On the second day of the school year, Burlington school superintendent Tom Flanagan strode down the halls of C.P. Smith Elementary School, greeting staff and students. It was still morning, but the temperature outside had topped 80 degrees, so Flanagan had shed his suit jacket and rolled up the sleeves of his blue button-down. A…
Talented multimedia artist was a devoted mother and wife
Rhythm of Rebirth Friday 17 & Saturday 18 Dartmouth College’s Hopkins Center for the Arts kicks off its 2021-22 season with Ragamala Dance’s Fires of Varanasi. Choreographed by mother-daughter duo Ranee and Aparna Ramaswamy, the show explores themes of death, rebirth and diaspora through a colorful, theatrical display of South Indian Bharatanatyam dance. True Colors…
Man of many passions pulled others instantly into his orbit
Musician and woodworker’s greatest joy and passion was his family
Activist worked to make the world a better, kinder, more interesting place
A celebration of the life of Estelle Deane of Burlington and Shelburne will be held at St. Paul’s Cathedral (2 Cherry St., Burlington) at 11 a.m. on Saturday, September 18. Masking and social distancing will be in effect. The service will also be broadcast as a livestream here. Related Stories
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Between 37 and 41 BC, Virgo-born Caligula served as third Emperor of Rome. To do so, he had to disprove the prophecy of a renowned astrologer, Thrasyllus of Mendes. Years earlier, Thrasyllus had predicted that Caligula, despite being well-connected, “had no more chance of becoming emperor than of riding a horse…
Last October, a horror movie called The Empty Man appeared briefly in theaters and disappeared. Its marketing was so lackluster and generic that I remember struggling to write a short description for this paper: “A crime investigation turns into a horror scenario when an ex-cop discovers a group trying to summon something supernatural.” On the…
Judging by pop culture, sympathy for witches — or supposed witches — is currently at an all-time high. Whether we’re talking about the spell casters of films Hocus Pocus 2 and The Craft: Legacy or the unjustly accused characters of Chris Bohjalian’s best-selling Hour of the Witch, these are women who make the patriarchy uncomfortable,…
Doctor in the House? Kudos for your comprehensive article on the appalling wait times for appointments and treatment at the University of Vermont Medical Center [“The Doctor Won’t See You Now,” September 1]. We are among the families who have dealt with this frustration for years; most recently, my husband, who has debilitating vertigo, was…
My mother was an excellent seamstress; she could tailor clothes to fit precisely and was adept at the thrifty practice of darning. Worn socks were not to be thrown out on her watch. I tried to learn the ways of needle and thread. But the third time I stitched two pieces of fabric together backward…
What is the sound of 24 double bassists playing among the trees? Given the limited repertoire for such an ensemble, an upcoming opportunity to experience one shouldn’t be missed. This weekend, a series of concerts premieres composer Eve Beglarian’s most recent work, “A Murmur in the Trees,” for 24 bassists. The musicians will play arrayed…
Green Slice, a Vermont-based and Belgian-made food product that’s sold in hundreds of U.S. grocery stores, is expanding its footprint in the Green Mountain State. Owner Véronique Beittel bought a warehouse in Bolton last month that she plans to use as a shipping center for her plant-based veggie dogs, ham slices and other products. In…
Dear Reverend, After six years, I learned that my partner had been sleeping with someone else for the majority of our relationship. He says it was purely sexual and only once every four or five months. Neither party had feelings for the other. At the start of our relationship, we had discussed the possibility of…
Elka Schumann (August 29, 1935-August 1, 2021) was born to a Russian mother and an American father in Magnitogorsk, a Soviet city known for its steel production. Her family — mother, father and two young girls — left the Soviet Union for the United States when Elka was 5, escaping World War II. She grew…
Raphael Groten searched the room for a drum that could reverberate one’s molecules. He returned to his chair with a satisfied grin, and the drum. “What is sound doing?” Groten asked me. “What is music doing?” He tapped the drum with his fingers, producing a short thooom. “The answer is, vibrating,” he said, his smile…
During the pandemic, “many artists are working on their own, but there’s always a spiderweb connecting us,” says performer, choreographer, director and educator Hanna Satterlee. It’s a web of emails and phone calls, of common experience during a challenging time — and often of appreciation for nature. On Saturday and Sunday, September 11 and 12,…
The City of Burlington concluded its investigation into aviation director Gene Richards late last month with a damning report. Penned by a third-party investigator, the report says Richards regularly used profanity and “physically intimidating behavior” against Burlington International Airport employees and called them “useless and ungrateful to their face.” The verbal abuse was so damaging,…
new in theaters THE CARD COUNTER: A gambler (Oscar Isaac) with a dark past tries to seek redemption instead of revenge in the latest intense drama from writer-director Paul Schrader (First Reformed). With Tye Sheridan and Tiffany Haddish. (109 min, R. Savoy) THE LOST LEONARDO: Andreas Koefoed’s documentary investigates the mystery of the Salvator Mundi,…
Vermont’s contact-tracing program is floundering — what’s left of it, anyway. Contact tracers, whose role was crucial to limiting the spread of COVID-19 in earlier waves of infection, have been overwhelmed by surging caseloads caused by the Delta variant. Delays in interviewing an infected person to learn who else may have been exposed used to…
Vermont musicians are throwing albums our way like that scene in Shaun of the Dead when Simon Pegg and Nick Frost fling records directly into zombie skulls. To keep up, here are six quick-hit reviews of local albums from across the style spectrum. Dig in. Bim Tyler, Basic Ritual (Self-released, digital) In the past year,…
Every year — for the last 26 — the people who make Seven Days newspaper have posed for a photo to celebrate our birthday: September 6, 1995. The shoot usually happens on a weekday and requires everyone to leave the office and convene somewhere else: on a ferry, in a bowling alley, at a miniature…
Twenty years ago, Travis Card started filming his friends skateboarding. As a skateboarder himself, Card recognized that some of the skaters in his crew were getting really good and that someone needed to capture them. “I became a filmer because I wasn’t on the level of some of my very best friends,” he recalled. “But…
Charlotte passed away on April 25, 2021, after a battle with rapidly progressing dementia. She led a full and happy life until her disease overcame her. Vaccinated friends and family are invited to an informal open-house celebration of her life on Saturday, September 25, from 3 to 6 p.m. in the Gallery at the Vermont…
On August 19 at Shelburne Farms, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack heard from 10 Vermonters involved with the state’s farm-to-school program. The group included school food service directors, nonprofit and government leaders in agriculture and child nutrition, a vegetable farmer, and Jeswin Antony, a 16-year-old Harwood Union High…
Fried chicken lovers: Flock to Pittsford. Just north of Rutland on a flat, open stretch of Route 7, the unassuming Cluckin’ Café & Culinary Institute appears like an oasis. It’s in a town without many restaurants on a road with few dining destinations. Inside is some of the best fried chicken in the state, from…
A new Thursday on-farm market brings together almost a dozen food and drink producers connected to Nordic Farm to offer their wares at 1211 Ethan Allen Highway in Charlotte. The Nordic Nite Out series kicked off August 26 and will continue through October 7, from 4 to 7 p.m. Attendees can purchase bread baked at…
Carnival of Light Monday 13-Tuesday 14 Hideaway Circus’ New England tour takes the troupe to American Flatbread Waitsfield Hearth for three showings of their new performance, Stars Above. Incorporating influences from both contemporary and classical circus traditions, the family-friendly extravaganza follows the story of a traveling group of carnies and features original music, fabulous feats…
