Poet Kerrin McCadden Wins First Vermont Book Award

by Margot Harrison Posted on September 27, 2015 at 3:12PM

According to a VCFA press release, McCadden thanked her students at Montpelier High School in her acceptance speech, saying, "They asked me, about 10 years ago, to start taking risks with my own work like I asked them to do. If I can say anything, it’s to encourage young people to show up at the page."

Vermont International Film Festival to Host Living in Oblivion Director

by Margot Harrison Posted on September 25, 2015 at 1:36PM

DiCillo will also attend VTIFF's opening night film, which fest organizers just announced: It's Taxi, the latest from Iran's acclaimed Jafar Panahi. Banned by his government from making films for the next 20 years, Panahi created this one (his third under the ban) by placing cameras in a Tehran taxi.

Vermont Couple Make DIY Music Video to Sell Their Inn

by Ken Picard Posted on September 25, 2015 at 12:33PM

Graham Hewison and Maxine Longmuir have owned the Sugartree Bed & Breakfast in Warren since 2004. But when the UK transplants decided to put their inn on the market two years ago, they got virtually no nibbles going the traditional route of working with commercial realtors.

On Screen This Week: Wolves, Serpents and Skis

by Ethan de Seife Posted on September 24, 2015 at 2:58PM

Zen Lounge Hosts a Toast to Club Toast

by Dan Bolles Posted on September 24, 2015 at 11:59AM

Burlington Sculptor Kate Pond Unearths Québec Capsule

by Kevin J. Kelley Posted on September 22, 2015 at 10:32AM

A shadow cast from the top of “Zig Zag” falls directly along the beam at its bottom on the days when summer melts into fall and winter slips into spring. The placement of “Zig Zag” carries a personal meaning, as well, for the 77-year-old sculptor.

Style Patrol: Who That?

by Margot Harrison Posted on September 18, 2015 at 4:54PM

sound right, it's because both are right. A person can be either a that or a who.

Winners of the South End Art Hop 2015 Juried Show

by Pamela Polston Posted on September 15, 2015 at 2:31PM

What I'm Watching: Cassius Clay vs. Sonny Liston

by Ethan de Seife Posted on September 12, 2015 at 9:02AM

I consume a lot of media in a lot of different forms: books; comics; audiobooks; video games; music on vinyl, CD, mp3 and streaming service; blogs; newspapers; magazines; shows and movies on DVD and Netflix; videos online. Every so often, I’ll even fire up my cassette deck and my old battleship of a LaserDisc player.

The First 50 Pages: Juventud

by Margot Harrison Posted on September 11, 2015 at 1:19PM

The first sentence "For years I kept my only photo of us propped against my bedroom mirror, until I lost it — the fading print unframed, each crease memorized."