardener’s Supply Founder Will Raap on How to Cultivate the Cannabis Market
Will Raap moved to Burlington in 1980 to work for Garden Way. Just three years later, he started his own business, Gardener’s Supply, in a…
Artist and Activist Jen Berger Presents Multidisciplinary Project ‘The Opposite of Hate Is Mending’
An outdoor performance on a spring afternoon is a welcome antidote to months of hibernation. But with “The Opposite of Hate Is Mending,” Jen Berger…
During a Discussion of Bias Against LGBT Victims, a Senator Invokes a Racist Trope
Two grim topics this week: One concerns sexual encounters that end in violence; the other involves racist comments by a Vermont lawmaker. First, the “gay/trans…
Ruby, ‘Marrow’
(Self-released, digital) Katy Hellman and Steven Lebel’s former band, “free-bleeding indie” outfit Julia Caesar, was a short-lived yet powerful force in Burlington music. The quintet…
Letters to the Editor (4/14/21)
Whither UVM? [Re Off Message: “Amid Uproar Against Garimella, UVM Warns a Faculty Critic,” March 29]: The president, the provost and other leaders at the…
boys cruise, ‘boys cruise’
(Self-released, digital) College rock, how I love thee. To be more specific: A small demographic exists among the college band set that strikes a chord…
The Cannabis Issue — 2021
Eleanor Abbot “contracted polio at age 36” and came up with the concept of a classic children’s board game “while convalescing in the hospital polio…
Vermont Professor Develops App to Help Cannabis Users ‘Quantify Their High’
Ari Kirshenbaum has never thought of himself as a “cool” professor, but a new smartphone app he helped develop is, well, pretty dope. Kirshenbaum, a…
A Veteran Cultivator Explains How to Grow Cannabis Yourself
After three decades as a cultivator and a horticulturist with a degree in plant and soil science, I’ve learned a lot about cannabis — sometimes…
Ben Cohen’s New Pre-Rolled Joint Business Will Fund Black-Owned Cannabis Companies
By July, Ben Cohen will launch a cannabis business in Colorado. If it were a pot-infused ice cream company, the cofounder of Ben & Jerry’s…
As Recreational Cannabis Sales Loom, Doctors Worry About Teen Use
Every two years, thousands of Vermont teenagers are asked a series of questions about whether they are drinking alcohol, having sex, using drugs or engaging…
Budding Heads: Vermont Lawmakers Seek to Revise Last Year’s Retail Pot Bill
Now that Vermont has legalized the sale of cannabis for recreational use, growers and entrepreneurs can get on with the business of hawking weed, right?…
From the Publisher: Cruel World
The weekend’s stretch of glorious, unseasonable weather reminded me of T.S. Eliot’s poem “The Waste Land,” which famously calls out April as “the cruellest month.”…
Pot Seems to Make My Lady Parts Dry Up. How Do I Avoid This?
Dear Reverend, I smoke pot nearly every day. Occasionally it gives me dry mouth. And sometimes when I have sex after smoking, it seems to…
‘This Is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection’ in a Haunting Drama From Lesotho
Our streaming entertainment options are overwhelming — and not always easy to sort through. This week, the Vermont International Film Foundation starts a new installment…
Riding High: In Colorado, Cannabis License Plate Auction Goes to Good Cause
Got “BONG?” Colorado is auctioning off weed-themed license plates to the highest bidders. The “4/20” auction is selling the rights to more than a dozen…
Before Banking on Marijuana, Growers Can Learn From the Recent Hemp Boom-to-Bust
Just two years ago, hemp looked like a crop that could inject some life into Vermont’s flagging agricultural economy. At Statehouse meetings, entrepreneurs, lawmakers and…
Vermonter Tracey Medeiros Explores ‘The Art of Cooking With Cannabis’ in New Cookbook
Alice B. Toklas gets misplaced credit for spreading the gospel of pot brownies. That’s thanks largely to the 1968 movie I Love You, Alice B….
Magic Mann Serves Up CBD-Infused Takeout and Education in Essex
A few years ago, my go-to café updated its menu with an option to add CBD to its coffee drinks. Wow, you can put CBD…
Fox Market and Bar Coming to East Montpelier
After years of working for local co-ops, Doni Cain will get a market of his own when he opens Fox Market and Bar in East…
