Help us pay for in-depth stories like this one by becoming a Seven Days Super Reader. M ilo Littwin’s eyes widened as he took in the subtle shades of green and white on the soccer jersey. Behind the merchandise table, mercifully sheltered from the sun of a sweltering early June day, a college-aged employee handed over the…
Peter Vlahos, July 3, 1942-December 24, 2004 “Love is love and not fade away.” —Buddy Holly Missing you. Love, Maury…
St. Albans woman made a lasting impact on her community
Burlington lawyer was inspiration for a Vermont Bar Association award that recognizes deep commitment to the law and professionalism
Writer, photographer and artists’ muse with a gift for friendship
Writer and musician was also an internationally recognized tai chi master
Former Vermont chief archaeologist, professor and long-distance hiker worked on highway projects throughout the state
Please join our family at the Kingsland Bay State Park in Ferrisburgh, Vt., on Thursday, July 25, 4 to 7 p.m., to commemorate the life of Janet Cole, 87, of Ferrisburgh, who died on March 26, and share memories. Rain or shine.
Self-taught engineer and talented mandolin player dedicated his life to his family
Lyndonville woman was a homemaker and artist
Enosburg Falls artist Sarah Amos has won the 2024 Vermont Prize. The award, presented for the best visual art currently being created in Vermont, carries a $5,000 prize. Amos has been making mixed-media hybrid prints on both paper and fabric for 25 years and “continually challenges traditional notions of printmaking, both physically and intellectually,” according…
Sweet Kira (KJ), We can only imagine what good you might be doing in the world on your 21st birthday. In your short 17 years on this Earth, you made a lasting, positive impact on many people (and many kitties), especially your mama and daddy. We hope that you love “Kira’s Garden,” planted with a…
Curator and American folk-art scholar helped change how 19th-century folk art was examined
Known for her big heart and great cooking, no one ever left her home hungry
102-year-old led a life remarkable in length and love
Devoted father and dedicated businessman made a positive difference in countless lives
Adventurer and writer extraordinaire passes away
Eric Bigglestone is used to riding out seasonal population fluctuations that affect sales at his Montpelier family business, Capitol Stationers. In summer and fall, visitors fill the sidewalks, and traffic is gridlocked at Montpelier’s one downtown stoplight. That helps make up for winter, when streets go quiet after 5 p.m. This year feels different, Bigglestone…
Dear Reverend, My husband and I have very different work schedules. His is much more flexible, and he often has time during the day to take care of chores around the house. I really appreciate everything he does, except he’s really terrible when it comes to doing laundry. He doesn’t separate colors or delicates and…
Making a summer mix for someone is no small thing. Beyond the simple act of love that is curating a private playlist, there’s a lot of pressure. Especially here in Vermont, our oh-so-brief period of sunny days and emerald surroundings heightens the impetus to carpe diem before the leaves turn. The mix needs to reflect…
Utilities Invest in Renewables Many Vermonters agree that climate change and its impacts are a critical challenge. We need to have accurate information on initiatives to address this situation. Unfortunately, Seven Days readers may have been confused or misled by an erroneous allegation in a June 12 letter [Feedback: “Override H.289”] claiming that “Vermont’s utilities…
There was a time, back around 2016, when Burlington indie rockers Madaila were looking ready for the big-time. Formed by singer and principal songwriter Mark Daly, the band featured some of the area’s best musicians, including drummer Dan Ryan, bassist Jer Coons, keyboardist Eric Maier and guitarist Willoughby Morse. They featured in the pages of…
It’s been a while since we heard from director Jeff Nichols. Honored with festival and Independent Spirit Awards, the Arkansas-born filmmaker brought a keen sense of rural places and people to Loving, Mud, Midnight Special and Take Shelter. Now he returns with The Bikeriders, a period drama based on the 1968 photo book of the…
(AfterLyfe Music, CD, digital) Everything in the music business takes longer than expected, but some projects are decades in the making. That’s very much the case with AfterLyfe Volume 1, a compilation album that celebrates the long, industrious career of DJ, rapper, producer and VT Union mastermind Nastee. He’s been a giant in Vermont’s hip-hop…
new in theaters HORIZON: AN AMERICAN SAGA: CHAPTER 1: Kevin Costner’s ensemble epic depicts the settlement of the west before and after the Civil War. Costner, Sienna Miller and Sam Worthington star. (181 min, R. Bijou, Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Roxy, Star, Sunset) JANET PLANET: Annie Baker’s festival fave drama chronicles the summer of 1991 as…
(Self-released, digital) Burlington Technical Center’s Digital Media Lab is meant to springboard high school students into their future careers, in fields such as filmmaking, audio engineering, photography and the graphic arts. Helmed by polymath Jason Raymond, the program is also an artistic incubator, a digital salon where Queen City-area youths can thrive and collaborate. It’s…
For years, Burlington officials have fielded near-daily complaints about the city’s homelessness problem. Online forums and social media pages are rife with rants about people sleeping in business entryways, on benches, in city parks. At a recent city council meeting, a resident huffed that the city had “lost Church Street” to the unhoused. The city…
CANCER (Jun. 21-Jul. 22): You are entering a phase when you will be wise to question fixed patterns and shed age-old habits. The more excited you get about reevaluating everything you know and believe, the more likely it is that exciting new possibilities will open up for you. If you are staunchly committed to resolving…
Snow Farm Vineyard in South Hero is well known for its free summer concert series. Every Thursday, hundreds of people descend on the picturesque winery for live music, dancing, food and drinks. This year’s events feature something new. Burlington’s Zero Gravity Craft Brewery is selling its beers in reusable aluminum cups in an attempt to…
I live with a man who would rather be playing soccer. For the 22 years I have shared with Tim Ashe — and well before that — he has been a devoted spectator and practitioner of the sport. That means: For two decades he’s been trying to explain the “beautiful game” to me. Long before…
Place your finger anywhere on the wheel of time, and you will find an era when people thought the world was coming to an end. No matter what marvels we dream up to make our lives fuller, more connected or longer lasting, humanity’s ingrained fear of impending doom overshadows them. And nothing makes us herald…
At the BCA Center in Burlington, the “Essential Figure” show asks: What is the figure and what is it doing these days? The artists in the exhibition take six entirely different approaches and gesture toward a refreshing new vision of the genre. In art history, the figure is generally a depiction of the human form.…
An old woman lumbers into a cluttered parlor and settles in a ragged, overstuffed armchair. Her hands flutter as she adjusts her afghan, and then her daughter arrives home, shaking off the rain. A kind of small talk follows, but these exchanges are not pleasantries. Viewers will learn to watch the characters closely in The…
With sweeping movements that sent their regalia’s brightly colored ribbons into the air, a troupe of grass dancers stomped their feet to each urgent beat of a large bass drum. The Wabanaki Confederacy drum group sang and set the pace for the dance, raising the pitch and intensity of their voices as the drumming picked…
It all started, Greg Bombard said, with a broken coffee maker. That’s what prompted him to get into his car and head to Dunkin’ on a winter day in 2018. It ended this month when the State of Vermont paid Bombard $175,000 to settle the lawsuit that ultimately resulted from that short drive. The settlement…
In “A World Away,” on view at the Middlebury College Museum of Art, visitors can see a slice of history from 12 years and 8,500 miles away, told in the faces of people who lived it. When Austin, Texas, photographer Hunter Barnes headed to Sri Lanka in 2006, he intended to document the island nation’s…
One mid-April Thursday, Seth Leach began his morning at 3 a.m. as usual in the milking barn of his family’s seventh-generation Pawlet farm. The rest of his day was far from standard for a Vermont dairy farmer. Over the next 16 hours, Leach drove 200 miles from Woodlawn Farm in the Mettawee Valley to the…
I am normally wary of restaurants with more than three cuisines. Tacos do not belong on the same menu as pizza and pasta. However, Burlington’s Kismayo Kitchen is an exception, where Philly cheesesteaks share space with samosas and pasta with Somali beef. And, by God, it works. I went into the little red-shingled restaurant at…
A pair of Honey Road alums now heads the kitchen at the Tillerman in Bristol. Elliot Sion and Taylor Adams have joined the culinary team as chef de cuisine and sous chef, respectively, Tillerman co-owners Kate Baron and Jason Kirmse said. The married couple bought the former Mary’s Restaurant and Inn at Baldwin Creek in…
Locals can now pull up, cool off and chow down at Morristown’s newest roadside destination, Gondolas Snack Bar. Owner Louis Ferris opened the creemee and burger spot on June 7 at 3107 Route 15. A real estate professional with experience working in commercial kitchens, Ferris wants his new business to be ingrained in the community.…
Take the Lake Wednesday 3 Burlington’s Community Sailing Center hosts Rock the Dock, the annual Independence Day soirée with some of the best views of the Queen City fireworks show. Attendees indulge in barbecue and drinks by the waterfront and dance the night away under the open sky. All funds benefit CSC’s sailing scholarships for…
Michael Chorney has a rich and colorful résumé: bandleader, teacher, librarian, house painter, janitor, engineer and, of course, 2019 Tony Award winner. On Saturday, the Lincoln musician, composer and arranger, whose musical stylings are as diverse as his employment history, added yet another item to his CV: recipient of the 2024 Herb Lockwood Prize in…
After 12 years on Bank Street in Burlington, independent bookstore Phoenix Books will move around the corner to the Church Street Marketplace at the end of August. Owners Renee Reiner and Michael DeSanto said they jumped at the opportunity to move into the former Slate location at 89 Church Street. “There are many communities that…
