Middlebury Chorus Sings the Emergent Universe Oratorio

by Ethan de Seife Posted on November 18, 2014 at 8:47AM

The Emergent Universe Oratorio, the centerpiece of the concert, shares the themes of creation and wonderment with the show's other vocal works. Guarnaccia, who resides in Middlebury, joins some elite compositional company on the chorus' program: The 90-member group will also perform selections from Joseph Haydn's oratorio The Creation, George Frideric Handel's choral composition Chandos Anthem No. 6, and the late American folksinger laureate Pete Seeger's arrangement of the traditional song "To My Old Brown Earth."

What I'm Watching: "Too Many Cooks"

by Ethan de Seife Posted on November 16, 2014 at 1:44PM

Movies You Missed: The Double

by Margot Harrison Posted on November 14, 2014 at 3:00PM

1-4 points: Does the movie give us a reason to care about anything happening on screen? 2/4.

Vermonters! Cross the Lake to See Some Movies in Plattsburgh

by Ethan de Seife Posted on November 13, 2014 at 9:10AM

The infrastructural improvements that will present the LCFF's films is a major facet of the Strand's larger restoration, for which the theater intends to raise an additional $400,000. Home to an old-time Wurlitzer organ that's used to accompany silent films, the Strand is an integral component in a downtown that is slowly but steadily undergoing revitalization.

Vermont Science Writer David Dobbs Wins Journalism Award

by Ethan de Seife Posted on November 11, 2014 at 2:00PM

is about an area of research that's been growing for the last 30 years, especially as people have been looking more and more extensively at gene expression." To study gene expression, Dobbs clarifies, is not the same thing as studying genes themselves.

A Cinematic Avalanche to Hit Burlington This Week

by Ethan de Seife Posted on November 11, 2014 at 9:30AM

Vermont International Film Festival Optimistic About Future

by Ethan de Seife Posted on November 10, 2014 at 4:09PM

has been in a very long time."

PlanBTV Launches #OurSouthEnd Campaign

by Xian Chiang-Waren Posted on November 10, 2014 at 9:00AM

Earlier this fall, Burlington City Arts landed a $100,000 National Endowment for the Arts grant to encourage an “artist-led information engagement and visioning process.” In a meeting on October 31 at the South End Kitchen, artists who work in the area pressed BCA executive director Doreen Kraft to define the municipal arts organization's intentions and goals in the South End, but Kraft said that plans — including for a potential arts center — were "in very early stages." She stressed, as did consultant Susan Silberberg, that the informational meetings were intended to engage artists who live or work in the South End to become active participants in the "creative placemaking" process.

What I'm Watching: House

by Ethan de Seife Posted on November 8, 2014 at 9:00AM

Movies You Missed: The Dirties

by Margot Harrison Posted on November 7, 2014 at 3:37PM

Yes, many found-footage films suffer from let's-explain-again-why-the-cameraman-is-still-filming syndrome. Johnson's solution is bold, but it didn't quite work for me. I would have appreciated a coda that somehow recognized the operator's existence.