Gina Tron

May 1, 2024 | sevendaysvt.com | Gina Tron

click to enlarge (What Doth Life, digital)McAsh have not dropped an album in 24 years. The ska band's last full-length appeared in 2000, just one year after it formed while in high school. Since then, the Windsor outfit has experienced multiple reimaginings and a few reunions — including a virtual one during the pandemic to release "Oi (Dang)," a single about lockdown frustrations. The group has even had some meltdowns, according to its Bandcamp page.

Apr 10, 2024 | sevendaysvt.com | Gina Tron

click to enlarge (Screaming Cow Records, digital, vinyl)River City Rebels have dropped their first recording in a decade, Pop Culture Baby, a brisk yet powerful four-song EP that proves they've still got their fingers on the pulse of punk. Between their 1999 formation in White River Junction and their 2014 separation, River City Rebels released seven albums and numerous singles, making Vermont proud by becoming one of the state's most successful rock bands of the early 2000s.

Mar 13, 2024 | sevendaysvt.com | Gina Tron

click to enlarge Waya Usdi was forced to evacuate his Barre residence when it flooded last July. When he could finally return, he found his home in shambles. All that was left to eat was a moldy lemon. Usdi's acrylic still-life painting depicting that moment is part of an exhibition titled "Blossoms in a Blizzard: A Study of Adversity, Grief & Resilience" at the Other Half in Burlington.

Mar 13, 2024 | sevendaysvt.com | Gina Tron

click to enlarge Necromancy supposedly involves communicating with the dead, but trichromancy is all about romancing dye and communicating through textiles. Jeannie Catmull, cocurator of "Trichromancy: Color Divination" at Chandler Center for the Arts in Randolph, said the made-up word combines "necromancy" and "trichromatic" — referring to the three cones in human eyes that help process color. The exhibition, which showcases dye techniques in fiber, is a visual feast.

Feb 14, 2024 | sevendaysvt.com | Gina Tron

click to enlarge Like bears, woodchucks and chipmunks, many human residents tend to hibernate this time of year. But Sue Higby, executive director of Studio Place Arts in Barre, hopes to lure people from their woodstove-heated nests to visit "Head for the Hills." The exhibition's theme takes inspiration from the local landscape and its wildlife, real and imagined.