Banned in Burlington
Those of you who think freedom of the press is alive and well in the Green Mountains, think again. The Burlington Free Press just sacked its best op-ed columnist in living memory -- former foreign...
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The bold new color painted on the exterior of Burlington College is Pacific Ocean Blue. On a hill overlooking Lake Champlain, the alternative liberal arts school with 150 students has also experienced...
View ArticleBurlington College Students Tip “Applause Meter” at 24-Hour Filmmaking...
What would Martin Scorsese produce if he had 24 hours to make a film — including post-production? Or Jonathan Demme, or Quentin Tarantino? Maybe that’s what actor Matthew Modine, who’s worked with...
View ArticleAt Burlington College, Home Movies Get a Special Showing
Anyone who’s found old home-movie reels in a drawer or closet — and figured out how to project them — can attest to their fascination. Once records of private life, now these pre-You Tube, even pre-VHS...
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In other Fleming news, Curator Evelyn Hankins is leaving after three-plus years with the museum to become assistant curator at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, DC. “She was...
View ArticleVermont Filmmaker Captures Candidates — and Maybe Criminals
Nathan Beaman is a guy with a camera who gets around. He’s edited raw footage of Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and Anna Nicole Smith. He just got back from “sweating [his] butt off” at the Oakland A’s...
View ArticleWhat's The Worst Movie You've Seen?
Jon Taylor asks Burlington College film students to name the worst movie they've seen recently.
View ArticlePets Peeved
The tag “man’s best friend” for Canis lupus familiaris isn’t too far off the mark, considering we’ve been sharing our living quarters with domesticated dogs for at least 15,000 years. But not all...
View ArticleFinal Cut
So, you graduate from Burlington College with a degree in film production. It’s time to make tracks out to L.A., right? That’s where the movie magic happens. Don’t expect to work behind the camera...
View ArticleHow Do You Escape the Vermont Cold?
VIDEO: This week, Jon Taylor visits Burlington College to ask students there how they like to escape the Vermont cold.
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The Vermont women’s chorus Bella Voce didn’t take a lot of time to rest on the laurels of last fall’s well-received CD, Now Let Us Sing! The latest project of the 40-voice group directed by Dawn Willis...
View ArticleCampus Greens
This fall, colleges and universities that try to pass themselves off as “green” will face an inconvenient truth: It takes more than bathroom stalls stocked with recycled toilet paper, or separate waste...
View ArticleBurlington College Students Press for Changes After Prof's Dismissal
Students at Burlington College voiced frustration and outrage last week over the recent dismissal of a popular literature professor, prompting an emergency meeting of the college’s Board of Trustees....
View ArticleNew Lit Journal Draws Authors from Afar
New literary magazines sprout in college towns like mushrooms. But Burlington College’s Queen City Review, whose inaugural issue appeared in December, is more than a forum for students and the folks...
View ArticleCandid Cameras
Sarah Judd bought an aged house on Peru Street in 2004. That doesn’t make her an “Old Northender” by old-timers’ standards. But being relatively new to Burlington’s most dynamic neighborhood doesn’t...
View ArticleBurlington Prof Goes Undercover in Local Superbowl Spot
Everyone talks about those big-money national Superbowl ads. But last Sunday, a local commercial for Burlington’s Heritage Toyota drew eyes when it premiered on WPTZ just after half-time. Directed by...
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Last January, the low-budget flick Frozen River, filmed and set in the depressed environs of Plattsburgh, won big at the Sundance Film Festival. (Star and former Vermonter Melissa Leo is up for an...
View ArticleGut Reactions
When Middlebury College professor Jason Mittell pitched a 200-level film and media culture course called “Urban American and Serial Television: Watching ‘The Wire’” to the school’s curriculum...
View ArticleCulinary Class
More and more students at Vermont colleges have a new course of study — food. And no, that doesn’t mean trying to decide between chicken fingers and veggie lo mein in the cafeteria. Nor does it mean...
View ArticlePresident In Peril
It’s shaping up to be a rough year for college presidents in Burlington. First, University of Vermont president Dan Fogel stepped down suddenly after a scandal involving his wife. Now it looks like...
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