October 4 • 1995
Gene Pool: Artist Michael Oatman Revisits a Dark Chapter in Vermont History; All Pumped Up at the Body Garage; Vids for the Dead of Night; Alan Goldfarb’s Glass Act; Marockin’ Roll
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Gene Pool: Artist Michael Oatman revisits a dark chapter in Vermont history — eugenics
In 1924 President Calvin Coolidge — a Vermonter — signed the most restrictive immigration law in American history. Many believe this act later contributed indirectly to the deaths of thousands of refugees from Hitler’s Germany, who were effectively barred from entering the United States. The law was the product of a growing national fear that…
Backtalk: Club Fantasy, Woody Keppel, Envy, Vermont Youth Orchestra, Troy Peters
CLUB REALITY: Friday was not the best night to visit Club Fantasy — the strip club lost its entertainment license right around happy hour. But it did offer drinks and a great view of the abandoned dance floor. Not much else to look at, except disappointed guys slumped over their beers. Women with gravitationally impossible…
Thar He Blows: Burlington glassmaster Alan Goldfarb breathes new life into old forms
When Alan Goldfarb works, he performs a strange dance. He sits, stands, spins and sits again, moving gracefully and precisely. His stage is a rough concrete floor, with unfinished tables scattered about like so many props. Forming a formidable backdrop are three steel furnaces, raging with blinding orange heat. At 2400 degrees, heat moans like…
