Jun 20-26, 2007
How Far Can Someone Follow Cyber Footprints?; The 2007 Daysies Ballot; Examining Vermont’s Pizza Obsession; A Writer Discovers His Doppelgangers
Hitchhiking Nyet!
Chew Chew weekend was in full chomp when I U-turned to meet a group of five people waiting at the Main Street taxi stand on the corner of St. Paul Street. I shouldn’t be making U-turns on Main Street, but I do. Bad hackie. There were three women and two men, one of whom was…
A Chat with the Positive Pie Guy
In Patrick Timothy Mullikin’s recent article on the Montpelier Pizza scene, “Scarfin’ Slices in the 802”, he quoted a few lines from the now-famous “802” rap video, made by a group of Montpelier teenagers. What does rap have to do with pizza? The snarky rappers, who call themselves X10, did a little restaurant criticism in…
Magic Kingdom
Like lepers, artists have a penchant for forming colonies.This may be a poor analogy as, historically, lepers have been forcibly herded into separate communities while artists congregate voluntarily. Still, it pertains: like lepers, artists have often been stigmatized as unfit for normal society. One fine day a couple years ago, wandering the neighborhoods on the…
Get Smart
Game On: “Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree,” Nintendo Wii, $49.99, E for Everyone
Goin’ to the Green Room
Where in Burlington can you find house-smoked duck and trout, martinis with hand-stuffed, blue cheese olives, and gel candles? At the Green Room on St. Paul Street. My first recent visit was with my husband before a Jazz Fest show. We shared two, $8 small plates. The first was a bacon-wrapped scallop, which was cooked…
The Staff of Life
Let’s talk about bread. How lucky are we in Vermont, and especially in the Chittenden County zone, to have a collection of committed artisan bread bakers? The answer: Very. So many of them are so good, it’s almost an embarrassment of riches when you peruse the bread shelves of the local grocery stores. For a…
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): We’re almost halfway through 2007. It’s time to take inventory of how well you’re capitalizing on this year’s unique opportunities. So let me ask you, Aries: Have you been making reconnaissance missions into previously forbidden territory? Are you seeking adventures beyond the borders of your known world? I hope so. I…
Scene@ Conservation History Tour
Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park, Woodstock, June 16, 2:30 p.m.
On the Lot With a Female Car Iconoclast
Amy Mattinat’s not your stereotypical haggler o’ the fabled used-car lot; she is so beyond that. Sure, the 48-year-old co-owns Auto Craftsmen, an independent repair shop and used-car dealership on Route 2 in Montpelier. But this gregarious guru is also one of the most prolific female-car-owner educators in the nation. Her 2005 manual, How to…
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again When a man demanded $5000 from a bank teller in Peterborough, Ontario, she informed him she could give him only $200 and that he’d have to pay a $5 transaction fee because he wasn’t a regular customer. He then waited while the teller filled out the paperwork and handed him $195. He…
By the Time We Got to Woodstock
Soundbites: Grey Birds, Robyn Chaos, Ken Burns, Gregory Douglass
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The Identity Project [SIV32]
The Identity Project is a show of photographs and oral history interviews on display throughout June at the Metro Gallery in Burlington’s City Hall. The artwork was created by homeless and at-risk youth and gives the community a rare glimpse into their world. Spectrum Health and Family Services and the Community Health Center of Burlington…
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Selene Colburn [SIV31]
Selene Colburn’s “The History of the Future Suite” is a work in progress which was performed at the Flynn Space Sunday night to a full house. Speaking of the future, many babies and toddlers were in attendance including Selene’s (pronounced Selena) own children. Selene was the recipient of the Flynn Center’s spring 2007 New Art…
