Nov 30 – Dec 6, 2005
The Aging Issue: Assessing the Cost of Vermont’s Aging Population; Taking Care of Mom – How to Cope When Your Parent Can’t; In a UVM Study, Seniors Stay Stable Through Tai Chi
News Quirks 11.30.05
Curses, Foiled Again A police officer investigating a shoplifting at a supermarket in Stuart, Fla., recognized fugitive Ari Rayvon Stanberry, 22, who bolted and hid in the store’s freezer. By the time he was located, according to police Sgt. Marty Jacobson, “The officer said his dreadlocks looked like little popsicles. He was certainly ready and…
Astrology 11.30.05
ARIES (March 21-April 19): As I meditated on your immediate future, I got a vision of you making your way through an obstacle course — scurrying across booby-trapped terrains, shimmying through tunnels, climbing over barriers, leaping across ditches. Curiously, there was not the least bit of stress etched on your face. On the contrary, your…
The New Year, The End Is Near
(Touch & Go Records, CD) The New Year’s members are scattered across the country like Yahtzee dice on the kitchen table, so no state can lay full claim to them. But when bassist Mike Donofrio traded in the bohemian trappings of Greenwich Village for the agrarian simplicity of the Green Mountains last year, central Vermont…
Cereberus Shoal, The Land We All Believe In
(North East Indie, CD) Cerebus Shoal, art-rockers from Portland, Maine, create surrealistic music with oddball theatrical flourishes. Formed more than a decade ago, the band has 11 releases to its credit. While the oft-abused term “freak-folk” could be used to describe Cerberus, it fails to convey the full scope of their work. I think it’s…
Older Sisters
Vermont’s aging Catholic nuns devoted their lives to caring for the vulnerable — now who’s caring for them?
WAR OF THE WORLDS**1/2
Tom Cruise, Miranda Otto and Dakota Fanning star in Steven Spielberg’s contemporary retelling of the H.G. Wells sci-fi classic focusing on one family’s struggle to survive an alien invasion. With Tim Robbins and Justin Chatwin. (117 min, PG-13) Web: http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/waroftheworlds/
THE POLAR EXPRESS***
“Bosom Buddies” Tom Hanks and Peter Scolari are re-teamed for Robert Zemeckis’ take on the holiday favorite by Chris Van Allsburg. Hanks plays five roles, including Santa Claus. Web: http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/the_polar_express/trailer/
