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For four years, a demolished downtown mall and a series of broken promises left a gaping wound in the center of Burlington. The three-acre block walled off with concrete barriers was synonymous with urban blight, an object of frustration and derision that earned the property its own moniker: “the Pit.” In November 2022, bulldozers and…
The elegant, farm-to-table restaurant and market at Philo Ridge Farm in Charlotte will “temporarily pause” operation as of December 10. The business plans to reorganize as a nonprofit to expand its research into how sustainable practices can support Vermont’s agricultural future, according to a November 7 statement. In the announcement, the farm’s married owners, Diana…
Accomplished horsewoman rode her horse from Vermont to Valley Forge to celebrate the nation’s bicentennial
Burlington resident was a vegetarian, passionate animal rights advocate and true Trekkie
A celebration of Harlaine “Holly” Miller’s life will take place on Friday, November 17, 2023, 1 p.m., at the University of Vermont’s Davis Center in Burlington, with a reception to follow. All are invited to attend. Related Stories
Departing residents cited housing difficulties as their No. 1 reason for leaving the state in 2021 and 2022, according to a new report from the state treasurer’s office. More than 26,000 people moved into Vermont from other states last year, Vermont Treasurer Mike Pieciak said. But another 23,000 left, nearly canceling last year’s gain in…
Home builder leaves award-winning legacy of custom-built homes in Chittenden County
Former Shelburne Museum curator wrote and lectured extensively on many aspects of American folk art
UVM professor emeritus made significant contributions to the newly burgeoning fields of digital signal processing, image processing and coding
Life of Burlington teacher, coach and family man was a testament to his commitment to others
A recent weekend visit to the Tree Farm Recreational Facility in Essex Junction conjured memories of a state fair: rows of parked cars in muddy lots framing fields of bustle and color. The spectacle was not a carnival, though. It was youth soccer — dozens of matches featuring players of all ages, genders, shapes and…
There aren’t many people more suited to having an open, frank and insightful conversation about the Black experience in Vermont than musician and journalist Myra Flynn. The bicoastal Vermonter — she lives part of the year in Los Angeles — made local waves over the summer with a headlining spot at the Burlington Discover Jazz…
Vermont cartoonist and musician James Kochalka continues his recent run of hyperproductivity. Following the September release of the LP Pop Popular, Kochalka is already back with a new EP that’s dropping on Tuesday, November 7: All Our Favorite Bands. The Neil Cleary-produced EP features Kochalka collaborating with Frankie Cosmos’ Greta Kline on “All Our Favorite…
Marc Sherman cofounded Burlington’s Outdoor Gear Exchange in 1995 — the same year Pamela Polston and I started this weekly newspaper. He’s been a regular Seven Days advertiser since. For almost three decades, I’ve watched OGE grow and prosper, in the real world and online. That it reliably wins a pile of awards in our…
When Mary Ruefle of Bennington was chosen in 2019 as Vermont’s ninth poet laureate, she followed the lead of many of her predecessors and devised a special project. Instead of vowing to give a reading at every library in the state, as Sydney Lea did, or coediting an anthology of Vermont poets, as Chard deNiord…
(Self-released, digital) “Pair with cheap red wine,” reads a caption on indie-pop duo Lavenderlux’s Bandcamp page. Since it’s not responsible or legal to do so while taking a rainy fall drive, consider some cheap gas station coffee instead. It worked well for me. But it doesn’t really matter what you enjoy with the band’s debut…
Dear Reverend, The world is such a mess right now. Every day, it’s just more bad news: war, politics, mass shootings. It seems like there’s nothing I can do, and I feel so depressed and hopeless. How can I cope? Globally Gloomy (nonbinary, 25) Dear Globally Gloomy, A lot of people are in the same…
(Secret City Records, digital, vinyl) One of Canada’s most sought-after collaborators has deftly positioned herself as a visionary and the purveyor of a unique style of electro-pop on her second studio album, which shows her daring and vulnerable self-examination. Montréal native Ariel Engle earned a reputation as an innovator on the city’s experimental music scene…
Seven Days writers can’t possibly read, much less review, all the books that arrive in a steady stream by post, email and, in one memorable case, a tiding of magpies. So this monthly feature is our way of introducing you to a handful of books by Vermont authors. To do that, we contextualize each book…
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Who would have guessed that elephants can play the drums really well? On a trip to Thailand, Scorpio musician Dave Soldier discovered that if given sticks and drums, some elephants kept a steadier beat than humans. A few were so talented that Soldier recorded their rhythms and played them for a…
In 2018, Evan Hughes’ New York Times Magazine story “The Pain Hustlers” profiled the meteoric rise and fall of a pharmaceutical startup called Insys. Just a few years after its initial public offering made the company a “Wall Street darling,” the chief executives faced federal racketeering charges for giving kickbacks to doctors who prescribed their…
Soapbox Arts is twinkling, and not with an early display of holiday lights. Rather, the Burlington gallery’s current exhibition, titled “Listening to the World,” features suspended, kinetic sculptures that gently wink at visitors. The artist, Christina Watka, is in love with light; her work literally reflects that. In a series she calls “Iridian Mist,” overlapping…
new in theaters THE MARSH KING’S DAUGHTER: Born to a kidnapper and his captive, a woman (Daisy Ridley) must hunt down her father after he escapes from prison in this thriller directed by Neil Burger (Divergent). With Ben Mendelsohn and Garrett Hedlund. (108 min, R. Majestic) WHAT HAPPENS LATER: Meg Ryan directed and cowrote this…
Humans have been coaxing metal into utilitarian, nefarious and artistic objects for millennia. Yet somehow, people still find inventive ways to craft it. For contemporary sculptor and jewelry maker Margaret Jacobs, the malleability and solidity of metals suits her aim to make permanent the ephemeral expressions of the natural world, as well as to carry…
Two chorus and orchestra concerts in the Burlington area this weekend promise to go big, for different reasons. The Green Mountain Mahler Festival performs a concert version of the first act of Richard Wagner’s Die Walküre (The Valkyrie) on Saturday night with three professional soloists — one of whom has sung at the Metropolitan Opera…
‘Grace’ Land Excellent reporting by Joe Sexton detailing the painful experience of young Grace Welch while being held at Vermont’s Woodside Juvenile Rehabilitation Center and the sad ending of her life [“The Loss of Grace,” October 25]. It is, sadly, a very familiar story to me after nearly 30 years working in public schools as…
Choreographer Christal Brown defines flesh as “the barrier between the world and the soul.” Flesh captures “everything we internalize,” she said, and it fills up with memories like a cup. She believes people die once that cup is full. That philosophy took on deeper personal meaning as Brown cared for her late mother, who suffered…
From my Burlington home, I have watched in sorrow as my former neighbors, half a world away, tear each other to bits. Twenty years ago this month, I moved to Jerusalem with my wife and our infant daughter so that I could cover the Middle East as a correspondent for the Los Angeles Times. It…
Montpelier’s Capitol Plaza hotel has served as a home away from home for generations of Vermont lawmakers. Just steps from the Statehouse, the State Street hotel has been the place for late-night poker games, deal making over dinner and election night celebrations. Now the hotel’s new owners are scrambling to repair damage from the city’s…
Sylvie Blanchard always felt safe living in the small Orange County town of Washington. For decades, she and her husband owned the Washington Village Store, which serves as the commercial and social heart of the community. But after a recent spate of homicides, including the discovery of a body on a rural road just a…
A group of quilters has stitched together a plan to deliver nearly 100 blankets for residents at Good Samaritan homeless shelters in Berlin, Barre and Barre Town. More than 40 volunteers have spent the past few months crafting the rainbow of quilts at the direction of Jane Erickson, whose daughter, Julie Bond, is the co-executive…
On a recent cloudy, damp morning, farmer Claudel “Zaka” Chery stood in a field of crocuses abundant with green foliage but only sparsely sprinkled with blooms. “It looks so good in here,” Chery said. “Please, flower,” he entreated the plants. It was well into the third week of the anticipated four- to six-week harvest at…
When Jolene Kao moved to Charlotte with her family in August 2022, she thought she’d take at least a year to get her bearings and figure out where she might fit in. Only 11 months later, she bought the town’s iconic Old Brick Store. Kao, 39, had long envisioned a change. It took motherhood and…
Wendy Girón could not stop beaming as she welcomed a recent visitor into the modest Vergennes home she bought earlier this year. The freshly renovated kitchen boasted sleek wood cabinetry and a stainless steel stove with a large hood vent. “I designed my kitchen,” she said proudly. Girón, 43, had not yet put the new…
After almost 30 years on Williston Road in South Burlington, Marco’s Pizza has moved to downtown Burlington. A planned October 31 opening was delayed due to equipment issues, but fans will soon be able to find Marco’s pizza, calzones and sandwiches on house-baked ciabatta bread at 177 Church Street, the former location of Big Daddy’s…
Lady Sings the Blues Thursday 2 Acclaimed blues singer Shemekia Copeland takes the Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center at Stowe Mountain Resort by storm. Declared one of her generation’s most accomplished artists by multiple critics, the daughter of Blues Hall of Famer Johnny Copeland shows off her impressive pipes and soul-stirring sensibilities. Peaks My Interest…
Waitsfield native Shaina Taub’s life is shaping up like a Broadway musical: small-town Vermonter heads to New York at age 16, graduates from New York University, performs off Broadway, records albums, creates musical versions of Shakespeare plays, collaborates with Elton John and performs solo in Lincoln Center’s American Songbook series. Now Suffs, her new musical…
