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JANUARY 30-FEBRUARY 6, 2019 COMPILED BY SASHA GOLDSTEIN, MATTHEW ROY & ANDREA SUOZZO

MEET THE FINALISTSX T

he University of Vermont has announced a single fi finalist for its president job: Suresh Garimella, a veep at Purdue University in Indiana.

Two big items to note here: First, UVM is not disclosing the identity of any other fi finalists, as it has in the past. Second, Garimella’s background is in engineering. ⁄ That’s telling, given the university’s recent investments in science programs and complaints that it’s starving the humanities. Last week Seven Days profiled Linda Schadler, the dean of the College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, and described the new buildings that house the programs she oversees.

UVM says its search committee interviewed 10 candidates from more than 90 who applied. Before the current president, Tom Sullivan, was named in 2012, the school identifi identified fi five top candidates, all of whom trekked to Burlington and took part in public forums.

This time, Garimella alone will participate in forums on campus when he ⁄ visits February 13 to 15, according to the university. Afterward, trustees will decide whether to offer him the job. finalists for David Daigle, chair of the UVM Board of Trustees, said most fi the post were unwilling to participate in a public process. “We could have confidentiality, but in doing so, we excluded any candidates who needed confi would have had a diminished pool,” he said.

Garimella’s engineering chops are readily apparent. At Purdue, he serves as the Goodson Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering. He got his undergrad degree at Indian Institute of Technology Madras, in India. He earned a master’s at Ohio State University and his PhD at the University of California at Berkley. He holds 13 patents.

Garimella founded the Cooling Technologies Research Center at Purdue and he heads up the university’s “diverse research enterprise,” according to his faculty bio, which says the program funds hundreds of millions of dollars in scientific research every year.

President Donald Trump appointed him in November to the National Science Board, which advises Congress and the president on science policy.

Read reporter Taylor Dobbs’ full story and keep up with developments at sevendaysvt.com.

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Vermont State Police have two new airboats that can be used in the summer and when the water is frozen over.

Super troopers — on ice.

GAME OF THRONES The queen of an ant colony at the Montshire Museum of Science has died at age 20.

Long live the next queen!

CHURCH VS. STATE

A Christian legal group sued Vermont over a program that excludes students in parochial schools. Thou shalt include everyone.

RETRO REWIND

A 1988 video of a shirtless Bernie Sanders singing in the Soviet Union went viral last week. Nostrovia!

$250,000 That’s how much cash Gov. Phil Scott’s administration is hoping to save by closing the Salisbury Fish Culture Station, one of five hatcheries in Vermont. The state’s angler community is fighting the proposal.

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2. “Feds Say Burlington Pot Shop Owner Possessed Guns, Sold to Minors” by Paul Heintz. Authorities said a young woman became ill after consuming edible gummies from Derek Spilman’s shop.

3. “Bernie Sanders’ Campaign Account Tops $9 Million” by Paul Heintz. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) also has $4 million in his dormant 2016 presidential account.

4. “Hill Farmstead Top Brewery in the World for Fifth Year” by Sally Pollak. ⁄ e Northeast Kingdom business beat out more than 34,000 contenders to claim the top spot in RateBeer’s annual ranking.

5. “Vermont to Allow State Workers to Bring Their Infants to Work” by Ken Picard. Infants aged 6 weeks to 6 months can accompany their government-worker parents on the job, starting this month.

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ere’s one way to improve your odds in the event of a sticky situation. ⁄ e administrators of Vermont’s Enhanced 911 system are imploring maple producers to register their sugar shacks with the state so that first responders can find them more easily in the event of an emergency.

With blazing wood fires and boiling sap — often in very remote locations — “there’s a lot of things that can go wrong” inside the outbuildings, said Jeremy McMullen, the Vermont E911 GIS database administrator.

“We’re trying to reach out to communities to give them little bits of knowledge, and

that’s one of those things where we’re going to be getting into sugaring season soon,” McMullen said.

E911 has become increasingly important as more people give up landlines. In 2018, about 67 percent of 911 calls in Vermont came from cellphones, according to McMullen.

Here’s how it works: A wireless caller dials 911. ⁄ e dispatcher finds the caller within a general sector of coverage provided by the nearest cell tower. Dispatchers also can ascertain the caller’s specific latitude and longitude, within a certain range. If there’s a registered address nearby, the database will provide it to first responders. ⁄ e more exact the information, the more quickly emergency crews can find the caller — often in situations where seconds matter.

“⁄ e key is to be able to have [the address] on the map so that if somebody dialed 911 from their cellphone, it would pull up that location,” McMullen said.

To that end, the state has sent an email to town administrators encouraging them to register sugar shacks. ⁄ e same goes for other outbuildings, such as barns. ⁄ e E911 database contains 336,897 addresses, 421 of which are sugarhouses — “but there are a lot more than that,” according to McMullen. “⁄ is is entirely a public safety request.

It’s all about us trying to provide the best service to the residents of Vermont,” he said. “⁄ e more detailed data that we have, the quicker we can get responders out to these folks.”

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AN EVEN MORE SERIOUS ‘HISTORIC BLUNDER’

While Seven Days has just provided important reporting on the Ira Allen Chapel [“Historic Blunder? State Halts Repairs to UVM’s Ira Allen Chapel,” January 30], an even more serious historic preservation blunder goes virtually unnoticed. While state historic preservation officer Laura Trieschmann is now up in arms about the University of Vermont’s actions and the creation of “false history,” she is helping destroy the historic character of Burlington’s City Hall Park — which is on the National Register of Historic Places.

Trieschmann wrote to the Burlington Development Review Board last year that she found no harm in dismantling City Hall Park’s historic central oval and fountain, which have served as the hub of radiating pathway spokes for some 150 years. She also had no problem with this key historic feature of the park being replaced by a characterless splash pad and jet sprays.

I’m not saying the damage done to Ira Allen Chapel is unimportant. But to me, at least, the much more significant loss to Burlington’s heritage can be found in the irreparable damage that will soon be done to historic City Hall Park.

Wayne Senville

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‘INFLAMMATORY’ PARK STORY

[Re Off Message: “Burlington City Council Refuses to Put Park Question on March Ballot,” January 29]: I believe this headline is inaccurate, adversarial and inflammatory. The council didn’t refuse the measure. It didn’t pass because two councilors felt the language in it wasn’t neutral, and Keep the Park Green chose not to rephrase it.

The first line of the story — “Queen City voters will not get a chance to weigh in on the future of City Hall Park” — is also inaccurate. Voters have had plenty of opportunity to be involved and weigh in on the design of the park already — and many, including myself, have indeed.

“The mayor urged the council to ‘make a decision on this park once and for all.’”

It does not say that the mayor also told us that this has been a long and protracted effort by multiple government offices, which have been working thoughtfully, doggedly and diligently, using taxpayers’

money, for about six years, and that delaying the project any further is to rebuff their efforts and the democratic process already followed, as well as to incur additional taxpayers’ costs.

This is a contentious issue, as it is.

To have our reporters use language that jabs a wedge of contentiousness deeper between the opposing parties is not only disingenuous but detrimental to our discourse; it also makes us leery of our reporting media. We disagree enough already. Please avoid such adversarial and inflammatory language and try to stick to accurate and neutral reporting. As in: “Keep the Park Green Fails Bid to Put Park Question in March Ballot.”

Milton Rosa-Ortiz

BURLINGTON

CITYPLACE: LET THE WORK CONTINUE!

[Re Off Message: “CityPlace Partner Assures Council That Project Will Move Forward,” January 22]: Vermont Interfaith Action has watched with concern the struggles of developer Don Sinex to move forward with his ambitious dream to replace the aging Burlington mall. After listening to community input and adapting his plans in accord with community wishes and finally gaining approval by the city and voters, the project has been beset by one problem after another.

Polluted soil made excavation for the underground parking garage prohibitively costly. Asbestos discovered in the roof of the old mall caused delays and added costs. And lawsuits and other action by a group of disgruntled opponents caused further delays. No wonder his financing partners had concerns that slowed the process further. Another man might have thrown in the towel in despair!

Vermont Interfaith Action’s board of directors has supported CityPlace Burlington from the beginning for two simple reasons: It will increase the number of housing units (especially affordable

CORRECTIONS

Last week’s article “Distance Vision” inaccurately stated the source of funding for the Camp Ta-Kum-Ta virtual reality project. The funding came from John Hoehl.

A food feature in last week’s paper, “Savory Steps,” misstated Chelsea Morgan’s role at Das Bierhaus, a now-closed Burlington restaurant.

She was sous chef.

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units), and it will significantly stimulate the Burlington economy. We met with a group of opponents to the project, some of whom belonged to our member congregations, and listened to their concerns.

However, we remained steadfast in our support.

Especially now that the old mall and parking garage have been demolished, leaving only a hole in the ground, we urge all concerned to let the work proceed without further obstacle.

William B. šompson

COLCHESTER

Thomas is board president of Vermont Interfaith Action.

STILL TRYING TO CANCEL MY FREE PRESS

The “Media Notes” section of Fair Game [January 23] speculates that changes at the Burlington Free Press happened because Gannett “needs to cut printing costs.” Columnist John Walters proposes that the “Free Press just gave you one more reason to cancel your print subscription.”

If only it were so easy.

I tried to cancel my subscription. I went to the website, but there is no place to cancel.

So I called the customer service number. The wait was 29 minutes. When a representative finally answered, I gave her my account number; she could not find the account in her system. Then I gave her my name; she still couldn’t find

me. Then I gave her two phone numbers.

Then my address. Still nothing. Eventually she found the account using my email address.

At that point I was about 50 minutes into the call. I told her I wanted to cancel.

She said she is not authorized to cancel subscriptions. She could take my name and contact information and give it to “a dedicated team,” which will contact me about cancellation. I asked for contact information for the dedicated team in case I don’t hear from them; she said she is not permitted to give that information.

A week later, I have not heard from “the team.”

I will add to Fair Game’s speculation.

Either Gannett suffers from overarching mismanagement or it’s padding its subscription numbers by not letting subscribers depart in order to boost the price from a buyout suitor.

Seems like a lead for some investigative journalism…

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In any healthy relationship, collaboration is key. So for our annual fête to affection, Seven Days staffers collectively explored a variety of romantic partnerships and how they work. For some, including MARRIED RESTAURATEURS in Middlebury, a CHOCOLATIER COUPLE in South Hero and a trio of MUSICAL DUOS, their endeavors really are passion projects. For TIM KAVANAUGH AND CANDY WESTON, love — and bathroom humor — has been a lifesaver in the face of cancer. In Shelburne, a gift shop owner opened the VERMONT WEDDING STUDIO, a coworking space for wedding professionals. Perhaps Montpelier WEDDING PAINTER Hope Sharp could be a tenant. Love isn’t always easy, as evidenced by the DATING HORROR STORIES of Vermont comedians. Maybe, like mycologist Cardy Raper, they should take inspiration from the surprisingly racy SEX LIVES OF MUSHROOMS.

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Abortion opponents have loudly opposed such bills in other states, claiming that the legislation would remove all limits to abortion. Beerworth echoed the argument, saying that the House bill would create “an unrestricted right to abortion” that “goes well beyond Roe v. Wade.”

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During a public appearance on Monday in Bennington, Bishop CHRISTOPHER COYNE of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington said he opposed the legislation. “I wish House Bill 57 didn’t show up.

I wish it went away,” he said, according to the Bennington Banner.

Sponsors of the Vermont legislation say their bills would not change the status quo.

“The intent is to codify current access to abortion in Vermont,” said Rep. ANN PUGH (D-South Burlington), a cosponsor of the House bill. “It does not change anything about what is currently allowed or how Vermont treats access to abortion.”

As for the Senate bill, Beerworth is alarmed by this passage: “A health care provider performing or assisting with a legal abortion procedure shall not be subject to any civil, criminal, or administrative liability.” That sentence, she said, would “lift abortion entirely out of the realm of malpractice.”

Coyne made a bold claim about both bills: that they would allow abortion “right up until the moment of birth.”

Sponsors say Coyne and Beerworth are ignoring a key point. “This bill would not preempt federal laws,” said Pugh. Those laws are guided by the Roe precedent and include, among other things, a ban on dilation and extraction procedures, dubbed “partial birth abortions” by prolife groups.

Baruth, for one, is open to amendments. “The idea was to protect rights currently enjoyed under state law,” he said. “If a committee determines that [the Senate bill] goes beyond that intent, it can amend the legislation.”

The anti-abortion community’s efforts may be aimed at precisely one person: Republican Gov. PHIL SCOTT. Some version of the legislation is almost certain to reach his desk. Scott has long favored reproductive rights, but in the past he has backed parental notification for minors seeking abortions. When he first ran for governor in 2016, the Planned Parenthood Vermont Action Fund spent roughly $450,000 on TV ads attacking Scott.

During his reelection run two years later, the organization stayed on the sidelines after Scott posted a perfect score on its issue questionnaire. That included a “Yes” answer to the question, “Do you support legislation that would guarantee full, unrestricted abortion rights into state law?”

Nevertheless, Scott is not ready to commit to the bills now in play. At a press conference last Thursday, the governor repeatedly avoided a definitive answer.

“I am supportive of a woman’s right to choose,” Scott said. Then he added, “I’ve heard from quite a few [legislators] who are worrisome [sic] about some of the provisions. So we’ll let it go through the process, and we’ll see where we go from here.”

When asked for clarification on Tuesday, administration spokesperson REBECCA KELLEY wrote that the concerns center on “unanswered question about the breadth of the language and the intent.”

Could Scott be persuaded to veto a bill due to “worrisome” elements? In his first term, he frequently vetoed bills because of perceived legal or constitutional concerns. But if he vetoed an abortion rights bill, he’d risk breaking his commitment to Planned Parenthood after the organization did him a solid by sitting out last year’s campaign.

It’s virtually certain that he’ll have to make that decision in the near future.

Ethics Under Wraps

It’s looking unlikely that the legislature will do anything this year to advance the cause of ethics reform for state government. The status quo is probably the best-case scenario, and a modest rollback is quite possible. Key Democratic lawmakers seem to view ethics enforcement as more of a nuisance than a public good.

This became apparent during a hearing of the House Government Operations Committee last Thursday. The panel accepted the first annual report of the Vermont State Ethics Commission — and peppered commission chair MADELINE MOTTA with sharp questions. The main focus was the commission’s advisory opinion about Gov. Scott’s relationship with DuBois Construction, which he

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co-owned before taking office. Because DuBois frequently bids on state contracts, he sold his half-share to his former business partner before taking office — but he self-financed the deal. That leaves the governor with a long-term loan that comprises the bulk of his net worth and provides him with $75,000 in annual income.

The commission found that the arrangement did create a conflict of interest. It did not mention Scott by name, but the details were unmistakable: A “public official” who “has a direct financial interest in his former company … which paid the public official $75,000 in 2017 as the result of a financing deal that the public official entered into in 2016.”

That’s the governor, and no one else.

The opinion sparked concern among lawmakers — not about Scott’s finances, but about the opinion itself.

Advisory opinions are supposed to provide general guidance to people covered by a code of ethics. They are not usually focused on a single case, nor are they usually a vehicle for outside entities.

In this case, the opinion was crafted at the request of the Vermont Public Interest Research Group and released in early October — just a few weeks before Election Day. “It’s not clear [the ethics commission] had the authority to issue an advisory opinion at the request of an outside organization,” said Government Operations Committee chair SARAH COPELAND HANZAS (D-Bradford) in an interview after the hearing. “It is clear they didn’t have the authority to issue an advisory opinion specifically about one individual.”

Rep. JIM HARRISON (R-Chittenden) went further, implying that the panel may have breached its own code by releasing the opinion.

Motta argued that the ethics commission followed the law as written. She described its wording as “loose” and asked that the law be changed. The legislature is likely to concur, which would be a loss for transparency; the advisory opinion is the only function of the commission that is subject to public disclosure.

The commission has no investigative or enforcement powers. It is now seeking broader authority. If Thursday’s hearing is any indication, its plea will encounter resistance. “It seems clear that they have not grown into their role,” said Copeland Hanzas. “I’d hesitate [to expand its reach] until there’s a better understanding of the authority they have in current law.”

Copeland Hanzas went even further, suggesting that there’s little need for an ethics panel. “We are a small state,” she said. “We have the Town Meeting

tradition and avenues of contact between citizens and officeholders. We need to grow into this slowly so we’re not going to unleash a crazy bureaucracy.”

Like the ethics commission, the House and Senate’s internal ethics operate entirely behind closed doors. Both panels recently issued their required biennial reports. Both are a couple of paragraphs long and scarcely worth reading.

The Senate Ethics Committee met only once in the last two years. It received no complaints and took no action.

Senate Minority Leader JOE BENNING (R-Caledonia), chair of the panel, expressed a preference for a more informal process.

“In a body of our size, if there was anything questionable going on, the person would be talked to and the situation resolved,” he said.

Neat and tidy. And completely out of the public’s view.

The House Ethics Panel received five complaints, all in 2018. It “disposed of” four and referred one elsewhere. And that’s all the information you’re going to get, folks.

Here’s a chat with panel member Rep. JOHN GANNON (D-Wilmington).

You can’t talk about the complaints?

“That’s correct.”

Were there any general trends? “I would prefer not to speak about the complaints.”

The report says you disposed of four complaints. “That’s correct.”

Were there any positive findings? “We resolved them.”

Would that include both negative and positive findings? “That’s correct.”

He then explained that if the panel recommended sanctions against a lawmaker, the matter would be referred to the full House. I made one more try: Since it appears that no cases were sent to the House, does that mean the ethics panel did not recommend any punishments?

“Those are your words,” said Gannon with a laugh.

In sum, the state’s ethics procedures are shielded from disclosure. Lawmakers and state officials seem perfectly content with that. Whether it’s consistent with the public interest is another question.

Would you like to know if your representative was the subject of a complaint, and if so, how it was resolved?

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rnie Saunders was visiting Salem, Mass., in January 2018 when he learned that the software he’s long supplied to nearly every Vermont town government was bewitched.

An email from a Vermont technology consultant delivered the bad news: Flaws in Saunders’ accounting software had left taxpayers’ bank information and municipal employees’ Social Security numbers improperly exposed — and vulnerable to theft — for more than a decade.

Saunders, founder of the Vermont software company New England Municipal Resource Center, or NEMRC, agreed that the concerns were “legitimate” and later patched his product. But he didn’t inform his clients about the specific vulnerabilities, which dated back to 2006. Why not?

Concerns about data security, he believes, tend to be overblown. Besides, the bank routing and account numbers involved were “no more than what’s on the bottom of a check.”

“I went to the witch museum and realized what the whole definition of a witch hunt is,” he recalled, comparing the public fixation on cybersecurity to the mass hysteria that led colonists to execute supposed witches in Salem. “And I don’t put this in that category totally, but I think that it is, a little bit.”

Then, last Thursday, a South Burlingtonbased company called simpleroute — the IT firm that first reported the bugs to Saunders — decided to disclose them itself on its website. The vulnerabilities raise questions about whether Vermont towns are equipped to safeguard sensitive data.

“I feel like people really deserve to know that this is an issue with this software,” simpleroute president Brett Johnson said.

City and town officials contacted for this story were not aware of simpleroute’s findings and had not seen its report. Even the Vermont League of Cities & Towns, which regularly hosts cybersecurity trainings and provides insurance coverage for members, did not know about the NEMRC vulnerabilities until contacted by a reporter last week, executive director Maura Carroll said.

While no data breaches have been reported to VCLT or the state attorney general, experts say they would be difficult or impossible for many towns to detect.

What’s more alarming, they say, is that until NEMRC’s recent fixes, unencrypted personal data held by local governments was as little as three mouse-clicks away for anyone with access to a town’s network.

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“It’s actually shocking to see that systems are handled this way,” said Ali Hadi, an assistant professor in computer and digital forensics at Champlain College.

Hadi worked in cybersecurity in Jordan before joining the college last year.

“I didn’t think I would see this in the U.S., to be honest with you,” he said.

NEMRC is nearly synonymous with municipal accounting in Vermont.

Saunders started the company in 1986, two years after he wrote the state’s first grand list program for the Town of Castleton. Since then, NEMRC has essentially cornered the software market for municipal bookkeeping, dog licensing, utility billing and more. All 255 municipalities in Vermont use at least one NEMRC module, according to Saunders, and about 190 use the payroll and tax administration software in which simpleroute found long-standing bugs.

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NEMRC’s software gained wide use in part because of its low cost. Saunders said one town saved more than $100,000 annually by ditching a Fortune 500 company’s offerings in favor of his locally made software.

“I don’t think you’re going to find anyone in Vermont more concerned about the health of local government,” Saunders said. “I’ve been able to save Vermont taxpayers a lot of money by not charging what these big companies charge.”

The affordable systems run on older database software called Visual FoxPro 7, which was released in 2001.

Microsoft discontinued technical support for the software years ago.

Simpleroute’s Johnson started looking into NEMRC once his firm picked up a couple of Vermont towns as IT clients.

He said he reasoned that the advanced age of Visual FoxPro could be a sign of security problems and that it was worth investigating.

In December 2017, simpleroute programmers identified three vulnerabilities in the software.

Two of the problems potentially allowed users with access to a town’s server to obtain unencrypted files containing Social Security and bank account numbers. Every time a town accountant ran a Form W-2 report for municipal employees, a second copy containing their Social Security numbers was created on the network’s

shared drive. While towns typically restrict access to the payroll application itself, they frequently extend shared drive access to many or all municipal employees, and sometimes to visitors and contractors, Johnson said.

Saunders had been aware of that problem, but rather than update the software, he’d made a point to remind attendees at NEMRC seminars to manually delete the file each time they ran a report.

“From a security standpoint, it’s really not acceptable,” Johnson said of NEMRC’s previous reliance on manual deletion.

In the second case, simpleroute engineers were able to locate taxpayer bank routing and personal account numbers stored without encryption in a file that was also accessible through the shared drive. The earliest such file they located on one of their client servers was created in December 2006.

Only people with access to a town’s local network — those with passwords — could have exploited these vulnerabilities. But another flaw could have enabled any third party to intercept data as towns uploaded it to an NEMRC backup system in the cloud.

“It’s something that cities and towns need to take very seriously and make sure the data they’re trying to protect is secure,” said Jon Rajewski, director of Champlain College’s Senator Leahy Center for Digital Investigation. The data contain personal information about Vermonters “that someone could use for a lot of evil,” he added.

The security of all software relies, in part, on third parties who identify and report flaws. Apple, for example, credits those who report bugs in its products. A 14-year-old Arizona high schooler, Grant Thompson, discovered this month that a glitch in Apple’s FaceTime app allowed users to remotely turn on people’s microphones and eavesdrop on them. Apple, chagrined, publicly thanked him.

Reporting parties are expected to follow ethical rules for disclosing security holes, said Greg Schoppe, lead developer for Burlington web services company Bytes.co. They should notify the software creator first, then try to negotiate a time period for the problem to be fixed before it’s publicly disclosed.

Schoppe has some experience with the process. In 2015, as a private citizen, he uncovered a security problem with an online bill-paying portal used by the Burlington Electric Department.

Schoppe was able to hack his own password and deduced that the software was storing customer passwords without encrypting them.

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elinda Gervais-Lamoureux is not a land speculator.

She isn’t buying up large parcels, subdividing them into smaller lots and selling people a little slice of heaven in the Northeast Kingdom.

Nevertheless, the Essex County businesswoman is finding herself subject to a 1970s-era Vermont state tax designed to discourage precisely such property profiteering.

In 2016, Gervais-Lamoureux and her husband, David, bought and renovated the historic Essex House in Island Pond, sinking nearly $400,000 into the 1866 grist-mill-turned-hotel and reopening it as an 11-room bed-and-breakfast and tavern. After a potential buyer approached them about acquiring the property, they were stunned to learn that if they did sell it, they’d have to pay what’s known as the land gains tax.

Applied to profits of the sale of land held for less than six years, the tax could have cost them thousands of dollars.

“We just rehabbed a historic building. We didn’t do anything to the land,” Gervais-Lamoureux said. “Why should I be penalized for doing something good for the community? It doesn’t make any sense.”

Gov. Phil Scott agrees. While his proposed budget for the next fiscal year includes a number of new taxes and higher fees, it also calls for doing away with the land gains tax entirely. That, he argues, would boost investment in the state’s aging housing stock, provide incentives to developers to build new housing and revitalize struggling downtowns.

“Eliminating this tax will reduce a major barrier to investment in our neighborhoods,” Scott declared during his budget address last month.

But while many in the real estate and development community applaud the governor’s proposal, others say not so fast. Some view the tax as having played a key role in limiting sprawl by cooling off a real estate market that at times has become overheated by opportunistic speculation.

They fear that axing the tax would expose the state’s valued and increasingly fragmented farmland and forests to greater development pressure.

“Land speculation that could have an adverse impact on the natural environment and communities continues to be a very real concern,” said Brian Shupe,

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executive director of the Vermont Natural Resources Council, which opposes repeal.

While Shupe concedes that the state now has much more stringent environmental and land-use regulations than it once did, he still worries about “incremental chipping away of farmland, forestland and wildlife habitat” in Vermont and thinks repealing the tax risks accelerating that process.

“Our concern is that they are taking an ax where they could use a scalpel,” Shupe said. “My hope is that they take a more deliberate approach.”

In response to the rampant development of the 1960s, governor Deane Davis and his successor, Thomas Salmon, attempted to curb the excesses through regulation and taxation.

Regulation took the form of 1970’s Act 250, the landmark land-use law that requires large development projects to analyze and mitigate impacts on the environment and communities, many of which lacked rigorous land-use rules.

Three years later, the state bolstered Act 250 with the land gains tax, which sought to dissuade speculators who bought blocks of land cheaply, subdivided them into smaller lots and quickly sold them for a large profit. “The people of Vermont are entitled to their fair share of the profits reaped by those seeking to place

our heritage on the auction block,” Salmon said at the time.

Rep. Janet Ancel (D-Calais), now chair of the House Ways and Means Committee, recalls being dismayed by the real estate speculation taking place in southern Vermont. “I remember those times, and it felt like an imminent threat to the state,” she said. “The land gains tax, among other things, really had a hand in slowing things down.”

Tax Commissioner Kaj Samsom told Ancel’s committee last month that the tax has outlived its usefulness, is costly to administer and inhibits exactly the kind of economic activity the state wants to encourage.

“The purpose of this tax was specifically to prevent unnecessary sprawl and the chopping up of Vermont’s beautiful landscape, but that’s not how it’s functioning now,” Samsom said in an interview.

The tax starts out steep — 80 percent of the profit on the sale of properties held for fewer than four months — and tapers down to just 5 percent by the end of the sixth year.

The tax only applies to profits on the increased value of the land, not the buildings, but the two are intertwined, explained Douglas Farnham, director of policy in the Department of Taxes.

A property’s value for tax assessment

purposes has two components, the value of buildings and of the land itself. When a significant investment is made in a building, the improvements generally boost the land value as well, Farnham explained.

Apportioning the increase in value to the structure and the land can be contentious and represents a significant portion of the tax administration process, he said.

While every transaction is different, the existence of the tax can delay investments or kill deals outright.

“It can quickly push a project from being profitable to being unprofitable,” Farnham explained.

The tax is not terribly profitable for the state, either, generating just $1.8 million in 2018, Samsom said. At 11 cents per dollar collected, it’s the costliest state tax to administer, he said.

That’s largely because most of the filings seek exemptions to the tax, such as when a property is used as a primary residence. Of the approximately 2,500 tax filings each year, 85 percent claim an exemption to it.

“The vast majority of the filings end up being zero,” Samsom said.

Of those that do require payment, most do not involve rural properties, at which the tax was aimed, but rather lots in cities and towns, where the state seeks to encourage housing development and rehabilitation, he said.

About 87 percent of the filings involve minimal or no change to the size of the property, meaning no subdivision has taken place, Samsom said. All of which means that real estate professionals are spending a lot of time proving that a transaction won’t incur the land gains tax.

“It’s a nightmare,” said Gloria Rice, a Montpelier real estate attorney. “I’m not surprised the tax department wants to get rid of it because of the paperwork burden alone.”

Rice said a common scenario triggering a land gains tax filing occurs after a property owner dies and his or her estate seeks to sell the home on behalf of the heirs. Even if the person lived in the home for 40 years, its sale can trigger a tax aimed at short-term land profits.

That’s because the law considers the estate to be the new owner of the property, no different than a land speculator snapping up pristine rural forest or farmland. When the estate seeks to sell the property a few months or years later, it must go through the work and expense

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of calculating the tax that would be owed if an exemption turns out not to be valid, such as if the new owner doesn’t make it a primary residence.

“It is a counterproductive, nonfunctioning thing that needs to go away,” said Ernie Pomerleau, president and CEO of the Burlington-based commercial real estate firm that bears his name.

According to Pomerleau, the tax addresses a problem — unregulated subdivision of rural property — that no longer exists. Instead, he said, the burden is being borne by commercial real estate investors who sink money into buildings only to get penalized for an increase in value on the property beneath that building, which he called absurd.

“It becomes like, Dear, Jesus. What are we doing here? No one anticipated this level of stupid,” Pomerleau said.

Others in the land development world agree the law seems misguided.

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Greg Tatro, CEO of Jeffersonvillebased G.W. Tatro Construction, said he was aware of the tax when he purchased 17 acres of industrial property in Jericho a little more than a year ago with an eye toward redeveloping it. But its impact didn’t really hit home until he ran the numbers on what it would cost him to develop a building for a client who wanted to purchase one of the lots.

“He didn’t want to lease the building; he wanted to own it, but I couldn’t sell it to him” without incurring a significant tax that made the deal less attractive, Tatro said.

If the construction and sale had proceeded, he argued, other taxes would have generated more revenue for the town and the state than the land gains tax would have.

Now Tatro worries he’ll have to either slow down the development of the site, which includes dozens of new homes, to limit his exposure to the tax, or pass the cost on to home buyers who can often ill afford it.

“Who really gets hurt here is the end buyer,” Tatro said.

Developers argue that unregulated subdivision of land will remain a thing of the past even if the tax is repealed, because today’s land-use rules are far stricter than those of the 1970s. But

Shupe says the environmental protections that developers bemoan don’t even apply to most residential real estate projects. Only about 4 percent of homes built in the state are in developments large enough to be reviewed by Act 250, he noted. About 75 percent of all development in the state isn’t subject to the law, according to the state-appointed commission tasked with updating Act 250, work that is now gaining momentum in Montpelier.

The fact that most of the tax filings are from towns and cities and not rural areas is hardly proof that the law is unnecessary, Shupe said. Rather, it proves the tax is working as intended.

“We feel the tax has been effective, and we’re concerned about what would happen if it were no longer in place,” Shupe said The proposal to eliminate the tax entirely instead of tweaking it surprised Darby Bradley, a retired president of the Vermont Land Trust.

The last time developers sought to gut the tax was in the early 1980s, but that effort failed when the legislature learned that even the prospect of the tax’s demise prompted a spike in interest in undeveloped land, Bradley said.

A few years later, in response to the hot real estate market, the legislature actually toughened the tax by adding the 80 percent bracket for properties owned for fewer than four months, he said.

The law ended up driving some of the companies that had been profiting most handsomely from subdivision practices — particularly the Patten Corporation — out of the state, which may be why the issue has been largely dormant since then, Bradley said.

Full repeal makes little sense if it risks a return to those turbulent times, he said.

“Why accelerate the land subdivision and speculation because there are a few people who legitimately may have a gripe?” Bradley asked.

When Gervais-Lamoureux realized she would potentially have to pay thousands of dollars in land gain taxes on the sale of the Essex House, all bets were off.

“It just stopped everything in its tracks,” she said.

It’s not even that she really wants to sell, but with two kids at home and a major investment on the line, she worries that cashing out could prove costly.

“Even if the right person came along, it just wouldn’t be viable to sell at this point, and I think that’s not fair,” GervaisLamoureux said.

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ohamed Jafar worked the crowd at Burlington’s King Street Center, easily switching from English to Somali as he chatted up 40 New Americans — many of them neighbors and friends.

The 22-year-old started organizing last Thursday’s event back in September with Burlington City Councilor Joan Shannon (D-South District) to connect immigrants with local leaders.

Then he decided to run himself — against Shannon — on a platform of giving New Americans a greater voice in Burlington politics.

“This is an opportunity to get to know our city councilors and school board members so we’re all involved in this,” Jafar told the group in his welcoming remarks, with Shannon by his side.

Burlington is home to nearly 5,500 foreign-born immigrants — about 13 percent of the city’s population — but their representation in local government is far from proportional. Of about 240 elected or appointed positions in the city, only two are held by New Americans, according to officials: City Councilor Ali Dieng (D/P-Ward 7); and Jafar, who serves on the Board for Registration of Voters. Jafar is also the only New American on any of the city’s five Neighborhood Planning Assembly boards, which range in size from three to 12 members.

The dismal numbers are not for lack of trying, insisted Mayor Miro Weinberger.

The city has successfully increased the proportion of residents of color serving on boards and commissions, he said. Weinberger highlighted the city’s training and mentorship programs for youth of color, including internships at Burlington City Hall.

“We put resources and staff time and program design efforts into” addressing inequities and improving outreach, Weinberger said. “Are there lapses in that? Are there gaps? Absolutely,” he acknowledged.

“This is ongoing work.”

In 2014, on Weinberger’s watch, the City of Burlington published a diversity and equity report that set out goals to “eliminate race-based disparities” across city departments and in the community at large, as well as to “promote inclusion and engagement of all community members.”

That same year, Bianka LeGrand, who was born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, became the first New American to win a seat on the Burlington City Council. She

served one term before stepping down for “personal reasons” and now lives in Colchester.

Later in 2014, Bhutanese refugee Jeetan Khadka sought a seat on the Parks, Recreation & Waterfront Commission. He discovered he was not allowed to serve because his naturalization paperwork had not been finalized. After becoming a U.S. citizen, he prevailed.

The snafu prompted the city council to ask Burlington residents whether noncitizens should be allowed to vote and also if they should be able to serve on boards and commissions.

Voters responded with a resounding no to both questions on Town Meeting Day 2015.

Khadka said he hopes the city will take up the issue again. “We have to think about letting residents be part of the process. That’s how the new members of the community learn the democracy,” he said. By barring them from participating in local boards and commissions, “You’re just blocking them at the first gate.”

In 2016, the city’s Community Economic Development Office hired Laosborn Phet Keomanyvanh to be a liaison to the New American community. She organizes meetings to bring New Americans and city officials together and lets immigrant leaders know when a board or commission seat opens up. Keomanyvanh characterized her work as primarily “about connection.”

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Getting people involved in public service “doesn’t happen overnight,” she said.

Though refugees from Southeast Asia started arriving in Burlington in the 1980s, it took decades for the first immigrants to get involved in city government. Barriers to participation are more often cultural and social than procedural, according to New American leaders.

Those who have escaped an autocratic regime often retain a lingering fear of authority and have little inclination to serve, said Hemant TamangGhising, a Bhutanese refugee and a leader in the community.

People were “traumatized by our former government,” he said. In the 1980s and ’90s, roughly 100,000 ethnic Nepalese fled political repression and violence in Bhutan. They spent years in refugee camps before immigrating to the U.S. Participation will increase in time, predicted Bidur Dahal, a local Bhutanese leader who serves on the board of the Vermont Hindu Temple. Few Bhutanese community elders speak fluent English, he said, while younger adults are too busy working, raising children, attending school or putting on cultural events to get involved in government. Dahal expects the younger generation will eventually step up.

Tamang-Ghising agreed. Those from Bhutan, who first came in 2008, may need more time to feel a sense of belonging and that they have the ability to serve, he said.

Tamang-Ghising noted that members of Burlington’s Somali community, who have been here almost a decade longer than the Bhutanese, have just begun to run for public office.

But none interviewed at the King Street Center last Thursday said their community was well represented in city government. Maryan Maalin, a mother of five from the East African nation, said she has repeatedly communicated her need for affordable housing and childcare since she arrived in Burlington 15 years ago.

“At the end of the day, it goes into the recycling,” she told a Seven Days reporter at last week’s event. “Why do they even ask us?”

The lack of representation can have tangible impacts. Cultural differences and communication problems have led to disagreements when it comes to making local policy.

In 2007, local Muslims raised objections to city officials when they found they could not use Lakeview Cemetery for burials. Islamic interments would have violated city ordinances, which mandate that each casket be encased in a concrete vault. Muslims put the corpse directly into the earth.

The Cemetery Commission, which had no Muslim members, eventually came to a compromise by working with local Islamic leaders, but the process took nearly a year.

More recently, the Burlington Parks, Recreation & Waterfront Department, along with the Winooski Valley Park District, found that Bhutanese and Nepalese immigrants were overharvesting fiddleheads.

The young ostrich ferns also grow in central Asia and are culturally significant to the immigrants, African Association of Africans Living in Vermont outreach worker and program specialist Rita Neopaney told Seven Days when the issue arose in 2017.

The department put up signage and increased education, but it hasn’t totally solved the problem.

Diverse leadership can help smooth over such differences.

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In 2015, Khadka resolved a conflict after residents raised objections that a group of New American kids was regularly playing soccer in Battery Park, which does not have a designated soccer field. Khadka helped the soccer players access fields in Lakeside and Oakledge parks and taught them how to book the space in advance, Khadka said in an interview.

He learned that “every department needs to have some sort of access to the community level,” he said.

In November, Jafar discovered that the city offers limited translation services at the polls for citizens who don’t speak English. He’s trying to use his post on the Board for Registration of Voters to work with the city and the Vermont secretary of state to address the language gap.

Dieng said his role as an elected representative allows him to act as a trusted conduit for New Americans. The secondterm councilor is working with residents

watching his parents struggle to pay the rent. His mother drove a cab to make ends meet. When the political novice knocked on doors in the South End last week, he brought along three siblings, according to Councilor Max Tracy (P-Ward 2), who accompanied them. Tracy encouraged Jafar to share his story because it would resonate with all residents.

“It’s incredibly inspiring,” Tracy said.

“Not only that he has a New American background, but going away for college and then coming back and making Burlington a home for the long-term.”

Jafar wants to improve access to childcare and increase city funding for affordable housing — issues that came up again and again in interviews with New Americans for this story.

They’re not the only ones complaining about the cost of living in Burlington. On the campaign trail, Jafar downplays the notion that he would primarily serve on the council as a voice for certain racial or Mohamed Jafar speaking with kids at the King Street Center

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of the Franklin Square Apartments who need help sorting out an electric lighting issue, he said. Last week, Dieng accompanied a constituent to the Burlington Department of Public Works to address a concern about street maintenance.

“New Americans who are homeowners and have questions or concerns, or have questions about parking, they feel comfortable calling me,” Dieng said, noting that he receives calls even from those outside of his district.

Jafar sees himself filling a similar role.

Although he doesn’t identify himself as a “New American,” his background has informed both his platform and his approach.

Born in a Kenyan refugee camp, Jafar was 7 when his family immigrated to the U.S. He attended Burlington public schools and, after graduating from Colby-Sawyer College last May, decided to return to the Queen City.

The oldest of 11 kids, Jafar grew up

ethnic groups. “I want to make clear: My platform does represent other communities, as well,” he said.

Jafar faces an experienced opponent in Shannon, who’s served on the council for 16 years. Republican Paco DeFrancis is also running.

Regardless of how he fares, Jafar said, he’ll continue his work in the community.

He wants to hold other forums similar to last week’s at the King Street Center, and he plans to continue a mentoring program he started for New American youth.

Members of that community view him as a symbol — a source of hope.

He and Dieng have proved that New Americans can run and even win, according to Khadka, who predicted the men would motivate others to get involved.

“If one person is able to be there, another person is like, ‘Hey, I can do that, too,’” he said. “It ignites the fire.”

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For the first time, Vermont’s attorney general has voiced strong support for taxing and regulating cannabis.

“We have to have a regulated market,” T.J. Donovan told the Senate Judiciary Committee last „ ursday. „ e state’s top law enforcement officer said his “position has evolved” since last year, when he supported a measure that legalized adult possession and home cultivation of weed but didn’t allow sales. „ at policy hasn’t worked, according to Donovan, who now supports S.54, a bill that would allow legal pot sales.

“We’ve seen that we can’t tell Vermonters that they can possess marijuana and be silent about how to obtain it, because capitalism exists and is only going to grow in this area,” Donovan said.

He referred to last week’s bust of Good Times Gallery on Burlington’s Church Street as further evidence that unregulated sales remain prevalent in Vermont. „ e proposed legislation, which is sponsored by 15 of Vermont’s 30 senators, would establish a state-run regulatory board tasked with developing and implementing a statewide retail cannabis market by April 2021.

Supporters of the proposal say that tax revenues from legal sales would give state officials the money they need to educate kids about the risks of youth drug use and would keep consumers safe from potentially contaminated weed. „ ose issues aren’t new to the secondterm attorney general.

Soon after last year’s law took effect on July 1, businesses popped up offering “free”

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weed in exchange for a “delivery fee” or as a free gift with the purchase of an overpriced item. Donovan’s office stepped in after less than a month and issued a legal advisory that said such deals are illegal.

Most of those businesses followed the edict and shut down their operations, according to Donovan. But he said he was “not naïve enough” to think that illegal pot sales have dried up.

Donovan said the consumer protection concerns related to those business ventures — dealers were distributing marijuana to customers who had no way of knowing the potency or origin of the product — convinced him that Vermont needs to take the “next logical step.” “„ is is about protecting consumers and protecting kids, and we need regulations. So I support the bill, and I look forward to working with you,” Donovan told the committee.

Democratic lawmakers, party leaders and Statehouse lobbyists gathered on January 30 at the Capitol Plaza Hotel & Conference Center in Montpelier for a fundraiser carefully crafted to avoid violating legislative rules. „ e guest of honor was House Majority Leader Jill Krowinski (D-Burlington). Multiple Democrats praised her work as a party builder — and talked of her as a future candidate for U.S. Congress. Clearly, Krowinski is seen as a rising star in Vermont Democratic circles.

Proceeds from the Speaker’s Soirée went to the state party, not to lawmakers or their political action committee.

In 2015, the legislature passed a bill prohibiting lawmakers from seeking lobbyist contributions during sessions. „ e following year, House Democrats dissolved their political action committee. „ eir fundraising events continued, but the proceeds went to the Vermont Democratic Party.

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bosses whether they like to hear it or not,” she said. „ e other three candidates are Col. Greg Knight, an active duty guardsman and resident of Huntington; Dave Baczewski, a retired Air Guard brigadier general and resident of Westford; and David Graham, a retired Army lieutenant colonel from Grand Isle. „ e legislature is expected to elect a new adjutant general on February 21.

A vocal critic of the decision to base F-35 fighter jets in Vermont announced on Monday that she will seek the position of adjutant general.

Rosanne Greco, a retired Air Force colonel KEVIN MCCALLUM and former chair of the South Burlington City Council, said she decided to seek the state’s top military post after several female legislators encouraged her to enter the previously all-male race.

Greco said her opposition to the F-35s, the first of which is expected to arrive this fall, would make her an excellent candidate because now is the time for the Vermont Air National Guard to be asking the question A proposal for a private airstrip in North Hero others might not. has officially been grounded.

FIL E: M O LLY “What could possibly go Larry Dupont and Glenn Cotton have WA LS H withdrawn their application for the wrong? A whole lot could go wrong, and you want runway at 89 Macomb Bay Lane, to know what those according to a brief letter the things are,” Greco pilots’ attorney sent to the said.

Vermont Transportation Her opposition Board last Friday. to the fighter „ e plan for a private, Rosanne jet has been, Greco 2,000-foot-long grass and remains, its airstrip rattled the neighborsafety record, hood along Lake Champlain. which she called At an October 31 public hearquestionable; the ing held by the Transportation impacts of the noise Board, dozens of resident around Burlington voiced their opposition to the International Airport; proposal. and the health risks of About a week later, the board filed a working around aircraft made of “recess memo” ordering Cotton and Dupont dangerous composite materials. to refile their request with “the appropriWhat the Guard needs now is someone ate municipal panel” and gave them until willing to address these problems instead of February 7 to do so. a leader who will “salute smartly” and follow Friday’s letter appears to have put an end orders, Greco said. to the proposal. Scott Richardson, a neighbor “I would continue to tell the truth to my who’d spoken against the plan, hadn’t heard

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„ e invitation to the ninth annual soirée included a small-print disclaimer to display compliance with the law: “House Democrats are not soliciting funds from lobbyists or lobbyist employers for this event.”

Still, while lawmakers were not themselves making the ask, they were the featured attraction. „ eir presence was the reason lobbyists paid between $100 and $1,000 per ticket for the chance to hobnob with members of the majority caucus.

“For me, it’s a good opportunity to talk to people and make sure our clients are represented,” said Justin Johnson, lobbyist with MMR, a firm that represents numerous corporate interests. During the 2017-18 session, Johnson’s client list included Microsoft, ExxonMobil, drug maker Abbott, Vail Resorts, Green Mountain Power, Vermont Gas, Walmart and two independent schools: St. Johnsbury Academy and Burr and Burton Academy.

“No, absolutely not,” Johnson said when asked if he expected any quids for his pro quo. “Just an opportunity to meet people. „ ere’s no grand plan.”

“It is legal,” insisted Terje Anderson, chair of the Vermont Democratic Party. “„ ere’s no direct benefit for lawmakers.

It’s a way to get money from these [lobbyists] to support a political party.”

Which, in turn, will support lawmakers’ reelection campaigns.

“Lobbyists have plenty of access,” Anderson said.

“This isn’t unique. I don’t see a serious ethical issue.”

But then he added, “Would I prefer a system of public financing where we wouldn’t have to beg for money?

Hell, yeah.”

Anderson said the event raised approximately $20,000 for the party.

No money for guest of honor Krowinski, but plenty of appreciation bordering on adulation. “She is the drive and the vision behind the Democratic majority we have today,” House Speaker Mitzi Johnson (D-South Hero) told the crowd of more than 100 people.

Former speaker Gaye Symington praised Krowinski’s behind-the-scenes work as an organizer and campaign worker in the 2000s, before Krowinski ever ran for office.

(Krowinski managed Symington’s 2008 campaign for governor.)

Symington brandished a recent New York Times photo spread featuring the women of the 116th Congress. “When Vermont finally joins the other states in electing a woman to Congress, I’ll bet Jill Krowinski will be in that picture,” Symington said.

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about the decision before a reporter reached him Monday.

His response to the news? “Awesome!”

Neither Cotton nor Dupont returned calls for comment.

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In the weeks following his reelection last year, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) continued to fundraise at a brisk pace, according to a new filing with the Federal Election Commission.

Between November 27 and the end of December, Sanders collected close to $560,000 and spent nearly $250,000. He finished 2018 with roughly $9.1 million in his Senate campaign account.

Sanders, who is reportedly close to announcing a second run for president, could legally transfer the funds to a presidential campaign committee. A separate, mostly dormant account affiliated with his 2016 campaign had more than $4.7 million in it

at the end of 2018, according to another FEC filing. A third account under Sanders’ control, the Progressive Voters of America political action committee, reported $125,000 in the bank.

Sanders’ latest Senate campaign report shows that he kept his reelection team of roughly a dozen people on payroll at least through the end of last year. ¡at included several people who are expected to play a role in a potential 2020 presidential bid: 2016 campaign manager Jeff Weaver, spokesperson Arianna Jones, Senate campaign manager Shannon Jackson and senior adviser Joshua Orton. (CNN reported last month that Weaver would not reprise his role as campaign manager but would likely serve in another capacity.) ¡e senator also paid a Des Moines political consulting firm $2,500 in December, according to the filing. ¡e company , PAD Consulting, is run by Pete D’Alessandro, who was Sanders’ Iowa campaign coordinator in 2016. D’Alessandro did not immediately respond to a request for comment about his current role.

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He tried contacting the department but struggled to get the message to the right person. So he posted his findings on Reddit, and Burlington Electric addressed them. (Schoppe acknowledged that his disclosure process was not ideal.)

Johnson said he “had a hell of a time getting Ernie to talk to me” about the issues he discovered with NEMRC’s software, and that Saunders seemed “skeptical” of the problems during their only phone call, in 2018. Months later, Johnson noticed that NEMRC had released software patches to clients noting “security enhancements” in the product. A patch last July fixed the two local server issues, and another in December resolved the cloud backup vulnerability, simpleroute determined.

In its report, simpleroute states that the company decided to publicize the since-fixed issues to provide towns with “critical” cybersecurity information and to spur public debate about the security of the towns’ systems.

Vermont requires companies to notify the Attorney General’s Office whenever they discover data breaches, but the law does not extend notification requirements to the discovery of security vulnerabilities.

The state does, however, require businesses to take reasonable steps to protect customer data. In 2016, the Attorney General’s Office entered into a legal agreement with software provider Entrinsik to put vendors on notice that they can be held responsible for vulnerabilities that their software introduces to its clients.

Assistant attorney general Ryan Kriger said the agency’s consumer protection division is aware of the security problems identified in NEMRC software, but he would not say whether it’s investigating them.

Carroll, of the Vermont League of Cities and Towns, declined to comment on NEMRC but said her organization hasn’t received complaints from members about the newly disclosed software vulnerabilities.

Winooski City Manager Jessie Baker, whose municipality uses NEMRC for processing property tax payments, was not aware of the vulnerabilities when contacted Monday. Simpleroute’s findings also came as a surprise to Tom Leitz, director of administration for the City of Saint Albans, which uses NEMRC for all of its business functions. After Seven Days provided Leitz a copy of the report, Leitz said his office would “need a little time to digest it with our consultant team and to assess if we have been breached.”

It’s unlikely, though, that they’ll ever know for sure. Leitz noted that the city doesn’t have the ability to discover or track potential breaches.

Experts say such limitations aren’t unusual. Municipal governments, like small businesses, often lack the resources or expertise to monitor the security of their data systems. But they say it’s important.

Simpleroute is one of a growing number of IT consultants that offer security audits to help protect sensitive data, though its current footprint in the municipal sector is small. That’s not for lack of trying. Small-town administrators with modest budgets often have a hard time justifying the thousands of dollars it costs for the services, Johnson said.

He acknowledged that his company stood to gain new clientele if publicity surrounding its disclosure about NEMRC’s software persuaded towns to purchase data security services or switch consultants.

Champlain College’s Senator Leahy Center for Digital Investigation is hoping to remove financial barriers to data security by building an open-source monitoring system that could give nonprofit organizations “amazing security visibility into their networks,” Rajewski said. The center’s faculty and student employees are working with two local nonprofits, he said.

Saunders said he’s been emphasizing general security practices with his clients since being alerted to the NEMRC bugs.

“A lot of the bigger issues lie with our clients themselves,” he said. “I’m not trying to criticize our clients, but I’ll go into some of our client offices, and the clerk will have the password taped to the computer.

“In Vermont we used to leave our doors unlocked at night. Now we can’t anymore,” he continued.

Despite his witch-hunt comparisons, Saunders said the flaws were still a wake-up call for his company and that simpleroute didn’t overstate them in its report. “I would say that simpleroute did a good job exposing these to us, and we did a good job improving the software,” he said.

The experience also convinced Saunders to start recommending that his hundreds of municipal clients hire consultants to provide security services for their networks.

His preferred partner? A simpleroute competitor, Williston-based DominionTech Computer Services.

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resenting his new-play festival for a third season, JARVIS GREEN, the founder and artistic director of JAG PRODUCTIONS, continues the mission of cultivating African American theater in the Upper Valley. JAGfest 3.0 refines the core purpose of the festival — supporting black playwrights — while strengthening community partnerships and expanding programming.

Running Friday through Sunday, February 8 through 10, JAGfest features four staged readings of new plays by female playwrights of color, followed by postshow conversations moderated by Dartmouth College scholars, at the BRIGGS OPERA HOUSE in White River Junction. “I had to make sure to honor women this year, since last year was all men,” Green says. He adds, “Black women have been saving us forever.” The plays also center on thought-provoking themes important to the black community and the U.S. as a whole.

The Last Day of Black History Month: A Conversation With a Naked Black Southern Lesbian, written by Maine “The Maine Attraction” Anders, is a one-woman multimedia production that combines acting with dance, music and poetry.

Green has known Anders since his days waiting tables at Employees Only, a bar in New York City. She would come in with a burlesque act on “Silky Sundays,” he says.

The two have been friends ever since.

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has already been developed at the Kennedy Center and is set to premiere later this year at the Aurora Theatre outside of Atlanta.

Playwright Gethsemane Amy HerronCoward’s play Blanks or Sunday Afternoon, After Church is about a medical student named Reese who is torn between her ambition to achieve her potential and her burning desire to find true love. Guiding her are the specters of black “aunties,” who were literally killed by the perils of love and who urge her to forget romance and strive for her own success.

Playwright Kirya Traber, an actor at last year’s JAGfest, has been working on a new musical titled If This Be Sin, which tells the largely forgotten story of queer Harlem Renaissance entertainer Gladys Bentley.

Green admits he had never heard of Bentley, but after doing his own research on the dynamic historical figure, he jumped at the chance to develop it. “That’s a huge part of JAG’s mission,” he explains, “to identify stories that aren’t necessarily on everyone’s radar and uncover our forgotten history.”

Traber is partnering with composer Sissi Liu, who wrote the music for the piece. The play is written for a full orchestra, but the intimate reading will have only piano accompaniment.

Presenting these plays alone would constitute a festival, but as usual JAGfest is pulling out all the stops. Not only is the White River Junction community stepping up to provide visiting artists with housing, cars, meals and wellness activities, but every day of the week features free additional programming for the public.

Pre-festival events began on Monday with a community dinner at Piecemeal Pies, followed by lunch with the playwrights at the HOPKINS CENTER FOR THE ARTS at Dartmouth College on Tuesday. Wednesday features a lecture at the college by Kyle T. Mays — assistant professor of African American studies at UCLA — titled “When Did Black People Lose Their Indigeneity? Reimagining Black and Indigenous Histories.”

JAGfest also partnered with WHITE RIVER INDIE FILMS to screen a documentary

at the Briggs Opera House on Thursday: Sighted Eyes, Feeling Heart documents the life of Lorraine Hansberry, who wrote the classic American play A Raisin in the Sun. The festival celebrates its opening night on Friday with a dance party at Piecemeal Pies.

It’s become cliché to observe that majority-white Vermont is an unlikely location for a black theater company.

But with an annual operating budget of nearly $200,000, JAG Productions has established itself as a local institution that’s changing the face of the arts in the Upper Valley.

“In the beginning, I wanted to be able to shift and move people,” Green reflects.

“I don’t really have to say that anymore, because I [see change] reflected back to me automatically.”

JAG Productions has also cultivated additional opportunities for actors and playwrights, with a demonstrated ability to present what’s hot in American theater. Its 2016 main stage show, Choir Boy by Tarell Alvin McCraney, premiered at Manhattan Theatre Club on Broadway earlier this year and has an extended run through February 24.

JAG Productions’ 2018 main stage show, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill, starring Francesca Harper, headlined the Royal Caribbean Full Ship African American Music Festival at Sea. Green tagged along for that island-hopping production last month.

Finally, Green reveals that Esai’s Table, a play by Nathan Yungerberg that was developed at JAGfest 2.0, will have an Off-Broadway run in the fall.

“The best part is that, wherever our artists go, they take JAG with them,” Green muses. “Our artists go back to [New York City] more courageous because they were inspired here; it’s almost magical. We’re slowly building a community of people who are telling their friends to come to Vermont and experience it, too.”

Contact: lawler@sevendaysvt.com

INFO JAGfest 3.0: New Works Performing Arts Festival, Friday, February 8, through Sunday, February 10, various times, Briggs Opera House in White River Junction. $20 single tickets; $50 weekend pass. Community programming in White River Junction and Hanover, N.H., is free. See jagproductionsvt.com for schedule.

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bang in “The Story of Everything, as told by nothing.”

On Saturday afternoon, community dancers and movers of all experience levels will be invited to participate in the Dance Sampler Workshop. Led by five of the six presenting choreographers, it will offer a window into their dance styles and ways of working.

These events are classic examples of VDA activities. The association solicited proposals for new dance works last June and, since then, has supported the winning artists by providing guidance and resources. For example, VDA is partnering with the Highland Center to help pay for housing and choreographers’ stipends.

VDA has also cultivated relationships in the region where the gala will take place by hosting two work-in-progress shows near Greensboro: one in Wolcott in September and another in Morrisville in December. Through these events, choreographers and dancers have gotten to know one another and shared feedback, and audiences have learned about the works and their creators.

“VDA is looking at the whole ‘ecosystem’ of dance — not just choreographers and dancers, but audiences, venues and other supporting or partnering entities,” writes TOBY MACNUTT by email. The Burlington instructor, artist and performer is

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ance has been called the underdog of the arts. Music, visual art, theater and literature regularly grace media pages, and most people practice or feel able to enjoy at least one of those art forms.

But dance? Ask someone what they thought of a dance performance, or whether they dance themselves, and you might get a deer-in-the-headlights stare and a comment such as “I can’t dance” or “I don’t understand it.”

One group of Green Mountain movers is gently but steadily inviting both the dance-timid and the dance-confident to create a more robust and participatory statewide community. The VERMONT DANCE ALLIANCE is a nonprofit organization of artists, partners, sponsors and patrons working to nurture the dance arts, build new networks, educate the public, and make dance more accessible and understandable.

Among the group’s annual events is the Winter Dance Gala. This year, it takes place on Saturday and Sunday, February 16 and 17, at the HIGHLAND CENTER FOR THE ARTS in Greensboro. Six Vermont choreographers will premiere new works curated by VDA, including ISADORA SNAPP of Barre, who plays with the notion of art for pure enjoyment in “Invitation”; ELIZABETH KURYLO of Corinth, whose “BWV564 Dream” is an exploration of repeated baroque-style movements; and CYNDAL ELLIS of Brattleboro, who evokes the big

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NEW LOCAL DOCUMENTARY ASKS WHAT HAPPENED TO THE GOP As a child, DENIS MUELLER looked up to president Dwight D. Eisenhower as a grandfather figure. He admired “Ike” for sending the army to Arkansas in 1957 to protect a group of black students at then-integrating Little Rock Central High School.

Now, the 68-year-old documentarian said, he wonders, “What happened to the Republican Party?” „at’ s the premise of Mueller’s latest short film, “From Ike to Trump: „e GOP and Race,” which screens at the Fletcher Free Library in Burlington on Saturday, February 9. It spans decades to provide an overview of the civil rights movement and voter suppression in the U.S. Mueller is best known for the documentary Howard Zinn: You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train, narrated by Matt Damon, which he codirected with University of Vermont associate professor DEB ELLIS. („at film is showing Sunday , February 10, at Montpelier’s SAVOY THEATER, but as of press time was sold out.) In the 33-minute “From Ike to Trump,” Mueller uses newsreels and archival footage to show how, after Ike, “the radical right would change the mission of the party of Abraham Lincoln and oppose the civil rights movement,” he says in the film. He names Barry Goldwater, the five-term

senator from Arizona, as the person who changed the course of the GOP. Mueller said he chose to use archival materials instead of shooting new footage because he wanted to finesse his editing skills. As a former film researcher, he knew what was out there and how much he could use without running afoul of copyright issues.

“From Ike to Trump” links 20thcentury history, such as the rise of the anti-communist John Birch Society, to more recent events, including the 2017 student protests of author Charles Murray’s talk at Middlebury College; Stacey Abrams’ run for governor in Georgia, which has one of the strictest voter-ID laws in the country; and President Donald Trump’s claims of voter fraud in the 2016 presidential election.

Mueller said he hopes to visit schools across the country to talk about “From Ike to Trump,” giving students a crash course in the history that informs the controversies of today.

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he art of the solo show returns to the GRANGE HALL CULTURAL CENTER in Waterbury Center with the One & Only Series, courtesy of MOXIE PRODUCTIONS. This year the company has invited Valerie David to perform “The Pink Hulk: One Woman’s Journey to Find the Superhero Within,” an autobiographical piece about David’s triumph over not one but two cancer diagnoses.

David was first diagnosed with Stage II non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma when she was 30 years old. Cured of that disease, she was diagnosed 15 years later with breast cancer. This time the Virginia Beach-based actor had to confront a challenge not only to her will to survive but to her very womanhood.

The diagnosis led to the discovery of her superhero alter ego. “When I was diagnosed, I was enraged, as angry as the Marvel superhero when he hulks out,” David told Seven Days. Except that her Hulk is pink — the color internationally associated with breast cancer awareness.

Like Bruce Banner, David found a way to channel her anger, changing it from a force of destruction into a superpower.

“Anger is more empowering than fear,” she said. “Anger got me through this second bout with cancer.” Now David is four years in remission.

The one-woman show is an ideal format for David to showcase her largerthan-life personality. She approaches her story, even the challenging bits, with wit and humor, cracking jokes such as “Losing weight is harder than fighting cancer” and “My instinct has never steered me wrong, except in dating.”

After her second cancer diagnosis, David’s goal became to deliver the message that overcoming adversity is possible. As she put it, “I wanted to show myself as an example: If you have a strong support system and believe in yourself, you’ll find your own superhero within.”

David’s campaign has taken her and “The Pink Hulk” on numerous international festival tours. She earned a Wow Award at the Gothenburg Fringe Festival in Sweden — “for the show which inspired awe in audiences with its creativity, humor and content.” Accepted into 25 festivals in just two years, “The Pink Hulk” was also a finalist in the New York New Works Theatre Festival in fall 2018. The Grange appearance will be its Vermont premiere.

David is humbled by the show’s success, especially abroad. “During the tour in Europe, I’d have a talkback after almost every show, and with some cancer support groups. They were so appreciative that the show was so honest,” she recalled. “I really

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put myself out there, and it resonates with so many people.”

Though the show’s inspirational aphorisms may seem cloying at times, “The Pink Hulk” does not shy away from gritty and difficult topics. David is surprisingly open about the hardships that came with her disease, which pushed her body to its limits. Her breast cancer brought about early menopause.

She also faced the herculean task of navigating the American health care system. When David found the lump in her breast, her plan was to wait three months until her health coverage kicked in. Luckily, a friend convinced her to

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have it examined sooner. But David said she never lost the sense of being “discriminated against” by insurance companies for her cancer diagnosis.

MONICA CALLAN, producer of the One & Only Series, envisions it as a platform for people to tell their stories and connect to the stories of others. She knew that the topic of cancer would resonate with many.

“Everybody has a story about cancer, and sometimes that story has a tragic ending,” Callan said. “Valerie is trying to share with people that, even if it does have a tragic ending, it doesn’t eliminate the value you have in the world.”

In addition to presenting her show, David hopes to provide programming to patients at the University of Vermont Cancer Center, and she’s offering a workshop at the Grange on Sunday, February 10, to help people tell their own stories.

She sees it as her life’s work to bring joy and hope to cancer patients and anyone who meets adversity. “I’m not just on a mission to change lives,” David said emphatically. “I’m on a crusade.”

Contact: lawler@sevendaysvt.com

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Since its official launch in June 2017, VDA has hosted more than 30 events at 21 venues around the state. From outdoor performances in Burlington to networking events in Brattleboro, the organization has celebrated and supported dance arts and connected people who might not otherwise have met. When the organization launched, writes MacNutt, “The dance community connections increased almost immediately, and I personally find it very nourishing.”

Hailing from most of Vermont’s counties, VDA’s 101 paying members currently include 65 individual artists; 17 service partners, including musicians, studios and lighting specialists; 18 sponsors, such as restaurants and performance venues; and one patron, a self-described “lover of dance.” Annual memberships range from $70 to $140.

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Dancers in “BWV564 Dream” by Elizabeth Kurylo

The seeds of VDA were sown in 2016 when a group of volunteers set out to discover what was happening in dance around the state.

“When I first came to Burlington, I’d find out about things too late,” says Burlington’s HANNA SATTERLEE, who was among the volunteers. “I didn’t know where to look for information.” A choreographer and dancer who grew up in East Montpelier, Satterlee is now VDA’s director.

She summarizes the association’s status succinctly: “VDA is growing up.”

Having established connections and spawned activities throughout much of Vermont, the nonprofit is shifting its focus from working primarily as an event producer and curator to providing facilitation and consultation services. “We really want to put the power in artists’ hands to

do the work they are dreaming of,” says Satterlee.

Gala choreographer Ellis has already benefited from this new focus. She’s the first VDA member to apply for and win a grant using the nonprofit as her fiscal agent. VDA can serve as an umbrella organization for independent artists going for grants that require 501c3 status, “as long as the mission for an event matches the mission of the alliance,” says Satterlee.

VDA charges a small fee for grant processing, and the artist is responsible for creating the promised product.

Ellis won a $515 grant from the VERMONT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION’s Crosby-Gannett Fund to cover tech costs, space rental and advertising for a show that builds on her performance character Super Bee. The “clumsy, clownish superhero teaches

lessons on social and emotional literacy to young kids,” explains Ellis. The grant allows her to expand the show to reach a wider audience and demonstrate the educational power of dance.

Ellis learned of the grant at a VDA gathering. “I would never have thought to apply for that grant had it not been for that meeting,” she says. In addition to providing step-by-step guidance on the grant proposal, she adds, Satterlee made initial contact with the BRATTLEBORO MUSEUM & ART CENTER, which will host Ellis’ show in April.

VDA will continue to host its annual signature events: the Winter Dance Gala, the Spring Dance Symposium, the summer outdoor event Traces and the Fall Members’ Retreat.

Among the association’s challenges is convincing social dance groups to join.

Most VDA artist members are trained in contemporary, modern or ballet. Few represent local folk and social dance forms, such as swing, contra and ballroom.

Satterlee believes these groups already have such well-established networks that joining VDA may seem unnecessary. But Ellis, for one, wishes they’d reconsider.

“I’ve learned so much through studying folk dance,” she says. “It has really informed what I do onstage.”

Satterlee also believes that representation of more dance forms in VDA membership would lead to more opportunities for interaction, collaboration, cross-training and growth.

Perhaps such inclusion could also make dance a little less intimidating. After all, as Satterlee says, “Everyone can dance.”

Contact: elizabeth@sevendaysvt.com

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I was driving through Whitehall, N.Y., about 20 miles from Interstate 87 and four hours from our destination — the Bronx. It was about nine at night, the temperature outside was straddling zero, and the roads, thankfully, were clear of ice and snow.

As a child growing up in the Big Apple, I recall contemplating the odd political configuration of my hometown into the five boroughs: Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, Manhattan and the Bronx. This “borough” business struck me as oldfashioned (the word I wanted, but didn’t know, was “archaic”), very Merry Olde England. And why does the Bronx get to be “the” Bronx? I would ponder. Why not “the” Brooklyn or “the” Staten Island?

With my customers — Mr. and Mrs. O’Donnell — chatting quietly in the back, I had a distressful reason for mentally reviewing the contents of the bag dinner I had consumed about an hour earlier, somewhere between Vergennes and Bridport. Over the past 20 minutes, I had begun to experience severe abdominal cramping. I rarely have digestive problems, so I was considering the possibility of food poisoning.

For certain, I didn’t want to share this news with the O’Donnells. This was a last-minute fare — their flight from Burlington to JFK had been canceled — and they were paying me a pretty penny for the transport.

OK, it was a gorgeous penny — newly minted and shiny. If the pain became

extreme enough to jeopardize my ability to drive safely, I would inform them and pull off the road. But, short of that, I would maintain my professional persona. Fortunately, I am adept at grinning and bearing it. (Little did I know that I would also be “baring” it in the hours to come.)

For the entire ride to New York City, the gripping pain cycle continued unabated — about five minutes on and 15 minutes off. It

the taxi. Thankfully, given the hour, there was scarcely a pedestrian in sight, because my plan B was to relieve myself between two parked cars.

Alas, I made it onto the street but never got my pants down. As I reached for my belt buckle, my embattled digestive tract chose that moment to give it up. Mount Vesuvius erupted, and my lower body was the city of Pompeii.

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I FELT LIKE I HAD DODGED A BULLET. was four harrowing hours of intermittent agony as I contended with the big trucks making time in the relatively light latenight traffic.

At my nonchalant suggestion of a coffee break (or maybe it was “leg stretch”), we stopped at two rest areas. The bathroom, however, provided no relief. My intestines felt like they were seized up, yet nothing was coming out.

Hours later, as we approached our destination — a fancy hotel on the Grand Concourse, a major avenue that runs the length of the Bronx — I felt like I was ready to explode. My plan was to drop off these folks, park and run in to use the hotel’s bathroom. Oh, what an innocent country boy I’d become. This was jam-packed New York City. Not only was there no parking lot, but cars were double-parked in front of the lobby entrance.

Fuck me, I thought, my situation growing increasingly dire. Well, screw it — a man gots to do what a man gots to do.

I pulled farther up the block, away from the streetlights, double-parked and exited

In the space of three seconds, what I would estimate as a half gallon of brown lava exited my colon, filled up and overran my undies, and gushed down my flannel-lined jeans. I looked down at my socks and sneakers, both entirely coated in shit.

My immediate reaction? Pure, unadulterated relief, so sublime that my eyes teared up. The excruciating pain was gone!

Unfortunately, that lovely feeling lasted but 10 seconds, replaced by awareness of the stark, surreal situation in which I found myself.

I stood on the windy Bronx thoroughfare, about six hours from my Green Mountain home (sigh) and shivering, quaking in the 10-degree air. Every article of clothing below my waist was saturated.

I had to make a decision, and fast.

I stripped from the waist down. Abandoning my underwear and socks curbside, I cleaned myself off as well as I could with paper towels. I placed my jeans and sneakers on a rag in the minivan’s rear storage space. I positioned a dirty towel

on the driver’s seat and climbed in, cranking up the heat. Barefoot and bare-assed, I shifted into drive and pointed the taxi north.

As I got under way I began to chuckle, which quickly developed into a full-body, somewhat hysterical laugh. The incident I had just undergone — and it wasn’t over yet — was as disturbing as they come. But it was also undeniably funny.

I made it back to the thruway, singing along to classic rock radio. Taking everything into account, I felt like I had dodged a bullet. I got my customers to their destination safely, the volcano erupting only after they had departed.

Lucky me, right? Then I glanced down at my gas gauge.

Oh, fuck! I thought. No way was I making it back to B-town without gassing up. And no way was I putting back on those pants. Fortunately, it was close to 2 a.m. as I pulled into the next rest area and approached the long line of gas pumps, sidling up to the one at the very end. With no one in sight, I jumped out and gassed up.

This is gonna make one helluva story, I thought, as a thin layer of ice began crystallizing on my naked nether region.

It almost makes the whole thing worth it — but not quite.

All these stories are true, though names and locations may be altered to protect privacy.

INFO Hackie is a twice-monthly column that can also be read on sevendaysvt.com. To reach Jernigan, email hackie@sevendaysvt.com.

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A South Burlington couple uses potty humor to give rectal cancer the bum’s rush B Y K E N PI CA RD

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Tim Kavanagh and Candy Weston

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n January 2017, Tim Kavanagh readied himself for what he believed would be his final radiation therapy. Since being diagnosed in May 2016 with Stage II rectal cancer during a routine colonoscopy, Kavanagh had already undergone 29 radiation treatments, as well as chemotherapy and surgery to remove tumors. During his radiation procedures, he could wear nothing more than socks and a hospital gown open in the back.

Before entering the treatment room, Kavanagh handed his girlfriend, Candy Weston, a Sharpie and asked her to write a message to the hospital staff. Once inside, Kavanagh lay down on the table and lifted his gown, whereupon the entire room erupted in laughter. Scrawled in big, black letters across his buttocks were the words “Thank you!”

“All dignity gets checked at the door when you have something like cancer,” Kavanagh explained. “When I can make someone laugh, I feel like I’ve done my job.”

There are clichés aplenty to describe Weston and Kavanagh’s approach to cancer: how true love can overcome any obstacle, how they don’t sweat the small stuff anymore, how laughter is the best medicine. But this South Burlington couple maintains a healthy sense of humor not only to help each other through difficult times but also to help others like them who have little else to smile about.

In the midst of his cancer treatments, and with Weston’s help, Kavanagh launched a one-man standup act titled “The Shit Show: How one man flushed cancer while life was circling the drain.”

Loaded with what Kavanagh calls “selfdefecating” humor about living with cancer, the 90-minute performance has raised thousands of dollars for local cancer charities, and its humor has helped other cancer patients, their families and caregivers cope with the pain, suffering and indignities the disease brings.

Weston and Kavanagh sat down recently for an interview in their home.

Weston, an interior designer, oversaw the renovation of their large ranch over the last two years. The trouble-plagued project, which coincided with Kavanagh’s cancer treatments, was just one of several the couple undertook during what was a chaotic and stressful time.

Another such “project” snuggled between them on the couch during the

interview: Adora is an affectionate and productions. Vermonters may remember goofy white terrier mutt that they rescued Kavanagh from the television program in Costa Rica in June 2017 when it was a he hosted, “Late Night Saturday,” which puppy. When not chortling over the pup’s aired for three seasons on WCAX in the antics, the couple excels at finding reasons late 2000s. to laugh. Alternate names they considered And fans of “The Simpsons” may for “The Shit Show” included “Potty Talk recognize Kavanagh for writing, directwith Tim,” “Journey to the Center of My ing and starring in the short video that Colon” and “Colon Cancer: Up Yours!” won Springfield, Vt., first place in Twen“We’ve always been laughing, even tieth Century Fox’s The Simpsons Movie through cancer,” Weston Hometown Movie Chalsaid. lenge in 2007. The video, “Even more so through which starred Kavanagh as Homer Simpson, convinced cancer,” Kavanagh emphasized. “You find the moments “Simpsons” fans to select and the avenues to create the southern Vermont town that humor, because you as the official Springfield for don’t want to let that fear the movie’s world premiere. drive you. And a lot of times, Even before cancer, the star it does. The devil certainly was going bald.

TIM K AVANAGH sits in my head a lot, and I’m Weston, 47, seems constantly at battle with it.” the perfect complement to Kavanagh.

Kavanagh was cracking people up Smart, sassy and quick-witted, she smiles long before it became therapy for him. easily and knows how to keep Kavanagh The 52-year-old Newport native owns grounded, even when bad news threatens SAMSON Productions, a Burlington-based to send him into a downward spiral. It’s entertainment company that produces easy to assume they’ve been a couple for variety shows, comedy improv murder decades, but Weston started dating Kavamysteries, and television, film and stage nagh just 15 months before his cancer

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diagnosis. As she put it, “We’d just gotten past the clean-up-the-toothpaste-in-thesink phase.”

Weston and Kavanagh began recounting how they met by pointing to two walkie-talkies that sit on their mantle, one labeled “Candy Cane” and the other “Baldy Locks.”

It was 2010, just prior to the taping of Kavanagh’s TV show. Weston was working in the front of the house taking tickets while Kavanagh was busy backstage. Somebody handed them each a walkie-talkie and told Weston to call Kavanagh, whom she’d never met, if she needed anything.

As the audience grew impatient for the show to start, Weston asked them if they wanted to hear from Kavanagh himself.

When they shouted, “Yes!” she called him on the radio using an impromptu name: “Baldy Locks, I’ve got a code red in the front.”

Kavanagh responded, “That’s a big 10-4, Candy Cane.”

Weston recalled being unimpressed with Kavanagh’s moniker for her. She remembered thinking, A professional comedian, and Candy Cane is the best he can do?

Still, the two became fast friends.

Kavanagh later stole the walkie-talkies, labeled them and gave them to Weston as a Valentine’s Day present.

For years the two remained just friends, as Kavanagh was still married at the time.

(Weston has been divorced since 2006.)

In 2012, Weston tried to get on an HGTV show that wanted to feature a single mother who’d started a home-based business related to her passion for houses. As the application process unfolded, Weston recalled, it became so technical that she nearly gave up.

“When they started asking me for video, I was like, OK, I’m out,” she remembered thinking.

But after mentioning the show to Kavanagh, he leapt at the opportunity to help and pulled together a production team to work on her video. On the day it was due, he texted Weston to make sure she’d submitted it. She hadn’t.

That day, Weston was in the midst of a severe allergic reaction, her face and eyes so swollen that she couldn’t see. Rather than let Weston miss her deadline, Kavanagh contacted the HGTV production company and got her an extension. Weston was floored by his efforts.

“It was a real testament to how much he really cared,” she said. “This is what Tim does, which is why I love him to pieces. He’s always lifting someone else up, helping them have their own success and accomplishments.”

Weston never got on that show, but the couple officially began dating in February 2015. Fifteen months later, cancer upended their world. Despite the newness of their romantic relationship, Weston stepped naturally into the role of caregiver.

“So many people said to me, ‘But you’re not married!’” she recalled.

“To me, there never was a question of whether I’d stay together with Tim through cancer.”

Weston had learned from her parents, the hard way, about the dynamics of patient-caregiver relationships. She’d grown up in poverty in Starksboro, where her father was left disabled by a work-related accident. Weston’s mother became his full-time caregiver. In their home, humor was never a relief valve.

“Actually, we weren’t allowed to laugh in my house,” she recalled. Instead, the default emotions were anger and resentment.

“I’m sure my mom felt held back [by his injury],” Weston added. “She never talked about it, but she sacrificed every bit of herself. And then she passed away.” When Weston left home, she said, she vowed never again to live life without laughter.

The cancer notwithstanding, Weston

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said that Kavanagh has never failed her in that regard. If given a choice, he wouldn’t have chosen colorectal cancer, he said. Still, for a comedy writer, the affliction offers Kavanagh a bottomless well of material.

Consider the promotional poster photo for “The Shit Show,” which features

Kavanagh seated on a toilet. Friends often assume it was staged, but one side effect of rectal cancer is having to relieve himself frequently, Kavanagh explained. Often, he’ll try to leave the house only to run back inside.

One day, after Weston had waited a very long time for Kavanagh to return from the bathroom, she ducked inside to check on him and spotted him on the john wearing sunglasses, a Whiskey Business

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Instantly recognizing its comedic value, Weston snapped the photo.

“I felt like I was going to be the poster child for Depends [adult diapers] for the rest of my life,” he joked.

“The Shit Show” premiered at the Stoweflake Mountain Resort & Spa in May 2018 at the Stowe Weekend of Hope, an event for cancer patients, survivors and their families and caregivers. Kavanagh has since performed at various venues in

the region, including for 800 people at a national cancer conference. No matter where he performs, he donates a portion of the show’s proceeds to a local cancer nonprofit.

In March 2017, Weston organized a party and cancer fundraiser she dubbed “Kicking Cancer’s Ass” to celebrate Kavanagh’s clean bill of health. Party games included a variation on pin the tail on the donkey, only the “tail” was a cowboy boot and the “donkey” was Kavanagh’s behind.

Alas, their celebration was premature.

In August 2018, Kavanagh learned that his cancer had returned, this time in his

lymph nodes and incision scar. He began more rounds of chemo, then radiation, at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City in December. The couple was there just last week for scans to learn whether the cancer had progressed.

In an email, Weston reported that the four-hour wait for Kavanagh’s results were “grueling.” They killed time by playing repeated games of charades, tic-tac-toe and rock-paper-scissors. When that got old, Weston played love songs on her cellphone and the couple danced — Kavanagh in his hospital gown.

When the doctor finally returned, Weston reported, the news was all good: Kavanagh’s lymph nodes were no longer showing cancer.

But he’ll still need surgery in March to have them removed and will need a colostomy bag for the rest of his life.

“But if it gives me my life,” he said, “then it’s a small price to pay.”

“We put our personal touch on [cancer treatment], trying to find joy,” Weston added.

“Even if we really have to stretch, [we ask], ‘How can we make this better?’”

To wit: When Kavanagh finished his most recent round of radiation, on December 31, he asked Weston to wish the medical staff at Sloan Kettering a happy New Year.

It’s not hard to guess how they delivered the message.

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uring the decade that Tracy Stolese operated Arabesque, a gift and stationery shop in Shelburne, she heard a lot of wedding-related stories and recognized a common phenomenon: Colleagues in Vermont’s wedding industry often convened with prenuptial couples at coffee shops; they had nowhere else to talk about vows, flower preferences or buffet options.

“There’s a lot of people out there working at home in the wedding business, and they would tell me how they have meetings at Starbucks or are meeting a bride at Panera,” Stolese says.

That sounded like an opportunity.

Stolese, 51, closed Arabesque last May. In October, she launched two related ventures in a space farther north on Shelburne Road: Shelburne Gift Company and the Vermont Wedding Studio. The first is an order-only operation that maintains no retail inventory.

The second is a coworking space that Stolese shares with other wedding professionals.

At her Shelburne Gift Company, Stolese sees customers by appointment for invitations and other stationery products, as well as customized gift bags, baskets and boxes.

Currently, two other wedding professionals rent space in the studio for $300 per month.

“I worked in my living room and then my basement for several years, and then was meeting people in Starbucks, New Moon [Café], Speeder & Earl’s [Coffee],” says Lorin Holmes. She operates the online directory vermontweddings.com and recently joined the Vermont Wedding Studio.

Holmes says she previously tried another coworking space, but it lacked the sense of community she enjoys when working with others in the wedding field. “The collaboration part of it is the part that really drew me in,” she says.

Collaboration is key in the wedding world, in which the pros thrive on sharing customers. A florist might recommend a hairstylist to a bridal customer; a caterer will suggest a photographer — and each expects referrals in return. That’s why Stolese has restricted her studio to matrimonial pursuits, rather than opening it up to tech entrepreneurs, graphic designers or others who typically use coworking environments.

Carmen George, a justice of the peace who officiates weddings and also offers florist and photography services, didn’t know Stolese before inquiring about space in the wedding studio. Now settled in, she’s

Tracy Stolese with her dog, Shelby

already seeing the collaborative potential: After scheduling to marry a couple this summer at the Inn at Shelburne Farms, George directed them to Stolese for their invitations.

“We can also ask each other, when you run into unusual situations, ‘Have you ever dealt with this?’” George says. “It’s just nice to go into a space where people know what you’re talking about. You don’t have to explain.”

Stolese’s studio is bright and airy, with huge street-facing windows and wide-plank hardwood floors. Weddingwhite tables, chairs and other décor

dominate. The front area resembles a living room, with a sofa, stylish floral pillows, a cushy rug and a coffee table topped with fresh blooms. Here, wedding pros can go over invitation fonts and color themes with brides and grooms and, sometimes, their parents.

They might get a bonus visit from Stolese’s cockapoo, Shelby.

Stolese welcomes other planners, photographers, florists, officiants, hair and makeup stylists, and anyone else in the wedding business to use the space to meet their clients. For $25, they can rent access for the day.

“It’s very comfortable. It’s very quiet.

It’s just a nice place for people to relax,” George says. “Meeting here is ideal.”

Prior to joining the Vermont Wedding Studio, George met clients in her home, which she says wasn’t always convenient.

“I could be in the middle of creating flowers for a wedding, and every surface is covered with leaves,” she explains.

The need for personal interaction with clients — and for places to do it — is growing along with the state’s wedding industry. The trade group Vermont Association of Wedding Professionals estimates that $175 million is spent annually on weddings in Vermont; 44 percent of that comes from out-of-state couples planning destination events.

“Lucky for us, right now, everybody wants to get married in a barn,” Stolese says with a laugh. “And we have those.”

As the wedding business has boomed, creative options for the big day have mushroomed, Stolese and Holmes note. They point to a company that builds wedding bonfires and works with caterers to set up s’mores bars. Another outfit does tarot card readings for guests. Others concentrate on after-event parties, often served by food trucks.

Stolese hopes the Vermont Wedding Studio gives these disparate experts a way to connect. One recent evening, she, Holmes and George hosted a networking event for wedding pros. About a dozen attended. If she were working alone, Stolese says, she might have found the effort daunting.

“It’s hard for one person to throw an event, but three people with a space right here make it really easy,” Holmes says. “We just wanted to do this to pull the community together.”

Stolese found a similar camaraderie among Shelburne merchants after buying Arabesque from its previous owner in 2008. A traditional high-end gift store, she sold Simon Pearce glassware, pretty napkins, and all kinds of accoutrements for the well-appointed home and table.

A couple of years later, a nearby stationery store was closing and the owner asked Stolese if she wanted to take over that business. She did, selling to customers not only invitations but programs, place cards and menus for the wedding day.

Meanwhile, Stolese’s business with her husband, Mike, was flourishing. The

couple puts on the annual Burlington Wine & Food Festival, a huge undertaking that takes place in June at Waterfront Park. Stolese says she would take time away from her shop to produce the festival, and it was always stressful.

“I needed more flexibility, and I just didn’t have it with a retail store,” she says.

So, after 10 years — and with increasing competition from online outlets — Stolese decided to let go of the inventory and overhead and embrace the by-appointment model. At Shelburne Gift Company, party throwers can still page through the giant sample books of

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with the tasty tidbits that couples often leave at hotel rooms for out-of-town guests. Stolese also assembles personalized thank-you gifts for bridal parties.

But gifts, of course, are not just for weddings. During this past holiday season, corporate orders dominated Stolese’s business. And she just completed a large order for a local real estate firm that bought gift boxes, tied with thick black velvet ribbons, to bestow on clients when they close on their properties. Stolese also sees possibilities in the convention market, creating welcome bags for conference attendees.

A table in the Vermont Wedding Studio displays several gift-package options, ranging in price from $120 to $150 apiece. Stolese will pack bags, boxes, even wooden crates. Welcome gifts for wedding guests would typically cost much less, she explains, but the display items give an idea of the goodies they could include.

One box has a Vermont theme, with a bottle of the Northern Bayou Cold Brew coffee, Big Picture Farm caramels, Douglas Sweets shortbread and maple syrup from Square Deal Farm. The Bride-to-Be box holds body butter, a silky nightgown, a scented candle and a gold makeup bag.

Stolese handles gift assembly in the back of the shop, where shelves are stacked with Arabesque stockroom leftovers such as candles, lotions and fancy matches, or packaged cookies from Klinger’s Bread and O Bread Bakery and jars of Vermont honey.

Between running her former retail store and producing the wine and food fest, Stolese claims she knows just about every specialty-food producer in the state.

The days of offering a generic mesh bag of Jordan almonds as a wedding favor are long gone, Holmes observes. Today’s couples want something meaningful, memorable and connected to the event they took so much time to plan. Often it’s maple syrup, or maybe a little bottle of bourbon — but not just any bourbon, she says. They want the exact bourbon they tasted when they took a romantic trip to Vermont, fell in love and decided to get married here.

Adds Holmes, “They want to give everyone a little taste of Vermont.”

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Crane, William Arthur and Vera Wang invitation samples, as well as funkier boutique options.

But Stolese has diversified beyond paper. One day while she was still running Arabesque, Stolese had coffee with Lisa Desmond, a friend who handles events for the popular venue All Souls Interfaith Gathering in Shelburne.

Desmond mentioned that, time and time again, the wedding day would arrive and no one had remembered to put together the bathroom basket of amenities — Band-Aids, bobby pins, hair spray and ibuprofen — that have become standard with modern-day nuptials.

A flash went off in Stolese’s head.

“I’m a retailer,” she thought. “I can get things at wholesale. And I know how to make things look pretty.”

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Contact: dan@sevendaysvt.com One time, I was supposed to go on a date with a salon owner in the greater Burlington area. I was to meet him at his salon at the end of the day. I got there uncharacteristically early — only five minutes late! But one of his stylists was still working with someone, so we couldn’t leave yet. While we waited, he asked me if I wanted a quick trim. I’m thinking, I didn’t come here for a haircut, but fuck it. I was slightly offended, but then he starting shampooing me and massaging my scalp, and even though we were making somewhat terse small talk, it became hard not to relax.

Then I felt something hot on my brow.

My eyes were closed, so I assumed he had dripped water on my face. I kept them shut, waiting for him to wipe it off. Then he ripped off a portion of one of my eyebrows.

He was waxing my brows without asking.

“Hey! It took me years to get them that close together!” I said, trying to make a joke to save face. He didn’t get it.

“Oh … really?”

“No. Keep going, please.”

After he finished waxing my brows and trimming my hair, he told me he was too tired to hang out. I wasn’t exactly blindsided.

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THOM GLICK

ith dating apps catering to every possible demographic, taste and fetish, there has never been a better time to be single and dating. Also, with dating apps catering to every possible demographic, taste and fetish, there has never been a worse time to be single and dating.

For all the problems technology solves for those looking for love, dating apps such as Tinder, Bumble, Hinge — and the 14 new ones invented in the time it took to write this sentence — create at least as many new obstacles and complications. Dating in the digital age is a catch-22 — which, come to think of it, would make a great name for a dating app.

To help us make sense of it all — or at least learn to laugh about it — we asked some of our favorite Vermont comedians and a few select expats to share their tales from the dating trenches. Here’s what they told us.

My worst date was when I broke up with the girl I was seeing on Valentine’s Day. It may have been her worst date, too.

During dinner she had given me a framed photograph of Dwayne “the Rock” Johnson … and so I ended things. To be clear, I didn’t break up with her because I didn’t like the gift. It was the perfect gift! But, as I looked into the eyes of (circa 2001) the Rock, I realized that this relationship was getting way too serious.

She clearly wanted to take things to the next level, but I couldn’t play pretend any longer. So, with the greatest pro wrestler of all time as my witness, I ended it. She threw her wine at me and stormed out of the restaurant. But, worst of all, she took the Rock with her.

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A native Vermonter and lifelong outdoorswoman, I added a photo of myself posing with a recently harvested deer to my profile to rival all the Neanderthal-ic “look-me-can-providefor-you” fish profiles. A few weeks later … I was notified that my account was banned.

I contacted Tinder, only to be informed that my content violated their terms of service and community guidelines and that they take violations “very seriously.” But no additional explanation was provided.

And, because they currently don’t have an appeals process, the ban was, and is, permanent. Do a few Google searches for men on Tinder with deer — or better, fish — and you’ll find plenty of male profiles that exist with similar photos.

But the same person who reported my profile took it one step further. He sent a harassing email to my employer with screenshots of my profile, calling me “a disaster” and “classless.” Because I can no longer access the Tinder platform, I can’t report the individual for harassment. I again contacted Tinder’s support to ask about an alternative reporting process, receiving no response.

Thankfully, this was my employer’s reaction to the situation: “We hired a chick who hunts. So what?”

If bagging a trophy buck means being banned from Tinder, I’ll take it — and I’ll wear it as a badge of honor while enjoying my venison and cleaning my hunting rifles.

Enjoy your fish, gentlemen.

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never got to see in real life. But he failed as an artist, which is worse. He was obviously trying to turn me into something bangable, but, tragically for both of us, he fell short. I like to think that he went home that night and stared out a window, drinking and reflecting on how he’s not the cosmetologist he thought he was.

It was hard to stay mad because, to be honest, he did a really good job. My brows looked amazing, so this story still has a happy ending.

that this is not right for my mind, body and spirit,” she said. Then, after a long, distant stare, she added, “Oh, it’s not you. It’s just this whole thing.”

There is nothing quite like getting the “It’s not you, it’s me” line from a stranger who hasn’t even once seen you naked.

On the other hand, another OkCupid date told me, “You should go do comedy already — everything you say is a joke.”

Thanks always, [initials redacted]. My life in comedy is owed to our incompatibility!

There were so many OkCupid dates that went nowhere, but one sticks out. I met up with a woman at Vermont Pub & Brewery, and within a minute she was not only calling off the date but regretting all of the decisions that led to her being there in the first place. “I just am now realizing

A longtime Tinder-ite, I was getting sick of endless profiles with men holding dead fish. In the beginning, I swiped right on a few, only to discover in conversation that the photo was taken years ago and was one of the only times they’d ever gone fishing.

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JO S H S TAR

I was looking for a new dating app recently, and I came across one that was supposed to be the opposite of Tinder.

Rather than inundating you with matches, you get one match a day — it’s aptly named Once. So I installed the app and started using it. But something seemed wrong, because rather than one match a day, I was getting reminded once a month when my [menstrual] cycle came around.

Apparently there is a different app by the same name. But the moral of the story is: I’m done with dating apps. Period.

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At 28, I’d never had sex outside a relationship and was apprehensive about hooking up. After a year of anguish following a breakup, I was at my best friend’s New Year’s Eve party when he got

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fired up and insisted I get laid and move on. He’s very persuasive, and within an hour I was walking out of a bar with a number.

Two days later, she had me over for dinner, and we ended up in bed. She was so attractive, but I second-guessed myself. Would this mean anything to her?

Did she even like me? My anxiety killed the mood. I was embarrassed, but she wasn’t upset and we fell asleep. When I woke up for work at 5 a.m., something felt funny. Turns out I had a wet dream.

I apologized for the mess, and as soon as the door latched, I laughed my ass off.

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been sooooo busy falling in love that you forgot you even had this app anymore.

It’s like quitting your job by shitting on your boss’ desk. Except then, on Monday morning, you have to go back into the office and explain to him that no one else would fuck you. Which feels pretty personal to me.

when this turns into this!

B RYA N N A D O E

I consider myself an expert in relationships, probably because my first boyfriend was the pole of a swing set.

Not my family’s swing set — gross! My neighbor’s swing set. He was tall, slim, cool to the touch.

Being an expert in relationships, I think the key to sexual happiness is batting way below your league. Because if you haven’t found yourself grinding up on some hideous monster who makes you feel like a 10, you haven’t lived. I took this to a whole new level when I dated a drifter and he actually murdered a girl that looked just like me, and I was like, “What does she have that I don’t have?”

Last fall, I went on a date with a nice woman. Things were going well until I happened to mention pie. She then spent over an hour talking exclusively about pie: She loved pie, she baked pie in her spare time, her parents had pie on their first date, she owned socks that had pies on them, her life ambition is to own a house that has a pie drawer.

BITSY BIRON What is a pie drawer, you ask? I did. It is a drawer in your kitchen where you store pies.

My one and only Tinder date She went in-depth, detailwas with a heavily bearded ing the pros and cons of differman whose profile boasted NICHOLE ent types of pie. She didn’t pictures of live, exotic African MAGOON even laugh when I made a joke animals. We met at Drink. I about needing a pie chart. And got there first and ordered a after I hung on for all this, she insisted cosmopolitan, because they were on sale that an apple pie — my favorite pie variety and nothing says classy like a discount — was not appropriate for Thanksgiving. martini. He was late. Strike one.

Instead she was all about the pecan pie, He showed up wearing a white linen because for some reason a plate full of pantsuit with a matching beaded belt and corn syrup covered with nuts is more necklace. Strike two. Also, he smelled like “appropriate” than something so Ameri- cooked food on fabric. I asked him if he can as apple pie. worked in a kitchen. He said, “No, I am a We didn’t go on a second date, but grad student at UVM; I was just cooking every time I see a pie, I think about her. curry at home.” Gross. Shower. But … not OW EN F OL EY a deal breaker.

Then. He ordered. A Coke.

People talk a lot about how online dating Turns out he didn’t drink, which is is so anonymous and impersonal. And all OK. But the place is called Drink, and he I can think is Wow, I guess those people invited me there. How were we supposed have never had to do a Reactivation of to build any trust? Strike three. What’s Shame after a new relationship imploded. next? Is he gonna invite me to a hotel Because you always quit your dating apps called Fuck so we can cuddle all night? with such unbridled confidence, right?

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Mushrooms Gone Wild Mycologist Cardy Raper talks about love, fungi sex and the abiding mystery of Cardi B B Y CH E L SEA ED GAR

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SEVEN DAYS: Before you and Red Raper were married, you were his lab assistant. Was there anything auspicious about your first meeting?

CARDY RAPER: Red and I met through a mutual acquaintance at the University of Chicago. Our first encounter was at a greasy spoon on 53rd Street in Chicago.

All during lunch, this guy, Raper, with long, flaming-red hair, was gesticulating all over the place. He was full of life, and he was obviously very bright. I told him I’d be interested in working in his lab, and he sent me his papers, which were all about fungi and their funny way of having sex. I was fascinated.

SD: What was so compelling to you about the sex lives of fungi?

CR: At that point, I really hadn’t thought much about why people are sexually attracted, or why they get married. I knew the mechanics of procreation, but I didn’t know the magic of it. So my interest from

that point of view had increased. And the question Red was after was basically, “What happens when two water molds come together? How does it get decided which one is going to be male and which is going to be female?” It’s a fascinating adaptation.

Wouldn’t it be weird if people did that?

What if you met someone more female than you are, and you could just decide on the spot to become the male? We didn’t know nearly as much then about gender fluidity and being transgender, but mushrooms have had that figured out for millennia.

SD: – e sexual behavior of the particular species of water mold that Red was studying, Achyla, became a weird allegory of his own masculine dilemma.

As things started escalating between the two of you, he had to decide what he was going to do about his marriage. So he traveled to England to continue his research — and search for “strong male specimens.” How often did you find parallels between your research and your love life?

CR: Well, that research didn’t go quite where we wanted it to go — we never figured out how the genes of water mold could switch back and forth between male and female expression. That was worked out later on by our successors. But the result of that trip

LUKE EASTMAN

ne might call her the Esther Perel of the fungi kingdom: Cardy Raper, an expert in mushroom sex, could tell you stories about water mold reproduction that rival the most imaginative sci-fi erotica. The aquatic fungus Achyla, for instance, is capable of changing its sex on the spot, depending on the signals of the nearest available mate. Achyla can even get it on with two partners simultaneously, adopting male sex characteristics on one side and female on the other.

Hot. Now 94, the inexhaustible Raper (yes, she’s heard all the jokes) has traded her career as a fungi sexologist for a second vocation as an author — most recently of the thrillingly titled memoir, Love, Sex & Mushrooms: Adventures of a Woman in Science, published by Green Writers Press in November 2018. The book chronicles her initiation into fungal knowledge through her mentor, John “Red” Raper, a renowned mycologist and professor at the University of Chicago. The two later married after a whirlwind courtship, a period of agonizing uncertainty (when they met, Red had a wife and kid), and a distressing incident involving a pipette.

After Red’s death in 1974, Raper forged ahead with the research they had worked on together, embarking on a solo career at a time when women were scarce in scientific academia. From 1983 until her retirement in 1994, Raper was a research professor of microbiology and molecular genetics at the University of Vermont, where she directed studies on the mechanics of reproduction in a species of fungus with more than 20,000 sexual variations — male, female and everything in between.

A few days before she was scheduled to give a talk at Phoenix Books in Rutland on February 2, Raper was nursing a bad case of bronchitis. Before our interview, I called her to make sure she was still up for a conversation. She said she was, then requested that I pick up a pound of Misty Knoll Farms chicken wings and several “slightly greenish” bananas from City Market, Onion River Co-op on my way over. This is a woman who knows what she wants.

SD: Was it love at first sight as you locked eyes over a proliferating mold colony?

CR: Well, at first it didn’t even occur to me that he was a possible marriage prospect, because he was already married, with an adopted baby. But the university didn’t have any housing for a family at the time, so Red came alone while she and the baby stayed with her parents. The distance was hard for him, and they were starting to grow apart.

My first awareness that he was interested in me was his birthday, October 3, when he asked if he could spend it with me. So we started hanging out as friends.

And then one night, a group of us were all hanging out, listening to Hector Berlioz’s Requiem, and he and I were lying on the floor, and there were candles everywhere, and during one tenor solo, he reached over and took my hand. And then I thought, Oh, my God. This is it. What am I going to do?

It wasn’t too long after that that we got together. In bed, I mean.

was that Red decided he no longer wanted to continue in his marriage, and he wanted to be with me instead. So there was some resolution there.

SD: Did anyone advise you against taking Red’s last name?

CR: Oh, yes. Loads of people. We’d get calls in the middle of the night from drunk people as they flipped through the phone book, looking for funny last names. We’d pick up, and on the other end someone would yell, “Raper, raper, raper!” But I made my peace with it many years ago, when I had to serve on

I KNEW THE MECHANICS OF PROCREATION, BUT I DIDN’T

KNOW THE MAGIC OF IT. CA R D Y R A PER

jury duty, and the judge pronounced my name as “Roper,” maybe because she was trying to be polite. So very calmly, I said, “Actually, it’s pronounced ‘Raper.’”

And I’ve been fine with it ever since.

SD: Are fungi selective about their choice of partner? Are some spores just not meant to be?

CR: Definitely. Pheromones play a huge role in the initial process of getting together and being attracted to one another. And in the wood-rotting mushroom, for example, there are different genetic complexes, which reside on different chromosomes. There are many different genes in each complex.

Some combinations work together; some don’t.

The key to compatibility is that they have to be genetically different in a certain way. My last post-doc student was figuring out which amino acids in that chain of pheromone affect compatibility, and it turns that there are only four or five locations on the gene that are important.

So these subtle variations are essentially Mother Nature’s way of trying out how to do sex.

SD: Do humans have a similar biological mechanism for establishing sexual compatibility?

CR: Humans also emit pheromones and have pheromone receptors — in our nostrils, our tongues, our ears.

Those receptors receive a message, and then all of that gets transmitted to the brain, which has to interpret those messages. That’s where things get a little complicated.

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SD: After Red passed away, you got your PhD from Harvard University and went on to run your own lab at UVM. Do you think you would have accomplished all of that had Red lived a few more decades?

CR: Definitely not. I think we would have enjoyed old age together, but he was 13 years older than me, and women always live longer, anyway — though no one has quite figured out why. When he died, I was young enough that I had the will and the energy to carry on, but if it had been even five years later, I don’t know that I would have been able to do all of that.

SD: I feel duty-bound to ask you this: Is your middle initial B, by any chance?

CR: No, but that Cardi B is quite a personality. I think I like her politics.

SD: Ever hear a song called “Bodak Yellow”?

CR: No. [We listen to it. Raper looks nonplussed.]

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SD: In other words, if Cardi B were a fungus, she’d be a decidedly female spore.

CR: You might say that. You know, I think it’s unfair that men don’t get to be flashy and flamboyant in that way. They used to be, way back in the 18th century.

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SD: Right. Powdered wigs, blush, pants with a billion ornamental buttons.

CR: I think the whole women’s movement is not just about how women have been put down, but how men have put themselves down by segregating themselves the way they do. You look at Congress, and they’re all wearing black suits. They look like pencils in a box.

That’s boring. Poor guys. And they can’t cry, which is a pity. One thing I loved about Red? He was always able to cry.

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morphine. In some rather careless writing, the playwright tosses out questionable ideas about pain and addiction that run counter to the current thinking on opioid addiction. But let’s take them as breezy comedy and not public policy; for humorous purposes, we can let the playwright get away with saying there’s such a thing

DIRECTOR JESS CHAYES MOVES THE ACTION QUICKLY,

ESTABLISHING A FUNNY MOOD WITH BIG REACTIONS.

as an “addictive personality” and that Cora doesn’t have one. She’ll be just fine even without a doctor’s prescription, because she’s earned a second chance at life.

If the play’s meatiest matter is Julie’s need to find herself now that her kids have grown and her marriage has ended, Smith doesn’t get around to it until an upbeat, and contrived, ending. It’s prompted by Julie’s high school friend, Grace, who

the spark of a twinkling grin and crisp rapport with Findlay.

As Julie, Laurel Casillo has the comic polish to connect with other actors and bring out the humor in rata-tat exchanges. Casillo listens, reacts with wide eyes, then lands her laugh line. Laurie Wells plays Grace with high spirits and energy.

Director Jess Chayes moves the action quickly, establishing a funny mood with big reactions. The comic beats are nicely sculpted, and the overlapping dialogue mirrors a family’s good-natured, well-worn exasperation.

The set by scenic designer Reid Thompson is a triumph. A living room and library are framed by a giant reproduction of a section of Sandro Botticelli’s “The Birth of Venus.”

The library’s bookcases also include reproductions of classical sculpture, prominent among them the ancient Kenneth Kimmins and Diane J. Findlay Greek “Venus de Milo.” The proscenium set takes advantage of the high angle of seating in the theater to reveal a beautifully detailed kitchen upstage.

Lighting by Jennifer Reiser is espenudges Julie to “get some better dreams” cially effective, including loving illumina— and Julie is all-too-suddenly capable of tion on the sculpture in the bookcases. doing so. Rule No. 1 of the happy ending is Sound designer Ben Montmagny treats that characters have to fight for them, not the audience to bebop jazz during scene changes, perhaps a reference to Cora’s just deserve them.

If the text has some flaws, the play is 1950s youth. Costume designer Barbara nevertheless an occasion for some fine A. Bell found bright floral prints for Cora’s performers to enliven the show. Smith rebirth and a black-and-gray palette for has created roles for two older actors in Julie’s low point.

Smith’s previous premiere at Northern Cora and Winslow, and the Northern Stage production fills them wonderfully with Stage was Mad Love, an inventive romantic comedy that wrapped a group of oddballs Diane J. Findlay and Kenneth Kimmins.

Findlay is a firecracker, even when inside a story about the dating scene. She’s confined to a recliner. When she’s let a playwright to watch, and Venus Rising is loose to enjoy her romance with Winslow, already able to give talented performers a Findlay shows the kind of gusto that turns way to delight an audience. The crowd last aging gracefully into love of life. She whirls Thursday laughed freely, and Northern about the kitchen, baking muffins and Stage has showcased the new play in high keeping Julie in line with sharp remarks, style. all with a grin that lights up her face.

Contact: alex@sevendaysvt.com Findlay nearly rescues the play by showing Cora’s ability to find that smile again, INFO without taking joy for granted.

Kimmins gives Winslow bountiful Venus Rising, by Marisa Smith, directed by enthusiasm — this emeritus chemistry Jess Chayes, produced by Northern Stage. professor looks like a bubbling beaker Through February 17: Tuesday, Wednesday and himself. Kimmins’ happy energy overturns Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Thursday and Saturday, 2 and the grim image of geriatric sex that Julie 7:30 p.m.; and Sunday, 5 p.m., Barrette Center cringes to imagine. Winslow’s scenes are for the Arts in White River Junction. $34-59. brief, but Kimmins gives each exchange northernstage.org COURTESY OF KATA SASVARI

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orthern Stage has made a point of developing emerging playwrights, supporting their work through readings and workshops, and cultivating a local audience willing to see new work. Writing a play is rarely complete until the playwright sees and hears actors portray the action, and now Marisa Smith gets the benefit of the world premiere of her comedy Venus Rising. Audiences get an amusing, briskly paced rising-from-the-ashes story.

Smith contrasts the attitudes of two generations when a mother and daughter both find themselves at the comedy version of rock bottom. Julie, the daughter, has returned to her childhood home after her husband threw her out; their amicable divorce is under way. Cora, the mother, has been a widow for five years and spends her days stiff with arthritis, her horizon limited to a television screen.

As Julie wheels in her suitcases, her own three children are settled into college and semesters abroad.

Her energy is channeled into amateur hypochondria; she makes poultices and frets over brain cancer. Cora has only strength enough to hurl sarcastic barbs from her recliner and to fend off Julie’s ridicule of the white wine she buys at CVS. The plot premise could lead to comic confrontations, and Venus Rising is a pleasant diversion that could become a solid play after further revisions. Northern Stage’s commitment to an emerging playwright is laudable, but Venus Rising is not yet strong storytelling.

The core problem is a lack of problems: The characters aren’t tested by obstacles.

Worse, Smith provides external solutions before the going gets rough, keeping the comedy light by fixes that border on fantasy. Night falls at the end of Scene 1, but the morning of Scene 2 turns out to be several weeks later, and suddenly Cora has a new lease on life after a neighbor, retired chemistry professor Winslow, has shown a romantic interest. He’s charming, and now the only conflict is Julie recoiling from any allusions to her mother’s sex life.

That’s good for a few laughs, but not nearly as many as the script attempts.

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A Middlebury couple opens a double-duty restaurant on Otter Creek

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light snow fell at dusk on a recent Saturday evening in Middlebury, floating past the window by our table at the Arcadian and falling to the river below.

We were on the lower level of the threedeck restaurant at the edge of Otter Creek;

I was lucky to be on the river-view side of the restaurant, which opened on Bakery Lane in mid-November.

It wasn’t easy to turn my gaze from the scene outside, but our cocktails were pretty alluring. Mine was served on a cornhusk, a presentation easily matched by the cocktail,

called Blue Corn and Chocolate: houseinfused bourbon (cacao and popcorn), smoked husk syrup, and chocolate bitters.

My cousin’s gin and tonic was delivered in a small, capped bottle that was popped at our table; the gin was infused with foraged local botanicals — spruce,

FIRST

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Squid-ink orecchiette with pan-fried rock shrimp, Calabrian salami and chile

PHOTOS: CALEB KENNA

Caroline and Matt Corrente with their son, Casey

juniper, cedar and more. The tonic was made in-house. Her drink was set on a piece of burlap cut from a coffee-bean bag.

The cocktails foretold what was to come: a meal that delighted and intrigued us with each course, unfolding at a pace that invited us to hang out — always with food on the table.

Three days later, I sat at the same table overlooking the creek. This time it was late morning, the sky was steely gray and the restaurant had a different name: Haymaker Bun Company. My drink was a latte that I fetched from the bar. I ate it with a sticky cinnamon bun. When I cleared my mug and plate and put them in the dish bin, the tub was carried to the kitchen by Matt Corrente, who was working a dishwashing shift that morning. The night I ate at the Arcadian, he was the chef.

Corrente, 34, and his wife, Caroline Corrente, 29, have created two distinct businesses within one building. The shared space is Caroline’s bakery and café in the morning and Matt’s Italian restaurant at night. The workstation by the front door where Caroline makes pastry dough at 5 a.m. is a pasta-making place at 5 p.m.

“I always knew I wanted to open a restaurant with Matt one day,” said Caroline. “The backbone of our relationship is food, and love for food.”

The couple met in 2012 at Pistou, an acclaimed but now-defunct Burlington restaurant. Matt, a graduate of Middlebury College, had majored in studio art and premed and thought he’d be a dentist.

Yet he had started in the restaurant business as a teenage dishwasher in his native Rhode Island. After college, Matt switched directions, attended culinary school and has cooked in restaurants ever since. (Most recently, before opening the Arcadian, he was the chef at Middlebury’s Notte.)

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“It’s like a butcher shop of microgreens,” Rock said.

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ganic vegetable farm in Burlington’s Intervale, has launched an offshoot retail business in the Soda Plant building at 266 Pine Street.

PITCHFORK FARM AND PICKLE, which opened in late January, is the latest food and beverage enterprise to set up shop at the former site of ReSOURCE. It sells fermented and pickled products made from vegetables grown on Pitchfork’s 18-acre farm, including kimchi, sauerkraut, fermented watermelon radish and a variety of quick pickles.

The kimchi, from a recipe devised by chef GEORGE LAMBERTSON of ARTSRIOT, incorporates Napa cabbage, scallions, daikon, carrots and garlic from Pitchfork. For the upcoming season, the farm will add ingredients used in fermentation, such as ginger and varieties of hot peppers, to its crop rotation, the farmers said.

“We’re going to be growing with the intention toward pickling this year,” said farmer/fermenter JULIA IRISH, “as well as [growing] what Pitchfork has been doing for years.”

Pitchfork sells vegetables to about 40 wholesale accounts

in the Burlington area, including the University of Vermont Medical Center, restaurants, food trucks and grocery stores.

Co-owners ERIC SEITZ and ROB ROCK have been farming together at the Intervale for a decade. Irish, who has worked at the farm, is a partner of Seitz and Rock at Pitchfork Farm and Pickle, where she is developing recipes, fermenting and pickling.

“She’s a fermentation fanatic,” Rock said.

Irish’s sauerkraut recipe comes from the Bavarian father of a friend, for whom she named the product: Sepp’s Bavarian Style Sauerkraut.

JERICHO KING, a cook at the GREAT NORTHERN who ferments for the restaurant, provided guidance on equipment and tools, she said.

Last week, for the fifth year in a row, HILL FARMSTEAD BREWERY in Greensboro Bend was named the best brewery in the world. The 2018 title came once again from RateBeer, a beer review and rating website, which noted in its announcement that Hill Farmstead beat out more than 34,000 other breweries.

“At this point, it’s kind of like we really hope we get No. 1,” PHIL YOUNG, who works in production and retail at Hill Farmstead, told Seven Days.

“If you’re at the top, there’s nowhere to go but down, so you want to stay there.”

Hill Farmstead was founded by SHAUN HILL at his family’s Northeast Kingdom farm in May 2010 and proceeded to win RateBeer’s best new brewery title its first year. In 2012, Hill Farmstead was named the world’s best brewery by RateBeer for the first time.

The brewery slipped to No. 2 the next year, regained the top spot in 2014 and has held the ranking ever since.

“I think it’s all definitely driven by Shaun to continue to make the best beer that we can,” said Young, who has worked at Hill Farmstead since 2011. ‘If we get called the best brewery in the world, that’s fine. But if [the rating] didn’t exist, I don’t think that would change Shaun’s drive at all.”

Young recalled Hill’s mother telling a story in which she said that before her son opened the brewery, Don’t Wait, make your he wanted to make the best beer in the world. “The seed Valentine’s Reservations today! was there,” Young said.

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walked into Pistou, Matt looked at her and smiled, and his fellow cook, George Lambertson, told him, “You’re going to marry that girl.” Lambertson, now chef-owner of ArtsRiot, was on the mark: Caroline and Matt married in 2014.

The Correntes now live in Middlebury with their 2-year-old son. They share ownership of the Arcadian and Haymaker and occasionally bake or wash dishes for each other. Their front-of-the-house wooden prep table has a “dough soul to it,” as Matt put it, whether it’s pastry or pasta. Still, the businesses that together employ about 30 people are independent in function and feel.

“Breaking in the middle of the day allows the two concepts to be segregated,” Matt explained. “[And] they draw from two different cultures creatively.”

In the morning, college students work on laptops and couples chat over coffee. A customer might linger in a corner booth after closing time at 11:30, when the space begins its daily transformation.

In the evening, the counter that held breakfast buns becomes a bar that offers a negroni on tap. Diners are served at their tables, and the kitchen turns out an assortment of housemade pasta dishes and seafood dinners. Matt’s meals are grounded in traditional Italian cuisine and shaped by Vermont’s seasonal and valueadded ingredients.

“I see it as an opportunity to really create something new,” said Matt. He’s interested in the “parallels” between Italy and New England — from geography to food history to cultural artisanship — and

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in making food that draws from and highlights these attributes.

Our meal exemplified this approach, especially the pair of terrific entrées.

First, though, we started with a big bowl of steamed mussels in a slurp-worthy broth of tomato, white wine and garlic, served with a slab of grilled bread. Next came a sizable salad of chopped romaine, radicchio, slivered endives and croutons tossed in a Caesar dressing. (Kudos to the kitchen for sending these out one at a time so we could share and take our time over each.)

My entrée was tagliatelle Bolognese, a tangle of pasta tossed in ragù of beef (shoulder that’s ground in-house), ground pork and cured meat. The sauce was not tomato based but a gravy whose key ingredient is veal stock, according to Matt.

I snitched from my cousin’s plate — a special of pan-seared scallops that came aligned on fennel risotto, bordered on one side by a roasted-red-pepper-and-almond pesto and on the other by radicchio, which was charred on the grill before being steamed in its juices. The plate’s winter palette — jade green (risotto), reddishorange sunset (peppers) and night-sky (radicchio) — was as lovely and distinct as its flavors.

“I like that dish,” Matt said later, explaining that the fennel, which gives the risotto its hue, comes in three forms: the fennel itself, its juice and cracked fennel seed. He devised it because he had a lot of peppers around and because the restaurant was briefly out of branzino. Matt wanted a seafood dish to replace the sea bass that is a regular menu item.

The night we dined at the Arcadian, the scallop special was available and branzino was back on the menu. I got a vicarious thrill watching a diner at the neighboring table receive his fish, lean back in his chair to take a good look at it, flash a big smile and give a double thumbs-up before taking his first bite.

We moved on to dessert, a wedge of Caroline’s rich chocolate torte resting on a thick caramel-orange glaze and adorned with whipped cream. This was an easy twothumbs-up, both before and after eating.

I’m envisioning a return to the Arcadian in the summertime, when the house gin and tonic, flavored by the foraging and imagination of bar manager Andon Whitehorn, can be sipped on the patio alongside Otter Creek.

“It’s been a blast,” Whitehorn said of the first months at the Arcadian. The same could be said of our meal.

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CELLAR TASTING Friday, February, 8, 6:30-9 p.m., Shelburne Vineyard. $30. Info, 985-8222, shelburnevineyard.com.

PIES & PINTS NIGHT Pie Empire’s Stephanie Choate swings by the New North End’s superfriendly neighborhood brewery with savory pies to warm frozen winter hearts. Friday, February 8, 5:30-8 p.m., Simple Roots Brewing, Burlington. Cost of food and beverage.

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GRAFTON WINTER CARNIVAL Winter revelers partake in sleigh rides, downhill tubing and snowshoe tours with stops for wine and cheese. Saturday, February 9, 11 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Various locations, Grafton. Price varies by event. Info, 843-2248, graftoninnvermont.com.

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rom the day they started dating in 2002, Albert Reyes-McCarver and Michael McCarver-Reyes have been essentially inseparable. “It wasn’t so much dating; he moved in the next week,” Michael said with a smile, sitting across from his husband early last week at Champlain Islands Candy Lab, their new South Hero shop and production kitchen.

“We do everything together,” elaborated Albert, noting that their personalities are complementary. “There’s a yin and a yang with us.”

Over the years, the pair has epitomized togetherness in both their personal and professional lives. “We’re around each other 24-7. People sometimes find it odd,” Albert conceded, “but we’re best friends.”

Living together in New York City, the couple started their own medical writing company, then both worked for the health information website WebMD for a decade before being simultaneously laid off in late 2016 when the company downsized.

A few years earlier, the pair had bought a vacation and weekend getaway home in Grand Isle with an eye to moving up full time. The severance pay from WebMD jump-started that plan and the birth of their latest joint venture. Champlain Islands Candy Lab launched online in 2016, followed by limited local retail distribution and a stand at the Saturday Champlain Islands Farmers Market starting in the summer of 2017.

The South Hero bricks-and-mortar location opened on December 10, 2018.

“Eight days after my birthday,” noted Albert, 44.

“Your birthday’s in December?” his husband, 57, queried with a straight face.

“Oh, shut up,” Albert retorted, laughing.

“He does that to me all the time.”

In July 2011, Albert and Michael were among the crowd of couples in line on the first day gay marriage was legal in New York State. In the confusion of that inaugural day, a bureaucrat incorrectly told them they had to add their spouse’s last name after theirs rather than combining the two into a shared double-barreled name. Their resulting mirror-image surnames were a minor blip on a joyful day.

“Some people didn’t want anything to do with the hegemonic institution [of

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marriage],” Michael said, “but I wanted to be able to call him my husband — and I wanted the legal protections for us.” “‘Partner’ is such a weird word,” Albert added. “Like you’re incorporated or something.”

The two are, of course, business partners, although Champlain Islands Candy Lab is not incorporated. The venture is quite different from their previous shared professional experiences and not an obvious next step for a law school graduate (Michael) and a biochemist with a master’s in education (Albert). But both are passionate about food. And, after the shock of being laid off, “we decided we might as well do something that would enrich our lives,” Albert said.

In their new headquarters, a low gate separates the shining stainless-steel kitchen — or “lab,” as they call it — from the retail space. Before pausing to chat last week, Michael had been carefully laying out toasted whole almonds in waveshaped molds that he would complete

with dried cherries and dark chocolate and then dust with ground almonds and sea salt.

“It’s called Midnight Dream,” he said. “It was the first bar I ever came up with. You’ll notice the almonds are all pointed in the same direction. We pay a lot of attention to taste ratio in every bite. There’s just enough room for a cherry between each one.”

The retail display case held more bars of white, milk and dark chocolate that boasted generous nuggets of ginger snaps, candied ginger or potato chips. Biting into a selection of molded and hand-painted chocolate hearts, domes and flowers revealed Champlain Islands Candy Lab’s varied signature flavored caramel fillings.

They’re made with honey, apple cider, maple, wild raspberries and even the juice of sweet potatoes and corn — all locally sourced. A cake stand sparkled with sugarcoated lavender, orange blossom and raspberry jelly candies called “gummibomben,” a hybrid of gumdrops and gummy bears.

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Valentine’s Day creation, the Supersized Chocolate Pearl-Filled Sweetheart, was also on display. A large hollow chocolate heart had been cracked open to unveil a half dozen caramel-filled chocolate domes splashed abstractly with color, like the best Kinder Surprise Egg ever. Unlike the rest of the case’s contents, this creation is too delicate to ship, requiring that customers trek to South Hero for pickup.

That should be no hardship for the many locals who already stop by the candy lab regularly for a sweet treat, an espresso, a rich cup of drinking chocolate or a bakery special, such as the mouthwatering apple fritters with cider glaze on offer last week. Those from farther away might still consider making the trip. “It’s an experience to buy chocolates here, like going to a jewelry store,” said Albert.

When the couple decided to focus on food, chocolate was not their initial plan. In New York City, they gained some industry insight from their experience as silent investors in a restaurant. “I wanted

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to do French macarons,” Michael said, referring to the delicate almond cookie.

“Albert wanted to do hard candy.”

Both confections proved too finicky, so they landed on chocolate, which has its own demands. Albert’s mother had worked for a high-end chocolate company during his New Jersey childhood, and his biochemistry background serves him well in working with chocolate, he said. He was the one who did seven months of professional chocolatier training online through Ecole Chocolat. “But I did the homework, too,” Michael said.

The couple started production in their Grand Isle home but soon outgrew it.

“We thought it was a large kitchen, but it turned out not to be,” Michael said.

They expanded production into the basement kitchen of a former churchturned-art-gallery, but it quickly became clear that they needed their own dedicated facility. In early 2018, the couple bought the South Hero property, then took the better part of a year to renovate it into a small storefront with a large production kitchen. A side room used for storage will host special events like an upcoming Valentine’s Day wine and caramel tasting with nearby Snow Farm Vineyard.

The South Street building had been an antique store, craft shop and law offices, but “it started out as a food business,” Albert said, pointing to a meat hook in the ceiling. “This was originally the meat locker of a butcher shop.”

The pair envisioned the retail counter primarily as an extra outlet for which they could make year-round, productionefficient batches to balance online orders.

The amount of foot traffic they received in their first few weeks surprised them.

“We expected a slow ramp-up. We

had no clue that before Christmas we’d be here ’til 1:30 or two in the morning and waking up at five to come back,” Michael said. “Our dogs weren’t speaking to us, but it made us really happy. The support has been incredible.”

They received strong local support from the beginning, they said, especially from Wendy Horne of Keeler’s Bay Variety Store in South Hero, who stocked their products and showed them the retail ropes. “She had faith in us,” Albert said.

It was quite a change, the couple said, to move from a huge city to the quiet Vermont islands. But the adjustment to full-time country life has been smoother than expected. After a few years, Michael said, “We know more people on these islands than in NYC.” Things have calmed down a little for the chocolatiers in the New Year, but business remains steady, and they just hired their first employee.

“I love it so much, even if I’m here for 15 hours and I can’t feel my heels because I’m standing so much,” Albert said. “I love that it’s cerebral but also hands-on, that we can interface with real customers and build a community around our work.”

The couple continues to enjoy working with and around each other. When asked how they divide the tasks, Albert said, “I don’t do dishes.” His husband smiled and said evenly, “I didn’t do them, but I do now.”

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WHAT LIVE EVENTS CAN DO TO GROW YOUR BUSINESS: Enterprisers leave this workshop with three to five clear steps to take toward planning successful business-boosting occasions. Starbucks, South Burlington, 580 Shelburne Rd., 5-7 p.m. Free. Info, 395-1061.

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FIBER RIOT!: Creative types get hooked on knitting, crocheting, spinning and more at an informal weekly gathering.

Mad River Fiber Arts & Mill, Waitsfield, 5-7:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 496-7746.

KNITTER’S GROUP: Needles in tow, crafters share their latest projects and get help with challenging patterns. All skill levels are welcome. South Burlington Community Library, University Mall, 6:30-8 p.m.

Free. Info, 846-4140.

dance

SQUARE DANCING: Swing your partner! Dancers foster friendships while exercising their minds and bodies. Barre Area Senior Center, 1-3 p.m.

Donations; preregister. Info, 479-9512.

STEP AFRIKA: Called “electrifying talents” by the Washington Post, the award-winning dance company draws on a wealth of influences, from traditional African dance to contemporary styles. Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center, Stowe Mountain Resort, 7 p.m. $25-55. Info, 760-4634.

education

WINTER OPEN HOUSE: Parents and potential students learn the ABCs of the

CHITTENDEN COUNTY STAMP CLUB MEETING: First-class collectibles provide a glimpse into the postal past at this monthly gathering. Williston Fire Station, 6:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 660-4817.

See what’s playing at local theaters in the movies section.

‘DINOSAURS ALIVE 3D’: Audience members embark on a virtual hunt for fossilized clues revealing the behavior and world of extinct reptiles. Northfield Savings Bank 3D ¥ eater: A National Geographic Experience, ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 11 a.m., 1 & 3 p.m. $3-5 plus regular admission, $11.50-14.50; admission free for members and kids 2 and under. Info, 864-1848.

‘THE LAST REEF 3D’: Viewers visit a living city beneath the sea by way of an immersive film. Northfield Savings Bank 3D ¥ eater: A National Geographic Experience, ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 11:30 a.m., 1:30 & 3:30 p.m. $3-5 plus regular admission, $11.50-14.50; admission free for members and kids 2 and under. Info, 864-1848.

‘LIFE, ANIMATED’: Cinephiles see a 2016 documentary in which a family overcomes challenges with the help of Disney movies. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 748-2600.

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‘LOVE AFTER LOVE’: A 2018 drama follows a mother and her two sons as they deal with life’s challenges following the death of their family’s patriarch. Highland Center for the Arts, Greensboro, 6-8 p.m. $5.

Info, 533-2000.

‘MYSTERIES OF THE UNSEEN WORLD 3D’: An awe-inspiring picture reveals phenomena that can’t be seen with the naked eye. Northfield Savings Bank 3D ¥ eater: A National Geographic Experience, ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, noon, 2 & 4 p.m. $3-5 plus regular admission, $11.50-14.50; admission free for members and kids 2 and under. Info, 864-1848.

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COMMUNITY SUPPER: A scrumptious spread connects friends and neighbors. ¥ e Pathways Vermont Community Center, Burlington, 5-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 888492-8218, ext. 300.

COOKBOOK CLUB: Home cooks bring and discuss dishes prepared from The Indonesian Kitchen by Marks Copeland and Mintari Soeharjo or The Indonesian Kitchen: Recipes and Stories by Sri Owen. South Burlington Community Library, University Mall, 6-7:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 846-4140.

MAC ‘N’ CHEESE MONTH: Taste buds explode as chef Billy whips up a new mouthwatering fromage-and-pasta creation each week. Stone Corral Brewery, Richmond, 5-9 p.m. Cost of food and drink.

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West World Well, howdy there, partner. Ten multitalented artists from the contemporary circus company Cirque Éloize burst through swinging doors into a fantasy version of the American Old West in the awe-inspiring spectacle Saloon. Employing elements of circus artistry such as aerial straps, Korean plank (also known as teeterboard) and the Cyr wheel, these high-flying entertainers tell a love story chock-full o’ comedy and theatricality. Four musicians and singers accompany the action with live renditions of country classics and folk-inspired compositions. Says Jeannot Painchaud, president and chief creative officer of the Montréal-based company, “I see the saloon as a place of improbable encounters; a fabulous playground for artistic exploration.”

CIRQUE ÉLOIZE Wednesday, February 13, 7 p.m., at Flynn MainStage in Burlington. $25-60. Info, 863-5966, flynntix.org.

Seeing Double In August 2018, the fourth annual Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival screened 51 features and 55 shorts. This month, two of the top documentaries hit silver screens around the state. Directed

by Ivo Marloh, Best Documentary Feature finalist All the Wild Horses follows five international riders as they cross mountain and desert in the 650-mile Mongol Derby horse race. Director Tom Herman’s Dateline: Saigon, which won Best Documentary Feature in the fest, profiles five Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists who shed light on the early years of the Vietnam War. Some tour stops feature filmmaker Q&As, and others include only one of the two films, so be sure to visit middfilmfest.org for schedule details.

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MIDDLEBURY NEW FILMMAKERS FESTIVAL VERMONT TOUR Friday, February 8, All the Wild Horses, 5 p.m.; Dateline: Saigon, 7:30 p.m., at the Film House, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, in Burlington, $5-10 per film. Saturday, February 9, All the Wild Horses, 3 & 5:30 p.m., at the Billings Farm & Museum in Woodstock, $6-11 per showing; Dateline: Saigon, 4 p.m.; All the Wild Horses, 6:30 p.m., at Highland Center for the Arts in Greensboro, $8-10 per film. Sunday, February 10, All the Wild Horses, 1 p.m.; Dateline: Saigon, 4 p.m., at the Paramount ¥ eatre in Rutland, $10; $16 for both films; All the Wild Horses, 2 p.m.; Dateline: Saigon, 4:30 p.m., at Vergennes Opera House, $12; $20 for both films; Dateline: Saigon, 6:30 p.m., at the Savoy ¥ eater in Montpelier, $10-12; and Dateline: Saigon, 7 p.m., at Next Stage Arts Project in Putney, $12. Info, 247-4650, middfilmfest.org.

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n a 2014 piece written for the BBC, sociologist Tiffany Jenkins explores the power of music to invoke memories. “It provides a rhythm and rhyme and sometimes alliteration, which helps unlock that information with cues,” she writes. Audience members may find that childhood memories come to the fore when Vermont’s Scrag Mountain Music presents “Musical Storytelling for All Ages.”

Described as entertainment for folks ages 0 through 100, this whimsical program includes compositions such as Jon Deak’s “„ e Ugly Duckling” and James Scott Balentine’s version of “„ ree Billy Goats Gruff.” „ e Aeolus Quartet (pictured) and Montpelier theater artist Kim Bent join Scrag co-artistic directors Evan Premo and Mary Bonhag for this interactive and nostalgic concert.

Birding is generally an outdoor endeavor, but during this frigid time of year, some Vermonters may chirp with glee at the thought of bringing the hobby indoors. The Friends of the Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge team up with the Saint Albans Museum to sponsor Bird Tales, a third annual indoor celebration of feathered friends.

Ornithology enthusiasts flock to the Bliss Room to gobble up refreshments, hear stories from the field and meet live winged wonders from the Southern Vermont Natural History Museum. Have a burning question about egg-laying vertebrates? Experts will be on hand to answer queries.

BIRD TALES February 7, 6:30-8:30 p.m., at Saint Albans Museum. Free. Info, birdtales@friendsofmissisquoi.org, friendsofmissisquoi.org.

SCRAG MOUNTAIN MUSIC Saturday, February 9, 10 a.m., at Bread & Butter Farm in Shelburne; and 4 p.m., at Lost Nation „ eater, Montpelier City Hall. Sunday, February 10, 4 p.m., at Middlebury Community Music Center. Donations.

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games

BRIDGE CLUB: Players have fun with the popular card game.

Burlington Bridge Club, Williston, 9:15 a.m. & 1:30 p.m. $6. Info, 872-5722.

CRIBBAGE TEAMS: Longtime players and neophytes alike aim for a value of 15 or 31 in this competitive card game. Twin Valley Senior Center, East Montpelier, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 223-3322.

PINOCHLE & RUMMY: Card sharks engage in friendly competition.

Twin Valley Senior Center, East Montpelier, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 223-3322.

health & fitness

ACROYOGA CLASS: fie mindful ness and breath of yoga meet the playful aspects of acrobatics in a partner practice. No partners or experience required. Sangha Studio — Pine, Burlington, 7-8:15 p.m. Donations. Info, 448-4262.

BONE BUILDERS EXERCISE CLASSES: Folks of all ages ward off osteoporosis in an exercise and prevention class. Twin Valley Senior Center, East Montpelier, 7:30, 9 & 10:40 a.m. Free. Info, 223-3322.

CHAIR YOGA: Comfortable clothing is recommended for this class focused on balance, breath, flexibility and meditation. Barre Area Senior Center, 11 a.m.-noon. Free; preregister. Info, 479-9512.

SOUND HEALING WITH CRYSTAL SINGING BOWLS: Kimberlee Forney provides healing vibrations that correspond with each of the seven chakras. BYO mat or blanket. Kimberlee Forney Art Studio, Williston, 6:45-7:45 p.m.

Free; preregister. Info, kimberleef@msn.com.

YOGA4CANCER: Meant for patients and survivors, this class aims to help participants manage treatment side effects and recovery. Sangha Studio — North, Burlington, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 448-4262.

language

BEGINNER & INTERMEDIATE/ ADVANCED ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASSES: Learners take communication to the next level. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211.

GERMAN CONVERSATION GROUP: Community members practice conversing auf Deutsch.

Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211.

HERBIE HANCOCK: Equal parts artist and mad scientist, the groundbreaking jazz keyboardist, composer and bandleader is still blazing new trails some six decades into his incomparable career. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $25-90. Info, 863-5966.

SCRAG MOUNTAIN MUSIC: fie Aeolus Quartet participate in an abridged preview performance of “Musical Storytelling for all Ages.” Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 6:45-7:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 426-3581.

SONG CIRCLE: Singers and musicians congregate for an acoustic session of popular folk tunes.

Godnick Adult Center, Rutland, 7:15-9:15 p.m. Donations. Info, 775-1182.

talks

CHRIS BOHJALIAN: When is art activism and when is it escapism? fie V ermont author examines this question in “fie Ar tist as Activist.” Goodrich Memorial Library, Newport, 7-8:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 334-7902.

DAVID MILLS: In a dramatic rendition of Langston Hughes’ poems and short stories, the actor and writer celebrates the life of the Harlem Renaissance wordsmith. House Chamber, Vermont Statehouse, Montpelier, 7:30-9 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

DAVID SHRIBMAN: In “fie News About the News,” the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist reads into the current media landscape.

St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 748-8291.

EMILY BERNARD: fie Univ ersity of Vermont professor reads into We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy by Ta-Nehisi Coates. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955.

JANE CHAPLIN: fie Middlebur y College professor harks back to Greek historians Herodotus and fiucy dides in “fie Inv ention of History.” Rutland Free Library, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 773-1860.

L. PAUL BREMER III: In his Todd Lecture Series address, “America Is Still the Indispensable Nation,” the former ambassador defends the nation’s global responsibilities. Mack Hall Auditorium, Norwich University, Northfield, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 485-2633.

LUNCH IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE: SPANISH: ¡Hola! Language lovers perfect their fluency. KelloggHubbard Library, Montpelier, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

RANDALL BALMER: “What You Didn’t Know About Evangelicalism” delves into the long and complex history of the Christian tradition. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 7-8:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 388-4095.

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tech

‘CHILDREN OF GOD’: A powerful Canadian musical tells the story of a First Nation family torn apart when its children are taken to a faraway residential school. Sylvan Adams fieatre, Segal Centre for Performing Arts, Montréal, 1 p.m. $47-62. Info, 514-739-7944.

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GOOGLE DRIVE 1: Folks who are familiar with using the internet get dialed in to the basics of Google Chrome, Gmail and Google Docs. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 5:30-7 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 865-7217.

TECH HELP WITH CLIF: Electronics novices develop skill

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sets applicable to smartphones, tablets and other gadgets.

Brownell Library, Essex Junction, noon & 1 p.m. Free; preregister.

Info, 878-6955.

TECH TURNS & TACOS: Tech folks, entrepreneurs and mountain enthusiasts looking to network hit the slopes, then enjoy familystyle tacos and thirst-quenching beverages. Bolton Valley Resort, 9 a.m.-10 p.m. $10-50. Info, 877-926-5866.

theater

‘A DOLL’S HOUSE, PART 2’: Lucas Hnath’s witty sequel to Henrik Isben’s classic drama, presented

by Vermont Stage, offers a complex exploration of traditional gender roles and the struggles within human relationships.

Black Box fieater , Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $29.70-33.

Info, 862-1497.

‘VENUS RISING’: Insults, galoshes and English muffins fly as Julie and her adult daughter Cora fight for control of Julie’s life in Northern Stage’s world premiere production of this play by Marisa Smith. Barrette Center for the Arts, White River Junction, 7:30 p.m. $19-59. Info, 296-7000.

words

BILL TORREY: fie Vermont raconteur tells true tales in his presentation “Stories From Behind the Barn.” Waterbury Public Library, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 244-7036.

BOOK DISCUSSION: Chosen as the 2019 Vermont Reads title, the graphic novel March: Book One by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell inspires a lively dialogue. Lawrence Memorial Library, Bristol, 5:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 453-2366.

FICTION WORKSHOP: Readers focus on elements of the craft when responding to work by Burlington Writers Workshop members. 110 Main St., Suite 3C, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free; preregister at meetup.com; limited space. Info, 383-8104.

WRITING CIRCLE: Words pour out when participants explore creative expression in a low-pressure environment. fie Pathways Vermont Community Center, Burlington, 4-5 p.m. Free. Info, 888-492-8218, ext. 303.

WRITING FOR HEALING WORKSHOP: Wordsmiths learn to combine basic writing and cognitive behavioral therapy skills into a tool for recovering from trauma, anxiety and mental illness.

Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6-7 p.m. Free; for ages 18 and up.

Info, 318-6100.

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HANDWORK CIRCLE: Friends and neighbors make progress on works of knitting, crocheting, cross-stitch and other creative endeavors. Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 426-3581.

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BIRD TALES: Avian enthusiasts flock to the Bliss Room for live birds, themed entertainment, vendors and refreshments. See calendar spotlight. Saint Albans Museum, St. Albans, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, birdtales@ friendsofmissisquoi.org.

LA LECHE LEAGUE MEETING: Nursing mothers share breastfeeding tips and resources. Essex Free Library, 6:30-8 p.m. Free.

Info, lllessexvt@gmail.com.

QUEEN CITY BICYCLE CLUB MONTHLY RIDE: Folks who identify as women, trans, femme and nonbinary empower one another on a group excursion complete with glitter and a giant boom box.

A drink ticket awaits each rider at Zero Gravity Craft Brewery. Old Spokes Home, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, christine.tyler@ gmail.com.

SNOW BALL: A fundraiser for Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sports entices supporters with live music by the Grift as well as eats, drinks and a silent auction.

Sugarbush Resort, Warren, 7 p.m. $40-70; free for adaptive athletes. Info, 786-4991.

TAX HELP: Low- and middleincome taxpayers, especially seniors, get help filing their taxes.

Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 9:15, 10:15, 11:15 & 12:15 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 878-6955.

film

See what’s playing at local theaters in the movies section.

‘DINOSAURS ALIVE 3D’: See WED.6.

‘THE GAY DIVORCEE’: Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers grace the screen in this 1934 musical comedy about an American woman who falls for a dashing performer while seeking a divorce in England. Woodstock Town Hall fieatre, 7:30 p.m. $5. Info, 457-3981.

‘I WANT TO EAT YOUR PANCREAS’: Fans of Japanese animation are drawn to a 2018 drama that explores the relationship between the terminally ill Sakura and an unnamed protagonist. Shown on fiursday with subtitles and Sunday with dubbing. Palace 9 Cinemas, South Burlington, 7 p.m. $12.50. Info, 660-9300.

‘THE LAST REEF 3D’: See WED.6.

‘MYSTERIES OF THE UNSEEN WORLD 3D’: See WED.6.

food & drink

COMMUNITY LUNCH: Gardengrown fare makes for a delicious and nutritious midday meal. fie Pathways Vermont Community Center, Burlington, 1-2 p.m. Free.

Info, 888-492-8218, ext. 309.

FIRST THURSDAY UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST LADIES’ LUNCHEON: Women come together for a midday chatand-chew. Quiche et Crêpe, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 12:15 p.m. Cost of food and drink; preregister.

Info, 518-310-1457.

MAC ‘N’ CHEESE MONTH: See WED.6.

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health & fitness

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CHITTENDEN COUNTY CHESS CLUB: Checkmate! Strategic thinkers make calculated moves as they vie for their opponents’ kings. Shaw’s, Shelburne Road, South Burlington, 7-9:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 863-5403.

BEGINNERS TAI CHI: Students get a feel for the ancient Chinese practice. Twin Valley Senior Center, East Montpelier, 10-11 a.m.

Free. Info, 223-3322.

BONE BUILDERS: Seniors rise and shine with an exercise program meant to increase bone density and muscle strength. Barre Area Senior Center, 8:30-9:30 a.m.

Free. Info, 479-9512.

CHAIR YOGA WITH SANGHA STUDIO: Supported poses promote health and wellbeing. Champlain Senior Center, Burlington, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free.

Info, 448-4262.

COMMUNITY MINDFULNESS: A 20-minute guided practice with Andrea O’Connor alleviates stress and tension. Tea and a discussion follow. Winooski Senior Center, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 233-1161.

FALLS PREVENTION TAI CHI: Students improve their ability to stay steady on their feet. Barre Area Senior Center, 3:45-4:45 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 479-9512.

SOCIAL GATHERING: Conversation flows at an informal get-together in the bar area. Folks may also stay for dinner. Zenbarn, Waterbury, 6-8 p.m. Cost of food and drink; preregister. Info, greg@ pridecentervt.org.

‘CHILDREN OF GOD’: See WED.6, 1 & 8 p.m.

music

Find club dates in the music section.

MUSIC FOR MALAYAKA HOUSE: Local musicians including violinist Jane Kittredge and cellist Emily Taubl lend their talent to a benefit concert supporting an annual service trip to Uganda.

Champlain College Art Gallery, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. $20; free for students; cash bar. Info, 865-5449.

talks

GREAT DECISIONS: ‘REFUGEES AND GLOBAL MIGRATION’: Who determines whether someone is a refugee or a migrant?

Participants delve into this and other questions during a discussion of world affairs. South Burlington Community Library, University Mall, 6-7:45 p.m. Free.

Info, 846-4140.

theater

RUTLAND ZEN SANGHA MEDITATION: Folks meet for a Zen Buddhist spiritual practice including meditation and liturgy.

Email for more info before attending. Chaffee Art Center, Rutland, 7:15-7:45 a.m. Donations. Info, ryohad@comcast.net.

‘AND THEN THERE WERE NONE’: Vermont Actors’ Repertory fieatre brings Agatha Christie’ s classic murder mystery to the stage. Tuttle Hall fieater , College of St. Joseph, Rutland, 7:30 p.m. $20; limited space. Info, producer@actorsrepvt.org.

YANG 24 TAI CHI: Slow, graceful, expansive movements promote wide-ranging health and fitness benefits. Great Room, Wright House, Harrington Village, Shelburne, 4-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 735-5467.

‘A DOLL’S HOUSE, PART 2’: See WED.6.

YOGA: A Sangha Studio instructor guides students who are in recovery toward achieving inner tranquility. Turning Point Center, Burlington, 5-6 p.m. Free. Info, 448-4262.

holidays

BARK & WINE WITH YOUR VALENTINE: Couples and their canine companions show their love for PAWS at a benefit bash boasting palate-pleasing vino, food, music and photo ops. Shelburne Vineyard, 6-8 p.m. Free; donations for photos. Info, 999-4224.

language

FRENCH CONVERSATION: Speakers improve their linguistic dexterity in the Romantic tongue.

Bradford Public Library, 4 p.m.

Free. Info, 222-4536.

PLAUDERSTUNDE: Conversationalists with basic knowledge of the German language put their skills to use over lunch. Zen Gardens, South Burlington, noon. Cost of food.

Info, 862-1677.

‘VENUS RISING’: See WED.6, 2 & 7:30 p.m.

words

BOOK CLUB: Bibliophiles read into Call the Midwife: A Memoir of Birth, Joy and Hard Times

by Jennifer Worth. Fairfax Community Library, 6:30-8 p.m.

Free. Info, 849-2420.

HARRY POTTER BOOK NIGHT: HOGWARTS SCHOOL OF WITCHCRAFT & WIZARDRY: Longtime fans and neophytes alike share the wonder of J.K. Rowling’s magical titles through games, activities, readings and quizzes. Phoenix Books, Rutland.

Info, 855-8078. Phoenix Books, Essex. Info, 872-7111. Phoenix Books, Burlington. Info, 4483350. 6 p.m. Free.

‘MICHAEL G. SANTOS: ‘INSIDE: LIFE BEHIND BARS IN AMERICA’: SAME CRIME DIFFERENT SENTENCE?’: During a 10-session literary series, avid readers discuss writings that have contributed to improving social justice and American life. Trinity Episcopal Church, Shelburne, 6 p.m. Free. Info, humanities@ email.com.

NOON BOOK CLUB: Bookworms break down Brad Ricca’s Mrs. Sherlock Holmes: The True Story

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of New York City’s Greatest Female Detective and the 1917 Missing Girl Case That Captivated a Nation. Essex Free Library, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 879-0313.

Burlington School District superintendent Yaw Obeng focused on next year’s proposed budget and other topics. fie Bagel Café & Deli, Burlington, 8-9 a.m. Free.

Info, 865-5332.

POETRY WORKSHOP: Wordsmiths analyze creative works-in-progress penned by Burlington Writers Workshop members. 110 Main St., Suite 3C, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free; preregister at meetup.com; limited space. Info, 383-8104.

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RUMMAGE SALE: Gently used items delight bargain shoppers.

Grace United Methodist Church, Essex Junction, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Free. Info, 879-7943.

business

FINANCABILITIES: FINDING THE RIGHT BUSINESS FINANCING: fie Addison Count y Economic Development Corporation and the Addison County Chamber of Commerce cohost a workshop centered on finding the best financial match. Middlebury Regional EMS, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. $15; free for ACEDC and ACCOC members; nonmembers preregister; limited space. Info, 388-7953.

SOCIAL MEDIA FOR YOUR BUSINESS: SPEED MENTORING: Sara Munro of the Center for Women & Enterprise doles out tech-savvy tips for making the most of hashtags and profile pages. Center for Women & Enterprise, Burlington, 10 a.m.-noon. $5; preregister. Info, 391-4870.

community

JOB HUNT HELPER: Employment seekers get assistance with everything from writing a résumé to completing online applications. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 865-7217.

dance

BALLROOM & LATIN DANCING: Singles, couples and beginners are welcome to join in a dance social featuring waltz, tango and more. Williston Jazzercise Fitness Center, 8-9:30 p.m. $10.

Info, 862-2269.

ECSTATIC DANCE VERMONT: Inspired by the 5Rhythms dance practice, attendees move, groove, release and open their hearts to life in a safe and sacred space. Christ Episcopal Church, Montpelier, 7-9 p.m. $10. Info, fearnessence@gmail.com.

QUEEN CITY CONTRA DANCE: Turning Stile dole out live tunes while David Kaynor calls the steps. North End Studio A, Burlington, beginners session, 7:45 p.m.; dance, 8-11 p.m. $9; free for kids 12 and under. Info, 877-3698.

education

SUPERINTENDENT CHAT: Community members convene for an informal conversation with

MORETOWN OPEN MIC: Familyfriendly music, short plays and spoken word pieces entertain audience members. Moretown Town Hall, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 999-6473.

film

See what’s playing at local theaters in the movies section.

ANIMÉ NIGHT: Enthusiasts view and chat about the latest animated shows from Japan.

Enter through the side door.

Laboratory B, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 777-9012.

‘DINOSAURS ALIVE 3D’: See WED.6.

‘THE LAST REEF 3D’: See WED.6.

MIDDLEBURY NEW FILMMAKERS FESTIVAL VERMONT TOUR: All the Wild Horses and Dateline: Saigon make up a double bill of awardwinning documentaries. See calendar spotlight. Film House, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, All the Wild Horses, 5 p.m.; Dateline: Saigon, 7:30 p.m. $5-10. Info, 247-4650.

‘MYSTERIES OF THE UNSEEN WORLD 3D’: See WED.6.

OSCAR-NOMINATED SHORT FILMS: Cinephiles screen live action and animated films in the running for Academy Awards.

See hop.dartmouth.edu for details. Loew Auditorium, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $510. Info, 603-646-2422.

food & drink

MAC ‘N’ CHEESE MONTH: See WED.6.

SPAGHETTI DINNER: Fans of local sports fill up on all-you-caneat pasta before a basketball game between the boys of Hazen Union School and Peoples Academy High School. Hazen Union School, Hardwick, 5-7 p.m. $10; $40 max per family; free for kids 5 and under; preregister.

Info, kfreedy@ossu.org.

games

BRIDGE CLUB: See WED.6, 9:15 a.m.

CRIBBAGE TEAMS: See WED.6.

PINOCHLE & RUMMY: See WED.6.

health & fitness

ADVANCED SUN TAI CHI 73: Participants keep active with a sequence of slow, controlled movements. Twin Valley Senior Center, East Montpelier, 1-2 p.m.

Free. Info, 223-3322.

BONE BUILDERS EXERCISE CLASSES: See WED.6, 7:30 & 10:40 a.m.

GONG MEDITATION: Sonic vibrations lead to healing and deep relaxation. Yoga Roots, Williston, 7:30-8:30 p.m. $18.

Info, 318-6050.

IDEAL WEIGHT SOLUTIONS: SECRETS TO DOUBLING WEIGHT LOSS: Whether they’ve long struggled with weight loss or simply wish to shed a few holiday pounds, participants learn effective and safe strategies for staying fit. Beaulieu Place, Berlin, 8-9 a.m. $15-20; preregister. Info, 229-5711.

LIVING RECOVERY: Folks overcoming substance abuse move, breathe and make positive change in a moderately paced flow yoga class. Sangha Studio — Pine, Burlington, 4-5 p.m. Free.

Info, 448-4262.

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RUTLAND ZEN SANGHA MEDITATION: See THU.7.

TAI CHI STUDIO: Beginners and experienced practitioners alike perfect their steps with limited guidance. Barre Area Senior Center, 11:30 a.m.-11:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 479-9512.

TAI CHI YANG 24: Students get an introduction to a gentle form of exercise said to benefit internal organs. Twin Valley Senior Center, East Montpelier, 2-3 p.m.

Free. Info, 223-3322.

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BRANCH OUT TEEN NIGHT! VALENTINE FUN: Young people show their love with handmade cards and crafts. fiere wil l be cookies! ArtisTree Community Arts Center & Gallery, South Pomfret, 6-9 p.m. Free. Info, 457-3500.

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BUBBLY & CHOCOLATE EVENT: Hot cocoa and truffles and prosecco, oh my! Sweets lovers satiate their cravings in honor of Valentine’s Day. Lake Champlain Chocolates Factory Store & Café, Burlington, 5-7 p.m. Free. Info, 864-1807.

montréal

‘CHILDREN OF GOD’: See WED.6, 8 p.m.

THU 7 HARRY POTTER BOOK NIGHT 6PM Calling all witches, wizards, and Muggles for a Hogwarts celebration!

Costumes encouraged.

All ages. Free.

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BARBARY COAST JAZZ ENSEMBLE: Guest ensemble fiumbscrew sit in with these heady hepcats for big band explorations of the trio’s original compositions, as well as jazz standards. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 8 p.m. $9-12. Info, 603-646-2422.

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CALIFORNIA GUITAR TRIO & MONTRÉAL GUITAR TRIO: Half a dozen virtuosic six-string players share the stage for an acoustic concert presented as part of the UVM Lane Series. University of Vermont Recital Hall, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $10-40. Info, 656-3131.

LULA WILES: Gathered around a single microphone, the members of this trio meld traditional folk music with modern songcraft in acoustic ballads and honky-tonk tunes. First Congregational Church, Lebanon, N.H., 7:30 p.m. $8.50-18.50. Info, 603-448-0400.

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PAUL ASBELL QUARTET: The lifelong guitar player tunes into his own blend of jazz, roots and blues in selections from his album Burmese Panther. Williston Old Brick Church, 7-9 p.m. $11-15.

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WINTER WINE DOWN MUSIC SERIES: Oenophiles let loose with live music by the Hubcats, award-winning wine and mouthwatering eats. Snow Farm Vineyard, South Hero, wine service begins, 5 p.m.; music, 6-8 p.m. Cost of food and drink. Info, 372-9463.

seminars

PUT YOUR HOUSE ON A DIET SERIES: Melanie Saia, director of staging services for the Malley Group at KW Vermont, shares strategies for preparing one’s home for life or for sale.

Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 11 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 878-4918.

Using evidence-based Accelerated Resolution Therapy Dr. Dwight Norwood, PhD, LICSW

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RICK NORCROSS: The leader of the Rick & the All-Star Ramblers Western Swing Band marks 55 years of writing and performing Vermont story songs with “Up Close and Personal.” CarpenterCarse Library, Hinesburg, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 482-2878.

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EDUCATION & ENRICHMENT FOR EVERYONE: Vermont Public Radio president and CEO Scott Finn addresses listeners with “How VPR Is Trying to Explore the Whole Vermont Story, Together.”

Faith United Methodist Church, South Burlington, 2-3 p.m. $5.

Info, 658-6554.

theater

‘AND THEN THERE WERE NONE’: See THU.7.

‘THE CRUCIBLE’: Adirondack Regional Theatre presents Arthur Miller’s fictional drama about the Salem witch trials. Strand Center Theatre, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 7:30 p.m. $15-25. Info, 518-563-1604, ext. 105.

‘A DOLL’S HOUSE, PART 2’: See WED.6.

JAGFEST 3.0: A weekend of staged readings and conversations showcases new plays by emerging black female playwrights. Briggs Opera House, White River Junction, 7:30 p.m. $20-50. Info, 332-3270.

‘THE PINK HULK: ONE WOMAN’S JOURNEY TO FIND THE SUPERHERO WITHIN’: Presented as part of the One and Only Series, New York City actress Valerie David’s empowering one-person show focuses on a woman’s second battle with cancer. Grange Hall Cultural Center, Waterbury Center, 7:30-9 p.m. $15. Info, 244-4168.

‘VENUS RISING’: See WED.6.

words

FRIDAY MORNING WORKSHOP: Wordsmiths offer constructive criticism on works in progress

by Burlington Writers Workshop members. 110 Main St., Suite 3C,

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FRIDAY NIGHT READING SERIES: Faculty member Miciah Bay Gault, visiting faculty member Bianca Stone and local writer Frances Cannon captivate audience members with excerpts of fiction, poetry comics and graphic memoir. Snacks are free and drinks are for sale. College Hall, Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 828-8828.

WRITER’S BLOCK: Scribes bring essays, short stories, one-act plays and poems to be critiqued by a supportive audience. Barre Area Senior Center, 10-11:30 a.m.

Free; preregister. Info, 479-9512.

SAT.9 bazaars

RUMMAGE SALE: See FRI.8, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

crafts

NEW KNITTERS CLASS: Beginners ages 14 and up stitch the morning away with help from Mary Lou Opper. Fairfax Community Library, 9:30-11 a.m.

Free; preregister. Info, 849-2420.

dance

CONTRA DANCE: David Kaynor is the caller at a spirited social dance featuring live music by Red Dog Riley. Bring clean, softsoled shoes. Cornwall Town Hall, 7-9:30 p.m. $5-10. Info, 462-3722.

SECOND SATURDAY SWING DANCE: Quick-footed participants get into the groove with the help of DJ’ed tunes.

Bring clean shoes with nonmarking soles. Champlain Club, Burlington, beginner lesson, 7:30 p.m.; dance, 8-10:30 p.m. $5.

Info, contact@vermontswings. com.

education

from the past. Billings Farm & Museum, Woodstock, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. $4-16; free for kids under 3.

Info, 457-2355.

LEGAL CLINIC: Attorneys offer complimentary consultations on a first-come, first-served basis. 274 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington, 10 a.m.-noon. Free.

Info, 383-2118.

OPEN MUSIC JAM: Anything goes in an independent community meeting group where folks can share hobbies, play music and discuss current events — without using online social sites. Presto Music Store, South Burlington, 10 a.m.-noon. Free.

Info, 658-0030.

SANCTUARY CITY COFFEEHOUSE: Locals bring a dish to pass and a song, poem or story to share in an open-mic setting. First Unitarian Universalist Society of Burlington, 6-8:30 p.m.

Donations. Info, herbschr@gmail. com.

SNOWBALL PROM FOR ADULTS: Dancing, lip-sync battles and hors d’oeuvres served butlerstyle power this throwback bash benefiting programs to prevent youth substance abuse and end hunger in Milton and Colchester. Georgia Mountain Maples, Milton, 8-11 p.m. $30.

Info, 893-1009.

fairs & festivals

SHELBURNE WINTERFEST: Crafts, sledding, horse-drawn rides and tasty treats enliven this cold-weather jamboree.

Shelburne Farms, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Donations; $2 per person for horse-drawn rides. Info, 985-8686.

WINTER BREWFEST: Beer lovers soak up Vermont suds alongside ciders, wines and spirits during two indoor tasting sessions. DJs, food samples and party games top off the fun. DoubleTree by Hilton, South Burlington, noon-4 p.m. & 6-10 p.m. $39; for ages 21 and up. Info, 872-9000.

OPEN HOUSE: Prospective students and their families explore the school’s academic offerings.

Sterling College, Craftsbury Common, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Free.

Info, 586-7711.

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‘FROM IKE TO TRUMP: THE GOP AND RACE’: Made by longtime documentarian Dennis Mueller, this new short film takes a hard look at institutional racism.

Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 2:30 p.m. Free. Info, 863-3403.

BREAKFAST PRESENTATION FOR DANUBE TRIP: Interested in European cinema and river cruising? Filmmaker and tour guide Jay Craven outlines a specially curated travel opportunity scheduled for this fall.

Middlebury Inn, 8-9:30 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 458-4153.

HISTORIC BARN HOUSE TOURS: Attendees view authentic African art, impressive architecture and antique fixtures during a stroll through historic buildings. Clemmons Family Farm, Charlotte, 10-11:30 a.m. $10; preregister. Info, 310-0097.

JANUARY & FEBRUARY WEEKENDS: Folks visit jersey cattle, draft horses and sheep, and they tour a restored 1890 farm house for a pastoral blast

See what’s playing at local theaters in the movies section.

‘DINOSAURS ALIVE 3D’: See WED.6.

‘THE LAST REEF 3D’: See WED.6.

MIDDLEBURY NEW FILMMAKERS FESTIVAL VERMONT TOUR: See FRI.8, Highland Center for the Arts, Greensboro, Dateline: Saigon, 4 p.m.; All the Wild Horses, 6:30 p.m. $8-10 per film.

MIDDLEBURY NEW FILMMAKERS FESTIVAL VERMONT TOUR: ‘ALL THE WILD HORSES’: Jay Craven leads a Q&A with director Ivo Marloh following a screening of his 2017 documentary focused on five international riders as they compete in the Mongol Derby horse

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race. Billings Farm & Museum, Woodstock, 3 & 5:30 p.m. $5-11.

Info, 247-4650.

‘MYSTERIES OF THE UNSEEN WORLD 3D’: See WED.6.

OSCAR-NOMINATED SHORT FILMS: See FRI.8, 5 & 8 p.m.

food & drink

CHAMPLAIN ISLANDS EMPTY BOWLS DINNER: A homemade soup served in handcrafted vessels raises funds for local charities. Grand Isle School, 4-7 p.m. $5; $20 per family. Info, 372-4183.

CHOCOLATE TASTING & OPEN HOUSE: With help from guest expert chef Patrick Duroeulx, folks experience the depth and flavor of South American chocolate. NU Chocolat, Burlington, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Free. Info, 540-8378.

CHOCOLATE TASTING IN BURLINGTON: Let’s go bar hopping! With the help of a tasting guide, chocoholics discover the flavor profiles of varieties such as toffee almond crunch and salted caramel latte. Lake Champlain Chocolates Factory Store & Café, Burlington, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Free.

Info, 864-1807.

CHOCOLATE TASTING IN MIDDLESEX: Candy fanatics get an education on a variety of sweets made on-site. Nutty Steph’s Granola & Chocolate Factory, Middlesex, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

Free. Info, 229-2090.

MAC ‘N’ CHEESE MONTH: See WED.6.

PIE FOR BREAKFAST: Dessert comes first when diners dig into all-you-can-eat double-crusted pastries. Proceeds benefit the Waterbury Rotary Club. American Legion Post 59, Waterbury, 8-11 a.m. $5. Info, 371-7300.

VERGENNES FARMERS MARKET: Local foods and crafts, live music, and hot eats spice up Saturday mornings. Kennedy Brothers Building, Vergennes, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 233-9180.

games

MULTIGENERATIONAL TRIVIA NIGHT: Players in mixed age groups compete for bragging rights in six rounds of questions.

Pizza is provided. Ohavi Zedek Synagogue, Burlington, 6:30 p.m.

Donations; BYOB. Info, 864-0218.

THE ‘NEWLY’WED GAME RUTLAND: Local couples test their knowledge of each other while raising funds for area charities. Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 7 p.m. $30-35. Info, 775-0903.

health & fitness

NEW YEAR TAI CHI CHUAN DEMONSTRATION: All are welcome to honor the Lunar New Year with a showcase of Tung Family forms. Center of Recreation & Education, O.N.E. Community Center, Burlington, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 453-3690.

NEWBIE NOON CLASS: Firsttimers get their stretch on in a comfortably warm environment.

Hot Yoga Burlington, noon-1 p.m.

Free; preregister. Info, 999-9963.

holidays

A SPECIAL SAINT VALENTINE READING: Love-themed excerpts by the Northeast Storytellers honor Saint Valentine. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 1-2:30 p.m. Free; preregister to participate. Info, brookequillen@yahoo. com.

WINE & CHOCOLATE WEEKEND: Participating wineries sweeten Valentine’s Day weekend with palate-pleasing pairings. See vermontgrapeandwinecouncil. com for details. Various locations statewide, noon-5 p.m. Free; additional cost for some activities.

Info, vermontgrapeandwine council.com.

language

ARMENIAN LANGUAGE: Singing, dancing, drama and games promote proficiency. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 2-3 p.m. Free.

Info, 865-7211.

lgbtq

PRIDE YOGA: LGBTQ individuals and allies hit the mat for a stretching session suited to all levels. Sangha Studio — Pine, Burlington, 5-6:15 p.m. Free. Info, 448-4262.

music

Find club dates in the music section.

CABIN FEVER CAFÉ: OWL STARS: Coffee in hand, Vermonters make the most of the long winter by grooving to live tunes.

Fairfax Community Library, 10 a.m.-noon. Free; donations for refreshments. Info, 849-2420.

DAVE KELLER BAND: The Montpelier-based musicians bring funky, soulful blues to the Burnham Music Series. Burnham Hall, Lincoln, 7:30 p.m. $10; free for kids and teens. Info, 388-6863.

THE DECOYS: Live rock music keeps the dance floor full. VFW Post 6689, Essex Junction, 7-10 p.m. Free. Info, 881-7774.

AN EVENING WITH CHAD HOLLISTER BAND: Positive vibes and catchy pop-rock tunes lift spirits. Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center, Stowe Mountain Resort, 7 p.m. $20-40. Info, 760-4634.

GREEN MOUNTAIN MAHLER FESTIVAL: Joined by the Castleton University Chorale and vocal soloists, the orchestra and chorus perform works by Dvo«ák, Bruckner and others in “Te Deum.” Chapel of Saint Michael the Archangel, Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, 8 p.m. Donations. Info, info@ vtmahler.org.

GUITAR OPEN MIC: Instrumentalists test their talents onstage. Pickering Room, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 658-5792.

LC JAZZ: More than 20 local musicians serve up toe-tapping numbers to support area students. Vergennes Opera House, 7:30 p.m. Donations. Info, 877-6737.

VERMONT

MELISSA D & FRIENDS: Americana and folk-rock tunes take listeners on an emotional journey. Brandon Music, 7:30 p.m. $20; $45 includes dinner; preregister; BYOB. Info, 247-4295.

THE REVENANTS: Bluegrass Gospel Project alums Kirk Lord, Taylor Amerding and Andy Greene bring their high-energy bluegrass to the Northeast Kingdom. Music Box, Craftsbury, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $10; free for kids under 16. Info, 586-7533.

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SCRAG MOUNTAIN MUSIC: The Aeolus Quartet join soprano Mary Bonhag, double bassist Evan Premo and theater artist Kim Bent in the interactive program “Musical Storytelling for all Ages.” See calendar spotlight.

Bread & Butter Farm, Shelburne, 10 a.m. Lost Nation Theater, Montpelier City Hall, 4 p.m.

Donations. Info, 377-3161.

SECOND WIND: After more than 30 years of playing together, the Randolph-based musicians dole out an eclectic mix of rock and folk numbers. North Common Arts, Chelsea, 7-10 p.m. $10. Info, 685-4699.

SOLARIS VOCAL ENSEMBLE: Proceeds from “This Shining Night,” a program of choral work and vocal solos, benefit the Howard Center. College Street Congregational Church, Burlington, 7:30-9 p.m. Free. Info, director@solarisensemble.org.

outdoors

CAMELS HUMP VIA MONROE TRAIL HIKE: Outdoor adventurers don snowshoes or microspikes for a difficult 6-mile trek gaining 2,600 feet in elevation.

Contact trip leader for details.

Free; preregister; limited space.

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FRENCH-CANADIAN GENEALOGY: GETTING STARTED: Jane Duchesneau Whitmore offers an overview of resources for building one’s family tree.

Vermont Genealogy Library, Fort Ethan Allen, Colchester, 10:30 a.m.-noon. $10. Info, 350-1333.

Growing Micro-Greens Saturday, Feb. 9 • 9:30-11:00am Burlington Garden Center Presenter: Ethan Thompson Cost: $15

sports

JIM GLABICKY SKI TO DEFEAT ALS AWARENESS DAY: Athletes hit the slopes to raise funds for ALS research and support for patients. A raffle, silent auction and live music by the Yoozsh round out the day. Jay Peak Resort, 8:30 a.m.-7 p.m. Free. Info, cricketwilbur@gmail.com.

Soil 101 Saturday, Feb. 23 • 9:30-11:00am Burlington Garden Center Presenter: Mike Ather Cost: $15

theater

Low Maintenance Gardens Saturday, Mar. 9 • 9:30-11:00am Burlington Garden Center Presenter: Becca Lindenmeyer Cost: $15

‘AND THEN THERE WERE NONE’: See THU.7.

‘THE CRUCIBLE’: See FRI.8.

‘A DOLL’S HOUSE, PART 2’: See WED.6, 2 & 7:30 p.m.

GREEN MOUNTAIN CABARET: Local performers bring sass and class to a sexy Valentine’s Day spectacular hosted by Beaux and Prudie Peepers. FlynnSpace, Burlington, 8 p.m. $20-30; for ages 18 and up. Info, 863-5966.

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JAGFEST 3.0: See FRI.8, 4 & 7:30 p.m.

MUD SEASON VARIETY SHOW AUDITIONS: Group acts and solo performers strive for the chance to perform in this community talent showcase. Chandler Center for the Arts, Randolph. Free; preregister for a time slot. Info, 728-9402.

‘THE PINK HULK: ONE WOMAN’S JOURNEY TO FIND THE SUPERHERO WITHIN’: See FRI.8.

‘VENUS RISING’: See WED.6, 2 & 7:30 p.m.

words

A CELEBRATION OF VERMONT POETRY & POETS: Lovers of the written word nibble chocolate as wordsmiths from the second edition of Roads Taken: Contemporary Vermont Poetry share their gifts for verse. ”e Vermont Book Shop, Middlebury, 4 p.m. Free. Info, 388-2061.

CHAPTERS IN HISTORY THREE: THE TWENTIES: ROARING & OTHERWISE: Nonfiction fans sink their teeth into Wilson by A. Scott Berg. Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 426-3581.

POETRY DISCUSSION GROUP: Lovers of verse converse on the significance of poetry during a Burlington Writers Workshop gathering. 110 Main St., Suite 3C, Burlington, 10:30 a.m. Free; preregister at meetup.com; limited space. Info, 383-8104.

SUN.10 bazaars

ANTIQUES MARKET: ”e past comes alive with offerings of furniture, glassware, jewelry and more at this ephemera extravaganza.

Canadian Club, Barre, 8 a.m.-1 p.m. $2-5. Info, 751-6138.

COMMUNITY MINDFULNESS PRACTICE: Sessions in the tradition of ”ich Nhat Hanh include sitting and walking meditation, a short reading, and open sharing.

Evolution Physical ”erap y & Yoga, Burlington, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Free. Info, newleafsangha@gmail. com.

dance

BALKAN FOLK DANCING: Louise Brill and friends organize participants into lines and circles set to complex rhythms. Ohavi Zedek Synagogue, Burlington, 3:30-6:30 p.m. $6; free for first-timers; bring snacks to share. Info, 540-1020.

FARM TO BALLET PROJECT AUDITIONS: Ballet Vermont seeks dancers for six July performances in which artistry meets agriculture. Spotlight Vermont, South Burlington, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

Free; preregister. Info, katie@ balletvermont.org.

etc.

JANUARY & FEBRUARY WEEKENDS: See SAT.9.

SOCIAL SUNDAYS: A weekly community event features music, refreshments and family art workshops. Milton Art Center & Gallery, 1-3 p.m. Free. Info, 355-6583.

film

See what’s playing at local theaters in the movies section.

‘DINOSAURS ALIVE 3D’: See WED.6.

‘HOWARD ZINN: YOU CAN’T BE NEUTRAL ON A MOVING TRAIN’: From his days as a shipyard labor organizer through his time as a leader of civil disobedience fighting institutional racism and war, the activist’s life and work come into focus in a 2004 documentary. A filmmaker Q&A follows. ”e Sav oy ”eater , Montpelier, 6-9 p.m. $5-20; limited space.

Info, 863-2345.

‘I WANT TO EAT YOUR PANCREAS’: See THU.7, 12:55 p.m.

Meeting House, 3:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 233-6377.

‘THE LAST REEF 3D’: See WED.6.

ONE LOVE ZUMBA DANCE PARTY: Supporters break a sweat while moving and grooving to raise funds for Friends of Stowe Adaptive Sports. A Zumba clinic for people with disabilities is first at 12:30 p.m. Shelburne Town Hall, 1-2:30 p.m. $20. Info, 238-4947.

MIDDLEBURY NEW FILMMAKERS FESTIVAL VERMONT TOUR: See FRI.8, Paramount ”eatre, Rutland, All the Wild Horses, 1 p.m.; Dateline: Saigon, 4 p.m. $10; $16 for both films. Vergennes Opera House, All the Wild Horses, 2 p.m.; Dateline: Saigon, 4:30 p.m. $12; $20 for both films.

MIDDLEBURY NEW FILMMAKERS FESTIVAL VERMONT TOUR: ‘DATELINE: SAIGON’: ”is 2016 documentary revisits five Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists who shed light on the early years of the Vietnam War. ”e Sav oy ”eater , Montpelier, 6:30 p.m. $10-12. Next Stage Arts Project, Putney, 7 p.m. $12.

‘MYSTERIES OF THE UNSEEN WORLD 3D’: See WED.6.

food & drink

CHOCOLATE TASTING IN BURLINGTON: See SAT.9.

CHOCOLATE TASTING IN MIDDLESEX: See SAT.9.

KNIFE SHARPENING: Dull blades, be gone! Jim Cunningham of JRC Knife Sharpening whets cutting tools. Chef Contos Kitchen & Store, Shelburne, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. $4-5 per knife. Info, 497-3942.

MAC ‘N’ CHEESE MONTH: See WED.6.

health & fitness

FAMILY WINTER WELLNESS DISCUSSION: Doctor Catherine Naden and acupuncturist Allison Jacobs provide information on keeping babies healthy throughout the cold-weather season.

Library. ”atcher Brook Primar y School, Waterbury, 10 a.m.-noon.

Free; preregister. Info, 244-5605.

MOVING MEDITATION WUJI GONG: Jeanne Plo leads pupils in an easy-to-learn form of qigong known as “tai chi for enlightenment.” Burlington Friends

RUTLAND ZEN SANGHA MEDITATION: See THU.7, 5:30 p.m.

holidays

CHINESE NEW YEAR CELEBRATION: SOLD OUT. Foodies ring in the Year of the Pig with a traditional 13-course feast benefiting the Flynn Center for the Performing Arts. A Single Pebble, Burlington, 6 p.m. $125; preregister; limited space. Info, 863-5966.

WINE & CHOCOLATE WEEKEND: See SAT.9.

language

‘DIMANCHES’ FRENCH CONVERSATION: Native speakers and learners alike chat en français. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 4-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 430-4652.

lgbtq

LGBTQ FIBER ARTS GROUP: A knitting, crocheting and weaving session welcomes all ages, gender identities, sexual orientations and skill levels. Pride Center of Vermont, Burlington, noon-2 p.m.

Free. Info, 860-7812.

montréal

‘CHILDREN OF GOD’: See WED.6, 2 p.m.

music

Find club dates in the music section.

BUCK HOLLERS: Blending guitar, banjo, bass and and rich vocal harmonies, the Franklin County

band gets toes a-tappin’ with its roots-based Americana, bluegrass and country stylings. United Church of Westford, 4-5 p.m.

Donations. Info, 879-4028.

CIRCLE SINGING: Open to vocalists of all experience levels, this group workshop focuses on the creation of improvised group songs. Hinesburg Town Hall, 3-4:30 p.m. Donations. Info, 825-2079.

PETE’S POSSE: ”ree generations of players come together to create dynamic roots music. Cabot Town Hall, 4 p.m. $16-20. Info, 793-3016.

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UKULELE MÊLÉE: Fingers fly at a group lesson on the four-stringed Hawaiian instrument. BYO uke.

Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 4-6 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211.

VCFA MFA IN MUSIC COMPOSITION: FILM & MEDIA FESTIVAL: Students, alumni and faculty members present a variety of approaches to the marriage of music and picture, from fiction films to games and jingles. Noble Lounge, Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, 8-10 p.m. Free.

Info, 828-8600.

BURNT ROCK HIKE: Snowshoes and spikes are required for this challenging 5.2-mile excursion.

Contact trip leader for details.

Free; preregister. Info, jillghiker@ gmail.com.

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JASON SMILEY: Occult enthusiasts are enchanted as the presenter lifts the veil on Vermont’s mystical Eddy family of spirit mediums. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 2 p.m.

Free. Info, 878-4918.

‘THE CRUCIBLE’: See FRI.8, 2 p.m.

‘A DOLL’S HOUSE, PART 2’: See WED.6, 2 p.m.

JAGFEST 3.0: See FRI.8, 4 p.m.

NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE: ‘ANTONY & CLEOPATRA’: Ralph Fiennes and Sophie Okonedo portray Shakespeare’s famous fated couple in his great tragedy of politics, passion and power, broadcast to the big screen. Loew Auditorium, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 4 p.m. $13-23. Info, 603-646-2422.

‘OLIVER!’ AUDITIONS: Valley Players hold tryouts for their October musical, based on Charles Dickens’ classic story Oliver Twist. See valleyplayers. com for the audition schedule arranged by age group. Valley Players ”eater , Waitsfield, 2-5 & 6-9 p.m. Free. Info, 583-1674.

‘THE PINK HULK: ONE WOMAN’S JOURNEY TO FIND THE SUPERHERO WITHIN’: See FRI.8, 1-3 p.m.

‘VENUS RISING’: See WED.6, 5 p.m.

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‘AND THEN THERE WERE NONE’: See THU.7, 2 p.m.

TURNMUSIC OPEN REHEARSAL: Known for putting a contemporary spin on classical music, members of the Vermont-based ensemble let listeners in on their process as they practice “New Century / New Voices: Young Lions.” Axel’s Gallery & Frame Shop, Waterbury, 4 p.m. Free. Info, 244-7801.

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PUBLIC SKATING: Active bodies coast across the ice. Plattsburgh State Fieldhouse, N.Y., 12:45-2:45 p.m. $2-3; additional cost for rentals. Info, 518-564-4270.

theater

SCRAG MOUNTAIN MUSIC: See SAT.9, Middlebury Community Music Center, 4 p.m.

outdoors

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JOB HUNT HELPER: See FRI.8, 3-6 p.m.

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AMERICAN VETERANS VERMONT POST 1: ƒose who have served or are currently serving the country, including members of the National Guard and reservists, are welcome to join AMVETS for monthly meetings. American Legion, Post 91, Colchester, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 796-3098.

TAX HELP: See THU.7.

film

See what’s playing at local theaters in the movies section.

‘ASK US WHO WE ARE’: Vermont filmmaker Bess O’Brien’s 2011 documentary delves into the state’s foster care system. A discussion follows. Aldrich Public Library, Barre, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 585-9861.

‘DINOSAURS ALIVE 3D’: See WED.6.

‘HIDDEN FIGURES’: Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer and Janelle Monáe portray a team of African American mathematicians who help NASA reach new heights in the early years of the U.S. space program. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m.

Free. Info, 748-2600.

‘THE LAST REEF 3D’: See WED.6.

‘MYSTERIES OF THE UNSEEN WORLD 3D’: See WED.6.

food & drink

BTV POLY COCKTAILS: ƒose who are polyamorous, in an open relationship or just curious connect over drinks. Deli 126, Burlington, 7 p.m.-midnight.

Free. Info, 253-310-8315.

games

BRIDGE CLUB: See WED.6, 6:30 p.m.

CRIBBAGE TEAMS: See WED.6.

MAGIC: THE GATHERING — MONDAY NIGHT MODERN: Tarmogoyf-slinging madness ensues when competitors battle for prizes in a weekly game.

Brap’s Magic, Burlington, 6:30-10 p.m. $8. Info, 540-0498.

PINOCHLE & RUMMY: See WED.6.

PITCH: Players compete in a trick-taking card game. Barre Area Senior Center, 1-3 p.m. Free.

Info, 479-9512.

health & fitness

BONE BUILDERS EXERCISE CLASSES: See WED.6.

CHAIR YOGA WITH SANGHA STUDIO: Supported poses promote health and wellbeing. Heineberg Senior Center,

Burlington, 10:45-11:45 a.m. Free.

Info, 448-4262.

COMMUNITY HERBAL CLINIC: Supervised clinical interns offer guidance and support to those looking to care for themselves using natural remedies. Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism, Montpelier, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. $10-30; additional cost for herbs. Info, 224-7100.

GUIDED GROUP MEDITATION: In keeping with the tradition of ƒich Nhat Hanh, folks practice mindfulness through sitting, walking, reading and discussion.

Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 7:158 p.m. Free. Info, 505-1688.

language

CONVERSATIONAL SPANISH GROUP: Speakers brush up on their language skills en español.

Starbucks, Burlington Town Center, 6 p.m. $15. Info, maigomez1@hotmail.com.

ENGLISH CONVERSATION: Language learners make strides — and new friends — in an ongoing discussion group. South Burlington Community Library, University Mall, noon-1:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 846-4140.

music

Find club dates in the music section.

MFA IN MUSIC COMPOSITION WINTER RESIDENCY: ELECTRONIC MUSIC SHOWCASE: Instruments meet live electronic sound and video in works by students and faculty. Alumni Hall, Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, 8-9:30 p.m. Free. Info, 828-8600.

SAMBATUCADA! OPEN REHEARSAL: Burlington’s samba street band welcomes new drummers. Neither experience nor instruments are required. 8 Space Studio Collective, Burlington, 6-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 862-5017.

talks

JANET POCOROBBA: ƒrough dramatic reading, lecture and visual aids, the Lesley University associate professor expounds upon the life and work of Ludwig Bemelmans, the author and illustrator of the Madeline children’s books. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

tech

TECH HELP WITH CLIF: See WED.6.

words

MUST-READ MONDAYS: Lit lovers cover Pope Joan by Donna Woolfolk Cross. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 6:30-7:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 878-6955.

SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION BOOK DISCUSSION: Pizza fuels a conversation on Beautiful Boy: A Father’s Journey Through His Son’s Addiction by David Sheff and Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines by his son Nic Sheff. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 6-7:30 p.m. Free; for ages 16 and up. Info, 878-4918.

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agriculture

PLANTS FOR BIRDS: RESTORING OUR COMMUNITY ONE GARDEN AT A TIME: Green thumbs join environmental educator Gwendolyn Causer for a workshop exploring relationship between native plants and winged species. Big Picture ƒeater and Café, Waitsfield, 1:15-2:15 p.m.

Free. Info, 434-3068.

community

COMMUNITY DROP-IN CENTER HOURS: Wi-Fi, games and art materials are on hand at an open meeting space where folks forge social connections. GRACE, Hardwick, 9 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 472-6857.

WALKING YOUR DOG?

HOMESHARING INFO SESSION: Locals learn to make the most of spare space in their homes by hosting compatible housemates.

Refreshments are served.

HomeShare Vermont, South Burlington, noon-12:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 863-5625.

When pet waste is washed into our streams, rivers and lakes, it can release nutrients and E.coli into the water, causing algae growth and beach closings in the summer.

Scoop your poop, even in the winter.

Learn more at RethinkRunoff.org

crafts

COMMUNITY CRAFT NIGHT: Makers stitch, spin, knit and crochet their way through projects while enjoying each other’s company. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211.

dance

SWING DANCING: Quick-footed participants experiment with different forms, including the Lindy hop, Charleston and balboa. Beginners are welcome.

Champlain Club, Burlington, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $5. Info, 448-2930.

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BHS PRINCIPAL COMMUNITY INPUT FORUM: Members of the Burlington School District community weigh in on the hiring process for the open principal position at Burlington High School. Interpretation services are available. Burlington High School, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 865-5332.

Saturday, February 16th 9am - 12pm

fairs & festivals

ENGINEERING & TECH CAREER FAIR: Students and recent graduates from area institutions come face to face with representatives from companies offering internships and full-time positions in these specific fields.

Grand Maple Ballroom, Davis Center, University of Vermont, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 656-9963.

film

See what’s playing at local theaters in the movies section.

‘BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS’: ƒey seek fame, but the three young women in this 1970 film find drugs, sex and sleaze instead. Film House, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 540-3018.

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‘COMING HOME’: A new documentary by Bess O’Brien turns the lens toward former inmates as they reintegrate into their communities.

A Q&A with some of the film’s subjects follows. Bentley Hall, Northern Vermont University-Johnson, 4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 635-1408.

‘DINOSAURS ALIVE 3D’: See WED.6.

‘THE LAST REEF 3D’: See WED.6.

‘MYSTERIES OF THE UNSEEN WORLD 3D’: See WED.6.

‘THE YOUNG VICTORIA’: Based on the first years of the monarch’s rule, a 2009 biographical drama delves into the life and romance of Queen Victoria. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. Free.

Info, 748-2600.

food & drink

MAC ‘N’ CHEESE MONTH: See WED.6.

games

BRIDGE CLUB: See WED.6, 7 p.m.

health & fitness

BEGINNER/INTERMEDIATE SUN-STYLE TAI CHI, LONG-FORM: Improved mood, greater muscle strength and increased energy are a few of the benefits of this gentle exercise. South Burlington Recreation & Parks Department, 10:30 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 735-5467.

Burlington, 4:30-6 p.m. Free. Info, 540-0195.

LUNCH IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE: ITALIAN: Speakers hone their skills in the Romance language over a bag lunch. KelloggHubbard Library, Montpelier, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

PAUSE-CAFÉ FRENCH CONVERSATION: Frenchlanguage fanatics meet pour parler la belle langue. Burlington Bay Market & Café, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 430-4652.

music

Find club dates in the music section.

MARC BERGER: The American West serves as inspiration for roots songs from the album Ride.

Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 863-3403.

MFA IN MUSIC COMPOSITION WINTER RESIDENCY CONCERTS: The ensemble the City of Tomorrow premiere original student works. College Hall Chapel, Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, 8-9:30 p.m. Free. Info, 828-8600.

NORTHERN VERMONT SONGWRITERS: Melody makers meet to share ideas and maximize their creativity. Call for details. Catamount Outback Artspace, St. Johnsbury, 6:45 p.m.

Free. Info, 467-9859.

BONE BUILDERS: See THU.7.

OPEN MIC: Singers, players, storytellers and poets entertain a live audience at a monthly showcase of local talent. Wallingford Town Hall, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 446-2872.

COMMUNITY HERBAL CLINIC: See MON.11, 4-8 p.m.

outdoors

BEGINNERS TAI CHI: See THU.7.

PLANT MEDICINE TEA CIRCLE: Participants bearing their favorite mug, a journal and a cozy blanket explore the benefits of a different herb each week while sipping an infused beverage. Milldale Farm Center for Wellness, Fairlee, 6:45-7:45 p.m. Donations. Info, vermontbetrueyoga@yahoo.com.

REIKI CLINIC: Thirty-minute treatments foster physical, emotional and spiritual wellness.

JourneyWorks, Burlington, 3-5:30 p.m. $10-30; preregister. Info, 860-6203.

RUTLAND ZEN SANGHA MEDITATION: See THU.7.

TAI CHI TUESDAYS: Friends old and new share a healthy pastime. Barre Area Senior Center, advanced, 1 p.m.; intermediate, 2 p.m.; beginner, 3 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 479-9512.

NEW HAVEN RIVER ANGLERS MONTHLY MEETING & PRESENTATION: Social time with a cash bar paves the way for talks targeting Vermonters interested in fishing, friends and preserving the environment. Swift House Inn, Middlebury, 6:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 989-5748.

seminars

MINING THE SPIRITUAL GOLD OF ADVERSITY: Eckankar representatives reveal spiritual keys that can unlock the secrets of effective problem solving. Waterbury Public Library, 6:30-7:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 800-772-9390.

sports

TUESDAY GUIDED MEDITATION: Participants learn to relax and let go. Stillpoint Center, Burlington, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 318-8605.

FREE AIKIDO CLASS: A one-time complimentary introduction to the Japanese martial art focuses on centering and finding freedom while under attack. Aikido of Champlain Valley, Burlington, 6:15-7:15 p.m. Free. Info, 951-8900.

language

talks

BEGINNER SPANISH LANGUAGE: Native speaker Eve Dolkart leads an eight-week class en español.

Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 863-3403.

‘LA CAUSERIE’ FRENCH CONVERSATION: Native speakers and learners are welcome to pipe up at an unstructured conversational practice. El Gato Cantina,

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RON POWERS: The New York Times bestselling author speaks of his family’s journey with mental illness as well as his research on mental health and the mental health care system. CarpenterCarse Library, Hinesburg, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 482-2878.

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tech

HOW TO PROTECT YOUR ONLINE PRIVACY: Attendees pick up tips on staying safe and secure while surfing the net. Waterbury Public Library, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Free; preregister; limited space. Info, 244-7036.

INTERMEDIATE MICROSOFT WORD: Students work with the word processor’s advanced features and customization options.

Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 5:30-7 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 865-7217.

theater

‘OLIVER!’ AUDITIONS: See SUN.10, 5-7 & 7-9 p.m.

‘THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES’: Students honor V-Day with a performance of Eve Ensler’s 1996 play giving voice to females in scenes ranging from playful to healing.

Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Dartmouth College, Hanover. N.H., 7 p.m. $910. Info, 603-646-2422.

‘VENUS RISING’: See WED.6.

words

‘BUT THE GREATEST OF THESE IS LOVE’: Romance writer Gina Watson serves up a PG-13 evening of games, giveaways and amusing discussion about her professional journey. South Burlington Community Library, University Mall, 6:30-7:45 p.m. Free. Info, 846-4140.

FAITH EXAMINED: A faith-based discussion of the testimonial collection Coming Out in Faith: Voices of LGBTQ Unitarian Universalists focuses on the church’s role in embracing the LGBTQ community. Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Plattsburgh, N.Y., 10:15-11:30 a.m.

Free. Info, 518-561-6920.

THE MOTH: LOVE HURTS: Wordsmiths have five minutes to tell true tales inspired by a shared theme. ArtsRiot, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $10; preregister. Info, 540-0406.

SEARCH FOR MEANING ADULT DISCUSSION GROUP: Readers reflect on Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari.

Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Plattsburgh, N.Y., 7:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 518-561-6920.

WED.13 business

MORNING BIZ BUZZ: Business cards in hand, female entrepreneurs make professional connections over coffee, tea, juice and pastries. Scout & Co., Old North End, Burlington, 8:30-9:30 a.m.

Free. Info, 870-0903.

cannabis

CANNABIS IN THE CAPITOL: Legislative leaders including Lieutenant Gov. David Zuckerman along with cannabis reform advocacy groups and others gather for a day of activist training, committee meetings, networking and more. Vermont Statehouse,

Montpelier, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Free.

Info, 391-4251.

community

COFFEE TALK: Friends, neighbors and AARP Vermont volunteers catch up on upcoming activities and issues facing older Vermonters. Nomad Coffee — South End Station, Burlington, 9-10 a.m. Free. Info, vt@aarp.org.

crafts

FIBER RIOT!: See WED.6.

GREEN MOUNTAIN CHAPTER OF THE EMBROIDERERS’ GUILD OF AMERICA: Needle-and-thread enthusiasts fine-tune their techniques. Bring a project and a bag lunch. Ascension Lutheran Church, South Burlington, 9:30 a.m. Free for first-timers. Info, 922-8936.

health & fitness

ACROYOGA CLASS: See WED.6.

BONE BUILDERS EXERCISE CLASSES: See WED.6.

CHAIR YOGA: See WED.6.

SOUND HEALING WITH CRYSTAL SINGING BOWLS: See WED.6.

YOGA4CANCER: See WED.6.

holidays

GAL-ENTINE’S DAY CELEBRATION: Cocktails, mocktails, small bites, a Lady Maker Market and a photobooth fête female friendship and womenowned businesses. Funds raised support WomenSafe. Stonecutter Spirits, Middlebury, 5-8 p.m. $20.

Info, 388-3000.

See what’s playing at local theaters in the movies section.

GALENTINE’S DAY: Chocolatecovered strawberries, waffles with whipped cream and drink specials are on the menu at this Leslie Knope-inspired celebration of femme power. Magic Hat Brewing Company, South Burlington, 5-7 p.m. Free. Info, 658-2739.

‘DINOSAURS ALIVE 3D’: See WED.6.

language

KNITTER’S GROUP: See WED.6.

film

‘THE LAST REEF 3D’: See WED.6.

‘MARY AND MAX’: A pair of unlikely penpals form a friendship in this animated comedy from 2009. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 748-2600.

‘MYSTERIES OF THE UNSEEN WORLD 3D’: See WED.6.

‘UNSANE’: Claire Foy portrays a young woman who is involuntarily committed to a mental institution. Highland Center for the Arts, Greensboro, 6 p.m. $5.

Info, 533-2000.

‘YOUNG PICASSO’: A 2019 documentary provides a portrait of painter Pablo Picasso’s early life.

Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, 11 a.m. & 7 p.m. $8-13. Info, 382-9222.

food & drink

COMMUNITY SUPPER: See WED.6.

COOK THE BOOK: Foodies bring a dish from Classic Home Desserts: A Treasury of Heirloom and Contemporary Recipes by Richard Sax to a palate-pleasing potluck.

Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 878-4918.

THE COOKING CIRCLE: Local chef Alex McGregor talks all things food, particularly meat preparation and substitutes, as well as chocolate. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 3-4 p.m. Free. Info, 745-1393.

MAC ‘N’ CHEESE MONTH: See WED.6.

games

BRIDGE CLUB: See WED.6.

CRIBBAGE TEAMS: See WED.6.

MAH JONGG: Participants of all levels enjoy friendly bouts of this tile-based game. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 1-3:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

PINOCHLE & RUMMY: See WED.6.

BEGINNER & INTERMEDIATE/ ADVANCED ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASSES: See WED.6.

LUNCH IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE: SPANISH: See WED.6.

music

Find club dates in the music section.

FARMERS NIGHT CONCERT SERIES: The Vermont Orchestra String Squad highlight their skills in an intimate show. Vermont Statehouse, Montpelier, 7:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 828-2228.

KINGDOM ALL-STARS: Student musicians band together for two lively concerts. Fuller Hall, St. Johnsbury Academy, 10:30 a.m. & 1 p.m. $4. Info, 748-2600.

MFA IN MUSIC COMPOSITION WINTER RESIDENCY CONCERTS: The ensembles the City of Tomorrow and Anna’s Ghost premiere original student works.

College Hall Chapel, Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, 8 p.m. Free. Info, 828-8600.

SHANGHAI OPERA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: Masterpieces by historic composers such as Rossini, Tchaikovsky and Dvo‡k delight classical connoisseurs.

Lyndon Institute, 7 p.m. $16-66; free for students. Info, 748-2600.

talks

GREAT DECISIONS: ‘REFUGEES AND GLOBAL MIGRATION’: Who determines whether someone is a refugee or a migrant?

Participants delve into this and other questions during a discussion of world affairs. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 7-9 p.m.

Free. Info, 878-6955.

JOHN BUCK: “Living With Vermont’s Black Bears: Dos and Don’ts” includes information on the furry animal’s biology and habitat needs, as well as strategies for avoiding dangerous interactions. Waterbury Public Library, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 244-7036.

LINDA JOHNSTON: Speaking as part of the Vinspire: Informing and Inspiring the North Country series, the certified nurse midwife discusses “Sex in the City (of Plattsburgh).” Strand Center Theatre, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 5:30-7 p.m. Free. Info, 518-563-1604, ext. 105.

SUE MORSE: Animal lovers eat up the illustrated talk “Wild Cousins of Our Best Friends: Wolves, Coyotes and Foxes.” Plainfield Town Hall Opera House, 6:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 426-3581.

tech

GOOGLE DRIVE 2: Folks who are familiar with using the internet get dialed into the basics of Google Sheets and Google Slides.

Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 5:30-7 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 865-7217.

TECH HELP WITH CLIF: See WED.6.

TECHNOLOGY NIGHT: Cleaning up one’s computer for faster function becomes second nature during a class with Vermont Technical College’s Ken Bernard.

Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 878-4918.

theater

ARTSMART: UNDERSTANDING THE MET OPERA STORY OF ‘ADRIANA LECOUVREUR’: Opera singer Erik Kronke provides background information on Francesco Cilea’s 1902 work ahead of a broadcast production by the Metropolitan Opera. Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center, Stowe, noon. Free for Adriana Lecouvreur ticket holders. Info, 760-4634.

CIRQUE ÉLOIZE: A cowboy, a sheriff and the beautiful Belle are just a few of the characters to populate the Western-themed circus show Saloon. See calendar spotlight. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 7 p.m. $25-60. Info, 863-5966.

THE METROPOLITAN OPERA LIVE IN HD: ‘ADRIANA LECOUVREUR’: Soprano Anna Netrebko plays the title role of the real-life French actress who dazzled 18th-century audiences with her on- and offstage passion. Shown on screen.

Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center, Stowe Mountain Resort, 1 p.m. $10-17. Info, 760-4634.

‘VENUS RISING’: See WED.6.

words

FICTION WORKSHOP: Readers focus on elements of craft when responding to work by Burlington Writers Workshop members. 110 Main St., Suite 3C, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free; preregister at meetup.com; limited space. Info, 383-8104.

KATHLEEN RUTH KESSON: The Long Island University professor talks about her 2018 title Unschooling in Paradise. KelloggHubbard Library, Montpelier, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

WRITING CIRCLE: See WED.6.

WRITING FOR HEALING WORKSHOP: See WED.6.

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ACCESS ART AT CVUHS IN HINESBURG: Part of 200+ classes for all ages. Watercolor with Ginny Joyner, Nature Drawing, Ink Wash, Acrylic landscape, Charcoal, Oil Painting. Culinary Arts: One night hands-on classes where you eat well!! Chinese Feast, Italian Cuisine Feast, Spanish Specialties with Chef Jim (executive chef of Shelburne Farms), Middle Eastern, Vegetarian, Chocolate, Mediterranean, Vegetarian, Pierogis with Luiza, Fermented Foods, five different Ethiopian/ Eritrean with Alganesh, Pierogis, Cake Decorating, YUM! Full descriptions online. Senior discount.

Location: CVU High School, 369 CVU Rd. 10 minutes from exit 12., Hinesburg. Info: 482-7194, access.cvuhs.org.

ACCESS CRAFT AT CVUHS IN HINESBURG: Part of 200+ classes for all ages. Pottery (seven choices), Saturday and Wednesday Eve Bowl-Turning choices, Woodworking Workshop, Welding, Machining, Carving a Spoon, Rug Hooking, Collage, Bracelets, Basket Making with Alexa Rivera, Sewing, Clothing, Pillows, Needle Felting, Quilting, Embroidery, Terrarium Design, Flower Arranging, Wreaths. Full descriptions online. Senior discount. Location: CVU High School, 369 CVU Rd. 10 minutes from exit 12, Hinesburg. Info: 482-7194, access.cvuhs.org.

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Chelsea Flower Show, Alzheimers, End-of-Life Doula. Also, Solar Energy 101, Bridge (two levels), Mah-Jongg, Astrology, Feng Shui, Reiki, Herbals (three choices), Soap Making, and Homesteading.

Full descriptions online. Senior discount. Location: CVU High School, 369 CVU Rd. 10 minutes from exit 12, Hinesburg. Info: 4827194, access.cvuhs.org.

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ACCESS LANGUAGE AT CVUHS IN HINESBURG: Part of 200+ classes for all ages. French (two levels), Spanish (five levels), Italian for Travelers, Bosnian, German (two levels)! Low cost, hands-on, excellent instructors, limited class size, guaranteed. Materials included with few exceptions. Full descriptions online. Senior discount.

Location: CVU High School, 369 CVU Rd. 10 minutes from exit 12., Hinesburg. Info: 482-7194, access. cvuhs.org.

MUSIC, FITNESS DANCE ACCESS CLASSES AT CVUHS IN HINESBURG: Part of 200+ classes for all ages. Core Strength, Weight Training for Women, Weight Training for Seniors, Zumba, Yoga (five choices), Swing or Ballroom with Terry Bouricius, Line Dancing, Hip Hop for Kids, Hip Hop for Adults, Guitar (two levels), Mandolin, String Band, Ukelele (seven choices), Fiddling, Music Exploration with Rufus. Low cost, excellent instructors, guaranteed.

Full descriptions online. Senior discount. Location: CVU High School, 369 CVU Rd. 10 minutes from exit 12., Hinesburg. Info: 482-7194, access.cvuhs.org.

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burlington city arts

art ART & POTTERY IN MIDDLEBURY: ADULT: Still Life in Oils, Lantern Making, Bookbinding & Art Books, Mon. p.m. & ¥ u. a.m.

Oils, Pastels, Block Printing With Ashley Wolff, Colored Pencil Drawing, Garden Design With Judith Irven, Mon. & ¥ u. Wheel.

KIDS: Digital Photography, Mon. & ¥ u. Wheel, Tue. Clay Hand Building, Colored Pencil Drawing, Paint It. Location: Middlebury Studio School, 2377 Rte. 7, Middlebury. Info: Barbara Nelson, 247-3702, ewaldewald@aol.com, middleburystudioschool.org.

CRAFT TEA SUNDAYS AT RADIATE: Cozy up with some tea, cookies and friends while you get “crafty” at Radiate Art Space.

Each workshop features a different craft: needle-felting, shibori tie-dye, clay and block-printing.

Register for a single session or all four! No artistic experience is necessary. Ages 12 through adult.

4 Sun., starting Jan 27, 2-4 p.m.

Cost: $30/2-hour workshop; all materials incl.; take home what you make. Location: Radiate Art Space, 203 Bridge St., Richmond.

Info: Julie Toth, 324-9938, crafttea-sundays.eventbrite.com.

ACCESS NATURE AT CVUHS IN HINESBURG: Part of 200+ classes for all ages. Beekeeping, Birding, Winter Tree ID, Woodlot Management, Edible/Medicinal Plants, Growing Mushrooms, Dog Body Language, Canine Manners, Feline Behavior, Tree ID, Reptiles, Herbals (three choices), Soap Making.

Guaranteed. Full descriptions online. Senior discount.

Location: CVU High School, 369 CVU Rd. 10 minutes from exit 12., Hinesburg. Info: 4827194, access.cvuhs.org.

COMPUTER CLASSES AT CVUHS IN HINESBURG: Part of 200+ classes for all ages.

Tech Tutorial, Chat Bot, Wedpage Program, Excel (three levels), iMovie for ipads, iPad Video, Virtual Reality, Gaming, Smartphone Photography, Intro to Digital Photography, Intro to Digital Darkroom, Photoshop. Full descriptions online. Senior discount. Location: CVU High School, 369 CVU Rd. 10 minutes from exit 12., Hinesburg. Info: 482-7194, access.cvuhs.org.

yoga. Transform your practice and take on the distinguished role of a yoga teacher. See website for details. 200-hour training over nine months. Location: Campus Rec Studio at UVM Patrick Gym, 97 Spear St., Burlington. Info: University of Vermont Campus Recreation, John McConnell, 488-0124, mindbodyfitness@ uvm.edu, uvmcampusrec.com/ sports/2017/7/5/yoga-school.aspx.

ayurveda 200-HOUR YOGA TEACHER TRAINING: Yoga Alliance 200Hour Yoga Teacher Training at UVM will deepen your personal practice, provide training to teach professionally and give you a full foundation of all aspects of

Choose from 1 to 5 days of art workshops for your child during Spring School Break. All basic supplies are included.

Students must bring their bag lunch, and snacks will be provided.

ACRYLIC PAINTING: ¥ is class introduces students to the tools and techniques artists use to create successful works of art in one of the most versatile mediums available: acrylic paint. Learn the basics of mixing colors, blending and a variety of acrylic painting techniques. Acrylic paint is the perfect medium for both the beginner and the experienced artist who wants to try something new. Tue., Mar. 26-Apr. 30, 6-8:30 p.m. Cost: $255/person; $229.50/ BCA members. Location: BCA Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington.

Info: 865-7166, burlingtoncityarts.org.

ANALOG PHOTOGRAPHY PROJECTS: ¥ is hybrid darkroom and digital lab class will help you refine your skill set to create the work you envision, either traditionally in the black-and-white darkroom, through scanning and printing in the digital lab, or both. ¥ is class will also explore ideas in contemporary photography and theory through select readings and will discuss the technical, aesthetic and conceptual aspects of your work through supportive weekly critique sessions. Bring a selection of recent images to the first class. Option 2: Ž u., Mar. 21-May 9, 6-9 p.m.

Cost: $360/person; $324/BCA members. Location: BCA Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 8657166, burlingtoncityarts.org.

CONTEMPORARY FIGURE PAINTING: Intermediate and advanced painters, revitalize your painting practices with a contemporary approach to the figure. Use fresh color and dynamic composition to strengthen your personal expression. Work from live models each week, explore a variety of advanced techniques with nontoxic water-soluble oils and get supportive feedback in a small group environment.

Figure drawing experience is recommended. Wed., Mar. 13-May 1, 1:30-4:30 p.m. Cost: $360/ person; $324/BCA members.

Location: BCA Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 865-7166, burlingtoncityarts.org.

CURATOR CONNECT: BCA Curator and Director of Exhibitions Heather Ferrell leads a lively conversation to help demystify the curatorial process, as well as give artists practical advice on studio visits, project proposals and introducing artwork to galleries and museums. Max participants: 15.

Wed., May 15, 6-7 p.m. Cost: $15/ person; $13.50/BCA members.

Location: BCA Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 865-7166, burlingtoncityarts.org.

DARKROOM CRASH COURSE: Explore the traditional, analog, black-and-white darkroom! Learn how to properly expose blackand-white film, process film into negatives, and make silver gelatin prints. Students will leave with the skills and confidence to join the darkroom as a member. All 35mm film, paper and darkroom supplies included. Bring your manual 35mm or medium format film camera to the first class.

Mon., Mar. 18-Apr. 8, 6-9 p.m. Cost: $180/person; $162/BCA members.

Location: BCA Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 865-7166, burlingtoncityarts.org.

DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY PROJECTS: Do you shoot digital images and have a project idea to explore? ¥ is eight-week class will challenge you to edit and refine your photographs to create the portfolio of work you envision. Organizing and editing techniques in Adobe Lightroom, printing on our Epson large format printers and more will be covered, tailored to individual student interests. Fri., Mar. 29May 17, 10 a.m.-noon. Cost: $240/ person; $216/BCA members.

Location: BCA Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 865-7166, burlingtoncityarts.org.

EARRINGS: Check out the jewelry and fine metals studio by making your own earrings. Open to all skill levels. Class includes copper and brass, silver ear wire, and all basic tools. Silver can be purchased separately. Ž u., Mar. 14, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Cost: $37/ person; $33.30/BCA members.

Location: BCA Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 865-7166, burlingtoncityarts.org.

EXPERIMENTAL DRAWING: Expand on your drawing skills while discovering the possibilities of abstract drawing styles

and compositions. A variety of drawing mediums, sizes and techniques will be explored, with plenty of flexibility to incorporate individual visions. Benefit from constructive feedback and gentle coaching in this supportive environment. Some drawing experience recommended. Ž u., Mar. 14-Apr. 18, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Cost: $270/person; $243/BCA members. Location: BCA Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 865-7166, burlingtoncityarts.org.

FAMILY ART SATURDAY: Get creative and make art together!

Families are invited to drop in to the BCA Center every third Saturday of the month to create their own artworks inspired by our current exhibitions. Each Family Art Saturday offers a different art-making project that will ignite the imaginations of your family members! Sat., Feb. 16, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Location: BCA Center, 135 Church St., Burlington. Info: 8657166, burlingtoncityarts.org.

FRIDAY ADULT WHEEL: Curious about the pottery wheel? Spend a Friday night with our pottery instructors at the BCA Clay Studio.

A ticket includes a wheel-throwing demonstration at the beginning of class, access to a wheel, and time to try making a bowl or cup. Registration is required. Fri., Feb. 1-May 3, 7:30-9 p.m. Cost: $10/per visit; $9/BCA members.

Location: BCA Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 8657166, burlingtoncityarts.org.

FRIDAY FAMILY CLAY: Spend a Friday night with your family at the BCA Clay Studio.

A ticket provides a wheel demonstration at the beginning of class, wheel access (for ages 6 and up), handbuilding for any age, unlimited clay and time to create. If you’d like your work to be fired and glazed by the studio, there is a $5 fee per piece. Registration is required.

Fri., Feb. 1-May 3, 5-7 p.m. Cost: $10/person; $9/BCA members.

Location: BCA Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 865-7166, burlingtoncityarts.org.

GLAZE CHEMISTRY: For ceramics artists, glazing can be a daunting and mysterious process: part alchemy, part magic and part pure luck. During this two-hour lecture, we will pull back the curtain to reveal the science behind this mysterious process. Mon., Mar. 25, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Cost: $25/ person; $22.50/BCA members.

Location: BCA Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 865-7166, burlingtoncityarts.org.

GRAPHIC NOVEL: Learn the art of visual storytelling through this immersive class in the comics discipline. Students will learn a broad range of techniques for communicating with both words and pictures, with an emphasis on using pen and ink. Some basic drawing experience is encouraged. Basic materials provided.

Option 2: Wed., Mar. 20-Apr. 24, 6-8:30 p.m. Cost: $225/ person; $202.50/BCA members.

Location: BCA Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 865-7166, burlingtoncityarts.org.

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HANDBUILDING: Learn the basics of handbuilding that will help you create functional and sculptural forms from clay. Class will include an introduction to our clay studio’s equipment and tools, along with helpful demonstrations and discussions. Working with the clay in different stages, from greenware to glaze, will be covered. No previous experience needed. Option 1: Fri., Feb. 15-Mar. 29, 9:30-11:30 a.m. (no class Mar. 1). Option 2: Fri., Apr. 12-May 17, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Cost: $204/ person; $183.60/BCA members.

Location: BCA Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 865-7166, burlingtoncityarts.org.

JEWELRY: Learn the basics of creating metal jewelry. Techniques covered will include sawing, piercing, filing, annealing, soldering, texturing, cold connections, ring sizing and more, so that students can create at least two completed pieces. ° e class includes some copper, brass and nickel for class projects; use of all basic tools; and studio access during the weeks of your class. Option 3: Tue., Apr. 16-May 21, 5:30-8 p.m.

Cost: $255/person; $229.50/BCA members. Location: BCA Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 865-7166, burlingtoncityarts.org.

LIFE DRAWING: Spend the evening with other local artists drawing one of our experienced models.

Please bring your drawing materials and paper. Purchase a ticket to hold your spot. Ticket purchases for this class are nonrefundable.

Fri., Feb. 1-Apr. 19, 7:30-9 p.m. Cost: $10/person; $9/BCA members.

Location: BCA Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 865-7166, burlingtoncityarts.org.

MIXED-LEVEL WHEEL THROWING: Mixed-Level Wheel supports students across a range of skill and experience levels who have thrown on the wheel. ° is eight-week course is rooted in fundamentals and encourages individual projects.

Demonstrations and instruction will cover centering, throwing, trimming and glazing, as well as forms and techniques determined by students. Option 2: Wed., Apr. 3-May 22, 9:30 a.m.-noon. Option 3: ˜ u., Apr. 4-May 23, 6-8:30 p.m.

Cost: $340/person; $306/BCA members. Location: BCA Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 865-7166, burlingtoncityarts.org.

MONOPRINT: Hone your skills working with the press and experiment with a variety of materials to take your printmaking to the next level. Learn how to incorporate drypoint and collagraph techniques and discover how to layer images that create depth in your work.

Students are encouraged to bring ideas and imagery they want to develop further. Tue., Mar. 12-Apr. 16, 9:30 a.m.-noon Cost: $225/ person; $202.50/BCA members.

Location: BCA Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 865-7166, burlingtoncityarts.org.

PEN & INK: Learn the striking techniques of pen & ink.

Students will discover how to use cross-hatching, stippling and ink washes to enhance their realistic

or abstract drawings. Share progress and receive feedback in a supportive setting. No experience necessary. All basic supplies will be provided. Mon., Apr. 8-May 13, 6-8:30 p.m. Cost: $225/person; $202.50/BCA members.

Location: BCA Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 865-7166, burlingtoncityarts.org.

PENDANTS: Check out the jewelry and fine metals studio by making your own copper, brass or nickel pendant using basic cutting, stamping and sawing techniques. Open to all skill levels.

All materials included. ˜ u., Apr. 11, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Cost: $37/ person; $33.30/BCA members.

Location: BCA Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 865-7166, burlingtoncityarts.org.

PHOTOGRAPHING ARTWORK: Learn how to take professionalquality digital images of your work in this hands-on workshop in our lighting studio. Whether you’re applying to art school, submitting work for an exhibition or putting together a website, you’ll leave this workshop with techniques that will improve your images and enhance your presentations. ˜ u., Apr. 11, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

Cost: $45/person; $40.50/BCA members. Location: BCA Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 865-7166, burlingtoncityarts.org.

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SCHOOL BREAK WORKSHOP: POTTERY WHEEL: ° is day is all about learning the basics of the ever-popular pottery wheel.

Students will have all day to get their hands on clay, spinning it into small bowls or cups to be fired and glazed by the studio. All items will be dishwasher safe and lead free. Ages 6-11. Fri., Mar. 1, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Cost: $70/person; $63/BCA members. Location: BCA Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 8657166, burlingtoncityarts.org.

STUDIO NIGHT FOR EDUCATORS: Spend an evening exploring the tools and equipment in BCA’s Print and Drawing & Painting studios with fellow teaching artists and K-12 educators. Participants will have the opportunity to express their own creativity, as well as discuss ways to bring lessons back to the classroom. Innovative reflection and assessment strategies will also be presented. ˜ u., Mar. 21, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Cost: $25/ person; $22.50/BCA members.

Location: BCA Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 865-7166, burlingtoncityarts.org.

SCHOOL BREAK WORKSHOP: POTTERY WHEEL: ° is day is all about learning the basics of the ever-popular pottery wheel.

Students will have all day to get their hands into clay, spinning it into small bowls or cups to be fired and glazed by the studio. All items will be dishwasher safe and lead free. Ages 6-11. Mon., Feb 25, 8 a.m.3 p.m. Cost: $70/person; $63/BCA members. Location: BCA Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 8657166, burlingtoncityarts.org.

SCHOOL BREAK WORKSHOP: SCREEN PRINT: Working in BCA’s professional print studio, students will learn the basics of screen printing to print images onto paper and fabric. Wed., Feb. 27, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Cost: $70/ person; $63/BCA members.

Location: BCA Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 865-7166, burlingtoncityarts.org.

PRINTMAKING: ° is introductory class will show you a whole range of printing techniques that can be used on their own or in combination to create unique artwork. Over six weeks, you’ll be introduced to the studio’s equipment and materials and learn techniques such as block printing with linoleum, collagraph (a low-relief intaglio technique) and monoprinting. No previous experience needed. Option 1: Tue., Jan. 22-Feb. 26, 9:30 a.m.-noon.

Option 2: ˜ u., Jan. 24-Mar. 7, 6-8:30 p.m. (no class Feb. 14).

Cost: $255/person; $229.50/BCA members. Location: BCA Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 865-7166, burlingtoncityarts.org.

SCHOOL BREAK WORKSHOPS: MINI WORLDS: Shrink down with us and create small, beautiful worlds. Campers will be encouraged to explore a variety of craft media to develop tiny, intricate terrariums, doll houses or fairy worlds.

Ages 6-11. ˜ u., Feb. 28, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Cost: $70/person; $63/BCA members. Location: BCA Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 8657166, burlingtoncityarts.org.

SCHOOL BREAK WORKSHOP: DRAWING & PAINTING: ° is workshop is designed for the young artist who loves to draw and paint.

Join us at BCA’s painting studio to experiment with different mediums and techniques, while learning how to make your drawings and paintings even better.

Ages 6-11. Tue., Feb. 26, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Cost: $70/person; $63/BCA

SCREEN PRINT WORKSHOP: Get to know our print studio at this one-night workshop and explore the possibilities of screen printing. Students will choose from a variety of prepped silkscreen designs to put on a poster or tote bag to bring home. Class includes all materials, no experience necessary. Tue., Mar. 26, 6-9 p.m.

Cost: $25/person; $22.50/BCA

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

Students will work primarily on the potter’s wheel, learning basic throwing and forming techniques while creating functional pieces such as mugs, cups and bowls.

Students will also be guided through the various finishing techniques using the studio’s house slips and glazes. No previous experience needed. Option 4: Wed., Apr. 3-May 22, 1:30-4 p.m.; Option 5: Wed., Apr. 3-May 22, 6-8:30 p.m. Cost: $340/ person; $306/BCA members.

Location: BCA Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 865-7166, burlingtoncityarts.org.

SUNDAY FAMILY JEWELRY: Spend a morning with teaching artist Kate McKernan in BCA’s jewelry studio. Using our studio equipment, fine metals and beads, your family will create beautiful and wearable works of art. All supplies are provided; no experience needed. Youth must be accompanied by an adult.

Additional tickets are required for adults who’d like to join the fun and create on their own.

Sun., Feb. 10, 10 a.m.-noon Cost: $10/person; $9/BCA members.

Location: BCA Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 865-7166, burlingtoncityarts.org.

SUNDAY FAMILY PRINTMAKING: Spend a morning with teaching artist Kate McKernan in BCA’s print studio. Using our printing plates, inks and press, your family will create beautiful works of art.

All supplies are provided; no experience needed. Youth must be accompanied by an adult. Adults may assist their child(ren) free of charge. Additional tickets are required for adults who’d like to join the fun and print on their own.

Sun., Mar. 3, 10 a.m.-noon Cost: $10/person; $9/BCA members.

Location: BCA Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 865-7166, burlingtoncityarts.org.

THE ARTIST’S STORY: Learn tips for writing and presenting a successful artist talk from storyteller and educator, Recille Hamrell.

Improve your public speaking and learn to craft an engaging story about how you began your work, your challenges and successes, and the purpose and unique value of what you create. Artists from all disciplines and levels are welcome. Wed., Feb. 13, 6-8:30 p.m.

Cost: $25/person; $22.50/BCA members. Location: BCA Center, 135 Church St., Burlington. Info: 865-7166, burlingtoncityarts.org.

WATERCOLOR: Learn how to paint with watercolor. ° is class will focus on observational painting from still life, figure, landscape and photos. Students will paint on watercolor paper and will gain experience with composition, color theory, layering, light and shade. Class may move outdoors for plein air painting on nice days! No experience necessary. ˜ u., Mar. 28-May 2, 6-8:30 p.m.

Cost: $225/person; $202.50/BCA members. Location: BCA Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 865-7166, burlingtoncityarts.org.

$360/2-hour class. Location: Shelburne Craft School , 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: 9853648, info@shelburnecraftschool. org, shelburnecraftschool.org.

BEGINNER TO MIXED-LEVEL CLAY: Are you new to wheel throwing? Or have you just learned how to throw on the wheel and are looking for a way to practice and improve your skills? ° is course is for beginners to intermediatelevel wheel throwers and offers guided instruction that nurtures and challenges beginner potters.

Wed., 6-8 p.m., Mar. 27-May 22.

Cost: $360/2-hour class. Location: Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: 985-3648, info@shelburnecraftschool.org, shelburnecraftschool.org.

WOOD TURNING: Are you looking for an introduction to wood turning? Join us in our warm, light-filled wood shop to learn the beautiful art of wood turning.

Over the course of three weeks, students will learn how to turn a chunk of tree trunk into a wooden bowl or vessel. Mon., 6-9 p.m., Mar. 11-25. Cost: $270/3-hour class. Location: Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne.

Info: 985-3648, info@shelburne craftschool.org, shelburnecraft school.org.

culinary WOODCUT: Discover the unique process of woodblock printing with local artist Ashley Stagner.

Students will focus on fundamental relief printing techniques and will be able to transform their designs into unique prints.

Students will then progress to more sophisticated processes, including multicolor printing and two-to-three color reduction block printing. Class cost includes all basic materials. Wed., Apr. 3-May 8, 6-8:30 p.m. Cost: $225/ person; $202.50/BCA members.

Location: BCA Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 865-7166, burlingtoncityarts.org.

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ALTERNATIVE FIRING CLAY: Ever wonder how to get a smoky earthen patina with ceramics? Or are you curious about what it was like to fire clay before electricity? ° is intermediate-level course explores slow alternative methods of firing clay from Japanese Raku to Eastern European Obvara to ancient “baked clay” in a pit. Mon., 6-8 p.m., Jan. 7-Mar. 11. Cost:

A DAY AT KING ARTHUR FLOUR: On Your Mark. Get Set. Bake!

Spend the day at King Arthur Flour starting with a one-hour yeast bread demonstration that includes demo, printed recipes and a tasting, followed by a brief tour of the facility. Enjoy time on your own eating a delicious lunch in the cafe. ˜ u., Mar. 14, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Cost: $85/registration required. Location: OLLI at UVM, 460 South Prospect St., Burlington. Info: Osher Life Long Learning Company, 656-2085, uvmolli@uvm.edu, learn.uvm. edu/olli.

HERBAL-INFUSED CHOCOLATES: In this class, we will focus on the why and how of making herbalinfused chocolate delights. We will explore the use of different herbal infusions including CBD. In class, we will make chocolate truffles, and each student will leave with recipes and a few infused chocolate truffles. Sun., Feb. 17, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Cost: $35/ person; incl. lessons, recipes & a few truffles to take home.

Location: Maya Retreat Center, 2755 West Shore Rd., Isle La Motte. Info: Jeanette O’Conor, 370-5075, joconor@mayactr.org, mayacenter.org.

dance BELLY DANCE WITH MAHSATI: Learn to Belly Dance! Group classes and private lessons available for beginner to advanced students. Mahsati specializes in Egyptian Raqs Sharqi, Turkish Dans Oryantal, American Classic Orientale, and Folkloric Dances of the Middle East and North Africa. ° u.: Technique Level 1. Sat.: DANCE

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Dancing Drum Solos. Drop-ins welcome. ˜ u., 7:30-9 p.m., & Sat. 10-11:30 a.m. Cost: $17/1.5-hour class drop-in rate. Location: Swan Dojo, 19 Church St., Suite 1, Burlington. Info: Mahsati, 276-1181, mahsati@mahsati.com, mahsati.com.

DANCE STUDIO SALSALINA: Salsa classes: nightclub-style, group and private, four levels.

Beginner walk-in classes, Wed., 6 p.m. $15/person for one-hour class. No dance experience, partner or preregistration required, just the desire to have fun! Drop in anytime and prepare for an enjoyable workout. Location: 266 Pine St., Burlington. Info: Victoria, 598-1077, info@salsalina.com.

UNINHIBITED: SENSUAL MOVEMENT SPIN-OFF: Are you curious about this dance series?

Do you want to try but not ready to commit to a full six-week series? If so, then this spin-off workshop is your chance to test the waters! In this two-hour bodypositive dance workshop, you’ll get out of your head and into your body to discover your own unique movement style and unleash the inner wild, sensual you. You’ll explore and learn movement to help you feel more comfortable and confident, reclaim your body, and uncover (or rediscover) your own version of sexy. No dance ability is needed, just the willingness and desire to bring every facet of you out to play. Knee pads or long socks are recommended. Space is limited to keep the group intimate. Sun., Feb. 10, 4-6 p.m. Cost: $30/person. Location: Zenbarn Studio , 179 Guptil Rd., Waterbury Center. Info: 244-8134, studio@ zenbarnvt.com, zenbarnvt.com.

UNLEASHED: SENSUAL MOVEMENT DANCE SERIES: In this six-week body-positive dance series, you’ll get out of your head and into your body to discover your own unique movement style and unleash the inner wild, sensual you. Each week, you’ll explore and learn movement to help you feel more comfortable and confident, reclaim your body, and uncover (or rediscover) your own version of sexy. No dance ability is needed, just the willingness and desire to bring every facet of you out to play. Knee pads or long socks are recommended.

Space is limited to keep the group intimate. Sun., Feb. 24-Mar. 31, 4-5:30 p.m. Cost: $175/6 sessions.

Location: Zenbarn Studio , 179 Guptil Rd., Waterbury Center. Info: 244-8134, studio@zenbarnvt.com, zenbarnvt.com.

Parents: Wed., 4:30-5:20 p.m.

Drums provided. Conga classes, too! Visit schedule and register online. Location: Taiko Space, 208 Flynn Ave., Suite 3G, Burlington. Info: 999-4255, burlingtontaiko.org.

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ADULT SATURDAY SING!: Instructor: Jen Greenwood. Sat., Mar. 16-May 4 (no class Mar. 30 & Feb. 27), 10-11 a.m. Cost: $75/6 weeks. Location: Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, 153 Main St., Burlington. Info: 652-4543, flynnarts.org.

BALLET LEVELS I & II: Teens & Adults. Instructor: Elizabeth Brody. Drop-ins welcome. Mon., Jan. 7-May 6 (no class Jan. 21, Feb. 25 & Apr. 22). Level I: 5:306:30 p.m. Level II: 6:45-7:45 p.m.

Cost: $185/15 weeks; $15/hour to drop in. Location: Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, 153 Main St., Burlington. Info: 652-4543, flynnarts.org.

BURLESQUE: Ages 18+.

Instructor: Doctor Vu. Drop-ins welcome. Mon., 7-8 p.m., Jan. 7-May 6 (no class Jan. 21, Feb. 25 & Apr. 22). Cost: $185/15 weeks; $15/hour to drop in. Location: Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, 153 Main St., Burlington.

Info: 652-4543, flynnarts.org.

FEBRUARY VACATION CAMP: MAGIC TREEHOUSE ADVENTURES: Ages 6-8.

Instructor: Mark Stein. Feb. 25-Mar. 1, 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Cost: $350/person. Location: Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, 153 Main St., Burlington. Info: 652-4543, flynnarts.org.

FEBRUARY VACATION CAMP: MUSICAL THEATER ADVENTURE CAMP: Ages 9-14. Instructor: Owen Leavey & Randal Pierce.

Feb. 25-Mar. 1, 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m.

Cost: $350/person. Location: Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, 153 Main St., Burlington.

Info: 652-4543, flynnarts.org.

FEBRUARY VACATION CAMP: SILENT FILMMAKING: Grades 6-8. Instructor: Elisa Van Duyne and Ross Ransom. Feb. 25-Mar. 1, 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Cost: $350/ person. Location: Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, 153 Main St., Burlington. Info: 652-4543, flynnarts.org.

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TAIKO AND DJEMBE CLASSES IN BURLINGTON!: Open classes in September. New drumming sessions begin the weeks of 10/8, 11/26, 1/7, 2/4, 3/11, 5/6.

Intermediate Taiko: Mon., 6-8:20 p.m. Taiko for Adults: Tue., 5:306:20 p.m., & Wed., 6:30-7:50 p.m. Djembe for Adults: Wed., 5:30-6:20 p.m. Taiko for Kids and Parents: Tue., 4:30-5:20 p.m.

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COMMUNITY TEACHING GARDEN COURSES: ° is course will leave you feeling confident in growing your own organic produce.

Curriculum covers vegetable gardening, edible perennials, herbalism and food preservation! In our 22-week beginner course, each student will have their own garden bed, as well as shared space.

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is a must, and students will work in a collectively managed market garden. Twice-weekly courses start in Mar. & May Cost: $700/22-week beginner course (starts in May); $850/30-week advanced course (starts in Mar.).

Location: Community Teaching Garden, Ethan Allen Homestead, Burlington. Info: VT Community Garden Network, Carolina Lukac, 861-4769, Carolina@vcgn.org, vcgn.org.

GROWING MICROGREENS: Learn to grow nutrient-dense, flavorful greens year-round. Microgreens are rapidly increasing in popularity as people recognize the benefits of adding them to their meals. Presenter: Ethan ° ompson. Sat., Feb. 9, 9:30-11 a.m. Cost: $15/person. Location: Gardener’s Supply, 128 Intervale Rd., Burlington. Info: 660-3505, gardenerssupplystore.com.

herbs SACRED CANNABIS MEDICINE CLASS: Join us for a full day intensive with herbalist Rochelle Baca as we learn the value of the sacred Cannabis plant. In this herbal class, you will learn many ways to utilize Cannabis in everyday life for health and healing, including making and taking home infusions, salves and tinctures.

Sat., Feb. 16, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Cost: $150/person; additional $150 materials fee to take medicine home (optional). Location: Maya Retreat Center, 2755 West Shore Rd., Isle La Motte. Info: Jeanette O’Conor, 370-5075, joconor@mayactr.org, mayacenter.org.

language ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE: SPRING SESSION: Eleven-week and also shorter French courses starting on March 11. Morning, afternoon and evening classes available in Burlington, and evening classes only in Colchester and Montpelier. Some classes focus on core foundation of the French language, but we also offer classes that focus on culture. We serve the entire range of students from the true beginners to those already comfortable conversing in French. Info: Micheline Tremblay, 881-8826, education@aflcr.org, aflcr.org.

JAPANESE LANGUAGE CLASSES (SPRING): ° e Japan-America Society of Vermont (JASV) is offering beginning Japanese language courses, Levels 1 and 2, on the campus of Saint Michael’s College. Classes begin on Wed., Feb. 20, (Level 1) and Mon., Feb. 24, (Level 2) 6:30-8 p.m. Each class continues for 10 weekly sessions. Main textbook: Japanese for Busy People I. Level 1 covers the first half of the book, and Level 2, the second. Location: St. Michael’s College, Saint Edmunds Room #105, Colchester. Info: jasvlanguage@gmail.com, jasv. org/v2/language.

LEARN SPANISH OR ENGLISH, SWC: We provide high-quality, affordable instruction in the Spanish language for adults,

students and children. Travelers’ lesson package. Small classes or private lessons. Our online English classes are live, engaging, face-toface interactions, not computer exercises. In our 13th year. See our website for complete information or contact us for details. Location: Spanish in Waterbury Center, Waterbury Center. Info: 585-1025, spanishparavos@gmail.com, spanishwaterburycenter.com.

songs and hone their performances. Brand-new bands will perform their original songs and some covers at a big rock concert Friday at 7 p.m. Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Feb. 18-22; concert Feb. 22, 7 p.m. Cost: $295/person. Location: Town Hall ˜ eater, 68 S. Pleasant St., Middlebury. Info: Town Hall ˜ eater, Lindsay Pontius, 3881436, education@townhalltheater. org, townhalltheater.org/classes.

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VERMONT BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU: Brazilian jiujitsu is a martial arts combat style based entirely on leverage and technique. Brazilian jiujitsu self-defense curriculum is taught to Navy SEALs, CIA, FBI, military police and special forces.

No training experience required.

Easy-to-learn techniques that could save your life! Classes for men, women and children.

Students will learn realistic bully-proofing and self-defense life skills to avoid them becoming victims and help them feel safe and secure. Our sole purpose is to help empower people by giving them realistic martial arts training practices they can carry with them throughout life. IBJJF and CBJJ certified black belt sixthdegree Instructor under Carlson Gracie Sr.: teaching in Vermont, born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. A five-time Brazilian National Champion; International World Masters Champion and IBJJF World Masters Champion.

Accept no Iimitations! Location: Vermont Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, 55 Leroy Rd., Williston. Info: 598-2839, julio@bjjusa.com, vermontbjj.com.

POTTERY CLASSES: ° ese small classes taught by Burlington potter Claude Lehman focus on the wheel, but hand-building is also available. Because of the small size (five to six students), personalized instruction is offered. ° ese seven-week courses, although laid-back and fun, are very productive, with the opportunity to produce many clay creations.

Tue., 4:30-7 p.m. First course: Mar. 5-Apr. 16; second course: Apr. 30Jun. 11. Open studio hours will be offered. Cost: $325/person; incl.

25 pounds of clay and all materials. More clay can be purchased as needed.. Location: Claude Lehman Pottery, 4 Howard St., Burlington. Info: Claude Lehman, 399-5181, lilaravi@msn.com.

meditation LEARN TO MEDITATE: Taught by qualified meditation instructors at the Burlington Shambhala Meditation Center: Wed., 6-7 p.m.; Sun., 9 a.m.-noon. Free and open to anyone. Free public meditation: weeknights, 6-7 p.m.; Tue. and ° u., noon-1 p.m.; Sun., 9 a.m.-noon. Classes and retreats also offered. See our website at burlington.shambhala.org.

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

WORKING WITH MANDALAS: A contemplative, hands-on workshop designed to introduce participants to the powerful spiritual effect that results in the process of crafting a mandala. All tools and media will be provided.

Class size limited to 8. Led by Sue Mehrtens, teacher and author.

Feb. 13, 20, 27 & Mar. 6 (snow day Mar. 13). Cost: $60/person.

Location: Jungian Center for the Spiritual Sciences, 55 Clover Ln., Waterbury. Info: Sue Mehrtens, 244-7909.

music ROCK CAMP AT TOWN HALL THEATER: Vermont’s finest musicians help teens rock out during this week-long camp for ages 12+. Kids will work with top-tier musicians from the Grift to craft

tai chi SNAKE-STYLE TAI CHI CHUAN: ° e 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: 3636890, snake-style.com.

well-being WOMEN’S HEALTH & HORMONES WEEKEND WORKSHOP AND CLINICAL DAY: AN AYURVEDIC PERSPECTIVE: Instructor: Dr. Claudia Welch, DOM. 10 a.m.-1 p.m. & 2:30-4:30 p.m., Sat. & Sun. May 18-19. Optional clinical day for practitioners who would like to go deeper on Mon., May 20.

Cost: $275/both days; $108 for Mon. add-on clinic day. Location: Burlington, Vermont. Info: ˜ e Ayurvedic Center of Vermont, 8728898, ayurvedavermont.com/ classes/#claudia.

yoga BABAJIS KRIYA YOGA VERMONT: Babaji’s Kriya Yoga offerings: six-week Yoga/Meditation, Tue, Feb. 26-Apr. 2; & First Initiation Seminar into Babaji’s Kriya Yoga, Apr. 12-14. Kriya Yoga is for everyone and integrates into any other spiritual practice. You will be offered tools for inner self-transformation and personal mastery. Tue., Feb. 26-Apr. 2; Fri., Apr. 12-Sun. Apr. 14. Cost: $75/6week class; $250 suggested contribution for First Initiation Seminar. Location: Sacred

Mountain Studios, 215 College St. (3rd floor), Burlington. Info: babajiskriyayoga.net, Krishna Bright, 735-1225, jamiebbright@gmail. com, krishnabright.com.

EVOLUTION YOGA: Practice yoga in a down-to-earth atmosphere with some of the most experienced teachers and therapeutic professionals in Burlington.

Daily drop-in classes include $5 Community, Vinyasa, Kripalu, Yin, Meditation, Yoga Wall and Yoga ° erapeutics led by physical therapists. Dive deeper into your practice with Yoga for Life, a semesterbased program of unlimited yoga, weekend workshops and mentorship. Transform your career with our Yoga Teacher Training rooted in anatomy and physiology and taught by a faculty of healthcare providers who integrate yoga into their practices. $15/class; $140/10-class card; $5-10/community class. Location: Evolution Yoga, 20 Kilburn St., Burlington.

Info: 864-9642, evolutionvt.com.

SANGHA STUDIO | NONPROFIT, DONATION-BASED YOGA: Sangha Studio builds an empowered community through the shared practice of yoga. Free yoga service initiatives and outreach programs are offered at 17 local organizations working with all ages.

Join Sangha in both downtown Burlington and the Old North End for one of their roughly 60 weekly classes and workshops. Become a Sustaining Member for $60/ month and practice as often as you like! Daily. Location: Sangha Studio, 120 Pine St. and 237 North Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: 448-4262, Info@sanghastudio. org, sanghastudio.org.

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Ritcher and Nelson initially met in Boston’s blues music scene and were friends and colleagues for years before connecting romantically. Before the two actually got together, friends noted that their musical bond was so intense that many speculated they were secretly involved offstage long before they were.

Being Dwight & Nicole is a full-time job.

Cohabiting in a shared live-work space with your business partner can be complicated, so establishing roles — both professional and domestic — has been essential.

“It was hard, in the beginning, figuring out who does what well and how to delegate that without N I C O L E N EL S O N overstepping the boundaries of the relationship,” says Nelson. “As we got better in business, we were sort of climbing these mountains together. And mutual respect is really good in a business and a relationship.”

In 2018, Dwight & Nicole released a new EP, Electric Lights. „ ough there was much to celebrate, the past couple of years were also marked by tragedy. Ritcher lost his mother, and Nelson’s fell ill.

While they didn’t broadcast details of their personal lives while touring in support of the record, they say that they happened to encounter many fans who were also dealing with major life turmoil.

“We were trying to be so strong,” says Nelson.

“But people could feel it.”

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IN A BUSINESS AND A RELATIONSHIP.

Holly Chagnon and David Zacharis The Smittens

“Our musical journey kind of started together,” says Zacharis. „ ough he and Chagnon have been involved with other musical projects before, both regard the Smittens as their first serious band. „ e couple bonded early on.

“We’ve always been really close,” says Chagnon. “It was pretty obvious we were best friends prior to getting together.”

After a few years, the two took their relationship to the next level.

“We kept it on the DL in the beginning,” says Chagnon.

But secrets are hard to keep from your closest friends, especially in close quarters. While on tour, fellow Smitten Dana Kaplan busted Zacharis and Chagnon canoodling behind the twee pop band’s tour van. Understandably, the budding relationship became a point of mild contention among their bandmates.

“We really had to be like, ‘No, nothing’s gonna change,’” recalls Chagnon.

Chagnon and Zacharis initially kept their relationship a secret because of how they thought their union might be received regarding major band decisions. „ e Smittens have always been a democracy, and the couple worried they’d be seen as a voting bloc.

Due to life changes throughout the group, the Smittens aren’t as active as they once were. But there’s often still business to discuss, as there was ahead of the release of the band’s 2018 album, City Rock Dove. Chagnon and Zacharis don’t bring much of that home, since the group communicates constantly via text and email. Why discuss in person what you can bang out in a quick iMessage?

Chagnon and Zacharis recently purchased a house, which has become a retreat for the group when it’s working on material. „ e line between the couple’s home life and artistic life disappears — but that’s kind of the point. “„ e band is our family,” says Zacharis. “We’re all connected in this way that we’re always gonna be. It’s not that we can’t be in a relationship without the band, but I don’t see my life without [it].”

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Several successful Vermontbased groups also contain successful couples. Seven Days checked in with a few of them for this week’s Love & Marriage Issue, and right away similarities emerged. All three couples, and their projects, have been together more than a decade, even approaching the 20-year mark. All started their romantic relationships after being friends and playing music together for years. And they all have wonderfully friendly canine companions.

We asked the couples to briefly recount their love stories, muse on what it’s like to make art with a partner, and discuss how their relationship fits into their band and vice versa.

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ouples who work together can find themselves navigating awkward terrain.

Keeping professional and personal lives separate is tricky to negotiate. Compartmentalization can be effective, but it’s hardly foolproof.

So, what’s it like for couples who make music together? Does playing alongside your life partner complicate things at home?

After all, rock-and-roll history is riddled with stories of romantic musical partnerships that didn’t work out for the best.

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Parade’s End In case you missed it, Seven Days broke some interesting new last week: This year, there shall be no parade at Magic Hat Brewing’s annual Mardi Gras celebration. The weekend festival, which runs from Friday, March 29, through Sunday, March 31, usually includes a processional of floats from local businesses and organizations cascading down Burlington’s Main Street. (Disclosure: Seven Days has long been a sponsor of the event.) But, citing typically frigid temperatures and a desire to shake things up to better serve the community, the company announced last week via a press release that it’s nixing the parade and putting the focus on street performances and live music.

Based on the comments section on our Facebook post that linked to the story, people seemed downright pissed off about the cancellation. Collectively, commenters claimed that eliminating the parade makes Mardi Gras less family friendly. Um, y’all do know that the three-day event is sponsored by a beer company, right? I think the naysayers may have been deluding themselves with regard to how family friendly the event actually was.

As much fun as the parade may have been for some, it was kind of a nightmare for others. Can you imagine how much

debris had to be cleaned up afterward?

Between multicolored plastic beads and moon-pie wrappers, the waste added up. Also, the parade disrupted downtown traffic and eliminated parking spaces. In my opinion, people should ideally be out of their cars and into the fun, not circling around looking for parking. The new plan means that people will likely be coming and going all day, as opposed to all showing up at the same time, competing for parking and generally jamming things up.

Also, a side note: Would it be OK if there were a major cultural or entertainment event locally that wasn’t family friendly, at least in the traditional, mainstream concept of what is appropriate for all ages?

Would that be so bad?

Other than the Vermont El Gleno Grande Brewers Festival, nearly

every large-scale celebration in the area is a family affair, so please excuse my eye roll at the misplaced incredulity.

Another thing: The event used to take place in early March. Now that it’s at the end of that month, we’re likelier to have better weather. Sure, anything can happen. I seem to recall last that March was particularly unforgiving in terms of ice and snow.

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HALF LOUNGE: AQUG (bass music), 10 p.m., free.

THU.7

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burlington

JP’S PUB: Karaoke, 10 p.m., free.

JUNIPER: ‘e Alex Stewart Quartet (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free.

LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Irish Sessions (traditional), 7 p.m., free.

Daby Touré (Afro-pop, soul), 9:30 p.m., $5.

MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Open Mic with Andy Lugo, 9 p.m., free.

NECTAR’S: Cole Davidson (EP Release), Ula Klein (folk-rock), 8:30 p.m., free/$5. 18+.

RADIO BEAN: Ensemble V (jazz), 7 p.m., free. Joel Hermansen (singer-songwriter), 8:45 p.m., free.

Midweek Mosaic (jam), 10 p.m., $5.

RED SQUARE: Mystique & Toxic Presents: Drag Bingo Glamazon, 6 p.m., $10.

SIDEBAR: Godfather Karaoke, 10 p.m., free.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): A Mid-Winter’s Residency with Joshua Panda and Friends (acoustic, soul), 7 p.m., free.

VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Open Mic, 7 p.m., free. Indie Rumble (improv), 8:30 p.m., $5.

chittenden county

CITY SPORTS GRILLE: Interactive Video Trivia with Top Hat Entertainment, 7:30 p.m., free.

THE DOUBLE E LOUNGE AT ESSEX CINEMAS & T-REX THEATER: Open Stage Night, 7 p.m., free.

HIGHER GROUND BALLROOM: Gryffin, SNBRN (electronic), 8:30 p.m., $20/23.

MONKEY HOUSE: Literary Trivia, 7 p.m., free.

THE OLD POST: Karaoke with D Jay Baron, 8 p.m., free.

STONE CORRAL BREWERY: Trivia Night, 8 p.m., free.

barre/montpelier

CHARLIE-O’S WORLD FAMOUS: John Lackard Blues Jam, 6 p.m., free.

SWEET MELISSA’S: D. Davis (acoustic), 5:30 p.m., donation.

stowe/smuggs

MOOGS PLACE: Trivia Night, 6:30 p.m., free. Chris Lyon (singersongwriter), 8 p.m., free.

mad river valley/ waterbury

ZENBARN: Wednesday Night Dead (Grateful Dead tribute), 7 p.m., free.

middlebury area

CITY LIMITS NIGHT CLUB: Karaoke, 9 p.m., free.

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

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MONOPOLE: Open Mic with Lucid, 10 p.m., free.

OLIVE RIDLEY’S: Karaoke with DJ Jon Berry & DJ Coco, 9 p.m., free.

burlington

ARTSRIOT: ‘at Bluegrass Band featuring Brett Hughes, Pappy Biondo, Matt Flinner and more, 8:30 p.m., $10.

FRI.8

CLUB METRONOME: Jaw Gems (experimental, hip-hop), 8:30 p.m., $10.

burlington

BLEU NORTHEAST SEAFOOD: Jeff Wheel (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free.

DRINK: Downstairs Comedy Open Mic, 8 p.m., free.

BURLINGTON ST. JOHN’S CLUB: Karaoke, 8:30 p.m., free.

FINNIGAN’S PUB: DJ Craig Mitchell (open format), 10 p.m., free.

CLUB METRONOME: Pleasure Principle: An LGBT + BIPOC Dance Party (hip-hop, R&B), 10:30 p.m., $5.

HALF LOUNGE: DJ SVPPLY & Bankz (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.

JP’S PUB: Karaoke, 10 p.m., free.

DRINK: ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars’ Viewing Party, 8 p.m., free.

LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Shane Hardiman Trio (jazz), 8:30 p.m., $5. Light Club Jazz Sessions and Showcase, 10:30 p.m., free.

NECTAR’S: Trivia Mania, 7 p.m., free.

Phantom Vanity, the Royal Noise (funk, folk), 9:30 p.m., $3/5. 18+.

RADIO BEAN: Jason Baker (Americana), 5:30 p.m., free. ‘e Sequoias (rock), 7 p.m., free.

Giovanina Bucci (singer-songwriter), 8:30 p.m., free.

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

RED SQUARE BLUE ROOM: DJ Cre8 (open format), 10 p.m., free.

SIDEBAR: Dilla Day (J Dilla tribute), 10 p.m., free.

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THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Vienna (indie), 6 p.m., free.

stature makes him hard to forget. From portraying an

VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Brian Posehn (standup), 7 p.m., $20. ‘e Mainstage Show featuring UNO! (improv), 9 p.m., $5.

neighbor on “The Sarah Silverman Program” to voicing

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BACKSTAGE PUB & RESTAURANT: Trivia, 8 p.m., free.

HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: Troy Millette, Chad Conant Trio, Andrew James (folk-rock), 7:30 p.m., $10/12.

JERICHO TOWN GREEN: Irish Session, 7 p.m., free.

MAGIC HAT BREWING COMPANY: Barroom Hero Comedy Showcase (standup), 5:30 p.m., free.

MONKEY HOUSE: Funny Girl Comedy Night (standup), 7:30 p.m., $3.

THE OLD POST: Salsa Night with DJ JP, 7 p.m., free.

ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Nobby Reed Project (blues), 7 p.m., free.

barre/montpelier

BAGITOS BAGEL AND BURRITO CAFÉ: Colin McCaffrey and Friends (folk), 6 p.m., free.

GUSTO’S: Blue Fox (acoustic), 5 p.m., free. Open Mic Night, 8 p.m., free.

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awkward office worker on “Just Shoot Me” to a gay stoner the ultra-chill DJ Sour Cream on “Steven Universe,” the versatile actor-writer-comedian has been in constant demand for nearly three decades. Despite his monotone voice and lackadaisical cadence, Posehn never fails to engage with sidesplitting humor. Catch Posehn Thursday, February 7, through Saturday, February 9, at the Vermont Comedy Club in Burlington.

LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Tom Pearo (Music Video Release) (ambient, instrumental), 8 p.m., $5.

DJ Taka (eclectic vinyl), 11 p.m., $5.

MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Moochie (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.

NECTAR’S: Seth Yacovone (solo acoustic blues), 7 p.m., free. ‘e Peacheaters: An Allman Brothers Band Experience, 9 p.m., $6.

OFF CENTER FOR THE DRAMATIC ARTS: Stealing From Work (sketch comedy), 7:30 p.m., $15.

RADIO BEAN: Friday Morning Sing-Along with Linda Bassick & Friends (kids’ music), 11 a.m., free.

Bright Brown (art-folk), 5:30 p.m., free. Brian Dolzani (Americana), 7 p.m., free. Micah Resney (singersongwriter), 8:30 p.m., free. Good Morning Gils (alternative), 10 p.m., $5. Lake Waves (indie folk), 11:30 p.m., $5.

RED SQUARE: Gordon Goldsmith and Collin Cope (rock), 4 p.m., free.

Super Stash Bros. (funk, rock), 7 p.m., $5. DJ Craig Mitchell (open format), 11 p.m., $5.

SUSHI YOSHI (STOWE): Anthony Santor Trio (jazz), 4:30 p.m., free.

THE WOBBLY BARN STEAKHOUSE: Bow ‘ay er (folk), 8 p.m., free.

TAP 25: Abby Sherman (folk), 7 p.m., free.

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LOCALFOLK SMOKEHOUSE: Open Mic with Alex Budney, 8:30 p.m., free.

middlebury area

HATCH 31: Karaoke, 7 p.m., free.

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PICKLE BARREL NIGHTCLUB: Tropidelic (hip-hop, funk), 8 p.m., $12.72.

upper valley

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Ryan Fauber (singer-songwriter), 7 p.m., free.

BIG FATTY’S BBQ: Revels North Pub Sing (sing-along), 7 p.m., free.

VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Brian Posehn (standup), 7 & 9:30 p.m., $25/32.

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HARDWICK STREET CAFÉ AT THE HIGHLAND CENTER FOR THE ARTS: New Suede Blues (blues-rock), 6 p.m., free.

HIGHLAND LODGE: Trivia Night, 6:30 p.m., free.

STONE CORRAL BREWERY: McKew (singer-songwriter), 8 p.m., free.

WATERWORKS FOOD + DRINK: DJ Fattie B (hip-hop), 9 p.m., free.

barre/montpelier

CHARLIE-O’S WORLD FAMOUS: Scott Graves (acoustic), 6 p.m., free.

Be-er, Stolk (rock), 9 p.m., free.

GUSTO’S: Jeff Shelley and Patty Lynch (acoustic), 5 p.m., free. Nite Sky (rock), 9 p.m., $5.

stowe/smuggs

RED SQUARE BLUE ROOM: DJ KermiTT (eclectic), 10 p.m., $5.

14TH STAR BREWING CO.: ‘e Brewery Comedy Tour, 7 p.m., free.

ON TAP BAR & GRILL: ‘e Duel (rock), 5 p.m., free. Sticks & Stones (rock), 9 p.m., free.

HALF LOUNGE: Four-D (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.

REVELRY THEATER: Comedy with a Splash of Color (standup), 9:30 p.m., $7/10.

mad river valley/ waterbury

THE OLD POST: Supernatural (covers), 9 p.m., free.

SWEET MELISSA’S: Honky Tonk Happy Hour with Mark LeGrand, 5:30 p.m., free.

JUNIPER: Dr. Sammy Love (soul), 9 p.m., free.

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JERICHO TOWN GREEN: Leno, Young & Cheney (rock), 6 p.m., free.

FOAM BREWERS: Kudu Stooge (jam), 8 p.m., free.

JP’S PUB: Karaoke, 10 p.m., free.

OFF CENTER FOR THE DRAMATIC ARTS: Stealing From Work (sketch comedy), 7:30 p.m., $15.

HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: Upstate (Americana, soul), 8 p.m., $13/16.

BACKSTAGE PUB & RESTAURANT: Karaoke with Jenny Red, 9 p.m., free.

THE DOUBLE E LOUNGE AT ESSEX CINEMAS & T-REX THEATER: Robin Gottfried Experience (rock), 7 p.m., free.

MOOGS PLACE: Mud City Ramblers (Americana), 9 p.m., free.

TAP 25: George Petit’s Groovy Trio (jazz), 7 p.m., free.

TRES AMIGOS & RUSTY NAIL STAGE: Bob Marley Birthday with DJ Pablo and DJ Warren, 9 p.m., $5.

mad river valley/ waterbury

ZENBARN: Phantom Vanity, Funk Shui (funk), 9 p.m., $5.

middlebury area

CITY LIMITS NIGHT CLUB: DJ Bounce (hits), 9:30 p.m., free.

OTTER CREEK BREWING CO./ THE SHED BREWERY: Sarah King (blues-rock), 5 p.m., free.

rutland/killington

PICKLE BARREL NIGHTCLUB: Kevin Miller’s Smashed (covers), 8 p.m., $10-20.

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Royal Noise (funk),

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

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (HANOVER): Oliver the Crow, Hoot and Holler (Americana), 7 p.m., free.

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burlington

ARTSRIOT: Zoë Keating (Sold Out) (neo-classical), 8 p.m., $25.

BLEU NORTHEAST SEAFOOD: Steve Blair (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free.

CLUB METRONOME: Root7 (a cappella), 7 p.m., $10. Retronome (retro hits), 9 p.m., $5.

HALF LOUNGE: Antara and Fun House (house), 8 p.m., free.

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weekend than if the event happened in early March. Did you really love freezing your ass off for the sake of some beads?

Oh, I forgot to mention: Performance tents along Church Street, including a big-top-style, 100-person-capacity space on the street’s top block, will all be heated. No one is going to freeze this year.

What’s especially frustrating about the negative reaction is the fact that Magic Hat’s Mardi Gras is still superduper family friendly. Instead of a parade, the entire length of the Church Street Marketplace will be crawling with cool things to see and do with the fam. Namely: the vaudevillian shenanigans of performance group DAREDEVIL CHICKEN; “America’s Got Talent” break dancer SNAG BOOGIE; circus-arts street performer DEREK MCALISTER; propcentric visual comedian EL GLENO GRANDE; and Providence, R.I., performance art group BIG NAZO. More acts, including a slew of music events, will be announced soon. We’ll be sure to keep you in the know as more names are revealed.

Speaking of Big Nazo: Hot damn, am I psyched that they’re coming. I’ve been super stoked to lay my eyes on the troupe’s surreal, squishy, full-body costumes since fellow Rhode Islander JOCIE ADAMS of ARC IRIS mentioned them during our late 2018 interview.

Several of the group’s members appear in the art-pop band’s video for the B-side “Long Time Coming.” That part of my conversation with Adams didn’t make it into the final version — damn you, word count! But I highly recommend watching the clip to get familiar with the weird and wacky characters of Big Nazo.

To me, they look like some Muppets got all jacked up during a freak mattertransport experiment with the cast of “Yo Gabba Gabba!” In other words, they’re fantastically weird and grotesque in the best way possible.

I personally applaud Magic Hat for having the guts to do something different. It’s risky to make such a huge alteration in programming. People don’t like things to change. For instance, I’m sure the announcement that Burlington’s First Night wasn’t returning this past New Year’s Eve gave folks some anxiety. But look at what happened: Burlington City Arts teamed up with Signal Kitchen to form Highlight, which presented some seriously dope NYE entertainment. Indeed, the parade was

Listening In If I were a superhero, my superpower would be the ability to get songs stuck in other people’s heads. Here are five songs that have been stuck in my head this week. May they also get stuck in yours. Follow sevendaysvt on Spotify for weekly playlists with tunes by artists featured in the music section.

NAO, “Inhale Exhale” ALUNAGEORGE, “Best Be Believing” PEACHES, “Stuff Me Up” MAZDE, “Shifted fl oughts (featuring La Mar)” LUSCIOUS JACKSON, “Naked Eye”

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a much-loved occurrence for many folks in the area, especially for those who created and rode on the floats. But I think once we get a taste of the new Mardi Gras, we’ll be having too much fun to miss the parade.

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It’s easy — and, admittedly, lazy — to compare a garden-variety male acoustic singer-songwriter to BOB DYLAN. I’m guilty of it myself. The famed New York City folk singer is the quintessential troubadour of the recorded music era.

Anyone playing that genre of music has undoubtedly been influenced at least to some degree by the American legend.

Here’s a chance to release your inner Dylan. Barre’s Mingle Nightclub is staging a Bob Dylan wannabe contest on Saturday, February 9. Entrants are encouraged to really get into it.

Costumes and mimicry are strongly encouraged. Perhaps a viewing of CATE BLANCHETT’s performance in TODD HAYNES’ 2007 pseudo Dylan biopic, I’m Not There, will inspire you.

The stakes aren’t terribly high.

There’s no cash prize involved. But the winner receives a specialty art print of the bard. And if you’re good enough at impersonating the artist to win a contest, chances are you’ll be down to add a sweet print of Dylan to your art collection.

By the way, you know which local rocker does a really good Dylan impression? STEVEN YARDLEY of garagerock band the PYROS and Sonic Steve & the Jammbulance. It’s uncanny.

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JP’S PUB: Karaoke, 10 p.m., free.

VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Brian Posehn (standup), 7 & 9:30 p.m., $25/32.

JUNIPER: EmaLou & the Beat (folk, soul), 9 p.m., free.

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LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Hoot and Holler, Oliver the Crow (Americana), 7:30 p.m., $8. DJ Taka (eclectic vinyl), 11 p.m., $5.

NECTAR’S: Ben Slotnick and Ben Awad (folk), 7 p.m., free. Revibe, Dr. Sammy Love (jam), 9 p.m., $7.

OFF CENTER FOR THE DRAMATIC ARTS: Stealing From Work (sketch comedy), 4 & 7:30 p.m., $15.

RADIO BEAN: Waves of Adrenaline (folk), 7 p.m., free. Django Soulo (singer-songwriter), 8:30 p.m., free.

Matt Savage Groove Experiment (jazz fusion), 10 p.m., $5. Preece, the Pyros (punk), 11:30 p.m., $5.

RED SQUARE: Left Eye Jump (blues), 3 p.m., free. Mashtodon (open format), 11 p.m., $5.

RED SQUARE BLUE ROOM: DJ Raul (salsa, reggaeton), 6 p.m., free. DJ ATAK (open format), 11 p.m., $5.

REVELRY THEATER: Laugh Your Jazz Off (standup, jazz), 9:30 p.m., $7/10.

SIDEBAR: Reid Parsons (folk), 7 p.m., free. DJ SVPPLY (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Avery Cooper Quartet (funk, jazz), 8 p.m., free.

SMITTY’S PUB: Kyle Stevens (rock, country), 8 p.m., free.

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THE DOUBLE E LOUNGE AT ESSEX CINEMAS & T-REX THEATER: Freebo and Alice Howe (rock, folk), 7:30 p.m., $20/25..

HIGHER GROUND BALLROOM: Łe Rock and Roll Playhouse presents the Music of the Phish for Kids, 11:30 a.m., $15.

HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: King Buffalo, Lake Superior (psychedelic), 8 p.m., $10/12.

JERICHO TOWN GREEN: Sean Greenwood (Americana), 6 p.m., free.

MONKEY HOUSE: DIGGS, Willverine (hip-hop, soul), 9 p.m., $3/8. 18+.

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BAGITOS BAGEL AND BURRITO CAFÉ: Irish Session, 2 p.m., donation.

BUCH SPIELER RECORDS: Community DJ Series (vinyl DJs), 3 p.m., free.

CHARLIE-O’S WORLD FAMOUS: Medicine Tribe (rock), 9 p.m., free.

ESPRESSO BUENO: Jazzyaoke (live jazz band karaoke), 7:30 p.m., $5.

GUSTO’S: DJ LaFountaine (hits), 9:30 p.m., free.

MINGLE NIGHTCLUB: Bob Dylan Wannabe Contest, 7:30 p.m., $10.

SWEET MELISSA’S: Chris Killian and the Vermont Bridage (rock), 9 p.m., free.

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MOOGS PLACE: Tim Brick (country), 9 p.m., free.

THE OLD POST: Fran Briand (acoustic), 6:30 p.m., free. Saturday Night Mega Mix featuring DJ Colby Stiltz (open format), 9 p.m., free.

TRES AMIGOS & RUSTY NAIL STAGE: Purple: A Tribute to Prince featuring Craig Mitchell, 9 p.m., $14/18.

ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Robin Gottfried Band (rock), 5 p.m., free.

Shane Murley Band (folk-rock), 9 p.m., free.

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PARK PLACE TAVERN: Karaoke, 9:30 p.m., free.

STONE CORRAL BREWERY: Southtown Bluegrass, 8 p.m., free.

THE DEN: Bardela (rock), 2 p.m., free.

ZENBARN: Channel Two Dub Band (dub), 9 p.m., $5.

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REVIEW this Bow Thayer, A Better Version of the Truth (SELF-RELEASED, CD, DIGITAL)

Bow Thayer has been

kicking up a beautiful racket in Vermont for many years now. The singer-songwriter has delivered some stellar LPs during that time. But his latest, A Better Version of the Truth, seems destined to stand at the forefront of that discography for two reasons: First, it’s one of the tightest, leanest albums he’s made so far. The second reason has to do with the tragedies that shaped this album, as well as the rest of Thayer’s career.

Work on these songs started several years ago, when sessions were interrupted when drummer Jeff Berlin suffered a stroke.

With luck and grit, he recovered — but slowly, and he’s been relearning the drums since.

Then, in early 2018 while those early demos were finally being built into a finished album, things got far worse. In

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March, Alex Abraham, a talented bass player and a kind, thoughtful man, took his own life. His pocket and melodic ear were integral to Thayer’s recent sound. But more importantly, of course, the two musicians were friends.

The final sessions must have been both torturous and therapeutic for Thayer, but he finally finished the album and the result is intense. At just eight tracks, this small, tight collection defies expectations at damn near every turn, but it’s never whimsical or selfindulgent. This is an urgent transmission.

Indeed, there’s nothing even resembling Thayer’s typical blues or Americana until the title track comes crashing in — and even then, the songwriter’s muse keeps wandering. It’s like a Southern-fried Pink Floyd anthem, a rock opera that never needs to lean through the fourth wall and club you with a concept. Which makes it the perfect namesake for this cinematic ride of an album.

Befitting a tribute project that’s received endless hours of scrutiny, A Better Version

of the Truth is mixed superbly. The music is organic and raw, of course — this is still Bow Thayer. But there’s nary a rough edge to be heard. His voice remains a broken vessel repaired with seams of gold, and he continues to hone it.

Thayer has previously claimed influences as diverse as Fugazi and Yes, and meant it all earnestly, too. Even his most straightforward albums have been idiosyncratic affairs. His willingness to go wherever the song takes him has given the songwriter an expansive reach over these long years. The band makes the most of that quality here. Even when they’re stretching way out, they keep Thayer anchored.

The loss of Abraham looms over this project just as surely as the bassist’s inventive, driving touch shapes nearly every minute of it. Yet while A Better Version of the Truth is inseparable from that context, it has to be said: This is an album that would impress people who knew nothing about it.

The songs stand on their own.

Thayer performs this Thursday, February 7, at the Wobbly Barn in Killington.

A Better Version of the Truth is available via most major streaming services and at bowthayer.bandcamp.com

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Cole Davidson, Fable (SELF-RELEASED, DIGITAL)

In 2016, folk-rock trio Navytrain emerged

from the University of Vermont’s creative ether. The hardworking group gigged constantly, hitting practically every venue in the Burlington area, often two or more in the same week. Seven Days first honed in on the group, which singersongwriter Cole Davidson fronted, after the band released the eerily beautiful, continuousshot live video for its single “Runaway.”

Davidson’s earnestness and fragility were staggering, and his voice and guitar skills were ear-catching, to say the least.

Navytrain split up somewhat shortly after they began, but not before gaining notoriety in the local and regional jam band scene — with eyes particularly on Davidson. Now that Navytrain has left the station, Davidson continues the group’s neo-Americana sound. However, his debut

EP, Fable, is dreamier and more ethereal than anything his former trio cooked up.

There’s a sense of newness across Fable’s five tracks. Wispy atmospherics support a foundation of lightly plucked acoustic guitar and sparse percussion, all bathed in reverb.

Davidson wields space like just another tool in his collection, weighing emptiness against the full force of his musical prowess. Davidson’s voice is powerful — though he shows this not through overblown wailing, but rather with control and nuance. It takes a lot of power to sing with this kind of effortless restraint and finely tuned modulation.

On the airy opener “Praise Be,” Davidson confronts temptation. As his guitar lightly flickers in and out, layers of vocal harmonies converge for a reverent, gospel-infused hook.

In a completely meta tune, “Troubadours,” Davidson questions his entire musical career: “Lord knows I know / My sound is a dime a dozen / Another

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sad song from a tortured soul / Cue the eye roll / White boy thinks he’s something.”

True, the singer-songwriter genre is overcrowded with young, white men who think what they have to say is original and important. But Davidson admits his faults and hopes for the best.

“Someplace” features the artist’s finest fingerwork, weaving together a spritely nylon-stringed web of tones. Subtle R&B vocal influences emerge as the singer fully reveals the song’s meandering melody.

The final track, “Fable,” is a soft and uplifting ballad that connects the EP’s sonic dots. Again, Davidson frequently uses sonic vacuums to underscore emotional moments that can’t be fully conveyed with sound or words.

Fable operates like a palate cleanser for Davidson. You can hear that he’s hard at work carving out space in a congested artistic arena. His acute sense of structure and dynamics will serve him well on his journey.

Listen to Fable on Spotify. Davidson celebrates the release of a new EP on Wednesday, February 6, at Nectar’s in Burlington.

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HIGHER GROUND BALLROOM: Mandolin Orange, Mapache (Sold Out) (country, folk), 8 p.m., $20/23.

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HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: Andy Shauf, Haley Heynderickx (indie), 8:30 p.m., $15/18.

CITY LIMITS NIGHT CLUB: DJ Earl (hits), 9 p.m., free.

PICKLE BARREL NIGHTCLUB: Kevin Miller’s Smashed (covers), 8 p.m., $10-20.

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TWIGGS — AN AMERICAN GASTROPUB: Bob Gagnon (jazz), 7 p.m., free.

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THE ENGINE ROOM: Winter Snow Ball featuring the East Bay Jazz Ensemble, 7 p.m., $10/12.

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LEBANON OPERA HOUSE: Mike McDonald’s Comedy Extravaganza (standup), 7:30 p.m., $32-37.

MONOPOLE: Knot Dead (Grateful Dead tribute), 10 p.m., free.

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ARTSRIOT: Zoë Keating (Sold Out) (neo-classical), 8 p.m., $25.

HALF LOUNGE: Sunday Funday (eclectic), 10 p.m., free.

LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Live Show Tunes Karaoke, 7 p.m., free.

NECTAR’S: Mi Yard Reggae Night with DJs Big Dog and Jahson, 9 p.m., free.

OFF CENTER FOR THE DRAMATIC ARTS: Stealing From Work (sketch comedy), 1 & 4 p.m., $15.

RADIO BEAN: Maple Street Six (jazz), 1 p.m., free. Old Sky and Friends (Americana), 6 p.m., free.

Freddy & Francine (Americana, soul), 8:30 p.m., free. Morning Giants (prog-rock, metal), 10:30 p.m., free.

BAGITOS BAGEL AND BURRITO CAFÉ: Southern Old Time Music Jam (traditional), 10 a.m., free.

MOOGS PLACE: Christine, Fran & Chris (Americana), 5 p.m., free.

mad river valley/ waterbury

ZENBARN: Vermont Jazz Ensemble, 4:30 p.m., $7.

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ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Trivia with Top Hat Entertainment, 7 p.m., free.

WATERWORKS FOOD + DRINK: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.

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TOM PEARO is a Burlington-

based jazz guitarist who knows how to set a mood.

With elements of post-rock, Americana and new-age atmospherics, he creates a swirling mass of sound utilizing live loops and, frequently, a full band of local collaborators.

MOOGS PLACE: Django Soulo (singer-songwriter), 7:30 p.m., free.

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MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Karaoke, 9:30 p.m., free.

RADIO BEAN: Art Herttua and Ray Caroll (jazz), 6:30 p.m., free. PARK88 (alt-folk, rock), 8:30 p.m., free.

Phantom Airwave (funk, soul), 10:30 p.m., free.

SIDEBAR: Open Mic, 7 p.m., free.

Family Night (open jam), 9 p.m., free.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Bluegrass Brunch, noon, free.

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HIGHER GROUND BALLROOM: Œe Devil Makes Œree, Lost Dog Street Band (Sold Out) (bluegrass, folk), 8 p.m., $27/30.

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CITY SPORTS GRILLE: Interactive Video Trivia with Top Hat Entertainment, 7:30 p.m., free.

HIGHER GROUND BALLROOM: Mike Stud, Honors, Ernest K. (hip-hop), 8 p.m., $22/25/130.

JERICHO TOWN GREEN: Bluegrass Session, 7 p.m., free.

Kayhl Cooper for a wintry music video for “Headspace,” the

LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Lamp Shop Lit Club (open reading), 7 p.m., free. Open Circuit: Puppets, Crankies and Pantomime, 9 p.m., free.

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HALF LOUNGE: Saint Nick and Jack Bandit (EDM), 10 p.m., free.

VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Open Mic, 7 p.m., free. Galentine’s Day! (standup), 8:30 p.m., $5.

HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: Œat 1 Guy (experimental, funk), 8 p.m., $15/18.

The result is an ambient, contemplative style that resists

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SIDEBAR: Godfather Karaoke, 10 p.m., free.

CHARLIE-O’S WORLD FAMOUS: Karaoke with DJ Vociferous, 9:30 p.m., free.

PICKLE BARREL NIGHTCLUB: Who’s Bad — Œe Ultimate Michael Jackson Experience, 8 p.m., $18.19.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Comedy & Crêpes (standup), 7 p.m., free.

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RED SQUARE: DJ KermiTT (eclectic), 9 p.m., free.

HATCH 31: Kelly Ravin and Friends (country), 7 p.m., free.

RUBEN JAMES: Karaoke, 10 p.m., free.

VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Flying V (standup), 6:30 p.m., $5. Generation Wrecks! (improv), 8 p.m., free.

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MONKEY HOUSE: Seth Faergolzia’s Multibird, Miku Daza (experimental), 9 p.m., $3/8. 18+.

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RADIO BEAN: Dylan Fitzsimmons (Americana), 7 p.m., free. Kirsti Blow (singer-songwriter), 8:30 p.m., free.

Midweek Mosaic (jam), 10 p.m., $5.

HIGHER GROUND BALLROOM: Œe Devil Makes Œree, Lost Dog Street Band (Sold Out) (bluegrass, folk), 8 p.m., $27/30.

MISERY LOVES CO.: Disco Brunch with DJ Craig Mitchell, 11 a.m., free.

SWEET MELISSA’S: Live Band Karaoke, 8 p.m., donation.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Ukulele Kids with Joe Baird (sing-along), 9:30 a.m., free.

MONKEY HOUSE: No Dolphins, Mt. Sikes (rock), 8:30 p.m., free/$3. 18+.

THE OLD POST: Karaoke with D Jay Baron, 8 p.m., free.

STONE CORRAL BREWERY: Open Mic Night, 8 p.m., free.

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title track from the artist’s 2017 album. Pearo unveils the

HARDWICK STREET CAFÉ AT THE HIGHLAND CENTER FOR THE ARTS: Trivia Tuesdays, 6:30 p.m., free.

video and performs with his band on Friday, February 8, at

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the Light Club Lamp Shop in Burlington.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (HANOVER): Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.

MOOGS PLACE: Trivia Night, 6:30 p.m., free. Val Davis (singersongwriter), 8 p.m., free.

HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: Welles, Phantom Suns (rock), 8 p.m., $10/12.

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MONKEY HOUSE: Motown Mondays (Motown DJs), 8 p.m., free.

HALF LOUNGE: Trap House Tuesday, 10 p.m., free.

LEUNIG’S BISTRO & CAFÉ: Jake Whitesell Trio (jazz), 7 p.m., free.

burlington

SWEET MELISSA’S: D. Davis (acoustic), 5:30 p.m., donation.

ZENBARN: Wednesday Night Dead (Grateful Dead tribute), 7 p.m., free.

LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Pullin’ Yo Chain Comedy Showcase, 7:30 p.m., free. Meadow Mountain (folk, bluegrass), 9:30 p.m., free.

DELI 126: Bluegrass Jam, 8 p.m., free.

JP’S PUB: Karaoke, 10 p.m., free.

CITY LIMITS NIGHT CLUB: Karaoke, 9 p.m., free.

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NECTAR’S: Tuesday Bluesday Blues Jam with Collin Craig and Friends, 6 p.m., free. Zach Nugent’s Dead Disco (Grateful Dead tribute), 9 p.m., $10.

JUNIPER: Œe Ray Vega Latin Jazz Sextet, 8:30 p.m., free.

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RADIO BEAN: Dan Bishop Trio (jazz), 6:30 p.m., free. Œomas Gunn (singer-songwriter), 8:30 p.m., free. Honky Tonk Tuesday with Ponyhustle, 10 p.m., $5.

barre/montpelier

CHARLIE-O’S WORLD FAMOUS: Sex Trivia with Miss Jubilee, 8:30 p.m., free.

MOOGS PLACE: Seth Yacovone, 7 p.m.

burlington

ARTSRIOT: Œe Moth: Love Hurts (storytelling), 7:30 p.m., $10.

RED SQUARE: DJ A-RA$ (open format), 9 p.m., free.

SIDEBAR: Ron Stoppable (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.

HALF LOUNGE: DJ Ianu (hip-hop, EDM), 10 p.m., free.

middlebury area

LEUNIG’S BISTRO & CAFÉ: Paul Asbell Trio (jazz), 7 p.m., free.

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

LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Irish Sessions (traditional), 7 p.m., free.

Daby Touré (Afro-pop, soul), 9:30 p.m., $5.

outside vermont

MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Open Mic with Andy Lugo, 9 p.m., free.

MONOPOLE: Open Mic with Lucid, 10 p.m., free.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (HANOVER): Video Game Night, 7 p.m., free.

NECTAR’S: Gangstagrass (bluegrass, hip-hop), 9 p.m., $10.

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She and Ritcher claim they’ve turned down some potentially life-changing opportunities and record contracts in favor of following their own path.

Recent success and prime exposure — such as landing a slot on the Melissa Etheridge Cruise last year — have confirmed that they’ve made the right choices, for their band and their relationship.

“We’re having a good time for the sake of it, not because we made this much money or we’re playing at this [level of] visibility,” says Ritcher. “”at makes the whole thing seem like more of an adventure.” ”ough they rarely have free time, Ritcher and Nelson at least attempt to schedule it.

“If there’s a weekend where we just kind of lose ourselves, we just have so much fun,” says Ritcher.

He and Nelson don’t see much of a distinction between their relationship and artistry.

“It’s a completely interwoven tapestry,” says Nelson. “It’s one and the same.”

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Initially, Olsen and Gustafson played together in the Spielpalast Cabaret band before forming rock outfit Swale in 2002.

“I felt like I’d found one of my most prized friends,” says Olsen. “I kinda didn’t want to ruin it by breaking that membrane. I’d entertained thoughts, but I was like, No, no, no, no, no.”

“When we were playing music together for Spielpalast, I thought, Oh, [he’s] a really fun person and really interesting to work with,” says

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Gustafson. “And then we decided to start making our own [music]; it changed how I thought about him.

“We were bonded,” she continues.

“We were doing this thing that was just for us.”

“I was not a great relationship guy,” admits Olsen, adding that he was “kind of a mess.”

“I had a lot of reasons to be like, ‘Hell no,’” says Gustafson. “It was a real, compelling attraction that made me want to cross into the wasteland.” ”ey both refer to Olsen’s lifelong struggle with addiction. In late 2007, just months after getting married and while Gustafson was pregnant with their first daughter, Olsen went

to rehab. It was around the time he returned to the band that Gustafson questioned her role in the group.

“It really was a time when I was grappling with [thoughts like], You don’t have to show up, because this clown hasn’t been showing up. And now he’s coming back, telling me what to do?” she recalls. She recollects learning not to rely as heavily on Olsen’s artistic inclinations — she says he always “has a billion ideas.” She also remembers that time as one of immense personal growth. “[I thought,] If you’re gonna do it, be there and want to be there,” Gustafson continues. “It [took] a little time for me to figure that out.”

Olsen draws a parallel between relationships and making music in Swale.

“It’s not a hobby; it’s not a career,” he says. “[It’s] the opportunity to create and make and reflect on that, and be able to use it as a way to reflect on life.”

Contact: jordan@sevendaysvt.com

INFO To hear music from the Smittens, Dwight & Nicole, and Swale, visit smittens.com, dwightandnicole.com and swalesong.com.

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wo willowy women in long pink dresses occupy a narrow vertical canvas in Hope Sharp’s Montpelier studio. The painting is unfinished, but it already conveys a private moment between the women, whose heads bend toward each other as if in whispered conversation. Their identical gowns suggest the pair might be bridesmaids. But they’re not specific individuals, Sharp says — “This is just one I made up.”

A painting hanging nearby features a man and woman dancing — a father and daughter, the artist reveals, at the latter’s wedding. Again, the figures’ body language hints at their closeness, their mutual affection. The style is expressionistic, and the moody palette only enhances the sense of intimacy.

This horizontal work exemplifies a specialty that Sharp has developed over the past couple of years: wedding paintings.

The artist captures a wedding not through posed portraits but through images of people enjoying themselves — socializing, dancing. Generally, her subjects are the newly wedded couple, though some families have asked for more than one painting. (Sharp currently charges $3,500 for a single work and $2,000 for each additional piece.)

“I’m interested in the connections I see — mother and daughter, father and daughter, bride and groom,” Sharp says.

“There are so many compositional opportunities at a wedding.”

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With a BFA degree from Pratt Institute and an MFA from Johnson State College (now Northern Vermont University), Sharp, 53, has long experience in

both painting and photography. She likes to paint people, but she wanted to avoid static portraiture. So, while earning her master’s, she spent a year and a half

painting figures in motion at the Contemporary Dance and Fitness Studio in Montpelier. She still goes there about once a week to paint.

It was after she made that initial series of dance paintings, Sharp says, that a friend called and asked her to paint her daughter’s wedding. That was two years ago. She’s painted five weddings since — “over two summers, mostly,” she says — and has another coming up this weekend.

Sharp typically finds a good spot at a reception — something she has to do quickly — and sets up an easel. She sketches in oil and may take some photos for reference. “I’ve noticed the aunts and uncles, or the people not drinking or dancing, will come and watch me,” she says. “I try not to be in the way, but at the same time I need my vantage point. You have to find that thing you really want to paint and just go with it — it’s very visceral.”

Well before she started painting weddings, Sharp notes, she was accustomed to people watching her work — not to mention commenting. She’s been painting with more or less the same group of people for 19 years in Montpelier, in a class led by Warren painter Bill Brauer.

Notwithstanding her academic training, Sharp considers Brauer her mentor.

“He’s taught me everything I know about painting,” she says. Indeed, the sensuousness and mystery that Brauer’s figurative paintings exude are evident in Sharp’s work — particularly those willowy women in pink.

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“It had to rub off sometime,” quips Brauer in a phone call. “She’s my star,” he says of Sharp. “She’s somebody who came to the class with natural ability. I don’t think she knew what a good colorist she is.”

Brauer applauds Sharp’s stint painting dancers — a subject he has also explored. Capturing movement is a good way to understand anatomy. “Everyone’s just better off learning to paint the body,” he says.

Sharp concedes that painting on-site at a wedding is hard — “It tests my ability to see and produce,” she says. But she also declares it fun.

Her experience with painting bodies in motion has resulted in canvases that dispense with realism in favor of TRUE LOVE

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flrough May 12. Info, 864-1848. ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain in Burlington.

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‘ALL THE FEELS’: Art that aims to strike viewers with a bit of cupid’s arrow, causing a rapid heart rate, a sense of awe and falling in love with works that express their feelings. flrough Februar y 23. fle S.P.A.C.E. Gallery in Burlington.

‘GLOBAL MINIATURES’: Tiny objects from the permanent collection that explore the seemingly universal fascination with the familiar writ small.

‘SMALL WORLDS: MINIATURES IN CONTEMPORARY ART’: A group exhibition in which artists variously use tiny creations to inspire awe, create a sense of dread, or address real-world traumas including violence, displacement and environmental disaster.

Reception: Wednesday, February 13, 5:30-7 p.m.

February 13-May 10. Info, 656-2090. Fleming Museum of Art, University of Vermont, in Burlington.

ARTS ALIVE’S ANNUAL OPEN PHOTO EXHIBIT: A group exhibit open to all resident Vermont photographers. flrough Februar y 28. Info, 540-3018.

Art’s Alive Gallery in Burlington.

THE ART SHOW #15: fle open-call community art show features works in a variety of mediums. flrough February 28. Info, publicartschool@gmail.com. RL Photo Studio in Burlington.

barre/montpelier

‘CROSSCURRENTS’: Metal paintings by Homer Wells, landscape paintings by Lillian Kennedy, and nature photography by Mary Brevda and Barry Snyder. flrough Februar y 28. Flynndog Gallery in Burlington.

VANESSA COMPTON: Analog collages by the Northeast Kingdom artist. February 6-April 9. Info, vanessa_compton@yahoo.com. Barre Opera House.

ERGO POTTERY AND K.B. CERAMICS: fle V ermontbased production potters present a collaborative selection of handmade, one-of-a-kind plates and platters. flrough Februar y 28. Info, 338-7441. flir ty-odd in Burlington.

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AXEL STOHLBERG: Paintings, drawings and collages. Reception: flursday , February 7, 4:30-6 p.m., with artist talk. February 7-March 1. KATE EMLEN: “Precarious Magic,” paintings. Reception: Friday, February 8, 5-7 p.m., with artist talk at 6 p.m.

February 8-April 7. Info, 533-9075. Highland Center for the Arts in Greensboro.

‘THE INTREPID COUPLE AND THE STORY OF AUTHENTICA AFRICAN IMPORTS’: A selection of African art collected by Jack and Lydia Clemmons, along with photos and listening stations, curated by the Clemmons Family Farm in Charlotte. flrough March 9. Info, 652-4500. Amy E. Tarrant Gallery in Burlington.

ART EVENTS ARTIST TALK: CORIN HEWITT: fle sculptor and photographer, an associate professor of sculpture and extended media at Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts, talks about his miniature model of the back-to-the-land cabin his parents built in East Corinth in the 1960s, as well as the role of scale in his work. Fleming Museum of Art, University of Vermont, Burlington, Wednesday, February 13, 4 p.m. Free with museum admission.

Info, 656-2090.

KARA TORRES: “Myriad Veils,” multimedia works that explore literal and metaphorical veils and how they obscure and elucidate what lies beneath. flrough February 28. Info, 859-9222. Speeder & Earl’s Coffee in Burlington.

MEGAN HUMPHREY: “ONE Perspective,” more than 1,000 photographs of people and places throughout Burlington’s Old North End taken over a number of years. Reception: Tuesday, February 19, 5:30-7:30 p.m. flrough Februar y 28. Info, meganjhumphrey@gmail.com. O.N.E. Community Center in Burlington.

BURLINGTON GLASSBLOWING CHALLENGE: Participants have three minutes to gather the largest clear marble they can in this free workshop and competition. Compete with your Valentine and combine scores for a chance to take home the couple’s trophy. fle Bern Gal lery, Burlington, Saturday, February 9, 1-8 p.m. Free. Info, 207-233 5325.

ERIC TOBIN WINTER PAINTING DEMONSTRATION: As part of the gallery’s Cabin Fever Series, the Vermont landscape painter will complete a large-format work from start to finish, providing commentary as he works. Bryan Memorial Gallery, Jeffersonville, Saturday, February 9, 1-3 p.m. Free.

Info, 644-5100.

FAMILY ART WORKSHOP: Explore art materials including paints, watercolor, markers, threedimensional projects and more. No art experience necessary. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Beverages and snacks provided. GRACE, Hardwick, flursday , February 7, 9-11 a.m. Free. Info, 472-6857.

‘HOOKED ON CONSERVATION’: In this monthly conservation talk, assistant textile conservator Gennifer Majors presents her work on a variety of hooked rugs from the museum’s collection. Preregister.

Shelburne Museum, Wednesday, February 13, 3 p.m.

Info, 985-3346.

‘LOVE IS ALL YOU NEED’: A live storytelling event led

by Michael Kingsbury. fle Sparkle Barn, W allingford, Saturday, February 9, 6-9 p.m. $10. Info, 446-2044.

OPEN ART STUDIO: Seasoned makers and first-timers alike convene to paint, knit and craft in a friendly environment. Bring a table covering for messy projects. Swanton Public Library, Tuesday, February 12, 4-8 p.m. Free. Info, swantonartscouncil@ gmail.com.

POPPYCLOCK ART OPENING: Eclectic works by members of the artist group. Sarah Cutler provides artful cookie décor and snacks. Magic Hat Brewing Company, South Burlington, Saturday, February 9, 5-7 p.m. Free. Info, 658-2739.

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NORTHERN VT ARTIST ASSOCIATION: Members of the artists’ group exhibit works in a variety of mediums. Curated by SEABA. flrough Februar y 28.

Info, 651-9692. VCAM Studio in Burlington.

Winter Juried Exhibit Michael Chaney is a professor of English

and African American studies at Dartmouth College. His wife, Sara Biggs Chaney, is a lecturer and administrator at the school, as well as a poet. Together they collaborate on mixed-media artworks that combine their visual and verbal skills “to record our experiences.” The Chaneys’ Almanac series is represented in a current 26-artist exhibit at the T.W. Wood Gallery in Montpelier. In fact, “Almanac #4” — inspired by Februa, the ancient season of midwinter — earned a people’s choice award. In addition to text and painting, the quilt-like piece repurposes cotton swabs, old newspapers, denim, birch bark, salt packets and metal spouts. Through March 1. Pictured: “Almanac #4.”

SAFE AND SOUND GALLERY GRAND OPENING: Currently featuring original paintings by Scott Lenhardt, Kevin Cyr and Jackson Tupper, the gallery aims to create a unique experience for art buyers and artists, offering original works and limited-edition high-quality prints. Safe and Sound Gallery, Burlington, Friday, February 8, 6-10 p.m. Info, 233-2943.

ence on 20th-century artists. Norwich Congregational Church, Wednesday, February 6, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 649-1184.

‘VAN GOGH’S INFLUENCE ON ART, AND ART’S INFLUENCE ON HIM’: Art historian Carol Berry considers the experiences, painters and authors that influenced Van Gogh’s work and looks at his influ-

‘AGE OF DINOSAURS’: Visitors of all ages can travel back to the Mesozoic Era and experience life-size animatronic dinosaurs in immersive habitats.

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‘OF GAVIN’: Jordan Douglas remembers his younger brother, Gavin, who died suddenly of a heart attack in 2017, by photographing a selection of his possessions, many from childhood. Images captured on black-and-white film, printed with alternative techniques in the darkroom. flrough March 1. Info, 651-8834. Penny Cluse Café in Burlington.

‘PANGS’: Ali Palin, Misoo Filan and Susan Smereka process personal trauma via paper and canvas. flrough April 17. Info, 395-1923. New Cit y Galerie in Burlington.

PAULINE JENNINGS: “Becoming Human,” an intermedia exhibition that seeks to identify and dissolve barriers between human and wild in the Anthropocene era. ‘TECTONIC INDUSTRIES: DREAMS CAN COME TRUE’: flrough sculpture, instructional videos, physical surveys and interactive activities, Lars Boye Jerlach and Helen Stringfellow present a series of self-help questionnaires to explore the impossibility of our collective, endless search for concrete answers and endeavor for selfimprovement. flrough Februar y 9. Info, 865-7166.

BCA Center in Burlington.

STEVE SHARON: Abstract expressionist paintings. flrough March 1. Info, 861-2067. Nunyuns Baker y & Café in Burlington.

STEVE SHARON: Abstract paintings by the Burlington artist. flrough March 1. Info, 399-2511.

Foam Brewers in Burlington.

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VERMONT COMIC CREATORS: A group exhibit of members of the statewide comic arts organization. €rough Februar y 28. Info, 540-3018. €e Gal lery at Main Street Landing in Burlington.

‘SEEDS OF RENEWAL’: An exploration of Abenaki agricultural history, cuisine and ceremony. €rough April 30. Info, 828-2291. Vermont History Museum in Montpelier.

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SHOW 30: Recent works by the membership of the collective art gallery. €rough March 9. Info, info@ thefrontvt.com. €e Front in Montpelier .

CELEBRATE THE HOLIDAYS: Landscape and cityscape paintings by Carolyn Walton, Athenia Schinto, Helen Nagel and Ken Russack. €rough March 24. Info, 985-8223. Luxton-Jones Gallery in Shelburne.

‘JOHNNY SWING: DESIGN SENSE’: €e first in a series exploring the processes of innovative regional artists, this exhibition provides a glimpse into the philosophy and practice of the Vermont lighting and furniture maker, whose works are based on welded coins. Curated by Kory Rogers. €rough June 2. ‘MAPPING AN UNEVEN COUNTRY: BIRD’S EYE VIEWS OF VERMONT’: More than three dozen drawn, painted and printed views of the Green Mountain State investigate the popular 19thcentury phenomenon of “perspective” or “bird’s-eye” views. €rough March 3. Info, 985-3346. Pizzagal li Center for Art and Education, Shelburne Museum.

‘SOMETHING DEAR’: Photography by Nancy Banks, Christie Carter, Kay Jostrand, Rosalind Daniels, Peggy Smith, Shapleigh Smith and Marcie Scudder. €rough Februar y 15. THOMAS WATERMAN WOOD: THE MASTER COPIES: €e 19th-centur y Vermont painter and gallery namesake copied paintings seen on European trips to learn from masters such as Rembrandt and Turner and brought the paintings back to Montpelier. €rough June 1. WINTER JURIED EXHIBIT: Juried by Mary Admasian, Elliott Bent and Linda Mirabile, 26 Vermont artists show works in painting, prints, photographs, sculpture and jewelry. €rough March 1. Info, 262-6035. T .W. Wood Gallery in Montpelier.

JUNIOR ART MAJOR EXHIBITION: Students show their works in a variety of styles. €rough March 2. Info, 654-2795. McCarthy Arts Center, Saint Michael’s College, in Colchester.

VERMONT ARTISTS TO WATCH 2019: An exhibition of selected artists in conjunction with Vermont Art Guide, including Sarah Amos, Clark Derbes, Hasso Ewing, Andrew Frost, Sally Gil, Sean Hunter Williams, Elizabeth Nagle, Andrew Orr, Rhonda Ratray and Jackson Tupper. €rough Februar y 28.

Info, 828-3291. Spotlight Gallery in Montpelier.

barre/montpelier

stowe/smuggs

ALEXANDRA TURNER AND ALISSA FABER: “Interaction,” works that explore the connections between organic and vitreous through combinations of objects from the forest and glass. €ird Floor Gallery. ‘GOING ON TWENTY’: Artwork by longtime painting instructor Jeneane Lunn and nearly 20 of her students. Second Floor Gallery.

‘STRICTLY SEDIMENTARY’: A group show that exposes the rich variety of collage art. Main Floor Gallery. €rough March 9. Info, 479-7069. Studio Place Arts in Barre.

ANN YOUNG: “Fellow Travelers,” large-scale oil paintings that address the human condition and environments by the Northeast Kingdom artist. €rough March 28. Info, 525-4705. V ermont Supreme Court Gallery in Montpelier.

‘ANYTHING FOR SPEED: AUTOMOBILE RACING IN VERMONT’: A yearlong exhibition exploring more than a century of the history and evolution of racing in Vermont through the objects, photographs and recollections that comprise this unique story. €rough March 30. Info, 479-8500. V ermont History Center in Barre.

CHESHIRE CAT IN-HOUSE ARTISTS: Whimsical, hand-painted wooden bowls by Lucy Ferrada and colorful, painted stoneware by Dawn McConnell. €rough Februar y 28. Info, 223-1981. €e Cheshire Cat in Montpelier.

DIANNE SHULLENBERGER & JOHN SNELL: Fabric collage and photography, respectively, that show the artists’ fascination with rocks. Reception: Friday, February 8, 6-8 p.m. €rough March 28.

Info, 229-6206. North Branch Nature Center in Montpelier.

‘DOMESTIC DISASTERS’: An installation in recognition of the 340 mass shootings in the U.S. in 2018 and a fundraiser to support gun control and victims of gun violence. €rough Februar y 10.

Info, susancalza@gmail.com. Susan Calza Gallery in Montpelier.

LYDIA GATZOW: “Divide,” emotionally rendered landscape paintings that explore how humans are cut off from wilderness. €rough April 14. Info, 595-4866. €e Hiv e in Middlesex.

MARK HEITZMAN: “Scrap Yard,” 10 large-scale graphite or charcoal drawings of tools and other objects. €rough March 2. Info, 479-7069. Morse Block Deli & Taps in Barre.

NITYA BRIGHENTI: “A Nose in the Sky,” portraits and cityscapes in oil and watercolor. Reception: Friday, February 8, noon-2 p.m. €rough Februar y 28. Info, 808-358-8185. Kellogg-Hubbard Library in Montpelier.

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BINTA COLLEY: “It’s All in the Details: Botanical Illustrations (and More),” artworks by the Plainfield artist. Reception: Wednesday, February 6, 3 p.m. €rough Februar y 21. Info, 626-6459. Julian Scott Memorial Gallery, Northern Vermont University, in Johnson.

‘ELEVATION 4393’: Works that address curatorial prompts such as influences on climate, how and where people live, elevation as a physical or emotional state, and others: paintings and mixedmedia works by Trevor Corp; paintings, sculptures and prints by Jackson Tupper; and photography

by Daniel Schechner. €rough March 31. Info, 760-4634. Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center, Stowe Mountain Resort.

‘MOUNTAIN AIR’: New artworks by Matt Brown, Galen Cheney, TJ Cunningham, Rory Jackson, Rachel Moore, Homer Wells and Judith Wrend. €rough Februar y 26. Info, 760-6785. Edgewater Gallery in Stowe.

‘PEAK TO PEAK: 10TH MOUNTAIN DIVISION THEN AND NOW’: An exhibition of photographs and artifacts to highlight the evolution of the division’s equipment and training since its beginning in 1943. €rough October 31. Info, 253-9911. V ermont Ski and Snowboard Museum in Stowe.

RYAN GEARY: “Ascent (Part One: Eulogy),” 2D and 3D collages that tell the story of multiple Americas. Reception: €ursday , February 7, 5-7 p.m. €rough March 28. Info, 888-1261. Riv er Arts in Morrisville.

SANDRA FW BEATY: “Creating With Paper,” a pop-up installation of collages, many depicting scenes from the artist’s travels. €rough Februar y 8. Info, 644-5100. Bryan Memorial Gallery in Jeffersonville.

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AUGUST BURNS: “€e Ar t of the Portrait,” paintings by the Vermont artist. €rough March 2. Info, 4966682. Festival Gallery at Valley Arts in Waitsfield.

‘THE WAY WE SEE IT: SOCIAL [IN]JUSTICE’: Works that address racism, sexism, religious intolerance or other injustices by Kate Longmaid, Ann Young, Michelle Saffran and Jerry Ralya. €rough Februar y 23. Info, 244-7801. Axel’s Gallery & Frame Shop in Waterbury.

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‘50 X 50: COLLECTING FOR THE MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE MUSEUM OF ART’: An exhibit that marks 50 years of acquiring art by bringing together one work from each year. Included are paintings, sculptures, prints, drawings and photography, from antiquity to the present and from diverse cultures. flrough August 11. Info, 443-3168. WINTER TERM STUDIO ART EXHIBITION: Students exhibit work from winter-term Intro to Oil Painting and A New World, a foundation drawing/animation course. flrough Februar y 14. Info, 443-5200. Johnson Memorial Building, Middlebury College.

EMILY MASON: “To Another Place,” 50 abstract paintings created by the 86-year-old New York/ Brattleboro artist between 1958 and 2018, many of which have never been shown in public. flrough February 10. ‘OPEN CALL NXNE 2019: PAINT’: An annual showcase of 13 artists from New York and New England. flrough March 2. Info, 257-0124.

Brattleboro Museum & Art Center.

‘HEALING — THE TRANSFORMATIVE IMAGERY OF ART’: Works exploring the connection between the arts, healing and health, including Mary Admasian, Natalie Blake, Robert Carsten, Karen Deets, Robert DuGrenier, Carolyn Enz Hack, Margaret Jacobs, Neomi Lauritsen, Pat Musick, Robert O’Brien, Priscilla Petraska and Cai Xi Silver. flrough March 30. Info, lightson_mary@comcast.net. fle Great Hal l in Springfield.

rutland/killington

‘RUTLAND: REAL AND IMAGINED’: Eight internationally recognized artists who work with the photographic image investigate geography, history and people to tell a story about Rutland. Curated

by Stephen Schaub. Opening reception: Saturday, February 9, 6-8 p.m. flrough March 9. Info, 747-0527. fle Al ley Gallery in Rutland.

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PAUL KATZ: “fle Mind’ s Eye,” paintings, sculptures and books. flrough May 27. ‘WORKS ON PAPER: A DECADE OF COLLECTING’: A variety of works from the museum’s permanent collection, historic to contemporary, self-taught to modernist artists.

Artists include Gayleen Aiken, Milton Avery, Wilson “Snowflake” Bentley, Paul Feeley, Luigi Lucioni, Duane Michals and Norman Rockwell. flrough May 5. Info, 447-1571. Bennington Museum.

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AMY HOOK-THERRIEN: Watercolors by the Windsorbased artist. flrough March 31. Info, 359-5000.

Vermont Institute of Natural Science Nature Center in Quechee.

ARTIST MEMBERS SHOW: Printmakers show their works using a variety of techniques. flrough February 28. Info, 295-5901. Two Rivers Printmaking Studio in White River Junction.

DAILY ARTISTS: A culminating exhibit of works by a group of local artists who made a commitment to making art each day for the entire year. Mediums include painting, drawing, fiber, ceramics, jewelry and photography. flrough Februar y 9. Info, 457-3500.

ArtisTree Gallery in South Pomfret.

DARLY BURTNETT: “Bewildered,” photographs and mixed-media paintings by the Montpelier artist. Proceeds from sales benefit the Northeast Wilderness Trust. flrough March 31. Scav enger Gallery in White River Junction.

‘DESTINATION: SPACE!’: A series of exhibitions that highlights the art and science of space exploration and celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission’s moon landing. flrough August 4. ‘MAKING MUSIC: THE SCIENCE OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS’: An exhibition exploring the science behind the instruments used to create music, from well-known classics to infectious pop tunes. flrough May 13.

Info, 649-2200. Montshire Museum of Science in Norwich.

JACK ROWELL: “Cultural Documentarian,” portraits of Vermont people and other wildlife by the Braintree photographer. flrough April 1. Info, info@mainstreet museum.org. Main Street Museum in White River Junction.

OLIVIA JANNA: Oil paintings. flrough March 17. Info, 296-7000. Barrette Center for the Arts in White River Junction.

randolph/royalton

ANNA ROSS: “Coming Into the Light,” paintings by the local artist. flrough Februar y 25. Info, 889-9404.

Tunbridge Public Library.

Vermont Artists to Watch 2019 Talk about meta

curation. For this exhibition at the Vermont Arts Council’s Spotlight Gallery, Vermont Art Guide editor Ric Kasini Kadour recruited nine other art professionals to each choose,

in turn, an artist they deem “watchable.” Given the sheer quantity of capable artists in Vermont, the winnowing alone must have been challenging. In the end, the 10 chosen artists represent a diverse approach to contemporary art in a variety of mediums. They are: Sarah Amos, Clark Derbes, Hasso Ewing, Andrew Frost, Sally Gil, Sean Hunter Williams, Elizabeth Nagle, Andrew Orr, Rhonda Ratray and Jackson Tupper. Through February 28.

Pictured: “Moods” by Tupper.

ELIZABETH NELSON: Paintings inspired by Iceland by the Vermont artist. flrough Februar y 19. Info, 525-3366. Parker Pie Co. in West Glover.

imprisoning, escaping and safecracking throughout the ages. flrough April 30. Info, claredol@so ver.net. fle Museum of Ev eryday Life in Glover.

‘LOCKED DOWN! KEYED IN! LOCKED OUT! KEYED UP!’: An exhibition examining the long human relationship to the lock and key, its elegant design and philosophies and practices of securing, safeguarding,

‘ROCK PAPER SCISSORS’: Fired clay sculptures

by Carole Kitchel Bellew, cut-out paper collage by Martha L. Elmes and carved alabaster by Mardi McGregor. flrough Februar y 28. Info, 748-0158.

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‘ADMIRE’ EXHIBITION: Artworks in a variety of mediums reflecting the theme and describe feelings from the heart and mind. flrough Februar y 28. Info, art@bmfc.coop. Buffalo Mountain Food Co-op & Café in Hardwick.

ARTS CONNECT AT CATAMOUNT ARTS JURIED SHOW: Fourth annual juried showcase of works by emerging and established artists, selected by juror Nick Capasso. flrough Februar y 15. Info, 748-2600.

Catamount Arts Center in St. Johnsbury.

COMMUNITY ART EXHIBIT: Small works between

two and a half and three inches and four by six inches in any medium that fits the theme “To B or Not to B.” All ages. Artworks accepted through March 12. Closing reception: Tuesday, March 12, 6 p.m. flrough March 14. Info, 626-6459. Quimb y Gallery, Northern Vermont University-Lyndon, in Lyndonville.

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CALL TO ARTISTS ‘THE GREAT ARTIST REMAKE’: Seeking work that replicates a famous classical art piece/style for a March exhibit. Drop off ready-to-hang work on Friday, March 1, 5 to 7 p.m., at the co-op café. Buffalo Mountain Food Co-op & Café, Hardwick. Free. Info, art@bmfc.coop.

PUBLIC ART REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS: fle City of South Burlington is building 180 Market Street as a library, city hall and senior center, and is seeking to commission an artist or team of artists to install new site-specific art within or in front of the building. Art budget is about $48,000. More info about the project online. Deadline for submissions: February 21. South Burlington City Offices.

VERMONT MAKERS WORKSHOP SHOWCASE: fle downtown store is offering wholesale opportunities to local makers and artists. Deadline for entries: February 6. Common Deer, Burlington. Info, commondeer.com or @commondeer on Instagram.

VERMONT STUDIO CENTER RESIDENCY FELLOWSHIP: All applicants at the February 15 deadline will be considered for one of 27 fellowships. We’ll also award discipline-specific awards: four each for writers and painters, three each for poets and other visual artists. Deadline: February 15. Vermont Studio Center, Johnson. $25. Info, 635-2727, vermontstudiocenter.org.

‘BRANCHING OUT’: Original watercolor paintings

by Vermont artist Amy Hook-flerrien. flrough February 8. Info, 728-8912. White River Craft Center in Randolph.

ERICK HUFSCHMID: “A Muse,” photographs from the studio of Varujan Boghosian. VARUJAN BOGHOSIAN: “Late Works,” collages and constructions. flrough March 16. Info, 767-9670. BigTown Gallery in Rochester.

FRITZ GROSS: Painted furniture, panels and whimsical, colorful paintings as well as drawings, sculptures and etchings by the Zurich-born Vermont artist. flrough March 16. Info, 685-4699. Nor th Common Arts in Chelsea.

MARINA SPRAGUE: “Aspects of the Universe,” paintings in watercolor and acrylic by the 16-year-old local artist. flrough Februar y 28. Info, 685-2188.

Chelsea Public Library.

‘PAPER POSSIBILITIES’: Cut, printed, painted and sculpted paper by 10 Vermont artists. flrough March 2. Info, 728-6464. Chandler Center for the Arts in Randolph.

outside vermont

‘ALEXANDER CALDER: RADICAL INVENTOR’: More than 100 works by the child prodigy and kinetic sculptor who became one of the 20th century’s most celebrated artists. flrough Februar y 24. ‘OF INDIVIDUALS AND PLACES’: Nearly 100 Canadian and international photographs from the collection of Jack Lazare. flrough April 28. Info, 514-285-2000.

Montréal Museum of Fine Arts.

‘ANDY WARHOL: PRINTS AND PHOTOGRAPHS’: Original artworks by the legendary pop artist, from the collection of the Plattsburgh State Art Museum. flrough Februar y 22. Info, 518-563-1604. Strand Main Gallery in Plattsburgh, N.Y.

PATRICE CHARBONNEAU: “Headquarters,” vibrant paintings that reflect the influence of architecture by the Québec artist. Reception: flursday , February 28, 5-7 p.m. flrough March 15. Info, 518-564-3094.

Plattsburgh State Art Museum, N.Y.

ART SHOWS

Spring 2019

COURTESY OF HOPE SHARP

Hope Sharp

OPENING RECEPTION Wednesday

February 13 True Love « P.71 soft-focus mood and emotion. Often, faces are turned away from the viewer; subjects are identifiable less by features than by dress or relationship to one another. The slight blur underscores the evanescence of the moment.

Sharp says she’ll produce any size of painting requested, but she doesn’t advocate for big. To her mind, these works are best thought of as “beautiful, intimate little jewels,” she says. “It’s not about the venue, the big chandelier — it’s about the people.”

Given the occasion, her wedding paintings are romantic, but they’re not sentimental. One work, viewable on Sharp’s website, verges on humorous. A long horizontal, it features a wedding party seated on one side of a table, à la Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Last Supper.” As in a snapshot in which subjects are caught unawares, the individuals in this image display a variety of casual, unself-conscious, all-too-human behaviors.

Middlebury-born Sharp has two children, ages 15 and 20, and a day job teaching Pilates at a physical therapy office. But what she really wants to do is paint. “I don’t want to go begging at galleries,” she says. “I just want to do my work.”

As for the wedding paintings, she says the challenge of creating them makes her a better artist. “Of course, I have in my head all these wedding paintings in history. But I also have my personal experience with what love is, what you see when people are in love,” she says.

“It’s not always the gesture you think it will be.”

Contact: pamela@sevendaysvt.com

INFO

5:30-7:00 pm

Hosted by UVM President Thomas Sullivan, Fleming Director Janie Cohen, and the Museum’s Board of Advisors Cash bar, hors d’oeuvres, and music

On View:

SMALL WORLDS

Miniatures in Contemporary Art

GLOBAL MINIATURES

Please join us at 4:00 for a special artist’s talk by Small Worlds artist Corin Hewitt in the Museum’s Auditorium.

RIGHT: Mohamad Hafez, Hiraeth, 2016.

Plaster, paint, antique toy tricycle, found objects, rusted metal, and antique wood veneer, 61 x 35 x 21 inches. Courtesy of the artist.

www.flemingmuseum.org 61 Colchester Avenue, Burlington

Learn more at hopesharpart.com.

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ilmmaker Pawel Pawlikowski (Ida) was born in Warsaw. He studied at the University of Oxford and teaches film at several universities. It’s exceedingly unlikely that an artist with his background would have much in the way of appreciation or patience for “Polish jokes.” Which raises the question: Why did he turn his latest creation into one?

Trump’s election. The Brexit mess. Cold War is the most recent in a series of high-profile international developments defying logical explanation. The black-and-white historical romance earned Pawlikowski the Best Director award at the Cannes Film Festival in May and has been nominated for a Best Foreign Language Film Oscar. And yet, unless I’m mistaken, this is a frustratingly point-free work.

Tomasz Kot plays Wiktor, a musicologist who, as the film opens in 1949, is engaged in a project designed to preserve the ancient folk songs of rural Poland. He travels from village to village recording performing peasants. On one such stop, he encounters a bewitching young woman with a haunting voice and a troubled past. Joanna Kulig costars as Zula.

Soon after they meet, she informs Wiktor that

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she’s on probation for the murder of her father. “He mistook me for my mother, so I used a knife to show him the difference.” The two fall madly in love.

The final stage of Wiktor’s project involves an “American Idol”-style competition whose winners get to take part in public performances of the tunes he’s collected. Here’s where things begin to go off the rails. A government toady named Kaczmarek (Borys Szyc) pressures Wiktor to pump up the show with proStalin propaganda, which he grudgingly does.

As a reward, he’s permitted to take his production to Berlin for its debut.

He and Zula (they’re madly in love, remember) hatch a plan to escape to Paris together after the show. Wiktor makes it to their rendezvous point and waits for “the woman of his life.” And waits. Then waits some more.

Meanwhile, Zula is inexplicably back at the theater partying with Mr. Toady and his apparatchik pals. It’s the first of several roadblocks to bliss that the writer-director arbitrarily places in the couple’s path.

His film spans the better part of two decades and is segmented into vignettes. Each offers a glimpse of Wiktor and Zula reconvening passionately — and temporarily — in one of a series of European locales with little or no explanation of what’s happened

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to them between get-togethers. One minute they’re dancing to “Rock Around the Clock” on the Left Bank. The next, Zula is confronting a poetess with whom Wiktor has become romantically linked in Yugoslavia.

As lensed by Lukasz Zal, some of these sequences are undeniably striking. That said, none of the film’s parts lends much in the way of meaning to the whole. I’ve watched Cold War multiple times (it’s just 89 minutes long but feels infinitely more epic) and regret to report I still have zero idea what Pawlikowski was getting at.

I’ve read reviews claiming the main

Miss Bala ★★★

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n 2011, the Mexican film Miss Bala, directed by Gerardo Naranjo, enthralled viewers at the Cannes Film Festival.

The heroine is a beauty pageant contestant who, by dint of being in the wrong place at the wrong time, gets caught up with rival drug cartels; the title (“Miss Bullet”) is a play on the Miss Baja California title she hopes to win. It’s a gripping film, well worth seeking out.

2011 also saw the release of The Hunger Games film, and when I reviewed Miss Bala, I noted the parallels between them. (Both feature young women parading around in pretty dresses as part of a fight to save their families and themselves.) But I never imagined that the belated English-language remake of Miss Bala would be directed by Catherine Hardwicke, best known for launching another YA film franchise with Twilight.

The result is a movie that seems to have been shaped to appeal to young female viewers in ways Naranjo’s film wasn’t. That’s not a bad goal in itself, but in the process of making Miss Bala into a more upbeat, empowering survival tale, Hardwicke has lost almost all of what made the original riveting.

Writer Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer has kept the Mexican setting, but the protagonist is now an American makeup artist, Gloria (Gina Rodriguez of “Jane the Virgin”), with more interest in fashion design than beauty pageants. The Miss Baja contestant is a friend (Cristina Rodlo) whom Gloria visits 76 SEVEN DAYS FEBRUARY 6-13, 2019

BOXED IN Rodriguez plays a woman who must fight for her survival after witnessing gang activity in Hardwicke’s remake.

in Tijuana and then loses in a shoot-out at a nightclub.

When Gloria goes to a cop for help, he delivers her straight to the gang responsible for the violence. An eyewitness to their crimes, she’s given a choice between death and becoming their accomplice. Soon a Drug Enforcement Administration agent (Matt Lauria) is also in the mix, but rather than rescue Gloria, he has his own plans for her.

Betrayed by almost everyone, this young woman is on her own — a scenario that Naranjo milked to the max by keeping us in her perspective and shooting the action scenes in bloodcurdlingly long takes. Hardwicke, by contrast, sticks to a standard action-flick playbook, and her quick-cut scenes are infinitely less tense.

The remake leaves Gloria’s perspective, too, to delve into the psychology of her gang leader nemesis (Ismael Cruz Cordova). He

characters were modeled on the filmmaker’s parents. I’ve also read Pawlikowski’s bio on the Internet Movie Database, Wikipedia and other sites. His father was a doctor.

His mother taught literature. Relationship issues, sure, but not exactly a tragic saga set against a backdrop of musicology and Stalinist repression. Maybe it’ll make more sense next time. Sometimes love is a battlefield. Cold War may leave you feeling like collateral damage.

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has heartthrob good looks, and for a few uncomfortable scenes, one fears the movie will turn into a Stockholm-syndrome romance.

It doesn’t help that Cordova gives the stronger performance, and his character is more fleshed out than Gloria’s. While Rodriguez makes a likable heroine, she conveys more irritation than desperation, managing nothing close to the dead-eyed, stoic terror of Stephanie Sigman in the original version.

The original Miss Bala sends a strong message about the toll of the drug trade on all Mexicans. By the end, all the authority figures around the heroine have revealed themselves to be corrupt, and her survival, like her original victimization, feels like a cosmic joke.

Hardwicke’s version is a passably diverting thriller, but it only occasionally gets within a mile of having that kind of impact.

When the DEA agent berates Gloria for her (inadvertent) role in a bombing, he shows her pictures of fellow agents who died, calling them “real Americans.” The implication is that she, who was born in the U.S. and barely speaks Spanish, isn’t one. While that’s about the closest the movie gets to political commentary, it sends its own strong message that stories like Gloria’s are American stories, too.

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by Hans Peter Moland, who helmed the original Norwegian film. (118 min, R. Essex, Majestic) COLD WARHH1/2 ™e new black-and-white period piece from director Pawel Pawlikowski (the Oscar-winning Ida) follows the turbulent love story of a singer (Joanna Kulig) and a musicologist (Tomasz Kot) who wants her to emigrate across the Iron Curtain. (89 min, R; reviewed by R.K. 2/6. Roxy, Savoy) THE LEGO MOVIE 2: THE SECOND PART: Alien Lego Duplo invaders threaten the awesomeness in this sequel to the hit animation based on the classic toys. With the voices of Chris Pratt, Elizabeth Banks and Will Arnett. Mike Mitchell (Trolls) directed. (106 min, PG. Bijou, Essex, Majestic, Marquis, Palace, Paramount, Playhouse, Welden) THE PRODIGY: Taylor Schilling plays a mom whose young son is acting like he might be possessed by something eeeevil in this horror flick directed by Nicholas McCarthy (The Pact). With Brittany Allen and Colm Feore. (100 min, R. Essex, Majestic) WHAT MEN WANT: In this gender-reversed remake of the comedy What Women Want (2000), Taraji P. Henson plays a sports agent who suddenly gains a useful ability to hear men’s thoughts. With Kristen Ledlow and Josh Brener. Adam Shankman (Rock of Ages) directed. (117 min, R. Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Palace)

NOW PLAYING AQUAMANHHH Jason Momoa plays the heir to the undersea realm of Atlantis as DC Comics continues to flesh out its cinematic universe. With Amber Heard and Willem Dafoe. James Wan (The Conjuring) directed. (143 min, PG-13) BOHEMIAN RHAPSODYHH1/2 Rami Malek plays Freddie Mercury in this chronicle of rock band Queen.

With Lucy Boynton, Ben Hardy, Joseph Mazzello and Mike Myers. Bryan Singer (X-Men: Apocalypse) directed. (134 min, PG-13; reviewed by M.H. 11/7) CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME?HHHHH Melissa McCarthy plays Lee Israel, a best-selling celebrity biographer who turned to forgery, in this seriocomic biopic directed by Marielle Heller. With Richard E. Grant, Dolly Wells and Jane Curtin. (106 min, R; reviewed by R.K. 11/21) A DOG’S WAY HOMEHH1/2 From the writer behind A Dog’s Purpose comes the story of a dog that travels 400 miles to return to her home. Bryce Dallas Howard and Ashley Judd star. Charles Martin Smith (Air Bud) directed. (96 min, PG) THE FAVOURITEHHHH1/2 In the early 18th century, a noblewoman (Rachel Weisz) and a maid (Emma Stone) vie for the favor of Queen Anne (Olivia Colman) in this wicked satire of political power struggles from director Yorgos Lanthimos (The Lobster). (119 min, R)

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FREE SOLOHHHHH ™is documentar y from directors Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi (Meru) follows Alex Honnold as he attempts to make the first-ever free solo climb of Yosemite’s 3,000-foot El Capitan Wall. (100 min, PG-13; reviewed by R.K. 10/24) GLASSHHH An everyman with superpowers (Bruce Willis) tracks a violent psychopath (James McAvoy) in director M. Night Shyamalan’s bid to create a cinematic universe. With Anya Taylor-Joy and Samuel L. Jackson. (129 min, PG-13; reviewed by M.H. 1/23)

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With Anthony Mackie and Ismael Cruz Cordova.

Catherine Hardwicke (Twilight) directed. (104 min, PG-13; reviewed by M.H. 2/6) ON THE BASIS OF SEXHHH Felicity Jones plays Ruth Bader Ginsburg in this biopic about the making of the Supreme Court Justice. With Armie Hammer, Justin ™eroux and Sam W aterston. Mimi Leder (Deep Impact) directed. (120 min, PG-13; reviewed by M.H. 1/16) SHOPLIFTERSHHHH1/2 An abused child becomes the newest addition to a multigenerational Tokyo family living outside the law in this slice-of-life drama from Hirokazu Koreeda (Nobody Knows). Lily Franky and Sakura Andô star. (121 min, R; reviewed

by M.H. 1/9) STAN & OLLIEHHH1/2 John C. Reilly and Steve Coogan play comedy duo Laurel and Hardy in this biopic about their struggle to revive their careers while touring the postwar UK. With Shirley Henderson. Jon S. Baird (Filth) directed. (97 min, PG; reviewed by R.K. 1/30) THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLDHHHH1/2 Peter Jackson’s documentary uses never-before-seen footage to tell the stories of soldiers in World War I. (99 min, R) THE UPSIDEHH1/2 A wealthy quadriplegic (Bryan Cranston) develops a life-affirming friendship with his street-wise helper (Kevin Hart) in this remake of French dramedy hit The Intouchables. Neil Burger directed. (125 min, PG-13) VICEHH Christian Bale got an Oscar nom for his performance as Dick Cheney in this satirical portrait of the George W. Bush administration from writer-director Adam McKay (The Big Short). With Amy Adams, Steve Carell and Sam Rockwell. (132 min, R; reviewed by R.K. 1/9) THE WIFEH1/2 As a celebrated author (Jonathan Pryce) prepares to receive the Nobel Prize, his loyal wife (Glenn Close) questions her life choices in this drama based on Meg Wolitzer’s novel. With Christian Slater and Max Irons. Björn Runge (Happy End) directed. (100 min, R; reviewed by R.K. 9/19)

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY BY ROB BREZSNY REAL FEBRUARY 7-13 TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Eminem’s song “Lose Yourself” was a featured track in the movie 8 Mile, and it won an Academy Award for Best Original Song in 2003. ›e creator himself was not present at the Oscar ceremony to accept his award, however. He was so convinced his song would lose that he stayed home. At the moment when presenter Barbra Streisand announced Eminem’s triumph, he was asleep in front of the TV with his daughter, who was watching cartoons. In contrast to him, I hope you will be fully available and on the scene for the recognition or acknowledgment that should be coming your way sometime soon.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18)

Can you sit on your own head? Not many people can. It requires great flexibility. Before comedian Robin Williams was famous, he spontaneously did just that when he auditioned for the role of the extraterrestrial immigrant Mork, the hero of the TV sitcom “Mork and Mindy.” ›e casting director was impressed with Williams’ odd but amusing gesture and hired him immediately. If you’re presented with an opportunity sometime soon, I encourage you to be inspired by the comedian’s ingenuity. What might you do to cinch your audition, to make a splashy first impression, to convince interested parties that you’re the right person?

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Climbing mountains has been a popular adventure since the 19th century, but there are still many peaks around the world that no one has ever ascended. ›ey include the 24,591-foot-high Muchu Chhish in Pakistan, the 23,691-foot Karjiang South in Tibet, and the 12,600-foot Sauyr Zhotasy on the border of China and Kazakhstan. If there are any Aries mountaineers reading this horoscope who have been dreaming about conquering an unclimbed peak, 2019 will be a great time to do it, and now would be a perfect moment to plan or launch your quest. As for the rest of you Aries, what’s your personal equivalent of reaching the top of an unclimbed peak?

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): While enjoying its

leisure time, the peregrine falcon glides around at 50 miles per hour. But when it’s motivated by the desire to eat, it may swoop and dart at a velocity of 220 miles per hour. Amazing!

In accordance with your astrological omens, Gemini, I propose that we make the peregrine falcon your spirit creature for the next three weeks. I suspect you will have extraordinary speed and agility and focus whenever you’re hunting for exactly what you want. So here’s a crucial question: What exactly do you want?

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Now and then the sun shines and rain falls at the same time. ›e meteorological name for the phenomenon is “sunshower,” but folklore provides other terms. Hawaiians may call it “liquid sunshine” or “ghost rain.” Speakers of the Tangkhul language in India imagine it as “the wedding of a human and spirit.” Some Russians refer to it as “mushroom rain,” since it’s thought to encourage the growth of mushrooms. Whatever you might prefer to call it, Cancerian, I suspect that the foreseeable future will bring you delightful paradoxes in a similar vein.

And in my opinion, that will be very lucky for you, since you’ll be in the right frame of mind and spirit to thrive amidst such situations.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): A study by the Fidelity financial services company revealed that in 43 percent of all couples, neither partner has accurate knowledge of how much money the other partner earns. Meanwhile, research

by the National Institutes of Health concludes that, among heterosexual couples, 36 percent of husbands misperceive how frequently their wives have orgasms. I bring this to your attention in order to sharpen your focus on how crucial it is to communicate clearly with your closest allies. I mean, it’s rarely a good idea to be ignorant about what’s going on with those close to you, but it’ll be an especially bad idea during the next six weeks.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Torre Mayor is one of the tallest skyscrapers in Mexico City. When workers finished its construction in 2003, it was one of the world’s most earthquake-proof buildings, designed to hold steady during an 8.5-level temblor. Over the course of 2019, Virgo, I’d love to see you erect the metaphorical equivalent of that unshakable structure in your own life. ›e astrological omens suggest that doing so is quite possible. And the coming weeks will be an excellent time to launch that project or intensify your efforts to manifest it.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Multitalented Libran singer and actor Donald Glover uses the name of Childish Gambino when he performs his music. How did he select that alias? He used an online random name generator created by the rap group Wu-Tang Clan. I tried the same generator and got “Fearless Warlock” as my new moniker. You might want to try it yourself, Libra. ›e coming weeks will be an excellent time to add layers to your identity and expand your persona and mutate your self-image. ›e generator is here:©tinyurl.com/yournewname.

(P.S. If you don’t like the first one you’re offered, keep trying until you get one you like.)

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Leonardo da Vinci’s painting “Salvator Mundi” sold for $450 million in 2017. Just 12 years earlier, an art collector had bought it for $10,000. Why did its value increase so extravagantly? Because in 2005, no one was sure it was an authentic da Vinci painting. It was damaged and had been covered with other layers of paint that hid the original image. After extensive efforts at restoration, the truth about it emerged. I foresee the possibility of a comparable, if less dramatic, development in your

life during the next 10 months, Scorpio. Your work to rehabilitate or renovate an underestimated resource could bring big dividends.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): We can

behold colors because of specialized cells in our eyes called cones. Most of us have three types of cones, but a few rare people have four. ›is enables them to see far more hues than the rest of us. Are you a tetrachromat, a person with super-vision? Whether you are or not, I suspect you will have extra-powerful perceptual capacities in the coming weeks. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you will be able to see more than you usually do. ›e world will seem brighter and deeper and more vivid. I urge you to deploy your temporary superpower to maximum advantage.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): ›ere are two kinds of minor, boring little tasks. One is when you’re attending to a detail that’s not in service to a higher purpose; the other is when you’re attending to a detail that is a crucial step in the process of fulfilling an important goal. An example of the first might be when you try in vain to scour a permanent stain on a part of the kitchen counter that no one ever sees. An example of the second is when you download an update for an existing piece of software so your computer works better and you can raise your efficiency levels as you pursue a pet project. ›e coming weeks will be an excellent time to keep this distinction in mind as you focus on the minor, boring little tasks that are crucial steps in the process of eventually fulfilling an important goal.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Twitter wit Notorious Debi Hope advises us, “Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low selfesteem, first make sure that you are not, in fact, just surrounded by assho--s.” ›at’ s wise counsel for you to keep in mind during the next three weeks. Let me add a few corollaries. First, stave off any temptation you might have to believe that others know what’s good for you better than you do. Second, figure out what everyone thinks of you and aggressively liberate yourself from their opinions. ›ird, if anyone even hints at not giving you the respect you deserve, banish them for at least three weeks.

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You: Woman. Me: Man. #914655 SHOVELING SNOW OUTSIDE OF BARRIO I saw you in a maroon hat shoveling snow outside of the bakery this morning.

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You: Woman. Me: Man. #914654 CHURCH ST. RESTAURANT Avoiding work on a Friday afternoon.

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BLONDE, HINESBURG PRICE CHOPPER I’ve seen you on multiple occasions at the store while you do your shopping. I know we made eye contact a lot, especially in the beer aisle. You were wearing a gray long-sleeve shirt with black yoga pants. I hope you see this. If so, please contact me! When: Friday, January 18, 2019. Where: Price Chopper, Hinesburg.

You: Woman. Me: Man. #914652 GROUND SCORE AT ARCHIVES You were surprised when I returned a $20 bill you dropped on the ground near the pinballs. Was the other girl your date or a friend? I’ll take you on a date if you’re single. When: ˜ ursday, January 17, 2019. Where: the Archives.

You: Woman. Me: Man. #914650 BEAUTIFUL AT ESPRESSO BUENO You were pulling into the parking lot.

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I felt your touch all night as it warmed my heart and eased my mind. ˜ ank you! When: Wednesday, January 16, 2019. Where: Tops Market, Hardwick.

You: Man. Me: Woman. #914648 QT WORKING AT ONYX You told me the tea was like “Christmas morning,” and while it was steeping I was stealing glances at yer cute mug. You lent me a phone charger, which got me to a whopping 3 percent — I should’ve used that to get your number. Are you single?

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You: Woman. Me: Man. #914646 YOU AND ME ˜ ese rendezvous we experience are very special to me. I care deeply for you and am at a loss for what to do with these feelings. I think it’s mutual, but my vibes on that change day to day. I don’t understand. Are we “friends”? I believe our connection is more than friends. I need to know your thoughts of me. When: Wednesday, January 16, 2019. Where: around. You: Man. Me: Woman. #914645

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KIDS’ MOVIES ON YOUR ITUNES Saturday at the Center. You were prepping for the evening and wanted help dredging up kids’ movies on your iTunes.

We compared dry, cracked hands and hung out. It was nice, and I found myself thinking about it later. Stop by again, and we’ll figure out how to split up the rest of your media that’s still on there. When: Saturday, January 12, 2019. Where: on the hill. You: Woman. Me: Man. #914644 MERCH BEAUTY FOR LETTUCE You’ve run the merch table for Lettuce at the last couple of shows. You are beautiful, and your smile mesmerizes me. Are you single? Either way, thank you for being you! When: Sunday, January 13, 2019. Where: Higher Ground.

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SCARLETTLETTERS Dear Scarlett,

My boyfriend is quadriplegic, and we have no idea how to get him to have an erection long enough to have sex. If we do, he says that it is painful for him. He cannot take any sort of enhancement pills due to the pills he is on for his spinal cord injury. We have been together three and a half years, and I would really like to connect with him in this way. Because we haven’t had sex, he’s almost completely shut down. He tells me it’s hard to explain, but losing his sex drive because he can’t keep an erection has also made him lose interest in kissing, hugging and touching in general. It’s just not there, but he still loves me very much.

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˜ e impacts of paralysis reach far beyond the physical dimensions, as you point out in your letter. Your boyfriend is probably worried that his sex life is over.

His self-image may be broken. ˜ at’s why good communication is so important — for understanding his injury and being supportive, but also for regaining your emotional connection and finding new ways to be intimate.

Keep in mind, for example, that parts of his body may become newly sensitized, similar to how visual impairment can heighten one’s sense of touch and smell. He may not be into touching and kissing right now, but when he is, touch his shoulders, kiss his neck, try to discover new erogenous zones.

Specifically related to intercourse: Since getting and keeping an erection is key, see if your boyfriend will allow you to accompany him on a doctor’s visit to explore the options below and any others.

In terms of devices, a cock ring may help him to maintain his erection during sex, and vacuum pumps can stimulate the necessary blood flow. He can also fit his penis inside a strap-on, which maintains form whether he’s soft or hard. A swing chair like the IntimateRider can enhance his sexual mobility.

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By: /s/ Rachel Lomonaco Rachel Lomonaco District #4 Coordinator 111 West Street Essex Junction, VT 05452 802-879-5658 rachel.lomonaco@ vermont.gov ACT 250 NOTICE MINOR APPLICATION #4C0824-6 10 V.S.A. §§ 6001 - 6093 On January 28, 2019,

Rice Lumber Company, Inc. and Rice Realty, Inc., 4088 Shelburne Road, Shelburne, VT 05482 filed application #4C0824-6 for a project generally described as removal of buildings on existing Lots 5 & 6.

The Project is located at 4088 Shelburne Road in Shelburne, Vermont.

The District #4 Environmental Commission is reviewing this application under Act 250 Rule 51 — Minor Applications. A copy of the application and proposed permit are available for review at the office listed below.

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CITY OF BURLINGTON IN THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN AN ORDINANCE IN RELATION TO COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE – CONDITIONAL USE EXEMPTIONS ZA #18-07

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ORDINANCE 4.10 Sponsor: Planning Department, Planning Commission; Ordinance

Committee Public Hearing Dates: 01/28/19 First reading: 07/16/18 Referred to: Ordinance Committee Rules suspended and placed in all stages of passage: ______________ Second reading: 01/28/19 Action: adopted Date: 01/28/19 Signed by Mayor: 02/01/19 Published: 02/06/19 Effective: 02/27/19 It is hereby Ordained by the City Council of the City of Burlington as follows: ¥ at Appendix A, Comprehensive Development Ordinance, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Burlington be and hereby is amended by amending Section 3.5.3, Exemptions, thereof to read as follows: Sec. 3.5.3 Exemptions Neither Conditional Use nor Major Impact Review shall not be required for applications involving one or more of the following:

(a) Temporary structures that do not otherwise involve a conditional use; (b) Substantial rRehabilitation that does not expand the floor area of an existing building or the structural capacity of existing development; (c) Projects that do not result in a change of use or increased parking demand; (d) Subsurface site improvements including but not limited to underground utility lines and subsurface drainage ways; and, (e) Projects where the scope and authority of municipal regulation is limited by statute pursuant to 24 VSA 4413. ** Material stricken out deleted. *** Material underlined added.

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ORDINANCE 4.13 Sponsor: Planning Department, Planning Commission, Ordinance Committee Public Hearing Dates: 01/28/19 First reading: _______ Referred to: _________ Rules suspended and placed in all stages of passage: 01/28/19 Second reading: _____ Action: adopted Date: 01/28/19 Signed by Mayor: 02/01/19 Published: 02/06/19 Effective: 02/27/19 It is hereby Ordained by the City Council of the City of Burlington as follows: ¥ at Appendix A, Comprehensive Development Ordinance, of the Code of Ordinances

of the City of Burlington be and hereby is amended by amending Section 5.2.7 thereof, Density and Intensity of Development Calculations, to read as follows: Sec. 5.2.7 Density and Intensity of Development Calculations (a) Dwelling Units per Acre: In accordance with the district-specific provisions of Article 4, the calculation of development intensity density shall be measured as follows in such cases where the intensity of development density is measured on a dwelling unit per acre basis: 1.Density Calculation: ¥ e total number of dwelling units provided on a development site lot or lots, or portion of the site lot(s) where split by a zoning district boundary, shall be divided by the gross net site area of the lot(s) expressed in acres calculated to the nearest fractional tenth (i.e. to a single decimal point). ¥ e net

area of the lot(s) shall account for buildable area where applicable (see Sec. 5.2.4). In calculating the number of residential dwelling units permitted, fractional units of less than five-tenths (0.5) shall be rounded down to the nearest whole number and fractional units of five-tenths (0.5) or greater shall be rounded up to the nearest whole number. Any rounding of fractional units shall be limited to a single final calculation for any development.

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Density Equivalent, Nonresidential Uses: For purposes of density calculations, each one thousand, five hundred (1,500) square feet of nonresidential gross floor area not contained within a dwelling unit or within common hallways, stairwells and elevator shafts serving said dwelling units shall be counted as one dwelling unit. (b) Ratio:

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NOTICE OF INTENT TO SELL

TO: Brooks Banker, Jr., Garrison, NY Warehouse storage unit. ¥ is is a Notice of Intent to sell your personal property, located in the Warehouse at Chase Moving, 165 Shunpike Rd., Williston, VT, for failure to make payment. Sale/Disposal to occur February 14, 2019.

NOTICE OF SALE

According to the terms and conditions of a Judgment and Decree of Foreclosure by Judicial Sale (the Order) in the matter of New England Federal Credit Union v. Justin Dwight Churchill, North Creek Condominium Association, Inc. and Any Tenants Residing at 34 Brickyard Road Unit 23, Essex Junction, VT, Vermont Superior Court, Chittenden Unit, Civil Division, Docket

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SEVENDAYSVT.COM/CLASSIFIEDS No. 923-10-17 Cncv, foreclosing a mortgage given by Justin Dwight Churchill to New England Federal Credit Union dated December 22, 2015 and recorded in Volume 947, Page 349 of the Essex Land Records (the Mortgage) presently held by Plaintiff New England Federal Credit Union for the purpose of foreclosing the Mortgage for breach of the conditions of the Mortgage, the real estate with an E-911 address of 34 Brickyard Road Unit 23, Essex Junction, Vermont (the Property) will be sold at public auction at 10:00 a.m. on March 21, 2019 at the location of the Property.

Property Description. ⁄e Proper ty to be sold is all and the same land and premises described in the Mortgage, and further described as follows: All and the same lands and premises conveyed to Justin Dwight Churchill by Quit Claim Deed of Justin Dwight Churchill and Danielle Marie Dutra dated December 17 and 22, 2015 and recorded in Volume 947, Page 347 of the Town of Essex Land Records. Being also all and the same lands and premises conveyed to Danielle Marie Dutra and Justin Dwight Churchill by Warranty Deed of Jedediah A. Randall dated July 15,

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2009 and recorded in Volume 788, Page 193 of the Town of Essex Land Records. Being Unit No. 23 in the North Creek at Essex Park Condominiums as further described and depicted in the Declaration of Condominium of North Creek at Essex Park and the Plans incorporated therein including the Site Plan and the Floor Plan recorded in Map Volume 127 of the Town of Essex Land Records, dated March 4, 1983, recorded in Volume 171 at Page 272 of the Town of Essex Land Records, as amended. ⁄e Proper ty may be subject to easements, rights-of-way of record and other interests of record Terms of Sale. ⁄e Property will be sold to the highest bidder, who will pay $10,000.00 at sale in cash, certified, treasurer’s or cashier’s check made payable to Kohn Rath Danon Lynch & Scharf, LLP Client Trustee Account (or by wire transfer, if arrangements for wire transfer are made at least five (5) busi-

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ness days in advance, confirmation of wire transfer is available before commencement of sale and bidder pays additional fees required for wire transfer) and will pay the balance of the highest bid price within thirty (30) days of the issuance of an Order of Confirmation by the Vermont Superior Court. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the highest bidder at sale shall be entitled only to a return of the $10,000.00 deposit paid. ⁄e high est bidder shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, or the Morgagee’s attorney. ⁄e highest bidder wil l be required to sign a no contingency Purchase Agreement and attached Vermont Lead Law Real Estate Transaction Disclosures.

Copies of the Purchase Agreement and Disclosures are available by calling the telephone number below. ⁄e Property is sold “AS IS” WITH ALL FAULTS WITH NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND. ⁄e highest bidder is required to purchase

the Property whether or not the Property is in compliance with local, state or federal land use laws, regulations or permits. Title to the Property will be conveyed without warranties by Order of Confirmation. ⁄is sale is exempt from federal lead based hazards disclosure. 24 CFR Section 35.82. If the highest bidder fails to complete the purchase of the Property as required by the Purchase Agreement, the $10,000.00 deposit will be forfeited to Plaintiff. ⁄e person holding the public sale may, for good cause, postpone the sale for a period of up to thirty (30) days, from time to time, until it is completed, giving notice of such adjournment and specifying the new date by public proclamation at the time and place appointed for the sale.

Redemption Rights of Mortgagor. ⁄e mortgagor is entitled to redeem the Property at any time prior to the sale by paying the full amount due under the Order, including the costs and expenses of sale.

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Dated: January 22, 2019 /s/ Robert W. Scharf _ Robert W. Scharf, Esq. Attorney for Plaintiff OPENINGS BURLINGTON CITY COMMISSIONS/ BOARDS

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One Opening Applications may be submitted to the Clerk/ Treasurer’s Office, 149 Church Street, Burlington, VT 05401 Attn: Lori NO later than Wednesday, February 13, 2019, by 4:30 pm.

If you have any questions, please contact Lori at (802)865-7136 or via email lolberg@ burlingtonvt.gov.

City Council President Wright will plan for appointments to take place at the February 19, 2019 City Council/ City Council With Mayor Presiding Meetings.

PUBLIC NOTICE

Garnet Transport Medicine, LLC has identified the need for a nonemergency ambulance service to operate in Chittenden County and is applying for licensure by the Vermont Department of Health. ⁄is service proposes to begin operation on April 1st, 2019 within the geographic boundaries of Chittenden County.

In accordance with 24 V.S.A. Emergency Medical Services Statute, public comments are

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Address comments to: Vermont Department of Health Emergency Medical Services Office PO Box 70 Burlington, VT 054020070 STATE OF VERMONT CHITTENDEN UNIT, CIVIL DIVISION VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT DOCKET NO: 172-2-17 CNCV

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ANGELINA FITZPATRICK, JAMES J. FITZPATRICK, OPTION ONE MORTGAGE CORPORATION AND LVNV FUNDING LLC OCCUPANTS OF: 77 Venus Avenue, Burlington VT MORTGAGEE’S NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY

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In accordance with the Judgment Order and Decree of Foreclosure entered May 21, 2018 in the above captioned action brought to foreclose that certain mortgage given by Angelina Fitzpatrick, James J. Fitzpatrick, Option One Mortgage Corporation and LVNV Funding LLC to Option One Mortgage Corporation, a California Corporation, dated December 30, 2004 and recorded in Book 901 Page 244-253 of the land records of the Town of Burlington, of which mortgage the Plaintiff is the present holder, by virtue of an Assignment of Mortgage from Sand Canyon Corporation fka Option One Mortgage Corporation to U.S. Bank, N.A., as Trustee for Struc-

tured Asset Investment Loan Trust, Mortgage Pass-⁄ rough Certificates, Series 2005-3 dated September 24, 2018 and recorded in Book 1419 Page 217 of the land records of the Town of Burlington] for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 77 Venus Avenue, Burlington, Vermont on March 4, 2019 at 10:00 AM all and singular the premises described in said mortgage,

dated on or about even date herewith and to be recorded in the Land Records of the City of Burlington.

To wit: Being Lot No. 27 with dwelling house thereon designated as 77 Venus Avenue, as shown on a Plan of Section C of Sunset Meadow Development, dated August 10 4 and recorded in Volume 163 at Page 680 of the City of Burlington Land Records.

Said lot is situated on the southerly side of Venus Avenue.

Being all the same lands and premises conveyed to James J. Fitzpatrick and Angelina Fitzpatrick by Warranty Deed of Steven B. Hills and Ann M. Hills,

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certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check at the time and place of the sale by the purchaser. ⁄ e balance of the purchase price shall be paid by a certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check within sixty (60) days after the date of sale.

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

⁄ e mortgagor is entitled to redeem the premises at any time prior to the sale by paying the full amount due under the mortgage, including the costs and expenses of the sale.

Reference is hereby made to the above instruments and to the records and references contained therein in further aid of this description.

Terms of sale: Said premises will be sold and conveyed subject to all liens, encumbrances, unpaid taxes, tax titles, municipal liens and assessments, if any, which take precedence over the said mortgage above described.

Other terms to be announced at the sale.

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DATED : __________ By: /S/Loraine L. Hite, Esq. Loraine L.Hite, Esq. Bendett and McHugh, PC 270 Farmington Ave., Ste. 151 Farmington, CT 06032 STATE OF VERMONT WASHINGTON UNIT, CIVIL DIVISION VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT DOCKET NO: 518-8-16 WNCV

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MORTGAGEE’S NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY UNDER 12 V.S.A. sec 4952 et seq.

In accordance with the Judgment Order and Decree of Foreclosure entered March 2, 2018, in the above captioned action brought to foreclose that certain mortgage given by Lisa S. Angell a/k/a Lisa Angell to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for CitiMortgage, Inc., dated May 26, 2009 and recorded in Book 567 Page 167 of the land records of the City of Montpelier, of which mortgage the Plaintiff is the present holder, by virtue of the following Assignments of Mortgage: (1) Assignment of Mortgage from Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for CitiMortgage, Inc. to

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To wit: ALL THAT PARCEL OF LAND IN CITY OF MONTPELIER, WASHINGTON COUNTY, STATE OF VERMONT, AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN DEED BOOK 225, PAGE 464, ID# 167.041000, BEING

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MASTER PARTICIPATION TRUST v.

LISA S. ANGELL A/K/A LISA ANGELL AND VERMONT DEPARTMENT OF TAXES OCCUPANTS OF: 41 Wheelock Street, Montpelier VT

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KNOWN AND DESIGNATED AS METES AND BOUNDS PROPERTY. BEING ALL AND THE SAME LAND AND PREMISES CONVEYED TO KEVIN H. ANGELL AND LISA ANGELL BY WARRANTY DEED OF HENRY C. BAILEY AND BRIGITTE E. BAILEY DATED JUNE 29, 1989 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 225, PAGE 464 OF THE CITY OF MONTPELIER LAND RECORDS. THE INTEREST OF KEVIN H. ANGELL WAS DECREED TO LISA ANGELL BY FINAL DECREE AND STIPULATION IN THE MATTER, KEVIN ANGELL V. LISA ANGELL, WASHINGTON COUNTY FAMILY COURT, DOCKET NO. 317-8-03 WNDM DATED 10/8/04, RECORDED IN BOOK 467, PAGE 21 OF THE MONTPELIER LAND RECORDS. BEING A 0.82 ACRE PARCEL OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, WITH DWELLING AND IMPROVEMENTS LOCATED THEREON AND MORE PARTICULARY KNOWN AS 41 WHEELOCK STREET IN THE CITY OF MONTPELIER, VERMONT.

BY FEE SIMPLE DEED FROM BRIGITTE E. BAILEY, HUSBAND AND WIFE AND HENRY C. BAILEY AS SET FORTH IN BOOK 225 PAGE 464 DATED 06/29/1989 AND RECORDED 07/03/1989, WASHINGTON COUNTY RECORDS, STATE OF VERMONT. Reference is hereby made to the above instruments and to the records and references contained therein in further aid of this description.

Terms of sale: Said premises will be sold and conveyed subject to all liens, encumbrances, unpaid taxes, tax titles, municipal liens and assessments, if any, which take precedence over the said mortgage above described.

TEN THOUSAND ($10,000.00) Dollars of the purchase price must be paid by a certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check at the time and place of the sale by the purchaser. ⁄ e balance of the purchase price shall be paid by a certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check within sixty (60)

days after the date of sale. ⁄ e mortgagor is entitled to redeem the premises at any time prior to the sale by paying the full amount due under the mortgage, including the costs and expenses of the sale.

Other terms to be announced at the sale.

DATED: January 25, 2019 By: /s/ Loraine L. Hite Loraine L. Hite, Esq. Bendett and McHugh, PC 270 Farmington Ave., Ste. 151 Farmington, CT 06032 STATE OF VERMONT WINDSOR UNIT, CIVIL DIVISION VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT DOCKET NO: 540-1014 WRCV

MTGLQ INVESTORS, L.P. v.

CAROL DAWSON A/K/A CAROL A. DAWSON, WINDSOR VILLAGE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC. AND QUECHEE LAKES LANDOWNERS’ ASSOCIATION, INC. OCCUPANTS OF: 860 Murphy’s Road, Unit 3B, Quechee (Hartford) VT MORTGAGEE’S NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY UNDER 12 V.S.A. sec 4952 et seq.

In accordance with the Judgment Order and Decree of Foreclosure entered July 17, 2018 in the above captioned action brought to foreclose that certain mortgage given by Carol Dawson a/k/a Carol A. Dawson to Bank of America, N.A., dated May 5, 2006 and recorded in Book 403 Page 11 of the land records of the Town of Hartford, of which mortgage the Plaintiff is the present holder, by virtue of 1) an Assignment of Mortgage from Bank of America, N.A. to Nationstar Mortgage, LLC dated April 3, 2013and recorded in Book 490 Page 121 of the land records of the Town of Hartford, and 2) an Assignment of Mortgage from Nationstar Mortgage, LLC to MTGLQ Investors, L.P. dated January 12, 2017 and recorded in Book 534 Page 627 of the land records of the Town of Hartford, for breach of the conditions of said

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Page 627 of the land records of the Town of Hartford, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 860 Murphy’s Road, Unit 3B, Quechee (Hartford), Vermont on March 5, 2019 at 10:00 AM all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, To wit: Being all and the same land and premises conveyed to Record Owner by Warranty Deed of Patricia Colasuonno dated November 4, 2002 and recorded at Book 339, Pages 52-55 of the Hartford Land Records.

Being Unit 3B of the Windsor Village Condominium, as shown on a plan entitled “Quechee Lakes Corporation, Lakeland Condominium Area 3, Proj. No 1411278 BP3, Dec. 22, 1978, Scale: 1”= 100” by K.A. LeClair Assoc., Inc., Civil Engineers of Hanover, N.H. and recorded at Quechee Lakes Book 2, Page 53 of the Hartford land Records.

PROPERTY LOCATION: 860 Murphy’s Road Quechee, Vermont (Tax map 12, Lot 8129-WVC-3B) Reference is hereby made to the above instruments and to the records and references contained therein in further aid of this description.

Terms of sale: Said premises will be sold and conveyed subject to all liens, encumbrances, unpaid taxes, tax titles, municipal liens and assessments, if any, which take precedence over the said mortgage above described.

TEN THOUSAND ($10,000.00) Dollars of the purchase price must be paid by a certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check at the time and place of the sale by the purchaser. The balance of the purchase

price shall be paid by a certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check within sixty (60) days after the date of sale.

The mortgagor is entitled to redeem the premises at any time prior to the sale by paying the full amount due under the mortgage, including the costs and expenses of the sale.

Other terms to be announced at the sale.

DATED: January 23, 2019 By: /s/ Loraine L. Hite Loraine L. Hite, Esq. Bendett and McHugh, PC 270 Farmington Ave., Ste. 151 Farmington, CT 06032 WARNING POLICY ADOPTION CHAMPLAIN VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT

The Board of School Directors gives public notice of its intent to adopt local district policies dealing with the following at its regular meeting scheduled February 19, 2019: E15 – Use of Video Surveillance Copies of the above policies may be obtained for public review at the Office of the Human Resources Dept. in Shelburne, VT.

2108 Main St., Castleton. Mondays, 4:30-5:30 p.m., Rutland Regional Medical Center (RRMC Physiatry Conference Room), 160 Allen St., Rutland. PEER LED Stay Quit Support Group, first Thursday of every month, 6:307:30 p.m. at the CVPS/ Leahy Community Health Education Center at RRMC. Info: 747-3768, scosgrove@ rrmc.org.

ADDICT IN THE FAMILY: SUPPORT GROUP FOR FRIENDS AND FAMILIES OF ADDICTS AND ALCOHOLICS

Wednesdays,¬6:30-8 p.m., Holy Family/St. Lawrence Parish,¬4 Prospect St., Essex Junction. For further information, please visit¬thefamilyrestored.org¬or contact Lindsay Duford at 781-960-3965 or¬12lindsaymarie@ gmail.com.

AL-ANON

For families & friends of alcoholics. For meeting info, go to¬vermontalanon alateen.org¬or¬call 866-972-5266.

ALATEEN GROUP

New Alateen group in Burlington on Sundays from 5-6 p.m. at the UU building at the top of Church St. For more information please call Carol, 324-4457.

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ALZHEIMER’S ASSOCIATION SUPPORT GROUP

This caregivers support group meets on the 3rd Wed. of every mo. from 5-6:30 p.m. at the Alzheimer’s Association Main Office, 300 Cornerstone Dr., Suite 128, Williston.

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ALZHEIMER’S ASSOCIATION TELEPHONE SUPPORT GROUP

1st Monday monthly, 3-4:30 p.m.

Pre-registration is required (to receive dial-in codes for toll-free call). Please dial the Alzheimer’s Association’s 24/7 Helpline 800-2723900 for more information.

ARE YOU HAVING PROBLEMS W/ DEBT?

Do you spend more than you earn? Get help at Debtor’s Anonymous plus Business Debtor’s Anonymous. Wed., 6:30-7:30 p.m., Methodist Church in the Rainbow Room at Buell & S. Winooski, Burlington.

Contact Jennifer, 917-568-6390.

BABY BUMPS SUPPORT GROUP FOR MOTHERS AND PREGNANT WOMEN

Pregnancy can be a wonderful time of your life. But, it can also be a time of stress that is often compounded by hormonal swings.

If you are a pregnant woman, or have recently given birth and feel you need some help with managing emotional bumps in the road that can come with motherhood, please come to this free support group lead by an experienced pediatric Registered Nurse. Held on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month, 5:30-6:30 p.m. at the Birthing Center, Northwestern Medical Center, St. Albans. Info: Rhonda Desrochers, Franklin County Home Health Agency, 527-7531.

BEREAVEMENT/GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP

Meets every other Mon. night, 6-7:30 p.m., & every other Wed., 10-11:30 a.m., in the Conference Center at Central Vermont Home Health & Hospice in Berlin.

The group is open to anyone who has experienced the death of a loved one. There is no fee. Info, Ginny Fry or Jean Semprebon, 223-1878.

BETTER BREATHERS CLUB

American Lung Association support group for people with breathing issues, their loved ones or caregivers. Meets first Monday of the month, 11 a.m.-noon at the Godnick Center, 1 Deer St., Rutland. For more information call 802-776-5508.

BRAIN INJURY SUPPORT GROUP IN ST. JOHNSBURY

Monthly meetings will be held on the 3rd Wed. of every mo., 1-2:30 p.m., at the Grace United Methodist Church, 36 Central St., St. Johnsbury. The support group will offer valuable resources & info about brain injury.

It will be a place to share experiences in a safe, secure & confi dential environment.

Info, Tom Younkman, tyounkman@vcil.org, 800-639-1522.

BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF VERMONT

Montpelier daytime support group meets the 3rd Thu. of the mo. at the Unitarian Church ramp entrance, 1:30-2:30 p.m. St. Johnsbury support group meets the 3rd Wed. monthly at the Grace United Methodist Church, 36 Central St., 1:00-2:30 p.m.¬ ColchesterEvening support group meets the 1st Wed. monthly at the Fanny Allen Hospital in the Board Room Conference Room, 5:30-7:30 p.m.

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Library on the 1st Thu. monthly from 1:15-3:15 p.m. and the 3rd Mon. monthly from 4:15-6:15 p.m. White River Jct. meets the 2nd Fri. monthly at Bugbee Sr. Ctr. from 3-4:30 p.m.

Call our helpline at 877-856-1772.

BURLINGTON AREA PARKINSON’S DISEASE OUTREACH GROUP

People with Parkinson’s disease & their caregivers gather together to gain support & learn about living with Parkinson’s disease. Group meets 2nd Wed. of every mo., 1-2 p.m., continuing through Nov. 18, 2015.

Shelburne Bay Senior Living Community, 185 Pine Haven Shores Rd., Shelburne. Info: 888-763-3366, parkin soninfo@uvmhealth. org, parkinsonsvt.org.

CANCER SUPPORT GROUP

Th e Champlain Valley Prostate Cancer Support Group will be held every 2nd Tue. of the mo., 6-7:45 p.m. at the Hope Lodge, 237 East Ave., Burlington. Newly diagnosed? Prostate cancer reoccurrence?

General discussion and sharing among survivors and those beginning or rejoining the battle. Info, Mary L. Guyette RN, MS, ACNS-BC, 274-4990, vmary@aol.com.

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Overcome any hurt, habit or hangup in your life with this confidential 12-Step, Christ-centered recovery program. We offer multiple support groups for both men and women, such as chemical dependency, codependency, sexual addiction and pornography, food issues, and overcoming abuse. All 18+ are welcome; sorry, no childcare. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.; we begin at 7 p.m. Essex Alliance Church, 37 Old Stage Rd., Essex Junction.

Info: recovery@ essexalliance.org, 878-8213.

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Celebrate Recovery meetings are for anyone with struggles with hurt, habits and hang ups, which includes everyone in some way.¬We welcome everyone at Cornerstone Church in Milton which meets every Friday night at 7-9 p.m. We’d love to have you join us and discover how your life can start to change.

Info: 893-0530, julie@ mccartycreations.com.

CELIAC & GLUTEN-FREE GROUP

Last Wed. of every month, 4:30-6 p.m., at Tulsi Tea Room, 34 Elm St., Montpelier. Free & open to the public! To learn more, contact Lisa at 598-9206 or lisamase@gmail.com.

CEREBRAL PALSY GUIDANCE

Cerebral Palsy Guidance is a very comprehensive informational website broadly covering the topic of cerebral palsy and associated medical conditions. It’s mission it to provide the best possible information to parents of children living with the complex condition of cerebral palsy.¬cerebral palsyguidance.com/ cerebral-palsy.

CODEPENDENTS ANONYMOUS

CoDA is a 12-step fellowship for people whose common purpose is to develop healthy & fulfilling relationships. By actively working the program of Codependents Anonymous, we can realize a new joy, acceptance & serenity in our lives.

Meets Sunday at noon at the Turning Point Center, 191 Bank Street, Burlington.

Tom, 238-3587, coda.org.

DECLUTTERERS’ SUPPORT GROUP

Are you ready to make improvements but find it overwhelming?

Maybe two or three of us can get together to help each other simplify. 989-3234, 425-3612.

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DISCOVER THE POWER OF CHOICE!

SMART Recovery welcomes anyone, including family and friends, affected by any kind of substance or activity addiction. It is a science-based program that encourages abstinence. Specially trained volunteer facilitators provide leadership.¬Sundays at 5 p.m. at the 1st Unitarian Universalist Society, 152 Pearl St., Burlington.¬Volunteer facilitator: Bert, 399-8754.¬You can learn more at smartrecovery.org.

DIVORCE CARE SUPPORT GROUP

Divorce is a tough road. Feelings of separation, betrayal, confusion, anger and self-doubt are common. But there is life after divorce.¬ Led by people who have already walked down that road, we’d like to share with you a safe place and a process that can help make the journey easier. The 13-week Divorce Care Support Group (for men and women)¬will be¬offered¬on Sunday¬evenings,¬5:30-7:30 p.m.,¬February 10 through May 5, 2019,¬at the¬North Avenue Alliance Church, 901 North Ave., Burlington, VT. For more information and to register, call Sandy at¬802-425-7053.DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SUPPORT

Steps to End Domestic Violence offers a weekly drop-in support group for female identified survivors of intimate partner violence, including individuals who are experiencing or have been affected by domestic violence. The support group offers a safe, confidential place for survivors to connect with others, to heal, and to recover.

In support group, participants talk through their experiences and hear stories

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People living with cancer & their caretakers convene for support.

Ÿ is Hearing Voices Group seeks to find understanding of voice hearing experiences as

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Interstitial cystitis (IC) and painful bladder syndrome can result in recurring pelvic pain, pressure or discomfort in the bladder/pelvic region & urinary frequency/ urgency. Ÿ ese are often misdiagnosed & mistreated as a chronic bladder infection. If you have been diagnosed or have these symptoms, you are not alone.

For Vermont-based support group, email„bladderpainvt@ gmail.com„or call 899-4151 for more information.

KINDRED CONNECTIONS PROGRAM OFFERED FOR CHITTENDEN COUNTY CANCER SURVIVORS

Ÿ e Kindred Connections program provides peer support for all those touched by cancer.

Cancer patients as well as caregivers are provided with a mentor who has been through the cancer experience & knows what it’s like to go through it. In addition to sensitive listening, Kindred Connections provides practical help such as rides to doctors’ offices & meal deliveries. Ÿ e program has people who have experienced a wide variety of cancers. For further info, please contact info@vcsn.net.

LGBTQ SURVIVORS OF VIOLENCE

SafeSpace offers peer-led support groups for survivors of relationship, dating, emotional &/or hate violence. Ÿ ese groups give survivors a safe & supportive environment to tell their stories, share information, & offer & receive support.

Support groups also provide survivors an opportunity to gain information on how to better cope with feelings & experiences that surface because of the trauma they have experienced.

Please call SafeSpace 863-0003 if you are interested in joining.

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Have you lost a friend, colleague or loved one by suicide?

Some who call have experienced a recent loss and some are still struggling w/ a loss from long ago. Call us at 446-3577 to meet with our„clinician, Jonathan Gilmore, at Maple Leaf Clinic, 167 North Main St. All are welcome.

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Ÿ is support group is a dedicated meeting for family, friends and community members who are supporting a loved one through a mental health crisis. Mental health crisis might include extreme states, psychosis,

Join Jessica Child for free yoga for individuals in recovery from alcohol and substance abuse. Every„Saturday„at„3:30 p.m.„at SoulShine Power Yoga, 1 Market Place #16, Essex Jct. Mats are available at the studio. No experience necessary, just a willingness to deepen your recovery. Info:„ jessicamchild@gmail. com,„802-999-8655.

Ÿ is veterans group is a safe place for veterans to gather and discuss ways to help the community, have dinners, send packages and help the families of LGBTQ service people. Ideas on being helpful encouraged. Every 2nd and 4th„Wednesday,„6-8:30 p.m.,„at Christ Episcopal Church (Ÿ e Little Red Door),„64 State Street, Montpelier. RSVP, 802-825-2045.

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Frustrated with the job search or with your job? You are not alone. Come check out this supportive circle. Wednesdays at„3 p.m., Pathways Vermont Community Center,„279 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: Abby Levinsohn, 777-8602.

Families coping with addiction (FCA) is an open community peer support group for adults 18 & over struggling with the drug or alcohol addiction of a loved one.

FCA is not 12-step based but provides a forum for those living this experience to develop personal coping skills & draw strength from one another. Weekly on Wed., 5:30-6:30 p.m.

Turning Point Center, corner of Bank St., Burlington. (Across from parking garage, above bookstore). thdaub1@gmail.com.

Are you a family member who has lost a loved one to addiction? Find support, peer-led support group.„Meets once a month on Mondays in Burlington. Please call for date and location.

RSVP mkeasler3@ gmail.com or call 310-3301 (message says Optimum Health, but this is a private number).

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Are you having trouble controlling the way you eat?

FA is a free 12-step recovery program for anyone suffering from food obsession, overeating, undereating or bulimia.

Local meetings are held twice a week: Mondays,„4-5:30 p.m., at the Unitarian Universalist Church, Norwich, Vt.; and Wednesdays,„6:30-8 p.m., at Hanover Friends Meeting House, Hanover, N.H. For more information and a list of additional meetings throughout the U.S. and the world, call 603-630-1495 or visit„foodaddicts.org.

real lived experiences which may happen to anyone at anytime.„We choose to share experiences, support, and empathy.„We validate anyone’s experience and stories about their experience as their own, as being an honest and accurate representation of their experience, and as being acceptable exactly as they are. Weekly on Tuesday, 2-3 p.m.

Pathways Vermont Community Center, 279 North Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: 802-777-8602, abby@ pathwaysvermont.org.

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from others who have experienced abuse in their relationships.

Support group is also a resource for those who are unsure of their next step, even if it involves remaining in their current relationship.

Tuesdays, 6:30-8 p.m.

Childcare is provided.

Info: 658-1996.

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We are people with adult loved ones who are transgender or gender-nonconforming. We meet to support each other and to learn more about issues and concerns. Our sessions are supportive, informal, and confidential.„Meetings are held„at„5:30 PM, the second„Ÿ ursday„of each month at Pride Center of VT, 255 South Champlain St., Suite 12, in Burlington.„Not sure if you’re ready for a meeting? We also offer one-on-one support.„For more information, email„rex@ pridecentervt.org„or call„802-238-3801.

depression, anxiety and other types of distress. Ÿ e group is a confidential space where family and friends can discuss shared experiences and receive support in an environment free of judgment and stigma with a trained facilitator. Weekly on Wednesdays, 7-8:30 p.m. Downtown Burlington. Info: Jess Horner, LICSW, 866-218-8586.

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of violence including relationship, sexual assault, and discrimination.„Open to all sexual orientations.

Contact 863-0003 for more information or safespace@ pridecentervt.org.

MARIJUANA ANONYMOUS

Do you have a problem with marijuana? MA is a free 12-step program where addicts help other addicts to get & stay clean. Ongoing Wed. at 7 p.m. at Turning Point Center, 191 Bank St., suite 200, Burlington.

861-3150.

MEN OVER 60 SUPPORT GROUP

I am looking for men over 60 who share my desire to stay vital and creative as we age. How the group functions will be largely determined by the interests and talents of members, but will center on discussion and creative activity, poetry in particular. Ÿ e group will meet every other week in my home several miles from Montpelier, dates and hours to be determined.

If you think this might be right for you, please contact Peter here:„pyovu@ comcast.net. Tell me a little about yourself.

MYELOMA SUPPORT GROUP

Area Myeloma Survivors, Families and Caregivers have come together to form a Multiple Myeloma Support Group. We provide emotional support, resources about treatment options, coping strategies and a support network by participating in the group experience with people that have been though similar situations. Ÿ ird Tuesday of the month, 5-6 p.m. at the New Hope Lodge on East Avenue in Burlington.

Info: Kay Cromie, 655-9136, kgcromey@ aol.com.

NAMI CONNECTION PEER SUPPORT GROUP MEETINGS

Bennington, every Tue., 1-2:30 p.m., CRT Center, United Counseling Service, 316 Dewey St.; Burlington, every Ÿ u., 3-4:30 p.m., St. Paul’s Cathedral,

2 Cherry St. (enter from parking lot); Berlin, second ‡ u. of the month, 4-5:30 p.m., CVMC Board Room, 130 Fisher Rd.; Rutland, every 1st and 3rd Sun., 4:30-6 p.m., Rutland Mental Health Wellness Center, 78 S. Main St.; No. Concord, every ‡ u., 6-7:30 p.m., Loch Lomond, 700 Willson Rd. If you have questions about a group in your area, please contact the National Alliance on Mental Illness of Vermont, program@namivt.org or 800-639-6480.

Connection groups are peer recovery support group programs for adults living with mental health challenges.

NAMI FAMILY SUPPORT GROUP

Bellows Falls, 3rd Tue. of every mo., 7 p.m., Compass School, 7892 US-5, Westminster; Brattleboro, 1st Wed. of every mo., 6:30 p.m., 1st Congregational Church, 880 Western Ave., West Brattleboro; Burlington, 2nd & 4th Tue. of every mo., 7 p.m., HowardCenter, corner of Pine & Flynn Ave.; Berlin, 4th Mon. of every mo., 7 p.m.

Central Vermont Medical Center, Room 3; Georgia, 1st Tue. of every mo., 6 p.m., Georgia Public Library, 1697 Ethan Allen Highway (Exit 18, I-89); Manchester, 4th Wed. of every mo., 6:30 p.m., Equinox Village, 2nd floor; Rutland, 1st Mon. of every mo., 6 p.m., Rutland Regional Medical Center, Leahy Conference Ctr., room D; St. Johnsbury, 4th Wed. of every mo., 5:30 p.m., Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital Library, 1315 Hospital Dr.; Williston, 1st & 3rd Mon. of every mo., 6 p.m., NAMI Vermont Office, 600 Blair Park Rd. #301. If you have questions about a group in your area, please contact the National Alliance on Mental Illness of Vermont, info@namivt.org or 800-639-6480.

Family Support Group meetings are for family & friends of individuals living mental illness.

NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS

is a group of recovering addicts who live w/out the use of drugs. It costs nothing to join. ‡ e only requirement for membership is a desire to stop using.

Info, 862-4516 or cvana.org. Held in Burlington, Barre and St. Johnsbury.

NAR-ANON BURLINGTON GROUP

Group meets every Monday at 7 p.m. at the Turning Point Center (small room), 191 Bank St., Burlington. ‡ e only requirement for membership is that there be a problem of addiction in a relative or friend. Info: Amanda H. 338-8106.

NEW (AND EXPECTING) MAMAS AND PAPAS! EVERY PRIMARY CAREGIVER TO A BABY!

‡ e Children’s Room invites you to join our weekly drop-in support group. Come unwind and discuss your experiences and questions around infant care and development, self-care and postpartum healing, and community resources for families with babies. Tea and snacks provided.

Weekly on ‡ ursdays, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Bring your babies! (Newborn through crawling stage). Located within ‡ atcher Brook Primary School, 47 Stowe Street,© childrensroomonline. org. Contact©c hildrens room@wwsu.org©o r 244-5605.

NORTHWEST VERMONT CANCER PRAYER & SUPPORT NETWORK

A meeting of cancer patients, survivors & family members intended to comfort & support those who are currently suffering from the disease.

2nd ‡ u. of every mo., 6-7:30 p.m., St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, 11 Church St., St. Albans. Info: stpaulum@myfair point.net. 2nd Wed. of every mo., 6-7:30 p.m. Winooski United Methodist Church, 24 W. Allen St., Winooski.

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OPEN EARS, OPEN MINDS

A mutual support circle that focuses on connection and selfexploration. Fridays at©1 p .m., Pathways Vermont Community Center,©2 7 9 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: Abby Levinsohn, 777-8602.

OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS (OA)

A 12-step program for people who identify as overeaters, compulsive eaters, food addicts, anorexics, bulimics, etc. No matter what your problem with food, we have a solution! All are welcome, meetings are open, and there are no dues or fees.

See©o avermont.org/ meeting-list/©f or the current meeting list, meeting format and more; or call 802-8632655 any time!

POTATO INTOLERANCE SUPPORT GROUP

Anyone coping with potato intolerance and interested in joining a support group, contact Jerry Fox,©4 8 Saybrook Rd., Essex Junction, VT 05452.

QUEEN CITY MEMORY CAFÉ

‡ e Queen City Memory Café offers a social time & place for people with memory impairment & their fiends & family to laugh, learn & share concerns & celebrate feeling understood & connected. Enjoy coffee, tea & baked goods with entertainment & conversation.

QCMC meets the 3rd Sat. of each mo., 10 a.m.-12 p.m. ‡ ayer Building, 1197 North Ave., Burlington.

316-3839.

QUEER CARE GROUP

‡ is support group is for adult family members and caregivers of queer, and/or questioning youth. It is held on the 2nd Monday of each month from 6:30-8 p.m. at Outright Vermont, 241 North Winooski Ave. ‡ is group is for adults only. For more information, email info@outrightvt.org.

QUIT TOBACCO GROUPS

Are you ready to be tobacco free?© o Jin our FREE five-week group classes facilitated by our

Tobacco Treatment Specialists.© W e meet in a friendly, relaxed atmosphere.© o Yu may qualify for a FREE 8-week supply of nicotine replacement therapy. Contact us at (802)-847-7333 or quittobaccoclass@ uvmhealth.org.

SCLERODERMA FOUNDATION NEW ENGLAND

Support group meeting held 4th Tue. of the mo., 6:30-8:30 p.m. Williston Police Station. Info, Blythe Leonard, 878-0732.

SEX & LOVE ADDICTS ANONYMOUS

SUICIDE SURVIVORS SUPPORT GROUP

For those who have lost a friend or loved one through suicide. Maple Leaf Clinic, 167 N. Main St., Wallingford, 446-3577. 6:30-8 p.m. the 3rd Tue. of ea. mo.

SUICIDE HOTLINES IN VT

Brattleboro, 257-7989; Montpelier (Washington County Mental Health Emergency Services), 229-0591; Randolph (Clara Martin Center Emergency Service), 800-639-6360.

12-step recovery group. Do you have a problem w/ sex or relationships? We can help. Shawn, 6602645. Visit slaafws. org©o r saa-recovery. org for meetings near you.

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SEXUAL VIOLENCE SUPPORT

SURVIVORS OF SUICIDE

HOPE Works offers free support groups to women, men & teens who are survivors of sexual violence. Groups are available for survivors at any stage of the healing process.

Intake for all support groups is ongoing. If you are interested in learning more or would like to schedule an intake to become a group member, please call our office at 8640555, ext. 19, or email our victim advocate at advocate@sover. net.

STUTTERING SUPPORT GROUPS

If you’re a person who stutters, you are not alone! Adults, teens & school-age kids who stutter & their families are welcome to join one of our three free National Stuttering Association (NSA) stuttering support groups at UVM. Adults: 5:30-6:30, 1st & 3rd Tue. monthly; teens (ages 13-17): 5:30-6:30, 1st ‡ u. monthly; school-age children (ages 8-12) & parents (meeting separately): 4:15-5:15, 2nd ‡ u. monthly. Pomeroy Hall (489 Main St., UVM campus. Info: burlingtonstutters. org, burlington stutters@gmail.com, 656-0250. Go Team Stuttering!

who have experienced intimate partner abuse, facilitated by Circle (Washington Co. only). Please call 877-543-9498 for more info.

If you have lost someone to suicide and wish to have a safe place to talk, share and spend a little time with others who have had a similar experience, join us the 3rd ‡ u. at the Faith Lighthouse Church, Rte. 105, Newport (105 Alderbrook), 7-9 p.m. Please call before attending. Info: Mary Butler, 744-6284.

SURVIVORS OF SUICIDE, S. BURLINGTON

Who: Persons experiencing the impact of a loved one’s suicide. When: first Wednesday of each month,©6 -7:30 p.m.©L ocation: S. Burlington. ‡ is group is currently full and unable to accept new participants. Please call Linda Livendale at 802-272-6564 to learn about other groups within driving distance. We are sorry for the inconvenience. ‡ ank you!

THE COMPASSIONATE FRIENDS SUPPORT GROUP

‡ e Compassionate Friends international support group for parents, siblings and families grieving the loss of a child©m eets every third©T uesday©o f the month,©7 -9 p.m.,©a t Kismet Place, 363 Blair Park Rd., Williston. Call/email Jay at©8 02-373-1263,© compassionate friendsvt@gmail.com.

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(Take Off Pounds Sensibly) chapter meeting. Hedding United Methodist Church, Washington St., Barre. Wed., 5:156:15 p.m. For info, call David at 371-8929.

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VEGGIE SUPPORT GROUP

Want to feel supported on your vegetarian/vegan journey? Want more info on healthy veggie diets? Want to share & socialize at veggie potlucks, & more, in the greater Burlington area? ‡ is is your opportunity to join with other like-minded folks. veggy4life@gmail. com, 658-4991.

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WOMEN’S CANCER SUPPORT GROUP

FAHC. Led by Deb Clark, RN. Every 1st & 3rd Tue., 5-6:30 p.m.

Call Kathy McBeth, 847-5715.

YOGA FOR FOLKS LIVING WITH LYME DISEASE

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Join as we build community and share what works on the often confusing, baffling and isolating path to wellness while living with Lyme disease. We will have a gentle restorative practice suitable for all ages and all©l evels from beginner to experienced, followed by an open group discussion where we will share what works and support one another in our quest for healing.

By donation. Wear comfortable clothing.

March 5,©A pril 2,©M ay 7, June 4.©2 -3:30 p.m.

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XA – EVERYTHING ANONYMOUS

Everything Anonymous is an all encompassing 12-step support group. People can attend for any reason, including family member challenges. Mondays, 7-8 p.m. Turning Point Center, 191 Bank St., Burlington. Info: 777-5508, definder@ gmail.com.

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Centerpoint’s SAMH Services is seeking a multi-talented and dynamic clinician to join our team as our Admissions Coordinator. In this role, you will insure timely access and consumer-oriented, strength-based service navigation & engagement. Efficient and effective assessment skills are essential. Excellent multidisciplinary collaboration, communication, & partnership are foundations for this position.

CITY OF BURLINGTON CAPITAL PROJECT ACCOUNTANT This position is responsible for the financial life cycle of major City projects, which entails the creation, documentation, and maintenance of project accounting policies and procedures, as well as training staff how to implement the policies and procedures. The position sits in the Clerk/Treasurer Office, yet works in partnership with and support of all departments’ staff responsible for capital project accounting to provide guidance related to procedures. Requirements include a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting and three (3) years of capital project accounting.

For a complete description, or to apply online, visit: www.governmentjobs.com/careers/burlingtonvt.

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SEEKING DRIVERS! Local growing company seeks driving candidates for permanent full time position.

Onsite has an opportunity for year round work as part of a team of people who get it done. Seeking CDL licensed class A or B driver to fill immediate opening. Hazmat and tank endorsements are a plus. Boom experience is a plus. We are willing to train the right candidate. Must be motivated and able to work independently and as part of the team. Must be friendly and customer service oriented; able to pass drug test and background check.

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OFFICE COORDINATOR

Our Office Coordinator provides administrative and operational support for the Student Government Association office. Main duties will include maintaining files, organizing the website, receiving work requests, providing information regarding student activities, as well as assisting the SGA Finance Office.

Associate’s degree and one to three years related experience required.

Working knowledge of software applications used to support office functions as well as proficiency in information system usage and database maintenance required. Applicant must demonstrate the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and work in an open office environment with frequent interruptions.

Candidate must demonstrate commitment to diversity, social justice and foster a collaborative multicultural environment. www.uvm.edu/~career

New position! Howard Center is seeking a dynamic Senior Donor Relations Director to develop and implement new strategies to identify, cultivate, and manage relationships with current and new donors. BS/BA required. 3-5 years of experience in major and planned gifts, fundraising and development activities. Knowledge of Vermont fundraising community preferred. Full-time, benefits eligible position.

Howard Center has excellent benefits, including 36 days of combined time off (and increasing with years of service) medical, dental, FSA and 401K, etc. For more information and to apply, please visit www. howardcentercareers.org.

Howard Center is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. The agency’s culture and service delivery is strengthened by the diversity of its workforce.

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Sheridan Journal Services, an established provider of publishing services for scientific, technical, medical and scholarly journals, is currently seeking Production Editors to join our team in beautiful Waterbury, Vermont! If you have publishing, editorial, copyediting or composition experience, and aspire to be a part of a team producing innovative publications, please submit your resume and a cover letter to careers.djs@sheridan.com.

We provide a comprehensive benefits package, including health, medical and dental coverage, 401(K), paid time off, flexible working schedules, relaxed dress code and possible telecommuting opportunities. We have a stunning office with a positive, friendly work culture.

This is a great opportunity for you!

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Criminal Investigator

Mary.Deaett@vermont.gov Job posting and description available at:

Join our passionate, dynamic team!

Washington County Mental Health Services (WCMHS) is in search of a new Director for our Community Support Program.

This role has overall administrative and clinical responsibility for our community services division working with adults with persistent mental illness. The successful candidate will provide consultation with stakeholders and administrative supervision of our CSP Management team. They will coordinate and provide opportunities for program development. Master’s degree with 5-7 years’ experience, license preferred. Expert knowledge of community mental health, designated agency systems and a recovery and strengths based approach working with clients and community members is essential. Supervisory experience required. Interested applicants please go to www.wcmhs.org for more information and to apply!

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VPIRG is HIRING!

SEEKING COMMUNICATIONS & ENGAGEMENT COORDINATOR Are you a skilled writer, compelling communicator, digital whiz, eager learner, and passionate about VPIRG’s public interest mission? Communications and Engagement Coordinator may be the role for you!

As a member of our communications and engagement team, you’ll educate and build grassroots power in critical public interest campaigns that move Vermont forward. You’ll involve activists and the public through a combination of digital organizing tools and traditional offline organizing tactics, like phone banking, tabling and event organizing — whatever it takes to win.

Position is based in Montpelier. Learn more and apply online at:

www.vpirg.org/jobs

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Equal Opportunity Employer

Office of the Public Defender, Burlington.

Demanding criminal caseload in a fast-paced office environment. Must be able to work independently and as part of a legal team. Duties may require irregular hours and travel for which private means of transportation is required. Previous criminal investigation experience preferred. Full-time with State of VT benefits. Base pay: $22.06/hr. EOE. Email resume and cover letter by Monday, 2/11 to:

DIRECTOR FOR OUR COMMUNITY SUPPORT PROGRAM

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1076 Williston Road, S. Burlington

862.6585 RESTAURANT MANAGER www.windjammerrestaurant.com

We are seeking a dynamic Restaurant Manager to join our Windjammer team. 3+ years of experience is preferred for this hands-on position. Candidates must enjoy a high level of guest interaction, possess a positive attitude and have experience managing a large staff.

We offer a competitive wage and benefits package that includes medical/dental, paid time off, 401k, company discounts and more!

The Windjammer Hospitality Group Attn: Human Resources 1076 Williston Road South Burlington, VT 05403 selena@windjammergroup.com EOE

VCRD is seeking a dedicated and hardworking part-time Fund Development and Communications Assistant to help lead fund development, prospect outreach, donor communications and other fundraising work in line with our mission to support rural Vermont communities and advance policies that create a prosperous and sustainable future. Read the full job description and find out how to apply here: www.vtrural.org/about/ fund-development-job.

Maple Confections and Production

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Vermont’s premier continuing Care Retirement Community seeks a member to join our housekeeping team. Housekeepers work collaboratively to support residents who live independently as well as those who live in residential care. Housekeepers are critical to the well-being of residents and the quality of the Wake Robin environment. Candidates must have housekeeping and/or industrial cleaning or industrial laundry experience.

Driver

Interested candidates, please send resume and cover letter via email to hr@wakerobin.com. For additional information see our Employment page at www.wakerobin.com or like “Wake Robin Works” on Facebook.

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To apply, please complete an application, attach a resume if you have one, and return in person or email to: Mount Mansfield Maple Products 450 Weaver Street, Suite 18 Winooski, VT 05404 roseleni@mansfieldmaple.com

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The Environmental Services team seeks a driver to provide onand-off-campus transportation services to residents and staff.

Duties include driving, assisting residents into and out of vehicles, escorting residents to destination if necessary, and general maintenance/cleaning of vehicles. This position requires timely adherence to transportation schedules and safety protocol, and excellent customer service. Applicants must possess a valid VT Driver’s license (CDL not required) and a stellar driving record.

Wake Robin is an EOE.

For full job description and application download go to: vermontpuremaple.com/ pages/employment-1.

BOOKKEEPER

FULL OR PART TIME

CARING PEOPLE WANTED Home Instead Senior $200.0 Care, a provider Sign o 0 of personal Bonus n !!! care services to seniors in their homes, is seeking friendly and dependable people.

CAREGivers assist seniors with daily living activities.

P/T & F/T positions available.

12 hours/week minimum, flexible scheduling, currently available. $12-$16.50/hour depending on experience. No heavy lifting. Apply online at: www.homeinstead.com/483 or call us at 802.860.4663.

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Wake Robin is adding new members to its team!

Housekeeper

Lamoille North School District seeks a motivated individual to join our school nutrition team!

Summer Naturalist

Stowe Land Trust, a local land conservation organization in Stowe, Vermont, is seeking a Summer Naturalist.

This VHCB AmeriCorps position offers an exciting 3v-LamoilleNorthSU020619.indd 1 2/5/19 opportunity to gain valuable on-the-job work is looking for: experience with a solid land conservation organization and successful team. Visit www.stowelandtrust.org for a complete position description and information for all breeds, Saturdays on how to apply.

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Director of Music

required. Additional retail hours may be available.

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The Director of Music plans and oversees a vibrant and inspirational congregational music program, which aligns with the Society’s mission. The Director of Music’s primary focus is providing excellent, diverse, multi-cultural and theme-enhancing choral and instrumental music for the Sunday worship experience, but is also charged with nurturing the presence of music throughout all areas of congregational life. Find the full job description here: https://uusociety.org/ employment-opportunities/

jobs@wellsmountain.com.

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Wells Mountain in Bristol, Vermont is looking for a full time, full-charge bookkeeper to manage a portfolio of for-profit and non-profit entities. Must have experience with payroll, financial statements, bank reconciliation, and general bookkeeping. Associate’s or bachelor's degree in finance or accounting preferred.

Experience with 501c3 audits a plus. Salary commensurate with experience. Pleasant, collegial office work environment. Please submit a cover letter and resume to:

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Wide range of cooking tasks to prepare student meals, cook from scratch and follow standardized recipes, comply with all state sanitation guideline requirements, and operate POS cash register system. Must be willing to attend trainings in child nutrition.

• Minimum of a high school diploma, or equivalent, plus one to two years of cooking experience.

• Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds.

• School year position, 6.5 hours daily.

Please send resume and three 2:56 PM letters of reference to: Karyl Kent 736 VT Rt 15w, Hyde Park VT 05655 or email kkent@luhs18.org.

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PART-TIME RETAIL/ RECEPTION HELP Requirements: • Lift 50 pounds • Must be dog/cat savvy • Be able to multi-task • Daily cleaning Starting at $12 per hour.

Part-time.

Send inquiries to:

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110 Heineberg Drive, Colchester, VT

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Digital Marketing and Sales Specialist

VTDigger.org News in pursuit of truth

We are looking for a creative, enthusiastic self-starter to support our growing, tech-driven business unit and the publication of essential Vermont news.

This position plays a key role in the accurate, timely and successful management of all client campaigns.

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Join the UVM Foundation Team!

The UVM Foundation is seeking passionate, missiondriven individuals to help us move the University of Vermont forward. Voted a Best Place to Work in Vermont for the fourth year in a row, the Foundation has two exciting opportunities open for people looking to take the next step in their career.

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF PROSPECT MANAGEMENT

We need an analytical problem solver who is adept at researching and distilling large amounts of information to find key insights about prospective donors. Must be comfortable working as an integral part of the team as well as independently, serving multiple gift officers in a fast-paced environment. Must be very comfortable using data to drive strategic thinking. Strong written and verbal communication skills are essential. Should have solid experience in an academic or similarly complex organizational setting.

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF ANNUAL GIVING – ACADEMIC HEALTH SCIENCES

We are looking for a creative development and communications professional who is collaborative and very comfortable using data to drive strategic thinking towards the implementation of comprehensive direct marketing programs. Must be able to negotiate challenging situations and maximize donor impact while managing multiple projects. Effective problem-solving skills with the ability to communicate effectively in person, in writing, and by phone are essential. Preferred skills include an understanding of the dynamics of academic medicine, including education, clinical care and research.

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JUNIOR DESIGNER Select Design is looking to hire a JUNIOR DESIGNER who contributes to a wide range of project types always bringing fresh creative thinking, has an eagerness to learn and a passion for design. The right candidate will work to support the team in every way possible. This job is made up of 50% production and 50% design.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Create thoughtful designs that go beyond a pretty picture, rooted in a story and align with design brief.

• Presents design work and creative ideas to the team with passion and confidence • Shows “thinking before designing” attitude, not afraid to ask questions • Interested in learning opportunities outside of assigned tasks, projects, and day-to-day responsibilities • Engages with teammates with a positive, can-do attitude • Can showcase his/her thinking process through visuals, understanding the creation of thoughtful builds • Willingness to assist in all areas of design process, with a focus on production work • Learns how to contribute to a wide variety of project types and objectives • A keen eye for detail, and knowing the importance of getting it right • Has a great design-sense of typography, layout, and the art of refinement

SUPPORT

• Supports team in any capacity from production to design • Influences multiple brands/clients, elevating quality at every level • Offers input to creative internal reviews and is comfortable sharing ideas

REQUIREMENTS

• BA in graphic design or related field • Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite • 1-2 years real-world experience

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We encourage applications from qualified individuals with a demonstrated commitment to these ideals and especially invite members of historically underrepresented communities to apply, including people of color, women, LGBTQ people and people with disabilities, who will help the Foundation support UVM’s commitment to the global community.

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• Knowledge of CPG and consumer brands a plus • Knowledge of screen printing and product design • Illustration skills (varied in style)

208 FLYNN AVE • BURLINGTON, VERMONT 802.864.9075 • careers@selectdesign.com

To find out more about the UVM Foundation and details about how to apply to these positions, please visit our website at UVMFoundation.org/Careers.

The UVM Foundation is dedicated to improving our organization and the University, in part by better reflecting the alumni and students we serve.

We are committed to diversity and to building an environment that values and supports equity and inclusiveness for people of all backgrounds and ages, and we’re taking active steps to meet this commitment.

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Mylan Technologies is expanding our 2nd and 3rd shift Manufacturing teams!

At Mylan Technologies in St. Albans, we are looking for motivated, technically focused, experienced workers with a positive attitude to be a part of our manufacturing operations.

We currently have openings for Operators on both shifts.

What we offer to you is: • • • • •

8-hour shift with a paid lunch plus excellent working environment.

Competitive starting salary with an additional 10% differential for second shift and 12.5% for third shift.

Excellent benefits including health, dental, prescription and vision for you and your family at very low costs to you!

Annual bonus, profit-sharing opportunity and 401(k).

Fifteen days of vacation to start.

Want to be a part of a global pharmaceutical company committed to setting new standards in health care and providing the world’s 7 billion people access to high quality medicine?

Check out our opportunities at www.mylan.com/en/careers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their disability or protected veteran status.

Mylan is an Equal Opportunity Employer, Minorities/Female/Disabled/Veteran.

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• Carries out all policies and procedures of the Board of Directors of the Collins Perley Sports Center, Inc., Bellows Free Academy and the Maple Run Unified School District.

• Assesses facility needs to ensure that all physical plant, equipment and grounds are properly maintained.

• Oversees the hiring, retention, supervision and training of all facility management and sta .

• Maintains a safe environment for all employees and facility users.

• Maintains e ecti e and positi e relationships with members of the school community, public o cials and the general public.

• Ser es as a fiduciary manager for the Collins Perley Sports Center, Inc. • Manager must maintain professional e ibility and have the motivation to continue professional development. Candidate should possess a Bachelor of Science degree in rele ant field or ha e appropriate related work e perience.

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

Office Support Generalist for Sustainable Innovation MBA Program - Grossman School of Business - #S1888PO - Provide administrative and operational support to the Program Manager of the Sustainable Innovation MBA program. The Office Support Generalist will assist in developing, implementing, and evaluating operational and administrative procedures and will ensure adherence to University policies.

Provide administrative support related to coordination with campus partners; schedule courses and speakers; coordinate grade submissions; scheduling for team meetings; etc. Coordinate and provide support for events. Assist with recruitment and program promotion. Compile and maintain data associated with surveys and administrative reports, and review budget transactions for accuracy.

Minimum Requirements: Associate’s degree in a related field and one to three years’ related experience required. Proficient in spreadsheet, database and word-processing applications, including editing, proofreading, etc. Effective interpersonal communication, attention to detail, and organizational skills required.

For further information on this position and others currently available, or to apply online, please visit our website at: www.uvmjobs.com; Job Hotline #802-656-2248; telephone #802-656-3494. Applicants must apply for position electronically. Paper resumes are not accepted. Job positions are updated daily.

The University of Vermont is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other category legally protected by federal or state law. The University encourages applications from all individuals who will contribute to the diversity and excellence of the institution.

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Collins Perley Sports Center, Inc. in St. Albans, Vermont is seeking a manager with strong leadership skills. Please apply on schoolspring.com, job #3043397, or submit resume and cover letter with three letters of recommendation to MRUSD, 28 Catherine St., St. Albans, VT 05478.

Responsibilities Include:

NEW JOBS POSTED DAILY!

KITCHEN SUPERVISOR ESSEX WESTFORD SCHOOL DISTRICT

Position is full-time: 8 hours/day, 200 days/year. Starting pay is $17.91 to $19.89/hour depending on directly related experience.

Excellent benefits available including family medical and dental insurance; term life insurance; paid holidays and sick leave; and a retirement plan with up to 6% employer contribution.

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Weekend Breakfast Cook

Our 46 bed residential care facility is seeking a Seven Days reliable, dedicated, efficient Issue: 2/6breakfast cook. weekend Due: 2/4 by noon Duties include prepping and preparing breakfast Size: 3.83 x 5.25 to order$476.85 for our residents, Cost: (with 1 week onlin washing and putting away dishes and keeping the dining room stocked and clean. The candidate we are looking for must enjoy working with the elderly, have the ability to work independently, efficiently, follow sanitary guidelines and have a pleasant demeanor.

Experience in the food service industry is required, as well as reliable transportation.

Saturday and Sunday from 5:00am - 11:00am. clavalette@ ourladyofprovidence.org

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The Essex Westford School District Child Nutrition Program is seeking a motivated individual to perform a variety of skilled tasks in food preparation, cooking and presentation at the District’s main food production facility located in the Educational Center; and to supervise, train and direct food preparation/production in the central kitchen serving various school cafeterias. We are seeking candidates with the following qualifications: • Excellent oral and written communication skills.

• Great organizational and interpersonal skills.

• Proven ability to work cooperatively and effectively as part of a team; able to foster a positive team spirit.

• Broad base of knowledge and skills in quantity food handling, preparation and cooking is preferred. Good understanding of institutional kitchen operations/management desirable.

• Good problem solving skills.

• Flexible and adaptable.

• Able to effectively manage stress and resolve conflicts while remaining calm and professional.

• Friendly, helpful and positive disposition.

• Previous supervisory experience preferred.

Applications only accepted electronically through www.schoolspring.com (Job ID 3049531).

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Shelburne Farms is a nonprofit organization and a 1,400-acre working farm, forest, and National Historic Landmark in Shelburne, VT. We are hiring for the following seasonal education positions:

Summer Camp Educators (June 17-Aug 28)

Farmyard Educators (April-October)

Camp Educators and lifeguards teach 9 weeks of onsite day camps for ages 4–17.

Farmyard Educators with an interest in farm-based education and agriculture systems teach in the Children’s Farmyard from May – October.

To learn more about these positions, visit

shelburnefarms.org/ about/join-our-team.

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S P E CI AL I S T

W e a r e es e ki n g a P r o g r a m O r ig in a tio n D e p a r tm e n t.

Is currently seeking... • Finance Director For more info, go to: https://bit.ly/2SX3qE2

• Part-Time Youth Development Coordinator For more info, go to: https://bit.ly/2Rfc6nm

SOUTH BURLINGTON LIBRARY FOUNDATION

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Spring Lake Ranch is a long term residential program for adults with mental health and addiction issues.

Residents find strength and hope through shared work and community. We are searching for:

Executive Director

T h e P r o g r a m S p e ci a l i st i s a co u n ta b le fo r e n te r in g a n d maintaining consumer ďŹ nance leads into CRM system; co n t a ct i n g p o t e n t i a l m e m b e r s t o e d u ca t e t h e m a b o u t o u r products, programs and promotions; determining program availability and initial qualiďŹ cation; performing application interviews for qualiďŹ ed applicants; and producing application p a cke t s f o r su b m i si o n t o r e g i o n a l u n d e r w r i t e r s.

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To apply, send your resume and cover letter explaining your interest to: eevarts@wakerobin. com, fax to (802) 492-3331, or mail to SLR, 1169 Spring Lake Road, Cuttingsville, VT 05738.

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Community Banker - Floating for Chittenden County There is no better time to join the NSB team!

Interested candidates should send a current resume and cover letter

by March 1, 2019 to: SBTV.LBOT.Foundation@gmail.com.

Please submit your application and resume in confidence to:

The cover letter should address comparable work experience, past successes, and a statement to convey an understanding of the value of libraries.

Careers@nsbvt.com (Preferred) Or mail: Northfield Savings Bank Human Resources P.O. Box 7180 Barre, VT 05641-7180 Equal Opportunity Employer/Member FDIC

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S ch edu l e: Monday-Thursday, 10:00am-9:00pm

Northfield Savings Bank is looking for a professional to join our team as a Community Banker I - Floating for Chittenden County. As a Community Banker - Floating you will have the opportunity to work in multiple branches within our Chittenden County region and will receive a quarterly incentive and mileage. This position offers an excellent opportunity to work for a premier Vermont mutual savings bank.

The Community Banker will be responsible for receiving and processing customers’ financial transactions, matching customers’ needs with appropriate products and services, protecting customer information and maintaining customer confidentiality. We are looking for someone who will consistently provide outstanding customer service, has excellent communication skills, and will build rapport and develop relationships with our valued customers. A high school diploma, general education degree (GED) or equivalent is required. We offer a comprehensive Community Banker training program to assist with learning the fundamentals of this position.

Northfield Savings Bank, founded in 1867, is the largest banking institution headquartered in Vermont. Our company offers a competitive compensation and benefits package including medical, dental, profit sharing, matching 401(K) retirement program, professional development opportunities, and a positive work environment supported by a team culture. Northfield Savings Bank hours of operation are Monday – Thursday, generally 8 a.m.-5 p.m. and Friday 8 a.m.-5:30 p.m..

The Capital Campaign Coordinator (part-time, contract labor) will support all officers and committees of the South Burlington Library Foundation (SBLF) in the development and implementation of a SBLF Capital Campaign. For a detailed job description, please go to http://bit.ly/SBLFCCC.

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Licensed Nursing Assistants

MEDICAL DIRECTOR

The State of Vermont’s Department of Mental Health (DMH) is currently seeking proposals from psychiatrists and organizations that provide psychiatric services to provide administrative psychiatric consultation, policy planning, and assist in quality oversight for DMH. This is an excellent opportunity to utilize your expertise in psychiatry to guide the provision and oversight of psychiatric services in Vermont. This contract position can be done on a part-time or full-time basis (0.8-1.0 FTE.) The Medical Director’s focus will be on active psychosocial rehabilitation services, integration of health and mental health care, the promotion of community integration, resiliency, recovery and individual self-determination, and the role and influence of public policy on community-based services to provide health promotion, prevention and treatment services that promotes empowerment, autonomy, and person-centered care while mitigating risks for both the individual, their family and other community members.

To view the full RFP and instructions for submitting a bid, please visit http://www. vermontbusinessregistry.com/BidPreview.aspx?BidID=35024 For more information, contact Jennifer.Rowell@vermont.gov

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Wake Robin seeks a dedicated nursing assistant with a strong desire to work within a community of seniors. Wake Robin seeks LNAs licensed in Vermont to provide high quality care in a fast paced residential and long-term care environment, while maintaining a strong sense of “home”. We offer great benefits, a pristine working environment, and an opportunity to build strong relationships with staff and residents in a dynamic community setting.

We continue to offer generous shift differentials; Evenings $2.50/hour, Nights $4.50/hour, and weekends $1.55.

Interested candidates please email hr@wakerobin.com or complete an application online at www.wakerobin.com.

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Speech-Language Pathologist Rehabilitation Services at Central Vermont Medical Center is seeking a part-time Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) to join its team! Qualified candidates will possess a Master’s Degree in Speech/Language Pathology and hold Certificate of Clinical Competence

by American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) or if supervision is available, qualify as Clinical Fellow in Speech/Language Pathology according to ASHA guidelines. Vermont State Licensure or eligibility required. Experience is preferred.

$3,000 sign-on bonus available!

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Seeking an interested individual to work as a Respite Provider/ Personal Care Attendant for 17 year old male with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Provider must be willing to work two weekends a month to support the client who enjoys outside activities such as fishing and hiking as well as video games, social opportunities and community activities. He likes keeping busy and has a great sense of humor.

Butterworks Farm is seeking a general manager to manage and grow our successful farm and creamery in the years to come. We are a pioneering organic dairy farm and creamery that has focused on soil health and regenerative practices for the past 40 years. We are looking for an individual with an understanding of agriculture and value-added production who is both organized and business savvy. We have a great product line and wonderful farm, and are looking for a competent individual to continue our tradition of business success paired with truly sustainable farming. If you have business management skills and are looking for a unique, rewarding job we would love to hear from you. Interested? Then YOUR NEXT STEP should be to request a detailed job description and info on our application process by emailing jobs@butterworksfarm.com.

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Personal Care Attendant – Teen We are looking for an energetic, compassionate, and dedicated PCA to support a curious 15-year old, who has Sturge-Weber Syndrome - a seizure disorder. He loves to explore the outside, play board games, read books, and hang out. Ideal candidate will have experience working with children/teens with developmental disabilities and behavioral needs. Ongoing oversight and support will be provided from a behavior analyst. Goals include hanging out with client at home as well as bringing him to other activities within the community. Currently looking for both weekdays, afternoon and weekend support. This has the potential to grow into more hours as the job progresses. The family is offering competitive wages to the right candidate.

Personal Care Attendant – Child Seeking an individual interested in working as a Personal Care Attendant with a 4 year old male. Interested applicant must be open to working with children with mobility issues and developmental delays. Support will occur in the child’s home. This position entails providing after pre-school support, transportation when needed, and some outdoor recreation.

To apply for these positions, please visit our website at www.ncssinc.org/careers or email us your resume and cover letter at careers@ncssinc.org.

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Due to the expansion of our Compliance Department, Northfield Savings Bank is looking for a professional to join our team as a Bank Compliance Officer in our Berlin Operations Center. This position offers a strong opportunity to work for a growing premier Vermont mutual savings bank.

The Bank Compliance Officer will be responsible for ensuring Bank policies and procedures comply with state and federal banking laws and regulations. This individual will administer the Bank Secrecy Act and the Community Reinvestment Act programs. The Bank Compliance Officer must have the ability to maintain compliance and mitigate risks in a way which minimizes operational impact and supports a positive customer experience. We are looking for someone who has the ability to comprehend and interpret laws and banking regulations and provide assistance with the development and implementation of bank-wide solutions.

The requirements for this position include excellent written and oral communication skills and the ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization as well as outside agencies. A Bachelor’s degree in business, finance or a related field and three to five years’ experience in banking/financial services regulatory compliance, auditing or directly related experience are requirements for this position.

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Crisis Bed Support Staff This position is ideal for individuals pursuing their graduate degree or experienced staff who are looking to develop their crisis management skills. OFFERING A $1,000.00 SIGN ON BONUS! Position requires: • Team player who values collaboration • Supporting adults experiencing crises with the goal of diverting hospitalizations • Flexibility with schedule • Current job offering is for full-time overnight shifts from 6pm-6am • NCSS is 25 minutes from Burlington and close to Interstate 89

Master Clinician The Community Rehabilitation and Treatment Program seeks a clinician with strong clinical leadership experience to work closely with staff and program leadership to serve adults with severe mental illness.

Master Clinician will conduct intakes and reassessments, implement a range of assessment and intervention models (DBT training preferred), and provide individual psychotherapy services as well as facilitate group psychotherapy. Position also involves enhancing our quality reviews process and training staff on evidenced-based practices. Must have master’s level licensure by January 2019. Experience working with adults with severe mental illness and in multiple treatment modalities is required. Position involves services in the home, office, and community settings. CSS is 5 minutes from the urlington area and close to Interstate . This is a full-time, benefited position.

Residential Subs NCSS is seeking individuals with a passion for working with individuals with mental illness to join our residential programs as a sub. Responsibilities include providing a supportive environment in a residential setting, assisting with problem solving, behavioral interventions, and providing strength based education. Ideal candidates are compassionate and energetic individuals with exible schedules that can work varying shifts including but not limited to week days, awake over nights, and weekends.

Some knowledge or experience in a residential program or working with individuals with mental illness population preferred but not required.

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Local First Vermont Program Manager Do you love all things local? VBSR is hiring a Local First Vermont Program manager to coordinate all functions of the Local First Vermont Program, including Buy Local Resource Guide and Coupon Book and mobile app. This is a permanent full-time position that reports to VBSR’s Executive Director. To apply please submit a resume and cover letter to search@vbsr.org. NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE. VBSR is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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LNMUUSD/LNSU Technology Coordinator & Systems Administrator: Tier 0-4 Lamoille North Supervisory Union, located in Hyde Park, VT, is seeking a skilled and motivated Technology Coordinator & Systems Administrator to join our team.

The ideal candidate for this position has a great understanding of Information Technology and routinely thinks outside the box to solve problems quickly and understands what impeccable customer service is all about. The Technology Coordinator & Systems Administrator will be responsible for handling, troubleshooting, and providing solutions to Information Technology problems for the District. Position involves regular travel within the District so reliable transportation is required.

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field or experience in technology is preferred. Demonstrated experience and/or training in software, hardware, multimedia presentation tools and other technology related information, as well as customer service, is essential. Experience in classroom technology or related field is a plus.

If you are interested in joining a collaborative team, please visit www.Schoolspring.com for a more detailed description of the position. Salary is commensurate with experience and an excellent benefits package is offered.

This is a full-time year round position.

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• Awake Overnight Counselor position available immediately. Position hours are late evening through early morning.

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Champlain Community Services is a growing developmental services provider agency with a strong emphasis on self-determination values and employee and consumer satisfaction.

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CCS is seeking a Senior Manager, QDDP (Qualified Developmental Disabilities professional) with strong clinical and organizational skills to provide leadership to our service coordinators, advocate for funding for the people we serve, and to be an integral part of our dynamic, award-winning team. The ideal candidate will have proven supervisory skills, be familiar with the Vermont Developmental Disabilities System of Care Plan, have knowledge of crisis intervention skills, excellent interpersonal, writing and communication skills and a desire to be a part of a workplace that deeply values its staff and is creating a community where people of all abilities participate and belong. This is a great opportunity to be a leader in a distinguished developmental service provider agency during a time of growth. Send your cover letter and application to Elizabeth Sightler, esightler@ ccs-vt.org.

Part time, flexible position supporting individuals through our developmental services and Homeward programs. This is an exciting and unique opportunity for a registered nurse who wants to make an impact on a variety of individuals. Responsibilities include training of staff, quality assurance, general nursing oversight and advocacy for consumers. CCS offers a team-oriented environment, comprehensive training, benefits and a competitive salary. Please send your letter of interest and application to Elizabeth Sightler, esightler@ccs-vt.org.

Service Coordinator CCS is seeking a Service Coordinator to provide case management for individuals with intellectual disabilities and autism. The ideal candidate will enjoy working in a fast-paced, team-oriented position and have demonstrated leadership. Send cover letter and application to Meghan McCormick-Audette, MMcCormick@ccs-vt.org.

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disabilities and autism. Starting wage is $14.35 per hour, in addition to mileage reimbursement and a comprehensive benefit package. This is an excellent job for applicants entering human services or for those looking to continue their work in this field.

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

Clinical Supervisor: We are currently seeking a dynamic and clinically talented person to serve in the supervisory role for our Outpatient and Intensive Outpatient Substance Abuse programs. This position leads a dedicated group of direct care workers while ensuring case coordination, follow up and quality of care in the delivery of substance abuse services to adults and adolescents in the Barre, VT region. Focusing on coaching, developing and supervising staff to create a cohesive team through regular clinical supervision and facilitation of team meetings, this position also includes some direct assessments of the needs of our clients and ensuring that those needs are being met. Functions include conducting intake evaluations, developing treatment plans, making case assignments, monitoring and evaluating caseloads and funding compliance. Master’s Degree and Licensed required.

Drug Court Case Manager: Full time position working in the court system providing case management & service coordination to persons who have been assigned to the Washington County Court Drug Treatment Program.

Drug Court participants are adults in recovery from a substance use disorder and have legal actions pending against them. This position is an integral part of the drug court treatment team which includes lawyers, a judge, probation, law enforcement, mental health and substance abuse providers. Our clinical case manager will help participants access resources, schedule appointments and will provide supportive counseling. This position is based in Berlin and will require some light travel. Bachelor’s Degree required – M.A. preferred.

HUB Counselor: We are seeking clinicians to work with adults as a part of our Hub & Spoke medication assisted therapy (MAT) program. This position will focus on access, engagement, stabilization to help clients build a bridge from the MAT program to other local MAT treatment options. Work will involve assessments, case management, treatment planning, group & individual counseling, referral, and coordination with community partners such as the DOC, DCF, or other treatment providers.

Previous experience working with people in recovery from addictions is preferable. A Master’s Degree is strongly preferred, Bachelor’s Degree with previous experience will be considered. Must obtain AAP credential and be actively working towards LADC licensure. Working hours are roughly from 6:00a.m. to 2:00p.m.

MA Level Substance Abuse Clinicians: We are seeking to fill a full time Master’s Level Clinician position working with adults or adolescents in Substance Abuse treatment setting. This position will provide group and individual counseling, assessments, treatment planning, referral and will help provide a bridge from the Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) program to other treatment service options available in the local community. Work will involve coordinating with representatives from the Department of Corrections, health care providers and other referral sources. Previous experience working with people in recovery from addictions is preferable. A LADC is preferred, but not required. We will provide training for qualified candidates. Part time position also available (not benefit eligible).

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SEEKING APPLICANTS FOR A VACANT SEAT ON THE VERMONT LABOR RELATIONS BOARD The Vermont Commissioner of Labor, on behalf of the Labor Board Review Panel, will be accepting nominations from persons interested in serving on the Vermont Labor Relations Board in a labor capacity. Qualified candidates’ names will be submitted by the Panel to the Governor for review and appointment.

The Vermont Labor Relations Board determines appropriate bargaining units, conducts union representation elections, adjudicates unfair labor practice charges and hears grievances in cases involving relations between employers and employees of the State of Vermont, Vermont State Colleges, University of Vermont, municipalities, school districts, and small private operations.

This appointment will be to fill the remainder of a term ending in June of 2020. Board members must be available to serve at hearings which are conducted in Montpelier, as well as assist in special projects as determined by the Labor Board Chair or Executive Director. Labor Board members are not considered state employees and have no compensation or benefits other than receiving a minimal stipend for their work and expense reimbursement (mileage and meal reimbursement) for travel to hearings or other assignments.

The current vacancy is for one (1) position, with a labor background and meeting the following qualifications: • A candidate must possess “experience, knowledge, character, integrity, judgment and ability to act in a fair and impartial manner.” 3 V.S.A. 921(a)(1) (B).

• A candidate must be a US citizen and a resident of the state of Vermont for at least one year immediately preceding appointment.

• A member of the Board may not hold any other state office.

• The Review Panel shall consider the skills, perspectives, and experience of candidates to serve on the Labor Board. Interested candidates should send the following information to the Commissioner of Labor by the deadline of February 8, 2019: Information: 1. A brief (not to exceed one page) letter of interest, specifically identifying that you are applying as a labor representative to the Board, and outlining your credentials to serve in that capacity; 2. Up-to-date resume (not to exceed 2 pages) 3. A separate list of not more than 5 references with contact information Mail or email all information to: Labor Commissioner Lindsay Kurrle, 5 Green Mountain Drive, P.O. Box 488, Montpelier, Vermont 05601-0488, Lindsay.kurrle@vermont.gov. Information received after 4:30 PM on February 8, 2019 will not be considered. If you are chosen for an interview, you will be asked to come to Montpelier to meet with the Review Panel on a date determined by the Panel.

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returns for NNEEC and its USA subsidiaries. The right person will bring their tax experience, top-notch communication and collaboration skills to work with a complex and ever-evolving group of organizations to ensure compliance and effective application of tax rules.

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We are seeking two Field Service Technicians to join our Natural Gas Service team! Responsible for maintenance, repairing, and installing natural gas equipment throughout our service territories in Chittenden, Franklin, and Addison counties. Including repairing minor leaks, turn-ons/offs, setting & changing meters, basic control wiring, installing and servicing all types of domestic gas appliances including conversion burners, central heating, and water heating equipment.

AmeriCorps Program AmeriCorps positions in locations around the state serving with non-profit organizations • environmental education • home buyer education • environmental stewardship • energy conservation • homeless assistance

Diversity & Inclusion Statement We are committed to building a work community that is inclusive and represents a vibrant diversity of background, experience, perspective, and thought. Candidates across all markers of identity (age, race, gender, ability, communi-cation style, etc.) are highly encouraged to apply.

NNEEC (parent company of Vermont Gas Systems, Inc.) is seeking a Senior Corporate Income Tax Accountant to help the organization and its subsidiaries to manage tax risks in keeping the USA group compliant with local, state and federal tax regulation while achieving head office targets. This role will also help the organization and its subsidiaries prepare consolidated and standalone corporate federal and state tax

Please go to www.vermontgas.com to view the full job descriptions and apply today!

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Delivering excellent customer service is expected and the right candidate will embody our values of respect, integrity and safety. The individual will also have a plumbing, electrical or mechanical background as well as high school diploma, an unrestricted driver’s license and experience working with Natural Gas is preferred. We are a growing utility and comfort with technology is a must.

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Vermont Gas Systems is an employee and customer-centric natural gas utility company. We take pride in our total benefits rewards program offered to our employees. Our generous benefits package includes comprehensive health care coverage, competitive compensation and bonus potential, 401(k) with employer contributions, and ample paid time off.

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The Customer Care Specialist provides VGS customers with high quality, effective and efficient service regarding their natural gas service. This position primarily answers incoming phone calls but also responds in writing, proactively reaches out to customers, or works on projects to improve the customer experience. The best Customer Care Specialists are genuinely excited to help customers. They are patient, empathetic and passionately communicative. They can put themselves in their customers’ shoes and advocate for them when necessary. Problem-solving comes naturally to them and they are confident at troubleshooting or investigating if they don’t have enough information. They ensure excellent service standards, solicit customer feedback and work to maintain high customer satisfaction.

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