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Regulators are mandating changes to operation of dam at the Green River Reservoir — a move that has clouded the dam’s future.
Each rollback of Vermont’s motel housing program has pushed more people to the streets. With few resources, smaller Vermont towns are struggling to respond.
A group of volunteers turned the Northeast Kingdom into a destination for asylum seekers. Now one of them is behind bars.
The collaboration between neighboring supervisory unions is intended to cut costs and improve the quality of education, two of the main goals of Act 73.
Marcie Gallagher and Betsy McGavisk are documenting their quest to visit small stores — and their bathrooms — in rural communities.
Seven Days publisher Paula Routly recounts some adventures in electric vehicle recharging on the way to and from a Maine vacation.
‘Imagine’ This On Saturday, August 16, my wife and I, along with a group of 40 or so Vermonters and several hundred Canadians, joined together on the U.S.-Canadian border in a powerful act of symbolic resistance to the Donald Trump regime and all it stands for [Last 7: “Thin Red Line,” August 20; “Vermonters and…
‘The Prosecutor’ recounts the courageous life of Fritz Bauer, who returned to the country that nearly killed him to try Germans for their complicity in genocide
The Winooski artist brings a painterly sensibility to reused materials and sculptural assemblage in this show of domestic scenes that veer into abstraction.
Down a dirt road in Albany, Vasilios Gletsos makes unusual brews using locally foraged botanicals. Go behind the scenes of this “Stuck in Vermont” video.
Equal parts biology, conservation and cultural history, “Champ: America’s Lake Monster” dives into the science and stories of Vermont’s elusive water creature.
The artist’s funny ceramics are on display in a White River Junction show that falls somewhere between utilitarian objects and fine art.
Libraries are generally welcoming spaces, and Vermont’s Haskell Free Library & Opera House, built atop the U.S.-Canadian border, has something of a welcoming superpower, belonging in every sense to two countries. A 2023 play by Kareem Fahmy takes place there, telling the story of five characters, each in need of some kind of sanctuary. A…
Pinch of Magic Thursday 28 When given a choice between sparkles or no sparkles, the answer should always be sparkles. The Glitter Ball at Artistree Community Arts Center in South Pomfret invites bedazzled partygoers to celebrate the magic of music and community at an effervescent evening featuring the talents of pop-rock performer Krystofer Maison (pictured),…
The changes at Camp Meade aren’t the only ones afoot on that stretch of Route 2. Next month, Chico’s Tacos & Bar will close up shop at 970 Route 2 and move to Montpelier, taking over for the recently closed Filibuster Restaurant & Bar at 45 State Street. The Middlesex location of the Southern California-style…
I abandoned my husband for a baked potato last week on Burlington’s Church Street Marketplace. To be fair to me, I only planned to be gone for a couple of minutes, and he was comfortably seated at one of Cappadocia Bistro’s outdoor tables with stuffed grape leaves ($12.99); a pile of juicy, Istanbul-style grilled chicken…
At Lyman C. Hunt Middle School in Burlington’s New North End, a large garden plot beside the sports fields yields cute cucamelons for students to marvel over, peas for teachers’ genetics lessons, basil for the cafeteria, and perennials for the community — human and pollinator — to enjoy. Sixth graders planted almost all of it…
In the 2018 inaugural episode of Phil Rosenthal’s “Somebody Feed Phil” Netflix show, the TV writer, producer and author eats his way through a Bangkok floating market, exclaiming over grilled bananas, the best pad Thai of his life, and cinnamon-and clove-scented boat noodles. “I can’t imagine anyone not liking this — except my parents,” Rosenthal…
The ownership group behind Richmond’s Kitchen Table restaurant is launching Kitchen Table Market & Café at 1160 Williston Road in South Burlington. The new business will take over part of the longtime location of Chicken Charlie’s Rotisserie, Grill & BBQ, which the Kitchen Table group bought in 2022. Chef and director of operations Craig Anthony,…
Red Hen Baking has announced that it will move its production bakery and café half a mile from its Camp Meade home of 17 years to a larger space in Middlesex, just off Route 2. Red Hen co-owner Randy George confirmed that work has started on the 15,000-square-foot building at 31 Welch Park Drive and…
The Costa Rican musician revamps the Latin Heritage Fest, throws a massive Art Hop block party and releases a new psychedelic rock album with Sonido Mal Maiz.
Listen up! Here’s a rapid-fire roundup of some of the local scene’s latest music releases, from metal to folk to experimental.
new in theaters CAUGHT STEALING: A former baseball player (Austin Butler) gets embroiled in crime in 1990s New York City in Darren Aronofsky’s dark comedy/thriller. Regina King and Zoë Kravitz also star. (107 min, R. Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Star, Sunset, Welden) FOLKTALES: This documentary from Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady profiles students of a “folk…
The aesthetics of this desert detective thriller are top-notch, but the lack of clever plotting and payoffs make it feel more like neo-noir cosplay.
A husband worries about his wife’s sitcom habit. But when the world gets stressful, rewatching old TV shows and movies can make people feel safe.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sep.22): In Andean cosmology, the condor and the hummingbird are both sacred messengers. One soars majestically at high altitudes, a symbolic bridge between the earth and heaven. The other moves with supple efficiency and detailed precision, an icon of resilience and high energy. Let’s make these birds your spirit creatures for the coming…
