October 11 • 1995
Vermont Symphony Orchestra Conductor Kate Tamarkin Talks Bernstein, Beethoven and Busting Seams; A Review of the New Cop Shop; Dealing With Dorkdom; Mystery in the Adirondacks; Siding With Vinyl
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Keeping Score: After five years with the Vermont Symphony, conductor Kate Tamarkin talks Bernstein, Beethoven and busting seams
Most people picture a symphony conductor in the image of Leonard Bernstein. A wild, white-haired gesticulator in a tux and tails. A maestro, not a maestra. Kate Tamarkin has lived with those sexist stereotypes since she found her forte nearly 20 years ago. Now in her fifth season with the Vermont Symphony Orchestra, the 39-year-old…
Jailhouse Talk: Does the new Burlington police headquarters say law and order?
The paint is barely dry on its final, tidy touches, but the transformation of the former Acme Paint and Glass building to new headquarters for the Burlington Police Department is complete. It’s too soon to judge the impact of the building — or its occupants — on its surrounding community, or to evaluate the extent…
Growing Pains
My little sister is screaming and shouting and jumping up and down, waving an I.D. card with a signature scrawled on it in black in front of my face. She just saw Harry Connick Jr. — her obsession of obsessions — sing in Boston. She bought him a dozen red roses, fought her way to…
Mean Woods: Adirondack Trout, mayhem and murder mingle in a new mystery by Barry Estabrook
It’s a treat to discover a solid police procedural set somewhere other than in the mean streets of Manhattan or Miami. That’s one of the charms of Vermont writer Barry Estabrook’s second novel — set in the downright creepy backwaters of the Adirondacks. Whirlpool takes you in and around the little burg of Wilmington, in…
Final Vinyl: Local deejays put a fresh spin on the music biz
The music industry greedily continues its shameless promotion of the almighty compact disc. Consumers continue to be inundated with images aimed at encouraging our expensive, technological travel on the super-highway toward better sound. But not everyone has acquiesced to the thrilling convenience of the multi-disc CD changer. In fact, some of the champions for vinyl…
