At two minutes to opening, five cars were lined up outside the Sunset Drive-In in Colchester. It was a warm Friday night in early August, and owner Peter Handy had announced a double feature of The Goonies and Stand By Me in a Facebook post that “almost went viral,” in his words. (It was shared…
Former state legislator and Republican National Committeeman skied up until age 89
Gifted musician performed off-Broadway in New York City at age 80
1. Moving Forward Vermont dance artist and recent Bowdoin College graduate Lucia Gagliardone was to give her senior thesis performance, Surface Tension, this spring. Like so many events, that showing was canceled. At last, the work reaches the stage at Sharon’s Star Mountain Amphitheater. Local dancers bring Gagliardone’s original choreography to life at the outdoor…
(Self-released, digital) When Rob Voland dropped his last record — the lonesome, sonically adventurous Quality Loneliness — in 2018, the Burlington singer-songwriter had just come through a breakup. The record reflected it, too, as it was chock-full of songs about regret, isolation, heartbreak and all the philosophic wonderings that love gone wrong can bring about.…
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “Self-love is also remembering to let others love you. Come out of hiding.” Poet Irisa Yardenah wrote that advice, and now I’m passing it on to you, just in time for a phase when you will benefit from it most. I mean, it’s always good counsel for you Virgos to heed. But it will be…
Grilled-cheese sandwiches return to Four Quarters Brewing at 150 West Canal Street in Winooski on Thursday, August 27, when the Onion City’s only brewery resumes food service. The brewery was in the midst of an expansion at 70 Main Street in Winooski when the pandemic halted construction. The new facility, which will allow for increased…
After 13 years near downtown Montpelier, the Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism needed room to grow — literally. The nonprofit clinical herbalism organization uses gardens both to teach its students and cultivate products for its apothecary, and VCIH leaders found themselves wishing for quieter outdoor space and more easily accessible plots. Turns out, a prime…
A local brewer is giving thanks to educators by offering them discounts on one of his newest offerings. Jesse Cronin created Our Impossible Ask to honor those preparing to go back to school during an uncertain — and scary — time. The 7.7 percent alcohol by volume double IPA is “rich with tropical hop aroma”…
Even before the coronavirus pandemic reached Vermont, many of the state’s migrant farmworkers were leading lives of quarantine. “Usually we just go from the house to the farm to the house to the farm,” said one 25-year-old laborer who asked to be identified as Pati. “Now, it’s even more isolated.” Pati, who emigrated from Chiapas,…
People who logged into the Winooski School Board session on July 15 expecting a quiet, routine meeting were in for a surprise. Over the course of the two-and-a-half-hour Zoom call, a group of students of color and recent alumni shared raw, blunt testimony about their school experience. Abdikhafar Yussuf spoke about a 2013 incident in…
Just a few months ago, Sen. John Rodgers (D-Essex/Orleans), a hemp farmer and mason, had a seat that appeared safe as the 2020 election loomed. But after missing a filing deadline for the Democratic primary, he’s been forced to run as an independent — upending a race to represent this conservative-leaning Northeast Kingdom district. Republicans…
Just inside Antidote Books, a cozy, light-filled space in Putney, customers immediately see a wall of poetry. In many bookstores, the poetry section is relegated to a few shelves tucked in a back corner behind best sellers, cookbooks and hiking guides. At Antidote, the expansive selection is front and center and impossible to miss. Volumes…
Update: As of June 15, 2021, the games are back on, according to co-owner Matt Walters. The phone rang twice in a matter of minutes last Friday at the Archives, a Burlington bar and arcade. Both times, co-owner Matt Walters delivered the bad news. “We don’t have games on, mate, if that’s what you’re interested…
Exercise Is for Everyone Thank you for publishing the article “Outdoor Voice” [August 12] with “Fat Girl Running” Mirna Valerio’s life story. I admit I am somewhat prejudiced against overweight people, and I am always delighted when I find compound information revealing how stupid my values can be. Valerio’s experiences and ongoing effort to transition…
Like most everything in the time of coronavirus, the Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival will look a lot different this year. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the sixth edition of the fest, which focuses on the work of first- and second-time filmmakers, will be held entirely online. It marks a dramatic change for an event that…
You’ve probably noticed that the Seven Days music section is a lot smaller than it used to be. Hell, the whole paper is smaller, given that we aren’t currently listing events of any kind in print. Not that there are many to list these days. And instead of having a weekly music feature and an…
Dear Reverend, My girlfriend wants to get my name tattooed on her chest over her heart. I’m really superstitious about it and believe that if she gets the tattoo, we’ll be destined to break up. She thinks I’m being ridiculous, but I really don’t want her to do it. How can I make her understand?…
(Self-released, digital) I recently unearthed a photo of myself from when I was 19. Staring directly into the camera with an inscrutable look on my face, I’m sitting on a couch in my first apartment — a real shithole that I loved dearly. Whenever I see pictures of myself from that era, I try to…
In her peaceful, flower-filled Williston backyard, Rachel Averitt welcomed a reporter with a stylish, personal pandemic hospitality kit. It included sanitizer, gloves, a freshly laundered cloth napkin and a glass bottle of water. About three years ago, Averitt, 37, left the restaurant industry to start her own event coordination and digital marketing consultancy called Rely…
Man Rai carried an umbrella for shade as she approached her family’s vegetable gardens at the Ethan Allen Homestead on a steaming, sunny August afternoon. Across the meadow, kids horsed around against a backdrop of tasseled cornstalks reaching well above their heads. “This is my father’s garden. I have one, too,” Rai, 35, said, standing…
Chef-owner Jason Tostrup will close his restaurant Free Range in Chester at the end of August. A pioneer of farm-to-table cuisine in southern Vermont, Tostrup was chef at the Inn at Weathersfield for more than eight years before moving to Okemo Mountain Resort in 2013. Tostrup opened Free Range in late 2017 as a managing…
On August 18, 1920, Tennessee became the 36th state to ratify the 19th Amendment, and on August 26 the U.S. secretary of state certified the ratification, which encoded the voting rights of women into the U.S. Constitution. A century later, people nationwide are commemorating the anniversary while also reckoning with the flaws of a suffrage…
