The Love & Marriage Issue 2016
The Allure of Kizomba; Getting Married in the Green Mountains; the Case for Childfree Weddings. Also: the New Hampshire Primary!
Slideshow: Winter Is a Drag Ball 2016, “Holiday”
“Holiday” was the theme at the 21st Winter Is a Drag Ball hosted by the gender-bending babes of the House of LeMay. This year’s Valentine’s…
Obituary: Richard “Dick” Bove,
Beloved son, father, husband and iconic Burlington businessman was born May 30, 1937 – the son of Louis and Victoria (Falco) Bove. He received his…
Obituary: Susan Osmond, Marshfield
Susan Ellen (Fitzgerald) Osmond, 68, passed away at her home in Marshfield, Vermont, surrounded by the family and friends she loved and the mountains and…
Vermont’s Red Kite Candy Is Soaring
Elaine McCabe hangs my coat on a chair behind the marble countertop in her new Bradford store. “This is what happens when you finish construction…
Where to Invade Next
I’ve got a great idea for the Bernie Sanders campaign. It should create a position for Michael Moore — maybe Director of Yes We Can…
Art Review: ‘From the Center for Cartoon Studies Archive,’ SPA
The Center for Cartoon Studies is an unlikely haven in White River Junction for people dedicated to creating unique worlds using a deceptively simple form:…
Weddings With No Kids Allowed
Weddings used to be fun. All through my twenties, I tore open invitations, visions of open bars and romantic locales dancing in my head. Sweet,…
Soundbites: My Rocking Valentine
Rock and Roll Date Night! I know, I know. Whether you’re happily coupled, happily single or unhappily either, Valentine’s Day pretty much sucks. But maybe…
Hail, Caesar!
Hollywood is the easiest target for filmmakers to satirize — not just because they know it firsthand, but because so much about the movie biz…
Quiz: What’s Your Vermont Wedding Style?
So you’re considering a Vermont “destination wedding,” but you’re not sure how Vermont-y you’d like it to be. Perhaps you’re worried that the mother of…
Socks With a Dual Mission: Orgasm and Sex Ed
Andrea Grayson wants to start an intimacy revolution — with socks. Last month, the Burlington-based educator and founder of marketing and video production company the…
Free Will Astrology (2/10/16)
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “We all have the potential to fall in love a thousand times in our lifetime,” writes Chuck Klosterman. “It’s easy. But…
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The Rorks’ Boudoir Businesses [SIV431]
2/3/16: This week is the Love & Marriage issue of Seven Days. Athena and Michael Rork have been married for almost a decade and have…
UVM Is Paying a Philly Firm $1.58 Million to ‘Rebrand’
They’ve helped sell Nikes and Ferraris. Now professional marketers at the Philadelphia-based agency 160over90 are rebranding the University of Vermont to increase the school’s applicant…
Artists Design Postcards Touting Love, Not Guns
Sometimes people don’t want just to give money to a cause; they want to organize, points out Emily Blistein. “I found myself saying one too…
A New Prescription for Treating Health Care — the ‘All-Payer’ System
Five years ago, Gov. Peter Shumlin was confident he had the cure for what ails Vermont’s health care system: a government-financed program commonly referred to…
Bern, Baby, Bern: A Sanders Blowout in New Hampshire
Sanderistas were still filing into the Concord High School gymnasium Tuesday night when New Hampshire’s polls closed and the networks called it, instantaneously, for Sen….
Annette Smith Is a Lightning Rod in the Renewable-Energy Debate
When Annette Smith got notice from the Vermont Attorney General’s Office that she was under investigation for practicing law without a license, she filed a…
Momzilla and Me
Originally published on February 8, 2012. We didn’t have an appointment when we showed up at the Round Barn Farm in Waitsfield. Daniel and I…
Dancing Kizomba and the Rules of Attraction
A stranger walks toward me in the dimly lit club. Insistent bass pulses from the speakers, the lyrics in a foreign language. Without a word,…
Opinion: Analyzing the Republican ‘Establishment’
I’m filing this column too early to know the results of the New Hampshire primary. But coming out of Iowa, the verdict is that Marco…
Love & Marriage Issue
Cupid’s arrows may not strike for everyone, but Valentine’s week gets us talking — and writing — about matters of the heart. In this issue…
An All-Local Valentine’s Day Mixtape
You can have your roses and chocolates, and your cheesy Hallmark cards, too. When it comes to expressing affection at Valentine’s Day, the best way,…
Back to the Old School
This bright-eyed young woman was one of the fortunate ones, secure in the new global economy. For all the world, the young woman sitting in…
Grand Opening for Cornerstone Burger in Northfield
Cornerstone Burger will hold its grand opening on Friday, February 12, at 4 p.m. The third restaurant of Keith Paxman and Rich McSheffrey (the team…
International Relations: Three Love Stories
For our annual Love & Marriage Issue, we decided to look for unusual love stories. That is, we wanted to find couples whose meetings or…
Global Roots Film Fest Focuses on Middle East
The Global Roots Film Festival, a 4-year-old project of the Vermont International Film Foundation, is shifting gears. Instead of screening one movie monthly for six…
Planning a Vermont Fairytale Wedding
The love-is-blind thing worked out well for Jackie Watson. Seventeen years ago, the Hyde Park resident went on a blind date with a fellow employee…
My Boyfriend Freaked Out When I Touched His ‘G-Spot’
Dear Athena, I recently was reading about the male G-spot. I was really excited to know that men have one, so I wanted to make…
Carton, Total Modern Comfort
(What Doth Life, digital download, vinyl) The first time I saw Carton I couldn’t believe their name hadn’t been taken. A few minutes later I…
Gatherwool, a New Theater Company for White River Junction
The Briggs Opera House lost its resident thespians when Northern Stage moved into its new facility just around the corner, the Barrette Center for the…
Def Ears, What It Is
(Self-released, digital download) If you’ve missed out on local psych-soul outfit Def Ears, you’re in luck. The band’s Burlington tenure recently came to a close…
Letters to the Editor (2/10/16)
There Oughta Be a Law Although Vermont’s top investigators worked for nine months, they found no Vermont rule that Attorney General Bill Sorrell violated. Paul…
For Sale: New England Culinary Institute
Updated February 11 with additional background information from a prior Seven Days story. Foodies in the market to buy a school will be keen to…
More Beer! River Roost and St. J Breweries Open
Last Wednesday, February 3, River Roost Brewery opened in White River Junction. Located across the parking lot from Big Fatty’s BBQ and Elixir restaurant, it’s…
Seven Things to Do on Valentine’s Day — Together or Alone
Ah, Valentine’s Day, that time of year when you can order a heart-shaped pizza or eat copious amounts of chocolate. If you’re single, you might…
