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Classically Awesome
Yo Pros aim to lower the average age, and raise the dress code, of the VSO audience
October 29, 2008
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News + Opinion
Artful Dodger
As a crisis looms in arts funding, Vermont's Lyman Orton takes action
In the morning of October 24, 2008, about 50 people filed into the oak and crimson Representatives Hall in the Vermont Statehouse. They’d come to…
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Food + Drink
Smoke and Sin
A Montréal cigar lounge and restaurant features all manner of necessary indulgences
When Québec’s law banning smoking in public places took effect on May 31, 2006, bar owners across Montréal braced for a hit — with good…
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Arts + Life
A "Semi-Serious" Performance Deconstructs Gender Identity
State of the Arts
In any discussion of transgender life, questions of definition and process come up. What distinguishes a transgender person from a transsexual? How is sexual…
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Music
Classically Awesome
Yo Pros aim to lower the average age, and raise the dress code, of the VSO audience
The rain fell in sheets and gusty waves last Saturday night in Burlington, jeopardizing the outfits of anyone going to the Vermont Symphony Orchestra performance…
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Arts + Life
Former Vermonter Publishes Prankster Guide
State of the Arts
Author, musician and “stuntologist” Sam Bartlett recalls the first time he was thrown out of a restaurant. It was nearly 20 years ago, and…
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Arts + Life
Crime Marches On
Book Review: The Catch
It’s often been said that Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes novels owe their absorbing investigatory detail to the author’s medical degree. While working as…
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Arts + Life
Clarence Darrow Comes Back to Life
State of the Arts
The name Clarence Darrow is used so consistently as a substitute for "person of eloquence" or "progressive" or even "atheist" that it has become…
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Arts + Life
An Artist Finds His Subjects Dead, Again
State of the Arts
I have an aversion to performance art that trumps my fears of eight-legged insects and meteor strikes combined. The concept conjures notions of naked…
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