Jul 8-14, 2009
Burlington Bar and Restaurant Owners Claim the City’s Liquor Control is Too Controlling; A French Finale to the Quad Steps into VT History; Getting Down With VT Carvers
It Rained on Our Parade
At about 5 p.m. today, a novel assortment of people crammed themselves into the Edmunds Middle School gym. There were people wearing silver streamers and fish on their heads. Fife players dressed in Revolutionary War-era stockings and breeches. On the stage, a ensemble in velvety full Elizabethan attire — the Renaissonics — was performing…
Wampum Belts and French Champagne
Today, I had the good fortune of attending a reception at Shelburne Museum with loads of fancy dignitary types. I am not a fancy dignitary, but I am tres importante member of the media and thus I got an invitation to the la fete exclusif aboard the dry-docked, land-locked Ticonderoga. The reception marked the opening…
Following Suit
This Friday morning Seven Days intern Mike DiBiasio and I went down to theBurlington Waterfront and found ourselves following a small herd of men insuits. That’s how we knew we were going to the right place, and event: a bilingual dedication ceremony for a sculpture given to us–that is, Vermont–by those nice people from Quebec.…
Bettye: Breathtaking! Buddy? You Tell Me…
Quick quiz: Which of these things would you be doing during an indoor concert to show your respect to an amazing artist who is singing her heart out, and to your fellow concertgoers who have paid $35-40 to see the show? A) Talking constantly. B) Texting. C) Smoking cigarettes and cigars. If you answered D)…
French Flicks at the Roxy — Worth a Trip?
You may have noticed Burlington Waterfront Festival producer Jay Craven’s write-up of four French films playing as part of the festival in today’s Free Press. The Vermont filmmaker explains that the screening of these films at Merrill’s Roxy — one per day, Saturday through Tuesday — results from a “partnership with Boston’s Museum of Fine…
Sotomayor’s Supreme Debut
US Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) is gearing up for Monday’s start of Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s confirmation hearings. And, thanks to digital tech, many local viewers can now watch the whole thing on VPT. Sotomayor, a federal appeals court judge on the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals in New York, was nominated by Pres. Barack…
Dispensing the News
It may be sunny, but these are dismal days in Vermont’s media. Today The Eagle Times, based in Claremont, N.H., is closing down and its parent company filing for bankruptcy. Based just across the Connecticut River from Windsor, VT, the paper covered news from a number of towns in Windsor County and even had a…
Whole Foods in SoBu?
For some as yet inexplicable reason, the World Wide Web was all abuzz today with 140-character news blips of a Whole Foods Market taking up residence in South Burlington. Often Internet rumors pan out to be nothing more than idle speculation by people who sit around in their underwear blogging, tweeting, chirping or spurting about…
All About Cheese
Here’s a follow-up on the “Cheese Nun”: Mother Noella Marcellino followed in the footsteps of Samuel de Champlain on Wednesday morning, paying homage to the explorer and, more importantly, to his homeland where she spent three years learning the craft of cheesemaking. Having landed a Fulbright Scholarship, the Benedictine nun wandered the valleys and cheese…
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again A man wielding an ice pick entered Black Diamond Equipment in Salt Lake County, Utah, and demanded cash and precious metals. The Salt Lake Tribune reported that when the nightshift manager pointed out the company, despite its name, sells mountaineering gear, not diamonds or precious metals, the robber settled for some office…
Steve & Aimee
It’s official: Due to relentless rain, the Waterfront is too soggy to support a concert even if–if!–the sun comes out today. Steve Earle and Aimee Mann will be at Memorial Auditorium tonight. And we’re still going to love it!
Tony, Tony, Tony!
So, I may have to redo that Facebook quiz on the “Top Five Concerts I’ve Ever Seen,” because Tony Bennett just killed at the Flynn last night. Was there anybody else in the sold-out house? Because it felt like he was singing just for me. My musical tastes are pretty eclectic. I suppress a smirk…
Serving the Public?
Burlington bar and restaurant owners claim the city’s liquor control too controlling.
Free Will Astrology
Here’s the weekly astrological forecast for July 8 – 15, 2009. What’s your sign, baby? They’re all here… ARIES (March 21-April 19): Miracle of miracles: A pointless pain in the butt will soon stop bugging you. Meanwhile, an annoying itch in your heart is subsiding, and may even disappear. As a result of these happy…
Letters to the Editor
LONG, LOST BROTHER Mike Ives wrote a story about Rusty Gould, a homeless man whose bike was hit by a car, and the community rallied around him to buy him a new bike [“Homeless Man Gets a Lift from Burlington Samaritans,” April 30, 2008]. Rusty is my brother. I have not seen him in over…
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Lake Champlain Walleye Assoc. [SIV136]
7/4/09: Lake Champlain Walleye Association and Vermont Fish & Wildlife have been working for decades to increase the population of walleyes in the lake and its surrounding rivers. Thursday they harvested a St Albans pond of 12,500 walleye fingerlings which will be making their way into the Winooski River. Editor’s Note: My good friend and…
Sisterhood of the Wheel
Girls master their bikes — and their issues — in the Dirt Divas program
Cloth Encounters
“Elizabeth Billings: The Ties That Bind,” ikat weavings and embroidered text. Fleming Museum, UVM, Burlington. Through October 4.
Fare Shot
Community Kitchen opens the food-service field — and NECI — to more Vermonters
Quad-radical Equations
Soundbites: Quad-radical Equations, In the Pines, Bite Torrent, RIP, Hamdi Akar
Peace Out
We know the war economy can be good for a few Vermont businesses. So much for the ballyhooed “peace” dividend. This week in D.C., peace will be on the budget menu when U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy convenes the Subcommittee on Foreign Operations that he chairs. The panel is an offshoot of the Appropriations Committee, on…
