A Call to Arms: In a time of critical need, new restrictions on blood donors make it harder to give it up
Lots of flags will be waving next week to commemorate the first anniversary of September 11, but some Vermonters will undoubtedly express their patriotism with just one color: red. At least, that’s what local blood banks are counting on. Last year after the terrorist attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C., an overwhelming number…
Field Studies: Lance Richbourg’s Baseball paintings hit home
Some people’s careers are predestined by the type of work their parents did; others remain unmolded by the models that Mom and Dad constructed. Without a doubt, Lance Richbourg belongs in the former category. The St. Michael’s College art professor and “painter laureate of baseball” was powerfully influenced by both his parents. His mother, a…
Bright Lights, Cheap City: How to spend a weekend in New York without spending a fortune
In the city that never sleeps, you’ll still need a place to rest your head. Before becoming indignant at the prices, remember that vacationing New Yorkers pay $42 a night just to lodge their dogs at the Paws Inn. People need more closet space and better plumbing, so you can do the math. • The…
Dude Duds: The McCord Museum takes a long view of men’s clothing
Whenever I consider the differences between men’s and women’s fashion, the Academy Awards come to mind. For better or worse, who can forget Björk’s swan dress of a couple years back? Or Gwyneth Paltrow’s clingy transparent top at this year’s festivities? On the other hand, who can remember the differences between the tuxes Denzel Washington…
Socialist Church
Bet you were shocked to read in The Burlington Free Press’ Monday edition that Independent Congressman Bernie Sanders supports the union drive by the nurses at Fletcher Allen Health Care (FAHC). Wow! Our veteran left-wing congressman, a proud democratic socialist, backing workers against management! It was top-of-the-page news in the Freeps under the byline of…
South of Eden
“Hey, Paul,” I greeted my customer as he climbed into the front seat of my cab. “What’s shakin’?” “Nothing but the bacon, brother,” he replied. “Nothing but the bacon.” He always answers that question the same way, but I never get tired of it. “Dion Street, right?” “Yup, you got it. Actually, you might as…
Pressing De Niro
The soundtrack of City by the Sea should have included “My City in Ruins,” the Bruce Springsteen song about urban decay in Asbury Park that’s since been adopted as a 9/11 anthem for New York. The Jersey Shore community stands in as Long Beach, an equally decrepit town on Long Island that is the theoretical…
