Burlington Vermont Links and Resources

For many young Vermonters, school isn’t just where they learn — it’s where they eat. And with schools closed due to the spread of the novel coronavirus, many students and families have to find another source of nourishment. In […]

Seven residents of the Birchwood Terrace nursing home in Burlington have tested positive for the coronavirus, the facility confirmed Wednesday. The first resident tested positive on Monday. Six other positive test results came back Wednesday, while […]

Over the last few weeks, the news has gotten a bit ... overwhelming. Stories about the coronavirus crisis are coming in fast and furious. In an effort to keep you apprised of the latest, we'll post updates here as they come in, one week at a time. […]

It's time to break the Amazon habit! Share your story on about buying local on social media with the hashtag #SaveLocalVT or fill out the form below. You’ll be entered to win a gift card to a local restaurant or store — extra credit for […]

Updated at 6:49 p.m. Eight facilities, most of which serve elderly Vermonters, now have coronavirus cases, Health Commissioner Mark Levine announced on Wednesday. The revelation came as state officials announced 28 new COVID-19 cases, bringing […]

In mid-March most Vermont businesses, schools and other institutions began closing their doors to brace for the coronavirus pandemic. Just days before, Homeward Bound, Addison County's humane society, accepted two large cat transports. One was from […]

During this strange time of enforced isolation, visual artists around the world are adapting to the virtual space through everything from Instagram projects to takeout knitting kits to online gallery tours. But what are theater companies to do […]

Dear Reverend,  I'm quarantined with my significant other, and he's starting to drive me nuts. How can I get the space I need when we are trapped in our small apartment? — Sir Crazy (female, 27) Dear Sir Crazy,  Spending all day, […]

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When Nicky Patterson started to get sick last month, she could tell that it was no ordinary seasonal flu. It began with a persistent cough on Friday the 13th — a day synonymous with bad luck. And though it was typical for the elementary school […]

The rollout of Vermont author Chris Bohjalian's 21st book has been, to put it mildly, atypical. The international thriller The Red Lotus was released by Doubleday on March 17, as COVID-19 began upending public life in the United States. "When you […]

Just because school's closed doesn't mean you can't be there in spirit. That's the thinking behind three Vergennes teens' plan to invite students around the state — and country — to participate in a modified spirit week from the comfort […]

(Self-released, digital) There will come a time when we all congregate as senior citizens, recapping the insanity that was life in the year 2020. And as my geriatric friends try to one-up each other with crazy stories from the Year of WTF, I'll sit […]

On March 14, with a couple hundred confirmed cases of the coronavirus in New York City, Jackson Harvey, 29, and his girlfriend of three years, Grace Ross, also 29, left their apartment in Queens to seek temporary refuge at Jackson's parents' house […]

During the Cold War arms race, when the U.S. government was funneling money into scientific and technological research, the public intellectuals who called themselves "academic humanists" — university lecturers, deep readers of classical […]

ARIES (March 21-April 19): "If all the world's a stage, where the hell is the teleprompter?" asks aphorist Sami Feiring. In my astrological opinion, you Aries are the least likely of all the signs to identify with that perspective. While everyone […]

Except for providers of essential services such as, you know, saving people's lives, most of us have been homebound lately doing our best not to spread the coronavirus. Burlington photographer and frequent Seven Days contributor Luke Awtry has found […]

Vaccine Could Be Dangerous [Re Off Message: "As Outbreak Spreads, Holcombe Questions Zuckerman's Vaccination Stance," March 22]: Lt. Gov. David Zuckerman is absolutely right to oppose frantic vaccination pressure from people who do not have a clue […]

Earlier this year, Vermont-based musician Joe Mulherin, who performs as nothing,nowhere., was gearing up for a six-week cross-country tour to perform his emotionally driven blend of rock and melodic hip-hop. But, as COVID-19 invaded the globe, he […]

(Sharawaji Records, CD, digital) Brand New Luddites are more or less exactly what you'd expect, given their name: a vehemently anti-tech punk-rock outfit broadcasting from the woods of Vermont. Their debut LP, Terms & Conditions, is packed full […]

Artists typically have websites and Instagram accounts these days. But most of them still rely on in-person interactions to facilitate connections with their work: exhibiting in galleries, selling at artists' markets, hosting studio visits, teaching […]

Each evening, Calley Hastings throws a stack of up to 50 cotton face masks into her Subaru Crosstrek and drives down a muddy road to a rendezvous point not far from her Brookfield home. There, she meets the owner of a local manufacturing company and […]

For a few years now, I've forced friends to answer my favorite thought experiment: If you were stranded on a desert island, what three foods would you choose to have with you? There's plenty to eat on the island, but only these three things will […]

City Market, Onion River Co-op management and union officials agreed on Monday afternoon to an "appreciation" bonus for employees who are working during the coronavirus pandemic, general manager John Tashiro told Seven Days. The bonus will give […]

A proposal to provide more flexibility to Vermont courts to reduce prison sentences during the coronavirus pandemic has been abandoned for the time being. Last week, Chief Superior Court Judge Brian Grearson recommended to the Senate Judiciary […]