At scaredycatart.com, Burlington-based artist Sarah Brunkhorst sells prints and stickers at prices starting as low as $2. Her bright, often humorous digital illustrations, by her own description, contain “a lot of visual gags” while also touching on “subtle social...
Journalist Robert Whitaker and nonprofit director Sera Davidow traveled to Burlington in July for Vermont Mad Pride, where they served as the keynote speakers. Whitaker, the bestselling author of Anatomy of an Epidemic and the founder of the website Mad In America,...
Short fiction by Ron Merkin While walking on stage, John reminded himself not to tell the audience any of his stupid jokes. Then, as he stood in front of 4,000 people, in reply to one judge’s “Are you nervous?” – the most frequently asked question before America’s Got...
Twenty-two of 24 respondents (91.7%) voted no on the summer Counterpoint poll: “If you threaten emergency department staff while in a mental health crisis, should you be arrested for a crime?” The question related to legislation introduced in Montpelier in January...
WINNER: “We still can have board meetings” by Eryn Sheehan, Burlington I want the parts of meTo convene over tea.The way when I was little,I would invite beings ILooked up to to sit with me andTalk over snacks andThe very real pot of teaThat would brew. A place...
