James Sturm needs a break. At least that’s what his pal, New Yorker cartoonist Harry Bliss, thinks. “I just want him to slow down,” Bliss said. As he is wont to do, Bliss was joking. But also kind of not. “I have nothing but praise for James and nothing but good things to say about…
Worcester logger had a fondness for gardening, four-legged creatures and all things green
Longtime electrician and General Dynamics employee was a proud member of the IBEW
South Burlington woman loved Lake Champlain, a good Celtics game and traveling and was grateful for the simple things in life
U.S. Army veteran loved being on the lake, sharing stories with family and friends
Visual artist and longtime theater performer always focused on her family
Jasper and Ladybird were nowhere to be seen last week during a visit to their upcoming art gallery. They were probably snoozing by the fire up at the house, said their “mom,” Rose McVay. If not exactly namesakes, the pair of canines inspired the moniker Mountain Hounds Studio, which opens in Ripton this weekend. Jasper…
Montpelier residents still have no post office nearly five months after the federal building that housed it at 87 State Street was flooded, and they are directing their ire at the U.S. Postal Service. A temporary location two miles from downtown recently closed. Now people with post office boxes have to travel six miles to…
Steve Wright, president of Jay Peak ski resort, was shocked when a visitor called four years ago to reserve a room for viewing a total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024. At the time, Wright wasn’t aware that the moon will pass between the sun and the Earth for a few minutes on that day,…
Dear Reverend, My friend is a beautiful 68-year-old woman who looks 50. She met a guy on a dating site who said he was a 60-year-old white man — he even sent her photos of himself. They conversed for a few months until she ended it, but he kept after her until she rekindled her…
Pixar Animation Studios has produced some creative and quirky movie scenes over the years. But the executives at the Hollywood blockbuster machine couldn’t imagine what a pair of Burlington drag queens have done with their Toy Story. Earlier this year, Caley Gervais heard that the Media Factory, the Burlington nonprofit that promotes community-made radio, TV…
For comedian Alonzo Bodden, getting the call to be a panelist on NPR’s nationally syndicated hit game show “Wait, Wait… Don’t Tell Me!” worked out perfectly, in that he had never heard of the show. “I had no idea what it even was, never listened to it,” Bodden said. “It took months for me to…
Love ‘Letters’ You entertained me with the father-daughter team creating crossword puzzles [“Double Crossed: A Shelburne Father-Daughter Duo Creates Crossword Puzzles Worthy of the New York Times,” November 15]. It was like a breath mint for the mind. Reading the letters never disappoints, and last week’s [Feedback] was no exception. Reader letters to the editor…
Last Friday, the Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History in Middlebury was animated, as if the normally decorous 19th-century artifacts had just come in from a sledding party. Visitors were admiring a display of twinkly Christmas wreaths, but the real excitement was on the second floor. The model trains had returned, and so had a…
You might remember Irish actor Barry Keoghan from his scene-stealing, Oscar-nominated turn as a rural lout in last year’s The Banshees of Inisherin or his chilling performance as a vengeful teen in Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Killing of a Sacred Deer. He’s one of those supporting actors who make a lasting impression, but he hasn’t had…
Shelburne entrepreneur Meagan Downey didn’t spend the week before Thanksgiving prepping food. Instead, she was in Los Angeles, quite literally keeping up with the Kardashians. Downey is the inventor of Shiki Wrap — stretchy, colorful gift wrapping made from recycled plastic fibers that is designed to be reused. Her product caught the attention of Kourtney…
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Sagittarian poet Nina Cassian said, “I promise to make you so alive that the fall of dust on furniture will deafen you.” I think she meant she would fully awaken the senses of her readers. She would boost our capacity for enchantment and entice us to feel interesting emotions we had…
new in theaters DREAM SCENARIO: Nicolas Cage plays a man who finds himself suddenly appearing in other people’s dreams in this horror comedy from director Kristoffer Borgli (Sick of Myself). With Lily Bird and Julianne Nicholson. (102 min, R. Roxy, Savoy) GODZILLA MINUS ONE: This new Godzilla film from Japan, directed by Takashi Yamazaki, goes…
I’ll never forget the first time I saw a live production of The Nutcracker. Or, more accurately, I’ll never forget forgetting The Nutcracker. My parents, aggrieved by my assertion that the only Christmas song worth a damn was Run-D.M.C.’s “Christmas in Hollis,” decided to (almost literally) drag my 11-year-old ass to downtown Burlington to catch…
So much for a relaxing holiday weekend. For Hisham Awartani, Kinnan Abdalhamid and Tahseen Ali Ahmad, three college students visiting Burlington, it ended with senseless, life-altering violence on Saturday night, when the 20-year-old men were shot while walking on North Prospect Street. I knew something terrible had happened when I saw an email from Seven…
Montpelier has had a rough go of it lately. Between floods and fires, some of the Capital City’s businesses have taken a beating in 2023. Even before the natural disasters, the city has had a guitar-shaped hole in it since GuitarSam shuttered its doors in May. With the only musical instrument shop in town out…
(Merge Records, cassette, CD, digital, vinyl) One of indie rock’s masters offers up his most eloquent and cinematic work to date with the release of Jenny From Thebes. The 22nd and newest album from the Mountain Goats prospers on John Darnielle’s songwriting wisdom and hears his band thriving across a fresh collection of thematic compositions.…
(Self-released, CD, digital) Singer-songwriter and guitarist Rebecca Ryskalczyk is best known for fronting Brooklyn indie-rock outfit Bethlehem Steel. The band formed at the State University of New York at Fredonia and later relocated to New York City, where it established a gloriously fuzzy yet indie-pop-adjacent sound. Following a breakout performance at the 2016 SXSW festival,…
Although ancient Greek dramas were set to music, their scores have virtually all been lost. So classics scholar John Franklin — who’s also a keyboardist in a yacht rock band — re-creates them with his band the Call of Kinnaru, in which he plays lyre. Burlington audiences will have a chance to hear the “new…
When Kelly Deforge’s youngest son was diagnosed with an anxiety disorder at age 6, the principal of his public school told her, “We’re taught to teach. We’re not taught mental health.” By the fifth grade, her son had a breakdown and could no longer attend public school. Deforge turned to Howard Center for assistance. Her…
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Four gunshots fired on a quiet Burlington street over the weekend changed the lives of three college students of Palestinian descent, shocked residents and thrust the city into the international spotlight. Now investigators must determine whether the suspected shooter, a city resident, committed a hate crime when he carried out his unprovoked attack. Local, state…
The vibes were decidedly different at the campaign kickoffs of the three women vying for the Democratic nomination to become Burlington’s next mayor. City Council President Karen Paul’s (D-Ward 6) polished and professional event in late October led with speeches from party bigwigs: former governor Howard Dean and Vermont Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Baruth…
When Brattleboro Literary Festival executive director Sandy Rouse heard schools across the country were banning books, she immediately thought of Fahrenheit 451 — the 1953 Ray Bradbury novel about a dystopian society where books are illegal. Bradbury turned out to be “prophetic,” said Rouse, who sees eerie parallels in his book to modern-day book bans…
Christmas brings holiday markets to much of Europe: open-air bazaars under galaxies of twinkly lights that dispense a potent blend of mulled wine and nostalgia. Some Christmas markets in Germany trace their origins to the 15th century, and in recent decades Euro-inspired versions have appeared in cities from Tokyo to Toronto. Across Québec, such events…
Earlier this fall, my husband and I loaded up our 2-year-old twins in our farm truck to buy transom windows off an old maple sugar shack in Cabot. “These windows are impossible to find for this price in good condition,” my husband said. “Plus, it’ll be an adventure.” It takes a very good deal to…
Julie Finestone and David Zeidler have had a busy fall. The Essex couple got married on October 21, took a honeymoon to New Orleans, got home, prepped an entirely new kitchen staff and reopened Barkeaters restaurant on November 7. The cozy lunch and dinner spot near the shopping center in Shelburne operated for 13 years…
Deep City, the Burlington waterfront restaurant owned by the Foam Brewers team, closed on November 22. In a post on social media, the owners called the closure a “goodbye for now, not forever.” Foam Brewers’ taproom, which shares the building at 112 Lake Street, remains open as usual. “We’re hoping that it’s temporary,” Foam co-owner…
Always Full Asian Market will open a second location by mid-December at the rear of 80 Church Street. The entry will be at 179 Bank Street, as it was when Dobrá Tea operated there before moving last year to 125 South Winooski Avenue. The storefront has been redone with full glass windows and doors. Married…
Harping On Friday 1 Dorothy Ashby and Alice Coltrane live again when the Brandee Younger Trio makes its Vermont debut at the Mahaney Arts Center’s Robison Concert Hall at Middlebury College. Last year, its swift-fingered star became the first Black woman to be nominated for a Grammy Award for best instrumental composition. Younger’s original works…
