Jul 14-20, 2010
Burlington’s The Smittens Go Global; The Dem Gov Race; Wire Walkers, Circus Freaks and Trapeze Artists
Combo Platter: Flynn Food Festival Canceled; Barre Bites
By Alice Levitt and Suzanne Podhaizer Flynn Moves On After 26 years of hosting an annual Fine Wine & Food Festival, the Flynn Center for the Performing Arts has decided to move in a new direction. This year’s event, originally scheduled for Sunday, September 19, has been canceled. “We just made the decision within the…
Candidates and the Money Chase
* updated & corrected, see note below * News flash: Candidates running for Vermont’s highest office raise money from businesses, lobbyists and ordinary people. In some cases a lot of money, and in other cases not so much. That’s one takeaway from yesterday’s campaign finance reports. Another is that several candidates — Lt. Gov. Brian…
Giant Fridge Poetry at St. Michael’s College
OK, so maybe it’s not fridge poetry. It’s actually, er, concrete poetry. Or meditative stone garden poetry. Last Monday, July 12, St. Mike’s installed its Word Garden. It’s a circle 60 feet in diameter bordered by boulders and shrubs and filled with tiny pebbles. And 350 words carved on shards of stone by artist Chris…
Fixing the Potholes
Ken Picard’s blog post about problems at the Bolton Potholes swimming hole has generated quite a bit of discussion on this blog, some of it civil, some of it not. Many words have been exchanged, but, as they say, a picture is worth a thousand of them. So here’s one snapped yesterday by local Marty…
Letters to the Editor
Waste Not, Compost I hope that the restaurants that are doing right by sanitation standards are also choosing to compost their leftovers [“Condiment Conundrum,” June 30]. What a waste if they’re throwing it all in the trash! There are enough companies providing convenient compost pickup that there is no longer an excuse for sending kitchen…
On Your Markowitz
Deb Markowitz has made a career of assisting Vermonters. Will they return the favor and make her governor?
Race to the Bottom
A Waitsfield writer tells of the search for the world’s deepest cave
Sharing the Fare
Three Montpelier chefs say you can’t have too many cooks in the kitchen
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again New Zealand police said surveillance cameras showed two people in front of a Wellington store, trying to smash the front window with a rock. They gave up and fled, Detective Sgt. Mark Scott said, after the rock rebounded off the window and hit one of the offenders on the head. (New Zealand…
Free Will Astrology
Here’s the weekly astrological forecast for July 14 – July 20, 2010. What’s your sign, baby? They’re all here… ARIES (March 21-April 19): “Thou shalt not kill” is a crucial rule for you to follow, and not just in the literal sense. According to my reading of the astrological omens, you should also be extra…
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New England Center for Circus Arts [SIV183]
Who knew that Vermont is THE place to learn circus arts? World-renowned aerialists and identical twins Elsie Smith & Serenity Smith Forchion founded the New England Center for Circus Arts (formerly known as Nimble Arts) in Brattleboro. NECCA attracts nimble students from all over the globe who converge in VT to learn the art of…
Wishing Fountain
Dear Mistress Maeve, My ex-girlfriend would orgasm multiple times per session. Her orgasms would often result in a dramatically abundant “gush” of female ejaculate, and I really liked it. It was not just a little bit of liquid, but rather was a massive burst of nectar that had the essence of citrus with a hint…
Free to Good Home — TINY TOURIST CABINS!!!
If you’ve ever wanted to own a tiny, 12-by-12-foot roadside tourist cabin — and, frankly, who hasn’t? — now’s your big chance. How much, you ask? Why, it’s free, save for the price of a tank of gas. Yes, you heard me right — FREE! Well, not exactly free. You will have to pay to…
Combo Platter: Saigon Subs
The craze for Vietnamese banh-mi sandwiches is spreading across the nation, but until now, there was only one place to get ’em made to order in the Burlington area. 99 Asian Market on North Winooski Street has been serving up pork roll and beef versions of the veggie-filled sandwiches for nearly a year now. Today,…
