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Take a Seat: How the Adirondack Chair Became a Classicnew
What started as a regional, functional craft is now mass-produced in countries thousands of miles from the Adirondacks and bought by people who couldn't locate the majestic park on a map. But this emblem of rural industry still means something to the people whose lifestyles inspired the chair more than 100 years ago.
Seven Days |
Lauren Ober |
07-31-2009 |
Recreation
Vermont Restaurants Struggle With the Packaging Issuenew
Nearly everybody gets food "wrapped up to go" at some point. And eco-conscious diners judge restaurants on their packaging. But when options include Styrofoam, aluminum, corn, bamboo and recyclable plastic, the decision is anything but easy.
Seven Days |
Suzanne Podhaizer |
06-26-2009 |
Food+Drink
Spielpalast Cabaret's Latest Show is Unbelievably Entertainingnew
Burlington's homegrown troupe of scantily clad merrymakers, the Spielpalast Cabaret, celebrates its eighth year with a delightful new show.
Seven Days |
Elisabeth Crean |
05-22-2009 |
Theater
Firehouse Gallery Gets a Boost from Warholnew
At a time when financial news is almost uniformly grim, it’s a special pleasure to get a windfall. Burlington’s Firehouse Gallery did just that with the receipt of a $75,000 grant for exhibition support from the New York-based Andy Warhol Foundation.
Seven Days |
Pamela Polston |
01-23-2009 |
Art
A Wine Maven Explains What's So Special About Champagnenew
Cruising the aisles of the wine department, holiday shoppers will quickly realize that only a fraction of the bottles contain "real" Champagne. So what on Earth do all those other green glass bulbs hold?
Seven Days |
Michael Olwell |
12-29-2008 |
Food+Drink
The Essence of Alison Bechdel's 'Dykes'new
Alison Bechdel's former assistant reflects on a quarter century of "Dykes to Watch Out For."
Seven Days |
Cathy Resmer |
12-17-2008 |
Cartoons
The Town of Shoreham, Vt., Takes It (Almost) All Off for a Good Causenew
The Shoreham Uncovered calendar brings a little zing to 2009 with 12 full-color photographs featuring townspeople in familiar locales -- and little else. What sets this calendar apart from its predecessors is the diversity of the participants: men and women, old folks and young, natives and newcomers are all in the buff together.
Seven Days |
Pamela Polston |
12-03-2008 |
Culture
The 'Forever Young' Generation Reflects on Life in Vermont's First Communesnew
A revival of Hair is giving audiences in New York's Central Park a vicarious contact high these days, but memories of the bygone Age of Aquarius in Vermont have sparked an upcoming commune reunion and a new book, Farm Friends: From the Late Sixties to the West Seventies and Beyond by Tom Fels.
Seven Days |
Susan Green |
08-25-2008 |
History
How to ChaChanew
How to make a little cash on the side by answering random questions on the internet.
Seven Days |
Bridget M. Burns |
08-20-2008 |
Tech
The International Competition in Vermontnew
It's Vietnamese spiking volleyballs at Roosevelt Park, Bosnians rolling bocce balls at Oakledge Park, and Somalis, Sudanese and Congolese heading soccer balls at Starr Farm Park, Leddy Beach and practice fields at the University of Vermont.
Seven Days |
Kevin J. Kelley, Matt Scanlon and Mike DiBiasio |
08-08-2008 |
Sports
A Bristol Nonprofit Wants to Replicate Your Brain and Bequeath It to a Robotnew
Some transhumanists are interested in eliminating certain diseases, or in slowing down the aging process. More ambitious ones, such as Bruce Duncan or the folks at the Willington, Connecticut-based World Transhumanist Association, believe that technology could eventually help us outlive death.
Seven Days |
Mike Ives |
07-18-2008 |
Tech
A Burlington Couple Satisfies Cravings for Not-quite-meatnew
When a conscious carnivore falls in love with a vegetarian, something has to replace the sausages at breakfast. The result: hearty, flavorful and filling "veggie patties" that don't taste or look like flesh but satisfy meat-eaters.
Seven Days |
Suzanne Podhaizer |
07-18-2008 |
Food+Drink
Recipe: Mini BLTsnew
These mini-BLTs are complicated enough to trigger surprise and smiles, yet simple enough for a home chef to make pretty easily. Potential variations on the recipe abound, if you're the type to find fun in cutesy culinary experiments.
Seven Days |
Meghan Dewald |
06-20-2008 |
Food+Drink
With a Halal Slaughter Facility, a Vermont Farmer Becomes an Unlikely Cultural Ambassadornew
Halal meat isn't easy to come by in the Green Mountains. "These people have a right to participate in their religious convictions," Arthur Meade suggests. "And there's no place in the state to do it. I allow people to practice their beliefs in clean, safe conditions. They bless the animals. It's a little bit of home."
Seven Days |
Suzanne Podhaizer |
06-13-2008 |
Food+Drink
'Dykes to Watch Out For' Goes on Hiatusnew
Alison Bechdel has announced she's taking a break from her biweekly comic strip to work on a memoir. "I'm calling it a sabbatical," she explains.
Seven Days |
Cathy Resmer |
06-02-2008 |
Art
