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It’s the nature of myths that they be retold. But when playwright Sarah Ruhl pondered the ancient Greek myth of Eurydice — a young bride who ends up in Hades on the day she’s to wed the bard Orpheus — she decided something was missing: Eurydice. More specifically, the voice of the central female character.... Read more

In June, John McCardell and a group of college presidents and chancellors founded the Amethyst Initiative, calling for “informed and unimpeded” debate on the legal drinking age of 21.... Read more

Nine local bands took over Nectars and the Metronome Thursday night for a wild party that benefited The Radiator, 105.9FM.

We asked people WHAT'S GOOD and talked to Radiator founder Lee Anderson about the local music scene and the power of bad art.

Music: The Jazz Guys, "Social Stigmas," A Blessing in Disguise

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Human history is scarred by disagreements, from deeply held opposing worldviews to outright war. Even in the 21st century, ancient hatreds still seem intractable. And so far, no philosopher, psychologist or peacenik has an answer to Rodney King’s seemingly simple entreaty: Why can’t we all just get along?... Read more

Three flags — touting Vermont, Uncle Sam and a school mascot, respectively — hang on a pole outside the Winooski School District. It’s a reasonable compromise: To buy — and fly — a flag for each of the 15-plus nationalities represented by the school’s diverse student body would break its budget.... Read more

Renovations at the University of Vermont’s Williams Hall this summer may have exposed students, faculty and staff to unsafe levels of lead dust, prompting a state investigation into whether the university or its contractors violated workplace safety laws.... Read more

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 bins for glass, paper and plastic, to earn even a passing grade on environmental sustainability. And with each new year, schools will be graded on an ever-steeper curve.... Read more

Renee Reiner, owner of Phoenix Books in Essex Junction, remembers being “smitten” with Marty Galvin, her high school English teacher at Walt Whitman High School, in the late ’70s.

“He was the one who taught me a real love for books and poetry and good-quality writing — crisp sentences and interesting adjectives,” Reiner says.... Read more

Free speech is a perennial political hot topic. But what does speaking freely mean in one’s personal life? Actor and Champlain College professor Eric Ronis delves into both the personal and political in his one-man show Things I’m Not Supposed to Say, debuting this weekend at Burlington’s Waterfront Theatre.... Read more

The beleaguered top block of the Church Street Marketplace just got a new boost to its creative economy: a multimedia art and performance enterprise called DesignHaus. The idea for it “started with a trip to Las Vegas to view new photo gear,” explains Jason Robinson, 32, owner of LeZot Camera and co-founder of the atelier-type art space.... Read more