Mar 8-14, 2006
UVM’s Dante-Inspired Exhibit is One Hell of an Art Show; Will Vermont Impeach George W. Bush?; Males Rethink Their Masculinity
Clothes Consciousness
Two new Vermont ventures prove doing good doesn’t have to mean dressing badly
John Sullivan, Many Voices
(Atom Records, CD) Veteran guitarist/vocalist and Springfield, Vermont, resident John Sullivan has been rocking audiences throughout New England for more than 30 years. Along the way, he’s recorded and performed with the likes of Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler, Joe Cocker, Steppenwolf, Rick Derringer, The Ramones, Danny Klein of the J. Geils Band, Badfinger’s Joey Molland, James…
Fatal Flaws, Your First Mistake
(W.C. Field Recordings, CD) Vermont’s Fatal Flaws came together last August, when members Jason Wimbiscus and Chris Beneke met via a Seven Days classified. More recently Beneke appeared in these pages with a letter lambasting our attempt at comic-strip democracy. In it he suggested, among other things, stripping me of my post. Not exactly ingratiating.…
News Quirks 03.08.06
Curses, Foiled Again A motel clerk in Anchorage, Alaska, told police that a man with short blond hair, a puffy red coat and blue face paint pulled a knife and demanded money, but when the clerk retreated into an office and locked the door, the man left empty-handed. An officer who remembered talking to a…
Will Vermont Impeach George W. Bush?
Several town meetings in Vermont pass resolutions calling for Bush’s impeachment. Sanders thinks ousting the president would be a distraction, and there are legal problems with the strategy.
Astrology 03.08.06
ARIES (March 21-April 19): The ancient Egyptians considered dung beetles sacred and lucky. In fact, the seemingly lowly insect, also known as a scarab, was worshiped as a symbol of transformation and resurrection, in part because it derives its nourishment from the waste matter of other animals. Since it also pushes balls of dung to…
YOURS, MINE & OURS**
Rene Russo and Dennis Quaid star in this remake of the 1968 Lucille Ball-Henry Fonda comedy about a widow and widower who find love and then find out what it’s like to raise the 18 children they bring to their relationship. With Linda Hunt. Directed by Raja Gosnell. (90 min, PG) Web: http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/yoursmineandours/
WALK THE LINE***
James (Girl, Interrupted) Mangold brings the life story of the late Johnny Cash to the big screen with help from Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon. (135 min, PG-13) Web: http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/walk_the_line/
THE ICE HARVEST****
From director Harold (Groundhog Day) Ramis comes this dark holiday comedy about a Wichita attorney who embezzles $2 million and spends Christmas Eve trying to make it out of town alive. Starring John Cusack, Billy Bob Thornton and Connie Nielsen. (88 min, R) Web: http://www.apple.com/trailers/focus_features/the_ice_harvest/
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE****
Keira Knightley, Brenda Blethyn and Donald Sutherland are among the cast in this latest adaptation of the classic Jane Austen novel. Joe Wright directs. (127 min, PG) Web: http://www.apple.com/trailers/focus_features/pride_and_prejudice/
