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Episode 8: Identity, Part 6
In the final installment of the “Identity” series, we move the story of the first LGBTQ+ bar in Vermont, Andrews Inn, into the present day. Though the bar closed its doors in 1984, its legacy was broad and deep for the community of Bellows Falls, affecting lives in the village today and in ways many of us may not even be aware of.
*Post production correction: the late Gary Smith was responsible for opening, developing and running Popolo Restaurant in the Hotel Windham building, not the Windham Development Group.
Transcript
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Hotel Windham Today
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Wunderbar
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Memorial Park
Acknowledgements:
Segment Participants:
Michael Bruno
Kate Buckman
Adam Gearhart
Jon Midura
Interviewees:
Remy Walker
Alain Martinez
Jeremy Youst
Thom Herman
Special Thanks:
HB Lozito, Out In the Open: for giving us permission to use clips from their *audio
clips from their 2017 Andrews Inn Oral History Project and for acting as a sounding board for the
concept of this show and reading through the scripts for content and tone. For more information
about OITO, check out their website, www.weareoutintheopen.org.
Mike Smith and Marty Gallagher of Fact 8 TV: for the use of the audio clips from their
documentary, “Call to Duty: Terry Brown and Dana Fuller”.
Remy Walker and Alain Martinez at Wunderbar, for hosting our interview.
Music and Sound Effects: provided with permission by Epidemic Sound, LLC
George’s Sandbox- Magnus Ludvisson
In the Spirit of Cannes - The Flax
Some Autumn; His Old Lover - Leimoti
Something to Someone - Bireli Snow
Happy Minor Waltz - Franz Gordon
Bobby Swing - Bladverk Band
Morning Dew - Heath Cantu
PREL Dron 16; 57; 80
Photos:
Gail Golec
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In the final installment of the “Identity” series, we move the story of the first LGBTQ+ bar in Vermont, Andrews Inn, into the present day. Though the bar closed its doors in 1984, its legacy was broad and deep for the community of Bellows Falls, affecting lives in the village today and in ways many of us may not even be aware of.
*Post production correction: the late Gary Smith was responsible for opening, developing and running Popolo Restaurant in the Hotel Windham building, not the Windham Development Group.
Transcript
The Hotel Windham as it looks in 2023." data-lightbox-theme="dark" href="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/578e8604e58c624ebf08623c/1684795106771-ZTVXDJIZ98YZ7WTU6QMO/20230522_130315.jpg" role="button" class="
image-slide-anchor
js-gallery-lightbox-opener
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View fullsize
Hotel Windham Today
Fabulous restaurant and bar, Wunderbar in Bellows, Falls, VT. Following in the footsteps of Andrews Inn." data-lightbox-theme="dark" href="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/578e8604e58c624ebf08623c/1684795108275-L7OWPPW8JWH4M4ENKCUZ/20230522_130208.jpg" role="button" class="
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>
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Wunderbar
A new memorial park was constructed on the site of the Star Hotel fire, that killed two local firefighters in 1981 (Terry Brown and Dana Fuller). Hotel Windham in the background." data-lightbox-theme="dark" href="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/578e8604e58c624ebf08623c/1684795104690-RWGCK3474DL7N2G49SLI/20230522_130425.jpg" role="button" class="
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js-gallery-lightbox-opener
content-fill
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>
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Memorial Park
Acknowledgements:
Segment Participants:
Michael Bruno
Kate Buckman
Adam Gearhart
Jon Midura
Interviewees:
Remy Walker
Alain Martinez
Jeremy Youst
Thom Herman
Special Thanks:
HB Lozito, Out In the Open: for giving us permission to use clips from their *audio
clips from their 2017 Andrews Inn Oral History Project and for acting as a sounding board for the
concept of this show and reading through the scripts for content and tone. For more information
about OITO, check out their website, www.weareoutintheopen.org.
Mike Smith and Marty Gallagher of Fact 8 TV: for the use of the audio clips from their
documentary, “Call to Duty: Terry Brown and Dana Fuller”.
Remy Walker and Alain Martinez at Wunderbar, for hosting our interview.
Music and Sound Effects: provided with permission by Epidemic Sound, LLC
George’s Sandbox- Magnus Ludvisson
In the Spirit of Cannes - The Flax
Some Autumn; His Old Lover - Leimoti
Something to Someone - Bireli Snow
Happy Minor Waltz - Franz Gordon
Bobby Swing - Bladverk Band
Morning Dew - Heath Cantu
PREL Dron 16; 57; 80
Photos:
Gail Golec
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