Aug 5-11, 2009
The Baseball Issue: Many Still Crying Foul over Loss of Baseball and Softball; Centennial Field – a History of the Oldest Field; VT Combat Medic Relives Iraq in a New Memoir
Bernie Sanders: Unfiltered?
Sen. Bernie Sanders and filmmaker Robert Greenwald have teamed up to create “Senator Sanders Unfiltered” — a roughly two-minute online “TV show” in which Sanders offers an unscripted take on major issues facing the country. The inaugural episode of “Senator Sanders Unfiltered” was launched this afternoon. In the future, each new episode will air on…
Jackson Free Press vs. Gannett’s ShopLocal (TM)
In July, Seven Days ran a cover story about “local washing,” the practice by which large chain retailers are rebranding themselves as “local” businesses. The story ran in multiple alternative newsweeklies around the country. It didn’t seem to ruffle many feathers here, but it has sparked a lively debate in Jackson, Mississippi. The alt-weekly there…
Best unsigned Vermont band
Dirty Blondes; Lowell Thompson & Crown Pilot; Chris Michetti
Judge Buries a Libel Suit Against VT Funeral Advocates
Looks like Vermont’s homegrown death-industry watchdogs have hammered another nail into the coffin of high-priced funerals. According to the Detroit Metro Times’ “news blawg”, a federal judge last week dismissed a defamation lawsuit filed against Lisa Carlson, executive director of the Funeral Ethics Organization of Hinesburg and a nationally acclaimed author and advocate for do-it-yourself…
Free Will Astrology
Here’s the weekly astrological forecast for August 5 – 12, 2009. What’s your sign, baby? They’re all here… ARIES (March 21-April 19): I expect that you will soon stumble upon a key secret to your next masterpiece. And I’ll be surprised if you don’t discover a healing agent that will be effective in correcting an…
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again State police arrested Lonnie Meckwood, 29, and Phillip Weeks, 51, for robbing a gas station in Kirkwood, N.Y., after their getaway car ran out of gas. • Police arrested fugitive Evariston Tenorio, 48, after they found him hiding in tall grass in Woodburn, Ore., when his cellphone rang, alerting officers to his…
Best vegetarian fare
Zabby & Elf’s Stone Soup (Burlington) & Kismet (Montpelier)
Seven Daysies Winners: 2009
We announced the winners of our annual Seven Daysies Readers’ Picks in this week’s paper, in a special “Section C.” Click here to view the results online. Congrats to all of the winners, and thanks to everyone who voted. Feel free to leave a comment and tell us how you feel about the results. Remember…
Centennial Field, A Play by Play
Centennial Field was built in 1906, taking its name from the 100th anniversary of the University of Vermont’s first graduating class — a celebration of which coincided with the field’s dedication on July 6, that year. The grandstand as we know it today, which seats 4415, was built in 1922. By that standard, it is…
Master Class
“Masterworks,” paintings by Pat Adams, William Bailey, Bernard Chaet, Lois Dodd, Paul Resika and Steve Trefonides, BigTown Gallery, Rochester. Through August 23.
Fit for a Kingdom
Soundbites: Fit for a Kingdom, Down in the Valley, Short-ay! (Parental Advisory Warning: Explicit Awesomeness), Bite Torrent
Letters to the Editor
NO-FEAR BEER Many thanks to the Alchemist Pub & Brewery for being aware, creative and supportive to the celiac community [“Side Dishes: Suds a Celiac Can Love,” July 29]. Rustie MacDonald BERWICK, MAINE MacDonald is a life coach for celiacs and a former Vermonter. The website for her business is celiacroads.com. WHERE THERE’S SMOKE. .…
Bullets and Bandages
A Vermont combat medic tries to reconcile his roles as soldier, healer and man of faith
Dinner on the Ball
There’s more to Centennial Field’s fare than peanuts and Cracker Jacks
Best coffee/teahouse
Muddy Waters (Burlington) & Capitol Grounds Café (Montpelier)
Best pizza (restaurant)
American Flatbread Burlington Hearth (Burlington) & Positive Pie 2 (Plainfield/Montpelier)
Best place to have dinner anytime
American Flatbread Burlington Hearth (Burlington) & Solstice at Stowe Mountain Lodge (Stowe)
Best breakfast/ brunch
Penny Cluse Café (Burlington) & Solstice at Stowe Mountain Lodge (Stowe)
Best natural foods market
City Market/ Onion River Co-op (Burlington) & Hunger Mountain Coop (Waterbury)
Best Special-Occasion Restaurant
Trattoria Delia (Burlington) & Hen of the Wood at the Grist MIll (Waterbury)
Best beauty-product purveyor
Mirror Mirror (Burlington) & Splash Naturals (Montpelier)
Best women’s evening-wear store
Ecco (Burlington) & Salaam Boutique (Montpelier)
A Taste of the Valley
Summer is a busy time for me and Food Editor Suzanne Podhaizer. With all the fairs and food festivals afoot, we love to take the opportunity to get the word out to folks about 7 Nights and the Bite Club. Last night, we were lucky enough to have a table at Sugarbush for A Taste…
