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WEEK IN REVIEW

The Grand New Flag?

Last week, writer Lauren Ober interviewed amateur vexillologist Greg Stone, who has launched a campaign to redesign Vermont’s state flag. Stone was inspired by a pamphlet from the North American Vexillological Association, which criticizes Vermont’s flag for its uninspiring design.

A number of Vermont families with kin in Afghanistan received nighttime crank calls reporting that their loved ones had been injured. A new low.

While Vermont and New York were fighting over labor agreements, a lowbidding Colorado company won the contract to rebuild the Champlain Bridge. Huh?

The current state flag features a shield with images of Camel’s Hump, Mount Mansfield, a pine tree, a red cow and some wheat beneath a buck’s head. Stone would prefer a more iconic representation of the state, something more along the lines of flags from New Mexico, Texas and Maryland.

Stone offered several of his designs for consideration in an online poll that appeared on our website, sevendaysvt.com. The story was one of the most popular items on our website last week; nearly 500 people voted in the poll.

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Vermont’s jobless rate inched down last week, from 6.6 percent to 6.5.

Unfortunately, one tenth of a percent won’t help the unemployment insurance fund.

The winning design, pictured, received 157 votes . . . though 215 people said they didn’t like any of the options offered.

Stone will need to demonstrate broad public support to change the flag — it requires an act of the legislature.

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A 28-year-old convict tried to elude Burlington police by jumping out of a secondstory window — the third time he’s tried that stunt. Is that self-defenestration?

That’s the weight of a black bear that got its head stuck in a 10-pound milk can last weekend in Reading. Forest Hammond, a biologist for the Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife, was able to free the bear, with help from Reading firefighters and state police. Hammond told the Rutland Herald, “It was literally a ‘Winniethe-Pooh’ situation.”

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2. “What’s Wrong with the Vermont State Flag? Almost Everything, According to an Amateur Vexillologist” by Lauren Ober. Greg Stone explains his campaign to change the Vermont state flag.

3. “Burlington Employees Say ‘Oui’ to French Lessons” by Lauren Ober. Local businesses try to court tourists from Québec.

4. “Fair Game: Cut and Run” by Shay Totten.

How will this year’s legislative session be remembered?

5. “Potty Time” by Alice Levitt. The government steps in to help August First deal with a commode crisis.

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LEAF IT ALONE

No mountains, no Vermont [“What’s Wrong With the Vermont State Flag? Almost Everything, According to an Amateur Vexillologist,” April 14]. These designs might make it a good flag for the forestry department at UVM, but Vermont is more than this and needs better than this. I applaud your effort, truly, but don’t change for change’s sake; much more thought and input is needed. And the leaf? Yikes. Do we need any more suggestions that we are still hankerin’ to be part of Canada?

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DOCTOR’S ORDERS

Several errors in the “Potty Time” article

by Alice Levitt [“Side Dishes,” April 14] could have been avoided by calling the Vermont Department of Health to verify facts before publication. Most notably, it was our medical director, Donald Swartz, MD, who participated in legislative discussions on the issue in March, not January.

Our chief medical examiner, who performs medical death investigations, was not involved in these discussions.

The requirement that a food establishment provide one toilet and one hand sink for up to 25 seats is not random, arbitrary or especially strict.

Vermont’s regulation, which has been in place since 1976 and is consistent with other related regulations such as the state plumbing code, is well within the

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range of the similar requirements in other states. New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Connecticut have toilet requirements for food-service establishments that are stricter than Vermont’s. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration requires employers to provide one toilet for every 15 employees, two toilets for 16-35 employees and three toilets for 36-55 employees.

Restroom requirements assure adequate toilet and hand-washing facilities are available for patrons and employees. Effective hand washing is one of the most important ways to prevent the spread of food-borne illness and infectious disease.

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The conclusion of Alice Levitt’s portion of “Dueling Diets” [April 7] sorely disappointed with its flippant suggestion that the government replace food stamps with Big Lots stores. These casually thoughtless comments reinforce multiple negative connotations attached to receiving food assistance. If the author had her way, she would limit the more than 10 percent of Vermonters receiving food benefits to a diet of sugary cereals, sodium-laced

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My point in all this is Kirk Kardashian’s factoid that the average price of a Vermont gallon is “nearly $40 today” seems awfully low [“Maple Sugar Rush,” April 14]. If that’s true, and if we drop off the outlier Shelburne Farms and use the two $45/galloners here in Williston for our calculation, then to get to that average I should be able to find a couple of retailers somewhere in Vermont selling theirs for under $35. I’m not one • Healthy Adults Ages 18 – 50 to balk at paying a slight premium price • 1 screening visit; 1 required to support local farmers, but I’m also into hospital stay (approx. saving money, especially on sweets!

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I loved the most recent “Stuck in Vermont: Speaking Volumes” [April 14]. My wife and I stumbled upon the Barge Canal Market last weekend while looking at furniture across the street. We were minutes too late: The doors were open when we arrived at the furniture store, closed when we left. We’ll be back.

As the owner of a small soup-to-nuts bookstore in Northfield, and a lifelong browser in record stores, I can’t help but hope that I’ll see more stories in Seven Days about some of the lesser-known community bookstores and independent record stores in Vermont. I’m lucky to live in Montpelier, where four bookstores coexist within a two-block radius. But the pressures on local bookstores and record stores are unprecedented, and many are having a tough time.

You may be aware that Riverwalk Records just shut down its Montpelier store.

You folks do a nice job of covering local authors, publishers and musicians; more stories like the “Stuck in Vermont” about Norbert Ender’s Pine Street refuge will help Vermonters remain aware of the stores, often in their backyards, where they can kind find these folks’ work, and many other gems as well.

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noodle cups and Spam. It’s ironic that in the same breath Levitt explains her choice to continue buying produce from the supermarket, she condemns low-income Vermonters to canned meats and veggies.

In fact, rather than limiting choices, we should do more to make healthy, affordable food available to Vermonters of all income levels. More needs to be done to enroll the thousands of Vermonters who need and are eligible for food-assistance programs, yet haven’t signed up or don’t know how to access help.

On the federal and state level, much has been done on both of these fronts, as well as to reduce the stigma of accepting food benefits. From moving to electronic benefits rather than actual food stamps, to changing the name of Vermont’s food-stamp program, and allowing the use of benefits at farmers markets, food-assistance options are more socially accepted and healthier than ever before.

This article was a missed opportunity that affirmed tired stereotypes and undermined the successes Vermont has made in modernizing its food programs.

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APRIL 21-28, 2010 VOL.15 NO.34

The Earth Day Issue

According to the official Earth Day 2010 website, our planet is in “greater peril than ever.” It’s true that some issues of global concern — climate change, unabated population growth, declining natural resources — are even more alarming than they were in 1970, when Earth Day began.

But, there’s nothing like an impending crisis to get people off their duffs. Here in Vermont, that’s getting easier to do. “Recycle” and “reuse” are practices, not buzz words, and “green” services, businesses and mindsets proliferate.

In this issue, we visit two stores that cater exclusively to ECO-CONSCIOUS CONSUMERS; talk with Marshall Webb about Shelburne Farms’ NEW “BIOCHAR” EXPERIMENT; profile Middlebury NATURE WRITER John Elder; and learn about a CREATIVE NEW CONSERVATION TACTIC. The food section serves up BACKYARD BEEKEEPING basics, and dishes on some disturbing ingredients in “NATURAL” BABY FOOD. Video journalist Eva Sollberger visits a wacky WORM FARM. We humans are still a little, well, green at this saving-the-planet thing. But, to bend President Obama’s mantra: YES, WE’D BETTER.

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n 1993, Sen. JULIUS CANNS (R-Caledonia) introduced a bill to recognize Vermont’s original inhabitants: the Abenaki people. Twelve years later, in 2005, Canns died on the eve of a hearing on the issue. He was 82.

OCCASION. Canns, whose ancestors were white, African American and Cherokee, was a tireless champion of the Green Mountain State’s native people.

Fellow Northeast Kingdom lawmaker Sen. VINCENT ILLUZZI (R-Essex/Orleans) said Abenaki recognition was one of JAMBU (FORMERLY J41) IS HERE! Canns’ unfinished tasks — a dying wish, if you will, that he passed on to Illuzzi to fulfill.

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“This is not about land claims, or federal recognition — the Abenaki have already been denied that,” says Illuzzi.

“All we’re trying to do is help Native Americans in Vermont be able to officially sell baskets and other arts and crafts. It’s that simple.” Recognition also helps tribes access housing and education resources, he added.

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Rather than accept the Senate version, the House stripped out all references to specific tribes and will tweak the recognition criteria, and approval process, crafted by the Senate, keeping the VCNAA largely as is.

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“It does not appear to be just or reasonable to recognize any tribes before there [are] criteria in statute for them to meet,” said Rep. KESHA RAM (D-Burlington), who has taken the lead on the House version of the bill. “This decision will not only level the playing field, but my firm belief is that it will demonstrate to the Indian Arts and Crafts Board and other federal entities that we are standing on solid

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ground with our recognition process.”

Illuzzi disagrees. “It appears as though she’s being influenced by tribes recognized in other states who want to keep their competitive advantage to keep the Abenaki from being recognized,” he said of Ram. The result of the House’s effort? It’s unlikely the Abenaki will see recognition this year, Illuzzi predicted.

Ram said she has spoken with Abenaki who don’t belong to any of the four tribes, as well as other Native Americans.

She says they felt left out of the Senate process and wanted to see a “fair and transparent” alternative in place.

The tribes that are named in the Senate bill have a different view of the matter, of course.

“This has been such a long, terrible process,” said LUKE WILLARD, chief of the Nulhegan tribe.

Three decades, in fact. Gov. TOM SALMON, a Democrat, first recognized the tribe by executive order in 1976, only to see that overturned by his successor Gov. RICHARD SNELLING, a Republican, in 1977.

“I will say this,” said Willard, “with or without a bill, with or without scholars, with or without a commission, we know

who we are.”

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Is “Challenges for Change” the Trojan horse in a battle to eviscerate Vermont’s social programs? That possibility motivated House members to shore up the legislation last week. Lawmakers made it clear the Douglas administration may not cut benefits or limit eligibility for Vermonters who need health care or social services. Any substantial tweaks have to be vetted by key legislative committees.

The House even acquiesced to a oneday special summer session advocated by the House GOP caucus — a “Challenges” progress check of sorts. Republicans are still upset about the less-than-public nature of the process.

It’s not likely the Senate will go along with a special session in July — too many wannabe governors in the room. So the pressure is on the upper chamber to close the remaining budget gap — as much as $25 million total — in the next few weeks. There is talk about using a mix of rainy-day funds, one-time funds and other measures to make the budget balance.

Not if House Minority Leader PATTI KOMLINE (R-Dorset) has anything to say about it. “If one-time money is used, then the ‘Challenges’ have not been met,” Komline pointed out.

Rep. PAUL POIRIER (I-Barre) predicted last week that the “Challenges” will be law by session’s end — no matter the protest.

“I respect raw political power,” said Poirier, who was one of the chief lieutenants under powerful House Speaker RALPH WRIGHT. “But at times it isn’t pretty.”

History Lesson #91

Speaking of RALPH WRIGHT, I received an email from the former Vermont House speaker about last week’s column.

He reminded me that the legislature was an equal partner in protecting the state’s most vulnerable during the 1991 recession, even though history often credits Republican Gov. Richard Snelling.

“My recollection is, the Democratic legislature had more than a little to do with that act of fairness back in 1991,”

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Wright wrote from his Florida home. “If someone had asked what was the first thing Gov. Snelling and I agreed upon it was: ‘This deficit will not be placed on the backs of the poor, the elderly, or the children.’ And then we raised taxes.”

Graduated, he added parenthetically.

Snelling’s stance was risky, Wright noted, but he was “a man willing to risk his political future for doing what he thought was right.”

And what was “doing right,” according to Wright? In 1991, the top marginal tax rate was around 9.6 percent. The “Snelling plan” raised it to 13.5 percent in 1993 for people earning more than $250,000. There were also budget cuts and layoffs.

Fast forward to today. In 2008, the top marginal rate of 9.5 percent kicked in around $350,000.

Rather than raise taxes last year, legislators closed a capital gains tax exemption, recouping an estimated $35 million of wealth earned from stock investments. But they didn’t put that money into social services; they lowered income-tax rates across the board, making the whole effort revenue neutral.

That means folks earning more than $375,000 saw their top marginal rate drop to 9.4 percent in 2009. This year it’ll drop to 8.95 percent.

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Seven Days reporter aNDy Bromage alerted me to a recent proVermont Yankee “My Turn” op-ed in the Burlington Free Press authored by greg WilsoN. It was a sharply written piece with several key talking points: The loss of jobs due to Vermont Yankee’s closure would fray Vermont’s safety net, decimate the economy, and drain state coffers.

“Our ambitious senator thinks he can use Vermont Yankee as a pawn in his quest to become governor,” Wilson wrote of President Pro Tem Peter shumliN. “But with the jobs of 1300 people and their families on the line, it’s Russian roulette.”

And who is Greg Wilson, other than a resident of Halifax, Vt.? Could he be the same gregory WilsoN who sends out press releases for Vermont Yankee?

Nah, the Freeps would surely identify an Entergy PR dude, right? Or, at least Wilson would tell them, right?

No and no.

“I am a Vermonter and speaking as such,” Wilson told “Fair Game” in a missive from his entergy.com email address.

The Freeps didn’t respond to a request to explain their “My Turn” vetting process. But they shouldn’t feel too bad. Wilson’s op-ed found its way into the Rutland Herald, BarreMontpelier Times Argus, Deerfield Valley News and other papers as a letter to the editor.

I wonder where Wilson found the time to be so prolific between tritiumleak updates.

And how did he escape detection by the various newspapers that published him?

“If it’s an op-ed piece and I’m suspicious of its origins, I don’t use it or would check,” said DaviD moats, the Herald’s Pulitzer Prize-winning op-ed page editor. “There seems to be a variety of parties with veiled affiliations interested in Yankee.”

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A top aide to Gov. Jim Douglas took issue with last week’s column — shocker, I know.

I asked readers if they could think of a high-ranking Vermont Republican who might be willing to spend some political capital by urging congressional colleagues to drop their filibuster against a key budget bill that would save Vermont $7 million by June, and even more in FY 11.

Secretary of Administration Neale luNDerville thinks Douglas is the only high-ranking Republican in Vermont.

Fancy that.

Plus, Lunderville said Douglas has already done his part. In his role as chairman of the National Governors’ Association, the guv urged congressional leaders — Democrats and Republicans alike — to pass a key bill that would extend some stimulus funds to the state.

The February 5 letter was also signed

by NGA vice chairman, Gov. Joe maNchiN (D-WV).

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Next, Webb explains how biochar is made. He takes out a contraption made from a coffee can stacked on top of a paint can with holes punched in the top.

Basically, the paint can is filled with wood pellets, or any other kind of biomass, and a fire is built in the top can. As the fire burns down, it “pyrolyzes” the biomass below it, releasing gases such as hydrogen and methane, which are subsequently burned off. What’s left behind in the makeshift retort is biochar, as well as a bio-oil byproduct that can be used as fuel.

Several weeks ago, Webb, along with two researchers from Cape Cod, spent the weekend at Shelburne Farms with a much larger version of Webb’s coffee-can contraption making four 500-pound batches of biochar; they used scrap lumber left over from a saw mill. Webb sold a bag of the stuff to a man across the lake in New York who wants to do his own experiments with it. The rest Webb gets to keep to play with at Shelburne Farms.

His plan, which utilizes environmental studies students from UVM, involves putting several biochar filters into a nearby stream that empties into Lake Champlain.

The students will test the water above and below the carbon filters to see how effectively they remove phosphorus, nitrogen and E. coli bacteria, all of which are pollutants that run off the farm and deteriorate the water quality. If everything goes according to Webb’s expectations, the biochar filters should capture these pollutants in much the way an activated charcoal filter does.

Next, Webb plans to take those nutrientsaturated filters and add them to test plots in Shelburne Farms’ vegetable gardens.

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arshall Webb is accustomed to getting his hands dirty. After all, he’s the woodlands manager at Shelburne Farms, the sprawling agricultural estate on Lake Champlain that has been in his family for generations.

But his latest project, handling charred lumber, isn’t as messy as you’d expect: A ton of “biochar” is remarkably clean, and holds the promise of purifying polluted water, revitalizing damaged soil, generating clean energy and even saving the planet from global warming, according to scientists who are experimenting with the blackened wood.

“The problem with biochar is that the potential is so great and so exciting that people tend to exaggerate what’s known about it,” Webb admits. “But, according to a whole bunch of people, biochar is one of the key discoveries that will enable humans to survive better in this century.”

What is this miracle material? Seated in his silo-shaped office in the north tower of Shelburne Farms’ farm barn, Webb drops a couple of discs on the table and explains.

The first, he says, is a greenish-brown hockey puck made of pressed switchgrass that was grown in Pennsylvania. The second, slightly smaller disc is the charred and friable remains of that same switchgrass after it’s been reduced to its elemental carbon by heating it to about 1000 degrees Fahrenheit in the absence of oxygen.

Webb picks up the second disc, which crumbles easily in his hands. Surprisingly, his fingers don’t get very dirty at all — a good sign, he notes. Unlike the blackened remains found in a barbecue or fire pit, biochar contains few, if any, of the toxic byproducts left behind by incomplete combustion at lower temperatures.

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Although the term “biochar” is relatively new, as are many of its uses for environmental management, the idea has actually been around for centuries.

Pre-Columbian Amerindian populations were known to have added a version of biochar to the soil in the Amazon Basin to increase its fertility. It was even given a name, terra preta de Indio, Portuguese for “Indian black earth,” which historians believe may have contributed to the development of complex civilizations in that region.

Over the last two centuries, agronomists around the world have also recommended adding charcoal dust or similar charred material to the soil in order to retain moisture, boost soil chemistry and improve seedling growth. However, only recently have researchers begun to recognize the vast complementary potential of using biochar to lower greenhouse gases, generate heat and revitalize soils damaged from decades of logging or overfarming.

For his part, Webb says that if the biochar lives up to its much-vaunted potential — Bob Wells from Cape Cod’s Redberry Farm was able to increase the output of his farm by thousands of dollars per acre, he notes — Webb would eventually like to build an oven of his own at Shelburne Farms for making biochar, which could also be used to heat the animal barns or other buildings, all in a carbon-negative system.

“There’s a relatively small but very, very passionate group of individuals who are working on this,” Webb says, manipulating a lump of charred wood with his fingers.

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The website, which goes live on Earth Day, was a year in the making, says Scott Sawyer, atlas project manager for the VSJF. The project cost $100,000, the bulk of which came from the U.S. Department of Energy through Sen. Patrick Leahy’s office, with contributions from Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, the Vermont Community Foundation and the Vermont Clean Energy Development Fund.

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Who regulates Vermont slaughterhouses?

Some require both state and federal inspectors on the premises during “processing.” So what went wrong at Bushway Packing in Grand Isle, where Humane Society workers managed to shoot a video of seemingly routine animal abuse? Seven Days readers respond to Andy Bromage’s original March 24 story about the slaughterhouse, “Emails Suggest Vermont Meat Inspector Knew About Bushway Abuse,” and also a March 31 letter from state meat inspector Randy Quenneville.

slaughter of livestock. With the interests of their own businesses at stake, one must wonder whether standards and practices that result from such a council would adequately address issues of animal welfare in the recommendations that might come out of such an effort.

The inhumane slaughter of days-old calves has created a large and lasting blemish on Vermont’s image. Please let your legislators know if you share similar concerns for the reputation of Vermont-based products and the welfare of the animals that are raised and sent to slaughter in our state. Ask them to vote “No” on H.767.

Sharon MacNair

SHELBURNE

MacNair is president of Green Mountain Animal Defenders.

Ever since Bushway Packing’s horrific animal abuse was exposed by the Humane Society of the U.S. (HSUS), the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets (VAAFM) has denied knowledge and responsibility, and blamed everyone who did take action.

They continue to blame HSUS, Dr. Wyatt and now Senator Giard (D-Addison), who are the only ones who did take action. How about blaming the abusers, and taking some responsibility for this?

Of course the state knew about the inhumane handling and food-safety violations that resulted in plant shutdowns in May, June and July 2009 when they occurred, because a state inspector was assigned as the inspector in charge at Bushway during those months.

It is incomprehensible that VAAFM took no action when they knew that the plant was shut down for the same, repeat violation in three successive months.

VAAFM also knew that when Dr. Wyatt was no longer at the plant, the inhumane handling violations stopped being reported. Did they think that, all of a sudden, Bushway Packing saw the light? It took an HSUS undercover investigation to force VAAFM to act.

To risk Vermont’s food safety and allow animal abuse to continue in this manner is negligent. They need to stop making excuses and blaming others, admit their culpability in this fiasco, and come up with a corrective action plan that protects Vermont farmers, businesses, animals and consumers from the lasting damage that has been done to the reputation of our state, to the Vermont brand, and to our agricultural businesses.

Here is information Vermont’s legislators and taxpayers need to know: Of all Vermont slaughterhouses, only two are full-time, strictly state-inspected facilities — one for red meat, one for quail. Others are either part-time, or combination federal- and state-inspected plants. Forty U.S. states do not use a state meat-inspection program.

Why not? Such programs are very expensive for states to maintain. The sign at Bushway says “Vermont State Inspected.”

The fact is, Bushway had only a federal grant of inspection. There was a USDA supervisory public health veterinarian on site. (This SPHV issued three suspensions in 2009 for inhumane treatment. He was then temporarily replaced by the inspector seen on the HSUS video, who was terminated.) There was also a Vermont state inspector on site. Simply put, Vermonters are paying 50 percent of the state inspector’s salary to do a federal job! If the state dropped its program, the USDA would be required to provide 100 percent of inspections to all plants, at no cost to Vermont taxpayers.

Equally disturbing is that Vermont’s meat-inspection officials knew of the three suspensions for inhumane treatment of calves when they occurred, and chose to do nothing until the HSUS video became public. This illustrates another serious flaw in the state’s meat-inspection program. This is a very sad case in our history, and one we cannot allow to happen again.

Vermont needs to wake up and take a comprehensive look at our meat-inspection program. Either fix it or get rid of it.

Deborah Loring

Katherine A. Collins

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At first blush, a bill to create a livestock care standards advisory council sounds like a positive step, especially after the repeated shutdowns of the Bushway slaughterhouse due to documented cruelty to animals. But, sadly, a closer read reveals that this bill, like similar bills introduced across the country, is really just an attempt by agricultural interests to “circle the wagons” against true reform.

The makeup of the council is very heavily weighted with industry representatives involved in the breeding, selling and

I am writing in response to the Bushway abuse article and the letter to the editor response written by state meat inspector Randy Quenneville.

The criticism of Dr. Wyatt’s and the HSUS’ findings stated by Mr. Quenneville is clearly designed to quiet the voice that needs to be heard. Dr. Wyatt is the voice of the animals; those who are unable to speak for themselves. It is his job and responsibility to report abuse. Quenneville’s remarks referring to Dr. Wyatt as a coward and liar appeared to be retaliatory and defensive...

We should ask ourselves, why would a man claiming no knowledge of these atrocities need to resort to such unprofessional verbiage? Perhaps it is projection?

The abuse witnessed by Dr. Wyatt and the undercover video made by the HSUS depicted outrageous behavior and it needs be prosecuted as such. Bushway has been closed three times for the abuse in the past year; this should be an indicator that they are unable or unwilling to adhere to the laws set to protect these animals, and they should not be allowed to reopen.

Mary Alexander

BRANDON

All I want to say on this matter is that the state’s attorney needs to step up and file charges. What is the holdup? If these men were accused of drunk driving or shoplifting, they would have been prosecuted by now. But, I guess because it is just poor, defenseless animals, it doesn’t matter enough. All the respectable farmers in Vermont should be appalled. This is not how we want to be seen by the rest of the world. Do the right thing. Shut this place down and prosecute those evil men. Kudos to Seven Days for being brave enough to discuss this matter…

Elizabeth White

MORRISVILLE

Despite the fact that the chief inspector at Bushway Packing was a state employee, I never saw a state supervisor visit that plant. In fact, I supervise three other state inspectors in three other state plants and I can recall seeing a supervisor have a supervisory visit only twice in a year and a half. As a taxpayer in Vermont, I think that is wrong. We spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on a state meat-inspection program and supervisors need to do the job we pay them to do.

Dean C. Wyatt, DVM

COLCHESTER

Wyatt is the USDA supervisory public health veterinarian who reported abuse at Bushway Packing in Grand Isle. He corroborated the inhumane treatment shown in the video.

I have been following the Bushway case since the HSUS video surfaced in November 2009, clearly showing egregious abuses of days-old calves. Vermont agricultural officials have said that they didn’t know what was going on. However, the Seven Days article references a “memorandum of interview” by Dr. Dean Wyatt that detailed inhumane treatment of animals at the plant and was transmitted by email to Vermont officials.

As a taxpayer and concerned citizen of Vermont, I am angry to realize that my hard-earned tax dollars are being used to pay for Vermont agricultural officials who are not looking out for the welfare of animals. We entrust them with this responsibility. It matters little if the animals are in a slaughterhouse or a barn — abuse and torture should not be permitted and complacency should not be the norm.

Where is Vermont Attorney General Bill Sorrell in all of this? Reportedly, an investigation is pending. Though it may be too late for the animals that were tortured and skinned alive. At the very least, criminal charges should be brought and all persons found responsible should be convicted.

Kristen Cameron

BURLINGTON

I’m writing this letter to address the testimony regarding instances surrounding the Bushway Packing slaughterhouse investigation. On June 24, 2009, abusive handling was witnessed involving the movement of days-old calves from a truck at the aforementioned plant. Undercover HSUS footage has exposed the inhumane handling of these calves as they were moved from the truck to the plant facility. This footage captures a transport driver using the latest in calf-moving techniques to unload the vehicle, throwing the downed calves from the top level of the truck to the cement surface below.

Despite this footage, Frank Perretta, Bushway Packing plant manager, assures us that this technique is not normally exercised as the calf-moving method of choice. Instead, he comforts us all through firsthand testimony, assuring us that the driver never throws the calves off the top level of the truck but instead lowers them by their tails.

What a relief, right? Hanging an 80pound baby cow by its frangible tail is much more humane … A big thank-you to Frank Perretta for consoling our concerns and informing us that we, as concerned and conscious consumers, have nothing to worry about. Another Bushway “tale.”

Lindsey Deon

SOUTH BURLINGTON

Shame on the VAAFM’s chief of meat inspection Randy Quenneville and the chair of Senate Agriculture Committee Senator Sarah Kittell (D-Franklin) for turning a blind eye to the very serious and potentially deadly public health hazard. These state officials are charged with the responsibility of guarding against Vermont’s public food-safety threats. I am referring specifically to the incidences of neglect and noncompliance of federal and state food and safety regulations that were ignored at the Bushway Packing plant in — surprisingly enough — Franklin County The Bushway Packing plant was notorious for processing downed calves covered in “industrial residue,” aka their own feces.

This is known to catalyze the spread of E. coli, a potentially deadly bacteria that can infect the intestinal tract of human beings upon consumption of contaminated meat.

If those whom we entrust with our health and safety disregard, and therefore condone, these egregious acts that put our health and safety at risk, then it’s time for a change in Montpelier.

Pat Cram

BURLINGTON

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The RVA is operating in the black, but barely. Losing its liquor license would seriously hurt the 66-year-old post’s ability to stay afloat, Martinez says.

Like a lot of veterans groups, the RVA makes steady income from selling beer and liquor during regular hours and at special events such as birthday parties and baby showers. But unlike the VFW and American Legion, the RVA doesn’t have a congressional charter. That means it doesn’t have nonprofit status and therefore isn’t tax-exempt.

The RVA’s annual property tax bill is $11,615, but the organization hasn’t made a payment since August 2008, when it paid a $2710 installment to the city. The current balance consists of $19,745 in principal, $1492 in interest and $650 in late penalties.

Martinez and fellow veteran Paul Clancy pleaded with the city council on April 19 to renew the RVA’s liquor license and exempt it from future property taxes.

“Other bars can afford this tax,” Clancy said. “We’re not a bar where people just come in and spend all kinds of money.

We have vets who come in — some have a Coke just so they can sit and talk to other veterans.”

Martinez pointed out the organization is a positive force for the community, too.

Last Saturday, the RVA hosted a charity “Calcutta” raffle to raise money for the American Cancer Society.

When the RVA was established in 1865, Congress wasn’t yet chartering veterans groups, Martinez and Clancy argued

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before the council. Nonetheless, it’s been a “recognized” veterans organization for years. The veterans came armed with letters of support from Vermont’s congressional delegation, including one from Sen. Bernie Sanders urging Winooski to forgive the RVA’s tax bill.

Mayor Michael O’Brien, who heads the city council, says the council wants to work with the veterans — but only if the delinquent tax bill is paid.

“The sense of the council is to help out these folks as much as possible, but not necessarily set a precedent in terms of, ‘You didn’t pay your taxes and we’re going to ignore it,’” O’Brien says. The city council can’t nullify the veterans’ tax bill, O’Brien says. Only the Winookski board of civil authority, a 20-member body composed of city councilors, board of education members and justices of the peace — can

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If you’re exploring residential wind options in Addison County, the atlas reveals four 30-meter turbines in Lincoln, three in New Haven and one each in Leicester, Orwell and Ripton, as well as 15 others countywide. As for woody biomass such as pellet boilers, only Mt. Abraham High School and Middlebury College currently heat that way in Addison County.

The atlas lets consumers research renewable options in their town before making any sort of commitment, says Scott Merriam, a project coordinator for Renewable Energy Vermont. “It’s definitely feeding that ‘just curious’ gap,” he says. “It plants an idea for people.”

It’s an opportunity for businesses, too.

Alternative-power brokers may use the website to “target certain areas” for potential projects, says Merriam. Those companies that provide energy services, such as many of the 300 members of REV, will be listed in the resources section, along with financing information.

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The website works like this: Users choose a geographical area on the map and then pick an energy option — biomass, efficiency, geothermal, hydro, solar or wind. Within each of those categories, it’s possible to drill down to more specific energy options such as methane digesters or hydroelectric dams. From there, a click on the website produces a map. Results range from a small biofuel producer in Essex Junction to Green Mountain Power’s Searsburg wind farm.

If you were looking for solar arrays in Huntington, for example, the atlas would show seven net-metered sites, which feed excess energy back into the grid, and two non-net-metered sites. On the website’s interactive map, you’d see that the Brewster Pierce Memorial School boasts photovoltaic panels, as does the Foundation for a

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Another past RVA employee, former bar manager Sharon O’Neal, is suing the veterans group for wrongful termination, claiming she was fired for speaking up about sexual harassment by an former RVA officer. O’Neal states in a lawsuit filed in Chittenden County Superior Court that the RVA bookkeeper slapped her butt, tried to grab her breast and once offered her money if she’d let him look down her blouse.

Martinez said he couldn’t answer questions about pending legal actions and could not refer questions to a lawyer because the organization is switching attorneys.

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PAINTING THE GUV Gov. JAMES H. DOUGLAS has commissioned Middlebury artist KATE GRIDLEY to paint his official portrait, state curator DAVID SCHUTZ told Seven Days this week.

The four-term Republican governor, who will leave office early next year, reviewed submissions from about eight artists before choosing Gridley, Schutz said. Although Douglas is also from Middlebury, he picked Gridley not because of a hometown connection Kate Gridley but because he likes her work, Schutz said, noting that the artist and the governor were not previously acquainted.

The two had an initial meeting last week to discuss plans for composing the portrait that will hang in the Statehouse — presumably near the likenesses of former governors MADELEINE KUNIN and HOWARD DEAN. Governors’ official portraits are privately financed, Schutz notes.

Neither Gridley nor Douglas could be reached for comment before Seven Days’ deadline.

Gridley, a Williams College alum married to Orton Family Foundation director of communications JOHN BARSTOW, has taught at Middlebury College and other Addison County schools. Her work includes landscapes and interiors as well as portraits.

Her portrait of Vermont Law School dean MAX KEMPNER was unveiled at a ceremony last year. Mission Rejected, a Chelsea Green book by Peter Laufer, includes portraits Gridley drew of GIs who refused service in Iraq.

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SHORT TAKES Montpelier’s SAVOY THEATER is open again after a couple of “exciting and crazy” weeks of renovation, in the words of owner TERRENCE YOUK. So, what’s new? Tiled floors and a “wonderful patina of clay” on the walls, says Youk. A repositioned ticket booth and a concession stand built by a class from the YESTERMORROW DESIGN/BUILD SCHOOL. And you can now get wine and beer with your popcorn.

The theater’s DOWNSTAIRS VIDEO has relocated to 7 East State Street, the better to serve renters left bereft by the demise of Capitol Video. (Yes, it’s still Downstairs Video, though Youk says he “toyed with calling it No Stairs Video.”) The basement space it left will soon be filled by a new screen and a wine bar — and will house a repertory movie club, says Youk.

What won’t change: the height of the screen, which Youk had hoped to raise to improve the Savoy’s sight lines. The process would have cost more than $20K without making a significant difference. “The problem is, we can’t increase the slope of the floor, because the front end is already too steep for wheelchair regulations,” Youk explains.

The renovation got an “incredible pull from the community,” says Youk. Sixteen contractors donated their labor in exchange for on-screen advertising. When he approached the builders, he recalls, they had a common — and heartening — reaction: “First thing they say is ‘Wow, Savoy Theater — that’s one of the reasons I moved to this area.’ I hear three or four people tell me that every day.”

GRAHAM RAUBVOGEL, a 16-year-old junior at Burlington High School, is a young

filmmaker but not a fledgling one. His short film “Let Me Out” — which doubles as a music video for local garage rockers THE VACANT LOTS — has been chosen to screen at the 2010 National Film Festival for Talented Youth in Seattle, which starts this April 29.

And Raubvogel recently learned that his short documentary “God Hates...” will be part of San Francisco’s Frameline Film Festival, the world’s largest and oldest LGBT fest. Pretty good for a teen — who’s already snagged awards from the VERMONT INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL and the Santa Monica Teen Film Festival.

MARGOT HARRISON For more details on Youk’s plans for the Savoy and Raubvogel’s films, check our staff blog, Blurt.

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hen Vermont poet and playwright DAVID BUDBILL was visiting his father in a nursing home 20 years ago, he didn’t know the notes he took there would become the groundwork for a play. Fascinated with the way his father, who had dementia, tangled the past and present, Budbill did what writers do: He jotted down snippets of dialogue.

Two decades and countless revisions later, the voices from his notebook have come to life in a new play about growing old called A Song for My Father.

“It started out as an autobiographical play,” Budbill says. “But, as always, it ends up as something else.”

Budbill refers to it as a “memory play.” Its two acts take place entirely in the mind of Randy Wolf, the character he loosely modeled on himself. Randy’s imagination jumps around in time, from conversations with his mother, Ruth, who died decades before his father, to scenes of Randy’s early childhood and college years, to a wrenching recreation of a physical fight with his father, Frank.

A Song for My Father, which opens at LOST NATION THEATER in Montpelier this Thursday, is directed by ANDREW DOE and performed by Vermont actors JOHN D. ALEXANDER, ROBERT NUNER, TARA LEE DOWNS and RUTH WALLMAN. While the audience files into the theater, a slideshow of photographs depicting industrial

Cleveland during the 1940s and ’50s sets the scene.

Budbill, best known for his play about life in rural Vermont, Judevine, was born in Cleveland in 1940. His mother was a minister’s daughter, his father a streetcar driver who quit school in seventh grade to help support the family. Budbill, like his protagonist, Randy, was the first person in his family to graduate from high school, let alone college and grad school, and this educational and class divide plays a central role in his new play.

In one scene, when Randy tells his father he’s moving to Vermont, Frank blows up.

“He thinks the education and moving to Vermont is going to separate them, make it impossible for them to relate to each other,” Budbill says. “And in some ways it’s true.”

But it’s not as true as Frank thinks.

Despite the vastly different worlds they inhabit, father and son love each other deeply.

Budbill’s own dad encouraged him to get an education, he says, though he knew it would drive a cultural wedge between them.

Throughout the play, Budbill explores Frank’s loneliness as he ages and the guilt Randy feels for not being there for his father before he got sick. But he also discovers the ties that bind them. And he does it with humor, albeit black at times.

“I don’t tiptoe around the issues,” Budbill

says. “The scenes between Randy and Frank in the nursing home and starting to have dementia are actually pretty funny.”

Budbill, who has performed for many years with jazz musicians, says he thinks of the play as a kind of blues.

“It does what blues does,” he says. “It confronts the way the world really is.

When you’re done listening to the blues, you feel better.”

Throughout his process of putting the show together, working with actors and speaking with reporters, Budbill says, almost everyone has shared memories of their own struggles with aging parents or grandparents. The story of a son watching his father age is far from unique, but that’s just what audiences will relate to, he suggests.

“If you wait long enough, everyone has these stories,” Budbill adds.

He’s pretty sure his father, who died in 1999, would have been flattered to see the play his son wrote about him.

“You know, in the title, I left out the word ‘love,’” he says. “It is really a love song for my

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8v-JacobAlbee042110.indd 1 4/19/10 2:50:14 8v-sewlyyours040710.indd PM 1 3/31/10 4:11:31 PM More than anything, Luekhamhan and her colleagues wanted to engage locals, to bring together people who generally work independently. But Luekhamhan, a poet herself, also wanted to see the written word get out of the library and onto the streets.

Dovetailing with “Poetry Alive!” are a number of related events scheduled for restaurants & events online: Montpelier’s Art Walk this Friday. Bear Pond vermontrestaurantweek.com Books is hanging clotheslines throughout the store and asking area writers to bring in their poems to be displayed on them that 12h-RW042110.indd 1 4/19/10 4:04:45 PM day. The Vermont College of Fine Arts is hosting a poetry reading that includes GReG delanty, Wyn cooPeR, keRRin Mccadden, izabel nielSen, SoPhia Manley and PaiGe ackeRSon-kiely.

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“Poetry Alive!” is presented by the Kellogg-Hubbard library and Montpelier Alive throughout downtown Montpelier and at VcFA through April 30.

The Montpelier Art Walk, with attendant events, happens Friday, April 23, 4-8 p.m.

Free. guides to participating venues and poets can be picked up at the library or downloaded from montpelieralive.org/ poetryalive.

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On Valentine’s Day, they were plastered with the red hearts that mysteriously appear every year throughout the city. Now those windows feature poetry by Vermont writers. After all, April is National Poetry Month.

Thanks to the Kellogg-Hubbard Library and downtown community association Montpelier Alive, pedestrians in the capital have been stopping on sidewalks to read the works of professional and amateur poets alike. The name of the monthlong initiative: “Poetry Alive!”

Rachel Senechal, program and development director at the library, orchestrated a similar project in Waterbury a few years ago and wanted to try it out in Montpelier, she says. In just over a month, she and a small committee managed to elicit about 200 poems from 90 writers representing 30 Vermont cities and towns. The poems are now hanging in 40 diverse venues, including the library, banks, restaurants, stores and a pharmacy.

In most windows, the display isn’t fancy — individual poems are printed on legalsize paper and stuck to the glass with tape.

But some places have gotten more creative.

The Hunger Mountain Co-op has painted haikus on its café windows; the Knitting Studio created a knitted display inspired by poet MaRy eldeR JacobSen of North Calais; Birchgrove Baking arranged a cake display in response to the work of Woodbury writer PhylliS laRRabee; and Artisans Hand Craft Gallery is displaying its featured poems in an outdoor garden.

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Dear cecil, What’s the effectiveness of a polygraph? Police departments still use them, and the feds still screen applicants using polygraphs, but the U.S. Supreme court has ruled them invalid. Surely they can’t tell if you’re lying, and surely not all lies produce the exact same physiological response in every person.

Rob ie-detector tests aren’t completely worthless. How’s that for an endorsement?

The polygraph, the most common lie-detection instrument, works on the assumption that the body reacts involuntarily to the stress of lying. It measures reactions such as changes in skin conductance, pulse rate, blood pressure and breathing while the subject is asked a series of questions. The questioning process can take several forms. One early version was the “relevant-irrelevant” technique, which mixed queries such as “Did you murder [name of victim]?” in with stuff like “Is today Tuesday?” Lies in response to the relevant questions would supposedly make the needles jump. The problem with this approach was that in such a context even an unfounded accusatory question could be stressful, producing a false positive.

The “comparison question” technique tries to get around this problem by making all the queries accusatory. In a sex-crime investigation, for instance, a suspect might be asked embarrassing control questions such as “Have you ever committed a sexual act

you were ashamed of?” along with questions pertaining more directly to the case. The idea, which has a certain devious ingenuity, is that the innocent will show a greater response to the control questions (either because they’re lying or simply flustered), whereas the guilty will show a greater response to the pertinent questions (which for them are more consequential).

The “guilty knowledge” testing method tries to discover whether a subject is privy to inside info about a case — things that only someone involved would know about. For example, suspects might be shown assorted photos of guns to see how they respond to the one that happens to show the murder weapon.

Besides investigation of crimes and the like, the other big use for polygraphs is general screening by employers looking to weed out iffy job applicants or catch workers in otherwise undetected wrongdoing.

Pre-employment screening is common in law enforcement: One study found nearly two-thirds of agencies administered polygraph exams

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Depends how you define work. Probably the most comprehensive look at polygraph accuracy is a 2003 report from the National Academy of Sciences. After examining 57 polygraph studies the NAS concluded: “In populations of examinees such as those represented in the polygraph research literature, untrained in countermeasures, specific-incident polygraph tests can discriminate lying from truth telling at rates well above chance, though well below perfection.” Their analysis of the 30 most recent polygraph data sets showed an overall accuracy of 85 percent, and an analysis of seven field studies involving specific incidents showed a median accuracy of 89 percent.

For screening purposes, though, the NAS found polygraph tests had too high a margin of error to be genuinely informative. If you made your criteria loose enough to catch most of the bad guys, you were overwhelmed with false positives; if you raised the bar enough to thin out the false positives, you missed too many bad guys.

And what about those countermeasures the NAS mentioned?

Yeah, that’s a problem too.

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stationed myself at the foot of the esca- what brings you folks to Vermont?” lator, slightly back and off to the side.

In the rearview mirror, I could read At chest level, I held up my sign, on the excitement on Kayla’s face. She which I had written, “D. PEPPER.” said, “We’re here for a campus tour of There is an art to meeting a fare at Middlebury College. We’ve been visiting an airport. You’d think it’s a no-brainer a bunch of schools this week.”

— how hard can it be? — yet it’s anything “Really? Well, that’s quite cool. What but. There are 100 ways to screw it up, other schools have you hit thus far?” and the fact that it may not be your fault “Let’s see,” Kayla said. “Yesterday is cold comfort to the irate customer we visited Colgate, and we’ve been to whom you failed to meet at the gate. Plus, Hamilton College and you can lose the fare to another cab or a Bowdoin.” car rental.

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“Excuse me,” I said to an arriving trav- “A high school buddy of eler, “is this the US Air out of LaGuardia?” mine went there. He used “Let me think,” the lady said. “Uhhh … to call it ‘Toothpaste U.’ Not yes, that’s it. Hope that helps.” to prejudice you one way “Thanks, it does,” I replied, happy for or the other, but he said it the confirmation that I was indeed at the was mostly a lot of really right spot at the right time. wealthy kids who didn’t About seven or eight stairs up the esca- have quite the grades or family pull to get lator, a smiling, middle-aged woman with into one of the Ivies.” a teenage girl noticed me and pointed.

“That’s funny,” Diane said, “we didn’t “Hi, Mrs. Pepper — welcome to like it much, either. After about five minVermont,” I said. “I’m Jernigan, and I’ll utes, we knew that this wasn’t the place. be taking you down to Middlebury.”

Isn’t that right, Kayla?”

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“But, of course,” Diane replied.

“Even though the school competes in Division 3 and doesn’t offer athletic scholarships, it has the highest percentage of students playing in varsity sports. I believe the figure is over 25 percent.”

“Wow,” Kayla said, “that is impressive.

You don’t think of Middlebury as a big sports school.”

“No, you don’t, although in certain sports, like hockey and lacrosse, they

spoke to the dad, assuring him of everyone’s well-being, and told him she loved him. Clicking off, she apologized again, then shared how overwhelmed she feels by modern technology, a common refrain of the post-40 set.

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The Value of Vermont

At the first landscape auction in the United States, conservation makes cents B Y KIR K KA RD A SHIAN

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aan Wensing is a quick study.

Since October 2009, the Dutchman has been making periodic visits to Vermont, trying to understand just what makes this place special. On a recent day when deep blue sky is punctuated by puffy clouds, rivers run clean and cold, and the pastured hills burn green under the sun, he sums up what he’s learned: “Vermont has no billboards because its landscape is its billboard.”

It’s not the first time a guy from the Netherlands has been awed by the natural beauty of the New World. Three hundred and eighty-four years ago, in fact, Peter Minuit was so impressed by the sylvan grandeur of Manhattan that he offered to buy it from the Native Americans on the spot. Flattered by his overture, and not really familiar with the concept of private property, they sold the island to him for a bundle of goods worth about 24 bucks.

Wensing, who bears a boyish resemblance to Matt Damon, isn’t here to fleece the locals. He wants to help them keep Vermont the way it is. He and some colleagues at an Amsterdambased company, Triple-E, developed a conservation tool called a “landscape auction” to aid people in rural parts of the Netherlands in maintaining their agricultural setting. The auction system basically enables citizens and businesses to “adopt” a landscape element — such as an open field or a walking trail — by paying for its creation or maintenance for a given period.

This is not just a crunchy version of “Adopt-a-Highway,” but a way for a community to get together and give voice to its values. And it’s been surprisingly effective — the first European auction, in 2007, raised $200,000 in just 45 minutes.

Now Wensing is trying to do the same thing for the landscapes conserved by the White River Partnership (WRP), a nonprofit organization in South Royalton. In

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late August, people will have the opportunity to bid on items such as improving habitat for neotropical migratory songbirds and renting a bus so schoolkids can visit a farm.

According to WRP executive director Mary Russ, the organization’s goal is “to bring people together to improve the long-term health of the White River watershed and the landscape between its rivers.” The landscape auction is one step in a process that began back in 1995, when the WRP was founded. That’s also when administrators of the Green Mountain National Forest began researching how they could manage their public land through a watershed model.

Thinking about conservation and resource protection in terms of watersheds — areas of land where all the water flows downhill to the same river — is relatively new in Vermont. The concept is this: To gauge the health and sustainability of land-use patterns, look at the water quality of streams and rivers adjacent to that land.

The WRP started as a group of local farmers, fishermen and business owners who wanted to maintain the quality of life in the White River watershed, which covers 710 square miles in central Vermont. It blossomed into an official nonprofit in 2000, after receiving a generous grant from the United States Forest Service. Today, the WRP offers a broad range of services, from water-quality monitoring to riverrestoration programs and watershed education.

By all accounts, the WRP’s work has gone, well, swimmingly. The water quality of the 56-mile-long main stem of the White River and its numerous branches is “fishable/swimmable,” an EPA gold standard. “Almost all the tributaries,” says board member and fly-fishing guide Ron Rhodes, “support wild brook trout, and if you don’t have clean, cold water, brook trout can’t survive.”

Yet, even with that track record, in executive director Russ’ opinion, something was missing. “The notion of the landscape underlies everything,” she says, “but up to this point, a lot of our work has been focused on the river. We see the landscape auction as a way to close the circle.”

Russ first heard of the fundraising tool in 2008 when Meg Mitchell, the

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Wensing gave a presentation there on a landscape auction in Ooijpolder, a pristine area in the Netherlands that’s primarily managed by private landowners who need additional revenue to maintain the scenic open space.

“Gee,” Mitchell said to Wensing after he spoke, “you could be talking about Vermont.”

When Wensing and his coworkers first conceived of a landscape auction, they were surprised it hadn’t been tried already in the U.S., where private capital drives a lot of conservation. “It’s about money and the landscape,” Wensing says, “about people paying other people to do things. This should come from the [United States].

Conservation in Europe, on the other hand, is subsidy driven.”

In Europe, government subsidies might pay a farmer to maintain a hedgerow, for example, or to graze sheep instead of goats.

The problem with them is that they’re full of restrictions and red tape, and usually have a short term. “So we thought, Why don’t we make a separation between the ownership of the land and what’s on top of it?” Wensing recalls.

Get the farmer to calculate how much it costs her to keep that hedgerow looking nice, or to create a hiking trail through a forest, and then let the public bid on it.

It turned out to be a flash of genius.

The first auction drew national news coverage, and 300 people — including representatives from banks, insurance companies, philanthropic organizations and schools — showed up to place bids.

“Everyone was taking part and enjoying it,” Wensing says. Since then, he has organized auctions in Amsterdam, Germany and Poland.

If you want to know how this could work in Vermont, ask Carl Russell.

He’s co-owner, with Lisa McCrory, of Earthwise Farm and Forest in Bethel, as well as serving on the board of WRP. Earthwise is a small-scale, diversified farm based on sustainable practices. On their 160 acres, Russell and McCrory

raise dairy cows, beef steers, breeding sows, heritage turkeys and chickens — all of which are grass fed and managed organically. Russell uses draft horses and oxen instead of a tractor, and McCrory practices the “intuitive” agriculture of dowsing and spiritual gardening.

Because the farm is small, it’s ineligible for most agricultural and conservation grants. Russell and McCrory have a clear choice of how to operate: They can think about their balance sheet first, or they can make investments in sustainable practices that benefit the environment but return almost nothing to their bottom line.

with a rotation of livestock. First come You may be able to participate the pigs, which stir up the topsoil, and in a research program at the then the cattle and poultry, which add University of Vermont! nutrients to the ground and encourage grass to grow. Doing this the oldSTUDY #30: For ages 18-45 fashioned way doesn’t just save money • You will learn strategies to decrease and reduce carbon dioxide emissions; your anxiety and quit smoking! it has benefits for erosion control and • The study involves a total of 12 visits water quality.

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Russ and Wensing are working with about a dozen landowners on other ideas to entice bidders, such as sponsoring a sugaring operation (“You could get your name on the syrup label!” Russ says), restoring a historic barn and tracking moose with a wildlife biologist. The town of Tunbridge is offering its covered bridge. In each case, the money offered in the auction is tax deductible (because WRP is an intermediary) and goes only toward the specific item the bidder chooses.

The community has expressed excitement about the event, which will be held at a scenic spot in the watershed.

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The landscape-auction idea offered a middle way. “When I got thinking about the opportunity of marketing our growth to private funding,” Russell says, “it sounded pretty interesting. We don’t want a handout, but it’s a struggle to incorporate ecological and environmental practices that benefit beyond the borders of our farm.”

When Wensing and Russ approached Russell about participating in the landscape auction, it didn’t take the farmer long to think of “things” he could put on the block. Since most of Russell’s land is forested, and he wants to offer more grazing to his animals, he plans to clear 30 acres of timber that his grandfather planted in the 1950s.

But he’s not hiring a logger to remove the trees or an excavator to till the soil.

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Middlebury’s Department of English and American Literatures. The Bay Area native, who says he’s always enjoyed the outdoors, developed a late-blooming love for nature writing not so much from reading the likes of Thoreau as from tromping in fields and woodlands near his beloved homestead in Bristol.

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that spurns all things digital. But even though he’s not on Facebook and doesn’t tweet, Elder sees social networks as powerfully positive.

“Obama wouldn’t have been elected without cellphones and the Internet, and the supreme leader of Iran would sleep better at night without them,” he observes. At the same time, “there are

Mountains of Home, chronicles a series of hikes in those environs, weaving in reflections on other writers’ work — most notably, Robert Frost and his poem “Directive.”

Elder appreciates “the Thoreauvian sense of solitude in wilderness” because it allows for transcendence of what William Wordsworth, one of his favorite poets, scorned as the triviality of “getting and spending.” Living in the spirit of Thoreau, Elder adds, “it’s easy to fall into a kind of intellectually Luddite position”

losses as well as gains” from the new technologies, Elder adds, citing the erosion of book culture as one of the big losses.

Despite having spent his entire adult life in academia — as an undergraduate at Pomona College, a graduate student at Yale and a prof at Middlebury since 1973 — Elder views himself as an activist. He identifies closely with the environmental movement, describing it as “this country’s great contribution to world culture: that and jazz.” He’s leery,

however, of the movement’s traditional focus on “prohibitions and purity.” Elder finds that “urban Americans and people of color have put forward a compelling critique” of that nature-centered ethic.

In response, “the movement has been realigning in the last 10 to 15 years, putting greater emphasis on social justice and nontranscendentalist ways of loving nature.” Elder supports those efforts, which he describes as “more of an invitational approach that relishes the diversity of our communities.”

It’s one thing to invite others to savor the natural world. But when it comes to climate change, Elder believes we have no choice but to wake up and start taking practical action. His characteristic combination of bookishness and outdoorsmanship has led him to the conviction that “climate change is a fact that cannot be evaded.” That’s the consensus among climatologists, he points out.

And he knows from direct experience that Vermont’s seasons aren’t the same now as a few decades ago.

“You can really see that as a sugar maker,” Elder says.

He and his wife, Rita, a retired special educator, tap a Starksboro sugarbush every spring with help from their two adult sons, Caleb and Matthew, who live on adjoining lots on the 142-acre property.

(A daughter, Rachel, works in Brooklyn as a TV producer.) Matthew’s twin 3-year-old sons are recent recruits to the Elder sugaring crew. A photo of the boys sampling sap from a tap is one of the few adornments of Grandpa’s booked-up office.

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lender, gray-bearded 63-yearold John Elder doesn’t look like the eco-orgy type. But chat with him a while in his spartan Middlebury College office, and the soon-to-be-retired professor will tell you: What the green movement needs is “a big party like Mardi Gras.” And let’s not ignore “the erotics of conservation,” Elder urges.

But Elder follows his solicitation to party hearty with a warning that “the largest need we have as Middle Americans is to restrain our appetites.” In Elder’s estimation, “we’re piggy — we all are.”

He’s hoping the fat and the stupid will slim down and wise up before their hyperconsumption renders the planet unlivable.

“It’s conceivable — by no means guaranteed — that we’ll make the necessary changes to avoid catastrophic climate change,” Elder reckons.

Such visionary — and tenuously optimistic — observations have inspired generations of Middlebury College students who have John Elder learned from Elder, a 21stcentury nature writer as perceptive and poetic as John McPhee, Bill Bryson and Bill McKibben. Appropriately, Middlebury is celebrating Elder’s career with a flurry of events on and around Earth Day. “They knock me out,” Elder says of the attitudes and initiatives of today’s students. “They give me a lot of hope.

This current generation of college students and their children,” he proclaims, “will be the central generations in human history.”

Elder started teaching environmentalist courses after several years in

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exceptionally good this year — and the money he makes from selling his syrup, Elder values sugaring as “a culturally and historically rich experience.” He wrote a book about it, too, called The Frog Run. Sugaring is one of the charms of Vermont that has rooted him in the state as firmly as a fine old maple. “I’ll never leave here,” Elder promises.

Vermont’s wooded wilderness may not be as “sublime” as California’s panoramas, but he’d have to drive several hours from San Francisco to glimpse them, Elder points out. Here, “I walk out my door in Bristol and see bear tracks.” Vermont’s balance of natural and cultural quality may be unmatched, he suggests. Mere hours after inspecting those bear tracks, Elder notes, he can take in a performance of Irish music at the Flynn.

The Irish inflection is important.

Although he’s of Scottish descent — which, as Elder observes, isn’t at all the same as being Irish — he and his wife join in a seisiún every evening at home, with Rita playing concertina and John accompanying her on whistle and flute.

He taught himself both instruments three years ago, when he was 60.

“John’s not stale,” reports Middlebury dance professor Andrea Olsen, who describes him as “a complex human being. He’s always trying to stay ahead of the norm.” Olsen co-taught a “Nature and Creativity” class with Elder that stressed “experiential learning.”

Kate Lupo, a senior who took the course last semester, says it was “unlike any I’ve had at Middlebury.” Classes began with yoga warm-ups and would include dancing and discussions of environmental essays in the college’s organic garden. “Instead of feeling nervous, as I often do in classes, I felt relieved in this one,” Lupo says.

She regards Elder as “a great role model in terms of public speaking and in his ability to connect on a personal level.” He’s a “forceful communicator,” Lupo adds — “very persuasive and eloquent. He argues passionately for what he cares about.”

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She’s not advocating doing nothing about air pollution. But Meyer is wary of science that says the case for humancaused climate change is a slam dunk.

She’s not alone in her skepticism.

A recent survey conducted by George Mason University and the University of Texas at Austin, revealed that large numbers of TV weathercasters around the county harbor doubts about widely accepted climate-change theories. Of the 571 forecasters surveyed, a third think global warming is mostly caused

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CAX meteorologist Sharon Meyer is no climatechange denier, but she isn’t sure humans should get all the blame for global warming. The Channel 3 weathercaster says, “There are many pieces to that puzzle, some of which are not manmade.

“It’s not like, if we all stopped burning fossil fuels, the Earth would revert to the way it was in 1940 or whatever,” Meyer adds. “Climate’s always going to change, for lots of reasons.”

during on-air forecasts. Chief meteorologists at two local television stations say they never bring up climate change, primarily because they lack expertise and certainty in those matters.

“Our computer models are barely accurate for the next 48 hours,” Meyer says.

“It has always kind of made me wonder how they can have so much confidence in computer models that are going out much further than that. The further out you go, the more it kind of seems to be a stab in the dark.”

Jason Caterina, chief meteorologist at Fox 44, says he’s not persuaded global warming is happening — or, if it is, that human activities are responsible.

“We’ve got maybe 100 years of solid, reliable [climate] data, and outside of that, I feel like it’s a lot more theory,” says Caterina. “They can take core drillings, they can take whatever they want, but outside of the last 100 years, we don’t have a lot to stand on over the 4 billion years the planet has been around.”

Caterina is a self-described “weather geek” who started his career reporting ski conditions for Snocountry Mountain Reports. He admits that climatology isn’t his specialty and says he never discusses climate change on the air because he doesn’t see it as relevant.

“In the world of broadcast meteorology, climatology just doesn’t really fit in,” he says.

Still, Caterina feels global warming is slightly “overplayed” and wonders whether rising temperatures aren’t simply part of a natural cycle. “Maybe this is a decade or several decades of warmer weather,” he says. “I mean, in the ’80s they were talking about the next ice age, and now it’s global warming.”

Caterina pauses before adding, “This will probably make me hugely unpopular.”

The American Meteorological Society has endorsed the findings of the UN climate-change panel concluding that global warming is happening and humans have contributed significantly to the trend. But a huge chunk of those certified by the AMS remain doubtful.

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by human activities, while two-thirds believe natural changes in the environment play a greater role.

Local TV and radio forecasters aren’t climatologists, of course, and most, like Meyer, readily admit to lacking the expertise they would need to speak knowledgeably on global warming. Still, these are the main conduits of weatherrelated information to the public, and some of the most trusted. The New York Times recently cited a study by Yale University and George Mason University that found 56 percent of Americans trust weathercasters to inform them about global warming far more than they trust politicians.

Do Vermont’s forecasters think the burning of fossil fuels is responsible for our rapidly heating planet? Are they influencing their watchers or listeners one way or the other? Seven Days was curious, so we asked a handful of local weathercasters about their beliefs on global warming. Results varied. While the pair of television meteorologists we spoke with emphasized the uncertainty of climate-change science, two radio forecasters said the evidence for humanmade warming is undeniable.

One of Vermont’s most watched weathercasters, WPTZ Channel 5 meteorologist Tom Messner, was not available for comment. None of the forecasters we interviewed reported taking the universities’ survey, which was sent via the web to all broadcast TV members of the American Meteorological Society and the National Weather Association.

But they do have opinions. Meyer says she is often asked about global warming but never talks about it on air because she wasn’t schooled in climatology.

“I’m happy if we can get the sevenday forecast right, never mind what’s happening in the next 50 to 100 years,” she says.

Only about a third of the weathercasters surveyed by George Mason and the University of Texas said they discuss climate change during forecasts; most abstain for lack of time. At Vermont’s social gatherings and in the local media, of course, weather and climate change are favorite topics of conversation. But the national pattern holds true here: Rarely are the two discussed together

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Texas believe global warming isn’t happening, or aren’t sure. More than a quarter of survey takers, 27 percent, agreed with the statement, “Global warming is a scam.”

WCAX’s Meyer puts herself in the “open-minded” category. Even if she felt certain and well-versed in climate change, Meyer says, she would be loath to bring up such a politically charged subject on air.

“It’s just so loaded out there, that I don’t want to get into the fray,” she says.

Radio forecaster Roger Hill, by contrast, is a die-hard believer — and isn’t afraid to broadcast that.

Hill is the forecaster for the Radio Vermont Group, which includes stations WDEV in Waterbury, WLVB in Morrisville and WCVT in Stowe. He says there’s “no doubt” climate change is real and is caused by humans.

Hill’s forecasts mostly stick to weather.

But once a week, he broadcasts a segment he refers to as “Global Warming Thursday,” where he reads climate news and tidbits about weird weather trends — often with a local hook.

One recent segment noted that this year’s “ice out” on Joe’s Pond in West Danville — the day the pond thaws and a flag-adorned cinderblock plunges through — was the earliest on record, beating the previous record by 11 days.

“This is something listeners need to know,” Hill says. “For the climatechange denial community, there’s nothing to fear by what I’m going to tell them. I’m going to have the facts.”

Hill didn’t study meteorology in school but learned “on the job,” he says; he worked for the National Weather Service for 12 years and studied Earth science on his own.

Unlike his colleagues on TV, Hill doesn’t hesitate to place weather events in the context of climate change when he feels it’s appropriate. “It’s very controversial, so I can understand why a lot of TV people don’t want to get into that,” says Hill, who also runs the website weatheringheights.com. “Immediately, you have one half of the population who hates you and one half that loves you.”

Hill says he’s caught heat for his climate-themed segments, but predicts time will vindicate him.

“In two to five years, I think we’ll look at Joe’s Pond and this April warmth as some kind of signal,” Hill says. “But I can’t say that for sure, because there’s no solid data to say, ‘Absolutely — boom — this is global warming.’”

One thing Hill and the TV

weathercasters agree on: Climate change has been politicized to a toxic degree. “Al Gore should have never gotten involved,” Hill says.

Meteorologist Steve Maleski, one of the voices on Vermont Public Radio’s “Eye on the Sky” weather updates, says he’s surprised and “somewhat dismayed” to hear that so many TV weathercasters nationally doubt global warming science. Maleski says he and colleagues Mark Breen and Chris Bouchard don’t stray into climate change on air because they’re strictly focused on weather.

“I’m not completely current with all the developments,” Maleski says. “All I can tell you is, the physics is unimpeachable; the data [are] there; the train has left the station. And it will soon become plain to everyone the train is moving, and it will be too late to apply a typical politician’s quick fix. You can’t stand in front of a train that big and say, ‘Stop.’”

Nolan Atkins, who chairs the Department of Atmospheric Sciences at Lyndon State College, says he understands why meteorologists steer clear of global warming, especially when they’re not trained experts. But he also says weathercasters do viewers a disservice by not educating themselves on the latest science and incorporating it into their forecasts.

“People in our field [who] are communicating with the general public have a responsibility to do just that, and to do it in a way that represents the science,” Atkins says. “I don’t think they should shy away from it.”

Students at Lyndon State learn about climate change science during their freshman year in Atkins’ Survey of Meteorology course. Two decades ago, he notes, when many of today’s forecasters were educated, meteorology programs didn’t cover air pollution, climate change or environmental impact, as today’s programs do.

For her part, Meyer is sticking to what she knows best and what she believes viewers want: just the weather.

“I’m sure I’d make a chunk of people happy if I were to come out and say that every major last snowstorm that we had, or every heat wave or anything that isn’t exactly normal, was somehow tied into global warming, or El Niño, or any one of the other favorite pet topics that are out there,” Meyer says. “But I’m trying to let people know what the weather is going to be.” m

I Spy … a Map? E verybody likes to read the “I Spy” section of the personals, but Marty Schnure has got to be the first person to turn some of its posts into a map.

Schnure describes what you see on this page as a “spatial representation of something not often thought of in spatial terms, or as mappable data: human interactions.” She created it for the national Bizarre Map Challenge organized by San Diego State University. Bizarre is defined as “strikingly out of the ordinary.”

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Turns out Schnure’s is a top-10 finalist in the contest, selected by five world-renowned cartographers. The winner will get $5000!

You can read more about the challenge at bizarre map.sdsu.edu, then click on the link to view the maps and vote for your favorite. Deadline: April 26, at noon Pacific Time (3 p.m. in Vermont). Naturally, we hope you’ll vote for Marty Schnure’s I Spy map.

Schnure is a geography major at Middlebury College. She said one of her favorite ways to procrastinate on school work is to read the I Spy section of Seven Days. “I’ve always thought it would be fun to map the posts,” she said,

“since many of them include precise locational information.”

When she learned about the contest, Schnure said, she chose to make an I-Spy map “because it is both unique to Vermont and universal; while the map is ostensibly very regional, it transcends its regionalism by representing universally recognizable human needs and wants: connection, intimacy, infatuation, making eye contact with the cutie in the produce section, etc.”

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at the holidays; it slowed a lot after that, and now we’re getting busier and busier as the weather warms up,” Anne Taylor says. Indeed, about half a dozen shoppers made purchases at Home Ecology during one midday hour last Saturday.

Roger and Betsy Howland, for example, bought a wooden soap dish and a cheese board made of recycled materials. Green products such as these “last longer, look better and are nicer to use,” Betsy explained.

The action was slower at the Green Life on a rainy Friday afternoon.

Although Skirack is just one block to the east, the stretch of Main between Battery and Church streets has long been challenging for retail operations — though a smattering of new stores in the past year suggests that might be changing.

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Despite the heft of such retail rivals and the inauspicious location of his own store, Hassenberg expresses confidence that the Green Life will provide a living for his family.

Home Ecology co-owner Anne Taylor is similarly optimistic. “I think we’re going to be very successful. People are ready to buy what we sell,” she says from behind the cash register of the roughly 1000-square-foot store situated between the Flying Pig Bookstore and The Bearded Frog restaurant. (Perhaps Home Ecology should change its name to that of some imaginary animal, say, the Blue-Binned Platypus?)

Taylor’s store — co-owned with Holly Rae Taylor (no relation) — relocated from an obscure locale in the rear of an art gallery to a prominent spot next to the busy Route 7 intersection in Shelburne. “Business was great

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ecoming a green-themed merchant was clearly a matter of kismet for Mike Hassenberg.

The co-owner of the Green Life on lower Main Street in Burlington was born on the first Earth Day in 1970.

A more immediate catalyst for Hassenberg’s eco-entrepreneurship was his desire to get out of both New Jersey and his job there as a financial advisor with Smith Barney. He and his wife and business partner, Shannon, fled to Vermont last year after “the market crashed and [the investment firm] started cutting back on my payout,” Hassenberg relates. It made me look in the mirror and ask, Is this really what you want to be doing the rest of your life?”

Shannon Hassenberg, for her part, had always wanted to open a boutique, and the couple’s longstanding environmental concerns had taken on a more personal passion with the birth of their three daughters, now ages 6, 4 and 2.

“We wanted to make our home healthy and safe for them,” Mike explains.

The Hassenbergs started selling “urban eco styles for the home, body and child” directly across the street from the Salvation Army just before last Christmas. Burlington was their choice for familiar reasons: the combination of cultural opportunities and easy access to outdoor activities; the availability of a retail space with architectural character; promising demographics for a shop selling a variety of recycled, organic and nontoxic goods.

The Green Life isn’t the first store of its kind in the area, though, and it likely won’t be the last. Home Ecology, formerly known as Waste Free Living, opened in Shelburne last July after a move from Pine Street in Burlington.

Both businesses reflect, and seek to capitalize on, an accelerating trend toward more mindful shopping.

The Wall Street Journal reported in January that nationwide sales of “ethical” household products continued growing last year even as a fierce recession forced many consumers to postpone purchases or choose cheaper items. Sales of household wares pitched as environmentally benign have nearly tripled since 2004, reaching about $1.6 billion last year, according to Packaged Facts, a market-research firm cited by the Journal.

Catching a whiff of the profit potential, mass retailers have begun devoting segments of their selling space to goods labeled “green.” As Mike Hassenberg observes, “Even Kmart’s got a green section these days.” And he identifies Bed Bath & Beyond as one of the Green Life’s big competitors.

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“A lot of folks were telling us we should be on Route 7 in Shelburne,” Hassenberg acknowledges. But he and Shannon liked the look of the 2300-square-foot space on Main Street, which has an embossed tin ceiling. They outfitted it with shelves made of wood reclaimed from Vermont barns and painted the place ... duh ... green.

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Another attraction was the rent, which Hassenberg figures is a third of what he’d pay for a similarly sized store on the Church Street Marketplace. The savings may not prove all that great, since he’s making heavy investments in advertising to lure members of a target demographic group composed mainly of women in the 30-to-45 age range.

So far, though, customers have ranged from college students “looking for hip, new products” to “grandmothers buying something for their grandkids,” he says.

Anjali Budreski, owner of Yoga Mountain Center in Montpelier, stopped in with a friend near closing time last Friday. Budreski said she was drawn by one of the Hassenbergs’ advertisements and welcomed the opportunity to support “a business with an ecological consciousness.” Examining a bamboo bowl, she suggested that “the integrity of products is better” at a store like the Green Life.

Home Ecology carries some of the same sorts of products as the Green Life, but, Taylor says, “We’re more of a general store, while they’re more boutique-y.”

Hassenberg doesn’t disagree. He describes his own store as “gifty and focused on women’s accessories and high-end furniture.” High end, and how.

He offers that summary of his inventory while seated on a beige linen sectional sofa that sells for $6750.

To be fair, it’s the most expensive item in the store — by thousands of dollars. And there are reasons for the elevated prices. Unlike conventional furniture that’s sprayed with fireretardant chemicals, the seating pieces and mattresses featured at the Green Life rely on wool’s natural properties to prevent fires from erupting, Hassenberg explains. He points to a crib that might appeal to new parents who are worried, as he and Shannon were, about the health effects of commercially manufactured bedding. “Some say the chemicals in crib mattresses may be linked to SIDS” — Sudden Infant Death Syndrome — he notes.

While the Hassenbergs offer home furnishings, the Shelburne store focuses on the food cycle. Home Ecology’s wares include High Mowing seeds, canned and packaged goods from Vermont suppliers, juicers and other energy-efficient appliances, redone dishes, containers made of sugar-cane fiber, and the handmade compost bins sold under Holly Rae Taylor’s Maven Vermont brand. Both stores also offer what might be termed eco-novelty items, such as a clock made from bike gears and a solar-panel backpack for recharging cellphones and laptops. The latter goes for $249 at the Green Life.

Some of the products are imported from developing countries. Mike Hassenberg says many of his are certified Fair Trade. Anne Taylor says she was told by the importer of a line of juicers made in China and sold at Home Ecology that the workers in that particular factory are not subject to sweatshop conditions.

“That’s a big concern of ours,” she says.

“I looked down an alleyway when I was in Bali and saw young children working at machines. It was a horrible, horrible sight.”

Before becoming a partner in Home Ecology, Taylor worked as a midwife and as a chef at the Ethan Allen Club and The Daily Planet. She says she jumped at Holly Rae Taylor’s invitation to become a co-owner. “I’m an impulsive person. I do things on a whim. But I also knew this would be a smart decision,” Taylor says. “This is a niche that’s going to keep getting bigger.” m

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y wife and I never fixated on food purity until we had a baby on the way. Sure, we buy organic and eat low on the food chain when possible. But for much of our lives we’ve also consumed lots of edibles that are a few chemicals away from being lipstick or shoe polish.

Think gummy worms, fast-food shakes and soft-serve ice cream.

That all changed when Stacy got pregnant. In no time, she treated her body as if it were a temple under siege by the Philistines, nixing anything that could harm the fetus. When Manya was born in September, Stacy was committed to breast-feeding her for at least a year, as recommended by our pediatrician, the maternity nurses, her lactation consultant and nearly all nutritional experts.

However, like many new mothers, Stacy had difficulty producing enough breast milk to keep pace with the baby’s voracious appetite. So, after she’d made several unsuccessful tries at boosting her milk production and decided she was averse to doing so with drugs, she reluctantly agreed to supplement with infant formula.

We chose an organic brand with local ties: Earth’s Best. Founded in 1985 by twin Vermonter brothers Ron and Arnie Koss, Earth’s Best was the first organic baby-food company in the United States.

For more than a decade, its products were made under the strictest organic standards and challenged the wholesome reputations — and market shares — of such baby-food behemoths as Gerber and Beech-Nut. Then, in 1996, the brothers lost control of the company — a story documented in their new book from White River Junction publisher Chelsea Green, The Earth’s Best Story: A Bittersweet Tale of Twin Brothers Who Sparked an Organic Revolution. Earth’s Best was sold to H.J. Heinz and, later, to its current owner, the Hain Celestial Group.

Today, Earth’s Best products still bear the “USDA Organic” label. And they’re perfect examples of how the definition of “organic” has become a battleground for politicians and a source of anxiety for consumers — especially parents.

That’s because, like nearly all infant formulas on store shelves today, Earth’s Best products contain the nutrient additives docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and

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If the formula contained the two acids in their natural forms, that would be true. DHA and ARA are omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids found in breast milk, and are essential to the healthy development of the brain, eyes and nervous system. Adults can get DHA and ARA by consuming fish, beef, egg yolks, nuts, flaxseed and canola oil.

However, the synthetic versions of DHA and ARA that are added to infant formulas may not live up to their hype, according to the Cornucopia Institute, a Wisconsin-based food- and farmpolicy organization. In January 2008, it published a controversial report titled “Replacing Mother — Imitating Human Breast Milk in the Laboratory.” The report challenged the safety and efficacy of the two additives, as well as the legality of adding them to certified-organic products.

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in baby formulas sold in the United States, conventional or organic, are manufactured by one company: Martek Biosciences Corporation of Columbia, Md. According to the Cornucopia report, Martek produces synthetic DHA and ARA by extracting oils from laboratory-grown algae and soil fungi using hexane, a byproduct of gasoline refining, a chemical solvent and a neurotoxin.

These “novel” forms of DHA and ARA — known by their patent names DHASCO and ARASCO — are now being added to other foods and nutritional supplements marketed to children and adults.

Charlotte Vallaeys is the farm- and food-policy analyst who wrote the Cornucopia Institute report. As she explains, DHASCO and ARASCO are chemically different from the DHA and ARA found in human breast milk.

Moreover, she tells Seven Days that studies published after her report confirm her initial findings that babies fed infant formula containing DHASCO and ARASCO show no evidence of improved cognitive or behavioral development, and only limited benefits in visual acuity.

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food In 2001, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted DHASCO and ARASCO the official status of “GRAS” — or “generally recognized as safe.”

However, Vallaeys asserts that the FDA never actually confirmed the safety of these products. In fact, she adds, a panel of independent scientists convened by the Institute of Medicine determined that premarket safety tests of these oils were inadequate.

The Cornucopia Institute further alleges that, since 2002, when the two synthetics were placed on the market, the FDA has received “hundreds” of reports of adverse reactions in infants who consumed DHA/ARA-supplemented formulas, including at least 98 traceable to those additives. They include explosive diarrhea, vomiting, bloating, gastrointestinal pain, rashes and seizures.

“We have emails from these women who, in less than 24 hours or even after one feeding [without DHA and ARA] — the severe symptoms went away,” notes Mark Kastel, a senior policy analyst at the Cornucopia Institute. Although the number of those problems appears to be small, the Cornucopia Institute has asked the FDA and Federal Trade Commission to require warning labels on infant formula containing these additives.

Kastel also notes that the addition of DHA and ARA makes infant formula more expensive to parents — by 15 to 30 percent, according to his figures.

It also costs taxpayers, who subsidize infant formula for low-income mothers through the federal Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program.

How did a food additive made using an industrial solvent find its way into organic foods? That’s a story unto itself.

But, according to an article published in the July 3, 2009, Washington Post, a deputy USDA administrator appointed by the Bush administration overruled her staff ’s concern about DHA/ARA after she was contacted by a lawyer for the formula manufacturers. That decision, which the Cornucopia Institute discovered through Freedom of Information Act requests, is now the subject of a formal legal complaint.

“This is, in essence, one big marketing scheme,” Kastel concludes. “It’s causing

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“The idea is to have an occasional blog. There’s no expectation,” he explains.

“They just want to hear from the great ice-cream god up in Vermont.”

His first post, dated April 13, is all about Oreos. The sandwich cookies starred in one of Ben & Jerry’s early flavors, Oreo Mint, which had to be renamed twice at Nabisco’s insistence. In his post, Cohen says he travels with a stack of the snacks to demonstrate the size of the Pentagon’s budget and how he thinks the money could be better used.

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easier for Vermonters to find his wooden goods. On May 1, he’ll open a retail outlet on College Street in the spot that formerly housed Rooney’s Café.

“I was actually looking in Shelburne, but I realized I wouldn’t have [enough] traffic,” says Glickman, who does his manufacturing in Williston. “So I started looking at spaces on Church Street.” Being right next to City Hall Park, site of the warm-weather BurlIngton FarmErs markEt, is a big boon: “I think it’s going to be tremendous for me 26 Saturdays out of the year,” Glickman says.

Because many of the handcrafted items from Block & Board are pricey, Glickman plans to round out his offerings with other goods, ranging from sterling silver mobiles and glasswork to local hot chocolate mix, cheeses and mustard.

“We’re going to carry reusable shopping bags and picnic blankets, too, because we’re right by the market,” he says. Sounds like a solid strategy.

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After rejecting numerous applications, building owner larry BohEn has finally chosen the iconic restaurant’s replacement. Last Friday, he signed a lease with a trio of restaurateurs: principal nED church, DavID FontE and DavID sullIvan.

Sometime in June, the trio will open a contemporary American restaurant called church & maIn. Their aim is to attract a diverse clientele.

“I think the service is really what’s going to separate us from other restaurants,” Church suggests. “It’s going to be fine dining, but you can come in with sandals and a T-shirt and order a burger and you’ll get the same [treatment] as someone coming in and getting a five-course meal. Our vision is to cater to everyone, to offer an experience that can’t be matched.”

Fonte, who used to run the kitchen at the BasIn harBor cluB and, says Church, opened an eatery for famous restaurateur Todd English, will be the executive chef. Fonte will make everything from comforting mac ’n’ cheese to upscale entrées, with an emphasis on fresh seafood and local ingredients. “We’ll really keep things changing,” says Church. “I like the element of surprise.”

Sullivan, former restaurant manager at thE Inn at shElBurnE Farms and food and beverage manager at thE pItchEr Inn, will take care of the front of the house. The bar will feature creative cocktails and a boutique wine list. Both Fonte and Sullivan are certified sommeliers.

Says Bohen: “I think they’re incredible tenants …

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The brainchild of vErmont WInE mErchants’ mIkE stolEsE, who partnered with Chew Chew’s rIck norcross, the oneday gig will highlight a wide variety of vino, live music and food from eight area restaurants. So far, l’amantE, mIguEl’s on maIn, thE BEltED coW BIstro, trattorIa DElIa and souza’s have signed on.

The eating and sipping will happen in two four-hour sessions on Saturday, June 26. For $40 a head, guests get a wine glass and 15 swigs, a voucher for one food item from a restaurant and unlimited artisan bread and Vermont cheese.

Expect a celebrity guest: Olympic figure-skating gold medalist Peggy Fleming, who’ll be representing the California vineyard she owns with her husband, Greg Jenkins. “They’re awfully nice people,” says Norcross.

“Their son works at Burton; that’s the Burlington connection.”

Sounding bemused, Norcross notes how far Burlington has come, tastewise, since the first Chew Chew Fest 25 years ago.

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LocaL fiddLeheads, ramps, ALL YOU AN EAT PASTA • ONLY $9.99 It’s nonsense, says Martek spokesWine Features: $4 a glass $ $10 Bottle chantereLLes and more! person Cassie France-Kelly, who’s “very familiar” with the report and its “outPRIME RIB NIGHT • ONLY $12.99 landish claims.” Moreover, she adds, “Romantic Dining, Wine Features: $4 a glass $ $10 Bottle it was “authored by someone with a $1.75 Labatt Blue Bottles • $2.50 Switchback Pints Casual Atmosphere” degree in divinity.” (That’s true: Vallaeys 1 1 2 7 N o r t h Av e N u e 27 Bridge St, Richmond has a master’s degree from Harvard in BurliNgtoN’s New North eNd Tues-Sun • 434-3148 theological studies — and another in 862-4300 nutrition from the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts.)

Mon-Thurs 11:15 9:30 | Fri & Sat 11:15 10 | Sun 12 noon 9:30 “Over 55 million babies worldwide 12v-toscano042110.indd 1 4/19/10 9:39:25 12v-normsgrill030310.indd AM 1 2/26/10 5:30:59 PM have taken this product … and there [have] never been any adverse effects” 2403 Shelburne Rd. attributable to Martek’s DHA and ARA (RTE. 7) Shelburne, VT05482 in the eight years it’s been on the market, 802-881-0051 France-Kelly asserts. And, with more I89 (exit 13) to Rte 7 south 2 miles to Kong Chow than 4 million new babies in 75 coun(left hand side) tries starting to consume the product annually, if there were safety issues, she says, they’d be readily apparent by now.

France-Kelly admits that the research on the benefits of synthetic DHA/ARA in infant formulas is “mixed.” However, (sushi chef & chinese chef with over 20 years of experience) she claims there’s “a growing body of Free California Roll Free Qt. Pork Fried Rice scientific evidence” showing that babies (Carry out dinner only) (Carry out dinner only) who receive DHA/ARA-supplemented with any order of $25 or $5 off formulas have better cognitive and visual (before tax) or more with any order of $45 development to age 8 than those who eat (before tax) or more one coupon per family nonsupplemented ones. For babies who one coupon per family are fed formula, she adds, the World exp: 4/30/10 exp:4/30/10 Health Organization recommends those brands containing DHA and ARA. We serve good quality food to our customers What about the claim that the substances are “organic”? France-Kelly says 6H-kongchow041410.indd 1 4/9/10 5:48:16 PM the hexane-extraction process is actually Neighbors can join Front Porch … or My friend envies our the same one that’s been used for more Forum anywhere in Chittenden Starksboro! neighborhood forum. than 50 years to make cooking oils, and or Grand Isle County! those products contain no hexane residues.

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certification of a hexane-derived nutrient as organic. “That’s a regulatory issue with the National Organic Program,” she says.

“We, as an ingredient company, like our customers Earth’s Best and all the others, adhere to all current regulations.”

As it happens, the senior vice president from Quality Assurance International who certifies Earth’s Best products as organic — and serves on the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) that decides which ingredients are allowed in organic foods — is Joe Smillie of South Burlington.

Smillie is also familiar with the Cornucopia report, but he won’t comment publicly on it. He will say, however, that “Earth’s Best is one of the best in the business” for testing its products for chemical residues, and that the food the company puts out is “remarkably free of the stuff.”

Of course, Smillie also acknowledges that organic certification isn’t just about what shows up in the food but about how it’s produced.

“Hexane is horrific,” he says. “There’s no two ways about it.”

Next week the NOSB will issue a statement on its “current thinking” about accessory nutrients such as DHA and ARA, with a final ruling expected by this fall. In the interim, all the assertions made by Martek and the Cornucopia Institute will be weighed very carefully and publicly, Smillie says.

What do the founders of Earth’s Best think of all this? Ron Koss, who still lives in Montpelier, isn’t involved with the company anymore and isn’t familiar with the Cornucopia Institute’s report. And, since Earth’s Best didn’t make infant formula when he and his brother ran it, Koss says questions about DHA and ARA fall outside his area of expertise.

“But if Arnie and I had been involved in infant-formula development, we would have weighed this very carefully,” says Koss, who currently develops other food products, including a nutritional bar used in developing countries for people who are malnourished. “People who are in these companies need those organic standards. Otherwise, it’s the Wild West out there.”

While the NOSB struggles to lay down the law on the organic frontier, my wife and I are sticking with Earth’s Best solid baby foods, which don’t have DHA or ARA. My wife has redoubled her effort to breast-feed, as nature intended — and still eats the occasional maple creemee and strawberry shake. m

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(377) through (380) As Written (381) [Reserved.] On the east side of Pine Street extending 20 feet on both sides of the driveway to 444 Pine Street.

(382) through (506) As Written Adopted this 14th day of April 2010 by the Board of Public Works Commissioners: Attest Norman Baldwin, P.E. Assistant Director-Technical Services

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CITY OF BURLINGTON TRAFFIC REGULATIONS The following traffic regulations are hereby enacted by the Public Works Commission as amendments to Appendix C, Motor Vehicles, and the City of Burlington’s Code of Ordinances: Sec. 12-1. No parking except vehicles loading or unloading.

No person shall park any vehicle in the following locations unless engaged in loading or unloading a vehicle: (1) through (6) As Written (7) [Reserved.] On the south side of Maple Street beginning at the entrance to the Champlain College Courtyard and extending east for 30 feet for a maximum time limit of 30 minutes.

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(376) [Repealed.] On the east side of Pine Street extending 20 feet on both sides of the driveway to 1 Howard Street.

Adopted this 14th day of April 2010 by the Board of Public Works Commissioners:

CITY OF BURLINGTON TRAFFIC REGULATIONS The following traffic regulations are hereby enacted by the Public Works Commission as amendments to Appendix C, Motor Vehicles, and the City of Burlington’s Code of Ordinances: Sec. 7. No-Parking Areas.

No person shall park any vehicle at any time in the following locations: (1) through (375) As Written

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PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE Burlington Comprehensive Development Ordinance PROPOSED ZA-10-08 Special Flood Hazard Area Regulations Update Pursuant to 24 V.S.A. §4441 and §4444, notice is hereby given of a public

hearing by the Burlington Planning Commission to hear comments on the following proposed amendments to the City of Burlington’s Comprehensive Development Ordinance.

The public hearing will take place on Tuesday, May 11, 2010 beginning at 7:00pm in the Conference Room #12, City Hall Ground Floor, Burlington VT. Pursuant to the requirements of 24 V.S.A. § 4444(b): (1)The purpose of the proposed amendments is to revise the City’s zoning regulations to: a)Modify the Special Flood Hazard Area regulations to conform to the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) and State required flood regulations. (Modify Section 3.1.2 (c)1, Section 4.5.4 (b)4 & Section 13.1.2 Part I and Part II); (2)The proposed amendments in their entirety affect the City of Burlington as a whole.

(3)The proposed amendments affect the following sections of the Comprehensive Development Ordinance: See references in #1 above.

The full text of the Burlington Comprehensive Development Ordinance and the proposed amendments are available for review at the Department of Planning and Zoning, City Hall, 149 Church Street, Burlington Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. or on the department’s website at www.ci.burlington. vt.us/planning.

STATE OF VERMONT CHITTENDEN COUNTY, SS. CHITTENDEN SUPERIOR COURT DOCKET NO. S98-10 Cnc Wendover Financial Services Corporation, Plaintiff v.

Marion T. Blair and Occupants residing at H.C.R. Box 323, Huntington, Vermont, Defendants SUMMONS & ORDER FOR PUBLICATION THIS SUMMONS IS DIRECTED TO: Marion T. Blair

1. YOU ARE BEING SUED. The Plaintiff has started a lawsuit against you. A copy of the Plaintiff’s Complaint against you is on file and may be obtained at the office of the clerk of this court, Chittenden Superior Court, 175 Main Street, Burlington, Vermont. Do not throw this paper away.

It is an official paper that affects your rights.

2. PLAINTIFF’S CLAIM. Plaintiff’s claim is a Complaint in Foreclosure which alleges that you have breached the terms of a Promissory Note and

sevendaysvt.com/classifieds Mortgage Deed dated April 14, 1993. Plaintiff’s action may effect your interest in the property described in the Land Records of the Town of Huntington at Volume 46, Page 465. The Complaint also seeks relief on the Promissory Note executed by you. A copy of the Complaint is on file and may be obtained at the Office of the Clerk of the Superior Court for the County of Chittenden, State of Vermont.

3. YOU MUST REPLY WITHIN 41 DAYS TO PROTECT YOUR RIGHTS. You must give or mail the Plaintiff a written response called an Answer within 41 days after the date on which this Summons was first published,

which is April 14, 2010.

You must send a copy of your answer to the Plaintiff or the Plaintiff’s attorney, Joshua B. Lobe, located at 30 Kimball Avenue, Suite 306, South Burlington, VT 05403. You must also give or mail your Answer to the Court located at 175 Main Street, Burlington, Vermont.

4. YOU MUST RESPOND TO EACH CLAIM. The Answer is your written response to the Plaintiff’s Complaint.

In your Answer you must state whether you agree or disagree with each paragraph of the Complaint. If you believe the Plaintiff should not be given everything asked for in the Complaint, you must say so

EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act of 1968 and similar Vermont statutes which make it illegal to advertise any preference, limitations, or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, handicap, presence of minor children in the family or receipt of public assistance, or an intention to make any such preference, limitation or a discrimination. The newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate, which is in violation of the

in your Answer.

5. YOU WILL LOSE YOUR CASE IF YOU DO NOT GIVE YOUR WRITTEN ANSWER TO THE COURT. If you do not Answer within 41 days after the date on which this Summons was first published and file it with the Court, you will lose this case. You will not get to tell your side of the story, and the Court may decide against you and award the Plaintiff everything asked for in the complaint.

6. YOU MUST MAKE ANY CLAIMS AGAINST THE PLAINTIFF IN YOUR REPLY. Your Answer must state any related legal claims you have against the Plaintiff.

Your claims against the

law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings, advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. Any home seeker who feels her or she has encountered discrimination should contact: HUD Office of Fair Housing 10 Causeway St., Boston, MA 02222-1092 (617) 565-5309 — OR — Vermont Human Rights Commission 135 State St., Drawer 33 Montpelier, VT 05633-6301 800-416-2010 Fax: 802-828-2480

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Plaintiff are called Counterclaims. If you do not make your Counterclaims in writing in your answer you may not be able to bring them up at all. Even if you have insurance and the insurance company will defend you, you must still file any Counterclaims you may have.

published once a week for 2 weeks beginning on April 14, 2010 in the Seven Days, a newspaper of general circulation in Chittenden County, and a copy of this summons and order as published shall be mailed to the defendant, Marion T. Blair, if an address is known.

7. LEGAL ASSISTANCE. You may wish to get legal help from a lawyer. If you cannot afford a lawyer, you should ask the court clerk for information about places where you can get free legal help. Even if you cannot get legal help, you must still give the court a written Answer to protect your rights or you may lose the case.

Dated at Burlington, Vermont this 29th day of April 14, 2010.

ORDER

Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for HSI Asset Securitization Corporation 2006-OPT2 Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006OPT1, Plaintiff v.

John F. McCormack And Occupants residing at 5 Killoran Drive, Essex, Vermont, Defendants

The Affidavit duly filed in this action shows that service cannot be made with due diligence by any of the methods provided in Rules 4(d)-(f), (k), or (l) of the Vermont Rules of Civil Procedure. Accordingly, it is ORDERED that service of the Summons set forth above shall be made upon the defendant, Marion T. Blair, by publication as provided in Rule[s] [4(d)(l) and] 4(g) of those Rules.

This order shall be

Hon. Helen Toor Presiding Judge Chittenden Superior Court STATE OF VERMONT CHITTENDEN COUNTY, SS. CHITTENDEN SUPERIOR COURT DOCKET NO. S0319-09 CnC

NOTICE OF SALE By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale

Open 24/7/365.

Post & browse ads at your convenience. contained in a certain mortgage given by Option One Mortgage Corporation to John F. McCormack dated September 30, 2005 and recorded in Volume 667, Page 399 of the Land Records of the Town of Essex, of which mortgage the undersigned is the present holder, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purposes of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 9:00 A.M. on May 4, 2010, at 5 Killoran Drive, Essex, Vermont all and singular the premises described in said mortgage: To Wit: Being all and the same land and premises conveyed to John F. McCormack by Quit Claim Deed of Christine M. McCormack dated August 16, 2005 and recorded in Volume 667, Page 397-398 of the Town of Essex Land Records.

Terms of Sale: $10,000.00 to be paid in cash by purchaser at the time of sale, with the balance due at closing. Proof of financing for the balance of the purchase to be provided at the time of sale. The sale is subject to taxes due and owing to the Town of Essex.

The 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 or inquire at Lobe & Fortin, 30 Kimball Ave., Ste. 306, South Burlington, VT 05403, 802 660-9000.

DATED at South Burlington, Vermont this 1st day of April, 2010.

Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee By: Joshua B. Lobe, Esq. Lobe & Fortin, PLC 30 Kimball Ave., Ste. 306 South Burlington, VT 05403 STATE OF VERMONT CHITTENDEN COUNTY, SS. CHITTENDEN SUPERIOR COURT DOCKET NO. S1620-08 CnC Aurora Loan Services, LLC, Plaintiff v.

Stephen S. Le, Vicki Le, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Lehman Brothers Bank, FSB And Occupants residing at 27 Irish Farm Road, South

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Burlington, Vermont, Defendants NOTICE OF SALE By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Lehman Brothers, Bank FSB to Stephen S. Le dated January 12, 2007 and recorded in Volume 772, Page 607 of the Land Records of the Town of South Burlington, of which mortgage the undersigned is the present holder, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purposes of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 9:45 A.M. on May 4, 2010, at 27 Irish Farm Road, South Burlington, Vermont all and singular the premises described in said mortgage: To Wit: All that certain piece or parcel of land known as Lot 25 in the planned community established pursuant to 27A V.S.A. and being on the Irish Farm Community (“Planned Community”) as defined and described in the Declaration of Planned Community for Irish Farm, dated as of December 1, 2001, recorded in Volume #26, Page #51 of the Land Records of the City of South Burlington, as

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amended (the “Declaration”), and as depicted on the plan (the “Plat”) entitled Plat Showing Irish Farm Planned Community Allen Road – Harbor View Road South Burlington Vermont dated November 5, 2001, prepared by Vaughn C. Burton, L.S., recorded at Map Slide 392 of the Land Records of the City of South Burlington.

Terms of Sale: $10,000.00 to be paid in cash by purchaser at the time of sale, with the balance due at closing. Proof of financing for the balance of the purchase to be provided at the time of sale. The sale is subject to taxes due and owing to the Town of South Burlington.

The 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 or inquire at Lobe & Fortin, 30 Kimball Ave., Ste. 306, South Burlington, VT 05403, 802 660-9000.

DATED at South Burlington, Vermont this 2nd day of April, 2010.

Aurora Loan Services, LLC

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By: Joshua B. Lobe, Esq. Lobe & Fortin, PLC 30 Kimball Ave., Ste. 306 South Burlington, VT 05403 STATE OF VERMONT CHITTENDEN COUNTY, SS. CHITTENDEN SUPERIOR COURT DOCKET NO. S1006-09 CnC

Bank of America, National Association as Successor by merger to LaSalle Bank National Association, as Trustee for Certificateholders of Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I LLC, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007-HE5, Plaintiff, v Robert E. Bordeaux and Amy L. Landry, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (MERS), as Nominee for Aegis Lending Corporation, and Any Other Occupants of 1220 East Street, Huntington, Vermont, Defendants.

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NOTICE OF SALE By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain Mortgage Deed dated January 12, 2007 from Robert E. Bordeaux and Amy L. Lan-

dry to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (MERS), as Nominee for Aegis Lending Corporation.

Said Mortgage Deed was recorded on February 6, 2007 in Volume 93, Pages 109-118 of the Town of Huntington Land Records.

The subject Promissory Note and Mortgage were assigned from Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (MERS), as Nominee for Aegis Lending Corporation to Bank of America, National Association as successor by merger to LaSalle Bank National Association, as Trustee for Certificateholders, Series 2007-HE5, by an Assignment dated August 4, 2009 and recorded on August 7, 2009 in Volume 99, Page 427 of the Town of Huntington Land Records.

The undersigned represents the present holder for breach of the conditions of said Mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same which will be sold at Public Auction at 8:30 o’clock AM, on the 18th day of May, A.D. 2010, at the subject premises of 1220 East Street, Huntington, Vermont, all and singular the premises described in said mortgage will be sold as a whole.

To wit: “The land referred to in this Commitment is situated in the State of VT, County of CHITTENDEN and is described as follows: “A CERTAIN PARCEL OF LAND WITH IMPROVEMENTS THEREON LOCATED IN THE TOWN OF HUNTINGTON, IN THE COUNTY OF CHITTENDEN AND STATE OF VERMONT, AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS, VIZ: BEING ALL AND THE SAME LANDS AND PREMISES CONVEYED TO CORPORATE RELOCATION SERVICES BY WARRANTY DEED OF CRIAG [sic] D. MARTIN AND KARIN A. MARTIN DATED AUGUST 11, 2005, OF RECORD IN VOLUME 88 AT PAGE 682-683 OF THE TOWN OF HUNTINGTON LAND RECORDS. SAID PROPERTY BEING DESCRIBED THEREIN AS FOLLOWS: “A PARCEL OF LAND, WITH NEWLY BUILT DWELLING LOCATED THEREON, SAID PARCEL AND DWELLING SITUATED ON THE SOUTHERLY SIDE OF EAST STREET, SO-CALLED, IN THE TOWN OF HUNTINGTON, AND HAVING FRONTAGE THEREON AND REAR LINE OF 250 FEET, MORE OR LESS, AND A UNIFORM DEPTH OF 425 FEET, MORE OR LESS. Terms of Sale: Purchaser at the sale shall pay cash or certified funds, or produce a commitment letter from a bank or mortgage company or other lender licensed to do business in the State of Vermont at the time of the sale for the amount of the winning bid. In any case the winning bidder shall

be required to produce $10,000.00 (ten-thousand dollars) cash or certified funds at the close of auction as the deposit against the sale. The sale will be subject to the Confirmation Order of the Chittenden Superior Court. The property will be sold subject to all unpaid property taxes and town/city assessments, if any. In the event the auction terms are confirmed by the Superior Court aforesaid, and the winning bidder is unwilling or unable consummate the sale, the deposit shall be forfeit.

In the event the sale is not confirmed the deposit will be returned without interest.

The 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 or inquire at Grant C. Rees, Attorney, PO Box 108, Milton, Vermont 05468, 802-893-7400.

By: Grant C. Rees, Esq. Attorney for Plaintiff Publication Dates: April 21, 2010 April 28, 2010 May 5, 2010 STATE OF VERMONT CHITTENDEN COUNTY, SS. CHITTENDEN SUPERIOR COURT DOCKET NO. S0444-07 CnC

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee Plaintiff, v Brenda Provost, Dale Provost and Any Other Occupants of 13 hilltop Court, Colchester, Vermont, Defendants.

NOTICE OF SALE By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain Mortgage Deed dated March 16, 2006, from Brenda Provost and Dale Provost to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Nominee for Accredited Home Lenders, Inc. Said Mortgage Deed was recorded on March 20, 2006 in Volume 553, Page 215 of the Town of Colchester Land Records.

The subject Promissory Note and Mortgage were assigned from Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Nominee for Accredited Home Lenders, Inc., Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas formerly known as Baker’s Trust Company, as Trustee and Custodian for IXIS 2006-HE2 by: Saxon Mortgage Services, Inc. f/k/a Meritech Mortgage Services, Inc., its Attorney in Fact, dated April 10, 2007 and recorded on April 13, 2007 in Volume 583,

Pages 219-220 of the Town of Colchester Land Records.

including the costs and expenses of the sale.

The undersigned represents the present holder for breach of the conditions of said Mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same which will be sold at Public Auction at 10:00 o’clock AM, on the 29th day of April, A.D. 2010, at the subject premises of 13 Hilltop Court, Colchester, Vermont, all and singular the premises described in said mortgage will be sold as a whole.

Other terms to be announced at the sale or inquire at Grant C. Rees, Attorney, PO Box 108, Milton, Vermont 05468, 802-893-7400.

To wit: “Being all and the same land and premises conveyed to the Mortgagors herein by Warranty Deed of M. Elena Garcia and John D. Kushmaul dated 3/16/06, 2006 and recorded in Volume at Pages of the Town of Colchester Land Records, and being more particularly described as follows: “A lot of land with dwelling house thereon located on the southerly side of Canyon Road, and being all of Lot No. 65 as depicted on a plan prepared by Emerson, Abbott, Harlow and Leedy, Inc., dated September 10, 1968, as revised November 7, 1968, and further revised December 11, 1968, and being Sheet One (1) of Nine (9) Sheets entitled “Canyon Estates IV” and recorded in Volume 20 at Page 25 of the Colchester Land Records, and now recorded at Slide 117 of said Land Records.

“The dwelling house thereon is commonly known and designated as 13 Hilltop Court, Colchester, Vermont.”

Terms of Sale: Purchaser at the sale shall pay cash or certified funds, or produce a commitment letter from a bank or mortgage company or other lender licensed to do business in the State of Vermont at the time of the sale for the amount of the winning bid. In any case the winning bidder shall be required to produce $10,000.00 (ten-thousand dollars) cash or certified funds at the close of auction as the deposit against the sale. The sale will be subject to the Confirmation Order of the Chittenden Superior Court. The property will be sold subject to all unpaid property taxes and town/city assessments, if any. In the event the auction terms are confirmed by the Superior Court aforesaid, and the winning bidder is unwilling or unable consummate the sale, the deposit shall be forfeit.

In the event the sale is not confirmed the deposit will be returned without interest.

The Mortgagor is entitled to redeem the premises at any time prior to the sale by paying the full amount due under the mortgage,

By: Grant C. Rees, Esq. Attorney for Plaintiff Publication Dates: April 7, 2010 April 14, 2010 April 21, 2010 STATE OF VERMONT CHITTENDEN COUNTY, SS. CHITTENDEN SUPERIOR COURT DOCKET NO. S1065-09 CnC OPPORTUNITIES CREDIT UNION, Plaintiff, v.

DAVID P. REPOSA and all Occupants Residing at 588 East Hill Road, Richmond, Vermont, Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SALE In accordance with a Judgment Order and Decree of Foreclosure and Order of Public Sale, dated November 4, 2009, and by virtue of and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in certain mortgages given

by David P. Reposa to Opportunities Credit Union, dated June 23, 2004, and recorded in Volume 157 at Pages 49-67, and Volume 157 at Pages 68-71, of the Town of Richmond Land Records, of which mortgages the undersigned is the present holder, as successor in interest to Vermont Development Credit Union, for breach of the conditions of said mortgages and for the purpose of foreclosing, the same will be sold at Public Auction at 9:00 am on the 6th day of May, 2010, at the property located at 588 East Hill Road, Richmond, Vermont, all and the singular the premises described more particularly in the said mortgages, subject to any unpaid taxes, municipal assessments, or superior liens thereon, if any: To wit: Being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to David P. Reposa by Quitclaim Deed of Michelle M. Reposa dated June 23, 2004, of record in Volume 157, Page 47-48 of the Town of Richmond.

Being a parcel of land on the easterly side of Town Highway No 17 depicted on a plan entitled “One Lot Subdivision, Sumner Farr, Carl B. Leedy, P.E., dated 9-20-77”, recorded in Map Volume at Page_____ of the Land Records of the Town of Richmond.

Included in this conveyance is the right to take water from a spring on land now or formerly of Farr lying northerly of the

herein parcel, as shown on said plan, for all domestic purposes, and the right to come upon the lands now or formerly of Farr for such purposes. Any land disturbed by the exercise of said rights shall be returned to its natural condition.

This conveyance is subject to Land Use Permit No. 4C0292 dated March 20, 1978, as amended.

This conveyance is made subject to and with the benefit of any easements, rights-of-way conditions, restrictions, and other such interests as the same may appear of record, provided however that this paragraph shall not reinstate any such interests extinguished heretofore by provisions of the Vermont Marketable Record Title Act as set forth in Title 27 Vermont Statutes Annotated 601-606 and any amendments thereto.

Reference is hereby made to the instruments aforementioned, and the records thereof, and the instruments therein referred to, and the records thereof, in further aid of this description.

Terms of Sale: Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) paid in cash, treasurer’s check or certified check at the time of sale, with the balance due at closing. Closing to take place within forty five (45) days of the auction. The sale is subject to unpaid taxes, municipal assessments, or superior liens thereon, if any.

Other terms to be announced at the sale or inquire at Johnson & Finnigan, LLP, 80 Midas Drive, 3rd Floor, South Burlington, Vermont 05403, telephone (802) 660-9393.

THE MORTGAGOR IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT AT ANY TIME BEFORE THE FORECLOSURE SALE, THE MORTGAGOR HAS A RIGHT TO PETITION THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE COUNTY IN WHICH THE MORTGAGED PREMISES ARE SITUATED, WITH SERVICE UPON THE MORTGAGEE, AND UPON SUCH BOND AS THE COURT MAY REQUIRE, TO ENJOIN THE SCHEDULED FORECLOSURE SALE. FAILURE TO INSTITUTE SUCH PETITION AND COMPLETE SERVICE SHALL THEREAFTER BAR ANY ACTION OR RIGHT OF ACTION OF THE MORTGAGOR BASED ON THE FORECLOSURE SALE, OR COMPLIANCE

BY THE MORTGAGE HOLDER TO CONDUCT THE FORECLOSURE SALE, OR COMPLIANCE BY THE MORTGAGE HOLDER WITH THE NOTICE REQUIREMENTS AND OTHER CONDITIONS OF SECTION 4532 OF TITLE 12. AN ACTION TO RECOVER DAMAGES RESULTING FROM THE SALE OF THE PREMISES ON THE DATE OF THE SALE MAY BE

COMMENCED AT ANY TIME WITHIN ONE YEAR FOLLOWING THE DATE OF THE SALE, BUT NOT THEREAFTER. Dated at South Burlington, Vermont this 1st day of March, 2010.

Michael D. Johnson, Esq. Johnson & Finnigan, LLP STATE OF VERMONT CHITTENDEN COUNTY, SS. CHITTENDEN SUPERIOR COURT Docket No. S378-10 CnC IN RE: ABANDONED MOBILE HOME OF BRYANT ROY & TRISTA GILBERT n/k/a TRISTA BEAN VERIFIED COMPLAINT

NOW COMES The Housing Foundation, Inc. (“HFI”), by and through its counsel Nadine L. Scibek, and hereby complains as follows: 1. HFI, a Vermont nonprofit corporation with a principal place of business in Montpelier, County of Washington, State of Vermont, is the record owner of a mobile home park known as Windemere Estates Mobile Home Park (the “Park”) located in the Town of Colchester, Vermont.

2. Bryant Roy & Trista Gilbert are the record owners of a certain mobile home, described as a 1997 Titan, 14’ x 56’, bearing serial number 19-97-0552597 (the “Mobile Home”), located on Lot #4, Windemere Estates Mobile Home Park, 14 Mount Mansfield Avenue in Colchester, Vermont (the “Lot”).

3. Roy & Gilbert leased the Lot in the Park from HFI pursuant to a written lease in 2004. The parties subsequently divorced in 2007 and Gilbert retained the mobile home. Gilbert remarried and her last name is now Bean. Roy & Gilbert never changed the title to the mobile home in the Colchester land records.

4. Both Roy & Gilbert’s last known mailing address is 14 Mount Mansfield Avenue, Colchester, Vermont 05446.

5. The mobile home has been abandoned. The last known residents of the mobile home were David & Trista Bean. The Beans moved out of the mobile home in January, 2010.

They have removed all of their personal property from the mobile home, and utility services have been terminated. They have made no effort or attempt to remove the home from the Park. HFI’s counsel has attempted to contact Trista Bean and has received no response. HFI has contacted Opportunities Credit Union, the mobile home lienholder. Opportunities Credit Union has advised HFI’s counsel that it will not be exercising its collateral rights in the mobile home.

6. The following security interests, mortgages, liens

and encumbrances appear of record with respect to the mobile home: Opportunities Credit Union, 18 Pearl Street, Burlington, Vermont.

7. Chuck Bolton, Auctioneer, is a person disinterested in the mobile home and the mobile home park who is able to sell the mobile home at a public auction.

8. Mobile home storage fees continue to accrue at the rate of $354.00 per month. Rent, storage fees and late charges due HFI as of March 31, 2010 total $2,084.32. See attached.

9. HFI sent written notice by certified mail to the Town of Colchester and the Delinquent Tax Collector for the Town of Colchester on February 19, 2010 of HFI’s intent to commence this abandonment action. See attached.

10. The property taxes with the Town of Colchester are current.

WHEREFORE, HFI respectfully requests that the Honorable Court enter an order as follows: 1. Declare that the mobile home as been abandoned; 2. Approve the sale of the mobile home at a public auction to be held within 30 days of the date of judgment, pursuant to 10 V.S.A. § 6249(h); 3. Grant judgment in favor of HFI and against the mobile home for past due and unpaid rent and mobile home storage charges through the date of judgment, together with HFI’s court costs, publication and mailing costs, auctioneer’s costs, winterization costs, lot cleanup charges, HFI’s counsel fees incurred in connection with this matter and any other costs incurred by HFI herein.

DATED at Burlington, Vermont this 31st day of March, 2010.

Nadine L. Scibek, Esq., Attorney for The Housing Foundation, Inc.

DATED at Montpelier, Vermont this 31st day of March, 2010.

By: Doreen Phillips, Duly Authorized Agent for The Housing Foundation, Inc. VERIFICATION STATE OF VERMONT WASHINGTON COUNTY, SS. On this 31st day of March, 2010, Doreen Phillips, duly authorized agent of The Housing Foundation, Inc., owner of the Windemere Estates Mobile Home Park in Colchester, Vermont, being first duly sworn, made oath that she has read the foregoing Complaint, and that the facts contained therein are true.

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sevendaysvt.com/classifieds 2/10/11 STATE OF VERMONT CHITTENDEN COUNTY, SS. CHITTENDEN SUPERIOR COURT Docket No. S378-10 CnC IN RE: ABANDONED MOBILE HOME OF BRYANT ROY & TRISTA GILBERT n/k/a TRISTA BEAN ORDER FOR HEARING A hearing on HFI’s Verified Complaint to declare as abandoned the mobile home of Bryant Roy and Trista Gilbert n/k/a Trista Bean and authorize the sale by auction has been set for May 13, 2010 at 8:30 a.m. at the Chittenden Superior Court, 175 Main Street, Burlington, Vermont 05401.

Jill C. Mongeon, Court Clerk Date: 4/8/10 STATE OF VERMONT ENVIRONMENTAL COURT CWSRF Project #AR1-070 ANR Permit Coverage NOI #6285-9030 Applicant: Ridgewood Estates Homeowners Association c/o Bruce Erwin, President Applicant: Indian Creek Homeowners Association c/o Donna Seymour, President Docket No. 57-4-10 Vtec Notice of Appeal

DATED: April 12, 2010 Daniel S. Connelly 911 Dorset Street, Apt. 15 South Burlington, Vermont 05403 daniel.s.connelly@comcast.net STATE OF VERMONT CHITTENDEN COUNTY, SS. CHITTENDEN SUPERIOR COURT DOCKET NO. S0823-08 CnC

Wachovia Mortgage Corporation, Plaintiff, v John C. Nichols, Chittenden Trust Company, d/b/a Chittenden Bank, Lisman, Webster, Leckerling, PC, and Any Other Occupants of 615 Thayer Beach Drive, Colchester, Vermont, Defendants.

NOTICE OF SALE By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain Mortgage Deed dated May 9, 2006 from John C. Nichols to Kittredge Mortgage Corporation. Said Mortgage Deed was recorded on May 16, 2006 in Volume 557, Page 487 of the Town of Colchester Land Records.

The subject Promissory Note and Mortgage were assigned from Kittredge Mortgage Corporation to Wachovia Mortgage Corporation by an Assignment dated May 9, 2006 and recorded on May 16, 2006 in Volume 557, Page 504 of the Town of Colchester Land Records.

The 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 or inquire at Grant C. Rees, Attorney, PO Box 108, Milton, Vermont 05468, 802-893-7400.

By: Grant C. Rees, Esq. Attorney for Plaintiff Publication Dates: April 7, 2010 April 14, 2010 April 21, 2010 Williston Modulars The Williston School District is interested in offers to purchase the existing modular classroom complex located on the district’s Allenbrook Campus, Talcott Road, Williston Vermont.

The complex was built/ provided by Schiavi Leasing / Vanguard Modular Building Systems in 2002.

The schools forecasted enrollment no longer justifies the retention of these classrooms.

On the WWW @ http://tinyurl.com/wsdmodulars Particulars: • Built and installed in 2002 • Total of six classrooms,

The school intends to entertain bids for the units through mid May of 2010.

For further info or to schedule a site visit: Bob Mason Chief Operations Officer Chittenden South Supervisory Union 5420 Shelburne Road Shelburne, Vermont 05482 Phone: 802-383-1215 Email: bmason@cssu.org

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Chittenden Families Together Meeting Wednesday, April 28, 5:30-6:30 p.m.

Vermont Family Network Conference Room, 600 Blair Park Rd. #240, Williston.

Jackie Majoros, State Long Term Care Ombudsman at VT Legal Aid will discuss nursing homes, residential care homes, assisted living residences and Choices for Care. For parents interested in gathering information about options for adult housing.

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ESSEX JUNCTION: 2nd Saturday of the month, 2-3:30 p.m., Congregational Church, 39 Main Street.

MONTPELIER: 1st and 3rd Thursdays, 6-7:30 p.m., Kellogg-Hubbard Library, East Montpelier Room (basement).

RANDOLPH: Every Wednesday, 5-6:30 p.m., United Church, 18 N. Main Street.

RUTLAND: Every Monday, 7-8:30 p.m., Wellness Center (Rutland Mental Health), 78 South Main St. ST. JOHNSBURY: Every Thursday, 6:30-8 p.m., Universalist Unitarian Church, 47 Cherry Street. 1-800639-6480, connection@ namivt.org.

ADULT CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS, ACA is a 12-Step program for people that grew up in alcoholic or dysfunctional homes. We meet in a mutually respectful, safe environment and acknowledge our common experiences. We discover how childhood affected us in the past and influences us in the present. Tuesdays, 5:30-7 p.m., St. Paul’s

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Ages 12-18. First Sat of each month at 4 p.m. at Moonlight Gift Shoppe, Rt. 7, Milton.

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Purchaser at the sale shall pay cash or certified funds, or produce a commitment letter from a bank or mortgage company or other lender licensed to do business in the State of Vermont at the time of the sale for the amount of the winning bid. In any case the winning bidder shall be required to produce $10,000.00 (ten-thousand dollars) cash or certified funds at the close of auction as the deposit against the sale. The sale will be subject to the Confirmation Order of the Chittenden Superior Court. The property will be sold subject to all unpaid property taxes and town/city assessments, if any. In the event the auction terms are confirmed by the Superior Court aforesaid, and the winning bidder is unwilling or unable consummate the sale, the deposit shall be forfeit.

In the event the sale is not confirmed the deposit will be returned without interest.

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The undersigned represents the present holder for breach of the conditions of said Mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same which will be sold at Public Auction at 11:00 o’clock AM, on the 29th day of April, A.D. 2010, at the subject premises of 615 Thayer Beach Drive, Colchester, Vermont, all and singular the premises described in said mortgage will be sold as a whole.

Terms of Sale:

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The Appellant claims standing and party status as an aggrieved person under 27 VSA §1304 as owner of apartment number 15 of condominium property named Indian Creek Condominiums, with obligations for common expenses including permit enforcement penalties and corrective actions. The terms of this permit may adversely affect the Appellant’s financial interests in this property due to stormwater discharges from Ridgewood Estates being cause for permit enforcement against Indian Creek; and, also,

Interested parties may enter an appearance in writing within 20 days at the Vermont Environmental Court, 2418 Airport Road, Suite 1, Barre, Vermont 05641.

land and premises conveyed to John C. Nichols by Warranty Deed of Thomas L. Soules and Joan M. Soules dated September 19, 1997 and of record in Volume 278, Page 402 of the Town of Colchester Land Records...

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NOW COMES Daniel S. Connelly (the “Appellant”), for himself, pursuant to 10 V.S.A. §8504(a) and V.R.E.C.P. 5(b)(1), and hereby appeals to the Environmental Court a March 16, 2010 decision of the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources (NOI #6285-9030) approving Ridgewood Estates and Indian Creek Homeowners Associations’ joint application for stormwater permit coverage for two properties, separately listed

by Agency for residual designation as point source discharges regulated under federal Clean Water Act NPDES program, located at NW corner of Dorset and Swift Streets, South Burlington, Vermont,

due to loss of protections for Indian Creek as a unitary designated discharger and as offset provider for impaired waters under 10 VSA §1264(f)(4,5), under 10 VSA §1264a(c)(1,2),(d) (1,2,3),(e)(1,2,3,4) and under federal Clean Water Act as held in 426 US 200 (1976), in 2006 VT 91 and in Vtec Judgment Order (Doc #14-1-07, 2008).

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Call Tammy at Lamoille Home Health & Hospice at 802-888-4651 for more details or email resume to hr@lhha.org.

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Burlington-area Friendly's Restaurants are seeking enthusiastic, positive individuals to join our leadership team.

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Contact Karen at 802-879-1404 with any questions.

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Our center is looking for a responsible, loving person to join our infant room. Together with an assistant, the Infant Teacher cares for 6-8 infants each day. This is a full-time position requiring dedication, organization, a love of children and a sense of humor. The candidate must be qualified as a Teacher or Teaching Associate by VT Early Childhood Licensing Regulations.

Competitive salary based upon education and experience.

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Operations Manager

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Successful candidate will provide primary vision care including eye examinations, eyeglass and contactlens prescriptions, vision therapy, low-vision rehabilitation, test analysis, and prescription drugs.

Pre- and postoperative care for cataract patients and diagnosis of sight-related illnesses will also be required. Minimum requirements are a doctorate in optometry at an accredited optometry school plus a license to practice optometry in Vermont. Salary offered will be equal to or greater than the prevailing wage rate for the state of Vermont.

Send resumes, (no calls, please) to: David W. Beeson, O.D.P.C. PO Box 1550, 863 Harvest Lane Williston, VT 05495

Weatherization’s Vermont Fuel Efficiency Partnership (VFEP) and Building Efficiency Program seek a capable, well-organized Operations Manager to assist our Administrator. The ideal candidate will help VFEP achieve its goal of deeper energy retrofits and greater organization. The Operations Manager will be responsible for developing protocols and standards, project tracking, handling inquiries, and managing and entering data. Candidate must have ample experience in construction management and excellent communication and computer skills. Bachelor’s degree preferred, but candidates with a high school diploma and appropriate experience will be considered. Competitive salary and complete benefits package offered. Send letter of interest and resume postmarked no later than April 27, 2010 to:

Central Vermont Community Action Council, Inc. Human Resources 195 US RT 302- Berlin Barre, VT 05641 cvcachr@cvcac.org For more details visit our website at www.cvcac.org.

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ACS Government Healthcare Solutions seeks payment policy analysts to support the design and implementation of methods used to pay hospitals, physicians, and other providers (e.g., DRGs, APCs, RBRVS, RUGs). Preferred location is Atlanta, GA, Burlington, VT, or Helena, MT. Typical travel is 4 to Send or email resume and 6 days per month. The work is very detailed and references to: analytical,& and requires considerable initiative. The Natural Provisions Deli Manager Deli Assistants 329 Harvest Lane, Suite 100, analyst will support varied projects by managing data, Williston, VT 05495 MAnAger: tracking cooking experience, knowledgeand of ordering, documentation monitoring project business info@naturalprovisions.com pricing, inventoryprocesses. management and planning are required.for people who want It ismenu a great opportunity to make a difference in healthcare payment policy and AssistAnt: experience is required. who cooking like to put ideas into operation.

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Business Development Assistant (Part-time) The New England Federal Credit Union is looking for a part-time assistant to support our financial education, investment, insurance and other programs as needed. We are looking for someone who is enthusiastic, friendly, helpful, reliable, organized and flexible to provide a welcoming environment and exceptional customer service to our members.

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The part-time assistant will be responsible for registering participants, preparation and setup of conference rooms including materials & ordering refreshments. Additional duties include maintaining seminar sign-up system, seminar library of presentations, in addition to assisting presenters in creating and/or updating materials. Qualified candidates must project a friendly and personable demeanor, and have effective communication skills. Must have experience with MS products including PowerPoint, a valid driver’s license and the ability to lift up to 20 lbs. This position is part time, 4-5 hours per day, 20 hours per week, and will require flexibility within a 1-7:30 p.m. time frame.

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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.

512 Troy Avenue, Suite 1 Colchester, VT 05446 655-0511 www.ccs-vt.org

Home Provider Opportunities

CCS is seeking individuals or couples to provide residential supports to individuals with developmental disabilities. The following positions include a generous stipend, paid time off (respite) and ongoing support.

A kind, humorous, nonverbal gentleman in his 40s is seeking a home with an outgoing person who enjoys being involved in the community and in social settings. Due to severe allergies, the home cannot have pets. This active individual loves music, walking, and going to the library.

An independent young woman is seeking an active, energetic, female roommate who can assist her in accessing the community, learning to increase her independence and addressing her medical needs. She enjoys cooking, keeping in touch with online friends, socializing, fashion and is interested in continuing education.

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 on Saturdays and during the summer you could be at any of our 6 branch locations in Chittenden County.

Qualified candidates must project a friendly and personable demeanor, have effective communication skills, attention to detail, accurate and knowledgeable with computers. Cash handling and customer service experience required.

NEFCU enjoys an employer of choice distinction with turnover averaging less than 10%. More than 96% of our 165 staff say NEFCU is a great place to work (2009 Annual Staff Survey). If you believe you have the qualifications to contribute to this environment, please send your resume and cover letter to: HR@nefcu.com. EOE/AA.

If you are interested in taking advantage of these opportunities, please contact Al Frugoli at afrugoli@ccs-vt.org or 802-655-0511 x108. E.O.E.

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Leaps & Bounds is looking for motivated, flexible team players to join our growing childcare team at our Essex and Williston locations. Must have experience, education and a sense of humor! Pay based on education and experience.

new jobs posted daily! sevendaysvt.com/clasSifieds HowardCenter improves the well-being of children, adults, families and communities.

Developmental Services EmploymEnt Consultant (2 positions) Seeking energetic individuals to provide support and expertise to numerous clients with developmental disabilities who are seeking and maintaining employment. Prior supported employment experience strongly desired. Both full time, one TEMPORARY without benefits, one REGULAR with benefits.

Contact Krista at 802-879-2021 or kristalacroix@yahoo.com.

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United Professions AFT Vermont is now hiring smart, motivated individuals who are willing to work hard for social justice. United Professions is a democratic labor Union. We use strategic campaigns and direct action to form unions, win better wages, a voice at work, and demand improvements for people in hospitals, higher education and early education. We are the fastest growing Union in Vermont. Our 3500 members are statewide and include Nurses and Professors, as well as a variety of other professionals. The majority of our members and staff are women. Our offices are located in Burlington and Montpelier, Vt. Union Organizers on the New Organizing team will help workers to develop and run campaigns to form a union at the workplace, often against significant opposition from management and corporate owners. These start as project staff positions for 6 months with the possibility of becoming long term.

Responsibilities include: Identify and meet with health care workers through house visits, leafleting and phone calls. Train and support workers to organize a union drive and become leaders in the workplace; motivate workers to take action and challenge management opposition. Organize actions, rallies, contract negotiations and strikes.

REsidEntial instRuCtoR (2 positions) Excellent opportunity to work with three young men, living in a residential setting in the Starksboro/Hinesburg area. These guys have an active lifestyle in their school and home communities. Two benefits-eligible positions with a combination of weekend and weekday 10:50:16 AM shifts. spECializEd Community suppoRt WoRkER (2 positions) Two after-school positions supporting teenage girls available. One enjoys visiting museums, local history and horseback riding. Soccer, hiking, and cooking are interests of the other girl.

Ideal candidates are patient younger women who are able to set and maintain boundaries.

Prior experience supporting individuals with developmental disabilities and/or on the autism spectrum desired. Both positions are benefits eligible.

Visit www.howardcenter.org for more details and a complete list of employment opportunities.

Compensation: Salary $35,000-$50,000 depending on experience; includes full family medical insurance, pension, and generous vacation benefits. Please email cover letter and résumé to mrussell@upvaft.org.

No phone inquiries.

Sprinkler Pipe Fitters FIRETECH SPRINKLER CORP. is seeking service technicians, foremen pipe fitters and helpers.

Foremen must be VT certified. Experience in the installation of fire sprinklers or a related field is preferred. The job requires some travel. We offer a competitive salary and benefit package which includes paid holidays & vacations, 401(k) match, short & long-term disability & health insurance.

Please call 802-655-1800, or email dwinters@ firetechsprinkler.com

HowardCenter is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Minorities, people of color and persons with disabilities encouraged to apply. EOE/TTY. We offer competitive pay and a comprehensive benefits package to qualified employees. 2x3-051706_Realtor

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Williston-based Retirement Plan Consulting and Administration firm seeks a professional to join the Realtor Buyer’sAssistant Agent staff. The ideal candidate will have worked in the Busy RealtorLooking at Coldwell Banker Hickok & Boardman, for highly motivated, industry or have work-related experience.

Burlington’s largest real estate company, istop looking for a Realtor licensed salesperson to join Skills required include: mathematical/accounting assistant. The ideal candidate for this part-time position mus Vermont Realtor. Must have great have the ability to manage multiple tasks; possess computer (2-year accounting degree or equivalent experience work ethic and be willing to work have superb telephone skills; and the aptitude to is a plus); customer service and communication knowledge; weekends.

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Qualifications: Demonstrated leadership skills at work, on campus or in the community; experience as a union or community organizer preferred; experience working in health care or higher education also a plus; ability to work with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures; bilingual skills in Bosnian, Vietnamese or Somali Bantu a plus; ability to work independently, solve problems, manage time and priorities; long and irregular hours are required; strong listening, speaking and writing communication skills; automobile and valid driver’s license.

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St. Albans nonprofit has an immediate opening for an experienced professional with HR and training skills to join the management team of a statewide older, worker job-training program.

Responsibilities include recruitment and staffing, training and development, employee/trainee relations, policies and procedures, health and benefits, and the day-to-day operations of the program. College degree required.

                       Nationwide Fundraising Company is seeking individuals to staff our           S. Burlington,VT Office.     DVANCED ONCERT ICKET ALES M-F, 12-9 pm, occasional Sundays                    $11/hr after training, $16-20 realistic with Weekly Bonus Incentive                         Program and Complete Training               • Experience helpful  but not necessary                       • Management opportunity after 6 months            holidays & vacation           • Paid              • Established customer base                  Looking for highly motivated, career-oriented people with good             skills.

• Fulland part-time positions communication                           • M-F, 12-9 pm, NO WEEKENDS           For interview call       •   week after training + bonus program $400 per                      • Top producers making $600-$850 per week          Full company benefits including 401K,        •                            medical  & dental 4t-Fireco033110.indd 1 3/26/10             • No experience necessary                     •   Management opportunity                                

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a nationwide fundraising company, is seeking individuals to staff our South Burlington, VT office.

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802-652-9629.

Please email cover letter with salary requirements, and resume to: HR@vermontassociates.org.

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Looking for highly motivated, career-oriented people with good communication skills. For interview,

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CALL 802-652-9629.

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The Champlain Housing Trust, serving the affordable housing needs of Chittenden, Franklin and Grand Isle Counties, seeks a full-time, versatile Maintenance Technician to perform assorted maintenance tasks within a scattered-site portfolio.

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The Adams Center for Mind and Body is an outpatient psychotherapy practice specializing in traditional and alternative therapies.

is a full-time position in the Clerk/Treasurer’s Office that is responsible for managing the information technology, management, personnel and administrative activities of the City Clerk/Treasurer’s Office. Responsibilities include management and oversight of the information technology resources of the City and the elections and records functions of the Clerk/Treasurer’s Office. Ideal candidate would possess a bachelor’s degree in business administration or a related field. A minimum of five years of relevant experience in finance, management and/or administration with at least five years of supervisory and managerial experience is required.

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last year — this summer’s market will be the largest ever. Most of the “new” sellers, including Naga Bakehouse and the Bakery at the Farmhouse Kitchen, will be familiar — many operated on “day passes” last year, which allowed them to fill in when regular vendors were away.

A couple, including sauce maker It’s Arthur’s Fault, are newcomers. “We like to bring in a few new vendors each year to keep it fresh,” explains market manager Chris Wagner.

But even here, at the smaller, coldseason market, there’s plenty of good stuff to be had. I snag a round of silky La Fleurie cheese from Willow Hill Farm and a tub of chèvre from Does’ Leap.

Then there’s tangy, squeaky sauerkraut from Arethusa Collective and apples from Champlain Orchards. A final coup: a few tingly slugs of Rookie’s Root Beer.

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hen Patty Ferreira comes home from work, she dons a mesh wire mask and some gloves, fires up the burlap smoker, and takes a peek at the bees living in the beehive perched in the northwest corner of her yard.

And just about every time she opens the hive, Ferreira gets stung. But she doesn’t mind. As with so many things in life, Ferreira knows if you want a little honey, you’re going to have to suffer a little for it.

Ferreira’s hobby apiary is a miniature operation in the most unlikely spot — a corner of her property at the junction of Berry Street and Lakeview Terrace in Burlington. When they leave her yard, the bees fly west across the street, headed to the tangle of vines, wildflowers and weeds that populate the hillside above Lake Champlain. They return to their hives laden with nectar with which to make honey and feed the colony.

If you didn’t know what to look for — a 2-foot-tall wooden box called a super that holds the moveable comb hives — you’d never know 45,000 bees shared Ferreira’s sliver of land.

Ferreira is one of a small group of backyard beekeepers who tend small colonies in Burlington. Bill Mares, president of the Vermont Beekeepers Association, estimates that roughly 20 people keep bees in the city. Steve Parise, an agricultural resource management specialist with the state Agency of Agriculture, guesses it’s more like a dozen.

Keeping bees in a city isn’t as odd as it seems. In Paris, the Rucher-École has been teaching the art of apiculture in the middle of the Luxembourg Gardens since 1856. One of its former students currently keeps bees atop the Paris Opera House.

In New York City, backyard and rooftop apiaries abound, though it was illegal to keep bees in the city until its health code was amended in March. In Los Angeles, a group called Backwards Beekeepers, which practices “allorganic, chemical-free” apiculture, runs

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Like many urban beekeepers, Ferreira says she was inspired to raise the honey-making insects by a desire to help counteract the effects of Colony Collapse Disorder — a phenomenon in which worker bees disappear from their hives — which became widespread in 2006. Mares recalls noticing a spike in interest in beekeeping around the state after the CCD scare was publicized.

As Ferreira began thinking about local food systems and environmentalism, keeping bees made sense to her, she says. Bees are essential for pollinating many food crops in our region. “I knew how important they were to what we eat,” says Ferreira, who is now in her third year of beekeeping.

Not only is hosting bees good for the planet, but it’s providing Ferreira with honey, and not the kind that comes from a mega-mart. Like most urban honey, her yield has a complex flavor, largely because of the variety of nectars the bees have to gorge on. Nectar from ornamental flowers tends to produce a much more “layered” varietal honey, Mares says.

Some may be skeptical about the notion that honey comes in a vast range of flavors — much like wine — depending on the flowers available to the bees.

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that honey from bees that visit primarily one type of bloom, such as buckwheat, blueberry or soybean, has a distinctive flavor and color.

While Ferreira’s bees may not visit one flower exclusively, she knows her honey is “definitely not Sue Bee,” she says, referring to the ubiquitous massmarket brand. “I’ve always been told honey is honey. But my honey, to me, tastes creamier and butterier,” Ferreira says. “It’s gorgeous.”

Mares, the 69-year-old de facto patriarch of urban beekeeping in Vermont, has kept hives at his South Willard Street home for the past decade, and he’s been involved with bees for nearly 40 years. In total, Mares keeps 14 hives around the city — two at home, five at the Intervale and seven at the University of Vermont.

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Mares’ sloping backyard, now covered with a carpet of pink and blue phlox, is home to about 100,000 bees.

They’re not exactly busy, but they are “reasonably productive,” Mares says.

He gets about 60 to 70 pounds of honey a year from each hive.

Before he established his backyard hives, Mares, like Ferreira, talked with his neighbors about whether they’d mind insects taking up residence on his property. When he visited, Mares took along some of his honey. “Is it a bribe?

Well, yeah. But it’s also a way to gauge the temperature,” he says.

Bee colonies in Vermont must be registered with the state, and 10,000 are currently on the rolls. Hobby apiculturists keep the “vast majority” of those hives, says the Agency of Agriculture’s Parise, who inspects about 2000 a year to make sure they are healthy.

When it comes to keeping bees, an urban environment doesn’t pose many more challenges than a rural one. Mares recommends beekeepers not keep more than three hives on their property when the surrounding area is densely populated. He also encourages urban apiarists to direct the opening of the hive inward, toward the property, so as to avoid any unintended dive-bombings.

But, Mares likes to emphasize, the bees aren’t looking to sting anyone.

“They’re not coming out of the hive in a laser stream. They’re on a mission,” he says. Like Ferreira, Mares has lost track of how many times he’s been stung.

He doesn’t mind, but he does caution that getting stung between the eyes “hurts a lot.”

In A Book of Bees: And How to Keep Them, author Sue Hubbell calls beekeeping “farming for intellectuals.” While that may be a generalization, it certainly applies to Bob Herendeen, 69, a New North End resident, former college professor and current fellow at the Gund Institute for Ecological Economics at UVM, who has been keeping bees since the mid-1970s. His daughter’s first word was “bee.”

But the two hives in his Nottingham Lane yard have had a rough couple of years. Last year, Herendeen had a swarm escape; he captured it in a tree not long after the breakout. (When bees sense they are running out of room to store their honey, they may swarm, or desert their hive, queen in tow, in search of a larger home.)

Herendeen’s Burlington bees haven’t given him much honey, he says, but what he has gotten offers an interesting mixture of flavors derived from dandelions, apple trees and basswood. “I’d describe it as ‘strongish.’ It’s definitely got more flavor than clover honey,” Herendeen says.

Living on Appletree Point, Herendeen says he can see the direct impact his bees are having on the environment.

In the four years he’s been keeping bees in Burlington, Herendeen has seen a doubling of the apple yield from trees in his neighborhood. Not only does he get a bit of honey from his bees, but the self-described “apple freak” gets bags of organic Cortlands, too.

Last year Ferreira, an English professor at Norwich University, got only about six quarts of honey, which she gave away as Christmas presents. But it’s not about the yield, she says.

On clement days, Ferreira sits by her “bee window,” an oval portal that overlooks her hive, and watches the bees flit from bud to bud on the Virginia creeper and grapevine that cover the chain-link fence around her yard. In August, she’ll harvest the honey. But for now, she’s content to watch her bees “do their bee thing.”

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It’s just about utilizing the material, which I think is totally underexploited, you know?

SD: I would say the opposite is true, especially for some of those “worst songs.”

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SD: Good point.

GP: Well, that’s just one aspect, anyway.

After that, they sent me a form from a “music supervisor” … there’s apparently this whole industry of “music supervisors,” the people who [put] music in shows. Who would’ve known? But that’s what they do. They find music for shows.

SD: I guess someone has to do it.

GP: Right. So, they were looking for a “main theme” for a show. I hadn’t ever thought of writing to spec, as it were.

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SD: And did they like it?

GP: They did like it.

SD: Nice.

GP: But they chose something else, ultimately.

SD: Oh. GP: But they sent me another form. And I thought, Well, that was such a productive thing, I’ll do it again.

SD: Get right back on the horse.

GP: Exactly. So I wrote another song and I put it down. But what I realized is that I was suddenly writing songs. My last album had come out in 2007. And it was about time I got off my ass. So it served a lot of purposes. Even though I thought

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GP: There’s no Graham Parker in there.

Or hundreds of other acts, come to think of it. They just don’t want real music, something good. They want something quirky. Or something extremely popular that everybody’s heard. It’s a very strange game.

SD: So I take it they didn’t use the songs.

GP: They didn’t get used. But they were so damn catchy. Because I was writing them for TV, I was deliberately taking the catchiest part of my songwriting — and I have a lot of catchy melodies. Some people don’t associate that with me, but that’s what I do. I write pop songs. Whatever you dress them up as, whatever you call them, these songs are full of hooks, because that’s the tradition I come from, ’60s pop songs. Those are the first songs that blew my mind and made me want to be a musician. The Beatles. There it is, right there. Hello. It doesn’t get much catchier than that.

SD: No argument here.

GP: But that’s what I aspire to do when I write songs. To write hit songs.

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SD: Is that much different than how you’d normally write, the TV angle notwithstanding?

GP: It’s the same mysterious process songwriting always is. It’s just that, with this method, it was much quicker for me.

I didn’t have any problem finding the direction. Then, after I wrote the songs, I wrote the plots out a bit more fully and used that as the liner notes, instead of the lyrics. And that’s the whole story.

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GP: You’d think so. Exactly! So I found myself with an idea: Why don’t I write my own TV shows? Fake TV shows, fake reviews and write songs to go with them. And I would come up with basically a one-sentence idea for a show, then I would write a song. And it would be good and catchy and have depth to it, as well.

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Following last week’s epic Monkey House love fest in this column — and the ensuing blowback of WTF? emails from folks who were pissed that I didn’t write about them — we’re going to switch things up a bit this week. Ready?

First, beyond that opening sentence, you will not read another word about The Monkey House, no matter how much I think you should go and check out Backyard Tire Fire with local speedwestern revivalists Waylon Speed this Thursday. I mean, last week was pretty over the top with Monkey love, even for me. So from here on out, I won’t so much as hint that you go to the Monkey to catch Japhy Ryder on Friday night just because they’re a killer live band.

And, heaven forbid, I certainly won’t make you read any column blurbs about Finn Riggins playing with Arms and Legs and How to Stay Alive in the Woods on Saturday.

Because for that last show you can just read the spotlight on page 53.

The second thing: Because this is such a jam-packed week, I’m writing the entire column in fast-paced, rapid-fire “BiteTorrent” style.

So, to summarize: The whole column will be one big BiteTorrent. And I will not mention The Monkey House — or the fact that Sunday’s show with Hell or High Water and Dutch folk-punk songwriter Tim Vantol will be as much fun as the phrase “Dutch folk-punk songwriter” would make it seem, which is to say, quite a lot. Moving on…

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Montpelier-based multi-instrumentalist swings by the Parima Acoustic Lounge — aka the best listening room in Burlington — for a show celebrating her stunning new(ish) album Remembering, which was quite favorably reviewed by 7D’s Robert Resnik back in January. The talented folk songstress will have a veritable all-star band in tow, featuring guitarist Michael Roberts (Wooden Dinosaur), pedal-steel whiz Asa Brosius (Sara Grace & the Suits), bassist Noah Hahn (Mr. Casual) and banjoist Nate Gusakov of Knotty Pine renown. And the name of said supergroup? The Tall Boys. Awesome.

• Fans of “open-source electro-folk-tronic songwriting projects” — and who isn’t one? — take note: Jets and Snakes, the side project of Brooklyn songwriter Roger paul Mason (Ten Minute Turns), will be in town this weekend. Word on the street is that dude’s been collaborating with Dirty Projectors’ Brian McOmber recently, which is pretty great. In the meantime, those who prefer their glo-fi pop with some balls will want to stop by Radio Bean this Saturday.

• Speaking of balls, allow me to introduce the world’s foremost purveyor of “Pirate Rock,” Brooklyn’s Captain Ronzo. The self-described “aging punk rocker” will be at Burlington’s Manhattan Pizza this Saturday, unleashing signature shantypunk songs such as “Scurvy,” “Walk the Plank” and “Your Mom Is Totally Hot.” Also, he’ll be dressed like a pirate.

• Also on the Manhattan bill is swingin’ Washington, D.C.-based Americanagothic outfit The Galt Line, who, in addition to having a reputation for rollicking live shows, may have the best press pic ever.

• It’s nice to see Japhy Ryder gigging regularly again. Since the release of their nifty new live album Over the Fall earlier this month, they’ve had a solid run of dates at venues all over Burlington. This Saturday, the band ventures to Montpeculiar for a night of porntastic prog fun at Positive Pie 2. The show kicks off a strong run of upcoming shows at the capital pizza parlor, including Sara Grace & the Suits, Made in Iron and Halogen Media Works pal Philadelphia Slick.

On a related note, Halogen and Japhy are now working together and are reportedly developing plans for global domination. Or at least distribution for the band’s upcoming new release, If the Haves Are Willing.

• Speaking of Philadelphia, what the hell is in the water in the City of Brotherly Love? When last we left our old, briefly local friends The Powder Kegs, they were living in New York, having alienated their original newgrass fan base with a debut record stacked with sparkling indie folk. They’ve since moved to Philly, and living in the same city as Dr. Dog has seemingly treated them well. The band’s newly released EP Empty Side is 20 minutes of pop bliss very much in line with the unabashed Beatles revivalism found on Dr. Dog’s Fate and We All Belong. Suffice it to say, I dig it. I think you might, too. Find out when the band stops by Burlington’s North End Studio this Thursday.

• Happy birthday to Craig Mitchell, who will celebrate in typical style with a bash at the Green Room this Saturday. Why not throw the party at Lift, the nightclub he opened last summer? In a recent email, the local dance music guru confirms that he has left Lift and returned to his roots as a regular fixture at the newly refabbed Club Metronome. He didn’t divulge further details about the split.

• Congratulations to The Vacant Lots.

The psych-rock duo will hit the road in May for a string of East Coast dates in support of UK experimental-psych mavens Spectrum, the brainchild of Spacemen 3 founder Sonic Boom.

Translation: kind of a big deal. It is especially impressive considering Sonic (Mr. Boom?) handpicked the opening bands for the entire U.S. tour. Some other groups he tabbed that you may be familiar with: Brooklyn’s Dean & Britta and San Francisco’s Wooden Shjips.

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• Reason #4327 why you should be reading this column every Wednesday: Legendary photojournalist Peter Simon — whose credits include the Grateful Dead, the New York Mets and some guy named Bob Marley, among many, many others — will give a free lecture at Brennan’s Pub & Bistro at UVM’s Davis Center on Wednesday, April 21, at 2 p.m.

• While we’re on campus, UVM’s annual Springfest is this Saturday on the CBW green and features headliners MSTRKRFT, Ingrid Michaelson, Theophilus London, Ila Mawana, The Fancy Drifters and four as-yet-unannounced side stage acts. College kids get in on the cheap, of course. But other people can go, too, for $25.

• Local hot-house hooligans Swing Noire will turn Middlebury’s 51 Main into a den of Django-fueled manouche mania this Saturday. According to a blurb I wrote a couple of years ago, the band evokes “images of smoky basement speakeasies and slinky cabarets.” Ah, if only I still smoked!

• And last but not least, this bit from the Department of Corrections: Last week’s review of The Michele Fay Band’s latest, Travelin’ That Road, incorrectly stated that the band’s 2008 debut was self-titled.

It wasn’t. That record was called Live and Local. And, much like the new album, it was a really nice example of down-home VT folk music. m

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Local string band PossumHaw might seem in danger of becoming just a backup band for vocalist Colby Crehan, a true rising star in Vermont. Yet the revamped ensemble generally manages to strike a balance between featuring the talents of its increasingly renowned front woman and the tasteful instrumental work. On their third effort, Fortune’s Name, PossumHaw deliver sterling arrangements that are polished to a shine.

Some of the credit belongs to the man who worked the dials: veteran producer and engineer Colin McCaffrey. One of Vermont’s most prolific and experienced purveyors of quality acoustic music, he has a talent for achieving a crisp sound, and it really works for PossumHaw here.

The additions of ace mandolinist Stephen Waud and bassist Pat Melvin are a bonus. Unlike many bluegrass-style mandolin players, Waud doesn’t sound as if he’s trying to imitate another, more famous player. His chops don’t merely fit; they’re interesting. As for Melvin, he makes his presence known but never gets in the way, which is just about the highest compliment one can pay a bass player.

Banjo player and harmonicat Ryan Crehan — Colby’s husband — and guitarist-keyboardist Charley Eiseman manage to avoid many of the jamgrassstyle leads that defined the band’s sound on earlier albums. This allows for a leaner and more focused approach to the tunes.

But, as was the case with previous efforts, Colby Crehan shines like a diamond. She writes most of the songs, sings lead on every vocal number, and generally adds a velvety touch of class to the music.

Crehan also moonlights as the female lead vocalist for the Bluegrass Gospel Project, and it’s likely the time spent with that five-star outfit has made her singing even stronger and more selfassured. Whether it’s on a killer version of the Johnny Rivers’ ballad “Poor Side of Town” or on “The Cup,” one of her sassy originals, she digs in or soars at just the right moments. Listeners will be happy that Crehan is still driving this train, and

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PossumHaw will perform selections from Fortune’s Name this Friday, April 23, at the North End Studio in Burlington; and Saturday, April 24, at the WalkOver Gallery in Bristol. See calendar for details.

Of course, no one is – not even Dylan, really. And it would be grossly unfair to compare the two. The problem is that Greenblott aims impossibly high, bluntly clawing at Dylanesque profundity when artful simplicity is called for. The result is a collection of clumsy, earnest and at times grating lyrical platitudes.

On “Are You Ready for Joy” Greenblott sings, “In the moments ‘tween our busy works, in the laughter we deny / In the arms of friendship, in the blueness of the sky / Behind our illusions, in our enemies eyes / Deep in our hearts I know that joy is alive.”

From “Picasso”: “In this world we’ve got two kinds of prisons. / One’s made of stone and the other’s made of thoughts.”

From “Drugs”: “Drugs, I take ‘em every day. Little illusions, they help ease the pain. / The pain of illusions. I got

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Kevin Greenblott, Let the Lover Thru (SELF-RELEASED, CD)

Kevin Greenblott seems like a really nice guy. Like, the kind of guy who would loan you his lawn mower and not say a word when you returned it a month later busted and out of gas. In other words, “Kev, ” as the Burlington-based songwriter refers to himself on his website, is nice to a fault. While that’s an admirable quality in a neighbor, it is less so in a songwriter. Unfortunately, an eager-to-please blandness, coupled with an obsession with Bob Dylan, pervades Greenblott’s latest album, Let the Lover thru.

Lover begins with “I Wanna Know You.” Greenblott has been playing guitar for 20 years, and his chops are evident in the song’s finely fingerpicked acoustic intro. Also evident is that affinity for Dylan. Greenblott models his vocal delivery on the legendary Mr. Zimmerman, copping similar stylistic inflections, particularly at the ends of phrases, which tend to fade breathily away. Greenblott also takes similar liberties with pitch, which you can get away with if you’re Bob Dylan. Kevin Greenblott is not.

somehow fooled into believing I was less than cool. / So I’m on all fours, looking for a fix, to put me where I already exist.”

“Subterranean Homesick Blues” it ain’t.

Fittingly, Greenblott closes the album with “Song to Bob.” Like each of the preceding cuts, he borrows a familiar melodic structure and proceeds to pay homage to his hero. In a sequence that fairly sums up the record, Greenblott sings, “Hey, Mr. Dylan I wrote you a song. / A letter, a poem, a thanks of some kind.”

And then, a few lines later, “So something old, so something new. See, I wrote the words, but the tune, it’s all you.” Indeed.

Kevin Greenblott celebrates the release of Let the Lover thru this Saturday, April 24, at the Firehouse Gallery in Burlington.

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THE MONKEY HOUSE: Japhy Ryder, DJ subPrime (prog rock), 9 p.m., $5.

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HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: Patty Larkin, Chris Smither (singer-songwriter), 8 p.m., $20/22. AA. LEUNIG’S BISTRO & CAFÉ: Ellen Powell & Tom Cleary (jazz), 7 p.m., Free.

LIFT: Get LiFTed with DJs Nastee & Dakota (hip-hop), 9 p.m., Free.

THE MONKEY HOUSE: Backyard Tire Fire, Waylon Speed (speedwestern, country-rock), 9 p.m., $10.

NECTAR’S: Bluegrass Thursdays with Gordon Stone & Friends (bluegrass), 9 p.m., $3. 18+.

NIGHTCRAWLERS: Karaoke with Steve LeClair, 7 p.m., Free.

ON TAP: The House Rockers (blues), 7 p.m., Free.

PARIMA ACOUSTIC LOUNGE: Burgundy Thursdays with Joe Adler, Nicholas Cassarino, Rachael Rice & the Cosmic Americans, Pablo Galesi (singersongwriters), 8 p.m., Free.

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R’ RÁ IRISH PUB: Longford Row (Irish), 8 p.m., Free.

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THE SKINNY PANCAKE: The Sleepwells (indie folk), 9 p.m., $5 donation.

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TWO BROTHERS TAVERN: DJ Jam Man (Top 40), 10 p.m., Free.

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PARIMA ACOUSTIC LOUNGE: Katie Trautz with the Tall Boys (acoustic), 8 p.m., Free.

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RASPUTIN’S: DJ ZJ (hip-hop), 10 p.m., $3.

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Storm Warning If a singer-songwriter’s résumé includes sharing the

stage with such a variety of performers as Ben Harper, India.Arie, Los Lonely Boys and Madeleine Peyroux, it would suggest a long, full career, right? Not for 21-year-old Sonya Kitchell.

She’s just getting started. The Northampton-born singer has been a critics’

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“With flying fingers and calluses that could probably withstand a blowtorch, Rodrigo y Gabriela offer today’s best exposition of the pyrotechnic, fusion-oriented edge of Spanish-style guitar-playing.” – Paste Magazine

the release of her breakout record This Storm, she was handpicked by jazz legend Herbie Hancock to tour the country. Since then, she has continued to wow audiences with her singular blend of folk and jazz. This Saturday, she’ll christen the cozy, newly renovated lounge at Club Metronome with an intimate early evening show. sAT.24

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Marriott harbor lounge: The Trio featuring Paul cassarino, Tracie cassarino & Jeff Wheel (acoustic), 8 p.m., Free.

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the MonKey houSe: Finn Riggins, Arms and Legs, How to stay Alive in the Woods (indie rock), 9 p.m., $5. nectar’S: scott Tournet (singer-songwriter), 7 p.m., Free. Toussaint the Liberator & Buru style, DJ Big Dog (reggae), 9 p.m., $5. nightcrawlerS: Little creek (rock), 9 p.m., Free. on tap: The Hitmen (rock), 9 p.m., Free.

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pariMa Main Stage: Funkwagon, The Doctors of Flight (funk), 10 p.m., $5. radio bean: Brett Hughes (cosmo-rural), 6 p.m., Free. David Tanklefsky (singer-songwriter), 8 p.m., Free. Loveful Heights (folk), 9 p.m., Free. Jets and snakes cD release, Osage Orange & Friends (rock, indie folk), 10 p.m., Free. raSputin’S: Nastee (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free.

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red Square: DJ Raul (salsa), 5 p.m., Free. The Thang (funk), 9 p.m., $3. DJ A-Dog (hip-hop), 11:30 p.m., $3. r’ rá iriSh pub: The complaints (rock), 10 p.m., Free.

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city liMitS: Dance Party with DJ Earl (DJ), 9 p.m., Free. two brotherS tavern: DJ Benno (eclectic DJ), 10 p.m., Free.

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bee’S KneeS: Open mic, 7:30 p.m., Free.

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Monopole: capital Zen (rock), 10 p.m., Free. olive ridley’S: Zero Tolerance (rock), 10 p.m., Free. tabu café and nightclub: All Night Dance Party with DJ Toxic (DJ), 5 p.m., Free.

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the blocK gallery: Open mic, 1:30 p.m., Free.

the laMb abbey: Abby Jenne & the Enablers (rock), 8 p.m., $10. langdon Street café: Viscus (jazz), 9 p.m., Donations.

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51 Main: swing Noire (gypsy jazz), 9 p.m., Free.

1/2 lounge: Funhouse with DJs Rob Douglas, moonflower & Friends (house), 7 p.m., Free.

guSto’S: Alter Ego (rock), 10 p.m., Free.

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the SKinny pancaKe: David Rynhart, Birch Bones (folk), 9 p.m., $5 donation.

charlie o’S: Anna Pardenik & Holy smoke Off (indie rock), 10 p.m., Free.

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poSitive pie 2: Japhy Ryder (prog rock), 10:30 p.m., $3.

club MetronoMe: Hijack the Disco with myra Flynn, Justin Levinson, DJ Dante (house), 7 p.m., $5. higher ground ballrooM: Against me!, Dead to me, moneybrother (punk), 8 p.m., $12/15. AA. higher ground ShowcaSe lounge: Graham

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Parker & the Figgs (rock), 7:30 p.m., $17/20. AA. The Monkey house: Hell or High Water, Tim Vantol, Luke Hilly, Greg Laraigne (punk, country), 8 p.m., $5.

MonTy’s old Brick Tavern: George Voland JAZZ: with Barry Ries and Lars Duggan, 4 p.m., Free. necTar’s: Mi Yard Reggae Night with Big Dog & Demus, 9 p.m., Free. radio Bean: The Salvation Band (Americana), 7 p.m., Free. Doug Keith (singer-songwriter), 8:45 p.m., Free. Hexdump (experimental), 10 p.m., Free. rí rá irish PuB: Irish Session, 5 p.m., Free.

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The laMB aBBey: Finn Riggins, Once Radio, The Points North (indie rock, folk), 8 p.m., $10.

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langdon sTreeT café: Chris Dorman (singer-songwriter), 8 p.m., Donations. Emily White (singer-songwriter), 9 p.m., Donations.

Main sTreeT grill & Bar: Dan Haley and Noah Hahn (rock), 7 p.m., Free. slide Brook lodge & Tavern: Tattoo Tuesdays with Andrea (jam), 5 p.m., Free.

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51 Main: Quizz Night (trivia), 7 p.m., Free.

Two BroThers Tavern: Monster Hits Karaoke, 9 p.m., Free.

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Bee’s knees: D. Davis and his Groovy Friends (acoustic), 7:30 p.m., Donations.

MaTTerhorn: Toast Head (rock), 9 p.m., Free.

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Bee’s knees: Open Irish Session, 3 p.m., Free.

Motel Brothers (Americana), 7:30 p.m., Donations.

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cluB MeTronoMe: Hip-Hop Battle: WRUV Fundraiser (hip-hop), 9 p.m., Free/$5. 18+.

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1/2 lounge: Heal-In Sessions with Reverence (reggae), 10 p.m., Free. cluB MeTronoMe: S.I.N. Mondays with DJ ZJ (hip-hop), 9 p.m., Free.

The Monkey house: Downtown Medicine (singer-songwriters), 8 p.m., Free. necTar’s: The Electric Reason, The Edd, Marsupials (rock), 9 p.m., Free/$5. 18+.

PariMa Main sTage: Jazzed Up Mondays (jazz), 7 p.m., Free. 18+. radio Bean: Open Mic, 8 p.m., Free. red square: Hype ‘Em (hip-hop), 11 p.m., Free. rozzi’s lakeshore Tavern: Trivia Night, 8 p.m., Free. ruBen JaMes: Why Not Monday? with Dakota (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free.

langdon sTreeT café: Open Mic, 7 p.m., Free.

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cluB MeTronoMe: Bass Culture with DJs Jahson & Nickel B (electronica), 9 p.m., Free.

lifT: Karaoke … with a Twist, 9 p.m., Free.

The Monkey house: Hip-Hop Open Mic with Dakota, 10 p.m., Free.

MonTy’s old Brick Tavern: Open Mic Night, 6 p.m., Free. necTar’s: Funkwagon with Joe Moore (funk), 9 p.m., Free/$5. 18+.

radio Bean: Gua Gua (psychotropical), 6 p.m., Free. Joe Thompson (Americana), 8:30 p.m., Free.

Honky-Tonk Sessions (honky-tonk), 10 p.m., $3. red square: Upsetta International with Super K (reggae), 8 p.m., Free.

central

charlie o’s: Karaoke, 10 p.m., Free.

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Brennan’s PuB & BisTro, davis cenTer, uvM: Elephantbear (rock), 2 p.m., Free.

franny o’s: Karaoke, 9:30 p.m., Free. leunig’s BisTro & café: Will Patton (gypsy jazz), 7 p.m., Free. lifT: DJs P-Wyld & Jazzy Janet (hip-hop), 9 p.m., Free/$5. 18+.

ManhaTTan Pizza & PuB: Open Mic with Andy Lugo, 10 p.m., Free.

Miguel’s on Main: Dawna Hammers (bossa & blues), 7 p.m., Free.

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necTar’s: Bob Wagner with Ray & Russ (blues), 9 p.m., Free/$5. 18+. radio Bean: Ensemble V (jazz), 7:30 p.m., Free.

Irish Sessions, 9 p.m., Free. red square: DJ Cre8 (hip-hop), 11 p.m., Free.

Japhy Ryder (prog rock), 8 p.m., Free.

central

charlie o’s: Monkey Spank (indie rock), 8 p.m., Free.

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green MounTain Tavern: Open Mic with John Lackard, 9 p.m., Free.

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langdon sTreeT café: Voltaic/Harmonic Electronica Showcase (live electronica), 8 p.m., Donations. slide Brook lodge & Tavern: Open Jam, 9 p.m., Free.

champlain valley

ciTy liMiTs: Karaoke with Balance Entertainment, 9 p.m., Free. good TiMes café: The Christopher Peterman Quartet (jazz), 8:30 p.m., $15. on The rise Bakery: Open Bluegrass Session, 7:30 p.m., Free.

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Two BroThers Tavern: Open Mic Night, 9 p.m., Free.

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Bee’s knees: Allen Church (blues), 7:30 p.m., Donations.

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leunig’s BisTro & café: Lars Duggan, Jeremy Hill & Steve Weinert (jazz), 7 p.m., Free.

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The shed resTauranT and Brewery: Taryn Noelle Jazz Trio (jazz), 8 p.m., Free.

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hough The Wailin’ Jennys first formed in 2002, its members like to joke that the folk-pop threesome is already on “version 3.0.” Original founders Ruth Moody and Nicky Mehta — Wailers hailin’ from midwestern Canada — have rotated through a few bandmates in that time, finally falling in line with Maine-born, NYC-based Heather Masse in 2007. Regardless of the swap, the power of three seems to be working for them. Vintage Guitar magazine calls the Jennys’ harmony-heavy bluegrass “first-class music,” and PopMatters says they possess “a timeless quality ... the songs could have been written last week, or at any point in the last two centuries.” The Juno Award winners visit the Upper Valley on Saturday at a benefit for nonprofit org COVER Home Repair, and then head to Putney on Sunday.

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THE WAILIN’ JENNYS Saturday, April 24, 7:30 p.m., at Lebanon Opera House, N.H. $23-28. Info, 603-448-0400. www.lebanonoperahouse. org. Sunday, April 25, 7:30 p.m., at Greenhoe Theatre at Landmark College in Putney. $20-25. Info, 254-9276. www. brattleborotix.com

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Near, Far, Wherever You Are On the surface, South Carolina and Vermont have little in common.

But listeners will draw unexpected parallels as visiting Americana songbird Angela Easterling digs into ditties of her home state off her second release, BlackTop Road. With lines like “They’re gonna lay down a blacktop road / Don’t you try to complain / You just do what you’re told,” the album’s title track focuses on her family’s 1791 homestead — and their fight to keep the land. Ring familiar?

Themes of family, home and the search for identity further add to the universal relevance of Easterling’s sounds. At a family-friendly solo acoustic show in Jericho this week, she’ll also perform the classic folk, rock and country songs that influence her, and chat about the craft of songwriting. Write on.

ANGELA EASTERLING Thursday, April 22, 7 p.m., at Deborah Rawson Memorial Library in Jericho. Free. Info, 899-4962. www.angelaeasterling.com

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‘TAKE BACK THE NIGHT’: Community members take a stand against sexual violence by hearing speakers on the library steps, then marching to City Hall for an open mic and candlelight ceremony.

Bailey/Howe Library, UVM, Burlington, 5:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 864-0555, kiona@stoprapevermont.org.

business

‘ALL ABOUT FRANCHISING’: Prospective franchise owners — and sellers — get pointers from Keld Alstrup of consulting firm FranNet at this workshop. Office Squared, Burlington, 5:30-8:30 p.m. $25, or $40 per couple. Info, 951-6762.

KELLEY MARKETING MEETING: Marketing, advertising, communications and design professionals brainstorm help for local nonprofits over breakfast.

Room 217, Ireland Building, Champlain College, Burlington, 7:45-9 a.m. Free. Info, 865-6495.

ONLINE DISPLAY ADVERTISING WORKSHOP: Instructor Greg Stobb enlightens folks on how to handle web ad tactics, drive traffic and increase sales. Office Squared, Burlington, 8-9 a.m. $15. Info, 861-1002.

SOCIAL MEDIA SEMINAR: Mike Huber of Micro Business Development Program delves into tools such as Facebook and Twitter. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 5:30-7 p.m. Free. Info, 598-2889.

community

ROTARY CLUB OF ESSEX: Rotarians help build goodwill as they organize service goals at weekly social meetings. Nonmembers are welcome to attend. The Essex, Essex, 12:10-1:30 p.m. $15 for members; free to drop in. Info, 233-3612.

HYDE SCHOOL INFO SESSION: Families, educators and counselors soak up information on the institution’s summer programs for teens, which include Habitat for Humanity initiatives and canoeing courses. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 3:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 238-6147.

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‘ARTISTIC RAIN BARREL’ SALE: UVM GreenHouse student crafters peddle their imaginatively embellished fresh water carriers. University Green, UVM, Burlington, noon - 2 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7895, ext. 104.

GERMAN-ENGLISH EXCHANGE: Anglophones practice foreign-language conversation with native speakers of Deutsch, and vice versa. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211.

‘LUNCH & LEARN’: Greenhouse and nursery supervisors dig into the details of popular annuals, perennials, trees and shrubs, just in time for the growing season. Gardener’s Supply, Williston, noon - 12:45 p.m. Free. Info, 658-2433.

RUG HOOKING & KNITTING CIRCLE: Experienced and novice needle workers present their looped creations, swap ideas and indulge in textile camaraderie. Briggs Carriage Bookstore, Brandon, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 247-0050.

film

‘BURMA VJ’: Anders Østergaard’s documentary follows the flow of news as video journalists in Burma secretly film a massive rebellion and smuggle the footage out of the country to share with the world.

Cinema 2, Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 1:30 p.m., 4 p.m., 7 p.m. $4-7. Info, 748-2600.

‘FISH TANK’: Her mom’s intriguing new boyfriend has more of an impact on teenager Mia’s life than she expected in Andrea Arnold’s 2009 British drama. Cinema 1, Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 1:30 p.m., 4 p.m., 7 p.m. $4-7. Info, 748-2600.

‘INFERNAL AFFAIRS’: A cop and his adversary play cat and mouse in this 2004 Hong Kong action thriller. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $5-7. Info, 603-646-2576.

‘WAL-MART: THE HIGH COST OF LOW PRICE’: Robert Greenwald’s 2005 documentary takes on the retail giant blamed for low wages, poor benefits and community upheaval. Room 200, Yokum Lecture Hall, SUNY Plattsburgh, N.Y., 7 p.m. Free.

Info, 518-564-3095.

food & drink

LAMOILLE VALLEY YEAR-ROUND FARMERS ARTISAN MARKET: Farmers and food producers fill Vermonters’ totes with local and organic dining options, including eggs, cider, seeds and cow cheeses.

River Arts Center, Morrisville, 3-7 p.m. Free. Info, 888-1261, FAMmanager@gmail.com.

health & fitness

‘BONE BUILDERS’: Folks bulk up their bone and muscle strength through guided exercises. Senior Citizens’ Center, Brandon, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free.

Info, 247-3121.

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ABRAHAM-HICKS STUDY GROUP: Believers in the law of attraction investigate, through discussion and group exercises, how your thoughts affect your life. Unity Church of Vermont, Essex Junction, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 383-8429.

BURNHAM KNITTERS: Yarn unfurls into purls at a chat-and-craft session. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 879-7576.

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T’ai Chi: Seniors learn to improve balance and reduce stress with fluid movements. Champlain Senior Center, McClure MultiGenerational Center, Burlington, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 658-3585.

‘Treating Pediatrics Safely & Gently With Chinese Medicine’: Speaker Akhil Kaplan expounds upon safe, effective and painless methods for healing youngsters. Preregister. Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 5:30-7 p.m. Free. Info, 223-8004, ext. 202, info@hungermountain.com.

kids

After-School Tutoring: First through sixth graders get a helping hand from college students on reading, math and science homework. Call for a time slot. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 878-0313.

Babytime: Crawling tots and their parents group up with comrades for playtime and sharing.

Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 876-7147.

‘It’s All Greek to Me!’: Professor Mark Usher regales kids with tales of ancient Greece’s heroes, battles and myths. He’ll introduce his books Wise Guy: The Life and Philosophy of Socrates and Diogenes. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 3:304:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955.

Knitting Club: Little ones in third through sixth grades loop soft hats to be sent to the hospital for premature babies. Preregister. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 3-4 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

Pajama Storytime: Kids cuddle up in their nightclothes for an hour of bedtime stories, cookies and milk. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-0313.

‘Peter the Music Man’: Educator Peter Alsen lets preschoolers try out various instruments at a fun intro to music theory. Colchester Meeting House, 12:30-1 p.m. Free. Info, 878-0313.

Preschool Storytime: Tots ages 3 to 5 read picture books, play with puppets and do math activities. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 10-10:45 a.m. Free. Info, 878-6956.

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Sesame Street Live: ‘When Elmo Grows Up’: Abby Cadabby, Elmo, Zoe, Rosita and other puppet friends lead a musical show-and-tell about the possibilities of the future. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 3:30 p.m. & 7 p.m. $17-26.50. Info, 863-5966.

‘Teens Read’: Middle schoolers chat about the books that keep them flipping page after page.

Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 5-5:45 p.m. Free.

Info, 865-7216.

music

‘20th-Century Chamber Music’: Music scholars play up a semester’s worth of practiced pieces. Concert Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury, 8 p.m. Free. Info, 443-3168.

‘The Music of Poetry’: A piano lecture by Michael Arnowitt highlights the melodic aspects of verse and literature. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 1 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

The UVM Jazz Vocal Ensemble & Thursday Combo: Lively groups feature moon-themed tunes from the Great American Songbook and masterful works from mid-20th-century Detroit. UVM Recital Hall, Burlington, 7:30-9 p.m. Free. Info, 656-3040.

Voice Master Class: Soprano Kristine Ciesinski gets the audience involved as she helps four local voice students scale the heights. Krinovitz Recital Hall, Hawkins Hall, SUNY Plattsburgh, N.Y., 7 p.m.

Free. Info, 518-564-2243.

sport

Alao Kung Fu: Martial arts students focus on the form and technique of the hung gar style through vigorous conditioning workouts. Fair Haven Fitness, 6:30-8:30 p.m. $6. Info, 265-3470.

talks

Bennett Konesni: This speaker explores the ways in which music makes work more bearable through a screening of his 30-minute doc Work/Song: Musical Labor of Farmers, Herders and Fishermen in Tanzania, Mongolia and Ghana. Robert A. Jones House, Middlebury, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 443-3168.

David Blittersdorf: The founder of NRG Systems & CEO/president of AllEarth Renewables offers a big-picture view of wind and solar energy in Vermont’s future. Potluck at 6 p.m., talk at 6:30.

Trinity United Methodist Church, Montpelier, 6-7:45 p.m. Free. Info, 498-4443.

Derrick Jensen: The author, environmentalist and small farmer, whom the Utne Reader called one of “50 Visionaries Who Are Changing Your World,” asks, “Civilization and Resistance: What’s at Stake?”

Ira Allen Chapel, UVM, Burlington, 7-8:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 656-4055.

Freddie Wilkinson: The New Hampshire-based climber and humorist, who calls himself a “hopelessly addicted adventurer,” discusses a year of “Alpine Climbing, Gonzo-Style.” Room 207, Bentley Hall, Johnson State College, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 635-1423.

‘Lunch & Learn’ Series: Vermont Works for Women’s Jenn Wood offers an illuminating lecture on energy efficiency. O’Brien Community Center, Winooski, noon - 1 p.m. Free; lunch is included. Info, 655-1392, ext. 10.

Physics Colloquium: Alex Rimberg, a physics and astronomy prof at Dartmouth College, elucidates “A Macroscopic Mechanical Resonator Driven

by Mesoscopic Electrical Backaction.” Williams Family Room, Davis Center, UVM, Burlington, 4-5 p.m. Free. Info, 656-2644.

Travis Beal Jacobs: A professor of history runs through the life of native Vermonter and lifelong Republican Sen. Robert Stafford in “A Work in Progress.” Memorial Lounge, Waterman Building, UVM, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 656-4389.

Visual Presentation & Lecture: A PowerPoint show illuminates the Gnostic perspective on “The Grail and the Rosy Cross.” 6 Fairfield Hill Road, St. Albans, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 524-9706, vermont@ goldenrosycross.org.

theater

‘Greater Tuna’: Two men create the entire population of Tuna, Texas, by playing 19 hilarious characters in a show by Northern Stage. Briggs Opera House, White River Junction, 7:30 p.m. $2558. Info, 296-7000.

‘My Ohio’: Vermont Stage Company’s musical comedy depicts the culture clash between a gay atheist from New York City and a small-town evangelical.

FlynnSpace, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $10-32.50. Info, 863-5966.

Opera in Cinema: Diana Damrau stars in Mozart’s The Abduction from the Seraglio, broadcast live in HD from Barcelona’s Gran Teatre del Liceu. Merrill’s Roxy Cinema, Burlington, 2 p.m. $25. Info, 864-3456.

‘The Rise and Rise of Daniel Rocket’: A sixthgrade loner who can fly searches for glory in Peter Parnell’s imaginative play, presented by the Vermont Actors’ Repertory Theatre. Town Hall Theater, West Rutland, 7:30 p.m. $18. Info, 775-0903.

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Book Discussion: Bookworms share thoughts about civil liberties after reading Anthony Lewis’ Gideon’s Trumpet. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 12:15 p.m. Free. Info, 388-4095.

Book Discussion Series: ‘Influential First Ladies’: Blanche Wiesen Cook’s Eleanor Roosevelt: Volume 2, The Defining Years, 1933-1938 sheds light on the power behind the presidency. Norwich Public Library, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 296-2191.

by 20-plus area artists. Phoenix Books, Essex, 6:308 p.m. Free. Info, 658-1414.

Book Discussion Series: ‘Retellings’: Jon Clinch twists a Twain classic by reimagining the tale of young Huckleberry from the view of his mysterious father in Finn. South Burlington Community Library, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 652-7076.

Spanish-English Conversation Group: ¿Qué pasa? Learn more about fellow Spanish speakers at this group foreign-tongue foray. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 5-6 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211.

Book Discussion: ‘Memorable Memoirs’: Readers hone in on a significant moment in author Russell Baker’s life through Growing Up. Hartland Public Library, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 436-2473.

Book Launch: Survivors of sexual abuse who contributed to the new anthology The Journey of Healing read from their work. John Dewey Lounge, Old Mill Building, UVM, Burlington, 4 p.m. Free; RSVP to brenda@safersociety.org. Info, 247-3132.

Poetry Reading: Vermont’s Tim Mayo and New Hampshire’s Patricia Fargnoli read from recently published poetry collections, The Kingdom of Possibilities and Then, Something, respectively.

Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 7 p.m. Free.

Info, 223-3338.

‘Prophetic Odyssey’: What happened after Moses died? A study group peruses the prophetic writings to quench its thirst for knowledge. Temple Sinai, South Burlington, 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 862-5125.

Readers Theater Series: The audience becomes part of the story as director Karen Hildebrand organizes read-aloud works. Cardinal Lounge, Angell College Center, SUNY Plattsburgh, N.Y., 6:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 518-564-3095.

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community

‘After Work Off-Line’: Computer savvy socialites meet in person, taking advantage of free pastries and Wi-Fi, for a conversation about Philip Baruth’s state Senate campaign. New Moon Café, Burlington, 4-6 p.m. Free. Info, 503-5266.

education

Journalism & Mass Communication Senior Capstone Projects Exhibit: Media students display book, web and film creations. Vermont Room and Eddie’s Student Lounge. Alliot Student Center, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 4-6 p.m.

Free. Info, 654-2536.

environment

Earth Day Celebration: Local vendors dish out eco-friendly fare while folks engage in gardening activities, horse-drawn carriage rides, educational demos and more. Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Free. Info, 223-8000, ext. 217, info@hungermountain.com.

Earth Day Program: Central Vermonters Jane English, Jeremy Seeger and Tina Bielenberg transport listeners to the Arctic Circle in a talk about the climate change-focused Fire and Ice Ceremony they attended in July 2009. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

‘Solar Made Simple’: Reps from groSolar lay out the guidelines for assessing whether a home or business could implement sun-powered energy solutions. City Market, Burlington, 6-7:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 861-9700.

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‘Artistic Rain Barrel’ Sale: See WED.21, 3-6 p.m.

‘Artists Get Wet Again! Lake Champlain in Paints & Words’: A natural history reading by scientist Mike Winslow and poetry by Daniel Lusk makes a splash amid exhibited visions of the water

Knitting Circle: Needle wielders master the craft and share patterns. Senior Citizens’ Center, Brandon, 1-3 p.m. Free. Info, 247-3121.

‘You Can Change Your Brain’: This drop-in course examines simple strategies for tapping into our intellectual, experiential and spiritual realms for positive change. Unity Church of Vermont, Essex Junction, 7-8:30 p.m. $10. Info, 876-7696.

film

‘Bike Porn 3’: Pedal pushers ages 18 and up tune in for a “weird and probably offensive mini-festival” screening of amateur flicks focusing on bicycles and eroticism, with some live performances. Main Street Museum, White River Junction, 8-10 p.m. $5.

Info, 356-2776.

‘Burma VJ’: See WED.21, 7 p.m.

‘Fish Tank’: See WED.21, 7 p.m.

‘Garbage! The Revolution Starts at Home’: A green-themed doc helps viewers connect the dots between melting glaciers and oil slicks and their own daily actions. Auditorium, Essex High School, Essex Junction, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 872-8111.

Movie Night: A surf-style eatery queues up a wind-and-water-themed flick weekly. The Spot, Burlington, 7:30-9 p.m. Free. Info, 540-1778.

‘Oh My God’: Peter Rodger’s 2009 documentary ponders the age-old mystery of God through interviews with everyone from celebrities to average Joes. A potluck accompanies the screening. Peace of Mind Emporium, Rutland, 5:30 p.m. $5; bring a dish to share. Info, 773-6233.

‘Playground’: Documentary filmmaker Libby Spears screens her 2009 exposé of the child trafficking industry, focusing on an unsuccessful, decade-long search for an American girl. McCarthy Arts Center, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 7 p.m.

Free. Info, 654-2536.

‘Tucker: The Man and His Dream’: Jeff Bridges plays an intrepid, start-up automaker in Francis Ford Coppola’s depiction of the 1950s car industry.

Loew Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $5-7. Info, 603646-2576.

food & drink

Food, Wine & Live Auction: Steve and Lara Atkins of The Kitchen Table Bistro kick off a benefit for the Community Health Center with a cooking demo. After, taste buds delight in local eats and drinks, and a Vermont-centric auction revs up. Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 5:30-8 p.m. $75 ($50 is tax-deductible). Info, 8646309, ext. 190 or ext. 191, jhallingbye@chcb.org.

Senior Luncheon: Elders convene to enjoy burger offerings and dessert. Senior Citizens’ Center, Brandon, noon. Free. Info, 247-3121.

kids

After-School Tutoring: See WED.21, 3 p.m.

Book Lust Club: High schoolers dish on reads they love, as well as the ones they love to hate.

Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 3:30-4:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 878-6956.

Music with Peter: Preschoolers up to age 5 bust out song and dance moves. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

Preschool Storytime: Tots ages 3 to 5 bury their noses in books with read-aloud tales, rhymes, songs and crafts. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 10-10:45 a.m. Free. Info, 878-0313.

‘Salamander Sleuths’: Nature explorers flip logs and rocks in the forest on a hunt for slender

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slitherers. Education Barn, Green Mountain Audubon Center, Huntington, 10-11 a.m. $8-10 per adult/child pair; $4 per additional child. Info, 434-3068.

Teen Video Games: Middle and high schoolers rock out to Guitar Hero, Rock Band and various other PS2 faves. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 3:30-5 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

ferns and bobcats. Richmond Free Library, 7-9 p.m.

Free. Info, 434-5453. kimberlY roYar & Jens hawkins-hilke: A wildlife habitat biologist and conservation planning biologist talk about big cat corridors in “Bobcats Moving Through Our Valley: Envisioning a Shared Landscape.” Vermont Institute of Natural Science, Quechee, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 359-5000. mark labarr & kaTie manaras: A pair of Audubon Vermont biologists focus on the “Birds in Our Midst” in a talk about the appeal of New England habitats for winged migrants. Lincoln Library, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 453-2665.

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noonTime ConCerT series: Trumpet player Ron Thompson entertains folks on a bagged lunch break. Coffee and tea are provided. First Baptist Church, Burlington, 12:15-12:45 p.m. Free. Info, 864-6515. sunY PlaTTsburGh sYmPhoniC band: Director Daniel Gordon waves his baton at a spring concert of “Folk Songs From Around the World.” E. Glenn Giltz Auditorium, Hawkins Hall, SUNY Plattsburgh, N.Y., 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 518-564-3095.

The Good earTh sinGers: A local singing group spreads sweet harmonies in honor of Earth Day — and invites passersby to join in, “flash mob”-style. In front of the Burlington Town Center. Church Street Marketplace, Burlington, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Free.

The low anThem: A folk-rock foursome on the rise creates the chords from its latest, reissued album, Oh My God, Charlie Darwin. Meet the band at an after-party at the Three Penny Taproom.

Bethany Church, Montpelier, 7:30 p.m. $13-15. Info, 223-2424.

talks

Chris husTon & andrea murraY: Two reps from Middlebury’s Bread Loaf Architects, Planners and Builders explain how to save energy through sustainable construction in “Integrated DesignBuild of Nonresidential Buildings.” Addison County Regional Planning Commission, Middlebury, 7 p.m.

Free. Info, 388-3141, egolden@sover.net.

Jeff Gold: The Danville musician and artist gets down to business as he shares his approach to block printing. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 1:30 p.m. $5. Info, 748-2600.

Jon karT & rose Paul: A local ecologist and Nature Conservancy rep, respectively, point out the natural treasures to be found in the Winooski River’s floodplain forest, such as jungle-like ostrich

ballroom danCe soCial: Singles and couples of all ages learn ballroom, swing and Latin dancing.

Jazzercize Studio, Williston, 7-10 p.m. $10-14. Info, 862-2269.

Johnson sTaTe ColleGe danCe Club: A lineup of contemporary routines makes an energetic finish to the semester. Dibden Center for the Arts, Johnson State College, 7 p.m. $5 suggested donation. Info, 635-1476.

environment

‘solar for home or business’: Reps from DC Energy Innovations cover the green benefits of solar-electric systems. Grand Isle School, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 363-1474.

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eCho earTh weeks’ mudfesT: Ten days of special activities celebrate the season. Look for live music at noon, the messy “Mud Fling” and daily games for all ages. ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center/Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. $2 off regular admission ($7.50-9.50) for Vermont and New York residents.

Info, 877-324-6386. eCo-sew bloCk PrinTinG: Old duds get glam when their owners apply new designs. The Bobbin Sew Bar & Craft Lounge, Burlington, 3-5 p.m. $25 includes materials. Info, 862-7417.

‘mY ohio’: See WED.21, 7:30 p.m.

‘Perform’: Theater major Schuyler Beeman shifts into the skin of multiple characters in a thesis work of song and spoken word. Hepburn Zoo, Hepburn Hall, Middlebury, 8 p.m. $4. Info, 443-3168.

‘The habiT of arT’: Britain’s National Theatre looks at creativity, passion and aging in a live broadcast of Alan Bennett’s new play. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 2 p.m. $10-22. Info, 748-2600.

‘The rise and rise of daniel roCkeT’: See WED.21, 7:30 p.m.

‘The sound of musiC’: The Middlebury Community Players sing of raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens, among other things, in the classic Rodgers & Hammerstein musical. Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, 7:30 p.m. $15-20. Info, 382-9222.

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‘inTro To The hermeTiC order of The Golden dawn’: Magic’s in the air as local author and healer Kirk White looks into Western mystery traditions and an influential late 19th- and early 20thcentury occult. Spirit Dancer Books & Gifts, Burlington, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Donations accepted. Info, 660-8060.

‘a sonG for mY faTher’: Lost Nation Theater tackles themes of growing old, father-son relationships and more in the debut of Vermonter David Budbill’s play. See “State of the Arts,” this week. Lost Nation Theater, Montpelier, 7 p.m. $10-25. Info, 229-0492.

‘GreaTer Tuna’: See WED.21, 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.

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indoor lawn & rummaGe sale: Secondhand household goods and warm-weather clothes are twice as nice at this bargain hunting opportunity. Holy Family Parish Hall, Essex Junction, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Free. Info, 8v-barreoperahouse042110.indd 1 878-5879.

theater

‘born YesTerdaY’: A corrupt business tycoon’s efforts to educate his mistress backfire when she tries to sabotage his plans to “buy” a Congressman in this comedy by the Shelburne Players. Shelburne Town Center, 7:30 p.m. $10-15. Info, 985-0780.

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Friday, April 30, 8 p.m. saturday, May 1, (2 shows) 2 p.m. & 8 p.m. sunday, May 2, 2 p.m.

kniT & CroCheT CirCle: Folks spin a good yarn, with materials available to seniors who need them. Champlain Senior Center, McClure MultiGenerational Center, Burlington, 10 a.m. Free.

Info, 658-3585. ‘miCroCars in The mounTains’: Aficionados of itty-bitty autos (those no more than 11 feet long, that is) celebrate Earth-friendly emissions though a weekend of driving tours and socializing. Various locations, Stowe, 6-10 p.m. $80-160 registration per couple for all three days. Info, 253-5320. rummaGe sale: Treasure hunters give used goods another go. Odd Fellows Hall, Burlington, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Free. Info, 862-7300. sPrinG rummaGe sale: Items on their second (or third) legs offer ample browsing opportunities for thrifty shoppers. Richmond Congregational Church, 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Free. Info, 434-5411.

TerTulia laTina: Latino Americanos and other fluent Spanish speakers converse en español. Radio Bean, Burlington, 5:30-7 p.m. Free. Info, 863-3440.

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John elder: A Middlebury College professor covers “Education, Sustainability and Letting Go” as he delivers the Margolin Lecture in Environmental Affairs. See profile, this issue. McCullough Social Space, Middlebury, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 443-3168.

VinCenT e. feeneY: The author of Finnigans, Slaters and Stonepeggers: A History of the Irish in Vermont educates on the influx of Irish immigrants in the mid-1800s. Varnum Memorial Library, Jeffersonville, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 644-2117.

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arGenTinean TanGo: Shoulders back, chin up!

With or without partners, dancers of all abilities strut to bandoneón riffs in a self-guided practice session. Salsalina Studio, Burlington, 7:30-10 p.m. $5. Info, 598-1077.

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Green mounTain Club Talk: In the centennial year of this Vermont institution, speakers Pete Antos-Ketcham, Daniel DeSanto and John Abbott use slides as guides to discuss its significance with regard to the Long Trail. Special Collections, Bailey/ Howe Library, UVM, Burlington, 7-8:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 656-2138.

‘musiC, Time and PlaCe’: Presenter Sandy Price links classical music to landscape paintings, and artist Rebecca Gottesman unveils watercolors of the places that inspire her. Bradford Public Library, Bradford, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 222-4536, bradford publiclibrary@gmail.com.

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dannY saGan: In “Innovation in Context,” a Norwich University assistant professor runs through the history of the Design/Build movement in Warren, Vt. Burlington City Hall Auditorium, 6:308 p.m. Free. Info, 496-3761.

media maVen leCTure series: Just back from the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Network Conference, CCTV shares the latest in social media.

Channel 17 Studios, Burlington, noon - 1:45 p.m.

Free for Center for Media & Democracy members; $10 for nonmembers; $5 for lunch. Info, 862-3966, kswanson@cctv.org.

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alan bean: A retired astronaut and artist compares lunar and earthly perspectives in an Earth Day lecture, “Reaching for Your Own Special Star.”

Ackley Hall, Green Mountain College, Poultney, 1 p.m. Free. Info, 287-8926.

marTY GoldsTein: We’re not the only ones with health care worries: A holistic veterinarian opens up on integrative treatment for pets’ health issues.

Room 207, Bentley Hall, Johnson State College, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 635-1308.

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son in Scott Cooper’s 2009 drama. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. $4-7. Info, 748-2600.

‘Howard Zinn: You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train’: Deb Ellis and Denis Mueller’s 2004 doc takes viewers through the life of this late historian and activist, author of A People’s History of the United States. Readings of his work follow.

Burlington City Hall Auditorium, 7 p.m. $10. Info, 863-2345, info@pjcvt.org.

‘Kenny’: Clayton Jacobson’s 2006 mockumentary chronicles the work of an Australian plumber as he faces the septic struggles of portable toilets.

Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. $4-7.

Info, 748-2600.

food & drink

‘A Taste of the Caribbean’: Island cooking by food education coordinator Nina Lesser-Goldsmith warms attendees to Indian, Spanish and French influences. Healthy Living, South Burlington, 5:307:30 p.m. $15. Info, 863-2569, ext. 1.

‘Snout to Tail’ Benefit Dinner: A five-course dinner by NECI students plates all edible parts of a Sugar Mountain Farm’s pasture-raised pig.

Proceeds benefit a travel scholarship for NECI’s Slow Food student delegates. Main Street Grill & Bar, Montpelier, 6:30-9 p.m. $35, plus $15 for wine pairings or $10 for beer pairings. Info, 223-3188.

health & fitness

Sivananda Classical Yoga: Hédi Mizouni covers everything from the science of breath to meditation in this relaxation-based course. Unity Church of Vermont, Essex Junction, 6 p.m. $10. Info, 876-7696.

kids

After-School Tutoring: See WED.21, 3 p.m.

Drop-In Story Time: Babies, toddlers and preschoolers enjoy stories from picture books accompanied by finger plays and action rhymes. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 10-10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 878-6956, brownell_library@yahoo.com.

Teen Movie Night: A Friday-night flick wards off boredom. Call for movie title. Lincoln Library, 7 p.m.

Free. Info, 453-2665.

music

‘Arioso Primavera’: A six-person central Vermont chamber music ensemble plays springy renditions of pieces by Mendelssohn, Bach, Mozart, Rachmaninoff and others. Congregational Church, Norwich, 7:30 p.m. $10-15 donation. Info, 223-2712.

Colchester Community Chorus: This local vocal group celebrates its silver anniversary with song selections from the silver screen. Auditorium.

Colchester High School, 7:30 p.m. Free; donations accepted. Info, 862-3910.

Jam Session: Musicians tune up their skills in an open practice period. Senior Citizens’ Center, Brandon, 7 p.m. $1.50 donation. Info, 247-3121.

Mingmei Yip: An author and musician demonstrates traditional Chinese music on the seven-stringed guqin. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 4 p.m. Free. Info, 388-4095.

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Piano Workshop: Members of the Bowed Piano Ensemble offer music makers unconventional tools with which to play the black and white keys, such as Popsicle sticks. See calendar spotlight. UVM Recital Hall, Burlington, 5-6 p.m. Free. Info, 656-4455.

Green Mountain Crop Mob: Hale and hearty volunteers join a “guerrilla act of agriculture” to help get a farm into shipshape. Local burgers reward a job well done. Symphony Farm, Washington, noon 4 p.m. Free. Info, 373-1875.

PossumHaw: A five-piece bluegrass and folk outfit offers fluid harmonies from a new album, Fortune’s Name. North End Studio, Burlington, 8-10 p.m. $8. Info, 863-6713.

dance

The Bowed Piano Ensemble: An elite music group deconstructs a grand piano and explores its sound using fingers, fishing line, popsicle sticks and more. Preconcert talk at 6:30 p.m. See calendar spotlight. UVM Recital Hall, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $15-20. Info, 656-4455.

The Glebe Land Coffeehouse: Following a theme of “Original Compositions and Favorites,” musicians contribute their acoustic creations to this open mic night. First Unitarian Church, Burlington, 6-9 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 658-4747, bhaas@viscc.com.

talks

Michael Moser & Daniel Baker: The Research Project Specialist at UVM’s Center for Rural Studies and a member of the UVM department of Community Development and Applied Economics focus on the “Vermont-Honduras Partners of the Americas: Long-term Strategies for Sustainable Community Development.” Faith United Methodist Church, South Burlington, 2-3 p.m. $5. Info, 864-3516.

‘Nature and Creativity’: Middlebury College professor of dance Andrea Olsen hosts a panel discussion about creative work. Select faculty members share their thoughts. Dance Studio, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury, 11 a.m. - noon. Free.

Info, 443-3168.

Plant & Soil Science Seminar Series: The Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies’ Peter Groffman talks about earthworm invasion in “Snow Is Good, Worms Are Bad.” Room 411, Lafayette Hall, UVM, Burlington, 12:45-1:45 p.m. Free. Info, 656-2630.

theater

‘A Song for My Father’: See THU.22, 8 p.m.

‘Almost, Maine’: With the northern lights at work, residents of this quiet town find themselves falling in and out of love in the College Theatre Association’s production. Hartman Theatre, Myers Fine Arts Building, SUNY Plattsburgh, N.Y., 7:30 p.m. $3-5. Info, 518-564-3095.

‘Born Yesterday’: See THU.22, 7:30 p.m.

‘Greater Tuna’: See WED.21, 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.

‘My Ohio’: See WED.21, 7:30 p.m.

‘Perform’: See THU.22, 8 p.m.

‘The Rise and Rise of Daniel Rocket’: See WED.21, 7:30 p.m.

‘The Sound of Music’: See THU.22, 7:30 p.m.

words

Christina Asquith: The journalist contemplates the challenges of introducing feminist ideals in the Middle East as she presents her new book, Sisters in War: Love, Family and Survival in the New Iraq. Phoenix Books, Essex, 7 p.m.

Free. Info, 872-7111.

Group Poetry Reading: Six Vermont scribes, including Wyn Cooper, Greg Delanty and Kerrin McCadden, share their unique voices during National Poetry Month. Chapel, College Hall, Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, 4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 828-8600.

Paul Lewis: Gramophone’s 2008 Instrumentalist of the Year charms

agriculture

Bristol Contra Dance: Do a little dance in soft-soled shoes to tunes by Toss the Feathers and calling by Lausanne Allen. Town Hall, Starksboro, 8 p.m. $6. Info, 453-4613.

Johnson State College Dance Club: See FRI.23, 7 p.m.

‘Sacred Ground Dance’: Group moves help build community as dancers send out messages for world peace and healing. South End Studio, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 540-0044.

Swing Dance: DJs serve syncopated beats for 1940s- and 1950s-style partner dancing, after a free half-hour lesson. Champlain Club, Burlington, 8:3011 p.m. $8. Info, 864-8382.

environment

Earth Day Activities: Members of the green team soak up mini-workshops on home composting, solar power, permaculture and edible landscaping; listen to tunes by the Mustang Musicians at a benefit for Haiti; and take part in seed swaps. St. Johnsbury Food Co-op, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Free. Info, 748-9498.

Lawn Mower Exchange: Trade in your gaspowered mower for a deal on a battery-powered one at this green-themed swap. City Market, Burlington, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Free. Info, 861-9700.

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Chill Out Center Grand Opening: Ongoing performances, including a puppet show by Kids on the Block — Vermont, mark the unveiling of a brand-new youth center. University Mall, South Burlington, noon - 6 p.m. Free; donations accepted.

Info, 489-5016.

Consignment Sale: Sporting goods from rods and reels to RVs and trailers change hands at this benefit for the State of Vermont Fish & Wildlife Bald Hill Hatchery. Parking lot, Spare Time Family Fun Center, Colchester, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. Free. Info, 238-9579.

Digital Video Editing: Final Cut Pro users learn basic concepts of the editing software. VCAM Studio, Burlington, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Free. Info, 651-9692.

ECHO Earth Weeks’ Mudfest: See FRI.23, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.

book sale and scholarship benefit. Gymnasium, Lebanon High School, N.H., 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Free. Info, 603-428-3311.

French Roundtable: Speakers at various skill levels order café during an open practice session.

Briggs Carriage Bookstore, Brandon, 9:30 a.m. Free.

Info, 247-0050.

‘Herb Gardening 101’: From growing to cooking to preserving, plant growers glean knowledge on these flavorful greens from Red Wagon Plants owner Julie Rubaud. Red Wagon Plants, Hinesburg, 10 a.m. - noon. $10. Info, 482-4060, julie@redwag onplants.com.

Indoor Lawn & Rummage Sale: See FRI.23, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.

‘Microcars in the Mountains’: See FRI.23, 8 a.m. - 10 p.m.

‘Native Trees & Shrubs for Your Backyard’: Want more green? Nature buffs soak up info on thriving area plants, as well as how to nurture them. Middlebury Area Land Trust, 9-11:30 a.m.

Free; $5 donation accepted. Info, 388-1007.

Rummage Sale: See FRI.23, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Sidewalk Sale: An 1897 theater becomes a packed indoor market, brimming with wares from local farmers, artists and vendors. Proceeds support the installation of a new sprinkler system at the opera house. Vergennes Opera House, 10 a.m.

- 4 p.m. Free. Info, 877-6737.

‘Spirits in the House?’: Practicing sensitive Lucia Reads opens a discussion about spooks, and what to do if you find yourself rooming with one.

Moonlight Gifts, Milton, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 893-9966.

Spring Rummage Sale: See FRI.23, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.

‘Square Foot Gardening’: Instructor Mel Bartholomew introduces intermediate-level plant caretakers to a groundbreaking approach to greens. Preregister. Gardener’s Supply, Burlington, 9:30-11:30 a.m. $10. Info, 660-3505, ext. 14.

‘Everything Equine’: Families and riders rally at a two-day expo of mane-and-tail experts. Champlain Valley Exposition, Essex Junction, 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. $8-10; free for kids under 5. Info, 878-5545.

fairs & festivals

‘Homesteader & Farmers Revival’: A lively hoedown features horse-drawn wagon rides, farm tours, a localvore lunch, live music and an equipment tag sale. Applecheek Farm, Hyde Park, noon - 3 p.m. Free; cost of food. Info, 888-4482, FAMmanager@gmail.com.

St. Johnsbury World Maple Festival: The oft-called “Maple Center of the World” celebrates sticky sweetness with syrup judging, crafts, a pancake breakfast, sugarhouse explorations, live music and more. Main Street, St. Johnsbury, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Free. Info, 274-0201.

film

EcoSew Workshop: ‘Let’s Make Macramé!’: Intricate knots meet vintage materials and fresh ideas to create a unique plant hanger or critter friend.

The Bobbin Sew Bar & Craft Lounge, Burlington, 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. $25 includes materials.

Info, 862-7417.

Final Cut Pro Open Lab: Apprentice film editors complete three tracks of exercises as a VCAM staff member answers questions and lends a hand.

VCAM Studio, Burlington, 2-4 p.m. Free. Info, 651-9692.

Five Colleges Book Sale: Volumes of bound material make up this large New England used-

‘Crazy Heart’: See FRI.23, 7 p.m. & 9 p.m.

‘Frozen River’: Two single moms resort to transporting illegal immigrants to earn fast cash in Courtney Hunt’s 2008 Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize winner.

Dana Auditorium, Sunderland Language Center, Middlebury, 3 p.m. & 8 p.m. Free. Info, 443-3168.

‘Kenny’: See FRI.23, 7 p.m. & 9 p.m.

‘The Messenger’: A U.S. Army officer just back from active duty still faces the consequences of war when he’s assigned to deliver bad news to families of fallen soldiers in Oren Moverman’s 2009 film. Loew Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 6:30 p.m. & 8:45 p.m. $5-7. Info, 603-646-2576.

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Family Movie: Folks of all ages view the traditionally animated The Princess and the Frog, set in New Orleans during the roaring ‘20s. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6956.

the ivory keys with works by Mozart, Liszt and Beethoven before tackling Schumann’s Fantasie.

Concert Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury, 8 p.m. $6-24. Info, 443-3168.

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colorful children’s stories. Brown Dog Books & Gifts, Hinesburg, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 482-5189.

Burlington Cohousing PotluCk: Community members bring a dish to share as they meet, mingle and learn about collaborative living. East Village Cohousing, Burlington, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 223-0120.

kids’ night out: Six- to 13-year-olds let off steam through sports, games, swimming, movies and crafts. Memorial Hall, SUNY Plattsburgh, N.Y., 5-9 p.m. $10 for first child; $7 for each additional child.

Info, 518-564-4147, coleca@plattsburgh.edu.

‘EvErything you nEEd to know ABout Pork’: In a start-to-finish demo, food education coordinator Nina Lesser-Goldsmith and meat manager Frank Pace transform this “culinary jewel” into tasty, plated portions. Healthy Living, South Burlington, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. $15. Info, 863-2569, ext. 1.

musiC with PEtEr: See THU.22, 11 a.m.

rutlAnd wintEr FArmErs mArkEt: Wintertime produce joins handcrafted soaps, wood creations and other novelties at this weekly local bazaar. Old Strand Theater, Rutland, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Free. Info, 438-9803. sugAr on snow: Hardened maple syrup edibles usher in spring at an outdoor party. Palmer’s Sugarhouse, Shelburne, noon - 4 p.m. $4; free to watch. Info, 985-5054.

intro to PilAtEs: Folks fine-tune their alignment, core strength and flexibility utilizing a Reformer.

Preregister. Natural Bodies Pilates, Colchester, 11:15 a.m. - noon. Free. Info, 863-3369. yogA BEnEFit: Vinyasa flow movements led by Adena Harford benefit yogaHOPE, a nonprofit on a mission to set up rehabilitative yoga programs for underserved women. Yoga Vermont, Chase Mill, Burlington, 3-4:15 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 310-7029.

singing ConvEntion: Singers engage in early New England hymns before a traditional potluck supper.

First Baptist Church, Burlington, 1 p.m. Free. Info, 864-6515.

sAturdAy storiEs: Picture books bring tall tales to life for youngsters. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 10-10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 878-0313.

music

‘song As PoEtry’ ConCErt: Vermont and Massachusetts performers including Hungrytown, the Beeline Ramblers, and Pete and Karen Sutherland offer lyric-centric music to mark National Poetry Month. Proceeds benefit the Champlain Valley Folk Festival. Black Box Theater, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $12-15. Info, 899-5433, lshel mandine@yahoo.com.

FrAnk ZAPPA triButE: “Zappatistas” celebrate the late American legend by performing live versions of his tunes, and maybe breaking out some wild moves. Glover Town Hall, 8-11 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 525-1271.

sPring ChorAl ConCErt: Works by Brahms and Monteverdi blossom in this colorful musical program conducted by Jeffrey Buettner and Jessica Allen. Concert Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury, 8 p.m. $6-10. Info, 443-3168.

‘Just disnEy’: Childhood memories resurface as a college ensemble recreates the romantic and fantastic musical hits of Disney flicks. Tuttle Hall Theater, College of St. Joseph, Rutland, 7 p.m. Free; bring a nonperishable food item donation. Info, 776-5290.

kids

nAshvillE songwritErs’ round: Local musicians Eric Brinkerhoff, Michael Hahn, David Maguire and others present acoustic ditties in pop, country and rock styles. Cabaret Room, Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 8 p.m. $5-7. Info, 748-2600.

AFtEr-sChool tutoring: See WED.21, 9 a.m.

JAmEs koChAlkA: The creator of the Johnny Boo cartoon series and American Elf shares his

PossumhAw: A five-piece bluegrass and folk outfit offers fluid harmonies from a new album, Fortune’s Name. Walkover Gallery & Concert Room, Bristol, 8 p.m. $10. Info, 453-3188.

‘rEAd to A dog’: Stories form a bond between young readers and Therapy Dogs of Vermont.

Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 1 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

Ashwini dEshPAndE: A vocalist presents traditional North Indian music, with Seema Shirodkar on harmonium and Vishwanath Shirodkar on tabla. Billings Auditorium, University of Vermont, Burlington, 7-10 p.m. $5-15. Info, 656-5765.

health & fitness

oriAnA singErs & orChEstrA: William and Scott Metcalfe direct an ensemble in Monteverdi’s 400-year-old Vespers of 1610. St. Paul’s Cathedral, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $15-20. Info, 863-2296.

thE PowdEr kEgs: Genre jumpers Dan Maroti, Ryan Dieringer and Sam McDougle meld rootsy pop-rock with folk nuances. The Feverbreakers open. North End Studio, Burlington, 8 p.m. $6. Info, 863-6713. ‘thE touChEs oF swEEt hArmony’: The SUNY Plattsburgh Choral Union and Champlain Valley Voices team up to support Kristine Ciesinski as she sings the role of a tragic queen in a concert version of Purcell’s Baroque opera Dido and Aeneas. E. Glenn Giltz Auditorium, Hawkins Hall, SUNY Plattsburgh, N.Y., 7:30 p.m. $5-17. Info, 518-564-2243. thE wAilin’ JEnnys: Three musicians marry vocal melodies in acoustic roots songs. See calendar spotlight. Lebanon Opera House, N.H., 7:30 p.m. $23-28.

Info, 603-448-0400. thE wEiss-kAPlAn-nEwmAn trio: Piano, violin and cello airs flow in melodies by Schumann, Ives and Dvořák. South Congregational Church, St. Johnsbury, 7:30 p.m. $6-16. Info, 748-8012. tin PEnny: Manchester-based duo Beth and Larry Welton sift together folk-blues songs both old and new. Briggs Carriage Bookstore, Brandon, 7 p.m.

Free. Info, 247-0050.

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‘Birding in thE BAsin’: Avid birders carpool to the Lake Champlain Basin with herpetologist Jim Andrew, hoping to spy birds in migration. Town Green, Vergennes, 8:30 a.m. 1:30 p.m. $20-25. Info, 434-2167.

studEnt ComPositions: Music scholars in David Feurzeig’s class perform original projects. UVM Recital Hall, Burlington, 7:30-9 p.m.

Free. Info, 656-3040.

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medicinal plants such as pheasant’s back mushrooms and stinging nettles. Preregister. Intervale Center, Burlington, 10 a.m. - noon. Free. Info, 861-9700.

sport

AlAo Kung Fu: See WED.21, 11 a.m. - 1:15 p.m.

Spring SpectAculAr tAble tenniS tournAment: Racket whizzes pass around a hollow ball at this annual sporting event held by the Green Mountain Table Tennis Club. Knights of Columbus, Rutland, 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. $4-10 registration. Info, 247-5913, vtpoet@gmail.com.

talks

beth moore: The author of So Long, Insecurity shows women how to let go of self-doubt and fear by putting confidence in Christ at this daylong live simulcast event. Essex Alliance Church, Essex, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. $17; $8 for optional lunch. Info, 8791747 or 244-7154, everywoman@essexalliance.net.

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‘literAture And the environment’: Department of English and American Literature professor Dan Brayton oversees a panel talk about nature and words. Franklin Environmental Center 4/19/10 2:34:28 PMat Hillcrest. Middlebury, 12:15-1:45 p.m. Free. Info, 443-3168.

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Del Sol String Quartet The Del Sol are a group of pure invention, exploring new ways for chamber music to touch audiences. Called “a single, adventurous music mind” by the San Francisco Classical Voice, the ensemble works with the greatest composers of our time while still honoring the past with beautiful performances of the classics of the repertoire.

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vermont covered bridge Society meeting: Construction foreman Jim Ligon catches folks up on the restoration of the historic Cambridge Junction covered bridge. Visions of Vermont, Jeffersonville, meeting begins at 10 a.m.; slideshow presentation follows at 11:15 a.m. Free; donations accepted. Info, 899-2093.

‘We cAn’t AFFord it’ Forum: Tom Licata of Vermonters for Economic Health and Steven J. Howard of the Vermont Campaign for Liberty investigate the state of the national and local economy. Conference Room. Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital, St. Johnsbury, 1 p.m.

Free. Info, 779-4447.

theater

‘A Song For my FAther’: See THU.22, 2 p.m. & 8 p.m.

‘AlmoSt, mAine’: See FRI.23, 7:30 p.m. ‘born yeSterdAy’: See THU.22, 7:30 p.m.

‘Forbidden broAdWAy’: There’s no business like show business ... to make fun of, at least. This Tony Award-winning musical revue spoofs stage spectacles from Annie to Wicked on its national tour.

Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 8 p.m. $19.50-24.50.

Info, 775-0903. ‘greAter tunA’: See WED.21, 7:30 p.m. ‘letting go: dAncing With riverS’: Live music creates a backdrop for five dances and readings by colleagues and friends of Middlebury professor John Elder at his retirement celebration. See profile, this issue. Dance Studio, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 443-3168. ‘my ohio’: See WED.21, 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.

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‘perForm’: See THU.22, 2 p.m. & 8 p.m.

Join us Thursday, April 29 at noon for a

‘the hAbit oF Art’: Britain’s National Theatre looks at creativity, passion and aging in a broadcast of Alan Bennett’s new play. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 2 p.m. $10-22. Info, 748-2600.

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‘the riSe And riSe oF dAniel rocKet’: See WED.21, 7:30 p.m.

and Justice Center, Burlington, 2-4 p.m. Free. Info, 863-2345, ext. 2. leon thompSon: The author shares his third book of humor, Not Too Awful Bad: A Storyteller’s Guide to Vermont, which includes a guide to talking like a native and identifying residents from “redneck natives” to “transplants.” Swanton Public Library, 2-4 p.m. Free. Info, 868-7656. mAry SWAnSon: A writer shares “Vermont Poems” penned in the five years since her arrival to the Green Mountain State. The Art House, Middlebury, 8 p.m. Free. Info, 458-0464.

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burlington AreA ScrAbble club: Triple-lettersquare seekers spell out winning words. New players welcome. McClure MultiGenerational Center, Burlington, 12:30-5 p.m. Free. Info, 862-7558. burlington-bethlehem-ArAd SiSter city event: A screening of Lemon Tree, display of Palestinian handicrafts and refreshments strengthen connections between the three cities.

Burlington College, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 878-3695. cheSS club: Tabletop warriors do battle at the behest of players of all ages and abilities. Briggs Carriage Bookstore, Brandon, 12:30 p.m. Free. Info, 247-0050. chill out center grAnd opening: See SAT.24, noon - 6 p.m. conSignment SAle: See SAT.24, 8 a.m. - noon. echo eArth WeeKS’ mudFeSt: See FRI.23, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Five collegeS booK SAle: See SAT.24, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. ‘horSin’ Around’ equine vAriety ShoW: A two-hour demonstration of breeds, disciplines and specialty acts suits audiences of all ages. Proceeds benefit the Vermont Farm Bureau’s Equine Industry Council and the Vermont Horse Council. Champlain Valley Exposition, Essex Junction, 1:30-3:30 p.m. $12. Info, 878-5545. ‘microcArS in the mountAinS’: See FRI.23, 8 a.m. 8 p.m. ‘plAnting SeedS oF hope’: The OneWorld Library Project turns two, and celebrates with a talk by Tom Verner and Janet Fredericks about their volunteer work around the world, as well as a mesmerizing act by Magicians Without Borders. Holley Hall, Bristol, 1-4 p.m. $5 donation, or $10 donation per family. Info, 453-7648. rummAge SAle: See FRI.23, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. texAS hold ’em: Clever card players don straight faces at this benefit for theater-on-ice group On Thin Ice. Sign up at 11 a.m. City Sports Grille, Colchester, noon. $50 buy-in. Info, 309-2212. texAS hold ‘em tournAment: Charitable gamers put on their poker faces to support the animals at the Franklin County Humane Society. Backstreet, St. Albans, 1 p.m. $40 buy-in. Info, 868-3380, rusty@fchspets.org.

‘WeddingS in the country’: Blushing bridesto-be scour the flower, decor and catering options — and more — of Franklin County. Enosburg Opera House, Enosburg Falls, 1-4 p.m. $5. Info, 933-6171. ‘everything equine’: See SAT.24, 8:30 a.m. 4:30 p.m.

film

‘crAzy heArt’: See FRI.23, 1:30 p.m. & 7 p.m.

‘Kenny’: See FRI.23, 1:30 p.m. & 7 p.m.

‘Shutter iSlAnd’: A creepy 1950s insane asylum — on an isolated island, no less — sets the stage for Martin Scorsese’s 2010 dark thriller. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $5-7. Info, 603-646-2576.

food & drink

‘eAting Well on A budget’: Foodies put a lid on spending by taking a tour of the bulk foods section.

Preregister. City Market, Burlington, 11 a.m. - noon.

Free. Info, 861-9700. pAncAKe breAKFASt: A hearty buffet of buttermilk cakes, eggs, bacon and more gives diners a good start on the day and raises funds for the Starksboro Sports Program. Multipurpose Room, Robinson Elementary School, Starksboro, 7:3010:30 a.m. $4-7. Info, 453-6617.

SugAr on SnoW: See SAT.24, noon - 4 p.m.

kids

‘reAd to A dog’: See SAT.24, 1 p.m.

music

‘ArioSo primAverA’: A six-person central Vermont chamber music ensemble plays springy renditions of pieces by Mendelssohn, Bach, Mozart, Rachmaninoff and others. Unitarian Church, Montpelier, 4 p.m. $10-15 donation. Info, 223-2712. chorAl concert: David Neiweem directs the UVM Concert Choir and Catamount Singers in a spring repertoire of Mozart, Schumann and Rachmaninoff works, and African and American folk arrangements. UVM Recital Hall, Burlington, 3-4:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 656-7769. piAno recitAl: Students of affiliate artist Cynthia Huard nail notes and chords in solos and duets. Concert Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 443-3168. the WAilin’ JennyS: See SAT.24, Greenhoe Theatre at Landmark College, Putney, 7:30 p.m. $20-25. Info, 254-9276.

sport

middlebury mAple run: A sweet half-marathon draws as many as 500 runners through downtown and winding rural pastures. A postrace party tops it off. See calendar spotlight. Behind Porter Medical Center, Middlebury, 9 a.m. $30-50 for single runners; $40-70 per two-person relay team; $10 postrace party admission for non-runners. Info, 388-7951, ext. 32.

‘StriKe out cAncer’: Birthday cake and a rainbow of lights encourage lane competitors in support of the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life. Spare Time Family Fun Center, Colchester, 10 a.m. - noon. $15. Info, 316-9064.

Women’S drop-in Soccer: Ladies — and sometimes gents — break a sweat while passing around the spherical polyhedron at this coed-friendly, noncompetitive gathering. Miller Community and Recreation Center, Burlington, 6-7:30 p.m. $3. Info, 540-1058.

theater

‘A Song For my FAther’: See THU.22, 7 p.m.

‘AlmoSt, mAine’: See FRI.23, 2 p.m. ‘greAter tunA’: See WED.21, 5 p.m. ‘my ohio’: See WED.21, 2 p.m.

SAlly mAtSon: A living history presenter breathes life into Susan B. Anthony in the 90th year since the 19th Amendment was passed to allow women to vote. Old Stagecoach Inn, Waterbury, 2-4 p.m.

Free. Info, 244-7036.

‘the Sound oF muSic’: See THU.22, 7:30 p.m.

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famous composers. UVM Recital Hall, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 656-3040.

‘The Sound of Music’: See THU.22, 2 p.m.

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Small Business Lending Conference: Those struggling with tight credit wise up on local lending and financing options at this Sen. Leahy-organized seminar. Barre City Auditorium, 8 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 800-642-3193.

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ECHO Earth Weeks’ Mudfest: See FRI.23, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.

English Conversation Group: Anglophones offer chatty practice to nonnative learners of their mother tongue. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 4:30-6 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211.

Japanese Conversation Group: Folks swap sentences in a distant dialect at this language exchange. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 5-6 p.m.

Free. Info, 865-7211.

‘Mending Mamas’: Moms sit and stitch, sharing current craft projects, stories and ideas. The Bobbin Sew Bar & Craft Lounge, Burlington, noon - 2 p.m.

Free. Info, 862-7417.

‘The Herbalist Hour’: Herbalist Alyssa Doolittle of Mayflower Herb Farm resolves queries about all things green. St. Johnsbury Food Co-op, 3:45-4:45 p.m. Free. Info, 748-9498.

Website Discussion: Participants learn more about ted.com (Technology, Entertainment, Design), which compiles thought-provoking “ideas worth spreading.” Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, noon - 1 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

film

‘Crazy Heart’: See FRI.23, 7 p.m.

‘Kenny’: See FRI.23, 7 p.m.

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Jeffrey Lunstead: The Vermont Council on World Affairs hosts the former U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka in a lecture about “Big Powers, Small Conflicts: The United States and Sri Lanka’s Peace Process.” McCarthy Arts Center, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 861-2343, gail@vermont.org.

theater

Monologue Night: Area actors network through an evening of short performances. Sign up in advance for a time slot onstage. Radio Bean, Burlington, 8 p.m. Free. Info, 720-982-6073, todd.c.townsend@gmail.com.

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Book Discussion Series: ‘Romantic Ideal’: A reading group considers whether ideal love, happiness and fulfillment can ever actually be achieved by discussing Edith Wharton’s Summer. Wake Robin Retirement Community, Shelburne, 7:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 496-4665.

Intergenerational Book Discussion: Committed page turners in grades 6 through adult dish on Brian K. Vaughan’s graphic novel, Pride of Baghdad. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-0313.

Joel Berg: The author of All You Can Eat: How Hungry Is America? looks at hunger within our country, pointing fingers at politicians, the media and the food industry. Bookstore, University of Vermont, Burlington, 4-6 p.m.

Free. Info, 212 -825-0028, ext. 204.

Marjorie Cady Memorial Writers Group: Budding wordsmiths improve their craft through “homework” assignments, creative exercises and sharing.

Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 10 a.m. noon. Free. Info, 388-2926, cpot ter935@comcast.net.

Backyard Bird Crafts: Birders ages 5 and up decorate bird houses and flower pots with paint to attract hungry flyers. Birds of Vermont Museum, Huntington, 2-3 p.m. $12-15. Info, 434-2167.

Creative Mondays: Artists rt of all ages bring old newspaper es yw to create puppets, masks and ww .gr e en other dramatic papier-mâché. Kids bird h ou se.co m under 10 must be accompanied by an adult. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 3-5 p.m.

Free. Info, 865-7216.

Music with Peter: See THU.22, 10:45 a.m.

Preschool Storytime: See THU.22, 1010:45 a.m.

music

Chamber Ensembles Concert: UVM instrumentalists form trios and quartets to perform works by

Green Drinks: Activists and professionals for a cleaner environment raise a glass over networking and discussion. Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 864-7999.

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Burlington Garden Club: Green thumbs dig a talk on “Dramatic and Different Floral Designs” and flower arranging by speakers Elaine Dates and Joan Gates. Faith United Methodist Church, South Burlington, 1:15 p.m. Free. Info, 863-6764.

ECHO Earth Weeks’ Mudfest: See FRI.23, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.

French Conversation Group: Folks take their Romance language capabilities for a spin in a weekly repartee. Bien fait! Borders Books & Music, Burlington, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 864-5088.

film

‘Crazy Heart’: See FRI.23, 7 p.m.

Improv Class: Students increase their laughtergenerating capacity through off-the-cuff exercises, including nonscripted monologues, duos and games. Bluewater Center, Shelburne, 8-9:15 p.m. $24. Info, 370-1738 or 524-5781.

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‘Stories With Megan’: Preschoolers ages 2 to 5 expand their imaginations through storytelling, songs and rhymes. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 11-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

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Jane Lindholm: The host of VPR’s “Vermont Edition” takes a break from broadcasting to summarize “What People Are Talking About.” Faith United Methodist Church, South Burlington, 2-3 p.m. $5. Info, 864-3516.

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‘Herbal Salves for Social Justice’: Dana Woodruff helps folks create homemade herbalinfused oils, salves and lip balms, making extra for No More Deaths, a humanitarian aid organization specializing in first aid care. Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 6-7:30 p.m. $10-12.

Info, 223-8004, ext. 202, info@hungermountain.com.

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‘Bone Builders’: See WED.21, 10:30-11:30 a.m.

Champlain Echoes Open Rehearsals: The women’s barbershop quartet shows off its four-part vocals. All females of all ages can chime in. Pines Senior Living Community, South Burlington, 6:309:30 p.m. Free. Info, 540-0071.

environment

Poetry Writing Workshop: Creators of verse improve their work.

Preregister. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

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‘Kenny’: See FRI.23, 7 p.m.

‘What’s On Your Plate?’: Two 11-year-olds follow the path of their food from farm to fork in Catherine Gund’s documentary. Palace Cinema 9, South Burlington, 6:15-7 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 223-2328.

food & drink

‘Great Grain Salads’: Bye-bye, brown rice. Food education coordinator Nina Lesser-Goldsmith uses a variety of grains to perk up four mouthwatering dishes. Healthy Living, South Burlington, 5:30-7:30 p.m. $15. Info, 863-2569, ext. 1.

Sugar on Snow Party: Lilting tunes enliven a tasting of the year’s maple syrup harvest and sugaring exhibits. Portico. Bailey/Howe Library, UVM, Burlington, noon - 3 p.m. Free. Info, 899-4923.

health & fitness

‘Essential Tools for Caregivers’: Family members and friends of folks with long-term or life-limiting illnesses learn how to lend a hand, both physically and emotionally. Central Vermont Home Health and Hospice, Barre, 10-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 223-1878.

Laughter Yoga: What’s so funny? Giggles burst out as gentle aerobic exercise and yogic breathing meet unconditional laughter to enhance physical, emotional and spiritual health and wellbeing. Miller Community and Recreation Center, Burlington, 9-10 a.m. Free. Info, 355-5129.

kids

‘Frosty & Friends Therapy Dogs’: Young readers share their favorite texts with friendly pooches.

Preregister. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

Legos & Puzzles: Kids ages 5 and up and their parents fashion astonishing creations out of plastic bricks and jigsaw shapes. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 10-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

Storytime for Tots: Fables, finger-plays, songs and snacks occupy tiny ones ages 18 to 35 months.

Preregister. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 10-10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 878-0313.

‘Women’s Work’: Families with kids learn about female responsibilities in various cultures, inspired by the “Storied Objects” exhibit. Fleming Museum, UVM, Burlington, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Regular admission, $3-5, or $10 per family. Info, 656-2090.

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Ballroom & Latin Dance: Samir and Eleni Elabd guide a dance social in East Coast swing and tango styles. Union Elementary School, Montpelier, 5:307:30 p.m. $14. Info, 225-8699 or 223-2921.

Jazz Workshop & UVM Latin Jazz Ensemble: A packed program celebrates legends such as Clifford Brown, Sonny Rollins and Hank Mobley before exploring Brazilian jazz tunes in works by Antônio Carlos Jobim and others. UVM Recital Hall, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 656-3040.

Western-Style Square Dance: This South Texas style of dance provides group exercise through a rotation of couples-based steps.

Frederick H. Tuttle Middle School, South Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $4. Info, 985-2012 or 878-2485.

‘Musical Potpourri’: Bassoonist Tamara Plummer and pianist Melody Puller collaborate on works ranging from classical to spiritual. St. Paul’s Cathedral, Burlington, noon - 1 p.m. Free. Info, 864-0471.

SUNY Plattsburgh Chamber Ensembles: Six student and community musician groups offer varied selections on the flute, clarinet, sax, brass, percussion and bass. Krinovitz Auditorium, Hawkins Hall, SUNY Plattsburgh, N.Y., 7:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 518-564-2283.

Waterbury Community Band Rehearsals: Brass and wind musicians join the band in playing marches, swing medleys and Broadway faves at this open practice session. Waterbury Congregational Church, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 888-4977, waterburycommunityband@yahoo.com.

sport

‘Get to Know Your Bike’: A cycle-shop pro introduces free wheelers to vehicle anatomy, flat fixes and roadside skills. Skirack, Burlington, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 658-3313.

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Behind-the-Scenes Discussion: ‘The Good Woman of Setzuan’: Director Cheryl Faraone joins cast and crew members in a chat about this upcoming production about the prostitute Shen Te over a complimentary lunch. Wright Memorial Theater, Middlebury, 12:30 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 443-3168.

Community Medical School: Professor of surgery Dr. Bruce Leavitt details his experiences helping victims of civil war in Sri Lanka in 2009 as a member of Doctors Without Borders. Carpenter Auditorium, Given Medical Building, UVM, Burlington, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 847-2886.

Vermont Foodbank Hunger Conference: This annual educational seminar about hunger in our communities features “Fighting Hunger With Food Stamps” by keynote speaker and author Joel Berg.

Preregister. Sheraton Hotel & Conference Center, South Burlington, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. $30-40. Info, 476-3341, eshipman@vtfoodbank.org.

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‘Greater Tuna’: See WED.21, 7:30 p.m.

‘The Habit of Art’: Britain’s National Theatre looks at creativity, passion and aging in a live broadcast of Alan Bennett’s new play. Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, 7 p.m. $15. Info, 382-9222.

words

Book Discussion Series: ‘Orchestrated Stories’: Bookworms pore over Tananarive Due’s Joplin’s Ghost, which offers a fictional interpretation of the famous composer. Quechee Public Library, 4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 295-1232.

Open Poetry Reading: Preregistered presenters take the podium with five-minute selections. Bear Pond Books, Montpelier, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 229-0774.

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Rotary Club of Essex: See WED.21, 12:101:30 p.m.

Town Planning Meeting: Active residents pipe up with opinions on the possibility of developing a light industrial park on Route 15 in Johnson.

Municipal Building, Johnson, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 635-2611.

education

Jack Neuhauser: The president of St. Michael’s College breaks down the educational institution’s mission. Farrell Room, St. Edmund’s Hall, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, noon - 1 p.m. Free.

Info, 654-2536.

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Abraham-Hicks Study Group: See WED.21, 6-7:30 p.m.

Burnham Knitters: See WED.21, 6-8 p.m.

ECHO Earth Weeks’ Mudfest: See FRI.23, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.

‘End of Life Issues & Planning’: Attorney Tim Caldwell gives folks a push in the right direction

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with a lecture on estate planning. United Church of Christ, Bradford, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 222-4029.

Fair Trade Workshop: The Burlington Fair Trade Town Committee clarifies the standards for and reasoning behind trading conditions and products. Preregister. City Market, Burlington, 7-8 p.m. Free. Info, 861-9700. iTalian ConversaTion Group: Parla Italiano?

A native speaker leads a language practice for all ages and abilities. Room 101, St. Edmund’s Hall, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 899-3869. ‘lunCh & learn’: Veggie lovers learn to cultivate crops through raised-bed gardens from director of gardening Kathy LaLiberte. Gardener’s Supply, Williston, noon - 12:45 p.m. Free. Info, 658-2433. peaCe Corps inFo session: Local returned participants give the scoop on their experiences with the government-run volunteer program after a primer on service opportunities and benefits.

Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6:30-8 p.m. Free.

Info, 656-8269. russian-enGlish exChanGe: Practitioners of the most widely spoken Slavic language expand their vocabularies. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211.

film

‘Crazy hearT’: See FRI.23, 1:30 p.m., 4 p.m., 7 p.m.

‘GarbaGe! The revoluTion sTarTs aT home’: A green-themed doc helps viewers connect the dots between melting glaciers and oil slicks and their own daily actions. Outer Space Café, Burlington, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 872-8100, ext. 234. ‘kenny’: See FRI.23, 1:30 p.m., 4 p.m., 7 p.m. ‘kiss me deadly’: A private eye faces thugs and murder attempts as he tries to get to the bottom of a big case that could mean big cash in Robert Aldrich’s 1955 film noir. Loew Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 8:45 p.m. $5-7. Info, 603-646-2576. ‘pépé le moko’: A determined inspector tries to catch a Parisian gangster holed up in the casbah of Algiers in Julien Duvivier’s 1937 crime drama. Loew Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $5-7. Info, 603-646-2576.

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lamoille valley year-round Farmers arTisan markeT: See WED.21, 3-7 p.m.

‘bone builders’: See WED.21, 10:30-11:30 a.m.

‘WeiGh less, live more’: This seminar examines weight-loss problems in America, as well as how to shed the pounds safely for lasting change. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 999-5733.

kids

babyTime: See WED.21, 10:30 a.m.

kids’ movie: When aliens invade the Earth, a group of humans-turned-monsters is called on to defend the world in 2009’s Monsters vs. Aliens.

Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 2-3:45 p.m. Free.

Info, 878-6956.

‘peTer The musiC man’: See WED.21, 12:30-1 p.m.

‘Teens read’: See WED.21, 5-5:45 p.m.

perCussion ensemble ConCerT: Director Jeffrey Salisbury organizes the beat in an endof-semester performance. UVM Recital Hall, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 656-3040.

‘The musiC oF poeTry’: A piano lecture by Michael Arnowitt highlights the melodic aspects of verse and literature. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

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alao kunG Fu: See WED.21, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

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david Capen: The UVM School of Environment and Natural Resources professor emeritus presents the “Cormorant Conundrum,” a slide-show lecture about nesting populations near Lake Champlain. South Hero Community Library, 7 p.m.

Free. Info, 878-4132.

Race Weekend May 28–30, 2010 a sampling of the opportunities: individual and groups welcome!

Baggage Service KBVCM Merchandise Sales Kids Running Festival Park Set-Up Race Packet Stuffing Race Packet Pick-Up Race Course & Relay Zone Monitors “I volunteered for the Marathon for the first time this year and now I wonder what took me so long! I loved being a part of the event; it really got me in touch with the community in a positive way.” –2009 Volunteer

contact us at volunteer@runvermont.org or (802) 863-8412

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donald WiCkman: In “Letters to Vermont,” a presenter unearths Civil War correspondence from soldiers all over the country. New Haven Community Library, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 453-5213. dr. yoram bauman: An economist and standup jokester makes money — and more — funny in “Comedy, Economics and Climate Change.” Farrell Room, St. Edmund’s Hall, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 4 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2536.

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vinCenT e. Feeney: See THU.22, Craftsbury Public Library, Craftsbury Common, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 586-9698.

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‘GreaTer Tuna’: See WED.21, 7:30 p.m. ‘my ohio’: See WED.21, 7:30 p.m.

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book disCussion series: ‘undersTandinG posTColonial aFriCa’: Dave Eggers’ What Is the What helps readers learn about the continent’s crises beyond the news headlines. Pope Memorial Library, Danville, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 684-2256.

CharloTTe denneTT: This northern Vermont author and attorney speaks about efforts to bring Dubya to justice, with regard to her book The People v. Bush. Phoenix Books, Essex, 7 p.m. Free.

Info, 872-7111. dine & disCuss poTluCk series: Bibliophiles and foodies unite as they swap thoughts on Kiran Desai’s The Inheritance of Loss, over shared Nepali cuisine. Preregister. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955. ‘propheTiC odyssey’: See WED.21, 11:30 a.m. 12:30 p.m.

July 18 – August 8

‘you Come, Too’: Spend spring lingering on the cultivated lines of selected British poets — from John Keats to Alfred, Lord Tennyson — with Peter Gilbert’s readings and discussion. Vermont Humanities Council, Montpelier, 5:30 p.m. Free.

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sarah lamsTein: The author of Big Night for Salamanders charts their spring migration, and a critter expert introduces young readers to a skinny amphibian. Flying Pig Bookstore, Shelburne, 4 p.m.

Free. Info, 985-3999.

Joshua redman & brad mehldau: Two Grammy nominees renowned in their own right team up for contemporary jazz jives on the saxophone and piano. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $24-44. Info, 863-5966.

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‘movinG & GroovinG WiTh ChrisTine’: Young ones jam out to rock ‘n’ roll and world-beat tunes.

Recommended for ages 2 to 5, but all are welcome.

Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 11-11:30 a.m. Free.

Info, 865-7216.

Jon Gailmor: Audiences of all ages tap their shoes in time to this Vermont singer-songwriter’s children’s, American, international and comic tunes. Brand Hall, Faith United Methodist Church, South Burlington, 10-11 a.m. Free. Info, 343-2604.

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‘FourTh & FiFTh Graders read’: Youth don reading glasses for a discussion of their favorite lit genres in this open fiction group. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 4:15-5 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

Johnson sTaTe ColleGe musiC ensembles: Student troubadours jam to Afro-Cuban, jazz and classical persuasions. Dibden Center for the Arts, Johnson State College, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 635-1476.

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classes THE FOLLOWING CLASS LISTINGS ARE PAID ADVERTISEMENTS. ANNOUNCE YOUR CLASS FOR AS LITTLE AS $13.75/WEEK (INCLUDES SIX PHOTOS AND UNLIMITED DESCRIPTION ONLINE). SUBMIT YOUR CLASS AD AT SEVENDAYSVT.COM/POSTCLASS.

aromatherapy WORLD OF FRAGRANCE WITH LAURA: Apr. 28, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Cost: $15/2-hour, hands-on workshop. Location: Purple Shutter Herbs, 7 W. Canal St., Winooski. Info: Purple Shutter Herbs, Purple Shutter Herbs, 802-865-4372, psherbs@ sover.net. Aromatherapy and essential oils have become part of everyday life today, but do you really know what they are about? Laura will lead the discussion as we delve into the aromatic world of scent, psyche and enjoyment. Playing will include an aroma mister and massage oil. We’ll just follow our noses!

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building TINY HOUSE RAISING: Cost: $250. Location: Bakersfield, & Westmore. Info: Peter King, 802-933-6103. A crew of beginners will help instructor Peter King frame and sheath a 10x10 house on May 1 and 2 in Bakersfield from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. and a 14x16 house on May 22 and 23 in Westmore from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Info at www. vermonttinyhouses.com.

career LIFE MISSION INSTITUTE OPEN HOUSE: Apr. 25, 1-5 p.m.

Location: Best Western Motel, Waterbury. Info: Sue, 802-2447909. Ever wonder what you are supposed to be doing with your life? Out of work or looking to change careers? Come to this free program introducing the work of the Life Mission Institute of The Jungian Center; enjoy refreshments, meet exciting people, take away interesting materials.

clay POTTERY CLASSES: Cost: $195/2-month class. Location: Montpelier Mud, 961 Route 2, Middlesex. Info: Montpelier Mud, Mike Sullivan, 802-2247000, info@montpeliermud. com. Wheel throwing, hand building, teen and children’s clay classes start May 3 at Montpelier Mud. All ages and

creativity ART & SOUL WORKSHOP: May 1, 9:30 a.m. - 2 p.m. Cost: $55/incl. lunch. Location: Morrisville Studio, Morrisville.

Info: Sara, 802-888-3802.

Inside the psyche of each and every person is an ember of creativity. Using movement and various creative techniques, we will help you to fan that ember into a flame of creative expression.

Learn to nurture your soul through the expression of joy, creativity, self-love and acceptance. Facilitated by Lisa Buell, business/life coach and JourneyDance Facilitator, and Sara Waskuch, teacher, writer and creative coach.

cycling TRAFFIC SKILLS FOR BICYCLISTS: 3 Tues. evenings + Sat. 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Cost: $30/11-hour class; incl. on-road. Location: S. Burlington facilities, parking lot & roads, Recreation Dept., S. Burlington. Info: South Burlington Rec Dept & Local Motion, David Jacobowitz, 802-658-6536, david.jacobowitz@uvm. edu. Skills you need to ride confidently and safely on roads, in traffic, and on trails.

Covers bicycle safety checks, basic maintenance, changing a tire, understanding vehicular cycling, ride etiquette, on-bike handling skills and crash avoidance.

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BALLROOM DANCE CLASSES: Location: The Champlain Club, Burlington. Info: First Step Dance, 802-598-6757, kevin@firststepdance.com, www.FirstStepDance.com.

Beginning classes repeat each month, and intermediate classes vary from month to month. As with all of our programs, everyone is encouraged to attend, and no partner is necessary. Come alone, or come with friends, but come out and dance!

DANCE STUDIO SALSALINA: Cost: $13/class. Location: 266 Pine St., Burlington.

Info: Victoria, 802-598-1077, info@salsalina.com. Salsa classes, nightclub-style. Oneon-one, group and private, four levels. Beginner walk-in classes, Wednesdays, 6 p.m.

Argentinean Tango class and social, Fridays, 7:30 p.m., walkins welcome. No dance experience, partner or preregistration required, just the desire to have fun! Drop in any time and prepare for an enjoyable workout!

LEARN TO SWING DANCE: Cost: $60/6-week series ($50 for students/seniors).

Location: Champlain Club, 20 Crowley St., Burlington. Info: www.lindyvermont.com, 802860-7501. Great fun, exercise, and socializing, with fabulous music. Learn in a welcoming and light-hearted environment. Classes start every six weeks: Tuesdays for beginners;

Wednesdays for upper levels.

Instructors: Shirley McAdam & Chris Nickl.

education BRAIN GYM 101: Register for April 16-19 or May 21-24. Email for a full registration form.

Location: LAPDA building in Montpelier. Info: B1-Integrated Learning, Zohara Zarfati, 802-325-3679, B1-IL@hotmail. com. BRAIN GYM 101 course - a movement-based modality to enhance learning potential of children and adults of any age and ability level.

Experiential course. Stress reduction. Promotion of body-brain communication for peak performance in reading, listening, communication, attitude, attention, organization, coordination (fine and gross motor), etc. Credits, discounts and VSAC scholarships available. Great for professionals in education, therapy, nursing, bodywork, and lifelong learners seeking profound change.

empowerment FINDING YOUR MISSION IN LIFE: May. 5-26, 7-9 p.m. Cost: $120. Location: 55 Clover Ln., Waterbury. Info: Sue, 802244-7909. Discover the unique way you are meant to make a difference in the world and open your life to joy, meaning and wonder. Led by Dr. Sue Mehrtens, teacher and author, with a personal reading by a member of the Life Mission Institute team.

exercise WOMEN’S BEGINNER WALK/ RUN: May 5 - Jul. 21, 5:45-6:45 p.m., Weekly on Wednesday.

Cost: $45/before Apr. 30; $50 to May 12, 12 weeks. Location: Williston Central School bike path, 195 Central School Dr., Williston. Info: Michele Morris, 802-598-5625, michelejmor ris@comcast.net. First Strides is a proven, fun 12-week program that uses encouragement and training to improve the fitness, self-esteem and support network of women of all ages and abilities. Each week features a self-paced, small-group workout and speaker. Walkers and beginning runners welcome.

FORZA SAMURAI SWORD WORKOUT: Mondays, 7-8 p.m., Thursdays, 6-7 p.m., Fridays, 9-10 a.m. Cost: $10/1-hour class. Location: The North End Studio, 294 North Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: forzavt. com, Stephanie Shohet, 802578-9243, steph.shohet@ gmail.com. Forza is an intense group fitness class appropriate for adults of all ages and abilities. Build muscle, burn calories, develop focus, vent frustrations and boost selfesteem while using a sword to practice the skills of the Samurai warrior. No martial arts experience necessary.

SOUTH END STUDIO CHALLENGE: SES Challenge is for the month of May. Cost: $130/month; about $8 per class. Location: South End Studio, 696 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 802-5400044. Summer is coming! Rise to the Challenge: Four weeks, four classes per week. Commit to two cardio/dance classes (Nia, Zumba, Tango Flow, 30+ Hip Hop and/or Eclectic Martial Arts) and two yoga classes of your choice per week. Come get fit in our beautiful studio and welcoming environment. Cool prizes upon completion!

flynn arts ‘THE HOBBIT’ FAMILY SHOW WORKSHOP: May. 4, 5:306:30 p.m. Cost: $15/workshop. Location: Flynn Center, Burlington. Info: 802-6524548, flynnarts@flynncenter. org. Coming to see ‘The Hobbit’ at the Flynn? Enrich your child’s experience of the performance in an exploratory workshop led

by FlynnArts faculty in one of our studios. Together, you and your child play with the ideas and art forms you’ll see on stage, and then head behind the scenes after the show to meet the artists and see how they worked their magic!

MUSIC MAKERS: AGES 1-3: May 3 - June 14 or Tuesdays, May 4 - June 15; 9:30-10:15 a.m. Cost: $75/7-weeks.

Location: Flynn Center, Burlington. Info: 802-6524548, flynnarts@flynncenter. org. Surround your child with rhythm and song as together you discover the thrill of making music. Parents and children sing, listen, play simple instruments and joyfully explore creative movement.

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FELDENKRAIS: Weekly on Wednesdays, 7-8 p.m.

Cost: $12/class. Location: Touchstone Healing Arts, 187 St. Paul St., Burlington. Info: Uwe Mester, 802-735-3770, uwemester@gmx.net. First class is free! The Feldenkrais Method is a form of somatic education that uses gentle movement and directed attention to increase your range of

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motion, improve your flexibility and coordination. Feldenkrais is beneficial for those experiencing chronic or acute pain as well as for healthy individuals. For further information and complete class schedule please visit our website.

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BALLET & BARTENIEFF: Advance your understanding of how to develop ballet technique and dance expressively. Thursdays, 6:45 p.m.

Cost: $9.50/class w/ class card, $12/drop-in. Location: Natural Bodies Pilates, 49 Heineberg Dr. (Rt. 127, 5

minutes from downtown Burlington), Colchester.

Info: 802-863-3369, lucille@ naturalbodiespilates.com, NaturalBodiesPilates.com.

Bartenieff Fundamentals and Laban Movement Analysis is taught in professional studios and universities worldwide, and now you can learn about it too in this class for beginning dancers with some ballet experience. Private and smallgroup creative and movement analysis sessions with Lucille Dyer CMA are also available by appointment.

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EXPLORATION OF MOVEMENT 16 CEU: Jun. 5-6, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Cost: $245/16 CEUs/$225 when paid in full by May 17 ($50 nonrefundable deposit).

Location: Touchstone Healing Arts, Burlington. Info: Dianne Swafford, 802-734-1121, swaffordperson@hotmail. com. Ortho-Bionomy (16 CEUs): Participants will learn to recognize and palpate patterns of joint and muscle movement in order to facilitate increased range of motion and to promote a general sense of well-being in the body. OrthoBionomy is a gentle, deeply effective, noninvasive body therapy, which is effective with both acute and chronic conditions and is used to reduce

tension and improve structural alignment.

abilities welcome. Please call or visit us online for more information.

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Bond with your child while nurturing imaginative growth and supporting the development of pitch, rhythm and musical awareness. Leave with lots of take-home ideas!

com. Cupping is a technique using glass suction cups to bring circulation and healing to the back and other areas of the body. A valuable old-world, indigenous and barefoot doctor skill that requires precision and proper training, administered using simple/low-tech equipment. Guest instructor: Julia Graves, bodyworker, herbalist and psychotherapist from France.

herbs 150-HOUR CHINESE HERB PROGRAM: Sep. 25 - Jun. 5.

Location: Elements of Healing, 21 Essex Way, Suite 109, Essex 1x1-FlynnPerfArts093009.indd 1 9/28/09 3:32:51 PM Junction. Info: Elements of Healing, Scott Moylan, 802BEGINNER GARDENING: THE 288-8160, elementsofhealFIRST STEPS TO SUCCES: ing@verizon.net. This program May. 1, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. will teach the fundamentals Cost: $10/class. Location: of Chinese medicine theory as 2408 Shelburne Falls Rd., well as a detailed study of asHinesburg. Info: Red Wagon sessment skills. We will cover Plants, Julie Rubaud, 802well over 100 commonly used 482-4060, julie@redwagonherbs and formulas for health plants.com. Annie Harlow, and illness. This class is approexpert gardener, will help new priate for beginners as well as growers find their way among other health care practitioners. the choices to be made in the scott@elementsofhealing.net. garden. Participants will learn to create a garden that is cusLOCAL HEALERS HERBAL tom catered to their tastes and PROGRAM: Class dates: Meets space. Simple soil preparation, on Wednesdays, 9:00 a.m.-1 planting methods, seeding, p.m. First class is May 19, then plant selection and harvesting June 2, 9, 16, 23, 30; July 7, techniques will be covered.

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SQUARE-FOOT GARDENING: Apr. 24, 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Cost: $20/class. Location: Gardener’s Supply, 128 Intervale Rd., Burlington. Info: 802-660-3505. Gardener’s Supply is proud to host Mel Bartholomew, the creator and master of square-foot gardening, for an introduction to this innovative and groundbreaking approach to gardening.

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healing arts TRADITIONAL CUPPING & BLEEDING: Sat. & Sun., May 29 & 30, an intensive training, 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. w/ lunch break. Class limited to 10 students. Cost: $225/deposit & registration due May 5. Cost is $175 if paid in full by May 5. For details contact Sandra Lory, mandalabotanicals@ gmail.com. Location: Tulsi Tea House, Montpelier. Info: www. mandalabotanicalsVT.com, Sandra Lory, 802-479-1925, mandalabotanicals@gmail.

Sept. 1. One additional class in Oct. Register by May 5. Cost: $675/$650 if paid in full by May 1. Payment plan available and VSAC approved. Location: Mandala Botanicals, Barre.

Info: www.mandalabotanicalsVT.com, Sandra Lory, 802-4791925, mandalabotanicals @gmail.com. Learn local VT plants as food and medicine, as well as several familiar plants of Asia, Latin America and Europe. Hands-on practicum: seed to seed through the seasons, gardening and wild edibles, medicine making, properties, energetics and safe uses, field trips, and more.

Crafted to keep herbalism, and health care, in the hands of the people where it belongs.

WISDOM OF THE HERBS SCHOOL: Open House, Tuesday, May 4, 5:30-8:00 p.m. Rhapsoday Cafe, 28 Main St., Montpelier. Programs: Wisdom of the Herbs: Eightmonth Certification Program

beginning May 15, 2010. Wild Edibles: Enhancing Local Food Security, beginning May 9, 2010. VSAC nondegree grants avail. to qualifying applicants; apply now.

Location: Wisdom of the Herbs School, Woodbury. Info: Annie McCleary, 802-453-6764, anniemc@gmavt.net, www.

WisdomOfTheHerbsSchool. com. Unique experiential programs embracing wild plants, holistic health and sustainable living skills, valuable tools for living on the Earth in these changing times. Learn through herb walks and nature adventures, communion with nature, hands-on wild harvesting and preparation of wild edibles, and herbal home remedies, with intention and gratitude.

holistic health HEALING THRU DEEP RELAXATION: Apr. 24, 2-4 p.m. Cost: $30/2-hour class, includes a free CD. Location: The Dhatri Foundation, 185 Tilley Dr., S. Burlington. Info: Susan Fitzgerald, 802-4345201, susanfitzgeraldtralee@ eircom.net. Learn to deeply relax, soothing and calming your physical body, mind and emotions in one easy step.

Naturally release accumulated stress and tension from your whole system. The practice of deep relaxation is especially helpful for sleep problems, any form of anxiety or depression, or any stress issue.

jewelry JEWELRY CLASSES: Mon. & Tues., 11 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. & 6-8:30 p.m. Cost: $140/mo.

Location: Alchemie, 2 Howard St., A1, Burlington. Info: jane frank jewellerydesign, jane frank, 802-999-3242, info@ janefrank.de, www.janefrank. de. Learn how to make your own jewelery with a German, trained goldsmith in a fully equipped studio in town. You will learn basic techniques but also be able to specialize for certain projects you choose.

Capacity: 5 students. Also Sunday, 5/2 and 5/30, 11 a.m. 3 p.m. ($75).

language LEARN SPANISH & OPEN NEW DOORS: Location: Spanish in Waterbury Center, Waterbury Center. Info: Spanish in Waterbury Center, Rodrigo, 802-659-4181, spanishparavos@gmail.com, www.spanishwaterburycenter.com. Improve your opportunities in a changing world. We provide highquality, affordable instruction in the Spanish language for adults, teens and children.

Learn from a native speaker via small classes, individual instruction or student tutoring.

See our website for complete information or contact us for details.

martial arts AIKIDO: Adult introductory classes begin on Tuesday, April 6 at 5:30 p.m. Visitors are always welcome. Location: Aikido of Champlain Valley, 257 Pine Street, Burlington (across from Conant Metal and Light), Burlington. Info: 802951-8900, aikidovt.org. Aikido is a dynamic Japanese martial art that promotes physical and mental harmony through the use of breathing exercises, aerobic conditioning, circular movements and pinning and throwing techniques. We also teach sword/staff arts and knife defense. Adult classes 7 days a week. The Samurai Youth Program provides scholarships for children and teenagers, ages 8-18.

AIKIDO: Tuesday-Friday 6-7:30 p.m., Saturdays 9-10 a.m. and Sundays 10-11:30 am.

Visitors are always welcome.

Location: Vermont Aikido, 274 N. Winooski Ave. (2nd floor), Burlington. Info: Vermont Aikido, 802-862-9785, www. vermontaikido.org. Aikido 101: Join us for this free class! Our free “Introduction to Aikido” hour begins at 10 a.m. on the 3rd Saturday of each month.

Please bring or wear loose-fitting exercise clothing and plan to arrive 15 minutes before the session begins to register. This class is a nonstrenuous introduction to basic movement and training, open to anyone interested in learning more about Aikido.

VERMONT BRAZILIAN JIUJITSU: Monday-Friday, 6-9 p.m. and Saturdays, 10 a.m.

First class is free. Location: Vermont Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, 55 Leroy Road, Williston.

Info: 802-660-4072, Julio@ bjjusa.com, www.bjjusa.com.

Vermont Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu classes for men, women and children. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu enhances strength, flexibility, balance, coordination and cardio-respiratory fitness.

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu training builds and helps to instill courage and self-confidence.

We 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 Black Belt Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Instructor under Carlson Gracie Sr. teaching in Vermont, born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil! A 5-Times Brazilian JiuJitsu National Featherweight Champion and 3-Times Rio de Janeiro State Champion, Rio de

Janeiro, Brazil. Check out www. bjjusa.com.

massage ASIAN BODYWORK OPEN HOUSE: Location: Elements of Healing, 21 Essex Way, Suite 109, Essex Junction. Info: Elements of Healing, Scott Moylan, 802-288-8160, elementsofhealing@verizon. net. Elements of Healing will have an open house for their 500-hour Asian Bodywork Therapy Program on Saturday, April 24, from 1 to 3 p.m.

This program will start in September 2010. Please call 802-288-8160 to reserve your place for the open house.

ASIAN BODYWORK THERAPY PROGRAM: Cost: $5000/500hour program. Location: Elements of Healing, 21 Essex Way, Suite 109, Essex Junction. Info: Elements of Healing, Scott Moylan, 802-288-8160, elementsofhealing@verizon.net, www. elementsofhealing.net. This program teaches two forms of Oriental massage, Amma and Shiatsu. We will explore Oriental medicine theory and diagnosis as well as the body’s meridian system, acupressure points, Yin Yang and 5-Element Theory. Additionally, 100 hours of Western anatomy and physiology will be taught.

Program starting September 2010. VSAC nondegree grants are available.

meditation LEARN TO MEDITATE: Meditation instruction available Sunday mornings, 9 a.m.

- 12 p.m., or by appointment.

The Shambhala Cafe meets the first Saturday of each month for meditation and discussions, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.

An Open House occurs every third Wednesday evening of each month, 7-9 p.m., which includes an intro to the center, a short dharma talk and socializing. Location: Burlington Shambhala Center, 187 So. Winooski Ave., Burlington.

Info: 802-658-6795, www. burlingtonshambhalactr.org.

Through 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 Center offers meditation as a path to discovering gentleness and wisdom.

nature OPEN HOUSE: Location: ROOTS School, 20 Blachly Rd., E. Calais. Info: ROOTS School, Sarah Corrigan, 802-456-1253, Info@RootsVT.com. Do you want to develop wilderness

living and survival skills, expand your naturalist skills, and better know the land? This is a free, family-friendly event to meet us and see why we love what we do. Classes offered for adults and youth. Summer camp! registration is open.

outdoors DRAFT-HORSE DRIVING CLINIC: May 8-9, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Cost: $130/$145 for nonmembers, incl. meals.

Location: Shelburne Farms Breeding Barn, 1611 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: Green Mountain Draft Horse Association , Jean Cross, 802-377-2259, jmnvt@yahoo. com. Two-day driving clinic.

Students will learn how to harness, ground drive and drive a team of draft horses.

Horses are provided for the students. The clinic is taught by experienced members of Green Mountain Draft Horse Association.

performing arts DISCOVERING ARGENTINE TANGO: May 24 - Jun. 25, 4:30-7:30 p.m., Weekly on Mon., Wed., Fri. Cost: $150/ noncredit; $1272 for 3 credits.

Location: University of Vermont, Southwick Ballroom, Redstone Campus, UVM, Burlington. Info: In collaboration with UVM Continuing Education, Elizabeth Seyler, 802-318-4959, eseyler@ temple.edu. The revival of Argentine tango has touched nearly every continent on the globe. What makes it so special? Discover tango’s appeal, history and culture. Learn how to dance tango and interpret the music. Instructor Elizabeth Seyler, PhD, welcomes all levels in her playful, engaging course.

No partner or dance experience necessary.

pilates ALL WELLNESS, LLC: Many package/pricing options to suit your budget. Please call for pricing details. Location: 208 Flynn Ave. (across from the antique shops, near Oakledge Park), Burlington.

Info: 802-863-9900, www. allwellnessvt.com. We encourage all ages, all bodies and all abilities to discover greater ease and enjoyment in life by integrating Pilates, physical therapy, yoga and health counseling services. Come experience our welcoming atmosphere, skillful, caring instructors and light-filled studio. First mat class is free!

Also, please join us for a free introduction to the reformer, the first Tuesday of every month at 6:45 - just call to sign up.

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small-group classes, basic to advanced. Location: Natural Bodies Pilates, 49 Heineberg Dr. (Rt. 127, just over the bridge from Burlington’s New North End), Colchester.

Info: 802-863-3369, lucille@ naturalbodiespilates.com, NaturalBodiesPilates.com. Get your body toned, stretched, healthy and ready for just about anything! sign up for whole-body workouts that get you strong yet relaxed.Untitled-30 Tell a friend, bring a friend! Bring your printable online savings certificate for a limited-time 2-for-1 Pilates mat, yoga and ballet class card: a $50 special!

psychology THE CREATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS: Apr. 22 May 27, 7-9 p.m. Location: 55 Clover Lane, Waterbury.

Info: Sue, 802-244-7909. an in-depth examination of carl Jung’s image of God and his understanding of our role as carriers of the numinosum and co-creators of reality, via the seminal work of Jung’s student edward edinger. led by Dr. sue Mehrtens, teacher and author.

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MEETING THE DIVINE FEMININE: Apr. 24, 1-5 p.m.

Cost: $30. Location: Best Western Motel, Waterbury.

Info: Sue, 802-244-7909. How can we imagine Wisdom? learn how to embody in the manifest world the inspirations that come from this exciting experiential workshop that opens your spiritual senses.

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by Kathy Warner, teacher and author.

tai chi SNAKE STyLE TAI CHI CHUAN: Beginner classes Sat. mornings & Wed. evenings. Call to view a class. Location: BAO TAK FAI TAI CHI INSTITUTE, 100 Church St., Burlington.

Info: 802-864-7902, www.iptaichi.org. The Yang 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, flexibility, vitality, peace of mind and martial skill.

well-being GET MOTIVATED WITH HypNOSIS: Thurs., May 6 & 13, 6-8:30 p.m.; or Fri. May 7 & 14, 9-10:30 a.m. Cost: $40/ two-part class. Location: AllSouls Interfaith Gathering, 291 Bostwick Rd., Shelburne. Info: Transform and Grow Hypnosis, Samuel Lurie, 802-578-8391, slurie@gmavt.net. Tap into the power of your heart and mind to create positive changes in your life. learn what hypnosis is and how to use it to meet your goals. This two-part interactive workshop will show you ways to increase motivation and focus and feel more vibrant, successful and content!

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WRITING BETWEEN THE 2:26:39 PM LINES: May 8, 1-4 p.m. Cost: $35/person; $50/intergenerational pair. Location: Women Writing for (a) Change writing studio, 12 Howard St., Burlington. Info: Women Writing for (a) Change Vermont, Sarah Bartlett, 802-899-3772, sarah@ womenwritingvt.com. come together across generations to restore connection, teach/ mentor with encouragement; gain tools to appreciate difference, deepen respect, improve communication, build trust.

Women of all ages will write together to prompts, share, listen, offer focused feedback, discuss openly. come in pairs mother/daughter, aunt/niece, mentor/mentee - or alone! all are welcome.

yoga EVOLUTION yOGA: Daily yoga classes for all levels from $5-$14, conveniently located in Burlington. 10-class cards and unlimited memberships available for discounted rates.

Mon.-Fri. @ 4:30 p.m., class is only $5!. Location: Evolution Yoga, Burlington. Info: 802864-9642, yoga@evolutionvt. com, www.evolutionvt.com. evolution’s certified teachers are skilled with students ranging from beginner-advanced.

We offer classes in Vinyasa, anusara-inspired, Kripalu, and Iyengar yoga. Babies/kids classes also available! Prepare for birth and strengthen postpartum with pre/postnatal yoga, and check out our thriving massage practice.

Participate in our community blog: evolutionvt.com/evoblog.

SOUTH END STUDIO yOGA CLASSES: Classes ongoing, check website for schedule.

Cost: $13/single class; 5-, 10- & 20-class passes available. Also offering 3-month, 6-month & 1-year memberships. Location: South End Studio, 696 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 802-5400044. New classes in our yoga lineup: Yin Yang Yoga: 1/2 hour of power yoga followed by 1/2 hour of Yin yoga; Refresh and Renew at Noon; Intermediate Power Flow (in a heated studio); and Yoga Fundamentals for beginners or anyone looking to get back to the basics of a yoga practice. sign up for six consecutive weeks for $60. m

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WOMEN’S SpRING NATURE RETREAT: May 21-23. Cost: $250/covers meals, lodging and activities. $235 for North Branch Nature Center members. Location: Green Mountain Club cabins on Wheeler Pond, Barton. Info: The North Branch Nature Center, Jess or Sandal, 802229-6206, jess@north branchnaturecenter.org. This weekend is for any woman who

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Cost: $195/members; $225/ nonmembers; $65 material fee. Location: The Shelburne Art Center, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: the Shelburne Art Center, Sarah Grillo, 802985-3648, info@shelburneart center.og. Focus on throwing with porcelain and take your throwing skills to the next level. In this weekend workshop, you’ll learn the basics of wheel throwing, expand on existing skills and learn new wheel-forming techniques.

May 1 and 2, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., with renowned clay artist Bob Green.

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REIKI (USUI) LEVEL 1 & ART: Cost: $175/Sat. May 15, 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Location: Rising Sun Healing Center, 35 King St., #7, Burlington.

Info: Chris Hanna, 802-8811866, chris@risingsunhealing. com. Receive an attunement enabling you to use Reiki energy for healing and personal growth. learn the hand positions for giving a complete Reiki treatment to yourself and others. advanced Reiki Training (aRT) for graduates of Reiki 2. learn to make a Reiki grid for continuous healing.

Receive the Usui master symbol an attunement. sunday, april 25, $225.

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arkness pervades the current two-person exhibition in the spacious gallery of Jager DiPaola Kemp Design in Burlington.

Rust and grit supply intriguing textures and patinas to the surfaces of paintings by Sara Bridgman and sculptures by Steve Maeck, making the works seem to gravitate toward the decadent.

The Vermont-born artists have known each other since childhood, and they intend their works displayed here to be complementary. In the exhibit, the “companion” pieces generally rest adjacent to each other.

Bridgman’s 17 oil paintings have poetic titles that add to the mystery of the images. Most, but not all, of the works are nonobjective, but recognizable subjects do sometimes appear on her referential canvases. Some go a step further and suggest actual narratives.

“Florence Is No More” is a 36-by48-inch tale of destruction. It may be a reference to the tragic flood of November 1966 in Florence, Italy, which cost countless books and artworks and many lives. In this painting, three houses presented as façades are inundated by a rushing torrent of blue in the foreground. Bridgman painted a black sky with swaths of red angrily arching overhead.

The curiously titled “Diary of an American Goat” is a 24-by-32-inch oil that seems more like an abstract landscape than anything else. Tangles of color, jumbled like steel wool and alive with fine textures, appear in the foreground above a horizon line that separates light blue from a dark background of sky. Four wave-like crimson lines spread horizontally over the blanket of blue.

Bridgman’s pair of 60-by-72-inch vertical compositions, “Polar Bear Habitat, Numbers 1 & 2,” references something the world may be in danger of losing.

Like Monet’s Rouen Cathedral series, which depicts the edifice at different times of day, these two blue, closely related works depict what looks like a mighty glacier.

Maeck’s 16 sculptures use industrial detritus in graceful ways and employ direct, simplified forms in a manner akin to that of Bridgman’s work. All his

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RUST AND GRIT SUPPLY INTRIGUING TEXTURES AND PATINAS TO THE SURFACES,

MAKING THE WORKS SEEM TO GRAVITATE TOWARD THE DECADENT.

pieces at JDK come from a years-long project called the Mauro Series.

Maeck’s weathered surfaces occasionally incorporate subtle color, such as the red in the 19-inch disk-shaped “Heart of the Matter.” This sculpture is suitable for a table top, but most of Maeck’s works are larger in scale.

“Monogram” is a standing, square steel slab with an aged-looking black paint job. At its center is an aluminum-colored circle that appears beaten, with a 19-inch hexagon cut into it. A rich turquoise patina has been set in the cutout. Maeck has harmoniously combined different materials and a few basic colors into a striking whole.

The sculptor takes advantage of the gallery’s high ceiling to display “Totem” and “Circus Trick 2.” Both are about 12 feet high. “Totem” is a postindustrial, well, totem pole: a flat standing beam with six disks affixed to it, as well as a rectangle with a matrix of vertical and horizontal lines. Punctures in the beam makes it seem light and airier than it really is. The equally tall and weathered “Circus Trick 2” is composed of a standing, tilted ladder balanced on a small steel sphere. As the title suggests, the piece recalls playful derring-do under the big top.

Many of Maeck’s sculptures are frontally oriented. One entitled “Winooski,” at 9 feet long and 4 feet high, is an aggregation of side-by-side steel silhouettes resting on a large beam.

Many different circles are cut into the shapes, which resemble recognizable structures such as a chimney and a steeple.

A curatorial statement notes that Maeck and Bridgman were childhood pals who now “have a renewed friendship at 60 years of age.” By virtue of their artistic excellence, as well as their sexagenarian status, the word “distinguished” is certainly apropos for this duo.  M A R C AWO D EY

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ongoing burlington area AdAm deVArney & CAtherine WArd: Mixedmedia paintings by the local artists. Through April 30 at Tribeca in Burlington. Info, 861-2784.

‘Alter(ed) ego, FAmily & Friends’: A group portrait in vignettes, of characters in the artists’ lives, including clothing, photographs and text annotating the cast of characters. Through May 31 at Flynndog in Burlington. Info, 363-4746.

AmAndA ZACkem: “The Black Series,” photographs that “cross the boundaries of reality and dreaming.”

Through May 1 at Firehouse Center Community Darkroom in Burlington. Info, 865-7161.

‘Andy WArhol: FAshionistAs And Celebrities’: A selection of rarely seen photographs, including Polaroids, from a gift of the Andy Warhol Foundation, offer a window into the celebrities of the 1970s and ‘80s, Wilbur Room.

Through April 26 at Fleming Museum, UVM in Burlington. Info, 656-0570.

April At the mAltex: Nine area artists exhibit paintings, photographs, mixed media and sculpture in the hallways of all four floors. Through April 30 at the Maltex Building in Burlington. Info, 865-7166.

CArol golemboski: “Psychometry,” blackand-white photographs of found vintage items that explore issues relating to anxiety, loss and existential doubt. Through May 1 at Pine Street Art Works in Burlington. Info, 863-8100.

CAsey blAnChArd: Monotypes and monoprints by the Shelburne artist. Through April 30 at Village Wine & Coffee in Shelburne. Info, 985-3037. dJ bArry: “Primary Imagination,” acrylic paintings using only the three primary colors. Through April 30 at August First in Burlington. Info, 540-0060. ‘entropiC restruCted: A group exhibit featuring 10 artists from Vermont and New York whose work is focused on manifestations of deterioration and transformation, including painting, mixed media and photography. Through May 1 at Borough Gallery & Studio in Burlington. Info, shawnacross@gmail. com.

greg mAmCZAk: “The Greg Show,” surreal collage paintings resulting from rearranging and misinterpreting events and ideas. Through April 30 at Union Station in Burlington. Info, 310-3211.

‘gumbo’: A multimedia group show that examines the state of society and interconnectivity of ideas regarding art, humanity and politics. Curated by documentary & photography student Dylan Kelley. Through April 23 at Burlington College. Info, 862-9616.

irene lederer lACroix & AlistAir mCCAllum: The two featured artists show their raku-fired pottery and photography, respectively. Through April

shAyne lynn & elise Whittemore-hill: “Considering Nature,” digital photographs and acrylic paintingst, respectively, on the topic of trees and their surroundings.

April 23 through May 16 at 215 College Gallery in Burlington.

Reception: Friday, April 23, 5-8 p.m. Info, 863-3662.

tAste oF stoWe Arts FestiVAl: Sell your artwork at the Taste of Stowe summer festival, July 30 - August 1.

Get on board to contact fans, create new collectors, make connections and increase artist links. Deadline for application: May 21. More info, helenday.com.

Vermeer presentAtion: Debbie Dameron, a local self-taught scholar and fan of Johannes Vermeer, leads a public discussion on the Dutch 17th-century painter.

Tuesday, April 27, 6:30-8 p.m., Carpenter-Carse Library, Hinesburg. Info, 482-3269.

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tAlks & eVents ‘Artists get Wet AgAin: lAke ChAmplAin in pAints And Words’: More than 20 artists exhibit diverse depictions of Lake Champlain, while author and scientist Mike Winslow reads from Lake Champlain: A Natural History, in an Earth Day event sponsored by the Lake Champlain Committee, the Essex Art League and the bookstore. Thursday, April 22, 6:30-8 p.m., Phoenix Books, Essex. Info, 658-1414.

byron lembo-Frey: “My Humanity,” paintings, sculpture, prints and digital media that reflect themes of identity, feelings and life experiences. Through April 24 at Julian Scott Memorial Gallery, Johnson State College. Reception: Thursday, April 22, 3-5 p.m. Info, 635-1469.

montpelier Art WAlk: Venues around downtown stay open late to welcome pedestrian art viewers. Friday, April 23, 4-8 p.m., Montpelier.

glen Coburn hutCheson & sonJA seAWright: “Emma and the Witch,” an exhibition by the illustrator-and-writer collaborators with cut-paper illustrations matched to the story’s full text. Through April 30 at Rhapsody Natural Foods Café in Montpelier. Reception: Friday, April 23, 4-6 p.m. Info, 229-6112.

open house Weekend: The museum is open regular hours free of charge. Friday, April 23, 9 a.m. 4 p.m.; Saturday through Sunday, April 24-25, 1-5 p.m., Fleming

“WAnderings”: Photographs

by Gary Hall, Lynda Reeves McIntyre and Asa Sourdiffe.

April 23 through May 25 at Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery in Shelburne. Reception:

30 at Frog Hollow in Burlington. Info, 863-6458.

Jude bond: “Yours Till Niagara Falls,” faux snapshots of happy couples made using new and old photographs, and technology. Through April 30 at Vintage Jewelers in Burlington. Info, 862-2233.

AdAm deVArney: The Firehouse artist-in-residence concludes his stint in the 4th-floor studio with an artist talk and closing reception. at Firehouse Center for the Visual Arts in Burlington: Saturday, April 24, 4-6 p.m.

Info, 865-7165.

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kAthleen berry bergeron: “Gardens, Landscapes and Beyond,” watercolor paintings. April 22 through May 30 at Emile A. Gruppe Gallery in Jericho.

Reception: Sunday, April 25, 2-4 p.m. Info, 899-3211.

Adrien “yelloW” pAtenAude: Whimsical landscapes and waterscape paintings. April 25 through May 21 at Hangman Framing & Art Gallery in Hardwick.

Reception: Sunday, April 25, 2-6 p.m. Info, 524-4405.

Children’s book illustrAtors: “When the Wind Bears Go Dancing,” featuring illustrations by Woody Jackson, Phoebe Stone, Tracey Campbell Pearson and six others. Through April 25 at Chaffee Art Center in Rutland.

David Macauley gives a presentation at the closing reception. Sunday, April 25, 1-4 p.m. Info, 775-0356.

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artist’s spiritual path. Through June 1 at Drink in Burlington. Info, 238-5259. mAggie stAndley: Oil and mixed-media abstract paintings by the Vermont artist. Through May 3 at Synergy Fitness in Williston. Info, 233-7676. nAnCy tAplin: New gestural works on paper and canvas by the Vermont artist. Through June 26 at Amy E. Tarrant Gallery, Flynn Center in Burlington.

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ken signorello: “In a Fog,” photography of local mist-laden scenes. Through April 29 at Healthy Living in South Burlington. Info, 238-2647.

nini CrAne & deb runge: The members of the Essex Art League show their works. Through April 30 at Essex Town Offices. Info, 862-3014.

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niki FrAnkenstein: New encaustic and mixed-media works. Through April 30 at The Daily Planet in Burlington.

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kAti ringer: Comparative abstracts in photography and painting. Through May 2 at Uncommon Grounds in Burlington. Info, 865-6227.

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FestiVAl oF the Arts in Jeffersonville: A fine-arts festival showcasing only Vermont artists. Deadline: May 31. Space limited. Submit your work at ArtsFestVt.com.

dAVid tAnyCh: The Kirbybased sculptor’s massive metal outdoor works “Opened” (skeleton key and lock) and “Apart” (screw, washer and wing nut) are on display for three days before heading to the Southern Vermont Arts Center in Manchester for two years. April 24 through 26 at Northend Hardwoods in Williston. Open house: Saturday, April 24, 9 a.m. 2 p.m. Info, 777-7002.

iNSpirED bY NAturE: Create art celebrating the Nature Conservancy’s VT preserves.

Juried exhibit will show at Bryan Gallery and the Bennington Center. Deadline: May 10. Info, nature.org/ inspiredbynature.

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irene Fertik: “From Tesfa to Tikva (Hope to Hope): Ethiopian Jews in Israel,” photographs by the former Vermont photographer from a book project documenting the absorption of Ethiopian Jews into Israel. Through April 30 at Fletcher Free Library in Burlington. Info, 865-7211.

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gAbrielle tsounis & shAryn lAyField: “Conception to Birth,” acrylic paintings representing the cycles of life, with one painted to raise money for Haitian children; and large-scale abstract paintings, respectively. Through May 2 at The Block Gallery in Winooski. Info, 373-5150.

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ance Richbourg built his reputation painting realistic baseball scenes — dramatic images of the action and romance of the game and its iconic players. He was given the same name as his father, a baseball player who debuted in the majors in 1921. The younger Richbourg’s paintings read almost like memories: hazy at their edges, but with exact and haunting details.

In these works, Richbourg’s technical skill matches his emotional connection to the subject. His vision of frozen moments on the field turns sports into fine art. In the early 1980s, OK Harris gallery in New York began representing Richbourg. In 1981, a Los Angeles Times reviewer said his paintings “capture the mythical qualities associated with nostalgia and avoid pitfalls of regret and cuteness.”

The artist is matter-of-fact and unpretentious about his art-world success.

Richbourg, 71, is also affable and kind and has a self-deprecating sense of humor.

Though a Vermonter for almost 35 years, he retains a genteel drawl that gives away his Florida origins. Richbourg is now a professor emeritus of fine arts at St. Michael’s College. He loved teaching at the college, he says, and appreciates the studio time and space the position still affords him.

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recognize Richbourg’s recent paintings of Marilyn Monroe than his baseball paintings, which are largely sold through OK Harris.

The legendary actress’ visage first appeared in his work in a 2006 show titled “Marilyn & Joe” — the latter name referring to her former husband, Yankees slugger Joe DiMaggio — at the Flynn Center’s Amy E. Tarrant Gallery. More recently, Richbourg has focused just on Marilyn. “She’s so compelling on the surface, a sexual bombshell icon,” he explains. “But at the same time you could see there was more — a vulnerability and sincerity that she projected beyond that.”

Though Richbourg’s interest in Monroe now centers on her perceived complexity, the idea of painting her started as a joke. “I had been painting baseball for a while. I knew I had to paint someone else,” he says. “I was complaining to a friend that I never get to paint women.” Richbourg raises a brow and grins sheepishly. When the friend suggested he paint baseball players’ wives, Richbourg responded, “That’s a terrible idea.”

But he decided to try it anyway. The only baseball spouse he could think of was Monroe, though her marriage to DiMaggio was brief. Being a frugal artist, Richbourg first painted her on newsprint so as not to waste good paper. “That first one came so easy, I thought, I can do this!” he remem-

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than his baseball paintings. bers, “None of the others look like her.”

Each of his newsprint paintings seems to capture a different aspect of Marilyn.

In one, her signature blond curl conveys playfulness, and her childlike, upturned nose dominates the painting. In another, her arched brow hints at both sexuality and ironic detachment. All together, the paintings comprise a faceted portrait of the movie star.

Those early pieces on newsprint evolved into the bold, graphic paintings that dominated a recent exhibit at the Men’s Room in Burlington. Richbourg uses an innovative process to enlarge and simplify his newsprint works and transfer them to archival canvas.

To begin the transformation, he takes the newsprint paintings to a copy shop and enlarges each image by tiling it across 12 to 16 sheets of standard paper. He copies them in pure printing colors — cyan, magenta, yellow and key black — so that he leaves with Marilyn multiples. Back in his Colchester studio, Richbourg sometimes paints the paper images with acrylic or gesso before he lays the “tiles” face down on a stretched canvas and paints their backs with an acrylic medium. This transfers the image and paint to the canvas while also creating a grid-like pattern.

The process has the unpredictability of wet media — the paper buckles and tears; the ink transfers unevenly. Richbourg doesn’t know how the image has transferred until the next day when he peels the paper away, leaving only the ink behind. Sometimes parts of the ink peel away, too, making gaps in the resulting image. Richbourg likes the element of mystery introduced in this printing process. “At first [the paintings] were too clear,” he says. “Now the image is obscured, so the abstract becomes important.”

Richbourg’s newsprint paintings are thus transformed into large, simplified and intensely hued variations on his originals. He often layers two or more colors of tiled sheets, which can create a 3-D effect. These works reference current 3-D trends and the pop art of the 1960s, as well as commercial posters and playbills.

Paradoxically, Richbourg plays with the methods of mass production while creating hand-produced originals.

Before he embarked on this new way of working, Richbourg was a painting purist.

“I never worked with [collage], because I thought it was cheating,” he says with a grin. “I felt the same about using the grid [in my work]; it seemed too easy. My puritan need to struggle was offended.”

Now Richbourg finds the use of collage and grid gives him access to more potential aspects of newsprint paintings. “I started to like the newspaper ... it’s so ephemeral,” he says. Indeed, in the paintings, grocery ads share billing with the universally recognizable face of Marilyn Monroe. Her features and the weekly specials seem oddly linked, as if recalling tabloid stories about the actress’ life, her every success and failure spelled out in bold ink.

What newsprint, coupons and celebrity have in common is their perishable quality.

Richbourg’s process flattens the boundary between the subject and the substrate, inviting the viewer to make these connections.

As one views the images, it’s easy to be distracted by Marilyn’s platinum beauty or thoughts of her ultimately tragic stardom, and the misregistration of printed colors can be disorienting. Yet what remains fresh is Richbourg’s combination of these elements with the more permanent act of committing art to canvas. Underneath the pop-culture aspect of these works, the steady focus, practice and hand of a serious artist endure. m

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PoLLy raine: “The Blue, Easy Chair,” recent photographs featuring narrative, landscape, portrait and documentary subjects. Through May 9 at Bistro Sauce in Shelburne. Info, 985-2830.

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soPhie eisner: “Making Faces,” wall-hung sculptures with a variety of human expressions, and drawings, by the Vermont artist. Through May 1 at S.P.A.C.E. Gallery in Burlington. Info, 578-2512. ‘storied oBjects: tracing Women’s Lives in vermont’: Artifacts from the museum’s permanent collection, along with oral and written narratives of Vermont women from the Vermont Folklife Center and UVM’s Special Collections, offer a glimpse into Vermont life from the 19th century onward. Through September 3 at Fleming Museum, UVM, in Burlington. Info, 656-0750. ‘the cLothesLine Project’: An annual exhibit of T-shirts created by women to depict the experiences of sexual assault, incest and rape, and their BURLINGTON AREA ART SHOWS

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saLLy Linder: “Pilgrimage,” remote and inner landscapes in a retrospective of figurative and abstract paintings by the Burlington artist, whose work reflects travels in South Africa, Madagascar, Borneo, Cameroon and other locales. Through May 1 at Firehouse Gallery in Burlington. Info, 865-7165.

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‘PortaLs to israeL’: Artwork in which students and community members share their experiences of Israel. Organized by intern Dakota Johnston in conjunction with the Israel Center of Vermont in celebration of the 62nd Israeli Independence Day. Through April 23 at Center for Cultural Pluralism, UVM, in Burlington. Info, 203-545-9595.

shayne Lynn: Large-scale color photography, Skyway; Annie Tiberio Cameron: color photography of botanicals, Lake Champlain Gates 1 & 2; and Phil Herbison: “Wall Soup,” mixed media on wood panels, Escalator. Through April 30 at Burlington Airport in South Burlington. Info, 865-7166.

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Patrick Leahy: “The Eye of Senator Leahy — A Front Row Seat to History,” photographs of the people and places experienced by Vermont’s senior senator, who’s served in the nation’s capital for 35 years. Through May 2 at ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center/Leahy Center for Lake Champlain in Burlington. Info, 864-1848 ext. 125.

sara Bridgman & steve maeck:The Vermont artists and childhood friends exhibit mixed-media works specifically selected to complement each other harmoniously. Through May 21 at Jager DiPaola Kemp Design in Burlington. Info, 864-5884.

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healing through artistic expression. Sponsored by the Women’s Rape Crisis Center. Through April 30 at Metropolitan Gallery, Burlington City Hall. Info, 865-7166.

‘Views and Re-Views: soViet Political PosteRs and caRtoons’: An array of images spanning more than six decades, from the time of the Russian Civil War (1918-23) to the late Soviet period, including propaganda and Soviet pins, East Gallery. Through May 23 at Fleming Museum, UVM in Burlington. Info, 656-0570.

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anne saRcka: “A Passion for Oranges,” recent acrylics and drawings. Through April 30 at The Shoe Horn in Montpelier. Info, 223-5454.

BRian d. cohen: Watercolors and etchings by the Putney artist and founder of Bridge Press. Through April 30 at Vermont Arts Council Spotlight Gallery in Montpelier. Info, 828-5423. cecily heRzig: “A Very Hungry Rabbit Should Be Fed,” new paintings and prints by the Vermont artists. Through April 30 at Vermont Supreme Court Lobby in Montpelier. Info, 765-4941. elizaBeth Billings & Michael sacca: Weaving-based artworks and photographs from a series called “Twilight,” respectively. Through May 14 at Feick Fine Arts Center, Green Mountain College in Poultney. Info, 287-8926. eMily Johansen: Paintings of rural Vermont and coastal Maine by the Marshfield artist. Through May 2 at Blinking Light Gallery in Plainfield. Info, 454-0141.

‘Face to Face: an exhiBit oF PoRtRaituRe FRoM the uniVeRsity collection’: Portraits spanning Chinese ancestral paintings to the 19th century; also a large-scale landscape, “Old Man of the Mountain” by Samuel Lancaster Jerry. Through August 1 at Sullivan Museum & History Center, Norwich University in Northfield. Info, 485-2448.

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gRouP sculPtuRe show: Leila Bandar, Kat Clear, Chris Curtis, David Tanych and Denis Versweyveld show works in stone, steel, wood and other media in this biennial installation. Through May 1 at Vermont Arts Council Sculpture Garden in Montpelier. Info, 828-3292.

JaMes stuRM: ‘MaRket day’: The cofounder and director of the cartooning school exhibits original art for his new graphic novel Market Day. Through May 1 at Center for Cartoon Studies in White River Junction. Info, 295-3319.

Janice walRaFen: “Figures and Faces,” sketches, sculptures and drawings. Through May 7 at Plainfield Community Center. Info, 454-1461.

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‘lines and geoMetRy Rule show seRies’: “Line It Up,” a group exhibit that explores lines through traditional drawings and works made from nontraditional materials, Main Floor Gallery; Paul Calter, “In a network of lines,” Second Floor Gallery; and Mark Lorah, “Building Blocks,” Third Floor Gallery. April 27 through June 12 at Studio Place Arts in Barre. Info, 479-7069.

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Maggie neale: “Free Range,” abstract paintings by the Vermont artist completed during a residency at the gallery. Through April 30 at Fort Can Gallery & Studios in Montpelier. Info, 229-0639.

Paul gRuhleR: New abstract paintings that explore spatial relationships and the harmony and tension within color, line and form. Through May 27 at Governor’s Office Gallery in Montpelier. Info, 828-0749.

PeteR dRescheR: “East and West: Landscapes and Relics,” photographs. Through April 30 at The Green Bean Art Gallery at Capitol Grounds in Montpelier. Info, artwhirled23@yahoo.com. susan aiRRis BeRRy: New prints. Through April 30 at Two Rivers Printmaking Studio in White River Junction. Info, 295-5901. ‘to liFe! a celeBRation oF VeRMont Jewish woMen’: Oral histories, photographic portraits, archival images and artworks by female Jews in the state make up the Vermont Jewish Women’s History Project directed by Sandy Gartner and Ann Buffum. Through July 3 at Vermont History Museum in Montpelier. Info, 479-8505.

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addison county coMMunity MeMBeRs: Works in a variety of media by local artists of all ages. Through May 8 at Art on Main in Bristol. Info, 453-4032. aMeRican Paintings and PRints FRoM the shelBuRne MuseuM: Thirty works represent the interests of American artists in urban and rural areas before 1900, and celebrate the landscape and its inhabitants. Through June 6 at Middlebury College Museum of Art. Info, 443-3168.

‘Bounty’: A traveling exhibit showcasing painters, sculptors, photographers, writers, textile and video artists who are also farmers in Vermont. Through April 24 at Creative Space Gallery in Vergennes.

Info, 828-3292. ‘it was this Big’: “The one that got away” inspired the paintings in this group member show. Through April 30 at Brandon Artists’ Guild. Info, 247-4956.

JaMes BoRden & RoBeRt a. gold: “81 Restaurants, 81 Paintings, 81 Years,” watercolors by the octagenarian artist; and “Cityscapes,” digitally altered multimedia works, respectively. Through June 30 at Tourterelle Restaurant in New Haven.

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Jean cheRouny: ‘Painted’: Canvasses that explore the artist’s process of applying paint with roller skates. Through May 29 at The Art House in Middlebury. Info, 458-0464.

Jess gRahaM & Bethany FaRRell: New, bold paintings by the Vermont artists. Through May 15 at Studio V in Vergennes. Info, 877-6524.

Jill Reynolds: The 2009 Cameron Artistin-Residence exhibits new flameworked glass artworks inspired by the metaphors of science.

Through April 24 at Johnson Memorial Building, Middlebury College. Info, 443-3168. “sPRing awakening”: The gallery welcomes eight new artists whose work creates a vibrant exhibit to mark the return of balmy days and abundant light. Through May 16 at Edgewater Gallery in Middlebury. Info, 458-0098. tRent caMPBell: “Behind the Scenes,” photos by the Addison County photographer of the process and production of the Middlebury Community Players’ staging of The Music Man. Through May 2 at Jackson Gallery, Town Hall Theater in Middlebury. Info, 388-1436.

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Through April 30 at Catamount Arts Center in St. Johnsbury. Info, 748-2600. aline oRdMan & chRistoPheR gRiFFin: “New Mythology” and “Suspended Moments” are the respective titles of these concurrent shows of figurative paintings. Through May 2 at West Branch Gallery and Sculpture Park in Stowe. Info, 253-8943.

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expressions that are universal across cultures and times, from the look of the seven deadly sins to that of kindness, concern and hilarity. Her ceramic, sculptures of small faces, wall hung or on pedestals along with a few drawings, are on view at S.P.A.C.E. Gallery in Burlington through May 1.

VErMont & Montréal artiStS: A new exhibit featuring 11 artists from both sides of the border, including Heidi Lague, Lyna Lou Nordstrom, Rachelle LaPointe, Charlotte Rosshandler and Leah Van Rees. Through May 1 at The TART Gallery in Montgomery Center. Info, heidi.lague@gmail.com.

SEnior BFa art ExHiBit: Art majors show their works. Through May 15 at Myers Fine Arts Building in Plattsburgh, N.Y., Info, 518-564-2178.

Joan MackEnziE: Whimsical animal paintings.

Through April 29 at Blue Paddle Bistro in South Hero. Info, 372-4814.

SuSan MEiSElaS: “In History,” a touring exhibit of images from the career of the renowned documentary photojournalist, best known for her work covering political upheavals in Central America in the 1970s-80s. Through June 20 at Hood Museum, Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H., Info, 603-646-2426.

liSa lilliBridGE: “Birds of a Feather,” whimsical folk art and carved paintings of lovable birds.

Through May 14 at Blue Paddle Bistro in South Hero. Info, 372-4814.

April 23 -25 Join Burlington-based artist Clark Derbes on Saturday, April 24 (from 1:30-3:30pm) for his public art event, Art Shapes Community, as he constructs an interactive community quilt that builds on Clark’s belief that these projects provide cross generational and cross cultural access to the arts.

‘tiFFany GlaSS’: An exhibit of colorful, recently discovered lamps, windows and other stainedglass works by the legendary Louis C. Tiffany (1848-1933). Through May 2 at Montréal Museum of Fine Arts. Info, 514-285-2000. m

liz kauFFMan: “Through the Window,” new abstracted landscapes by the resident staff artist at the Vermont Studio Center. Through April 30 at Winding Brook Bistro in Johnson. Info, 635-9950.

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HEidi Pollard: “Unsayable,” recent paintings.

Through May 30 at Dibden Center for the Arts, Johnson State College. Info, 635-1469.

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he latest nail in the coffin of once promising playwright and filmmaker Neil LaBute’s career, Death at a Funeral is so strained, noisy, desperate and mirthlessly scatological, it’s hard to believe it features talents like Chris Rock and Tracy Morgan, as opposed to a cast of Latex cartoons with Eddie Murphy inside them.

What’s become of the writer-director who made his reputation with blistering social comedies like In the Company of Men and Your Friends & Neighbors? The siren song of Tinseltown evidently proved impossible to resist and, since the turn of the century, his energies have been channeled into such mainstream projects as Nurse Betty, Lakeview Terrace and a universally derided remake of The Wicker Man. A mind is indeed a terrible thing to waste.

And now LaBute comes out with this mindless remake of a British farce of the same name directed just three years ago by Frank Oz. One can only speculate as to the motivation. Maybe LaBute or some stu-

dio suit caught a screening of Oz’s comedy, which hinged on an attempt by stiff-upperlip types to maintain their reserve even as screwball mayhem interrupted a family funeral, and thought: You know what would make this really funny? Moving the action to an L.A. suburb and replacing this family with an African American one! It’s epiphanies like this that lead to Wicker Man remakes.

The cast is large, but you can count the laughs on one hand. Rock is Aaron, the eldest son of the man in the casket. Well, once the correct casket is delivered to the family home. A casket containing an Asian corpse arrives at the start of the film. You know you’re in for an hour and a half of high-grade humor when this paperwork snafu is a comic high point.

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ome people are disturbed by KickAss because it features an 11-yearold girl who swears like a sailor, performs lethal, acrobatic feats of martial arts and casually pins grown men to the wall with steak knives.

Needless to say, this is undesirable behavior for a minor, as well as unlikely. (With the exception of the cussing; surely those colorful terms aren’t unknown to middle schoolers with Internet access.)

But, looking just at the plausibility issue, is it any more realistic when a skeletal Angelina Jolie in spike heels takes out bad guys in Wanted? Or, for that matter, when Jason Statham slaughters a whole room full of armed opponents in any movie? At best, we’re inching toward verisimilitude here.

My point is not that no one should be bothered by anything young actress Chloë Moretz appears to do in Kick-Ass. But the movie gives us good reason to ask why we’ve become so accustomed to adults behaving like invulnerable comic-book characters in pretty much every action movie, even those with serious pretensions.

Such questions are actually (if briefly) raised by the plot of Kick-Ass, which was directed by Matthew Vaughn (Layer Cake) based on a comic book by Mark Millar. The premise: A nerdy, horny, putupon teen, Dave Lizewski (Aaron John-

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Like the ill-fated Batman impersonator in The Dark Knight, he has a costume, some weapons and a will to defeat evil, but no amazing gadgets or superhuman abilities. As his friends point out, this is a bad combination. When Dave tries to confront some thugs, he swiftly suffers a fate that would leave a real person disabled for life.

But that would be a downer. So, at this point, Kick-Ass shifts out of satire mode and into regular old superhero-movie mode. Dave rises from his ordeal with a body full of metal plates — like Wolverine, he notes — and plies his heroic trade in a more successful encounter that turns his alter-ego, Kick-Ass, into a YouTube sensation. In doing so, he runs afoul of a mobster (Mark Strong), whose whiny son (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) also harbors a superhero fixation.

Luckily for our hero, help comes in the form of Hit-Girl and Big Daddy (Moretz and Nicolas Cage), a father-daughter team equipped with campy Spandex outfits and a veritable Bat Cave of weapons, who already have the bad guys in their sights.

Bloody mayhem ensues, much of it perpetrated by the tween, whose daddy has lovingly trained to kill. If you saw Moretz in (500) Days of Summer, you’re already

DEATH TAXES The only thing certain in LaBute’s latest is a lack of laughs, despite the presence of Morgan and Rock.

members are one-dimensional afterthoughts. Regina Hall as Aaron’s wife and Loretta Devine as his mother, for example, exist solely to berate Rock’s character for failing so far to produce a child.

Running gags include a guest (James Marsden) who takes what he believes is a Valium; it turns out to be a powerful hallucinogen. Yeah, that could happen. He spends the movie naked, babbling on the roof. A dwarf (Peter Dinklage) holds up the proceedings by attempting to extort money from the dead man’s sons after informing them he was his lover and producing photos to prove it. Unfunny things befall him as a result — things Dinklage should’ve known better than to sign on for, since he played the same role in the origi-

nal. Then there’s the uncle’s chronic diarrhea. Nothing says belly laugh quite like the sight of a crippled old man attempting to negotiate an unfamiliar commode.

Something tells me there are actual funerals funnier than this film. I mean, how hard can it possibly be to get something entertaining on screen when you’ve got not just one but two titans of comedy in front of the camera, just waiting to do what they do?

Even hampered by a script as pinheaded as Dean Craig’s, it’s not every director who could succeed in making a watch-checking chore out of sitting through a movie featuring Morgan and Rock. But LaBute does. Sad to say, that’s about the only kind of thing he seems to succeed at these days.

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PORTRAIT OF THE HERO AS A YOUNG DORK A suited-up Johnson gets ready to, er, kick some ass. Or maybe just attend Comic-Con.

familiar with her spookily adult demeanor and two-pack-a-day voice from the scenes where she offered romantic advice to Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Forget Dakota Fanning: This kid is the real heir to Jodie Foster. Not surprisingly, she’s already set to play the immortal vampire child in the American remake of Let the Right One In. In Millar’s characteristic snarky (and sometimes smarmy) vein, Kick-Ass mocks comic books while reveling in their hyperreal aesthetic. Vaughn punches up the colors — especially reds — and fills the frame with goofy urban details. Musical

cues underline the fast, furious absurdity of the action. (A glorious use — or misuse — of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” comes to mind.) The dialogue suggests Mad Magazine movie parodies back when they were relatively quotable.

That’s the movie in a nutshell: It’s a subversive spoof from an adolescent’s perspective, but it’s no Shaun of the Dead — to name a classic of the pop-culture parody genre. As sheer entertainment, Kick-Ass lives up to its name, but any attempt it makes to mean something is half-assed.

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tHE BAcK-Up plAN: Bad timing is the subject of this comedy about a woman who chooses artificial insemination to beat her biological clock, only to meet the man of her dreams the minute she finds out she’s pregnant. Jennifer Lopez and Alex O’Loughlin star. Alan Poul makes his feature directorial debut. (106 min, PG-13.

Bijou, Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Palace, Sunset) KENNY cHESNEY: SUmmER iN 3D: The popular country singer tours five cities in this concert film directed by Joe Thomas. (99 min, NR. Majestic) tHE loSERS: Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Chris Evans, Idris Elba, Zoe Saldana and Columbus Short are featured in this action-packed adaptation of the Vertigo comic about a team of mercenaries looking for payback from the CIA after being doublecrossed in the field and left to die. Jason Patric costars. Sylvain White directs. (98 min, PG-13.

Essex, Majestic, Palace, Paramount, Roxy, Sunset) NoRtH FAcE: Philipp Stölzl directs this fact-based period piece in which climbers from Austria and Nazi Germany compete to be the first to reach the top of the Elger. Starring Benno Furmann, Florian Lukas and Ulrich Tukur.

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DEAtH At A FUNERAlH The latest from Neil (Lakeview Terrace) LaBute stars Luke Wilson, James Marsden, Tracy Morgan, Martin Lawrence and Zoe Saldana in the darkly comic saga of a family wake where things start out tragic and go downhill from there. It’s a “reimagining” of the popular 2007 British comedy of the same name, whatever that means. (90 min, R. Essex, Majestic, Palace)

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The voice cast includes Evan McGuire, Brendan Gleeson and Mick Lally. Directed by Tomm Moore. (75 min, NR. Roxy)

DAtE NiGHtHHH Steve Carell and Tina Fey star in this action comedy about a suburban couple whose attempt to spice things up with a night out at a new Manhattan restaurant backfires when cops mistake them for a pair of wanted criminals and pursue them from one end of the city to the other. Mark Wahlberg and James Franco costar.

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cRAZY HEARtHHHH Jeff Bridges won an Oscar in the role of a once chart-topping country singer who’s fallen on hard times.

Costarring Maggie Gyllenhaal, Colin Farrell and Robert Duvall and featuring original music by T-Bone Burnett and Stephen Bruton. (117 min, R. Roxy; ends 4/22)

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clASH oF tHE titANSHH1/2 Sam Worthington, Liam Neeson and Ralph Fiennes head an international cast in this meeting of Greek mythology and digital technology, loosely based on the 1981 cheese-a-thon featuring lovably primitive special effects by Ray Harryhausen. Gemma Arterton costars.

Louis (The Incredible Hulk) Leterrier directs.

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wednesday 21 — thursday 22 Alice in Wonderland (2-D) 12:15, 5:05, 9:45. clash of the titans (3-D) 12:10, 2:30, 4:50, 7:10, 9:35. Date Night 12:45, 3, 5:20, 7:45, 9:45. Death at a Funeral 12:30, 2:40, 4:50, 7, 9:15. Diary of a Wimpy Kid 12:30, 2:50, 5:10, 7:40, 9:45.

How to train Your Dragon (3-D) 12:15, 2:40, 4:55, 7:15, 9:35. Kick-Ass 12, 2:30, 5, 7:30, 10. The Bounty Hunter 2:45, 7:25. The Last Song 12:30, 2:50, 5:10, 7:30, 9:50. friday 23 — thursday 29 *The Back-Up Plan 12:15, 2:35, 4:55, 7:15, 9:30. *The Losers 12:45, 3, 5:20, 7:40, 9:50. clash of the titans (3-D) 12:10, 2:30, 4:50, 7:10, 9:35. Date Night 12:45, 3, 5:20, 7:45, 9:45.

Death at a Funeral 12:30, 2:40, 4:50, 7, 9:15. How to train Your Dragon (3-D) 12:15, 2:40, 4:55, 7:15, 9:35.

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Death at a Funeral 1:20, 3:40, 6:40, 9:10. Date Night 1:45, 2:30, 4:45, 7:15, 9:30. clash of the titans (3-D) 2, 4:30, 7:10, 9:40. The Last Song 1:50, 4:15, 6:50, 9:20. How to train Your Dragon (3-D) 1:40, 4, 6:15, 8:30. Hot tub time machine 3:50, 7:20, 9:45. Diary of a Wimpy Kid 4:05. Alice in Wonderland (3-D) 1, 3:30, 6:30, 9. Letters to God 1:10.

friday 23 — thursday 29 Kick-Ass Fri & Sat: 8:45. SunThu: 7. The Bounty Hunter Fri: 6, 8:45. Sat: 3:30, 6, 8:45.

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thursday 22 *oceans 12:50, 2:45, 4:40, 6:40, 8:50. *Kenny chesney: Summer in 3D 7:30. Kick-Ass 1:30, 3:20, 4:10, 6:10, 7, 8:50, 9:40. Death at a Funeral 1:20, 3:40, 6:40, 9:10. Date Night 2:30, 4:45, 7:15, 9:30. clash of the titans (3-D) 2, 4:30, 7:10, 9:40. The Last Song 1:50, 4:15, 6:50, 9:20. How to train Your Dragon (3-D) 1:40, 4, 6:15, 8:30. Hot tub time machine 3:50, 9:45. Alice in Wonderland (3-D) 1, 3:30, 6:30, 9. Letters to God 1:10.

wednesday 21 — thursday 22 ***opera in cinema: The Abduction From the Seraglio Wed only: 2 (live), 6:30 (encore). Kick-Ass 1:20, 3:55, 7, 9:35. Date Night 1:05, 3:10, 5:10, 7:20, 9:20.

The Runaways 1:15, 3:30, 7:10, 9:30. Greenberg 1:25, 3:50, 6:50, 9:25. clash of the titans (2-D) Thu only: 1:10, 3:35, 6:45, 9:15. Hot tub time machine 3:40, 9:10. crazy Heart 1:20, 6:40.

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The Last Song 1:20, 4, 6:30, 9. friday 23 — thursday 29 *The Back-Up Plan 10:30 a.m. (Thu only), 1, 3:30, 6:40, 9:05. *North Face 12:50, 6:35. *The Losers 10:30 a.m.

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Matthew (Layer Cake) Vaughn directs. (117 min, R. Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Marquis, Palace, Roxy, Stowe, Sunset, Welden)

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aries (March 21-april 19): “although obstacles and difficulties frighten ordinary people,” wrote French painter Théodore géricault, “they are the necessary food of genius. They cause it to mature, and raise it up . . . all that obstructs the path of genius inspires a state of feverish agitation, upsetting and overturning those obstacles, and producing masterpieces.” i’d like to make this idea one of your guiding principles, aries. in order for it to serve you well, however, you’ll have to believe that there is a sense in which you do have some genius within you. it’s not necessarily something that will make you rich, famous, popular or powerful. For example, you may have a genius at washing dogs or giving thoughtful gifts or doing yoga when you’re sad. Whatever your unique brilliance consists of, the challenges just ahead will be highly useful in helping it grow. gemiNi (May 21-June 20): in 2011, i may do

a tour of north america, performing my show “sacred Uproar.” but for the foreseeable future i need to shut up and listen. i’ve got to make myself available to learn fresh truths i don’t even realize i need to know. so, yeah, next year i might be ready to express the extroverted side of my personality in a celebration of selfexpression. but for now i have a sacred duty to forget everything i supposedly believe in and gratefully shuck my self-importance. by the way, gemini, everything i just described would be a good approach for you to consider taking in the next three weeks. they say — that you can never have too many friends? if you don’t think so, it’s a good time to re-evaluate your position. and if you do agree, then you should go out and get busy. according to my reading of the astrological omens, you’re likely to be extra lucky in attracting new connections and deepening existing alliances in the coming weeks. The friendships you strike up are likely to be unusually stimulating and especially productive. to take maximum advantage of the favorable cosmic rhythms, do whatever you can to spruce up your inner beauty.

leo (July 23-aug. 22): i have compiled a set of four affirmations that i think will keep you on the right track in the coming weeks. try saying them at least twice a day. 1. “i am cultivating relaxed alertness, because that will

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Virgo (aug. 23-sept. 22): The great Wall of China is the largest human construction in the world, stretching for almost 3900 miles. but contrary to legend, it is not visible from the moon. according to most astronauts, the wall isn’t even visible from low earth orbit. Keep this in mind as you carry out your assignment in the coming week, Virgo. First, imagine that your biggest obstacle is the size of the great Wall of China. second, imagine yourself soaring so high above it, so thoroughly beyond it, that it disappears. if performed regularly, i think this exercise will give you a new power to deal with your own personal great Wall of China. liBra (sept. 23-oct. 22): in the early 1990s, actors Johnny Depp and Winona ryder were engaged to be married. in honor of their love, Depp got a tattoo that read “Winona Forever.” after the relationship fell apart, though, he had it altered to “Wino Forever.” if you’re faced with a comparable need to change a tattoo or shift your emphasis or transform a message anytime soon, libra, i suggest putting a more positive and upbeat spin on it — something akin to “Winner Forever.” scorpio (oct. 23-nov. 21): in the bering

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Consider this. The naturalist and shaman Virginia Carper notes that lions have strong personalities but cooperate well.

They’re powerful as individuals but engage in constructive group dynamics. In many cultures, they have been symbols of nobility, dignity and spiritual prowess.

To adopt the lion as a protective guardian spirit builds one’s ability to know and hunt down exactly what one wants. Would you like more courage? Visualize your lion self. sincerely refer to themselves as the shamanic Hackers of Karmic Justice. The joking part of it is that the title is so over-the-top ostentatious that it keeps them from taking themselves too seriously. The sincere part is that they really do engage in shamanic work designed to help free their clients from complications generated by old mistakes. since you’re entering the season of adjustment and atonement, i asked them to do some corrective intervention in your behalf. They agreed, with one provision: that you aid and abet their work by doing what

(Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The Weekly World News reported that a blues singer sued his psychiatrist for turning him into a more cheerful person. gloomy gus Johnson claimed he was so thoroughly cured of his depression that he could no longer perform his dismal tales with mournful sincerity.

His popularity declined as he lost fans who had become attached to his despondent persona. i suspect you may soon be arriving at a similar crossroads, Capricorn. Through the intervention of uplifting influences and outbreaks of benevolence, you will find it harder to cultivate a cynical attitude. are you prepared to accept the consequences that may come from being deprived of some of your reasons to moan and groan?

aQUariUs (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): educational specialist Dr. Howard gardner believes i.Q. tests evaluate only a fraction of human intelligence. He describes eight different kinds of astuteness. They include the traditional measures — being good at math and language — as well as six others: being smart about music, the body, other people, one’s own inner state, nature, and spatiality. i bring this to your attention, aquarius, because you’re entering a phase when you could dramatically enhance your intelligence about your own inner state. take advantage of this fantastic opportunity to know yourself much, much better. pisces (Feb. 19-March 20): south Carolina now requires subversive people to register with the state if they have the stated intention of overthrowing the government of the United states. i have no such goal, so i remain free to operate unlicensed in south Carolina. i am, however, participating in a movement to overthrow reality — or rather, the sour and crippled mass hallucination that is mistakenly called “reality.” This crusade requires no guns or political agitation, but is instead waged by the forces of the liberated imagination using words, music and images to counteract those who paralyze and deaden the imagination. i invite you to join us. you’re entering a phase when you may feel an almost ecstatic longing to free yourself from the delusions that constitute the fake “reality.”

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Downplaying the threat, Martin Heimann of Germany’s Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, said the Arctic emissions have been occurring since the last Ice Age 10,000 years ago.

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Energetic, Spontaneous, Honest Looking for the right place at the right time... I like meeting new people & learning new things. I love summer & boating, hanging w/ friends & family.

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Life is too short not to appreciate the little things... JoMama, 27, l, #117520

Just your average girl ... or not?

The point - I work ALL the time & get lonely. I’m looking for someone to hang out with, to break up the monotony of my life. I’m probably the nicest person you will ever meet: genuinely good natured, funny, fun, caring, loving. I’m looking for someone who is down to earth & honest w/ a good sense of humor. 29andfemale, 29, l, #117502

Who am I to Blow Against The Wind?

Hmmm...now the hard part, I’m not much of a salesman...OK, I am a laidback guy who is trying to live my life in a positive way. I love music, the outdoors, animals, cooking, reading, all that good stuff. I appreciate the off-beat, random, quirky, and weird. Life is pretty great and it’s always better to share it with someone. Rockinout, 30, l, #117546

Looking into the UNKNOWN Looking for a true TS. Must live as a woman or at least go out as one. Must be on my terms. I work nights. Be D/D free & very discreet. aneed4kink, 59, #117493

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I have been waiting for Mr. Right to come along, and since he is taking his sweet time, I thought I would find Mr. Right now. I am looking for someone who can enjoy me, a BBW, & all I have to offer. I need someone who is clean & honest. alhinnj2, 30, l, #116546

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Healthy desire for sexual play I am a athletically fit, pretty woman who loves to play sexually. I have a male partner who plays with me.

We’ve enjoyed 3ways with women and meeting new women who want to play with us. Let’s have some NSA fun! wldcherryblssm, 41, #117314 Trying Something New Part-time Vermont resident seeks dirty, kinky adventures w/ experienced & dominant type. I’m open minded, smart, highly sexual, adventurous & super submissive. Looking to try new things & have fun. Age unimportant - just be good at what you do & confident.

And like women who aren’t skinny, but are pretty & have big boobs.

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older womAn Looking for an older woman to have fun with pref. in 30s to 40s. Tall 18 y.o., been told I have beautiful eyes. MRright, 18, l, #117548 fun, exciting & willing The headline says it all. 6’, 185, and as the song says, I am just looking for a good time. happy1691, 38, #111997 visiting student loves oral Visiting friends in VT this summer between semesters. I’m 22, tall, student, athletic, thick down below.

Looking for a special someone to have a lot of fun with. I love to please & be pleased. ecrvt, 22, #117505 IN NEED OF SOME RELEASE! I’m not looking for anything complicated right now. Just someone who is fun to be around and would like to hook up every now & then w/ NSA. I’m a 23 y.o. M living in Burlington & looking for some great sex. Looks aren’t that important, but you need to take care of yourself for me to be attracted.

Looking4someone, 23, #116183

let me please you First off, I’m married. I have very little sex in my life. I’m looking for discreet/ casual get-togethers. I’m clean/drug free. I enjoy going down on a woman & am willing to try about anything to please you. Hope to hear from you to discuss this more. mr1967, 42, #117489 Discreet fun?!?!

Attractive, attached WM seeking attractive F for discreet fun. I’m intelligent, sweet, funny & very friendly.

I work out regularly, but I’m not a meathead. I’m looking for a D/D free F, 20-45, reasonably fit, who would like to get together from time to time to

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hook up w/ us We’re a couple looking to fulfill a fantasy: threesome w/ another woman or couple (M/F). Neither of us have ever had the pleasure but want to try.

Should be fun to hold up good convos, too. We’d like to meet up & get to know you to talk about what we’d expect from each other because we’re grown-ups, ya’ know! Intl28, 28, l, #117470 couple lookin 4 fun She’s bi, he’s straight. Lookin’ for a bi or bi-curious woman age 18-38 to make couple a threesome. Must be D/D free. Discretion a must. winooski_couple, 38, #117442 Two Looking for You “Experienced” couple searching for the elusive, single, sexy F or a couple (M/F) as well. We are a discreet, D/D free,

Kink of the week: curioser and curioser I’m here to find intelligent, nonjudgmental women interested in mutually pleasurable, imaginative, passionate encounters. I’m friendly, discreet and considerate, and appreciate the same. We all crave intimacy, touch, lust, passion, and there are different ways and places to find it; this just happens to be one of them. Sensuousendeavors, 43, l, #116434 FROM HIS ONLINE PROFILE: Great sex calls for lots of... foreplay. Why rush things? have some fun. If interested, shoot me a message & we can discuss it further. Thanks. Crunch, 37, #117477 New to Central Vermont Looking for whatever. Into whatever.

Contact for more about me. Good guy, just bored. rake53, 30, #117478 College male looking for fun Call me Fred Flintstone ‘cause I can make your bedrock! goodvibes423, 20, #117467 Free to have fun!

So, out of a LTR in February & hoping to get some fun in before I am ready to move on to another. Would really like to find 2 women, 18-30, to get in that threesome I never experienced. Just one gal looking to have fun would be more than welcome, as well. Chemistry does count! yesss_please, 30, l, #117461 College student for discreet encounters Ambitious college student looking for discreet encounters w/ a fun, attractive girl looking for someone similar. Willing to try anything once & big believer in chemistry. discreet_1, 20, l, #117447 HOT, Horny & Healthy HIV+ & undetectable. Looking for hot & sane top/oral, butch men who play well w/ me! Be together & adventuresome!

Height/weight proportionate, good looking helps & masculine. I am, too!

Looking for fun, FBS, and/or relationship - none are mutally exclusive! Must like to travel! Let’s enjoy what life has to offer! Titan, 45, #117426

health-conscious, athletic, easygoing, attractive couple open to most anything for excitement. She’s incredibly sexy, fit, athletic, humorous & full of life.

He is slim, athletic, attractive, laid back & loves to please. Let’s have some fun. twoforyou, 33, #117430 Curious twosome looking for third Active, happy couple looking for an attractive young woman (21-28) for a threesome. We are a fun, easygoing couple interested in finding someone who shares our interests & activities.

Must send picture & be D/D free. tastefultwo, 23, l, #117335 TWO ON ONE First-time couple looking for someone between the ages of 21-27 to join in. Interested in a reasonably inshape, attractive F. We are interested in possibly going out for some drinks & maybe some dancing, just generally a fun night out, and see how things go. We are new to this & don’t want to jump right into anything. btowncpl03, 25, #117285 Sexy professional couple Looking for a good time, petite professional. Looking for a sexy, swinging couple. a_cote, 38, u, #117257

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Dunkin Donuts Damsel You: Female brunette cutie at Williston Rd. Dunkin’ Donuts. Me: dashing male EMT on UVM Rescue. I have seen you working many times while I stopped in on duty and last week you said you were sick. Can I rescue you? Dinner?

When: Sunday, April 18, 2010. Where: Dunkin’ Donuts, South Burlington.

You: Woman. Me: Man. #907327 ShelburnE Rd. Shaw’s You were a pretty brunette who worked at the Shaw’s. We talked about the odd soda flavors I was purchasing and you told me a story about how you made something with yogurt and fruit or something along those lines. Let’s meet again. When: Thursday, March 18, 2010.

Where: Shaw’s on Shelburn Rd. (not sure the date, but it was Thursday).

You: Woman. Me: Man. #907326 Burlington Bagel You grabbed your sandwich, no tomato and mayo on the side. Black North Face, black hat, tall. You were sitting with two women, as was I. We caught eyes as I was leaving - hope to see you again. When: Saturday, April 17, 2010. Where: Burlington Bagel Bakery. You: Man. Me: Man. #907325 Bat-Shaggin-Van?!?

Ooooh, Batman! You take my breath away! Seriously though, I really do love you more each day. You’re an amazing person & my hero ;-) When: Friday, April 16, 2010. Where: always in my heart.

You: Man. Me: Woman. #907324

Caught my eye, SleeplessInStAlbans I checked out your profile on 7Days & your mesmerizing green eyes attracted at first sight. You seem to have a great style & a personality similar to mine: very down to earth.

Cuddling & motorbikes, definitely my style. I’m waiting... When: Tuesday, April 13, 2010. Where: 7 Days online.

You: Man. Me: Woman. #907313 like mold Whatever this is, makes me a better person. You could hide beside me, maybe for a while. Thank you for letting me be myself & liking who I am. I may like you even more. Maybe, just maybe...

When: Friday, April 2, 2010. Where: JP’s. You: Man. Me: Woman. #907312 Rottweiler walker in Battery Park I see you almost every morning walking through the park. Today you stopped to let your Rotti say hi to my Husky. Your gorgeous eyes & beautiful smile made me act a little giddy & silly. Would you like to walk together sometime? When: Tuesday, April 13, 2010. Where: Battery Park. You: Man. Me: Man. #907310 long-lost friend It was very nice to hang out w/ you again, T. My past is finally over and you & everyone else were so very right. I am glad I saved your number. Thank you. When: Wednesday, February 13, 2008. Where: Burlington. You: Woman. Me: Man. #907309

Will ... you call me?

I think it was you! Both of us searching for movies. We have been together once, never heard from you again, but the energy between us was intense today.

However, you were there w/ a blonde girl & I did not want to be rude to her. I don’t have your contact info anymore, so if you are still interested, contact me!

When: Sunday, April 11, 2010. Where: Blockbuster Shelburne Rd., Burlington.

You: Man. Me: Woman. #907303 cutie pho sho My friends told me you looked too young, but I just liked your baby face.

Some people’s favorite appetizer at Pho Hong is the tiger rolls, but I’d like to see your tiger roll. I’m a frequent customer. We should get down sometime over some hot soup, preferably #20. You’re my favorite waiter ... so serve it up. When: Monday, April 5, 2010. Where: Pho Hong.

You: Man. Me: Woman. #907302 TMK Thanks for the help. You looked great in your pickup w/ the dog. Let’s get a coffee sometime? The way things are going we might never meet again. When: Friday, April 2, 2010. Where: North of Hyde Park. You: Woman. Me: Man. #907301 Downer’s Corner Store/VTrans You have dark hair/beard, were wearing Carhartt pants [looked like Carhartts], black North Face jacket, driving a VTrans pickup truck. We had eye contact. I was driving a black Honda CR-V. I think we saw each other last October/November & haven’t forgotten you. Have no idea what your relationship status is. I am single... :-) When: Saturday, October 10, 2009. Where: Downer’s Corner Store.

You: Man. Me: Woman. #907299 Waterbury Shaw’s, Friday Night I noticed as soon as you walked inside.

Your long flowing hair was looking

mistress maeve Dear Mistress,

I’ve always wondered what it would be like to have a partner ask me to do something sexually that I’m not comfortable with. I wondered how I would react, what I would say, and whether or not I would ultimately push myself to try something new. Of course, being a relatively “vanilla” girl who has always been with relatively “vanilla” guys, I’ve never had to really worry about it.

However, my boyfriend of nine months recently told me that he fantasizes about me urinating on him. I did my best not to react poorly, but I was shocked. I told him I would think about it, but it’s been about two weeks, and neither of us has brought it up again. Things have definitely felt strained — like a big, yellow elephant is in the room.

Can you help me understand why he’d want me to pee on him? Also, if I were going to try it, where would I even begin? I just don’t see how it could not be totally awkward!

Signed, G. Whiz

Dear G. Whiz,

Kudos to you for not totally closing the lid on your boyfriend’s toilet fantasies. As with any fetish, the best place to start is with a conversation. Your guy could be turned on by water sports because of an event in his childhood, or because he likes the idea of being overpowered by a woman brandishing a golden stream of dominance. The only way to know for sure is to ask him.

After your talk, determine how you feel.

Remember, you are not obligated to do anything that makes you uncomfortable. If golden showers aren’t your thing, that’s OK — he’ll just have to keep his piss play in fantasy, not reality.

On the other hand, if you decide you’d like to follow the yellow brick road, take it slow and have fun. Invite him for some naughty time in the shower, preferably on a full bladder. After you’re both sufficiently turned on, tell him you’d like to try some target practice. The first time might feel awkward and strange, but he’ll be grateful you’re even trying it. And, you never know, you might enjoy yourself.

Off to see the Whizard, mm

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The Ram from Hell Diggin’ the truck from afar... We should take her out muddin’ while the weather’s still good. When: Monday, April 12, 2010. Where: Main Street.

You: Man. Me: Woman. #907318

Re: Long-lost Friend A lot of people can go by T ... Could you be a little more specific? Maybe something only the 2 of you will know? Thanks. When: Saturday, February 13, 2010. Where: anywhere.

You: Man. Me: Woman. #907314

Tall, Vivacious Dancefloor Angel (or Devil?)

The way you move makes my head spin ... in the best way! You throw your dark hair back & dance in such a sultry manner, w/ a knowing sparkle in your eye all the while, I can’t help but be turned on. Delirium’s “Silence” aside, it was you who had me in a trance this weekend. When: Saturday, April 10, 2010. Where: The Green Room.

You: Woman. Me: Man. #907304

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Army Guy @ Dunkin’ D’s Hot army guy around 9 a.m. at Dunkin’ Donuts w/ a grenade tattooed on your neck. Cute smile! Thanks for making my morning. When: Wednesday, April 14, 2010. Where: Dunkin’ Donuts.

You: Man. Me: Woman. #907319

On Two2Tango I read your personal ad on Two2Tango.

You live in South Royalton. You are a horse farmer, timber farmer. Have a very nice voice. Are 55 years young.

Your name is Mark. Like everything from Santana to Tchaikovsky. You sound like my dream. Please find me! Let’s talk. When: Wednesday, April 14, 2010. Where: Two2Tango.

You: Man. Me: Woman. #907315

Jazz on Saturday in Middlebury I sat behind you & a young man (maybe your son?) on Sat. eve at Middlebury College in the Concert Hall for a jazz concert. The jazz was hot, and so were the eye contact & smiles we shared as you turned & looked at me when you got up to leave. Would like to connect again. Interested? When: Saturday, April 10, 2010. Where: Middlebury College Concert Hall.

You: Man. Me: Woman. #907305

gone. Who are you?!? Admiring minds want to know. When: Friday, April 9, 2010. Where: Waterbury Shaw’s.

You: Woman. Me: Man. #907297

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cute guy American Eagle I was in a trance when I saw you. You were w/ a girl. You: blonde boy, glasses & had some sweet jeans on. We caught eyes several times. Would’ve loved to know your name. I’m Rick. If you read the I Spy’s, know you were checked out. Dude hot. When: Thursday, April 15, 2010.

Where: American Eagle downtown mall. You: Man. Me: Man. #907320

Patson09 I can’t believe I’ve stumbled on someone who gets as much excitement as I do from Sham-WOW commercials. I would have stopped there, but your love for English muffins made me unable to resist this post. You look familiar. The gym? So. Burl.? I believe we’ve caught eyes before. When: Wednesday, April 14, 2010. Where: Two2Tango.

You: Man. Me: Woman. #907316

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Dear Robin, meet me in my batcave-like bat-shaggin’-van. Love, Batman. When: Monday, April 12, 2010. Where: bed this morning.

You: Woman. Me: Man. #907306

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Awesome-ness at Shaw’s selfcheckout!

You had a wonderful makeshift nametag that read “Mike” & helped me scan some unruly items on the self-checkout. I’ve seen you there a couple times, but this was the first I’ve actually had interaction. Just wanted to say you’re awesome! When: Monday, April 12, 2010. Where: Shaw’s.

You: Man. Me: Woman. #907321

Waterbury Shaw’s Mystery Girl I thought I saw you Wednesday night, but I couldn’t tell for sure. This seems like a long shot, but would you like to chat sometime? When: Wednesday, April 14, 2010. Where: Waterbury Shaw’s. You: Woman. Me: Man. #907317

Pool Saturday Night We played a few games of pool & picked on the really drunk guy wearing Crocs, but at the end of the night I didn’t have the courage to ask for your number. I had a great time talking to you & would love to hang out again sometime.

Maybe go for a run? When: Saturday, April 10, 2010. Where: Winooski.

You: Woman. Me: Man. #907308

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