2+ mon, 6+ day ago (487+ words) Jimmy Kimmel Live!" is back on the air Tuesday night after nearly a week's suspension. But Vermonters won't be able to catch the late-night show " live, anyway. That's because the local ABC affiliate, WVNY, is owned by Nexstar Media Group, which has said it will continue to preempt the show over comments Kimmel made last week about slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk. We stand by that decision pending assurance that all parties are committed to fostering an environment of respectful, constructive dialogue in the markets we serve," the media conglomerate said in a statement. Seven Days contacted the local station, also known as ABC22 & FOX44, where someone in the programming department confirmed the show won't be airing Tuesday night. They declined to comment further, referring all inquiries to Nexstar. Kimmel was pulled off the air by ABC's parent company, Disney, on September…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago (513+ words) Seven Days is 30, and we need your help to celebrate. With your donation, we'll stay on track, delivering rigorous reporting on Vermont news and'culture. It's been a busy few weeks on the local new releases front. Singer-songwriter and guitarist Ali McGuirk dropped her latest single, "Graveyard," last week. The tune, a sultry, almost trippy slice of R&B, was the last advance single from McGuirk's new album, Watertop, released on September 12 on Signature Records. McGuirk's lyrics on the new record lean heavily into her social activism, which is summed up nicely on opening track "Love Goes First." "Love is the thing that keeps us afloat," McGuirk wrote in a press release. "I like to frame love as a practice. It forces us to confront ourselves and it opens whole worlds and portals within us." Watertop is available on all streaming…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago (716+ words) Five Vermont state lawmakers visited Israel last week on a trip sponsored by the Israeli government, even as Vermont's congressional delegation and a United Nations commission accused the country of committing genocide. Reps. Sarah "Sarita" Austin (D-Colchester), Matt Birong (D-Vergennes), Gina Galfetti (R-Barre), Will Greer (D-Bennington) and James Gregoire (R-Fairfield) were among 250 state legislators from across the United States to participate in a conference organized by Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs called "50 States, One Israel" that ran September 15-18." During the junket, Israel's top government officials called on state lawmakers to pass laws barring boycotts, divestments or sanctions against the Jewish state, among other policy discussions. Conference participants also were invited to visit the Western Wall in Jerusalem, travel to the border region near the Gaza Strip and plant trees in the southern city of Ofakim. Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago (370+ words) Dan Bolles is a culture coeditor at Seven Days. He joined the paper in 2007 as its music editor, covering Vermont's robust music, comedy and nightlife scenes for a decade before deciding he was too old to be going to the Monkey House on weeknights to see rock shows for a living. He became assistant arts editor in 2017 and culture coeditor in 2021. Bolles has received numerous local and national awards for his writing on Vermont arts, sports and the occasional celebrity canine murder mystery. He loves dogs, dark beer and the Boston Celtics. Since 1995, a procession of Seven Days music editors " that'd be cofounder Pamela Polston, Ethan Covey, Casey Rea, Dan Bolles, Jordan Adams and now Chris Farnsworth " have covered the best, worst and decidedly pretty OK of Vermont's bustling music scene. From the rise of Phish, Ana's Mitchell, Grace Potter…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago (281+ words) Some of downtown Burlington's challenges feel intractable, such as the number of unhoused people living outside and the public signs of substance-use disorder. Others, like the pervasiveness of trash and syringes on the streets, are less daunting to tackle. That's exactly why Kason Hudman, 31, of the Peace & Justice Center launched a group called BTV Clean Up Crew. The volunteer members meet at the top of Church Street every Thursday at 7:30 a.m. Since May, nearly 100 people have logged more than 400 hours cleaning up the downtown area. Last week, a multigenerational group of 18 split into two crews that covered hot spots to the west and east of the Marketplace. They were armed with provided trash bags, latex gloves and sturdy bottles for collecting sharp objects. In the latest episode of "Stuck in Vermont," Seven Days senior multimedia producer Eva Sollberger followed the eastside…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago (811+ words) To say that the comedy scene in Burlington has come a long way in the past decade would be an understatement. I still recall the way local aspiring standups milled around shows at Nectar's and the Monkey House, hoping to pop onstage between punk bands to tell jokes to a boisterous, heavily intoxicated crowd that wanted to mosh more than laugh. Trust me, you haven't seen cringe until you've watched a neophyte comic trying to be funny at a Monday open mic between Sublime covers and poetry readings. But that was the standard comedy showing in Burlington not so long ago. "To be perfectly honest, we bit off more than we could chew when we opened this place," Hartswick told me as I sat down with the couple at the club's bar last week. "We had to bust our asses…...

2+ mon, 3+ day ago (354+ words) After refusing to air "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" for three nights after he returned from suspension, Nexstar Media Group said it will allow its ABC affiliates " including one in Vermont " to play the show, beginning on Friday. In a statement, the media conglomerate said it had "had discussions with executives at The Walt Disney Company and appreciate their constructive approach to addressing our concerns." Both Nexstar and Sinclair, which own channels that reach about 20 percent of American households, had boycotted Kimmel's show after it returned on Tuesday night from nearly a week's suspension. But they both reversed course on Friday. WVNY, which reaches Vermont homes as ABC22, was among the stations blacked out. That drew the ire of many Vermonters, some of whom wrote to Seven Days " and the local ABC station " to complain. On Thursday, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) wrote to…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago (399+ words) Mike Kenny didn't intend to create an educational web app " he was just looking for a way to help students master their multiplication tables. "When I couldn't find anything," Kenny said, "I eventually realized I had to build my own." Then a fifth-grade math teacher at the Thomas Fleming School in Essex Junction, Kenny, a 53-year-old Burlington resident, designed hundreds of flashcards that each contained both a multiplication fact and a visual model of that fact. For example, a card with the equation 7 x 8 might show a picture of seven cubes with eight dots on each. For several years, he used the cards with his students, but paper copies were difficult to manage. When the school district gave students Chromebook laptops in 2016, Kenny realized he could create a digital version of the activity using slides. He began to see rapid…...

10+ mon, 1+ week ago (148+ words) The parking lot at Vermont SportsCar in Milton is " like most parking lots in Vermont " filled with weathered Subarus. Inside the lobby, there are three sparkling clean, souped-up Subarus emblazoned with decals and logos. Unlike the vehicles in the lot ... Browse Arts + Culture Designer Bethany Andrews-Nichols and Her Family Remake Their Midcentury Burlington Home Vermont Home Watch Keeps Houses Secure While Owners Are Away Browse Food + Drink Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Convocation: Terri Givens If you're looking for "I Spys," dating or LTRs, this is your scene. Stuck in Vermont: Touring Vermont SportsCar and Its Subaru Race Cars With Founder Lance Smith Published January 23, 2025 at 7:30 a.m. This episode of Stuck in Vermont was supported by EastRise Credit Union. Tags: Stuck in Vermont, Video More By This Author Q&A: Ona W'ldten Designs Knitwear Using Yarn From Junction Fiber Mill...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago (215+ words) Vermont's severe summer drought caused problems for farmers, boaters and people with wells. But it also led to some new adventures. As Lake Champlain's water receded, Vermonters explored islands that were suddenly accessible by foot. Social media was awash with images and videos from their trips to Law and Mosquito islands. Law Island is a nine-acre nature area west of the Colchester Causeway and is usually reachable only by boat. It offers rustic camping sites, windswept bluffs and a trail that loops around the island. Conserved in 1994 by the Lake Champlain Land Trust, Law Island is now owned and managed by the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation." In the latest episode of "Stuck in Vermont," Seven Days senior multimedia producer Eva Sollberger joined naturalist educator Teage O'Connor on a trip to the island. In early November, they crossed…...