October 18 • 1995
Fermenting Revolution: Vermont’s Beer Biz Hops to It; Straight Dope Dishes the Dirt; Strange, Strange Days; Kitsch it on Cable; Abigail Stone Cooks Up a Winner
Inside Track: Althea Later?
Chittenden County Assistant Judge Althea Kroger is on the hot seat this week — finally. The Vermont Association of County Judges has been conducting investigative hearings since Monday, hearings brought on by Kroger’s belief she’s God’s gift to the Vermont judiciary. But let’s not forget Althea is first and foremost a politician, and not just…
Backtalk: Kitsch Week, Brautigan Library, Jamaica Kincaid, Dan Kiley
FREE EXPOSURE: Say cheeeese. It’s kitsch week on cable. IX TV is hauling north next week to do a story on collector Mark Waskow, whose weird assortment of ad icons are currently under glass at the Fleming Museum. Bad taste maker Ed Owre is also expecting a televised visit —- the art professor doubles as…
Dark Shadows: Photographer David Carlson shoots on the strange side
Something about David Carlson’s photographs suggests he’s just a little odd. Or at least, that he has an eye for out-of-the-ordinary images. It’s a subtle thing, but the cumulative effect of his 40 chrome-framed prints — now showing at Woody’s Restaurant in Middlebury — is to make the viewer believe that reality is not just…
Grounds for Renewal: A Hardwick cafe mixes cappuccino and community
When Drex Wright was growing up in Hardwick, it was still the “armpit of Vermont.” Halloween meant gang fights on Main Street and the occasional flaming feline. It was the sort of town that might support a county jail — not something called the Renaissance Cafe, where patrons sip cappuccino and admire the art. “Hardwick…
Fermenting Revolution: Vermont’s beer biz hops to it
Sages and scientists have long pondered what separates man from the other animals — manual dexterity, reason, emotion. But here’s another, simpler suggestion: We like to drink beer. In the grand scheme of things, it’s our privileged status as beer drinkers — as much as higher consciousness — that puts us over the top. On…
