Kate and Drew Streip never planned to leave Chattanooga. The young couple — born-and-bred Tennesseans — were raising their three children in Streip’s childhood home in a hip, close-knit neighborhood they cherished, within easy reach of their extended family. But when Tennessee passed a law in March prohibiting gender-affirming medical care for transgender children, the…
In Memoriam Freda Langell Nieters September 25, 1931-December 9, 2022
Burlington man was lifelong swimmer and tennis player well into his nineties
Gifted artist and empathetic counselor was the epitome of a tough Irishwoman
Updated at 5:17 p.m. A Burlington man accused of shooting three young men of Palestinian descent in an unprovoked attack over the weekend pleaded not guilty on Monday morning to three counts of second-degree attempted murder. Jason J. Eaton, 48, appeared in Vermont Superior Court virtually from prison, where he is being held without bail.…
Creative artist, musician and producer shared his vast interest in Rastafari, reggae and dancehall culture
A memorial to celebrate Ellie Yahm’s life will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, December 2, at the Burlington Friends Meeting House. All are welcome. To attend via Zoom, contact her daughter at rebecca@openpathhomeschooling.com In lieu of flowers, you may donate in her honor to the American Friends Service Committee.
Gifted athlete and an astute judge of character offered sage advice to family and friends
Longtime UVM and St. Michael’s College professor was a prolific scholar and avid opera fan
(Self-released, digital) Kyle Chadburn is on his way to becoming one of the more dogged and prolific local musicians in recent memory. Since cofounding the Evansville Transit Authority with Adam Choiniere and Travis LeBlanc in 2002, the Northeast Kingdom native has been a fixture in the Vermont music scene. For more than two decades, he’s…
For Paul Rogers, stick season isn’t really about sticks. Nor is it about Noah Kahan, whose viral hit of the same name propelled the Vermont-born singer-songwriter to international acclaim and a recent Grammy nomination. No, for the Stowe-based photographer, it’s about a photo project by that name that he began 16 years ago and continues…
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.21): Composer Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) was charismatic and forceful but also hot-tempered and prone to rude behavior. The writer Goethe, his contemporary, said, “His talent amazed me” and described him as an “utterly untamed personality.” Beethoven seldom lived in one home for very long and loved to sing at the top of…
(Self-released, digital) You always remember your first. And I’ll never forget Isla Hormiga. The debut album from singer-songwriter Tim Halteman’s project Thai BlueJeans Salesman was the first piece of music I reviewed for Seven Days. It was a little undercooked, more of an exercise in making an album than an album itself, but I remember…
Who’s to Blame? I’m a new Vermont resident as of October 1, and I’ve been reading Seven Days as a way to acquaint myself with the state. You can imagine my surprise reading about eight homicides, all committed in my first month as a Vermonter [“A Spate of Rural Homicides Puts Residents of Small Vermont…
Martha Staskus first visited a clearing half a mile up a dirt road in Stamford to assess whether the remote southern Vermont property would be suitable for a solar array. Looking south across the forested valley, Staskus, the chief development officer for Norwich Solar, sensed another opportunity. She surveyed with pride the 19 turbines of…
Dear Reverend, My partner and I have an open relationship with a 100 percent honest communication policy — or at least I thought we did. The other day, I found a phone hidden in one of his drawers with salacious texts from multiple people. Should I confront him about it? C. Landestine (woman, 26) Dear…
Hundreds of people packed a community center this month in Burlington’s Old North End. Colorful prayer flags crisscrossed overhead, and the smell of freshly steamed momos wafted through the air. Onstage, two dancers wearing snow leopard masks crept forward, beckoned by the shrill whistle of a wooden flute. The 19th annual Tibetan Festival was under…
In 1947, a pilot spotted a fleet of strange objects traveling in the skies over Mount Rainier at speeds between 1,200 and 1,700 miles an hour, unthinkably fast by the day’s technological standards. In 1997, a huge triangular craft glided over Phoenix without making a sound, spooking thousands of people, including then-Arizona governor Fife Symington.…
Last week I sustained a remote-work injury. In the process of pushing back from my desk in my home office, I got tangled up in the computer cords, which sent my laptop crashing down on my foot. The sharp corner of the MacBook landed on the tendons below my right ankle bone. Nothing broke, but…
Victoria Blewer grew up in Manhattan and spent summers in rural New Hampshire. In both places, she and her three sisters were “given free range,” she said in a phone interview. Never did her family “go across the country in a station wagon, or go to motels or tourist traps.” Yet classic emblems of postwar…
The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City features the top marching bands from around the country. But this year it will also include one composed of the people who teach band. The Band Directors Marching Band will showcase more than 400 band teachers from around the U.S. — including two from Vermont. Representing…
Three and a half years ago, Ashley Farland had never turned on a sewing machine. Now she runs a company that makes handcrafted throw pillows from surplus designer fabrics. Two hundred of them adorn beds and sofas at South Fork Lodge in Swan Valley, Idaho, the historic fly-fishing retreat that late-night talk show host Jimmy…
Two-time Oscar-winning director Alexander Payne (Election, The Descendants) hasn’t had a critical hit since 2013’s Nebraska — until now. The Holdovers, a gently comic period piece that reunites him with Sideways star Paul Giamatti, was the runner-up for the People’s Choice Award at September’s Toronto International Film Festival and is likely to be a player…
In 2004, friends and business partners Ellen Leonard and Janice Walrafen purchased a 19th-century farmhouse in East Montpelier to serve as the idyllic home base for AllTogetherNow!, a creative venture that included an arts nonprofit, summer camp and preschool. Walrafen, a community organizer and visual artist, took the lead in running the arts nonprofit that…
new in theaters NAPOLEON: Joaquin Phoenix plays France’s emperor and Vanessa Kirby is his beloved Josephine in this historical epic from Ridley Scott, also starring Tahar Rahim and Rupert Everett. (158 min, R. Big Picture, Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Roxy, Star) SALTBURN: Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman) directed this dark comedy/thriller about an Oxford University student…
A trio of Vermont comics who currently live in New York City are returning for a one-night-only Thanksgiving eve show at Foam Brewers in Burlington on Wednesday, November 22. Hosted by comedian Kendall Farrell, the lineup is a who’s who of Vermont expat comics, including Tina Friml and Carmen Lagala; Tracy Dolan is the sole…
A photo essay of nude elderly women. A collection of short poems about bacteria, biting flies and western black rhinos. An essay by Burlington author Greg Guma on the history of decentralists in Vermont. And a blistering critique of a new apartment building in Winooski, calling its architects “irresponsible” and their creation “a pathetic vision…
About a year ago, I moved to a spot a little outside Burlington. The new digs offered more peace and quiet than I’d had in my Old North End apartment but came with a strange neighbor: a seemingly abandoned radio station. On one of my first exploratory walks through the woods, I happened on the…
The Winooski Falls Mill District is known for its industrial history — the riverbanks are still lined with massive textile mills and towering smokestacks. In mid-October, the skyline on the Burlington side changed when a 175-foot-tall crane from Hutch Crane Service in Bradford moved in next to the Chace Mill’s iconic brick smokestack. Built in…
When it comes to Thanksgiving tipples, cider is top tier. The fermented apple-based beverage screams fall flavors and goes perfectly with cranberry sauce, stuffing and turkey. It also has more range than most drinkers realize — from bubbly and sweet to still and dry, and just about everything in between. Two home cidermakers in Chittenden…
Sitting at a table at Sakura Sushi & Kitchen finishing up a late lunch last week, a pair of diners chatted animatedly over their bento box and bowl of wakame udon noodles. Colchester residents Dunja Hegeman and her 14-year-old daughter, Alizee, said they had stopped by the small Japanese restaurant in the Taft Corners Shopping…
Darrell Langworthy is closing the Guilty Plate Diner in Colchester after this weekend due to a failure to come to an agreement to purchase the business, which he had been leasing with the intent to buy. Langworthy is also reopening Heart n Soul at 155 Market Street in South Burlington. He previously operated that restaurant…
Queen Bee’s Snack Bar on Hardscrabble Road in Monkton is temporarily closed after an electrical fire engulfed the kitchen trailer and surrounding structures early on Sunday morning. The fire started at around 5:15 a.m., owner Kim Jewell said. She had already gone out to the snack bar to start the coffee pot, fryer and grill…
Dionne the Road Friday 24 The Vermont Symphony Orchestra String Ensemble accompanies five-time Grammy Award-winning vocalist Dionne Warwick for a post-Thanksgiving performance at Paramount Theatre in Rutland. The legendary voice behind “Walk on By” and “I Say a Little Prayer” shows why she’s one of the greatest of all time. There and Back Again Saturday…
With the help of friends and family, Anisa Mohamed reopened Kismayo Kitchen last Wednesday. It was almost three months to the day after her husband, the Burlington restaurant’s chef-owner, Ahmed Omar, died unexpectedly at home in his sleep on August 13. The chief medical examiner’s office determined the 36-year-old’s death to be from natural causes. The final death…
