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5 days ago
- Entertainment
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What to know about Burlington's Discover Jazz Festival, from music to street construction
The sounds of Burlington so far this spring have been decidedly non-musical, unless you count the rhythmic "beep-beep-beep" of endless construction vehicles tearing holes in the pavement as part of the city's Great Streets project. Thankfully, the real music begins June 4. That's when the annual Burlington Discover Jazz Festival becomes the dominant sound – the dominant event, for that matter – in and around downtown for five days. Some performances are indoors but many are outside, giving listeners the chance to hear sweet sounds as they make their way through the confusing maze of construction-addled city streets. The festival schedule is a bit of a maze itself, though a happy one as music fans salivate over the intriguing musical choices listed therein. In this space we're highlighting some of the marquee concerts as well as the ever-popular school-band performances and a few of the unofficial events that Burlington venues present to piggy-back onto the festival itself. We'll also wade into the construction morass and provide some advice on how to maneuver the ever-changing landscape of street closures and parking. (All of these performances are free unless otherwise indicated.) Wednesday, June 4 7:30 p.m., a night of music titled 'Origins: Sounds & Stories of the African Diaspora' includes performers Fred Wesley, Camilla Thurman, Cedric Burnside, Greg Osby and local rockers Julian Hackney and his father, Bobby Hackney Sr., the Flynn. $32-$53. 8:30 p.m., New Orleans-styled group Jon McBride's Big Easy headlines a show with special guest (and Burlington-based singer-songwriter) Ryan Montbleau, Big Joe's at the Vermont Comedy Club. 11:30 p.m., festival curator and bass player Anthony Tidd leads his 'Sittin' In' open jam this night and at the same time every night of the festival, Big Joe's at the Vermont Comedy Club. Thursday, June 5 5:30 p.m., settle in after your workday is done for a set by long-running Vermont instrumental trio Vorcza, FlynnSpace. 8:30 p.m., catch rising South Burlington jazz singer Rachel Ambaye and her quartet, Big Joe's at the Vermont Comedy Club. 10 p.m., end a strong night for local sounds with a performance by the Parker Shper Ensemble, Big Joe's at the Vermont Comedy Club. Friday, June 6 4:30 p.m., an evening of outdoor music begins with DJ Tad Cautious before performances at 5:30 p.m. by the Roy Hargrove Big Band; 6:55 p.m., local singer Kat Wright; 8 p.m., Afro-Cuban act Okan; and at 9:25 p.m., a celebration of the music of The Meters by Dumpstaphunk featuring George Porter Jr., Waterfront Park. 5:30 p.m., flutist and composer Nicole Mitchell performs, FlynnSpace. 10 p.m., Portuguese vocalist Sara Serpa and guitarist Andre Matos perform as a duo, Big Joe's at the Vermont Comedy Club. Saturday, June 7 Noon, start the day early with a performance by the Steve Lehman Trio with special guest Paul Cornish, FlynnSpace. 4 p.m., a second consecutive evening of outdoor music starts with DJ Taka, followed at 5 p.m. by local African-inspired group Sabouyouma; 6:20 p.m., festival curator Anthony Tidd's Quite Sane; 7:40 p.m., Virginia-based jazz group Butcher Brown; and at 9:15 p.m., The Soul Rebels with special guests Rakim and Talib Kweli, Waterfront Park. 8:30 p.m., local jazz singer Tiffany Pfeiffer and her trio play Big Joe's at the Vermont Comedy Club. Sunday, June 8 3 p.m., Vermont world-music performer Avi Salloway & Friends play The Skinny Pancake. 6 p.m., saxophone player Ravi Coltrane presents 'Translinear Light: The Music of Alice Coltrane,' a tribute to his mother that features guest performer Brandee Younger, the Flynn. $32.63.50. 8:30 and 10 p.m., Chilean saxophone titan Melissa Aldana helps wind the festival down with two sets inside Big Joe's at the Vermont Comedy Club. More than 40 bands affiliated with Vermont schools will play weekdays at three locations along the Church Street Marketplace, as they do in an annual beloved tradition. Bands from Chittenden County include: Wednesday, June 4 – 11 a.m., Sustainability Academy (bottom stage) and Shelburne Community Stage Band (top stage); 11:20 a.m., Champlain Elementary (bottom stage); 11:55 a.m., Edmunds Elementary Chorus (bottom stage); 12:35 p.m., Edmunds Middle School Jazz Band (bottom stage); 1:25 p.m., Hunt Middle School Jazz Band (bottom stage); 1:40 p.m., Browns River Jazz Band (top stage); 2:15 p.m., Burlington High School Jazz Band (bottom stage); 3 p.m., Winooski High School Jazz Band (top stage); 4 p.m., Winooski High School Chorus (bottom stage). Thursday, June 5 – 11:40 a.m., Charlotte Central School Jazz Band (middle stage); 2:40 p.m., Essex Jazz Collective (bottom stage). Friday, June 6 – 11 a.m., Hinesburg Community School Jazz Band (top stage); 1:40 p.m., Albert D. Lawton Jazz Band (bottom stage); 1:40 p.m., South Burlington High School Jazz Band (top stage); 3:20 p.m., Colchester Middle School Jazz Band (bottom stage); 4:20 p.m., Colchester High School Jazz Band (bottom stage). Venues throughout the city will host jazz showcases as well. Here are a couple of highlights from each day of the festival (free unless otherwise indicated): Wednesday, June 4 5 p.m., Vermont drummer Dan Ryan leads The Dan Ryan Express, American Flatbread. 7 p.m., 'The Ladies of the 126 Showcase' features Rachel Ambaye, Janea Hudson, Bella Sances, Victoria Fearn, Julianna Luna and The 126 House Band, The 126. Thursday, June 5 8:30 p.m., Vermont trumpeter Ray Vega settles in for a four-night residency Wednesday through Saturday, and on this night offers Latin jazz with his Afro-Caribbean Jazz Ensemble, Juniper at Hotel Vermont. 9 p.m., a local guitar whiz leads Bob Wagner & Friends, Nectar's. $15 in advance, $20 day of show. Friday, June 6 8:30 p.m., pop-rockers follow Vermont-raised singer-songwriter Reid Parsons, The Lounge at Nectar's. $20. 9 p.m., things are hopping downstairs, too, with local favorites the Grippo Funk Band, Nectar's. $15 in advance, $20 day of show. Saturday, June 7 6 p.m., soulful Burlington rocker Ali McGuirk joins Acqua Mossa, Radio Bean. $15. (This show was moved from The District VT, the Pine Street venue formerly known as ArtsRiot that closed May 28.) 9 p.m., speaking of venues that are closing, drummer Blaque Dynamite and opener Breathwork play Nectar's on the last night before an announced summer hiatus for the legendary Main Street spot. $20 in advance, $25 day of show. Sunday, June 8 1 p.m., an afternoon of music presented by the Vermont Blues Society starts with Sunny Lowdown, followed at 2 p.m. by the All Night Boogie Band and 3:30 p.m. with a blues jam hosted by the Nerbak Brothers, Red Square. 5 p.m., dance the late afternoon away with Sonido Mal Maiz, The Skinny Pancake Enough talk about fun, fun, fun: The logistics for this year's Burlington Discover Jazz Festival could be especially challenging given the ongoing 'Great Streets BTV' project that is tearing up pavement throughout downtown. Kevin Sweeney, director of marketing for the festival's presenter, the Flynn, told the Burlington Free Press in an email that the venue is directing patrons to the website for Great Streets BTV for driving and parking recommendations. Information on that page changes weekly; as of 10 a.m. June 2, the Great Streets BTV website reports that the Main Street/South Winooski Avenue and Main/St. Paul streets intersections are open for north-south traffic. The intersection at Main and Church streets is fully closed to vehicular traffic. The Flynn's website has information related to Great Streets BTV as well, especially as it relates to the area of Main Street in front of the Flynn and FlynnSpace. 'Main Street is currently open between Church Street and St Paul Street,' the Flynn's website reads. 'However, there is still construction in Burlington, and Main Street is closed between Church Street and S Winooski Avenue. Please allow extra time to arrive and park. If you need to drop patrons off, you can use King Street to access St Paul St or Church St.' The Flynn's website also offers information about parking. Meters in the downtown core are $1.50 an hour and enforced until 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Meters outside the downtown core tend to be $1 an hour and enforced until 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Parking is free downtown on Sundays. Some meter-less parking might be available a reasonable walk from downtown on lower Church, Maple and King streets. The website for the Flynn also notes the availability of parking garages downtown. Municipal garages are at the Marketplace Garage, with entrances at Cherry and Bank streets; the College Street Garage, with entrances at College and Battery streets; and Lakeview Garage at Cherry Street. The first two hours are free at the latter two garages. Presenting organization the Flynn – The Great Streets BTV project – Contact Brent Hallenbeck at bhallenbeck@ This article originally appeared on Burlington Free Press: Burlington Discover Jazz Festival, from music to street construction
Axios
5 days ago
- Business
- Axios
7 Charlotte companies make 2025 Fortune 500 list
Seven corporations in the Charlotte region have landed on the 2025 Fortune 500 list, which ranks the country's largest companies by revenue. The city has one fewer than last year since chemical manufacturer Albemarle fell off the list. Why it matters: Fortune 500 companies tend to be major employers who bolster the local economy. Zoom out: North Carolina has 11 total companies on the 2025 Fortune 500 list, one fewer than last year. South Carolina has none. 17. Bank of America (up 1 spot) 52. Lowe's (down 3) 119. Honeywell (down 5) 140. Nucor (down 16) 144. Duke Energy (up 4) 168. Truist Financial (down 36) 304. Sonic Automotive (down 8) Between the lines: LPL Financial, which is "dual-headquartered" in Fort Mill, S.C., and San Diego, ranked No. 340 on the Fortune 500 list. The Triangle landed three companies on this year's list: First Citizens BancShares, IQVIA and Advance Auto Parts. Burlington-based Labcorp also made the Fortune 500 list. Zoom in: Albemarle has grappled over the last year with falling lithium prices, and it in turn took measures to lower its prices, CBJ reported. The company's overall revenue fell as a result.
Yahoo
18-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Eat Vermont app serves up local flavor with AI-powered perks
BURLINGTON, Vt. (ABC22 FOX44) — 'Food-preneur' Senator Rocket launched Eat Vermont with one goal— to create a tight knit community bonded over their favorite local bites. He says the mobile app, which originally started as a side project to go along with his Instagram, now has about 5,000 downloads since it launched this year. 'This is a way of creating another layer of engagement and really feeling like you're an insider in the food scene,' said the app's creator. Eat Vermont allows users to access a comprehensive list of restaurants and their current menus, create customizable 'food trails,' view video content and use location specific search tools— including an AI chatbot called Evie. 'We've spent a lot of time using AI to make sure that we can adapt to the user specifically,' said Rocket, 'so you can put your dietary preferences into the app, and it'll help you identify better fits.' The founder says he is most excited about the launch of new 'member perks,' which will feature access to secret menu items and special discounts at some restaurants. 'What we're asking for at Eat Vermont, is for the restaurant owners and the chefs to be creative and to give us the real authentic dishes, or to give it their creative flair— things that would be a little experimental that they wouldn't normally put on their menu,' he said. Arwa Dawman, the owner of Zaytoona, a Burlington-based middle eastern restaurant, says she was eager to connect with Rocket. Eat Vermont and Rocket's 33,000 followers on Instagram, she says, have helped draw in business. 'Diversity is not that known, so having that platform that has a sense of genuineness and a sense of community is very important as a new small business.' Dawman says she and her staff are excited about the possibility of a secret menu and will start offering a 10% dinner-time discount. Memberships, which are used to fund the app, cost about $8 per month. Rocket says people can also use a free version to see local events. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
WIRED
08-04-2025
- Automotive
- WIRED
The Renoun Endurance 88 Skis Have a Unique Anti-Vibration Core
I'm a huge fan of non-Newtonian substances. Admittedly, my sample size is limited. I'd never heard of non-Newtonian substances until last year, when I bought a curling toque made with D3O foam, a thin layer of goo that is spongey until it's struck, causing it to stiffen and absorb the shock. A few weeks ago, I had my second experience with extremely viscoelastic materials while testing the Endurance 88 skis from Vermont upstart brand Renoun. Renoun is a Burlington-based ski maker that's been around for just over a decade. The direct-to-consumer company's big innovation is the use of the non-Newtonian material in the core of its skis, which it calls VibeStop. Renoun launched with a D3O partnership but soon after transitioned to its own patented polymer blend, designed for subzero temperatures and high-frequency vibration. In my two days of testing at Arizona Snowbowl outside Flagstaff (11,500-foot elevation at the top with 2,300 feet of vertical), the Endurance 88s skied extremely smoothly, leaving my legs feeling fresh even though I'd only been on the mountain three times this season, several months before. Renoun Endurance 88 Skis on snow Photograph: Martin Cizmar Smooth Snow I should note here that the major benefits of Renoun's skis are probably better enjoyed by people who are more aggressive skiers than I am. I have skied since I was 5 and probably have at least 500 days on the hill, however, I generally do not seek out steep, ungroomed terrain or ski off-piste. I also ski out West, where the snow is generally better. The big advantage of Renoun's skis—and the reason they cost $700 to $1,200—is that the unique compound poured into their wooden core will dampen the rumbling when you're skiing across crud or corn snow. The company says it can't disclose manufacturing details but did share that the uncured polymer is 'goo-y/liquid' before it's applied to the skis and stabilized. (Manufacturing secrecy is common in the ski industry—I had to sign a waiver before touring the ON3P factory a decade ago.) All Renoun skis have some VibeStop material in them, but the Endurance 88 sticks have the highest concentration and, thus, carry the least chatter. Photograph: Martin Cizmar
Boston Globe
03-04-2025
- Business
- Boston Globe
As Trump's tariffs roil stock market, investment advisors urge caution. Some analysts fear ‘economic armageddon.'
Investors fear that the tariffs will Financial advisors urge caution, noting that many of the effects are yet to be seen. Advertisement 'Right now, there are so many questions,' Catherine Valega, a wealth manager at Burlington-based Green Bee Advisory. 'We're talking about US exceptionalism — is that over? Maybe.' One analyst worries about a more dire outcome. 'The only positive is you have to believe this will not stay in its current form,' said Dan Ives, a research analyst at Wedbush Securities, based in Los Angeles. 'Because if it stays in its current form, it would be economic armageddon.' Ives, who specializes in the technology sector on Wall Street, said the tariffs are 'the most absurd thing I've ever seen, period' in his 25-year career. Other investors are just as spooked, he added. 'I'd say it's a panic, it's a crisis, and if this stays in its current form, it guarantees a recession,' Ives said. 'So you have to take the other side and say they can't be that crazy.' Advertisement The 'glass-half-full view,' he said, is that the steep tariffs are just leverage, designed to bring other countries to the negotiating table. Trump administration officials have stressed, publicly and privately, Related : Valega said that the larger investment management firms she works with are still cautious to avoid a panic. 'In theory, things will calm down and and kind of work their way through the system,' she said. 'We're not yet predicting an all-out recession. But the specter is looming.' Most of Green Bee's clients are young enough that they are willing to weather extended periods of volatility. But the older clients, especially those at or nearing retirement age, are the ones who 'feel the most jitters about this,' she said. 'That's kind of what financial planning tells you,' she said 'You thought you could retire at 62, but the reality is we just took a big hit to our retirement portfolio, so [you're] going to have to work till you're 65 or 67.' Many of those clients checking their retirement accounts have expressed shock — and bewilderment. 'People don't understand why this needs to happen,' said Alex Burke, an associate at Dedham-based Financial Solutions. 'Not that tariffs came out of the blue; Trump has been talking about them for a while. But it's [more] like, everything was going okay for my clients. And now, it's not.' Burke said he's been busy assuring clients that, if they've taken the appropriate steps — putting aside an emergency fund, investing in securities with less market exposure, etc. — they should be able to weather the storm. Advertisement 'Most of my clients feel that way,' he said. 'It's just kind of scary watching it happen. And frustrating, knowing that it doesn't feel like there's any real reason for this.' Related : Nicholas Conaltuono, a financial planner at Needham-based Johnson Brunetti, said those best poised to weather the storm are those who have limited their exposure to market volatility. 'If all your money's in the market, and the market's going up and down, who's in control?' he said. 'Is it you or is it the market? If the success of your plan is predicated on the success of the market, that's not a plan. That's rolling the dice.' John Ingram, the chief investment officer at Boston-based Crestwood Advisors, said his firm had been fielding constant phone calls from clients all morning. His advice to the 'nervous types' rattled by plunging tickers? Stay the course. 'It's very hard to trade around this type of news,' he said. 'You didn't know what was happening yesterday when the markets closed, and this morning, it's like a whole new world out there. It's hard to get out beforehand.' Ingram said that any potential announcements, such as renegotiation of the highest tariffs or a stimulus package for domestic industry, could blunt the worst of the impacts. 'We understand the volatility, we know it's painful, but the main thing is to stay invested,' he said. 'We've taken steps to reduce portfolio volatility, and those seem to be holding up okay. I mean, as well as can be expected.' That view is somewhat rosier than the alternative, which is full-blown economic meltdown. But Valega said the financial planning industry is, in a way, one that 'warrants optimism.' Advertisement 'We help people build long term wealth, and so we sort of have to support our clients in a way that that gives them hope,' Valega said. 'So I'm not there [worrying about a recession] yet.' 'But again, I don't know,' she added. 'I might wake up tomorrow and be like, 'Oh God, now we're off the cliff.'' Camilo Fonseca can be reached at
