Jul 21-27, 2010
The Pride Issue: The Pride Guide Inside; Killacky Takes the Reins; What’s Next for Gay Rights?
Interview with a Wine Guy: Summer Wines
When the weather soarsabove 90 — and Vermonters curse their neighbors with air conditioning — standingwaist deep in Lake Champlain holding a cold drink sounds like the thing to do. During the last heat wave, this urge determinedthe focus of my next wine-guy inquisition: summer quaffs. I went to Dedalus Wine Shop tospeak with co-owner…
Get Your War On
Gov. Jim Douglas is back in Vermont after a four-day trip visiting soldiers in Iraq, Kuwait and Afghanistan. Douglas traveled with three other governors: Tim Pawlenty (R-MN), Jay Nixon (D-MO), Mike Rounds (R-SD) and Deval Patrick (D-MA). (Patrick (l) and Rounds (r) flank Douglas in the photo to the right.) The trip was sponsored by…
River Run in Plainfield Closes; Tasca To Open
Few Vermont eateries attain the fame of Plainfield’s River Run, which Mississippi-born chef Jimmy Kennedy opened with his then wife, Maya, in 1991. Over the next 18 years, the barbecue joint — which brought fare such as catfish, hush puppies and fried dill pickles to central Vermont — racked up the accolades. In USA Today,…
Markowitz Fires Back Against “Half Truths and Mischaracterizations”
Secretary of State Deb Markowitz fired back late Thursday against claims that her office has dropped the ball in handling its election responsibilities. Earlier in the week, Republican Jason Gibbs, who hopes to succeed Markowitz in the role of the state’s chief election officer criticized Markowitz for failing to show leadership and taking ownership of…
A True Boner
Jezebel is reporting that archaeologists in Sweden have unearthed a penis-like object carved out of antler bone. Some archaeologists say the object may have been used to “chip flakes of flint.” Please. We all know what that was used for, and it had nothing to do with starting a campfire. From Jezebel via Live Science.
Combo Platter: Rutland Festival; Hardwick on “Here & Now”
By Alice Levitt and Suzanne Podhaizer Rutland ‘Round the World Rutland has a rich history of introducing world cuisine to Vermont. The original Kong Chow restaurant opened more than 70 years ago. The Palms Restaurant served the Green Mountains’ first pizza in 1949. The diverse city is continuing to represent with the Rutland Ethnic Food…
Seven Days Writer in the Slammer?
Because I am a complete navel gazer, I want to know everything there is to know about me. Particularly, I want to know everything there is to know about me on the WWW. Which is why I have a Google Alert set up with my name. Yep, that’s right. I don’t even have to manually…
Kick Him To The Curb
Dear Mistress Maeve, I have been seeing my “friend with benefits” for two years, and I’ve been desperately in love with him the entire time. Last summer we started getting really close and going out together. I was thrilled, but the dating was short lived. I knew he must be seeing someone else, but it…
Centennial Field: A Major League Monster
If there’s one thing Burlington politicians agree on, it’s keeping minor league baseball in the Queen City. The Vermont Lake Monsters currently hold the best record in the New York-Penn League with a 21-9 record, and are at the top of their division (Stadler) by six games. At home, they have a 12-4 record. Last…
The Odyssey of Eugene Nikolaev
Gogol Bordello’s Eugene Hütz (still) loves to play the punk rock for the peoples
The Life of Brian
Brian Dubie wants to be Vermont’s top gun, but can his conservative values withstand enemy fire?
Will Voters Say “I Do” To Same-Sex Marriage Supporters?
Vermont Freedom to Marry hits the campaign trail
Free Will Astrology
Here’s the weekly astrological forecast for July 21 – July 27, 2010. What’s your sign, baby? They’re all here… ARIES (March 21-April 19): Revenge fantasies would pollute your consciousness. I advise you to repress them. Wallowing in resentment would have an equally deleterious effect. Don’t you dare give that emotion a foothold. On the other…
WTF: Why does a Burlington house tell passers-by to “cut consumption, not foreskin?”
Last summer, baseball fans leaving Burlington’s Centennial Field through the front gate got a surprise. The house at 276 Colchester Avenue had long been painted an eye-catching purple with pink polka dots. But now it bore a slogan in bold black letters with white outlines: “Cut consumption, not foreskin.” Across the street, workers at Kampus…
Michèle Choinière, La Violette
(Self-released, CD) On her fine new collection of soulful vocal music, La Violette, St. Albans native Michèle Choinière demonstrates once again that traditional French music in North America is not the sole property of Louisiana Cajuns and French Canadians. Choinière employed a pair of backing bands for the new album, both of which include some…
Letters to the Editor
Bicycles Don’t Count? I appreciate the continuing coverage Seven Days gives to bicycling in Vermont, but I want to correct a couple of misconceptions in this article about the new law [“When It Comes to Bike Safety, Vermont Falls Down — Hard,” June 16]. First, you can’t signal with either hand — only for right…
Faerie Tale
A Radical Faerie sanctuary in southern Vermont practices a different kind of camp
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again When Thomas Peno, 50, appeared at a courthouse in Vernon, Conn., to answer a larceny charge, he broke into several cars in front of the building, according to police, who arrested him after he tried to sell a GPS unit stolen from one of the vehicles to a man who turned out…
Pride in Place
Tom Bivins leads the New England Culinary Institute toward greater diversity
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Last Stand Waterfront Bike Polo Tournament [SIV184]
7/10/10: Combine bikes, polo mallets, and a DIY aesthetic and what do you get? Bike polo, an alternative sport that is sweeping across North America and beyond. Last weekend, Burlington Hardcourt Bike Polo hosted teams from Ottawa, Montreal, DC, Boston and Portland Oregon at their Last Stand Waterfront Bike Polo Tournament. This was their “last…
Report: Entergy Vermont Yankee Lacks “Questioning Attitude”
A key legislative oversight panel is criticizing Entergy Vermont Yankee’s for lacking a “questioning attitude” that has led to a number of system failures at the aging reactor in recent years. The Vermont Yankee Public Oversight Panel (POP) also concluded that Entergy didn’t deliberately mislead a legislative panel or a state consultant when it neglected…
Wheeler Principal Removal Makes New York Times
“You can buy a lot of help for children with that money.” That’s what Joyce Irvine told a New York Times reporter after she was dismissed from her job as principal of the H.O. Wheeler Elementary School in Burlington’s Old North End. The school, renamed the Integrated Arts Academy this year, has been deemed an…
Sarah Palin Protects Patriotic Americans From Racist Slurs
Freelance columnist for Seven Days Judith Levine sent this in: “Peaceful New Yorkers,” tweeted Sarah Palin, “pls refute the Ground Zero mosque plan if you believe catastrophic pain caused @ Twin Towers site is too raw, too real.” An hour later came another message: “Peace-seeking Muslims, pls understand, Ground Zero mosque is UNNECESSARY provocation; it…
Bite Club TV: Culinary Chainsaw Massacre
What better way to spend a hot summer day than getting sprinkled with ice as a chain saw carves away at it? I had that distinct pleasure a couple of weeks ago, when I joined Chef Dave Coolidge for a lesson in ice sculpting at The Essex, Vermont’s Culinary Resort & Spa. Not that he…
