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Movies You Missed 83: Cartoon College

by Margot Harrison Posted on April 19, 2013 at 3:54PM

This week in movies you missed: This one's different.Cartoon College isn't on DVD yet. It's also not in theaters.

Seven Questions for... Theatre Mosaic Mond Founder Georgette Garbès Putzel

by Pamela Polston Posted on April 18, 2013 at 9:50PM

Did you know that Asterion is one of the names given to the minotaur in Greek mythology? You know, the half-man, half-bull creature who is condemned to spending his life in a labyrinth?

Video by Flynn Director John Killacky Featured in Exhibit at Bennington Museum

by Pamela Polston Posted on April 18, 2013 at 10:14AM

An exhibit organized by VSA Vermont and called "Engage" was the subject of a Seven Days article I wrote more than a year ago — in February 2012. Since then the show, which features works in multiple media by artists with disabilities, has been displayed at venues around the state."Engage" is currently at the Bennington Museum, through May 7, and accompanying this iteration is a video created by John Killacky, executive director of the Flynn Center for Performing Arts in Burlington.

New Tunes Tuesday (Wednesday Edition!): Doctor Sailor, The Greatest Lyric

by Dan Bolles Posted on April 17, 2013 at 4:13PM

Doctor Sailor, The Greatest LyricDamn you, Villanelles. First, you go on hiatus after releasing one of the better local indie rock recordings in recent memory, 2011's Kiss My Grits EP.

In Winooski, Heron Dance Gallery to Close Its Doors

by Pamela Polston Posted on April 17, 2013 at 2:38PM

Seems like just last week we wrote about North Ferrisburgh artist Rod MacIver (pictured right) opening Heron Dance Wild Nature Art Gallery in a capacious, light-filled space next to the Winooski Welcome Center. In fact, it was February 27.

Want to Start a Dance Cooperative in Burlington?

by Megan James Posted on April 17, 2013 at 1:42PM

Since 2010, Vermont dancers have sweated through rehearsals, cranked out choreography and performed new works in the Burlington Dances & Natural Bodies Pilates studio in the Chace Mill. The place has hosted artists-in-residence, collaborated with dancers with special needs through VSA Vermont, and rented space for visiting choreographers and other movers and shakers.But this June, owner Lucille Dyer is hitting the road to guest teach Bartenieff and Pilates in various places, so the studio is on the market — with or without its contents, which include yoga mats and bolsters, hand weights, a water cooler and fridge, bookshelves and a desk. Here's the thing: Dyer doesn't want the place to become just another office; she wants it to remain a vital venue for area performing artists.

Seven Questions for... the Schadenfreude Circus

by Megan James Posted on April 16, 2013 at 11:32AM

Of all the not-quite-translatable words in the German langauge, schadenfreude is one of the best known to English speakers. It's also one of the most delectable. It refers to the joy one takes in someone else's misfortune.So it's a fitting moniker for a Barre-based sideshow act full of beds of nails, power drills up the nose and crotch-bound sledgehammers.There are only two performers in the Schadenfreude Circus: Lady Riggy and Lazlo, both 31.

Poetry! Poetry! Poetry!

by Margot Harrison Posted on April 15, 2013 at 3:10PM

In case you hadn't noticed, it's still National Poetry Month. Look for a double review of local verse — including a National Book Award nominee who teaches at Dartmouth College — in this week's paper.Good news for another local poet: the University of Vermont's Major Jackson has won a Guggenheim Fellowship.

LCCMF Executive Director Martha Ming Whitfield Steps Down

by Pamela Polston Posted on April 15, 2013 at 10:30AM

An announcement came today from the Lake Champlain Chamber Music Festival folks that executive director Martha Ming Whitfield is moving on. After less than four years at the helm, Whitfield is ready "to pursue new opportunities."Those years have been productive ones for the classical-music organization whose artistic director is Soovin Kim (pictured).

Trumpeter Thomas Marriott Comes East, to Vermont's West Coast

by Pamela Polston Posted on April 15, 2013 at 9:51AM

Here's a cool concert that might fly under the radar of all but avid local jazz fans. On Wednesday, April 17, at the UVM Recital Hall, the renowned, Seattle-based trumpet sensation Thomas Marriott (right) performs works from his album East-West Trumpet Summit.