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Help us pay for in-depth stories like this one by becoming a Seven Days Super Reader. When Julie Andrews flings open her arms, sings and twirls in the opening scene of The Sound of Music, she quickly captures the hearts of moviegoers. As Maria, the spirited novice-turned-governess for the widowed Captain von Trapp’s seven children, she sings…
Northern Stage, a theater company in White River Junction, is breaking ground next month on a small housing development near its headquarters for its staff and visiting artists. Northern Stage has been in the housing business for years. It owns some homes where staff and artists stay and rents other units in order to provide…
The University of Vermont’s Center for Community News has been awarded $7 million to expand its journalism training for college students in Vermont and around the country. The Burlington-based student news outlet plans to triple the number of Vermont student reporters who are working in local newspapers over the next five years to around 135,…
Architect was a member of several professional organizations, including the Royal Institute of British Architects
Northeast Kingdom farmer was rooted in the hills and woods of his land
Loving husband and proud father is remembered as faithful, generous and humble
Longtime attorney loved spending time with his family and skiing in Vermont
Public health nurse for the Vermont Department of Health was an avid volunteer and dedicated Boston sports fan
Husband and wife were dedicated and loving in their work for others
Ray will be remembered by family and friends at the United Church of Christ Congregational Church of South Hero, Vt. on Friday, July 5, 11 a.m. All are welcome. A light reception follows at the church.
Area optometrist for 54 years was an avid fly-fisherman and lifelong learner with an endless supply of jokes
A graveside service for Mitchell T. Bissonnette will be held on Saturday, June 29, 2024, at noon, at St. Francis Xavier Cemetery in Winooski, Vt. Arrangements are in the care of LaVigne Funeral Home and Cremation Services in Winooski.
There will be a celebration of the life of Scott A. Evans at the Spirit In Nature (SpIN) paths in Ripton, Vt., at 10:30 a.m., on Saturday, August 10, 2024. We will share our memories and bid Scott a fond farewell. The SpIN board asks that we bring our own chairs.
Quintessential extrovert and lifelong Georgia Bulldogs fan spent 55 years teaching, counseling and helping people in Vermont
Join us in celebrating the life of Andy Brown on Saturday, June 29, early evening to dusk, at Sand Bar State Park in Milton, Vt. We would love for you to join us and share your stories and favorite memories of Andy. BYOLC (lawn chair). Questions? Email sandybrown56@gmail.com.
South Hero man was a professor at Concordia University for 30 years and founded a neighborhood association to preserve historic architecture
Two state senators filed a lawsuit on Wednesday alleging that Gov. Phil Scott violated state law and the Vermont Constitution by naming Zoie Saunders to serve as interim education secretary even though the Senate voted not to confirm her. The suit, which was filed against Scott and Saunders, marks another hurdle for the secretary, a…
Former Vermont school principal enjoyed retirement in his hometown of Kennebunk
You’ve probably seen Kiley Latham dressed in a hot-pink leather jacket in the crowd at Radio Bean — she’s there more than some of the employees. You’ll find her at Burlington’s other music hot spots, too: With her vibrant outfits and golden copper hair, she’s easy to spot. But it’s onstage where she shines brightest,…
You don’t expect your dishware to remind you of the climate crisis, disappearing species, race riots or, really, anything disturbing. Paul Scott aims to do just that. Except his ceramic works aren’t for serving up dinner. A recently opened exhibition at Shelburne Museum, titled “Confected, Borrowed & Blue,” presents a selection of the internationally known…
Before they would harmonize in matching suits, the members of the Four Seasons faced their limited prospects on New Jersey’s mean streets. Using sharp narrative techniques, Jersey Boys tells the story of Frankie Valli finding his sweet voice among tough guys in the late 1950s. Weston Theater Company’s production of the 2006 Tony Award winner…
Xander Naylor always seems to be on the move. The Burlington-based guitarist routinely tours India with musicians Vinay Kaushal and Shreyas Iyengar as the Xander Naylor Trio, playing a fusion of jazz and Indian music. After meeting R&B musician Michael Mwenso when he curated Burlington Discover Jazz Festival in 2022, Naylor joined the latter’s touring…
Nick Morse doesn’t know what first drew him to peonies, but he has spent the past 40 years tending to their showy spring blossoms around Chittenden County. A retired Burlington resident, Morse cultivates garden beds of peonies at six spots: Shelburne Farms, Wheeler Homestead in South Burlington, McClure Miller Respite House and the University of…
These days, it’s not news when the new movie from an Oscar-winning director pops up on streaming after a minimal theatrical release. You can see Hit Man, the latest from Richard Linklater (Boyhood, Dazed and Confused), only on Netflix. Inspired by an oddball true story and starring and cowritten by ascendant leading man Glen Powell…
new in theaters THE BIKERIDERS: This crime drama from Jeff Nichols (Take Shelter, Loving) chronicles the lives and loves of a Midwestern motorcycle gang in 1967. Jodie Comer, Austin Butler and Tom Hardy star. (116 min, R. Essex, Majestic, Star) THE EXORCISM: Russell Crowe plays an actor whose erratic behavior during the shooting of a…
The 50 teenagers gathered in the House chamber of the Vermont state capitol building in early June bore little resemblance to the lawmakers who typically occupy the room. That fact wasn’t lost on Secretary of State Sarah Copeland Hanzas, who welcomed the group that Wednesday morning. “Oftentimes, these seats are filled with people who are…
Dear Reverend, My partner and I have lived together for four years, and we rarely argue about anything — except for the temperature in our house in the summer. I hate air-conditioning, but she loves it. Two years ago, I acquiesced and agreed to get an AC unit. She cranks it up as soon as…
Seven Days Won’t Identify Young Offenders As Vermont’s first child, youth and family advocate, I respected your story about Grace Welch and the abuse she suffered in Vermont’s child welfare system [“Loss of Grace,” October 25, 2023]. I was surprised to see, less than a week later, your decision to print the name and picture…
Artists used unusual methods to create a new mural on a South Burlington sidewalk. First, the surface was painted all black. Next, a guide dog walked across it, followed by two people with canes and someone using a wheelchair. Then, an artist painted in the markings they left behind. The “Mobility Mural” greets visitors at…
Windsor, a hamlet of 3,600 people along the Connecticut River, is famous as “the birthplace of Vermont,” a fact many people know from the signs along Interstate 91 rather than from actually visiting the town. That’s a shame, because Windsor deserves a closer look. While not as quaint or picturesque as the nearby tourist mecca…
Catamount Arts in St. Johnsbury has reopened its building at 115 Eastern Avenue after closing last June due to air quality concerns. A longtime epicenter for arts in the Northeast Kingdom, the nonprofit organization has been hosting film screenings in its headquarters since the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation gave it the green light to…
(Self-released, digital) The singers who make up Calliope’s Call, a Boston-based ensemble, live elsewhere. Founder and mezzo-soprano Megan Roth resides in Hartford, Conn., and soprano Evangelia “Evan” Leontis moved to Winhall, Vt., in 2018. While the two have found an appreciative audience and donor base in Boston, where they mainly continue to perform, they’ll reach…
Who picks the stories that end up in Seven Days? Some ideas come from readers. Others, from the press releases and event notices we receive. And our reporters and editors never stop looking for the next great yarn. Possible topics and approaches get vetted and discussed in weekly editorial planning meetings. There’s one for news,…
(Self-released, digital) Andy Samara is stalling, but that might be a good thing. The South Burlington singer-songwriter and producer admitted as much in an email to Seven Days. “In avoidance” of working on the full-length follow-up to Bull’s Head’s 2019 self-titled album, Samara wrote, he put out the fleeting but powerful EP Vacation Dreams in…
GEMINI (May 21-Jun. 20) In the second half of 2012 and first half of 2013, you launched a journey that will finally culminate soon. What a long, strange and interesting trip it has been! The innovations you activated during that time have mostly ripened, though not entirely. The hopes that arose in you have brought…
“Hi, my name is Ronan,” the boy wearing a tie-dye sweatshirt in an online video says slowly. “I’m a person who stutters, and I’m worth listening to.” The next video under the hashtag #normalizestutteringchallenge on Instagram features a middle-aged British man standing in front of a tree. “Hi! I’m Paul,” the smiling man says. “I…
During her artist’s talk at the T.W. Wood Gallery in Montpelier earlier this month, Mary Admasian thanked her friend and fellow artist Rob Hitzig. He had offered her the scraps from his woodshop to use as kindling. Instead of burning the bits of plywood and veneers, Admasian transformed them into a new body of work…
When the leaves of the wild leek have withered and the fronds of fiddlehead ferns have unfurled, it’s time to turn to the less sexy but equally delicious wild edibles that emerge in early summer. The woods and other green spaces still yield plentiful ingredients to toss into salads and tender shoots and stalks to…
Serkan Çetin and his family plan to open Kismet Mediterranean Grill at 180 Battery Street in Burlington in July. Çetin, 27, said his parents, Veli and Naciye Çetin, and his uncle Ali Varlik will work in the kitchen together. The family hails from Istanbul, Turkey, and will offer a menu of Turkish and other Mediterranean…
Summertime presents a cooking conundrum: At the end of a long, hot day, the last thing I want to do is turn on the oven, but it’s also peak vegetable season. I want the fridge stocked with produce-packed meals, but I don’t really want to make them myself. Enter Little Miss Taco, a meal-prep business…
Shell-abration Saturday 22 Prepare for cold-blooded carousing at Remarkable Reptile Day at Vermont Institute of Natural Science in Quechee. Budding herpetologists of all ages meet live turtles and snakes, learn the truth behind some reptile myths, hear a special presentation on the endangered timber rattlesnake, and join in games and crafts. Deee-liteful Ongoing To request…
Waitsfield native Shaina Taub has won the 2024 Tony Awards for Best Book of a Musical and Best Original Score Written for the Theatre for Suffs, her musical about the women’s suffrage movement. The 77th annual Tony Awards were presented in the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts on Sunday night.…
