Jul 15-21, 2009
Vermont’s Survivors of Torture Heal by Confronting Their Painful Pasts; A Scientist Listens to Lake Champlain; Frank Gonzales Makes Art With Heart
Gubernatorial Campaign Money Report Redux
As promised, here are some additional thoughts on the campaign finance filings from the three candidates who filed reports for the 2010 governor’s race. After spending some time with each candidate’s paperwork, I can say that Secretary of State Deb Markowitz’s financial support appears to be pretty wide. She’s got plenty of donors she can…
Parsing the Purses
Vermont’s candidates for governor filed their official campaign finance reports today in Montpelier, and to no surprise Secretary of State Deb Markowitz had a very strong showing — easily besting her Democratic challengers, as well as incumbent Republican Gov. Jim Douglas. Markowitz raised $190,736 dollars from 1,046 contributors, for an average of $168, from all…
Ailing Frank McCourt Slated for Book Fest — UPDATED
Burlington Book Festival Director (and my fellow movie critic) Rick Kisonak announced today that Frank McCourt, author of Angela’s Ashes and ‘Tis, will be the big name at the fifth annual fest this September 25-27. I confess I’ve never read this guy’s work (three memoirs concerning his harsh childhood in Ireland, his emigration to the…
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again FBI investigators identified Terrol Alan Casborn, 32, as the suspect who robbed two banks in Concord, Calif., because of his distinctive tattoo. The surveillance video at one of the banks showed the robber’s hand had a “blotch or spot close to the wrist, with what appears to be cursive writing below the…
Born from Bureaus — “Aurelia’s Oratorio”
You would think that by the end of a 12-day festival of music, dance, theater and culture celebrating Sam D. Champ’s little canoe trip 400 years ago that this kid wouldn’t have anything left in the tank. Oh, how wrong you would be. While some people might have felt they have been entertained to within…
Shortest Vacation Ever
I can’t compete with Ken Picard’s moment in the L.A. Times (see previous post), but I will share this photo of me and my friend Barb Leslie at 215 College Artists’ Cooperative gallery. We attended a reception for Jude Bond’s exhibit, titled “Beyond the Inland Sea,” and found her husband was taking pictures of guests…
Karl and Me
OK, I’m going to wallow in my 15 minutes of digital fame, because no way, no how is my name ever again going to be mentioned in the same breath as that of designer Karl Lagerfeld. As my wife likes to point out, my biggest fashion statement of this century has been my reluctant dabbling…
Free Will Astrology
Here’s the weekly astrological forecast for July 15 – 22, 2009. What’s your sign, baby? They’re all here… ARIES (March 21-April 19): I fear you’re on the verge of slipping into a state of mind that wants everything and is therefore in danger of getting nothing. I worry that you’ll be lusting for such total…
What Lies Beneath
Art Review: “Secret Stories,” artworks by Sumru Tekin and Giovanna Cecchetti, West Branch Gallery & Sculpture Garden, Stowe. Through August 23.
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The Champlain 400 Parade [137]
7/11/09: The Burlington International Waterfront Festival celebrated 400 years since the arrival of Samuel de Champlain with The Champlain 400 Parade. Despite the pouring rain, the tough performers put on the parade of a lifetime. Featured:http://abenakination.org/http://www.breadandpuppet.org/http://www.ridethedragon.org/http://www.renaissonics.com/h/index.html
Lightning in le Bottle
The sights and sounds of The International Festival de Jazz de Montréal
Insert Quad Pun Here
Soundbites: Insert Quad Pun Here, Harvest Time, Bite Torrent, Dept. of Corrections
Letters to the Editor
WAY TO-GO As a food-service packaging specialist with Foley Distributing, responding to [“Getting It to Go — Green?” June 24], I am open to offer educational workshops detailing all of the available takeout packaging options to any food-service professionals who wish to see the vast array of compostable and recyclable takeout containers, plates, clamshells, boxes,…
Booking It
From vengeful geeks to vengeful ghosts, Vermont has good reads this season
Down on the Factory Farm
A new documentary does for food what Sicko did for health care
The One With the Flavor
Concocting new varieties of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream — it’s a living
Best Bites: A&W Drive-In
1557 Route 7, Middlebury 388-2876 If you’re from any other part of the country, the name A&W likely conjures images of weirdly spiced curly fries, and tough kids at the mall waiting to beat you up (or is that just me?). At the Middlebury location, though, fries are handcut and perfectly crisp. The root beer float…
