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ILL SORRELL, it seems, is an innocent man. At least, that’s the impression gleaned from media coverage of a report issued Friday by a panel of prosecutors charged with investigating the state’s top law enforcement official. “Special investigator clears Vermont attorney general,” WCAX-TV proclaimed, La Mer echoing language used in multiple news Natura Bissé reports. Bobbi Brown Actually, the “special investigator” did Trish McEvoy no such thing. It’s true that the report’s authors — Laura Mercier Shelburne lawyer TOM LITTLE and the 11 SkinCeuticals state’s attorneys who supervised him — gave Sorrell a pass on three of the six allegations they considered. But they also made clear that “separate investigatory work is under way to deal with” the most serious of the remaining charges: that a Corner of Main & Battery Streets, Texas law firm allegedly bribed Sorrell Burlington, VT • 802-861-7500 with campaign donations. www.mirrormirrorvt.com Though the report did not elaborate, Vermont State Police spokesman SCOTT WATERMAN confirmed Tuesday that his agency was, indeed, investigating Sorrell. The troopers might not be alone. As 8v-MirrorMirror081915.indd 1 8/17/15 10:18 AM Seven Days reported in December, state officials met with Federal Bureau of Investigation agents in Vermont last year to gauge their interest in taking over the case. Citing standard practice, the FBI declined to say whether it had agreed to do so. Should the feds pursue the case, they N o w w it would have plenty of evidence at their areas h the disposal. In a sworn affidavit Sorrell subs e le c t iow id e s t mitted to Little last July and gave Seven v a p o r iz n o f ers. Days this week, he practically admitted to the crime. At a December 2013 Democratic Attorneys General Association dinner in Washington, D.C., Sorrell wrote, he was “joined at a table by MICHAEL MESSINA and some Texas lawyers with whom he indicated he was affiliated.” Messina and his wife, former New Mexico attorney general PATRICIA MADRID, were old friends and campaign contributors of Sorrell’s. They were working at the time as brokers for the Texas lawyers, according to a December 2014 New York Times story. “Just before sitting down to dinner, Mike gave me an envelope saying that he and the attorneys from the Texas firm [Baron & Budd] wished to contribute to my campaign for reelection,” Sorrell 75 Main St., Burlington, VT 864.6555 wrote in the affidavit, which has not been Mon-Thur 10-9 Fri-Sat 10-10 Sun 10-8 previously disclosed. “I thanked them and www.nor thernlightspipes. com accepted the envelope.” Must be 18 to purchase tobacco products, ID required Tucked inside were five checks totaling @ N o rt h e rn L ig h t sVT $10,000 for Sorrell’s reelection campaign.

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During the dinner, Sorrell wrote, Messina and his friends “suggested they would come to Vermont at a future date to discuss the possibility of Vermont suing the oil and gas industry, if I was interested.” Baron & Budd has made millions for itself — and the states and municipalities it has represented — by suing the industry over its use of the gasoline additive MTBE. After Messina handed Sorrell the checks, his clients handed the AG “a folder or manila envelope” containing information about Baron & Budd and a memo touching on “the specifics of relevant Vermont law.” Sorrell trucked it back to his office, gave it to an assistant attorney general and asked him to check with the Agency of Natural Resources to “discuss the possibility” of suing.

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Within months, Sorrell’s office had filed suit and hired four firms — including Baron & Budd and Messina — to serve as outside counsel, guaranteeing them a percentage of any money recouped. According to Sorrell’s attorney, DAVID KIRBY, the AG did nothing wrong. The Baron & Budd contributions, he argued in response to Little’s inquiry, “do not equate to a quid pro quo arrangement.” “If giving a campaign contribution precludes the donor from any later business with the State, no business would ever contribute to any campaign,” Kirby wrote, calling the charges “meritless” and “ridiculous.” Wait a second. If handing a politician $10,000 while asking him to take official action on your behalf isn’t a quid pro quo, what on Earth is? It’s a question one might expect Little and his panel of state’s attorneys to answer — particularly after nearly nine months on the job. Instead, they punted on the toughest question they faced, writing that the bribery allegation was “beyond the scope of this investigation … and would need to be done by an investigative body with appropriate jurisdiction, authority and resources.”

They weren’t the first to pass the buck. For weeks after Seven Days broke the story last April, first Sorrell and then Gov. PETER SHUMLIN, his fellow Democrat, refused to appoint independent counsel to investigate. When the Senate Government Operations Committee applied pressure, the governor finally relented. In May, Shumlin appointed Little to investigate a six-count complaint filed in the interim by Vermont Republican Party vice chair BRADY TOENSING and based largely upon reporting by Seven Days and the Times. Little’s mission seemed clear: According to his contract, he was supposed to investigate Sorrell’s “potential civil violations of Vermont campaign finance law and possible related criminal violations of Vermont law.” As recently as September, then-Department of State’s Attorneys and Sheriffs executive director DAVID CAHILL said, “We certainly have not abandoned an investigation into the MTBE lawsuit collusion claim.” But then they did. According to Addison County State’s Attorney DAVID FENSTER, who chaired the committee supervising Little, it was never their responsibility in the first place to probe the most serious of Toensing’s allegations. “We were asked to investigate campaign finance allegations, and we saw that one of [Toensing’s charges] was not a campaign finance allegation,” Fenster says. “We viewed it as an allegation of criminal conduct.” Adds Cahill, who has since been appointed Windsor Country state’s attorney: “It’s more appropriate for a law enforcement officer, as defined by Vermont law, to investigate violations of our criminal statute.” So Fenster, Cahill and Little passed the buck to the Vermont State Police, who now appear to be passing the buck to the FBI. Which is all well and good for truth, justice and the American way, so long as the FBI actually takes the case. But there’s no guarantee that it will. Investigating an alleged $10,000 bribe may be too tall a task for Vermont’s overworked and under-trained county prosecutors, but it may be too small for the feds. It’s kind of a Goldilocks problem. And now that Sorrell has announced he won’t seek reelection this fall, the state’s political and judicial establishment seems content to see him — and the very serious charges against him — just go away. Because, you know, that’s the Vermont way.

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“While Dean Corren may have treated it as a campaign event, attendance was simply part of General Sorrell’s job promoting public awareness of an issue and legislation addressed to that issue,” Kirby, Sorrell’s lawyer, wrote. Right. The AG’s official responsibilities include showing up to a campaign press conference two months before an election to vilify the oil industry. Turns out there was another reason Sorrell dropped by McCaffrey’s: spite. Soon after the event, according to an email Little obtained, Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce president TOM TORTI wrote the AG to let him know that Sen. DICK MAZZA (D-Grand Isle) was displeased “about you standing with Corren.” “I didn’t endorse Corren,” Sorrell responded to Torti. “I care about the lo ca l, f re s h , o rig in a l issue, not to mention the $4k a whole seller [sic] gave a prior opponent…” Talk about justice served. Toensing, for one, didn’t think much of Little’s nine-month exercise excusing Sorrell’s minor transgressions and M-Th 10-7, F-Sa 10-8. Su 11-6 1076 Williston Road, S. Burlington blowing off Toensing’s most significant allegation. 862.6585 4 0                     “This is what is known as a country802 862 5051 www.windjammerrestaurant.com club investigation or a gentlemen’s inS W E E T L A D YJ A N E . B I Z quiry,” he said, decrying Little’s failure to subpoena potential witnesses. “Since 1/20/16 the committee was not conducting a8v-sweetladyjane012716.indd 1 1/26/16 Untitled-6 12:18 PM 1 real investigation, it may be a good thing they did not attempt to ‘look’ into the bribery allegations. They would have failed to gather relevant evidence and then come to improper findings based on an incomplete, half-assed inquiry.” Perhaps Toensing has a point. But some of us would still like to get to the bottom of that December 2013 dinner, when a couple of lawyers slipped Sorrell a $10,000 envelope and asked him to do their bidding. Sorrell doesn’t appear to have learned much from his fleeting brush with accountability. “As for Brady Tensing’s [sic] predictable reaction to the results of the investigation, I am sure the outcome is not to his liking,” Sorrell wrote to Seven Days. “Perhaps unfortunately for him, the facts and applicable law are not in accordance with his own distorted views.” Toensing’s “whining criticisms,” the esteemed attorney general continued, “insult many dedicated public servants and demonstrate his apparent lack of informed experience with criminal law and standard investigative procedures.” Right, Bill. Tell it to the feds. m

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Consider the manner in which Little and co. dispensed with Toensing’s other allegations. In one count, the Charlotte attorney accused Sorrell of failing to disclose how he spent his campaign cash. Citing Seven Days’ reporting, Toensing noted that at least 16 times during the previous two election cycles, the AG reimbursed himself without explanation for nearly $19,000 worth of expenditures. The law clearly states that candidates must identify each “by amount, date, to whom paid, for what purpose.” Sorrell’s excuse? Everybody else is doin’ it! Or rather, isn’t doin’ it. To bolster his case, the AG had a paralegal comb through other politicians’ reports and found 117 other examples of such behavior. Hmmm … Sounds like an enforcement job for, say, the attorney general. Little agreed with Sorrell’s schoolyard-caliber excuse, noting that on the paper form used at the time to report such expenditures, the space for elaboration is “quite small and doesn’t permit more than a half dozen words of explanation.” Makes you wonder how so many others have managed to comply with the law. In another count, Toensing accused Sorrell of failing to report campaign expenses incurred on his behalf by 2014 lieutenant gubernatorial candidate DEAN CORREN. Fewer than two months before both faced election that year, Corren invited Sorrell to a press conference he staged at McCaffrey’s Sunoco in Burlington to rail against rising gas prices. Toensing said Sorrell should have disclosed as in-kind contributions the money Corren spent on campaign props and staff time. It’s a pedantic point, to be sure, but the context is key: The reason Sorrell’s campaign-finance compliance came under the microscope last spring was that he had just thrown the book at Corren for a similarly minor offense. At a March press conference in his Montpelier office, Sorrell had gleefully announced that he would seek $72,000 worth of fines and restitution from Corren for inappropriately asking the Vermont Democratic Party to send an email worth $255. Fortunately for Sorrell, those judging him were far more charitable than he was to Corren. In the end, Little and co. agreed with the AG’s almost Orwellian argument that the gas station presser “was not a campaign event.”

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arbor Place looks like so many other no-frills two-star motels that line Shelburne Road. The only thing that appeared out of the ordinary last Wednesday was someone pushing a child on a swing set on the snow-covered grounds. But Shelburne officials see a problem. They say the facility, which caters to homeless people, is attracting criminals and straining the suburban town’s resources. Last October, they issued a zoning violation disputing that Harbor Place is operating as permitted — as a motel. Champlain Housing Trust, which owns and operates Harbor Place, has appealed the charge. Next month, the nonprofit affordable housing developer will make its case before the Shelburne Development Review Board in a hearing that could change the direction of a larger discussion about the town’s obligations to alleviate poverty. When CHT bought the 59-room Econo Lodge in 2013, the state was shelling out millions to temporarily house homeless people in motels — a costly stopgap measure that did little to actually reduce homelessness. CHT offered a different solution: The nonprofit would run the motel, rebranded as Harbor Place, where the state and community organizations could pay discounted rates to put up homeless clients. Partner organizations, including the Howard Center and Women Helping Battered Women, would send case managers to Harbor Place to help guests find permanent housing and get medical and other treatment. It’s working, according to CHT spokesperson Chris Donnelly. He claims that Harbor Place guests are twice as likely to find housing as homeless people staying in traditional motels. The state is saving “a significant amount of money,” too, according to Sean Brown, deputy commissioner of the Department for Children and Families — roughly $700,000, according to Donnelly’s estimates. “It’s also a better service-delivery model,” Brown said, explaining that caseworkers find it challenging to reach clients scattered among different motels. Noelle MacKay, commissioner of the Vermont Department of Housing and Community Development, agreed that Harbor Place is an “innovative model”

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that is “really making a difference in our goal of ending family homelessness by 2020.” MacKay happens to live across the road from Harbor Place — in a quiet neighborhood with ranch houses, neat hedges and driveway basketball hoops. Not all of the residents there share her assessment. Referring to Harbor Place as an experiment gone awry, some of MacKay’s neighbors have said it’s become a magnet for criminals and overburdens the town’s 12-officer police force. People frequently refer to an incident last spring when a fugitive heroin dealer, who had parked his car at Harbor Place, fled on foot when police arrived, prompting a chase through their neighborhood. In a letter to the editor in the Shelburne News last May, Patty Kissell, who lives nearby, wrote that she and her neighbors, many of whom are elderly, “feel unsafe to walk and even be in their homes … I no longer go to my mailbox if I come home after dark.” Residents also suspect that people either staying at or visiting Harbor Place have been responsible for crimes that have occurred elsewhere in town.

“There certainly seems to be a correlation between the spike in crime in Shelburne and the opening of this facility,” alleged selectboard chair Gary von Stange during an interview last week. He brought up another oft-cited incident: Last summer, items from a burglarized home were discovered in a room at Harbor Place. Others are withholding judgment. “It’s easy to point the finger,” said Beth Quarles, a real estate agent whose family lives close to the facility. Noting that her family’s home was burglarized prior to the creation of Harbor Place, she said, “Before, you just didn’t have anyone to blame for it.” Annual crime figures might shed some light, but Shelburne Police Chief James Warden didn’t provide the data Seven Days requested. In an interview, he said, “Crime in general in Shelburne has increased like it has in most urban areas outside the big cities.” Last September, the Shelburne News — citing data provided by Shelburne’s emergency communications supervisor, James Mack — reported that there were 575 crimes in 2012; 395 in 2013;

and 324 in 2014 — and that the town was on pace to have fewer incidents in 2015. Warden did confirm that police calls to the cream-colored complex have increased since it became Harbor Place. In 2014, there were 185. The next “busiest” motel generated around 50. CHT officials contend that the spike is a result of heightened vigilance. Donnelly ticked off a number of changes to address concerns: They’ve built a fence around the property, installed security cameras with a live feed to the Shelburne police and hired a security guard who stays on-site from 8 p.m. to midnight. A CHT staffer lives on the premises. The organization has taken neighbors on tours and created an “advisory committee” to work directly with them. Whereas previous criminal activity might have gone undetected, Harbor Place employees take the initiative to alert police about suspicious behavior, Donnelly said. Plus, CHT reimburses the town for any ambulance and police calls above the site’s historical average. Chief Warden observed that the type of criminal activity at the property has

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changed under the new ownership. Donnelly argued that Harbor Place “Back when it was the Econo Lodge, we only seems different because of the handled a lot of calls with drug dealers clientele. “People look at Harbor coming in there, armed. We’d find people Place, and they see homeless people wanted out-of-state — heavy hitters like staying there, and homeless people that.” Now the calls are more commonly don’t typically stay at motels,” he said. for domestic disputes or people in emo- “The services are geared towards the tional distress, Warden said. needs of the guests of the motel. If we Von Stange isn’t so impressed by had wealthy guests, we may have spa that trend. During selectboard meetings or massage services.” last year, he frequently praised CHT The debate over Harbor Place for showing up and working with the has also prompted the town to take a town. These days he’s less pleased. “To second look at its zoning laws, which date, Champlain Housing Trust has not don’t contain definitions for homeless provided any meaningshelters or transitional ful cooperation,” he told housing. And it’s jumpSeven Days. Asked to started a broader discuselaborate, von Stange sion about the economic noted that CHT hasn’t implications of accomheeded repeated remodating low-income quests to adopt a stricter populations. “screening policy” for At a July 28 selectaccepting guests. board meeting, Dan Donnelly pointed Burke, a member of the out that CHT doesn’t town’s planning comallow registered sex ofmission, stood up and fenders at Harbor Place, suggested that Harbor and staff can ban people Place and other motels who break the rules. along Shelburne Road G ARY VON STANGE, Additional screening, he that put up homeless SHEL BURNE suggested, could qualify people through the state’s SELECT BOARD as discrimination. voucher program are The town’s zoning discouraging businesses permit challenge could also address from setting up shop on the north-south von Stange’s concern. Before CHT pur- route. chased the property, Shelburne officials Burke proposed rewriting the town’s explained that as long as the nonprofit zoning rules to establish clear differcontinued to operate the place as a ences between motels and homeless motel, it wouldn’t have to apply for a shelters, “so we don’t get into that mess new permit. again.” Soon after, the planning commisThen, last fall, the current town sion began doing just that. The effort is manager and zoning enforcement ongoing. administrator, Joe Colangelo, issued When interviewed last week, Harbor Place a “notice of violation,” von Stange made assurances that listing nine “new uses” for which it had Shelburne wasn’t about to renege not been approved. They include cre- on its commitment “to help those ating dwelling units, providing emer- in need.” But he defended the gency housing, temporary housing and scrutiny of Harbor Place, saying, transitional housing, and the addition “Simultaneously, it is the responsibilof medical and business offices. ity of the selectboard to do our best to Colangelo declined to provide more provide for the safety and peacefuldetail about the charges, but he stressed ness of our town.” that the investigation “really has nothing Donnelly praised the generosity of to do with the population there. That Shelburne residents, who, he said, have has absolutely nothing to do with it. It’s donated items and supported Harbor simply ... the use of the facility is not Place during the dispute. consistent with what is permitted for.” State officials are watching closely Translation: CHT has to reapply for a as the debate plays out. “It is conzoning permit. cerning,” said DCF’s Brown. It hasn’t CHT maintains that Harbor Place dissuaded his department from meets the town’s definition of a motel — encouraging other organizations to a facility that offers “transient lodging adopt models similar to Harbor Place. accommodations on a daily or weekly But, Brown added, “We recognize that rate, to the general public, and which these can be difficult conversations for may also provide additional services communities to have.” m such as restaurants, meeting rooms or Contact: alicia@sevendaysvt.com recreation facilities.”

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he door to Cooler B opened, releasing a strong, rotting smell. Roughly 15 bodies lay on tiered steel racks in the refrigerated vault at the Vermont Chief Medical Examiner’s Office in Burlington. A decomposing foot protruded from the sheet covering one body, suggesting the corpse had been there for a while. Every year, a small number of people who die in Vermont linger at the medical examiner’s office because no one comes forward to claim them. Typically, relatives identify and take charge of their loved ones in a matter of hours or days following death. But longer-term “guests,” as Dr. Steven Shapiro, Vermont’s chief medical examiner, refers to them, stick around. These abandoned Vermonters pose a logistical problem — and numerous ethical dilemmas. In some cases, the dead people have no immediate family to collect them, and the medical examiner’s office functions as a funeral home of last resort. “An indigent ends up in an emergency room,” said Shapiro. After he or she dies, the hospital winds up with an unwanted corpse. “What are they going to do with it? So they turf it to us.” More often, though, they have relatives who decline to take the body after the medical examiner’s office calls. “It’s, ‘Screw you; he’s always been a prick; you deal with him,’” said Shapiro, exhibiting some of the gallows humor for which he is known. Next of kin may also decline because they don’t want to pay for a burial. “They don’t want to make any decisions. They don’t want to sign any papers,” Shapiro said. “They don’t want any bills.” Typically, Shapiro is in possession of no more than 10 unclaimed bodies. But there are more — those who have been cremated — in boxes in a file cabinet. At least seven sets of cremains from the past two years are being stored in the bowels of the University of Vermont Medical Center. You need a guide to find this not-so-final resting place. Dressed in freshly laundered blue scrubs, the trim, animated Shapiro greeted visitors who’d walked from the emergency room through a maze of halls to his office. A door — usually locked — off a small reception area opens to another hall with rooms on either side. In one, several UVM undergraduates celebrated the end of their internship at the medical examiner’s office over pizza and a game of Forensic Jeopardy. Beyond another set of doors, in a room with soft lighting, a dead man, presumably a former patient, lay on a gurney

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with the sheet pulled back to reveal his pallid face. Next door, a social worker had gathered the family to say their goodbyes. After they’d had a chance to view the deceased, an undertaker would transport him to a funeral home for burial or cremation. That’s how it’s supposed to go, anyway — but it doesn’t always. Further along on the tour, a bright, spotless examining room with steel counters, scalpels and scales stood ready for autopsies. Shapiro’s office reviews the paperwork on all of the roughly 5,000 deaths that occur annually in Vermont and conducts several hundred autopsies a year. The results help solve crimes, provide evidence in malpractice lawsuits and answer public health questions. “I monitor the health of Vermont by what’s killing people,” Shapiro explained. That task is vitally important, and figuring out what to do with uncollected bodies saps time and funding, Shapiro said. A

white board next to Cooler B listed names of the deceased and dates marking their arrival, with at least one dating back 10 months. Although he won’t disclose the exact number of unclaimed bodies he deals with annually, Shapiro said it’s growing. With the addition of Cooler B, installed a few years ago because unclaimed bodies were taking up too much space in Cooler A, he can accommodate 50. Also easing the storage problem: The Vermont Department of Health successfully lobbied for a change in state law 18 months ago to give the medical examiner the authority to order cremation of unclaimed bodies, clarifying what had been uncertain before. “I hate having to cremate a body and authorize that,” Shapiro said, explaining that it’s a personal decision that no stranger should be making. Shapiro puts off state-funded cremation as long as he can, but even refrigerated bodies decompose, and the office

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that small towns that once embraced their The problem is an indicator that funeral eccentric citizens are no longer doing so. customs need to change, Slocum added. Taking care of the dead is expensive. He advocates that people should be comA traditional burial — embalming, coffin, fortable tending their own dead, as was cemetery plot and gravestone — can easily common a century ago. run $8,000. Current law gives a surviving spouse Far less expensive is direct cremation, authority over a deceased person. Next in which a funeral director transports the in line are children, then siblings or body to be cremated and returns the ashes other family. If no relations step forward, to the family. There’s no coffin, no embalm- friends, neighbors or other “interested ing, and the whole process costs between parties” can claim the body. The law $1,200 and $3,200. was amended a few years ago to make it Low-income families who do claim easier for people who aren’t relatives to their dead can apply for state assistance, take charge — another attempt to get unbut funds are limited, and there is an claimed bodies out of limbo. income-based application process. The Some families say they want the reVermont subsidy for indigent burial runs mains, but only after the state pays for about $1,100. The state paid to bury or the cremation. This creates a dilemma for cremate 482 people through this program Shapiro. in fiscal year 2015, for a total expenditure On one hand, he doesn’t have the of about half a million dollars. budget or the legal authority to turn his For the self-reliant, there is a cheaper, office into a funeral service, so when DIY option: Transporting a body to a people ask: “Would you get her cremated crematorium is allowed before Christmas, so I can under Vermont law, and, put her under the tree?” with the appropriate Shapiro said, he has an paperwork, can lower answer: “No.” the costs of cremation On the other hand, to as little as $300. Few after Shapiro has expeople, however, are keen hausted all possible leads to transport Mom or Dad in an effort to get next of themselves, in the back kin to take responsibilseat of the family car. ity for a body and goes Shapiro works closely ahead with a state-funded with funeral directors, cremation, he doesn’t like and sometimes they pay to see people’s ashes refor cremation of unsiding indefinitely in the claimed bodies, or split filing cabinet. If someone the cost with the state. approached Shapiro and “I just feel that it’s so sad said, “Oh, he’s my neighDR. ST EVEN SHAPIRO, to leave someone,” said bor. I’ll sprinkle him in VERMONT CHIEF Sumner Cohen, funeral the backyard if you want,” MEDIC AL EXAMINER director at Boucher & Shapiro noted, “Chances Pritchard in Burlington, are, I’d give him to you.” which has paid for the cremation of five Shapiro predicts that, as Slocum sugor six unclaimed bodies in the past five gested, at some point Vermont will have years. “We did one, and the guy had been to designate a place for the cremated up there two years.” remains now resting in his filing cabinet. The man, a central Vermont resident in Many municipal cemeteries in Vermont his fifties, died in his apartment, and none have sections that were historically reof his relatives could be found, Cohen served for “paupers.” said. The funeral home returned the man’s At Burlington’s Lakeview Cemetery, ashes to the medical examiner’s office, more than 300 indigent people are buried and, as far as Cohen knows, they are still in a section known as the “free ground.” in a filing cabinet there. Most of the graves have stone markers That shouldn’t be happening, said bearing numbers but no names, making Joshua Slocum, executive director of the them anonymous in death. If, after the free Funeral Consumers Alliance, a national burial, family members wanted to erect a organization with headquarters in South stone with a loved one’s name on it, they’d Burlington. Many states have special also have to pay for the plot. mausoleums or cemeteries for unclaimed Lakeview still buries some indigents bodies and “cremains,” and three years in a without state assistance, but these days, it’s filing cabinet is too long, he said. Vermont rare, according to Anne D’Alton, an office can and should resolve the problem by le- assistant at the cemetery. It has no arrangegally designating a place for the unclaimed ment with the medical examiner’s office. deceased, Slocum suggested, and freeing “Eventually, the state’s going to have to the medical examiner to focus on death buy a plot, and we’re going to have to get investigations. rid of these folks,” Shapiro said. “It’s just “Their job should not be to be cus- one of those things.” m todians of cremated remains,” Slocum said. “They have better things to do.” Contact: molly@sevendaysvt.com

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ear the end of the worst week of her latest bid for the presidency, Hillary Clinton tried on an unexpected, if all too familiar, guise: underdog. “I know what it’s like to run from behind in New Hampshire,” she told supporters Friday night in a Concord hotel ballroom, her voice rising to overpower the applause. “And I know what it’s like to come from behind and win in New Hampshire!” Just as she had eight years earlier in her race against Barack Obama, the putative front-runner had again fallen behind an upstart senator who had excited and ignited the Democratic base. Days before her return to the Granite State, a CNN/WMUR poll had shown her trailing Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) by a shocking 27 percentage points, while other surveys showed the two tied in Iowa. Here in Concord, however, Clinton was among friends. Arrayed around her were women young and old — plus a smattering of men — who had gathered to celebrate the 43rd anniversary of Roe v. Wade at NARAL Pro-Choice New Hampshire’s annual dinner. Shortly before Clinton delivered her remarks, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) stood by her side and reminded the crowd of how Sanders had dismissed the organization on MSNBC earlier that week as part of the Democratic “establishment.” “Now, I know my Senate colleague, Bernie Sanders, was disappointed not to receive the support of Planned Parenthood and NARAL,” Shaheen said as Clinton looked on with a steely smile. “But when he points to the people in this room and he declares that you are what’s wrong with America and part of the establishment that he’s up against, he is just dead wrong.” Speaking earlier that day in the shadow of the White Mountains, Sanders had reaffirmed his commitment to abortion rights, declaring at a jam-packed North Conway community center, “Nobody will be a stronger defender of a woman’s right to choose than Bernie Sanders.” But at the NARAL dinner in Concord, Planned Parenthood volunteer Natalie Moser said she wasn’t buying it. “I think that he is a very honest, kind of down-toearth guy, but he’s not vocal enough about reproductive rights or women’s health in general,” she said. “I just haven’t heard enough from him to support him in the primary.” Throughout her visit to New Hampshire that day, Clinton tried to seed such doubts about her opponent: that he was insufficiently committed to women’s rights, that he lacked her understanding of foreign policy, that he would scrap the successes of the Affordable Care Act and that he’d hand the presidency to a Republican. “The stakes in this election are really high,” Clinton said Friday afternoon at the start of a town hall meeting in Rochester. “And they’re high because we have to make a fundamental decision: Are we going to try to build on the progress that we’ve made under President Obama — or are we going to rip it up and start all over again?”

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“Build!” a woman shouted from her seat in the Rochester Opera House. “We’re gonna build,” Clinton agreed. “We’re gonna build. That’s what I believe with all my heart.” Susan Hoover, a retired Nashua resident and longtime Clinton supporter, watched with admiration from her balcony seat. “I’m a big supporter of just about everything that Hillary talks about, whether it’s gay rights or women’s rights or the environment or keeping our country safe. I can easily see her as commander-in-chief,” Hoover said. “I think Bernie Sanders talks very loudly, and he has one issue. I think Hillary is knowledgeable on every issue.” Even as Sanders picked up steam over the last six months, Clinton until recently could count on women and seniors such as Hoover to support her. But a CBS/ YouGov poll released Sunday indicated that, even among those demographic groups, Sanders now led. In New Hampshire, the survey showed, women backed Sanders over Clinton 57 to 38 percent — and those 65 and older split 59 to 38 percent in his favor. Rebecca White was just the sort of voter on whom Clinton could once rely. The risk management director from Chelsea, Vt., voted for her in 2008 and donned a Clinton sticker at Friday’s NARAL dinner. But White quietly confessed that she thought, “Her time has passed, honestly.” “As a woman, I do like Hillary very much, because she speaks about women’s issues,” she said. “But Bernie, really, has so much passion and is just so fantastic … She’s so much more status quo and [part of ] the establishment.”

During his own two-day swing through New Hampshire last week, Sanders sought to convey that very contrast. “We have had enough of establishment politics, establishment economics,” he said Thursday night in the Lake Winnipesaukee town of Wolfeboro. “We need to move in a new and bold direction.” At each of his appearances — from Peterborough to Bedford — Sanders dwelled on a relatively new argument for his nomination: that he was better equipped than Clinton to defeat the eventual Republican nominee. “One of the things that my opponent, Secretary Clinton, is saying is that, ‘Bernie Sanders is unelectable. He just cannot defeat a Republican candidate in a general election,’” Sanders said at Wolfeboro’s Kingswood Arts Center. But according to recent polls, he told the crowd, he had outperformed Clinton in hypothetical matchups against such GOP candidates as Sen. Marco Rubio (RFla.) and Ohio Gov. John Kasich. “And here is my favorite, because it deals with my good, good friend, Donald Trump,” the senator said sarcastically. “Secretary Clinton defeats Mr. Trump by nine points. We beat him by 23 points.” After affirming his antiestablishment bona fides and arguing for his electability, Sanders segued in each of his New Hampshire addresses back to his tried-and-true stump speech: heavy on policy prescriptions and light on electoral intrigue. “So I start my remarks — of course, I’ve gone on for 15 minutes — but let me start,” Sanders joked after one such extended introduction. “It also takes me a long time to end, you know?”

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Then he was off on a tear about income inequality. So much has changed in Sanders’ campaign operation since he launched it last April with a single full-time employee. Now hundreds of staffers scattered across more than a dozen states are signing up volunteers, training caucus-goers, running advance for Sanders’ public events and expanding his digital footprint. Last week, a big blue campaign bus emblazoned with his logo chugged across Iowa for the first time — and, on Saturday, he flew in a chartered jet from Burlington to Des Moines. But Sanders’ campaign rallies remain simple affairs: just a man, a podium and a whole mess of outrage. “Please don’t tell me that the United States of America, our great country, cannot guarantee health care to all people as a right,” he said Thursday night in Wolfeboro as he wound up an hourlong address. “Don’t tell me that we cannot make certain that all of our young people, regardless of the income of their families, are able to get a college education if they have the ability to do so.” “Don’t tell me,” Sanders continued, that the country cannot provide better workforce training or reduce income inequality or rebuild its crumbling infrastructure or adopt a fairer tax code. “When we stand together, there is nothing we cannot accomplish,” he said. “That is what this campaign is about, and that is what a Sanders administration will be about. Thank you all!” As the crowd cheered, David Bowie’s “Starman” piped through the PA, and Sanders disappeared into the night.

On their way out of the Kingswood center, audience members gushed about what they had just seen. “I thought it was inspiring,” said high school teacher Sarah Hunt, who voted for Clinton in 2008 but was now leaning toward Sanders. “Bernie has the sense of something different, so that’s kind of exciting.” “It was incredibly powerful,” said Joie Milbourn, a high school sophomore from Ossipee who said she “really wish[ed]” she was old enough to vote for Sanders.

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“It was amazing,” echoed Milbourn’s friend, Gwyneth Anderson of Brookfield. “I love him so much. He’s so great.” Matthew Boulanger, who described himself as an “underemployed marine biologist,” did not seem inclined toward such superlatives. But after having watched videos of Sanders’ speeches from the 1980s and ’90s, he said, he’d become convinced that this candidate was the genuine article. “I think he actually, truly means what he says,” the Gilmanton resident said. “I think, for the first time in my life, I believe that.”

That sort of enthusiasm could carry Sanders over the finish line Monday at the Iowa caucuses — and eight days later in the New Hampshire primary. But Clinton is hoping that her more practical argument will prevail. As she addressed her supporters Friday afternoon at the Rochester Opera House, Clinton alternated with ease between mimicking Sanders’ populist message and questioning his efficacy. “What about the big institutions, the big forces, the special interests? Well, they’re out there. They are out there,” she said, summoning her inner Sanderista. “It makes me angry that there is so much power invested in so few people and institutions.” To combat those special interests, Clinton continued, Democrats would have to wage a “smart” campaign to make gains in Congress. “And I think, if we have the right presidential candidate, we have a really good chance of taking back the Senate,” she said in a not-so-subtle dig at her opponent. “At the end of this process, we need a president who can do all aspects of this job,” Clinton said as she concluded her remarks. “There’s no way to avoid it. Somebody’s going to walk into that White House on January 20, 2017, right?” “Hillary!” a man shouted. “And I hope, with your help, that will be me,” she said. Contact: paul@sevendaysvt.com

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embers of the executive board and staff of the Chittenden Solid Waste District sat around a table, their documents scattered among three pizzas and an assortment of soft drinks. Most everyone ignored the snacks, but in fact their business is all about the materials in which they were delivered: paper, pizza boxes and aluminum cans. As of last July, the state of Vermont mandates recycling aluminum and steel cans, foil and pie pans, glass, certain plastic containers, corrugated cardboard, office paper, and other fiber products such as packaging and egg cartons, newspapers, magazines, boxboard and paper bags. The market for most of those materials was strong when the legislature passed the Universal Recycling Law in 2012. But that has changed, acknowledged Cathy Jamieson, solid waste program manager at the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation. Contributing to the drop: cheap oil and an economic downturn that has slowed manufacturing. While “the timing of it was not ideal,” Jamieson said, the market decline “is not preventing implementation of universal recycling.” There is a cost to converting waste into reusable materials, “but even with the depressed market, it is still less than landfilling,” she said. In the Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District, which serves 49 rural communities, the money from selling recycled materials used to cover nearly one-third of the district’s $700,000 annual budget. “We were riding a nice wave up until last spring,” said executive director Paul Tomasi, and the district still has markets for all the materials it collects at 28 facilities scattered across northeastern Vermont. Most of it is reused in New York, New Hampshire, Canada and the mid-Atlantic states. But even with that business, reduced revenue has forced “drastic measures to lower our costs,” Tomasi said. The district no longer provides health insurance for the seven employees in its main office.

At CSWD, general manager Tom Moreau offered an example to illustrate how the recycling market has flipped in the past few years. He said that in 2012, when the Universal Recycling Law passed, he was paying haulers $10 a ton for the recycling material that they delivered. Now he charges them $21 a ton. The CSWD processes 44,000 tons of recycling annually. In some years, Moreau said, the money raised from recycling sales has covered the district’s entire budget. This year, recycling revenue is expected to cover only a portion of projected costs — $1.4 million of the nearly $2.1 million operating budget. Global forces influence prices, and the price of oil has plummeted. That affects the market for recycled plastics, which are made from petroleum. “When [manufacturers] can get virgin material cheaper than recycling, they buy virgin,” Moreau said. Plastics still have value, but prices have dropped more than 20 percent during the past six months. For example, the clear plastic used for beverage bottles dropped from $287 a ton a year ago to $205.

Moreau also cited the slowdown of the Chinese economy, which affects the market for materials such as steel. The district used to receive more than $150 a ton for steel but now gets half that amount, $76. The market for newsprint has also shrunk, but so has the amount being recycled as readers migrate to the internet, Moreau said. The closure of a paper mill in Québec in 2014 dramatically changed the district’s strategy and revenues for newsprint. “They were picking it up and paying $73 a ton,” he said. “We now ship to China and went from getting $73 to $47.” Cardboard pizza boxes like the ones on the board’s table last week fetch $96 a ton, a price that, unlike others, has held over the past year. More good news: You can recycle greasy pizza boxes. Aluminum soft-drink cans sell for $1,095 a ton — down more than 20 percent from the $1,478 a year ago. Smelting aluminum ore requires a lot of energy, so depressed energy prices make recycled cans less valuable. The price often goes up in the spring when soft-drink and beer manufacturers gear up for summer beverage consumption, Moreau said. He noted that

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CSWD only sees a portion of the aluminum cans that are recycled because the state’s bottle and can redemption law sends many of those through another pipeline. Glass — the subject of the recent executive board meeting — has always been a challenge, Moreau said. Chittenden County residents supply the district’s recycling facility with 7,000 tons of wine bottles, pickle jars and assorted glass a year. But there aren’t many markets for it, facilities manager Brian Wright said. The district used to separate clear glass from colored because clear had greater value. Beer bottle companies would take brown, but green and blue had no value. When a glass plant closed in New York some 15 years ago, the district decided that it would be cheaper to abandon separation and instead crush all the glass for use in construction. That has been a hit-or-miss remedy. Moreau lists the price per ton as a negative number — minus $1.21, plus shipping. “Pike Industries normally takes around 1,500 tons of our clean ‘fines’ per year and pays us $4 per ton,” Moreau explained. “We never charge for our coarse glass aggregate, sometimes get contractors to haul it away for free, sometimes pay a trucking company to

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move it to a private or to a CSWD job, and sometimes store it off-site on CSWD property.” Currently, Wright said, the best opportunity is to provide the recycled glass in sand-like form to the Vermont Agency of Transportation, for use as a base for new roads. There’s a problem, though: The district’s crushed-glass product today, pulverized in a “hammer mill,” Wright said, is too “dirty.” Too many label scraps and bits of plastic and metal end up in the product. That New Hampshire has lower road aggregrate standards has benefited Tomasi. His Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District has a steady market in the neighboring state, but it collects just 380 tons annually compared to CSWD’s 7,000. CSWD’s challenge: “We really need to clean up our glass to get it consistently used by VTrans,” Wright said. After two years of research — including trips to other recycling facilities and equipment tests in Williston — Wright and general manager Moreau found three pieces of equipment that they believe could better clean the glass. They briefed the executive board

on the proposal in hopes of getting the green light to propose the half million dollar purchase to the full board at a later date. Glass isn’t the only challenging material. Jeff Myers, president of Myers Waste and Recycling, briefed the House Transportation Committee last week

House Transportation Committee chair Patrick Brennan (R-Colchester) has helped Myers connect with VTrans to discuss establishing a standard for asphalt containing ground shingles. “There is a pilot project in Burlington we are watching,” Brennan said. Last summer some shingle and

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on a process he has been developing for three years to divert asphalt shingles from landfills. “It’s finally all falling together,” he said in a telephone interview. Myers has developed a system to remove nails and debris from the shingles before grinding them into small bits. He takes the ground shingles to an asphalt plant where they are added to the hot mix. He noted that it has been essential to figure out the correct ratio of each to ensure the pavement holds up.

asphalt mix was used to pave a section of road. “It is holding up well, so far,” he said. “We are working on the specifications now,” Transportation Secretary Chris Cole confirmed. “We aren’t opposed to trying things out.” Cole said the agency is also working with CSWD on its new glassprocessing system. If the district can meet the state’s specifications for glass aggregate, Cole said, “We are pretty confident we could use the supply.”

At the executive board meeting, Allen Nye, representing Essex and Essex Junction, said he needed more detailed cost comparisons before he would vote for the purchase. Board chair Paul Stabler of South Burlington wondered whether beverage manufacturers might shift from glass to aluminum in the next decade. Wright, the district’s facilities engineer, said he expected to continue to see glass containers, noting that he didn’t think wine would end up in cans. Chapin Spencer, representing Burlington, asked Wright how sure he was that the equipment could produce glass aggregate that would meet the state’s specifications. “I am confident we have a good chance of getting under 1 percent,” Wright said, referring to the maximum amount of contamination VTrans would allow. “I feel pretty good.” Convinced, Spencer signed off. The full board will consider the proposal at an evening meeting on Wednesday, January 27. Contact: nancy@sevendaysvt.com

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Last Wednesday, Hillary Clinton appealed to Iowa voters with a new ad titled “This House.” The 60-secon spot outlines Clinton’s case to be the next occupant of the White House, highlighting her political bona fides as a former first lad , U.S. senator and secretary of state. It also carried a not-so-subtle undercurrent of portentous gravity. It isn’t quite on par with, say, the America-as-postapocalyptic-immigrant-infested-hellscape portrayed in Republican candidate Donald Trump’s pants-igniting first TV ad. But its not exactly warm and fuzzy, either. Thursda , Clinton rival Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) took a decidedly different tack with a new ad of his own. Set to the inspirational folk-rock strains of the Simon & Garfunkel classic “America,” Sanders’ ad appeals to a spirit of hope and unity in both tone and scope. The ad sets the scene with images of Rockwe lian small towns, tugboats in a quiet harbor, farmers with cows and young folks working. As Paul and Art gently croon, we see a smiling Sanders shaking hands on the campaign trail, greeting fans with his wife and riling up enormous crowds at rallies — including his campaign kickoff on the Burlington waterfront. Then, at the songs hooky climax, “They’ e all come to look for America,” the faces of thousands of Sanders supporters cascade across the screen — images his campaign donors submitted digitally. We hear not a peep from the man himself until the very end, when, over an image of the grinning candidate at a rally podium, he approves the ad and … Ah, jeez, I think I’ve got something in my eye.

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Gov. Peter Shumlin and Sen. Dick Sears (D-Bennington) united Tuesday behind a draft plan to allow the sale of marijuana at 20 to 40 stores around Vermont — but not until 2018. Shumlin and Sears, the Senate Judiciary Committee chair, stood side by side at an afternoon press conference to champion a plan Gov. Peter Shumlin, Keith Flynn that is more restrictive than what and Sen. Dick Sears some legalization advocates want. The two say their bi l would create a system that is safer and more sensible than the current illegal market. “Listen, the black market is failing,” Shumlin said. “Dealers don’t care how old you are when they sell you their wares.” “If we can do a tightly regulated, from-seed-to-sale system … I think that is far superior to the black market,” Sears said. Sears earlier in the day unveiled a 53-page draft bill that would allow the sale of up to an ounce to Vermonters over age 21 and a quarter of an ounce for adults from out of state. Ten to 20 licensed marijuana cultivators, who would have to be Vermont residents, would serve the market. Sears’ committee is expected to vote on a bill Friday, with revisions. Sears said the 2018 date for retail marijuana stores to open is not cast in stone, but he was firm that he wi l not support legalizing homegrown marijuana, at least initially. Sears’ bill does not allow for lounges where adults could consume marijuana, as earlier versions did, but it would establish a commission to study whether to eventually legalize lounges, homegrowing and the sale of edible products. Vermont municipalities could hold public votes to prohibit marijuana stores within their borders. The bi l also calls for training 10 more drug-recognition experts among Vermont police agencies and adding 25 troopers gradually over the next three years. Legalization advocates are amenable to supporting such a phased-in approach. “It’s a cautious step forward,” said Sen. David Zuckerman (P/D-Chittenden). But even with Shumlin and Sears joining forces on a plan, it remains unclear whether legalization will pass the legislature in 2016. Key lawmakers in the House are less enthusiastic about it.

Dr. Paolo Macchiarini (right) with Rachel and Steven Phillips of Burlington in July 2011

A story in the February issue of Vanity Fair questions the credentials and ethics of a doctor whom Burlington resident Rachel Phillips believed could save her life. In an August 3, 2011, story, Seven Days chronicled the medical travails of Phillips, a former world-class ballerina who suffers from Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. The inherited, connecti etissue disorder causes extreme hypermobility, or the tendency of limbs and joints to flex beyond their normal range of motion. Phillips’ EDS causes her trachea and bronchial airways to collapse each time she breathes. Although she’s on supplemental oxygen at all times, Phillips makes frequent trips to the emergency room. In 2010, during a stay at what’s now the University of Vermont Medical Center, she connected with a colleague of Dr. Paolo Macchiarini, a professor of regenerative surgery at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden. Macchiarini had developed a method of growing a replacement trachea, or windpipe, in a laboratory using stem cells extracted from the patient’s body. Macchiarini agreed to treat Phillips free of charge. A combination of medical, financial and logistical complications pre ented Phillips from traveling to Sweden for the procedure. But several others who underwent the surgery have since died. And, as the New York Times reported in May 2015, Macchiarini was found to have committed scientific misconduct y omitting or falsifying information about his patients in a scientific journal Phillips’ husband, Steven, whose day-to-day existence has been almost entirely consumed with keeping his wife alive, said, “We sort of found all that out about Dr. Macchiarini the hard way.” The Vanity Fair story, “The Celebri y Surgeon Who Used Love, Money, and the Pope to Scam an NBC News Producer,” tracks Macchiarini’s apparently fraudulent romantic relationship with a journalist.

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and husband Kevin Boutin, and Tammy Costello; grandchildren Justin Boutin, Andrew Boutin, Cheyenne Mobbs and Megan Packard; siblings Rev. Leo Desso, Ruth and husband Richard McMahan, Norman Desso, Claire Whitaker, Jacqueline and husband Thomas Whitaker, and Leonard and wife Cindy Desso; brother-in-law Gene Marchall; and many nieces, nephews, extended family and friends. She was predeceased by her beloved husband, Irving; her parents; sister Elaine Marshall; and sister-in-law Dorothy “Pat” Desso. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. on Friday, January 29, at LaVigne Funeral Home and Cremation Service, 132 Main St, Winooski. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, January 30, at St. Pius X in Essex. Donations in her memory may be made to the Vermont Foodbank. Condolences may be shared at lavignefuneralhome.com.

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Charles Arthur Gagnon, 81, passed away peacefully at his home in Florida. He was born on July 30, 1934, in Burlington to Joseph and Mary (Brown) Gagnon. He grew up in Burlington with his eight brothers and sisters.˜ He was˜raised in a strong Catholic faith with his brother Father John Gagnon, his˜ brother Bernard Gagnon

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(a Br. with the Divine Word Missionary) and his sister Phyllis Gagnon, who was a Catholic nun. He entered the Catholic Seminary as a young man; however, he later chose to attend Saint Michael’s College, where he˜ received his bachelor’s of art in history with a minor in theology.˜He married his wife, Lorraine Yvettte Deforge, on June 25, 1960.˜° ey had four children: Stephanie, Scott, Michelle and Shannon.˜He was a great father to his children. His family was his world. Charlie and his wife shared a passion for the Catholic teaching and always made sure to pass it on to each child.˜Dad loved playing and teaching sports with all of his kids.˜He made wonderful memories happen on many family vacations and outings.˜° e legacy he left to those closest to him was to enjoy life, to forgive and to not waste the day with worries, and to, as he would say, “lighten up.” To his children speciﬁcally, his biggest imprint on them was his unconditional love. He worked for many years at GE in production to support his family. He was an accomplished golfer and was on the GE golf league for many years.˜In his college years, he was a member of the golf team at St. Michael’s and was state amateur champion twice, in 1955 and 1956. Over

the years he went on many theology retreats and loved reading and writing about it.Ãs a child, he was an alter boy, serving daily mass. As a young man, he was an usher at the church and a lecturer at St. Ann’s in Milton. He loved sports, supporting many local teams. His wife, Lorraine, predeceased him on November 22, 1990. ° ey shared a wonderful life of 30 years together. ˜Charlie met his wife Alice in 1990 through a mutual friend. ° ey moved to Tucson Estates Tucson, Ariz., in 1994, where they lived for 22 years. Charlie was involved in his community, the Salvation Army, and attended many special events and enjoyed many activities such as cards, dancing and golf.Ãfter he retired, you could find him on the golf course every day. He also enjoyed attending daily mass.Ãlice and Charlie enjoyed traveling and spending time with their family.˜Charlie moved to Maryland with Alice in August 2014 due to his illness, where they resided with Rod and Carol Devoid, stepdaughter and stepson-in-law, who became his caregivers.˜° ey moved to the Villages in August 2015 until Charlie peacefully passed away surrounded by his loving family at home.˜Left to cherish his memory is his wife, Alice; children Stephanie Gagnon, Scott Gagnon and wife Lisa Wesley Gagnon, Michelle Gagnon, ad

Shannon Gagnon;˜stepchildren Christine Lavallee, Diane Lavigne and husband Richard Lavigne, Sharon Morin and husband Kevin Morin, Carol Devoid and husband Rod Devoid, and Joanne Blaney; grandchildren Logan Williams and Grace Gagnon; and 10 step-grandchildren and 20 step-great-grandchildren. He is survived by˜brothers Br. Bernard Gagnon and Paul Gagnon and wife Rose, sister ° eresa Bellizzi, many nieces and nephews, extended family, and countless friends.˜Charlie is predeceased by his step-son-in-laws Michael Bergeron and Albert Lavallee, and also his greatgrandson, Gabrielle Lavigne. He is predeceased by his brothers Larry Gagnon, Father John Gagnon and James Gagnon and sisters Mary Martell and Phyllis Gagnon. Visitation will be held ° ursday, January 28, from 5 to 8 p.m. at LaVigne Funeral Home and Cremation Service, 132 Main St, Winooski. A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 11:30 a.m. at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, Winooski. Donations in his name can be made to Cornerstone Hospice, c/o ° e Villages Team, 2445 Lanepark Rd., Tavares, FL 32778. For a complete life story and to leave condolences, please go to lavigne funeralhome.com.

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A New Page: UVM President Revives Concerts With Link to Literature B Y AMY LI LLY

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lassical music enthusiast TOM SIMONE, who teaches literature at the University of Vermont, hit on a good idea in 2008. With UVM affiliate pianist PAUL ORGEL, he devised a concert series featuring music from the literary eras his students were studying: Messiaen for Second World War writing, Debussy for Proust, The Rite of Spring for modernist writers, and so on. Made possible through a special English department fund, the Music and Literature Concert Series’ two annual concerts were open to the public, too — and free. After the February 2014 concert, however, the fund’s lawyers redefined its use to include only English department students. Fortunately, UVM president TOM SULLIVAN, a humanities enthusiast, was in the audience for that last concert. He urged Simone to apply directly to his office for funding, even emailing him a reminder, says the professor. It worked: The series has been reinstated after a two-year hiatus, and renamed the PRESIDENT’S CONCERT SERIES FOR MUSIC AND HUMANITIES. As Orgel comments about Sullivan during a phone call, “It reminds me of some 18th-century court where there’s a patron who really cares about music.” The series restarts on February 3 with a concert by Montpelier pianist MICHAEL ARNOWITT, who will play the last three of Beethoven’s sonatas. Then, on March 30, Orgel, soprano MARY BONHAG and a string quartet led by cellist JOHN DUNLOP will offer a program of late romantic and early modern works by Fauré, Hugo Wolf, Ernest Chausson, Debussy and Ravel. Simone is currently teaching literature of the French Revolution and romantic poetry; James Joyce is on the syllabus later in the semester. He believes in situating literature within the wider context of Western culture. While music is harder to introduce to students than, say, art — “Everything is visual these days,” he comments — he considers it no less integral. Beethoven, perhaps the first romantic composer, will be a case in point: an expression in music of a wider cultural turn toward the heroic individual and

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the centrality of human emotion. Says Arnowitt, the composer was the first to rebel against writing music in the service of either the church or the court — the only paths open to musicians until then. “Composers want to write the music they want to write, not background music to this or that. Beethoven was the first to do that,” Arnowitt adds. The piano sonatas are considered among the most profoundly moving music in the repertory, and Arnowitt’s approach is particularly reverent. The concert is one of a series he devised that has lasted a quarter century, during which he performed each of the 32 piano sonatas as he reached the ages at which Beethoven composed them. Arnowitt has been performing the final concert

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around the state since he turned 52 last year, but this performance of it — his eighth — will be the first in Chittenden County. Bridging the romantic and modern eras in the second concert, Orgel will accompany soprano Bonhag on songs by Fauré and the lesser-known Wolf.

Orgel is a sensitive interpreter of that period’s music who recently issued a remarkable solo recording of works by Josef Suk, Chausson and Max Reger. This will be his first collaboration with Bonhag, a former student of soprano Dawn Upshaw and one of Vermont’s most skilled and essential singers. Both musicians will join the string quartet for Chausson’s unusually scored Chanson perpétuelle, op. 37. This lateromantic lament voiced by an abandoned lover explores the kind of chromatic nuances that would lead to modernist atonality — particularly in the piano’s haunting phrases following the stanza that ends, “Je meurs” (“I am dying”). The concerts are sure to be memorable to students and the public alike, as many in Simone’s series have been. “I have students who still remember these concerts, who had never been to a classical concert before. They come and tell me how wonderful the Shostakovich or the Messiaen was,” Simone says. “To me, that’s a great joy.” m Contact: lilly@sevendaysvt.com

INFO The Presidents Concert Series for Music and the Humanities, with pianist Michael Arnowitt, Wednesday, February 3, 7:30 p.m., at the University of Vermont Recital Hall in Burlington. On Wednesday, March 30, 7:30 p.m., the concert will feature pianist Paul Orgel and soprano Mary Bonhag. Free.

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A Waitsfield Design Museum Heralds the Legacy of Prickly Mountain B Y AMY LI LLY

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nside a ramshackle 1845 house beside the covered bridge in Waitsfield is a design maven’s heaven: the MADSONIAN MUSEUM OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN. There, an antique, wide-mouthed robot about six inches high will swallow a quarter, the museum’s admission fee for children. A sleek black 1934 DeSoto Airflow car shares a room with portrait photos of famous designers — Walter Gropius, Eileen Gray, the Eameses — as well as a row of architect-designed chairs, including an original Frank Gehry wiggle chair. A table near the entrance displays ordinary building tools and a droll note penned in black marker — “1965 Tools of Our Ancestors!” That’s a subtle introduction to what lies at the other end of the building. There, in two small rooms, an exhibit is mounted in honor of the 50th (or so) anniversary of Vermont’s only architectural movement: the design-build experiment at Prickly Mountain, near Warren, which lasted from 1964 to 1977. On a recent cold morning in those underheated rooms, architect and museum owner DAVID SELLERS regaled Seven Days with stories of his Prickly days of living communally and building houses without plans. Sellers, 77, started the movement with fellow Yale architecture student William Reinecke. The two purchased land near Sugarbush Resort with a plan to design and build ski houses. But their improvised building approach — architects of the time typically drew detailed plans in rooms

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far removed from building sites — soon drew eager converts from architectural schools around the country. “We were pre-dope; the narcotics was building,” quips Sellers, who has a shock of white hair to rival that of Sen. Bernie Sanders and a sense of excitement that hasn’t flagged over the last 50 years. Many of the movement’s radical houses — composites of angular and rounded shapes, with practical bumpouts in curved Plexiglas and bridges to nowhere but views — still stand a short drive away. Sellers founded the Madsonian in 2011 partly to provide a home for his ever-growing design collection. He curated the Prickly exhibit, which is drawn from his own archives and those of JIM SANFORD — a University of Pennsylvania architecture student who arrived in Vermont in 1970 and, like Sellers, never left — and Yalie BARRY SIMPSON, an early investor who still lives in the house he built in the ’80s on Prickly Mountain. Somewhat lacking in context, the show immerses visitors in literature, media stories and memorabilia from the era. Architecture books and magazine spreads cover two tabletops; the walls are crowded with tacked-up photos, mementos and drawings. In one 1960s House Beautiful spread on promising young American architects, Sellers and Reinecke are the only ones not sporting ties and jackets and sitting in an office. A Glamour story taped to the wall shows groovy 1970s

types lounging on couches in Pinhead House, where the guest bedroom was a revolving cylinder. A fuzzy photo of white, curved shapes on another wall documents a failed effort to use snow to shape poured concrete. A whole wall is dedicated to Dimetrodon, a steep-roofed apartment building that’s still in use in Warren. On a Burlington Free Press article on this wall, Sellers has circled the words “money” and “Dimetrodon” in black marker and written in mock amazement, “These two words on same page!!” Prickly Mountain was never a moneymaker. The show’s focus on media is appropriate. Prickly was ignited by a 1967 LIFE magazine spread on Sellers and Reinecke’s experiments. The day of Seven Days’ visit, three other visitors were on hand: DANNY SAGAN, DEVIN COLMAN and Sanford, who was volunteering stories of his own, including memories of living in 900 square feet on seven levels in his Dimetrodon apartment. Sagan, a Norwich University professor of architecture and design-build, is the movement’s oral historian. His essays and interviews in Architectural Improvisation, the catalog for a 2008 exhibit about Prickly at the University of Vermont’s FLEMING MUSEUM, are a good introduction for visitors to the Madsonian exhibit. Sagan and Colman, the Vermont state architectural historian, were there to help Sellers find an archival home for

the movement’s documentation. “When the show’s over, this all goes back on people’s shelves,” laments Sellers. The drafty Madsonian is not a viable venue for paper documentation. But the legacy of Prickly Mountain is worth saving. The Yale School of Architecture has a design-build program called the Yale Building Project because of it, and Vermont is now populated with firms that specialize in design-build. Prickly alum JOHN CONNELL founded YESTERMORROW DESIGN/BUILD SCHOOL in Waitsfield. The movement continues a vein of Vermont radicalism that reaches far beyond the red barn-white house image of the state promoted for tourism, according to Sagan. “Emma Goldman lectured here; Ira Allen dragged cannons over the mountains,” he declares. “The concept that architectural students would actually build something with their hands was inconceivable in the ’60s.” And the Madsonian, with its “halfdemo-ed” interior walls and thickets of pushed-aside junk in the entry, is another aspect of nonconformist Vermont that Sagan would like to see preserved. “The world is full of tastefully done white walls and corporate cleanliness,” he comments dismissively. “Funky has not survived well into the 20th century.” For now, it survives in Waitsfield. m Contact: lilly@sevendaysvt.com

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was denser and weirder than I expected.” But then “I went to New York City and met Terrence McNally, and worked with him on a musical,” says Love, who came to have more insight into the playwright’s story. A staged reading often presents a row of actors simply sitting in chairs or standing at lecterns for

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the duration, but Love didn’t want to settle for that at the Chandler. His challenge, he says, has been “to meet the needs and demands of this play” without sets or props, and to keep the audience engaged in the talky action. To that end, he employed devices such as creating side areas where subsets of characters can develop their relationships. And — spoiler alert! — the director got his actors tutus for that drag version of Swan Lake. “One reason I took this job is, I didn’t know if I would ever have the opportunity to direct a gay play again,” says Love. “And there’s another reason to do it: It’s still relevant.” He points to persistent homophobia in the local community and elsewhere. “Our hope,” he says, “is to have one big full house.”

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It’s a shame that Love! Valour! Compassion! is just a one-night stand this week, presented by VERMONT PRIDE THEATER at the CHANDLER MUSIC HALL. When a show is billed as “One summer. Eight men. Complications…,” you gotta assume that entertainment is at hand. Indeed, Terrence McNally’s dramedy won a Tony for best play in 1995, among many other awards. It was made into a movie in 1997. Production notes sum up its story thus: “Infideli y, fli tations, soul-searching, AIDS, truth-telling and skinny-dipping mix monumental questions about life and death with a wacky rehearsal for Swan Lake performed in drag.” “It’s kind of a period piece, but it still holds up really well,” notes guest director ERIC LOVE. “Some references to AIDS seem dated, but some feel really urgent.” And, he adds, “It’s racy.” Love, 28, moved to Vermont just four months ago from New York and is the assistant artistic director and education director for NORTHERN STAGE in White River Junction. He’s “on loan” to guide a regional cast of seven men in a staged reading of McNally’s groundbreaking work. As it happens, the North Carolina native says, he read Love! Valour! Compassion! in college and “didn’t really get it. It

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though — and it was a spendy era, what with the rebuilding of Europe, the Great Society, the Vietnam War, etc. — promptly grew to dwarf the Fort Knox reserves, which at one point held only a third of the gold needed to cover the dollars in foreign circulation, prompting fears of a run on the place. In 1971 President Richard Nixon suspended the direct convertibility of the U.S. dollar into gold, bringing about a system of floating, rather than fixed, exchange rates. Among other things, this move, the so-called Nixon Shock, increased the ability of the Federal Reserve to influence monetary policy, which, in turn, decades later, led yahoos such as Ron Paul and Ted Cruz to pine for a return to the gold standard. (Most economists continue to see this as a pretty bad idea.) But the key development of the era, for our purposes, was a deal where, in exchange for U.S. military support and other preferential treatment, the Saudis agreed to conduct oil transactions in dollars only. Soon the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) as a whole signed on. As prices

the United Nations’ “oil for food” program gave Iraq permission to sell its oil for euros; hardcore skeptics cite this threat to the rule of the petrodollar as a contributing factor in the U.S. invasion. Since then, Iran has switched to conducting its oil transactions in euros, and recently Gazprom Neft, Russia’s third-largest oil producer, began selling oil to China in exchange for renminbi. But an abrupt abandonment of the petrodollar system is in nobody’s best interest: Since most major nations continue to back their own currency with the U.S. dollar, everybody’s got some skin in the game visà-vis keeping that currency stable. That’s not to say the petrodollar regime isn’t a bit sensitive these days, but it’s for another reason: fracking. Environmental implications aside, hydraulic fracturing (discussed here in 2013) has put major shale oil reserves in play and (for now, at least) upended the world energy market. In 2011, for instance, the U.S. imported about $360 billion worth of oil; by 2015, that number had dropped to $120 billion. One estimate last year pegged OPEC’s 2015

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ow many gallons of water should you stock in the emergency cellar? Will three AR-15s suffice, or does the well-equipped arsenal really demand four? If these are your concerns, Kingsley, you’ll find a fantastic resource in the internet, the petrodollar and the havoc that’ll result from its impending collapse being an extremely popular topic among the black-helicopter set. You can’t go wrong with freezedried peas, I hear. A calmer assessment reveals a more prosaic concept. What we talk about when we talk about petrodollars is international oil sales as transacted in U.S. dollars — which is to say, oil sales: The dollar has long been the standard currency for all such dealings. The primary world reserve currency, meanwhile, is the very same dollar — full stop. The origins of this arrangement hark back to Bretton Woods, the 1944 confab of Allied nations where it was decided that the dollar would be the world’s backup buck, backed itself by gold at a fixed rate of $35 per ounce. International spending,

shot up in the ’70s, oil-exporting countries in the Middle East found themselves with more dollars than they knew what to do with; they placed them in U.S. and British banks, which in turn used the dollars to make loans to developing countries that needed the money to ... import oil, the resulting relationship of indebtedness a boon to U.S. global hegemony. Sound a bit Kissingerian? Well, the whole thing was Henry’s baby: he called the scheme “recycling petrodollars.” (“Petrodollars” as opposed to, say, “dollars,” because they don’t circulate in the U.S.; economists thought it’d be useful to make the distinction.) Conveniently, the Saudis also used their petrodollar surpluses to buy munitions from American arms manufacturers, who, with Vietnam winding down, were grateful for the business. All around, a shining example of U.S. foreign policy: We enrich ourselves and impoverish the developing world while selling weapons to jerks. Doffing your tinfoil hat, then, you come to see the petrodollar bathed in the glow of ’70s and ’80s nostalgia, like disco and Oliver North. What relevance does it have nowadays? Well, to hear the, er, more concerned parties tell it, if the oil-producing countries decide to stop using the dollar for oil transactions — switching to, say, the euro — it’ll send the world economy into a tailspin. There has been a little attrition, most notably in 2000 when

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Befriending Black Eagle Swinging around Battery Park, I asked, “So, did you have a nice Christmas? Myself, I prefer Thanksgiving. I do enjoy a good feast.” “Well, I don’t celebrate Thanksgiving. I’m half Native American, Mohawk Nation.” “I can appreciate that,” I said. “Why celebrate the early stages of the European invasion?” My customer smiled. “Exactly,” he said. “Not many Americans understand that perspective.” “Oh, I think it’s beginning to seep through in recent years. It’s like a favorite

“SO, YOU CALL YOURSELF AN ATHEIST,” I SAID, PICKING UP THE CONVERSATION. writer of mine, George Saunders, once wrote, ‘Mostly we’re asleep, but we can wake up.’” “It’s been a long sleep, though. Maybe 500 years.” I laughed and said, “That’s why we’re all still groggy.” “Anyway,” he said, “to answer your first question, I did have a good Christmas. I asked Aaron, my 9-year-old son, what he wanted for a present, and he asked for some money to buy gift boxes for the homeless. They’re, like, 10 bucks apiece at the food shelf.” “That’s kind of amazing for a young kid,” I said.

“That’s the way Aaron’s been since he could talk. Last week, he asked his mother for money to give to this disabled beggar guy on Church Street. My ex-wife doesn’t get it, though. She was railing at me recently because the kid said ‘fuck.’ I mean, he’s such a sweet person, who cares about an occasional curse word? But she’s a big churchgoer, a real holy roller. Me and Aaron are both atheists, but she forces him to go to church with her.” “Well, I guess that’s why there’s two parents — a child gets different perspectives on the big questions of life.” “Yeah, I suppose you’re right. It’s tough to resolve this stuff when you’re divorced, though.” “Hey, it’s tough when you’re not.” We rolled by the North Avenue Alliance Church, a “mega-church” by Vermont standards. I’ve never felt connected to organized religion, but I appreciate the value, the feeling of community and connection, it can bring to a person’s life. If it offers peace of mind, I say go for it. I’m with John Lennon, who sang, “Whatever gets you through the night, it’s all right, it’s all right.” “So, you call yourself an atheist,” I said, picking up the conversation. “What about Native American spirituality? You know — the Great Spirit, Mother Earth, that kind of thing. Do you feel a connection to that?” “Honestly, not really,” he replied. “Stop me if I’m getting too personal here, but how then do you experience the link with your native roots?” “That’s easy,” he replied. “It’s with the people, with the land. I don’t have to bring in anything supernatural to feel that bond.” When I was in elementary school, in Brooklyn, New York, my school had a

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single Native American student. He was known in those less awakened times as “the Indian.” The boy’s name was Black Eagle, and, looking back, I’m struck that he never adopted an Americanized name. He was one proud kid. It was the ’60s, and Manhattan was experiencing a building boom. Skyscrapers were rising seemingly on every corner. Black Eagle’s dad, he told us, was a steelworker — “walking the high steel” is how he put it. Native Americans were said to possess exceptional balance, and whether this was myth or reality — probably myth — it helped them land good, high-paying jobs on the skyscraper crews. Hundreds, perhaps thousands of Mohawk men took up the trade, making their way down from the upstate reservation to live and work in the city. The vast majority, I’ve only recently discovered, came without their wives or children. Black Eagle, a Mohawk child in New York City, was an anomaly. Driving this customer to Cottage Grove made me think of Black Eagle for the first time in decades. I wish I could return — to the ’60s, to P.S. 99 in Flatbush — and make friends with the kid. This was my desire at the time, but I didn’t know how to go about it. Now I do. And while I’m at it, maybe I’d drop by Hudde Middle School and ask Monica if I could walk her home. And, next, I’d revisit Midwood High School and… m

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ugene “Gene” Richards usually arrives at Burlington International Airport about an hour and a half after the first flight takes off at 5:20 a.m. He was on the job at 8 on a recent Wednesday morning, when shafts of weak winter sun were piercing the gray skies as snowplows cleared a thin coating of snow off the runways. The airport’s resident F-16s roared overhead, courtesy of the Vermont Air National Guard. Inside the redesigned airport operations headquarters, Richards was showing off his treadmill desk — and a black Fitbit on his wrist. The aviation director was running third in the office fitness tracker contest, with 23,975 steps logged so far in the weekly challenge — not bad, considering he was suffering from shin splints. The challenge appears to be about 55-year-old Richards getting in shape, but it’s also a perfect metaphor for his efforts to keep the airport competitive — more like a tech company than a government entity — in a very difficult environment. Some factors are controllable; others aren’t. Once a cornfield, the 96-year-old airport is a crucial part in the engine that powers economic activity in northwestern Vermont, bringing tourists, students and business travelers to a state that is not especially accessible by car or rail. The $19 million operation is also an important income center for the City of Burlington, which owns the 735-acre property in South Burlington. In the three years since he’s been pulling the levers at BTV, Richards has been scrambling to replace revenue lost as a result of fewer travelers flying out of the small city airport. The number of boardings dropped from 747,559 in 2008 to 602,932 in 2014, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Fewer passengers translate to less money for the airport, which collects $4.39 for everyone who climbs on a plane. Predictably, revenue at the airport’s parking garage is also down, by about $150,000 annually, to roughly $5.7 million. License plate counts suggest that about 15 percent fewer Canadians are parking in the garage, according to Burlington Airport Commission minutes.

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Like Gov. Peter Shumlin, who has the same learning disability, Richards found a teacher who helped him keep up with schoolwork and better relate to other students. Now, he said, “I’ve learned that it’s my greatest gift — dyslexia.” Richards graduated from Otter Valley Union High School but did not pursue further studies. He wound up in Burlington, though, and came to realize the college town was a real estate gold mine. He worked at Merchants Bank as a teller before moving into collections, credit cards and mortgages — and bought his first house, on Buell Street, for $85,000. By 1995, he’d founded Spruce Mortgage. He also ran a rental property company, Champlain Apartments, which controlled more than 190 bedrooms, most of which he has sold off. Richards started his career at the airport as a volunteer airport commissioner and commission chair. Weinberger, then a private developer, was also on the commission. Both men were critical of how the airport was being managed under the administration of former mayor Bob Kiss. When Weinberger was elected mayor, he tapped Richards to serve as interim director,

recognizing that it might be a stretch to plunk someone from the private-sector mortgage and rental world into a public-sector aviation administration job. “I initially made Gene the interim general manager because I wasn’t really sure how it was going to work,” Weinberger said. “It was a pretty different role for him than when he had been a small-business person … We had really candid conversations back then that it may only have been a short-term thing.” A year after the interim appointment, Weinberger was happy to make the $112,000-per-year post permanent. And he hasn’t regretted it. “I think Gene’s doing an outstanding job. I think he has taken an airport that was in significant financial distress and turned it around,” Weinberger said. Richards has worked to balance the budget and build up cash reserves that were nonexistent for years. In 2014, the effort paid off. Moody’s Investors Service upgraded the airport’s bond rating from “junk” status to “investment grade.” This allowed the airport to refinance some of its debt and save on interest going forward. Richards has also infused the airport with new energy and new ideas, Weinberger said. BTV was ahead of the curve when it installed a yoga studio, a Mamava booth for breastfeeding and locavore restaurants. It’s now renting terminal space for weddings and fundraisers. The mayor says he receives emails from passengers about the customer-service commitment Richards brings to the operation, and the aviation director pointed out examples on the tour. No detail is too small. As a custodian rolled by on a floor-cleaning machine, Richards explained that the soap dispensers, hand dryers and toilet flushing in the restrooms are now all touch-free, and staff wipes down the airport railings four times a day. Baggage carts are free. “What we’re saying to people is: ‘Your business is important to us,’” said Richards.

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Richards was dressed for success that day in a charcoal-gray suit, a white Ralph Lauren button-down shirt and a purple tie. Small wire-rim glasses gave him a bookish air, but it was an illusion. At school in his native St. Albans, Richards discovered his brain didn’t work in the same way as the other children’s. He was later diagnosed with dyslexia. “It was awful,” he said. “Absolutely horrible. The world doesn’t understand minds that are different.”

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That has a lot to do with the declining value of the Canadian dollar, which has eliminated most of the savings Québecers once realized by departing from BTV. Further, those Canadians still willing to fly out of the U.S. are being lured by the budget fares and tropical destinations offered at the expanding Plattsburgh International Airport across Lake Champlain in New York. That airport started operating in 2007 on the site of a former Air Force base and is billing itself today as “Montréal’s U.S. airport.” Richards has fought the trend by helping to secure direct twice-a-week flights between Burlington and Orlando, Fla., on discount carrier Allegiant Air, which started in February 2014. Last August, American Airlines started flying from BTV to Charlotte, N.C., a hub for transfers to warm-weather destinations. Richards also convinced United to fly larger planes into Burlington that are less prone to weather-, crew- and traffic-related cancellations. When he’s not trying to land airlines, Richards sweats the small things: customer service, amenities, vendor contracts, employee morale. With a combination of creative cost cutting, strategic dealmaking and hands-on management, he’s keeping BTV aloft. Airport employees and passengers “see him crawling around in the baggage area late at night making sure bags are getting out,” said Mayor Miro Weinberger, who appointed Richards as interim director in 2012 and made the job permanent in 2013. “I’ve heard stories of him standing there with a stopwatch at the TSA checkpoint, trying to hold them accountable for getting people through.” Richards has moved the airport’s administrative offices, once a warren of rooms in the middle of the building, to the far south end and created an open, “collaborative” office. “This is my new space,” Richards said of the “bull pen,” as he calls it. “I don’t want a little dictatorship. I want a team.” The end-of-the-day Ping-Pong games are meant to build collegiality, in the same way the in-house tennis and mini golf do at local companies such as Dealer.com. But there’s a big difference: Richards is operating on a very limited budget. He’s positively gleeful about the various deals he scrounged for the airport terminal, including the circular table in the center of the new office. “It was a $37,000 table that I got for $2,000,” Richards proclaimed, dimples flashing. In a sitting area elsewhere in the terminal, Richards pointed to the furniture — free from Lowe’s — and to a player piano against one wall. “And how much did it cost?” Richards asked, referring to the piano. “Nothing,” he answered, hands outstretched in a ta-da fashion. Referring to the airport’s budget, Richards added cheerfully: “We have no money.”

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When he sees room for improvement, Richards calls for it. And, despite his claims to be collaborative, the airport’s entrepreneur in chief tends to dominate meetings. That’s a recipe for conflict. Specifically, Richards is pushing for economies in ways that challenge other city department heads. Airport commission minutes show Richards repeatedly complaining that the Burlington Department of Public Works contract to operate the airport parking garage is bloated. Richards has reduced the contract by $43,000 in the past two years, but the airport is still paying DPW a whopping $674,225 to operate the garage this year. At a June 6, 2015, commission meeting, Richards said DPW has been put on notice that the airport will be operating the garage as of this July. FAA regulations say municipal airports such as Burlington’s are not supposed to be profit machines for the cities that own them. Going back decades, though, officials at Burlington City Hall would often imply that Burlington International Airport contracts for city services were good for the city’s bottom line. The fact that Richards is challenging the parking garage contract is a tricky move politically, but he appears to have the support of the mayor, who must sign off on the change. It’s not a done deal. “I’m sympathetic to Gene’s perspective on this,” Weinberger said. “I think he has been correct to say this is something we really need to look at and review. We’re going to make a decision in the next month.” The mayor is less sympathetic to reviewing the airport’s contract for city police services. It’s driven largely by federal requirements, the mayor said. He doesn’t see a lot of fat there. But, again according to airport minutes, Richards has been making noise about the size of that contract, too. At a May 5 meeting last year, Richards said he was trying to talk the police contract down from $1,014,000 to $750,000. He’s already managed to trim the contract by $128,000 since 2014. In an interview, Richards declined to get specific on any negotiations and said he’s happy with the contract for now. Airport commissioners have been generally supportive of his attempts to drive a bargain with other city departments. Bill Keogh, a commissioner and former Burlington city councilor,

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praised Richards for setting airport finances on the right track. Keogh said the garage management contract with DPW has been a problem for years, going back to the Kiss administration. “The previous administration really had a financial drain on the airport for, we think, an exorbitant fee that we paid public works,” Keogh said. “I think Gene’s been able to whittle down that fee.” Richards has been less successful winning over South Burlington’s Chamberlin Neighborhood-Airport Planning Committee, which meets with airport officials about immediate impacts on the surrounding area. South Burlington City Councilor Meaghan Emery gives Richards credit for carefully managing the long-anticipated demolition of nearly 100 homes near the airport last year under a voluntary federal program that allowed neighbors to sell to get out from under the flight path. But since the homes were torn down, Emery said, some remaining neighbors say the airport noise has actually gotten worse. They’re also concerned about the sound impact of F-35 fighter jets that will one day be based at the airport. Richards needs to meet more often with the neighbors and South Burlington city councilors, Emery said. She also recommends that he “listen” to neighbors who have complained at public meetings about increased noise — suggesting that he currently doesn’t. “I think it would help resolve so many of the tensions and misunderstandings,” Emery said. Richards described the neighborhood group as “dysfunctional.”

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Tom Hart had time to kill at the airport last Thursday before embarking on the first leg of a trip to California. Originally from South Burlington, the San Diego man sat in one of the rocking chairs in the second-floor breezeway, soaking up the sun streaming through the windows. “I think it’s very well done,” he said of BTV. He admitted he doesn’t do much comparison shopping on flights to Vermont to visit his 97-year-old mother. “I don’t even worry about the prices,” said the architect for the San Diego public schools. “I call my travel agent and tell him I need to go to Burlington and take whatever he gives me.” Also at the airport: veterinarian Karen Anderson, a Waitsfield resident returned from a convention in Orlando, Fla., who was waiting for a friend to pick her up. She said she almost always flies out of Burlington, even though she sees

somewhat cheaper fares at other airports in the region. “I might have saved $50 to drive to Manchester,” Anderson said of the New Hampshire airport north of Boston, but to her it’s not worth the hassle. She likes the small size and the feel of BTV. “I think our airport is quite lovely.” Loyal passengers such as Hart and Anderson are important to the airport, but it’s also vital that BTV reach more price-sensitive flyers. Plattsburgh has grown in large part because its location qualifies it for government subsidies

that have helped the airport attract airlines. “They have done incredibly well,” Richards said of the competing airport across the lake. “They have started with nothing, and they basically are in the middle of nowhere.” Generous as that sounds, Richards refused to share the findings of a passenger “leakage” study that he commissioned last year. The report, completed by a private consultant, would help the UP IN THE AIR

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Being a landlord prepared Gene Richards for one aspect of his job as aviation director of BTV: managing tenants. Thi ty-fi e rent space, including commercial airlines, car-rental companies and food purveyors inside the terminal, and at least a dozen of those tenants lease airport land. The outside tenants repair private jets, teach people to fly and fix airplanes — a even sell RVs. Although they’re less visible, these businesses are an important part of the airport’s economic ecosystem. Some are on commercial property off the airfield; others have access to the runways. Among the biggest players is Heritage Aviation, which offers fueling, catering and deicing for commercial airlines and repairs private jets that fly in from around the No theast. The company recently announced that its 60 empl yees are buying the business. Less visible tenants include Pratt & Whitney, which repairs plane engines, and headquarters for CommutAir, a United subsidiary that offers regional air service. Contact Aero, another tenant, installs radios and navigation equipment, and inspects and maintains private planes. “Aviation education is another component that people don’t probably think much about, but it’s located right here on the airfield,” said Ed Antczak, executi e director of the Vermont Flight Academy and a former administrator in the Burlington Community & Economic Development Office His operation is the largest flight school in the region, with about 95 students, 30 employees and 15 planes, including two seaplanes. The ermont Flight Academy offers a four-year degree in partnership with Vermont Technical College that trains students to be professional pilots and flight instructors. (See ork, page 37.) Also on the airport grounds, the Burlington Technical Center operates a facility that trains high school students in airline maintenance. The airpo t generates and supports many related enterprises, Antczak pointed out. To grow, they need more buildings for equipment, planes and parts — “more hangar space, for sure,” he said. Not counting the Vermont Air National Guard hangars, there are seven large hangars on the airport property and many smaller ones. At $3 million a pop, the airport won’t be paying to build more anytime soon, according to Richards. The in estment doesn’t make sense, he reasoned, because the demand is seasonal. With or without more space, Antczak believes BTV is in a good spot: “It’s a huge asset for the region.”

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Richards has plans to add another restaurant, outside the security checkpoints, to complement the success of the three airport eateries run by Burlingtonbased Skinny Pancake. “It would be comfort food, much like Skinny Pancake,” he said. “Vermont-sourced.” Longer term: He wants to reorganize and expand the terminal so there is one security checkpoint instead of the current two. Using a special marker, he draws a circle on the spot — at the southern end of the building — right on the conference table, which doubles as a dry-erase map of the airport property.

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percentage of seats sold in the 80s and 90s, Richards said: “If you are less than that, they are going to have a problem with that.” Government airport subsidies also attract airlines, and a small state such as Vermont can’t give out the kind of subsidies that New York does to its small airports. “Vermont has economic challenges,” Richards said. “We have to be frugal over here.” And frugal he is: Richards has focused on containing costs and finding new sources of revenue for the airport. For years, an outside firm sold the digital ad space in the airport and took a large cut of the cash. The airport is selling its own ads now, in partnership with the Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce. Those ad deals may be packaged with a designated parking space in the garage, close to the terminal, for corporate clients who travel a lot — or who want to share the spot with a client.

Richards is also seeking more bids from developers who would build and operate a boutique hotel over the parking garage. A request for proposals last year brought in only one bid, and Richards said it wasn’t quite the right fit. Yet another goal is to increase the number of tenants on airport property, now at 35, and create more of an industrial park on the southern edge of the property, with access to Williston Road. Richards exudes urgency, but unlike the customers around him, he’s not going anywhere — at least not today. He and his wife, Julie, have a home and some investment properties in Florida, but Richards said he has no plans to retire to a warm beach — or to ever quit working. For now, he’s happy moving forward in place. m Contact: molly@sevendaysvt.com Disclosure: Seven Days publishes BTV: The Burlington International Airport Quarterly.

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SEVEN DAYS: Is flying a plane at a l like riding a horse? KATHY DAILY: The relationship you have as a pilot to an aircraft is so much like a horse and rider. You take a machine, or an animal, that can physically do way more than you can do, and then you put yourself in a relationship where you have total control. It’s like you’ve taken over their body in this weird way.

SD: How much longer do you plan to fl professionally? KD: The rules for flying professionally [at this age] are strict. I probably couldn’t get a really high-paying job at this point. The insurance has gotten so tough that most airplane pilots are forced to retire at 60. I could get a job flying a really nice corporate jet, but I’m not interested in that. To be honest, I like teaching and love aerobatics.

SD: What’s the most enjoyable plane you’ve ever flown KD: The BD-5 is high on my list. It’s just a brilliant, perfect airplane. But I also have other favorites, including the DC-3, which I flew for a freight company called Salair. I also had a couple of racing planes when I raced Formula One.

SD: What was your favorite flying experience KD: There are so many. It could be a beautiful morning. I remember flights over the Pacific when I was ferrying airplanes to Australia, seeing the night sky and the cumulus clouds and the stars. You realize you’re in this magical place where there’s nobody else literally for a thousand miles in any direction, and you’re all alone. That’s a magical time. m Contact: ken@sevendaysvt.com

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SD: What’s the most complex maneuver you’ve performed? KD: The most challenging for me with the BD-5 were tailslides. You pull the airplane up to vertical, close the throttle and try to keep it absolutely straight. When it stops, it’ll slide backward, and at some point it’ll flip over. To get the airplane to go straight, especially if you’re doing it in a formation, that was always challenging.

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jet — the 300-mile-per-hour Bede BD-5 — in air shows, flying solo and in three-plane formations. “There’s no room for error at all,” she says. At times, her wingman’s plane was only a couple of feet away. “That was a wonderful part of my flying life,” Daily adds, “because the camaraderie you have with people when you do that kind of flying — there’s nothing else like it.”

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or Kathy Daily, a pilot’s license was a lifelong ticket to adventure. The 64-year-old Williston native began flying at 22. Over the past four decades, she’s flown more than 75 different airplanes and traveled to some of the remotest places on Earth. Some of those flights were serious whiteknucklers that left her exhilarated when she finally landed safely. These days, Daily is a flight instructor at South Burlington’s Vermont Flight Academy who also teaches aerobatics, aka stunt flying. She says it was “a bit of a fluke” that she got into aviation at all: Her brother was offered a free flying lesson in Middlebury. When he wasn’t interested, she took it instead. “Within the hour flight, I was really passionate about flying,” she remembers. Before that, Daily had been “one of those horsey girls”; she moved to North Carolina after high school to train as a jockey. “It was a dirty, dark world, quite frankly,” she says, “and I wasn’t happy.” After a year of college left her feeling equally miserable and directionless, Daily disNAME covered flying, the first acKathy Daily tivity since horseback riding that gave her a thrill. TOWN She attended Emery Williston Aviation College in Greeley, Colo., then returned to New JOB England and landed a job Instructor, Vermont at the airport on Martha’s Flight Academy Vineyard, Mass. Daily was its jill-of-all-trades, answering phones, washing and refueling airplanes, and flying sightseers around the island. As she puts it, “I thought I’d hit the jackpot.” One day, while Daily was practicing aggressive stalls and recoveries off Martha’s Vineyard, her plane went into an unrecoverable flat spin. She and her passenger fell 2,500 feet and crashed in the sea, an accident that would leave her with facial and internal injuries. Both managed to swim to a buoy and were rescued by a passing vessel. “The airplane came up in a fisherman’s net a year later — what was left of it — and the indications were probably that I’d had some structural failure,” Daily says. She got right back on her horse, as it were, and attended aerobatics school in Santa Paula, Calif. The school later hired her as an instructor, which segued into her long career of flying opportunities. Her adventures were many. In the early ’80s, Daily flew a customized DC-3 to the north pole to set buoys to track Soviet submarines. Later, she worked as a ferry pilot, transporting planes overseas for sale. In the early ’90s, she was the first to ferry Russian-built aircraft to the U.S. Once she rescued another plane that was lost above the Atlantic, guiding its pilot by referencing cloud formations over the Azores. Another time, her own plane caught fire over Mali. On yet another flight, she and another pilot were briefly arrested for making an emergency landing in Nigeria. For five years, Daily piloted the world’s smallest

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n her debut collection, Steel, Burlington poet and psychotherapist Alison Prine constructs a sharp portrait of grief and winds through her own life in pursuit of ever-open questions. Winner of the San Diegobased Cider Press Review’s annual Book Award in 2014, the book includes an inwww.essexoutlets.com facebook.com/pages/essexvt troduction by the contest’s judge, Jeffrey 21 Essex Way, Essex Junction, VT | 802.878.2851 Harrison. He notes, “Two tragic events haunt this powerful first collection — the early loss of the poet’s mother, and Untitled-25 1 1/8/16 11:14 AM her brother’s death.” Prine’s mother was killed in a car crash when she was 4; her brother committed suicide in 2008. Prine, 51, has written poetry as long as she can remember, she told Seven Days by phone, but did not pursue publication until 2008. Since then, many of her individual poems have appeared in literary journals nationwide, including Green Mountains Review, the University of California-Irvine’s Faultline, Harvard Physical Therapy Review and Shenandoah. “A poet is CranioSacral Therapy someone who writes poetry, and I’ve been writing all my life. I decided to Specializing in treatments for: make more space for it,” Prine said of Neck & Back Pain • Headaches publishing. “I guess I had to be more of • TMJ Disorder • Depression • a grown-up to have the courage to leap Anxiety • Preventative Wellness • into it.” Pelvic Pain • Autoimmune Diseases The 55 poems in Steel — which, col• Head Injuries lectively, are nearly too forceful to read Burlington, VT mindy.cohen@icloud.com in one sitting — resemble separate enti802-999-7101 MindyCohenPT.com ties less than they do overlapping variations on a theme. They bring to mind Emily Dickinson’s observation that 12v-mindycohen012716.indd 1 1/25/16 1:44 PM “Success in Circuit lies.” With the exception of two pantoums, the works in Steel are free-form. And, though overwrought in places, the poems maintain a sense of raw honesty. Prine’s gift is deftly to present a central experience — loss — as an ongoing riddle of disorientation. She creates reading experiences that approximate grief’s stranger qualities: the weightlessness of dissociation, for example, or a sense of focus gone haywire. Her motifs include birds (lots of them), building would like to welcome and infrastructure, cyclical patterns, Donielle Beyer rivers and the ocean, shores and edges, to the team! meteorology, and clairvoyance. Creative stylist with 8 years of experience “Every landscape is autobiographicapable of providing you with any look you choose! Coming to us from Michigan cal,” Prine writes in “Watermark.” The and a local Burlington shop. same poem lists the sounds that make You can find her at “The difference between the ocean / and a picture of the ocean.” Prine makes 72 Main Street, Burlington | 863-5100 evident a continual task of calculation,

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PRINE TURNS ELEMENTS OF NATURE INTO A LANGUAGE OF THEIR OWN. documenting the confounding work of trying to understand self, environment and language as a single, interconnected unit. In “Into Apples,” she asserts, “I intend to get as close to indivisible / as a girl from Pennsylvania can.” Prine pays close attention to numerical values and alternative forms of logic throughout. In the opening poem, “The engineers taught us,” she writes: “[The engineers taught us] to check one hundred times a day / and tomorrow we will keep on checking.” She describes herself in relation to her parents as “the sum total of their multiplication.” In “Orchard,” she offers, “I wish I knew how many trees / it takes to make a reason.” The poem “If, Then” plays openly with the conventions of logical propositions. Ultimately, though, Prine’s words convey an ample awareness of the inadequacy of counting — and, more generally, of trying to reason one’s way out of the unbearable. In “I would like to speak to the man in charge,” she asks, “What

do you propose we do when our questions / become useless?” Prine hints that turning to the solitary task of constructing something else — something internal and inherently personal — may be one answer to her own question. In the collection’s opening poem, she offers: “There is only building from the inside / and its necessary loneliness.” Later, in “Choice,” she writes, “I needed many hours, / one against the next without / interruption.” A more significant exploration of the shortcomings of a rational approach is Prine’s gentle condemnation of language. In “I am sorry,” she writes, “I am sorry that I have / no second language with which / I could grow to understand my first.” Clouds “refuse to be described / except in the language with which they describe themselves” in “Naming the Waves.” Recognizing words’ incapacity to articulate experience fully, Prine turns elements of nature into a language of their own, symbols whose meanings she deliberately and irrevocably fuses with her emotional experience. In “The Last Day,” she writes, “[This is] What they mean by variegated / when grief comes at the onset of flowers.” Within this imagery of the wildness of nature and time, birds take on

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The collection’s title holds manifold references, beginning with a nod to the industry of Prine’s hometown, Pittsburgh, Pa., where she lived until leaving for college. Particularly in the book’s early poems, the city stands in for a home whose familiar terrain is made strange by the trauma of death. “Long After the Accident” implicates “the steel grinding / confusion of who came through / and who didn’t.” The poem “Steel,” near the end of the book, gestures toward the gun the author’s brother used to kill himself. Most important here, perhaps, are the contradictions of steel, which can symbolize both threatening hardness — cars, weapons — and emotional resilience. Like language, family and time, Prine’s words show us, steel represents strength and destruction in measures we can never fully grasp.

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central significance, appearing in most of the poems. They are the subjects of prolonged observation — an interest Prine shares with her father, to whom the book is dedicated. In “Displace,” she writes, “A secular way of praying: / flock of cormorants gliding through the mist.” Though she references various avian species, geese in particular seem to hold a fascination for Prine — presumably for their migratory comings and goings. Repetitive patterns course through Steel. “I notice that Wednesday keeps repeating / after a pause, like rain,” Prine writes in “Brother and Sister”; and “Light repeats itself with brave conviction” in “Rings.” In “Surgeon,” the landscape of winter and its passing is juxtaposed with the author’s face as she undergoes the procedure evoked by the title. Here, February is a “needle that / sews shut a season of sleep”; and “There was a man who sewed / my face after an accident / that changed the alignment / of every season after … leaving me legible / for all winters to come.” Prine shows her preoccupation with the face-as-landscape metaphor particularly emphatically in “Darkroom,” describing a year in which the only photographs she took were self-portraits.

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woman rushes to a hospital after taking her baby’s temperature. In English, she tells the nurse that her child has been crying nonstop and is burning up. She begs to see a doctor. The nurse turns to her colleagues and other patients and speaks in an unidentifiable language, presumably asking if anyone understands English. Most give blank stares. A patient speaks a few words to the mother but backs off when he reaches the limits of his English proficiency. By now, the mother is hysterical and desperate. That’s the scenario depicted in a public service announcement video from the Texas Association of Healthcare Interpreters & Translators, produced in 2010. It concludes by telling viewers that 8 percent of U.S. citizens, or 25 million Americans, speak limited English. The video clip is one of an array of materials that Lynette Reep, interpreter coordinator at the University of Vermont Medical Center, uses to educate her colleagues about the challenges that deaf patients or those with limited English proficiency (LEP) face when accessing health care. To drive home her message, Reep also cites famous cases of tragic outcomes that resulted from inadequate language access. One such incident took place in 1980 in South Florida. Eighteen-year-old baseball player Willie Ramirez became quadriplegic after a misunderstanding of a single word led to a misdiagnosis and erroneous treatment. A resultant lawsuit led to a settlement of $71 million. Reep’s position at UVM Medical Center was created just a year ago; before that, technical training for the clinical staff revolved around use of phone interpreters or an app. “Burlington, historically, is not a community that necessarily had a huge need for interpreting services,” Reep said. “But over the last 20 years or so, we’ve had refugees resettled here.” According to statistics provided by the medical center, the percentage of LEP patients has risen over the past three years from 1.25 to 1.38 percent.

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Each week, the medical center receives about 16 requests for ASL interpreters and 200 for spoken-language interpreters. The three languages for which interpretation is most often requested are Nepali, Bosnian and Arabic. Reep, 55, said it is her mission to “provide language access in the interest of patient safety and to educate the organization as a whole about the link between language access and patient safety.” This means creating

a culture in which trained medical interpreters are seen as part of the treatment team. “It’s really important that patients and providers understand that,” Reep said. Even though the interpreters don’t provide care, she added, “they are the mechanism through which care is being provided.” Several existing laws guarantee LEP and deaf patients access to interpretive services. Two of them are

Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990. These days, Reep, who was born on Long Island, spends her days liaising with different departments to set up training sessions on effective rapport with interpreters and patients, revamping interpretation policies, and improving communication between the departments and interpretive services. In addition, she continues to interpret for deaf patients and has had a private practice for 30 years. Refugees aren’t the only ones driving the increased need for interpretation. Silvia Del Castillo-Alzamora, who’s been a freelance medical interpreter in Vermont for 15 years, noted an increased demand for her English-Spanish speaking skills over the past decade, as well. The South Burlington resident, who moved from Ecuador to the Green Mountain State more than 30 years ago, said most of her clients hail from Spain, Mexico, Central and South America, and the Caribbean islands. A native Spanish speaker, Del Castillo-Alzamora has no problem understanding different Spanish accents and dialects, she said. She’s also received training on medical terminology and the code of ethics. “I am simply a piece of equipment their voice is going through,” she said of her relationship with patients. “I don’t judge them; I don’t get inside their lives. It’s not my job.” Medical interpretation has brought Del Castillo-Alzamora into operating rooms, where she sometimes stays throughout a procedure at a patient’s request. “The head nurse can be tricky,” she said about getting access to the OR, but “I know where to stand so I wouldn’t bother them.” Reep has learned from the medical center’s clinical staff that some LEP patients prefer to use their own family members as interpreters. “It’s very common for a grown daughter to say, ‘This is my duty,’” she said. Some family members feel they are neglecting their responsibilities if they don’t interpret for a parent or other relative in the hospital, Reep added. Nonetheless, relying on a family member is not considered a best practice in the interpretive services field,

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isit the Spice Traders’ Kitchen, a cozy Winooski joint serving southeast Asian cuisine, and you’ll see owners Alyssa Vigneault and Sudershan Adhikari working together as if they’ve known each other their entire lives. Standing side by side, woks in hand, they seamlessly match each other’s quick, measured actions. Vigneault eyes her wok, gives it a toss and pivots, grabbing a handful of vegetables. With a single motion, she’s added carrots and some zucchini. Another pivot, and she’s dropping more carrots in Adhikari’s wok, along with some cabbage. Without looking up, he gives his wok a toss. Flames jump toward the ceiling, but Vigneault doesn’t notice; she’s busy tossing her own pan. Despite what their perfect coordination might suggest, Vigneault and Adhikari aren’t husband and wife. Their friendship doesn’t go back many years. In fact, they’ve worked together for a little more than four months. A decade ago, the two were worlds apart: Vigneault was in her native Massachusetts, while Adhikari was in a refugee camp in southeastern Nepal, waiting to come to America. His heritage is reflected in the menu at Spice Traders — which, like a growing number of restaurants in the Burlington area, offers a mix of Asian cuisines. Every day but Sunday, customers can find samosas alongside chow mein, Vietnamese spring rolls and Chinese egg rolls. Located in the 212 Main Street spot formerly occupied by Dharshan Namaste Asian Deli, the restaurant also highlights a strong selection of Nepalese dishes: dal bhat, beef gundruk soup and momo. Adhikari, 28, was born in a small town in Bhutan. Like many of the

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and he’s waiting for the day she’ll be able to join him. “Oh, the restaurant will be closed the day she arrives,” says Vigneault. Despite that separation, Adhikari says he’s happy to be here: “I like the people in Vermont. They are all so friendly and welcoming.” And he likes serving them dishes he learned from his mom, who’s now also in Vermont. “Everything she makes, I love,” he says. Spice Traders’ menu is influenced by the decades Adhikari spent in Nepal, where rice and spice are staples. His tomato-forward curry — full of spice, heat and coconut — tastes neither Thai nor Indian. Made of blended tomatoes,

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onions and coconut milk, it’s simmered for hours, with spices added toward the end of cooking so they don’t lose their intensity. He describes it as a Burmese curry with Nepalese spices — a dish that’s uniquely Adhikari and available only in Winooski. The menu is redolent with spices and herbs: cilantro, turmeric, coriander, cardamom, ginger — and, most prominently, chili powder. Made in-house each morning, this powder is Adhikari and Vigneault’s secret weapon, and they know all too well to use it with extreme caution. “See that?” Vigneault says, indicating a pan to which she’s just added an SPICING UP WINOOSKI

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you have to give them more opportunities,” says Petrarca. They were drawn to the space at 5351 Main Street in Waitsfield (formerly Akes’ Den) because it had character and history, they say, just like their original location. The new Blue Stone will start with 16 beers on tap; Petrarca and Fish say they would like to raise that number soon to 24, or five more than the Waterbury venue. They’ll continue to use local food producers such as MISTY KNOLL FARMS, VERMONT CREAMERY and VERMONT SMOKE & CURE. The only thing missing from the Waitsfield location will be the actual blue stone. The owners tossed around ideas for replicating the vintage resurrected well stone, the namesake for their eatery, but eventually decided against it. “It would have been disingenuous,” explains Fish. He and Petrarca say they are excited to bring their pizza to Waitsfield, where they’ll be able to snag new local customers as well as tourists. “I think there are a lot of people in these areas that live here year-round that need a place to go,” Petrarca surmises. Given that locals

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innocent-looking amount of red powder. “We know not to breathe in when we toss the pan.” The least of her worries is sneezing. The chili powder isn’t the only spice made at the restaurant. Mornings start with the staff standing in front of the stove and roasting spices, then grinding and blending them. In Asia, each family has its own recipe for curries and chili powders, and Vigneault wanted Spice Traders to have its own unique mixes, too. Every dish is made to order with a variable heat level. Vigneault handles the orders for diners who don’t want to cry while they’re eating. If a customer wants a dish seriously hot, though, she turns to Adhikari and says, “All right, you do it.” Adhikari offers some advice — or, rather, a dare — to customers of that persuasion: “If you want it hot, order it ‘Nepali hot.’” Based on the slow burn of the chow mein I tried, I’d expect Nepali hot to feel like being hit with a baseball bat made of chili peppers and then dropped in a volcano. For diners who want to sample several Nepalese foods, the Daal Bhat Platter is the way to go, offering dal (lentil soup), rice, achar (pickled cucumber salad) and a choice of curry (pork, chicken or vegetable). While you can taste Adhikari’s Nepalese upbringing here, the platter was the brainchild of Vigneault, 27. As an employee of the Vermont Refugee Resettlement Program, she ate such Nepali samplers many times in refugees’ homes and wanted to bring that cuisine to the menu. Vigneault met Adhikari during one of those home visits. She watched as he tried various jobs in the U.S.: driving trucks and taxis, working in factories. One day, he told Vigneault that he had a new idea: “I want to open a pizza shop.” The pizza-shop part didn’t stick, but the idea of a restaurant did. Like Adhikari, Vigneault didn’t immediately gravitate toward food. She also didn’t set out to work with refugees. With a scholarship to Elon University in North Carolina to study teaching, she thought her path was set. Then she went to Lithuania to study abroad. While working with a watchdog group, Vigneault toured a refugee camp to see if its conditions were livable. She recalls walking down a hall with an AK-47-toting guard, seeing barbed-wire fences and a gym. The administrators were clearly trying to suggest that the camp was well outfitted, but the gym looked like it hadn’t been used once.

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“The stories of what these people were fleeing, what they had endured, and how lengthy the process of applying for refuge in Lithuania was — it was a life-changing experience for me,” Vigneault remembers. Back at Elon, she switched paths and started volunteering with refugees, a trajectory that eventually brought her to Vermont and the VRRP. When she visited refugees’ homes, Vigneault notes, food was always at the center. “Every time I visited a family’s home, they would welcome me with food. Food was a way of connecting across cultural and linguistic barriers.” Having worked her way through school as a hostess and waitress, Vigneault had 14 years of experience in the restaurant industry when Adhikari approached her with his pizza-shop idea. As the idea evolved to that of an ethnic restaurant, she realized she could stay connected with the refugee community while sharing the food experiences she’d had with others. Spice Traders reflects those diverse flavors, with its namesake spices the common theme. And the local community has been welcoming. Walk in on a Wednesday night, and you might see Vigneault tossing a stir-fry while addressing a customer by name: “Robert, you want extra hot sauce with this?” When I stopped at Spice Traders for lunch on a Thursday, the four tables were taken. Adhikari shared the kitchen with one of his employees, popping out to take orders and ring up takeout customers. He handled the pressure with quiet composure, making the busy job look easy as patrons continued to file in. It’s hard to believe that only five months ago, Adhikari and Vigneault were offering friends beer in exchange for their help painting the restaurant. Even harder to grasp is that, just a few years ago, Adhikari was a science and math teacher in Nepal, eating chile-spiced mushrooms similar to the ones he now serves in Vermont. To a diner, it seems that he’s been running this warm, friendly neighborhood joint forever. m Contact: melissa@sevendaysvt.com

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ACT 250 NOTICE MINOR APPLICATION #4C0608-3B 10 V.S.A. §§ 6001 - 6093 On January 15, 2016, Martin’s Foods of South Burlington, LLC, Real Estate Dept - MS 6000, P.O. Box 1000, Portland, ME 04104-5005 filed application #4C0608-3B for a project generally described as the expansion of an existing Hannaford Supermarket by 12,175 s.f. (total will be 56,000 s.f.) with a new grocery and pharmacy drive thru. ˜ e Project is located on Billie Butler Drive in Essex, Vermont. ˜ e District #4 Environmental Commission is reviewing this application under Act 250 Rule 51 — Minor Applications. Copies of the application and proposed permit are available for review at the Essex Town Office, Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission Office, and the office listed below. ˜ e application and a draft permit may also be viewed on the Natural Resources Board’s web site (www.nrb.state. vt.us/lup) by clicking on “Act 250 Database” and entering the project number “4C0608-3B”. No hearing will be held and a permit may be issued unless, on or before February 9, 2016, a person notifies the Commission of an issue or issues requiring the presentation of evidence at a hearing or the Commission sets the matter for hearing on its own motion. Any hearing request must be in writing to the address below, must state the criteria or subcriteria at issue, why a hearing is required and what additional evi-

dence will be presented at the hearing. Any hearing request by an adjoining property owner or other interested person must include a petition for party status. Prior to submitting a request for a hearing, please contact the district coordinator at the telephone number listed below for more information. Prior to convening a hearing, the Commission must determine that substantive issues requiring a hearing have been raised. Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law will not be prepared unless the Commission holds a public hearing.

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MORTGAGEE’S NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY UNDER 12 V.S.A. SEC 4952 ET SEQ. As ordered by the Court set forth below and in connection with a certain mortgage given by Kimberly A. Martin aka Kimberly Ann Martin to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for ARKLA-TEX Financial Services, LLC d/b/a Benchmark Mortgage, dated October 27, 2010 and recorded in Book 674 Page 281 of the land records of the Town of Colchester, of which mortgage the Plaintiff is the present holder. In accordance with the Judgment Order and Decree of Foreclosure entered March 8, 2013 in the action entitled JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association v. Kimberly A. Martin aka Kimberly Ann Martin, by the Chittenden Unit, Civil Division, Vermont Superior Court, Docket No. 1091-9-12 Cncv for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 913 Prim Road, Colchester, Vermont on February 12, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. all and singular the premises

described in said mortgage, To wit: Being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to Kimberly A. Martin by Warranty Deed of James H. Riley and Carolyn Riley dated October 27, 2010 and to be recorded in the Land Records of the Town of Colchester. Being all and the same land and premises conveyed to James H. Riley and Carolyn Riley by Warranty Deed of Sandra L. Jutras and Gregory A. Jutras, dated April 11, 2005, and recorded in Volume 521, Page 347 of the Colchester Land Records, and being more particularly described therein as follows: “Being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to Sandra L. Jutras and Gregory A. Jutras by Quit Claim Deed of Sandra L. Jutras f/k/a Sandra L. Bowley dated March 29, 2002 and recorded in Volume 385 at Page 131-132 of the Town of Colchester Land Records, and being further described therein as follows: ‘Being all and the same lands and premises

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conveyed to Sandra L. Bowley (n/k/a Sandra L. Jutras) by Quit Claim Deed of Ronald R. Bowley dated May 19, 1988 and recorded in Volume 153, Pages 72-73 of the Town of Colchester Land Records. A lot of land with all buildings thereon situated on the southwesterly side of Prim Road, the dwelling house thereon being known and designated as No. 36 Prim Road. Said lot of land has a frontage on said Road and a uniform width of 100 feet and a uniform depth of 150 feet and is all of Lot No.6 as shown on a Plan entitled “Property of Louis Barrette to be deeded to New England Builders, Inc.,” James G. Harvell, surveyor, recorded in Volume 15, Page 267 of the Town of Colchester Land Records. Parcel ID # 40-0400020000000. Reference is hereby made to the above instruments and to the records and references contained therein in further aid of this description. Terms of sale: Said premises will be sold

and conveyed subject to all liens, encumbrances, unpaid taxes, tax titles, municipal liens and assessments, if any, which take precedence over the said mortgage above described. TEN THOUSAND ($10,000.00) Dollars of the purchase price must be paid in cash, certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check at the time and place of the sale by the purchaser. The balance of the purchase price shall be paid in cash, certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check within thirty (30) days after the date of sale. The mo tgagor is entitled to redeem the premises at any time prior to the sale by paying the full amount due under the mortgage, including the costs and expenses of the sale. Other terms to be announced at the sale. DATED : January 12, 2016 By: /s/: Bozena Wysocki, Esq. Bozena Wysocki, Esq. Bendett and McHugh, PC 270 Farmington Ave., Ste. 151 Farmington, CT 06032

Open 24/7/365. Post & browse ads at your convenience. MORTGAGEE’S NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY UNDER 12 V.S.A. SEC 4952 ET SEQ. As ordered by the Court set forth below and in connection with a certain mortgage given by Lindsay Chisholm and Jason Leblanc a/k/a Jason M. Leblanc to Chase Bank USA, N.A., dated May 30, 2007 and recorded in Book 784 Page 497 of the land records of the Town of South Burlington, of which mortgage the Plaintiff is the present holder. In accordance with the Judgment Order and Decree of Foreclosure entered April 23, 2015 in the action entitled Federal National Mortgage Association v. Lindsay Chisholm, Jason Leblanc a/k/a Jason M. Leblanc and Department of the Treasury-Internal Revenue Service and Occupants of 10 Mills Avenue, South Burlington, VT, by the Chittenden Unit, Civil Division, Vermont Superior Court, Docket No. 1055-10-14 Cncv for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 10 Mills Avenue, South Burlington, Vermont on February 12, 2016 at 1:00

pm all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, To wit: Being all and the same land and premises conveyed to Lindsay B. Chisholm and Jason Leblanc by Warranty Deed of Anthony E. Fletcher and Lisa K. Fletcher dated May , 2007 and to be recorded in the Land Records of the City of South Burlington. Being all and the same land and premises conveyed to Anthony E. Fletcher and Lisa K. Fletcher by Warranty Deed of William J. Bleau, Jr. and Lorraine A. Bleau dated September 24, 2002 and recorded in Volume 568, Page 76 of the Land Records of the City of South Burlington. Being a lot of land with all buildings thereon, situated on the easterly side of Mills Avenue, the dwelling house thereon being known and designated as No. 10 Mills Avenue, said lot having a frontage thereon and a uniform width of 75 feet, its southerly line being 96 feet, more or less, in length, and being Lot 10A as shown on a Plan of Building lots, Richards

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Enterprises, dated June 14, 1950, of record in Volume 10, Page 335 of the Land Records of the Town of South Burlington. To said deed, the records thereof, and to the deeds and records referred to therein, reference is hereby made in further aid of this description. Reference is hereby made to the above instruments and to the records and references contained therein in further aid of this description. Terms of sale: Said premises will be sold and conveyed subject to all liens, encumbrances, unpaid taxes, tax titles, municipal liens and assessments, if any, which take precedence over the said mortgage above described. TEN THOUSAND ($10,000.00) Dollars of the purchase price must be paid in cash, certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check at the time and place of the sale by the purchaser. The balance of the purchase price shall be paid in cash, certified check, bank treasurer’s

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DATED : January 11, 2016 By: /s/: Bozena Wysocki, Esq. Bozena Wysocki, Esq. Bendett and McHugh, PC 270 Farmington Ave., Ste. 151 Farmington, CT 06032 MORTGAGEE’S NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY UNDER 12 V.S.A. SEC 4952 ET SEQ. As ordered by the Court set forth below and in connection with a certain mortgage given by Sarah J. McDonald to Citiﬁnancial, Inc., dated September 23, 2009 and recorded in Book 382 Page 421 of the land records of the Town of Milton, of which mortgage the Plaintiff is the present holder. In accordance with the Judgment Order and Decree of Foreclosure entered July 1, 2015 in the action entitled Citiﬁnancial Servicing LLC v. Sarah J. McDonald, by the Chittenden Unit, Civil Division, Vermont Superior Court, Docket No. 233-3-15 Cncv for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 18 Beaver Brook Road, Milton, Vermont on February 16, 2016 at 12:30 pm all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, To wit: A certain piece of land in Milton in the County of Chittenden and State of Vermont, described as follows, viz: being apple shaped lot designated as Lot 43, with all buildings thereon, located on the southerly side of Beaver Brook Road as shown and laid down on a plan of land entitled Kingswood Estate, a planned residential development, Town of Milton, VT of record in Map Book 5, Page 12 of the Milton Land Records. Said lot may be more particularly described as follows:

commencing at a point marked by an iron pin set in the southerly edge of Beaver Brook Road, which said point marks the northeasterly corner of lot 44 and the northwesterly corner of lot 43; thence proceeding south 38 degrees 46 minutes and 08 seconds East a distance of 203.28 feet, more or less, to a point marked by an iron pin set in the ground; thence turning to the left and proceeding North 18 degrees 01 minutes 09 seconds East a distance of 185.00 feet, more or less, to a point marked by an iron pin set in the ground, which said point marked by an iron pin set in the ground, which said point is located on the southerly side of Beaver Brook Road; thence turning to the left and proceeding in a Westerly direction a distance of 41.92 feet to a point marked by a concrete monument of 41.92 feet to a point marked by a concrete monument set in the ground; thence continuing to the West and then Southwest in and along the curve of said road a distance of 160.37 feet, more or less, to the point of place of beginning. Tax ID: 224012.0000000 Being the same Fee Simple Property conveyed by Warranty Deed from Edmund M. Halpin and Cathy A. Halpin, husband and wife tenancy by entirety to Sarah J. McDonald, dated 06/15/1989 recorded on 06/19/1989 in Volume 119, Page 565 in Chittenden County Records, State of VT. Reference is hereby made to the above instruments and to the records and references contained therein in further aid of this description. ˛ Terms˛of˛sale:˛Said premises will be sold and conveyed subject to all liens, encumbrances, unpaid taxes, tax titles, municipal liens and assessments, if any, which take precedence over the said mortgage above described. TEN THOUSAND ($10,000.00) Dollars of the purchase price must be paid in cash, certiﬁed check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check at the time and place of the sale by the purchaser. ˜ e balance of the purchase price shall be paid in cash, certiﬁed check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check within thirty (30) days after the date of sale. ˛˛˛ ˜ e mortgagor is entitled to redeem the premises at any time prior to the sale by paying the full amount due under the mortgage,

including the costs and expenses of the sale. Other terms to be announced at the sale. DATED : January 15, 2016 By: /s/: Bozena Wysocki, Esq. Bozena Wysocki, Esq. Bendett and McHugh, PC 270 Farmington Ave., Ste. 151 Farmington, CT 06032

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MORTGAGEE’S NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY UNDER 12 V.S.A. SEC 4952 ET SEQ. As ordered by the Court set forth below and in connection with a certain mortgage given by Timothy J. Luneau to National City Mortgage, a division of National City Bank, dated June 23, 2009 and recorded in Book 99 Page 61 of the land records of the Town of Huntington, of which mortgage the Plaintiff is Wonderful 5 acre site near BC/BS. 9,100 square foot commercial building. the present holder. In acLarge lighted parking lot. Located in the heart of downtown Barre. cordance with the Judgment Order and Decree 3,700 square foot building. Large .47 acre lot with loads of parking. of Foreclosure entered Adaptable to many uses. $386,500 Heney Realtors Heney Realtors April 22, 2015 in the ac802-229-0345 802-229-0345 $429,000 tion entitled PNC Bank, Heney@HeneyRealtors.com Heney@HeneyRealtors.com National Association v. Timothy J. Luneau and Occupants of 2640 Main Road, Huntington, VT., check, bank treasurer’s be presented to me at of the Huntington Land tington Land Records Rules on the subdivision by the Chittenden Unit, 1/25/16 12:37 PM 1 12:36disposal PM or1 cashier’s check at the the address listed below Records and therein and therein described as of1/25/16 landsCW-heney2-012716.indd and of Civil Division, VermontCW-heney1-012716.indd time and place of the with a copy sent to the described as follows: follows: waste including sewage, Superior Court, Docket sale by the purchaser. court. ˜ e claim may be the grantee shall not No. 1014-9-13 Cncv for ˜ e balance of the barred forever if it is not “A parcel of land with “A triangular unimproved construct or erect a breach of the condipurchase price shall be presented within the building thereon, parcel of land located on structure or building on tions of said mortgage paid in cash, certified four (4) month period. situated in the Town of the westerly side of the the parcel of land conand for the purpose of check, bank treasurer’s main highway that runs veyed herein, the useful foreclosing the same will Huntington, Vermont or cashier’s check within Date: 1/22/2016 between Huntington occupancy of which will be sold at Public Auction and located on the thirty (30) days after the require the installation at 2640 Main Road, Hun- westerly side of the main Lower Village and Hundate of sale. /s/ Rachel Powers tington Center, and beof plumbing and sewage tington, Vermont on Feb- highway that runs be˛˛˛ Signature of Fiduciary tween Huntington Lower ing a portion of the lands treatment facilities or ruary 22, 2016 at 12:30 Village and Huntington and premises conveyed convey this land without ˜ e mortgagor is p.m. all and singular the entitled to redeem the Center. Said parcel has a to the Grantors herein by first complying with said premises described in premises at any time Rachel Powers frontage on the westerly Warranty Deed of Ernest State regulations. ˜ e said mortgage, Executor/Administrator: side of the main highway Dickie and Virginia Dickie grantee by acceptance of prior to the sale by paying the full amount due 160 Hummock Pond of one hundred fifty feet a/k/a Ruth Dickie dated this deed acknowledges To wit: under the mortgage, Road (150), a rear or westerly September 15, 1975 and that this lot may not Being all and the same including the costs and Nantucket, MA 02554 line of one hundred fifty recorded at Book 27, qualify for approval for land and premises con508-364-0665 expenses of the sale. feet (150’), and a depth Page 309 [now 27/309 A] development under the veyed to Timothy J. LuOther terms to be anof approximately three of the Huntington Land appropriate environneau by Trustee’s Deed nounced at the sale. Name of publication hundred seventy feet Records.” mental protection of of George A. and Jeanne Seven Days (370’). Said parcel is health regulations and E. Walton, Trustees of DATED : January 21, 2016 bounded on the east by Said triangular parcel that the State may the George A. Walton & By: /S/ Bozena Wysocki, Publication Date: said main highway, on herein conveyed is more deny an application to Jeanne E. Walton, RevoEsq. 1/27/2016 the north by land now or particularly described as develop the lot.” cable Trust dated June Bozena Wysocki, Esq. formerly of the one Zeno, follows: 1, 2004 and recorded in Bendett and McHugh, PC Address of Court: on the west by land now Reference is hereby Volume 82, Page 456 of Vermont Superior Court 270 Farmington Ave., or formerly of one NorBeginning at a point made to the aforementhe Huntington Land Ste. 151 Chittenden Probate man Cummings, and on in the sideline of the tioned instruments, the Records and being furDivision Farmington, CT 06032 the south by remaining aforesaid highway, being records thereof and the ther described as being P.O. Box 511 lands of the Grantors.” the northeasterly corner references therein conall and the same land Burlington, VT 05402 of the property of the tained, all in further aid and premises conveyed STATE OF VERMONT Together with a certain Grantors herein; thence of this description. to George A. Walton SUPERIOR COURT 1975 Champion mobile westerly along the diviand Jeanne E. Walton, STATE OF VERMONT CHITTENDEN UNIT home, Serial Number sion line between the Reference is hereby Trustees of the George SUPERIOR COURT PROBATE DIVISION D33672, now affixed to property of the Grantors made to the above A. Walton & Jeanne E. DOCKET NO. CHITTENDEN UNIT said land and together and the property owned instruments and to the Walton Revocable Trust, 1421-10-15CNPR PROBATE DIVISION with all of the rights by the Grantees a disrecords and references by Quit Claim Deed of DOCKET NO. In re estate of Frank H herein Grantors pursutance of 350 feet more contained therein in George A. Walton and 7-1-16CNPR Powers ant to a certain “Water or less to the northfurther aid of this deJeanne E. Walton dated In re estate of Cecil B. Agreement” between westerly corner of the scription. January 19, 2001 and Campbell NOTICE TO CREDITORS the herein Grantors and property of the Grantors; ˛ recorded in Volume 62, ˜ omas Michael Ward thence southerly along Terms˛of˛sale:˛Said Page 47 of the HuntingNOTICE TO CREDITORS To the creditors of Frank and Jean Marie Ward the westerly boundpremises will be sold ton Land Records. H Powers late of Nandated Oct. 24, 1975 and ary of the Grantors a and conveyed subject to tucket, MA. To the creditors of Cecil recorded in Book 27, distance of 50 feet to a all liens, encumbrances, Being all and same land B. Campbell late of WinPage 326 of the Hunpoint; thence easterly unpaid taxes, tax titles, and premises conveyed I have been appointed to ooski, Vermont. tington Land Records. a distance of 350 feet, municipal liens and asto George A. Walton and administer this estate. ˜ is conveyance is made more or less, to the point sessments, if any, which Jeanne E. Walton by the I have been appointed to All creditors having subject to said “Water of beginning. take precedence over following deeds: administer this estate. Agreement.” the said mortgage above claims against the All creditors having decedent or the estate Waiver of Developmental described. 1.) Warranty Deed of Almust present their claims against the 2.) Warranty Deed of Rights fons A. Plank and Doroclaims in writing within decedent or the estate Samuel Bair and Joan TEN THOUSAND thy Plank dated July four (4) months of the must present their Bair dated April 8, 1985 In order to comply with ($10,000.00) Dollars of 30, 1984 and recorded first publication of this claims in writing within and recorded in Volume State of Vermont Envithe purchase price must in Volume 32, Page 350 four (4) months of the notice. ˜ e claim must 33, Page 205 of the Hun- ronmental Protection be paid in cash, certified

SEVENDAYSVT.COM/CLASSIFIEDS ﬁrst publication of this notice. ˜ e claim must be presented to me at the address listed below with a copy sent to the court. ˜ e claim may be barred forever if it is not presented within the four (4) month period. Date: 1/16/2016 /s/ Darren Brochu Signature of Fiduciary Darren Brochu Executor/Administrator: 15 O’Brien Drive South Burlington, VT 05403 dbrochu@darrenbrochu. com 802-316-1602 Name of publication Seven Days Publication Date: 1/27/2016

THE DEBT OF SANDY FISHER. Any person claiming a right to the goods may pay the amount claimed due and reasonable expenses before the sale, in which case the sale may not occur.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS Daily meetings in various locations. Free. Info, 864-1212. Want to overcome a drinking problem? Take the ﬁrst step of 12 & join a group in your area.

THE CONTENTS OF STORAGE UNIT(S) 01-03515, LOCATED AT 28 ADAMS DR. OR 48 INDUSTRIAL DR., WILLISTON, VT 05495, WILL BE SOLD ON FEBRUARY 4TH, 2016 TO SATISFY THE DEBT OF PAULINE ANDERSON. Any person claiming a right to the goods may pay the amount claimed due and reasonable expenses before the sale, in which case the sale may not occur.

Address of Court: Vermont Superior Court Chittenden Probate Division P.O. Box 511 Burlington, VT 05402 THE CONTENTS OF STORAGE UNIT(S) 0101338 AND 01-04487, LOCATED AT 28 ADAMS DR. OR 48 INDUSTRIAL DR., WILLISTON, VT 05495, WILL BE SOLD ON FEBRUARY 11TH, 2016 TO SATISFY

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ALTERNATIVES TO SUICIDE Alternatives to Suicide is a safe space where the subject of suicide can be discussed freely, without judgment or stigma. ˜ e group is facilitated by individuals who have themselves experienced suicidal thoughts/ feelings. Fletcher Free Library, 235 College St., Burlington. Group meets weekly on ˜ ursdays, 1-2:30 p.m. Info: makenzy@ pathwaysvermont.org, 888-492-8218 x300. ALZHEIMER’S ASSOCIATION SUPPORT GROUP ˜ is caregivers support group meets on the 3rd Wed. of every mo. from 5-6:30 p.m. at the Alzheimer’s Association Main Ofﬁce, 300 Cornerstone Dr., Suite 128, Williston. Support groups meet to provide assistance and information on Alzheimer’s disease as a guide, fill

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BRAIN INJURY SUPPORT GROUP IN ST. JOHNSBURY Monthly meetings will be held on the 3rd Wed. of every mo., 1-2:30 p.m., at the Grace United Methodist Church, 36 Central St., St. Johnsbury. ˜ e support group will offer valuable resources & info about brain injury. It will be a place to share experiences in a safe, secure & conﬁdential environment. Info, Tom Younkman, tyounkman@vcil.org, 800-639-1522.

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CELEBRATE RECOVERY Overcome any hurt, habit or hangup in your life! ˜ is conﬁdential 12-Step recovery program puts faith in Jesus Christ at the heart of healing. We offer multiple support groups for both men & women, such as chemical dependency, codependency, sexual addiction & pornography, food issues, & overcoming abuse. All 18+ are welcome; sorry, no childcare. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.; we begin at 7 p.m. Essex Alliance Church, 37 Old Stage Rd., Essex. Info: recovery@essexalliance.org, 878-8213. CELIAC & GLUTENFREE GROUP Every 2nd Wed., 4:30-6 p.m. at Tulsi Tea Room, 34 Elm St., Montpelier. Free & open to the public! To learn more, contact Lisa at 598-9206 or lisamase@ gmail.com. CODEPENDENTS ANONYMOUS CoDA is a 12-step fellowship for people whose common purpose is to develop healthy & fulﬁlling relationships. By actively working the program of Codependents Anonymous, we can realize a new joy, acceptance & serenity in our lives. Call for time and location. Tom, 238-3587, coda.org. COMING OFF PSYCHIATRIC MEDICATION MUTUAL SUPPORT GROUP ˜ rough sharing experiences and resources, this group will provide support to individuals interested in coming off psychiatric medications, those in the process of psychiatric medication

withdrawal or anyone looking for a space to explore their choices around psychiatric medication use. ˜ e group is also open to those supporting an individual in psychiatric medication withdrawal. 5:15-6:15 p.m. every other Monday (beginning 1/25/2016), Pathways Vermont, 125 College St., 2nd floor, Burlington. Contact:˛Cameron Mack cameron@ pathwaysvermont.org or 888 492 8218 x 404. DECLUTTERERS’ SUPPORT GROUP Are you ready to make improvements but find it overwhelming? Maybe two or three of us can get together to help each other simplify. 989-3234, 425-3612. DISCOVER THE POWER OF CHOICE! SMART Recovery welcomes anyone, including family and friends, affected by any kind of substance or activity addiction. It is a science-based program that encourages abstinence. Specially trained volunteer facilitators provide leadership.˛Sundays at 5 p.m. at the 1st Unitarian Universalist Society, 152 Pearl St., Burlington.˛Volunteer facilitator: Bert, 399-8754.˛You can learn more at smartrecovery. org. DOMESTIC & SEXUAL VIOLENCE WomenSafe offers free, confidential support groups in Middlebury for women who have experienced domestic or sexual violence. Starting weekdays in January: Art For Healing.˛ Six-week support group for people who have experienced domestic or sexual violence. Childcare provided. Please call our hotline, 388-4205, or email am@womensafe.net for more information. DUAL RECOVERY ANONYMOUS BURLINGTON Dual Recovery Anonymous Burlington is an independent 12-Step Group for individuals who experience a dual illness. We experience mental health challenges & a chemical dependency. We seek to apply 12-Step work to our “no fault” illnesses. Our group is open to anyone who desires recovery from mental health challenges & a chemical dependency.

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BURLINGTON AREA PARKINSON’S DISEASE OUTREACH GROUP People with Parkinson’s disease & their caregivers gather together to gain support & learn about living with Parkinson’s disease. Group meets 2nd Wed. of every mo., 1-2 p.m., continuing through Nov. 18, 2015. Shelburne Bay Senior Living Community, 185 Pine Haven Shores Rd., Shelburne. Info: 888-763-3366, parkinsoninfo@uvmhealth. org, parkinsonsvt.org.

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GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP - DAYTIME Meets the ﬁrst and third ˜ ursday of each month from 12:30-2 p.m. at St. James Church, 4 St. James Place, Essex Junction. ˜ is group is open to anyone who has experienced the death of a loved one. Free. For more information or to register, please call Beth Jacobs at 448-1610. Sponsored by Bayada Hospice of Burlington.

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KINDRED CONNECTIONS PROGRAM OFFERED FOR CHITTENDEN COUNTY CANCER SURVIVORS ˜ e Kindred Connections program provides peer support for all those touched by cancer. Cancer patients as well as caregivers are provided with a mentor who has been through the cancer experience & knows what it’s like to go through it. In addition to sensitive listening, Kindred Connections provides practical help such as rides to doctors’ ofﬁces & meal deliveries. ˜ e program has people who have experienced a wide variety of cancers. For further info, please contact sherry. rhynard@gmail.com.

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parking lot); Rutland, every Sun., 4:30-6 p.m., Rutland Mental Health Wellness Center, 78 S. Main St.; St. Johnsbury, every ˜ u., 6:30-8 p.m., Unitarian Universalist Church, 47 Cherry St. If you have questions about a group in your area, please contact the National Alliance on Mental Illness of Vermont, program@ namivt.org or 800639-6480. Connection groups are peer recovery support group programs for adults living with mental health challenges. NAMI FAMILY SUPPORT GROUP Brattleboro, 1st Wed. of every mo., 6:30 p.m., 1st Congregational Church, 880 Western Ave., West Brattleboro; Burlington, 3rd Wed. of every mo., 6 p.m., Community Health Center, Riverside Ave., Mansfield Conference Room; Burlington, 2nd & 4th Tue. of every mo., 7 p.m., HowardCenter, corner of Pine & Flynn Ave.; Berlin, 4th Mon. of every mo., 7 p.m. Central Vermont Medical Center, Room 3; Georgia, 1st Tue. of every mo., 6 p.m., Georgia Public Library, 1697 Ethan Allen Highway (Exit 18, I-89); Manchester, 4th Wed. of every mo., 6:30 p.m., Equinox Village, 2nd floor; Rutland, 3rd Mon. of every mo., 6 p.m., Rutland Regional Medical Center, Leahy Conference Ctr., room D; Springfield, 3rd Wed. of every mo., 6:30 p.m., HCRS (café on right far side), 390 River St.; St. Johnsbury, 4th Wed. of every mo., 5:30 p.m., Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital Library, 1315 Hospital Dr.; White River Junction, last Mon. of every mo., 5:45 p.m., VA Medical Center, William A. Yasinski Buidling. If you have questions about a group in your area, please contact the National Alliance on Mental Illness of Vermont, info@namivt. org or 800-639-6480. Family Support Group meetings are for family & friends of individuals living mental illness. NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS is a group of recovering addicts who live w/ out the use of drugs. It costs nothing to join. ˜ e only requirement for membership is a desire to stop using. Info, 862-4516 or cvana.org. Held in Burlington, Barre and St. Johnsbury.

NORTHWEST VERMONT CANCER PRAYER & SUPPORT NETWORK A meeting of cancer patients, survivors & family members intended to comfort & support those who are currently suffering from the disease. 2nd ˜ u. of every mo., 6-7:30 p.m., St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, 11 Church St., St. Albans. Info: stpaulum@myfairpoint.net. 2nd Wed. of every mo., 6-7:30 p.m. Winooski United Methodist Church, 24 W. Allen St., Winooski. Info: hovermann4@comcast. net. OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS 12-step fellowship for people who identify as overeaters, compulsive eaters, food addicts, anorexics, bulimics, etc. Tue., 7 p.m., St. James Episcopal Church, 4 St. James Place, Essex Jct. All are welcome; meeting is open. Info: Felicia, 777-7718. OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS (OA) Meetings in Barre occur every Sun., Tue. & ˜ u., 6-7 p.m., at the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd, 39 Washington St. Info, 863-2655. Meetings in Johnson occur every Sun., 5:30-6:30 p.m., at the Johnson Municipal Building, Rte. 15 (just west of the bridge). Info, Debbie Y., 888-5958. Meetings in Montpelier occur every Fri., noon-1 p.m. at Bethany Church, 115 Main St. Info, Carol, 223-5793. Meetings in Morrisville occur every Fri., noon-1 p.m., at the First Congregational Church, 85 Upper Main St. Contacts: Anne, 888-2356, or Debbie Y., 888-5958. OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS Do you worry about the way you eat? Overeaters Anonymous may have the answer for you. No weigh-ins, dues or fees. Mon., 5:30-6:30 p.m. Temple Sinai, 500 Swift St., S. Burlington. Info: 863-2655. OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS 12-step. Sat., 9-10 a.m. Turning Point Center, 182 Lake St., St. Albans. Is what you’re eating, eating you? We can help. Call Valerie, 825-5481. PARKINSON’S DISEASE OUTREACH GROUP ˜ is group meets on the second Tuesday, 10-11:30 a.m. of the month at Pillsbury Homestead Senior

Community Residence at 3 Harborview Rd., St. Albans in the conference room next to the library on the first floor. Wheelchair accessible. Info: patricia_rugg18@ comcast.net. PEER ACCESS LINE Isolated? Irritable? Anxious? Lonely? Excited? Bored? Confused? Withdrawn? Sad? Call us! Don’t hesitate for a moment. We understand! It is our choice to be here for you to listen. Your feelings do matter. 321-2190. ˜ u., Fri., Sat. evenings, 6-9 p.m. PROSTATE CANCER SUPPORT GROUP Held every 2nd Tue. of the mo., 6-8 p.m. at the Hope Lodge, 237 East Ave., Burlington. Newly diagnosed? Prostate cancer reoccurrence? General discussion and sharing among survivors and those beginning or rejoining the battle. Info, Mary L. Guyette RN, MS, ACNS-BC, 274-4990. QUEEN CITY MEMORY CAFE ˜ e Queen City Memory Café offers a social time & place for people with memory impairment & their fiends & family to laugh, learn & share concerns & celebrate feeling understood & connected. Enjoy coffee, tea & baked goods with entertainment & conversation. QCMC meets the 3rd Sat. of each mo., 10 a.m.-12 p.m. ˜ ayer Building, 1197 North Ave., Burlington. 316-3839. QUIT TOBACCO GROUPS Are you ready to be tobacco free?˛ Join our FREE fi ve-week group classes facilitated by our Tobacco Treatment Specialists.˛ We meet in a friendly, relaxed atmosphere.˛ You may qualify for a FREE 8-week supply of nicotine replacement therapy. Contact us at (802)-847-7333 or QuitTobaccoClass@ UVMHealth.org. SCLERODERMA FOUNDATION NEW ENGLAND Support group meeting held 4th Tue. of the mo., 6:30-8:30 p.m. Williston Police Station. Info, Blythe Leonard, 878-0732.

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SEVENDAYSVT.COM/POSTMYJOB NOON ON MONDAYS (INCLUDING HOLIDAYS) MICHELLE BROWN, 802-865-1020 X21, MICHELLE@SEVENDAYSVT.COM

YOUR TRUSTED LOCAL SOURCE. SEVENDAYSVT.COM/JOBS Business Process Analyst The Vermont Judiciary seeks IT pro to embark on a multiyear software project. Topnotch business process redesign and client facilitation skills required. Prefer lean, change management, process modeling and rules engines experience. Position offers salary above $50,000, overtime eligibility and excellent benefits. Stationed in Montpelier. Open until filled.

Information Technology Administrator

If interested, please visit vermontjudiciary.org.

The Federal Court has a full-time position available based in Burlington for a qualified individual with excellent computer, audiovisual, technology and customer service skills capable of functioning in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment. Full federal benefits apply. The official position announcement is available from any U.S. District Court or U.S. Bankruptcy Court location (Burlington, Rutland and Brattleboro) or the courts’ websites: vtd.uscourts.gov or vtb.uscourts.gov

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EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

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SALES REP

FULL TIME Prior sales and food service experience a plus. Send resume to jgordon@uppervalleyproduce.com.

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FULL TIME Hired individual will be responsible for assisting with and performing scheduled and unscheduled aircraft maintenance on 10:14 AM both rotary and fixed wing machines.

Qualifications/Required Skills (three-plus years): • • • • •

Washington County Mental Health Services is a not-for-profit community mental health center. We provide a wide variety of support and treatment opportunities for children, adolescents, families and adults living with the challenges of mental illness, emotional and behavioral issues, and developmental disabilities. These services are both office- and community-based through outreach. The range of services offered includes prevention and wellness, assessment and stabilization, and 24-hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week emergency response.

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We are proud to offer our employees a comprehensive package of benefits including generous paid sick, vacation and holiday leave; medical, dental and vision insurance; short- and long-term disability; life insurance; an employee assistance program; and a 403(b) retirement account. Most positions require a valid driver’s license, a good driving record and access to a safe, insured vehicle.

• Analytical abilities sufficient to handle complex technical and administrative details

To learn more about current job opportunities or read our complete job descriptions, please visit our website, wcmhs.org.

Mansfield Heliflight is a fast-paced, friendly environment, offering competitive wages and benefits.

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A&P License 145 experience/background Rotary/fixed wing mechanic experience preferred Overhaul/heavy maintenance experience A thorough working knowledge of the repair and maintenance of airframes, hydraulics, fuel systems, aircraft engines, structures, wiring and components Must be able to pass extensive FBI background check and FAA mandated drug-screening test Perform daily/post-flight/thru-flight inspections as required and perform necessary maintenance to correct any malfunctions Service aircraft with fuel, oil, etc. in preparation for flights Must have the ability to communicate effectively and deal courteously and professionally with the customer if needed Must be able to work well with others or independently, predicated on the scope and depth of operations at specified sites Ability to physically perform climbing, stooping, stretching, etc. operations related to the job and lift up to 50 pounds.

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SHELBURNE MUSEUM

Outside/Inside Salesperson

announces an immediate opening in protection services as a

We’re looking for an Outside/Inside Salesperson, part time or full time, for clothing and footwear at Johnson Farm & Garden, Hardware & Rental. Candidates should be self-motivated, personable, team players and have a positive attitude. Knowledge of clothing, sales, computers and organization a plus!

NIGHT-SHIFT OFFICER.

Join our team of dedicated security professionals at Family-oriented atmosphere! one of Vermont’s finest institutions. Bring your Contact Lynn at 777-5521 security experience, or lynnjhr@yahoo.com. attention to detail and willingness to learn to this unique position for the 1442 Route 15, Johnson, VT opportunity to expand your 635-7282 • jhrvt.com experience in the security field. The museum offers a Mon. - Fri. 7 A.M. - 6 P.M. competitive hourly wage, Sat. 8 A.M. - 4 P.M. generous benefits package and paid leave time, along with a shift differential. 4t-JohnsonFarm&Garden012716.indd 1 For a full job description and application, visit shelburnemuseum.org. Send application and resume to Human Resources, P.O. Box 10, Shelburne, VT 05482.

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We are looking for a self- motivated individual in our Customer Service Department who shows a demonstrated commitment to providing a superior level of customer service. Responsibilities include answering phones, educating and assisting customers with their apparel and linen purchases, processing orders and returns, and other duties as assigned. Excellent communication and organizational skills plus attention to detail are required. Experience also needed in basic Excel. This is a full-time position. Please send resumes to careers@aprilcornell.net.

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OCE has an opening for a Resident Project Engineer for the 2016 construction season. The position requires minimum, of five years’ direct experience. We are seeking individuals with a strong, relevant, technical background, common sense, positive attitude and a good sense of humor. Positions will require independent management under oversight of the managing engineer, problem solving on construction sites under challenging conditions, confirmation of contractor’s conformance with design drawings and specifications, quantity tracking, record keeping, field reports, and communication with client. This is a full-time, seasonal position with potential for growth to a permanent position. We offer competitive salary and benefits and a great work environment. Send resumes to degraff@ottercrk.com.

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Champlain Community Services

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Customer Service Team Member

Resident Project Engineer

Champlain Community Services is a progressive, intimate developmental services provider agency with a strong emphasis on self-determination values and individual and family relationships.

Shared Living Provider: Provide residential supports to an individual in your home or theirs. A generous stipend, paid time off (respite), and comprehensive training and supports are provided. • Live with an intelligent man in Burlington who enjoys his job, being a part of his community and is a great conversationalist. • Provide a part-time home for a humorous gentleman with autism who enjoys walking, crunching numbers, drawing and bowling. • Provide a home for an older gentleman with increasing medical needs who enjoys watching the hustle and bustle of an active household. • Live with a laid-back gentleman in his Winooski home who enjoys relaxing, going to baseball games, running errands and mall walking. For more information, contact Jennifer Wolcott, jwolcott@ccs-vt.org or 655-0511, ext. 118.

Community Inclusion Facilitators: Provide one-on-one

inclusion supports to an individual with an intellectual disability or autism. Help folks lead fulfilling lives, reach their goals and be productive members of their community. We currently have several positions with comprehensive benefit packages. Send your resume and cover letter to staff@ccs-vt.org. These are great opportunities to join a distinctive developmental service provider during a time of growth. ccs-vt.org

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Support and Services at Home (SASH) Coordinator The Burlington Housing Authority seeks a SASH Coordinator for one of its low-income elderly and disabled buildings in Burlington. This keyposition will conduct outreach, work with a registered nurse, and provide referral and support to residents while collaborating with many local service providers to ensure that residents successfully age in place. Housing support will be provided to residents with medical, mental health and intellectual disabilities, all with diverse needs. The ability to be creative, team-oriented and organized will be essential. Substantial professional development opportunities and training will be provided. Applicants must have a bachelor’s degree in human services or related field with strong communication skills, and experience working with the elderly and people with disabilities is preferred. Outstanding organizational skills are required. BHA offers a competitive salary, commensurate with qualifications and experience, as well as an excellent benefits package. Electronic submission of resume and cover letter, including salary requirements, must be submitted by Friday, February 5, 2016, and should be sent to: Sarah Russell, Director of Housing Retention and Services Burlington Housing Authority 65 Main Street Burlington, VT 05401 Or by email to srussell@burlingtonhousing.org. The Burlington Housing Authority is an equal opportunity employer.

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Director of Marketing & coMMunications

Human Resources Director RunVermont, home of the KeyBank Vermont City Marathon, is seeking an experienced GRAPHIC DESIGNER ingsville and talented individual to join their team of event productionCutt professionals.

RunVermont seeks an experienced graphic design professional Responsibilities include the developmentSpring and execution ofTherapeutic all outbound marketing Lake Ranch Community, a uniquely to join its team of event production staff. This position develops and communications strategies (including websites, social media, ad buys and public relational therapeutic farm on 650 beautiful acres, supports and the organization’s internal and external branding elements, relations) andstrategy the acquisition key sponsor relationships. empowersof people with mental health and addiction challenges participates in the development of marketing and plans, and stewardship to grow, thrive and gain independence. The Human and purchases, markets and sells all event-related apparel and If you’re a highly organized, creative and strategic communicator who works well on a Resources commemorative items. Director works collaboratively with a variety of other staff to

team and excels at building relationships, growing programs and successfully managing fulfi ll the human resource needs of Spring Lake Ranch. Hiring, This position develops and produces branding materials projects, weallwant to hear fromrelated you. Minimum 5 years’ experience in marketing and/or performance evaluations, orientation, training, employee to all RunVermont events, including but not limited to People’s communications required. mentorship, committees, job descriptions, benefit administration, United Bank Vermont City Marathon. This includes all printed employee assistance program, risk management, employment materials, digital images, signage, event marks and apparel. This Additional details at www.runvermont.org. position is a part-time position requiring 20 to 25 hours perisweek law and licensing compliance. Bachelor’s degree and minimum This a full-time, year-round position. 10 months of the year. The position reports to the Marketing & of two years human resources experience required. Experience Please send resume and cover letter by September 3,t and/or 2013 to: peter@runvermont.org. Communications Director. in nonprofi social service HR is preferred. Full time No phone calls, please. with benefits; 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Mondays-Fridays. Resume to hr@ Please submit resume no later than February 8, 2016, springlakeranch.org. RunVermont is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). to Jess Cover: jess@runvermont.org.

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CHILDCARE WORKER The PlayCare Center of RICHMOND Child care position available working with children 6 weeks thru 5 years. Education and experience preferred but we are willing to train the right person. For more information please contact Crystal at 434-3891 or theplaycarecenter@madriver.

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Now hiring for the following full time positons

ADMINISTRATIVE Accounts Payable Specialist: Responsible for regular processing and payment of invoices; responding to inquiries from staff and vendors; processing staff mileage reimbursements; maintaining filing; and 1099 processing. Associate’s degree in accounting or related field, plus one to three years of experience or a combination of education and experience.

ADULT OUTPATIENT Care Manager: Seeking a support worker who will provide psychosocial support services in the community to adult clients. Work closely with therapists and emergency team clinicians. Strong candidates will have knowledge of mental health issues, strong social support skills, excellent judgment and familiarity with community resources. Clinician: Seeking a Vermont, licensed MSW mental health professional with excellent clinical skills. Provide outpatient psychotherapy primarily to adults on a short-term, long-term and/ or intermittent basis. Primary program assignments will be providing clinical services to clients enrolled in our Adult Stabilization Crisis Program. LADC licensure is a plus. Strong assessment skills and a willingness to collaborate with a larger AOP team are critical. Eldercare Clinician: Excellent opportunity for a passionate individual with MSW seeking to provide psychotherapy to clients for a wide range of mental health and substance abuse issues. Provide outreach services to homebound elders. Plan individualized treatment, consult with social service organizations, private therapists, physicians and other health care providers to coordinate treatment services. This position offers excellent supervision, flexibility and the opportunity to grow your clinical skills through training!

COMMUNITY REHABILITATION & TREATMENT Crisis Bed Program Coordinator: Seeking master’s level mental health professional with strong familiarity in recovery approaches for coping with major mental health conditions, as well as excellent leadership, organizational and teaming skills to coordinate CSAC’s two-bed crisis support program. Responsibilities will include providing support counseling, screening and planning for placement in crisis bed program, and discharge planning. Master’s degree in mental health field and two years of relevant experience required.

CSAC offers a generous benefit package which includes medical, dental, vision, life insurance, paid time off and a 24 hour on-site gym membership. Submit resume and cover letter to apply@csac-vt.org For more opportunities please visit csac-vt.org or contact Rachael at 388-0302 ext. 415 9t-CSAC012716.indd 1

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E-COMMERCE/SITE OPTIMIZATION SPECIALIST

Country Home Products, the home of DR Power Equipment and seven-time winner of the Best Places to Work in Vermont Award, has an immediate opening for a regular, fulltime E-commerce/Site Optimization Specialist to join our Vergennes team! The E-commerce/Site Optimization Specialist will work as part of a team driven to increase sales of CHP products in all sales channels, create strategies and implement action plans to increase online revenue and lead capture rate, with an eye toward design and usability. The E-commerce/Site Optimization Specialist will suggest and implement A/B tests to increase functionality and conversion of our websites. This position will also assist in front-end design and maintenance of company websites and emails.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree; and two years related experience and/ or training; or an equivalent combination of education and experience. • Minimum one year of professional front-end web development working with (JavaScript, HTML and CSS) with e-commerce websites and responsive design. • Minimum one year experience using Google Analytics and Optimizely Testing Software • Experience with web optimization highly preferred. • Working knowledge of current web standards and UX best practices with desire to improve usability evaluation skills. • Intermediate experience with and a desire to learn Google Analytics and Optimizely Testing Tool required. For more information or to apply today, go to chp.com/careers or email jos@drpower.com.

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Contracting Registered Nurse Capstone Head Start is looking for a registered nurse to consult with our program on a contractual basis for a few hours per week; up to 400 hours for the year. Time would include screening children, staff training and development, doing workshops for parents, interfacing with medical providers in the communities we serve and working with the health manager on systems, policies and plans which promote the role of early and on-going health monitoring and follow-up as the foundation for children’s school readiness.

Do you want to make a difference? Send resumes to bbressette@capstonevt.org Capstone Community Action is an equal opportunity employer and provider. Applications from women, individuals with disabilities, veterans and people from diverse cultural backgrounds are encouraged.

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SALES REPRESENTATIVE Curtis Lumber Company is looking to fill an open sales position in our Burlington location. The ideal candidate would possess: •

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Interest in developing strong partnerships with our customers

Curtis Lumber is one of the 40 largest and fastest growing building materials companies in the country. We offer competitive salary and an excellent benefits package. Please stop in our Burlington branch, email your resume to employment@curtislumber.com or visit our employment page at curtislumber.com.

Housekeepers and Laundry Aides wanted for nursing home. No experience needed. Apply within at

Starr Farm Nursing Home 98 Starr Farm Road Burlington, VT 05401.

Ask for the housekeeping supervisor.

Curtis Lumber Co. is an equal opportunity employer.

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Corporate Support Associate

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If you have a passion for VPR and helping Vermont businesses grow, consider becoming our new Corporate Support Associate. You’ll work with businesses and organizations that use VPR to reach the desirable public radio audience through traditional underwriting on VPR and VPR Classical, as well as through sponsorship of podcasts, our web and mobile sites, and special programs and events. You’ll exercise your creativity, strategic thinking and strong communication skills daily as you present opportunities to prospective underwriters. Your account management prowess means you’ll be on top of renewals and copy deadlines. We expect you to have at least three years of experience in marketing; development; or media buying or sales. Of course, you’ll present yourself professionally in person, in writing and on the phone, and you aren’t shy at networking events. It’s important to you that you work with a dedicated and curious team of people who take what they do very seriously and also appreciate a good sense of humor. While our offices are located at Fort Ethan Allen in Colchester, we are open to considering a flexible office schedule for candidates from outside Chittenden County. To apply, email your cover letter, resume and completed VPR job application to careers@ vpr.net. No phone calls, please. This full-time position offers a generous range of benefits and will remain open until filled.

Vermont Public Radio

Washington County Mental Health Services is currently seeking the following clinician positions in our Center for Counseling and Psychology Services: Community Support Clinician for Trauma Programs: A full time office and community-based position with benefits, designed to serve adults, children and families whose lives have been impacted by trauma. The Community Support Clinician provides assessment and treatment resource coordination to help clients develop stabilization skills and establish emotional and psychological safety in the broader context of their lives. Trauma treatment services are team-oriented and collaborative with clients and other providers; they may include individual and group modalities integrated with appropriate resources available within the agency and/ or wider community. Must be willing to work some evening hours. Master’s level clinician with knowledge of the effects of trauma and experience working with populations impacted by trauma required. Experience working in home-based settings helpful. Reach Up/ Community Based Clinical Case Manager: A full time office and communitybased position with benefits, designed to serve adults, children and families whose lives have been impacted by trauma. The Community-Based Clinician provides assessment and treatment resource coordination to help clients develop stabilization skills and establish emotional and psychological safety in the broader context of their lives. Trauma treatment services are team-oriented and collaborative with clients and other providers; they may include individual and group modalities integrated with appropriate resources available within the agency and/or wider community. Master’s level clinician with knowledge of the effects of trauma and experience working with populations impacted by trauma. Experience working in home-based settings helpful. Must have safe vehicle and clean driving record. This is a regular full-time position with benefits. Must be willing to work some early evening hours. Please see the job posting at www. wcmhs.org for more details. To learn more or to read our complete job descriptions visit our website, www.wcmhs.org. Apply online or send your resume to personnel@wcmhs.org or Personnel, PO Box 647, Montpelier, VT 05601 - Equal Opportunity Employer

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Burlington law firm seeks

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Litigation Technology Assistant.

Executive Director

Gravel & Shea is seeking a highly motivated assistant to assist our litigation department. This is an entry-level position with room for growth. Candidate must have the following skills: hard work ethic, willingness to adapt quickly to challenging and stimulating assignments, advanced skills using a variety of software applications with an emphasis on Microsoft Office and Adobe, and excellent writing and communication skills. Prior legal and/or law firm experience a plus.

Good Beginnings of Central Vermont is a nonprofit service organization based in Montpelier that supports new families. We are recruiting a (25-30 hrs per week) Executive Director to manage fundraising, staff and program development. Previous nonprofit management experience required. For a full job description visit,

We offer a competitive salary, comprehensive health insurance, 401(k) and profit sharing, and other benefits. Qualified candidates should submit cover letter, resume and references to fmiller@gravelshea.com.

Development Manager The Institute for Sustainable Communities is seeking an experienced Development Manager to join our team in Montpelier. If you’re great at grant writing, thrive in a fastpaced, goal-oriented environment, and can manage multiple priorities and relationships with grace and humor, we want you! We offer a friendly, open work environment, excellent benefits and the opportunity to make a difference in communities around the world.

goodbeginningscentralvt. org. Resumes and letters of

interest should be sent to gbcvexecutive@gmail.com

Visit iscvt.org/jobs for more information. ISC is an equal opportunity employer.

CAREGIVERS NEEDED

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The Residence at Shelburne Bay, a premier Level III hospitality-oriented senior living community in Shelburne, is accepting applications for Caregivers for the following positions: •

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A Caregiver’s role is vital to the quality of our residents’ daily lives. You will make a difference in their live as well as your own, including a sense of accomplishment and satisfaction in helping others. Applicants must have good verbal and written communications skills and be nurturing, caring and reliable. Must be comfortable with computers. Previous caregiving experience preferred; however, we are willing to train applicants with strong qualifications and the willingness to learn. Candidates are also eligible to apply for a promotion to medication technician after 90 days of exemplary performance. Background checks required. We offer competitive salaries and benefits for full-time positions including health, dental, vision, paid time off and a comfortable and peaceful working environment where our residents are nurtured and allowed to age with grace and dignity. Send reply with your resume or stop by and pick up an application at: The Residence at Shelburne Bay 185 Pine Haven Shores Road Shelburne, VT 05482

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BOOKKEEPER

DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION SERVICES The Director of Information Services will oversee the management, implementation and use of technology throughout the company, working closely with management to assess and address user and business needs. Areas of responsibility include but are not limited to the full range of information systems and telecommunications activities, including determining user requirements, recommending practical solutions and leading company-wide efforts to improve the effective use of technology. Other principal working relationships include executive management, senior management, all system users and vendor partners. PREREQUISITES •

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Minimum five-plus years’ experience in a leadership role in IT customer service.

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Knowledge of application architecture and technical infrastructure of information systems.

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Strong working knowledge of relational databases (specifically Microsoft SQL Server)

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Strong project management skills and execution of multiple development projects.

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Effective team leader who has achieved success working with diverse teams in different environments, leveraging strengths of individuals to deliver superior results. Send resumes to hr@symquest.com.

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Common Ground Center, a nonprofit family camp and retreat center located in Starksboro, is looking for an experienced bookkeeper to fulfill a contract position. Applicants should have experience with nonprofit accounting, be comfortable using QuickBooks, Google Drive apps and working in a small office setting. Experience with general ledger accounting, AP/AR and payroll is a must. Send resumes to Connor Timmons at connor@cgcvt.org by January 29.

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Network Engineer

The Network Engineer is responsible for the smooth operation of computer services throughout the Burlington School District. Will be responsible for analyzing, designing, installing, configuring, maintaining, and repairing of network, server infrastructure and application components. The Network Engineer also coordinates day-to-day operations, projects, and training for a staff of five tech support specialists, and is a key provider of technical expertise for projects that utilize district technology resources.

New England Federal Credit Union, Vermont’s largest credit union with seven branch locations, is a growing organization committed to excellence in service, convenience and simplicity. NEFCU offers a stable, supportive, high-standards work environment, where employees are treated as key stakeholders. Please visit our website, nefcu.com, to learn more about the great opportunities and benefits that exist at NEFCU.

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Vermont’s largest credit union is growing and has a full-time teller opportunity available for the right person. Preferred candidates will present a responsible work history preferably in a retail environment and be comfortable and skilled with face-to-face communication.

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Do you exude positive energy? Are you looking for a challenge? Like to play? Want to work with children/youth? If so, we currently have multiple BEHAVIOR INTERVENTIONIST positions available. Work with children and youth while implementing an individualized behavior plan in school, day treatment and/or community settings with support from a fun, dynamic and creative team. Training, advancement opportunity and excellent benefits await you. To learn more or to read our complete job descriptions, visit our website, wcmhs.org. Apply online or send your resume to personnel@wcmhs.org or Personnel, PO Box 647, Montpelier, VT 05601. Equal Opportunity Employer.

ADULT CASE MANAGER

Are you a flexible, creative individual who can maintain a positive attitude in a constantly changing atmosphere? Are you looking for a job that will sharpen your clinical skills while making a positive difference in the lives of those you help? If so, NCSS is seeking individuals with a bachelor’s degree and relevant clinical experience to join both our case management team for adults and elders’ team in Franklin and Grand Isle counties. Come see what makes NCSS a great place to work by joining the team that sets the standard of excellence for crisis work and community support in Vermont. Position offers very competitive compensation and a flexible work schedule. Supervision toward licensure available. Our clinic is located close to Interstate 89 and is a 30-minute commute from Burlington.

Successful candidates for this position will provide friendly, fast and accurate service to members. The ability to explain our various products and services as well as the ability to recognize and suggest solutions to our members will be necessary. This position requires standing and/or sitting at a computerized workstation. Off-site parking is required shuttle transportation is provided. Daily member interactions include cash handling and processing of all member transactions. Extensive keyboarding and the ability to use multiple system applications are required. This position requires occasional lifting of coins and cash, up to 20 pounds.

Saturday/Summer Teller Chittenden County Hours: School year = Saturdays 8:45 a.m. -1:15 p.m.; Summer = full time (40 hours per week) with Saturday included and one day off during the week New England Federal Credit Union is looking for people who are enthusiastic, friendly, helpful and reliable to provide exceptional customer service handling teller transactions at our branch locations. You will be part of a team and organization committed to excellence and building relationships with our members. This is a great opportunity for college students or anyone interested in working in a professional work environment while earning some extra money. During the school year you will work at our Harvest Lane branch or St. Albans branch on Saturdays, and during the summer you could be at any of our six branch locations in Chittenden County or at the St. Albans branch. Qualified candidates must project a friendly and personable demeanor; have effective communication skills and attention to detail; and be accurate and knowledgeable with computers. Cash handling and customer service experience required. Qualified applicants should submit a complete resume and cover letter illustrating reasons for interest and further qualification or visit our website to complete an online application.

NEFCU enjoys an employer-of-choice distinction with turnover averaging less than 10 percent. More than 96 percent of our 165 staff say NEFCU is a great place to work (2014 Annual Staff Survey). If you believe you have the qualifications to contribute to this environment, please send your resume and cover letter and salary history to hr@nefcu.com.

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Curtis Lumber Company is looking to fill a CDL Driver (Boom) position at our Williston location. Some of the responsibilities of this position include: •

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Central Vermont Solid Waste Management District, a union municipality consisting of 18 member towns, seeks General Manager to work-staff, board and constituents to implement legislative mandate, our solid waste implementation plan and grow our zero-waste programming. The General Manager must be a strong organizational manager capable of delivering innovative programming in a fiscally responsible manner. The General Manager will be responsible for personnel management, ensuring compliance with state and federal laws, budgeting, planning, and providing technical assistance to the CVSWMD Board of Supervisors, local officials and the public. Travel in the 18 member towns of the CVSWMD and evening meetings will be required on a regular basis. Qualifications: A bachelor’s degree and at least five years supervisory experience in solid waste management, an environmental organization or a municipal government environment. Master’s degree preferred. Must have a valid driver’s license and be able to pass a criminal background check. Starting Compensation: $59,000 per year, plus paid benefits including sick and vacation leave and employer sponsored health, dental and vision insurance. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until February 9, 2016. To apply, send resume, cover letter, writing sample and three references to administration@cvswmd.org or General Manager Search, CVSWMD, 137 Barre Street, Montpelier, VT 05602. Additional information may be found at cvswmd.org.

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MATERIAL HANDLER OPENING Curtis Lumber Company is looking for a Material Handler for our Williston location. This person is part of a team that is responsible for providing exceptional customer service in a yard/ warehouse environment in addition to using proper material handling practices to load, unload and store material appropriately through the safe use of proper tools and equipment. Use of a forklift and/ or other equipment will be required. This position is outside in a variety of seasonal weather conditions. The operations team cross-trains in multiple tasks including receiving, returns, transfers and operating the point-of-sale software to check out customers. Opportunities abound at Curtis Lumber, as doers are acknowledged and rewarded accordingly. Curtis Lumber is one of the 40 largest and fastest growing building materials companies in the country and is committed to delivering top-notch service. Curtis Lumber offers competitive salary and an excellent benefits package. Please stop by the Williston store to fill out an application, email your resume to employment@curtislumber.com or visit our employment page at curtislumber.com. Curtis Lumber is an equal opportunity employer.

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Marathon Search Partners of Burlington Inc., an established executive recruiting firm, is expanding its office in the Burlington area. This expansion has created the need for self-motivated and energetic individuals. If you are sales oriented and articulate, can think “out of the box,” and are driven to achieve a high-income potential, please call 316-4220 after sending your resume to me at eaxelrod@marathonsearchpartners.com.

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Seeking a position with a quality employer? Consider The University of Vermont, a stimulating and diverse workplace. We offer a comprehensive benefit package including tuition remission for on-going, full-time positions. These openings and others are updated daily. Forest Business Educator - UVM Extension - #S541PO - The University of Seeking experienced, Vermont Extension seeks a Forest Business Outreach Educator to deliver business results-oriented salesperson coaching and business management education to owners and managers of forest products-based businesses. The position will also contribute to forest and agricultural 3 Home Health Circle, St. Albans, VT 05478 | Equal Opportunity Employer to join our content licensing research projects. A Bachelor’s degree in forestry, natural resources, business team. 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VERMONT PUBLIC SERVICE BOARD SEEKS CLERK The Vermont Public Service Board seeks to fill the position of Clerk. The Public Service Board is a quasi-judicial agency that regulates electric, energy efficiency, natural gas, telecommunications and water utilities in Vermont. The Clerk position offers a unique chance to participate in Vermont’s regulatory process, which implements policy decisions that often have statewide, regional and national significance. See psb.vermont.gov.

Information Technology Support Specialist

The Clerk is a management position that oversees the processes and systems related to the

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to those processes and systems to optimize their efficiency. Principal duties include ption: establishing and maintaining procedures for preserving designated board documents, including ensuring the protection of any such documents that contain confidential professional sought to lead the Vermont Department of Tourism information; maintaining official case files for each proceeding; exercising sound judgment public and tradetorelations efforts. This mission-critical position in responding inquiries from parties, attorneys and members of the public, including maintaining the confidentiality of board deliberations; the intake o generate positive tourism-related coverageoverseeing of Vermont inand thedistribution of filings received by the board; technical and public hearings, workshops nternational marketplace. Thescheduling Director of Communications is and other case events consistent with statutory requirements; supporting the board in the or the development and implementation of a proactive business implementation and management of the board’s electronic case management system; and consistent withthose theadministrative goals andstaff mission Department of supervising who reportof to the the Clerk.

This position will provide technical support to internal and external customers including daily frontline help-desk tasks, systems support, vendor communication, and provide end-user training to fellow employees. Responsibilities include acting as the lead phone system technician, supporting voice and data networks, hardware, software, installation, configuration, maintenance, and upgrades of IT systems. The individual will troubleshoot and resolve problems including hardware, software, network, process and connectivity issues, and strive to improve

Marketing as well as maintaining consistent communications An ability to analyze complex problems and to design and implement workable solutions workingistools. position is responsible for qualities all tourism media required.This The successful candidate will have personal of integrity and energy, preference for collaborative solving, strong attention to detail, andtargeted an ability ate andaout-of-state; press problem release development; pitching to communicate effectively both orally and in writing. A strong candidate will ideas to regional and national media; development of presshave a demonstrated ability to work independently and perform effectively in a time-sensitive and trips and itineraries; management of media contact lists; and high-pressure environment as well as to supervise others to provide the highest level of ermont’scustomer international public relations The Director service in such an environment. Theinitiatives. board also highly values experience using borate with thecase Agency of Commerce executive teamenvironment. in the electronic management systems in a judicial or quasi-judicial of a proactive trade and business plan. This Candidatestravel must have a bachelor’s degree and at recruitment least six years of experience managing operations, planning, customer service and&employee relations of a public or private eport tothe the Commissioner of Tourism Marketing.

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organization; or eight years prior court or related legal experience involving duties such as case flow management, case processing, customer service and maintaining court records. demonstrate strong oral and written skills; have a BA in Additional experience may be substituted for education.

ust: ns or related field; have a minimum of five years of relevant work Salary commensurate with applicant’s background and experience. The complete job emonstrate knowledge of Vermont and Vermont’s tourism industry. description can be found at psb.vermont.gov/aboutthepsb/jobopenings. The State of Vermont offers an excellent total compensation package. Position open until

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ng samples and a minimum of three should filled. To apply, submit resume and coverreferences letter to Business Manager,be Vermont Public Kitty Sweet, Vermont of Commerce and Service Board, 4th Agency Floor, 112 State Street, Montpelier, VT Community 05620-2701, or via email to psb.businessmanager@vermont.gov. One National Life Drive, Montpelier, VT 05620-0501. In- and out-ofll be required. Salary range: $45,000 - $50,000.

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It is what we do at Twincraft Skincare every day. We are the industry’s premier manufacturer of top-quality skin care for the world’s leading personal-care brands. We produce visually unique products with superior formulations. We are seeking innovative, forward-thinking individuals to join our team of dedicated professionals. Do you want to work at a company where your input is truly valued? Learn more about Twincraft and current career opportunities at twincraft.com.

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Director of Business Development/Sales Central Vermont Substance Abuse Services is a nonprofit organization located in Berlin, providing substance abuse services to central Vermont residents. The range of services provided includes outpatient, intensive outpatient intervention, education, prevention, intervention and treatment services.

Substance Abuse Supervisor HUB & Adult Clinicians Substance Abuse Clinical Supervisor: We are currently seeking a dynamic and clinically talented person to serve in the role of Substance Abuse Clinical Supervisor for our Outpatient and Intensive Outpatient substance abuse programs. This position leads a dedicated group of direct care workers while assuring case coordination, follow-up and quality of care in the delivery of substance abuse services to adults in the Barre region. The position is responsible for assessing the needs of our clients and ensuring that those needs are being met. Functions include conducting intake evaluations, developing treatment plans, making case assignments, monitoring and evaluating caseloads and funding compliance, as well as coaching, developing and supervising staff through providing regular clinical supervision and facilitation of team meetings.

We are looking for a smart, motivated, driven sales person to join our executive sales team. If you are skilled in consultative selling and relationship building, know how to open doors to get new customers, and are excellent at negotiating and closing deals, we want to talk to you! Our sales culture is fun, highly competitive in the marketplace and collaborative with each other. The ideal candidate will have a bachelor’s degree, sales and marketing experience, and B-to-B and/or speciality manufacturing sales experience. This position requires travel to customers, prospects and trade shows 20 to 40 percent of the time. Please submit resume and cover letter to jobs@twincraft.com.

HUB Clinician: Master’s- or bachelor’s-level clinician position working with adults as a part of our HUB & Spoke medication-assisted therapy (MAT) program. This position will focus on access to care and provide a bridge from the MAT program to referrals to the treatment service options. Work will involve assessments, group and individual therapy, and case management, as well as coordination with the Department of Corrections. Previous experience working with people in recovery from addictions is preferable. A LADC is preferred. Working hours roughly 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. Substance Abuse Treatment Clinician: Master’s- or bachelor’s- level clinical positions (LADC preferred) providing outpatient counseling to adults, adolescents and families dealing with substance abuse-related issues. Treatment modalities may be provided using group, individual or couples counseling and may include some work in our Intensive OutPatient Treatment Program. Individuals who are interested in being part of a dynamic team are encouraged to apply. Flexibility, dependability, strong communication, organizational skills and the ability to be a team player are essential. We offer a flexible benefit package which can be taken as a cash benefit, 403(b) retirement match and generous time-off policy. If interested, please send résumé and letter of interest to Rachel Yeager, HR Coordinator or to: ryeager@claramartin.org.

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Work with volunteers, students, faculty and staff to Assist faculty in the development, implementation and create inspiring, engaging and successful programs preparation of undergraduate teaching laboratories. Supervise work-study students and coordinate both on-campus and across the country. ordering for the teaching laboratories. Teaches 12-16 contact hours per contract year of general biology and/ WEB DEVELOPER or upper-level laboratories in his/her specialty. Seeking a strategic professional with a can-do attitude ENROLLMENT ADVISeR to proactively maintain and troubleshoot everchanging website anomalies and juggle multiple web Responsible for degree completionm, student disciplines. Using Content Management Systems classroom support, retention and re-enrollment (Wordpress and Joomla) and front-end standards, initiatives that positively impact student retention. create, support, maintain and edit a diverse set of Serve as the primary liaison, adviser and advocate websites and help drive current migration to new for degree completion students in the College of responsive web architecture. Graduate and Continuing Studies.

Please visit our website norwich.edu/jobs for further information and how to apply for these and other great jobs. Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. Norwich University is an equal opportunity employer offering a comprehensive benefit package that includes medical, dental, group life and long-term disability insurance, flexible-spending accounts for health and dependent care, retirement annuity plan and tuition scholarships for eligible employees and their family members.

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Agriculture Water Quality Specialist. These positions include administrative, technical and educational work for the Agency of Agriculture relating to the Vermont Agency of Transportation has an opportunity for a motivated leader Experienced professional sought to lead the Vermont Department of Tourism water quality cost-share programs, farm water quality permits/certifications, to manage the agency’s research program. If you have been looking for the water quality-related rules and general water quality protection. publiccareer, and look trade relations efforts. This mission-critical positionThe opportunity to move to the & nextMarketing’s level in your transportation positions will focus on water quality inspections of farms. Note: There is one no further. 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Audit and review work is guided by reference to several sets of complex program addresses all modes of travel. Topic areas include but are not state regulations as well as GAAP. This supervisor will effectively balance staff limited to construction materials andJob methods, engineering and design Description: time and work flow, must understand cost allocation methods, correctly apply practices, safety and operations, and transportation and demonstrate environmental Candidates must: strong oral and skills; have a BA in complex regulations, effectively communicate complex and their Experienced professional sought to lead thewritten Vermont Department ofregulations Tourism policy. Research projects may include quick-response literature searches application, also communicate all necessary information to staff, providers and Public Relations or related fi eld; have a minimum of fi ve years of relevant work & Marketing’s public and trade relations efforts. 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Location: Montpelier. Status: Full time. Application that should be made to state regulations as well as the review and audit submitted to Kitty Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community January 29, 2016. outreach planSweet, consistent with the goalsand and mission ofin the Department of and Outlook. processes must be proficient Microsoft Office Excel, Word The Audit Supervisor will directly supervise up to four auditors. There will be Development, OneMarketing National Life Drive, Montpelier,consistent VT 05620-0501. In- and out-ofTourism and as well as maintaining communications a skills test. For more information, contact Kathleen Denette at 652-6533 or via social tools. This position is responsible for all tourism media state travel will networking be required. Salary range: $45,000 - $50,000. email kathleen.denette@vermont.gov. Reference Job ID #618524 Location: Department of Health relations in-state and out-of-state; press release development; Williston. Status: Full time. Application deadline:pitching February 2, targeted 2016. ideasdietitian to regional and national media; development of press We have an exciting and challengingtourism opportunitystory for a registered who is enthusiastic and self-directedfamiliarization to join the WIC Nutrition team in the trips and itineraries; management of media contact lists; and Division of Maternal and Child Health. Working at the state level, you will Natural Resources Board initiatives. The Director support for Vermont’s international public relations develop statewide nutrition policies and procedures; implement federal We have an exciting opportunity for a Legal Technician to join the will alsomonitoring collaborate with the Agency of Commerce executive team in the regulations and Sstate health policies; perform and quality Montpelier central office. This rewarding and challenging position supports assurance activities; ensure that WICdevelopment nutrition services are coordinated NRB inand its mission to administer Vermont’s Land Use and Development of a proactive travelthetrade business recruitment plan. This with other programs serving women and children; help local level staff Law, Act 250, byTourism providing important legal, administrative and technical position will report to the Commissioner of & Marketing. develop and implement outreach, breastfeeding and nutrition plans, and support to the legal and executive teams. The NRB Legal Technician plan or conduct training for nutrition and administrative staff. You must is responsible for general office coordination. Assists with accounts have expert knowledge of maternal, infant and child nutrition feeding Candidates must:and demonstrate strong oral written skills; have a isBA in receivables and and payables. The NRB Legal Technician responsible for practices, knowledge of public health principles and practices, and program general caseload and assistance to the legal and enforcement staff. Public Relations or related field; have a minimum of five years of relevant workThe management; be able to work independently and provide leadership; NRB seeks a detail-oriented individual with excellent computer skills and experience; demonstrate knowledge of to Vermont andIfVermont’s tourismprofessional, industry.and implement public health interventions and/or systems change in a culturally the ability meet deadlines. you are highly organized, competent way; and have excellent interpersonal and communication skills. have a strong work ethic and an appreciation for Vermont’s environment, For more information, contact KarenResume, Flynn at 652-4171 or email karen. this is a great of opportunity. 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Washington County Mental Health Services is currently seeking the following nursing position:

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Hourly Registered Nurse (Home Intervention): Looking for a Registered Nurse to provide weekend professional nursing supervision and care to consumers in a community based mental health crisis facility. This Nurse will provide both psychiatric and physical assessments, communicate with on call psychiatric providers, facilitate admissions, and delegate medication administration duties to direct care staff, as well as provide clinical supervision to direct care staff. The successful candidate will have strong interpersonal skills, work well as a team member as well as function independently. This position requires applicants to be an RN with a current Vermont license to qualify.

Chief Financial Officer/Director of Finance and Administration. Northwestern Counseling & Support Services, a dynamic $37MM Community Mental Health Center serving Franklin and Grand Isle Counties, is seeking an inspired leader for CFO/Director to work closely with the CEO and the leadership team. The CFO/Director will possess a strong financial management background, combined with thorough competencies in accounting practices, administration, and information systems interfaces and advancements, combined with a strong belief in participatory leadership. Experience in a health care setting involving medical records and billing practices would be a strong plus. MBA or CPA preferred.

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Seeking Shared Living Providers! The Howard Center’s Shared Living Program creates opportunities for individuals with developmental disabilities to live with a single person, couple or family in the community. The Shared Living Program is currently accepting expressions of interest from experienced caregivers to provide a home, day-to-day assistance and support tailored to the needs of individuals with developmental disabilities. This is a rewarding employment opportunity for individuals who are interested in working from home while making a meaningful difference in someone’s life. If you do not have a residence, please consider our live-in shared living opportunities. We use a careful matching process to ensure that each placement is mutually compatible. A generous tax-free stipend, respite budget, free training and team support are provided. Interested candidates please contact lreid@howardcenter.org or call 488-6563. Seeking Respite/Community Access Providers: The Howard Center’s Developmental Services works with families, guardians and Shared Living Providers seeking respite providers. Respite providers offer a needed break to families, guardians and Shared Living Providers who support clients. The Howard Center is not an employer of respite providers but may act as a listing agency for respite providers seeking referrals. Interested candidates please contact lreid@howardcenter. org or call 488-6563.

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ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR Taking a senior role in the organization, the Associate Director provides operational leadership in the programmatic and administrative realms. Specific areas of responsibility include organizational leadership and program development, as well as financial and administrative oversight. The Associate Director reports to, and works closely with, the Executive Director and has regular contact with members of the KSC board, staff and program participants. Visit kingstreetcenter.org for a complete position description. Open until filled. Please send cover letter, resume and contact information for three professional references to: King Street Center Human Resources P.O. Box 1615 Burlington, VT 05402

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Join our energetic, innovative and committed Career Center staff. We lead university-wide efforts to educate, empower and equip UVM students as they build successful career paths. We wholeheartedly embrace diversity and multiculturalism. Serve as a member of the leadership team, executing the vision of the Career Center, implementing UVM’s Career Success Action Plan, and developing outreach efforts with faculty and staff to integrate career development across campus. Supervise professional staff and provide career counseling/training to students and alumni. Promote and pursue multicultural competence.

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RunVermont, home of the KeyBank Vermont City Marathon, is seekin and talented individual to join their team of event production p Responsibilities include the development and execution of all outb RunVermont is hiring an and communications strategies (including websites, social media, ad relations) and the acquisition and stewardship of key sponsor r

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Named one of the best places to work in Vermont for the third year in a row, Union Mutual has been providing quality insurance products for more than 140 years. Our focus is on providing superior customer service second to none, and our employees are an integral part of our success. We are seeking a professional inside Claims Adjuster who will work from our home office in Montpelier. Duties will include policyholder and claimant contact, investigation and settlement of claims. The qualified candidate will hold a current adjuster’s license with a minimum of four-plus years of auto or property claims experience and possess excellent written and verbal communication skills. We offer a challenging position in a professional working environment with competitive salary and excellent benefits, including health and dental insurance, pension and 401(k) plans. Qualified candidates are encouraged to submit in strict confidence a resume with cover letter to: Union Mutual Attn: Human Resources P.O. Box 158 Montpelier, VT 05601-0158 Or submit to resumehr@umfic.com.

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Administrative Assistant Year-round position approximately eight hours per week, flexible, for our exciting summer day-camp for adopted children and teens. We seek a self-motivated, inspired individual to help at our Burlington area offices. Increased availability in summer preferred, including help at camp location in Stowe. Experience needed in bookkeeping, Quickbooks and Excel. Duties include maintaining spreadsheets and correspondence, updating website and organizing administrative tasks. Send resume to info@camp4me.org, attention board president Bill Drislane.

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Vermont Captive Insurance Association (VCIA) is seeking a creative, motivated, detail oriented individual for an immediate part-time position. Working 20 hours per week, the chosen applicant will assist the Communications and Education Directors with a variety of projects including the design and production of print and electronic materials, blog production, assistance with educational webinars, managing digital educational assets and fulfilling orders, social media and web assignments. Position also assists staff at the VCIA Annual Conference with App development, audience polling and other assignments as needed. Adobe Creative Suite knowledge required. Familiarity with Adobe Connect, PowerPoint, and Constant Contact a plus. We are a small office overlooking Lake Champlain offering variety, flexibility and the opportunity to grow. Email your resume in confidence to: info@vcia.com.

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We are seeking a Human Resources Manager to plan, organize and direct the activities of the Human Resources Department in accordance with state and federal laws, collective bargaining agreements and Board of Education policies and procedures; to supervise the staff of the human resource department; to provide support to all district departments and schools on personnel matters; and to provide high -level assistance to the Senior Director of Human Resources and Equity Affairs. Applications accepted through schoolspring.com, Job ID# 2271804. EOE

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Seeking a Substance Abuse Clinician to provide individual, group and family counseling and health home services to patients who are dependent on opioids in the context of an outpatient opioid treatment program. Health home services provide enhanced services to clients who are coordinated and address medical and psychosocial issues. Clinician will work with treatment providers and community support groups with the goal of coordinating care and referrals. In addition, the counselor will implement and maintain clinical records addressing treatment plans and progress in treatment. LADC strongly preferred. Experience preferred: previous experience counseling clients with co-occurring disorders, both individually and in a group setting; knowledge of substance abuse treatment imperative; experience preparing high-quality clinical documentation. Starting full-time salary is $39,000 per year. If licensed, additional $750 per year stipend added to base pay. Job ID# 3015

Laboratory Technician, Chittenden Clinic

We are hiring for a female laboratory technician who will be required to work Monday through Friday, 5:45 a.m.-10:45 a.m. Primary responsibilities will include collection of urine drug screens and data entry. This position requires flexibility, attention to detail and reliability. Starting rate of pay $15 per hour. Job ID# 3045

CHILD, YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES Autism Interventionist

Looking for an interesting and fulfilling profession? Join Howard Center’s Autism Spectrum Program to work with children and youth ages 2-21 with autism-spectrum disorders. Provide one-to-one intensive behavioral intervention services in public schools, homes and community settings as an Autism Interventionist. Ongoing training and supervision provided. Excellent professional development opportunities. Reliable transportation required. Bachelor’s degree and some experience with children and/or special needs necessary. This is a full-time position, and starting pay is $17 per hour. Job ID #3039

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Four positions available! All positions are school-based mental health positions that are cohires between Howard Center and the school district served. Clinicians provide various mental health, consultation and case management services while utilizing a school social work model. Starting salary for full time is $39,000 per year, prorated for part time. Those who are licensed will receive additional $750 increase to base pay. Prorated for part time.

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Full time in Essex Junction: 40 hours/week at Essex Junction High School. Job ID# 3061 Part time with K-5 students in Burlington: 24 hours/week at the Sustainability Academy (16 hours) and Champlain Elementary School (8 hours) in Burlington. Job ID# 2948

First Call, Children’s Crisis Clinician

Seeking a Children’s Crisis Clinician to join our supportive and hardworking team. Supervision and extensive training provided. Responsibilities include emergency intervention for children and families in crisis over the phone or face-to-face, collaboration with community providers and referral to services including psychiatric inpatient treatment. First Call is a 24-7 mobile crisis team, and schedule includes nontraditional hours. We are seeking an applicant with strong assessment, documentation and communication skills as well as the ability to multitask while working on an interdisciplinary team. Master’s degree in a mental health field, at least one year of mental health experience, vehicle and driver’s license required. Salary starts at $39,000 per year. If licensed, additional $750 per year stipend added to base pay.

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Changes are in the works for Bessery’s Quality Market in Burlington. The family business at 1398 North Avenue is currently a large hole in the ground. Owners BRYAN and KELLY BESSERY have contracted with BlackRock Construction in Colchester to build the new Bessery’s, something they’ve wanted to do for 10 years. “There was a lot of character in the old building,” says Bryan Bessery. “We just outgrew it quickly, and a lot of the equipment was outdated.” The building came down on January 12. Projected to open in May, the new Bessery’s will remain at its original address, squeezed between two residential houses. However, the new building will have an extra floor, with two apartments the Besserys plan to rent. It will also be 20 feet farther back from the road than the original building, allowing room for picnic tables out front. Bryan Bessery divulges plans to add a creemee window and serve deli-style food. “It will be like a cross between FIVE GUYS [BURGERS AND FRIES],

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Local foodies have been swooning since Craftsbury’s STERLING COLLEGE announced its SCHOOL OF THE NEW AMERICAN FARMSTEAD last week. Geared toward adult and other nontraditional students, the program includes a core curriculum of two-week courses taught by internationally recognized leaders in food, drink and agriculture. Former New York Times food critic and Gourmet editor Ruth Reichl will help teach a course in food writing, while VERMONT SALUMI’s PETER COLMAN will teach butchery and charcuterie. Former visiting professor Sandor

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Katz will return to Sterling to lead a course on fermentation, and HILL FARMSTEAD BREWERY’s SHAUN HILL will offer classes on small-batch brewing. The program also includes weekend workshops on everything from holistic fruit production to cultivating edible mushrooms. Students looking for a longer course of study can get down and dirty with a six- or 10-week “integrated farming practicum” that offers intensive instruction in aspects of small-scale, diversified farming, ranging from agroforestry to vegetable production to animal husbandry and working with draft horses. All courses will take full advantage of Craftsbury’s working agricultural landscape and local resources (think cheesemaking at the nearby CELLARS AT JASPER HILL). Many will feature produce grown on campus. Enrollment began last week for courses starting in May; find more info at sterlingcollege.edu.

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consensus, please tell me.’ That’s super helpful. I can look at ratings online, but ratings are [done by] a self-selecting populace.

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SEVEN DAYS: Given the history of this brewhouse, have you brewed any beers that pay homage to the Alchemist or VPB? NATE JOHNSON: Needless to say, there’s some sizable shoes to fill. I love John [Kimmich’s] beers — they’re phenomenal. But I don’t want to try to follow in John’s footsteps, and I don’t think I could ever do it as well as he does. He’s probably one of

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ate Johnson was working as an economist when he met Chad Rich. At the time, Rich ran the bar at American Flatbread Burlington Hearth. Johnson was a regular, and the two found common ground in beer geekery. Johnson’s homebrewing habit blossomed into a healthy obsession, even as Rich was dreaming up the restaurant (and later, brewery) that would become Prohibition Pig. The friends kept in touch after Rich left Flatbread to work at Farmhouse Tap & Grill. After Tropical Storm Irene flooded most of downtown Waterbury in August 2011, Rich moved into the former quarters of the Alchemist in Waterbury. By the following year, he’d transformed it into Prohibition Pig. Alchemist owners John and Jen Kimmich had left behind their pub’s seven-barrel mash tun (a hand-medown from Vermont Pub & Brewery’s late cofounder Greg Noonan) in the restaurant’s basement. The unused equipment was a constant reminder that brewing could happen there. Johnson continued crunching numbers nine to five and brewing beer in his spare time. “I really got into it,” he said. “I wanted to become a brewer.” In 2013, Rich decided to make a go of brewing in-house. He brought Johnson on board. The brewer got to work in the restaurant’s basement on a modest, one-barrel system purchased from Sean Lawson of Warren-based Lawson’s Finest Liquids. Last year, Pro Pig expanded into an adjacent space and scaled up the brewing operation with the old Alchemist equipment. It’s installed directly behind the tasting-room bar, in full view of the customers. Now, up to half of the restaurant’s 22 tap lines flow with housemade beer. On Wednesday, January 27, Prohibition Pig will celebrate its first anniversary in the new space, serving $1 tacos and plenty of Johnson’s brews. In a conversation with Seven Days, Johnson talked about drinker feedback, candy canes and brewing for an audience.

SD: But patron feedback has an impact. NJ: Oh, definitely. And you can sort of take things you learn from one beer and apply them to the next. Right now I’m working on a new water profile for my hoppy beers. SD: Are you saying you amend your water? NJ: Oh, yeah, absolutely. SD: Does every brewer do that? NJ: Most. And it really changes the perception of your beer. It helps — pH is super important for brewing, for 10, 15, 20 different [reasons]. But also just for flavor. So that [vanilla-bean porter] has [extra] chloride added to it. That helps give the volume, the rounded qualities, that you want in a porter. Your pale beers will be a little crisper. SD: ° at porter is so lovely —˛subtle but still rich in ﬂavor. NJ: That’s one of my things: If you want to add flavors to beer, you really need to go to the source. So for this, I actually add vanilla beans. I cut them in half, scrape all the pods, bag the whole thing and soak it in the beer after fermentation. SD: It’s a beautiful beer for winter. NJ: I actually brew it year-round. I really enjoy it — it’s a great beer to have even if it’s not seasonally appropriate. SD: People want porters year-round, though. ° ere’s a dearth of good porters right now. NJ: I try to have a spectrum. I don’t want people to come in, and we have 10 beers on tap, and eight of them are hoppy. Do you like peppermint?

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the best brewers in the world. And I want to create our own thing. SD: Since you’ve been here — with this beautiful laboratory ﬁlled with guinea pigs eager to beta-test every beer you brew — how has the feedback over the last year affected your brewing? NJ: It’s good! It depends on what beer it is. Every beer is sort of different, and the first time you brew anything it’s almost never 100 percent. Hopefully, you get pretty close

— with your math and everything else. It’s tough for me to get feedback, just because you have so many different people with so many different expectations and palates. SD: But it’s a fairly open conversation between what goes on here [in the brewery] and what goes on over there [in the bar]? NJ: I don’t have the interaction with the customers that my bartenders do, but I always ask them, ‘If you’re getting a

SD: Sure! NJ: [Goes to the bar and pulls a sample of another dark, wintry beer.] This is called Piggy’s Little Helper. It’s the same grain bill as the vanilla-bean porter, but it’s aged on vanilla beans, cocoa nibs and candy canes. SD: Candy canes! It’s light, though —˛the peppermint is way in the back. NJ: It’s this peppermint patty sort of thing, where the mint is just this cooling aspect. The candy canes were just a way for me to add peppermint oil to the beer without adding the oil itself. They completely dissolve, and it’s this more gentle way of adding the mint. If I’ve got 220 gallons of beer, I’d be terrified to add the oil itself because it’s so strong. SD: How many did you put in? NJ: It was 280 mini candy canes.

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Today’s gardens are smaller than those of years’ passed. With planning, though, today’s gardens can give get us a lot more bang for the buck in terms of space used and energy expended. Cost $20. SD: Did you feel like Santa up there, dropping candy into the beer? NJ: I felt like a moron, actually. When I ordered the candy canes, I was like, OK, the mini ones will dissolve faster. The thing arrives, and it’s this big jug from Amazon. We have to unwrap each one, and then I didn’t even keep them whole. I’m looking at it, and I’m like, I can’t even add these [to the tank]. Unless I want to stand on my eight-foot ladder and add them one by one, this isn’t going to work. So I took them and ran them through the food processor in the kitchen. Just pulverized them completely.

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SD: What do you like best about this job? NJ: One thing, I never really look at my watch, that’s for sure. Although you do get days where it’s like, Shit, it’s four o’clock already. But it’s a nice blend of creativity and manual labor. You can really exercise, but it’s not too much of one thing or the other. You’re working your ass off, but it’s this synthesis of creativity and science and method and pure labor. SD: So how does it feel to transition from homebrewing to having this audience for every beer you make? NJ: Stressful? I mean, my beers are on tap here next to a pretty solid lineup. So it’s definitely stressful, and you certainly need a thick skin. SD: Does that pressure help you stay focused? NJ: Kind of, yeah. You can half-ass something, and it’s going to show up in your beer. So it’s a constant reminder to not do that — because it’s going to be right next to something that’s really good. m

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SD: But it’s fun to play around with fla ors without making one of these over-the-top concept beers. NJ: If a brewer is getting a little crazy, I want to see that they had a flavor profile that they’re working toward. If it doesn’t work out, it doesn’t work out. But I appreciate that a lot more than, ‘Well, there were chiles, and then this, and then this.’ You can throw a bunch of goofy shit into a kettle, but I want to see coherent flavor profiles.

SD: The patrons at the bar can see everything you’re doing back here. Do you feel like you’re brewing in a fishbowl NJ: Kind of! It’s definitely a challenge — especially if something goes wrong, there’s a limit to how much I can swear. Some people [want to] chat with me if I’m up at the bar grabbing something. Sometimes I can chat for 30 seconds, and then I really do have to get back to this. And I don’t want to be rude.

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SD: If you hadn’t told me there was peppermint in this, I might not have picked up on it. It’s mellow. NJ: It’s one of the few beers I’ve brewed that is kind of a one-and-done sort of beer. A big thing I try to do is to make drinkable beers — something you can easily drink a crowler of and not have it be too much. So this is one of the few with that heaviness and sweetness that you can’t really keep coming back to it.

But who knows? Maybe I’ll wake up tomorrow morning with some cool idea. The nice thing about being a brewpub is, I can do whatever I want.

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SURVEILLANCE DRONES PRESENTATION: Concerned citizens can ask questions after a presentation on the past, present and future of surveillance in the United States. Charlotte Library, 7-8 p.m. Free. Info, 863-2345.

KNITTERS & NEEDLEWORKERS: Crafters convene for creative fun. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 264-5660.

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SMALL-SCALE MUSHROOM CULTIVATION: Mycophiles learn how to raise cap-and-stem varieties. City Market/Onion River Co-op, Burlington, 6-7:30 p.m. $5-10; preregister; limited space. Info, 861-9757.

AFROLATIN PARTY: Dancers ages 18 and up get down to the kizomba, kuduro and kompa with DsantosVT. Zen Lounge, Burlington, lesson, 7-8 p.m.; party, 8-10 p.m. $6-12; free for party. Info, 227-2572.

VERMONT FARM SHOW: From barnyard animals to giant tractors, the annual showcase celebrates the state’s agricultural industry. See vtfarmshow. com for details. Champlain Valley Exposition, Essex Junction, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Free. Info, 461-8774.

DROP-IN HIP-HOP DANCE: Beginners are welcome at a groove session inspired by infectious beats. Swan Dojo, Burlington, 6-7:30 p.m. $15. Info, 540-8300.

HEALING ARTS FOR WOMEN WITH SAFEART: Guided creative sessions encourage recovery through dialogue, expression and sisterhood among trauma survivors. Gifford Medical Center, Randolph, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 685-3138. LIFE DRAWING: Artists put pencil to paper with a live model as their muse. Bring personal materials. ˜ e Front, Montpelier, 6:30-8:30 p.m. $10. Info, 839-5349. MIXED MEDIA COLLAGE WORKSHOP: Folks learn to cut and paste like pros with artist Carolyn Crotty. Whirled Tree Arts, Burlington, noon-1:30 p.m. $5-10. Info, 448-2141.

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ADULT BASIC CRAFT GROUP: Unﬁnished projects get the attention they deserve. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 10:30 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 878-4918.

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FRAUD PREVENTION FOR BUSINESSES: Information technology, banking and accounting professionals arm themselves against internal and external threats. bevo Catering, Colchester, 7:309:30 a.m. Free. Info, 862-9645.

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TECH HELP WITH CLIF: Folks develop skill sets applicable to smartphones, tablets and other gadgets. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, noon-1 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 878-6955. TURNON BURLINGTON: Communication games encourage participants to push past comfort zones and experience deep connections. OneTaste Burlington, 7:30-8:30 p.m. $10. Info, cj@onetasteburlington.us.

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STOWE WINTER CARNIVAL: ˜ e 42nd annual frozen fête features a varied lineup of wintry wonderment, including snow golf, ice carving and live music. See stowewintercarnival.com for details. Various Stowe locations. Prices vary. Info, 253-7321.

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‘ALFRED HITCHCOCK & THE ART OF SUSPENSE’: Film buff Rick Winston references movie clips when tracing the arc of the iconic director’s career. Jewish Community of Greater Stowe, 1:30-3 p.m. Free. Info, 253-9011.

GETTING STUFF DONE WORK PARTY: Set an intention, complete a task and celebrate your accomplishment in a comfortable atmosphere. Sangha Studio, Burlington, 2-4 p.m. Free. Info, 448-4262.

BANFF MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL: Mountaineering buffs and outdoor enthusiasts tap into the spirit of adventure with short ﬁlms and documentaries. Lebanon Opera House, N.H., 7 p.m. $19-22. Info, 603-448-0400.

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‘LIVING IN THE AGE OF AIRPLANES’: Stunning aerial shots and narration by Harrison Ford propel this 2D and 3D salute to the marvels of modern air travel. Northﬁeld Savings Bank ˜ eater: A National Geographic Experience, ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 11:45 a.m. & 1:45 & 3:45 p.m. $3-5 plus regular admission, $10.50-13.50; free for kids 2 and under. Info, 864-1848.

MIDDLEBURY CENTER FOR SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP SYMPOSIUM: Presentations, workshops and discussions delve into the topic “On Leading a Life of Meaning and Purpose.” See middlebury.edu for details. Middlebury College. Free. Info, 443-3285.

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How does a writer know when she’s hit the big time? Is it when Vanity Fair describes her fiction as “dazzling,” or when the Chicago Tribune declares her prose “daring and delicious?” Author Samantha Hunt should know, having been the recipient of such coveted acclaim for her 2008 novel The Invention of Everything Else. She is at it again, earning high praise for her latest work, the ghostly Mr. Splitfoot, a contemporary gothic that Publishers Weekly calls “storytelling at its best.” Spinning a dual narrative, alternating between the tales of mystical siblings Ruth and Nat and Ruth’s future niece Cora, Hunt captivates readers from cover to cover. The New York-based wordsmith — a former Seven Days employee — woos lit lovers with a discussion at Phoenix Books Burlington.

SAMANTHA HUNT ˜ ursday, January 28, 6:30 p.m., at Phoenix Books Burlington. $3. Info, 4483350. phoenixbooks.biz

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Slap Shot Sports fans find their seats behind the glass as women’s community hockey teams hit the ice for Face Off Against Breast Cancer at Middlebury’s Memorial Sports Center. Hailing from across the state, these ferocious females team up for the annual tournament to raise funds for the Cancer Patient Support Foundation. With the Middlebury Otters and Middlebury Mystix as their hosts, squads go head-to-head in competitive, recreational and novice divisions. Saturday’s action continues long past the buzzer when players, friends and families fête $500,000 raised in the benefit’s 17-year history at the Half Million Strong celebration. Live music, libations and raffle drawings on the sports center grounds make for an epic party with a purpose.

FACE OFF AGAINST BREAST CANCER Saturday, January 30, 8:15 a.m.-9:10 p.m.; party, 3:30 p.m., and Sunday, January 31, 8:45 a.m.-7:10 p.m., at Memorial Sports Center in Middlebury. Funds raised for players; donations for spectators. Info, 989-0039. faceoffagainstbreastcancer.org

Take Me to Church Music lovers, prepare for a religious experience courtesy of the Campbell Brothers. This five-piece ensemble exalted for its slide-and-string mastery sends the searing sounds of sacred steel music from the church to the masses. The origins of sacred steel can be traced to 1930s Pentecostal churches, and the style is marked by its marriage of gospel traditions and — you guessed it — steel guitar. Worshipped by spiritual and secular audiences alike, Chuck, Darick, Phil and Carlton Campbell, along with bass player Daric Bennett, have spread their musical message everywhere from Lincoln Center to the Hollywood Bowl. Hallelujah!

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Winter can be pretty cool — just look at the flurry of activities that the fourth annual Waterbury Winterfest has to offer. Throughout the 10-day bash, cold-weather warriors converge for sports tournaments ranging from broomball to volleyball to snow football, a ladies’ cross-country skiing clinic, a 5K fun run, a history hike and much more. Indoorsy types aren’t left out in the cold — the Extempo storytelling competition, a chess tournament, poker games, beer tastings and the Snow Ball dance keep the January blues at bay. Revelers who dig into this seasonal celebration are sure to be, as Run DMC raps, chillin’ and coolin’ just like a snowman.

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‘A MOST WANTED MAN’: A Muslim man finds hi self tangled in the international war on terror in this 2014 drama starring Philip Seymour Hoffman. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 748-2600. MOTIVATIONAL MOVIE NIGHT: ‘WITHOUT LIMITS’: Billy Crudup makes strides as track star Steve Prefontaine in this 1998 biographical drama. Your Personal Best Fitness, South Burlington, 6:15-8:15 p.m. Free. Info, 658-1616. ‘NIGHT TRAIN TO TERROR’: God and the devil debate the fate of three individuals while riding the rails in this 1985 horror flick presented by Cinema Casualties. ArtsRiot, Burlington, 9-11 p.m. Free. Info, 540-0406.

Wellness Collective, Burlington, 10-11 a.m. $10. Info, 540-0186. NIA WITH LINDA: World music and movements drawn from martial, dance and healing arts inspire folks to find their own paths to fitness. South En Studio, Burlington, 8:30 a.m. $14. Info, 372-1721. POSTNATAL REHAB: Babies are welcome at a class aimed at strengthening the areas most compromised during pregnancy. Prenatal Method Studio, Burlington, 10:30-11:30 a.m. $15. Info, 829-0211. PRENATAL YOGA CLASS: Moms-to-be prepare their bodies for labor and delivery. Prenatal Method Studio, Burlington, 12:15-1:15 p.m. $15. Info, 829-0211. RECOVERY COMMUNITY YOGA: A stretching session for all ability levels builds physical and mental strength to support healing. Turning Point Center, Burlington, 10:3011:30 a.m. Free. Info, 861-3150.

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COMMUNITY LUNCH: Friends and neighbors rub elbows over a midday feast to celebrate Groennfell Meadery’s new restaurant space. Colchester’s Mead Hall, Groennfell Meadery, 11:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Cost of food and drink. Info, 497-2345.

R.I.P.P.E.D.: Resistance, intervals, power, plyometrics, endurance and diet define this high intensity physicalfitness program. North End Studio B, Burlington, 6:15 p.m. $10. Info, 578-9243.

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ADULT DUNGEONS & DRAGONS NIGHT: Quick thinkZUMBA: Lively Latin MO ers 14 and up rely on invented N.1 rhythms fuel this danceE ON | ETC . | LEGISLATIVE LUNCH personas to face challenges and fitness phenomenon for a l experidefeat enemies. Burnham Memorial Library, ence levels. Vergennes Opera House, 6-7 Colchester, 5:30-7:45 p.m. Free. Info, jmuse@ p.m. $10. Info, 349-0026. colchestervt.gov. BRIDGE CLUB: Strategic players have fun with the popular card game. Burlington Bridge Club, Williston, 9:15 a.m. & 1:30 p.m. $6. Info, 872-5722. PATHFINDER SOCIETY: Competitors ages 16 and up give it their all in a fantasy role-playing match similar to Dungeons & Dragons. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 7-11 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955.

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DANCE-BASED CONDITIONING: Melissa Ham-Ellis leads a series of stretching and strengthening movements. No dance experience is required. Fusion 802 Dance, South Burlington, 7:15-8:15 p.m. $15. Info, 444-0100. EATING WELL ON A BUDGET FOR FAMILIES: A weekly workshop with Frances Fleming of the UVM Extension highlights ways to save and get healthy. Cafeteria, Central Vermont Medical Center, Barre, 5:30-7 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 223-8000, ext. 202. ‘FREE UP THE SHOULDERS’ SIX-WEEK FELDENKRAIS SERIES: Folks who feel like they’re carrying the world on their shoulders learn techniques to release tension in the upper body. Bring a mat or blanket. Jonesville Schoolhouse Yoga, Richmond, 7-8 p.m. $15 per session. Info, 735-3770. INSIGHT MEDITATION: Attendees deepen their understanding of Buddhist principles and practices. Wellspring Mental Health and Wellness Center, Hardwick, 5:30-7 p.m. Free. Info, 472-6694.

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FUN WITH FLEMING MUSICIANS: Students from the Thomas Fleming School hit a l the right notes in an all-ages performance. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 4-4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6956. KIDS’ DUNGEONS & DRAGONS NIGHT: Experienced and novice players take on challenges to defeat enemies in this pen-and-paper role-playing game. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, jmuse@colchestervt.gov. KIDS’ OPEN GYM: Physical fitness is disguised as fun for little ones ages 6 to 10. Church of the Nazarene, Williston, 6-7 p.m. Free. Info, 878-8591. ‘SEA MONSTERS: A PREHISTORIC ADVENTURE’: A dolichorhynchops braves history’s most dangerous oceans in a National Geographic Studios 2D and 3D movie. Northfield Savings Bank Theater: A Nationa Geographic Experience, ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 10:45 a.m. & 12:45 & 2:45 p.m. $3-5 plus regular admission, $10.5013.50; free for kids 2 and under. Info, 864-1848. STEM CLUB: Inquisitive minds ages 6 and up tackle challenges in science, technology, engineering and math. Fairfax Community Library, 3-4 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 849-2420. STORY TIME & PLAYGROUP: Engrossing plots unfold into projects for kids up to age 6 and their grown-ups. Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 10 11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 426-3581.

MIDDLEBURY FITNESS BOOT CAMP: Participants improve strength, agility, endurance and cardiovascular fitness with inte val training. Middlebury Municipal Gym, 7-8 a.m. $12. Info, 343-7160.

STORY TIME FOR 3- TO 5-YEAR-OLDS: Preschoolers stretch their reading skills through activities involving puppets and books. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 10-10:45 a.m. Free. Info, 878-6956.

MINDFUL WORKWEEKS: WEDNESDAY NIGHT MEDITATION: Give your brain a break at a midweek “om” session followed by tea and conversation. Milarepa Center, Barnet, 7-8 p.m. Donations. Info, 633-4136.

TODDLER TIME: Puzzles, puppets, stories and art supplies entertain tots ages 4 and under. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 748-8291.

MINDFULNESS CLASS: Dogma-free meditative techniques lead to peace, joy and freedom. Exquisite Mind Studio, Burlington, 6-7:30 p.m. $5-20. Info, 735-2265. MORNING FLOW YOGA: Greet the day with a grounding and energizing class for all levels. The

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BEGINNER ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASS: Students build a foundation in reading, speaking and writing. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 863-3403. ‘CLUB DE LECTURE’: Amélie Nothomb’s Le crime du comte de Neville inspires French-language

conversation among readers. Klein Center, Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, 7-8:15 p.m. $4; free for members and first timers. Info, lcle feuille@ smcvt.edu.

‘MOTHERS AND SONS’: Family ties are tested in this Tony Award-nominated drama presented by Vermont Stage. FlynnSpace, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $28.80-37.50. Info, 863-5966.

INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED SPANISH CONVERSATION GROUP: Language learners hone their skills en español with instructor Maigualida Gomez. Community Room, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211.

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CHARLES LLOYD & FRIENDS: All-star musicians Bill Frisell, Reuben Rogers and Eric Harland are in sync with the lyrical jazz saxophonist. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $17-40. Info, 603-646-2422. MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE ORCHESTRA: Andrew Massey conducts student musicians in an interpretation of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7. Robison Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 443-6433.

BOOK DISCUSSION: Bibliophiles immerse themselves in How the García Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338. KAREN NEWMAN: Nonfiction fans fête the launch of the world record-breaking triathlete’s book Just Three Words: Athlete, Mother, Survivor: How One Brave Woman — Against All Odds — Wins the Race of Her Life. Phoenix Books Burlington, 6:30 p.m. $3; limited space. Info, 448-3350. MAKING POEMS THAT WORK: Penmen and -women prepare works for submission to PoemTown St. Johnsbury with guidance from Lyndon State College instructor Bill Biddle. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 748-2600, ext. 108.

VERMONT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: The Farmers Night Concert Series continues with compositions by Handel, Mozart, Haydn and Montpelier ninth grader Colin Desch. Vermont Statehouse, House Chamber, Montpelier, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 828-2228.

WEDNESDAY CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP: Lit lovers analyze works-in-progress penned by Burlington Writers Workshop members. 22 Church St., Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free; preregister at meetup.com; limited space. Info, 383-8104.

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STRATEGY FOR SUCCESS SERIES: ‘W2S AND 1099S’: Tax gurus Gina Clark and Leslie Bourbeau demystify the differences between employees and contractors. St. Albans Free Library, 4-5:30 p.m. $10; free for members; preregister; limited space. Info, 524-2444.

sports

CATAMOUNT TRAIL UPHILL AT NIGHT RACE SERIES: A great workout and killer views reward skiers in this casual competition. Main Lodge. Bolton Valley Resort, registration, 5-5:45 p.m.; race start, 6 p.m.; raffle, 8 p.m. $10; $35 for the season. Info, 434-6804. WOMEN’S PICKUP BASKETBALL: Drive to the hoop! Ladies dribble up and down the court during an evening of friendly competition. See meetup. com for details. Lyman C. Hunt Middle School, Burlington, 8-9:30 p.m. Free. Info, carmengeorgevt@gmail.com.

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ANDREA MURRAY & ASHAR NELSON: The ermont Integrated Architecture, PC, founders draft plans for designing spaces that benefit both commun ties and environments. Johnson Memorial Building, Middlebury College, 4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 443-6433. ROBIN D’ANGELO: The estfield State Co lege professor keynotes a week of events honoring Martin Luther King Jr. Roy Event Room, Dion Family Student Center, Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2000. RUTLAND DEATH CAFÉ: Folks meet for a conversation about death, aimed at accessing a fuller life. Pyramid Holistic Wellness Center, Rutland, 7-9 p.m. Free; donations accepted. Info, 353-6991.

agriculture

VERMONT FARM SHOW: See WED.27, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

art

ART PLAY TIME: Participants express their artistry through loosely themed projects in a fun, social environment. Expressive Arts Burlington, 10-11:45 a.m. $20. Info, 862-5302. OPEN ART NIGHT: Makers meet for a free-form creative session facilitated by Melora Kennedy. Inspiration and materials are provided. The Front, Montpelier, 5:30-7:30 p.m. $2-5. Info, 793-3097. OPEN STUDIOS: Creatives meet new friends and make art in a community setting. Expressive Arts Burlington, noon-2 p.m. $15. Info, 862-5302. TEA & BRISTLES: Potential Picassos pick up their brushes for a painting party led by artist Julie Griffis. Fai fax Community Library, 5:30-7:30 p.m. $25; preregister. Info, 849-2420.

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THE PROFESSIONALS COLLABORATIVE NIGHT OF NETWORKING: Food, fun and new business friends are on the agenda at a professional get-together. VT Technical Alliance’s Jeff Couture speaks. Doubletree Hotel, South Burlington, 5:30-8:30 p.m. $10-25; preregister. Info, champlainvalleyapics@ gmail.com.

comedy

ETTA MAY: The reigning Queen of Southern Sass serves up sizzling zingers. Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center, Stowe Mountain Resort, 7:30 p.m. $2038. Info, 760-4634.

SOUND SEEKERS: A CONVERSATION ON COLLABORATION WITH CHARLES LLOYD & BILL FRISELL: The celebrated jazz masters reflect o past musical partnerships and look ahead at their new tour. Faculty Lounge, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 4 p.m. Free. Info, 603-646-2422.

community

WATERBURY HISTORICAL SOCIETY MEETING: A winter gathering lifts the veil on the Waterbury Center Grange painted curtain, adorned in the 1930s and located in Waterbury for 80 years. Waterbury St. Leo’s Hall, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 244-8089.

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AUTHENTIC JAZZ SWING DANCE: Energetic rhythms from the Roaring Twenties through World War II fuel an introduction to partner dancing focused on this fun, flappe -esque style. North End Studio B, Burlington, 7:15-8:45 p.m. $15; $10 each for couples. Info, 825-6392.

‘MAD LOVE’: A rich, beautiful and independent woman seeks a sperm donor in Marisa Smith’s hilarious examination of modern romance. Barrette Center for the Arts, White River Junction, 7:30 p.m. $14-54. Info, 296-7000.

BURLINGTON WALK/BIKE COUNCIL MEETING: Two-wheeled travelers get in gear to discuss ways to improve conditions for cyclists and pedestrians. Room 12, Burlington City Hall, 5:30-7 p.m. Free. Info, 864-9572.

MIDDLEBURY CENTER FOR SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP SYMPOSIUM: See WED.27.

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SQUARE DANCE: Swing your partner ‘round! Pete Sutherland provides live music while Mary Wesley teaches the steps at this social dance. ArtsRiot, Burlington, 7:30-11:30 p.m. $10. Info, 540-0406.

INPOWER YOGA: Ambitious yogis take on a challenging sequence in a heated studio. The ellness Collective, Burlington, 5:45-7:15 p.m. $15. Info, 540-0186.

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PERSONAL BEST RUNNER’S CIRCUIT: A smallgroup training class prepares athletes to meet their goals. Your Personal Best Fitness, South Burlington, 5:45-6:30 p.m. $15; free for first timers. Info, 658-1616.

TECH TUTOR PROGRAM: Teens answer questions about computers and devices during one-onone sessions. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 4-6 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 878-4918.

fairs & festivals

PRENATAL YOGA CLASS: See WED.27, 4:30-5:30 p.m.

film

LEGO CLUB: Brightly colored interlocking blocks inspire developing minds. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 4-5 p.m. Free. Info, 264-5660.

‘MERCHANTS OF DOUBT’: This 2014 documenta y pulls the mask off of scientific expe ts-for-hire who speak on topics such as toxic chemicals, pharmaceuticals and climate change. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, info@vtipl.org.

PLAINFIELD PRESCHOOL STORY TIME: Tykes ages 2 through 5 discover the magic of literature. Cutler Memorial Library, Plainfield, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 454-8504.

‘LIVING IN THE AGE OF AIRPLANES’: See WED.27.

‘RIFFTRAX LIVE: THE ROOM’: Michael J. Nelson, Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett offer wisecracking commentary on the B-movie sensation. Palace 9 Cinemas, South Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $12.50. Info, 660-9300. ‘SABRA: THE LIFE & WORK OF SABRA FIELD’: Art hounds devour this 2015 documentary on the Vermont printmaker, shown as part of the Focus on Film — As Art, On Art series. AVA Gallery and Art Center, Lebanon, N.H., 6 p.m. $10; free for members. Info, 603-448-3117. ‘THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING’: Naomi Klein’s examination of the tenuous relationship between capitalism and climate change inspired this 2015 environmentally focused documentary. Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 882-8638. UVM FILM SERIES: Lemmy Caution, played by Eddie Constantine, blasts off on extraterrestrial missions in Jean-Luc Godard’s dystopian drama Alphaville. Frank Livak Room, Davis Center, UVM, Burlington, discussion, 6 p.m.; film, 6:30 p.m. $4 10. Info, 656-4455.

health & fitness

COMMUNITY MINDFULNESS: Twenty minutes of guided practice with Andrea O’Connor alleviate stress and tension. Tea and a discussion follow. Winooski Senior Center, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 233-1161.

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‘SEA MONSTERS: A PREHISTORIC ADVENTURE’: See WED.27. TEEN MOVIE NIGHT: Young adults sit tight for a night of cinematic entertainment complete with popcorn and drinks. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 264-5660.

montréal

IGLOOFEST: Electronic music from top DJs draws thousands of revelers to this popular outdoor festival. Jacques-Cartier Quay, Old Port, Montréal, 7:30 p.m.-midnight. $20-120. Info, 514-904-1247.

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DAVID GASCHEN: ‘THE PHANTOM AND BEYOND’: Seasoned in playing the title role in The Phantom of the Opera, the vocalist serves up some of Broadway’s greatest hits. Casella Theate , Castleton University, 7 p.m. $12-18. Info, 468-1119.

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THU 11 MATTHEW O’NEIL: WHAT THE 6:30pm BIBLE REALLY DOES (AND DOESN’T) SAY ABOUT SEX

Learn the surprising facts about the how, when, why, and with whom of scriptural prohibitions and permissions. Ticketed event.

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DEBORAH FELMETH: SYRIA - REMEMBER ME

Learn about the people of Syria, the fabric of their culture, and Deborah’s new book of photography. Ticketed event.

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ALLAN STRONG: Ornithology enthusiasts learn to identify different feathered fliers in the talk “Bird Basics: Wonders of the Natural World.” Pierson Library, Shelburne, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4132.

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ANN SMITH: Maps and photos illustrate updates on the state of the Winooski River in “Who Are the Friends of the Winooski?” Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 426-3581

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THURSDAY PLAY TIME: Children and their adult companions convene for casual fun. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 11 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 878-4918.

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FORZA: THE SAMURAI SWORD WORKOUT: Beginners sculpt lean muscles and gain mental focus when using wooden replicas of the weapon. North End Studio A, Burlington, 6:30-7:30 p.m. $10. Info, 578-9243.

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READ TO ARCHIE THE THERAPY DOG: Bookworms join a friendly canine for entertaining tails — er, tales. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 3:15-4 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6956.

ELEMENTAL MAGICK SERIES: FIRE: Geomancer Fearn Lickfield suppo ts spiritual seekers in connecting with nature. Community Room, Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 6-7:30 p.m. $7-10; preregister. Info, 2238000, ext. 202. WE

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PRESCHOOL STORY TIME: Captivating narratives pave the way for crafts and activities for youngsters ages 3 through 6. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 10:30-11 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 264-5660.

CORNWALL FITNESS BOOT CAMP: Interval training helps participants improve strength, agility, endurance and cardiovascular fitness. Cornwall Town Hall, 10-11 a.m. $12. Info, 343-7160. FOOT-CARE CLINIC: Nurses from Franklin County Home Health Agency help patients care for their tootsies. Call for details. Various Franklin County locations. $20; preregister. Info, 527-7531.

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ADVANCED ASANA SERIES FOR PRACTITIONERS OF YOGA & FITNESS ENTHUSIASTS: A powerful vinyasa flow prepares students for in ersions and challenging balancing postures. Sangha Studio, Burlington, 6:30-7:30 p.m. $12; preregister; limited space. Info, 448-4262.

PRESCHOOL MUSIC: Kiddos and their caregivers have fun with song and dance. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

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DEBBIE TAIT: The historian paints a po trait of decades past in “American Art in the 1930s: The orst of Times.” Montpelier Senior Activity Center, 1-2:30 p.m. Free. Info, 223-2518.

theater

‘CHICAGO’: SOLD OUT. A dazzling score drives this satire about Prohibition-era corruption and American celebrity culture, staged by Middlebury College. Town Hall Theate , Middlebury, 8 p.m. $616. Info, 443-6433. ‘MAD LOVE’: See WED.27. ‘MOTHERS AND SONS’: See WED.27. NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE: Sex, intrigue and betrayal in prerevolutionary France propel Josie Rourke’s revival of Les Liaisons dangereuses, broadcast to the big screen. Palace 9 Cinemas, South Burlington, 2 & 7 p.m. $18. Info, 863-5966. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. $16-25. Info, 748-2600. Loew Auditorium, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $23. Info, 603-646-2422.

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ERIK SHONSTROM: Bibliophiles bombard the book launch for Wild Curiosity: How to Unleash Creativity and Encourage Lifelong Wondering. Main Reading Room, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 863-3403. JENNIFER ARMSTRONG’S ‘SHIPWRECK AT THE BOTTOM OF THE WORLD’: Nancy Schulz reads aloud the true tale of Ernest Shackleton’s doomed Antarctic expedition in four installments. KelloggHubbard Library, Montpelier, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338. ORAL STORYTELLING WORKSHOP: Wordsmiths join Burlington Writers Workshop members in a “Moth”-style exploration of telling tales for live audiences. 22 Church St., Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free; preregister at meetup.com; limited space. Info, 383-8104. SAMANTHA HUNT: The New ork-based writer shares her new novel, Mr. Splitfoot. See calendar spotlight. Phoenix Books Burlington, 6:30 p.m. $3. Info, 448-3350.

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agriculture

INTENTIONAL ECOLOGY: USING PERMACULTURE PRINCIPLES IN THE YARD, HOMESTEAD & FARM LANDSCAPE: Walking Onion’s Aaron Gunman outlines ways to positively impact the ecosystem when designing complex ecologies. Community Room, Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 5:30-7 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 223-8000, ext. 202.

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FEAST TOGETHER OR FEAST TO GO: Senior citizens and their guests catch up over a shared meal. Montpelier Senior Activity Center, noon-1 p.m. $7-9; preregister. Info, 262-6288.

conferences

MIDDLEBURY CENTER FOR SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP SYMPOSIUM: See WED.27.

crafts

MAGGIE’S ADULT FIBER FRIDAY: Veteran knitter Maggie Loftus facilitates an informal gathering of crafters. Main Reading Room, Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 6maggie2@myfairpoint.net.

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BALLROOM & LATIN DANCING: Samir Elabd leads choreographed steps for singles and couples. See ballroomnights.com for details. Williston Jazzercise Fitness Center, introductory lesson, 7-8 p.m.; dance, 8-9:30 p.m. $8 for dance; $14 for lesson and dance. Info, 862-2269.

ECSTATIC DANCE VERMONT: Jubilant movement with the Green Mountain Druid Order inspires divine connections. Christ Church, Montpelier, 7-9 p.m. $10. Info, 505-8010. OPEN-LEVEL IMPROVISATION: Structured prompts, imagery and partnering forge adaptive problem-solving skills in motion. North End Studio B, Burlington, 6:30-8 p.m. $12. Info, 363-5544.

fairs & festivals

STOWE WINTER CARNIVAL: See WED.27. WATERBURY WINTERFEST: Folks revel in all that winter has to offer with snowshoeing, broomball, bonfires and much more. See waterbu ywinterfest. com for details. See calendar spotlight. Various Waterbury locations. Prices vary. Info, 244-7174. WINTER CARNIVAL: Students and the public go all out at a party complete with games, food, a photo booth, a chili cook-off and a headlining performance by Moon Taxi. Grand Maple Ballroom, Davis Center, UVM, Burlington, 8-11 p.m. $5-10. Info, 656-2060.

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7 p.m. Free; preregister to compete. Info, kseale@ smcvt.edu.

LIZRD WOMEN + FRIENDS: LOCAL MUSIC SHOWCASE: The Champlain Co lege campus favorites lead a lineup of indie acts. Center for Communication and Creative Media, Burlington, 8 p.m. Free. Info, 865-8980.

SPOKEN WORD POETRY WORKSHOP: Jared Paul schools writers in the mechanics of rhyme-andmeter performance. WGDR Radio Station, Goddard College, Plainfield, 4-5:30 p.m. $5-25; preregister; limited space. Info, mcmycelium74@gmail.com.

LOCAL LEGENDS: Area musicians take the stage in a benefit show for Responsible Growth Hinesburg. Auditorium, Champlain Valley Union High School, Hinesburg, 7 p.m. $15-20; free for kids under 1. Info, 863-5966.

THE TELL OFF: Winning Extempo raconteurs compete for votes and cash prizes in this fi th annual storytelling tournament. American Legion Post 59, Waterbury, 7 p.m. $10. Info, 244-7174.

MAVIS STAPLES: The dynamic diva lends her po erful pipes to an expansive repertoire, including selections from her recent album One True Vine. Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 8 p.m. $34.75-54.75. Info, 775-0903.

WORD!CRAFT: EXPERIMENTAL ART RHYMES: Inspired by the theme “Resolutions,” wordsmiths sound off at this mashup of hip-hop and original verse, WGDR Radio Station. Goddard College, Plainfield, 6:30-10 p.m. Donations. Info, mcm celium74@gmail.com.

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CRAFT SALE: Shoppers browse a mixed bag of affordable supplies and handmade wares. Compass Music and Arts Center, Brandon, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 247-4295.

‘LIVING IN THE AGE OF AIRPLANES’: See WED.27. ‘MUSTANG’: Five Turkish sisters face harsh cultural constraints in this Academy Awardnominated 2015 drama shown in Turkish with English subtitles. A discussion follows. Film House, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 7 p.m. $5-8. Info, 660–2600.

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ADULT COLORING: Grown-ups pick up colored pencils for a meditative and creative activity. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

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JASPER HILL FARM CHEESE TASTING & WINE PAIRING: Samples of fromage complement mouthwatering vinos. Bon appétit! Cork Wine Bar & Market, Waterbury, 5-7 p.m. $7. Info, 882-8227. KEEPING WINE WEIRD TASTING: Katie Nichols focuses on natural and funky varieties in a guided sipping session. Cork Wine Bar & Market of Stowe, 5-8 p.m. $1. Info, 760-6143. NORDIC FOOD FIGHT: Cheese, herring, brats and more are on the menu at an epic feast. Colchester’s Mead Hall, Groennfell Meadery, 11:30 a.m.-8 p.m. Cost of food and drink. Info, 497-2345.

games

BRIDGE CLUB: See WED.27, 9:15 a.m.

health & fitness

AWARENESS THROUGH MOVEMENT: THE FELDENKRAIS METHOD: From reducing pain to improving mobility, this physical practice reveals new ways to live with the body. The ellness Collective, Burlington, 12:30-1:30 p.m. $10. Info, 540-0186. RECOVERY COMMUNITY YOGA: See WED.27. YOGA NIDRA TO FOCUS THE BRAIN: This ancient practice of yogic sleep can induce mental, physical and emotional relaxation. Evolution Physical Thera y & Yoga, Burlington, 6-7 p.m. $15. Info, 864-9642.

kids

ACORN CLUB STORY TIME: Little ones up to age 4 gather for read-aloud tales. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 748-8291. EARLY-BIRD MATH: Books, songs and games put a creative twist on mathematics. Richmond Free Library, 11-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 434-3036. MAGIC: THE GATHERING: Players in grades 6 and up engage in epic duels in this card-based roleplaying game. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6956. ‘SEA MONSTERS: A PREHISTORIC ADVENTURE’: See WED.27.

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IGLOOFEST: See THU.28, 7:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m.

music

KARAOKE BY F & J: Amateur singers belt out their favorite hits. VFW Post 309, Peru, N.Y., kitchen

CONTRA DANCE: Clayfoot Strutters pick and strum live tunes while Mary Wesley calls the steps. Capital City Grange, Berlin, 8-11 p.m. $5-9. Info, 744-2851.

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FRED WISEMAN: The cultural historian shares his historical and sartorial savvy in “Always in Fashion: 10,000 Years of Wabanaki Attire.” Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge, Swanton, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 868-4781.

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‘BLACK ANGELS OVER TUSKEGEE’: Set in the Jim Crowe era, this based-on-true-events drama depicts six African American men who aim to become United States Army Air Force aviators. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 8 p.m. $15-36. Info, 863-5966. ‘CHICAGO’: See THU.28. GEORGE WOODARD: A one-man show delights audience members of all ages with music, comedy and storytelling. Stowe Town Hall Theatre, 7:30 9:30 p.m. $25. Info, 888-8838. ‘MAD LOVE’: See WED.27. ‘MOTHERS AND SONS’: See WED.27.

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BOOK LAUNCH PARTY: Poet Alison Prine shares her gift for verse with passages from Steel. Live music by the Brevity Thing rounds out the e ening. BCA Center, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free; cash bar. Info, 865-7166. FRIDAY MORNING WORKSHOP: Lit lovers analyze creative works-in-progress penned by Burlington Writers Workshop members. 22 Church St., Burlington, 10:30 a.m. Free; preregister at meetup. com; limited space. Info, 383-8104. MONTHLY BOOK CLUB: Yoga devotees deepen their understanding of the practice through Alan W. Watts’ The Wisdom of Insecurity: A Message for an Age of Anxiety. Sangha Studio, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. $5. Info, 448-4262. POETRY SLAM COMPETITION: Masters of meter step up to the mic to share stanzas. Vermont Public Radio’s Reuben Jackson hosts. Dion Roy Event Room, Saint Michael’s College, Colchester,

DANCE COMPANY OF MIDDLEBURY: Student dancers premiere From Somewhere, drawn from their residency in Detroit, Mich. Dance Theatre, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 8 p.m. $612. Info, 443-6433. FAMILY CONTRA DANCE: The oodbury Strings Band Lab dole out live numbers at this traditional social dance. The Schoolhouse, South Burlington, 3-5 p.m. $8-15; free for kids under 12. Info, 223-8945. ‘ROMEO AND JULIET’: Sergei Prokofievs score spurs the story of star-crossed lovers, danced by State Ballet Theatre of Russia. Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center, Stowe Mountain Resort, 7 p.m. $20-75. Info, 760-4634. WORLD GROOVE DANCE CLASS: Simple movements set to diverse styles of music unify individuals in unique ways. South End Studio, Burlington, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 497-1406.

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‘THE ART OF WALKING: SEEING INTO THE LANDSCAPE’: Author Nicole Grubman and photographer John Snell collaborate on a conversation about the inspiration inherent in quiet scenery. A short loop walk follows. Grange Hall, Waterbury Center, 1 p.m. Free. Info, 244-4168. DEVIL’S BOWL SPEEDWAY BANQUET OF CHAMPIONS: Start your engines! Top drivers are honored for their achievements in the 2015 stock car racing season. Holiday Inn, Rutland, 5 p.m. $2545; preregister. Info, 355-3282. GREEN MOUNTAIN CLUB ANNUAL MEETING: Wilderness scholar Dan Wells presents at this gathering of the Long Trail maintenance group’s Burlington section. See gmcburlington.org for details. Faith United Methodist Church, South Burlington, 5:30-9:30 p.m. $8. Info, towndump@ ted-albers.net. INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY MEETING PLACE: Brainstorming leads to forming activity groups for hobbies such as flying stunt kites and playing music. Presto Music Store, South Burlington, 10 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 658-0030.

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OPEN HOUSE: Fueled by light fare, members and nonmembers explore Alliance Française of the Lake Champlain Region’s new location. Alliance Française of the Lake Champlain Region, Burlington, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, info@aflc . org. VERMONT 50-PLUS & BABY BOOMERS EXPO: More than 90 exhibitors enliven a celebration of the golden years that includes seminars, workshops, wellness demos and a Neil Diamond tribute concert. Sheraton Hotel & Conference Center, South Burlington, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. $4-5. Info, 872-9000. WEEKENDS AT THE FARM: History comes alive when families visit livestock and tour a restored 1890 farm house. Billings Farm & Museum, Woodstock, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. $4-14; free for members and kids under 3. Info, 457-2355.

fairs & festivals

BROOKFIELD ICE HARVEST & WINTER CARNIVAL: Community members fête the frigid festival’s 37th year with demonstrations, skating, skiing, sledding, milk jug curling, hand-warming refreshments and more. Floating Bridge, Brookfield, 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 276-3260. STOWE WINTER CARNIVAL: See WED.27. WATERBURY WINTERFEST: See FRI.29.

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‘THE ASSASSIN’: An exiled hitwoman must choose between love and duty in this 2015 Taiwanese drama shown in Mandarin with English subtitles. Dana Auditorium, Sunderland Language Center, Middlebury College, 3 & 8 p.m. Free. Info, 443-3168. ‘LIVING IN THE AGE OF AIRPLANES’: See WED.27. ‘SINBAD AND THE EYE OF THE TIGER.”: Shown on 16mm film, this 1977 fantasy flick sees a sailo brave the high seas to transport a cursed prince to a remote island. Newman Center, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 7 p.m. Free. Info, serious_61@yahoo.com.

food & drink

CAMBRIDGE AREA ROTARY PIE FOR BREAKFAST: Dessert comes first when folks sta t their day with slices of all-you-can-eat pie and bottomless cups of coffee. Proceeds benefit the Rota y Club. Cambridge Elementary School, Jeffersonville, 9 a.m.-noon. $5. Info, 644-2174.

FARMERS’ BRUNCH: Beth Telford, Jim Green and Sophie Roe provide the guitar-and-fiddle soundtrack for a locally sourced meal. Barnard Town Hall, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 234-5527. GRAND OPENING: Colchester’s Mead Hall opens its doors to friends and neighbors, who cut a rug to live music. Colchester’s Mead Hall, Groennfell Meadery, 2-8 p.m. Free. Info, 497-2345.

health & fitness

DIVINEPLAY WOMEN’S ACROYOGA SERIES: Beginners are welcome at a sacred gathering designed to foster connection and empowerment through play. Sangha Studio, Burlington, 2:30-5:30 p.m. $25. Info, 448-4262.

PRENATAL YOGA CLASS: See WED.27, 10:30-11:30 a.m. R.I.P.P.E.D.: See WED.27, North End Studio A, Burlington, 9-10 a.m.

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VALENTINE’S DAY CHOCOLATE DEMO: Artist Emily McCracken gives cacao a wow factor when creating a themed sculpture. Lake Champlain Chocolates Factory Store & Café, Burlington, 2 p.m. Free; limited space. Info, 864-1807.

PAINTING FOR TEENS: Young adults with basic observational drawing skills take their talents to new levels through a variety of exercises and projects. ONE Arts Center, Burlington, 10 a.m.-noon. $24. Info, oneartscollective@gmail.com. ‘PLUTOIDS, CENTUARS AND CUBEWANOS: MYTHS OF THE NEW SOLAR SYSTEM’: Far out! Stargazer Kelley Hunter teaches families about recently discovered planets through music, dance and art. Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 10-11:30 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 426-3581. READ TO HANK THE THERAPY DOG: Tykes cozy up for a story session with a retriever. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 10:30-11 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 264-5660. SATURDAY STORY TIME: A weekly selection of songs and narratives engages all ages. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 10-10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 264-5660. ‘SEA MONSTERS: A PREHISTORIC ADVENTURE’: See WED.27. S.S. TAYLOR: The writer of The Expeditioners collection offers a presentation geared toward kids ages 4 through 12 as part of the Vermont Interactive Author Talk series. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338. STORY TIME EN FRANÇAIS: Caroline Juneau treats tots to tales in her native language. Alliance Française of the Lake Champlain Region, Burlington, 10:30-11 a.m. $5; free for members. Info, 793-4361.

lgbtq

‘LOVE! VALOUR! COMPASSION!’: Vermont Pride Theater presents a staged reading of errence McNally’s play centered on eight gay men who gather for three eventful weekends. Proceeds benefit ermont CARES and the HIV/HCV Resource Center. Chandler Music Hall, Randolph, 7 p.m. $1220. Info, 728-6464.

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IGLOOFEST: See THU.28, 7:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m.

music

ARCHIE SHEPP: The Goddard Co lege alumnus doles out his signature Afrocentric sounds. Haybarn Theatre, Goddard Co lege, Plainfield, 8-11 p.m. $25-30. Info, 322-1685.

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ADIRONDACK WIND ENSEMBLE: Classical connoisseurs bask in the sounds of Texas composer Dominic Dousa and others. E. Glenn Giltz Auditorium, Hawkins Hall, SUNY Plattsburgh, N.Y., 4 p.m. $10; free for students. Info, 518-564-4830.

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GUIDED PARTNER THAI BODYWORK: Lori Flower of Karmic Connection teaches techniques for relaxation and peace of mind. Community Room, Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 11 a.m.-noon. $8-10; preregister. Info, 223-8000, ext. 202.

PERSONAL BEST RUNNER’S CIRCUIT: See THU.28, 9-10 a.m.

SEVEN DAYS

SPANISH WINE DINNER: Foodies feast on a sixcourse meal, paired perfectly with a variety of vinos. The Inn at eathersfield, Perkinsvi le, 6 p.m. $75. Info, 263-9217.

NOURISH + RITUALIZE YOGA WORKSHOP: Kathryn Flynn leads an all-levels experience focused on aligning individuals’ needs with their actions. Sangha Studio, Burlington, 2:30-5 p.m. $25; preregister. Info, 448-4262.

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ITALIAN BUFFET DINNER: Diners pile their plates with cheese tortellini, spaghetti with garlic sauce, homemade meatballs, salad and more. A brownie sundae bar is the cherry on top. St. Thomas Church, Underhill Center, 4-7 p.m. Donations. Info, 899-4632.

MIDDLEBURY FITNESS BOOT CAMP: See WED.27, 8-9 a.m.

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CHOCOLATE TASTING: With the help of a tasting guide, chocoholics of all ages discover the fla or profiles of four di ferent confections. Lake Champlain Chocolates Factory Store & Café, Burlington, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Info, 864-1807.

HEALING HERBAL SALVES & INFUSED PLANT OILS: Phytotherapist Carly Harrison discusses the production and practical application of these multipurpose formulas. The ellness Collective, Burlington, 2-3:30 p.m. $20-25. Info, 540-0186.

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A CAPPELLA GROUP AUDITIONS: Vocalists vie for spots in the Burlington singers’ group by performing 30-second prepared solos. See meetup.com for details. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 1-5:45 p.m. Free. Info, whispersandrooftops@gmail.com. AN EVENING WITH THE KIND BUDS: Dancing is encouraged at a rolicking performance by the New England jam band. Seven Stars Music Hall, Sharon, 8 p.m. $10. Info, kittysbookin@gmail.com.

words

IAN ETHAN CASE & BERTRAM LEHMANN: Wielding an 18-string, double-neck guitar, the virtuoso dazzles audience members with intricate rhythms while the percussionist keeps the beat. Brandon Music, 7:30 p.m. $20; $40 includes dinner package; preregister; BYOB. Info, 247-4295.

NEW VOICES 2016: Five promising writers discuss their work as part of Misty Valley Books’ nationally recognized literary program, now in its 22nd year. Call for details. First Universalist Parish, Chester, 2 p.m. Prices vary. Info, 875-3400.

‘A NIGHT AT THE MOVIES’: Conductor Becky Luce leads the Upper Valley Community Band in a cinematic recital. Lebanon Opera House, N.H., 7:30 p.m. $5-8. Info, 603-448-0400. PAPER CASTLES: Psychedelic pop fi ls listeners’ ears. Jeff Beam and Footings open. ArtsRiot, Burlington, 8-11 p.m. $5-8. Info, 540-0406. ‘THE VERMONT CIVIL WAR SONGBOOK’: Singer and researcher Linda Radtke lends her voice to a noteworthy interpretation of the state’s major events. Unitarian Church of Montpelier, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 225-6373. VSO MASTERWORKS: Classical guitarist Sharon Isbin joins the Vermont Symphony Orchestra for a program of Debussy, Chris Brubeck, Rodrigo and Mendelssohn. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 8 p.m. $9-61. Info, 863-5966.

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outdoors

BIRD MONITORING WALK: Experienced ornithology enthusiasts bring binoculars and keep an eye out for winged wonders. Birds of Vermont Museum, Huntington, 8-9 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 434-2167.

seminars

INTRODUCTION TO MICROSOFT WINDOWS: Let’s get technical! Students learn to use the mouse, keyboard and operating system components. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 10:30 a.m.-noon. Free; preregister. Info, 865-7217.

sports

CENTRAL VERMONT ROLLER DERBY OPEN SKATE: Hard-hitting gals teach novices basic skating and derby skills. No gear? No worries: Just bring a mouthguard and a water bottle. Montpelier Recreation Department, 5-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, vtderbytcr@gmail.com. FACE OFF AGAINST BREAST CANCER: Women’s community hockey teams hit the ice to raise funds for the Cancer Patient Support Foundation. A party rages under a heated tent starting at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday. See calendar spotlight. Memorial Sports Center, Middlebury, 8:15 a.m.-9:10 p.m. Funds raised for players; donations for spectators. Info, 349-9180.

FRIENDS OF THE JAQUITH BOOK SALE: Bookworms add gently used titles to their collections. Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 426-3581.

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WINTER REALLY, REALLY FREE MARKET: Community members show goodwill at an exchange of usable items and shareable skills. ROTA Gallery, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Info, rotagallery@gmail.com.

community

COMMUNITY MINDFULNESS WITH THE CENTER FOR MINDFUL LEARNING: Peaceful people gather for guided meditation and interactive discussions. Burlington Friends Meeting House, 5-7 p.m. $10. Info, 540-0820.

dance

DANCE COMPANY OF MIDDLEBURY: See SAT.30, 2 p.m.

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WEEKENDS AT THE FARM: See SAT.30.

fairs & festivals

ICE ON FIRE: Open fields pr ve ideal for winter games, outdoor theater, storytelling and a parade. A giant bonfire caps the festivities. No th Branch Nature Center, Montpelier, 2-5 p.m. $1-5. Info, 229-6206. WATERBURY WINTERFEST: See FRI.29.

film

‘ALL ME: THE LIFE & TIMES OF WINFRED REMBERT’: Vivian Ducat directs this 2011 documentary on the artist whose paintings portray bigotry in living color. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 1:30 p.m. Free. Info, 748-2600. ‘LIVING IN THE AGE OF AIRPLANES’: See WED.27.

health & fitness

‘FREE UP THE SHOULDERS’ SIX-WEEK FELDENKRAIS SERIES: See WED.27, Otter Creek Yoga, Middlebury, 5-6 p.m. $20 per session. MODIFYING YOUR CLASS FOR PREGNANCY: A WORKSHOP FOR TEACHERS: Personal trainers, massage therapists, yoga teachers and other instructors learn to fine-tune their training for mothers-to-be. Sangha Studio, Burlington, 2-5 p.m. $25. Info, 448-4262.

‘MAD LOVE’: See WED.27.

CHOCOLATE TASTING: See SAT.30.

talks

DAVE BROWN & ANN INGERSON: Video footage and photos illustrate an oral tour of Ungava Bay. Craftsbury Public Library, Craftsbury Common, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 586-9683.

theater

‘CHICAGO’: See THU.28, 2 p.m. ‘MAD LOVE’: See WED.27, 5 p.m.

NIA WITH SUZY: Drawing from martial, dance and healing arts, sensory-based movements push participants to their full potentials. South End Studio, Burlington, 9-10 a.m. $14. Info, 522-3691.

THE METROPOLITAN OPERA HD LIVE: See SAT.30, Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 1 p.m. $29. Info, 603-646-2422.

kids

‘MIRAGE: A CIRCUS LIFE’: Nimble Arts jugglers, contortionists, trapeze artists and others serve up a stunning display of physical skills for the whole family. Lebanon Opera House, N.H., 2 p.m. $14-21. Info, 603-448-0400.

ANNA’S FROZEN BIRTHDAY SURPRISE: Fans of all ages meet and greet characters from the hit movie Frozen. A live show and dance party round out the fun. Burlington Elks Lodge, 1 & 4 p.m. $18; free for kids under 1. Info, 863-5966. ‘SEA MONSTERS: A PREHISTORIC ADVENTURE’: See WED.27.

language

DIMANCHES FRENCH CONVERSATION: Parlez-vous français? Speakers practice the tongue at a casual drop-in chat. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 4 p.m. Free. Info, 363-2431.

music

PURE COUNTRY BAND: Music lovers start with food, then dance the afternoon away to toe-tapping tunes. VFW Post 309, Peru, N.Y., meal, noon; band, 1-4 p.m. Donations. Info, 518-643-2309. VERMONT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: The VSO welcomes classical guitarist Sharon Isbin for works by Chris Brubeck, Debussy and others as part of the Sunday Matinee series. Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 3 p.m. $9-32. Info, 775-0903. VERMONT YOUTH ORCHESTRA WINTER CONCERT: A performance of works by Bernstein, Stravinsky and Dvořák features soloists Sarah Cullins and Erik Kroncke. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 3 p.m. $1217. Info, 863-5966.

seminars

I CHING WORKSHOP: ‘CARDINAL ENERGIES’: Students who have attended the Introduction to the I Ching workshop continue their training with an exploration of heaven, earth, fire and water. The ellness Collective, Burlington, 3-5 p.m. $12. Info, 540-0186.

sports

AUTHENTIC ETHIOPIAN FACE OFF AGAINST E SA NIGHT: Mulu Tewelde and AP BREAST CANCER: T.3 SC 0| D N Alganesh Michael serve up ET See SAT.30, 8:45 a.m.LA C. | HE ‘T H traditional African dishes. ArtsRiot, OT 7:10 p.m. E AR I NT T OF W G N I E E ALKING: S Burlington, 4:30-10 p.m. Cost of food LAKE MOREY SKATE-ATHON: and drink; preregister; limited space. Info, Active bodies take laps around a frozen 540-0406. 4.5-mile trail to benefit the Upper alley Trails

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WOMEN’S PICKUP SOCCER: Quick-footed ladies of varying skill levels break a sweat while connecting passes and making runs for the goal. For ages 18 and up. Robert Miller Community & Recreation Center, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. $3. Info, carmengeorgevt@gmail. com.

MORNING FLOW YOGA: See WED.27.

food & drink

BURGERS & BORDEAUX: Beef and wine please palates at a celebration of contemporary American cuisine. The Common Man, arren, 6 p.m. $30-40; preregister. Info, 583-2800.

GEORGE WOODARD: See FRI.29.

COFFEE PARTY/LATTE ART THROWDOWN: Baristas battle for best milk-and-espresso design while spectators sip complementary cups of joe. Brio Coffeeworks, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 777-6641.

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MOVIN’ ON: Music lovers dance the night away to lively tunes. VFW Post 309, Peru, N.Y., kitchen opens, 6 p.m.; concert, 7-11 p.m. Free. Info, 518-643-2309.

SEVEN DAYS

‘MOTHERS AND SONS’: See WED.27, 2 & 7:30 p.m.

A FAR CRY CHAMBER ORCHESTRA & BLUE HERON: The classical ensembles band together for the program “Devotion: The Sublime and the Sensual Intertwine From Sixteenth-Century France to the Present.” UVM Recital Hall, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $10-40. Info, 656-4455.

MIDWINTER EVENING OF PAN-CELTIC MUSIC & DANCE: Traditional Irish, Scottish, Québécois and Appalachian melodies enliven a multicultural medley featuring the Heather Morris Dancers. Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Jericho, 7 p.m. $10-12; free for kids 12 and under. Info, 878-3840.

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THE METROPOLITAN OPERA HD LIVE: Opera devotees are delighted by a broadcast screening of Puccini’s Turandot starring Christine Goerke, Lise Lindstrom and Nina Stemme. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 12:55 p.m. $16-25. Info, 748-2600. Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 12:55 p.m. $23. Info, 775-0903. Town Hall Theate , Middlebury, 1 p.m. $10-24. Info, 382-9222. Loew Auditorium, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 1 p.m. $29. Info, 603-646-2422.

Alliance. Lake Morey Resort, Fairlee, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. $10-25 includes skate rental, refreshments and a raffle ticket. Info, 649-9075

‘MOTHERS AND SONS’: See WED.27, 2 p.m.

MON.1 art

OPEN STUDIOS: See THU.28.

dance

DANCING FREEDOM: Earth, air, fire, water and spirit guide an ecstatic movement wave meant to promote healing and self-expression. Expressive Arts Burlington, 7-9:30 p.m. $10-15. Info, 267-210-9438. SALSA MONDAYS: Dancers learn the techniques and patterns of the salsa, merengue, bachata and cha-cha. North End Studio A, Burlington, fundamentals, 7 p.m.; intermediate, 8 p.m. $12. Info, 227-2572.

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AMERICAN RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE: Healthy donors give the gift of life. McFarland State Office Building, Barre, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 800-733-2767. First Congregational Church, St. Albans, noon-5 p.m. American Legion, Chester, noon-5 p.m. LEGISLATIVE LUNCHEON: Rutland County residents sit down to a midday meal with lieutenant governor Phil Scott. Southside Steakhouse, Rutland, noon. $20; preregister. Info, 773-2747.

fairs & festivals

WATERBURY WINTERFEST: See FRI.29.

film

‘LIVING IN THE AGE OF AIRPLANES’: See WED.27.

food & drink

LOVE & CHOCOLATE: A SENSORY CULINARY ADVENTURE: The deliciousness of cacao meets the magic of herbs and spices, resulting in an aphrodisiac adventure. Herbalist Jessica LaBrie leads this hands-on class. McClure Multigenerational Center, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. $5-10; preregister; limited space. Info, 861-9757.

games

BRIDGE CLUB: See WED.27, 7 p.m.

health & fitness

HERBAL CONSULTATIONS: Betzy Bancroft, Larken Bunce, Guido Masé and students from the Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism evaluate individual constitutions and health conditions. City Market/Onion River Co-op, Burlington, 4-8 p.m. Free; preregister; limited space. Info, info@ vtherbcenter.org. MORNING FLOW YOGA: See WED.27. NIA WITH SUZY: See SUN.31, 7 p.m.

LIST YOUR EVENT FOR FREE AT SEVENDAYSVT.COM/POSTEVENT R.I.P.P.E.D.: See WED.27, North End Studio A, Burlington, 6-7 p.m. RECOVERY COMMUNITY YOGA: See WED.27. VINYASA FLOW: Breathe in, breathe out! Pupils explore a breath-centered practice. The ellness Collective, Burlington, noon-1 p.m. $10. Info, 540-0186. ZUMBA: See WED.27.

kids

CRUISERS’ & CRAWLERS’ PLAY & STAY STORY TIME: Babies and toddlers up to age 2 engage in books, songs and social time with blocks, bubbles and parachute play. Highgate Public Library, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 868-3970. PRESCHOOL MUSIC: Young’uns have fun with song and dance. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 878-4918. STORIES WITH MEGAN: Budding bookworms ages 2 through 5 open their ears for exciting tales featuring African American authors and illustrators. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 11-11:30 a.m. Free; groups must preregister. Info, 865-7216. WRITE NOW!: Emerging wordsmiths in grades 6 through 12 hone their skills in a supportive environment. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 6:307:30 p.m. Free. Info, 264-5660.

music

SAMBATUCADA! OPEN REHEARSAL: Newbies are invited to help keep the beat as Burlington’s samba street-percussion band sharpens its tunes. No experience or instruments are required. 8 Space Studio Collective, Burlington, 6-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 862-5017.

seminars

THE ART OF THE RADIO DOCUMENTARY: PART 1: Audio addicts learn the basics of producing programs based on real people and events. VCAM Studio, Burlington, 5:30-7:30 p.m. $25; preregister. Info, 651-9692. READING FREUD WITH PSYCHOLOGIST PETER BURMEISTER: Excerpts from The Interpretation of Dreams, Totem and Taboo and others offer insight into the subconscious mind. Bring or borrow books. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

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theater

‘CHICAGO’: See THU.28.

words

BURLINGTON WRITERS WORKSHOP NEW MEMBER INFORMATION MEETING: Wordsmiths learn the ABCs of the feedback-based fiction, nonfictio and storytelling group. 22 Church St., Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free; preregister at meetup.com; limited space. Info, 383-8104.

agriculture

‘LIVING IN THE AGE OF AIRPLANES’: See WED.27.

RENTAL INCOME SEMINAR: Those seeking fin cial freedom and security get wise to the ways of real estate investment. Preferred Properties, South Burlington, 6-7 p.m. Free. Info, 318-7654.

community

FEAST TOGETHER OR FEAST TO GO: See FRI.29. TUESDAY VOLUNTEER NIGHTS: Helping hands pitch in around the shop by organizing parts, moving bikes and tackling other projects. Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult. Bike Recycle Vermont, Burlington, 5-8 p.m. Free. Info, 264-9687.

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BRIDGE CLUB: See WED.27, 7 p.m. GAMING FOR TEENS & ADULTS: Tabletop games entertain players of all skill levels. Kids 13 and under require a legal guardian or parental permission to attend. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 5-7:45 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

health & fitness

BRANDON FITNESS BOOT CAMP: Hop to it! Get fit with strength, endurance, agility and coordination exercises. Otter Valley North Campus Gym, Brandon, 5:30-6:30 p.m. $12. Info, 343-7160. FITNESS FOR EVERY BODY: Strength, agility, coordination and cardiovascular exercises are modified for folks of all ability levels. Charlotte Senior Center, 9-9:45 a.m. $10. Info, 343-7160.

BEGINNER WEST COAST SWING FUSION DANCING: Students get schooled in the fundamentals of partner dance. North End Studio B, Burlington, 8-9 p.m. $11-16. Info, burlingtonwestie@ gmail.com. INTERMEDIATE & ADVANCED WEST COAST SWING: Funloving folks learn the smooth, sexy stylings of modern swing dance. North End Studio A, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. $1116. Info, burlingtonwestie@ gmail.com.

FREE YOGA: Students stretch away the winter blues at a community class for all SA S levels. Whirled Tree Arts, T.3 UD 0|M DB USIC KIN Burlington, 6:30-7:30 p.m. | AN EVENING WITH THE Free. Info, 448-2141.

LEARN TO SQUARE DANCE: Neophytes get at feel for new steps at an introductory class. Frederick H. Tuttle Middle School, South Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 985-2012.

SWING DANCING: Quick-footed participants experiment with different styles, including the Lindy hop, Charleston and balboa. Beginners are welcome. Champlain Club, Burlington, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $5. Info, 448-2930. ‘THE TAMING OF THE SHREW’: Set to music by Dmitri Shostakovich, Shakespeare’s comedy comes to life in this Bolshoi Ballet production, broadcast to the big screen. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. $6-18. Info, 748-2600.

environment

LET’S TALK TRASH: THE BIG PICTURE: Ecoconscious community members pick through the history of global and local waste management, including the implications of Act 148. KelloggHubbard Library, Montpelier, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

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AMERICAN RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE: See MON.1, Diamond Run Mall, Rutland, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Mount Ascutney Hospital & Health Center, Windsor, noon-5:30 p.m. Hardwick Knights of Columbus, 12:30-5:30 p.m.

fairs & festivals

WATERBURY WINTERFEST: See FRI.29.

film

‘THE FANTASTICKS’: Two fathers fake a feud to unite their children in romance in this 1995

KICKBOXING CLASS: Music propels this high-octane practice focused on maintaining form and achieving power through movement. North End Studio B, Burlington, 6:30-7:30 p.m. $15. Info, 646-577-7985. MINDFULNESS CLASS: See WED.27, 12:15-1 p.m. MIXED-LEVEL FLOW YOGA: Pupils may modify postures to meet their individual needs during a sequence of feel-good poses. The ellness Collective, Burlington, 6:30-7:30 p.m. $10. Info, 540-0186. PERSONAL BEST RUNNER’S CIRCUIT: See THU.28.

kids

CREATIVE TUESDAYS: Artists exercise their imaginations with themed crafts. Ages 8 and under must be accompanied by an adult. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 3-5 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7216. FAMILY GAME NIGHT: Players ages 5 and up sit down to board-game bouts. Fairfax Community Library, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 849-2420. PRESCHOOL STORY HOUR: Imaginations blossom when young’uns up to age 6 engage in themed tales and activities. Fairfax Community Library, 9:3010:30 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 849-2420. PRESCHOOL STORY TIME: Books and creative projects help tykes gain early literacy skills. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 878-4918. READ TO A DOG: Tots share stories with lovable pooches. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 878-4918. ‘ROMEO AND JULIET’ STORY TIME FOR BABIES & TODDLERS: Pint-size participants count friends, kisses, love letters and roses in Romeo & Juliet: A Counting Primer. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 10:30-11:15 a.m. Free. Info, 388-4095.

language

‘LA CAUSERIE’ FRENCH CONVERSATION: Native speakers are welcome to pipe up at an unstructured conversational practice. El Gato Cantina, Burlington, 4:30-6 p.m. Free. Info, 540-0195. PAUSE-CAFÉ FRENCH CONVERSATION: Frenchlanguage folks engage in dialogue en français. ¡Duino! (Duende), Burlington, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 363-2431.

music

MICHAEL ARNOWITT: Beethoven’s final thre piano sonatas come alive at the hands of the celebrated instrumentalist. Casella Theate , Castleton University, 7 p.m. $12-18. Info, 468-1119. SHAPE NOTE: BRENDAN TAAFFE SINGING SCHOOL: The ermont song leader teaches tunes from the shape-note tradition alongside original compositions. Ira Allen Chapel, UVM, Burlington, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Donations. Info, 434-5925. SOUTH BURLINGTON COMMUNITY CHORUS REHEARSALS: Singers who missed the preliminary practice have a second chance to lift their voices in preparation for a spring concert of Beethoven, Bach, Brahms and the Beatles. South Burlington High School, 7-9:15 p.m. $50 plus music fee. Info, 846-4108.

politics

HAPPY HOUR: Those interested in ad ocacy, elections, politics and policy meet and mingle with members of the League of Women Voters of Central Vermont. NECI on Main, Montpelier, 5:30-7 p.m. Free; cash bar; preregister. Info, lwvofvt@gmail.com.

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ARMCHAIR TRAVEL: SOUTH AFRICA: Judy and Steamer Walke guide listeners through the country’s tumultuous history and natural wonders. Montpelier Senior Activity Center, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 223-2518. SOPHIE BUFTON: Dance history leaps into the present in “Bodies of Early German Expressionism in the Weimar Era.” Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 1-2 p.m. Free. Info, 443-6433.

theater

‘MAD LOVE’: See WED.27. ‘ONCE’: See MON. 1.

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CREATIVE NONFICTION WORKSHOP: Readers give feedback on essays, poetry and journalism written by Burlington Writers Workshop members. 22 Church St., Burlington, 10:30 a.m. Free; preregister at meetup.com; limited space. Info, 383-8104. WINTER LITERATURE READING SERIES: Bookworms cover pages 167 through 204 of Don DeLillo’s White Noise. 22 Church St., Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free; preregister at meetup.com; limited space. Info, 383-8104.

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HEALING ARTS FOR WOMEN WITH SAFEART: See WED.27. LIFE DRAWING: See WED.27. MIXED MEDIA COLLAGE WORKSHOP: See WED.27.

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MEN’S GROUP: A positive environment encourages socializing and involvement in senior center activities. Montpelier Senior Activity Center, 10-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 223-2518.

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SEED SWAP: Dreaming of ripe tomatoes and salad greens? The No theast Kingdom’s Swap Sisters host an exchange of garden starters. Greensboro Free Library, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, swapsisters@ gmail.com.

KNIGHTS OF THE MYSTIC MOVIE CLUB: Cinema hounds view campy flicks at this ode to o fbeat productions. Main Street Museum, White River Junction, 8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 356-2776.

SPANISH MUSICAL KIDS: Amigos ages 1 to 5 learn Latin American songs and games with Constancia Gómez, a native Argentinian. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 11-11:45 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

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‘ONCE’: A street musician’s songs soar to new heights when he catches the eye of a beautiful young woman in the Broadway National Tour of this Tony Award-winning musical. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $25-70. Info, 863-5966.

ROCK YOUR ART OUT: Free-form creative expression eliminates the stress and tension of the day. Expressive Arts Burlington, 6:15-8:15 p.m. $20. Info, 862-5302.

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EDUCATION ENRICHMENT FOR EVERYONE: Meteorologist Scott Whittier looks to the sky in “Winter Weather in Vermont: Forecasting and Climatology.” Faith United Methodist Church, South Burlington, 2-3 p.m. $5. Info, 864-3516.

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DROP-IN HIP-HOP DANCE: See WED.27.

GERMAN CONVERSATION GROUP: Community members practice conversing auf Deutsch. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211.

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AFROLATIN PARTY: See WED.27.

AMERICAN RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE: See MON.1, Castleton University, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. American Legion, Post 91, Colchester, 1-6 p.m. TURNON BURLINGTON: See WED.27. VERMONT PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY: A discussion group inspired by John Dewey and artist Frank Gonzales covers ecology, economics and more. Fletcher Room, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211.

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WATERBURY WINTERFEST: See FRI.29.

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DAVID MILLS: “An Evening With Langston Hughes” channels the Harlem wordsmith as part of the First Wednesdays series. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955.

BRIDGE CLUB: See WED.27.

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DANCE-BASED CONDITIONING: See WED.27.

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EATING WELL ON A BUDGET FOR FAMILIES: See WED.27. ‘FREE UP THE SHOULDERS’ SIX-WEEK FELDENKRAIS SERIES: See WED.27. INSIGHT MEDITATION: See WED.27. MIDDLEBURY FITNESS BOOT CAMP: See WED.27. MINDFUL WORKWEEKS: WEDNESDAY NIGHT MEDITATION: See WED.27. MINDFULNESS CLASS: See WED.27. MORNING FLOW YOGA: See WED.27. NIA WITH LINDA: See WED.27. RECOVERY COMMUNITY YOGA: See WED.27. R.I.P.P.E.D.: See WED.27. WILD CARROT SEED FOR NATURAL CONTRACEPTION: Clinical herbalist Emily Peters digs into Daucus carota’s pregnancy-preventing properties. Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism, Montpelier, 6-8 p.m. $10-12; preregister. Info, 224-7100. ZUMBA: See WED.27.

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A2VT: School-age students feast their eyes and ears on an African-influenced hip-hop spectacula . Fuller Hall, St. Johnsbury Academy, 10:30 a.m. & 1 p.m. $4. Info, 748-2600. ‘DANIEL TIGER’S NEIGHBORHOOD’: Audience members join the lovable cat on an interactive musical adventure in the tradition of “Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood.” Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 6:30 p.m. $21.50-26.50. Info, 775-0903.

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The Vermont Center on Behavior and Health is conducting a study to help mothers quit smoking. With your participation you could earn up to $1,310. If you have at least one child under the age of 12, you may qualify for this study. To see if you qualify, go online to http://j.mp/1MSDgeE to take our online survey or call (802) 656-‐1906 to learn more about this study.

KIDS’ OPEN GYM: See WED.27. READ TO A DOG: Book hounds ages 5 through 10 curl up with a good story and a furry friend. Fairfax Community Library, 3:15-4:15 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 849-2420. STORY TIME & PLAYGROUP: See WED.27. TODDLER TIME: See WED.27.

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BEGINNER ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASS: See WED.27.

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‘THE FANTASTICKS’: See TUE.2, 7 p.m.

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WOMEN’S PICKUP BASKETBALL: See WED.27.

‘VINCENT VAN GOGH: A NEW WAY OF SEEING’: Shown as part of Great Art Wednesdays, this 2015 film po tray the perspectives of world-renowned curators and art historians. Town Hall Theate , Middlebury, 11 a.m. $5-10. Info, 382-9222.

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SARAH CHANG & JULIO ELIZALDE: The violin virtuoso and piano soloist join forces in compositions by Bartók, Brahms, Franck and Ravel. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $17-50. Info, 603-646-2422.

CLASSIC FILM SERIES: Movie lovers view cinematic masterpieces. Call for details. Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 426-3581 ‘LIVING IN THE AGE OF AIRPLANES’: See WED.27.

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CAMPBELL BROTHERS: Steel-guitar stylings anchor a spirited gospel get-down. See calendar spotlight. Dibden Center for the Arts, Johnson State College, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 635-1474.

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EMILY BERNARD: The Uni ersity of Vermont professor reads into an author’s intentions in her First Wednesdays Series lecture, “‘In This Here Place’: Race, Nation and Toni Morrison’s Beloved.” Norwich Congregational Church, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 649-1184. JAMES SHAPIRO: Presented as part of the First Wednesday Series, “Shakespeare in America” explores the bard’s work as a lens for viewing historical issues. Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 388-4095. JIM COOKE: The actor gets into character to deli er “John Quincy Adams: A Spirit Unconquerable!,” a First Wednesdays Series presentation. House Chamber, Vermont Statehouse, Montpelier, 7:30-9 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338. MARK TIMNEY: Taking aim at firearm mytho ogy, the speaker sounds off in “Off Target: What Hollywood, Journalists and Shooters Get Wrong About Guns.” Montpelier Senior Activity Center, 1:30-3 p.m. $5; free for Institute of Lifelong Learning members. Info, 223-2518. NANCY JAY CRUMBINE: Shared as part of the First Wednesdays Series, “Celebrating E. B. White” pays tribute to the penman’s legacy. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 748-8291. THOMAS POWERS: The author unc vers the country’s clandestine operations in “American Secret Intelligence — Do We Know What We’re Doing?” Chase Community Center, Vermont Law School, South Royalton, 5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 831-1000. TONY MAGISTRALE: In “The Shawshank Experience,” a first ednesdays Series talk, the University of Vermont professor reads into how literature is adapted into film. Rutland Free Libra y, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 773-1860.

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‘MAD LOVE’: See WED.27. ‘MOTHERS AND SONS’: See WED.27.

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MAKING POEMS THAT WORK: See WED.27. THE WEDNESDAY WORKSHOP: CHAPTER FOCUS: Folks give feedback on selections of up to 40 pages penned by Burlington Writers Workshop members. 22 Church St., Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free; preregister at meetup.com; limited space. Info, 383-8104. m

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Call 865-7166 for info or register online at burlingtoncityarts.org. Teacher bios are also available online. BUILDING YOUR BUSINESS: If you have questions about the business of art, this workshop is for you. Consultant Laura Hale will demystify it all and discuss different ways of incorporating your business; setting up a tax account and the various kinds of taxes you’ll be responsible for; basic accounting; and registering your business name. Instructor: Laura Hale. Mon., Feb. 22, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Cost: $25/ person; $22.50/BCA members. Location: BCA Center, 135 Church St. Burlington. CLAY: MIXED LEVEL WHEEL: Mixed Level Wheel supports students across a range of skill and experience levels. ˜ is eight-week class is rooted in fundamentals and encourages individual projects. Demonstrations and instruction will cover centering, throwing, trimming and glazing, as well as forms and techniques determined by students. Class includes your ﬁrst bag of clay and 30 open studio hours per week to practice. All glazes and ﬁrings included. Prerequisite: Wheel throwing experience. Option 1: Weekly on Thu., Feb. 4-Mar. 24, 9:30 a.m.-noon. Option 2: Weekly on

SELLING YOUR WORK WITH ETSY: Are you ready to take the leap and open an Etsy store? Laura Hale, owner of Found Beauty Studio, will walk you through opening a shop, setting up policies, listing items, and filling sold orders, as well as looking at the various marketing tricks you can work from day one. Mon., Feb. 8, 6-9 p.m. Cost: $35/ person; $31.50/BCA members. Location: BCA Center, 135 Church St., Burlington. TAKING ETSY TO THE NEXT LEVEL: Have you had an Etsy shop open for a while but traffic is slow? Trying to figure out how to stand out? Etsy seller Laura Hale will guide you through driving traf-

DIY: CROCHET CUP COZY: Kim will show you step by step how to make a hot beverage cozy using soft yarns and fun buttons. Leave with a finished product along with ideas for other easy crochet projects. No experience necessary. All materials provided. Instructor: Kim O’Brien. Thu., Feb. 4, 6-8 p.m. Cost: $28/ person; $25.20/BCA members. Location: BCA Center, 135 Church St., Burlington. DESIGN: ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR: Learn the basics of working with vector graphics in Adobe Illustrator. Setting up documents, working with layers, color tools, selecting and transforming objects, working with type, freehand drawing and more will be covered. Bring a Mac-compatible flash drive to the first class. No experience necessary. Instructor: Jeremy Smith. Weekly on Thu., Feb. 4-Mar. 10, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Cost: $205/person; $184.50/BCA members. Location: BCA Center, 135 Church St., Burlington. DROP-IN: PRESCHOOL ART: ˜ is popular drop-in program introduces young children and parents to artistic explorations in a multimedia environment that is both creative and social. Participants will create paintings, sculptures, prints and more, with a variety of changing projects to keep everyone engaged. Parents must accompany their children. All materials provided. No registration necessary. Instructor: Alexandra Turner. Ages 6 months to 5 years. Weekly on Thu., Feb. 4-May 19, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Cost: $6/child; $5/BCA members. Location: BCA Center, 135 Church St., Burlington. JEWELRY: RINGS: Come check out the jewelry and fine metals studio by making your own silver ring. Open to all skill levels. All materials included. Instructor: Rebecca Macomber. Mon., Feb. 8, 6-9 p.m. Cost: $35/person; $31.50/BCA members. Location: Generator, Memorial Auditorium, 250 Main St., Burlington.

PHOTO: B&W DARKROOM: Explore the analog darkroom! Learn how to properly expose black and white ﬁlm with your manual 35mm or medium format camera, process ﬁlm into negatives, and make prints from those negatives. Cost includes a darkroom membership for the duration of the class and all supplies. No experience necessary. Instructor: Rebecca Babbitt. Weekly on Mon., Mar. 7-May 2, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Cost: $250/person; $225/BCA members. Location: BCA Center, 135 Church St., Burlington. PHOTOSHOP CRASH COURSE: Learn all of the basics of Adobe Photoshop in this three-evening intensive workshop. Uploading and saving images for print and the web, navigating the workspace, adjustment layers and basic editing tools will be covered. Bring images on your camera or on a

ﬁc to your shop both using Etsy’s internal tools and creating your own online marketing methods. Instructor: Laura Hale. Tue., Mar. 8, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Cost: $25/ person; $22.50/BCA members. Location: BCA Center, 135 Church St., Burlington. DROP-IN: ADULT WHEEL: Curious about the pottery wheel? Spend a Friday night with our pottery instructors learning the basics of wheel throwing with clay. ˜ is is a great introduction to our studio. No registration necessary, but space is limited. Please call to inquire. Ages 18+. Weekly on Fri., Feb. 5-May 20, 8-10 p.m. Cost: $12/ participant; $11/BCA members + $5/piece to be fired & glazed. Location: BCA Clay Studio, 250 Main St., Burlington.

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ACCESS BODY AND MIND CLASSES IN HINESBURG AT CVU HIGH SCHOOL: Core Strength w/ Caroline Perkins, Tue. & ˜ u.; Weight Training, Weight Bearing and Resistance Training; Ski & Snowboard Fitness; Cyclist Fitness; Yoga: 3 choices; Swing or Ballroom w/ Terry Bouricius; Hip Hop; Jazzercise; Bollywood Dance; Voice-Overs; Guitar: 2 Levels; Banjo; String Band; Ukelele; Bagpipes; Mindful Meditation; Dreams; Self-Hypnosis; Emotions/ Health; and Juggling. Low cost, excellent instructors, guaranteed. Materials included. Full descriptions online. Senior discounts. 200 offerings for all ages. Location: CVU High School, 369 CVU Rd., Hinesburg. Info: 482-7194.

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KIDS: LEGO ANIMATION: Create stop-motion animations using Legos! Students will create pieces from start to ﬁnish, creating storyboards, photographing frames and editing in iMovie. Films will be screened at the end of class. All materials provided. Instructor: Kristen Watson. Ages 8-12. Wed., Feb. 24, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Cost: $85/ person; $76.50/BCA members. Location: BCA Center, 135 Church St., Burlington.

Mac-compatible ﬂash drive to class. No experience required. Instructor: Liza Semler. Weekly on Mon., Mar. 7-21, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Cost: $90/person; $81/BCA members. Location: BCA Center, 135 Church St., Burlington.

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ACCESS CRAFT CLASSES IN HINESBURG AT CVU HIGH SCHOOL: Pottery: 7 choices, Bowl Turning, Welding, Carving a Spoon, Rug Hooking, Punch Needle, 3 types of Bracelet, Wool Dyeing, 3 Bag Sewing, Clothing, Pillows, Needle Felting, Card Making, Embroidery, Quilting, Cake Decorating, Knitting. Full descriptions online. Senior discounts. 200 offerings for all ages. Location: CVU High School, 369 CVU Rd., Hinesburg. Info: 482-7194.

CAMERA CLASSES IN HINESBURG AT CVU HIGH SCHOOL: Photoshop Basics, Digital Camera: Buttons/ Menus, DSLR Foundations, Digital Action Photography, Picasa Workshop, Aperture Info, Shutter Speed Skills, Photoshop Basics, Digital Spectrum, Next Layers of Photoshop, Advanced Digital Photography: Blending/Filters, InDesign. Full descriptions online. Senior discounts. 200 offerings for all ages. Location: CVU High School, 369 CVU Rd., Hinesburg. Info: 482-7194.

ART & POTTERY IN MIDDLEBURY: Adults: Mon. night Oils, Tue. Baskets, Wed. a.m. Int./Adv. Painting, Wed. midday Wheel, Wed. p.m. Wheel, ˜ u. a.m. Oils, ˜ u. a.m. Clay Hand Building, ˜ u. Drawing, ˜ u. p.m. Mixed Media Pastels, Fri. a.m. Mixed Media Pastels. Children’s after school: Mon. Wheel, Wed. Young Artist, Wed. & ˜ u. Clay Hand Building. Location: Middlebury Studio School, 2377 Rte. 7 South, Middlebury. Info: Barbara Nelson, 247-3702, ewaldewald@aol.com, middleburystudioschool.org.

CLAY: WHEEL THROWING: ˜ is class is an introduction to clay, pottery and the ceramics studio. Students will work primarily on the potter’s wheel, learning basic throwing and forming techniques while creating functional pieces such as mugs, vases and bowls. No previous experience needed. Class includes your ﬁrst bag of clay and 30 open studio hours per week to practice. Extra clay sold separately at $22/25-pound bag. All glazes and ﬁrings included. Option 1: Weekly on Thu., Feb. 4-Mar. 24, 12:30-3 p.m. Option 2: Weekly on Thu., Feb. 4-Mar. 24, 6-8:30 p.m. Option 3: Weekly on Wed., Mar. 30-May 18, 6-8:30 p.m. Cost: $280/person; $252/BCA members. Location: BCA Clay Studio, 250 Main St., Burlington.

KIDS: DARKROOM PHOTOGRAPHY: Learn how to print black-and-white photographs in the darkroom! Students will use our ﬁlm cameras to go on a photo shoot in downtown Burlington and will process their images into negatives and prints in the darkroom. All materials provided. Instructor: Kristen Watson. Ages 11-14. Thu., Feb. 25, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Cost: $85/person; $76.50/ BCA members. Location: BCA Center, 135 Church St., Burlington.

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ACCESS COMPUTER CLASSES IN HINESBURG AT CVU HIGH SCHOOL: Computer and Internet Basics, Cloud Control, Improve Your Internet Experience, Windows Security: File and Control Panels, Picasa & iCloud, Web Album, iSync iPads/iPods/ iPhones, Twitter Essentials, Google Sketchup, MS Word Basics and More, Smartphone Use, Google Smarts, MS Excel Basics, Excel Up: ˜ e Next Steps, Excel Data Analysis, Website Design Fundamentals, Dreamweaver: Web Essentials, Personalized Lessons. Low cost, hands-on, excellent instructors, limited class size, guaranteed. Materials included with few exceptions. Full descriptions online. Senior discounts. 200 offerings for all ages. Location: CVU High School, 369 CVU Rd., Hinesburg. Info: 482-7194.

ACCESS LANGUAGE CLASSES IN HINESBURG AT CVU HIGH SCHOOL: French: 4 Levels, Spanish: 4 Levels, Italian for Travelers, Beginning Mandarin: 2 Levels, German 1 & 2, Russian in a Nutshell! Low cost, hands-on, excellent instructors, limited class size, guaranteed. Materials included with few exceptions. Full descriptions online. Senior discounts. 200 offerings for all ages. Location: CVU High School, 369 CVU Rd., Hinesburg. Info: 482-7194.

TRADITIONAL DRAWING & PAINTING: I recently moved home to Vermont after studying and teaching at the Grand Central Atelier in NYC for the past seven years. I am offering small group classes in the classical atelier tradition at my studio on Pine St. Beginners welcome! New students try your ﬁrst class for $30. Cast: Mon./Wed., 5:30 p.m. Portrait: Tue./Thu., 5:30 p.m. Landscape: Sat., 9:30 a.m. Cost: $30/3-hour class. Location: Brickwork Studios, 266 Pine St., Burlington. Info: Emilie Lee, 303827-5854, emlee7@gmail.com, emilielee.com/teaching.

Thu., Apr. 7-May 26, 9:30 a.m.-noon. Option 3: Weekly on Thu., Apr. 7-May 26, 6-8:30 p.m. Cost: $280/person; $252/BCA members. Location: BCA Clay Studio, 250 Main St., Burlington.

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ART CLASSES IN HINESBURG AT CVU HIGH SCHOOL: Watercolor w/ Ginny Joyner, Drawing 1 & 2, Zentangle, Acrylic, Birds & Flowers in Colored Pencil, & Calligraphy. Culinary arts: One-night hands-on classes where you eat well! Balinese, Arabian, Caribbean, ˜ ai, Szechuan, Vietnamese Crepe, Middle Eastern, Hors D’oeuvres, Chocolate, Argentinian, Paella, Sauces, Sous Vide, Vegetarian, Pizza, Pasta, Meatballs, Risotto, Pastries, Chocolate Sponge with Ganache, Gelato. yum! Full descriptions online. Senior discounts. 200 offerings for all ages. Location: CVU High School, 369 CVU Rd., Hinesburg. Info: 482-7194.

ACCESS EMPOWERMENT CLASSES IN HINESBURG AT CVU HIGH SCHOOL: Beekeeping, Birding x 2, SAT Bootcamp, Memoir Writing, Flash Fiction, Lake Ice, VT Architecture, Donner Party, Etsy Shop, Home Exchange, Wildlife Rehab. Also, Solar Energy 101, Bridge: 2 levels, Mah Jongg, Growing Mushrooms, Hoof Health, Animal Communication, Tree ID, Pruning, Backyard Astronomy, Motorcycle Awareness, Shoulder Massage, Cat Behavior, Reiki, Herbals: 3 choices, Soap Making, Homesteading. Full descriptions online. Senior discounts. 200 offerings for all ages. Location: CVU High School, 369 CVU Rd., Hinesburg. Info: 482-7194.

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DROP-IN: FAMILY WHEEL: Explore BCA’s clay studio while hanging out with the family. Try the pottery or hand building while our staff gives demonstrations. ˜ ere is a $5 additional fee per clay piece to be kept, ﬁred and glazed. No registration necessary, but access to wheels is limited. Please call to inquire. All ages. Instructors: Alex Costantino, Lily Gewirz. Weekly on Fri., Feb. 5-May 20, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Cost: $8/participant; $7/ BCA members + $5 piece to be fired and glazed. Location: BCA Clay Studio, 250 Main St., Burlington.

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IMPROVISATIONAL QUILT WORKSHOP: Nido presents Quilt Local author Heather Jones for a full-day workshop creating improvisationally pieced quilt blocks, emphasizing line work and the formation of secondary patterns. Using solid fabrics in a range of values and colors, you will create a modern take on traditional string blocks using an intuitive, creative process. Sat., Feb. 6, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Cost: $165/7-hour workshop; catered lunch provided. Location: Nido Fabric and Yarn, 209 College St., Suite 2E, Burlington. Info: 8810068, info@nidovt.com, nidovt. com. PATCHWORK I: In this two-part class, learn the basics of how to make and put together quilted projects. Participants will make a patchwork top during the ﬁrst part of the class and continue to build skills during the second class by learning how to sandwich, quilt and bind their patchwork top. Tue. & Wed., Feb. 2 & 3. Cost: $105/2 3-hour classes. Location: Nido Fabric and Yarn, 209 College St., Suite 2E, Burlington. Info: 881-0068, info@nidovt.com, nidovt.com. KIDS LEARN TO SEW: Looking for a kids’ class full of creativity, making and fun? Nido’s Kids Learn to Sew offers beginners the basics of sewing while constructing fun projects! Learn how to thread and use a sewing machine and create basic stitches to create a simple tote bag. Ages

9-14. Sun., Feb. 21, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost: $53/3-hour classes; materials incl. Location: Nido Fabric and Yarn, 209 College St., Suite 2E, Burlington. Info: 881-0068, info@nidovt.com, nidovt.com.

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WORKSHOP: TOWN AND COUNTRY: Instructor: John Brickels. John Brickels will demonstrate how to create wallmounted buildings and barns using slab and extruded clay. We will be using John’s signature mocha-colored clay and will explore hand-building techniques that exploit the many wonderful qualities of clay and discuss successful design ideas. From country barn to city row house, you will end the day with an architectural themed sculpture that, after ﬁring, you will be able to hang

proudly on the wall. Sun., Mar. 6, 10-4 p.m. Cost: $105/person; member discount avail. Location: The Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: Sage Tucker-Ketcham, 985-3648, info@theshelburnecraftschool. org, theshelburnecraftschool.org.

dance DANCE STUDIO SALSALINA: Salsa classes, nightclub-style, group and private, four levels. Beginner walkin classes, Wednesdays, 6 p.m. $15/person for one-hour class. No dance experience, partner or preregistration required, just the desire to have fun! Drop in any time and prepare for an enjoyable workout. Location: 266 Pine St., Burlington. Info: Victoria, 5981077, info@salsalina.com, DSANTOS VT SALSA: Experience the fun and excitement of Burlington’s eclectic dance community by learning salsa. Trained by world famous dancer Manuel Dos Santos, we teach you how to dance to the music and how to have a great time on the dance ﬂoor! ˜ ere is no better time to start than now! Mon. evenings: beginner class, 7-8 p.m.; intermediate, 8:15-9:15 p.m. Cost: $12/1-hour class. Location: North End Studios, 294 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: Tyler Crandall, 598-9204, crandalltyler@hotmail.com, dsantosvt.com.

design/build BICYCLE MECHANICS 101: Learn to repair and maintain your bike! Bicycle Mechanics 101 is sevensession introduction to bicycle mechanics. Students receive instruction on the systems and parts of the bicycle and bicycle anatomy, practice common repairs and work one-on-one with professional mechanics to learn

all the basics. Thu., Jan. 28-Mar. 10, 6-8 p.m., or Fri., Jan. 29-Mar. 11, 10 a.m.-noon. Cost: $175/14 hours total instruction. Location: Bike Recycle Vermont, 664 Riverside Ave., Burlington. Info: Burlington Bike Project, Christine Hill, 264-9687, christine@bikerecyclevt.org, bikerecyclevermont.org. WOOD SUP BUILDING: We’re opening our shop to standup paddleboard enthusiasts ready for the challenge of building their own personalized wooden SUP. Our craftsmen have dedicated SUP stations for individuals or couples willing to work hands-on to create their own boards, from wood skeleton to ﬁberglass. Work is mentored by skilled shop foremen. Contact us for class schedules. Cost: $1,500/2 mo. desk space & materials. Location: Tao Woodworking, 180 Flynn Ave., Burlington. Info: Tao Woodworking, Duane Albro, 9993075, duane@taowoodworking. com, taowoodworking.com.

dreams DREAM GROUP WITH A ARTSY TWIST: Are you a Dreamer? ˜ is new twist on an old-style dream group engages traditional models of interpretation and branches out into innovative explorations of your dream images/scenarios using visual art, writing, collage and improvisation while working solo and in dyads, triads and whole group exercises. No previous art experience necessary. Weekly on Wed., 6:30-8:30 p.m., Mar. 9-Apr. 6. Cost: $100/five weeks; all materials incl. Preregistration is required. Location: Expressive Arts Burlington, 200 Main St., Suite 9, Burlington. Info: Topaz Weis, 343-8172, topazweis@gmx. net, expressiveartsburlington. com.

drumming DJEMBE IN BURLINGTON AND MONTPELIER!: Learn drumming technique and music on West African Drums! Drums provided! Burlington Beginners Djembe, Wed., 5:30-6:20 p.m. starting Jan. 20, $48/4 weeks; Mar. 9, $60/5 weeks (no class Apr. 6); Apr. 27, $72/6 weeks. $15/ drop-in. Djembes are provided. Montpelier Beginners Djembe, ˜ u., 7-8:20 p.m. starting Jan. 21, Mar. 10 & Apr. 28, $72/4 weeks; $22/walk-ins. Six-person minimum required to run most classes; invite friends! Please register online or come directly to the ﬁrst class! Location: Taiko Space, 208 Flynn Ave., Suite 3-G, Burlington, & Capital City Grange, 6612 Rte. 12, Berlin. Info: 999-4255, burlingtontaiko.org. TAIKO DRUMMING IN BURLINGTON!: Study with Stuart Paton of Burlington Taiko! Beginner/Recreational Class, Tue., 5:30-6:20 p.m. starting Jan. 19, $48/4 weeks; Mar. 8, $60/5 weeks; Apr. 26, $72/6 weeks. Accelerated Taiko Program for Beginners, Mon. & Wed., 6:30-8:30 p.m. starting Jan.

18, $192/4 weeks; Mar. 7, $144/3 weeks; Mar. 28, $96/2 weeks. Kids and Parents’ Class, Mon. & Wed., 4:30-5:20 p.m. starting Jan. 18, $80/child or $152/parent-child for 4 weeks; Mar. 7, $60/child or $112/ parent-child for 3 weeks; Mar. 28, $40/child or $76/parent-child for 2 weeks (no class Apr. 4 or 6); Apr. 25, $60/child or $112/parent-child for 3 weeks. Five-person minimum required to run most classes; invite friends! Please register online or come directly to the ﬁrst class! Location: Taiko Space, 208 Flynn Ave., Suite 3-G, Burlington. Info: 999-4255, burlingtontaiko.org. TAIKO IN MONTPELIER!: Kids and parents’ taiko drumming, ˜ u., 4:305:20 p.m. starting Jan. 21, Mar. 10 & Apr. 28. $48; $91 for pair. 4 weeks. Montpelier taiko class, ˜ u., 5:306:50 p.m. starting Jan. 21, Mar. 10 & Apr. 28. $72/4 weeks; $22/walk-ins. Six-person minimum required to run most classes; invite friends! Please register online or come directly to the ﬁrst class! Location: Capital City Grange, 6612 Rte. 12, Berlin. Info: 999-4255, burlingtontaiko.org.

empowerment THE ART OF LIVING AND DYING WELL: Learn a variety of skills for living well so as to die well, via a series of experiential exercises that foster living richly and prepare for a good end to life. Weekly on Wed., Feb. 10, 17 & 24 & Mar. 2, 7-9 p.m.; snow date Mar. 9. Cost: $60/person. Location: The Jungian Center for the Spiritual Sciences, 55 Clover La., Waterbury. Info: Sue, 244-7909, TOUCH DRAWING: Learn the soulful intuitive art of Touch Drawing, a form of printmaking using ﬁngertips. By creating touch drawings, then enhancing the images, we explore our inner and outer worlds. Participants will create a series of touch drawings. No artistic experience necessary. All materials included. Preregistration is necessary. Sat., Jan. 30, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost: $40/person. Location: JourneyWorks, 1205 North Ave., Burlington. Info: 860-6203, journeyworksvt.com. BUILDING EMPATHY WORKSHOP: Learn to be a more active participant in undoing racism. Explore and deconstruct racial myths in order to improve your ability to identify subconscious bias that affect daily life. Discover the concept of white fragility, which is the struggle for white people to tolerate discussions on race, and how to combat it. Improve your overall knowledge and practice skills on how to engage in addressing racism within yourself and your communities. Register online pjcvt.org or by calling 863-2345, ext. 6. Tue., 6:30-8:30 p.m., through Mar. 29. Cost: $30/PJC members; $60/public; free for people 24 & younger. No one turned away for lack of funds. Location: O’Brien Community Center, 32 Malletts Bay Ave., Winooski. Info: 863-2345-6, kyle@pjcvt.org.

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EXPLORING CONNECTIONS: CORE SUPPORT/FLEXION & EXTENTION: ˜ is workshop uses movement and metaphor to explore the expressive body, incorporating movement fundamentals as well as drawing and writing to explore the relationship between movement and personal expression. Our goal will be to facilitate a lively interplay between inner connectivity and outer expressivity to enrich your movement potential, change ineffective neuromuscular movement patterns, and encourage new ways of moving and embodying your inner self. Instructor: Sara McMahon. Fri., Feb. 5, 5:45-7:45 p.m. Cost: $25/person. Location: Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, 153 Main St., Burlington. Info: 652-4548, flynnarts.org.

gardening SOIL 101: Healthy and vibrant plants start with healthy soil. ˜ is one’s a must for all gardeners, from beginner to more experienced growers. Sat., Jan. 30, 9:30-11 a.m. Cost: $12.50/person. Location: Gardener’s Supply Burlington Garden Center, 128 Intervale Rd., Burlington. Info: 660-3505.

healing arts REIKI 1 COURSE: Reiki is easy to learn and practice! You will begin practicing self-Reiki during the ﬁrst class. Learn protocols for self-Reiki and for offering informal Reiki sessions to your family, close friends, or animals in your life. Learn how Reiki supports your wellness and medical therapies. A comprehensive manual is included. 5 Wed. starting Feb. 10, 6-8:30 p.m. Cost: $300/5-week course & comprehensive manual. Location: Green Mountain Reiki Institute, 33 Blair Park Rd., Suite 101, Williston. Info: Sandy Jefferis, 343-2634, sandy@ greenmountainreikiinstitute. com, greenmountainreikiinstitute. com.

jewelry JEWELRY CLASSES: Learn how to make your own jewelry in a fully equipped studio with a Germantrained goldsmith in a private and bright atmosphere. All skill levels. “Make your own wedding bands,” bachelorette events, summer camps for teenager, etc. For existing students: drop-in hours, Mon., 1-4 p.m. Also special classes like PMC, sandcasting, stone setting. 4 classes, Mon. or Thu., 9:30-noon. Cost: $160/10-hour class (+ cost of silver, $3/gramm). Location: 26 Spring St., Burlington. Info: Jane Frank Jewellery Design, Jane Frank, 9993242, info@janefrank.de, janefrank. net.

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LEARN SPANISH & OPEN NEW DOORS: Connect with a new world. We provide high quality affordable instruction in the Spanish language for adults, students and children. Travelers lesson package. Our 10th year. Personal instruction from a native speaker. Small classes, private lessons and online instruction. See our website for complete information or contact us for details. Location: Spanish in Waterbury Center, Waterbury Center, Info: 5851025, spanishparavos@gmail.com, spanishwaterburycenter.com.

LEARN TO MEDITATE: Throug the practice of sitting still and following your breath as it goes out and dissolves, you are connecting with your heart. By simply letting yourself be, as you are, you develop genuine sympathy toward yourself. The Burlington Shambhala Cente offers meditation as a path to discovering gentleness and wisdom. Shambhala Café (meditation and discussions) meets the first Saturday of each month, a.m.-noon. An open house (intro to the center, short dharma talk and socializing) is held on the third Sunday of each month, noon-2 p.m. Instruction: Sun. mornings, 9 a.m.-noon, or by appt. Sessions: Tue. & Thu., noon-1 p.m. & Mon.Thu., 6-7 p.m. Location: Burlington Shambhala Center, 187 S. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: 658-6795, burlingtonshambhalactr.org.

INTRO TO ORGASMIC MEDITATION: Orgasmic Meditation (OM) is a consciousness practice (like yoga or meditation) that is designed for singles and couples to experience more connection, vitality, pleasure and meaning in every aspect of their lives. Sat., Feb. 6. Cost: $195/fullday class. Location: OneTaste Burlington, 215 College St., 3rd floor, Burlington, Info: CJ Brand, 410-474-9250, cj@onetasteburlington.us, onetasteburlington.us.

HONEST YOGA, THE ONLY DEDICATED HOT YOGA FLOW CENTER: Honest Yoga offers practice for all levels. Brand new beginners’ courses include two specialty classes per week for four weeks plus unlimited access to all classes. We have daily classes in Essentials, Flow and Core Flow with alignment constancy. We hold teacher trainings at the 200- and 500-hour levels. Daily classes & workshops. $25/new student 1st week unlimited; $15/class or $130/10-class card; $12/ class for student or senior or $100/10-class punch card. Location: Honest Yoga Center, 150 Dorset St., Blue Mall, next to Sport Shoe Center, S. Burlington. Info: 497-0136, honestyogastudio@gmail.com, honestyogacenter.com.

martial arts VERMONT BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU: Classes for men, women and children. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu enhances strength, flexibili y, balance, coordination and car- dio-respiratory fitness. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu trainin builds and helps to instill courage and self- confidence. e offer a legitimate Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu martial arts program in a friendly, safe and positive environment. Accept no imitations. Learn from one of the world’s best, Julio “Foca” Fernandez, CBJJ and IBJJF certified 6th Degree Blac Belt, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu instructor under Carlson Gracie Sr. teaching in Vermont, born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil! A 5-time Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu National Featherweight Champion and 3-time Rio de Janeiro State Champion, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Mon.-Fri., 6-9 p.m. & Sat., 10 a.m. 1st class is free. Location: Vermont Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, 55 Leroy Rd., Williston. Info: 660-4072, julio@ bjjusa.com, vermontbjj.com.

2016: A YEAR OF MINDFULNESS!: Want more peace, joy, and freedom in your life? Make 2016 more mindful and join us at Exquisite Mind Studio, downtown Burlington’s dogma-free mindfulness community. Come to a class or special event. Nina La Rosa, a Basic Mindfulness facilitator, guides weekly offerings suitable for beginners and experienced practitioners. Tue., 12:15-1 p.m.; Wed., 6-7:30 p.m. $5-20 suggested donation; no one turned away for lack of funds. Location: Exquisite Mind Studio, 88 King St. Suite 101, Burlington. Info: Nina La Rosa, 735-2265, nina@ ninalarosa.com, ninalarosa.com/ schedule.

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ART OF TAI CHI CHUAN: Begin learning this supreme internal art to cultivate and sustain well being of body, mind, and spirit passed traditionally through the Tung Family Lineage. Experience the bliss of true nature through practice of teachings which include: Yang Style Long Form Slow Set Postures & Sequence; Complementary Exercises & Qigong; Yin/Yang Theo y & Guiding Principles; Push Hands Partner Practice; and Mindfulness Meditation shared by Madeleine Piat-Landolt & Andreas Landolt-Hoene. Registration for classes is requested. All Level Weekly Classes, Wed. (ongoing), 5:30-7 p.m. $15/class or $60/mo. Tai Chi for Health, Thu., 10-11 a.m., Jan. 14-Mar. 17 (10 weeks). $135. Saturday Seminar Series: Fundamentals of Tai Chi Chuan, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Mar. 5. $85. Location: McClure Center, 241 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: Madeleine Piat-Landolt, 4533690, whitecloudarts@gmail. com, whitecloudarts.org.

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THE CRAFT OF WRITING CHILDREN’S PICTURE BOOKS: Join award-winning children’s picture book author and Flying Pig Bookstore co-owner Elizabeth Bluemle in this annual workshop, which will be tailored to the mix of people attending. Learn how to craft one of the most challenging and fun writing forms in a genial environment with a masterful instructor. 6 Wed., Feb. 10 & 17 & Mar. 2, 9, 16 & 23, 6:30-8 p.m. Cost: $125/ person. Location: The Writer’s Barn, 233 Falls Rd., Shelburne. Info: 9227641, lin@voicesofvermonters. org, voicesofvermonters.org.

HOT YOGA BURLINGTON: Feeling stuck, overwhelmed, stressed, restless or just bored? Come try something different! Yes, it’s yoga, you know, stretching and stuff. But we make it different. How? Come and see. Hot Yoga Burlington is Vermont’s first Far Infrared heated hot oga studio, experience it! Get hot: 2-for-1 offer. $15. Location: North End Studio B, 294 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: 999-9963, hotyogaburlingtonvt.com.

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SNAKE-STYLE TAI CHI CHUAN: The ang Snake Style is a dynamic tai chi method that mobilizes the spine while stretching and strengthening the core body muscles. Practicing this ancient martial art increases strength, flexibili y, vitality, peace of mind and martial skill. Beginner classes Sat. mornings & Wed. evenings. Call to view a class. Location: Bao Tak Fai Tai Chi Institute, 100 Church St., Burlington. Info: 864-7902, ipfamilytaichi.org.

MICRO MEMOIRS & LIFE STORIES WITH MICHELLE DEMERS: Shortform flash fiction also works w l for memoir and nonfiction writing Writing short-short pieces (200700 words) shines a laser focus on the most important aspects of your story, highlighting key people, places and events. Discover how short, intense bursts of writing can illuminate the larger truths of our lives. 6 Mon., Mar. 7, 14 & 28 & Apr. 4, 11 & 18, 6:30-8 p.m. Cost: $125/ person. Location: The Writer’s Barn, 233 Falls Rd., Shelburne. Info: 9227641, lin@voicesofvermonters.org, voicesofvermonters.org.

YOGA ROOTS: Yoga Roots strives to provide community experiences that promote healing on all levels with a daily schedule of yoga classes for all ages and abilities. We aim to clarify your mind, strengthen your body and ignite your joyful spirit through classes such as Anusura-inspired, Restorative, Heated Vinyasa Flow, Gentle, Prenatal, Teen, Kundalini and Energy Yoga! Check out our special offerings: Sacred Sound Sanctuary w/ Melinda Kinzie: Jan. 29, 5:30-6:30 p.m.; Kirtan w/ Charlie Nardozzi & friends: Jan. 30, 7-8:30 p.m.; Feldenkrais: Freeing up the Shoulders w/ Uwe Mester: Feb. 6, 3-5 p.m. Location: Yoga Roots, 120 Graham Way, Shelburne Green Business Park behind Folino’s. Info: 985-0090, yogarootsvt.com.

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LEARNING TO FLY: A SHAMANIC APPROACH TO TRAUMA: Learning to travel safely through inner landscapes is at the root of many shamanic traditions. This can be cha lenging for those who have faced trauma. In this workshop, we will explore the inner journey and discuss skills for exploring inner worlds with safety and compassion. Preregistration is necessary. By donation. Led by Michael Watson, LCMHC. Sat., Feb. 13, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Location: JourneyWorks, 1205 North Ave., Burlington. Info: 860-6203, journeyworksvt. com.

DABBLERS & SUNDAY POETS: Join poet Daniel Lusk for a weekly session, sharing your own new work in a comfortable and convivial environment. Winner of a 2016 Pushcart Prize for his genre-bending essay “Bomb,” Daniel is author of the Vermeer Suite (Wind Ridge) and is a senior lecturer emeritus at UVM. 5 Tue., March 8, 15, 22 & 29 & Apr. 5, 6:30-8 p.m. Cost: $100/ person. Location: The Writer’s Barn, 233 Falls Rd., Shelburne. Info: 9227641, lin@voicesofvermonters.org, voicesofvermonters.org.

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EMPOWER PILATES: Groove With the Oov is a new class allowing the core to move correctly in a 3D way. Not a BOSU or roller! Stability, Mobility & Spinal Health will prepare you for training for the marathon, upcoming golf season or dreaded housework. Classes taught by physical therapist Mary Grunvald. Weekly on Thu., 5-5:45 p.m. or by appt. Please preregister. Cost: $15/class. Location: Empower Pilates, 905 Roosevelt Hwy., Suite 100, Colchester. Info: 316-7249.

EVOLUTION YOGA: Evolution Yoga and Physical Thera y offers yoga classes for beginners, experts, athletes, desk jockeys, teachers, fitness enthusiasts, people with who think they are inflexible. Choose from a wide variety of classes and workshops in Vinyasa, Kripalu, Core, Gentle, Vigorous, Philosophy, Yoga Wall, Therapeutics and Alignment. Become part of our yoga community. You are welcome here. Cost: $15/class; $130/10-class card; $5-10/community classes. Location: Evolution Yoga, 20 Kilburn St., Burlington. Info: 8649642, evolutionvt.com.

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ART & WRITING WITH PATRICIA FONTAINE: Participants use simple exercises to explore art and writing to reduce stress. With masters’ degrees in counseling psychology and transformative language arts, Patricia Fontaine has taught expressive art and writing courses for many years sharing that “writing benefits our li es and health in positive ways.” No writing, art experience necessary! Sat., Mar. 19, 10 a.m.-noon. Cost: $20/person. Location: The Writer’s Barn, 233 Falls Rd., Shelburne. Info: 922-7641, lin@voicesofvermonters.org, voicesofvermonters.org.

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t’s a little-known fact that Waking Windows, the annual citywide indie-music festival in Winooski, actually has its roots across state lines in Peterborough, N.H. The small southern New Hampshire town is home to its own indie fest, the Thing in the Spring. Like WW, TITS — hey, it’s just the acronym — turns the bars, shops and galleries of downtown Peterborough into one big rock club. Also like WW, the festival presents an array of up-and-coming indie and experimental bands as well as visual and craft artists. The Thing in the Spring was the direct inspiration for Waking Windows, thanks to a chance meeting between WW cofounder Nick Mavodones and TITS cofounder Eric Gagne several years ago. In addition to founding the New Hampshire festival with his wife, Gagne is also a musician. His band, Footings, is set to release its debut full-length album, Alienation, later this month. If you dig the sounds found each May at Waking Windows, you’d do well to give Alienation a spin — or check out Footings when they play ArtsRiot in Burlington this Saturday, January 30. Alienation is a moody, scrappy little record — in much the same way WW and TITS are scrappy little festivals. Gagne is a voracious reader and listener — his day job is manning the record section at an indie bookshop in Peterborough called the Toadstool. And his music reflects those passions. He writes with a wry, pointed sensibility, musing on intertwining themes of travel, faith and identity. He has a low-key, weary croon that bears shades of Lou Barlow. This is set against a tattered canvas of punchy and occasionally pitchy guitars, alternately jittery and swooning strings, and sauntering drums. The effect calls to mind the work of fellow New England favorites Brown Bird or the Low Anthem, albeit a good deal scruffier. In advance of Footings’ upcoming Burlington gig, Seven Days caught up with Gagne by phone before his shift at the bookstore. SEVEN DAYS: We’ll dig into your new record shortly, but I wanted to start by touching on the connection between the ˜ ing in the Spring and Waking Windows. Because Waking Windows likely wouldn’t exist if it weren’t for the ˜ ing in the Spring. ERIC GAGNE: Well, I would say that Nick Mavodones is a big part of the reason why the Thing in the Spring exists the way it does. We started doing it in the 2006, and I met Nick at either the third or fourth one. And when I met him, it was like a “long-lost brother” kind of thing. And I don’t think I’m unique in having that experience with him. But he just jumped right in, like, “Hey, you need a hand with that?” I’ve been booking DIY and basement shows for 20 years, but I didn’t have as much experience doing more legit and pro bands, the calibration and

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coordination that he does. I don’t think he set about to do this, but his advice and presence has been like onthe-job training where you hire someone who knows more about the job than you do. SD: What’s the music scene like in your neck of the woods? EG: It’s really vibrant, if you’re into jam bands. SD: ˜ at sounds vaguely familiar… EG: Actually, “vibrant” might be a misnomer. There’s a great pub here called Harlow’s that has music three or four nights a week, and they always help us out with the Thing in the Spring. But it’s a bar. It’s not like the whole audience is sitting quietly paying attention. And then there’s the Peterborough Folk Music Society, which is mostly older people, and they have mostly the same groups coming in every year. Kind of the Greg Brown scene. I was doing a lot of DIY shows here in the bookstore, but then my wife and I had a baby, and I

thought that, if I’m going to be away at night, I want to be doing my own music. There are a few colleges nearby, but it’s hard to get kids to come out. I’m really trying to learn how to connect with some of them, because it’s hard to know what’s going to appeal to them. So it made more sense to me, since I was spending all year planning and booking the Thing in the Spring, to focus all of my energy on that. Anyway, I don’t even know if there are rock bands at the high school. My wife is an art teacher there, and I know a few kids are DJs. So, as far as I’m concerned, the Thing in the Spring is the one real bastion of unique, independent music we have in the area. SD: What’s your musical history? EG: My first touring band was called Death to Tyrants. It was an instrumental experimental band. We did FIND YOUR FOOTING

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Lounge safe.” Rapatski then turned to his club’s place in the local music scene. “We have been one of the most diverse entertainment venues in Burlington since opening, showcasing a variety of genres including hip-hop,” he wrote. “We look forward to continuing to support all music genres and our local music scene.” Whether those statements will satisfy members of the local hip-hop community remains to be seen. But I suppose Rapatski could just ask them himself. Zen Lounge was the site of a local hip-hop summit in November, a meeting of the minds among local artists, promoters and other assorted figures connected to the scene on how best to promote and unify the genre in Burlington. The place has become a hub for local hip-hop, which makes it all the more unfortunate that it was thrown under the bus. I’m in no position to speculate on just what exactly ails Zen Lounge — I’ll leave that to Rapatski and the city. But the problem is not hip-hop. If it were, then Nectar’s, Club Metronome, Higher Ground, Red Square, the Monkey House, ArtsRiot, Signal Kitchen, Radio Bean and any number of other local venues that book hip-hop would experience similar issues. By and large, they don’t. As it has been for decades, though, hip-hop is a convenient fall guy, an art form too widely viewed as a symptom and cause of societal ills, rather than a window upon them. But I’m willing to give Rapatski the benefit of the doubt. Defending his livelihood against officials with the power to strip him of it — not to mention grappling with the grim notion that events in his nightclub may have preceded a murder — he may well have just panicked and said something dumb he now regrets. If Rapatski does intend to continue booking hip-hop, the proof will be found on the club’s calendar. That’s provided Zen Lounge will be allowed to stay open — and that local rappers and DJs will still line up to play there.

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revoke the club’s liquor license. At a subcommittee hearing last week, Lt. PAUL GLYNN cited a laundry list of issues with Zen Lounge, not the least of which included an alleged history of failing to cooperate with police investigations and frequent violence at and outside of the Church Street nightclub. Most notoriously, a fatal shooting on the street in late December is alleged to have stemmed from an altercation inside the club. Addressing the subcommittee in an effort to show he’s reforming the club’s culture, Rapatski told city councilors, “We’re just not going to book any more hip-hop.” That sound you’re hearing (again) is the needle scratching off the turntables of every hip-hop DJ in town. The other sound you’re hearing is me slamming my head against my desk. Rapatski quickly added that he would still book certain local hiphop acts. But the damage was already done; the epitaph, er, headline written. The response from the local hip-hop community, especially on social media, could be summed up by a certain 2013 YO GOTTI track. (That would be “F.U.” featuring MEEK MILL.) In an email to Seven Days late last week, Rapatski regretted singling out hip-hop as a source of his club’s recent woes. “I should not have identified a music genre, and I immediately clarified that we would continue booking hip-hop acts,” he wrote, citing the Lynguistic Civilians as an example. “At the moment, I was trying to suggest changes we could make as part of our commitment to cooperate with city officials to keep downtown and Zen

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It’s been a rough few months for local hip-hop. In November, Noisey, the music arm of online news website VICE, published a piece called “Phorget PHISH: Burlington’s Music Scene Goes Way Beyond Jam Bands and Ice Cream.” Written by freelancer RAY PADGETT, the piece offered a lively, wide-angle view of the local scene. It gave some muchappreciated national shine to beloved BTV acts such as MADAILA, KELLY RAVIN and BLACK RABBIT, among many others, in an effort to illuminate bands toiling in the long, omnipresent shadow of Phish — and Cherry Garcia, apparently. Frustratingly, one rather significant segment of the local scene was overlooked: hip-hop. Actually, “overlooked” is the wrong word. Padgett penned the journalistic equivalent of a dis track by writing, “I remain unconvinced the city is pulling its weight in hip-hop, perhaps a symptom of a broader issue: Vermont is the second whitest state in the country.” As the LYNGUISTIC CIVILIANS’ BRIAN WALSH put it when I spoke to him shortly after Padgett’s story ran, “It would have been better if he hadn’t mentioned local hiphop at all.” Padgett ain’t the only one who might have been better off not invoking the words “hip-hop.” ROBERT RAPATSKI is the owner of Burlington nightclub Zen Lounge. As reported by several local news outlets, he has recently come under fire from city officials and BTV police, the latter of whom called for city councilors to

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Find Your Footing « P.60 a couple records on Clean Plate in western Mass. I don’t know what you’d call it. It was kind of screamo before screamo meant kids with eyeliner, when it literally meant screaming music. Though we were instrumental and did it without screaming. After that, I started playing with my buddy Austin [Wright] in a band called Redwing Blackbird. Then I started doing solo stuff under the name Passerine. But then this joker in Florida started harassing me about changing the name because he had a band called Passerine. SD: Uh-oh. EG: I was like, “Dude, let’s wait until one of us gets famous and worry about it then.” So I dodged him for, like, a year. But then he was like [in a nasally voice], “I’m coming up there to tour, and I want you to change that name.” I got pretty sick of the guy. Anyway, I had started working on a new record and had recorded a bunch of it. But then I started playing with Dustin [Cote], who was the drummer from Bunny’s A Swine, one of my favorite New England bands — they’re from Northampton. And it completely changed the songs in a really good way. So we started the record again, and his partner, [Elisabeth] Fuchsia, who I had no idea played viola and violin, started doing these cool string arrangements. And it became a new thing, and we became Footings. SD: In what ways did they change your music? EG: Everyone has rhythm. Like, I’m not a bad dancer or anything. But if I’m just playing by myself, there is a different meditative quality. And it’s hard to imagine what the beat would be and let that inform your playing. So to hear Dustin react to a song and have it be natural, I’m able to react to that. I feel it made the music more honest, because there is a natural chemistry driving the songs, instead of me trying to compose all of the feeling. And then the strings do a similar thing. They imbue the songs with another dimension. It’s nice to write with them. The songs almost become more relatable because you have a number of different perspectives shaping what you’re doing. It’s not so one-sided or egocentric. Not that that’s a bad thing. But it’s more pluralized. SD: Lyrically, what did you draw inspiration from? EG: I always loved this Jimi Hendrix

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interview where he said that when he writes lyrics, he writes about what’s happening, what’s happened and what he wants to happen. So it’s a mix of past, present and future. So some of it is fictional, some is from experience and some is from the imagination. I read a lot and listen to a lot of folks. So I dig from all that stuff. Murakami to Cormac McCarthy, the classics. Musically, I listen to everything from Coltrane to Jay Z, Bob Dylan, Morphine. I don’t know that there’s a particular well I draw from, except to make sure it’s my own well as much as possible. SD: I always sort of hate asking that question. It’s like asking a novelist, “Where do stories come from?” Th answer is almost always, “I don’t know. They just come.” EG: For me, I practice every day, and then one day I have a new song. You know when you’re trying to find a station on the radio, like, looking for the football game? You know it’s on the radio somewhere. So you try to find it. And there’s all this static. But you can hear that somebody is talking about sports. You can hear the announcers and the crowd. But you can’t really make it out. So you tweak the dials until it becomes clear. Songwriting is kind of like that for me. m

INFO Footings play with Jeff Beam and locals Paper Castles and Henry Jamison on Saturday, January 30, 8:30 p.m., at ArtsRiot in Burlington $5/8. AA. Alienation by Footings is available on February 19.

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Moving on, local house music fans may have noticed that one of the area’s premier crews, NEXUS ARTIST MANAGEMENT, has been oddly quiet of late. And no, you haven’t gone deaf from years of pounding bass. NAM really has kept a low profile in early 2016 and will

continue to do so for the next few weeks. But with good reason. As cofounder and DJ JUSTIN REMILLARD informs 7D, NAM has signed on as a regional partner for the SXMusic Festival in Saint Martin. That’s a new festival on the Caribbean island in March, geared toward house and techno fans — read: not EDM fans, so keep

that SKRILLEX tank top packed away, bro. And SXM is not to be confused with SXSW (South by Southwest), which also happens in March. SXM is Saint Martin’s airport code. Anyway, NAM is one of 58 promoters chosen worldwide to put the newbie fest together. And it’s a full-time gig, so don’t expect to see Sunday Night Mass or any of its other local shows until April or May. Though if you really miss them, you could book a spring-break trip to house music paradise. The fest runs from March 9 to 13. For details, check out sxmusicfestival.com. This week in DAVID BOWIE tributes: Shameless company shilling! That’s right, 7D is throwing a Bowie bash of its own. It’s called Stardust: A David Bowie Tribute, and it’s this Thursday, January 28, at the Higher Ground Showcase Lounge in South Burlington. The estimable DJ LLU is hosting the event, which features a Bowie-themed karaoke contest, a glam dance party with DJ DISCO PHANTOM, a costume contest, face painting, and performances by CRAIG MITCHELL, the DIRTY BLONDES and more. BACK SABBATH fans, take note: Local

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A peek at what was on my iPod, turntable, eight-track player, etc., this week. TORTOISE, The Catastrophist TY SEGALL, Emotional Mugger SAVAGES, Adore Life KYLE KINANE, “I Liked His Old Stuff Better” ALEX DE GRASSI, Now & Then, Folk Songs for the 21st Century

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Last but not least, congrats to foulmouthed local rockers TOUCHPANTS. The most gleefully offensive band we know in Burlington, or anywhere, has been tabbed to play this year’s Bonnaroo Music + Arts Festival in June. Yes, really.

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CLUB METRONOME: Gubbulidis with Mihali & Zdenek of Twiddle (acoustic jam), 8 p.m., $5/10. 18+.

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THE DAILY PLANET: Zach DuPont (indie folk), 8 p.m., free. THE GRYPHON: Al Teodosio & Tom Fink (jazz), 7 p.m., free. HALFLOUNGE SPEAKEASY: DJ Learic (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free. JP’S PUB: Pub Quiz with Dave, 7 p.m., free. Karaoke with Melody, 10 p.m., free. JUNIPER: Ray Vega/Mercurii Ensemble (jazz), 8 p.m., free. LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Irish Sessions, 8 p.m., free. Film Night: Indie, Abstract, Avant Garde, 10 p.m., free. MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Open Mic with Andy Lugo, 9 p.m., free. NECTAR’S: Vinyl Night with Disco Phantom & Heloise & the Savoir Faire (eclectic), 6 p.m., free. ˜ e Red Newts, Deb Brisson & the Hay Burners (country, blues), 9 p.m., free/$5. 18+. RADIO BEAN: Pat Lambdin (singer-songwriter), 7 p.m., free. Melon (multifaceted covers), 10:30 p.m., free. RED SQUARE: DJ Pat (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free. THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Josh Panda’s Acoustic Soul Night, 8 p.m., $5-10 donation. VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Standup Open Mic, 7 p.m., free. 18+. ZEN LOUNGE: Kizomba with Dsantos VT, 7 p.m., free. Zensday College Night, 10 p.m., free/$5. 18+.

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chittenden county MONKEY HOUSE: Ben Slotnick (folk), 8:30 p.m., free/$5. 18+. ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Blues Jam with Collin Craig Trio, 7 p.m., free.

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THE SKINNY PANCAKE (MONTPELIER): Cajun Jam with Jay Ekis, Lee Blackwell, Alec Ellsworth & Katie Trautz, 6 p.m., $5-10 donation. SWEET MELISSA’S: Wine Down with D. Davis (acoustic), 5 p.m., free. ˜ e Shanty Rats (folk), 7:30 p.m., free.

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stowe/smuggs area MOOGS PLACE: Live Music, 8 p.m., free.

PIECASSO PIZZERIA & LOUNGE: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free. RUSTY NAIL: Open Mic, 9:30 p.m., free.

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CITY LIMITS: Karaoke, 9 p.m., free. TWO BROTHERS TAVERN LOUNGE & STAGE: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.

PARKER PIE CO.: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.

NAKED TURTLE: Jay Lesage (acoustic), 5:30 p.m., free. OLIVE RIDLEY’S: So You Want to Be a DJ?, 10 p.m., free.

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ARTSRIOT: Square Dance, 7:30 p.m., $10. AA. CHURCH & MAIN: Cody Sargent Trio (jazz), 8 p.m., free. THE DAILY PLANET: Paul Asbell & Clyde Stats (jazz), 8 p.m., free. DRINK: BLiNDoG Records Acoustic Sessions, 5 p.m., free. FINNIGAN’S PUB: Craig Mitchell (funk), 10 p.m., free. FRANNY O’S: Karaoke, 9 p.m., free. HALFLOUNGE SPEAKEASY: Half & Half Comedy (standup comedy), 8 p.m., free. Harder ˜ ey Come (house), 10:30 p.m., free. LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Dwight Richter (blues), 8 p.m., free. NECTAR’S: Trivia Mania, 7 p.m., free. Bluegrass ˜ ursday: Dojo, 10 p.m., $2/5. 18+.

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RADIO BEAN: Jazz Sessions with Julian Chobot, 6:30 p.m., free. Colin Lenox (jazz), 7 p.m., free. Shane Hardiman Trio (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free. Soul Sessions, 10:30 p.m., free.

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RED SQUARE: Dirthouse (rock), 6 p.m., free. D Jay Baron (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.

dance floors, but just beneath the surface of those pounding strains is an undercurrent of moody soulfulness and musical curiosity. As his name implies, his compositions are fluid and, yes, strange. Touring in support of

RED SQUARE BLUE ROOM: DJ Cre8, 10 p.m., free.

his newly launched record label Wakaan, Liquid Stranger plays the Higher Ground Showcase Lounge in South

RÍ RÁ IRISH PUB & WHISKEY ROOM: DJ Kermit (top 40), 10 p.m., free. THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Chris Bathgate (singer-songwriter), 8 p.m., $8/10.

Perfect Stranger Though he’s most often described as a dubstep act, DJ and producer

on a nebulous sonic plane that defies easy categorization. His beats are designed to rock sweaty

Burlington on Saturday, January 30, with SPACE JESUS and AU5.

stowe/smuggs area MOOGS PLACE: Open Mic, 8 p.m., free.

VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Life of the Party (improv comedy), 7 p.m., $5.

SUSHI YOSHI (STOWE): Andrew Moroz/Zach Harmon Trio (modern jazz), 4:30 p.m., free.

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HIGHER GROUND BALLROOM: Greensky Bluegrass, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades (bluegrass), 8 p.m., $20/22. AA.

CITY LIMITS: ˜ rottle ˜ ursdays with DJ Gold, 9 p.m., free.

HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: Stardust: A David Bowie Tribute, ., $10. AA.

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MONKEY HOUSE: Made by Robots, Cworner Stwore (jazz), 8:30 p.m., $3/8. 18+. ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Left Eye Jump (blues), 7 p.m., free. PENALTY BOX: Karaoke, 8 p.m., free.

TWO BROTHERS TAVERN: DJ Blinie (hip-hop), 9 p.m., free.

PARKER PIE CO.: Parker Pie Music Night, 7:30 p.m., free.

outside vermont OLIVE RIDLEY’S: Karaoke, 9 p.m., free.

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WHAMMY BAR: Ron Sweet (folk), 7 p.m., free.

242 MAIN: Doom Service, Carraway, Phantom Suns (punk), 7 p.m., NA.

SWEET MELISSA’S: BYOV ˜ ursdays, 3 p.m., free.

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BLEU NORTHEAST SEAFOOD: James Harvey (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free. CLUB METRONOME: ’90s Night with DJ Luis Calderin, 10 p.m., free/$5.

Encounters (funk, jazz, hip-hop), 11:30 p.m., free. RED SQUARE: Kragg’ll Rock (rock), 4 p.m., free. Flux Capacitor (rock), 8 p.m., free. DJ Craig Mitchell (house), 11 p.m., $5.

JERICHO CAFÉ & TAVERN: Leno, Cheney & Young (rock), 7 p.m., free. MONKEY HOUSE: 4 Hot Minutes (Red Hot Chili Peppers), 9 p.m., $3/8. 18+.

RED SQUARE BLUE ROOM: D Jay Baron (EDM), 9 p.m., $5.

ON TAP BAR & GRILL: King Me (rock), 5 p.m., free. Radio Flyer (rock), 9 p.m., free.

HALFLOUNGE SPEAKEASY: 2K Deep Presents (house), 9 p.m., free.

RÍ RÁ IRISH PUB & WHISKEY ROOM: Supersounds DJ (top 40), 10 p.m., free.

WATERWORKS FOOD + DRINK: Japhy Ryder (experimental groove), 9:30 p.m., free.

JUNIPER: Tim McKenzie and Friends (bluegrass), 9 p.m., free.

RUBEN JAMES: DJ Cre8 (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.

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LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Kali Stoddard-Imari (singersongwriter), 8 p.m., free. Taka (vinyl DJ), 11 p.m., free.

VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Good Cop/Great Cop (standup), 7 & 9:30 p.m., $15. Comedy Roulette (standup), 11 p.m., free.

NECTAR’S: Seth Yacovone (solo acoustic blues), 7 p.m., free. Seth Yacovone Band, Fink (blues), 9 p.m., $5.

ZEN LOUNGE: Salsa Night with Jah Red (Latin), 9 p.m., $5.

RADIO BEAN: Friday Morning Sing-Along with Linda Bassick & Friends (kids’ music), 11 a.m., free. Molly Brüle (folk), 6 p.m., free. Art Herttua (jazz), 7 p.m., free. Eddie Marsh Folk Trio, 8:30 p.m., free. José Oyola & the Astronauts (indie rock), 10 p.m., free. Pocket Protector and Close

BACKSTAGE PUB: Acoustic Happy Hour, 5 p.m., free. Karaoke with Jenny Red, 9 p.m., free.

DRINK: Headphone Jack, Guthrie Galileo (hip-hop, electronic), 9 p.m., free.

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HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: Dead Sessions (Grateful Dead tribute), 9 p.m., $7/12. AA.

BAGITOS BAGEL & BURRITO CAFÉ: Squirrel’s Crackers (country, blues), 6 p.m., donation. CHARLIE-O’S WORLD FAMOUS: Abby Jenne & Doug Perkins (acoustic soul), 6 p.m., free. Squid Parade (prog rock), 8:30 p.m., free. LA PUERTA NEGRA: Sara Grace (soul, rock), 9 p.m., $5. Sara Grace (soul), 9 p.m., $5. THE SKINNY PANCAKE (MONTPELIER): Maseﬁeld Perkins Acoustic Duo, 7 p.m., free. FRI.29

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REVIEW this Idan Raichel, At the Edge of the Beginning

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As composer and ringleader of the world-music group the Idan Raichel Project, Israeli singer-songwriter Idan Raichel brings together musicians from dozens of countries, from Ethiopia to Colombia to Germany. The group works in a variety of languages and instruments, creating a cross-cultural, genre-defying sound. In 2003, IRP broke onto the international stage with the success of the global-pop tune “Bo’ee (Come to Me).” Raichel and company soon caught the ear of Jacob Edgar, founder of Charlotte-based record label Cumbancha. Raichel has since released multiple albums with Cumbancha, both with the Idan Raichel Project and with another umbrella group, the TouréRaichel Collective. Turning his attention inward, Raichel recently released his first solo album, At the Edge of the Beginning, also on Cumbancha. Recorded in the basement

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the hyper-prolific multi-instrumentalist and songwriter still sneaks onto several songs on backup vocals, along with Eric Wisowaty and Josh Zelazny. It’s fitting that Mount Doom was released on cassette — by Boston label Endless Bummer Records, which was founded by Vermont ex-pat Jim Gray. The format both suits the material and pushes all the right nostalgia buttons. Gonyea’s tasteful design work rounds out the retro stylings. Live From Mount Doom is a fun, fast ride with a bittersweet backstory — Gonyea has moved to Seattle, and Larsen will soon depart for Boston. That’s not the end, however. Having emerged from the ashes of a previous band, 10K Volt Ghost, Doom Service will march onward with new members. Gonyea and Larsen will be missed in the BTV punk scene, but they may have created an unkillable party machine. That’s a hell of an appropriate legacy. Doom Service play a farewell show for Larsen at 242 Main in Burlington on Friday, January 29. Live From Mount Doom is available at endlessbummerrecs. bandcamp.com.

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Doom Service live up to their diabolical pun of a name. The Burlington band is composed of musical monsters spawned from a stew of melodic punk, is inspired by old horror and sci-fi movie samples, and is seemingly motivated by a burning urge to have fun. The group’s latest project, Live From Mount Doom, is a slickly produced seven-song set that celebrates a very ’90s sound somewhere between Pennywise and NOFX. As almost any punk would agree, that’s not a bad place to be. Song titles such as “1.21 Gigawatts?! Great Scott!!” and “Welcome to the

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Hellmouth” signal what listeners are in for here. This is abrasively catchy, heavily referential stuff from a tight band that is having a blast. A haze of “Scooby-Doo” and “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” jokes contributes to an endearingly loose vibe. And, to borrow another pop-culture reference, the amps are definitely turned up to 11. Doom Service may not take themselves too seriously, but they do have serious chops. The band has no real lead vocalist, however. Those duties are shared by the members, who perform by credibly, especially by the cheerfully atonal standards of punk rock. More impressive are the guitar pyrotechnics from Justin Gonyea (a former Seven Days designer) on rhythm and Jeff Foran on lead. Without question, they’re both in charge on every track here. Since the days of the Sex Pistols, the bass guitar has often been more seen than heard in punk rock. However, in Doom Service, Roy Larsen is rocksolid against the walls of power chords. And he is locked in with drummer Ryan McGrath, a precision propulsion machine. On this recording, McGrath fills in for original drummer Tyler Daniel Bean, who was out with a foot injury. But

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of his parents’ house in Israel, it represents a literal and figurative journey home. Addressing themes of family, the life cycle and love, At the Edge of the Beginning is a deeply personal album guided by Raichel’s soft and stirring vocals. One need not understand Hebrew to experience his emotions. Yet translations of his simple, short and evocative lines reveal a gifted lyricist. “Ha’Yad Ha’Chama (The Warm Hand)” explores loneliness and the emotions that hand gestures can communicate. Translated from Hebrew: “Ho, the warm hand / Ho, touch of comfort / It’s been a long time since I heard a soft knock / A guest from near or far.” On “Ei Boded (Lonely Island),” Raichel muses that if one is to die, “May it be near the cries of babies.” Similarly, “Yalda Shelli Ktana (Little Girl of Mine)” is a gentle lullaby of sorts to his daughters.

“Ma’aglalim (Circles)” reprises traditional Israeli folk-pop instrumentals and echoes the themes of returning to one’s home and heart. “At the place where the day ends / at the time the heart begins / night returns and takes over / and circles close,” Raichel sings. The album also marks some instrumental firsts for the musician, who is primarily a pianist. This is his first time recording drums and experimenting with basic guitar riffs. Guest musicians do appear, but not in the same quantity as with Raichel’s group projects. With the closer “Lifney She’Yigamer (Before It Ends),” he urges us, “Be not afraid to lose along the way / to get up every morning / and to go out into the world / and to try everything before it ends.” At the Edge of the Beginning is both a reflective pause and a starting point for Idan Raichel. His first solo effort is less an attempt to break down cultural barriers than a meditation on the personal, the ancestral and the familiar. The gorgeous work reveals an introspective artist in personal transition. At the Edge of the Beginning by Idan Raichel is available at cumbancha.com.

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tribute), 7 p.m., $5. Mashtodon (hip-hop), 11 p.m., $5. RED SQUARE BLUE ROOM: DJ Raul, 6 p.m., $5. DJ Reign One (EDM), 11 p.m., $5. RUBEN JAMES: Craig Mitchell (house), 10 p.m., free. SIGNAL KITCHEN: Steak Frites III, 9 p.m., free. THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Japhy Ryder (improvisational rock), 9 p.m., free. VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Yonic Tonic (standup), ., free. Good Cop/Great Cop (standup), 7 & 9:30 p.m., $15. Comedy Roulette (standup), 11 p.m., free.

chittenden county GOOD TIMES CAFÉ: Michael Jerome Browne (Americana), 8:30 p.m., $15.

HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: Liquid Stranger, Space Jesus, Au5 (electronic), 8:30 p.m., $15/17. AA.

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cuts from the likes of Mississippi John Hurt, Barbecue Bob, Blind Lemon Jefferson and others, Browne exposes the gritty heart of rural blues and adds his own virtuosic touch. He plays an intimate show at the Good Time Café in Hinesburg on Saturday, January 30. FRI.29

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SWEET MELISSA’S: Honky Tonk Happy Hour with Mark LeGrand, 5 p.m., free. Michelle Sarah Band (soul), 9 p.m., $5.

PHAT KATS TAVERN: 3 Rivers (rock), 9:30 p.m., free.

WHAMMY BAR: Green Mountain Playboys (Cajun), 7:30 p.m., free.

MONOPOLE: Formula 5 (rock), 10 p.m., free.

stowe/smuggs area

MONOPOLE DOWNSTAIRS: Happy Hour Tunes & Trivia with Gary Peacock, 5 p.m., free.

MOOGS PLACE: Tim Brick & George Seymour Duo (country), 9 p.m., free. RIMROCK’S MOUNTAIN TAVERN: DJ Rekkon #FridayNightFrequencies (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free. RUSTY NAIL: Big Mean Sound Machine, the Cop-Outs (Afrobeat, Celtic punk), 8 p.m., $8.

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CITY LIMITS: City Limits Dance Party with Top Hat Entertainment (Top 40), 9:30 p.m., free.

outside vermont

HALFLOUNGE SPEAKEASY: Patchen & Roberts (jam), 7 p.m., free. Funhouse with DJs Rob Douglas & Chia (house), 10 p.m., free. JP’S PUB: Karaoke with Megan, 10 p.m., free. JUNIPER: Barbacoa (surf), 9 p.m., free.

BAGITOS BAGEL & BURRITO CAFÉ: Irish Session, 2 p.m., donation. Pat Lambdin (folk), 6 p.m., free. ESPRESSO BUENO: Man Bites Bingo (game), 8 p.m., free. SWEET MELISSA’S: Dave Langevin (solo piano), 6 p.m., free. Jeff Salisbury Band (rock), 9 p.m., $5. WHAMMY BAR: Bob Hannan and Geoff Hewitt (acoustic), 7:30 p.m., free.

stowe/smuggs area

RADIO BEAN: Cup of Comedy: A Standup Showcase, 8:30 p.m., free. Static Circus (rock), 10:30 p.m., free.

northeast kingdom

BLEU NORTHEAST SEAFOOD: Paul Asbell & Clyde Stats (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free.

PARKER PIE CO.: Granite Junction String Junction (bluegrass), 8 p.m., $5.

outside vermont

MONOPOLE: Lost Boys, Model 97 (rock), 10 p.m., free.

burlington

JP’S PUB: Open Mic with Kyle, 9 p.m., free. LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Storytelling VT, 7:30 p.m., free. NECTAR’S: Big Something (rock, funk), 9 p.m., free/$5. 18+. RADIO BEAN: Gua Gua (psychotropical jazz), 6:30 p.m., free. Lily Sickles (rock), 9 p.m., free. Honky Tonk Tuesday with Eric George & Friends, 10 p.m., $3.

ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.

BACKSTAGE PUB: Karaoke/ Open Mic, 8 p.m., free.

WATERWORKS FOOD + DRINK: Mihali from Twiddle (acoustic), 8 p.m., free.

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SWEET MELISSA’S: Live Band Rock & Roll Karaoke, 8 p.m., free.

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HALFLOUNGE SPEAKEASY: Family Night (open jam), 10:30 p.m., free. JP’S PUB: Dance Video Request Night with Melody, 10 p.m., free. JUNIPER: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.

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RADIO BEAN: David Corson (folk), 5:30 p.m., free. Alex Mendenhall (soul, folk), 7 p.m., free. Smooth Hound Smith (Americana), 8:30 p.m., free. Eric George & Friends (Americana), 10 p.m., free. Freevolt (rock), 11:30 p.m., free.

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VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Feed The Mete (sketch comedy), 7 p.m., free. Standup Open Mic, 8 p.m., free.

NECTAR’S: Little Sligger, Ellen Degenerates (soul, indie rock), 9 p.m., free/$5. 18+.

CITY LIMITS: City Limits Dance Party with DJ Earl (top 40), 9:30 p.m., free.

OLIVE RIDLEY’S: Karaoke with DJ Dana Barry, 9 p.m., free.

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MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Karaoke, 9 p.m., free.

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RUSTY NAIL: Pink Talking Fish (hybrid tribute), 9 p.m., $15/18.

NECTAR’S: The Silent rees (acoustic rock), 7 p.m., free. Grippo Funk Band, 9 p.m., $7.

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LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Lamp Shop Lit Club (open reading), 8 p.m., free.

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MOOGS PLACE: Mira, Ian & Blaine (rock), 9 p.m., free.

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Journeys in Time “Navigating Memory: Exploring Place,” BCA Center B Y PA MEL A PO LSTON

emory is an unreliable narrator. Never mind its nemesis, forgetting; even our most vivid recollections of the past are colored, at the very least, by emotion and our varying ability to make sense of them. While it’s true that an entire nation can share a memory — the twin towers falling on 9/11, for example — it is also true that every individual remembers events in his or her own unique way. The same might be said of each person’s relationship to place. The title of a new art exhibit in Burlington acknowledges the potentially unknowable in memory, using terminology that suggests a ship at sea. In “Navigating Memory: Exploring Place,” which opened last week at the BCA Center, curator DJ Hellerman invites us to examine the idiosyncratic ruminations of three female artists from South Asia. The exhibit’s theme is not unusual — artists often draw on their own histories for inspiration and self-expression. It is the viewer’s task not to question their memories as if on a witness stand, but to observe how personal experiences and cultural narratives become manifest in art. At its best, art transcends those human constructs, anyway, and encourages our own leaps into the unknown. Both leaping and mystification are possible outcomes of viewing the prints, mixed-media paintings, collage and video in “Navigating Memory.” And both these potential reactions begin with the observation that “place,” for these artists, is anchored in Pakistan. Nurjahan Akhlaq and Seher Shah were born there — in 1979 and 1975, respectively. Aqsa Shakil was born in Tanzania in 1979 but grew up in Pakistan. These days, Akhlaq resides in Lahore, Pakistan, Shah in Delhi, India, and Shakil in San Francisco. All three women have traveled to and lived in multiple countries, absorbing and mixing cultures. One may imagine that, for them, the word “foreign” has lost its relevance, if not its definition. But the homeland still has a pull.

An American viewer may perceive the artworks in “Navigating Memory” as bearing more than a whiff of cultural exoticism, because of the ancient aesthetic traditions some of them reference: Islamic architecture, miniature paintings, beautiful floral ornamentation. In the dozen prints from a 2007 series titled “The Black Star,” Shah uses linedrawing versions of such motifs, robbed of color. The prints are starkly black and white, no grays; some include dark red and blue botanical elements. Among high-contrast photographic images of domed buildings and broad plazas, Shah scatters blueprint-like drawings. These architectonic images give a sense of an imagined future being built over the past, and reflect Shah’s architecture studies at the Rhode Island School of Design. In several of the prints, a pair of young boys, backs to viewer, regard these designs in the skies as one might look at passing clouds. The ornamentation, the collaged vintage portraits of men in fanciful military uniforms, and the filigreed floral details allude to Pakistan’s rich dynastic and colonial history. But Shah seems to use these images as a form of talismanic shorthand — conveying iconic, collective memory of a place. Her personal overlay is harder to read. A pastiche approach also characterizes the four paintings here by Shakil. Her mediums include watercolor — primarily black and brown — ink and precipitation: “San Francisco hail” or “Dallas rain.” The weather elements give these pictures a spattered quality and suggest they have been baptized by Shakil’s American locales. Shakil got her BA and MFA degrees from, respectively, the University of Texas at Dallas and Meadows School of the Arts, Southern Methodist University. Like Shah, she incorporates decorative patterns into her work, albeit with a lighter touch — circular motifs float in her abstracted compositions of splats, swirls and washes. She also inserts figures, such as

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f JULIE GUNDERSON: Work by the local artist

addresses themes of mortality and impermanence. Reception: Friday, February 5, 5-7 p.m. February 1-29. Info, 863-6713. North End Studios in Burlington.

f ‘POP ART PRINTS’: Thi ty-seven prints significan

to the advent of the pop art movement of the 1950s and ’60s, including works by Robert Indiana, Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein, Claes Oldenburg and Andy Warhol. Also works by the era’s female artists from the Fleming’s permanent collection, including Chryssa, Corita Kent and Marisol. Reception: Wednesday, February 10, 5:30-7 p.m. February 2-May 22. Info, 656-0750. University of Vermont Fleming Museum of Art in Burlington.

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DJ BARRY: “Love Your Barista,” a new series featuring stencils of coffee cups, with 100 percent of sales donated to the barista tip jar. January 28-April 1. Info, 479-0896. Espresso Bueno in Barre.

f ‘SALVAGE’: Group exhibition featuring more than

20 Vermont artists working with found materials, from assemblage and collage to large-scale sculpture. Reception: Saturday, January 30, 5-7 p.m. January 30-March 19. Info, 431-0204. Chandler Gallery in Randolph.

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f ‘O P E N: SAMUEL ROWLETT’: “Landscape Painting

in the Expanded Field,” an exhibition by the Landmark College assistant professor. “O P E N” is an experimental series in which art is meant to be a public and pedestrian sensorial experience, featuring explorations in light, sound, movement and technology. Artist talk: Monday, February 1, noon. Reception: Monday, February 1, 5-7 p.m. January 31-February 6. Info, 635-2356. Julian Scott Memorial Gallery, Johnson State College.

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SENIOR STUDIO ART THESIS EXHIBITION: A showcase of work in various media by advanced students completing semester-long independent projects in the Klass of 2015. January 27-31. Info, 443-6433. Johnson Memorial Building, Middlebury College.

upper valley Top & bottom opposite: from “Death in the Garden of Paradise” by Nurjahan Akhlaq Middle opposite: “The Black Star (1)” by Seher Shah Above: “Mute Legacy” by Nurjahan Akhlaq

INFO “Navigating Memory: Exploring Place,” on view through April 9 at BCA Center in Burlington. burlingtoncityarts.org

ARTIST TALK: CHRISTOPHER DELAURENTI: The Virginia-based sound artist speaks about his work as part of VCFA’s MFA in Visual Art Program Symposium. College Hall Chapel, Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, Thursda , January 28, 9 a.m. Info, 828-8703. ARTIST TALK: HILARY BERSETH: The Pennsylvania artist discusses his “Programmed Hives” series, in which his geometric sculptures are cocreated by bees. Johnson Memorial Building, Middlebury College, Thursda , January 28, 5:30 p.m. Info, 443-3168. ARTIST TALK: SKAWENNATI: The a tist and codirector of Aboriginal Territories in Cyberspace speaks about her work as part of VCFA’s MFA in Visual Arts Program Symposium. Followed by an artist panel. College Hall Chapel, Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, Thursda , January 28, 10 a.m. Info, 828-8703. ART EVENTS

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to old men in the bazaar hawking fruit. A murky soundtrack, filled with clanks, drones and occasional snippets of singing, creates a fitting mood for this meandering, dreamy film. Though grainy and often soft-focus, it is sharply poignant. In the end — well, we won’t give that away. Suffice it to say that “Death in the Garden of Paradise” is the most intensely personal and elegiac piece in this exhibit. Even as it revisits tragedy, the film serves as a fragmentary tale of a city, a culture, a place in time. It navigates memory and loss at once. m

‘HUMAN PLUS: REAL LIVES + REAL ENGINEERING’: An exhibition offering visitors of all ages the chance to explore engineering concepts and to create a range of low- and high-tech tools that extend the potential of the human body. January 30-May 8. Info, 649-2200, ext. 222. Montshire Museum of Science in Norwich.

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the head and torso of a dark-eyed woman in a patterned dress in the 26-by-20-inch “Asma.” Place is not easily recognizable in Shakil’s paintings; the figures are nearly obscured by paint, and the decorative elements don’t hew to a single artistic tradition. If they represent memories for the artist, those, too, are elusive to the viewer. But the works are appealing in composition and execution, worthy participants in any exhibit. (Other works on the artist’s website do strongly reflect this show’s theme, however.) Collage is both device and concept throughout “Navigating Memory,” Hellerman notes, and he suggests that Akhlaq’s pair of 14.5-by-10.5-inch mixedmedia works “tie together the other two artists’ work.” “Atrophied Structures II” and “Mute Legacy,” both from 2015, are true collages. Akhlaq uses “recycled imagery, secondhand art books and objects from Anarkali Bazaar in Lahore,” according to a description. Both pieces employ sharp geometric shapes cut from paper. “Atrophied” is primarily black, white and gray, an assemblage of elements as fiercely contemporary as a Frank Gehry building. “Mute Legacy,” though also composed of crisp shapes, employs lilac and pink, a bit of floral paper, glitter and a print of a classic miniature painting. The effect is softer and almost humorous. There is nothing funny about Ahklaq’s 22-minute film “Death in the Garden of Paradise.” It is as disturbing as it is mesmerizing. After the credits appear, and a female figure with a fetus visible within her spins like a pinwheel, a handheld camera pans over a porch, interior rooms and grounds of the filmmaker’s house. It is unoccupied. Ahklaq’s voice-over calmly recounts the day — January 18, 1999 — when a lone gunman entered that home, fatally shot her father (a painter), her sister (a dancer) and her sister’s boyfriend, and then “walked out into the sunny afternoon and disappeared.” She doesn’t suggest any motive for the crime, yet neither does she imply it was random. (It bears noting that neither Ahklaq nor the other artists focus on Pakistan as a geopolitical hot spot.) From there, Ahklaq roams Lahore with camera in hand, and its lens becomes the viewer’s POV. She seems to be searching for the murderer, or for clues, in the streets, formal gardens, graveyards, ruins. Her human subjects return the scrutiny with disapproving glares, or indifference. Everyone appears suspicious, from young boys in school uniforms playing cricket

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‘XOXO: AN EXHIBIT ABOUT LOVE & FORGIVENESS’: Developed by the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, this emotion-fi led interactive exhibit asks you to open your heart and mind. Through May 15. Info 864-1848. ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain in Burlington.

ART IN STATE BUILDING DEDICATION: Join local artists Gordon Auchincloss, Katherine Montstream and Sarah-Lee Terrat to celebrate and talk about their sculpture, paintings and mural, respectively, installed at the newly constructed state building. Montstream’s paintings were commissioned in honor of the late senator Sally Fox. Agency of Human Services, Waterbury, Friday, January 29, 4:30 p.m. Info, mbailey@vermontartscouncil.org.

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‘32 DEGREES: THE ART OF WINTER’: Winter-inspired works from the late 19th century to present, including contemporary photography, sound pieces, digital art, games and ephemeral sculpture, which invite visitors to experience the complexities of snow and ice. Through May 30. Info, 985-3346. Shelburne Museum

‘TRIANGLE, CIRCLE, SQUARE’: Overnight Projects hosts this multi-channel video installation by New York-based artists Andrew Brehm and Jennifer Lauren Smith. 339 Pine, Burlington, Friday, January 29, 6-9 p.m. Info, overnightprojects@gmail.com.

‘BIRDS OF A FEATHER’: An exhibition exploring the illusory and deadly beauty of American wildfowl decoys, featuring models of 13 different bird species. Through May 1. Info, 985-3346. Pizzaga li Center for Art and Education, Shelburne Museum.

‘THE ART OF WALKING: SEEING INTO THE LANDSCAPE’: Nicole Grubman, author of I Left My Sole In Vermont: A Walker’s Guide and Journey Through Central Vermont Back Roads, and nature photographer John Snell speak about the power of taking inspiration from the quieter side of the landscape. Cameras and sketchbooks encouraged. Grange Hall, Waterbury Center, Saturday, January 30, 1-3 p.m. Info, 371-7400.

CHARLES LYSOGORSKI: New acrylic paintings by the Shelburne artist and former exhibition director at New York’s Museum of Holography. Through January 30. Info, 238-3103. Village Wine and Coffee in Shelburne. LINDA DI SANTE: “The Nature of Things,” work in watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink by the Vermont artist. Through Februa y 28. Info, 985-8222. Shelburne Vineyard.

LECTURE AND WALK-THROUGH: ‘TRIANGLE, CIRCLE, SQUARE’: New York-based artists Andrew Brehm and Jennifer Lauren Smith discuss their respective practices and lead a tour of their current installation with Overnight Projects. 339 Pine, Burlington, Saturday, January 30, 4-6 p.m. Info, overnightprojects@gmail.com.

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3RD ANNUAL OPEN PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW: Opencall exhibition of Vermont photographers. Throug February 28. Info, 660-9005. Art’s Alive Gallery @ Main Street Landing’s Union Station in Burlington.

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‘AFTER ICARUS’: Work by John Douglas, Elliott Katz and Mark Lorah that seeks to disrupt assumptions of reality and fantasy, order and chaos. Throug February 27. ‘DYSFUNCTION’: Ten contemporary artists use ceramics to question the social, political and economic forces that determine “proper” function. Through April 9. ‘NAVIGATING MEMORY: EXPLORING PLACE’: Nurjahan Akhlaq, Aqsa Shakil and Seher Shah explore the role of memory, biography and personal context in establishing historical narratives. Throug April 9. Info, 865-5355. BCA Center in Burlington. ‘THE ART AND HISTORY OF HANDWOVEN TEXTILES’: Handwoven textiles by Jerusha Fox and members of the Marshfield School of eaving, featuring an array of historically accurate and contemporary pieces made with natural fibers. Through Febru y 29. Info, 863-6458. Frog Hollow Vermont State Craft Center in Burlington. CATHERINE HALL: “Paper Pieces and Works on Paper,” new works employing techniques derived from textile dyeing and batiking, monoprints and abstract painting. Through March 31. Info, 859-9222. SEABA Center i Burlington. DAN HIGGINS: Photographs of the residents of Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua, Burlington’s sister city. Throug February 26. ROBIN KATRICK: “The Road to Duchi y,” images from the local photographer taken while working in community development in rural Haiti. Info, 363-4746. Flynndog in Burlington. ELEANOR LANAHAN: “Portraits,” paintings of people in their environments, including café co-owner Allison Lane. Through Februa y 1. Info, 658-3074. Mirabelles Café in Burlington. HOWARD CENTER ARTS COLLECTIVE: Select works from art collective members. Info, 598-6698. WORKS FROM BELLCATE SCHOOL: Students of Josh Linz’s art class present work influenced y diverse art movements. Through Februa y 29. Info, 651-9692. VCAM Studio in Burlington.

MILTON ARTISTS GUILD: Twenty artists share photographs that represent meaningful passageways in life. Through Februa y 5. Info, lstech@ comcast.net. Milton Municipal Building.

‘Intimacy + Materiality’ This new exhibition at Helen Day

Art Center in Stowe takes on the intricacies of hand production, with a strong focus on fiber arts. With work from 13 artists including Sarah Amos, Emily Barletta, Liz Collins,

Wylie Sofia Garcia, J. Morgan Puett, Kathleen Schneider and Fraser Taylor, viewers are invited to consider the relationships among quotidian materials, craft and design, and contemporary art. Celebrating and reinventing techniques such as knitting, crochet, weaving, screen-printing, embroidery and felting, the show displays a solid appreciation for both the domestic and industrial labor of textiles. It also ties in perfectly with the center’s concurrent hosting of California artist/activist Carole Frances Lung, aka Frau Fiber. Through April 10. Pictured: “Euphoria,” jacquard weaving by Collins. JAMES VOGLER: “Long Range Forecast,” new paintings by the Charlotte artist. Through Februa y 29. Info, 504-3018. The Ga lery at Main Street Landing in Burlington. JOSHUA: “And the water it is blind,” text-based work by the local artist. Through Februa y 29. Info, 383-1505. New Moon Café in Burlington. KAREN DAWSON: The winter 2015 featured a tist presents new work. Through Februa y 28. Info, 264-8191. Community Health Center of Burlington. MATT LAROCCA: “Artistic Voices,” an immersive exhibit featuring photography and an orchestral symphony created on a sailing expedition in the high Arctic. PAOLO PEDERCINI: “Radical Games,” art video games confronting gun control, religious hypocrisy and corporate greed by the artist-activist. Center for Communication and Creative Media in Burlington. MATTHEW THORSEN: Works from the acclaimed Vermont photographer, including family photos, Vermont notables, and selections from his “Sound Proof” collection of rock performances and artists. Through Februa y 27. Info, 652-4500. Amy E. Tarrant Gallery, Flynn Center, in Burlington. MIC PLANTE AND MICHELLE SAYLES: Exhibition of work by the local artists in the center’s first-e er exhibition. Through Februa y 12. Info, 888-4928218. The ellness Co-op in Burlington.

‘NAJAWA: A STORY OF PALESTINE’: A 45-foot “street comic” tells the story of a Palestinian woman’s life, created by local artist Michelle Sayles in collaboration with artist and educator Jen Berger and Vermonters for a Just Peace in Palestine/ Israel. Through March 1. Info, 865-7211. Fletcher Free Library in Burlington. ROBERT WALDO BRUNELLE JR.: “Winooski Bridge,” series of acrylic paintings meditating on the local structure in different seasons and during different times of day. Through Janua y 31. Info, 859-8909. Red Square in Burlington. SAGE TUCKER-KETCHAM: “Spacescapes,” new abstract paintings by the local artist, inspired by the natural world, chemistry, science and alchemy. Through Janua y 31. Info, 861-3155. Karma Bird House Gallery in Burlington. ‘SEX OBJECTS: PERSPECTIVES ON GENDER AND SEXUALITY’: An exhibition of everyday and ceremonial art and artifacts curated by 40 anthropology and art history students. Through May 22. Info 656-0750. University of Vermont Fleming Museum of Art in Burlington. TRINE WILSON: “Sand Wash Basin Wild Horses,” photographs taken in northwestern Colorado. Through Janua y 31. Info, 355-4834. The Swingi ’ Pinwheel Café & Bakery in Burlington.

MOUNT MANSFIELD STUDENT ART SHOW: Work by Mount Mansfield Union High School fine ts students, including drawing, painting, fine metal, pottery and photography. Through Februa y 21. Info, 899-3211. Emile A. Gruppe Gallery in Jericho. ‘PASSAGES’: A group exhibition featuring work by Bonnie Acker, Miriam Adams, Elizabeth Allen, Annelein Beukenkamp, Kevin Fahey, Byron Geigel, Kate Longmaid, David Maille, Janet McKenzie, Virginia McNeice, Gail Salzman, Dianne Shullenberger, David Smith, Adelaide Murphy Tyrol, Shaio-Ping Wang and Jon Young. Through Janua y 30. Info, 985-3848. Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery in Shelburne. ‘SEITIES & SELVES’: A juried exhibition of creative self-portraiture featuring national and international photographers. Through Janua y 31. Info, 777-3686. Darkroom Gallery in Essex Junction.

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‘FROM THE CENTER FOR CARTOON STUDIES ARCHIVES’: To celebrate 10 years, the school presents original cartoon art from comic strips to graphic novels and celebrates a collection vital to its curriculum. ANDY FROST: “Paintings on the Tour for World Peace,” recent work by the local artist. ATHENA PETRA TASIOPOULOS: “Beyond...,” mixed-media works on paper by the local artist. Through Februa y 20. Info, 479-7069. Studio Place Arts in Barre. ANNIE TIBERIO CAMERON: Photographs by the local artist taken in the wilderness during solo camping trips. Through March 30. Info, 999-7661. Ha tness Gallery, Vermont Technical College, in Randolph Center. CHARLES FISH: “Blue Ribbons & Burlesque,” photographs taken at Vermont country fairs. Throug July 1. Info, 479-8519. Vermont History Museum in Montpelier. ‘CLOSE TO HOME’: Installation and images by Elizabeth Billings and Michael Sacca, respectively, created using materials and subject matter near their Tunbridge home. Through March 31. Info, 828-0749 Governor’s Gallery in Montpelier. JULIE A. DAVIS: “Native Expressions,” a collection of 22 oil paintings by the Vermont artist, whose variety of techniques combines realism, dream imagery and abstraction. Through March 26. Info, 29-5721. Angeleno’s Pizza in Montpelier.

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KATE GRIDLEY: Seventeen contemporary oil portraits of young adults, each accompanied by an audio narrative accessible by cellphone. ˜ rough March 31. Info, 828-0749. Vermont Supreme Court Gallery in Montpelier. MICHAEL METZ: “At the Beach,” digital images by the Charlotte photographer. ˜ rough February 1. Info, 598-6982. Local 64 in Montpelier.

MISSY STORROW: “Traveling,” watercolors by

the local artist. Reception: Friday, January 29, 5-7 p.m. ˜ rough February 2. Info, 223-7800. ˜ e Green Bean Art Gallery at Capitol Grounds in Montpelier. NICK NEDDO: “Elements and Allies,” work made with wild-crafted art materials by the local artist and author. ˜ rough January 30. Info, 426-3581. Jaquith Public Library in Marshﬁeld. NORTHERN VERMONT ART ASSOCIATION: Works by association members. ˜ rough March 11. Info, 262-6035. T. W. Wood Gallery in Montpelier. ‘SADDLE UP! NORWICH CAVALRY: TRAINING, TOURING AND TACTICS ON HORSEBACK’: Exhibition presenting the story of the college cavalry, including life-size imagery, sounds and historic objects. ˜ rough June 30. Info, 485-2183. Sullivan Museum & History Center, Norwich University in Northﬁeld.

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‘ALTERNATIVES’: Photographs and mixed media by Tom Cullins and Kelly Holt. CAROLINE MCKINNEY: “Humans and Other Animals,” watercolor portraits featuring a variety of subjects rendered by the local artist. ˜ rough March 1. Info, 888-1261. River Arts in Morrisville. BETSY SILVERMAN: “Sticking Stowe Together,” large-scale collages celebrating the quintessential places, things and views of Stowe. ˜ rough March 27. Info, 253-4693. Stowe Craft & Design. ‘INTIMACY + MATERIALITY’: A 13-artist group exhibition explores material and emphasizes methods of making through the lens of contemporary studio, social and design practices. CAROLE FRANCES LUNG, AKA FRAU FIBER: “People’s Cloth Trade Show: ˜ e T-shirt Is the Problem,” exhibition by the California artist, activist and scholar, which creates an immersive environment for visitors to learn about global production of T-shirts and how to upcycle, reuse and extend their life. ˜ rough April 10. Info, 253-8358. Helen Day Art Center in Stowe.

GABRIEL TEMPESTA: “Our World, Charcoals & Casein,” highly detailed paintings rendered from photos of the natural world. ˜ rough February 15. Info, 253-8943. Upstairs at West Branch Gallery in Stowe.

JULIA SHIRAR: “Come and Go,” paintings of contemporary American society as observed in the artist’s neighborhood in Queens, N.Y. ˜ rough February 20. Info, 635-2727. Red Mill Gallery in Johnson.

‘O P E N: MICHAEL ZEBROWSKI’: “Light Air,”

PEGGY DUPONT: Paintings inspired by the Vermont landscape by the East Calais artist. ˜ rough March 1. Info, 888-1261. Morrisville Post Ofﬁce.

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‘PRICKLY MOUNTAIN’: An exhibition representing 50 years of the Warren architectural landmark, including archival photos, magazine articles and more. ˜ rough February 29. Info, 496-2787. Madsonian Museum of Industrial Design in Waitsﬁeld.

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‘CERAMICS: DECORATIVE & FUNCTIONAL’: Work by Vermont potters Judith Bryant, Laura Fall, Kileh Friedman and Ken Martin. ˜ rough February 29. Info, 877-3850. Creative Space Gallery in Vergennes.

‘RETURN OF THE SPRING’: An exhibition featuring work by Middlebury artist Yinglei Zhang and her mentors, Li Xubai and Guo Ziyu. Reception: Friday, February 12, 5-7 p.m. ˜ rough March 5. Info, 388-1436. Jackson Gallery, Town Hall ˜ eater in Middlebury. ‘SHEDDING LIGHT ON THE WORKING FOREST’: Collaborative exhibition featuring work by painter Kathleen Kolb and poet Verandah Porche. ˜ rough April 30. Info, 388-4964. Vermont Folklife Center in Middlebury.

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BILL RAMAGE: “˜ e Men’s Group,” a large pencil drawing highlighting the unique bond among Castleton professors Luther Brown, Bob Gershon, John Gillen, Bob Johnson, Jon Scott and the artist, who have met once a month since 1991. ˜ rough February 12. Info, 468-5611. Christine Price Gallery, Castleton University.

‘WINTER AS PRISM OR PRISON’: Juried exhibition of local artists exploring the experience of winter in New England. ˜ rough March 26. Info, 247-4295. Compass Music and Arts Center in Brandon.

DAVID STERN: “All Over the Map,” an exhibition of paintings, jewelry and sculpture. ˜ rough February 22. Info, 869-2960. Main Street Arts in Saxtons River.

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TOM FELS: “Light & Shadow: Cyanotypes and Drawings,” camera-less photographs and drawings by the Vermont artist based on a single subject: a tree in his garden. ˜ rough February 7. Info, 2518290. Mitchell Giddings Fine Arts in Brattleboro.

ARTISTREE DAILY ARTISTS EXHIBIT: A culminating exhibit of works by 45 ArtisTree Daily Artists, who have made a commitment to making art each day for the entire year in a variety of mediums including painting, drawing, fiber, ceramics, jewelry and photography. ˜ rough February 6. Info, 457-3500. ArtisTree Gallery in South Pomfret. ‘FEATHER & FUR: PORTRAITS OF FIELD, FOREST & FARM’: Portraits celebrating the beauty, intelligence and grace of animals by nine artists. ˜ rough April 30. Info, 885-3061. ˜ e Great Hall in Springfield. HOLIDAY PRINT SHOW: Prints by local artists, available for viewing and sale. ˜ rough January 30. Info, 295-5901. Two Rivers Printmaking Studio in White River Junction. ‘ICE AGE MAMMALS IN THE MEADOW’: Outdoor exhibition of life-size sculpture by Bob Shannahan and Wendy Klemperer, featuring artistic renditions of a woolly mammoth, a short-faced bear, a North American camel, a dire wolf and an American lion. ˜ rough April 30. Info, 359-5001. Vermont Institute of Natural Science Nature Center in Quechee. VERMONT PHOTOGRAPHERS IN ACTION: Seven photographers exhibit work for sale to the public, with all proceeds benefiting the organization Volunteers in Action. ˜ rough January 28. Info, 299-0587. Arabella Gallery in Windsor.

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‘BOXCARS: RAILROAD IMAGERY IN CONTEMPORARY REALISM’: Realist paintings with trains as subject, curated by Charlie ˜ rough March 12. ‘DRAWING Hunter. Th ON, IN, OUT’: Drawings by Christina de Gennaro, Terry Hauptman,

‘32 Degrees: The Art of Winter’ In her debut exhibition as a leading

curator, Shelburne Museum’s Carolyn Bauer takes her cues from visual studies, deliberately employing a broad approach toward creative renderings of winter. Bauer chooses to hone in specifically on snow and ice, and

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‘POETRY MADE VISIBLE’: More than 15 local artists present works inspired by poetry, in a variety of mediums. ˜ rough March 2. Info, 748-0158. Northeast Kingdom Artisans Guild Backroom Gallery in St. Johnsbury.

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ADAM BLUE: “An Organic Palette,” prints addressing the ever-changing culture of food cultivation in three themes: pop-art vintage tractors, an organic palette and Cookbook 2314. ˜ rough March 4. Info, 831-1063. Vermont Law School in South Royalton. DIAN PARKER: “Homage: ˜ e Arc of Inﬂuence,” paintings by the Chelsea artist and writer. ˜ rough March 6. Info, 889-9404. Tunbridge Public Library in Tunbridge Village.

‘HOT HOUSES, WARM CURVES’: An exhibition of Anda Dubinskis drawings, Peter Moriarty photography and colorfully painted shoes by Rick Skogsberg. Closing reception: Sunday, February 14, noon. ˜ rough February 20. Info, 767-9670. BigTown Gallery in Rochester. RANDOLPH/ROYALTON SHOWS

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divides the 30-plus works into three thematic categories: aesthetics, physicality and associations. Visitors can expect an impressive range of works, from Monet’s hazy “Wheatstacks” to the specimen-like negatives of Wilson “Snowflake” Bentley to an 8-bit videogame called “January” in which players can compose their own music by catching virtual snowflakes on an avatar’s tongue. This is requisite viewing for winter lovers, as well as those looking for a new lease on a challenging season. Through May 30. Pictured: “Traveler 289,” snow globe by Walter Martin and Paloma Muñoz.

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AMANDA AMEND: Watercolor paintings by the award-winning Vermont artist. ˜ rough March 28. Info, 496-6682. Festival Gallery in Waitsﬁeld.

JOHN SNELL: “˜ e Wonder of It All,” photographs of nature by the local artist, organized by Meeting House Arts. ˜ rough March 6. Info, 244-8581. Waterbury Congregational Church.

‘#SELFIES’: An exhibition and contest featuring self-portrait shots by community members. Reception and awards: Friday, February 5, 5-7 p.m. ˜ rough February 13. Info, 775-0356. Chaffee Art Center in Rutland.

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exhibition by the Johnson State College assistant professor and gallery director. “O P E N” is an experimental series in which art is meant to be a public and pedestrian sensorial experience. Artist talk: Wednesday, January 27, noon. Reception: Friday, January 29, 5-9 p.m. ˜ rough January 30. Info, 635-2356. Julian Scott Memorial Gallery, Johnson State College.

JOHN BISBEE: “Branded,” wall-hung sculptures solely using hand-forged nails, reﬂecting the artist’s three-decade exploration of the material. WHITNEY RIVER: “Reeds and Grasses,” highly precise paintings of these organic forms. ˜ rough January 30. Info, 617-842-3332. Walker Contemporary in Waitsﬁeld.

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JOSEPH SALERNO: “Dark Woods,” an installation of 100 small paintings created on-site at the edge of a stretch of woods near the artist’s home in Johnson. ˜ rough February 6. Info, 635-2727. Vermont Studio Center Gallery II in Johnson.

‘FROM THE TRADITIONAL TO THE ABSTRACT’: An exhibition of works by 17 members of the Vermont Watercolor Society. ˜ rough February 27. Info, 244-7801. Axel’s Gallery & Frameshop in Waterbury.

Monique Luchetti, Craig Stockwell, Jane Sutherland and Scott Tulay. ˜ rough February 8. ‘OPEN CALL NORTH-NORTHEAST’: Juried exhibition showcasing work by established, mid-career and emerging artists who live in New York and New England. ˜ rough March 12. ‘RECOVERING THE BODY’: Jon L. McAuliffe and Craig Stockwell collaborate in an investigation of agency and artistic impulse, through the life and tragic death of the explorer George Mallory. ˜ rough February 8. EVAN CORONIS: “Penumbra,” hexagonal forms made with unreﬁned industrial glass. ˜ rough March 12. Info, 257-0124. Brattleboro Museum & Art Center.

OLIVER SCHEMM: “Circles, Suitcases and Pramalots,” three installations by the local artist that seek to visually represent memory, travel and exploration, movement and human growth. Reception: Friday, February 5, 6-8 p.m. ˜ rough February 20. com. Info, 468-1266. Castleton Downtown Gallery in Rutland.

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CRAIG MOONEY: “Featured Paintings,” semiabstract landscapes in oil. ˜ rough January 31. Info, 253-1818. Green Mountain Fine Art Gallery in Stowe.

BLAKE LARSEN: “Introducing Color,” abstract expressionist and abstract ﬁgure paintings. ˜ rough January 31. Info, 583-5832. ˜ e Bundy Modern Gallery in Waitsﬁeld.

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City Arts. Info, ajimenez@ burlingtoncityarts.org.

‘VISIONARY CONSPIRACY’: Members of the Surface Design Association Vermont chapter are invited to apply for inclusion in Studio Place Arts’ July/August exhibition, which intends to incite compassion and beauty through deploying fiber a tists to craft “extreme examples of exquisiteness” with threads, textiles, wool, needles and looms. Interested artists should submit proposals to Eve JacobsCarnahan at ejcarnahan@ gmail.com by May 1. To join the SDA, visit surfacedesign.org. Studio Place Arts, Barre. Info, 479-7069. 1 - 2 - 3 - Φ: MATH AND ART: Studio Place Arts seeks submissions of works that address the many concerns of both art and math. Details at studioplacearts.com Studio Place Arts, Barre. Thro gh April 15. Info, 479-7069.

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ART HOUSE CALL TO ARTISTS: Seeking 2D works that reflec curiosity about, admiration of or connection to the natural world for exhibit at Sterling College. Submit 5 to 8 works in high-quality JPEG or PDF files, with text listing title medium and size of each. Must be framed and ready to hang. Email director@vermontarthouse.org or mail CD or thumb drive to the Art House, P.O. Box 85, Craftsbury Common, VT 05827. Deadline: January 31. The A t House, Craftsbury. Info, 586-2200. BARBARA SMAIL AWARD: Burlington City Arts seeks nominations for this annual award to a Vermont based, mid-career artist who has a desire to expand his or her creative experience, has displayed enthusiastic support of his or her peers, and has been under-recognized in the community either through exhibition or other awards and programs. The winner recei es a $1,500 stipend, use of BCA’s classrooms and/or studios and an exhibition. To nominate an artist, submit name, phone number, email address and website (if available) to ajimenez@burlingtoncityarts. org by January 29. Burlington

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CARTOONIST STUDIO PRIZE: The Center for Ca toon Studies and the Slate Book Review seek submissions for this annual award, which is given in both graphic novel and web comics categories. Winning artists receive $1,000 each. Deadline: January 31. For details, visit cartoonstudies. org. Center for Cartoon Studies, White River Junction. Info, studioprize@cartoonstudies.org. ‘CULTURE’: Darkroom Gallery seeks photography expressing the character and nuances of different individuals or groups for an upcoming show juried by photojournalist Peter Turnley. Details at darkroomgallery. com. Deadline: January 27. Darkroom Gallery, Essex Junction. Info, 777-3686. ‘ENCOUNTERING YELLOW’: Artists are invited to submit work that interprets and incorporates the color yellow. Email application to info@ studioplacearts.com or mail to Studio Place Arts, 201 North Main Street, Barre VT 05641. Deadline: February 20. Info, 479-7069. Studio Place Arts, Barre. $10; free for SPA artist members. Info, 479-7069. ‘EXPOSED’: Artists are invited to submit proposals for the 25th annual outdoor sculpture exhibition throughout Stowe. Innovative and broad approaches to sculpture are welcomed, including site-specific insta lations or interventions and participatory or exchange-based works. For details and application, visit helenday.com or email exposed@helenday.com. Deadline: February 12. Helen Day Art Center, Stowe. THE GALLERY AT LCATV: Lake Champlain Access Television is looking for artists to exhibit visual arts at a spacious community media center in northern Colchester. Artists must meet the criteria of LCATV membership (live, work or attend school in Colchester, Milton, Georgia, Fairfax, Westford, South Hero, Grand Isle or North Hero). Exhibitions can be one, two or three months and include a reception. Group shows are

‘60 FROM THE 60S: SELECTIONS FROM GEORGE EASTMAN MUSEUM’: Exhibition featuring images by significant photographers of the era: Har y Callahan, Benedict J. Fernandez, Hollis Frampton,

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OPEN FARM AND STUDIO TOUR: The 10th a nual Discover the Heart of the Islands invites artists to participate in an event July 9-10, taking place at community hubs across four island towns. Deadline: April 15. More information at openfarmandstudio.com. Grand Isle Art Works. $50 early bird; $75 after February 15. Info, 372-4556. ‘SOFT BOMB BARRE’: Artists are invited to submit proposals for outdoor installations or “art explosions” involving fibers and intended to be a comforting, exhilarating form of art-as-resistance. Email proposals to info@ studioplacearts.com. Deadline: April 1. Studio Place Arts, Barre. $10 application fee; free for SPA member artists. Info, 479-7069. TUBBY TREASURES CALL TO ARTISTS: New boutique seeks unique art, blown glass, jewelry, leather works, etc., for consignment. Tubby Treasures Emporium, LLC, Ferrisburgh. Through Februa y 3. Info, 233-0589. VERMONT ARTISTS WEEK 2016: Vermont Artists Week brings artists and writers together for an intensive week of focused studio work, creative community and interaction with visiting artists and writers. Accepted applicants pay $200, which includes private room, private studio space and three meals a day. Learn more at vermontstudiocenter.org/ vermont-artists-week or apply online at vsc.slideroom.com. Deadline: January 31. Vermont Studio Center, Johnson. $15 application fee. VERMONT GREEN PRINTING: Seeking talented artists whose work is suitable for T-shirts and other apparel to produce comic book art, 8-bit art, ASCII art or other cool images. Send samples and contact info to John at vtgreenprinting@ gmail.com. Vermont Green Printing, Morrisville. Through March 10. Info, 888-9600.

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LYNN NEWCOMB: “The Power of Black Ink; wo Decades of Printmaking,” etchings by the local artist. Through April 30. Info, 498-8438. White River Gallery (BALE Building) in South Royalton.

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welcome. Proceeds from any sales go to the artists. Lake Champlain Access Television, Colchester, Through August 1. Info, 862-5724.

Betty Hahn, Robert Heinecken, Mary Ellen Mark, Roger Mertin, Arnold Newman, Aaron Siskind and Garry Winogrand. ‘NORMAN ROCKWELL IN THE 1960S’: Exhibition featuring 21 works that trace the artist’s transition to addressing national issues like democracy, freedom, justice, desegregation and civil rights. Through April 3. Info, 518-792-1761. Th Hyde Collection in Glens Falls, N.Y. ‘INVENTORY: NEW WORKS AND CONVERSATIONS AROUND AFRICAN ART’: Exhibition of newly

‘After Icarus’ John Douglas, Elliott Katz and Mark Lorah occupy the

Vermont Metro Gallery at Burlington’s BCA Center, and each has a propensity for the otherworldly. In Greek mythology, Icarus was the son of master craftsman Daedalus, known for flying too close to the sun while wearing wings constructed of wax and feathers. Katz’s sculpture, in particular, brings to mind the human mimicry of animals — neon straws sprout like quills or patches of fur; curved metal makes scales in the wall-mounted “Fish.” Lorah’s abstract collaged works in “petri dish colors” claim an entire wall, and video by Douglas disorients through sight and sound. Through February 27. Pictured: “Drag Mountain,” sculpture by Katz. acquired works from African artists in and beyond the continent, as well as non-African artists who address Africa in their works, including paintings, photographs, sculptures, drawings, ceramics and mixed media created during or since the 1960s. ERIC AHO: “Ice Cuts,” paintings that present the simplicity and austerity of holes cut in ice, by the Vermont artist. Through March 13. Info, 603-646-2095. Hood Museum, Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H. EVERETT WEBBER: “The Anatomy of a Series: Hiding in Plain Sight,” 20 watercolor paintings by the West Lebanon painter. INGRID

ELLISON: “Adrift,” oil paintings reflecting the mood, colors and imagery of the Maine coast. MARK LENNON: “Abstract Color,” paintings by the New London, N.H., artist. ROBERT MORGAN: “Large Watercolors,” the New York painter’s latest series of oversize, densely hued, narrative watercolor paintings. SABRA FIELD: “Recent Prints,” images by the renowned East Barnard printmaker. Through February 5. Info, 603-448-3117. AVA Gallery and Art Center in Lebanon, N.H. m

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evenge, it’s said, is a dish best served cold. In Alejandro González Iñárritu’s symphony of savagery, The Revenant, it’s served frozen, bloody and without mercy. Sometimes by a bear. It’s a stunning accomplishment on multiple fronts. For example: Weren’t we just speculating on the Oscar chances of Iñárritu’s stunning accomplishment Birdman? That the filmmaker created an epic of this scope between award seasons is nothing short of mindboggling. That it’s an even better movie than Birdman only makes it crazier. Somehow the writer-director-workaholic persuaded several of Hollywood’s most pampered stars to join him in the frigid mountain forests of Canada and Argentina to shoot a harrowingly realistic saga of frontier survival. For some reason, they agreed not only to brave brutally inhospitable elements but to do their own stunt work, as well. It’s a long way from The Wolf of Wall Street to the untamed landscape in which Leonardo DiCaprio challenges actual wolves for the carcass of a buffalo. Nearly unrecognizable behind a scraggly beard, covered in animal skins and limited to dialogue consisting primarily of grunts and groans, the five-time Best Actor nominee

goes seriously method for the role of Hugh Glass. The real-life tracker and fur trapper got screwed over by members of an expedition led by Captain Andrew Henry (Domhnall Gleeson) in 1823. Here’s where the bear comes in. After the party is ambushed in spectacularly grisly fashion by Arikara Native Americans, the survivors lick their wounds while Glass ventures off to get his bearings. Instead, he gets attacked by a wild-eyed grizzly with cubs nearby. The sequence — shot in one continuous take — is as technically impressive as it is horrific. You may know the beast is nothing more than millions of pixels. But when it claws meat from Glass’ throat, sinks its teeth into his arm and slams him to the ground like a rag doll, you believe every bone-crunching second. The bear, we soon learn, isn’t the only animal in the vicinity. Tom Hardy costars as a thug named John Fitzgerald. When the captain decides to make for a far-off fort, he finds the terrain’s too steep to haul Glass over and orders Fitzgerald to remain behind, tend to him until he succumbs to his wounds and give him a proper burial. Fitzgerald keeps his promise to bury Glass. He just doesn’t wait for him to die. Based loosely on Michael Punke’s 2002 novel and adapted by Iñárritu and Mark L.

BROKEN GLASS DiCaprio is favored to win his first Oscar for his portrayal of a gravely injured frontiersman on a long-distance quest for revenge.

Smith, The Revenant chronicles the fractured figure’s improbable odyssey to that same fort in search of vengeance, performed under the most hostile conditions imaginable. It’s a mesmerizing meditation on the power of sheer will to overcome obstacles and odds, and DiCaprio is never less than convincing. With an assist from master cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki, Iñárritu keeps the visual wonders coming for the film’s full 156 minutes. It’s a moviegoing experience that’s immersive, exhausting and truly thrilling. I don’t remember the last time almost three hours flew by as fast. Fun fact: Why haven’t you seen Punke making the PR rounds with the picture’s di-

rector and stars? Because he’d be breaking the law! In 2009, President Obama appointed the author U.S. ambassador to the World Trade Organization in Geneva (he’s got a legal background). As a government employee, Punke is prohibited by ethics rules from promoting his literary work in any way that could enrich him. He’s written the basis for a Best Picture nominee and No. 1 film at the box office, and he’s the only author with those credentials who could be locked up for going on “Charlie Rose”! RI C K KI S O N AK

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The Boy ★★★

hat can you say about a January horror movie with a PG-13 rating? That it helps sell a few jumbo popcorns during Hollywood’s dead season. That it gives the older kids something to do while Mom and Dad take the little ones shopping. That there’s something almost sweet about its efforts to scare you with a half-hearted rendition of gothic beats that were old-school a century ago. Expectations may be particularly low for The Boy. Director William Brent Bell’s main claim to fame is directing another January horror movie, The Devil Inside, that owed its 2012 box-office triumph largely to lack of competition. As for this film’s main selling point — well, let’s just say that TV Tropes has a long, long entry for “Creepy Doll.” So it’s a nice surprise to find The Boy intermittently entertaining. It’s essentially an overgrown version of a cheap episode of a horror anthology show, featuring a small but able cast in a single location: a super-creepy mansion in the English countryside, natch. (The exteriors are actually Craigdarroch Castle in British Columbia.) Lauren Cohan (Maggie on “The Walking Dead”) plays Greta, an American who takes a nanny job at the manse because she’s running from a dark past. Imagine her surprise when her employers, the elderly Heelshires (Jim Norton and Diana Hardcastle), introduce her to their “son,” Brahms — a life-size china doll. The nanny barely has time to

UNCANNY EFFIGY A wealthy couple insists that a doll is their offspring in Bell’s mild twist on a well-worn horror premise.

squirm uncomfortably before the couple is off on vacay, leaving her with a long list of “rules” for Brahms’ proper tending. The Boy benefits from treating the Heelshires’ bereavement and joint delusion — if it is one — with a modicum of realism and sensitivity, thereby anchoring the premise in actual parental nightmares. Still, we all know where this is going: Alone in that creepy house with the creepy doll, Greta will start seeing and hearing things.

There will be mysterious crashes, displacements and jump scares, and she’ll doubt her sanity even as she wonders if the inanimate “child” might have a spark of malevolent life, after all. Bell shows no great talent for horror direction here; while he uses the space fairly well early on, the eventual action scenes are a muddle, as is the story’s conclusion. Stacey Menear’s screenplay has a few twists, none of them exactly unprecedent-

ed, but in this kind of movie, any attempt to keep us guessing is welcome. Alone on screen for much of the run time, Cohan sells Greta’s instability convincingly enough, though she’s no Essie Davis (the actress who made The Babadook so harrowing). Rupert Evans brings a sheepish charm to the grocer who serves as her obligatory exposition giver and love interest. The film’s real star, though, is the doll, whose sadly contemplative mien seems gently to be reproving everyone around him for engaging in this frivolous endeavor. With his sketchy backstory and his ridiculously hightoned name (he loves music, his parents insist), Brahms makes the manic fixed grins of Annabelle and Chucky look positively gauche. He’s prone to weeping (or is it just rain dribbling through the ancient roof?), as if mortified by the crudeness of a world not entirely devoted to satisfying his needs. There’s something absurd and borderline touching about the bond between Greta and this fussy almost-person, before the story’s denouement comes along and undoes it. Brahms is unlikely to become a cultural icon like his aforementioned creepy doll brethren, but watching him is certainly more fun than standing in the checkout line at Old Navy. In January, that’s saying something. MARGO T HARRI S O N

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NEW IN THEATERS 2016 OSCAR-NOMINATED SHORT FILMS: Separate live-action, documentary and animated programs showcase the short films from around the world that are up for Academy Awards. Check showtimes for programs available. (Run time N/A, NR. Roxy, Savoy) FIFTY SHADES OF BLACK: Marlon Wayans spoofs the best-selling softcore saga in this comedy about a naïve college student (Kali Hawk) who meets a billionaire (Wayans) with pervy intentions. With Jane Seymour. Michael Tiddes (A Haunted House) directed. (92 min, R. Essex, Palace) THE FINEST HOURS: Many fine oung men do heroic things in this re-creation of a daring Coast Guard rescue effort that took place in 1952 off the coast of Cape Cod. Craig Gillespie (Million Dollar Arm) directed the action drama, starring Chris Pine, Holliday Grainger and Casey Affleck. (117 min, PG-13. Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Palace, Welden) JANE GOT A GUN: Natalie Portman does some gun-slinging in this western about a woman who recruits an old lover to help her protect her family. With Joel Edgerton, Noah Emmerich and Ewan McGregor. Gavin O’Connor (Warrior) directed. (98 min, R. Palace) KUNG FU PANDA 3: Kick-ass panda Po (voiced by Jack Black) meets a long-lost relative and must train a panda army in the latest installment of the animated family adventure-comedy franchise. With the voices of Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman and Jackie Chan. Alessandro Carloni and Jennifer Yuh directed. (95 min, PG. Big Picture, Essex, Majestic, Marquis, Palace, Paramount, Welden)

NOW PLAYING THE 5TH WAVEH1/2 A teenager finds herself on the run from aliens that have invaded the Earth in this adaptation of the YA bestseller by Rick Yancey. With Chloë Grace Moretz, Alex Roe and Ron Livingston. J Blakeson directed. (112 min, PG-13) 13 HOURS: THE SECRET SOLDIERS OF BENGHAZIHH1/2 Director Michael Bay applies his action-cinema talents to portraying the security team that responded to the 2012 attack on U.S. diplomatic headquarters in Libya. With John Krasinski, Freddie Stroma and Toby Stephens. (144 min, R)

THE BOYHH1/2 A nanny (Lauren Cohan) is hired to tend a life-size doll that seems disturbingly alive in this horror flick from director illiam Brent Bell (The Devil Inside). With Rupert Evans and Diana Hardcastle. (97 min, PG-13; reviewed by M.H. 1/27)

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THE DANISH GIRLHHH1/2 In this fictionalized biopic, Eddie Redmayne plays Einar Wegener, an early-20th-century artist who made a pioneering transition from male to female. Alicia Vikander is his (and then her) wife. Tom Hooper (The King’s Speech) directed. (119 min, R) DIRTY GRANDPAH Robert De Niro is the dirty grandpa. Zac Efron is the uptight grandson. They’re road-tripping to Florida for spring break, and that’s probably all you need (or want) to know about this comedy from director Dan Mazer (who produced Borat). (102 min, R)

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THE FORESTHH In this scare flick, Natalie Dormer plays a woman who ventures into Japan’s notorious “Suicide Forest” in search of her missing twin sister. With Eoin Macken and Stephanie Vogt. Jason Zada directed. (93 min, PG-13)

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THE GOOD DINOSAURHHH1/2 The latest family animation from Pixar imagines an alternate Earth where dinosaurs survived into the era of people. Peter Sohn cowrote and directed. (100 min, PG) JOYHH1/2 Director David O. Russell (American Hustle) takes on the colorful story of the woman who invented the Miracle Mop (Jennifer Lawrence) and her oddball family. With Bradley Cooper, Robert De Niro, Diane Ladd and Édgar Ramírez. (124 min, PG-13; reviewed by R.K. 12/23) MUSTANGHHHH Five young sisters in a Turkish village find themsel es in trouble for their free-spirited behavior in this Oscar-nominated drama from writer-director Deniz Gamze Ergüven. With Günes Sensoy and Doga Zeynep Doguslu. (97 min, PG-13) NORM OF THE NORTHH A polar bear and his lemming pals relocate from the Arctic to New York for wacky hijinks in this family animation. Rob Schneider, Heather Graham and Ken Jeong provide voice work. Trevor Wall directed. (86 min, PG) THE REVENANTHHHHH Leonardo DiCaprio plays a 19th-century fur trader fighting for survival — and vengeance — in this very long, very serious, very symbolic frontier drama from Alejandro González Iñárritu (Birdman). With Tom Hardy and Will Poulter. (156 min, R; reviewed by R.K. 1/27)

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RIDE ALONG 2H1/2 In the sequel to the mismatched-buddy comedy, Kevin Hart plays a soon-to-be groom who tags along with his tough cop brother-in-law (Ice Cube) for a raid on a Miami drug dealer. With Tika Sumpter and Benjamin Bratt. Tim Story directed. (101 min, PG-13)

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ROOMHHHHH Brie Larson and Jacob Tremblay are generating Oscar buzz for their respective roles as a mother and child who have been held captive in a garden shed for the son’s entire life. Written by Emma Donoghue, based on her award-winning 2010 novel. Lenny Abrahamson (Frank) directed. (118 min, R; reviewed by R.K. 1/20)

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DADDY’S HOMEHH This comedy from Sean Anders (We’re the Millers) pits stodgy stepdad (Will Ferrell) against cool-but-feckless biological dad (Mark Wahlberg) as they compete for the kids’ affections. With Linda Cardellini as Mom. (96 min, PG-13)

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CREEDHHHH The Rocky franchise gets a new lease on life in this boxing drama in which an aging Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) trains the son of his one-time arch-rival, Apollo Creed (Michael B. Jordan). Ryan Coogler (Fruitvale Station) directed. (132 min, PG-13)

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THE BIG SHORTHHHH1/2 Comedy director Adam McKay unravels the excesses and absurdities that helped produce the 2008 financial co lapse in this film based on Michael Lewis’ book about the guys who got rich on credit-default swaps. Christian Bale, Steve Carell and Ryan Gosling star. (130 min, R)

CAROLHHHH Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara have snagged reams of award nominations for their performances as a housewife and a shopgirl tentatively falling in love in midcentury New York. With Sarah Paulson and Kyle Chandler. Todd Haynes directed the adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s novel. (118 min, R; reviewed by M.H. 1/20)

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ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS: THE ROAD CHIPH1/2 The intrepid animated chippies t y to save their human friend (Jason Lee) from a bad marriage in the fourth installment of this pun-happy family series. Walt Becker directed. (86 min, PG)

BROOKLYNHHHH In the 1950s, a shy Irish immigrant to the U.S. (Saoirse Ronan) finds herself choosing between two paths, in this drama from director John Crowley (Intermission). (111 min, PG-13; reviewed by M.H. 12/2)