Aug 12-18, 2009
Another Dairy Family Calls it Quits; Lois Eby Keeps it Simple; Is There a Democrat the Progressives Can Love for Governor?
SEABA’s Preemptive Strike on Art-Related Controversy
It appears the fair and impartial peeps at SEABA — that’s the South End Arts and Business Association, for you Queen City art neophytes — are looking to preemptively smooth out some as-yet unruffled feathers over this year’s politically charged art offerings at the Flynndog, which will be included in the 2009 Art Hop. (A…
Marion Leonard, 1909-2009
Living 100 years is in itself an accomplishment. But living every minute of 100 years with vigor, passion, intelligence and dedication to making the world a better place is an accomplishment of a higher order. Marion Leonard’s life, which ended this morning in Randolph’s Gifford Hospital, was one of the latter type. She was, and…
Vermont Cheeses Win Awards
Last weekend, the annual American Cheese Society awards were announced, and as usual, Vermont snagged a bunch. Here’s a list of local winners. The photo is courtesy of Grafton Village Cheese. Best of Show — Third Place (tie), Consider Bardwell Farm, RupertFresh Unripened Cheeses — 1st Place, Franklin Foods, Inc., Hahn’s Cultured Cream CheeseFresh Unripened…
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again When a woman demanded money at a credit union in South Hutchinson, Kan., the teller asked if she had an active account. The Hutchinson News reported the woman, described as in her mid-40s and wearing a medical uniform decorated with cartoon characters, replied that she had no account. “The bank employee made…
Free Will Astrology
Here’s the weekly astrological forecast for August 12 – 19, 2009. What’s your sign, baby? They’re all here… ARIES (March 21-April 19): I started producing some good work within ten years of launching my writing career, but I didn’t hit my stride until the 18th year. From what I hear, many other skills require a…
Orgasm, Inc. and Other Sexy-Time Issues
I just got off the phone with documentarian and Dartmouth College “Visionary-in-Residence” Liz Canner, with whom I was speaking about her provocative new flick called “Orgasm, Inc: The Strange Science of Female Pleasure.” If I can get my mind out of the gutter long enough, I intend to write about her film for Seven Days.…
Quiet Before the Storm
Soundbites: Quiet Before the Storm, Ska: Where the Pun Never Ends, Bite Torrent
Simply Seven
Art Review: “Summer Group Show: Local Artists,” Feick Fine Arts Center, Green Mountain College, Poultney. Through August 28.
Veni, Vidi . . . Vespa!
Motorbike collector and restorer Mark Davidson finds that his obsession pays off
Peace Pals
Vermont summer camp plants the seeds for Middle East peace through interfaith education
Letters to the Editor
BRAIN-INJURY ANGLE The tragedy of traumatic brain injury is perhaps a story being missed in the journalistic focus on Ed Flanagan’s odd and allegedly inappropriate behavior and its political implications [“Fair Game,” July 29; “Emails Suggest the YMCA Knew About Sen. Ed Flanagan’s Inappropriate Behavior,” August 5]. Unless there are examples of similar behavior that…
Being Julia
A new movie celebrates Child’s legacy and gets at least the food part right
Who’s the Top Chef of the Champlain Valley?
Last night, I was lucky enough to serve as a judge at the third annual “Top Chef of the Champlain Valley” competition, which was held at UVM’s Davis Center. The event, a benefit, is put on by the Champlain Valley Agency on Aging, and features a silent auction and hors d’oeuvres in addition to the…
Vermont Fresh Network Forum
It’s a dry name, right? The event’s subtitle, “Growing Our Local Food Economy” certainly didn’t help. Sure, Slow Money prez Woody Tasch was there speaking about sustainable agriculture nonprofit, but that’s not what I was doing there. Besides manning our 7 Nights table and letting people know about the very newsletter you are reading, I…
Eek a Mouse!
Did anyone catch the weird photo essay about Malawian mice in Sunday’s Burlington Free Press? Five graphic photos chronicled the animal’s death cycle at the hands of humans, captioned “Chased,” “Caught,” “Killed,” “Cooked” and “Sorted and Sold.” Good to see their definition of international news goes beyond pirates and landslides. It’s true, though, that rodents…
A Muckraker for All Seasons
Every vacation I try to plow through a few books. This year, however, a combination of sun and surf kept me to only one book. And, what a book it was: American Radical: The Life and Times of I.F. Stone by D.D. Guttenplan, a nearly 600-page (including notes) biography of the iconoclastic journalist I.F. Stone.…
