3+ hour, 28+ min ago  (616+ words) Keizer speaks in unnervingly complete sentences, and he is manifestly kind. On a recent Wednesday, I met him in his driveway; to keep his private life private, he'd politely explained, he doesn't conduct interviews inside his house. We set out…...

3+ hour, 36+ min ago  (755+ words) DISCLOSURE DAY: Steven Spielberg returns to science fiction with this thriller in which humanity makes contact with aliens, and they have plans for us. Emily Blunt, Josh O'Connor and Colin Firth star. (145 min, PG-13. Bijou, Capitol, City Cinema, Essex, Majestic,…...

1+ hour, 39+ min ago  (258+ words) For two weeks every June, young composers and musicians gather on the shores of Lake Dunmore in Leicester. It's not quite summer camp, but not far off, either. Within the grassy borders of the New Music on the Point Festival's…...

2+ hour, 48+ min ago  (562+ words) It's been a rough few years for Craig Mitchell. The Burlington musician and DJ has had his share of health troubles going back to a 2024 performance at South Burlington's Higher Ground. He was playing with his Prince tribute band, PURPLE,…...

2+ hour, 49+ min ago  (314+ words) Alice Dodge joined Seven Days in April 2024 as visual arts editor and proofreader. She earned a bachelor's degree at Oberlin College and an MFA in visual studies at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. She previously worked at the…...

2+ hour, 56+ min ago  (472+ words) Some movies earn their creators an enormous amount of goodwill. John Carney's Once, the low-budget, low-concept 2006 hit about two people who collide musically and romantically " to a killer soundtrack " pretty much secured my interest in anything the Irish writer-director releases....

3+ hour, 15+ min ago  (533+ words) Every fad boils down to a trick for believing in yourself. The audience essentially becomes the aliens, our eyes trained on what's terribly funny, and terribly wrong, about the way we live. Interleaved with Trudy's semi-standup are short sketches that…...

3+ hour, 17+ min ago  (691+ words) Burlingtonians going about their mornings on June 3 were likely unsurprised by the Main Street road closure, a regular occurrence during the past two years of the city's "Great Streets" construction project. But they might've gotten a hint this one was…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago  (470+ words) Ace impressionist, voice actor and all-around artistic chameleon Melissa Villase'or lights up two nights in a row at Vermont Comedy Club in Burlington. Known for rocketing to stardom via "America's Got Talent," the trailblazing standup next broke barriers as the…...

1+ week, 4+ hour ago  (698+ words) Bubbles worked his usual shift at Aubuchon Ace Hardware in Vergennes on a sunny afternoon in late May, but he skipped the stations where he spends most of his time. He wasn't near the rack of flower and vegetable seeds…...