contents
LOOKING FORWARD
SEPTEMBER 12-19, 2012 VOL.18 NO.02 PERFORMING ARTS PREVIEW What does that little nip in the morning air mean to you? An excuse to buy a new sweater? Time to clean the grill? The college students are back? All that and … the new performing-arts season is upon us! And to anyone who loves the promise of a darkened theater — whether the experience to come is chamber music or beatbox, standup or avant-garde weirdness — it’s a thrilling time of year. In this issue, we sample the shows, in every genre and from venues around the area, and also investigate what’s new behind the scenes. In State of the Arts, we “review” the Flynn’s million-dollar seats, and take note of upcoming film series. Choose your magic — in 2-D, 3-D or HD.
NEWS 16
The Republican Candidate for Attorney General Makes His Case
FEATURES
30 On With the Show
Performing arts: The 20122013 performing-arts preview
BY ANDY BROMAGE
18
BY PAMELA POLSTON & STAFF
Seven Things Vermonters Should Know About the New Québec Government
46 School “Spirit”
Back to school: Championship basketball isn’t enough to save Rutland’s Catholic high school
BY KEN PICARD
20 A Proposed Power Line in Winooski 21
BY KATHRYN FLAGG
50 Drink to Your Health
BY KEN PICARD
Food: Mixing up restorative libations for fall
Fact Checker
BY ANDY BROMAGE & ANNE GALLOWAY
BY CORIN HIRSCH
22
The Seat’s the Thing: Testing the Flynn’s New Million-Dollar Chairs
BY MEGAN JAMES
22
For Fest Fare, Look to Local Film Series
Food: Brandon Music Café combines music and food BY ALICE LEVIT T
78 Charm School
BY MARGOT HARRISON
23
A New Theater Project Explores Jewish History
COLUMNS
14 Fair Game
Open season on Vermont politics BY PAUL HEINTZ
27 Whiskey Tango Foxtrot We just had to ask… BY DAN BOLLES
28 Poli Psy
On the public uses and abuses of emotion BY JUDITH LEVINE
51 Side Dishes
54 Savory Notes
ARTS NEWS
You can’t beat Frye for back to school!
Music: Vetiver’s Andy Cabic talks about songwriting, producing and staying home BY DAN BOLLES
Food news
BY CORIN HIRSCH, ALICE LEVIT T & SARAH ALEXANDER
79 Soundbites
Music news and views BY DAN BOLLES
103 Mistress Maeve
Your guide to love and lust BY MISTRESS MAEVE
BY ERIK ESCKILSEN
24
Lost Nation Tackles Death and Magical Thinking
STUFF TO DO
24
A Dance About Death, and Life, With Humor
BY MEGAN JAMES
REVIEWS
83 Music 86 Art
VIDEO
Sleepwalk With Me; The Words
Stuck in Vermont: Hardcore Punk. Vermont’s underground music scene is alive and well — last weekend, five hardcore punk bands played in a subterranean South End venue. Eva Sollberger was there with her camera, and survived to tell the tale.
92 Movies
FUN STUFF
26 95 96 97 98 98 98 98 99 99 99 99 101
CLASSIFIEDS vehicles housing services homeworks calcoku/sudoku fsbo buy this stuff crossword music art legals puzzle answers jobs
COVER IMAGE: KIDD PIVOT COVER DESIGN: CELIA HAZARD
C-2 C-2 C-2 C-3 C-4 C-4 C-4 C-5 C-5 C-5 C-5 C-7 C-8
on the Marketplace 862.5126 dearlucy.com Mon-Sat 10-8 Sun 11-6
sevendaysvt.com/multimedia
4v-dearlucy091212.indd 1
CONTENTS 11
straight dope movies you missed news quirks free will astrology bliss, ted rall lulu eightball the k chronicles this modern world bill the cockroach red meat tiny sepuku american elf personals
38 Church Street
SEVEN DAYS
James Vogler, WalkOver Gallery
09.12.12-09.19.12
Michael Chorney and Dollar General, Dispensation of the Ordinary; Vetica, Signal Path
SEVENDAYSVT.COM
13 The Magnificent 7 56 Calendar 72 Classes 78 Music 86 Art 92 Movies
BY CORIN HIRSCH
9/11/12 7:31 AM