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Sparrow Art Supply in Middlebury Finds a New Nest
What a difference a ceiling makes. A high ceiling, that is. When Beth Bluestein moved her Middlebury store, Sparrow Art Supply, to 44 Main Street earlier this month, regular customers remarked on how...
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'Phased' at Burlington's S.P.A.C.E. Gallery Takes on the Eclipse
Chinese astronomers began to predict solar eclipses in the fourth century BC. Scientists have known the day and time, down to the second, of the April 8, 2024, totality for ages. Nikki Laxar didn't...
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'Cannasations' Podcaster Kris Brown Aims to 'Humanize' Vermont’s Weed Culture
Kris Brown was in a supermarket last year when he noticed a "tall, skinny white dude" watching him intently as Brown and his family made their way through the aisles. A six-foot-two, muscular,...
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How a Vergennes Boatbuilder Is Saving an Endangered Tradition — and Got a...
In February, millions of TV viewers tuned in to Hulu and FX to watch the world premiere of "Shōgun," a 10-part miniseries based on the 1975 best-selling novel by James Clavell. Because the story is...
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Waitsfield's Shaina Taub arrives on Broadway, starring in her own musical,...
Of the hundreds of students Diane Phillips taught in her 39 years as a school vocal music director, one determined 16-year-old stands out in her memory. Shaina Taub, then a senior at Harwood Union...
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Stuck in Vermont: Visiting the Kellogg-Hubbard Library’s PoemCity in...
April is National Poetry Month, when Montpelier transforms into PoemCity. The Kellogg-Hubbard Library organizes this event, during which 450 poems are displayed in the windows of 50 local businesses....
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Major International Publisher Acquires Chelsea Green Publishing
Rizzoli International Publications, the New York City-based subsidiary of Italian publishing house Mondadori Group, will acquire Chelsea Green Publishing, the 40-year-old White River Junction company...
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The Magnificent 7: Must See, Must Do, April 24-30
Spring has sprung, and there's no shortage of ways for Vermonters to connect learn and have a good time. We've compiled seven must-do events, including Billings Farm & Museum's annual Baby Farm...
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JAG Productions to Close in June
JAG Productions, the 8-year-old White River Junction and New York City-based company committed to developing and presenting the work of Black and queer theater artists, will close at the end of its...
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Free Will Astrology (4/24/24)
TAURUS (Apr. 20-May 20): Bordering the Pacific Ocean for a thousand miles, Chile's Atacama Desert is a place of stark and startling beauty. Unfortunately, its pristine landscape is also a dumping...
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Ever Since the Solar Eclipse, I’ve Been Feeling Weird
Dear Reverend, Ever since the solar eclipse, I've been feeling weird. The event itself was amazing — like nothing I've ever experienced — and immediately after, I was exhausted. I thought it was just...
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Book Review: 'The Trauma Mantras: A Memoir in Prose Poems,' Adrie Kusserow
We live in an epoch of refugees. According to the UN Refugee Agency, as of October 2023 more than 110 million people in our world had been "forcibly displaced" from their homes. This global emergency...
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Two Performances Highlight a Nearly Forgotten Viennese Composer With Vermont...
In the European music capital of Vienna, between the world wars, one of the city's most renowned musical pedagogues was the Austrian Jewish composer Richard Stöhr. During a 30-year career at the...
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Printed Matters: A Vermont Studio Center Collection Is on View and at Auction
Forty prints for 40 years. That's the general idea behind "collaboration," a group exhibition at Vermont Studio Center in Johnson. But the display in the Red Mill Gallery isn't just a shout-out to...
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Q&A: Downtown Montpelier Transforms Into PoemCity Every April
April is National Poetry Month — and the perfect time to visit Montpelier, as the Capital City transforms into PoemCity. Organized by the Kellogg-Hubbard Library, this year's event features 450 poems...
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Page 32: Short Takes on Five Vermont Animal Books
Seven Days writers can't possibly read, much less review, all the books that arrive in a steady stream by post, email and, in one memorable case, a flock of defecating cormorants. No, that didn't...
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This Manchester Center Family Is a National Show Horse Powerhouse
Tango trotted boldly around the arena, mane flying, head upright and regal, like a chessboard knight come to life. The chestnut-colored gelding, an American saddlebred, circled the ring pulling a...
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Floyd Scholz Has Carved Out a Career Sculpting Birds of Prey
What's a guy to do after he's been declared a living legend? Ideally, keep on living and legending. That's what Floyd Scholz has been up to since, in 2014, the Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art in Maryland...
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A Burlington Celebration of Nature Helps Citizen Scientists Connect With —...
Vera Szumowski isn't afraid of snakes. On a sunny April day, she found a nest of the harmless garter variety seeking warmth by the old well at Burlington's Ethan Allen Homestead. The 6-year-old, who...
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A Former MMA Fighter Runs a Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Cabot
Bryeanne Russillo's day started at the crack of dawn with a wake-up call from Nate the rooster. Sporting hot pink sweatpants and fuzzy platform slippers, Russillo headed outside to chip away at the...
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Animal Communicator Amy Wild Wants a Word With Your Pet
Amy Wild talks to animals. That's not especially weird — who doesn't chat with their pets, or with the occasional bird or chattering squirrel? The difference is that Wild says the animals talk back to...
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Legislature Advances Measures to Improve Vermont’s Response to Animal Cruelty
Lark Thompson heard desperate cries coming from a dark Charlotte farm on Ferry Road late one night in July 2022. When she went to investigate, dozens of emaciated, bleating goats desperate for food...
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Pet Project: Introducing the Winners of the 2024 Best of the Beasts Pet...
Technological advancements are coming faster than ever these days, which is both exciting and terrifying. While it's understandable to be leery of what automation and AI mean for the future of, well,...
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Welch Pledges Support for Nonprofit Theaters
U.S. Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) was in Burlington on Wednesday to acknowledge the value of Vermont's nonprofit theaters and the continued struggle they face to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. He...
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