Oct 1-7, 2008
A Fleming Museum Exhibit Explores Vermont’s Design/Build Legacy; Can Frugal Vermont Avoid the Wall Street Crisis?; Abigail Washburn & Sparrow Quartet at the Flynn; South End Eats Up Bite Me Pizza
Hill Section Residents Up in Arms over Champlain College’s Construction of Mailbox
Author’s Note: This writing is entirely satirical and is presented to note the growing disparity between a college’s needs and the residential community’s wishes. Burlington, VT—Residents of Burlington’s Hill section held a meeting Tuesday night to discuss the economic and social implications of Champlain College’s construction of a three-foot-tall, one-foot wide mailbox on the intersection…
Hayden Carruth, 1921-2008
Robert Frost would never have written poems with titles such as “Mr. Septic Tanck” or “The Oldest Killed Lake in North America.” Hayden Carruth, who died last week at 87, was nonetheless considered Frost’s successor. Carruth had an eye — and an ear — for rural New England life, but his poems were grittier and…
Chris and Dave: We Started This Whole “Change” Thing
“It’s not how long someone’s been there,” says Rep. Dave Zuckerman, referring to the 12 years he’s spent representing B-Town in Montpelier. “It’s how long they’ve been there, and what they have been getting done.” Smooth jazz tunes bounce off the rustic wooden walls of Muddy Waters Coffeehouse, making this downtown Burlington chill spot an…
Vermont 3.0 Creative Tech Career Jam, Saturday, October 25
Is your career recession-proof? Find one that is at the next Vermont 3.0 Creative Technology Career Jam — Saturday, October 25 at Champlain College in Burlington. This “job expo on steroids” will introduce you to representatives from some of Vermont’s most innovative companies. Doors open at 9:30 a.m. The program lasts from 10 a.m. -…
Getting Cultured
This week’s issue of Seven Days had an interview with Abigail Washburn of the Sparrow Quartet under the headline “Culture Club,” which is a particularly apt headline for St. Michael’s students, thanks to our Flynn Center Cultural Pass program. I know I’ve spent a fair bit of time on this blog and elsewhere registering my…
Gubernatorial Debate
Missed the one they held on Wednesday? Click here to watch it on the WPTZ website.
Incorporating Twitter and the VP Debate into My Classes
So this is a blatant reprint of a blog post I just made over at my blog champlainprofessor.blogspot.com. Wasn’t planning on doing too much of that but this one I think is appropriate. You can lead a student to Twitter…but can you make them Tweet? Tonight is the Vice Presidential Debate. Last week was the…
Last thing about the Bands of Burlington show. Promise.
Has it really been two weeks already since the Bands of Burlington showcase? Goodness. Anyway, I know plenty of pixels have been devoted to that event already, so this is the last I’ll say of it. But this week’s issue of the St. Mike’s online publication, The Echo (for which I’m the tech editor), has…
Jumpin’ Out of Airplanes, No Big Deal.
October in Vermont = best time of the year. Not only is the birthday I share with Eminem just around the corner, but autumn is also whenthe Green Mountain State truly shines. Suddenly, the radiant foliageemerges, creating majestic landscapes that, as a friend of mine onceobserved, even the most eloquent person is reduced to”Wow, that…
Palin vs. Biden — Tonight!
Here’s a little preview video, courtesy of CBS. It shows both candidates fielding questions about their views on Roe v. Wade and other Supreme Court cases. Er, other cases they can think of. If they can think of any. The fun starts tonight at 9 p.m.
RIP Smokejacks
When I arrived at the office this morning, I was greeted by my phone’s blinking message light and a pair of emails informing me that Smokejacks (on the corner of Church and Main in Burlington), had closed, presumably for good, last night. Political columnist Shay Totten saw some of the crew “drowning their sorrows” at…
Burton Shreds Progress of Women with New Snowboard Line???
Burlington’s popular snowboarding company, Burton, is catching flack for their new “Love” line of snowboards, which feature Playboy models. Both Seven Days and the Burlington Free Press have picked up on the controversy. The art, heavily incorporating vintage Playboy model photos onto the snowboard, is under fire from parents and leaders of women’s groups. The…
Scene@Army of Fun Festival
Langdon Street Café, Montpelier, Saturday & Sunday, September 27 & 28, 1 P.M
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Langdon’s Army of Fun [SIV98]
9/27/08: The first annual Army of Fun was a three day street festival organized by Langdon St Cafe in Montpelier Vermont. Just what does the “Army of Fun” mean exactly? Let the Montpeculiar residents explain fun to you, what Langdon St Cafe means to them and why their town is so damn special. [Editor’s Note:…
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again Miami police investigating the hit-and-run death of Ana Iris Perez-Hernandez, 25, identified Jose Santiago, 62, as their suspect after finding remains of the homemade spaghetti and tomato sauce she had been carrying underneath the grill of Santiago’s gold Toyota Corolla and on the bottom part of the windshield. “There aren’t too many…
Waxing Brazilian
Soundbites: Waxing Brazilian, I’m Not There:VT Style, Will You Marry Me?, Pomp and Circumstance, Bite Torrent
Wreck of the Old 97s?
Seven Days talks life, love, murder and music with Old 97s’ Rhett Miller
Returns of the Native
Art Review:”Montpelier’s Treasures: The Legacy of Thomas Waterman Wood”,” T.W. Wood Gallery, Montpelier
Character Guy
Burlington actor Rick Ames waxes frenetic about weird collections and plum parts
Peter Freyne Hospitalized
Many Vermont political observers are already aware that former Seven Days political columnist Peter Freyne is ill, and has been hospitalized for the past week. Before retiring from his “Inside Track” column, Peter wrote and blogged prolifically about his fight with cancer. Although his current medical problem is not cancer-related, Peter is not in a…
Burton’s Offensive New Boards *UPDATED*
Burton Snowboards has a reputation for pushing the boundaries, but the Burlington company may have gone over the edge with two new product lines that have outraged women’s groups and anti-violence advocates. One, called “Love,” features Playboy models in various stages of undress; the other, dubbed “Primo,” features graphic illustrations of hands being mutilated by…
Bush to Sell Vermont to Fund Bailout
* * * * * * BREAKING NEWS * * * * * * BREAKING NEWS * * * * * * BREAKING NEWS * * * * * * WASHINGTON, DC: A new bailout proposal is being touted by Pres. George W. Bush as “the plan to end all plans” and we’ve learned the…
