May 30 – Jun 5, 2012
Trombone Shorty and the Evolution of New Orleans Music; A Senator’s Strange Goodbye; VAC Names Winners; Danilo Lopez Leads the Way; Danforth’s Pewter Power
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Former Transportation Secretary to Run for State Senate
A former transportation secretary in Gov. Jim Douglas’ administration said Monday he’s running for a Northeast Kingdom state senate seat. Lyndon resident David Dill, a Republican, says that with lopsided Democratic majorities in both houses of the legislature, opposing points of view have been given short shift. “I think there needs to be a more…
A “Two-Fisted” or “Ham-Fisted” Attorney General?
When Attorney General Bill Sorrell launched his reelection campaign Wednesday at the Statehouse, he had clearly settled on a metaphor to describe his 15 years in office: that of a hard-charging fighter, ready to take the gloves off and beat his big, bad corporate opponents to smithereens. Just a few lines into his announcement, the…
Movies You Missed 41: Goon
This week in movies you missed, a hockey movie with equal parts bloodshed, cussing and heart. What You Missed Seann William Scott (best known as Stifler in the American Pie series) plays Doug Glatt, a nice doctor’s son whose only real talent is for violence. Punching people is what he’s good at, though he’s so…
‘Courageous Conversations,’ With Art, Launch in St. Johnsbury
This month Catamount Arts begins a series called “Courageous Conversations” that will address somber issues “facing the nation in general and the Northeast Kingdom in particular,” says an announcement from director Jody Fried. Poverty, mental health and disabilities are the general topics for June, July and August, respectively. So what’s the art part? Artists have…
Pierogi Take Church Street
It’s the summer of the food cart — in Burlington and beyond. Tomorrow, a well-known team debuts a new mobile eatery just in time for the Burlington Discover Jazz Festival. Pirogi Union Food Cart is a collaboration between the Skinny Pancake/Chubby Muffin and David Miller of dumpling delivery business Pirogi Union. The first pierogi will…
CCTA Bus Schedule Data Now Available on Google Maps
It’s now a little bit easier to take a trip on the bus. CCTA bus schedule info is now available on Google Transit. That means when you’re looking for directions on Google Maps between places serviced by these bus systems, Google shows you a public transit option alongside the drive, walk and bike options. Try…
In Memoriam: Bernard “Bernie” Beaudoin, Burlington Philanthropist, “Unsung Hero”
Bernard “Bernie” Beaudoin, a man of modest means who donated his own home on North Avenue in 2007 to become the current headquarters of HOPE Works (formerly the Women’s Rape Crisis Center), died earlier this month after a brief illness. He was 89. Beaudoin, a lifelong Burlingtonian and Korean War-era Air Force veteran, was hardly…
At Reelection Launch, Attorney General Bill Sorrell Dusts Off the Boxing Gloves
Standing at a podium in the Statehouse’s ornate Cedar Creek Room wearing a dark suit and blue tie, Attorney General Bill Sorrell looked ever the stately incumbent Wednesday afternoon. As four dozen smartly dressed attorney types looked on approvingly, the state’s top law enforcement officer launched his eighth campaign for reelection. Only this time, something…
Men in Black III and Headhunters
The most memorable character in Men in Black III is a wistful, blue-eyed alien named Griffin (Michael Stuhlbarg) who dresses like a homeless man and is afflicted with the gift of seeing not just the future, but all possible futures. When he isn’t fixating on bizarre details that offer clues to which “time line” he…
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20 Years of Open Studio Weekend [269]
5/27/12: Across the state of Vermont during Memorial Day weekend, yellow signs led visitors to the studios of 263 artists and craftspeople who were participating in the 20th Open Studio Weekend. This event is organized by the Vermont Crafts Council and was founded to increase the visibility of the many creative people who live in…
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): “Let’s waltz the rumba,” said jazz musician Fats Waller, suggesting the seemingly impossible mix of two very different types of dancing. That’s an excellent clue for you to follow up on, Aries. I suspect that in the coming week you will have an unusual aptitude for hybridization. You could do folk…
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again A witness told police responding to a report of shots fired in North Charleston, S.C., that a man with a gun had gone into a house, but when officers questioned the occupant, she insisted no one else was there but her children. The officers asked the children if that was true, and…
Letters to the Editor
White Guy’s Lament [Re Kathryn Flagg’s “What Women Want Now,” May 2]: Tough question. No, wait, it’s a statement. No, wait, it’s a pun: N.O.W. now? Twelve years ago, Hollywood put up $70 million on a bet. Paramount Pictures’ What Women Want raked in $371 million from all across the globe. Why juxtapose Hollywood and “serious…
