Jun 8-14, 2022
Seven Spots Where Vermonters Open Their Private Land to the Public; Will a Stowe Zip-Line Guide’s Death Spur Change?; Jason Raymond Teaches Aspiring Producers at the Make Music Club
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Seven Spots Where Vermonters Open Their Private Land to the Public
Vermont is the fourth most forested state in the country, with three-quarters of it covered in woods. Nearly 80 percent of its forests — an estimated 3.5 million acres — are owned not by the state or federal government but by private landowners. The majority of those holdings — about 2.7 million acres — belong…
In Memoriam: Connie Marshall, 1948-2019
In Loving Memory of Connie Marshall April 16, 1948-June 18, 2019 Dear Connie, I can’t say it enough how much I love and miss you. You have left an indelible imprint on all of our hearts. With much love always, Your loving family Related Stories
Obituary: David F. Sheldon, 1929-2022
Former Shelburne Museum director remembered for his humor, generosity and intellect
Birth Announcement: Hugh Christie
Jenny Montagne and Ryan and Cal Horvath are thrilled to announce the birth of Hugh Christie. Baby Hugh arrived in a hurry on Monday, June 13, to claim the title of Cutest Baby in the World, a distinction he shares with his brother, Cal.
Obituary: Donald Leopold, 1947-2022
Leader in otolaryngology trained hundreds during his almost 40-year career
Obituary: Alice Peduzzi Duncan, 1929-2022
Barre native cooked Italian specialties and was a doting “Nonni” to her grandchildren
Clean: ‘Balancing Act’ (6/13/22)
Colorful napkins flew off a wooden table and danced in the breeze as my friend carried a large and ornately decorated cake toward me. It was a windy and cloudless June afternoon, and I was celebrating the fourth anniversary of my sobriety. As I watched him balance the cake on a thin and flimsy decorative…
Obituary: J. (John) Francis Angier, 1923-2020
Veteran and Vermont National Guard member wrote a best-selling book
Obituary: Rev. Ann Elizabeth Geer, 1938-2022
Minister, scientist, artist and matriarch had an activist and adventurous heart
Obituary: Barbara Elsbeth (LaBrusciano), 1939-2022
Waitsfield woman was an artist, scholar, educator and activist
Obituary: Cheryl Ann Rinder, 1950-2022
A selfless giver of love created friendships and built family everywhere she went
In Memoriam: Kathleen H Morrissey, June 14, 2013
If roses grow in Heaven, Lord please pick a bunch for us. Place them in our Mother’s arms and tell her they’re from us. Tell her we love her and miss her, and when she turns to smile, Place a kiss upon her cheek and hold her for a while. Because remembering her is easy, We do…
Obituary: Janet “Jann” LaBelle-Prince, 1947-2022
Artist and pianist left an indelible mark on the lives of her students
Obituary: Jeannine deLaBruere, 1938-2022
Bilingual home caregiver was joyful, playful and a spiritual and moral compass for family and friends
Obituary: Paul A. (Joe) Dye Jr., 1936-2022
High school guidance counselor was an devoted husband and father, local theater maker, and avid traveler
Obituary: Paula DeMichele, 1949-2022
Passionate advocate for affordable housing loved music, gardening, reading, writing and cats
A Secondhand Shop in Richmond Sells Donated Items to Support Ukraine
In February, when JoAnn Yurchesyn, owner of ReFind Boutique in Richmond, heard that Russia had invaded Ukraine, she decided to close her shop for the weekend. It felt like the right thing to do. The following weekend, though, the third-generation Ukrainian Canadian announced something radical: All proceeds from three days of sales at the secondhand…
A Stowe Zip-Line Guide Was Killed When a $26 Piece of Equipment Failed. Will His Death Spur Change?
To those who behold them, mountains can exert an almost gravitational force. Scott Lewis let Mount Mansfield’s pull him in. He learned to ski on its slopes, and, once an adult and a father, he refashioned his life away from Wall Street in order to orbit Mansfield’s peak. Lewis hiked its trails and studied its…
Jason Raymond Teaches Aspiring Producers at the Make Music Club
The classroom doors opened, unleashing the sounds of a propulsive, booming beat as Jason Raymond walked out to meet a reporter. He’s the Digital Media Lab instructor at the Burlington Technical Center and the founder of the Make Music Club, an after-school program for aspiring student music producers. His attempted greeting was lost in a…
‘Fire Island’ Offers a New Take on a Classic Rom-Com Formula
As the weather warms up, our thoughts slide toward summer fun: boat rides, sunsets on the beach, tropical cocktails … underwear parties? OK, so maybe not everyone’s ideal vacation includes a half-naked, drug-fueled dance-athon. But for the characters in Fire Island, a group of twentysomething gay friends who work unglamorous jobs in New York City,…
Now Playing in Theaters: June 8-14
new in theaters BENEDICTION: A decorated soldier and poet of World War I turns against the war in this drama about the turbulent life of Siegfried Sassoon (Jack Lowden and Peter Capaldi), directed by Terence Davies (A Quiet Passion). With Tom Blyth. (137 min, PG-13; Savoy) JURASSIC WORLD: DOMINION: No longer contained, dinosaurs compete with…
Free Will Astrology (6/8/22)
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): It’s an excellent time to correct and uplift your self-image. I invite you to speak the following affirmations aloud: “I am not damaged. I am not on the wrong path. I am not inept or ignorant or off-kilter. The truth is, I am learning how to live. I am learning how…
We Can’t Find Anyone to Officiate Our Commitment Ceremony
Dear Reverend, A very dear person I’ve known for 32 years has reconnected with me after a long time. She suggested having a commitment ceremony, but we’re having trouble finding someone to do the ceremony. We’ve asked people who are friends with both of us on Facebook, but they don’t have cars or other ways…
From the Publisher: Cover to Cover
Every week the editorial team at Seven Days strives to come up with an assortment of articles on topics that we think you, the reader, will find timely, newsworthy, useful or just interesting to know about. Editors and writers brainstorm story ideas and make assignments; designers contract photographers and artists to illustrate them. On a…
Letters to the Editor (6/8/22)
Fighting Fentanyl In [“Richmond Man Sentenced to Four Years for Brothers’ Fatal Overdoses,” online, May 27] it states that the Thibaults hired their own private detectives. I’m wondering — and hoping — that it helped in the case for their sons. My son also died from fentanyl poisoning. We and the Essex Police know who provided…
Leon Golub’s Still-Relevant Paintings Illustrate Human Horrors
On opening the door of the former cow barn at the Hall Art Foundation in Reading, a visitor is confronted — there is no other word — with “An Arrest,” a 10-by-nearly-12-foot unframed canvas hung from grommets. The artist, Leon Golub (1922-2004), derived its subject from a newspaper photograph of the arrest of the Northern…
New Middlebury Store and Gallery Sparrow Art Supply Aims to Strengthen the Local Artists’ Community
Beth Svenningsen was fresh out of graphic design school, searching for a job in New York City, when the pandemic hit. She and her fiancé, Mitch Bluestein, had long dreamed of making the move north to Vermont to be closer to skiing and hiking trails like the ones they had explored in Addison County. When…
Soundbites: Make Music Day in Vermont, Rockin’ Ron’s Library Tour, and Saving Grace Beef With Lil Xan
You know that thing where you watch a beloved film from your youth, only to discover that it, in fact, sucks? We’ve all been there. I still recall getting super excited to show a friend the movie Singles, Cameron Crowe’s ode to the Seattle music scene in the ’90s, easily one of my favorite films…
Warning Policy Adoption Champlain Valley School District
The Board of School Directors gives public notice of its intent to adopt local district policies dealing with the following at its meeting scheduled on June 21, 2022: H7 Title I, Part A Parental Involvement Copies of the above policies may be obtained for public review at the Office of the Human Resources Dept. in…
Sten Bowen, ‘Tender Pioneer’
(Self-released, digital) Sten Bowen belongs to a particular sect of pop-leaning Vermont home-recording artists who rarely, if ever, play live. The unofficial club of singer-songwriter/multi-instrumentalist/producer types is vast and includes ethereal electronic producer Christopher Hawthorn, electric desert-folk singer-songwriter Osage Orange, indie-folk wanderer Glorious Leader, and new-wave revivalist Love and Japan, to name a few. Love…
Banjo Dan, ‘Spirits’
(Self-released, CD, digital) “Banjo Dan” Lindner’s lucky number is seven. That’s because seven was the number worn by New York Yankees great Mickey Mantle, writes Lindner in the liner notes to Spirits, his seventh solo album. Linder also reveals that after 50 years, 17 studio albums — including many with his trailblazing Vermont bluegrass band…
Theater Review: ‘The Lifespan of a Fact,’ Vermont Stage
By the night when The Lifespan of a Fact opened on Broadway in October 2018, Donald Trump had told 6,135 lies as president, and everyone knew what a fact-checker did. The play is the true story of trying to tell a true story. A prestigious writer with little concern for strict accuracy goes head-to-head with…
Book Review: ‘Aurelia, Aurélia,’ Kathryn Davis
Readers of Kathryn Davis’ books have learned that, for her, the distinction between fiction and nonfiction is slippery. There are passages in Davis’ lavishly imaginative novels that read like first-person autobiography. And there are parts of her new Aurelia, Aurélia, identified on its cover as a memoir, that are ingenious fabrications, including two chapters, “Ghost…
Chronic Staffing Problems Stress Vermont’s Childcare Centers — and the Families They Serve
When Georgia Kennedy’s son was born in 2018, she felt lucky to find a spot for him at the Greater Burlington YMCA’s early childcare program. She came to love both the center and his teachers. In the fall of 2019, her infant daughter started attending the center, too. Six months later, COVID-19 hit. The Y…
Vermont Legislature Expands Market for Ready-to-Drink Spirits Beverages
This story was updated at 5:25 p.m. on June 7, 2022. After five years of product development and planning, Smugglers’ Notch Distillery is set to flip the tab on its canned vodka sodas. And thanks to a bill recently passed by the Vermont legislature, the Jeffersonville-based distillery will have an expanded market for the ready-to-drink…
Greensboro’s Broadfork Homestead Practices and Teaches Self-Sufficiency
Three ducks stood sentry at the driveway leading to Broadfork Farmstead in Greensboro last Monday afternoon. The menagerie on the 13-acre, solar-powered homestead also includes dogs, goat mamas and their six kids, a goose couple guarding eggs, a laying flock, a set of chicks, and two guinea fowl. Broadfork owner Carol Fairbank keeps the beautifully…
Pioneer Lakeshore Café Trades Breakfast for Dinner
A year after opening Pioneer Lakeshore Café in Malletts Bay, co-owners Lindsay and Jean-Luc Matecat are switching things up. Although the Colchester restaurant developed quite a roster of morning regulars — and a following for its egg sandwiches — its weekday breakfast is now a thing of the past. As of June 1, the couple…
Laliguras Indian-Nepali Restaurant Coming to Church Street
Brothers Raj and Kabi Adhikari are in the final stages of renovation at 146-148 Church Street, where they hope to open Laliguras by the end of June. Raj, the younger of the two, said the date will depend on receiving necessary inspections. The new restaurant’s address is best known as the longtime location of the…
American Flatbread to Open in Stowe
A new outpost of American Flatbread from Third Place, the company behind American Flatbread Burlington Hearth, will open this summer at 1190 Mountain Road, Third Place cofounder Rob Downey confirmed. The location previously housed Tres Amigos restaurant and longtime local venue the Rusty Nail Stage, both of which closed in October 2021. Downey said Third…
The Magnificent 7: Must See, Must Do, June 8-14
Afro Future Thursday 9 The Vermont International Film Foundation screens Neptune Frost, a Rwandan science fiction musical, at the Film House at Burlington’s Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center. Cocreated by Black American multidisciplinary musician Saul Williams and Rwandan cinematographer Anisia Uzeyman, this cyberpunk fantasia follows a group of hackers as they resist colonialism via…
