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Emergency workers say gawkers should stay away from Vermont’s flood-ravaged communities. Rubbernecking is for foliage season.

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Boston Bruin Tim Thomas brought hockey’s highest honor — the Stanley Cup — to Burlington on Saturday. The Cat came back.

She spoke with potter Jeremy Ayers, who gave her a tour of what used to be his basement workshop. On the night of the flood, he scrambled to save his pottery as water poured in through cracks in the walls and the windows. “It was just like being in a lower room in the Titanic,” he says. Ayers describes evacuating with his family: “We waded out through chest-deep water,” he says. “My wife had the baby on her shoulders — 8-month-old baby — and myself and the neighbor had my 94-year-old grandfather by the armpits. It happened in an hour and a half. Like I said, I just didn’t believe it.” Even more amazing, his grandfather lived across the street during the 1927 flood and was evacuated back then, too.

SO LONG, LOCKHEED The city of Burlington and Lockheed Martin were “unable to develop a mutually beneficial implementation plan.” That’s military speak for “We broke up.”

Sollberger also talked with Jeff Lang of the Alchemist Pub & Brewery, as a crew of volunteers gutted the restaurant’s silt-covered interior. “Right now, all you can do is fix it,” he says, fighting back tears. “You work until you can’t work anymore, and then you sleep for a little bit and start working again.”

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[Re Whisky Tango Foxtrot: Why Don’t Vermont School Buses Have Seat Belts? August 31]: Whenever I have posed the question to school officials of “Why not?” regarding school bus seat belts, the answer has generally been along the lines of increased legal liability due to the necessity to monitor and enforce seat belt use — if you have seat belts. In other words, if a school system has seat belts in place, they must mandate their use. The result is that the school system is then liable if a student fails to comply in seat belt use and is then injured due to lack of compliance. The sheer cost of bus monitors alone, coupled with inevitably imperfect enforcement, would be a “lawsuit waiting to happen.” So, no seat belts means no enforcement, which means limiting liability in the event of a crash. While I appreciate the “cost-benefit ratio” perspective the article brings out, the story doesn’t end there. Bill O’Neill

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War of the Words: Chris Hedges on 9/11, Qaddafi and Sen. Bernie Sanders

BY KEVIN J. KELLEY

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Fifteen Minutes? How the National Media Reported on Irene in Vermont

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FEATURES

Flood: Tales of ruin, and resilience, along storm-ravaged Route 100

Post-Irene, Creative Vermonters Pitch In to Help Vermont’s Art Recovery Team Searches for Drenched Documents

BY KEVIN J. KELLEY

Locals’ Words Chronicle the Civil War in New Play

BY ERIK ESCKILSEN

BY JEFF GANGEMI

Art Hop: Burton photographer Blotto brings his bike art to the Hop

Art Hop: A Vermont collector reflects on his art acquisitions BY KEVIN J. KELLEY

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80 Eye Witness

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Stuck in Vermont: Waterbury, 4 Days After Irene. Eva Sollberger

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I have to respond to Paul Burns’ letter [Feedback: “Way to Blow,” August 17] in which he dismisses the “fringe” environmental groups questioning wind development of Vermont’s ridgelines. “Fringe” voices such as Steve Wright and Annette Smith have clearly articulated drawbacks and major reservations. People driving down I-91 and touring the Lake Willoughby region this summer have had a jaw-dropping experience: They see how the Sheffield project towers have the capacity to dwarf the ridgelines that are the area’s bread and butter when it comes to tourism and quality of life. Vermont lacks sufficient policy both in regard to mountainous terrain and in overall greenhouse emission reduction. In its place it seems to have an ad hoc policy that reflects the political power of the moment. We would do well to remember the genesis of Act 250 under Gov. Deane Davis. It was the perceived threat of uncontrolled mountainside development that prompted his farsighted support of coherent development policy. Through policy incoherence, these current projects are dodging sufficient review if we are to harmonize the two goals of landscape conservation and green energy. Andrew Whittaker kirby

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Dear Kismet: Please host sushi nights on varying days [“Suddenly Sushi,” August 24]! The only thing missing for me in central and northeast Vermont is sushi, and I work every Wednesday evening. Dear Montpelier chefs: Please open a restaurant that serves beautiful fishies at least five days a week. We definitely don’t need any more Italian joints!

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“We’re all under siege right now,” he said. “There’s no other way to describe it. But we’re tough, tenacious, and we stand together. That gives me hope.”

Workers of UVM — Unite!

Outrage about golden parachutes at the University of Vermont is sparking new interest among nonunion workers in forming a union of their own. About 31 percent of UVM’s head count of 3321 is unionized. The 680 full- and part-time profs are members of the American Federation of Teachers. The 350 maintenance and custodial staff are members of the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America. UVM’s 25 police officers are Teamsters. Now, somewhere between 1200 to 1500 clerical, research and administrative support staff want to align with the Vermont chapter of the National Education Association, according MAXWELL TRACY, an admissions counselor who is on the organizing committee. “The UVM staff are the most fired up in at least a decade, and certainly the most fired up since I’ve been here,” said Tracy. What’s changed? UVM is asking its lowest-paid workers to contribute more toward health insurance premiums, accept a zero percent raise this coming year and pay more for health care when they retire. Meanwhile, UVM is doling out halfmillion-dollar-plus severance packages to top execs after an investigation of the wife of outgoing president DAN FOGEL. “We’ve reached a tipping point,” said Tracy.

Baruth’s Barrage

University of Vermont English professor and State Sen. PHILIP BARUTH (D-Chittenden) is biting the hand that feeds him. This week, Baruth plans to use his legislative position on an obscure subcommittee to urge his fellow subcommittee members to withhold $180,000 of taxpayer money from UVM’s endowment. On Thursday, September 8, the higher education subcommittee of the PreK-16 Council — which is charged with handing out money to UVM, the Vermont State Colleges (VSC) and the Vermont Student Assistance Corporation (VSAC) from Vermont’s Higher Education Trust Fund — will decide whether to give each of these entities $180,000.


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Baruth told Fair Game that he supports giving the money to VSC and VSAC. In a three-page letter to UVM trustees, he detailed his reason for opposing UVM’s allotment: “I have been genuinely and deeply appalled — unfortunately there is no more politic word — at the administration’s policies with regard to the intimately related issues of executive and staff compensation.” Baruth said money should be withheld until trustees review UVM’s executive pay policies — a review prompted by the $34,000-a-month severance package former President Dan Fogel will be receiving through the end of 2012. In 2013, Fogel is expected to join Baruth in the English department, where he’ll be paid $195,000 a year. Baruth, who has taught there for roughly 20 years, earns $95,000. “It is my hope that the board will then enact meaningful executive compensation reform, through its own deliberative process, well in advance of negotiations with the incoming president,” wrote Baruth. “But if not, I cannot conscience the direct transfer of taxpayer funds into an endowment, and a general university economy, managed with such open and continuing disregard for frugality, equity, and justice.” “Conscience” as a verb? Hey, he’s the English professor. Last week, Baruth hinted at even more radical action if UVM fails to settle on a fair labor deal with maintenance workers. “This building will be taken over,” he said last week during a union rally on the steps of UVM’s Waterman Building. “And that’s a promise.” The crowd cheered. Baruth said he was ashamed of the university for squeezing workers at the bottom of the pay scale while rewarding those at the top. “There is a deliberate attempt to increase the gap between the highest-paid workers and the lowest-paid workers,” said Baruth. “That’s what is wrong with America and that’s what is now happening here.”

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CHRIS HEDGES: It was difficult to walk away from a steady income. My real concern was how I was going to support myself and my family. I knew no other newspaper was going to hire me because I was so outspoken. Once you take a position that’s very unpopular, you’re considered biased as a news reporter. I figured I’d become a high school teacher. SD: You must have known you’d be risking your career by speaking in public against the invasion of Iraq. What made you do that? CH: I never held back my views. That commencement address was really just the denouement. As the Middle East bureau chief for the New York Times, I was constantly being asked about Iraq. I knew the proper career move was to give an evasive answer, but I never did. All U.S. Arabists — in journalism, academia, at the State Department — knew this war was insane. My own view was based on seven years’ experience in the Middle East, much of it in Iraq itself. It would have been unconscionable of me to remain silent. SD: Were you also opposed to the invasion of Afghanistan? If so, was it because you’re against all wars? Wasn’t the U.S. justified in going after bin Laden? CH: I’m not a pacifist, and I did oppose the war on Afghanistan. It should have

been an intelligence war against bin Laden; using the tools of conventional warfare is useless. The only way to defeat terrorism is to isolate the terrorists within their own societies, and the most effective way to do that is by creating empathy for your side. We had that right after September 11, but then we began dropping fragmentation bombs all over the place.

— as we have in Baghdad and Kabul — we’ll get the same reaction as we have in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Libyan people will develop the same bitterness. I know Libya pretty well. I’ve been there and have interviewed Qaddafi. SD: What was he like? CH: Not stupid, but crazy. And probably on some sort of drugs. SD: That’s a dangerous combination. CH: It is. SD: Do you miss working at the Times? Do you miss being a reporter? CH: I don’t miss daily journalism at all. If I never wrote another breaking-news story, I’d be happy. After so many years

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as a foreign correspondent, I also don’t want to travel anymore. I don’t look back with bitterness toward the Times; I had a great career there. Also, journalism isn’t about ideas. I’d much rather write books, because that’s a much more fulfilling experience. And I do a lot of reporting for my books. SD: What are you working on now? CH: A book about the poorest pockets of the United States. There are chapters on the coalfields of West Virginia, the Pine Ridge [Indian] Reservation, undocumented agricultural workers. SD: You must feel liberated being able to write in your own voice, to express your own point of view, rather than feeling constrained by the formula of objectivity. CH: I actually didn’t feel constrained as a foreign correspondent. Yes, I wrote within the confines of daily journalism, but it was possible to make cogent


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SD: You don’t sound very optimistic. CH: If human behavior doesn’t change — and there’s no indication it will — we’re going to trash the ecosystem. I’m not sure that optimism would be a reasonable position to take, given what’s going on. There’s a slow-motion corporate coup d’etat occurring in this country. Progressive forces have been decimated. We’re watching the rise of a protofascist movement on the part of people who rightly feel betrayed by both the Republicans and Democrats.

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nce it became clear that Hurricane Irene was a major story in Vermont — and a nonstory almost everywhere else — the national news media poured in. Correspondents from CNN, CBS News, the New York Times, Reuters, Bloomberg and Time magazine flocked to the small towns devastated by the storm’s raging floodwaters. Within 24 hours, Vermont was in the national mainstream media spotlight. Even before the storm had passed, some locals began grumbling about how the national channels were covering the story — or not covering it. One Twitter user wrote, “Vermont is getting destroyed by flooding right now, and national media is covering bike paths in NYC.” Another tweeted, “No one in the national media is talking about Vermont being underwater. This pisses me off.” To which someone replied, “They think NY is center of universe. Assholes.” Gov. Peter Shumlin himself took a swing at the “national press” two days after the storm, when he disputed reports of people being “stranded” in towns without access to medical care. “I’ve heard, mostly in the national press, that there are folks who have medical needs that can’t get met. This is not true,” Shumlin told reporters on August 30 outside the state office complex in Waterbury. “There is an interesting national story being suggested that we have communities so isolated that we can’t get them help. We have Red Cross in those communities; we have National Guard in those communities; we have choppers that can land in those communities at any time.” In a Bennington Banner op-ed, freelance journalist Telly Halkias praised the governor for socking it to the national media. “If Gov. Peter Shumlin does nothing else during his current term, he will have offered the public a valuable service by addressing frustration with the national media in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Irene.” In fact, some Vermonters couldn’t get medical care in the hours following the floods. In Grafton, population

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meetings to share news and concerns. In a story headlined “Flooded Vermont Town Epitome of Patience,” CNN noted that Pittsfield, population 427, dealt with the deluge by throwing a town barbecue to feed the masses. Other tales were less stereotypically Vermont: Bloomberg reported on a marooned Wall Street trader who hired a helicopter to pick him up in Pittsfield and fly him home to New Jersey. “We are what we are,” Mindich says. “The places that were hit were largely rural, tight-knit communities that relied on agriculture and seasonal tourism. So, you are going to get the stereotypes about Vermont, because in part, the stereotypes reflect something real.” More important than how accurately the state was portrayed, Mindich says, is that it got sufficient attention. National media exposure facilitates federal disaster assistance. That’s why Shumlin spent the first few days doing interviews with Wolf Blitzer, Amy Goodman and anyone else who extended an invitation, Mindich says. “There are roads to be built and individuals and businesses that need help, and it’s important for the governor to use the national media to explain that,” Mindich says. “There probably isn’t the long window of opportunity to explain how desperately we need help. This will pass out of the public’s eye very quickly.” How quickly? Ordinarily, Clifton says the story would be bumped after just a few days or weeks. But he says there’s one thing that could give this one a longer shelf life. “There may be this different wrinkle this time because of the Republican position that federal aid to the distressed has got to be offset by cuts elsewhere,” Clifton says. “The story might stay alive because of the political angle.” m

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ropical Storm Irene’s floodwaters didn’t just wash away covered bridges and historic downtowns. Several Vermont trailer parks were virtually destroyed in the deluge, leaving hundreds of low-income residents homeless. Residents of Patterson Trailer Park in Duxbury said that the rising Winooski River submerged the park in less than 45 minutes — with no warning. Ed Patterson said he was up to his armpits in water helping people escape the surging floodwaters and finally used a canoe to help evacuate five of the park’s two-dozen residents. Michael Lavigne, whose mobile home was destroyed by the flood, expressed anger that he and neighbors weren’t urged to evacuate. He said park residents have struggled to dig out from the flood without the kind of volunteer help that neighboring Waterbury, home of the state office complex, received. From Brattleboro to Berlin, a dozen mobile home parks sustained damage in the storm, according to the Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity’s statewide Mobile Home Project. Mobile Acres in

Braintree lost electricity and water, and its access road is compromised. The 11 homes at Whalley Trailer Park in Waterbury were submerged in three to six feet of water. And trailer parks in Woodstock and Berlin may be uninhabitable. Shaun Gilpin, program director of the Mobile Home Project, said it’s too early to determine how many of the homes in these parks are now uninhabitable. One problem is that the soil has been contaminated. The Patterson park smelled like a mixture of sewage, mud, kerosene and home-heating oil. Gilpin suggests mobile home park residents take the following steps to ensure they receive help. First, they should call the statewide 2-1-1 emergency relief hotline to register their loss. Second, they should file an insurance claim, even if they don’t expect the insurance company to cover the losses, because FEMA needs to see evidence of an insurance claim. Finally, they should reach out to their local community action agency, which can help with emergency housing money and find people shelter if they need it.

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here’s not much that I love more than shoveling mud. Unless it’s carrying five-gallon buckets of mud. Which is why I signed up to lend a hand last Saturday at the Lareau Farm Inn in Waitsfield, home of the original American Flatbread. Like many properties in the Mad River Valley along Route 100, the Lareau Farm was slaughtered by Tropical Storm Irene floodwaters. The river broke its banks and drenched the farm, leaving tons of mud in its wake. It was the volunteers’ job to get rid of the muck. When we arrived at the farm, my partner and I were met by George Schenk, the founder of Flatbread. He directed us to join the other volunteers in the barn, where two feet of mud filled the basement. Volunteers scooped up the mud and dumped it in buckets, which were emptied into a tractor bucket and driven away to a pile behind the parking lot. Later, while using a hoe to scrape mud off windowsills in the barn, I chatted up a few of the shoveling volunteers. One of them was a refined woman with a British accent and size 0 yoga pants. I asked if she was from around here, and she laughed. “Do I

look like I’m from around here in my all-black outfit? No, I’m from New York City,” she cooed. Then I met a lovely, bowlegged gent with Mr. Peabody glasses. Turns out it was Sparky Potter, famous sign maker and father of rocker Grace. Potter wasn’t the only local celeb volunteering at Lareau Farm on Saturday. Former legislator and gubernatorial candidate Gaye Symington was there as well, carrying bricks and planks of wood. Also among the 50 or so volunteers was an enthusiastic crew from Dealer.com. The spirit of community and neighborliness was never more present at that farm than it was on Saturday. Irene might have been an unforgiving, treacherous bitch, but she brought all these disparate people together. That has to count for something.

ore than a dozen sewage treatment plants were overcome by Irene’s floodwaters. As a result, state officials were scrambling last week to determine how much raw sewage was dumped into Vermont’s waterways. Initially, the state’s environmental regulator — the Agency of Natural Resources — had no idea, in part because ANR’s headquarters, in the Waterbury state office complex, was also underwater. By Monday, ANR had completed a review of 41 sewage treatment systems in and around the flood areas. While 25 plants reported no problems, ANR Deputy Secretary Chris Recchia says that two reported significant pipeline breaks: The plants in Killington and Woodstock have been shut down and temporary piping is being constructed. In addition, seven plants reported damage to their facilities and are taking corrective action, in Rochester, Woodstock, Richmond, Middlebury, Waterbury, Northfield and Randolph. Six sewage plants reported pump

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here’s been yet another flood in Vermont this week. But this time it’s a good one. Vermonters of all stripes have responded to Tropical Storm Irene with a veritable tsunami of benefits to help those impacted by the devastation. In times of need, artists have always been called upon to give of their talents for fundraisers, but this time they’re volunteering in droves. And we’ve never felt so good about barely keeping up. After the terrible stories of loss, we’re hearing stories of community spirit, grit and generosity from neighbors and strangers alike. We’ll report on benefits and other ways you can help in Seven Days, and daily on our growing online resource. Here’s what we’ve rounded up this week. Check the calendar and Soundbites in this issue for more events, and if you’re hosting your own fundraiser, be sure to send us the info so we can share it. Commemorative T-shirts are common, but here’s one with a singular slogan: “Irene You Bitch.” ANGELIQUE LEE of Pittsfield — “one of the lucky ones,” she says — let us know about TRACI TEMPLETON and her daughter, who lost their home in that town. The flood water went up to her second floor, Lee says, “and then Traci went to help save someone else’s house.” Lee quickly established an account on the “Shop Partner” website Spreadshirt to sell tees depicting the sign Traci made after the storm. There’s a picture of her on the site holding up her green, hand-lettered sign next to the ruins of her house — mordant sense of humor intact despite her losses. Supporters can buy a T-shirt in a variety of colors, with either a replica of the green sign or just the slogan in white type, for $20. ireneyoubitch.spreadshirt.com Speaking of tees, INDEPENDENT VERMONT CLOTHING, based in hard-hit Rochester, is selling white bennie shirts with the words “I’M WITH VERMONT+” over the shape of the state, in green. The profits on the $25 shirt will aid the Red Cross’ efforts to help Vermonters postIrene. Available now for pre-order, the shirts will be printed on September 15. There’s a $5 magnet with the same slogan, too. And while you’re on the site, check out the company’s other Vermontcentric tees, totes and buttons, with such

slogans as “Make syrup not war” and “I [maple leaf ] VT. Tourists who fear there will be no roads to the foliage this fall could at least buy a “Vermont is for leafers” tee. independentvermontclothing.bigcartel.com/product/i-m-with-vt Still in the clothing and arty-merch vein, Burlington fabric artist JUDE BOND is donating 10 percent of her sales on Etsy to “hurricane relief organizations in Vermont.” Bond’s works include crocheted necklaces, vintage photo art, collages, antique artifacts and more. etsy.com/shop/judebond, etsy.com/ shop/antiquewhisperer Artist SUSAN ABBOTT is selling handpainted photographs of Vermont towns that she created for her blog, Let Me Show You Vermont. The gaily colorized images of iconic roads, buildings, farms and landscapes would be brilliant keepsakes of the state even if they didn’t benefit flood-relief efforts. The matted, one-of-a-kind 8-by-10-inch photos are

$225 each and appear to be going fast. flickr.com/photos/susanabbott/sets FROG HOLLOW in Burlington is throwing a craft seconds sale this Friday through Sunday, September 9-11, 10 a.m.-7 p.m., to help Vermont artisans affected by the flood. Early holiday shopping, anyone? froghollow.org KEILANI LIME, a staffer at Campus RehabGYM in Burlington, let us know about a silent art auction and concert at the physical therapy facility on Friday, September 16, 5-10 p.m. The goal is to “raise awareness of the environmental and economical damage to Vermont courtesy of our girl Irene,” she writes. And, of course, to raise funds to help with flood-relief efforts. “I’m hoping for a $1000-plus night!” Lime adds. Eleven Vermont artists have donated two 5-inch paintings each to the cause. Rutland singer-songwriter SARAH WALLIS will perform. keilani.lime@gmail.com Though most of the Burlington area

was relatively unscathed by Irene, locals know that the Intervale was badly flooded — as it was during epic spring rains. That’s why the chamber-music group BURLINGTON ENSEMBLE is playing a benefit concert for the Intervale Center Farmers’ Recovery Fund this Saturday, September 10, at Champlain College’s Alumni Auditorium. Fourteen musicians in various groups, along with internationally renowned violinist (and artistic director of the LAKE CHAMPLAIN CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL) SOOVIN KIM, will perform two shows, at 7:30 and 8:30 p.m. Minimum suggested donation: $10 burlingtonensemble.com Vermont-based actor and ecoactivist KATHRYN BLUME is reprising her one-woman show The Boycott — about, ahem, the climate crisis — at the OFF CENTER FOR THE DRAMATIC ARTS in Burlington on September 22 through 24. Blume says she’s teaming up with 350VT, the state branch of the global climate group 350.org, for this show to raise money for flood-affected farmers at the Intervale. offcentervt.com The date September 11 will have new resonance for central Vermont residents who attend “Rise Up Waterbury,” a benefit with “food, fun and a silent auction” this Sunday at the Rusty Parker Memorial Park in that beleagured town. To donate items, call TABBATHA HENRY at 244-6800. SHYLA NELSON of Vermont’s GOOD EARTH SINGERS is planning a mega concert this Saturday at 1 p.m. on the Statehouse lawn in Montpelier. Called “Voices for Vermont,” the fundraiser is “a musical tribute to the state of Vermont” featuring some of its best-known performers — JON GAILMOR, PETE SUTHERLAND, COUNTERPOINT and many others. And, she hints, there will be “possible big musical surprises.” Nelson says the event, which is cosponsored by the office of Gov. PETER SHUMLIN, will be filmed and made into DVDs that can be sold to continue raising funds. Donations will be passed through the United Way to disaster-relief efforts, and also to the Red Cross of Vermont/New Hampshire Valley. governor.vt.gov

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ledger. Bender, an artist with training as a paper maker, is drying out its 200 pages and will soon begin restoration work. Professional curators and art conservators are, meanwhile, offering assistance under the auspices of the Vermont Cultural Heritage and Art Recovery Team. PRESERVATION TRUST OF VERMONT is likewise conducting a survey of damaged historical buildings around the state. PAUL BRUHN, the trust’s director, says that, while there has been substantial damage to such structures in all flood-ravaged towns, “the buildings we have looked at so far are all in retrievable condition” — except for the Pearl Buck House in Danby. M.J. DAVIS, a restorer of works on paper and a founder of the Art Recovery Team, similarly reports that “so far it doesn’t seem too bad.” The West Hartford Public Library lost most of its holdings to Irene’s fury, but its supervisors “are doing everything right” in their efforts to salvage books and other items, Davis says. The worst losses appear to have occurred in Waterbury, where many state records were destroyed, notes JACKIE CALDER, curator of the VERMONT HISTORICAL SOCIETY and coordinator of the Art Recovery Team. Any Vermont institution with art objects or memorabilia damaged in the floods can get free advice or referrals from the team, Calder says. “We would especially like to hear from churches, which are often repositories of important historical records,” she notes. Response-team members “feel we need to be invited” by institutions that sustained damage, Davis adds. “People are under such stress right now, they may not be emotionally ready” to seek help from restorers, she says. In cases such as Danby’s, Calder points out, there isn’t much her team can do for “a community that has lost a part of its memory.” But the past may not be entirely obliterated, she adds. The state historical society has records from Danby and Mt. Tabor in its own collection, as does the Bailey/Howe Library at the University of Vermont.

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the park, he’s seen his share of dubious behavior in that water. Who knows what could be floating in there? Anyone who shares those doubts about the current state of the park may be happy to know that BCA recently received a $50,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts for the purpose of visualizing what Burlington’s downtown park might look like. It’s one of 51 grants awarded to communities nationwide that are aimed at shaping the “physical and social character of a neighborhood, town, city or region around arts and cultural activities.” The cash will cover an eight-month planning process for “Imagine City Hall Park,” during which BCA will solicit suggestions from local residents. “We want to take everyone’s feedback and work with designers and architects [on a plan],” says Ford. Then BCA will apply for another grant to break ground on … whatever comes next. The suggestions are already rolling in. BCA set up a StoryCorps-style video-recording booth at the recent Festival of Fools and collected hundreds of responses, many of which will be posted to BCA’s Imagine City Hall Park Facebook page. People are encouraged to post their own memories of the park and ideas to improve it. BCA also plans to set up suggestion tables at all upcoming events. Ideas from the public so far include filling the park with a gigantic maze, a play area with slides, more flowers and sculptures. Personally, Ford says, he’d like to see some wellthought-out public art. “Not just slapping some art down, but also looking at the whole project and involving artists in the design,” he suggests. City Hall Park has seen plenty of changes over the years. That fountain? It’s actually a historic horse trough salvaged from the waterfront in the 1980s. A black-and-white photograph on the project’s Facebook page reveals that the park was full of stately trees and lush grass in the early 1900s. Not all plans have worked out as they were intended. The space directly in front of

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Sheldon Museum executive director JAN ALBERS — who conceived the show and is coproducing it with Robinson — and other Sheldon staffers and volunteers pooled their knowledge of their Civil War collection to deliver to Robinson bundles of documents in the autumn of 2010. Albers was unsurprised that Robinson found the artifacts so engaging, and she’s delighted with what the playwright has wrought. “You can give documents to some people, and nothing will jump out at them,” she says. “But Joan had a really finely honed sense of where the interest was.” Beyond the play’s appeal to Civil War buffs, its provenance in the writings of those who once inhabited Vermont — especially in and around Addison County — may bring the experience home to audiences. At least one character name, Mary Ann Swift, rings familiar today, thanks to the Swift House Inn in Middlebury. According to Robinson, Swift kept a diary throughout the Civil War (brother Fred was off fighting), which was among the artifacts Albers passed along to her. While the play has plenty of local color, Robinson also sees a universal experience playing out in Remember Me to All Good Folks, Folks one that resonates in unfortunate ways in the present. “The impacts of that war are still very much with us,” she says, and cites as examples Confederate-flag controversies, debates over states’ rights and the persistent question of just what the Civil War was about. Her rendering of “the heart-and-soul experience of the war,” she hopes, is a way of revisiting the conflict to “really make sure we put it to rest.” Albers sounds a similar note: “Sadly, the experience of war is not so different today,” she says. “It’s still so hard to send people away.” EY OF

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ans of Vermont history typically note two of the state’s more remarkable distinctions: being the first state to abolish slavery, in 1777; and contributing, per capita, more young men to the Civil War effort than any other state in the Union. As part of its sesquicentennial commemoration of the Civil War, Middlebury’s HENRY SHELDON MUSEUM OF VERMONT HISTORY has commissioned a play that gives voice to Vermonters who ventured to the battlefields and to those who kept the home fires burning. Playwright JOAN ROBINSON, an associate director in the FLYNN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS’ education department, crafted Remember Me to All Good Folks using only the words contained in letters, diaries and other period documents from the Sheldon’s extensive Civil War collection. Nine personalities emerge: soldiers; women on the home front; one woman who relocates from Vermont to Washington, D.C., with her chaplain husband; and a male villager who stays behind. Another character Robinson calls an “Everysoldier,” and he provides a contextual narration using archival accounts of the war. The result, she adds, is not so much a battle-by-battle chronology of the war as a series of intimate “emotional journeys” plotted along the war’s linear path. Director ROBIN FAWCETT animates the play’s monologues with nuanced choreography that evokes the dramatic situations implied in her players’ words. Projections of archival photographs and ephemera root the play in time and place, while the sound design conjures everything from gunfire to train whistles to chirping frogs. Shafts of light through barn-board slats are the spotlights into which characters — such as 18-year-old soldier Dunham Clarke of Pittsford, portrayed by Champlain Valley Union High School student COLE GUERRIERE, 16 — step to testify to the range of experiences the Civil War delivered. Those experiences struck Robinson as remarkably varied as she pored over the museum’s documents: passion for the Union cause, a budding epistolary love, fear and grief in the face of death, a request for a little taste of home — literally, cheese and pies. She also discerned excitement on the part of some soldiers to be traveling to new places. “These were farm boys,” she says. “They were seeing the world.” Robinson was struck by the language she encountered in the letters, the protocols and “all the wonderful ways of saying goodbye.” The play’s title refers to just such a sign-off.

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increased as follows: saturated fat 2 percent, cholesterol 18 percent, sodium 30 percent, nitrites … well, nitrites involve some guesswork, but it looks like you’d see an increase of 100 to 300 percent in these carcinogens. As best I can work it out, here’s the risk contributed by each: • Saturated fat is tough to quantify risk for. Studies show little connection between raw fat intake and mortality risk in men. Women are in somewhat greater danger due to an apparent increased incidence of breast cancer, but no point figuring out exactly how much — a mere 2 percent increase in saturated fat

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newspapers, not the National Institutes of Health — we project that a 200 mg/1000 kcal increase in dietary cholesterol would result in a 37 percent increase in mortality risk. Don’t freak, though. Six slices of bacon per day increases the average American’s dietary cholesterol intake at most by 22 mg/1000 kcal. Assuming a linear relationship, we calculate that six strips per day means a 4 percent increase in mortality due to cholesterol. • Now, sodium. This one’s tricky. If you’re the high-risk type, sodium is not your friend — the NIH claims six additional grams of sodium in obese people increases the chance of cardiovascularrelated death by 61 percent. However, the common view has been that, for the average U.S. adult, a little extra salt is harmless. In 2010, though, the New England Journal of Medicine published an analysis claiming a nationwide reduction in salt intake would save tens of thousands of lives yearly. If we buy the NEJM statistics and stick with the possibly questionable assumption that if less is good, more is bad, we estimate the sodium in six strips of bacon per day ups your death risk 3 percent. • Finally, nitrites. According to government statistics, six slices per day increases

colorectal cancer risk by 21 percent. Sounds bad, but that translates into just four additional deaths per 100,000 people annually, or an increased mortality risk of 0.004 percent, a negligible amount. So, what’s our total risk? Ignoring saturated fat and nitrites and focusing on cholesterol and sodium, we get an increased death risk of a little under 7 percent from eating six strips of bacon per day. On to cigarettes. Here the risk has been more carefully worked out. A male smoker with a moderate habit (studying the numbers, I’d say we’re entitled to define this as a pack a day) increases his risk of death by 202 percent. To sum up, eating six strips of bacon per day increases your death risk around 7 percent, while smoking a pack a day increases it 202 percent. A little arithmetic tells us that: • Risk of six strips of bacon = 3.4 percent of the risk of a pack of cigarettes. • Risk of one strip of bacon = about 1/176th the risk of a pack of cigarettes per day. In other words, to equal the risk of smoking a pack a day, you’d have to stuff down 176 slices of bacon. Quite a few people do the former; nobody does the latter. • To put it another way, one cigarette is roughly as dangerous as nine slices of bacon. Which, even bacon fanboys will concede, is about what you’d think.

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world in which I came of age, Native Americans just didn’t meet, let alone marry, Mongolians. Heck, an older cousin of mine married a Canadian, and we all thought that was pretty exotic. I said, “Your union is interesting — I mean, like, anthropologically, if I got the right discipline. Because, when I saw you, I wondered if you were perhaps from Central Asia. Am I wrong; isn’t there some connection between that part of the world and Native Americans?” “No, you’re right. My Mongolian family firmly believes this. The Navajo, particu-

If and when the extraterrestrials finally arrive, I’d place MatIlda Bear front and center In the welcoMIng party. “Nice. I have family in Boulder myself. You know, our Church Street Marketplace, which is the center of downtown life in Burlington, is based on Boulder’s Pearl Street. Might even have had the same designer, though I’m not 100 percent on that part.” “That’s cool — I didn’t know that. I’ve never been to Burlington. This is my first visit to your beautiful state.” “So, could I ask you — is your husband also Native American? I wondered if there’s community or family pressure to marry within the tribe.” “Well, to answer your first question, my husband is Mongolian. We met when I was running a program in his country. As to the second question…” Matilda paused to chuckle. “You better believe there’s pressure to marry a Native American. But my family has grown to love Ganzorig. He’s a very sweet man.” This blew my mind, which doesn’t get blown so readily these days. Perhaps younger folks take our shrunken, global world for granted. Not so for me. In the

larly, physically resemble Mongolians, and both cultures raise sheep. There are other similarities, as well, like the prevalence of medicine men or shamans. Scientifically speaking, the anthropological record suggests that mankind moved through Asia into the Americas relatively recently. But the Navajo reject this. Our creation myths describe our people emerging from the earth. The idea that we migrated from some other place in the world would be impossible.” “Jeez, Matilda, your little girl is growing up with one amazing family heritage.” Matilda laughed, bringing her right hand up to her mouth. Shaking her head, she said, “That may be true, but you know what my daughter really cares about right now? Gummi Bears.” m

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We motored past the Williston rest area. This brought me back to a Grace Potter concert in early August, where I ran into the man who owns the company that built it. He told me that the rest area’s design had a dual goal: evoking the old-timey feel of Vermont and providing modern amenities. Blending the old with the new, he explained, is no easy task. “So, where do you call home?” I asked my customer. “I’ve lived the last few years in Boulder with my husband and our 4-year-old daughter.”

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when you come out. But when John Smith loses his power on a Saturday, it’s “Oh, jeez, thanks, guys.” But it was no big deal. It was a nice warm day. He had another beer and moved on. But here, everything they’re doing, they need power for — pumps, fans. People are very nice when you get there. SD: Have any power customers given you presents — cookies, things like that? CF: Absolutely. The old ladies will drive down the road: “Coffee? Anybody, coffee? Sandwich?” When you work like this you don’t go hungry. We may not always get enough sleep, but we do eat.

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ean Gray might be the most travBurton photographer Blotto eled man in Burlington. Since brings his bike art to the Hop 1999 the photographer, better B y L aur en Obe r known as Blotto, has logged more than 1 million air miles out of Burlington International Airport. He learned he was in the million-mile club when he received a card from United Airlines congratulating him on his accomplishment. The accolade didn’t get Blotto much in the way of 2 perks, but it’s still a feather Cameras he in his cap, a symbol of the uses for work energy he puts into his work as Burton Snowboards’ staff photographer. In an average year, Blotto is on the road 250 days, Courtesy of Laura Austin/ Snowboarder Magazine shooting Burton team riders as they huck themselves off peaks from Alaska to New Zealand. And that’s down about 40 days from how much he traveled in his first seven years on the job. Any way you look at it, Blotto travels a lot. It’s nearly impossible to catch him in town. And, when he’s in his home base of Burlington, he’s generally out 250 on one of his four bikes. Blotto, Days he 41, is caught between dueling travels for obsessions — snowboarding and work per year cycling. While he is known for his breathtaking snowboarding photography, he’s no stranger to shooting bicycles and the people who ride them. Some of those shots will be on display this weekend at Maglianero Café in a show he’s calling “Derailleur the Conventional.” The show is part of the annual South End Art Hop. For “Derailleur,” Blotto has put together a series of five large-format photos that represent four disciplines of cycling. It’s a smaller exhibit than many he’s mounted of his snowboarding photography, primarily because, he says, he didn’t think he had enough solid bike photos. This despite the fact that his website is peppered with bike images. But for this consummate perfectionist, the photos had to be just right. Blotto, who earned his nickname from a sticker he had on a childhood skateboard, Blotto was drawn to the sport for the the photos of the dudes skating in pools and didn’t start shooting photos until he was in his early twenties. And then he only did it same reason he loved skateboarding — the ramps in the middle of the desert,” he says. adventure of it. In 1991, he moved to the “And I was like, ‘Whoa, that’s cool. That’s out of necessity. Blotto grew up in Phoenix skateboard- Snowbowl to be a ski bum of sorts. By 1995, how I think I could be comfortable holding the camera and know what I’m doing.’” ing and riding BMX on the boiling Arizona Blotto was riding for a small team run Blotto taught himself how to shoot, pavement. He had never even heard of by Technine. 4 develop and print film; composition The tiny binding company snowboarding until one of the owners of Number seemed to come naturally, as if phoa local skate shop regaled him with stories couldn’t afford to pay a profesof bikes he tography was what he was meant to sional photographer to take about shredding the mountains of the owns be doing all along. He wishes he had Arizona Snowbowl, near Flagstaff. His shots of the team for use in started it sooner, he says. friend told him it was exactly like skate- magazines or ads. Despite a lack Soon Blotto was submitting his photos boarding, except you could go bigger and of photographic experience, Blotto to various magazines. He quickly earned a would never lose your board. Blotto had to volunteered. “I think [photography] all started reputation as one of the preeminent snowtry it, even though he’d never seen snow having a draw for me when I was skate- board photographers on the scene. In 1999, before. boarding and looking at the magazines and Burton came calling. The company needed “First run, I was hooked,” he says.

a team manager who could also handle being the documentarian. Blotto accepted. In 2003, he became Burton’s full-time staff photographer; his job was to shoot the company’s team riders as they traveled all over the world shreddin’ the gnar. Blotto’s work appears in the company’s catalog and dealer book. He has also documented the life of pro snowboarders off the slopes, shooting the downtime as well as the travel itself. The photos he produces make the sport look beautiful, always depicting the majesty of the sur1,000,000 roundings. For Blotto, Miles he’s traveled context is king, says on United Airlines since 1999 Michael Jager, president and creative director of Jager Di Paolo Kemp Design, who worked with Blotto to organize the “Derailleur” show. “What he’s exceptional at is capturing the whole context in a pretty epic way,” Jager says. “And he understands it’s about motion and fluidity of line.” Recording some of the world’s most extreme snowboarders requires Blotto to be equally competent on the mountain. Though he prefers to shoot suspended from a helicopter high in the mountains of Alaska or Japan — by far his favorite places to work, he says — Blotto often has to be on the slopes, out in front of the riders, to capture what they’re doing. This engagement is part of what makes Blotto so good, Jager says; being a rider himself, he can see the lines and address a rider’s relationship to the terrain in a photo. The work requires him to schlep all his gear on his back and descend the same peaks as the riders do. Shooting on some of the world’s most treacherous mountains gives one respect for their power, Blotto notes. “The mountains are gigantic, and you usually descend them one [person] at a time, so you really get a feel for how big they are when your buddy gets to the bottom and he’s a little dot,” Blotto says. Unlike many sports photographers, who tend to be anonymous, Blotto is well 3 known in snowboardBags he checks ing and cycling circles. when traveling for work Indeed, he’s a pioneer in the field. That’s in part because of his hugely popular Got a comment? Contact Lauren Ober at lauren@sevendaysvt.com. “Derailleur the Conventional,” photos by Dean Blotto Gray, Maglianero Café, Jager Di Paola Kemp Design, Burlington. Reception: Friday, September 9, 5-9 p.m. On view through Saturday, September 10. blottophotto.com


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website, Blotto Photto, which provides a weather doesn’t cooperate or things don’t window into the world of his brand of work out at a shoot. To me, that’s just as professional photography and makes interesting as the final published shot 19 what he does accessible. and gives it more meaning, because countries you understand the work that went “Nobody really understands how he’s visited much work goes into getting a shot into it.” — sometimes a full day of work with a Blotto updates the website reliwhole crew just for one photo,” says Liam giously with regular blog posts chroniGriffin, a former coworker of Blotto’s at cling his adventures in pictures and in Burton and sometime photo collaborator. words. He geeks out on photo tech talk, “It’s cool to see what happens when the and posts interviews with folks he thinks

are cool. An entire section of the site is deSoon Blotto begins his busy season with voted to bikes and their owners. There are Burton. He’ll eat Thanksgiving dinner shots of urban riding, bike polo, BMX and with his family in Arizona and take a plane so on. If it has two wheels and it’s not a out the next day to wherever the Huffy, Blotto is shooting it. company is shooting — Austria, 150 Hundreds of his photos have British Columbia, Switzerland. Pounds of nothing at all to do with bikes or The life suits him. Despite the photography boards — his camera is drawn to occasional exhaustion that equipment he architecture, landscapes, city living comes with the job, he’s in it for travels with and countless other subjects. In a another million miles. m word, Blotto is prolific.

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t would be easy to consider Vermont’s most voracious collector of contemporary art a study in stereotypes. Mark Waskow possesses 12,000 pieces of artwork fastidiously crammed into eight storage spaces, and has dreams of building his own museum. He must be a wealthy egomaniac with an anal personality and indiscriminate tastes, right? Not so fast. Spend time with Waskow, and he emerges as a far more complicated and sympathetic figure. He’s funny and brainy, and doesn’t conform to the image of either an elegant amasser of expensive objects or a bohemian hoarder of whatever’s said to be hip. At 54, Waskow is casual but conservative in a zip-up vest and a neatly trimmed gray goatee. He looks as though he could be an insurance man. Which is what he was, until he became an independent financial adviser. “I’m a very organized person,” Waskow says with unironic understatement as he sits like a Buddha of the Material World amid hundreds of works hanging on walls, elevated on pedestals, or arranged neatly on tables and in vitrines. Waskow wouldn’t like the Buddha comparison, however. Asked to describe his sensibility, he responds, “That minimalist Buddhist aesthetic is something I find very disturbing. I like a maximalist approach to feng shui.” Later, as he conducts a private tour of a portion of his holdings, Waskow elaborates: “I’m drawn to obsessivecompulsive detailing.” We’re in a roughly 3000-square-foot space in a complex of studios and galleries that will fill with visitors this weekend as Burlington celebrates the 19th annual South End Art Hop. Waskow doesn’t want the location specified for security reasons. But, as a longtime board member of the South End Arts and Business Association, which puts on the event, Waskow will be hopping — and looking for more art. He also coordinates the artists shown in the spaces SEABA curates year-round. One indicator of the magnitude of Waskow’s collection — and the fussiness of his space planning — is that it took him and a helper 10 months of 10-hour days to move this collection from an

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Passionate Pastime « p.47 the manner of typically impressionistic Vermont landscapes. Waskow clearly favors quirky, funky and sometimes jokey pieces that “show the mark of the artist’s hand,” he says. His collection includes many works that “are not well crafted but show great originality, great ideas.” Chris Thompson, curator of the BCA Center on Church Street, sees Waskow’s collection as “reflective of his personal-

says Fleming Museum director Janie Cohen. “It’s been exciting to watch him educate himself to become a dedicated art collector,” adds Cohen, who staged a show of Waskow’s non-art collections at the Fleming in 1995. His eye has become more sophisticated since he bought about 60 works within a few weeks of that first Art Hop splurge 13 years ago. “I’m not as easily inspired now,” Waskow admits and adds, “I was bad at making critical choices when I started out.” Some of those early picks are now consigned to a “Closet of

doing this for the sake of fame. My own importance is not an issue. All of this,” he says, gesturing toward the pieces in his Burlington stash, “is not about me. It’s about the art and the artists.” But the “Waskowmium”? Isn’t that a trifle grandiose? Its namesake interjects that he’s not the coiner of the title. It came from artist Michael Oatman, a friend of Waskow’s who began a stellar art career with a 1995 Fleming installation based on a eugenics initiative in Vermont. Waskow claims he doesn’t know

ity and his individual fascinations.” The one-third of his pieces that were made in Vermont (the rest were purchased mainly at New York galleries) include the work of well-known locals such as Catherine Hall, Axel Stohlberg, Clark Derbes and Marc Awodey, as well as artists known only to their relatives — and to Waskow. “I want to support artists who really need supporting,” Waskow notes. “He sees value in a work that’s often not really obvious,” comments Ric Kasini Kadour, an art entrepreneur and gallerist who splits his time between Burlington and Montréal. “Mark’s at every opening, at every event; he sees everything. He also meets every artist he collects from, which is something rare for a big collector.” “Passion and intense enthusiasm” are the forces that compel his collecting,

Shame” so that Waskow won’t have to look at his mistakes. (He declines to give examples of the closet’s contents.) One day, he hopes, the entire inventory will be housed in the Waskowmium, envisioned as a $4 million, 30,000-square-foot repository he aims to build somewhere in Vermont. Waskow imagines it as a destination for “the world to see what ‘little Vermont’ created at one point in history.” He adds that he views himself as “a caretaker for the public.” Cohen agrees, suggesting, “what he’s ultimately doing is creating a permanent record of art production in Vermont.” Kadour adds: “Mark’s compiling a document of a community. He’s like a needle with an incredibly long thread that’s stitching all this work together.” Waskow himself insists, “I’m not

how much he’s spent on the art that will eventually be displayed and stored in the Waskowmium. “The vast majority of it cost less than $100 per piece,” he points out. In sum, however, the collection is valued at more than $1 million, he adds. But that doesn’t mean he’s loaded, Waskow contends. “I’m not wealthy; I’m just stupid,” he suggests. “I spend close to 100 percent of my after-tax revenue on art,” he reveals, and notes that he drives a 1999 Oldsmobile Bravada and has not bought a suit in more than a decade. “I’m not a trust funder,” he declares. “I’m self-employed and work on commission.” Besides, Waskow remarks, money is useful only as a means toward happiness. It’s allowed him to collect art, and, he says, “Art is the best thing that’s ever happened to me.” m

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at the Community & Economic Development Office, 149 Church Street, Room 32, City Hall, Burlington, VT 05401 and online at www. cedoburlington.org. The public is encouraged to review the Report and to comment, through September 28, 2011. A Public Hearing on the Report will be held at the City Council meeting of Monday, September 26, 2011, in Contois Auditorium, City Hall. Comments will be heard at the Public Hearing on the Report and on housing and community development needs. Comments can also be submitted directly to the Community & Economic Development Office at 149 Church Street, Room 32, Burlington, VT 05401 or by email to mbozik@ci.burlington. vt.us.

1047, Page 383 of the Land Records of the City of Burlington, of which mortgage the undersigned is the present holder, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purposes of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 8:45 A.M. on September 27, 2011, at 36 Conger Avenue, Burlington, Vermont all and singular the premises described in said mortgage:

On Tuesday, September 27, 2011, there will be a Public Forum from 5:30 to 8:30 in Contois Auditorium, City Hall, to discuss the future of the city’s Community Development Block Grant program in light of federal funding cuts.

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. Proof of financing for the balance of the purchase to be provided at the time of sale . The sale is subject to taxes due and owing to the City of Burlington.

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STATE OF VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT CIVIL DIVISION Chittenden Unit Docket No. S1345-08 Cnc GMAC Mortgage, LLC, Plaintiff v. Earl M. Albright, Jr., Jennifer Lea Albright and Occupants residing at 36 Conger Avenue, Burlington, Vermont, Defendants NOTICE OF SALE By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Earl M. Albright, Jr. to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for HomeComings Financial, LLC f/k/a HomeComings Financial Network, Inc. dated February 2, 2007 and recorded in Volume 988, Page 236, and assigned from Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for HomeComings Financial, LLC f/k/a HomeComings Financial Network, Inc. to GMAC Mortgage, LLC by an instrument dated October 8, 2008 and recorded on October 14, 2008 in Volume

To Wit: Being all and the same land and premises conveyed to Earl M. Albright, Jr. and Jennifer Lea Albright by Quitclaim Deed of Earl M. Albright, Jr. dated August 20, 2004 and recorded in Volume 914 at Pages 667-668 of the City of Burlington Land Records.

The mortgagor is entitled to redeem the premises at any time prior to the sale by paying the full amount due under the mortgage, including the costs and expenses of the sale. Other terms to be announced at the sale or inquire at Lobe & Fortin, 30 Kimball Ave., Ste. 306, South Burlington, VT 05403, (802) 660-9000. DATED at South Burlington, Vermont this 29th day of August, 2011. GMAC Mortgage, LLC By: Joshua B. Love, ESQ. Lobe & Fortin, PLC 30 Kimball Ave., Ste. 306 South Burlington, VT 05403 The Chittenden County Transportation Authority (CCTA) will hold a public meeting to update the public on plans for a new Downtown Transit Center (DTC) and to solicit their input. The meeting will be held at 6:00 PM on September 14, 2011in Contois Auditorium at Burlington City Hall. The public is encouraged to attend. City Hall is fully accessible. Questions about attending the meeting should be directed to Stephen


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evenings, 6:30-8:30 pm, September 14 - December 7, 2011, at the Essex Alliance Community Center 37 Old Stage Road, Essex Jct., VT. For more information and to register call Sandy 802-425-7053. SINGLE & PARENTING Offers refreshing teaching on important topics to single parents. Join us and find practical help and hope! Watch dynamic video sessions featuring single-parenting experts, the stories of single parents, and enjoy small group discussion. This 13-week course meets weekly on Wednesdays starting September 14th from 6:30-8:30 at Essex Alliance Community Center. Please contact Danette at 802-7344943; danettedubrul@ comcast.net or Kristine at 802-879-3612; ketinvt@yahoo.com. CARE GIVERS AND CARE RECEIVERS are invited to participate in a unique conversation about the complicated, life affirming, and challenging aspects of care giving and care

receiving. All ages that are giving care and/or receiving care, part time or full time, are welcomed to join in this discussion. Group will be held on Thursday evenings at 5 p.m. There is no cost for the program. CAREGIVER SUPPORT GROUPre you caring for a loved one with dementia related memory loss? Our free support group provides a space to receive emotional support and discuss ways to manage stress and to effectively communicate with your loved ones. Please join us at 6:30 p.m. on the second and fourth Wednesday of the month. For more information please contact The Converse Home at 802-862-0401. SEX AND LOVE ADDICTS ANONYMOUS 12-step. Women only. Are you addicted to your relationship and/ or yearn for a healthy one? Sunday, 5:30-6:45 p.m. Call for location. 802-825-5481.

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NAMI CONNECTION (National Alliance on Mental Illness) NAMI Connection Recovery Support Group for individuals living with mental illnesses. BENNINGTON: Every Tuesday, 1-2:30 p.m., United Counseling Service, 316 Dewey St., CRT Center (Community Rehabilitation and Treatment). BURLINGTON: Every Thursday, 3-4:30 p.m., St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral, 2 Cherry Street (enter from parking lot). MONTPELIER: 1st and 3rd Thursdays, 6-7:30 p.m., Kellogg-Hubbard Library, East Montpelier Room (basement). NEWPORT: Call Phil if interested, 802754-2649. RUTLAND: Every Monday, 7-8:30 p.m., Wellness Center, Rutland Mental Health, 78 South Main St. SPRINGFIELD: Mondays, 6-7:30 p.m. Springfield Library, 43 Main St. ST. JOHNSBURY: Every Thrusday, 6:30-8 p.m., Universalist Unitarian Church, 47 Cherry St. If you would like a group in your area, would like to be trained as a facilitator, be a Champion for a group in

your area or have questions about our groups please contact Tammy at 1-800-639-6480 or email us at connection@ namivt.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. 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. 802-6589440. Upcoming dates: 8/17, 8/31, 9/14.

Open 24/7/365. Post & browse ads at your convenience. CELIAC AND GLUTEN -FREE GROUP Every 2nd Wednesay, 4:30-6 p.m. at Central VT Medical Center Conference Room #3. Free and open to the public! To learn more, contact Lisa at 802598-9206 or lisamase@ gmail.com. LIVE WITH CHRONIC PAIN? Want more support? Join us to focus on the tools necessary for day to day living through open dialogue, knowledge, and personal experience. Lets find a healthy balance along with an improved quality of life. Mondays, 1-2:15 p.m., Burlington Community Health Center. Martha, 415-250-5181 or Esther, 802-399-0075. 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. Currently, there is a group on Wednesdays from 3:30-4:30 p.m. in Burlington and Thursdays from 4-5 p.m. in South Burlington. Free Nicotine Replacement

products are available for program participants. Info: 847-6541, wellness@vtmednet.org. For ongoing statewide class schedules visit www. vtquitnetwork.org. BRAIN INJURY SUPPORT GROUP STARTING IN ST. JOHNSBURY Monthly meetings will be held on the second Wednesday of every month, 1-2:30 p.m. at the Vermont Department of Health, 107 Eastern Ave., Suite 9. The support group will offer valuable resources and information about brain injury. It will be a place to share experiences in a safe, secure and confidential environment. Info: Tom Younkman, tyounkman@ vcil.org, 1-800-639-1522. 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.

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BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF VERMONT Montpelier 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 Monday of each month at Vermont Protection and Advocacy, 141 Main St. Suite 7, in conference room #2 from 5:30 to 7:30 pm. Colchester evening support group meets the first Wednesday of each month at the Fanny Allen Hospital in the Board Room Conference Room from 5:30-7:30 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. OUTRIGHT VERMONT FAMILY SUPPORT GROUP For family members of youth who are navigating the process of coming out as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer, or questioning are invited to attend. Group meets twice a month with one

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For more information: www.psb.vermont.gov. Hearing location: The hearing will be conducted utilizing the Vermont Interactive Television network at the following sites: Bennington, Brattleboro, Castleton, Johnson, Lyndonville, Middlebury, Montpelier, Newport, Randolph, Rutland, Springfield, St. Albans, White River Junction and Williston. For directions: www.vitlink.org (or contact the Public Service Board at 802-828- 2358). All hearing sites are handicapped accessible. Please contact the Public Service Board at 802-828-2358 if you require accommodation.

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support groups Wednesday morning meeting and one Sunday evening meeting. Info: hillary@outrightvt.org, 802-865-9677 ext. 3, www.outrightvt.org. AL-ANON For families and friends of alcoholics. For meeting information: www. vermontalanonalateen. org or call 1-866-97-AlAnon (1-866-972-5266) FAMILY SUPPORT GROUP Outright Vermont now offers support group meetings to family members of youth navigating the process of coming out as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning. Meetings are open to parents, guardians and other close care-givers and are held one Sunday evening and one Wednesday morning each month at

Outright Vermont. For more information, email Hillary@outrightvt.org or call 865-9677 ext. 3#. SEX AND LOVE ADDICTS ANONYMOUS 12-step recovery group. Do you have a problem with sex or relationships? We can help. Ralph, 802-881-8400. Visit www.slaafws.org or www.saa-recovery.org for meetings near you. INFERTILITY PEER GROUP Feeling lonely & isolated as you confront infertility? Share feelings, stories & coping strategies at informal, peer-led meetings w/ people facing similar challenges. $5. First Monday of the month, 7-9 PM, Christ Church Presbyterian, Burlington. Presented by RESOLVE of New England. Info: admin@resolveofthebaystate.org. 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. TRANS GUY’S GROUP Every fourth Monday, RU12? Community Center, 20 Winooski Falls Way, Champlain Mill, 1st Floor, Winooski, 6-7:30pm. This peer-led, informal group is open to trans men at any state of transition and to any discussion topics raised. It is a respectful and confidential space for socializing, support, and discussion. Contact thecenter@ru12.org for

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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 that you would like to talk about. Tuesdays at 4:30pm at the RU12? Community Center, located in the Champlain Mill in Winooski, VT. For more information contact Emma (Emma@ ru12.org). 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

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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 at the RU12? Community Center. Support groups give survivors a safe and supportive environment to tell their stories, share information, and offer and receive support. 802-863-0003. 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.

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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. net, 802-863-3674. 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. 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.


sevendaysvt.com/classifieds 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). 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.

BURDENS WEIGHTING YOU DOWN? Unemployed, homeless, in need of direction? 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.

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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. 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.

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191 Bank St., Burlington. 802-861-3150. 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. 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. WOMEN’S RAPE CRISIS CENTER Will be starting a free, confidential 10-week 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

Post & browse ads at your convenience. 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. GLAFF Gay and lesbian adoptive and foster families. 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. AL-ANON Family group 12-step. Thursdays, 12:20-1:20 p.m. Call AWARE at 802472-6463 for information and to register. Free of charge. 88 High Street, Hardwick.

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BEREAVED PARENT SUPPORT GROUP Every first Monday of the month at 6:30 p.m. in Enosburg Falls, 10 Market Place, Main St. 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. More information, call Peter at 802-899-2554.

WOMEN HELPING BATTERED WOMEN offers free, confidential educational support groups for women who have fled, are fleeing, or are still living in a world where intimate partner violence is present. WHBW offers a variety of groups to meet the diverse needs of women and children in this community. Info, 658-1996. VT PARENTS OF FOOD ALLERGY CHILDREN EMAIL SUPPORT TEAM Info, contact MaryKay Hill, 802-373-0351. TOPS (Taking Off Pounds Sensibly) Chapter meeting, St. Francis Xavier School, Winooski. Tuesdays, 6:30 p.m. weigh-in, 7-8 p.m. meeting. Info, call Fred or Bennye, 655-3317, or Patricia, 658-6904. NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS is a group of recovering addicts who live without the use of drugs. It costs nothing to join. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop using. Info, 862-4516, or visit www.cvana.org. Held in Burlington. WEDNESDAYS CIRCLE A Transpersonal support group, every Wed., 6 p.m., Innerharmony Community Wellness Center, Rt. 100N, Rochester, VT. 767-6092. A sharing circle focusing on personal growth, transformation, spirituality and healing, led by Jim Dodds. DECLUTTER’S SUPPORT GROUP Are you ready to make improvements but find it overwhelming? Maybe 2 or 3 of us can get together to help each simplify. 453-3612.

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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.

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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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.

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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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AHOY BREAST CANCER SURVIVORS Join our support group where the focus is on living, not on the disease. We are a team of dragon boaters. Learn all about this paddle sport and its health-giving, life-affirming qualities. Any age. No athletic experience needed. Call Linda at 802-802-9995478 or email: info@ dragonheartvermont. org or go to: www.

SUPPORT GROUP FOR WOMEN who have experienced intimate partner abuse, facilitated by Battered Women’s Services and Shelter of Washington County. Please call 1-877-5439498 for more info.

dragonheartvermont. org. NAKED IN VERMONT The premier Nudist/ Skinnydipper organization in Vermont offering information library, message board, chat room, Yahoo group, and more. (ALL FREE.) Visit www.nakedinvermont. com. SCLERODERMA FOUNDATION New England: Info, Blythe

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Tuesdays, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 877-3742. Area men are invited to join this weekly group for varied discussions and drumming.

Every other Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. Middlebury. Call to verify meeting place. Info, 388-6107. People living with cancer and their caretakers convene for support.

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Full-time veterinary technician position available for caring and versatile individual in Hinesburg. We are a busy, client-oriented veterinary practice providing high-quality patient care and exceptional customer service. You will have the opportunity to use and expand all of your veterinary skills. Ability to work closely with other team members and doctors is critical. This position includes a Saturday morning rotation. This is your opportunity to reach your full potential! We offer a family-friendly atmosphere where our main goal is to have each client leave happy and our patients leave healthy. We offer a competitive salary and benefit package. 1:42:07 PM Qualified, interested candidates should send their resume to: Tammy Russell, Practice Manager, Animal Hospital of Hinesburg, P.O. Box 356, Hinesburg, VT 05461 or email it to tammyr.hva@gmail.com.

Lund Family Center’s mission is to help children thrive by serving families with children, pregnant or parenting teens and young adults, and adoptive families. Exciting employment opportunities are available at a nonprofit with a history of 120 years of serving families and children throughout Vermont:

Clinical Services Coordinator: Full-time position to provide direct supervision to clinicians within the Residential and Community Treatment department, oversight of clinical services, oversight of special projects, and clinical supervision and training in the area of co-occurring treatment to staff pursuing licensing. Applicants must be dually licensed in Substance Abuse and Mental Health counseling, with a minimum of five years experience in treating co-occurring mental health and substance abuse disorders with an integrated background in CBT, DBT, MI, and attachment; at least two years of providing clinical supervision, experience with teaching and training. Experience working on a multidisciplinary team preferred.

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Case Management Services Coordinator: Full-time position to provide oversight of case management services in residential and community treatment program. Primary responsibilities include ensuring that all residential and eligible community-based clients receive case management and life-skill-related services to assist them in accessing treatment and family support services through the continuum of care. Relevant skills include resource referral, transition support, case coordination, life-skills-related mentoring, education and support, and wrap-around client services. Candidates must have a minimum of master’s degree in human-services-related field and be a Licensed Drug and Alcohol Counselor. Two years supervisory experience preferred. Strong desire and ability to work with the identified population, especially substance-abusing pregnant and parenting women, and to effectively communicate and collaborate with interagency programs and community partners required. Please submit cover letter and resume to: Jamie Tourangeau, HR Manager, Lund Family Center, PO Box 4009, Burlington, VT 05406-4009, fax: (802)861-6460, email:jamiet@lundfamilycenter.org.

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Producer WCAX-TV has an opening for a producer to join its award-winning news staff. Duties include line producing, writing, editing videotape stories, writing opens, promos and bumps for daily newscasts, specials and other newscasts, taking in feeds and other tasks as needed. The right person will work closely with the producers of each broadcast, as well as reporters and photographers, in order to help produce a strong newscast. We are looking for someone with a college degree who loves telling stories for TV. Applicants must have good organizational skills and be able to work well under pressure and delegate work when necessary. You must be able to handle odd working hours. Send resume to WCAX-TV News, PO Box 4508, Burlington, VT 05406, or jobs@wcax.com. No phone calls, please.


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Children’s Integrated Services Program Manager The Lamoille Family Center seeks a Manager for 32 hours per week to oversee our Children’s Integrated Services program. This position provides an exciting opportunity to further the integration of existing early childhood services in the Lamoille Valley in an effort to most effectively serve young children & their families. Responsibilities include staff support & supervision, budget oversight, data analysis & reporting, intake & referral, leadership of multidisciplinary teams, program outreach & marketing, & compliance with state & federal regulations.

When people visit our Champlain Mill office, they almost always tell us, "I wish I could work in a place like this!" Perhaps you, too, desire the friendly, casual, hardworking, customerfocused environment offered by our 45-employee company. PCC has been designing, developing, and supporting our pediatric-specific practice management software for the last 28 years. We recently launched a new clinical product and are expanding our team to accommodate increased demand for this software.

Qualifications: Master’s degree preferred. Experience managing & delivering early childhood services. Knowledge of early childhood development, local & statewide resources, & best practice programs. Ability to foster team work & engage staff in a supportive environment. Excellent administrative, organizational, & communication skills. Please send cover letter and resume by September 16 to: Lamoille Family Center, 480 Cadys Falls Rd., Morrisville, VT 05661, or info@lamoillefamilycenter.org.

Software Solutions Specialist Want to join the booming health care IT industry? PCC is looking for energetic, hardworking individuals who understand the meaning of customer care to join our Software Solutions Team. Enjoy helping our pediatric-practice clients build their Practice Management and EHR software skills and confidence, while working as part of a dedicated, customer-centered team. Interest in a career that features solving challenging problems, training, and travel is a must. Prior experience in healthcare technology desired but not required. Please note that this is an entry-level position.

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The Project Coordinator works with contractors and trades staff to schedule, monitor, and finish large- and moderate-scale building and renovation projects throughout our community. This individual works under the direction of the project manager to establish project scope and timelines, coordinate contracted vendors, and assist with the renovation or installation project. A minimum of 3 years in the building trades, with demonstrated skills in residential construction, carpentry, and finish work required. Candidates with computer experience preferred. Wake Robin offers an excellent compensation and benefits package and an opportunity to build strong relationships with staff and residents in a dynamic community setting. Interested candidates, please email hr@wakerobin.com or fax your resume with cover letter to: HR, (802) 264-5146. EOE

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MAPLE LEAF FARM ASSOCIATES, INC., an inpatient substance abuse program, has the following position open:

Overnight Awake Staff Full-time position with benefits available in the residential unit. Two to three years’ experience in security or facility oversight. Knowledge of addictions a plus. The ability to work cooperatively within a clinical team is a must. For more information regarding our program, and available employment opportunities, please visit our website, www.mapleleaf.org. Mail, fax or email resumes to: Maple Leaf Farm Associates, Inc., 10 Maple Leaf Rd., Underhill, VT 05489. Phone: 802-899-2911 Fax: 802-899-3617 Email: info@mapleleaf.org A U NI TED WAY M EM BER AGENCY

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Vermont Public Interest Research Group

DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE Fundraiser extraordinaire. Compelling writer and storyteller. Fascinated by marketing analytics. Cultivator of strong relationships. Detail-oriented project manager. Passionate defender of the public interest. If these describe you, then maybe you’re who we’re looking for! VPIRG is looking for a mission-driven individual with strong fundraising, relationship-building and writing skills to serve as our Development Associate. The right candidate understands member-based advocacy organizations and enjoys strategizing how to garner support for our work. The Associate will coordinate: direct mail, phone and online giving campaigns; major donor drives, donor prospecting and cultivation; and other member communications and cultivation activities. Three or more years specific fundraising experience required, ideally integrating multiple methods both on- and offline. Background in grassroots activism, marketing and/or communications a plus. Must understand the metrics of largescale fundraising as well as the art of building strong personal relationships to build our organization’s member base and financial strength. Competitive salary; employer-paid health, vision, dental and long-term disability insurance, employermatching IRA contributions and four weeks of annual leave. Send cover letter, resume and writing sample via email only to: colleen@vpirg.org. EOE. No calls. For more info visit: www.vpirg.org/jobs.

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New eNglaNd TraNsporTaTioN CoNsorTium CoordiNaTor University of vermont trC - #0040049

The New England Transportation Consortium (NETC) Coordinator fulfills the administrative needs of NETC's Policy, Advisory, and Technical Committees, carries out all the responsibilities for administrative management of NETC, provides research-grant management services for the State of Vermont, oversees and administers Research Projects, including but not limited to the interchange of NETC funds and grant assignment deliverables between NETC, the University, and the University's sub-grantees, and reports to the State as required.

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8/29/11 1:46:15 PM Master's degree in a related field and two to three years' 2v-CCS-083111.indd 1 related experience encouraged. Extensive knowledge of transportation research and research grant administration Join our small team and help encouraged. The University is especially interested in develop and sustain CMS sites candidates who can contribute to the diversity and for great clients. Part-time, excellence of the institution. Applicants are encouraged long-term position. Learn more: www.ecopixel.com/jobs to include in their cover letter information about how they will further this goal.

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speCialist - University of vermont trC - #0040078 The New England Transportation Consortium (NETC) Program Specialist will coordinate operational and administrative processes and activities and plan events and conferences in support of the TRC's complex multistate, multi-institution research program. Provide support for financial and programmatic activities to include, create and maintain related databases/spreadsheets, records, documents, and resources and monitor related processes, reporting, events and programs. Bachelor's degree and one to three years experience required. The University is especially interested in candidates who can contribute to the diversity and excellence of the institution. Applicants are encouraged to include in their cover letter information about how they will further this goal. For further information on Req. #0040078, or to apply with electronic application, resume, cover letter, and a list of references with contact information, visit our website at: www.uvmjobs.com or www.uvm.edu/trc. Tel: 802.656.1312.

Looking for a few caring and professional persons to be part of our great team of caregivers in the Waterbury/ Stowe/ Elmore/Morrisville, area. Must have experience and be willing to give basic personal care/homemaking/ and companionship to elderly seniors in their homes. Willingness to work in homes that have animals and to work some weekends a plus. Must have transportation. Please feel free to check us out atwww.griswoldvt.com. Email all correspondence to info@griswoldvt.com. Compensation: $13-14.50 per hour.

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THE CONVERSE HOME A community of caring for elders

Job Opportunities in a supportive work environment:

LNA or Experienced Care Assistant

• RN or LPN - Full and part-time, day and evening shifts available • LNA or RCA - Part-time evening and night shifts available

We offer competitive salaries, benefits, and shift differentials For more information or to schedule an interview, please call Donna at 802.862.0401 or e-mail donna@conversehome.com

We are looking for a kind, caring individual to work as part of our care team on the evening shift, 32-40 hours per week. This position offers benefits 272 Church Street, Burlington,Vermont 05401 and weekend shift differentials. email: info@conversehome.com www.conversehome.com

If you enjoy working with elders, submit your resume or work information to donna@conversehome.com.

Wanted: Part-time artifactorian full-time Production Brewer full-time Bottling line oPerator Hr Business Partner for more info about us, visit www.magichat.net/jobs, and to view the full listings and apply, visit www.nabreweries.com. Sorry, no phone calls or walk-ins! we are an equal opportunity employer and offer competitive pay and a comprehensive benefit package.

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The Inside Sales Representative will work as a member of a fast-paced and cross-functional sales and marketing team to support customers and prospective customers, drive sales and communicate feedback from the field back to the organization. The candidate should be a creative thinker with exceptional customer-service and relationship-building skills. S/he should have the ability to write and speak clearly and to communicate complex information to non-technical audiences in an understandable manner. Successful candidates will participate in both inbound and outbound (cold calling) telephone campaigns for the purpose of lead generation and should have interest in educating people about the benefits of wind energy. The ideal candidate will possess demonstrated initiative and the ability to manage multiple customers and accounts with the insight and enthusiasm necessary to be a major contributor to the company’s success.

Responsibilities • Serve as first contact point for sales prospects. • Work closely with the internal team members and external field sales force to ensure high customer satisfaction. • Develop relationships with new and existing customers and provide information to the internal team based on customer and prospect feedback. • Support all aspects of customer relationships. • Drive sales of Northern Power 100 turbines by developing, identifying, and securing all relevant direct sale opportunities. • Work with Lead Gen. Supervisor and GIS Analyst to craft successful phone campaigns and participate in phone-based lead generation campaigns • Work with company approved tools and assets (i.e Salesforce (SFDC) and Website) as trained to: Enter and update all Opportunities in SFDC. Enter Activities associated to specific campaigns in SFDC as assigned by management. Probe and record via marketing campaigns using SFDC for new business or sales opportunities. • Partner effectively with the field sales team to drive territory coverage and maintain positive distributor relationships. • Support and execute product and segment marketing and manage product and segment activities such as: projects, surveys, campaigns, teaching, site visits and or promotions. • Travel in support of sales to training meetings, customer site visits, and/or trade shows as required or requested. • Work closely with Distributor Administration, Customer Service, Contracts and other teams as required or requested. • Other duties as necessary.

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CCS is seeking dynamic and energetic people to provide oneon-one inclusion supports to a variety of individuals with developmental disabilities. Work with a team of professionals assisting individuals to reach goals and realize dreams. We are currently offering several part-time, fully benefited positions as well as a substitute position. Experience in the field of developmental disabilities is a plus, but not a requirement. If you are interested in joining our diverse team, please submit a letter of interest and resume to Karen Ciechanowicz at staff@ccs-vt.org. Champlain Community Services 512 Troy Avenue Colchester, VT 05446 (802) 655-0511

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• Creativity, flexibility and the ability to collaborate with others in a dynamic and evolving environment

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• Excellent verbal, written and telephone skills supported by strong interpersonal skills

The Service Manager is responsible for managing all aspects of the flow of vehicle repairs through our Burlington garage. From providing 4-diamond-level customer service to sourcing difficult-to-find parts, the Service Manager does it all. We are looking for someone with an established track record of providing quality service in the automotive industry.

• Ability to learn and retain product specific information as it pertains to the position • Proven customer service experience • Readily understands wind power (or similar technology) • Ability to understand the customer’s needs and develop appropriate solutions • Ability to manipulate and manage spreadsheets • We offer a competitive benefits package to full-time employees, including health, dental and life insurance, a 401(k) match and more. Email your resume to hr@northernpower.com.

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• Due to the high volume of resumes we receive, we are unable to respond personally to every application. However, we do review every resume and will contact you if we think there is a possible fit for you.

Good News Garage mechanics perform high-quality repairs and maintenance on all types of vehicles and vehicle systems. 5+ years’ experience as a professional mechanic and ASE certification preferred.

• We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.

Company Description Northern Power Systems has over 30 years of experience developing and manufacturing advanced, innovative wind turbines. The company’s next generation wind turbine technology is based on a vastly simplified architecture that utilizes a unique combination of permanent magnet generators and direct-drive design. The company’s commitment to performance, reliability and cutting-edge technology has made it a global wind industry leader. From Alaska to Malaysia, our installed base of turbines has logged almost two million kilowatt-hours of production to date.

Both positions require a strong work ethic, team-player mentality and background checks, We are a nonprofit organization that helps and cares for people in need. Lutheran Social Services has a committed and diverse staff of employees who help support the mission. Please submit letter of intent or resume to Lynne Toomey at ltoomey@lssne.org.

Northern Power Systems- Human Resources 29 Pitman Rd., Barre, VT 05641 hr@northernpower.com www.northernpower.com

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Marathon Search Partners of Burlington Inc., an established

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

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Join the team at Gardener’s Supply Company! We work hard AND offer a fun place to work with summer bocce games, BBQs, ping-pong tournaments, employee garden plots and much more! We also offer strong cultural values, competitive wages and outstanding benefits (including an awesome discount on plants & product!).

Like a snowflake, all mature workers are unique!

Program/Training Coordinator Join a growing professional team passionate about Vermont! A state wide nonprofit has an immediate opening for an experienced professional to join its team. We are an older worker jobtraining program that serves nearly 400 individuals annually. Responsibilities include the support of recruitment and staffing, training and development, employee/trainee relations, policy procedures, and staff management. Position based out of St. Albans office. College degree required. Transferable skills and enthusiasm are highly desired.

Home Instead Senior Care, a proPlease email cover letter with salary requirements, and resume to vider of non-medical companionhr@vermontassociates.org. ship and home helper services to seniors in their homes, is seeking friendly, cheerful, and dependable people. CAREGivers assist 4t-VTAssococDevel090711.indd 1 9/5/11 seniors with companionship, light housekeeping, meal preparation, personal care, errands, and more. This licensed, residential, therapeutic community offers Part-time, flexible scheduling, a healing environment and a variety of transitional options including: Daytime, evening, weekend and overnight shifts currently for people with mental health, substance abuse or dual diagnosis available. No heavy lifting. challenges. We are seeking a dynamic leader to work closely with

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Gardener’s Supply is America’s leading catalog & webbased gardening company and is 100% employee-owned! Interested? Please send your cover letter and resume to Gardener’s Supply Company, 128 Intervale Road, Burlington, VT 05401 or to jobs@gardeners.com.

Please email a resume and a thoughtful cover letter outlining how your skills and experiences meet the qualifications for the position to EDsearch@springlakeranch.org.

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We’re searching for an Internet Sales and Service Specialist to join our call center team. This person will handle customer orders and resolve questions or problems arriving by e-mail, online chat or phone. Our ideal candidate will have previous service and sales experience; exceptional written communication skills; and must be comfortable with and have proven capacity for successful multi-tasking. Gardening experience is a plus! This is a regular, full-time (40 hours per week), Sunday through Thursday, closing position.

VERMONT WORKS FOR WOMEN www.vtworksforwomen.org For more info: 802.655.8900 ext 102 or 800.639.1472 bmandell@vtworksforwomen.org

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RegisteRed NuRses Porter Medical Center, a 25-bed community hospital located in Middlebury, is seeking part-time Medical/Surgical Unit Registered Nurses to join our Nursing Team. The successful candidates will work 40 hours per two-week pay period. New graduate RNs are encouraged to apply. We offer a very competitive base salary and benefits package. We also offer you the opportunity to join a hospital in a picturesque setting with a low staff vacancy rate and a collegial staff that prides itself in delivering outstanding care to the patients we serve. If you are interested in joining our team, please contact David Fuller, Human Resources Manager, 802-388-8887, or by email, dfuller@portermedical.org. For more information on Porter Hospital, please visit our website at www.portermedical.org.


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Part-time aPPle ComPuter teChnology retail SaleS Local Apple Specialist seeks a dynamic Apple computer enthusiast to join our retail staff. Be part of an award-winning, socially responsible company offering innovative Apple computer and digital lifestyle products. We're looking for individuals with a fierce commitment to customer service, knowledge of and passion for Apple products, an understanding of the digital lifestyle, and keen attention to detail. You must be able to work in a fast-paced environment, be adept at multitasking, and have the ability to offer excellent customer service on both the phones and in the retail showroom. Working on weekends and being available to work a flexible schedule is required. Strong typing skills are necessary. Email resume and cover letter to jobs@smalldog.com. As we're in the computer industry, we do it all by email. No calls, please! Please note, we're a nonsmoking company.

Weatherization Program Assistant CVOEO’s Weatherization Program, in partnership with the Vermont Housing and Conservation Board, is looking for someone to assist with client intake, outreach, advocacy, energy efficiency education, energy audits and administrative duties while learning the comprehensive nature of Vermont’s Weatherization Assistance Program. Visit www.vhcb.org/acorps to view position description and application, or call 802-828-3253. VHCB And CVOEO ArE EquAl OPPOrtunity EmPlOyErs. 3h-CVOE-090711.indd 1

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Bike/Ski Mechanic and Sales Do you have a positive attitude, play well with others, have a good work ethic and bike/ski skills? We have a part-time position open and would love to hear from you. Email resume to: anna@ skihausofvermont.com.

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We have an immediate opening for a full-time Director of Technology. This position will support the manufacturing plants by providing assistance in solving process/technology problems. Perform analyses of product analytical results, yields, and other quality, environmental or efficiency parameters. Identify trends and report results. Manage projects 9/2/11 that result in improved operation: tighter controls, increased yield, etc. Projects may require capital, in which 5v-FAHC090711.indd 1 case responsibility may include soliciting bids, determining best choices, writing justification for capital, scheduling and managing implementation. Participate in long-term facility planning. Provide technical Bulk Team Leader (full time) leadership for potential new products, including managing plant trials. Assist and support the Vice-President This position is responsible for purchasing and stocking product of Technology on priority projects.

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We are seeking an individual with a BS degree in dairy science or related field; graduate degree a plus. Minimum of 10 years of experience in dairy products technology, must include work in plant environments. The candidate needs to be proficient in data management and analysis, as evidenced by expertise with Excel and other database tools. Demonstrated communication skills, both orally and written, along with PowerPoint-presentation skills. Cabot offers a competitive starting wage and excellent benefits package. Please send resume and cover letter to:

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in our Bulk department. The Team Leader will also provide exceptional customer service, while supporting sales and margin goals. The ideal candidate will have over two years’ experience within grocery/retail, have buying experience, be able to lift up to 80 lbs. regularly and have proven success working with the public.

A job at City Market comes with great benefits, including medical, dental, vision, 401(k), generous paid time off, store discount and more.

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Full-Time Cleaning Person Maple Leaf Farm is seeking a full-time cleaning person. Will work as part of a team cleaning a 39-bed, sixbuilding substance-abuse facility. Duties include dusting, vacuuming, mopping and general sanitation of entire facility. This position includes an excellent benefit package. Starting pay $12.24 per hour. Please send resume and salary requirements to: Scott Ovitt, Facility Manager Maple Leaf Farm Associates, Inc. 10 Maple Leaf Rd. Underhill, VT 05489

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Needed: Location: Responsibilities: WHBW, a growing socialservice agency in Burlington providing comprehensive services to victims of domestic violence and abuse, is seeking a full-time

Detailed job description available at www.nsbvt.com. Submit cover letter and resume by Sept. 15, 2011 to: Northfield Savings Bank Human Resources Department PO Box 347 Northfield, VT 05663 NSB@nsbvt.com

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Colchester, VT 1. Office PC troubleshooting and repair, IBM E Series server administration, handheld PC support, IP Phone system administration, remote backup, remote assistance, network support and some Windows Server 2008 administration.

- Knowledge of PC hardware and trouble shooting - Knowledge of network topology and technology - Creativity - A+ certified - preferred but not required tgaren@bakerdistributing.com. Baker Distributing Corp PO Box 218, Winooski, VT 05404 Tammy Garen

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Developmental Services Developmental Services provides innovative supports to people with Developmental Disabilities and Autism Spectrum Disorders. Please contact our Staff Recruiter, Sue Smithson, at 488-6533, or visit our HowardCenter.org website to learn more about this and other exciting professional opportunities. IntensIve CommunIty support Worker 25-year-old man needs 24 hours of support in the Colchester area. This individual enjoys woodworking, guitar, karaoke and socializing with friends. Candidate is a positive role model who has considerable experience setting and maintaining boundaries. Schedule for this benefits-eligible position is 8:30 a.m.- 2:30 p.m. weekdays, except Wednesday.

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Northfield Savings Bank’s fast paced and professional work environment is supported by an outstanding reward system. NSB offers a competitive salary, profit sharing, and a generous benefits package including group insurance programs, 401(k) plan, paid time-off and educational assistance.

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No phone calls, please. Electronic submission preferred to janev@whbw.org.

Coordinate our outstanding community relations activities, including events management and donation requests. Produce basic flyers/ads and post website and Facebook updates. Familiarity with CS5 and CMS preferred. Based in Northfield, occasional travel to Chittenden County, some evenings/weekends. Bachelors plus 2-4 years experience.

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You must be experienced in researching, writing and managing large and complex government grants as well as private and corporate foundations. Visit us on the web for more information. WHBW is an equal opportunity employer.

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on-Call substItutes Developmental Services has an ongoing need in our On-Call Substitute program to support children and adults with developmental disabilities. Great opportunities in residential settings, day program site and 1:1 in the community throughout Chittenden County. Paid trainings provided. Mileage reimbursement. A great opportunity to gain experience or utilize your current skills (ASL, behavioral intervention, community integration) and create a schedule that best meets your needs. Join this dynamic work. Apply now at www.howardcentercareers.org, or for more information, call Freya Waters, 488-6540.

Mental Health and Substance Abuse CommunIty support ClInICIan Seeking energetic, compassionate and dedicated individuals for dynamic positions that are responsible for ensuring that adequate case management services are provided administratively and clinically to an assigned caseload of persons with a major mental illness as well as those with dual diagnoses (co-occurring disorders) and to assist in serving other clients as covered by the team and program as needed. Minimum of bachelor’s degree required. One to two years’ in a human services field or a combination of education and experience from which comparable knowledge and skills have been acquired. Must be able to speak in groups. Must be able to communicate in writing and able to learn computer word processing and use computer software as required for documentation and data entry. Full time (37.5 hours/week) with excellent benefits!

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Successful candidate will have opportunity to grow with the company as we expand. Must have experience in a restaurant environment. Compensation: • Regular pay plus bonus • Benefit package including health care and 401(k) with company match

Communications Manager – Montpelier, VT The Institute for Sustainable Communities (ISC) is seeking a talented individual with outstanding writing and design skills to promote greater awareness of our mission, accomplishments and projects. We’re looking for a Communications Manager to lead our communications and marketing strategy through the creative use of print, visual and electronic media. This is currently a full-time opportunity, but we will consider 30-32 hours/week for the right candidate. ISC is a leader in environmental and community development programs throughout the US and internationally. We offer a flexible, dynamic work environment, competitive pay and excellent benefits. For complete job details and application instructions, go to www.iscvt.org/who_we_are/jobs/. 3h-InstituteSustainable-090711.indd 1

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help wanted at the Town Cobbler. Must Nonsmoking environment. be reliable and have BASIC 4t-moes-090711.indd 1 9/5/11 10:30:08 AM SEWING experience. We have seasonal manufacturing and processing positions WILL available immediately in our Richmond smokehouse. Work in a TRAIN. refrigerated environment handling fresh and smoked meat. Can make No experience necessary, we will train you. your own hours. Apply in person. Please reply by emailing your resume to contact@moesvt.com.

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If interested, please stop by at 27 Taft Corners Shopping Ctr., Williston,Vt., or call 872-0354, or email towncobblervt @gmail.com.

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Town of Colchester The Department of Planning & Zoning seeks a highly motivated self-starter to join our team. The successful applicant will have previous experience with electronic records systems or similar database management. Previous experience with or knowledge of zoning preferred. Send cover letter & resume to Human Resources, PO Box 55, Colchester, VT 05446 by September 23. E.O.E. For more information, visit www.colchestervt.gov.

Engaging minds that change the world Seeking a position with a quality employer? Consider The University of Vermont, a stimulating and diverse workplace. We offer a comprehensive benefit package including tuition remission for on-going, full-time positions. This opening and others are updated daily.

Assistant Director for Training

Counseling and Psychiatry Services (CAPS) in the Center for Health and Wellbeing CAPS provides comprehensive mental health and outreach/education services in our three campus offices. It is part of the integrated Center for Health and Wellbeing, which includes Primary Care, Women's Health, and Athletic Medicine services. Responsibilities: Provide leadership for CAPS training program. Develop accredited doctoral psychology internship program within next few years. Administratively supervise CAPS clinical satellite office staff and activities. Provide individual, couples, and group counseling with students within a brief treatment framework; supervision of Master's and Doctoral level students; crisis intervention/consultation with faculty and staff; campus outreach and program development. Qualifications: Completed Doctorate in Psychology; Vermont licensed or eligible for licensure as a psychologist within one year of starting. Experience coordinating and/or working within an accredited University Counseling Center training program. At least three years experience working in a University Counseling Center setting. Prior leadership and/or management experience in a clinical setting. Anticipated starting date is January 1, 2012. This is a 12 month full-time position. Salary is competitive and commensurate with experience, and includes a generous benefit package. Please address e-mail inquiries about the position to Miv London, Ph.D. at miv.london@uvm.edu. For further information on this position and others currently available, or to apply on-line, please visit our website at: www.uvmjobs.com; Job Hotline #802-656-2248; telephone #802-656-3150. Applicants must apply for positions electronically. Paper resumes are not accepted. Job positions are updated daily. The University of Vermont is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Applications from women and people from diverse racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds are encouraged.

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For over 26 years, Chelsea Green has been the publishing leader for books on the politics and practice of sustainable living, with foundational books on renewable energy, green building, organic agriculture, eco-cuisine, and ethical business.

Marketing Director

Chelsea Green seeks creative mission-driven professional to lead the development and implementation of our marketing strategy, including online direct consumer marketing and book publicity campaigns. Based in either Burlington or White River Junction, the Marketing Director manages a small staff and actively engages in implementation. Responsibilities include overseeing the evolution of our online presence, developing online content and copy for marketing collateral, leading outreach campaigns to online networks via social media, as well as pitching books to traditional print and broadcast media outlets. The ideal candidate has 7+ years experience in both traditional publicity and online outreach, preferably in a sustainabilityrelated arena, has overseen website development, crafted content and marketing collateral, and has a proven track record of successful staff and budgetary management. In addition, the successful candidate will have highly developed interpersonal and organizational skills, and thrives in a dynamic, deadlinedriven environment. Experience in trade book publishing preferred, but not necessary.

eBook and Digital Content Business Development Manager

Chelsea Green seeks an eBook and Digital Content Business Development Manager, responsible for extending sales of eBooks to new accounts and channels, as well as developing new digital content licensing opportunities based on Chelsea Green’s extensive list of “how-to” books on sustainability-related subjects. The position is based in Burlington or White River Junction, though telecommuting from another location will be considered. The successful candidate will have sales and/or business development experience, with a knowledge of the eBook and digital content marketplaces, familiarity with eBook file formats and digital licensing issues, and is passionate about working for positive change with a mission-driven company. Publishing industry experience preferred. Full job descriptions available at: www.chelseagreen.com/content/we-are-hiring/. To apply, email cover letter and resume to jobs@chelseagreen.com, with either ‘Marketing Director’ or ‘eBook and Digital Content Business Development Manager’ in the subject line, or send to Marketing Director Job Search, Chelsea Green Publishing, PO Box 428, White River Junction, VT 05001.


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O’Brien Brothers Agency, a familyowned real estate development and management company of industrial, commercial and residential developments, is looking for a high energy professional to join its team in South Burlington. If you want a chance to learn the real estate development process and are organized, thrive in an environment that embraces your initiative, and offers multiple hats, this could be a perfect match. You will be in on the ground level of everything from the permitting process (in the field) to assisting in preparing RFP’s to interacting with contractors, attorneys and the Board of Directors. The ideal candidate will have a high comfort level with computer applications such as Excel and Adobe Suite and a basic familiarity with different areas of construction and real estate as well as federal, state and local permitting.

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Since you will interact constantly with all levels of personnel including contractors, attorneys and the Board of Directors, this position demands exceptional communication and interpersonal skills. Most of all, you must possess a strong desire to learn and grow and be willing to roll up your sleeves and jump into the action. O’Brien Brothers offers a very competitive benefits package that includes medical and 401(k).

Vermont Public Interest Research Group

FIELD ORGANIZER VPIRG is looking for a diehard activist hungry to work with Vermonters, going toe-to-toe with multi-billion-dollar corporations, to defend the public interest. Must have enough passion to sustain you through long hours and uphill battles. Ideal candidate will be able to inspire and empower Vermonters to action around our campaigns. You will grow VPIRG’s grassroots activist and volunteer base using a variety of tactics including online organizing, direct outreach, coalition development, community-based organizing, activist training, and media events. This is a full-time position based in Montpelier. Should have at least 2 years of experience in grassroots organizing and campaigning; volunteer recruitment and activist-oriented online outreach; volunteer leadership development; strong writing and public speaking skills; politically strategic. A full job description is available on our website: www.vpirg.org. Competitive salary; employer-paid health, vision, dental and longterm disability insurance, employer-matching IRA contributions and four weeks of annual leave.

No calls, please.

Send cover letter, resume and writing sample via email only to: colleen@vpirg.org. EOE. No calls.

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For more info visit: www.vpirg.org/jobs.

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Experienced carpenters and laborers needed. Must have 10 hours of OSHA training, valid driver’s license and reliable transportation. Apply to mbr2663@aol.com, or PO Box 526, Essex Junction, VT 05453.

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install that buffer zone, we’ve lost an entire field,” adds Locker. Most of Kingsbury Farm lies within a 100-year floodplain, meaning the land will flood on average once every century. When the river swallowed the fields on Sunday night, the farmers slashed up their greenhouses so that the water could rush through without destroying them. They’re now full of wasted crops. In the open fields, squash vines lie tangled with irrigation hoses,

bread dough into round loaves. “It becomes easier to go to the grocery store when you can get everything there.” All told, the pair reckons Irene dealt about a $100,000 hit to their business, and to Vermonters in general — Kingsbury supplies 35,000 pounds of food to the Vermont Foodbank each year. “We’re going to be working with them to make sure they continue,” says John Sayles, the Foodbank’s chief executive officer. “Initially, the most urgent issue

WANT TO HELP VERMONT FARMERS? Buy local produce, and pay farmers more than they are asking. Many farms, including those in the Intervale, picked emergency crops to save them from floods. Much of that produce needs to be purchased and eaten soon. (An example: the tide of fennel that workers at the Intervale’s Diggers’ Mirth Collective Farm picked before their fields flooded, now on sale at City Market.) The income some farmers get now is likely to be the last they’ll see for the season.

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Soil untouched by floodwater (left) and crumbly, silty, post-Irene soil (right) on Kingsbury Farm

runs along the back of this 22-acre farm and became a raging torrent during Tropical Storm Irene. The FDA deems any near-harvest produce that comes into contact with water from a largescale flood contaminated, and hence unfit to sell. So the four-foot-deep waters that inundated three of Kingsbury’s four fields — leaving a layer of possibly toxic silt and taking a 200-by-70-foot bite out of the land — also claimed most of Kingsbury’s late-summer and fall vegetables. Like many farms around the state, it has lost tens of thousands

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some of their leaves already covered in mildew. The leafy tops of leeks, carrots and parsnips are pushed on their sides as if a giant stepped on them. “Nobody grows celery, and we have the most gorgeous celery here,” says Locker, shaking his head as he straddles a row of healthy-looking plants. All of them will get plowed back into the land. It’s an intricate web of losses. Without winter greens, for instance, sales at Kingsbury’s farm market dissipate, too. “We sell more carrots and onions in the farm store when people come in for greens,” says Slomin, as she shapes

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chains will return to normal soon. “A lot of restaurants said at first, ‘This is it; we can’t do this anymore,’” says Curran. But, as they began to see volunteers, “By Wednesday or Thursday, they said, ‘Maybe we can make this work.’” Farm aid is coming not only from volunteers but from a raft of organizations, including the state’s Department of Agriculture, Food and Markets and the USDA Farm Service Agency. The Vermont Economic Development Fund has allocated $10 million for low-interest loans to Vermont businesses that have felt the effects of Irene, including farms. Rural Vermont is forming “Rapid Farm Response Brigades” around the state to organize volunteers, and Pete’s Greens of Craftsbury has already donated $40,000 to the Vermont Farm Fund Emergency Loan Program. The VFF will rapidly approve (within 14 days) $5000 loans at zero interest for affected farmers. Pete’s Greens owner Pete Johnson says it’s a way to pay forward the help he received after a barn fire last January. “This money has already done a great deal of good [for us]. It’s coming around again and again, and will go around dozens of times,” he says. With the cogs of aid starting to move, farmers are now thinking about their soil health. For organic farmers in particular, maintaining their certification is a concern. Nicole Dehne, the certification administrator at Vermont Organic Farmers, says such farmers do not have to worry that the fresh silt on their land might

annul their organic status. “We don’t consider the land to have an application of a prohibited substance, and it won’t be disqualified in most cases,” says Dehne, except when contamination is fairly obvious, such as when a propane tank has emptied into a field. As for floodwater filled with septic overflows and whatever else, the sheer volume that pushed through is a boon. “We consider [the floodwater] ‘unavoidable residual environmental contaminants,’” says Dehne. Still, farmers can’t help but notice that soil health has been compromised. At Kingsbury Farm, Aaron Locker picks up a fistful of soil in each hand. One is dry and crumbly, filled with silt; the other is moist and dark. “We’ve got to figure out how to turn this [the silt] into this,” says Locker. It’s an alchemy that is likely to entail lots of compost. “We’re going to have to relearn how to grow on our land,” he adds. Across the board, though, the farmers sound resilient and realistic. “That’s what farming is: It’s a big gamble. Every season you roll your dice,” says Jericho Settlers’ Alexander, who thinks land diversification saved her farm from greater disaster. “The bottom line is that I have excellent soils because the river gave them to me. The dangers of [farming on] a floodplain are what happened to us,” says Honigford. After a week of watching his community come together around those in need, he says he’s feeling both exhausted and deeply fulfilled. “The most financially ruinous week of my life has also been the most rewarding week of my life.” m


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fanfare, Mi Casita opened in St. Albans. And, in Jeffersonville, El Zorro Mexican Restaurant & Cantina began serving “authentic VerMexican” fare. It looks like we’re finally experiencing a renaissance of Mexican food in northern Vermont. But do the taste buds agree? The Seven Days food team headed to the four newest additions to find out. On the whole, the news is not quite as exciting as we’d hoped. True, most of the new restaurants are pushing authenticity with dishes not previously seen in Vermont. Don Pedro’s spicerubbed rotisserie chicken is a notable success, for example, but many of the other novelties falter in terms of flavor, freshness or Mexican cred. These restaurants are still in their first months of life and may yet meet Vermonters’ high expectations. We hope so.

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t’s almost become a mantra for Mexican-food lovers: No matter how many new restaurants in the Burlington area try, they can’t seem to get it exactly right. Many residents have lamented the loss of Tortilla Flat, a den of Tex-Mex comfort eats once located in the building that now houses Bluebird Tavern. (Its nachos are still popular — bevo in Colchester serves a similar dish to eager crowds.) Over in South Burlington, La Carreta, a chain that employed Oaxaca natives making dark, rich moles, closed nearly five years ago. The VFW post in its place still bears its south-of-theborder decorations. If Burlingtonians bemoan the dearth of “authentic” Mexican options, it’s not just because Vermont is on the wrong border. The Mad Taco, with its pig-centric tortas and tacos, is worth the drive to Waitsfield. Johnson’s Hot

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version ($7.99) — laced with chile and filled with swollen dried corn and tender pork — is fiery and filling. It arrives with tortillas and some raw radish and onion for garnish, but all you really need is a spritz of lime and a handful of cilantro to amplify its charms. One of the treats here is the elote, or grilled corn ($3.50 per ear), which is rolled in butter, mayonnaise and chile powder, grilled so that it chars in places, and then sprinkled with crumbled cotija

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169 church Street, Burlington, 540-3095, elgatocantina.com El Gato Cantina’s arrival on Burlington’s lower Church Street was greeted with nervous expectancy. Burlingtonians have long complained that their burg lacks “real” Mexican fare, and El Gato’s owner, Tree Bertram, promised she would deliver the goods: fresh, authentic Mexican food based on the dishes she learned growing up in central California. Diners (and 7 Nights online commenters) have been sharply divided on whether she succeeded. Some comments ooze passion for El Gato’s fare, while others call the praise nothing but hype. After a few visits, we’ve concluded that Bertram’s kitchen can approximate some of the fare you’ll find south of the border. Other dishes, though, seem overcooked, oversauced or somehow discordant. It’s a wild ride, with both highs and lows. Take the warm tortilla chips that come with every meal. On one day, they might be oil laden and flavorless; on another, feather light and perfectly salted. Ditto for the salsa: Though very fresh and laced with mouth-watering lime and cilantro, it can be watery and bland on one visit, and addictively punchy on another. All of the Tex-Mex standard-bearers are on the menu here, burritos, enchiladas and chile rellenos among them. And the creative flourishes are many. You can order chicken or beef (carne asada) tacos, but also ones filled with beef tongue, or with mushrooms and epazote. El Gato’s fish taco ($3.99 each), which comes with grilled or fried tilapia, is smeared with an unctuous, spicy aioli. (The fried option stands up better to the heat.) When I tried it, the ribbons of slow-braised beef inside the barbacoa taco ($2.99) were rich, tender and mouth filling. But the downside to both tacos was thick, tough, overcooked tortillas. Ceviche can be dreamy, but one offering here ($8.99) was a cold mess, with hunks of gray shrimp floating in an unhappy soup of citrus juices and tiny, hard slivers of avocado. Better were the pork tamales: Smothered in a roastedred-pepper-and-tomato sauce, their fatty, sweet mash is fun, if messy, to excavate. I first encountered pozole, a soup made with pork and hominy, on a Oaxaca farm where a local family made a batch each week with buckets of fresh milk and huge slabs from their own pigs. It’s a difficult soup to get right, and El Gato’s

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anejo, a creamy, tangy, aged cheese. The corn itself could be a little sweeter and fresher, though. In fact, overall, a diner at El Gato might start to wonder if lessthan-stellar produce lurks beneath the sauces and seasonings. The star of the show here? Margaritas. El Gato infuses its own tequila in huge, medical-looking jars, and the bartenders take great care in preparing such concoctions as a grapefruit-jalapeño margarita — tart, piquant and immensely satisfying. A Skinny Cat margarita tastes almost as sinful as its higher-calorie cousin. The constants at El Gato, so far, are fabulous drinks and warm service. It’s a festive place to hang out and sample some unique dishes; just be prepared to be surprised, for better or worse. — c .H.

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46 main Street, Winooski, 655-7100, donpedrostaqueria.com The lines move with admirable speed at Don Pedro’s Authentic Mexican Taqueria. Just moments after I ordered, my large meal was waiting for me on a pair of cafeteria trays; I’ve waited far longer at McDonald’s. But then, with lines sometimes snaking around the block at this fast-casual restaurant, they’d better move. In Don Pedro’s first weeks of life, coowner Pierre Mesa reported that 550 diners were streaming into his small restaurant each night. Winooski police told him they’d never encountered anything like his crowd-control issues. It’s obvious what attracted the masses: the promise of real, live Mexican food, made fresh each day, at rock-bottom prices. Tacos top out at $3.25 for the traditional fish option. It’s filled with the catch of the day, homemade mango salsa and shredded cabbage, then dressed with mild chipotle crema and stuffed into the diner’s choice of a corn or flour tortilla. On two visits, I found both varieties of tortilla — also made on site — too thick to be pliable. The first one crumbled around my rotisserie al pastor pork taco ($2.95). The next had a better texture, but could still be improved. The larger wrap on my carnitas burrito ($6.25) was softer and more uniform. The tangle of pulled, chilerubbed pork shoulder therein was also more flavorful and moister than the al pastor. Lightly spiced brown rice and tangy black beans added texture to the comforting wrap. The thin green chile sauce, which the busy brigade of cooks initially forgot, was low on flavor. No such problems with the red sauce on the two-enchilada combo ($8.50). It was dark and complex, with a taste of smoky chiles. I asked for one beef and one chicken and received two beef, but enjoyed them nonetheless. Refried beans on the side lacked the fatty punch they require — next time, I’ll stick to black. The white rice was pleasantly spiced but not as tasty as the healthier brown. Perhaps Don Pedro’s wants to trick us into eating more healthily? That theory is contradicted by what the menu calls a “huge bag of fresh cut and fried corn chips.” The description is entirely accurate. The giant pile of chips comes on its own ($2.50) or with an order of mild but creamy guacamole ($4.65), served in a greasy brown paper


bag. It’s a fun gimmick, and the chips are excellent — warm, fresh and salted just heavily enough. The salsa bar, filled with pickled veggies, jalapeños and more of the mango salsa, among several other homemade dips, is a worthwhile stop when you’re riding the chip train. My favorites were the hot sauce, which was actually more like a cilantro-laden, blended-tomato salsa, and the zesty, smooth avocado salsa, which I preferred to the guacamole. The food at Don Pedro’s is clearly all handcrafted, and at times it suffers for its art, with flavors that are less than fully developed. A notable exception was the ear of corn in chile butter ($1.75), which I immediately craved more of upon finishing it. The day after I dined at Don Pedro’s, the cooks began 24-hour production to ensure that both dinner and lunch food stay up to snuff. Once the kinks are worked out, I may be the first in line for a huge bag of chips. — A. L.

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personality. As airy as it should be, the pound cake managed to soak up three milk products without seeming soggy. It was intensely sweet and buttery, but didn’t overwhelm my taste buds. If the rest of the menu can rise to the promise of that cake, Mi Casita may live up to its owner’s dreams. ­— A .L .

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What exactly is “VerMexican” food? I pondered this question as I rolled up to El Zorro for the first time. Chef Kasey Longe — formerly of Jeffersonville’s 158 Main — applies that label to his fusion

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Tacos come as hard tortillas by default, but are also available soft. Tacos de la casa ($6.99) were filled with a Native American combination of corn, zucchini and potato, all sautéed together and lightly spiced. The vegetables were sufficiently flavorful that only the seemingly unseasoned pulled chicken on top detracted from the otherwise handsome taco. Taco sides included yellow rice, a small pile of chopped iceberg lettuce and delicious refried beans. The silken mash tasted rich, but also had an unexpected kick of spice. Luckily, those beans came with the enchiladas ($8.50), too. The three taquito-sized corn wraps were filled with tender beef. The red sauce on top didn’t have an easily identifiable taste, but it was pleasant. The tres leches cake ($4.99) had more

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cuisine combining Vermont ingredients with Mexican inflections. Housed in the former Red Fox Alpine Lodge, just north of Smugglers’ Notch, El Zorro resembles a roadhouse — not necessarily a Mexican roadhouse, but a place where you might expect to have a raucous time. And maybe even crash afterward: Upstairs, the inn’s rooms still await. Others must dig the setting’s allure. On two weekday visits here, the spacious dining room was full, despite the brusque service and uneven food. Granted, El Zorro’s starters are intriguing, and offer at least one reason to return. Deciding between a pulled-pork tostada (starter) and a salmon sandwich (entrée); or a shrimp “empanzeno” (starter) and a bar steak (entrée) is really a no-brainer. The creative smallplates menu is where it’s at. Blue-cornencrusted calamari ($9) is dotted with tiny pepper slivers and feels like eating a cloud of crunch, though it could use more of the gently spicy chipotle crema drizzled around the bottom of the plate. That pulled-pork tostada ($8) is winning, too, a towering tangle of sweet, moist meat topped by a drippy jicama slaw and a sprinkle of fresh cilantro. The lime Caesar salad ($6 for a small portion), lightly dressed in a bright, creamy dressing studded with polenta bread crumbs, is a stroke of delicious simplicity. Other dishes are money wasters, however, such as a chicken tortilla soup ($5) whose meat tastes canned. Grilled fish tacos should ideally be filled with mahi mahi; however, the perpetually glum waitress reported that the kitchen had run out of said fish and was unlikely to get it in again — ever. The tilapia that took its place had an alarming funkiness not easily disguised by an avalanche of jalapeños. Even with the fish downgrade, diners pay $16 for two tacos with rice and beans. Ouch. The cloying, chunky salsa tastes as though it hails from a jar, though the tortilla chips are light, warm, crispy and addictive. Disappointing, as well, is the house margarita, which can best be described as saccharine with a petroleum finish. Better (though weaker) is a fruity, spicy watermelon punch. If diners here stick to dishes that veer from true Mexican cuisine, they can construct a decent meal. Unless El Zorro works on its service, though, diners should be prepared to wait for their chips, their food and their check, and generally feel as if they’re imposing whenever they ask for something. Service at the bar was a bit zippier and friendlier on my visits, however. m ­— C .H .


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COLCHESTER AVENUE CORRIDOR PLAN FINAL MEETING: Speak up about plans for the stretch of road between Prospect Street and the Winooski bridge. McClure Conference Room, Fletcher Allen Health Care, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 865-1794.

conferences PARENTING REVISITED: CARING TODAY FOR TOMORROW: Vermont Kin as Parents hosts an annual kinship-care conference about the joys and difficulties of these family experiences. Generations United’s Jaia Lent is the keynote speaker. Doubletree Hotel, South Burlington, 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Free to kin caregivers; $60 for professionals and others. Info, 338-4725.

etc. 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. COMMUNITY BIKE SHOP: Cycle fanatics fix up their rides with help from neighbors and BRV staff. Bike Recycle Vermont, Burlington, 5-8 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 264-9687.

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fairs & festivals VERMONT STATE FAIR: Crowds converge on the midway for circus acts, horticultural displays, equine events and live music. Vermont State Fair Grounds, Rutland, noon-9 p.m. $3-15; $3 parking; free parking and admission on September 7; additional price for grandstand entertaiment. Info, 775-5200.

film ‘WYNTON MARSALIS & ERIC CLAPTON PLAY THE BLUES’: Fans witness the jazz great and guitar legend’s collaboration at New York City’s Frederick P. Rose Hall via a broadcast screening. Palace Cinema 9, South Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $10. Info, 660-9300.

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health & fitness DISCOVERING YOUR INNER STABILITY: Can’t find your core? Instructor Robert Rex integrates Kundalini yoga, tai chi, Rolfing Movement Integration and more in exercises designed to stabilize spines, strengthen muscles and maintain flexibility. Healthy Living, South Burlington, 5:306:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 863-2569, ext. 1. WOMEN’S STRENGTH & CONDITIONING CLASS: Female athletes work toward their fitness goals at the high school track. Mount Mansfield Union High School, Jericho, 8:30-9:30 a.m. $10 for drop-ins. Info, 922-5924.

kids AUTUMN STORY TIME: Fables and crafts provide endless amusement for lit-lovin’ kiddos. Snacks are a definite. Ainsworth Public Library, Williamstown, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 433-5887. CHESS CLUB: King defenders practice castling and various opening gambits with volunteer Robert Nichols. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338. KIDS IN THE KITCHEN: Budding bakers whip up a batch of blueberry-corn muffins from scratch. Healthy Living, South Burlington, 3:30-4:30 p.m. $20 per child; free for an accompanying adult; preregister. Info, 863-2569, ext. 1.

here can’t be any truth to the “those who can’t do, teach” idiom. Just look at Clare Byrne (pictured) and Heidi Henderson, two modern dancers who twirl, whirl and kick that idea to rest. Sure, they’re professors — at the University of Vermont and Connecticut College, respectively — but each proves she can do quite well at a doublebill showcase of their side projects. Byrne blends movement, text, song and audience interaction in her new solo piece, White Witch. Witch Henderson plays with contradictions in Pine, which contrasts the wild motions of a duet with the quieter journey of a solo dancer. She also explores the chaos of feelings in Imagine us in silver silver, as two dancers decked out in silver ’70s garb feel the beat in David Bowie’s “Life on Mars?” There’s audience participation here, too — but no final exam. Phew.

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SOUTH HERO FARMERS MARKET: Foodies take advantage of fresh-from-the-farm fare and other local goodies. St. Rose of Lima Church, South Hero, 4-7 p.m. Free. Info, 372-3291.

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PAJAMA STORY TIME: Kids up to age 6 wear their jammies for evening tales. Arvin A. Brown Library, Richford, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 848-3313.

language 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.

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Since its 1979 beginning, Kitka’s repertoire has been culled from countless trips to Eastern Europe. Not surprisingly, the eight-piece female vocal ensemble’s laments and lullabies, folk songs, and village duets span many languages — from Albanian to Bosnian, Ukrainian to Yiddish. But you needn’t be multilingual to “get” the emotive harmonies and angular rhythms of the San Francisco group. The lusty singing tells of universal human suffering in a way that’s “eerily gorgeous,” as the San Francisco Chronicle writes, and decidedly exotic. Take in the effortless unisons and all-around vocal mastery in St. Johnsbury on Saturday.

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Ten years ago, on the same day people around the world collectively held their breaths and watched the World Trade Center towers collapse, Vermont Contemporary Music Ensemble artistic director Steven Klimowski began approaching composers to write a piece of music responding to the catastrophe. “I knew this was a historic time,” he remembers. “I asked them basically to put down their feelings in music.” In February 2002, the ensemble debuted a program of these short works — and it revisits them this week in “9/11: A Remembrance in Music.” The riveting retrospective’s 11 compositions — some of which include media sound bites or narration — are arranged sequentially to capture the immediate shock of the tragedy and progress toward coping. They are at times “horrifying,” but ultimately beautiful, says Klimowski.

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Thursday, September 8, 7 p.m.; Friday, September 9, 8 p.m.; Saturday, September 10, 2 and 8 p.m.; and Sunday, September 11, 7 p.m., at Montpelier City Hall Auditorium. View website for future dates through September 25. $10-30. Info, 229-0492. Lost Nation Theater is reducing all ticket prices to $10 on September 8 through 11; if you choose to pay the regular price, amounts over $10 will be donated to emergency flood-relief funds for central Vermont. lostnationtheater.org

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Maybe it was his political slogan — the African proverb “Speak softly and carry a big stick” — but the legacy of the 26th president of the United States is that of a tough guy. One who helped form the Rough Riders, shaped a strong foreign policy, declined to run for reelection in favor of going on an African safari and was generally worthy of having his face carved on Mount Rushmore. But underneath Theodore Roosevelt’s hard exterior was possibly a big softie — a political maverick who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for negotiating a war’s end and a man who held ideals that are still relevant today. John D. Alexander takes audiences inside the Oval Office and this complex persona in Lost Nation Theater’s one-man show Bully! An Adventure With Teddy Roosevelt.

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Friday, September 9, 8 p.m., at Performing Arts Center, Bellows Free Academy, in St. Albans. $5-25. Sunday, September 11, 2:30 and 7 p.m., at FlynnSpace in Burlington. $15-25. Info, 849-6900. vcme.org


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“From (to) Jazz, With Love,” a solo piano recital by the UVM music professor. UVM Recital Hall, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 656-1498 or 6563040, dfeurzei@uvm.edu. Valley Night: James McSheffrey graces the lounge with country and alt-rock originals and covers. Big Picture Theater & Café, Waitsfield, 7:30 p.m. $5 suggested cover. Info, 496-8994.

outdoors Nature’s Wild Abundance Discovery Walk: Meander through the herb garden and field edges with herbalist Nancy Scarzello before a book signing. Rain date: September 8. Fort Ticonderoga, N.Y., 1 p.m. $15; preregister. Info, 518-585-2821. The Great Vermont Corn Maze: Weather permitting, an 8.5-acre maze of maize lures labyrinth lovers outstanding in their field. 1404 Wheelock Rd., Danville, 10 a.m. $9-12; free for ages 4 and under. Info, 748-1399, info@vermontcornmaze.com. Wagon-Ride Wednesday: Riders lounge in sweet-smelling hay on scenic, horse-drawn routes. Billings Farm & Museum, Woodstock, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Regular admission, $3-12. Info, 457-2355.

seminars Contentment in Everyday Life: Participants build happiness by working daily meditation into their schedules through group practice, brief talks, guided exercises and discussion. Shambhala Meditation Center, Montpelier, 6:30 p.m. $10 suggested donation. Info, 223-5137. ‘Me?! I Don’t Stonewall, Withdraw or Try to Hide!’: Career transition coach Glenda Otto encourages participants to admit their feelings and needs by expressing them out loud. Hunger Mountain Coop, Montpelier, 5-7:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 223-8004, ext. 202, info@hungermountain.com.

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Lecture on Spiritual Healing: Listeners learn about help and healing on the spiritual path through a talk and video screening on the teachings of Bruno Groening. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 598-6014 or 253-8813. Paul Rogat Loeb: The social activist and author speaks on “Soul of a Citizen: Living With Conviction in Challenging Times.” McCarthy Arts Center, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2536. ‘Update on the Wars of the Middle East: An Eye-Witness Report’: Guest speaker Kathy Kelly, co-coordinator of Voices for Creative Nonviolence, addresses the topic as part of Burlington College’s Institute of Civic Engagement Series. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6:15-8 p.m. Free. Info, 862-9616.

theater Auditions for Vermont Actors’ Repertory Theatre: Thespians ages 18 and up break a leg in auditions for three main productions. Rutland Free Library, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 773-8038, actorsrepvt@aol.com.

words ‘Vermont My Home: A Celebration’: Southern Vermont’s T. Namaya shares his collection of stories, music and poems praising the Green Mountain State. Village Square Booksellers, Bellows Falls, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 380-3483.

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community CIRC Task Force Meeting: The Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission Metropolitan Planning Organization hosts a series of public meetings to address mobility, congestion, transportation demand, safety, livability

and economic development in the region. O’Brien Community Center, Winooski, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 865-1794, mboomhower@ccrpcvt.org. Neighborhood Planning Assembly: Representatives from Burlington City Arts, the Fleming Museum, Flynn Center, Integrated Arts Academy and other local arts organizations generate a lively discussion with residents of Ward 6 about sustaining the arts. Greek Orthodox Church Community Center, Burlington, 6:45-9 p.m. Free. Info, 238-2689, mectreat@gmail.com.

crafts Crafting Homemade Soaps: Joann Darling of Seven Gables organizes some good, clean fun involving healing herbs and essential oils. Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 5:30-7 p.m. $10-12; preregister. Info, 223-8004, ext. 202, info@hungermountain.com. Every Woman’s Craft Connection: Inventive females work on artful projects at a biweekly meet-up. Essex Alliance Church, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 879-5176.

dance ‘Swan Lake’: A Tchaikovsky score propels the plot about a battle between two swans in this Bolshoi Ballet production, starring prima ballerina Maria Alexandrova, broadcast to the screen. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. $6-15. Info, 748-2600.

etc. Fashion’s Night Out: Participating retail stores host fashion shows to preview their fall collections. Various downtown locations, Burlington, 6-9 p.m. Free. Info, 862-5051. Historic Tours: See WED.07, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

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South Royalton Farmers Market: Various vendors peddle locally grown agricultural goods and unique crafts. Town Green, South Royalton, 3-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 763-8087.

Picture Theater & Café, Waitsfield, 7 p.m. $12. Info, 496-8994.

Waterbury Farmers Market: Cultivators and their customers swap veggie tales and edible inspirations at a weekly outdoor emporium. Rusty Parker Memorial Park, Waterbury, 3-7 p.m. Free. Info, 279-4371, info@waterburyfarmersmarket.com.

Gastronomy Book Discussion: Readers gobble up novels about food and culture, such as Tina de Rosa’s Paper Fish. Fairfax Community Library, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 849-2420.

Willoughby Lake Farmers & Artisan Market: Performances by local musicians join produce, eggs, gemstone jewelry, wind chimes and more to lure buyers throughout the warm months. 1975 Route 5A, Westmore, 3-7 p.m. Free. Info, 525-8842.

games 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.

kids Montgomery Playgroup: Little ones up to age 2 exercise their bodies and their minds in the company of adult caregivers. Montgomery Town Library, 10-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426. Music With Raphael: Preschoolers up to age 5 bust out song and dance moves. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

music Vermont Choral Union Auditions: Vocalists show their strength in music from the 15th to 21st centuries at tryouts for an a cappella ensemble. Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Burlington, 5:30-8 p.m. Free; call for an audition time. Info, 989-7355, rehbach@middlebury.edu.

Vermont State Fair: See WED.07, 8 a.m.-9 p.m.

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The Great Vermont Corn Maze: See WED.07, 10 a.m.

Chocolate-Dipping Demo: See WED.07, 2 p.m.

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Five Ways to Cook With Kale: Demo coordinator Gerda Lederer reinvents the leafy green vegetable in exciting, nutrient-packed recipes such as crispy kale chips with olive oil and salt, and potato kale soup with red chile. Healthy Living, South Burlington, 5:30-7:30 p.m. $20; preregister. Info, 863-2569, ext. 1. Fletcher Allen Farmers Market: Locally sourced meats, vegetables, bakery items, breads and maple syrup give hospital employees and visitors the option to eat healthfully. Held outside, Fletcher Allen Hospital, Burlington, 2:30-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 847-0797, tanya.mcdonald@vtmednet. org. Greensboro Farmers Market: On the shores of Caspian Lake, shoppers find a bounty of seasonal fruits and veggies, meats, breads, and baked goods. Town Hall Green, Greensboro, 3-6 p.m. Free. Info, 533-7455. Hinesburg Farmers Market: Growers sell bunched greens, goat meat and root veggies among vendors of pies, handmade soap and knitwear. United Church of Hinesburg, 3:30-6 p.m. Free. Info, info@hinesburglionsfarmersmarket.org. Jericho Farmers Market: Passersby graze through locally grown veggies, pasture-raised meats, area wines and handmade crafts. Mills Riverside Park, Jericho, 3-7 p.m. Free. Info, 3439778, millsriversidemarket@gmail.com. New North End Farmers Market: Eaters stroll through an array of offerings, from sweet treats to farm-grown goods. Elks Lodge, Burlington, 3-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 658-8072, newnorthendmarket@ hotmail.com. Peacham Farmers Market: Seasonal berries and produce mingle with homemade crafts and baked goods from the village. Academy Green, Peacham, 3-6 p.m. Free. Info, 592-3061.

Keys to Credit: A seminar clears up the confusing world of credit. Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 860-1417, ext. 104. Simplicity Parenting: Introductory Session: In an overview of an eight-class series, Joan Kahn addresses manageable changes that families can make to support a child’s environment. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3005, joan@simplicityparenting. com.

talks Café Scientifique: Professor and paleoecologist Curt Stager sparks a conversation about “Climate Whiplash: What Happens After Global Warming?” ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center/Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 6:30-8:30 p.m. $5 suggested donation; cash bar; for ages 21 and up. Info, 877-324-6386.

theater ‘Bully! An Adventure With Teddy Roosevelt’: John D. Alexander stars in Lost Nation Theater’s compelling portrayal of the political rough-rider. See calendar spotlight. Montpelier City Hall Auditorium, 7 p.m. $10-30. Lost Nation Theater is reducing all ticket prices to $10 on September 8 through 11. If you choose to pay full price, any amount over $10 will be donated to emergency flood-relief funds for central Vermont. Info, 229-0492. Opera Night: Theatergoers screen a broadcast of Mussorgsky’s masterpiece, Boris Godunov. Big

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Art Hop: A Mad Scientist Creates: Local sculptor John Brickels works on his offbeat clay artistry. Brickels Gallery, Burlington, 5-10 p.m. Free. Info, 859-9222. Art Hop: A Stitch in Time: Needleworkers show their felting-design techniques for art quilts. Around Back Quilting, Burlington, 5-9 p.m. Free. Info, 859-9222. Art Hop: All Things Fiber!: Bring your own textile project and sit, knit, crochet, hook or quilt with peers. Fiber Roots Community Studio Workshops, 266 Pine Street, suite 19, Burlington, 6-9 p.m. Free. Info, 859-9222. Art Hop: Collage 2.0: Folks of all ages assemble new art from scraps and clippings, then hang it on the outside wall of the Pine Forest Center. 208 Flynn Avenue, Burlington, 5-8 p.m. Free. Info, 859-9222. Art Hop: GlassBlowing Workshop: Rich Arentzen and Tove Ohlander shape molten glass in a fascinating demonstration. AO! Glass, Burlington, 5-9 p.m. Free. Info, 859-9222. Art Hop: Learn to Get ‘Ahead’ of the Art Hop: Visitors use acrylics and various materials to design head sculptures as part of a community project. 180 Flynn Avenue, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 859-9222. Art Hop: Molten Metal Magic: Musicians and surprise artists and entertainers drop by the Iron Pour. Pine Street Studios, Burlington, 5-9 p.m. Free. Info, 859-9222. Art Hop: Oh My! Origami!: Paper folders make careful creases. Champlain Elementary School, Burlington, 5-8 p.m. Free. Info, 859-9222. Art Hop: Photo Booth: Shutterbug Gary Comollo captures pedal pushers in “Bike People” portraits. Maglianero Café, Burlington, 5-9 p.m. Free. Info, 859-9222. Art Hop: Start the Presses!: Plain ol’ paper becomes a work of art in this old-school printingpress demonstration. Zoë Ink, 266 Pine Street, suite 103, Burlington, 5-9 p.m. Free. Info, 859-9222. Art Hop: The Yardage Project: Join artist Kate Donnelly in the ongoing creation of an art installation by folding paper or braiding plastic bags. Union Station, Burlington, 6-10 p.m. Free. Info, 859-9222. Art Hop: Throwing a Party!: Harold Kaplan hosts a pottery-throwing display. Rooftop Pottery, Burlington, 5-9 p.m. Free. Info, 859-9222. Senior Art Classes: In two-hour morning and afternoon sessions, folks ages 55 and up explore drawing, pastels, oil and acrylic paints, printmaking, collages, and sculpture while discussing basic design concepts such as shape, texture and color. Shelburne Bay Senior Living Community, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. $5; call for class time and to register. Info, 864-0604. South End Art Hop: More than 500 artists crawl out of the woodwork for Burlington’s largest visualarts event, filled with open-studio demonstrations, live music and art installations. Various locations, Burlington, 5-10 p.m. $5 optional button; most events are free. Info, 859-9222.

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dance 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. BAllroom lesson & DAnce sociAl: Singles and couples of all levels of experience take a twirl. Jazzercize Studio, Williston, lesson, 7-8 p.m.; open dancing, 8-10 p.m. $14. Info, 862-2269. clAre Byrne & HeiDi HenDerson: Henderson presents emotionally visceral dance works Pine and Imagine us in silver; Byrne offers rich narratives and strenuous physicality in her new solo project, White Witch. See calendar spotlight. FlynnSpace, Burlington, 8 p.m. $14-18. Info, 863-5966. Drum & DAnce: Feel the rhythm and keep the beat at a lesson in West African and Middle East music for all levels. Shelburne Town Hall, 7-9 p.m. $3-5; donations accepted. Info, 922-1711. lAtin DAnce PArty: Dancers brush up on their hip-hop moves at 6 p.m. and salsa and Latin steps at 7 p.m. before DJ Hector spins saucy salsa, merengue, tango and swing tunes for all-ages action on an impromptu dance floor. In front of Victoria’s Secret and Sears, University Mall, South Burlington, 8-10 p.m. $5 for dance; $15 for each dance class; no experience or partner needed. Info, 793-7524. Queen city contrA DAnce: Frost and Fire serenade organized movers in soft-soled shoes, and Mary Wesley calls the steps. Edmunds Middle School, Burlington, 8 p.m. Beginners’ session at 7:45 p.m. $8; free for children under 12. Info, 3719492 or 343-7165. teen JAzz AuDition: Intermediate to advanced high school dancers break a sweat at tryouts of Contemporary Dance & Fitness Studio’s touring teen company. Contemporary Dance & Fitness Studio, Montpelier, 3:30-5:45 p.m. Free. Info, 229-4676. Vermont cAttle BAron’s BAll: Yeehaw! Show up for a rollicking night of “denim, diamonds, cowboy hats and dancing.” Proceeds support the American Cancer Society Hope Lodge in Burlington. The Barn at Lang Farm, Essex Junction, 6-10 p.m. $90; $175 per couple. Info, 872-6316.

Historic tours: See WED.07, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. mAtHemAtics DePArtment colloQuium: stuDent summer reseArcH ProJects: Five student presenters share their studies on such subjects as “Possession Is Nine-Tenths of the Law: Banking, Footie and How to ‘Excel’ at Multilevel Logistic Regression.” Room 101, Cheray Science Hall, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2536.

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mArket FAir: A fresh-food farmers market meets an art-in-the-park-style fair with live music and entertainment. Home Depot Plaza, Rutland, 3-8 p.m. Free. Info, 558-6155. Vermont stAte FAir: See WED.07, 11 a.m.-9 p.m.

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cHocolAte-DiPPing Demo: See WED.07, 2 p.m. FAir HAVen FArmers mArket: Community entertainment adds flair to farm produce, pickles, relishes and more. Fair Haven Park, 3-6 p.m. Free. Info, 518-282-9781, sherry12887@yahoo.com. FiVe corners FArmers mArket: From natural meats to breads and wines, farmers share the bounty of the growing season at an open-air exchange. Lincoln Place, Essex Junction, 3:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 879-6701, 5cornersfarmersmarket@ gmail.com. FooDWAys FriDAys: Historic recipes get a revival as folks learn how heirloom garden veggies become seasonal dishes in the farmhouse kitchen. Billings Farm & Museum, Woodstock, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Regular admission, $3-12. Info, 457-2355. FriDAy nigHt cookout: Grill meisters serve up sausages, kosher franks, marinated portabellos, salmon cakes and “more ambiance than you can shake a dilly bean at.” Local cooks provide salads and desserts. Adamant Co-op, 5:30-7:30 p.m. $810. Info, 223-5760. HArDWick FArmers mArket: A burgeoning culinary community celebrates local ag with fresh produce and handcrafted goods. Granite Street, Hardwick, 3-6 p.m. Free. Info, 533-2337, hardwickfarmersmarket@gmail.com.

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HArtlAnD FArmers mArket: Everything from freshly grown produce to specialty food abounds at outdoor stands highlighting the local plenitude. Hartland Public Library, 4-7 p.m. Free. Info, 4362500, hartlandfarmersmarket@gmail.com. luDloW FArmers mArket: Merchants divide a wealth of locally farmed products, artisanal eats and unique crafts. Front lawn, Okemo Mountain School, Ludlow, 4-7 p.m. Free. Info, 734-3829, lfmkt@tds.net. lynDonVille FArmers mArket: A seasonal rotation of fresh fruit, veggies, meats, cheeses and more makes its way into shoppers’ hands, courtesy of more than 20 vendors. Bandstand Park, Lyndonville, 3-6 p.m. Free. Info, 533-7455, lyndonfarmersmarket@gmail.com. nortHern DecADence culinAry cruise: DJ Newton Wells rocks the boat on a late-night tour of the lake cohosted by the Vermont Gay Social Alternatives, complete with dancing and finger foods. Spirit of Ethan Allen III, Burlington, 9-midnight. $45; cash bar. Info, 244-6828. PittsFielD FArmers mArket: Villagers stock up on organic lamb, beef and goat meat, as well as Plymouth Artisan Cheese, fruits and preserves. Village Green, Pittsfield, 3-6 p.m. Free. Info, 746-8082. PlAinFielD FArmers mArket: Bakers, growers and specialty-food producers provide an edible banquet featuring fresh veggies, meat, eggs, cannoli and kombucha. Mill Street Park, Plainfield, 4-7 p.m. Free. Info, 454-1856. ricHmonD FArmers mArket: Live music entertains fresh-food browsers at a melody-centered market connecting farmers and cooks. Symphony Reel take the stage from 5 to 6 p.m. Volunteers Green, Richmond, 3-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 434-5273, cmader@surfglobal.net. WestForD FArmers mArket: Purveyors of produce and other edibles take a stand at outdoor

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Art HoP: HoPs At tHe HoP: Sample the suds on a brewery tour and check out the beer makers’ artwork. Switchback Brewing Company, Burlington, 6-9 p.m. Free. Info, 859-9222.

cHelseA FArmers mArket: A long-standing town-green tradition supplies shoppers with meat, cheese, vegetables and fine crafts. North Common, Chelsea, 3-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 685-9987, chelseacommunitymarket@gmail.com.

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Book signing & tAsting: Chef/author Adam A. Graham sheds light on the uncooked diet in his new book, The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Raw Food Detox. Healthy Living, South Burlington, 11:30 a.m.2:30 p.m. Free. Info, 863-2569, ext. 1.

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Art HoP: tAste tHe WorlD: Nosh on snacks with volunteers from around the globe. Volunteers for Peace, Burlington, 5-9 p.m. Free. Info, 859-9222.

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stalls. Westford Common, 3:30-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 524-7317, info@westfordfarmersmarketvt.org.

What’s That Hawk?: Beginner bird watchers investigate the mysteries of migration and pick up raptor-identification skills. Shelburne Farms, 7 p.m. $6-8. Info, 985-8686.

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Art Hop: Art Putt Mini-Golf: Play nine holes at a tiny teeing ground designed by artists Amanda Gustafson and Michael Nedell. ReSOURCE, Burlington, 5-8 p.m. Free. Info, 859-9222.

Women’s Strength & Conditioning Class: See WED.07, 8:30-9:30 a.m.

kids Comics Club: Doodlers, writers and readers alike have fun with the funnies. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 3:30 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

language Tertulia Latina: Latino Americanos and other fluent Spanish speakers converse en español. Radio Bean, Burlington, 5:30-7 p.m. Free. Info, 863-3440.

music Art Hop: Brazil or Bust!: Burlington-based Sambatucada! share the music of a Brazilian street carnival. 4 Howard Street, Burlington, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 859-9222. Art Hop: Hearing Volumes: Local musicians sound out live music. Speaking Volumes, Burlington, 8 p.m.-midnight. Free. Info, 859-9222. Art Hop: Live Music: Catch an earful of tunes at the snowboarding mecca. Burton Flagship Store, Burlington, 5:30-10 p.m. Free. Info, 859-9222.

‘Remember Me to All Good Folks’: The Henry Sheldon Museum produces this original play giving voice to rural Vermonters’ experiences during the Civil War. Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, 8 p.m. $19. Info, 382-9222. ‘Saint-Ex’: This brand-new musical explores the life of French author/aviator Antoine de SaintExupéry, best known for writing The Little Prince. Weston Playhouse, 7:30 p.m. Call for price. Info, 824-5288.

Linda Radtke: The musician gives a costumed rundown of major state benchmarks in “Vermont History Through Song,” with accompaniment by pianist Arthur Zorn. Godnick Adult Center, Rutland, 1:30 p.m. Free. Info, 775-1246. Michael Arnowitt: In “From East to West,” the classical pianist features music by Mozart, Debussy, Scriabin and Mahler influenced by eastern locales such as Turkey, Iran and Indonesia. Unitarian Church, Burlington, 8 p.m. $20 suggested donation. Info, 399-2643. Point CounterPoint: The faculty members of an annual music camp offer a chamber-music program. Brandon Music, 7 p.m. $10; space is limited; preregister. Info, 465-4071. The Woods Tea Co.: An eclectic mix of bluegrass beats, Celtic choruses and sea shanties takes listeners all over the map. Enosburg Opera House, 7:30 p.m. $10. Info, 933-6171, info.fotoh@gmail.com.

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‘The Cabbage Patch’: Is there a connection between an ex-army captain’s flourishing cabbage patch and the disappearance of his sister-in-law (and former lover)? Audiences investigate in this comic mystery. Depot Theatre, Westport, N.Y., 8 p.m. $25. Info, 518-962-4449.

words Art Hop: Interactive Writing Workshop: Women Writing for (a) Change hosts readings, interactive writing activities and a raffle. 180 Flynn Avenue, Burlington, 5-10 p.m. Free. Info, 859-9222. Book Launch Party: Beth Kanell, author of The Secret Room, discusses the origins of her book about the Underground Railroad in Vermont. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 4-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 751-8802. Jane Austen Weekend: Devotees of the English novelist indulge in a weekend of literary-inspired diversions, including a Regency-style dinner, carriage rides and a Jane Austen quiz. Dress in whichever century suits you. Governor’s House, Hyde Park, September 9-11. $14-35 for single activities; $235-295 includes lodging, meals and all activities; preregister. Info, 888-6888.

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Blackberry Smoke: These Atlanta-based Southern rockers have shared the stage with the likes of ZZ Top and Lynyrd Skynyrd. Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center, Stowe Mountain Resort, 8 p.m. $29. Info, 760-4634.

The Great Vermont Corn Maze: See WED.07, 10 a.m.

Sue Halpern: In “I Can’t Remember What I Forgot,” the author and Middlebury College scholarin-residence focuses on that tricky thing called memory. Faith United Methodist Church, South Burlington, 2 p.m. $5. Info, 864-3516.

Nightmare Vermont Auditions: Want to be wicked? Folks with a spooky streak learn about joining the state’s interactive haunted house as physical actors and crew. Champlain Mill, Winooski, 6:30-9 p.m. Free.

Art Hop: World Beat!: Burlington Taiko offers drumming demos at 6 and 7 p.m. Orchestra Guayoyo pound it out in the Cuban and Haitian traditions from 8 to 8:30 p.m. 208 Flynn Avenue, suite 3-G, Burlington. Free. Info, 859-9222.

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Lunchbox Lecture: Visual artists Riki Moss and Robert Ostermeyer detail the creation of their sculpture and lighting installation featured in “Paperwork in 3D.” Pleissner Gallery, Shelburne Museum, 11 a.m.-noon. Regular admission, $10-20. Info, 985-3346.

‘Bully! An Adventure With Teddy Roosevelt’: See THU.08, 8 p.m.

Art Hop: Play It Again, Justin: Tune in to live piano and strings sounds. Justin Rose Piano Tuning Service, Burlington, 6-9 p.m. Free. Info, 859-9222.

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Jane Austen Talk: In “Captain Wentworth’s Royal Navy,” admirers of the novelist learn about the ships, men and customs of the English navy at the time she was referencing them in Persuasion. Governor’s House, Hyde Park, 8 p.m. $14 includes dessert. Info, 888-6888.

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Art Hop: Music Right Up Your Alley: Crooks & Perverts, a three-piece indie band based in New York City, perform. Loading dock behind Sterling Hardwoods, 422 Pine Street, Burlington, 9-10 p.m. Free. Info, 859-9222.

Vermont Contemporary Music Ensemble: Eleven powerful works stand as rare expressions of our time in “9/11: A Remembrance in Music.” See calendar spotlight. Performing Arts Center, Bellows Free Academy, St. Albans, 8 p.m. $525. Info, 849-6900.

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wormposting, chicken production and other skills to their repertoire at a day of workshops, music, hayrides, farm-safety sessions and children’s games. Applecheek Farm, Hyde Park, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. North Country Farming Network annual member meeting, 9 a.m. Free. Info, 888-4482, amy.l.walker@ uvm.edu.

art Art Hop: A Mad Scientist Creates: See FRI.09, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Art Hop: A Stitch in Time: See FRI.09, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Art Hop: Document the Journey: Into art? Learn about the printmaking process at a demo. JourneyWorks, Burlington, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Free. Info, 859-9222. Art Hop: Fashion Accessory Extravaganza: Fashion designers and jewelers sell their wares at a stylish bazaar. Parking lot near Kilburn Avenue. and Pine Street, Burlington, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Free. Info, 859-9222. Art Hop: Fiber Arts for All: Crafty types get an introduction to wet felting, finger knitting, weaving and fabric collage. Fiber Roots Community Studio Workshops, 266 Pine Street, suite 19, Burlington, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Free. Info, 859-9222. Art Hop: Glass-Blowing Workshop: See FRI.09, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Art Hop: Oh My! Origami!: See FRI.09, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Art Hop: Sew Fun!: Sneak a peek at the Bobbin’s newest slow-fashion collection, which will debut at Strut VI that evening, at a Garden Party and Trunk Show with live music. The Bobbin Slow Fashion & Sustainable Design, Burlington, noon-5 p.m. Free. Info, 859-9222.

community Burlington Downtown & Waterfront Plan: Public Workshop: Community planners give serious thought to how to better connect the waterfront with the city’s bustling downtown. Burlington City Hall Auditorium, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 865-7193, sthibault@ci.burlington.vt.us.

conferences Vermont Code Camp: The web savvy gather for 26 sessions exploring .NET programming, data, patterns and practices, and more. Kalkin Hall, UVM, Burlington, 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Free. Info, 383-4767, ext. 11, bradley.holt@foundline.com.

crafts Native American Pottery Workshop: Archaeologist and artist Charles Paquin shares clay traditions in a lecture and demonstration for all ages. ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center/ Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 1-3 p.m. Regular admission, $9.50-12.50; free for kids 2 and under. Info, 877-324-6386. Senior Craft Classes: In two-hour morning and afternoon sessions, folks ages 55 and up experiment with applied decoration — flower arranging, jewelry making, glass painting and more — while discussing design concepts and color. Shelburne Bay Senior Living Community, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. $5; call for class time and to register. Info, 864-0604. Traditional Craft Saturdays: Experienced artisans demonstrate their expertise in quilting, rug hooking, sheep-shear cuttings and more. Billings Farm & Museum, Woodstock, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Regular admission, $3-12. Info, 457-2355.

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Art Hop: The Yardage Project: See FRI.09, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Ballroom Lesson & Dance Social: See FRI.09, 7-10 p.m.

Art Hop: Throwing a Party!: See FRI.09, noon4 p.m.

Benefit Barn Dance: Bottom Line, 314 and the Hardscrabble Hounds set the tone for a rollicking and rustic dance supporting Emma’s Foundation for Canine Cancer. Kristy’s Korner, Grand Isle, 8 p.m. $10 donation; bring your own beer. Info, 893-7457.

Art Hop: Wild Watercolors: Painters mix liquid dyes and watercolors for more vibrant shades. Jackie Mangione Studio, Burlington, noon-3 p.m. Free. Info, 859-9222. Paper-Making Demonstration: Gallery manager Carolyn Ashby hosts a how-to in conjunction with the current “Textures” exhibit, which features paper pulp paintings by Deborah Sharpe-Lunstead. Art on Main, Bristol, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Free. Info, 453-4032. South End Art Hop: See FRI.09, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

bazaars Antiques Show & Sale: Dealers from New England and New York offer everything from fine country to formal antiques. Food and music round out the affair. Norwich Historical Society and Community Center, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. $5. Info, 649-0124. BCA Summer Artist Market: Local artisans display contemporary craft and fine-art objects as weather permits. Burlington City Hall Park, 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7166, kmacon@ci.burlington.vt.us. Bake Sale: Homemade treats, hot dogs, soda and assorted side dishes are available for dine in or take out. Winooski Senior Center, noon-6 p.m. Cost of food and drink. Info, 655-6425. Book & Bake Sale: Tomes and treats are up for grabs. Grace United Methodist Church, Essex Junction, 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 878-8071.

Clare Byrne & Heidi Henderson: See FRI.09, 3 p.m. & 8 p.m. Swingin’ at the Garden: Celebrated jazz musicians Charlie Schneeweis, Sherm Fox and Eugene Uman execute big-band melodies at a dance party. Robert H. Gibson River Garden, Brattleboro, 8 p.m. Free. Info, 254-4565.

etc. Art Hop: A Time for Remembrance: A ceremony commemorates those lost or affected on September 11, 2001. JourneyWorks, Burlington, noon2:30 p.m. Free. Info, 859-9222. Art Hop: History on Parade: Take a historical tour of the South End, the Queen City’s former industrial neighborhood, with Preservation Burlington. SEABA Center, Burlington, 11 a.m. & 2 p.m. Free; donations accepted. Info, 859-9222 or 522-8259. Art Hop: StoryWalk: Physical activity meets literacy as walkers read pages from a book on a route to the Maltex Building. Burlington Electric Department, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Free. Info, 859-9222. Battle of Plattsburgh Parade: Revelers take a walk to honor the Green Mountain Boys who participated in the historic skirmish. Various locations, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 1 p.m. Free. Info, 518-563-4375.

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Post-Irene Fundraisers & Events WED.07 etc.

chittenden county food & clothing drive for victims of irene: Donations in good condition are collected for distribution to those in need throughout the state. Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 9 a.m.-5 p.m, every day through September 11.

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‘Bully! An Adventure With Teddy Roosevelt’: John D. Alexander stars in Lost Nation Theater’s compelling portrayal of the political rough-rider. See calendar spotlight. Montpelier City Hall Auditorium, 7 p.m. $1030. Lost Nation Theater is reducing all ticket prices to $10 on September 8 through 11. If you choose to pay full price, any amount over $10 will be donated to emergency flood-relief funds for central Vermont. Info, 229-0492.

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agriculture Open Volunteer Day: Green thumbs tend to the Root Center’s half-acre site, from which organic produce will be donated to the Burlington Emergency Food Shelf and Tropical Storm Irene relief efforts. Vermont Garden Park, South Burlington, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. Info, 735-5122.

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SUN.11 Benefit Concert & Silent Auction: Justin Levinson, Woedoggies, Zach DuPont, Squid City, the Gordon Stone Band and others take the stage in a 12-hour run. All of the proceeds, plus 10 percent of bar sales, go to the Vermont Disaster Relief Fund. Nectar’s, Burlington, 2 p.m.-2 a.m. $15 suggested donation. Info, 658-4771.

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Historical Walking Tour: Architecture buffs ogle the capital city’s historic structures and learn about ongoing historic-preservation efforts. Meet at the kiosk on State and Elm streets, Montpelier, 10:30 a.m.-noon. Donations accepted. Info, adamkrakowski@uvm.edu. In Search of Memphré: Twelve swimmers and their boat crews cross the length of Lake Memphremagog on a mission to discover the famed lake monster, promote a more open border with Canada and raise funds to support the Indoor Recreation of Orleans County. Various locations, Newport, 9 a.m. Donations accepted. Info, 334-8511. Jane Austen Dinner & Book Discussion: Bookworms discuss Persuasion and how the movies compare to the book over a Regency-style dinner. Governor’s House, Hyde Park, 7 p.m. $35; bring your own wine; reservations required. Info, 888-6888. Struggle for Liberty: The Revolutionary War: Patriots watch a re-creation of the American fight for Independence as demonstrations illuminate colonial trades, interpretive vignettes, camp life and battle reenactments. Fort Ticonderoga, N.Y., 10 a.m.-5 p.m. $7-15; free for children under 7. Info, 518-585-6370. Strut VI After-Party: Seven Days celebrates its Sweet 16 with a dance party featuring music by Bonjour-Hi! and birthday cookies from Mirabelles. Wear clothing or accessories crafted from pages of the paper for a chance at prizes. Under the SEABA tent behind the Maltex Building, Burlington, 10 p.m.-midnight. Free. Info, 859-9222. Strut VI: An Art Hop Fashion Event: Creative threads made by local designers hit the runway to beats spun by Bonjour-Hi! Under the SEABA tent behind the Maltex Building, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. & 8:30 p.m. $12; $5 with Art Hop Hero button. Info, 859-9222. Two Great Country Houses: Not to the manor born? You can still take a good long look inside on these detailed tours of Shelburne House and the Brick House at Shelburne Museum. Shelburne Farms, 1-4 p.m. $35-40; preregister. Info, 985-3346, ext. 3368, brickhouse@shelburnemuseum.org. Vermont Genealogy Library Open House: Those interested in their ancestry explore the library and computer databases through two demonstrations, meet genealogists and browse through the books. Vermont Genealogy Library, Fort Ethan Allen, Colchester, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Info, 238-5934. Vermont Public Television Family Day: Public-television supporters score a free day at the museum. Montshire Museum of Science, Norwich, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free with VPT Family Club membership ($60). Info, 645-3665.

Middlebury Farmers Market: Crafts, cheeses, breads and veggies vie for spots in shoppers’ totes. The Marbleworks, Middlebury, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Free. Info, 388-0178, middleburyfm@yahoo.com.

Harvest Fair: The White River Valley Players set the stage for a lively bazaar with live tunes, a chicken barbecue, crafts and games. Rochester Park, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 767-3954.

Morrisville Farmers Market: Foodies stock up on local provender. On the green, Hannaford Supermarket & Pharmacy, Morrisville, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 888-7053, hbirdfarm@yahoo.com.

Made in Vermont Festival: See FRI.09, 10 a.m.-7 p.m.

Mount Tom Farmers Market: Purveyors of garden-fresh crops, prepared foods and crafts set up shop for the morning. Mount Tom, Woodstock, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Free. Info, 763-2070, foxxfarm@aol.com.

Northern Decadence Food Festival: Foodies sample the region’s best specialty foods while picking up cooking techniques at demonstrations by noted chefs. Hilton Hotel, Burlington, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. $8-10; free for ages 12 and under. Info, 244-6828. Vermont State Fair: See WED.07, 10 a.m.-9 p.m.

film Outdoor Movie Night: Michael J. Fox stars in Back to the Future, the 1985 classic about a time-traveling conundrum that may prevent the protagonist from being born. Rain site: Essex Teen Center, Railroad Avenue, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6064.

food & drink Art Hop: A Visit to the Chocolate Factory: Art is edible! Emily Jones sculpts a unique work of chocolate. Lake Champlain Chocolates, Burlington, 2-3 p.m. Free. Info, 859-9222. Art Hop: Hops at the Hop: See FRI.09, noon-4 p.m. Art Hop: Old-Fashioned Chicken-Pie Supper: Down a hearty meal along the Art Hop thoroughfare. Cheese Outlet/Fresh Market, Burlington, 5-8 p.m. Free. Info, 859-9222. Bristol Farmers Market: Weekly music and kids activities add to the edible wares of local food and craft vendors. Town Green, Bristol, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 453-6796, bristolfarmersmarket@ gmail.com. Burlington Farmers Market: Dozens of vendors sell everything from fresh fruits and vegetables to ethnic cuisine to pottery to artisan cheese. Scott Mangan and friends deliver the tunes. Burlington City Hall Park, 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Caledonia Farmers Market: Growers, crafters and entertainers gather weekly at outdoor stands centered on local eats. 50 Railroad Street, St. Johnsbury, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Capital City Farmers Market: Fresh produce, perennials, seedlings, home-baked foods and handmade crafts lure local buyers throughout the growing season. 60 State Street, Montpelier, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 223-2958, manager@montpelierfarmersmarket.com. Chocolate-Dipping Demo: See WED.07, 2 p.m. Demo: Teeny Tiny Spice Co.: Organic spice blends representing varied world cuisines add pizazz to edible creations. Healthy Living, South Burlington, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Free. Info, 863-2569, ext. 1. Enosburg Falls Farmers Market: A morethan-20-year-old bazaar offers herbs, jellies, vegetables and just-baked goodies in the heart of the village. Lincoln Park, Enosburg Falls, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 933-4503.

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Grand Isle Farmers Market: Shoppers browse through a wide selection of local fruits, veggies and handmade crafts. St. Joseph Church Hall, Grand Isle, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 372-3291.

Glory Days Festival: An annual family-oriented fest celebrates the town’s choo-choo history with train excursions, model railroad shows and displays, crafters and vendors, a pancake breakfast,

Jane Austen Tea: Pinkies up! As part of a weekend devoted to the novelist, lit lovers sit down to discuss the Regency era over a full English afternoon tea, complete with clotted cream and

Milton Farmers Market: Honey, jams and pies alike tempt seekers of produce, crafts and maple goodies. Milton Grange, 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Free. Info, 893-7734.

Northwest Farmers Market: Stock up on local, seasonal produce, garden plants, canned goods and handmade crafts. Taylor Park, St. Albans, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 373-5821. Norwich Farmers Market: Neighbors discover fruits, veggies and other riches of the land, not to mention baked goods, handmade crafts and local entertainment. Next to Fogg’s Hardware & Building Supply and the Bike Hub, Route 5 South, Norwich, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 384-7447, manager@norwichfarmersmarket.org. Rutland County Farmers Market: Downtown strollers find high-quality fruits and veggies, mushrooms, fresh-cut flowers, sweet baked goods, and artisan crafts within arms’ reach. Depot Park, Rutland, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 773-4813. Shelburne Farmers Market: Harvested fruits and greens, artisan cheeses, and local novelties grace outdoor tables at a presentation of the season’s best. Shelburne Parade Ground, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 985-2472, info@sbpavt.org. Tuscany in Vermont: Seven courses of Italianinspired cuisine, cooked from local ingredients, transport eaters across the ocean. Proceeds support Women Helping Battered Women. Private home, Burlington, 5:30 p.m. $85; call for reservations and directions. Info, 658-8072. Waitsfield Farmers Market: Local bands enliven an outdoor outlet for homegrown herbs, flowers and fruits, and handmade breads, cheeses and syrups. Mad River Green, Waitsfield, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 472-8027 or 498-4734. Williston Farmers Market: Shoppers seek prepared foods and unadorned produce at a weekly open-air affair. Town Green, Williston, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 735-3860, christinamead@willistonfarmersmarket.com.

health & fitness Health Carnival: Therapeutic chair massages, consultations with a local chiropractor, free samples and more lure visitors to the store. The Vitamin Shoppe, South Burlington, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Free. Info, 863-1066, ext. 11. Salutation Nation: Roll out your mat and get your downward dog on at an international day of yoga with local instruction by Katie Bohlin, John McConnell and Danielle Vardakas-Ducko. Coach Barn at Shelburne Farms, 9-10 a.m. Free. Info, burlington-showroom@lululemon.com.

kids Franklin Tumble Time: Athletic types stretch their legs in an empty gym. Franklin Central School, 9-10 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426. Kids’ Hop: Youngsters and their families drop by a handful of Pine Street venues for arts-andcrafts fun during the South End Art Hop. Various locations, Burlington, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 859-9222. ‘Will Fish for Fun’: Anglers ages 14 and under cast their lines in an open fishing derby at the sat.10

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irene relief fundraiser: All of the proceeds from a three-course menu — including dishes such as barbequed beef brisket and stone fruit upside-down cake — go to the Vermont Irene Relief Fund. Michael’s on the Hill Restaurant, Waterbury Center, 5-8 p.m. $25-50; space is limited; call for reservations. Info, 244-7476.

Historical & Architectural Tour of Downtown Burlington: Preservation Burlington guides illuminate interesting nooks and crannies of the Queen City. Meet at the southwest corner of Church and College streets, Burlington, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. $10 suggested donation. Info, 522-8259.

Growing Local Fest: The Chad Hollister Band, Vorcza, the Dave Keller Band, the Starline Rhythm Boys, viperHouse and Same Planet Dance Co. perform at a celebration of local food systems that raises money for the Garden in Every Washington County School project. Green, Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, 2-7 p.m. $5-10; $20 per family; free for kids. Info, 223-9506 or 223-6323.

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Historic Tour of UVM: Folks register online, then meet at Ira Allen’s statue to tour the campus’ modest early clapboards and grand Victorians, led by professor emeritus William Averyt. University Green, UVM, Burlington, 9-11 a.m. Free. Info, 656-3131.

and carnival entertainment. Main Street, White River Junction, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. $3. Info, 295-5036.

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Maiden Vermont: In a program of classic barbershop-style music, pop standards and show tunes are delivered in four-part harmonies. Proceeds will be donated to flood relief. Brandon Music, 7 p.m. $15; space is limited; preregister. Info, 465-4071.

Explore a Shipwreck — Without Getting Wet: A boat carries spectators to the site of one of Lake Champlain’s historic shipwrecks, where a robotic camera goes beneath the waves to send back real-time video. Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, Vergennes, noon. $22; preregister. Info, 475-2022.


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waterfront. Burlington Boathouse, 8-11:30 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, pbcodding@comcast.net.

Brush Foundation. Middlebury, registration begins at 7:30 a.m.; rides begin at 9 a.m. $150. Info, 846-5298. Zoe’s Race: Funny guys Waldo & Woodhead and the Hokum Bros put walkers and runners in the mood for a 1- or 5K traverse benefiting families receiving support from HowardCenter Developmental Services. Oakledge Park, Burlington, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. $15-25; donations accepted. Info, 488-6912.

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Yoga Class: Little ones from birth to age 8 stretch it out at a celebration of the South End Art Hop and the studio’s fifth birthday. Evolution Physical Therapy & Yoga, Burlington, infants up to 10 months old, 9-9:30 a.m.; 10-18 months, 9:4510:15 a.m.; 18 to 30 months, 10:30-11 f Ev ol a.m.; 30 months to age 5, 11:15 a.m.talks ut ion noon; kindergarteners through second Yoga David Fairbanks Ford: The mugraders, 12:15-12:45 p.m. Free. Info, susan@ seum founder opens up on “P.T. Barnum, evolutionvt.com. Race and the Making of Modern Entertainment in America.” Main Street Museum, White River music Junction, opening reception and refreshments, 4 p.m.; talk at 5 p.m. Free. Info, 356-2776. Art Hop: Old-Timey String-Band Session: Strings vibrate in an open acoustic-music session featuring players of the Campanella Stringed theater Instruments. All players are welcome to join. Wing ‘Bully! An Adventure With Teddy Roosevelt’: Building, Burlington, 4-8 p.m. Free. Info, 859-9222. See THU.08, 2 p.m. & 8 p.m. rt

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Karen McFeeters: A St. Albans native unleashes original folk-pop music at a benefit concert funding Parkinson’s research and education at Fletcher Allen Health Care’s Department of Neurology. United Church of Christ, Greensboro, 7:30 p.m. $10; donations accepted. Info, 533-2223.

Nightmare Vermont Auditions: See FRI.09. ‘Remember Me to All Good Folks’: See FRI.09, 2 p.m. & 8 p.m. ‘Saint-Ex’: See FRI.09, 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.

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The Woods Tea Co.: See FRI.09, Vergennes Opera House, 7:30 p.m. $13-15. Info, 877-6737.

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Vermont Choral Union Auditions: See THU.08, 9:30 a.m.-noon.

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The Great Vermont Corn Maze: See WED.07, 10 a.m.

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9/11 Commemoration Peace Vespers: Shared readings, poems and prayers are interspersed with hymns, chanting, music and silence in a meditative service. Unitarian Church, Burlington, 5-6 p.m. Free. Info, 862-5630. 9/11 Service: Adjutant Gen. Michael Dubie is the guest speaker at a service observing the 10th anniversary of the Twin Tower attacks. A barbecue and family activities follow. Bayside Park, Colchester, 10:45-11:45 a.m. Free. Info, 999-4351.

Fermentation Festival: Harvest now; preserve for later. That’s the idea behind this edible extravaganza featuring workshops on pickles, kimchi, sauerkraut, miso, beer, wine, cheese and more. Wheelock Mountain Farm, Greensboro Bend, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Donations accepted; bring a fermented creation for potluck lunch. Info, 533-2296, swapsisters@gmail.com. Made in Vermont Festival: See FRI.09, 10 a.m.6 p.m. Vermont State Fair: See WED.07, 11 a.m.-9 p.m.

film ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’: Gregory Peck took home an Oscar for his portrayal of Atticus Finch in this 1962 film adaptation of Harper Lee’s novel. Historical Society, Bakersfield, 7:30-10:30 p.m. Free. Info, 827-4414.

food & drink Chocolate-Dipping Demo: See WED.07, 2 p.m. Corn Roast & Veggie Ball: All hail the harvest at a vegetarian feast with music by Jenni Johnson and friends. Ethan Allen Homestead, Burlington, 4:30-7:30 p.m. $10-25. Info, 861-4769. Small-Farms Food Fest: Vermont farmers and food producers present prepared dishes alongside live music, tractor hayrides, apple picking, face painting and other family-friendly activities. Shelburne Orchards, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. $5; free for kids under age 12 and seniors; additional food charges may apply. Info, 985-2753. South Burlington Farmers Market: Growers and producers parcel out the fruits of the soil. Healthy Living, South Burlington, 10 a.m.2 p.m. Free. Info, 863-2569. Stowe Farmers Market: Preserves, produce and other provender attract fans of local food. Red Barn Shops Field, Stowe, 10:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Free. Info, 472-8027 or 498-4734, info@stowevtfarmersmarket. com.

Winooski Farmers Market: Area growers and bakers offer Ke “more than just wild leeks.” On the ll y green, Champlain Mill, Winooski, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, winooskimarket@ gmail.com. in

Heroic Corn Maze Adventure: Test your Fort Ticonderoga history by solving a six-acre puzzle in the cornstalks. Fort Ticonderoga, N.Y., 10 a.m.-5 p.m. $7-10. Info, 518-585-2821.

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Bird-Monitoring Walk: Beginning birders fine-tune their eyes and ears to recognize winged residents. The information gathered will be entered into a Vermont “e-bird” database. Green Mountain Audubon Center, Huntington, 7-9 a.m. Donations. Info, 434-3068, vermont@audubon.org.

Bakersfield Homeland Days: Townsfolk celebrate their fellowship with a parade down Main Street, the Firemen’s Chicken Barbecue, a pie sale, a goat show, a cow-plop contest and more. Various locations, Bakersfield, 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Free. Info, 827-6145.

Struggle for Liberty: The Revolutionary War: See SAT.10, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Open Mic Night: Adults sign up for a performance slot and step up to the stage. Chandler Music Hall, Randolph, 7:30 p.m. $6. Info, 522-6877, upperevents@chandler-arts.org.

Oil Painting Class: Artistic types bring their own supplies to a hands-on class with Judith Wright. Cardigan Mountain Art Association, Canaan, N.H., 1-4 p.m. Free. Info, 603-523-7292.

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games Burlington-Area Scrabble Club: Triple-lettersquare seekers spell out winning words. New players welcome. McClure MultiGenerational Center, Burlington, 12:30-5 p.m. Free. Info, 862-7558.

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A Workshop in Creating: Gestalt experiments with imagery, metaphor, poetry, visualization and dialogue help attendees access their full potential. Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 1-3 p.m. $10-12; preregister. Info, 223-8004, ext. 202, info@ hungermountain.com.

Annual Choral Celebration of the Earth: World Peace & Healing: Music, readings and remarks put forth a message of harmony. Guest singers and musicians include the All Souls Interfaith Choir, In Accord, the Essex Children’s Choir and the South County Chorus. Breeding Barn at Shelburne Farms, 4 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 985-3819.

Open Meditation Classes: Harness your emotions and cultivate inner peace through the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. Laughing River Yoga, Burlington, 1-3 p.m. $5-15 suggested donation. Info, 684-0452, vermontrsl@gmail.com.

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Historic Tours: See WED.07, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Dimanches: Novice and fluent French speakers brush up on their linguistics — en français. Fletcher

Art Hop: Art Putt Mini-Golf: See FRI.09, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Kelly Brush Century Ride: Hand cyclers and bikers take a 28-, 50- or 100-mile loop through the Champlain Valley and raise funds for the Kelly

Prehistoric Roadshow & Flint-Knapping Demonstration: Archaeologist Charles Paquin analyzes prehistoric finds and offers his perspective on their history. ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center/Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 1-2:30 p.m. Regular admission,

Green Mountain Mahler Society Benefit Concert: On the 10th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, Andrew Massey conducts the Green Mountain Mahler Festival Orchestra and Chorus in commemorative works. Proceeds benefit the Vermont National Guard Charitable Foundation and the Vermont Council on World Affairs. Elley-Long Music Center, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 8 p.m. $15-20. Info, 863-5966. Jamboree: The Conrad Samuels Band, Dusty Rose, Southbound and Rock Solid sound off, and listeners tuck in to a spread of burgers, fries and hot dogs. Proceeds benefit Moose Charities. Moose Lodge, St. Albans, 1-8 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 527-1327. Montpelier Madness! Metal at the Church: Demolisher, the Oppressor, Parley, Alive and Well, and Caulfield crank up the noise. Unitarian Church, Montpelier, 6:30 p.m.-midnight. $8. Info, 272-4708. Northeast Fiddlers Association: Stringedinstrument players gather for a monthly jam. Moose Club, St. Johnsbury, noon-5 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 728-5188. They Might Be Giants: Jonathan Coulton opens for the alt-rock band touring with its latest release, Join Us. Upper Valley Events Center, Norwich, 7 p.m. $27-35, free for kids under 18. Info, 526-2055. Vermont Contemporary Music Ensemble: FlynnSpace, Burlington, 2:30 p.m. & 7 p.m. $15-25.

outdoors Heroic Corn Maze Adventure: See SAT.10, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. The Great Vermont Corn Maze: See WED.07, 10 a.m.

theater ‘Bully! An Adventure With Teddy Roosevelt’: See THU.08, 7 p.m. ‘The Cabbage Patch’: See FRI.09, 2 p.m. & 8 p.m.

words Caitlin Kelly: The former New York Daily News reporter gives the scoop on her 27 months of low-wage employment in Malled: My Unintentional Career in Retail. Barnes & Noble, South Burlington, 5 p.m. Free. Info, 864-8001. Jane Austen Weekend: See FRI.09.

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Jane Austen Weekend: See FRI.09.

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Terry Brooks: The bestselling author of the Shannara saga offers a thrilling new installment with The Measure of the Magic: Legends of Shannara. Flying Pig Bookstore, Shelburne, 1 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 985-3999. ‘Vermont My Home: A Celebration’: See WED.07, partial proceeds go to Southwestern Vermont Regional Cancer Center. Bennington Center for the Arts, 2 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 380-3483.

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West Coast Swing Dance Class: Dancers of all ability levels twirl to the blues and a variety of other tunes at weekly lessons. Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, 6:30-7:30 p.m. $15. Info, 388-1436, karencdance@comcast.net.

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etc. Breast CanCer Fashion show & wine Dinner: Breast-cancer patients model looks from local stores to raise funds for the Vermont Cancer Network and Fletcher Allen’s Breast Care Center. Chef Donnell Collins offers elegant courses to match a special wine menu. Leunig’s Bistro & Café, Burlington, 6 p.m. $100; preregister. Info, 863-3759. historiC tours: See WED.07, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

film ‘Bloom: the Plight oF lake ChamPlain’: Academy Award winner Chris Cooper narrates a documentary on lake health and the future of watershed communities. Alumni Auditorium, Champlain College, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 865-5449.

ChoColate-DiPPing Demo: See WED.07, 2 p.m. thetForD Farmers market: Quilts and crafts supplement edible offerings of fruits and vegetables, honey, pastries, maple syrup, and more. Thetford Hill Green, 4-6 p.m. Free. Info, 785-4404.

health & fitness minDFul Parents: Parents of youth who are struggling with mental-health issues practice mindfulness strategies for everyday life while building an internal support network. Vermont Center for Yoga & Therapy, South Burlington, 5:456:45 p.m. Free. Info, 658-9440. Qigong: Chinese meDiCine in motion: Licensed acupuncturist Edward Kentish addresses the theory behind this healing art through simple exercises using movement, mind and breath. Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 6-7 p.m. $5-7; preregister. Info, 223-8004, ext. 202, info@hungermountain.com. women’s strength & ConDitioning Class: See WED.07, 8:30-9:30 a.m.

kids minDFulness For teens: In a six-week program, adolescents learn skills to reduce stress. Vermont Center for Yoga & Therapy, South Burlington, 3:304:30 p.m. Free. Info, 658-9440.

kathy stoCkman: The stone sculptor, educator and entrepreneur reveals “Why, and How, I Turned to Stone.” Faith United Methodist Church, South Burlington, 2 p.m. $5. Info, 864-3516.

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musiC with raPhael: See THU.08, 10:45 a.m. stories with megan: Preschoolers ages 3 to 6 expand their imaginations through storytelling, songs and rhymes. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 11-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

Book DisCussion: Suzanne Brown leads a discussion of The Seven Deadly Sins Sampler, a collection of short stories that explores human thought and behavior. Quechee Public Library, 4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 295-1232. Book DisCussion: the genius oF mark twain: Bibliophiles relish the satire and pointed social commentary of the man also known as Samuel Langhorne Clemens. Wake Robin Retirement Community, Shelburne, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 985-0659. CreatiVe-nonFiCtion BasiCs: memoir & Personal-essay writing: Writing prompts help scribblers turn journal or blog entries into publishable personal stories. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 7-9 p.m. Free; space is limited; preregister. Info, 878-4918. 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, 12:30-2:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

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‘stanD uP, sit Down anD laugh’: Local yuksters try out their punchlines in a standup comedy show featuring Josie Leavitt, Autumn Engroff Spencer, Kyle Gagnon and Colin Ryan. FlynnSpace, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $12. Info, 863-5966.

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seminars Boot CamP For home Buyers: Ready to take the plunge? Learn about the buying process first in a four-part series that covers preapproval, credit and mortgages. New England Federal Credit Union, Williston, 5:30-7 p.m. Free. Info, 879-8790.

talks ‘9/11 Plus 10: what haVe we learneD?’: Ten years after the terrorist attacks, panelists

green Drinks: Activists and professionals for a cleaner environment raise a glass over networking and discussion. The Skinny Pancake, Montpelier, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 262-2253.

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milton Community aCtiVities Fair: Busy bees organize their schedules by touching base with sports and recreation organizations, clubs, and other local services. Milton Elementary School, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 893-1009.

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al BouDreau: A retired aerospace engineer delivers a lecture about the lasting impact of “The Amazing Herschel Family: William, Caroline and John, 17th-Century Astronomers,” who would scan the night sky for nebulae, galaxies and star clusters. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955.

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operators present on a different aspect of radio communications each month. O’Brien Civic Center, South Burlington, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 879-6589. Stability & Change: a Walking tour of DoWntoWn Montpelier: As part of Vermont Archaeology Month, Vermont Historical Society librarian Paul Carnahan and UVM preservation program grad Adam Krakowski lead people through the district while pointing out alterations to historic structures that have occurred over time. Vermont History Museum, Montpelier, 5 p.m. Free. Info, 479-8508.

food & drink ChoColate-Dipping DeMo: See WED.07, 2 p.m. JohnSon farMerS Market: A street emporium bursts with local agricultural products ranging from produce to herbs to freshly baked bread. United Church, Johnson, 3-6 p.m. Free. Info, 635-1682. olD north enD farMerS Market: Local farmers sell the fruits of their fields, and their labor. Integrated Arts Academy, H.O. Wheeler Elementary School, Burlington, 3-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 324-3073. rutlanD County farMerS Market: See SAT.10, 3-6 p.m.

health & fitness intro to reiki & Self-Care: An experiential class centered on this folk medicine helps folks harness their potential for healing and empowerment. Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 5:30-7 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 223-8004, ext. 202, info@ hungermountain.com.

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, 5 p.m. Free. Info, 355-5129. natural approaCheS for CanCer prevention: Suzy Harris discusses the deadly disease and precautions that everyone can take to avoid it. Healthy Living, South Burlington, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 863-2569, ext. 1.

kids gaMing: Chase boredom away with board games and other favorite diversions. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 3:30 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338. kiDS in the kitChen: Apron wearers stir up a batch of classic peanut-butter cookies with chef/instructor Nina Lesser-Goldsmith. Healthy Living, South Burlington, 3:30-4:30 p.m. $20 per child; free for an accompanying adult; preregister. Info, 863-2569, ext. 1. Morning playgroup: Astrologer Mary Anna Abuzahra leads “botanically inspired storytelling” before art activities, games and a walk. Tulsi Tea Room, Montpelier, 10 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 223-0043. SCienCe & StorieS: aniMal CaMouflage: Kids have aha! moments regarding wild creatures who are masters of disguise. ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center/Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 11 a.m. Regular admission, $9.50-12.50; free for kids 2 and under. Info, 877-324-6386. South hero playgroup: Free play, crafting and snacks entertain children and their grown-up companions. South Hero Congregational Church, 10-11 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426.

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Story hour: Good listeners are rewarded with folklore, fairy tales, crafts and activities. Fairfax Community Library, 9:30-10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 8492420, fairfaxlibrarian@gmail.com. Story tiMe for totS: Three- to 5-year-olds savor stories, songs, crafts and company. Carpenter-Carse Library, Hinesburg, 11 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 482-2878. Story tiMe in the neStlingS’ nook: Preschoolers take flight in bird-themed craft, book, music and nature activities. Birds of Vermont Museum, Huntington, 10:30-11:15 a.m. Free with regular admission, $3-6. Info, 434-2167, museum@ birdsofvermont.org.

internet Safety: Information-security manager Mike Stridsberg pinpoints the latest tricks of the hacker trade while discussing steps to take to avoid online fraud, scams and hoaxes. New England Federal Credit Union, Williston, 5:30-7 p.m. Free. Info, 879-8790. SpenD SMart: Vermonters learn savvy skills for stretching bucks and managing money. Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 860-1414, ext. 104. ‘teaChing art through ChilDren’S literature’: Parents, child-care providers and educators take home tips from this art-bus workshop. Ainsworth Public Library, Williamstown, 6-7:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 236-9173, artwithjennie@ gmail.com.

language pauSe Café: French speakers of all levels converse en français. Patra Café, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 864-5088.

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music green Mountain ChoruS: Men who like to sing learn four-part harmonies at an open meeting of this all-guy barbershop group. St. Francis Xavier School, Winooski, 7-9:30 p.m. Free. Info, 505-9595.

aMy Miller: In “Cultivating True Happiness Through Establishing a Practice,” the director of the Milarepa Center offers a fun and relaxed approach to spiritual practice through meditation and discussion. Milarepa Center, Barnet, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 633-4136. MiChael tougiaS: In a narrated slide-show presentation, the author takes listeners “400 Miles Down the Connecticut River,” covering its history from the days of loggers, steamships, wars and canals. Thompson Senior Center, Woodstock, 1 p.m. Free. Info, 457-3277.

outdoors the great verMont Corn Maze: See WED.07, 10 a.m.

seminars CoMputer ClaSSeS for aDult learnerS: Folks ages 50 and up learn the fundamentals of computing, organizing folders, troubleshooting, Facebook and other newfangled technology. SeniorEd Center of Vermont, South Burlington, 9:30 a.m. & 1 p.m. $10 per workshop; $40 for full course. Info, 864-1502.

t.a. loeffler: In “Lead With Your Life: Lessons From High Places,” the Everest climber offers a motivational speech about dreaming big. Room 207, Bentley Hall, Johnson State College, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 635-1479.

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words Jeff Sharlet: The bestselling author of The Family reads from and discusses his new book, Sweet Heaven When I Die: Faith, Faithlessness and the Country in Between, which explores the extremes of religion in America. Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 382-9222. Willard randall: Historical detail and colorful characters fill the Vermont historian’s Ethan Allen, a biography of the eponymous founding father of the Green Mountain State. Bear Pond Books, Montpelier, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 229-0774.

Wed.14 activism

libertarian Party toWn CauCuS: Members of one of America’s largest alternative political parties meet to organize Burlington’s group. Pickering Room, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 735-2149, chair@burlingtonlp.org.

agriculture invaSive-Plant Control: See THU.08, 5-7 p.m.

community 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, 655-1392, ext.10.

crafts knit night: Crafty needleworkers (crocheters, too) share their talents and company as they give yarn a makeover. Phoenix Books, Essex, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 872-7111.

etc. Community bike ShoP: See WED.07, 5-8 p.m. hiStoriC tourS: See WED.07, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

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food & drink barre farmerS market: See WED.07, 3-6:30 p.m. ChoColate-diPPing demo: See WED.07, 2 p.m. South hero farmerS market: See WED.07, 4-7 p.m.

Web & Wine: Food, wine and web experts serve up savvy tips at this tasting event. 156 The Loft, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. $25 includes wine and food samples. Info, 881-0556.

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Women’S Strength & Conditioning ClaSS: See WED.07, 8:30-9:30 a.m.

kids 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.

music linda radtke: See FRI.09, Charlotte Senior Center, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 425-2478.

outdoors the great vermont Corn maze: See WED.07, 10 a.m. Wagon-ride WedneSday: See WED.07, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

seminars Center for reSearCh on vermont fall Seminar: ‘rootleSS in vermont’: Alisha Laramee reads from her essay collection, South of the Northern Border, which compares the lives of those who are migrating to the Green Mountain State with those who are rooted here. John Dewey Lounge, Old Mill Building, UVM, Burlington, 7:30-9 p.m. Free. Info, 656-4389. ComPuter ClaSSeS for adult learnerS: See TUE.13, 9:30 a.m. & 1 p.m. Contentment in everyday life: See WED.07, 6:30 p.m. SPend Smart: See TUE.13, Economic Services, Middlebury, 10 a.m.-noon.

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adam kane: A nautical archaeologist dives below the surface to tell tales of Lake Champlain’s most harrowing shipwrecks, from the Revolutionary War to today. Cambridge Historical Society, Jeffersonville, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 644-5675. biJan Salimi: The IBM project executive presents on the company’s Integrated Product Development process at the Project Management Institute’s Champlain Valley dinner meeting. Doubletree Hotel, South Burlington, 5:30-8:30 p.m. $25-35. Info, 735-5359. Jan Salzman & Peter fried: In “Faith and Food,” the speakers address humankind’s relationship with animals from the perspective of two religions. Room 315, St. Edmund’s Hall, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2536. Jane WilliamSon: Rokeby Museum’s director sheds light on “Slavery a Sin: Radical Abolition in Antebellum America.” River Arts Center, Morrisville, 7-8:30 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 888-7617. StePhen fenelli: The former New York City firefighter reflects on his experiences on September 11, 2001, and addresses the reasons for the attacks and America’s continued response. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 748-8291.

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Sunday in The Park An Afternoon for all Ages Celebrating Families and the Community September 11, 2011 Dorset Park • South Burlington • 1-5 p.m.

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words JaniSSe ray: The visiting reporter for the Middlebury Fellowships in Environmental Journalism and author of Ecology of a Cracker Childhood reads from her work of nonfiction. The Orchard, Franklin Environmental Center at Hillcrest, Middlebury, 4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 443-2536. John r. turner: The Montpelierite introduces Adair Street, his coming-of-age novel set in 1940s Georgia, in a book talk and signing. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338. louiSa may alCott WriterS’ Challenge aWard night: Excerpts of Pauline’s Passion and Punishment are read aloud, followed by one entrant’s prizewinning sequel. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955. m

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autumn Story time: See WED.07, 10 a.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.

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look good ... feel better: Females battling cancer pick up beauty techniques from volunteer cosmetologists in this American Cancer Society program. Preregister. Hope Lodge, Burlington, 3-4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 658-0649.

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homeSChoolerS event: Stay-at-home learners geek out while learning about the library’s digital resources and literary tools. Fairfax Community Library, 3:30-4:45 p.m. Free. Info, 849-2420.

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‘Pray the devil baCk to hell’: In this Tribeca Film Festival Best Documentary winner, a band of women conspire to bring peace to Liberia, ending a decades-long civil war. Rutland Free Library, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 773-1860.

CheSS Club: See WED.07, 5:30 p.m.

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art ACCESS ART CLASSES IN HINESBURG AT CVU HIGH SCHOOL: 165 fall offerings for all ages. Location: CVU High School, 10 mins. from exit 12, Hinesburg. Info: 482-7194,cvuhs.org. Two watercolor classes with Ginny Joyner, Drawing for Beginners, Monotype Printmaking, Calligraphy. Culinary arts: One-night, hands-on classes where you eat well! Thai Cuisine, Vietnamese Specialties, Turkish, Appitizers, Indian, Mile-High Pies, Malaysian Panang, Greek Coastal, Gnocchi, Pasta Bene, Adele’s Coffee Cake, Italian Cookies, Halloween Decorated Cookies, Eating Raw Foods: Desserts, Appetizers, Cheese Making: Chevre/Feta From Goat’s Milk, Mozzarella/Ricotta From Cow’s Milk. Full descriptions online. Look for Access, Community Education link. Senior discount 65+. LEARN TO PAINT AN EASIER WAY: Oct. 8-10, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Cost: $375/3-day workshop, supplies & lunches incl. Location: Deforge Inc. offices, N. Main St., Rutland. Info: Art is 4 Every1, Elaine Griffith, 508882-3947, artis4every1@gmail. com,artis4every1.com. Try a new, unique method of acrylic painting that makes it easier for beginners to create beautiful paintings during this three-day workshop. Experienced artists will appreciate the speed and versatility this new method gives them. Artists will also find business opportunities on the website. Check website for early discounts. OPEN ART STUDIO: A CLASS FOR INTEGRATING BODY, SPIRIT, MIND: Sep. 20-Oct. 25, 3:30-6 p.m., Weekly on Tuesday Cost: $25/ class. Location: JourneyWorks, 11 Kilburn St., Burlington. Info: 860-6203, jkristel61@hotmail. com,journeyworksvt.com. Step through the doorway into the creative process. Use the arts to tap into the unconscious/spiritual and emotional self in a safe, supportive atmosphere. Working with art materials as process rather than for technique, participants will listen to their deeper, intuitive self that comes from life experiences that might include separations, and life transitions. Exploring through poetry, dramatic enactments, dreams, movement and art, we will strengthen our intuitive pathways to find healing, community and hope. No art or drama experience necessary.

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Fine Art Supplies and Custom Picture Framing 802-879-1236 800-255-1290 2011 FALL CLASSES: Location: Artists’ Mediums, Williston. Oil Paintstiks on Fabric and Paper, Star Bookmaking, Oil Pastel, Ghost Stories Box Assemblage, Watercolor on Yupo, Gelatin Monotype Printing, Holiday Ukrainian Egg Decorating. Go to website artistsmediums.comt or call for registration deadlines, prices, and detailed information. Materials lists provided when registering for the class.

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ADOBE LIGHTROOM: Sep. 13-Oct. 18, 6-9 p.m., Weekly on Tuesday Cost: $250/person, $225/BCA member. Location: Burlington City Arts Digital Media Lab, Burlington. Prerequisite: Intro SLR Camera or equivalent experience. Upload, organize, edit and print your digital photographs using Adobe Photoshop Lightroom. Importing images, using RAW files, organization, fine-tuning tone and contrast, color/white balance adjustments and archival printing will all be covered. Bring a Mac-compatible portable flash or hard drive with your images to the first class. ADOBE PHOTOSHOP: Oct. 13-Nov. 17, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Weekly on Thu. Cost: $195/person, $175.50 BCA member. Location: Digital Media Lab, Burlington. Prerequisite: Intro SLR Camera or equivalent experience Gain confidence working in Adobe Photoshop in this six-week class. Uploading images into Adobe Bridge, use of Camera Raw, imagecorrection tools such as color and white balance correction, layers,

masks, selections, retouching and much more will be covered, as well as printing on our Epson 3880 printer. CLAY: INTERMEDIATE/ADV. WHEEL: Sep. 29-Nov. 17, 9:30-12 p.m., Weekly on Thu. Cost: $250/ person, $225/BCA member. Clay sold separately @ $20/25lb. bag, glazes & firings incl. Location: BCA Clay Studio, 250 Main St., Burlington. Students will learn individualized tips and techniques for advancement on the wheel. Demonstrations and instruction will cover intermediate throwing, trimming, and decorative and glazing methods. Class size will be kept small to provide individual attention to personal development. Students should be proficient in centering and throwing basic cups and bowls. Ages 16 and up. CLAY: WHEEL THROWING: Sep. 19-Nov. 14, 6-8:30 p.m., Weekly on Mon. Cost: $220/person, $198/ BCA member. Clay sold separately at $20/25 lb. bag, glazes & firings incl. Location: BCA Clay Studio, 250 Main St., Burlington. Students will be working primarily on the potter’s wheel, learning basic throwing and forming techniques, while creating functional pieces such as mugs, vases and bowls. Students will also be guided through the various finishing techniques using the studio’s house slips and glazes. No previous experience needed! Ages 16 and up. DESIGN: ADOBE INDESIGN: Sep. 12-Oct. 24, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Cost: $185/person, $166.50/BCA member. Location: Burlington City Arts Digital Media Lab, Burlington. Learn the basics of Adobe InDesign, for designing text and for preparing digital and print publications. 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. DROP IN: GIVE IT A WHIRL: ADULT POTTERY: Fri., Sep. 16, Oct. 21, Nov. 18 & Dec. 16, 7:30-9:30 p.m. 3rd Fri. of the mo., 4 Fridays total. Cost: $12/person, $10/BCA member. Location: BCA Clay Studio, 250 Main St., Burlington. This is a great introduction to our studio for those who don’t have time for an eightweek class, or who just want to try the wheel and have some fun with other beginner potters. Through demonstrations and individual instruction, learn the basics of preparing and centering the clay, and making cups, mugs and bowls. Ages 16 and up. DROP IN: LIFE DRAWING FOR ADULTS (16+): Sep. 12-Dec. 12, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Weekly on Monday. Cost: $8/session, $7/session for BCA members. Location: BCA 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: PAINTING FOR ADULTS (16+): Sep. 15-Oct. 13, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Weekly on Thu. Cost: $10/ session, $9/session BCA members. Location: BCA Center, Burlington. This drop-in class is open to all


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levels and facilitated by Linda Jones, an accomplished painter and BCA instructor for over 10 years. Come paint from a still life or bring something (abstract, landscape, mixed media) that you are working on. No registration necessary.BCA provides glass palettes, easels, painting trays and drying racks. Please bring your own painting materials. Purchase a drop-in card and get the sixth visit for free! DROP IN: POLLYWOG PRESCHOOL: Sep. 15-Dec. 15, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Weekly on Thu. Cost: $6/parent & child pair, $5/BCA members. Location: BCA Center, Burlington. This popular drop-in program introduces young children to artistic explorations in a multimedia 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. Ages 6 months to 5 years. Purchase a drop-in card and get the sixth visit for free! DROP-IN: FRIDAY NIGHT FAMILY CLAY: Fri., Sep. 16-Dec. 16 (no class Nov. 25), 5:30-7:30 p.m. Cost: $6/ person, $5/BCA member. Location: BCA Clay Studio, 250 Main St., Burlington. Learn wheel and hand building techniques at BCA’s clay studio while hanging out with the family. Make bowls, cups and amazing sculptures. Staff will give wheel and hand building demonstrations throughout the evening. Price includes one fired and glazed piece per participant. Additional fired and glazed pieces are $5 each. No registration necessary. All ages. Get a free visit! Purchase a $30 punch card for six drop-in classes, $25 for BCA members.

PAINTING: OIL: Sep. 27-Nov. 15, 6:30-9 p.m. Cost: $245/person, $220.50/BCA member. Location: BCA Center, Burlington. Learn how to paint with nontoxic water-soluble oils. Students will learn many drawing and painting techniques and will learn how to apply composition, linear aspects, form and color theory to their work. A nice balance of studio time, group discussion and critique. BCA will provide glass palettes, easels, painting trays and drying racks. PHOTO: B&W DARKROOM BASICS: Oct. 12-Dec. 7, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Weekly on Wed. Cost: $195/person, $175.50/BCA member. Location: Community Darkroom, Burlington. Explore the analog darkroom! Learn how to properly expose blackand-white film, process film into negatives and make prints from those negatives. Cost includes a darkroom membership for outsideof-class printing and processing. Bring a manual 35mm film camera to the first class. No experience necessary. Instructor: Rebecca Babbitt. PHOTO: DIGITAL BASICS: Sep. 12-Nov. 7, 3-5:30 p.m., Weekly on Mon. Cost: $250/person, $225 BCA member. Location: Burlington City Arts Digital Media Lab, Burlington. Learn the basics of digital photography in this eight-week class. Camera functions and settings, white balance, composition, uploading and organizing images, making basic edits in Photoshop, printing, and more will be covered. Any digital camera is acceptable! Bring your charged camera, memory card, cords and manual to the first class. No experience necessary.

SILKSCREENING T-SHIRTS: Sep. 28-Nov. 16, 6-8:30 p.m., Weekly on Wed. Cost: $200/person, $180/ BCA member. Location: BCA Print Studio, 250 Main St., Burlington. Wow your friends with your personally designed T-shirts! Local silkscreen legend Torrey Valyou, coowner of New Duds, will show you how to design and print T-shirts just like a professional. Students will learn a variety of techniques for transferring and printing images using hand-drawn, photographic or borrowed imagery. Ages 16 and up.

body ACCESS BODY & MIND CLASSES IN HINESBURG AT CVU HIGH SCHOOL: 165 fall offerings for all ages. Location: CVU High School, 10 mins. from exit 12, Hinesburg. Info: 482-7194,cvuhs.org. Core Strength with Caroline Perkins (Tuesdays and Thursdays), Weight Training, Zumba (3 choices), Yoga (4 choices), Tai Chi, Swing or Ballroom with Terry Bouricius, African Drum, African Dance, Jazzercise, Fiddling with Pete Sutherland, Jazz Guitar with Jim Stout, Voice-Overs, Guitar (3 Levels), SongBasket with Karen Sutherland, Creative Dance (5-8 year olds), Mindful Meditation, Herbal Chocolate, Herbs Facial, and Juggling. Low cost, excellent instructors, guaranteed. Materials included. Full descriptions online. Look for Access, Community Education link. Senior discount 65+.

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ACCESS COMPUTER CLASSES IN HINESBURG AT CVU HIGH SCHOOL: 165 fall offerings for all ages. Location: CVU High School, 10 mins. from exit 12, Hinesburg. Info: 482-7194,cvuhs.org. Computer & Internet Basics Tutorial, iWant iPods & iPhones, Improve Your Internet Experience, Windows Security: File and Control Panels, OpenOffice, Google Sketch Up, PowerPoint, Publisher, MS Word Basics and More, Smartphone Use, MS Excel Basics, Excel Up: The Next Steps, Excel Data Analysis, Website Design Fundamentals, Dreamweaver: Web Essentials, Understanding Game Design, How to Buy a Computer, Technology From Caveman View, Personalized Lessons. Low cost, hands on, excellent instructors, limited class size, guaranteed. Materials included with few exceptions. Full descriptions online, look for Access, Community Education link. Senior discount 65+.

craft ACCESS CRAFT CLASSES IN HINESBURG AT CVU HIGH SCHOOL: 165 fall offerings for all ages. Location: CVU High School, 10 mins. from exit 12, Hinesburg. Info: 482-7194,cvuhs.org. Wheel 7 Pottery and Clay Choices, Woodworking, Welding, Electrical, Wood Carving, Bead/Wire Jewelry Making, Metal Bracelet, Spindle and Knobs, Wooden Bowl Turning, Make a Hula-Hoop, Rug Hooking, 3 Bag Sewing, Hemming Skills, Aprons, Cross Stitch, Crochet, Felting, Quilting, Monotype Print, Mosaic Garden Frame, Cake Decorating (3 choices), Knitting (3 choices). Full descriptions online. Look for Access, Community Education link. Senior discount 65+.

dance ADULT BEGINNING BALLET: New in Sep.! Mon. & Fri., 11 a.m. Location: Burlington Dances, 1 Mill St., suite 372, Burlington. Info: 863-3369, lucille@naturalbodiespilates. com, NaturalBodiesPilates.com. Experience elegance, personal growth and fun while shaping, toning and aligning your body to move with ease and grace. Perfect for beginning-level students, our classes draw upon the wisdom, traditions and feeling of inner beauty of classical dance for good health and a balanced physique. Experienced dancers welcome, too! AMERICAN TRIBAL BELLYDANCE: Sep. 22, 7:15-8:45 p.m., Weekly on Thu. Cost: $15/1.5-hr. class. Location: North End Studio, 294 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: Dunyana, American Tribal Bellydance, Christine Demarais, 735-3641, gwinnad@yahoo.com. Get fit! Feel beautiful! Learn to shimmy, undulate and play the Zils (finger cymbals)! American Tribal Style Bellydance (ATS) is incredibly fun and great low-impact exercise for all ages and body types. The experienced teacher is the director of a local ATS troupe. ART OF DANCE: Dance every day! New classes for Sep. now

BALLROOM, LATIN, HIP-HOP DANCE: Weekly on Tuesday, Wed., Fri. Cost: $10/1-hr. session. Location: Dancing With Style, Dorset St., S. Burlington. Info: Dancing with Style, Reinita Arnold, 793-7524, reinitav@yahoo. com,dancingwithstylevt.net. Learn to dance like the stars, no partner or experience needed. Three sessions, 6:15, 7:30 and 8:30 p.m. University Mall, South Burlington, in front of Victoria’s Secret. Call for details on South Burlington and Morrisville Thursday schedule, 793-7524. Latin Dance Party, Friday, September 9, with DJ Hector, $5. DANCE STUDIO SALSALINA: Location: 266 Pine St., Burlington. Info: Victoria, 598-1077, info@ salsalina.com. Salsa classes, nightclub-style, on-one and on-two, 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 SQUARE DANCE: Sep. 20-Oct. 4, 7:30-9 p.m., Weekly on Tuesday Location: Frederick Tuttle Middle School, 500 Dorset St., S. Burlington. Info: Lester and Marge Durett, 878-2485,lakechamplainsquares.org. For fun, friendship and good health, learn with the Lake Champlain Squares. The club offers three introductory lessons beginning September 20. Visit website or call the Leducs (985-2012) or Duretts (878-2485) for more information. LEARN TO SWING DANCE: . Cost: $60/6-week series ($50 for students/seniors). Location: Champlain Club, 20 Crowley St., Burlington. Info: lindyvermont. com, 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. LEARN TO DANCE W/ A PARTNER!: Cost: $50/4-week class. Location: The Champlain Club, 20 Crowley St., Burlington, St. Albans, Colchester. Info: First Step Dance, 598-6757, kevin@firststepdance. com,FirstStepDance.com. Come alone, or come with friends, but come out and learn to dance! Beginning classes repeat each month, but intermediate classes vary from month to month. As with all of our programs, everyone is encouraged to attend, and no partner is necessary. Three locations to choose from!

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davisstudiovt.com 425-2700 FALL CLASSES FOR ADULTS & TEENS: Location: Davis Studio, Howard St., Burlington. Info: davisstudiovt.com. 12 weekly class options including Mixed Media Painting, Fused Glass, Beginning Drawing, Mosaic Mirror, Whimsical Chairs, Open Studio Painting, Make Friends With your Sewing Machine, Oil Painting for Beginners and more. Classes fill early: don’t delay. FALL CLASSES FOR KIDS: Classes start Oct. 3. Location: Davis Studio, Howard St., Burlington. Info: davisstudiovt.com. 20 class options including Casting With Clay, Make Friends With Your Sewing Machine, Mad for Mythology, Passion for Fashion, Fused Glass, Making Musical Instruments, Stop Motion Animation, Art of India, Toy Designers Workshop, and more. Classes fill early: don’t delay.

empowerment ACCESS EMPOWERMENT CLASSES IN HINESBURG AT CVU HIGH SCHOOL: 165 fall offerings for all ages. Location: CVU High School, 10 mins. from exit 12, Hinesburg. Info: 482-7194,cvuhs.org. Lose Weight, Feel Great; Genealogy; Beekeeping; Creative Writing; History of the World Through Food with Chris O’Donnell; Donner Party Story; Be an Entrepreneur; Winter Camping; Solar Energy 101; Bridge (two levels); Cribbage; Grief Etiquette; Suburban Homesteading 101; Motorcycle Awareness; Map and Compass Basics; Backyard Astronomy. Guaranteed. Full descriptions online. Look for Access, Community Education link. Senior Discount 65+. FAIRY TALES & THEIR DEEPER MEANING: A TALE-OF-THE-MONTH CLUB: Sep. 19, Oct. 17, Nov. 21, Jan. 16, Feb. 20, Mar. 19, Apr. 16, May 21. 7-9 p.m. Cost: $75/series. Location: 55 Clover Ln., Waterbury. Info: Sue, 244-7909. There is a lot more to Snow White and Cinderella than the Disney cartoons would have you believe. Discover the depth of wisdom in familiar and some not-so-familiar fairy tales in this student-generated reading club. Led by Sue Mehrtens.

exercise TANGOFLOW, ZUMBA, BELLY DANCE!: Good health, happy body, great prices! New Sep. classes you’ll love! Free TangoFlow Introduction Wed., Sep. 14, 7 p.m. Location: Burlington Dances and Natural Bodies Pilates, 1 Mill St., suite 372, Burlington. Info: Burlington Dances, 8633369, info@BurlingtonDances. com,BurlingtonDances.com. TangoFlow!: Explore the energy, sensuality and passion of Argentine Tango while getting a great whole-body workout!

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PHOTO: INTRO SLR CAMERA: Sep. 21-Oct. 26, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Weekly on Wed. Cost: $145/person, $130.50/BCA member. Location: Burlington City Arts Digital Media Lab, Burlington. Explore the basic workings of the manual 35mm

PRINT: PAINTING & DRAWING W/ PRESS: Sep. 26-Nov. 7, 6-8:30 p.m., Weekly on Mon. Cost: $170/person, $153/BCA members. Location: BCA Print Studio, 250 Main St., Burlington. Experiment with a variety of printmaking methods to create unique, rich paintings on paper. Techniques such as etching, linoleum cuts, silkscreening and more will be taught. Students will also learn how to layer and apply inks, how to incorporate painting and drawing techniques, and how to use the printing press. Ages 16 and up.

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on our website. Location: Burlington Dances , 1 Mill St., 372, Burlington. Info: Burlington Dances, LucilleDyer, 8633369, Info@BurlingtonDances. com,BurlingtonDances.com. Burlington Dances! A place where health and the art of dance are a part of life and available for everyone who wants to be a part of it! New! Unlimited annual memberships now available! (Limited availability, call for consultation!) Plus: All-Around Pilates for beginners: small-group Reformer, Cadillac and Mat.

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ILLUSTRATION: Sep. 28-Nov. 16, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Weekly on Wed. Cost: $180/person, $162/BCA member. Location: BCA Center, Burlington. Learn a variety of illustration techniques! Whatever your interest (children’s books, news stories, comics, sci-fi or political blogs), there’s a technique for you. Using traditional materials such as pencil, charcoal, pen and ink, and

PAINTING: CONTEMPORARY FIGURE: Sep. 28-Nov. 16, 1:30-4:30 p.m., Weekly on Wed. Cost: $285/ person, $256.50/BCA member. Location: BCA Center, Burlington. Intermediate and advanced painters: Revitalize your painting practice with a contemporary approach to the figure. Work from live models each week, explore a variety of contemporary techniques with water-soluble oils and get supportive feedback in a small-group environment. Figure-drawing experience helpful. BCA provides glass palettes, easels, painting trays and drying racks.

PHOTO: MIXED-LEVEL DARKROOM: Thu., Oct. 13-Dec. 8 (no class Nov. 24), 6-9 p.m. Cost: $250/person, $225/BCA member. Location: Community Darkroom, Burlington. Prerequisite: Black and White Darkroom Basics or equivalent experience. 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 outside-of-class printing and processing.

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FASHION DRAWING: Oct. 3-Nov. 28, 6:30-9 p.m., Weekly on Monday. Cost: $180/person, $162/BCA members. Location: BCA Center, Burlington. Learn the basics of fashion drawing using gouache, watercolor and more to render fabrics, illustrate your own designs, and experiment with a variety of fashion drawing styles.This is a mixed-level class open to both beginners and advanced students. Class will include figure drawing with a live fashion model.

JEWELRY: INTRO TO PRECIOUSMETAL CLAY: Sep. 28-Nov. 2, 6-8:30 p.m., Weekly on Wed. Cost: $230/person, $207/BCA member. Location: BCA Clay Studio, 250 Main St., Burlington. Preciousmetal clay can be molded, textured and formed just like any other kind of clay and, when fired, you’re left with a piece of pure silver jewelry. In this class, students will be introduced to this fascinating medium, and a variety of techniques will be demonstrated showing the versatility of the material. Ages 16 and up.

film or digital SLR camera to learn how 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 its owner’s manual to class. No experience necessary.

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DROP-IN: PRESCHOOL CLAY: Sep. 16-Dec. 16, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Weekly on Fri. Cost: $6/parent & child pair, $5/BCA members. Location: BCA Clay Studio, Burlington. This popular drop-in program introduces 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, and create collages, paint murals and more! Parents must accompany their children. All materials provided. Ages 3 to 5. Get a free visit! Purchase a $30 punch card for six drop-in classes, $25 for BCA members.

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Rhythmic, expressive, sweaty and fun! Belly Dance: Experience the movement, music and tradition of modern Egyptian belly dance. Zumba!: Energetic and rejuvenating blend of dance moves with music from around the world. Call today! ZUMBA: Sep. 3, 9-10:15 a.m., Weekly on Sat. Cost: $25/1st Classes ($5.00 a class!). Location: Perkins Fitness, 3060 Williston Rd. suites 5 and 6, S. Burlington. Info: Kate Barash-Engel, zumba.com. Are you ready to party yourself into shape? That’sexactly what the Zumba program is all about. It’s an exhilarating, effective, easy-to-follow, Latin-inspired, calorie-burning dance fitness-party that’s moving millions of people toward joy and health.

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family ACCESS GENEOLOGY CLASSES IN HINESBURG AT CVU HIGH SCHOOL: Mon., 6:30-8:30 p.m.; starts Oct. 17. Cost: $50/4 wks. Location: CVU High School, 10 mins. from exit 12, Hinesburg. Info: 482-7194, cvuhs. org. Genealogy: Tracing Your Family Tree. Covers how to start, where to look for resources, as well as record keeping, software, websites and lots more. Hands-on work on own family tree with genealogists from the Vermont French-Canadian Genealogy Society. Examples will focus on English, Irish and French-Canadian immigrants to New England but all techniques transferable to all nationalities. All materials included. Instructor: Ed McGuire and genealogy society members. Limit 20.

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healing STORY, SYMBOL & CEREMONY: Oct. 5-Nov. 9, 6:30-8 p.m. Cost: $300/6-wk. group. Location: JourneyWorks, 11 Kilburn St., Burlington. Info: JourneyWorks, Michael Watson, 860-6203, mwatsonlcmhc@ hotmail.com,journeyworksvt.com. Shamanism looks to story, symbol and ceremony to aid patients to heal. Healing is a journey of growth and discovery. In this group participants will plumb their lives for stories and symbols that promise renewal and healing. Dreamwork,creativity and group ceremony will support each person’s journey toward healing.

helen day art center CALLIGRAPHY: Location: Helen Day Art Center, Stowe. Info: 2538358. Instructor: Lydia Batten.

Wednesday, October 5-November 9. 10 a.m.-noon. Cost: $125. Learn the fundamentals and basics of calligraphy and the italic hand. Students will learn common terminology, new perspectives on the alphabet, the basic lettering applications for lower- and uppercase, how to use an assortment of tools, a brief history of lettering, basic layout and design. Materials fee: $25. MONOTYPES: Location: Helen Day Art Center, Stowe. Instructor: Lori Hinrichsen. Saturday, October 22. 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Cost: $115. Experience the fun and spontaneity of creating monotypes without a press. Using water-based paints and plexiglass plates, learn to mix and layer colors, create textural variety using tools, objects and brushes, and how to hand-transfer the image onto paper. You will have time to create, reflect on your process and learn to loosen up. ACTION PAINTING: Location: Helen Day Art Center, Stowe. Instructor: Galen Cheney. Saturday, October 8. 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Cost: $115. Intimidated by a large, blank canvas or piece of paper? Afraid to make a big statement in paint? This workshop will help you to leap over that hurdle with big, expressive gestures that can open the door to a freer and more satisfying painting experience. Big is not necessarily better, but it is useful to push your limitations and to get comfortable working in a large format. We will spend the day drawing and painting with an emphasis on experimentation, freedom and fun. TECHNIQUE & COMPOSITION: Location: Helen Day Art Center, Stowe. Instructor: Lisa Forster Beach. Saturday, November 5. 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Cost: $115. Explore a variety of experimental techniques using either watercolor or acrylics. On different types of papers you will create textures, shapes, lines, colors and forms. These will then be applied to designing successful compositions focusing on abstract relationships. The compositions can be either abstract or have representational content. The importance of good design in structuring successful compositions will be stressed. DIGITAL ART: Location: Helen Day Art Center, Stowe. Instructor: Leigh Ann Rooney. Thursday, October 27-November 17. 6-8:30 p.m. Cost: $150. Learn how to create original designs and enhance digital photographs. Students will work with the program Adobe Photoshop to create imaginative and dynamic images. There will be a focus on two-dimensional design elements and photographic techniques such as composition, color theory and lighting. Limited to 6 students.

PAPER MARBLING FOR KIDS & ADULTS: Location: Helen Day Art Center, Stowe. Instructor: Natasha Bogar. Friday, November 11. 1-4 p.m. Cost: $35 (family discount: $10/person). Learn the Italian art of paper decoration. The marbling process is as fun as it is easy for anyone to do. It involves floating paint on top of water and swirling designs that are then transferred onto specially treated paper. Every print is totally unique! Participants will create a number of marbled papers to use for stationery, collage, wrapping paper, scrap booking and more. WEARABLE ART: Sep. 30, 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Cost: $115/6-hr. class. Location: Helen Day Art Center, Stowe. Info: Helen Day Art Center, Wylie Garcia, 253-8358, education.helenday@gmail. com,helenday.com. Instructor: Wylie Garcia. Friday, September 30. 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Cost: $115. Experience the creative process of making a work of wearable art. In conjunction with the exhibit in the East Gallery, “Wylie Sofia Garcia: The Dress That Makes the Woman,” Wylie will present her work and lead a daylong workshop. Explore various techniques in manipulating surfaces to create a garment or small work of art that “makes the man or woman.” Participants need to bring an article of clothing or fabric that they will transform during class. STAINED GLASS: . Location: Helen Day Art Center, Stowe. Instructor: Natasha Bogar. Wednesday, November 2, 9, 16, 30; December 7. 6-9 p.m. Cost: $240. Learn the old-world art of stained glass. Creating a simple first project will help you learn the techniques of cutting glass, the Tiffany method of copper foiling, soldering and finishing touches. Design, color and composition will also be covered. Materials included. Deadline for registration is Saturday, October 15.

herbs EDIBLE & MEDICINAL PLANTS (AUG. 20-OCT. 30): Location: NatureHaven, Milton. Take a walk to a local natural area to discover edible, medicinal and useful plants with naturalist Laurie DiCesare. These field trips feature traditional, Native American and current uses; botany, folklore and plantanimal interactions. Home study certificate programs and herbal apprenticeships available. Flexible scheduling, very reasonable rates. Gift certificates available. WISDOM OF THE HERBS SCHOOL: Wild Edibles Intensive summer/ fall term will be held Sept. 18 and Oct. 16. Monthly Wild Edible and Medicinal Plant Walks with Annie, $10, no one turned away, dates announced on our Facebook page, or join our email list, or call us. Dates for our 2012 Wisdom of the Herbs and Wild Edibles Intensive are now posted on our website. VSAC non-degree grants are available to qualifying applicants. Location: Wisdom of the Herbs School, Woodbury. Info: 456-8122, annie@wisdomoftheherbsschool. com,wisdomoftheherbsschool. com. Earth skills for changing times. Experiential programs embracing local, wild, edible and medicinal plants, food as first medicine, sustainable living skills, and the inner journey. Annie McCleary, director, and George Lisi, naturalist.

holistic health WORKSHOP SERIES 2011:Oct. 14-Nov. 13, Weekly on Sun., Fri., Sat. Cost: $345/workshop. Location: Somaiya Foundation, 61 Williams Rd., Rockingham. Info: Somaiya Foundation, Payal Ballaya, 607-339-5127, payal@somaiya. edu,somaiyafoundation.com. Somaiya Foundation’s workshop series commences October 14 aimed to impart its participants with tools to tackle the stress of this dynamic and chaotic world of ours. Addressing the need for a balanced mind, body and soul, the workshops infuse comprehensive learning with holistic living. Our workshop series includes Gandhaar: A Classical Music Workshop, Yoga Immersion weekend, SomaVeda Thai Yoga workshop and Divine Touch weekend. Choose to attend either one workshop or all of them.

knitting KNITTING CLASSES: Classes starting the week of Sep. 12 (daytime & evening). Location: The Knitting Circle, 23 Orchard Terrace, Essex Jct. Info: 238-0106, thetravelingknitter@gmail.com. Learn to knit in a comfortable, helpful setting where you can purchase yarn and supplies. All ages and skill levels welcome!

language ACCESS LANGUAGE CLASSES IN HINESBURG AT CVU HIGH SCHOOL: 165 fall offerings for all ages. Location: CVU High School, 10 mins. from exit 12, Hinesburg. Info: 482-7194, cvuhs.org. Beginner French (2 levels), Immersion French, Beginning Spanish, Intermediate Spanish, Immersion Spanish, Italian for Travelers, Beginning Mandarin (2 levels), German (2 levels). Low cost, hands on, excellent instructors, limited class size, guaranteed. Materials included with few exceptions. Full descriptions online. Look for Access, Community Education link. Senior discount 65+. ANNOUNCING SPANISH CLASSES: Beginning week of Sep. 19 for 10 weeks. Cost: $175/10 1-hr. classes. Location: Spanish in Waterbury Center, Waterbury Center. Info: Spanish in Waterbury Center, 585-1025, spanishparavos@gmail. com, spanishwaterburycenter. com. Spanish classes starting in September. Learn from a native speaker via small classes, individual instruction or student tutoring. You’ll always be participating and speaking. Lesson packages for travelers. Yes, we do lessons for young children; they love it! See our website for complete info or contact us for details. LEARN FRENCH THIS FALL!: 5 10-wk. sessions, Sep. 26-Dec. 15 (note: no classes week of Nov. 21; Thanksgiving break). Classes meet 6:30-8 p.m. Cost: $225/10 classes. Location: Alliance Francaise of the Lake Champlain Region, 304 Dupont Building, 123 Ethan Allen Ave., Colchester. Info: Alliance Francaise of the Lake Champlain Region, Micheline Tremblay, 497-0420, michelineatremblay@ gmail.com, aflcr.org/classes. shtml. Alliance Francaise of the Lake Champlain Region (AFLCR) announces its fall session of French classes. Five sessions: Beginning,

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martial arts AIKIDO: Adult classes meet 7 days/wk. Join now & receive a 3-mo. membership (unlimited classes) for $175. Location: Aikido of Champlain Valley, 257 Pine St. (across from Conant Metal & Light), Burlington. Info: 9518900, burlingtonaikido.org. Free classes and demonstration for adults and youth on Martial Arts and Mentoring Day, September 18, from 1 to 4 p.m. Adult classes meet 7 days/week. Join now and receive a three-month membership (unlimited classes) for $175. 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. We also offer classes for children ages 5-6. AIKIDO: Tuesday-Fri. 6-7:30 p.m.; Sun., 10-11:30 a.m. Location: Vermont Aikido, 274 N. Winooski Ave. (2nd floor), Burlington. Info: Vermont Aikido, 862-9785,vermontaikido.org. New Vermont Aikido Introductory Class: Beginning Aikido [adult]: Thursday evenings, August 25-September 15. Class time: 6-7:30 pm. $65 fee; free practice uniform included. Aikido trains body and spirit together, promoting physical flexibility with flowing movement, martial awareness with compassionate connection, respect for others and confidence in oneself. BEGINNER KUNG FU CLASSES: Sat. 9-11 a.m. Cost: $30/mo. Location: Various locations, Burlington. Info: Carrie, 864-0692, jimicab@ gmail.com. Strengthen your body, improve your health, and learn to move with grace and power. Come learn bajichuan in an outdoor setting. This class focuses on the foundational skills and is ideal for those new to martial arts or those wanting to strengthen their basic skills. First class free. $10 drop-in. MARTIAL WAY SELF-DEFENSE CENTER: Please visit website for schedule. Location: Martial Way Self Defense Center, 3 locations, Colchester, Milton, St. Albans. Info: 893-8893,martialwayvt.com. Beginners will find a comfortable and welcoming environment, anda courteous staff that is dedicated to helping each member achieve his or her maximum potential in the martial arts. Experienced martial artists will be impressed by our instructors’ knowledge and humility, our realistic approach, and our straightforward, fair tuition and billing policies. VERMONT BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU: Mon.-Fri., 6-9 p.m., & Sat., 10 a.m. 1st class is free. Location: Vermont Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, 55 Leroy Rd., Williston. Info: 660-4072, Julio@bjjusa.com,vermontbjj. com. Classes for men, women and children. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu enhances strength, flexibility, balance, coordination and cardio-respiratory fitness. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu training builds and helps to instill courage and self-confidence. We offer a legitimate Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu martial arts program in a friendly,

safe and positive environment. Accept no imitations. Learn from one of the world’s best, Julio “Foca” Fernandez, CBJJ and IBJJF certified 6th Degree Black Belt, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu instructor under Carlson Gracie Sr., teaching in Vermont, born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil! A 5-time Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu National Featherweight Champion and 3-time Rio de Janeiro State Champion, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. VING TSUN KUNG FU: Mon. & Wed., 5:30-7:30. Cost: $90/mo. Location: Robert Miller Center, 130 Gosse Ct., Burlington. Info: MOY TUNG KUNG FU, Nick, 318-3383, KUNGFU. VT@GMAIL.COM,MOYTUNGVT. COM. Traditional Moy Yat Ving Tsun Kung Fu. Learn a highly effective combination of relaxation, center line control and economy of motion. Take physical stature out of the equation; with the time-tested Ving Tsun system, simple principles work with any body type. Free introductory class.

massage VISCERAL TECHNIQUES, 16 CEUS: 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Sat., Oct. 29, & Sun., Oct. 30. Cost: $275/16 CEUS ($250 if paid in full by Oct. 1). Location: Touchstone Healing Arts, Burlington. Info: Dianne Swafford, 734-1121, swaffordperson@hotmail. com. This ortho-bionomy class is taught only by advanced instructors. Learn about the relationship of emotions with internal organs. Areas covered in this class include liver, lung and gall bladder flushes, pelvic/uterus balancing, diaphragm and pancreas releases, as well as tips on dealing with hiatal hernias. No prerequisites required.

meditation INTRODUCTION TO ZEN: Sat., Sep. 10, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Cost: $30/half-day workshop, limited-time price. Location: Vermont Zen Center, 480 Thomas Rd., Shelburne. Info: Vermont Zen Center, 985-9746, ecross@ crosscontext.net,vzc.org. The workshop is conducted by an ordained Zen Buddhist teacher and focuses on the theory and meditation practices of Zen Buddhism. Preregistration required. Call for more info, or register online. 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: 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. TIBETAN BUDDHISM TEACHINGS: Sep. 16-18, 7-5 p.m. Cost: $150/ weekend if preregistered. Location: Shelburne Town Offices, 5420 Shelburne Rd., Shelburne.


CLASS PHOTOS + MORE INFO ONLINE SEVENDAYSVT.COM/CLASSES Info: Rime Shedrub Ling Vermont, 684-0452, VermontRSL@ gmail.com, shambhalasun. com/news/?p=23087. Khachab Rinpoche, a Tibetan Buddhist master, will teach on the Dzogchen meditation method known as “The Four Ways of Leaving Things in Their Natural Simplicity.” Rinpoche will also bestow the Vajrakilaya Empowerment from the Northern Treasures Tradition. All are welcome to attend.

nature PATHFINDERS EDUCATION: Afterschool program starts Sep. 7. Location: Pathfinders Education, Charlotte. Info: 825-8636, per@ pathfindersed.com, pathfindersed. com. Think bigger about what’s possible for your student! The world needs pathfinders. Is your son or daughter a pathfinder? Pathfinders Education teaches leadership, stewardship and self-expression by bringing students home to nature and home to themselves. ROOTS RENDEZVOUS: Sep. 16-18, 10 p.m. Location: ROOTS School, 20 Blachly Rd., E. Calais. Info: Roots School, Sarah Corrigan, 456-1253, Info@RootsVT.com, RootsVT. com. The Roots Rendezvous is a gathering to learn more about the natural environment. The workshops include stone tools, weaving, tracking, pottery, bows, naturalist studies, ninjutsu, and much more. Grounded in the idea that we as people can become more conscious, stronger and capable stewards of the land that supports us.

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ALL WELLNESS: . Location: 128 Lakeside Ave., suite 103, Burlington. Info: 863-9900,allwellnessvt.com. We encourage all ages, all bodies and all abilities to discover greater ease and enjoyment in life by integrating physical therapy, Pilates reformer, power Pilates mat classes, Vinyasa and Katonah yoga, and indoor cycling. Come experience our welcoming atmosphere, skillful instructors and beautiful, light-filled studio: Your first fitness class is free! NATURAL BODIES PILATES: Good health, happy body, great prices! New Sep. classes you’ll love. Location: Natural Bodies Pilates, 1 Mill St., suite 372, Burlington. Info: 863-3369, lucille@naturalbodiespilates.com, NaturalBodiesPilates. com. New! Unlimited annual studio memberships! (Limited availability; they are selling fast!) New classes: Get results with AllAround Beginners Pilates. This Mat, Reformer and Cadillac mix gives you the full Pilates experience (Reformer intro included!). Plus, Pilates for Weight Management, Belly Dance, TangoFlow, Zumba, Ballet Barre, Hoop Dance! Call today!

pottery POTTERY & ART IN MIDDLEBURY: . Location: Middlebury Studio School, 1 Mill St., lower level, Middlebury. Info: Middlebury Studio School, BarbaraNelson, 247-3702, ewaldewald@aol. com,middleburystudioschool. org. Adult: Pottery: Monday Night Wheel begins September 12. Raku Workshop, October 29 and 30. Oil Painting begins September 14. Chinese Landscape

TRAUMA-SENSITIVE YOGA: A YOGA WORKSHOP TREATING PTSD, ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, INSOMNIA & FEAR: Sep. 15-Nov. 3, 6:30-7:45 p.m., Weekly on Thu. Cost: $120/series. Location: Vermont Center for Yoga and Therapy, 364 Dorset St., suite 204, S. Burlington. Info: 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. MEDITATION: OPENING TO WHAT IS: Sep. 13-Oct. 18, 5-6:30 p.m., Weekly on Tuesday Cost: $90/ series. Location: Vermont Center for Yoga and Therapy, 364 Dorset St., suite 204, S. Burlington. Info: 658-9440, vtcyt.com. Meditation practice encourages open heartedly allowing whatever is arising in the present moment. The less we “fight” with experience, the less reactive we become, and the more present in our relationships and our lives. This class is designed to support participants in creating and/or sustaining a regular and ongoing meditation practice.

psychotherapy DREAM INTENSIVE WORKSHOP FOR THERAPISTS: Sep. 1718, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., + 4 hrs. of individual mtgs. Cost: $100/ person, incl. lunch & snacks both days. Location: 55 Clover Lane, Waterbury. Info: Sue, 244-7909. A practical workshop training mental health professionals in the basics of working with clients’ dreams, including one-on-one instruction. Certificate upon completion of the

THE XY FACTOR: THE DANCE OF FEMININE & MASCULINE ENERGIES W/IN US ALL: Either Sep. 13, 20, 27 & Oct. 4 or Sep. 14, 21, 28 & Oct. 5; 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Cost: $75/series. Location: Virtual tele-class. Info: lisa@createjoycoach.com. Relationships thrive when we have access to the full spectrum of energies and resources within us. Learn what the healthy expression of masculine and feminine energies looks like and how to develop your full range of expression. Led by Lisa Buell, ACC, certified life coach and expressive arts facilitator.

spirituality THE LOCATION OF PARADISE & HOW TEMPLES TRANSFORM THE SOUL: Sep. 10, 7-9 p.m. Cost: $20/ presentation. Location: Best Western Motel, Waterbury. Info: Sue, 244-7909. You don’t want to miss this amazing presentation on how places of power are engineered to alter consciousness and foster self-empowerment. Via 120 images and extensive research, Freddy Silva will explain the role of sacred sites and how they act as an insurance policy for us in times of major earth changes. Freddy is an international speaker, researcher and best-selling author. New book: Common Wealth: The Origin of Sacred Sites and the Rebirth of Ancient Wisdom.

sports VERMONT FENCING ALLIANCE: Sep. 20-Dec. 6, 7-9 p.m., Weekly on Tuesday Cost: $130/10-wk. term, incl. equipment rental. See website for additional options. Location: Charlotte Central School (same class also avail. Mon. in Middlebury; see website), 408 Hinesburg Rd., Charlotte. Info: Vermont Fencing Alliance, Viveka Fox, 759-2268, vfox@gmavt.net, VtFencingAlliance.org. Beginning through advanced foil and epee classes, recreational fencing and competitive training, ages 9-adult. Develop strength, agility, fitness and mental focus.Classes in Middlebury and Charlotte begin September 19. Visit website for more info and to register.

theater PLAYBACK THEATRE: Weekly on Tuesday, Sep. 13-Nov. 8, 7-9:30 p.m. No class Nov. 1. Cost: $150/workshop. Location: JourneyWorks, 11 Kilburn Street, Burlington. Info: 860-6203, journeyworksvt.com. Playback Theatre transforms personal stories told by audience members into theater pieces on the spot using movement, ritual, music and spoken improvisation. This workshop teaches the Playback Theatre form; develop improvisation skills and share in theexperience of hearing each other’s stories and bringing them to life. The Playback process develops intuition, creativity, insight and effective communication, while connecting community by honoring people’s personal stories. Previous theater experience is not required.

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Classes, Fine Art, Faux Finishes, Murals Maggie Standley 233.7676 wingspanpaintingstudio.com Arts-infused, interdisciplinary, inspiring classes, camps and workshops for kids, teens and adults. Visit the classes section at wingspanpaintingstudio.com for more details. Sliding scale available, all abilities welcome. Let your imagination soar!

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FANTASTIC FRENCH FOR YOUTH & ADULTS: Group classes listed here. Private lessons also available.Youth After School French: Tuesdays, September 20-December 12, 3-5 p.m., $220, ages 6-15. Adult Intermediate French: Tuesdays, September 20-December 13, 5:30-7 p.m., $175, ages 16-111. Adult Beginner/Adv Beg: Saturdays, September 24-December 10, 9-11 a.m., ages 16-111.

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: 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.

EXCITING ART CLASSES FOR TOTS, YOUTH & ADULTS: Location: Wingspan Studio, Burlington. Toddler Art, French & Movement: Wednesdays, September 28-November 2, 9-10:30 a.m., $120, ages 2-5. Youth After School Art Workshop: Thursdays, September 22-December 15, 3-5 p.m., $220, ages 6-14. Adult Painting Studio Workshop in Oils & Acrylics: Thursdays, September 22-December 15, 5:30-8:30 p.m., $240, ages 15-111.

YANG-STYLE TAI CHI: Beginner’s class, Wed., 5:30. All levels class on Sat., 8:30 a.m. Cost: $16/ class. Location: Vermont Tai Chi Academy & Healing Center, 180 Flynn Ave., Burlington. Turn right into driveway immediately after the railroad tracks. Located in the old Magic Hat Brewery building. Info: 318-6238. Tai Chi is a

completion? Art really is long, and life really short. Write now is what we have. Thirty years writing and coaching writers in all genres. Free consultation. WRITING FROM THE BODY: Sep. 13Dec. 13, 6-8:30 p.m., every 2 weeks on Tuesday Cost: $275/8 2.5-hr. classes; incl. materials & anthology at the end. Location: Women Writing for (a) Change writing studio, 180 Flynn Ave., Burlington. Info: Women Writing for (a) Change-Vermont, Sarah Bartlett, 310-1770, sarah@womenwritingVT. com, womenwritingVT.com. Life experience arises from the body, as do both writer memory and reader response. Experience powerful and authentic writing with prompts and exercises drawn from the chakras, dreams, science of the senses and established writing texts. Tap into your body’s inspired wisdom within a facilitated community of writing women.

yoga BEECHER HILL YOGA: Location: Beecher Hill Yoga, Hinesburg & Charlotte. Info: Beecher Hill Yoga, 482-3191, bhy@beecherhillyoga.com, beecherhillyoga. com. Integrative yoga classes are designed for people at all levels of ability and experience. These friendly, noncompetitive classes are taught by master yoga teacher and yoga therapist Laura Wisniewski. Receive individual attention and instruction in each class. Beecher Hill Yoga has been offering private and group yoga for over 15 years. EVOLUTION YOGA: $14/class, $130/ class card. $5-$10 community classes. Location: Evolution Yoga, Burlington. Info: 864-9642, yoga@ evolutionvt.com, evolutionvt. com. Evolution’s certified teachers are skilled with students ranging from beginner to advanced. We offer classes in Vinyasa, Anusarainspired, Kripalu and Iyengar yoga. Babies/kids classes also available! Prepare for birth and strengthenpostpartum with pre-/postnatal yoga, and check out our thriving massage practice. Participate in our community blog: evolutionvt. com/evoblog. LAUGHING RIVER YOGA: $13/ class, $110/10 classes, $130/ monthly unlimited. Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m classes: sliding scale, $5-15. Location: Laughing River Yoga, Chace Mill, suite 126, Burlington. Info: 343-8119, emily@laughingriveryoga.com, laughingriveryoga. com. Deepen your understanding of who you are. Experienced and compassionate teachers offer a variety of yoga styles for all levels, including Kripalu, Jivamukti, Flow, Yin and Kundalini. Yoga for Hiking series begins in September. Upcoming events include YogaSurf in York, Maine, September 9-11, and yoga teacher training beginning in January!

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A QUILTING CIRCLE: EXPLORING YOUR PARTS, PIECES & PATTERNS: Sep. 12-Nov. 28, 3:30-5 p.m., Weekly on Mon. Cost: $25/session; Medicaid accepted. Location: Vermont Center for Yoga and Therapy, 364 Dorset St., suite 204, S. Burlington. Info: 658-9440, vtcyt.com. Come creatively explore your parts, pieces and patterns that make you unique! Together we will be supporting each other to learn to quilt and express ourselves through personal, hand-sewn projects. No experience necessary. Supplies provided, or bring your own. Ages 13-19. Series led by Amy Y. Poland, MS, LCMHC.

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slow-moving martial art that combines deep breathing and graceful movements to produce the valuable effects of relaxation, improved concentration, improved balance, a decrease in blood pressure and ease in the symptoms of fibromyalgia. Janet Makaris, instructor.

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KATHARINE MONTSTREAM WATERCOLOR WORKSHOP BENEFIT: . Location: Lake Champlain Land Trust, North Hero. Sunday, September 11 (rain date: September 18), 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m. North Hero waterfront farm. Benefit for the Lake Champlain Land Trust. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to explore watercolors wet-on-wet with acclaimed artist Katharine Montstream! For more info and to RSVP, visit our website or call 862-4150.

DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY I: Oct. 4-25, 9:30 a.m.-noon, Weekly on Mon. Cost: $150/series of 2.5-hr. classes. Location: Helen Day Art Center, Stowe. Info: Helen Day Art Center, Paul Rogers, 253-8358, education.helenday@gmail. com,helenday.com. Instructor: Paul Rogers. Tuesday, October 4-25. 9:30 a.m.-noon. Improve your digital photography skills in this beginning-level class. Students will learn the basics of digital photography, including camera operation, proper image exposure, file types, file editing, and preparation of photo files for web and print. Limited to eight students

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ACCESS CAMERA CLASSES IN HINESBURG AT CVU HIGH SCHOOL: 165 fall offerings for all ages. Location: CVU High School, 10 mins. from exit 12, Hinesburg. Info: 482-7194,cvuhs.org. 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. Look for Access, Community Education link. Senior discount 65+.

begins September 15. Pastels and Watercolors. Children: Pottery: Hand Building and Wheel begins the week of September 12. Nature’s Image with Judy Beaney begins September 20 and 21. Fun with Fabric begins September 26.

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KINK, FETISH & BDSM CLASSES: VASE’s monthly RACKshops always occur the 1st weekend of the mo. VASEcon is on Sat., Oct. 1. Cost: $35/early registration day pass. $5/Exploratorium only. Other monthly classes vary, $20-40. Location: Provided after event registration, South Burlington. Info: Vermont Alternative Sexuality Education, a sister-organization of the New England Leather Alliance, VT Kink, 881-4968, VTkink@ gmail.com,VTkink.org. VASEcon is Vermont’s first kink, fetish and BDSM conference offering 11 presenters, 15 classes and vendors for an all-day exploration of alternative sexuality in a safe, educational environment. VASE also offers monthly in-depth classes on a variety of topics. All genders and orientations over 18 years old are welcome.

Rock Photography, Essex Jct. Info: 238-9540, lrphotography@ comcast.net. Beginner Digital Photography, Intermediate Digital Photography, Digital Workflow, Lighting Techniques, Set Up Your Photo Business, People Posing, Photoshop and more. See what we offer at lindarockphotography.com for more details. Sign up today!


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illiam Ellis is sitting in his barely furnished office in the McCarthy Arts Building on the St. Michael’s College campus. A guitar lies on top of a case on the floor, across from a bookshelf adorned with a handful of tomes. Boxes are tucked in various corners of the room, most unopened. Outside his secondfloor window, fresh-faced students bustle to and from classes along a quad in the midafternoon September sun. “It’s kind of weird,” he says, turning his gaze from the window. “A lot of these kids were hardly born when Kurt Cobain pulled the plug on himself.” Ellis is the newly minted assistant professor of American music at St. Mike’s. He is describing some of the issues he faces getting his students to comprehend the breadth of what he admits is an increasingly unwieldy subject: the history of American rock and roll. “There is a lot of distance even between now and then for these kids,” he says. “Cobain’s death still feels fresh to me, but it’s obviously not for them. So the challenge is how to make something like that feel relevant to their lives. Hopefully, they are able to better appreciate the music they already like because they can see it in a broader context of where it came from.” Ellis, who moved to Vermont with his wife and daughter from Memphis, Tenn., two weeks ago, says he’s still getting his bearings, but ultimately hopes to expand the music department’s focus on the history of American music. He’ll begin with a course on the history of rock and roll this semester, and a course on the history of jazz in the spring. He’ll also offer courses on music theory and writing on music this year. In future semesters he hopes to include classes on a variety of American music styles, including gospel, blues, soul and hip-hop. Ellis has a PhD in ethnomusicology from the University of Memphis, where he taught a number of similar music history courses. His specialty is Southern American music, an interest

inspired and cultivated by his father, Tony Ellis. The elder Ellis is a well-known banjo and fiddle player who performed with, among others, legendary bluegrass icon Bill Monroe — Monroe is William Ellis’ godfather. “I grew up with banjo and fiddle music in the house from as far back as I can remember,” says Ellis. “It’s always been a part of my life. So it makes sense that when I went off to study in college that I would do something in music, as opposed to, say, chemical engineering.”

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Ellis has a master’s degree in classical guitar from the University of Cincinnati, a discipline that he cheekily claims to have “summarily forgotten.” “I discovered acoustic blues at that point,” he says. “And it was like being knocked over the head with a brick. So I did an about-face and went straight into that.” Ellis is an accomplished blues performer. In 2007, his solo album, God’s Tattoos, won the Australian Bluestar award for “Best International CD Release.” He recently shared the stage with comedian-cum-banjo-star Steve Martin on “Late Show with David Letterman.” This summer he played at the U.S. Library of Congress with his father. “I tell people I’ve made hundreds of dollars in the music business,” jokes Ellis. Kidding aside, his extended résumé is impressive. In addition to his performing accolades, Ellis is also a highly regarded music jour-

nalist. He has covered the Grammy Awards and was a music critic for the Memphis daily newspaper, the Commercial Appeal. He also wrote for two Japanese publications while living and teaching in Japan in the early 1990s. In other words, Ellis practices what he teaches. “I tell my kids I’m the only professor they’ll have who has been on the road with Three 6 Mafia,” says Ellis, referring to the Memphis-based hardcore hiphop act. He adds jokingly, “That’s how I get my street cred.” Through both his academic pursuits and performing professionally, Ellis certainly has a broad understanding of the winding course of American music history. In the classroom, he invites his students to dig deep in order to put rock and roll into proper historical context. “You can’t see in front of you until you know what’s behind you,” he suggests. “As my kids will discover, we spend a lot of time on pre-rock-and-roll styles and trends.” He’s not kidding. Ellis says he gets medieval on his students. “We start with minstrel singing and work our way up. … We may even get to Metallica.” Though his courses are history classes, Ellis stresses that his students’ connection to the subject matter should run deeper than merely memorizing dates and names. “Music, as much as anything else, is about a search for identity,” he points out. “So I want [students] to take bigger things away from these classes.” Specifically, Ellis says he hopes to help his kids understand the ongoing dialogue between Anglo American and African American cultures that he says has been shaping American music for centuries. But he also hopes to deepen his pupils’ personal connection to the music they love. “Music is communal. It’s healing. And it’s entertaining, too,” he says. “But there are so many layers to music. It’s one long passage. So, ultimately, I want my kids to walk away with more questions than answers.”


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As alluded to earlier, the main event in Burlington this weekend is the South End Art Hop. Frankly, there are more music events happening this year than I have space to run down. But there are two shows in particular I’d recommend highlighting on your Hop itinerary. The first is the annual throwdown at Speaking

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Under normal circumstances, I would lead this week’s column with a glowing roundup of all things musically related to the South End Art Hop. After all, I do love me some art hoppin’. It’s my favorite annual Queen City shindig, and a great way for the public to get a taste of our bustling local music scene — oh, and all that arty stuff is nifty, too. But circumstances aren’t exactly normal right now, are they? You probably don’t need a music critic to tell you that the devastation from Tropical Storm Irene has been astonishing. Even if you were fortunate enough to be spared the storm’s wrath, most of us know someone who wasn’t. Collectively, we’re hurting. Bad. Unsurprisingly, the response from the community has been swift. Volunteers from around the state have flocked to the hardest-hit areas to help, and continue to do so. But the reality is that we’re only getting started putting the pieces back together. This is gonna take a while. And it’s going to take all of us to get

there — and that includes you, local music scene. But I’m guessing you’re up to the task. You always are. This Sunday, September 11, the first of what promises to be a floo … er, a lot of Irene benefit shows gets under way at Nectar’s and Club Metronome in Burlington. Details are still coming together, but here’s the gist: two floors, loads of rocking and/or rolling, the general spreading of goodwill, more rocking and, last but not least, a silent auction spearheaded by Taraleigh WeaThers of the Healthy Hippie Magazine. And also, still more rocking. So far, the lineup is monstrous. At present it includes JusTin levinson, the Woedoggies, Zack duPonT, squid ciTy, the gordon sTone Band, the grifT, caTs under The sTars, JaPhy ryder with face one, flaT nose diesel Bus, Workingman’s army, the move iT move iT, afinque and craig miTchell and moTor ciTy. I would not be shocked to see a few more additions in the days to come, possibly right up until showtime. Also, Nectar’s may add a second day of music on Monday, September 12. Stay tuned. Just as a head’s up, Nectar’s may oversell this

Volumes on Pine Street on Friday, September 9, cleverly called Hearing Volumes. This party has become an Art Hop staple in recent years and is among my go-to stops. This year should be no exception. The early show features bluesy Americana duo sPider rouleTTe and newcomers hard scraBBle hounds. Things really get interesting a little later as trip-hop trio coBa sTella highlight a lineup that also includes the Move It Move It, Whale Boy, Pariah BeaT and bodypainting provocateurs the human canvas. There is also a late-night bash this year curated by local housemusic collective mushPosT and featuring a live set from Brooklyn’s machinedrum and Chicago’s chrissy murderBoT. Get yer glowsticks ready. (As an aside, I caught Coba Stella’s CD release party at Nectar’s last week and came away very impressed. Vocalist Julie Winn is dynamic in person and the band does a great job framing her soulful delivery. Definitely an act to watch.) Meanwhile, at alt-venue/ recording studio Signal Kitchen that same night, we have something of a comeback for three of Burlington’s finest, rough francis, villanelles and BloWTorch. The sons of Death have kept a low profile lately as front man BoBBy hackney Jr. and his wife, sara goldsTein, prepared for the birth of their second child, JosePhine hackney. In a related story, the 2029 Seven Daysies award winner for Best New Vermont Band just got its newest member. Congrats, you two. Villanelles have also been

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1/2 Lounge: John Madsen (singer-songwriter), 7 p.m., Free. Rewind with DJ Craig Mitchell (retro), 10 p.m. Franny O’s: Karaoke, 9:30 p.m., Free. Leunig’s Bistro & Café: Cody Sargent Trio (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. Nectar’s: Killah Priest of Wu-Tang, Lynguistic Civilians (hip-hop), 9 p.m., $8. On Tap Bar & Grill: Leno & Young (rock), 7 p.m., Free. Radio Bean: Ensemble V (jazz), 7:30 p.m., Free. Irish Sessions, 9 p.m., Free. Red Square: Torpedo Rodeo (surf-punk), 7 p.m., Free. DJ Cre8 (hip-hop), 11 p.m., Free. The Skinny Pancake: Shannon Hawley (singer-songwriter), 8 p.m., $5-10 donation.

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Bagitos: Acoustic Blues Jam, 6 p.m., Free. The Black Door: Comedy Open Mic (standup), 9:30 p.m., Free. Gusto’s: Open Mic with John Lackard, 9 p.m., Free. Nutty Steph’s: Bacon Thursday with John Luce (singer-songwriter), 7 p.m., Free.

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City Limits: Karaoke with Let It Rock Entertainment, 9 p.m., Free. On the Rise Bakery: Open Blues Session, 8 p.m., Free.

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Bee’s Knees: The Stephen Callahan Quartet (jazz), 7:30 p.m., Donations. Moog’s: Adam King (singersongwriter), 8:30 p.m., Free. The Shed Restaurant & Brewery: Sound Mind (rock), 8 p.m., Free.

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Club Metronome: Magic Hat Birthday with Jeff Coffin & the Mu’tet, Squid City (jam, electroacoustic), 9 p.m., $10/15. Franny O’s: Karaoke, 9 p.m., Free.

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Lift: Get LiFTed with DJs Nastee & Dakota (hip-hop), 9 p.m., Free. Nectar’s: Trivia Mania with Top Hat Entertainment, 7 p.m., Free. Husbands AKA, the Beatdown, Spirit Animal (ska), 9 p.m., Free/$5. 18+. O’Brien’s Irish Pub: DJ Dominic (hip-hop), 9:30 p.m., Free.

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Radio Bean: Jazz Sessions, 6 p.m., Free. Shane Hardiman Trio (jazz), 8 p.m., Free. The Unbearable Light Cabaret (eclectic), 10 p.m., $3. Kat Wright & the Indomitable Soul Band (soul), 11 p.m., $3. Rasputin’s: 101 Thursdays with Pres & DJ Dan (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free/$5. 18+. Red Square: DJ Dakota (hip-hop), 8 p.m., Free. A-Dog Presents (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free. Red Square Blue Room: DJ Cre8 (house), 9 p.m., Free. Rí Rá Irish Pub: Longford Row (Irish), 8 p.m., Free. The Skinny Pancake: Heather Masse (country), 8 p.m., Free/$5. 18+. Venue: Karaoke with Steve LeClair, 7 p.m., Free.

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Green Mountain Tavern: Thirsty Thursday Karaoke, 9 p.m., Free. Slide Brook Lodge & Tavern: Open Mic, 7 p.m., Free. DJ Dakota (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free.

champlain valley 51 Main: Verbal Onslaught (poetry), 9 p.m., Free.

On the Rise Bakery: Open Mic, 8 p.m., Free.

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Two Brothers Tavern: Salsa Night with DJ Hector Cobeo, 10 p.m., Free.

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Bee’s Knees: Leslie Grant & Stepstone (folk), 7:30 p.m., Donations.

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Moog’s: Big John (blues), 8:30 p.m., Free.

Hieroglyphics play the Rusty Nail in Stowe, with locals Boomslang, Aleck Woog, Face One and DJ Kanga.

insightful, the crew’s music continues to reflect that independent spirit to this day. This Thursday, September 8,

Rimrocks Mountain Tavern: DJ Two Rivers (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free. Roadside Tavern: Seth Yacovone (blues), 9 p.m., Free. Rusty Nail: Hieroglyphics, Boomslang, Aleck Woog, Face One, DJ Kanga (hip-hop), 9 p.m., $10/15. 18+.

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Monopole: Peacock Tunes & Trivia, 5 p.m., Free. Monopole Downstairs: Gary Peacock (singer-songwriter), 10 p.m., Free.

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Backstage Pub: Karaoke with Steve, 9 p.m., Free. Banana Winds Café & Pub: Hootchie Koo (rock), 7:30 p.m., Free. Club Metronome: No Diggity: Return to the ’90s (’90s dance party), 9 p.m., $5. Franny O’s: Smokin’ Gun (rock), 9:30 p.m., Free.

Olive Ridley’s: Karaoke with Benjamin Bright and Ashley Kollar, 6 p.m., Free. Therapy Thursdays with DJ NYCE (Top 40), 10:30 p.m., Free.

Higher Ground Ballroom: ///Bones, BioDiesel, DJ Ordan, Dj Jakels (house), 9 p.m., $13/15. AA.

Tabu Café & Nightclub: Karaoke Night with Sassy Entertainment, 5 p.m., Free.

Higher Ground Showcase Lounge: Secret Chiefs, Fat 32 (rock), 8:30 p.m., $15. AA.

Therapy: Threesome Thursdays with DJ Deuces (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free.

JP’s Pub: Dave Harrison’s Starstruck Karaoke, 10 p.m., Free. Lift: Salsa Friday with DJ Hector Cobeo (salsa), 9 p.m., Free. Manhattan Pizza & Pub: Doll Fight!, Every Other Country (punk), 9 p.m., Free.

Marriott Harbor Lounge: Brian McCarthy (acoustic), 8:30 p.m., Free. Nectar’s: Seth Yacovone (solo acoustic blues), 7 p.m., Free. Magic Hat Birthday with Blues for Breakfast (Grateful Dead tribute), 9 p.m., $5. On Tap Bar & Grill: Paydirt (acoustic rock), 5 p.m., Free. Melonheads (rock), 9 p.m., Free. Radio Bean: Black Rabbit (rock), 1 a.m., Free. Sean Hood and Brooke Morrison (singersongwriters), 7 p.m., Free. Matt Graham Quartet (jazz), 9 p.m., Free. November Guest (folk), 11 p.m., Free. The 3:27’s (rock), midnight, Free. Rasputin’s: DJ ZJ (hip-hop), 10 p.m., $3. Red Square: Brett Hughes (swampy-tonk), 6 p.m., Free. Ikebe Shakedown Project (reggae), 9 p.m., $5. Red Square Blue Room: DJ Stavros (house), 10 p.m., $5. Ruben James: DJ Cre8 (hip-hop), 10:30 p.m., Free.

Rí Rá Irish Pub: Supersounds DJ (Top 40), 10 p.m., Free. The Skinny Pancake: Michaela Anne and Hobson’s Choice (honky-tonk), 8 p.m., $5-10 donation.

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The Black Door: Brown Bird, Joe Fletcher and the Wrong Reasons (country, indie folk), 9:30 p.m., Free. Charlie O’s: Red Hot Juba (cosmic Americana), 10 p.m., Free. Green Mountain Tavern: DJ Jonny P (Top 40), 9 p.m., $2. Positive Pie 2: Dave Keller Band CD Release (r& b), 10 p.m., NA. The Reservoir Restaurant & Tap Room: DJ Slim Pknz All Request Dance Party (Top 40), 10 p.m., Free. Tupelo Music Hall: Leo Kottke (acoustic), 8 p.m., $45. AA.

champlain valley

51 Main: Something With Strings (bluegrass), 9 p.m., Free. City Limits: Top Hat Entertainment Dance Party (Top 40), 9 p.m., Free. On the Rise Bakery: Afinque (Latin), 8 p.m., Donations. Two Brothers Tavern: Happy Hour with the Benoits (rock), 4:30 p.m., Free. DJ Jam Man (Top 40), 10 p.m., $3.

northern

Bee’s Knees: Davey O (folk), 7:30 p.m., Donations. The Hub Pizzeria & Pub: 7lbs of Pork (rock), 9:30 p.m., Free. Matterhorn: Funk Collection with Cam Cross (funk), 9 p.m., $5. Moog’s: Malicious Brothers (rock), 9 p.m., Free. Parker Pie Co.: Acoustic Session, 6 p.m., Free.

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pretty quiet since releasing their excellent sophomore EP, Kiss My Grits, earlier this spring. And Blowtorch, well, they just kinda disappear from time to time. It’s great to see all three bands back in the saddle. But wait, there’s more. The lineup also includes PARMAGA, ERRANDS, DR. GREEN and DINO BRAVO, with bookend sets from — who else? — DJ DISCO PHANTOM.

The third annual Growing Local Fest gets under way at the Vermont College of Fine

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Arts green in Montpelier this Saturday, September 10. Local acid-jazz legends VIPERHOUSE continue their reunion run, and the CHAD HOLLISTER BAND is also slated to appear. Later that evening, a new outfit led by VH bassist ROB MORSE, the SOUND OF MIND (MEDIUM BIG) BAND, makes its debut at Positive Pie 2. The band features several of Morse’s VH cohorts as well as vocalist MIRIAM BERNARDO,

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Last but not least, GREGORY DOUGLASS has something of a situation on his hands. Literally. The local pop prince will soon star in a 13-episode web-TV series alongside — I swear I’m not making this up — MIKE “THE SITUATION” SORRENTINO of MTV’s “Jersey Shore” fame. Seriously. Douglass is in Michigan filming this week. No word yet on when the show begins airing, whether SNOOKI is involved or what sort of condition Douglass’ abs are currently in.

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saxophonist BRYAN MCNAMARA and trumpeter TOM MORSE. So long, Parima. The Thai restaurant/nightspot unceremoniously closed this past Thursday, following a performance by Cumbancha recording artist LUÍSA MAITA. So much for that supposed farewell bash, I guess. Sigh. On a brighter note, MILDRED MOODY’s Full Moon Masquerade will continue on

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Once again, this week’s totally self-indulgent column segment, in which I share a random sampling of what was on my iPod, turntable, CD player, 8-track player, etc., this week.

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Radio Bean’s LEE ANDERSON and INDOMITABLE SOUL BAND front woman KAT WRIGHT tied the knot this past weekend at a summer camp in South Hero. I was on hand for the reception, and can say with certainty that it was just about the rockingest wedding party in history. Congrats, you crazy kids.

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WAILIN’ JENNYS fans, take note: that band’s co-front woman, HEATHER MASSE, will play a solo show at the Skinny Pancake in Burlington this Thursday, September 8. Also, yee-haw.

Band Name of the Week: The MUMLERS. This San Diegobased indie-folk ensemble has been touring with THE TALLEST MAN ON EARTH and the DODOS this year and recently spent time sharing stages with folks such as BELLE & SEBASTIAN, the NATIONAL and the SEA & CAKE, to name (drop) a few. They’ll swing by the 12v-Nectars090711.indd Monkey House in Winooski this Sunday, September 11. PAPER CASTLES open.

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ROADSIDE TAVERN: The Hitmen (rock), 9 p.m., Free. RUSTY NAIL: Primate Fiasco, Insigniya (funk), 10 p.m., Free.

MONOPOLE: Timbre Coup (rock), 10 p.m., Free.

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THE SKINNY PANCAKE: Lewis Franco and Friends (swing), 6 p.m., $5-10 donation.

BANANA WINDS CAFÉ & PUB: Karaoke, 8 p.m., Free.

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FRANNY O’S: Karaoke, 9 p.m., Free.

YE OLDE ENGLAND INNE: Corey Beard, Dan Liptak and Dan Haley (jazz), 11:30 a.m., Free.

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THE BLACK DOOR: The Great Brook Blues Band (blues), 9:30 p.m., Free. CHARLIE O’S: Lava Moss, J. Willis Pratt (rock), 10 p.m., Free. POSITIVE PIE 2: Sound of Mind (Medium Big) Band (jazz, hip-hop, Afro-pop), 10:30 p.m., NA. THE RESERVOIR RESTAURANT & TAP ROOM: Paydirt (rock), 10 p.m., Free. TUPELO MUSIC HALL: Renaassance (rock), 8 p.m., $38. AA.

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RED SQUARE: DJ Raul (salsa), 5 p.m., Free. Paper Castles (indie folk), 6 p.m., Free. Barbacoa (surf-noir), 9 p.m., $5. DJ A-Dog (hip-hop), 11:30 p.m., $5.

BAGITOS: James McSheffrey (acoustic), 6 p.m., Free. John Harrington (acoustic), 6 p.m., Free.

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RASPUTIN’S: Nastee (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free.

VENUE: Tracy Lord & Hidden Drive (country), 9 p.m., $3.

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MONKEY HOUSE: Lord Silky CD release, OC 45, A Minor Revolution, 9 p.m., $5.

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CLUB METRONOME: Hurricane Irene Vermont Disaster Relief Fund Benefit (rock), 2 p.m., $15 donation.

RADIO BEAN: Old Time Sessions (old-time), 1 p.m., Free. Adele and Jude (folk), 8 p.m., Free. Jack Chicago (singer-songwriter), 9 p.m., Free.

THERAPY: Pulse with DJ Nyce (hip-hop), 10 p.m., $5.

THIS MONTH’S PRESENTER:

1/2 LOUNGE: Funhouse with DJs Rob Douglas, Moonflower & Friends (house), 10 p.m., Free.

NECTAR’S: Hurricane Irene Vermont Disaster Relief Fund Benefit (rock), 2 p.m., $15 donation.

OLIVE RIDLEY’S: Benjamin Bright (singer-songwriter), 6 p.m., Free.

This informal crowd is a lively mixture of folks from NGOs, academia, government and business. Find employment, friends and new ideas!

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MONKEY HOUSE: AM Presents: the Mumlers, Paper Castles (indie folk), 9 p.m., $8. 18+.

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Every second Tuesday of the month, environmental fans and professionals meet up for a beer, networking and discussion at Green Drinks.

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Bill Fanning (Béla Fleck), up-and-coming guitar slinger Mike dad, Jaco? This Thursday, September 8, Coffin and his band of musical mutants storm Burlington’s Club Metronome.

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MONKEY HOUSE: AM Presents: Brown Bird, Joe Fletcher and the Wrong Reasons, Wren & Mary (indie folk), 9 p.m., $5. 18+. NECTAR’S: Metal Mondays with Nefarious Frenzy, Musical Manslaughter, Swiftshire (metal), 9 p.m., Free/$5. 18+. ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Open Mic with Wylie, 7 p.m., Free. RADIO BEAN: Jack of Hearts (folk), 7 p.m., Free. Open Mic, 8 p.m., Free. Mildred Moody’s Full Moon Masquerade (eclectic), 9 p.m., Free. RED SQUARE: Rick Redington (rock), 8 p.m., Free. Hype ’Em (hip-hop), 11 p.m., Free. ROZZI’S LAKESHORE TAVERN: Trivia Night, 8 p.m., Free. RUBEN JAMES: Why Not Monday? with Dakota (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free.

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51 MAIN: Judson Kimble (singersongwriter), 9 p.m., Free. BAR ANTIDOTE: Rehab Roadhouse (rock), 9 p.m., Free. CITY LIMITS: Dance Party with DJ Earl (Top 40), 9 p.m., Free. ON THE RISE BAKERY: Moth Up Story Hour (storytelling), 8 p.m., Donations. STONE LEAF TEAHOUSE: The Scheme Dreamers (bluegrass), 6 p.m., Free. TWO BROTHERS TAVERN: Karaoke, 9 p.m., Free.

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BEE’S KNEES: The Heckhounds (blues), 7:30 p.m., Donations. THE HUB PIZZERIA & PUB: Karaoke, 9:30 p.m., Free.

MATTERHORN: The Cop Outs (rock), 9 p.m., $5. MOOG’S: Sweet and Lowdown (rock), 9 p.m., Free. RIMROCKS MOUNTAIN TAVERN: DJ Two Rivers (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free. ROADSIDE TAVERN: DJ Diego (Top 40), 9 p.m., Free. Live DJ (Top 40), 9:30 p.m., Free. RUSTY NAIL: Private Fiasco, Insigniya (rock), 10 p.m., $5.

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BAGITOS: Open Mic, 7 p.m., Free.

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MOOG’S: Seth Yacovone (blues), 8 p.m., Free.

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1/2 LOUNGE: Turntable Tuesday with DJ Kanga (turntablism), 10 p.m., Free.

MONOPOLE: Yeah Budd (rock), 10 p.m., Free.

CLUB METRONOME: Bass Culture with DJs Jahson & Nickel B (dubstep), 9 p.m., Free.

TABU CAFÉ & NIGHTCLUB: All Night Dance Party with DJ Toxic (Top 40), 5 p.m., Free.

HIGHER GROUND BALLROOM: Warren Haynes Band (rock), 8 p.m., $32/35. AA. MONKEY HOUSE: Grimis, John Daly TUE.13

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Since moving to Vermont in 1993, guitarist and vocalist Dave Keller has been regarded as a local blues monster. His impressive catalog of releases over the years has only served to bolster that notion. From his debut 1993 cassette, Deep Down in My Soul, through 2007’s Play for Love, Keller has continually cemented his reputation as one of the state’s finest blues musicians. Now, with the release of a new record of R&B covers, Where I’m Coming From, Keller stakes his claim to be mentioned among the Green Mountains’ great soul voices, as well. That declaration of intent begins with the R&B classic “More Than I Can Stand.” Keller’s crack backing band, the Revelations, set the stage with a bustling run of exultant horns and swaggering guitar. Keller steps to the mic sounding as confident and self-assured as ever, lending Bobby Womack’s tune the requisite pleading immediacy. Here, Keller is every bit the anguished soul crooner. But he displays veteran savvy by reining in vocal acrobatics and overwrought soul affectations in favor of a more measured approach that allows both his vocal and guitar lines room to breathe. Keller stays true to that approach throughout the majority of the record. His treatment of the George JacksonRaymond Moore-penned “If I Ever Got You Back” is nuanced and tasteful, as are his versions of classics such as Earl Wright and Deadric Malone’s funk-soul charmer “Are You Going Where I’m Coming From,” Robert Ward’s sweetly touching “Strictly Reserved For You,”

and Don Davis and J.J. Barnes’ “Baby Please Come Back Home.” As impressive as Keller’s vocal performances usually are, his guitar work is equally remarkable. His woozy call-and-response lead on “Steppin’ Out” is incendiary without becoming distracting. On “Are You Going Where I’m Coming From” he forms an airtight groove with bassist Josh Werner and keyboardist Ethan White that allows the rest of the Revelations to soar in a shimmering wash of horns and backing vocals. And his lines on album closer “If It’s Really Got to Be This Way” are clean, efficient and perfectly understated, making the song a fitting finale to a tremendous effort. Dave Keller was already something of a local institution. But with Where I’m Coming From, he is on his way to being a local legend. Dave Keller celebrates the release of Where I’m Coming From this Friday, September 9, at Positive Pie 2 in Montpelier.

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(rock), 9 p.m., $5. 18+. Monty’s old Brick tavern: Open mic, 6 p.m., Free.

IF YOU ARE A WOMAN:

nectar’s: Ray and Russ, shady Alley (funk, bluegrass), 9 p.m., Free/$5. 18+.

Between the ages of 18 and 42 and plan to become pregnant in the next year

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on tap Bar & Grill: Trivia with Top Hat entertainment, 7 p.m., Free.

Never had a child before, or

radio Bean: Gua Gua (psychotropical), 6 p.m., Free. Honky-Tonk sessions (honkytonk), 10 p.m., $3.

Have diabetes or hypertension, or Had preeclampsia, or

red square: upsetta international with super K (reggae), 8 p.m., Free.

Have a family history of hypertension or preeclampsia

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charlie o’s: Karaoke, 10 p.m., Free.

Researchers at the University of Vermont would like to speak with you. This study will examine risk factors for preeclampsia, a disease of pregnancy.

slide Brook lodGe & tavern: Tattoo Tuesdays with Andrea (jam), 5 p.m., Free.

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Financial compensation of up to $375 is provided. We will provide you with ovulation detection kits to aid timing your conception.

the huB pizzeria & puB: Jim charonko (blues), 8 p.m., Free.

7:30 p.m., Free. irish sessions, 9 p.m., Free.

MooG’s: Open mic/Jam Night, 8:30 p.m., Free.

red square: DJ cre8 (hip-hop), 11 p.m., Free. Japhy Ryder (prog rock), 7 p.m., Free.

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the skinny pancake: shannon Hawley, Tequila mockingbird (folk), 8 p.m., $5-10 donation.

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1/2 lounGe: Rewind with DJ craig mitchell (retro), 10 p.m. cluB MetronoMe: mushpost & WRuV present: Turbohaus (house), 9 p.m., $3/5. 18+. Franny o’s: Karaoke, 9:30 p.m., Free. hiGher Ground BallrooM: cinderfella (cancer fundraiser), 6 p.m., $12/14. AA.

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BaGitos: Acoustic Blues Jam, 6 p.m., Free. MulliGan’s irish puB: Open mic with John Lackard, 9 p.m., Free.

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city liMits: Karaoke with Let it Rock entertainment, 9 p.m., Free.

hiGher Ground showcase lounGe: Giant panda Guerilla Dub squad (reggae), 8:30 p.m., $12. AA.

on the rise Bakery: Open Bluegrass session, 8 p.m., Free.

liFt: DJs p-Wyld & Jazzy Janet (hip-hop), 9 p.m., Free/$5. 18+.

Bee’s knees: The Butterbeans (folk), 7:30 p.m., Donations.

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

Manhattan pizza & puB: Open mic with Andy Lugo, 10 p.m., Free.

two Brothers tavern: monster Hits Karaoke, 9 p.m., Free.

nectar’s: cats under the stars (Jerry Garcia Band tribute), 9 p.m., Free/$5. 18+.

northern

on tap Bar & Grill: pine street Jazz, 7 p.m., Free.

Bee’s knees: poor Howard stith

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(blues), 7:30 p.m., Donations.

radio Bean: ensemble V (jazz),

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MooG’s: ian Wade (singersongwriter), 8:30 p.m., Free. the shed restaurant & Brewery: Dr. Yes & the No Nos (rock), 8 p.m., Free.

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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. thErAPY, 14 Margaret St., Plattsburgh, N.Y., 518-561-2041.

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51 mAiN, 51 Main St., Middlebury, 388-8209. bAr ANtiDotE, 35C Green St., Vergennes, 877-2555. brick box, 30 Center St., Rutland, 775-0570. 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.

bEE’S kNEES, 82 Lower Main St., Morrisville, 888-7889. thE bLuE AcorN, 84 N. Main St., St. Albans, 527-0699. thE brEWSki, Rt. 108, Jeffersonville, 644-6366. choW! bELLA, 28 N. Main St., St. Albans, 524-1405. cLAirE’S rEStAurANt & bAr, 41 Main St., Hardwick, 472-7053. 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. moog’S, Portland St., Morrisville, 851-8225. 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. roADSiDE tAVErN, 216 Rt. 7, Milton, 660-8274. 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. SNoW ShoE LoDgE & Pub, 13 Main St., Montgomery Center, 326-4456. SWEEt cruNch bAkEShoP, 246 Main St., Hyde Park, 888-4887. tAmArAck griLL At burkE mouNtAiN, 223 Shelburne Lodge Rd., E. Burke, 6267394. WAtErShED tAVErN, 31 Center St., Brandon, 247-0100. YE oLDE ENgLAND iNNE, 443 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 2535320.

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ArVAD’S griLL & Pub, 3 S. Main St., Waterbury, 2448973. bAgitoS, 28 Main St., Montpelier, 229-9212. big PicturE thEAtEr & cAfé, 48 Carroll Rd., Waitsfield, 496-8994. thE bLAck Door, 44 Main St., Montpelier, 223-7070. brEAkiNg grouNDS, 245 Main St., Bethel, 392-4222. thE cENtEr bAkErY & cAfE, 2007 Guptil Rd., Waterbury Center, 244-7500. chArLiE o’S, 70 Main St., Montpelier, 223-6820. cJ’S At thAN WhEELErS, 6 S. Main St., White River Jct., 280-1810. grEEN mouNtAiN tAVErN, 10 Keith Ave., Barre, 522-2935. guSto’S, 28 Prospect St., Barre, 476-7919. hEN of thE WooD At thE griStmiLL, 92 Stowe St., Waterbury, 244-7300. hoStEL tEVErE, 203 Powderhound Rd., Warren, 496-9222. kiSmEt, 52 State St. 223-8646. L.A.c.E., 159 N. Main St., Barre, 476-4276. LocAL foLk SmokEhouSE, 9 Rt. 7, Waitsfield, 496-5623. mAiN StrEEt griLL & bAr, 118 Main St., Montpelier, 223-3188. muLLigAN'S iriSh Pub, 9 Maple Ave., Barre, 479-5545. 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. WhitE rock PizzA & Pub, 848 Rt. 14, Woodbury, 225-5915.

thE fArmErS DiNEr, 99 Maple St., Middlebury, 458-0455. gooD timES cAfé, Rt. 116, Hinesburg, 482-4444. oN thE riSE bAkErY, 44 Bridge St., Richmond, 4347787. South StAtioN rESAurANt, 170 S. Main St., Rutland, 775-1730. StArrY Night cAfé, 5371 Rt. 7, Ferrisburgh, 877-6316. tWo brothErS tAVErN, 86 Main St., Middlebury, 3880002.

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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., 8790752. 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, 8632909. thE grEEN room, 86 St. Paul St., Burlington, 651-9669. hALVorSoN’S uPStrEEt cAfé, 16 Church St., Burlington, 658-0278. 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. o’briEN’S iriSh Pub, 348 Main St., Winooski, 338-4678. oDD fELLoWS hALL, 1416 North Ave., Burlington, 862-3209. oN tAP bAr & griLL, 4 Park St., Essex Jct., 878-3309. oScAr’S biStro & bAr, 190 Boxwood Dr., Williston, 878-7082. 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. VENuE, 127 Porters Point Rd., Colchester, 310-4067. thE VErmoNt Pub & brEWErY, 144 College St., Burlington, 865-0500.

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urlington’s South End Art Hop is celebrating its 19th year in 2011, but the outdoorsculpture component didn’t appear until 2003. Its stated purpose is to “showcase larger sculptures, installations, murals and other public works of art.” There aren’t any new outdoor murals affiliated with the 2011 Hop, but plenty of large sculptures have sprouted along the Pine Street corridor. An interesting development in the category this year: Several of the pieces include multiple components. The trio of pieces making up “Circus Series #7” by Gerald Stoner, installed in front of Lake Champlain Chocolates, seems to defy gravity. Composed of welded, weathered steel, each stands about nine feet tall. Stoner’s compositions gracefully balance geometric shapes, with cut beams perched on thinner forms and designs ground into the rusty surfaces. Each component is capped with a 4-foot-diameter ring. Artists’ titles don’t always illuminate what’s going on in a given piece, but Stoner’s reference to the circus seems apropos for these tall, jumbled abstractions. Francis Carlet’s aggregation of three “Dragon Flys” can be seen in the trees in front of the Burlington Electric Department. These, too, are made of weathered steel, but are more modest in scale; the largest is about five feet tall, the other two closer to four feet. Carlet combined small shapes and items, such as chains, gears and other mechanical detritus, into freestanding, vertical compositions that resemble neither dragons nor flies. Instead, they are lively abstractions that seem frozen mid-frolic. Carlet’s installation is essentially three steel assemblages that interact with one another despite being separated by several yards. A tandem team of “Saw Horse Horses” by Robert Hitzig straddles the train tracks in front of the Maltex Building. The Montpelier artist’s equines are a bit bigger than life size and made of weathered, 2-by-6-inch boards. The horses’ eyes are screws and washers, while their manes are outward-pointing

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SEVERAL OF THE PIECES INCLUDE MULTIPLE COMPONENTS. Next door, in front of Farrell Vending, Bruce Hathaway placed five silvery, stainless-steel standing ribbons collectively titled “Jumpin’ Fish.” Each is like a twisting, Dr. Seussian ladder, with the bands in each “Dragon Flys” (detail) by Francis Carlet fish resembling rungs. There are four or five fish per structure, connected nails. Hitzig is best known for his highly nose to tail. Some jump polished, tinted-wood wall pieces that upward, while others cascade downhighlight the medium’s grains. “Saw ward. Hathaway has created a wonderHorse Horses” is definitely a rustic de- fully playful piece, full of movement and parture from his elegant studio work. humor. It is nevertheless a successful piece, Michael Gervais surely created especially as sited in the postindustrial “High Water” prior to Vermont’s expecontext of the South End. As with the rience with Tropical Storm Irene, but rusting metal commonly found in the it’s hard not to make a connection. Sited Hop’s outdoor sculptures, Hitzig’s use in front of New World Tortilla, the piece of vintage wood gives new life to a de- consists of two curved, 5-foot-tall, lightcaying material.

blue elements connected back to back, like a wave. They seem about to roll over a 3-foot-tall, dried-out driftwood stump. Though its color is bright, the sculpture has a somber tone. Many outdoor sculptures from previous years have been permanently installed — the Art Hop program, available at locations throughout the South End, indicates what’s what. Each Hop offers an opportunity to regard these works anew. Good art has a pretty long shelf life, after all. When have you ever heard someone complain that Michelangelo’s “David” was too old? M A R C AWO D EY

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tAlkS & eventS Middlebury ArtS WAlk: More than 40 downtown venues stay open late for art openings, music and other events. For a map, visit middleburyartswalk.com. Friday, september 9, 5-7 p.m., Various locations, Middlebury. info, 388-7951, ext. 2. the Shelburne ArtiStS MArket: local artists and artisans sell their work on the green. saturday, september 10, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., shelburne Town offices. info, 985-3648. bcA SuMMer ArtiSt MArket: Juried artists sell their handmade, original fine art and crafts. saturday, september 10, 9 a.m.2:30 p.m., burlington City hall park. info, 865-7166. South end Art hop: More than 500 artists throw open their doors for the public in burlington’s largest visual-arts event, filled with open-studio demonstrations, live music, art installations outdoor sculptures and parties. Friday, september 9, 5-9 p.m. & saturday, september 10,10 a.m.-5 p.m. at various locations in burlington. info, 859-9222. dr. Sketchy'S Anti-Art School: Artists age 18 and up bring sketchbooks and pencils to a boozy life-drawing session — this month's theme is "Fall Fantasy" — featuring live models Rusty Dewees and "The pixie." wednesday, september 14, 8 p.m., American legion, white River Junction.

interActive pop-up photo Shoot: An interactive community fashion shoot accompanies a showcase of work by the haitian artists of Moral Fibers, a local clothing brand that provides job opportunities to artists in the developing world. Friday, september 9, 5 p.m.-12 a.m., Reciprocity studio, burlington. info, 607-351-4537.

bentley dAviS SeiFer: Artwork by the 12-year-old burlington boy who drowned in the bolton potholes earlier this summer, as well as work by other area children, as part of the south end Art hop. Friday, september 9, 6-8 p.m.; saturday, september 10, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Champlain elementary school, burlington. info, 864-8477. chAMplAin college exhibit: work by current students and faculty, featuring traditional and digital art, plus live music, as part of the south end Art hop, in the Miller building. Friday, september 9, 4:30 p.m., Champlain College, burlington. info, 859-9222. 'children oF the World': photos by and of children, as part of the south end Art hop. saturday, september 10, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Volunteers for peace, burlington. info, 859-9222. Frog holloW SecondS SAle beneFit: A sale of "seconds" at the craft gallery benefits those in the artisan community impacted by Tropical storm irene. Friday through sunday, september 9-11, 10 a.m. - 7 p.m., Frog hollow, burlington. info, 863-6458. eric tobin pAinting deMonStrAtion: The master landscape painter shows how he wields his brush en plein air. saturday, september 10, 2-4 p.m., green Mountain Fine Art gallery, stowe. info, 253-1818.

receptionS robert blAck: "The Memory Chamber," an architectural installation; 'photographic Memory': An exhibition by photographers

ongoing Alice Murdoch: "private pleasures," oil paintings that focus on the complicated role of food in women's lives. Through september 24 at Amy e. Tarrant gallery, Flynn Center in burlington. info, 652-4500. AMAndA SchirMer: Acrylic paintings by the south hero artist. Through september 30 at

MichAel goodhArt: photographs of found natural and synthetic elements arranged in a way that forces the viewer into a new perspective of the so-called mundane. Through october 21 at walkover gallery & Concert Room in bristol. Reception: Friday, september 9, 5-7 p.m. info, 453-3188. dohrn ZAchAi: paintings and drawings that explore the sisyphus myth in mountains and clouds. Through november 6 at winding brook bistro in Johnson. Reception: wednesday, september 7, 4-6 p.m. info, 635-7776. AliStAir pArker: "Copper & Fire," torched metal wall hangings by the Vermont artist. Through september 30 at 156 The loft in burlington. Reception: Friday, september 9, 5-7 p.m. info, 497-0556.

Vintage Jewelers in burlington. info, 862-2233. 'Art'S Alive 2011 FeStivAl oF Fine Art WinnerS' exhibition': work by the winners of the June festival: benjamin barnes, stephen Mease, Kristen l'esperance, brooke Monte and Cricket. Through september 30 at union station in burlington. info, 310-3211. cArl rubino: "in the spirit of a Tree," color photographs manipulated to present the artist's interpretation of the majesty, beauty, sensuousness — as well as "the very soul" — of trees. Through

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'evolution': original artwork by burton's graphic artists, including greg gossel, hush, bigfoot, Mike giant, sharktoof and more, hung next to their 2012 burton snowboards. by appointment only after an Art hop reception. september 9 through october 20 at 152 industrial parkway, burton snowboards in burlington. Reception: Friday, september 9, 5:30-9 p.m. info, 862-4500. 'hoW Soon iS noW?': Artwork by more than 20 burton employees. september 9 through october 7 at burton Flagship store in burlington. Reception: Friday, september 9, 5:30-9 p.m. info, 862-4500. JAMeS vogler: "Real estate listings," paintings. 5:30-7:30 p.m. at uVM living/learning Center in burlington. Reception: Monday, september 12, 5:30-7:30 p.m.

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cAtherine 'cAtchi' childS: "A Retrospective," portraits, still-lifes and landscapes by the Vermont painter. september 8 through november 7 at River Arts Center in Morrisville. Reception: Thursday, september 8, 5-7 p.m. info, 888-1261. cArol MAcdonAld: "line/ structure/pattern," prints and mixed-media works exploring patterns created from a single line. 5-7 p.m. at Vermont supreme Court 12v-stashnstowe061511.indd 1 lobby in Montpelier. Reception: Thursday, september 8, 5-7 p.m.

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dorothy M. WArren: "All seasons," watercolor landscapes. september 8 through october 16 at emile A. gruppe gallery in Jericho. Reception: sunday, september 11, 2-5 p.m. info, 899-3211.

october 2 at Designhaus in burlington. info, 518-946-7302. chriStopher J. hArrington: "selected works 2008-2011," work in pen, pencil, sharpie, paint, tape and newspaper, created with the aid of extreme heavy metal and other musical influences. Through september 30 at Red square in burlington. info, 318-2438.

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Johnnie dAy durAnd: A solo exhibit curated by seAbA. september 9 through november 26 at pine street Deli in burlington. Reception: Friday, september 9, 5-9 p.m. info, 862-9614.

nAncy e. SchAde: "The Tree of life whose leaves heal the nation," paintings and bronze sculptures. Through september 30 at Townsend gallery at black Cap Coffee in stowe. Reception: Friday, september 9, 4-6 p.m. info, 279-4239.

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SepteMber ShoW: "Food for Thought," a video created by Ren walden and ethan o'hara; photos by Kimberly hannaman Taylor; and jewelry, prints, paintings and drawings by Maya urbanowicz. Through september 30 at The Firefly Collective in burlington. Reception: Friday, september 9, 12 p.m. info, 660-0754.

cAleb kennA: "india: Ten Years of Color and light," photographs reflecting the country's frenetic economic growth and development. 5-7 p.m. at Feick Fine Arts Center, green Mountain College in poultney. Reception: Friday, september 9, 5-7 p.m.

rAchi FArroW: "XXXl," sculptures of really big women made from recycled material. Through october 7 at Christine price gallery, Castleton state College. Reception: wednesday, september 7, 4-6 p.m. info, 468-1119.

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'SculptFeSt2011': site-specific sculptural installations — created in response to the theme "Forces of nature" — by 11 regional and national artists for the annual outdoor exhibition. september 10 through october 16 at The Carving studio in west Rutland. Reception: saturday, september 10, 5-8 p.m. info, 438-2097.

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JiM SArdoniS: work by the sculptor; "Reverence: evolution of a sculpture by Jim sardonis," a documentary by paul gittelsohn; the world’s largest collection of vintage “Mother-of-Toilet-seat” string instruments; a hands-on 3-D geometric and kinetic art workshop; and DVD and CD label art by ViDeosyncrasies. Friday, september 9, 5-9 p.m.; saturday, september 10, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., 180 Flynn Avenue, burlington. info, 861-6161.

brattleboro. september 9 through December 4 at Vermont Folklife Center in Middlebury. Reception: Friday, september 9, 5-7 p.m. info, 388-4964.

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dr. Sketchy'S liFe-drAWing WorkShop: Artists age 16 and up bring sketchbooks and pencils to capture live models Rusty Dewees and Caitlin Christiana on paper. wednesday, september 14, 8-10:30 p.m., American legion, white River Junction. info, 295-4479.

Donald Allen Mosher, Tom hughes and eric Tobin. Through september 29 at green Mountain Fine Art gallery in stowe. Talk: eric Tobin demonstrates his oil-painting technique. saturday, september 10, 2-4 p.m. info, 253-1818.

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rom his rural studio in East Montpelier, artist Hal Mayforth has issued a veritable army of little people. They’ve populated the print world for more than three decades, and, unless you never read, you’ve probably encountered his distinctive brood of excitable, big-eyed, bulbous-nosed characters. Mayforth’s quirky, brightly colored illustrations have appeared in publications as varied as the Wall Street Journal, the AARP magazine, the New York Times, Outside, Road & Track and a host of computer, science and health magazines. Mayforth’s prolific, one-man art factory also produces whimsical pen-and-ink and watercolor works for calendars, postcards, giclée prints and light-switch covers, as well as larger acrylic paintings. He further satisfies his artistic soul playing guitar in central Vermont blues band the Heckhounds. At this weekend’s South End Art Hop in Burlington, thousands of viewers will be able to see a selection of works by Mayforth, one of Vermont’s best-known comic artists … outside the state. The exhibit marks a return to the Hop, and to home, for this Burlington native. Mayforth will show at the Brickels Gallery in the Soda Plant, sharing quarters with John Brickels’ clever clay sculptures of vintage vehicles and entropic buildings. “I grew up literally around the corner from it,” says Mayforth of the Pine Street venue. His childhood on Locust Street was imprinted with aromas from the Maltex Building, a former cereal factory. Mayforth’s father, now 90, was a car racer and auto importer whose dealership, Carpenter and Mayforth, introduced Vermonters to then-exotic Saabs, Volvos and MGs in the 1960s. Square jawed, with a burly build and short-cropped hair, Mayforth, 60, is driven by both artistic and basic make-a-living impulses — “to keep the wolves at bay,” as he puts it. “If you’re freelancing, you’re always wondering where the next job is coming from,” he says. Perhaps so, but Mayforth is in the echelon of illustrators whose work is so well known that art directors call them. “I’ve been doing it so long, people know me,” he says modestly. “I have a lot of recurring customers.” Mayforth’s cluttered studio, located above his garage with a wonderful view of Plainfield’s Spruce Mountain, is zoned for the different parts of his day, and life: There’s a paint-spattered corner with an easel and jumbled tubes of acrylic paint; a corner desktop with a large computer monitor and work table; a table where he draws his characters and works in

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his sketchbook; an array of guitar cases tucked in a corner. At the heart of Mayforth’s art is his sketchbook discipline. He uses a Crow Quill pen to draw for an hour every morning, after first sitting quietly for 20 minutes.

“I find meditation clears my mind and often allows the good stuff to come in,” he says. In the sketchbook he pens a mix of whimsy, topical subjects, “off-kilter” humor, clever captions and characters, which sometimes evolve into semifinished works. At this point Mayforth has hundreds of sketchbooks, each of them providing snapshots of his mind at work. “This is where all my ideas come from,” he explains. “These are my points of departure.” In one recent example, a big-eyed, bearded character wearing a Boston Bruins jersey struggles to hoist the Stanley Cup. It’s goalie Tim Thomas, who recently received a hero’s welcome in Burlington.

The caption reads: “Damn, this thing is heavy.” Because Mayforth’s illustrations are humorous and easily scalable, he’s on speed dial when art directors need illustrations to enliven complex or lengthy articles. “The illustration business is how I make money, how I pay the bills,” Mayforth says. Last week he was playing with ideas to accompany a magazine article on human organs. Not easy. But Mayforth enjoys the challenge of what he calls “problem solving.” His fertile imagination scampers in all sorts of topical and artistic directions. In a comical-but-trenchant poster created after the BP Deep water Horizon well blowout, two herons drip with oil. In the caption, one bird reasons: “On the plus side, my flaky, itchy skin seems to have subsided.” Some of Mayforth’s ideas are silly non sequiturs — such as “Bad Math Man,” in which a red-caped superhero wears a shirt emblazoned with “4 + 2 = 8.” Mayforth’s acrylic paintings generally contain a bright mix of symbolic, almost hieroglyphic features and idiosyncratic lettering. Conceptually, his subjects are “all over the map,” he notes in “the dreaded artist’s statement.” As for his colorful, zany watercolor characters, imagine Leonardo da Vinci’s “Vitruvian Man” stoned and warped in a fun-house mirror. Mayforth attended the University of Vermont for two years and then switched to Skidmore College, where an art instructor told him to start keeping a sketchbook. He’s been doing it ever since. Mayforth’s drawing career took off when he landed in the Bay State, just as the use of computers was spawning related technology magazines — all of them looking for art. “When I was in Boston, it was like the perfect storm,” he says. Mayforth later moved to New Hampshire. In 1992, a stroke of luck led him to his current property in East Montpelier, where he has raised three boys with his wife, Ellen. Living the solitary artist’s life, Mayforth says he’s excited to reconnect with his hometown and the Hop, and to display his art to Vermonters. But he explains that it’s not about feeding an artist’s ego. “It just feels good,” Mayforth says. m

Hal Mayforth’s work will be shown during the South End Art Hop, September 9 and 10, at the Brickels Gallery in the Soda Plant, 266 Pine Street, in Burlington. mayforth.com, halmayforthfineart.net


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Call to artists enter: natural playground For those passionate about their adventure and your photography, show us the photographic moments you’ve captured that will inspire our next adventure. Info, darkroomgallery.com/20. redheads for photo proJeCt Wanted True redheads w/longish hair for lying in piles of leaves and body painting. Can pay or share rights. 238-2647. Calling for entries Four Corners of the Earth. Juried photography exhibit. Show us your version of this heaven we call Earth. Deadline: November 1. DarkroomGallery.com/ex22. art in the parK fall fest Space still available to exhibit at Rutland’s 50th Annual Art in the Park, October 8 and 9. Visit chaffeeartcenter.org for an application. Don’t miss out! Models Wanted Artist looking for a couple of female models for portrait projects for September and October. Will take photos for reference for painting. Finished paintings will be shown in art shows. Will pay $20/hour for the right model. For more information, dave@daverussell.org. daverussell.org. Calling all Crafters Ascension Church Holiday Craft Fair in Georgia, Vt. Interested in table space at the annual craft fair? Please contact Judy Carpenter, 893-2172.

Volunteers needed for the art hop We need 150 volunteers to help make Burlington’s largest visual arts festival happen! Friday and Saturday, September 9 and 10, the artists and businesses of the South End Arts District open their doors to let the public see the creativity within. Lots of pre-event help is needed, too. All volunteers get free admission to Saturday’s Strut fashion show and the Seven Days birthday party afterward. To volunteer, go to the South End Arts and Business Association website, seaba.com. adK Juried art shoW 2011 Lake Placid Center for the Arts. September 23-October 23. Jurors: Frank Owen, retired UVM professor; Bill McDowell, UVM associate professor. Prospectus/ info: lakeplacidarts.org or 518-523-2512. the art of horror The S.P.A.C.E. and Backspace galleries are looking for artwork for our Halloween show that best defines the “art of horror.”

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Corey & Mindy WolfCroWe: Work by the Burlington artists and jewelry designers. Through September 30 at Salaam in Burlington. Info, 658-8822.

'fine art at hoMe With furniture': Work by Wilson “Snowflake” Bentley, Rae Harrell, Anne Cady, Rory Jackson, Tracy H. Girdler, Brook Monte, Aaron Stein, Ben Barnes, Shayne Lynn and Jonathan Young. September 9 through October 15 at Gallery 388 at Burlington Furniture Company in Burlington. Info, 862-5056.

JaMes Vogler: "Real Estate Listings," paintings. September 12 through October 7 at UVM Living/ Learning Center in Burlington. Info, 656-4200.

engage A statewide exhibition of artwork by Vermont artists with disabilities. VSA Vermont seeks artwork that is of high artistic quality, demonstrating originality, imagination, skillful use of materials and quality of craft. Deadline: September 30. info@vsavt.org, 655-7772. Vt h.s. student eXhibit Call to Vermont high school photographers: “Ways of Seeing” photography exhibit juried by Shane Lavalette and sponsored by PhotoGarden. Deadline: October 12. DarkroomGallery. com/ex21.

laura bauM: Watercolors, in the Dining Room; Julie Paveglio: oil paintings, in the Bar; tony sCarpinato: Paintings, in the Greenhouse. Through September 30 at The Daily Planet in Burlington. Info, 862-9647. 'loCK, stoCK and barrel: the terry tyler ColleCtion of VerMont firearMs': The 106 firearms on display represent a lifetime of collecting and document the history of gunmaking in Vermont from 1790 to 1900; 'paperWorK in 3d': Work by 25 contemporary origami, cut-paper and book artists; 'behind the lens, under the big top': Black-andwhite circus photography from the late-1960s by Elliot Fenander; 'in fashion: high style, 1690-2011': Costumes from the museum's permanent collection, plus borrowed works from today’s top designers, including Karl Lagerfeld, Oscar de la Renta, Carolina Herrera and Balenciaga, among others. Through October 30 at Shelburne Museum. Info, 985-3346. lyna lou nordstroM & aManda Vella: Printmaking and mixed-media work by Nordstrom; oil paintings by Vella. Through September 30 at Wing Building in Burlington. Info, 310-3211.

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MarC aWodey: "An Artist's View," mixed-media work. Through November 30 at Community College of Vermont in Winooski. Info, 654-0513. Melissa Knight: Batik fabric collage depicting peacocks, hummingbirds, cardinals, sunflowers, irises and bluebonnets. Through September 30 at Muddy Waters in Burlington. Info, 658-0466.

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Karen daWson: Paintings, drawings and mixed-media work of Vermont and regional motifs. Through September 30 at Brownell Library in Essex Junction. Info, 878-6955.

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instruCtors shoWCase: Oil paintings by Kim Bombard and Lydia Littwin, and millinery specialties by Wylie Sofia Garcia; 'teen fashion shoWCase': work from this summer's fashion camps. Through September 30 at Davis Studio in Burlington. Info, 425-2700.

red square needs art! Artists needed to display at a very busy establishment on Church Street in Burlington. Please contact Diane at creativegeniuses@burlingtontelecom.net.

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elizabeth allen: "Intuitive Color," paintings of the Vermont landscape, including many of the meadows at Shelburne Farms. Through September 20 at Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery in Shelburne. Info, 985-3848.

Chosen artwork will represent the beautiful side of decay, the finer points of blood letting, and that special something inside a depraved mind. Artwork should be thematically appropriate and must display a reasonable degree of skill and ability. We will accept 2-D, 3-D & photography. Deadline: September 19. Please visit our website for submission information: spacegalleryvt. com/2011/08/04/call-for-darkart-the-art-of-horror-groupshow/.

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Montpelier’s 24-hour CoMiCs Artists of all abilities and interests are invited to challenge themselves to create a 24-page comic book in 24 hours — from scratch! Join the worldwide phenomenon in Montpelier City Hall, hosted by Trees and Hills comic group and Montpelier Alive. FREE. Open to ages 16 and up. Artists bring their own materials and their imaginations! There will be a shorter cartooning workshop for ages 7 to 15 taught by cartoonist Denis St. John at the Kellogg Hubbard Library. FREE. More info: treesandhill.org.

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including what the artist calls "whimsical monster stuff." Through September 30 at Blinking Light Gallery in Plainfield. Info, 454-7334.

Melissa O'Brien: "People Doing What They Love to Do," photography by the owner of the Charlotte vintage shop Abel & Lovely. Curated by Art Affair by Shearer. Through September 30 at Shearer Chevrolet in South Burlington. Info, 658-1111.

Pat Adams & Bhakti Ziek: "Geomancer," paintings by Adams; textiles by Ziek. Through September 25 at BigTown Gallery in Rochester. Info, 767-9670.

Mona Agia: Paintings by the Cairo-born artist. Through September 30 at Uncommon Grounds in Burlington. Info, 865-6227.

'The History of Goddard College: An Era of Growth, Expansion and Transitions, 1960-1969': An exhibit of photographs, historical records, college papers, interviews and video recordings that focus on the college's response to the rapid growth of the 1960s, in the Eliot D. Pratt Library. Through December 20 at Goddard College in Plainfield. Info, 454-8311.

'Outdoor Excursions': Work by 13 internationally acclaimed artists — including sculpture, video and wall works made of thousands of Icelandic lava chips — curated by Art in America writer Gregory Volk, who aimed to transform the First, Second and Fourth Floor Galleries into his version of a wilderness adventure company. Through December 3 at BCA Center in Burlington. Info, 865-7166.

'Uncommon Threads': Work that pushes the boundaries of traditional needlework and explores the use of unconventional media, in the Main Floor Gallery; Krista Cheney: "Frozen Still Lifes," photography, in the Second Floor Gallery; Nikki Gardner: "The Diana Days," photography, in the Third Floor Gallery. Through September 24 at Studio Place Arts in Barre. Info, 479-7069.

Patty Sgrecci: Mobiles by the Middlebury artist. Through September 30 at Opportunities Credit Union in Burlington. Info, 865-3404 ext. 130. Paul Boisvert: Color photographs of Burlington, in Gates 1-8; Kit Donelly: Abstract acrylic and watercolor paintings, in the Skyway; Carolyn Hack: Mixed-media work at the Escalator. Curated by BCA. Through September 30 at Burlington Airport in South Burlington. Info, 865-7166. 'Persona': More than 40 juried photographs depicting uncanny, parodied, distorted and in-yourface portraits. September 13 through October 7 at Vermont Photo Space Darkroom Gallery in Essex Junction. Info, 777-3686. Philip Herbison: "Plastic Personae," close-up photographs of dramatic tension in plaster faces. Through September 30 at Artspace 106 at The Men's Room in Burlington. Info, 864-2088. 'Road Trip!': Photographs from the road, by local and international artists. Through September 9 at Vermont Photo Space Darkroom Gallery in Essex Junction. Info, 777-3686.

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Robert A. Gold: Digital media art exhibited as part of the South End Art Hop. September 9 through 10 at Red Concrete in Burlington. Info, 735-7700.

'Women's Work: The Visual Art of Vermont's Women': Work by more than two dozen artists. Through September 25 at T.W. Wood Gallery in Montpelier. Info, 828-8743.

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winter — it’s a comin’! — at Burton Snowboards’ two Art Hop shows. In “Evolution,” at 152

Industrial Parkway, you’ll find original sketches by designers Hush, Bigfoot, Mike Giant and Shark Toof, beside their respective 2012 Burton snowboard. Even more employee art is on display in “How Soon Is Now?” at the Burton Flagship Store. Show some love to the artists responsible for making you look cool on the slopes. On view during the Art Hop this weekend, Friday, 5-9 p.m., and Saturday, noon-5 p.m., and weekdays through October at 80 and 152 Industrial Parkway in South Burlington. Pictured: “Brandy” by Greg Gossel.

Sam Hoffman & Violeta Hinojosa: "Super Ball," photography by Hoffman; "Urban Networks," acrylic and ink paper cut-outs by Hinojosa. Through September 30 at Nectar's in Burlington. Info, 658-4771.

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September Exhibit: Work by Brooke Monte, Benjamin Barnes, Kristen L'Esperance and Alex Dostie, among other Vermont artists. Through October 1 at Dostie Bros. Frame Shop in Burlington. Info, 660-9005.

Alexis Kyriak: "Martha Stewarts," work by the Vermont artist who is inspired by crisp, clean still-life photography. Through October 31 at Contemporary Dance & Fitness Studio in Montpelier. Info, 229-4676.

Stephen Gorman: "Arctic Visions," nature and wildlife photography, in the Pickering Room. Through September 30 at Fletcher Free Library in Burlington. Info, 865-7211.

'Artists Envisioning Tunbridge: Celebrating 250 Years of History': Paintings and photographs by more than 20 artists celebrating the town's sestercentennial. A portion of proceeds benefit the library. Through September 23 at Tunbridge Public Library. Info, 889-9404.

Susan Larkin: Oil paintings of landscapes in and around the Champlain Islands and northern Vermont. Curated by BCA. Through September 30 at Metropolitan Gallery, Burlington City Hall. Info, 865-7166. 'Systems in Art': An exploration of the systems that artists use to establish parameters for their work, to explore spatial relationships and to invent new grammars and rationalities, on the occasion of IBM's centennial anniversary. Through December 16 at Fleming Museum, UVM in Burlington. Info, 656-0750. Tatiana Yakusheva: New paintings by the Burlington artist. Through September 30 at Speaking Volumes in Burlington. Info, 540-0107. 'Torched!': Torch-worked glass, including earrings, kaleidoscopes and sculptural paperweights, by Eric Nelson, Chris Sherwin, Michael Egan, and Howard and Elizabeth Smith; flame-inspired abstract paintings by Tom Merwin. Through September 30 at Frog Hollow in Burlington. Info, 863-6458. 'Upcycle Vermont': Artwork made from recycled, reclaimed or repurposed materials. Sponsored by Switchback and cohosted by Nightmare Vermont. Through September 30 at Block Gallery in

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Gwynyfier: "Coming Out," digital photography on canvas. Through September 30 at Capitol Grounds in Montpelier. Info, curator@capitolgrounds.com. Heather Hislop: Mixed-media paintings. Through September 30 at The Shoe Horn at Onion River in Montpelier. Info, artwhirled23@yahoo.com. Karen Petersen: A retrospective of the Braintree artist's sculptures and paintings. Through September 25 at Chandler Gallery in Randolph. Info, 728-9878.

Bunny Harvey: "Listening/Vermont," paintings of the Vermont landscape. Through October 12 at Korongo Gallery in Randolph. Info, 728-6788.

'Light-Struck: Abstract Photography Today': A juried show featuring, as Lyle Rexer put it in The Edge of Vision: The Rise of Abstraction in Photography, “photographs that refuse to disclose fully the images they contain.” Through September 30 at PHOTOSTOP in White River Junction. Info, 698-0320.

Caleb Kenna: "India: Ten Years of Color and Light," photographs reflecting the country's frenetic economic growth and development. Through September 30 at Feick Fine Arts Center, Green Mountain College in Poultney. Info, 287--8926.

Malcolm Wright & Bruce Peck: Clay work by Wright and landscape prints by Peck, as part of the gallery's "Living Vermont Treasures" guest artist series. Through September 30 at Collective — the Art of Craft in Woodstock. Info, 457-1298.

Carol MacDonald: "Line/Structure/Pattern," prints and mixed-media works exploring patterns created from a single line. Through October 28 at Vermont Supreme Court Lobby in Montpelier. Info, 828-0749.

Matt Thorsen: "Sound Proof: The Photography of Matt Thorsen, Vermont Music Images 1990-2000," chemical prints accompanied by audio recordings in which the photographer sets the scene and the bands play on. Through September 30 at Vermont History Center in Barre. Info, 479-8514.

Claire Van Vliet: "Paper Works," pulp paintings by the renowned Vermont printmaker. Photo ID required for admission. Through September 30 at Governor's Office Gallery in Montpelier. Info, 828-0749. Corrina Thurston: "Magic of Colored Pencil," images of animals, people and flowers by the 21-year-old artist who began drawing after she was diagnosed with a chronic illness. Through October 1 at Espresso Bueno in Barre. Info, 760-8206.

Nancy Silliman: Paintings and drawings of nature and the landscape, as well as personal reflections on love and the spiritual world; Camden and Samantha Jarvis: "Childlike Wonder," block prints on cards and T-shirts by the Windsor youngsters. Through October 2 at Nuance Gallery in Windsor. Info, 674-9616. Owen Bissex: Sculpture, mixed-media works and drawings of realistic and allegorical figures,

'Art Makes Brandon Tick': This year's townwide art project features artist-created, functional clocks, which will be auctioned off in October to benefit the BAG. Through October 8 at Brandon Artists' Guild. Info, 247-4956. Caleb Kenna: "End Frames," work by the Vermont photographer. Through September 25 at Jackson Gallery, Town Hall Theater in Middlebury. Info, 388-1436. Deborah Sharpe-Lunstead & Elizabeth Saslaw: "Textures," paper-pulp paintings by Sharpe-Lunstead; pottery by Saslaw. Through September 30 at Art on Main in Bristol. Info, 453-4032. Elliot Fenander: "Three Rings, One Camera," 20 of the Lincoln photographer's black-and-white circus photographs as he processed them in the darkroom in the 1960s. Through September 30 at Mary's Restaurant at the Inn at Baldwin Creek in Bristol. Info, 453-2432. Fran Bull: "8.15.11," a series of drawings executed in a single day using computer scanning and enlarging techniques, in the Calvin Coolidge Library. Through October 7 at Castleton State College. Info, 468-1266. 'How Did I Get Here?': Recent acquisitions presented within the context of how they came to Middlebury by art history students; 'Painted Metaphors: Pottery and Politics of the Ancient Maya': Nineteen Chamá polychrome ceramics accompanied by more than 100 objects illustrating Maya daily life, religious ritual, and shifts in rulership (opens September 15). Through December 11 at Middlebury College Museum of Art. Info, 443-3168. Joan Curtis: "Greener Grass," colored-pencil drawings that conjure up the feeling that a quest is taking place. Through November 2 at Brandon Artists' Guild. Info, 247-4956. 'Lake Champlain Through the Lens': An annual juried show including work by photographers Colin Bristow and Stephen Beattie, among many others. Through October 15 at Lake Champlain Maritime Museum in Vergennes. Info, 475-2022. Laurel Clement Fulton: Giclée prints of summer and fall landscapes by the Vermont artist. Through September 30 at Carpenter-Carse Library in Hinesburg. Info, 482-2878. 'No Boundaries in Fiber': Innovative textile art by ten Vermont members of the national Surface Design Association. Through September 17 at Rae Harrell Gallery in Hinesburg. Info, 482-4944. Robert Black: "The Memory Chamber," an architectural installation; 'Photographic Memory': An exhibition by photographers of all


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ages. September 8 through November 4 at Gallery in the Field in Brandon. Info, 247-0125. 'Structurally Sound': Sculpture and mixedmedia work by Charles Gibbs, Joe Gitterman, Eleonora Lecei, Jennifer Maestre, Pat Musick, Erika Lawlor-Schmidt, David Tanych and Terry Zigmund. Through September 12 at Edgewater Gallery in Middlebury. Info, 458-0098. tom merwin: "Drawing Water," central Vermont's waterfalls and gorges depicted in sumi ink, watercolor and oil on canvas. Through November 30 at Merwin Gallery in Castleton. Info, 468-2592. 'Vermont landScapeS loSt and Found': Historic landscape photographs from the museum's collection contrasted with present-day snaps of the same locations. Through October 22 at Sheldon Museum in Middlebury. Info, 388-2117.

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BoBBy aBrahamSon: "One Summer Across America," photographs of a 2001 cross-country bus trip. Through December 20 at Dibden Center for the Arts, Johnson State College. Info, 635-1469. dorothy m. warren: "All Seasons," watercolor landscapes. September 8 through October 16 at Emile A. Gruppe Gallery in Jericho. Info, 899-3211. 'echoeS oF Vermont'S landScapeS': Work by Sean Dye, Corliss Blakely, Henry Trask Reilly, Jim

‘haBitat For artiStS’: Three 6-by-6-by-8-foot structures, open to the public in downtown Stowe, Morrisville and Waitsfield, serve as temporary studios for working artists. Hosted by Helen Day Art Center, Vermont Festival of the Arts and River Arts. Through September 25 at various locations . Info, 253-8358.

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linda JameS: "Reflecting Movements in Time and Imagination," mixed-media paintings. Through September 30 at Island Arts South Hero Gallery. Info, 378-5138. marie lapre GraBon: Drawings, paintings and mixed-media work by the Vermont artist. Through September 12 at Bee's Knees in Morrisville. Info, 888-7889.

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'out oF the woodS': Work in a variety of media inspired by or made with wood, by artists including Al Stirt, Jack Alan Stewart and Claire Van Vliet. Through September 28 at Northeast Kingdom Artisans Guild Backroom Gallery in St. Johnsbury. Info, 748-0158. 'patternS': Work by Glenn Goldberg, Lucio Pozzi, Maggie Mailer, Cornelia Foss, Sebastian Mejia, William Maxwell, Leslie Fry, Thaddeus Radell, Charles Yoder, Heidi Spector and Matthew Beall. Through September 17 at Green + Blue Gallery in Stowe. Info, 253-6798. richard erdman & carol o'malia: Sculpture by Erdman; paintings by O'Malia. Through October 31 at West Branch Gallery & Sculpture Park in Stowe. Info, 253-8943.

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Stephen huneck: "Dogs, Angels and More Dogs," a memorial exhibition celebrating the late artist and his work. Through September 28 at Catamount Arts Center in St. Johnsbury. Info, 748-2600.

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with her camera, hunting down naturally occurring compositions, she’s gathering While they’re thawing, she photographs the trapped flowers. Ice swirled around a calla lily looks like a crystal wine glass. Air bubbles frost the edge of a sunflower’s bright petals. Tiny ice fissures make a appear to be covered in a spider’s silk. Her show, “Frozen Still Lifes,” is at Studio Place Arts in Barre through September 24. Pictured: “Sunflower in Ice II.”

'expoSed': Helen Day Art Center's 20th annual outdoor sculpture exhibition features local and international artwork, video screenings and performances. Through October 8 at Various locations in Stowe. Info, 253-8358.

SaBra Field: "Vermont Artist, World Vision," woodblock prints; elizaBeth torak: "The Feast of Venus: An Exploration of the Artist's Process," paintings and drawings; 'three contemporary SculptorS': work by Duncan Johnson, John Kemp Lee and Gary Haven Smith. Through October 16 at Elizabeth de C. Wilson Museum, Southern Vermont Arts Center in Manchester. Info, 362-1405.

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J.e. daly: “Member Show IV,” paintings by the featured artist, plus work in a variety of media by more than 25 members. Through October 10 at Adirondack Art Association Gallery in Essex, NY. Info, 518-963-8309. ‘the art oF war: ticonderoGa aS experienced throuGh the eyeS oF america’S Great artiStS’: The museum’s 50 most important artworks, exhibited together for the first time. Through October 20 at Fort Ticonderoga in Ticonderoga. Info, 518-585-6370. ‘the FaShion world oF Jean paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the catwalk’: Ensembles by the French couturier — dubbed fashion’s enfant terrible by the press from the time of his first runway shows in the 1970s — presented on animated mannequins. Through October 2 at Montréal Museum of Fine Arts. Info, 514-285-2000.

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'into the myStic': Six artists explore nature and conservation in a variety of media; Valerie Bunnell: Characters in clay and found objects. Through October 30 at Gallery in the Woods in Brattleboro. Info, 257-4777.

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torin porter: "Anthrobotanicals," biomorphic sculptures in steel. Through October 9 at White Water Gallery in East Hardwick. Info, 563-2037.

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SeptemBer Featured artiStS: Work by wildlife and landscape painters Frank Tiralla and Henry Trask-Reilly, quilter Kathleen Patrick, tie-dye artist Andrew Wooten and knitter Jan Brosky. Through September 30 at Artist in Residence Cooperative Gallery in Enosburg Falls. Info, 933-6403.


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have to admit that when I first saw the trailer for Spanish director Gonzalo López-Gallego’s entry into the foundfootage horror genre, I bought the possibility that his picture might have the right stuff. A top-secret moon mission. A terrifying discovery. Grainy footage of the whole thing shot by the astronauts themselves. What’s not to like? Well, as it turns out, just about everything other than the film’s premise. For one thing, the director and first-time screenwriter Brian Miller take forever to get their story off the ground. The movie clocks in at less than an hour and a half, and the only reason it’s that long is the shameless amount of padding with which its creators front-load it. In this case, the launch isn’t delayed by bad weather or technical glitches but by a succession of superfluous touches: faux-documentary-style interviews with the cleancut crew (Ryan Robbins, Lloyd Owen and Warren Christie); footage of the men being briefed on and preparing for the mission; and faded-color home movies of the astronauts and their families enjoying a beery backyard barbecue. It’s a bad sign when a filmmaker isn’t in a hurry to get to his good stuff.

Some time before the closing credits roll, however, we do lift off. The idea is that it’s 1974, and the Apollo program has officially shut down for budgetary reasons. NASA has unfinished business on the lunar surface, though, so the three men tell their wives they’re going on a routine training exercise and take off for the moon instead. The movie never explains how you launch a Saturn V rocket without anybody noticing. Once Owen and Christie touch down, we learn why the mission has been kept a secret. Well, we learn, at any rate, that the reason has something to do with the Russians. As in much of the movie, what’s actually happening as the guys go about their business is unclear, owing to a combination of confusing dialogue and an overreliance on scratchy, jumpy video designed to re-create the look of the images beamed to TVs during the real Apollo flights. In the course of setting up Cold War antimissile systems or radar scanners or creemee stands — it’s hard to tell and hardly matters — the astronauts learn they are not alone. The moon rocks they collect start shape-shifting into lethally infectious spidery deals. One of the two is attacked and

WASTE OF SPACE López-Gallego’s Englishlanguage debut succeeds in being perhaps the dullest film ever in both the sci-fi and found-footage genres.

begins to show signs of madness, while the other is dismayed to learn the government is thinking of leaving him there to prevent contamination back home. If all this doesn’t sound terribly interesting or scary, that’s because it’s not. The vérité stuff is humdrum, because that’s the nature of work with lots of downtime. Until its close encounter, the crew makes a lot of extremely small talk while cooped up in the capsule. The horror stuff is also consistently unsatisfying, because we barely glimpse the little creatures with all the shaky-cam nonsense going on — not to mention the story’s other nonsensical elements. The movie never explains, for example, how a gaggle of sand-crab-sized critters manages to overturn a large lunar rover. Or where these beas-

ties were during the first 17 Apollo missions. Or who’s shooting the footage when both astronauts are in the frame. Houston, we have a turkey. The cast does a craftsmanlike job, but the meager material keeps it from bringing the characters to believable life. The cinematography is effective enough; the “classified” clips certainly look like ’70s NASA video, but Miller’s script has scant good use for them. As for López-Gallego, let’s give him the benefit of the doubt. Apollo 18 is his first Englishlanguage film. Maybe his talent was lost in translation. The bottom line: In space, no one can hear you ask for your money back. RICK KISONAK

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The Debt ★★★

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he Debt has received a slew of positive reviews, but some, on closer inspection, betray a secondary note of disappointment. After a summer when Hollywood brought us a record number of sequels, remakes and films whose heroes and conflicts were enhanced with digital wizardry, it’s hard not to harbor high expectations for a historical thriller starring Helen Mirren and directed by John Madden, of Shakespeare in Love fame. Finally, some weary moviegoers may surmise, a drama with no cowboys, aliens, wizards, robots, talking animals or superheroes, just good acting and a gripping, thought-provoking plot. Well, sort of. The Debt has just enough of those elements to satisfy anyone jonesing for an “adult” thriller on the big screen. But its script doesn’t offer enough twists, turns or quandaries to make it a truly memorable entry in the genre. The first credit on that script goes to Matthew Vaughn, the writer-director of Kick-Ass and X-Men: First Class, and it shows. After a slow, effective buildup, The Debt goes for a fairly predictable, action-oriented denouement. It doesn’t go overboard on the ass kicking, but it doesn’t give all its thrills real-world weight, either. Mirren plays Rachel Singer, a retired Mossad agent whose greatest achieve-

ment was hunting down a Josef Mengeletype Nazi doctor when she was just 25. Her grown daughter has published a book about the case, drawing Rachel’s two ex-partners, Stephan and David (Tom Wilkinson and Ciáran Hinds), to her launch party. While Rachel publicly accepts the laurels, her tense demeanor suggests that the trio’s 1965 mission didn’t unfold quite as the book tells it. David’s abrupt suicide strengthens that suspicion — and moves the film into flashback mode. The Debt’s best scenes take place in blue-tinged, claustrophobic, Cold Warera East Berlin, where the young Rachel, David and Stephan (Jessica Chastain, Sam Worthington and Marton Csokas, respectively) use cunning to approach their prey (Jesper Christensen) in his postwar guise as a courtly gynecologist. Unluckily for Rachel, she’s the one qualified to get in the stirrups. The cat-and-mouse game becomes twosided when the wily old Nazi uses the young agents’ weaknesses against them. The script strongly hints that Rachel and David lost their parents to the camps, a trauma that left them volatile and vulnerable. But we never learn the details, nor do we come to know the agents beyond our first impressions of them: Stephan is flip and worldly, David distant and damaged, and Rachel eager to prove herself.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS Chastain and Worthington play Israeli agents on the trail of a notorious Nazi in Madden’s thriller.

The young actors do their best with the limited material, and despite a distracting lack of resemblance to their older counterparts. (It doesn’t help at all that Hinds looks more like Csokas than like Worthington.) When we return to the present, and Mirrenas-Rachel faces her “debt,” the film should rise to a crescendo, fraught with revelations of the past. Instead, this is where it slopes toward conventional catching-a-bad-guy drama. If this summer of not-great movies leaves us with anything worthwhile, it’s the rising

star of Jessica Chastain. Somehow the previously obscure actress managed to be both affecting and convincing as a free-spirited Texan mother (The Tree of Life); a broadly comic trailer-trash gal made good (The Help); and a sensitive Israeli operative. She’s like the young Julia Roberts with range, and her emotional transparency compensates for The Debt’s lack of depth. Let’s hope she doesn’t end up headlining video-game adaptations. MARGOT HARRISON


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tHE DEBtHHH Two retired Mossad secret agents find themselves revisiting one of their successful Nazi-hunting missions in this thriller from director John (Shakespeare in Love) Madden. Starring Jessica Chastain, Helen Mirren, Sam Worthington and Tom Wilkinson. (114 min, R. Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Palace, Roxy)

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colomBiANAHH1/2 Appropriately named action director Olivier Megaton (of Transporter 3) helms this tale of a hit woman (Zoe Saldana) nursing a plan to avenge her murdered parents. With Michael Vartan. Luc Besson wrote and produced. (105 min, PG-13. Essex, Majestic, Paramount, Welden)

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wednesday 7 — thursday 8 Apollo 18 6:30, 9. The Debt 6:30, 9. our Idiot Brother 9. The Help 6:15, 9. Rise of the Planet of the Apes 6:30, 9. The Smurfs 6:30. friday 9 — thursday 15 Apollo 18 9. The Debt 1:30 (Sat & Sun only), 6:30, 9. The Help 1:30 (Sat & Sun only), 6:15, 9. Rise of the Planet of the Apes 6:30, 9. The Smurfs 1:30 (Sat & Sun only), 6:30. Spy Kids: All the time in the World 1:30 (Sat & Sun only). Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (3-D) 1:30 (Sat & Sun only), 6:15. transformers: Dark of the moon (3-D) 9.

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friday 9 — thursday 15 *contagion 1:40, 4:10, 6:50, 8:30, 9:40. *Warrior 1, 3:55, 6:40, 9:15. Apollo 18 2, 4:25, 7:20, 9:25. The Debt 1:25, 4, 6:45, 9:20. Shark Night 3D (3-D) 1:15, 4:40, 7, 9:30. colombiana 6:15, 9:05. our Idiot Brother 1:50, 4:20, 7:15, 9:35. Spy Kids: All the time in the World in 4D (3-D) 1:30, 3:40. The Help 1:10, 4:30, 8. crazy, Stupid, Love. 6:30. The Smurfs 1:20, 3:50. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (3-D) 1:05 (MonThu only), 3:30, 6:20, 9:10. cars 2 Fri-Sun only: 1:05.

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wednesday 7 — thursday 8 Apollo 18 1:10, 3, 5, 7:10, 9:25. The Debt 1:05, 3:35, 6:50, 9:20. our Idiot Brother 1:15, 3:20, 7:20, 9:30. Sarah’s Key 1:20, 4, 7, 9:10. The Help 1, 3:45, 6:30, 9:15. crazy, Stupid, Love. 8:45. midnight in Paris 1:25, 3:40, 6:40. friday 9 — thursday 15 *contagion 1:10, 3:20, 7, 9:25. Apollo 18 1:15, 6:20. The Debt 1:05, 3:55, 6:50, 9:20. our Idiot Brother 3, 8:10. Sarah’s Key 1:20, 4, 7:10, 9:30. The Help 1, 3:45, 6:30, 9:15. crazy, Stupid, Love. 8:45. midnight in Paris 1:25, 4:05, 6:40. Schedule is subject to change; please call ahead to confirm times.

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wednesday 7 — thursday 8 ***Wynton marsalis & Eric clapton Play the Blues Wed: 7:30. Apollo 18 12:50, 2:55, 5, 7:15, 9:35. The Debt 10:30 a.m. (Thu only), 1:15, 3:55, 7, 9:30. Shark Night 3D (2-D) 1:20, 4:10, 7:05, 9:35. The Guard 1:30, 3:50, 6:45, 9:10. our Idiot Brother 12:45, 2:50, 4:55, 7:10, 9:25. one Day 3:45, 6:30. Spy Kids: All the time in the World in 4D 1:10. The Help 12:30, 3:30, 6:25, 9:20. Rise of the Planet of the Apes 6:40, 9:05. crazy, Stupid, Love. 1, 8:50. Winnie the Pooh 4. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 3:35, 6:25 (Thu only), 9:15. cars 2 10:30 a.m. (Thu only), 1:05. friday 9 — thursday 15 ***The Globe Theatre Presents Henry VIII Thu: 6:30. *contagion 10:30 a.m. (Thu only), 1, 3:45, 6:50, 9:25. *The Last mountain 1:25, 4, 6:40. Apollo 18 4:50, 7:05, 9:35. The Debt 1:15, 3:55, 7, 9:30. Shark Night 3D (2-D) 12:50, 4:30, 6:35 & 8:50 (except Thu). The Guard 1:30, 3:50, 6:45, 9:10. our Idiot Brother 12:45, 2:50, 4:55, 7:10, 9:25. one Day 1:05, 9:15. Spy Kids: All the time in the World in 4D 12:40, 2:45. The Help 12:30, 3:30, 6:25, 9:20. Rise of the Planet of the Apes 8:55. Winnie the Pooh 10:30 a.m. (Thu only), 2:55. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 3:35, 6:25. ***See website for details.

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wednesday 7 — thursday 8 Shark Night 3D (3-D) 6:30, 8:45. colombiana 6:30, 8:45. friday 9 — thursday 15 *contagion 1:30 (Sat & Sun only), 6:30, 8:45. Shark Night 3D (3-D) 1:30 (Sat & Sun only), 6:30, 8:45.

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wednesday 7 — thursday 8 our Idiot Brother 7. The Help 7. crazy, Stupid, Love. 7. friday 9 — thursday 15 our Idiot Brother Fri & Sat: 9. Sun: 4:30. The Help Fri: 6:30, 9:10. Sat: 2:30, 6:30, 9:10. Sun: 4:30, 7. Mon-Thu: 7. crazy, Stupid, Love. Fri: 7, 9:10. Sat: 2:30, 7, 9:10. Sun: 4:30. Mon-Thu: 7. Horrible Bosses Fri: 7. Sat: 2:30, 7. Sun-Thu: 7.

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friday 9 — sunday 11 *contagion at 7:45, followed by Rise of the Planet of the Apes at 9:30, followed (Fri & Sat only) by Final Destination 5. our Idiot Brother at 7:50, followed by Apollo 18 at 9:35 followed (Fri & Sat only) by 30 minutes or Less. Spy Kids: All the time in the World 4D at 7:50, followed by The Smurfs at 9:35, followed by captain America: The First Avenger.

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wednesday 7 — thursday 8 Apollo 18 2, 7, 9. Final Destination 5 4, 9. our Idiot Brother 4, 7, 9. crazy, Stupid, Love. 2, 7. The Smurfs 2, 4. friday 9 — thursday 15 colombiana 2 (Sat & Sun only), 7, 9. Apollo 18 4 (Sat & Sun only), 7, 9. our Idiot Brother 4 (Sat & Sun only), 9. crazy, Stupid, Love. 2 (Sat & Sun only), 7. The Smurfs Sat & Sun: 2, 4.


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WiNNiE tHE pooHHHH1/2 Disney makes a play for the nostalgic adult audience (and their kids, of course) with this old-school hand-drawn animation based on A.A. Milne’s stories of the honey-loving bear; his depressive companion, Eeyore; and their forest friends. With the voices of John Cleese, Jim Cummings, Bud Luckey and Craig Ferguson. Stephen J. Anderson and Don Hall directed. (69 min, G. Palace)

SARAH’S KEYHH Kristin Scott Thomas plays an American journalist in Paris who uncovers disturbing secrets when she researches the fate of a Jewish family that inhabited her apartment until 1942. Gilles Paquet-Brenner directed. (111 min, PG-13. Roxy, Savoy) SHARK NiGHt 3DH The director of Snakes on a Plane, David Ellis, brings us sharks in a lake. As you might expect, these fresh-water beasts are hungry for college kids. But will they bite into the already modest box-office record of last summer’s Piranha 3D? Sara Paxton, Dustin Milligan and Katharine McPhee star. (91 min, PG-13. Essex [3-D], Majestic [3-D], Palace [2-D], Paramount [3-D])

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EVERYtHiNG mUSt GoHHHH Will Ferrell stars in this drama based on the classic Raymond Carver story about a man who holds an unusual yard sale as his suburban life falls apart. With Rebecca Hall and Laura Dern. First-timer Dan Rush directed. (95 min, R)

tHE SmURFSH1/2 The little blue dudes accustomed to inhabiting a magical land of limited vocabulary find themselves in present-day NYC in this live-action/animation hybrid. With Hank Azaria, Neil Patrick Harris and Katy Perry contributing the voice of Smurfette. Raja (Beverly Hills Chihuahua) Gosnell directed. (86 min, PG. Big Picture, Capitol, Majestic, Welden)

HANNAHHH1/2 Director Joe Wright, who introduced Americans to creepily mature young actress Saoirse Ronan in Atonement, showcases her in this action thriller about a teen whose father (Eric Bana) raised her in isolation to be the perfect assassin. With Cate Blanchett and Jason Flemyng. (111 min, PG-13)

SpY KiDS: All tHE timE iN tHE WoRlD iN 4DHH In the fourth franchise entry, Jessica Alba plays a spy mommy whose intrepid tween offspring (Mason Cook and Rowan Blanchard) battle a villain who wants to “steal time.” With Joel McHale and Jeremy Piven. Robert Rodriguez, still not bored of these films, wrote and directed. (89 min, PG. Bijou, Capitol, Essex, Majestic [3-D], Palace)

X-mEN: FiRSt clASSHHH1/2 The comic-bookbased franchise continues to plumb its characters’ origins. James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender are Professor Xavier and Magneto back in Cold War days, and Jennifer Lawrence, January Jones and Nicholas Hoult play other young mutant superheroes. Matthew (Kick-Ass) Vaughn directed. (140 min, PG-13)

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Curses, Foiled Again

Authorities identified Audrey Shirley, 34, as the woman who stole money and credit cards from homes in Forsyth County and Milton, Ga., by asking to use the bathroom. A victim mentioned the thief first asked to use the phone because her car had broken down. Investigators dialed the number Shirley had called and learned it was her own. (Alpharetta’s Appen Newspapers) After taking $125 from the cash register at a Subway shop in St. Petersburg, Fla., a robber stopped to grab the money in the tip jar. The two employees objected. “They complained,” city police official Mike Puetz said. “He apologized.” Suspect Robert Allen Walker, 47, returned the tip money and fled with register cash but didn’t get far before police nabbed him. (St. Petersburg Times)

Avian Adventures

Authorities in Volusia County, Fla., said Mark Bausch forced his way into a blind woman’s home, shoved her to the ground and stole a pet bird he had traded to her. Bausch told sheriff’s deputies he missed the bird, a sun conure worth $300, which he swapped for $50 and a computer. Bausch complained the computer ran too slowly. (Orlando’s WKMG-TV) After firefighters in Coral Springs, Fla., freed a parakeet from a car’s grill, the Sawgrass Nature Center & Wildlife Hospital said at least 60 people called asking to take the recovering bird. Thirteen insisted it belongs to them. Center volunteer Anita Youngblood said those claiming ownership will compete to attract the bird’s attention to prove their claim; otherwise, the bird will be put up for adoption. (South Florida’s Sun-Sentinel)

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Four men in ski masks ambushed a man and his girlfriend sitting in a pickup truck, then drove them to the man’s house in Miami, Fla. Police said they took the man inside, beat him up and tied up him, his wife, his mother and his two children while they ransacked the house. Before leaving with cash and

jewelry, they brought in the girlfriend and introduced her to the man’s wife, then left her with the others. (Miami’s WPLG-TV)

Perfectionist Follies

Rhiannon Brooksbank-Jones, 19, showed her commitment to Korean studies at Britain’s University of Sheffield by having her tongue surgically lengthened to improve her Korean pronunciation. The lingual frenectomy, which involves cutting a flap of skin that connects the tongue to the bottom of the mouth, lets her make sounds she couldn’t before. “My pronunciation was very foreign,’” she said, “but now I can speak with a native Korean accent.” (Britain’s Daily Mail)

Clog Crazy

New Orleans authorities reported that William Goetzee, 48, being held for assaulting a federal marshal, committed suicide by suffocating himself with toilet paper. Investigators said Goetzee had been observed swallowing toilet tissue in his cell throughout the day, despite a deputy’s having been assigned to watch him. (New Orleans’s WWL-TV) Work crews finally removed eight massive rolls of unprocessed toilet paper, weeks after they fell off a truck and clogged Idaho’s upper Lochsa River. State environment officials abandoned earlier efforts to remove the waterlogged paper because they caused it to begin disintegrating in the river. Finally, Department of Environmental Quality official John Cardwell said, lower river flows allowed crews to wrap the rolls with reinforced mesh and then pull them out with a tow truck. (Lewiston Tribune)

Evidence of Disobedience

Canadian federal prison officials confiscated 2444 forbidden items during searches of nine British Columbia prisons, ranging from homemade weapons and intoxicants (including fermented ketchup) to a new Michelin snow tire and a crab trap. Among other items seized: 30 cellphones, a homemade cellphone charger, a case of Fig Newtons, a kilo of bacon, four pounds of raw chicken, and a cooked turkey breast complete with stuffing and cranberries. Most of the items smuggled into cells are “throw overs” at perimeter fences of the prisons, according to director of provincial corrections operations Terry Hackett. Hackett pointed out inmates also use pages from prison-issued Bibles “to roll tobacco and marijuana or hollow them out and store contraband in there. Normally you’re allowed to have a Bible. But once you start using it for some other purpose, then that’s when we seize it.” (Vancouver Sun)


REAL fRee will astRology by rob brezsny septembeR 8-14

fantasize and meditate about questions like those. you’re likely to have a good bit of intuitive foresight in the coming days — some ability to discern the embryonic patterns swirling in the mists. but even more importantly, you will have extra power to dream up potent visions for your best possible future and plant them as seeds in the fertile bed of your subconscious mind.

gemiNi (May 21-June 20): i believe you’re close to getting permanent immunity from hell, gemini. take it as a metaphor if you like, but consider the possibility that there may soon come a time when you will never again be susceptible to getting dragged into the bottomless pit. you will receive the equivalent of a “get out of jail free” card that forever guarantees you exemption from the worst of the nightmare realms. Please note: i’m not saying you will be forever free of all suffering. but if you simply keep doing the smart things you’ve been doing lately, you will tap into a reservoir of stabilizing poise so strong that “the devil” will have no further claim on your soul.

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“Wheel of Fortune” is a TV game show in which players vie to guess a mystery phrase that is revealed letter by letter. On one episode not too long ago, a highly intuitive contestant solved the puzzle even though just one letter had been unveiled. The winning answer was “I’ve got a good feeling about this.” From what I can tell, Virgo, you’ve got a similar aptitude these days — an ability to foresee how things are ultimately going to develop simply by extrapolating from a few clues. I encourage you to make liberal use of your temporary superpower. (P.S. I’ve got a good feeling about this.)

caNceR (June 21-July 22): in “The blood,”

an episode of the tV show “seinfeld,” george tries to go for “the trifecta”: eating a pastrami sandwich and watching tV while having sex. His girlfriend isn’t pleased about it, though, so the triple-intense pleasure doesn’t materialize in the way george had hoped. but something akin to this scenario could very well work for you in the coming week, Cancerian. you will have a knack for stirring up more fun and pleasure that usual through the inventive use of multitasking.

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(oct. 23-nov. 21): “by the year 2021, the complete gratification of sexual desires will be as easy and stress free as drinking a glass of water.” That was one of 25 prophecies delivered to me by a polite, well-spoken madman i met on a July morning in a café in earls Court, london, back in 1990. sixteen of his other predictions have come true so far (like “america will have a black president by 2010,” “you will become a famous astrologer,” “60-year-old women will be able to give birth”), so i’m thinking that the one about easy sexual gratification could turn out to be accurate, as well. Until then, scorpio, you may sometimes have to deal with periodic struggles in getting your needs met. Having said that, though, i’m happy to announce that the coming weeks are shaping up as one of your closest approximations to the supposed 2021 levels of erotic bliss.

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(nov. 22-Dec. 21): The beauty contests in saudi arabia don’t judge women on the basis of their physical appearance. a recent winner, aya ali al-Mulla, was crowned “Queen of beautiful Morals” without ever revealing the face and form shrouded beneath her black head-to-toe garment. instead, her excellence emerged during a series of psychological and social tests that evaluated her strength of character and service to family and society. i’d like to borrow this idea and apply it to you. according to my analysis of the astrological omens, you could and should be a paragon of moral beauty in the coming week — a shining example and inspiration to all the other signs of the zodiac.

capRicoRN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Filip Marinovich calls his poetry book And If You Don’t Go Crazy I’ll Meet You Here Tomorrow. i’m borrowing that title for this horoscope. so here goes: if you don’t go crazy in the coming days, Capricorn, i’ll meet you here again next week. to be clear: There is an excellent chance you will be able to keep our appointment. The astrological omens suggest you’ll call on reserves of wisdom that haven’t been accessible before, and that alone could prevent you from a brush with lunacy. you’re also primed to be nimble in your dealings with paradoxes, which, again, should keep you from descending into fairy-tale-style madness. but even if you do take a partial detour into the land of kooky, i think it will have an oddly healing effect on you. see you next time! aQUaRiUs

(Jan. 20-Feb. 18): There’s no better way to inform you of your task right now than to cite Hexagram 18 of the I Ching, the ancient Chinese book of divination. The title of the oracle is “Work on What Has been spoiled.” Here’s an interpretation by the I Ching’s translator richard Wilhelm, with a little help from me: “What has been spoiled through human mistakes can be made good again through human work. it is not immutable fate that has caused the state of corruption, but rather the abuse of human freedom. toil that is done to correct the situation bodes well, because it is in harmony with cosmic potentials. success depends on diligent deliberation followed by vigorous action.”

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(March 21-april 19): “Don’t be angry with the rain,” counseled author Vladimir nabokov. “it simply does not know how to fall upward.” in the coming week, i advise you to apply that principle to a host of phenomena, aries. Don’t get all knotted up about any force of nature that insists on being itself, and don’t waste your time trying to figure out how to disobey the law of gravity. it’s fine if you find it amusing to go against the flow, but don’t expect the flow to follow you in your rebellion.

(July 23-aug. 22): in Wiccan circles, a “familiar” is a supernatural entity or magic animal that serves as a spirit ally. some witches regard their cats as their familiars. in Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy of fantasy books, the “daemon” (very different from a “demon”) plays a similar role: a shapeshifting creature that embodies a person’s soul. This would be an excellent time for you to develop a closer relationship with a familiar or daemon or any other uncanny helper, leo. you have more hidden power at your disposal than you realize, and it’s a propitious time to call on it.

libRa (sept. 23-oct. 22): you have about 100 billion neurons in your brain. That also happens to be the approximate number of stars in the Milky Way galaxy. Coincidence? i think not. as the mystic dictum reminds us, “as above, so below.” The macrocosm and microcosm are mirrors of each other. everything that happens on a collective level has an intimately personal impact. The better you know yourself, the more likely you are to understand how the world works — and vice versa. i urge you to be alert for concrete evidence of this principle, libra. your week will be successful if you make it your background meditation.


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your laugh. I look forward to coincidence bringing us together again. When: Friday, August 12, 2011. Where: Stowe. You: Woman. Me: Man. #909416 ON TAP John at CVFair Hi John. We initially met at On Tap (8/20), but then saw each other at the CV Fair by the Indoor Boat Display on Saturday. We did not exchange phone numbers, but I would love to meet again. Are you interested? When: Saturday, August 27, 2011. Where: CV FAIR. You: Man. Me: Woman. #909415 Dr. Ruckus Trombone Player You are so hot playing that trombone, blasting my ears and my panties to the ground with each beautiful stroke of your trombone. I was the cute blonde dancing who was hotter than everyone else at Parima this past Friday. I would love to meet up so you can blast me with your t-bone. I think your name is Ben? When: Friday, August 26, 2011. Where: Parima-Ruckus show on Friday. You: Man. Me: Woman. #909414 Gnar Skater You had nice lines (in and off the half-pipe), clean, tight, pretty. On your way out the door, I gently touched your arm and said “Nice riding.” Me: very short hair, white T-shirt, dark jeans. Would you like to get a drink sometime? When: Friday, August 26, 2011. Where: Raise the Gnar. You: Woman. Me: Woman. #909413 red square zed Zed. Met you at Red Square. Would love to see you again. -s When: Sunday, August 28, 2011. Where: Red Square. You: Man. Me: Woman. #909412

A pretty pink Thunderstorm Charcoal-colored clouds, lightening inside them. A few stray bolts made it through while we watched, wrapped up in each other in the hard rain. You I-Spy an NEK man shivered against my body, holding so Do we even get Seven Days is the NEK? tight, you felt part of me. Just more I have yet to see it. Anyways, I spy a wonderful history we’re building DG tall man with dark hair who appears together. When: Thursday, August I’ll miss the creemees 1 and the 6/14/10 2:39:13 PM (by his photo) to be handsome, in the 1x3-cbhb-personals-alt.indd 25, 2011. Where: In our private hotel. tetherball, but I’ll miss you most of NEK, and one who must be clever to You: Woman. Me: Man. #909410 all. When: Wednesday, August 31, figure this out this riddle). We shall see. 2011. Where: East Fairfield. You: St. Albans Price Chopper Love, A Lovely Lady... When: Friday, Man. Me: Woman. #909421 September 2, 2011. Where: Seven Days. To the blonde who works the register

Man Hey you. When: Thursday, September 1, 2011. Where: Meh. You: Man. Me: Woman. #909424

Jazzy At The Barn We talked about the starry night skies. The music. Trombones. Getting lost in the woods. Your eyes didn’t lie, nor did

Classy blonde ‘80s night metrodome Saw you at the bar getting a beer I was impatient, it was taking so long. Maybe we coulda danced, but you thought I was unavailable. You: blond, maybe in your 30s, print dress top, hot jeans. With a girl with long black hair and ponytail. Me: white baseball cap, black polo, brown stupefied shorts. When: Saturday, August 20, 2011. Where: Metrodome 80s night. You: Woman. Me: Woman. #909406 Rollin’ in Rhonda I spy an awesome lady who is pretty much great at everything she does both personally and professionally! You Rock! Hope being spied is everything you ever wanted it to be! When: Wednesday, August 24, 2011. Where: On the road. You: Woman. Me: Woman. #909405

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Dear Renegade,

Rebound Renegade

Rebounding, or the act of getting into a new relationship shortly after the demise of another, can be a dating red flag, the idea being that a person freshly out of a wrecked relationship cannot be healthy enough to enter into a new, lasting union. In some instances, scorned lovers take refuge in a new relationship, enjoying the distraction until they get over their former heartbreak and move on, leaving their ex — and their rebound — in the dust. While the collective societal response to dating someone on the rebound seems to be “cease and desist,” I wouldn’t be so quick to kick this guy to the curb. Let’s face it: No one person or relationship is perfect. If you’re waiting for the right person to show up at the right time, carrying no baggage, you might as well be waiting for a unicorn to arrive at your door with a pot of gold and a never-ending supply of peanut-butter cups. It’s not going to happen. The answer to your question is communication. Go out with this guy again and see if the sparks still fly. If you have another great date, get more intimate with information on the third. Ask direct questions about his pending divorce: How long have they been separated? Was the split a mutual decision? (If it was all his spouse’s idea, he may still be pining for her.) Assess his answers and trust your gut. If this guy seems unencumbered by his divorce, what have you got to lose? On the other hand, if he’s unwilling to communicate his position, perhaps he’s not ready for the “real relationship” you seek.

Love abounds,

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Taggert Metro Metronome Door Guy Guess what? I’m managing tonight. BOO YAKA! When: Wednesday, August 31, 2011. Where: Nectar’s/Metronome. You: Man. Me: Man. #909423

Gentleman Working At Heady Cafe You made me melt the first time I saw you. That day, three weeks ago, I awkwardly accepted my mom’s request to pay for my food. Today you were wearing a red shirt and didn’t ring me up. I sat with my girlfriend at the table up against the silverware and water station. Would love to get to know you. When: Monday, August 29, 2011. Where: Heady Cafe, Burlington, near Church St.. You: Man. Me: Woman. #909417

speechless I couldn’t think of what to say so I just want you to know I think you are perfect. Definitely not a certain tragedy. When: Thursday, August 25, 2011. Where: Essex. You: Man. Me: Woman. #909407

I had the best, most promising date with this guy — very exciting, as I NEVER have good luck dating. During the course of the date, he let me know that he is “95 percent divorced.” The good news is that his soon-to-be-ex-wife lives in South America, so I’m not concerned with her still being in the picture as much as I’m worried about him being “on the rebound.” I’ve consulted with some of my friends, and most of them are telling me to shut it down. Then again, there’s always that one urban myth of the rebound couple who lasted. If I’m looking for a real relationship, is it possible to find it with someone who is this freshly divorced — or not even quite divorced yet?

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Legendary Chat Rogers Legendary bluegrass legend Chat Rogers and the Okidoki Band, how I miss you guys! No one covers a Sneakin’ Sally like you! When: Friday, September 2, 2011. Where: Nectar’s Friday. You: Man. Me: Woman. #909426

My Feisty Little Tattoed Asian Catching a glimpse of you is always the highlight of my day. I love the way you give the stink eye/flip off guys who check you out/hit on you. I’ve seen it a few times. I bet you can’t leave the house without men undressing you with their eyes. You should really respond to this, beautiful. When: Tuesday, August 30, 2011. Where: North Street. You: Woman. Me: Man. #909418

at Price Chopper in St. Albans, Vermont, every Friday and Saturday at 8 a.m.: You’re the highlight of my week. When: Friday, August 19, 2011. Where: Price Chopper. You: Woman. Me: Man. #909408

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SL and little Danger You took my breath away. I can only hope for the best for you and your amazing son, with the coolest middle name (Danger!). The guy who lets you go is a fool. Until next time, I’ll keep your beautiful smile and stunning eyes in my mind. When: Tuesday, August 23, 2011. Where: Church Street and Burlington Waterfront. You: Woman. Me: Man. #909427

Blonde by boat display Sure I wouldn’t mind exchanging phone numbers. Sorry it took so long to get back to you. When: Saturday, August 27, 2011. Where: CV Fair. You: Woman. Me: Man. #909419

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