Help us pay for in-depth stories like this one by becoming a Seven Days Super Reader. The total solar eclipse that passed over Vermont on Monday shrouded the upper half of the state in several minutes of otherworldly, midafternoon darkness as thousands of visitors from around the world looked skyward in wonder. Vermonters had hoped for clear…
Lifelong supporter and champion of women and girls established one of the first domestic violence shelters in Vermont
UVM alumni remained a loyal Catamount fan throughout the years
Heart transplant recipient inspired hundreds of people to live their best lives
Founder of Burlington-based communications company contributed to many charitable causes
Proud father loved his family farm, maple sugaring, reading scriptures and singing
We all miss and love you so much, Connie. Happy Birthday in Heaven.
Musician and veteran teacher taught at numerous one room schoolhouses
Music-booking collective Waking Windows announced the initial lineup for its 2024 music and arts festival on Friday. The annual indie-rock showcase enters its 12th year hosting a slew of local talent and national headliners at an assortment of venues, restaurants and other businesses in downtown Winooski. Post-pandemic, the festival has transitioned to a smaller-scale event than…
ARIES (Mar. 21-Apr. 19): Now is a favorable time to make initial inquiries, ask for free samples and enjoy window-shopping. But it’s not an opportune time to seal final decisions or sign binding contracts. Have fun haggling and exploring, even as you avoid making permanent promises. Follow the inklings of your heart more than the…
(Screaming Cow Records, digital, vinyl) River City Rebels have dropped their first recording in a decade, Pop Culture Baby, a brisk yet powerful four-song EP that proves they’ve still got their fingers on the pulse of punk. Between their 1999 formation in White River Junction and their 2014 separation, River City Rebels released seven albums…
Late last month, Gov. Phil Scott held a press conference to introduce his long-awaited choice for Vermont education secretary: Zoie Saunders, a Florida school administrator. “She’s a problem solver, leader and innovator who’s been laser-focused on improving outcomes for kids,” Scott told those assembled. On the social media platform X later that day, the governor…
(Ringleader Records, CD, digital, vinyl) Rather than succumb to anguish in the wake of tragedy, one local musician funnels daunting hardship into her debut studio album to offer an impassioned and booze-drenched batch of songs. When It All Goes Down is Sarah King’s counterpunch to an unthinkable series of woes. Its dozen tracks — including…
David Thurber, who manages the Vermont Agency of Transportation’s 650-vehicle fleet, has an emotional attachment to the sprawling Central Garage in Berlin. He got his start there 25 years ago as a young mechanic learning how to keep the state’s snowplows, dump trucks, police SUVs and game warden pickups on the road. But after the…
You’ve heard of short kings — guys of small stature with big personalities. Now meet Vermont’s short queens. Last month, Isabella Williams of Orwell claimed the title of Miss New England Petite, while Hannah Karki of Essex Junction won the teen division of the same competition. Miss Petite is for women who are five feet,…
Dear Reverend, My sister, who is in her thirties, always wanted this particular American Girl doll when she was a kid. She never got it back then, so my mom and I bought one for her as a gift last Christmas. She has become obsessed with collecting the clothes and accessories for it. She’s already…
What Burlington Needs [Re “Burlington Council Advances South End, Memorial Auditorium Plans,” March 11, online]: I do hope everyone realizes that the Memorial Auditorium block plan was voted on: Unanimously, city councilors have approved the budget item with the amendments that allow Memorial Auditorium to be torn down. That is something a majority of residents…
Shortly after I started writing for Seven Days in 2001, publisher Paula Routly took me out for lunch. I had asked for the meeting, hoping for some career advice. As a fledgling freelance writer, I wanted nothing more than a full-time job at Paula’s then-6-year-old newspaper. There were no staff writers at Seven Days back…
Nathan Strong (March 18, 1953-January 6, 2024) had chosen the hymns for the church service he was to lead on Sunday, January 7. He had prepared the church bulletin, selected scripture readings and started to write his sermon, which he titled “Dodging Bullets.” The service at Albany United Methodist Church was held that Sunday morning,…
Recent and upcoming museum exhibitions in the U.S. and London suggest that fiber arts are having a moment — again. Artworks employing, based on or mimicking textiles have appeared throughout recorded history. Consider the woven-gold thread used in royal clothing and jewelry in ancient Egypt. Or the 11th-century Bayeux Tapestry. Who would not declare that…
Sydney Lea has been busy. The prolific writer, peripatetic teacher, influential editor and literacy activist has also long been a hunter, fisherman and ardent conservationist. Already the author of 15 poetry collections and eight books of essays, Lea, 81, recently published two new collections, one of poetry (What Shines) and another of meditative essays (Such…
While we were all preparing for an eclipse of the sun, Netflix brought us a ripped-from-the-headlines drama about the eclipse of a son — specifically, a royal one. Released on April 5, Scoop is a dramatized version of the story behind the 2019 BBC “Newsnight” interview that would eventually result in Prince Andrew’s withdrawal from…
Malletts Bay Self Storage, LLC 115 Heineberg Drive, Colchester, VT 05446. Notice is hereby given that the contents of the self- storage unit listed below will be disposed of at facilities discretion. Name of Occupant Maranda Begins, Storage Unit #198. Said disposal will take place on 4/11/24 at Malletts Bay Self Storage, LLC, (MBSS, LLC)…
Pursuant to the Vermont Self-Storage Facility Act Sec. 2.9 V.S.A Chapter 98 Units will sold by sealed bid. Viewing by appointment. Call us at 802-891-9374 to schedule. Appts for viewing and sealed bidding will be 4/25 9:00 AM-4:30 PM Bid will be opened on 4/25 at 4:45 PM. Winning bidder will be notified by phone.…
new in theaters ARCADIAN: Nicolas Cage plays a dude fighting monsters with his teen sons in a postapocalyptic landscape in this horror thriller from director Benjamin Brewer. (92 min, R. Majestic) BADE MIYAN CHOTE MIYAN: Special operatives must overcome their differences to face an apocalyptic threat in this Hindi action thriller. (164 min, NR. Majestic)…
Scientists can measure the rate at which glaciers melt by making underwater audio recordings of them shifting and calving, then reducing those sounds to predictive formulas. But what if, in addition to providing useful data, the sounds of melting glaciers became music? Montréal composer Sophie Kastner’s “Terminus” does just that, incorporating those underwater recordings into…
“As I walk through this wicked world, / searchin’ for light in the darkness of insanity, / I ask myself, ‘Is all hope lost? / Is there only pain and hatred and misery?'” So go the opening lines of “(What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding,” written by English songwriter Nick Lowe in 1974…
Now at Lost Nation Theater, the one-person show I Am My Own Wife presents the life of Charlotte von Mahlsdorf (1928-2002), a Berliner who turned her home into a museum of cultural artifacts and her life into a beacon. She opens the play speaking directly to the audience, sure of her taste, herself and our…
Local indie-pop singer-songwriter Justin Levinson has released a new single, but there’s a twist. The Berklee College of Music-trained musician is trying his hand at composing classical music for piano. Levinson wrote “Go and Catch That Dream” with fellow local composer Ben Patton. Burlington-based pianist and University of Vermont professor Tom Cleary performs the song…
Since 1979, the Champlain Valley Quilt Guild has been promoting quilting and connecting crafters in Chittenden County. The nearly 100-member group — one of about 20 quilt guilds across the state — gathers monthly and has made hundreds of quilts for various charities over the years. The guild’s biennial show, “Seams Like Spring,” will be…
Let’s get this out of the way: I drove to Montréal to spend a day eating Jewish food but skipped the smoked meat. Don’t get me wrong: I love a heap of hand-sliced, fat-laced, dry-rubbed and lightly smoked brisket, sandwiched between rye with a slick of sharp mustard, as much as the next carnivore. But…
I don’t make a habit of drinking a flight of wine on a weekday afternoon. But when the universe throws you an April snowstorm, swarming eclipse crowds and an earthquake all at once, what else can you do? Thankfully, Winooski’s Standing Stone Wines opens at noon. I arrived last Friday with a friend — who…
The Burlington location recently vacated by Tomgirl Kitchen will soon be home to another popular, woman-owned local business. Middlebury-based Haymaker Bun will open a second location and move wholesale production of its four-packs of frozen brioche sticky buns to the Soda Plant at 266 Pine Street. Owner Caroline Corrente is targeting a July opening, she…
Two of Vermont’s semifinalists in the James Beard Foundation Restaurant and Chef Awards have moved on to the final round. Cara Chigazola Tobin, executive chef and co-owner of Burlington’s Honey Road and the Grey Jay, is nominated in the Best Chef: Northeast category, while the cocktail bar at Barr Hill’s distillery on Montpelier’s Gin Lane…
Climate Exchange Saturday 13 At A Celebration of Earth at Next Stage Arts in Putney, composer-performer Ben Cosgrove’s landscape-inspired music sets the stage for New York Times best-selling authors Douglas Brinkley and Bill McKibben to talk about their research and writing on climate action. Film director Vanessa Vadim moderates the conversation; a live stream is…
From stories about the immigrant experience to reporting on Donald Trump rallies and fascistic megachurches to graphic nonfiction about water, electricity and the internet, the finalists for the 2024 Vermont Book Award were announced on Friday and feature works by an impressive field of writers. Vying for the state’s most prestigious literary honor are several…
