The Cartoon Issue 2021
Vermont Folklife Center to Publish ‘Turner Family Stories’; Day Tripping With Guster’s Ryan Miller; Thanks to a New Bill, To-Go Cocktails Are Here to Stay
In Memoriam: Christine Cannon, 1985-2018
In Loving Memory Christine Cannon 1/12/1985-7/11/2018 To paraphrase Dr. Seuss: Donʼt cry because she is gone, smile because we had her for 33 years. While we miss Christine, weʼre grateful for the memories we have: the good, the sad & the funny. Christine lived a life that was full of love and kindness, affecting so…
Obituary: Jordan Phillip Snow, 1990-2021
Guardsman and musician was the joy and light of his family
My Boyfriend Asked Me to Use a Dildo on Him, But I Didn’t Know What to Do
Dear Reverend, My boyfriend and I have been together for about two years. A couple weeks ago, while we were having sex, he pulled out a dildo and asked me to use it on him. I’m pretty much up for anything, but I’ve never done that before and I was a little taken aback. I…
From the Publisher: Offensive Lines?
Every week, Seven Days publishes an assortment of cartoons. Most of them are in the back of the paper in a section called Fun Stuff. That name is a bit of a deception. Cartoons aren’t always lighthearted. Over the last few years, the strips we’ve published have offered searing political commentary and memorable caricatures. Tom…
Letters to the Editor (6/30/21)
We’ve Got Kayaks! A big thank-you to Seven Days and its readers for recognizing our efforts at Outdoor Gear Exchange during this wild year and for the generous highlight in “Pandemic All-Stars: What Outdoor Store Helped You Gear Up for Adventures?” [June 9]. While this past year has been challenging for all of us in…
Ryley Walker Talks Moving to Vermont and His New Album
There was a time, not long ago, when Ryley Walker was anointed as the new king of drunken folk artists. The singer-songwriter and guitarist had burst from the Chicago indie scene with 2015’s Primrose Green, a record so in line with the modern folk world that Pitchfork claimed it placed Walker above other such luminaries…
Art review: Kaylynn Sullivan TwoTrees, BCA Center
The soundtrack may be the first thing visitors notice about “Falling Into Language: A Travelogue.” That’s the title of conceptual artist Kaylynn Sullivan TwoTrees’ immersive installation of video and framed two-dimensional artworks in a second-floor gallery at Burlington’s BCA Center. Accompanying an 18-minute video that TwoTrees created using her own mixed-paper works, the track begins…
Clever Girls, ‘Constellations’
(EggHunt Records, vinyl, digital) In March, Maroon 5 front person Adam Levine told Apple Music 1 DJ Zane Lowe, “I feel like there aren’t bands anymore … I feel like they’re a dying breed,” reports the Guardian. He wasn’t wrong. Do you see many bands on the music charts lately? You might catch a glimpse…
Kevin Lewis, ‘Twelve Seven’
(self-released, digital) On Twelve Seven, his fourth full-length LP, Kevin Lewis continues his one-man-band show. The Burlington-based songwriter has embraced the solitude of doing everything himself: playing guitar and bass, programming the drums, singing, and even mixing and mastering. While the record isn’t Lewis’ first attempt at producing an album in the fashion of…
Vermont’s Center for Cartoon Studies Collaborates on U.S. Health Care Guide
In September, every U.S. Congress member will receive a unique gift: a comic book. At the risk of disappointing Batman fanboy Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), it doesn’t chronicle the adventures of the Dark Knight or Wonder Woman or Superman. Rather, the short comic confronts something more intractable than the Riddler, Cheetah or Lex Luthor: the…
Some Kind of Wonderful: Day Tripping With Guster’s Ryan Miller
Learn more about Ryan Miller’s Vermont travels at weirdandwonderful.substack.com Related Stories
In Lieu of Tips, Lawson’s Finest Liquids Donates to Nonprofits
Prior to opening their Waitsfield taproom two and a half years ago, Lawson’s Finest Liquids co-owners Sean and Karen Lawson embarked on a tour of breweries across the country. At Maine Beer, customers made donations to local nonprofits in lieu of tipping. The Lawsons loved the idea and adopted it. They were already committed to…
Drawing Conclusions: Welcome to the Cartoon Issue
Berkeley Breathed’s long-running comic strip “Bloom County” has lately delighted fans with a special cameo: Hobbes, the tiger from Bill Watterson’s “Calvin and Hobbes.” Published on Facebook, the strips portray Hobbes just as he was in Watterson’s beloved strip — a mischievous stuffed tiger who sometimes comes to life. But rather than manifest through Calvin’s…
The Storyteller’s Spell: Vermont Folklife Center to Publish ‘Turner Family Stories’
Learn more about Turner Family Stories: From Enslavement in Virginia to Freedom in Vermont at vermontfolklifecenter.org. Related Stories
A Sip of Summer: Kids From King Street Center Are Slinging Citrus on Church Street Once Again
At the bustling intersection of Burlington’s Church and College streets, teens who attend the King Street Center are learning the finer points of entrepreneurship. Last Friday, clad in bright blue T-shirts, baseball caps, aprons and masks, three middle schoolers and one high schooler stood behind a kelly-green metal stand topped with stainless steel bowls piled…
Many Vermont Employers Encourage COVID-19 Vaccinations, But Few Require It
Michael Monte, CEO of the Champlain Housing Trust, knows he’s stepping out of the mainstream by requiring the nonprofit’s 120 employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19. But he’s so sure it’s the right thing to do that he’s willing to let employees resign over the issue rather than relax the new rule. Every eligible person…
Book review: ‘Daughter of Sparta,’ Claire M. Andrews
Some stories are just begging for a remix. Just like vampires, mermaids and William Shakespeare’s works, the stories of ancient Greek mythology have inspired countless retellings and riffs by the likes of Anne Carson, Margaret Atwood and C.S. Lewis. Rick Riordan reared a fresh generation of mythology nerds with his Percy Jackson and the Olympians…
Midnight Blues? Late at Night, Burlington’s Downtown Policing Is Sporadic
When a gunshot rang out in Burlington’s City Hall Park at 2:45 a.m. on June 5, the four police officers assigned to patrol the city’s downtown had just clocked out. Two of the four remaining patrol officers on duty in the city were occupied with a call about a “suspicious event” two miles south at…
Book review: ‘Ghettoclaustrophobia,’ Shanta Lee Gander
What happens to the world when God’s thermostat is broken? Shanta Lee Gander explores the answer to this haunting question and others in her debut collection of poetry, Ghettoclaustrophobia: Dreamin of Mama While Trying to Speak Woman in Woke Tongues. For her, storytelling is the door and language is the key. Gander asks us to…
Free Will Astrology (6/30/21)
CANCER(June 21-July 22):Philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche said that when our rational minds are working at their best, they inspire us to cultivate our most interesting and enlivening passions. They also de-emphasize and suppress any energy-draining passions that might have a hold on us. I’m hoping you will take full advantage of this in the coming weeks,…
Documentary ‘Disclosure’ Explores a Century of Trans Representation in Media
Our streaming entertainment options are overwhelming — and not always easy to sort through. This week, as Pride Month comes to a close, I watched Disclosure, a 2020 Netflix documentary about the depiction of transgender people in American entertainment media. I was led there by a recent New York Times essay called “What I Saw…
The Magnificent 7: Must See, Must Do, June 30 to July 6
Light the Night Saturday 3 This year’s BTV July 3 Independence Day Celebration has special significance for Burlingtonians. After live music performances by locals Pontoon, Francesca Blanchard and Sambatucada!, Mayor Miro Weinberger leads a ceremony honoring those lost to COVID-19 and applauding the Queen City community’s resilience. Fireworks light up the sky above Lake Champlain…
Dining Out Lakeside at a Rooted Farmers & Foragers in Burlington
Waves lapped gently around boats tied up at the marina. Seagulls soared across a robin’s egg-blue sky. My husband and I shared chunks of sweet Maine lobster on a griddled, buttery brioche bun and crunchy, fried Maryland softshell crab on a lightly sweet roll spread with Old Bay mayonnaise. If not for the missing salty…
Bohemian Bakery Moving to Montpelier’s Main Street
Bohemian Bakery sold its last flaky almond croissant at 78 Barre Street on June 27 before closing temporarily to move a few blocks to a new, larger space in the heart of Montpelier. Co-owner Annie Bakst said the bakery is tentatively scheduled to reopen in two adjoining storefronts at 81 and 83 Main Street on…
Black Krim Tavern Closes in Randolph
After more than a decade, chef-owner Sarah Natvig is closing her farm-to-table restaurant, Black Krim Tavern, on Randolph’s Merchants Row. She has accepted a position as culinary arts instructor in Randolph Technical Career Center’s culinary arts and hospitality management program. The last day of dining at Black Krim will be July 17. Natvig is not…
