Bill Murphy grew up on a dairy farm in Wisconsin and served in the Peace Corps in Chile, where he met the love of his…
On a Friday night in May, a line of pinball machines blink and glow along the wall of a narrow suite in a nondescript building…
There’s a photograph that Jes Stumpf keeps in an album in her bedroom and thinks of fondly. Taken almost four years ago, it shows Stumpf…
It’s official: A handful of Seven Days staffers are newly eligible to apply for the Vermont State Police force. That’s because the department has eased…
Christmas in July Christmas has come early for all you hard-core Burlington music scene lovers out there. Recently, a trove of classic Queen City albums…
Dear Reverend, My upstairs neighbor’s bedroom is directly above mine, and I hear him having sex all the time. I’m no prude, but he’s really,…
Club DJs can endlessly debate the subject of song requests. Some view them as a disruption, a monkey wrench in the well-oiled machine of a…
By 2014, Trisha Shrum of Burlington and Jill Kubit of Brooklyn had been working to stop climate change for nearly 10 years.
(Self-released, digital) In a handwritten note accompanying his new album, Amuser, singer-songwriter Ben Roque explains its jovial title. Turns out it’s not exactly a fun,…
A coloring page by Sarah Rosedahl, creator of Difficult Dogs A to Z Coloring Book.
(Self-released, digital download, vinyl, CD) I am being attacked by folk music! It’s basically as though I were walking down Pearl Street in Burlington, just…
All over the world, the traditional and written languages of indigenous, minority and marginalized peoples are disappearing.
I’m trying to think of another film hinging on a phenomenon of towering cultural significance that fritters its running time on as many dumb gimmicks…
CANCER (June 21-July 22) Cancerian voice actor Tom Kenny has played the roles of more than 1,500 cartoon characters, including SpongeBob SquarePants, Spyro the Dragon,…
Joe Talbot’s powerful directorial debut highlights the people that urban gentrification left behind: the oddballs, the obsessives, a street preacher, a nudist and a Greek…
On most summer nights, you can find Ross Yannecy slinging burgers and tacos on Burlington’s College Street. His big black-and-white food truck, Fast Food Good…
A food truck is now open in Worcester, and it’s filling a restaurant void with its burgers and fries. Owned and operated by Noel Simonik…
Rochester is a quiet village of 1,171 residents perched on the eastern edge of the Green Mountain National Forest. Despite its relative isolation, it has…
Bent Hill Brewery in Braintree is throwing itself a fifth birthday party on Saturday, July 6, featuring beer, pizza, live music and the release of…
The Pinnacle at Spear neighborhood in South Burlington is named for its enviable spot atop a knoll overlooking Lake Champlain. The 86 single-family homes in…
Ray’s Way [Re “Changing Stations,” May 29]: In 2000, my husband, Michael, and I had not been married very long when we decided to take…
Natural beauty abounds in Vermont, but the state has its fair share of human-made artistic contributions, too. Public art can be found in every nook…
When Seven Days ran its first Cartoon Issue in 2013, our staff endeavored to produce almost the entire newspaper in comic form — columns, album…
South Burlington and Burlington split from each other way back in the Civil War era. But like ex-spouses who haven’t buried the hatchet, they still…
Visitors who think they’re going to see the dogs at “William Wegman: Outside In” at the Shelburne Museum are in for a surprise. A pleasant…
Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) is defending his role in crafting a bill that sparked deep divisions among congressional Democrats. In fact, it prompted Rep. Peter…
Summer’s arrival heralded the official start of outdoor drinking season, when many Vermonters grab a cold six-pack of their favorite craft beer, mead or hard…
Dennis Devereux, 68, of Mt. Holly grew up above the Belmont General Store, which his father owned.
As Chris Osborne kicks off his 199th radio show on 92.5 WWPV-FM, the temperature outside is 80 degrees. So it’s fitting that the first piece…
Cosmo Duncan and Mayele Coimin look like average Burlington High School first-year students. But in their free time, they become the Professors of Mystery!
The Stowe Jewish Film Festival, now in its fourth year, is “literally and figuratively moving up the mountain.” That’s according to festival founder and cochair…
At the newly opened Caledonia Spirits distillery in Montpelier, a quote is painted high on a sunflower-yellow wall above the glowing stainless and copper distilling…
As Suzanne Podhaizer leans over her campfire, piled high with logs, newspapers and skinny twigs and blazing in the humid lakeside heat, I can’t help…
The Burlington Department of Public Works is piloting a program that puts restaurant seating in an unusual place: converted parking spots. Street Seats transforms parking…
