The Comedy Issue
Todd Barry Headlines the Green Mountain Comedy Fest; Seven Vermont Comics to Watch; Finding Humor in Hard Places
Obituary: Everett S. Stearns
Everett S. Stearns, 81, of Johnson died peacefully at home on May 19, 2013. He was born February 10, 1932 in Johnson, the son of…
Obituary: Charles Deasy, Jr
Interment with military honors will held for Charles Deasy, Jr. in Fairview Cemetery Hardwick Tuesday May 28 at 2: pm. Charles died January 17, 2013….
Obituary: Joseph A. Hale
Services and a time of remembrance will be held for Joe Sunday May 26, 3: pm at his home on Weaks Place Walden. Joe died…
Obituary: James Patrick Brown
James Patrick Brown, (brown dog), age 62 years, died unexpectedly at his home Tuesday evening May 14, 2013. Born in Burlington on June 14, 1950,…
Obituary: Warren G. Davis
Graveside services and interment with military honors will be held for Warren G. Davis Sunday June 2 at 2: pm in Lamoille View Cemetery Johnson….
Obituary: Sandra Marie Aylward
Sandra Marie Aylward, age 60 years, lost her battle with cancer Tuesday morning May 14, 2013, at her Pion Road residence with loving family at…
Seven Days Seeks Burlington’s Best Bagels
This year, the Burlington bagel scene entered a brave new world. With spring came two new, busy bagel bakeries — the Bagel Place in South…
Comedian Todd Barry’s Amazing Interview
Todd Barry is pretty amazing. Just how amazing is something the comedian will gladly share in his standup act, via Twitter or on his new…
In Josie Leavitt’s Standup Classes, Misery Loves Comedy
It’s been said that trying standup comedy for the first time is as scary as performing a high-wire act blindfolded. So imagine the courage someone…
On the Fly: In Improv, the Perfect is the Enemy of the Funny
You’re standing in a small studio with two people you barely know, preparing to act a scene set on a desert island. One of your…
14th Star Brewing Brings Craft Beer to St. Albans
Steve Gagner pulls a tap jutting from the wall of his tasting room at 14th Star Brewing, and golden beer fills a tulip-shaped glass. “I…
Seven Comics to Watch at the 2013 Green Mountain Comedy Festival
There is no official tally of standup comedians in Vermont. But there are a lot of them cracking up audiences around the Green Mountains. For…
String Doctors: Who You Gonna Call When Your Axe Gets Busted?
Behind every great guitar, fiddle, mando or upright bass player stands a string doctor, a skilled luthier who answers the call when an instrument needs…
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again Authorities charged Carolyn James, 55, with assaulting her 96-year-old mother in Dickson City, Pa., after a neighbor recorded James slapping the invalid…
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): In the alternate universe created by Marvel comic books, there is a mutant superhero called Squirrel Girl. She has the magic…
Eyewitness: Collage Artist Benjamin Peberdy
White River Junction artist Benjamin Peberdy doesn’t sign his name to the collages he creates, he brands them with a logo. Peberdy makes art under…
Letters to the Editor
Hooray for Restaurant Week Just wanted to thank Seven Days for sponsoring Vermont Restaurant Week [April 26-May 5, 2013]. We attended the “Real Cost of…
