“The Magic Flute,” one of the most popular operas of all time, wasn’t actually written for the opera house. In fact, Mozart created his 1791 masterpiece for a public theater, or vaudeville house.
If you’re not concerned about threats to your privacy, it’s likely that you’re not paying attention. If you’re online, your privacy has been compromised, and even if you’re not, simply using a credit card or a cell phone is enough to allow advertisers to reach you through logarithms written …
Joseph Donohue is a well-respected chiropractor in our area. Known to his patients as Dr. Joe, Donohue owns and operates Thrive Center of the Green Mountains, Inc. with his wife, Lisa, in Wallingford. I have been fortunate to be a patient of Dr. Joe for years now, through both of my pregnanc…
Pawlet native Katherine Maness has returned after a decade in the New York City professional world, and she’s brought with her a new take on the greatest playwright in the English language. It’s an approach to Shakespeare aimed to resonate with audiences in the 20th century.
Back to school means different things to different people. To many parents, it is a sigh of relief and return to normal schedule. For many teachers, it is a return to normal schedule, but not always with a sigh of relief. You may be surprised to learn that back to school also has an impact o…
Several years ago, my wife and I did a learn-to-sail week at Malletts Bay. It was terrific, except when the wind didn’t blow and we had to get towed in. We managed to avoid bumping into anybody else’s expensive fiberglass toys, and generally had a good time.
In the Wendy MacLeod comedy “Slow Food,” a couple celebrating their anniversary simply cannot get their waiter to bring their food. Their frustration leads to lots of laughs — and much more.
Many people balk at the idea of “alternative medicine” for their pets, but what does alternative really mean? We are quick to choose foods or products that claim to be all-natural, so why do we only look to drugs as a solution to our pet’s problems? While medication can be a very useful tool…
In Edward Albee’s “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” made famous by the 1966 Elizabeth Taylor-Richard Burton film, George and Martha tear each other apart with their alcohol-fueled caustic banter.
With a nearly 5-month-old baby, I’m right in the thick of it when it comes to breastfeeding. It has come as a surprise to me that I’ve had many more challenges this time around than I did with my daughter. From damaged nipples to blocked ducts, I have had plenty of opportunities to learn how…
Anesthesia and surgery can be a scary thing for pet owners. One of the most common fears that I hear about procedures is putting pets under anesthesia. I understand this concern because everyone and every pet reacts differently to the medications used for anesthetizing, but I’m going to go o…
Summer is here, which gives families extra time at home together and longer days to reflect on needed new family members. We are seeing lots of new pets lately, which I love so much, but leads me to my next topic of choosing a new pet. As we all know, baby animals are adorable. One of the re…
I’m sure there was a time when chiropractic care felt very alternative, but these days it feels fairly mainstream. Insurance often covers chiropractic treatments, and patients range in age from infants to the elderly. To explain more about chiropractic care, I interviewed Dr. Mark Woodbury, …
While attending the Agatha Christie Festival, avid fan Lucy discovers the possibility of an unpublished play by the great mystery writer. Lucy finds herself on a quest, including encounters with Christie herself, her adulterous husband Archie and his mistress, Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple.…
People still seem unsure about the funky-looking yellow squash called pattypan. Yet, if you know yellow summer squash, then you more or less know pattypan, which is simply another variety of summer squash. The only major differences are the shape and coloring. Pattypans are shaped like flyin…
We were fortunate enough to have Tom Estill from NASA by way of Christ the King School in the library to explain the importance of the Apollo 11 mission. It was a reminder that science can be fun and educational at the same time.
We are in full-on summer mode! The temperatures are hitting the 90s, my air conditioning runs all night, and my hair is twice as voluminous and half as attractive. Summer is my personal least-favorite season, though I admit it has a few advantages. The long daylight and cooler nights can be …
“Oklahoma!” was a box-office hit when it opened on Broadway in 1943, and a new production is a hit on Broadway right now. The Weston Playhouse production, which opens Thursday, underscores just why: This is a show for and about all Americans.
We go out on the boat a lot. My dog loves to swim but I am afraid she will jump off when we are moving. How can I keep her safe?
A crostata, also called a galette, or even just a tart, is one of my favorite ways to use fresh summer fruit. With a crunchy, rustic crust, one could call it a lazy version of a pie. But that’s a perspective I’m fine with after picking and pitting more than a dozen pounds of cherries from a …
In Theresa Rebeck’s new play “Dig,” Megan has done the unspeakable.
Everybody has their own preferences for summer reading. A traditional beach read is often a romance and not too complicated (even a book-sale Harlequin works … in a brown wrapper or hollowed out Tolstoy if you care what people think) but that doesn’t mean it has to be aimed at the lowest com…
Everyone has heard the lines on spaying and neutering, and for the most part it is a common practice. Not many of us have made it this far without heeding Bob Barker’s advice. I’ll help explain some reasons why it is so important. We will start with the fact that Bob Barker said so every day…
Imagine as you are going about your evening the sky is suddenly filled with bright flashes and loud noises. The Earth seems to actually tremble, and you feel the walls of your house vibrating. You thought this was a safe place, but the world seems to be exploding around you. Your owners are …
It’s that time of year when the lush green of the outdoors calls to us to commune with nature for the short window of time we call summer. It might be my favorite season in Vermont, but it comes at a cost: the ever-increasing presence of ticks.
There are so many specialty and niche chocolate bars available these days. Most of them are pretty good too, with creative flavor combinations and unique textures. I’m not sure we have ever had this many choices for chocolate. Most of these bars are made by smaller producers that use just a …
“I and You,” Lauren Gunderson’s 2014 award-winning comedy, lulls the audience into a witty sitcom of two sparring teens, given a modicum of depth by a Walt Whitman poem. But ever so gradually, the flavor darkens as the reality of the situation emerges, finally into a poignant and compelling …
Daniel Andai, Killington Music Festival’s artistic director and concertmaster of the Miami Symphony, first came to the festival as a young violin student from Florida.
My dog loves to swim in the summer, but starts to get a lot of skin and ear infections. Is there anything I can do to prevent this but keep letting him swim?
“The Fantasticks” premiered in 1960 Off Broadway, where it ran for 42 years — 17,162 performances — making it the longest-running musical in history. It continues to be performed throughout the world continually, with some 250 new productions each year.
You’ve heard of gnocchi, the Italian dumpling made with potatoes, but what about gnudi? Translated to English, the word “gnudi” means exactly what it sounds like, “nude.” That’s because this Tuscan take on gnocchi is similar to the filling of a ravioli. If you strip off the pasta, take the f…
Summertime and the living’s easy, mostly. Summer brings longer hours of daylight to do activities outside and often more free time. But it also brings increased heat, increased bugs (I think the mosquitos almost carried me away playing with the dogs in the yard) and more considerations for o…
I was going to write a Fathers Day column ahead of the date, but I was afraid it might read something like a gifts column, and books often make lousy gifts. (Unlike gift certificates from bookstores, which are excellent choices for any occasion).
“The Phantom Tollbooth,” Norton Juster’s classic 1961 children’s novel, follows an unhappy boy as he discovers what’s important in life through his imagination.
I talk a LOT about ticks, but did you know that internal parasites are also a very real thing? We don’t tend to see this as often. I mean that they aren’t as common, and that we don’t see them with our eyes either. Worms and internal parasites are very common in puppies, and not as common in…
Through my work as a therapist and through my life as someone committed to natural treatments as a first step to health, I have gotten to know many powerful healers in Vermont and around the country. One who has influenced both my life and my work is Dr. Sarah Wylie of Red Blossom Medicine, …
If you’ve ever grown mint, you know it grows like a weed. It can take a little time to get established in your yard or garden, but once it does you won’t have to worry about needing mint ever again.
There is one topic that is near and not dear to my heart — Lyme disease. Not only are more and more dogs affected, but more and more people are as well. Lyme disease causes joint issues, kidney failure, heart disease and neurologic disease in dogs. I’ll go over the main things to know about …
At virtually the last minute, Rutland’s 77Art Artist Residency, an opportunity for professional artists from around the world for intense uninterrupted work in studios at 77 Grove St., received an unexpected eviction notice from its volunteer landlord, Mark Foley — and a new opportunity.
There are hundreds of cookbooks in the collection at Rutland Free Library, so when someone wants “a cookbook,” the first job is to narrow down the list … vegetarian, grilling, baking, by Vermont authors, Italian / Greek / French, regional American, etc., etc.
When I think back to moments in my past that changed the course of my life, one memory stands out in particular. As a college student, I ended up with a fellowship in an organization that linked community gardens to food banks, to make sure excess food was gleaned and given to those in need.…
The Cinderella story has been a perennial favorite since its B.C. origins, with everyone from Rossini to Walt Disney creating their own version. A less-known take, “Cendrillon,” is by Romantic French composer Jules Massenet.
One of my favorite things in my job is the ability to alleviate pain in our pets. While our pets seem very far from their wild counterparts, they still hold on to a few adaptations. One of these is the ability to hide their pain. While most of our pets would be lost without an owner putting …
Memorial Day marks the start of summer barbecue season. And just like with Thanksgiving, it’s all about the sides. The salads, dips and snacks are what everyone wants to dig into. There’s nothing wrong with burgers and hot dogs, the typical barbecue fare, it’s just that they’re…typical. But …
People often say to me that the hardest part about my job must be putting pets to sleep. Full disclosure, this is actually not the hardest part. Make no mistake, I love my patients, and having to let them go does break my heart. But I also think that having the ability to release our pets fr…
When Brandon’s Barn Opera produced Mozart’s “Cosi fan tutte” last year, Artistic Director Joshua Collier wasn’t happy with the blatant misogyny he perceived, so he rewrote the libretto, but without touching a note of the glorious music. This year, he finds himself in a similar spot, but with…
Go away. After seven years in Vermont, this was the spring that finally caused me to break down and buy myself a pair of muck boots. Shortly after, during a brief reprieve from the rain, I splattered through my swamp of a yard to see if I’d be able to plant the garden or just have to settle …
So, it may not be raining the minute, or even day, that you are reading this. But, judging from the past few weeks, it will again very, very soon. We are suffering the effects of rain here big time.
It’s 2 a.m. and you hear your cat throw up. No big deal, right? How about throwing up 10 times? What if they are screaming in the litter box? What if they are limping. It can be hard to tell when an emergency is a real emergency and when it can wait until the next morning.
Spring is finally here, with warm, sunny days and plants greening up all around us. I love seeing our perennial herbs coming back to life in the gardens. Our chives seem to have grown a couple inches on one sunny day recently, shooting up towards the sky full of life and vitality.
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