For years, Burlingtonians have bemoaned the lack of a fully vegetarian restaurant in the city. They’ll finally get their wish in mid-July with the opening of Revolution Kitchen at 9 Center Street, most recently home to comedy club Levity.... Read more

If Addison Country has anything close to a restaurant don, it could be Michel Mahe. In the 11 years since he opened his first Vergennes restaurant, the Black Sheep Bistro, the indefatigable chef has exported his approachable yet sexy brand of food and drink to five more places. Though they’re not all still owned by him, all except for the Up Top Tavern are still alive and kicking.... Read more

A blackboard out front advertises sautéed free-range chicken livers. In many small Vermont towns, this might be more discouraging than enticing. But this is Montgomery Center, the town that was once home to Zack’s on the Rocks. And in some ways, a new establishment simply known as the Inn is the inheritor of Zack’s purple robes.... Read more

When a movie provokes a ton of earnest online discussion and pisses off the talking heads at FOX News, it can’t be all bad, can it? It can.

The Purge is a huge teaser of a daringly absurd premise without a story to match. It’s a routine home-invasion thriller dressed up as a chilling dystopian vision of antigovernment ideologies run amok.... Read more

Shawn Levy is in no danger of being branded an innovator. Look up “hack” in the dictionary and you’re likely to find a picture of him. Perhaps more than any major filmmaker (I suppose cranking out the Night at the Museum series technically places him in that league), Levy is drawn to doing what’s already been done.... Read more

Dear Mistress,

I recently found out that my significant other cheated on me. It was way in the past, and my partner came clean to try to fix things. I care deeply for my partner, but my ego is shattered. I feel I should get a free pass to cheat as well, but I want to ask permission. Should I ask? And, if so, how?

Signed,
Fair is Fair

Dear Fair,

Learning that you’ve been cheated on is a serious blow, and it sounds like your self-esteem is taking the brunt of it. ... Read more

6/8/13: This weekend the Warner Regiment, a.k.a. the Green Mountain Boys, set up camp at the Ethan Allen Homestead Museum in Burlington to honor Ethan Allen's 275th birthday. Eva travels back in time to 1776 to see the militia in action as they train to reinforce the American forces in Canada during the Revolutionary War.... Read more

They came, they saw, they scatted … er, musically speaking. And with the final notes of Poncho Sanchez and Ray Vega drifting into the night air on Sunday, the curtain closed on the 30th annual Burlington Discover Jazz Festival. ... Read more

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