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Visiting Art Critic Studio Visits Available Through BCA

by Pamela Polston Posted on September 12, 2013 at 2:40PM

Attention, local artists: Would you like professional feedback on your work in the privacy of your own studio? Burlington City Arts is offering a Visiting Critic Program, designed to "connect Vermont artists with influential arts writers, institutional curators and commercial gallerists." If you're interested in meeting with Heather McGill, artist-in-residence and head of the sculpture department at Cranbrook Academy of Art, the deadline for signing up for a studio visit from her is Friday, September 13.

Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion Move Show to Skinny Pancake

by Dan Bolles Posted on September 11, 2013 at 3:42PM

Here's an unusual programming note: Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion's performance, originally scheduled for Thursday, September 12, at the Higher Ground Showcase Lounge, has been moved to the recently expanded digs at the Skinny Pancake. And it's now a free show.

Mysterious Stone Cairns at the Burlington Waterfront

by Cathy Resmer Posted on September 9, 2013 at 4:56PM

There was plenty of art on display this weekend during Burlington's 21st annual South End Art Hop. I spent hours on Friday and Saturday wandering through galleries and gaping at outdoor installations.

Movies You Missed & More: The Killer Inside Me

by Margot Harrison Posted on September 6, 2013 at 9:00AM

This week in movies you missed: a mostly faithful version of Jim Thompson's pulp classic about a sociopath hiding in plain sight.What You MissedEverybody in the Texas town of Central City likes Lou Ford (Casey Affleck). He's such a nice, clean-cut, soft-spoken young man — a sheriff's deputy who doesn't even carry a gun.

Former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins Coming to Vermont

by Pamela Polston Posted on September 4, 2013 at 4:40PM

Like President Obama, Billy Collins has the distinction of being a two-termer. Happily for Mr. Collins, his job as U.S. poet laureate did not require making decisions such as whether to bomb Syria, or getting along with Congress.

The Queen Is Coming to Vermont, and She Is Helen Mirren

by Pamela Polston Posted on September 3, 2013 at 3:31PM

I don't know about you, but I think Helen Mirren is more than a queen; she's a goddess. But in the live National Theatre broadcast of The Audience this week — at Town Hall Theater in Middlebury — she is indeed playing Queen Elizabeth II.

Movies You Missed & More: 56 Up

by Margot Harrison Posted on August 30, 2013 at 12:31PM

This week in movies you missed: Catch up with a British TV documentary series that has spanned almost a half century — and think about your own mortality.What You MissedIn 1964, Granada Television ran a documentary profiling 14 British kids from various regions and social classes. The announcer intoned, "Why do we bring these children together?

Seven Questions for Brett Dennen

by Dan Bolles Posted on August 30, 2013 at 10:30AM

Brett DennenBrett Dennen has a knack for breezy, feel-good folk-pop. He also has a new record coming out on Tuesday, October 22, called Smoke & Mirrors.

Breaking Bad With Middlebury TV Scholar Jason Mittell

by Margot Harrison Posted on August 30, 2013 at 9:00AM

Back in 2009, when I interviewed Middlebury prof Jason Mittell for a Seven Days cover story, I asked him about his favorite new TV shows. Mittell, a professor of Film & Media Culture and American Studies, focuses his research on television.

More Produce, and More Summer Theater, From Fable Farm

by Pamela Polston Posted on August 28, 2013 at 9:59AM

Last summer I had the immense pleasure of attending a "stone soup" dinner and a play, Sea Marks, smack in the middle of tiny Barnard, just a block from the general store and pretty Silver Lake. The vegetable growers and thespians both were from nearby Fable Farm, cofounded by brothers Christopher and Jon Piana.