Jul 4-10, 2007
An Off-The-Wall Look at Burlington’s Ballsiest Skateboarders; Disney’s Latest Explores the Joy of Computer-Animated Cooking; Local Ag Advocates Denounce Federal Farm Bill Provision
Gay and Fabulous
“I love San Francisco,” I said to Donny, a regular customer sitting in the back of my taxi with his boyfriend. “You musta had a great time.” “We did,” Donny replied, “but, man alive, everything’s so expensive in that town. With the restaurants and shows, you could go broke.” “Well, nobody said the gay life…
The Food Timeline
Did you know that Fig Newton’s have been around since 1891, and were most likely invented in Newton, Massachussets? Or that the Yukon Gold potato didn’t exist until 1981? I learned both of these tidbits from the Food Timeline, created by a reference librarian named Lynne Olver who hails from Whippany, NJ. Olver and co.…
The Organic Vote
Down on the farm or up at the Statehouse, Will Stevens looks to Vermont’s food future
Shuffling the Card-Game Genre
Game On: “Stargate Trading Card Game,” $10.99 starter deck; $3.49 booster pack, free online play also available, T for Teen
“My Place” or Yours?
Barre does the real hip hop to celebrate 25 years of Joel Najman’s VPR show
Racers Turn Heads at the Devil’s Bowl
Some racecar fanatics just cannot get enough speed, even when a July night feels like October. It’s “American Pride Night” at Devil’s Bowl Speedway, a smallish dirt oval about 25 miles west of Rutland, and despite the chilly temps, the place is all about no-frills, rough-and-rowdy automotive fun. Even though I hold a permanent grudge…
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again Four men surrounded a man in a parking lot in Sumter, S.C., and threatened him with a poisonous snake. The victim was unharmed, however, because the attackers fled after the snake bit one of them, according to police Chief Patty Patterson. Ross Farmer, 27, was charged with assault with intent to kill…
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): The bad news: Charlie and Sharon Reed, a couple in Dallas, had their old VW convertible stolen. The good news: By the time police recovered the car three months later, the thieves had given it a new paint job, and had fixed its cracked windshield and dented bumpers. Let’s make this…
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Circus Smirkus [SIV34]
This summer is the 20 year anniversary of founder Rob Mermin’s Circus Smirkus. What began as a little itty bitty dream to begin a circus in Vermont has turned into a formidable institution. Sunday was the opening day of the tour in Greensboro, VT. 1 Circus Road in Greensboro, the original home of Smirkus, is…
