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THE LAST WEEK IN REVIEW JANUARY 31-FEBRUARY 7, 2018 COMPILED BY SASHA GOLDSTEIN, MATTHEW ROY & ANDREA SUOZZO MATTHEW THORSEN

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Left to right: Infinite Culcleasure, Carina Driscoll and Miro Weinberger

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1. “Sanders Backs Out of Interview After Failing to Dictate Conditions” by Paul Heintz. After 1,000-plus days of Sanders refusing to speak to Seven Days, one of his staffers offered an interview on the condition some topics would stay off-limits.

Seven Days said no.

2. “Walters: Hallquist Readies Democratic Run for Governor of Vermont” by John Walters. If she won the Democratic nomination, Christine Hallquist would be the first transgender major-party candidate for governor in the U.S. 3. “Walters: Bernie Sanders Amasses $6 Million Campaign Account” by John Walters. Sanders has not announced a reelection bid for his U.S. Senate seat, but he’s amassed $6.17 million in his senatorial campaign account.

4. “Vermont State Police Find Fugitive Hiding Inside Piece of Furniture” by Mark Davis. Police used an infrared camera to find Duane Delisle inside a large chest.

5. “Two Against One: Is Weinberger Vulnerable in Burlington’s Mayoral Race?”

by Katie Jickling. Two-term incumbent Miro Weinberger will face Carina Driscoll and Infinite Culcleasure in the March 6 mayoral election.

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that Bedard agreed to let Hausman inspect the crop once it was ready for harvest but that Bedard’s employees came onto her property without permission in late October and harvested the plants. Since then, Hausman has repeatedly asked Bedard for her money or to be allowed to inspect the crop. Bedard told her he’s holding onto the hemp until market prices rise, according to the suit.

“All they have to do is what they said they were going to do: Sell and pay me,” Hausman said. “That’s the contract, and then it’s over.”

Bedard declined to comment but said he planned to respond to the suit in court.

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A Burlington woman has sued the Vermont Hemp Company and its founder, Joel Bedard, in a dispute over a hemp harvest.

Cynthea Hausman is alleging that she and Bedard entered into an agreement to grow hemp on several acres of her family farm in Addison after the two met at a conference last April. Hausman needed money to save her mother’s 166-year-old farmhouse, which is in foreclosure proceedings, she told Seven Days.

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Hausman told Bedard she needed $45,000 to pay a bank and alleged in a suit filed January 25 that Bedard assured her she’d make that much “three times over.”

“He knew I was vulnerable. He knows why I need this money. He knows about my mom,” Hausman said in an interview. “It just seems like he doesn’t care.”

Bedard and his crew gave Hausman about 55 pounds of Futura 75 hemp seeds, which she planted across seven acres in July. Her suit claims

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The National Rifle Association blasted Burlington Police Chief Brandon del Pozo because he’s opposed to a concealed-carry proposal. Shot across the bow?

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One point of contention was the Vermont Air National Guard’s F-35s, which will be based at Burlington International Airport. Culcleasure said he’s opposed to basing “war machines” so close to the city and signed a petition to put the issue on the Town Meeting Day ballot. Driscoll said she signed the petition, too. Should residents signal disapproval on March 6, “I support what Burlingtonians support on this ballot item,” she said. She also expressed concern about the affordable homes that have been demolished around the airport.

Weinberger said he backs the F-35s, noting that VTANG is “an important part of the landscape here.” He criticized Driscoll for lacking a firm position and pointed out that “mayors need to lead.”

Candidates found common ground, too: Yup, potholes suck. Further, all of them are in favor of taking down or replacing the “Everyone Loves a Parade!” mural just off Church Street, which activists have condemned as “white supremacist.”

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REBEL STAND

The Vermont Supreme Court will decide the fate of South Burlington High School’s former nickname.

Meanwhile, the Wolves are howling…

That’s how much Ariel Quiros, former owner of Jay Peak Resort, will pay as part of a settlement over a “Ponzi-like” scheme involving the misuse of tens of millions in EB-5 investor cash.

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urlington mayoral contenders Infinite Culcleasure and Carina Driscoll both said they’d bring the “people” back to city hall during a spirited debate there on Monday night, the first three-way matchup in the race. Both candidates took shots at incumbent Mayor Miro Weinberger during a wide-ranging forum that covered potholes, the Burlington Telecom sale, safe-injection sites, Memorial Auditorium and F-35 jets.

More than 300 people packed Burlington City Hall Auditorium for the event, which was sponsored by Seven Days, Channel 17/Town Meeting Television and the Champlain Valley League of Women Voters and broadcast live on Channel 17. Many audience members came with campaign signs and cheered — and snapped — for their preferred candidates.

Driscoll and Culcleasure criticized Weinberger’s handling of the sale of Burlington Telecom and for disempowering Neighborhood Planning Assemblies. The mayor defended his record, saying, “This administration believes that nothing is more important than the public trust.”

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INFINITE BIAS

Your cover story on the Burlington mayoral race [“Two Against One,” January 31] shows you’ve already ruled out Infinite Culcleasure’s campaign. That’s wrong.

It’s even worse that you’re not transparent about your opinion and use artwork and a headline that leads readers to believe you’re covering all three fairly.

It’s simply untrue that Culcleasure’s campaign is “light on policy and heavy on idealism” when his website outlines more detailed policy ideas than either of the two other candidates.

You’re unfair to give Carina Driscoll’s campaign three times the amount of text as Culcleasure’s, to state that she is the “credible challenger,” to offer the only portrayal of his supporters as “scruffy” and to end the article talking about Driscoll offering the “alternate vision.”

Culcleasure has strong experience as a community organizer and advocate for vulnerable populations who have little to no voice in our government. When you don’t give equal coverage of his campaign (Culcleasure’s name comes up 10 times; Driscoll’s, 24; and Miro Weinberger’s 47), you further undermine those voices. Please do a better job covering these three candidates going forward. This article makes me question what other reporting I should trust in Seven Days. You owe Burlington voters equal, meaningful coverage of all three so we can make a good choice for Burlington.

Daniel Shearer

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BERNIE’S ‘GOSSIP’ DEFENSE

[Re Off Message: “The Sound of Silence: Bernie Sanders Spurns Seven Days for 1,000 Days,” January 24; “Sanders Backs Out of Interview After Failing to Dictate Conditions,” January 29]: Good luck getting an interview with Senator Authentic.

He is afraid of real questions from Seven Days and VTDigger.org.

Bernie Sanders will not answer any questions about his family’s accumulation of millions from his presidential campaign. The champion of open government is clearly embarrassed by his capitalist windfall from believing supporters.

He runs away from Vermont reporters and mutters “gossip” if they try to ask him anything. Hardly a profile in courage.

Ask Bernie to reveal his tax returns?

Gossip. Ask Bernie how many millions he and Jane made from her limited liability

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“Maybe Seven Days is turning into a rag” was his quiet comment.

Hey, guys, life is tough. Things are awful in our country today with so many attacks on public institutions and people.

Maybe I’m speaking as the retired teacher I am, but try to set a higher standard.

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Last week’s WTF, “How Is Midget Wrestling Still a Thing?,” incorrectly described Mike Couture’s position at Social Club & Lounge. He’s a manager.

The cover story headlined “Two Against One,” about the Burlington mayoral race, misrepresented candidate Infinite Culcleasure’s criminal history. He has two felonies.

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I find the headlines of two recent Off Message blog posts off-putting, downright misleading and even mean. “$20 Million Mistake: Scott Made False Claim in Budget Speech” [January 30] makes it sound like Gov. Phil Scott deliberately misrepresented the number.

When one reads the article, it identifies the source of the mistake. Your bold headline suggests he intentionally lied.

Right next to that is: “Sanders Backs Out of Interview After Failing to Dictate Conditions” [January 29].

You deliberately set Sen. Bernie Sanders up on that one. He’s got a lot more to talk about than his family.

Give them some space. How would you like someone yelling at you about your family? Then you get all self-righteous and publicly offended because he stuck to what he said. “We don’t accept conditions,” you write. How noble. Further, how would you like to be Sanders in Washington, D.C., now?

I read both of these headlines to my husband, twice, to make sure I wasn’t misreading something.

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I wanted to thank reporter Rachel Elizabeth Jones and the entire Seven Days team that took the time to do a cover story on some of Vermont’s smallest historical societies [“Time Keepers,” January 10].

Seven Days is a cutting-edge news source with an active marijuana desk and a finger on the pulse of what is happening now, but it also takes the time and energy to cover efforts of local Vermonters to preserve their history. It is a wonderful thing.

I also wanted to thank you for noticing the Milton Historical Society’s 2017 commemoration of 20th-century history with our “Racing in Milton” series. Reaching out to today’s potential museum visitors will require groups like us to remember, as pointed out in your story, that the 20th century is

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I am glad at least a few students are interested in health [“Champlain College Students Produce Healthy Lifestyle Magazine,” January 17]. I hope they stop eating junk as most citizens continue. The most dangerous addictive drug in the world is sugar!

My work in 20 countries taught me better options than our government rules and pharmaceutical profits.

indeed also history, and we need to celebrate and study it as we do Ethan Allen, antique quilts and our farming heritage.

Thanks also to Richelle Franzoni and the rest of the staff at the Vermont Humanities Council who provided us with grant funding and guidance as we prepared our look at Milton’s racing history. Small groups like ours, and the others mentioned in your article, depend on the support of such state entities. If you love history, please do all you can to support them.

I am curious how one’s personal health care insurance plays into [“A Car Crash Paralyzed a Teen. Her Likely Insurance Payout? Just $25,000,” January 31]. For example, if I have health care through work, and I get in an accident and either my passengers or me have serious medical bills, what, if anything, is charged to Blue Cross Blue Shield versus auto insurance, assuming no negligence or DUI, etc.?

If negligence is found or other unusual circumstances such as the crash were caused by a medical event, or there were uninsured parties in other cars, how does that affect the policyholder?

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WHY PUT PEOPLE AT RISK FOR NO REASON? Several years ago the Burlington City Council voted to allow the F-35 at the airport.

They did so knowing it would harm people but they believed it was the only way to keep the Air Guard flying and preserve jobs. They ignored vital information.

The F-35 is dangerously loud.

If it comes here, over 6,600 people will live in a zone that is “unsuitable for residential use.”1 Many could suffer hearing loss and cardiovascular problems.

Children could be cognitively impaired.2 Recently a federal judge confirmed that the Guard never needed the F-35 to keep flying, and the Air Force can base alternative (quieter) aircraft with the Vermont Air National Guard.3

There IS a better choice!

One alternative aircraft is a transport plane, which would: • Keep the Air Guard flying • Create more jobs • Be no louder than commercial airliners • Not harm anybody

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• Support our troops and could be used for humanitarian missions

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Give the Guard a plane that doesn’t hurt our neighbors and their kids.

1. Official Federal Designation as reported in the F-35A Environmental Impact Statement 2. World Health Organization, F-35A Environmental Impact Statement, EPA 3. “Had the F-35 not been selected…. there could have been any number of reasonable alternatives available…In short, speculation regarding empty hangars in Burlington is unfounded.” — Hon. Geoffrey W. Crawford, US District Court 8/10/16

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We just love love here at Seven Days. As this annual issue suggests, we’re fans of marriage, too — so much so that a few staffers have done it several times! Clearly, we should leave the jokes to comedian MATTHEW BROUSSARD, who performs in Burlington on Valentine’s Day. Need a date for the show? Take our cheeky Green Mountain COMPATIBILITY QUIZ to find a match. Then heed our panel of local chefs on the keys to a ROMANTIC DINNER. Or take a cue from food writer Hannah Palmer Egan on COOKING UP LOVE with a fussy partner. If all goes well, you may soon require the talents of HIP BRIDAL FLORIST Erin Ostreicher — and perhaps wedding dance instruction from our own DR. TANGO.

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The Elephant in the Room: Are Burlington Republicans a Dying Breed?

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Great Minds Drink Alike A scientist and an artist walk into a bar. This classic setup is the premise of Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Steve Martin’s absurdist comedy about a chance encounter between Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso. Middlebury Community Players stage this knee-slapping work of historical fiction at Town Hall Theater, where a cash bar keeps spirits high.

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“Where do we get the energy we need to sustain ourselves?” “Are those sources sustainable or part of a system that ultimately depletes us?” Questions such as these guide “HUSK,” a group exhibition at Burlington’s S.P.A.C.E. Gallery exploring parasitic relationships. Rachel Elizabeth Jones offers her take on the works by nine female artists.

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But he had a firm purpose: to drive a few nails into the prison plan’s coffin.

Members of the committee listened quietly as he meticulously made his way through six and a half pages of written testimony. They seemed uncharacteristically awestruck. Chair ALICE EMMONS (D-Springfield) noted — when her call for questions from committee members initially went unanswered — that her panel is rarely at a loss for words.

Afterward, Hogan’s wife, JEANNETTE, retrieved his cane, and they headed for the hallway. Several legislators made a point of greeting Hogan, thanking him for his testimony and inquiring about his health.

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lease it to the state over 20 years. Seven Days has reported that CoreCivic, a private prison operator formerly known as Corrections Corporation of America, met with state officials last year to discuss such a plan.

Top lawmakers greeted the idea with a collective “Hmm, we’ll see.” No one has endorsed it. And Gobeille’s boss, Gov. PHIL SCOTT, has made no effort to promote the plan. He didn’t include it in his budget address, and his current stance reeks of disinterest.

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“As the governor said when the legislatively required report was issued, he supports the vision and appreciates [the Agency of Human Services’] work to identify a road map for better aligning our facilities with our human services needs,” Scott spokesperson REBECCA KELLEY wrote in an email. “As he said, we recognize a lot of work must be done … to come to consensus on both immediate and long-term next steps.”

Not exactly a ringing endorsement.

Nice little dig at the legislature, though.

Hogan’s testimony was a thorough, point-by-point takedown of the plan.

Vermont’s corrections system works because it’s spread around the state, he said, while a “campus” would be isolated from community. Prisons “are schools of crime; large facilities are even better schools of crime.” Large projects are prone to cost overruns. Putting mental health patients in a prison complex is a bad idea. Building beds for federal detainees, simply to harvest revenue, is also a bad idea. Demographic trends indicate a likely decline in inmate populations. Reducing the number of inmates “should be our first priority, not building more beds.” And “private prison corporations cannot be trusted.”

Hogan spent his early adulthood working in large prisons, rising from line officer to senior administrator. On several occasions, he had to confront and defuse inmate uprisings — a much more common occurrence at large facilities, he noted, than at smaller ones.

And then he told the committee a story he said he’d never related publicly,

about a 1971 riot at a large prison where he worked in Rahway, N.J. “The inmates captured the superintendent,” he said with a faint quiver in his voice. “They raped him until he almost died.” There was an audible gasp in the room.

“That’s never left me,” he said.

There was much less drama the following morning, when Attorney General T.J. DONOVAN offered the committee the same conclusion: The prison complex is a bad idea. He noted that Vermont’s inmate population has fallen substantially and that the trend is likely to continue. “When I look at the numbers today, all the trends are downward,” he said. “The only growth is among the mentally ill and elderly.

“I don’t have a problem putting bad people in jail, [but] public safety means giving people the chance to reenter the community,” he continued. Rather than investing in iron bars and razor wire, Donovan called for more transitional housing, community mental health services, and opiate prevention and treatment.

Hogan and Donovan each endorsed Gobeille’s call for a new facility for mentally ill inmates and a unit for elderly inmates, which are both in the governor’s budget proposal. But the mega-prison idea had few signs of life as last week began. Testimony from Vermont’s top prosecutor and a deeply experienced and respected voice on human services policy may have quietly buried it for good.

Dem Doldrums When last we checked on the Vermont Democratic Party’s finances, they were at a low ebb. In September, the party temporarily postponed issuing a round of payroll checks. So how are things looking now?

“We continue to get by by the skin of our teeth,” chair TERJE ANDERSON told a gathering of the state party committee on Saturday in Barre. “We’re still not where we need to be financially.

We need more small donors and more monthly sustainers.”

At the end of January, Anderson reported, the party had about $3,000 in cash on hand — and still owed a $9,000 catering bill from a November fundraiser. Monthly expenses, he said, are about $35,000. The bulk of that goes to staff salaries. The Dems will have to scrounge for at least $11,000 just to

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As the state parties muddle along, Vermont’s congressional delegation continues to sit on massive bankrolls.

The latest campaign-finance filings show Sanders’ reelection fund has more than $6 million, Sen. PATRICK LEAHY (D-Vt.) has about $1.7 million and Congressman PETER WELCH (D-Vt.) has more than $2 million, the bulk of it raised from political action committees.

Dr. DAN FREILICH, who’s challenging Welch for the Democratic nomination, has less than $40,000.

And that’s precisely the point of Freilich’s long-shot campaign: the incumbent’s participation in what Freilich calls a corrupt system.

“It’s not specifically about him, but about establishment Democrats touted as ‘progressives,’” Freilich explained. He counts Welch and Leahy as members of the party establishment who “don’t represent the heart and soul of the Democratic Party.”

Welch opposes big-money politics but argues that in the current system he needs a healthy campaign fund. “At the drop of a dime, there can be serious money flooding into any congressional district in the country,” he said last Friday, when asked about his wellstuffed war chest.

Freilich looks at it differently.

Welch’s involvement, he said, helps “enable a corrupt system to continue.”

Four issues top Freilich’s priority list: campaign finance reform, economic inequity, single-payer health care and climate change.

“Dr. Dan” is a Navy vet who retired from active service with the rank of captain. He lives in West Windsor and practices internal medicine at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in White River Junction. This is his second venture into politics; he ran against Leahy in 2010, winning a hearty 11 percent of the Democratic primary vote.

Can it be different this time?

“Statistically, am I likely to win? No,” he acknowledged. “But it can happen.”

He hopes to raise at least $100,000 for his campaign; with that much money, he believes he can be competitive.

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avoid missing another payroll in midFebruary. “We need to get out of that rut,” Anderson said.

A big part of the problem, he explained, is a widespread feeling of betrayal left over from the 2016 presidential primary campaign in which HILLARY CLINTON defeated Sen. BERNIE SANDERS (I-Vt.). “State fundraising has been hurt by continued discontent with the Democratic National Committee,” he said. “Donors are not willing to give until DNC reforms are put into effect.”

Many Sanders supporters saw the delegate selection process as weighted toward Clinton. In response, the DNC created a Unity Reform Commission to devise fixes. The panel has come back with a batch of proposals including a big cut in unpledged superdelegates, Democratic bigwigs who largely supported Clinton at the 2016 convention. Vermont’s Democratic Party is solidly behind the reforms — but it’ll be a while before they can take effect.

“It won’t happen until November at the earliest,” said former state lawmaker TIM JERMAN, who was elected on Saturday as one of two Vermont members of the DNC. He replaces Anderson, who had to step down when he became state party chair. “The DNC only meets twice a year,” Jerman explained. “We will meet in early March, but the rules and bylaws committee won’t be done reviewing the recommendations by then.”

But even in November, approval is not a sure thing. Changing the superdelegate rules will require a two-thirds vote, “a heavy lift,” Anderson noted.

And even if the recommendations are adopted, progressives may not be satisfied; the current proposal would not eliminate superdelegates, but reduce their number by 60 percent.

The remaining 40 percent, unbound to any candidate, would include Democratic members of Congress, U.S. senators and governors, plus former presidents and former DNC chairs (including former Vermont governor HOWARD DEAN). “The Congressional Black Caucus fought very hard against anyone taking their votes away,” noted Anderson.

Meanwhile, in case you were wondering, the Vermont Republican Party continues to stay above water, although in a smaller boat. At the end of December, the VTGOP had nearly $19,000 cash on hand, a substantial nest egg by its humble standards. (It began the year with a more typical $2,500 in the bank.) Through the course of 2017, the Vermont Republicans raised $239,000 and spent $223,000. By

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The Elephant in the Room: Are Burlington Republicans a Dying Breed?

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OP party chair Paco DeFrancis blamed bad winter weather the first time a gathering of Burlington Republicans failed to attract a sufficient number of committee members to hold a vote.

But on the day of the second attempt, January 25, there was no snowstorm, and local Republicans still couldn’t assemble the quorum of 10 committee members its bylaws require.

Middle-aged attendees made small talk around a table in the Robert Miller Community and Recreation Center in the New North End, and one cracked a joke about the predicament.

“Overflow seating?” quipped Mike Sarvak when Kurt Wright, a longtime state legislator and city councilor, brought in an extra chair.

The GOP has candidates running for just two of eight Burlington City Council seats up for election. One of them is incumbent Wright, who is unopposed in Ward 4. The second, political newcomer Joel FitzGerald, is competing for the city’s South End Ward 6 seat.

To solve the quorum problem, DeFrancis telephoned David Kirk, a school board member, to participate; someone else called longtime Republicans John and Pam Ackerson. Via cellphones, the trio joined those present to endorse the two candidates in a unanimous voice vote.

“It was embarrassing,” Wright said later. “I was so frustrated I almost walked out and ran as an independent.”

The meeting illustrated a political reality in Burlington: Republicans are rare; GOP candidates, even more so. With party stalwarts aging, few young Rs waiting in the wings and more young, liberal families moving into the once-conservative New North End, the GOP is facing an existential crisis.

A year ago, it looked like just the opposite was happening.

In February 2017, 24-year-old Alex Farrell and 22-year-old Jason Maulucci, then a senior at the University of Vermont, stepped into leadership vowing to revitalize a “largely dormant” party, as Farrell phrased it in a written statement after his election as chair and Maulucci’s as vice chair.

The fresh faces promised in the press release to launch a rebranding campaign, reach out to area businesses and start to “recruit candidates for the 2018 Town Meeting election — including for mayor.”

A year later, there’s little to show for the efforts. In October, Farrell resigned, saying he didn’t have time for the job. He’s now party secretary.

No Republican mayoral candidate stepped up to challenge Democratic incumbent Miro Weinberger, who will face independents Carina Driscoll and Infinite Culcleasure on Town Meeting Day. And the party likely won’t make gains on the council. Wright, running unopposed, will keep his seat.

FitzGerald faces a slim chance of victory in a race with longtime councilor Karen Paul, a Democrat, and Charles

Simpson, a Prog. Burlington school board candidates, who will also appear on the March 6 ballot, do not run with party affiliations.

Last month’s inability to get a quorum — twice — was an all-time low for the party, said Wright.

Other Republicans were more measured.

“It’s a bit of the changing of the guard in terms of the party leadership,” suggested Mike Donohue, chair of the Chittenden County GOP and spokesperson for the state party. He praised Farrell and DeFrancis for “bringing new energy into the city party” and described the future as “bright.”

Donohue’s assessment seems charitable, at best.

Neither Farrell nor DeFrancis anticipates running for council anytime soon. Michael Ly, who lost a Ward 7 race in 2015 by just 32 votes, said he has no immediate plans to step up. Maulucci, now a staffer for Gov. Phil Scott, also demurred, saying he hasn’t “thought about running.”

Why aren’t Queen City Republicans looking for seats at the table?

Farrell chalked it up to the influence of President Donald Trump: “It’s hard for people to get past that big R in Burlington.”

Sounding a bit like the president, school board member Kirk blamed the “liberal media, like Seven Days and the Burlington Free Press,” which “sometimes publish things that aren’t true.” In October 2016, Kirk drew media attention — and the ire of parents, fellow school board members and the mayor — for authoring Facebook

posts that some considered racist. He stayed on the board but is not running for reelection.

While Republicans have long been a minority party in Burlington, the elephants haven’t seen a drought like this in decades.

When Wright was first elected in 1995, he was one of five Republicans on the 14-member council. Those numbers have dwindled. In 2014, Republican councilor Paul Decelles stepped down and Wright returned to the council — the last man standing.

Burlington hasn’t had a Republican mayor since councilor Peter Brownell upstaged Progressive incumbent Peter Clavelle in 1993, becoming the first since Edward Keenan, who served from 1963 to 1965. Wright has mounted three unsuccessful bids for the city’s top job.

He’s also served as the only GOP city council president in the last 30 years, he said, and is the only Republican representing the Queen City in the Vermont Statehouse.

“Sometimes I feel like the Maytag repairman — the loneliest man in town,” he said, referring to the old TV commercial. Wright blamed the local GOP’s demise on a lack of party support for candidates. People who step up to run for office need to know there will be volunteers and financial resources to help them, he said.

Wright, who turned 62 on February 7, doesn’t know what his future holds. He even considered stepping down this year. When he does decide to hang it up, “it’s important that there’s [a Republican] who can win as a candidate in Burlington,” he said, presumably to maintain a healthy balance of political ideologies and policies.

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for Republicans if they’re going to remain viable.

“We need to be denying the Democrats access to the pro-growth label and the financially responsible label,” opined DeFrancis.

The Democrats’ adoption of a Republican talking point is a new thread in the city’s political spider web, which includes years of unorthodox alliances and grudges. When independent Bernie Sanders won the mayoral race in 1981, Democrats were furious and responded by voting as a group against his initiatives, recalled John Franco, who served as assistant city attorney at the time.

To overcome the obstruction, Sanders reached out to Republican alderman Allen Gear. “Look, we have our philosophical differences, but we have a city to run,” Franco recalled Sanders saying.

The partnership started a decades-long tradition of ProgRepublican cooperation on economic issues. Wright has a strong relationship with City Council President Jane Knodell (P-Central District) and met with the Progs about the Burlington Telecom sale.

In that case, does party affiliation even matter if a councilor is so outnumbered? “I’m not sure it changes a lot,” said Councilor Joan Shannon (D-South District), noting that Weinberger still faces opposition from Progressives.

It doesn’t appear Republicans have a viable comeback plan. How will they attract new voters? DeFrancis couldn’t cite specifics, though he maintained that the GOP is “on a growth trajectory” and promised big things — in 2020.

DeFrancis pointed out the party’s success “helping Phil Scott resonate” in Burlington, where 27 percent of voters supported the Republican governor in 2016. The party added three members at the January meeting, DeFrancis noted, bringing total membership to 31.

In theory, that should make the next meeting a little easier to run.

It’s premature to predict the party’s extinction, according to Franco, who for decades has observed the ebbs and flows of Queen City politics.

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Wright gets elected because his moderate, practical approach attracts supporters across party lines, said Councilor Dave Hartnett (D-North District), who calls Wright a longtime friend.

Republicans endorsed Hartnett when he ran unopposed in 2017, but Hartnett considers himself a Dem, even though he’s to the right of center on the political spectrum and once ran as an independent.

“I don’t know what the Republican Party in Burlington looks like after Kurt Wright,” Hartnett said. “Quite honestly, I don’t think there’s a plan in place.”

The left is also slowly encroaching on Wright’s territory in the New North End. In a special Ward 7 election last June, Ali Dieng easily bested Republican candidate and former city councilor Vince Dober. Dieng is the second-ever New American to win a seat and has proved to be one of the council’s most progressive members.

“The New North End is changing … The folks who are the typical base of the party are aging; they’re moving; they’re passing on,” said Decelles, who served on the council from 2006 to 2014. “If I were running now, it would be the hardest race I’ve ever had to fight.”

The recent caucus showed why.

Despite Farrell’s vow to be “more inclusive,” attendees were largely middle-aged and white. Two of them — Kirk was one, by phone — have come under fire for inappropriate conduct.

The other, Mike McGarghan, ran in 2016 to represent the New North End in the Vermont House. He derailed his campaign with a tweet that read: “Take that traitor Obama & hang him from the neck until he’s dead!”

“We need to grow our tent,” said DeFrancis, in what seems to have become a mantra for party leadership.

Republicans have yet to carve out a platform for themselves in a city where Trump won just 11 percent of the vote in November 2016. At the January 25 committee meeting, Wright and FitzGerald discussed their support for the F-35 fighter jets, denounced the high cost of living and harped on the need for financial conservatism.

That core Republican tenet — fiscal responsibility — has been co-opted by Mayor Weinberger, who’s touted his work improving the city bond rating as he campaigns for a third term. The Democrat has also earned the support of the business community — which, according to Wright, is a key population

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li Harrington surveyed the Vermont Statehouse cafeteria as hemp growers bragged about their fall harvest and entrepreneurs offered free samples of cannabidiol-infused chocolate to lawmakers, lobbyists and even a burly state trooper.

The Cannabis in the Capitol education fair on January 9 clearly brought satisfaction to the 30-year-old Harrington, who, in his tweed jacket and dress slacks, looked more like a government bureaucrat than one of the most vocal advocates for legal marijuana in the state.

Harrington is cofounder of Heady Vermont, the Burlington-based business that staged the Montpelier fair. The company is part cannabis news outlet, part events planner and all cheerleader for Vermont’s nascent legal weed sector.

The event gave unprecedented Statehouse exposure to an industry that’s already taken root in Vermont — and showed what Harrington, who sometimes roams the building wearing a plastic pot-bud pin on his lapel, can achieve.

“I think that he works tremendously to promote the industry, to promote all of us,” said Ashley Reynolds, president and cofounder of Elmore Mountain Therapeutics. Harrington can talk to legislators as well as growers, she said, and brings energy to the cause. “I don’t think I’ve seen him sit down once at this event,” Reynolds added, as she stood next to a table displaying her wares, including a high-concentration CBD oil that sells for $100 per ounce. The hemp plant extract has been touted as a cure for muscle pain and other ills, without the high that comes with marijuana.

Gov. Phil Scott didn’t show up at the fair, but 13 days later, he signed a bill legalizing adult use of marijuana. It takes effect July 1.

“I did not exhale, no pun intended, until it had actually been signed,” Harrington said. While he continues to push for full legalization — meaning a taxed and regulated retail market — he’s “very excited” about the new law. “I will begrudgingly give the governor credit,” said Harrington. “He could have vetoed the bill, and he didn’t.”

Since the signing, Heady Vermont has moved full steam ahead. In May, the company will host a cannabis and hemp convention in Burlington. And Heady

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announced a July 1 Post-Prohibition celebration at the Barns at Lang Farm in Essex Junction, complete with a seed swap and live grow demos. Also in the pipeline: The Headies: Vermont Growers Cup, a contest to find the best locally grown pot. Harrington plans to help pick the winner.

It’s a busy schedule for Harrington and Heady, a small, loosely staffed organization that he and CEO Monica Donovan started two years ago.

With fees from events, merchandise sales, advertising and $40 Heady memberships that can be used as getin-free cards to its events, the company

is slowly growing. Harrington declined to discuss revenues or say how many members it has. But the budding biz employs three part-timers, including former VTDigger.org reporter Morgan True, and two interns.

While Harrington is the Heady spokesman and Statehouse schmoozer, Donovan stays a bit more behind the scenes.

“We have very complementary roles and skill sets, and that’s what makes it work,” said Harrington. If he’s livetweeting and reporting on a hearing in Montpelier, “Monica’s still working on the events and the publishing so that the other stuff we’re doing is still getting out there,” Harrington said.

Their concept for Heady was a platform where hemp and cannabis businesses — and consumers — could come together in a public way, according to Harrington.

“Let’s raise the flag and say, ‘It’s OK to associate with this,’” he said.

Harrington attributes his people skills to his upbringing in the city where

he lives today, Winooski. He attended school with immigrants and kids who lived in subsidized housing.

His own family was solidly middle class, and Harrington felt fortunate to have had steady support from his two moms: Jodi Harrington, who served on the Winooski City Council and published the now-defunct Winooski Eagle newspaper, and Morgan Kelner, a speech-language therapist. The women, who have since divorced, helped push for civil unions and gay marriage in Vermont.

That wasn’t the only political topic in the household. His moms were friendly with Mark Tucci, who has multiple sclerosis and was one of Vermont’s earliest advocates for medical marijuana. Tucci advised Eli Harrington’s uncle, who has since died, on the use of marijuana to cope with symptoms of lung cancer.

That experience, Harrington said, underscored the “absurdity” of saying that people can’t use marijuana but can be fed “crazy amounts of pharmaceuticals.”

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of his Winooski High School class and graduated from Brandeis University in 2009 with a degree in global studies.

Then came five years of working “suit-and-tie” jobs in Boston and Vermont, followed by a freelance period. Harrington was dabbling in video production and public relations when he attended a Vermont Cannabis Collaborative event in 2015. He was intrigued by the entrepreneurs involved, including Will Raap, founder of Gardener’s Supply; and former Democratic state senator and Jogbra cofounder Hinda Miller. The conference inspired Harrington to begin blogging about pot politics on his own website,

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Vermontijuana, before he and Donovan started Heady Vermont.

What Harrington called the “bootstrap startup” doesn’t pay all his bills, so he picks up freelance public relations and event-planning gigs and works part time at a brewery he declined to name.

Last summer, he cooked during the 4 a.m. breakfast shift at Skinny Pancake’s two Burlington International Airport eateries.

“Like many other Vermonters, I have multiple jobs because that’s what it takes to get by in this state,” Harrington said.

Moonlighting hasn’t prevented Harrington from making headway at the Statehouse.

Harrington and his team have brought people “out of the woodwork or out of the woods” who have long supported legal cannabis but were afraid to say so publicly due to “decades of Reefer Madness propaganda,” said Lt. Gov. David Zuckerman, a longtime legalization advocate.

Familiar as he’s becoming in Montpelier, Harrington is not a registered lobbyist. Individuals and groups are supposed to register if they seek to influence legislative or administrative action and are compensated or spend at least $500.

“I have yet to pay myself any money for lobbying, so I have not yet registered,” Harrington said. Heady Vermont hasn’t registered either, though the website includes an appeal to donors to help advocate for legalization through a campaign called Elevate the State.

Should it be registered? “I won’t be able to give you a definitive ‘They should’ or ‘should not be,’” said Will Senning, director of elections and campaign finance at the Vermont Secretary of State’s Office.

Meanwhile, the advocacy site hasn’t swayed everyone. Opponents say that legalization will make marijuana more available to young people and increase car crashes.

Harrington agrees that driving while stoned is a bad idea. But he doesn’t think prohibition is good public policy, and he advocates instead for education.

For example, Harrington has some straightforward advice for teens: Weed won’t kill you, but it can hurt your motivation as you prep for the future. He says he rarely partook while growing up.

Harrington was more guarded when asked about his current pot use.

“I am not a registered patient or caregiver, so until July 1, use is still prohibited,” he said at first, before eventually relenting: “I’m not going to lie and say that I don’t ever smoke pot.”

Regardless of what he does in his spare time, Harrington has a very sober assessment of what a regulated weed market could mean for Vermont. A 2015 study by the Rand Corporation estimated an annual state tax revenue haul of more than $50 million, a figure Harrington hopes the governor and legislature carefully consider.

Meanwhile, he’s interested in delving into the dozens of subtopics that relate to the business and regulatory side of marijuana. Though he says he can’t take credit for it, he likes to repeat the line, “Getting high is the least interesting part of this plant.” m

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speranza Delarosa and her daughter, Susan Mateo, both of the Bronx, N.Y., were charged on January 23 with conspiracy to distribute heroin, fentanyl and oxycodone. Such cases are no longer rare in Vermont. But the brazen way that Delarosa, 50, and Mateo, 25, allegedly set up shop in Morrisville and Stowe — and put down roots far from the state’s drug hot spots — has made an impression on law enforcement officials.

Out-of-state drug dealers often operate in Vermont from rented apartments or the homes of local addicts. But like many young professionals shocked

by Vermont’s high rental prices, Mateo apparently decided it made more sense to buy. She closed last November on a Randolph Road house in Morrisville that authorities say served as her headquarters. The house, on a rural road out of sight of its neighbors, is valued at $155,000, but Mateo scooped it up for $85,000 cash after it went into foreclosure, town records show.

“That’s a little unique,” said Morristown Police Chief Richard Keith. “Obviously, they felt comfortable.”

Middle-class Morrisville, which is inside Morristown, attracts few outsiders — unlike Stowe, where some second-home owners come and go via private jet. Both towns are on Route 100, more than 30 minutes from Interstate 89.

If dealers can run a thriving heroin-distribution ring in such a remote area — and even invest in real estate to secure their venture — what does that say about Vermont’s fight against opiate abuse? While cheering the busts of Delarosa and Mateo, Vermont officials acknowledge that the pair serves as a sobering reminder that, despite widespread efforts, heroin’s years-long grip on Vermont has not eased.

“I don’t think we’re close to declaring victory,” Attorney General T.J. Donovan said.

“We’re still at a crisis level,” Keith said. The Morrisville native, who has served as chief for 23 years, said his community has long been home to opiate addicts who commit burglaries and property crimes. But this is the first time he can remember out-of-state dealers getting arrested within his jurisdiction.

Newly appointed U.S. Attorney Christina Nolan said dealers venture into smaller towns for a simple reason: Customers are eager to buy just about everywhere in Vermont. She should know. As an assistant federal prosecutor, Nolan handled drug cases from Royalton, Lyndon, Barnet and other small towns.

“They see opportunity, and they’re saying, ‘Look, a lot of dealers are in Burlington, so we’re going to drive an extra 40 minutes or an hour off the highway and set up our shop in Lamoille County,” Nolan said.

“They’re willing to drive a little farther so they can be, if not the only game in town, in a place where there’s less competition.”

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Opiates continue to flow into Vermont. The state recorded 105 fatal overdoses in 2016, a record number. The Department of Health has yet to release 2017 data, though preliminary figures show the state was on track to record a similar figure. Meanwhile, the overdosereversing drug Narcan is preventing an increasing number of potential deaths. In the fourth quarter of 2017, 120 Vermonters received civilian-administered Narcan, up from 51 people in the first quarter of the year, according to the health department.

“The back-of-the-envelope calculation tells us things have not gotten better and are perhaps worse,” Burlington Police Chief Brandon del Pozo said.

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There are some positive signs: Once-lengthy wait lists for opiate-addiction treatment have been shortened or eliminated at most places; and coordination between law enforcement and the treatment community has improved, according to prosecutors and police chiefs.

“I think we’re making progress, but we have a long way to go,” Nolan said.

An important next step, Donovan said, “is [to] be honest with ourselves and say the demand for heroin in this state is high, and it’s everywhere. We can talk supply side and putting people in jail who deal — I don’t have a problem with that. But this is about addressing supply side and recovery.”

When asked what else law enforcement can do, both Donovan and Lamoille County Sheriff Roger Marcoux Jr. separately suggested a strategy outside of traditional law enforcement: a “tobacco-style” public relations campaign to dissuade young people from trying opiates.

“We need evidence-based prevention shown to have clinical outcomes,” said del Pozo, who last week launched a program in which “safe response teams,” including a

social worker, visit homes of overdose victims to try to steer them to treatment.

No one is suggesting more tolerance for dealers.

The case against Mateo and Delarosa started when cops from the Morristown Police and the Lamoille County Sheriff ’s departments traced drugs found on local addicts back to the duo, before Mateo bought the house. Last summer, when the police believed they had connected the case to an out-of-state drug network, they handed it off to the feds.

A confidential informant arrested on drug and cruelty to children charges in 2017 said that he or she — court documents don’t reveal the person’s gender — bought heroin and oxycodone from Delarosa for months, according to police affidavits.

Mateo usually helped Delarosa by answering phones, accepting money and performing other tasks, the informant said, but late last year she became the informant’s primary contact.

The informant told police that Delarosa was helping her daughter set up her own distribution business. Mateo told the informant that she had “invested her savings” to get her operation off the ground.

Federal agents obtained warrants to track Delarosa’s phone and to place a tracking device on her Dodge Caravan. It revealed she took trips to the Bronx and to Holyoke, Mass., a drug hub.

Under police surveillance, the informant bought heroin from the women at several locations, including the parking lot outside the Hannaford in Morrisville, outside an unidentified business in Stowe and inside the Randolph Road house, according to affidavits. Much of the heroin was laced with fentanyl.

Drug Enforcement Administration agents arrested the women on January 24. In U.S. District Court in Burlington, Mateo and Delarosa pleaded not guilty to charges that carry more than 20 years in prison. Delarosa is in prison pending trial, while Mateo was released.

The latter could not be reached. Her attorney did not respond to a phone message; Delarosa’s lawyer declined to comment.

Unlike many drug dealers, the women are not addicts, federal prosecutors said in court documents. They were alleged to be in it for the money. Mateo made trips to the Dominican Republic, which agents are investigating.

Back in Morrisville, the house Mateo bought is vacant today. Two pine trees partially shield it from the street.

Last week, an American flag was attached to a railing on the front porch. A plastic Santa and reindeer decorations adorned the front yard. The short, steep driveway was slick with unplowed snow.

Prosecutors have filed an asset forfeiture claim to take possession of the home, contending that the women used it to deal drugs and that it represents the proceeds of their dealing. Nolan said she hopes that step will deter out-of-state dealers from settling in Vermont. But she acknowledged it’s no match for a market in which demand exceeds supply.

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t appears the Vermont legislature will join Gov. Phil Scott in delaying again any decision on how to raise millions in new revenue to pay for Vermont’s billion-dollar cleanup of its waterways.

Environmental advocates and federal regulators are looking on with increasing concern. A temporary source of cleanup funds — $13.5 million a year in capital bonding — is scheduled to dry up in mid-2019, and Vermont has already missed a federal deadline to produce a long-term plan.

The issue has become a political hot potato in Montpelier: Neither the governor nor lawmakers have been willing to decide how much money Vermonters will have to fork over in higher taxes or fees.

Scott and key legislative leaders say they don’t need a plan this year, since bond money is still available. Advocates counter that action is needed now because of a legal obligation to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and because it will take time to set up a revenue source.

“Nobody seems to be willing to bite the bullet,” said House Natural Resources Committee chair David Deen (D-Putney). He supports a Senate bill to create a Clean Water Authority to raise and spend the needed money.

“Give it authority, give it a governance structure and tell it, ‘This is what we want you to do: We want you to clean up stormwater in the state of Vermont.’

And then turn them loose,” Deen said.

A plan to pay for clean-water efforts isn’t optional. The EPA has ordered the state to reduce the amount of phosphorus pollution running into Lake Champlain, Lake Carmi, Lake Memphremagog, and the rivers and streams that flow into them.

A 2015 state law imposed new environmental regulations on farms, developers and local governments but didn’t provide any lasting financial assistance.

The problem facing lawmakers is that lots more money is required. Including some help from federal coffers, it will cost $115.6 million annually in public and private spending for the next 20 years to meet pollution-reduction goals, Treasurer Beth Pearce reported in 2017.

With the temporary bonding, the state has boosted its pollution-prevention spending to $53 million a year, but that’s

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still not enough to meet the state’s longterm goals.

Senate Natural Resources Committee chair Chris Bray (D-Addison) said Vermont can’t afford to let spending fall off a cliff when bond money dries up.

“It’s even worse than business as usual. It’s saying, ‘We’re going to do less than we’re doing right now,’” Bray said.

“And given our water-quality problems, that’s not acceptable to Vermonters.”

Pollution-prevention money helps pay for treating stormwater runoff from parking lots, planting buffer strips to reduce fertilizer runoff from farm fields, and carrying out other projects to keep phosphorus out of waterways.

Phosphorus is a nutrient that fuels toxic algae blooms and weed growth in lakes and rivers, sometimes making the water unsuitable for boating and swimming.

EPA officials reminded lawmakers last week that the agency was expecting Vermont to have a long-term revenue plan in place by the end of 2017.

Bray said the EPA’s message was clear. “We missed that milestone, and they’re looking for the state … to deliver such a plan quote unquote ‘very soon.’ So

it’s urgent, and we know there’s a legal obligation,” Bray said.

“We [also] know there’s a real-world obligation to do this work because we continue to see declining water quality year after year,” he added.

Bray said bonding for pollution control was never intended as a lasting solution.

“Some people refer to it as bridge funding, but like any real bridge, for it to be functional you need to come down someplace,” he said.

Lawmakers last year directed the Scott administration to deliver a plan to pay for clean water by mid-November.

Instead, Natural Resources Secretary Julie Moore reported that there are too many questions about how to most effectively spend the money to even consider how to collect it.

“We can’t take our foot off the gas, either in terms of implementation or the urgency to have this full solution,” Moore said last week. “But the need to act urgently can’t be twisted [into] a need to be hasty.”

Lawmakers aren’t happy with the administration’s approach. “I think that’s a

good way to paralyze the process,” Bray said.

Bray keeps a copy of last year’s legislative directive to the executive branch in his wallet. He took it out at least twice last week in committee meetings to emphasize one of his main frustrations with the Scott administration.

“They did not meet the letter of the law,” Bray said in an interview. “They gave us a report that shared some good information, some ideas, but basically kicked it to the legislature.”

With no plan from Scott, Bray’s committee faces a choice: delay again by setting up a legislative study committee to develop a revenue proposal for approval next year or put forward some form of the Clean Water Authority despite Scott’s opposition to any money-raising bill.

Environmental groups and businesses urged action at a joint Statehouse news conference last month. They called for a new fee to be paid by all landowners on each parcel of real estate they own.

“I’m a Republican,” Ernie Pomerleau of Pomerleau Real Estate told reporters.

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“I understand ‘no fees, no taxes.’ I don’t is in this awkward position, because want to pay a fee. But it’s not if we’ll be if we go forward without the administration’s support, it just leads to a assessed; it’s how and when.”

The Senate Natural Resources veto. Yet we’re still on the hook from Committee has been considering a the feds to come up with a funding per-parcel fee as part of the solu- plan.”

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“It’s important to note “What I would not recthat you can’t come up with a good idea and then pass it the ommend,” Pearce said, “is going back next day,” she said. Any new tax or fee and reviewing 60-odd revenues again. structure would require staffing and We’ve done that.”

At CLF, advocate Weber repeated administrative work before the state could begin collecting and distributing that there is no reason to wait. “We cannot accept delays,” Weber said. money.

Despite all these calls for quick “We’re not nonchalant about that. action, it appears lawmakers are reluc- Keeping to our time frames is really tant to establish a system this year to important.”

Weber said her group is “assessing collect and spend clean-water money.

“We know it’s a huge responsibility,” all options” as it follows the action in House Speaker Mitzi Johnson (D-South the legislature. A failure to meet deadHero) said last week. “Coming up with lines could open the state up to court a new funding source is never easy, par- challenges by environmental groups. ticularly when there are a lot of com- That’s happened before. It was a CLF peting needs, but we’ve got to buckle lawsuit that led the EPA in 2016 to ratchet up pressure on Vermont to down sometime.”

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An organization launched by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is fundraising on behalf of his stepdaughter, Burlington mayoral candidate Carina Driscoll.

Our Revolution sent out an email Tuesday seeking $5 donations. The solicitation by the national organization could open the floodgates for Driscoll, who lags behind incumbent Mayor Miro Weinberger in dollars raised.

Campaign finance reports filed this week show that Driscoll drummed up $32,000, a figure that includes $10,000 she loaned her campaign. Weinberger, a Democrat, amassed an $80,000 war chest while independent Infinite Culcleasure raised $5,000.

Driscoll applied for — and received — an Our Revolution endorsement last month. At the time, Driscoll said that she would accept fundraising help if the organization offered.

Our Revolution, which is based in Washington, D.C., was born in 2016 out of Sanders’ failed presidential bid. Vermont’s junior senator is not involved in the day-today operations, though former campaign staff members and longtime Sanders allies

continue to preside over the organization.

Tuesday’s Our Revolution email praised Driscoll’s approach of “always put[ting] people first.”

“Carina’s message is clear: Burlington is not for sale,” the email read, quoting a Driscoll mantra that her stepfather popularized in Burlington in the 1980s.

The email, signed by organization president Nina Turner, continued: “Carina’s inclusive vision of government is one that listens and works for the people, not just insiders connected to the establishment.”

Driscoll has had a complicated relationship with her stepfather on the campaign trail. Last week, the Progressive Partyendorsed candidate invoked Sanders in a social media campaign ad. But she’s also said repeatedly that she will not seek Sanders’ endorsement and that she does not consider Our Revolution’s support to be nepotism.

In a series of local TV interviews last week, Sanders said he’d donate to Driscoll’s campaign and urged Burlingtonians to vote for her.

The People for Bernie, another group inspired by Sanders, offered Driscoll an endorsement on Monday. The organization tweeted to its 93,300 followers a link to donate to Driscoll’s campaign.

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An African American employee was repeatedly subjected to racist comments and actions by both patients and staff at the Vermont Psychiatric Care Hospital, according to a state Human Rights Commission report.

Ismina Francois, a mental health specialist, made repeated complaints about the widespread use of racial slurs and racial insensitivities at the facility in Berlin, but a culture of abuse persisted, a commission investigator found.

For example, a hospital staffer ignored Francois’ prior complaints and assigned her to care for a racist patient with a swastika tattoo who had once lunged at Francois and yelled, “Get that nigger away from me.”

Traveling nurses who worked temporary stints at the hospital reported being surprised at how often patients used racial slurs.

And other employees used terms like “nappy hair,” “hood car,” “fried chicken,” “colored people” and speculated about Francois being on “welfare,” according to the report.

“A reasonable person could conclude that the offensive jokes, slurs, epithets,

name-calling, insults and put-downs by patients and coworkers were pervasive,” Human Rights Commission investigator Bor Yang wrote in the 35-page report finalized in January.

Francois complained to superiors about many of these incidents, but little came of it, Yang found. Word spread in some quarters of the hospital that Francois “plays the race card,” according to the report.

The commission ruled in a 5-0 vote on January 25 that “reasonable grounds” existed to find the Department of Mental Health discriminated against Francois.

Francois, a single mother of two children, remains on the job, according to her attorney, Robert Appel. Francois, a Barre resident, was hired in May 2014 to work in the 25-bed facility, which treats involuntarily committed patients who have psychiatric disorders.

“She is trying to achieve a workplace that is safe and welcoming for her and for others who look like her,” said Appel, a former executive director of the Human Rights Commission.

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1928-2018, BURLINGTON Dorothy May Seale-Brown died January 20, 2018, at her beloved Converse Home in Burlington, Vt. She was predeceased by her son, Mark Victor Brown, and leaves behind her daughters Martha Brown and her husband, Rob Donaldson, and Faith Isabelle Brown and her partner, Lynn Mansfield. She also leaves her cherished granddaughter Tabatha Soliz and her husband, Richard; her grandson Joseph Brown; and her daughter-in-law Patricia Brown.

Dorothy was born on Long Island, N.Y., in 1928.

Her family lost everything in the Great Depression, but Dorothy went to nursing school and put herself through New York University, earning a degree in education. Dot moved to Vermont in 1952 and married Donald Brown in 1954; together they had three children. Dorothy worked first as a nurse educator at the Mary Fletcher School of Nursing, then as a school counselor while raising her family. She earned a master’s degree in psychology from the University of Vermont in 1980. She went on to become a family therapist, a teacher at CCV and, finally, an ombudsperson for Vermont Legal Aid. Dorothy’s aim in life was to keep her sense of humor and to “be useful.” At her heart, she was an educator and advocate for the vulnerable. She valued using her knowledge and skills in a way that would make a difference. She was a member of the First Unitarian

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A private ceremony will be held in the spring at the Unitarian Universalist Society Memorial Garden in Burlington. If so desired, donations can be made to the First Unitarian Universalist Society of Burlington or the Visiting Nurse Association of Chittenden and Grand Isle Counties.

from the other side of the great water. Every time you enjoy a good laugh, she’ll be laughing with you. Anytime you need encouragement, she’ll be rooting for you!

Janet arrived as a twin, the eldest daughter in a family of nine sibs, thanks to Mike and Janet Jacobs (formerly of Jericho Center, Vt.). She graced Burlington periodically over the years with her work for the Mozart Festival, as social coordinator for Ina Coors of the University of Vermont and as island caretaker.

Janet is much missed by us all, both here and in her home ports of Boston; Scottsdale, Ariz.; and St Thomas, USVI. We wish Janet a sincere bon voyage with full, warm and grateful hearts!

Michael King

1973-2018, ESSEX JUNCTION

Janet Jacobs

1947-2017, SUDBURY, MASS. Janet — intrepid adventuress, tugboat captain, small plane pilot, gourmet caterer, fashion plate, flower gardener, interior decorator, antique collector, art appreciator, horseback rider, Chessie dog trainer, practiced teller of funny, true stories and ever so much more — has cast off the mooring lines after a blessedly brief tangle with cancer, with her son Zachary and Anita Lazar together by her side in Boston.

Janet totally adored grandchildren Adriana and Nico and always will, and her special drawer packed with super fun gifts is forever full of her magic for both of you,

Michael King, 44, of Essex Junction, Vt., died peacefully on Thursday, February 1, surrounded by his loving family after a courageous battle with cancer.

He was born in Montpelier, Vt., on August 9, 1973, when his father, Donald, was teaching at Union Elementary School.

When Michael was 1, his family returned to New Jersey, where he lived in Chatham and Florham Park.

He had very fond memories of traveling around town on his bicycle having wonderful adventures. He adored his grandfather, Dr. Charles Thomas King, who was a loving inspiration to him throughout his life. His family returned to Montpelier when he was 11. He pursued vocational studies until he discovered Landmark College. Landmark was able to give him the tools he needed to achieve

academically — in great part due to the generous scholarship from Jorge Arellano, who was a mentor and guide to Michael. He then pursued his BS at Lyndon State College.

Michael worked in the communications field, then spent much of his adult life working in the insurance industry. His last and favorite job was working for Heritage Automotive as an estimator.

When he was no longer able to work due to his disabling metastatic cancer, he began volunteering for the 501st Legion, dressing as an imperial gunner; and volunteering for the Make-A-Wish Foundation, visiting children at the Vermont Children’s Hospital. Michael was a very thoughtful man who loved helping others. He will be deeply missed by those who knew him.

Michael is survived by his wife, Catherine, and his son, Lucas. He is also survived by his mother and father, Ellen and Don King of Gulfport, Fla., and his in-laws, whom he lovingly called Mom and Dad, Marsha and Mark Lang of Montpelier, Vt. He is survived by his siblings: Charles Thomas King II and his fiancée, Annie Donnelly, of Lake Worth, Fla.; Christopher and Josie Lang of Essex, Vt.; Robyn King and her companion, Ryan Schauer, of Las Vegas, Nev.; and Elizabeth Lang and her fiancé, Ryan Mitofsky, of Essex, Vt. Michael is also survived by his niece and nephew, Zoe and Benjamin Lang of Essex, Vt., whom he loved very much.

The family cannot express their gratefulness for the love and support of friends and coworkers who have cared and helped out along this journey. The family would like to thank Seth Anderson, RN; Amy Fox, APRN; and Dr. Dennis Sanders for their kindness and care during Michael’s long illness. If you would like to do something in Michael’s honor, please consider donating to the Vermont Children’s Hospital.

There was a mass celebrating Michael’s life at Holy Family Church on Monday, February 5, 2018, at 10:30 a.m. Visiting hours for Michael were on Sunday, February 4, from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Ready Funeral

Home, Mountain View Chapel, 68 Pinecrest Dr., Essex Junction, VT. To send online condolences to the family, please visit readyfuneral.com.

Elaine B. Little 1921-2018, SHELBURNE

Elaine Burns Little, born Barbara Elaine Burns in Troy, N.Y., on June 29, 1921, to Stanley Livingston Burns Sr. and Christine Regina Bayer Burns, died peacefully January 28, 2018, at her residence in Shelburne, Vt. She attended public schools in Rutland, Vt., and graduated from Rutland High School in 1939, where she was active in sports and activities, an early master of the slopes at Pico Mountain, and a lover of the trout streams of Rutland County. She graduated from the University of Vermont in 1943; at UVM, Elaine was a member of the Mortar Board women’s honorary society and Pi Beta Phi sorority, as well as a founder of the women’s ski team that practiced by climbing and descending the original Nose Dive trail at Mount Mansfield. Also at UVM, she met the love of her life, George Edward Little Jr. of Burlington. They married on August 3, 1943, as George prepared to deploy to the Pacific Theater in the Army Air Corps. George predeceased her in February 2009.

Elaine worked during the war as secretary to governor Mortimer Robinson Proctor in his Montpelier and Proctor offices, notably scrambling to

coordinate Vermont’s VJ Day celebration while the governor and lieutenant governor were returning from out of state. After the war, she and George moved to Pittsburgh, Pa., where she worked at the University of Pittsburgh while George completed graduate studies in offset lithography at Carnegie Tech.

Elaine was a devoted mother to an active family of four children, but she saved time for her church and civic responsibilities. She chaired the state March of Dimes campaign in the early 1960s.

She helped lead a group of area women in the later 1960s to transform the drab hallways of the then-Mary Fletcher Hospital by hanging self-matted and -framed prints throughout the hospital, an experience that later inspired her to become one of Chittenden County’s premier tag sale “pickers,” refinishing and selling her better finds.

Perhaps her most sustained and passionate volunteer work was as a member of the Burlington Planning Commission in the 1970s, a period when she also helped lead the fight to preserve the historic Bishop’s House on South Williams Street, a fight which (alas) was unsuccessful, as the house was razed and paved for a large parking lot. Elaine also served as a member of the state Water Resources Board and the Burlington Design Review Board.

Elaine perhaps will be best remembered for the devoted and tireless volunteer work and leadership she and George gave on behalf of our community’s less fortunate residents and vital nonprofit groups, including Ethan Allen Homestead, United Way, Chittenden Emergency Food Shelf, ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain and the Committee on Temporary Shelter, to name some of their many endeavors. The George & Elaine Little Park (truly a “Little” park), at the corner of Archibald Street and North Winooski Avenue, was dedicated in 1996 to their tireless community service.

Elaine and George spent summers with their children at the family camp at Starr Farm Beach in north Burlington and, later, at the Coates Island cottage they cherished. She and George taught their children to

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Cathedral, 2 Cherry St., Burlington, VT, after which the family received friends.

Interment in the St. Paul’s Cathedral Memorial Garden will be in the spring.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Little Family Fund at ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, 1 College St., Burlington, VT 05401; the Committee on Temporary Shelter, 95 North Ave., Burlington, VT 05401; ChittendenEmergency Food Shelf, 228 North Winooski Ave., Burlington, VT 05401; St. Paul’s Cathedral, 2 Cherry St., Burlington, VT 05401; or the charity of one’s choice.

Corbin and Palmer Funeral Home, 9 Pleasant St., Essex Junction, VT, was in charge of arrangements.

Alverta L. Perkins

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Alverta L. Perkins was born June 12, 1924, in South Bend, Ind., to Lynn and Irene Hagenbush Leighty. She died in Burlington, Vt., on January 19, 2018, after a short illness.

In 1945 Alverta graduated from Epworth Hospital Nursing School in South Bend as a registered nurse.

She married Bradford Marr Perkins in 1946 and moved to Montpelier, Vt. She lived in Vermont for the rest of her life except for a few years spent in Manchester, N.H. Bradford predeceased her in 2001. After raising her three children, she attended and graduated from the University of Vermont in

1976 with a degree in professional nursing. She was employed at various times at Mary Fletcher Hospital (now the UVM Medical Center), the Burlington Community Health Center, Birchwood Nursing Home and VPSRO, and as a reviewer for Vermont Medicaid.

Alverta worked with Women Helping Battered Women and the Rape Crisis Center during the ’70s and ’80s. She was a longtime activist for women’s rights and gay and lesbian rights.

She received one of the first Susan B. Anthony awards from the YWCA. At age 75, Alverta began competing in the Senior Games in track and field, training at the UVM indoor track. She threw the javelin and shot put and loved the long jump. A high point for her was competing in the 2005 Senior Olympics at age 81.

Alverta is survived by her three children: Doug Perkins and wife, Chree, of Leicester, Vt.; Lynne Pirkkanen and husband, Perry, of Salisbury, Vt.; and Steve Perkins and wife, Mary, of East Calais, Vt. She also is survived by her six grandchildren: Tasi Perkins; Alex Perkins and wife, Katy; Jake Pirkkanen; Erin Pirkkanen; Lauren Williams and husband, Justin; and Lindsey Perkins. She is also survived by her two great-grandchildren: Devin Perkins and Grayson Williams. A memorial service will be held at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, February 10, at the Burlington Friends Meeting, 173 North Prospect St., Burlington, VT. A celebration of her life will follow. In the spring she will be buried next to her husband in East Calais.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made in Alverta’s name to Steps to End Domestic Violence (formerly Women Helping Battered Women) or to any chapter of the Humane Society of Vermont.

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ski, boat, fish, golf, camp and, more importantly, to try to leave the world a better place than they found it. Her spirit, humor, patience and love are a legacy for all of her family and friends.

In addition to her husband, she was predeceased by her parents; her grandparents, Frank and Evangeline Drury Bayer and Arthur H. and Evelyn Malvina (Morris) Burns; her stepmother, Barbara W. Burns; her sister, Elizabeth (Betty) Ann Burns Thorsson, and Betty’s husband, Wesley M. Thorsson; her niece, Ann Elizabeth Thorsson Boblenz; by her sister-in-law, Marcella P. (Marcie) Burns; her nephew, John Gilbert Burns; her cousins Frank Bayer Hewes and Barbara Hewes Beveridge; her aunt, Mary Dell Burns; and her cousin Daniel Comstock Lash.

Elaine is survived by her children, James Edward Little; Thomas Arthur Little and his wife, Susan Margaret Keelty Little; William George Little and his wife, Mary A. Roy; and Margaret Elaine Little Cicchetti and her husband, Albert A. (“Bert”) Cicchetti; her grandchildren, Jessica Mead Little, Thomas Bayer Chauncey Little, Carolyn Phelps Little, Julia Marie Cicchetti, Francis George Cicchetti and Lisa Elaine Cicchetti; her greatgrandson, Oliver Thomas Crosby; her brother, Stanley Livingston Burns II, MD; and by her nieces and nephews and their families, Christine Burns DiBiasio, Stanley Livingston Burns III, Liz Vogel, Karen Elaine Thorsson Howell and Carla Christine Thorsson Zell. She is also survived by George’s niece, Susan Bates Cottrell, and her children, James Matthew Cottrell, Pamela Mead Cottrell, Anne Lucene Cottrell and Christopher Goodman Cottrell; and by the children of George’s late nephew, Ray Torrence Bates II: Thomas Pattee Bates Brennen and James Harold Bates.

The Little family is deeply grateful for the compassionate and attentive care Elaine received at the Residence at Shelburne Bay and, in particular, at the Haven memory care center.

A service of Thanksgiving and Eucharist was celebrated on Saturday, February 3, 2018, at St. Paul’s Episcopal

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t’s been almost two years since JAG came onto the scene in the Upper Valley. This weekend, JARVIS ANTONIO GREEN, company founder and namesake, will launch JAGFEST 2.0, the second iteration of a new-play festival that develops work by emerging black playwrights.

Green has been part of the theater scene in the White River Junction area for more than six years now, having escaped busy New York City in favor of pastoral Vermont. Over that time he’s worked with ARTISTREE COMMUNITY ARTS CENTER & GALLERY, BARNARTS CENTER FOR THE ARTS and others. Noting a lack of diversity in the region’s programming, he decided to take matters into his own hands by forming a production company to feature artists who, like him, are African American.

Last year’s JAGFest was billed as a “festival that showcases and celebrates new plays by emerging playwrights of PRODUCTIONS

color.” The plays were contemporary, but all had been produced before.

JAGfest 2.0 is a slight departure, featuring staged readings of plays that have not yet received full productions; one of them has yet to be titled. Vermont audiences will be the first to see three of the four plays, all authored by African American men and addressing themes relevant to the black community.

Esai’s Table, by Nathan Yungerberg, is a mythic tale of the journey of three young black men at sea atop a magical old table. The Hole, by Zhailon Levingston, is a riff on Cat on a Hot Tin Roof that portrays the relationship of two inmates in solitary confinement. Re:Definition, by NSangou Njikam, follows a man’s journey to trace his African ancestry.

Finally, an untitled ensemble piece by Korde Arrington Tuttle investigates the relationship between space exploration and the transatlantic slave trade. The piece was devised by a nonhierarchical

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QUICK LIT: WHERE TO DROWN YOUR SORROWS A Möbius strip is a surface with only one side and one boundary (think of a ribbon connected in a circle with one twist). It doesn’t have a front or a back — in that sense, it’s a confounding object.

That’s also true of BIANCA STONE’s new book of poetry, The Möbius Strip Club of Grief. Or, at least, it’s true of the “strip club” the book is named after, a poetic and psychological construct that Stone uses to explore concepts of womanhood, family and grief. There, up is down, dead is alive and skeletons give lap dances. Time is continuous, looping — and reality is constantly shifting.

Stone is the author of two previous poetry collections and several chapbooks. This two-part volume, published by Tin House Books, offers a series of free-verse poems, some as short as six lines, and one lengthy piece spanning 18 pages. It comes with serious accolades from esteemed poets, some living and some dead (fittingly). The late John Ashbery calls Stone “a brilliant transcriber

of her generation’s emerging pathology and sensibility.” Sharon Olds says, “In her poems, we’re in the presence of a naked human voice, not concealing itself — or overreaching to expose itself — which dives as deep as voices go.”

Yes, 34-yearold Stone is of her own generation, and her poems have the voice and cultural references to prove it. And, yes, her voice is naked and human — at times grossly brutal and gory.

But it is also tender and often maternal, which makes sense because, at its core, the MSCOG (as Stone refers to her titular construct in the poems) is about women.

It’s about women and how they function as a family. It’s about women and how they relate to the world, how they relate to men and power (and vice versa, squared). Stone explores what it

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Playwrights in the 2018 JAGfest, clockwise from top left: Nathan Yungerberg, Zhailon Levingston, NSangou Njikam and Korde Arrington Tuttle

theater company over a series of workshops, the products of which Tuttle transformed into a story. JAGfest will present the first public viewing of this work.

On Monday, directors, actors and playwrights, primarily from Boston and New York, descended on BRIGGS OPERA is to be female now, what it is to lose and to grieve. She constructs a psychological space that she ultimately rejects, after tapping the strip club, its stories and its characters for all they are worth, even in death. After all, the MSCOG is for the dead and wounded women of this world.

The book is prefaced by a short poem that sets the scene. Drawing on Norse mythology, Stone recalls the god Odin’s fateful wish to know “everything there is to know.” Once his wish is granted, “The weight / of wisdom made his face sour. / Seeing everything blown to shit. / The gods with it. After that, he never ate again / and lived on a strict diet of alcoholic beverages / at the Möbius Strip Club of Grief.”

Immediately, Stone establishes a relationship between wisdom and grief, between seeing the world for what it is and obtaining a keycard to the MSCOG. That connection is cemented in the fourth poem, titled “A Brief Topography of the MSCOG.” “Over the door there’s

for a meet-and-greet, then began to work. They have about 30 hours to rehearse before performing for an audience.

The festival serves as an incubator for the development of these burgeoning plays. Green said: “Artists need space to develop their work and to be creative.”

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the iconic ice-pick in a human heart,” Stone writes. “You have to show a scar to the bouncer to get in: the old suture / holes, a common kneecap, the shy smile of a cesarean, / spatter of longgone acne. Any scar will do.”

“And,” the poet continues, “you / have to tell a story about your mother.

Something she / suffered through. But once you’re in, you’re in forever.”

Stone lives up to that demand by sharing stories of her mother, sister and grandmother. That last is the late, great poet Ruth Stone, who passed away in 2011. Much of the book grieves Ruth and remembers her, exploring the poet’s relationship with her in life but mostly in death. (Bianca currently lives with her husband and young daughter in the Goshen house where Ruth raised her children and wrote poetry for most of her adult life.) Ruth often appears as a ghost, a shade or something that has just crawled uncannily from a grave.

In “Making Applesauce With My Dead Grandmother,” for instance, Stone writes, “I dig her up and plop her down in a wicker chair. / She’s going to make applesauce and I’m going to get drunk.”

Here we have the sense that the mystical otherworld (or almost underworld?) Stone is constructing

At the same time, he noted, “It’s also an opportunity for our community to be a part of the modern theater landscape.

These playwrights are adding new and exciting work to the American theater, and our community is going to help shape that.”

Green’s efforts to elevate black theater artists have not gone unnoticed.

In addition to receiving the 2017 New England Theatre Conference Regional Award for Outstanding Achievement in the American Theatre, he recently secured a $15,000 donation match from an anonymous funder. It’s one step toward JAG Productions’ ambitious fundraising goal of $100,000 this year.

Green’s work also sparked a collaboration with Dartmouth College. At this year’s JAGfest, each staged reading will be accompanied by a postshow discussion moderated by a Dartmouth scholar. Those moderators are MONICA WHITE NDOUNOU, associate professor of theater; NATHALIE BATRAVILLE, a postdoctoral fellow with a focus on anticolonialism, black feminist and queer theory, and cultural formations of the Black Atlantic; CHANTÉ MOUTON KINYON, a lecturer with expertise in the social construction of race; and ENG-BENG LIM, associate professor of women’s, gender and sexuality studies.

“Folks in the Dartmouth community, particularly the African American community, have really helped me connect

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is the mind at issue.’” Yet Stone is speaking of sex and sexuality, and of the mind, when the poem asks, “So why am I writing this psychosexual opus to the mind of my women?”

We don’t need an answer. The opus is enough. The question is enough.

As that poem closes, Stone imagines setting aside the MSCOG, or perhaps just her own grief. (It’s hard to tell where one ends and the other begins.) “Sweeping. Wiping everything down. / Locking / the front door. Turning off the lights.”

And, in the end, the poet leaves the stage she created as many a host has done before her, with a simple “Thank you. / And Goodnight.”

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is untroubled by crystal balls, spackled stars or fringe. It is a very real unreality, a place of wicker chairs, regulated games of solitaire, and Grandma in a flannel and Birkenstocks. We also see the themes of inebriation, gluttony and overconsumption that so often seem to be associated with grief and pain in the MSCOG. Stone doesn’t always present those coping strategies uncritically.

Much like a Möbius strip, which flips and cannot be pinned down or measured, the poems in this book don’t exist on any one plane, or in any one state of pain. Stone even closes the doors to the MSCOG at the end of the book, in a poem called “The Dark Ages, Revisited.”

“But what about the Möbius Strip Club of Grief?” she asks. “I find there’s no solace in it for me today.” At book’s end, the poet begins questioning her reasons for writing this volume.

Having affirmed her belief that women have minds that are different from those of men, she quotes a dissenting opinion from feminist philosopher Geneviève Fraisse: “But, as a whole, reader, it is faulty / to speak of ‘sex and sexuality when it

to a context for my work,” Green says.

“I definitely want this relationship to continue.”

Indeed, the region has a history of producing African American theater festivals. In 1998, treasured American playwright and then-Dartmouth Montgomery Fellow August Wilson invited black theater leaders across the country to a summit titled “African American Theatre: The Next Stage.”

Dartmouth scholar Ndounou has plans to resurrect that summit in the near future.

Hosting a second JAGfest is a sizable undertaking, requiring housing for more than 28 artists and donations of rehearsal space from NORTHERN STAGE, the CENTER FOR CARTOON STUDIES, ArtisTree and many other local organizations. Before hanging up the phone with Seven Days last week, Green said with a laugh, “I gotta go; I still need to find beds for six actors!”

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Dear Cecil,

An engineering professor used to tell our class, “Everything eventually fails. The question is, when?” So what happens with a mammoth building? What’s the intended life span of, say, the Willis Tower? The way cities are packed, I can’t imagine a demolition crew can just drop a hundred-story building without causing chaos.

— Concerned Citizen in Chicago Without upkeep? As we discussed in a 2016 column, towers in a low-lying city like New York, for instance, would have only about 50 years of life in them absent human intervention: Water erodes foundations if no one’s around to continually pump it out. In general, if you want to keep a structure standing, you’re going to need a sound water-management plan; foundation aside, one requirement for skyscraper longevity is that their steel-reinforced concrete bones don’t get exposed to rain, the acid in which eats at the limestone content.

But assuming they get proper TLC, the dinosaurs of the Manhattan skyline will likely hang around a while yet.

Sure, we can expect to lose a few old office towers here and there in the coming decades, mainly structures that were built when energy was cheap and nowadays cost a fortune to

heat and cool — all that singlepane glass, etc. But by and large in New York, market forces and building code collude to keep old buildings standing. Many skyscrapers went up in an era of fewer regulatory constraints, so developers thinking about a teardown today may be looking at a necessarily smaller building in its place — and thus less rent revenue going forward.

Now, Tokyo is another story.

Due to the local mix of property values, zoning laws and design standards, it often makes more sense there to knock down and rebuild. As the New York Times put it a couple of years ago, there’s a bull market for demolition in Japan, and the nation is becoming a world leader in the fine art of removing skyscrapers.

The fine art? I’m guessing when you’re picturing the “chaos” of skyscraper demolition, CCC, you’re investing the

as little mess as possible. As such, Japanese companies have worked up startlingly gentle demolition techniques — you can find trippy time-lapse videos where structures appear to just slowly sink into the ground. In one method, the roof is held up by jacks as workers remove the top floor in its entirety; the roof is then lowered, and the process continues until the building has disappeared. Employing a similar concept, another version starts from the bottom: Workers jack up everything above the ground floor, then take that out; rinse, repeat.

Fancy, and not just on the safety front: These demolition firms boast that their recycling of materials and relatively modest use of heavy machinery lead to impressive reductions in carbon emissions — up to 85 percent in some cases. Plus, the whole deal looks about as quiet and smooth-running as the Tokyo subway. There’s no indication such techniques will make it to New York or Chicago in the near future, but neither will the incentives to demolish in the first place. Nor will we adopt notably quiet and smooth-running subways, for that matter. In more ways than one, we’re stuck with the cities we’ve got.

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’ll concede that “Everything eventually fails” is more than useful enough as credos go. But there’s a power at work here that can give even the ravages of time a fair fight: the profit motive.

Last winter, the owners of the Willis Tower announced a $500 million plan to modernize the 45-year-old building, and the city started issuing permits over the summer. Clearly somebody doesn’t think that thing’s coming down anytime soon.

Renovating and retrofitting is increasingly the name of the game when it comes to giant buildings, the current thinking being that it’s financially (not to mention ecologically) smarter to refresh them periodically than to tear down and start anew. Most experts figure there’s no reason an appropriately upkept skyscraper can’t stay there pretty much indefinitely.

scene with a lot of unwarranted drama — dynamite, countdown, plunger-style detonator, great clouds of dust and debris. In fact, the implosion method is now used for only about 2 percent of demolitions; most buildings, particularly in dense urban areas, are taken apart more laboriously, using cranes and elbow grease.

Those in the deconstruction business are constantly coming up with new techniques, though, and right now is a particularly exciting time to be a building wrecker. In South Africa, they’re using high-pressure gas canisters in place of dynamite to break up concrete — canisters are quieter and less violent and require a lot less permitting. In France, remotecontrolled hydraulic devices push over supporting walls on mid-level floors, causing the top of the building to cave in on itself and pancake the rest on its way down.

But the Japanese are out ahead of the pack. They’ve got lots of buildings to practice on, many just too tall and too tightly surrounded to raze the old-fashioned way. And since 2002, they’ve been bound by a stringent law mandating the reuse of building materials, encouraging them to make

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Making my way out of the shopping center, I asked, “So, Rainey, are you a Vermont girl?”

“Yup, I grew up in Enosburgh. But I’ve been living in Fairfax over 30 years, since my first marriage.”

“You doing anything for work up there?” I asked.

“Oh, yeah. I’m a schoolbus driver. I been at that for years.”

And he built us a beautiful house, but when he got sick, we had to sell it. We moved into a trailer on one corner of the property. I still live there now.”

“How about husband No. 1?”

“That marriage was a mistake. I was just 18. He would threaten me constantly, waving a gun around the house.

Eventually they gave him jail time, and that’s where he died, in jail.”

I DETECTED AN UNDERLYING DISTRESS.

THE WORD THAT CAME TO MIND WAS “BELEAGUERED.” “How does that work? Ya get, like, four hours a day? Two in the morning, and two when the kids get out in the afternoon?”

“I wish. I drive all day long, sometimes 10 hours straight between the regular kids and the special ed. And the boss is always making me cover the shifts for drivers who are out sick, or whatever. I never miss a day. My husband drives, too.”

“This is your second husband?”

“Nope, my third. The first two died on me.”

I absorbed that information as we exited the interstate at Route 15, en route to the Circ Highway. The loss of a spouse is a traumatizing, life-altering event, perhaps more so when it occurs early in life. I hate to imagine going through that once, let alone twice.

“So, you’re on your third husband?

Have they all been decent men?”

“The second was the love of my life.

He was a police chief. I remember he would make me breakfast in bed when I was pregnant. We had two kids together.

Died, or was killed? That was the follow-up question I could have asked but thought better of. “So, how about your current husband. Does he treat ya right?”

“Oh, God, no. He’s 12 years older than me, and — I didn’t know this when we got married — he never throws anything out! I mean anything. The whole trailer is filled with his junk. I have just a narrow passageway to get to the bedroom. The entire front lawn is filled with rusted cars and appliances. The backyard, too.

If I even suggest selling something or getting rid of it, he raises holy hell. This is why I got the depression.”

“Rainey, your husband’s got an illness,” I informed her. “It’s called ‘hoarding,’ and it’s a real mental condition. I think there’s even TV shows about it.”

“Yeah, I suppose so. This is what my sister tells me. But there’s nothing I can do about it. It’s just the way he is.”

“Well, you can see a counselor or somebody to talk it over,” I suggested.

“This guy got you under his thumb. Heck,

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he woman who phoned me from Kohl’s department store at University Mall was, to use talkradio lingo, a first-time caller.

How a new customer obtains my taxi phone number is often a mystery to me.

Because I’ve never advertised and have no website or online presence to speak of, my business growth, such as it is, has depended on word of mouth.

Sometimes a newbie will tell me, “Joe gave me your number.” But when that information is not volunteered, I rarely ask. It would be an interesting exercise to map the nexus that connects all my customers, tracing it back, one would presume, to a Customer Zero. I actually have a pretty good idea who that person might be, and if I’m right, the guy still rides with me to this day, 30 years and counting.

My new customer, Rainey, didn’t say who’d passed her my number, and true to form, I didn’t ask. She needed a ride to Fairfax, a tidy fare for a clear and sunny afternoon.

When I pulled to the front of Kohl’s, Rainey was standing outside with a couple of bulging plastic bags. Her clothes were unfashionable, if not shabby; her shoulder-length hair lackluster and stringy. I couldn’t guess her age; she could have been 35 or 65. Behind her unemotive eyes, I detected an underlying distress. The word that came to mind was “beleaguered.”

I placed the shopping bags in the back, and the woman took a seat beside me. “I don’t often get into Burlington,” Rainey said wearily, “but I needed a bunch of stuff for the house and my grandkids.”

it’s your house, isn’t it? You shouldn’t have to live that way.”

Even as I said these words, I knew they were essentially useless. Folks get trapped in toxic relationships. Getting disentangled requires a massive, allencompassing level of commitment. An exhortation from a random, meddling — if well-meaning — cabdriver was, at best, merely unhelpful. At worst, I might have exacerbated her already battered self-esteem.

The Buddhists posit that, before speaking, you should ask yourself three questions about what you’re going to say: 1. Is it true? 2. Is it kind? 3. Is it necessary? My speech had arguably passed the first test but had clearly violated the latter two. I chalked it up as a “lesson learned.” Alas, yet again.

We reached Rainey’s trailer, located off a side road, off another side road. Indeed, the property could have qualified for an episode of “Hoarders” or “Hoarding: Buried Alive.” Everywhere you looked, there was junk: in the front, along the trailer sides, inside and pressed up against the windows.

As Rainey paid me and we retrieved her shopping bags, I asked, “By the way, where’d you get my phone number?”

“Oh, I got it from a Burlington bartender I know,” she replied and mentioned his name.

Well, what do you know? I thought. It was Customer Zero, still spreading the good word. m

Mate in Vermont A couples compatibility quiz asks: How Green Mountain is your love?

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inding a compatible partner is among life’s great challenges — one that can feel especially daunting in Vermont, where the sparse population limits your choices.

Sure, you can always pick up, move to a metropolis like Boston or New York City, and gorge yourself on the all-youcan-date buffet of singles. But what if you’ve already put down roots in Vermont — and want a partner who’s willing to do the same?

HERE’S A QUICK AND EASY WAY OF GAUGING WHERE ON THE CULTURAL COLOR WHEEL YOUR VERMONT SNUGGLE BUDDY RESIDES. In recent years, online dating services have lubricated the mating process, allowing love seekers to more efficiently weed out “undesirable” candidates based on politics, education, activity level or predilection for creepy sex acts. So far,

Your preferred Saturday morning ritual is:

A. A trip to the local farmers market for organic bok choy and freshly baked scones.

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B. An early morning hike up Mount Philo followed by an afternoon of yard work.

C. Hangover recovery with a “St. Albans speedball,” aka a Bloody-Mary-andbong-hit combo.

When the snow starts flying in December, your first thought is:

A. Sharpen the skis, wax the snowboards and pony up for new season passes.

B. Canning season! I wonder what veggies Charlie Nardozzi is pickling this year?

C. Ugh! Winter litter! Hasn’t global warming driven this white stuff to extinction yet?

Housing in Vermont is a challenge.

Your Green Mountain dream home is:

A. A self-renovated, off-the-grid farmhouse in the Northeast Kingdom.

B. A stylish condo in a walkable downtown close to galleries, indie movie theaters, coffeehouses and brewpubs.

C. A 5,000-plus-square-foot McMansion with more bathrooms than the Statehouse.

Your opinion of Vermont’s seemingly ubiquitous hops-heavy craft beers is:

A. I could backstroke all day in that blissinducing nectar of the gods.

B. I prefer local IPAs but also enjoy other craft brews on tap.

C. I’d rather chug week-old cat pee. Bring on the Bud Light!

Weeding a vegetable garden is:

A. A Zen-like form of meditation that reconnects me with Vermont’s living landscape.

B. A laborious task, but one that makes homegrown dinner salads even more enjoyable.

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though, none captures the subtle verdant variations of “Vermontiness.”

Enter the Green Mountain compatibility quiz: a quick and easy way of gauging where on the cultural color wheel your Vermont snuggle buddy resides.

Is that “Feel the Bern!” tattoo on their ankle real or temporary? Has their family been milking Holsteins since the days of Ethan and Ira Allen — or do they think that “Calais” is something you get from raking leaves without work gloves? Will they point to a mature sugar maple and say, straight-faced, “I’d tap that” — or do they reflexively snicker when you suggest going out for a creemee? Put your current partner to the test and compare their results with yours.

It’s not necessary to keep score. But if your current partner chooses all As, and you, all Cs, perhaps your last argument about GMO versus non-GMO breakfast cereals will be the least of your worries.

C. A way to satisfy the community service requirement that came with my recent DUI conviction.

You expect your Vermont partner to share your parenting style, which is: A. Risk-averse B. Free-range C. Grass-fed

When out and about, you’d be willing to change your baby’s diaper: A. On any flat surface, be it a beach blanket, car hood or fire-tower platform.

B. Only on a changing station approved by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.

C. Only using a pair of tongs while decked out in a Level 4 biohazard suit.

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A. So spic and span that you could eat off the sustainably harvested, nativehardwood floors.

B. Disheveled but not dirty.

Sunk a pickup truck through the ice

C. Used by University of Vermont researchers to evaluate the effectiveness of new antibiotics.

Tapped a sugar maple Tapped Rusty DeWees Milked a cow Hugged a tree Fondled a moose

Vermont couples will inevitably run into their exes. When this happens, your instinctive reaction is to:

Covered a bridge

A. Exchange a warm embrace, followed by introductions of current partners.

Smuggled hashish across the Canadian border

B. Mumble an awkward hello, followed by small talk about the weather.

Taken the Penguin Plunge

Contracted Lyme disease Fallen asleep with a half-eaten pint of Ben & Jerry’s in their lap Fallen asleep with Ben Cohen or Jerry Greenfield in their lap Tugged on Lt. Gov. Dave Zuckerman’s ponytail

Received a holiday card from Patrick and Marcelle Leahy Worn shorts when the temperature outside was 20 degrees Fahrenheit

Nodded hello to more than two strangers in one day

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C. Duck and cover, immediately followed by a job search in New Hampshire.

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A. Fanny Allen and Bill McKibben B. John Deere and Grace Potter

C. Brigham Young and Ted Bundy

If you gave your partner’s genitalia a Vermonty pet name, it would be: A. Quechee Gorge B. Camel’s Hump C. Grandpa’s Knob

When you eventually shuffle off this mortal coil, you want your body to be: A. Interred in a green burial or composted for an elementary school flower garden.

B. Cremated, with the ashes scattered on Lake Champlain at sunset.

Three to eight: “Buy yourself another flannel shirt. You’re nearly there.”

C. Stuffed by a taxidermist and mounted on the front lawn to scare off canvassers.

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Ten or more: “Jeezum crow, eh? You’re a true-blue Vermonter!”

Zero to two: “Go back to New Jersey, poser!”

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At Winooski’s Nectar & Root, a bridal florist grows her business B Y SADIE WILLIAMS

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rin Ostreicher is living her childhood fantasy. The 32-year-old florist says that when she was a kid growing up in Westport, Conn., she dreamed of working with flowers. She made dolls out of hyacinth, drew blooming buds incessantly and sketched her “dream greenhouse.”

Now the Skidmore College graduate runs her own bridal-oriented floral design company, Nectar & Root, out of a Winooski storefront, in tandem with a small bridal boutique called Cult of Flowers Bridal. After eight years of designing flower arrangements in a cramped Burlington studio space, Ostreicher moved last year into the West Canal Street storefront, where she sees clients by appointment. She began stocking clothing and jewelry, with a mix of vintage and contemporary pieces, in December.

When it comes to flowers, Ostreicher has a distinctive style. She calls it “romantic but effortless” and “a little bit wild.” There are no perfect roses in her assemblages. She often incorporates wildflowers with full-petaled blooms, such as peonies and garden roses, into bridal bouquets that look like they’ve been scooped from a carefully stocked pasture in a Romantic painting. Her work is a little messy, a little whimsical and utterly entrancing — the right match for brides looking for an artistic take on traditional bouquets and decorations.

For one of her own wedding bouquets (she made two), Ostreicher bunched together sweeping strands of spiraea she found by the side of the road. The effect was quite dreamy, as evidenced by the pictures in her online portfolio.

Ostreicher may have fantasized about working with flowers as a kid, but she didn’t start studying the form until after college. She spent her undergrad career immersed in creative writing and visual art, of which she says that “a lot … involved flowers, or was described as being flowery and had a lot of landscape themes.”

After graduating, Ostreicher worked at publisher Verve Editions and at Crow Bookshop, both in Burlington. “I kept surrounding myself with floral-related things,” she recalls. Her interest piqued by some flower-themed books that Verve was handling, she started buying up the

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gardening section at Crow, she recalls: “I had kind of forgotten that I had this grand scheme at 7 of being a florist, but then it came back to me.”

At the time, Purple Shutter Herbs still occupied the Winooski storefront that would become Nectar & Root. “I was looking into learning about herbalism and aromatherapy [there], but that didn’t feel quite right,” Ostreicher says.

“So I landed on floral design.”

After completing a summer program at the New York Botanical Garden, Ostreicher was hooked. In 2010, she moved back to Vermont and began doing bridal floral arrangements from a room in the AO Glass studio space on Pine Street in Burlington. While it was suitable for those in-between years, the constricted space can’t have been easy to work out of, or to welcome brides into.

By contrast, she describes herself as “truly inspired” by her Winooski store, which has dedicated work and retail spaces. The back room houses a walk-in cooler that keeps her flowers fresh, while

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long rows of shelves hold an assortment of vases and vessels for potential clients to peruse.

Painted a warm, welcoming white, the front of the shop has large windows that let in copious amounts of sunlight — “plenty of light to work in and to photograph my flowers in,” Ostreicher says.

A creamy velvet couch faces a massive mirror where brides can see themselves in dresses from two carefully curated racks. A small table behind the couch showcases a selection of new and vintage jewelry.

All in all, the shop highlights Ostreicher’s unique style, which she describes as a major selling point for her clients. “I find that now people tend to come to me because they like the style I work in,” she says.

Labor Day bride Rachael Clark of Montpelier found Ostreicher through friends and family who were satisfied customers. She says hiring Ostreicher was an easy decision: “I really valued her as a floral artist. We had some specific

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Women run most of the labels Ostreicher carries. She’s committed to “using the space to support other small business owners, artists and makers — particularly women,” she says.

In addition to repping up-and-coming female designers and vintage retailers, she tries to work with female gardeners and producers. “There’s a flower farmer I started working with this past summer, [Eva Dannenberg Alexander of Blossoming Bough Flowers in Craftsbury Common],” Ostreicher says, “and I just love her stuff, so I’m buying her out every week trying to support her.”

Brides-to-be aren’t the only ones who come to Nectar & Root: Ostreicher loans out the space for photo shoots and has used it to host a writing club and guest workshops with the likes of basket-weaving instructor Alexa Rivera.

“I want to be able to offer the space for more things like that,” she says, “where people can do art or just connect with other people.”

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ideas in mind, colors, but we really loved her work and wanted her to run with it.”

While Ostreicher’s prices are on the higher end compared with other area florists, she says, she will work with any budget. With her clients, she explains, she’ll “make a strategy for how we can make the most impact given that budget.

And it’s not usually flowers everywhere, in high volume. It’s focusing on those really special places where the flowers can shine.”

For instance, for clients who can’t afford arrangements on every table, Ostreicher might find crafty ways of repurposing flowers. “So maybe the bridesmaids’ bouquets will become the centerpieces,” she says.

Like her floral arrangements, the jewelry and garments Ostreicher sells at Cult of Flowers Bridal are one of a kind.

For the contemporary gowns, Ostreicher collaborated with Brooklyn-based designer Diana Deane. The vintage dresses come from a who’s-who of area sellers, including Reel Vintage, RataGlam, Project Object Vintage, Rackk & Ruin, Wearing Symbols, Theodosia Vintage and Nutritious Vintage, the last of which is run by Ostreicher’s sister.

The jewelry is likewise a mix of old and new. Contemporary pieces from

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way to do that was with the dance,” said Jessica Bridge of Malletts Bay in Colchester.

She and Chris Mason danced to “Fools Rush In” by Ricky Nelson on their wedding day in June 2016 at the Barns at Lang Farm in Essex Junction. The song, like every aspect of their wedding, had “a deeper meaning,” said Bridge. Her brother, a musician and vocalist, played and sang it for them. “I feel like we would’ve done the song and our guests a disservice had we not prepared for it,” she added.

And prepare they did. Bridge is the principal broker and cofounder of Element Real Estate, and Mason owns Champlain Industries, a commercial construction and redevelopment company.

Although Bridge had taken a tango lesson previously, Mason had virtually no dance experience.

In about six private lessons during the month before their wedding, the busy fortysomething couple learned about the tango embrace and walk, stepping in time to the music, facets of leading and following, and some playful patterns.

“It was a really good thing for us to do,” said Bridge. “We would go and hang out, take our shoes off and dance the tango,

Megan Stearns and Ryan Morra

and that was really fun and way more relaxed than the rest of the planning.”

For Megan Stearns and Ryan Morra of Hinesburg, rehearsing a choreographed dance was enjoyable in different ways.

“When everything else is swirling around you,” said Morra, “it’s fun and

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t many North American nuptials, among the first things couples do after the ceremony is step onto a dance floor. Some choose to improvise: They might wrap arms around each other and sway to a beloved song. Others prepare in advance by taking classes and attending social dance events in ballroom, salsa or swing.

But once in a while, a couple is drawn to a dance with a reputation for drama, intimacy and passion.

They want tango. Argentine tango. The partners step into the world of molinetes and ochos months before their special day to secretly prepare a dance that will knock the socks off family and friends. Their comfort levels with performing a public dance can differ dramatically, but each of these couples has a vision, a chosen song, determination — and a deadline.

In the Burlington area, these tangoseekers often come to me: In addition to my work as an assistant arts editor and proofreader at Seven Days, I’m a dance instructor, choreographer and Argentine tango specialist. I’m so enamored with the art form that I wrote a 500-page doctoral dissertation on it. Just call me Dr. Tango; it’s actually on my license plate.

I never intended to get into the wedding business, but in 2008, friends asked me to help with their dance, and I’ve been choreographing for engaged couples ever since. It’s one of the most satisfying and joyful things I do — from identifying each person’s strengths and incorporating them into the dance to helping them move as a graceful unit.

It’s also a rather difficult task. Tango is normally improvised: It’s a kinesthetic conversation to music, using a complex movement vocabulary. For most people, the tango learning curve is long, but engaged couples don’t often have that kind of time. So the process of choreographing a tango wedding dance becomes equally as rich as the end product, inviting the three of us to create magic by combining their vision with my knowledge.

Couples’ reasons for performing one of these choreographed wedding dances vary widely.

“I think the most important thing to us was to incorporate the song [in our wedding], and we felt like the best

romantic to come together and say, ‘This is our thing. This is for us.’ It almost forces that time to just be in the moment with one another.”

“We bonded over it,” added Stearns.

The bride-to-be wanted their wedding dance to reflect their artistic passions.

Stearns has studied ballet at a high level since childhood (her brother is a principal with the American Ballet Theatre), and Morra is a theater artist with the lead role in Lyric Theatre’s April production of the musical Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.

In their professional lives, Stearns is creative director of the Permanent Fund for Vermont’s Children, and Morra facilitates professional development programs at Shelburne Farms.

Their decision to work with me was both emotional and practical.

“I’m used to performing choreography, and I’m actually now more comfortable having choreography,” said Stearns.

Morra felt that having a scripted routine would make him “less nervous than going out there and winging it with all eyes on you for three minutes,” he said.

Stearns was also eager to learn a new dance form, and their song was a good match for a rumba or a tango. They danced to Rodrigo Amarante’s “Tuyo,” the theme song for the Netflix series “Narcos,” which the couple had enjoyed when they began dating. The thirtysomething pair took five lessons in five weeks and practiced religiously at home before their wedding in September 2017 in the Coach Barn at Shelburne Farms.

One couple with whom I worked in 2012 had the time and the desire to take the long road in preparation for their wedding dance. In addition to taking private and group tango lessons with me, Sarah Heiss and Russ Elek of Burlington jumped headlong — or footlong — into the local tango community, including dances organized by Queen City Tango.

“In order to get our choreography down and learned, we had to have learned some basic tango movements,” said Elek.

“So we were dancing three and four nights a week for two and a half months.”

The twentysomething pair practiced not only with each other but also with local dancers at practicás (practice sessions) and milongas (social tango events).

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Their song, “Hard to Concentrate” by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, was a far cry from typical tango music — and a wonderful challenge.

“We wanted to do something outside the box,” said Elek, communications specialist for the Burlington School District.

“I liked the lyrics of the song and that it had an edge. It’s not a typical love song or wedding song,” said Heiss, assistant professor of public communication at the University of Vermont. The pair married in August 2012 at Hiram College in Ohio, where they met as undergraduates.

So, how did these three wedding dances turn out?

Immediately after their marriage ceremony, Heiss and Elek silently entered the reception, which was already getting lively and loud. As they took their positions on the dance floor, the DJ music faded, their song began and they began to dance.

“All of a sudden, people were like, ‘Whoa, they’re dancing,’” said Elek, who recalled stunned friends oohing and aahing at dramatic moments. “I remember a giant smile on my wife’s face,” he added. “And then she grabbed me and kissed me at the end, because we nailed it.”

Like Heiss and Elek, Stearns and Morra danced right after their wedding ceremony, following a quick costume change. “I think my favorite part was the element of surprise for the audience,” said Stearns. “As soon as people realized that we were doing a choreographed piece, you could just feel the excitement level in the room rising. People were catcalling and very into it.”

She and Morra said they enjoyed the experience so much they wished they could repeat it.

Bridge’s recollection of her dance was somewhat different: “It didn’t really feel like anybody else was in the room,” she said. That was partly because she and Mason were keenly focused on the dance and the steps but also because “it was the first time that we were a married couple.

It was a pretty intimate moment for the two of us.”

Bridge did recall that those watching “were probably impressed, because I’m quite sure not one person in that room had ever seen my husband dance, except for maybe his college buddies.” And then there was the dip, their final pose. “That was incredibly dramatic. We did get a lot of response to the dip!” Bridge said, laughing.

In working with couples, I’m always struck by how much they learn — about tango, themselves and their relationship.

“I had to continually remind myself to be gentle with us and the learning process,” said Stearns, “and that it would be just fine if we were not tango stars by the time the wedding came around.”

For Morra, collaborating on their wedding dance had implications for their future. “I learned more about how we work, the pace at which we work, the kind of communication we need to have with one another to make something great like that happen,” he said.

And then there’s what I learn. As I watch each couple practice their finished dance, I invariably choke up, tearfully appreciating the power of music, dance, partnership and love. m

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atthew Broussard is a selfdescribed horrible procrastinator. “I will never be doing the thing I need to be doing,” he said in an interview with Seven Days. But his dawdling tendencies have served him well.

Prior to becoming a full-time standup comic, the New Jersey native worked in finance. Broussard, who was raised in Atlanta, comes from an academic family and has a degree in computational and applied mathematics from Rice University.

He lost his finance job because he was spending most of his time writing jokes — a pastime that led to winning Houston’s Funniest Person in 2012 and to being featured as a New Face at the 2015 Just for Laughs Festival in Montréal.

As he found success in comedy, Broussard confessed, he began shirking his standup responsibilities to work on his weekly web comic, mondaypunday.com.

That detour worked out, too. Broussard’s hybrid cartoon and word puzzle has a devoted fan base — and an app. So how does he slack off now? With an old childhood hobby: He sculpts action-hero figurines out of clay.

“Sculpture is the one thing that no one will ever pay me to do,” he said, “so I will put my work into that.” His most recent creation is a female version of the white Power Ranger. “My shelf needed more women figurines,” he explained.

Clearly, Broussard is a man of myriad interests and talents — even if he’d almost always rather be doing something else. Still, it’s unlikely he’ll ditch comedy to join the crafting circuit anytime soon.

Now based in New York City, the affable comic is a star on the rise.

Following a string of appearances on TV shows such as “The Mindy Project” and “The League,” Broussard delivered a sharp set in 2016 for “The Half Hour,” Comedy Central’s prestigious standup series. In conjunction with that appearance, he released his debut comedy album, Pedantic, on the CC label.

Though he’s known for smart jokes and witty wordplay, he can do edgy, too, as is evident in his appearances on the network’s roast battle series, “Jeff Ross Presents Roast Battle.”

Broussard performs two shows at Vermont Comedy Club in Burlington on Wednesday, February 14 — Valentine’s

Day. In a recent phone interview, we discussed the standup’s thoughts on that holiday, long-distance relationships, and the unlikely connection between math and comedy.

SEVEN DAYS: Where do you stand on Valentine’s Day? MATTHEW BROUSSARD: When I was single, it used to make me feel alone.

And now that I’m in a relationship, it just makes me feel stressed that my gift wasn’t good enough.

SD: Aw. That’s kinda sad.

MB: Yeah, it’s kind of a lose-lose for me.

SD: Do you have a best Valentine’s Day memory?

MB: I haven’t enjoyed Valentine’s Day since I was in elementary school and you were forced to get cards for everyone.

You couldn’t get a special Valentine because everyone passed around cards to each person, and you just end up with a ton of candy. I remember being happy then. Valentine’s communism: It was great! Everyone gets equal love.

SD: Do you remember your first crush?

MB: Yes! Anita Trevino. I asked her to the dance in sixth grade. She said no.

SD: Did it ever work out? Do you know what became of her?

MB: Nope! Nothing came of that. She still lives in the town I grew up in, I believe. And she’s still pretty.

SD: You were in a long-distance relationship with your current girlfriend for a while. Any advice on making an LDR work?

MB: Pick one airline and build up good loyalty points with them.

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SD: Wow. That’s remarkably … sensible.

MB: Giving lots of little gifts is good, too, but an airline with good loyalty points — and a job that makes you travel constantly. That was the beauty of doing comedy: I could always route through Austin on the way home.

SD: What is the best relationship advice you’ve ever received?

MB: I don’t know. This is my first, like, “real” relationship. But I guess my mom’s advice was “Buy her flowers

randomly, and you will save yourself so many headaches.” Buy her flowers when you don’t need to. Don’t do something nice just to make up for something.

SD: Switching gears, I really enjoyed watching your roast battles on Comedy Central. But some of the insults directed your way got pretty personal. How much of that stuff sticks to you?

MB: It doesn’t. As a comedian, your job is to go up there and make fun of yourself every possible way you can. And once you address these things and people laugh at [them], you feel OK about them.

If you’re sensitive about something in your appearance, and you make a joke about it, and everyone laughs, you think, I guess it’s not that big a deal.

SD: Such as you looking like a preppie 1980s movie villain?

MB: Right. And with roasting, most comedians are only going to go after things you’ve gone after yourself. They’re not going to tell me something about me I don’t know. I’m more worried about my jokes not working. That’s the scary part: If the things, say, aren’t funny, or the other person is just way faster than me.

But most of these people are friends, and we talk to each other beforehand.

Before every big battle I’ve done, I’ve gotten on the phone and asked what they’re sensitive about, what they’d like me to not talk about. It’s usually just “Don’t make fun of my girlfriend. Don’t make fun of my family.”

SD: I enjoyed your battle with Todd Barry.

MB: He’s so fast.

SD: He’s so fast and so withering and dry. Was it intimidating to face him?

MB: Very. He is a very good comic, and one thing he can do that some other veteran comics can’t is take his style, his voice, and keep it intact while he’s roast battling. I’ve seen a lot of good comics fail at roast battling because they can’t do that.

There’s no transition for him. The person he was doing standup is the person [who] was making fun of my career.

SD: You have a background in math.

My background is in music, and one thing I’ve learned is that many of the best musicians I’ve played with or covered are also good at math. There seems to be a correlation. It doesn’t

seem like that would be the case in comedy, but I wonder if your math background helps in joke writing.

MB: I’ve been asked this question many times before, but you worded it the best I’ve ever heard.

SD: Really?

MB: Look at the writing staff for “Futurama.” That’s one of my favorite shows of all time, and I think no one there has less than a master’s degree in engineering.

SD: Aw, shucks.

MB: I usually just get “Math? Comedy?

How does that work?” But putting the question the way you did makes it sound less pretentious when I say there is mathematics to joke structure.

In comedy, there is a lot of word efficiency, streamlining, figuring out the optimal word choice and order for the most laughter. And there is very much a joke theory underlying every laugh. And having a logical mathematical understanding, I can take a step back, remove my emotional attachment to this idea, just look at the words and see what pops.

Typically, it’s pattern recognition.

Jokes basically are just making you think one thing and then twisting it to another, trying to surprise people. There’s a math to that. And I think a logical left-brain approach can get you very far.

And I know a lot of comedians who are mathematicians.

SD: Wow. I’m entertained, and I’m learning stuff.

MB: Comedians always brag about being edgy and going after topics that make people uncomfortable. To me, I would say that if you really want to lose a crowd, start talking about math. Nothing clams a crowd up faster.

So, if you really want to do something impressive as a comedian, make them laugh about mathematics. That’s the most challenging thing in comedy.

Everyone is talking the #MeToo movement and Donald Trump. No one is talking about parabolas. m Contact: dan@sevendaysvt.com

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he rich harmonics of the opening chord of “A Hard Day’s Night” are the energetic start to Bob Stevens’ Only Yesterday, taking us back to 1964 when Beatlemania was at its peak.

In its world premiere at Northern Stage, the play imagines how John Lennon and Paul McCartney spent the day when their U.S. tour was grounded in Key West, Fla., because of a storm.

With nothing to do but wait out the weather in a cheap motel room, the two 22-year-olds are alone together after months of performing for arenas of fans.

If you arrive with a working knowledge of John and Paul, you may acquire no new insights, but you’ll see their knack for handling fame without a blueprint. They’re powerful enough to force the promoter of their Jacksonville, Fla., concert to back down from his plan to segregate the audience, cool enough not to take adulation too seriously and young enough to jump on their beds to let off steam.

The show isn’t intended as biography, nor can it provide character development over the course of a few hours of downtime on the road. Instead, it’s a peek behind the curtain, a curtain thousands of Beatles fans may still yearn to draw open.

Stevens imagines the details of John and Paul’s time in a cut-rate motel room with a TV that only gets Spanish programming from Cuba. The road manager can barely scrounge up sandwiches, and the bar doesn’t open for hours. Outside the singers’ door are howling winds and howling fans who’ve discovered the Beatles are unexpectedly in town.

John and Paul can’t settle on any diversion to occupy themselves until they pull out their guitars and jam on the music that inspired them, trying out songs to cover. The storytelling doesn’t concern their music-making process or even tell us much about the relationship between these two collaborators, but the sight of them reveling in the music that transports them is exhilarating.

The play doesn’t explore any dark sides of our heroes, unless you count Paul spending time in front of a mirror, a little too impressed with his own hair.

Even though the boys make fun of the overwrought messages in their fan mail, John writes one admirer a personal note.

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Tommy Crawford (left) and Christopher Sears

The characters onstage are not documentary subjects, and for most viewers, they’re less Stevens’ creations than the personifications of whatever memories an audience member has of them. To watch the play is to recall your own spot on a Beatles timeline and how their music affected you. Cheeky John and adorable Paul, with their mussable hair and Liverpool accents, must conform to what we imagine them to be.

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TO WHAT WE IMAGINE THEM TO BE.

The two actors pour themselves into meeting the challenge. Tommy Crawford radiates the same sweet charm that animates Paul’s face, and he not only plays guitar well but does so as a lefty, like McCartney.

Christopher Sears conveys John’s youthful combination of truculence and wonder, down to uttering his wry jokes

in a monotone that mocks both the listener and the world itself.

Their energy shows when they respond to being cooped up with a pillow fight. Both actors have to work a little too hard at their accents, but it’s easy to overlook that limitation when Sears and Crawford approximate the same vocal register as Lennon and McCartney in a duet or leap about the room with youthful abandon.

They play vigorous, passionate versions of the kind of music that animated Lennon and McCartney, including tunes by Buddy Holly and Chuck Berry. A joyous Elvis Presley impersonation sums up what they love about America.

As the road manager, Chris Flockton is a bemused blend of parent, guard and enabler. With cool composure, Flockton solves problems so the lads stay as happy as possible.

Olivia Swayze plays Shirley Knapp, a fan with enough zeal to get oh-so-close to her idols. Swayze hits the right note between awestruck and insistent.

Scenic designer Michael Ganio anchors the show with realistic motel details that convince viewers they’re watching a true story. Over the thrust

stage hangs a suggestion of the room’s ceiling, and the furnishings and walls are detailed down to the ventilation duct. Then Ganio adds a clever stroke of artifice, listing all the tour dates and locations on a glowing projection behind the action that reminds us these playful young men were working hard.

From Beatle boots to John’s leather cap, Allison Crutchfield’s perfect costumes let 1964 British Invasion fashion do all the talking. It’s fun to see John and Paul lounging without peeling off their skinny ties and bright white shirts, as if their uniforms were just as comfortable to them as they were to the mainstream trying to tame rock and roll with respectable clothes.

For all its pleasures, the play is limited to a look at the mundane details of two engaging young men wasting time. Stevens got his idea for the show from McCartney’s recollection in an interview that he and Lennon were once stuck in a motel, where one of their conversations ended with both of them crying.

Stevens tries for an emotional finale by imagining what the characters would say, after a night of drinking, about how losing their mothers as teenagers affected them. The facts are tragic, but in Thursday’s preview performance, the moment was more wistful than gut-wrenching.

The script’s strength is in letting us imagine a day in the life, and that structure has nothing to do with a play’s typical arc of change or conflict. And it’s fair to warn you that Beatles music plays only as an overture phrase and a curtain song.

Still, watching John and Paul making cheerful sense of life as pop idols is quite entertaining. Knowing what lies ahead for them renders this look back poignant and delightful. m Contact: alex@sevendaysvt.com

INFO Only Yesterday, by Bob Stevens, directed

by Carol Dunne, produced by Northern Stage. Through February 18: Wednesdays and Fridays, 7:30 p.m.; Thursdays and Saturdays, 2 and 7:30 p.m; and Sundays, 5 p.m., at Barrette Center for the Arts, White River Junction. $13.75-57.75. Info, 296-7000, northernstage.org.

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y husband, Dan, likes to tell people about the first time I cooked for him. I was 23, a senior in college; he, a 26-year-old union carpenter. “She was wearing this hot little black slip,” he’ll say, recalling my youthful tendency to skip wearing clothes whenever possible.

I remember it, too: a languid lunch in my carriage-house kitchen on a quiet, tree-lined street in Colorado Springs. We were new lovers who’d spent the morning exchanging sweet nothings between the sheets.

The meal? Miso soup with instant ramen noodles (no flavor packet) and bits of seaweed, cubed tofu fried with garlic,

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greens and maybe a splash of lemon juice. Sriracha on the table for spicing things up.

Dan: “It was like choking down weedy ocean water. It was all I could do to keep from gagging.”

Nothing says sexy time like gagging on tofu.

Dan and I, see, have different palates: He grew up in a meat-and-potatoes paradise on Long Island. Mayonnaise — being French and all — was so exotic he was never exposed to it (except in tuna salad) until he was 10 years old, at a friend’s house. Veggies came from the freezer or a can. When he started feeding himself, he didn’t change much, aside from adding LISTEN IN ON LOCAL FOODIES...

daily trips to McDonald’s and perhaps eliminating the roughage altogether.

When we met, I was working in restaurants and just coming off eight years of vegetarianism. My diet was vegetable forward, let’s say, and skewed adventurous. Growing up in Vermont, I consumed fresh vegetables — lots of them, many from our garden — and ate meat that my parents either raised or hunted themselves. Processed foods?

Fast food? As a young ideologue, I kind of thought they were the devil.

But we were in love. After seeing Dan maybe four times, I drunkenly confessed my feelings with a slurred “I love you” after too much whiskey. Moments later, I

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rolled out of bed, crawled across the hall and vomited all over his bathroom. His response? “I love you, too.”

After college, I decamped to Montana — alone — to work as a ranch hand. I spent my days in the farm’s organic garden, growing heirloom tomatoes and spicy mustard greens, pattypan squash and Purple Viking potatoes. At night, I helped prepare and serve dinner for overnight guests. The chef, Aaron, liked to listen to Frank Zappa and referred to large, elongated food objects (carrots, eggplants, beef shanks) as “home wreckers.”

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The label features a drawing of the River Run. “I think it’s the best recipe I ever came up with,” Kennedy said of the sauce, which is made from a combo of tomato paste and vineripened tomatoes, sweetened with brown sugar and molasses. “It’s mostly about the proportions and the quality of the products that you use.”

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Killington, MIKE PHILBRICK and VINCE WYNN began pouring hop-forward IPAs and bold stouts by KILLINGTON BEER COMPANY in mid-January.

put machinery together,” he said, standing behind the bar at his brewery at 1400 Route 302 last week. “It was a chance to do something for myself.”

At Dog River — named for the waterway behind the Foy family home — visitors will find four ales rotating through the tap lines. Last week, a sip of bright Berliner Weiss was tart and fruity from being aged on sour cherries, while a sample of Dog Pail Ale took its lovely floral character from a blend of four aromatic hops varieties.

All the beers are available as samples, flights, pints or crowlers to go.

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The SCALE POKÉ BAR, a restaurant that specializes in poké bowls, is expected to open on March 15 at 373 Blair Park Road in Williston, said NEIL FARR, who owns the business with his wife, PERRY. “My wife and I have been together for seven years,” Farr said. “For six years, we’ve been working on developing a restaurant plan.”

In its basic form, poké is sliced raw fish — often tuna — with seasoning. As poké bowls have gained in popularity, their ingredients have changed and expanded, and Farr’s restaurant will reflect those innovations, he said.

The Scale Poké Bar will offer signature meals such as Spicy Tuna (ahi, sriracha aioli, pineapple, scallions and more) and create-your-own bowls with options including salmon, cooked shrimp, beef, chicken and tofu. Those proteins will be served on a choice of bases such as white rice, brown rice, zoodles (zucchini noodles) and mixed greens. Bowls will come in three sizes, from snack ($7.99) to big Poké bowl enough to share ($15.99), Farr said.

Farr, 35, is a graduate of Colchester High School and the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, N.Y. He previously worked at REINHART FOODSERVICE and Sky Burgers, the erstwhile Church Street restaurant, where he was kitchen manager.

Saturday, Dog River Brewery has board games to pass the time, along with popcorn, hot dogs and pretzels, and visitors are encouraged to bring in outside food.

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Philbrick is the brewerowner behind Long Island’s well-regarded Port Jeff Brewing and the forthcoming Patchogue Beer Project.

Killington Beer’s tasting room is open daily, and kegs are available for restaurant distribution, Wynn said.

In Berlin, Leo Foy had been brewing at home — mostly mild, easy-drinking ales, rather than big, juicy IPAs — for the past six to seven years. So, a year and a half ago, when he lost his job as an engineer, he chose to see the setback as an opportunity. “I like to

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food+drink fixed fences, did odd carpentry, threw hay bales. By August, the garden was providing far more than the kitchen could use, so we helped ourselves. In the ranch hands’ cabin, the other workers and I would eat plump, wine-colored Cherokee Purple tomatoes like apples, with salt and maybe a bit of oil, juice dripping down our chins.

Dan stuck steadfastly to his usual “highfat, high-protein” diet. Clearly, he was totally missing out.

Finally, I took a stand. “Dan,” I said, holding a fist-size German Green tomato in my hand, “you have to try this. You don’t have to like it or eat the whole thing, but I need you to try it, just once.”

Hesitantly, he agreed and took a nibble.

His face twisted from a cringe to one of incredulous pleasure. “Whoa,” he said.

“This tastes like a steak.” The wild world of fresh, homegrown vegetables began to open up for him — a little, anyway.

In January 2007, we moved back to Colorado. We found a room in a gardenlevel apartment in Boulder and — scheduled to wed that August — set about learning how to live together. First stop: grocery store. I was horrified when Dan engaged a grocery cart: Why would you ever need one of those?

When it came to food shopping, I was very much in the a-basket-is-plenty camp.

I’d dash in, grab what I needed, get the hell outta Dodge. Toting a grocery cart seemed so … middle-aged.

Dan trucked up and down the aisles, reading the discount tags and filling our cart (our cart?!) with stuff like Cheerios and tater tots. “Sweet,” he said, peering into an open freezer at the back of the

store. “Corn dogs are on sale.” I followed, anxiety welling in my chest. WTF am I doing in the cereal aisle? Who spends money on this shit?

My stress level advanced to full-on hostility when Dan noticed the half-off Hamburger Helper — and grabbed four boxes.

“Really?” I whined.

“So good!” he said, confused by my angst.

I pouted. I’d never eaten Hamburger Helper in my life. But I was positive that it was a potent poison crafted by slaveworker children in China — definitely cancer-causing — and I told him as much.

After an hour of enduring my scowling and passive-aggressive jabs, my husbandto-be lost his temper. We fought. Right there in the grocery store. About what constitutes food (whole meats, fruits and vegetables, said I) and who was buying it (him; I was dead broke at the time) and how a comfortable household consumes calories.

He expected a pantry stocked with food so that we could cook and sit down together for meals like a typical American family. I was accustomed to a single gal’s fridge with just the basics: eggs, cheddar, tortillas, maybe a few veggies.

On the way home, I looked out the window and sulked. How was this ever going to work?

For dinner later that week, Dan browned a pound of beef and stirred in water, milk, preportioned macaroni and the powdered flavor packet contained in a box of Hamburger Helper. “I can’t believe you’re making that,” I said, no longer angry but still skeptical.

He plopped a heaping portion of meaty

yellow pasta goo in a bowl — splat! — and handed it to me. “You’re gonna love it,” he said.

I frowned and took a bite: salty and creamy, like mac and cheese, but with beef, which somehow made it even better.

“Yum,” I said, smiling in spite of myself.

We devoured our bowls, and I sheepishly went back for seconds.

In that first year of living together, Dan schooled me in the virtues of making

willingness to try anything once, his palate continued to expand. And my repertoire of classic comfort cookery grew, even as I nursed a growing propensity to make freaky stuff like pressed organ-meat terrines.

Now, we can both enjoy a bomber breakfast scramble with lots of veggies, or perfect penne alla vodka (one of Dan’s Italian favorites) made with our own homegrown tomatoes (canned in August),

DISH BY DISH, WE GOT TO KNOW EACH OTHER BETTER;

MEAL BY MEAL, WE LEARNED TO ACCEPT ONE ANOTHER’S DIFFERENCES. Eggo-waffle egg sandwiches for breakfast and eating cereal (as a form of dessert) during after-dinner movies. I recalled that I always was a fan of Cinnamon Toast Crunch and Frosted Mini-Wheats.

When I cooked, I kept him in mind. I called my mom for her meatloaf recipe.

After we finally ate our way through that first Easter ham, I introduced him to pea soup, a winter staple in my house growing up. Who can resist the allure of porkflavored legumes?

Dish by dish, we got to know each other better; meal by meal, we learned to accept one another’s differences.

When we moved to New York, my jobs were at increasingly high-end restaurants; at one point, I spent much of my time at Michelin-starred establishments.

At home, my cooking grew more ambitious. Then I became a food writer, and things only escalated. But, thanks to Dan’s

peas (frozen in June) and local cream.

Often, we eat Annie’s (organic!) Mac and Cheese, with hot dogs and sometimes broccoli mixed in.

And sometimes we still fight. Like when I hire a tractor to dig up our yard (while Dan is at work) and put in a dozen beds so I can experiment with eight kinds of heirloom grain corn — the first year we have a garden. Sometimes those fights last a long time (all summer?!), because, as it turns out, couples should talk before one person embarks on a major household project that the other will inevitably have to help out with.

Then, once the dust has settled and the corn has been harvested, dried and milled, we buy a pack of hot dogs, mix that corn into batter and fry ourselves some heirloom corn dogs. m Contact: hannah@sevendaysvt.com

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or chefs, Valentine’s Day means a lot of deuces. That’s restaurant lingo for a table for two, the configuration that fills dining rooms on February 14. Oysters, Champagne and chocolate are standard fare, set on a white tablecloth with a candle burning. But a romantic spread can involve much more than those totems. Seven Days asked seven chefs and restaurateurs what a romantic meal means to them — professionally, personally or both.

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A former executive chef at the New England Culinary Institute, Barral offers weekly cooking classes in a space he calls his “culinary theater.” The week before Valentine’s Day, Barral’s teaching menu will include special dishes that people “who want to stay cozy at home” can make for the occasion, he said: homemade cavatelli with red-beet purée and lemon-butter sauce; smoked salmon mousse; and crêpes Suzette with orange-caramel sauce.

Cooking for the customers at Café Provence, Barral tries “to stay within the comfort zone and give people what they like with a little twist, keeping the Valentine’s Day spirit alive,” he said.

For example, because Barral finds that diners shy away from raw oysters, he’ll make a crêpe appetizer with cooked oysters, braised leeks, caramelized onions and a Champagne sauce.

His main courses will include seared yellowfin tuna with sesame-gingermaple-vinaigrette sauce, grilled double lamb chops with garlic mashed potatoes, and lobster out of the shell on red-beet risotto.

And, yes, he’ll be at the stove on Valentine’s Day. “I cook every lunch and dinner, six days a week,” Barral said.

“I’m 64 years old, but this job is keeping me young.”

Brown, 55, shares cooking duties at Blueberry Hill Inn with the owner — her former husband, Tony Clark. She usually does the baking; he prepares the main dishes.

“Is it romantic that my ex-husband and I cook together?” Brown asked with a laugh.

Blueberry Hill will serve a $55 prix fixe dinner on Valentine’s Day, but in Brown’s mind, the inn offers romance every day.

“When I think of romance up here, I don’t think of it in the typical sense

Romance struck pre-Valentine’s Day for Major, 32, when she arrived home from work at about 11:15 on a recent Friday night, and her husband pulled a pot roast from the oven.

“That was the most romantic gesture he could’ve done for me,” Major said.

“To make sure I could have a real dinner before I go to bed.”

In her household, Major continued, a romantic meal is a meal she doesn’t make. “It could be a grilled cheese,” she said. “It could be an egg sandwich.”

At Butch + Babe’s, Major cooks four nights a week and Sunday brunch. If she scarfs down food during her shift, “it’s usually over a trash can as quick as I can.

“It’s thanks to the men in my life that I eat,” Major added. “If my husband doesn’t make sure I eat, my crew does.”

Case in point: The Saturday night after her pot roast dinner, Major recalled, she stopped to chat before leaving the restaurant. Suddenly, a staff member presented her with her favorite cocktail and her favorite meal: a Negroni and a falafel hot dog.

For couples seeking more exotic romantic fare, Major is creating a Valentine’s Day menu inspired by the romantic comedy When Harry Met Sally… It’s named for that movie’s most famous scene: “I’ll Have What She’s Having.”

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The inn and network of ski trails sit on a 50-acre plateau property, six miles down a dirt road and surrounded by the Green Mountain National Forest.

“It takes you back to a time that was quieter and less harried — you can make real connections with people [and] the environment,” Brown said. As guests share a home-cooked meal and lively conversation at a farm table after a day outdoors, friendships take root.

“It’s really quite phenomenal,” Brown said. “There’s a romance to it. It’s a little bit out of people’s comfort zones to begin with, but at the end most people are sparkling.”

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UNDER 12 V.S.A. sec 4952 and 3 x 3 box. row and column.

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Vermont this 29th day of In accordance with the January, 2018.

Judgment Order and Decree of Foreclosure By: Stephanie H. entered August 11, 2017, Monaghan in the above captioned District #4 Coordinator action brought to fore111 West Street close that certain mortEssex Junction, VT gage given by Brigham 05495 A. Dezotelle to Mortgage 802/879-5662 Electronic Registrastephanie.monaghan@ tion Systems, Inc., as vermont.gov nominee for LoanDepot. com, LLC, dated January PUBLIC NOTICE 8, 2016 and recorded in The Annual Report of The Book 143 Page 48 of the Krzyzowa/Kreisau Founland records of the Town dation, Inc. is available of Johnson, of which at the address noted mortgage the Plaintiff below, for inspection is the present holder, by during normal business virtue of an Assignhours by any citizen who ment of Mortgage from so requests within 180 Mortgage Electronic DAYS after the publicaRegistration Systems, tion of this notice of its Inc., as nominee for availibility.

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BY JOSH REYNOLDS The principal manager is records of the Town of Mark Huessy, Secretary, Johnson for breach of DIFFICULTY THIS WEEK: ★★ DIFFICULTY THIS WEEK: ★★★ telephone 802 899 the conditions of said 4883. mortgage and for the Fill the grid using the numbers 1-6, only once in each row Place a number in the empty boxes in such a way that each purpose of foreclosing and column. The numbers in each heavily outlined “cage” row across, each column down and each 9-box square contains the same will be sold must combine to produce the target number in the top all of the numbers one to nine. The same numbers cannot be at Public Auction at 578 Maple Hill Road, corner, using the mathematical operation indicated. A onerepeated in a row or column.

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SEVENDAYSVT.COM/CLASSIFIEDS the premises described in said mortgage, To wit: THE LAND REFERRED TO HEREIN BELOW IS SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF LAMOILLE, STATE OF VERMONT, AND IS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: THE LAND REFERRED TO HEREIN BELOW IS SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF LAMOILLE, STATE OF VERMONT, AND IS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE CENTER OF THE TOWN ROAD THAT SERVES THE MAPLE MILL AREA ON THE DIVISION LINE BETWEEN LOTS #22 AND 23 AS ESTABLISHED ON A PLOT PLAN OF THIS AREA, HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO; THENCE SOUTH 69 DEGREES 15 MINUTES EAST, RUNNING THROUGH AN IRON PLAN SET ON THE SOUTHEASTERLY SIDE OF THE ROAD AND CROSSING A BROOK, A TOTAL DISTANCE OF 400.57 FEET TO AN IRON PIN SET ON THE SOUTHEASTERLY SIDE OF THE BROOK; THENCE NORTH 44 DEGREES 00 MINUTES 43 SECONDS EAST, RECROSSING THE BROOK, A TOTAL DISTANCE OF 298.5 FEET TO AN IRON PIN SET NEAR

THE NORTHWESTERLY SIDE OF THE BROOK; THENCE NORTH 61 DEGREES 00 MINUTES 00 SECONDS WEST, RUNNING THROUGH AN IRON PIN SET ON THE SOUTHEASTERLY SIDE OF THE ROAD, A TOTAL DISTANCE OF 437 FEET TO THE CENTER OF THE ROAD; THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY ALONG THE CENTER OF THE ROAD, A DISTANCE OF 340 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING. BEING LOT #23 AS DESIGNATED OR THE PLOT PLAN HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO CONTAINING 2.85 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, CALCULATED TO THE CENTER OF THE TOWN ROAD. Parcel ID: (104) 163-130 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 5, 2018 By: /S/Rachel K. Ljunggren, Esq. Rachel K. Ljunggren, Esq. Bendett and McHugh, PC 270 Farmington Ave., Ste. 151 Farmington, CT 06032 STATE OF VERMONT LAMOILLE UNIT, CIVIL DIVISION VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT DOCKET NO: 25-2-17 LECV U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN

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NANCY CURRIER F/K/A NANCY GUTTMAN, BRENT CURRIER AND FORD MOTOR CREDIT, LLC OCCUPANTS OF: 148 Walton Road, Morrisville 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 May 16, 2017, in the above captioned action brought to foreclose that certain mortgage given by Nancy Currier f/k/a Nancy Guttman and Brent Currier to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for EverBank, dated December 15, 2011 and recorded in Book 168 Page 1 of the land records of the Town of Morristown, 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 EverBank to

EverBank dated January 6, 2014 and recorded in Book 198 Page 129, (2) Assignment of Mortgage from EverBank to NationStar Mortgage, LLC dated August 25, 2016 and recorded in Book 231 Page 257 and (3) Assignment of Mortgage from NationStar Mortgage LLC to Mortgage LLC to U.S. Bank National Association, not in its individual capacity but solely as Trustee for NRZ Pass-Through Trust VIII dated February 27, 2017 and recorded in Book 237 Page 304, all of the land records of the Town of Morristown for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 148 Walton Road, Morrisville, Vermont on February 16, 2018 at 11:00 AM all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, To wit: A LOT OR PARCEL OF LAND WITH IMPROVEMENTS THEREON LOCATED IN MORRISTOWN, COUNTY OF LAMOILLE AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS, VIZ.: BEING ALL AND THE SAME LAND, AND PREMISES CONVEYED TO NANCY GUTTMAN BY WAR-

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RANTY DEED OF ERIC B. BARINGER, ANDREA W. BARINGER AND DAVID N. WHITE DATED ON OR ABOUT EVEN DATE AND RECORDED HEREWITH IN THE MORRISTOWN LAND RECORDS. BEING ALL AND THE SAME LAND AND PREMISES CONVEYED TO ERIC B. BARINGER AND ANDREA W. BARINGER, DAVID N. WHITE, PETER WHITE AND RUTH WHITE BY QUIT CLAIM DEED OF ERIC B. BARINGER AND ANDREA W. BARINGER DATED OCTOBER 24, 1994, RECORDED NOVEMBER 9, 1994 IN BOOK 106, PAGE 313 OF THE MORRISTOWN LAND RECORDS. BEING ALL AND THE SAME LAND AND PREMISES CONVEYED TO DAVID N. WHITE BY WARRANTY DEED OR PETER WHITE, DATED AUGUST 29, 2003, RECORDED SEPTEMBER 29, 2003 IN BOOK 130, PAGE 791 OF THE MORRISTOWN LAND RECORDS. BEING A PORTION OF THE SAME LAND AND PREMISES CONVEYED BY THELMA A. BARINGER TO ERIC B. BARINGER AND ANDREA W. BARINGER

BY WARRANTY DEED DATED APRIL 22, 1993 OF RECORD IN BOOK 98, PAGE 614, MORRISTOWN LAND RECORDS AND MORE PARTICULARLY

DESCRIBED THEREIN AS FOLLOWS: “BEING A PARCEL OF LAND CONTAINING 2.0 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, ON THE NORTHEASTERLY SIDE OF MORRISTOWN TOWN ROAD 23, WHICH SAID PARCEL OF LAND IS SHOWN AS LOT #2 ON A SURVEY MAP ENTITLED ‘LAND OF THELMA BARINGER, TOWN ROAD 23, MORRISTOWN CORNERS, VERMONT’, PREPARED

BY LITTLE RIVER SURVEY COMPANY, DATED APRIL 1992, AS RECORDED IN THE MAP FILES OF THE MORRISTOWN LAND RECORDS. THIS HEREIN CONVEYED PROPERTY IS A PORTION OF THE PROPERTY CONVEYED TO ELWOOD K. BARINGER (NOW DECEASED) AND THELMA A, BARINGER, HUSBAND AND WIFE AS TENANTS

BY THE ENTIRETY, BY WARRANTY DEED FROM CARLYLE THAYER DATED JANUARY 30, 1980 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 76 AT PAGES 153-154 OF THE MORRISTOWN LAND RECORDS. “LOT #2 HAS BEEN APPROVED PURSUANT TO VERMONT AGENCY OF NATURAL RESOURCES SUBDIVISION PERMIT NO. • EC-S-2312 DATED AUGUST 27, 1992 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 96 AT PAGES 316-317 OF

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THE MORRISTOWN LAND RECORDS AND SUBDIVISION PERMIT NO, EC-S-2312-1 DATED JUNE 30, 1994 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 96, PAGES 614 TO 615, MORRISTOWN LAND RECORDS. “LOT #2 IS CONVEYED WITH THE BENEFIT OF THE COVENANTS AND RESTRICTIONS APPLICABLE TO LOT #1, AS SET FORTH MORE FULLY-IN THE AFOREREFERENCED WARRANTY DEED FROM THELMA A. BARINGER HEREIN TO BRUCE E. TOMLINSON AND CHRISTINE M. TOMLINSON, TO WHICH REFERENCE MAY BE HAD FOR FURTHER PARTICULARS OF DESCRIPTION.” REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE TO SAID DEEDS, AMENDED AND RESTATED DECLARATION, PERMIT AND SURVEY PLAN AND THEIR RECORDS, TO ALL REFERENCES THEREIN AND TO THE MORRISTOWN LAND RECORDS IN AID OF THIS DESCRIPTION. Reference is hereby made to the above instruments and to the records and references contained therein in further aid of this description.

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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.

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DATED : January 5, 2018 By: /S/Rachel K. Ljunggren, Esq. Rachel K. Ljunggren, Esq. Bendett and McHugh, PC 270 Farmington Ave., Ste. 151 Farmington, CT 06032 STATE OF VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT CHITTENDEN UNIT CIVIL DIVISION DOCKET NO. 866-1016 CNCV CIT Bank, N.A., Plaintiff v.

Vaughn S. P. Comeau, Administrator of the Estate of Phyllis Aube, United States of America Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and Occupants residing at 1015 Carpenter Road, Charlotte, Vermont, Defendants NOTICE OF SALE By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Phyllis Aube (now deceased) to Merrimack Mortgage Co, Inc. dated January 26, 2010 and recorded in

Volume 184, Page 357, which mortgage was assigned to CIT Bank, N.A. by an instrument dated March 9, 2016 and recorded on May 23, 2016 in Volume 223, Page 343 of the Land Records of the Town of Charlotte.

Pursuant to the power of sale in the subject mortgage, of which Plaintiff is the present holder, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purposes of foreclosing the same, the collateral property will be sold at Public Auction at 11:45 A.M. on February 27, 2018, at 1015 Carpenter Road, Charlotte, Vermont all and singular the premises described in said mortgage: To Wit: Being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to Bernard N. Aube and Phyllis Aube

by Quit Claim Deed of George R. Aube and Claire C. Aube dated November 6, 1997 and recorded April 21, 1998 in Volume 98, Page 382 of the Land Records of the Town of Charlotte and being more particularly described as follows: Terms of Sale: $10,000.00 to be paid in cash or cashier’s check by purchaser at the time of sale, with the balance due at closing. The sale is subject to taxes due and owing to the Town of Charlotte and any liens against the property.

The sale is also subject to post-sale redemption rights of the United States of America Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.

The mortgagor is entitled to redeem the premises at any time prior to the sale by paying the full amount due under the mortgage, including the costs and expenses of the sale.

Other terms to be announced at the sale or inquire at Grant C. Rees Attorney, PLC, 30 Kimball Avenue, Ste. 307, South Burlington, VT 05403, (802) 6609000. This sale may be cancelled at any time prior to the scheduled sale date without prior notice.

Dated at South Burlington, Vermont this 24th day of January, 2018.

CIT Bank, N.A. By: Grant C. Rees, Esq. Grant C. Rees Attorney, PLC 30 Kimball Ave., Ste. 307 South Burlington, VT 05403 Attorney for Plaintiff

STATE OF VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT CHITTENDEN UNIT PROBATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. 79-1-18 CNPR In re estate of Leland R. Cullen.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS To the creditors of Leland R. Cullen late of Milton, VT. I have been appointed to administer this estate.

All creditors having claims against the decedent or the estate must present their claims in writing within four (4) months of the first publication of this notice. The claim must be presented to me at the address listed below with a copy sent to the court. The claim may be barred forever if it is not presented within the four (4) month period.

Date: 2/5/18 /s/ Mary M. Cullen Signature of Fiduciary Mary M. Cullen Executor/Administrator: 1181 Lake Rd. Milton, VT 05468 802-893-1362 marcullen1@comcast. net Name of publication Seven Days Publication Dates: 2/7/2018 Name and Address of Court: Chittenden Probate Division PO Box 511 Burlington, VT 05402

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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 Thu. of every mo., 6-7:30 p.m., St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, 11 Church St., St. Albans.

Info: stpaulum@myfairpoint.net. 2nd Wed. of every mo., 6-7:30 p.m. Winooski United Methodist Church, 24 W. Allen St., Winooski. Info: hovermann4@comcast. net.

OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS 12-step fellowship for people who identify as overeaters, compulsive eaters, food addicts, anorexics, bulimics, etc.

Tue., 7 p.m., St. James Episcopal Church, 4 St. James Place, Essex Jct. All are welcome; meeting is open. Info: Felicia, 777-7718.

OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS Do you promise you’ll only have one more but then you eat the whole bag? Have you tried every diet possible and nothing works? There is hope. Come to an Overeaters Anonymous meeting and find out about a 12 step program of recovery. There is a solution! Turning Point Center, 191 Bank Street, Suite 200, Burlington. Weekly on Thursdays, 7 p.m. Info: Elise, 302-528-6672. OA Big|Book Solution Group of Burlington.

OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS Do you worry about the way you eat? Overeaters Anonymous may have the answer for you. No weigh-ins, dues or fees.

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QUEER CARE GROUP This 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. This group is for adults only. For more information, email info@outrightvt.org.

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NAR-ANON BURLINGTON GROUP Group meets every Monday at 7 p.m. at the Turning Point Center (small room), 191 Bank St., Burlington. The only requirement for membership is that there be a problem of addiction in a relative or friend. Info: Amanda H. 338-8106.

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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. Third 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.

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Location: North Central Vermont Recovery Center, 275 Brooklyn St., Morrisville. Info: Lisa, 851-8120.

HEARING VOICES GROUP This Hearing Voices Group seeks to find understanding of voice hearing experiences as 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.

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TETRA TECH ARD is recruiting for an HR Staffing Specialist (HRSS) to join its Burlington team. The HRSS works with hiring managers to recruit and onboard candidates for headquarters and US-based project positions: outreach and recruitment experience are critical.

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Delivery & Installation Lead (Full-time, Year-Round with benefits): The D&I Lead will provide effective coordination and communication between our landscape designers, outside contractors, D & I team and customers while providing day-to-day oversight of the technical operations of the department. Our ideal candidate will have 2+ years of direct customer service experience, landscape design experience as well as experience leading a team.

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Commercial Customer Service Associate (Full-time, 10-month position with benefits): The Commercial CS Associate will provide prompt and knowledgeable service to our commercial and retail customers. Our ideal candidate will have intermediate plant/ gardening knowledge with a focus on trees, shrubs and perennials; excellent customer service and communication skills; and basic design & landscaping skills.

We are a 100% employee-owned company and an award winning and nationally recognized socially responsible business, voted one of Vermont’s “Best Places to Work.” Interested? Please send your cover letter & resume to Gardener’s Supply Company, 128 Intervale Rd., Burlington, VT 05401 or to jobs@gardeners.com.

VERMONT-NEA STAFF POSITION - ORGANIZER Vermont-NEA seeks to fill its full-time position of Organizer.

The successful candidate will have unusually strong and broad skills, including unlimited dedication to the interests of both public education and Vermont’s public school educators; a commitment to labor unions; excellent interpersonal skills with both groups and individuals; professional organizing skills; extensive demonstrated ability to work collaboratively as well as individually; a thorough working knowledge of employee rights as well as education and labor laws and processes; excellent oral and written communication skills; an understanding of issues and trends affecting educators, public education, and unions; and excellent computer skills, including online database talents. The position requires evening and occasional weekend work and extensive in-state travel.

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The Staff Accountant assists the Finance Department in all phases of accounting procedures while also providing support to Human Resources and Administration. Bachelor’s degree in accounting and at least five years of relevant experience, along with knowledge of general account procedures, ability to analyze and interpret basic financial and accounting records, experience in Microsoft Excel, and excellent communication skills are required. Reconciling, monitoring, analyzing, and processing transactions to and from multiple sources are the Staff Accountant’s main responsibilities. The successful candidate will be detail-oriented and work well with customers and co-workers while multi-tasking and prioritizing a busy workflow.

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CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS at the Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility If you’re interested in a career in criminal justice, you’ll be interested in: • Meeting the hiring managers • Q&A about Corrections CRCF is a 172 bed progressive correctional facility primarily for women. The facility houses pre-trial and sentenced women for all custody levels. The staff provides services through an interdisciplinary team approach to meet the needs of the inmates and keep the community safe.

Vermont’s Department of Corrections is one of the largest departments in state government and the career opportunities are excellent. Correctional Officers attend a paid 5-week training program at the Vermont Corrections Academy. For more information, visit our website at corrections.vermont.gov or apply online at careers.vermont.gov, Job Posting #622524 (Temporary Correctional Officer) or #622528 (Permanent Correctional Officer).

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Stratton Aviation is a global component service provider to the commercial aviation market.

Finish Carpenters, Carpenters and CarWe are currently seeking a full-time Shipping/Receiving Clerk penters Helpers. Good Pay, Full Time and for our Winooski VT location. Responsible for various aspects of Long Term! Chittenden County. shipping, receiving of international shipments of aviation parts • Development & Communications Coordinator including but not limited to verifying and inspecting parts and Call Mike at 802-343-0089 or paperwork, making copies of necessary documentation and • Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Use Counselor Morton at 802-862-7602. certifications required for inbound and outbound shipments, • Part-Time Events Coordinator creating airway bills and international shipping documents • Part-Time Youth Development Coordinator as necessary, packaging to ensure products safety during • Part Time Multi-Cultural Youth Program Coordinator 1/15/18 1:48 PM transportation, working with customers, vendors and co-workers 1t-MJSContracting011718.indd 1 • Auto Detailer – Detail Works to ensure any problems with products received are resolved timely to ensure customer satisfaction. In a sometimes fast-paced School Bus Aide/Backup • Youth Coordinator – Detail Works environment, detail oriented and organizational skills are critical Bus Driver We are an equal opportunity employer. We place a high value on workforce due to deadlines for shipping. Immediate opening. Aviation This person will also be the diversity. People of color; multilingual speakers and their families; women; experience is a plus but not necessary. All candidates must past backup school bus driver in the pre-employment drug screening and be enrolled in random drug gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people are strongly encouraged to event the regularly scheduled testing to meet FAA regulations. apply. For more information, please visit driver is not available. CDL Bus Send resumes to: robbin@strattonaviation.com. www.spectrumvt.org/jobopportunities.

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public health who understands the power of storytelling to create social behavior change and help build a sustainable planet with equal rights for all.

Hired individual will be responsible for assisting with and performing scheduled and unscheduled aircraft maintenance on both rotary and fixed wing machines.

Us: PMC uses entertainment-education and mass media to promote social and cultural change by addressing the interconnected issues of the rights of women and girls, population, and the environment. PMC has developed longrunning serial dramas for radio, TV and the web in more than 20 unique languages, helping more than 500 million people live healthier lives.

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You: You recognize the power of dramatic storytelling to create healthier, more prosperous communities, and believe in the rights of girls and women to control their reproductive future. You are ready to own PMC’s U.S. based Social Behavior Change Communications efforts and extend the reach and impact of PMC dramas. The ideal candidate will have a BS/BA in film/TV production, social work, or public health; knowledge of US entertainment TV industry, and 3+ years’ relevant project management experience.

Why Work For Us: Our tight-knit team is energized by our mission and empowered with autonomy and creativity in their day-to-day work. PMC offers its employees a competitive salary and excellent benefits including paid time off, health and dental insurance, and a generous employer 401(K) contribution.

Visit populationmedia.org/jobs for full job description and requirements. Send cover letter and resume to pmc@populationmedia.org. Review of applications to begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.

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Mansfield Heliflight is a fast-paced, friendly environment, offering competitive wages, and benefits.

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Administrative/ Research Associate/ Data Specialist Works in Progress is currently seeking a responsible and detail oriented individual to join our Research team in our South Burlington office.

The position involves contacting architects, engineers, and contractors by phone/email and internet research to obtain timely and accurate information on new and existing construction projects.

We offer a competitive wage plus a comprehensive benefits package including health insurance, 401k, paid holidays, and paid time off (PTO).

Submit resume to hr@constructionjournal.com.

Please send resume, cover letter, and three professional references to reception@mansfieldheliflight.com.

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Founded in 1971, The Tutorial Center, Inc., is a non-profit community education organization providing educational support to children and adults to help them achieve personal, academic, and employment goals. We deliver an array of services including tutoring, adult literacy, alternative high school education, afterschool and summer programs, GED preparation, work readiness and job training, on-the-job literacy, technology education, and English language instruction for nonEnglish speakers. Our work is concentrated in Bennington County. We operate two physical learning centers – in Bennington and in Manchester – but also provide educational services at local community sites as appropriate.

Now hiring for: • Line Cook • Dishwashers • Salad Bar Attendants

The Executive Director is the key management leader and is responsible for fulfilling The Tutorial Center’s mission by leading and overseeing the administration, learning centers, programs, staff, and strategic plan of the organization. Other key duties include program development; contracts, grants and fundraising; marketing; and community outreach. The position manages a budget of approximately $1,000,000 and oversees a staff of 25+ full-time and part-time employees and volunteers.

For a complete job description and to learn more about The Tutorial Center, visit our website: www.tutoringvermont.org.

Application Deadline: March 2, 2018 Expected Start Date: June 2018 Interested candidates should email a cover letter and resume to: Jack Glade, Executive Director, search@tutorialcenter.org

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Second Spring, located in Williamstown, VT, is the ideal place to work if you enjoy working in rural, aesthetically pleasing surroundings that include a historic former inn converted to a Community Recovery Residence as well as picturesque views of the outdoors. The program at Second Spring is a recovery focused, wellness based model that values the individual strengths and creativity of employees which contributes to the well-being and recovery of those we serve. Individuals who enjoy helping others discover and develop their greatest potential and desire to work with like-minded people are encouraged to apply.

Clinical Case Manager We are seeking a creative and imaginative person to provide individual and group counseling and social work services to persons with serious and persistent mental illness in a recovery based & trauma sensitive environment. Position is responsible for coordination of services with community mental health providers, psychiatric providers, and other community agencies. This position will be based at the Second Spring Recovery Residence in Williamstown VT. Master’s degree in Social Work, Psychology or Counseling with a minimum of 3 years success in motivating and encouraging individuals with serious and persistent mental illness.

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We are Age Well - the leading experts and advocates for the aging population of Northwestern Vermont.

Youth Services Librarian (Brownell Library, Essex Junction)

Brownell Library in Essex Junction, VT seeks a collaborative, creative, inspired and professional Youth Librarian to join our team. This position directly oversees coordinating, developing, implementing and evaluating innovative services and collection development for infants through teens. Other responsibilities include supervision of support staff and volunteers, covering public desks, outreach to area organizations, department budget management, publicity, and assisting patrons with resources – both print and digital.

Hours include some nights and weekends. Qualifications include: Master’s in Library Science, plus three years of experience working with youth, preferably in a library environment, or a combination of education and experience desired. Supervisory experience preferred.

This position is full time with excellent benefits. Application forms available online at www.essexjunction.org/ departments/employment, at the Village Office or at Brownell Library. Send application with resume and cover letter to Village of Essex Junction, 2 Lincoln Street, Essex Junction, VT 05452, or admin@essexjunction.org. Resume review will begin Feb. 23, 2018. Applications accepted until position is filled.

Committed to employee wellness and work-life balance, we offer competitive pay and extensive benefits, including generous paid time off, affordable and comprehensive health, dental and vision insurances, and more!

Job Openings at Age Well:

• Care and Service Coordinator – Addison and Franklin/Grand Isle • Nutrition Support Specialist • RN, Care & Services Supervisor The successful candidates will be supportive and enthusiastic voices for Age Well’s mission: to provide the support and guidance that inspires our community to embrace aging with confidence. Bachelor’s degree required.

Experience preferred.

Visit agewellvt.org/about/careers to learn more and apply.

Since 1974, we have provided Northwestern Vermonters with essential services to help them age well.

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The Lamoille County Child Advocacy Center (CAC) is seeking an Executive Director for 20 hours/week. The goal of the CAC is to provide investigation, prosecution and victim advocacy services to children who are victims of sexual abuse/physical abuse and adult victims of sexual violence in a manner that reduces stress and trauma to the victims and families through a multi-disciplinary approach.

To learn more about our Child Advocacy Center and obtain a detailed job description visit our website www.lamoillesiu.org.

Compensation - $30/hour.

Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree preferred or equivalent experience.

Forward a letter of interest, resume and three professional references electronically to: bgonyea@clarina.org

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Seekinga passionate, a passionate, capable, innovative leader Seeking capable, andand innovative leader who who inspires greaterwhile service while sustaining inspires others toothers greatertoservice sustaining a culture of a culture of productivity, compassion, and results. productivity, compassion, and results.

Mercy Connections is educational an educational Mercy Connections is an valuesvaluesdriven nondriven non-profit organization living the legacy profit organization living the legacy of the Sisters of Mercy of the Sisters ofconcern Mercyfor with an enduring with an enduring women.

By compassionately concern for women. Bythrough compassionately nurturing self-sufficiency education, mentoring, nurturing self-sufficiency through education, entrepreneurship, and community, people are empowered to mentoring, entrepreneurship, and community, make significant life changes. The Executive Director will take people are empowered to make significant life Mercy Connections to the next phase ofwill accountability changes.

The Executive Director take Mercyand growth.

The Director management leader, reports Connections to theis the nextkeyphase of accountability directly to the Board of Directors, and is responsible for the and growth. The Director is the key management overall operation of the organization to include, but not leader, reports directly to the Board of Directors,be limited the following and istoresponsible forareas: the mission overall fulfillment; operation resource of development and communications; strategic the organization to include, butoperational, not be limited to planning and evaluation; program,resource and the following areas: missionfiscal, fulfillment; personnel management. operational, development and communications; strategic planning and evaluation; fiscal, Position is and in Burlington, and begins in Position July. EOE. program, personnelVTmanagement. is inSend Burlington, VTcover andletter begins in July. EOE. resume and

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City Manager Posting Police Chief

The CityCity of South Burlington is seeking a Chief of Police to lead a The of South Burlington, Vermont seeks a collaborative, energetic, dynamic police department.

The Police(population Chief will be17,900) a transformative City Manager.

South Burlington is a growing, dyna and visionary leader.

The Police Chief is the publicLocated face of the South to Lake C with a strong tradition of civic engagement. adjacent Burlington police department effective relationships University of Vermont, theand cityfosters includes a nationally recognized school within with the community, elected officials, retailthe anddepartment hospitalityand sectors, hospital and world class recreational oppor and City administration.

Family Circle magazine recognized South Burlington as one of the “Ten

Families.”

Possessing outstanding communication, advocacy and strategic thinking skills, the successful candidate will demonstrate a creative and proactive lawreports enforcement background,City withCouncil a provenintrack The manager to a five-member a traditional coun record in effective change management, 21st Century policing and employees a form of government. The manager supervises 127 full-time innovative strategic leadership.

Department comprised ofa 44 and seasonal employees, develops and administers $13sworn million operati and 9 civilianallmembers. oversees personnel, financial, departmental, and labor-relations matte

job description available www.sburl.com under “Employment Oppo Qualifications: TheisCity seeks a at Vermont Level III-certified law enforcement officer with a minimum of 15 years progressive law enforcement experience, and 5 of moreto years’ cross-functional The Council will select a manager be anofactive partner in community and progressively in an and impleme discussions andresponsible to provideexperience, leadershipincluding in policyserving formulation executive leadership BA/BSwill degree. degreeofpreferred.)

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the growth that comes from being a desirable with the comm Advanced law enforcement training preferred, fromcommunity the FBI National preserve open space.

Academy, Southern Police Institute, Law Enforcement Executive Program, Law Enforcement Executive Leadership Institute, or other The salary range is $95,000-$115,000 and is commensurate with experie recognized long course executive law enforcement program.

an excellent benefits package. A Bachelor’s degree is required; a Maste City of South Burlington, Human Resources Department administration, business administration or other relevant field is desirabl 575 Dorset Street, South Burlington, VT 05403 Or via email to previous experience in municipal government is preferred. sbcityjobs@southburlingtonvt.gov

Deadline to submit application is August 1, 2013. To apply, please send cover letter, resume, and three references to:

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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. These openings and others are updated daily.

Benefits Plans Advisor - Human Resource Services Unit #S1420PO - Join a vibrant campus community. The University of Vermont’s Human Resource Services Unit is seeking a Benefits Plans Advisor (Administrative Professional). The position administers and provides guidance of the University benefits programs for employees, retirees, and their eligible dependents: insurance programs (medical, dental, life, and longterm disability,) flexible spending program, and retirement savings programs 403(b) and 457(b) employer-sponsored retirement savings plans.) Interpret and administer provisions of unrepresented employee handbooks, contracts, and collective bargaining agreements. Administer Unemployment Compensation for the University. Report to the Director of Benefits, Compensation and HRIS. Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources Management, Business Administration, or related public management/social science field required minimum four years of related human resources management experience to utilize comprehensive knowledge of benefits, labor relations, compensation, and/or payroll administration to effectively advise and administer cases required. Knowledge of pertinent federal and state regulations required. Proficiency with word processing, spreadsheets and database applications required. Experience with HRIS/Benefits systems and various complex, interactive website processing tools required. Effective interpersonal, written communication, organizational and analytical skills required. Demonstrated ability to maintain confidentiality required. Experience working effectively with a wide range of employees, affiliates, family members, dependents, and external support person required.

Demonstrated commitment to diversity, social justice issues, and fostering a collaborative, multicultural environment.

To learn more about the Human Resource Services Unit, please visit: http:// www.uvm.edu/~hrs. Applications will be accepted until position is filled.

HR/Payroll Specialist - Physical Plant - #S1443PO - Perform personnel activities and assist Physical Plant Department (PPD) in support of the University’s human resource policies and procedures. Coordinate the onboarding and off-boarding efforts for the Department. Oversee payroll process and ensure consistency of payroll activities throughout the Department. Report to the Assistant Director for Technology, Innovation and Administration and requires active engagement in learning and practicing principles of social justice and inclusion, environmental sustainability and delivering great customer experience.

Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration and 1-3 years’ experience in payroll processing, business/accounting processes or a combination of education and experience from which comparable knowledge can be acquired. Proficient in spreadsheet, word processing and database applications. Effective organizational, interpersonal and communication skills. Demonstrate an ongoing commitment to workplace diversity, sustainability and delivering exceptional value and great experience to customers.

The University is especially interested in candidates who can contribute to the diversity and excellence of the institution. Applicants are encouraged to include in their cover letter information about how they will further this goal.

For further information on these positions and others currently available, or to apply online, please visit our website at: www.uvmjobs.com; Job Hotline #802-656-2248; telephone #802-656-3150. 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.

Applications, from women, veterans, individuals with disabilities and people from diverse racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds are encouraged.

Be part of an initiative to prevent psychiatric hospitalizations, reduce high medical utilization, and improve outcomes for individuals who are reluctant to seek care. The Mobile Outreach team works closely with our crisis service and requires teamwork with providers, law enforcement and other agencies in the community. Ability to work under Seven Days and maintain a positive attitude in a constantly changing atmosphere. Ideal pressure Issue:candidate 2/7 will have their bachelor’s degree with experience. Also willing to consider individuals a Master’s Degree who require supervision towards licensure. Position Due: 2/5 bywith noon offers excellent benefi Size: 3.83 x 8.84 ts and a flexible work schedule. Our clinic is located close to Interstate is a short commute from Burlington and surrounding areas. To apply for this Cost:89 and $710.60 (with 1 week online) position, 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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Community Health Social Worker New position. Facilitate access to health care, provide case management and provide community resource referral for New American patients at Adult Primary Care – Burlington (UHC).

Master’s degree required.

Outpatient Clinician/Substance Abuse Clinical Care We have an exciting opportunity for a licensed clinician to provide care coordination and psychotherapy to a diverse set of clients. Approximately 50% of the position will be providing care coordination to clients receiving buprenorphine treatment through Howard Center’s new “Spoke” program. The remaining portion of the job will be to provide individual and/or group psychotherapy to adults, children, families and/or clients with intellectual disabilities. Great opportunity to work within a team of outpatient clinicians providing an array of different services to a diverse population. Full time. Master’s degree and LCMHC or LICSW or LADC required.

Program Coordinator – Transition House Responsible for overall clinical and administrative oversight of the Transition House, offering leadership, supervision, expertise and care coordination. The Transition House is a four-bed residential treatment program in Essex, Vt. The goal of the program is to promote and support successful transitions for adolescent males back into their communities. Consider this position if you have a master’s degree, are licensed/license-eligible, and have a valid driver’s license and clean driving record.

SUB – Registered Nurse – Medication Assisted Treatment Program Seeking subs to cover vacancies. Our nurses are responsible for safely dispensing methadone and buprenorphine products and maintaining all Nursing Dispensary operations. Must have excellent attention to detail and organizational skills plus strong interpersonal and communication skills.

Howard Center offers an excellent benefits package including health, dental and life insurance, as well as generous paid time off for all regular positions scheduled 20-plus hours per week.

Please visit our website, www.howardcentercareers.org. Enter position title to view details and apply.

Howard Center is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants needing assistance or an accommodation in completing the online application should feel free to contact Human Resources at 488-6950 or HRHelpDesk@howardcenter.org.

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Busy, mid-sized family practice looking for an experienced nurse with a valid Vermont nursing license. This position is Monday, Tuesday and Friday. Must be organized, efficient and detail oriented. Familiarity with family practice helpful. Experience using an electronic health record required. Competitive pay with an excellent benefit package. Send resume and cover letter to: Cheryl McCaffrey, Practice Administrator, TCHC, 586 Oak Hill Road, Williston, VT 05495 or email: Cheryl.mccaffrey@tchconline.com.

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The Vermont Judiciary seeks to fill a full time, part year position to work up to 40 hours per week. Will perform specialized clerical duties including data entry and extensive customer service over the phone.

High School graduate and two years of clerical experience required. Starting at $16.66 per hour.

Open until filled. For more details and how to apply, go to: www.vermontjudiciary.org/employmentopportunities/staff-openings.

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TRUST OFFICER South Burlington

Community Financial Services Group, LLC is the trust and investment affiliate of the National Bank of Middlebury, Community National Bank and Woodsville Guaranty Savings Bank. The company, which manages $700 million in Vermont and New Hampshire, is seeking a qualified individual with solid sales and administrative skills for the position of Trust Officer in its South Burlington, Vermont office.

This position will be responsible for administering and servicing a number of asset management and brokerage account relationships and developing new business.

Desired Attributes: • Self-motivated, hard-working • Persuasive communication skills • High degree of organization and time management ability We are excited to be partnering with TLC Nursing to offer a LNA course taught by TLC’s own Education Coordinator Wendy Bombard, RN! We are currently accepting applications for full-scholarships. We will cover the cost of the class and testing for the first 3 applicants hired to work with us full-time once the course is complete. Call us for more information!

How to apply: Email Executive Director, Allyson Sweeney asweeney@residenceshelburnebay.com Pick up an application: 185 Pine Haven Shores Road Shelburne, VT 05482

• Bachelor’s degree in related field • Strong administration skills • Focus on delivering outstanding client service Benefits: • Competitive salary plus attractive incentive plan • Excellent medical, dental and life insurance coverage • Potential profit sharing and 401(k) match • Working with a growing Vermont-based company Submit cover letter and resume by March 2nd to: Community Financial Services Group, LLC Pauline A. Staples pstaples@cfsgtrust.com No telephone calls, please.

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Looking for a Sweet Job? Autism Behavior Interventionist Are you looking for a school schedule with a fun summer camp program where you get 9+ weeks of paid vacation? The School Based Autism Program is seeking 1:1 Behavior Interventionists (BIs) for our growing team. Bachelor’s Degree in any field required. Candidates will be strong team players, flexible, patient and willing, able and excited to learn about working with children in public schools through the field of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA). Flexibility with placement location is a must as clients reside within any given public school in Franklin & Grand Isle counties. Starting salary of $35,000 with an excellent benefits package including $2,000 annual tuition reimbursement. $500 sign-on bonus upon 6 months of employment and an additional $500 for your 1 year anniversary! Come join our amazing team!

To apply for this position, please visit our website at www.ncssinc.org/careers or email us at careers@ncssinc.org.

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Freelance Graphic Designer/ Photographer

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Freelance Graphic Designer/Photographer responsible for the creation of high-impact in-store and digital media.

Working in collaboration with the brand and digital team, this role is responsible for conceiving and producing web and print assets, photography and video content (gifs, instructional and advertorial videos, etc.)

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RECEPTIONIST/LEGAL ASSISTANT Busy Burlington Law Firm seeks a full-time Receptionist/Legal Assistant to begin in mid-May. The ideal candidate will be energetic, motivated and polished, with strong communication, computer and organizational skills. In addition to providing legal assistant support to one attorney, this position covers all reception duties including greeting visitors to the firm and fielding calls, mail distribution, maintaining office supplies, and overflow clerical support as needed.

• Help transport, set up, test shoot, and operate production equipment including cameras, lighting equipment, and audio for smaller-scale on-location and studio shoots; participate in location and prop sourcing for shoots • Shoot product stills, on-model/application, founder photography/video content as needed to support product launches and brand storytelling initiatives • Maintain brand consistency across all channels

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and related litigation. We offer a competitive salary and benefits package, and a family friendly work environment.

New college graduates are welcome to apply.

Job Qualifications/Professional Attributes • A creative eye and passion for sophisticated, forward-thinking design and photography • High degree of comfort and confidence working with a variety of personalities and roles

Please send your resume to: Deborah Sabourin, Business Manager 275 College Street, Burlington, VT 05401 or email dsabourin@mskvt.com

• Positive attitude and emotional maturity - doesn’t take critique of creative work personally • Strong, as in obsessive, attention to detail • Ability to edit and deliver high-quality deliverables quickly and efficiently

Green Mountain Solar is growing 2/5/18 and we’re looking for a lead solar installer to grow with us! Looking to take the next step in your career? At Green Mountain Solar, we are seeking an experienced, energetic VT licensed electrician to lead our growing ops team. Must be comfortable with heights and willing to work 40+ hour weeks for year round installs. Candidate must be courteous to customers, self-motivated and work well with others. Start enjoying going to work every day! Come join a rapidly growing company and industry in Vermont with a great group of down-to-earth people.

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• Comfortable working both remotely/managing workload independently and collaboratively with others. Can multitask managing complex assignments • Strong visual design skills, including color, layout and typographic skills • Prior experience developing materials for a beauty or fashion brand a plus

Qualifications • 2+ years’ experience in a high-volume creative role • Bachelor’s degree or higher, preferably in Graphic Design/Photography/Media Arts/Film or related field

Technical Requirements • Expert in Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator • Working knowledge of Adobe Premiere, Bridge, Lightroom

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• Animation skills a plus (e.g. animating titles, transitions, editing template files in AfterEffects) Please submit resume, cover letter with your experience and interest, and a portfolio (or access to a portfolio) to careers@tataharper.com.

• Paid Holidays We are located in Hinesburg, VT. Drug free workplace. Interested in applying? Learn More at www.GreenMtnSolar.com/Careers.

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This is a responsible managerial position for a Vermont Registered Nurse to provide oversight of all medical responsibilities and be an active participant in residents’ Please visit us at philoridgefarm.com for more information. jobs.sevendaysvt.com physical and emotional health. Must be a team player, have positive coaching and interpersonal skills. Supervision experience preferred. Experience in long-term care a plus. On call is required. If you like to provide an individualized resident centered 2/5/18 1-JobsFiller_work.indd 4:03 PM 1 2/27/17 6:30 PM approach to care and want to make a positive impact in the lives of our Residents 2h-PhiloRidgeFarm020718.indd 1 then come Lead our team of Caregivers!

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Centerpoint’s SAMH Services is seeking a multi-talented and dynamic clinician to join our team. Our new clinician will provide individual counseling, group facilitation, family therapy & support, and assessment services for adolescents, young adults, and their parents and caregivers struggling with a range of complex issues.

Eligible candidates for this position are Vermont license-eligible or license-tracked (Social Work, Mental Health Counseling, Psychology, or Alcohol/Drug Counseling) and are highly skilled in working with youth & families. Our best candidates are committed to creativity and innovation in substance abuse & mental health treatment, excellent multidisciplinary collaborators, and whole health & wellness-oriented. Centerpoint strongly encourages applications from candidates with diverse backgrounds, identities, and experiences.

If this is you – and you’re ready to join our team – please send a letter highlighting your skills and talents, along with your resume, to:

The Howard Center’s Shared Living Program creates opportunities for individuals with developmental disabilities to live in the community. We are currently accepting expressions of interest from experienced caregivers to provide a home, day-to-day assistance and support tailored to the needs of individuals seeking caregivers. This is a rewarding employment opportunity for individuals who are interested in working from home while making a meaningful difference in someone’s life. We use a careful matching process to ensure that each placement is mutually compatible. A generous tax-free stipend, room and board, respite budget, training and team support are provided. Potential opportunities below: 1. Experienced, attentive and confident SLP to support a fun-loving 24-year-old man. He wishes to have the support of a strong male role model who exhibits clear boundaries, energy and enthusiasm.

2. A live-in SLP to support a 30-year-old man who enjoys taking walks, playing music, helping others and hands-on activities. He is seeking a roommate to share a furnished, centrally located home in Essex Junction.

3. A young woman who utilizes a wheelchair is looking for an accessible home (or one willing to make alterations). This is a two-week-on, two-week-off position. Must be willing to learn special care procedures and how to use a lift.

4. SLP with a background in mental health/human services who can create a safe and nurturing home for a 25-year-old male. He uses facilitated communication and enjoys alone time, walks, hikes and swimming.

5. Medically aware SLP who is comfortable with personal care and can offer a clean, structured and quiet home for a social and music-loving 59-year-old woman. Wheelchair and walker accessible home.

To learn more about these rewarding opportunities, contact JRodrigues@howardcenter.org or call (802) 488-6372.

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Customer Service, Sales & Marketing Assistant Health-focused, earth-loving, think-outside-the-box world changers operating VT’s first full-scale cricket farm are seeking someone with passion, creative energy and a whole lot of drive to assist the Head of Sales & Marketing with administrative, sales, customer service, & marketing. 30 hours per week. Job description & application info: http://bit.ly/2DT6aed or send resume to askus@flourishfarm.com.

Wake Robin, Vermont’s premier continuing care retirement community, seeks an administrative assistant to join our Marketing/Resident Services team. The assistant serves as a primary point of contact for new and current members of our community. Duties include correspondence with new and prospective residents, coordination and scheduling of our move-in process, marketing projects including large mailings, community outreach, and public relations, and daily clerical support. Our new team member will have a bachelor’s degree in marketing or business, or a minimum of 2 years of related administrative experience in an office setting requiring strong attention to detail and a high degree of public interaction.

Wake Robin offers excellent benefits, a supportive work environment, an opportunity to build strong relationships with staff and residents in a dynamic community setting.

Please send your cover letter and resume via email to: HR@wakerobin.com.

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In addition to the specific qualifications below, this position requires exceptional interpersonal skills, careful attention to detail, proofreading abilities, excellent oral and written communication skills, strategic thinking, conference planning, managing multiple ongoing projects, a commitment to confidentiality, all within the context of a highly professional and advocacy-oriented membership organization.

Specific qualifications: This is not an entry-level position.

BA or higher degree preferred, but not required; at least 3 years’ experience in an administrative/assistant capacity; appreciation for the role of labor unions and for the work of public school educators; advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel is required.

To apply, send a cover letter and resume, including names and contact information for at least 3 references to Jeff Fannon, Executive Director, Vermont-NEA, at 10 Wheelock Street, Montpelier, Vermont 05602, or electronically to kferguson@vtnea.org. This position will remain open until filled.

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When you work for the State of Vermont, you and your work matter. A career with the State puts you on a rich and rewarding professional path. You’ll find jobs in dozens of fields – not to mention an outstanding total compensation package.

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Voc Rehab Vermont is seeking a team-orientated individual with very strong customer service, interpersonal and administrative skills for our Rutland District Office. This candidate will be the face of the office and the first point of contact a participant will have with the organization. The candidate must be able to juggle multiple priorities and perform complex tasks involving state and federal programs. Must be a self-starter and have strong computer and technical skills. Tasks include reception, administrative support to counselors and employment staff, technical support, and a wide range of other administrative duties. Travel is not required. For more information, contact Will Pendlebury at william.pendlebury@vermont.gov or (802) 786-5865. Disabilities Aging and Independent Living. Reference Job ID #622791. Status: Full Time. Application Deadline: 02/14/2018.

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The Vermont Department of Health Laboratory is seeking candidates to lead its interesting and dynamic inorganic chemistry testing program. You will oversee a wide range of inorganic chemistry testing services and supervise a staff of professional laboratory scientists. You should have at least four years of professional experience in a public health, environmental or related laboratory setting and demonstrated strong supervisory and laboratory testing program management skills, including planning, monitoring and technical evaluation. For more information, contact Mary Celotti at stella.celotti@vermont. gov. Vermont Department of Health. Reference Job ID #622637. Status: Full Time. Application Deadline: 02/20/2018.

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Are you interested in promoting healthy home environments and safeguarding children from lead poisoning? This position plans and implements state-wide program strategies, conducts data analyses, administers federal and non-federal grant agreements, and shares effective prevention strategies with partners. You must have experience in statistics, program management, and public health or epidemiology and supervisory experience. For more information, contact Amelia Ray at amelia.ray@vermont.gov.

Department of Health. Reference Job ID #622795. Status: Full Time. Application Deadline: 02/14/2018.

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We have three exciting opportunities to be on the front lines of protecting public health in Vermont. The successful candidates will conduct a variety of public health inspections of general sanitation practices or environmental health conditions. You must apply to each specific job opening you are qualified for (Public Health Inspector I, Job Opening #622746, #622723; Public Health Inspector II Job Opening #622748, #662742; Public Health Inspector III, Job Opening #622747, #622775; Public Health Inspector IV. For more information, contact Elisabeth Wirsing at elisabeth.wirsing@vermont.gov. Status: Full Time. Application Deadline: 02/25/2018.

BUILDINGS ENGINEER – MONTPELIER

Buildings and General Services is seeking a self-starter for the Design and Construction Division to lead cross-functional project teams that manage design and construction projects of varying degrees and complexity. The incumbent will be responsible for design, permitting, and construction phases serving as the point of contact for project management activities. Candidates must have the ability to establish effective working relationships and thrive in a fast-paced environment with a high degree of independence. For more information, contact Joe Aja at joe.aja@vermont.gov or 802-828-5694. Reference Job ID #622765. Status: Full Time. Application Deadline: 02/23/2018.

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Wade opened Misery with her brother, Nathaniel Wade, and her husband, Aaron Josinsky, in November 2012. Before that, the trio worked various Burlington restaurant gigs that often had them cooking and serving on Valentine’s Day. One day, the three were sitting around the table when an idea struck. They wanted to create and host a February 14 dinner that deviated from the standard Valentine’s Day celebration. They’d “throw out the formula of couples having to

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Snell, 47, owns the French restaurant with his wife, Christine. When he thinks about food and romance, he thinks of the passion he brings to his cooking and his effort to inspire that feeling in diners.

“For a chef, it’s about constructing,” Snell said. “You’re constructing a dish, and you know the components are going to work, but you never really sit down and enjoy the components together.

You’re building your plate with the passion and the tools that you know how to use, and you want people to feel that in your plate.”

In New York, where the Snells owned two restaurants in Brooklyn before moving to Vermont, the couple sometimes got a babysitter for their children on February 15. They went out to eat — not so much to celebrate their love as to mark another Valentine’s Day in the books, Snell said.

They’d start with a “tower of oysters.”

“Oh, man,” Snell said, relishing the memory. “I want to say three dozen oysters.” Then they’d order tapas-style food, sharing a bottle or two of Sancerre.

“The key is to eat for a long time,” Snell said. “And just to relax and drink.

Because we’re usually exhausted but relieved that we got through it — that we were successful on another Valentine’s Day.”

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Love is perhaps humanity’s greatest gift to the world. Although every day it is well worth celebrating Love, Valentine’s is certainly its special day, and our best celebrations so often include sharing a good meal with people we love in a place that feels warm and safe.

As for the food, it can be almost anything if made with care and thoughtfulness, but special foods, foods that use delicious ingredients but may be a little expensive for everyday use or take a little more time to prepare, signal the specialness of the day and the kindness of the intent.

As for the place, a candlelit table and a flickering fire always feels safe and warm, but in truth it can be any place: at home, at a friend’s, in a restaurant — favorite or new. If at home, maybe turn down the lights, light a few candles, set the table as best you can with cloth and napkins, plates, silverware and glasses ... and, if you are lucky, two roses, one for each heart that made the scary and sometimes hard, but always worthwhile, choice to love.

eat strawberries and chocolate,” Wade said, in favor of a communal event that brought together family members, singles, friends and restaurant people. “It would be more fun,” Wade said. They’d call it Misery Loves Co. The special meal never happened, but Misery Loves Co. did.

“The whole concept of that dinner sort of embodied what we wanted to create in a restaurant,” Wade said. “We wanted to do something that wasn’t expected or scripted — and that, to me, is what romance should be about.”

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groove session inspired by infectious beats. Swan Dojo, Burlington, 6-7:30 p.m. $15.

Info, 540-8300.

BURLINGTON YOUNG PROFESSIONALS SEMINAR SERIES: ENTREPRENEURS & BREWS: Aspiring business people sip suds and soak up inspiration from local enterprisers who speak about their journeys. Foam Brewers, Burlington, 5-7 p.m. Free. Info, 863-3489.

HIP-HOP DANCE: A high-energy class mixes urban styles of dance. Women’s Room, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $16. Info, beth@prenatalmethod.com.

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GREENER DRINKS: Supporters of commonsense cannabis reform sip beverages and discuss the culture, industry and politics of the agricultural product. Zenbarn, Waterbury, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, info@ vtcannabisbrands.com.

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DONNA DRUCHUNAS: Fiber fanatics get fired up for a discussion of The Art of Lithuanian Knitting: 25 Traditional Patterns and the People, Places and History That Inspire Them. Phoenix Books Essex, 6:30 p.m. Free.

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Mad River Fiber Arts & Mill, Waitsfield, 5-8 p.m. Free. Info, 496-7746.

CONTACT IMPROV: Movers engage in weight-sharing, play and meditation when exploring this style influenced by aikido and other somatic practices. The Everything Space, Montpelier, 7-8:30 p.m. $5-10. Info, 232-3618.

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CHITTENDEN COUNTY STAMP CLUB MEETING: First-class collectibles provide a glimpse into the postal past at this monthly gathering. GE Healthcare Building, South Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 660-4817.

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

‘THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN’: Emily Blunt portrays an alcoholic divorcee who finds herself at the center of a murder mystery. Highland Center for the Arts, Greensboro, 6 p.m. $5. Info, 533-9075.

‘MAN WITH A PLAN’: A failing farmer runs for U.S. Representative of Vermont in this knee-slapping 1996 comedy. Filmmaker John O’Brien attends. Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 426-3581.

MOVIE: Snacks are provided at a showing of a popular flick.

Call for details. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

‘SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE’: A 2008 drama centers on a teenage orphan from Mumbai who is accused of cheating on a high-stakes game show.

Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 748-2600.

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‘SPACE: UNRAVELING THE COSMOS 3D’: An out-of-thisworld film brings audience members closer than ever to far-off planets and galaxies. Northfield Savings Bank Theater: A National Geographic Experience, ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 11 a.m., 1 & 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.

‘WONDERS OF THE ARCTIC 3D’: Pioneering scientists seek to answer questions about the impact of human activities on this fragile frontier. Northfield Savings Bank Theater: A National Geographic Experience, ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, noon & 2:30 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. The Pathways Vermont Community Center, Burlington, 5-6:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 888-492-8218, ext. 300.

GINGERFIELD NOODLES POPUP: Natural wines and cold Vermont brews complement a palate-pleasing Taiwanese feast. Cork Wine Bar & Market, Waterbury, 5-9 p.m. Cost of food and drink. Info, 882-8227.

A MOSAIC OF FLAVORS: MOE HAY KA: Ma Ley demonstrates the preparation of a noodle soup from the highlands of Burma. Community Teaching Kitchen, City Market, Onion River Co-op, Burlington South WED.7

January marked the one-year anniversary of two major events: President Donald Trump’s inauguration and the Women’s March, one of the largest coordinated protests in world history. Coinciding with these anniversaries was the January 16 release of It Occurs to Me That I Am America: New Stories and Art. This provocative anthology includes original short stories by notable modern authors such as Joyce Carol Oates, Neil Gaiman and Vermont’s Julia Alvarez (pictured).

Their fictional narratives consider the ideals of a free, just and compassionate democracy. Editor Jonathan Santlofer moderates a discussion with Alvarez and contributing artists Shahzia Sikander and Jane Kent at the University of Vermont.

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DISCUSSION PANEL BASED ON ‘IT OCCURS TO ME THAT I AM AMERICA’ Tuesday, February 13, 6-7:30 p.m., in the Sugar Maple Ballroom, Davis Center, University of Vermont, in Burlington. Free. Info, 656-2014, uvm.edu.

History Lesson Historian Douglas Blackmon’s 2008 book, Slavery by Another Name: The ReEnslavement of Black Americans From the Civil War to World War II, sheds light on a dark period in American history. The Pulitzer Prize-winning volume delves into the practice of forced labor as punishment for minor offenses across the South in the decades following the Emancipation Proclamation. The book inspired a 2012 PBS documentary, for which Blackmon served as executive producer. The awardwinning author delivers an illustrated talk as part of the Vermont Humanities Council’s First Wednesdays series. (Note: This talk takes place on a Thursday.)

DOUGLAS BLACKMON Thursday, February 8, 7 p.m., at Ilsley Public Library in Middlebury. Free. Info, 388-4095, vermonthumanities.org.

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Theater lovers and oenophiles find common ground at Vino and the Bard, a Vermont Shawkespeare Festival benefit at ArtsRiot in Burlington. At the event, VSF actors perform funny and serious scenes from some of William Shakespeare’s most well-loved works. Before the start of each segment, onlookers sip a palatepleasing wine from Shelburne Vineyard.

Proceeds from this annual soirée support the company’s upcoming season, set to include three Shakespeare Salons and a summer production of The Taming of the Shrew. As the servant Peter puts it in Romeo and Juliet, “Come and crush a cup of wine.”

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“I was 5 years old when I first broke into my mother’s records and played Nat King Cole,” singer Gregory Porter told National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered” in 2013. Now 46, Porter is still an avid fan of the 1940s and ’50s jazz crooner. In fact, his latest album is a tribute to the man whose lyrics he says were “almost like fatherly advice” to him.

Released in 2017, Nat “King” Cole & Me is composed primarily of wellknown Cole numbers, such as “Smile” and “Nature Boy,” performed in Porter’s powerful baritone voice. The two-time Grammy Award winner serenades concertgoers with his longtime backup band at Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H.

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Tuesday, February 13, 7 p.m., at Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Dartmouth College, in Hanover, N.H. $17-30. Info, 603-646-2422, hop.dartmouth.edu.

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VERMONT FARMERS MARKET: Local products — veggies, breads, pastries, cheeses, wines, syrups, jewelry, crafts and beauty supplies — draw shoppers to a diversified bazaar. Vermont Farmers Food Center, Rutland, 3-6 p.m. Free. Info, 342-4727.

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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.

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ATHLETES PRIMAL FLOW: Yoga meets primal movement, animal flow, plyometrics and isometrics.

Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 5:30-6:30 p.m. $12. Info, studio@ zenbarnvt.com.

BONE BUILDERS EXERCISE CLASSES: Folks of all ages ward off osteoporosis in this exercise and prevention class.

Twin Valley Senior Center, East Montpelier, 7:30-8:30, 9:15-10:15 & 10:40-11:40 a.m. Free. Info, 223-3322.

BUTI YOGA: A fusion of vinyasa yoga, plyometrics and dance is set to upbeat music. Bring water and a towel. Women’s Room, Burlington, 6-7 p.m. $16. Info, beth@prenatalmethod.com.

CHAIR TAI CHI: Age and ability level are no obstacles to learning this slow, easy exercise routine. Champlain Senior Center, Burlington, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 316-1510.

GENTLE YOGA IN RICHMOND: A gong savasana closes out an all-levels class benefiting the Williston Community Food Shelf.

Partial proceeds are donated.

Balance Yoga, Richmond, 11 a.m.-noon. $10; preregister. Info, balanceyogavt@gmail.com.

GENTLE YOGA IN WATERBURY: Practitioners with limitations and seasoned students alike hit the mat for an all-levels class.

Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 9-10 a.m. $12. Info, studio@ zenbarnvt.com.

GINGER’S EXTREME BOOT CAMP: Triathletes, Spartan racers and other fitness fanatics challenge themselves to complete Navy Seal exercises during an intense workout. Come in good shape. Private residence, Middlebury, 7-8 a.m. $8-12; for ages 16 and up. Info, 343-7160.

INTRODUCTION TO TAI CHI: Instructor Ellie Hayes offers an overview of the slow martial art passed down through generations. Community Room, Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 5-6 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, info@ hungermountain.coop.

NIA WITH LINDA: Eclectic music and movements drawn from healing, martial and dance arts propel an animated barefoot workout. South End Studio, Burlington, 8:30-9:30 a.m. $14; free for first-timers. Info, 372-1721.

PILATES: Students are put through the paces in a strength- and mobility-boosting workout. Women’s Room, Burlington, 4:30 p.m. $16. Info, beth@prenatalmethod.com.

PRENATAL YOGA: Moms-to-be prepare their bodies for labor and delivery. Women’s Room, Burlington, 12:15 p.m. $16. Info, beth@prenatalmethod.com.

PRIMAL CORE FLOW: A varied vinyasa class promotes balance, body control, coordination, strength and flexibility. Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 7:30-8:30 a.m. $12. Info, studio@zenbarnvt.com.

RECOVERY COMMUNITY YOGA: Folks in recovery and their families enrich mind, body and spirit in an all-levels class. All props are provided; wear loose clothing. Turning Point Center, Burlington, 10:30-11:30 a.m.

Free. Info, 861-3150.

RESILIENCE FLOW: Individuals affected by a traumatic brain injury engage in a gentle yoga practice. Sangha Studio — Pine, Burlington, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 448-4262.

WEDNESDAY GUIDED MEDITATION: Individuals learn to relax and let go. Burlington Friends Meeting House, 5:306:30 p.m. Free. Info, 318-8605.

language

BEGINNER ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASS: Students build a foundation in reading, speaking and writing. 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, 863-3403.

INTERMEDIATE-LEVEL SPANISH CLASS: Pupils improve their speaking and grammar mastery.

Private residence, Burlington, 6 p.m. $20. Info, 324-1757.

INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASS: Learners take communication to the next level. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6:30-8 p.m.

Free. Info, 865-7211.

LUNCH IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE: SPANISH: ¡Hola!

Language lovers perfect their fluency. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, noon-1 p.m.

Free. Info, 223-3338.

music

Find club dates in the music section.

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.

THETFORD CHAMBER SINGERS: Powerful literary texts meet complex choral arrangements in “Poetry and Song.” House Chamber, Vermont Statehouse, Montpelier, 7:30-9 p.m. Free.

Info, 223-3338.

outdoors

WINTER BIRDING SERIES: Avian enthusiasts home in on aspects of Vermont’s feathered fliers at an educational gathering. Birds of Vermont Museum, Huntington, 1:30-2:30 p.m. $5; preregister.

Info, janevossler@gmail.com.

politics

VERMONT DEMOCRATIC PARTY 2018 SOIRÉE: Politically engaged individuals join special guests such as House Speaker Mitzi Johnson in honoring party chair Terje Anderson. Capitol Plaza Hotel & Conference Center, Montpelier, 5:30-7:30 p.m. $50-1,000; preregister. Info, 489-6681.

seminars

MAKE A DIY BUCKET PANNIER: Want to carry stuff by bike? Old Spokes Home representatives help cyclists install storage systems made from recycled materials. Free pizza is provided.

Generator, Burlington, 6-8 p.m.

Free. Info, 863-4475.

WOUND CARE WITH HERBS & INTELLIGENT RESPONSE: A hands-on class covers herbal applications for cuts, burns, and bites. Railyard Apothecary, Burlington, 6:30-8:30 p.m. $2025. Info, 540-0595.

sports

WOMEN’S PICKUP BASKETBALL: Players dribble up and down the court during an evening of friendly competition. Lyman C. Hunt Middle School, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $3; preregister at meetup.com. Info, 540-1089.

talks

CINDY SKRZYCKI & DAVID SHRIBMAN: In “The News About the News,” two journalists read into the current media landscape. Goodrich Memorial Library, Newport, 7-8:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 334-7902.

ONE WORLD LIBRARY PROJECT: Award-winning author Tanya Lee Stone discusses and answers questions about her book Girl Rising: Changing the World One Girl at a Time. Holley Hall, Bristol, 10-11 a.m. Free. Info, 453-2366.

RANDALL BALMER: The Dartmouth College professor looks at the internal diversity of a religion in “The Different Strains of American Evangelicalism.” Norwich Congregational Church, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 649-1184.

STAN SLOAN: The Middlebury College visiting scholar examines threads to Western values and interests in “Transatlantic Traumas: Endangering the West.” Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955.

WILLIAM K. SESSIONS III: Referencing landmark cases, the federal district judge presents “The First Amendment in Action.” Trinity Episcopal Church, Rutland, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 773-1860.

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tech

INTRODUCTION TO EXCEL: Columns, rows, cells, formulas and data entry become second nature at a tutorial on electronic spreadsheets. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 5:30-7 p.m.

Free; preregister. Info, 865-7217.

TECH HELP WITH CLIF: Electronics novices develop skill sets applicable to smartphones, tablets and other gadgets.

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

Info, 878-6955.

theater

‘DOUBLEWIDE’: Vermont Stage presents Stephen Spotswood’s play about a family whose American Dream is challenged by forces beyond its control.

FlynnSpace, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $29.70-38.50. Info, 863-5966.

‘ONLY YESTERDAY’: Beatles fans get a behind-the-scenes look at Paul McCartney and John Lennon courtesy of an intimate play by Hollywood writer Bob Stevens. Barrette Center for the Arts, White River Junction, 7:30 p.m. $15-59. Info, 296-7000.

words

‘THE FULL VERMONTY: VERMONT IN THE AGE OF TRUMP’: READING & BOOK SIGNING: Author Bill Mares excerpts his funny yet thoughtprovoking collaboration with illustrator Jeff Danziger. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 7-8 p.m.

Free. Info, 745-1393.

WRITING CIRCLE: Words flow when participants explore creative expression in a lowpressure environment. The Pathways Vermont Community Center, Burlington, 4-5 p.m. Free.

Info, 888-492-8218.

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film

WOMEN’S INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE FOR PEACE & FREEDOM MEETING: Socially conscious ladies convene to discuss upcoming programs and communityrelated topics. Peace & Justice Center, Burlington, 5:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 862-4929.

‘DRIVING MISS DAISY’: Morgan Freeman and Jessica Tandy act out the unlikely friendship between a wealthy widow and her chauffeur. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m.

Free. Info, 748-2600.

activism

community

VILLAGE FARM COMMUNITY FORUM: PART 2: Area residents consider putting ideas into action with regards to a unique property in the town of Pittsford.

Light refreshments and childcare are available. Lothrop Elementary School, Pittsford, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 989-0480.

dance

BALLROOM DANCING: Members of the University of Vermont Ballroom Dance Team teach new steps each week. Champlain Senior Center, Burlington, 6-7 p.m. Free. Info, 316-1510.

CONTEMPORARY DANCE: Hoofers of all levels explore movement from a de-colonial perspective. Swan Dojo, Burlington, 7:30-9 p.m. $10; free for first class. Info, 210-577-1441.

FOR REAL WOMEN SERIES WITH BELINDA: GIT UR FREAK ON: R&B and calypso-dancehall music is the soundtrack to an empowering sensual dance session aimed at confronting body shaming. Swan Dojo, Burlington, 5:30-7 p.m. $15. Info, bestirredfitness@gmail.com.

environment

art Find visual art exhibits and events in the art section and at sevendaysvt.com/art.

film

music Find club dates at local venues in the music section and at sevendaysvt.com/music.

TROPICAL FISH CLUB MONTHLY MEETING: Speakers ranging from local hobbyists to nationally known aquarium aficionados share their expertise. Essex Junction VFW Post, 7 p.m. Free.

Info, 372-8716.

‘SPACE: UNRAVELING THE COSMOS 3D’: See WED.7.

‘WONDERS OF THE ARCTIC 3D’: See WED.7.

food & drink

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

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

NO FUSS KITCHEN: DINING ON A BUDGET: Home cooks bag strategies for stretching their dollars in the grocery store. Community Teaching Kitchen, City Market, Onion River Co-op, Burlington South End, 5:30-7:30 p.m. $5-10.

Info, 861-9700.

Winners of the International Bluegrass Music Associations first Entertainers of the Year Award, and part of the pantheon of great bands in the genre, Hot Rize, reunites for its 40th anniversary tour.

Truly one of the greatest bluegrass bands of all time! sponsored by

For tix, call 802-476-8188 or order online at barreoperahouse.org

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Free. Info, 847-5823.

games

GAME NIGHT: From Monopoly to Bananagrams, players participate in tabletop pastimes. Main Street Museum, White River Junction, 6 p.m. Donations. Info, 356-2776.

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The camp runs from 8:45 am to 1:45 pm, Monday through Friday followed by a free lunch from THE SPOT. Visit WNDNWVS.COM/PLAY or call 802 540-2529 for more information.

POKÉMON LEAGUE: I choose you, Pikachu! Players of the trading-card game earn weekly and monthly prizes in a fun, friendly environment where newbies can be coached by league leaders.

Brap’s Magic, Burlington, 5-8 p.m. Free. Info, 540-0498.

health & fitness

ACL INJURY PREVENTION: Maggie Heerdt and Kristin Brown of Rehab Gym address safety for adolescent athletes. Community Room, Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 6-7 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, info@hungermountain.coop.

BEGINNER/INTERMEDIATE SUNSTYLE TAI CHI, LONG-FORM: Improved mood, greater muscle strength and increased energy are a few of the benefits of this gentle exercise. Winooski Senior Center, 6:45-8 p.m. Free. Info, 735-5467.

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TAX HELP: Low- and middleincome taxpayers, especially seniors, get help filing their taxes. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 9:15, 10:15, 11:15 a.m. & 12:15 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 878-6955.

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PURRRSES FOR PAWS: Fashionistas bid on handbags of all shapes and sizes at this benefit for the Humane Society of Chittenden County. Burlington International Airport, South Burlington, 6-8 p.m. $25. Info, 862-0135.

LET’S TALK FILM: ‘THE HUNTING GROUND’: Kirby Dick’s 2015 documentary exposes the oftenoverlooked epidemic of sexual assault on college campuses.

A discussion follows. Sterling College, Craftsbury Common, 6:30-8:30 p.m. $5. Info, 533-9370.

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JOB HUNT HELP: Community College of Vermont interns assist employment seekers with everything from résumé-writing to online applications. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 2:305:30 p.m. Free. Info, 745-1393.

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BRENDAN KELLY: Western environmentalism meets Chinese medicine in “The Yin and Yang of Climate Crisis.” Stearns Cinema, Johnson State College, 4 p.m.

Free. Info, amy.welch@jsc.edu.

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BEGINNERS TAI CHI CLASS: Students get a feel for the ancient Chinese practice. Twin Valley Senior Center, East Montpelier, 10-11 a.m. Free. Info, 223-3322.

BUDDHIST BABES GENTLE YOGA: Lessons for peaceful living pave the way for a moderate flow-style practice set to music.

Women’s Room, Burlington, 5 p.m. $16. Info, beth@prenatalmethod.com.

COME TO MONTRÉAL AND ENJOY WINTER AT ITS BEST! ARTS AND SHOWS

• Music, circus, theatre, dance • More than 100 performances including Gregory Porter on February 23, Maison Symphonique, Montreal

FINE DINING

HEALING THROUGH YOGA: Participants with a history of cancer boost their energy, strength and flexibility. Sangha Studio — North, Burlington, 12:30-1:30 p.m. Free. Info, 448-4262.

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HERBS FOR THE MIND & HEART: Whether they’re struggling with stress, fatigue, anxiety or depression, students in this seminar learn about the benefits of teas, tinctures and powders.

Railyard Apothecary, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. $20-25. Info, 540-0595.

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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.

GENTLE FLOW YOGA: Individuals with injuries or other challenges feel the benefits of a relaxing and nourishing practice.

Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 9-10 a.m. $12. Info, studio@ zenbarnvt.com.

FREE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES

KARMA KLASS: DONATIONBASED YOGA FOR A CAUSE: Active bodies hit the mat to support local nonprofits. The Wellness Collective, Burlington, 6-7 p.m. Donations. Info, 540-0186.

ILLUMINART

SLOW FLOW YOGA: Tailored to meet students’ needs, this foundational class facilitates overall wellness. Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 7:30-8:30 a.m. $12.

Info, studio@zenbarnvt.com.

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CHAKRA EXPLORATION SERIES: Attendees embark on an indepth exploration of the body’s seven energy centers, focusing on a different one each week.

The Marbleworks, Middlebury, 6-7:30 p.m. $20 per class. Info, 845-642-6403.

FORZA: THE SAMURAI SWORD WORKOUT: Students sculpt lean muscles and gain mental focus when using wooden replicas of the weapon. North End Studio A, Burlington, 6-7 p.m. $10. Info, 578-9243.

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CHAIR YOGA: Students with limited mobility limber up with modified poses. Sangha Studio — North, Burlington, 2-3:15 p.m.

Free. Info, 448-4262.

TAI CHI CHUAN: Beginners and seasoned practitioners alike explore the style of moving meditation passed down through the Tung family lineage. Richmond Congregational Church, 10-11 a.m. $10. Info, taichivermont@ gmail.com.

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breath to create a stronger mind-body connection. Kismet Place, Williston, noon-1 p.m. $12.

Info, 343-5084.

Y12SR YOGA: Modeled on the structure of 12-step meetings, this class includes a group sharing circle and an intentional, themed practice. Sangha Studio — Pine, Burlington, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 448-4262.

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.

YOGA CORE FOR BABES: An empowering practice focuses on the abs and the pelvic floor.

Women’s Room, Burlington, 12:15 p.m. $16. Info, beth@prenatalmethod.com.

language

BEGINNER-LEVEL SPANISH CLASS: Basic communication skills are on the agenda at a guided lesson. Private residence, Burlington, 6 p.m. $20. Info, 324-1757.

music

Find club dates in the music section.

THE DEAD SHAKERS, THE MOUNTAIN CAROL & ECHOER: Three bands rock out as part of Big Heavy World’s all-ages music series. SEABA Center, Burlington, 7-10 p.m. $5. Info, 865-1140.

SONGWRITING WORKSHOP: Seth Melvin Cronin guides Burlington Writers Workshop musicians and singers in structuring original strains. 110 Main St., Suite 3C, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free; preregister at meetup.com; limited space. Info, 383-8104.

sports

WINOOSKI RECREATION ADULT DODGEBALL TOURNAMENT: Take aim! Coed teams of adult players heave foam balls at the competition. Winooski School District, 6 p.m. $20-30 per team; preregister to play. Info, 802-777-1621.

talks

DOUGLAS BLACKMON: The historian talks through his Pulitzer Prize-winning book, Slavery

by Another Name: The ReEnslavement of Black Americans From the Civil War to World War II. See calendar spotlight. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 7 p.m.

Free. Info, 388-4095.

FIRST WEDNESDAYS ENCORE: A video screening treats attendees to author Jan Albers’ talk “Lake Champlain in Under an Hour.” Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 2-3 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955.

FORREST HAMMOND: “Vermont Black Bears: Coping With Our New Backyard Visitors” highlights what humans can do to keep themselves, their property and the state’s furry mammals safe. Vermont Institute of Natural Science Nature Center,

Quechee, 7-8:30 p.m. $10. Info, 359-5000.

LADIES GET PAID TOWN HALL: BOUNDARIES & BURNOUT: Panelists share stories and strategies for establishing self-care practices. A discussion follows. Burlington Electric Department, 6 p.m. $17.89. Info, ladiesgetpaidvt@gmail.com.

‘RELATIONSHIPS, RESOURCES AND RESILIENCY: WORKING WOMEN IN VERMONT’: Female employees and their value to the economy take center stage during a panel discussion and networking opportunity. Film House, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 5:30-7:30 p.m. $25.

Info, 861-7831.

tech

TECH SUPPORT: Need an email account? Want to enjoy ebooks?

Bring your phone, tablet or laptop to a weekly help session. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 5-7 p.m.

Free. Info, 748-8291, ext. 302.

theater

‘DOUBLEWIDE’: See WED.7.

‘ONLY YESTERDAY’: See WED.7, 2 & 7:30 p.m.

‘PICASSO AT THE LAPIN AGILE’: Middlebury Community Players interpret Steve Martin’s absurdist comedy about a meeting between Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso. Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, 7:30 p.m. $12-17. Info, 382-9222.

words

FICTION BOOK GROUP: Bibliophiles break down The Tricking of Freya by Christina Sunley. Fairfax Community Library, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 849-2420.

HOWARD FRANK MOSHER ‘POINTS NORTH’ BOOK LAUNCH: Writers including Richard Russo and Chris Bohjalian honor the late Vermont author and his final release. Alumni Hall Gallery, Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, 5-8 p.m. Free. Info, 828-8600.

KAELA COBLE: Friends and Other Liars, the Burlington author’s first novel, launches with a literary celebration. Phoenix Books Burlington, 6:30 p.m. $3.

Info, 448-3350.

SOUNDCHECK: Slam poet Rajnii Eddins leads teen wordsmiths in a writing workshop followed by an open mic. Pizza fuels the fun. BCA Center, Burlington, 6-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, rajnii@ youngwritersproject.org.

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bazaars

RUMMAGE SALE: Gently used items delight bargain shoppers.

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

Free. Info, 879-7943.

comedy

PLAYS & PINTS: Beer and pizza prime attendees for

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one-act comedies about love, performed by local acting group Read Between the Lines. River Arts, Morrisville, 6 p.m. $5. Info, 888-1261.

community

FEAST TOGETHER OR FEAST TO GO: Senior citizens and their guests catch up over a shared meal. Montpelier Senior Activity Center, noon-1 p.m. $7-9; preregister. Info, 262-6288.

TOWN MEETING: What can the United States learn from Germany? Senator Bernie Sanders explores this question during a discussion with ambassador Peter Wittig. First Unitarian Universalist Society, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 800-339-9834.

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BALLROOM & LATIN DANCING: Learn new moves with Ballroom Nights, then join others in a dance social featuring the waltz, tango and more. Singles, couples and beginners are welcome.

Williston Jazzercise Fitness Center, lesson, 7-8 p.m.; dance social, 8-9:30 p.m. $10-14; $8 for dance only. Info, 862-2269.

CONTRA DANCE: Don Stratton calls the steps at a Queen City Contras shindig with music by Red Dog Riley. Bring clean, softsoled shoes. Shelburne Town Hall, beginners’ session, 7:45 p.m.; dance, 8 p.m. $9; free for kids under 12. Info, 371-9492.

ECSTATIC DANCE VERMONT: Jubilant motions with the Green Mountain Druid Order inspire divine connections. Christ Episcopal Church, Montpelier, 7-9 p.m. $10. Info, 505-8011.

CRAFTY CRAP NIGHT: Participants bring supplies or ongoing projects and an adventurous attitude to share creative time with other people in recovery. Turning Point Center, Burlington, 4 p.m. Free. Info, 861-3150.

FLASHBACK FRIDAY: Merrymakers cut a rug to the rhythms of the ’90s. Main Street Museum, White River Junction, 8 p.m.-midnight. $5-7; BYOB. Info, info@mainstreetmuseum.org.

dance

WINTER BREWFEST: Beer lovers soak up Vermont suds alongside ciders, wines and spirits during three tasting sessions.

Live music, food samples and party games top off the fun.

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ADVANCED CONTEMPORARY DANCE: Movers infuse technique with improvisation, composition and play. North End Studios, Burlington, 10:30-11:45 a.m. $16.

Info, hannasatt@gmail.com.

fairs & festivals

Burlington, 6-10 p.m. $39; for ages 21 and up. Info, 872-9000.

film

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

HERBAL MOVIE NIGHT: ‘JULIETTE OF THE HERBS’: Tea and popcorn satiate cinephiles at a screening of this 1998 documentary about herbalist Juliette de Bairacli Levy. Railyard Apothecary, Burlington, 7:3010:30 p.m. $5. Info, 540-0595.

‘SPACE: UNRAVELING THE COSMOS 3D’: See WED.7.

‘WONDERS OF THE ARCTIC 3D’: See WED.7.

food & drink

COFFEE | PASTRIES | TOAST POP-UP: Foodies start the day with provisions from Brio Coffeeworks, V Smiley Preserves and Coop to Kitchen Bakery.

Stay in or order to go. Tandem, Bristol, 7 a.m.-noon. Cost of food and drink. Info, honeyjam@ vsmileypreserves.com.

JR. IRON CHEF BENEFIT DINNER: Local ingredients shine in a scrumptious spread prepared by celebrated Vermont chefs.

Proceeds benefit Jr. Iron Chef Vermont. Guild Tavern, South Burlington, 5:30-9 p.m. $125; limited space. Info, 434-4122.

WINTER RED WINE TASTING: Samples of more than sixteen

varieties give oenophiles that warm and fuzzy feeling. Cork Wine Bar & Market, Waterbury, 5-8 p.m. $20. Info, 882-8227.

games

BRIDGE CLUB: See WED.7, 9:15 a.m.

health & fitness

ACUDETOX: Attendees in recovery undergo acupuncture to the ear to propel detoxification.

Turning Point Center, Burlington, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 861-3150.

ADVANCED TAI CHI CLASS: 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.7, 7:30-8:30 & 10:40-11:40 a.m.

BUTI YOGA: See WED.7.

FELDENKRAIS AWARENESS THROUGH MOVEMENT: Aches and pains, be gone! The physically challenged to the physically fit increase flexibility and body awareness with this form of somatic education. The Wellness Collective, Burlington, 12:30-1:30 p.m. $10. Info, 560-0186.

FIVE STAGES OF SAVASANA: Soothing essential oils and calming music accompany a restful, restorative yoga class. Sangha Studio — North, Burlington,

7-8:30 p.m. $15-20; preregister.

Info, 448-4262.

FRIDAY NIGHT POWER YOGA: Practitioners get their sweat on during a full-body, flow-style mindful workout. Kismet Place, Williston, 5:15-6:15 p.m. $12. Info, 343-5084.

GLOW N’ FLOW: Yogis get the party started with a fun and funky yoga class complete with black lights, body paint and glow sticks. Sangha Studio — Pine, Burlington, 7-8:30 p.m. $15-20.

Info, 448-4262.

LIVING RECOVERY YOGA: An all-levels class targets those in addiction recovery or affected by the addictive behavior of others. Sangha Studio — Pine, Burlington, 4-5 p.m. Free. Info, 448-4262.

RECOVERY COMMUNITY YOGA: See WED.7.

levels. Highland Center for the Arts, Greensboro, 10-11:15 a.m. $13. Info, 533-9075.

YOGA NIDRA: Props support the body while the mind is guided into a state of deep relaxation.

Evolution Physical Therapy & Yoga, Burlington, 6-7 p.m. $15.

Info, 864-9642.

holidays

BUBBLY & CHOCOLATE EVENT: Hot cocoa and truffles and prosecco, oh my! Sweets lovers satiate their cravings. Lake Champlain Chocolates Factory Store & Café, Burlington, 5-7 p.m.

Free. Info, 864-1807.

music

Find club dates in the music section.

REFUGE RECOVERY: A LOVE SUPREME: Buddhist philosophy is the foundation of this mindfulness-based addictionrecovery community. Turning Point Center, Burlington, noon.

Free. Info, 861-3150.

DARTMOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: Mandolin master Carlo Aonzo teams up with the ensemble to put a new twist on Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons.”

Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 8 p.m. $10-20. Info, 603-646-2422.

TAI CHI: Beginners learn the fundamentals of Yang style slow set, tai chi gong and basic warm-ups.

Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 9-10 a.m. $12. Info, taichivermont@ gmail.com.

PAUL ASBELL: The lifelong guitar player tunes into his own blend of jazz, roots and blues.

Chandler Center for the Arts, Randolph, 7:30 p.m. $16-18. Info, 728-9878.

YOGA LIGHT: Instructor Sophie offers a breath-centered stretching session accessible to all

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Info, 764-1141.

SÉRGIO & ODAIR ASSAD: Guitars in tow, the six-string duo dazzles with classical and traditional music. Avi Avital performs on mandolin. University of Vermont Recital Hall, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $10-40. Info, 656-4455.

VERMONT CONTEMPORARY MUSIC ENSEMBLE: Compositions by three Vermonters respond to African traditions and works of written word. Unitarian Church of Montpelier, 7:30-10 p.m. $12-25.

Info, 849-6900.

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EMPOWERING INTENTIONS: BEYOND HOPES & WANTS: From big life issues to everyday tasks, participants gain tools for reaching their goals.

Community Room, Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 6-7:30 p.m. Free; preregister.

Info, info@hungermountain. coop.

talks

EDUCATION & ENRICHMENT FOR EVERYONE: Vermont Public Radio Classical host James Stewart serves up “Musical Genesis, Part 2 — The Music We Make: Follow the Development of the Brain and How Music is an Essential Part of Communication.” Faith United Methodist Church, South Burlington, 2-3 p.m. $5. Info, 846-5132.

SUSAN KOCH: “Arctic Lessons: Images From the Polar Frontier” offers a window into a remote area of the world. North Branch Nature Center, Montpelier, 7 p.m.

Donations. Info, 229-6206.

tech

TECH TUTOR: Techies answer questions about computers and devices during one-on-one help sessions. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 4-6 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 878-4918.

JAGFEST 2.0: A weekend of staged readings and conversations showcases new plays by emerging African American playwrights. Briggs Opera House, White River Junction, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $15-50. Info, 332-3270.

‘THE LAST FIVE YEARS’: A writer and an actress fall in and out of love in Jason Robert Brown’s modern musical, staged by the Valley Players. Valley Players Theater, Waitsfield, 7 p.m. $1620. Info, 583-1674.

‘ONLY YESTERDAY’: See WED.7.

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WINTER WINE DOWN MUSIC SERIES: Oenophiles let loose with live music by Bob Boyd, award-winning wine and mouthwatering eats. Snow Farm Vineyard, South Hero, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Cost of food and drink. Info, 372-9463.

‘BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS’: BarnArts Center for the Arts presents Neil Simon’s pre-World War II comedy about a baseballloving Brooklyn boy. The Grange Theatre, South Pomfret, 7:309:30 p.m. $10-18. Info, 234-1645.

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FRIDAY MORNING WORKSHOP: Wordsmiths offer constructive criticism on works in progress

by Burlington Writers Workshop members. 110 Main St., Suite 3C, Burlington, 10:30 a.m. Free; preregister at meetup.com; limited space. Info, 383-8104.

STORIES OF SERVICE: Drawing on their experiences in service year programs such as City Year and AmeriCorp, raconteurs tell five- to ten-minute tales. The Skinny Pancake, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, benji.thurber@ gmail.com.

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TALKING WITH KIDS ABOUT RACISM: A three-part facilitated discussion addresses the farreaching effects of prejudice and white privilege. Kimball Public Library, Randolph, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

Free; preregister; limited space.

Info, 863-2345, ext. 6.

bazaars

ROCKET EROTIC SEX TOY POPUP STORE: A sensual celebration features a range of kinky products for purchase. Ondine Salon, Montpelier, 4-9 p.m. Free.

Info, 249-4945.

RUMMAGE SALE: See FRI.9, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

cannabis

CULTIVATION CLASS: HARVEST TIME: A grow coach teaches techniques for drying,

trimming and curing cannabis plants. Green State Gardener, Burlington, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.

Free; preregister. Info, 540-2097.

comedy

MIKE MCDONALD’S COMEDY EXTRAVAGANZA: Gary Gulman, Jim David, Sean Sullivan and Will Noonan are among the sidesplitting jokesters set to take the stage for this laugh riot. Lebanon Opera House, N.H., 7:30 p.m. $32-37. Info, 603-448-0400.

community

MONTPELIER MEMORY CAFÉ: Geof Hewitt guides an interactive poetry event for individuals with dementia and their care partners. Westview Meadows, Montpelier, 10-11:30 a.m. Free.

Info, 229-9630.

crafts

ITALIAN CARNEVALE MASKMAKING: Festive families fashion false faces. Shelburne Town Hall, noon-2:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 453-4157.

dance

PILOBOLUS: The celebrated modern dance company combines forces with the lead writer of “SpongeBob SquarePants” for a surreal multimedia coming of age story. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 8 p.m. $15-55. Info, 863-5966.

SWING DANCE: Vermont band In the Pocket hits all the right notes during a lively shindig.

Bring clean shoes. Champlain Club, Burlington, beginner dance lesson, 7:30 p.m.; dance, 8-10:30 p.m. $10-20. Info, 864-8382.

education

NORTHERN VERMONT UNIVERSITY — JOHNSON BADGER INFORMATION SESSION: Prospective pupils visit campus for lunch, a tour and the chance to chat with current students and staff. Johnson State College, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Free; preregister. Info, 635-1219.

PRE-K THROUGH 6TH GRADE PLAY DAY: Parents visit classrooms and meet with staff during an exploration of the school’s holistic education model. The Bellwether School, Williston, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Free.

Info, 863-4839.

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ADOPTION EVENT: Adoptable fur babies show off at a shindig with Little Woof Small Dog Rescue. Tractor Supply Company, Shelburne, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Free.

Info, littlewoofvt@gmail.com.

EYE CANDY: A POP ART PARTY: The special exhibition “Sweet Tooth: The Art of Dessert” inspires a winter soirée replete with tasty eats, custom cocktails and the sounds of DJ Luis Calderin. Shelburne Museum, 7-10 p.m. $100; free for Shelburne Museum Barnstormers; preregister. Info, 985-3346.

GHANAIAN CULTURAL NIGHT: Traditional eats power

party­goers for a night of dancing to live tunes. A silent auction and raffle round out the fun.

Montpelier High School, 6:30-10 p.m. $10-30. Info, 793-8185.

HEARTS FOR HEROES: Fueled by finger-licking fare from Mad Taco, revelers dance to the big-band sounds of LC Jazz to support Veterans Count Vermont. Capital City Grange, Berlin, 6-9 p.m. $40.

Info, 223-4744.

INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY MEETING PLACE: Brainstorming leads to forming activity groups for hobbies such as flying stunt kites and playing music. Presto Music Store, South Burlington, 10 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 658-0030.

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.

fairs & festivals

MAPLE FEST: Locals put their money where their mouth is when using their cash to vote for the tastiest maple-syrup dessert. Live music by Nelson Bandella keeps spirits high. Platt Memorial Library, Shoreham, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 897-2647.

WINTER BREWFEST: See FRI.9, noon-4 p.m. & 6-10 p.m.

WINTER FEST: S’mores, hot cocoa and cider warm hands during a family-friendly day of skating, snowshoeing, snow carving and Valentine-making. Vermont Granite Museum, Barre, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Info, 476-4605.

film

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

BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL FILM SERIES: Rajnii Eddins curates cinematic selections and conversations. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 2-4 p.m. Free. Info, 863-3403.

ON TOUR: THE BEST OF THE 2017 MIDDLEBURY NEW FILMMAKERS FESTIVAL: ‘BOMBSHELL: THE HEDY LAMARR STORY’: A 2017 documentary focuses on a Hollywood star in her real-life roles as an actor and an inventor. The short documentary “An Autobiography” also plays.

Highland Center for the Arts, Greensboro, 7-10 p.m. $5-10. Info, 533-9075.

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., 5 & 8 p.m. $5-10. Info, 603-646-2422.

‘SPACE: UNRAVELING THE COSMOS 3D’: See WED.7.

‘WONDERS OF THE ARCTIC 3D’: See WED.7.

food & drink

BURLINGTON WINTER FARMERS MARKET: A bustling indoor marketplace offers fresh and

prepared foods alongside crafts, live music and lunch seating.

Davis Center, University of Vermont, Burlington, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, burlingtonfarmersmarket.org@gmail.com.

palate-pleasing pairings. See vermontgrapeandwinecouncil. com for details. Various locations statewide, noon-5 p.m. Free; additional cost for some activities.

Info, 388-7368.

CHEESE FONDUE DINNER: Baguette, cornichon pickles and fingerling potatoes served with Swiss-style cheese fondue make way for a delectable dessert and cordial. Boyden Valley Winery & Spirits, Cambridge, 5-8:30 p.m. $39.99; preregister; limited space. Info, 644-8151.

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CHOCOLATE TASTING IN BURLINGTON: With the help of a tasting guide, chocoholics of all ages discover the flavor profiles of four different confections. 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.

MIDDLEBURY WINTER FARMERS MARKET: Crafts, cheeses, breads, veggies and more vie for spots in shoppers’ totes. VFW Post 7823, Middlebury, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Free. Info, mosefarm@gmail. com.

NORWICH WINTER FARMERS MARKET: Farmers and artisans offer produce, meats and maple syrup alongside homemade baked goods and handcrafted items. Tracy Hall, Norwich, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 384-7447.

VERGENNES FARMERS MARKET: Local food and crafts, live music, and hot eats spice up Saturday mornings. Kennedy Brothers Building, Vergennes, 9 a.m.noon. Free. Info, 233-9180.

VERMONT FARMERS MARKET: See WED.7, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

WINE & CHOCOLATE WEEKEND: Participating wineries sweeten Valentine’s Day weekend with

FOMO? Find even more local events in this newspaper and online:

art Find visual art exhibits and events in the art section and at sevendaysvt.com/art.

film See what’s playing at local theaters in the movies section and at sevendayst.com/movies.

music Find club dates at local venues in the music section and at sevendaysvt.com/music.

All family-oriented events are now published in Kids VT, our free parenting monthly. Look for it on newsstands and check out the online calendar at kidsvt.com.

KINGDOM GAMES: The Memphremagog Women’s Pond Hockey Tournament takes place as part of a series of competitive athletic events for all ages and skill levels. The East Side Restaurant & Pub, Newport. $50 for solo entrants; $300-400 per team. Info, 249-9100.

health & fitness

BUTI FLOW: Yogis benefit from power yoga and deep abdominal toning. Women’s Room, Burlington, 9 a.m. $16. Info, beth@prenatalmethod.com.

FITNESS BOOT CAMP: Ma’am, yes, ma’am! Exercise expert Ginger Lambert guides active bodies in an interval-style workout to build strength and cardiovascular fitness. Middlebury Recreation Facility, 8-9 a.m. $12.

Info, 343-7160.

NATURE RHYTHM MOVEMENT & FLOW: Set to live piano music, this somatic movement practice promotes relaxation, rejuvenation and deep healing.

Champlain Club, Burlington, 1011:30 a.m. $5-20. Info, emilyarwenmott@gmail.com.

NEWBIE NOON INTRO TO HOT YOGA: First-timers in loosefitting clothing get their stretch on in a comfortably warm environment. Hot Yoga Burlington, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 999-9963.

ONE ZUMBA LOVE 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, 1:30-3 p.m. Donations and fundraising accepted. Info, 238-4947.

R.I.P.P.E.D.: Resistance, intervals, power, plyometrics, endurance and diet define this high-intensity physical-fitness program.

North End Studio A, Burlington, 9-10 a.m. $10. Info, 578-9243.

YIN YOGA: Students hold poses for several minutes to give connective tissues a good stretch.

Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 8-9:30 a.m. $12. Info, studio@ zenbarnvt.com.

holidays

’80S VALENTINE’S DANCE PARTY: Love is in the air when a DJ spins pop and soul favorites.

Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 8 p.m. $40 per couple; cash bar.

Info, 775-0903.

FAMILY VALENTINE’S DANCE & SILENT AUCTION: Musing, dancing, crafts and raffle prizes put smiles on faces. Proceeds support services for New Americans.

20 Allen St., Burlington, 5-7 p.m.

Donations. Info, 370-2659.

ST. VALENTINE SOIRÉE: A DJ provides the soundtrack to an adults-only night of roulette, raffles and tapas. Southside

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Steakhouse, Rutland, 7-11 p.m. $100 per couple; cash bar. Info, 775-0500.

SWEETS FOR YOUR SWEETHEART: Folks with developmental disabilities and their families and friends celebrate with crafts, music, games and refreshments. The side entrance is handicap accessible. Masonic Lodge, St. Albans, 1-3 p.m. Free.

Info, 527-5197.

VALENTINE CHOCOLATE TASTING: Attendees bring that special someone for samples of six different flavors. Lake Champlain Chocolates Factory Store & Café, Burlington, 11 a.m.4 p.m. Free. Info, 864-1807.

VALENTINE MASQUERADE BALL: Clad in elegant attire, partygoers dance the night away to music from DJ Kyle Stevens.

Refreshments, a raffle and a photo booth are the cherry on top. Milton Eagles Club, 6-10 p.m. Donations; for ages 21 and up. Info, 355-6583.

language

DUTCH LANGUAGE CLASSES: Planning a trip to Amsterdam?

Learn vocabulary and grammar basics from a native speaker.

Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 10-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, bheeks@ yahoo.com.

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.

ALEX SMITH & JACOB BRILLHART: Mountain folk tunes get toes a-tapping.

Burnham Hall, Lincoln, 7:30 p.m. $10; free for kids and teens. Info, 388-6863.

VERMONT CONTEMPORARY MUSIC ENSEMBLE: See FRI.9, Black Box Theater, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 7:30-10 p.m. $12-25.

Info, 849-6900.

BEGINNING GENEALOGY: Sheila Morris shares key resources for accessing ancestry information.

Vermont Genealogy Library, Fort Ethan Allen, Colchester, 10:30 a.m.-noon. $10. Info, 310-9285.

MINDFULLY SINGLE: Selfawareness and acceptance take the stress out of dating — or not dating. Kismet Place, Williston, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. $5-20. Info, 318-0564.

VCAM’S DIGITAL EDITING CERTIFICATION: Adobe Premiere users get familiar with the most recent version of the editing software. Prerequisite: VCAM Access Orientation or equivalent, or instructor’s permission.

VCAM Studio, Burlington, 11 a.m.

Free. Info, 651-9692.

sports

PUBLIC SKATING: Active bodies coast across the ice. Stafford Ice Arena. Plattsburgh State Fieldhouse, N.Y., 3:15-4:30 p.m. $2-3; additional cost for rentals.

Info, 518-564-4136.

SLED HOCKEY GAMES: Para hockey teams from around the region face off. See centralvermontpioneers.org for the day’s game schedule. Central Vermont Memorial Civic Center, Montpelier, 3-10:30 p.m. Free.

Info, centralvermontpioneers@ gmail.com.

UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT SKI & RIDE: UVM alumni, students, parents and friends hit the slopes before unwinding at an après ski reception in the hotel with resort owner Ralph DesLauriers. Bolton Valley Resort, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. $45. Info, 656-2010.

talks

CARMEN BRUNELLE: Dolls from years past through 1989 are on display in “The First Thirty Years of Barbie.” Refreshments and a historical society business meeting follow. Colchester Historical Society, 10-11 a.m.

Donations. Info, felinefostermama@gmail.com.

STANNARD CAMP: Martial mavens marvel at “American Civil War: Cause and Consequence.”

St. Albans Historical Museum, 3-5 p.m. Free. Info, 871-5236.

‘THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER’ AUDITIONS: Seasoned thespians and newcomers alike vie for small and large roles in an Essex Players production of a comedy about the ultimate houseguest from hell. Essex Memorial Hall, 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 881-7116.

THE METROPOLITAN OPERA LIVE IN HD: ‘L’ELISIR D’AMORE’: A romantic comedy about a smitten peasant who employs a magic love potion is broadcast to the big screen. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, noon. $16-25. Info, 748-2600. Loew Auditorium, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., noon. $26-29.

Info, 603-646-2422.

‘ONLY YESTERDAY’: See WED.7, 2 & 7:30 p.m.

‘PICASSO AT THE LAPIN AGILE’: See THU.8.

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BOOK SIGNING & MEET & GREET: Attorneys Mark Schneider and Drew Palcsik offer up their legal text aimed at helping people file their own nofault claims. Bookburgh Books, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 3-4 p.m. Free.

Info, 518-566-6666.

CHAPTERS IN HISTORY: EXPLORING SEVERAL AMERICAN PRESIDENCIES: Nonfiction fans sink their teeth into Nathaniel Philbrick’s Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold and the Fate of the American Revolution.

Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 426-3581.

DEEP WINTER STORYTELLING: A community potluck sets the tone for uplifting folktales of hope and renewal by EarthWalk Vermont mentors. Plainfield Town Hall Opera House, 4:30-7 p.m. Free. Info, 454-8500.

GARRY HARRINGTON: Also an avid hiker, the author retraces his steps in Chasing Summits: In Pursuit of High Places and an Unconventional Life. Richmond Free Library, 7:30 p.m. $5-8; free for kids. Info, events@ gmcburlington.org.

MAKING SLAM POETRY & PREPARING TO COMPETE IN A POETRY SLAM: A WORKSHOP FOR WRITERS NEW TO SLAM: Wordsmiths zero in on an appropriate voice and attitude for performing original works of verse. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 9 a.m.-noon. Free; preregister; limited space. Info, 748-2600, ext. 108.

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‘BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS’: See FRI.9.

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VERMONT PHILHARMONIC: “Winter’s Beauty” features works by Haydn, Tchaikovsky and Bruch. Elley-Long Music Center, Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, 7:30 p.m. $5-20. Info, 654-2000.

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PAUL ASBELL: See FRI.9, Brandon Music, 7:30 p.m. $20; $45 includes dinner package; preregister; BYOB. Info, 247-4295.

ADIRONDACK SURPRISE HIKE: Outdoor adventurers with lots of experience tackle a difficult allday excursion. Contact trip leader for details. Free; preregister. Info, robynnalbert@hotmail.com.

JAGFEST 2.0: See FRI.9, 4-6 & 7:30-9:30 p.m.

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Info, 658-5792.

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WINTER IS A DRAG BALL: The House of LeMay hosts this 23rd annual bash benefiting the Vermont People With AIDS Coalition. Higher Ground, South Burlington, 8 p.m. $3035; for ages 18 and up. Info, 877-987-6487.

WINTER WHINGDING: The Dartmouth Aires host a songand-dance extravaganza featuring the Sugarplum and SHEBA dance troupes and the Tufts Beelzebubs. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 8 p.m. $9-10. Info, 603-646-2422.

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JAMES KOCHALKA: SPONGEBOB STORY TIME

Learn how SpongeBob came to be named Skate Champion of Bikini Bottom! Free.

Phoenix Books Burlington events are ticketed unless otherwise indicated. Your $3 ticket comes with a coupon for $5 off the featured book.

Proceeds go to Vermont Foodbank.

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DONNA DRUCHUNAS: THE ART OF LITHUANIAN KNITTING

Your ticket to knitter’s paradise awaits, and Donna Druchunas will be your guide!

SARAH DILLARD: MOUSE SCOUTS MAKE FRIENDS Join us for a story time.

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Leave your name, number, and a good time to call back.

Email UVMVTC@UVM.EDU or visit UVMVTC.ORG

SATURDAYS AT 11AM IN ESSEX AND BURLINGTON Story times are free. All ages are welcome.

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ANTIQUES MARKET: The past comes alive with offerings of furniture, artwork, jewelry and more at this ephemera extravaganza. Canadian Club, Barre, 8 a.m.-1 p.m. $2-5. Info, 751-6138.

community

COMMUNITY MINDFULNESS PRACTICE WITH NEW LEAF SANGHA: Sessions in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh include sitting and walking meditation, a short reading, and open sharing. Evolution Physical Therapy & Yoga, Burlington, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, newleafsangha@ gmail.com.

COMMUNITY MINDFULNESS WITH THE CENTER FOR MINDFUL LEARNING: Peaceful people gather for guided meditation and interactive discussions. Burlington Friends Meeting House, 5-7 p.m. $10. Info, assistant@ centerformindfullearning.org.

dance

BALKAN FOLK DANCING: Louise Brill and friends organize participants into lines and circles set to complex rhythms. Ohavi Zedek Synagogue, Burlington, 3-6 p.m. $6; free for first-timers; bring snacks to share. Info, 540-1020.

IGNITE: SENSUAL DANCE CLASS: Temperatures rise as hoofers find their footing in chair and floor routines. Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 5-6:30 p.m. $15; preregister; for ages 18 and up. Info, 505-1688.

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BABYSITTER MINGLER: University of Vermont students interested in caring for area children convene for a meet-andgreet with local families. Davis Center, University of Vermont, Burlington, students arrive, 10 a.m.; families arrive, 10:30 a.m.

Free. Info, 656-3907.

MORE LOVE PET ADOPTION EXPO: Animal lovers come face to face with furry friends from North Country Animal League, Passion 4 Paws and All Breed Rescue Vermont. Heritage

Automotive, South Burlington, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Free. Info, 865-8200.

preregister; limited space. Info, balanceyogavt@gmail.com.

SOCIAL SUNDAY: Singersongwriter Jim Brtalik provides the tunes while artist Bonnie Palmer leads a window-cling workshop. Milton Art Center & Gallery, 1-3 p.m. Free. Info, 355-6583.

KARMA YOGA: Attendees practice poses while supporting the Richmond Food Shelf. Balance Yoga, Richmond, 10:30-11:30 a.m. $10; $5 with a food donation.

Info, balanceyogavt@gmail.com.

VINO & THE BARD: Carefully curated wines complement a showcase of Shakespeare’s best scenes. Proceeds benefit Vermont Shakespeare Festival.

See calendar spotlight. ArtsRiot, Burlington, 5 p.m. $40; for ages 21 and up. Info, 540-0406.

film

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

‘MAZINGER Z: INFINITY’: Shown with English subtitles, this Japanese animated adventure tells the story of a machine developed to protect Earth from the evil Dr. Hell. Palace 9 Cinemas, South Burlington, 12:55 p.m. $12.50. Info, 660-9300.

‘SPACE: UNRAVELING THE COSMOS 3D’: See WED.7.

‘WONDERS OF THE ARCTIC 3D’: See WED.7.

food & drink

CHINESE DUMPLINGS: Foodies fête the Chinese New Year by stuffing, wrapping, boiling and eating the savory dough-based dish. Community Teaching Kitchen, City Market, Onion River Co-op, Burlington South End, 3-5 p.m. $5-10. Info, 861-9700.

CHOCOLATE TASTING IN BURLINGTON: See SAT.10.

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.

SOUL FOOD SUNDAY: Community members connect over good conversation and tasty eats at this Black History Month celebration hosted by the Rutland Area NAACP. Potluck offerings are optional. Godnick Adult Center, Rutland, 4-6 p.m.

Free. Info, info@naacprutland. org.

WINE & CHOCOLATE WEEKEND: See SAT.10.

games

KINGDOM GAMES: See SAT.10.

MIDDLEBURY TIGER BASEBALL BINGO EXTRAVAGANZA: Players vie for prizes while marking off numbers on cards. American Legion Post 27, Middlebury, quickies, 12:15 p.m.; regular games, 1 p.m. Prices vary. Info, inkaufmann@myfairpoint.net.

POKÉMON LEAGUE: See THU.8, noon-5 p.m.

health & fitness

BUTI YOGA: See WED.7, Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 7-8 p.m. $12.

Info, studio@zenbarnvt.com.

FIVE STAGES OF SAVASANA: See FRI.9, Balance Yoga, Richmond, 6:30-8 p.m. $20;

MOVING MEDITATION WUJI GONG: Jeanne Plo leads pupils in an easy-to-learn form of qi gong known as “tai chi for enlightenment.” Burlington Friends Meeting House, 3:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 233-6377.

PARTNER YOGA: Friends and companions connect during a fun session of stretching for two.

BYO partner. Evolution Physical Therapy & Yoga, Burlington, 6-7:30 p.m. $15; preregister. Info, 864-9642.

TRADITIONAL YOGA FLOW: Breath accompanies each transition during a vinyasa flow focused on body awareness and self-acceptance. Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 9-10:15 a.m. $12. Info, studio@zenbarnvt.com.

holidays

PREMA AGNI: FIRE OF DIVINE LOVE: Participants celebrate Valentine’s Day while learning how to give and receive love with a powerful healing symbol. The Wellness Collective, Burlington, 1:30-3 p.m. $15. Info, 495-9435.

SWEETHEART SHOPPING EVENT: Shoppers browse goods from crafters and vendors such as LuLaRoe, Sugar Maple Jewelry and Willing Beauty.

Trader Duke’s Hotel, South Burlington, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Free.

Info, 777-8257.

VALENTINE CHOCOLATE TASTING: See SAT.10.

VALENTINE’S DAY PANCAKE BREAKFAST: Families fill up on flapjacks, maple syrup, bacon, sausage, fruit and baked goods.

Red Brick Meeting House, Westford, 8-11 a.m. $5; $20 per family; preregister. Info, 342-5657.

language

FRENCH CONVERSATION GROUP: Parlez-vous français?

Native speakers and students alike practice the tongue at a casual drop-in chat. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 4-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, stevenorman@ fastmail.fm.

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.

music

Find club dates in the music section.

COUNTRY CHORUS: New members join instructor John Harrison for ten weeks of fun, learning and singing. Twin Valley Senior Center, East Montpelier, 3:30-5 p.m. Free; preregister.

Info, 223-6954.

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JOHNNY CASH TRIBUTE SHOW: Musicians channel the Man in Black through renditions of his iconic songs. Proceeds benefit the University of Vermont Children’s Hospital. Burlington Moose Lodge #1618, South Burlington, 2-4 p.m. Donations.

Info, thejohnnycashtributeshowvt @gmail.com.

‘LA BELLE VIE’: Vocalist Erik Kroncke, pianist Mary Jane Austin and choreographer Christine Harris captivate audience members with a concert of French and Russian music and dance. Plainfield Town Hall Opera House, 4-6 p.m. $5-15.

Info, 498-3173.

LOW LILY: Traditional influences and modern inspiration meld in the band’s American folk music, performed as part of the P.M. Sundays series. Richmond Congregational Church, 4-6 p.m. $20-25. Info, 557-7589.

SENSORY-FRIENDLY DRUMMING: Families with youth and adult offspring on the autism spectrum keep the beat on percussion instruments. Hoehl Studio Lab, Flynn Center, Burlington, 1-2 p.m. Free; preregister; limited space. Info, 863-5966.

SOUND BATH: Participants don eye masks and embark on a sonic journey of relaxing and restorative vibrations. BYO eye mask. Sacred Mountain Studio, Burlington, 7-8 p.m. $10-20; preregister for a cushion. Info, stevescuderi@gmail.com.

UKULELE MÊLÉE: Fingers fly at a group lesson on the four-stringed Hawaiian instrument. BYO uke. Fletcher Room, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 4-6 p.m. Free. Info, reference@burlingtonvt.gov.

THE WAILERS: Fans new and old move and groove to timeless reggae tunes. Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center, Stowe Mountain Resort, 6 p.m. $35-65.

Info, 760-4634.

outdoors

WILDLIFE TRACKING CLUB: Outdoor enthusiasts seek signs of species in Burlington’s urban wilds. Rock Point Nature Trails, Burlington, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Free.

Info, trackingvt@gmail.com.

WOMEN’S PICKUP SOCCER: Swift females shoot for the goal.

Robert Miller Community & Recreation Center, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. $3; $50 for unlimited drop-in pass. Info, 864-0123.

‘BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS’: See FRI.9, 2-4 p.m.

‘DOUBLEWIDE’: See WED.7, 2 p.m.

‘ONLY YESTERDAY’: See WED.7, 5 p.m.

‘PICASSO AT THE LAPIN AGILE’: See THU.8, 2 p.m.

words

POETRY OPEN MIC: Penmen and -women deliver original verse at this celebration of the written word hosted by Bianca Amira Zanella. Phoenix Books Rutland, 2-4 p.m. Free. Info, 855-8078.

POETRY SLAM: Young wordsmiths Muslim Girls Making Change promote social justice through poetry. Montgomery Center for the Arts, 1 p.m.

Donations. Info, montgomerycenterarts@gmail.com.

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VERMONT WOMENPRENEUR MEETING: Female proprietors meet monthly to forge connections and collaborations. Fletcher Room, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 1-2:30 p.m. Free. Info, mieko@radiancestudiosllc.com.

community

PUBLIC HEARING: Vermonters offer their two cents on Gov. Phil Scott’s recommended state budget. Performance space, Stearns Student Center, Johnson State College. Board Room, Longfellow

crafts

CROCHETING KITCHEN POT HOLDERS: Beginners get hooked on a new craft. City Market, Onion River Co-op, Downtown Burlington, 5-6:30 p.m. $5-10.

Info, 861-9700.

dance

CONTACT IMPROV: See WED.9, Aikido of Champlain Valley, Burlington, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $4.

Info, 864-7306.

SALSA MONDAYS: Dancers learn the techniques and patterns of salsa, merengue, bachata and cha-cha. North End Studio A, Burlington, fundamentals, 7 p.m.; intermediate, 8 p.m. $12.

Info, 227-2572.

Find even more local events in this newspaper and online:

art Find visual art exhibits and events in the art section and at sevendaysvt.com/art.

film See what’s playing at local theaters in the movies section and at sevendayst.com/movies.

music Find club dates at local venues in the music section and at sevendaysvt.com/music.

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CAMPUS TOUR: Potential students ages 16 through 24 check out a facility offering free housing, meals, career technical training, high school diplomas, driver’s licenses and job placement. Northlands Job Corps Center, Vergennes, 9:45 a.m.-noon. Free; preregister.

Info, 877-0121.

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AMERICAN VETERANS VERMONT POST 1: Those 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.

JOB HUNT HELP: See THU.8, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

TAX HELP: See THU.8.

film

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

‘ALTHEA’: Ace! A PBS documentary centers on Althea Gibson, the first black tennis player to win at the Championships, Wimbledon. Room 207, Bentley Hall, Johnson State College, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 635-1408.

‘MAZINGER Z: INFINITY’: See SUN.11, 7 p.m.

PALESTINE & ISRAEL IN FILM: Documentaries and dramas lay the groundwork for respectful discussions with local activists Kathy Shapiro and Mark Hage.

Call for titles. Montpelier Senior Activity Center, 6:30-9 p.m. Free.

Info, 223-2518.

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‘SPACE: UNRAVELING THE COSMOS 3D’: See WED.7.

‘WONDERS OF THE ARCTIC 3D’: See WED.7.

games

BRIDGE CLUB: See WED.7, 6:30 p.m.

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theater

THE METROPOLITAN OPERA LIVE IN HD: ‘L’ELISIR D’AMORE’: See SAT.10, Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., noon. $26-29.

Info, 603-646-2422. Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 12:55 p.m. $1023. Info, 775-0903.

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sports

‘THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER’ AUDITIONS: See SAT.10, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

Administration Building, Rutland. Main Dining Room, St. Johnsbury House. Library, St. Albans City School. Room 401, Community College of Vermont, Winooski, 6-7 p.m. Free. Info, 828-5767.

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MOUNT ELMORE HIKE: A moderate snowshoe covers four to six miles of ground. Contact trip leader for details. Free; preregister. Info, kfarone@yahoo.com.

‘THE LAST FIVE YEARS’: See FRI.9, 2 p.m.

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VERMONT PHILHARMONIC: See SAT.10, Barre Opera House, 2 p.m. $5-20. Info, 476-8188.

JAGFEST 2.0: See FRI.9, 4-6 p.m.

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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.

ELIZABETH CHANG & HIROMI FUKUDA: The guest violinist and pianist showcase their artistry in “Points North.” University of Vermont Recital Hall, Burlington, 7:30-9 p.m. Free. Info, 656-3040.

tech

TECH HELP WITH CLIF: See WED.7.

health & fitness

ADVANCED SUN-STYLE TAI CHI, LONG-FORM: Elements of qigong thread through the youngest version of the Chinese martial art. Winooski Senior Center, 10-11 a.m. Free. Info, 735-5467.

BUTI YOGA: See WED.7.

CAPOEIRA: A blend of martial arts, music and dancing challenges adults and kids. Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 4:30-5:30 p.m. $12. Info, studio@zenbarnvt.com.

GENTLE HONEY FLOW: A slowmoving yoga class awakens the body for the week ahead.

Women’s Room, Burlington, 12:15 p.m. $16. Info, beth@ prenatalmethod.com.

MEDITATION: A group practice including sitting, walking, reading and discussion promotes mindfulness. Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 7:30-8:30 p.m. Free.

Info, studio@zenbarnvt.com.

RECOVERY COMMUNITY YOGA: See WED.7.

SEATED TAI CHI: Movements are modified for those with arthritis and other chronic conditions.

Winooski Senior Center, 11 a.m.noon. Free. Info, 735-5467.

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TAI CHI: Beginners learn the fundamentals of Yang style slow set, tai chi gong and basic warmups. Richmond Free Library, 9-10 a.m. $14. Info, taichivermont@ gmail.com.

YIN YOGA: See SAT.10, noon-1:15 p.m.

language

ADVANCED-LEVEL SPANISH CLASS: Language learners perfect their pronunciation with guest speakers. Private residence, Burlington, 4:30-6 p.m. $20. Info, 324-1757.

LUNCH IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE: AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE: Bring a bag lunch to practice the system of communication using visual gestures. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, noon-1 p.m.

Free. Info, 223-3338.

SPANISH GROUP CLASSES: Speakers brush up on their language skills en español. New Moon Café, Burlington, 5-6:30 p.m. $25. Info, maigomez1@ hotmail.com.

music

Find club dates in the music section.

COUNTERPOINT: Colchester High School’s chamber singers lift their voices alongside this classical vocal ensemble. Colchester High School, 7-8 p.m. $5. Info, friendsofcolchestermusic @gmail.com.

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BONE BUILDERS EXERCISE CLASSES: See WED.7.

SWING DANCING: Quick-footed participants experiment with different forms, including the Lindy hop, Charleston and balboa. Beginners are welcome.

Champlain Club, Burlington, 7:309:30 p.m. $5. Info, 448-2930.

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ADVANCED TAI CHI CLASS: See FRI.9.

sexy stylings of modern swing dance. North End Studio A, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. $11-16. Info, burlingtonwestie@gmail.com.

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theater

‘THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER’ AUDITIONS: See SAT.10, 6:30-9:30 p.m.

words

MUST-READ MONDAYS: Lit lovers cover A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith.

Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955.

TUE.13 activism

SEEING & DISRUPTING RACISM: A learning opportunity geared toward white community members elucidates the concept of white fragility and prepares participants to challenge prejudice. Mt. Mansfield Union High School, Jericho, 6-7:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, davidalofsin@ cesuvt.org.

community

FEAST TOGETHER OR FEAST TO GO: See FRI.9.

PUBLIC HEARING: See MON.12, Room 11, Vermont Statehouse, Montpelier.

TUESDAY VOLUNTEER NIGHTS: Helping hands pitch in around the shop by organizing parts, moving bikes and tackling other projects. Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult. Bike Recycle Vermont, Burlington, 5-8 p.m. Free. Info, 264-9687.

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, 863-3403.

dance

BEGINNER WEST COAST SWING & FUSION DANCING: Pupils get schooled in the fundamentals of partner dance. North End Studio B, Burlington, 8-9 p.m. $11-16.

Info, burlingtonwestie@gmail. com.

INTERMEDIATE & ADVANCED WEST COAST SWING: Funloving folks learn the smooth,

DANCE, PAINT, WRITE: DROP-IN: Creative people end their day with an energetic meditation, music, movement, intuitive painting, free writing and de-stressing. Expressive Arts Burlington, 7-9 p.m. $15. Info, 343-8172.

LA LECHE LEAGUE MEETING: Nursing mothers share breastfeeding tips and resources.

St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 10:30 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 720-272-8841.

film

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

‘I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO’: James Baldwin’s unfinished novel Remember This House informs a 2016 documentary about race in modern America. Vermont Commons School, South Burlington, pizza and dessert for sale, 5:30 p.m.; film and discussion, 6-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 865-8084.

MOVIE: Snacks are provided at a showing of a popular flick.

Call for details. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

‘RAIN MAN’: A car dealer portrayed by Tom Cruise embarks on a life-changing road trip with his brother, an autistic man played

by Dustin Hoffman. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m.

Free. Info, 748-2600.

‘SPACE: UNRAVELING THE COSMOS 3D’: See WED.7.

‘WONDERS OF THE ARCTIC 3D’: See WED.7.

food & drink

COFFEE TASTING: AN EXPLORATION OF REGION’S IMPACT ON FLAVOR: Participants compare flavors from different parts of the world.

Onyx Tonics Specialty Coffee, Burlington, 5:30-7 p.m. Free. Info, onyxtonics@gmail.com.

games

BRIDGE CLUB: See WED.7, 7 p.m.

health & fitness

50/50 POWER/YIN YOGA: Physical therapist Kyle McGregor designed this class to address the needs of cyclists and those with a sedentary lifestyle through a strengthening warmup and restorative poses. Kismet Place, Williston, 4-5 p.m. $12.

Info, 343-5084.

BEGINNER/INTERMEDIATE SUNSTYLE TAI CHI, LONG-FORM: See THU.8, South Burlington Recreation & Parks Department, 10:30 a.m.-noon.

BEGINNERS TAI CHI CLASS: See THU.8.

BRANDON FITNESS BOOT CAMP: Hop to it! Get fit with strength, endurance, agility and coordination exercises. Otter Valley North Campus Gym, Brandon, 5-6 p.m. $12. Info, 343-7160.

COMMUNITY HEALTH TALKS: This installment of a wellnesscentered lecture series addresses heart wellness. Morristown Centennial Library, Morrisville, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 888-4651.

DE-STRESS YOGA: A relaxing and challenging class lets healthy bodies unplug and unwind. Balance Yoga, Richmond, 5:45-7 p.m. $14. Info, 434-8401.

FELDENKRAIS AWARENESS THROUGH MOVEMENT: See FRI.9, 5:30-6:30 p.m.

GENTLE FLOW YOGA: See THU.8.

HATHA YOGA FLOW: This practice provides a great stretch and strengthens the body through a combination of sustained and flowing poses. Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 5:30-6:45 p.m. $12.

Info, studio@zenbarnvt.com.

LOW-IMPACT FITNESS BOOT CAMP: Strength, agility, coordination and heart-healthy exercises are modified for folks of all ability levels. Charlotte Senior Center, 9:15-10 a.m. $10.

Info, 343-7160.

PEACEFUL WARRIOR KARATE: Martial-arts training promotes healthy living for those in recovery. Turning Point Center, Burlington, 1 p.m. Free. Info, 861-3150.

PILATES: See WED.7, Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 7:30-8:30 a.m. $12. Info, studio@zenbarnvt. com.

REIKI CLINIC: Thirty-minute treatments promote physical, emotional and spiritual wellness. JourneyWorks, Burlington, 3-5:30 p.m. $10-30; preregister.

Info, 860-6203.

R.I.P.P.E.D.: See SAT.10, 6-7 p.m.

VINYASA FLOW: See THU.8.

YOGA AT THE WINOOSKI VFW: Certified instructors guide veterans and their families through a series of poses. Arrive five to 10 minutes early. Second floor, Winooski VFW Hall, 6-7 p.m.

Donations. Info, 655-9832.

YOGA CORE FOR BABES: See THU.8.

holidays

CHINESE NEW YEAR CELEBRATION: An optional meal augments a tai chi lesson and Chinese calligraphy and paper-cutting demos. Montpelier Senior Activity Center, noon-2:30 p.m. Free; $5 for meal. Info, 223-2518.

MARDI GRAS PARTY: Revelers get into the Big-Easy spirit with gumbo, beignets, Alchemist Brewing Focal Banger, and live tunes from PonyHustle and Yankee Chank. Proceeds benefit the Tom Sustic Fund. Hotel Vermont, Burlington, 7 p.m. $10.

Info, 651-0080.

language

‘LA CAUSERIE’ FRENCH CONVERSATION: Native speakers and learners are welcome to pipe up at an unstructured conversational practice. El Gato Cantina, 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.

Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, noon-1 p.m. Free.

Info, 223-3338.

PAUSE-CAFÉ FRENCH CONVERSATION: Frenchlanguage fanatics meet pour parler la belle langue. Meet in the back room. ¡Duino! (Duende), Burlington, 7-8:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 430-4652.

SOCIAL GATHERING: Those who are deaf or hard of hearing or want to learn American Sign Language get together to break down communication barriers. The North Branch Café, Montpelier, 4-6 p.m. Cost of food and drink. Info, 595-4001.

music

Find club dates in the music section.

AN EVENING WITH GREGORY PORTER: Blessed with a set of powerful pipes, the Grammy Award-winning jazz vocalist belts out soulful songs. See calendar spotlight. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $17-30. Info, 603-646-2422.

MARDI GRAS BENEFIT: Cajun and Zydeco tunes from Yankee Chank and Ponyhustle keep the dance floor full at this spirited celebration. Hotel Vermont, Burlington, 7-10 p.m. $10. Info, 233-5293.

OPEN JAM: Instrumentalists band together for a free-flowing musical hour. Borrow an instrument or bring your own. The Pathways Vermont Community Center, Burlington, 3-4 p.m. Free.

Info, 888-492-8218, ext. 300.

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.

politics

LEGISLATIVE DAY: Locals join the League of Women Voters of Central Vermont for a light breakfast and a dialog with state representatives. Vermont Statehouse, Montpelier, 8 a.m.12:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, lwvofvt@gmail.com.

seminars

MEDICARE & YOU: AN INTRODUCTION TO MEDICARE: Members of the Central Vermont Council on Aging clear up confusion about the application process and plan options. Central Vermont Council on Aging, Barre, 3-5 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 479-0531.

talks

CHINA TRAVEL TALK & SLIDESHOW: Members of the Montpelier Senior Activity Center 2017 trip to Beijing and Xian, China, treat attendees to a virtual vacation through stories and photos. Montpelier Senior Activity Center, 6:30-8 p.m. Free.

Info, 223-2518.

JENNIFER K. DEBEDOUT: The music therapist strikes a chord with “Integrating Music Therapy Into Palliative and Hospice Care, Alleviating Distress and Improving Comfort.” Davis Auditorium, Medical Education Center Pavilion, University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, 6-7:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 656-9266.

THADDEUS BULLARD: Also known by his World Wrestling Entertainment moniker, Titus O’Neil, the former Arena Football League player addresses listeners via video broadcast. Room 207, Bentley Hall, Johnson State College, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 635-1247.

tech

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

‘CINDERELLA’: Lavish costumes and beloved songs by Rodgers and Hammerstein enliven this rags-to-riches fairytale. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $25-80. Info, 863-5966.

words

BURLINGTON POETRY GROUP: Writers of verse ages 18 through 30 field constructive feedback on original works. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free.

Info, btvpoetry@gmail.com.

DISCUSSION PANEL: Jonathan Santlofer, editor of It Occurs to Me

FOMO? Find even more local events in this newspaper and online:

art Find visual art exhibits and events in the art section and at sevendaysvt.com/art.

film See what’s playing at local theaters in the movies section and at sevendayst.com/movies.

music Find club dates at local venues in the music section and at sevendaysvt.com/music.

All family-oriented events are now published in Kids VT, our free parenting monthly. Look for it on newsstands and check out the online calendar at kidsvt.com.

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www.getmajorwise.com That I Am America: New Stories and Art converses with contributors Julia Alvarez, Shahzia Sikander and Jane Kent. See calendar spotlight. Sugar Maple Ballroom, Davis Center, University of Vermont, Burlington, 6 p.m.

Free. Info, 656-2014.

THE MOTH: LOVE HURTS: Wordsmiths have five minutes to tell true tales inspired by a shared theme. ArtsRiot, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $10. Info, 540-0406.

WINTER LITERATURE READING SERIES: Ambitious readers cover selected pages of George Eliot’s Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life. 110 Main St., Suite 3C, Burlington, 6:30 p.m.

Free; preregister at meetup.com; limited space. Info, 383-8104.

WED.14 cannabis

‘WONDERS OF THE ARCTIC 3D’: See WED.7.

food & drink

COMMUNITY MEAL: Diners dig into a hot lunch. United Church of Johnson, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Free. Info, 635-1247.

COMMUNITY SUPPER: See WED.7.

GINGERFIELD NOODLES POPUP: See WED.7.

VERMONT FARMERS MARKET: See WED.7.

games

BRIDGE CLUB: See WED.7.

MAH JONGG: Players 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.

health & fitness

ATHLETES PRIMAL FLOW: See WED.7.

GREENER DRINKS: See WED.7.

BONE BUILDERS EXERCISE CLASSES: See WED.7.

crafts

CHAIR TAI CHI: See WED.7.

FIBER RIOT!: See WED.7.

GREEN MOUNTAIN CHAPTER OF THE EMBROIDERERS’ GUILD OF AMERICA: Needle-and-thread enthusiasts fine-tune their techniques. Living/Dining Room, Pines Senior Living Community, South Burlington, 9:30 a.m.

Free for first-timers; bring a bag lunch. Info, 372-4255.

BUTI YOGA: See WED.7.

GENTLE YOGA IN RICHMOND: See WED.7.

GENTLE YOGA IN WATERBURY: See WED.7.

GINGER’S EXTREME BOOT CAMP: See WED.7.

NIA WITH LINDA: See WED.7.

PILATES: See WED.7.

PRENATAL YOGA: See WED.7.

dance

PRIMAL CORE FLOW: See WED.7.

DROP-IN HIP-HOP DANCE: See WED.7.

RESILIENCE FLOW: See WED.7.

CONTACT IMPROV: See WED.7.

HIP-HOP DANCE: See WED.7.

WEDNESDAY GUIDED MEDITATION: See WED.7.

holidays

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TWO TO TANGO: A VALENTINE’S DAY DINNER: Foodies and their better halves celebrate with a special menu and the musical stylings of La Rebelión del Tango. ArtsRiot, Burlington, 6 p.m. $40 for table reservation; preregister; limited space. Info, 540-0406.

VISITING MORNING: Class observations and faculty meet and greets give parents a taste of the learning community.

Lake Champlain Waldorf School, Shelburne, 8:30-10 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 985-2827.

film

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

‘SPACE: UNRAVELING THE COSMOS 3D’: See WED.7.

VALENTINE’S DAY DINNER AT BLUEBERRY HILL INN: A four-course meal kicks off with Vermont cheese and charcuterie. Blueberry Hill Inn, Brandon, 6:30 p.m. $55; preregister; BYOB. Info, 247-6735.

VALENTINE’S DAY DINNER AT BRANDON MUSIC: Three yummy courses prepared by chef Vicky Regia add flavor to the most romantic day of the year. Brandon Music, 6-8 p.m. $45; preregister.

Info, 247-4295.

Majorwise works with local High Schools to help students find local Internships, Volunteer Opportunities, and parttime Jobs.

language

BEGINNER ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASS: See WED.7.

INTERMEDIATE-LEVEL SPANISH CLASS: See WED.7.

INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASS: See WED.7.

Help students prepare for their future.

LUNCH IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE: SPANISH: See WED.7.

outdoors

WINTER BIRDING SERIES: See WED.7.

sports

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‘VERMONT VERSUS HOLLYWOOD’: The Farmers Night Concert Series continues with a talk exploring 100 years of the Green Mountain State in TV and film. House Chamber, Vermont Statehouse, Montpelier, 7:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 828-2228.

tech

INTRODUCTION TO GOOGLE DRIVE: Folks who are familiar with using the internet get dialed into the basics of cloud computing. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 5:30-7 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 865-7217.

TECH HELP WITH CLIF: See WED.7.

TECHNOLOGY NIGHT: Online calendar management becomes second nature during a class with Vermont Technical College’s Ken Bernard. Bring your own device. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 5:30-6:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 878-4918.

theater

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Tickets

‘ONLY YESTERDAY’: See WED.7.

words

25$

BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP: Popular page-turners inspire dialogue. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6:30-8 p.m. Free.

Info, 863-3403.

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‘EXHIBITION ON SCREEN: DAVID HOCKNEY AT THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS’: Viewers embark on a journey into the life and work of one of Britain’s most popular artists. Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, 11 a.m. $813. Info, 382-9222.

VALENTINE’S DAY DIY CRAFTING: Creative types transform assorted materials into tokens of affection. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 2-5 p.m.

Free. Info, 745-1391.

Job?

VALENTINE’S DINNER: Gourmands celebrate their love over five signature dishes. The Lincoln Inn & Restaurant at the Covered Bridge, Woodstock, 6:30 p.m. $110; preregister. Info, 457-7052.

SEVEN DAYS

OPEN MIC NIGHT: Feats of comedy, music, poetry and storytelling fill five-, 10- and 15-minute time slots. Main Street Museum, White River Junction, 7-9 p.m. Donations. Info, info@ mainstreetmuseum.org.

VALENTINE’S DAY: LOVE OUR PLANET & OUR CLIMATE: Environmentally conscious community members engage in a discussion of global warming. Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 6:30-8 p.m. Free.

Info, 426-3581.

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ONE SOUR? ONE SWEET?: Paramours pile their plates with sweet and sour pork over rice, tossed salad, rolls and dessert on Valentine’s Day. Twin Valley Senior Center, East Montpelier, 4-7 p.m.

Donations. Info, 223-3322.

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‘THE LADY OF THE CAMELLIAS’: In a broadcast production, the Bolshoi Ballet interprets the story of a bourgeois who falls in love with a courtesan. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. $6-18. Info, 748-2600.

RECOVERY COMMUNITY YOGA: See WED.7.

VALENTINE’S DAY DINNER WITH A KIDS’ MOVIE: Romantic partners share a meal while tots watch 2017’s Beauty and the Beast in a separate room.

Hardwick Street Café at the Highland Center for the Arts, Greensboro, 5:30-8 p.m. Cost of food; preregister. Info, 533-9399.

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ART CLASSES, AMONG 200 OFFERINGS AT CVUHS IN HINESBURG: Watercolor with Ginny Joyner, Drawing 1 and 2, Zentangle, Pop-Up Cards, Acrylic Landscape, Oil Painting, Journal Sketching, and Calligraphy.

Culinary Arts: one-night, hands-on classes where you eat well! Chinese Feast/Chef Jim McCarthy, Italian Cuisine/Chef Jim, German/Chef Jim, Vegetarian/Chef Jim, Middle Eastern, Persian, Chocolate, Argentinian, Paella, Vegetarian, Quiche, Fermented Foods, Ethiopian/Eritrean, Injera, Cake Decorating. Yum! Full descriptions at access.cvuhs.org, or google access cvuhs. Senior discount. 10 minutes from exit 12. Location: CVU High School, 369 CVU Rd., Hinesburg. Info: 482-7194.

COMPUTER CLASSES, AMONG 200O FFERINGS AT CVUHS IN HINESBURG: Excel 1 and 2; Word 1, 2 and 3; File Management; Data Analysis; Adobe Photoshop; and Web Design. Full descriptions at access.cvuhs.org, or google access cvuhs. Senior discount. 10 minutes from exit 12. Location: CVU High School, 369 CVU Rd., Hinesburg. Info: 482-7194.

CRAFT CLASSES, AMONG 200 OFFERINGS AT CVUHS IN HINESBURG: Pottery (10 choices), Bowl Turning, Metals Workshop, Woodworking, Welding, Carving a Spoon, Rug Hooking, Bracelet Making, Three Bag Sewing classes, Clothing, Basket Making, Needle Felting, Quilting, Cake Decorating, Knitting. Full descriptions at access.cvuhs.org, or google access cvuhs. Senior discount. 10 minutes from exit 12. Location:

CVU High School, 369 CVU Rd., Hinesburg. Info: 482-7194.

EMPOWERMENT CLASSES, AMONG 200 OFFERINGS AT CVUHS IN HINESBURG: Beekeeping, Birding (three choices), SAT Boot Camp, Memoir Writing, Songwriting, Mindfulness for Activists, Guided Imagery, Feldenkrais, Massage Therapy, Talks on: Politics, Mt. Philo, Donner Party. Also, Solar Energy 101, Bridge (two levels), Mah Jongg, Behavior, Reiki, Herbals (three choices), Luscious Lotions, Juggling, VMAP Motorcycle Awareness, Hunter Education 101. Guaranteed. Full descriptions at access.cvuhs.org, or google access cvuhs. Senior discount. 10 minutes from exit 12. Location: CVU High School, 369 CVU Rd., Hinesburg. Info: 482-7194.

LANGUAGE CLASSES, AMONG 200 OFFERINGS AT CVUHS IN HINESBURG: French (three levels), Spanish (six choices), French or Spanish for Kids, Italian for Travelers, Beginning Mandarin (two levels), German (three levels)! Low cost, handson, excellent instructors, limited class size, guaranteed. Materials included with few exceptions.

Full descriptions at access. cvuhs.org, or google access cvuhs. Senior discount. 10 minutes from exit 12. Location: CVU High School, 369 CVU Rd., Hinesburg. Info: 482-7194.

NATURE CLASSES, AMONG 200 OFFERINGS AT CVUHS IN HINESBURG: 200 offerings for all ages. Beekeeping, Birding With Maeve Kim (four choices), Tree ID, Woodlot Management, Growing Blueberries, Edible/Medicinal Plants, Odonates, Growing Mushrooms, Flower Arranging, Terrarium Making, Hoof Health, Animal Communication, Tree ID, Backyard Astronomy, Cat Behavior, Herbals (three choices), Soapmaking, Homesteading.

Guaranteed. Full descriptions at access.cvuhs.org, or google access cvuhs. Senior discount. 10 minutes from exit 12. Location: CVU High School, 369 CVU Rd., Hinesburg. Info: 482-7194.

BODY AND MIND CLASSES, AMONG 200 OFFERINGS AT CVUHS IN HINESBURG: Core Strength (Tue. and Thu.), Weight Training for Women, Cycling Conditioning, Strength Training, Yoga (six choices), Swing or Ballroom with Terry Bouricius, Hip Hop for Kids, Hip Hop for adults, Jazzercise

Dance Mixx, Tai Chi, Chi Kung, Voice-Overs, Guitar (two levels), Mandolin, Banjo, Ukelele, Mindful Meditation, Self-Hypnosis, Emotions/Health, Juggling. Low cost, excellent instructors, guaranteed. Materials included. Full descriptions at access.cvuhs.org, or google access cvuhs. Senior discount. 10 minutes from exit 12. Location: CVU High School, 369 CVU Rd., Hinesburg. Info: 482-7194.

members. Location: Burlington City Arts, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 865-7166.

Burlington City Arts

DIY DESIGN: SCREENPRINTED TOTE BAGS: Learn to pull a print from an existing silk screen and decorate your tote bag! We’ll discuss the process of creating silk screening from start to finish, and, using one of four designs, you will use fabric ink to create your washable tote bag that will be ready to take home and use at the end of the workshop. All materials provided. Registration required.

Mon., Mar. 12, 6-8 p.m. Cost: $30/ person; $27/members. Location: Burlington City Arts, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 865-7166.

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

Teacher bios are also available online.

ADULT WHEEL DROP-IN: Curious about the pottery wheel? Spend a Friday night with our pottery instructors learning the basics of wheel throwing with clay. This is a great introduction to our studio for those who don’t have time for an eight-week class or who just want to have fun with other beginner potters. There is a $5 additional fee per clay piece to be kept, fired and glazed.

No registration necessary, but space is limited. First come, first served. Groups larger than six people are encouraged to set up a private workshop. Fri., Jan. 26-May 18, 7:30-9 p.m. Cost: $10/ person; $9/members. Purchase a drop-in card and get the 6th visit free! Location: Burlington City Arts, 405 Pine St., Burlington.

Info: 865-7157.

FAMILY WHEEL DROP-IN: Explore BCA’s clay studio while hanging out with the family.

Try the pottery wheel or create fantastic clay sculptures while our staff gives demonstrations.

There is a $5 additional fee per clay piece to be kept, fired and glazed. No registration necessary, but access to wheels is limited. Groups larger than six people are encouraged to set up a private workshop. All ages.

Fri., Jan. 26-May 18, 5-7 p.m.

Cost: $10/person; $9/members.

Purchase a drop-in card and get the 6th visit free! Location: Burlington City Arts, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 865-7157.

ADOBE LIGHTROOM: Learn how to easily upload, organize, edit and print your digital photographs using Adobe Lightroom.

RAW file management, exposure/white balance corrections and printing high-quality archival inkjet prints on our Epson printers will be covered.

Students will leave with the skills and confidence to join the digital lab as a member. Bring a Mac-compatible portable drive with your images to the first class. No experience necessary.

Mon., Mar. 19-Apr. 23, 6-9 p.m.

Cost: $275/person; $247.50/

BANGLES: Come check out the jewelry and fine metals studio by making your silver, copper or brass bangle. Open to all skill levels. All materials included.

Thu., Feb. 15, 5:30-8:30 p.m.

Cost: $37/person; $33.30/members. Location: Burlington City Arts, 405 Pine St., Burlington.

Info: 865-7166.

This intensive workshop will go through all of the basics of printing to the large format, archival inkjet Epson printers at the BCA Photo Labs. Bring a selection of digital files prepped and ready to print on a Mac-compatible external hard drive. Fri., Mar. 30, 10-1 p.m. Cost: $45/person; $40.50/members. Location: Burlington City Arts, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 865-7166.

DIGITAL SLR CAMERA: Explore the basic workings of the digital SLR camera and learn how to take the photographs you envision. Demystify f-stops, shutter speeds, sensitivity ratings and exposure, and analyze the basics of composition. Bring your camera and owner’s manual to the first class. Pair with Adobe Lightroom to learn how to edit and print your images. Tue.,

DIY DESIGN: SUNPRINTS: Create unique prints using photo-sensitive paper and everyday objects. Local artist Laura Hale will lead you through this simple way to create beautiful artwork and will show you how to frame the results. All participants will leave with one framed sun print. All materials provided. Registration required.

Mon., Apr. 30, 6-8 p.m. Cost: $30/person; $27/members.

Location: Burlington City Arts, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 865-7166.

DIY DESIGN: TERRARIUMS: Join artist Laura Hale and create your custom-designed terrarium.

You’ll learn how to choose the right plants and create the right soil conditions for them to thrive.

You’ll leave with your custom creation and care instructions for keeping it healthy and vibrant. All materials provided. Registration is required. Mon., May 14, 6-8 p.m.

Cost: $30/person; $27/members.

Location: Burlington City Arts, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 865-7166.

DARKROOM CRASH COURSE: Explore the traditional, analog black-and-white darkroom!

Learn how to properly expose black-and-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 film, paper and darkroom supplies included.

Bring your manual 35mm or medium format film camera to the first class. No experience necessary. Mon., Mar. 19-Apr. 9, 6-9 p.m. Cost: $180/person; $162.50/members. Location: Burlington City Arts, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 865-7166.

DIGITAL PRINTING CRASH COURSE: Are you comfortable with organizing, editing and sizing your digital photographs in Photoshop or Lightroom but have never printed your work?

Are you curious about testing paper surfaces or printing large?

Apr. 3-May 15, 10-noon (no class Apr. 24). Cost: $180/person; $162/members. Location: Burlington City Arts, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 865-7166.

DOCUMENTARY STORYTELLING: Learn how to tell a compelling story with your photographs!

This six-week class will introduce participants to the process of documentary storytelling and include discussions of subject matter, composition, editing and story structure. Group discussion and critiques as well as shooting assignments, readings and writing exercises will give participants the opportunity to begin a new photographic project or refine works in progress. Film or digital photography acceptable. Thu., Feb. 8-Mar. 15, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Cost: $180/person; $162/members. Location: Burlington City Arts, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 865-7166.

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. Class price includes basic drawing materials.

Prerequisite: Some drawing experience is recommended. Thu.,

Jan. 25-Feb. 15, 9:30-12:30 p.m.

Cost: $180/person; $162/members. Location: Burlington City Arts, 405 Pine St., Burlington.

Info: 865-7166.

FAMILY ART SATURDAY AT BCA CENTER: Get creative and make art together! Families are invited to drop in to the BCA Center and enjoy an art activity inspired by our current exhibitions. On each scheduled Saturday, BCA will offer a different art-making project that will ignite the imaginations of kids and adults. Admission is free. Third Sat. of the month, 11-1 p.m. Location: BCA Center, 135 Church St., Burlington. Info: 8657166, 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. We will cover families or types of glazes, the breakdown of components in a glaze, common and lesscommon raw materials, and the basics of what you can do to start making and troubleshooting your glazes. Mon., Apr. 9, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Cost: $25/person; $22.50/members. Location: Burlington City Arts, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 865-7166.

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. The class will also review the work of a variety of cartoonists as inspiration for student work. Some basic drawing experience is encouraged; students should be comfortable with and enjoy doodling. BCA will provide all basic materials. Wed., Mar. 21-Apr. 25, 6-8:30 p.m. Cost: $255/person; $229.50/members. Location: Burlington City Arts, 405 Pine St., Burlington.

Info: 865-7166.

HIGH SCHOOL PHOTOGRAPHY: Tell your story with photographs in this six-week session for high school students! You will explore your ideas, go on group photo shoots, process and print digital photos and zines in our digital lab, experiment with film photography in our darkroom, and participate in supportive discussions and critiques. All supplies and cameras provided.

Scholarships are available. Ages 14-18. No experience required.

Fri., Apr. 6-May 18 (no class Apr. 27), 4:30-6:30 p.m. Cost: $150/person; $135/members.

Location: Burlington City Arts, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 865-7166.

JEWELRY: Learn the basics of creating metal jewelry.

Techniques covered will include sawing, piercing, filing, annealing, soldering, texturing, cold connections, basic hollow construction, ring sizing and more, so that students can create at least two completed pieces. The class includes copper and brass

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and use of all basic tools, as well as studio access during the weeks of your class. Tue., Jan. 23-Feb. 27, 5:30-8 p.m. Cost: $255/person; $229.50/members. Location: Burlington City Arts, 405 Pine St., Burlington.

Info: 865-7166.

LIFE DRAWING DROP-IN: Spend the evening with other local artists drawing from one of our experienced models. Please bring your drawing materials and paper. No preregistration is necessary. Ages 18 and up. Fri., Jan. 26-May 18, 7:30-9 p.m. Cost: $10/ person; $9/members. Purchase a drop-in card and get the 6th visit free! Location: Burlington City Arts, 405 Pine St., Burlington.

Info: 865-7166.

MIXED-LEVEL JEWELRY: This is a less-structured fine metals jewelry class for students who would like to work on a specific project, brush up on their techniques or learn some new techniques with the aid of an instructor there to coach them.

Open to all skill levels, but some experience is helpful for this open-style class. Tue., Mar. 13Apr. 17, 5:30-8 p.m. Cost: $255/ person; $229.50/members.

Location: Burlington City Arts, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 865-7166.

MIXED-LEVEL WHEEL THROWING: Mixed-Level Wheel supports students across a range of skill and experience

levels who have thrown on the wheel. This 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. Prerequisite: wheel-throwing experience required. Option 1: Wed., Jan. 24-Mar. 21 (no class Feb. 14), 1:30-4 p.m.; Option 2: Wed., Mar. 28-May 16, 9:30-noon; Option 3: Wed., Apr. 4-May 23, 1:30-4 p.m.; Option 4: Thu., Mar. 29-May 17, 6-8:30 p.m. Cost: $340/person; $306/members. Class includes first bag of clay; additional bags can be purchased separately.

Location: Burlington City Arts, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 865-7166.

PAINTING SEMINAR: COLOR HARMONY: Immerse yourself in the vibrant world of color in this one-day, hands-on seminar.

Focus on the vital role of color harmony and how to achieve it.

Guided exercises will stimulate awareness of color changes and temperatures and will show how to mix colors simply and accurately. Also, learn how various application techniques affect the appearance of color. Sat., May 5, 9:30-4 p.m. Cost: $100/ person; $90/members. Location: Burlington City Arts, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 865-7166.

PHOTOGRAPHING PAINTINGS & PRINTS: Learn how to take professional-quality digital images of your paintings or prints 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 improve your images and enhance your presentations.

Bring up to five 2-D pieces no larger than 40 x 60 inches. Wed., Apr. 11, 6-9 p.m. Cost: $45/person; $40.50/members. Location: Burlington City Arts, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 865-7166.

PHOTOGRAPHING POTTERY & CERAMIC ART: Learn how to take professional-quality digital images of your ceramic 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.

Bring a selection of pieces. Wed., Apr. 18, 6-9 p.m. Cost: $45/person; $40.50/members. Location: Burlington City Arts, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 865-7166.

PHOTOSHOP CRASH COURSE: Learn the basics of photo editing and printing using Adobe Photoshop in this three-evening intensive workshop. You’ll learn to upload and save images for

print and the web, navigate the workspace and adjustment layers, and use basic editing tools. Bring images on a Maccompatible portable drive to class. No experience necessary.

Mon., May 7-21, 6-9 p.m. Cost: $135/person; $121.50/members.

Location: Burlington City Arts, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 865-7166.

SEE.THINK.DO!: See.Think.Do! invites youth and adults to the BCA Center for an interactive arts experience. Visits begin in the gallery with inquiry-based exploration, lively discussion and active multidisciplinary learning.

Programs conclude in the studio classroom where students explore artists’ processes and materials and create works of art inspired by exhibition themes.

Groups may schedule a one- or two-part program, with tours lasting approximately one hour, and full programs lasting 1.5 to two hours. Weekly on Mon., Tue. & Fri., 9:30-11:30 a.m. Custom scheduled days and times are based on availability. Cost: $5/ per student; individuals and groups are invited to apply for a partial or full scholarship.

Location: Burlington City Arts, 135 Church St., Burlington.

Info: Melinda Johns, 865-7551, mjohns@burlingtoncityarts.org, burlingtoncityarts.org.

Burlington City Arts Youth School Break Workshops

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.

CRAZY CREATURES: Create awe-inspiring creatures out of the pages of your favorite book, from your favorite movie or your imagination. Will your creature have two or four heads? Will it be an animal or vegetable? You get to decide in this fun one-day camp that lets you get creative, through drawing, painting and craft. Ages 6-8. Wed., Apr. 25, 8-3 p.m. Cost: $70/person; $63/ members. Location: Burlington City Arts, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 865-7166.

MINI WORLDS: Shrink down with us and create small beautiful worlds. Campers will be encouraged to explore a variety

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of craft media to develop tiny, intricate terrariums, doll houses or fairy worlds. Ages 6-11. Thu., Apr. 26, 8-3 p.m. Cost: $70/ person; $63/members. Location: Burlington City Arts, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 865-7166.

PAINTING: This one-day camp is designed for the young painter who wants to go beyond the typical tempera. Join us at BCA’s painting studio to experiment with watercolors and acrylic on paper or canvas, large or small.

Have fun while learning new techniques that will help you make even better paintings. Ages 6-11.

Tue., Apr. 24, 8-3 p.m. Cost: $70/ person; $63/members. Location: Burlington City Arts, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 865-7166.

PHOTOGRAPHY: Explore photography in our black and white darkroom and digital lab!

Campers will go on guided photo shoots and will create prints in this fun, hands-on day. Ages 9-11.

Wed., Apr. 25, 8-3 p.m. Cost: $70/ person; $63/members. Location: Burlington City Arts, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 865-7166.

POTTERY WHEEL: This 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.

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Fri., Apr. 27, 8-3 p.m. Cost: $70/ person; $63/members. Location: Burlington City Arts, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 865-7166.

POTTERY WHEEL: This 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.

Mon., Apr. 23, 8-3 p.m. Cost: $70/ person; $63/members. Location: Burlington City Arts, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 865-7166.

business STRESS LESS PRESENTATIONS: Stress Less Public Speaking Workshop with Leora Dowling.

Six-person, six-session workshop in relaxing space with public speaking coach and consultant Leora Dowling. Overcome your anxiety and insecurities by learning to create and deliver powerful presentations in a small, safe environment. Connect with your audience; fulfill your goals; feel the success. Wed., Feb. 21-Mar. 28, 6:30-8 p.m. Cost: $275/six 90-minute classes. Location: Trinity Episcopal Church parlor, 5171 Shelburne Rd. (Route 7), Shelburne. Info: LEESPEAK LLC, Leora Dowling, 989-3250, leora@ leoradowling.com, leespeak.com.

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craft DROP-IN SPINNING: Want to learn a new technique, fine tune your spinning wheel and enjoy a day of spinning? This is an informal gathering where what we do is up to you. Bring your own drop spindle or wheel, or use the equipment at the shop. Stay as long as you want. Mon., Feb. 19, 1-4 p.m. Cost: $30. Location: Mad River Fiber Arts & Mill, 6163 Main St., Waitsfield. Info: Susan Snider, 496-7746, susan@ madriverfibermill.com, madriverfibermill.com.

RIGID HEDDLE WEAVING: This is easy to learn and offers a world of creativity. A great first step for new weavers. It is a great stash buster for knitters and spinners.

You will learn how to dress the loom and explore techniques incorporating color and texture.

Everyone goes home with their sample. Sat., Feb. 17, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Cost: $125/person; includes materials and use of loom.

Location: Mad River Fiber Arts & Mill, 6163 Main St., Waitsfield.

Info: Susan Snider, 496-7746, susan@madriverfibermill.com, madriverfibermill.com.

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dance DSANTOS VT SALSA: Experience the fun and excitement of Burlington’s eclectic dance community by learning salsa. Trained by world famous dancer Manuel Dos Santos, we teach you how to dance to the music and how to have a great time on the dance

floor! There is no better time to start than now! Mon. evenings: beginner class, 7-8 p.m.; intermediate, 8:15-9:15 p.m. Cost: $12/1-hour class. Location: North End Studios, 294 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: Jon Bacon, 355-1818, crandalltyler@hotmail. com, dsantosvt.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 any time and prepare for an enjoyable workout. Location: 266 Pine St., Burlington. Info: Victoria, 598-1077, info@ salsalina.com.

LEARN TO DANCE W/ A PARTNER!: Come alone or come with friends, but come out and learn to dance! Beginning classes repeat each month, but intermediate classes vary from month to month. As with all of our programs, everyone is encouraged to attend, and no partner is necessary. Private lessons also available. Cost: $50/4-week class. Location: Champlain Club, 20 Crowley St., Burlington. Info: First Step Dance, 598-6757, kevin@ firststepdance.com, firststepdance.com.

drumming DJEMBE & TAIKO: Classes in Burlington, Hyde Park and Montpelier. Drums provided.

Classes for adults (also for kids with parents) Mon., Tue. & Wed. in Burlington. Wed. a.m. or Friday a.m. in Hyde Park. Thu. in Montpelier. Most classes are in the evenings or after school.

Conga classes, too! Visit our schedule and register online.

Location: Taiko Space, 208 Flynn Ave., Suite 3G, Burlington; Capital City Grange, 6612 Rte. 12, Berlin; Moonlight Studios, 1670 Cleveland Corners Rd., Hyde Park. Info: 999-4255, burlingtontaiko.org.

empowerment CREATING THE FUTURE OUT OF THE FUTURE: A VISIONEERING WORKSHOP: Worried about our future? Feeling anxious about what’s going on in our world?

Learn how to create the future out of the future by applying scientific principles to create a world we all want to live in. Led

by Dr. Sue Mehrtens, teacher and author. Sat., Feb. 10; 10 a.m.noon. Location: Jungian Center for the Spiritual Sciences, 55 Clover Ln., Waterbury. Info: Sue, 244-7909.

farm classes BUTCHERING CLASSES: A basic butchering course to learn about the difference cuts and how a carcass is broken down all the way to smaller cuts. We will discuss the anatomy of the animals and how this affects the cooking technique that is ideal for that cut.

On February 18, we will butcher a pork carcass; on Feb 25, we will do a lamb. Feb 18: pork workshop; Feb 25: lamb workshop. Cost: $60/pork workshop; $40/lamb workshop. Location: Agricola Farm, 2674 Jersey St., Panton.

Info: alerellini@gmail.com, agricolavermont.com/ farm-classes.html.

Sat., Feb. 24, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.

Cost: $15/person. Location: Gardener’s Supply, 128 Intervale Rd., Burlington. Info: 660-3505, gardenerssupplystore.com.

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COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS WORKSHOP: Storytelling is an art! Learn how to communicate through drawings and design. We’ll work through the comic process from start to finish. Learn more about classes at generatorvt.com/ classes. Tue., Feb 13, 20 & 27, 6-9 p.m. Location: Generator, 40 Sears Ln., Burlington. Info: 540-0761.

Feldenkrais LENGTHENING THE HAMSTRINGS: Find out how to comfortably lengthen your hamstrings without stretching (proven by a study published in Physical Therapy, the journal of the American Physical Therapy Association). Uwe Mester will teach a two-hour workshop in Burlington, and he will also start a five-week series in Richmond and Middlebury. For all details, visit vermontfeldenkrais.com.

Sat., Feb. 17, 3-5 p.m. Cost: $30/2-hour workshop. Location: Sacred Mountain Studio, 215 College St., Burlington. Info: Vermont Feldenkrais, Uwe Mester, 735-3770, movevt@ gmail.com, vermontfeldenkrais. com.

gardening BUDGET-WISE GARDENER: Discover a wealth of ideas for getting the best price and value for exceptional plants. The plant sources and strategies will surprise you! Presenter: Kerry Mendez. Sat., Feb. 24, 9:30-11 a.m. Cost: $15/person. Location: Gardener’s Supply, 128 Intervale Rd., Burlington. Info: 660-3505, gardenerssupplystore.com.

MUSHROOM CULTIVATION: Learn the basics of cultivating edible mushrooms, including oyster, shiitake, and wine cap stropharia. Fungi promote healthy soil and increase yields of vegetable crops. Presenter: Ethan Thompson. Sat., Feb. 17, 9:30-11 a.m. Cost: $15/person.

Location: Gardener’s Supply, 128 Intervale Rd., Burlington.

Info: 660-3505, gardenerssupplystore.com.

SAVE THE POLLINATORS: Learn about low-maintenance gardens filled with “moving art”: birds, butterflies and other pollinators. Presenter: Kerry Mendez.

INTRO TO ARDUINO: The Arduino is a pocket-size computer (also called a “microcontroller”) that you can program and use to control circuits. It interacts with the outside world through sensors, LEDs, motors and even the internet. This makes it a flexible platform for lots of creative projects. Learn more about classes at generatorvt.com/ classes. Sun., Feb. 4, 1-4 p.m.

Location: Generator, 40 Sears Ln., Burlington. Info: 540-0761.

TOOL SHARPENING WORKSHOP: Sharp tools are a necessity for doing good work, from wood shop to kitchen. Sharp tools are safer and easier to use. Spend an afternoon with an experienced woodworker learning how to get a shaving sharp edge on any tool. Learn more about classes at generatorvt.com/classes.

Mon., Feb. 5, 6-9 p.m. Location: Generator, 40 Sears Ln., Burlington. Info: 540-0761.

WELDING AND BASIC METALSHOP (THREE TRAININGS IN ONE!): Ideal for furniture construction, sculpture and engineering. You will learn how to use the metal shop equipment to construct basic forms in metal using forming and welding techniques. This tool training is required before members can use the general metal tools, TIG welder and MIG welder. Learn more at generatorvt.com. Thu., Mar. 1, 8, 25 & 22, 6-8:30 p.m.

Location: Generator, 40 Sears Ln., Burlington. Info: 540-0761.

jewelry JEWELRY CLASSES: Learn how to make your own jewelry in a fully equipped studio with a German-trained goldsmith in a private and bright atmosphere.

Besides creating my own collections and custom designs, I also teach all skill levels, “make your own wedding bands,” summer camps for teenagers, private lessons, etc. For existing students: drop-in hours are Mon. & Thu., 1-4 p.m. Mon. and Thu., 9:30noon (ongoing). Cost: $160/10hour classe + cost of silver ($3/ gram). Location: 26 Spring St.,

Burlington. Info: Jane Frank Jewellery Design, Jane Frank, 999-3242, info@janefrank.de, janefrank.net.

language LEARN ENGLISH ONLINE AND LIVE: The best way to learn is through live interaction with a first-rate teacher who adjusts to your learning needs, answers your questions and makes learning fun. Our online classes are live, face-to-face interactions, not computer exercises.

Customized for you. See our website for complete information, or contact us for details.

Location: Spanish in Waterbury Center, Waterbury Center. Info: 276-1255, spanishparavos@ gmail.com, spanishwaterburycenter.com.

JAPANESE LANGUAGE CLASSES (SPRING): The 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 Mon., Feb. 19 (Level 1) and Wed., Feb. 21 (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.

martial arts VERMONT BRAZILIAN JIUJITSU: 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 & CBJJ certified black belt sixth-degree 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.

COMBAT FITNESS MARTIAL ARTS: Vermont’s premier mixed martial arts academy: Brazilian jiujitsu, boxing, Muay Thai kickboxing, judo, MMA and Filipino martial arts. Combine fitness and skills-building to learn selfdefense and confidence. Classes six days a week. Private lessons available. Located at 276 East Allen St. off Exit 15 in Winooski.

Call 655-KICK (5425). combatfitnessmma.com. See website for schedule. Membership and drop-in rates. Location: Combat Fitness Mixed Martial Arts Academy, 276 E. Allen St., Winooski. Info: Vincent Guy, 655-5425, vteguy25@gmail.com, combatfitnessmma.com.

MARTIAL WAY: Colchester and Milton locations. Classes in self-defense, Karate, Kung Fu, Jiu Jitsu and Tai Chi. We have 14 different age and experience levels, so the training is always age- and skill-appropriate.

Beginner or experienced, fit or not yet, young or not anymore, we have a class for you! Days and evenings; see website for schedule and fees. Location: Martial Way Self Defense Center, 73 Prim Rd., Colchester, Colchester. Info: David Quinlan, 893-8893, info@ martialwayvt.com, martialwayvt.com.

massage ASIAN BODYWORK THERAPY PROGRAM: This program teaches two forms of massage: amma and shiatsu. We will explore oriental medicine theory and diagnosis as well as the body’s meridian system, acupressure points, yin yang and fiveelement theory. Additionally, 100 hours of Western anatomy and physiology are taught. VSAC non-degree grants are available.

NCBTMB-assigned school. elementsofhealing.net. Starts Sep. 2018. Cost: $5,000/600-hour program. Location: Elements of Healing, 21 Essex Way, Suite 109, Essex Jct. Info: Scott Moylan, 288-8160, scott@elementsofhealing.net, elementsofhealing. net.

meditation LEARN TO MEDITATE: Through the practice of sitting still and following your breath as it goes out and dissolves, you are connecting with your heart. By simply letting yourself be, as you are, you develop genuine sympathy toward yourself.

The Burlington Shambhala Center offers meditation as a path to discovering gentleness and wisdom. Shambhala Cafe (meditation and discussions) meets the first Saturday of each month, 9 a.m.-noon. An open house (intro to the center, short dharma talk and socializing) is held on the third Sunday of each month, noon-2 p.m. Instruction: Sun. mornings, 9 a.m.-noon, or by appt. Sessions: Tue. & Thu., noon-1 p.m., & Mon.-Thu., 6-7 p.m. Location: Burlington Shambhala Center, 187 S. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: 658-6795, burlingtonshambhalactr.org.

religion BIBLE TALKS: Come spend a quiet hour listening to a message of hope and salvation through Jesus Christ. We uphold the life and teachings of Jesus and the ministry he

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established in the gospels, his disciples carried out in the book of Acts, and continues to go forth in the world today. Tue., Jan. 30-Feb. 27, 6:30-7:30 p.m. 1-hour meeting. Location: Hampton Inn, 42 Lower Mountain View Dr., Colchester. Info: Marilyn and Angela, 716-353-6342.

GNOSTICISM: Want new insights into Jesus’ character, personality and love life? Want new perspectives on Christianity? This course introduces the gospels that Carl Jung appreciated so much. Led

by Dr. Sue Mehrtens, teacher and author. Feb. 14, 21, 28 & Mar. 7, 7-9 p.m. Cost: $60/person.

Location: Jungian Center for the Spiritual Sciences, 55 Clover Ln., Waterbury. Info: Sue, 244-7909.

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15-HOUR KIDS YOGA TEACHER TRAINING WITH KATE HUDSPETH WITH SANGHA STUDIO: Do you have a passion for working with children?

Join Kate Hudspeth to learn more about sharing yoga with the youth in your life! In this workshop, we will discuss the benefits of children’s yoga, class components, class structure and classroom management techniques. Participants will leave with an understanding of breathing techniques, yoga poses, group activities, mindfulness practices and relaxation exercises. No prior teaching or yoga experience required.

Sat., Feb. 10, 9 a.m.-noon. & 1-4 p.m.; Sun., Feb. 11, 8-10 a.m. & 12:30-4:30 p.m. Cost: $350/ person. Location: Sangha Studio — North, 237 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: 448-4262, info@ sanghastudio.org, sanghastudio. org/workshops-events.

INTUITIVE AWARENESS, ENERGY WORK, E.F.T. & EXPRESSIVE ARTS CLASSES: Open to joy!

Tune into your body, mind and spirit. Learn tools to clear and reset your energy; develop clarity, awareness and compassion; and live from a place of well-being, truth and joy. Taught by Naomi Mitsuda, Reiki Master, certified practitioner of E.F.T., Intuitive Awareness, Expressive Arts, and Energy Medicine. Offered this winter/spring at Spirit Dancer, Sacred Mountain Studio, and other venues in Burlington, VT. Location: Various locations around, Burlington. Info: Naomi Mitsuda, 658-5815, naomimitsuda@gmail.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

HONEST YOGA: Honest yoga offers practices for all levels.

We just expanded to have two practice spaces! Your children can practice in one room while you practice in the other. No need for childcare. Yoga and dance classes ages 3 and up. Brand-new beginners’ course: This includes two specialty classes per week for four weeks plus unlimited access to all classes. We have daily heated and alignment classes kids classes in yoga and dance.

We hold yoga teacher trainings at the 200- and 500-hour levels, as well as children and dance teacher training courses. Check our our website for dance classes and yoga summer camps! Daily classes & workshops. $50/new student (1 month unlimited); $18/ class; $140/10-class card; $15/ class for student or senior; or $110/10-class punch card; $135/ mo. adult memberships; $99/ mo. kid memberships. Location: Honest Yoga Center, 150 Dorset St., Blue Mall, next to Hana, South Burlington. Info: 497-0136, honestyogastudio@gmail.com, honestyogacenter.com.

EVOLUTION YOGA: Practice yoga in a down-to-earth atmosphere with some of the most

There is an indescribable magic here in the Green Mountains, especially when it comes to weddings.

BALANCE YOGA CLASSES/ WORKSHOPS: Offering a variety of yoga classes and wellness workshops to meet individual needs, from beginners to experienced yogis seeking to deepen their practices. Our welcoming community offers support to experience and explore yoga, meditation, sound therapy and bodywork. First class free for Vermonters! Schedule private and group sessions at balanceyogavt.com. See website for daily class schedule. Cost: $15/ drop-in class; $130/10-class card; $70/5-class card; $120/ monthly unlimited. Workshop cost will vary. Location: Balance Yoga, 840 W. Main St., Richmond.

Info: Lynn Clauer, 922-0516, balanceyogavt@gmail.com, balanceyogavt.com.

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Daily drop-in classes including $5 community classes, Yoga Wall and Yoga Therapeutics classes led by physical therapists. Join our Yoga for Life Program to dive deeper into your practice or register for our Yoga Teacher Training for Healthcare Providers. We offer specialty workshops, series and trainings, rooted in the art and science of yoga as a healing practice for body, mind, and spirit. Cost: $15/class; $140/10-class card; $510/community classes. Location: Evolution Yoga, 20 Kilburn St., Burlington. Info: 864-9642, evolutionvt.com.

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YOGA & RECOVERY GROUP FOR FOLKS LIVING W/ LYME DISEASE: Join as we practice gentle restorative poses suitable for all levels. Afterward, join the discussion as we share and support one another on the often confusing and isolating journey to wellness while living with lyme disease. Wear comfortable clothing. Sign up or find more information at Laughingriveryoga. com. Dec. 17, Jan. 14, Feb. 11, Mar. 18, Apr. 8, 2-3:30 p.m. By donation. Location: Laughing River Yoga, The Chase Mill, 1 Mill St., Burlington. Info: laughingriveryoga.com.

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.

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SNAKE-STYLE TAI CHI CHUAN: The Yang Snake Style is a dynamic tai chi method that mobilizes the spine while stretching and strengthening the core body muscles. Practicing this ancient martial art increases strength, flexibility, vitality, peace of mind and martial skill.

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

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ACTIVATE INNER PEACE: Change your life with Tai Chi, Qigong, and Taoist meditation and philosophy. Join our group with other friendly adults to learn quickly and well in a lighthearted, encouraging environment. We teach ancient arts in a modern manner. Our teachers are traditionally trained and authentically qualified to teach. Fri., 6-7 p.m. & 7-8 p.m.; Sat., 11 a.m.-noon & noon-1 p.m.; Tue., 6-7:30 p.m.

Cost: $12/1-hour class; $40/mo. (incl. all classes offered); first class free. Location: 303 Flynn Ave., Burlington. Info: Wu Xing

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J

ubilant indie-rock quintet Varsity emerged from Chicago’s DIY scene in the mid-2010s.

Lyricist/keyboardist Stephanie Smith fronts the project and, in a recent interview with Seven Days, describes her hometown scene as supportive and inclusive.

“We all want the same thing,” she says of her band and the Windy City’s other burgeoning acts. “It’s not necessarily a zero-sum game. It doesn’t feel cutthroat or competitive. Just because [we] have something doesn’t mean someone else can’t also have it.”

Aside from fronting Varsity, Smith, 28, has experience in commercial and documentary film production.

Noteworthy among her credits is her role as an associate producer on director Steve James’ (Hoop Dreams, Stevie) latest project, “America to Me.” The 10part docuseries examines intersections of race, culture and education at Oak Park and River Forest High School, located in the Chicago suburb of Oak Park.

It premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival and is expected to air on Starz later this year.

Varsity perform on Saturday, February 10, at ArtsRiot in Burlington.

Locals Bleach Day, the Onlys and Father Figuer open. Ahead of that show, we chatted with Smith by phone about song

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meanings, documentary filmmaking and a curious celebrity crush.

SEVEN DAYS: I really like your song “Turns Out.” Can you unpack this line: “But I hate that you don’t love me, and I don’t care”? It sounds like you’re madder at yourself than the person the song addresses.

STEPHANIE SMITH: Honestly, I wrote the song a really long time ago. What happens is it [eventually] starts to mean something different. Trying to get into the head space of when I wrote it — I imagine [it] was probably the kind of thing where you’re madder at yourself for being infatuated with someone than somebody not liking or loving you. “Why am I doing this to myself?”

SD: Does the band ever look back on old work and collectively talk about how song meanings change?

SS: We talk about it in the context of songwriting and how [it’s] changed.

Because all of the lyrics are written by me, the mentality or the sentiment behind the song really is only coming from me. When we revisit or relearn an

old song, we realize that our songwriting has gotten more complex or intricate.

But I don’t think we reminisce about the head space, probably because I write all the lyrics. [The rest of the band] isn’t necessarily even privy to the thoughts behind the songs.

SD: To me, the name Varsity implies the pursuit of something unattainable or the act of putting something on a pedestal. Feel free to demystify it.

SS: You know how when you use a word so much it almost loses its meaning? We use [“varsity”] so much in the context of the band’s name that I’ve lost objectivity about it.

It would be a lie to say that we named our band because we’re striving for something more. I don’t ever want it to sound elitist or pretentious. For me, the name has lost all connotations. We chose the name because we liked how it sounded, among all of the other terrible names we had written down in a mass text message. I wish there was a better story. But I really like hearing how other people interpret it.

SD: That’s funny, because I’ve talked to lots of bands who’ve told me that major decisions get made in mass texts.

SS: It seems like not a great way to communicate. We constantly have a Facebook thread going. Because we all work and have different jobs and are available at different times, it’s actually turned out to be the best way to communicate. Obviously, we talk during practice, but [that] space is so sacred that we really want to use that time to play music and not talk business or logistics.

SD: Speaking of your lives outside the band, what can you tell us about your role as an associate producer on the docuseries “America to Me?” SS: It was a very large project, [filmed] at my former high school. I still had ties [there], so I knew about the project and was interested in hopping on board because I really enjoy working with youth.

My job was to be the liaison between the crew, directors and executive producers — and our subjects, which were high school students who, to varying degrees, had experience with film. But none of them knew what it meant to be followed for a whole year in their classes, at home and with friends.

SD: Was it weird to be close to the subjects but also behind the scenes?

SS: There are definitely boundaries.

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competition. Trophies and awards go to best dressed, best moves, most money raised and whoever burns the most calories. Team members will be outfitted with Fitbit activity trackers.

Here’s the coolest part: Some of the most kickass bands and artists in the state (and beyond) are on board to provide dancers a live soundtrack.

It’s an eclectic crew, and I have some suggestions about how best to dance to each act, since you’ll probably want to vary your steps so as not to get stuck in a dance rut.

KAT WRIGHT: Soul train. Everyone forms two opposing rows, and dancers strut their stuff down the middle, either one at a time or in pairs.

ROUGH FRANCIS’ BOBBY HACKNEY: Mosh pit. Without hurting yourself or others, fling your body into the fray and thrash around.

PAPER CASTLES and SWALE: Indie sway.

Move your hips, close your eyes and gently nod your head. Or, you know, do your own chill thing. Whatever.

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Have I mentioned how much I love unusual, competitive feats of endurance? I’m not talking about marathons and triathlons — though I have much respect for those who swim, bike and run their way to glory. I’m talking about situations when everyday people subject themselves to quirky yet grueling acts of tenacity — like in Hands on a Hardbody: The Documentary, a 1997 film that chronicles a competition in which contestants have to keep one hand on a pickup truck the longest in order to win it. Or, you know, all that crazy stuff they do on “Survivor.”

The folks at Lincoln’s Zeno Mountain Farm are gearing up for a beast of an event — and tenacity is the name of the game. The nonprofit, tuition-free summer camp for adults with disabilities and their allies hosts its first-ever dance marathon fundraiser on Saturday, February 10. The overnight shindig concludes the following day and invites brave revelers to shake

what the good Lord gave them for one day straight. (It sounds like a way more fun version of the bleak AF 1969 Depression-era film They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?, which focuses on a similar daylong contest.)

Money raised bolsters the program’s annual summertime session as well as other assemblages throughout the year.

Fundraising works the same way it does in a regular marathon: Participants collect pledge money from their friends and family. But, instead of running like the wind, entrants dance like nobody’s watching — for a day straight. I can’t stress that enough.

A few nitty-gritty things to note: This is not an exhibition. You can’t just come to watch. But it is open to anyone who wants to get involved, and slots are still available. Additionally, it’s a relay-style team sport. So, depending on the number of people on your team, you may not actually have to dance for 24 hours straight. And if you want to enter but don’t have a team, the organizers will match you with a group in need of an extra person.

Aside from raising funds for the camp, it’s also a lighthearted

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Feral Foster & Ali Dineen (folk, gospel), 9 p.m., free. Axiomatic (acoustic), 10:30 p.m., free.

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MOOGS PLACE: Val Davis (singer-songwriter), 8:30 p.m., free.

mad river valley/ waterbury ZENBARN: Zach Nugent’s Acoustic Dead (Grateful Dead tribute), 7 p.m., free.

CITY LIMITS NIGHT CLUB: Karaoke, 9 p.m., free.

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FINNIGAN’S PUB: DJ Craig Mitchell (open format), 10 p.m., free.

FOAM BREWERS: Nate Reit Electric Quartet (jazz), 7 p.m., free.

HALF LOUNGE: SVPPLY (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.

JP’S PUB: Karaoke, 10 p.m., free.

LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Aaron Lucci Quintet (jazz), 7 p.m., free.

Shane Hardiman Trio (jazz), 8:30 p.m., $5-10. Dan Ryan Express (jazz), 10:30 p.m., free.

NECTAR’S: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free. Pappy & the Pards (cosmic country and bluegrass), 9:30 p.m., $5/10. 18+.

RADIO BEAN: DJ Chia (house), 4 p.m., free. Sean Kehoe (singer-songwriter), 7 p.m., free.

Ryan Zimmerman (folk-rock), 8:30 p.m., free. The Plate Scrapers, the Lousy Gentlemen (bluegrass), 10 p.m., free.

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RED SQUARE BLUE ROOM: DJ Cre8 (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.

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Dallas Higgins (singersongwriter), 8 p.m., donation.

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SUSHI YOSHI (STOWE): Will Sellenraad Trio (jazz), 4:30 p.m., free.

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Mickey Western (country, folk), midnight, $5.

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Wildflower, Wren Kitz (soft rock), 9 p.m., free. DJ Taka (eclectic vinyl), 11 p.m., $5.

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MONKEY HOUSE: Untapped: A Night of Burlesque and Drag, 9 p.m., $10.

STONE CORRAL BREWERY: The Hubcats (rock), 7 p.m., free.

WATERWORKS FOOD + DRINK: The Young Quartet (jazz), 9:30 p.m., $5.

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Woodshed Rats (blues, folk), 9 p.m., free.

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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.

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Normally, I straight up abhor Valentine’s Day. It’s a consumption holiday, and it makes people feel unnecessarily shitty about themselves — whether they’re in a relationship or not. Suck it, Hallmark and Russell Stover.

Leave it to local angel-voiced R&B singer-songwriter GUTHRIE GALILEO to

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make me excited for the day of red and pink. On Wednesday, February 14, he takes over Burlington’s SideBar for a special tribute to one of his favorite artists: USHER. Seriously, bravo. I can’t think of a sexier or more seasonally appropriate artist to cover on V-Day. Well, maybe SADE. “Each new addition of [Usher’s] discography shows us a new side of the story, a new expression of the man,” the host writes on the event’s Facebook page.

“But have we ever taken the time to consider what lies below the features of this superstar?” he continues. “Do we really understand each side of his character: the sensitive, Usher the spiritual, the socially attuned, the astrologically keen?”

Damn, dude. I guess we’re going to find out! That must be what he means when he describes himself as a “pretty serious” Usher scholar. And if anyone has the pipes to pull off the buttery sounds of the “U Got It Bad” singer, it’s Guthrie Galileo.

A full band, including a horn section, joins the singer for the homage, which features members of the AVERY COOPER QUARTET, BISON, JULIA CAESAR and STEADY BETTY.

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dancer who busts a move at the center.

Everyone gets a turn in the middle.

BRETT HUGHES: Line dance, two-step or do-si-do. Grab your partner, swing ’em round, etc. You might find yourself similarly compelled during MICHAEL CHORNEY’s set.

HELOISE WILLIAMS of HELOISE & THE SAVOIR FAIRE: Disco and go-go. Work it like you’re at the hottest nightclub, and make sure to include a lot of shouldershimmying.

JAMES KOCHALKA: Dance like a toddler.

The zany singer-songwriter’s work has an undeniably childlike quality — and so should your dance moves.

JOSH PANDA: Loose groove.

Let it all hang out.

CHETRO STOKES (aka CHAD URMSTON of Boston’s DISPATCH): Loner’s wiggle. You know how, when you go to an outdoor concert, there’s always that one dude off to the side working it out in his own little universe? Do that.

GUSTER’s RYAN MILLER: Unpredictable — unless he plays a cover of HENRY MANCINI’s “Moon River,” one of his alltime favorite songs. If he busts out the retro slow-jam, couple up and get close.

Plus, eclectic DJs LEE J, ZEB NORRIS and NICKEL-B are in the mix. Vary your moves accordingly. Hopefully you’ll get a chance to pop and lock.

Final note: The event is at the mercy of the weather gods. I’m sure I don’t have to tell you that snow is always a possibility in February, and the site is up in the mountains. Contact Zeno Mountain Farm on its website to register and ask questions. There’s also a handy-dandy Google Doc floating around the web that has a lot of important info. You can find a link to it on the event’s Facebook page.

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You know those little voices in your

WHAMMY BAR: Big Hat No Cattle (Texas swing), 7 p.m., free.

EL TORO: Stefani Capizzi (folk), 7 p.m., free.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): New Nile Orchestra (world), 8 p.m., free.

SOCIAL CLUB & LOUNGE: African Vibes with DJ Ozias and DJ Alex, 10 p.m., $3.

VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Next Gen Comedy Showcase (standup), 6 p.m., free. Todd Glass, Pat House (standup), 7 & 9:30 p.m., $15-27.

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pop tunes. Quirky but nonetheless

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the art of cutting a rug. A string of

HIGHER GROUND: Winter Is a Drag Ball (drag, dance), 8 p.m., $30/35.

relatable, his work feels sparse and

JERICHO CAFÉ & TAVERN: Avery Cooper Quartet (jazz), 7 p.m., free.

lonely yet still finds a way to explore

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recent singles culminated in the

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ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Dale and Darcy (Celtic, folk), 5 p.m., free.

The Complaints (rock), 9 p.m., free.

artist’s perplexing first EP, Swimmers.

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11, at the Monkey House in Winooski.

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He takes the stage alongside OPERATOR

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CHARLIE-O’S WORLD FAMOUS: Papa Greybeard and Friends (blues), 6 p.m., free. Peterossi (pop), 9 p.m., free.

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BAGITOS BAGEL AND BURRITO CAFÉ: Irish Session, 2 p.m., donation. Mouton & Whipple, the Frozen Finger Boys (bluegrass), 6 p.m., free.

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FOAM BREWERS: The Full Cleveland (yacht rock), 8 p.m., free.

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ARTSRIOT: Varsity, Bleach Day, the Onlys, Father Figuer (indie), 8 p.m., $10.

BLEU NORTHEAST SEAFOOD: Sam Whitesell (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free.

CLUB METRONOME: Retronome With DJ Fattie B (’80s dance party), 9 p.m., free/$5.

Home Team « P.62 I thought that it would be black-andwhite. Part of forming a good relationship with students, especially high schoolers, is [trust]. You’re constantly negotiating your professional role with being a friend and a confidant.

If you see the documentary, you’ll understand. These are exceptional people, and toward the end of the project it wasn’t hard for them to open up to me.

It was an intense learning experience for me and a growing experience for them.

You’re growing [by] leaps and bounds every year in high school, no matter if a film crew is following you or not.

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SS: That was really nuts. Super nuts. I

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NECTAR’S: Stephanie Tonneson (singer-songwriter), 7 p.m., free.

Swift Technique, Headband (featuring members of Turkuaz, Kat Wright and Mammal Dap) (funk), 9 p.m., $5.

RADIO BEAN: The Bright Road, Lizzy (indie), 7:30 p.m., free.

Viva La Vulva: A Valentine’s Variety Show, 10 p.m., $10. The Library Band (Americana, world), midnight, $5.

RED SQUARE: Left Eye Jump (blues), 3 p.m., free. Adwela & the Uprising (rock), 7 p.m., $5. DJ KermiTT (eclectic), 11 p.m., $5.

RED SQUARE BLUE ROOM: DJ Raul (salsa, reggaeton), 6 p.m., free. DJ Reign One (EDM), 11 p.m., $5.

RÍ RÁ IRISH PUB & WHISKEY ROOM: DJ Dodg3r (EDM, hits), 10 p.m., free.

SIDEBAR: Helen Hummel (singer-songwriter), 7 p.m., free.

Dakota (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.

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was definitely tiptoeing around at first.

The security guards thought I was a kid. I was trying not to run into my old teachers. I would have flashbacks of things that happened in high school, like, This is where my locker was, or, I remember ditching school out of this door. In the end, I was able to be like, “Um, I’m not a student. I work here — temporarily.”

SD: So, since this is our Love & Marriage Issue, can I ask if you’re a romantic person in general?

SS: I think in the broad sense of the word

— not just applying it to relationships.

Like, I love showing love for my friends and affection for my partner. And I love Valentine’s Day, which I know is a very unpopular opinion.

SD: It sure is! What do you love about it?

SS: I just really like the excuse to tell people that you love them. I really like red and pink and making cards and all the crafty things. I’m not so concerned with the dating aspect. I like that, and I do expect to do something with my boyfriend on Valentine’s Day, but it’s

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SWEET MELISSA’S: Siren and the Waves (piano music), 6 p.m., donation. The Return of Duroc’s Hot Pink Party (’80s covers), 9:30 p.m., $5.

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more about the excuse to tell people that you care about them.

SD: Do you have any embarrassing childhood celebrity crushes?

SS: John Mayer — No. 1.

SD: Wow, that’s so embarrassing.

SS: Every time he puts out a new album, I still listen to it out of respect for my junior-high self.

SD: You had that answer locked and loaded, which must mean that you really mean it.

SS: I used to have dreams — like, up until high school — that he would meet me after school in his limo and we would drive around together. That’s how insidious [it was].

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REVIEW this Helen Hummel, Many Waters

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Acoustic singer-songwriter albums compel the listener to scrutinize the little things. When nearly every song is a bare-bones voiceand-guitar composition, the variations among them are minuscule, but nonetheless interesting or important — a crescendo here, a restrained chord wedged between two emphatic ones there, the ragged break of the singer’s voice on a particular word. Acutely parsing out these tiny moments may seem like overkill. But they’re largely how such artists distinguish themselves from the brood.

Take Bristol-bred strummer Helen Hummel, for instance. Her debut album, Many Waters, sounds a lot like any number of other acoustic singer-songwriter records. She doesn’t reinvent the wheel by any stretch of the imagination. What sets her apart comes

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There’s a hominess to Many Waters that likely stems from its backstory.

Hummel spent some time living in California but returned to Vermont — as did this critic. In my experience, year-round perfect weather can be intoxicating but can also breed insidious apathy in those who dwell under a perennially shining sun.

To wit: It’s easy to forget life’s urgency when today is always the same as yesterday. But it’s doubtful Hummel ever forgot. Upon returning to New England, she got back to her roots — literally. She recorded the album in trade for work performed on a farm in New Hampshire.

“Goddamn, Honey” stands out with its memorable hook and the way the singer facilely lilts between head voice and belting. In fact, that’s one of Hummel’s greatest strengths throughout the album: her ability to convey emotional information by switching between her head and chest

voices. Her fingers fold a gauzy pitterpatter between the greater thrums of the introductory chord progression, which continues throughout.

Cooing over plucked, staccato chords, Hummel shifts into a salty tone on the sharp and slightly sinister “Little Houses.”

With crunchy, muted chords on the offbeat, she adds percussive precision to the jaunty tune.

“Sleepwalker” is the richest track enclosed. Cellist Judith Serkin, who boasts an impressive résumé including the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, joins Hummel and adds a doleful double helix of heft and fine counterpoint to a devastating song full of desperation and longing. “I want you to stay,” Hummel repeats, a thought so universal that it hurtles past cliché back to relevance.

Hummel may not win over anyone decidedly disinterested in the acoustic singer-songwriter genre. But her work is cohesive and more than adequately displays her talents as a songwriter and musician.

Many Waters is available at helenhummel.com. Hummel performs on Saturday, February 10, at SideBar in Burlington.

can have a startling effect when applied to Western music. As noted in Seven Days’ review of that record, the bizarre tuning worked better on the heavier material. It just seemed to cater to Hayes’ strengths as both a songwriter and a guitarist. Unfortunately, Nothing Special is at best a more contemplative record and at worst just a bad fit for Hayes’ unusual skill set.

Dissonance, drone and sudden key changes are all tools that Hayes can deploy to great effect. The problem on this go-around is the settings in which he has chosen to use his now-characteristic tuning. Take the title track, which attempts a sort of classic rock vibe. Sure, there’s plenty of shredding, but the song comes across like a Led Zeppelin tune played off-key. “Twenty-First Century Blues” is even more egregious, an all but unlistenable accidental parody of classic rock.

For the most part, the album does not present Hayes’ best lyrical work. What might be intended as self-deprecation often crosses over into petulance and self-loathing — such as on “Interesting

Enough.” The song is a mostly spoken-word anecdote, an imagined conversation with an unknown and apathetic critic whom Hayes excoriates for either not listening to his music or not understanding it. Between that and “Emailing a Coworker Halfway Across the Globe” — a tune that is literally just Hayes bitching about a coworker — the pettiness gets old quickly.

There are bright spots on the record, however. Hayes and his tuning still make for some riveting instrumentals. “Get Psyched” is a vicious little number, and “Forced Air” has a crushing groove to it. Both tracks serve as opportunities for his guitars to really bite into those microtones.

However, those moments are too rare to keep Nothing Special from being a tough listen. Hayes has shown himself to be a musician who will attempt the unorthodox and risk alienating listeners.

Here, that bravery by and large fails him.

The record is anti-easy listening, a dish only a few at the party will come back to for a second helping.

Nothing Special is available at bostjanzupancic.bandcamp.com. Give it a listen; I’ve been wrong before.

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You ever go to a potluck dinner where someone has made a really strange dish? It has some stuff in it you’ve never had before, or perhaps it’s been prepared in a way you’re not accustomed to.

But then you take a bite and … you know what?

You don’t hate it. You even think about posting a picture to Instagram to show all of your friends that you eat weird shit sometimes.

The second helping is where things get dicey. Those strange ingredients lose their appeal, and you realize, “Hey, maybe the one spoonful was enough.” Such has been my experience with the microtonal compositions of Bostjan Zupancic, aka St. Johnsbury’s Russ Hayes, and his latest album, Nothing Special.

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WHAMMY BAR: Cookie’s Hot Club (gypsy jazz), 7 p.m., free.

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EL TORO: Mark LeGrand (honkytonk), 7 p.m., free.

MOOGS PLACE: Blackwolf (rock, blues), 9 p.m., free.

TRES AMIGOS & RUSTY NAIL STAGE: Dead Sessions (Grateful Dead tribute), 8:30 p.m., $7/10.

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CORK WINE BAR & MARKET (WATERBURY): Wes Hamilton (folk), 6 p.m., free.

ZENBARN: Mardi Gras Party with Chaque Fois (Cajun), 9 p.m., $5.

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CITY LIMITS NIGHT CLUB: DJ Earl (open format), 9:30 p.m., free.

rutland/killington PICKLE BARREL NIGHTCLUB: The Zoo (rock covers), 8 p.m., $10-20.

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OLIVE RIDLEY’S: Glass Onion (The Tragically Hip tribute), 10 p.m., free.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (HANOVER): Zach Nugent (acoustic), 8 p.m., free.

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FOAM BREWERS: Erin CasselsBrown (indie folk), noon, free.

THE GRYPHON: Linda Oats, Shane Hardiman, Steve Wienert (jazz), 6:30 p.m., free.

HALF LOUNGE: Sunday Scene (UK bass), 10 p.m., free.

LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Game Night, 8 p.m., free.

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Hana Zara (indie folk), 8:30 p.m., free. Finkle & Einhorn (jam), 10:30 p.m., free.

SIDEBAR: DJ A-RA$ (open format), 10 p.m., free.

Rebellión del Tango (music of Astor Piazzolla), 6 p.m., $8/10.

VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Off the Record (variety show), 7 p.m., free. Gross & Fancy (improv), 8 p.m., free.

chittenden county

JP’S PUB: Karaoke, 10 p.m., free.

JUNIPER: The Ray Vega Quartet (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free.

LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Irish Sessions (traditional), 7 p.m., free. Nina’s Brew (blues, roots), 9:30 p.m., free.

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HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: Joe Hertler & the Rainbow Seekers, Ryan Ober + the Romans (folk-rock, soul), 8 p.m., $10/12.

MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Open Mic with Andy Lugo, 9 p.m., free.

MONKEY HOUSE: Operator Music Band, Appalled Eagles, Miles Francis, DJ Disco Phantom (rock), 8:30 p.m., $5/10. 18+.

NECTAR’S: Justin Panigutti (singer-songwriter), 7 p.m., free.

RADIO BEAN: DJ Two Sev (eclectic vinyl), 4 p.m., free. John Powell (reggae, folk), 7 p.m., free.

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RED SQUARE: DJ KermiTT (eclectic), 7 p.m., free. DJ Cre8 (hip-hop), 11 p.m., free.

BAGITOS BAGEL AND BURRITO CAFÉ: Southern Old Time Music Jam (traditional), 10 a.m., free.

RÍ RÁ IRISH PUB & WHISKEY ROOM: Gypsy Reel (traditional Irish, folk), 7:30-10 p.m., free.

SWEET MELISSA’S: Live Band Karaoke, 8 p.m., donation.

SIDEBAR: Guthrie Galileo plays Ursha, Baby! (Usher tribute), 8 p.m., $3.

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MOOGS PLACE: Beg, Steal or Borrow (Old and in the Way tribute), 5 p.m., free.

VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Matthew Broussard (standup), 7 & 9 p.m., $15/20. Standup Open Mic, 7 p.m., free.

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HIGHER GROUND BALLROOM: Papadosio, Aqueous (jam), 8:30 p.m., $17/20.

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HALF LOUNGE: Four-D (house), 9 p.m., free.

LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Lamp Shop Lit Club (open reading), 8 p.m., free. Maryse Smith and Francesca Blanchard (indie folk), 10 p.m., $5.

MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Karaoke, 9:30 p.m., free.

NECTAR’S: Burlington: Speed Dating with a Tech Twist, 6:45 p.m., $20/25. Scuba Party (psychedelic rock), 9 p.m., free/$5. 18+.

RADIO BEAN: Late Night Sneaky Uncle (alternative), 10:30 p.m., free.

SIDEBAR: Open Mic, 7 p.m., free.

Family Night (open jam), 9 p.m., free.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Comedy & Crêpes (standup), 8 p.m., free.

JERICHO CAFÉ & TAVERN: Steve Hartmann (singer-songwriter), 7 p.m., free.

Wave Runner The West Coast is synonymous with beach

culture. That’s especially true of California, where sun, surf and sand are deeply rooted in the state’s cultural identity. The seaside lifestyle even spawned its own genre of music: beach pop. NorCal native ASHE describes her music as such, though it’s not quite like what the Beach Boys were peddling back in the early ’60s. Rather than guitars and an irrepressible search for the perfect wave, synths, warbling samples and brash lyrics drive the young singer’s sun-soaked pop. Ashe performs on Monday, February 12, at the Higher Ground Ballroom in South Burlington. LAUV headlines.

MONKEY HOUSE: Erin CasselsBrown (indie folk), 6 p.m., free.

LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Pullin’ Yo Chain Comedy Showcase, 7:30 p.m., free. David Johnston (blues, jazz), 9:30 p.m., free.

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LINCOLNS: Laugh Shack (standup), 8:30 p.m., $5.

MOOGS PLACE: Seth Yacovone (blues), 7 p.m., free.

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FOAM BREWERS: Local Dork (eclectic vinyl), 6 p.m., free.

THE GRYPHON: P’tit Trio (jazz), 8 p.m., free.

HALF LOUNGE: DJ Taka (eclectic), 10 p.m., free.

LEUNIG’S BISTRO & CAFÉ: George Petit Trio (jazz), 7 p.m., free.

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CHARLIE-O’S WORLD FAMOUS: All Request Video, 9 p.m., free.

SWEET MELISSA’S: D. Davis (acoustic), 5:30 p.m., donation.

WHAMMY BAR: ‘Sing to Your Sweetheart’ Valentine’s Day Party with Lewis Franco (swing), 7 p.m., free.

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IDLETYME BREWING COMPANY: The Idletyme Band (blues, rock), 8 p.m., free.

TRAPP FAMILY LODGE: Cooie & Skip (Americana), 7 p.m., free.

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HIGHER GROUND BALLROOM: Lauv, Ashe (pop), 8 p.m., $13/15.

STONE CORRAL BREWERY: Open Mic Night, 7:30 p.m., free.

MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Gyasi Garcia (singer-songwriter), 9:30 p.m., free.

NECTAR’S: Dead Set (Grateful Dead tribute), 9:30 p.m., $5. 18+.

RADIO BEAN: DJ Lee J (eclectic), 4 p.m., free. Stephen Callahan Trio (jazz), 6:30 p.m., free. Honky Tonk Tuesday with Ponyhustle, 10 p.m., $5.

RED SQUARE: DJ A-RA$ (open format), 8 p.m., free.

SIDEBAR: Sean Kehoe (singer-songwriter), 7 p.m., free.

Ron Stoppable (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.

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HIGHER GROUND BALLROOM: Hippo Campus, Sure Sure (rocK), 8:30 p.m., $16/18.

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arasitic forces make humans anxious — for proof, we need only look at the enduring mythos of vampires who sleep in coffins, skulk in the dark and drain unsuspecting passersby of their life juice. “HUSK,” a newly opened group show at Burlington’s S.P.A.C.E. Gallery, mines the narratively rich material of the parasite for results that, at least sometimes, land as social commentary. “Where do we get the energy we need to sustain ourselves?” asks the curatorial text. “Are those sources sustainable or part of a system that ultimately depletes us?”

With these open-ended questions a-swirling, the gallery has assembled a motley exhibition of works

by Janine Fleri, Martha Hull, Jenn LeBlanc, Athena Kafantaris, Lynne Reed, Beth Robinson, Annika Rundberg, Alex Swaisgood and Sarah Vogelsang. The show comes just in time for Valentine’s Day, that extraspecial collusion of consumerism and romance.

Among the most pointed and fresh — and intentionally silly — works is Fleri’s participatory “Suck Us Dry.” The artist has amended kids’ classic Capri Sun juice pouches with labels featuring five graphic portraits of artists participating in the show, and gallery visitors are welcome to drink these beverages.

Among the “flavors” is Robinson’s Bolo Punch, a “fiery blend of natural swamp water, diesel & shattered glass flavors!” The homemade label features a black-clad Robinson, middle finger raised. Or perhaps Hull’s Strawberry Milkshake, “with just a splash of cyanide,” is more to taste.

“Suck Us Dry” is certainly cute, but it also takes an important jab at notions of artist-viewer reciprocity.

Unless they happen to be buying, gallerygoers are in many senses parasites, enjoying and criticizing the oftintensive labors of art producers. Seen from this angle, the art world is a host riddled with leeches hiding in plain sight. In lieu of a dollar amount, the exhibition price list for “Suck Us Dry” reads simply “for consumption.” If the show packs a definitive punch, it’s here.

Fleri also collaborated with Kafantaris on her sculptural “Unlightened,” a wall-mounted white papier-mâché work that Fleri describes as “a chakra map for cynics.” A meditating human figure with legs like pincers is split down the middle. Suspended within this split are seven clear plastic tubes that alternately light up in various colors. Scratched into the tubes are phrases such as “I own you,” “Pay attention to me,” “Say you love me” and “Love me.”

Along with her collaboration with Fleri, Kafantaris has contributed two sculptural video works: “It Will Eat Itself” and “A Thing That Suffocates.” The latter consists of a video of Kafantaris in dripping black face paint, looping on a screen mounted within a wreath of dead flowers. Tucked among the crunchy petals are small notes that, taken together, read, “My love is a thing that suffocates.”

The potential for harm in relationships Femininity,” she crouches, clutching a bloody involving dependency, particularly between organ. In the other, “Devour the Parasite,” men and women, is a theme further explored a pair of legs, presumably of the dispatched in works by Robinson, Rundberg and parasite, sticks out from behind a tree.

Vogelsang. Each work taps into the The sheer energy of this wildcurrent zeitgeist of raw feminist woman archetype brings to mind the augmented photographs of anger in its own way.

At the center of the gal1970s feminist artist Mary Beth lery stand three of Robinson’s Edelson. female busts intricately hewn Three series of paintings run from clay. Serpentine spines the stylistic gamut. Hull, who and seemingly decaying skin works under the brand “Cute + give these creatures a distinctly Deadly,” has applied her penchant predatory look. “Blood Suckers for sweet, zany anthropomor(malaria feeding on a mosquito)” phized figures to the parasitic and “Trichodina (the monogamous “#MeToo Sculpted Bust” by Beth Robinson form of the worm. In “Hostless,” a down-and-out, cigarette-puffing parasite)” reference parasites ex- and “#MeToo Necklace” by Annika Rundberg worm props up his parasitic plea: plicitly with photo transfers of the “Hostless; anything helps.” “Worm critters in question.

Orgy” is what it sounds like: A pale greenish tangle of worms leaves little empty space on the canvas.

Hull has also contributed the only fiber-arts work in the show: a knitted tapeworm 60 feet long — the longest an actual tapeworm has been known to grow. Wrapped around and propped up on a pink pillow, the grossest thing ever seems kind of adorable rendered with Hull’s skill.

With her painting “Hypovolemic” (meaning “in a state of decreased blood volume”), LeBlanc uses a more realist approach to create an entire terrain of parasites, complete with a map and key for identifying each. Among these is a human baby in utero — perhaps unexpected, but making a valid point.

Six medium-scale paintings by Reed stand out for their deviance from the idea of a parasite as a grotesque or overtly dark entity. She writes of her gentle, “Worm Orgy” by Martha Hull textured abstractions, “I am attempting to capture on paper some of the complex internal emotional states “Turtled,” a sculpture by Swaisgood, is a decidedly involved [in parasitic dynamics between people].” less gory offering than Robinson’s. A small wire figure Reed’s most striking image may be “Engulfed,” a dense camps out on a miniature couch under an opaque mass that evokes the tension of muscle while retaining a certain fluidity of colors and shapes. acrylic turtle shell.

Overall, “HUSK” is in keeping with the vibe cultiRobinson also crafted the “#MeToo Sculpted Bust,” as a complement to and display for Rundberg’s vated by S.P.A.C.E. in its annual “Art of Horror” shows, “#MeToo Necklace.” Rundberg’s large circular pen- embodying a general air of off-the-cuff cheekiness. dant is crafted from bull scrotum and tiny mother-of- Though sincerity and heart seem to supplant visual pearl beads. Is the scrotum meant as a trophy symbolic coherence here, the unflinching engagement of these of female domination? It’s hard to tell, but Rundberg (mostly) women artists with themes of grotesqueness, writes, “If I could coat things with mother-of-pearl reciprocity and broken relational structures is both and make it obsolete, I would make my pearl over the welcome and of the moment. toxic male ego.”

Contact: rachel@sevendaysvt.com Vogelsang also goes unabashedly into the territory of feminine fierceness. Two photographs, inexplica- INFO bly hung separately from each other, show the same “HUSK,” on view through February 24 at S.P.A.C.E. Gallery in naked woman behaving ferally. In one, “Reclaiming Burlington. spacegalleryvt.com

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60+ ART GROUP: A free meet-up for folks 60 or older who’d like to be creative and make art in a social environment. River Arts, Morrisville, Thursday, February 8, 10 a.m.-noon. Info, 888-1261.

‘WAKE UP TO DYING’ MULTIMEDIA ART AND RESOURCE EXHIBIT: Images, writing samples, audio recordings and interactive activities meant to inspire contemplation about the end of life.

February 12-March 30. Info, 223-2518. Montpelier Senior Activity Center.

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JASON ECKENROTH: “Run Rabbit — Chase,”

a multimedia yarn mural and video poem that explores contemporary anxieties through the character of a rabbit. Reception and artist’s talk: Thursday, February 15, 3-5 p.m. February 12-March 9. Info, 635-1469. Julian Scott Memorial Gallery, Johnson State College.

middlebury area

ELINOR STEELE FRIML: Tapestries from the

40-year career of the Vermont designer and weaver, including abstract and impressionistic images, landscapes and geometric compositions.

Reception: Friday, February 16, 5-7 p.m. February 10-March 31. Info, 382-9222. Jackson Gallery, Town Hall Theater in Middlebury.

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‘WINTER MAGIC’: Watercolors and pastels

by Donalyn Burch and Kate Reeves. Reception: Sunday, February 11, 4-6 p.m. February 11-March 14. Info, 295-3133. The Quechee Inn at Marshland Farm.

ARTIST TALK: ELIZABETH NELSON: The artist speaks in conjunction with her current exhibition, “The Book of Changes: Symbolic Landscapes of the I Ching.” Highland Center for the Arts, Greensboro, Friday, February 9, 6 p.m. Info, 533-9075.

ARTIST TALK: PHILIP HERBISON: The Stowe artist speaks in conjunction with his current exhibition, “The Infinite Shapes of Water.” Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, Friday, February 9, 5:30 p.m. Info, 253-8358.

BIG & MESSY ART SPACE: A weekly child-led, process-based open art space featuring mural painting, light and shadow play, and more. River Arts, Morrisville, Sunday, February 11, 10 a.m.-noon. $5 suggested donation. Info, 888-1261.

CLASS: ‘UNUSUAL LANDSCAPES FROM AROUND THE WORLD’: Instructor Jan Danziger leads this educational visual art series. Call to register.

Twin Valley Senior Center, East Montpelier, Friday, February 9, 3-5 p.m. Info, 223-6954.

COMMUNITY ARTS OPEN STUDIO: A weekly workshop where children with caregivers are invited to make their own self-directed art projects using a diverse assortment of art supplies. AVA Gallery and Art Center, Lebanon N.H., Saturday, February 10, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Info, 603-448-3117.

GALLERY TOUR: ‘ILLUMINATED WORDS: ARTISTS’ BOOKS AT UVM’: A guided tour of this exhibition featuring artists’ book selections from the Department of Art and Art History and Special Collections. Colburn Gallery, Burlingoton, Wednesday, February 14, noon. Info, 656-2014.

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‘BARN ART’: Seeking submissions of artworks related to barns for an upcoming juried exhibition. For guidelines and to submit, visit cmacvt.org. Deadline: February 23. Compass Music and Arts Center, Brandon. Info, info@cmacvt.org.

‘TELL ME’: There are currently 6,909 living languages. What do the connected sounds and symbols of words suggest for the visual arts? Studio Place Arts is seeking diverse languages and letterforms (real or invented), new communication technologies, censorship, graffiti, collage and urgent messages to create a Tower of Babel in the center of the gallery. Proposals for this structure in whole or part are welcomed. Deadline: April 6, 2018. For info and submission guidelines, see studioplacearts.com/callsto-artists. Studio Place Arts, Barre. Free for members; $10 for nonmembers. Info, 479-7069.

‘CAPTURING THE LIGHT’: The Middlebury gallery seeks submissions of photographs that address the theme of “luminosity” for an upcoming exhibition to be juried by Laura Moya. For details and to apply, visit photoplacegallery.com. Deadline: February 12. PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury. One to five photographs for $35; $6 for each additional. Info, 388-4500.

‘SCORCHED’: This 2018 group show involves work in which the effects of heat and fire can be easily seen and experienced, including encaustic media, singed paper and other ephemeral materials, charred wood, pit-fired vessels, and hammered-metal and blown-glass objects. Deadline: May 18. For more info and submission guidelines, see studioplacearts.com/calls-to-artists. Studio Place Arts, Barre. Members free; nonmembers $10. Info, 479-7069.

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SEXUAL VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH ART SHOW: Burlington’s Hive Collective seeks art from artists who identify as survivors of sexual violence for an April show sponsored by H.O.P.E. Works. For details and to submit, email Rachel at outreach@hopeworksvt.org. The Hive Collective, Burlington, through March 25. Info, outreach@hopeworksvt.org.

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VERMONT STUDIO CENTER RESIDENCY FELLOWSHIPS: Artists and writers are encouraged to apply for residencies to automatically qualify for program fellowships. For details on residencies and specific available fellowships, visit vermontstudiocenter.org. Deadline: February 15. Vermont Studio Center, Johnson. $25. Info, 635-2727.

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‘FRESH PERSPECTIVE’: The gallery is currently accepting submissions for the second annual show of works by emerging artists under 35. To submit, send images with title, price, medium, handling instructions, etc., to meredith@froghollow.org. Deadline: February 15. Frog Hollow Vermont Craft Gallery, Burlington. Info, meredith@froghollow.org.

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‘COMMON GROUNDS’: In recognition of 100 years of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and its conservation consequences, the museum seeks bird-oriented artworks for an exhibit to open in May. Art of and about birds, exploring commonality, conservation, migration, habitat, protection, and/or coordination among peoples, species, places and/or time will be considered. To submit, email up to three JPEG images to museum@birdsofvermont.org. Deadline: March 27. Birds of Vermont Museum, Huntington. Info, 434-2167.

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CALL FOR LARGE OUTDOOR SCULPTURE: The Shoreham sculpture park is accepting submissions for the 2018 season. Sculptures must be exterior and able to withstand Vermont weather. Accepted works will be installed for one to two years. Interested artists should submit résumé, artist statement and images to lemonfairsculpture@gmail.com. Deadline: April 1. Lemon Fair Sculpture Park, Shoreham. Info, lemonfairsculpture@gmail.com.

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‘LOST AND FOUND’: An “art treasure hunt” instigated by Vermont artist DJ Barry, in which he places stenciled woodcuts in various locations, free to those who find them in exchange for paying it forward. Find the artist on Facebook for clues.

Various Vermont locations, Wednesdays, February 7 and 14. Info, djbarryart@gmail.com.

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SOCIAL SUNDAYS: A weekly community event featuring music, refreshments and art workshops.

Milton Art Center & Gallery, Sunday, February 11, noon-3 p.m. Info, 355-6583.

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TALK: JAMES H. MARONEY, JR.: A former head of American paintings at both Sotheby’s and Christie’s, Maroney will speak about art collections and collecting. BigTown Gallery Vergennes, Thursday, February 8, 6 p.m. Info, info@ bigtowngallery.com.

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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 13, 4-8 p.m. Free. Info, swantonartscouncil@gmail.com.

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TALK: ‘OPENING TO NUMINOUS NATURE: IMAGINATION IN THE CREATIVE PROCESS WITH JIM KELSO’: The artist and craftsman offers an illustrated lecture distilling his creative process as it’s developed over the last 40 years. KelloggHubbard Library, Montpelier, Thursday, February 8, 7-8:30 p.m. Info, 223-3338.

TAXES FOR ARTISTS: A free meet-up hosted by Birdfolk Collective and Green Tax and Accounting.

Elizia Meskill will explain the basic tax equation, tax issues specifically relevant to new artists and how to keep good records. A Q&A period follows.

Scout & Co., Winooski, Wednesday, February 7, 5:30-7 p.m. Info, 497-0582.

WORKSHOP: GALLERY TOURS FOR PEOPLE WITH DEMENTIA: Gordon Sasaki leads this web-based workshop introducing participants to the use of museum-setting artwork to facilitate group discussion for individuals with dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, including caregivers and all group members. Registration required by Friday, February 9, at 5 p.m. Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, Burlington, Wednesday, February 14, 9:45 a.m.-noon. Info, 871-5002.

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‘THE ART SHOW’: A community-sourced art exhibition in which artists are invited to contribute one piece and compete for a “People’s Choice” minigrant. Through February 23. Info, publicartschool@ gmail.com. RL Photo in Burlington.

BELCATE SCHOOL AND HOWARD CENTER ARTS COLLECTIVE: New work by artists from the collective alongside art students. Through February 28. Info, 598-6698. Fletcher Room, Fletcher Free Library in Burlington.

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‘CONSTRUCTED GESTURES’: Collages, montages and digitally manipulated photography by Wendy James, Greg Merhar, Sandy Milens, Bruce Pendleton, Paul Reynolds and Derrick Senior.

Through March 31. Info, 652-4500. Amy E. Tarrant Gallery in Burlington.

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DUSTY BOYNTON: “From Within,” works that merge memory and personal experience for a childlike appearance that is nonetheless sophisticated in gesture and expression. Through April 7. Info, 865-7166. EDWIN OWRE: “New Constructions,” an exhibition of works that reference the formative American art movements of the 1960s and ’70s while embracing contemporary expressions of mark-making. Through April 7. Info, 865-7166.

ELISE WHITTEMORE: “One by One,” works that explore the physicality of printmaking, as well as formal constructs inherent to the natural world.

Through April 7. Info, 865-7166. BCA Center in Burlington.

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‘ENCOUNTER EMPTY’: Installations by Kevin Donegan, Samantha Eckert and Lydia Kern reflecting on the physical, psychic and spiritual architecture that holds emptiness. Through April 24. Info, joseph@newcitygalerie.org. New City Galerie in Burlington.

f ‘SELF-CONFESSED! THE INAPPROPRIATELY INTIMATE COMICS OF ALISON BECHDEL’: Works by the renowned Bolton cartoonist and graphic memoirist that span her decades-long career.

Reception: Wednesday, February 7, 5:30-7 p.m.

Through May 20. Info, 656-0750. f HONORÉ DAUMIER’S ‘BLUESTOCKINGS’: ‘Les Bas Bleus,’ a series of 40 lithographs by the French caricaturist, satirizing groups of upper-class women who sought intellectual stimulation in defiance of their narrowly proscribed roles in society. Reception: Wednesday, February 7, 5:30-7 p.m. Through May 20. Info, 656-0750. Fleming Museum of Art, University of Vermont in Burlington.

‘HUSK’: A group exhibition featuring works that consider parasitic relationships. Through February 24. Info, 578-2512. The S.P.A.C.E. Gallery in Burlington.

‘ILLUMINATING WORDS: ARTIST BOOKS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT’: Artists’ books selected from UVM’s Department of Art and Art History and Special Collections. Through February 15. Info, 656-2138. Colburn Gallery in Burlington.

JEFFREY ROBBINS: Works in watercolor by the Burlington artist and the 25th South End Art Hop jury winner. Through February 28. Info, 658-6016.

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JOHN R. KILLACKY: “Embodied Voice: Video Narratives,” works by the artist, performer and Flynn Center executive director including AIDSrelated videos from the 1990s, disability-themed pieces from the 2000s and recent collaborations with Vermont artists Todd R. Lockwood and Art Bell. Through February 16. Info, 865-6432.

Champlain College Art Gallery in Burlington.

LYNN CUMMINGS: “Shapes, Signs & Symbols: Legacy of the Ancients,” works inspired by the artist’s observations of evidence of the ancients, particularly in the southwestern U.S., as well as several cultures in the South Pacific, Peru and Colombia. Through March 31. Info, 859-9222.

SEABA Center in Burlington.

MARTIN BOCK: Photographs and paintings by the Vermont artist. Through March 31. Info, 863-3403.

Fletcher Free Library in Burlington.

MARY LACY: “Pollination,” new works by the Vermont painter, inspired by pollinators and their counterparts, flowers. Through March 2. Info, marylacy4@ gmail.com. Karma Bird House in Burlington.

‘MY SKY’: An exhibition inviting children and adults to explore the sun, moon and stars together in an immersive, family-friendly environment.

Through May 6. Info, 864-1848. ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain in Burlington.

VALENTINES POP-UP SALE: Local, handmade gifts by resident artists. Through February 14.

Info, E1studiocollective@gmail.com. E 1 Studio Collective in Burlington.

‘WISSLER’: A retrospective of work by Frog Hollow founder Richard Wissler and his mother, Prindle Wissler. Through February 28. Info, 863-6458. Frog Hollow Vermont Craft Gallery in Burlington.

ZOE BISHOP & ADAM FORGUITES: Paintings inspired

by Friedensreich Hundertwasser and repetitive, spontaneous production, respectively. Through February 28. Info, 363-4746. Flynndog in Burlington.

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MELANIE CASTILLO: Works by the graduating Saint Michael’s College senior. Reception: Thursday, February 8, 4 p.m. Through February 18. Info, bcollier@smcvt.edu. McCarthy Arts Center, Saint Michael’s College, in Colchester.

f MOUNT MANSFIELD UNION FINE ART SHOW: Works by high school students in a variety of mediums. Closing reception: Sunday, February 18, 1-3 p.m. Through February 18. Info, ealexander22@ yahoo.com. Emile A. Gruppe Gallery in Jericho.

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CLAIRE VAN VLIET: “Sky and Earth,” pulp paintings using mineral pigments and handmade paper by the renowned Vermont artist between 1995 and 2011. Through March 30. Info, 828-0749. Vermont Supreme Court Gallery in Montpelier.

RIK CARLSON: “50 Years of Art in the Marketplace,” automotive and scenic photography, and a retrospective presentation of the former Emerald City boutique’s archives. Through February 28. Info, rx@ monkeyswithwings.com. Charlotte Senior Center.

‘EXPLORERS OF NORWICH’: An exhibition exploring the lives of Norwich University alumni who shaped and changed the U.S. during the mid-19th and early 20th centuries. Through June 30. Info, 4852183. Sullivan Museum & History Center, Norwich University in Northfield.

‘SWEET TOOTH: THE ART OF DESSERT’: An exploration of the American appetite for sweets and its impact on modern visual culture. Through February 18. Info, 985-3346. Shelburne Museum.

‘WATER’: Water-themed works by 13 Burlingtonarea photographers. Through February 27. Info, 434-5503. Healthy Living Market & Café in South Burlington.

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‘THE ART OF GRANITE’: An exhibition exploring the use of Barre granite in sculpture, highlighting a continuity between classical techniques and the innovation and creativity of today’s artists.

Through March 30. Info, 479-8500. Vermont History Center in Barre.

LINDA MIRABILE: “Avian Inspired,” bird-inspired paintings by the Vermont artist. Through March 30. Info, 828-0749. Governor’s Gallery in Montpelier.

LINDA S. FINKELSTEIN: Eco-art creations made with eucalyptus, indigo and rust, as well as “transformations” combining photography, collage and drawing. Through February 7. Info, 479-0896.

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MERRY SCHMIDT: Watercolor paintings by the local artist. Through February 12. Info, 223-2518.

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NITYA BRIGHENTI: “Light and Shadows,“ paintings.

Through February 28. Info, 223-3338. KelloggHubbard Library in Montpelier.

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CAROLINE TAVELLI-ABAR: “Glimpse: an evolution in water, line, and collage,” abstract geometric paintings. Through February 28. Info, 828-3291.

Spotlight Gallery in Montpelier.

JAQUITH INVITATIONAL GROUP ART SHOW: Works by Terry Allen, Lorilla Banbury, Jennifer Barlow, Chuck Bohn, Juliana Fletcher, Diane Fitch, Tracey Hambleton, Viiu Nuiiler, Marge Pulaski, Helen Rabin, Frederick Rudi, Michael Schumacher and David Smith. Through February 28. Info, 426-3581. Jaquith Public Library in Marshfield.

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‘ART FROM BEHIND BARS: WORKS BY VERMONTERS IN PRISON’: Vermonters for Criminal Justice Reform presents this group exhibition of more than 21 works by incarcerated Vermonters.

Through March 5. Info, 828-0749. Vermont Statehouse in Montpelier.

‘GOLDEN’: A group exhibit with work in multiple mediums exploring aspects of aging.

‘SHOCKWAVE’: Art and poetry by contributors to Shockwave Magazine, an arts collective organized through Washington County Mental Health Services. ROSALIND DANIELS: “Shape Shifting,” photographs of abstracted shapes and light.

Through March 17. Info, 479-7069. Studio Place Arts in Barre.

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ALEXY J. LANZA: “From the Death of One Star/ Por La Muerte De Una Estrella,” a series of 20 large woodcut prints based on ancient Mayan glyphs, 580 BC to 964 AD. Through April 10. Info, 322-1604.

Goddard Art Gallery, Pratt Center, Goddard College in Plainfield.

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‘PAINTING FOR A CURE’: A collection of recent works by local artist/architect Ted Montgomery. Proceeds support the University of Vermont Cancer Center research team headed by Dr. David Krag. Through March 30. Info, 985-8222. Shelburne Vineyard.

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Don’t miss the Best of the 2017 Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival on Saturday, February 10 at 7pm!

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RYAN GEARY: “America Falling,” one year of collages processing post election anxiety syndrome.

Through March 1. Info, 595-4866. The Hive in Middlesex.

‘SEVEN WAYS OF SEEING’: Works by members of the f7 photography group. SUSAN ABBOT AND AXEL STOHLBERG: New paintings by the Vermont artists. Through February 23. Info, 262-6035. T.W. Wood Gallery in Montpelier.

SHOW 23: A showcase of the latest works by gallery members plus paintings by guest artist Jeanne Thurston. Info, 552-0877. The Front in Montpelier.

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BURTON SNOWBOARDS RETROSPECTIVE: Vintage to modern snowboards, original outerwear and images and stories from the Vermont company’s 41-year history. Through April 15. Info, 760-4634.

Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center, Stowe Mountain Resort.

‘CURIOUS & COOL’: Unusual and seldom-seen artifacts of ski culture from the museum’s archives.

Through October 31. Info, 253-9911. Vermont Ski and Snowboard Museum in Stowe.

DENNIS SHEEHAN: “Late for the Sky,” winter landscapes in the style of the Barbizon School and the American tonalists. Through March 9.

RORY JACKSON: “Coming In From the Cold,” a new collection of Vermont landscape paintings.

Through February 20. Info, 760-6785. Edgewater Gallery in Stowe.

HAL MAYFORTH: “Avenues,” works by the awardwinning cartoonist and painter. Through February 9. Info, 635-1469. Julian Scott Memorial Gallery, Johnson State College.

JAMES PETERSON: “Dreamcatcher,” an immersive installation by the artist-in-residence from Los Angeles. Through September 30. Info, 253-8358.

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JOAN BRACE O’NEAL: “The White Slip Drawings,” an ongoing series of figurative works in graphite.

Through February 25. Info, 888-1261. Gallery at River Arts in Morrisville.

JUSTIN KENNEY: “The Parley of the Curve,” works made with shellac, paper, inks and graphite, representing the architecture of society in opposition with nature. Through February 25. Info, 888-1261. River Arts in Morrisville.

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f KIERAN RILEY ABBOTT: “Escape Room,” sculptural monotypes by the Vermont Studio Center staff artist. Closing reception: Friday, February 9, 6:30-8 p.m. Through February 9. Info, 635-2727. Red Mill Gallery at Vermont Studio Center in Johnson.

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‘ORDINARY TIME’: Paintings by Maine artist Grace DeGennaro and kinetic sculpture by Boston artist Anne Lilly. PHILIP HERBISON: “The Infinite Shapes of Water,” large-scale digital photo prints. Through April 14. Info, 253-8358. Helen Day Art Center in Stowe.

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JIM DODDS: “Jimages,” digital poster art by the Vermont artist. Through February 28. Info, jemd@ wcvt.com. Three Mountain Café in Waitsfield.

JOSH AXELROD: “A Man and His Camera,” fine art photographs by the Roxbury artist. Through March 30. Info, 496-6682. Vermont Festival of the Arts Gallery in Waitsfield.

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KATHY STARK: “Mostly White,” a series of mixed-media paintings made through building and manipulating layers of paint and other materials.

Through February 17. Info, 244-7801. Axel’s Gallery & Frame Shop in Waterbury.

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‘LOVE LOST & FOUND’: A juried exhibition of 28 works by 23 artists, including oils, watercolor, mixed media, photography, collage and textile art.

Through April 1. Info, 644-5100. Bryan Memorial Gallery in Jeffersonville.

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MATT LARSON: “Abstracting Nature,” a collection of mixed-media works by the Waterbury Center artist, who finds inspiration from natural systems and ecological processes. Through March 2. Info, 244-6636. White Meeting House in Waterbury.

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‘10 YEARS: THE CAMERON PRINT PROJECT’: Works created by Cameron Visiting Artists, in collaboration with students of Hedya Klein’s silk-screen and intaglio classes, including Mark Dion, Derrick Adams, Tomas Vu, Kati Heck and Rona Yefman.

Through April 29. Info, 443-5258. Middlebury College Museum of Art. ‘UP HOME: HAND-COLORED PHOTOGRAPHS BY SUSANNE AND NEIL RAPPAPORT’: Images that document the late Minnie Griswold’s Pawlet home.

Through March 31. Info, 388-4964. Vermont Folklife Center in Middlebury.

‘WHILE THE TREES RUN’: Works by gallery artists and two new additions, California artists Katie Ruiz and Heather Gordon. Through March 11. Info, 877-2173. Northern Daughters in Vergennes.

WINTER TERM STUDIO ART EXHIBITION: Students from winter term classes exhibit work including photography, drawing and painting. Through February 15. Info, 443-3168. Johnson Memorial Building, Middlebury College.

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2018 STUDENT ART SHOW: Works by students from first through 12th grade, from Barstow Memorial, Leicester Central, Lothrop Elementary, Neshobe Elementary, Otter Valley Union, Sudbury Country and Whiting Elementary schools.

Through February 27. Info, 247-4956. Brandon Artists Guild.

‘ART OF RUTLAND COUNTY’: Inaugural gallery show featuring works by 34 area artists, including Bonnie Baird, Joan Curtis, Kerry O. Furlani, Warren Kimble, Grace Mellow and Erika Lawlor Schmidt.

Through March 30. Info, the77gallery@gmail.com.

The 77 Gallery in Rutland.

JESSICA ADAMS: “A piece of string or a sunset, each acts,” a solo exhibition of mixed-media works by the Brooklyn artist. Through March 3. Info, vtalleygallery@gmail.com. The Alley Gallery in Rutland.

JOAN CURTIS: “Living With the Earth,” three collections of paintings by the Brandon artist.

Through March 31. Info, galleries@castleton.edu.

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NICK NEDDO: “The Wildcrafted World of Nick Neddo: Merging Craft and Art,” nature scenes created from materials foraged and handcrafted by the sixth-generation Vermonter. Through February 13. Info, 287-8398. Feick Arts Center, Green Mountain College in Poultney.

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‘BODY LANGUAGE’: A collaboration of poems and prints by Don and V. Shalvah Herzberg. Through March 31. Info, 295-5901. Two Rivers Printmaking Studio in White River Junction.

CECILY HERZIG: “Dark Botanicals and Swamp Nonsense,” new paintings. Through March 31. Info, cecily.herzig@gmail.com. Zollikofer Gallery at Hotel Coolidge in White River Junction.

‘IT’S COLD OUTSIDE’: New paintings by members of the Odanaksis ArtGroup. Through February 14. Info, 436-2473. Hartland Public Library.

LAURA DI PIAZZA: “Vox Somnium,” mixed-media works exploring irregular spaces, complicated positions and meditative interactions. Through May 23. Info, 296-7000. Barrette Center for the Arts in White River Junction.

‘THE LIGHT AROUND US’: An interactive, educational exhibition exploring the physics of light and how we see it. Through May 2. Free with museum admission. Info, 649-2200. Montshire Museum of Science in Norwich.

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‘Self-Confessed! The Inappropriately Intimate Comics of Alison Bechdel’

If you have lived in Vermont for any length of time, it’s hard to be a stranger to the work of Bolton cartoonist Alison Bechdel. Remember when she resurrected “Dykes to Watch Out For” in Seven Days after He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named was elected? That was a big deal. Bechdel is a state treasure known around the world for achingly real, genre-defying deep-dives into her own family history, community and psyche. This retrospective exhibition at the Fleming Museum of Art in Burlington presents a survey of her decades-long career and pretty much constitutes required viewing. An opening reception is Wednesday, February 7, 5:30 to 7 p.m. Through May 20. Pictured: Bechdel painting the gallery wall.

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‘ARTS CONNECT AT CATAMOUNT ARTS’: An exhibition juried by Hood Museum of Art director John R. Stomberg, featuring outstanding work submitted by emerging and established artists from across the country. Through February 16. Info, 748-2600.

Catamount Arts Center in St. Johnsbury.

‘BELLS & WHISTLES’: An exhibition exploring the myriad forms and associations connected to these ordinary objects. Through May 1. Info, 626-4409.

The Museum of Everyday Life in Glover.

BEN BARNES: Paintings by the Northeast Kingdom artist. Through March 31. Info, 472-9933. 3rd Floor Gallery in Hardwick.

CHARLES TROTSKY & BEN BARNES: A new series of enamel and mixed-media prints that blend printmaking and graffiti, accompanied by furniture by local designer Barnes. Through February 28.

Info, 748-0158. Northeast Kingdom Artisans Guild Backroom Gallery in St. Johnsbury.

ELIZABETH NELSON: “The Book of Changes: Symbolic Landscapes of the I Ching,” 64 paintings inspired by the Chinese divination tool. Through February 18. Info, 533-9075. Highland Center for the Arts in Greensboro.

GERRY TREVITS: New oil paintings of local landscapes. Through March 9. Info, 525-3366.

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‘TOUCHSTONES, TOTEMS, TALISMANS: ANIMALS IN CONTEMPORARY ART’: An exhibition exploring the deep connections humans have with animals, both domestic and wild, with works by Walton Ford, Bharti Kher, Colleen Kiely, Stephen Petegorsky,

BRIAN COHEN: Works on paper by the founding member of Two Rivers Printmaking Studio. Through February 23. Info, 869-2960. Main Street Arts in Saxtons River.

‘WILDLANDS’: Works by 10 artists that celebrate public lands, national parks and wilderness.

Through March 30. Info, 885-3061. The Great Hall in Springfield.

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Storm,” abstract landscapes. Reception: Sunday, February 11, 2-4 p.m. Through March 7. Info, 8899404. Tunbridge Public Library in Tunbridge Village.

NANCY TAPLIN: A select retrospective of paintings by the Vermont artist. Through March 31. Info, 767-9670. BigTown Gallery in Rochester.

‘POST-APOCALYPSE FOR 3/4 EMPIRE’: Prints on fabric by Peter Schumann and Lila Winstead, inspired by Albrecht Durer’s 1495 apocalypse woodcuts. Through March 2. Info, 498-8438. White River Gallery @ BALE in South Royalton.

‘WINTER GROUP 2018’: New works by Jackie Abrams, Eric Boyer, Josh Bernbaum, Tiffany Heerema, Anne Johnstone, Gene Parulis, Torin Porter, Erika Radich, Donald Saaf and other gallery artists. Through March 18. Info, 251-8290. Mitchell Giddings Fine Arts in Brattleboro.

ROSS SHEEHAN: “Cuprum Papyrus,” more than 25 artworks including copper sculptures and works on paper, all sharing common archaeological themes from skeletal blueprints to studies in identification.

Through February 20. Info, 800-431-0025. Hartness Library in Randolph Center.

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‘A CLOSER LOOK’: Paintings and photographs by the three “People’s Choice” award winners of 2017 Area Artists Show: Valerie Auffray Daniel, Judy Laliberte and Jo Lavasseur. Through March 3. Info, 728-9878. Chandler Gallery in Randolph.

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HADLEY GREENE: “From a Teenage Perspective,” photographs inspired by the Sharon Academy senior’s love of animals. Through February 28. Info,

BRENDA PHILLIPS: The artist, who is a survivor of childhood abuse, uses painting as a therapeutic tool and draws inspiration from Christian theology and Greek mythology featuring strong female characters. Through March 9. Info, 603-448-3117.

AVA Gallery and Art Center in Lebanon, N.H.

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‘LEONARD COHEN: A CRACK IN EVERYTHING’: A collection of brand-new works commissioned from and created by local and international artists who have been inspired by Leonard Cohen’s style and recurring themes, in honor of the late poet and musician. Through April 9. Info, 514-847-6226.

Montréal Museum of Contemporary Art. ‘MNEMOSYNE’: An exhibition pairing ancient and modern European works with contemporary art by Canadian artists. Through May 20. NADIA MYRE: “Scattered Remains,” the first survey exhibition of the indigenous Québec artist. Through May 27. Info, 514-285-1600. Montréal Museum of Fine Arts. m

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KADER ATTIA: “Reason’s Oxymorons,” a researchdriven video installation consisting of a range of interviews with philosophers, psychiatrists, anthropologists, traditional healers, historians, musicologists, patients and immigrants. The conversations are organized around the ways in which non-Western and Western cultures approach psychiatric conditions and emotional breakdowns.

Through March 18. Info, 603-646-2426. Hood Downtown in Hanover, N.H.

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CATHERINE HARTUNG: Nature-inspired paintings by the New York artist. Through February 23. Info, gallery@strandcenter.org. Strand Center for the Arts in Plattsburgh, N.Y.

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‘PEOPLE: PORTRAITS. POSES, GESTURES AND DREAMS’: Art from the collections of artists Marjorie Kramer and Sam Thurston. Through March 23. Info, 323-7759. The 99 Gallery and Center in Newport.

Shelley Reed, Jane Rosen, Michal Rovner, Rick Shaefer and Andy Warhol. Through February 11.

‘YOUR SPACE: FLIGHTS OF FANCY’: Images of iconic artworks inspired by birds, from Leonardo’s sketches of flying machines to Ai Wei Wei’s design for the Olympic stadium in Beijing, assembled by education curator Linda Whelihan. Through February 11. ANILA QUAYYUM AGHA: “Shimmering Mirage,” a sculptural light installation inspired

by Islamic architecture. Through March 10. Info, 257-0124. Brattleboro Museum & Art Center.

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s the sagacious cultural observer Seth Rogen noted of the cinema in Knocked Up, “Good things come in pairs: Volcano/Dante’s Peak, Deep Impact/Armageddon.” 2017 offered a rare critically acclaimed example of the phenomenon: Dunkirk/Darkest Hour. What are the odds of two films offering mirror images of the same chapter in British history in the same year — and both earning Best Picture Academy Award nominations?

Directed by Joe Wright (Atonement), Darkest Hour looks back on the period chronicled in Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk — May 1940 — through the opposite end of the telescope. Screenwriter Anthony McCarten tells not the story of troops trapped on the edge of France and waiting for a miracle, but the saga of officials in Parliament maneuvering to bring one about.

At the center of the modern age’s most crucial moment, we find an aging, corpulent, alcoholic career politician equally distrusted by his own party and the crown. One who just happens to be a genius. And, to his surprise, the new prime minister.

Timing, as they say, is everything. They have a point. There is no paucity of works concerning Winston Churchill. In the past decade, he’s made appearances in eight mo-

tion pictures, four plays, two books and nine television productions. All the same, watching Gary Oldman bring this marvelous man, this oratorical sorcerer, to life is a particular pleasure after a year of President Donald Trump’s tweets.

The actor literally inhabits the part. Oldman projects an appealing mix of gravitas and mischief from within an edifice of quivering latex, padding and intricate prosthetics. But the illusion quickly takes a back seat to the drama of the narrative and the inventiveness of his performance, which has earned him the second Oscar nomination of his career.

Timing was everything in Churchill’s rise, as well. The movie provides a powerful reminder that Adolf Hitler had devoured so much of Europe so rapidly that the PM considered it probable that it was too late to turn the tide. Especially with Franklin D. Roosevelt so helpfully sitting on his hands.

The film’s most extraordinary scene comes early, laying out the precariousness of the situation. Advisers inform Churchill that western Europe could collapse at any moment. The shock of modern warfare is palpable. Hearing that Panzer tanks are crossing the continent with amazing speed, Churchill responds, “They’ll have to pause for fuel

IMITATION GAME Oldman now has two — count ’em, two — Oscar nominations, thanks to his sly and spirited channeling of Churchill.

supplies.” “This is not the last war, sir,” he’s corrected. “Their tanks can stop for fuel at a petrol station.”

What absolute fun it is to witness Churchill’s intellect working out the problem, to watch as he schemed and “mobilize[d] the English language and sent it into battle,” as Edward R. Murrow wrote. Despite the occasional Old Vic melodrama, Oldman lends it all an irresistible credibility.

He’s assisted by a gifted cast that includes Kristin Scott Thomas as Churchill’s wife, by Wright’s propulsive direction and by Bruno Delbonnel’s darting, dancing camerawork.

Together, they make this feel like the fastest 125 minutes of the year.

The one stumble: a scene in which Churchill rides the Underground and polls its passengers. Which do they want — peace talks or war? To the last chimney sweep and urchin, they answer, “War.” This never happened and couldn’t have.

Reviews in the British press express stupefaction at the suggestion. In 1940, the public was terrified by the prospect.

It’s but a blip. Overall, this is gripping stuff. “They don’t make ’em like they used to” is something traditionally said about great movies. American audiences, however, are likely to leave Darkest Hour feeling the same way about great leaders.

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Syrian filmmaker Firas Fayyad shot the doc in 2015 to ’16, when his hometown was under relentless aerial bombardment from the forces of President Bashar al-Assad and his Russian allies. It follows members of the Syrian Civil Defense, or White Helmets, who have devoted themselves to the grim task of digging their compatriots out of the resulting rubble.

In an early scene, we watch as children — two alive, one dead — emerge from the wreckage. Only one ultimately survives to thank his rescuers, in a scene that tells us a lot about the film’s two White Helmet protagonists, former philosophy student Mahmoud and family man Khaled.

In this landscape of death and devastation, Mahmoud confesses that he feels uncomfortable receiving a hero’s welcome. For his part, Khaled clearly sees likenesses of his two young children in the one he’s managed to save. An earthy, sympathetic figure who plays soccer and horses around with his kids, he repeatedly balks at the prospect of fleeing with them to the safety of Turkey. “I

WRECKAGE OF WAR White Helmet Khaled pauses amid the rubble in Fayyad’s wrenching documentary.

was born and raised here,” he says. “Should I leave it to some stranger?”

There are no talking heads here, no elucidation of the intricacies of the civil war or the politics of these particular Syrians. But Khaled’s words instantly conjure up a scenario familiar to us from war films and westerns: the last stand.

Last Men is not an easy film to watch, conveying the grinding routine of living in a city under near-constant attack. Having

embedded themselves with the White Helmets, Fayyad and his cinematographer stick to their perspective, taking us to one firstresponse scenario after another. At every site, “Get the body bag” is the refrain. While the carnage generally stays off-camera, the matter-of-fact way the rescuers deal with it speaks volumes.

It’s almost a relief when Fayyad briefly yields to an arty impulse, offering a montage of drone shots of the pulverized city. A sur-

real tableau of a colorful fish tank, perched in an apartment without a front wall, echoes an earlier motif: Khaled stocks a fountain with fish as a contingency food source.

That’s a moment of peaceful normalcy but also an emblem of the characters’ own entrapment. The film ends before December 2016, when Assad’s forces took full control of Aleppo and brought the rebels’ last stand there to an end.

Since the White Helmets became an international cause célèbre, parties on both the right and the left have mounted campaigns to depict the group as political pawns rather than disinterested saviors. But, if Last Men is indeed propaganda, it’s less effective at pushing an agenda than at simply getting our rapt, horrified attention. Nihilism and despair are recurring themes in the rescuers’ conversations: “The whole world is against us,” one says near the end. “They’re all united in killing people here.”

The documentary may not offer us much enlightenment on the reasons for that killing, but it’s powerful enough to make us seek out the facts. They aren’t encouraging.

In a December 2016 report, journalist Robin Wright wrote in the New Yorker, “There will be little of Syria left, physically, for its people to return to.” Fayyad’s powerful film puts names and faces to that destruction.

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NEW IN THEATERS THE 15:17 TO PARIS: Three American soldiers (Spencer Stone, Anthony Sadler and Alek Skarlatos) who foiled a 2015 terrorist attack on a European train play themselves in this drama based on the events, directed by Clint Eastwood.

With Judy Greer and Jenna Fischer. (94 min, PG-13.

Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Palace) THE 2018 OSCAR NOMINATED SHORT FILMS: Fifteen Academy Award nominees play in three separate groups: live-action, animated and documentary, with subjects ranging from Kobe Bryant to a late-in-life same-sex wedding to racial violence to Roald Dahl’s Revolting Rhymes.

(Runtime N/A, NR. Roxy) FIFTY SHADES FREED: The bondage-enthusiast billionaire and his beloved (Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson) finally wed in the third (and last?) film based on E.L. James’ best-selling erotic trilogy.

With Marcia Gay Harden and Eric Johnson. James Foley (Perfect Stranger) directed. (105 min, R. Bijou, Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Palace, Roxy, Welden) PETER RABBIT: Beatrix Potter’s classic kids’ tale of a clever rodent — with some of her other beloved barnyard personae — comes to the screen as a family animation, directed by Will Gluck (Annie).

With the voices of James Corden, Domhnall Gleeson, Fayssal Bazzi and Sia. (93 min, PG. Bijou, Essex, Majestic, Palace, Paramount, Welden)

NOW PLAYING 12 STRONGHHH Warfare on horseback is the centerpiece of this action drama about the first Special Forces team deployed to Afghanistan after 9/11, based on Doug Stanton’s book Horse Soldiers.

Chris Hemsworth, Michael Shannon and William Fichtner star. Nicolai Fuglsig directed. (130 min, R) CALL ME BY YOUR NAMEHHHHH A restless teenager (Timothée Chalamet) falls for his dad’s research assistant (Armie Hammer) in this atmospheric summer romance set in 1983 Italy, from director Luca Guadagnino (I Am Love). With Michael Stuhlbarg. (132 min, R; reviewed by R.K. 1/17) DARKEST HOURHHHH1/2 Gary Oldman plays Winston Churchill in this historical drama about his crucial decisions in the early days of World War II from director Joe Wright (Atonement). With Lily James and Kristin Scott Thomas. (125 min, PG-13; reviewed by R.K. 2/7)

FOREVER MY GIRLHH In this romantic drama based on the novel by Vermonter Heidi McLaughlin, a bad-boy rock star (Alex Roe) returns home to reconnect with his high school sweetheart (Jessica Rothe). Bethany Ashton Wolf directed. (104 min, PG)

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LADY BIRDHHHH Actor Greta Gerwig wrote and directed this acclaimed coming-of-age tale about a Sacramento teen (Saoirse Ronan) navigating her senior year. With Laurie Metcalf and Lucas Hedges.

(93 min, R; reviewed by M.H. 11/29) MAZE RUNNER: THE DEATH CUREHH1/2 Having escaped from a deadly maze, a teen (Dylan O’Brien) and his friends must find the cure for a dreaded disease in the third chapter of the dystopian action saga. With Rosa Salazar, Thomas Brodie-Sangster and Patricia Clarkson. Wes Ball again directed. (142 min, PG-13; reviewed by M.H. 1/31) PADDINGTON 2HHHH1/2 The marmalade-loving bear embarks on a search for the thief of a coveted pop-up book in this sequel to the family adventure hit, again directed by Paul King. With Ben Whishaw, Hugh Grant and Sally Hawkins. (103 min, PG) PHANTOM THREADHHHH1/2 In 1950s London, an elite dressmaker (Daniel Day-Lewis, in what he says will be his last role) becomes fixated on a younger woman (Vicky Krieps) in this drama from writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson (The Master). (130 min, R; reviewed by M.H. 1/24)

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THE SHAPE OF WATERHHHH1/2 A mute janitor (Sally Hawkins) at a government lab falls for a mysterious marine creature in this arty riff on classic monster flicks from cowriter-director Guillermo del Toro. With Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins and Octavia Spencer. (123 min, R) STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDIHHHH1/2 Rian Johnson (Looper) helmed Episode VIII in the space opera series, in which Rey (Daisy Ridley) teams up with Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) on her journey of apprenticeship in the Force. With John Boyega, Oscar Isaac and Adam Driver. (152 min, PG-13)

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JUMANJI: WELCOME TO THE JUNGLEHHH Four teens are trapped in a video game where they’re represented by human movie clichés (Dwayne Johnson, Karen Gillan, Kevin Hart and Jack Black) in this belated sequel to the 1995 action comedy. Jake Kasdan (Bad Teacher) directed. (119 min, PG-13)

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I, TONYAHHHHH This no-holds-barred biopic tells the story of former Olympic figure skater Tonya Harding (Margot Robbie), banned from her sport for her role in conspiring to injure a rival, as a dark comedy of errors. Allison Janney and Sebastian Stan also star. Craig Gillespie (The Finest Hours) directed. (120 min, R; reviewed by M.H. 1/17)

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FERDINANDHHH Munro Leaf’s simply eloquent picture book about a bull who doesn’t choose to fight has become an animated film about a bull on a very busy adventure, from the makers of the Ice Age series. With the voices of Kate McKinnon, David Tennant and Bobby Cannavale. Carlos Saldanha (Rio) directed. (106 min, PG)

HOSTILESHH1/2 In this revisionist western from director Scott Cooper (Crazy Heart), set in 1892, Christian Bale plays a U.S. army captain escorting the family of a Cheyenne chief through a hostile area. With Scott Shepherd, Rosamund Pike and Jesse Plemons. (134 min, R; reviewed by R.K. 1/24)

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DEN OF THIEVESHH1/2 An elite team of outlaws plots to rob LA’s Federal Reserve Bank in this action thriller that follows both the thieves and their nemeses at the sheriff’s department. Gerard Butler, 50 Cent and Pablo Schreiber star. Screenwriter Christian Gudegast makes his directorial debut.

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THE GREATEST SHOWMANHH1/2 This original musical, “inspired by the imagination of” circus entrepreneur P.T. Barnum (Hugh Jackman), appears to be less about the gritty facts of his life than about celebrating show biz. With Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson and Zac Efron. Michael Gracey makes his directorial debut. (105 min, PG)

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AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18)

Charles Nelson Reilly was a famous American actor, director and drama teacher. He appeared in or directed numerous films, plays and TV shows. But in the 1970s, when he was in his forties, he also spent quality time impersonating a banana in a series of commercials for Bic Banana Ink Crayons. So apparently he wasn’t overly attached to his dignity. Pride didn’t interfere with his ability to experiment. In his pursuit of creative expression, he valued the arts of playing and having fun. I encourage you to be inspired by his example during the coming weeks, Aquarius.

the astrological omens, this unusual member of the fungus family can serve as an apt metaphor for you right now. You, too, have access to a resource or influence that is deceptive, but in a good way: offering a charm and good flavor different from what its outer appearance might indicate.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): A grandfather from New Jersey decided to check the pockets of an old shirt he didn’t wear very often.

There, Jimmie Smith found a lottery ticket he had stashed away months previously.

When he realized it had a winning number, he cashed it in for $24.1 million — just two days before it was set to expire. I suspect there may be a comparable development in your near future, although the reward would be more modest. Is there any potential valuable that you have forgotten about or neglected? It’s not too late to claim it.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The U.S. Geological Survey recently announced that it had come up with improved maps of the planet’s agricultural regions. Better satellite imagery helped, as did more thorough analysis of the imagery. The new data show that the Earth is covered with 618 million more acres of croplands than had previously been thought.

That’s 15 percent higher than earlier assessments! In the coming months, Libra, I’m predicting a comparable expansion in your awareness of how many resources you have available. I bet you will also discover that you’re more fertile than you have imagined.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In 1939, Scorpio comic book writer Bob Kane cocreated the fictional science-fiction superhero Batman. The “Caped Crusader” eventually went on to become an icon, appearing in blockbuster movies as well as TV shows and comic books. Kane said one of his inspirations for Batman was a flying machine envisioned by Leonard da Vinci in the early 16th century.

The Italian artist and inventor drew an image of a winged glider that he proposed to build for a human being to wear. I bring this up, Scorpio, because I think you’re in a phase when you, like Kane, can draw inspiration from the past. Go scavenging through history for good ideas!

SAGITTARIUS

(Nov. 22-Dec. 21): I was watching a four-player poker game on TV. The folksy commentator said that the assortment of cards belonging to the player named Mike was “like Anna Kournikova,” because “it looks great but it never wins.” He was referring to the fact that, during her career as a professional tennis player, Anna Kournikova was fêted for her physical beauty but never actually won a singles title. This remark happens to be a useful admonishment for you Sagittarians in the coming weeks. You should avoid relying on anything that looks good but never wins. Put your trust in influences that are a bit homely or unassuming but far more apt to contribute to your success.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): A Chinese man named Wang Kaiyu bought two blackfurred puppies from a stranger and took them home to his farm. As the months passed by, Wang noticed that his pets seemed unusually hungry and aggressive. They would sometimes eat his chickens. When they were 2 years old, he finally figured out that they weren’t dogs, but rather Asian black bears.

He turned them over to a local animal rescue center. I bring this to your attention, Capricorn, because I suspect it may have a resemblance to your experience. A case of mistaken identity? A surprise revealed in the course of a ripening process? A misunderstanding about what you’re taking care of? Now is a good time to make adjustments and corrections.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): According to ancient Greek writer Herodotus, Persians didn’t hesitate to deliberate about important matters while drunk. However, they wouldn’t finalize any intoxicated decision until they had a chance to reevaluate it while sober.

The reverse was also true. Choices they made while sober had to be reassessed while they were under the influence of alcohol. I bring this to your attention not because I think you should adhere to similar guidelines in the coming weeks. I would never give you an oracle that required you to be buzzed. But I do think you’ll be wise to consider key decisions from not just a coolly rational mind-set, but also from a frisky intuitive perspective. To arrive at a wise verdict, you need both.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): British athlete Liam Collins is an accomplished hurdler.

In 2017, he won two medals at the World Masters Athletics Indoor Championships in South Korea. Collins is also a stuntman and street performer who does shows in which he hurtles over barriers made of chain saws and leaps blindfolded through flaming hoops. For the foreseeable future, you may have a dual capacity with some resemblances to his. You could reach a high point in expressing your skills in your chosen field and also branch out into extraordinary or flamboyant variations on your specialty.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): When he was 32, the man who would later be known as Dr. Seuss wrote his first kids’ book, And to Think

That I Saw It on Mulberry Street. His efforts to find a readership went badly at first. Twenty-seven publishers rejected his manuscript.

On the verge of abandoning his quest, he ran into an old college classmate on the street.

The friend, who had recently begun working at Vanguard Press, expressed interest in the book. Voilà! Mulberry Street got published.

Dr. Seuss later said that if, on that lucky day, he had been strolling on the other side of the street, his career as an author of children’s books might never have happened. I’m telling you this tale, Taurus, because I suspect your chances at experiencing a comparable stroke of luck in the coming weeks will be extra high. Be alert!

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): A survey of British Christians found that most are loyal to just six of the Ten Commandments. While they still think it’s bad to, say, steal and kill and lie, they don’t regard it as a sin to revere idols, work on the Sabbath, worship other gods or use the Lord’s name in a curse. In accordance with the astrological omens, I encourage you to be inspired by their rebellion.

The coming weeks will be a favorable time to reevaluate your old traditions and belief systems and then discard anything that no longer suits the new person you’ve become.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): While serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II, Don Karkos lost the sight in his right eye after being hit by shrapnel. Sixty-four years later, he regained his vision when he got butted in the head by a horse he was grooming. Based on the upcoming astrological omens, I’m wondering if you’ll soon experience a metaphorically comparable restoration. My analysis suggests that you’ll undergo a healing in which something you lost will return or be returned.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The candy cap mushroom, whose scientific name is Lactarius rubidus, is a burnt orange color. It’s smallto medium-size and has a convex cap. But there its resemblance to other mushrooms ends. When dried out, it tastes and smells like maple syrup. You can grind it into a powder and use it to sweeten cakes and cookies and custards. According to my analysis of

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Trying to become a better self. Trying to let go of the past. Taking whatever comes your way without expectation or judgement. I know it’s hard sometimes, but good things are coming. You are beautiful and so deserving. Do what you must, but don’t lose hope. Good things are coming. I love you. When: Thursday, February 1, 2018. Where: right here, right now. You: Man. Me: Man. #914257 NO WALLYNESS? Though we see a latte of each other, I don’t have the curry to tell you how I really feel. I am an egg in your hands, scrambled under your hot meat. I am like so much cheese, melting on the grill of your gaze. Oh, my sandwich warrior, you are beautiful in so many nontypical ways. When: Saturday, February 3, 2018. Where: Wally’s Bagels. You: Woman. Me: Man. #914256 RE: HOME DEPOT CUTIE, 12/16 Did this take place in the checkout line?

I seem to vaguely recall you. Coffee and polite conversation sometime?

You may pay, and I’ll forgive you for snubbing me. Deal? When: Saturday, December 16, 2017. Where: Home Depot. You: Man. Me: Woman. #914255

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JAMES FROM WATERBURY You have the best dog, like to go overseas as often as possible and are a creative type. You sparked my interest, but I erroneously swiped left when you appeared on my app (rookie OKC mistake). I have two great dogs and a valid passport! Talk over a beer sometime? When: Wednesday, January 31, 2018. Where: OKCupid.

You: Man. Me: Woman. #914254 BEEFY BURROWS STUD Aloha, Chip Chip! Remember when we did the “5 Banger”? Come home, and we can make it a “10 Banger.” Don’t get the bite! —Pierre. When: Thursday, February 1, 2018. Where: Camel’s Hump. You: Man. Me: Man. #914253 THINNING-HAIRED MAN IN MY HOUSE Spotted: thoughtful guy trying to cut back on his cookie consumption.

Hopefully someone special is supplying plenty of sweetness. May she be able to keep it up for the years to come. I’ll keep my eye out for you around the living room. When: Tuesday, January 30, 2018. Where: Loomis Street.

You: Man. Me: Woman. #914252 HEY, QUEEN BEE I left the hive. But you know how to find me. Come on over and pay me a little visit. :) I will show you the Lakeside neighborhood. We can catch up! When: Tuesday, January 23, 2018. Where: South End Hive.

You: Woman. Me: Man. #914251

QUIET LITTLE NUT JOB Last year, to celebrate one year, you asked if I’d like to aim for another. This year, we decided to give it a go for life! I can’t wait to spend my life in a quixotic haze with the only person who makes me feel alone. But first, a Heady Topper at OP. I love you more... When: Tuesday, January 30, 2018. Where: the OP. You: Woman. Me: Man. #914250 STUNNING BLONDE IN CHARLOTTE You were walking on Sunday morning.

We shared a wave and a smile. I wish I had turned around and said hi! When: Sunday, January 21, 2018.

Where: Ferry Road, Charlotte. You: Woman. Me: Man. #914249 THREE NEEDS You winked at me (very cute, by the way) and then asked me about Chicago. I was flustered, but I’d like to change that. When: Monday, January 22, 2018. Where: Three Needs.

You: Woman. Me: Man. #914248 MAIN STREET SMALL DOG RESCUERS To the two young women who helped me get my small, aging, runaway dog around 9 p.m.: Please stop by the Lang House Inn so I can properly thank you! When: Saturday, January 20, 2018. Where: Main Street. You: Woman. Me: Woman. #914247 POWDER BLUE From Olive Drab (actually “Moss”).

You stopped to let me pass on the trail, but it wasn’t necessary, as you certainly wouldn’t have slowed me down. Any interest in hiking at the same pace? When: Saturday, January 20, 2018. Where: SuckerBrook Trail.

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BLACK-AND-WHITE-STRIPED PANTS GIRL, JP’S Your cute bum in black-and-white pants caught my eye when you walked in.

Our eyes met a few times until I sang a duo, “Country Road.” Was hard to get eye contact after that. Wanted to say hi, but too shy. Would love to change that.

Me: black tee with white writing, shaved head, glasses, terrible singer. When: Saturday, January 13, 2018. Where: JP’s. You: Woman. Me: Man. #914242 LOST LAUNDRY I connected you with your lost laundry, then you kept reconnecting with your sweet smile. Wish I had offered to help you carry your load. You: woman, fifties? Me: woman, same.

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You: Woman. Me: Woman. #914241 HARD-BOILED BOOKSELLER To the delightful lady at B&N talking about the complete joy of removing the sticky stuff on gift cards and peeling hard-boiled eggs: Isn’t life all about these little passings, the trivial ways in which we connect?

Coffee, tea, drink? Let’s compare the stories. When: Monday, January 15, 2018. Where: Barnes & Noble.

You: Woman. Me: Man. #914240 THREE BILLBOARDS, 6:25, ROXY, 1/12 We said hello in the lobby and again as you left the theater. You sat a few rows in front of me with a young man. You have dark hair and the most beautiful smile. I was the woman with long, wavy dark hair smiling back. Thank you for our sweet connection. I’m interested to hear your film review. ;) When: Friday, January 12, 2018. Where: Roxy theater.

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You’ve got great style, too — a handlebar mustache, sometimes a yellow rubberducky tie and a warm smile. You raise hell in the right way. Thanks for that!

When: Monday, January 8, 2018.

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REIKI SHARE AND POSITIVE ENERGY I met you at the Reiki share and loved your energy. Then I saw you on Bumble the next day! I swiped right.

You’re beautiful both physically and metaphysically, and I wanted to share that with you. When: Wednesday, January 17, 2018. Where: Shelburne.

You: Woman. Me: Man. #914245

SATURDAY NIGHT COFFEE SHOP Saw you with your two friends. You had beautiful eyes and brown hair and were sitting at a round table. I caught your eye but didn’t catch an opportunity to say hi. When: Saturday, January 6, 2018. Where: Muddy Waters.

You: Woman. Me: Man. #914237

BEARDED UNICORN Maybe you aren’t a unicorn, but you are beautiful and bearded. You work at Misery, and it’s your place of work so I didn’t want to take advantage, but you’re beautiful and seated me and my mom. You did a lap around the tables while we thought. I was in a walking boot, and you were strutting like a gazelle. When: Thursday, January 18, 2018. Where: Misery Loves Co..

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JUST LIKE A HURRICANE I heard you on VPR (19:00 EST) while my family drove back from a vacation overseas. I don’t know what it is about your voice, but something tells me we should meet. If you want a free cup of café au lait, I’m here. You can find me four comments down on your latest Instagram post about María.

When: Wednesday, January 3, 2018.

Where: Vermont Public Radio. You: Woman. Me: Woman. #914234

LIQUOR GUY Liquor department in a local, familyowned grocery store. A friendly face, checkered shirt, jeans, snazzy shoes.

You’ve been spied “doing an awesome job.” Oh, and those fancy shoes totally did it. When: Wednesday, January 17, 2018. Where: Mehuron’s.

You: Man. Me: Woman. #914243

ALECIA IN WILLISTON We met briefly at the party. You didn’t appear to be having a very good time. I’d like to get together with you sometime (and please bring your handcuffs).

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Where: Whitcomb Barn Halloween party. You: Woman. Me: Man. #914233

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ASK ATHENA Dear Athena,

How can I get over my ex? We dated for a year, lived together for eight months and were deeply in love with each other. It was the healthiest romantic relationship I’ve ever had and the first time I lived with a partner. But, ultimately, the 23-year age difference was just too big of a factor for both of us. We broke up on good terms, and I’ve been living on my own since.

But, damn, how do I stop thinking about him?

I’ve deleted his number but still find myself texting him when I’m lonely — just saying, “Hey,” but I know I need to stop that. We’re friendly, but I need to move on. He has, as he’s dating someone else, and I respect that boundary.

I have great friends that I hang out with. I’m going to the gym regularly to get healthy. I work full time. Do I just need to give this more time? Ugh.

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Dear Time,

Time Isn’t Healing This

You’re right, my friend: Time is the best medicine.

But there are some steps you can take to feel better while you wait for the clock to do its thing.

First, cut off all contact with your ex. Rarely do couples break up only to form peachy-keen friendships right away. Maybe someday you can be pals, but not now. You’re sentimental for your past, and he’s in his future. You say you respect that boundary, but the texts you send when you’re missing him aren’t appropriate anymore. They make things murky and complicated, and moving on becomes harder to achieve.

What next? You feel all the feelings. Maybe you’ll cry, stomp your feet, eat copious amounts of ice cream or crumble whenever you stop to breathe. All options are OK. Everyone grieves the loss of love differently. Let it all out, so that eventually he’ll be out of your system for good.

Lastly, get out there. You don’t have to start dating right away, but keep busy with things you haven’t done in a while or have always wanted to do. Leaping out of your comfort zone is a surefire way to grow. Go out and play. Pretty soon, you’ll be having so much fun you won’t even notice he’s gone.

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Athena

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