Supporters of former Burlington diversity director Tyeastia Green converged on city hall on Monday to condemn a report that alleged Green and her staff had mismanaged finances for the city’s annual Juneteenth celebration. Wearing black clothing and white shoes to symbolize stamping out white supremacy, activists gathered in City Hall Park ahead of Monday’s council…
The University of Vermont on Monday announced plans to build housing for 540 undergrads near Centennial Woods. “We’re delighted,” said Ron Lumbra, chair of UVM’s board of trustees, after it approved a resolution to move forward on the project. “We’re sensitive to the challenge in Burlington of housing and take seriously the opportunity for us…
Updated on August 11, 2023. A review of Burlington’s management of its Juneteenth celebrations, first held in 2021, found no evidence of theft. However, a report detailing the review, by an outside law firm, alleges “mismanagement or carelessness” by organizers leading up to the 2022 event. The city opened a financial review in March after…
A pandemic-era program that provided prepared meals to food-insecure Vermonters and boosted local restaurants’ bottom line is being reincarnated in flood-impacted parts of the state. Vermont Emergency Eats, a 30-day program which launched on Monday, is a smaller-scale version of Vermont Everyone Eats, a $49 million, federally funded initiative that paid hundreds of local restaurants…
It was still light out when the first bats began leaving their roost. One by one, or sometimes in pairs, they swooped from the weather-beaten pine box, just over the heads of several people who had converged in Hinesburg last Thursday to observe the flying mammals. “Oh, my gosh, they’re out! They’re out!” exclaimed Susi…
Is there a horror movie scarier than Oppenheimer? Perhaps not. But Talk to Me, an Australian import that had its U.S. premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, has been touted as one of the most terrifying films in a while. Directed by 30-year-old twins Danny and Michael Philippou, who grew up doing stunts in their…
While last week’s column was exceptionally informative, if I do say so myself, it was also a bit of a downer. Learning about Radio Bean’s struggles and the dearth of venues seemed to kick local musicians in the proverbial privates. They’re worried by the possibility that one of the only clubs in Burlington that regularly…
new in theaters JAILER: A prison official (Rajinikanth) goes up against a gang determined to spring its leader from the joint in this Tamil action comedy. Nelson Dilipkumar directed. (168 min, NR. Majestic) JULES: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial for a different generation? Ben Kingsley plays a man who befriends an alien he finds in his backyard…
They say every picture tells a story, but not every one tells the whole story. On July 4, there appeared online and, later, in newspapers a photograph of a moose lying on a busy Burlington street, its rear hooves propped on a grassy curb, bare head in the roadway. It was, for many who passed…
Possibly (but probably not) true story: In 1609, Samuel de Champlain set his stocking-clad feet in Vermont and was immediately struck by two things. The first was how insanely verdant the Green Mountains were. (“Tout est si vert!” he exclaimed, probably wiping some blow from his nose.) The second: how prolific Vermont musicians are. Dude…
LEO (Jul. 23-Aug. 22): Now and then there comes a time when I acquire an uncanny knack for seeing the totality of who you really are. I tune in to everything you do that few others know about or appreciate. I behold the big picture of your best possible future. One of those magic moments…
He’s ugly, he stinks, he’ll eat anything put in front of him — and he might just be Vermont’s most eligible bachelor. Meet Magic Mike, a randy goat who’s always ready to rendezvous. The 200-pound buck lives at Bridgman Hill Farm in Hardwick, where he has emerged as the star stud among a small group…
Bad Veto [Re Last 7: “No Deposit,” July 5]: We all know that it is folly to put all your eggs in one basket. Except for Gov. Phil Scott, who opted to put any expansion of Vermont’s recycling of bottles and cans in the hands of the zero-sort industry. The gov cited that reason in…
If there’s one edition for which Seven Days writers never have problems finding stories, it’s the Animal Issue. This annual paean to our furry (and feathered and scaly) friends is more likely to present the opposite challenge: too much to choose from. That was undoubtedly the case this year, as reporters across departments, from news…
Michele Macy, age 61, stands about five foot six from the soles of her green rubber clogs to the summit of her hairdo, which is to coiffure what abstract expressionism is to painting. She cuts holes in the tops of her winter hats to accommodate it. She has lived in Burlington’s Old North End for…
Many people who love horses view them as powerful, beautiful companions and athletes, and seek ways to strengthen the human-animal partnership. But it’s not always easy. Horses’ first impulse if startled is to kick or run away, which poses a danger for human handlers. They’re herd animals with a complex social structure, but when domesticated,…
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Repetition is a mainstay of comedy: the return of the same pratfall or catchphrase over and over. Repetition is also central to tragedy; Sigmund Freud called it the “return of the repressed.” Caren Beilin’s novel Revenge of the Scapegoat, winner of the 2023 Vermont Book Award for fiction, is both comedy and tragedy. It’s structured…
Seven Days is made by animal lovers. In 2014, so many of our employees wanted to bring their pups to the office that we had to set a daily dog limit, establish a sign-up sheet and spell out a Canine Code of Conduct. At the front of the pack was a charismatic West Highland white…
Marshmallow was chewing on orange daylilies when I pulled into the driveway, while his lady friends — Hershey, Cookie and S’mores — grazed on an expensive salad of terraced landscaping. “The Sweets,” as the pygmy goats are collectively called, eat well at their 20-acre home in Stowe, but the flower beds are officially off-limits. So…
Artists Peter Schumann and Charlie Morrow have built reputations from works set in wide-open spaces. Schumann, the founding impresario of Bread and Puppet Theater, has for decades staged live theater spectacles in the fields and forests of the troupe’s Glover farm. Sound and intermedia artist/entrepreneur Morrow, who divides his time between Barton and Helsinki, Finland,…
There’s nothing better than watching a dog run for the sheer joy of it. Or is there? My dog, Zoe, is 40 pounds of lean muscle and seems born to tear across the landscape. She scales steep cliffs and fallen trees with ease, her black lips curled in a grin, her body a copper blur…
Artist Muffy Kashkin Grollier loves animals, which you can guess as soon as you walk into her big yellow house in Orwell. In addition to a pair of Labradors, there are kittens, a rooster or two, big-horned sheep, alpacas, goats, puppies, flamingos, and baby dragons. The house isn’t quite as crowded as it sounds, though:…
Five parakeets currently reside in the small parlor of Cindra Conison’s Montpelier home. They should be living at the Quirky Pet, Conison’s State Street business, but the store is missing spans of flooring and drywall, and what remains is still specked with dried mud and dust. To fit in the parlor, the birds’ tall wooden…
Dear Reverend, My sister is a single mom of a 6-month-old baby. She also has an 8-year-old cat whom she’s had since he was a kitten. She recently told me she has been thinking of rehoming the cat because she doesn’t have time to take care of him anymore. I would hate for that to…
Last month’s flooding likely walloped Vermont’s fish population as the heavy rains turned rivers and streams into torrents. Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department officials don’t have estimates of the losses, but some of them think the damage could be comparable to Tropical Storm Irene in 2011, when up to 58 percent of the state’s fish…
When Lauren McKenzie and her husband, Matt Simpson, pulled up stakes and left Austin, Texas, for Burlington in 2020, they knew little about their new home. “It was right in the middle of the election cycle, and Texas didn’t feel [like] a great place to be,” McKenzie told me as we sat inside the Wallflower…
Art made by individuals with no formal training is known by many labels: art brut, outsider art, folk, visionary, self-taught. Heather Ferrell, the curator and director of exhibitions at Burlington’s BCA Center, prefers “idiosyncratic.” That’s an apt description of the work she included in the current exhibit “Outstanding: Contemporary Self-Taught Art.” With a title that…
Song and dance open the secret passage to pure emotion, and it’s elation that pours out of Weston Theater Company’s dazzling production of Singin’ in the Rain. The humor is fresh, and the showmanship is first-rate. But above all, this musical is the bright sunlight breaking through the clouds after July’s flood that swamped the…
Mom feeds me really good dog food. It’s a mixture of fresh meat, usually turkey or pork, with fruits and vegetables. She’s fussy about the treats I eat, too. She favors healthy ones with simple ingredients. For my part, I’m not so picky. I’d just as soon grab a discarded pizza crust or chunk of…
“My mother’s a wonderful baker, but she hates pie,” Maisie Howard said as she demonstrated her self-taught pie technique last week. “She did make my apron, though,” the 42-year-old added while rolling out chilled, all-butter dough in her Hinesburg kitchen. Howard’s bright pinafore bore images of a dozen different lattice-crusted and cream-topped beauties, along with…
Imagine a beast from deep waters that resembles the hybrid of a leech, an eel and your worst alien nightmare. The creature boasts rings of teeth that latch on to flesh to suck the blood of its prey. Now imagine eating it for dinner. Michael Tessler is no stranger to bloodsucking monsters; he’s an expert…
A restaurant with a familiar name will open in Richmond when the Kitchen Table launches on September 6 in the historic brick building vacated by Vermont Fine. Vermont Fine, which closed after nine months on July 19, took over 1840 West Main Street from the Kitchen Table Bistro. The latter restaurant, owned by chefs Lara…
Vietnam veteran will be remembered for his booming laugh, wit and equanimity
Getting your summer cardio from swatting and scratching? You’re not alone. Vermont has twice as many mosquitoes this year as compared to the average during the past 13 years. A hot, wet summer has created the perfect environment for everyone’s least-favorite pests, who are reveling in all this water, according to Patti Casey, environmental surveillance…
Summer Lovin’ Friday 11 Beloved bodacious babes Emoji Nightmare and Katniss Everqueer host the third annual Untapped: Beached Whales at the Monkey House in Winooski. This celebration of fat and curvy performers features fiery numbers from drag and burlesque favorites including Ruthless Retribution, Luci Furr-Matrix and Virginia Thick 100. Brie My Guest Sunday 13 Feta…
In loving memory of Allen Moulton (aka “Gramps”)
Montpelier man chose to end his life as he lived it, with thoughtfulness and determination.
After nearly a month on the run, Tiki the emu has been brought safely back to his home at VINE Sanctuary in Springfield, Vt. The 26-year-old emu, a massive ostrichlike species of bird native to Australia, escaped from VINE one night in early July after being startled by a one-two combo of thunder and fireworks.…
Following surgery at a young age, woman persevered to overcome many obstacles
