Movies You Missed: Advantageous

by Margot Harrison Posted on July 31, 2015 at 4:16PM

1-4 points: Does it look pretty? 4/4.

Higher-Ed Disruptors to Convene for Oplerno's Woodblock Conference

by Ethan de Seife Posted on July 30, 2015 at 11:21AM

Carol Moore is a really phenomenal leader. All of that is good movement.

New Video: Josh Panda, 'Stick a Fork in Me'

by Dan Bolles Posted on July 28, 2015 at 3:41PM

What I'm Watching: Solaris (1972)

by Ethan de Seife Posted on July 25, 2015 at 9:00AM

All films convey meaning at the visual level; some just do it more complexly and ambiguously than others. For me, that’s the most valuable and fascinating quality of Tarkovsky’s version of Solaris.

Style Patrol: All Your 'Based Arounds' Are Belong to Us

by Margot Harrison Posted on July 24, 2015 at 4:05PM

This is not an easy phrase to search in our archives — plus, I want to retain my delusion that I can ban it forever from the paper and virtual pages of Seven Days. So here are a few made-up examples:

Vermont Comedy Club to Open in November

by Dan Bolles Posted on July 23, 2015 at 3:42PM

Stop me if you've heard this one before. A horse, a priest and Donald Trump walk into a bar, look around and say, "Holy shit.

UPDATE: Vermonters Bring Home the Gold at the National Senior Games

by Ken Picard Posted on July 20, 2015 at 5:43PM

," she says, regarding the week's high point for her. "It was a photo finish!”

What I'm Watching: The 2015 'Gathering of the Juggalos' Infomercial

by Ethan de Seife Posted on July 18, 2015 at 9:01AM

Maybe I’m not grasping the whole picture; maybe my 1990s liberal arts education prevents me from understanding that this earthy approach to sexuality is part and parcel of Juggalo culture. Women who join this crowd may well enter it with the understanding that they will be objectified in one way or another.

The First 50 Pages: The Remedy

by Margot Harrison Posted on July 17, 2015 at 3:00PM

Within a few pages, one dude has fallen prey to backwoods cannibals, and the other is rapidly being covered by a mysterious green fungus. Seems the forest is infested with the latter, and the former — cannibalism, that is — is the only remedy.

Dead Reckoning: 'Wake Up to Dying' Exhibit Opens in Burlington

by Ken Picard Posted on July 13, 2015 at 5:52PM

At least, that’s been the experience of Nina Thompson, executive director of the Wake Up to Dying Project, a Vermont-based national awareness campaign aimed at encouraging people to discuss the end-of-life process through art, storytelling and other hands-on activities. Since September 2013, when the group incorporated, Thompson has worked with Vermont audio producer Erica Heilman to interview Vermonters — more than a hundred* to date — to “use the power of story” to demystify the dying process.