Nov 26 – Dec 2, 2008
Burton Founders Lash Out at Critics; Two Vermont Counties Combine Efforts to Feed the Hungry; Quirky Cuts From Local Artists
NY Lit Mag Laces into Vermont Filmmakers
Two films with Vermont ties are among the targets of a new essay in the pretentiously hip biannual New York literary magazine n+1. The biting essay by A.S. Hamrah, “Jessica Biel’s Hand,” surveys “global-war-on-terror” movies released after 9/11, including Pearl Harbor (2001), United 93 (2006), In the Valley of Elah, The Ground Truth (2006), No…
This Blog is Retired
Thanks for reading Omnivore! For future foodie posts, read Suzanne Podhaizer’s posts on Blurt: The Seven Days Staff Blog.
Why Can’t We All Just Get Along!?
Welcome back to all you students who trekked home for Thanksgiving. Today marks the beginning of the hellish two-week sprint to the end of the semester. Now’s the time when words like “library,” “Adderal,” and “my damn professor” begin circulate more frequently in the university lexicon. But mark this date: Seven Days will be hosting…
Reps from Vermont Solid Waste Districts Launch “Product Stewardship” Council
On Monday, November 24, reps from several Vermont solid waste districts announced they were creating the Vermont Product Stewardship Council. In a nutshell, the council plans to work with nonprofits, consumers, businesses, the Association of Vermont Recyclers and the Agency of Natural Resources to “reduce waste and bring good public policy to the materials management…
Burton Founders Defend Their Boards
Ken Picard sat down for an interview with Jake Burton Carpenter and Donna Carpenter at the Burton HQ in Burlington this week to talk about the controversy over their “Love” and “Primo” boards. We’ve published his extensive Q&A this week, and put it on the cover of the paper . Here it is online. An…
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again Barry Cleveland Roberts, 46, was arrested for murder in Norfolk, Va., when he tried to buy a gun. Virginia State Police Sgt. Michelle Cotton said that after Roberts filled out an application at Bob’s Guns and Tackle, a background check turned up the outstanding murder warrant. Authorities were waiting for him when…
Free Will Astrology
Here’s the weekly astrological forecast for November 26 – December 3, 2008. What’s your sign, baby? They’re all here… ARIES (March 21-April 19): Have you ever arrived at a mountaintop on a clear day? Do you remember what you felt like? Can you reimagine the sparkling purity of the air as it sweetened your lungs,…
Statement from Jake Burton Carpenter
From the day I incorporated Burton in Vermont over 30 years ago, I have been a passionate snowboarder. Donna and I, along with hundreds of the finest employees, have relentlessly pursued the mission of developing the best snowboarding equipment and clothing in the world, from right here in Vermont. For the past three decades, top…
Kindred Spirits
Art Review: Diane Gabriel, new monotypes and sculpture, and Jordan Douglas, photographs. 215 College Artists’ Cooperative, Burlington. Through December 7.
Statement from Donna Carpenter
I recently brought home a ‘Love’ board and propped it up in my kitchen. I was curious to hear how people would react to seeing it, rather than just reading about it. Without exception, the response has been: “Wow, that’s it, that’s what this has been all about?” The last thing I want to do…
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Stunt Nite [SIV106]
11/24/08: Rice Memorial High School’s annual talent competition Stunt Nite has been pitting classes against one another since 1929. Almost all of the 400+ private school students sing, dance, act and perform and the winners become legendary. Who will take the prize this year? Complete list of the winners on Blurt. Eva attends their dress…
Princeton Proposition 8
Tyler Machado, one of our WG bloggers, just posted this very funny video from Princeton. Says Tyler: A group of Princeton University students have been collecting signatures on Princeton’s Proposition 8,which would restore the “traditional” definition of sidewalks — i.e.that freshmen aren’t allowed to use them. They can walk on the grassright alongside, though. Separate…
No Freshmen on the Sidewalks
A group of Princeton University students have been collecting signatures on Princeton’s Proposition 8, which would restore the “traditional” definition of sidewalks — i.e. that freshmen aren’t allowed to use them. They can walk on the grass right alongside, though. Separate but equal. Check out the video: Oh, those clever Ivy Leaguers.
