On March 13, 2020, Canadian circus troupe FLIP Fabrique was rehearsing on the Flynn Main Stage in Burlington, preparing for an evening performance of its high-flying show Blizzard. The weather was mild for late winter in Vermont, but another kind of storm was brewing. As dancers and acrobats flipped and twirled onstage, Flynn artistic director…
Lifelong Franklin resident and his wife raised 12 children on a 500-acre dairy farm
Woodsman, artist and developer of luxury hotels helped inspire a renaissance of all things Adirondack
Wife, mother and UVM Medical Center volunteer was a faithful member of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington
Distinguished community leader was a Vermont legislator and founder of O’Brien Brothers Agency
95-year-old matriarch’s greatest achievement was creating one large family
A veteran of the Marine Corps and the restaurant industry embraced life in Vermont
Please join us on Saturday September 25, for a celebration of Beth White’s life from 4 to 8 p.m. at Queen City Brewery, 703B Pine St., Burlington. We look forward to sharing your memories! Related Stories
Jason Zuliani, owner of Dedalus Wine Shop, Market and Wine Bar, which has locations in Burlington, Middlebury and Stowe, is planning to open what he believes will be Burlington’s first vinyl bar in late winter or early spring 2022. “Vinyl” refers to old-school records that will be spun by a roster of top local DJs on…
Kate Schubart’s Spanish conversation class had just started meeting in person again, after more than a year on Zoom, when she started feeling cold symptoms on August 5. For a while, she attributed her sniffles, fatigue and slight fever to a summer cold. Schubart, who is 79, had been vaccinated against COVID-19 in February. She…
When Mary Chris DeBelina moved from Philadelphia to Montpelier in 2015, she brought her young family, lots of enthusiasm and a desire to connect with the state’s dance artists. When she discovered the Vermont Dance Alliance a few years later, a world of opportunity opened up. “VDA for me was a huge part of connecting…
Lisa Groeneveld was 20 years old when Winooski River floodwaters swamped her parents’ cobbler shop in Montpelier in 1992. Nearly all the inventory was destroyed; she saw tears in her father’s eyes, a memory that haunts her. But Groeneveld, a Barre native who owns the fast-growing OnLogic computer hardware company in South Burlington, was also…
new in theaters BLUE BAYOU: Justin Chon (Gook) directed and stars in this drama about a Korean American bayou worker facing the possibility of deportation, also starring Alicia Vikander. (112 min, R. Roxy) COPSHOP: A con artist (Frank Grillo) seeks refuge from an assassin in a small-town prison in this action thriller from Joe Carnahan…
Will Andrews is a prolific creator of new music. The 36-year-old songwriter and producer, also known as Willverine, has been working on a new solo album, a five-song EP called Goodnow, for more than a year. He released four songs toward the end of 2020 and will soon add a single. So, though the record…
A decade ago, SunCommon was just learning how to be a company. It had spun off from nonprofit political advocacy org Vermont Public Interest Research Group, and its employees were going house to house, community organizer-style, to persuade Vermonters to put solar panels on their roofs. Their unusual marketing tactics worked, but then SunCommon had…
It’s fitting that Seven Days is publishing its annual Performing Arts Preview the same week that the State of Vermont is recognizing the lifetime achievement of our cofounder and former coeditor Pamela Polston. Every year the Vermont Arts Council honors a short list of creative people who have significantly enhanced the state we call home.…
Josh Kantor is used to getting song requests of all kinds. As the organist at Boston’s Fenway Park, he solicits selections from fans on Twitter and then plays snippets during Red Sox games. Though he’s spent 19 years with the Sox, and 10 taking requests, Kantor got a new one earlier this month: “Raining Blood”…
(Self-released, digital) Over the years, I’ve written about many odd albums submitted to Seven Days, but few of those records have been truly original. The latest project from prolific Bellows Falls rapper and tastemaker Humble Among stands out: It appears to be the world’s first Juggalo children’s album. The fittingly titled Wonderland is a wild,…
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)”There’s nothing wrong with reading a book you love over and over,” writes Virgo author Gail Carson Levine. Adding to that encouragement, I offer you the following authorizations: There’s nothing wrong with seeking a pleasure you love over and over; or doing a necessary task you love over and over; or performing…
(Self-released, digital) Whatever You May Say, the new album by Burlington’s Portraits of Sawyer, is deliciously cryptic and musically cohesive, masterfully blending styles. With strange, evocative lyrics, it often seems like a soundtrack in search of a movie. Or movies, as it were. That’s a concept Adam Garcia (guitars, vocals, percussion) discussed recently with indie…
About 20 years ago, my husband and I started going to University of Vermont Lane Series concerts in the UVM Recital Hall. Far from classical music aficionados, we were drawn by the diverse styles on offer, from chamber quartets to global music. It was also a welcome reprieve from noisy life with two young sons.…
Even before seeing Kevin Donegan’s exhibition of mixed-media assemblages, you might deduce its theme from the title: “Your Cart Is Empty.” Did you guess that the artist is concerned with rampant consumerism? The thoughtlessness of our gotta-have-it-now culture? (Click!) Or maybe the waste, the environmental cost? All are correct. The phrase “Your cart is empty”…
In 1989, the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company premiered a dance work called D-Man in the Waters. “D-Man” was the nickname of company member Demian Acquavella, who appeared onstage in that first performance but was too weak to dance. The following year, he died of AIDS. Zane, who was Jones’ life partner and the company’s…
A warning for audience members at Modern Times Theater’s Punch and Judy puppet shows: People in the first two rows may get wet. At a recent performance at the Albany Public Library, 30 or so rapt children and their chaperones squealed with surprise and delight as characters in the show romped, frolicked, quipped, tried to eat…
Dear Reverend, A friend of mine is in a band, and she always invites me to its shows. She thinks the music is great, but to be honest I really don’t like it. I want to be supportive — I’ve been to shows a couple times — but I don’t think I can take another…
When Mark Alpizar became the new music director of the Vermont Youth Orchestra Association in July 2020, his first task was to devise a way for 80-plus students to rehearse together — including the wind instruments. The former assistant conductor of the Cleveland Pops Orchestra, Alpizar consulted a 400-page study by the National Association for…
Mass. Tax I am an out-of-stater who visits your area often. I am impressed with the people and atmosphere every time I visit. I was very surprised by this article [“Tax Burdened,” August 18], though. I have been in the real estate field since 1996 and am familiar with increases in taxes and abatements. Here…
What does a spy thriller about a Russian Jewish espionage agent have to do with standup comedy? Not much, unless you’re talking with S. Lee Manning. The author of Trojan Horse and its forthcoming sequel, Nerve Attack, has led a life full of her own sort of intrigue. During her career as an attorney, Manning…
The hefty full title of Baron Wormser’s new novel is Songs From a Voice: Being the Recollections, Stanzas, and Observations of Abe Runyan, Song Writer and Performer. A Guggenheim Fellow and six-time poet laureate of Maine who now lives in Montpelier, Wormser is the author of numerous poetry collections, short stories, essays and novels, as…
IBM researcher was a leading developer of videoconferencing technology
Chef Luiza Bloomberg Position: Chef at fraternities Alpha Gamma Rho and Sigma Phi Society at the University of Vermont Location: Burlington Age: 47 Cuisine type: All kinds Education: Self-taught cook; studied psychology at Castleton University with a concentration in forensic psychology Experience: Owner of Luiza’s Homemade With Love since December 2013, private chef, caterer and…
On a day in late August, lunch customers streamed into Thompson’s Flour Shop for sandwiches on the Morrisville restaurant’s signature home-baked bread. Most of them were as eager to inquire about the newest member of the Thompson family as they were to get their meal. Ryan Thompson, daughter of the shop’s owner, took orders at…
After three years of planning, Vermont Works for Women will launch a culinary training program on September 27 at Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility in South Burlington, Vermont’s only prison for women. Four pilot participants will help “flesh out” details of the 12-week course, said Heather Newcomb, women’s program manager for Vermont Works for Women. Trainees…
The new team members at the Peacham Café introduced themselves to the community last weekend. More than 100 people — from Peacham, Danville, St. Johnsbury and as far away as Burlington — stopped by to sample what Avery Cisné, Jack Billings and Suzanne Podhaizer were cooking up. The trio leases the community-supported café at 643…
