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UVM Cancels Commencement Speaker Amid Pro-Palestinian Protest
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield, who drew the ire of pro-Palestine activists, will not speak as planned at the University of Vermont's commencement this month. Univ...
Education Bill Would Speed up Secretary Search Process
Three committees in the Vermont House have signed off on a bill intended to speed up the search process for a secretary of education and ensure the search had enough money to be properly carried...
https://www.sevendaysvt.com/news/education-bill-would-speed-up-secretary-search-process-40813575
Adi Oasis and the Flynn Announce the 2024 Burlington Discover Jazz Festival Lineup
Adi Oasis was on hand at the Flynn in Burlington on Friday morning to help announce the lineup for the 2024 Burlington Discover Jazz Festival in a press conference. In March, Flynn executive di...
News Quiz: Who is exploring another run for Vermont governor?
Answer this question and seven others in out new weekly news quiz about Vermont news. It's quick, fun and informative.
Obituary: Dr. Andrew Paul Krapcho, 1932-2024
Chemist and UVM professor made numerous contributions to science, including co-discovery of an anticancer drug Dr. Andrew Paul Krapcho passed away, peacefully, at the University of Vermont Medic...
https://www.sevendaysvt.com/life-lines/obituary-dr-andrew-paul-krapcho-1932-2024-40798327
Obituary: Kaleb Bates-Wolcott, 1982-2024
Brave warrior fiercely and creatively adapted to his life in an electric wheelchair This obituary is written in honor of Kaleb’s life and memory. Kaleb Asher Bates-Wolcott was born at home in ...
https://www.sevendaysvt.com/life-lines/obituary-kaleb-bates-wolcott-1982-2024-40813343
Woodstock Poetry Festival Replaces Bookstock
The poems will go on. Bookstock has folded, but a dozen acclaimed poets from around the country who were slated to appear at Woodstock's 15-year-old literary festival will give readings at the...
https://www.sevendaysvt.com/arts-culture/woodstock-poetry-festival-replaces-bookstock-40804688
Middlebury College President Patton to Step Down in December
Middlebury College president Laurie Patton will leave her post next year to helm the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, a prestigious honorary society and research center based in Cambridge, M...
Nunyuns Bakery & Café to Close in Burlington's Old North End
Prompted by the pending sale of the building in which Nunyuns Bakery & Café has operated since 2008, Kristine Harbour and Paul Bonelli have announced they will close their Old North End busines...
Stuck in Vermont: Visiting the Wind Phone at the Lanpher Memorial Library in Hyde Park
In 2022, the Lanpher Memorial Library in Hyde Park installed a "wind phone" — a nonoperational rotary phone with a heart in the center of the dial — to allow patrons to "call" those who have...
Obituary: Mary Lou (Merola) Lafayette, 1955-2024
Burlington woman had an uncanny ability to sense what others needed and would generously provide a meal, a shoulder to cry on or an ear to listen Mary Lou (Merola) Lafayette peacefully passed aw...
https://www.sevendaysvt.com/life-lines/obituary-mary-lou-merola-lafayette-1955-2024-40805654
Overdose-Prevention Site Bill Advances in the Vermont Senate
A bill that would pave the way for a facility to help people use illegal drugs more safely advanced in the Vermont Senate on Wednesday. H.72 was approved on second reading by a 21-8 vote, sugges...
You Don't Have to Be a Tennis Person to Savor the Court Intrigue of Luca Guadagnino's 'Challengers'
Italian art-house director Luca Guadagnino (Call Me by Your Name, I Am Love, Bones and All) returned last weekend with a film in a subgenre that has rarely been seen on the big screen in decades...
In ‘Painting the Town,’ Julie Davis Pays Tribute to Johnson Landmarks
A classic prompt for aspiring wordsmiths is "write what you know." For Burlington-based artist Julie Davis, it's "paint what you see." That's why she captured on canvas the village of Johnson, i...
Amalia Angulo’s Drawings at Kishka Gallery Suggest and Question a 'Peaceable Kingdom'
The phrase "grin and bear it" seems a little masochistic. The expression is a prompt to not only accept hardship but to smile while enduring it. "Big Bear," the current exhibition by Amalia Angu...
On the Beat: What to Check Out at Waking Windows
You read that right: This is an all-Waking Windows music section. We'll catch you up on Vermont music news next week. This week is about helping you navigate the goings-on in Winooski for the 12...
https://www.sevendaysvt.com/music/on-the-beat-what-to-check-out-at-waking-windows-40792284
Soundbites: Waking Windows Returns
Things were looking pretty dismal for the state of music fests in Vermont this time last year. The Burlington Discover Jazz Festival had been cut in half, Grand Point North was MIA, and Waking W...
https://www.sevendaysvt.com/music/soundbites-waking-windows-returns-40792253
High School Snowboarder's Nonprofit Pitch Wins Her Free Tuition at UVM
A high school snowboarder has earned a scholarship to the University of Vermont after winning a business pitch challenge for her nonprofit, which helps athletes overcome the mental health pressu...
STRUT! Fashion Show Returns After Four-Year Hiatus
For 18 years, Gerald "Fitz" Fitzpatrick traveled to war zones, building and fitting prosthetics for people maimed by land mines. His work for the International Committee of the Red Cross took hi...
https://www.sevendaysvt.com/arts-culture/strut-fashion-show-returns-after-four-year-hiatus-40791472
Through Arts Such as Weaving, Older Vermonters Reflect on Their Lives and Losses
On Wednesday mornings in Shelburne, five women gather to weave fibers symbolizing the tapestries of their lives. During a recent session, Nancy Rissler, 67, finished weaving a series of letters ...
An Act 250 Bill Would Fast-Track Approval of Downtown Housing While Protecting Natural Areas
For the past four years, whenever lawmakers sought to make significant reforms to the land-use and development regulations in Act 250, their efforts have gone nowhere. Various bills seeking to m...
Aggressive Behavior, Increased Drug Use at Burlington's Downtown Library Prompt Calls for Help
Librarians at Burlington's Fletcher Free Library are doing far more these days than just shelving books. They're monitoring security cameras, trying to distinguish naps from drug overdoses and e...
Now Playing in Theaters: May 1-7
In addition to The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, here's what is playing in Northern and Central Vermont movie theaters this week. Listings include new movies, vintage films and a directory ...
https://www.sevendaysvt.com/on-screen/now-playing-in-theaters-may-1-7-40791876
From the Deputy Publisher: Winooski, My Town?
The Winooski roundabout was still a gleam in some urban planner's eye in January 2003 when my wife, Ann-Elise, and I bought our first house in the Onion City. With help from the local land trust...
https://www.sevendaysvt.com/news/from-the-deputy-publisher-winooski-my-town-40792329
Winooski's Bargain Real Estate Attracted a Diverse Group of Residents for Years. Now Gentrification is Driving Them Out.
Cailyne Crowder called Winooski home. She had moved to the upper half of an old duplex on Lafountain Street in 2015 because the $1,150 rent, cheaper than what she'd pay in Burlington, suited her...