Live Culture

Montréal en Lumière Festival Beckons, All Week Long

by Pamela Polston Posted on February 23, 2014 at 3:08PM

There is also a dizzying array of food options, and I planned to take full advantage of them. The Haiti headquarters hold particular appeal for me, but there are loads of vendors of the gourmet, street-food and alcoholic variety, not to mention dinners created by celebrity chefs.

The Bruce Lee quotation is an especially excellent touch.

In Vermont, Even Righteous Anger Is Friendly

by Ethan de Seife Posted on February 22, 2014 at 1:00PM

, maybe it was a good choice for them. I believe that this person is not really bad.

Movies You Missed & More: The Summit

by Margot Harrison Posted on February 21, 2014 at 5:01PM

5. Philosophical maunderings and such: occasional.

Burlington Film Society Joins Forces With Vermont International Film Foundation

by Ethan de Seife Posted on February 21, 2014 at 2:05PM

At last evening's Burlington Film Society screening of The Punk Singer at Main Street Landing, the society's organizers made an announcement that may have long-term ramifications for film culture in Burlington, and in Vermont as a whole. Effective immediately, the BFS will operate under the aegis of the Vermont International Film Foundation (VTIFF), yet will retain a degree of independence.

Ellis Jacobson in Adapted From Samuel Beckett

Don't Miss: Ellis Jacobson Closes LNT's Winterfest with Original One-Man Show

by Xian Chiang-Waren Posted on February 21, 2014 at 1:27PM

Performances of Adapted From Samuel Beckett are this weekend: Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m., Sunday matinée at 2 p.m. $15-20.

Do You Feel Lucky, Punk? 'Blind Faith' Tix on Sale for Grand Point North

by Dan Bolles Posted on February 19, 2014 at 3:44PM

The cast of the Netflix series "Orange Is the New Black," based on Piper Kerman's memoir

'Orange Is the New Black' Author Coming to UVM

by Xian Chiang-Waren Posted on February 18, 2014 at 4:59PM

That's about where the television show and the memoir start off. Reviewers have characterized the book as most successful when Kerman delves into the lives of those she meets while incarcerated.

What I'm Watching: 'Suburbia'

by Ethan de Seife Posted on February 18, 2014 at 4:17PM

*A little digging around has revealed some incomplete but tantalizing evidence that Spheeris, as a 23-year-old film student in 1968, directed one feature-length film before she made The Decline of Western Civilization. Its provocative title is Uncle Tom’s Fairy Tales: The Movie for Homosexuals, and starred Richard Pryor in one of his first film roles.