Apr 8-14, 2009
Vinyl is Making a Comeback – But Did it Ever Really Go Away? Same-Sex Marriage Vote: Today’s the Big Day; VAC Director Draws Fire
UVM Students Protest Cuts
Mike Ives reports: Several hundred students attended a budget-related walk-out/protest today at the University of Vermont. Organized by the campus group Students Stand Up, the event featured both faculty and student speakers. A few students held massive cardboard signs with life-sized cut-outs that read, “MISSING FACULTY” and “MISSING STAFF.” One student shouted into a megaphone.…
Just Sick…
I have this little cat calendar on my desk. I just ripped off yesterday’s page and was greeted with this sickening cuteness. I had to share. Now I have to go lie down to recover. I feel like I just ate a jellybean-Peep sandwich.
Hal Colston on “Oprah”
Word has it a producer from the “Oprah” show will be in Burlington tomorrow–Friday, April 10–to film Good News Garage. Founder Hal Colston has already been interviewed by the producer, who talked to him about the GNG story as well as Colston’s second venture, the anti-poverty nonprofit NeighborKeepers. Colston says he’ll head to Chicago next…
Asher Roth Dropped
St. Michael’s students who love college, drinking, women, and college again (in that order) are waking up disappointed this morning. Asher Roth, the “I Love College” singer who was announced a few weeks back as the opener for Lupe Fiasco at the SMC Spring Concert April 17, has been dropped from the bill due to…
Of Onions and Rock Bands
Enough about student government/media drama for a while. Let’s discuss more important things: the arts. Today’s a big day for arts of the written, visual, and musical kinds at St. Mike’s. Today is the release date for the 2009 edition of St. Michael’s annual literary arts journal, the Onion River Review. The Review contains poetry,…
Vermont 12-year-old Speaks on Democracy Now!
Earlier today, 12-year-old Evann Orleck-Jetter appeared on the nationally syndicated radio show Democracy Now! Orleck-Jetter lives in Thetford Center with her lesbian parents, Dartmouth history professor Annelise Orleck and journalist Alexis Jetter. She testified last month in support of gay marriage at the Vermont Statehouse. (Orleck-Jetter’s parents collaborated on a 1997 essay and interview collection…
More Marriage Media
I’ve been collecting links to coverage of Vermont’s historic gay marriage vote yesterday. Here are some I think are worth sharing. Photographer Karen Pike shot an incredible series of portraits at the Statehouse yesterday. This one shows a group of supporters, including my friend Hannah Hauser, waiting for the vote tally. If you’re a gay…
Three’s Company
Art Review: “New Artists/New Work,” recent paintings by Mary Admasian and Frank Woods and granite sculptures by Jeane Wolfe. The Lazy Pear Gallery, Montpelier. Through May.
Raw Video: Beth Robinson Congratulates Same-Sex Marriage Supporters
Immediately following the House override of Governor Douglass’ veto of the same-sex marriage bill, Beth Robinson of Vermont Freedom to Marry congratulates throngs of supporters. Bill sponsors Rep. Mark Larson and Rep. David Zuckerman also address same-sex marriage advocates. Thanks to Shawn Lipenski for shooting the video and allowing us to post it on Blurt!…
Free Will Astrology
Here’s the weekly astrological forecast for April 8 – 15, 2009. What’s your sign, baby? They’re all here… ARIES (March 21-April 19): Your role model for the coming week is George Garratt, a British guy who legally changed his name to Captain Fantastic Faster Than Superman Spiderman Batman Wolverine Hulk And The Flash Combined. Like…
Melting Muse
Book Review: Early Spring: An Ecologist and Her Children Wake to a Warming World
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US Universities Debating Championships [SIV123]
4/5/09: The 2009 US Universities Debating Championships were held this weekend on the UVM campus. Life-long debate enthusiast Dr Alfred “Tuna” Snider welcomed over 120 teams from all over the US and abroad. Students and judges explain why debate is so important to our every day life.
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again A robber who entered a business in Fox Point, Wis., was rummaging through an office closet when owner David Kang, a Tae Kwon Do master who was giving a private lesson at his martial arts studio, discovered the unidentified intruder and held him by the neck until police arrived. • Police pursuing…
Letters to the Editor
WAY TO EXPOSé Thank you so much for your exposé on the Blue Cross Blue Shield golden parachute [“Fair Game,” March 18]. I was glad to see the Barre-Montpelier Times Argus picked up the story. You may be our last hope for investigating reporting in Vermont. Thanks again, and keep up the good work. Janet…
Crunch Time: A Castleton woman bakes up a viable cracker business
In the 19th century, it was standard to bang hardtack crackers on the counter before eating them. The noisy ritual wasn’t a way of thanking god or making the thick pieces easier to eat; it was a last-ditch effort to drive out any flour-loving weevils that had taken up residence in the crunchy depths. It’s…
Nothing to Pass Over
In Vermont food circles, kosher-certified isn’t just for Jews anymore
Friday: “Health Care is a Human Right” Panel at UVM
Vermont has been in the national spotlight lately, and not just for legalizing gay marriage. On March 17, the Obama administration held one of five “Regional Forums on Health Reform” at the University of Vermont’s Davis Center. Seven Days political columnist Shay Totten Twittered the event while I interviewed protesters who rallied outside in support…
Best Bites: Ed’s Barrr-B-Q
248 North Main Street, Barre, 476-8BBQ The slogan at Ed’s is “The taste you can’t escape,” and crimeplays into every aspect of the restaurant. The windows are barred and fakebullet holes addle the doorframes. The cheery yellow walls are bordered withtrompe l’oeil barbed wire. Mugshots of Frank Sinatra and Jim Morrisonadorn the spaces not painted…
Gay Marriage Comes to Vermont
It’s official. The Vermont House votes 100-49 to override the governor’s veto of the gay marriage bill. Gay marriage is coming to Vermont. UPDATE: Here’s a statement from Peter Shumlin, President Pro Tem of the Senate. Boy, he didn’t waste any time in getting this out: “Today Vermont legislators did the right thing by overriding…
Same-Sex Marriage Vote: Today’s the Big Day
Today, the Vermont Senate and House will consider whether to override Governor Douglas’ veto of the same-sex marriage bill. Shay Totten is at the Statehouse covering the proceedings on Twitter. Click here to follow his updates. A sample of his posts so far: Speaker ShapSmith said moments ago, “this will be the smallest needle I’ve…
