Sep 18-24, 2019
Plagued by Staffing Shortages, Vermont Restaurateurs Rethink Ways to Work; Namesake of Sara Holbrook Center Tied to Eugenics; A Scaredy-Cat Reporter Auditions for Nightmare Vermont
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Facing Staff Shortages, Vermont Restaurants Rethink Ways to Work
The unemployment rate in Vermont is at a historic low. That’s a good thing, right? Not if you’re a restaurant owner. The Vermont Department of…
The Cannabis Catch-Up: New Weed Political Action Committee in Town
A newly formed political action committee is pushing to get a recreational weed market bill passed into Vermont law early enough in the upcoming legislative…
Seriously: Inconvenience Inequality
In this episode, Bryan discuses the distribution of inconveniences in Burlington.
In Memoriam: Hazel Cassinell, 1984-2019
Hazel, September 28 would have been your 35th birthday. You may be gone from this life, but you will live forever in my heart. Love,…
Obituary: Paul Alan Bruhn, 1947-2019
U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy’s first chief of staff devoted his life to preserving Vermont
Obituary: Casey Draper, 1971-2019
Lake Placid, N.Y. native had a ‘flair for fashion and all things beautiful’
A Scaredy-Cat Reporter Tries Out for Nightmare Vermont
There are many ways to die in a Nightmare Vermont event, including being killed by a zombie, table saw, alien horde or demonic lover. But…
I Want a Threesome With Two Sisters
Dear Reverend, I’m 34 years old and legally divorced. I felt very lonely until I found a distant relative’s daughter-in-law, who is married with two…
Vermont Symphony Brings Diversity and Surprises This Season
Quick, what comes to mind when you hear Star Wars and Kat Wright mentioned together? The unexpected answer: the Vermont Symphony Orchestra. A Flynn MainStage…
‘Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice’ Reveals the Pop Icon Was Also an Auteur
You get that we’re witnessing the birth of a new genre, right? Just a decade ago, a tsunami of music docs such as the one…
Burlington Library Seeks More Authority to Handle Problem Patrons
Patrons checked out books, thumbed through periodicals and composed résumés on computers last Thursday at the Fletcher Free Library. But Burlington’s community living room wasn’t…
Theater Review: ‘Every Brilliant Thing,’ Middlebury Actors Workshop
It’s about depression, but it’s joyful. It’s a solo performance, but it’s not done alone. It’s one person’s story, but everyone in the audience can…
Sara Holbrook Community Center’s Namesake Linked to Eugenics Movement
The namesake of a Burlington community center had ties to the Vermont eugenics movement of the 1920s and ’30s. The executive director of the Sara…
Pit Happens: How Readers Would Fill the Hole That Is CityPlace Burlington
This just in: CityPlace Burlington was supposed to be built by now. But, as you may have heard, instead of a gleaming 14-story complex loaded…
Art Review: ‘reVision,’ Kent Museum
The annual Art at the Kent show is one of the state’s exceptional art events, drawing hundreds to its fall opening every year. The 2019…
Frankie Cosmos’ Greta Kline on Songwriting, DIY Culture and HBO’s ‘Euphoria’
Frankie Cosmos is both the moniker of singer-songwriter Greta Kline and the name of her band. The New York City artist came of age in…
Letters to the Editor (9/18/19)
Blind Crossing [Re “Curb Sides,” September 11]: Another important factor to consider in the design of bump-outs is the level of complexity they add to…
Free Will Astrology (9/18/19)
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): In 1959, scandal erupted among Americans who loved to eat peanut butter. Studies revealed that manufacturers had added so much hydrogenated…
Soundbites: Brett Johnson’s ‘Poly-Theist’ and a PSA About Centre Bell
Bell of the Ball? Since I moved back to Vermont in 2014, I’ve made a concerted effort to visit Montréal whenever I can. Before heading…
Christine Malcolm, ‘I Like You’
(Self-released, CD, digital) Christine Malcolm’s sophomore record, I Like You, is perhaps the most aptly named Vermont release of the year. Beginning with the opening…
A Quest for Revenge Leads Elsewhere in Searing Frontier Drama ‘The Nightingale’
Perhaps one of the earliest rape-revenge tales is the Greek legend of Philomela. Her attacker cuts out her tongue to ensure her silence, but she…
Vermont Task Force Favors Monitoring Social Media to Prevent School Shootings
A group of experts convened by Gov. Phil Scott after last year’s Fair Haven school-shooting scare affirmed an “ironclad link” between mass shootings and easy…
Abby Sherman, ‘So It Goes’
(Self-released, digital download) A desire to escape Burlington seized me last week, so I fled to the mountains for a few hours. Speeding down the…
Middlebury College Astrophysicist Eilat Glikman Sparks Curiosity With Quasars
Eilat Glikman was a teenager in the 1990s when a Harvard University professor visited her New Jersey high school physics class to talk about the…
Quick Lit: ‘Five Midnights,’ by Ann Dávila Cardinal
American horror fiction tends to be conservative in its settings, with small heartland towns a perennial favorite. As for its protagonists, they tend to be…
Hackie: The Door
When you’re a child, every birthday is a big event, a milestone. For most adults, the only birthdays that carry a similar weight are the…
You’re Recused! Vermont Supreme Court Justices to Sit One Out
The sitting justices of the Vermont Supreme Court have all recused themselves from an upcoming case because of their professional relationship with one of the…
Zero Gravity Craft Brewery Expands Food Menu
Regulars at Zero Gravity Craft Brewery have watched its food menu expand from popcorn to hot dogs to bar snacks such as cheese curds and…
St. Albans’ Catalyst Coffee Bar Moves Around the Corner
Catalyst Coffee Bar has moved to 10 Lake Street in St. Albans City, 331 feet around the corner from its original location at 22 North…
Obituary: Brent Graves, Sr.
Brent Graves Sr., age 47, died at 5:30pm on September 12, 2019 in his favorite park located in New Smyrna, Florida. Brent was born to…
