Mar 20-26, 2013
Thirty-Eight Years After Going to Washington, Sen. Patrick Leahy Has Arrived; Why Brain-Injured Defendants Go Free; VT Movie Houses Go Digital; Loving Lowline Angus
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Seniority Rules: Thirty-eight Years After Going to Washington, Sen. Patrick Leahy Has Arrived
On a recent Wednesday in Washington, forecasts of a foot of snow had ground official business to a halt. Across the street from the U.S. Capitol in the lobby of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, a digital sign proclaimed, “There are no hearings today.” But two floors up in an ornate, wood-paneled hearing room, Sen.…
First Bite: Asiana House, Montpelier
With a 25-minute wait for a table at Asiana House, the long-awaited new sushi place in Montpelier, a friend and I had plenty of time to mull over our first order: the sashimi appetizer, a plate of fried oysters with spicy mayo and maybe a lychee margarita. Although it was Wednesday night and not Friday,…
Could the Lowline Angus Cow Save Vermont Beef?
Paul List wears many hats. A career contractor, he’s owner of Liszt Historical Restoration, a company that trades on his expertise in antique building techniques to bring old buildings back up to snuff. In 1997, the classical violinist won raves for the album he produced of Beethoven’s Diabelli Variations. He maintains 1000 vines of Marquette…
Early-Music Vocal Group Blue Heron Comes to Vermont
In today’s classical music world, the phrase “chamber music” refers to instrumental ensembles — string quartets, piano trios and other reduced versions of an orchestra. But the first chamber music was written for voice, according to Scott Metcalfe, the founding director of the Boston-based early-music vocal ensemble Blue Heron. This was in Europe during the…
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3/13/13: Since the late 1940s, Merrill Jarvis has been in the movie business in Vermont. He was 12 when he threaded his first projector. Jarvis eventually opened multiple theaters in the Burlington area and even owned the Flynn Theater in the 70s. His son Merrill Jarvis III took after his father and is the President…
Four for the Road: Checking Out Albums from Vermont Expats
It is a sad reality of the Vermont music scene that promising local musicians often feel pulled away by bright lights and big cities. Though not exactly on par with the state’s infamous “brain drain” that lures young, talented locals to more lucrative jobs elsewhere, bands and artists frequently migrate from the Green Mountains in…
At Killington Resort, a Ski Mountain Doubles as a Green Mountain College Classroom
Imagine living at the base of a major ski resort, hitting the slopes dozens of times each winter and doing it all in the company of similarly snow-obsessed college kids. For many undergrads, that would be a daydream, but it’s life as usual for a small group of Green Mountain College students shacked up in…
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again Police investigating a drive-by shooting that wounded 13 people in the District of Columbia identified Craig Steven Wilson, 19, as a suspect after surveillance videos showed shots fired from a vehicle registered to him at the scene. Wilson was also wearing a court-ordered electronic ankle bracelet with a GPS tracking device, which…
Theater Review: 4000 Miles, Vermont Stage Company
Put together two people from opposite ends of a spectrum, and first you see their differences. Give them a reason to stay together, and eventually their similarities emerge to produce a full portrait. This is playwright Amy Herzog’s technique in the warm, rich comedy 4000 Miles. She separates a grandson and grandmother by 70 years,…
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): “Nourish beginnings, let us nourish beginnings,” says poet Muriel Rukeyser in her poem “Elegy in Joy.” “Not all things are blest,” she continues, “but the seeds of all things are blest. The blessing is in the seed.” I urge you to adopt this perspective in the coming weeks, Aries. Be extra…
Dream Machines: The End of Reel Film Is Nigh, but a Local Movie-House Dynasty Is Going Strong
In 1947, Merrill Jarvis started supplying Vermonters with celluloid dreams. Each week, the 12-year-old and his uncle packed up a portable projector and drove to tiny towns such as Rochester and Proctor, where they screened movies in town halls. The projector had to be rethreaded every 20 minutes, a hassle almost unimaginable in an age…
Green Mountain Film Festival Preview
When new lovers Chris (Steve Oram) and Tina (Alice Lowe) set out on a road trip across England, they make a picture of premature domestic bliss. She knits herself sexy scanties in their cozy trailer. He scribbles notes for a literary masterpiece and appoints her his “muse.” The only blots on the couple’s idyll are…
Letters to the Editor
Courageous Column Thank you, Paul Heintz, for having the courage to show how Bernie Sanders tried to dodge multiple attempts to ask him what he thought about Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul’s 13-hour filibuster [Fair Game, “Bernie One-Note,” March 13]. Bernie, just answer a simple question next time instead of running off to catch a plane.…
12 Tips from Hiring Managers on Landing a Job in Vermont
Vermont tech companies are hiring — salespeople, marketing staff, web developers, software engineers, customer support. The jobs are out there. So how do you get one? On Monday night, the Vermont Young Professionals hosted a panel discussion at Champlain College in which four HR directors and recruiters addressed that question in front of an audience…
