The Money Issue April 2017 (Theme Issue)
A Retired Economist Talks Bonds, Stocks and Politics; At Cash or Trade, a Face-Value Community Thrives; Do You Know How Dirty Your Cash Is?
Memoriam: Gary Steller
June 24, 1946, to February 15, 2017 Join us to remember and celebrate the life of Gary Steller on Sunday, April 30, from 2 to…
Memoriam: Matthew Young
1948-2017 Please join us for a community memorial service to honor Matt Young on Monday, May 1, 2017, 4 to 6 p.m. Everyone welcome. First…
Obituary: Theresa (Trish) Ann Morin, 1937-2017
Theresa (Trish) Ann Morin, 79, a longtime resident of South Burlington, passed away peacefully Monday, April 3, 2017, surrounded by her loving family. One of…
The Parmelee Post: Busking Orchestra Turns Routine Shopping Into Life-Affirming Experience
President Donald Trump’s recent budgetary proposal to completely eliminate all funding for the National Endowment for the Arts has led some local arts organizations to…
Obituary: Stephen Liam Murphy
Stephen Liam Murphy, 73, of Burlington VT died on Saturday, April 1 in Burlington after a short illness. Steve was born in La Jolla California,…
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Made in Vermont Marketplace [SIV485]
4/2/17: The Fourth Annual Made in Vermont Marketplace was held at the Champlain Valley Exposition in Essex Junction last weekend. The event is produced by…
Talking Art With Photographer Matthew Peterson
Matthew Peterson’s first camera was the ubiquitous 35mm Canon AE-1. His mom gave it to him when he was 10 years old, and he’s been…
Choosing Burlington
“Mostly what he likes doing is taking things apart. And he has an uncanny ability to dismantle our household items. Not destructively, mind you, but…
American Muslims Grapple With Interest-Based Borrowing
When Samantha Lord-Konare converted to Islam six years ago, she found herself in a quandary. She had student and credit card loans, but her new…
Derek and the Demons, Out of the Woodwork
(What Doth Life, digital download) The ever-productive Derek and the Demons have returned with their new LP, Out of the Woodwork. For those keeping score,…
Scratch … and Sniff? Vermont Lottery’s Pet Project
Would you be more likely to buy a lottery ticket if it bore the picture of your pet or the pet of someone you knew?…
Wren Kitz, untitled
(Como Tapes, cassette, digital download) The improbably named Wren Kitz has been a longtime collaborator in the Burlington music scene, both as a lead guitarist…
3 Square Meals: A Family of Five Takes Hunger Free Vermont’s Food Challenge
I’m the chef and food program coordinator at the Burlington Children’s Space, a local school that serves 50 children ages 5 and under in Chittenden…
Movie Review: ‘Toni Erdmann’ Triumphs as an Unclassifiable Comedy
Not often, but certainly as I write this, I wish we weren’t limited in the number of stars we can give a movie. If I…
Economist John Hill Talks Bonds, Stocks and Bernie Sanders
In the 1969 movie The Magic Christian, otherwise sensible people are willing to wade into a vat of excrement to retrieve the money that wealthy…
Clever Girls’ Diane Jean Reilly Makes Bad Choices, Good Music
On a recent edition of “Exposure,” the long-running live show on the University of Vermont’s WRUV 90.1 FM, Clever Girls’ front woman Diane Jean Reilly…
Cash or Trade Reimagines the Secondary Ticket Market
Just how unscrupulous is the online secondary ticket market? If recent history is any indication, it’s reached biblical proportions. In 2015, Pope Francis visited New…
Vermont Lawyer Jean Murray Takes on the Debt-Collection Industry
Attorney Jean Murray drove more than three hours and had a few choice words for her car’s GPS before she arrived in Newfane last month…
How Dirty Is Money? Let Us Count the Ways
If cash is king, our ruler is easily corrupted. That’s not a commentary on the influence of money on American politics but a statement about…
The Money Issue
It’s said that sex and money are the two most troublesome topics in relationships. But here at Seven Days, we found plenty to say —…
Phoenix Books Launches Self-Publishing Biz
Last year, George Osol walked into Phoenix Books in Burlington with his new self-published book, Caveat, hoping the store would sell it. Longtime manager Tod…
Vermont DMV, State Police Play Nice With ICE
A tri-partisan group of lawmakers joined Gov. Phil Scott in his ceremonial Statehouse office last week to witness Vermont’s first act of resistance against President…
Free Will Astrology (4/5/17)
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Be interested in first things, Aries. Cultivate your attraction to beginnings. Align yourself with uprisings and breakthroughs. Find out what’s about…
House Discord: Speaker Finds Harmony Doesn’t Last
The House’s unanimous vote last week on the annual tax bill and its unanimous-but-for-one balloting on the budget bill tells you something about the chamber’s…
So Many Questions — and Answers — About Anal
Dear Readers, Forget “springing forward” — it seems a number of readers are more interested in going back. I’ve been barraged with queries about backside…
Movie Review: ‘Ghost in the Shell’ Offers More Style Than Substance
Some of the most interesting stuff in Ghost in the Shell happens in the background. Director Rupert Sanders (Snow White and the Huntsman) and production…
Global Roots Film Fest Goes Québécois
This weekend, Vermonters can travel to Canada without passports, lines or border crossings. The Global Roots Film Festival: Québec, presented by the Vermont International Film…
Taxing Question: Why Are Lawmakers Saying ‘No’?
Late one evening last month, the Senate Finance Committee voted for a $2-per-night hotel room occupancy fee. The fee, expected to generate $7.2 million a…
Milk Money Matches Local Investors and Vermont Businesses
Elias Gardner is a teacher at the New School in Montpelier. He lives in the Middlesex farmhouse where he grew up and rents out bedrooms…
New ‘Epic Pass’ at Stowe Triggers Flurry of Ski Bargains
The sun shone on blinding white snow at Killington Resort last Thursday, a lovely day at the Vermont ski area. Then it became even more…
Soundbites: Same Old Places and Familiar Faces
Vermont is a beautiful place. I mean, duh. Every 802-themed coffee-table book and postcard showcases the eye-popping wonders of foliage season, the serenity of Lake…
Japanese Bliss at Montréal’s Ichigo Ichie
Why did our server drop off a brown paper lunch bag on a plate? I wondered, as I sat in the dark back corner of…
Last Stop Sports Bar Opens in Winooski
It’s been a little over three months since anyone bought a drink at CK’s Sports Bar. But this Saturday, April 8, two of its former…
Poet Vievee Francis Earns High Honors
Some books seem enormous because they have many pages. A book of poems may be slim in size and yet immense in other ways, for…
Lyric Lauds Working Women With ‘9 to 5’
Almost 20 years before the business-casual protagonists of Office Space destroyed a printer with baseball bats, there were the bad, bad ladies of 9 to…
Letters to the Editor (4/5/17)
Falun Falsehoods Ken Picard’s March 22 piece “Shen Yun: Entertaining Family Fare, Political Propaganda — or Both?” does your readership a disservice while veering far…
Another, Pre-Security Skinny Pancake at BTV
As of the last week in March, the old Chubby Muffin kiosk at Burlington International Airport has been transformed into the Skinny Pancake. Which means…
Taste Test: One Radish Eatery in Richmond
Before One Radish Eatery opened in Richmond last December, co-owner Jessica Bunce told Seven Days that the food would be “approachable, predictable and accessible.” Which…
Eat This Week, April 5 to 11, 2017: Brew Times Two
If your ideal Sunday Funday involves coffee, beer or both head to Northfield this weekend for a tasting extravaganza. Sample fresh presses from New Wave…
Feldman’s Bagels Gets a New Owner
A bagel-baking rookie has taken over a Burlington bagel shop from a longtime pro. Bob Leonard, a hockey dad from South Burlington, has purchased Feldman’s…
Food Allergies? No Problem at Jules on the Green
On Monday, April 3, food industry veteran Silvio Mazzella opened Jules on the Green at 1 Commonwealth Avenue in Essex Junction. The concept: serving folks…
