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paign for the Democratic nomination, which was free for the taking. This fall, Corren will face off against two-term incumbent Phil Scott, a Republican.

Three men — Mark Donka, Donald Nolte and Donald Russell — sought the GOP nomination to challenge four-term Congressman Peter Welch (D-Vt.).

In Chittenden County, veteran Sheriff Kevin McLaughlin faced a challenge from Ed Cafferty, an adjunct criminal justice professor at Champlain College. And in Winooski, incumbent Rep. Clem Bissonnette (D-Winooski) was challenged by former Democratic lawmaker Ken Atkins and newcomer Diana Gonzalez — a D and a P — for two seats in the Vermont House.

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Beleaguered Burlington College forgot to make payroll deductions or contribute to employee retirement accounts — all summer.

Right, they don’t teach accounting.

1. “Winooski Bistro’s Bacon Sign Ignites Internet Storm” by Mark Davis. A discussion about a Sneakers Bistro sign in the Winooski traffic circle became a sizzling controversy when conservative news outlets picked it up over the weekend.

2. “Sanders Tells Disruptive Member of Town Hall Meeting Crowd to ‘Shut Up!’” by Paul Heintz. Unruly audience members at a town hall meeting in Cabot drew a sharp rebuke from Sen. Bernie Sanders.

3. “Pass or Fail: What Happens if Burlington College Drops Out?” by Alicia Freese. The embattled liberal arts college is juggling financial woes and a staff and student population at odds with the current administration.

4. “A Montpelier Design/Build Duo Lands a House on Reality TV” by Xian ChiangWaren. A Montpelier abode of fewer than 500 square feet was featured on FYI Network’s “Tiny House Nation” last week.

5. “Burlington and Montpelier Make Outside’s ‘Best Towns Ever’ List” by Xian Chiang-Waren. Duluth, Minn., may have taken the top spot, but Burlington scored a mention on the front cover of the magazine’s September issue.

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s Seven Days went to press Tuesday evening, town clerks were still sifting through the ballots cast in this year’s low-key primary election. Don’t despair, though: Seven Days’ Off Message blog has the skinny. We’ll keep covering the returns as the final results of several spirited write-in campaigns trickle in this week.

One of the most colorful was Libertarian Dan Feliciano’s last-minute write-in campaign for the Republican nomination. He ran against GOP establishment candidate Scott Milne, who some accused of being soft on single-payer health care, as well as Steve Berry and Emily Peyton.

Win or lose, Feliciano and Peyton will both appear on the general election ballot — the former as a Libertarian and the latter as an independent.

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I chose Burlington College because of the smaller campus [“Pass or Fail,” August 20]. Like many students, I was in my early twenties and wanted to continue my education. A week after I started classes, my father passed away from a heart attack.

I was despondent, yet I knew the minute the staff and students embraced me that I was in the appropriate school.

The professors alleviated my concerns and kept me focused on my education yet allowed me the freedom to grieve when necessary.

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The courses allowed one to not only work on required subjects but within each of them, to journey to oneself. Office doors were always open. The relationship among students, faculty and staff was one of a family. They would encourage you, laugh with you and challenged you endlessly. Your voice mattered.

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In December 2013, Andy “A-Dog” Williams lost his yearlong battle with cancer at age 38. A mainstay of Burlington’s music community, he was known for his deftness on the turntables — a talent that took him to stages throughout the country.

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f federal regulators approve Comcast’s $45 billion takeover of Time Warner Cable, the juggernaut will control 16 of the nation’s top 20 cable television markets and 35 percent of its high-speed internet service areas.

That prospect has groups such as Consumers Union, HOWARD DEAN’s Democracy for America and Burlington’s CCTV Center for Media & Democracy trying to change the channel.

“A merger between the nation’s two largest cable companies would inevitably lead to unprecedented gatekeeper control over our nation’s telecommunications and media landscape,” those groups and l oc al, fr es h, ori gi nal 62 others wrote Monday in a letter to the Federal Communications Commission.

Cable and broadband customers alike, they argued, would face higher prices and fewer choices.

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Two days later, DGA executive director COLM O’COMARTUN penned a similar note to the FCC on DGA letterhead. O’Comartun, who reports to Shumlin, urged the feds to “consider Comcast’s impressive body of work and all that they do in helping strengthen the middle class and investing in our nation’s infrastructure.”

Why, exactly, was Shumlin so eager to go to bat for the nation’s most powerful telecom corporation?

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According to Shumlin spokeswoman SUE ALLEN, Comcast requested a letter from the governor and his Department of Public Service “stating that Comcast had fulfilled its regulatory requirements” when it replaced Adelphia and “in support of the merger.”

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democracy for Common Cause, the Washington, D.C., good government group, has another explanation: campaign contributions.

“Money buys access. Money influences policy. And money buys favors down the road,” he says.

According to the Center for Responsive Politics, Comcast donated $5.3 million last election cycle to candidates for federal office and has already contributed $3.4 million this cycle. Last year, it spent $7.7 million on lobbying, the CRP found.

“They’ve shown they’re willing to spend whatever it takes, wherever, from the federal level down to the states — even to the municipal level — to write their own rules,” says O’Boyle, whose organization signed Monday’s letter opposing the deal.

WHY WAS SHUMLIN SO EAGER TO GO TO BAT FOR THE NATION’S MOST POWERFUL TELECOM CORPORATION?

BECAUSE IT ASKED!

Indeed, Comcast gave $9,700 last election cycle to 20 candidates for state office in Vermont — including $4,000 to Shumlin — according to VTDigger’s campaign finance database. Just last month, Comcast ponied up another $2,000 for the gov.

That money pales in comparison to what Comcast has donated to the DGA, which accepts unlimited contributions from corporations and then doles the money out to its members’ reelection campaigns. According to filings with the IRS, Comcast has given $475,000 to the DGA since Shumlin was elected chairman in late 2012.

“Just think of the purchasing power Comcast has with respect to public officials,” says CCTV executive director LAUREN-GLENN DAVITIAN, whose organization runs Chittenden County’s Channel 17 community access station. “Not only can they make mass bulk purchases of programming, they can make mass bulk purchases of public officials.”

DGA spokesman DANNY KANNER did not respond to multiple requests for comment, and Allen denied that Comcast’s

contributions influenced her boss’ decision to put his finger on the scale.

She argues that Shumlin’s letter to the FCC was focused on Comcast’s “regulatory commitments in Vermont when it acquired Adelphia and its work (as one of many private providers) in bringing more choice and broadband access to Vermonters.”

But if the FCC approves the takeover and the Vermont Public Service Board approves a side deal, Vermont would actually end up with fewer cable and internet providers — even though Time Warner Cable doesn’t operate in the state. That’s because, in order to comply with federal antitrust laws, Comcast plans to shed some customers and trade others with Charter Communications.

The latter company currently serves 8,800 Vermont households — in Barre, Tunbridge, Chelsea, St. Johnsbury and Lyndonville — according to JIM PORTER, the Department of Public Service’s telecom director. That makes Charter second only to Comcast, which serves 113,000 households.

If the deals go through, Comcast would take over all of Charter’s Vermont accounts.

Such consolidation won’t necessarily stymie competition, Porter argues, because, as in most of the country, Vermont’s cable company service areas don’t overlap.

“Do we see a problem with that merger?

I would say no,” Porter says.

Davitian concedes that its impact on Vermont may be limited, but she argues that, nationally, further media consolidation will only hurt consumers — particularly as Comcast assumes more and more control over the internet.

“Having a bigger Comcast does not benefit the public interest,” she says. “It’s just the opposite of what we’re trying to do in Vermont as an economic model. The only reason you’d write a letter like [Shumlin’s] is you received a persuasive argument, plus some financial incentives to do so.”

In the Middle (East)

When the president ordered air strikes last month against Islamic militants in northern Iraq, Vermont’s congressional delegation had BARACK OBAMA’s back.

Sen. PATRICK LEAHY (D-Vt.), Sen. BERNIE SANDERS (I-Vt.) and Congressman PETER WELCH (D-Vt.) endorsed what Leahy called the use of “limited force” against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. The trio cited the imminent threat posed to the Kurdish city of Erbil and thousands of Yazidi refugees stranded on Iraq’s Mount Sinjar.

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to “send combat troops into harm’s way,” not to launch air strikes. Nevertheless, he said, “I believe that Congress must become increasingly engaged in the IraqSyria crisis.”

Leahy’s spokesman, david Carle, said the senator was unavailable for an interview early this week.

“We know the senator has talked several times with senior administration officials in the last several days,” Carle said. “We haven’t talked to him since then, and we need to do that before we comment for him.”

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New Hampshire journalist James Foley, whose brutal execution at the hands of ISIS shocked the world last week, was not the only reporter with ties to the region caught up in the escalating violence of Syria and Iraq.

Foley’s fellow captive, Steven Sotloff, who was pictured in the video of Foley’s execution, went to high school in the Upper Valley. As the Valley News’ maggie Cassidy reported last week, the Florida native was a 2002 graduate of Kimball Union Academy in Meriden, N.H. Sotloff reported from Syria, Libya and Egypt for TIME and Foreign Policy before he went missing in August 2013. His whereabouts and condition are unknown.

Days after Foley’s death, fellow journalist Peter theo Curtis was released by Al Nusra Front, an affiliate of Al Qaeda. The Massachusetts native attended the Putney School and Middlebury College, according to the Valley News’ Nora doyle-Burr. He lived in Woodstock for several years and his family owns a home in Bridgewater.

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But now that the Obama administration is reportedly considering expanding those “limited” air strikes to ISIS fighters stationed in Syria, will Vermont’s federal delegates go along?

“Not at this point,” Welch says. “ISIS is as bad as anybody can describe. But ‘What’s the U.S. interest?’ is really the question. We do not want to get ourselves dragged into another land war.”

Citing unnamed administration officials, multiple national news outlets reported Monday that the U.S. military had already sent surveillance aircraft into Syrian airspace to scout potential targets. But Welch believes the White House should slow down and come to Congress before expanding the scope of its mission.

“If the president is going to seek to use additional military force, particularly in going into Syria, he would need, in my view, congressional approval,” Welch says.

If you’re experiencing a little déjà vu, that’s because Welch made much the same demand throughout the spring and summer of 2013, when the administration was pondering air strikes against Syrian President Bashar al-assad.

Obama nearly pulled the trigger last August after Assad’s forces killed 1,400 Syrian civilians in a sarin gas attack on the outskirts of Damascus. Instead, the president punted to Congress — and Congress punted right back, declining to hold a vote to authorize the use of force.

Despite repeated inquiries from the press at the time, Leahy, Sanders and Welch never revealed how they would have voted on such a resolution, though Sanders later claimed he opposed the strikes.

Much has changed in the year since: International observers have disposed of Syria’s chemical weapons, Assad has consolidated power and at least 62,000 more Syrians have perished, according to the United Nations. And now, instead of contemplating air strikes against the Assad regime, the U.S. is contemplating strikes against Assad’s bitter enemy: ISIS. Sanders, who declined interview requests this week, said in written response to questions posed by Seven Days that ISIS “must be opposed militarily and that the international community should be militarily supporting the Iraqi and Kurdish armed forces.”

“This is not just an American problem but a problem for the international community,” he said.

Sanders would not say whether or not he would support air strikes on ISIS forces in Syria, but he appeared to draw a line at combat troops, which he said should not be deployed to Syria or Iraq.

“I would hope that we learned a lesson from our recent interventions in Iraq and Afghanistan,” he said.

Unlike Welch, Sanders said that Obama needed congressional authorization only

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Conservative outlets and some mainstream media, including the Washington Times, the New York Daily News, CBS Radio and the National Review picked up on the story.

Fueling the coverage was an angry mob of online commenters from across the country taking shots at the funky breakfast joint that has vintage jukeboxes at every table and a line out the door on weekend mornings.

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he setting: a community garden. The central character: a respected Winooski businessman who has contributed to just about every charitable cause in the city. His offense: going out of his way to make sure a local resident didn’t feel offended.

To recap: Sneakers Bistro & Café owner Marc Dysinger had erected a tongue-in-cheek sign in a community garden that he maintains for Winooski in the downtown traffic circle outside his restaurant. “Yield for Sneakers Bacon,” it read.

Last week, a local woman who identified herself as “a vegan and a member of a Muslim household,” posted a note on Front Porch Forum suggesting the sign was offensive. She asked that it be removed in consideration of a “large number of Muslim families in Winooski, as well as many others who do not eat pork for a variety of reasons.”

Though several other Front Porch commenters politely suggested that the woman was being too sensitive, Dysinger willingly took the sign down.

The tiniest spark can ignite a brushfire of anger on the internet. Two days after she made her case on Front Porch Forum, the bacon controversy blew up.

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Some commenters even provided artwork: a cartoon of an animal raping a Muslim man. The journalist James Foley in the moments before he was beheaded

by an ISIS terrorist. Two slices of bacon laid out in the shape of a cross.

The commenters vented on Sneakers’ Facebook page. When the bistro took its page down, opponents created their own. They bombarded the restaurant with phone calls. They wrote scathing reviews of the bistro on Yelp. They called Winooski City Hall and threatened city officials, who had no role in the issue.

While some media outlets reported the sign protester was a Muslim, giving rise to the anti-Islam vitriol, Winooski City Manager Katherine Decarreau confirmed that she is not. The laid-back administrator also felt compelled to tell a reporter without a hint of irony or humor on Monday morning: “No, we don’t have terrorists in our neighborhoods.” An hour later, Decarreau issued

a press release — the first time she has done so in her five years in office — calling for people to remain calm and act with “respect” for each other.

A Seven Days blog post about the brouhaha drew dozens of online comments.

Some were local, but many were from IP addresses in faraway states: California, Alabama, Oregon. While some simply voiced levelheaded criticism of Sneakers taking down a sign they found inoffensive, others posted comments that would make some readers squirm.

The woman whose post set it all off declined to comment for this story.

“She’s hurting,” said Decarreau, who has been in touch with the woman. “She didn’t realize this is what would happen.

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“Whenever we need businesses to step up, they’re among the first in line,” she said.

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“I’m just tired of PC run amok,” For over 25 years, Glenn Cummings has Imperatore said in a phone interview mentored thousands of kids through the sports on Monday. “It’s not like they had a programs he’s coached and managed. Carrying sign on their front that said, ‘We hate on a family tradition of helping youth, Glenn Muslims, We won’t serve Muslims.’ sees sports as a great way for kids to “energize We’ve reached the point in this country their mind and body and have a better sense of where everyone’s position is so rigid self-esteem.” We’re proud to support Glenn as he that we’re missing respect and courtesy continues to INSPIRE VERMONT YOUTH. these days.”

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message to an individual or agency. You need to reach out directly to people.”

Michael Wood-Lewis of Front Porch Forum agrees. Lamenting the ugly outof-state reactions to a post that had “too many hallmarks of a sound-bitey, linkbait story,” he put a positive spin on it: “There are a lot of bacon conversations going on in Winooski this week. I don’t know if it’s community building. But it’s people talking to each other face to face, which is our goal.”

Sneakers’ owner, Dysinger, was doing a brisk business Tuesday morning, preparing food for the breakfast crowd. Citing a desire to move on, he declined to comment.

Others spoke up for him, though.

Decarreau ran through some of Dysinger’s good deeds: He and his staff

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with a plan to build on some nearby land that was owned by a local family.

CCTA initially sought to use the same law that allows local governments to take property, but the Vermont Supreme Court rejected that logic, saying the transit authority was not eligible under that statute.

So CCTA changed tactics, citing a state law that allows transportation agencies to seize property. The little-used statute was passed primarily so that the state could take farmland to build the interstate system decades ago.

“The statute was clearly designed by the Agency of Transportation in condemning property for highway construction with financing from the State of Vermont,” CCTA’s attorney acknowledged in a court filing on an unrelated case.

Regardless, CCTA won its argument, took over the neighboring land and built its current headquarters there.

A few years later, in the mid-1990s, CCTA sold its old headquarters — to Michael Ryan. In court filings, CCTA is trying to use that history to its advantage, arguing that the building that CCTA once occupied is uniquely equipped to handle its buses.

A couple of months after filing for eminent domain to obtain Ryan’s property, CCTA used the same approach to take a strip of land owned by the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception.

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wice in recent months, the Chittenden County Transportation Authority has been thwarted in its attempts to buy property in Burlington that it claims is crucial to its long-term growth.

An electrical contracting business that abuts CCTA’s headquarters in the South End has refused to sell. And while the downtown Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception was amenable to a deal, the agency has had problems securing approval from church officials authorized to sell land where CCTA wants to build a new “transit station.”

So the nonprofit bus service, whose public image was battered during a two-week driver strike last winter, has quietly resorted to a controversial tactic: It has taken the entities to court, invoking eminent domain to try to force them to sell.

“We believe that this is for a very good reason,” CCTA spokeswoman Meredith Birkett said. “It’s for the future of CCTA and the future of the community. The board discussed it and thought a lot about how people would be concerned.

We’ve been very thoughtful about that.”

CCTA’s tougher fight is with its nextdoor neighbor on Industrial Parkway, which runs parallel to Pine Street. The agency wants to take a building and three acres owned by Ryan Brothers Electric, a family electrical-contracting business. CCTA, which provides 9,700 rides a day, says it needs more space to store its fleet of 70 buses, some of which now have to be parked outside. CCTA also needs more repair bays. Its current five are at capacity, making it difficult to keep up with maintenance.

In 2012, Michael Ryan listed his building and two of the three acres on which it sits for $1.6 million. When he didn’t find a buyer at that price, he pulled the parcel off the market. Recent negotiations with CCTA, which aims to acquire all of his real-estate holdings at that location, have come to a standstill.

In court papers, Ryan said there have been no talks between the two parties since the CCTA board voted in November to pursue condemnation of his entire property. He has asked a Chittenden Superior Court judge to dismiss CCTA’s eminent domain petition, saying he can’t afford to relocate for what the agency is offering and would prefer to keep his business in its present

location. The case could take several months to resolve.

“My client is very upset and disappointed,” Ryan’s attorney, Liam Murphy, told Seven Days. “He would really like to stay where he is. What CCTA is willing to pay for his property and what he can replace it for are two very different things.”

Eminent domain is essentially a twostep process once it gets to court. A judge must determine that the government is justified in taking the property — that it’s necessary. If it is, either a judge or jury determines a just compensation amount

to be paid in the event the parties fail to agree on the value of the transaction.

Eminent domain is most commonly used by state or municipal organizations or utilities. CCTA, which is technically a municipality chartered by the legislature to provide transit in Chittenden County, also has the power.

CCTA used eminent domain once before. In the early 1990s, the agency decided that it had grown too big for its original headquarters, which were located in the current Ryan Electric building. Envisioning a new HQ, it came up

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So CCTA went to court to enforce City officials decided to give the the deal, which was recently finalized. Federal Transit Administration’s money The diocese and its attorney did not to CCTA so they wouldn’t have to give it respond to messages back to the feds. Soon seeking comment. after the $2.4 million CCTA isn’t the was deposited, CCTA only entity in Vermont opened talks with resorting to eminent Ryan. domain to carry out its “They’re just trying projects. Vermont Gas to use the money bewill likely file eminent cause they have it, and domain petitions this Michael [Ryan] hapweek against Addison pens to be the easiest County landowners target — he’s next LiAM MuR phy who have not signed door,” Murphy said. agreements allowing The last time CCTA the utility to build a natural gas pipeline issued a formal study of its growth plans through their property, spokesman was in 2010. In that report, the expanSteve Wark said. sion of bus-maintenance facilities reThe utility has offered to pay for me- ceived only a mention, and did not merit diators to settle disagreements with each a place on the report’s Action Agenda. landowner along the proposed pipeline “CCTA’s current operations and route. Last week, Wark estimated maintenance facility … is in very good that more than 100 landowners have condition and was recently expanded to reached agreements to give Vermont allow for indoor parking of more buses, Gas rights to their land; roughly 40 but still requires parking of some transit landowners were in “productive discus- vehicles outside and has little room for sions” with the utility and likely to settle additional drivers to park their own out of court; 20 more landowners could vehicles,” the report states. “As service be subject to an eminent domain fight. expands, CCTA should explore and Gov. Peter Shumlin recently sent create additional indoor bus parking a letter to three lawmakers that ex- and additional car parking at or adjacent pressed concern about Vermont Gas to this facility.” using eminent domain and suggested However, Birkett said that the agency the utility should try to avoid the has long identified expanding its busprocess, according to a report from maintenance space as a priority. “We VTDigger. didn’t rank projects in any order, be“We have made significant progress. cause we don’t usually know where the We realize that in some cases we will funding will be available to us,” Birkett not be able to,” Wark said. “We want to said. “We want to leave that document be good neighbors. We want to make flexible, so we can take advantage of the this work … I’d much rather pay a land- opportunities when they come.” m owner than a lawyer.”

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fter wrapping up harvest work at the Intervale Community Farm last fall, an eager crew of laborers said good-bye to the farmers they’d been helping out.

“Their last words were, ‘See you next spring!’” recalled ICF executive director Andy Jones.

But Jones didn’t invite the group back into the fields this year. The cooperative farm had been giving these member-workers a discount on their consumer-supported agriculture share in exchange for their efforts. And in the interim, Jones had determined that the arrangement was likely illegal under federal labor law.

Since the Great Recession, the ubiquity of the “unpaid internship” has brought attention to the question of who qualifies as an employee — and who is therefore entitled to a minimum wage.

Some interns have successfully sued their employers for back pay.

The same law — the Fair Labor Standards Act — that protects the rights of “interns” of all stripes has caused some co-ops to question the legality of their own labor practices, and a few are terminating the member-worker programs that have been central to their identities.

There hasn’t been a spate of lawsuits or a national outcry, and experts provide different interpretations of the law, but the days of watching your boss bag your groceries at City Market are numbered.

Burlington’s thriving co-op is preemptively phasing out a program that allows members to work at the store in exchange for a break on their grocery bill. Customers get a 7 percent discount for working at least two hours a month, and a 12 percent discount if they put in four or more hours. (At ICF, members could work four hours a week for 10 weeks, and in return they got half off a small CSA share.)

But a few years ago, the City Market leadership team, like Jones, began to worry that this system might run afoul of U.S. Department of Labor regulations.

In 2010, the DOL published a sixfactor test to help determine whether a so-called intern qualifies as an employee. Among those factors: The intern can’t do work that would displace an employee, and the work he or she does has to be for his or her own benefit. The

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same standards apply to co-op memberworkers, according to DOL spokesman Andre Bowser.

Co-ops across the country are dismantling their programs, confirmed a spokeswoman for the National Cooperative Grocers Association. “The enforcement costs of something like that would be tremendous,” Jones said, explaining that ICF would have to pay back wages, payroll taxes, workers’ compensation and other costs accumulated over its member-worker program’s lifespan.

Laddie Lushin — an expert in cooperative law — doesn’t see it that way: “Literally hundreds of co-ops are making decisions on this issue based on nothing more than the general opinion of people who don’t know what the law is,” he said.

The Braintree-based lawyer suspects he’s the only attorney in the country who’s actually read the relevant court decisions. In 2009, Lushin wrote a 19page manuscript based on his analysis of three U.S. Court of Appeals cases.

There’s nothing inherently illegal about a member-worker program, he claims.

As long as workers aren’t “economically dependent” on the discount, they don’t count as employees. And, except for “a few atypical situations of extreme

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poverty of member-workers,” that’s unlikely to be the case, he said.

“I am not very impressed with the DOL privately saying that standards that apply to one particular set of circumstances apply to a completely different set of circumstances,” he said. “Would I change my manuscript on the basis of this? Perhaps only for the purpose of addressing it and debunking it.”

A co-op devotee, Lushin has a particular fondness for member-worker programs — though he said he’d never push them on a business. “Personally, I think it’s a marvelous mechanism to draw people into the cooperative and its operations, to be contributing to it in a substantive way … It encourages a connection, a sense of belonging. It’s a really

useful arrangement, and that’s why it started in the first place.”

Not everyone is abandoning the old business model. For example, the Middlebury Natural Foods Co-op still has its member-worker program. “I don’t see us getting rid of it anytime soon,” said assistant marketing director Emily Millard, who also noted the Co-op doesn’t think it’s illegal.

When Montpelier’s Hunger Mountain Co-op first started, members were required to work there. Today, roughly 25 members still work at the store, but they’re treated as seasonal employees, according to general manager Kari Bradley. “The challenge is finding other ways ... for members to stay connected,” Bradley said. “It is unfortunate in some ways, but it’s also part of the evolution of co-ops.”

Kelly McElheny is one of the organizers behind the Southshire Community Market, a co-op trying to attract enough members to get off the ground in Bennington. They’re still figuring out what to do about their member-worker program.

“It gets so — pardon my French — fucking complicated that it makes you crazy,” McElheny said. Legally, “you have to be really careful about it,” she

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question,” he said — but “it’s not an issue that’s really come to my attention.”

City Market plans to take 11 months to eliminate its in-store work program, but the co-op is still committed to giving members a chance to chip in, according to Allison Weinhagen, who oversees membership services for the store. The downtown grocery already partners with 15 nonprofits at which members can volunteer in exchange for a discount, and City Market plans to expand that program.

As long as people are working at nonprofits outside the store, it’s legal, according to Weinhagen.

Once the final harvest is in, Jones said, ICF will turn its attention to figuring out how to keep its members engaged on the farm, even if they have to stay out of the fields. Getting the crops in hasn’t been the problem, according to Jones — they hired a few part-time employees to pick up the slack. For him, the “tragedy” is that members might lose their connection to the farm.

McGowan is committed to staying involved — she sits on ICF’s board now.

Still, she said, it’s not the same. “The larger sense of community in a co-op is based on shared labor … I think you lose that when I can’t be out there weeding, or harvesting eggplants.” m

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explained. But Southshire’s members want it. “We’ve had a number of people say, ‘We’re not joining if we can’t work to get a discount.’”

The Intervale Community Farm’s program was also popular among members, including Abigail McGowan, a history professor at the University of Vermont. When Tropical Storm Irene hit Vermont in 2011, ICF issued a plea for help harvesting crops before the rising Winooski River consumed them.

McGowan showed up and, moved by the experience, she signed up to be a member-worker for the next two years.

“It was just sort of magical,” McGowan said, explaining that it gave her “a sense of the complexity of the farm, the planning, the thoughtfulness with which crops get rotated.” Gardening in her sixtomato-plant plot, McGowan added, just doesn’t have the same effect.

Does the government really care that McGowan was getting discounted veggies in return for harvesting help?

Jones said he didn’t know whether the U.S. DOL had singled out co-ops, but “my understanding is there is just a more aggressive enforcement approach in the DOL on a number of different levels.” The department has gone after several Vermont farms and food producers for violating different labor regulations, according to Jones.

The DOL did crack down on a New Mexico co-op’s member-worker program — but that was more than two decades ago. According to Bowser, it hasn’t investigated any Vermont food co-ops, but if someone filed a complaint, it would.

Does the local authority — the Vermont Department of Labor — have anything to say about this? Dirk Anderson, the department’s lawyer, said he wasn’t aware that local co-ops were preemptively doing away with their member-worker programs. Federal and state jurisdictions overlap in this area of law, he explained, but the U.S. DOL’s regulations are more “fleshed out,” so Vermont might refer an especially thorny case to that agency.

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Leona was born in Burlington on August 9, 1932, the daughter of James William Moody Sr. and Rose Idola (Vezina) Moody.

Leona was educated within the Burlington School District. She was married in Port Henry, N.Y. on May 23, 1951, to James Kirby Sr., who predeceased her on March 28, 1991.

She was employed for many years at Forest Hills Factory Outlet, R.J. Reynolds and Mazel’s Shoes. She was an avid fan of the Boston Red Sox and enjoyed crocheting, sewing, word searches and making puzzles. In her later years, she mostly enjoyed being a caregiver to her family, especially her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Leona is survived by her daughter, Nancy Bushey, and her husband, Ronald, of Burlington; her son, James Kirby Jr. and his wife, Francine, of Milton; her grandchildren: Angela Bean and her husband, Jeff, and their children, Taylor, Noah, and Adam; Jessica Kelleher and her husband, Kevin, and their children,

Tyler Bushey and Kiernan, Kaiden and Kamden Kelleher; and Tanya Kirby and her fiancé, Jared Norris; her sisters Doris Dame, Patricia Decarreau, Marilyn Conger (Bunny) and Susan Sabine; her brothers, James W. Moody Jr. and Michael Moody; her brother-in-law, Philip Couture; and many nieces and nephews.

Leona was predeceased by her parents; her daughter, Judy Wells; and her sisters Dorothy Couture and Jacqueline Billings.

Funeral arrangements will be at the family’s discretion. There will be no visiting hours.

Arrangements are with the LaVigne Funeral Home and Cremation Service, 132 Main Street, in Winooski.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made in her great-grandson’s honor to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Northern New England Chapter, 114 Perimeter Rd., Unit G & H, Nashua, NH 03063 or cff.org or to Autism Speaks: autismspeaks.org.

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1925-2014, WINOOSKI Doris R. (Shepard) Parent, 89, a lifelong resident of Winooski, Vt., died Sunday, August 24, 2014, at Fletcher Allen Health Care in Burlington, Vt., surrounded by her loving family.

Doris was born in Winooski on June 11, 1925, the daughter of Wilfrid and Viola (Guyette) Compagnon. She was married at St. Stephen Catholic Church in Winooski to Carl Shepard, who predeceased her on June 1, 1990.

Doris was employed for many years at the American Woolen Mill and at the University of Vermont, from which she retired.

She enjoyed music, playing guitar, singing, dancing and yodeling, and was an avid bingo player, but mostly loved being with her family.

Doris is survived by four children: Brenda Bascom and her husband, Roland, Carol Parker, Rebecca Parker and her husband, Steve, and Carl E. Shepard Jr.; 13 grandchildren; 32 great-grandchildren; 10 great-great-grandchildren; her sister, Constance Benway; her special nephew, Bruce Hamlin, and his wife, Vicki; and several nieces, nephews and extended Shepard family.

She was predeceased by her son-in-law, Harvey Parker; her sisters and brother; and many relatives.

Funeral services will be held at the funeral home on Friday, August 29, at 11 a.m. Interment will follow at St. Stephen’s Cemetery in Colchester. Condolences can be shared with the family online at lavigne funeralhome.com.

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urlington artist Aaron Stein is ready to crush it. “It” being his 1995 Buick Century named Eunice Bloom, which he has been driving for the past six months.

What could motivate someone to ruin, on purpose, a possession so large and valuable?

For Stein, it’s just another day’s work.

In his studio in the South End’s Soda Plant, he regularly smashes, tears, cuts and rips up old car parts. “I love the creative process of destruction,” he says.

“In my artwork I use a lot of automotive found objects, toy cars, and a lot of them I wreck.”

License plates feature prominently in Stein’s work because, he says, “they’re so accessible to everybody; everyone’s got an association to them.”

His latest project, aptly titled “The Big Hit,” is preparing Eunice Bloom for a run in the Champlain Valley Fair’s Bond Auto Parts Demolition Derby this Wednesday, August 27. According to Stein, who has attended the derby for 20 years, it started out with the simple, if eccentric, desire to drive and crash.

He traces his fascination with wrecking cars to early childhood, when he would smash toy cars and observe the shapes that resulted. “I’m really fascinated with how metal crumples uniquely,” Stein says. “Each car looks the same when it comes out of the factory, but every car has its own life and its own life story. If they’re in an accident and they get wrecked, no two wreck the same.”

Stein’s artwork explores the relationships people have to their cars and what cars represent: childhood memories, teenage freedom or a life-defining moment such as a cross-country trip or a move. Automobile culture also has darker aspects, of course, such as the high social value placed on owning a car despite its environmental effects. In his art, Stein addresses that conflict and invites viewers to examine their own attachments, both personal and abstract, to the vehicle.

Entering the derby presented an opportunity to manifest his art on a larger canvas, so to speak. Stein’s partner, Marie Davis, a polymer clay artist and owner of Marie Davis Designs, says, “Aaron’s been smashing toy cars forever, and the light went on when he realized he could actually do a full-size crash.”

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keep the plates on, so they can be part of the story.

Eunice Bloom has also helped others tell their car stories. For the last month and a half at ArtsRiot’s Friday night Truck Stop on Pine Street, Stein has turned the car’s backseat into a pop-up studio. His friend Rob Hunter, director of Frog

Each car looks the same when it comes out of the factory,

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has filmed two dozen vignettes of individuals sharing End Arts and Business auto memories, good Association, to display their logos on the and bad. vehicle.

“A lot of the piece A aro n S te i n Eunice Bloom is for me is to evoke a now navy blue and response from people,” bright orange, with white flames licking Stein explains. “Wrecking things — the front doors. That last color choice taking this car, which is in decent is required by derby rules, Stein says: shape, and wrecking it — is emotional.

Because drivers are not allowed to hit I wanted to play with people’s feelings each other’s doors, every car must have and attachment to inanimate objects, a “white flag.” The finishing touches because I don’t think anything’s prewill be removing the headlights and all cious, except life.” exterior glass parts. Of course, Stein will Though Stein intended to make the

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audience question its attachments, he was surprised to find he, too, had formed a connection with his car. “What I didn’t expect was my personal attachment,” Stein admits. “I actually thought I’d be playing with everyone else, and now I have to go through with [the crash].”

After the derby, Stein says, whatever is left of Eunice Bloom will appear in the juried show at the South End Art Hop from September 5 to 7, though he plans later to strip the car for parts to use in future artworks. “To complete the story, I’ll probably take it up to Rathe’s Salvage and they’ll crush it,” Stein says. “And I would like to video it being crushed and have that full circle, to recycle it into another car.” m

INFO Aaron Stein will be at the Demolition Derby on Wednesday, August 27, 6:30 p.m., at the Champlain Valley Exposition in Essex Junction. He’ll exhibit the remains of Eunice Bloom at the South End Art Hop, Friday through Sunday, September 5 to 7, outside Sterling Hardwoods in Burlington. revivalstudio.com, seaba.com

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Whenever I read a press release for a new memoir by somebody from the Big City who decided to move to Vermont, I groan. It takes no more than a decade of residence to make one jaded and weary of the newcomers’ excited refrains: The landscape is an inspiration. The oldtimers are lovable once you get past their taciturn façades. The general store is oh-so-quirky. Winter is daunting, and mud season royally sucks.

Every now and then, though, a comingto-Vermont memoir offers more than the you-don’t-say familiar insights. MARTHA LEB MOLNAR’s new book Taproot: Coming Home to Prairie Hill drew me in with its early acknowledgment that sometimes we feel pulled to a place for no apparent reason. “We must be hard-wired for our hearts to open to specific places,” the Castleton author writes.

The story of Molnar’s attraction to Vermont — where she and her husband moved permanently from Westchester County in 2008 — begins with her childhood in communist Romania. Her parents, both Holocaust survivors, had no affinity for the countryside; they believed that “safety, such as there was, was to be found in cities,” Molnar writes. Yet when 6-year-old Martha wandered into a forest adjoining an urban hospital, she “discovered wilderness” — and “was bewitched.”

Many decades later, as a successful New York professional with three grown children, Molnar would “discover wilderness” again — in Vermont. Thus began a long saga of combing realtors’ listings and hiring contractors that eventually ended with the author contemplating Birdseye Mountain from a Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired “prairie house” on a hill once occupied by a dying orchard.

Molnar relates this narrative in chapters that alternate between present-tense meditations on seasonal changes, flora, fauna, the intractability of invasive garlic mustard (“a weed on steroids”), and the difficulty of sitting still and being here now when your natural mode is “fidgety.” While the demarcation of these sections from her central “plot” could sometimes be stronger (it’s an issue of tense consistency), they hold reams of stellar prose. Take Molnar’s description of the last lake swim in late fall (“The daggering light makes the waters translucent”), or of Vermont spring as “a riot of irrepressible gusto, of flowering, leafing, wriggling, budding, of energy suffusing birds, bees, plants and me too.”

The author has clearly taken to life in her adopted state: These days she is a VERMONT PUBLIC RADIO commentator, active at the Rutland Jewish Center and the founder of Castleton’s “Science Pub” series, where inquisitive folks hear a lecture by a prof or other expert in a pub setting. But, despite this evidence of “fitting in,” Molnar candidly (and humorously) admits that she didn’t come to Vermont for the social life. Writing about the “New Localism,” she assures us that she feels plenty of “benevolence toward my fellow humans … I especially feel this immense good will whenever I’m away from them.”

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Heather Bryce’s dance company performs Breathing Under Water; Pauline Jennings and dancers show 6 Steps, 3 Rules, a complex, systematic dance gleaned from improvisational beginnings; Lida Winfield and Ellen Ahern-Smith use text and movement to explore power, oppression and the female body; and Besaw returns with an ensemble piece performed to live music.

Sounds like there’s something for everyone, right? That’s the point. The goal, according to organizers, is to get as many dance fans under one roof as possible.

“We’re hoping to draw an audience from the established dance community — that is, dancers and dance students and those who regularly attend dance performances,” says Dan Casey, executive director of the Barre Opera House. “But, as important, we’re also hoping to bring in other folks with little or no exposure to modern dance who may have a curiosity about it.”

Over time, organizers hope to expand the festival into a multiple-weekend event in locations around the state. The

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aim is twofold: to grow a local modern dance audience throughout Vermont, and to give “some well-deserved visibility to these dancers and the genre,” Casey says.

“There’s a thriving and significant contemporary dance community here,” notes Schmidt, the Pawlet-based visual artist and choreographer who dreamed up DanceFest and spearheaded its organization.

But that community, she observes, is dispersed. It clusters in cities and towns — including Montpelier, Burlington and Middlebury — where studios and college dance programs provide hubs for dancers and choreographers to gather and create. Audiences rarely have an opportunity to sample a broad range of local talent in one place.

Schmidt — a lifelong dancer and a professional teacher and choreographer

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“Audiences love it because they can immerse themselves [in chamber music],” says artistic director Soovin Kim, a Vermont Youth Orchestra alum who founded the festival in 2008. “It’s an immersion experience.”

The fest is also a chance to hear top-tier musicians such as violinist Kim himself, who began teaching on the New England Conservatory’s string faculty in January and is fresh from the famed Marlboro Music Festival in southern Vermont. Joining him are many of Music Festival

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ext weekend, modern-dance fans across central and northern Vermont are in for a treat.

That’s when the first annual DanceFest Vermont!, a showcase and celebration of contemporary dance in the state, will present two evenings of original work by 10 Vermont choreographers.

On the fest’s first evening, Friday, September 5, works by five of those choreographers will be performed at the Barre Opera House. They include solos

by Paul Besaw and the festival’s artistic director, Erika Lawlor Schmidt, both influenced by Asian dance; a trio of colorful, theatrical dances by Middlebury choreographer Patty Smith; an improvisational movement-inspired dance by Willow Wonder; and a solo and duet choreographed by Toby MacNutt.

Ensemble work takes the stage on DanceFest’s second evening, Saturday, September 6, at Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center in Stowe. Montpelier-based dancer and choreographer Hanna Satterlee presents sections of her ongoing, collaborative work Animal;

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composers’ settings of poems. Intending the festival to explore the nuances involved in turning poetry into song, Kim didn’t program just the stalwarts of the art-song genre — Schubert, Schumann, Purcell, Poulenc — but those setting contemporary poems to contemporary music, as well.

Thus Wednesday’s program includes festival composer-in-residence David Ludwig’s “Our Long War,” which sets poet Katie Ford’s words to music; and the venerated composer William Bolcom’s transformation of Jane Kenyon’s poem “Let Evening Come” into song. Ford, a festival guest, and Ludwig talked about their collaboration at a Tuesday morning session.

Kenyon died in 1995, but Bolcom will

We can’t break down the language barrier in one week, Ignat Solzhenitsyn in concert

his fellow Marlboro habitués, including soprano Sarah Shafer, pianist Ieva Jokubaviciute and cellists Marcy Rosen and Peter Stumpf.

Of course, not everyone has time to, say, get the lowdown on Schubert’s song cycle “Winterreise” from Cori Ellison (a Met Opera radio broadcast regular) on a

but perhaps we can make [art song] less impenetrable and more inviting.

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Tuesday at noon at the Elley-Long, and then hear more Schubert at a Friday evening concert. But if time allows, it’s still possible to take in some of the festival’s extraordinary and typically crowded events.

One to aim for is Wednesday’s concert, featuring two living American

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who spent most of her adult life in central Florida — moved with her husband, the composer Gary Schmidt, to Pawlet on a whim in 2007. The creative couple set up private studios on their property, but Schmidt found herself frequently driving an hour or so in search of other dancers.

“I went to Middlebury for my dance community,” she says. There, she took classes with the college’s dance department and collaborated with former Middlebury College professor Tiffany Rhynard’s company Big APE (now based in Florida.) She also participated in choreographer Hannah Dennison’s Dear Pina at Shelburne Farms.

Schmidt initially created DanceFest aiming to bring talented dance acts to Rutland County, where she lives. “[Access to performances] is the challenge of living rurally,” she says.

“Especially in the winter.”

As the idea for the festival evolved, Schmidt reached out to her previous collaborators and other talented artists she’d seen perform. Though her initial

INFO DanceFest Vermont! Friday, September 5, 8 p.m., at the Barre Opera House; and Saturday, September 6, 8 p.m., at the Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center in Stowe. $20. barreoperahouse.org, sprucepeakarts.org

Classical Music fallen out of fashion in this country largely because of the language barrier.

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Lake Champlain Chamber Music Festival: American art song by David Ludwig and William Bolcom on Wednesday, August 27, 7:30 p.m. $30; German art song by Schubert on Friday, August 29, 7:30 p.m. $30; Russian art song by Shostakovich on Sunday, August 31, 3 p.m. $30. Bolcom discusses poetry with Ludwig on Thursday, August 28, 3 p.m. $20 for pass to day’s three events; Ignat Solzhenitsyn discusses Shostakovich on Saturday, August 30, 1:30 p.m. $20 for pass to day’s three events. All at the Elley-Long Music Center in Colchester. lccmf.org, flynntix.org

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the festival, Ignat Solzhenitsyn will give a Saturday afternoon talk about Shostakovich’s song cycle “Seven Romances on Poems of Alexander Blok” and then perform it on Sunday with soprano Hyunah Yu, cellist Edward Arron and Kim on violin.

“Ignat is an old friend,” says Kim. “He grew up around a lot of the greatest minds of his culture, literary and musical.” Among these was cellist Mstislav Rostropovich, who played the premiere of “Seven Romances” in 1967 and followed the elder Solzhenitsyn into exile in America shortly after the writer was expelled in 1974.

Ignat, having grown up speaking Russian at home, will be able to explain the nuances of Blok’s poems in a fluid English idiom that he learned, in part, at Green Mountain Union High School in Chester. That’s a blessing when it comes to an art form that, comments Kim, has

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this leap in melody at this particular part.”

Questions such as these take on outsize importance when one considers Russian composer Shostakovich, whose music — which wraps the LCCMF’s programming this year — has been interpreted as both dutifully proIgnat Solzhenitsyn Stalin and covertly antiCommunist. Luckily, the festival has at its disposal speak informally with Ludwig about a commanding source of insight: Ignat his approach to poetry on Thursday Solzhenitsyn, the New York City-based conductor and pianist whose father, the afternoon.

Such conversations “call attention to Nobel Prize-winning dissident author these texts, which are great works of art Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, moved the on their own,” Kim says. “They explore family to Cavendish, Vt., when Ignat was why [the composers] made these musi- a toddler.

For his third appearance with cal decisions — why this harmony, or

idea of having a Rutland County-based event didn’t materialize in the first year, the inaugural DanceFest will be held in Washington and Lamoille county venues. Schmidt hopes that having 10 choreographers on the bill will draw modern-dance fans out of the woodwork “from around the state,” she says.

Schmidt expects the event will encourage dancers and choreographers to connect both with one another and with audience members.

“I think it’s wonderful for us to see each other’s work coming together at the same time,” says Bryce, whose South Burlington-based dance company performs on Saturday in Stowe. “Seeing each other’s work, performing for each other and getting feedback provides us with growth opportunities.” m

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Lampson, 54, received his master’s in tional resources you have here? library science at the University at Albany, AL: People are very visual. Someone might SUNY, and like many librarians functions want to see, for instance, what actually both as gatekeeper and community liaison. happens during a knee-replacement He performs several valuable — yet free — surgery. We do have a flip chart, but we public services for residents of northern also know [about] videos online where people can actually watch the surgery.

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Now in his 12th year at his current SD: Vermont has a small, widely position, Lampson fields questions daily dispersed population. Does that make about medications, treatment programs your job more difficult? and social services. Along with health AL: [Vermont does not] have the level of educator Kristine Buck, he also oversees support groups that a more urbanized area a large lending library of health care mawould have. Most support groups are run terials ranging from textbooks to plastic by volunteer citizens who have a condition skeletons. Though the Frymoyer center and are interested in it, and there aren’t a wins the occasional grant, it gets most of lot of them. People are really looking for its funding from Fletcher Allen’s general that kind of support, which the traditional budget. medical system doesn’t give — peer Lampson recently shared his perspecsupport. tive from the front lines of the health care industry.

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AL: Yes, we do get calls from people trying to navigate the health care system.

CHI [Fletcher Allen’s Community Health Improvement Office] has health care navigators, and, last fall, we had materials here that outlined the different plans available.

We also get a lot of calls asking “How do I find a specialist? My primary care doctor said I should go to this specialist

— are there others? Why should I go to that one? How do I get a second opinion?” People are afraid to talk to their doctors about getting a second opinion; they think they’ll personally offend the doctor. We tell people that if your doctor is offended by your asking for a second opinion, that’s not a good sign. We tell people they should be able to get a second opinion, and it might not even be someone at Fletcher Allen.

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about them now. We also get a lot of questions about orthopedic surgery.

Baby boomers, as they’re aging, need a lot of joint replacements. We get many more questions from people in middle to older age, because they have more health issues. But we do see that young people are more interested in prevention-type stuff: nutrition, organic eating, healthy recipes, physical activity, like “How do I get ready for a 5K?” Hopefully, as these people age, there’ll be fewer services needed at the other end. m

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THE STRAIGHT DOPE BY CECIL ADAMS

Dear Cecil,

Recently I wanted to take my 12-year-old daughter to an amusement park, but a friend told me that since she just hit puberty she shouldn’t ride roller coasters or anything bumpy because she could lose her virginity. Is this true?

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as a proxy for virginity, as it can be ruptured by jumping, horseback riding, bicycling, accidents, various medical conditions, “artificial manipulation” (masturbation, presumably) or “lesbian delights or Sapphic pleasure.”

Reported causes of early tearing in more recent times include inserting tampons, stretching and participating in vigorous sports. Falls onto bicycle crossbars, playground equipment or fence rails have caused broken hymens, as has doing particularly energetic splits. A careless physician can tear a patient’s hymen during a routine gynecological examination.

While premature tearing of the hymen is in most of the developed world an annoyance at

hymenoplasty, or hymen reconstruction surgery. Performed on brides who face embarrassment, shunning, violence or even murder if they can’t produce the expected blood, hymenoplasty is typically done on the eve of the wedding and involves stitching the torn ends of the hymen together. If the available fragments are insufficient, vaginal skin is used instead. Since bleeding can’t be guaranteed, some doctors insert breakable packets of a bloodlike substance behind the hymen that split open upon penetration.

Now to your question. We scoured the medical journals for reports of hymens ruptured by roller coasters but found no definitive accounts. Anecdotes abound online but don’t constitute proof. It’s not obvious how a roller coaster would stress the hymen — while high g-forces are involved, premature hymen rupture due to external causes typically involves some kind of impact or the legs being pushed in different directions, neither of which normally happens on roller coaster rides.

I won’t say it’s impossible for your daughter to damage her hymen at an amusement park.

But assuming she won’t be considered a ruined woman if she does, why should anyone care?

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promoting long-term bonding and thus a secure child-rearing environment it confers reproductive advantage.

To the latter contention some will say: Not likely — other primates such as chimps raise offspring just fine without pairing off. The riposte, and I don’t suggest this facetiously, is that for a long time — and in some cultures even now — a bride who flunked the virginity test was shunned or even killed. Conceivably women over the course of evolutionary time who weren’t naturally endowed with hymens and thus couldn’t produce the requisite bloody sheets, bearskins, or whatever on their wedding nights suffered the same fate and were removed from the gene pool. But I’m getting ahead of myself.

The hymen is far from infallible as an indicator of sexual activity. Sometimes it survives penetration intact, and in rare cases grows back during pregnancy, which may be the basis of some “virgin birth” stories.

More commonly the hymen tears prematurely, often as a result of physical activity. This has been known for centuries: An 1825 medical textbook warns against using the hymen

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have to tell you, this isn’t a question you expect to hear in 2014, and honestly it would have struck me as a little retro in 1973. But never mind. Let’s talk about nature’s virginity test.

To start with the obvious: Virginity is the state of never having had sexual intercourse.

It’s not possible, therefore, to lose your virginity riding a roller coaster unless you have sex while en route. Your friend is referring to the risk of damaging the hymen, the traditional marker of virginity.

The hymen is a thin membrane that partly covers the vagina, leaving an opening permitting menstrual discharge to escape.

Commonly, though not always, the hymen ruptures during a woman’s first penetrative intercourse, producing some pain and blood flow.

Female humans are said to be unique among primates in having a hymen, although similar structures have been reported in other mammals, including elephants and llamas.

How evolution came to gift them with a freshness seal of sorts is unclear. Possibly it served to protect the vagina from contaminants. Historically it’s been used to enforce chastity, and one may argue that by

worst, it’s a disaster in plenty of places. In many Muslim societies in the Middle East and South Asia, virginity is mandatory for an unmarried woman and must be demonstrated by bleeding when the hymen is torn on the wedding night. To determine the hymen’s status beforehand, young women may be browbeaten into undergoing “virginity testing” via manual exploration of the vagina.

Even where it’s no longer common to publicly display a stained sheet after the wedding night, as in IsraeliPalestinian communities, many women still place a cloth on the bed beforehand and keep it afterward for the husband’s viewing. Elsewhere mothers, mothers-in-law or aunts may demand to see the bloodied sheets. Unfortunately, after puberty the hymen has few blood vessels and is often flexible or very thin, so even if the bride has been chaste, there may be no perceptible blood.

One source claims only one in four virgins bleed on first intercourse.

And so medical science has provided a solution:

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them weird haircuts and hung them in the tree using heavy-duty chains that G. uses for field-dressing deer.

While creepy, the heads have their admirers. Passing motorists often stop to take photos or honk their horns in, presumably, endorsement, Julie says. When she and G. once took the heads down for a few months, people began to inquire when they would return.

Moreover, Julie insists, no one — not neighbors, the park’s landlords or the local police — has complained or requested that this unusual arboreal ornamentation be removed. Indeed, it might not be to everyone’s taste, but the Halloween-y display violates no local laws or ordinances.

Hinesburg Chief of Police Frank Koss is clear on that last point. Though he personally finds the mannequin-head tree to be “bizarre,” he states unequivocally that there is nothing illegal about it.

Koss estimates that his department gets a couple of inquiries a year about the display, and he informs callers that the crania are on private property.

Still, Koss admits, “It wouldn’t break my heart to see them go away.” He and others will have to grin and bear it: Julie says she’d like to add “10 or 12 more” heads someday.

Like the residents of most mobilehome parks, those at the Triple L typically own their homes but pay rent on the land on which they sit. The Triple L lease agreement — downloadable from the website of Ship Sevin, the South Burlington real estate company that owns the park — contains the following clause: “The Resident shall use the leased premises … in such a manner as not to be detrimental to any other resident or to the operation of the park for health, safety or aesthetic reasons.”

Depending on one’s point of view, the mannequin heads might violate aesthetic standards, but they don’t interfere with the operation of the park. It’s not

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inesburg’s Triple L Mobile Home Park is an unassuming place. Most of its 60-some residences squat behind fences near the intersection of Richmond and Texas Hill roads; a cluster of trees further obscures the park from passing motorists.

But if you look closely, an odd roadside attraction rears its head. Make that heads — several mannequin noggins hanging from metal chains in a tree.

WTF are they doing there?

Turns out, they’re intended to ward off uninvited salespeople. Julie (who asked that only first names or initials be used, for privacy) lives on the property where this particular tree stands, along with her fiancé, G., his son and four yappy but friendly Chihuahuas.

She explains: “We always had solicitors coming to the door … They wouldn’t stop. They were relentless. They were pushing magazines through the sides of our door.”

So are persistent pollsters, salespeople and Jehovah’s Witnesses meant to take these heads as a threat? “Well, not really a threat,” Julie says — more of a jokey heads-up. She and G. got tired of all the unwanted knocks and pamphlets, so they decided to use gallows humor in an attempt to ward off such visitors: “[G.] thought it’d be hilarious if we hung [the heads] in the tree.”

She adds, “Some people think it’s twisted. I don’t think it’s twisted. You gotta have a sense of humor.”

Julie says that her home has seen far fewer unwanted guests since the mannequin heads were strung up in 2011. “I haven’t had one Jehovah’s Witness come back here,” she says. “Not one.”

The heads — now veritable gargoyles — were once trash. About three years ago, G. noticed several hairdressers’ model heads in a dumpster near the Burlington garage where he works.

After salvaging them, he and Julie gave

clear if Julie and G.’s landlord has any opinion about the display, as Seven Days’ calls to Ship Sevin’s owners, Chip and Kevin Spillane, and to Triple L manager Catherine Joachim, were not returned.

Julie’s amiable demeanor suggests that she’s inclined to use humor to address her problems. Traveling salespeople may not be welcome here, but they actually have little to fear from

the trailer’s residents or their platoon of small, yippy dogs. Those four Chihuahuas have only two full sets of teeth among them.m

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school’s out completely In Cabot, one family makes the case for “unschooling”

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in and Rye Hewitt are boys on a mission. On a cool afternoon in late summer, the two boys tear across the 40 rolling, green acres in Cabot that they call home — on bicycle, by foot, at a run and occasionally on a thoughtful walk. There are pack baskets to shoulder, trapping manuals to read, cats to chase and blueberries to pick, and woods to roam in pursuit of who knows what other projects.

If, at 12 and 9, they don’t exhibit the wistfulness that nags at other kids at summer’s end, it’s because there’s nothing to be wistful about. When the vast majority of school-age children in Vermont head back to the classroom this week, the Hewitt boys won’t be among them.

They don’t attend school, and never have. Nor do they follow any kind of set

curriculum. No math homework, no required book reports, no lectures on American history — just the freedom to explore and, in the process, learn. Or so their parents trust. The commonplace shorthand for this kind of learning — “unschooling” — doesn’t sit particularly well with the boys’ father, Ben Hewitt, but he concedes it rolls off the tongue more easily than the alternative: self-directed, adultfacilitated life learning.

That’s the topic of Hewitt’s latest book, which will be out September 9 from Roost Books. In Home Grown: Adventures in Parenting Off the Beaten Path, Unschooling, and Reconnecting With the Natural World, he writes at length about educating his children at home — or rather, allowing his home to educate his children.

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And what a home it is. Ben and Penny Hewitt purchased those 40 acres of field and forest in Cabot in 1997. A year later, they built “the quintessential Vermont hippie shack,” says Hewitt, which they expanded in 2001. The couple did most of the building themselves, and financed much of it out-of-pocket — choices that give them the autonomy to work from home full-time. Theirs is not a trust-fund story, but one of scrimping and saving and holding priorities that, Hewitt writes, are unconventional in modern society.

In the years since, the Hewitts have cultivated abundant gardens, fruit trees and berry bushes. A few cows graze in one of the pastures; the family also keeps ducks, chickens, sheep and pigs, as well as a few goats tended by their sons. Hewitt

estimates that the family grows 90 percent of what it eats.

Here, and not in the confines of a classroom, is where the Hewitts want their sons to grow up. “Of all the things I want for them,” writes Hewitt in the early pages of Home Grown, “connection to place and a sense of knowing how they fit into this world usurps all others.” He can’t guarantee that connection will take root, just as no parent can know what will become of his or her children. “But I also know what I have seen,” he writes, “which is that the more freedom and autonomy I allow my children to follow their passions and to learn on their own terms, the more passionate and eager to learn they become.”

The boys’ handiwork and interests are visible everywhere: in Rye’s pack basket,

which he wove himself; in the handle Fin crafted to fit an old axe head; in shelters built in the woods and bows fashioned by hand.

The Hewitts always knew they wanted to educate their children at home, but they initially expected that would look a little more like conventional homeschooling.

Inspired by the Waldorf system, which emphasizes teaching basic skills through crafts and other creative pursuits, the couple decided to institute some structure when their older son, Fin, was about 5.

They sat him down at the kitchen table with a ream of paper and expensive pastels — but, to their dismay, he wasn’t having it. Fin just wasn’t the kind of kid suited to sitting quietly and drawing.

The upshot?

“It forced us to liberate our thinking about what constituted education,” says Hewitt.

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The term unschooling dates to 1977; that’s when John Holt, author of the 1964 treatise How Children Fail, coined it in his magazine Growing Without Schooling. Holt argued that institutional schools diminished the natural curiosity that children bring to learning, and advocated strongly for homeschooling. But when he realized that some parents were simply replicating the structures of institutionalized education at their kitchen tables, he proposed a new approach: unschooling.

Today, more Vermonters than ever are choosing to educate their children at home. State figures show 2,384 children were enrolled for “home study” last school year — up nearly 18 percent from a decade ago. Meanwhile, enrollment in Vermont public schools fell 14 percent over the same period, largely due to the shrinking population of school-age kids in the state.

Last year, homeschooled children constituted nearly 3 percent of the total number of registered students in Vermont.

State law requires that children between the ages of 6 and 16 be enrolled in a public or private school — or register for home study with the state. In order to enroll, a family must prepare and submit a detailed outline or narrative describing the content of the home-study program, meeting predetermined areas of study such as basic communication, fine arts and natural sciences. Though followers of unschooling don’t adhere to a set curriculum, the categories are broad enough to allow for some flexibility. For instance, instead of listing the textbooks a child might study for science, an unschooling parent could provide examples of alternative, educational activities — such as walks in the woods to learn about wild edibles.

It’s a hoop to jump through that, at some level, runs counter to the ideals of unschooling. That said, it’s not hard to break down Fin and Rye’s interests into the

subjects they might study in school, said Hewitt, who was preparing for the year ahead: geography; reading and writing; anatomy; earth sciences. But that’s not the point, writes Hewitt in Home Grown. “Such segregation is not the way of the natural world, where all of these aspects form an ecosystem of knowledge and experience that cannot be defined by the commonplace vernacular of standardized learning.”

The state also requires an annual assessment, which can take the form of a visit from a licensed teacher, a parent report including a portfolio of student work, or standardized test results.

It’s unknown how many of the children studying at home in Vermont are unschooled. But longtime homeschooling advocate Retta Dunlap, who lives in Woodbury, suspects the approach is growing more popular among families fed up with, or failed by, institutional school systems.

“I’ve done it all, from videos to workbooks to unschooling. You name it, I did it,” says Dunlap, who homeschooled her four kids. “I used whatever method worked to get my children learning.”

Those children now range in age from 26 to 32; all have gone on to satisfying professional careers, and two own a software-development company. Dunlap remains a go-to authority and resource on homeschooling for many families and policy makers in the state. To those curious about unschooling, she warns that the unstructured approach typically involves more work for parents than following a set curriculum. “It’s not [that] you can sit and watch TV every day and the kids are off unschooling themselves,” says Dunlap.

Parents have to be willing to help their children chase down answers or resources when they don’t have them at their fingertips, and indulge their curiosities.

“It’s parent-intensive,” she says. “The whole point is for this child to have a rich learning environment to bounce around in.” Give them that, Dunlap says, and kids will learn.

That’s similar to the answer Hewitt finds himself giving those who pepper him with questions about unschooling. Chief among those questions: But how do your kids learn, if not in a classroom?

“Children learn,” he says. “You can’t really stop them.”

Consider Fin and Rye. They’re curious, capable children. They taught themselves to read by about age 8. They learned penmanship in part by filling out hunter-safety manuals, and by sending letters to friends and family and keeping journals about their exploits. Occasionally they’ll fire up YouTube to watch an instructional video, but Hewitt estimates they spend fewer than 10 minutes a day on the computer.

They’ve acquired skills, too, uncommon in most classrooms. Both boys are avid hunters and trappers; Fin, the older, made

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his first kill — a chipmunk — at 6, with a homemade bow and arrow. He skinned and dressed the critter and roasted it over a fire, and told his father, “Here, Papa, try some.”

They’re not being raised in a vacuum, either. The Hewitts have engaged mentors who’ve taught the boys wilderness skills, trapping ethics and how to play the banjo.

The boys frequently spend time with their neighbors, including an older dairy farmer whom they help with chores. They belong to a small group of homeschooling families that convenes once a week for an afternoon of skill sharing.

Hewitt is relieved that, so far, Fin and Rye don’t display the kind of painful selfconsciousness he experienced as a child in school. There’s no one to judge the clothes they wear (faded camouflage and rubber barn boots, mostly), or the games they play, or the company they keep. “I want them to be social,” says Hewitt. “I don’t know that I want them to be socialized.”

And though it may sound cliché to reduce parts of their day to “teachable moments,” those times do crop up — often.

Take the pack baskets the boys recently learned to make. They weave the baskets from black ash wood and have learned from experience that the wood needs to be wet and supple. That sparked an impromptu lesson about intra- and extracellular moisture.

Another example: The Hewitts read together as a family every night, and recently Rye interrupted the evening’s story with a question. What did the word “panache” mean? They chatted about the definition and pulled out the family’s dictionary. Is there really a need for vocabulary quizzes or worksheets amid moments like that one?

“It bubbles up all the time,” says Hewitt. “There’s no need to really sit down and segregate this subject material in the way that is so common. We have this institutionalized, monoculture educational system, and that’s exactly what makes kids sour on learning.”

Frustration with that kind of educational system might account for the increase in interest in both home- and unschooling.

It’s a frustration Hewitt knows firsthand. Burned out on school and unconvinced of its relevance for his life, he dropped out at 16, the so-called “schoolleaving age” in Vermont. He went on to work a series of jobs in various trades, mostly construction. A few years after dropping out, Hewitt began rising early every morning to write, not because of any school assignment but because of some innate desire. He went on to a successful career as a freelance writer; his articles have appeared in numerous national

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magazines, including the New York Times Magazine, Wired, Discover and most recently, Outside. He authored three other books before Home Grown: Saved, The Town that Food Saved, and Making Supper Safe.

“Schools have gradually become more and more oppressive in a variety of ways,” says Peter Gray, a Boston College psychologist who authored the 2013 book Free to Learn: Why Unleashing the Instinct to Play Will Make Our Children Happier, More Self-Reliant, and Better Students for Life. He pointed to the Boston public schools, where elementary schoolchildren have only 15 minutes a day of recess — “and that’s out in something that looks like a prison yard,” says Gray.

“Twenty percent of boys in our schools are getting diagnosed with ADHD at some point before they graduate,” he continues.

“We’re beginning to realize, hey, there’s something wrong here. We hear all this propaganda about the importance of school, and test grades, and I think there is starting to be a real backlash about it.”

Gray stumbled into the world of unschooling while giving talks about the importance of play in education at various workshops and conferences. But he has some personal experience with the subject, too; Gray’s son rebelled in school

in the 1970s and ended up at the Sudbury Valley School — an alternative school without grades or curriculum and with many of the same tenets of unschooling.

“At that time, I wasn’t completely convinced that this was going to work,” says Gray. “It was a more radical concept of a school than I was quite ready to accept.”

His research gradually evolved to focus on what became of students educated this way, and eventually to the importance of play in a child’s upbringing. Speaking on the subject at conferences attended by unschoolers and their families, he found himself impressed by the kids.

“They were friendly,” says Gray. “They looked you in the eye when they talked to you. They ran around and looked like real kids,” but also exhibited self-control and restraint. Gray wondered, with a bit of skepticism: “Can you provide at home the kind of environment that I felt was necessary for children to become educated when they’re in control of their own schooling?”

Gray’s initial skepticism is nothing new to unschoolers. The method prompts a number of concerns from onlookers. Will kids go on to college? Can they function in “normal” society? What if they want to be doctors or lawyers or engineers? Many critics point to a Canadian study that found that, while most homeschooled children

outperformed their classroom-educated peers on standardized tests, unschooled kids performed worst of all.

Gray has his doubts about that study; the median age of children in the study was 7, and only 12 students in the study qualified as “unschooled.” Plus, who says a standardized test is the best measure of an education?

Gray has undertaken two surveys of his own on the subject of unschooling, of parents and adult unschoolers themselves. He cautions that the results should be taken with a grain of salt; naturally, as with any survey, there’s a degree of self-selection in responses.

But overall, unschoolers responded with great enthusiasm about their educational experiences as children. Of the 75 individuals surveyed, only three expressed negative views, and all three came from families where circumstances such as a parent’s mental illness or fundamentalist religious beliefs factored into educational choices.

“The findings of our survey suggest that unschooling can work beautifully if the whole family, including the children, buy into it, if the parents are psychologically healthy and happy, and if the parents are socially connected to the broader world and facilitate their children’s involvement with that world,” wrote Gray in a series of blog posts about the survey for Psychology Today.

Eighty-three percent of the grown-up unschoolers had gone on to some form of higher education, with 44 percent completing or currently working on a bachelor’s degree. (Many of the others had gone specifically for skills or licenses related to vocational interests that did not require a bachelor’s degree.) Their chosen careers included urban planner, field biologist, archaeologist and textile artist.

Many felt that they had an advantage later in life while pursuing higher education because they weren’t burned out on the classroom and had cultivated the skills of self-directed learning.

What’s more, the vast majority reported that their childhood avocations had turned into careers.

The most frequent disadvantage to unschooling that the survey participants reported? Dealing with other people’s opinions.

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I arrived at the Hewitts’ farm with a baby in tow; my usual babysitter was out of town, and I figured if ever there was an interview for which a toddler might be welcome, it must be this one. Asa, at nearly 14 months, dozed on the long drive to Cabot and woke up to a picturesque farm scene. I walked the fields of the Hewitts’ farm on what Ben Hewitt called the nickel tour, the baby on my back. Asa pointed at cows, cackled over Rye’s goat kid, Monkey, and, when I set him loose in the front yard, proceeded to eat a bit of dirt and chase the family dog.

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I’m not the only one engrossed in — and a little beguiled by — Hewitt’s choices. His book has yet to hit the shelves and he’s already causing a stir: As of last week, his article about unschooling in the September issue of Outside magazine had already generated hundreds of comments and more than 95,000 shares on social-media outlets such as Twitter and Facebook.

The responses ranged from the vitriolic — “the world will always need ditch diggers,” wrote one commenter, “so if that’s what you want to raise then have at it” — to the grateful and inspired.

Hewitt is quick, and careful, to explain he’s “not trying to tell anybody what to do,” nor is he advocating for shutting down schools. He’s merely telling the story of his own family members and what works for them. As a society, he says, “we’ve really lost touch with the ability to intuit what is right for ourselves and our families.”

Disclaimers aside, the last seven years of “unschooling” have only made Hewitt more confident in the choices he and his wife have made for their children.

As idyllic as the scene in Cabot is, he’s forthright about the challenges. Children take pleasure in being useful, but including Fin and Rye in the work of the farm, especially when they were younger, required immense patience.

There’s another challenge: Now that the boys have grown accustomed to the rare autonomy they enjoy, Hewitt writes, they’ve become “enormously particular about how they pass their time.” They still contribute willingly to the work of the house and farm, but they’re also stubborn.

“It’s not really convenient to raise strong-willed children,” says Hewitt, only half joking.

But that’s the point, after all: to raise children who recognize their passions, who question convention, who think critically.

What about a plan for the future? Will the Hewitts insist on GEDs, or college?

“There is no plan,” Hewitt says. He trusts that, just as they have all along, the boys will provide their own.

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One eye on the kid, the other on my notebook, I marveled at Hewitt’s easy confidence in the path he and his wife have chosen for their family. In a later interview, Dunlap would tell me that it’s often hard for parents to trust homeschooling, no matter what method they choose.

“We parents seem to trust it up to the age of 3 to 5,” she says. “The kids learn to walk and eat and talk and dress.” But when a child hits the age we associate with the onset of schooling, many parents assume schools must better facilitate learning.

Fin and Rye tore through the front yard. Asa watched them go, and turned back to, well, eating dirt. I spent the next several days wondering, often: Should I send this child to school?

In Home Grown — a meditative, thoughtful treatise on rural living and lifelong education — Hewitt acknowledges that not every family will have the capacity, or desire, to educate their children at home in this kind of freewheeling, free-ranging manner. Of course, not everyone who unschools needs a farm and 40 acres.

Plenty of families unschool in cities and suburbs; their children’s classrooms become city streets and parks and museums instead of woods and barns.

What families do need, though, is at least one parent or caregiver at home with children. Some families that might wish to educate their children at home simply can’t, and schools provide a place for children to go while parents work.

“It’s not feasible for everybody,” agrees Hewitt. “I can’t answer everyone’s personal educational crisis with our experience.” But what is feasible, he says, is to look for ways this model — unschooling — might assist in rethinking what an education can and should be.

He does have some advice for those curious about applying the principles of unschooling to their more structured lives: Don’t schedule your kids “to the freaking hilt,” he says. Give them time to be kids.

He writes that he doesn’t want to be “overtly prescriptive,” but Hewitt has some concrete advice. Play hooky now and then — take a day off work, and pull the kids out of school, without an agenda or plan. Cancel nonessential plans and stay home. Equip your children to be of use, and remember that even if they’re not productive, they’re learning to be resourceful and confident.

Gray has his own recommendations: He warns against putting too much pressure on children about grades or academic achievement or even attending a prestigious college. “If you can avoid looking at the report card, and just sign it, do that,” he says.

“Don’t add extra stress and extra pressure.”

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But this memoir, which first appeared in shorter form in Harper’s, is not about that joyful school-free year. For Keizer and his wife, Kathy — also an educator — there was no question that their daughter would return to public school, “an institution we strongly believe in.”

Keizer would also return to school, though it took him longer — 13 years of freelance writing longer, to be precise.

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2010, Keizer re-entered the halls of the Northeast Kingdom’s Lake Region Union High School in Orleans as a one-year sub for an English teacher on leave. It wasn’t enduring love for the institution that drew him back, he confides to us; the family needed health insurance coverage while Kathy explored her own career options.

If Ben Hewitt makes the case against traditional schooling (see Kathryn Flagg’s story on page 32), Keizer makes a passionate case for it — a case all the stronger for being fraught with, as he puts it, ambivalence. “To this day,” he writes three pages in, “the mere act of entering a school — that first whiff of disinfectant, that crackling interplay of regimentation and anarchy — is enough to turn my stomach.”

Pragmatic as his motive may have been for returning to that stomachturning ambiance, Keizer didn’t approach his year at Lake Region like a time server. On the contrary, he

came with goals: to give his students a rich and rigorous education; to fight the alienation and disaffection of those disinfectant-scented hallways; to get a kid to pick up a book once in a while.

As he pursued those aims, Keizer learned what had changed about public schools since his departure: Standardized tests now determine a chunk of the curriculum; technology is inescapable; “texting in the boys’ room is the new version of smoking in the boys’ room.”

This is no triumphalist self-portrait of a brilliant teacher winning the hearts of his impoverished rural students. Early in the book, Keizer articulates the “first great lesson of my teaching career”: With all the will, preparation and elbow grease in the world, “you can still fail. What is more, you will fail.”

In a nation where “failing” schools (as determined by those all-important standardized test scores) become defunded schools, and teachers often carry the burden of public blame, those words may sound like an admission of defeat. They aren’t. If Getting Schooled demonstrates one thing to readers, it’s that teaching and learning can’t be reduced to test scores, bullet points, spreadsheets or problems solvable by software.

While many books about education hover in the safe realm of ideals and abstractions, Keizer details his war stories with fierce candor — and thus does an invaluable service to anyone who wants to know what American public school teaching is like today.

His description of the workload, for

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instance, will be enlightening to those who think teachers have it easy.

Equally eye-opening are his accounts of interacting with teenage students who exhibit a “compulsive, almost uncontrollable communicativeness.” Education, Keizer demonstrates in anecdote after anecdote, is a social transaction, not a robotic transmission of knowledge. Broken chalk, hurt feelings (on all sides), hundreds of separate explanations of a ridiculously simple assignment, intimate confessions, food used as bribery — all these may become part of the process, whether the teacher likes it or not.

In this sense, Keizer suggests, all schooling has elements of studentdirected “unschooling.” But he’s not OK with giving over his whole class period to that free-form process — far from it. “[T]here are gains to be had by laying the plan aside and going with the flow of a class’s sudden inspiration,” he writes, “but show me a teacher who sees this as the norm, and I’ll show you a teacher living in a pipe dream of delusional serendipity. In a word, I’ll show you a slacker.”

So, for instance, during his year at Lake Region, Keizer plays to his 10th graders’ preference for hands-on learning by assigning them to create a project — such as a film or diorama — based on the books they’ve read. But he also insists that they read those classic novels cover to cover and write research papers, complete with old-school notecards.

If those sound like minimal requirements to adult readers, they aren’t to many of Keizer’s students, whose distaste for books — indeed, bemusement at the notion of reading anything longer than SparkNotes — stuns him again and again. These kids, he notes, are far less impressed by the volumes their teacher has authored than by his six-minute appearance on “The Colbert Report.”

If these adolescents are showing the effects of another, culture-wide form of “unschooling,” it’s not a desirable one.

Keizer’s own blissful homeschooling experience demonstrates that he’s not against parents’ taking education into their own hands. (He had a silent retort for those who asked whether his daughter needed the “peer interaction” of school: “The inmates at Walla Walla state prison

KEIzEr oN SchoolINg: BItE-SIzE WISDom “Going to school is like going to prison …: you have about two weeks to establish your credibility, failing which you’re either a punk or as good as dead.”

on technology: “i am increasingly devoting more time to the generation and recording of data and less time to the educational substance of what the data is supposed to measure.”

“They are acutely social creatures, these kids, and it is a slow learner indeed who fails to grasp that fact even as he prattles on about building a more social democracy.”

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get peer interaction too.”) But at Lake Region, Keizer sees a world where kids who aren’t schooled in the classroom are likely to be schooled by TV and consumer culture, where working parents are too busy, distracted or themselves ignorant to facilitate learning. And these kids who refuse to read, he notes ominously, “are only two years away from voting.”

For Keizer, then, schooling is far from rote memorization or “teaching to the test.” And schooling remains paramount, whether it happens at home or in a classroom. Indeed, he suggests, school may be the only place where some students encounter the ideals of a democracy. “Letting students ‘find their own way,’” Keizer writes, “is just a euphemism for abandonment.” Both a lefty and an ordained minister — with a tendency to preach in his prose — he repeatedly negotiates an uneasy truce between anarchy and authority in his classroom.

Keizer’s is no rosy vision of education. But those who have taught will find his commitment to students exemplary and his conflicts intimately familiar. The book is a treasure trove of provocative aphorisms about teaching (see sidebar), as well as a compelling, often funny narrative.

Keizer’s one notable blind spot is his unqualified disdain for technology — or “digital bling,” as he likes to call it — which is almost as absolute as his students’ dread of the printed page. Yes, too many educational consultants have touted tech as a savior, and software solutions (such as handing out iPads to students) bring problems of their own. But wholesale rejection of the online culture where many students live today — and some thrive — doesn’t seem like the answer. The author leaves it to others to figure out how to extend his ideals of schooling into that realm.

For all Keizer’s ambivalence — and occasional curmudgeonliness — his heartfelt belief in the power of public schools to serve students is evident on every page. If there’s one book that can cut through the haze of buzzwords surrounding educational policy and foster franker discussion of why teaching is both necessary and impossible, Getting Schooled is it. m

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A new book reveals a Barre stonecutter’s leading role at Mount Rushmore b y K en pic a r d

Never heard of Luigi Del Bianco?

You’re not alone. Neither had Barre Mayor Thom Lauzon, one of the Granite City’s most vocal boosters; or a research librarian at the Vermont Historical Society, which is located in Barre.

In fact, most tourists who visit the national monument in South Dakota’s Black Hills never learn a thing about Del Bianco. His name is easy to miss on the museum’s Workers Wall, where it’s inscribed among those of the 400 mostly unskilled laborers who helped etch the likenesses of Washington, Jefferson,

Roosevelt and Lincoln into the granite mountainside.

Instead, most visitors learn, via the museum’s exhibits, website and literature sold in the bookstore, that Mount Rushmore was primarily the handiwork of Danish-American sculptor and engineer Gutzon Borglum and his son, Lincoln. Del Bianco’s name and artistic contribution to that massive enterprise are virtually unacknowledged.

Lou Del Bianco, now 51, has tried for years to get the National Park Service to redress that slight and officially

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Austria and Italy, carved it himself in 1921, a year after returning to Vermont from World War I. Lou Del Bianco is obviously proud of the cherished family heirloom. These days, however, he’s far more interested in seeing his grandfather be recognized for the much larger busts he helped create — those on Mount Rushmore. Lou has long asserted that Luigi Del Bianco, who worked on the project from 1933 to 1940 and was appointed “chief carver” in 1935, was “the man who saved Jefferson’s face and brought Lincoln’s eyes to life.”

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acknowledge his grandfather’s significance as Borglum’s right-hand man. To date, those efforts have been largely unsuccessful.

But that could change soon. A new book by Albany, N.Y., author Douglas Gladstone, titled Carving a Niche for Himself: The Untold Story of Luigi Del Bianco and Mount Rushmore, sheds light on this mostly forgotten figure from Vermont’s past. The book traces Del Bianco’s life as a master sculptor and stoneworker, and the efforts by his family years after his death to document his crucial role in creating one of America’s most iconic landmarks.

Since its publication in April, Gladstone’s book has captured the attention of historians as well as state and national lawmakers. U.S. Rep. Pat Tiberi, a Republican from Ohio’s 12th congressional district and cochairman of the Italian American congressional delegation, read Gladstone’s book recently and said that Del Bianco “should be formally recognized” for his work on the national memorial.

Similarly, State Sen. George Latimer, a Democrat from New York’s 37th senate district, issued a press release in April after the book was published, calling on the U.S. Department of the Interior to formally recognize Del Bianco “for his service to the nation.”

Gladstone himself only learned of Luigi Del Bianco when he heard Lou and Lou’s Aunt Gloria, Luigi Del Bianco’s sole surviving child, interviewed in October 2011 for a National Public Radio “StoryCorps” piece. In it, Lou recounted the day in second grade when his mother casually mentioned to him, “Grandpa carved Lincoln’s eyes.”

“Thus began my 40-plus-year odyssey to find out what he did,” Lou tells Seven Days in a phone interview. Both Lou and his now-deceased Uncle Caesar, Luigi’s son, worked together in the late 1980s and early ’90s searching Library of Congress archives for primary-source material proving Del Bianco’s integral involvement in the project. Many of the documents they discovered, including notes and letters written by Borglum himself, are now available on Lou’s website, luigimountrushmore.com, and are included in Gladstone’s book.

Luigi Del Bianco was born aboard a ship near Le Havre, France, on May 8, 1892, and grew up in Meduno, a small town in northeastern Italy. Recognized early on for his artistic ability, Del Bianco was sent to Vienna, Austria, at the age of 11 to train as a sculptor. When he was 17, Del Bianco immigrated to Vermont at the invitation of cousins who worked in Barre’s granite sheds. At the time, Gladstone

Luigi Del Bianco carving George Washington’s likeness on Mount Rushmore

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notes, the city’s thriving granite industry accounted for as much as 30 percent of the nation’s total granite production.

City directories and other historical documents from that era confirm that Del Bianco lived until 1915 in Barre, where he worked for the Giudici Brothers and the World Granite companies. That year, he returned to Italy to fight in World War I, then came back to Vermont in 1920 before later relocating to Port Chester.

Neither Gladstone nor Lou Del Bianco knows much else about Luigi’s time in Barre, nor have they found any surviving relatives in Vermont. They do know that he lived in two different Barre boardinghouses: one at 10 Sixth Street, which is now a single-family home, and another at 565 North Main Street, which has since been demolished.

If Del Bianco carved anything noteworthy in Barre, they have yet to find it.

That’s not surprising, Lou says, as most of his grandfather’s stonework in those years likely would have been headstones and other cemetery monuments that

were rarely signed by the artist. Lou has confirmed that his ancestor carved about 500 monuments in Port Chester cemeteries.

But if Luigi Del Bianco didn’t leave behind identifiable works in Barre, the city left an indelible mark on his life and career, says his grandson. It was in Barre, in 1920, that Del Bianco met fellow carver Alfonso Scafa, who hailed from Port Chester. The New York town is just 15 minutes away from Stamford, Conn., where Scafa worked in Borglum’s studio. According to Lou, Scafa immediately recognized Del Bianco’s skill and introduced him to Borglum. Del Bianco’s association with Scafa and Borglum was set in stone when Scafa introduced Del Bianco to his sister-in-law, Nicoletta Cardarelli, whom Del Bianco later married.

“If my grandfather hadn’t gone back to Barre, I don’t think he would have met Gutzon Borglum, and I don’t think he would have been chief carver of Mount Rushmore,” Lou concludes. “So he owes a lot to Barre.”

Mount Rushmore wasn’t the only large monument on which Del Bianco and Borglum worked together. Earlier in their careers, Borglum invited Del Bianco to assist him in sculpting Stone Mountain in Georgia, which depicts Confederate States’ President Jefferson Davis and generals Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee. Borglum later quit that project owing to friction with its backers.

Both Lou and Gladstone assert that Del Bianco’s importance to the creation of Mount Rushmore is undeniable.

Notably, in a June 3, 1933, handwritten letter sent to John Boland, chairman of the National Memorial Commission, Borglum remarks that “we could double our progress if we had two like Bianco,” the name he often used when referring to Del Bianco.

Of even greater significance is a July 30, 1935, letter from Borglum in which he referred to Del Bianco as his “chief carver,” who had replaced another Italian stonecutter, Hugo Villa, two years earlier. Del Bianco’s first assignment, as Gladstone explains, was to dynamite Villa’s first attempt at Jefferson’s face off the side of the mountain and start fresh in a new location. Clearly, Borglum was impressed by Del Bianco’s sculpting abilities, describing him in a 1936 letter as “the only intelligent, efficient stone carver on the work who understands the language of the sculptor.”

Today, though the National Park Service doesn’t deny Del Bianco’s contributions, it downplays his significance. In a statement to Seven Days — worded identically to the one provided to Gladstone for his book — Maureen McGee-Ballinger, chief of interpretation and education at Mount Rushmore National Memorial, writes: “Luigi Del Bianco was one of the skilled carvers that traveled from the East to work on the sculpture. Carving on the sculpture began in October of 1927 and was completed in October of 1941. According to our check ledgers, time-cards and payroll records, Mr. Del Bianco worked on the sculpture in 1933, 1935, 1936 and 1940.” McGee-Ballinger goes on to describe Del Bianco as a “skilled craftsman” who is “recognized for his contributions to the sculpture both in our museum and on our Worker Wall.”

Follow-up questions seeking to clarify the National Park Service’s position on Del Bianco’s role went unanswered as of press time.

For his part, Lou Del Bianco is frustrated that his grandfather’s contributions are lumped together with those of the tram operators and unskilled miners

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As he points out, no one on the project but Borglum himself was paid more than Del Bianco, whose salary Borglum often paid out of his own pocket.

Furthermore, on two occasions when Del Bianco quit the project — largely due to harassment, petty bickering over his wages, and other abuses that both Lou and Gladstone attribute to anti-Italian bigotry of the era — work on Mount Rushmore ground to a halt.

“If the tram operator had quit,” Lou says, “I don’t think it would have had the same effect.”

For the past 27 years, Lou Del Bianco has worked as a professional actor, singer and storyteller. In recent years he’s performed, among other things, a one-man show that “brings my grandfather to life.” He even performed it at Mount Rushmore at the park’s invitation. More recently, he was invited to stage that show in Vermont this fall, as part of a celebration of the state’s granite industry.

Upon his return to Vermont, Lou Del Bianco may find a powerful ally for his cause. Although Sen. Patrick Leahy declined to weigh in on the controversy surrounding Del Bianco’s official recognition by the National Park Service, in a written statement provided to Seven Days last week, he hinted at Del Bianco’s historical importance: “Both of my grandfathers were stone carvers here in Vermont, and it makes me proud to know that several chapters of American history are etched in Vermont stone,” the senator writes. “Every time I cross the Supreme Court’s threshold, I remark to anyone listening that its white façade is etched in Vermont marble. So are the columns of the Jefferson Memorial. Even iconic Mount Rushmore bears the timeless mark of Vermont craftsmanship … It’s a legacy well worth remembering, valuing and preserving.”

Gladstone says that he wrote the book about Luigi Del Bianco in part because it’s a compelling tale, but also because it’s time to right this “historic wrong,” he says.

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hen Kim Vansell started her new job on May 1 as director of the newly formed National Center for Campus Public Safety in Burlington, she knew that addressing sexual violence would be a big part of her job. She didn’t know that her first assignment would come directly from the White House and be due in September.

Just a day before Vansell officially began, the Obama administration issued a national report on campus sexual violence. Among other things, it called on Vansell’s organization to develop a training program and curriculum to help colleges and universities better investigate rape allegations and hold offenders responsible.

“There’s a lot more people paying attention to how campuses are responding to these kind of situations and holding campuses accountable,” says Vansell, a 30-year veteran of campus policing who left her position as public safety director at the University of Central Missouri to lead the Burlington-based center.

But helping colleges respond to daterape allegations is just one of many safety concerns that fall under the umbrella of the NCCPS. Founded in the fall of 2013 with a $2.3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Justice, the center is charged with becoming a one-stop shop for security needs in higher education.

Need a recommendation for what type of surveillance cameras to install throughout campus? Need to know how to instantly alert thousands of students, faculty and staff that there’s a toxic spill in a research lab? Or how to evacuate students from a foreign country in the midst of a military coup or deadly epidemic? The Vermont center aims to become the definitive, go-to source for information, advice and referrals.

The NCCPS is headquartered in the South End offices of Margolis Healy and Associates. That private consulting firm was founded a few years ago by Gary Margolis, who spent 12 years as the University of Vermont’s chief of police; and Steven Healy, a former public safety director at Princeton University. Their credentials in the public-safety arena are evidenced by their success, earlier this summer, in landing a $65,000 contract to provide security and threat assessments to the Vermont legislature,

the Vermont Supreme Court and the governor’s office. (The DOJ-funded center, Margolis emphasizes, operates independently of the for-profit firm, which has its own books and revenue streams.)

As Margolis explains, college administrators and campus-based police, emergency planners and risk managers are now expected to plan, prepare and drill for a wide array of health and safety threats they never envisioned 20 years ago. Those risks can include shootings, global pandemics and terrorist acts, happening both domestically and abroad.

Experience has shown, Margolis says, that levels of preparedness can vary dramatically from one institution to another, depending on its size, location, funding and campus culture.

“A university president who came up through the ranks 40 years ago to become an administrator probably never gave much thought to I have a nuclear reactor on campus. How do I secure it?”

he notes. “Or I’ve got 40 to 50 reported sexual assaults. What do I do with those?”

The idea of creating a national clearinghouse for higher-ed safety issues has been kicking around for at least a decade, Margolis says. Ten years ago, the DOJ funded a summit at Johns Hopkins University, where it proposed the idea of creating a national repository for campus safety information that could provide colleges with training, best practices, and model policies and procedures.

At the time, many administrators also expressed the need for expert advice on complying with their growing number of federal mandates. Those include Title IX, which mandates gender equality in all aspects of higher education; and the Clery Act, which requires campuses to compile and report their annual crime statistics. But the idea of such a center languished in Congress until last year, when funding was finally included in the fiscal year 2014 federal budget.

What sparked the shift in priorities?

In a word: Newtown. The December 2012 massacre of 20 schoolchildren and six staffers at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut “really ignited the discussion” about campus safety, both at the K-12 and collegiate levels, Margolis says.

Similarly, a spate of high-profile cases involving underreported or mishandled rape allegations on campuses, including Rutgers University and Dartmouth College, has fueled a major push by Congress and the White House to address campus sex crime. According to the White House report, recent studies suggest that one in five undergraduate women will be victimized during her college career. Just weeks ago, eight U.S. senators introduced a bipartisan bill that would impose stiffer penalties on colleges and universities that underreport sexual violence stats, including fines of up to 1 percent of their operating budget.

sprinkler systems, patrolled campus In short, says Margolis, most colleges’ buildings and grounds at night looking and universities’ needs for expertise in for fires — and mischief makers. In fact, public safety, emergency planning, risk he says, many campus police depart- assessment and regulatory compliance ments and security officers still report have grown far beyond the capabilities to a physical-plant manager, a vestige of of one person, or even one department. that old system.

Today, administrators need a place to The campus security climate changed go for answers — and his organization’s dramatically on August 1, 1966, Margolis mission is to provide it. notes. That’s when Charles Whitman, a Ironically, despite the obsession former U.S. Marine and in recent years with engineering student at school safety, Margolis the University of Texas points out that, statistiat Austin, climbed the cally, K-12 and college school’s clock tower with campuses continue to a sniper rifle and began be among the safest shooting.

Whitman places for kids and killed 16 students and young people to be. But, injured 32 others before while “active shooter” police killed him, but not incidents of the kind before privately armed that occurred at Virginia citizens tried taking him Tech and Columbine are out themselves. The UT “a very rare occurrence,” massacre remained the he says, “they cannot be Bil l R E E D Y deadliest rampage on a ignored.” So the need for U.S. college campus until a central clearinghouse the Virginia Tech shootings in 2007. of information on everything from cyber By the late 1960s and early ’70s, security to weather-related disaster Margolis continues, political activism planning has never been greater. on college campuses, as well as more While having the NCCPS in Vermont widespread use of drugs and alcohol will benefit local colleges and universiamong students, prompted many schools ties — many, though not all, of its serto establish their own police forces. vices will be free — the benefit will likely Today, colleges and universities take in go both ways, as the center draws advice hundreds of millions of dollars in federal and expertise from local sources. funding and have enormous investments Bill Burger, vice president for comin labs and research facilities, many of munications at Middlebury College, which require significant safety and se- points out that, although the private, libcurity protocols and access restrictions. eral-arts college has just 2,500 students

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and no sworn police officers on campus, the school has “decades of experience” in dealing with emergencies involving students studying abroad. With 36 sites in 16 foreign countries, he says, Middlebury College “knows how to reach people quickly and find out how they’re doing.”

That knowledge became vital on March 1 this year when heavily armed terrorists attacked a train station in Kunming, China, leaving 33 people dead and 140 wounded. Middlebury, which has a campus in Kunming, had protocols in place for immediately contacting students there and ensuring their safety.

VSC’s Reedy says Margolis is just the person to undertake the endeavor of amalgamating such hard-won knowledge where schools can access it.

“Gary is a force of nature,” he says.

“Campuses all around the country are all going to be in need of these types of services … and we’re all going to have to be training, early and often, pretty much everyone.”

One thing the national center won’t be, Margolis emphasizes, is an advocacy group or a public-relations firm that helps colleges and universities fend off liability lawsuits. After 20 years in law enforcement, he says, only halfjokingly, “I have no interest in becoming a lawyer.” m Contact: ken@sevendaysvt.com

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Bill Reedy, vice president and general counsel for the Vermont State Colleges, says that the federal government’s push to crack down on sexual violence has essentially “turned us all into forensic investigators and adjudicators” who need training and expertise in preserving, investigating and adjudicating sexassault cases. Recent memoranda from White House task forces, as well as “dear colleague” letters sent to college administrators, “urge” them to train students, faculty and staff on sexual-violence prevention, detection and intervention.

All these responsibilities, Reedy notes, come in addition to the numerous other safety concerns, both natural and human-related, for which administrators must also prepare.

“Actually, a lot of college campuses these days are talking about Ebola,” he adds, “which is not something we were talking about when I arrived nine years ago.”

Indeed, public expectations for campus safety have been steadily growing over the past century, Margolis explains. In 1894, Yale University became the first college in the country to establish its own campus police force. It was a reaction to a mass riot in New Haven sparked by rumors that Yale medical students were exhuming recently buried bodies from local cemeteries to use as cadavers.

Throughout the first half of the 20th century, Margolis goes on, most campus safety officers were essentially custodians who, in the years before mandatory

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ccording to the state tax department, diners spent more than $910 million eating out in Vermont in 2013. The state has become a destination known for its locavore food, beer and spirits and a surprisingly sophisticated array of specialty products. A 2011 study commissioned by the Vermont Agency of Commerce & Community Development reported that the tourism industry is growing fast. Visitors pumped more than $1.7 billion into the state that year, up more than 20 percent from just two years before.

So why do relatively few young Vermonters see tourism and hospitality as a career path — or at least one that justifies investing in a college degree?

As college enrollments continue to drop nationwide, Vermont’s hospitality and tourism management programs are feeling the squeeze. Many industry professionals say that’s bad news, not only for the restaurants and resorts but for the state as a whole.

Though a few Vermont schools offer resort-centric management programs, food-industry curricula appear to be on the wane. In 2010, Champlain College canceled its hospitality management program; Southern Vermont College nixed a two-year program years ago.

The only schools that continue to offer significant coursework in food and beverage management are New England Culinary Institute (NECI), Johnson State College (JSC), Community College of Vermont (CCV) and the beleaguered Burlington College.

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to a concentration within the business department. CCV’s enrollment remains modest — fewer than 30 students are currently signed up for the associate’s program, according to associate academic dean Darlene Murphy.

Todd Comen, a JSC hospitality management professor, says he finds the weak enrollment numbers perplexing. “It’s always been a big question to me,” he says. “Why are there not more students from Vermont going into hospitality programs? It’s one of the largest industries here. It’s hard to fathom.”

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At Champlain College, former program chair Peter Straube says the school chose to do away with the program in the midst of a college-wide restructuring. But Straube — who spent nearly two decades in the service industry — acknowledges that many parents seemed to question whether a hospitality degree was a good investment for their children. “I think [they] were just not seeing that it was worth 40 grand a year for that career path,” Straube says. “That may or may not be accurate.”

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he says. “I guarantee you, if you come in for dinner and there’s all this fresh produce hanging there in the doorway [where the restaurant connects to the market], you’re going to go take a look” — and probably buy something.

In the past few years, St. Albans has received millions in federal grants for a downtown facelift. With the renovations recently complete, several storefronts that stood vacant for years have welcomed new businesses.

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Murphy says the turnout far exceeded his expectations: “We probably had, like, 500 people there. It worked out wonderfully.”

Featured products at Local Fare include organic veggies from Grand Isle’s mr hArVESt (grown year-round); homespun jellies, jams, pickles and preserves from BALSAm AcrES in Georgia; coffee from BrowN & JENkiNS coffEE roAStErS; grass-fed beef from cANAmAk fArmS; poultry and eggs from DrEAmwALkEr fArm; and fanciful cupcakes from fAEriE cAkES, among many others.

The market can house up to 30 vendors at a time. Come September 6, hALL homE pLAcE cidery will open a cider tasting room off the back of the space, serving tastes of ice ciders, wines and hard cider.

Market vendors will be featured on the Twiggs menu in special items that highlight their products. Murphy says he hopes the synergistic relationship between market and menu will allow gastropub customers to connect a face to the food and farmers to share their stories with diners. “Twiggs will do 300 people on a Saturday night,”

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This past weekend, a new indoor market and tasting room called LocAL fArE opened its doors adjacent to twiGGS in downtown St. Albans.

The opening did not go as planned. “It was probably one of the worst weekends of my life,” says owner tom murphY, “but it ended incredibly.”

Now open each Saturday starting at 4 p.m., Local Fare seeks to showcase northern Vermont’s food talent and give farmers and producers a chance to interact directly with customers. It’s essentially a farmers market that runs year-round, held during evening hours and sheltered from the elements. Owner Murphy also founded Twiggs; a lifelong railway man, he keeps both businesses running in his off hours.

On Saturday, as Murphy’s family and staff set up the market for its first date, a nearby water main burst, and water started gushing across the Twiggs patio into the basement beneath the market storefront. “My sister calls, like, ‘You need to come here right now; there’s water running up Lake Street,’” Murphy recalls. “So I left work, and, as I turn, it’s like a river.”

That was at 1 p.m., and, with the opening at 4 p.m., the crew had three hours to get everything dried up and under control. Vendors were arriving to set up their booths. “It was a mess,” Murphy says. Town officials came to the rescue by shutting down Main Street, and Murphy and company moved their opening party there, setting up tastings, tables, vendors and live music in the middle of the road for a veritable block party.

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food Looking for a Few Good Grads « p.44 The hospitality industry has always Gerin says, “but this new BA program had an image problem, he adds, and is getting far more traction than the asthat may scare some prospective profes- sociate’s program ever had.” sionals away. “We all go to restaurants The curriculum, Gerin says, focuses and hotels, and we think we know on the soft skills that tech programs what [these places] do, but we don’t often neglect. “Every school is going to know what the management does. It’s teach you food costs and scheduling and a complex industry,” Straube continues. point-of-sale,” he says, “[but the BA pro“When you think about it, how many gram] focuses on the people and adminthings [is a restaurant] doing? It’s manu- istration side and what the customers facturing, it’s retail, it’s management, don’t see. How do you manage a team it’s customer service, it’s show biz, it’s so that it’s more efficient and people are accounting and finance and all of these happy?” things.”

JSC alumnus Chris Benjamin worked At NECI, executive chef and chief as a NECI instructor and ran the school’s operations officer Jean-Louis Gerin restaurants for a time before taking the says many would-be service profession- reins at Burlington’s Skinny Pancake als fear they won’t be taken seriously. crêperie as general manager. He holds But he also notes that the hospitality education in service industry — and high esteem and says he the public’s perception of wishes more food and it — is shifting. “When I beverage workers would first arrived in this coungo to school. “The detry in 1983,” Gerin says, “a grees are huge; we would parent would never say, definitely benefit from ‘My son wants to be a chef.’ more of these graduates,” Now it’s a very respected he says. “There are only way of making a living. I so many jobs in the state hope and believe it will be of Vermont, and I think the same for the front of the degrees are valuable. the house. Someone will To lose these programs be able to say, ‘I’m a manwould be a real shame.” ager at that restaurant’ or Benjamin also says he’s ‘I’m a sommelier at that more likely to employ a restaurant,’ and that will candidate with a service be respected.” education. “If it’s between Success in the busiyou, with a ton of experiness demands a genuine ence and no degree, and c h r i S B EN jA m i N affection for serving and someone with the degree a devotion to detail. “To and that same experibe a [professional] waiter is a new job ence, I’ll hire the degree every time,” he in America,” Gerin says. “It was always says. “Because I know all that they’ve people who were aspiring actors or learned.” waiting to do something else. The Skinny Pancake managers at both notion of making a career out of it is the airport and Lake Street locations new.” are NECI grads. “I brought them in as Given that newness, the profession assistant managers and promoted them is often misunderstood and misin- to general managers,” Benjamin says. terpreted. “There is a big difference “They have the drive, and they take it between serving the public and being a seriously, and they’ve done well. When servant,” the NECI chef says. “We have you’ve invested time and mental acuity to change the perception of it, [and] that into your profession, you’re going to be has to come from the public first; when more on top of things.” you’re dining in a restaurant, how are JSC’s Comen says hospitality graduyou treating your waiter or waitress?” ates are more likely to succeed than But, he says, change “will come. I have people who just fall into service work great hope for that.” as they look for jobs in their chosen Gerin’s hope has translated into ex- field, and he suggests that management panded programming at NECI. Three programs are key to the health of the years ago, the school beefed up its state. “Without programs like this, we two-year food and beverage manage- just aren’t getting new professionals ment program to form a new bachelor’s degree, and students have responded more food after the well. “Front-of-the-house management classifieds section. page 47 was never a large program at NECI,”

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Dinner tickets may be purchased in advance for $20 and include admission to the fair. Diners can also buy them at the door for $15, not including admission.

The meal is a conscious return to form for a fair whose edible options in recent years have perhaps owed more to out-of-state fried-dough vendors than to the hogs and giant tomatoes on show. “[The last such event] was long enough ago that by default it was local food — it wasn’t intentional,” Ashby says. This year’s Farm Feast is done with delicious intent.

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Benjamin says his degree continues to serve him. “The program certainly provided a lot of the basic building blocks you need to run a restaurant,” he says.

And the skills required in the hospitality business — accounting, human relations, customer service — are not wasted on other industries, argue two other JSC grads. Elga Gruner is a 2002 alumna and now the school’s assistant director of admissions. She says her degree, along with years of working in customer service at the Stowe Area Association, prepared her for the work she’s doing now, even though it’s neither hospitality nor tourism.

“Admissions work is pretty similar to what I was doing [in Stowe],” she says.

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Comen confirms that people like Benjamin, who are doing the hiring in hospitality, seek educated employees.

“Industry veterans are very focused on emphasizing education,” he notes.

“They’re all really well educated, whether it’s in hospitality or some other field.”

Because Johnson’s program — or what’s left of it — is embedded in the school’s bachelor of arts in business program, Comen says, “Our students are getting a well-rounded view of the world” in addition to hospitality-specific skills and background in ethics, law, point-of-sale instruction and management protocol. “That’s very important in service,” he adds. “In Vermont, we rely heavily on tourism, and we really need professionals.”

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Robert Whitcomb met his now-wife, Marcelle, née Bunbury, through the dating website two years ago. A little more than a year ago, they were married.

In April, the couple began parking their food truck, Bunbury EAT, or BEAT VT for short, at the University of Vermont’s University Place. This summer, they also sold at the South End Truck Stop. But Marcelle BunburyWhitcomb considers the Champlain Valley Fair, which began last Friday and continues through Sunday, the truck’s official “coming out.”

Bunbury-Whitcomb was born in Guyana, a country in South America that she considers culturally Caribbean.

Her upbringing in francophone Montréal exposed her to a wide swath of Caribbean cultures. Now, even after 12 years spent teaching special education in London and a few more years in Vermont, Bunbury-Whitcomb still produces home cooking that reflects a pan-Caribbean aesthetic. “The first time I met her, she made me roti and curry chicken, and I was sold on Caribbean food,” Whitcomb recalls.

The former army mechanic, living at the time in his native Glens Falls, N.Y., soon realized that he and Bunbury shared not only a devout faith but also the desire to own a food business. Once he tasted her cooking, there was no question that island flavors would fuel the endeavor. Soon after their marriage, they began taking steps toward their goal.

“Persistence has been the key,” says BunburyWhitcomb. “We’re not a couple that gives up.” They’re also a couple that still shimmers with a honeymoon glow. During an afternoon conversation at the Champlain Valley Exposition, each ogles the other as he or she speaks.

The couple purchased a former bookmobile and rechristened it the “Caribmobile.” Whitcomb installed the thoroughly equipped kitchen himself. To fit the

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himself. The jerk burger combines a juicy beef patty, pulled jerk pork, pineapple sauce and cheese on a homemade bun.

A longtime fan of poutine, Whitcomb prepares a Caribbean version with fried plantains in place of frites. He bathes it in a spiced split-pea sauce, then tops it with cheese and pulled jerk pork. The sauce has garnered such a positive reaction that Whitcomb plans to serve a slightly thicker version in the winter as soup. “We got feedback about that, [with] people asking, ‘Can I get a bowl of this?’” he says.

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The couple’s home kitchen is certified for catering, which gives them a leg up on many food-truck owners, especially in terms of storage. But they’re still careful to cycle through the menu to avoid waste — and give themselves room to experiment.

That means not every favorite appears on the menu on a given day, with the exception of some staples such as crispy jerk wings and rice and peas. Meanwhile, the couple can continue to introduce customers to new dishes. Desserts, for instance, include sugary triangles of pineapple pie and gluten-free cassava pone, a sheet cake made from mashed yuca.

Before foods make it onto the truck, the Whitcombs test many of their dishes on their friends at the Burlington Church of Christ. Since several of those churchgoers eschew sugar, the couple has perfected a version of the cassava pone that’s sugar free and, according to Bunbury-Whitcomb, just as good.

The couple hopes to slowly expand their catering business, which will allow

them to prepare dishes that are impractical for the truck. Those include BunburyWhitcomb’s homemade ginger beer and sorrel drinks, as well as delicacies ranging from lobster to coconut cake.

Though she’s all for growth in that direction, Bunbury-Whitcomb makes it clear that “We are not interested in opening a brick-and-mortar [location].”

Regardless of the venue, she hopes diners will find “convenient food with restaurant-quality production” at BEAT VT, adding, “We believe it’s a restaurantquality experience on foot. People always tell us that.”

Whitcomb will have enough work running the truck through the school year. He’ll get some help from BunburyWhitcomb’s son, Shakir Stephen, the bass player for Burlington band Binger, when Stephen is not onstage or finishing his senior year at UVM. Bunbury-Whitcomb will also lend a hand whenever her own school schedule allows.

Whitcomb is ready to face the challenge, saying that, for the first time since leaving the army after the Gulf War, he feels like he’s found his place in the world. “I think probably what did me the worst was missing the rules,” he reflects.

“Not having that set of rules to follow anymore, I was a little lost. Now I’m not lost.”

He’s found himself in the process of perfecting his take on Caribbean cuisine — not exactly what the Adirondackreared boy might have expected before meeting his wife. And, while Whitcomb discovers his raison d’être, Vermont is discovering the diversity of homecooked Caribbean cuisine. m Contact: alice@sevendaysvt.com

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Bunbury-Whitcomb has posted a key to some of her and Whitcomb’s specialties. Photos and descriptions accompany each dish, along with an image of a chili pepper beside hot foods.

Whitcomb says the truck’s most popular item is its curried goat, made from animals bought from Vermont Chevon in Danville. He cuts up whole goats for the curry, served with roti. The animals’ bones go into stock, while any extra meat lands in one of Bunbury-Whitcomb’s Guyanese specialties, known as cook-up rice.

The traditional New Year dish is flavored with coconut and speckled with black-eyed peas and “a whole bunch of different meats,” says Whitcomb.

“You won’t find that anywhere else,” his wife adds. “That’s why I’m so proud to be able to introduce people to these foods. We introduced the cook-up and people loved it. It’s different from the rice and peas.”

BEAT’s version of the latter, simpler dish fairly crackles with flavor. The white rice is dyed brown by spices and flavored with tender onion and garlic. The “peas” are actually slightly al dente kidney beans, which soak up a hint of sweetness as admirably as the rice does.

Vegetarians can order the dish as is, but they’d be missing out on the layered flavor of the couple’s sweet and tangy jerk chicken or pork. The meat is speckled with seeds from Scotch bonnet peppers, but, for now, Whitcomb is careful not to overwhelm his customers with spice. “After they try it, I ask people, ‘Do you want me to make it hotter?’” he explains. It’s all part of the constant market research that he hopes will make the business a success.

One rewarding lesson has been the breakout popularity of fusion dishes that Whitcomb — who never cooked professionally before starting BEAT — invented

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Farmer Social: Lovers of local ag and members of NOFA-VT, the Intervale Center and the Vermont Young Farmers Coalition fête the growing season over Citizen Cider, wood-fired pizza and music.

Intervale Center, Burlington, tractor cultivation workshop, 2-5 p.m.; social 5-7 p.m. Free. Info, 660-0440.

community

Aldrich Memorial Association Annual Meeting: History buffs join caretakers of the Robinson Sawmill to discuss the maintenance and preservation of the local landmark. Calais Town Hall, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 456-1412.

Dialogue Night: The Winooski Coalition for a Safe and Peaceful Community facilitates conversation about alcohol and tobacco marketing and consumption. O'Brien Community Center, Winooski, 6-7:30 p.m. Free; preregister for childcare. Info, 655-4565.

dance

Technique Boot Camp: Intermediate-toadvanced dancers take steps under the direction of Hanna Satterlee. Contemporary Dance & Fitness Studio, Montpelier, 3:45-5 p.m. $18; limited space. Info, 229-4676.

education

Toastmasters of Greater Burlington: Folks looking to strengthen their speaking and leadership skills learn more. Holiday Inn, South Burlington, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 989-3250.

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American Red Cross Blood Drive: Healthy humans part with life-sustaining pints. Fletcher Allen Hospital, Burlington, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free.

Info, 800-733-2767.

Demolition Derby: Step on it! Special guest Keeghan Nolan entertains the crowd at this annual bout of road rage and spectacular crashes that leaves only one car running. Champlain Valley Exposition, Essex Junction, 6:30 p.m. $9-12 with $5-12 fair admission. Info, 878-5545 or 863-5966.

Kingdom Community Wind Tours: Folks learn about alternative energy sources on a visit to the 21-turbine wind farm. Kingdom Community Wind, Lowell, 10 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 744-6664.

Personal Care Attendant Information Session: Those interested in working in the field of health care learn about the VNA's training program. Visiting Nurse Association of Chittenden and Grand Isle Counties, Colchester, 9:30 a.m.

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Champlain Valley Fair: Folks hit the midway for games, rides and fried food, of course. Farm animals, agricultural displays and grandstand concerts round out fun. Champlain Valley Exposition, Essex Junction, 10 a.m.-midnight. $512; $30 ride bracelet; additional fees for concerts and special events. Info, 878-5545.

Vermont Festival of the Arts: More than 100 events — ranging from pottery demos to world-class music and everything in between — delight art lovers. See vermontartfest.com for details. Various Mad River Valley locations, 10 a.m.

Prices vary. Info, 496-6682, info@vermontartfest. com.

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'Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia': A screening of Nicholas Wrathall's award-winning documentary about the famed public figure benefits the Burlington Book Festival. A Q&A with writer and academic Jay Parini follows.

ArtsRiot, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $20; cash bar. Info, 660–2600.

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Champlain Islands Farmers Market: Baked items, preserves, meats and eggs sustain seekers of local goods. St. Rose of Lima Church, South Hero, 3-6 p.m. Free. Info, 434-4122.

Cocktail Walk: Imbibers mingle with representatives from Urban Moonshine and Vermont Spirits Distilling Co. while sipping Vermontinspired libations and sampling light fare. Meet at Misery Loves Co. Various Winooski locations, 5:30-7:30 p.m. $45 includes food and three drinks; preregister. Info, 922-7346.

Coffee Tasting: Folks sip Counter Culture Coffee varieties, then make side-by-side comparisons of different regional blends. Maglianero Café, Burlington, noon. Free. Info, 617-331-1276, corey@maglianero.com.

Middlebury Farmers Market: Crafts, cheeses, breads, veggies and more vie for spots in shoppers' totes. The Marbleworks, Middlebury, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Free. Info, 673-4158.

Newport Farmers Market: Pickles, meats, eggs, fruits, veggies, herbs and baked goods are a small sampling of the fresh fare supplied by area growers and producers. Causeway, Newport, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 274-8206.

Slow Food Vermont Farmers Market: Foodies learn about the origins of local meats, produce and flowers at an assembly of 10 small-scale farmers and artisan food producers. Burlington City Hall Park, 3-6 p.m. Free. Info, jess@hotelvt.com.

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Branching Out Toe-tapping tunes overflow at the North Branch Bluegrass Festival, where hundreds of music lovers camp out for a weekend of open-air concerts, fireside workshops and nightly jam sessions. Don “The Story Man” Sprague emcees this three-day fest that encourages folks to keep the banjo-picking going on in between onstage performances. This multifaceted ode to the genre reflects cofounders Randy and Heather Kennedy’s commitment to producing a nofrills festival where the music shines. A variety of top regional bands including Chasing Blue, Cricket Tell the Weather (pictured) and the Green Mountaineers help make this vision a reality.

North Branch Bluegrass Festival Friday, August 29, and Saturday, August 30, 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; Sunday, August 31, 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m., at North Branch Bluegrass Festival Grounds in Bridgewater. $5-22; $20-55 weekend pass. Info, 672-3042. nbbluegrass.com

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More than 70 musicians from Canada, New England and the British Isles flood the town to fête Vermont’s Celtic and French Canadian heritage. Five stages host continuous concerts from top talents including Jon Gailmor, De Temps Antan, Wendy MacIsaac and headliner Liz Carroll (pictured). Offstage, festivalgoers of all ages feast on international eats, browse a wide array of offerings from artisan vendors, and hone their skills in music and dance workshops.

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Wednesday Wine doWn: Oenophiles get over the midweek hump by pairing four varietals with samples from Lake Champlain Chocolates, Cabot Creamery and more. Drink, Burlington, 4:30 p.m. $12. Info, 860-9463, melissashahady@vtdrink. com.

Williston Farmers market: An open-air affair showcases prepared foods and unadorned produce. New England Federal Credit Union, Williston, 3:30-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, willistonfarmersmarket@gmail.com.

Wine tasting: Prime movers: Vintages produced by Château Thivin, Marcel Lapierre and Guy Breton reflect a diverse approach to winemaking that sets the bar high. Dedalus Wine Shop, Burlington, 4-7 p.m. Free. Info, 865-2368.

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HealtHy aging Week at tHe y: Folks aspiring to be fit after 50 explore various health-related topics with local experts. Greater Burlington YMCA (Burlington), 4-5 p.m. Free. Info, 862-9622. montréal-style aCro yoga: Using partner and group work, Lori Flower guides participants through poses that combine acrobatics with therapeutic benefits. Yoga Mountain Center, Montpelier, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Donations. Info, 324-1737. r.i.P.P.e.d.: Resistance, intervals, power, plyometrics, endurance and diet define this high-intensity physical-fitness program. North End Studio A, Burlington, 6-7 p.m. $10. Info, 578-9243.

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City Hall Park lunCHtime PerFormanCes: Spirited Americana stylings from Daddy Longlegs get folks over the midday hump. Burlington City Hall Park, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7166.

Community evenings at tHe Farm: Big Spike Bluegrass entertains picnickers with danceable tunes. Shelburne Farms, gates open for picnicking, 5:30 p.m.; concert, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 985-9551. lake CHamPlain CHamBer musiC Festival: Wednesday ConCert: Chamber works by William Bolcom and LCCMF composer-in-residence David Ludwig set the tone for a cabaret featuring the Bolcom and Morris duo. Elley-Long Music Center, St. Michael's College, Colchester, 7:30 p.m. $15-30. Info, 846-2175 or 863-5966.

PaPPy Hour: The Hinesburg-based musician takes the stage with old-time tunes. Big Picture Theater and Café, Waitsfield, 7:30 p.m. $5 suggested donation. Info, 496-8994.

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tHe good, tHe Bad and tHe really, really itCHy: Hikers learn to identify poison ivy, medicinal jewelweed and other local flora. Nature Center, Little River State Park, Waterbury, 4 p.m. $2-3; free for kids 3 and under; preregister; call to confirm. Info, 244-7103. monarCH ButterFly tagging: Nature lovers don nets to catch, tag and release the migrating winged wonders. North Branch Nature Center, Montpelier, 3:30-5 p.m. $3-5. Info, 229-6206.

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Bike Commuter WorksHoP: A hands-on presentation provides practical tips for pedalpowered transportation. South Hero Community Library, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, marycatherine@localmotion.org.

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meet roCkin' ron tHe Friendly Pirate: Aargh, matey! Youngsters channel the hooligans of the sea with music, games and activities.

Buttered Noodles, Williston, 10-10:45 a.m. Free.

Info, 764-1810.

englisH as a seCond language Class: Those with beginner English work to improve their vocabulary. Pickering Room, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211. intermediate sPanisH lessons: Adults refine their grammar while exploring different topics.

Private residence, Burlington, 6 p.m. $20. Info, 324-1757. intermediate/advanCed englisH as a seCond language Class: Speakers hone their grammar and conversational skills.

Administration Office, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211. 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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'ContraCtions': Mike Bartlett's dark comedy delves into a perverse corporate society where the business of money seeps into the business of life. Mainline Theatre, Montréal, 9:30 p.m. $10-12.

Info, 514-849-3378. 'mistakes Were made': An Off-Broadway producer gets in over his head when he takes on an epic of the French Revolution in this comedy from acclaimed writer Craig Wright.

Mainline Theatre, Montréal, 8 p.m. $10-12. Info, 514-849-3378.

green mountain taBle tennis CluB: PingPong players swing their paddles in singles and doubles matches. Knights of Columbus, Rutland, 6-9:30 p.m. Free for first two sessions; $30 annual membership. Info, 247-5913.

Bridging Cultures oPen Conversation: A dialogue on parenting invites attendees to share personal, cultural and socioeconomic perspectives related to child rearing. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free; donations accepted. Info, 338-4633. sam norris: The award-winning furniture maker recalls serendipitous moments in "Out of the Blue: Sources of Creative Inspiration."

Yestermorrow Design/Build School, Waitsfield, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 496-5545.

Wednesday nigHt live: Sweet stuff! Author and seventh-generation Vermonter Burr Morse discusses the evolution of maple sugaring during his lifetime. B-Side Playground, Little River State Park, Waterbury, 7 p.m. $2-3; free for kids 3 and under; call to confirm. Info, 244-7103.

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dorset tHeatre Festival: 'tHe mousetraP': Whodunit? A maniac terrorizes a group of snowbound houseguests in this revival of Agatha Christie's classic murder mystery. Dorset Playhouse, 3 & 8 p.m. $20-59. Info, 867-2223. 'tHe marvelous Wonderettes: CaPs and goWns': Favorite hits including "Rock Around the Clock" propel a Weston Playhouse production of Roger Bean's family-friendly musical, set in 1958. Weston Playhouse, 2 & 7:30 p.m. $16-32.

Info, 824-5288. 'tHe ProduCers' auditions: Lyric Theatre Company holds tryouts for its production based on Mel Brooks' 1968 film about two theater impresarios determined to create a money-losing musical. Williston Central School, registration, 5:45-6:15 p.m.; auditions, 6:15-10 p.m. Free. Info, 324-5535.

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MyThS of The SuMMer conSTellaTionS: Kelley Hunter shares tales of heroes, heroines, legendary birds and other celestial wonders. outdoor stargazing follows, weather permitting.

Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 6:30 p.m. free.

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Jericho farMerS MarkeT: Passersby graze through locally grown veggies, pasture-raised meats, area wines and handmade crafts. Mills Riverside Park, Jericho, 3-6:30 p.m. free. Info, 343-9778.

MilTon farMerS MarkeT: Honey, jams and pies alike tempt seekers of produce, crafts and maple goodies. Hannaford supermarket, Milton, 4-7 p.m. free. Info, 893-1009.

SuMMervale: people-poWered peSTo: City Market representatives teach foodies how to flex their mortar-and-pestle muscles at the weekly agricultural gathering. Intervale Center, burlington, 5:30-8 p.m. free. Info, 861-9700.

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BurlinGTon Walk/Bike council MeeTinG: Locals consider ways to promote modes of alternative transportation and improve existing policies and infrastructure. Room 12, burlington City Hall, 5:30-7 p.m. free. Info, 865-5449.

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Various Killington locations, 5-8 p.m. Prices vary.

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SuMMervale: Locavores fête farms and farmers at a weekly event centered on food, brews, kids activities and live music. Intervale Center, burlington, 5:30-8 p.m. free; cost of food and drink. Info, 660-0440.

Tea & forMal GardenS Tour: folks explore the inn and its cottage-style gardens, then sit down to a cup-and-saucer affair, complete with sweets and savories. The Inn at shelburne farms, 2:30-4:30 p.m. $18; preregister. Info, 985-8442. video Sale: Cinema hounds looking to expand their movie collections browse thousands of VHs tapes and DVDs. John V. Craven Community services Center, Middlebury, 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. free. Info, 388-3608, ext. 239.

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A master class with the young Quartet-in-Residence follows. liz canner: The award-winning Elley-Long Music Center, st. filmmaker excerpts her documenMichael's College, Colchester, 3 tary Silent U. to spark a conversap.m. $10-20. Info, 846-2175 or tion about the social politics of 863-5966. rape on college campuses. Room 427, Waterman building, uVM, Sayon caMara & landaya: The burlington, 6:30 p.m. free. Info, master djembe drummer leads f AN 862-4929. his ensemble in a brown-bag DR EM ALE RbA concert of infectious African rhythms.

'STrenGTh of The STorM': Rob Koier's Woodstock Village Green, noon-2 p.m. free; documentary follows residents of Weston donations accepted. Info, 457-3981.

Park who lost their mobile homes to Hurricane Irene. A discussion with those featured in the SnoW farM vineyard concerT SerieS: film follows. Vermont folklife Center, Middlebury, Picnickers set up shop by the grapevines at this 7 p.m. free. Info, 388-4964. weekly shindig featuring open-air performances. snow farm Vineyard, south Hero, grounds open, food & drink 5 p.m.; concert, 6:30-8:30 p.m. free; cost of food and drink. Info, 372-9463. fleTcher allen farMerS MarkeT: Locally sourced meats, vegetables, bakery items, breads and maple syrup give hospital employees and visitors the option to eat healthfully. Davis Concourse, fletcher Allen Hospital, burlington, 2:30-5:30 p.m. free. Info, 847-0797.

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Deep Space Night: Star light, star bright! Sky gazers and members of the Green Mountain Alliance of Amateur Astronomers observe astral wonders free of light pollution. Hubbardton Battlefield State Historic Site, 8-11 p.m. Free; donations accepted; call to confirm. Info, 273-2282.

MuShrooMS DeMyStifieD: Fungi lovers learn about different varieties — fabulous and fearsome alike — found throughout the park. Nature Center, SHOW DATES: Little River State Park, Waterbury, 11 a.m. $2-3; free for children ages 3 and under; preregister; call to confirm. Info, 244-7103.

SteveNSoN BrookwalkerS: Adventureseekers slip into their water shoes for a guided hike in and along the spring-fed stream. Meet TICKETS: at Stevenson Brook Trail. Little River State Park, $20 adults • $10 children Waterbury, 1:30 p.m. $2-3; free for kids 3 and un802-253-3961 • tickets@stowetheatre.com der; preregister; call to confirm. Info, 244-7103. or at the box office.

SuNSet aquaDveNture: Stunning scenery welcomes paddlers of all abilities, who explore the Waterbury Reservoir in search of local wildlife.

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freeStyle MotorcroSS: High-flying stunts launch motorcyclists more than 70 feet in the air at this adrenaline-pumping showcase of the nation's top talents. Champlain Valley Exposition, Essex Junction, 7 p.m. $8-10 with $5-12 fair admission. Info, 878-5545 or 863-5966.

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TUE 23 BILL SCHUBART: 7pm PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY

Schubart will explore how “a sense of place” imbues literature and memory.

THU 25 ROWAN JACOBSEN: APPLES OF 7pm UNCOMMON CHARACTER

Think you know apples? Discover the delicious diversity of Vermont’s favorite fruit.

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BurliNgtoN Bike party: 'fairy tale': Costumed riders spin their wheels on a themed monthly ride through the Queen City. Meet at the northeast corner of the park at 7:30 p.m. Burlington City Hall Park, 8 p.m. Free. Info, amy@localmotion.org.

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'aNDy 'a-Dog' williaMS: a viDeo triBute': A pizza party complete with samples of 14th Star Brewing Company's A-Dog Ale and tunes from Friends for A-Dog Vol. 1 gives way to the premiere of Seth Neary's film. Proceeds benefit Friends for A-Dog. Film House, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 6 p.m. $10.

Info, 863-5966, joan.furchgott@gmail.com.

food & drink

BellowS fallS farMerS Market: Music enlivens a fresh-food marketplace with produce, meats, crafts and weekly workshops. Waypoint Center, Bellows Falls, 4-7 p.m. Free. Info, 463-2018. chelSea farMerS Market: A long-standing town-green tradition supplies shoppers with eggs, cheese, vegetables and fine crafts. North Common, Chelsea, 3-6 p.m. Free. Info, 685-9987. five corNerS farMerS Market: From local meats to breads and wines, farmers share the bounty of the growing season. Lincoln Place, Essex Junction, 3:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 999-3249. fooDwayS friDayS: Foodies revive historic recipes in the farmhouse kitchen using heirloom herbs and veggies. Billings Farm & Museum, Woodstock, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. $414; free for kids under 3. Info, 457-2355. harDwick farMerS Market: F DE A burgeoning culinary community Bo BA ND celebrates local ag with garden-fresh fare and handcrafted goods. Atkins Field, Hardwick, 3-6 p.m. Free. Info, 755-6349. lyNDoN farMerS Market: More than 20 vendors proffer a rotation of fresh veggies, meats, cheeses and more. Bandstand Park, Lyndonville, 3-6 p.m. Free. Info, 535-7528. paSta Night: Locals load up on carbs topped with "G-Man's" famous homemade sauce.

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chaMplaiN valley fair: See WED.27. lawN feSt & craft fair: Deal seekers find new homes for repurposed treasures — from jewelry and collectibles to toys and household items.

Homemade chili, baked beans and hot dogs are for lunch. Waterbury Center Community Church, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Info, 244-8089. verMoNt feStival of the artS: See WED.27.

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freD cheyette: The local author reads and discusses Wakeup Calls: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Events. Bring a folding chair. Moonlight Gifts, Milton, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 893-9966, moonlightgiftshoppe@yahoo.com. towN houSe foruM: Poet Jeffrey Harrison and memoirist Jim Rooney share their work with lit lovers. Strafford Common, 7-8:30 p.m. Free; donations accepted. Info, 765-4703 or 765-4037. writer'S circle: Wordsmiths of all skill levels put pen to paper. The Wellness Co-op, Burlington, 5:30-7 p.m. Free. Info, 888-492-8218, ext. 300.

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Burlington City Hall Park, 8 p.m. $15; preregister.

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DorSet theatre feStival: 'the MouSetrap': See WED.27, 8 p.m. 'love letterS': A man and a woman revisit their 50-year correspondence in A.R. Gurney's play, staged by Unadilla Theatre. Unadilla Theatre, Marshfield, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $10-20. Info, 456-8968. 'the MarvelouS woNDeretteS: capS aND gowNS': See WED.27, 7:30 p.m. 'the proDucerS' auDitioNS: See WED.27, 5:45-10 p.m. 'the Secret garDeN': See WED.27. 'uNcle vaNya': An aging professor returns to his family's Vermont estate with his young wife in tow in Annie Baker's reimagined Chekhovian comedy. Weston Playhouse, 7:30 p.m. $24-48.

Info, 824-5288. verMoNt actorS' repertory theatre auDitioNS: Thespians break a leg in tryouts for the season's three main productions: True West, The Cocktail Hour and The Memory Palace. Brick Box Theater, Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 6:309:30 p.m. Free. Info, 353-0001 or 282-3741.

BallrooM & latiN DaNciNg: MaMBo: Samir Elabd leads choreographed steps for singles and couples. No partner or experience required.

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richMoND farMerS Market: An open-air emporium connects farmers and fresh-food browsers. Volunteers Green, Richmond, 3-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 999-7514. truck Stop: Gourmet eats and local libations from mobile kitchens satisfy discerning palates.

ArtsRiot, Burlington, 5-10 p.m. Cost of food and drink. Info, 540-0406.

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avoiD fallS with iMproveD StaBility: A personal trainer demonstrates daily practices for seniors concerned about their balance. Pines Senior Living Community, South Burlington, 10-11 a.m. $5-6. Info, 658-7477. healthy agiNg week at the y: See WED.27, 10:15-11:15 a.m. laughter yoga: Breathe, clap, chant and ... giggle! Participants decrease stress with this playful practice. Bring personal water. The Wellness Co-op, Burlington, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 999-7373. yoga coNSult: Yogis looking to refine their practice get helpful tips. Fusion Studio Yoga & Body Therapy, Montpelier, 11 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 272-8923.

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MuSic with Derek: Movers and groovers up to age 8 shake their sillies out to toe-tapping tunes.

Buttered Noodles, Williston, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 764-1810.

SoNgS & StorieS with Matthew: Matthew Witten helps children start the day with tunes and tales of adventure. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 10-10:45 a.m. Free. Info, 878-6956. teeN Movie: The Dark Elves threaten heroine Jane Foster in Thor: The Dark World. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6956.

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SpaNiSh coNverSatioN: Patty Penuel helps those comfortable with conversing en español access films, online learning tools and audio language instruction. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Free. Info, 388-4095.

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'MiStakeS were MaDe': See WED.27. poiNt couNterpoiNt: Instructors from the chamber-music camp perform works by George Philipp Telemann, Manuel Ponce, Peter Winkler and Joaquín Turina. Proceeds benefit the Compass Music and Arts Foundation. Brandon Music, 7 p.m. $15; preregister. Info, 247-4295.

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city hall park luNchtiMe perforMaNceS: Cajun rhythms by the Green Mountain Palyboys spice up an outdoor show.

Burlington City Hall Park, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7166.

DeBo BaND: Hailing from Boston, the 11-member Ethiopian pop band melds funk, soul and jazz with the melodies of Addis Ababa. Pavilion, Castleton State College, 7 p.m. $10-15. Info, 486-1119. lake chaMplaiN chaMBer MuSic feStival: friDay coNcert: A program of works by Schubert, Mendelssohn, Brahms and 2012 LCCMF young composer Phillip Golub highlights esteemed chamber musicians and vocalists Sarah Shafer, Hyunah Yu and Randall Scarlata.

A reception follows. Elley-Long Music Center, St. Michael's College, Colchester, pre-performance lecture, 6:45 p.m.; concert, 7:30 p.m. $15-30. Info, 846-2175 or 863-5966.

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North BraNch Bluegrass Festival: Music lovers flock to a bucolic bash featuring top regional bands, workshops, nightly jam sessions and camping. See calendar spotlight. North Branch Bluegrass Festival Grounds, Bridgewater, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. $5-22; $20-55 weekend pass; free for kids under 5. Info, 672-3042. starliNe rhythm Boys: Picnickers groove to vintage country, honky-tonk and rockabilly as part of the Wine Down Friday music series.

Lincoln Peak Vineyard, New Haven, 6-8 p.m. Free; cost of food and drink. Info, 388-7368.

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the magic oF Bird migratioN: Avian enthusiasts learn how songbirds, shorebirds and other species travel thousands of miles each year with astounding accuracy. B-Side Playground, Little River State Park, Waterbury, 7 p.m. $2-3; free for children ages 3 and under; preregister; call to confirm. Info, 244-7103.

Water striders i: Don your water shoes for an exploration of water power and the creatures that reside along the Stevenson Brook.

Meet at the Nature Trail. Little River State Park, Waterbury, 1:30 p.m. $2-3; free for kids under 4; preregister; call to confirm. Info, 244-7103.

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throWdoWN oN the FairgrouNds: New England's top mixed-martial artists go head-tohead as they battle for the belt in various weight classes. Champlain Valley Exposition, Essex Junction, 7 p.m. $38.50-49 with $5-12 fair admission; advance tickets include fair admission. Info, 878-5545 or 863-5966.

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Fallout: Attendees revisit the Cold War with news reels, movie clips and a tour of a 1960sera fallout shelter. Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park, Woodstock, 2-4 p.m.

Free; preregister. Info, 457-3368, ext. 22. the great doNut race: Cyclists hit up checkpoints throughout Burlington and Winooski, where they chow down on locally made sweets to shave minutes off their finish time. An awards ceremony and reception complete this benefit for Local Motion. ArtsRiot, Burlington, check-in, 10 a.m.; race, 11 a.m. $10; preregister. Info, info@ artsriot.com.

KilliNgtoN classic motorcycle rally: See THU.28, 7 a.m.-9 p.m.

QueeN city ghostWalK: darKNess Falls: See FRI.29. uvm historic tour: Professor emeritus William Averyt references architectural gems and notable personalities on a walk through campus. Meet at the Ira Allen statue. University Green, UVM, Burlington, 10 a.m.-noon. Free; preregister at uvm.edu. Info, 656-8673. video sale: See THU.28, 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

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champlaiN valley Fair: See WED.27. hop Jam: Craft beer lovers sip samples from topnotch breweries while grooving to live music

by Soul Monde, Primate Fiasco, Spirit Family Reunion and others. Bolton Valley Ski Resort, noon-8 p.m. $40; $125 VIP ticket. Info, 496-6466. laWN Fest & craFt Fair: See FRI.29. mad river valley craFt Fair: More than 100 of the region's top artisans and crafters display their wares amid Green Mountain vistas, live music and local food at this 44th annual gathering.

Kenyon's Field, Waitsfield, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. $4; free for kids 12 and under. Info, 496-3409. southerN vermoNt garlic & herB Festival: Garlic ice cream? This creative concoction is one of many offered by dozens of vendors and growers at a pungent gathering featuring live music, brews and kids activities. Camelot Village, Bennington, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. $1-5; $8 for two-day pass. Info, 447-3311. vermoNt Festival oF the arts: See WED.27.

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Barre Farmers marKet: Crafters, bakers and farmers share their goods. Vermont Granite Museum, Barre, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, barreart farmersmarket@gmail.com. demos & desserts: Art lovers nosh on sweet BurliNgtoN Farmers marKet: More than 90 treats as bookmaker Elissa Campbell demonstands overflow with seasonal produce, flowstrates her craft. Miller's Thumb Gallery, ers, artisan wares and prepared foods.

Greensboro, 2-5 p.m. Free. Info, Burlington City Hall Park, 8:30 a.m.-2 533-2045. p.m. Free. Info, 310-5172.

BurliNgtoN Food tour: comedy Locavores sample the Queen JeFF duNham: Accompanied by City's finest cuisine on a scrumpa motley crew of puppet sidekicks, tious stroll that stops at the the internationally acclaimed Burlington Farmers Market and comedian delivers an evening of an area restaurant. East Shore gut-busting laughs. See calendar Vineyard Tasting Room, Burlington, spotlight. Champlain Valley Co M 12:30-3 p.m. $45. Info, 277-0180, UR HA T ES Y Exposition, Essex Junction, 7 p.m.

UN o F JEFF D burlingtonfoodtours@gmail.com. $32.25-63.75 with $5-12 fair admission; caledoNia Farmers marKet: Growers, craftadvanced tickets include fair admission. Info, ers and entertainers gather weekly at outdoor 878-5545 or 863-5966. stands centered on local eats. Pearl Street, St. Johnsbury, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 592-3088. dance capital city Farmers marKet: Meats and socK hop: Dancers do the twist to hits from the cheeses join farm-fresh produce, baked goods, 1950s and ’60s. Compass Music and Arts Center, and locally made arts and crafts throughout the Brandon, swing lesson, 7:15 p.m.; dance, 8-10 growing season. 60 State Street, Montpelier, 9 p.m. $8. Info, 247-4295. a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 223-2958.

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'NothiNg-is-Not-ready circus': The political and apolitical movements of the not-yet-existing upriser masses come to life in an intimate outdoor amphitheater. BigTown Gallery, Rochester, 3 p.m. $8; free for kids under 5; preregister; limited space. Info, 767-9670. 'pete 'N' Keely': A divorced singing duo reunites courtesy of a 1968 television special in this kitschy comedy, penned by James Hindman. Depot Theatre, Westport, N.Y., 8 p.m. $29. Info, 518-962-4449. 'uNcle vaNya': See THU.28.

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BREAK IT! MAKE IT! FAMILY WORKSHOP: Rachel Hooper helps tinkerers ages 8 through 12 and their adult companions transform old toys and household junk into DIY creations. Generator, Burlington, 10 a.m.-noon. $20. Info, info@generatorvt.com.

SATURDAY STORY TIME: Youngsters and their caregivers listen to entertaining tales. Phoenix Books Burlington, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 448-3350.

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3-D PRINTING, DESIGNING & SCANNING WITH CHAMPLAIN ISLANDS FARMERS MARKET: See BLU-BIN: Instruction in basic programs teaches WED.27, St. Joseph's Church, Grand Isle, 10 a.m.-2 attendees how to build digital models of their p.m. ideas. Blu-Bin, Burlington, noon-1:30 p.m. Free; TWO CHICKEN PIE SUPPER: Neighbors rub elbows preregister. Info, 345-6030.

CONVENIENT over this classic comfort food served with local INTRO TO ILLUSTRATOR: VECTOR GRAPHICS & LOCATIONS squash, coleslaw and apple crisp. United Church LINE ART: Brian O'Neill covers the fundamentals of Northfield, 5:30 & 6:30 p.m. $8-12; preregister.

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South Burlington CHOCOLATE TASTING: Sweets lovers tap into the $20. Info, info@generatorvt.com. nuances of sour, spicy, earthy and fruity flavors. montréal 1372 North Avenue Lake Champlain Chocolates Factory Store & Café, sports 'CONTRACTIONS': See WED.27, 5:30 & 9:30 p.m.

658-3739 Burlington, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 448-5507.

BOLTON VALLEY 5K: Runners and walkers face Burlington 'MISTAKES WERE MADE': See WED.27, 4 & 8 p.m.

MIDDLEBURY FARMERS MARKET: See WED.27. ever-changing terrain on this charity trail race MOUNT SNOW BREWERS FESTIVAL: More than benefitting Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sports.

Like us on acebook • www.GreenMountainAH.com music 40 breweries pour ales, lagers, porters, stouts Bolton Valley Ski Resort, 9 a.m. $20-30; preregisBERKLEEFEST: Festivalgoers catch a glimpse of and ciders at a weekend shindig with live music, ter. Info, 786-4991. rising talents from the Berklee College of Music barbecue fare and chairlift rides. Mount Snow, DIRTY 40 RACE: Riders tackle 60 challenging at four different performances.

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MOUNT TOM FARMERS MARKET: Purveyors of throughout the Northeast Kingdom. Proceeds Topnotch Resort & Spa, Stowe, 2-6 p.m. Free. Info, garden-fresh crops, prepared foods and crafts benefit the Mary E. Wright Halo Foundation. An 253-8585. set up shop for the morning. Parking lot, Mount after-party follows. North Country Junior High DRAGÚN BÁN: The Montréal-based band taps Tom, Woodstock, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Free. Info, School, Derby, 9 a.m. $60-75; preregister. Info, into the essence of the Emerald Isle at an inti457-2070.

673-5494. mate concert of traditional Celtic tunes. KelloggNEWPORT FARMERS MARKET: See WED.27.

Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 11:30 a.m. Free. Info, theater NORTHWEST FARMERS MARKET: Foodies stock 223-3338.

DORSET THEATRE FESTIVAL: 'THE MOUSETRAP': up on local produce, garden plants, canned goods LAKE CHAMPLAIN CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL: See WED.27, 8 p.m. and handmade crafts. Taylor Park, St. Albans, 9 SECOND FESTIVAL SATURDAY: Performances a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 827-3157.

GREEN MOUNTAIN CABARET: Rhinestones meet by the Young Quartet-in-Residence and pianist rock-and-roll when burlesque dancers shake NORWICH FARMERS MARKET: Neighbors disIgnat Solzhenitsyn pave the way for composiand shimmy in "Bootlegs Live." Club Metronome, cover fruits, veggies and other riches of the land tions by the LCCMF 2014 Young Composers.

Burlington, 8-9:30 p.m. $10-15; for ages 18 and offered alongside baked goods, handmade crafts Elley-Long Music Center, St. Michael's College, Your LocaL Source up. Info, greenmountaincabaret@gmail.com. and live entertainment. Route 5 South, Norwich, Colchester, 11 a.m. $10-20. Info, 846-2175 or 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 384-7447.

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'THE MELLOW YELLOW 'PETE 'N' KEELY': See FRI.29.

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Waterbury, 4 p.m. $2-3; free for kids 3 and under; 457-2355. time to walk the land, visit our one-acre NORTHFIELD LABOR DAY GALA: A 5K foot race preregister; call to confirm. Info, 244-7103. organic vegetable garden, or to follow the MANSION OPEN HOUSE: Blooming gardens, live kicks off a weekend of of family-friendly enterMUSHROOMS DEMYSTIFIED: See THU.28. music and family-friendly nature activities make tainment, complete with street dances, a parade spontaneous callings of your spirit. for a memorable tour of the stately structure. and more. Northfield Depot Square, 10 a.m.-10 STEVENSON BROOKWALKERS: See THU.28.

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Verum Corpus. Town Hall Theatre, Woodstock, 4-6 VerMont FestiVAl oF the Arts: See WED.27. p.m. Free; donations accepted. Info, 457-3981. north brAnch blueGrAss FestiVAl: See food & drink FRI.29, 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m.

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AppAlAchiAn trAil yoGA hike: Yogic principles of movement dictate a woodland trek.

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Info, amanda@innerliftyoga.com. coMMunity restorAtiVe yoGA: Tisha Shull leads a gentle practice aimed at achieving mindbody harmony. Sangha Studio, Burlington, 5:30-7 p.m. Donations. Info, 448-4262. coMMunity VinyAsA: Rose Bryant helps students align breath, intention and inner balance. Sangha Studio, Burlington, 12:45-1:45 p.m.

Donations. Info, 448-4262. coMMunity yoGA: A blend of Vinyasa, Kundalini and other styles combines breath, movement, meditation and live music. Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, 9-10 a.m. $5 minimum donation. Info, 635-2727. yoGic science: prAnAyAMA And MeditAtion: Mindfulness techniques focus the senses and support an asana practice. Proceeds benefit the Center for Mindful Learning. Sangha Studio, Burlington, 2-3 p.m. Donations. Info, 448-4262.

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russiAn plAy tiMe with nAtAshA: Youngsters up to age 8 learn new words via rhymes, games, music, dance and a puppet show.

Buttered Noodles, Williston, 11-11:45 a.m. Free.

Info, 764-1810.

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'the GrAduAte': Singer-songwriters Justin Rutledge and Matthew Barber explore this coming-of-age tale about a young man who is seduced by the older Mrs. Robinson. Segal Centre for Performing Arts, Montréal, 1:30-3:30 p.m. $24-49. Info, 514-739-7944.

outdoors

Fruits oF the Forest: Foodies forage for fungi with Jason Bednarz of MoTown Mushrooms.

Participants make a Lion's Mane log to take home. The Hunter Farmstead, Waterbury, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. $20-35. Info, 851-8222. rockin' the little riVer ii: tour oF wAterbury dAM: Folks meet at the top of Vermont's largest hand-built earthen dam for a guided walk along the crest, complete with mountain views. Little River State Park, Waterbury, 11:30 a.m. $2-3; free for kids 3 and under; preregister; call to confirm. Info, 244-7103. wAr oF the weeds!: Garden helpers remove invasive honeysuckle shrubs. Meet at the Nature Center. Little River State Park, Waterbury, 10 a.m. $2-3; free for children ages 3 and under; preregister; call to confirm. Info, 244-7103.

sports

dArn touGh ride: Cyclists choose their challenge on varying routes that feature grueling climbs and exhilarating descents throughout northern Vermont. Proceeds benefit Friends of Stowe Adaptive Sports. Commodores Inn, Stowe, 7 a.m.-4 p.m. $50-125. Info, 253-9216. woMen's pickup soccer: Quick-footed ladies of varying skill levels break a sweat while stringing together passes and making runs for the goal. For ages 18 and up. Starr Farm Park, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. $3. Info, 864-0123.

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'the MArVelous wonderettes: cAps And Gowns': See WED.27, 3 p.m.

'Middlebury's Got tAlent!': See SAT.30, 2 p.m. 'pete 'n' keely': See FRI.29, 5 p.m. 'uncle VAnyA': See THu.28, 3 p.m. 'witness uGAndA': Matt Gould and Griffin Matthews present a concert version of their award-winning musical, inspired by the latter's experience with orphaned ugandan teens in 2005. A Q&A follows. Weston Playhouse, 8 p.m. $17.50-35. Info, 824-5288.

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VAnessA bAyer & sAsheer zAMAtA: The funny ladies of "Saturday Night Live" hit up the Queen City with side-splitting material. uVM Patrick Gymnasium, South Burlington, 7-9 p.m. $11.25-32.25. Info, 656-2060 or 863-5966.

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Civil War Home Front Walking tour: A stroll through a historic village offers folks a glimpse of the pivotal role Woodstock played in the Union war effort in Vermont. Marsh-BillingsRockefeller National Historical Park, Woodstock, 2-4 p.m. $4-8 adults; free for kids under 15; preregister. Info, 457-3368.

Hidden SpaCeS, unique plaCeS: Architecture buffs tour the park's historic landmarks — including a rarely visited 1960s fallout shelter. Meet at the Carriage Barn Visitor Center. Marsh-BillingsRockefeller National Historical Park, Woodstock, 10:30 a.m.-noon. $4-8; free for kids 15 and under; preregister. Info, 457-3368, ext. 22.

fairs & festivals

vermont FeStival oF tHe artS: See WED.27, 10 a.m.

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CHiCken BarBeCue: Folks fire up the grill at this 59th annual benefit for the Underhill-Jericho Firefighters Fund. Browns River Middle School, Jericho, 11:30 a.m. Cost of food and drink. Info, 899-4025.

games

Bridge CluB: See WED.27, 7 p.m. trivia nigHt: Teams of quick thinkers gather for a meeting of the minds. Lobby, Hotel Vermont, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 651-5012.

health & fitness

avoid FallS WitH improved StaBility: See FRI.29. monday-nigHt Fun run: Runners push past personal limits at this weekly outing. Peak Performance, Williston, 5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 658-0949. r.i.p.p.e.d.: See WED.27.

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intro to triBal Belly danCe: Ancient traditions from diverse cultures define this moving meditation that celebrates creative energy. Comfortable clothing required. Sacred Mountain Studio, Burlington, 6:45 p.m. $12. Info, piper.c.emily@gmail.com.

SWing danCe praCtiCe SeSSion: Twinkle-toed dancers learn steps for the lindy hop, Charleston and balboa. Indoor shoes required. Champlain Club, Burlington, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $5. Info, 448-2930. 'teen Jazz' audition Boot Camp: Intermediate-to-advanced dancers in grades 9 through 12 familiarize themselves with director Hanna Satterlee's teaching style and gear up for Monday's auditions. Contemporary Dance & Fitness Studio, Montpelier, 3:45-5 p.m. $16; preregister. Info, 229-4676.

tea & Formal gardenS tour: See THU.28.

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knigHtS oF tHe myStiC movie CluB: Cinema hounds screen campy flicks at this celebration of offbeat productions. Main Street Museum, White River Junction, 8 p.m. Free. Info, 356-2776. peaCe & popCorn: Like-minded cinephiles pick a flick as part of the Peace & Justice Center's socially conscious film initiative. Peace & Justice Center, Burlington, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 863-2345.

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JoHnSon FarmerS market: From kale to handcrafted spoons, shoppers fill their totes at this open-air affair featuring meats, herbs, baked goods and dining areas. Johnson Village Green, 4-7 p.m. Free. Info, johnsonfarmersmarket@ gmail.com. old nortH end FarmerS market: Locavores snatch up breads, juices, ethnic food and more from neighborhood vendors. Integrated Arts Academy, H.O. Wheeler Elementary School, Burlington, 3-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 324-3073, oldnorthendfarmersmarket@gmail.com. rutland County FarmerS market: See SAT.30, 2-6 p.m.

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BreatH meditation For Healing: Samuel Hendrick shares simple steps for stilling the mind and benefiting the body. Community Room, Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 5-6 p.m.

Free; preregister. Info, 223-8000, ext. 202. intro to yoga: Those new to the mat discover the benefits of aligning breath and body. Fusion Studio Yoga & Body Therapy, Montpelier, 4-5 p.m.

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Buttered Noodles, Williston, 10-11 a.m. Free. Info, 764-1810.

vermont politiCS Speaker SerieS: Area professionals ranging from reporters to state government officials past and present weigh in on relevant topics. Ellsworth Room, Library and Learning Center, Johnson State College, 3-4:15 p.m. Free. Info, 635-1664.

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FreNch coNverSatioN Group: Beginnerto-intermediate speakers brush up on their language skills. Halvorson's Upstreet Café, Burlington, 4:30-6 p.m. Free. Info, 540-0195. pauSe-caFé FreNch coNverSatioN: French students of varying levels engage in dialogue en français. Panera Bread (Burlington), 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 363-2431.

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Battle traNce: The genre-defying saxophone quartet performs selections from the recently released Palace of Wind. Jenke Arts, Burlington, 8 p.m. $8. Info, 578-3138.

StraFFord commoN coNcert SerieS: Outdoor performances by top musical talents make for family-friendly fun. Strafford Common, 6-7:30 p.m. $5 minimum donation. Info, 765-4009.

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emerald aSh Borer: Folks identify the invasive species on a nature walk, then discuss its effects on native trees. Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 6:45-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 426-3581.

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loNG trail leaGue NiGht: Golfers hit the green at this weekly nine-hole scramble tournament complete with prizes, contests and themed play. A dinner in the clubhouse follows. Killington Golf Course, 5-8:30 p.m. $20-25. Info, 422-6700.

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'BurliNGtoN oN BurliNGtoN': the art SceNe: What are the challenges and rewards of making a living as an artist in the Queen City?

Speakers share insights in a panel discussion and moderated Q&A session. A cocktail hour follows. Hotel Vermont, Burlington, 6 p.m. Free.

Info, 540-0406.

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'the marvelouS WoNderetteS: capS aNd GoWNS': See WED.27, 7:30 p.m. 'uNcle vaNya': See THU.28.

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Game NiGht: Decks of card and board games make for an evening of family fun. For ages 5 and up. Fairfax Community Library, 6-8 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 849-2420. hiGhGate Story hour: Budding bookworms share read-aloud tales and wiggles and giggles with Mrs. Liza. Highgate Public Library, 10 a.m.

Free. Info, 868-3970.

World muSic choir: John Harrison leads vocalists in musical stylings from around the globe. See summit-school.org for details. Union Elementary School, Montpelier, 3:30-4:30 p.m. $10-15; preregister; limited space. Info, 917-1186. yoGa With daNielle: Toddlers and preschoolers strike a pose, then share stories and songs.

Buttered Noodles, Williston, 10-10:30 a.m. Free.

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food & drink

champlaiN iSlaNdS FarmerS market: See WED.27. coFFee taStiNG: See WED.27. middleBury FarmerS market: See WED.27.

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iNtroductioN to QiGoNG: Acupuncturist Edward Kentish introduces participants to gentle movements that reduce stress while improving balance and range of motion. Community Room, Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 6-7:15 p.m. $5-7; preregister. Info, 223-8000, ext. 202. moNtréal-Style acro yoGa: See WED.27. r.i.p.p.e.d.: See WED.27.

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GermaN-eNGliSh coNverSatioN Group: Community members practice conversing auf Deutsch. Local History Room, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211. iNtermediate SpaNiSh leSSoNS: See WED.27. iNtermediate/advaNced eNGliSh aS a SecoNd laNGuaGe claSS: See WED.27.

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GreeN mouNtaiN derBy dameS FreSh meat practice: Get on the fast track! Vermont's hard-hitting gals teach novices basic skating and derby skills. Skates, mouth guard and protective gear required. Champlain Valley Exposition, Essex Junction, 8:30-10 p.m. Free. Info, skating@ gmderbydames.com.

GreeN mouNtaiN taBle teNNiS cluB: See WED.27.

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'the Battle oF lake champlaiN': Colonel David Fitz-Enz recounts the decisive War of 1812 battle, in which the British Army and Royal Naval attacked American forces at Plattsburgh's Cumberland Bay. Milton Historical Museum, 7-8 p.m. Free. Info, miltonhistorical@yahoo.com.

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classes THE FOLLOWING CLASS LISTINGS ARE PAID ADVERTISEMENTS. ANNOUNCE YOUR CLASS FOR AS LITTLE AS $13.75/WEEK (INCLUDES SIX PHOTOS AND UNLIMITED DESCRIPTION ONLINE). SUBMIT YOUR CLASS AD AT SEVENDAYSVT.COM/POSTCLASS.

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ART & POTTERY IN MIDDLEBURY: Adult: Wed. Wheel, Mon. Oils, Tue. Watercolors, Wed. a.m. Int/ Adv Painting, Thur. a.m. Wheel, Thu. Drawing, Wheel Altering Workshop Nov. 1, Still Life w/ Hunter Eddy Nov. 15 & 16.

Children: Mon. & Wed. Wheel, Thu. Hand Building, Magic Lanterns, Animal Kingdom, Leonardo’s Workshop, Drawing Magical Creatures, Glow-in-theDark Art. Location: Middlebury Studio School, 1 Mill St. lower level, Middlebury. Info: Middlebury Studio School, Barbara Nelson, 247-3702, ewaldewald@aol.com, middleburystudioschool.org.

BEGINNER WATERCOLOR SEMINAR!: Want to try watercolor but too intimidated? Artist Ginny Joyner will guide you through the basics, from brushes and paper, washes, layering techniques, mixing color and composition to creating landscapes and florals! Ginny loves to teach beginner painters in a relaxed, nonjudgmental atmosphere with gentle but expert direction and advice. Sat. & Sun., Aug. 30 & 31, 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. (w/ lunch break each day). Cost: $200/12hour seminar; incl. a beautiful panmaker palette with paint & brushes to keep, & enough paper to use in class. Location: Ginny Joyner’s studio, Fort Ethan Allen, 504B Dalton Dr., Colchester. Info: Ginny Joyner, 655-0899, ginnyjoynervt@gmail.com, facebook. com/ginnyjoynerstudio.

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Call 865-7166 for info or register online at burlingtoncityarts.org.

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CLAY: REVISITING THE BOWL: Learn to promote balanced weight throughout your bowls, avoid bottom-heavy pieces, and get rid of the pesky learner’s curve or “shoulder” that is often found in this form. Leave the class with refined knowledge on how to arrive at the bowl shape you intended and learn

the mechanics for making bowls for specific purposes or dishes.

Instructor: Chris Vaughn. Sun., Sep. 14, 2-4 p.m. Cost: $25/ person; $22.50/BCA members.

Location: BCA Clay Studio, 250 Main St., Burlington.

CLAY: WHEEL THROWING: This class is an introduction to clay, pottery and the ceramics studio.

Students will work primarily on the potter’s wheel, learning basic throwing and forming techniques, while creating functional pieces such as mugs, vases and bowls. Also learn various finishing techniques using the studio’s house slips and glazes. No previous experience needed! Option 1: Weekly on Thu., Sep. 25-Oct. 30, 6-8:30 p.m.; Option 2: Weekly on Thu., Sep. 25-Oct. 30, 9:30 a.m.-noon; Weekly on Mon., Nov. 3-Dec. 15, 6-8:30 p.m. Cost: $240/person; $216/BCA members. Incl. your first bag of clay in open studio hours to practice. Extra clay sold separately at $20/25 lb. bag. All glazes & firings incl. Location: BCA Clay Studio, 250 Main St., Burlington.

CONTEMPORARY FIGURE PAINTING: Intermediate and advanced painters, revitalize your painting practices 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 is very helpful. Instructor: Gail Salzman.

Weekly on Wed., Oct 1-Nov. 19, 1:30-4:30 p.m. Cost: $360/ person; $324/BCA members.

Location: BCA Center, 135 Church St., Burlington.

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. No experience necessary. Instructor: Jeremy Smith.

Weekly on Mon., Sep. 15-Oct. 27, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Cost: $205/members; $184.50/BCA members.

Location: BCA Center, 135 Church St., Burlington.

DESIGN: ADOBE INDESIGN: Learn the basics of Adobe InDesign, used for magazine and book layout, 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. No experience necessary. Instructor: Rachel Hooper. Weekly on Tue., Sep. 30-Nov. 4, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Cost: $205/person; $184.50 BCA members. Location: BCA Center, 135 Church St., Burlington.

DROP IN: ADULT WHEEL: Curious about the pottery wheel? Spend a Friday night with our pottery instructors learning the basics of wheel-working. Learn to prepare and center the clay and make cups, mugs and bowls. Price includes one fired and glazed piece per participant. No registration necessary. Instructors: Julia Berberan & Iris Stein. Weekly on Fri., Sep. 19-Dec. 19, 8-10 p.m.

Cost: $12/per participant; $11/ BCA members. Purchase a dropin card & get the 6th visit for free!. Location: BCA Clay Studio, 250 Main St., Burlington.

DROP IN: LIFE DRAWING: This drop-in life drawing class is open to all levels and facilitated by local painter Glynnis Fawkes.

Spend the evening with other artists drawing one of our experienced models. Please bring your own drawing materials and paper. No registration necessary.

Weekly on Mon., Sep. 15-Dec. 15, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Cost: $8/ participant; $7/BCA members.

Purchase a drop-in card & get the 6th visit free. Location: BCA Center, 135 Church St., Burlington.

DROP IN: FAMILY WHEEL: 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 once fired and glazed piece per participant. Additional fired and glazed pieces are $5 each. No registration necessary. All ages.

Instructors: Julia Berberan, Alex Costantino and Iris Stein. Weekly on Fri., Sep. 19-Dec. 19, 5:30-7:30 p.m. No class Oct. 31 & Nov. 28. Cost: $6/per child; $5/BCA members. Purchase a drop-in card & get the 6th visit for free.

Location: BCA Clay Studio, 250 Main St., Burlington.

DESIGN: ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR: Learn the basics of Adobe Illustrator to lay out and design posters and other single-page documents. Students will explore a variety of software

DROP IN: POLLYWOG PRESCHOOL: This popular dropin program introduces young children to artistic explorations in a multimedia environment that is both creative and social.

policies, listing items and filling sold orders, as well as looking at the various marketing tricks you can work from day one.

Instructor: Laura Hale. Limit: 12. Thu., Oct. 2, 6-8 p.m. Cost: $20/person; $18/BCA members.

Location: BCA Center, 135 Church St., Burlington.

Kids will work with kid-friendly materials like homemade playdough and finger paint and explore sculpture, drawings and crafts through their own projects, or collaboratively. Parents must accompany their children. All materials provided. No registration necessary. Instructor: Zoe Barracano. Ages 6 months to 5 years. Weekly on Thu., Sep. 18-Dec. 18, 9:3011:30 a.m. Cost: $6/per child; $5/BCA members. Purchase a drop-in card & get the 6th visit for free. Location: BCA Center, 135 Church St., Burlington.

FREE WHEELIN’: Come play with clay on the potter’s wheel and learn how to make cups, bowls and more in our clay studio in this afternoon wheel class.

Registration is required. Price includes one fired and glazed piece per participant. All supplies provided. Instructor: Kim O’Brien. Ages 6-12. Sat., Sep. 27, 1:30-3:30 p.m. Cost: $25/person; $22.50/BCA members. Location: BCA Clay Studio, 250 Main St., Burlington.

ILLUSTRATION: 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 watercolors, students will be encouraged to draw the human figure, likenesses, animals, landscapes, interiors and more. Instructor: Marc Nadel.

Weekly on Wed., Oct. 1-Nov. 19, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Cost: $224/ person; $201.60/BCA members.

Location: BCA Center, 135 Church St., Burlington.

OIL PAINTING: Learn how to paint with nontoxic watersoluble oils. With an emphasis on studio work, this class will consist of fun exercises. Discover a variety of painting techniques and learn how to apply composition, linear aspects, form and color theory to your work. BCA provides glass palettes, easels, painting trays and drying racks.

Instructor: Linda Jones. Ages 16+. Weekly on Tue., Sep. 30-Nov. 18, 6-8:30 p.m. Cost: $280/ person; $252/BCA members.

Location: BCA Center, 135 Church St., Burlington.

PHOTO: DIGITAL SLR CAMERA: Explore the basic workings of the digital SLR camera to learn how to take the photographs you envision. Demystify f-stops, shutter speeds, sensitivity ratings and

exposure, and learn the basics of composition. Pair with Adobe Lightroom 4 for a 12 week experience and learn the ins and outs of photo editing and printing! No experience necessary. Instructor: Dan Lovell. Weekly on Wed., Sep. 17-Oct. 22, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Cost: $170/person; $153/BCA members. Location: BCA Center, 135 Church St., Burlington.

PHOTO: MIXED LEVEL DARKROOM: Take your work to the next level! Guided sessions to help you improve your printing and film-processing techniques and discussion of the technical, aesthetic and conceptual aspects of your work will be included. Cost includes a darkroom membership for the duration of the class for outsideof-class printing and processing.

Prerequisite: Intro to Black and White Film and the Darkroom or equivalent experience. Weekly on Thu., Sep. 25-Nov. 13. Cost: $295/person; $265.50/BCA members. Location: BCA Center, 135 Church St., Burlington.

PRINTMAKING: This introductory class will show you a variety of printing techniques that can be used on their own or in combination to create unique artwork. Learn block printing with linoleum, collograph and drypoint. This is a great way to start creating your own art, and no experience is necessary! Instructor: Katie Loesel.

Weekly on Tue., Sep. 23-Oct. 28, 6-8:30 p.m. Cost: $210/person; $189/BCA members. Location: BCA Print Studio, 250 Main St., Burlington.

SELLING YOUR WORK WITH ETSY: Are you ready to take the leap with Etsy? Etsy seller Laure Hale, owner of Found Beauty Studio, will walk you through opening a shop, setting up

SQUISHY CIRCUITS: Using conductive play dough (geek dough) kids will build circuits and learn basic electronics while making squishy creations. We will learn the fundamentals of how electric circuits work and get a broad introduction to the world of physical computing.

All materials provided.

Instructor: Rachel Hooper.

Ages 8-12. Sat., Sep. 27, 1:30-3:30 p.m. Cost: $25/person; $22.50/BCA members. Location: BCA Center & Generator, Burlington.

business WOMEN’S SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM: Enroll today in Start Up: 15-week comprehensive business planning course! This action-oriented class is tailored to your business needs. Learn the ins & outs of marketing, finance & business ownership from a team of seasoned entrepreneurs & a host of guest experts, build a professional network & be supported by your peers. Every Thu. 5:30-9 p.m.; Every other Sun. noon-6 p.m. 15 week course. Location: Mercy Connections, 255 South Champlain Street, Burlington.

Info: Women’s Small Business Program, Mercy Connections, Gwen Pokalo, 846-7338, gpokalo@mercyconnections.org, wsbp.org.

coaching 30-DAY SELF-DISCOVERY COURSE: Explore your dreams and confront your fears at the HappyU Life Design School with Life & Energy Coach Theresa McCabe. Discover who you are, who you want to be, what motivates you and find the confidence to pursue your most fulfilling dreams! For teens, twentysomethings, college students and graduates. Starts Sun., Sep. 7. Teleclasses on Wed. at 8 p.m. Cost: $47/guided self-discovery journal, 4 live weekly teleclasses, visualization exercises & inspirational emails.

Location: online at theresamccabe.com. Info: Theresa McCabe, 274-6671, theresa@ theresamccabe.com, theresamccabe.com.

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HAND-BUILDING: Instructor: Alex Costantino. Use of electric and gas kiln. This hand-building class will focus on creating sculptural and functional pieces using slabs, extrusions, solid building and coils. Students explore texture and surface using multiple techniques. If you already have an idea or some inspirational images (sculptural or functional), bring them to the first class. No previous handbuilding experience necessary. 8 Fri., 9:30 a.m.-noon, Sep. 19-Nov. 7. Cost: $335/person (members: $261, nonmembers: $290, materials: $45). Location: Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne.

METALS W/ MATT: ADV. JEWELRY: Instructor: Matthew Taylor. Come learn from Master Jeweler Matthew Taylor of Matthew Taylor Designs at the Shelburne Craft School. Projects may include setting a stone, wax carving, chain mail or other ideas. Prerequisite: Beginner Jewelry (students must already know sawing, filing, and soldering). 5 Tue., 5:30-8 p.m., Sep. 16-Oct. 14. Cost: $345/person (members: $261, nonmembers: $290, materials: $55). Location: Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne.

NEW SHAPE: MIXED LEVEL: Instructor: Jules Polk. Breaking away from round. Are you tired of feeling like you are making the same-shaped pots over and over again? This class will take basic shapes thrown on the wheel and give you the handbuilding and finishing skills to make any shape you can think of! Prerequisite: Beginning wheel. 8 Sat., 10 a.m.-noon, Sep. 20-Nov. 8. Cost: $280/person (members: $211.50, nonmembers: $235, materials: $45). Location: Shelburne Craft School, Shelburne.

BEGINNER SWING DANCE LESSONS: For absolute beginners or those wanting a refresher. East Coast style of swing dance (jitterbug) with Vermont’s premier swing dance teacher, Terry Bouricius. No partner necessary. Includes admission to practice session after each class. 4 Tue., Sept. 2-23, from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Cost: $40/series.

Location: Champlain Club, 20 Crowley St., Burlington. Info: Vermont Swings, Terry Bouricius, 864-8382, terrybour@gmail.com, vermontswings.com.

DANCE STUDIO SALSALINA: Salsa classes, nightclub-style, on-one and on-two, group and private, four levels. Beginner walk-in classes, Wednesdays, 6 p.m. $13/person for one-hour class. No dance experience, partner or preregistration required, just the desire to have fun! Drop in any time and prepare for an enjoyable workout. Location: 266 Pine St., Burlington. Info: Victoria, 598-1077, info@salsalina.com.

DSANTOS VT SALSA: Experience the fun and excitement of Burlington’s eclectic dance community by learning salsa.

Trained by world famous dancer Manuel Dos Santos, we teach you how to dance to the music and how to have a great time on the dance floor! There is no better time to start than now!

Mon. evenings: beginner class, 7-8 p.m.: intermediate, 8:159:15 p.m. Cost: $10/1-hr. class.

Location: North End Studios, 294 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington.

Info: Tyler Crandall, 598-9204, crandalltyler@hotmail.com, dsantosvt.com.

WORKING W/ YOUR ANGELS: Learn how to work more consciously with your angels in this course that can bolster your trust and transform your attitude toward spiritual reality.

Readings supplement the exercises and personal stories. Led

by Sue Mehrtens. Sep. 4, 11, 18 & 25, 7-9 p.m. Cost: $60 Location: 55 Clover La., Waterbury. Info: Sue, 244-7909.

gardening LANDSCAPE DESIGN FOR HOMEOWNERS: Are you an avid gardener looking for new inspiration? Want a better understanding of selecting and placing plants? Have the perfect spot, but need some help expressing your vision? This 4-part series, led by professional landscape designer Silvia Jope, is the answer. Preregistration is required.

Thu. weekly on, Sep. 11-Oct. 2, 6-8 p.m. Cost: $160/person Location: Gardener’s Supply, 128 Intervale Rd., Burlington. Info: 660-3505, gardenerssupplystore.com.

VT MASTER COMPOSTER COURSE: Learn how to turn yard trimmings and vegetable scraps into “black gold” with the Vermont Master Composter. The course will provide training to anyone interested in becoming a backyard composter. It is sponsored by the University of Vermont (UVM) Extension Master Gardener program with funding from the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation. Registration is open now! Weekly on Thu., Sep. 18-Oct. 9, 6:15 p.m.-9 p.m. Cost: $40/noncredit course. Location: Bennington, Brattleboro, Johnson, Lyndon, Montpelier, Middlebury, Newport, Randolph Ctr., Rutland, Springfield, St. Albans, White River Jct., Williston. Info: 656-9562, master.gardener@uvm.edu, uvm.edu/mastergardener.

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empowerment INTRO TO JEWELRY AND FINE METALS: Learn the basics of creating metal jewelry. Techniques covered will include sawing, piercing, filing, annealing, soldering, texturing, cold connections, basic hollow construction, ring sizing and more, so that students can create at least two completed pieces. Instructor: Rebecca Macomber. Pair with

INTRO TO THE 3-D PRINTER: 3-D printing is a process of making three-dimensional solid objects from a digital model. It is accessible to all types of people, even those with a minimal understanding of electronics, hardware or 3-D design. This class is for anyone interested in learning the basics of 3-D software, 3-D printing and rapid prototyping. Instructor: Matt Flego. Prerequisite: General computer skills. Pair with Intro to Solidworks. Weekly on Tue., Oct 7-28, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Cost: $160/ person; $144/BCA members.

Location: Generator, 250 Main St., Burlington.

INTRO TO THE LASER CUTTER: Design and create products with an Epilog laser cutter. This class will guide you through the creative process, from concept sketches to laser cutting the finished piece with a 60 watt CO2 laser. Learn safety and tool training, conceptualizing and sculpting projects, use software and techniques for working with different materials. Pair with Laser Cut Jewelry. Instructor: Erin Barnaby. Perequisite: General computer skills. Weekly on Mon., Sep. 15-Oct. 6, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Cost: $160/person; $144/BCA members. Location: Generator, 250 Main St., Memorial Auditorium, Burlington.

healing arts REIKI AND SHAMANIC HEALING: Learn the history of Reiki, receive attunements and have opportunities to practice and build skill at Reiki I. Share Reiki, both for self and others, by giving and receiving Reiki from each other at Reiki Share. Learn advanced Reiki work using three of the major symbols at Reiki II. Reiki I, Sep. 12, 7-9 p.m. & Sep. 13, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. $125; Reiki Share, Sep. 17, Oct. 15, Nov. 12 & Dec. 17, 6:30-9 p.m. By donation; Reiki/Shamanic Healing Clinic, Sep. 18, Oct. 16, Nov. 6, Dec. 18, 6-8 p.m. By donation. Reiki II, Oct. 10, 6:30-9 p.m. & Oct. 11, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. $175. Location: Journeyworks, 1205 North Ave., Burlington. Info: 860-6203, journeyworks@hotmail.com, journeyworksvt.com.

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SILHOUETTE STORYTELLING THROUGH DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY: This twosession hands-on workshop will introduce you to the world of the silhouette, an art form dating back hundreds of years and thought to be the origin of both painting and photography.

Combine 2-D cut outs and 3-D objects to create scenes to be projected on the wall and photographed creating unusual and personal silhouettes. Any level of experience and any type of digital camera, including smartphone cameras, are welcome.

Instructor: Michelle Saffran. 2 Thu., Sep. 11 & 18, 1-3 p.m. Cost: $55/members; $80/nonmembers. Location: Helen Day Art Center, 90 Pond St., Stowe. Info: 253-8358, education@helenday. com, helenday.com.

ANIMAL PORTRAITURE DRAWING: Learn to capture the spirit and essence of your favorite animals with this drawing class for all levels, beginner to expert. We’ll start with the basics of form and shape, then add detail to create lifelike, captivating imagery. Weather permitting, we’ll draw outdoors from live animals. Instructor: Evan Chismark. Weekly on Tue., Sep. 23-Oct. 21., 9:30-11:30 a.m. Cost: $100/members; $125/nonmembers. Location: Helen Day Art Center, 90 Pond St., Stowe. Info: 253-8358, education@helenday. com, helenday.com.

herbs WISDOM OF THE HERBS SCHOOL: Tree, Shrub and Herbaceous Plant Walks, each in a different habitat. Sep. 4, 4-5:30 p.m., Sep. 9, 4-5:30 p.m. & Sep. 17, 2-3:30 p.m. Sliding scale to $10, please preregister. If you are interested in attending our next Wisdom of the Herbs program, start date April 2015, and need financial assistance, check out the VSAC nondegree grant program and consider applying really soon to reserve your grant while their funds are abundant; if you decide not to attend Wisdom 2015, VSAC simply gives the grant to another person. Annie McCleary, director. Location: Wisdom of the Herbs School, Woodbury. Info: 456-8122, annie@ wisdomoftheherbsschool.com, wisdomoftheherbsschool.com.

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BECOMING CONSCIOUS OF THE UNCONSCIOUS: Meet your psychopomp and explore the process of becoming conscious through dozens of thoughtprovoking exercises that employ synchronicities, symbols, archetypes and active imagination. A wealth of readings by Jung and others supplements the exercises. Led by Sue Mehrtens. Sep.

Laser Cut Jewelry. Weekly on Thu., Oct. 2-Nov. 13, 6:30-8:30 p.m. No class Oct. 16. Cost: $240/ person; $216/BCA members.

Location: Generator, 250 Main St., Burlington.

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LEARN TO DANCE W/ A PARTNER!: 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. Private lessons also available. Cost: $50/4week class. Location: Champlain Club, 20 Crowley St., Burlington.

Info: First Step Dance, 598-6757, kevin@firststepdance.com, firststepdance.com.

3, 10, 17 & 24, Oct. 1, 8, 15 & 22, 7-9 p.m. Cost: $90/person Location: 55 Clover La., Waterbury. Info: Sue, 244-7909.

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WHEEL THROWING/ INT.-ADV.: Instructor: Loretta Languet DiMario.

Focusing on details and sharpening your skills as a potter, Loretta will demonstrate how to incorporate stacking forms to gain added height and altering wet pottery adding rhythm and gesture. Loretta will also incorporate slips and various surface techniques exploring the world of surface design. 8 Wed., 5-8 p.m., Sep. 24-Nov. 12. Cost: $393/person (members: $313.20, nonmembers: $348, materials: $45).

Location: Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne.

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INTRO TO WOODWORKING: Instructor: Rachel BrydolfHorwitz. A comprehensive introduction to woodworking, this course explores the basic principles of lumber selection, hand tool and machinery usage, milling, joinery and finishing.

Students will build their own Shaker-style hall table, taking the project from blueprint through completion, learning to both organize and conceptualize a furniture project and gain familiarity with the woodshop environment. 10 Mon., 5:308:30 p.m., Sep. 22-Dec. 1 (no class Nov. 24). Cost: $520/ person (members: $391.50, nonmembers: $435, materials: $85). Location: Shelburne Craft School, Shelburne.

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classes THE FOLLOWING CLASS LISTINGS ARE PAID ADVERTISEMENTS. ANNOUNCE YOUR CLASS FOR AS LITTLE AS $13.75/WEEK (INCLUDES SIX PHOTOS AND UNLIMITED DESCRIPTION ONLINE). SUBMIT YOUR CLASS AD AT SEVENDAYSVT.COM/POSTCLASS.

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ANNOUNCING SPANISH CLASSES: Join us for adult Spanish classes this fall. Our eighth year. Learn from a native speaker via small classes, individual instruction or student tutoring. You’ll always be participating and speaking.

Lesson packages for travelers.

Also lessons for young children; they love it! See our website or contact us for details. Beginning week of Sep. 8 for 10 weeks.

Cost: $225/10 classes of 90+ minutes each. Location: Spanish in Waterbury Center, Waterbury Center. Info: 585-1025, spanishparavos@gmail.com, spanishwaterburycenter.com.

ALLIANCE FRANCAISE FALL SESSION: VIVE LA RENTREE!: 15-week French classes for adults. New: evening and morning sessions available! Over 12 French classes offered, serving the entire range of students from true beginners to those already comfortable conversing in French. Descriptions and signup at aflcr.org. We also offer private and small group tutoring. Classes starting Sep. 22. Cost: $245/course; $220.50 for AFLCR members. Location: Alliance Francaise of the Lake Champlain Region, Colchester & Montpelier locations. Info: Micheline Tremblay, AFLCR French Language Center director, 881-8826, michelineatremblay@ gmail.com.

martial arts VERMONT BRAZILIAN JIUJITSU: 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 selfconfidence. We offer a legitimate Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu martial arts

program in a friendly, safe and positive environment. Accept no imitations. Learn from one of the world’s best, Julio “Foca” Fernandez, CBJJ and IBJJF certified 6th Degree Black Belt, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu instructor under Carlson Gracie Sr., teaching in Vermont, born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil! A 5-time Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu National Featherweight Champion and 3-time Rio de Janeiro State Champion, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Mon.-Fri., 6-9 p.m., & Sat., 10 a.m. 1st class is free. Location: Vermont Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, 55 Leroy Rd., Williston. Info: 660-4072, julio@bjjusa.com, vermontbjj.com.

WU XING CHINESE MARTIAL ARTS: For us martial art is a way of life, not a sport. We offer the finest instruction in two complete internal Chinese martial arts — Taijiquan and Pudaoquan — at an affordable price. Our classes for adults have a friendly and conversational atmosphere, geared towards learning quickly and well. Weekly on Tue., 7-9 p.m.; Fri., 6-8 p.m.; & Sat., 11 a.m.-1 p.m. 1-hour classes; pay by the mo. or by the class. Location: Tao Motion Studio, 180 Flynn Ave., Burlington. Info: Wu Xing Chinese Martial Arts, 355-1301, info@wxcma.com, wxcma.com.

meditation LEARN TO MEDITATE: 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. Shambhala Cafe (meditation and discussions) meets the first Saturday of each month, 9 a.m.-noon. An open house (intro to the center, short dharma talk and socializing) is held on the third Friday of each month, 7-9 p.m. Instruction: Sun. mornings, 9 a.m.-noon, or by appt.

Sessions: Tue. & Thu., noon-1 p.m., & Mon.-Thu., 6-7 p.m.

Location: Burlington Shambhala Center, 187 S. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: 658-6795, burlingtonshambhalactr.org.

TRANSFORMATIVE MEDITATION: Explore meditation techniques from around the world. Beginning with simple relaxation and mindfulness and progressing to more advanced

techniques of acquiring inner silence, gaining self-knowledge and experience inner change. A free nine-week course to explore the power of meditation and bring its benefits into your life.

Beginner or advanced welcome.

Weekly on Tue., 7:30-8:45 p.m., Sep. 9-Nov. 4. Location: Burlington Friends Meeting House, 173 North Prospect St., Burlington. Info: Esoteric Teachings, Andrew Sepic, 7300112, vermont@ esotericteachings.org, esotericteachings.org.

at the Burlington Taiko Space, and his teaching style integrates the best of what he experienced as a child growing up in Tokyo with many successful strategies in American education. Call or email for schedule. Location: Burlington Taiko Space, 208 Flynn Ave., suite 3-G, Burlington & Lane Shops Community Room, 13 N. Franklin St., Montpelier.

Info: Stuart Paton, 999-4255, spaton55@gmail.com, burlingtontaiko.org.

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BACKYARD BIRDING: Bird watching is such an exciting world to explore. Amazing birds can even be found in your own backyard! Learn about wild bird habitat and feeding and housing requirements for all your feathered friends. Sat., Sep. 6, 9:30-11 a.m. Cost: $12.50 Location: Gardener’s Supply, 128 Intervale Rd., Burlington. Info: 660-3505, gardenerssupplystore.com.

FELDENKRAIS: The FeldenkraisMethod, a form of somatic education, will help you to overcome aches and pains, reduce muscle tension and increase your self-knowledge, flexibility and awareness of your body. Anyone — young or old, physically challenged or physically fit — can benefit from the FeldenkraisMethod. For more information about Feldenkrais (including testimonials) and complete fall class and weekend workshop schedule, please visit vermontfeldenkrais.com. Location: Visit website for details, Info: Uwe, 735-3770.

WTF IS FELDENKRAIS?: Come and find out about the Feldenkrais Method with a guildcertified teacher! Learn how you can increase flexibility without strain, encourage mind/body connections, and find something that is both relaxing and stimulating. Your first class is free; advance registration required.

Weekly on Thu., 5:45-6:45 p.m.

Cost: $10/1-hour class. Location: Sacred Mountain Studio, 215 College St., Burlington. Info: Gillian Franks, 655-0950, gillian@gillianfranks.com, gillianfranks.com.

music BILL REED VOICE STUDIO: Bill Reed is now auditioning students for classes and private lessons for the fall semester.

Students 11 and older, beginners through advanced are invited to schedule an appointment.

Please contact Sally Olson, managing director, admin@ billreedvoicestudio.com, 8627362. For more information visit our website: billreedvoicestudio.com. Location: Bill Reed Voice Studio, 1967 Spear St., S. Burlington.

TAIKO, DJEMBE & CONGAS!: Stuart Paton, cofounder and artistic director of Burlington Taiko Group, has devoted the past 25 years to performing and teaching taiko to children and adults here in the Burlington area and throughout New England. He is currently the primary instructor

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performing arts IMPROV COMEDY: LEVEL 1: Unleash your creativity and humor! In this supportive introduction to improv comedy, an experienced instructor will lead you through a variety of exercises and hilarious games to teach you “Yes, And,” collaboration, listening and truth in comedy. Improv builds confidence, improves public speaking skills and, most importantly, it’s fun!

Tue. nights for 6 weeks beginning Sep. 16. Cost: $150/6 2-hour classes. Location: Spark Arts, 180 Flynn Ave., Burlington. Info: Spark Arts, Natalie Miller, 3737007, natalie@sparkartsvt.com, sparkartsvt.com.

science SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPE STEWARDS: This is a class for those interested in water quality and land use in their towns.

Over three weeks, participants will learn from professionals in the field and get up-to-date information on the health of our waterways and what’s being done to protect them. Earn UVM CE credit. Weekly on Thu. & Fri., Sep. 18-Oct. 3, 6-8 p.m., & Sat., Sept. 20-Oct. 4, 8 a.m.-noon.

Cost: $136/6 2-hour classroom sessions & 3 4-hour field trips; incl. all books & materials.

Location: UVM Aiken Building, 81 Carrigan Dr., Burlington. Info: Lake Champlain Sea Grant, Becky Tharp, 656-2514, rtharp@uvm. edu, uvm.edu/seagrant.

tai chi HWA YU TAI CHI/MONTPELIER: Green Dragon Stretches Its Claws. Learn this and other

evocative movements in the Hwa Yu, an early form of Tai Chi in the Liuhebafa lineage. Regular practice can enhance physical and spiritual well-being, improve balance and coordination, ease tension, and wake up the mind.

Mixed-level class maximizes mentoring potential. Weekly on Mon. starting Sep. 8, 5-6 p.m. Cost: $120/12week series. Location: Montpelier Shambhala Center, 64 Main St., Montpelier. Info: Ellie Hayes, 456-1983.

SNAKE-STYLE TAI CHI CHUAN: 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.

Beginner classes Sat. mornings & Wed. evenings. Call to view a class. Location: Bao Tak Fai Tai Chi Institute, 100 Church St., Burlington. Info: 864-7902, ipfamilytaichi.org.

YANG-STYLE TAI CHI: The slow movements of tai chi help reduce blood pressure and increase balance and concentration. Come breathe with us and experience the joy of movement while increasing your ability to be inwardly still. Wed., 5:30 p.m., Sat., 8:30 a.m. $16/class, $60/mo., $160/3 mo. Location: Mindful Breath Tai Chi (formerly Vermont Tai Chi Academy and Healing Center), 180 Flynn Ave., Burlington. Info: 735-5465, janet@mindfulbreathtaichi.com, mindfulbreathtaichi.com.

writing GRANT WRITING WORKSHOP: New to grant writing? Looking to refresh your understanding?

Want to make the most of your time and budget? Three-day workshop explores grant writing from concept to submission.

Sep. 17-19, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Single or multiple day options avail.

Location: Best Western, 45 Blush Hill Rd., Waterbury. Info: 3530480, majoyawriting@gmail. com, majoyawriting.com.

yoga BURLINGTON HOT YOGA: TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENT!: Offering creative, vinyasastyle yoga classes featuring practice in the Barkan and Prana Flow Method Hot Yoga in a 95-degree studio accompanied by eclectic music.

Ahh, the heat on a cold day, a flowing practice, the cool stone meditation, a chilled orange scented towel to complete your spa yoga experience. Get hot:

2-for-1 offer. $15. Go to hotyogaburlingtonvt.com. Location: North End Studio B, 294 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: 999-9963.

EVOLUTION YOGA: Evolution Yoga and Physical Therapy offers a variety of classes in a supportive atmosphere: Beginner, advanced, kids, babies, post- and pre-natal, community classes and workshops. Vinyasa, Kripalu, Core, Therapeutics and Alignment classes. Become part of our yoga community. You are welcome here. Cost: $15/ class, $130/class card, $5-10/ community classes. Location: Evolution Yoga, 20 Kilburn St., Burlington. Info: 864-9642, evolutionvt.com.

HONEST YOGA, THE ONLY DEDICATED HOT YOGA FLOW CENTER: Honest Yoga offers practice for all levels. Brand new beginners’ courses include two specialty classes per week for four weeks plus unlimited access to all classes. We have daily classes in Essentials, Flow and Core Flow with alignment constancy. We hold teacher trainings at the 200- and 500-hour levels. Daily classes & workshops. $25/new student 1st week unlimited, $15/class or $130/10-class card, $12/ class for student or senior or $100/10-class punch card.

Location: Honest Yoga Center, 150 Dorset St., Blue Mall, next to Sport Shoe Center, S. Burlington.

Info: 497-0136, honestyogastudio@gmail.com, honestyogacenter.com.

YOGA ROOTS: Established in February 2013, Yoga Roots provides a full daily schedule of yoga classes for all ages and abilities. From Restorative to Heated Vinyasa Flow, Yoga Roots aims to clarify your mind, strengthen your body and ignite your joyful spirit! Coming up: Free Gyrokinesis demos, Sep. 7 & 13; Chakra Intensive Free Intro, Sep. 6; Men’s Yoga, Sep. 23 and Little Shamans Sep. 24!

New Fall Schedule begins Sep. 2! Location: Yoga Roots, 6221 Shelburne Rd., Shelburne Green Business Park. Info: 985-0090, yogarootsvt.com.

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alace of Wind, the debut LP from New York I didn’t know any of them personally, at all. On top of City’s Battle Trance, is unlike any record that, I actually was unfamiliar with their music. It was you’ll hear this year. For one thing, it’s almost a strange feeling, but it didn’t go away. So I followed certain to be the only album made by a band it and asked them if they wanted to start a band. That was it. consisting solely of tenor saxophone players.

Vermont native Travis Laplante, a member of the band Little Women and an accomplished jazz player, SD: So no one balked at the idea of starting a band founded the quartet last year. He awoke one morning with total strangers?

TL: Nope. possessed by a vision of starting a band with fellow tenor saxophonists Matthew SD: Did you have a conceptual idea for Nelson, Jeremy Viner and Patrick Breiner the music when you started?

— even though he didn’t actually know TL: Not at all. I just knew I needed to them. start a band with these guys. At the first Once the four finally coalesced, they rehearsal we just sat and talked about TRAVI S L AP L ANTE began rehearsing frequently and exwhat was important in music and life. perimenting with circular breathing techAnd the music just formed out of the niques and alternate fingerings. The result of that imhuman relationships that started then. We started with mersive sonic exploration is the band’s debut, released simple exercises, holding a B-flat, which is the lowest jointly by New Amsterdam Records and Burlington’s note on the tenor saxophone, for maybe an hour, just NNA Tapes. feeling what it was like to be inside of a sound together.

Palace of Wind is a single, album-length composition Then things started to roll from there. that pokes and prods the boundaries of experimental and avant-garde jazz. It’s a sweeping, intricate work SD: How much of the album grew out of that is bracing and soothing in equal measures. At times improvisation? it’s difficult to parse, built around menacing drones TL: It’s all composed and not improvised. However, it and maniacally keyed phrases. At others, it’s deeply was predominantly transmitted orally, getting together serene, a contemplative, quietly beautiful elegy. The and working out particular fingerings and material. record is both technically fascinating and emotionally SD: I spoke with [saxophonist] Colin Stetson a provocative.

In advance of Battle Trance’s tour kickoff and while ago and he said he has a grueling physical album-release show at Jenke Arts in Burlington this regimen that he does every day to keep himself in shape to be able to do things like circular breathTuesday, Seven Days spoke with Laplante by phone. ing for extended periods. Do you guys have any SEVEN DAYS: Just how high were you when you similar regimens to stay in playing shape? came up with the idea for the band?

TL: I think all of us do. Once you get into circular TRAVIS LAPLANTE: [Laughs] I just woke up one breathing or extended techniques in general, there day and had this very clear feeling that I had to start a is an aspect of becoming a slave to your instrument. band with these guys. It was slightly bizarre, because You have to keep up particular muscles in your face

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SD: There was an interesting line in the press sheet your PR agent sent. It said that Battle Trance’s music is not meant to “impress or entertain the listener.” If not, what is it supposed to do?

TL: That’s a good one. That statement is in no way meant to alienate the audience. It’s not one of those, “Oh, I do my art for myself and don’t care what people think,” kinds of statements. But it’s difficult to talk about.

I think this particular music can go beyond what people consider entertainment. Music, to me, is medicine. It can be healing. That can be hard to talk about, because when you say that, it evokes thoughts of, like, new-age music. But I feel music offers the potential for transformation, both for the performer and the listener.

I know I’ve personally had my most meaningful experiences as a listener in settings that I wouldn’t describe as entertaining at all. I’ve had experiences in music where I’ve literally cried for days after, because it was hitting something inside myself that nothing else could access until I heard that particular sound or piece and caused my heart to open more. This music does come from that place, the heart. So I’m less concerned with the audience coming away with something that’s intellectually based.

SD: When I was listening to the album, I found myself having to do two things to access and appreciate it. One was paying super-close attention and trying to break it down academically. The other was just turning my brain off and letting it have its way with my ears.

TL: The most important thing in music to me is the heart connection. So I would hope you do the latter of those two things. Turn off the brain and just let the sound be.

INFO NNA Tapes and Friends+Family present Battle Trance’s Palace of Wind LP release on Tuesday, September 2, 8 p.m., at Jenke Arts in Burlington. $8. nnatapes.com

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display. Split between two stages, the lineup is a remarkable blend of local and national talent, much of which highlights A-Dog’s own musical history in Burlington. These include his longtime crew the VT UNION and his old band with KYLE “FATTIE B.” THOMPSON and KONFLIK, EYE OH YOU. Also on the bill are the AZTEXT, the LYNGUISTIC CIVILIANS, the BOHEMIAN BLUES QUARTET, the BRASS BALAGAN, the ICE COAST BAND, FUTURE METHODS and ROUGH FRANCIS. You know, to name a few. And that’s to say nothing of the DJ lineup, which includes some of the area’s finest turntablists: KANGA, JON DEMUS, TRICKY PAT, CRAIG MITCHELL, LUIS CALDERIN, JUSTIN R.E.M., BONJOUR-HI!, DANTE DAVINCI, ZJ and Mashtodon, among many, many others. Oh, and have I mentioned it’s all free? Cuz it is.

It’s important to note that A-Dog Day is not a fundraiser — though there will be plenty of opportunities to support the Friends for A-Dog Foundation and learn more about donating bone marrow, which has become that group’s primary mission since Andy’s death.

Friends for A-Dog was originally founded to help raise money to offset Andy’s staggering medical bills as well as to allow Josie the financial ability to be with him when he was receiving treatment in Boston. Since his passing, the focus of the organization has shifted to help raise awareness of the need for multiethnic bone-marrow donors as well as giving back to the community. FFA is working to become a nonprofit, and is now operating under

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It’s hard to know where to begin this week’s column. It’s rare I find myself at a loss for words. But in contemplating the magnitude of what will go down in Burlington this Saturday, August 30 — the first-ever DJ A-DOG Day in honor of the late ANDY WILLIAMS — I confess the words are slow to come.

Eulogizing Andy in these pages doesn’t feel quite right. For one thing, I don’t think he’d want that. As his longtime girlfriend JOSIE FURCHGOTT SOURDIFFE told me recently over coffee, he didn’t want a funeral. As heartbreaking as it was to see him lose his yearlong battle with leukemia last December, Andy didn’t want us to mourn him. He wanted us to celebrate his life.

“He never wanted people to feel bad for him or be upset,” Furchgott Sourdiffe said.

Still, it’s hard to talk about Andy without reflecting on and admiring the man he was. He was a prodigiously talented DJ and artist, of course. But more than that, he was a beautiful human being—one of the kindest, humblest and giving people you could ever hope to meet.

Andy Williams was a sweet and gentle man whose life impacted the lives of so many Dj A-Dog around him that it’s almost impossible to comprehend. I mean, how many people do you know in Burlington who would have the mayor proclaim a day in their honor?

So it is for that we will gather on Saturday to remember and celebrate the life of Andy “A-Dog” Williams. And what a celebration it will be. He was fond of calling Josie his queen.

Well, A-Dog Day will be a celebration fit for a king.

The celebration actually begins on Friday, August 29, with the premiere screenings of Andy “A-Dog” Williams: A Video Tribute, at Main Street Landing Film House. The film was made by Williams’ longtime friend Seth Neary of Driven Studio. Prior to the first screening, there will be a listening party for the compilation album Friends for A-Dog Volume 1 — see the review on page 71. That party will also see the debut of A-Dog Ale, from St. Albans’ 14th Star Brewing Company.

Then comes the main event.

A-Dog Day begins in earnest on Saturday afternoon in City Hall Park. Andy was an avid skateboarder, so Burton Snowboards, Maven VT and Symptoms Collective are hosting a Go Skate event in the park, featuring skating demos and music from DJ DON P and BLESS THE CHILD. That event will also feature the unveiling of a new custom skateboard line made in Andy’s honor by Shut Skateboards.

Following the skate event, the party moves south to ArtsRiot for what might be the biggest bash on Pine Street this side of Art Hop. The galleries around AR will all be open and hosting creative workshops on subjects from painting to DJing — the latter including an “Intro to Turntablism” session taught by DJ ZJ, MASHTODON, REKKON and JOHNNY UTAH. Then things get a little crazy.

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BREAKWATER CAFÉ: Slant Sixx (rock), 6 p.m., free.

CLUB METRONOME: Electronic Underground: Hospice, the Lovester, DJ Sam I Am, DJ Bay 6, DJ Stukz (hip-hop), 9 p.m., free/$5. 18+.

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LEUNIG'S BISTRO & CAFÉ: Shane Hardiman Trio (jazz), 7 p.m., free.

MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Open Mic with Andy Lugo, 9 p.m., free.

NECTAR'S: VT Comedy Club Presents: What a Joke! Comedy Open Mic (standup comedy), 7 p.m., free. The Edd, Dead Relay (livetronica), 9:30 p.m., free/$5. 18+.

RADIO BEAN COFFEEHOUSE: Lotango (tango), 7:30 p.m., free. Irish Sessions, 9 p.m., free.

RED SQUARE: Zach Nugent (folk), 7 p.m., free. DJ Cre8 (hip-hop), 11 p.m., free.

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THE BEE'S KNEES: Katie Sachs & Lexi Weege (jazz, blues), 7:30 p.m., donation.

MOOG'S PLACE: Left Coast Country (country), 8:30 p.m., free.

PIECASSO PIZZERIA & LOUNGE: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.

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CITY LIMITS: Karaoke, 9 p.m., free.

TWO BROTHERS TAVERN LOUNGE & STAGE: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.

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THE MONKEY HOUSE: The Fire Gods (rock), 8:30 p.m., free/$5. 18+.

PIZZA BARRIO: Live Jazz, 7 p.m., free.

RADIO BEAN COFFEEHOUSE: Cody Sargent & Friends (jazz), 6:30 p.m., free. Shane Hardiman Trio (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free. The Family Night Band (groove), 11:30 p.m., $5.

RED SQUARE: Soulstice (reggae), 7 p.m., free. D Jay Baron (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.

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

RÍ RÁ IRISH PUB & WHISKEY ROOM: Mashtodon (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.

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ZEN LOUNGE: Tar Iguana, Binger (jam), 9 p.m., $3.

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

THE STAGE: James Gingue (singersongwriter), 6:30 p.m., free.

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TWO BROTHERS TAVERN LOUNGE & STAGE: DJ Dizzle (house), 10 p.m., free.

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TWIGGS AMERICAN GASTROPUB: Trivia & Wing Night, 7 p.m., free.

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NAKED TURTLE: Turtle Thursdays with 95 XXX (top 40), 10 p.m., free.

OLIVE RIDLEY'S: Karaoke, 9 p.m., free.

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ON TAP BAR & GRILL: House Rockers (blues rock), 7 p.m., free.

BLEU: The Trio (acoustic), 8:30 p.m., free.

NAKED TURTLE: Imperial Wednesdays with Run Home Jack (acoustic rock), 6 p.m., free.

ON THE RISE BAKERY: Open Irish Session, 7:30 p.m., free.

BREAKWATER CAFÉ: Quadra (rock), 6 p.m., free.

PENALTY BOX: Karaoke, 8 p.m., free.

OLIVE RIDLEY'S: So You Want to Be A DJ?, 10 p.m., free.

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CLUB METRONOME: "No Diggity" ’90s Night, 9 p.m., free/$5.

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ARTSRIOT: AraabMuzik, argonaut&wasp, SnakeFoot (hip-hop), 8 p.m., $15/18. 18+.

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BREAKWATER CAFÉ: Dog Catchers (rock), 6 p.m., free.

BAGITOS BAGEL & BURRITO CAFÉ: Dale Cavanaugh (folk), 6 p.m., donation.

CLUB METRONOME: Orgone, Soft Cactus (funk, rock), 9 p.m., $12/15.

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THE SKINNY PANCAKE (MONTPELIER): Cajun Jam with Jay Ekis, Lee Blackwell, Alec Ellsworth and Katie Trautz, 6 p.m., $5-10 donation.

FINNIGAN'S PUB: Craig Mitchell (funk), 10 p.m., free.

SWEET MELISSA'S: Wine Down

NECTAR'S: Trivia Mania, 7 p.m., free.

Bluegrass Thursday, 9:30 p.m., $2/5.

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BAYSIDE PAVILION: Starline Rhythm Boys (rockabilly), 6:30 p.m., free.

ZEN LOUNGE: Funkwagon (funk), 10 p.m., free.

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JUNIPER: Acoustic Thursday: Aaron Flinn (folk rock), 8 p.m., free.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Cold Chocolate (Americana, funk), 9 p.m., $5-10 donation.

MONOPOLE: Open Mic, 10 p.m., free.

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THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Josh Panda's Acoustic Soul Night, 8 p.m., $5-10 donation.

ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Leno, Young & Cheney (acoustic rock), 7 p.m., free.

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JP'S PUB: Pub Quiz with Dave, 7 p.m., free. Karaoke with Melody, 10 p.m., free.

with D. Davis (acoustic), 5 p.m., free.

Carrie Cook, Peter Lind & D. Davis (acoustic), 8 p.m., free.

FRANNY O'S: Karaoke, 9 p.m., free.

HALFLOUNGE SPEAKEASY: Half & Half Comedy (standup), 8 p.m., free.

BAGITOS BAGEL & BURRITO CAFÉ: Art Herttua (jazz), 6 p.m., donation.

NUTTY STEPH'S: Andric Severance (jazz), 7 p.m., free.

SWEET MELISSA'S: Live Music, 7:30 p.m., free.

WHAMMY BAR: Mary Go Round (folk), 7:30 p.m., free.

stowe/smuggs area

THE BEE'S KNEES: Nathanial NotonFreeman (folk), 7:30 p.m., donation.

MOOG'S PLACE: Open Mic, 8 p.m., free.

SUSHI YOSHI — STOWE: Gabe Jarrett (jazz), 4:30 p.m., free.

JUNIPER: Disco Phantom (house), 9 p.m., free.

THE LAUGH BAR AT DRINK: Comedy Showcase (standup comedy), 7 p.m., $7.

NECTAR'S: Seth Yacovone (solo acoustic blues), 7 p.m., free. Kat Wright & the Indomitable Soul Band, the Naked Stills (soul), 9 p.m., $5.

RADIO BEAN COFFEEHOUSE: Kid's Music with Linda "Tickle Belly" Bassick & Friends, 11 a.m., free.

Johnny Salka of Hard Soul (vintage acoustic rock), 7 p.m., free. The Brother Ghost (indie folk), 8 p.m., free. Ryan Ober & the Loose Ends (rock), 9 p.m., free. Soft Cactus (R&B rock fusion), 10:30 p.m., free. The Van

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“I think it’s really what Andy would have wanted,” said Furchgott Sourdiffe. “To be able to give back to the community that gave him so much and that he loved.”

I would add that it is a community that loved him right back.

We miss you, Andy. And we’re gonna have one hell of a party.

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Last but not least, this Saturday, August W W W . P O S I T I V E P I E . C O M 8 0 2 . 2 2 9 . 0 4 5 3 30, is the first Hop Jam at Bolton Valley Ski Resort. Technically, this one is a beer fest, but the bands are pretty good, too. The lineup includes the 8v-positivepie082714.indd 1 8/25/14 aforementioned Primate Fiasco, the ALCHEMYSTICS, SPIRIT FAMILY REUNION, SOULE MONDE and the FULL CLEVELAND. Hop Fest will also see the welcome return of JP HARRIS & THE TOUGH CHOICES. If you’re unfamiliar, that band got its start in central Vermont some years back, INCLUDING: VOLCANO, G-PEN, AND PAX before Harris packed up his pickup and moved to Nashville. It turns out that was a good move. The band has been getting some deserved attention, particularly among vintage country fetishists — like, me, for example — who dig Harris’ gritty, throwback sound.

Fans of STURGILL SIMPSON and LYDIA LOVELESS would do well to check ’em out.

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In festival news, the North Branch Bluegrass festival is happening this week in Bridgewater. The six-day festival begins on Wednesday, August 27, and runs through Monday, September 1. In addition to a variety of workshops and jam sessions, expect performances from regional string bands such as CHASING BLUE, CRICKET TELL THE WEATHER, the FOX POINT ROUNDERS, CRUNCHY WESTERN BOYS and the JERSEY CORN PICKERS. That’s in addition to locals, such as the GREEN MOUNTAINEERS, a trio featuring CAROL HAUSNER, MARK STRUHSACKER and COLIN MCCAFFREY, and a newish project from BEN “SAINT ALBUMS” CAMPBELL, the BONDVILLE BOYS. For more info, check out nbblugrass.com.

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Burens (prog rock, funk), midnight, free.

RED SQUARE: Juliana Reed Band (rock, soul), 5 p.m., free. Weathersky (rock), 8 p.m., $5. DJ Craig mitchell (house), 11 p.m., $5.

RED SQUARE BLUE ROOM: DJ Con Yay (EDm), 9 p.m., $5.

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

Traditional Irish, Scottish, and English song. Exquisite.

Tickets at Main Street Stationery and by mail.

RUBEN JAMES: mitch & Friends (acoustic rock), 6 p.m., free. DJ Cre8 (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.

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SIGNAL KITCHEN: Zammuto (indie), 8:30 p.m., $10/12. AA.

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ZEN LOUNGE: Salsa night with Jah Red, 8 p.m., $5. Feel Good Friday with D Jay Baron (hip-hop), 11 p.m., $5.

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HIGHER GROUND BALLROOM: Les Claypool's Duo De Twang, Reformed YOUR Whores (Americana), 8 p.m., $22/25.

AA. TEXT HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE HERE LOUNGE: The Griswolds, Invisible Homes (pop), 8:30 p.m., $0.99. AA. THE MONKEY HOUSE: Great Western, Wes Buckley, Pancho & the Kid (alt-country), 9 p.m., $5/10. 18+.

ON TAP BAR & GRILL: King me (acoustic rock), 5 p.m., free. The Real Deal (r&B), 9 p.m., free.

ON THE RISE BAKERY: The mIlo White Band (Americana), 7:30 p.m., donation.

VENUE: Reed Fest (rock), 8:30 p.m., $16.50/20.

barre/montpelier

BAGITOS BAGEL & BURRITO CAFÉ: nathanial noton-Freeman (singersongwriter), 6 p.m., donation.

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CHARLIE O'S: Boomslang, Enemy Self, Skysplitter Ink, DJ Loupo (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.

POSITIVE PIE (MONTPELIER): afinque (Latin jazz), 10:30 p.m., $5.

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SWEET MELISSA'S: Honky Tonk Happy Hour with mark LeGrand, 5 p.m., free. Hillside Rounders (Americana), 9 p.m., free.

flavored versions of their songs that were almost unrecognizable from the originals? No? Well, just trust us on this one: You did, and it’s awesome.

REFoRmED WHoRES. STAGE: Clay man & the Eschatones (rock), 8 p.m., $3.

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stowe/smuggs area

TAVERN ON THE HILL: Dale Cavanaugh (folk), 7 p.m., free.

RED SQUARE: Collin Craig Continuum (jazz), 7 p.m., $5. mashtodon (hip-hop), 11 p.m., $5.

MOOG'S PLACE: Dave Keller Band (blues, soul), 9 p.m., free.

PHAT KATS TAVERN: Tritium Well (bluegrass), 9:30 p.m., free.

outside vermont

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

NAKED TURTLE: Power Stallion (rock), 10 p.m., $3.

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burlington

ARTSRIOT: a-Dog Day (hip-hop), 4:30 p.m., free.

CLUB METRONOME: Green mountain Cabaret: Gm/nC Live Bootlegs (burlesque), 7 p.m., $10/15. 18+.

Retronome with DJ Fattie B (’80s dance party), 9 p.m., free/$5.

FRANNY O'S: Karaoke, 9 p.m., free.

RUSTY NAIL BAR & GRILLE: Keeghan nolan Band (country), 9 p.m., $7.

JP'S PUB: Karaoke with megan, 10 p.m., free.

mad river valley/ waterbury

JUNIPER: Joshua Glass Band (rock), 9 p.m., free.

middlebury area

CITY LIMITS: Funkwagon (funk), 9 p.m., free.

TWO BROTHERS TAVERN LOUNGE &

WHAMMY BAR: Ben Slotnick (folk), 7:30 p.m., free.

Rosenquest & Friends (indie folk), 8 p.m., free. Tim Haufe (singersongwriter), 9 p.m., free. Business 2 Consumer (acoustic rock), 10:30 p.m., free. Dino Bravo (rock), midnight, free.

BREAKWATER CAFÉ: Sideshow Bob (rock), 6 p.m., free.

THE CIDER HOUSE BARBECUE AND PUB: Tim Kane (piano, vocals), 6:30 p.m., free.

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MOOG'S PLACE: michelle Sarah Band (soul, funk), 9 p.m., free.

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BLEU: Peter Krag, max Bronstein and Iris Downey (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free.

MATTERHORN: House Red (rock), 9:30 p.m., $5.

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WHAMMY BAR: Broken String Band (bluegrass), 7:30 p.m., free.

THE BEE'S KNEES: Deja nous (jazz), 7:30 p.m., donation.

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VERMONT PUB & BREWERY: Family night Band (rock), 10 p.m., free.

BACKSTAGE PUB: Karaoke with Jenny Red, 9 p.m., free.

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NECTAR'S: otis mountain Get Down Preparty: Gang of Thieves, nemes, Squimley & the Woolens (funk rock), 9 p.m., $5.

RADIO BEAN COFFEEHOUSE: acoustic Brunch with Waves of adrenaline (folk), noon, free. The Riverbreaks (Americana), 4 p.m., free. mike Schlenoff (folk rock), 7 p.m., free. Poor and Perfect: Chris

RED SQUARE BLUE ROOM: DJ Raul (salsa), 6 p.m., free. DJ Stavros (EDm), 11 p.m., $5.

RÍ RÁ IRISH PUB & WHISKEY ROOM: The X-Rays (rock), 10 p.m., free.

RUBEN JAMES: Craig mitchell (house), 10 p.m., free.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Left Coast Country (newgrass), 8 p.m., $5-10 donation.

VERMONT PUB & BREWERY: The Whiskey Dicks (folk rock), 10 p.m., free.

ZEN LOUNGE: open Jazz Jam with matt Davide, 7 p.m., free. DJ atak (hip-hop), 10 p.m., $5.

chittenden county

BACKSTAGE PUB: The Heaters (rock), 9 p.m., free.

THE MONKEY HOUSE: Lord Silky, Vaporizer (punk, metal), 9 p.m., $5/10. 18+.

ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Contois School of music Band (rock), 5 p.m., free.

Little Bus (rock), 9 p.m., free.

VENUE: Saturday night mixdown with DJ Dakota & Jon Demus, 8 p.m., $5. 18+.

barre/montpelier

BAGITOS BAGEL & BURRITO CAFÉ: Irish Session, 2 p.m., donation.

Dragun Ban (irish), 6 p.m., donation.

CHARLIE O'S: The Resonant Rogues (gypsy swing), 10 p.m., free.

SWEET MELISSA'S: David Langevin (piano), 5 p.m., free. miles & murphy (rock), 9 p.m., free.

THE BEE'S KNEES: open mic, 7:30 p.m., free.

RUSTY NAIL BAR & GRILLE: Josh Panda and Some Girls: a Rolling Stones Tribute (rock), 9 p.m., $7.

mad river valley/ waterbury

SLIDE BROOK LODGE & TAVERN: The Usual Suspects Blues Band (blues), 9:30 p.m., free.

THE RESERVOIR RESTAURANT & TAP ROOM: Grundlefunk, Jason Lowe (funk), 10 p.m., free.

middlebury area

51 MAIN AT THE BRIDGE: anthony Santor (jazz), 8 p.m., free.

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

TWO BROTHERS TAVERN LOUNGE & STAGE: Longford Row (irish), 6 p.m., $3. DJ Rob Dogg (house), 10 p.m., free.

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THE PARKER PIE CO.: The Railroad Street massacre (bluegrass), 8 p.m., $5.

THE STAGE: Live music, 6 p.m., free.

Soft Cactus (folk), 8 p.m., free.

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BREAKWATER CAFÉ: Chuck Kelsey (acoustic), 3 p.m., free.

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It still doesn’t quite seem real that Andy Williams, aka DJ A-Dog, isn’t here. Since his death following a yearlong battle with leukemia in December 2013, the extended community that surrounded A-Dog has lovingly held on to his memory.

There’s the mural outside of Nectar’s. The countless Facebook and Twitter posts mourning his passing and celebrating his life. The candlelight vigil that stretched from Church Street to the waterfront, bringing downtown Burlington to a standstill mere days after his death. Even so, it’s hard to believe we won’t see him grinning and spinning in the DJ booth at Red Square or skateboarding down Pearl Street.

That Williams’ presence is still felt so acutely is a testament to his broad reach and the impact he had in Burlington and beyond. That legacy is brought to life in a new compilation, Friends for A-Dog Volume 1. The comp is a veritable who’s who of local hip-hop talent, and includes

contributions from national acts such as Statik Selektah and Just Blaze.

A memorial tribute album can’t help but take on a mournful tone. And while the A-Dog comp is certainly cause for reflection, it is also wonderfully celebratory. The album strikes a fine balance between honoring the life of a beloved friend and appreciating that the world he left behind is better for him having lived in it.

Cuts such as “#BVT” by the Aztext suggest a love for Burlington that was fostered greatly by Williams and others in the city’s burgeoning hip-hop scene.

“A-Dog on the ones and twos / Big Dog on the ones and twos / Nastee on ones and twos / Yeah, my city’s wonderful,” raps Pro. Then, “People askin’ how we/ Don’t move out to Cali / When it’s 30 below zero in the Red Square alley / What most don’t

ONLINE@ZENLOUNGEVT understand is / my city’s on some fan biz W.8.27: FUNKWAGON with DJ MONTY BURNS 10PM / artists helping artists helping people Vermont’s Hottest Party Band! helping hand shit.” Other tracks, such as “A-Dog’s Theme” by Eye Oh You and Th.8.28: BINGER, TAR IGUANA & SQUIMLEY “Guarantee” by Manus and “Thank You” & THE WOOLENS (Jam) 9PM

by Patron Pone and Chyse offer further F.8.29: SALSA with JAH RED 8PM reflections on just how deeply Williams FEEL GOOD FRIDAY with D JAY BARON 11PM affected the local music scene.

Perhaps the most touching tributes, Sa.8.30: OPEN JAZZ JAM with MATT DAVIDE 8PM however, are the DJ mashups, scratch DJ ATAK 11PM cuts and collaborations among local DJs Su.8.31: WELCOME BACK STUDENTS! and expats that make up roughly half the DJ KYLE PROMAN 10PM, 18+ record. While enough can’t be said about how special a man Williams was, he was Tuesdays: KARAOKE with EMCEE CALLANOVA 9PM • Craft Beer Specials also, simply put, one of the most talented DJs ever to spin in Burlington. The 165 CHURCH ST, BTV • 802-399-2645 contributions from the likes of Lazerdisk, Big Dog, Cre8, Rekkon, Dante DaVinci, Kanga and many others speak volumes, 12v-zenloungeWEEKLY.indd 1 8/25/14 1:27 PM mostly wordlessly, to the profound legacy DJ A-Dog leaves behind.

Friends for A-Dog Volume 1 will be available in a limited pressing on A-Dog Day, this Saturday, August 30, at ArtsRiot in Burlington. It will be available digitally at friendsforadog.com, along with a bonus collection featuring cuts from Rough Francis, Myra Flynn, the Lynguistic Civilians and others.

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Albans, Never Been the Same functions partly as an ode to his recently adopted hometown of Burlington. This is most obviously apparent on the record’s centerpiece, “Burlington.” Over more than 11 minutes, the song navigates a variety of sonic terrain, from house to southern hip-hop to Afrobeat to ambient noise that, well, kind of feels like barhopping in the Queen City on a Friday night.

Impressively, especially considering the degree of stylistic variance, Woodward’s transitions are virtually seamless.

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When last we left St. Albans-based DJ and producer Matt Woodward, aka WDY, he had released a promising, if inconsistent, debut, Take You Home. Over 11 cuts, Woodward imparted an array of emotions, most often without words, that suggested a deep affinity for his hometown and a uniquely curious musical mind. Though a little rough around the edges, it was an intriguing freshman effort.

Woodward is back with a new suite of material, Never Been the Same, also released under his WDY pseudonym.

Crafted over 10 months, the eight-song album is even more ambitious in scope than his first outing. But Woodward matches that ambition with refined skills and focus that make his latest one of the most fascinating local electronic music offerings in recent memory.

Much like Take You Home was something of a love letter to his native St.

Woodward’s ethereal soundscapes are almost universally hypnotic. It’s easy to get lost in the chill haze of “Already Home” or the blooming warmth of “Hold On.” There’s a serene quality to his compositions that somewhat masks Fri 8/29 - KEEGHAN NOLAN BAND the technical precision required to create Sat 8/30- JOSH PANDA & SOME GIRLS them. Woodward rarely steps out to A ROLLING STONES TRIBUTE overwhelm with jaw-dropping production YOUR SCAN THIS PAGE trickery, though he’s likely quite capable Fri 9/5 - SETH YACOVONE BAND TEXT WITH LAYAR of flash. Rather, he tastefully hangs in the HERE SEE PAGE 5 Sat 9/6 - A CLEVER RUSE background, allowing cuts such as opener A VERMONT GROWN TRIBUTE TO PHISH “Never Been” and, later, “The Same” to seep into the listener’s consciousness.

Thu 9/ 9/18 - NEW RIDERS Collectively, the record works as a sort of OF THE PURPLE SAGE aural morphine drip.

If Take You Home offered promise, then Sat 9/20 - BEN DONOVAN Never Been the Same suggests potential & THE CONGREATION nearly fully realized. The latest from HIGHWAY 89: A NIGHT OF BOB DYLAN WDY is a thoughtfully considered and finely executed work from a talented and Fri 10/17 - HOT NEON MAGIC maturing young artist.

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mass: Stefano noferini, L Yeah!, Chris Pattison, Juntin R.E.m., Hatian (house, techno), 9 p.m., $13/15. 18+.

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STEFano noFERInI boasts a résumé that compares favorably with nearly

any house DJ or producer on the planet. The Italian dance-music maven is a perennial chart-topper whose immersive beats are in regular rotation on dance floors around the globe. In 2010, Noferini

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was dubbed Beatport’s Breakout Artist of the Year. He followed that up by snagging Artist of the Year honors from the online dance-music hub in 2011. Accolades aside, Noferini is simply among the most progressive and provocative beat makers working today. He headlines the next installment of Sunday

THE LAUGH BAR AT DRINK: Comedy open mic (standup comedy), 8 p.m., free.

Night Mass at Club Metronome in Burlington this Sunday, August 31.

NECTAR'S: mI YaRD Reggae night with DJs Big Dog and Demus, 9 p.m., free.

RADIO BEAN COFFEEHOUSE: nemes (acoustic), 11 a.m., free. Blue-Tonk Sessions with andrew Stearns, 1 p.m., free.

Cole Davidson (acoustic folk), 7 p.m., free. matt minigell (unpop), 8 p.m., free. Torche Lore (doom folk rock), 9 p.m., free. The Coal Burners (rock), 10:30 p.m., free.

RED SQUARE BLUE ROOM: DJ Rekkon (house), 9 p.m., free.

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CLUB METRONOME: metal monday: Set and Setting, KenmoDE, no Son of mine, 9 p.m., $3/5. 18+.

CLUB METRONOME: Dead Set with Cats Under the Stars (Grateful Dead tribute), 9 p.m., free/$5.

chittenden county BACKSTAGE PUB: Karaoke/ open mic, 8 p.m., free.

PENALTY BOX: Trivia With a Twist, 4 p.m., free.

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BAGITOS BAGEL & BURRITO CAFÉ: Eric Friedman (folk), 11 a.m., donation.

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THE STAGE: open mic, 5 p.m., free.

VERMONT PUB & BREWERY: Seth Yacovone (blues), 2 p.m., free.

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RED SQUARE: Seth Yacovone Trio (blues), 7 p.m., free. Baron Video (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Bluegrass Brunch Scramble, noon, $5-10 donation. Fat Laughs at the Skinny Pancake (improv comedy), 7 p.m., $3.

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THE SKINNY PANCAKE (MONTPELIER): Emily Yates (folk), 6 p.m., $5-10 donation.

stowe/smuggs area THE BEE'S KNEES: Jenn & John (folk), 7:30 p.m., donation.

burlington

FRANNY O'S: Standup Comedy Cage match, 8 p.m., free.

HALFLOUNGE SPEAKEASY: Family night (rock), 10:30 p.m., free.

JP'S PUB: Dance Video Request night with melody, 10 p.m., free.

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

RADIO BEAN COFFEEHOUSE: open mic, 9 p.m., free.

RED SQUARE: mashtodon (hip-hop), 8 p.m., free.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Kidz music with Raphael, 11:30 a.m., $3 donation.

chittenden county

ON TAP BAR & GRILL: open mic with Wylie, 7 p.m., free.

MOOG'S PLACE: Seth Yacovone (solo acoustic blues), 7 p.m., free.

barre/montpelier CHARLIE O'S: Karaoke, 8 p.m., free.

SOUTH SIDE TAVERN: open mic with John Lackard, 9 p.m., free.

burlington

HALFLOUNGE SPEAKEASY: Funkwagon's Tequila Project (funk), 10 p.m., free.

NECTAR'S: Gubbulidis (rock), 8 p.m., free/$5. 18+. Groovestick, Binger (jam), 9:30 p.m., free/$5.

18+.

RADIO BEAN COFFEEHOUSE: Gua Gua (psychotropical), 6:30 p.m., free. Joe adler (suburbs rock), 9 p.m., free. Honky Tonk Tuesday with Brett Hughes & Friends, 10 p.m., $3.

RED SQUARE: Craig mitchell (house), 10 p.m., free.

ZEN LOUNGE: Karaoke with Emcee Callanova, 9 p.m., free.

chittenden county ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Trivia night, 7 p.m., free.

stowe/smuggs area MOOG'S PLACE: The Jason Wedlock Show (rock), 7:30 p.m., free.

middlebury area

TWO BROTHERS TAVERN LOUNGE & STAGE: Karaoke with Roots Entertainment, 9 p.m., free.

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JP'S PUB: Pub Quiz with Dave, 7 p.m., free. Karaoke with melody, 10 p.m., free.

MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: open mic with andy Lugo, 9 p.m., free.

NECTAR'S: VT Comedy Club Presents: What a Joke! Comedy open mic (standup comedy), 7 p.m., free. Spiritual Rez, Yo mama's Big Fat Booty Band (reggae, funk), 9:30 p.m., $10/12.

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THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Josh Panda's acoustic Soul night, 8 p.m., $5-10 donation.

ZEN LOUNGE: Zensday with DJ Kyle Proman (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.

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ommonalities aren’t immediately obvious among the three artists included in “Solé,” the sprightly late-summer show installed in the BCA Center’s fourth-floor Vermont Metro Gallery. Susan Osgood paints brushy expanses and ribbony swirls in oil or gouache on both smalland larger-scale paper surfaces.

Photographer Douglas Biklen walks his website’s talk of crafting images that are “recognizable but also abstract.” Alisa Dworsky presents a six-part suite of intaglio prints in which twisting blue and yellow reels of twine clump into heaps at the bottom or explode into entanglements at the midpoints of the white paper on which the images appear.

What unites these artists under the title “Solé,” then?

“Each artist provides an uplifting yet profoundly sensitive exploration of color,” curator Kerri Macon writes in the online introduction to the exhibit. Sol means “sun” in Spanish, and all the work reminded her of the heat of fire and how it “tangles and distorts the views.”

Dworsky’s pieces may look familiar to viewers who saw her 2011 show at BCA. Much of that exhibit consisted of three-dimensional, crocheted shapes resembling witches’ hats that the Montpelier artist had made from 18,000 feet of black rope. Biklen, who lives in Orwell, and Osgood, who’s based part of the year in Brattleboro, haven’t previously been part of the Burlington art scene.

Through clever juxtapositions, Macon highlights subtle similarities among individual pieces by the three artists, who clearly were not riffing off one another’s style or imagery.

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“Fine Cord 44”

by Alisa Dworsky

THROUGH CLEVER JUXTAPOSITIONS,

MACON HIGHLIGHTS SUBTLE SIMILARITIES AMONG INDIVIDUAL PIECES BY THE THREE ARTISTS.

For example, Osgood’s “Egypt Drawing 11” has been hung near Biklen’s “Desert Mountains.” Black speckles that might be hoof prints dot the sand-colored background of Osgood’s pigment-and-ink piece, while Biklen bisects blindingly bright yellow and orange planes with brownish streaks suggestive of hills or dunes. Both artworks exude the heat of a parched landscape, though neither is a literal rendering of such a scene.

Elsewhere in the show, which consists of about 25 pieces, an Osgood series of floating, dancing tendrils segues into Dworsky’s twine-like compositions.

Macon demonstrates in “Solé” how a curator can enrich viewers’ aesthetic experience: Her arrangement of the works enables them to bring out qualities in one another that we might otherwise not notice.

Osgood accounts for most of the art on display. Her pieces vary significantly in both scale and coloring. Those with geometric or looping forms achieve greater visual vibrancy than larger works dominated by blobby shapes.

Osgood’s palette sometimes alludes to the desert hues she sees during her annual sojourns in Egypt.

She’s spent the past 25 winters working on an archaeological project in Luxor, making drawings of reliefs and carvings that embellish ancient temples and tombs. At other times, the New Hampshire native evokes the soft greens of a New England spring.

Dworsky’s half-dozen crisply executed prints, which resemble riots of flower petals as well as entanglements of twine, likely will leave viewers wanting to see more of the two-dimensional works by this artist and architectural designer.

Biklen, however, is the star of “Solé.”

Looking at compositions that appear to be abstracted renderings of landscapes and lake scenes, one has trouble keeping in mind that they are photos, not paintings. The power of these pieces resides partly in the mystery of how they were made. What could the artist possibly have been photographing to produce color combinations not found in nature?

Spoiler alert: Only those visitors to “Solé” who have first consulted Biklen’s website will know the answer to that question. So stop reading here if you want to see his contributions to the show in all their enigmatic glory.

It turns out that these are shots of the surfaces of sailboats in dry dock during various stages of repair and repainting. By presenting the images in isolation from their context, Biklen reveals some of the extraordinary secrets that can be extracted from ordinary settings, if only we look closely enough.

KEVIN J. KELLEY

Contact: kelley@sevendaysvt.com

INFO “Egypt Drawing 11” by Susan Osgood

“Solé,” featuring works by Susan Osgood, Alisa Dworsky and Douglas Biklen, through September 28 at Vermont Metro Gallery in Burlington. burlingtoncityarts.org/Vermont_ metro_gallery

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studied at the Fashion Institute of Technology and the Art Students League in New York. Her award-winning work

ASHlEE rubINSTEIN: “bad Food,” paintings of food that’s gone bad and food that’s bad for you.

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has long featured imagery of women and children; the loss of her mother and grandmother at an early age, according

INNovATIoN CENTEr Group SHoW: paintings by Anne Cummings, brian sylvester, James Vogler, Kari Meyer, longina smolinski, lyna lou nordstorm and gabe Tempesta on the first floor; Cindy griffith, holly hauser, Jason Durocher, Kasy prendergast, Teresa Davis and Tom Merwin on the second floor; Camilla Roberts, Chance Mcniff, Janet bonneau, Krista Cheney, laura winn Kane and wendy James on the third floor. Curated by sEAbA. september 1-november 30. info, 859-9222. The innovation Center of Vermont in burlington.

to the artist’s website, led her to hope that her art could be “a symbolic voice for women who were not able to speak for themselves.” In the mid-’90s, influenced by travels to New Mexico and other locales, McKenzie began to incorporate

KrISTINE SlATTErly: Abstract pop-art paintings; exhibit curated by sEAbA. september 1-november 30. info, 658-6016. speeder & Earl’s, pine street in burlington.

imagery associated with diversity and spirituality into her paintings and stainedglass works. “Holiness and the Feminine

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pEGGy WATSoN: “Around Town,” paintings by the local artist. september 1-30. info, curator@ capitolgrounds.com. info, 223-7800. The green bean Art gallery at Capitol grounds in Montpelier.

images depicting two underrepresented groups in Christian iconography: women

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‘porTrAITS of poWEr’: large-scale paintings and ceramic assemblages by students in Jim butler’s course portraiture in Ceramics and oil paint convey visions of what they think is powerful in their lives.

The images range from photorealistic to expressionist. september 2-12. info, 443-3168. Johnson Memorial building, Middlebury College.

Church of Christ. Pictured: “Cry Haiti.”

champlain islands/northwest JEAN CANNoN & dAvId STEArNS: paintings of birds by Cannon and fiber art by stearns. september 1-30. info, 399-4001. Fisk Farm Art Center in isle la Motte.

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‘WITNESS: ArT ANd CIvIl rIGHTS IN THE SIxTIES’: More than 100 works of photography, painting, sculpture and graphic art by 66 artists who merged art and activism for the civil-rights movement. August 30-December 14. info, 603-646-2095. hood Museum, Dartmouth College, in hanover, n.h.

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‘bEyoNd INSTruCTIoN’: selected artwork by burlington City Arts clay, photography and printmaking instructors. Through september 13. info, 865-7166. ‘brEAK IT! buIld IT!’: works in varied mediums that embody a do-it-yourself spirit, by local and national artists. Through september 13. info, 865-5355. bCA Center, in burlington. ‘bEyoNd mEASurE’: A group show curated by Carleen Zimbalatti features more than a dozen artists who explore the role of geometry in their artistic processes. Through August 31. bob HoffmAN: The world’s largest collection of handcrafted harmonica cases in a variety of mediums.

Through August 31. info, 859-9222. sEAbA Center in burlington.

CAmEroN SCHmITz: Drawings and paintings by the Vermont artist. Through october 31. info, 865-7166. Courtyard Marriott burlington harbor.

CArolyN CroTTy: Artwork in a variety of mediums inspired by nature. Curated by sEAbA. Through August 31. info, 862-9614. The pine street Deli in burlington. douGlAS bIKlEN, AlISA dWorSKy & SuSAN oSGood: “solé,” a contemporary exhibit celebrating light and equilibrium: photographs by biklen, prints and sculpture by Dworsky and oil and gouache paintings by osgood. Through september 28. info, 865-7166. Vermont Metro gallery, bCA Center in burlington.

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ErIN INGlIS: “Marine Mycology,” colorful acrylic works that meld imagery from the sea with the flora and fauna of new England forests. Through August 30. info, 578-2512. The s.p.A.C.E. gallery in burlington.

dAvId TANyCH SCulpTurE: The fine woodworker and metal sculptor exhibits big and bold works outdoors on pine street for the south End Art hop and beyond. Curtis lumber burlington, Through october 15. info, 777-7002.

‘from our mINdS ANd HEArTS’: Members of FoMAh, a community group of artists that met at a senior fitness class, show works in many mediums.

Through August 29. info, 862-4584. st. paul’s Cathedral in burlington.

bCA SummEr ArTIST mArKET: A juried market featuring handcrafted, original fine art and crafts by local artists. burlington City hall park, saturdays, 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. . info, 865-7166.

GrAzIEllA WEbEr-GrASSI: “who’s past?,” new artwork made from antique portrait photography.

Through August 31. info, 355-5418. Vintage inspired lifestyle Marketplace in burlington.

‘dEmoS & dESSErTS’: Enjoy sweet treats and conversation while watching Montpelier book maker Elissa Campbell give a demonstration.

Miller’s Thumb gallery, greensboro, saturday, August 30, 2-5 p.m. info, 533-2045. ‘ buRlingTon shows

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GrEG HAbErNy: “hyper!” mixed-media works that are “loose and out of control,” appropriating pop culture and creating a tone of cultural and political critique. upper balcony. september 2-26. info, 443-5007. Middlebury College Museum of Art.

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‘Al- Mutanabbi Street Starts Here’: A traveling group show of book art inspired by a 2007 car bombing in a historic book-selling district of Baghdad. Through October 13. Info, 454-8311. Eliot D. Pratt Library, Goddard College in Plainfield.

Innovation Center Group Show: Works by Anne Cummings, Brian Sylvester, James Vogler, Kari Meyer, Longina Smolinski, Lyna Lou Nordstorm and Gabe Tempesta on the first floor; Cindy Griffith, Holly Hauser, Jason Durocher, Kasy Prendergast, Teresa Davis and Tom Merwin on the second floor. Curated by SEABA. Through August 31. Info, 859-9222. The Innovation Center of Vermont in Burlington.

Anna Macijeski: Images of nature and spirituality by a local painter and illustrator. Through August 31. Info, 223-1151. Fresh Tracks Farm Vineyard & Winery in Montpelier.

Diana Mara Henry: Black-and-white photographs of one-room schoolhouses in Vermont by the famed photojournalist, with text by Middlebury College sociology professor Margaret Nelson.

Through October 15. Info, 828-2291. Vermont History Museum in Montpelier.

Jacques Burke: Paintings, sculpture and digitally enhanced photography from the Milton artist.

Mareva Millarc: Abstract paintings in oil, acrylic, ink and mixed media. Curated by SEABA. Through August 31. Info, 651-9692. VCAM Studio in Burlington.

DJ Barry: The Middlesex artist shows his latest stencil-and-spray-paint works. Through August 31.

Info, 225-6012. Sweet Melissa’s in Montpelier.

JB Woods: “Walking in Vermont,” colorful photographs curated by SEABA. Through August 31. Info, 658-6016. Speeder & Earl’s, Pine Street in Burlington.

Jeff Danziger: An exhibit of artwork by the nationally published cartoonist. Through August 31. Info, 223-3338. Kellogg-Hubbard Library in Montpelier.

Johanne Durocher Yordan: “Vintage Inspiration,” artwork on vintage and handmade paper. Through August 30. Info, 373-7544. Studio 266 in Burlington.

Julie A. Davis: New works by the Vermont landscape painter. Through October 30. Info, 862-1001. Left Bank Home & Garden in Burlington.

‘Poetry in Music’: Vermont artists respond to the Lake Champlain Chamber Music Festival’s theme with artwork in many mediums. The exhibit features work by Carol MacDonald, Suzanne LeGault, Judith Rey, Barbara Hoke, Dennis Versweyveld, Irene Lederer LaCroix and Lynn Rupe.

Through August 31. Info, 863-6458. Frog Hollow Vermont State Craft Center in Burlington.

Rachel Hooper: “It’s Electric,” digital prints made with mobile apps and public-domain images, in the maker space’s first art exhibition. Through August 30. Generator in Burlington.

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‘Reflections of My Life’: Photographs taken by adults from HowardCenter Developmental Services in a class taught by Dawn Miller. Through August 30. Info, 865-7211. Pickering Room, Fletcher Free Library, in Burlington.

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by Brenda Singletary, Valérie d. Walker, Misty Sol, Laura Di Piazza, Katie Loncke and Tico Armand explores notions of race, nationality, gender and inequality. Artist talk and reception: Thursday, August 28, 4-7 p.m. Through September 26. Info, 862-9616. Burlington College. f ‘Strength in Numbers’: Ten art educators

from northern and central Vermont, who support each other’s work in bimonthly gatherings, exhibit works in a variety of mediums created over the past six months. Closing reception: Friday, August 29, 5-7 p.m. Through August 29. Info, 363-4746.

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Susan Norton: “Chromodynamics,” a multimedia installation inspired by quantum physics and the tenet that all matter is energy. Closing reception: Friday, August 29, 5-7 p.m. Through August 31. Info, 318-2438. Red Square in Burlington.

Tessa Hill: Whimsical wall sculptures that celebrate the bounty of Vermont’s foraging season.

Through August 31. Info, 861-2067. Nunyuns Bakery & Café in Burlington.

Wayne Michaud: Framed giclée prints of pet portraits by the award-winning Vermont painter.

Through September 2. Info, 658-6400. American Red Cross in Burlington.

‘Weird Science’: Vermont visual artists present works that respond to the classic John Hughes film. Through August 30. Info, 660-9005. Art’s Alive Gallery @ Main Street Landing’s Union Station in Burlington.

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Amalia Elena Veralli & Anne-Marie Littenberg: “Summer’s Bounty,” photographs of vegetables printed on high-gloss aluminum by the Vermont artists. Through August 31. Info, 985-9511.

Rustic Roots in Shelburne.

John Matusz and Ashley Anne Veselis: Metal sculptures and paintings, respectively. Through September 19. Info, 839-5349. gallery SIX in Montpelier.

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lived in Barre for most of her long life. The late artist’s work found homes in exhibits, museums and collections around the country — including a solo show at Lincoln Center in 1987; the permanent collection of the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Museum of American Folk Art in Colonial Williamsburg; the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C., and the American Folk Art Museum in New York City. An exhibit closer to Aiken’s central Vermont roots — “Inside/Outside,” at the GRACE Firehouse Gallery in downtown Hardwick — treats viewers to a selection of 27 works she created between 1952 and 2000 inspired by home, architecture and Barre’s granite legacy.

Through October 16. Pictured: “My House Way Out in the Country.”

Art for Gillett Pond: Local artists exhibit and sell landscape paintings, photographs and other media to benefit a threatened pond. In cooperation with Friends of Gillett Pond, a minimum of 25 percent of each work sold will be given to the Richmond Land Trust. Through August 31. Info, 434-3036. Richmond Free Library.

Bonnie Acker: “Summer Horizons,” a new series of abstract landscapes by the Vermont artist. Through September 12. Info, 985-3848. Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery in Shelburne.

Carol Norton: “Turning In/Turning Out,” multilayered, atmospheric oil paintings depicting natural scenes. Through August 30. Info, 985-8222.

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Colin Bryne: Multimedia works by the Burlington artist. Through September 30. Info, 658-2739. The ArtSpace at the Magic Hat Artifactory in South Burlington.

Evelyn McFarlane & Students: Oil paintings by the craft-school instructor and her students.

Through August 28. Info, 985-3648. Shelburne Craft School.

‘In a New Light: French Impressionism Arrives in America’: Paintings by Monet, Manet, Degas and other French impressionist masters from the museum’s permanent collection. Through September 30. Info, 985-3346. Pizzagalli Center for Art and Education, Shelburne Museum.

Inaugural Exhibit at South Gallery: The new gallery, operated by artists Clark Derbes and Wylie Garcia inside RL Photo, features artwork by more than 30 regional artists in a variety of mediums.

Through September 1. Info, 225-614-8037. South Gallery in Burlington.

‘Lock, Stock and Barrel’: The Terry Tyler collection of Vermont firearms includes 107 rare examples made between 1790 and 1900. Beach

Gallery. ‘Painting a Nation’: A showcase of the museum’s best 19th-century American paintings.

Webb Gallery. ‘Trail Blazers: Horse-Powered Vehicles’: An exhibit of 19th-century carriages from the permanent collection that draws parallels to contemporary automotive culture. Round Barn. Nancy Crow: “Seeking Beauty: Riffs on Repetition,” quilts by the acclaimed textile artist, who incorporates printmaking into her work. Hat and Fragrance Textile Gallery. Patty Yoder: “The Alphabet of Sheep,” whimsical rugs made with extraordinary, realistic sense of detail. Patty Yoder Gallery. Through October 31. Info, 985-3346.

Shelburne Museum.

‘Perilous Pigeons’: An exhibit of artworks honoring the now-extinct passenger pigeon.

Through August 31. Info, 434-2167. Birds of Vermont Museum in Huntington.

Spirit Animalz: Fourteen Vermont artists explore the diverse relationships between people and other creatures. Through August 31. Info, 438-2097.

Burlington Beer Company in Williston.

‘Warm Seasons’: A group show in various mediums by Jericho artists, and nonresident artists whose work connects to the town. Through August 31. Info, 899-2974. Jericho Town Hall.

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‘1864: Some Suffer So Much’: With objects, photographs and ephemera, the exhibit examines surgeons who treated Civil War soldiers on battlefields and in three Vermont hospitals, and the history of post-tramautic stress disorder. Through December 31. Arthur Schaller: “Billboard Buildings,” an exhibit of original collages by the Norwich University architecture professor. Through December 19. Info, 485-2183. Sullivan Museum & History Center, Norwich University in Northfield.

John Snell: “I Nearly Walked By,” abstract images from nature by the local photographer. Through September 26. Info, 828-0749. Governor’s Gallery in Montpelier.

Josh Turk: Monochromatic, abstract impressionist prints by the Vermont artist. Through August 31.

Info, 223-1981. The Cheshire Cat in Montpelier.

Jyl Emerson: “Art in Animals,” representational paintings that express the artist’s connection to the natural world. Through August 30. Info, curator@capitolgrounds.com. Info, 223-7800. The Green Bean Art Gallery at Capitol Grounds in Montpelier.

‘State of Beings’: A multimedia group show of work inspired by humans and human-like beings, Main Floor Gallery. Through August 31. Ray Brown: Paintings in series by the Johnson artist, Third Floor Gallery. Through August 31. Sabrina Fadial & Phillip Robertson: New monoprints, Second Floor Gallery. Through August 31. Info, 479-7069. Studio Place Arts in Barre.

Tunbridge Group Show: Pastel artwork by 10 Upper Valley artists. Through October 4. Info, 8899404. Tunbridge Public Library in Tunbridge Village.

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‘Exposed’ Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition: On the gallery lawn, along the recreation path and throughout downtown, curator Rachel Moore has sited 20 outdoor sculptures in a variety of mediums. The 16 artists hail from New England, New York, Chicago and Mexico City. In addition, writing

by David Budbill, Ariel Henley and Jennifer Rickards appears on vinyl in store windows. Through October 15. ‘The Appearance of Clarity’: Artworks in black and white by Louis Cameron, Sharan Elran, Marietta Hoferer, Jenny Holzer, Sarah Horne, Chelsea Martin, Lynn Newcomb, Andreas Rentsch, Suzy Spence and Nan Tull. Guest-curated by Amy Rahn. Through August 31. Info, 253-8358. Helen Day Art Center in Stowe.

‘Cape Ann Artists in Vermont’: Paintings by Donald Allen Mosher, Charles Movalli, T.M. Nicholas and Dale Ratcliff, inspired by Vermont landscapes.

Through September 15. Info, 253-1818. Green Mountain Fine Art Gallery in Stowe.

Elvira Piedra: “To Earth, From Heaven,” photographic studies in three groups — the peony tree, landscape and water — created over 13 years by the Lunenburg artist. Eugenio Leon: “Innovate, Inspire, Aspire,” works from the local mixed-media artist include upcycles in wood, acrylic and straw; garden sculptures made from recycled record albums, and more. Through August 29. Info, 888-1261. River Arts Center in Morrisville.

‘In the Studio With Mary Bryan’: The gallery celebrates its 30th anniversary year with an exhibit of more than 100 paintings in tempera, watercolor, oil and collage by its namesake artist. Through

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‘KicK and Glide: Vermont’s nordic sKi leGacy’: An exhibit celebrating all aspects of the sport, including classic and skate skiing, Nordic combined, biathlon, ski jumping, telemark, and back-country skiing. Through october 13. Info, 253-9911. vermont ski and snowboard Museum in stowe. ‘landscape traditions’: The new wing of the gallery presents contemporary landscape works by nine regional artists. Through January 1, 2015. paul schwieder, duncan Johnson and chris curtis: Abstract works in glass, wood and stone by the contemporary artists. Through october 31.

Info, 253-8943. west Branch Gallery & sculpture park in stowe. matthew chaney: “unchained Art,” abstract oil pastel drawings selected from the local artist’s collection of more than 1,000 works. Through August 30. Info, 888-1261. Morrisville post office. sebastian sweatman: “line & space,” new abstract paintings taking off from the colors blue and brown. Through september 1. Info, 279-0165.

Gallery seB in stowe. winslow myers: A series of recent diptychs by the Maine painter. Through september 12. Info, 635-2727. vermont studio Center Gallery II in Johnson.

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biG red barn art show: Two- and threedimensional fine art by more than 30 local artists, including paintings, monoprints and sculpture, as part of the vermont Arts Festival. New pieces added throughout the month. open Thursdays to sundays, noon to 9 p.m. Through september 1. Info, 496-6682. Big Red Barn Gallery at lareau Farm in waitsfield.

f FranK corso: landscapes by the gallery’s artist-in-residence, a pre-eminent impressionist painter. Reception: wednesday, August 27, 6-8 p.m.

Through August 30. Info, 496-6350. The pitcher Inn in sugarbush valley.

peter miller: large-format color images by the award-winning photographer and author of A lifetime of vermont people, among other titles.

Through August 31. Info, 272-8851. peter Miller photography Gallery in waterbury.

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emily mcmanamy: “hitting the Mat,” a documentary exhibition featuring semiprofessional wrestlers in st. Albans, with photo, audio and video components. Through october 4. Info, 388-4964. vermont Folklife Center in Middlebury.

lester anderson: A lifetime of travel informs 46 photographs by a lincoln resident now in his nineties. Through August 29. Info, 453-3188. walkover Gallery & Concert Room in Bristol.

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‘silK & stone’: stone sculptures by B. Amore, eric laxman and Florin strejac; fiber art by Althea Bilodeau and Karen henderson. Through september 12. Info, 775-0062. eastern mountain mentorinG artists exhibit: Artwork by Mary Crowley, Christine holzschuh, lowell Klock, Ann McFarren, Karen seward, Alice sciore, heather shay, Christine Townsend and Betsy Moakley. Through August 31. Info, 775-0062.

Chaffee Downtown Art Center in Rutland. ‘the roots oF rocK and roll’: Artifacts from clothing to records to vintage turntables illustrate the early years of rock music, 1955 to 1964. Frieda post: “Nature’s Inspiration,” vivid contemporary paintings by the vermont artist. Through August 31. Info, 247-4295. Compass Music and Arts Center in Brandon.

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Judith reilly & robin Kent: “Inside out,” fabric and mixed-media art by Reilly and painted wood assemblages by Kent. Through August 31. Info, 247-4956. Brandon Artists Guild.

f mareVa millarc: “Absolutely Abstract,” paintings in oil, ink, acrylic and mixed media by the Middletown springs artist. Reception: Thursday, August 28, 12:30 p.m. Through october 3. Info, 468-6052. Christine price Gallery, Castleton state College.

champlain islands/northwest alex costantino, barb lanGeVin & larry lanGlois: pottery by Costantino and sterling silver jewelry by langevin and langlois. Through August 31. Info, 933-6403. Artist in Residence Cooperative Gallery in enosburg Falls.

cold hollow sculpture parK: sculptor David stromeyer opened to the public his property on which 50 large-scale outdoor metal sculptures are sited. Free, self-guided tours wednesdays through saturdays, noon to 6 p.m. visit website for directions. Through october 11. Info, 512-333-2119.

Cold hollow sculpture park in enosburg Falls. ‘walK throuGh time’ Grand openinG celebration: The Isle la Motte preservation Trust and lake Champlain land Trust open a unique, trail-side exhibit consisting of 71 colorfully illustrated panels that showcase 4.6 billion years of evolution. Includes ribbon-cutting ceremony, live music and refreshments. Through october 31. Info, linda@ilmpt.org. Goodsell Ridge Fossil preserve in Isle la Motte.

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billinGs Farm & museum’s 28th Quilt exhibition: A juried exhibit of quilts made exclusively by artists in windsor County. Through september 12. Info, 457-2355. Billings Farm & Museum in woodstock. carol lippman: “Theme and variation,” multimedia prints that explore the environment through color, form and texture. Through August 30. Info, 295-5901. Two Rivers printmaking studio in white River Junction. ‘the hale street GanG: portraits in writinG’: Jack Rowell’s 12 black-and-white, larger-than-life photographs capture the elderly members of a Randolph writing group led by sara Tucker. Through october 10. Info, 885-3061. philip GodenschwaGer: Cartoon imagery and interactive sculpture as social and political commentary.

Through october 10. Info, 885-3061. The Great hall in springfield. uppeR vAlley shows

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rachael robinson elmer: An exhibit of “Art lovers New york” fine-art postcards, now 100 years old, by the late artist who was born at Rokeby.

Through october 26. Info, 877-3406. Rokeby Museum in Ferrisburgh.

carolyn enz hacK: “power and energy,” paintings, large drawings and paper sculptures that address change and the mystery of being.

Through september 20. Info, 468-6052. Castleton Downtown Gallery in Rutland.

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Through october 26. Info, 443-5258. Jackson Gallery, Town hall Theater in Middlebury.

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‘1812 star-spanGled nation’: A traveling exhibit of 25 original oil paintings by contemporary artists, depicting nautical scenes from the war of 1812. Through september 29. Info, 475-2022. lake Champlain Maritime Museum in vergennes.

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Janet mcKenzie: “holiness and the Feminine spirit,” 15 paintings by the Northeast Kingdom artist modeled on women and people of color, two groups that have been underrepresented in Christian imagery. Thursdays through Mondays; part of vermont Festival of the Arts. Through August 31. Info, 496-3065. waitsfield united Church of Christ.

rory JacKson: “Growing light,” local landscapes in oil by the lincoln painter. Through August 31. susanne strater: “shape, pattern, Color,” a series of paintings that explore household motifs by the Montréal painter. Through August 31. Info, 458-0098. edgewater Gallery in Middlebury.

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Irene rIppon: Pottery and acrylic landscape and abstract paintings by the Vermont artist. Through September 8. Info, 763-7094. Royalton Memorial Library in South Royalton.

‘KunstKamera: the trIcentennIal annIversary of the peter the Great museum’: Artworks and artifacts in a variety of media that celebrate the great Russian institution.

Through January 31, 2015. Info, 356-2776. Main Street Museum in White River Junction. ‘statues of lIberty’: A sesquicentennial exhibit commemorates the 1864 signing, by Abraham

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Lincoln, of Congressman Justin Morrill’s Act creating a National Statuary Hall. On view are photographs and interpretive descriptions of the sculptures’ notable figures, including life-size images of the statues of Abraham Lincoln, Ethan Allen, Daniel Webster and Rosa Parks.

Through October 13. Info, 765-4288. Justin Morrill Homestead in Strafford.

W. DavID poWell & ben peberDy: New work by the collage artists juxtaposes iconic imagery of paraphernalia from different decades with unnatural objects. Through August 31. Info, 2950808. Scavenger Gallery in White River Junction.

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‘the art of Dying’ call to artists: Artists from around New England are invited to participate in an exhibit honoring the 40th anniversary of hospice care in the U.S., in conjunction with the Rutland Visiting Nurse Association and Hospice. Send six images, statement and application (on chaffeeartcenter.org).

Deadline: September 27.

Chaffee Art Center, Rutland.

Info, 775-0062. call for Dark art: ‘the art of horror’: The S.P.A.C.E. Gallery is seeking artwork for our Halloween show that represents the beautiful side of decay, the finer points of bloodletting, and that special something inside a depraved mind.

Artwork can be 2-D, 3-D and photography, and should display a reasonable degree of skill. This is a juried show.

Guidelines: All entries must be for sale. Up to five entries allowed per artist. Work must be ready to hang or install on a pedestal. $15 entry fee. Deadline: September 15 at midnight. Entry form

here: form.jotformpro.com/ form/41996022558967 The S.P.A.C.E. Gallery, Burlington.

Info, info@strangedolls.net. call to artists: ‘the art of giving/the giving of art’: We’re seeking 2- and 3-D artworks, with a value no greater than $100 each, for our annual holiday show and sale.

Work must be display-ready. $5 per piece entry fee, or $10 for up to 30 ornaments. Apply

by October 6; deliver work by October 20. Compass Music and Arts Center, Brandon. Info, 247-4295. fabulous flea Market: Bring your antiques and treasures — household items, jewelry, art objets and more — to a benefit for Town Hall Theater on September 20. Drop off items between 9 a.m. and noon on September 5, 6, 12 and 13. No clothing, books or electronics, please. Vendors welcome, but space is limited. Email barbarablodgett@comcast. net. Town Hall Theater, Middlebury. Info, 462-2552. ‘far away Places’: Calling for photography that defines locations, from exotic locales on the other side of the globe to your own back

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ben barnes: New landscape and still-life paintings by the Vermont artist. Through September 8. Info, 525-3366. The Parker Pie Co. in West Glover.

DaviD Macaulay: “How Macaulay Works,” an exhibit of drawings by the renowned illustrator and MacArthur “genius,” including a large illustration called “How St. Johnsbury’s Water System Works.”

Through September 30. Info, 748-2372. Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium in St. Johnsbury.

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susan larkin: “Landscapes from the Champlain Islands,” paintings. Through August 30. Info, 586-7521. The Art House Gallery, Studio & School in Craftsbury Common. ‘the golDen cage’: Photographs with audio interviews of Vermont migrant workers and dairy farmers. Through September 6. Info, 334-1966.

MAC Center for the Arts Gallery in Newport. ‘toothbrush’: From “twig to bristle,” an exhibit of artifacts and images detailing the history of this expedient item. Through December 31. The Museum of Everyday Life in Glover. viiu niiler: “My Extended Backyard,” watercolor paintings by the Marshfield artist. Through August 31. Info, 748-0158. Northeast Kingdom Artisans Guild Backroom Gallery in St. Johnsbury.

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‘evolving PersPectives: highlights froM the african art collection’: An exhibition of objects that marks the trajectory of the collection’s development and pays tribute to some of the people who shaped it. Through December 20. ‘the art of weaPons’: Selections from the permanent African collection represent a variety of overlapping contexts, from combat to ceremony, regions and materials. Through December 21. allan houser: Five sculptures by one of the best-known Native American artists are installed outside the museum in the Maffei Arts Plaza, representing his 3-D work from 1986-1992. Through May 11, 2015.

Info, 603-635-7423. Hood Museum, Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H. ‘fabulous fabergé, Jeweller to the czars’: The most important collection outside of Russia includes some 240 precious decorative objects designed for czars Alexander III and Nicholas II by the jeweler Carl Fabergé. Through October 5. Info, 514-285-2000. ‘reMarkable conteMPorary Jewellery’: Thirty Québec and international designers showcase works that illustrate new approaches and techniques to this wearable art form. Through November 30. Info, 514-285-1600.

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gayleen aiken: “Inside/Outside,” oil paintings and mixed-media drawings made between 1952 and 2000 that explore the outsider artist’s fascination with Vermont architecture and landscape, her own home in Barre, and the granite industry. Through October 16. Info, 472-6857. GRACE in Hardwick.

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Through August 31. Info, 563-2037. White Water Gallery in East Hardwick.

huge creative coMPetition for art hoP 2014: An open call to artists — all work is welcome. $500 prize! Drop off work Wednesday, August 27, through Saturday, August 30, noon to 6 p.m. This special event will include 24 hours of voting Friday and Saturday, September 5 and 6. Work will stay on view through September 20. Entry: $10.

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‘roaD triP: aMerica through the winDshielD’: Photography and paintings by six contemporary artists examine how automobiles and roads altered the American landscape. ‘see the usa in your chevrolet’: Six decades of vintage car advertisements. ‘sPotlight on sMall’: Small-scale artwork by five artists: boxes

by Laura Christensen; paper collage by Adrienne Ginter; paintings by Elizabeth Sheppell; egg tempera paintings by Altoon Sultan and glass sculpture by Jen Violette. ‘your sPace/usa’: A “virtual road trip” featuring postcards, trivia and ephemera from all 50 states. anDrew borDwin: “Deco Details,” silver gelatin prints of art deco architecture. Jessica Park: “A World Transformed,” colorful, detailed architectural paintings by the Massachusetts artist, whose art is informed by her struggles with autism. Through October 26. Info, 257-0124. Brattleboro Museum & Art Center.

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That this adaptation of Gayle Forman’s novel is director R.J. Cutler’s narrative feature debut will come as a shock to no one who makes it through all 103 minutes (it seems much longer). Cutler gives the impression of having never watched a movie like this before, much less made one.

With millions of dollars, market-proven source material and a cast that has decades of combined professional experience, you might expect the first-timer to get something right — if only by accident. Yet the end product reveals not so much as a trace of beginner’s luck.

Chloë Grace Moretz stars as Mia, a Portland, Ore., high school student wrestling with the kinds of questions characters in multi-hanky melodramas are wont to face.

Will her cello audition prove impressive enough to get her into Juilliard? Can she and her rocker boyfriend, Adam (Jamie Blackley), make things work, now that his band’s getting hot and he’s spending more time on the road? Should she wake up from

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her coma or go toward the light (there’s literally a white light), now that everybody in her family has been killed in a horrific mountainside crash?

Believe it or not, the script by Shauna Cross gives pretty much equal weight to these issues. Worse, it’s so reliant on corn and clichés it renders them equally trivial.

The film retains the book’s structure, pingponging between the present — with a disembodied Mia wandering a hospital’s halls barefoot — and the past, presented as a sort of super-cut of her life’s high points.

YOUR SCAN THIS PAG DOA Cutler’s sappy adaptation of the YA best seller is Dumb on Arrival.

Unfortunately, this means we get to spend SCAN THIS PAGE TEXT WITH LAYAR a lot of time with her family. And I’m just WITH LAYAR going to put it out there: Her parents may HERE SEE PAGE 5 SEE PAGE 5 be the most annoying, gratingly saccharine chemistry. When they’re not arguing about demographic for this sentiment-fest. There’s characters ever portrayed on screen. Dad whether a long-distance relationship could such a thing as objective truth, however, and (Joshua Leonard) is a super-chipper dude work if she’s accepted at Juilliard, they’re at the fact is that If I Stay is derivative drivel.

Tedious, glacially paced, overlong derivative who used to be the drummer in a punk band. show after show, and his band is terrible.

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Mom (Mireille Enos) is a super-chipper Years from now, those same 12-year-olds former hippie chick. They can’t figure out musicians constantly refer to their style how they had a kid who digs classical music, as “punk” but sound about as hard core as are going to catch the movie on Lifetime but, believe me, that doesn’t keep them from Coldplay on estrogen. It’s a film in which and wonder how they sat through it without being super-chipper about it for a second. music figures prominently, so it’s truly falling into a coma themselves. It certainly a shame nobody involved seems to have made me want to run toward the light. The They’re like Disney characters on steroids. red light of the exit sign.

It’s clear why Mia’s romance with Adam possessed much knowledge of the subject.

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Frank Miller’s Sin City: A Dame to Kill For ★★

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hen Sin City hit theaters in 2005, audiences hadn’t seen anything like it. Movies based on comic books are common as weeds, but here was a movie that transplanted the entire aesthetic of Frank Miller’s neo-noir series to the screen, stranding the live actors in a digital world created in post-production. With a blackand-white palette accented by splashes of color, it looked like moving artwork, and the style matched its lurid, pulp-novel storylines.

Nine years later, thanks to the one-two punch of Sin City and the surprise hit 300 (also based on Miller material), the film’s aesthetic has become almost oppressively familiar. Represented by much of Zack Snyder’s oeuvre, Immortals and this year’s 300 sequel, the stylized unreality of “digital backlots” seems to be the model toward which all action spectaculars are inching, given their reliance on unfilmable scenes of mass destruction.

Into this changed world comes the belated Sin City sequel. It still looks pretty cool. But the luster has worn off, and the stories Miller tells this time around (now as writer and codirector with Robert Rodriguez) are so numbingly nihilistic, repetitive and dull that, for viewers who aren’t hard-core fans, it’s something of a chore to sit through.

Returning to the anthology format, the film tells four separate tales set in the moral cesspit of Basin City, some occurring before

INK PIECE Miller’s world still looks like a comic come to life, but its narrative lacks a pulse.

the events of Sin City and some after. A hulking thug with a “condition” (Mickey Rourke) struggles to recall how he woke up surrounded by corpses. A young gambler who never seems to lose (Joseph GordonLevitt) takes on the all-powerful Senator Roark (Powers Boothe). Private dick Dwight McCarthy (Josh Brolin) answers a call from a damsel in distress (Eva Green) with whom he has a history. And exotic dancer Nancy (Jessica Alba) thinks a lot about avenging her slain cop protector (Bruce Willis) while swigging vodka and waving a gun.

All these stories end pretty much the same way: with copious spilling of blood

(there’s plenty in the middle, too). The motifs and the voiceovers may be noirinspired, but Miller has pumped up the genre’s violence until its nuances disappear.

This is a video-game version of noir where superhuman bodies take massive amounts of punishment, and ninja hookers save the day.

Brolin’s world-weary-detective voiceover is so cheesy (“It was a night for doing sweaty, secret things…”) that it profanes the memory of Raymond Chandler’s genuinely inventive prose.

Brolin’s character also profanes the memory of every fictional detective who ever fell for a femme fatale by failing to

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note warning signs that would be clear to a toddler. Granted, a toddler wouldn’t be distracted by the charms of Green, who slithers around naked in roughly half her scenes. But it’s tough for viewers to invest interest, let alone empathy, in characters as patently numbskulled and self-destructive as the protagonists of these tales, all of whom move on brutishly short downward spirals. The only members of the stellar cast who come out looking good are those who play conniving villains; Boothe and Green rule the movie, their eyes digitally lit with a diabolical glow.

Classic noir is gritty and misanthropic, yes, but it’s the misanthropy of artists who are still interested in human beings and their stories. (The typical detective protagonist is a keen, witty observer of human behavior.)

Judging by this film, its creators are currently more interested in replaying certain dehumanizing scenarios of sex and violence with depressing regularity — and with very little humor or self-awareness.

With creative inertia reinforcing the effects of over-familiarity, A Dame to Kill For seems unlikely to give audiences the jolt that Sin City did. Those who crave more of the first film’s style will get it, but those who seek substance will find that Miller’s truly is a town without pity.

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now playing BoYHooDHHHHH Richard linklater (Before Midnight) filmed one boy (Ellar coltrane) over 12 years to create a one-of-a-kind real-time portrait of coming of age. Ethan hawke and Patricia arquette play his parents. (165 min, R) cHeFHHHH1/2 foodie film alert! Jon favreau wrote, directed and starred in this comedy about a fine-dining chef who reinvents himself — and reconnects with his family — by opening a food truck. (115 min, R; reviewed by R.K. 5/28)

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HeRcUlesHH1/2 It’s time for another big-budget spectacular about the strongman of greek legend, this time played by dwayne Johnson. Ian McShane, John hurt and many other fine, paycheck-earning british actors costar. brett Ratner (Tower Heist) directed. (98 min, Pg-13)

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Roger Beasley Jr., 30, abandoned his car at a routine traffic stop in Biloxi, Miss., but didn’t get far because he ran into a building where police academy training was under way. Police Chief John Miller said Beasley was quickly arrested on multiple charges. (Biloxi’s Sun Herald)

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A blogger for a Utah English-language learning center was fired after he posted an explanation of homophones — words that sound the same but have different meanings. “Now our school is going to be associated with homosexuality,” Tim Torkildson said his boss, Clarke Woodger, told him. Noting that most students at Provo’s Nomen Global Language Center are foreigners with only a basic understanding of English, Woodger explained that they “may see the ‘homo’ side and think it has something to do with gay sex.” (Salt Lake Tribune)

Capitalizing on the Past

AOL reported that it still has 2.4 million dial-up internet subscribers, paying an average of $20.86 a month.

The company said its dial-up business costs little to operate, so 70 percent of its revenue is profit, amounting to $138 million in this year’s first quarter.

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State police charged Stacy Varner, 47, and Glenda Snyder, 64, with attacking each other with a stuffed deer head during an argument in Cromwell Township, Pa. Troopers said Snyder was injured during the fight when she was hit with an antler. (Harrisburg’s Patriot-News)

Slightest Provocation

State police charged golfers Roger Lee Harris, 63, and Bryan Bandes, 42, with assault after they came to blows at a course near Uniontown, Pa., during an argument about rules involving “casual water” (puddles) on the course following a brief shower. Trooper George Mrosko reported that Bandes suffered a mild concussion after Harris hit him “in the left forearm and the top of the head” with a 3-wood. (Pittsburgh’s KDKA-TV)

State police charged two women with attacking each other

A police officer in Seattle, Wash., stopped a one-legged man who was attacking a two-legged man with his prosthetic limb. The two-legged man started walking away when a third man, undeterred by the officer’s presence, clobbered him over the head with an aluminum baseball bat and fled, but was arrested. (Seattle’s KOMO-TV)

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Since March 2013, U.S. taxpayers have paid roughly $300,000 to provide 161,352 cans of liquid nutritional supplements, including $142,345 worth of vanilla Ensure, for hunger-striking terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay. The government purchases were made while military officials denied claims by the detainees’ attorneys that a mass hunger strike was under way. (Vice News)

College Debt Never Forgets

Older Americans applying for Social Security benefits risk having some of that retirement income withheld to repay college student loans dating back as long ago as four decades. Eldercare lawyers say lingering student debt is part of a devastating accumulation of debt among older Americans, and government debt collectors have the power to garnish Social Security income, block benefits and withhold tax rebates. Particularly vulnerable are people who borrowed for a college education that did not lead to high-income jobs. People 50 and older hold only 17 percent of all U.S. student debt, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, but

this group has nearly three times the debt it had in 2005. The numbers don’t distinguish between older American who financed their own educations and those who borrowed to put their children through college. (Business Week)

Second-Amendment Follies Travelers continue showing up at U.S. airport security checkpoints with guns. The Transportation Security Administration said the number of passengers trying to bring guns onto planes in their carry-on bags rose from 976 in 2009 to 1,813 last year. Eightyfour percent of the guns were loaded.

TSA agents caught the most gun-toting travelers, 111, at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International airport. “More than a dozen years after 9/11, you’d think people’s awareness would be raised,” TSA official Lisa Farbstein said. “But they continue to bring firearms and weapons to checkpoints every day.

The numbers just keep going up.” (The Boston Globe) A 60-year-old Pennsylvania man died after an automobile hit his motorcycle in Black Hawk, Colo. Police said the collision caused a handgun the motorcyclist was carrying to fire, shooting him in the chest. (Denver’s KMGHTV)

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tauRus (April 20-May 20): The Icelandic

word hoppípolla means “jumping into puddles.” I’d love to make that one of your themes in the coming weeks. It would be in sweet accordance with the astrological omens. you are overdue for an extended reign of freelance play … for a time of high amusement mixed with deep fun and a wandering imagination. see if you can arrange to not only leap into the mud but also roll down a hill and kiss the sky and sing hymns to the sun. for extra credit, consider adding the bantu term mbuki-mvuki to your repertoire. It refers to the act of stripping off your clothes and dancing with crazy joy.

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As you know, real confidence has no bluster or bombast. It’s not rooted in a desire to seem better than everyone else, and it’s not driven by a fear of appearing weak. Real confidence settles in when you have a clear vision of exactly what you need to do. Real confidence blooms as you wield the skills and power you have built through your hard work and discipline. And as I think you already sense, Virgo, the time has come for you to claim a generous new share of real confidence.

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caNceR (June 21-July 22): I’m getting the sense that in the coming days you will be more casual and nonchalant than usual.

More jaunty and unflappable. you may not be outright irresponsible, but neither will you be hyper-focused on being ultra-responsible. I suspect you may even opt not to be buttoned and zippered all the way to the top. It’s also possible you will be willing to let a sly secret or two slip out, and allow one of your interesting eccentricities to shine. I think this is mostly fine. My only advice is to tilt in the direction of being carefree rather than careless. leo

(July 23-Aug. 22): In his novel Les Miserables, french author Victor Hugo chose to write a convoluted sentence that was 823 words long. American novelist William faulkner outdid him, though. In his book Absalom, Absalom!, he crafted a single rambling, labyrinthine sentence crammed with 1,287 words. These people should not be your

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(sept. 23-oct. 22): As I understand your situation, Libra, you have played by the rules; you have been sincere and wellmeaning; you have pressed for a solution that was fair and just. but that hasn’t been enough. so now, as long as you stay committed to creating a righteous outcome, you are authorized to invoke this declaration, origially uttered by the ancient roman poet Virgil: “If I am unable to make the gods above relent, I shall move hell.” Here’s an alternate translation of the original Latin text: “If heaven I cannot bend, then hell I will stir.”

scoRpio (oct. 23-nov. 21): “start every day off with a smile and get it over with,” said the misanthropic comedian W.C. fields.

I know it’s weird to hear those words coming from a professional optimist like me, but just this once I recommend that you follow fields’ advice. In the near future, you should be as serious and sober and unamusable as you have ever been. you’ve got demanding work to attend to; knotty riddles to solve; complex situations to untangle. so frown strong, scorpio. Keep an extra sour expression plastered on your face. smiling would only distract you from the dogged effort you must summon. unless, of course, you know for a fact that you actually get smarter and more creative when you laugh a lot. In which case, ignore everything I said. Instead, be a juggernaut of cheerful problem-solving. sagittaRius (nov. 22-Dec. 21): Mahalia Jackson (1911-1972) was a renowned African American gospel singer who lent her talents to the civil rights movement. Martin Luther King Jr. often called on her to be an opening act for his speeches. she was there on the podium with him on August 28, 1963 in Washington, D.C., when he delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech. In fact, it was her influence that prompted him to depart from his prepared notes and improvise the stirring climax. “tell them about the dream, Martin,” she politely heckled.

And he did just that. Who’s your equivalent of Mahalia Jackson, sagittarius? Whose spur would you welcome? Who might interrupt you at just the right time? seek out influences that will push you to reach higher.

capRicoRN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): When europeans first explored the new World, ships captained by Italians led the way. but none of them sailed Italian ships or represented Italian cities. Cristoforo Colombo (today known as Christopher Columbus) was funded by the government of spain, Giovanni de Verrazzano by france and Giovanni Caboto (now known as John Cabot) by england. I see a lesson here for you, Capricorn. to flourish in the coming months, you don’t necessarily need to be supported or sponsored by what you imagine are your natural allies. you may get further by seeking the help of sources that are not the obvious choices. aQuaRius

(Jan. 20-feb. 18): Walter Kaufman had a major role in clarifying the meaning and importance of friedrich nietzsche. His english translations of the German philosopher’s books are benchmarks, as are his analyses of the man’s ideas. And yet Kaufman was not a cheerleader. He regarded nietzsche’s Thus Spake Zarathustra as brilliant and triumphant but also verbose and melodramatic: a “profusion of sapphires in the mud.” I love that phrase, Aquarius, and maybe you will, too, as you navigate your way through the coming weeks. Don’t just automatically avoid the mud, because that’s probably where you will find the sapphires.

pisces (feb. 19-March 20): I’m not toler-

ant of greed. Acquisitiveness bothers me.

Insatiableness disgusts me. I am all in favor of people having passionate yearnings, but I am repelled when their passionate yearnings spill over into egomaniacal avarice.

As you can imagine, then, I don’t counsel anyone to be piggishly self-indulgent. never ever. Having said that, though, I advise you to be zealous in asking for what you want in the coming weeks. It will be surprisingly healing for both you and your loved ones if you become aggressive in identifying what you need and then going after it. I’m confident, in fact, that it’s the wisest thing for you to do.

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gemiNi (May 21-June 20): During the course of its life, an oyster may change gender numerous times. back and forth it goes, from male to female and vice versa, always ready to switch. I’m nominating this ambisexual creature to be your power animal in the coming weeks. There has rarely been a better time than now to experiment with the pleasures of gender fluidity. I invite you to tap into the increased resilience and sexy wisdom that could come by expanding your sense of identity in this way.

role models in the coming weeks, Leo. to keep rolling in the direction of your best possible destiny, you should be concise and precise. straightforward simplicity will work better for you than meandering complexity. There’s no need to rush, though. take your time. trust the rhythm that keeps you poised and purposeful.

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My boyfriend and I are writing to ask if you have ideas about lasting longer in bed. We love each other and want to get married, but we are having trouble with our sex life because he can’t keep an erection without losing it before I’m done.

We need advice about how to last longer. What should we try? We are afraid it’s going to get worse or cause problems, and already he is upset and embarrassed by it.

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This is the first time I’ve received a query from a couple, and that deserves some recognition. Bravo for working together on this one! The future of your relationship rests on both your shoulders, so it’s mature of you to look for solutions as partners.

A truncated erection is upsetting and embarrassing to any guy. Yes, it sucks — but get over it. Don’t waste time feeling self-conscious or frustrated, as it just puts you right back in your head and not in your body. The sooner you let go, the longer you will last. I know, it sounds confusing. But thinking is a waste of energy and time when you should be physically exploring.

Let’s start with the Kama Sutra. This ancient guide isn’t a sex manual, per se, but rather more of a guide to living a virtuous life. Yet it does boast an extraordinary appreciation for all things pertaining to pleasure. Since sex is on that list, there are some useful tips for achieving a longer-lasting erection. The book suggests you focus on one “in/out” stroke every three seconds. Then you slowly build to more strokes over the next few minutes. If, as you continue, you feel you’re going to lose your cool, so to speak, then stop, exit and take a break. Or stay still inside her until you feel you’ve regained control, and then start slowly again.

Foreplay is also an excellent way to help slow down the whole sex process. And your girlfriend won’t complain. Take the time to enjoy each other’s body, and use foreplay as an exercise in sexual containment. It will help you to think about sex as more of a journey than a destination.

You may also want to try a little exercise — and I don’t mean lifting weights or doing yoga. Next time you pee, stop the flow of urine midstream by releasing and contracting your PC (pubococcygeus) muscles; they’re the ones that stretch from the anus to the urinary sphincter. This exercise will help you build the strength and confidence you need to hold it in when it really counts.

Also, masturbation helps. Get to know yourself and become familiar with that moment before you orgasm. Play around with stopping before you come and see how long you can last.

If all else fails, call a doctor. While I prefer a drug-free solution, your doctor can help you determine whether the issue is something you can manage on your own. Know that many men struggle with this sort of thing all the time, and it can be fixed. Have faith, and keep it up!

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Darwin stopped you dead in your tracks to pounce on my dog Charlotte. I hope to run into you and your dog again, on or off the bike path. When: Friday, August 22, 2014. Where: bike path. You: Woman. Me: Man. #912411 Champlain Fair Ride game workers You ladies were hot; get bored after your shift. I would love to 420 with you and cross-dress for your entertainment. The more the merrier. When: Saturday, August 23, 2014. Where: Champlain Valley Fair. You: Woman. Me: Man. #912410 Beautiful Blonde, black BMW Awesome Friday morning indeed; thank you to the beautiful blonde driving the black BMW parked at Kerry’s Quick Stop this morning. The good morning smile made my day! Get that power steering checked out :). Coffee, dinner, maybe a long drive in the country? When: Friday, August 22, 2014. Where: Kerry’s Quick Stop. You: Woman. Me: Man. #912408 Organic Chocolate, Chakras, Crazy Socks Dr. D., I kinda wish I had met you in a different setting because, really, how cliche would it be for a doctor/patient thing to happen? The thought did cross my mind. I did want to thank you for the organic chocolate on my birthday. You are so attractive —inside and out. Good luck with the tiny humans! :) When: Friday, July 25, 2014. Where: Fletcher Allen. You: Man. Me: Woman. #912407

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Beautiful dog in the backseat; I commented she was quiet (LOL). When you left you waved to me. Coffee, tea, maybe me? I so hope you see this! The story is within the eyes. I loved the way yours lit up. Big smile here just thinking about you! Muah! When: Thursday, August 21, 2014. Where: Kerry’s Quick Stop parking lot. You: Woman. Me: Man. #912406 Your Googly Eyes are Smiling J, despite our limited time together, my heart is 100% yours. Whether drinking wine at the edge of waterfalls, floating in a hot tub, driving around the state, or just staring and grinning at you during dinner, I love it all. I’d spend every day with you if I could and never tire of waking up next to you. When: Tuesday, August 19, 2014. Where: the falls. You: Man. Me: Woman. #912405

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Where: NEK. You: Woman. Me: Man. #912401 nib for nibs Market men on boards, cutest cacaoman in town, how can I meet you? When: Tuesday, August 19, 2014. Where: Lake Champlain.

You: Man. Me: Woman. #912400 Inflatable pink shell and tiara Giant inflatable shell, tiara and heels.

Definitely brightened up my standard boring walk to the bank in sleepytown Vermont.

When: Monday, August 18, 2014. Where: Richmond. You: Woman. Me: Man. #912399 Blonde in a BMW AX4 I put new wipers on your car and checked your oil. This is a long shot, but would love to talk to you. When: Monday, August 18, 2014. Where: Essex Jct. You: Woman. Me: Man. #912398 Stone Soup Delivery Boy You were delivering food to Stone Soup in your white pickup truck. I was wearing blue scrubs and sitting outside at one of the tables.

I was blatantly staring. Beer sometime? When: Monday, August 18, 2014. Where: outside Stone Soup. You: Man. Me: Woman. #912397 You, naked on a boat You were hanging out with some guy on a boat in the middle of the week, nude. I couldn’t take my eyes off of you; that guy was very lucky to get to play with you. I’m hoping you see this, and want to get some coffee, and talk about where this could go. When: Friday, August 8, 2014. Where: Lake Champlain, Burlington. You: Woman. Me: Man. #912396

Hot Plumber in the O.N.E. Your work was so hot it set off my fire alarm. Now that’s a plumber’s crack I wouldn’t mind seeing. Too bad you couldn’t clean all of my pipes, but I really appreciate your hard work nonetheless. When: Thursday, August 21, 2014. Where: pressed up against my boiler. You: Man. Me: Woman. #912404

Melissa, I Really Missed You You make my Sundays brighter. When I stop to bring Mom ‘n Dad Dunkin’, seeing you makes my day. Thank you for that! They moved, but I kept stopping at your store. I can never figure out how anyone can be so beautiful so early in the morning. I really missed you! Sorry about your grandmother. And I’m so glad you’re back!

When: Sunday, August 17, 2014. Where: Simon’s, Rt. 15. You: Woman. Me: Man. #912395

Maplefields, Essex Junction Brunette girl. You were wearing green pants with high heels. We made eye contact on your way out while I was getting my coffee. This is the second time we have seen each other. You left in a silver WRX. I just have to say, for the record, I think you’re beautiful. Hope to see you around more. When: Thursday, August 21, 2014. Where: Maplefields. You: Woman. Me: Man. #912403

red hen prickle hair Saturday, you strolled in with a gentle swagger and a sandwich-seeking friend. You chose a table near the stove in full view of the sofa where I was writing. Your smart, serious, blue eyes and gold-tipped prickle-hair held my attention. Here’s hoping your java kept you warm.

When: Saturday, August 16, 2014. Where: Red Hen. You: Woman. Me: Woman. #912394

waterfront at sunset Me: green bandana and long black hair sitting on a swing at the waterfront on Sunday. You: beautiful blonde with sunglasses. You turned around three times to see if I was looking ... I was!

Want to watch the sunset together? Coffee? When: Monday, August 18, 2014. Where: Burlington waterfront. You: Woman. Me: Man. #912402

Deadhead at Red Square You: jam band queen ogling the lead guitarist from Binger at Red Square Saturday night. You have a wonderful smile. I could show you a high time, livin’ the good life, don’t be that way.

When: Saturday, August 16, 2014. Where: Red Square. You: Woman. Me: Man. #912393

Bike path Blue top, black shorts, great eyes ... thanks for sharing your smile and a friendly “hi” during your run. Twice. Perfect antidote for an overcast day. When: Sunday, August 17, 2014. Where: bike path. You: Woman. Me: Man. #912392 Sexy Radio Bean Fiddler Girl!

You! Blazing away on bluegrass fiddle! Long brownblond hair, plaid top, denim shorts and huge pearl earrings! You had your back to the audience, but we caught eyes a few times and traded bright smiles.

Now I quote Hank Williams: “Well I’m in love, I’m in love with a beautiful gal, that’s what’s the matter with me!” When: Sunday, August 17, 2014. Where: Radio Bean. You: Woman. Me: Man. #912391 Soulful singer Saturday night You were on “Fire.” I was catching sparks. The drinks made the time fly, and I never got to ask you for your number.vI hope to see you walking down from that karaoke stage again someday ;-). When: Saturday, August 16, 2014.

Where: JP’s. You: Woman. Me: Man. #912390 Army lady at Rozzi’s On Saturday, 8/16, I felt a connection with you when we were talking at the bar. I sure would love to talk to you more. When: Saturday, August 16, 2014.

Where: Rozzi’s. You: Woman. Me: Man. #912389 Native sighting Here’s what you were looking for. When: Friday, August 15, 2014. Where: ads.

You: Woman. Me: Man. #912388 Hey Kit ... it’s JAD Keep it in the closet. Just another day without you. Ben Franklin. Def Leopard. You left me waiting at Back Stage all those years ago. Still think about you. When: Thursday, August 14, 2014. Where: 20 + years ago at Ben Franklin. You: Woman. Me: Man. #912386 honda man You were in St. A with an ‘84 Honda, I was in an ‘04 Honda. I complimented you on your rig!

You were tall, with cheeky cheeks and a highly endearing smile. I enjoyed talking with you!

Thanks for making my Sunday a bit brighter.

When: Thursday, August 7, 2014. Where: St. Albans. You: Man. Me: Woman. #912385 Raven-haired beauty, Speeder & Earl’s You were standing in line at Speeder and Earl’s.

You got a coffee with two shots of espresso. You have long black hair, mesmerizing blue eyes and a tush to die for. I saw you get into a silver SUV. I’ve also seen you around with a kid with a wig on. Let’s brew some java of our own! When: Saturday, August 9, 2014. Where: Speeder and Earl’s, Pine St. You: Woman. Me: Man. #912384 You were crying downtown I asked if you were OK; you ignored me. I felt bad for you. You looked really hurt. You placed an ad and apologized. Thank you, hope it got better.

Was a while ago, don’t remember the exact day. You were wearing a very pretty dress and I know there was a very pretty smile in there.

When: Friday, June 13, 2014. Where: downtown Burlington. You: Woman. Me: Man. #912383

We met in Saratoga We met in Saratoga last Saturday; you didn’t know how to bet, LOL. I had great afternoon with you. I know you live in Chittenden, Vt. and you’re a hairstylist. You had a Bloody Mary and had Miller Light. I wish I had more time with you and ask you for your phone number but my daughter needed me. Sincerely, Mark When: Saturday, August 9, 2014. Where: Saratoga race track. You: Woman. Me: Man. #912380 Accordion player in Cajun band So sorry to post another ad! Just realized I’m unable to attend Arts Riot this week and I indicated prior that I would be attending. I WILL be there next Saturday! I think we’d hit it off if we met but I would not be surprised if you already have someone.

Anyways, no more ads! We’ll meet if it’s right.

When: Saturday, August 9, 2014. Where: Arts Riot in Montpelier. You: Man. Me: Woman. #912379 Blue Eyes aka Hunky You are the man of dreams ... we all get lost in our day-to-day stresses but I still want to see into your soul. You might be a bit grayer, but you are still the man I fell in love with over six years ago. When: Tuesday, August 12, 2014. Where: this monring. You: Man. Me: Woman. #912378 O Captain, My Captain The port is here, the bells we hear, the bouquets and ribbons for you. RIP brother — our incredible hero. I spy countless broken hearts. When: Monday, August 11, 2014. Where: everywhere. You: Man. Me: Man. #912377 Black Bikini Are You There?

You were jumping off from cliffs at Red Rocks today.

You had on a black bikini. You were with a bunch of friends. You jumped in, over me, and asked me if I saw you jump in. I told you no, but that I had found some glasses. Maybe the next great day I take you out on the boat? When: Monday, August 11, 2014.

Where: Red Rocks. You: Woman. Me: Man. #912376 Cute Driver/Dog Sunday Afternoon Our cars stopped next to each other on Battery and Main. You ended your call just in time to see my friend and me making puppy dog eyes at your puppy passenger. You laughed and blew a kiss. The light changed before we could return the favor. We’re still debating who was cuter, but you give your pup stiff competition. When: Sunday, August 10, 2014. Where: light at Battery and Main. You: Man. Me: Woman. #912375 Sideways Wine Guy Loved the way you spoke about wine at the local tasting night. I was a little mesmerized by your passion for grapes. You put a smile on my face. When: Thursday, August 7, 2014.

Where: Cork. You: Man. Me: Woman. #912371

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