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JANUARY 01, 2010-DECEMBER 29, 2010 COMPILED BY CATHY RESMER & TYLER MACHADO

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Things at Burlington Telecom have gone from bad to worse … to staring down the repo man. Why won’t anyone take responsibility for this mess? No CEO.

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JULY 7/1: Sen. Patrick Leahy’s Photos From the Kagan Hearings 7/23: River Run in Plainfield Closes; Tasca to Open 7/30: One of Two Progressives Resigns from Burlington City Council AUGUST 8/6: Filmmaker Mac Parker to Face Trial in Fundraising Scheme 8/11: Magic Hat Sale Is Official 8/23: Vermont’s Primary: Are We There Yet?

FEBRUARY 2/4: Entergy Assembles Lobbying Team to Rebuild Vermonters’ Trust 2/5: Blue Ribbon Panel: Burlington Telecom Not Viable Without Outside Help 2/11: Going to the Drag Ball This Saturday?

SEPTEMBER 9/8: Bieber Fever Spikes!

9/10: I Was a Recount Volunteer 9/13: Dubie, Shumlin, Square Off in First Debate 9/28: Maritime Museum Withdraws from Moran Redevelopment

MARCH 3/9: Moody’s Downgrades Burlington Credit Rating 3/23: Shredding Church Street With Hannah Teeter 3/30: Vermont Yankee: More Tritium! More Meetings!

OCTOBER 10/1: It’s “Help a Flooded Farm” Day 10/8: Young Professionals to Grill Gubernatorial Candidates 10/14: Sketchy Cycling With Lance Armstrong

APRIL 4/1: Census Swag — Your Tax Dollars at Work 4/6: Alice Eats: Val’s Wild Tomato 4/13: Flynn Center Hires Replacement for E.D. Andrea Rogers 4/26: IRV Repeal Signed Into Law

NOVEMBER 11/2: F-35 Opposition Rallies Outside Leahy’s Office 11/4: Entergy Makes It Official: Vermont Yankee is For Sale 11/9: Pazos Charged With First Degree Murder in Smith Killing 11/15: Dubie Puts House up for Sale, Heads Off to Woods

MAY 5/3: Health Care Rally Draws Hundreds to Montpelier 5/17: Burlington Telecom Won’t Make Lease Payment 5/19: Losing “Lost” 5/31: Vermont Yankee’s Leak of the Week

DECEMBER 12/2: BT Criminal and Financial Reviews Near Completion 12/6: Sanders, Welch Push Back Against Tax Cut Deal 12/10: Report: BT Debt Violations Began in 2005 12/14: Shumlin Crowned “Arts Governor”

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“A Photographer Is “Banned” for Taking Pictures on Church Street” by Ken Picard (3/10/10). Dan Scott got in hot water for his candid photos of Church Street scenes.

2. “Charged With Felony for Growing Pot, Mother Can’t Tell Jury It Was ‘Medical’” by Ken Picard (11/17/10). The Vermont Supreme Court says an East Wallingford woman can’t explain that she grew pot to help her sick sons.

3. “Vermont’s Got a Growing Bed Bug Problem — and Yes, They Bite” by Andy Bromage (8/18/10). Bed bugs come to Burlington. Ick. 4. “Vermont’s Homeless Problem Takes a Disturbing Turn — Squatting” by Andy Bromage (11/10/10). Landlords and tenants report an increase in unwelcome homeless guests.

5. “Vermont Legislators Admit to Cheating the System. Are They Justified?” by Andy Bromage (2/3/10). Some Vermont legislators admit to collecting money for miles they didn’t drive and food they didn’t eat. Turns out, the Office of Legislative Council says that’s OK.

tweet of the year: Steve_McIntyre #btv Anybody else feel a little earthquake? (6/23/10) This was the first of many local tweets recognizing the 5.0 magnitude quake felt in Burlington on June 23.

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JUNE 6/4: Bushway Owner Charged With Animal Cruelty 6/11: Petition Calls on Mayor to Fire Leopold 6/18: Welch Grills BP CEO, Asks Him to Resign 6/23: Poll: Dubie Still Bests All Democratic Challengers

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Pop quiz. Name the “auxiliary” percussion instrument: A) mbira; B) tabla drum; C) shaker egg; D) steel drum. If you guessed “shaker egg,” you are correct.

If you guessed “steel drum,” then your name just might be Dan Bolles [Review This: Camomilla, Anomali, December 1].

Referring to the steel drum as an auxiliary percussion instrument is straight-up wack. It’s closer to a piano — another instrument that is erroneously classified as percussion. Would you call a piano auxiliary percussion? In dialoguing with my Trinidadian friends in Brooklyn about this issue, I actually discovered that Trinidadians object to the term “steel drum” completely. Although the instrument is formed from an oil drum, its role is melodic; therefore they call it a “steelpan” in order to signify that this instrument is hardly a drum at all.

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Shay Totten confirmed what I suspected about the cost of Burlington Telecom to city taxpayers when he wrote that Burlington city officials have already looked into the bond for nothing with Moody’s [“Fair Game,” December 15]. If residents must pay off the $17 million debt over 20 years, I think it is only fair that the mayor and the CAO serve 20 years at

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[Re: “Will a Newly Hatched Federal Food Bill Make Eating Safer? Some Farmers Aren’t So Sure,” December 1]: The bill currently exempts small-scale farmers who sell less than $500,000 and sell within 275 miles. How will this affect the maple syrup producers in this state who ship worldwide? If they are indeed going to be caught up in this, then the state of Vermont will be very compromised regarding our maple syrup sales.

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It is difficult for me to see a “rift” when 97 percent of union members reject a contract that did not reflect their concerns and priorities [“Teamster Spirit? Contract Negotiations Reveal Union Rift at CCTA,” December 8]. Rather, the “tentative agreement” in question was negotiated not by the local CCTA workers themselves, but by a Teamsters agent paid to represent the union members interests. It seems obvious that the members, whose dues compensate that agent, do not feel their interests were being adequately represented.

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It is unfortunate that so many Americans do not see the difference between union members and union employees. Unions were formed because workers knew that they could only really depend on other workers. Worker-led unions achieved the eight-hour day, livable wages, insurance benefits and weekends for all Americans. But as unions and responsibilities grew, workers depended less on themselves and more on paid employees. This reliance on union bureaucrats coincides with the decline of organized labor in the U.S. and the current standard-of-living decline for most Americans.

The fact that Teamsters for a Democratic Union exists shows that widespread dissatisfaction with the national union exists. The CCTA drivers and mechanics bravely struggling for safer, respectful and fair conditions are fighting for all of us.

agreement with a Canadian distiller to buy whiskey for the next 10 years to be a halo for the brand. This is because the Shoreham farm’s own rye won’t be ready for another 10 years, and the start-up overhead was too great to sit on product without a return. In other words, they need to make some money and create some hype while they wait. Once their first rye crop, which will be harvested this summer, has fermented and aged, then they will have their own Vermontmade whiskey sometime around 2021.

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Thanks for your terrific movie reviews.

It’s the second page I turn to each week — after the Straight Dope, of course. Rick Kisonak and Margot Harrison bring a lot of knowledge to their informed and personal reviews.

I’d like to echo Ms. Harrison’s recommendation of In Bruges at the end of [Movie Review: The Tourist, December 15]. I knew nothing about the movie when my brother bought it — he’s a Colin Farrell fan. So I was surprised and amazed at the depth of this work of art. In the midst of nearly nonstop profanity, intermittent violence, and random depravity is an astounding story of love, beauty and honor. Like the imagery in a Hieronymus Bosch painting, the use of the bizarre illuminates the divine. There is chemistry between Farrell and the terrific Brendan Gleeson, and the late appearance of the positively scary Ralph Fiennes heightens the tension. If you can take it, see it!

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It’s great to read that WhistlePig Whiskey will not only be distilling in Vermont, but also organically growing their rye on their own farm, too [“Whistling Whiskey,” December 8]. The reporting in “Whistling Whiskey” left me with two big questions, though.

First, how is a company founded in 2006 already selling a 10-year-old whiskey? The article revealed that WhistlePig is currently produced in Canada, but if it’s really 10 years old, it must have also been distilled and put in barrels years before owner Mr. Bhakta or master distiller Dave Pickerell were even involved. For Mr. Bhakta to be taking credit for accolades showered on a whiskey he had nothing to do with producing seems a tad off. We won’t be tasting true Vermont WhistlePig whiskey until 2021.

Second, Mr. Bhakta may have been up front with the reporter about the current Canadian origins of his whiskey, but the label and website are heavy with the “Vermont” brand and say nothing of Canada. Does pouring Canadian whiskey into bottles here in Vermont make it a Vermont product? How is this different from the “Bove’s of Vermont” mislabeling case you reported on in 2008?

It sounds like Mr. Bhakta has very good intentions to eventually produce a high-quality, locally produced whiskey, and I wish him nothing but success in his venture, but I think this article let him off too easy on the origins and labeling of the WhistlePig whiskey currently being sold.

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DECEMBER 29, 2010-JANUARY 12, 2011 VOL.16 NO.18

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14 What Ever Happened To...?

2010 Updates: Seven Days writers follow up on some of the stories they covered in 2010

BY ANDY BROMAGE, KEVIN J. KELLEY, LAUREN OBER, KEN PICARD, CATHY RESMER & SHAY TOT TEN

24 Loose Change

Fitness: New Year’s resolutions solutions for northern Vermonters

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58 2010 Year in Review Music: Revisiting the year’s top music stories

Holidays: A First Night New Year’s Eve countdown

63 Top 10 Vermont Recordings of 2010

Open season on Vermont politics

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72 At the Movies With Kisonak and Harrison 2010 Movies

59 Soundbites

Music news and views

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Republicans and Democrats are 16t-ForeverBloom122910.indd 1 12/15/10 1:02 PM starting the session with exactly the same-sized caucuses as in the previous biennium: Democrats have 94 members; the GOP’s got 48. There are still five Progressives and three independents.

The Senate will have one less Dem, but the party will still hold a commanding A Children’s 22-8 advantage over the GOP. Department There’s one big difference between Store Montpelier today and two years ago: The governor will have a “D” after his 64 Harvest Lane name instead of an “R.” Despite being Williston, Vt outnumbered by the opposition, Gov. JIM (802) 764-1810 DOUGLAS proved to be a formidable politi1/2 mile from Tafts Corners Across from the New England Federal Credit Union cian. During his eight years in office, he Hours: Mon-Sat 9:30-6 • Sun 11-5 vetoed 19 pieces of legislation, only two of which lawmakers overturned. One historic veto override enacted same-sex 16t-ButteredNoodles122910.indd 1 12/17/10 1:28 PM marriage; the other put in place a state budget designed by the legislature.

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the session. Smith forecasts that current committee chairs will remain the same — and he should know, since he’s making the decisions — except on one committee: House Health Care.

STEVE MAIER Its chair, Rep. (D-Middlebury), retired after the last session. His successor is likely to be Rep. MARK LARSON (D-Burlington), the current vice chairman of the House Appropriations Committee.

On the Senate side, at least three committees will have new chairs as a result of vacancies caused by the November elections. Sen. SUSAN BARTLETT, who chaired the Senate Appropriations Committee and ran for governor, is working for her former competitor Shumlin as a special

HOUSE SPEAKER SHAP SMITH DOESN’T EXPECT HAVING A LIKE-MINDED GOVERNOR WILL MAKE HIS JOB ANY EASIER

AND DOESN’T WANT BILLS TO “LIMP OUT OF THE HOUSE” WITH A MERE 76 VOTES. assistant and policy advisor. Sen. DOUG RACINE, who chaired Health and Welfare and also ran for gov, is the new secretary of the Agency of Human Services. Sen. PHIL SCOTT (R-Washington), former chair of institutions, is now lt. gov.-elect.

Campbell said the three-person Committee on Committees — composed of himself, Scott and Sen. DICK MAZZA (D-Grand Isle) — has been discussing various leadership scenarios but won’t make any official announcements until the new year.

The Senate is getting six new members — one-fifth of its membership.

But none of the freshman senators is exactly a “newbie”: Sen.-elect ANTHONY POLLINA is a Washington County veteran of statewide politics and grassroots activism, as evidenced by his Democrat, Progressive and Working Families Party labels; Sen.-elect PETER GALBRAITH (D-Windham) is a former U.S. diplomat who’s worked in Bosnia and Iraq;

(R-Caledonia) chairs the Vermont Human Rights Commission; Sen.-elect RICH WESTMAN (R-Lamoille) is a former tax commissioner and longtime member of the House; Sen.-elect SALLY FOX (D-Chittenden), a former Statehouse lobbyist, was also in the House, where she ran the powerful Appropriations Committee; Sen.-elect PHILIP BARUTH (D-Chittenden) is a school-board member and blogs about politics on his own Vermont Daily Briefing.

“The key for us will be to truly strike a balance on these committees and make sure the best people are in place,” said Campbell. “We’ve got a lot of talented people.”

Translation: The Senate’s full of strong personalities. Campbell has his work cut out for him.

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Entergy’s got a strange sense of timing.

At the start of both of the past two legislative sessions, as Vermont lawmakers were preparing to debate the future of the state’s sole nuclear power plant, its owners announced major leaks at the facility.

Can’t wait to see what they have in store for this January. It’s do or die for Entergy, which would like to see the legislature reverse its decision to oppose relicensure beyond 2012 — the date it was originally scheduled for decommissioning.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission wants to keep VY open, but it won’t happen without legislative approval.

Entergy is planning a full-court press this session. Expect news of a power “deal” sometime in the first few months — VY will offer the state a low rate as an incentive. Utilities rejected Entergy’s last offer because it was more than they currently pay for the nuke plant’s power.

By the end of January, ISO New England, which manages the flow and sale of electrons on the New England power grid, will issue a reliability study — the first assessment, from a New England system operator, of the impact VY’s closure would have on the region. A second study by ISO New England will examine closure scenarios.

Wanna wager both reports will say VY’s closure would be bad for reliability?

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was shutting down a New Jersey nuke plant because it didn’t want to make the necessary investments in environmental remediation.

Comforting.

“Any company that buys this plant from Entergy is a company that is already like Entergy,” said lobbyist BoB Stannard, who is working for the antinuke group Citizens Awareness Network. “In that case, we’d just be replacing one lying bunch of weasels with another lying bunch of weasels.”

It’s hard to imagine the nuclear-power industry rolling over and playing dead for a little legislature in Vermont. The last message it wants to send to the rest of the country is that individual states, and not the folks at the NRC, have the power to shut down nuclear power plants.

Campbell is ready. “I think we’re going to get pressure,” he said. “But we took a vote last year and nothing’s happened since then that’s changed my mind.”

reform Vermont’s campaign-finance laws.

Twice during his tenure, Douglas vetoed bills setting contribution limits and updating the state’s arcane finance laws.

Expect bills designed to make campaign-finance reports more user friendly, timely and descriptive. One might require contributors to list their occupation and employer.

Another could allow candidates to file reports electronically rather than on paper. How 21st century.

Another topic that might stand a chance now is the decriminalization of marijuana — an issue Shumlin backed on the campaign trail.

Rep. JaSon lorBer (D-Burlington) released a study earlier this month detailing the cost to taxpayers of investigating and prosecuting small marijuana-possession cases. Roughly $700,000.

“It’s time for a smarter approach,” said Lorber.

Healthy Debate

Gov. Jim Douglas, who was first elected to the Vermont House in 1972, is bidding adieu to 30 years of public service.

What kind of “legacy” is he leaving?

To supporters, he’s the fiscal steward who kept liberal Democrats from bankrupting the state, made tough cuts to state government and never met a ribbon he didn’t want to cut.

To detractors, he was a governor who made a lot of promises but kept few of them, and never did much more than, well, govern. No big initiatives, no landmark policy victory — although he did take a stab at curbing regional greenhouse gases and reforming health care.

The biggest blemish on Douglas’ record is likely to be the veto of samesex marriage. For that, he may wind up on the wrong side of history.

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Health care consultant Dr. William HSiao will present three options to lawmakers... and a model of Hsiao’s own design. Hsiao told lawmakers this month a true overhaul of Vermont’s health care system could take 10 to 12 years — maybe more.

Criminy. That means Shumlin’s going to have to get reelected six times to keep his promise. He’ll need to stay in good health.

Reform supporters are planning a health care rally for the legislature’s opening day.

“In general, we’re incredibly excited,” said JameS HaSlam, executive director of the Vermont Workers’ Center, which is lobbying for a single-payer system through its “Healthcare is a Human Right” campaign. “We’re going to continue to build on the necessary grassroots movement to ensure this happens in 2011,” he added.

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Vermont’s daily newspapers were still shedding newsroom jobs at the beginning of 2010, and several local websites had started up to fill the void. Seven Days profiled five of them in its annual media issue: Vtdigger.org, Vermont News Guy, Vermont Daily News, Vermont Tiger and Green Mountain Daily.

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Update: “We’re on much more stable footing than we were a year ago,” reports Lynch. Membership is up 20 percent over last year, which she attributes to a very simple change: Every time someone makes a purchase at the store, the cashier asks if the customer is a member.

If not, the customer is asked to join. “I don’t think we’ve ever done that before,” Lynch notes.

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The center has ramped up fundraising appeals, too, from two per year to five. Sales at the store have improved every month since April, Lynch says, and now surpass what they were at the center’s old digs on Church Street. Grant money still hasn’t materialized, and the staff positions shed in 2009 haven’t been filled. Colin Robinson, who was P&J’s director of public policy and advocacy, left in June to take a job at the National Education Association. But Lynch says donations are up, suggesting the center will live to fight another day.

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Two of the five start-ups we profiled have shut down in the past year: Photojournalist Alden Pellett stopped updating Vermont Daily News in mid-August; he’s currently working as an associate producer at WCAX-TV. And Vermont News Guy Jon Margolis decided to stop maintaining his own website after covering the 2010 election.

“It was too much work,” concedes the veteran newspaper columnist, who just turned 70. In 2011, Margolis will write for Vermont Public Television’s website, vpt.org, and contribute Statehouse coverage to Vtdigger.org.

Liberal-progressive blog Green Mountain Daily and conservative Vermont Tiger are still going strong — balancing each other? All five Democratic gubernatorial candidates courted voters by posting to GMD during the primary campaign.

But Vtdigger.org, Anne Galloway’s nonprofit statewide news website, has grown the most, winning over wonky readers with in-depth coverage of the legislative session and the election.

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estate of President William Howard Taft. For $7.9 million, the property came with six houses — the main house included an oversized bathtub built for the portly Taft — plus a Victorian “viewing tower,” a pontoon boat, three tractors, a winch house, kayaks, a gazebo, four rowboats, a steel-frame dock and lots of Adirondack chairs. After 35 years, the owners — two brothers and a family friend who lived in New York and Boston — were ready to pass it on to someone else.

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The Nose Knows For the annual Seven Days animal issue, we profiled Albany, Vt., resident Lisa Robinson and her pet-finding bloodhound, Thurber. While other scent-tracking dogs are tasked with finding lost humans, 8-and-ahalf-year-old Thurber’s job was to find missing pets — a rare skill among searchand-rescue canines. Thurber wasn’t formally trained in tracking, but he was good enough to be in demand. Shortly before the story ran, Thurber helped reunite a lost Australian shepherd with his human family.

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owners dropped the asking price to $5.9 million. Listing agent Debbie Fortier of Coldwell Banker Bill Beck Real Estate reports the property generated a few bites from prospective buyers but no actual offers. “It just reflects the market right now,” Fortier says, adding she’s not sure whether the owners will re-list the property in the spring.

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Twelve months ago, the Burlington-based Peace & Justice Center had a near-death experience. A drop in donations, anemic retail store sales and one less $60,000 grant threatened to be a perfect storm for the 31-year-old economic-justice nonprofit. Three employees lost their jobs, and executive director Nancy Lynch wasn’t sure the organization would survive without serious short-term help. It was the center’s first year in a new location, on the Burlington waterfront, and Lynch was banking on increased foot traffic to attract shoppers, and lifesaving cash, to the organization.

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Galloway and her team of volunteers and freelancers started the year with 1500 readers a month; the site now boasts 20,000, some of whom contribute financially. In May, Digger won a $25,000 grant from J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism. This fall, Galloway announced a merger with the Vermont Journalism Trust, a new nonprofit that will function as its fundraising arm. Bill Schubart is the chair of the board.

Galloway is still Digger’s lead reporter, editor-in-chief and marketing officer, which means she’s not getting much sleep. And she’s not paying herself a full-time salary — yet. But, she says, “I love what I’m doing.”

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Update: In late September, Robinson sent Seven Days an email detailing Thurber’s untimely death. Apparently, bloodhounds are susceptible to intestinal bloat — the most common cause of death for the breed. It can kill in a matter of hours. The day he died, Thurber got up at 3 a.m. and kept insisting on going out.

Robinson knew it was a bad sign. But she couldn’t get him to the vet: She was carless, on account of not being able to afford a new engine. By the time a neighbor agreed to take Robinson and her dog to the emergency vet in Burlington, the

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Meanwhile, the USDA is considering Wyatt’s proposal to establish an ombudsman position so field inspectors would have a place to report problems.

In November, the USDA agreed to a Wyatt-promoted policy change that prohibits slaughterhouse workers from binding animals by the legs before they are stunned. The practice can result in serious injury for the animal.

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Most people have heard of the VFW, but what the heck is the Regular Veterans Association?

Vermonters found out last spring when the Winooski chapter of the RVA came to the city council with an unusual predicament. The RVA — a group open to any honorably discharged military veteran, not just those who served in wars or overseas — was asking to renew its liquor license to sell beer and wine at its Weaver Street clubhouse. But the city was reluctant because the vets owed $21,888 in overdue property taxes. The RVA was also facing numerous lawsuits, including one brought by an ex-employee who claimed patrons slapped her butt while she was waitressing.

Unlike the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the RVA doesn’t have a congressional charter and therefore isn’t exempt from paying taxes.

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y this point, most of us have come up with a few New Year’s resolutions, envisioning myriad ways to improve ourselves. Arts organizations plan further ahead — and are more likely to make their plans reality. Accordingly, we checked in with a handful of them around the state to get a sneak peek at 2011.

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What’s in a Name has in store nothing less than a name change and rebranding campaign for the new year, according to Burlington City Arts communications director Eric Ford. The new name? The BCA Center. “It sounds kind of obvious, but we went out on a limb before we came back to that idea,” says Ford. “We needed to be straightforward and direct; we just felt like the whole point of doing this was to simplify and clarify who we are.” And that is? A regional contemporary art center that wants to be taken seriously.

On television reality shows, makeovers are generally so extreme that the original person or place is unrecognizable. That’s not the case here: The Firehouse won’t show many changes to the casual observer — except for the new sign, and even that will be rendered in BCA’s familiar sans-serif font. But the internal, mission-driven changes are big, at least to BCA staff.

If you Google “Firehouse Gallery,” you can find a dozen of them around the country, Ford points out, saying, “People turn old firehouses into community centers.” That generic name “was in a sense holding us back,” he continues. “After getting the [$75,000 Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts] grant, we were on a roll and wanted to capitalize on that.”

Ford, and curator Chris Thompson, had been frustrated by the public’s limited understanding of the venue. “I want people to know there is more than one floor of visual art,” says Ford. “And we’re exploring not just visual art but film, music and performance in the whole building.”

A forthcoming website will guide visitors to BCA’s “three doorways,” says Ford: the arts center; the classes and programming; and the “city side” — i.e., BCA events such as the Battery Park Concert Series and Festival of Fools.

Oh, and 2011 is BCA’s 30th anniversary! Plans for that are still in the works, Ford says, with celebrations likely sprinkled throughout the year. New partnerships will unfold, as will a “theme of supporting artists,” he notes. “We’ll be playing with the number 30 a lot,” Ford promises.

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It’s been a challenging year for the Helen Day Art Center in Stowe. After losing both its curator and education coordinator, the organization soldiered on, “being as frugal as we can,” says executive director Nathan Suter.

The year started off with a bang. Odin Cathcart, the exhibitions director since April 2009, curated “Agent Intellect,” Iraqi-American artist Wafaa Bilal’s provocative installation — which included a controversial video game that offered viewers a chance to (virtually) shoot President George W. Bush. The show earned the center a critic’s pick in prestigious Art Forum magazine. After its run in Stowe, Helen Day loaned the work out to Davidson College in North Carolina — the first time it had curated a traveling show — and published a monograph of Bilal’s work, another first for the center.

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All Access Even executive director Becky McMeekin admits that, from the outside, the Chandler Music Hall kind of looks like a prison. “It’s formidable,” she says of the 103-yearold heavy stone building in downtown Randolph.

“And yet you walk inside, and it’s beautiful,” she says. She’s right, thanks to the $3.5 million renovation and expansion project the Chandler Center for the Arts wrapped up last summer. In addition to being handicapped accessible, the place now boasts a stained-glass window by local artist Philip Godenschwager, an airier lobby and brand-new, really nice bathrooms. This is a big deal, considering Chandler used to have just two toilets for men and two for women, with velvet curtains instead of stall doors.

But McMeekin isn’t just interested in physical accessibility. She’s hoping more

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people, especially the younger crowd in the Randolph area, will find programs they can afford and enjoy. “None of us are all that young anymore,” says McMeekin of her team. “It would be really easy to keep doing the same old, same old.”

That’s why this month she hired recent University of Vermont grad Claire Garner, who runs nearby Sundora Farm when she’s not slinging lattes at Three Bean Café, to manage a series of affordable performances in the Chandler’s upper gallery. Shows booked for the spring include Rochester guitar duo They Might Be Gypsies and Burlington acoustic blues/jazz guitarist Paul Asbell.

The goal is to get people through the door. With cheap tickets, danceable music and a bar stocked with beer and wine, what’s not to love?

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But a couple months later, Cathcart resigned and moved west to be closer to his ailing mother. Since then, Helen Day has hired a new education coordinator, Lynn Rublee, a Williston artist and educator, but is still without a curator.

“We’re finding ways to cope,” Suter says. “Frankly, I’m really thrilled to be doing more curating and working with artists.” He’ll have help in 2011 from the center’s curatorial committee. Stowe artist Rachel Moore will guest-curate the annual “Exposed” outdoor sculpture show and the second installment of the Habitat for Artists project next summer.

Other notable upcoming shows include Burlington painter Mikey Welsh’s abstract work; and a group show called “Manhood: Masculinity, Male Identity and Culture.”

Once Helen Day is on surer footing, Suter says, they’ll look for a new curator.

Meanwhile, he remains optimistic about the center’s future.

MEGAN JAMES Helen Day Art Center, 5 School Street, Stowe, 253-8358. helenday.org

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The University of Vermont’s Fleming museum already amended its name with “oF Art” this year.

The change was subtle but meaningful, signaling a drive similar to BCA’s (see opposite) to put itself on the map as a contemporary venue of regional significance. The place will not eschew its long-held mission, director JAnie Cohen reassured Seven Days earlier this year; after all, the Fleming possesses vast collections, from ancient Egyptian artifacts to modern art, that offer endless curatorial possibilities. Not haKucha From Pec to mention educational ones: This is, after all, a university museum.

But an evolution of that mission is in progress. This fall, the Fleming launched PechaKucha Night — a fast-paced slideshow salon that’s become an international sensation among design cognoscenti.

Establishing itself as a PKN site signaled the museum’s intention to offer cuttingedge inspiration and community involvement beyond static exhibitions. And one of its presenters, Paris-based multimedia artist Pippo Lionni, offered work that fits the bill for a 2011 addition to the museum’s offerings: film, video and new media.

A space to the right of the entrance, Cohen explains, will be a “new-media niche,” with the help of an HDTV loaner from Best Buy. Lionni’s humorous, pictogramoriented video called “Facts of Life” will be on a continuous loop during spring semester, Cohen says.

The official branding of the museum, complete with new logo, will launch this spring, too, while the main exhibits visit the circus — expect BreAd And PuPPet and commedia dell’arte performances, and even a bearded lady. The next PechaKucha Night is February 10.

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In keeping with Aleshire’s desire to go back in time — a predigital time — he recently bought a mimeograph machine, with which he hopes to produce a future issue.

He’s having a tough time figuring out how to use the antiquated contraption. “I’m not incredibly optimistic about it,” he admits.

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Earlier this year Burlington poet Ben started a new biannual literary journal, The Salon: A Journal of Poetry and Fiction, the old-fashioned way. With $400 and a dream of making local literature more widely available and affordable, he assembled a chapbook of poetry, fiction and short plays by local writers, stamped a striking red block print on each cover and distributed 300 copies to independent bookstores and libraries.

There is no electronic version — but that doesn’t seem to be holding Aleshire back. With the help of north end studio, which provides free office space; green door studio, where the journal’s covers are printed; and the contributions of an impressive roster of local writers, Aleshire is now reviewing submissions for the third issue.

He hopes to “create a bridge between the gutter and the ivory tower” of academia by publishing a mix of well-known local writers — such as dAvid BudBill, dAnA YeAton and elizABeth Powell — and those at Aleshire

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Besides selling tickets, Catamount can help smaller arts groups and individuals find venues and market their events through a monthly newsletter and twiceweekly e-blasts, says Fried. “We try to encourage the organizations we work with to give Catamount members some kind of discount,” he adds — a boon for extant members and incentive for others to join.

Presenting arts in the sparsely populated and not-so-well-heeled Northeast Kingdom is a challenge. While Catamount is helping to build mutually beneficial networks, it also relies on the kindness of … pop stars. neko Case, the slightly reclusive singer-songwriter who bought a home in St. J, will once again come out and support her Catamount neighbors with a fundraising concert on January 28. She’s also invited indie-country duo Freakwater and a shadow-puppet trio, One Degree Off. Fried says he’s pleased to work again

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This year, vermont staGe Company’s artistic director, mark nash, announced that he’s leaving at the conclusion of the 2010-11 season. VSC fans were worried. Was the organization in trouble? Nash says it’s in reasonable shape, despite the recession and a dip in ticket sales last year. But who’s going to take his place, and what does Nash have in mind for his next step?

One question at a time: Seven Days checked in with Nash on the company’s search for a new director. “It’s going apace,” he reports, and admits the board has “been great about keeping me a little bit out of the loop until the finalists are selected. The world of theater is so small,” he explains, “I might know some of them.”

The board aims to whittle 105 applications from all over the country down to 10, and then bring in perhaps three. Stiff competition, and that speaks highly of VSC. Nash notes that some individuals have contacted him personally, and the feedback has been great. “Sometimes I’ve wondered if people know us outside of Chittenden County,” he says, “but it appears our reputation has gone well beyond.”

As for what he’ll do next, Nash insists he still doesn’t know, though he’s “95 percent sure I’m staying in Vermont. That means, if the new artistic director wants to hire me as an actor or director on occasion, I’m open to that. I just don’t want theater to be where my primary energy goes.”

Nash notes that his decade at the helm of a small arts organization has honed his writing and speaking skills — “so I feel like I’m heading in the direction of some kind of communications consultant.”

Meantime, he’s got more theater to produce. VSC’s next show, Neil Bartlett’s dark adaptation of Oliver Twist, opens January 26.

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h, yeah. It’s called reality. Eliminate that and you’ve got the problem licked. Since you seem like the can-do type, Dan, we’ll put you in charge of highway maintenance and see how well you manage. Here’s a rundown on the challenges you’ll face.

Weather. I won’t dwell on this, since you’re from the Chicago area and thus presumably familiar with the concept. The principal phenomenon of interest is the infamous freeze-thaw cycle: Snow falls, melts, seeps into cracks and freezes again. The pressure of the expanding ice inexorably breaks up the pavement. Another factor is road salt, which can filter down into concrete and corrode the steel rebar within. So, if you can do something about winter, half your problems disappear.

Traffic. Roads would last a lot longer if it weren’t for all the vehicles driving on them. It’s not uncommon to hear of highways in U.S. urban areas carrying double or more the traffic they were designed for.

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Trucks are particularly problematic. The rule of thumb among highway engineers is that road deterioration is roughly proportional to vehicle axle weight to the fourth power. In other words, doubling the weight on an axle increases the wear and tear on the roads by 24, or 16 times.

Roads are usually designed assuming that a single axle on a big truck carries a maximum of 18,000 pounds. Compared to a typical car carrying 2000 pounds per axle, a fully loaded truck stresses the road surface 6561 times as much. Minor overloading can make a big difference.

Exceeding the maximum load by just 10 percent increases road stress by 46 percent — that’s why you see all those weigh stations on highways. So the next job on your list, Dan, is dealing with the damn trucks.

Money. Or more precisely, lack of money. Generally speaking, U.S. highways were built on the cheap, meant to last just 20 years. Unfortunately, some parts of the Interstate Highway System are now 50 or more years

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old. Highways in Europe are built to endure much longer than those in the U.S. For example, the Netherlands expects its roads to last 40 years.

How do they manage it? Although European highway designers use a variety of advanced techniques, two things stand out: thicker, more durable roadbeds and greater reliance on concrete.

This is something that as highway czar you’re going to need to know about, Dan, so pay attention. The two main paving materials are concrete and asphalt. Concrete is strong and durable, but building roads out of it is complex, expensive and slow — you need a lot of rebar, the concrete has to cure, etc. Concrete roads also tend to be noisy, and slick when wet (although that can be remedied), and when they do eventually fail, they’re a pain to repair.

Asphalt, by comparison, is cheap, forgiving and fast. True, it tends to fall apart quickly, but you can easily patch it till things have really gone to the dogs, at which point you just resurface the whole road. You can spread and roll the paving in the morning and drive on it in the afternoon, minimizing complaints by impatient motorists. The drawback is that you have to do this every few years, leaving everybody cumulatively more pissed off.

Don’t get me wrong. You can make long-lasting roads using asphalt; in fact, some modern highways use a combination of

asphalt and concrete to get the best of both worlds. But there’s no simple way to do this. You have to rip out the original excuse for a roadway and redo it from scratch.

That’s what they did in Chicago a few years ago when rebuilding the Dan Ryan Expressway, a perpetually clogged truck route carrying 300,000 vehicles per day on a road designed for 150,000. The original road typically consisted of 12 inches of aggregate (basically crushed rock), 10 inches of concrete and five inches of asphalt, for a total depth of 27 inches. The new highway has a 24-inch-deep aggregate subbase, six inches of asphalt, then

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“It is a story. When I was 19, traveling through Spain, I met and fell in love with an American boy. He asked me to come back with him to Florida. My parents were dead set against it, but I told them I’d probably stay just a few months. It’s now been over 30 years.”

“How’d the love affair work out?”

“Well, we did get married, but eventually divorced. We do have a beautiful daughter together.”

“So, what have you done for work in the States? You were so young when you got here. Are you teaching yoga?”

“I am, but that’s relatively recent. For years, I worked in the hospitality business — restaurants, hotels. Growing up,

my family owned a couple of pensioni — this is something like a B&B — so this work came easily for me. Eventually, I went back to school and became a counselor. The yoga practice I’m now studying combines the yoga and the counseling. It’s quite remarkable.”

For a while we drove along in silence, absorbed in the twinkling, white-coated landscape. Something about the falling snow and warm cab created a sense of intimacy. After all these years, it still startles me how quickly human beings can connect with each other. I think, in our hearts and minds, we remain cavemen and cavewomen, huddled together in a circle around the campfire, eager to share our stories, our hopes and dreams.

“Luciana, I gotta say — you’re a goodlooking woman. You must have found love again in your life.”

“Well, well,” she said, smiling sweetly.

“I am remarried, and that’s even a better story than the first. I am now reunited with my childhood sweetheart — the boy I dated from ages 15 to 18. Paolo is five years older than me, so back then my parents were quite concerned, I’ll tell you.”

“How did you come to hook up again?”

“In 1998, I received an email from Paolo in Italy, completely out of the blue.

He was so sweet, writing something like, ‘I hope I’m not intruding, but I just wanted to know how your life was going.’

That started up a two-year letter-writing relationship — I mean real letters, not emails — in which we spoke of everything in our lives. He had become a journalist and a teacher, but his real passion was painting. And we had both recently lost our fathers … Anyway, my mother became ill, and I booked a trip back to Cortina.

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This would be the first time Paolo and I saw one another in nearly 30 years.”

“What was it like, that moment?”

“We decided to meet in Venice, on the Ponte di Rialto — the Rialto Bridge.

That morning in the hotel with my 16-year-old daughter, trying on one outfit after another … I can tell you, I was the teenager in that room! I got to the bridge, and Paolo was nowhere to be seen. It was more than 10 minutes past our meeting time, and, just as my heart began to sink, I turned and there he was, standing right next to me! He had gotten there early and had been watching me from afar.”

I could hear Luciana take a deep breath and softly exhale. When I glanced over, she was back on the Ponte di Rialto.

“All of the letter writing,” she continued quietly, “reached its fulfillment in that moment when our eyes met again, after all those long years. And now we’re married and living together in Key West.

Paolo is teaching some classes, and he’s painting again.”

“Luciana,” I said, “that story of yours is a movie waiting to be filmed. I mean it — that is some epic stuff.”

Maybe it’s because of Christmas, or the turning of another year, but Luciana’s love story captivated me. That evening, I Googled images of the Rialto Bridge, and it’s exactly as you would imagine — a 16th-century, early baroque masterpiece.

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I was motoring at a snail’s pace en route to a yoga school in Bristol with my customer in the shotgun seat. Luciana hailed from Key West, a municipality not exactly known for its wintry climes. We were caught up in one of those Vermont snow squalls that, though short lived, blow with blizzard ferocity. Route 116 was a mess.

“I’ll tell you,” I replied, “but don’t be blabbing it to everyone, ’cause it really is a secret. OK, here it is: Slow down.”

That elicited a chuckle from Luciana.

She was a slim and attractive middleaged woman with short hair midway between black and gray. The way she wore it, with bangs swept over her forehead and across one eye, reminded me of the teen sensation Justin Bieber. “Slow down?” she asked incredulously. “It’s as simple as that?”

“Yup,” I said, “and don’t you know it took me about 20 years to figure that out.

Hey, at least we don’t have to contend with hurricanes. You folks down in the Keys, it seems you’re always having to evacuate your homes. That’s gotta be a major hassle.”

“It’s like anything else — you learn to live with it,” she said. “I have my own rule of thumb: Category 3 or less, I ride it out; category 4 or 5, and I’m out of there.”

“Did you grow up in Florida? I think I detect a slight accent.”

“No, I’m not a native Floridian. I’m from northern Italy, the town of Cortina.

I moved to Key West in the ’70s.”

“I spent a couple of days in Key West once. To tell you the truth, the place struck me as kind of, well — debauched.”

I paused, giggling. “I think that’s the first time in my life I ever used that word. I must sound like an old biddy.”

Luciana laughed and said, “No, I know what you mean. But the town suits me.

It’s very relaxed and laid back, with a lot of interesting, creative people.”

“How’d you end up there? That’s got to be a story.”

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Thanks to the horn of yoga-and-Pilates plenty in the Burlington area, I actually followed through on my New Year’s resolution and can now touch my toes.

For 2011, I’ve come up with 10 vows for other people who want to get fitter or more active, and suggestions on how to keep them. Me, I’m going to learn to relax.

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But don’t bother praying for a warm spell on February 5, when Burlington penguins will dive in.

Sun, sleet or blizzard, the average temperature of Lake Champlain for the second month of the year is a steady 34 degrees.

Instead, spend your time shopping for a bathing suit and a creative T-shirt, say the members of Team Harrison, who’ve been frolicking in the frigid waters every February for 10 years. The less you wear, the faster you can change out of cold, wet clothes. (Secure footwear is also a

Camel’s Hump, muffling the noise, allowing for the occasional moose sighting and softening the contours into white pillows, an ordinary hike becomes extraordinary. “There are no bothersome bugs, and the views can be more spectacular with the leaves fallen off the hardwood trees,” says Gary Sawyer of the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks & Recreation. His checklist for a winter hike of the Hump includes drinking water, high-energy food, extra layers of clothing (including a spare hat and gloves), map, compass

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And a buddy or two. “This may be hard to accept,” cautions Sawyer, “but all winter users should be prepared to spend the night in the woods.”

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through barbed wire, among other tasks) have come up with the Peak Snowshoe Challenge, scheduled for March 5 at Pittsfield’s Amee Farm. Though you can opt for a six-mile or half-marathon distance, true winter warriors will want to tackle the 100-mile race of 15 loops on a 6.55-mile course. OK, so that’s technically 98.25 miles, but it’ll probably feel like 100.

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Through Ember Photography, Mohr and Johnson partake in some of the world’s coolest adventures, from the Arctic to the Andes, and they share their shooting skills in a weekend winter photography workshop (catamounttrail.org) at the Trapp Family Lodge from January 14 to 16. The price is steep — $750 including lodging, meals and trail fees — but so are the slopes you’ll be able to document after the workshop.

snowboard month,” and Vermont resorts are all but dragging diehard hermits out of their nicely heated hiding holes. From January 3 to 9, you can find free beginner lessons, rentals and lift tickets at such resorts as Bolton Valley, Jay Peak and Stowe. Other areas, including Killington and Pico, are giving away newbie packages all month with the “bring a friend” promotion. And all winter at Sugarbush, first-timers get three days of lessons and rentals, plus a season pass that’s good until the snow melts, for a jaw-dropping $230.

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Whatever Happened To...? « P.17 Trail Hit a Bump: Act 250 Since the 1990s, a coalition of motorized and nonmotorized recreational groups has been trying to convert an abandoned, 93.2-mile railbed between Swanton and St. Johnsbury into a multiuse recreational corridor. Once completed, the Lamoille Valley Rail Trail would become New England’s longest year-round recreational path — the backbone of a statewide trail network. But an East Hardwick landowner, whose property is just 50 feet from the trail, raised concerns last year about winter snowmobile traffic and filed an 11th-hour appeal, requesting an Act 250 review. At the time, trail proponents warned that the land-use review would delay the project by years, add thousands of dollars in costs, and possibly result in the loss of a $5 million federal grant, effectively killing the project.

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UPDATE: In late August, a Barre environmental court judge ruled that the LVRT does require an Act 250 review. Shortly thereafter, members of the board of VAST — the Vermont Association of Snow Travelers, the trail’s lead sponsor — voted unanimously to pursue the permit. Laird MacDowell, who chairs VAST’s Lamoille Valley Rail Trail committee, said that despite the extra time and expense — another year’s delay and $40,000 in new legal fees — VAST is “100 percent committed” to making this trail a reality. Working in VAST’s favor: The Act 250 coordinator assigned to the case is Geoffrey Green, who’s been supportive of the trail all along. Last year, he was the only one of three Act 250 coordinators to vote against the Act 250 requirement. For his part, MacDowell says he’s “personally getting involved” with the landowners to address their concerns about trail speed limits and curfews. Just last week, VAST’s engineering firm shared its plans at public meetings in the three affected counties.

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UPDATE: Since April, One Revolution has grown steadily. Between June and August, the company racked up 6000 miles and delivered 45 tons of product. Despite the weather challenges — road salt wreaks havoc on the people-powered delivery rigs — more and more businesses are signing up for the company’s services. Although its biggest client is still the Intervale Food Hub, One Revolution is also making deliveries for Mirabelles, Apple Mountain and Flashbags. It’s working on a plan to supply food to offices near Williston’s big-box stores. To accommodate the business, Bromley has ordered another bike and trailer. Now, if only it would stop snowing…

— L.O.

nonprofit housing developers — including the Vermont Housing Finance Agency and Burlington Housing Authority — started exploring the possibility of buying the building, but worried the college’s interest would drive up the asking price. The city values the building at $1,586,900 — far below market price because it’s subsidized housing.

UPDATE: Once the public got wind of Champlain College’s interest in Wharf Lane, the school formally dropped out, and local nonprofit housing developers began to piece together a proposal to buy the building. Residents got organized, too, through a tenants group designed to give them a voice with their new landlord — whoever that turns out to be. A sinkhole that developed in the parking lot delayed an appraisal of the building’s current value. But, as of mid-December, the nonprofits are negotiating with Pizzagalli to purchase it nonetheless.

Next year another Pizzagalli-owned, low-income-housing project is scheduled to go up for sale: the 57-unit Bobbin Mill apartments across the street on South Champlain.

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Pizzagalli Properties made a deal when it built the Wharf Lane apartments on the corner of Burlington’s South Champlain and Maple streets: to keep the housing complex “affordable” for 30 years. Three decades later, the owner is looking to sell the 37-unit apartment building to Champlain College. But doing so would displace 44 people with annual incomes in the $12,000 range. Many current Wharf Lane residents are elderly or disabled. A consortium of

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Paul Shannon is a disabled veteran from Sheffield who was wounded in the Korean Demilitarized Zone in May 1975. He’s spent the last 35 years trying to manage his chronic pain and post-traumatic stress disorder through massive doses of opiates, which twice nearly killed him.

Shannon learned through doctors, and personal experience, that marijuana alleviates many of his symptoms. But Shannon can’t get on Vermont’s medical marijuana registry because all of his medical care is provided by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. The VA doesn’t allow its physicians to recommend cannabis to their patients — even in states where it’s legal. Should he seek help from a civilian doctor, and subsequently test positive for pot, Shannon risks losing access to a crucial benefit: his federally subsidized prescription pain drugs.

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UPDATE: The VA has since revised its medical marijuana policies to resolve the conflict between state and federal drug laws. Under a directive issued on July 22, 2010, patients treated at VA hospitals and clinics may now use medicinal cannabis in the 14 states where it’s legal without fear of being denied access to VA substance-abuse programs or pain-management treatments.

However, the VA’s new policy doesn’t equate to accepting or sanctioning pot’s medicinal value. VA doctors may still alter the dosages of pain meds for patients they know are using cannabis. And VA doctors still cannot prescribe cannabis to their patients or assist them in getting on the official medical marijuana registry in their respective states. Moreover, since Shannon cannot afford to be treated by a pot-friendly civilian doctor for six months each year, as Vermont’s medical marijuana law requires, he’s still effectively caught in a cannabis catch-22.

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A Barre Renter Is Fighting City Hall for Shutting Off Her Water

Last February, the city of Barre turned off the taps at Brenda Brown’s apartment because her landlord had Brenda Brown failed to pay an overdue water bill. When Brown called city hall to appeal the shutoff — or arrange to pay her portion of water usage — she was told she couldn’t do either because she wasn’t the “ratepayer”; her landlord was. So, vermont Legal Aid brought a federal lawsuit on Brown’s behalf seeking to overturn Barre’s renter-unfriendly policy on unpaid water bills, and declare unconstitutional the state law that supports it. Brown’s two weeks without water were a pain: She was recovering from foot surgery and couldn’t bathe, flush the toilet or wash dishes without lugging bottled water up flights of stairs. Her lawsuit sought classaction status so similarly aggrieved renters would be protected from sudden disconnections.

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Meanwhile, a Rutland renter has enlisted the help of Vermont Legal Aid to sue the city of Rutland for shutting off her water — a move that touched off a nightmarish chain of events. Jennifer Kasuba’s lawsuit, filed December 3, alleges that Rutland disconnected her water on September 15 without notice because her landlord owed $807. Since the dwelling lacked water, the city deemed the building uninhabitable, forcing Kasuba, her husband and her 11-year-old son to stay in a motel. Because she was homeless, Kasuba says child-welfare officers took her son away and placed him with relatives until the family can find permanent housing.

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Why “Pete the Moose” Could Still Be Caught in the Crosshairs Eleventh-hour language slipped into the state budget bill was supposed to save “Pete the Moose.” When the celebrity cervid wound up on a Department of Fish & Wildlife hit list — to prevent the spread of “chronic wasting disease” — his 5000-plus Facebook “friends” overwhelmed state officials with emails, phone calls and letters urging them to spare the beast. But the alternative, facilitated by this last-minute law, may turn out to be worse: It grants ownership of Pete and roughly 200 whitetail deer to Doug Nelson, who runs a 700-acre game farm in Irasburg. Noting his operation falls under the jurisdiction of the Agency of Agriculture, not Fish & Wildlife, the law inadvertently allows Nelson to profit from letting paying hunters pick off Pete and friends.

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Regional program director Jim Henzel reports the first two months have been essentially problem free. “We’ve done well with our neighbors,” he says. Lt. Jennifer Morrison of the Burlington Police Department reports there have been no calls for service at the Phoenix House and “no drain on police resources.” The facility will be at capacity by the end of January.

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UPDATE: Douglas missed an August deadline to inform the Agency of Agriculture how he planned to prevent interaction between wild and domestic animals on his property, raising suspicion that he will continue to flout state law and jurisdiction. He finally came through with a plan in October, but it doesn’t include any strategy for keeping the animal population from getting too large, or state whether he would personally profit from the “culling” of hunting native species. Meanwhile, animal enthusiasts anticipate a bill will likely be introduced in the legislature this session that would revert oversight of Nelson’s herds back to Fish & Wildlife. Otherwise, the state doesn’t get to call any shots on his property.

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This year’s Democratic gubernatorial primary was the most crowded and competitive in memory. To help voters distinguish the Dems, Seven Days produced in-depth profiles of the candidates. Matt Dunne, the 40-year-old Google executive and former state senator, trailed a distant fourth in the polls but carved out a niche as the “youth” candidate. Dunne earned a loyal following among activists, “creative economy” entrepreneurs and a few celebrities, including environmentalist Bill McKibben and business guru Tom Peters.

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Brian Dubie in one of the nastiest campaigns in Vermont history. Since then, Shumlin has appointed his primary opponents — except Dunne — to high-profile posts in his administration: Doug Racine as secretary of human services; Deb Markowitz as secretary of natural resources; and Susan Bartlett as special assistant to the governor.

Dunne, 41, has kept a low profile since the August 24 primary. Days before, his brother, Josh, suffered a stroke. “In retrospect, it would have been incredibly difficult had I managed to win the primary, because my priority would have been where it needed to be, which was with Josh,” says Dunne, who was in San Francisco on Google business last week. After putting his day job on hold during the campaign, Dunne returned to work for the Internet giant. He also bought a tractor, a 44-horsepower Kubota front loader, which Dunne calls “the most exquisite form of therapy I could possibly imagine.”

What about rumors that Shumlin was eyeing Dunne for secretary of commerce? Dunne denies it. Dunne says Shumlin visited him after the election but didn’t offer him anything. “I said, ‘Peter, look. I’m happy to help in whatever way that’s useful, but I don’t need a job. I’ve got a great job.’” The governorelect has since asked Dunne to serve on a broadband task force and he agreed.

Will Dunne run for office again?

“There are certainly politics in my future,” he says.

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In a recent interview Hollender said, “I’m still trying to get clear with Seventh Generation what I can and can’t say.” Insisting his firing had nothing to do with his competence, he went on, “There were some differences in values and philosophy between me and the board. I tried to create a company that was an exception to the rules of how many companies operate. My conclusion now is, we have to focus on changing those rules.”

From his home in Charlotte, Hollender now leads the American Sustainable Business Council, an 18-month-old grouping of some 60,000 small- and medium-size companies that sees itself as an alternative to the conservative U.S. Chamber of Commerce. The council takes policy stands opposite those of the chamber, advocating action on climate change, for example, and “stopping the Bush tax cuts from being rolled forward for high-income people.” Hollender will also continue serving on the board of Greenpeace and other eco-minded organizations. His forthcoming book, titled Planet Home, will be published by a division of Random House.

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The Post began running a second installment of “Top Secret America” on its December 20 front page.

Arkin and co-reporter Dana Priest, a Pulitzer Prize winner, this time focus on the local level, unveiling a “vast domestic intelligence apparatus” that collects information on thousands of Americans, “many of whom have not been accused of any wrongdoing.”

Much of the surveillance is motivated by perceived or presumed connections between Islam and terrorism, the reporters write. They quote Ramon Montijo, a former U.S. Army Special Forces sergeant, who says he has taught classes on Islam and terrorism to law-enforcement officers in Vermont and several other states.

An interactive map accompanying the Post series lists 27 offices in Vermont engaged in domestic counter-terrorism activities. Seven of them are in Chittenden County, including two in Burlington: a U.S. Secret Service branch and an outpost of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, aka ICE. The map also highlights three operations in Williston, one of which is known as the Vermont Fusion Center.

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“I don’t see it as you in your camp and we in our camp.”

In addition to citing a variety of U.S. peacemaking initiatives, Verveer expressed frustration that the attacks on women are continuing. “If it were easy, it would have been done by now,” she said of efforts to stop the estimated 15,000 rapes that have occurred this year in the eastern DRC. The students pressed Verveer and Swart on a number of issues. St. Mike’s senior Kate Bailey asked pointedly why the United States keeps supplying aid to Rwanda and Uganda, neighboring countries accused in United Nations reports of complicity in the violence against Congolese women and girls.

“These countries have a need for bilateral aid,” Swart said. “There is no simple solution, no simple answer to the question you’re asking,” he added.

The Dear Hillary contingent expressed satisfaction following the hourlong meeting that the campaign’s concerns had at least been heard at a high level. But the activists weren’t placated. They’ll be working in the new year to organize what they hope will be a major demonstration in front of the State Department — either in March, which is Women’s History Month, or in May sometime around Mother’s Day.

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Buy a button — it’s your ticket to local music, theater, dancing and fireworks. Both Burlington and Montpelier’s festivities rev up at noon; fun in St. Johnsbury starts at 4 p.m.

The Queen City’s downtown party is a doozy, as usual. Sixteen locations are home to local tunes (Japanese drumming by Burlington Taiko and gypsy jazz by the Queen City Hot Club, for starters), storytelling by reigning “weird stuff” expert Joseph Citro, a big-top bonanza

by Circus Smirkus, the annual Drums and Dragons Parade ... you name it. Light shows explode over the lake at 7 p.m. and midnight.

The Capital City cranks into gear with a schedule that festival coordinator Jimmy Swift says is brimming with about 80 percent new programming. Hit the fun at full speed after pounding the pavement in the 16th annual Central Vermont Runners 5K Road Race at 3 p.m. From there, flit among more than a dozen venues for sleights of hand by Rob Mermin’s Soap Bubbles Circus, face painting at the City Center, the yearly Lost Nation Theater Cabaret, and more. Revelers convene at City Hall Plaza for the Parade of Lights and Disco Party at 9 p.m., and festivities wind down after 10 p.m. for those who hear warm beds — or other parties — calling.

In the Northeast Kingdom, St. J’s historic downtown fills with its own share of marvels, including the Hypzotique Bellydance Circus at Fuller Hall, toe-tapping action at the Country Corners Square Dance, a giggle fest brought on by Valley Improv and a 1960s flashback courtesy of Mellow Yellow Experience. Migrate to the St. Johnsbury Academy gym parking lot at midnight for the raising of the New Year’s ball and a full fireworks show.

Whew. As if that wasn’t enough to pack your social calendar, neighboring towns offer their own take on New Year’s — from an Austin Powers-themed bash at Waitsfield’s Big Picture Theater & Café to swingin’ Sinatra tunes at Middlebury’s Town Hall Theater. See below for details.

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Four 50-minute planetarium shows at Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium embrace the celestial landscape, especially those constellations visible from our own backyards. Recline on benches to watch a 24-foot domed ceiling become a canvas for “reveling in the beauty of the sky and night,” says presenting astronomer Bobby Farlice-Rubio. While most planetarium shows throughout the country are prerecorded, Fairbanks’ are always performed live, allowing audience interaction and a greater variety in subject matter. Approached with a “lighthearted combination of science and storytelling,” says Farlice-Rubio, Friday’s “Space, Inc.” focuses on trends toward outer-space vacations. Ready to see stars?

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Dancing Djinn 6:45 p.m., 7:45 p.m., 8:45 p.m. at the corner of Main Street and Eastern Avenue, and prior to the midnight fireworks at the St. Johnsbury Academy gym parking lot.

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New Year’s Eve Contra Dance: Friday, December 31, 8 p.m., at Tracy Hall in Norwich. $15; half price for folks 10-16 and over 60; bring finger food to share. Info, 785-4607.

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Friday, December 31, 4 p.m.-1 a.m., at Sherburne Base Lodge, Burke Mountain, in East Burke. $40 includes dinner and dance; $15 for dance only. Info, 626-7390. www. skiburke.com

Friday, December 31, 8 p.m., at Town Hall Theater in Middlebury. $25. Info, 382-9222. www.townhalltheater.org

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ll you need is right here in this room,” sings Peter Katz in “Carried Away.”

Those in attendance of one of his two First Night Burlington concerts may be inclined to agree. Circus stunts and puppet-laden parades rage outside, but the Grand Prize winner of Toronto’s Indie Week offers fierce competition with quiet acoustic sentiments that explore the full spectrum of human emotion. The songs on his latest album, First of the Last to Know, draw inspiration from real-life stories, such as fiddler Oliver Schroer’s battle with leukemia in “Oliver’s Tune,” and “embod[y] Canadian folk,” writes Spill Magazine. The artist collaborated with folk greats Glen Hansard, the Good Lovelies and Melissa McClelland on that record, but he’ll fly solo at the Amy E. Tarrant Gallery and First Congregational Church theater to bid 2010 a sweet adieu.

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ireworks may be grand, but lanterns are a reveler’s best friend at this year’s First Night Montpelier. The Capital City does away with the pyrotechnics (promising a bigger Fourth of July show instead) in favor of a solid hour of illuminated disco fever. Prep for the Parade of Lights by attending a lantern-making workshop in the afternoon. Then light the way for the Main Street procession, a vision of drummers, dancers, torchbearers and puppets. The open-air Disco Party starts at City Hall Plaza with what has to be the oddest musical pairing ever: Nine-year-old DJ Don P (Montpelier’s Paolo Rovetto) and sculptor Antoinette Jacobson jam out simultaneously, the latter on a handmade fire organ, aka “pyrophone,” which plays in response to flames. No, really.

Following hot feats by Kerry Kaye Fire & Light, Montpelierites release roughly 250 glowing, biodegradable hot-air lanterns. With a greeting like that, 2011 is already looking up.

Parade of Lights and Disco Party Parade begins at 8:45 p.m. at Kellogg-Hubbard Library and proceeds to City Hall Plaza for the Disco Party, 9-10 p.m. Lantern launch, weather permitting, takes place around 9:45 p.m. Lantern-Making Workshop: 4-7 p.m. at City Center.

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Fresh Fare Minus its famed original chef, how’s the food at Bluebird Tavern?

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t was the shock of the year in Vermont’s restaurant scene: Last month, Bluebird Tavern owner Sue Bette announced that Michael Clauss had replaced chef Aaron Josinsky.

In the year and a half since the Burlington gastropub opened, Josinsky’s cooking had garnered a James Beard Foundation nomination for Best New Restaurant and numerous mentions in the national press. His signature farmto-table style seemed irreplaceable.

But Clauss came to the Bluebird with a well-publicized track record of his own. Following his tenures as executive chef of Daniel Boulud’s New York City Feast & Fêtes catering company and sous-chef at the restaurant Daniel in New York, the former New England Culinary Institute instructor returned to Vermont early this year to head the kitchen at The Daily Planet.

Not long after starting there, Clauss competed for a place representing the United States in the world’s most prestigious culinary competition, the Bocuse d’Or. Yet The Daily Planet was never transformed quite the way restaurant watchers expected. Clauss made impressive contributions, such as his own churned butter, but the contemporary American fare at the Burlington institution showed no signs of a drastic makeover.

Observers who knew Clauss’ reputation for world-class cuisine wondered if the chef perhaps wasn’t showing his full deck. Would he pull out all the stops when he got a chance to tackle Bluebird’s more ambitious menu?

In a word, yes. When I returned to the Bluebird earlier this month for the first time since last summer, I had one of the best meals I’ve tried there, possibly the best. I was impressed with what I found at the restaurant’s outpost kiosk on Church Street, too.

Inside the restaurant, the welcoming, rustically hip interior was unchanged.

Service was excellent as ever. Our server thoughtfully answered lots of dumb questions about the drink menu before finally helping my party to choose Elsa’s Coquito, a Puerto Rican take on eggnog featuring a delicious mix of coconut milk, lime and cinnamon.

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The menu presented an embarrassment of riches. Did I want parsnip and apple soup with stuffed rabbit and chestnuts floating therein? How about guinea hen pot-au-feu with foie gras and black truffles?

Several tables near me had ordered the beet parfait small plate. The colorful stack of goat cheese, arugula and beet sorbet looked like a delightful dessert. Many diners also appeared to be enjoying a pork belly and octopus dish. Tantalizing as those choices were, I knew one starter in particular would indicate the new state of the Bluebird better than anything else. I had to order the butcher’s board.

The wooden board appeared at the table crammed with more delicacies than ever — I counted nine, not including grainy honey mustard and a pair of cured caper berries. Most of the charcuterie components were more than mere cured meat — they were tiny composed dishes prepared with sushi-like precision.

I tucked right in to a crispy cube of smoked-paprika-flavored pork belly, and its creamy fattiness melted in my mouth.

Classic chicken-liver mousse got new life from a coating of cocoa and a pile of tiny rounds of sweet-and-sour pickled onions. Housemade ham was very lightly salted and far more delicate than the prosciutto-style meat I expected.

The nest of subtle, razor-thin slices was drizzled in unctuous foie-gras honey that took the concept of honey-glazed ham to a new level of extravagance.

And those weren’t even my favorites.

They couldn’t surpass the rabbit terrine studded with tangy cranberries and topped with juicy slices of fresh pear; or the duck pâté dressed with a miniature haystack comprising Campari-flavored matchsticks of candied Meyer lemon.

The latter was a particularly sensuous experience. The sweet but astringent citrus cut with diamond precision through the gamy flavor of the duck, which bloomed with lush fat.

Spread on buttery, grilled Red Hen Baking Company bread, this assemblage could have been a meal in itself. But just as we finished the last piece of spiced

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reminded me of Ritz crackers, and the combination of buttery, salty and sweet tastes was every bit as addictive. My only complaint about the glorious pieces of bird concerned their thick, rubbery skin.

It was easy to remove, but not much fun to eat.

I left the Bluebird that night feeling slightly drunk from a combination of excitement and cholesterol overload.

The following week, I headed to Church Street to see how the restaurant’s first and only satellite was faring.

In September, Bette opened the Bluebird Coffee Stop in the kiosk that once housed Cheese ’n’ Crust Souperstar and, before that, Klinger’s Bread Company.

Clauss told me in a recent interview that he planned to expand

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the options at the downtown outpost New Year’s Eve and make it “more of a satellite” to the is how you’ll spend Riverside Avenue restaurant. the rest of your year.

Bette herself was working the counter when I arrived, and poured my FrenchSo... First Night crepes, anyone? pressed Black River Roasters coffee. The Join us NYE with rich java smelled more chocolaty than The Move It Move It actual chocolate. When I spilled some $10 cover includes a midnight toast! on my glove, I couldn’t stop sniffing it.

Clauss had promised he’d serve a roCorner of Lake & College, Burlington 540-0188 tating cast of four baguette sandwiches 89 Main St., Montpelier 262-2253 daily. I tried one spread with salty butter www.skinnypancake.com and filled with the same housemade ham I sampled on the restaurant’s butcher’s board. While I appreciated the ham’s subtlety when it was solo, I wished for a little more punch when it came stacked on the thick ficelle.

But an egg-salad sandwich tasted great even to this eater, who usually cringes at the very idea. Almost micro1:30-3pm, Mon-Fri scopically thin slices of scallion gave the Buy one muffin, get one FREE! soft, well-seasoned eggs a hint of sophis88 Oak St., Old North End, Burlington tication. At just before noon, Bette said 802-540-0050 • www.chubbymuffin.com she had already sold out of the soup du jour, but she promised to have plenty of creamy chicken the next day.

Come Celebrate the 8v-SkinnyChubby122910.indd 1 12/18/10 2:33 PM I was also disappointed to see that New Year with us, too! my favorite densely chocolaty pudding, topped with salt and milk jam, wasn’t Join us available that day. Desserts were limited for the 2nd annual... to a selection of cookies.

Instead, I ordered a jar of bacon-candied almonds, one of my favorites at the Bluebird since it opened. Bette presented a Ball jar full of them and explained that if I returned it empty, she would give me 50 cents. A combo of sweet, crunchy almonds and meat that’s environmentally January 1, 2010 responsible? Sign me up. from 10am-3pm My overall assessment of the new Bluebird? Clauss has recharged the $ restaurant with a sense of fun and whimsy that’s simultaneously new and ALL old. Nothing is dramatically different, YOU and many dishes still bear Josinsky’s CAN stamp. However, the changes appear to EAT! be for the better. With a place for both the approachable fare he prepared at The Daily Planet and the artistic flair he showed when competing for the Bocuse d’Or, Clauss seems to have found an ideal match for his skills at the Bluebird.

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whole wing and boneless breast were packed into an oblong metal basket with a pair of buttermilk biscuits that were soft and chewy inside and crispy outside.

The basket came with two canning jars filled with vinegary green cabbage slaw and something that resembled potato salad but was actually herb-flecked, deviled parsnips.

At first bite, the chicken wing dribbled juice down my chin. The meat was tender, but just sturdy enough not to take on the waterlogged texture that indicates overbrining. The unique batter

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deer terrine with cacao nibs, out came the entrées.

The double burger, filled with Boucher Family Farm blue cheese and stacked on a fluffy grilled bun, has become a classic at the Bluebird. Clauss has created a new one with his introduction of the lamb burger. The paired patties were every bit as luxuriously greasy as the beef ones. While the original is all lush earthiness, the lamb burger’s richness had a counterpoint. Minted yogurt replaced the blue cheese at the center of the two patties. Instead of the Bluebird’s crisp, salty, bistro-style frites, a salad of lightly dressed greens and herbs made me feel slightly less like a heart attack might be imminent. The burger accomplished a rare feat: It was so tasty that the accompanying Vermont Smoke and Cure bacon almost seemed like an afterthought.

At $13, the lamb burger was two bucks cheaper than the double beef — another sign of the new regime. When I interviewed him during his first days at Bluebird, Clauss promised to offer at least four lower-priced tavern options every night. He delivered, and I look forward to seeing what’s next.

As a whole, the new menu responded to some of the concerns of diners who didn’t find the old one approachable.

There were no mysterious ingredients or Italian terms that might confuse all but the most informed. Sure, foie-gras terrine came with “Lillet gelée,” and Onset Bay oysters were topped with “tarragon sabayon and bacon powder,” but that was as esoteric as things got.

My other entrée, Vermont fried chicken, exemplified Bluebird’s more populist options. The $21 meal was easily enough for two. A chicken thigh,

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visited close to 70 restaurants this year. It’s rare that I miss an opportunity to check out a new, newish or new-to-me spot for the paper or my “Alice Eats” series on Blurt, the Seven Days staff blog. Every Tuesday, I review a restaurant where diners can get a meal for two for less than $35. This includes plenty of low-brow fare, but also great deals at places where you could easily impress a date.

Given my gorging all over the state, it’s a true achievement for any restaurant to emerge as my clear favorite of the year. When I visited Waitsfield’s Barn Door Restaurant at 1824 House in August, I had high expectations. They were surpassed.

I can’t stop thinking about Chef Luke Stone’s creative use of local ingredients.

Putting together a weekly specials menu using products from a single featured farm forces Stone to stretch himself, culinary-wise, and to use optimally of-the-moment ingredients.

Since my meal at The Barn Door, I’ve continued to look compulsively at the online menu and fantasize about making a trip to sample winter dishes such as pork-belly steamed buns with kohlrabi salad; and cassoulet with lamb, duck confit and housemade garlic sausage — made with meat from PT Farm, Hudson Valley Foie Gras and Mountain View Farm, respectively. Here’s my original review of the Barn Door, published on the web on August 31.

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n Burlington, when a yen for handcrafted, farm-to-table fare hits, Bluebird Tavern and The Farmhouse Tap & Grill are obvious options.

Whether you’re near Waitsfield or not, I recommend that you hightail it to The Barn Door.

The 1824 House, right along Waitsfield’s main drag, was long known as the spot to hit for a formal, Europeaninflected dinner. Connie and Dean Mendell — of the Village Porch Bar & Bistro in Rochester — reopened the inn this June with a more casual restaurant that strikes both global and local chords.

Ever since I saw the menu, I had been gasping to give it a try.

I wasn’t disappointed. How could I have been, given that I showed up during “beef week”? Each week, Chef Luke Stone — a protégé of Maura O’Sullivan and Charles Reeves of Penny Cluse Café — plans several specials around the goods from one local farm.

A small sandwich board on the side of the road trumpeted this cycle’s main ingredient: beef from Orb Weaver Farm

in New Haven. Though I was tempted by homemade spaghetti with herb-andshallot meatballs and garlic bread, I decided to try a couple of menu staples instead, made with meats from 1824’s regular suppliers.

But first, there were rolls. Oh, the rolls! Like wheat Easter eggs with a doughy inside and chewy crust. The spritz of butter alongside was the size of my (small) fist, and was not only eminently spreadable but wonderfully creamy and salty.

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ACT 250 NOTICE MINOR APPLICATION 10 V.S.A., SECTIONS 6001 - 6092 On December 16, 2010, Eric Bissonette filed application #4C1243 for a project generally described as: The construction of two, three-story buildings, each consisting of 2,496 sq. ft. of commercial space on the first floor and 6 residential units on the second and third floors (total of 12 residential units). The project is located on a 3.10 acre parcel at 321 U.S. Route 7 South in the Town of Milton, VT. The District 4 Environmental Commission will review this application under Act 250 Rule 51 — Minor Applications. Copies of the application and proposed permit are available for review at the Milton Town Office, Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission located at 110 West Canal Street, Suite 202, Winooski, and the office listed below. The application and proposed permit may also be viewed on the Natural Resources Board’s web site (www. nrb.state.vt.us/lup) by clicking on “Act 250 Database” and entering the case number above.

No hearing will be held unless, on or before Tuesday, January 18, 2011, a party notifies the District Commission of an issue or issues requiring the presentation of evidence at a hearing or the commission sets the matter for hearing on its own motion. Any hearing request shall be in writing to the address below, shall state the

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

Should a hearing be held on this project and you have a disability for which you are going to need accommodation, please notify us by Tuesday, January 18, 2011.

Parties entitled to participate are the Municipality, the Municipal Planning Commission, the Regional Planning Commission, affected state agencies, and

adjoining property owners and other persons to the extent they have a particularized interest that may be affected by the proposed project under the 10 criteria.

Non-party participants may also be allowed under 10 V.S.A. Section 6085(c)(5).

The Burlington City Council has placed the following three proposals to amend sections of the Burlington City Charter on the ballot of the Annual City Meeting to be held March 1, 2011.

Dated at Essex Junction, Vermont this 17th day of December, 2010.

“Shall the Charter of the City of Burlington, Acts of 1949, No. 298 as amended be further amended to amend Section 5 thereof to read as follows:

By /s/Stephanie H. Monaghan Stephanie H. Monaghan Natural Resources Board District #4 Coordinator 111 West Street Essex Junction, VT 05452 T/ 802-879-5662 E/ stephanie. monaghan@state.vt.us NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS Pursuant to the requirements of 17 V.S.A. Sec. 2645, public hearings concerning proposed amendments to the Burlington City Charter will be held on January 14, 2011 at 12:00 noon and January 24, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. in Contois Auditorium, City Hall, Burlington, Vermont.

The first proposal is as follows:

Sec. 5. Election to be by ballot; method of election; runoff elections The election of the mayor and all city councilors and school commissioners shall be by ballot, and the person or persons receiving a plurality of all votes cast for any office aforesaid shall, except as hereinafter provided, be declared elected thereto. However, if no candidate for mayor receives at least 50 percent of all votes cast for that office and if no person receives at least 40 percent of all votes cast for any city council or school commissioner office aforesaid, no

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one shall be declared elected and a runoff election shall be held.

The only candidates in the runoff election shall be the two persons receiving the greater number of votes or, in case of a tie, the persons receiving the greatest number of votes or the persons receiving the second greatest number of votes. The chief administrative officer shall within seven days warn a runoff election to be held not less than 12 days nor more than 20 days after the date of the warning. The warning shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the city and posted in a public place. The person or persons receiving a plurality of all the votes cast in a runoff election shall be declared elected.?: The second proposal is as follows: “Shall the Charter of the City of Burlington, Acts of 1949, No. 298 as amended be further amended to amend Sec. 48 thereof to read as follows: Sec. 48. Enumerated.

The city council shall have power: (46) to enact and enforce rules for its government and for the government of the board of aldermen city council.

Notwithstanding 1 V.S.A. Sec. 172, the city council may enact rules providing that as long as a quorum exists a valid majority for taking action may be a concurrence of a majority of those present and voting.

The third proposal is as follows: “Shall the Charter of the City of Burlington, Acts of 1949, No. 298 as amended be further amended to amend Section 154 thereof to read as follows: Sec. 154. Composition.

The board of finance shall be constituted as follows: The mayor shall, ex officio, be chairman of said board and together with the president of the city council, the chief administrative officer, and two three additional members of the city council who shall be elected at the first meeting of the city council in April of each year and

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Post & browse ads at your convenience. who shall serve a term of one year from the date of their election, shall constitute said board of finance. In addition, the chief administrative officer shall serve as a non-voting member of said board. All of the additional three members elected from the city council may not be members of the same political party. Each of the additional two members elected from the city council shall be members of different political parties. The members of said board shall be trustees of public moneys for the city and shall have the powers and perform all the duties of similar officers in towns of this state; provided, however, that they shall make no investment or reinvestment of any of the cemetery endowment funds of the city without first obtaining the written approval thereof by a majority of the board of cemetery commissioners. The clerk-treasurer’s office shall provide staff assistance for said board. In the absence or disability of the mayor or president of the city council the chief administrative officer

shall sit as a voting member.?” *Material stricken out deleted. **Material underlined added.

An official copy of the proposed Charter amendments is on file for public inspection in the Office of the City Clerk, and copies will also be made available to members of the public upon request.

STATE OF VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT Chittenden Unit CIVIL DIVISION Docket No. S1495-09 Cnc Aurora Loan Services, LLC, Plaintiff v.

Lee R. Cowin and Occupants residing at 58 Railroad Street, Milton, Vermont, Defendants NOTICE OF SALE By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Aurora Loan Services, LLC to Lee R. Cowin dated November 13, 2006 and recorded

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in Volume 338, Page 649 of the Land Records of the Town of Milton, 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 January 6, 2011, at 58 Railroad Street, Milton, Vermont all and singular the premises described in said mortgage: To Wit: Being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to Lee R. Cowin by Warranty Deed of 58 Railroad, LLC dated December 12, 2005 and recorded December 14, 2005 in Volume 325 at Page 357 of the Town of Milton Land Records.

Terms of Sale: $10,000.00 to be paid in cash or cashier’s check by purchaser at the time of sale, with the balance due at closing. The sale is subject to taxes due and owing to the Town of Milton.

The mortgagor is entitled to redeem the premises at any time prior to the sale by

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LEGALS [CONT.] 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 December, 2010.

Aurora Loan Services, LLC By: Joshua B. Lobe, Esq. Lobe & Fortin, PLC 30 Kimball Ave., Ste. 306 South Burlington, VT 05403 STATE OF VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT Chittenden Unit

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CIVIL DIVISION Docket No. S1432-09 CnC Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Indenture Trustee, on behalf of the holders of the Accredited Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-2 Asset Backed Notes, Plaintiff, v James R. Wooster and Pamela J. Wooster, and Any Other Occupants of 140 Curtis Avenue, Unit B, Burlington, Vermont, Defendants.

NOTICE OF SALE By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain Mortgage Deed dated June 26, 2006 from James R. Wooster and Pamela J. Wooster to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (MERS), as Nominee for Accredited Home Lenders, Inc. Said Mortgage Deed was recorded on July 3, 2006 in Volume 965, Pages 244-265 of the City of Burlington Land Records. The subject Promissory Note and Mortgage were assigned from Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (MERS), as Nominee for Accredited Home Lenders, Inc., to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Indenture Trustee, on

behalf of the holders of the Accredited Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-2 Asset Backed Notes, by an Assignment dated April 14, 2009 and recorded on April 22, 2009 in Volume 1064, Page 576 of the City of Burlington 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 1:00 o’clock PM, on the 14th day of January, A.D. 2011, at the subject premises of 140 Curtis Avenue, Unit B, Burlington, Vermont, all and singular the premises described in said mortgage will be sold as a whole.

To wit: “Being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to James Wooster and Pamela Wooster by Warranty Deed of Michelle Little and Timothy Little dated May 4, 2005 of record at Book 914, Page 575 of the City of Burlington Land Records.

“Being Unit B of Curtis Gardens, located at 140 Curtis Avenue, Burlington, Vermont, as designated in the Declaration of Curtis Gardens dated November 21, 1991 and recorded in Volume 440, Page 635 of the City of Burlington Land Records.

“Being Unit B as depicted on a Site Plan of record on Hanger 244A of the Burlington Land Records, and as depicted as Unit A on a Floor Plan of Record on Hanger 243F of said Land Records.

“Also herein is an undivided fifty (50%) percent interest in the Common Areas and Facilities as described in said Curtis Gardens and the aforementioned Declaration of Curtis Gardens.”

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 Vermont Superior Court, Chittenden Civil Division. 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: December 15, 2010 December 22, 2010 December 29, 2010

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THE COMPASSIONATE FRIENDS Burlington Chapter TCF which meets on the 3rd Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at 277 Blair Park Road, Williston - for more information call Dee Ressler, 802 660-8797.

Rutland Chapter TCF which meets on the 1st Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at Grace Congregational Church, West St., Rutland, VT - for more information call Susan Mackey, 802 446-2278. Hospice Volunteer Services (HVS) also serves bereaved parents with monthly peer support groups, with short-term educational consultations and referrals to local grief and loss counselors.

HVS is located in the Marble Works district in Middlebury. Please

call 802-388-4111 for more information about how to connect with appropriate support services.

LGBTQ GRIEF AND LOSS GROUP Every Monday, 12pm, RU12? Community Center, Champlain Mill, 20 Winooski Falls Way, Winooski. A once-a-week group is forming at RU12? for those interested in giving voice to their experience(s) with loss and listening to other’s.

Topics could include but are not limited to: grieving, letting go, resolution, moving on, self-image, rituals, and learnings. Contact thecenter@ru12.org for more information.

TRANS GUY’S GROUP Every fourth Monday, RU12? Community Center, 20 Winooski Falls Way, Champlain Mill 1st Floor, Winooski, 6-7:30 p.m. This is a social and support group specifically for trans men. This informal, peer-facilitated group welcomes maleidentified people at any stage of transition. As this is currently a closed group, please contact the center to sign up: thecenter@ru12.org or 860-RU12.

SOCIAL SUPPORT GROUP FOR LGBTQ PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES Come together to talk, connect, and find support around a number of issues including: Coming Out, Socializing. Challenges around employment.

Safe Sex. Self Advocacy.

Choosing Partners.

Discovering who you are. And anything else you want to talk about!

The first meeting will be on Tuesday, October 26 at 4 p.m. at the RU12?

Community Center at the Champlain Mill in Winooski. For more information contact Sheila (Sheila@ru12.org) or David (Dave6262002@ yahoo.com) GLAM CORE GROUP MEETING Wednesdays, 6-7:30 p.m., RU12?

Community Center, Champlain Mill, 20 Winooski Falls Way, Winooski. We’re looking for young gay and bi guys who are interested in putting together great events, meeting new people, and reaching out to other guys! Core Group runs our program, and we want your input!

If you’re a young gay or bisexual man who would like to get involved, email us at glam@ru12. org or check us out on

Facebook (http://www. facebook.com/glamvt).

TRANS SUPPORT GROUP Every first and third Wednesday, RU12?

Community Center, 20 Winooski Falls Way, Champlain Mill 1st Floor, Winooski, 6:30-8 p.m.

This peer-led, informal group is open to all trans people and to any discussion topics raised.

It is a respectful and confidential space for socializing, support, and discussion. Contact thecenter@ru12.org for more information.

LGBTQ SURVIVORS OF VIOLENCE SafeSpace offers peer-led support groups for survivors of relationship violence, dating violence, emotional violence or hate violence. These groups give survivors a safe and supportive environment to tell their stories, share information, and offer and receive support. Please call Ann or Brenda at 863-0003 if you are interested in joining one of these groups or for more information.

MALE GBTQ SURVIVORS OF VIOLENCE SafeSpace is offering a peer-led support group for male- identified survivors of relationship violence, dating violence, emotional violence or hate violence. This group will meet in Winooski at the RU12? Community Center and will be facilitated by Damian.

Support groups give survivors a safe and supportive environment to tell their stories, share information, and offer and receive support.

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NAMI CONNECTION (National Alliance on Mental Illness) NAMI Connection Recovery Support Group for individuals living with mental illnesses. Call Tammy at 1-800-6396480 or email us at connections@namivt.org BENNINGTON: Every Tuesday, 1-2:30 p.m., United Couseling Service, 316 Dewey St., CTR Center (Community Rehabilitation and Treatment).

BURLINGTON: Every Thursday, 4-5:30 p.m., St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral, 2 Cherry Street. ESSEX JUNCTION: 2nd and 4th Saturday of the month, 2-3:30 p.m., Congregational Church, 39 Main Street.

HARTFORD: 2nd and 4th Friday 4-5:30 p.m., Hartford Library. Call Barbara Austin, 802-4571512. MONTPELIER:

1st and 3rd Thursdays, 6-7:30 p.m., KelloggHubbard Library, East Montpelier Room (basement). NEWPORT: 2nd and 4th Tuesday, 6-7:30 p.m. Medical Arts Building (attached to North Country Hospital), 2nd floor conference room. RANDOLPH: Every 2nd and 4th Wednesday, 5-6:30 p.m., United Church, 18 N. Main Street. BATTLEBORO: Call for details.

EATING DISORDERS SUPPORT GROUP This is a therapist-facilitated, drop-in support group for women with eating disorders. Women over 18 only please. This group will be held every other Wednesday from 5:30-7 p.m.

Free. Vermont Center for Yoga & Therapy, 364 Dorset St., Suite 204, So. Burlington.

802-658-9440.

CAREGIVER SUPPORT GROUP This group offers support to those caring for loved ones with memory loss due to dementia. The group meets the second and fourth Thursday of the month from 6:30-7:30 p.m. at The Converse Home, 272 Church St, Burlington.

For more info call: 802-862-0401.

MAN-TO-MAN CHAMPLAIN VALLEY PROSTATE CANCER Support group meets 6-8 p.m., 2nd Tuesday of each month at the Hope Lodge at the UVM/FAHC campus.

1-800-ACS-2345.

VEGGIE SUPPORT GROUP Want To Feel Supported On Your Vegetarian/Vegan Journey? Want more info. on Healthy Veggy Diets? Want to share and socialize at Veggy Potlucks, and more, in the greater Burlington Area? This is your opportunity to join with other like-minded folks. veggy4life@gmail.com, 802-658-4991.

CODEPENDENTS ANONYMOUS Meets on Sundays from 12-1 p.m. at the Turning Point Center, 191 Bank St., Burlington. This is a fellowship of men and women that meet and review the 12 steps of CODA, read stories from the CODA anonymous big book and share their experiences, strengths and hopes as we support each other.

Open to everyone. Info: Larry, WLTRS@aol. com, 802-658-9994 or Jeff, JCDANIS@ Burlingtontelecom.

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For directions, call the Turning Point Center at 802-861-3150.

QUIT SMOKING GROUPS Are you ready to live a smoke-free lifestyle?

Free 4-week Quit Smoking Groups are being offered through the VT Quit Network Fletcher Allen Quit in Person program in your community. Free Nicotine Replacement products are available for program participants.

For more information or to register, call 847-6541 or wellness@ vtmednet.org. For ongoing statewide class schedules, contact the VT Quit Network at www. vtquitnetwork.org.

BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GROUP Learn how to cope with grief, with the intention of receiving and offering support to each other.

The group is informal and includes personal sharing of our grief experiences. Open to anyone who has experienced the death of a loved one. There is no fee. Meets every other week Mondays, 6-8 p.m. at the Central Vermont Home Health & Hospice, Barre. 802-223-1878, www.cvhhh.org.

DIGESTIVE SUPPORT GROUP Join this open support group, hosted by Carrie Shamel, and gain information regarding digestive disorders. If you suffer from any kind of digestive disorder or discomfort this is the place for you! Open to all. Meets the first Monday of every month at 6 p.m. in the Healthy Living Learning Center.

For more information contact Carrie Shamel at carrie.shamel@gmail. com. www.llleus.org/ state/vermont/html.

AL-ANON IN ST. JOHNSBURY Tues. & Thurs., 7 p.m., Kingdom Recovery Center (Dr. Bob’s birthplace), 297 Summer St., St. Johnsbury. Sat., 10 a.m., Unitarian Universalist Church, Cherry St., St. Johnsbury.

SEEKING ACTIVE RETIREES/50+ To form a social group.

Snowshoeing, theater, biking, hiking, kayaking, etc. Please call 802864-0604. Lv. msg. if no answer.

NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS (NA) Drug Problem? We Can Help. If you think you have a problem with drugs, including alcohol, give yourself a break.

Narcotics Anonymous is a fellowship for individuals who have a desire to recover from the disease of addiction. NA offers a practical and proven way to live and enjoy life without the use of drugs.

To find an NA Meeting near you in Vermont or Northern New York, please go to www.cvana. org/Meetinglist.pdf or call our 24-hour, toll free, confidential number, (866) 580-8718 or (802) 862-4516. For more information about NA, please go to http://www. na.org/?ID=ips-index and click on “>Is NA for Me? CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME SUPPORT GROUP AND FIBROMYALGIA SUPPORT GROUP 1-3 p.m., every third Thursday at The Bagel Cafe, Ethan Allen Shopping Center, N. Ave., Burlington. Please call or visit website for location information, www.vtcfids.org or call 1-800-296-1445 or 802-660-4817 (Helaine “Lainey” Rappaport).

ARE YOU HAVING PROBLEMS with debt?

Do you spend more than you earn? Get help at Debtor’s Anonymous plus Business Debtor’s Annonymous. Saturdays 10-11:30 a.m. & Wednesdays 5:30-6:30, 45 Clark St., Burlington.

Contact Brenda at 338-1170.

ALS (LOU GEHRIG’S DISEASE) This support group functions as a community and educational group. We provide coffee, soda and snacks and are open to PALS, caregivers, family members and those who are interested in learning more about ALS. Our group meets the second Thursday of each month from 1-3 p.m. at “Jim’s House”, 1266 Old Creamery Rd., Williston, VT. Hosted by Pete and Alphonsine Crevier, facilitated by Liza Martel, LICSW, Patient Care Coordinator for the ALS Association here in Vermont. 223-7638 for more information.

SURVIVORS OF SUICIDE SUPPORT GROUP Meets the 1st Wednesday of each month from 6-7:30 p.m. at the Comfort Inn, 5 Dorset St., S. Burlington, VT. There is no fee. This is open to anyone who has lost someone to suicide. For more info, call 802-4799450, or ljlivendale@ yahoo.com.

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We are people just like you and have found the answer to all of the above problems. We meet every Wednesday evening from 7-9 p.m. at the Imani Center 293 N Winooski Ave. Please call 802-343-2027.

OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS (OA) Meetings in Barre occur every Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday 6-7 p.m. at the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd, 39 Washington St. Info: 863-2655. Meetings in Johnson occur every Sunday 5:30-6:30 p.m. at the Johnson Municipal Building, Route 15 (just west of the bridge). Info: Debbie Y., 888-5958. Meeting in Montpelier occur every Friday 12-1 p.m. at Bethany Church, 115 Main St. Info: Carol, 223-5793. Meetings in Morrisville occur every Friday 12-1 p.m. at the First Congregational Church, 85 Upper Main St. Contacts: Anne, 888-2356 or Debbie Y., 888-5958.

WOMEN’S RAPE CRISIS CENTER Will be starting a free, confidential 10week support group for adult female survivors of sexual violence. Please call 864-0555 ext. 20 for information.

LIVING SINGLE SUPPORT GROUP This course is a follow-up to the Divorce Recovery course that is offered at Essex Alliance Church. If you’ve been through the Divorce Care Class, you have an opportunity to continue to grow, heal, rebuild, and start again. Call Sue Farris for more information at 802-734-0695.

SUICIDE SURVIVORS SUPPORT GROUP For those who have lost a friend or loved one through suicide.

Location: Maple Leaf Clinic, 167 North Main Street, Wallingford, 802446-3577. 6:30-8:00 p.m. the third Tuesday of each month.

BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF VERMONT Montpelier

HIV SUPPORT GROUP This is a facilitated HIV/ AIDS support group that aims to foster a greater sense of community, self-acceptance and personal growth. We are a group of survivors and, with all of our experience, will help you understand and enjoy what positive living has to offer. Friday @ 7 p.m. in the white building behind the Universal Unitarian Church. For more info call Alton @ 310-6094.

MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE/ DYSAUTONOMIA Group forming for information sharing purposes. Please call 863-3153.

TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) Chapter Meeting. Bethany Church, 115 Main Street, Montpelier. Wednesdays, 5:15-6:15 p.m. For info call Linda at 476-8345.

BEREAVED PARENT SUPPORT GROUP Every first Monday of the month at 6:30 p.m. in Enosburg Falls, 10 Market Place, Main St.

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Parents, grandparents and adult siblings are welcomed. The hope is to begin a Compassionate Friends Chapter in the area. Info, please call Priscilla at 933-7749.

EATING DISORDERS PARENTAL SUPPORT GROUP for parents of children with or at risk of anorexia or bulimia.

Meetings 7-9 p.m., third Wednesday of each month at the Covenant Community Church, Rt. 15, Essex Center.

We focus on being a resource and providing reference points for old and new ED parents.

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ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE and Dementia support group. Held the last Tuesday of every month from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Birchwood Terrace, Burlington. Info, contact Kim, 863-6384.

FAMILY AND FRIENDS SUPPORT GROUP If someone in your family or one of your friends is in an abusive relationship, this new support group is designed especially for you. Info, call Women Helping Battered Women, 658-1996.

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Thursdays, 12:20-1:20 p.m. Call AWARE at 802472-6463 for information and to register. Free of charge. 88 High Street, Hardwick.

LYME DISEASE Are you interested in forming a group? Please call Susan at 899-2713.

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GLAFF provides support, education, resources and strategies to help maintain and strengthen gay and lesbian foster and adoptive families in northwestern VT. Open to all GLBTQ foster and adoptive parents and their children. Food, childcare provided. The group meets on the 1st Thursday of each month.

Call Mike at 655-6688 to get more information and to register.

LAKE CHAMPLAIN MEN’S RESOURCE CENTER MEN’S DROP-IN SUPPORT GROUP All men welcome, weekly group w/cofacilitators.

Open discussion format.

Varied topics including: relationships, work, parenting, personal growth, healing. Confidential, nonjudgmental. Open to all ethnicities, religions and sexual orientations.

Joseph’s House, 113 Elmwood Ave. Every Thursday, 7-9 p.m. More info: call Chris 434-4830.

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A NEW PERSPECTIVE A peer support group for people working through the combination of mental health and substance abuse issues.

Wednesdays at the Turning Point Center, 5-6 p.m. The group will be facilitated and will be built around a weekly video followed by a group discussions. Some of the topics will include: Addictions and mental illness, recovery stories, dealing with stress, understanding personality problems, emotions.

191 Bank St., Burlington.

802-861-3150.

ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE AND RELATED DEMENTIA’S SUPPORT GROUP Held monthly at The Arbors at Shelburne. For info. or to register, contact Kathi at 802-985-8600.

daytime support group meets first and third Thursday of the month at the Unitarian Church “ramp entrance” from 1:30-2:30 p.m.

Montpelier evening support group meets the first Tuesday of each month at Vermont Protection and Advocacy, 141 Main St., Suite 7, in conference room #2 from 6-8 p.m.

Colchester evening support group meets the first Wednesday of each month at the Fanny Allen Hospital in the ground floor boardroom from 6-8 p.m. Middlebury support group on the 2nd Tuesday of the month at the Patricia Hannaford Career Center. Call our helpline at 1-877-856-1772.

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SURVIVORS OF SUICIDE (SOS) Hospice Volunteer Services (HVS) of Addison County and the American Foundation of Suicide Prevention (AFSP) will collaborate to sponsor a monthly ongoing support group for people who have lost someone by suicide. The group will meet the 1st Wed. of each month from 6-7:30 p.m. These free peer support groups will be held at Hospice Volunteer Services at the Marbleworks in Middlebury, and co-facilitated by professional representatives from HVS and AFSP, both suicide survivors. For more information and to register call HVS at 388-4111.

BEREAVED PARENTS & SIBLINGS SUPPORT GROUP of the Compassionate Friends meets on the third Tuesday of each month, 7-9 p.m. at 277 Blair Park Rd., Williston.

Info, 660-8797. The meetings are for parents, grandparents and adult siblings who have experienced the death of a child at any age from any cause.

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IT Director Vermont Oxford Network is seeking an IT Director to be a member of our administrative team and oversee the priorities and personnel of both the System Administration and the Development teams. The team maintains a growing array of servers and applications built on Microsoft technologies (VB.NET) that serve our member hospitals. Each member submits data to us for quantitative analysis, which we process using sophisticated electronic data-processing tools.

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The Winooski Community Justice Center is accepting applications for the position of Tri-City Reentry and Transition Coordinator (TRTC). This position will have lead responsibility for the screening of offenders proposing to transition through the Tri-City Restorative Reentry and Transition Program.

This program has been grant funded and has been recently launched. Burlington and Essex Offender Resource Navigators will work with the TRTC to assist clients in accessing a menu of transition services.

The TRTC will make client referrals to a local NGO (NeighborKeepers), which will offer mentoring to returning offenders. The TRTC will assist the Winooski Community Justice Center in information exchange with the Winooski Police Department.

For further information, please access the position description at winooskipolice.com

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Marketing and Sales Specialist

for New Farms for New Americans project (NFNA) NFNA is AALV’s agriculture project that helps refugees and immigrants living in Vermont connect with gardening or agriculture resources and marketing opportunities.

The NFNA Marketing and Sales Specialist focuses on marketing, as well as direct sales support for NFNA participants. He or she works to establish new wholesale marketing outlets, market for and coordinate a new social enterprise CSA, and coordinate a new program of direct marketing within the low income and immigrant community. He or she also works closely with the NFNA Program Coordinator to implement program policies, provide direct assistance, technical assistance and education, and overall increase participant opportunity, knowledge and ability in the realm of marketing and sales. The position is full time, seasonal. Please inquire by email for full job description. Position is open until filled.

QuAliFicAtioNs: • Two or more years marketing, agricultural, business development, program management or food service/vending experience.

• Experience working with disadvantaged communities.

• Ability to speak Burmese, Kirundi, Nepali, Maay Maay, Russian, Turkish, Somali, Swahili, or Vietnamese preferred.

Please send a cover letter, resume and three references by email to: africans.vermont@gmail.com.

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OFFICE ASSISTANT Tetra Tech ARD (www.ardinc.com) has an immediate opening for a part-time Office Assistant at our corporate headquarters in Burlington. Mon - Fri, between 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Act as phone backup, distribute mail, dispatch mail and shipments, copy and scan documents, distribute faxes, archive incoming email, handle routine copier maintenance, order paper, assist staff in specialized copying tasks, receive incoming shipments, support office inventory of equipment/supplies.

ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS HS diploma or GED, 2+ years’ relevant experience. Highlevel proficiency in MS Office and in data entry and db management. Strong skills in office business machine operations and office management tasks (faxing, filing, copying), ability to comfortably manage multiline phone system. * U.S. citizenship or a valid U.S. work permit is mandatory* Apply online at https://careers.ardinc.com/ARDCareers/App/ USPostingDetail.aspx?PostingId=84.

Tetra Tech ARD is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Dynapower Corporation in South Burlington, Vt., is a leading manufacturer of large custom power supplies and energy conversion systems. Our staff is dedicated to providing quality workmanship and the highest level of customer service. We offer an extensive benefits package and a pleasant working environment, as well as an opportunity for personal and professional growth. We are currently accepting resumes and applications for the following positions:

FINAL ASSEMBLER The qualified candidates will be responsible for the integration of all major subassemblies into a final product.

Will locate and install subassemblies according to engineering documentation; ability to read and interpret engineering prints and electrical schematics a must.

Electrical, mechanical or plumbing skills are a plus.

TEST TECHNICIAN The qualified candidate will have a working knowledge of 1 and 3-phase line power, Rectifier Theory and power transformers, Thyristor and IGBT semiconductors, related test and measuring equipment and instrumentation.

Ability to comprehend electrical and electronic schematics or experience with Medium Voltage, Industrial Relay Controls and Logic, and SCR Phase Control. A high school education is required with two-year electrical degree or equivalent experience.

PROCESS ENGINEER The qualified candidate will develop and implement improved manufacturing process control with an emphasis on Lean Manufacturing techniques to optimize manufacturing efficiencies. Develop work instructions based on detailed design documentation. Improve yield, cycle time, rework and manufacturing flow. Provide technical support to the manufacturing floor. Support product design and evaluate proposed designs and processes for manufacturability. Lean Manufacturing preferred.

All the above positions require a two-year technical degree or equivalent experience. Must be a motivated self-starter and able to work well in a quality team environment.

PANEL WIRE ASSEMBLER Layout, assemble and wire control panels for power supplies, inverters and remotes. Perform control wiring using a variety of different wire gauges, connectors and labels. Candidate should be able to interpret electrical and mechanical prints with minimal supervision. Familiar with handling wire gauges 12-20 and installing relays, PLCs, contactors, circuit cards, fuses, time delay relays, control transformers and terminal blocks.

Must be able to read and interpret engineering prints and parts list. Able to visualize final product and infer assembly detail from engineering documentation. Must be able to organize own work.

Two years’ similar experience preferred.

SWITCHMODE POWER SUPPLY ASSEMBLER Assembler is responsible for the integration of all subassemblies and components into a final product ready for testing. The assembler will locate and install subassemblies according to engineering documentation, then wire and plumb them. The assembler must ensure that all components are installed properly, per engineering drawings and instructions.

Must be able to read and interpret engineering prints and parts list. Able to visualize final product and infer assembly detail from engineering documentation. Must be able to organize own work.

Two years’ similar experience preferred.

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ELECTRICAL ENGINEER The qualified candidate will have general knowledge of electrical concepts, components and systems; understanding of PLCs, DSPs, C & assembly language programming desirable. May use computerassisted engineering and design software and equipment to perform assignments. Applies principles and techniques of electrical engineering to accomplish goals. Has knowledge of commonly used concepts, practices, and procedures within a particular field.

Relies on instructions and pre-established guidelines to perform the functions of the job. Works under immediate supervision. Requires a bachelor’s degree in engineering and up to 8 years of experience in the field or in a related area.

MECHANICAL ENGINEER The qualified candidate will be responsible for the mechanical and thermal designs and analysis of the Company’s power conversion products. Produce detailed manufacturing drawings containing overall assembly drawings supported by individual part drawings.

Interpret electrical schematics to verify proper connections and power flow layout. Work closely with production to increase manufacturability and improve efficiency of existing product lines.

The ability to perform well in a team environment while navigating through multiple parallel projects and corresponding due dates is required. Experience with plumbing/HVAC systems and sheet metal fabrication a plus.

Experience with SolidWorks required; the candidate will be working with complex assemblies containing multiple configurations in a multiuser environment. PDM, FEA, AutoCad or other 3D design experience a plus. Requires a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering. Buyer – Electronic Components Responsible for purchasing and negotiating materials, equipment and supplies from vendors. Evaluates vendor quotes and services to determine most desirable suppliers. Works closely with Engineering and Production to support technical product sourcing. Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals to perform a variety of tasks.

Familiarity with electrical power conversion equipment, electrical equipment, and materials and components of said equipment a plus.

Requires a bachelor’s degree and 2-5 years of experience in the field or in a related area.

PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR Dynapower Corporation is seeking an experienced, highly motivated, detail-oriented, organized Production Supervisor with a high degree of personal initiative to join our production team.

The qualified candidate will be responsible for but not limited to directing a portion of the manufacturing workforce to achieve the highest overall production efficiency and quality in the production facility. Lean Manufacturing, 5S and Quality program experience required. The position will promote teamwork and safety as primary objectives. The successful candidate will have strong interpersonal, communication and problem-solving skills, 5-10 years’ work experience in a manufacturing organization and 2+ years experience of successful leadership in a production environment. Effective group-facilitation skills and the ability to work in a team environment a must. Proficient in MS Office.

Please apply in person or online: Dynapower Corporation, 85 Meadowland Dr., Burlington, VT 05403, email resume to resumes@dynapower.com.

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Internet Systems Developer

Finished Goods Production Manager

Responsible for maintaining our multitenant eCommerce platform through the entire stack.

Systems admin of local and remote services.

Required skills: Objectoriented programming and HTML/CSS/JS. Familiarity with nix-based operating DIRECTOR OF systems and not afraid of HUMAN the command line. Ability Counseling Service to work independently and Salary will be commensurate with related managerial/manufacturing experience. of Addison County, Inc. RESOURCES Competitive benefit package. Please send resume to Richard Carey, Human effectively while managing Resource Manager, Cabot Hosiery Mills Inc., PO Box 307, and meeting deadlines and Counseling Service of Addison County Inc. is seeking an Northfield, VT 05663-0307, or email to rcarey@cabothosiery.com. expectations.

Preferred accomplished Human Resources Director willing to work in a mission Cabot Hoisery Mills is an equal opportunity eMployer. but not required: MVC driven environment. Reporting to the CEO, you will play a key role in frameworks, Ruby and/or steering this agency through effective human resources management Rails, PHP. Please write for a 12/20/10 4:58:55 PM in a multi-site environment. This management role encompasses the 4t-CabotHosiery-122910.indd 1 full job description. full suite of HR functions: employee relations, staffing, compensation, Resolution benefits and payroll, labor relations (union site), training and develop327 Holly Court, Ste. 20 ment, and wellness program, as well as provide support and proactively Goddard College has a position opening Williston,VT 05495 for a Records Office Manager who participate in Health & Safety programs/initiatives and provide leaderjobs@resodirect.com will be responsible for general office

tunities in a community family group practice.

•Licensed Counselor •Marriage, Family, Respect Life Manager

Cabot Hosiery Mills Inc. home of the Darn Tough Vermont brand, a premier manufacturer of men’s and women’s socks, seeks a manager with five to eight Applicant must be able to adapt to years proven leadership and managerial a variety of situations and multitask, experience in a manufacturing environment and have excellent clinical skills and CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE FOR with emphasis on organizing and managing a positive work ethic. Please contact DETAILS production teams, production planning and www.vermontcatholic.org Susan at 802-655-8826. quality control. This position, which runs AC HR the day-to-day operations of the finishing departments and will be significantly involved 1t-VT DentalCare-122229.indd 1 12/19/10 9:56:11 1t-stjoesephs122910.indd AM 1 12/20/10 4:49:33 PM with the production of our Darn Tough Vermont line, is a growth opportunity for the right person. Reporting to the Plant Manager, the individual must be a dedicated, well organized, creative and personable, and not afraid to make decisions and work with a diverse manufacturing team in a very fast-paced setting.

Records Office Manager

ship and guidance to various levels within the organization. This is a hands-on position that will require direct involvement in all areas. This position is located in Middlebury, Vermont. Relocation funding is not available. Minimum starting salary $59K. Job Requirements BA/BS in Business, HR, or related field. Master's degree and PHR/ SPHR certification a plus • • • •

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Minimum 5 years of Human Resources experience Experience working in a non-profit environment preferred Strong PC skills: MS Office including Excel and HRIS; Working knowledge of state and federal labor and employment regulations, laws, procedures; compensation strategies and corporate human resources policies Successful troubleshooting, organizational, project management and analytical skills Possess strong negotiation, writing and presentation skills Exceptionally strong communication, coaching, influencing, customer-service and decision-making skills Detail and results oriented Team player Multitask oriented — able to handle multiple projects simultaneously Work well under pressure - able to meet tight deadlines with quality results Apply to apply@csac-vt.org or mail your resume, salary requirements, and cover letter to: CSAC’s Department of Human Resources, 89 Main St., Middlebury, VT 05443. 1-802-388-6751 ext. 425.

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communications with students, faculty, and staff; office budget and supplies purchasing; student record-keeping; student and faculty interface; office management; file-maintenance; digital archiving; ID cards; and transcript processing.

Qualifications: an Associate’s degree, plus two to three years of relevant clerical and administrative experience, or a combination of education and experience from which comparable knowledge and skills have been acquired; a broad base of general math and computer skills; excellent organization, prioritization, and administrative skills; previous experience with moderately complex manual and computerized records systems; and a desire to work with, and the ability to communicate effectively with, colleagues of diverse backgrounds. This full time position is eligible for our generous benefits package.

Application Instructions: email cover letter, resume, and three employment references (name, relationship to you, contact info.) to: employment@goddard.edu Application Due Date: January 7, 2011. No calls, please.

Goddard is committed to creating a college representative of a diverse global community and capable of creating change. To that end, we are actively seeking applications for this position from qualified candidates from groups currently underrepresented in our institution.

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CLINICAL CASE MANAGER

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35-40-Hour Position Spruce Mountain Inn is a small, nationally known residential treatment program in Plainfield, Vt. We are seeking a detailoriented person with excellent communication, problem-solving and clinical skills. Function as a member of a multidisciplinary team and provide intensive case-management services to a small caseload of young-adult clients within the context of a highly structured therapeutic community. Master’s degree and experience in case management desired. License preferred.

Send letter of interest and resume via email to Grant Leibersberger, Assistant Director Spruce Mountain Inn PO Box 153 Plainfield, VT 05667-0153.

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THE ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF BURLINGTON, VT

Wanted!

Chittenden County Wireless

Sales Manager

Wireless Carrier is seeking a qualified and experienced sales manager to handle the local market of Chittenden County (and potentially beyond).

We are seeking an individual with management experience who works well in a goal-driven environment. Our organization works with the consumer channel, as well as the business channel. The ideal candidate would be competent working on both fronts.

Individuals seeking a challenging yet rewarding career path will be well suited for this position. Strong organization skills, a demonstrated ability to create and facilitate a true “team” culture and the ability to multitask are all qualities of our ideal candidate. In addition, a clear understanding of Microsoft Office products, an interest in the latest technology and the ability to adapt to a rapidly changing environment are critical to success.

We are a company that prides itself on our commitment to our customers, and our employees are expected to share that commitment.

JOB OPENINGS

• Assistant Director of Catholic Formation •Part-Time Administrative Assistant • Development Relations Specialist CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE FOR DETAILS: www.vermontcatholic.org

we’re growing!

Instrumart is growing, and we’re looking to fill several positions with smart, detail-oriented, energetic and friendly people.

AVAILABLE POSITIONS:

· Applications Engineer/Technical Sales · Customer Support · Search Engine Optimization/Marketing Specialist REquIREmENTS:

Applicants please apply to wirelessresumeinbox@gmail.com.

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Vermont Association of Conservation Districts

Cultural Resource Specialist Assistant

VACD seeks a qualified candidate to fill an up to 80% FTE Cultural Resource Assistant position. The successful candidate will assist the Natural Resource Conservation Service Cultural Resource Specialist in reviewing and clearing conservation projects of cultural resources concerns in order to expedite implementation throughout the State. S/he will also assist with fieldwork including: assembling archaeological site survey forms; cataloging and photographing artifacts; logging new conservation projects submitted for review; and assisting or conducting field investigations and visits as needed.

Qualifications include: BA in archaeology, anthropology or history, working toward graduate degree preferred; field investigation experience; demonstrated experience working for archaeological consultants or projects; experience with GIS/mapping; competency using Word, Excel, Access and MS Office Picture Manager; basic photography skills; and ability and willingness to travel throughout the state. Position located in Berlin. Salary based upon experience.

Training, health insurance benefit and mileage reimbursement provided.

Visit www.vacd.org for detailed job description.

Send resume, cover letter and three references by January 3, to

VACD, c/o Jeff Farber, Technical Programs Manager, PO Box 889, Montpelier, VT 05601 or jeff.farber@vacd.org

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The New School of Montpelier

is a small independent school serving unique children and youth. We are recruiting Student Supervisors to join our diverse staff.

Instrumart offers competitive salary, health and dental insurance, 401(k) plan, and paid vacation. We were named one of the “Best Places to Work in Vermont” in 2009.

Instrumart is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

No calls, please. If interested, please e-mail your cover letter and resume to: hr@instrumart.com.

Send resumes to hr@instrumart.com. www.instrumart.com Check us out at www.instrumart.com.

Student Supervisors: Help students develop 5v-instrumart122229.indd 1 12/20/10 2:36:11 PM positive relationships, trust, and the academic, social and communication skills necessary to be successful in life; support students in class, employment and community activities; monitor students’ emotional states RN CASE MANAGER/MEDICAID WAIVER PROGRAM and implement behavioral This position carries a patient caseload and is responsible strategies; and assist students for the delivery/coordination of long-term care services to with academic work. individual patients who qualify for Medicaid Waiver services.

Responsibilities include making assessments of patients’ A bachelor’s degree or five physical, emotional and social level of function whereas years experience after high waiver services are determined; referrals to other disciplines school preferred. Candidates as indicated by patient need; coordinating care plans must have a valid driver’s with program staff and Personal Care Attendants. license and reliable vehicle.

Criminal record checks will be conducted for final candidates. Submit a resume

by Jan. 4, 2011 to:

COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSES 2 FULL-TIME POSITIONS Qualifications include prior experience in a medical-surgical environment and a current Vermont license.

FULL-TIME PHYSICAL THERAPIST The New School of Montpelier 11 West Street Montpelier, VT 05602 or email to: ddellinger@9east.net EOE

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Qualifications include a current Vermont Physical Therapy license and a minimum of two years of experience preferably within a rehabilitation program.

All qualified candidates should send resumes to cpaquette@achhh.org, or by mail to ACHHH, P.O. Box 754, Middlebury, VT 05753.

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and evaluation of the departments and services.

Ideal candidate is a hands-on manager with minimum 7 years experience in management positions in the recreation industry, at least 3 years of which as a manager, responsible for overall success of an Ice Arena. follow us on twitter @sevendaysjobs, subscribe to rSS College degree preferred, preferably in Sports or Recreation Management. or check postings on your phone at m.sevendaysvt.com Candidate will have strong coaching and training skills and experience.

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Women Helping Battered Women is looking for a

Grants assistant to manage tracking mechanisms required for reports, and to complete grant reports as assigned. Previous experience with statistics, grants management, program evaluation or instituting tracking mechanisms preferred. Part time (24 hours/week) with prorated benefits.

For complete job description, visit www.whbw.org. Deadline Jan. 10.

Send resume and cover letter to Jilliann@whbw.org.

WHBW is an equal opportunity employer.

The Milton Family Community Center Early Childhood Program is seeking a state licensed

Early Childhood Educator

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approximately 30 hours per week.

Previous experience working with young children in group settings required.

Please submit cover letter, resume and three professional references to Child Care Director Milton Family Community Center PO Box 619 Milton, VT 05468

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Responsibilities will include coordinating a 1-2 bed crisis support program co-located at a group home site, as well as assisting with other crisis support services in collaboration with our Emergency Team. This is a full time benefit eligible position. Applicant must have a clean, valid driver’s C H A M P L A I N V A L L E Y H E A D S TA R T license.

FAMILY SERVICES COORDINATOR Burlington, Vt.

Senior management team position. Responsibilities include development, management and tracking of family partnership systems including family goal setting, and support and followup around community services and resources; partnerships with community and state agencies providing services relevant to Head Start or its program participants, including services for English language learners; child abuse and neglect prevention, identification and reporting systems; volunteer and internship systems; parent involvement in program and community functions and services; and parent education and family literacy initiatives. Participation in regional and state-based committee work required. Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in social work, human services or related field, and five to seven years of relevant work experience. 40 hrs/week, full year. Competitive salary, health plan and excellent benefits.

Successful applicants must have excellent verbal and written communication skills; skills in documentation and recordkeeping; proficiency in MS Word, email and Internet; exceptional organizational skills and attention to detail. Must be energetic, positive, mature, professional, diplomatic, and motivated, and have a can-do, extra-mile attitude. A commitment to social justice and to working with families with limited financial resources is necessary. Clean driving record and access to reliable transportation required. Must demonstrate physical ability to carry out required tasks. People of color, and from diverse cultural groups, especially encouraged to apply. EOE. Please send resume and cover letter with three work references by email to pbehrman@cvoeo.org. No phone calls, please.

Crisis Support Consultant: Seeking Masters level or well experienced mental health professional with excellent counseling skills and a strong familiarity with recovery approaches for coping with major mental health conditions to participate in an innovative new project offering residential support, supportive counseling, and service coordination for adults coping with mental health crises in Addison County.

Responsibilities include assisting with staffing a residential crisis support program as well as some offsite crisis service coordination. This is a full time benefit eligible position. Applicant must have a clean, valid driver’s license.

Residential Care Providers: Provide direct care to indivuduals with mental illness and share in the development of a living environment which challenges and encourages each individual to achieve their potential. Good working knowledge of the needs and abilities of the mentally ill is essential.

Associates Degree in appropriate field plus two to four years of relevant experience in working with mentally ill; or combination of education and experience from which comparable knowledge and skills are acquired. Part time hours available.

Adult Outpatient Program Emergency Team Clinician: Master’s-level Mental Health Professionals with excellent clinical skills and crisis experience wanted for a part-time or full-time benefit eligible positions on our agency Emergency Team, working one or three week-end shift(s) per month, 52 hours per shift. This person will provide face-to-face and phone intervention to individuals in crisis. A concentrated Saturday AM through Monday at noon schedule leaves most of your days free. Weekend hours are worked from home with some call-outs.

Prior experience providing mental health services in community settings is desirable. Licensure preferred. Strong assessment skills and willingness to collaborate broadly are required.

Applicant must live within 30 minutes of Middlebury.

For a complete list of Job Opportunities visit www.csac-vt.org.

Apply to: CSAC Human Resources 89 Main Street Middlbury, Equal Opportunity Employer

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Though the beef was not from Orb Weaver Farm, the cheese was — the farmstead offering resembled very mild and creamy cheddar. The cheese helped balance the out-of-thisworld maple-cured, house-smoked bacon and an assemblage of button mushrooms so crisp and salty they existed merely as an extension of the bacon’s awesome power.

A smattering of greens on top provided a refreshing zip, as did a trio of sweet, house-pickled gherkins. Fries were crisp and came with a container of the house ketchup. Not as fruity as the ketchups made in-house at other local restaurants, this condiment tasted mostly of tomato and onion with just a

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Delicatessen, a few faint stars dust the heavens above the parkinglot lights. Outside, it’s cold and dark.

But when I swing the door open, it’s 42 Church Rd., Colchester, VT warm inside the brightly lit room. Two (across from Holy Cross Church) generations of Rubrights stand at the 802-860-3631 enormous maple worktable. It’s 4 a.m., and another day begins at the bakery.

12v-cloverhouse122910.indd 1 12/15/10 12:47 PM For more than 30 years, the Rubright family has been turning out some of the best doughnuts in America. I’ve braved the cold and the early hour to see how they turn flour, sugar and oil into food fit for the gods.

The doughnuts, though, will have to wait on the bagels — dozens of them, brought out of the enormous walk-in fridge where the chunks of dough have cast iron seared scallops blossomed overnight. Each chunk gets bacon black beans rolled by hand and then boiled, seeded jalapeño beurre blanc and fed into the commercial oven’s 8-foot maw. There the bagels rotate on blue point oysters on the half a sort of mini Ferris wheel until they’re roasted fennel mignonette golden brown and have the perfect smoked lobster bisque balance of crunch and chew.

But enough about bagels. For me, the creamy polenta doughnuts are the real show. And this is pink lady apples • leeks funny, because before I started coming crispy hickory seitan to this place, I thought of doughnuts as duck confit crepe hideous greaseballs purchased, along sweet potato with a cup of burnt coffee, only by walnut • arugula desperate travelers at chain stores along salmon ravioli the interstate. fat toad chevre The Rubrights’ doughnuts are lemon herb butter different — made fresh every day from scratch, with an eye for quality and a goal prime rib of perfection. Warm, sweet, delightful, hoisin bourbon sauce toothsome, tender. wasabi crème fraîche purple smashed potatoes The future doughnuts start out in a Hobart mixer taller than I am, with a times square cheesecake bowl big enough for a giant’s kitchen. strawberry foam Sugar, salt, yeast, milk powder and flour balsamic honey syrup are scooped and measured; a crate of eggs is cracked two hands at a time; water is poured into a gallon container.

In go vanilla, a dash of lemon and a towering handful of a special shortening i that perfects the texture. Then the giant D s l ca o dough hook is attached, and the mixer l “ W h e re t h e takes off on its prescribed rounds.

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With each spin of the hopper’s crank, blobs of batter dive briefly below the surface and then bob up like ducks.

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The mystical properties that make a cake doughnut “ball up” or maintain its perfect inner circle have been bakery owner Jim Rubright’s constant study.

They all look perfect to me, but he keeps looking for ways to make them even better: adjusting the batter, the frying temperature, and the way the squisher plops.

food As tray after tray of cake doughnuts take their place behind the counter, son J.J., 31, hefts the bowl of yeasted dough onto a prep surface. The dough is wedged and weighed. Some of it goes into a machine that quickly divides it into 36 equal parts. These are rolled into circles for jelly and Boston cream doughnuts. The remaining dough is rolled out and cookie-cuttered into the pastry’s perennial meditation on eternity, one perfect circle inside another. Any scraps, and all those little holes, are remixed with apple and

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Like the scent of warm doughnuts, the proprietors of Middlebury Bagel & Deli are welcoming. On any given morning, folks of all ages and from all walks of life are likely to stop in — college professors, tradespeople, office workers, farmers, moms and dads with babies, schoolchildren, retirees, high school football coaches, and, yes, police officers. And the service is the epitome of “friendly.”

That same attitude appears to propel a seamless operation behind the scenes. Good management breeds loyalty, and much the same crew has worked here for years. Tellingly, there is no single dishwasher. “Dad’s never believed in sticking somebody at the sink for hours,” explains J.J. “We all pitch in.”

Indeed they do. A typical morning’s five hours of intense production look effortless. Everyone cycles through almost every job, wordlessly doing what needs to be done and then moving on to the next task.

“There’s nothing more satisfying than hard work,” declares Jim Rubright, whose drive and dexterity make him look about half of his 61 years. “It’s that simple. You want to serve a purpose

every day, so [you] work really hard and get things accomplished.”

Jim and his wife, Cathy, started this place in 1979, working seven days a week, 12 to 18 hours a day. All of the family’s five children grew up in the kitchen. “I was the doughnut guy all through high school,” says oldest brother Brett, 39, now a housepainter, who’s dropped by the kitchen for an early-morning snack and chat.

“When we were kids, our job was breaking the eggs,” says J.J. “I loved being up that early, Dad driving over the speed limit while it’s still all dark outside.”

Lindsey, the Rubright’s youngest and only daughter, remembers coming in as a preschooler and falling asleep on the flour sacks.

While they work and talk, racks of yeast doughnuts proof up in the gray metal warming cabinet. Once ready, they go into the fryer and plump out almost immediately, leaving the desirable, cream-colored line around the middle that shows they’re texture perfect.

Watching the doughnuts in the fryer, turning them at just the right moment, is an art. The big round circles will get injected with custard filling, frosted with chocolate or stuffed with jelly.

Anthropologist Paul Mullins writes in Glazed America: A History of the Doughnut. that humans have been making fried-dough products since they began to grow wheat in the early Neolithic period. Across continents, one civilization after another has served up its own variant. But the glorious and humble doughnut is emblematically American. And here at the Middlebury Bagel & Delicatessen — which closes only for Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter and New Year’s — the Rubright family keeps figuring out new ways to make their own sweet stuff even better. m

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Friday, January 7, 8 p.m.Sunday, January 9, 1 p.m., at the Governor’s House in Hyde Park. $14-35 for various activities; $235-295 includes lodging. Info, 888-6888, info@ onehundredmain.com. www.onehundredmain.com/ jane_austen.html

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‘MURDER IS A MYSTERY’: Dinner guests masquerading as old college chums become part of a homicide investigation over a four-course meal linked with an interactive performance by the South Hero Players. Preregister. North Hero House Inn & Restaurant, 6 p.m. $69 for murdermystery dinner; various rates for overnight stays. Info, 372-4732.

OLD-TIME RADIO DRAMAS: Amateur detectives tune in for classic audio dramatizations of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes mysteries. Brandon Music, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 465-4071.

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CHOCOLATE-DIPPING DEMO: Fans of cocoacovered confectionery experience the tempering and dipping process. Laughing Moon Chocolates, Stowe, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 253-9591.

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BABYTIME: Crawling tots and their parents convene for playtime and sharing. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 10:30 a.m.-noon.

Free. Info, 658-3659.

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EILEEN IVERS & IMMIGRANT SOUL: A virtuoso fiddler offers playful jigs with her ensemble.

Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center, Stowe Mountain Resort, 8 p.m. Call for price. Info, 253-3000.

VALLEY NIGHT: The Detonators mix big bass sounds with powerful vocals. Big Picture Theater & Café, Waitsfield, 7 p.m. $5 suggested cover. Info, 496-8994.

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SLEIGH RIDES: Weather permitting, jingling horses trot visitors over the snow on a wintry tour of rolling acres. Rides depart every half hour from the Welcome Center. Shelburne Farms, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. $6-8; free for kids under 3.

Info, 985-8442.

‘THE NATURE OF DECEMBER’: Snowshoers of all ages embark on an exploration of animals and trees in winter. Mad River Glen Ski Area, Fayston, 10:30 a.m. & 1:30 p.m. $15-25; $65 per family of four. Info, 496-3551, ext. 117.

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CHILDREN’S CRAFT PROGRAMS: Youngsters ages 3 to 12 get friendly with art supplies. Call for project details. Aldrich Public Library, Barre, 1-3 p.m. Free. Info, 476-7550, ext. 308.

‘HANSEL AND GRETEL’: The Traveling Storyteller reimagines this Brothers Grimm tale with puppetry. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 10-11 a.m. Free. Info, 878-6956.

ICE SKATING FOR HOMESCHOOLERS: Independent learners hit the ice. Ice Barn, Milton, noon-2 p.m. $3 includes skating and rentals; $10 for skating lessons. Info, 893-4237.

MONTGOMERY STORY HOUR: Little lit lovers flip pages before snacking. Montgomery Town Library, 10-11 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426.

MUSIC FOR PRESCHOOLERS: Youngsters ages 3 to 5 fine-tune their motor skills during instrument playtime. Colchester Meeting House, 12:30-1 p.m. Free. Info, 878-0313.

‘PUZZLES, PUZZLES, PUZZLES!’: Jigsaw geniuses piece together interlocking images.

Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 8:30 a.m.-9 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

SCHOOL VACATION FUN: Class may be out, but the learning doesn’t stop when children ages 6 to 12 wise up on Vermont’s changing landscape and economy. Preregister. Vermont History Museum, Montpelier, 1-3 p.m. $3-5; family rates available. Info, 828-2180.

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Cabin fever already? Fairlee holds the cure. With the hustle and bustle of snow-centric activities at Lake Morey Winter Weekend, cheeks are sure to take on a rosy hue. Saturday dawns with Lake Morey Resort’s eighth annual Skate-a-Thon, where folks lace up to slide along the longest groomed ice-skating trail in the country — a 4.5-mile loop around the lake itself.

Skaters earn raffle tickets per lap at this fundraiser for the Upper Valley Trails Alliance. Meanwhile, outdoorsy types LAKE MOREY chill out at Hulbert Outdoor Center’s WINTER WEEKEND Winter Skills Day, packed with in-depth Saturday, January 8, and Sunday, January 9, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., at workshops about winter camping, Lake Morey Resort and Hulbert building toboggans, ice fishing and more.

Outdoor Center in Fairlee. $10Sunday’s annual WinterFest continues 25 for Saturday’s Skate-a-Thon; to celebrate the season through family$27 per workshop includes lunch on Saturday’s Winter Skills Day oriented activities including snowshoe (preregistration required); $7 or $20 hikes, sledding, igloo building and a snow per family for Sunday’s WinterFest. castle. So, go play outside.

Info, 649-9075. www.uvtrails.org/

CHRISTMAS AT THE FARM: Families celebrate like it’s 1899 with traditional candle dipping, ornament making, horse-drawn sleigh rides and holiday music. Billings Farm & Museum, Woodstock, 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m. $3-12. Info, 457-2355.

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‘VISION: FROM THE LIFE OF HILDEGARD VON BINGEN’: Celebrated German director Margarethe von Trotta dramatizes the life of a 12th-century nun of many trades. Cinema 2, Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 1:30 p.m., 4 p.m., 7 p.m. $4-7. Info, 748-2600.

WARREN MILLER’S ‘WINTERVENTION’: Ski icon Jonny Moseley narrates powder trails from Alaska, Norway, Canada, Antarctica and beyond for the snow-obsessed. Vermont Ski Museum, Stowe, 7 p.m. $10; seating is limited; call ahead to reserve tickets. Info, 253-9911, ext. 203.

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‘The Wizard of Oz’: Off to see the wizard? Tag along with Northern Stage’s professional and local performers. Briggs Opera House, White River Junction, 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. Info, 296-7000.

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Book Discussion Series: Man Booker Prize Winners: Readers chat about well-respected novels, such as Margaret Atwood’s The Blind Assassin. Pope Memorial Library, Danville, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 684-2256.

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Strong Living Exercise: Fitness enthusiasts undergo strength training for good health.

Aldrich Public Library, Barre, 8 a.m. Free. Info, 443-1654.

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Brian Mohr & Emily Johnson: The Vermontbased adventurer-photographers offer a mix of photos and video with their lecture “Two Wheels, Two Planks — Pedal-Powered Skiing in Arctic Norway.” Gate House Lodge. Big Picture Theater & Café, Waitsfield, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 4965434, info@emberphoto.com.

Gayle Brunelle: Evidence for an unsolved 1937 Paris homicide comes to light as the coauthor of Murder in the Metro: Laetitia Toureaux and the Cagoule in 1930s France discusses the book. Briggs Carriage Bookstore, Brandon, 7 p.m. Free.

Story Time: Lit lovers of all ages take in fanciful tales. Bud & Bella’s Bookshop, Randolph, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 728-5509.

Chocolate-Dipping Demo: See WED.29, 2 p.m.

Wine Tasting: Samples of sparkling vino lend an effervescence to the holiday season.

Richmond Market & Beverage, 3-7 p.m. Free.

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First Night Chili Supper: Burlington revelers warm up for the night’s activities with piping hot meat or vegetarian chili. Salad, bread, cookies and kids’ dishes round out the meal. College Street Congregational Church, Burlington, 4-8 p.m. $3-7 for dinner; $1 per à la carte items; chili seconds on the house. Info, 310-2742.

Okemo Mountain Resort, Ludlow, 5-9 p.m. $2339 activity wristband; free for kids under 2. Info, 228-1600.

First Night Burlington: Stage shows, musical acts and arts activities kick off the new year as part of a citywide, substance-free party. See firstnightburlington.com for a complete schedule. Various downtown locations, Burlington, noon-midnight. $5-18 button; most Flynn MainStage and Memorial Auditorium shows require additional $3 tickets. Info, 863-6005.

First Night Montpelier: Music, ice skating, fire spinners and a parade of lights help citizens celebrate the advent of 2011. Visit montpelier alive.org for the full schedule. Various downtown locations, Montpelier, noon-10 p.m. $12-15 per button; $40 family pass; free for children 3 and under. Info, 238-6888.

First Night St. Johnsbury: Fireworks, a fair and live music top off this arts-centered evening. See firstnightstj.com for a complete schedule. Various downtown locations, St. Johnsbury, 4-midnight. $10-15; free for children under 5. Info, 748-2600.

Mountain Fireworks and Torchlight Parade: Revelers ooh and ahh over a lights show starting from Spruce Peak. Stowe Mountain Resort, 7 p.m. Info, 253-3000.

New Year’s Eve Ball: Singles and couples gather for a buffet and dance-floor twirling, followed by a countdown to midnight. Emerald Ballroom, Sheraton Hotel & Conference Center, South Burlington, buffet dinner, 7-8 p.m.; dancing, 8 p.m.-12:30 a.m. $30-53.25. Info, 598-6757.

New Year’s Eve Contra Dance: Cuckoo’s Nest serenade an evening of festive dancing ending with midnight singing. Tracy Hall, Norwich, 8 p.m. $15; half price for folks under 16 and over 60; bring finger food to share. Info, 785-4607.

New Year’s Eve Dinner: Folks in festive dress take advantage of a holiday menu before dancing to tunes by the Funk Collection and a champagne toast at the stroke of midnight. Reservations recommended. Timbers Restaurant, Warren, 6-midnight. $25-75 plus tax and tip. Info, 583-6800.

New Year’s Eve at Burke Mountain: Feast your way into the evening at the Tamarack Grill, then work it off at a dance party with live tunes by the Pat Foley Band. Sherburne Base Lodge, Burke Mountain, East Burke, 4 p.m., sledding hill is open 5-8 p.m. $40 includes dinner and dance; $15 for dance only. Info, 626-7300, info@ skiburke.com.

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Stargazing Sleigh Rides: Pat Palmer of Thornapple Farm and a team of Percheron draft horses lead a celestial ride under the winter sky. Weather permitting. Preregister. Shelburne Farms, rides depart at 6, 6:45 and 7:30 p.m. $715; free for kids under 3. Info, 985-8686.

‘The Nature of December’: See WED.29, 10:30 a.m. & 1:30 p.m.

Bosnian Lilies: Boys and girls ages 3 to 15 don the traditional costumes of their homeland for a folk dance performance. A book discussion of Katherine Paterson’s The Day of the Pelican follows. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 388-4095.

‘It’s Kind of a Funny Story’: See WED.29, 7 p.m.

‘Vision: From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen’: See WED.29, 7 p.m.

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Jazzy Hats: Little ones tip their homemade caps to welcome 2011. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 10-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

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.

‘Puzzles, Puzzles, Puzzles!’: See WED.29, 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m.

School Vacation Fun: Class may be out, but the learning doesn’t stop when children ages 6 to 12 wise up on Vermont’s railroad history. Preregister. Vermont History Museum, Montpelier, 1-3 p.m. $3-5; family rates available.

Info, 828-2180.

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Sara Watkins: The Nickel Creek band member displays her skills as a multi-instrumentalist in a solo concert. Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center, Stowe Mountain Resort, 8 p.m. Call for price. Info, 253-3000.

‘The Wizard of Oz’: See WED.29, 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.

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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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‘A New Year’s Eve to Remember’: Frank Sinatra sound-alike Jon Penick headlines the Swingin’ Vermont Big Band for classic songs suitable for dancing and a champagne toast.

Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, 8 p.m. $25. Info, 382-9222.

Austin Powers’ ‘Divas & Dandies’ New Year’s Eve Party: The peace-and-love-era spy appears on the big screen during a psychedelic light show and dance party complete with a costume contest, fireworks and champagne toast at midnight. Big Picture Theater & Café, Waitsfield, 9 p.m. $10-20; $50 per family of four.

Info, 496-8994.

Christmas at the Farm: See WED.29, 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m.

Family New Year’s Eve Celebration: Skating, snowshoeing, wagon rides, cookie decorating and 9 p.m. fireworks visible from the Jackson Gore Courtyard ring in the new year.

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An Evening With James Taylor: The Grammy winner highlights an intimate, onehour concert with Boston Symphony Orchestra cellist Owen Young and vocalist Caroline Taylor.

Proceeds benefit the new Spruce Peak Arts Center Foundation and its education programs.

Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center, Stowe Mountain Resort, 8 p.m. Call for price. Info, 253-3000.

Green Mountain Youth Symphony Senior Orchestra: Robert Blais directs this high-caliber ensemble in hits from Cats, The Phantom of the Opera and Pirates of the Caribbean.

Montpelier City Hall Auditorium, 5 p.m. First Night button or $5. Info, 221-4697.

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Sleigh Rides: See WED.29, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

‘The Nature of December’: See WED.29, 10:30 a.m. & 1:30 p.m.

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‘Conviction’: When her brother (played by Sam Rockwell) is convicted for murder, a working mother (Hilary Swank) embarks on an 18-year journey to prove him innocent. Cinema 1, Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. & 9 p.m. $4-7. Info, 748-2600.

‘Mesrine: Public Enemy #1’: Legendary French gangster Jacques Mesrine eludes capture once again in Jean-François Richet’s 2008 action-biography. Cinema 2, Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. & 9 p.m. $4-7. Info, 748-2600.

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Read to a Dog: Stories form a bond between young readers and Therapy Dogs of Vermont.

Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 10-11 a.m. Free.

Info, 863-3403.

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Burlington Ensemble Benefit Concert: Dvořák and Brahms melodies fill a performance supporting youth mentoring programs in Chittenden County. Ninety percent of proceeds will be donated. College Street Congregational Church, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $5 minimum suggested donation. Info, 658-1888.

Green Mountain Mahler Festival: Nearly 200 musicians band together to do justice to Beethoven’s grand orchestral work, Symphony no. 9. Proceeds benefit the Visiting Nurse Association of Chittenden and Grand Isle Counties. Elley-Long Music Center, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 3 p.m. $20-25. Info, 656-8925.

Recorder-Playing Group: Musicians produce early folk and baroque melodies. Presto Music Store, South Burlington, 2-4 p.m. Free.

Info, 658-0030, info@prestomusic.net.

Ripton Community Coffeehouse: They Might Be Gypsies revive 1930s Gypsy-jazz in the tradition of Django Reinhardt. Ripton Community House, Ripton, 7:30 p.m. $3-9. Info, 388-9782.

outdoors

Sleigh Rides: See WED.29, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

‘The Nature of December’: See WED.29, 10:30 a.m. & 1:30 p.m.

sport

First Run: Community members of all ages start 2011 off on the right foot on a 5K course through downtown. Memorial Auditorium, Burlington, registration begins at 9:30 a.m.; kids’ one-mile fun run, 10:30 a.m.; 5K run & walk, 11 a.m. $5-20. Info, 863-8412, info@run vermont.org.

Mt. Hor Hop: Grandmothers and youngsters alike rub elbows with top skiers at this freestyle ski race. Mt. Hor, Westmore, 10 a.m. $20-25. Info, 334-7144.

theater

‘Theatre of Illusion’: Houdini-esque illusions converge with theatrical drama and suspense when magicians Kevin and Cindy Spencer take the stage. Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center, Stowe Mountain Resort, 7:30 p.m.

Call for price. Info, 253-3000.

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words

Story Time: See THU.30, 11 a.m.

SUN.02 etc.

French-English Conversation Group: Novice and fluent French speakers brush up on their linguistics — en français. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 4-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211.

film

‘Conviction’: See SAT.01, 1:30 p.m. & 7 p.m.

‘Mesrine: Public Enemy #1’: See SAT.01, 1:30 p.m. & 7 p.m.

food & drink

Chocolate-Dipping Demo: See WED.29, 2 p.m.

health & fitness

Open Meditation Classes: Harness your emotions and cultivate inner peace through the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. Laughing River Yoga, Burlington, 1-3 p.m. $5-25 suggested donation. Info, 684-0452, vermont@rsl-ne.com.

holidays

Christmas at the Farm: See WED.29, 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m.

kids

Read to a Dog: See SAT.01, 1-2 p.m.

outdoors

Sleigh Rides: See WED.29, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

theater

words

Poetry Open Mic: Scribes speak in stanzas of their own creation. The Block Gallery, Winooski, 1-3 p.m. Free. Info, 373-5150.

MON.03 etc.

‘Conviction’: See SAT.01, 7 p.m.

‘Mesrine: Public Enemy #1’: See SAT.01, 7 p.m.

food & drink

Chocolate-Dipping Demo: See WED.29, 2 p.m.

Strong Living Exercise: See THU.30, 8 a.m.

words

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, cpotter935@comcast.net.

Shape & Share Life Stories: Prompts trigger true tales, which are crafted into compelling narratives and read aloud. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 12:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 878-4918.

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Roundtable Discussion Series: A local expert helps small-biz owners design their business model. Office Squared, Burlington, 5:30-7 p.m. Free. Info, 951-6762.

etc.

American Red Cross Blood Drive: Montpelier: See MON.03, Union Mutual of Vermont, Montpelier, 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

American Red Cross Blood Drive: St. Albans: See MON.03, Northwestern Medical Center, St. Albans, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

English Conversation Group: Anglophones offer chatty practice to nonnative learners of their mother tongue. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 5-6 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211.

Pause Café: French speakers of all levels converse en français. Borders Books & Music, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 864-5088.

‘Spend Smart’: Vermonters learn savvy skills for stretching bucks and managing money. Preregister. Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity, Burlington, 6-8 p.m.

Free. Info, 860-1417, ext. 104.

film

‘Conviction’: See SAT.01, 7 p.m.

‘Mesrine: Public Enemy #1’: See SAT.01, 7 p.m.

food & drink

Chocolate-Dipping Demo: See WED.29, 2 p.m.

kids

Alburgh Playgroup: Tots form friendships over stories, songs and crafts. Alburgh Elementary School, 12:15-1 p.m. Free. Info, 527-5426.

Children’s Story Hour: Two- to 5-year-olds tune in for audible prose. Aldrich Public Library, Barre, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 476-7550, aldrich library@charter.net.

Craftacular Tuesdays: Creative kids get caught up in low-tech projects. KelloggHubbard Library, Montpelier, 3:30-5 p.m. Free.

Info, 223-3338.

Creative Tuesdays: Artists engage their imaginations with recycled crafts. Kids under 10 must be accompanied by an adult. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 3-5 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

Fairfax Story Hour: Songs, tales and crafts captivate kiddos. Fairfax Community Library, 9:30-10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426.

Kids’ Story Hour: Literature hounds show up for tall tales. East Barre Branch Library, kids under 3 meet at 10 a.m.; ages 3 to 5 meet at 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 476-5118.

Music With Robert: The host of a weekly folk- and world-music show on VPR explores tunes with music lovers of all ages. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 11-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

Open Computer Time: Teens play games and browse the web on library laptops. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 3-4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 863-3403.

Preschool Discovery Program: Nature lovers ages 3 to 5 learn about how our feathered friends ride out the winter. North Branch Nature Center, Montpelier, 10-11:30 a.m. $5.

Info, 229-6206.

Preschool Story Time: Three- to 5-yearolds savor stories, songs, crafts and company.

Carpenter-Carse Library, Hinesburg, 11 a.m.noon. Free. Info, 482-2878.

South Hero Playgroup: Free play, crafting and snacks entertain children and their grownup companions. South Hero Congregational Church, 10-11 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426.

St. Albans Playgroup: Creative activities and storytelling engage the mind. St. Luke’s Church, St. Albans, 9:30-11 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426.

Toddler Story Time: Tots 3 and under discover the wonder of words. Carpenter-Carse Library, Hinesburg, 9-9:30 a.m. Free. Info, 482-2878.

sport

‘Learn to Ski & Ride’ Week: See MON.03, 9 a.m.

talks

Rolf Kielman: The Hinesburg resident and architect recaps his travels through Tanzania and northern Mozambique. Carpenter-Carse Library, Hinesburg, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 482-2878.

theater

Brandon Town Player Auditions: A community theater prepares for its upcoming “Celebrating the ‘40s” program by holding tryouts for a radio play of The Thin Man. Brandon Congregational Church, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info,

773-0511 or 247-5420, denniswmarden@ gmail.com.

‘The Wizard of Oz’: See WED.29, 7:30 p.m.

WED.05

environment

Renewable Energy Workshop: Colin Sorenson from Local Energy details how homeowners can harness solar-electric, solarthermal and wind power. Preregister. Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 6:30-7:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 223-8004, ext. 202, info@hunger mountain.com.

etc.

American Red Cross Blood Drive: Burlington:See MON.03, GE Healthcare Building, South Burlington, 8 a.m.-noon.

Chittenden County Philatelic Club: Stamp collectors of all levels of interest and experience swap sticky squares, and stories about them. GE Healthcare Building, South Burlington, 6:15 p.m. Free. Info, 660-4817, laineyrapp@yahoo.com.

English as a Second Language Class: Speakers with a different native tongue make progress. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211.

German-English Conversation Group: 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.

Japanese-English Conversation Group: Folks swap sentences in a distant dialect at this language exchange. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6-7 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211.

‘Plauderabend’: Conversationalists with a basic knowledge of the German language put their skills to use over dinner. Zen Gardens, South Burlington, 6 p.m. Free; cost of food. Info, 862-1677 or 863-5036.

film

‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’: Audrey Hepburn plays iconic big dreamer Holly Golightly in this 1961 film adaptation of Truman Capote’s novella. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H. 7 p.m. $5-7.

Info, 603-646-2422.

‘Conviction’: See SAT.01, 1:30 p.m., 4 p.m., 7 p.m.

‘Mesrine: Public Enemy #1’: See SAT.01, 1:30 p.m., 4 p.m., 7 p.m.

food & drink

Chocolate-Dipping Demo: See WED.29, 2 p.m.

kids

Enosburg Playgroup: Children and their adult caregivers immerse themselves in singing activities and more. American Legion, Enosburg Falls, 9-11 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426.

Fairfax Playgroup: Multicultural stories and activities accent child’s play. Health Room, Bellows Free Academy, Fairfax, 10-11 a.m. Free.

Info, 527-5426.

High School Book Group: Bookworms crack open the tomes they like to read. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 5-6 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

Highgate Story Hour: Good listeners soak up classic fairy tales. Highgate Public Library, 10-11 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426.

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health & fitness

‘Learn to Ski & Ride’ Week: Skiing and snowboarding newbies take advantage of free lessons, trail passes and equipment. Preregister.

Bolton Valley Resort, 9 a.m. Free to first-timers.

Info, 877-926-5866.

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 well-being. Miller Community and Recreation Center, Burlington, 9-10 a.m. Free.

Info, 355-5129.

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American Red Cross Blood Drive: Burlington: Healthy humans part with life-sustaining pints during National Volunteer Blood Donor Month. Fletcher Allen Health Care, Burlington, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 658-6400.

American Red Cross Blood Drive: St. Albans: See above listing. Holy Angels Church, St. Albans, noon-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 658-6400.

Infant Story Hour: Kiddos up to age 2 absorb spoken-word yarns. Aldrich Public Library, Barre, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 476-7550, aldrichlibrary@charter.net.

Learn to Knit: All materials are supplied for this stitching circle with Joan Kahn. KelloggHubbard Library, Montpelier, 4-5 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

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.

Swanton Playgroup: Kids and caregivers squeeze in quality time over imaginative play and snacks. Mary Babcock Elementary School, Swanton, 9:30-11 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426.

Teen Advisory Board: Middle and high schoolers help librarians plan cool programs and choose new books to order for the stacks.

Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 4-5 p.m. Free.

Info, 863-3403.

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Auditions for ‘Company’: Stowe Theatre Guild seeks 14 performers for its production of the Stephen Sondheim musical. Call to schedule an audition time. Town Hall Theatre, Akeley Memorial Building, Stowe, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Free.

Info, 917-3793.

‘The Wizard of Oz’: See WED.29, 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.

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Ice Skating for Homeschoolers: See WED.29, noon-2 p.m.

Middle School Book Group: Young people discuss their current reads. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 4-5 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

Montgomery Story Hour: See WED.29, 10-11 a.m.

Moving & Grooving With Christine: Young ones jam out to rock-and-roll and world-beat tunes. Recommended for ages 2 to 5, but all are welcome. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

Preschool Discovery Program: See TUE.04, 10-11:30 a.m.

sport

‘Learn to Ski & Ride’ Week: See MON.03, 9 a.m.

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talks

Annelise Orleck: Nearly a century after the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, the author of Common Sense and a Little Fire looks into its lasting impact on workplace safety laws.

Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 7 p.m.

Free. Info, 223-3338, info@vermont humanities.org.

Barbara Will: A Dartmouth College professor explores F. Scott Fitzgerald’s study of the American Dream in The Great Gatsby — and how that dream eluded the 20th-century writer.

Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 7 p.m. Free.

Info, 388-4095.

Brown Bag Series 2011: Fletcher Allen Health Care’s Evie Smith gives an overview of statewide resources to help smokers start the year sans cigarettes. Milton Family Practice, Milton, 5-6 p.m. Free. Info, 893-1009.

David Schutz: The Vermont state curator explores the architectural, cultural and political significance of the Statehouse. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 748-8291, ext. 301.

Marjorie Ryerson: In “The Intimate Privilege of Being With the Dying,” the author of Companions for the Passage shares collected stories. Goodrich Memorial Library, Newport, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 334-7902.

Rolf Diamant: In “From Rutland to Baton Rouge and Back: How the Civil War Forever Changed Vermont,” the national park superintendent and writer emphasizes the importance of public memory of the war. Rutland Free Library, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 773-1860.

Susan Watson: The Middlebury professor looks at the foundation of modern physics, laid down by Albert Einstein at the age of 26. Norwich Public Library, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 649-1184.

Woden Teachout: Paintings, photographs and literature illustrate the author and historian’s lecture on “Imagining America.” Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211.

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theater

Brandon Town Player Auditions: See TUE.04, 6:30 p.m.

The Met: Live in HD: Palace 9: Roberto Alagna stars in a broadcast of Verdi’s quintessential opera, Don Carlo. Palace Cinema 9, South Burlington, 6:30 p.m. $20-24. Info, 660-9300.

‘The Wizard of Oz’: See WED.29, 7:30 p.m.

THU.06 etc.

Chess Club: Checkmate! Board-game players try to attack the king with sly strategies. Faith United Methodist Church, South Burlington, 7 p.m. $2-3. Info, 363-5803.

‘Spend Smart’: Vermonters learn savvy skills for stretching bucks and managing money.

Preregister. 279 North Winooski Ave, Burlington, 10 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 860-1417, ext. 104.

film

‘Conviction’: See SAT.01, 7 p.m.

‘Mesrine: Public Enemy #1’: See SAT.01, 7 p.m.

‘Stranger Than Paradise’: A New York hipster is paid a visit by his Hungarian cousin in Jim Jarmusch’s 1984 minimalist masterpiece.

Loew Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H. 7 p.m. $5-7. Info, 603-646-2422.

food & drink

Chocolate-Dipping Demo: See WED.29, 2 p.m.

health & fitness

Dr. Stephen Brandon: The speaker gives the skinny on natural weight loss, introducing a revolutionary approach to improved metabolism. Preregister. Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 6-7 p.m. Free. Info, 223-8004, ext.

202, info@hungermountain.com.

Strong Living Exercise: See THU.30, 8 a.m.

kids

Alburgh Playgroup: Tots form friendships over stories, songs and crafts. Alburgh Family Center, 9-11 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426.

Fletcher Playgroup: Little ones make use of the open gym before snack time. Fletcher Elementary School, Cambridge, 9-10:30 a.m. Free.

Info, 527-5426.

Franklin Story Hour: Lovers of the written word perk up for read-aloud tales and adventures with lyrics.

Haston Library, Franklin, 10-10:45 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426.

Georgia Playgroup: Provided snacks offer an intermission to free play. Georgia Youth Center, 9:30-11 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426.

Kids’ Story Time: Snacks and activities chase an hour of tales. LACE, Barre, 3:30-4:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 476-4276.

Open Computer Time: See TUE.04, 34:30 p.m.

PJ Story Time: Little kids rock nightgowns and flannels as special guests read from books.

Fairfax Community Library, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 527-5426.

music

Burlington Songwriters: Lyricists share and critique original works. Heineberg

sport

‘Learn to Ski & Ride’ Week: See MON.03, 9 a.m.

Monthly Wine Dinner: Chef Dennis Vieira stirs up a special menu of local food designed to complement Spanish and Portuguese wines.

Red Clover Inn & Restaurant, Killington, 6:30 p.m. $75 plus tax and tip. Info, 775-2290, innkeepers@redcloverinn.com.

talks

kids

Community & Senior Center, Burlington, 7:309:30 p.m. Free. Info, 859-1822.

‘Unsettling Stereotypes: Humor and Cultural Images of Black America’: Playwright Young Jean Lee and Dartmouth College faculty and students begin a roundtable discussion about race, pop culture and the role of humor in stereotypes. See calendar spotlight. Room 041, Haldeman Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H. 4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 603-646-2010.

theater

Brandon Town Player Auditions: See TUE.04, South Station Restaurant, Rutland, 6:30 p.m.

‘The Wizard of Oz’: See WED.29, 7:30 p.m.

words

Story Time: See THU.30, 11 a.m.

Word Play Series: Susan Thomas, Richard Jackson and Deborah Brown celebrate the poems of Giovanni Pascoli in a reading. KelloggHubbard Library, Montpelier, 7-8:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 223-3338.

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‘Learn to Ski & Ride’ Week: See MON.03, 9 a.m.

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.

English Country Dance Party: Those keen on Jane Austen’s favorite pastime make rural rounds to music by the Flying Romanos.

Dances are taught; festive attire encouraged. Elley-Long Music Center, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 7:30-10:30 p.m. $7-12; bring finger food to share. Info, 899-2378.

Keith Lockhart: The Boston Pops conductor dives into a discussion of Puccini in anticipation of the upcoming Metropolitan Opera broadcast of La Fanciulla del West. Proceeds benefit the Foundation for Alcoholism Research. Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, 7:30 p.m. $125 for talk and reception; $35 for talk only. Info, 382-9222.

talks

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etc.

American Red Cross Blood Drive: Williston: See MON.03, DEW Construction, Williston, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

American Red Cross Blood Drive: Woodstock: See MON.03, Woodstock Union High School, 12:305:30 p.m. Free.

Drum & Dance: Feel the rhythm and keep the beat at a percussion lesson for all skill levels.

Shelburne Town Hall, drum practice from 6:30-7 p.m.; drum and dance from 7-9:30 p.m. $3-5.

Info, 862-5017, jaswmbrown@gmail.com.

Tertulia Latina: See FRI.31, 5:30-7 p.m.

film

‘The Social Network’: Part programming wiz, part geek Mark Zuckerberg launches Facebook in the wake of a breakup in this story of the social-networking empire. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H. 7 p.m. $5-7. Info, 603-646-2422.

food & drink

Chocolate-Dipping Demo: See WED.29, 2 p.m.

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Comics Club: Doodlers, writers and readers alike have fun with the funnies. KelloggHubbard Library, Montpelier, 3:30-5 p.m. Free.

Info, 223-3338.

Fairfax Playgroup: See WED.05, 9-10:30 a.m.

Fairfield Playgroup: Youngsters entertain themselves with creative activities and snack time. Bent Northrop Memorial Library, Fairfield, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426.

Montgomery Tumble Time: Budding gymnasts burn off energy. Montgomery Elementary School, 10-11 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426.

Success by Six Playgroup & Storytime: Stories, activities and snacks amuse youngsters. Bent Northrop Memorial Library, Fairfield, 9:30-11 a.m. Free. Info, 827-3945, bentorthrop@ gmail.com.

Swanton Playgroup: Kids and caregivers squeeze in quality time over imaginative play and snacks. Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, Swanton, 10-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426.

theater

‘The Shipment’: Young Jean Lee’s play explores African American identity politics through vignettes incorporating song, dance, standup comedy and more. See calendar spotlight. Moore Theater, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H. 8 p.m. $10-32.

Info, 603-646-2422.

‘The Wizard of Oz’: See WED.29, 7:30 p.m.

words

Jane Austen Weekend: Dainty sandwiches, afternoon teas and novel conversations grace a literary retreat focused on Sense and Sensibility. See calendar spotlight. Preregister.

Governor’s House, Hyde Park, January 7-9. $14-35 for various activities; $235-295 includes lodging. Info, 888-6888.

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Guest Artist Workshop Series: In “The Mechanics of Big Dancing,” Tiffany Rhynard teaches intermediate and advanced dancers to follow momentum and strengthen their cores.

Preregister. Contemporary Dance & Fitness Studio, Montpelier, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. $24. Info, 229-4676.

Norwich Contra Dance: Northern Spy serenade soft-soled dancers moving under the direction of caller David Millstone. Tracy Hall, Norwich, 8 p.m. $8; free for under 16; donations accepted for seniors. Info, 785-4607, rbarrows@ cs.dartmouth.edu.

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etc.

AmericAn red cross Blood drive: south Burlington: See MON.03, University Mall, South Burlington, 10:30 a.m.-4 p.m. crAfty second sAturdAys: History buffs celebrate Ethan Allen’s 273rd birthday by sketching portraits of the Vermont folk hero.

Vermont History Museum, Montpelier, 1-3 p.m.

Regular museum admission, $3-5; free for children under 5. Info, 828-2180. formAl dress drive: High schoolers take their pick from a collection of donated, gently used and fashionable frocks for prom season.

Proceeds support Essex CHIPS Ladies Night programming. Essex CHIPS & Teen Center, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6982, ext. 4. frAnklin county humAne society Benefit Auction: Place your bids! Local artists and businesses have donated items to support the care of animals in the shelter. Diamond Ballroom, Sheraton Hotel & Conference Center, South Burlington, 7:30-11 p.m. Free. Info, 338-2319. ride & ski new englAnd PArty: Powder lovers warm up at an après-ski party with plenty of prizes. James Moore Tavern, Bolton Valley Resort, 9 a.m. Free. Info, 434-6804. ‘winter weirdness 2010’: Green Mountain Gamers organize a day of tabletop action ranging from card shuffling to dice rolling. Good Shepherd Episcopal Church, Barre, 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 347-1892.

film

food & drink

herBAl first Aid kits: Tropical travelers learn how to take care of digestive and immune systems en route. Preregister. Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 1-2:30 p.m. $8-10.

Info, 223-8004, ext. 202, info@hunger mountain.com. herBs for winter heAlth: Julie Mitchell shares recipes and proactive approaches for using plant allies to cure and prevent colds and flus. Monkton Central School, 2-4 p.m. $15 suggested donation benefits the Willowell Foundation’s medicinal herb garden. Info, 877-2963.

kids

Berkshire tumBle time: Provided snacks fuel exercise for tots. Gym, Berkshire Elementary School, 9:30-11 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426. frAnklin PlAygrouP: Toddlers and their adult companions meet peers for tales and sing-alongs. Franklin Central School, 10-11 a.m.

Free. Info, 527-5426. frAnklin tumBle time: Athletic types stretch their legs in an empty gym. Franklin Central School, 9-10 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426. oPen tot gym & infAnt/PArent PlAytime: Snacks fuel feats of athleticism. Bellows Free Academy, Fairfax, 10-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426. reAd to A dog: See SAT.01, 10-11 a.m. winter scAvenger hunt: Families tromp around in the woods, searching for clues, before meeting live Vermont raptors.

Shelburne Farms, 10 a.m.-noon. $10-12 per adult/child pair; $5-6 for each additional child. Info, 985-8686.

sport

12/21/10 11:08 AM

An evening of Performances, Poetry & Puppetry

‘leArn to ski & ride’ week: See MON.03, 9 a.m. ski & snowBoArd swAP: Winter athletes saddle up for the slopes with brand-new or slightly used Alpine, Nordic and boarding gear.

Skirack, Burlington, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Free. Info, 658-3313.

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FeATurinG AnD

Freakwater

Live musical performance by Case and her band.

Songwriting duo Catherine Irwin and Janet Bean.

talks

BriAn mohr & emily Johnson: See THU.30, Proceeds benefit the Green Mountain Club.

Mad River Glen Ski Area, Fayston, 7 p.m. $5-8.

theater

Auditions for ‘comPAny’: See SUN.02, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. ‘the mAgic flute’: The Opera Theatre of Weston delivers Mozart’s final work, a medley of simple folk tunes, dazzling vocals and soaring music. Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 3 p.m. $15-30. Info, 775-0903. the met: live in hd: cAtAmount Arts center: Deborah Voigt stars in a broadcast of Puccini’s wild-west opera, La Fanciulla del West. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 1 p.m. $16-23. Info, 748-2600. the met: live in hd: loew Auditorium: See above listing. Loew Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H. 1 p.m. $10-27.50. Info, 603-646-2422. the met: live in hd: PAlAce 9: See above listing. Palace Cinema 9, South Burlington, 1 p.m. $20-24. Info, 660-9300. the met: live in hd: town hAll theAter: See above listing. Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, 1 p.m. $10-22. Info, 382-9222. ‘the shiPment’: See FRI.07, 8 p.m. ‘the wizArd of oz’: See WED.29, 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.

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essex children’s choir: The annual “Twelfth Night Celebration” features works by Michael Praetorius, Johann Sebastian Bach, Benjamin Britten and others. Vermont artists and the Adirondack Dance Company & Liturgical Dance Troupe join in. Chapel of Saint Michael the Archangel, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 6:30 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 863-9161.

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lAke morey winter weekend: Explore the winter wonderland through a skate-a-thon, workshops on cold-weather skills and the seventh annual Lake Morey WinterFest. See calendar spotlight.

Various locations, Fairlee, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Various prices. Info, 649-9075. sleigh rides: See WED.29, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

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Burlington winter fArmers mArket: Vendors sell ethnic cuisine, pottery, artisan cheese and anything else they can produce in the cold. Memorial Auditorium, Burlington, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 310-5172, info@burlington, farmersmarket.org. cAPitAl city winter fArmers mArket: Root veggies, honey, fresh mesclun and more change hands at an off-season celebration of locally grown grub, complete with a variety of vendor demonstrations. Gymnasium, Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, 10 a.m.2 p.m. Free. Info, 223-2958. cheese sAmPles: Cabot Cheese representatives decked out in plaid dole out dairy products on the slopes and in the Base Lodge.

Bolton Valley Resort, noon-7 p.m. Free. Info, 434-6804.

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little feAt: The long-standing band melds rock, funk, folk, jazz and a handful of other genres into an eclectic and joyous fusion. Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center, Stowe Mountain Resort, 8 p.m. $47-55. Info, 253-3000. mAyfly: As part of the Adamant Winter Music Series, Katie Trautz and Julia Wayne play up folk and bluegrass refrains influenced

by New England blues, American shape-note singing and old-time Appalachian tunes. Adamant Community Club, 7 p.m. $10-15.

Info, 456-7054. recorder-PlAying grouP: See SAT.01, 2-4 p.m.

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‘Broken emBrAces’: A writer tries to heal 14-year-old wounds — incurred when a car crash cost him his love and his sight — in Pedro Almodóvar’s 2009 drama. Dana Auditorium, Sunderland Language Center, Middlebury College, 3 p.m. & 8 p.m. Free. Info, 443-6433. ‘inside JoB’: Charles Ferguson’s 2010 documentary shines a harsh spotlight on those responsible for 2008’s economic meltdown.

Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H. 7:30 p.m. $5-10. Info, 603-646-2422. ‘you will meet A tAll dArk strAnger’: Woody Allen’s latest centers on two unhappy couples in this tale of loves lost and, for some, found. Loew Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H. 6:30 p.m. & 8:45 p.m. $5-7. Info, 603-646-2422.

chocolAte-diPPing demo: See WED.29, 2 p.m. middleBury winter fArmers mArket: Area growers, cheesemakers, bakers and craftspeople collaborate to offer year-round “eat local” options. American Flatbread, Middlebury, 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 388-0178. norwich indoor fArmers mArket: Localvores stock up on produce, baked goods, meats and cheeses from area vendors. Tracy Hall, Norwich, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Free.

Info, 384-7447. shelBurne winter fArmers mArket: Vendors peddle fresh veggies, eggs, meat and maple products, along with baked goods and Vermont crafts. Shelburne Town Gym, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 985-2472.

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Book Discussion: ‘MeMoraBle MeMoirs’: Readers hone in on a significant moment in author Russell Baker’s life through Growing Up. Varnum Memorial Library, Jeffersonville, 3 p.m.

Free. Info, 644-6632.

Jane austen WeekenD: See FRI.07. story tiMe: See THU.30, 11 a.m.

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JANUARY 8th & 9th • 10am-4pm 225 CATS - MANY DIFFERENT BREEDS!

Come shop for kitty items: beds, cat furniture, grooming supplies, free samples of cat food, people food available, handicap accessible. Admission: $6 adults, $4 seniors & children 6-12, FREE 5 & under Parade of Breeds 11am & 2pm. both days. Get a closer look at your favorite breed!

Junior Showmanship Judging: Both Days 12pm. Household Pet entries accepted until 1/3/11

Benefit Auction

Saturday Night - Sheraton Conference Center, Diamond Ballroom, 7:30 p.m.

Proceeds will be donated to a local shelter - Visa/MC accepted.

Public Welcome! - Coffee, Dessert, Cash Bar - Fun for the whole family!

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antiques Market: Treasure hunters find bargains among collections of old furniture, art, postcards and more. Elks Club, Montpelier, early buying, 7:30 a.m.; regular admission, 9 a.m.1:30 p.m. $2-5. Info, 751-6138.

Burlington-area scraBBle cluB: Triple-letter-square seekers spell out winning words. New players welcome. McClure MultiGenerational Center, Burlington, 12:30-5 p.m. Free. Info, 862-7558.

French-english conversation group: See SUN.02, 4-5:30 p.m.

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‘catch Me iF you can’: Tom Hanks plays an FBI agent hot on the trail of Leonardo DiCaprio as Frank Abagnale Jr. in Steven Spielberg’s tale of a fresh-faced con man. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H. 7 p.m. $5-7. Info, 603-646-2422.

food & drink

chocolate-Dipping DeMo: See WED.29, 2 p.m. pasta Dinner: The Vermont Italian Club serves up homemade noodles with a choice of four sauces, antipasto plates and cannoli. Elks Lodge, Burlington, 5-7 p.m. $10-22; free for kids under 5. Info, 922-5005, vermontitalianclub@ gmail.com.

open MeDitation classes: See SUN.02, 1-3 p.m.

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counterpoint: Twelve unaccompanied voices move through four centuries of choral songs, including Debussy’s Three Songs of Charles d’Orléans and early American sacred songs. St. Paul’s Cathedral, Burlington, 3 p.m. $10-15; free for ages 15 and under with a paying adult. Info, 860-7183. little Feat: See SAT.08, Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 7:30 p.m. $29.50-41.50. Info, 775-0903. northeast FiDDlers association: Stringed-instrument players gather for a monthly jam to brush up on their skills.

American Legion, Colchester, noon-5 p.m.

Donations accepted. Info, 728-5188.

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‘learn to ski & riDe’ Week: See MON.03, 9 a.m. ski & snoWBoarD sWap: See SAT.08, 11 a.m.5 p.m.

theater

the Met: live in hD: spaulDing auDitoriuM: See SAT.08, Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H. 1 p.m. $10-27.50. Info, 603-646-2422. the Met: live in hD: toWn hall theater: See SAT.08, 3 p.m. ‘the WizarD oF oz’: See WED.29, 2 p.m.

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aMerican reD cross BlooD Drive: Barre: See MON.03, Elks Club, Barre, 11:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 658-6400.

food & drink

chocolate-Dipping DeMo: See WED.29, 2 p.m.

health & fitness

strong living exercise: See THU.30, 8 a.m.

kids

inFant story hour: See MON.03, 10:30 a.m. learn to knit: See MON.03, 4-5 p.m. stories With Megan: See MON.03, 11-11:30 a.m. sWanton playgroup: See MON.03, 9:30-11 a.m. teen aDvisory BoarD: See MON.03, 4-5 p.m.

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aMerican reD cross BlooD Drive: hinesBurg: See MON.03, St. Jude Catholic Church, Hinesburg, 12:30-6 p.m. aMerican reD cross BlooD Drive: MiDDleBury: See MON.03, American Legion Post 27, Middlebury, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. pause caFé: See TUE.04, 6:30 p.m. ‘spenD sMart’: See TUE.04, 6-8 p.m. ‘suppleMenting social security’: Glenda Otto leads a brainstorming session focusing on creative working ventures to generate income and benefit the community. Space is limited; preregister. Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 223-8004, ext. 202, info@ hungermountain.com.

food & drink

chocolate-Dipping DeMo: See WED.29, 2 p.m.

health & fitness

laughter yoga: See TUE.04, 9-10 a.m.

kids

chilDren’s story hour: See TUE.04, 10:30 a.m. craFtacular tuesDays: See TUE.04, 3:30-5 p.m. creative tuesDays: See TUE.04, 3-5 p.m.

FairFax story hour: See TUE.04, 9:30-10:30 a.m. kiDs’ story hour: See TUE.04, 10 a.m.

fiND SElEct EVENtS oN twittEr @7dayscalendar Music With RobeRt: See TUE.04, 11-11:30 a.m. open coMputeR tiMe: See TUE.04, 3-4:30 p.m. pReschool stoRy tiMe: See TUE.04, 11 a.m.-noon. south heRo playgRoup: See TUE.04, 10-11 a.m. st. albans playgRoup: See TUE.04, 9:30-11 a.m.

language. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211.

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village-builDing conveRgence oRganizeRs’ Meeting: New faces are welcomed at a planning meeting for the third annual Village-Building Convergence, held in June. Rhapsody Natural Foods Café, Montpelier, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 276-3839, jennifer@twinpond retreat.com.

Winooski coalition foR a safe anD peaceful coMMunity: Neighbors and local businesses help create a thriving Onion City by planning community events, sharing resources, networking and more. O’Brien Community Center, Winooski, 3:30-4:45 p.m. Free. Info, 6551392, ext.10.

chocolate-Dipping DeMo: See WED.29, 2 p.m.

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boDy caRe seRies: Do-it-yourselfers use pronounceable, local ingredients in massage oils, deodorants, body butters, scrubs and more. Preregister. Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 6-7:30 p.m. $10-12. Info, 223-8004, ext. 202, info@hungermountain.com.

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enosbuRg playgRoup: See WED.05, 9-11 a.m. faiRfax playgRoup: See WED.05, 10-11 a.m. high school book gRoup: See WED.05, 5-6 p.m. highgate stoRy houR: See WED.05, 10-11 a.m. ice skating foR hoMeschooleRs: See WED.29, noon-2 p.m.

MiDDle school book gRoup: See WED.05, 4-5 p.m.

MontgoMeRy stoRy houR: See WED.29, 10-11 a.m.

Moving & gRooving With chRistine: See WED.05, 11 a.m.

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‘MR. sMith goes to Washington’: Jefferson Smith learns about rampant corruption in politics the hard way in this Frank Capra film. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H. 7 p.m. $5-7.

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ReneWal choRus: See TUE.11, Unitarian Church, Montpelier, 7:30 p.m. $12-15. Info, 735-8063.

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aDaM boyce: In “Sprightly Steps: Vermont’s Contra and Square Dancing Tradition,” the speaker discusses the history of fiddle-driven dances in the Green Mountains. Middlesex Town Hall, 7 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 272-8074. gaRRison nelson: In “Political Future of the Nation After Midterm Elections,” the UVM professor explores national issues regarding President Obama’s legislative agenda, popularity, reelection prospects and place in American history. Town & Country Resort, Stowe, 1:30 p.m. $5. Info, 253-9011. nancy soMeRs: The speaker offers a motivating and entertaining presentation on “Seventeen-and-a-Half Ways to a Healthier, Happier and More Enjoyable Life.” Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 5:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 878-4918.

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aMeRican ReD cRoss blooD DRive: JeRicho: See MON.03, United Christian Assembly, Jericho, 1-6 p.m. aMeRican ReD cRoss blooD DRive: Williston: See MON.03, Walmart, Williston, noon-5 p.m. eMbRoiDeReRs’ guilD Meeting: Needle workers check out the sewing projects of their peers, and get a little stitching done of their own. Pines Senior Living Community, South Burlington, 9:30 a.m. Free. Info, 879-0198. english as a seconD language class: See WED.05, 7-9 p.m. 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. knit night: Crafty needleworkers (crocheters, too) share their talents and company as they give yarn a makeover. Phoenix Books, Essex, 5-7 p.m. Free. Info, 872-7111.

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noontiMe conceRt seRies: Young Vermont musicians showcase their talents. St. Paul’s Cathedral, Burlington, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 860-7183, poppe@cathedralarts.org.

ReneWal choRus: Driving rhythms and bright chords fill a world-music program featuring community-style singing from Africa, Bulgaria, Georgia and the American South. First United Methodist Church, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $12-15.

Info, 735-8063. the lovin’ spoonful: Three remaining members of this American pop band that gained fame in the 1960s tour with two new faces.

Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center, Stowe Mountain Resort, 8 p.m. Call for price. Info, 253-3000.

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ART CLASSES IN HINESBURG AT CVU: 200 winter/spring offerings for all ages. Location: CVU High School, 10 min. from exit 12, Hinesburg. Info: 802-4827194, cvuhs.org/access. Two watercolor classes with Ginny Joyner, Pastel Portraits, Drawing for Beginners, Painting with Water Soluble Oils, Print Making, Calligraphy, Solar Etching, Darkroom Use. Culinary arts: One-night hands-on classes where you eat well! Thai Cuisine, Vietnamese Specialties, Turkish, Colombian Specialties, Indian, Dim Sum, Szechuan, Moroccan, Greek Coastal, Argentinian, Chicken Parm Classico, Winter Soups/Foccacia, Beef Bourguignon, Raw Foods, Gelato, Berry Pie, Valentine Cookies, Cheese Making: Chevre/Feta From Goat’s Milk. Full descriptions online. Senior Discount 65+.

BODY & MIND CLASSES IN HINESBURG AT CVU: 200 Winter/Spring offerings for all ages. Location: CVU High School, 10 min. from exit 12, Hinesburg. Info: 802-482-7194, cvuhs.org/access. Core Strength, Weight Training, Zumba, Yoga (4 choices), Swing or Ballroom, Salsa, Hip Hop, Jazzercise, Clawhammer Banjo (2 levels), Voice-Overs, Guitar (2 levels), Beg. Piano, Piano: Return to Keyboard, SongBasket: Karen Sutherland, Creative Dance 4-7 year olds, Mindful Meditation, Emotional Freedom Technique, Mother’s Day Manicure, Soapmaking, Fabulous Facial, Energy Medicine, and Juggling.

Full descriptions online. Senior discount 65+.

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EXPLORATION IN MOVEMENT 14 CEU: Jan 8 & 9, 2011, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Cost: $245/14 CEUs ($225 if paid by Dec. 18; call about risk-free introductory fee. Location: Touchstone Healing Arts, Burlington. Info: Dianne Swafford, 802-734-1121, swaffordperson@hotmail.com.

Ortho-Bionomy: Participants will learn to recognize and palpate patterns of joint and muscle movement in order to facilitate increased range of motion and promote a general sense of well-being in the body.

Ortho-Bionomy 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.

burlington city arts CLAY: BEGINNING WHEEL I: Jan. 25-Mar. 15, 6:30-9 p.m., Weekly on Tue. Cost: $225/nonmembers, $202.50/BCA members.

Clay sold separately @ $20/25 lb. bag. Glazes & firings incl.

Location: BCA Clay Studio, 250 Main St., Burlington. An introduction to clay, pottery and the ceramics studio. Work primarily on the potter’s wheel, learning basic throwing and forming techniques. While learning, you will create vases, mugs and bowls.

Use the studio’s house slips and glazes. Includes over 20 hours per week of open studio time to practice! Limit: 13.

CLAY: HAND BUILDING: Feb. 2-Mar. 23, 6-8:30 p.m., Weekly on Wed. Cost: $210/nonmembers, $189/BCA members (Clay sold separately at $20/25 lb. bag. Glazes & firings incl.).

Location: BCA Clay Studio, 250 Main St., Burlington. Gain a solid foundation or stretch your abilities in the hand-building process. Includes a variety of techniques including pinch, coil, slab construction, mold making and casting. Learn to create functional teapots, boxes, cups and more. Over 20 hours per week of open studio time included in addition to the class!

Limit: 10.

CLAY: INTERMEDIATE/ ADVANCED WHEEL THROWING: Jan. 27-Mar. 17, 9-11:30 a.m.

Cost: $250/nonmembers, $225/ BCA members. Clay sold separately at $20/25 lb. bag. Glazes & firings incl. Location: BCA Clay Studio, 250 Main St., Burlington.

Learn individualized tips and techniques for advancement on

the wheel. Demonstrations and instruction will cover intermediate throwing, trimming, decorative and glazing methods.

Students should be proficient in centering and throwing basic cups and bowls. Over 20 hours per week of open studio time included in addition to the class!

Limit: 8.

environment that is both creative and social. Participants will work with homemade play dough, paint, yarn, ribbon, paper and more! Parents must accompany their children. All materials provided. No registration necessary. Purchase a drop-in card and get the 6th visit for free! Ages 6 months through 5 years.

DESIGN: ADOBE INDESIGN: Jan. 24-Mar. 7, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Weekly on Monday. Cost: $185/ nonmembers, $166.50/BCA members. Location: Firehouse Center’s Digital Media Lab, Burlington. Learn the basics of Adobe In-Design. Get the basics and become proficient at using this powerful layout program.

Students will explore a variety of software techniques and will create projects suited to their own interests. This class is suited for beginners who are interested in furthering their design software skills. Limit: 6.

DROP-IN: FRI. NIGHT FAMILY CLAY: Jan. 14-May. 27, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Weekly on Fri. Cost: $6/ participant, $5/BCA members.

Location: BCA Clay Studio, 250 Main St., Burlington. Learn wheel and hand-building techniques while hanging out with the family. Make bowls, cups and amazing sculptures. Staff will give wheel and hand-building demonstrations. Clay for practice and fun is free. If you want to keep, you can glaze and fire for $3 per item. No registration necessary. Get a free visit! Purchase a $30 punch card for six drop-in classes, $25 for BCA members.

All ages.

DROP IN: LIFE DRAWING FOR ADULTS (16+): Mon., Jan. 10May 23 (no class Jan. 17, Feb. 21), 6:30-8:30 p.m. Cost: $8/ nonmembers, $7/BCA members.

Location: Firehouse Center, Burlington. This drop-in class is open to all levels and facilitated by a BCA staff member and professional model. Please bring your own drawing materials and paper. No registration necessary.

Purchase a drop-in card and get the sixth visit for free!

DROP IN: POLLYWOG PRESCHOOL: Jan. 13-May. 26, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Weekly on Thursday. Cost: $6/parent/child pair, $5/BCA members. Location: Firehouse Center, Burlington.

This popular drop-in program introduces young children to artistic explorations in a multimedia

DROP-IN: FRI. NIGHT TEEN CLAY: Jan. 14-May. 27, 7:30-9:30 p.m., Weekly on Fri. Cost: $6/ participant, $5/BCA members.

Location: BCA Clay Studio, 250 Main St., Burlington. Teens, bring your old clothes and some tunes and get creative at the BCA clay studio. Staff will help you use the wheels to make cups, mugs, bowls and more.

Clay for practice and fun is free.

You can glaze and fire for $3 per item. No registration necessary. Get a free visit! Purchase a $30 punch card for six drop-in classes, $25 for BCA members.

Ages 13+.

DROP-IN: TADPOLE PRESCHOOL: Tue. & Fri., Jan. 11-May 27 (no class Mar. 1), 9:30-11:30 a.m.

Cost: $6/parent/child pair, $3/per additional sibling, $5/ BCA members. Get a free visit!

Purchase a $30 punch card for 6 drop-in classes. $25/BCA members. Location: BCA Clay Studio, 250 Main St., Burlington.

Introduce your child to artistic explorations in a multimedia environment that is both creative and social. Through art projects designed for early learners, young artists will draw, work with clay, create collages, paint murals and more! Parents must accompany their children. All materials provided. No registration necessary. Ages 3-5.

DRAWING & PAINTING: Feb. 1-Apr. 5, 6:30-9 p.m., Weekly on Tue. Cost: $245/nonmembers, $220.50/BCA members.

Location: Firehouse Center, Burlington. Begin with the basics of drawing and transition to painting with water-soluble oils.

Students will learn many drawing and painting techniques and how to apply composition, linear aspects, form and color theory to their work. This supportive class will have a nice balance of studio time, group discussion and critique. Limit: 10.

DROP IN: PAINTING FOR ADULTS (16+): Thu., Jan. 27-Mar. 31, 6:30-8:30 p.m. No class Feb. 17 & Feb. 24. Cost: $10/nonmembers, $9/BCA members. Location: Firehouse Center, Burlington.

Open to all levels and facilitated

by Linda Jones, an accomplished painter and BCA instructor for over 10 years. Participants will be encouraged to experiment in this fun and supportive class.

No registration necessary. BCA provides glass palettes, easels, painting trays and drying racks.

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ILLUSTRATION: Feb. 7-Mar. 21, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Weekly on Mon. Cost: $145/nonmembers, $130.50/BCA members.

Location: Firehouse Center, Burlington. Learn a variety of illustration techniques! Whatever your interest, (children’s books, news stories, sci-fi or political blogs) there’s a technique for you. Using traditional materials such as pencil, charcoal, pen and ink, and watercolors, students will be encouraged to draw the human figure, likenesses, animals, landscapes, interiors and more. Limit: 12.

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AYURVEDIC CLEANSE & REJUVENATION SERIES: Jan. 11-25, 5:30-7 p.m., Weekly on Tue. Cost: $120/series. Location: Vermont Center for Yoga and Therapy, 364 Dorset St., Suite 204, S. Burlington. Info: 802658-9440, vtcyt.com. Restore balance in the New Year: During this three-week workshop, you will be supported through a seven-day ayurvedic cleanse.

Workshops will explore the fundamentals of ayurveda, examine how ayurveda supports optimum health, and understand how this medical system applies to you.

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MIXED-LEVEL DARKROOM: Jan. 20-Mar. 10, 6-9 p.m., Weekly on Thu. Cost: $250/nonmembers, $225/BCA members.

Location: Community Darkroom, Burlington. Take your work to the next level in this eight-week class! Guided sessions to help you improve your printing and film processing techniques and discussion of the technical and aesthetic aspects of your work will be included. Cost includes a darkroom membership for the duration of the class.

Prerequisite: Intro to Black and White Film and the Darkroom or equivalent experience.

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PAINTING: CONTEMPORARY FIGURE: Feb. 2-Mar. 23, 1:304:30 p.m., Weekly on Wed. Cost: $285/nonmembers, $256.50/ BCA members. Location: Firehouse Center, Burlington.

For intermediate and advanced painters, this class explores the vitality of nontraditional figure painting, emphasizing fresh color, dynamic composition and personal expression. Use water-soluble oils and work from clothed and nude models each week. Small class size allows for individual feedback, demonstrations and informal critiques.

Figure-drawing experience helpful. Limit: 10.

PHOTO: DIGITAL BASICS: Jan. 18-Mar. 15, 3:30-5:30 p.m., Weekly on Tuesday. Cost: $195/ nonmembers, $175.50/BCA members. Location: Firehouse Center’s Digital Media Lab, Burlington. Learn the basics of digital photography in this eightweek class. Camera functions and settings, white balance, composition, uploading and organizing images, making basic edits in Photoshop, printing, and much more will be covered.

Any digital camera is acceptable! Bring your charged camera with its memory card, cords and manual. No experience required.

Limit: 6.

PHOTO: INTRO FILM/DIGITAL: Jan. 19-Feb. 23, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Weekly on Wed. Cost: $145/ nonmembers, $130.50/BCA members. Location: Firehouse Center’s Digital Media Lab, Burlington. Explore the basic workings of the manual 35mm film or digital SLR to take the photographs you envision.

Demystify f-stops, shutter speeds and exposure, and learn the basics of composition, lens choices and film types/ sensitivity. Bring an empty manual 35mm film or digital SLR camera and owner’s manual to class. Limit: 15. No experience necessary.

PHOTO: PHOTOSHOP BASICS: Jan. 18-Feb. 22, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Weekly on Tuesday. Cost: $195/$175.50 BCA members.

Location: Firehouse Center’s Digital Media Lab, Burlington.

Gain confidence working in Adobe Photoshop in this class.

Uploading images into Adobe Bridge, use of Camera Raw, image correction tools such as color and white balance correction, layers, retouching and more will be covered. Print on our Epson 3880 printer. Prerequisite: Intro Film/Digital SLR Camera or equivalent experience. Limit 6.

PRINT: WHAT IS PRINTMAKING?: Jan. 31-Mar. 28, 6-8:30 p.m., Weekly on Mon. Cost: $210/nonmembers, $189/BCA members. Location: BCA Print Studio, 250 Main St., Burlington. Students will be encouraged to explore and use a variety of layering techniques and to have fun experimenting.

Demonstrations on intaglio, mono printing, relief, silkscreening and stencils are included.

Some basic materials included.

Over 20 hours per week of open studio time also included in addition to the class! Limit: 10.

Call 802-865-7166 for info or register online at BurlingtonCityArts.com.

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computers COMPUTER CLASSES IN HINESBURG: 200 winter/spring offerings for all ages. Location: CVU High School, 10 min. from exit 12, Hinesburg. Info: 802482-7194, cvuhs.org/access.

Computer & Internet Basics Tutorial, iWant iPods & iPhones, Google Aps, Improve Your Internet Experience, Windows Security: File and Control Panels, OpenOffice, Google Sketch Up, Skype, PowerPoint, Publisher, MS Word Basics and More, MS Excel Basics, Excel Up: The Next Steps, Excel Data Analysis, Website Design Fundamentals, Dreamweaver: Web Essentials, Social Networking for Families, Personalized Lessons. Full descriptions online. Senior discount 65+.

craft CRAFT CLASSES IN HINESBURG AT CVU: 200 winter/spring offerings for all ages. Location: CVU High School, 10 min. from exit 12, Hinesburg. Info: 802482-7194, cvuhs.org/access.

Beach Glass Birdbath, Mosaic Birdbath, Tiffany-Style Garden Frame, Woodworking, Welding, Wood Carving, Bead/Wire Jewelry Making, Metalsmithing, Spindle and Knobs, Wooden Bowl Turning, Rug Hooking: 2 levels, 3 Bag Sewing, Pillows Sewing, Clothes-Making Skills, Crochet, Cheap/Dirty Framing, Mosaic Garden Frame, Cake Decorating (3 choices), Knitting (3 choices), Hula-Hoop Making.

Full descriptions online. Senior discount 65+.

dance BALLROOM DANCE CLASSES: Location: The Champlain Club, Burlington. Info: First Step Dance, 802-598-6757, kevin@firststepdance.com, 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!

BURLINGTON DANCES MODERN CLASS: 7 p.m., Tue., Dec. 14 & 21. Location: Burlington Dances (Chace Mill, top floor), 1 Mill St., 372 , Burlington. Info: Burlington Dances, Lucille Dyer, 802-8633369, Info@BurlingtonDances. com, BurlingtonDances.com.

Ellen Smith Ahern blends contemporary dance techniques that strengthen, center and challenge experienced dancers to move with clarity. Experiment with basic choreographic structures in guided explorations that are imaginative, rigorous and playful. Join us for creative movement possibilities and be ready for dynamic weight-shifting, handstands and floor work!

DANCE STUDIO SALSALINA: Cost: $13/class. Location: 266 Pine St., Burlington. Info: Victoria, 802-598-1077, info@ salsalina.com. Salsa classes, nightclub-style. One-on-one, group and private, four levels.

Beginner walk-in classes, Wednesdays, 6 p.m. Argentinean Tango class and social, Fridays, 7:30 p.m., walk-ins 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: lindyvermont. com, 802-860-7501. Great fun, exercise and socializing, with fabulous music. Learn in a welcoming and lighthearted environment. Classes start every six weeks: Tuesdays for beginners; Wednesdays for upper levels.

Instructors: Shirley McAdam and Chris Nickl.

empowerment EMPOWERMENT CLASSES IN HINESBURG AT CVU: 200 Winter/Spring offerings for all ages. Location: CVU High School, 10 min. from exit 12, Hinesburg. Info: 802-4827194, cvuhs.org/access. Lose Weight, Feel Great, Genealogy, Beekeeping, Fly Fishing, Foreign Affairs, Write Better, Resumes, Garden Jumpstart, Container Gardening, Pruning Trees, Goats, Islam and the Western World, Donner Party Story, Solar Energy 101, Bio Fuels 101, Energy=R We?, Cinema Club, Map & Compass, Motorcycle Awareness, The Toddler Years, Fathers & Children Together Group, Bridge (2 levels), Mah Jongg, Knots, VT Architecture, Civil War Book of Days, Grief Etiquette, Suburban Homesteading 101. Full descriptions online. Senior discount 65+.

flynnarts FLYNNARTS WINTER/SPRING SEMESTER: Location: Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, Burlington. Info: FlynnArts, 802652-4548, flynnarts@flynncenter.org. Classes in dance, drama and music are enrolling now.

Sign up for acting (scene study, monologues, etc.), group singing lessons, Zumba or the everpopular Laugh Attack: Standup Comedy. Dance forms include hip hop, modern, tap, ballet, jazz, world, NIA and musical theater dance. Student jazz combos and adult jazz combos forming as well; placement session January 11. Auditions for Show Choir and munchkins in the Wizard of Oz on Jan. 8. Class schedules, info and registration online.

SAMPLE FREE FLYNNARTS CLASSES DURING BURLINGTON’S FIRST NIGHT!: Location: Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, Burlington.

Info: FlynnArts, 802-652-4548, flynnarts@flynncenter.org.

Wondering if a class is right for your child? Come see! During Burlington’s First Night celebration, kids can try out music, drama and dance classes for free.

Staff and teaching artists are on hand to answer questions and help with class placement. Dropins welcome if space remains, but call or email to guarantee a spot. Class schedules are posted online.

STONE WALL WORKSHOP: Cost: $100/1-day workshop.

Location: Red Wagon Plants, 2408 Shelburne Falls Rd., Hinesburg. Info: Queen City Soil & stone, Charley MacMartin, 802-318-2411, macmartin@igc. org, queencitysoilandstone. com. Introductory stone wall workshop for homeowners and tradespeople promotes the beauty and integrity of stone.

One-day workshop focuses on the basic techniques for creating dry-laid walls with special emphasis on stone native to Vermont. Upcoming dates include January 8 with additional dates through March. Space limited; gift certificates available.

health HOLISTIC NUTRITION: Jan. 21-Aug. 5, 12-3 p.m., Weekly on Fri. Cost: $1,500/series.

Location: Elements of Healing, 21 Essex Way Suite 109, Essex Jct. Info: Elements Of Healing, Scot Moylan, 802-288-8160, scott@elementsofhealing.net, elementsofhealing.net. This class will teach students the fundamentals of Eastern nutrition.

We will study what a healthy diet entails, as well as look at several diseases and how to treat them through diet. Proper food preparation and cooking methods will be discussed. A detailed study of body energetics will also be shown, along with some Western anatomy and physiology.

FINDING YOUR MISSION IN LIFE: Jan. 13-Feb. 3, 7-9 p.m., Weekly on Thu., Jan. 13-Feb. 3, 7-9 p.m., + an individual session. Cost: WISDOM OF THE HERBS $120/series. Location: 55 Clover SCHOOL: Wisdom of the Herbs Lane, Waterbury. Info: Sue, 802Certification Program begins 244-7909. Discover the unique April 23-24, 2011, & runs 1 weekway you are meant to make a end a mo. through Nov. We are difference in the world and open currently interviewing for this your life to joy, meaning and program. Wild Edibles Spring wonder. Led by Dr. Sue Mehrtens, PM will be held May 8, Jun. teacher and author, with a 1x1-FlynnPerfArts093009.indd 1 9/28/09 3:32:51 Term 5 & Jul. 10. Plan ahead & apply personal reading by a member of MASTER GARDENER 2011 now for VSAC nondegree grant the Life Mission Institute team.

COURSE: Feb. 1-Apr. 26, 6-9 p.m. for 2011 programs while funds Cost: $365/incl. Sustainable are plentiful. Location: Wisdom Gardening book. Noncredit of the Herbs School, Woodbury. course. Location: Bennington, Info: 802-456-8122, annie@ FELDENKRAIS: Weekly on Brattleboro, Johnson, Lyndon, wisdomoftheherbsschool.

Wed., 7-8 p.m. Cost: $12/class.

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Location: Touchstone Healing Newport, Randolph Center, com. Earth skills for changing Arts, 187 St. Paul St., Burlington.

Rutland, Springfield, St. times. Experiential programs Info: Uwe Mester, 802-735-3770, Albans, Waterbury, White River embracing local, wild, edible and uwemester@gmx.net. Try it out!

Junction & Williston, Burlington. medicinal plants, food as first First class is free! Feldenkrais is a Info: 802-656-9562, master. medicine, sustainable living learning method based on movegardener@uvm.edu, uvm.edu/ skills, and the inner journey. ment. Discover where and how matergardener. Learn how to Annie McCleary, director, and you hold tension everywhere create a healthy and sustainGeorge Lisi, naturalist. in yourself and find alternative able home landscape. A wide

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variety of horticultural topics are covered: fruit and vegetable production, flower gardening, botany, soil fertility, plant pests, disease management, healthy lawns, invasive plants, and more!

UVM faculty experts focus on gardening in Vermont!

language ANNOUNCING NEW SPANISH CLASSES: Beginning week of Jan. 10 for 10 weeks & traveler’s class Jan. 15. Cost: $160/10 1-hour classes. Location: Spanish in Waterbury Center, Waterbury Center. Info: Spanish in Waterbury Center, 802-5851025, spanishparavos@gmail. com, spanishwaterburycenter. com. Winter Spanish class offerings. Learn from a native speaker in a small, participatory class environment. Adult evening classes at five levels. Full-day Spanish for Travelers class January 15.

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Also private instruction, tutoring, lessons for children. Convenient scheduling. See our website for complete information or contact us for details.

LANGUAGE CLASSES IN HINESBURG AT CVU: 200 winter/spring offerings for all ages.

Location: CVU High School, 10 min. from exit 12, Hinesburg.

Info: 802-482-7194, cvuhs. org/access. Beginner French, Conversational Immersion French with Laure Angel, Spanish (3 levels plus Advanced Conversational Spanish), Italian for Travelers, Beginning Mandarin (2 levels), German for Beginners. Low cost, hands-on, excellent instructors, limited class size, guaranteed. Materials included with few exceptions.

Full descriptions online. Senior discount 65+.

martial arts AIKIDO: Adult introductory classes meet on Tue. & Thu. at 6:45 p.m. Classes for adults, children (ages 5-12) & teenagers meet 7 days/week. Location: Aikido of Champlain Valley, 257 Pine St. (across from Conant Metal and Light), Burlington.

Info: 802-951-8900, burlingtonaikido.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. The Samurai Youth Program provides scholarships for children and teenagers, ages 7-17.

DANCES OF UNIVERSAL PEACE: Jan. 15, 1-4 p.m. Cost: $15/ class if prepaid by Jan. 10. $20 at door. Optional evening Sufi Zikr, 6-7:30 p.m., $10. Location: Studio Time & Space, 59 Main St., Springfield. Info: Radha, 802-658-2447, radhatereska@ comcast.net. A participatory group form of meditation in motion; a joyous way to touch the spiritual essence within ourselves and others. Led by Radha Tereska Buko, who has led these dances worldwide for the past 25 years.

INTRODUCTION TO MEDITATION: Jan. 8-29, 2-4 p.m., Weekly on Sat. Cost: $60/ series. Location: 55 Clover Lane, Waterbury. Info: Sue, 802-2447909. Get a basic orientation to an essential practice of the spiritual journey; learn over a dozen techniques in this workshop that is more experiential than intellectual. Led by Dr. Sue Mehrtens, teacher and author.

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, 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.

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The Fit Kitchen: This is a 6-week virtual class, delivered via email. The weekly lessons will be a combination of audio, video & text. Lessons will be delivered each Sun. beginning Jan. 9 & ending Feb. 13. Cost: $49/6 weeks. Location: Virtual Class, Virtual Class. Info: The Domestic Maven, Kelly McCann, 802-8812456, kelly@thedomesticmaven. com, blog.thedomesticmaven. com. Shape up your kitchen, shape up yourself. Keep your kitchen healthy and fit, and you stand a far better chance of staying healthy and fit yourself. This class will help you let go of the clutter and organize everything in your kitchen, so you can relax and enjoy your space.

REIKI (Usui) LEVEL 1: Cost: $175/Sat., Jan. 8, 9:30 a.m.5:30 p.m. Location: Rising Sun Healing Center, 35 King St., #7, Burlington. Info: Chris Hanna, 802-881-1866, channa@gmavt. net, risingsunhealing.com.

Learn this powerful handson-healing art for healing and personal growth, and be able to give Reiki energy to yourself and others by the end of the class.

Plenty of in-class practice time.

Learn the history of Reiki and ethics of a Reiki practitioner.

Individual classes and sessions available. Member VRA.

Yoga Vermont: Cost: $12/ drop in, $110/10-class card, $130/mo. pass. Location: Yoga Vermont , 113 Church St., 4th floor, Burlington. Info: Kathy McNames, 802-238-0594, kathy@yogavermont.com, yogavermont.com. Great instructors. Clean, warm studio. Classes every day. Ashtanga, vinyasa, chanting and pranayama, gentle vinyasa, history and philosophy. Teacher training course.

Workshops with David Swenson and Shelley Washington, Baird Hersey, Mark T. Kinder. Gift certificates available. We have studied extensively and would love to share our practices with you.

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Location: CVU High School, 10 min. from exit 12, Hinesburg.

Info: 802-482-7194, cvuhs.org/ access. Photoshop Basics, Digital Camera: Buttons/Menus, Share Photos, Aperture Info, Shutter Speed Skills, Digital Spectrum, Next Layers of Photoshop, Advanced Digital Photography: Blending/Filters. Full descriptions online. Senior discount 65+.

pilates ALL Wellness: Location: 208 Flynn Ave., Studio 3A (across from the antique shops, before Oakledge Park), Burlington.

Info: 802-863-9900, 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 nutrition. Come experience our welcoming atmosphere, skillful, caring instructors and light-filled studio. Join us for a free introduction to the reformer, every Saturday at 10:30 a.m. and the first Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m.: Just call and reserve your spot!

Natural Bodies Pilates: Take advantage of our full schedule of classes. Location: Natural Bodies Pilates, 1 Mill St., 372, top floor, Chace Mill, at the Winooski River Falls bridge, Burlington. Info: 802-863-3369, lucille@naturalbodiespilates. com, NaturalBodiesPilates. com. Lift your body, mind and spirit-naturally! With Pilates, modern dance and conscious movement practices, your whole-body movement results in that integrated feeling of deep internal strength while feeling surprisingly relaxed and flexible.

Come celebrate dance and creativity for happiness in life: Join a class today!

spirituality WORKING WITH MANDALAS: Jan. 12-Feb. 2, 7-9 p.m., Weekly on Wed. Cost: $60/workshop.

Location: 55 Clover Lane, Waterbury. Info: Sue, 802-2447909. A contemplative, hands-on workshop designed to introduce participants to the powerful spiritual effect that results in the process of crafting a mandala. All tools and media will be provided.

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by Sue Mehrtens, 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, 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.

writing Writing Therapy Group for Women: Jan. 17-Mar. 7, 5:30-7 p.m., Weekly on Mon.. Location: Vermont Center for Yoga and Therapy, 364 Dorset St., Suite 204, S. Burlington. Info: Heather, 802-658-9440, vtcyt.com.

Exploring one’s internal world creatively through writing can support the healing process of depression, anxiety, self-image issues, relational difficulties and addictions. Writing Therapy for Women encourages the development of self-expression and self-awareness through various writing styles and exercises; fiction, nonfiction, journaling, prose and poetry. Instructed

by Heather Parker, MA, LCMHC. Insurance accepted.

Anxious Body, Anxious Mind for Teens: Jan. 13-Feb. 17, 6-7:30 p.m., Weekly on Thu. Cost: $90/series. Location: Vermont Center for Yoga and Therapy, 364 Dorset St., Suite 204, S. Burlington. Info: 802658-9440, vtcyt.com. Would you like to feel less anxious and more comfortable with yourself? In a supportive environment, participants will examine their own inner “critical” voice in order to find their way to a more compassionate and loving self. Gentle yoga postures, breathing exercises, journaling and guided meditation practices will be introduced.

Instructed by Penny Kline.

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: 802-8649642, yoga@evolutionvt.com, evolutionvt.com. Evolution’s certified teachers are skilled with students ranging from beginner-advanced. We offer classes in Vinyasa, Anusarainspired, 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.

Spirit Strength: Yoga Pilates Fusion Classes, Tue. & Thu., 10 a.m. Cost: $13/class; $110/10-class card. Location: Burlington Dances, 1 Mill St., suite 372, top floor, Chace Mill, at the Winooski River Falls bridge, Burlington. Info: Burlington Dances, Lucille Dyer, 802-8633369, Info@BurlingtonDances. com, BurlingtonDances.com.

Purify, align, strengthen and stretch while connecting to your inner core. Strengthen and stabilize the core, increase flexibility, reduce stress, and improve energy. Julie Peoples-Clark teaches a combination of physical postures, breath work, core conditioning movement, balance, relaxation and dynamic flow. Gift certificate chopping? Save 20% now through December 24!

Trauma-Sensitive Yoga: Healing Body, Mind & Spirit: Thu., Jan. 13-Mar. 10, 6:30-7:45 p.m. No class Feb. 24. Cost: $120/series. Location: Vermont Center for Yoga and Therapy, 364 Dorset St., Suite 204, S. Burlington. Info: 802-658-9440, vtcyt.com. Trauma and loss can result in feelings of anxiety, sadness, agitation and reactivity, as well as PTSD symptoms (e.g., flashbacks, hypervigilance and nightmares.) Yoga and mindfulness practices can gently shift these patterns, allowing individuals to reinhabit their bodies with a growing sense of safety, strength and stability. Instructed

by Deb Sherrer, MA, CYT. Yoga for Educators: Reconnecting & Replenishing: Jan. 11-Feb. 15, 4:30-5:45 p.m., Weekly on Tue. Cost: $90/series. Location: Vermont Center for Yoga and Therapy, 364 Dorset St., Suite 204, South Burlington. Info: 802-658-9440, vtcyt.com. Do you spend so much time each day worrying about work, lesson plans and your students that it’s hard to take care of yourself?

This workshop will help you reconnect with yourself through a gentle and mindful yoga practice, breathing exercises, and guided meditation using the principles of loving-kindness.

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Foundations of a Therapeutic Yoga Session: Fri., Jan. 21, 6-8 p.m. Sat., Jan. 22, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Sun., Jan. 23, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Cost: $225/ three days. Location: Vermont Center for Yoga and Therapy, 364 Dorset St., Suite 204, South Burlington. Info: 802-658-9440, vtcyt.com. This is an experiential and didactic training for yoga teachers interested in working privately with students in an effort to create a therapeutic yoga session. Come and explore the foundations of a healing session as well as the dynamics of teaching one on one.

Instructed by Martha Whitney, Bree Greenberg-Benjamin and Emily Garrett.

Laughing River Yoga: Daily yoga classes & monthly yoga workshops. $13 drop in; $110 for 10 classes. By-donation classes Mon.-Fri. at 9 a.m. & Tue./Thu. at 7:30 p.m. Location: Laughing River Yoga, 1 Mill St., Chace Mill, suite 126, Burlington. Info: Laughing River Yoga, 802343-8119, emily@laughingriveryoga.com, laughingriveryoga. com. Yoga studio now open downstairs in the Chace Mill.

Experienced and compassionate teachers offer Kripalu, Jivamukti, Vajra, Flow, Restorative and DJ Yoga Flow. Educate yourself with monthly workshops and class series. Lots of light. Gorgeous floors. Parking. All levels welcome! Come and deepen your understanding of who you are.

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SUFI MEDITATION & MOVEMENT: Every Thu. starting in Jan., 7-8 p.m. Cost: $10/ mo. suggested contribution.

Location: Mallets Bay/Colcheser area, Vermont. Info: Radha, 802-658-2447 or Wahida, 802-922-6554. An ongoing exploration into the practices of Suluk (the journey) from the Sufi Order International and Music and Movement from the Sufi Ruhaniat Order. Led by certified teachers from both Sufi Orders.

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VERMONT BRAZILIAN JIUJITSU: Mon.-Fri., 6-9 p.m., & Sat., 10 a.m. 1st class is free.

Location: Vermont Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, 55 Leroy Rd., Williston.

Info: 802-660-4072, Julio@ bjjusa.com, bjjusa.com. Classes for men, women and children.

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu enhances strength, flexibility, balance, coordination and cardiorespiratory fitness. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu training builds and helps to instill courage and selfconfidence. 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,

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AIKIDO: Tue.-Fri., 6-7:30 p.m.; Sat., 9-10 a.m.; & Sun., 1011:30 a.m. Visitors are always welcome. Location: Vermont Aikido, 274 N. Winooski Ave. (2nd floor), Burlington. Info: Vermont Aikido, 802-862-9785, vermontaikido.org. Practice the graceful martial art of Aikido in a safe, supportive environment.

Aikido training teaches body and spirit together, promoting physical flexibility and flowing movement, martial awareness with compassionate connection, respect for others and confidence in oneself. Visitors are always welcome in the dojo!

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu instructor under Carlson Gracie Sr., teaching in Vermont, born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil! A 5-time Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu National Featherweight Champion and 3-time Rio de Janeiro State Champion, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

2010 Year in Review

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Revisiting the year’s top music stories B Y D AN BOL L ES

which would enter its eighth season this summer? According to Higher Ground, which unveiled another outdoor concert series at the Champlain Valley Expo this year, they don’t know yet.

“We’re still unsure as to what is happening with next year’s outdoor concert series,” says Higher Ground promotions manager Nick Vaden.

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The watershed moment of 2010 actually didn’t happen. The July 5 Concerts on the Green show featuring Grateful Dead legacy band Furthur was abruptly and unceremoniously canceled due to security concerns on the part of the venue, Shelburne Museum. Understandably, the news harshed the mellows of thousands of Deadheads, locally and beyond.

More importantly, music fans in Vermont could be feeling the aftershocks from the museum’s decision well into 2011 and beyond.

To recap: On the morning of Thursday, June 24, bleary-eyed jam fans awoke to find a notice posted on Furthur’s website breaking the bad news. Here’s how it was reported in Seven Days’ music-news column “Soundbites” that week: Thursday, Furthur announced, via their website, that “local authorities” (the man) had pulled the plug on the show, citing security concerns over an influx of “ticketless fans” (goddamn dirty hippies), “traffic concerns” (in veggie-oilpowered microbuses) and “other issues” (duuuuuuude).

In other words, Museum officials, perhaps after reading reports of unsavory shenanigans at Furthur shows earlier that month, pictured a hippie horde descending upon the well-heeled hamlet of Shelburne and got cold feet.

Of course, concert security is an important concern. And it is true that Furthur shows earlier that spring were beset by logistical and legal problems.

But here’s the thing: The show had been on the books since early March. In fact, museum director Stephan Jost appeared on a WCAX broadcast the same day the show went on sale. “I’ve never heard of them, but we sold out in six minutes,” he said. “And, that said, security will be extraordinarily tight.”

So, what happened, or didn’t happen, between March 5 and June 24 that caused the museum to pull the plug? If extra security was a concern, why wasn’t it addressed earlier than two weeks before the show? Nobody knows. And if they do, they’re not talking.

The museum issued a short, terse press release following the announcement on the Furthur website explaining its side of things. Higher Ground Presents, the promoter of the COTG series, responded with a press release of its own. Pissed-off Deadheads responded by … well, getting stoned, probably.

The big-picture question also remains unanswered. Where does the Furthur fracas leave the future of the COTG series,

In Burlington, going to see live local music is considered something of a birthright. Generations of young musicians and music fans have grown up attending concerts at nightclubs and bars as teenagers. It’s one reason the local music scene continues to be as vibrant and healthy as it is: We get ’em young. But a measure enacted earlier this year threatened to derail that time-honored rite of passage. The Burlington Police Department, citing increasing issues with underage drinking and ancillary problems associated with soused kids downtown, put the kibosh on the 18-plus policy that many Queen City live-music venues have enjoyed for decades.

In October, the BPD announced it would begin issuing a limited number of permits for 18-plus events at grown-up watering holes on a case-by-case basis.

The idea being that by capping the number of 18-plus events, they might thin the number of young’uns descending upon downtown Burlington and causing problems. In other words: outta sight, outta mind.

Obviously, the new rule was a major blow to local venues such as Nectar’s and Club Metronome, which have long relied on the under-21 set to fill their hallowed halls, right?

Actually, not really.

According to Alex Budney, the talent buyer at Nectar’s and Metronome, the only real change has been making sure the clubs apply for permits in a timely fashion. Both clubs have always had a 21-plus policy on most weekend nights.

And they have yet to experience any issues with being granted permits for the 18-plus shows they feature on most weekday nights. “[The BPD] has been really easy to work with,” says Budney. “They just want to be sure that we’re keeping tabs on how many underage kids are in the club, which we do anyway,” he contin-

ues, citing both venues’ strong record for security as another factor minimizing the effect of the policy change. “It’s been good all around.”

In Brief

Some other notable happenings from the year that was ...

• Psych-rock band the Cush split town in April, after a decade as one of Burlington’s most successful and beloved acts. Band founders Burette and Gabby Douglas returned home to Texas, where they continue to play and discover new ways of creating tasty ear candy.

• Newish Vermont resident Neko Case, who bought a farmhouse in the Northeast Kingdom last year, disappointed local fans in August when she disappeared before a performance with her longtime band, the New Pornographers, at Higher Ground. Case was reported to have been at the club for a sound check prior to the show, as was vocalist Dan Bejar, who also went missing. But Case’s microphone stood unused onstage throughout the Pornographers’ set. The official line on the no-show? Food poisoning. The official response from fans: Yeah, right.

• Anaïs Mitchell made international waves with a star-studded studio recording of her epic folk opera Hadestown. The recording featured songwriter Greg Brown, Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon, Ben Knox Miller from the Low Anthem and Ani DiFranco, whose label, Righteous Babe Records, released the album. The project was a critical smash, drawing raves around the globe. It was also nominated for a Grammy for best packaging.

• Grace Potter & the Nocturnals continued their rise to rock stardom on the heels of a new, self-titled album.

The band was featured in a number of major music rags, including Rolling Stone and Paste magazine, and appeared on a VH1 special. Their single “Paris (Ooh La La),” is currently heard in ads for new NBC series “The Cape.”

But for local fans, the band’s crowning 2010 moment was undoubtedly their surprise concert on Church Street during the Burlington Discover Jazz Festival.

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Case in point, the last time Mitchell did the Prince gig, his longtime friend dJ Fattie B approached him backstage between sets. He called Mitchell by his first name several times but didn’t get a response. Finally, after about the fifth or sixth attempt, Mitchell turned his head and said with a vacant stare, “Craig’s not here right now.”

The man was possessed.

Fattie recalls backing away.

Nervously.

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party Retronome, upstairs at Club Metronome. In addition to the typical ’80s fare, he’ll be spinning classics from the 1970s and 1990s. It’s like a mashup of all of his weekly dance parties in one night.

And speaking of dance parties, the cool kids from BonJour-hi! are throwing what should be a pretty epic one at Parima. The eclectic DJ collective headlines a package night at the Thai restaurant that includes a three-course meal, champagne toast and — this is brilliant, trust me — a latenite breakfast buffet. Genius!

Another option would be to simply stay home and celebrate while snuggled up on the couch. OK, so it’s not as glamorous as going out.

But there are certain other things we could do. Wink, wink. Nudge, nudge. Things that will make you feel really, really dirty, if you catch my drift. Such as watching the live pay-per-view webcast of Phish’s NYE concerts at Madison Square Garden. Yes, really. And for only $19.95 a pop. You’re right, that’s totally ridiculous. Maybe we should skip town?

Our first stop will be at Waterbury’s Reservoir Restaurant & Tap Room to catch surf-punk outfit torPedo rodeo. Those guys put out one of my favorite

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“Maybe it’s much too early in the game. / Ah, but I thought I’d ask you just the same, / What are you doing New Year’s, New Year’s Eve?” Well, how ’bout it? What are you doing? Wait … what?

You don’t have plans yet? Are you serious? It’s lucky, we ran into one another, then.

Very lucky indeed. Take a deep breath, relax, and I’ll guide you through anything and everything worth doing on December 31, 2010. And, who knows? When the clock strikes midnight, and if you play your cards right, we might even make out.

Fingers crossed.

OK, I’m messing with you.

We are totally gonna make out. But in the meantime, we’ll have to find something to occupy our time.

The most obvious option is probably Grace Potter & the nocturnals at the Higher Ground Ballroom. It’s the finale of their annual threenight stand at the region’s marquee juke joint. Don’t know if you’ve heard, but they’ve had one hell of a

2010, so I’m guessing this will be a monumentally raging celebration. Plus, opening band lowell thomPson & crown Pilot are pretty killer, too. What’s that? You’re not really into blues-rock or alt-country?

How ’bout funk, then?

Next door in the Showcase Lounge, dave GriPPo will be throwing down with a (funky) bunch of old friends.

Should be fun.

If you don’t feel like driving, we could always just stay downtown. There’s lots of good stuff happening at bars and nightclubs all over the Queen City. For example, at Nectar’s there’s a special encore presentation of oPeration: Prince, featuring craiG mitchell as the artist formerly known as … You know, you’re right. Mitchell is probably too tall to play Prince. I think that dude’s, like, 5-foot-2. Still, I can’t think of anyone else around who could come close to vocally impersonating him.

You might not know this about Mitchell since he spends most of his time in DJ booths, but the man is a gifted singer. And actor.

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— the Langdon Street Café.

The capital city’s capital of quirk features a local band called SWEET HOUND that’s headlining — I’m not making this up — the “Rock ’n’ Roll Erotica Show.” The central-Vermont-based band plans to rock out the “Café-

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out in 2011. Every time I run into accordionist TIM LANG, he mentions some little nugget of intriguing info about the group. Such as crazy audiovisual displays and having more members than could possibly fit on LSC’s stage. Color me curious.

Speaking of Sai U Drom, they’ll take over Nectar’s for a residency, every Tuesday in January.

Back in Montpelier, veteran local rocker STEPH PAPPAS continues her statewide tour Saturday, January 8, when she drops by LSC with

earlier this year, FYI. I was especially amused by song titles such as “Fuck Twice,” and “PARIS HILTON Up Your Ass,” partly because they’re good, if rather explicit, songs. And partly because I remembered where they’re playing: upscale-ish St. Albans restaurant Chow!

Bella, on Sunday, January 9.

Yes, really. BP is not exactly dinner music, which is fine, since the restaurant won’t be serving dinner that night — though, if you 188 MAIN St. burlington, VT go, I’m told you could still get food. Pennysylvania’s RIVERRAT JENKINS open.

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Last but not least, up-andcoming local Afrobeat/pop outfit THE MOVE IT MOVE IT will be recording their show at Parima’s Main Stage on Monday, January 3, in hopes of releasing a live album later this year, coincidentally called Paris Hilton Up Your Ass. (And, yes, I made up that last part. It’s actually called Fuck Twice.)

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of rocking and/or rolling, Pappas claims she’s never really done a Vermont tour before. No time like the present!

Since this is the last “Soundbites” column of 2010, here are the five albums that most often found their way onto my iPod, turntable, 8-track player, etc., this year.

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BNOTW: BETTY POISON. A couple of months ago I received an email from LUCIA REHAB, the lead singer of Italian grunge-rock outfit Betty Poison, asking if I would mention something about her band’s upcoming gig. I checked out their MySpace page and got a kick out of their HOLE-esque grunge — the band actually opened for Hole in Europe

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Langdon Street Café is scaling back its live-music schedule, at least through the lean winter months.

While they’ll no longer have music seven nights per week, what they do present will be extra awesome, I promise.

For example, “The Return of New Year’s Evil” on Friday, January 7. This night of rockand-roll devilry features IRON MAIDEN tribute band MADE IN IRON, black metal acolytes NÅTHRUZYM and eclectic folkpunk collective SAI U DROM. That last band sits atop my list of new groups to check

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a-Go-Go” with slinky, sexy covers of the likes of DAVID BOWIE and T. REX — flanked by a harem of go-go dancers, obviously. Once the clock strikes midnight, however, things take a turn for the lurid as the café transforms into — again, I swear I’m not making this up — “Erotic City.” I’d explain further, but I can’t without blushing.

I’ll just point out that the invitation to the party promises that “champagne bubbles and sex will be in the air” and leave it at that. Is it hot in here?

And there you go, New Year’s Eve in a nutshell. So, what are you doing New Year’s Eve?

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two Brothers tavern: The Jesters (rock), 10 p.m., $3.

1/2 Lounge: rewind with dJ craig mitchell (house), 10 p.m., free.

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matterhorn: creme du Blue (rock), 9 p.m., $25/30. rimroCKs mountain tavern: friday Night frequencies with dJ rekkon (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.

SUNDAY-FRIDAY Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner 6:30 AM-10 PM

rusty naiL: The Kick (rock), 10 p.m., $5-10.

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monoPoLe: Lucid (rock), 10 p.m., free. oLive ridLey's: Benjamin Bright (singersongwriter), 6 p.m., free. Glass Onion, ross mafia (rock), 8 p.m., free.

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CLuB metronome: retronome (’80s dance party), 10 p.m., $5.

Franny o's: Balance dJ & Karaoke, 9 p.m., free.

JP's PuB: dave Harrison's starstruck Karaoke, 10 p.m., free.

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marriott harBor Lounge: cooper & Lavoie (blues), 8 p.m., free.

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the sKinny PanCaKe: skinny pancake mystery Band (rock), 8 p.m., $5 donation.

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City Limits: dance party with dJ earl (Top 40), 9 p.m., free.

northern

the BrewsKi: sweet and Lowdown (rock), 9 p.m., $2.

neCtar's: seth Glier (singer-songwriter), 7 p.m., free. sai u drom (eclectic), 9 p.m., free/$5. 18+. on taP Bar & griLL: Trivia with Top Hat entertainment, 7 p.m., free.

commandeering Church Street for

radio Bean: Honky-Tonk sessions (honky-tonk), 10 p.m., $3. Guagua (psychotropical), 6 p.m., free.

Harpeth rising (Americana), 8:15 p.m., free.

a surprise show during this year’s

red square: upsetta international with super K (reggae), 8 p.m., free.

Burlington Discover Jazz Festival,

central

to releasing a new album and

it’s been one hell of a year for graCe Potter & the noCturnaLs. It’s hard not

to wonder what these local musical heroes will do for an encore in 2011.

But, first things first. GPN put a cherry on 2010 with their annual New Year’s

alt-country darlings LoweLL thomPson & Crown PiLot open. the monKey house: square dance, 4 p.m., $5. neCtar's: mi Yard reggae Night with Big dog & demus, 9 p.m., free.

CharLie o's: Karaoke, 10 p.m., free. sLide BrooK Lodge & tavern: Tattoo Tuesdays with Andrea (jam), 5 p.m., free.

champlain valley

51 main: Quizz Night (trivia), 7 p.m., free. two Brothers tavern: monster Hits Karaoke, 9 p.m., free.

northern

Bee's Knees: clancy Harris & Helen Yurchenko, michael murdock (singer-songwriters), 7:30 p.m., donations.

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burlington area

1/2 Lounge: dJ Kanga presents: The Lounge Lizard (hip-hop), 9 p.m.

radio Bean: Old Time sessions (old-time), 1 p.m., free. Trio Gusto (gypsy jazz), 5 p.m., free. super Birdman (reggae), 10:30 p.m., free.

Franny o's: Karaoke, 9:30 p.m., free.

northern

LiFt: dJs p-Wyld & Jazzy Janet (hip-hop), 9 p.m., free/$5. 18+.

Bee's Knees: matt Bolton (singer-songwriter), 7:30 p.m., donations. the BrewsKi: dale and darcy (acoustic), 7 p.m., free. ye oLde engLand inne: corey Beard, dan Liptak and dan Haley (jazz), 11:30 a.m., free.

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Leunig's Bistro & CaFé: paul Asbell & clyde stats (jazz), 7 p.m., free.

manhattan Pizza & PuB: Open mic with Andy Lugo, 10 p.m., free. monKey house: Beat Vision with dJ disco phantom (eclectic dJ), 9 p.m., $1. neCtar's: project Organ Trio (jazz), 9 p.m., free/$5.

18+. on taP Bar & griLL: Leno & Young (rock), 7 p.m., free.

1/2 Lounge: Heal-in sessions with reverence (reggae), 10 p.m., free.

red square: close to Nowhere (rock), 8 p.m., free. dJ cre8 (hip-hop), 11 p.m., free.

rusty naiL: The Kick (rock), 10 p.m., $5-10.

monKey house: Birchwood coupe (rock), 10 p.m., $3.

sheLBurne steaKhouse & saLoon: carol Ann Jones (country), 8 p.m., free.

regional

neCtar's: Brown Gold (Ween tribute), 9 p.m., free/$5. 18+.

central

taBu CaFé & nightCLuB: All Night dance party with dJ Toxic (Top 40), 5 p.m., free.

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monty's oLd BriCK tavern: Open mic Night, 6 p.m., free.

radio Bean: ensemble V (jazz), 7:30 p.m., free. irish sessions, 9 p.m., free.

rimroCKs mountain tavern: dJ Two rivers (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.

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monKey house: Queer Night with dJ Gunner (house), 10 p.m., free.

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matterhorn: cam cross Band (rock), 9 p.m., $5.

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red square: dJ raul (salsa), 5 p.m., free. dJ A-dog (hip-hop), 11:30 p.m., $3.

Bee's Knees: Bohemian Blues Quartet (blues), 7:30 p.m., donations.

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Langdon street CaFé: e-s Guthrie (singersongwriter), 8 p.m., donations. project Organ Trio (jazz), 9:30 p.m., donations.

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Parima main stage: dan stevens with the singers Workshop (blues), 8:30 p.m., $3.

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Leunig's Bistro & CaFé: dayve Huckett (jazz), 7 p.m., free.

the BrewsKi: canyonero (country), 9 p.m., $2.

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burlington area

1/2 Lounge: funhouse with dJs rob douglas, moonflower & friends (house), 7 p.m., free.

CLuB metronome: Black to the future: an r&B experience with dJs craig mitchell & dakota (r&B), 10 p.m., free.

on taP Bar & griLL: Open mic with Wylie, 7 p.m., free.

Parima main stage: The move it move it Live Album recording (funk, Afrobeat), 8:30 p.m., free. radio Bean: Open mic, 8 p.m., free. red square: industry Night with robbie J (hiphop), 8 p.m., free. Hype 'em (hip-hop), 11 p.m., free. rozzi's LaKeshore tavern: Trivia Night, 8 p.m., free.

CharLie o's: sara Grace (rock), 8 p.m., free. green mountain tavern: Open mic with John Lackard, 9 p.m., free.

champlain valley

City Limits: Karaoke with Let it rock entertainment, 9 p.m., free. two Brothers tavern: Open mic Night, 9 p.m., free. Barika (Afrobeat), 7 p.m., $2.

ruBen James: Why Not monday? with dakota (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.

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new rhyme-slinging talents such as Colby Stiltz and Aleck Woog. If there was any doubt remaining, VT hip-hop has arrived.

It was a relatively lean year for jazz, at least in terms of volume. But the contributions made by local hepcats suffered no shortage of quality or variety. Psychotropical stalwarts Guagua transported us south of the border, while father-and-son gypsyjazz duo They Might Be Gypsies took us back in time to smoky French cafés. Allstar outfit Fragile Zoe served up a squeakyclean treatise on jazz flute. And the everexpanding umbrella of “jazz” grew even wider with intriguing releases from neosoul songstress Tiffany Pfeiffer and hip-

pop progenitors Strength in Numbers.

Experimental music, alternately dismissed or hailed as a bastard offspring of improvisational jazz, truly blossomed in 2010. Under the watchful eye of “other music” mavens Aether Everywhere and newly launched Mars Pyramid Records, adventurous local ears were treated to challenging releases from the likes of the le duo and Neon Magus. Though their early-2010 release was critically maligned in these pages, Lawrence Welks & Our Bear to Cross caused quite a stir, especially on the blogosphere, where they were hailed as “the future of pop music.”

Of course, folk and Americana figured prominently in our rural landscape, as well. On the twangier end of the spectrum, Bow Thayer delivered a breakout record.

Kelly Ravin corralled his considerable talents into what may be his signature release. Vermonter/Texan Ethan Azarian delivered delightfully offbeat ruminations on livin’ and dyin’. And new additions Cash Is King and the Creaky Trees proved that alt-country is alive and well, while fingerpickin’-good outfit Gold Town introduced us to “whiskeygrass.”

The singer-songwriter scene also continues to impress.

Andrew Parker-Renga fulfilled his longsimmering promise with his finest effort to date. Seth Gallant delivered still more humble brilliance. Kris Gruen cemented his status as one of the region’s sturdiest tunesmiths. Sideman Brian Clark finally stepped out of the shadows long enough to make us wonder why he doesn’t do so more often. And Joshua Panda staked his claim as the region’s most compelling front man.

More traditional strains of folk music reverberated throughout the area, too, including rootsy goodness from the likes of Katie Trautz, Patti Casey and PossumHaw, an Emerald Isle excursion from Longford Row and a French connection through Va-et -Vient, as well as vocalist Michèle Choinère.

Indeed, it was a fascinating musical year round these parts. Arguably, any of the Vermont recordings mentioned here are among the year’s best. Yet, it is Seven Days’ tradition at year’s end to select the top 10. So, here they are, in no particular order. As always, thanks for listening.

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omething of a transitional year for Vermont music, 2011 was notable for what appears to be a changing of the guard.

We said goodbye to a number of longtime favorites, including the Cush, the Jazz Guys and In Memory of Pluto. In their place, several rising talents stepped to the forefront, while the next generation of potential local greats introduced themselves to the Vermont scene at large. Call it the dawn of a new era.

Recent years have seen rock reassert itself as the state’s dominant genre. In many respects, that trend held true in 2010, as scads of new releases filed under rock’s numerous offshoots flooded our shelves and iTunes libraries.

The Vacant Lots continued their ascension with yet another mindaltering garage-psych effort.

Death-offspring Rough Francis grew into a dynamic outfit in their own right behind a scintillating EP of original material. Metal chaps Amadis showcased sinister virtuosity on an all-too-brief EP of their own. And Waylon Speed proved worthy heirs to the throne vacated by late, great speedwestern outfit Chuch.

As always, indie music was well represented, especially in Burlington, as releases from Let’s Whisper, Nyiko Beguin, tooth ache. and Lady Lioness upped our collective, if mopey, cool. Fortunately, a dance remix album from indie-pop darlings the Smittens helped turned those frowns upside down.

Rock was also the state’s most visible genre on a national level, due to the muchballyhooed, self-titled effort from Grace

Potter & the Nocturnals. A swampy effort from GPN-offshoot Blues and Lasers turned heads, as well. And speaking of blues-rock and GPN, Nocturnals’ drummer Matt Burr lent his chops to the latest excellent offering from mountain blues mysteriosos the Eames Brothers Band.

But perhaps even more noteworthy than rock and roll’s revival was the sheer variety of music being created in and around the Green Mountains. And no genre experienced more of a creative boom than hip-hop.

With a transcendent release, BURNTmd established himself as arguably the 802’s marquee MC. However, the Aztext resurfaced with the first in a series of new EPs, suggesting they might not be ready to relinquish local hip-hop’s Fitid crown. We bid a fond farewell to VT Union, but welcomed

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Monopole: Open mic, 8 p.m., Free.

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BacKsTage pUB: Open mic with Jess & Jeff, 8 p.m., Free. clUB MeTronoMe: Bonjour-Hi! (eclectic dJs), 9 p.m., $7.

Franny o's: Balance dJ & Karaoke, 9 p.m., Free. leUnig's BisTro & caFé: mike martin & Geoff Kim (jazz), 7 p.m., Free. liFT: Get LiFTed with dJs Nastee & dakota (hip-hop), 9 p.m., Free.

MonKey HoUse: carpe Geekdom (rock), 9 p.m., $5.

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northern

Bee's Knees: dave Keller (blues), 7:30 p.m., donations.

THe BreWsKi: The Noisy Neighbors (rock), 8 p.m., Free. riMrocKs MoUnTain Tavern: dJ Two Rivers (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free.

regional

evil (acoustic), 9 p.m., donations.

THe reservoir resTaUranT & Tap rooM: dJ slim pknz All Request dance party (Top 40), 10 p.m., Free. slide BrooK lodge & Tavern: Jeff white (acoustic rock), 7 p.m., Free. ira Friedman Trio (jazz), 9 p.m., Free.

TUpelo MUsic Hall: Vienna Teng, matt white (pop), 8 p.m., $25.

Monopole doWnsTairs: Gary peacock (singersongwriter), 10 p.m., Free.

champlain valley

olive ridley's: Karaoke with Ben Bright and Ashley Kollar, 6 p.m., Free. Therapy Thursdays with dJ NYce (Top 40), 10:30 p.m., Free.

ciTy liMiTs: Top Hat entertainment dance party (Top 40), 9 p.m., Free.

51 Main: The porters (folk), 9 p.m., Free.

TaBU caFé & nigHTclUB: Karaoke Night with sassy entertainment, 5 p.m., Free.

northern

Fri.07

THe BreWsKi: pmp (reggae), 9 p.m., $2.

Bee's Knees: Bread & Bones (folk), 7:30 p.m., donations.

burlington area

MaTTerHorn: daddy pop (rock), 9 p.m., $5.

BacKsTage pUB: Karaoke with steve, 9 p.m., Free.

riMrocKs MoUnTain Tavern: Friday Night Frequencies with dJ Rekkon (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free.

clUB MeTronoMe: No diggity: Return to the ’90s (’90s dance party), 9 p.m., $5.

regional

Monopole: sinecure (rock), 10 p.m., Free. olive ridley's: Benjamin Bright (singersongwriter), 6 p.m., Free.

nigHTcraWlers: Karaoke with steve Leclair, 7 p.m., Free.

HigHer groUnd sHoWcase loUnge: First Friday with the smittens, dJs precious & Llu (indie pop, house), 8 p.m., $5/10. AA.

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o'Brien's irisH pUB: dJ dominic (hip-hop), 9:30 p.m., Free.

Jp's pUB: dave Harrison's starstruck Karaoke, 10 p.m., Free.

one pepper grill: Karaoke, 8 p.m., Free.

liFT: salsa Friday with dJ Hector cobeo (salsa), 9 p.m., Free.

Tyler Bolles (bluegrass), 8:30 p.m., Free.

necTar's: Bluegrass Thursdays with do’Jo’ (bluegrass), 9 p.m., Free/$5. 18+.

burlington area

clUB MeTronoMe: Retronome (’80s dance party), 10 p.m., $5.

Franny o's: Balance dJ & Karaoke, 9 p.m., Free.

MarrioTT HarBor loUnge: patricia Julien project (jazz), 8 p.m., Free.

HigHer groUnd BallrooM: Toubab Krewe (Afro-rock), 8:30 p.m., $12/14. AA.

necTar's: seth Yacovone (solo acoustic blues), 7 p.m., Free. 14 west (rock), 9 p.m., $5.

Jp's pUB: dave Harrison's starstruck Karaoke, 10 p.m., Free.

radio Bean: Jazz sessions (jazz), 6 p.m., Free. shane Hardiman Trio (jazz), 9 p.m., Free. The unbearable Light cabaret (eclectic), 10 p.m., $3. soul session (soul), 11 p.m., $3.

one pepper grill: Kevin Greenblott and seth whittier (singer-songwriters), 7 p.m., Free.

MarrioTT HarBor loUnge: Brian mccarthy combo (jazz), 8 p.m., Free. necTar's: Jeff white (solo acoustic), 7 p.m., Free.

Jatoba, cabinet (bluegrass), 9 p.m., $5.

raspUTin's: 101 Thursdays with pres & dJ dan (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free/$5. 18+.

on Tap Bar & grill: paydirt (rock), 5 p.m., Free. phil Abair Band (rock), 9 p.m., Free. pariMa Main sTage: collin cope & Friends (funk), 7 p.m., $7.

on Tap Bar & grill: The Hitmen (rock), 9 p.m., Free.

red sqUare BlUe rooM: dJ cre8 (house), 9 p.m., Free.

radio Bean: sarah stickle (singer-songwriter), 7 p.m., Free. Kali stoddard-imari (singer-songwriter), 8 p.m., Free. The wendigos (rock), 9 p.m., Free. pariah Beat (rock), 10 p.m., Free.

rí rá irisH pUB: Longford Row (irish), 8 p.m., Free.

raspUTin's: dJ ZJ (hip-hop), 10 p.m., $3.

THe sKinny pancaKe: Jake Nealy (singersongwriter), 8 p.m., $5 donation.

red sqUare: Acoustic Blame (rock), 6 p.m., Free. Bob, Ray and Russ (rock), 9 p.m., $5. Nastee (hip-hop), 11:30 p.m., $3.

radio Bean: Trevor Jude smith (singersongwriter), 8 p.m., Free. claudia pawlikowski (singer-songwriter), 9 p.m., Free. missy Bly (indie pop), 10 p.m., Free. diamond Tiger, sons of dawn (rock), 11 p.m., Free. River Rat Jenkins, Betty poison (rock), 12:45 a.m., Free.

pariMa acoUsTic loUnge: Burgundy Thursdays with Joe Adler, Kelly Ravin, dobbs duo, daydreamilla (singer-songwriters), 8:30 p.m., $3.

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Saturday, January 1, at the Langdon Street Café in Montpelier.

HigHer groUnd BallrooM: Badfish: A Tribute to sublime, scotty don't, Husbands AKA (ska, rock), 8 p.m., $15/18/22. AA.

on Tap Bar & grill: Nobby Reed project (blues), 7 p.m., Free.

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of the weekly Burgundy Thursday series at Burlington’s Parima Acoustic Lounge, and

Franny o's: The Blame (rock), 9 p.m., Free.

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Bee's Knees: motel Brothers (alt-country), 7:30 p.m., donations.

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red sqUare: selector dubee (reggae), 6 p.m., Free.

A-dog presents (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free.

central

green MoUnTain Tavern: Thirsty Thursday Karaoke, 9 p.m., Free. nUTTy sTepH's: Bacon Thursdays with Noble savage (electro), 10 p.m., Free.

rUBen JaMes: dJ cre8 (hip-hop), 10:30 p.m., Free.

red sqUare: dJ Raul (salsa), 5 p.m., Free. myra’s Guest List (neo-soul), 6 p.m., Free. Brothers mccann (rock), 9 p.m., $5. dJ A-dog (hip-hop), 11:30 p.m., $3.

THe sKinny pancaKe: sai u drom (eclectic), 8 p.m., $5 donation.

rí rá irisH pUB: supersounds dJ (Top 40), 10 p.m., Free.

central

red sqUare BlUe rooM: dJ stavros (house), 9 p.m., $3.

pUrple Moon pUB: Open mic with 440hz, 7 p.m., Free.

THe sKinny pancaKe: connor Garvey & putnam smith (singer-songwriters), 8 p.m., $5 donation.

slide BrooK lodge & Tavern: Open mic, 7 p.m., Free. dJ dakota (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free.

central

champlain valley

51 Main: Ben silton & matt engel (singersongwriters), 8 p.m., Free.

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raspUTin's: Nastee (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free.

cHarlie o's: Rusty Romance (rock), 10 p.m., Free.

langdon sTreeT caFé: The steph pappas experience (rock), 7 p.m., donations. Jakob Battick & Friends (freak folk), 9 p.m., donations. posiTive pie 2: dJ Gi Joe (hip-hop), 10 p.m., $3. pUrple Moon pUB: paydirt (rock), 8 p.m., Free.

green MoUnTain Tavern: dJ Jonny p (Top 40), 9 p.m., $2. langdon sTreeT caFé: The Return of New Years

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The Reservoir Restaurant & Tap Room: Something With Strings (bluegrass), 10 p.m., Free.

Slide Brook Lodge & Tavern: Birchwood Coupe (rock), 9 p.m., Free.

Tupelo Music Hall: The Fools (rock), 8 p.m., $30.

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1/2 Lounge: Rewind with DJ Craig Mitchell (house), 10 p.m., Free.

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

champlain valley

Leunig's Bistro & Café: Live jazz, 7 p.m., Free.

51 Main: Yuki Takeda & Friends (jazz), 9 p.m., Free.

Monkey House: Queer Night with DJ Gunner (house), 10 p.m., Free.

City Limits: Dance Party with DJ Earl (Top 40), 9 p.m., Free.

Monty's Old Brick Tavern: Open Mic Night, 6 p.m., Free.

northern

Nectar's: Seth Glier (singer-songwriter), 7 p.m., Free. Sai U Drom (eclectic), 9 p.m., Free/$5. 18+.

Bee's Knees: Linda Warnaar with Micah Carbanou (acoustic), 7:30 p.m., Donations.

On Tap Bar & Grill: Trivia with Top Hat Entertainment, 7 p.m., Free.

The Brewski: The Bob Wagner Band (rock), 9 p.m., $2.

Matterhorn: Blues for Breakfast (Grateful Dead tribute), 9 p.m., $5.

Radio Bean: The Stephen Callahan Quartet (jazz), 6 p.m., Free. Andrew Stearns (acoustic), 8:15 p.m., Free. Honky-Tonk Sessions (honky-tonk), 10 p.m., $3.

Rimrocks Mountain Tavern: DJ Two Rivers (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free.

Red Square: Upsetta International with Super K (reggae), 8 p.m., Free.

Rusty Nail: Bad Luck (rock), 10 p.m., $5-10.

central

regional

Monopole: Roadside Mystiq (rock), 10 p.m., Free.

Tabu Café & Nightclub: All Night Dance Party with DJ Toxic (Top 40), 5 p.m., Free.

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

Club Metronome: Black to the Future: An R&B Experience with DJs Craig Mitchell & Dakota, 10 p.m., Free.

Higher Ground Showcase Lounge: Skyler feat.

John Mullett (rock), 6:30 p.m., $10/12. AA. Nectar's: Mi Yard Reggae Night with Big Dog & Demus, 9 p.m., Free.

Parima Acoustic Lounge: State of Mind presents Akron/Family Album Listening Party (indie), 7 p.m., Free.

Radio Bean: Old Time Sessions (old-time), 1 p.m., Free. Trio Gusto (gypsy jazz), 5 p.m., Free. Jakob Battick, Lady Lioness, Seth Gallant (singersongwriters), 8 p.m., Free.

Bee's Knees: Jazz Brunch with Marty Powers and Carrie Cook (jazz), 11 a.m., Donations. Corey Gottfried (singer-songwriter), 7:30 p.m., Donations.

Ye Olde England Inne: Corey Beard, Dan Liptak and Dan Haley (jazz), 11:30 a.m., Free.

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Monkey House: John Daly, John Smyth (singersongwriters), 9 p.m., Free.

Nectar's: Brown Gold (Ween tribute), 9 p.m., Free/$5. 18+.

On Tap Bar & Grill: Open Mic with Wylie, 7 p.m., Free.

champlain valley

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

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

northern

Bee's Knees: Max Weaver (singer-songwriter), 7:30 p.m., Donations.

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1/2 Lounge: DJ Kanga presents: The Lounge Lizard (hip-hop), 9 p.m.

Club Metronome: OH-J Fresh presents Homegrown Wednesdays with DJ Dan (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free.

Franny O's: Karaoke, 9:30 p.m., Free.

Leunig's Bistro & Café: Live 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.

Monkey House: Beat Vision with DJ Disco Phantom (eclectic DJ), 9 p.m., $1.

Nectar's: Project Organ Trio (funk), 9 p.m., Free/$5. 18+.

On Tap Bar & Grill: Paydirt (rock), 7 p.m., Free.

Radio Bean: Ensemble V (jazz), 7:30 p.m., Free.

Irish Sessions, 9 p.m., Free.

Red Square: Close to Nowhere (rock), 8 p.m., Free.

DJ Cre8 (hip-hop), 11 p.m., Free.

Shelburne Steakhouse & Saloon: Carol Ann Jones (country), 8 p.m., Free.

central

Green Mountain Tavern: Open Mic with John Lackard, 9 p.m., Free.

Langdon Street Café: Comedy Open Mic (standup), 9 p.m., Donations.

Red Square: Industry Night with Robbie J (hiphop), 8 p.m., Free. Hype 'Em (hip-hop), 11 p.m., Free.

Purple Moon Pub: 440hz: Fox Hock and Jones (acoustic), 7 p.m., Free.

Rozzi's Lakeshore Tavern: Trivia Night, 8 p.m., Free.

champlain valley

Ruben James: Why Not Monday? with Dakota (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free.

central

Langdon Street Café: Open Mic, 7 p.m., Free.

City Limits: Karaoke with Let It Rock Entertainment, 9 p.m., Free.

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

northern

Arvad’s Grill & Pub, 3 S. Main St., Waterbury, 244-8973.

Black Door Bar and Bistro, 44 Main St., Montpelier, 223-7070.

Big Picture Theater & Café, 48 Carroll Rd., Waitsfield, 496-8994.

The Center Bakery & Cafe, 2007 Guptil Rd., Waterbury Center, 244-7500.

Charlie O’s, 70 Main St., Montpelier, 223-6820.

Green mountain Tavern, 10 Keith Ave., Barre, 522-2935.

Gusto’s, 28 Prospect St., Barre, 476-7919.

northern

Bee’s Knees, 82 Lower Main St., Morrisville, 8887889.

The Brewski, Rt. 108, Jeffersonville, 644-6366.

Claire’s Restaurant & bar, 41 Main St., Hardwick, 472-7053.

Chow! Bella, 28 N. Main St., St. Albans, 524-1405.

The Hub Pizzeria & Pub, 21 Lower Main St., Johnson, 635-7626.

The Little Cabaret, 34 Main St., Derby, 293-9000.

Matterhorn, 4969 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-8198.

Music Box, 147 Creek Rd., Craftsbury, 586-7533.

Overtime Saloon, 38 S. Main St., St. Albans, 524-0357. parker piE co., 161 County Rd., West Glover, 525-3366.

Phat Kats Tavern, 101 Depot St., Lyndonville, 626-3064.

Piecasso, 899 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-4411.

Rimrocks Mountain Tavern, 394 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-9593.

Rusty Nail Bar & Grille, 1190 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-6245. the shed restaurant & brewery, 1859 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-4765.

Shooters Saloon, 30 Kingman St., St. Albans, 527-3777.

Sweet Crunch Bakeshop, 246 Main St., Hyde Park, 888-4887.

Tamarack Grill at Burke Mountain, 223 Shelburne Lodge Rd., E. Burke, 626-7394.

Watershed Tavern, 31 Center St., Brandon, 247-0100. ye olde england inne, 443 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-5320.

regional

Gilligan’s Getaway, 7160 State Rt. 9, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 518-566-8050.

Monopole, 7 Protection Ave., Plattsburgh, N.Y., 518-563-2222.

Naked Turtle, 1 Dock St., Plattsburgh, N.Y., 518-566-6200.

Olive Ridley’s, 37 Court St., Plattsburgh, N.Y., 518-324-2200.

Tabu Café & Nightclub, 14 Margaret St., Plattsburgh, N.Y., 518-566-0666.

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central

51 Main, 51 Main St., Middlebury, 388-8209.

Bar Antidote, 35C Green St., Vergennes, 877-2555 The Bristol Bakery, 16 Main St., Bristol, 453-3280.

Carol’s Hungry Mind Café, 24 Merchant’s Row, Middlebury, 388-0101.

City Limits, 14 Greene St., Vergennes, 877-6919.

Clem’s CafÉ 101 Merchant’s Row, Rutland, 775-3337.

Dan’s Place, 31 Main St., Bristol, 453-2774.

Good Times Café, Rt. 116, Hinesburg, 482-4444.

The farmers diner, 99 Maple St., Middlebury, 458-0455.

On the Rise Bakery, 44 Bridge St., Richmond, 434-7787.

Starry Night Café, 5371 Rt. 7, Ferrisburgh, 877-6316.

Two Brothers Tavern, 86 Main St., Middlebury, 388-0002.

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1/2 Lounge: Heal-In Sessions with Reverence (reggae), 10 p.m., Free.

Slide Brook Lodge & Tavern: Tattoo Tuesdays with Andrea (jam), 5 p.m., Free.

1/2 Lounge, 136 1/2 Church St., Burlington, 865-0012.

242 Main St., Burlington, 862-2244.

American flatbread, 115 St. Paul St.,Burlington, 861-2999.

August First, 149 S. Champlain St., Burlington, 540-0060.

Backstage Pub, 60 Pearl St., Essex Jct., 878-5494.

Banana Winds Café & Pub, 1 Market Pl., Essex Jct., 879-0752.

Bistro Sauce, 97 Falls Rd., Shelburne, 985-2830.

The block gallery, 1 E. Allen St., Winooski, 373-5150.

BlueBird Tavern, 317 Riverside Ave., Burlington, 428-4696.

Breakwater Café, 1 King St., Burlington, 658-6276.

Brennan’s pub & Bistro, UVM Davis Center, 590 Main St., Burlington, 656-1204.

City Sports Grille, 215 Lower Mountain View Dr., Colchester, 655-2720.

Club Metronome, 188 Main St., Burlington, 865-4563.

Franny O’s, 733 Queen City Park Rd., Burlington, 863-2909.

The Green Room, 86 St. Paul St., Burlington, 651-9669.

Halvorson’s Upstreet Café, 16 Church St., Burlington, 658-0278.

Harbor Lounge at Courtyard Marriott, 25 Cherry St., Burlington, 864-4700.

Higher Ground, 1214 Williston Rd., S. Burlington, 652-0777.

JP’s Pub, 139 Main St., Burlington, 658-6389.

Leunig’s bistro & café, 115 Church St., Burlington, 863-3759.

Lift, 165 Church St., Burlington, 660-2088.

The Living Room, 794 W. Lakeshore Dr., Colchester.

Manhattan Pizza & Pub, 167 Main St., Burlington, 864-6776.

Marriott harbor lounge, 25 Cherry St., Burlington, 854-4700.

Miguel’s on main, 30 Main St., Burlington, 658-9000.

Monkey House, 30 Main St., Winooski, 655-4563.

Monty’s Old Brick Tavern, 7921 Williston Rd., Williston, 316-4262.

Muddy Waters, 184 Main St., Burlington, 658-0466.

Nectar’s, 188 Main St., Burlington, 658-4771.

New Moon Café, 150 Cherry St., Burlington, 383-1505.

Nightcrawlers, 127 Porters Point Rd., Colchester, 310-4067. o’brien’s irish pub, 348 Main St., Winooski, 338-4678. one pepper grill, 260 North St., Burlington, 658-8800.

On Tap Bar & Grill, 4 Park St., Essex Jct., 878-3309. odd fellows hall, 1416 North Ave., Burlington, 862-3209.

Parima, 185 Pearl St., Burlington, 864-7917.

Park Place Tavern, 38 Park St., Essex Jct. 878-3015.

Radio Bean, 8 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington, 660-9346.

Rasputin’s, 163 Church St., Burlington, 864-9324.

Red Square, 136 Church St., Burlington, 859-8909. regular Veterans Association, 84 Weaver St., Winooski, 655-9899.

RÍ Rá Irish Pub, 123 Church St., Burlington, 860-9401.

Rozzi’s lakeshore tavern, 1022 W. Lakeshore Dr., Colchester 863-2342.

Ruben James, 159 Main St., Burlington, 864-0744. the scuffer steak & ale house, 148 Church St., Burlington, 864-9451.

Shelburne Steakhouse & saloon, 2545 Shelburne Rd., Shelburne, 985-5009 The Skinny Pancake, 60 Lake St., Burlington, 540-0188. the Vermont Pub & Brewery, 144 College St., Burlington, 865-0500.

Hen of the wood at the Grist Mill, 92 Stowe St., Waterbury, 244-7300.

Hostel Tevere, 203 Powderhound Rd., Warren, 496-9222.

L.A.C.E., 159 N. Main St., Barre, 476-4276.

The Lamb Abbey., 65 Pioneer Circle, Montpelier, 229-2200.

Langdon Street Café, 4 Langdon St., Montpelier, 223-8667.

Main Street Grill & Bar, 118 Main St., Montpelier, 223-3188.

Nutty Steph’s, 961C Rt. 2, Middlesex, 229-2090.

Pickle Barrel Nightclub, Killington Rd., Killington, 422-3035.

Positive Pie 2, 20 State St., Montpelier, 229-0453.

Purple Moon Pub, Rt. 100, Waitsfield, 496-3422. the reservoir restaurant & tap room, 1 S. Main St., Waterbury, 244-7827.

Slide Brook Lodge & Tavern, 3180 German Flats Rd., Warren, 583-2202.

South Station Restaurant, 170 S. Main St., Rutland, 775-1736.

Tupelo Music Hall, 188 S. Main St., White River Jct., 698-8341.

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Cameron Schmitz, WalkOver Gallery and Mary’s Restaurant at the Inn at Baldwin Creek

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ameron Schmitz’s two shows in Bristol will prove just the thing for those seeking respite from the hustle and glitz of the holiday season. Her paintings, photos and works on paper convey a profound sense of quietude, and they yield a full measure of their considerable pleasure only when viewed contemplatively.

In a statement accompanying her exhibit at the WalkOver Gallery & Concert Room, Schmitz says she draws inspiration from solitude. She also expresses it eloquently on canvases that never depict more than a single figure, if that.

Her compositions are so representative of repose — many of her subjects are shown sleeping — that they qualify as still lifes even when a human is depicted.

Schmitz’s work is also as much about what’s not present as what is.

She has an unusual ability to suggest absence in her art. That quality comes across most clearly in the many paintings, silk screens and monotypes that feature empty chairs. Viewers intuit that someone has just arisen and left, or that someone just outside the picture plane may soon arrive to fill that achy emptiness.

The notion of negative space is given a different spin in “Sleeping Figure V,” a particularly haunting work in a show filled with ghostly images.

There’s actually no discernible figure in this painting, either asleep or awake — only an unoccupied couch covered with squiggles that resemble confetti.

The tangled, draped strands grow more concentrated and whiter at the center of this dark divan, seemingly reflecting the light entering from a window behind it. A deathly aura is palpable here, even though there’s something reassuring about that wavy, yet unwavering, light.

Most of Schmitz’s subjects in this show are women. Some of them are pregnant, and each is seated or lying down, looking out a window or otherwise away from the viewer — that is, when her eyes aren’t completely closed.

The female figures don’t appear to be meditating; instead, they seem to be remembering something.

REVIEW

SCHMITZ’S COMPOSITIONS ARE SO REPRESENTATIVE OF REPOSE THAT THEY

QUALIFY AS STILL LIFES EVEN WHEN A HUMAN IS DEPICTED.

“Sitting With Time”

Schmitz may, in fact, be painting memories. Her scenes look as though they’re receding, becoming more distant and less solid — a sensation accentuated by the misty aura she creates with a paintbrush or an etching needle.

Several of her images are half concealed by thin streaks, which might be mistaken for rain if the settings weren’t indoors.

Drawing and etching may be the media most suited to Schmitz’s style.

“North Side Studio,” a graphiteon-paper rendering of an empty chair alongside a small table and a large window, may be the strongest piece in a strong show. It’s here that the geometric aspect of her compositions emerges most strikingly.

“North Side Studio,” like Giorgio Morandi’s paint-

ings of bottles, is about as close as a straightforward representational work can get to abstraction.

“Far, Far Away,” the first painting encountered at WalkOver, gives a tantalizing hint that Schmitz may also be capable of colorful breakouts from her subdued palette. A child — sleeping, of course — is splayed on a fluffy white sheet with head propped against a brightly striped pillow. That’s the nearest a work comes to reveling in color for color’s “Interlude” sake. Let’s hope the artist moves at least a few degrees in this direction, because viewers will surely be yearning for relief from the shadows and somnolence by the time they’re finished viewing the selections at WalkOver.

The 15 photos displayed three miles away in a dining room at Mary’s Restaurant at the Inn at Baldwin Creek do have the painterly quality that Schmitz claims for them in an accompanying artist’s statement. They, too, are blurred in a way that allows geometric forms to predominate. Each was apparently taken from a moving car, sometimes with raindrops or road grit further clouding views of houses and fields, which are always devoid of human presence.

Of her commitment to solitude, Schmitz writes, “Perhaps it results from my personal concerns of a culture and generation consumed by interruptions and distractions.” Her refusal to be so consumed is just one of the ways Cameron Schmitz stands out boldly and promisingly in Vermont’s artistic landscape.

K EV I N J . K EL L EY Cameron Schmitz, oil paintings, prints and etchings. WalkOver Gallery, Bristol.

Through January 7. Also, “Moving Still,” photographs, Mary’s Restaurant at the Inn at Baldwin Creek, Bristol. Through January 1. Info, 870-7006.

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AmAndA Feller: Colorful paintings from abstract doodles evocative of cellular creatures. Through January 20 at The Firebird Café in Essex Junction.

Info, 630-291-5360.

Anzi JAcobs: “Rainbow’s End: Irish Landscapes,” western Ireland’s moody light presented via photographic images on canvas. Through December 31 at Village Wine & Coffee in Shelburne.

Info, 985-3930.

Art Hop group sHow: subAru-HyundAi: Paintings and photography on two levels. Through December 30 at Burlington Subaru. Info, 859-9222. ‘celebrAte tHe seAson’: Landscapes and portraits by Carolyn Walton, Gail Bessette, Athenia Schinto and Brenda Myrick. Also, jewelry by Tineke Russell. Through December 30 at Luxton-Jones Gallery in Shelburne. Info, 985-8223. cHris gluck: “Art from Nature,” paintings, leaf mandalas and reeds in shadow boxes by the Vermont artist. Plus, leaf collages by the artist’s students, ages 6-12. Greeting cards of the children’s work are on sale and benefit Mount Mansfield Union High School’s Project Graduation. Through January 30 at New Moon Café in Burlington. Info, 899-3659. clArk derbes: “Quilt Weave,” paintings exploring color and pattern by the Burlington artist. Through January 15 at Shelburne Art Center. Info, 985-3648. december group sHow: Mixed-media paintings, photographic process prints, stained glass, monoprints, acrylic paintings, abstract oil paintings and wood sculptures by Steve Campbell, Isaac Wasuck, Greg Mamczak, Dave Davidson, Kevyn Cundiff, Diane Gabriel, Lorraine Manley, Perry Bartles and Gaal Shepherd. Through December 31 at Maltex Building in Burlington. Info, 865-7166.

‘FinissAge’: This first annual exhibition will feature works by all the artists who have shown at the SEABA office gallery throughout the year. Curated by the South End Arts and Business Association.

Through January 31 at SEABA Gallery in Burlington.

Info, 859-9222.

JoHn kennetH AlexAnder: “Vermont as I See It,” landscape oil paintings. Through January 15 at Chop Shop in Burlington. Info, 540-0267.

Jolene gArAnzHA: Surreal colored-pencil drawings and oil paintings by the Vermont artist.

Through December 30 at Vintage Jewelers in Burlington. Info, 862-2233.

kAri meyer: Landscape paintings inspired by the Japanese philosophy wabi-sabi, in which beauty is found in imperfection, loneliness, old age and death. Through December 31 at Metropolitan Gallery, Burlington City Hall. Info, 865-7166.

2010 HolidAy sHow: An eclectic mix of art and craft

by Mark Goodwin, Arlene Grossman, Cristina Salusti, Nancy H. Taplin, Annie Witte, Jose Benitez Sanchez, Pat Dipaula Klein and Bhakti Ziek. Through February 13 at BigTown Gallery in Rochester.

Talk: “New Year’s Warm-Up,” featuring the gallery’s Wish Wall: Friday, December 31, 4-6 p.m. Info, 767-9670.

‘FAsHioning pHotogrApHy: Where do art and fashion meet? Are you a part of the next wave? Juried photography exhibit. Juror: Bobby Mozumder. Submission deadline: February 14. vermontphotospace.com/ ex12.

gAllery open House: Scott & Kelly Funk present their winter photography exhibit open house. Gallery 160, Richmond, ThursdaySunday, January 9, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Info, 434-6434.

First FridAy Art wAlk: More than 30 galleries and other venues around downtown stay open late to welcome pedestrian art viewers. Friday, January 7, 5-8 p.m., various downtown locations, Burlington. Info, 264-4839.

kei egAn: Traditional and magnetic collages with themes of spirituality, childhood, aviation, tranquility and time. Curated by the South End Arts and Business Association. Through February 28 at Pine Street Deli in Burlington. Info, 859-9222. kimberlee Forney: Original paintings and prints of romantic scenes, dragonflies and more. Through December 31 at Candles & Creations in Burlington.

Info, 660-8021. lynn rupe: Art Affair by Shearer presents paintings of sheep by the Vermont artist. Through December 31 at Shearer Chevrolet in South Burlington. Info, 658-1111. ‘mAke Art, repeAt’: The group show that began at S.P.A.C.E. and Backspace galleries has moved and picked up a few more artists. Alecia Geno, Ashley Roark, Christy Mitchell, Greg Mamczak, Adam DeMasi, Clark Derbes and Carleen Zimbalati explore the theme of repetition in silk-screen prints, paintings, mixed media and light-and-shadow installations. Curated by the South End Arts and Business Association. Through February 26 at VCAM Studio in Burlington. Info, 859-9222. mAttHew tHorsen: Photographs by the Vermont artist. Through December 31 at Red Square in Burlington. Info, 318-2438. megAn lipke: “Faith and Error,” new abstract paintings inspired by the topography of the body and the environment. Through January 2 at 215 College Gallery in Burlington. Info, 863-3662. mr. mAsterpiece: “Elephant in the Room,” Ganesha studies and drawings. Through January 10 at Muddy Waters in Burlington. Info, 399-9511.

cHristopHer grAHAm: Dog and cat portraits, in oil on canvas. January 1 through 31 at Red Square in Burlington.

Reception: Friday, January 7, 5-9 p.m. Info, 318-2438.

JAnuAry group sHow: Recent work, including oil-based ink on paper by Patty Castellini; oil paintings

by Charlie Goodwin; reclaimed wood paintings by Duncan Johnson; and mixed-media collages by Gordon Meinhard.

January 7 through February 5 at AVA Gallery and Arts Center in Lebanon, N.H. Reception: Friday, January 7, 5-7 p.m.

Info, 603-448-3117.

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scott & kelly Funk: “More Than Snow,” winter photographs by the Richmond artists. January 2 through February 28, 4-7 p.m. at Gallery 160 in Richmond. Reception: Sunday, January 9, 4-7 p.m.

reid crosby: “Layers,” acrylic paintings by the Vermont artist. Through January 31 at Artspace 106 at The Men’s Room in Burlington. Info, 864-2088.

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roger colemAn: Mixed-media abstract paintings, Skyway; diAne gAbriel: Color photographs, Gates 1 & 2; greg mAmczAk: Oil on canvas, Escalator.

Through December 31 at Burlington Airport in South Burlington. Info, 865-7166. sAreet rosenstein: “Why Did You Just Take a Photo of That?” a personal perspective on what gets interpreted through the lens of her camera in everyday life. Curated by the South End Arts and Business Association. Through February 28 at Speeder & Earl’s (Pine Street) in Burlington. Info, 859-9222.

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setH butler: “Tattered: Investigation of an American Icon,” a documentary photography exhibit investigating use and desecration of the American flag. Print sales benefit The Veterans’ Place in Northfield. Through January 10 at Reciprocity Studio in Burlington. Info, 318-8594. ‘sHAdows oF tHe sAmurAi’: Armor, swords, prints, masks and other artifacts representing Japanese warrior traditions. Through May 11 at Fleming Museum, UVM, in Burlington. Info, 656-0750.

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sHAun boyce: Abstract line painting, Bar; betH netelkos: Painting, Dining Room; micHAel mooney: Mixed-media abstracts, Greenhouse.

Through December 31 at The Daily Planet in Burlington. Info, 862-9647.

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bHAkti ziek & Holly 864.5475 • boutiliers.com wAlker: “Continuum,” weavings exploring the way M-Sat 10-6, Sun 12-5 language imposes artificial divides between continuous processes, by Ziek; “Haptikos,” hand-built earthenware 12v-Boutiliers122910.indd 1 12/15/10 12:39 PM pots made by pinching each layer of rolled coil to build form, by Walker. January 8 through February 20 at Chandler Gallery in Randolph.

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kAtHleen berry bergeron: Watercolor paintings of rural Vermont scenes by the Jericho artist.

Through February 28 at The Essex Culinary Resort & Spa. Info, 899-4628.

cAlling All snow sculptors: The Burlington Winter Festival is accepting applications for the 2011 Vermont Snow Sculpting Competition. The winning team will represent Vermont at the national competition in Lake Geneva, Wisc., in 2012. Starts February 3, with judging on February 5 during the Burlington Winter Festival. Deadline for applications and competitors’ sketches: January 10. Any interested sculptors should email leanne.galletly@uvm. edu for an application.

HumAn ArtiFAct: Calling for submissions to a juried photography exhibit at the Vermont Photo Space Gallery.

Deadline: January 18. Juror: Dave Jordano. Info: vermont photospace.com/ex11, info@ vermontphoto space.com.

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Jon gregg: Recent works on paper in oil stick with mixed media by the founder of the Vermont Studio Center. Open Saturdays, during MainStage shows and by appointment. Through December 31 at Amy E. Tarrant Gallery, Flynn Center, in Burlington. Info, 652-4505.

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ermont artist Adelaide Murphy Tyrol appears well balanced. And yet she works in two worlds so different, they seem capable of inducing schizophrenia.

In Career No. 1, Tyrol is co-owner of Oliphant Studio, a scene-painting company in Manhattan’s Flatiron District. It operates in overdrive, with Tyrol and her business partner of 30 years, Sarah Oliphant, turning out large-scale backdrops on short notice for publications such as Vogue, the New York Times, Rolling Stone and, just last week, Time magazine, for a spread on Tea Party celebs. The duo also does work for some of the hippest names in fashion — Donna Karan, Alexander McQueen, Oscar de la Renta, Baby Phat — and music stars including Lauryn Hill, Britney Spears, 50 Cent and Shania Twain.

At Oliphant, Tyrol uses a big-bristled brush attached to a 3-foot-long bamboo stick to sling acrylic paint onto vast canvases stapled to the floor. “It’s a blast,” she says simply.

“This work is a celebration of paint,” Tyrol notes in a written statement about her aesthetic odyssey. “Mixing, blending, splashing, pooling, dragging, sponging and spraying — all combine to create a physical and visual experience that satisfies and inspires me.”

Career No. 2 has been unfolding since 1987 in a hilltop studio in Plainfield. Here, where she now spends seven weeks out of eight, Tyrol works on an intimate scale, composing ink-and-gouache illustrations of insects, plants and animals. The setting is conducive to concentration. From the second floor of the airy studio built by her husband, Montpelier businessman Brian Tyrol, she has a 360-degree view of fields and mountains. Manhattan seems much farther than 250 miles.

“The subject matter of this commercial work is irrelevant; it rarely has any significance for me,” Tyrol writes of her Oliphant job. But, in the case of her illustrations, she says, “The subject matter is of the utmost importance and the art that results is negligible; in fact, no one but myself ever sees the original work. It is scanned, sent digitally, and the illustration goes into a dark drawer. I never display it, sell it or show it to anyone.”

Tyrol doesn’t qualify as the Emily Dickinson of central Vermont, however. While her originals remain unseen, anyone can view their reproductions in Northern Woodlands magazine, published in Corinth, as well as in a Massachusetts Audubon Society publication, the Barre-Montpelier Times Argus and 14 other newspapers in Vermont and New Hampshire. She’s had Vermont shows of her paintings of insects from the state entomology collection and stuffed birds in the Fairbanks Museum.

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through these works. Tyrol’s art and illustrations aren’t politicized, however; she lets the botanical and zoological images speak poignantly for themselves.

There’s actually a good-humored quality to her paintings, just as there is in the 56-year-old Renaissance woman herself. Tyrol comes from a Massachusetts newspaper family; her parents were editors of papers in Holyoke and Springfield, and her brother is a photo editor for the Anchorage Daily News.

Tyrol might have chosen journalism, too, if not for a high school art teacher who, she recalls, “showed me something about myself that I didn’t know was there.”

Tyrol lets her botanical and zoological images

speak poignantly for themselves.

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Lately, Tyrol has devoted much of her time to what might be considered a third career — one that integrates the other two.

Propped against and hanging on the walls of her studio’s ground floor are large-scale oil and acrylic paintings of birds, plants, bugs and big, galumphing sea creatures. They’re composed with a naturalist’s exactitude but have expressionist flourishes and surreal, dreamlike arrangements. In these paintings, Tyrol is exploring points where the natural world and human actions intersect — or collide.

“Hunt for the Giant Squid” shows a creepy critter that, Tyrol explains, can grow to 60 feet in length. The scale of its body, including tentacles that loop like ribbons,

is convincingly conveyed on a 5-foot-long canvas, with a single gaping eye painted smack in the center. The swimming squid is surrounded by what appear to be thin chandeliers. Tyrol notes that they’re actually renderings of devices used to ensnare an aquatic oddity that suddenly seems vulnerable.

A similarly sad scene is staged in “Zone of Influence.” On this large canvas, an octopus writhes in contortions that make it resemble a calligraphic character. A yellow explosion on the seafloor seems to be the source of its distress. Yes, Tyrol explains, human predators kill octopi with sonar blasts that burst their eardrums.

A subtle strain of eco-advocacy runs

Tyrol majored in English and minored in art at the University of Vermont, and years later earned an MFA from the Art Institute of Boston. She has two children: a 17-yearold son who attends Twinfield Union high school and a 21-year-old daughter at UVM. That’s her goggle-eyed boy swimming underwater, right hand outstretched, in “The Invitation.” The family dog’s paddling paws and plump belly occupy an upper corner of the painting, while the snout of what Tyrol identifies as a spiny soft-shell turtle noses onto the canvas from the left. Wavy purple plant strands and yellowish bubbles complete the imagined account of what goes on beneath the surface of the pond just outside her studio door.

Tyrol’s paintings are available through Furchgott Sourdiffe in Shelburne, West Branch Gallery in Stowe, Martha Richardson Fine Art in Boston and McGowan Fine Art in Concord, N.H. But she claims she doesn’t promote herself and has no intention of becoming a full-time fine artist. Though she works mainly in rural Vermont, “It can get a little solitary and narcissistic being here every day,” she says. Besides, she loves the hurly-burly and yakkety-yak of her work in Manhattan and seems slightly starstruck by Oliphant’s client roster. Pointing to a photo of a backdrop she painted for a Times photo shoot of the Dalai Lama, Tyrol declares, “You certainly don’t see this in Plainfield.” m

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‘Simple GiftS: A Show for All SeASonS’: Watercolor paintings of pears by Kate Hartley.

Also, work by Mary Alcantara, Elizabeth Allen, Anne Austin, Annelein Beukenkamp, Matt Brown, Tom Dunne, Jeri Lynn Eisenberg, Steven P. Goodman, Holly Hauser, Kathleen Kolb, Alice Murdoch, Lynn Rupe, Gail Salzman, David Smith, Adelaide Murphy Tyrol, Laura Von Rosk, Barbara Wagner, Dick Weis and Nancy Weis. Through January 29 at Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery in Shelburne. Info, 985-3848.

Steve BudinGton: “Homunculus,” paintings and three-dimensional work depicting bodies that unravel, fly apart and merge with prosthetic technology, from GORE-TEX to iPods. Through January 1 at Firehouse Gallery in Burlington. Info, 865-7166.

Street photoGrAphy exhiBit: “Scene on the Street,” candid shots by 24 photographers, including locals Denise Trotier Johnson and Paul Dandurand. Through January 7 at Vermont Photo Space Gallery in Essex Junction. Info, 777-3686. ‘think outSide the Box’: A holiday market of paintings, photography, ceramics and more by Vermont artisans. Through December 31 at Block Gallery & Coffeehouse in Winooski. Info, 373-5150. vermont ArtiStS Show: Paintings, sculpture and photography by Sean Dye, Kevin Fahey, Britta Johnson, Clark Russell, Woody Jackson, Anne Cady, Meryl Lebowitz, Gillian Klein, Rai del Noce Senior, Kate Longmaid, Gary Hall, Mikey Welsh, Clark Derbes, Stu Williams and Mr. Masterpiece. Through December 31 at Burlington Furniture Company.

Info, 862-5056. ‘vermont lAndScApeS in BlAck & white’: Photography by Ashley Arcury, Jeff Clarke, Natalie Stultz and Katelyn Ziegler. Through February 28 at Shelburne Vineyard. Info, 985-8222. vermont photo Group Show: Fifteen photographs, primarily landscapes, by 7 members of the group. Through January 2 at Mirabelles in Burlington. Info, 985-3930. ‘we Art women: of Blue And liGht’: Mixed-media work by members of Burlington’s newest all-women art co-op. Through January 1 at Uncommon Grounds in Burlington. Info, 865-6227.

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Through December 31 at The Shoe Horn at Onion River in Montpelier. Info, 223-5454. cArolyn enz hAck: “More Shocking Art,” new paintings and mixed-media works by the Vermont artist. Through December 30 at Supreme Court Lobby in Montpelier. Info, 828-0749.

cheryl dAye dick: Fall and winter Vermont landscapes by the Middlesex artist. Through December 31 at Red Hen Bakery & Café in Middlesex. Info, 223-0309.

Jennifer pAlkowSki & roByn peirce: “Rock, Paper, Nature,” mixed-media nature studies and more by the Vermont artists. Through December 31 at Capitol Grounds in Montpelier. Info, artwhirled23@yahoo.com.

rAy Brown: New paintings inspired by a recent trip to Italy. Through December 31 at The Drawing Board in Montpelier. Info, 223-2902. vermont pAStel Society’S Juried exhiBition: An annual show of landscapes, portraiture and abstract images by members of the organization. Through January 26 at Governor’s Office Gallery in Montpelier. Info, 828-5657.

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zoë BArrAcAno: “NYC Rainy Day,” images of the city through a blur of motion as the Burlington photographer travels along Broadway from Times Square to Houston Street. Through December 31 at Contemporary Dance & Fitness Studio in Montpelier. Info, 229-4676.

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cAmeron Schmitz: “Moving Still,” photographs based on chance and place that appear to be painterly abstractions. Through January 1 at Mary’s Restaurant at the Inn at Baldwin Creek & in Bristol.

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cAmeron Schmitz: Large-scale figurative oil paintings, silk-screen prints and intaglio etchings by the Vermont artist. Through January 7 at WalkOver Gallery & Concert Room in Bristol. Info, 453-3188. emily Beth errion: Handcrafted silver jewelry and etched glassware by the Vermont artist.

Through February 28 at Gallery 160 in Richmond.

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Jon olSen & cASey mcmAinS: “Glow,” photography of Vermont landscapes, flora and fauna by Olsen, and blown glass, including traditional globe holiday ornaments and other works incorporating knit fiber elements, by McMains. Through December 31 at Art on Main in Bristol. Info, 453-4032. ‘petite’: Small works, featuring a watercolor by Mary Whyte, a South Carolina artist known for her depictions of the African American Gullah women of Johns Island. Through December 31 at Edgewater Gallery in Middlebury. Info, 458-0098. philip koch: Romantic landscape paintings by the Maryland-based artist. Through December 31 at Edgewater Gallery in Middlebury. Info, 458-0098.

Simon peterSon: “Exposed,” photographs of extreme skiing and winter mountain vistas, from Alaska to Switzerland, by the photo editor of Backcountry and Alpinist magazines. Through January 15 at Liza Myers Gallery in Brandon. Info, 247-5229. ‘the Spirit of the SeASon’: Artwork and handcrafted holiday ornaments, offered for $200 or less, by members of the Brandon Artists Guild.

Through December 31 at Brandon Artists’ Guild.

Info, 247-4956. ‘two ShirleyS And A JeSSie’: Photographs, pastels and oil paintings by Jessie Reid Bradley, Shirley Reid Thompson and Shirley Reid. Through January 2 at Charlotte Senior Center. Info, 425-3815. vermont ArtiStS Show: Sculpture by Kathy Stockman, art quilts by Joanne Guillemette, wool quilts by Hope Johnson and more. Through December 31 at Rae Harrell Gallery in Hinesburg.

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mArk chAney: “Guiding Light,” digital photographs that have been layered and blended to create optical illusions in a technique called triptography. Through January 31 at The Skinny Pancake in Montpelier. Info, 445-5123.

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Through January 3 at City Center in Montpelier.

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kAtherine wAShBurn: Pet- and nature-inspired ceramics by the Stowe artisan. Through December 30 at The Cheshire Cat in Montpelier. Info, 223-1981.

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WARREN KIMBLE: Contemporary abstracted paintings from the artist’s “Let the Sun Shine” and “Widows of War” collections. Through December 31 at The Gallery at Brandon Music. Info, 465-4071.

WINTER MEMBERS’ EXHIBIT AND GINGERBREAD CONTEST: Small works by member artists. Also, the annual Gingerbread Contest includes handmade creations. Through December 31 at Chaffee Art Center in Rutland. Info, 775-0356.

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ANN YOUNG: Oil paintings capturing a sense of mystery in people’s everyday activities. Through January 10 at Claire’s Restaurant & Bar in Hardwick. Info, 472-7053.

CAROLYN DROGE: “Portraits,” oil paintings of dairy cows. Through January 17 at Green Mountain Fine Art Gallery in Stowe. Info, 253-1818.

CHRIS ROMANO: “Transitions,” a visual journey from fall to winter in the Green Mountains by the Stowe photographer. Through December 31 at Townsend Gallery at Black Cap Coffee in Stowe.

Info, 279-4239.

ELIZABETH NELSON: Northeast Kingdom landscape paintings. Through January 10 at Bee’s Knees in Morrisville. Info, 888-7889.

‘FESTIVAL OF TREES & LIGHT AND MEMBERS ART SHOW’: Ten Fraser firs decorated by community members, a menorah display by the Jewish Community of Greater Stowe and artwork in a variety of media by Vermont artists. Through January 2 at Helen Day Art Center in Stowe. Info, 253-8358.

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FORREST HOLZAPFEL: “A Deep Look at a Small Town,” black-and-white photographs of Marlboro residents accompanied by audio interviews with each family conducted by the Vermont artist.

Through December 31 at Municipal Building in Fairfield. Info, 827-3945.

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HANDMADE JUDAICA SHOW: Original religious art by contemporary artists, including menorahs in a variety of styles and a clay-and-glass mosaic depicting the Bible story of Joseph’s colorful coat.

Through December 31 at Stowe Craft & Design.

Info, 253-7677.

‘FRANK STELLA: IRREGULAR POLYGONS’: An exhibit marking the museum’s 25th anniversary presents one of each of the artist’s 11 monumental compositions for his 1965-66 series, along with preparatory drawings and other works. Through March 13 at Hood Museum, Dartmouth College, in Hanover, N.H. Info, 603-646-2808.

‘HEART SIZED: SMALL FRAMED WORKS BY FIVE WOMEN WORKING IN VERMONT’: Landscapes

by Bonnie Acker; paintings of monster finger puppets by Kathy Black; layered drawings by Katie Crown; paintings capturing a sense of place by Liz Kauffman; and ambient paintings of Mexico, Newfoundland and the western U.S. by Julie Ruth.

Through December 31 at River Arts Center in Morrisville. Info, 888-1261.

‘HOLIDAY SMALL PICTURE SHOW’: Small works by member artists, including nationally recognized painter Tom Nicholas. Through December 31 at Vermont Fine Art Gallery in Stowe. Info, 279-0332.

KATIE CROWN: A collection of black-and-white drawings and paintings creating a two-dimensional assemblage of nostalgic circumstances. Through January 12 at Green Goddess Café in Stowe. Info, 734-7134.

CATHERINE HALL: “Les lapin magasinent,” an installation of mixed-media bunny “shoppers.”

Through December 31 at Galerie Maison Kasini in Montreal. Info, 514-448-4723.

JENNY QIAN: “Basic Space,” painting and installation by the Dartmouth College studio art intern. Through February 7 at Barrows Exhibition Rotunda, Hopkins Center, in Hanover, N.H. Info, 603-646-3651.

‘MARKING TIME’: The Guild of Book Workers presents a traveling exhibition, including traditional and contemporary bindings in codex format, complex folded structures, wooden constructions, handheld toys and sculptural objects. Through March 20 at Baker-Berry Library, Dartmouth College, in Hanover, N.H. Info, 603-646-3998.

TWO RIVERS PRINT EXHIBITION: Work by members and guests of the printmaking studio.

Through January 8 at Spheris Gallery in Hanover, N.H. Info, 603-640-6155.

Kate Hartley If you’ve ever looked at a pear and thought, Hey, that kind of looks like someone I know, you’re not alone. Hartley has painted watercolor portraits

of the voluptuous fruits for many years, using their expressive stems and figurative forms to represent the people in her life. Often they sit ripening in windowsills, the morning sunlight accentuating their curves. She positions each pear so they appear to Anthropomorphizing aside, they make for lovely still-life paintings. Hartley’s works appear at Shelburne’s Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery in a group show called “Simple Gifts: A Show for All Seasons” through January 29. Pictured: “Rainy Day Friends.”

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Rick Kisonak: The more things change, as they say, the more they stay the same.

What strikes me when I look at this year’s award-season front-runners is that so many were in the group I was looking at this time last year: The Coens are back with True Grit. And Jeff Bridges. And Matt Damon — all 2010 Oscar nominees.

Ditto Colin Firth, Carey Mulligan and George Clooney. Each has generated 2011 buzz. Randy Newman is a lock for yet another Best Song nod (who’s going to vote against Toy Story 3?). Speaking of which, Disney (Up) is looking at likely back-to-back Best Animated Feature statuettes, thanks to the success of that little animated afterthought. What do you think — coincidence, or simply a case of talent rising to the top?

Margot Harrison: How about inertia — as in, people don’t want to leave their couches to try something new? Then again, maybe they’re finding more exciting new stuff from their couches. For me, this year proves we’re approaching the day when 3-D spectacles will have sole occupancy of the multiplexes. When they aren’t bringing kids to the movies or channeling their inner kid, adults will stay home and watch shows such as “Mad Men,” “Breaking Bad” and “The Walking Dead,” which inspired more enthusiasm than most of the movies getting awards buzz this year.

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and Colin Firth were mesmerizing in The Social Network, 127 Hours and The King’s Speech, respectively. But I’ve got to go with Robert Duvall. In the past 12 months, I didn’t see a more inventive, multidimensional performance than the one he gave in Get Low. Twenty-eight years later, it’s time he got a second Oscar.

In a related story: Bill Murray really ought to take home Best Supporting Actor hardware for his understatedly hilarious work in the same film.

MH: As you pointed out in your

Greenberg review, Rick, Ben Stiller and Jesse Eisenberg can seem like the same twitchy misanthrope at different stages of life. Therefore I jointly award them the honor this year for their performances in Greenberg and The Social Network, respectively. The Angry Smart Guy Who Can’t Handle Face-toFace Communication is fast becoming America’s national archetype, and they both incarnated him brilliantly.

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RK: A tie: John Travolta hit a new career

low with From Paris With Love, basically a Bourne movie minus the brains. You know the guy’s in iffy form when you find yourself wistfully recalling the glories of Battlefield Earth and Old Dogs. Every bit as annoying, though, was Julia Roberts in the stunningly unnecessary Eat Pray Love. Journeys of self-discovery don’t get more insipid and self-serious than this.

MH: Christina Aguilera in Burlesque. It’s

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Lawrence was uncanny in Winter’s Bone.

Bridges made the role of Rooster Cogburn his own. Ryan Gosling reinvented himself in All Good Things. Then again in Blue Valentine. Christian Bale was crazy good as a crackhead in The Fighter. And, of course, Jesse Eisenberg, James Franco

not that the songstress can’t act; we’re not in Taylor Lautner territory. It’s more that she chose to do her acting with her hair.

Then again, when it comes to letting the wig or weave do the work of character building, Cher and Angelina Jolie are also guilty.

Best Comedy

RK: I’m excluding Get Low from

contention here because it’s so much more than a comedy. There’s some really dark stuff in there. Which, to my mind, leaves Please Give as the year’s crowning

comic achievement. The fourth release from independent filmmaker Nicole Holofcener is that rarest of big-screen birds — a comedy for grown-ups. A close second: I Love You Phillip Morris. Jim Carrey as you’ve never seen him before.

MH: I also loved the dark wit of Please

Give, but for no-holds-barred absurdity I’m going with Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans. I’m not sure Werner Herzog knew he was turning to comedy when he invented the “iguana cam,” but I suspect he had an inkling where things were headed when he gave Nicolas Cage free rein.

Lamest Comedy

RK: No contest: Death at a Funeral. The latest nail in the coffin of once promising playwright and filmmaker Neil LaBute’s career, this mindless remake of a British farce was so strained, noisy, desperate and mirthlessly scatological, it was hard to believe it featured talents like Chris Rock and Tracy Morgan, as opposed to a cast of latex cartoons with Eddie Murphy inside them.

MH: While it’s not down there in the

Aronofsky’s follow-up to 2008’s The Wrestler. It’s already earned Best Picture nominations from the Critics Choice Awards and Golden Globes, and I’m wondering when the madness will stop.

It’s like direct-to-video David Lynch, only without the inspired loopiness.

MH: There we disagree (see below).

My biggest letdown was The Social Network. Not a terrible movie by any means, but, in my opinion, a hectoring and simplistic one about a complex and fascinating subject. I guess I just can’t agree with Aaron Sorkin that the Internet is destroying America, or that the rise of social networking boils down to sexual frustration. But, hey, at least someone made a movie about people using computers that wasn’t boring.

Biggest Surprise

RK: That the big scene in 127 Hours wasn’t as much of a gagger as I’d read.

According to published accounts, audience members have fainted, hurled and even been carried out on stretchers. I thought it was handled with a surprising degree of restraint.

same category with witless romantic “comedies” such as The Switch, I was most depressed by the unfunniness of Hot Tub Time Machine. A great title and loopy premise fizzled into a series of tired ’80s jokes.

Biggest Letdown

RK: Gladiator is one of the greatest movies of all time. I can — and do — watch it at least once a month. Also jolly good film fun: Body of Lies and American Gangster. What do these pictures have in common? The collaboration of Ridley Scott and Russell Crowe. So, hopes were high when the pair teamed up again. And then dashed by what they did. If it were possible to surgically extract virtually everything that made Gladiator movie magic, you’d wind up with a lifeless, longwinded anti-epic very much along the lines of Robin Hood. Talk about missing the mark.

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MH: Agreed — but then, I’ve seen lots of

surgical photos and the Hostel movies.

My biggest surprises were two: 1. Amanda Peet is hilarious (see Please Give) and 2.

Paranormal Activity 2 was scary.

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RK: The whole point of an update like The Wolfman is to wow audiences with the latest generation of special effects.

If Benicio Del Toro’s transmutation had been sufficiently awesome, it would hardly have mattered that the rest is a

mh: A Nightmare on Elm Street. This

remake of a perfectly good slumber-party staple wasn’t just unnecessary; it was excruciating. However, it did star Rooney Mara, who had a key part in The Social Network and has won the coveted role of Lisbeth Salander in David Fincher’s Stieg Larsson adaptations. If she goes A-list, this film could one day attain the lofty status of 1994’s The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre, which introduced the world to Matthew McConaughey and Renée Zellweger.

Least Superfluous Appropriation of a Comic Book, Video Game or Toy RK: Let’s see ... Kick-Ass had its moments. Iron Man 2 didn’t quite live up to its predecessor, did it? I kind of liked The Losers, based on the Vertigo comic, but let’s face it; we’re not talking timeless cinema. For me, I guess the award goes to disco-loving, self-adoring Barbie boyfriend Ken, who was voiced

by Michael Keaton in the living doll’s big-screen debut and practically stole the Toy Story 3 show. Plastic has seldom been that fantastic.

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RK: Well, again, I’m tempted to say DiCaprio and Scorsese, but I’ve got to go with Damon and Eastwood. Invictus ranked as a lesser contribution to the director’s filmography, but Hereafter was borderline silly. The subject was one any human being would find compelling.

Eastwood’s treatment of it, not so much. Let’s hope these two find other playmates before things get downright embarrassing. mh: I will say DiCaprio and Scorsese.

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rom com Valentine’s Day managed to make it to No. 20 on the list. Based on anecdotal evidence, I’d say most of the tickets were bought by well-meaning men who wanted to surprise a special lady on Valentine’s Day weekend. They should’ve sprung for a nice brunch instead.

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RK: Of the top 10 films released in the U.S. this year, seven were either sequels or remakes, and four were cartoons.

Arguably only a single movie — Inception — was made with grown-up audiences in mind. As I’ve pointed out previously, dozens of thoughtful, masterfully crafted pictures were also released. The problem isn’t that people aren’t making good movies but that people aren’t going to see them. Guess where that’s going to lead.

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numbers: If you want to make audiences ponder stuff like mortality, the fragility of community and the possible futility of love, you need to hide those themes in a cartoon. For my money, Toy Story 3 was every bit as bleak as Greenberg, Please Give or Winter’s Bone — and audiences ate it up! Another encouraging sign for civilization: Moviegoers seem to be rejecting the after-the-fact 3-D conversion process.

But next year a new Transformers movie will be released, possibly in 3-D, and be the mega-grosser. So never mind me.

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The Tourist: two supernova pairings with zero sparks.

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RK: There’s no way Another Year will get here before next year. The latest from British writer-director Mike (HappyGo-Lucky, Secrets & Lies) Leigh is well worth the wait. Jim Broadbent and Ruth Sheen are fabulous in this bittersweet character piece about a happily married London couple who offer safe harbor to a series of friends and relatives whose lives have not gone quite as swimmingly. The Company Men is likewise something to look forward to. Ben Affleck and Tommy Lee Jones star in this downsizing drama that, against all odds, manages to give the economic crisis a feel-good twist. It’s Up in the Air turned inside out. films in this category, but here are the ones I’m waiting for: Dogtooth, an acclaimed Greek drama about parents who isolate their kids from the world, with unintended results. It’s only hit

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for completely different reasons are the incendiary Inside Job (the economy didn’t attempt suicide; a bunch of greedy, arrogant jerks milked the system); and Rabbit Hole, a story about yuppies mourning their dead son inside what looks like a giant issue of Martha Stewart Living.

I added this category after seeing Sofia Coppola’s latest, Somewhere, which taught me how very hard it is to be a movie star. Weep for Stephen Dorff with nothing to do but sit in hotels and order room service!

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A man who tried to hold up a doughnut shop with a knife stabbed himself while committing the crime, according to Vancouver police. Constable Jana McGuinness said the 22-year-old suspect was so drunk that he fell down, landing on the butcher knife he was wielding and stabbing himself in the abdomen. Officers found the suspect slumped on the floor, took him to the hospital to treat his wound and then arrested him. (CBC News) Darrell Fudge, 54, relied on his global positioning system to get him from British Columbia to his home in Newfoundland, but the GPS’s shortest route led through northern Maine.

When he arrived at a remote U.S. border crossing, agents searched his car and found a half-kilogram of marijuana in a cooler. (Lewiston, Maine’s The Sun Journal)

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New York state officials announced plans to implement an emergency birth-control program because a flock of wild turkeys, estimated at 72 birds, won’t stop pestering families living in Staten Island’s Ocean Breeze section.

“It’s frustrating,” said Christopher Decicco, speaking for Councilman James Oddo, who represents the area.

“We want to do something for the residents in Ocean Breeze who keep calling and complaining their houses are surrounded by wild turkeys.” Oddo recently suggested birth control for pigeons nesting at the Staten Island Ferry but denied he is anti-bird. “I have nothing against fowl,” he said. “I have nothing against birds.”

Even though the New York City Parks and Recreation Department said that wild turkeys citywide have gone from near extinction in the 1950s to 65,000 in the 1990s, it’s illegal to hunt them. Instead, the state Department of Environmental Conservation said its program would coat the turkeys’ eggs with vegetable oil during the breeding season to prevent them from hatching.

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Second-Chance Follies

Britain’s National Health Service is so short of organ donations that transplant patients are being given the lungs of chain smokers. “In an ideal world, you would rather have lungs from 20-year-old healthy people who have never smoked,” said James Neuberger, associate medical director of the NHS Blood and Transplant. “But this isn’t a luxury we have.” The NHSBT said it’s also resorting to transplanting hearts from elderly and obese donors. (Britain’s Daily Mail)

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After receiving three anonymous 911 calls reporting a murder and stabbing in Clarksville, Tenn., city police responded with county and state reinforcements, including a K-9 unit and a helicopter, to aid in searching for the victims. After coming up emptyhanded, investigators, noting the third call mentioned that Alex Baker killed his girlfriend, traced all three calls to a phone owned by Alex Lee Baker, 20. Baker denied making the calls but under further questioning admitted reporting the false crimes. He explained he was bored and anxious because he hadn’t had a cigarette in two days.

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Prepositional Justice

John G. Mendez, 45, beat the charge of passing a stopped school bus in Fairfax, Va., because of a missing, twoletter word in the state law. The statute states that a driver is guilty of reckless driving “who fails to stop, approaching from any direction, any school bus which is stopped on any highway,” omitting “at” before “any school bus.”

Lawmakers removed the preposition when they amended the law in 1970.

“He can only be guilty if he failed to stop any school bus,” Judge Marcus D. Williams said when pronouncing Mendez not guilty. Mendez gave extra credit for finding the loophole to his lawyer, Eric E. Clingan, who said he took a look at the law, and “it just sort of jumped off the page at me.” (The Washington Post)

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aries (March 21-april 19): “Just because everything is different doesn’t mean anything has changed,” said writer irene Peter. That should be cautionary advice for you in 2011, aries. From what i can tell, it will be relatively easy for you to rearrange the way things look, but trickier to transform them from the inside out. you will have to be vigilant to keep from getting swept up in the giddiness of big talk at the expense of practical action. you’ll have to push hard to make sure that seductive ideas are translated into concrete details. Can you do it? i think you can. taUrUs

(april 20-May 20): in 1967, John McCain was a U.s. navy pilot fighting in Vietnam. shot down during a bombing mission, he was captured and jailed in the notorious Hanoi Hilton prison camp, where he was tortured. after being freed in 1973, he returned to the U.s. and eventually launched a political career. When he ran for president in 2008, his candidacy got an endorsement from an unlikely source: tran trong Duyet, the Vietnamese prison commander who had supervised his torture. in the coming months, taurus, i expect you to experience a turnaround that will have comparable poetic justice. i’m not sure how it will unfold. Maybe an adversary will praise you, a person who wounded you will make amends, or a force of nature that once opposed you will come over to your side. twenty-eleven will be a year of Vindicating reversals.

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(June 21-July 22): Decades ago, the U.s. built a network of sleek expressways to make it fast and easy for cars to travel between cities. but like many of america’s impressive engineering feats, this one took little account of what the human soul might enjoy.

leo (July 23-aug. 22): Fixing people’s teeth

is one of Dr. Peter Kertesz’s specialties. The british dentist has a thriving business in london. now and then he’s also called on to practice an exotic variation: animal dentistry. recently, he corrected the tooth problems of two tigers in a zoo. other species he has helped include elephants, whales and pandas. in 2011, leo, i suggest you consider branching out like Dr. Kertesz. What would be the equivalent, in your domain, of expanding the ways you use your primary skills?

Virgo (aug. 23-sept. 22): “What can i do

with this eternal longing?” That’s the first line of “assouf,” a song by the african band tinariwen. During the rest of the tune, the singer never offers a definitive answer to that plea, but as he tumbles and rumbles over the possibilities, the band plays a lot of righteous music. i suggest that you make tinariwen’s cry your question of the year in 2011. it will be an excellent use of your time to meditate on how to call forth, nurture and direct your ineffable, insatiable yearning. (Hear the song: tinyurl. com/assouf.)

liBra (sept. 23-oct. 22): in 2011, i believe you will have the chance to weave your fortunes together with an abundance of allies who are good for you. They will be your equals, they will share at least some of your most important values, and they will respect you for who you are. That’s excellent news, right?

My only worry is that you might shy away from the demands that such invigorating collaborations will make on you. it would be less work, after all, to fall back into reliance on more prosaic relationships that don’t ask so much of

this task in order to demonstrate how mediocre his painting was. but today his work at the sistine Chapel is regarded as a masterpiece. i suspect that in 2011 you may face a version of Michelangelo’s dilemma, scorpio: being offered a job you don’t consider your forte. it’s quite possible, however, that accepting this “diversion” will yield interesting results.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):

“We Americans are the best informed people on Earth as to the events of the last 24 hours,” wrote historian Will Durant some decades ago. “We are not the best informed as to the events of the last 60 centuries,” he concluded.

Today this describes many Westerners, not just Americans.

We are adrift in the Age of the Short Attention Span — a time when the lessons of the past are becoming lost or irrelevant. But in 2011, I’ll be rooting for you to elude this curse, Capricorn.

It’s crucial for you to be in close touch with both the lessons provided by the grand sweep of human civilization and by your own personal history. you. Please don’t take the easy way out, libra. rise to the occasion!

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(oct. 23-nov. 21): Michelangelo didn’t think of himself as primarily a painter. sculpture was his first love. yet in 1508 he was coaxed into painting prodigious frescoes on the ceiling of the sistine Chapel. as he worked for four years, covering 12,000 square feet with sublime images, he sometimes complained and felt resentful. The project took him away from two large sculptures he would have preferred to be working on. He feared his enemies had convinced the Pope to give him

sagittariUs (nov. 22-Dec. 21): “When i became a man i put away childish things,” said sagittarian author C.s. lewis, “including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up.” i suggest you take up that attitude yourself in 2011, sagittarius. one of your top assignments in the coming months will be to play with greater intensity and more frequency and a heightened imagination. if you want to achieve your adult goals, you’ll be wise to re-create your childhood wisdom on a higher octave. aQUariUs (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “The third-

rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the majority,” said author a.a. Milne.

“The second-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the minority. The first-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking.” you will have an excellent chance to cultivate that definition of a first-rate mind in 2011, aquarius. according to my reading of the astrological omens, life will be conspiring to strengthen your brain. you will have everything going for you if you make it your intention to sharpen your wits, use language more precisely, and see the world with greater clarity and objectivity. to get the fun started, make a list of what you could do to push your intelligence beyond its current limits.

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(Feb. 19-March 20): “anything you’re good at contributes to happiness,” said philosopher bertrand russell. if i had my way, Pisces, you’d write that on a note and tape it to your bathroom mirror for the duration of 2011. i think it would raise your appreciation for the power your personal gifts have to bestow blessings on both yourself and others. and i hope it would inspire you to spend a lot of quality time finding out all you can about what you’re good at and deepening your capacity to do what you’re good at.

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geMiNi (May 21-June 20): Can you finally escape the pain you got imprinted with during adolescence? is it a realistic possibility that you could triumph over the conditioning you absorbed before you knew how to talk?

Do you have the power to do what few of us have done, which is to get out from under the weight of the past, shed the inertia of your memories, and live brave and free in the raw truth of noW? if there will ever in your life be a time when you can accomplish at least some of this noble quest, gemini, it will be in 2011.

Ugly buildings or empty spaces surround many of those roads. Visually, the difference between i-95 in georgia and i-74 in illinois is negligible. “The interstate highway system has made it possible,” said Charles Kuralt, “to go from sea to shining sea without seeing anything.” you cannot afford to let this be your operative metaphor in 2011, Cancerian. your potential for rapid, extensive progress is sizable, but it would be a mistake to barrel along with your eyes fixed on the prize in the distance as you neglect what’s happening along the way. be both global and local; romance the details as you revel in the big picture.

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Hunting for love Hey, I’m a solid guy. Own a business, like hunting, skiing, working out.

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The sweet Earth holds my roots in deep embrace. I am grounded through daily engagement w/ plants & cultivation, athletics, couples dance & sculpture. Although common interests are important for the foundation of friendship, how differences are supported in safety & acceptance is most critical for deep connection. I am a lifelong student, observer & doer of great energy. beesweet, 59, l, #102488 FROM HIS ONLINE PROFILE: Name your guiltiest, most lurid pleasure. Not being guilty of a thing.

Good Communicator, Renaissance Man Healthy & fit homebody loves: being in, on & around water & nature; cooking; dancing; body surfing; meditation; physical, emotional & spiritual intimacy; sharing interests together; tranquility; shaking loose; traveling/ adventuring; snowshoeing; live music; living simply on this precious planet; being alive! Relationships are important. How do we travel that path in balance & joy & in tune w/ Spirit?

NatureGuy350, 64, l, #118752 Outgoing Nice Guy Am I the last of my kind? I am kind, loyal & try to do the best that I can in everything. I’m looking for someone who will appreciate what I have to offer & can be my equal. p916, 40, l, #119747 Outdoors fun!

Outdoors enthusiast who likes to explore hidden places & appreciates the extreme character Vermont offers.

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dates! Be who you Are, Love what you Do! i_maginary, 22, l, #119604 work hard play hard Independent, fun guy, new to town, looking for friends & fun! Like all things outdoors, especially sun, swimming, boating, tennis, walking, skiing. Believe in making the most of the week & the weekend. Travel a lot, but like to return home to have friends over & cook, party & live! simpatico, 41, u, l, #118826 Living the life.

26 y.o. guy that likes to just have fun in life. Looking for someone to get to know and see what happens. I have many interests, but particularly love music :) Kind, honest, funny & sexy guys take a seat up front. Jupiter_ Lightning_Flash, 26, u, l, #104620 Charming, educated, sexy Hopeless romantic searching for the one who will sweep me off my feet. 38, single and looking to experience all that life has to offer with that special someone. Enjoy spending time w/ friends, travel, dance, cook & being outdoors. maverickvt, 39, l, #114741 Hey All Hi, guys. Looking for NSA winter buddies to play with; friends cool, too. I’m 40, 5’10, 170, dark hair & eyes, not bad looking with nice package. Looking for guys 18-48 who are height/weight prop. 6”+. Discretion assured - hope to hear from ya! Buster, 41, u, #111080

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New to this I am a fun, smart, professional woman who is looking for a great guy to get to know. If you are honest, respectful, witty & fun, we might be a good match.

Winter is coming & I’d like someone to ski, snowshoe & sit by the fire with.

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Pure, simple pleasure I want to be in relationships that are fun, playful, creative, healthy, positive & charming. I love, equally, dressing up & going out to a great restaurant & hiking through the woods in the chill autumn air. I can promise hanging out w/ me will always be an adventure since I won’t settle for less. sassafrass28, 54, l, #119481

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Hi, I’m me, it’s True! Just a kid in town you may know, or wish to. You may find me in a certain coffee shop, wearing some colorful scarves, maybe glitter. I hope to intimidate none & invite anyone w/ a little strength in their heart to know me better. Love

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A Lot to offer Hi, I’m a creative, passionate, deep, complex, warm, funny, attractive woman. I’m looking for friends or more near Monty P. This is you: deepened by life, not hollowed, intelligent, warm, ethical, affectionate, smart, kind, considerate. I want to meet women who respect themselves & their journeys, who put thought into their lives. galaxyb, 40, #119761

Looking for that special someone Hey, guys, I’m a 22 y.o white guy looking for a long-term relationship & will be faithful. I really enjoy reading, hiking & cuddling up w/ a man of my own. Those are the most important things to me. I’m willing to try almost anything once. So if this sounds like something that you’re interested in, message me. buddy12388, 22, #119677

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Funny & Down to Earth I think I am & have been told I am funny, a good listener & a pretty good tennis player. Looking for same in partner or one willing to try ;). Would like to have a best friendship that can grow into a loving, committed relationship.

Tennis is my most favorite way for exercise & fun but will entertain other ways. Midnite1, 55, l, #119744

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Geeky, funny & slightly nervous Me in a nutshell: funny, geeky gamer girl. Feminine but love to play fix it.

Adore Jeopardy, love my dog more than most people & strive to be kind to all I meet. Sarcastic w/ friends, yet utterly charming w/ strangers. Looking to meet new people, as my job doesn’t afford me the opportunity to get out much. TrinityJade, 30, l, #119608

Military Outside, Softy Inside This military gentleman is sometimes a bit rough around the edges but always has a kind heart. I can mix social engagements w/ quiet nights, dress shirts w/ Levis, nightclubs w/ campfires, dimly lit dining rooms w/ starlit patios. I know my way around a kitchen & realize that not every article of clothing goes in the washer/dryer. ;^). Gem_In_I, 45, u, l, #119755

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Just Lookin’ Young, adventurous, ambitious, average-looking F who enjoys the outdoors, as well as many inside activities. Enjoy everything from hiking, country walks, camping, fishing & wildlife photography to playing pool & bowling. Working in health/medical field & hold license in cosmetology. Would like to find someone who enjoys some of the same interests. 119760, 51, u, l, #119760

Looking for a special friend It’s been a while & I am ready to meet a nice man, for friends to start & some chatting to get to know each other. And who knows where we’ll go from here, perhaps a relationship.

We’ll both know if it’s meant to be.

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open to oral & bi Single, 45, tall & very aggressive. Own my own house (w/ a monthly mortgage payment), newer car, activities. Yes, using my blanket in the warmer weather. My fireplace rug works well in the colder weather. Have many pillows to use for support. Try me; you will not regret or be let down. I can tell you that up front. Deb_Abby, 45, #119758

observer Fit in mind & body, I am a participant, not a spectator. I am patient & adaptable. I seek a partner to share conversation &and companionship.

I am attractive & young at heart.

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Can be fun if you give it a chance to work out. In need of a relationship w/ one who cares. Will put in lots of feedback & lots of attention. CA2001, 42, #106992 In Need, Can You Help Looking for like-minded women or couples who want to have great sex.

I’m not shy & love to enjoy a woman. No need for drinks. We meet, we XXXX, we leave. I am married. Can play alone but really want him involved. I love to watch him w/ another & he loves to watch!

Looking for a dominant, too. Hubby must watch. 3isbetter, 38, l, #104249 I like sex to excess I make whoopie all day; I love w33d & having intercourse while I smoke.

I love to make butter from herb & use that in bed, too. I’ll do anything once as long as there’s 420 involved. sexmaker6669420, 18, l, #119659

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Love to dance & have fun. If you’re sweet, nice & kind & want to show a girl a good time, let me know. funbarregrl88, 22, l, #119229

Sexy, Natural, Intuitive Girl I’m a clean, smart, outgoing girl looking to experiment w/ other girls for the first time. I’d also love to see what the men out there can offer. I’m confident in bed & love to know where I can make improvements. I’m flirty & VERY sexually charged, so I need someone who can keep up w/ me. optimisticloving, 20, l, #119017

Tired of dreaming Want to try the les route, discreetly.

Dreamed of it for ages & now it’s time to try. So many fantasies of what I can do to you & you to me. timetotry, 50, #119188

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No BS, just real Just let me show you. mybe, 61, #118996

seeking outdoor orgasm In 17th-century French literature moustaches were a symbol of sexual prowess. Seeking an impressively moustachioed manual laborer for back-door sexploration, public rooftop rendezvous, and/or general chainsaw play. Fatties need not respond.

TrailWorkingFlooze, 21, #118971

Let’s get curious together Looking for a woman or couple (if the fit is right) to play in a way I’ve never tried before but always wanted to.

Have a family & a career, so discretion a must. Looking for a new, fun adventure.

Send me a message & we’ll see where it leads. tanqueraygirl, 43, #119021

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I’s Have It Gimme a time, place, a hard man to work w/ ‘cause I have a lot of energy to expend. I’m D/D free & want the same from the other. This is NSA & NO mind games involvement. So, if you wanna get lucky, “Go ahead, I’ll make your day.”

Feeling lucky? Send email or flirt. Just “LUCKY” email. ash, 41, u, #119571 hot wheels amputee I’m looking for a man to play around w/ in the early afternoon. If you haven’t guessed, yes, I’m in a wheelchair & missing a piece. If you’ve ever wanted a strange piece of ass, now would be the time to try. I would like to someday meet

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Purrrrr By day I am nothing if not appropriate/ professional. By shadow of gloaming, I can be all things feral. I carry within the dark rider of need which wants to lengthen/loosen under the skillful attention of one who would bend me to their desire. I am willful & have a strength of body/soul that necessitates equal strength of character. I long for the woman who possesses surety of self, razor-sharp wit & biting intellect to assuage my recent bout of vanilla.

I need to ease into things but am wanting you to: Tie me up, tie me down, be my fingersmith, let me service you, unfetter through flagellation & release a river of tears to dance diamonds down my chest for you. Titillate & tickle me w/ words, skate the ice cool rim of boundaries & explore the geography of the flesh w/ me. Mkitty, 36, l, #118816

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Be my sexy sultry slave Dude, it’ll totally be great. I’m tellin’ ya.

I’ll say things like “You’re hot,” as I tie you to the bed. Then yell, “It’s a shpadoinkle day!” as I pull a 360 personality change that makes you really question why you ever contacted me in the first place. You’ll leave saying things like, “OMG, why was he singing musicals?”

BurlingtonVTDT, 30, #119763 Weekly bondage pal wanted I am an easygoing person who likes light bondage. Not into giving or receiving pain. Breast bondage is very exciting for me to do, so ample breasts are a plus. Plus-size women are great. tb05641, 61, u, #117822 Explorer Seeks Fountain of Youth I’m seeking a young woman who is willing to try an encounter w/ an older guy. If you get aroused being exhibitionistic, that could work as I am quite voyeuristic. I prefer small breasted & slim over large breasted

Extreme Sports Adrenaline junkie, pilot, sailor. Outside of work I am usually outside. Seeking woman friend w/ benefits; someone to share sweat & sex. Message me for more. zone, 51, l, #119745 Loves giving anal I like to have discreet fun. Get in touch w/ me if you want it, because I will probably be willing to give it.

I love music, film, art & smoking pot. Morningstar12, 20, #119736 Looking for something new I’m here looking to try some new things. I’m Will. To try anything at all, don’t be afraid to ask! I have a great sense of humor (so I’ve been told), so let’s get together & have some fun ;). Edd420, 29, #119737

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Sexy420 couple seeking hot chick!

Hi, my boyfriend & I are looking for a cute girl to have some fun with!

420-friendly, D/D-free, down-toearth couple looking for curvy & super kinky! We love to play! Please send picture & would like to hook up this weekend! Thanks M + S. w33d_lovers, 21, l, #116789 One Time Only VERY happy couple interested in a F, attractive, clean & interested in my girlfriend. No games, just play. There to please her only w/ the boyfriend.

Boyfriend is off limits & only for the girlfriend. Pictures are a must & this is a one-time deal. Afterward you will go about your way & not look back.

LaurenTatem, 22, l, #119721 Normal attractive couple seeking spice Clean, fit couple looking for a

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I like sex; nothing wrong with that. I am currently in an open relationship. My goal here is to make a few friends to have some steamy sexual conversations with. I want to be strictly online with email only. Don’t be afraid: I am thy bunny, let me be your prey. Bunnyofsnow, 19, l, #119307 FROM HER ONLINE PROFILE: What is your hottest feature and why? TITS! Sex is my favorite workout!

I’m a young man in my early 20s, chock-full of adventure, energy & passion. I seek a damsel w/ experience to explore the best orgasms possible.

I am athletic, 8 inches & very low key. I like to give/receive oral, play w/ you however you’d like & go multiple times. CubForAlady, 23, #119728 shy exhibitionist Need pink saloon for big Jim & the twins to dance in. bradbuick, 62, u, #119316 well equiped & ready Reasonably attractive man in a longterm open relationship seeks F, 25-50, who wants a little more sex than she is getting. In decent shape, have vasectomy, disease free. Sensitive, nice guy, but I like to dominate a little in bed.

I would also enjoy meeting a couple if he would like to watch her get it and/ or join in. NEKguy, 42, u, l, #119718 Single & looking This is my first ad on here. I am a 47 y.o. SM from Essex Junction. Looking for whatever may come my way.

Boring profile I know, but just being honest. SingleinEssex, 47, #119717 PINK ASS SPANKING Do you like to get spanked? I am a dominant master who will teach you the discipline you need. I will give you a pants-down, bare-handed spanking; or, if you have been a very naughty girl, I will tie you up, put a collar & lead on you, and spank you w/ a wooden spoon. spankster, 50, u, l, #119369

submissive, petite/fit F for discreet one-time fun in the bedroom. 21 or over necessary. Discretion a must, willing to host or travel. Must be willing to try new things. Pigwidgeon, 23, #119710 Help raise our freak flag 45/50 y.o. professional couple wants to fly their freak flag high. He’s a former pro athlete w/ an incredible sex drive; she’s a sexy brainiac w/ an equally high sex drive & kink factor. We’re looking for an open-minded woman to explore w/ us but above all have fun.

Vtprofessionalcouple, 45, #119649 Testing the waters Attractive, professional, mid-20s couple looking for first-time adventures.

Looking for women or couple to spend time w/ hiking or in front of the fireplace playing pool, enjoying good food & spirits. Heavy petting OK; not looking for sex. Her: bicurious. Him: hetero. kitteh, 28, l, #119629 two for one We’re an adventurous couple looking for a lovely woman to join us for some good, clean fun. mandk, 48, #117240

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Mambo King All Star Are you the guy in flaming Converse All-Stars who grooved to the Cubana beat? You make me all caliente! It’s you I want to meet. Your ginger hair, your sweat, your hips, your lips, your style.

I am that Latina chica who caught your winsome smile. When: Thursday, November 11, 2010. Where: Cuba.

You: Man. Me: Woman. #908393 Best Buy Williston Friday Night 9 p.m. You were looking for a cable to go from your old laptop to a new one.

I saw you look more than once. Black & gray hat, camo shirt, scruffy but cute. I was in a hurry & had to go, but for a moment I was blushing. Thank you. ;) When: Friday, December 17, 2010. Where: Best Buy Williston.

You: Man. Me: Woman. #908386 Abhyanga at Two2Tango 9:07 p.m. Time for my first spy. Your profile made me smile & dream. I’ll join you in skipping the length of Church St. then tea. Thanks for the Ayurvedic info. Peace. When: Saturday, December 18, 2010. Where: Two2Tango.

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You: Woman. Me: Man. #908379 SWM I’ve seen you many times over the last year. Many times I’ve pushed you away & shut down, and you’ve pushed back & stayed in my life. It’s been annoying & wonderful at the same time. All I can say is thank you. Your

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Littlebitcountry, littlebitdd Seeing many similarties. Interested in knowing more. Question is: Are you? When: Friday, December 10, 2010. Where: Seven Days. You: Man. Me: Woman. #908374 Littlebitcountry, little bit Saw many similarities of interest. You also caught mine. Now the question is: Are you? When: Friday, December 10, 2010. Where: Seven Days. You: Man. Me: Woman. #908372 cute smile at manhattan Exchanged a few glances w/ you at Manhattan Pizza on Friday. You had a green coat on & a cute smile. I had the orange hat on w/ colorful scarf.

Just wanted to thank you for flashing me that great smile. When: Friday, December 10, 2010. Where: Manhattan Pizza. You: Man. Me: Woman. #908371 re: Cute Mustache I’m glad you “love love the ‘stache.” I am not a recluse & can often be seen about the town. The stache had gone away for a bit but is on its way back.

Maybe you will find it out & about. If not, you could always message me where you found me first. And thanks for the spy! When: Friday, November 12, 2010. Where: You spied me.

You: Woman. Me: Man. #908370 Response to You’re Unbelievable This is a longshot, but your post hit home. If you’re the woman I’m hoping you are, you have nothing to worry about, because I’ll always love you, want you & be there for you if you let me. If you’re someone else, I hope you give yourself a chance in the future & wish you happiness.

When: Saturday, December 11, 2010.

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You: Woman. Me: Man. #908361 luvtobeinvt looking for you Seems we’ve tried contacting each other & we’ve not yet connected.

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mistress maeve Dear Mistress Maeve,

The close of another year … alone. I am a rapidlyturning-40 dude who’s never been married, not even close. In my twenties, I thought I had so much time. In my thirties, I spent too much time chasing my twenties (and the women to match). Now, here I am — the only single guy out of all my friends. I spend most evenings with frozen pizza and Netflix.

Just about the only interaction with women I get is through my Xbox. I don’t ski. I don’t bike. I have a beer gut. Yet I live in Vermont — where you can’t meet a girl unless you bump into her at a sportinggoods store or hiking fucking Camel’s Hump.

Do I really have to give up living in this beautiful land and move to a city in order to find a woman who doesn’t own a pair of Sorels?

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Sorry to break it to you, but any Vermont woman who doesn’t own a pair of snow boots is an idiot.

However, that doesn’t mean you can’t find a girl who’s willing to swap her Sorels for stilettos, given a proper invitation.

Last time I checked, no eligible ladies were hanging out around your pity pot, so get off it. Your failure to rock climb and backcountry snowboard may make dating more difficult, but you just have to get creative. What type of woman are you looking for? Perhaps you’ll meet her at an art class, at the comic shop, or sitting at a table at Muddy Waters? If you’re still attached to staying on your couch, give online dating a whirl. I guarantee, you’ll find plenty of Vermont women who would prefer a night on the town to a day on the mountain.

And, hey, if all else fails, you’re just a short drive from Montréal — a city bustling with metropolitan ladies.

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Where: Rt. 100N, Waterbury Center. me a detail or two about me (or what We both had little ones in car seats. Do You: Man. Me: Man. #908377 we’ve chatted about). When: Friday, you want to get together sometime & December 10, 2010. Where: Route 14. devise the downfall of the Once-ler?

George in Honey Hollow You: Woman. Me: Man. #908366 When: Saturday, December 11, 2010.

George, I saw you coming down the hill Where: Williston Rd. by the Holiday in your sporty red Ralph Lauren hoodie The Hospice & then Inn. You: Woman. Me: Man. #908382 & booties. I noticed you were missing ...the Co-op. You’re cute. When: one but thought nothing of it UNTIL I Thursday, December 9, 2010. smiling on bus found it on the trail. Was your paw cold?

Where: Brattleboro. You: Man. Hey, we both smiled as we got on Did your owner notice? If you want your Me: Woman. #908365 the bus. Sat 1 seat behind you & we booty back, just let me know. I have it smiled at each other a few more times. for you! When: Saturday, December Hey Deutschland I kept watching you play w/ your lip 11, 2010. Where: Honey Hollow. You: Sorry for making you wait the first night ring. You were wearing black-&-pink Man. Me: Woman. u #908376 we met. I didn’t even know where k21 shoes. Would love to talk, maybe sit was. You were funny & sweet & I had a together next time. Still see your Tall Trees at City Market blast. I think it is about time we meet smile. When: Thursday, December 16, You were wearing a lime green knit up again. Zu mir oder zu dir? When: 2010. Where: Essex bus to downtown. winter hat, jeans, and had glasses on, Sunday, October 5, 2008. Where: k21.

You: Woman. Me: Man. #908380 a radiant smile & a distinct twinkle in You: Man. Me: Woman. #908364 the eye! I was working the lot, wearing Lunar Eclipse of the Heart a blue beret, and we bantered & Megalin You: tracking wolves in the northwoods enjoyed it. When: Saturday, December Always fumbling for words, I’ll leave it until June. Me: waiting at Chickadee 11, 2010. Where: City Market. You: to the expert: “In your light I learn how Landing covered in cattail pollen. Us: Woman. Me: Man. u #908375 to love. In your beauty, how to make together at last while the sun stands poems. You dance inside my chest, still on B’tawbagok, hearts singing the

where no one sees you.” I am tangled in your grace; there is nowhere else I’d rather be. When: Friday, December 10, 2010. Where: Cloud 89. You: Woman. Me: Woman. #908362

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