Jan 24-30, 2007
Being a Women on the Bench in Afghanistan; MLK’s Niece Stumps for Right to Life; The Breakfast Business Booms; Vermont’s Comics Connections
Spencer Lewis, Green Mountain Suite
(Quartz Recordings, CD) Local musician Spencer Lewis is the king of pastoral acoustic guitar. His playing is buttery and articulate, full of spacious melodies and possessed of a contemplative disposition. He’s also a fine violinist who often colors his recordings with elegant string arrangements. Lewis’ latest, Green Mountain Suite, is a picture-postcard of an album…
Forrest Mulerath / Little Wooden Men & Women, Songs Of Praise & Joy
(Self-released, CD) Vermont songsmith Forrest Mulerath seems like the kind of guy who’s more comfortable in the woods than on the streets. He and his loose assembly of musician pals recorded Songs of Praise & Joy “in a tiny house that sits along the Mad River in Moretown,” according to the album’s liner notes. Then…
News Quirks 01.24.07
Curses, Foiled Again When a convenience store clerk in Des Moines, Iowa, called police because customer James Clay tried to sneak a second hot dog into his bun, covering up the deception with a pile of condiments, officers discovered that Clay was wanted on a warrant for failing to pay child support and arrested him.…
Target Practice
EXHIBIT: “Gun Show,” a group multimedia show that examines the potent symbolism of guns. Main Floor Gallery, Studio Place Arts, Barre. Through February 24. ARTWORK:”Figurines” by Cynthia Consentino According to the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, our nation of 300 million people was awash in approximately 223 million privately owned firearms in…
Pressure Chambers
Visiting judges testify to the dangers of being a woman on the bench in Afghanistan
THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE: THE BEGINNING*1/2
From the producers of the 2003 Massacre-remake comes this prequel, which addresses the mystery of what made the Hewitt clan so crazy in the first place. With Jordana Brewster, Taylor Handley and Matthew Bomer. Jonathan Liebesman directs. (84 min, R) Web: http://www.apple.com/trailers/newline/tcm_thebeginning/
GRIDIRON GANG**1/2
Phil Joanou directs this fact-based saga about a counselor who organizes a football team made up of troubled kids from a detention center. The Rock, Xzibit and L. Scott Caldwell star. (127 min, PG-13) Web: http://www.apple.com/trailers/sony_pictures/gridirongang/
EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH**
Greg Coolidge directs this comedy about life behind the scenes in a bulk-discount retail outlet. Starring Jessica Simpson, Dane Cook, Andy Dick and Dax Shepard. (103 min, PG-13) Web: http://www.apple.com/trailers/lions_gate/employeeofthemonth/
