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From Railroad to Statehouse: A Chef Comes Home
Shaun Murphy is up before sunrise at her house in Plainfield, and in the kitchen at 4:20. The coffee is all but ready for her, set up the night before by her mother. Murphy just has to hit the "on"...
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In Morrisville, River Arts Launches AMP Night
A watercolor class, a poetry clinic, a Pilates class set to invigorating tunes: These are among the diverse activities taking place on any given night at River Arts. But on a recent evening,...
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American Muslims Grapple With Interest-Based Borrowing
When Samantha Lord-Konare converted to Islam six years ago, she found herself in a quandary. She had student and credit card loans, but her new religion prohibited riba, the Arabic word for usury....
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Bosnian Women Reflect on Resettlement
For as long as she can remember, Armina Medic has stood up to bullies, even if it meant she got beaten up. In her youth, her grandmother predicted Medic's sense of justice would lead her to do...
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Elsa Wheel, 90, Is Still a High Stepper
You might call 90-year-old dancer Elsa Wheel a late bloomer. Aside from the occasional World War II-era jitterbug as a young woman, she rarely set foot on the dance floor. Though quick to praise her...
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Find a Classic Shave and Haircut at Winooski's Old Soul Barbershop
A cop, a lawyer and an ex-convict walk into a barbershop. No, this isn't the beginning of a bad joke. It's a typical day at Old Soul Barbershop, which opened in Winooski in October 2016. The shop's...
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In Vermont, a Somali Bantu Youth Finds His Voice
When Aden Haji was 8 years old, he and his family were on the cover of the Burlington Free Press. Haji and his parents, two siblings and uncle were the first Somali Bantu refugees to resettle in...
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Bhutanese Women Launch Beauty Businesses
When Doma Thapa arrived in Vermont in 2012, she had a high school diploma in hand but wasn't sure she'd find a job. A year later, she told her distant relative Chandra Pokhrel, "Uncle, I want to open...
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Tea, Cake and Talk at Middlebury's Death Café
Thursday, April 27, was the first spring day that crept toward 80 degrees in Middlebury. The sun beamed, folks lounged on porches, a wood thrush chimed in just-greening branches and the line for...
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Spectrum Director Mark Redmond Tells Tales for Troubled Youth
Mark Redmond waited patiently in the wings at Flynn MainStage while a barmaid told her story of getting robbed at gunpoint, a gay motorist confessed his crush on a traffic cop and a cyclist for a...
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A UVM Student Talks About Growing Up Undocumented
When Eloisa A. Romero moved to Vermont from California last summer, she had two suitcases filled with books, pictures, clothes, her favorite plush toys and a small statue of the Virgin Mary. And she...
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How a Vermont Family Keeps Their Late Son's Spirit Alive
May 28 is the start of birthday season in the Cohn family. This was the date, in 1992, when Samuel Mariano Cohn, the family's middle son, was born. "Birthday season" is what his mother, Diane Mariano,...
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Vermont Manufacturers Provide On-site English Classes
On the evening of May 31, Chanon Bernstein sat in the conference room at Rhino Foods manufacturing company with a pen and seven certificates. An English instructor from Vermont Adult Learning, he...
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Beaucoup de Summer Festivities in Montréal
Between the current political environment in the U.S. and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's boyish good looks, many Vermonters might already be thinking O Canada! But this summer, our friendly northern...
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Vermont Crafters Get Medieval at the Renaissance Faire
Expect to see men, women and children dressed in chain mail or flowing gowns with bodices later this month in Stowe. On June 24 and 25, they'll gather at the Mayo Events Field for the second annual...
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Local Tibetan Shares Stories About the Dalai Lama
Multicolored Tibetan Buddhist tapestries hang on the walls of Pasang Thondup's living room in South Burlington, along with photos of his wife, Nyima Bhuti, and an illustrated map of Tibet. Among these...
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South End Arts Community Loses an Unlikely Champion
Two weeks ago, Sue Powers affixed a handwritten note to a fence outside a trailer in Burlington's South End. It said that anyone who was curious about what had happened to the trailer's occupant, her...
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A Tribute to Michael 'Mick' Deloreto
A new public memorial of sorts recently appeared in Burlington's South End: the name "Mick," emblazoned in all-capital purple and black letters on the second-floor exterior of 339 Pine Street. Over...
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With Imam Leaving, Colchester Mosque at Crossroads
On a Sunday afternoon in June at the Islamic Society of Vermont's mosque in Colchester, eight boys and girls sat cross-legged on a plush red carpet, each holding a copy of the Koran. They listened...
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Slippery Little Sucker Snail Race [SIV494]
6/16/17: The 12th Annual Slippery Little Sucker Snail Race was held at the Intervale Community Farm in Burlington on a windy Friday evening. Farmers and their friends gathered to race the tiny...
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