Tom Schiedler shows that one is never too old to learn about and appreciate a new art form. Thank you for making me look in a different way.
MacLean Gander is retired from a long career as a professor and administrator at Landmark...
Deborah Lee Luskin , one of this newspaper's original columnists, blogs at deborahleeluskin.com. WILLIAMSVILLE-I have...
Emily Carris Duncan (ecarrisduncan.com) represents the Windham-6 district (Wilmington, Whitingham, and Halifax) in the Vermont...
Meg Donahue is cofounder and chief creative officer of MamaSezz.com, an online enterprise that works...
Two downtown businesses are closing soon, but for different reasons. For Alison Macrae, the owner of Verde for Garden and Home on 133 Main St., it's a chance to retire after 13 years of operation. “I want to spend more time with my family, here in Vermont, in Brooklyn, in Portland, Maine, and in the UK,” Macrae wrote in a letter to her customers in her shop window. “Especially in Bushwick, the newly trendy part of Brooklyn when my one-year-old...
Epsilon Spires, 190 Main St., presents "Freyja's Wisdom: Spirit Magic Ritual and Rune Divination," in partnership with In Situ Polyculture Commons, a new artist residency in Westminster. The performance will take place at Epsilon Spires on Saturday, Oct. 21, from 7 to 10 p.m. Heiðsær (pronounced Hathe-sire)is a group of touring witches reviving the Old Norse vǫlur traveling seeress tradition. Their first Vermont event will be an immersive experience incorporating ritual, song, and divination as performance. "Freyja's Wisdom" is an...
When supporters of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump called the recording of him bragging about assaulting women “normal locker-room talk,” respectful, courteous men across the internet replied in unison, “That's not normal!” Even my husband joined in, telling me, “I've spent plenty of time in locker rooms, and I've never heard anybody brag about sexual assault.” To my husband and well-meaning friends: I get it. We should not accept this behavior as “normal.” But in your denial, you are unintentionally...
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