Sep 15-21, 2010
Performing-Arts Preview: Burlington Debates Backyard Hens; A Town Mourns Tristan Southworth; Trading the Stage for the Kitchen
Fringe Friday: Jane Newton
[Note: Due to this flaky reporter, we neglected to post this last Friday. Please excuse the disruption to our regular fringie programming.] For week seven of “Fringe Friday,” we feature socialist candidate for Congress, Jane Newton, an activist grandmother who’s been arrested four times protesting against the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant. We mean no offense…
Humble Pie and the VYO
Everyone makes mistakes. To err is human, right? Right, except journalists aren’t supposed to be that human. This week it was my turn. I made the mistake of referring to a secondary source, and then, apparently, freaking misreading the source. In my introduction to this week’s performing-arts preview, I stated that Ronald Braunstein (pictured at…
O.N.E. Cat Snatcher on the Loose
From the Bureau of Are You Friggin’ Kidding Me?: According to Front Porch Forum, there’s a cat nabber on the loose (pussy pillager, perhaps?) in the Old North End. Read on to hear the tragic tale of Beansie, stolen right out of his own yard. SEEKING FLUFFY ORANGE CAT STOLEN BY WOMAN IN PINKWed, 15…
Is Doug Hoffer Becoming the ‘Wedge Issue’ in the Governor’s Race?
In each of the past two debates, Republican Brian Dubie has called on Democratic rival Peter Shumlin to say if he agrees with a comment made by fellow Democrat Doug Hoffer, the party’s candidate for state auditor. Dubie also asked Shumlin if he was publicly supporting Hoffer’s candidacy. Really? Sounds like Hoffer’s running critique of…
Bliss and the Dalai Lama
Harry Bliss is a cartoonist and illustrator for the New Yorker, Seven Days and children’s books, among other publications. Rona Elliot is a famous rock journalist. The Dalai Lama is … well, you know who he is. How do they fit together? Harry let me know that Rona saw the cartoon pictured here in the…
Dubie Ducks Abortion Rights Question on VPR
Republican gubernatorial candidate Brian Dubie would not be pinned down on the abortion rights question in yesterday’s on-air VPR debate. When Democrat Peter Shumlin asked him whether he’d sign or veto legislation restricting a woman’s right to choose, Dubie, who is staunchly pro-life, ducked the question by saying his campaign is all about jobs. “I’m…
Congress Delivers Another Black Eye to Blackwater
In a 409-0 vote Wednesday, the U.S. House passed legislation authored by Rep. Peter Welch (D-VT) aimed at cracking down on illegal activities committed by government contractors. The vote came just one day shy of the three-year anniversary of a deadly shootout in Baghdad that left 17 civilians dead. The shootout was provoked by Blackwater,…
Election ’10: Leahy Still Leads in the Polls
Conservative “Tea Party” candidates chalked up major victories in yesterday’s primaries, but that anti-Democrat and anti-incumbent fever doesn’t appear to catching hold in Vermont. A recent telephone survey by Rasmussen Reports shows liberal-leaning Vermont safe territory for its six-term incumbent: Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy. A recent phone survey of likely voters conducted for Rasmussen Reports…
Shumlin Leads Dubie in Rasmussen Survey
* updated with comment from Shumlin campaign * In the first survey of voters post-primary, Democrat Peter Shumlin is edging out Republican Brian Dubie by a 49-46 margin, according to a recent phone survey of Vermont voters conducted for Rasmussen Report. The latest Rasmussen Reports statewide telephone survey found only 2 percent of likely voters…
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): When teen pop star Miley Cyrus appeared on David Letterman’s late-night TV talk show, band leader Paul Schaeffer asked her if she lip-synchs to prerecorded music during her performances. Miley replied that no, she never fakes it. For evidence, she said, anyone could go watch a YouTube clip from one of…
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again Police accused Anthony Parkhurst, 20, of stealing a 2001 Honda van advertised on Craigslist by taking it for a test drive but never returning. Orlando police Sgt. Stanley Klem said Parkhurst then listed the vehicle on Craigslist himself and sold it to a couple for $4000. He promptly stole it and listed…
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Wylie Sofia Garcia at the Hop [SIV192]
9/10/10: Large scale textile installation artist Wylie Sofia Garcia takes us on a tour of the Art Hop wearing one of her colorful creations. We make our way from her South End studio to the S.P.A.C.E. Gallery where her work is on display alongside Mary Admasian in a show called Stuck, Devotion – Desire –…
The Chow Must Go On
Vermont restaurateurs talk about going from the stage to the stove
iPhone Goes to the Dogs
Vermont’s Small Dog Electronics has inked a very sweet deal with computer giant Apple — they can sell the iPhone. Until a few week ago, only authorized Apple and AT&T stores were allowed to sell the phone. Small Dog has been lobbying Apple officials for years to sell the phone. Starting in early September, Small…
WTF: What’s the Deal With Live Body Painting?
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot: We just had to ask…
Letters to the Editor
‘Tit for Tat’ Kudos to Andy Bromage, who two weeks ago ably substituted for Shay Totten [“Fair Game,” September 1], who himself has done a superb job filling the big shoes of the incomparable Peter Freyne. I was particularly happy to see Bromage raise the issue of instant-runoff voting in his section on the Democratic…
I See Jesus in My Toast
This morning, as I was making my toast, I heard a quirky little newsbit on NPR. It went a little something like this: “Some crazy-ass Vermont company is making toasters that crisp up your bread in the shape of Jesus. Isn’t that cute?” Immediately, my own toast — a perfect, even brown, still hot from…
Words We Ostensibly, Potentially, Just Maybe Totally Use Too Often
My fellow 7D writer Kevin J. Kelley just sent me a link to a great New York Times blog called Words We Love Too Much that critiques the paper’s language use. The overused word of the day is “eponymous.” Writers here know how I, as an editor, feel about that one. Then Kevin suggested that,…
Bagging the Election: Dubie and Shumlin Face Off
Who needs to listen to the gubernatorial debates? The crucial differences between Vermont’s top candidates — Democratic Peter Shumlin (pictured at left) and Republican Brian Dubie (pictured below right) — will be on display in two weekends, when the politicians vie for the title of “best grocery bagger who also happens to be running for…
Want to work in Vermont?
The 6th annual Vermont Tech Jam will give you an opportunity to talk with representatives from dozens of the state’s most exciting and innovative employers, many of whom are hiring. This year’s Jam takes place in the Champlain Mill in Winooski. This former textile mill across the river from Burlington is the international headquarters of…
Meet Bibi Mukherjee, Digital Strategist
On Thursday, September 16, Bibi Mukherjee of Curve Trends Marketing hosts a day-long conference at the Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center on the Burlington waterfront. She calls it Vermont’s First Annual Web Marketing Summit. Mukherjee, 38, owns the South Burlington-based Curve Trends, a company she founded in 2009 after spending 15 years in the…
