Jul 26 – Aug 1, 2006
How Two Chittenden County Dental Clinics are Filling a Need; Curbside Gardens are Still Abloom in Burlington; Professional Tango in the Green Mountains
Coming Soon!
The month-long Vermont Localvore Challenge begins tomorrow, August 1, and I’ll write more then about what the challenge is, and why I’m doing it. In the meantime, I’ll be pretty busy tonight trying to make good use of all of the non-local food that’s in my fridge. If I can’t preserve it somehow (make jam,…
Rick Davies, Siempre Salsa
(Emlyn Music, CD) Plattsburgh trombonist Rick Davies knows from salsa. I, on the other hand, do not. Is that a hindrance to my enjoyment of his latest disc, Siempre Salsa? Hardly. Davies is a music professor at SUNY Plattsburgh. He previously lived in the Big Apple, where he worked with a plethora of Latin jazz…
Patrick Fitzsimmons, Live 2005: The Birthday Shows
(Itz Fitz Music, CD) Vermont-based singer-songwriter Patrick Fitzsimmons is a familiar presence in the Green Mountain acoustic scene. A former member of major-label folk-rockers From Good Homes, Fitzsimmons has enjoyed a fair measure of success as a solo performer. His latest release, Live 2005: The Birthday Sessions, finds him on his former New Jersey stomping…
Astrology 07.26.06
ARIES (March 21-April 19): “The honest man must be a perpetual renegade,” said French essayist Charles Peguy. The honest woman must be one, too, I would add. While that’s always a good rule to keep in mind, it will be especially apropos for you in the coming weeks, Aries. If you hope to remain true…
News Quirks 07.26.06
Curses, Foiled Again When British motorist John Hopwood, 44, received a traffic ticket after a speed camera recorded him driving 48 mph in a 30-mph zone, he removed a 40-mph speed limit sign elsewhere, drove back to the 30-mph area, attached it to a lamp post and took a photo to prove that he hadn’t…
Greenbelt Green Thumbs
A year after an effort to restrict them, curbside gardens are still abloom in Burlington
SHE’S THE MAN**1/2
Andy (Who’s Your Daddy?) Fickman directs this teen comedy about a boarding-school student who decides to disguise herself as her twin brother. Starring Amanda Bynes, David Cross and Julie Hagerty. (105 min, PG-13) Web: http://www.apple.com/trailers/dreamworks/shestheman/
CLEAN ****
From writer-director Olivier Assayas comes this wrenching drama about a woman attempting to balance the roles of mother and fast-lane heroin addict. Starring Maggie Cheung, James Johnston and Nick Nolte. (110 min, R) Web: http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/clean/trailer/
