Jan 31 – Feb 6, 2007
An Old North End Elementary School Woos Prospective Parents; Why Private Schools Like Middlebury; When a Foodie Can’t Smell
News Quirks 01.31.07
Curses, Foiled Again New York City police broke up an identity-theft ring after it targeted the father of a deputy police chief. Joellen Kunkel said she was visiting her 82-year-old father when she answered a call from someone reporting unauthorized use of his credit card and seeking personal information. When Kunkel identified herself as a…
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Comics [SIV1]
Last Friday night, the Helen Day Art Center in Stowe was bustling with activity as many fashionable folk in black streamed into its doors for a much anticipated gallery opening. Fine Toon: The Art of VT Cartoonists is an excellent exhibit with pieces by 13 artists with VT ties. The show’s central connection, of course,…
The Powder Kegs, The Seedhouse
(Self-released, CD) Bluegrass is a genre that seems to find its way into a variety of listeners’ collections, from folkies to rockers. I’m no exception – I’ve always felt that when the air gets crisp and apples are ready for picking, there’s nothing like hearing a little pickin’. But I’m not sure The Powder Kegs’…
Scott Tournet, Everyone You Meet Is Fighting A Hard Battle
(Illusion Records, CD) Most Vermonters know Scott Tournet as the guitarist for the ever-ascendant Grace Potter & the Nocturnals. Touring and recording with that group is a full-time job, yet Tournet still finds time to produce and release music under his own name. His latest solo effort is the curiously titled Everyone You Meet Is…
ONE NIGHT WITH THE KING**
Tiffany Dupont stars in this epic based on the Biblical story of Esther, in which a peasant-girl-turned-queen must save her people from genocide. With Luke Goss and Peter O’Toole. Directed by Michael O. Sajbel. (122 min, PG)
SAW III**
The adventures of super-cruel puppet-master Jigsaw continue, much to the dismay of a small-town doctor who finds herself his latest victim. With Tobin Bell, Behar Soomekh and Dina Meyer. Directed by Darren Lynn Bousman. (107 min, R) Web: http://www.apple.com/trailers/lions_gate/sawiii/
SCHOOL FOR SCOUNDRELS**1/2
In this remake of the 1960 Terry Thomas comedy, Billy Bob Thornton and Michael Clarke Duncan operate a top-secret program that uses unorthodox techniques to turn those low of self-esteem into the super-confident and successful. (100 min, PG-13) Web: http://www.apple.com/trailers/weinstein/schoolforscoundrels/
SHERRYBABY***
Maggie Gyllenhaal stars in director Laurie Collyer’s grim tale of a recovering heroin addict who returns home from a stint in prison and tries to reconnect with her young daughter. Featured at Sundance. (96 min, NR) Web: http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/sherrybaby/
THIS FILM IS NOT YET RATED****
Kirby Dick’s documentary probes the hidden workings of the Motion Picture Association of America as it rates movies based on their content. Features interviews with controversial filmmakers, including John Waters. (97 min, NR) Web: http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2764174
