The Winter Preview Issue 2017
The Uphilling Trend on the Rise; Big Surprise: Airbnb Thrives in Vermont Ski Towns; Robby Kelley Takes Indie Route to World Races
Yule Haul: The 2017 Vermont Holiday Gift Guide
It’s the most wonderful time of the year — a season for spreading love, goodwill and, of course, gifts. We’ll help you do all three with our second annual holiday shopping guide. Here you’ll find clever presents for every person — and pet — on your list. We’ve also sprinkled in a few suggestions for…
Seriously: Lifting the Vail; An Uphill Battle
In this episode, Bryan previews some special wintertime activities on the mountains and in the tub.
Obituary: David Newton Spring, 1948-2017
It is with sadness that we share the news of our beloved David N. Spring passing on November 15, 2017. David was a kind, generous…
The Parmelee Post: AG Sessions Rescinds Threat After Reviewing Vermont Hate Crime Data
In a stunning reversal, U.S. Attorney General and self-sufficient ventriloquist dummy Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III has rescinded a threat to cut federal grants for both…
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Diwali Night [SIV511]
11/10/17: The 11th Annual Diwali Night was held at the Davis Center on the University of Vermont campus in Burlington last Friday. Diwali is a…
The Winter Preview — 2017
As the flakes begin to fall, pro snow athletes get stoked, and the rest of us anticipate playing in the pretty white stuff. In this…
Art Review: Craig Mooney at Vermont Supreme Court Gallery
Craig Mooney’s large landscape paintings are a bright antidote to Vermont’s November skies and the leafless branches of stick season. Many of the 21 oil…
In the Increasingly Corporate Ski Business, Bolton Goes Local
Vail Resorts’ purchase of Stowe Mountain Resort was not the only Vermont ski mountain deal that went down this year, though it garnered most of…
Album Review: Nechromancer, ‘Intersect’
(Self-released, CD, digital download) Nechromancer’s debut album, Intersect, arrived on my desk in a numbered, handmade envelope fastened with a satanic, crimson wax seal. I…
Ethnomusicologist Jud Wellington Returns to Alma Mater SMC
The marimba looks like something anyone could play: a row of wooden bars resembling a xylophone that’s struck with two wooden mallets. Yet this ancient…
Movie Review: ‘The Killing of a Sacred Deer’ Also Kills Sacred Cows
Like Quentin Tarantino, Greek writer-director Yorgos Lanthimos seems fascinated by power games, the crueler the better. In Dogtooth (2009), parents abuse their power to give…
A Quick Review of ‘Echo After Echo’ by Amy Rose Capetta
It’s difficult to read Amy Rose Capetta’s third young-adult novel, published last month, without being reminded of the scandals currently rocking Hollywood. Echo After Echo…
Album Review: Tom Pearo, ‘Headspace’
(Self-released, digital download, vinyl) Tom Pearo is a Burlington-based guitarist and composer who has been most visible in recent years as sideman to folk-rocker and…
Airbnb Snowballs in Vermont Ski Towns, Bringing Cash and Concerns
Josi Kytle said she rents out an apartment on Airbnb so she can afford to live in Stowe. The 41-year-old entrepreneur charges as much as…
Build Your Own Skis With Lars Whitman
On an unseasonably warm day in late October, I drove to the end of a dirt road in Richmond and met Lars Whitman, the sole…
Hard-core Skiers Take to Uphilling the Slopes
One morning last winter, lured by two feet of fresh overnight powder, I hit the parking lot at Sugarbush Resort’s Mount Ellen an hour before…
Philamena’s Closes to Focus on Pasta and Sauce Production
While Down Home expands into the dinner hours, another Montpelier restaurant is closing its doors. Philamena’s, at 41 Elm Street, will serve its last meals…
Movie Review: ‘Jane’ Opens a Stunning Window on Goodall’s Early Expeditions
On learning of this documentary about Jane Goodall’s life and work, I had two reactions. First, I couldn’t imagine why anyone would make a movie…
Locals Consider the Amazon ‘Stranglehold’
On Monday evening, dozens of people filed into Burlington’s First Universalist Unitarian Society at the top of Church Street to discuss an old topic with…
Pondering Pelham: Questions Raised About Health Care Board Appointment
Gov. Phil Scott’s appointment of Tom Pelham to the Green Mountain Care Board has attracted a fair share of critics who are concerned about the…
Burlington Choral Society Tackles an Obscure Handel Oratorio
George Frideric Handel wrote some 40 operas in Italian before he began to find his niche as a composer of choral works in English. The…
Free Will Astrology (11/15/17)
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “Everything that can be invented has been invented” — Charles H. Duell, Director of the U.S. Patent Office, 1899. “Heavier-than-air flying…
Letters to the Editor (11/15/17)
Flag Tag Interesting how the request for us to vote on a Burlington flag does not include the option of the existing one [Live Culture:…
Ask Athena: Is It a Sign of Weakness That I Don’t Want to Be Alone?
Dear Athena, Is it OK or a sign of weakness that I don’t want to be alone? I have gone from partner to partner my…
Indoorsy Type? Here’s How to Craft Through Winter
Winter is coming, and the cold is deep; the dark is more. Whether or not you suffer from ye olde seasonal affective disorder, it can…
Eat This Week, November 15 to 21, 2017: Farm Raised
What’s it like growing up on a family farm? Find out at one of several screenings of “Vermont Farm Kids,” a documentary produced by the…
Bear Roots Farm in South Barre Goes Solar
At Bear Roots Farm on Snowbridge Road in South Barre, owners Karin Bellemare and Jon Wagner operate a CSA in all seasons and sell at…
Vermont Ski Racer Robby Kelley Charts His Own Path
On Sunday, Robby Kelley competed in the first World Cup men’s slalom of this year’s series in Levi, Finland. While the Starksboro native didn’t qualify…
The Juries Are Out: Fewer Defendants Risk Going to Trial
Speaking from the Winhall home that federal prosecutors were trying to take from her, Alison Gu declared again and again how eager she was for…
Hackie: Happy Hoosier
“So, Burlington is a fun little town,” my customer said to me as she settled into the shotgun seat of my taxi. She had just…
Sinkane’s Ahmed Gallab on His New Album and Exit from Of Montreal
Just before Ahmed Gallab released his third studio album as Sinkane, he lost one of his biggest influences: Nigerian funk musician William Onyeabor. Known for…
Soundbites: Night Moves; Doctor’s Orders
All right. It’s time to get real, my friends. I’ve remained silent about something for a few months, but I can’t keep my feelings bottled…
An Outdoors Enthusiast Shares the Love, and Guidance, on YouTube
Like Hermione Granger’s enchanted purse in the final Harry Potter book, Austin Borg’s backpack contains an astonishing array of items: a small guitar, a chunk…
Burton Creates Out of This World Outerwear for U.S. Snowboarding Team
Expect to see some space-age duds at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea. Burlington-based Burton Snowboards will outfit the U.S. Snowboarding Team athletes…
High Peaks at Lower Prices: Stowe Braces for Bigger Crowds
The snow guns were blasting on a recent November evening at nearby Stowe Mountain Resort when Charlie Shaffer sipped a glass of red wine by…
Onion River Co-op Past and Present, and a Preview of the New City Market
Back in January 2002, the repeatedly delayed opening of the downtown Burlington City Market/Onion River Co-op was a political football. Or rather, a “food fight,”…
Pork & Pickles BBQ Shifts to Catering and Pop-Ups
Pork & Pickles BBQ at 34 Park Street in Essex Junction will close on Saturday, according to owner Chris Simard. The restaurant, which opened in…
Montpelier’s Down Home Kitchen Adds Supper Service
Down Home Kitchen at 100 Main Street in Montpelier will add supper to its breakfast and lunch service starting the Friday after Thanksgiving, owner Mary…
