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Why doesn’t dairy farm labor appeal to U.S. workers?

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After fall, an ice climber looks up

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THE LAST WEEK IN REVIEW MARCH 6-13, 2019 COMPILED BY SASHA GOLDSTEIN, MATTHEW ROY & ANDREA SUOZZO PAUL HEINTZ

CORD CUTTERS

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) campaigning in Concord, N.H.

Queen City councilors gave final approval to the sale of Burlington Telecom. A group of opponents has vowed to file suit over the decision.

2.5%

That’s Vermont’s January unemployment rate. The measure of Vermonters who are seeking work is at a historic low.

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n his first trip to New Hampshire since joining the 2020 presidential race, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) credited Granite State Democrats with igniting his last national campaign — and called for their support once more. “[Y]ou helped begin the political revolution in 2016,” he said Sunday afternoon in Concord. “And with your help on this campaign, we are going to complete what we started here.”

Speaking to a crowd of hundreds, Sanders recalled that when he first campaigned in New Hampshire in 2015, he’d been “way, way, way behind” in the polls, and his ideas had been dismissed as “too radical.” He went on to win the state’s Democratic primary by more than 22 points.

This time around, Sanders made his New Hampshire debut as a front-runner. Early polls of the state show him leading every other declared candidate — and holding his own against former vice president Joe Biden, who is considering a run.

More importantly, Sanders argued, “Those ideas that we talked about when we came here to New Hampshire four years ago … are supported by a majority of the American people, and they are being supported by Democratic candidates from school board to president of the United States.”

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During his brief touchdown in New England, Sanders hailed its Town Meeting Day traditions and said that under President Donald Trump, “the very concept of democracy is under attack.” Calling Trump “a pathological liar,” Sanders said that the president “is consistently on the wrong side” of what he called a “great struggle taking place between a growing authoritarianism and democracy.”

In a departure from his usual criticism of the news media, Sanders offered a robust defense of press freedom.

“It is beyond disgraceful that our president refers to the American media as enemies of the people,” the senator said. “This is what demagogues do.”

“Today we say to Walmart, we say to the fast-food industry—” Sanders began at one point, preparing to make his case for higher wages.

“Fuck you!” a woman interrupted, drawing cheers from the crowd and a grin from Sanders.

“Well, that’s one way that we say it,” he responded. “I’m a United States senator. I can’t say that. But what we will say is: Start paying your employees a living wage.”

Read political editor Paul Heintz’s full story and keep up with the campaign at sevendaysvt.com.

BOTTOMS UP

Residents in the town of Holland voted to get rid of a Prohibition-era rule that banned alcohol sales in the tiny burg.

Vermont’s next craft brew hub?

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1. “Exodus? Tenants Flee a Newly Built Burlington Apartment Complex” by Katie Jickling. Residents of a brand-new South End building say they’re struggling with inconsistent heat and hot water, noise, building vibrations, and poorly installed windows.

2. “What Happens in Montgomery: Town Asks Troopers to Cruise Elsewhere” by Molly Walsh.

The Northeast Kingdom town’s selectboard says state police patrols are scaring away the aprés-ski crowd.

3. “Dealer.com Changes Put Dozens of People’s Jobs in Jeopardy” by Taylor Dobbs. The company is retooling more than 100 jobs across its five locations.

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Pizza Putt, a South Burlington institution of fun and games, has announced it will close at the end of the month.

The (birthday) party is over.

Middlebury bookstore has implemented a novel concept.

In an effort to reduce waste, patrons at the Vermont Book Shop can now take — or leave — a reusable bag. The idea is modeled after the ubiquitous “take a penny, leave a penny” trays found at stores nationwide, said marketing manager Jenny Lyons, who initially stocked the bag bin with dozens of reusable cloth totes she’d collected at publishers’ conferences.

She started the program on March 4 — one day before Middlebury residents

resoundingly voted to ban single-use plastic bags. Burlington and Manchester voters passed similar measures on Town Meeting Day. “I have been handing out less bags, and people seem happy to take [the reusable bags],” Lyons said. “It seems to be working!”

Inspiration came, in part, from tidying expert Marie Kondo, who motivated Vermont Book Shop owner Becky Dayton to clean out her closets, Lyons said. Dayton discovered a stash of tote bags she’d collected over the years, but she had given them away by the time the store implemented the bag share.

“I thought of it too late,” Lyons said.

No matter, according to Lyons, who said the exchange has been “readily adopted.”

The rules are simple: Only clean, reusable bags are accepted. Plastic and paper bags are not. Shoppers can find the bright green bin by the front door.

Lyons wouldn’t take credit for inventing the concept. She found stores in Canada and Vail, Colo., that had done something similar. And she acknowledged that the Vermont Book Shop still makes both paper and plastic bags available.

“A book in the rain or snow could get damaged, so we have not totally banned plastic bags yet,” she said. “But I imagine that could be a natural next step.”

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FEEDback READER REACTION TO RECENT ARTICLES

WITHER FREE PRESS?

[Re Fair Game, February 20]: In 1995 and 1996, I worked in the composing room at the Burlington Free Press. Back then, the paper’s print circulation was 58,000 daily and 72,000 on Sunday.

Like many other local readers, I’ve watched it steadily wither away in the past decade, from 39,000 daily and nearly 47,000 on Sunday in 2008 to a paltry 11,700 daily and 15,000 Sunday now, according to the Alliance for Audited Media, which monitors the circulation of daily newspapers.

Much of that decline is attributable to the rise of the internet and digital media.

Even the New York Times’ daily print circulation — which peaked at 1.1 million — is now roughly half that: 554,000.

But the Times rose to the challenge by launching online and mobile editions that currently enjoy a robust 4.5 million subscribers.

The Freeps’ parent company, Gannett, instead imposed wave after wave of cutbacks, resulting in far fewer people in its newsroom producing a much smaller news product, both in print and online.

Is it any wonder that Vermonters are abandoning the Free Press in droves? Why should anyone plunk down $2 a day for a nearly razor-thin paper that has hardly any news in it?

Is it also any wonder that Seven Days now enjoys the largest print circulation of any newspaper in Vermont, at 36,000?

Seven Days achieved this by beefing up rather than slimming down its newsroom staff and by taking full advantage of its weekly publication schedule to publish more in-depth and investigative stories — the kind you don’t see even in the Sunday Free Press anymore.

Skeeter Sanders

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DEMOLISH MORAN

The frame idea for the Moran Plant is a terrible one and should be dropped immediately [Off Message: “Burlington to Move Forward With Moran Plant Redesign,” February 19]. Ten years ago, the Ice Factor proposal was based on bringing an outdoor activity — ice climbing! — indoors, out of season.

Fortunately it went nowhere. Now the frame proposes the opposite: Bring indoor activities such as movies and art

exhibits outdoors in a very short season — with no walls and almost no roof! This is just as silly. What to do? Demolish Moran. Plant grass, not asphalt. If an ice rink is desired, flood a section seasonally. The maximum building could be a one-story, 600-square-foot warming hut with a bathroom, walls and a roof.

Robert Herendeen

BURLINGTON

WRONG MESSAGE FROM DONOVAN

I am troubled by Vermont Attorney General T.J. Donovan’s lack of action in regard to former state rep Kiah Morris [Fair Game: “Donovan’s Dilemma,” February 20]. Although Donovan found insufficient evidence to bring criminal charges against her abuser, he could have pursued the matter by taking him to court regardless of the outcome. Not having done so makes him appear slack despite the fact that racism continues to plague American communities in ways that mimic, and even exceed, the violence of the civil rights era.

We in Vermont ought to send a message that racism will not be

CORRECTIONS

Last week’s Fair Game column inaccurately reported the results of Burlington’s 2009 mayoral election.

In the first round, Republican Kurt Wright finished first with 33 percent, incumbent Progressive Bob Kiss was second with 29 percent, and Democrat Andy Montroll had 23 percent.

In the second round, the fourth- and fifth-place finishers were eliminated and their voters’ second choices were divvied up, which put Wright at 37 percent, Kiss at 33 and Montroll at 28.

Montroll was then eliminated, and his voters’ second choices were tabulated. In the end, Kiss was the winner with 48 percent to Wright’s 45.

Another story last week, “What Happens in Montgomery: Town Asks Troopers to Cruise Elsewhere,” contained an error. The Montgomery Selectboard had agreed to draft a letter complaining about state police activity in town the week before the chair’s partner was pulled over.

Further, Adam Silverman, a spokesman for the state police, did answer background questions and provided a brief written statement about the subsequent state police meeting with town officials.

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tolerated. Given the alarming increase of racism in our nation, this is perhaps the worst time to allow an avowed white supremacist to intimidate a duly elected state representative out of office.

It’s a shame and should be viewed as such by all Vermonters. I would like to urge Donovan to give this matter his utmost attention, not to consider this a closed case. As a person of color, I am feeling more and more vulnerable in the current climate of racism, especially because people with the power to bring about change don’t appear eager to.

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BUILD FOR THE RIGHT REASONS

[Re “Exodus? Tenants Flee a Newly Built Burlington Apartment Complex,” March 6]: Affordable housing, like universal health care, is something that should be available to everyone in a wealthy community.

Its opponents are often among those who tout it most. “Building our way to affordability” has become a handy slogan for leveraging affordability to streamline zoning, increase profits and trust that market magic will reduce the cost of housing as supply grows. This is an approach to affordability that serves other interests first.

Good zoning — not unrestrained development — leads to socially responsible growth and more affordable high-quality housing. Enacting and upholding such regulations is a primary responsibility of city government. When developers and real estate

investors gain undue influence, the balance is skewed and the public interest is compromised.

This is what happened when the zoning regulations were changed for CityPlace Burlington so that the project could be much taller without providing an increased percentage of inclusionary units or other public benefits. This is why so much front- and back-lawn parking and extralegal paving needlessly pollute Lake Champlain.

Unleashing developers through less rigorous zoning serves the development community directly, but the community as a whole picks up the tab.

So yes, more affordable housing in the form of lower rents and prices for existing and newly minted apartments, condos and houses would benefit our community immensely. But build, build, build is not the way. Making affordability our first priority is.

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Agriculture: UVM researchers are sowing the seeds for growing saffron

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Theater review: The Roommate, Vermont Stage

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Agriculture: Seven Days finds out firsthand why U.S. workers aren’t employed on dairy farms

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Take a trip to Turkey without leaving Vermont.

Immerse yourself in the arts and culture of this Middle Eastern country at the eighth annual Turkish Cultural Day at the Vermont Statehouse in Montpelier. Turkish calligraphy, Sufi whirling, educational exhibits, music and gifts entice adventurers of all ages.

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If you want something done, sometimes you gotta do it yourself. For more than 40 years, tribute band EagleMania has been indulging in the Eagles’ ballads, rock anthems and signature vocal harmonies by re-creating them. On their way to concerts in Plattsburgh, N.Y., and Rutland, the five musicians just might sing, “So put me on a highway and show me a sign / And take it to the limit one more time.”

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“Chef Chef Flynn is an engaging documentary about [Flynn] McGarry’s boy-to-man journey,” writes New York Times critic Glenn Kenny. This 2018 Cameron Yates film follows the chef prodigy from his youth to the opening of his own Manhattan restaurant — at age 20. It screens as part of the Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival at Town Hall Theater.

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“She seemed more aligned with people in the seats of power than with her own constituents,” said JAMES HASLAM, executive director of the activist group Rights & Democracy, which backed Freeman and Hanson.

Others see it differently. “The Progressives may have won a battle, but in the bigger picture they also lose,” said Council President KURT WRIGHT (R-Ward 4). “If the party doesn’t have room for Jane Knodell, they look like a party with a small tent.”

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Knodell herself believes she lost to a campaign based on “appealing to people’s emotions and taking a simplistic approach to my record.” She said the party had “shifted to the left” by making common cause with interest groups such as Rights & Democracy, Keep the Park Green and Save Our Skies.

Hanson and Freeman credit Rights & Democracy and the Vermont Public Interest Research Group for laying the political foundation for their victories. Both spent the summer of 2017 in VPIRG’s summer canvass, which Hanson called a “really intense bonding experience” that taught him the basics of campaigning and organizing. Every summer, the organization dispatches dozens of young people around the state to raise money and awareness of its key issues. “I don’t think I could have done what I just did without the VPIRG experience,” he said.

But it’s one thing to be an activist.

It’s another to be responsible for actual governance. “The reason the Progressives have survived all these years is that we are pragmatic and practical,” said former Progressive mayor PETER CLAVELLE. “We govern according to our values, but we focus on the nuts and bolts, on making government work. And you need to be open to diverse views.”

Freeman and Hanson say they are open to working across the aisle — but

they want to move the aisle to the left.

Freeman talks less of bringing the council together than of “bringing in the community.”

“We’ll have to organize the grassroots to influence council,” Hanson said. “We may not have the votes right now, but we’ll work to create a Progressive majority.” And, he added, to elect a Progressive mayor in 2021.

Weinberger remains optimistic about finding common ground. “We’re talking about the People’s Republic of Burlington,” he said, invoking a phrase that dates back to Sen. BERNIE SANDERS’ (I-Vt.) tenure as mayor. “The administration has always had to work across party lines to build consensus. I expect we’ll be able to continue doing that.”

That is, if the new councilors have real interest in consensus. “They will have to understand the need to compromise,” Knodell said, “or be prepared to lose votes [on the council] and campaign against sitting councilors.” Especially any Progs or Prog-adjacent independents who dare to give Weinberger a decisive seventh vote on a key issue.

Next March, eight council members will be up for reelection — including Pine, who endorsed Knodell’s independent candidacy. He realizes that he may be in the crosshairs of the Progressive purity brigade. “You never know,” he said. “I’m not going to shy away from it.”

Could Pine be targeted in 2020? “I don’t think so,” said Hanson. “I’ve heard rumors about a challenge [to Pine], but I haven’t heard anything firsthand.”

The new Progs and their allies have plenty of other potential targets, including Wright (the council’s sole Republican), CHIP MASON (D-Ward 5), KAREN PAUL (D-Ward 6) and ADAM ROOF (I-Ward 8).

After he lost his bid for reelection to the Vermont House in November, Wright had talked of retiring from politics. Now he’s changed course. “I am running for council president,” he said. That vote will be taken at the new council’s organizational meeting on April 1. “As for reelection [to the council in 2020], I’m open to running. I’ll decide by September for sure.”

Knodell plans to take some time pondering her defeat, but she says a return to politics is “possible. I’ll be watching, see what develops and see what opportunities arise.”

Such as, hypothetically, a failure by the young Progressives to govern effectively.

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The only publicly accessible activity of the Vermont State Ethics Commission would be permanently closed to view under a bill before the legislature.

The House Government Operations Committee may vote as soon as Friday on the proposal. The panel’s chair, Rep. SARAH COPELAND HANZAS (D-Bradford), is expecting unanimous or near-unanimous support. “I don’t think anyone has the desire to change course at this point,” she said.

The commission’s only work that’s open to the public is the issuance of advisory opinions. That avenue was exploited last year by VPIRG, which sought one on Gov. PHIL SCOTT’S financial arrangement with DuBois Construction, the firm he formerly co-owned. He sold his interest in the company upon taking office to avoid potential conflicts of interest. But he selffinanced a loan for the full purchase price of $2.5 million. VPIRG argued that Scott remains conflicted.

If VPIRG had filed a formal ethics complaint, the process would have been entirely closed. But the commission, having been asked only for an advisory opinion, released a finding last October that Scott’s deal was not in compliance with the state code of ethics. Scott reacted bitterly to the opinion — and it appears that most lawmakers are on his side.

The Gov Ops bill would only allow those covered by the state ethics code, including state workers and elected officials, to seek advisory opinions. It would also require that such opinions be general in nature, without any personally identifying information. And, as the cherry atop this legislative sundae, it specifically states that Vermont’s ethics code is unenforceable.

Copeland Hanzas explained that the new bill simply reflects the intent of the 2018 legislature, which created the ethics commission. The Scott opinion, she maintained, was in violation of that intent. “That could have, and probably should have, been pursued as a complaint as opposed to an advisory opinion,” she said.

Ah, but a complaint would have triggered a completely closed process.

VPIRG wanted exposure.

“The governor was found to be in clear violation of the state’s code of ethics, and in a Trump-like way, he blew it off,” said VPIRG executive director PAUL BURNS. “The only response from legislators this year is to make it impossible for citizens to ever use a transparent process to uncover violations again. That tells you all you need

to know about our state’s commitment to ethics.”

Copeland Hanzas defended the closeddoor process. “I can understand how it might be frustrating from the point of view of the press to have those proceedings be closed,” she said. “But this is an evolution and a growing process for Vermonters to understand how this helps in assuring them that government officials are acting ethically.”

Two things. First, I just love it when politicians blame the press for being interested in issues of public trust.

And second, how does a completely closed process provide any assurance at all about the ethics of public officials?

As for declaring the code of ethics unenforceable, Copeland Hanzas offers this. “What does that mean to enforce the code of ethics?” she asked. “Does that mean we should start impeachment proceedings because it was determined … that the arrangement [the governor] has with DuBois is unethical?”

Well, no, not at all. But just keep on punching that straw man.

“I don’t think any of us wanted to set up … an extrajudicial way of convicting someone.”

And they didn’t — not by any stretch of the imagination. The commission has no power to investigate, let alone convict.

All it can do is funnel complaints to the appropriate entity, such as the Attorney General’s Office or the state Department of Human Resources.

Meanwhile, the founding chair of the five-member ethics commission has resigned. MADELINE MOTTA, a professional ethics consultant, had become the focal point for legislative anger over the DuBois opinion. But she says her departure has nothing to do with that controversy. She was elected as an assistant judge last November, and she wants more time to devote to her new duties.

She does offer some parting observations about the commission’s rocky first year. “It’s an impossible situation,” she said. “The people who you oversee are also the people who control your mandate and your funding.”

Which is how you get a commission with no power and few resources. Copeland Hanzas talked of allowing time for the new panel to mature. But in truth, the legislature seems more interested in making appropriate noises than establishing any real oversight on ethical issues. m

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An Expert Climber’s Devastating Fall Leads to His Toughest Challenge B Y TAY LO R D O B B S

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Steve Charest climbing in Chamonix, France, in 2015

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teve Charest checked the rope securing him to a tree at the top of a 40-foot wall of ice in Smugglers’ Notch last December, then called down to his partner that he was ready to be lowered. An expert mountain guide with nearly two decades of experience, Charest had done the same thing hundreds of times before. His client, belaying the other end of the climbing rope, held tight and prepared to feel Charest’s weight pull the line taught.

But the unthinkable happened: The loop of rope anchoring Charest to the tree broke under his weight. He fell four stories onto the icy slope below, landing face-first.

The impact shattered bones in his skull and injured his brain. Bones in his left wrist and ankle snapped.

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a helicopter that flew him to the University of Vermont Medical Center, where he spent seven weeks recuperating.

An avid outdoorsman, Charest co-owns Petra Cliffs Climbing Center & Mountaineering School in Burlington with his wife, Andrea. He’s built his life and livelihood around the mountains.

Despite devastating injuries, he says he’s determined to return to the sport that nearly killed him.

“I know that I will get back to climbing,” he said. “I keep on fighting to get to that next step.”

Climbing and skiing have been at the center of Charest’s life for nearly three decades. As a 10-year-old, he clambered up rock faces at summer camp near his western Massachusetts hometown of Agawam. Skiing came naturally, too.

Charest recalled getting impatient taking slow, wide turns during lessons and asking

his instructor when he could “just go straight and turn when the trail does.”

He followed his passion for the mountains to Johnson State College, where he majored in outdoor education and joined the ski team. He found climbing mentors there who were eager to help him connect with the local scene and hone his skills.

They introduced him to Chip Schlegel, who was opening a new rock-climbing gym in Burlington called Petra Cliffs. Following an interview in the parking lot, before the gym was even built, Schlegel offered him an internship. Charest accepted and, when he graduated in 2002, joined the staff full time as a climbing instructor. Shortly after, he took a ski trip to Jay Peak Resort with a new coworker, Andrea Miller.

They got married in 2006. The next year, the couple bought a house in Jericho, about 100 yards from one of the state’s most popular climbing spots.

In 2012, recognizing that Petra Cliffs needed an infusion of cash, the couple offered to partner with then-owner Mike Anderson, who had bought the gym from Schlegel. Instead, Anderson sold them the business outright.

The Charests’ lives reflect their love of the mountains. Their 2-year-old daughter, McKinley, is named after the tallest peak in the United States, and their Greater Swiss Mountain Dog, Skadi (pronounced Scotty) is named for the Norse goddess of mountains, skiing and snow.

The couple is central to the most talked-about recent developments in Vermont climbing. They’re both on the board of CRAG Vermont, the nonprofit behind the reopening of a massive rock face known as Bolton Dome, which was

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Things changed in an instant. The fall left Charest semiconscious, bloodied and confused. It was, he later said, a “worstcase scenario.”

But his years of investment in Vermont climbing — and in training his staff to the highest standards — paid off. One of Petra Cliffs’ guides, Evan Kirk, happened to be leaving the Notch with a friend after a morning of climbing when he saw someone who appeared upset a few hundred yards up the road.

“Once I got eyes on Steve, I don’t think I really said much,” Kirk recalled last week.

“Other than: ‘I’m gonna hang up because I need to use both hands.’”

Charest was conscious, sitting in the snow, bleeding from his mouth, nose and ears. His climbing clothes and gear made it difficult to check for other injuries.

“It was obvious that he had sustained a big impact to his face. He was very much agitated and not really aware of the situation at all. He kind of knew he was hurt, GLENN RUSSELL

closed to the public in the 1990s; and they hope to break ground in the next month on a new, state-of-the-art Petra Cliffs location, a few doors down from the old one in Burlington’s South End, that they’ve nicknamed “2.0.”

Over the years, the Charests have met just about everyone in the state who owns a pair of climbing shoes, whether at their gym or on Vermont’s crags. Climbers refer to “Steve and Andrea” almost as a singular unit.

Taylor Luneau was a freshman at Saint Michael’s College in 2010 when he met the Charests through the school’s adventure sports club.

“Steve played a huge mentorship role for me, especially,” Luneau said, “but for many people, really, was an incredibly patient person and really willing to take us out, show us the tools of the trade, teach us how to deal with a variety of different scenarios and kind of turn us loose.”

They shared a rope often — partnering up and ascending rock faces, many times in Smugglers’ Notch, while carefully securing themselves to the wall to prevent falls.

Luneau said Charest emphasized safety with a popular saying: ‘“There’s a lot of bold mountaineers, but there’s not a lot of old bold mountaineers.’”

As a guide and a climber, Charest spent weeks of every year in the Notch, climbing ice and rock and skiing down the steep, narrow chutes tucked into the mountainsides. The area where he fell is known among climbers as the “practice slabs” and, as the name suggests, the climbing is easy. It’s the go-to spot for Petra Cliffs guides to bring newbie ice climbers.

December 27, the date he fell, “was a mellow day for me,” Charest recalled.

“This was a day that I would say was relatively routine, you know, climbing ice at a spot that I’ve climbed at many, many times.”

Steve Charest (center) with his daughter, McKinley, at a CRAG Vermont board meeting

“And then I noticed that they were wearing the equipment we provide for our clients,” Kirk said.

The scene didn’t look right to Kirk, who’d been trained to stick with clients during an outing. The man waved him over and asked if he worked at Petra Cliffs. It was one of Charest’s clients, and he was trying to call 911 but couldn’t get service.

“That’s when he told me that Steve had fallen and that he was up the hill,” Kirk said.

Kirk’s cellphone had service. He immediately called 911 and stayed on the phone as he hiked to Charest.

[but] he had very limited alert awareness level,” Kirk said.

Kirk had never encountered a person so seriously injured in the backcountry, but the mandatory Wilderness First Responder training he’d taken to become a Petra Cliffs guide kicked in. It was clear that the injuries were too severe for the four climbers present to move Charest, so they stayed with him. They wrapped him in warm clothes and they kept him awake, asking him to recite the alphabet so they could monitor his mental status.

Soon after, members of the Smugglers’ Notch Ski Patrol arrived. The group of climbers and ski patrollers lowered Charest off the steep, wooded hillside on a stretcher, and then took him out of the Notch to a rescue helicopter. He arrived at UVM Medical Center about 90 minutes after the fall.

News of the accident traveled fast.

Climbers from all over the world asked how they could help. A friend set up a GoFundMe page to help cover medical and childcare costs.

Donations flowed in. By Tuesday afternoon, about 10 weeks after the accident, more than 1,000 people had contributed a total of $94,789 toward Charest’s recovery.

(This reporter, a climber, gave $10.)

“You’re an outstanding educator and centerpiece of the Vermont climbing community,” donor Nathan Fry wrote on the fundraising page. Many shared the sentiment.

Luneau, the former Petra Cliffs guide, explained the outpouring this way: “I think what you’re seeing is a return on that: ‘Hey, you introduced me to this lifechanging sport … and I want you to know that I still carry that experience, and it’s changed me.’”

At the hospital, surgeons placed five titanium plates in Charest’s face and two in his jawbone as they reconstructed his skull. Surgeons also fixed plates and screws to his wrist and ankle. Doctors won’t let him put his full weight on his leg yet, so he has to use a modified walker to get around.

Due to nerve damage in his face, Charest can’t open his right eye. Doctors are hopeful that will change.

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ost Vermonters haven’t heard of Datastream Group, a Naples, Fla., company with 68 Facebook “likes” and a nondescript office on a street called Business Lane.

But Datastream Group knows a lot about them. The company purchases detailed data on more than 250 million consumers, then splits it into targeted lists — of smokers, diabetics, pet owners, political donors, boat owners, payday loan applicants and more — and sells those lists to marketing clients.

Consumers give out personal information, often unwittingly, with every click of a “sign up” button, response to an online survey or download of a free phone app.

The companies that collect the data then sell it to obscure brokerages such as Datastream, whose CEO, Eric Reinertsen, made his name in the early 2000s on an MSNBC list of the world’s top 10 email spammers.

This lucrative trade in data harvested from consumers’ everyday digital lives operates nearly free of regulation and largely out of sight. It’s a key component of the modern economy, but the risk for abuse is high.

A first-in-the-nation Vermont law that took effect in January is bringing the opaque industry into clearer view. The law does little to rein in bad actors. But, by requiring data brokers to register with the Secretary of State’s Office, Vermont is assembling its own dossier of sorts on previously invisible links in the personaldata supply chain.

Seven Days downloaded the registrations from the secretary’s website to see which firms are registering and what they are, or aren’t, revealing about their practices. The list includes some prominent players, such as Equifax, the credit reporting company, and obscure ones, such as Project Applecart, a company that helps political campaigns and advocacy organizations reach new supporters.

The main finding, however, is that Vermont’s new registry just scratches the surface. Only 130 companies have registered, likely just a fraction of those in the industry.

“It does seem to me there are entities that should be on there but do not appear to be,” said Paul Stephens, director of policy and advocacy at Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, a California-based consumer advocacy group that tried to

assemble its own online list of data brokers but found that maintaining it was too daunting a task.

Many companies that did register with Vermont provided only cursory information about their business. Still, privacy advocates see the registry as a small but important step in the fight to regain control over our digital selves.

“I’ve never heard of many of these companies, and I bet most Americans haven’t either,” Lee Tien, a senior staff attorney at the digital rights group Electronic Frontier Foundation, said of the companies that appear on the Vermont registry. “And yet they’re a huge part of the privacy issue in this country … Who else is keeping a file on you?”

Like the better-known tech giants who gather users’ data, brokers have quietly assembled sophisticated files on consumers by compiling digital bread crumbs and

reselling them. Location data, internet search histories, product purchases and public records can all be combined to infer, sometimes incorrectly, facts about consumers’ private lives that they never intended to share.

U.S. companies spent more than $19 billion last year on marketing efforts based on audience data from third-party firms, according to an estimate by the Interactive Advertising Bureau, an industry group.

Brokered data also powers online “people search” products and screening tools used by landlords and employers.

The Federal Trade Commission first called for more transparency in the data broker industry in 2014. In September 2017, Equifax admitted that personal data for more than 145 million people had been hacked.

By that time, the Vermont Attorney General’s Office and the state Department

of Financial Regulation had already convened a working group, at the direction of state lawmakers, to study data brokers and to propose regulation. The public hearings that followed drew testimony from national privacy advocates and industry representatives.

Privacy advocates wanted to force data brokers to let consumers opt out of the lists they create and sell, while industry insiders said the brokers already do so voluntarily.

Vermont ultimately decided on a “cautious, conservative approach” focused on introducing transparency rather than imposing many new requirements, said assistant attorney general Ryan Kriger. By requiring the companies to register with the secretary of state, Vermont could make it easier for consumers to exercise opt-out privileges.

“If you don’t know who those companies are, you can’t contact them,” Kriger said.

The bill that emerged from the working group’s study became law last May despite objections from Gov. Phil Scott, who disagreed with the way it classified who counts as a “data broker.” The governor allowed it to become law without his signature.

Vermont’s government is the first in the U.S. to define the industry in law.

The registry’s utility hinged on getting it right: Define “data broker” too broadly or narrowly, and the law could capture so many or so few companies as to make the registry useless.

Kriger said the definition the state came up with — any business that knowingly collects, sells or licenses the personal information of a consumer with whom it doesn’t have a direct relationship — was expected, based on testimony, to capture between 400 and 1,200 businesses.

More than a month after the January 31 filing deadline, the registry has so far come up short of that estimate. Companies that fail to register could face a penalty of $50 per day or up to $10,000 annually, though Kriger said the state hasn’t penalized businesses that signed up late.

The AG’s office delivered a preliminary report to the Vermont General Assembly this month that said the new law has been “effectively implemented.” But the office is still waiting for a vendor to compile information from the individual online registrations into a single file for analysis.

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must answer several questions about their practices: whether they allow consumers to opt out, how they vet clients who purchase data, whether they possess data on minors, and whether they’ve had a data breach in the past year.

The data show that most brokers do claim to offer some form of opt-out choice, Seven Days’ analysis found.

Sometimes a simple email is enough.

But some companies that claim to allow people to opt out described processes that are Kafkaesque. A California-based broker called Parasol Media answered yes to the opt-out question but explained its method as follows: “All information is collected by third party. They all have opt-out section.” Parasol didn’t name the third parties it uses.

Only one broker, a Tennesseebased tenant- and employee-screening provider called Data Facts, disclosed a security breach in the prior year.

VERMONT’S GOVERNMENT IS THE FIRST IN THE U.S. TO DEFINE THE INDUSTRY IN LAW. The registry includes a single Vermont-based firm, a one-person shop called New England List Services that David Hare runs out of his Danville home.

Hare said he considers his business a true data brokerage because he doesn’t create or store lists of consumer data.

Instead, he rents lists from compilers such as Acxiom (one of the largest known data brokers) for marketing clients who want to run targeted sales campaigns. If a company wants to sell power tools to woodworkers, for instance, Hare said, he helps them rent a list of consumers who are most likely to be woodworking hobbyists. Matching marketers with new customers is rewarding, he said.

Hare said his responsibility as a broker is to “weed out” unscrupulous data buyers.

Brokers who registered provided scant detail in response to a question about their “credentialing process” for buyers. Datastream Group wrote simply that it keeps “full records” of its data purchasers. In an email to Seven Days, its CEO, Reinertsen, said he works only with clients who “demonstrate the same ethics and policies that we do here.”

“Our industry as a whole is made of some very good people,” he said.

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Footloose and Car-Free: Curt McCormack Drives State Transportation Policy S T O RY & PHO TO B Y KEVIN MCCAL L UM

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ust above the tree line on Camel’s Hump last week, Curt McCormack considered turning back.

The Burlington lawmaker had snowshoed up the mountain to within a couple hundred feet of the summit when a ferocious snow squall struck. He could barely move his fingers. His ruddy cheeks were so numb that he’d begun slurring his speech. An icicle of snot dangled from his frozen nose.

“I’m very cold,” McCormack croaked.

“Come on, Pop,” his son, Jamie, shouted through the icy gusts. “We’re almost there.”

McCormack pulled on an extra parka and glanced up toward the unseen peak in the treeless distance. “OK,” he said, and the pair turned up the snow-blasted trail.

Few who know McCormack would be surprised to hear he spent the legislature’s weeklong Town Meeting Day break engaging in a highly inconvenient form of alternative transportation — or that strong headwinds failed to deter him.

In January, the 67-year-old Democrat, who has not owned a car since 2002, was named chair of the House Transportation Committee — a panel typically focused on highway maintenance and car-related issues. His assignment from House Speaker Mitzi Johnson (D-South Hero): to explore alternatives to gasoline-fueled vehicles.

“I was seeking somebody who understood public transportation and someone who was willing to really tackle head-on some of the transportation challenges in the state,” Johnson said.

McCormack is eager to carry out that mandate. He’d like to speed the state’s transition to electric vehicles and buses, expand commuter rail and Amtrak service, better integrate regional bus networks, and expand or improve bike lanes and sidewalks.

Many in Montpelier share his views, but not all share his urgency. McCormack describes climate change as an existential threat to the planet. His small, progressive state has a moral imperative to blaze a trail that others can follow, he argues.

“I think Vermont should stop patting itself on the back and start showing some real environmental leadership,” he said.

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Rep. Curt McCormack and his son, Jamie, snowshoeing up Camel’s Hump

hates the idea of perfectly good garments going unused.

During an interview at a café near his home in Burlington’s Old North End, he tried to return his unused butter to the kitchen for reuse. He snagged a companion’s unused napkin to use later as a tissue.

“On a very strong gut level, waste offends him,” said his brother, state Sen. Dick McCormack (D-Windsor).

Curt McCormack inherited this thrift from his grandfather, John, an Irish immigrant’s son who grew up on a small farm in Bethel.

John later moved to New York, where Curt and his siblings grew up, but the farm remained in the family — as did the lessons he learned during summers there.

As a 17-year-old in 1968, McCormack fixed up a Volkswagen bus and headed cross-country. The van’s starter soon failed, but instead of spending money to fix it, he and his friends just push-started it for the next six weeks.

As an adult, McCormack settled in Rutland. He began helping his landlord on construction jobs in exchange for lower rent and received his electrician’s license in 1979. It was through electrical work that he became fascinated with energy use and began advocating for greater energy efficiency. He refused to install electric baseboard heating, which made it tough for him to work in the booming Killington area, McCormack said. And he often declined to install electric driers for people, reminding them how much more efficient gas — or,

better yet, line-drying — was for the environment.

McCormack’s involvement in a voluntary recycling program in Rutland sparked his interest in public policy. He won election to the legislature in 1983 and represented Rutland in the House until 1996.

During those years, McCormack worked to extend Amtrak service — the Ethan Allen Express — from New York State to Rutland. He opposed the former Rutland garbage-to-energy plant Vicon over air-quality concerns, fought the construction of Diamond Run Mall outside the city’s downtown and spoke out against nuclear power.

“On all of those issues, he was seen at the time as kind of extreme,” Dick said, “but today pretty much everybody shares what was Curt’s view then.”

McCormack left the House in 1996 to become the state Agency of Transportation’s bicycle and pedestrian coordinator, and he later started his own environmental consulting firm.

He joined the Peace Corps with his second wife in 2005 and moved to Senegal, where the pair helped start a solid waste and organics program in a small city that had been in the habit of burning its trash in a wetland.

Living simply in Senegal and seeing how its residents got by with so little deepened McCormack’s sense of how wasteful American society could be. So when he moved back from to the United States, newly single, he looked for a place

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where he could continue living a simple, car-free life. For a year he worked for the Peace Corps in Washington, D.C., where he rode the city’s subway.

He moved to Burlington in 2008 and rehabbed a condemned four-plex on North Winooski Avenue, where he lives today within walking distance of coffee shops, restaurants and a grocery store.

McCormack is now one of two representatives from the most urban district in Vermont, comprising the heart of the Old North End and downtown Burlington, an area stocked with progressive voters who tend to share his values. First elected to his new district in 2012, he has been unopposed for reelection ever since.

On a walk around the neighborhood last week, he ran into former constituent Dave Przepioski, who met McCormack riding on the LINK bus to and from Montpelier. Przepioski said he loves that the legislator practices what he preaches.

“No matter what’s powering them, buses are still better than individual cars,” Przepioski told McCormack.

He also chatted with Perri Freeman, who doesn’t own a car either, about the free bus system in Akureyri, Iceland, and the pedestrian-friendly land-use policies of Pontevedra, Spain. “I always get so excited talking to Curt,” said Freeman, a Progressive elected to the city council last week.

Transit Focus

Speaker Johnson said she knew some might believe it controversial to choose a Burlington resident who doesn’t own a car to chair a committee crafting transportation policy for a decidedly car-dependent state.

The state has made good progress upgrading roads and bridges in recent years, she said, and the time has come to focus on improving public transit.

Employers and residents have told her about the challenges lower-income Vermonters in particular face getting around, especially making connections between regional transportation networks. She figured someone with experience doing just that would be a good fit to lead the committee.

“When you have to do it yourself, you put the pieces together a lot faster,” Johnson said.

How quickly McCormack and his committee can bring about such changes remains to be seen.

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Sen. Dick Mazza, (D-Grand Isle), who chairs the Senate Transportation Committee, said he doesn’t know McCormack well but looks forward to working with him.

“They say he doesn’t have a car, but that doesn’t necessarily mean he’s antiautomobile,” Mazza said. “I think we can resolve our differences, if there are any.”

McCormack already met with resistance to one idea he supports: raising the gas tax to improve local roads. He now doubts the committee will tackle that this year.

Other ideas he supports face significant hurdles, including extending Amtrak from Rutland to Burlington. That project is under way with a 2021 completion date, but issues remain, including complexities surrounding the restoration of passenger rail service long absent from the Burlington waterfront.

He is also hopeful that a commuter rail line can be established between Montpelier and Burlington, a project pushed by David Blittersdorf, founder of AllEarth Renewables and a major Democratic

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contributor. That project has its critics, however, with the conservative Ethan Allen Institute blasting it as a “boondoggle” that will serve few people and require steep subsidies.

The group feels similarly about plans to subsidize the purchase of electric vehicles for low-income and middle-income residents who might not otherwise be able to afford them, something McCormack strongly supports.

“It’s really not fair to make people pay taxes so somebody else can get a car,” said Rob Roper, the group’s president. “The free market provides efficiency. When government gets involved, things get terribly inefficient.”

Rep. Barbara Murphy (I-Fairfax), vice chair of the House Transportation Committee, said McCormack seems to be bringing an urban worldview to the issues facing a rural state.

Improving narrow transit corridors between population centers or replacing diesel buses with electric ones doesn’t do much good for sparsely populated areas, which bear the brunt of service cuts when funding falls short, she said.

She likened the divide to urban residents who advocate for the latest wireless technology when many areas don’t have reliable internet or phone service at all.

“I think Curt is very much trying to model for people being able to really use transit, and I give him kudos for that,” she said. “Even so, I always remind him that he lives where that is an option.”

An Inconvenient Truth

McCormack says he wants to expand transit options in rural areas but acknowledges there will always be communities too small to serve easily.

For such areas, electric vehicles may offer the best solution. But while he believes EVs have the greatest chance of reducing the state’s emissions quickly with proper incentives and charging networks, McCormack doesn’t see them as a silver bullet for Vermont’s climate woes.

An array of solutions will be needed, not only to dramatically reduce the state’s emissions but to restore connections between people who drive in “cocoons,” usually alone, back and forth between jobs in larger municipalities and homes in the “exurbs.”

McCormack acknowledges that convincing people to relinquish convenient transportation in favor of environmentally superior options will be a huge challenge.

“I always tell my friends, ‘It’s not just for your convenience that you take Amtrak,’” he said. “‘You also take it to help it stay alive.’”

After reaching the summit of Camp’s Hump last week, McCormack embarked on an even more inconvenient adventure — taking public transportation to visit his partner in Bangor, Maine.

To do so, he walked to a bus that took him to the Amtrak station in Essex Junction and rode the train to White River Junction. Then he took a shuttle to Hanover, N.H., where he caught a bus to Boston. There, after walking around Chinatown, he boarded a bus for the four-and-a-half-hour ride to Bangor.

All told, the trip took about 12 hours.

It’s time well spent, he said. He raved about the views of the Vermont countryside from the train, as well as the chance transit offers to read or to meet people.

McCormack hopes that by reducing the inconveniences of transit, bicycling and walking, and also by stressing their myriad virtues, more people will embrace them.

“The more successful we are, the cleaner, safer and more pleasant our communities, not to mention the planet, will be,” he said. m

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In the middle of Sunshine Week — an annual celebration of government transparency — a Vermont House committee planned to close its doors to the public in order to hear from state officials about cybersecurity in state government.

Rep. Tim Briglin (D-Thetford), the chair of the House Energy and Technology Committee, said Tuesday that his panel was scheduled to go into a rare executive session on Wednesday, March 13, in order to protect the government’s information technology systems.

According to the committee’s schedule, the closed meeting was to include testimony from Agency of Digital Services Secretary John Quinn and the agency’s chief information security officer, Nicholas Andersen.

“It’s simply checking in with the Agency of Digital Services on cybersecurity issues,” Briglin said. “My understanding is that it’s traditional to do that behind closed doors, simply because there’s some people that you don’t want to hear what your state’s cybersecurity strategy is.”

Briglin said the hearing wasn’t precipitated by any specific incident or breach but is an “information session.”

The Vermont Constitution suggests that, in most cases, legislative meetings are open to the public. “The doors of the House in which the General Assembly of this Commonwealth shall sit, shall be open for the admission of all persons who behave decently,” it reads, “except only when the welfare of the State may require them to be shut.”

Vermont’s Open Meeting Law puts specific limitations on the situations in which public officials can close an otherwise public meeting. Though legislators have, at times, argued that they are exempt from that law, Secretary of State Jim Condos has said that’s not the case.

Statehouse committee hearings are rarely closed, but it’s happened before. According to state records, the Legislative Information Technology Committee held an executive session March 22, 2018.

Briglin provided Seven Days with a legal memo, written by legislative lawyer Maria Royle, that explains the legal justification for closing the meeting.

Royle argues that “committees, councils, working groups, etc. comprised entirely of legislators” are exempt from Vermont’s open meeting law, though she does not point to specific language in the Constitution or state law to support that claim.

According to the memo, a legislative committee may close its doors to the public “by the affirmative vote of a majority of its members.” It must publicly explain what topics are planned for discussion in the executive session — network contracts and data security, in this case — and then hold a vote.

If a majority of the committee agrees to close the meeting, Royle writes, lawmakers may continue in private as long as they restrict their discussion to the stated topics.

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Dealer.com’s Pine Street headquarters

Dealer.com Changes Put Dozens of People’s Jobs in Jeopardy As many as 56 people’s jobs at Dealer.com’s Burlington offices are in jeopardy because of a change in business strategy by parent company Cox Automotive.

The “digital strategist” position is being eliminated in favor of a “performance management model of client services,” Cox spokesperson Lisa Aloisio told Seven Days.

The company is eliminating 112 digital strategists across five locations. Half of those positions are in Vermont, Aloisio said, but affected employees will have “a really good amount of time to apply” for the new jobs.

Dealer.com creates and manages websites and online inventory systems for car dealerships nationwide. It was founded in 1998 and sold for $1 billion in 2013 to Dealertrack Technologies. Cox Automotive bought that company for $4 billion in 2015.

Aloisio said the company plans to hire more than 112 people to replace existing digital strategists, but she refused to comment on whether all 56 Vermont jobs would be replaced.

According to a written statement from Cox Automotive, “impacted team members will be given an opportunity to apply for a Performance Management Operations Specialist role or enroll in a three-month trial program for a Performance Consultant role.”

Digital strategists who don’t qualify for the new roles or don’t want them “will leave [the company] and receive transition and separation support.”

Aloisio didn’t provide specifics on how the performance manager responsibilities will differ from the work of digital strategists, but she said the new jobs will employ “a significantly different skill set.”

“The biggest difference is … you need some hands-on experience with dealer operations,” she said, refusing to elaborate further.

Part of the reason the company is so tightlipped about the new jobs, Aloisio said, is to give internal candidates “first shot at the new roles.”

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Top aides to Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) are pushing a new argument for his presidential candidacy: that he’s the most electable candidate in the field.

“Democratic primary voters are very concerned about ensuring that they [nominate] somebody who can defeat Donald Trump,” senior adviser Jeff Weaver said Monday in a conference call with reporters. “I think that we have strong indicators from the 2016 race that, in fact, Bernie Sanders is the person who’s best positioned to do that.”

According to Weaver and campaign pollster Ben Tulchin, Sanders’ ability to turn out independents, working-class voters, young people and first-time voters could make the difference in a general-election matchup against the Republican president. Tulchin pointed to the so-called “blue wall” states of Wisconsin and Michigan, which Trump won in 2016, as pickup opportunities for Sanders, were he to win the nomination.

“We believe polling data clearly shows that Bernie’s extremely well-positioned to win the Democratic primary and to beat Donald Trump in a general-election matchup,” Tulchin said.

The campaign’s early fundraising success has enabled it to scale up quickly. In his first presidential campaign, Sanders had just 30 people on staff by the end of July 2015. But according to newly named campaign manager Faiz Shakir, it’s already hired 70 staffers since Sanders joined the race last month.

Weaver said that the campaign is currently focused on building out teams in what he referred to as “the first five” states. Those include the traditional early voting and caucusing states of Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina — plus California, which recently moved up the date of its primary election and has a robust early voting system.

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One morning last week at the couple’s house in Jericho, Steve slowly shuffled into the dining room behind his walker.

“Good morning,” he greeted a reporter in a chipper voice. When asked how he was doing, Charest chuckled and gestured to his walker and wrist brace.

“OK,” he said.

Over breakfast and coffee, Charest sounded like a typical climber — talking about far-off rock faces he planned to scale, fretting about pinch strength and throwing climbing lingo into conversations about his recovery. He leaned over to greet McKinley as she swept around the table with a toy broom. Aside from his closed right eye, Charest looked much the same, with short brown, tousled hair and broad shoulders atop his skinny six-foot frame.

He’s grateful to be alive, but Charest is growing impatient with the months of healing and physical therapy.

“Over and over again, everybody keeps saying the same thing: time, time, time, time, time, time, patience, time, time and patience, time and patience,” he said. “And I’m like, as an active outdoor person and based on everything I have going on in my life, it’s not quite that easy.”

For Charest, spending time on flat ground is torturous. One of his hardest days since the injury was when Andrea

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to say what information they collect, from whom they collect it or to whom they sell it. But that, said Stephens of the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, would be precisely the most valuable information about their activities.

Nevertheless, Vermont’s registry is already being considered a prototype nationally. In January, Apple CEO Tim Cook called for the FTC to create a registry that would allow consumers to track who is trading their personal data and delete it “on demand, freely, easily and online, once and for all.” The Washington Post editorial board last month also called for a national data broker registry, pointing to Vermont’s as a model.

Congress is already bracing for a battle over data privacy rules in the wake of the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica scandal, in which a personality quiz was exploited for presidential campaign marketing.

took McKinley to Cochran’s Ski Area in Richmond while he stayed home.

To give him something to look forward to, Andrea pitched a family trip to the New Zealand mountains in 2020. That wasn’t soon enough for Charest, who wanted to go this summer.

As it is, he’s got a packed schedule.

“Pretty much every day I have something,” he said. “My full-time job right now is seeing doctors.” At almost every appointment, he asks the same question: “When can I climb again?”

Give it time, they tell him. But he has no doubt that it’s a matter of when, not if.

Charest realizes that people who don’t climb may question the wisdom of scaling walls after such a bad accident, but he said he just wants to get back to his life.

“It is my favorite thing to do in the world,” he said. “It’s my favorite thing to introduce people to, and one of my biggest fears with this is not that I won’t be able to climb again, it’s that I won’t be able to guide again.”

Charest is getting out. Last week, wearing his signature Petra Cliffs flat-brim cap, he joined fellow board members for the climbers’ nonprofit CRAG Vermont meeting in Richmond. While hospitalized, he missed two of the monthly meetings; this was his first since the fall. Charest got a warm welcome at the beginning of the gathering.

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Vermont legislators are contemplating additional protections, including creating a state “data privacy officer” and auditing how state government acquires and uses citizen data.

A sweeping California privacy law is set to take effect in 2020. Rules governing data brokers could be wrapped into the debate.

An anticipated sticking point is whether new federal rules should preempt the emerging patchwork of state legislation. If the feds do take on data brokers, they ought to build on the work done in Vermont, said Christopher Curtis, chief of the AG’s public protection division.

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Amber Ellen Collins

1946-2019, BURLINGTON Amber Ellen Collins, née Shay, died recently at her home in Burlington. She will be greatly missed by the many who were fortunate enough to have known her.

Amber was born in 1946 in Plattsburgh, N.Y., to William and Norma Shay of Keeseville, N.Y. She is survived by: her daughter, Marina Collins, and her two children, Steven Ushakov and Kristina Ushakova; her son, Seamus Collins, and his wife, Dana Sehovic, and their children Desmond and Nyla Collins; her sister, Maureen Morrow, and husband, Wayne, and niece, Heather Fowler, and her husband, Joe, of Keeseville, N.Y.; and several cousins. Amber was extremely fortunate to have been surrounded by many longtime friends, including but certainly not limited to Patrick Brown, Toni Taginski and Mike Shultz. Amber was widowed in 2006 after 37 years of marriage to Peter Rose Collins.

Amber was the quintessential upstate New Yorker/ Vermonter — resilient, resourceful, relentless and reliable. She was also bright, tough, progressive, funny and always capable of being just as flinty as necessary when advocating for her kids or anything else important to her. With Amber it was pretty simple — what you saw was what you got, and what she saw was what she believed.

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Amber worked at the Fletcher Free Library for 46 years before finally retiring as the codirector in 2012.

Following her retirement, Amber’s primary focus and love were her grandkids. She took great pride in watching them play hockey in rinks throughout New England and great delight in taking every chance she got to spoil them otherwise (much to the chagrin of her own kids). Beyond that, Amber stayed busy updating her home, painting, traveling, hosting dinners and holidays for loved ones, exploring her family heritage, and fighting Parkinson’s disease.

Amber also loved to garden, read, collect antiques, crush the New York Times Sunday crossword and travel to Hawaii every chance she got. Right up until the very end of her life, she stayed active and was doing what she could to give back. In fact, the week that she died she was busy taking family out to dinner to try a new local restaurant, raising money for various charities and planning a public exhibit of her artwork. Her exhibit can be seen during the month of March at Wally’s Place in South Hero.

It was her wish that she be cremated, with her ashes buried with her husband in Lakeview Cemetery in Burlington and with other members of her family in Ausable Forks, N.Y. Amber will be remembered by family and friends at the Elks Club on North Avenue in Burlington on Saturday, March 16, from 1 to 3 p.m. In lieu of flowers, her family asks that donations be made in her name to either the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research or the Burlington Youth Hockey Association.

Tina Marie Ploof

1971-2019, WINOOSKI Tina Marie Ploof, born on, March 14, 1971, passed away unexpectedly on February 2, 2019, after suffering from cardiac arrest.

Tina was predeceased by her mother, Irene Norton; her sister, Debbie Holbrook; her brother Alan Ploof; and her dear friend Melissa Verge.

She leaves behind her two sons, Calvin and Simon Pearce; her brother Sam Ploof; her beloved dog, Nisa; and many close friends and family members who will miss her deeply.

Tina grew up on King Street in Burlington. Her youth was spent playing hide-and-seek, swimming at the waterfront, and creating memories in a tight-knit neighborhood.

These experiences largely shaped Tina into the person she was, and she loved to reflect on stories of her youth and share these memories with her loved ones.

As a mother, Tina put her two sons above all else in the world. She dedicated her life to her boys, giving them a fun life full of love, laughter and always a house full of people, many of whom became family.

Tina had a wealth of wisdom to share with her boys, coming from a life fully lived.

As a person, Tina was remarkably generous. She freely gave her time to others and happily opened her

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home, her kitchen and, above all, her heart to any friend in need. All those who were blessed enough to know her — and have her wisdom, love and advice bestowed upon them — knew what a gift they were receiving, as there was no one else like her in this life. Tina loved fiercely, lived authentically and, although she had to leave us far too soon, left her mark on this world and on the hearts of all those who loved her. She will forever be remembered with the greatest respect and love by all who knew her.

David Storrs

1945-2019, SOUTHPORT, CONN. David K. Storrs, 74, of Southport, Conn., died on March 3 with his wife, Landon, at his side.

He was cofounder and CEO of Alternative Investment Group and had extensive experience with investment management for foundations and other nonprofit institutions, including serving as the first director of investments at Yale University.

Among his many interests, David was a member of the board of Shelburne Farms and, along with Landon, a devoted supporter of all the farm’s work, including its land stewardship and the development of educational programs for educators and young people.

Surviving him are his wife of 50 years, Landon T.; daughter, Landon R.; son, David K. Jr.; son-in-law, Tyler Priest; grandson, Mason Priest; sisters Ayer (Bellerman), Ginny (Akabane) and Nancy; and brother, Cleveland.

A memorial service will be held in Shelburne in May for Vermont friends. In lieu of flowers, gifts may be made in David’s memory to the Shelburne Farms Endowment Fund at 1611 Harbor Road, Shelburne, VT 05482.

Thaddius J. Launderville

1969-2019, WILLIAMSTOWN Thaddius Jon Launderville, 49, of Pleasant Street in Williamstown passed away surrounded by his loving family on Monday, March 4, 2019, at the Central Vermont Medical Center in Berlin.

Born August 31, 1969, in Trenton, N.J., he was the son of Russell and Kathleen (Bashaw) Launderville.

Thad attended Cabot Elementary and High School and graduated with honors from Kimball Union Academy in 1986 and with honors from Dartmouth College in 1990 with degrees in biology and psychology.

He continued his teachings throughout his lifetime, and his valuable guidance helped so many people along the way.

Thad married the love of his life, Sarah, and they spent 23 happy, wonderful years together.

He had many different jobs throughout his life, including working at Capital City Press in Barre. But his calling and most beloved job was being a stay-at-home dad.

Thad served as the secretary of the Williamstown Elementary School PTO and was very involved in volunteering. He spent time reading to children at the school and creating the PTO floats for the Williamstown Memorial Day Parade. He was proud to be a man supporting his family through homemaking. The children were his reason for living. He could be found exploring the world with his children.

Thad enjoyed brewing and sharing kombucha, blogging, bowling, astronomy, making crab-apple jelly, pickling, and gardening. He started Classic Shaving, and he sold his shaving kits at the local farmers market. He loved science and was an avid Red Sox fan. He was an inventor and curious about life.

He loved budgies and spent a month in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina tenting out and caring for displaced birds. He was in charge of a garage full of budgies.

Survivors include his wife, Sarah; his 10-year-old twin daughters, Clara and Milly; and his 9-year-old son, Evan; all of Williamstown; his father, Russell Launderville, and stepmother, Lucille, of Boiling Spring Lake, N.C.; his mother, Kathy Kusiak, and stepfather, Richard, of Barre Town; his brother Aaron Launderville of Montpelier; his nephew, Miles, and niece, Zaida, also of Montpelier; his stepbrother, Erik Moffitt, of North Carolina; his special cousin who was like a sister to him, Lia Venner of Monkton, Vt.; and many special family members, including aunts, uncles, cousins and special friends.

He was predeceased by his grandmothers Norma Bashaw and Elizabeth Launderville; grandfathers Grant Bashaw and Robert Launderville; his aunt Shari Haley; and his cousins Carey Sargent and Matthew Bashaw.

The service to honor and celebrate his life was on Saturday, March 9, 2019, at 11 a.m. in the Hooker and Whitcomb Funeral Home, 7 Academy Street, Barre.

For a memorial guestbook, visit hookerwhitcomb.com.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made in Thad’s honor to either the Vermont Center for Independent Living, 11 East State Street, Montpelier, VT 05602 or to the Williamstown PTO, 100 Brush Hill Road, Williamstown, VT 05679.

BIRTHS Ezra William Kingsley On February 15, 2019, at Porter Medical Center, Kyle Kingsley and Faith Kennison welcomed a boy, Ezra William Kingsley.

Eleanor Renee Kuzio On March 9, 2019, at Porter Medical Center, Katie (Costello) and Daniel Kuzio welcomed a girl, Eleanor Renee Kuzio.

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hen soprano HELEN LYONS decided to move back home to Vermont in June 2016, the state gained an internationally experienced singer. Lyons, a Williston native, studied voice at the Royal Academy of Music in London and the College-Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati. She pursued a career in New York City, at young artists’ programs around the country and, for three years, on professional stages in Germany.

Back in NYC, Lyons met her husband.

The couple decided to move to Ferrisburgh to be closer to her family — including her mother, Vermont Sen. GINNY LYONS (D-Chittenden).

Helen Lyons’ upcoming gigs include concert solos with the CHAMPLAIN PHILHARMONIC, VERMONT VIRTUOSI and the BENNINGTON COUNTY CHORAL SOCIETY, as well as the lead role in BARN OPERA’s upcoming production of Giacomo Puccini’s Tosca. She only sings in Vermont now, a welcome relief from her former life of constant travel and auditioning.

Recently Lyons started contributing to the music community in another way: as morning host on VERMONT PUBLIC RADIO’s classical station. Her slot, formerly hosted

by VPR’s KARI ANDERSON, is 7 to 10 a.m., and she says she’s thrilled to have it.

Seven Days caught up with Lyons by phone after a recent show to discuss her radio gig and introducing Vermont listeners to new and old sounds.

SEVEN DAYS: What’s it like to be a DJ while also working as an opera singer?

HELEN LYONS: It goes hand in hand, really. I’m loving it. It feels like an absolutely perfect fit, and, as I said to an opera freelance musician recently, you’ve got to pick up a day job. Now, finally, I have a day job directly linked to the thing I’ve spent my life studying and performing.

n late 2018, East Burke writer HOPE A.C. BENTLEY started her own small publishing company: GOLDEN LIGHT FACTORY. She’s put out five books — four by her, one by VALERIE CHASE — under the tagline “Provocative Books for Clever Readers.” Ranging from picture books to novels for teens and

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SD: I noticed you played some orchestral pieces from operas on recent shows, including a waltz from Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin and the overture from Mozart’s Così fan tutte.

Why isn’t your program all opera all the time – including arias and choruses?

HL: It’s important to maintain continuity with what that slot has always been.

People who have been tuning in have certain expectations. Opera fans are a very specific part of the classical listener population.

And I’m sensitive to the fact that vocal music can be a little more difficult for people to tune in to. There’s an element of I’m hearing somebody singing but in a language I don’t know, so the meaning is lost, whereas an orchestral piece doesn’t have the language barrier. Though I wonder if I’d encounter the same thing if I played a piece sung in English.

Also, the sound of a classically trained voice, that slightly unnatural-sounding trained voice … Opera is not for everyone.

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tweens, they sport artfully hand-illustrated covers (by KATE RENNER and ELLY BARKSDALE) that recall the well-loved library copies of eras past.

Provocative or not, Bentley’s novels certainly have tantalizing premises. In the YA tale The Haunted, 15-year-old Lydia goes to the Claybourne Academy of Excellence, a boarding school “for geniuses” on a remote Maine island, to find out why its graduates keep dying by suicide. The answer, which involves hypnotism and witchcraft, won’t come as a surprise to readers of Lois Duncan’s classic boarding-school gothic Down a Dark Hall. But Bentley puts her own creepy spin on an already-disturbing concept, adding a contemporary wrinkle: Claybourne forbids high tech, making it impossible

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for students to splash their horrifying discoveries all over Instagram.

The terror of losing touch also figures largely in Bentley’s YA novel Blackout, in which a computer virus fries the electrical grid — and cellphones — across the U.S. The story alternates among the viewpoints of three young protagonists, two on road trips. While Margot bones up on survival skills in tiny Canton Hollow, Vt., her older sister travels home from boarding school on the Appalachian Trail, and their cousin makes his way from Wyoming by boat and motorcycle.

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There’s this other thing with listeners: This is too far above me; this is too elite. But I concentrate on images [in my commentary], which everyone can relate to. Like “A Severn Rhapsody” [by Gerald Finzi], from this morning — this is about a river. Anyone can picture that. For me, the Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 evokes the colors sepia and mahogany.

I do try to work in arias. I played one to celebrate [soprano] Renée Fleming’s birthday, and I’ve played choral music to support [fellow VPR music host] LINDA RADTKE’s show. I’m still trying to get a handle on how it all works and comfortable with the production part.

Meanwhile, I’m learning about all these composers. VPR has a 35,000-CD library, thanks to its supporters.

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SD: I know radio hosts are chosen partly for the sound of their voices.

Do you think opera singers have an edge in that regard?

HL: I think we definitely have [one kind of ] edge: We know how to pronounce all those foreign words and names, having studied all those languages. Also, yes, I think there is a certain level of training to the voice that can potentially make it a soothing, pleasant sound to hear on the air.

SD: How did you decide to play “Dance of the Yi People,” composed in 1960 for pipa, a traditional Chinese instrument, by Wang Hui-ran? How much non-Western or contemporary music do you like to play?

HL: I think it’s important to include contemporary music, and exposing ourselves to world music is super important as well. Classical music can get into that stale dead-white-guysfrom-Europe thing, but it actually encompasses everything from early music to music written yesterday. [With new compositions,] there’s the question of What’s classical music? Well, I know it when I hear it. Kind of like What’s pornography? — I know it when I see it.

I like to include a lot of Latino composers and composers of color. We want to give listeners things that they like, but they might not know they like “Dance of the Yi People.” That was completely new to me, but I was just so charmed.

SD: What other day jobs do you hold in Vermont?

HL: I teach voice in my studio on Patchen Road in South Burlington. I got the space when [pianist] CLAIRE BLACK contacted me; she and [soprano] SARAH CULLINS and [pianist] SAM WHITESELL were looking at studio space because they were teaching out of their homes or at students’ homes.

I was using the Williston Federated Church.

Now we each have our own studio rooms with a shared lobby waiting area.

So I worked on building up a studio over the summer — I’ve got about 10 students between 15 years old and sixtysomething — then applied for this position. And voilà!

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Tooned In: Grants Boost Key Initiatives at Vermont Folklife Center B Y DA N B O LLES

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ro m h a rd s c ra b b l e images of disappearing hill farmers to genteel portraits of Vermont’s Colonial Dames, from the rustic majesty of windswept ice shanties to the cheap thrills of semipro wrestling, VERMONT FOLKLIFE CENTER is the keeper of Vermont’s storied past. Recently, the Middlebury museum received a pair of grants that will spur its mission to chronicle, catalog and preserve the state’s cultural heritage for generations to come.

Announced on March 1, a $25,000 grant through the National Endowment for the Arts’ “Art Works” program will support the center’s Vermont Cartooning and Culture Project.

VFC will also benefit from a nearly $200,000 grant awarded in February by the Council on Library and Information Resources to the American Folklore Society in Bloomington, Ind., for the purpose of digitizing collections. The VFC is one of three partners — with the University of Oregon and Indiana University Libraries — working with AFS to preserve a variety of historical archives.

The Vermont Cartooning and Culture Project is an 18-month initiative of VFC’s Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program.

It employs the art of nonfiction cartooning as a medium to explore and share stories and experiences across the state’s cultural and ethnic communities.

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archives, penned by local and regional cartoonists including New Hampshire’s Marek Bennett and Joel Christian Gill, CENTER FOR CARTOON STUDIES grad ROBYN-BROOKE SMITH, and Grafton native EZRA VEITCH. Drawing on extensive archival resources, those artists will collaborate to tell the story of Daisy Turner (1883-1988), an African American storyteller and poet born in Vermont.

Turner was the daughter of former slaves who settled in Grafton after the Civil War. VFC founder JANE BECK interviewed Turner extensively in the 1980s, collecting more than 80 hours of interviews. They were used to create the Peabody Awardwinning audio documentary series “Journey’s End: The Memories and Traditions of Daisy Turner and Her Family,” as well as a video series, “On Her Own: The Traditions of Daisy Turner.”

“Daisy was an amazing, strong-willed person and an amazing storyteller,” says A panel from “Almanac” by Iona Fox Kolovos. “And the stories she Franco American, Somali Bantu and told were not just from her own life, but Tibetan communities. family stories that were passed down from “Working ethnographically brings her father that situated her family narrawith it a deeper and more intimate kind tive beginning pre-slavery in Africa. It’s a of collaborative engagement than journal- pretty intense sweep.” ism,” writes Fox in a press release, “and Once finished, the collection of comics reaches more widely into a community about Turner’s life will be distributed than do traditional slice-of-life comics.” free to public libraries in Vermont, with The project’s second prong involves support from the VERMONT DEPARTMENT OF an adaptation of material from the VFC LIBRARIES.

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“We’ve been trying to explore the idea of tying ethnographic cartooning to the work that we do,” explains VFC associate director and archivist ANDY KOLOVOS. The cartoon project is two-pronged. In four special editions of her comic series “Almanac,” which appears weekly in Seven Days, cartoonist Iona Fox, a former Vermonter now based in Chicago, will cover traditional music from Vermont’s

paint too rosy a picture of Americans forced to hoard canned goods and smoke meat for survival.

While Bentley’s prose is always strong, she has a special flair for describing people. In The Haunted, a teacher’s “hair unfurled down her back like a shiny black tongue”; in Blackout, “Mrs. Murphy was as thin and bent as a shepherd’s crook and scurried everywhere she went like she was expecting to get stepped on by an enormous boot.”

In Bentley’s middle-grade novel The

Phoenix Cave, a girl lives with her mom — who’s a witch — in a treehouse that normal people can’t see. The narrator’s hair is “every color that an autumn leaf can be, but I don’t recommend judging a person by her hair,” she notes tartly.

While that fanciful tale should appeal to Harry Potter-obsessed kids, Golden Light also offers a nonfiction picture book addressing more practical matters: Where Else Do Babies Come From? A Family Guide to Assisted Reproduction, also by Bentley. Between visual aids for parents

called on to explain difficult topics and thrilling tales for teens, this author is carving out a neat little niche in the NEK. MARGO T HARRI S O N

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Under the direction of AFS, Kolovos will spearhead the digitization of 11 VFC collections to be collected, transfered and cataloged by archivist SUSAN CREIGHTON, the 2019 Jane C. Beck Folklife Fellow. They include interviews on the commercial and recreational history of Lake Champlain and oral histories of the steamship Ticonderoga. Two collections of recordings by traditional Vermont artists will also be digitized, as will the New England Storytelling Project Collection, a five-state project overseen by the VFC in the 1990s that captured snapshots of everyday life around the region.

When the digitization project is complete in spring 2020, the VFC collections, along with those from Oregon and Indiana, will be available to the public online through the AFS Folklore Collections Database — making Vermont’s past just that much more accessible to everyone. m

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“If we can secure additional funding, we’ll expand that to school libraries, as well,” says Kolovos.

He concedes that the average person might find the AFS digitization grant less exciting than the cartoon project: “You really have to be an archiving nerd to find this stuff interesting.” Nonetheless, it’s an important step in preserving certain vulnerable collections.

Kolovos explains that the AFS grant comes after eight years of AFS collaborations on archival projects with VFC and the Western Folklife Center in Nevada.

Those projects created a database framework for information from folklife repositories around the country — something like a digital card catalog. The next step is filling that database with content.

The new grant will make it possible to digitize more than 825 hours of VFC audio and video, much of which exists in fragile or outdated formats such as digital audiotape, as well as hundreds of photographs and pages of texts.

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othing compares to a snow day Jeanne Collins, superintendent of suggested, is increased student reliance hard, he said, to combat the public percepoff from school: the anticipation Rutland Northeast Supervisory Union on school transportation, as well as more tion that schools should close when TV the night before as the flakes in Brandon, has been in education for student drivers. Today, many of Young’s meteorologists give a snowstorm a name. start to fly; the excitement when 38 years, including nine as Burlington’s 2,500 students ride buses or vans to “How do you put children on the roads the phone rings at 5:30 a.m. with the robo- superintendent and five in her current school; some travel from as far away as when it’s ‘Snowmageddon’?” call announcement; the unmitigated joy post. A district’s topography is key, she Isle La Motte. Years ago, he said, even Castle theorized that risk perception of walking outside for a day of snowball explained. Because Rutland Northeast kindergartners routinely walked to and has also changed, especially as more fights, snow fort building or schussing has miles of mountainous dirt roads, she from school; safety concerns have put an people move to Vermont from less wintry down the slopes. might be more inclined to cancel school end to that. locales. “I don’t want to paint a picture And that’s just how the teachers feel. than might her counterpart in the Rutland Young also noted the role of technol- that I’m cavalier about student safety or Kids seem to enjoy snow days, too.

City Public Schools. ogy: Forecasting is far more accurate transportation,” he said. “But I believe a For households with a single parent When Collins oversaw Burlington than it was years ago, and interdistrict bus is going to be fine in six inches of snow. or two working parents, however, school schools, by contrast, about half of her communications are faster. Administra- Some parents will freak out.” cancellations can translate into a mad scramble for daycare. The inconvenience may explain why one Seven Days reader wrote in recently to ask why Vermont schools seem to call more snow days now than they did 30 years ago.

Is climate change bringing more wintry weather? Are today’s Vermonters more averse to the risk of putting kids on buses during snowstorms? Are school administrators more wary of parental complaints, school board blowback or even lawsuits if they make the wrong decision?

Extra snowfall can be ruled out as the culprit, according to Scott Whittier, a warning coordination meteorologist at the National Weather Service at Burlington International Airport. Whittier reported that Burlington’s 30-year snowfall average from 1961 to 1990 was 80.6 inches, whereas CHOOL LOSINGS the 30-year average from 1981 to 2010 was 81.2 inches. That trend is “basically flat.”

BURLINGTON HIGH SCHOOL - DELAYED TWO HOURS  JERICHO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL - CLOSED  MOUN How many times did schools actually close in the last 30 years? Although districts must report such data to the state each year, a spokesperson from the Vermont Agency of Education recommended asking individual school districts, students walked to school. A preponder- tors and transportation coordinators in the Other factors come into play when because the state doesn’t keep those ance of paved roads also helped keep Burl- Champlain Valley routinely commiserate superintendents make snow- day historical data on file. (This reporter: “Are ington schools open while surrounding on closure decisions via group email. “It’s decisions: what time the storm starts; how a nice communication chain that lets you quickly road crews manage to sand and you sure? Did you check under your bed? districts might have closed.

How about in your backpack? I bet you left Does Collins ever get parental push- know you’re not alone,” he said. plow; whether wind, ice and freezing rain them at school again.”) back on her decisions? You bet, she said.

John Castle, superintendent of the North are in the mix; and even whether a district With roughly 260 districts statewide, After she didn’t cancel school during a Country Supervisory Union in Newport, said owns or leases its buses or contracts give or take those that were forced to merge snowstorm three weeks ago, “I got beat he rarely lets other schools’ closure deci- transportation with a private bus company.

“You learn all these nuances over time, under Vermont’s school-consolidation law, up pretty badly by parents who felt that sions sway his own. Castle, who’s been in contacting each one seemed impractical. it was unsafe and that I shouldn’t have education for 23 years, explained why half and you do the best you can to make a Instead, Seven Days reached out to the been putting kids out there on the buses his school administrators make that decision decision based on the preponderance of Vermont Superintendents Association, … I would agree that there’s [now] more for themselves: His district encompasses evidence,” Castle said. No matter what, which provided the names of some of the pressure from parents.” about 550 square miles. someone is likely to disagree. longest-serving superintendents in the state.

“I’ve got 55 miles between Brighton David Young has worked in education Yet another reason to look forward to Though none had data going back three for 29 years, the last nine as superinten- and Lowell,” he noted. “They are literally spring. decades, their insights were educational. dent for the South Burlington School in different ecosystems.”

All were willing, if not thrilled, to discuss District. He couldn’t say with certainty Castle, who grew up in Holland, Vt., Contact: ken@sevendaysvt.com the two- to three-hour process of reading that there are more snow days now than also suspects that school closures are more the meteorological tea leaves and deciding three decades ago, but he agreed it feels common today. He blamed “the Weather INFO whether to cancel classes, which typically that way.

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Seven Days finds out firsthand why U.S. workers aren’t employed on Vermont dairy farms S T O RY B Y C H EL S EA ED G A R P H O T O S B Y C A L EB K EN N A

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There is no clock in the milking parlor at Vorsteveld Farm.

There are no windows, either, but a couple of hours into my first shift, I stopped wondering what was happening outside.

The parlor is like a casino, a cocooned vault where the light is always fluorescent and the time is only now.

There’s no point in knowing what month it is or what the weather will be tomorrow, because every day is exactly the same: The ladies come in to be milked 25 at a time, arranging themselves in the stalls according to a mysterious but inviolable pecking order. They don’t like new people, I’d been forewarned. The nicer ones just kicked, knocking the motorized pump out of my hands as I tried to fasten the suction tubes to their teats; the more sadistic ones took warm, voluminous shits on my forearms.

In the time it took me to hook up four cows, Victor had already finished a dozen.

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in the insulated steel Agri-Mark trailer outside. Then, the night crew comes in, time resets itself, and the whole process begins again. There is no Christmas, no snack time, no union-sanctioned piss break for either the cows or the workers, all of whom relieve themselves in the parlor when the urge strikes.

In a storage room off the parlor, there is an actual toilet, the only one on the farm — a closet-size space, hardly big enough to unbuckle your overalls. That bathroom, I was told, is exclusively for women: the breeder, the veterinarian, the milk tester who comes down once a month from Jay Peak and, for one week in mid-February, me.

By the end of each shift, the floor is covered in at least an inch of liquid waste, which flows out of the parlor through two narrow slats, then gets pumped to

the manure pits behind the barns. After a snowfall, you might be tricked into thinking that the Vorstevelds have two skating rinks out back. The shit-water sits, frozen, until the spring planting, when the Vorstevelds spread it on their corn and hay fields to fertilize 2,400 acres of manure-to-be.

All dairy farms operate according to the same metabolic principle: Feed goes into the cow; white stuff comes out of the cow. As the ongoing milk crisis squeezes out farmers with smaller herds, larger operations have had to produce more milk in order to survive. But without workers willing to spend upwards of 15 hours a day engaged in the business end of a 1,500-pound animal, Vorsteveld Farm — and Vermont’s $2 billion dairy industry — would collapse.

Those workers are predominantly

young Latino men who have made the perilous trek from Mexico and Central America to meet the demand for farm labor in the Northeast. The Vorstevelds employ 10 Latinos, each of whom works an average of 14 hours a day, five or six days a week, to ensure that all 1,300 cows in the herd get milked three times a day. Every shift has a designated laundry runner, whose job is to keep the parlor stocked with a fresh supply of blue microfiber towels — the importance of which can’t be overstated, given the staggering amount of shit the cows produce.

There are as many as 1,500 migrant farmworkers in Vermont at any given time, although their transience makes it difficult to pin down a precise figure. Some, like Victor, get their own room in housing provided by their farm bosses; others dwell in cramped quarters without heat, privacy or reliable plumbing.

Before Victor came to Vorsteveld Farm in 2013, he worked at a Vermont dairy where he had to share a one-room trailer with four other employees. When he showered, the tub filled with sewage.

At Vorsteveld Farm, he says his living conditions are much better, although the sound of the vacuum motor in the parlor, directly below his apartment, keeps him awake at night.

‘A SHIT-TON OF CHEAP MILK’

Farmworkers Victor Diaz and Ivan Dominguez in the milking parlor

I marveled at how something so pure could come out of an animal that essentially lives in its own excrement.

Last year, there were 126,000 dairy cows in Vermont, 11,000 fewer than in 2010.

Meanwhile, over the last decade, the average herd size has increased, from 133 to 179 — a sign of slow-creeping change in a state where “agriculture” once meant little red barns and black-and-whitedotted hillsides.

If the word “farm” once suggested an idyllic communion between humankind and the land, a place removed from the technology-fueled rat race of modern life, those connotations no longer apply to the growing number of Vermont dairies classified as “large farm operations” — those with 700 or more cows. In 2011, just 18 of Vermont’s then-966 dairy farms were considered “large.” By 2018, that number had risen to 34, while the overall number of dairy farms in the state had dropped to 725.

Survival boils down to economy of scale: Small dairies are hard-pressed to make enough milk to offset the cost of production; bigger farms spread that cost over a larger herd, which translates to a lower per-cow investment.

At the beginning of 2019, milk prices remained depressed for the fifth consecutive year, an unprecedented streak in an industry that has historically relied on 36-month boom-and-bust cycles. Doug DiMento, director of corporate communications at Agri-Mark, which buys milk from the Vorstevelds and about 180 other farms across the state, said the current market is the worst he’s seen in his 25-year tenure at the company.

“This is the most challenging time for dairy farmers that we’ve ever witnessed,” he said. “Their costs are so high, but their prices are so low. Everyone in the dairy marketing chain can increase their margin except the farmer. He’s at the bottom of the pile.”

According to Laura Ginsburg, section chief for the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets’ development division, the only way for farmers to get ahead in this drawn-out downturn is to extract as much milk as possible from their herd. In that endeavor, big dairies have the undisputed advantage.

“When prices are low, almost all dairy farms have to service some sort of debt, so they need to increase production to compensate,” said Ginsburg. “There are still farms in the state that are profitable right now — some are doing OK, and some are breaking even or better, but nobody is wildly successful at the moment.”

Gerard Vorsteveld prefers this synopsis of the situation: “Dude, you gotta make a shit-ton of cheap milk.”

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From left: Gerard, Rudy and Hans Vorsteveld

It’s more cost-effective for the Vorstevelds to navigate a broken system than to depend on U.S. citizens to get out of bed at 3:30 a.m.

Milking It « P.31 “Cheap” is a word of which Gerard is particularly fond, and he often bellows it in one long, reverberant bass note, like a foghorn or, perhaps more fittingly, a bovine. In his argot, “cheap” doesn’t mean “of inferior quality,” but “efficiently” — a holy-grail adverb at this 1,300-Holstein enterprise. That figure represents only the ones that get milked; accounting for calves and “dry cows,” or cows on temporary parlor hiatus, the Vorstevelds’ herd hovers around 2,300 at any given time.

When Gerard, his twin brother, Rudy, and their older brother, Hans, took over the farm from their father, Lolke, in 1998, they were milking about 400 cows; by 2014, their herd had grown to 700. Over the last five years, they’ve nearly doubled its size, almost entirely by raising their own young stock.

Vorsteveld Farm is in Panton, a blink of a town about five miles west of Vergennes, between Route 22A and Lake Champlain.

On the west side of Dead Creek, most of the land you can see from Panton Road belongs to the brothers. In mid-February, the fields look like haphazardly shaven legs, the stray stalks from last season’s harvest poking through the snow like stubble.

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Gerard’s house, a white cape that looks out over the fields to the east, is a half mile north of the farm. A few hundred yards south is a red trailer with a screened-in front porch, where five of the Latino workers live.

Rudy is directly across the street from the farm, in the house where he and his brothers grew up. You might see a miniature horse hanging out in his front yard — one of his daughter’s whims. Hans is the only one who lives out of sight, in a cabin on the other side of the hill that separates the farm from the lake.

Their cows live in a half dozen barns on the property. Inside, all year round, they loll about in their stalls like humans at the DMV, waiting for their turn to be milked.

A defunct Coca-Cola machine keeps vigil near the entrance to the main barn, which houses the office and milking parlor. The front door bears two decals: “Milk Drinkers Make Better Lovers” and “Agriculture: Because Starvation Sucks.”

Since 1989, the Vorstevelds have been milking their cows in the same parlor, a retrofitted stanchion barn with 25 stalls on either side of a sunken, six-foot-wide causeway, where the workers stand at udder level and hook up the motorized milking machines. As the herd has grown,

the brothers have added stalls to increase capacity. But in order to implement a major upgrade — such as a rotary milking system, with robotic arms that attach and detach the milking machines as the cows revolve on a gigantic lazy Susan — they would have to tear out the existing parlor and start from scratch.

By Gerard’s estimate, a 50-stall robotic rotary parlor would cost about $3.5 million. Even with the labor savings — one person can milk 400 cows at a time with a robotic rotary parlor — that figure would still be out of their reach.

“If we wanted to put a new parlor in,” he said, “we’d probably have to milk another thousand cows just to pay for it.”

BROTHERS’ KEEPERS

The Vorsteveld brothers are so tall that they seem almost apocryphal, as if they wandered out of a fable. Forty-five-yearold Gerard is six foot six, not including the shock of strawberry-blonde hair that frames his head like a lion’s mane.

Twin brother Rudy is six foot four; Hans, 56, is six foot three. Over the years, they’ve carved out distinct roles on the farm: Hans is in charge of the business side, hiring and scheduling workers

and managing the books, while Rudy oversees cow care. Gerard, a mechanical whiz prone to expletive-laced existential musings, fixes the machinery.

Two other brothers, Lou and Andre, aren’t involved in the family business; Andre runs his own dairy in nearby Bridport, and Lou, who lives in New Hampshire, is a retired engineer.

The Vorstevelds grew up on a 100-cow dairy farm in Garnwerd, Holland, a small village tucked in a chessboard landscape of neatly manicured fields. In the early ’70s, as Gerard tells it, their father wanted to build a new barn on the property. But before he could start construction, he had to get the plans approved by “whoever the fuck made the rules,” though Gerard can’t recall which regulatory body this might have been.

“So my old man drew up some plans, showed them to the bureaucrats, and they told him no,” Gerard explained, rolling a cigarette. He had invited me to his house to have dinner with him and his girlfriend, Nancy, between my afternoon and night milking shifts. Even though I’d changed out of the overalls I’d been wearing in the parlor, I was acutely aware of my own odor — a warm, sweet stench, like an unwashed baby.

“Then, like a year later, he took those

Chelsea Edgar attaching a milking machine

same exact plans, added some shrubs and shit, and guess what?”

I took a sip of my Heineken. “They got approved?”

“Bingo!” boomed Gerard. “It was all a load of bullshit.”

His father had always wanted to come to America, but that experience hastened his search for a place where he could farm without red tape. Their neighbor in Garnwerd knew farmers in Addison County, which had become a Dutch expat community of sorts. In 1979, Lolke bought a 100-cow dairy on Jersey Street, on the same property his sons are farming today.

Lolke wasn’t born into dairy farming.

His father was a schoolteacher, his mother a homemaker. When he was growing up, during World War II, the Nazis occupied Holland, and food was scarce. But his mother’s parents had a farm; Lolke loved going there, because they always had something to eat.

After dropping out of high school, Lolke got a job on a dairy farm that operated a bakery. Twice a week, he’d bike around to deliver bread to houses in the village. He took note of all the farms along his route, studying their barn design, their approach to cropping, how they dealt with excess rain and heat.

“He’d see a dude do something, and then he’d be like, ‘Well that didn’t fucking work,’ or ‘Oh, hey, that did work,’” said Gerard. “He didn’t come from a farming background, so he never had the ‘that’show-we-always-did-it’ attitude, ’cause he never always did it.”

In the dairy industry, where the typical succession model involves passing down the business from one generation to the next, change is not always welcome. But for the Vorstevelds, farming has always been a giant engineering problem, a constant pursuit of optimization.

“We try to have an open mind,” said Hans. “We’re always looking for something better — always trying to improve, to stay on top of it.”

THE HANDMAID’S TALE

When I introduced myself to Annie Murphy, the Vorsteveld’s apple-cheeked veterinarian, she was incredulous.

“They let a reporter come here for a week?” she said with a gasp. Quickly, she added, “I mean, their cows are healthy and everything, but there are definitely prettier operations. This place is kinda rough.”

By “rough,” she meant that decorum is a very low, possibly nonexistent priority

for the Vorstevelds, whose penchant for irreverence announces itself approximately every 500 feet. Scratched in foothigh letters on the door of the calf barn is the directive: “Please shut the Fucker.”

On an envelope in the office, addressed to Rudy: “WTF.” Spray-painted on the wall of the hoof-trimming shed: “Take Shit Put It Back Use It More.”

Almost every Tuesday morning, Murphy drives up from Weybridge to make the rounds with Ashlee Morris, the farm’s on-staff breeder. Most farms outsource breeding to private contractors, but the Vorstevelds like to keep their semen close.

Murphy, dressed in blue scrubs and knee-high rubber boot covers, uses ultrasound goggles to look inside the uteri of pregnant cows and check for cysts and abnormalities in the nonpregnant ones. To get the best possible view, she inserts her entire left arm, sheathed in a clear plastic glove no thicker than Saran Wrap, into the cow’s rectum, where she feels around with a tiny camera that feeds images into her goggle lenses. Incredibly, most of the cows don’t seem to mind this, but they also make no effort to hold in their manure. By the end of her rounds on a typical day, Murphy has been shoulder-deep in the bowels of 80 to 100 animals.

The body of a Holstein seems untenable from every angle. Their udders sometimes sag so low that they accidentally step on their own teats; their horns turn any narrow space into an instant pillory. When they slip in their own shit, which happens more than rarely, their femurs can snap like chopsticks. They lack all dexterity, except when they’re in heat. Then, and only then, they hump each other with the frolicsome grace of Cirque du Soleil performers.

As we walked through the stalls, tracking down each cow on Murphy’s checkup list, I could feel them all sizing me up with their big, liquid brown eyes. A few of them stalked me at a wary distance, like children lurking around grown-ups at a party; others sidled up to me and suckled the sleeve of my jacket. The bovines’ energy was intensely, overwhelmingly female.

I sensed that I could offend all of them without even trying.

“You’ve gotta watch out for the ones in heat,” Morris advised me, wrangling an especially testy cow into one of the stalls by jamming her shoulders up against its backside. “They’ll try to mount you, especially if you’re near that time of the month.

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Milking It « P.33 My time of the month, in fact, had started that day. I spent the next three hours in a state of mild panic.

In terms of reproductive biology, Holsteins are virtually identical to women.

Every 18 to 24 days, a cow will go into heat; if she doesn’t become pregnant, she sheds her uterine lining. In order to produce milk, a cow needs to calve, which means that she has to be pregnant once a year to sustain lactation.

After a cow gives birth, she’ll make milk for close to nine months; in the third or fourth month of milking, she’ll be inseminated again. Six to eight weeks before she calves, she goes into a “dry” group, or a non-milking herd, the equivalent of bed rest. As soon as she gives birth, she returns to the parlor. It’s like a bovine version of The Handmaid’s Tale.

Most dairies wait close to two years before impregnating a female calf for the first time, according to Murphy, who has been the Vorstevelds’ vet for 11 years.

“If a younger, smaller animal enters the lactating herd, she’s likely to get picked on and pushed around, like a kid who skips a grade in school and doesn’t fit in with the new class,” she explained. That ostracizing upsets the cow, and the golden rule of milk production is that the more stressed a cow is, the less milk she’ll make.

But the Vorstevelds start calving at 20 months, a strategy that Rudy stumbled upon when he left a bull in a pen with young heifers. He didn’t think the heifers would be able to get pregnant at that age, but when one of them did, he decided to see how she fared. She calved without incident, then went on to become a highperforming milker.

“To put that in human terms, that’s sort of like getting a 15- or 16-year-old pregnant,” Murphy said. “But as long as the heifer is physically big enough to calve, there’s nothing inherently wrong with that. And because Vorsteveld Farm is so large, they can group their cows so that those young, small heifers all stay together, which other farms can’t do because they don’t have the space or the numbers.”

There’s also a financial advantage to breeding cows younger: Raising a calf for two years costs the farmer about $2,000 a head. The sooner those animals get pregnant, the sooner they can start making milk and contributing to the bottom line.

Set by the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, milk prices are broken down into different components, the most valuable of which are fat and protein.

While the average milk price for Vermont farmers at the end of 2018 was $16.54 per hundredweight (equivalent to 112 pounds), farmers whose milk contains a higher-than-average ratio of those components can earn more.

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Dude, you gotta make a shit-ton of cheap milk.

GE R AR D VO R S TE VE L D

To maximize their profit margin, the Vorstevelds breed not only for high volume, but for high fat and protein content. An average milker at Vorsteveld will produce 85 pounds a day, six and a quarter pounds of which are fat and protein. That might only make a difference of a few cents per cow, but, multiplied by 1,300, those cents add up exponentially over a year.

Rudy said he believes that breeding earlier results in higher milk production during the cow’s first lactation, which he attributes to the presence of naturally occurring growth hormone in younger animals. When I ran that theory by Murphy, she laughed.

“I’m not sure I can vouch for that from a scientific standpoint,” she said. “But then, there’s a lot of stuff these guys do that doesn’t really make sense to me. They like to do things their own way. They’re definitely entrepreneurial.”

For the Vorstevelds, that means making strategic, long-term investments. After an unusually rainy summer in 2006 that devastated their crop yield, they installed a tile drainage system in their fields, which works by removing excess water that seeps below the surface of the soil. When the next rainy summer came in 2017, their crops flourished.

“Same thing with semen,” said Gerard.

“We don’t buy cheap semen when we’re low on cash. It might save me a few bucks now, but in a year or two, when those cheap-semen cows aren’t making good milk, we’ve screwed ourselves.”

As I followed Murphy and Morris to the young heifer barns, I noticed what at first appeared to be a pile of dirty clothes in a drainage ditch. When we got closer, I realized that it was actually two dead calves, half submerged in a frozen puddle.

In a place where 1,300 cows give birth once a year, dead calves are inevitable.

Some are born with congenital defects and die almost immediately; others have to be euthanized. Male calves get fed for a couple of days, until “the calf man” from East Middlebury Commission Sales comes to pick them up. From there, it’s either the beef or veal market.

“When you grow up on a farm, you see death all the time,” said Gerard. “Being a farmer is about life and death. I think most people never get that.”

He’s not done.

“The same people who go on and on about how much better organic shit is?

They’re probably driving around in some big-ass SUV, burning a ton of fossil fuels.

The other day, some people pulled over and took pictures of some runoff from our fields, ’cause they thought it was too brown. People see brown water near a farm and they get all excited, think they know something’s going on. City people like you, you know?” He let out a cackle. “No offense, but none of you guys know shit about dairy farming.”

MEXICO CITY

Esuin’s shift begins around 7:30 p.m. He works until 1:30 or 2 a.m. — or however long it takes him and the three other workers to milk 1,300 cows, hose their shit out of the milking stalls and the crevices of the motorized pumps, and shovel all the wastewater. He runs upstairs to the apartment above the parlor for a quick bite, then comes back around 3:30 a.m. for his next shift. By 10 a.m., he’s usually done. He sleeps while it’s light out — one of the few circumstances in which having a bedroom with no windows is a plus.

Esuin, who asked to be identified by first name only, came to Panton three and a half years ago from San Marcos, Guatemala, where his wife and 5-year-old daughter still live. His goal is to return to San Marcos in the next couple of years with enough money saved up to buy a decent house. The dairy work is hard, he said, but the pay is better than what he could make back home.

It took Esuin three weeks to get from San Marcos to the U.S. border in Texas.

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Mexico, where Diaz is from and plans to return at some point. When several workers requested the night off to attend Migrant Justice’s 2017 end-of-year party at Main Street Landing in Burlington, Hans said yes, then showed up and danced.

(Word has it all three brothers know how to bust a move.)

Hans said he typically starts his workers at $10 an hour, increasing their wages with each year of employment. He also offers $200 bonuses to the whole crew when Agri-Mark’s monthly milk report indicates a low bacteria count; more often than not, they earn it. Turnover at the farm is generally low. When employees leave, said Gerard, it’s usually to go back to Mexico or Guatemala.

The Vorstevelds don’t offer health insurance. “They can just go to Open Door Clinic in Vergennes and get seen for free,” explained Hans.

When I asked him if he knows the legal status of his workers, he shrugged.

“Not my department,” he said.

CHELSEA EDGAR

Along the way, he spent nearly $10,000, loaned to him by family members, to pay off Mexican officials for the privilege of passing unreported. He crossed the Rio Grande with a group of 12 other migrants — six men, five women and one child — all of whom survived the journey.

Eventually, Esuin made it to Houston.

There, he paid his brother-in-law $1,000 to give him a ride to Vermont, where he’d heard dairy farms were looking for workers. In Louisiana, when a cop pulled them over for speeding, Esuin, who didn’t have any papers, was certain that he would be deported. Instead, the officer issued the driver a ticket and sent them on their way.

Esuin was also in the passenger seat when Victor Diaz, another Vorsteveld Farm employee, got pulled over by police in Panton in October 2015 for having a taillight out above his license plate. The officer saw beer bottles in the car and gave Diaz a Breathalyzer test; he blew slightly above the legal limit. At the time, Diaz had a driver’s identification card — a legal document available in Vermont that requires proof of residency, but not necessarily proof of citizenship. The officers brought Esuin back to the farm; Diaz was held overnight at the police station in Vergennes. The following month, in court, he pled no contest to the DUI charge and paid a $400 fine.

Five months later, Diaz was at a Mexican-themed event at Green Goddess Café in Stowe when plainclothes U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agents arrested him. They sent him to the Stafford County House of Corrections, a detention center in Dover, N.H. After two weeks and multiple letters of support, one of which came from the office of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), he was released on $1,500 bail. While Diaz was away, Hans held his job for him.

“They’re decent guys, the brothers,” said Diaz of his bosses. He speaks more English than some of the other workers, but our conversation was mostly in Spanish. We were sitting at the kitchen table in the apartment above the milking parlor on a bright, chilly morning, drinking instant Nescafé. The Vorstevelds refer to these quarters as “Mexico City.”

The kitchen is clean but spare, with a limited selection of foodstuffs, mostly of the canned and powdered variety. Diaz told me the guys aren’t supposed to have visitors over for more than a few hours, but Gerard clarified: They don’t want to encourage long-term guests who aren’t working at the farm or paying rent. I’d had vague thoughts of crashing up there when I first started this assignment, but the lack of furniture made that inadvisable.

Here and in the trailer, the workers have their own bedrooms. Diaz pointed to

Victor Diaz in his apartment

They’re decent guys, the brothers.

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the electric stove. “That doesn’t work very well, so we usually cook in the microwave,” he said. “And the washing machine in here was broken for a while, which really sucked because we had to use the one downstairs by the parlor, where there’s all kinds of cow shit everywhere. But the heat works, at least. There are places where you have to use the oven as heat.”

It’s not uncommon to hear about farm owners taking advantage of their migrant workers by failing to provide adequate housing, said Will Lambek.

He’s an organizer with Migrant Justice, a Burlington-based nonprofit that advocates for the state’s migrant workforce. Typically, workers are reluctant to complain to their employers for fear that they’ll be fired; those who are undocumented have even less leverage.

Diaz, 27, an active member of Migrant Justice, has endured miserable housing conditions before. At the farm where he worked before coming to Vorsteveld in 2013, he and several other employees slept in a camper next to a barn. The roof leaked and, when it rained, they got soaked. Diaz and his coworkers eventually convinced their boss to give them a trailer, which didn’t turn out to be the improvement they were looking

for: One of the sewage lines broke, and every time they showered, the tub would fill with backed-up waste. The herdsman, Kelly Heath, who now works for the Vorstevelds, let Diaz take showers at his house.

Finally, Diaz quit, but his boss withheld a week’s pay, a tactic used by some employers to prevent workers from leaving. That’s when Diaz contacted Migrant Justice, which dispatched 20 protesters to the farm to demand back pay for Diaz and several other ex-employees. After a heated standoff, the owner agreed to pay their wages.

Such unethical labor practices were still typical in 2014, when Migrant Justice surveyed 172 dairy workers across the state. Forty percent of respondents said they didn’t get paid Vermont’s thenminimum wage of $8.73 an hour, nor did they have any days off. The workers I spoke with at Vorsteveld Farm all reported earning somewhere between $10 and $15 an hour, with housing and utilities included. Most get at least a day and a half of rest per week; some, like Diaz, have two.

Diaz said that Hans has been supportive in other ways, too: Recently, he loaned Diaz $3,000 to buy land in Chiapas,

LABOR PAINS

As Dutch nationals, the Vorsteveld brothers have had their own dealings with the vagaries of the U.S. immigration system since they arrived in the country as kids. Hans earned a master’s in mechanical engineering, mainly to extend his visa.

Rudy worked under the table at the farm for four years after he graduated from high school, then married and got his green card. After Gerard finished his two-year degree in auto mechanics at Vermont Technical College, he stayed in the country on the down-low until he was approved for a green card in 2012. It didn’t seem to cramp his style in the least.

“Dude, I’m just here, doing my shit,” he said. “I don’t give a fuck. Can’t go to Canada? Well, the U.S. is plenty big.”

Rudy nodded. “Just gotta keep your nose clean, keep things hush-hush, and it’s all good,” he said. (The brothers are now lawful permanent residents.)

The four of us were sitting in the farm’s machine repair shop on a rainy Friday afternoon, perched on buckets, wooden spools and other objects not typically meant for seating. Gerard had been working on a corn planter, which loomed behind us somewhat monstrously, its row of round, serrated blades like an extrawide set of teeth.

During the winter, Gerard spends most of his time in here, fixing equipment they’ll need when the outdoor work begins in the spring. Then he’s out in the fields from sunup to sundown and long into the night, planting, mowing, chopping and harvesting. In one growing season, the Vorstevelds yield 22,000 tons of corn, enough to stack 30 feet high in the cement

feed bunks next to their barns. I told him that sounded like a perilously large pile.

He pondered for a moment.

“Well, I did hear about one guy, pile collapsed on him,” he mused. “But he lived.”

Back when his father ran the farm, before they hired workers, everyone did whatever needed to be done — milking, feeding, shoveling manure, picking rocks out of the fields. Then, in the early 2000s, when the herd passed the 400-head mark, they started to hire Latinos specifically for milking shifts. They tried employing some locals, but, with the exception of one of their neighbor’s sons — a fellow farm kid who worked for them as a night milker for 12 years — nobody lasted.

Gerard has a theory about why Americans don’t want to work on dairy farms: “because life in this country is too good,” he said. “Nobody wants to get up at 3:30 in the morning, because most people don’t have to. Our American guys always wanted more. They didn’t want to work on Sundays; they wanted every other weekend off. They just didn’t want to do stuff.

But Mexicans? Things are bad enough where they’re from that they don’t mind.”

Several years ago, two of their Latino workers got into a fistfight. One pressed charges against the other, and Hans had to go to court with them twice. As they were leaving the courthouse after their second hearing, ICE agents, who’d been waiting on the steps outside, handcuffed the defendant and brought him to a detention center in St. Albans. Hans paid the bail for his release.

Even with the substantial risk of being so reliant on migrant labor, it’s still more cost-effective for the Vorstevelds to navigate a broken system than to depend on U.S. citizens to get out of bed at 3:30 a.m.

Hans thinks that Americans are missing out big time. “Instead of blowing $50,000 a year on college, they could go work on a dairy for four years,” he said. “By the end, they’d have 100 grand saved up, instead of coming out with a degree and $100,000 in debt. Who do you think is further ahead?”

‘NECESITO BUCKETA’

There was an abundance of Cabot Creamery cheese singles and zero mention of migrant workers at the 2019 Vermont Dairy Producers Conference, held in late February at the DoubleTree

by Hilton hotel in South Burlington.

The only acknowledgment of their existence came during a presentation about resiliency, delivered by a bubbly Wisconsin dairy farm owner. She told a story about getting stuck in her farm’s milk tank, where she flailed around until one of the Latino workers came to her aid.

“As soon as I saw him walk by, I yelled, ‘Necesito bucketa!’” she said, giggling.

“Thank God, he heard!”

I made my way through the throngs of people wolfing down complimentary mini pints of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream and asked Joanna Lidback, a Northeast Kingdom dairy farmer who helped organize the conference, why there was no explicit discussion of immigration on the agenda.

“I think that for most farmers, the issue feels so big, and the policy stuff is totally out of their control,” she said.

“They’re just trying to get by from one day to the next.”

Several years ago, Lidback noted, she would occasionally hear about farmers getting no-match letters — notices from the Internal Revenue Service indicating that the information submitted by an employer doesn’t match records in the IRS database.

In the case of a dairy farm with migrant workers, a no-match letter signals that an employee is likely using an invalid Social Security number. But those notices seem to have dropped off, said Lidback: “I haven’t heard about anyone getting no-match letters in a really long time.”

Meanwhile, migrant farmworkers continue to pay federal and state taxes, supporting Medicare and Social Security while leaving millions in unclaimed refunds each year. While there isn’t enough data available to assess their economic impact in Vermont, an analysis by the nonpartisan Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy found that, as a whole, undocumented workers in the U.S. contributed $11.7 billion in state and local taxes in 2014.

For decades, Vermont’s dairy industry — and the country’s entire agricultural sector — has balanced on a precarious scaffold of half-heartedly enforced immigration policy and employer discretion.

But federally mandated implementation of E-Verify, an electronic system that allows employers to check documents provided by their workers against Social Security Administration and Department of Homeland Security records, could theoretically change that. Currently, 22 states require at least some private- and public-sector employers to use E-Verify; in Vermont, the program is strictly voluntary.

During his 2016 presidential campaign, Donald Trump promised to expand E-Verify to curb illegal immigration, and his 2019 budget proposal included $23 million to bolster the program. But recently, Trump and lawmakers have shied away from pushing a federal mandate, largely because of pressure from industries that rely on immigrant labor — particularly the MILKING IT

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Nevertheless, ICE has been cracking down. Between October 2017 and July 2018, the agency conducted 6,848 workplace investigations and made 675 criminal and 984 administrative worksiterelated arrests, several times more than in the entire previous year.

In January, the Trump Organization announced that it would begin using E-Verify at its own properties to weed out illegal immigrants during the hiring process. An earlier New York Times story revealed that the company had been employing undocumented workers at one of its golf clubs in New Jersey for years.

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I’d heard horror stories about the physical demands of dairy farming before my stint at Vorsteveld. To get ready, I did a ton of squats and dead lifts, only to discover that there are no actions in the milking parlor for which they were useful preparation, with the possible exception of standing for 14 hours straight.

Being able to move quickly, however, is useful. Being small is also useful, because it minimizes the amount of bending you have to do in order to reach under the kick guard and attach the suction tubes to the cow’s teats. Having longish arms is a plus when faced with cows whose anterior nipples are a million miles away from their posterior ones, but it’s a disadvantage when they’re about to stomp, and you have a whole lot of arm to get out of there.

The ideal body type for a Vorsteveld parlor worker is probably someone between five foot five and five foot seven, with diamond-hard abs, a neck made of rubber, and retractable limbs.

By my third milking shift — I had worked an afternoon and a night shift the previous day, then driven home to Burlington, then returned at 11:30 the next morning — my shoulders were sore. My lower back hurt. As I nursed my minor aches, the three workers on the shift with me milked cows at what seemed like warp speed, on four or five hours of sleep, for possibly the sixth consecutive day. And for the fourth or fifth or eighth consecutive year.

I asked one of the workers how long it had taken him to acclimate to the job.

“Two months? Three?” He couldn’t remember. He’d been there for three years.

Once you get used to it, he said, it feels like you’ve always done it.

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the relevant parts: udders, tails, hooves.

Mentally, I started to feel like I was in a video game. I earned points for each cow that didn’t try to stomp on my arms, for every udder with perfectly straight nipples. Crisscrossed teats were a sort of Rubik’s Cube bonus challenge.

When a cow kicked off the machine before she was done giving milk, I lost a small amount of life force. When I got clipped in the eye with a manuredreadlocked tail, I died. I watched the white liquid leave the udders and flow through the transparent tubes into the pipeline, marveling at how something so pure could come out of an animal that essentially lives in its own excrement.

That day, I noticed a cluster of Asian characters, written in red Sharpie, on the steel bar from which the milking machines hang. I asked one of the guys what they meant.

“That’s Korean,” he said. “I’m teaching myself.” He pointed to one set of characters. “That’s ‘banana.’ And that’s ‘email,’ and that’s ‘cotton.’ And that one,” he said, “that’s ‘asshole.’”

He said he’s doing it partly for fun and partly because he likes to have his own private language on the wall.

In the brief lull before each new

group entered the stalls, one of the other workers, a quiet guy from Guatemala who reminded me of Harold from Harold and Maude, repeated a single word over and over again: “Tranquila, tranquila.”

Easy, easy. I couldn’t tell whether he was saying that to soothe the cows or himself.

I asked him if he liked the work.

“It’s kind of peaceful, actually,” he said.

“Not that I want to do it forever.” He told me that if he could leave right now and do anything else, he’d want to be un panadero — a baker.

‘THAT’S THE FUCKING FUTURE’

Every single day, according to Gerard’s calculations, the Vorstevelds send 8,500 gallons of milk by trailer to the AgriMark plant in Middlebury, where it gets combined with milk from other producers and turned into a 640-pound block of cheddar cheese. That 640-pound block then goes to Agri-Mark’s facility in Cabot, where it gets loaded onto a conveyor belt and pressed through piano wire. The result: those ubiquitous eight-ounce Cabot cheddar bars.

Jason Vorsteveld driving the feed wagon through the barn

With milk production levels outstripping demand for dairy products, the country has found itself saddled with an embarrassment of cheese — 1.4 billion pounds in government cold storage, to be exact, according to the latest figure from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. (In secret catacombs beneath the Pentagon?

In a nuclear silo somewhere in Nevada?

A USDA spokesperson informed me that the location of those storage units was confidential information, protected by federal law.)

To manage its incoming milk supply, Agri-Mark hasn’t accepted any new members in four years. According to DiMento, the co-op now has a waiting list of more than 100 farmers.

Meanwhile, the ongoing steel and aluminum tariff wars with China and Mexico have hurt U.S. cheese exports, according to John Wilson, senior vice president and chief fluid marketing officer for Dairy Farmers of America.

DFA is one of the country’s largest dairy cooperatives, headquartered in Kansas City, Kan. At the Vermont Dairy Producers Conference, Wilson painted a dog-eatdog picture of the global milk market.

“You guys are in competition with

Vermont Maple Open House Weekend 2019 Europe and New Zealand,” he told the audience. “It’s up to you to produce more milk so we can beat them. As long as there are developing countries, there’s a market for your product.”

Too much milk, of course, is how we ended up here in the first place, but a discussion of a national supply-management plan was not on the conference agenda. The overriding message was action: In the face of uncertainty, just keep milking.

That’s what Hans’ 24-year-old son, Jason, plans to do. For now, his job is feeding the herd, which consumes nearly 200,000 pounds of hay, corn, grain and nutritional supplements — the rough equivalent of eight school buses in terms of weight — over a 24-hour period.

“We feed these ladies like Olympic athletes,” he said, reversing the wagon out of the barn with the total confidence of someone who learned to drive a John Deere Telehandler at age 10. “Basically, what we do here is turn feed into milk. Kinda crazy when you think about it that way.”

Mathematically, that’s essentially true: Each month, the Vorstevelds spend about 40 percent of their $500,000 milk check on grain.

Over the roar of the engine, Jason explained his thoughts on the future of dairy.

“Fuck, yeah, this is a difficult industry.

I know the future is uncertain, so I just think about this as a business. You always have to be thinking long term, you know?

You’ve gotta adapt and diversify.”

A graduate of Vermont Technical College’s dairy farming program, Jason said he’d be interested in taking over Vorsteveld when his dad and uncles are ready to retire.

Gerard said that his son, Lolke, now 15, might be, too. Rudy’s oldest son, Klaas, who currently studies dairy farming at Vermont Tech, also wants to stay involved.

Jason is already thinking about ways to expand the farm’s income portfolio.

This summer, he said, they’re planning to grow a few acres of hemp as a cash crop.

“CBD milk? That’s the fucking future!” he crowed. “Come with me, cuz!”

We headed back to the feed bins to get more corn silage. Jason hopped into the Telehandler and knocked down several hundred pounds from the pile, creating an avalanche of vinegary, nose-stinging dust that enveloped us in the cab.

As we pulled into the next barn, loaded with approximately 15,000 pounds of future milk, Jason leaned out the window and greeted the herd in true Vorsteveld fashion.

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management, the latest research on saffron’s medicinal and therapeutic properties, and how to use the crop to supplement farmers’ income. More than 100 people have signed up to attend, including people from 21 other U.S. states.

Much of the credit for Vermont’s burgeoning interest and expertise in saffron belongs to Arash Ghalehgolabbehbahani, a postdoctoral researcher at UVM who hails from northeastern Iran, the world’s highest-volume saffron-producing region. As Seven Days chronicled in a 2016 story, Ghalehgolabbehbahani had wondered back in 2012 why no one was growing saffron in Vermont, an otherwise agriculturally diverse state. When he was told that Vermont’s winters were too harsh for the plant to survive, he set out to prove the naysayers wrong.

Since 2015, Ghalehgolabbehbahani has established that not only can saffron grow well inside Vermont’s high tunnels and hoop houses, but it can also thrive outdoors in raised beds or directly in the ground. In fact, UVM researchers have harvested yields surpassing those found in traditional saffron-producing regions of the world, including southern Europe and western Asia.

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hree years ago, Steve Leach was looking for a way to supplement his family’s income and learn a new trade that he could eventually continue into retirement. So when the Swanton engineer, who works full time at Husky Injection Molding Systems in Milton, heard that University of Vermont researchers were trying to demonstrate the local viability of growing saffron, Leach made a leap. He invested in 10,000 corms, or bulbs, of the spice-producing crocus and planted them in a newly built 2,000-square-foot greenhouse.

Leach, who was 40 at the time, had no previous experience in farming, he admitted. He didn’t even have a backyard vegetable garden.

Despite his dearth of expertise, by last summer Leach was selling his saffron at the Burlington Farmers Market for $20 per gram. “No one balked at that,” he said.

In fact, Leach’s product, which he markets under the Swanton-based brand Red Thread Farmstead, sold so quickly that he worried he’d run out before summer’s end. He began offering a blended option, combining his Vermont-grown spice with imported saffron, and is exploring other products to sell at the outdoor market this summer.

“Instead of being a farmer and adding [saffron] to my portfolio of crops,” he explained, “I figured I’d start with saffron and design the farm around that produce, expand from there and see how it goes.”

Leach isn’t the only one with a blossoming interest in the fall-blooming Crocus sativus. In the past two years, the North American Center for Saffron Research & Development, based at UVM, has seen an explosion of interest in the crop, which farmers in other countries have raised for centuries as a culinary spice, coloring agent and medicinal herb. The center’s email network, Saffronnet, was originally developed for Vermont-based saffron growers but now has more than 500 members worldwide.

This week, Leach and some of those members will be in Burlington for UVM’s third annual saffron workshop. The daylong event, titled “Saffron: Production Progress & Market Promise,” will be held on Friday, March 15, at UVM. It brings together producers and researchers from around the world to discuss ways to grow, process and use the exotic spice.

Visitors from Italy, Morocco, Nigeria, Canada, the Netherlands and the United States will present topics including pest

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interest in this crop is financially driven.

Some growers in the U.S. and Canada are now selling saffron for as much as $100 per gram. Yet, as Ghalehgolabbehbahani pointed out, the U.S. still imports most of the saffron it consumes annually — 46 tons in 2016, according to United Nations Comtrade data — and the quality and purity of that product vary widely.

Often the source is impossible to pin down. Iran produces 90 percent of the world’s saffron, but its problematic relationship with the U.S. and other western countries makes it illegal to import the product directly. Spain, Ghalehgolabbehbahani pointed out, exports twice as much saffron as it grows, which means that at least half of it comes from elsewhere.

“Maybe it’s Iranian, maybe it’s not. We don’t know,” he said.

The source, potency and purity of saffron entering the U.S. are critically important to medical researchers such as Hassan Ashktorab, a professor in the department of medicine at the Howard University Cancer Center in Washington, D.C. Ashktorab, who spoke to Seven Days by phone last week about his upcoming presentation at UVM, studies gastrointestinal disorders such as ulcerative colitis, irritable bowel syndrome and colon

cancer. Researching the use of saffron as an alternative or complement to conventional drugs, he spent last summer in Italy comparing 62 varieties. Colitis, he explained, is on the rise in the U.S., where it affects about 30 million people and has an annual economic impact in excess of $140 billion.

At the workshop, Ashktorab will discuss some of his preliminary results showing that people who consume saffron regularly have healthier gastrointestinal tracts. His work has revealed that consuming saffron can inhibit the effects of mild colitis, improving the gut’s microbiome and reducing anxiety, which aggravates the disease. Among other recently published studies he’ll review is one that found that saffron was just as effective as a conventional pharmaceutical medicine in treating irritable bowel syndrome, but with a much lower level of toxicity.

Ashktorab will also touch on saffron’s potential uses in treating age-related macular degeneration, which causes irreversible vision loss in older people. He cited one study finding that consumption of saffron for just eight weeks inhibited progression of the disease.

Other presenters at the saffron workshop will focus on the financial health of

growers, including those who have set aside acreage for solar-driven production. Ghalehgolabbehbahani will give a presentation with Steve Yates, director of projects for Peck Solar of South Burlington, on the potential for growing saffron amid solar arrays.

Yates has his own reasons to be interested in saffron. As he explained in a recent interview, Vermont’s new netmetering rules have made it far more difficult to build large solar arrays on land that was traditionally used for raising crops or livestock. According to Yates, the state adopted those rules based on the assumption that solar projects erected on farmland took it out of agricultural production. Not so, Yates argues. He set out to demonstrate that agriculture and solar energy can peacefully coexist, with saffron as exhibit A. Last year, Yates and Ghalehgolabbehbahani tried to determine whether saffron could thrive in front of, underneath or behind solar panels. They planted test plots of raised beds on a one-acre, 150-kilowatt solar array in New Haven to see which growing method worked best.

Their theory was that, because saffron matures later in the growing season and

blooms in the fall, planting it under the solar panels would yield the best results.

The panels would provide shade during the heat of summer, preventing the plants from withering or drying out, while also protecting them from excessive rainfall.

Then, as the sun dipped lower in the fall, the light would stimulate the plants’ growth right before they flowered.

Sure enough, saffron plants grown beneath the solar array were healthier and had more plant material than those grown in front of or behind the panels. Still to be measured is how reduced snow cover under the panels affects the plants; as Ghalehgolabbehbahani explained, snow acts as a helpful blanket, shielding plants from hard freezes.

Looking at the bigger picture, Yates believes that experiments like this one demonstrate that solar energy and agriculture aren’t mutually exclusive but rather a win-win. In his view, fenced-off solar projects can boost farmers’ per-acre profits and help keep their land in production: They

offer places to raise bees, grow plants for pollinators, graze livestock and cultivate specialty crops, such as saffron.

“If we want to make our renewable energy goals [as a state], we need projects like this,” Yates said, “where we basically multi-crop a piece of land that is still in agriculture.”

Margaret Skinner, a research professor in UVM’s Department of Plant and Soil Science, concurs. As she explained, one of the many benefits of raising saffron in Vermont is that, except for its brief, labor-intensive harvesting season, it requires no more work than growing vegetables. The pests that pose the greatest threat to saffron crops in Vermont are rabbits, voles and other rodents, which Skinner said are fairly easy to control. More benefits of saffron, in her view, are that the crop is low maintenance and easy to grow organically, and it requires less space than other specialty crops, such as hops.

Skinner estimates that about 150 to 200 Vermont growers are now trying their

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hand at saffron. Considering how much of the spice is currently imported, as well as Vermonters’ preference for locally grown products, she doesn’t expect that more growers getting into the game will drive down the market price. In fact, she’s been impressed by their level of cooperation, which she likened to that of Vermont’s maple sugar makers.

One final fact about saffron has surprised Skinner: the high level of interest that UVM’s inquiry into local cultivation has generated around the world.

Ghalehgolabbehbahani said not a week goes by when he doesn’t receive an email from someone in Africa, Europe or Asia asking him questions about saffron.

“I’m still a little bit amazed … that they’re turning to us,” Skinner said. “We’re little old Vermont! And yet we’ve been able to stimulate all this interest.” m Contact: ken@sevendaysvt.com

INFO “Saffron: Production Progress & Market Promise,” Friday, March 15, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Dudley H. Davis Center, University of Vermont, in Burlington. $65-73. Info, 6565434, uvm.edu/~saffron.

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and Lefkoe have the acting commitment to get Robyn and Sharon into absurd situations and the skill to make the transitions look effortless.

Lefkoe converts what’s downright silly about Sharon into genuinely endearing simplicity. Sharon’s bright smile seems eager, not infantile, and Lefkoe renders the character’s nervous, nonstop talking as a cheerful, bubbling fountain. As written, Sharon’s naiveté verges on cultural illiteracy, but Lefkoe makes it adorable.

Though the character’s story arc is somewhat goofy, her wide-eyed wonder works its magic on the audience, and on Robyn.

Robyn’s free-spiritedness seems to consist primarily of preferring Sriracha to ketchup and trying to smoke indoors. But a solid performance from Blume fills a skin-deep character with vitality. The role is so underwritten that much of the character’s personal development goes no further than changing her clothes from grunge to mom jeans, but Blume is a consistently strong foil for Lefkoe.

The audience is seated in two banks of seats forming an L, facing a set with a nicely detailed kitchen and porch. Director Cristina Alicea tells some of the story through the characters’ spatial relationship, letting their proximity reveal their ease with each other. Alicea sprinkles on the right amount of velocity, comedy’s main ingredient, and for the most part the show glides effortlessly. At Thursday’s performance, the opening scene was a little off pace, but the production soon picked up steam.

When Sharon overreacts to disappointment, the story is told through brief, solo vignettes set to pop music chosen for maximum lyrical punch. Between blackouts, we see Sharon trying out all the clichés of misery. Lefkoe’s spot-on behavior and Alicea’s precise blocking elicit a lot of laughs, and sound designer Martha Goode seems to have found every jukebox button the lovelorn like to push. The effect is the show’s funniest arc, though it traces despair.

Robyn starts out in rebellious attire and ends in mallshopper garb, while Sharon traces the same route in the opposite direction. Costume designer Cora Fauser hits nicely nuanced markers along this broad journey, but misfires when Sharon stops looking cool in her new persona and verges on laughingstock.

Scenic designer Chuck Padula and lighting designer Alan Hefferon create the homiest of middle-American homes. The kitchen gives Sharon’s initially empty life just the right texture and readily accommodates the character’s changes.

The Roommate is an Instagram of a comedy — light, entertaining and brisk. Silverman may have created only superficial characters, but she has given them an opportunity to be outlandish, which is its own form of fun. The playwright runs away from a dilemma she can’t resolve with an abrupt ending, but the journey is diverting, thanks to two fine actors. m

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Cross Purposes J Theater review: The Roommate, Vermont Stage

en Silverman’s two-character play The Roommate starts by mining the comedy in a pair of fiftysomething women of opposite temperaments sharing a house. Then it switches gears to turn them into renegades in a buddy escapade.

Neither situation is fully realized; the play is at its best during the brief midpoint, when the women are transforming from strangers to friends and learning how to take on the best qualities in each other. But the jokes lie in changes that are fairy-tale big and comic-book crazy. In the Vermont Stage production, strong performances make up for a lightweight script.

Sharon is a middle-class divorcée whose Iowa house is a tidy fortress of order, calm and wallpaper borders. Robyn wears hell-with-it punk fashion, paints her lips and nails dark red, and speaks evasively about her past. Robyn jangles with a city vibe while Sharon placidly wipes the kitchen counter.

Robyn has answered Sharon’s ad for a roommate, and for some reason this wild roulette spin doesn’t make them worry about a mismatch. The play glides right over this plot bump to get the laughs started.

And start they do, because Karen Lefkoe, as Sharon, and Kathryn Blume, as Robyn, infuse the show with cheer and energy. Robyn’s last address was in the Bronx. She’s saying nothing about what brings her to Iowa but quickly defines herself as a vegan, a lesbian, a potter and a slam poet. None of these attributes explain why Robyn is so vague about her past, and eventually

Sharon wonders if her new roommate might have something to hide.

In the first scenes, though, Sharon is as trusting as a baby. If Robyn can’t have animal products, Sharon will start pouring almond milk in her coffee, too — the first of many changes she absorbs like the thirstiest of sponges. Her accommodations extend to taking on Robyn’s anxieties. Sharon is proud of her peaceable hometown and has to blink twice before offering, “But I could lock the doors if you wanted to.”

The story’s early fun lies in Sharon’s doe-eyed innocence. Lefkoe is hilarious at making the play’s gross stereotype of midwestern mindlessness play like sweet, natural curiosity. As humorous as this is, it quickly reaches a peak when Robyn shares her marijuana with Sharon. The playwright is now left with two characters who are neither friends nor strangers, neither treading on each other’s toes nor sharing life lessons.

The plot then takes a bold turn and begins to run on surprises that shouldn’t be disclosed in a review. Structurally, this speedy, 90-minute play needs to balance two roles of equal weight, but the story confines Robyn to stirring up Sharon’s life, almost inadvertently.

Neither character has a real problem, nor are they truly transformed by the action. But they each get to try on little bits of each other’s lives for a while.

The play earns many of its laughs by taking the characters further than we might guess they’d go. Blume

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INFO The Roommate, by Jen Silverman, directed by Cristina Alicea, produced by Vermont Stage. Through March 24: Wednesday through Saturday, 7:30 p.m.; and Saturday and Sunday, 2 p.m., Black Box Theatre, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, in Burlington. $29.70-38.50. vermontstage.org

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the old family-style Italian restaurant,” Andreescu explained.

He salvaged two metal signs from Junior’s Italian, made by Vermont sculptor Kat Clear, to hang in his own restaurant.

The “Jr’s” sign, crafted in rust-colored script, is behind the bar; one that reads “ITALIAN,” in black capital letters, hangs near the open kitchen.

Andreescu, the restaurant’s chef, enlisted his older brother to join him as general manager. “Do you want to get out of the rat race?” he asked Robert, who was working as a bar manager in Manhattan when his brother made the pitch.

“I thought he was a little crazy,” said Robert, 45. “But I believe in him. So I came.”

Lasagna, Grandma pizza and stuffed mushrooms at Jr’s Original

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Andreescu could see — and mentally recorded — where to put the gas lines, plumbing fixtures and warming tray for the marinara sauce.

When he got up in the morning, Andreescu drafted the plans he had visualized the night before. He called his childhood friend Kyle Crete to ask if he wanted to open a restaurant. Crete agreed to be his business partner, and the plan proceeded.

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to build the interior of the restaurant in a newly constructed building owned by Crete’s father, Michael.

Jr’s Original opened late last year on Main Street in Winooski, the town in which both Andreescu and Crete grew up. It’s an old-style Italian restaurant that greets diners with the welcoming aroma of garlic, fresh bread and red sauce. The long, narrow menu opens like a book to reveal a list of classic dishes such as chicken marsala, eggplant Parmesan, baked rigatoni and shrimp scampi. Jr’s Original serves pizza slices by day and whole pies at night.

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ago. He was a longtime employee of Franke Salese Jr., who opened Junior’s Pizza in Colchester in 1992 before moving on to create several other restaurants with the Junior’s name. Salese is perhaps best known for Junior’s Italian, also in Colchester, which closed in June 2018.

He gave Andreescu his “blessing” to use the Junior’s name, Salese said, adding that Andreescu is like family to him.

“Bogdan’s a smart guy; he’s good,” Salese told Seven Days. “He got an opportunity, and it was perfect timing, ’cause I was just closing Colchester. It was the perfect storm. God was on his side.”

So were two prior decades of hard work, double shifts, night shifts, working two jobs and learning how to run a restaurant, from washing dishes to making pizza to managing a kitchen.

“For me, it was never a dream to own a restaurant,” said Andreescu. “I’m just good at it. I’m good at managing, running and organizing.”

When Junior’s Italian closed, he saw a chance to open a similar type of restaurant — a place he thought diners would appreciate. “I wanted people to remember

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He returned to Vermont with a little New York City maître d’ style, evident in his head-to-toe black ensemble and his easy manner behind the bar.

Robert was greeting guests on the Sunday evening I showed up for dinner.

He led me to a seat at the bar, where I pondered a cocktail while waiting for a friend. The special that night was a pomegranate margarita. I’d been thinking about a martini and turned to Robert for advice.

“What goes better with Italian food?”

I asked him.

“Wine,” he said.

He steered me in the right direction with a glass of Montepulciano ($12); the drink set the tone for our relaxed, enjoyable meal, which proved very good and reasonably priced.

When my friend arrived, we decided to start with a pair of appetizers: a plate of baked stuffed mushrooms, de-stemmed, filled with diced veggies and crowned with Parmesan cheese and bread crumbs ($10); and long pieces of toast, spread with pesto and topped with sautéed shrimp, greens and chopped tomato ($13).

Almost sated by the apps, we nonetheless continued to eat, sharing a large green salad that was divided for us by the kitchen and served with lemony vinaigrette ($11), as well as a plate of lasagna ($12). The ample slice of lasagna, served in a shallow white JR’S REDUX

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Going Dutch NEW NAME, EURO FOCUS FOR WINOOSKI DELI

When a Dutch expat takes over a deli, things go the way of the windmill. In Winooski, the HAPPY BELLY DELI & GRILL at 65 Winooski Falls Way will rechristen itself the DUTCH DELI at the end of March.

Don’t worry, regulars — the quick-service market will keep its menu of sandwiches and wraps, poutines and salads. It will also start serving an array of Dutch foods.

Locals may have noticed that a giant Dutch-style clog has marked the store’s entrance since January.

Since purchasing the deli in September 2018, owner CHRIS WEST has been reorganizing the 24-seat space to make it more open and welcoming to in-house diners. While he’ll continue to stock pantry items, snacks, beer and milk, West said, he’ll dial back the shop’s retail business to make more space for café service.

“We’re making it more pleasant to hang out,” West said. “We’ve got this great view of the mill; [now people can] sit at the window.”

West’s wife is from the Netherlands, and new menu listings will nod to her homeland, where the couple lived for many years. Saucijzinebroodje, for instance, is a spiced pork sausage baked into puff pastry; handmade rookworst is a smoked link laced with nutmeg and mace. Fried beef croquettes will be served on buns with mustard.

Weekend brunches will feature crêpe-style pancakes (pannekoeken) with brown sugar, molasses or maple syrup, because this is Vermont; buttered poffertjes, similar to American silver-dollar pancakes; and uitsmijter, an open-faced three-egg sandwich with ham and cheese that is typical of Dutch breakfasts.

While West’s main mission is to share the northern European cuisine with the Onion City, he’s also excited to offer Dutch locals a taste of their homeland.

“When we moved here … [my wife and I] thought we’d be the only people with any connection to the Netherlands,” West said. “But, as it turns out, there are, like, 120 people near Burlington who are from there.”

West, who grew up in

New York City in a musical theater family, plans to liven up the space with events such as poetry readings, live music and Broadway karaoke nights.

“I think a restaurant really needs to be a resource for the community,” he said, “so I want to make that option available [in Winooski].”

Over time, West said, he plans to incorporate imported Dutch goods such as cheeses, candies and even wooden clogs into his retail stock list.

“We’re just going to Dutch it up,” he said.

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Weiner is best known for the fluffy sourdough doughnuts she wholesales at Burlington-area farmers markets and cafés, but she doesn’t mince words about her mission to make healthy local food accessible to everyone in her community. Food accessibility, she said, “isn’t always about ‘Is this food close to me?’ or ‘Can I afford it?’ It’s ‘Do I want it?

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From behind the bar, Robert occasionally joined our conversation. We learned he was 14 when his family immigrated to this country from Romania. He enrolled in eighth grade at St. Francis Xavier School, speaking Romanian and Russian but no English.

A few days after our dinner, I returned to Jr’s Original to meet Bogdan and find out more about the restaurant and his family.

The Andreescus, originally from Romania, were granted political asylum in 1987, when Bogdan was 3, and relocated to Winooski after living in Rome for six months.

The boys and their sister soon learned that, if you want something, you have to work for it, the brothers said. Their parents demonstrated the “value of hard work,” Robert said. He started working two jobs at the age of 15: cleaning garage bays at a mechanic’s shop and toilets at a campground.

“The first couple of years were tough in

this country,” said Robert. “I wanted to go back home” to Bucharest.

Bogdan began restaurant work as a teenager, starting as a dishwasher at Junior’s Pizza. He moved on to make pizza and work the line at Junior’s Italian.

Later, while working as a machinist, he

was kitchen manager at Salute, the Stowe restaurant owned by Salese’s wife, Evelyn.

Through these experiences, Bogdan learned about “grunt work” and developing recipes, about managing food costs and minimizing food waste. He saw what to do on a Friday night when the dishwasher

doesn’t show up “and you’re a man down.”

He knows how to “bust out” when it’s super busy and the orders don’t stop coming.

“There’s no folding,” Bogdan said.

“As busy as it seems, it will be over soon enough.”

His mother, Teodora, is retired from her job as deli manager at Simon’s on Shelburne Road and now works at her son’s restaurant. “She’s our boss,” Bogdan said.

“She’s always telling me what to do. And I’m like, ‘Lemme give it a shot, I’ve seen it done once or twice.’”

His father, Cristian, died in 2005.

Bogdan said he would’ve been proud of the restaurant.

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CHICK CHAT! The poultry pros at Guy’s Farm and Yard advise the chicken-curious on best practices for establishing a healthy home-scale flock. Saturday, March 16, 10-11 a.m., Guy’s Farm and Yard, St. Albans; and Monday, March 18, 6-7 p.m., Guy’s Farm and Yard, Montpelier. Free. Info, guysfarmandyard.com.

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And diners will find it at Little Morocco Café, which opened in December in Burlington’s Old North End, just down the street from Butch + Babe’s.

The secrets of Little Morocco’s perfect hummus reveal themselves bite by bite — when they reveal themselves at all. Most notably, there’s the silken creaminess, which requires removing the fibrous hulls of the chickpeas before blending. (The extra step can be a hassle, but once you’ve tried hummus made this way, chunkier versions just taste inferior.) Then there are the fresh garlic and lemon juice, flavors that penetrate but don’t dominate.

Manager Adill Ramani emphasized the importance of the Moroccan extra virgin olive oil drizzled on top, light yellow and extremely delicate in flavor; more robust oils would produce a completely different taste, he said. As for the hummus spices, chef Noha Yaqout Yamani remained mum on the exact blend: “Chef’s secret,” she said.

At Little Morocco on a recent Friday night, my friend and I slathered this hummus on the pillowy, chewy pita that was part of the Taste of Morocco platter ($9.99). The spread came with two other mezzes, including a shakshouka of roasted red and orange peppers, tomatoes, garlic, and parsley. Heavy on the olive oil, the sweet, smoky zaalouk was made from puréed roasted eggplant mixed with tomato, garlic and paprika.

When working in Western restaurants, chefs cooking in a regional or ethnic tradition must make complex decisions about how to retain, adapt, amplify or minimize the cuisine’s typical flavors and ingredients.

Yamani said she sticks to “traditional Moroccan food,” specifically that of Marrakech, where she lived and worked in restaurants until she immigrated three years ago.

“We do not do modern cuisine,” she said matter-of-factly in French. “We decided that we wanted people to discover the authentic tastes of Moroccan food. We don’t change the spices.”

Such an unwavering approach isn’t uncommon in Moroccan cooking. In an interview in the New York Times, Marrakech-born chef and cookbook author Mourad Lahlou — whose now-closed

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Michelin-starred restaurant Aziza merged traditional, Californian and innovative methods — said that long-established food practices hold sway in Morocco, where “changing the herb garnish on a tagine is still considered daring.”

For Yamani, what makes the cuisine of her home country special is how it combines “many flavors, many spices,” she said. “In one caramelized lamb shank, there’s a mélange of flavors: sweet, savory and salty.”

Moroccan food often employs fruits alongside meats in savory dishes, especially raisins, dates, prunes and apricots.

Then there’s preserved lemon, which Lahlou deems “Morocco’s greatest contribution to the world, period” in his book Mourad: New Moroccan. Little Morocco features a housemade version in its

ultra-classic Moroccan tagine of chicken with preserved lemons and green olives ($21.99).

Stews improve after a day or two of melding, and the tagines at Little Morocco are a case in point. Yamani said her process of salting, marinating and cooking takes more than 48 hours. On our visit, the kefta tagine

food+drink ($16.99) offered seasoned beef meatballs simmered in a fresh tomato sauce spiced with paprika and cumin. It was rich — the beef fat hadn’t been skimmed off — and came topped with a scrambled egg and served with saffron rice.

The lighter seafood tagine ($25.99) had shrimp, calamari and cod rubbed with green charmoula, a spice blend that typically contains garlic, preserved lemons, cilantro, parsley, cumin and more. It came with red and green roasted peppers cooked with mushrooms, as well as a side of rice. The restaurant also serves a vegetarian tagine ($15.99) and a selection of couscous and kebabs.

Ramani said Little Morocco sources some vegetables from local farmers markets and eschews frozen or canned ingredients. Indeed, the vegetables I tried had the texture of fresh produce. Fish and seafood come from a market in Boston; olive oil and spices are imported from Morocco.

The most commonly used spices in Moroccan cooking are cumin, ginger, coriander, turmeric, white pepper and paprika, which means the heat-shy need not fret at Little Morocco. Vermonters who associate North African food with mouth-smacking intensity, by contrast, might need to recalibrate their taste buds.

The restaurant’s food is fresh, flavorful and savory, but its spice levels support rather than dominate the flavors of the meat and vegetables. Want some harissa to add heat to your dish? Sorry, that hot pepper paste actually originates in Tunisia and isn’t on the menu at Little Morocco.

In Little Morocco’s dining room, tables buttress cushioned wooden benches, painted shiny black, with star shapes cut out to reveal brightly colored glass. On that Friday evening, conversation in French wafted through the curtained window

where food emerges from the kitchen.

Arabic music played throughout the restaurant, punctuated by blips of silence reminiscent of cellphone music interrupted by text messages.

Little Morocco has a small staff: On a typical night, said Ramani, it’s only him, Yamani and a dishwasher in the back of the house. After being seated, we waited five minutes for menus — an understandable delay, given that the host was also the sole server.

Despite the workload, Ramani, who is also pursuing a master’s degree in international business, kindly took the time to emerge from the kitchen and answer a question.

What exactly, we asked, was the raisin juice on the menu?

Ramani explained that two days of multiple soaks, simmers, strains and blending — and, of course, secret spicing — go into the drink. Since it was sold out until the next batch was ready — and the restaurant does not offer alcohol — we took his suggestion and tried the ZaaZaa shake ($8.99) after our mains. Served at room temperature, it was made from walnuts, almonds, avocado, banana, raisins and dates; Ramani described it as a typical refreshment one might find at markets in Marrakech. Extremely rich, the ZaaZaa could be a meal in itself — brunch, perhaps.

Speaking of which, Yamani said the restaurant will start serving Sunday brunch in April. She plans to offer harsha — a pan-fried bread made from semolina flour — crêpes, omelettes, shakshouka with eggs and “many other Moroccan things.” For now, the details remain another chef’s secret. m

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“I’ll really figure it out on a week-to-week basis based on what’s in excess in the farmers market,” Weiner said. “If something’s in excess, it means it’s in prime harvest.” Each box will contain information on the ingredients and their preparation, while Weiner’s blog will offer supplemental musings and recipes.

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NICKO RUBIN: Green thumbs get the dirt on topics including soil preparation, planting and restoring old vegetation in “Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Fruit Trees but Were Afraid to Ask.” Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 426-3581.

business

DIGITAL MARKETING STRATEGIES FOR GROWTH: Francois Gossieaux from SCORE Vermont schools business owners on easy-to-execute online marketing plans. New England Federal Credit Union, Williston, 5:30-7 p.m. Free.

Info, 879-8790.

JUMPSTART LECTURE SERIES: ‘HOW TO WIN SUPPORT FROM THE RIGHT PEOPLE’: Cairn Cross provides an overview of debt and equity instruments available to Vermont startups and discusses the pros and cons of different types of capital.

Generator, Burlington, 5:30-7 p.m. Free. Info, 540-0761.

VERMONT BUSINESS ECOSYSTEM MEETUP: Be they small business owners or simply interested in economic development, attendees mix, mingle and seek advice from local resource providers. First drink is free. Three Penny Taproom, Montpelier, 5:307:30 p.m. Free. Info, info@ vtinnovationcommons.com.

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COFFEE TALK: Friends, neighbors and AARP Vermont volunteers catch up on upcoming activities and issues facing older Vermonters. Nomad

Coffee — South End Station, Burlington, 9-10 a.m. Free.

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

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

Info, 496-7746.

GREEN MOUNTAIN CHAPTER OF THE EMBROIDERERS’ GUILD OF AMERICA: Needleand-thread enthusiasts fine-tune their techniques.

Ascension Lutheran Church, South Burlington, 9:30 a.m.

Free for first-timers; bring a bag lunch. Info, 922-8936.

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

Free. Info, 846-4140.

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‘THE SOIL SERIES: GRASSROOTS FOR THE CLIMATE EMERGENCY’: Tatiana Schreiber, Lisa McCrory and Graham Unangst-Rufenacht get to the root of “Shielding Soil With Plants and Animals” as part of a six-installment series. Bethany United Church of Christ, Randolph, social, 6:30 p.m.; presentation, 7 p.m.; discussion, 7:45 p.m. Free. Info, info@vermonthealthysoils coalition.org.

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HOST ORIENTATION: Interested individuals gather information on housing families from international delegations as part of Vermont Council on World Affairs

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BURLINGTON IRISH HERITAGE FESTIVAL: The best of Ireland comes to the Queen City and surrounding areas via music, dance, workshops and presentations. See burlingtonirish heritage.org for details.

Various Chittenden County locations. Prices vary; most events are free. Info, admin@ burlingtonirishheritage.org.

IRISH ARTS FESTIVAL: Traditional Irish music, step-dancing, storytelling and workshops make for a memorable and merry St. Patrick’s day weekend. See grangehallcc.com for details.

Grange Hall Cultural Center, Waterbury Center, 7 p.m. $15 for concerts; prices vary for workshops. Info, 244-4168.

Halloween isn’t the only holiday that invites young and old to dress up. Rutland-area leprechaun lovers wear costumes of all shades of green for the sixth annual Shiver Me Shamrocks 5K Run/ Walk. Youngsters launch the event with the free Leprechaun Leap Fun Run down Center Street, followed by athletes who take to the racecourse, vying for first-place titles by age and gender. Participants and supporters then gather at the Hop’n Moose restaurant for eats, drinks and awards, including best costumes. Proceeds benefit Come Alive Outside, a nonprofit that gets people off the couch and back outside for mental and physical health. Note that strollers are discouraged, and dogs aren’t invited.

SHIVER ME SHAMROCKS 5K RUN/WALK Saturday, March 16, 1-4 p.m., at Heritage Family Credit Union in Rutland. $30-40; kids’ fun run free for ages 1 to 12. Info, 888-252-8932, active.com.

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CINEMA CASUALTIES: ‘BAD TASTE’: Aliens seek human flesh for their intergalactic fast-food chain in this 1987 sci-fi comedy directed by Peter Jackson. ArtsRiot, Burlington, 8 p.m. Free. Info, 540-0406.

‘DINOSAURS ALIVE 3D’: Audience members embark on a virtual hunt for fossilized clues revealing the behavior and world of extinct reptiles. Northfield Savings Bank 3D Theater: A National Geographic Experience, ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 11 a.m., 1 & 3 p.m. $3-5 plus regular admission, $11.50-14.50; WED.13

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Andreas Staier (pictured) and Alexander Melnikov’s 2017 Harmonia Mundi recording of Franz Schubert’s “Fantasie in F Minor” is not “the moody, broody thing it tends to be on modern Steinways,” writes Kate Molleson for the Guardian. “The sound is more intimate, more spruce; high notes have a pearliness that make the melodies really ping.” The award-winning pianists, who excel at chamber music played in historically accurate styles, perform an all-Schubert program of four-hand works — two players at one piano. Part of the Middlebury College Performing Arts Series, the concert echoes the composer’s habit of playing intimate duets in friends’ homes.

ALEXANDER MELNIKOV AND ANDREAS STAIER

A Mother’s Love For a parent, the death of one’s child is among the toughest losses to endure. Kris Francoeur has channeled the sorrow and growth from her son Sam’s passing into Of Grief, Garlic and Gratitude: Returning to Hope and Joy From a Shattered Life—Sam’s Love Story. Called “a requiem about the complexity of grief” by Middlebury author and pediatrician Jack Mayer, Francoeur’s book follows the first 30 months after 20-year-old Sam’s death in 2013 from an accidental opiate (prescription) overdose. The United Way of Addison County presents “Of Grief, Garlic and Gratitude — A Night with Kris Francoeur,” in which the Middlebury Union Middle School principal shares her story.

KRIS FRANCOEUR Thursday, March 14, 6:30 p.m., at Town Hall Theater in Middlebury. Free. Info, 382-9222, townhalltheater.org.

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Friday, March 15, 7:30 p.m., at Robison Hall, Mahaney Arts Center, Middlebury College. $5-30. Info, 443-3168, middlebury.edu.

MAR.18 | MUSIC Living Legacy “It’s easy to halve the potato where there’s love.” This Irish idiom aptly describes the generosity of veteran musician and folklorist Mick Moloney. As front person for traditional Irish-music band Green Fields of America, he has showcased and nurtured the talents of more than 70 musicians and dancers over the past 40 years, including fiddler Eileen Ivers and dancer Michael Flatley. The current sextet fills the stage with voice, banjo, mandolin, guitar, fiddle, button accordion, keyboards, spoons and Irish dance. Young Tradition Vermont presents the ensemble as part of the 24th annual Burlington Irish Heritage Festival, a 16-day celebration of Irish arts and history.

GREEN FIELDS OF AMERICA Monday, March 18, 7 p.m., at FlynnSpace in Burlington. $30-32. Info, 863-5966, flynntix.org.

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‘JUNIOR MAJEUR’: Two icehockey players face obstacles on the road to the playoffs in this 2017 drama shown with English subtitles as part of the Québec Film Festival. Room 101, Cheray Science Hall, Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, 7 p.m. Free.

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

Info, 448-4262.

‘THE LAST REEF 3D’: Viewers visit a living city beneath the sea by way of an immersive film.

Northfield Savings Bank 3D Theater: A National Geographic Experience, ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 11:30 a.m., 1:30 & 3:30 p.m. $3-5 plus regular admission, $11.50-14.50; admission free for members and kids 2 and under.

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BEGINNER & INTERMEDIATE/ ADVANCED ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASSES: Learners take communication to the next level.

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

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

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COMMUNITY SUPPER: A scrumptious spread connects friends and neighbors. The Pathways Vermont Community Center, Burlington, 5-6:30 p.m.

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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.

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

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Free; preregister. Info, 479-9512.

MAH JONGG: Participants of all levels enjoy friendly bouts of this tile-based game. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 1-3:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

PINOCHLE & RUMMY: Card sharks engage in friendly competition. Twin Valley Senior Center, East Montpelier, 10 a.m. Free.

Info, 223-3322.

health & fitness

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

language

LUNCH IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE: SPANISH: ¡Hola!

Language lovers perfect their fluency. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, noon-1 p.m. Free.

Info, 223-3338.

Find club dates in the music section.

FARMERS NIGHT CONCERT SERIES: Heritage Winds, the woodwind quintet component of the United States Air Force Heritage of America Band, bring gusto and flair to popular, classical and contemporary music.

Vermont Statehouse, Montpelier, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 828-2228.

talks

ANDREW NUQUIST: A Green Mountain Club slideshow reveals why tourists have long been attracted to a 12-day, 2,400mile roundtrip coastal voyage between Bergen and Kirkenes, Norway. Nonmembers are welcome. T.W. Wood Gallery, Montpelier, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 262-6035.

BILL MARES: Looking back at 45 of years of experience, the beekeeper reveals the origins and evolution of his buzzworthy occupation. South Burlington Community Library, University Mall, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 846-4140.

‘CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS?’ SPEAKER SERIES: Listeners consider “Understanding Liberalism and Conservatism,” presented by the League of Women Voters. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 7 p.m. Free.

Info, 229-4737.

GREAT DECISIONS: ‘NUCLEAR NEGOTIATIONS: BACK TO THE FUTURE?’: Can President Donald Trump’s art of the deal apply to stabilizing the United States’ nuclear future? Participants examine this and other questions during a discussion of world affairs. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955.

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

JIM DOUGLAS: The former governor kicks off the museum’s Did You Know? series with “Vermont: The State That Shaped a Nation.”

Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History, Middlebury, 1:30 p.m. $10-20; preregister.

Info, 388-2117.

CHAIR YOGA: Comfortable clothing is recommended for this

PATRICK STANDEN: “The Life of the Mind in Ireland” considers

the importance of Emerald Isle poets, playwrights, scientists and philosophers to the country’s intellectual heritage. Room 111, Cheray Science Hall, Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, 4 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2000.

SEAN BECKETT: Nature lovers embark on a photographic odyssey through the wilderness of the west via “Thunder Beasts and Swamp Donkeys.” Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

tech

INTRODUCTION TO HTML5 & CSS3: Tech-savvy students in this four-part workshop learn the base language supporting all web pages. 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.

TECHNOLOGY NIGHT: Internet safety becomes second nature during a class with Vermont Technical College’s Ken Bernard.

Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 878-4918.

theater

ARTSMART: UNDERSTANDING THE MET OPERA STORY OF ‘CARMEN’: Opera singer Erik Kronke provides background information on Georges Bizet’s 19th-century work ahead of a broadcast production by the Metropolitan Opera. Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center, Stowe, noon. Free for Carmen ticket holders. Info, 760-4634.

‘BUYER & CELLAR’: A struggling actor learns the cost of fame when he takes a day job in a superstar’s personal mall in this Northern Stage production.

Barrette Center for the Arts, White River Junction, 7:30 p.m. $19-59. Info, 296-7000.

THE METROPOLITAN OPERA LIVE IN HD: ‘CARMEN’: Mezzosoprano Clémentine Margaine takes on the iconic title role in this on-screen production of Georges Bizet’s opera classic about a soldier who succumbs to a fiery woman’s seductive charms. Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center, Stowe, 1 p.m. $10-17.

Info, 760-4634.

‘THE ROOMMATE’: A recently divorced Iowa woman discovers that the woman living in her house has a few secrets in this comedy put on by Vermont Stage. Black Box Theater, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $29.70-38.50. Info, 862-1497.

words

BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP: Fans of the written word delve into Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 863-3403.

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WRITING CIRCLE: Words pour out when participants explore creative expression in a lowpressure environment. The Pathways Vermont Community Center, Burlington, 4-5 p.m. Free.

Info, 888-492-8218, ext. 303.

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

Free. Info, 426-3581.

dance

MURPHY’S CELTIC LEGACY: Featuring performers from Riverdance, Lord of the Dance and Celtic Woman, this Irish dance spectacular combines modern and traditional techniques. Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 7 p.m. $39. Info, 775-0903.

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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.

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.

WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH CELEBRATION & AWARDS CEREMONY: Local ladies are recognized for their leadership at an annual soirée complete with mouthwatering hors d’oeuvres.

Rutland Country Club, 5:30-7:30 p.m. $25-30. Info, 747-0000.

Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 748-2600.

‘MYSTERIES OF THE UNSEEN WORLD 3D’: See WED.13.

food & drink

COMMUNITY LUNCH: Gardengrown 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.

games

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

Free. Info, 863-5403.

health & fitness

BEGINNERS TAI CHI: Students get a feel for the ancient Chinese practice. Twin Valley Senior Center, East Montpelier, 10-11 a.m. Free. Info, 223-3322.

BONE BUILDERS: Seniors rise and shine with an exercise program meant to increase bone density and muscle strength.

Barre Area Senior Center, 8:309:30 a.m. Free. Info, 479-9512.

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

Info, 448-4262.

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

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

fairs & festivals

BURLINGTON IRISH HERITAGE FESTIVAL: See WED.13.

film

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

‘DINOSAURS ALIVE 3D’: See WED.13.

‘FATE/STAY NIGHT [HEAVEN’S FEEL] II. LOST BUTTERFLY’: Heroes fight for he Holy Grail in the dramatic and emotional second installment of a Japanese animated trilogy. Shown with English subtitles. Palace 9 Cinemas, South Burlington, 7 p.m. $12.50. Info, 660-9300.

‘FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE’: The devilish James Bond, played by Sean Connery, gets twisted up with a riveting Russian lady in this thrilling 1963 adventure flick. Woodstock Town Hall Theatre, 7:30 p.m. $5. Info, 457-3981.

‘THE LAST REEF 3D’: See WED.13.

‘MICHAEL COLLINS’: A biopic starring Liam Neeson examines the life of the Irish revolutionary leader from 1916 to 1922.

FOMO? Find even more local events in this newspaper and online:

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film See what’s playing at local theaters in the movies section and at sevendayst.com/movies.

music + comedy Find club dates at local venues in the music + nighlife 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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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.

RUTLAND ZEN SANGHA MEDITATION: Folks meet for a Zen Buddhist spiritual practice including meditation and liturgy. Email for more info before attending. Chaffee Art Center, Rutland, 7:15-7:45 a.m. Donations. Info, ryohad@ comcast.net.

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

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.

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LGBTQ+ CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP: From constructing characters to crafting dialogue, this class gives wordsmiths ages 16 and up the tools to start their stories and then polish their work. Pride Center of Vermont, Burlington, 5:30-7 p.m. Free. Info, aurora@pridecentervt.org.

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USAF HERITAGE WINDS QUINTET: The woodwind quintet component of the United States Air Force Heritage of America Band, bring gusto and flair to popular, classical and contemporary music. Vergennes Opera House, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 877-6737.

seminars

NEW TO MEDICARE: An Age Well seminar demystifies the federal government health insurance program for folks ages 65 and up. New England Federal Credit Union, Williston, 5:30-7 p.m.

Free. Info, 879-8790.

talks

ANNIE GAILLARD: Equipped with a master’s degree of management of cooperatives and credit unions, the Sterling College alumna shares her expertise in “Cooperatives: Past, Present and Part of a Positive Future.”

Simpson Hall, Sterling College, Craftsbury Common, 6:30-8 p.m.

Free. Info, 586-7711.

BOB GENTER: The biologist dives into the impacts of heavy metals on streams near Orange County’s Elizabeth Mine. Stearns Cinema, Northern Vermont THU.14

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DOV WAXMAN: This year’s thought-provoking Rabbi Wall Lecture is titled “American Jews and Israel: The Dissolution of Consensus.” Roy Event Center, Dion Family Student Center, Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2000.

JEFFREY KOPERSKI: The Saginaw Valley State University professor puts forth “Science, Philosophy and Theology: Who Owes What to Whom?” Dion Family Student Center, Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, 4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2000.

theater

‘BUYER & CELLAR’: See WED.13, 2 & 7:30 p.m.

‘CONSTELLATIONS’: A physicist and a beekeeper find love in parallel worlds, where every choice they make has a different, life-altering outcome. Off Center for the Dramatic Arts, Burlington, 7:30-9 p.m. $15; pay what you can for Thursday. Info, 244-4168.

‘CURSE YOU, JACK DALTON’: Students stage Wilbur Braun’s one-act melodrama involving villains, a dashing hero and a maiden in distress. Rutland High School, 7 p.m. $5. Info, 773-1955.

‘THE DIANA TAPES’: Theater fans attend the Vermont premiere of a new play about Diana, the Princess of Wales and her momentous decision to divorce a future king. Randolph Union High School, 7:30-9 p.m. $6-9. Info, 728-3397.

‘THE ROOMMATE’: See WED.13.

‘WORKING’: Based on a 1974 nonfiction book by oral historian Studs Terkel, this musical presented by We the People Theatre illuminates everyday folks and how they feel about their jobs. Briggs Opera House, White River Junction, 7 p.m. $11.50-50. Info, 800-838-3006.

words

BOOK CLUB: Bibliophiles read into March: Book One by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell. Fairfax Community Library, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 849-2420.

KRIS FRANCOEUR: The Middlebury Union High School principal and author behind Of Grief, Garlic and Gratitude: Returning to Hope and Joy From a Shattered Life — Sam’s Love Story recounts the process of sharing her experience of losing a child.

See calendar spotlight. Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, 6:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 382-9222.

WILLISTON LIBRARY’S WRITING SERIES: Aspiring authors join educator Steven Shepard for

“Session Five: The Power of Storytelling.” Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 1-2:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 878-4918.

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GLOBAL STUDENT MARCH FOR CLIMATE STRIKE: Signs and banners in hand, environmentally conscious community members hold a silent vigil in support of worldwide climate activists.

Unitarian Universalist Church, Rutland, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 353-0998.

LEARNING ABOUT NONVIOLENCE: THE CHILDREN’S MARCH: Participants of all ages explore nonviolence through discussion and excerpts from the short documentary Mighty Times: The Children’s March. A one-pot meal is provided. Richmond Free Library, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 434-3036.

community

JOB HUNT HELPER: Employment seekers get assistance with everything from writing a résumé to completing online applications.

Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free; preregister.

Info, 865-7217.

conferences

SAFFRON: PRODUCTION PROGRESS & MARKET PROMISE: Growers, marketers and researchers convene for a daylong learning opportunity presented by the North American Center for Saffron Research and Development. Silver Maple Ballroom, Davis Center, University of Vermont, Burlington, registration, 8-9 a.m.; conference, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. $65-73; preregister.

Info, 656-5434.

dance

BALLROOM & LATIN DANCING: Singles, couples and beginners are welcome to join in a dance social featuring waltz, tango and more.

Williston Jazzercise Fitness Center, 8-9:30 p.m. $10. Info, 862-2269.

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

ENGLISH COUNTRY DANCE: Joanne Garton, Peter Macfarlane, Aaron Marcus and Chris Rua provide music for newcomers and experienced movers alike. Val Medve teaches all steps. Bring potluck snacks. Elley-Long Music Center, Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, 7-9:30 p.m. $10-15.

Info, val.medve@gmail.com.

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MONTSHIRE UNLEASHED: Grown-ups let their scientific curiosity run wild during afterhours activities. Local fare, wine and Jasper Murdock’s Alehouse brews are available for purchase.

Montshire Museum of Science, Norwich, 6:30-9 p.m. $7-10; free for members; for ages 21 and up.

Info, 649-2200.

fairs & festivals

BURLINGTON IRISH HERITAGE FESTIVAL: See WED.13.

KILLINGTON IRISH FESTIVAL: Traditional dance, music and crafts enliven this third annual jamboree. Summit Lodge & Resort, Killington. Free. Info, 422-3535.

film

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

‘DINOSAURS ALIVE 3D’: See WED.13.

FAMILY MOVIE: Popcorn and drinks augment an all-ages flick.

Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955.

‘THE LAST REEF 3D’: See WED.13.

‘MYSTERIES OF THE UNSEEN WORLD 3D’: See WED.13.

‘THE SECRET OF ROAN INISH’: Ten-year-old Fiona delves into the

mysterious disappearance of her long-lost brother in this familyfriendly film. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. Free.

Info, 748-2600.

food & drink

LENTEN FISH FRY: Neighbors rub elbows over helpings of haddock, French fries, coleslaw, beverages and dessert. Bristol St. Ambrose Parish, 5-7 p.m. $6-12.50; $37 per immediate family of five. Info, 453-2488.

PORK LOIN TAKEOUT DINNER: Diners end the week in style with a spread of pork, gravy, applesauce, mashed potatoes, salad and dessert. Waterbury Center Community Church, 4-6 p.m. $9; preregister. Info, 244-8089.

PUBLIC CUPPING: Coffee connoisseurs and beginners alike explore the flavor notes and aromas of the roastery’s current offerings and new releases. Brio Coffeeworks, Burlington, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 777-6641.

SUGAR ON SNOW: Families indulge in Vermont’s sweet and frosty tradition of syrup drizzled over snow. Morse Farm Maple Sugarworks, Montpelier, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Info, 223-2740.

WING NIGHT: Piping hot poultry pleases palates. Essex Junction VFW Post, 5:30-7 p.m. Cost of food. Info, 881-7774.

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BRIDGE CLUB: See WED.13, 9:15 a.m.

CASINO NIGHT: Players try their luck at a benefit bash for the United Way of Lamoille County.

Stearns Dining Hall, Northern Vermont University-Johnson, 8 p.m.-midnight. $10. Info, krista. swahn@northernvermont.edu.

CRIBBAGE TEAMS: See WED.13.

PINOCHLE & RUMMY: See WED.13.

health & fitness

ADVANCED SUN TAI CHI 73: Participants keep active with a sequence of slow, controlled movements. Twin Valley Senior Center, East Montpelier, 1-2 p.m.

Free. Info, 223-3322.

BONE BUILDERS EXERCISE CLASSES: See WED.13, 7:30 & 10:40 a.m.

CARDIO CHI MOVEMENT SERIES: A light cardio workout with music paves the way for qigong variations for all levels and ages.

Waterbury Public Library, 11 a.m.noon. Free; preregister; limited space. Info, 244-7036.

GONG MEDITATION: Sonic vibrations lead to healing and deep relaxation. Yoga Roots, Williston, 7:30-8:30 p.m. $18. Info, 318-6050.

LIVING RECOVERY: Folks overcoming substance abuse move, breathe and make positive change in a moderately paced flow yoga class. Sangha Studio — Pine, Burlington, 4-5 p.m. Free.

Info, 448-4262.

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 + comedy Find club dates at local venues in the music + nighlife 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.

RUTLAND ZEN SANGHA MEDITATION: See THU.14.

TAI CHI STUDIO: Beginners and experienced practitioners alike perfect their steps with limited guidance. Barre Area Senior Center, 11:30 a.m.-11:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 479-9512.

TAI CHI YANG 24: Students get an introduction to a gentle form of exercise said to benefit internal organs. Twin Valley Senior Center, East Montpelier, 2-3 p.m. Free.

Info, 223-3322.

holidays

ST. PATRICK’S DAY BREAKFAST: Special speakers such as Northfield Savings Bank president Tom Leavitt pay tribute to Norwich University president Richard Schneider over festive fare. Capitol Plaza Hotel & Conference Center, Montpelier, 7:30-9 a.m. $25; preregister. Info, 229-5711.

music

Find club dates in the music section.

ALEXANDER MELNIKOV AND ANDREAS STAIER: Four hands tickle the ivories in an allSchubert piano concert. See calendar spotlight. Robison Hall, Mahaney Arts Center, Middlebury College, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $5-30.

Info, 443-3168.

DURHAM COUNTY POETS: Whether they’re rocking out or playing unplugged, the Canadian quintet captivates with a mix of sounds ranging from folk to blues to gospel to rock. Brandon Music, 7:30 p.m. $20; $45 includes dinner; preregister; BYOB. Info, 247-4295.

EAGLEMANIA: Eagles fans flock to a note-for-note tribute to the “Hotel California” hitmakers. Strand Center Theatre, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 8 p.m. $29-54.

Info, 518-563-1604, ext. 105.

SOLO / QUÉBECFEST: Two Québécois traditional bands, Le Vent du Nord and De Temps Antan, join forces for an evening of Celtic roots and vibrant Francophone culture. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 8 p.m. $15-42. Info, 863-5966.

USAF HERITAGE WINDS QUINTET: See THU.14, Stowe Community Church, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 253-7257.

WINTER WINE DOWN MUSIC SERIES: Oenophiles let loose with live music by the Buck Hollers, award-winning wine and mouthwatering eats. Snow Farm Vineyard, South Hero, wine service begins, 5 p.m.; music, 6-8 p.m. Cost of food and drink. Info, 372-9463.

talks

EDUCATION & ENRICHMENT FOR EVERYONE: Middlebury College assistant professor Obie Porteous shares “An Economist’s Perspective on Current U.S. Trade Policy.” Faith United Methodist Church, South Burlington, 2-3 p.m. $5. Info, 658-6554.

GLENN ANDRES: In the Did You Know? series talk “History Happens Here,” the Middlebury College professor emeritus explores the stories of Addison County people past. Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History, Middlebury, 1:30 p.m. $1020; preregister. Info, 388-2117.

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.

theater

‘BUYER & CELLAR’: See WED.13.

‘CONSTELLATIONS’: See THU.14.

the murder of gay college student Matthew Shepard in Laramie, Wyo. Champlain Valley Union High School, Hinesburg, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $7-9. Info, 482-6991.

MURDER MYSTERY EVENING: The 10-year reunion of the class of 1945 inspires a night of intrigue presented by the Twilight Players.

Period dress is encouraged.

Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 6:30-8 p.m. $10 includes mocktails. Info, 626-3663.

‘THE ROOMMATE’: See WED.13.

‘THE TELL-TALE FARCE’: Essex Community Players stage Don Zolidis’ fast-paced comedy about a lovesick man who pretends to be Edgar Allan Poe. Essex Memorial Hall, 7:30-10 p.m. $1418. Info, 878-9109.

‘WORKING’: See THU.14.

words

WRITER’S BLOCK: Scribes bring essays, short stories, one-act plays and poems to be critiqued by a supportive audience. Barre Area Senior Center, 10-11:30 a.m.

Free; preregister. Info, 479-9512.

‘CURSE YOU, JACK DALTON’: See THU.14.

‘THE DIANA TAPES’: See THU.14.

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CHAMPLAIN VALLEY AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL MONTHLY MEETING: Activists gather with the goal of advancing human rights. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 10 a.m.-noon. Free.

Info, champvalleyai@gmail.com.

VETERANS FOR PEACE MONTHLY MEETING: Those who have served their country attend a morning meeting to discuss ways of informing the public of the causes and costs of war. Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 10 a.m.-noon. Free.

Info, 439-5397.

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SEED SWAP: Green thumbs stock up on a variety of garden starters. Fairfax Community Library, 10-11 a.m. Free. Info, 849-2420.

‘A WINTER’S COMPANION’: A slideshow presented by Vermont Victory Greenhouse cultivates an understanding of the challenges and solutions for creating a four-season greenhouse in the Northeast. Waterbury Public Library, 10-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 989-9107.

bazaars

BAKE & BOOK SALE: Homemade treats sustain bookworms as they browse bargain-priced titles. United Church of Fairfax, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 849-6313.

community

MEET & GREET: Families mix and mingle with providers of early care and learning services for babies and young children.

Pizza is provided. Thatcher Brook Primary School, Waterbury, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 244-5605.

FOMO?

CONTRA DANCE: Alexandra Deis-Lauby calls the steps for a traditional social dance with high-energy music by Pete’s Posse. Capital City Grange, Berlin, intro session, 7:40 p.m.; dance, 8-11 p.m. $5-15. Info, 225-8921.

USA DANCE VERMONT BALLROOM DANCE: Whether clad in bluejeans or formal wear, twinkle-toed movers cut a rug in a relaxed setting that celebrates the art of ballroom dance. Elley-Long Music Center, Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, 6:30-11 p.m. $10-15. Info, 999-2434.

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JUNIOR LEAGUE MASQUERADE GALA: Revelers don disguises for an evening of drinks and dancing to the Maple Street Six to support a Chittenden County diaper bank. ArtsRiot, Burlington, 9 p.m. $15-20. Info, 540-0406.

OPEN MUSIC JAM: Anything goes in an independent community meeting group where folks can share hobbies, play music and discuss current events — without using online social sites. Presto Music Store, South Burlington, 10 a.m.-noon. Free.

Info, 658-0030.

SNAKE APPRECIATION DAY: Live animal programs and themed crafts offer a window into the existences of these slithering reptiles. Vermont Institute of Natural Science Nature Center, Quechee, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Regular admission, $13.50-15.50; free for members and kids 3 and under.

Info, 359-5000.

VERMONT BEARDIES: Whiskered contestants show off their facial hair for judges including Most Interesting Man in the World, Jonathan Goldsmith. Proceeds benefit Make-A-Wish Vermont.

ArtsRiot, Burlington, 5 p.m. $5; preregister at vermontbeardies. com to compete. Info, 540-0406.

fairs & festivals

art

IRISH ARTS FESTIVAL: See WED.13, 2 p.m.

film See what’s playing at local theaters in the movies section and at sevendayst.com/movies.

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QUEEN CITY MEMORY CAFÉ: People with memory loss accompany their caregivers for coffee, conversation and entertainment.

Thayer House, Burlington, 10 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 656-4220.

BURLINGTON IRISH HERITAGE FESTIVAL: See WED.13.

KILLINGTON IRISH FESTIVAL: See FRI.15.

LAMOILLE VALLEY FISH & GAME CLUB GUN SHOW: Vendors showcase firearms at more than 200 tables. Robert E. Miller Expo Centre, Champlain Valley Expo, Essex Junction, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. $10; free for kids. Info, 917-2886.

Find club dates at local venues in the music + nighlife section and at sevendaysvt.com/music.

film

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.

‘DINOSAURS ALIVE 3D’: See WED.13.

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

INTERNATIONAL FLY FISHING FILM FESTIVAL: Eight short films take viewers on a thrilling journey into the art and adventure

of the sport. Demos, raffles, drawings and giveaways top off the afternoon. McCarthy Arts Center, Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, 2 p.m. $10. Info, joshua.gerasimof@projecthealing waters.org.

‘THE LAST REEF 3D’: See WED.13.

‘MYSTERIES OF THE UNSEEN WORLD 3D’: See WED.13.

‘SELMA’: Shown as part of the Black Is Beautiful Film Series, this 2014 film chronicles an important event in the civil rights movement. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 3:30 p.m. Free. Info, 863-3403.

WILD & SCENIC FILM FESTIVAL: Environmental and adventure films feature stunning scenery and diverse examples of stewardship. Stratton Mountain School, South Londonberry, 7-9:30 p.m. $5-10. Info, 856-1120.

food & drink

CHOCOLATE TASTING IN BURLINGTON: Let’s go bar hopping! With the help of a tasting guide, chocoholics discover the flavor profiles of varieties such as toffee almond crunch and salted caramel latte. Lake Champlain Chocolates Factory Store & Café, Burlington, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Free.

Info, 864-1807.

CHOCOLATE TASTING IN MIDDLESEX: Candy fanatics get an education on a variety of sweets made on-site. Nutty Steph’s Granola & Chocolate Factory, Middlesex, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

Free. Info, 229-2090.

JUNIOR IRON CHEF VERMONT: Middle and high school students put their culinary skills to the test in this annual statewide competition highlighting local ingredients.

Champlain Valley Exposition, Essex Junction, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. $3; $5 per family. Info, 434-4122.

ON-FARM WINTER MARKET: Locavores pick up provisions such as pasture-raised pork, chicken and turkey, as well as grass-fed beef and eggs. Maple Wind Farm, Richmond, 1-4 p.m.

Free. Info, 434-7257.

SUGAR ON SNOW: See FRI.15.

SUGAR-ON-SNOW PARTY: Locals get their fill of maple treats. Live music, boiling demos and sleigh rides round out the sweet soirée.

Palmer’s Sugarhouse, Shelburne, pancake breakfast, 9 a.m.-noon; party, noon-4 p.m. Free. Info, 985-5054.

WOODBURY PIE BREAKFAST & SILENT AUCTION: Neighbors catch up over sweet and savory desserts. Live music and a usedbook sale are the cherry on top.

Woodbury Elementary School, 8:30-10:30 a.m. $4-7. Info, 279-9266.

games

CAMBRIDGE AREA ROTARY BUNCO: Games, prizes, raffles and a silent auction entertain attendees at a fundraiser for rotary club activities. Cambridge Community Center, social hour, 6 p.m.; games, 7 p.m. $15; cash bar.

Info, 793-0856.

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health & fitness

NEWBIE NOON CLASS: Firsttimers feel the heat as they get their stretch on. Hot Yoga Burlington, noon-1 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 999-9963.

language

ARMENIAN LANGUAGE: Singing, dancing, drama and games promote proficiency. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 2-3 p.m. Free.

Info, 865-7211.

lgbtq

PRIDE YOGA: LGBTQ individuals and allies hit the mat for a stretching session suited to all levels. Sangha Studio — Pine, Burlington, 5-6:15 p.m. Free. Info, 448-4262.

music

Find club dates in the music section.

BOB STANNARD & THOSE DANGEROUS BLUESMEN: Blues and jazz fans break out their dancing shoes for a high-energy concert. Weston Playhouse Second Stage at Walker Farm, 7-10 p.m. $25-40; free for kids 12 and under. Info, info@weston playhouse.org.

BOOGIE BENEFIT: Live tunes from Big Night lift spirits at a party and silent auction supporting the Willowell Foundation.

Burnham Hall, Lincoln, 6-10 p.m. $10; free for kids. Info, 453-6195.

DERVISH: Acclaimed Irish vocalist Cathy Jordan leads some of the Emerald Isle’s finest musicians. Barre Opera House, 7:30 p.m. $23-35. Info, 476-8188.

EAGLEMANIA: See FRI.15, Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 8 p.m. $29-39. Info, 775-0903.

AN EVENING OF SONGS & ARIAS: Middlebury College students travel from the baroque era to the present with varied compositions. Robison Hall, Mahaney Arts Center, Middlebury College, 8 p.m. Free. Info, 443-3168.

NATALIE MACMASTER & DONNELL LEAHY: The fierce fiddlers welcome their children to the stage for a lively program of Celtic music and dancing.

Chandler Center for the Arts, Randolph, 7:30 p.m. $42-60. Info, 728-6464.

PRYDEIN & CATAMOUNT PIPE BAND: Bagpipes give rock songs some Celtic flair. Burke Mountain Hotel & Conference Center, 7 p.m. $20. Info, 866-966-4820.

VERMONT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA MASTERWORKS: Jaime Laredo returns to the podium with a program that prominently features woodwind soloists Anthony McGill and Janet Polk. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $10-60.

Info, 863-5966.

‘THE WU BROTHERS’ CLASSICAL ENCOUNTER’: Henry and Nathan Wu share their love of the genre by playing piano, violin and cello.

Refreshments follow. South Burlington Community Library, University Mall, 2-4 p.m. Free.

Info, 846-4140.

outdoors

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MUD SEASON (MAPLE SEASON) BIRD MONITORING WALK: Experienced birders keep their ears and eyes open for winged wonders. Office Building, Green Mountain Audubon Center, Huntington, 8-10 a.m. Donations.

Info, 434-3068.

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MOUNT HUNGER & THE WATERBURY RESERVOIR HIKE: Outdoor adventurers don snowshoes for a 4.5-mile trek. Contact trip leader for details. Free; preregister. Info, 355-7181.

TOUR DE MOON: A moonlit ski or snowshoe up Mount Ellen gives way to gourmet grilled cheese and local craft beverages. Mt. Ellen Base Lodge, Sugarbush Resort, Warren, 4 p.m. Free; cost of food and drink. Info, 583-6300.

WEST RUTLAND MARSH MONITORING WALK: Kids, new birders and nonmembers are welcome to join in a Rutland County Audubon ramble, during which participants seek avian species on a 3.7-mile loop. Meet at the boardwalk on Marble St., West Rutland Marsh, 8-10:30 a.m. Free. Info, birding@rutland countyaudubon.org.

WINTER FOREST BATHING: Folks unplug, slow down and experience nature through a guided mindfulness practice. Rock Point Nature Trails, Burlington, 3-5:30 p.m. $25. Info, natureconnection guide@gmail.com.

seminars

TECH HELP: Electronics novices bring their questions and devices to a hands-on help session with a trained troubleshooter. Fairfax Community Library, 9-11 a.m.

Free. Info, 849-2420.

‘BUYER & CELLAR’: See WED.13, 2 & 7:30 p.m.

‘CONSTELLATIONS’: See THU.14.

‘THE DIANA TAPES’: See THU.14, 2-3:30 p.m.

‘THE ROOMMATE’: See WED.13.

‘THE TELL-TALE FARCE’: See FRI.15.

‘WORKING’: See THU.14.

words

POETRY EXPERIENCE: Writers share original work and learn from others in a supportive environment open to all ages and experience levels. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 1-3 p.m. Free.

Info, 865-7211.

RUTH STONE FOUNDATION READING SERIES: Poets Diana Arterian, Ruth Madievsky, Major Jackson and Kiev Rattee regale lit lovers with original works. Wishbone Collective, Winooski, 6-9 p.m. Free. Info, hello@wishbonecollectivevt.com.

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COMMUNITY MINDFULNESS PRACTICE: 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.

sports

dance

ERROL SPENCE JR. VS. MIKEY GARCIA: Boxing Buffs witness the World Welterweight Championship Fight as it’s broadcast live from Arlington, Texas. Palace 9 Cinemas, South Burlington, 9 p.m. $20. Info, 660-9300.

SALSALINA SUNDAY PRACTICE: Salsa dancers step in for a casual social. Salsalina Dance Studio, Burlington, 5:30-8 p.m. $5. Info, eingelmanuel@hotmail.com.

24 HOURS OF STRATTON: Winter enthusiasts ski and ride around the clock to fight childhood poverty in Vermont. Stratton Mountain Resort, 9 a.m. Funds raised. Info, 297-2096.

SHIVER ME SHAMROCKS 5K RUN/ WALK: Runners make strides for Come Alive Outside, then unwind at an after-party at the Hop’n Moose. See calendar spotlight.

Heritage Family Credit Union, Rutland, 1-4 p.m. $30-40; free for kids’ fun run. Info, 888-252-8932.

talks

KATHY & STEVEN LIGHT: With photos, videos and music on hand, the speakers retrace their steps in “Kathy and Steven’s Long Walk,” a reflection on their journey on the Camino de Santiago. Adamant Community Club, 7-9 p.m. $10; free for kids 12 and under. Info, 454-7103.

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USING CITY DIRECTORIES TO SOLVE GENEALOGICAL MYSTERIES: Family tree factfinders learn to mine municipal documents for information about their ancestors. Vermont Genealogy Library, Fort Ethan Allen, Colchester, 10:30 a.m.noon. $10. Info, 310-9285.

PATTI LABELLE SUNDAY, JUNE 2 FLYNN MAINSTAGE

BALKAN FOLK DANCING: Louise Brill and friends organize participants into lines and circles set to complex rhythms. Ohavi Zedek Synagogue, Burlington, 3:30-6:30 p.m. $6; free for firsttimers; bring snacks to share.

Info, 540-1020.

MAKAYA McCRAVEN CRAVEN MONDAY, JUNE 3 FLYNNSPACE

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HU CHANT: SOUND OF SOUL: People of all faiths lift their voices in a spiritual exercise followed by contemplation and conversation. Eckankar Center, Burlington, 10-11 a.m. Free. Info, 800-772-9390.

fairs & festivals

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BURLINGTON IRISH HERITAGE FESTIVAL: See WED.13.

IRISH ARTS FESTIVAL: See WED.13, 1 p.m.

LAMOILLE VALLEY FISH & GAME CLUB GUN SHOW: See SAT.16, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

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MAPLE FESTIVAL: Local historians give a presentation on the past and present of maple sugaring during a day dedicated to the state’s liquid gold. A raffle, sweet treats and a silent auction top off the fun. Middletown Springs Historical Society, 1-4 p.m. Free.

Info, 235-2376.

Jewelry Buying Event March 19th & 20th

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New York firm with 125 years of experience, specializing in high end estate jewelry will evaluate and purchase your jewlery and diamonds. No obligation. Immediate payment. Space is limited. Please call for appointment.

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

‘CHEF FLYNN’: Shown as part of the Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival Winter/Spring Screening Series, a 2018 documentary chronicles a teen chef as he achieves fame — and encounters backlash. Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, 2 p.m. $13. Info, 382-9222.

Actively seeking:

Antique to contemporary jewelry with gold, platinum, diamond and colored stones. Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, Boucheron, Tiffany and other major houses.

Diamonds

‘DINOSAURS ALIVE 3D’: See WED.13.

Colored Stones

Loose or mounted over 1.00 carats

Rubies, sapphires, emeralds, aquamarines, pearls and other precious gemstones

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‘MYSTERIES OF THE UNSEEN WORLD 3D’: See WED.13.

food & drink

BREAKFAST: Friends and neighbors share the most important meal of the day. Essex Junction VFW Post, 9-11 a.m. Cost of food.

Info, 881-7774.

CHOCOLATE TASTING IN BURLINGTON: See SAT.16.

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‘THE LAST REEF 3D’: See WED.13.

CHOCOLATE TASTING IN MIDDLESEX: See SAT.16.

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THE WORLD'S GREATEST PINK FLOYD SHOW

SUGAR ON SNOW: See FRI.15.

SUGAR-ON-SNOW PARTY: See SAT.16.

games

GAMES PARLOUR: Strategic thinkers bring favorite tabletop competitions to play with others.

Champlain Club, Burlington, 2-8 p.m. $5. Info, orsonbradford@ gmail.com.

health & fitness

RUTLAND ZEN SANGHA MEDITATION: See THU.14, 5:30 p.m.

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holidays

ST. PATRICK’S DAY ACOUSTIC SESSION: Players of all levels and abilities are welcome to participate in an open jam with Kerry Rosenthal. ArtisTree Community Arts Center & Gallery, South Pomfret, 7-9 p.m.

Free; BYOB. Info, 457-3500.

ST. PATRICK’S DAY BELLS: Traditional Irish tunes ring out from giant bronze instruments.

Trinity United Methodist Church, Montpelier, 11:58 a.m. Free. Info, 229-9158.

ST. PADDY’S DAY PARTY: Suds lovers sip discounted pints of Barroom Hero Pub Ale, created in collaboration with the Boston band Dropkick Murphys. Their music plays all day. Magic Hat Artifactory, South Burlington, noon-5 p.m. Free. Info, 658-2739.

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‘DIMANCHES’ FRENCH CONVERSATION: Native speakers and learners alike chat en 3/11/19 6:35 PM

français. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 4-5:30 p.m. Free.

Info, stevenorman@fastmail.fm.

music

Find club dates in the music section.

‘THE BOONDOCK SAINTS’: Two Irish brothers played by Norman Reedus and Sean Patrick Flanery accidentally kill mafia thugs and become heroes. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 3:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 748-2600.

‘CONSTELLATIONS’: See THU.14, 2-3:30 p.m.

‘FOOTLOOSE’ AUDITIONS: Young talent ages 7 through 17 vie for parts in a musical version of the 1984 film about a small town where dancing is banned.

Full camp fee is requested at the time of auditions. Chandler Center for the Arts, Randolph, noon. $125-230. Info, 728-9878, ext. 3.

‘THE ROOMMATE’: See WED.13, 2 p.m.

JOHN 5 & THE CREATURES: Known for his work with Rob Zombie and Marilyn Manson, the guitar wizard delivers electrifying music in his signature theatrical style. Lebanon Opera House, N.H., 7 p.m. $20-30. Info, 603-448-0400.

WEST RUTLAND VARIETY SHOW: Talented performers take the stage with music, comedy and dance numbers. Proceeds benefit the Rutland Meals Challenge. West Rutland Town Hall, 3 p.m. $5-8; $20 per family.

Info, 438-2490.

THE PAGE TURNERS: Carolyn Kendrick and Jake Howard blend their love of bluegrass, old-time and country-swing styles into their own brand of dynamic roots music. Richmond Congregational Church, 4-6 p.m. $15-23. Info, 434-4563.

‘WORKING’: See THU.14, 2 p.m.

SOPHIE MICHAUX: Pianist KaiChing Chang accompanies the mezzo-soprano in a program of songs and arias from the baroque period to the current day. Plainfield Town Hall Opera House, 4-6 p.m. $5-15. Info, 498-3173.

VERMONT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA MASTERWORKS: See SAT.16, Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 3 p.m. $10-32. Info, 775-0903.

outdoors

CAMEL’S HUMP LOOP HIKE: A difficult snowshoe covers 7.2 miles of ground and gains 2,900 feet in elevation. Contact trip leader for details. Free; preregister. Info, boltondj@comcast.net.

theater

‘BUYER & CELLAR’: See WED.13, 5 p.m.

MON.18 community

JOB HUNT HELPER: See FRI.15, 3-6 p.m.

etc.

TAX HELP: See THU.14.

fairs & festivals

BURLINGTON IRISH HERITAGE FESTIVAL: See WED.13.

film

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

‘DECODING THE WEATHER MACHINE’: A hard-hitting Nova documentary takes a deep dive into the inner workings of Earth’s climate. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 6:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 223-3338.

‘DINOSAURS ALIVE 3D’: See WED.13.

‘THE LAST REEF 3D’: See WED.13.

‘MYSTERIES OF THE UNSEEN WORLD 3D’: See WED.13.

games

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 + comedy Find club dates at local venues in the music + nighlife 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.

BRIDGE CLUB: See WED.13, 6:30 p.m.

CRIBBAGE TEAMS: See WED.13.

MAGIC: THE GATHERING — MONDAY NIGHT MODERN: Tarmogoyf-slinging madness ensues when competitors battle for prizes in a weekly game.

Brap’s Magic, Burlington, 6:30-10 p.m. $8. Info, 540-0498.

PINOCHLE & RUMMY: See WED.13.

PITCH: Players compete in a trick-taking card game. Barre Area Senior Center, 1-3 p.m. Free.

Info, 479-9512.

health & fitness

BONE BUILDERS EXERCISE CLASSES: See WED.13.

CHAIR YOGA WITH SANGHA STUDIO: Supported poses promote health and wellbeing. Heineberg Senior Center, Burlington, 10:45-11:45 a.m. Free.

Info, 448-4262.

COMMUNITY HERBAL CLINIC: Supervised clinical interns offer guidance and support to those

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looking to care for themselves using natural remedies. Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism, Montpelier, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. $10-30; additional cost for herbs. Info, 224-7100.

GUIDED GROUP MEDITATION: In keeping with the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh, folks practice mindfulness through sitting, walking, reading and discussion.

Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 7:158 p.m. Free. Info, 505-1688.

language

CONVERSATIONAL SPANISH GROUP: Speakers brush up on their language skills en español.

Starbucks, Burlington, 6 p.m. $15.

Info, maigomez1@hotmail.com.

ENGLISH CONVERSATION: Language learners make strides — and new friends — in an ongoing discussion group. South Burlington Community Library, University Mall, noon-1:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 846-4140.

music

Find club dates in the music section.

GREEN FIELDS OF AMERICA: Celebrating its 40th anniversary, the ensemble performs Irish traditional music on banjo, fiddle, concertina and button accordion. See calendar spotlight.

FlynnSpace, Burlington, 7-9:30 p.m. $30-32. Info, 863-5966.

KODO: Evolution showcases the Japanese ensemble’s creative growth, as well as the endurance of the ancient taiko drumming tradition. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 7 p.m. $15-55. Info, 863-5966.

SAMBATUCADA! OPEN REHEARSAL: Burlington’s samba street band welcomes new drummers. Neither experience nor instruments are required.

8 Space Studio Collective, Burlington, 6-8:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 862-5017.

tech

Street Center, Burlington, 7:308:30 a.m. Free. Info, 802-8626736, ext. 103.

community

COMMUNITY DROP-IN CENTER HOURS: Wi-Fi, games and art materials are on hand at an open meeting space where folks forge social connections. GRACE, Hardwick, 9 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 472-6857.

crafts

COMMUNITY CRAFT NIGHT: Makers stitch, spin, knit and crochet their way through projects while enjoying each other’s company. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211.

dance

SWING DANCING: Quick-footed participants experiment with different forms, including the Lindy hop, Charleston and balboa. Beginners are welcome.

Champlain Club, Burlington, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $5. Info, 448-2930.

etc.

TAX HELP: See THU.14.

fairs & festivals

BURLINGTON IRISH HERITAGE FESTIVAL: See WED.13.

film

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

‘2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY’: A space ship’s computer system displays strange behavior, leading to a fierce showdown between man and machine in director Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 sci-fi adventure film. Film House, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 7 p.m.

Donations. Info, 540-3018.

‘DINOSAURS ALIVE 3D’: See WED.13.

‘THE LAST REEF 3D’: See WED.13.

TECH HELP WITH CLIF: See WED.13.

‘MYSTERIES OF THE UNSEEN WORLD 3D’: See WED.13.

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‘NO IMPACT MAN’: Eco-conscious cinephiles view a 2009 documentary about a Manhattanbased family that attempts to live a year while making no net environmental impact.

Come early for soup! Craftsbury Outdoor Center, 6:30-8:30 p.m. $5. Info, 533-9370.

VOICES OF COLOR SHOWCASE: People of color exercise their artistry when sharing stories and poetry. Light Club Lamp Shop, Burlington, 8-10:30 p.m. $1. Info, 660-9346.

TUE.19 business

LEGISLATIVE BREAKFAST: Members of the business community start the day with a hot meal and an engaging conversation with Sen. Ann Cummings of Washington County. Ethan Allen Room, Vermont Statehouse, Montpelier, 7:30-9 a.m. $20. Info, 229-5711.

‘MAKE INTERNSHIPS WORK FOR YOU (AND THEM!)’: A light breakfast provides brain power as a panel of experts covers the ins and outs of hosting trainees seeking work experience. King

‘THREE COINS IN THE FOUNTAIN’: Set in Rome, this 1954 drama follows three American women on their quests for love and marriage.

Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 1:30 p.m. Free. Info, 748-2600.

TUESDAY MOVIE: Folks watch a film while munching on popcorn and sipping drinks. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 2:454:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955.

games

BRIDGE CLUB: See WED.13, 7 p.m.

health & fitness

BEGINNER/INTERMEDIATE SUNSTYLE TAI CHI, LONG-FORM:

QUIT KNOCKIN’ YOUR NOGGIN! • Fits & feels like a baseball cap

Improved mood, greater muscle strength and increased energy are a few of the benefits of this gentle exercise. South Burlington Recreation & Parks Department, 10:30 a.m.-noon.

Free. Info, 735-5467.

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BEGINNERS TAI CHI: See THU.14.

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COMMUNITY HERBAL CLINIC: See MON.18, 4-8 p.m.

REIKI CLINIC: Thirty-minute treatments foster physical, emotional and spiritual wellness. JourneyWorks, Burlington, 3-5:30 p.m. $10-30; preregister.

Info, 860-6203.

RUTLAND ZEN SANGHA MEDITATION: See THU.14.

TAI CHI TUESDAYS: Friends old and new share a healthy pastime. Barre Area Senior Center, advanced, 1 p.m.; intermediate, 2 p.m.; beginner, 3 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 479-9512.

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‘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. Burlington Bay Market & Café, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 430-4652.

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LGBTQ+ CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP: See THU.14.

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‘THE SHOPLIFTERS’: Centaur Theatre presents Morris Panych’s examination of doing bad things for the right reasons. Centaur Theatre, Montréal, 8 p.m. $18-55.

Info, 514-288-3161.

seminars

ECKANKAR WORKSHOP: INNER GUIDANCE: Folks seeking insight into life’s challenges connect with their internal source of truth. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 800-772-9390.

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RETRO VIDEO GAME TOURNAMENT: Contestants battle it out in throwback competitions. Prizes reward the top four players. ArtsRiot, Burlington, 6-9 p.m. $10. Info, 540-0406.

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CARA CHIGAZOLA TOBIN: Chef and co-owner of the Burlington eatery Honey Road, the speaker recounts her recent trip to Lebanon. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 863-3403.

health & fitness

ACROYOGA CLASS: See WED.13.

BONE BUILDERS EXERCISE CLASSES: See WED.13.

LEE ALLEN: Nature lovers listen in on “When Wilderness Was Wild: The Story Behind Lye Brook Wilderness.” Grace Congregational Church, Rutland, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 775-7119.

CHAIR YOGA: See WED.13.

YOGA4CANCER: See WED.13.

language

ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE OF THE LAKE CHAMPLAIN REGION SOCIAL HOUR: Francophones fine-tune their French-language conversation skills over cocktails.

Juniper, Burlington, 5-7 p.m. Free.

Info, info@aflcr.org.

tech

FACEBOOK FOR SENIORS: Folks aged 50 and up who are comfortable using the keyboard and mouse and have an email address learn the ABCs of the social-networking tool. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 5:30-7 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 865-7217.

BEGINNER & INTERMEDIATE/ ADVANCED ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASSES: See WED.13.

GERMAN CONVERSATION GROUP: Community members practice conversing auf Deutsch.

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

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ANDREA CHESMAN: Home cooks come face to face with the author of The Fat Kitchen: How to Render, Cure and Cook With Lard, Tallow and Poultry Fat during a talk and book signing. There will be samples! Galaxy Bookshop, Hardwick, 7-8 p.m. Free. Info, 472-5533.

BROWN BAG BOOK CLUB: Readers voice opinions about Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 12:30-1:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 878-4918.

WINE & STORY OPEN MIC: Prompts inspire first-person narratives told to a live audience.

Shelburne Vineyard, 7:30 p.m. $5.

Info, 863-1754.

WED.20 activism

TOXIC WHITENESS DISCUSSION GROUP: Peace & Justice Center representatives facilitate a conversation on the harmful effects of white supremacy on communities and individuals. Peace & Justice Center, Burlington, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 863-2345.

agriculture

MIKE LIZOTTE: Green thumbs join the author of Mini Meadows: Grow a Little Patch of Colorful Flowers Anywhere Around Your Yard for a talk on cultivating lowcost, low-maintenance flowerfilled plots. Phoenix Books, Essex, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 872-7111.

business

STARTUP SERIES: Taught by Gwen Pokalo of the Center for Women & Enterprise Vermont, this six-session course provides participants with foundational knowledge for getting a business off the ground. Hazen Union School, Hardwick, 6-8 p.m. Free; preregister; limited space. Info, 391-4870.

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VERMONT BENCH & BAR LISTENING TOUR: Vermont Supreme Court chief justice Paul Reiber, Vermont Bar Association president Gary Franklin and others field community feedback on the state’s legal system. Grand Isle County Sheriff’s Department, 5-6 p.m. Free. Info, 223-2020.

VERMONT FARMERS MARKET CONFERENCE: Learning and networking opportunities engage market managers, board members and organizers. Vermont Law School, South Royalton, 8:30 a.m. $21.50-52.25. Info, 434-4122, ext. 21.

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MOSAIC COMMUNITY CELEBRATION: Students and alumni of color convene for a day and a half of happenings including a community breakfast and networking opportunity, a career fair, and an open house at the Mosaic Center for Students of Color. University of Vermont Alumni House, Burlington, 11 a.m.4 p.m. Free. Info, 656-2010.

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FIBER RIOT!: See WED.13.

KNITTER’S GROUP: See WED.13.

ZINE CLUB: Creative types explore various writing styles and art techniques as they craft simple, printed forms of expression.

Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 3-4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955.

dance

‘DANCING UPHILL’: Paula Higa directs UVM students in a program of new works by students, faculty and special guests. Mann Hall, University of Vermont Trinity Campus, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $10-15. Info, 656-2094.

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‘THE SOIL SERIES: GRASSROOTS FOR THE CLIMATE EMERGENCY’: Katherine Oaks, Maddie Kempner, Cheryl Herrick and Sha’an Mouliert investigate “Connections Through Stories” as part of a six-installment series.

Bethany United Church of Christ, Randolph, social, 6:30 p.m.; presentation, 7 p.m.; discussion, 7:45 p.m. Free. Info, info@ vermonthealthysoilscoalition.org.

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MEMORABLE TIMES CAFÉ: Those living with mild to moderate memory loss and their care partners convene for casual social time. Refreshments are provided.

Vermont History Center, Barre, 1:30-3 p.m. Free. Info, 476-2681.

VERNAL EQUINOX & FULL MOON MEDICINE BUDDHA SADHANA: Welcoming spring, participants take part in a practice that benefits those who are sick or suffering. Milarepa Center, Barnet, 6-7 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 633-4136.

fairs & festivals

BURLINGTON IRISH HERITAGE FESTIVAL: See WED.13.

TURKISH CULTURAL DAY: Vermonters get a taste of Turkish culture with calligraphy, Sufi whirling, an art display and more.

Vermont Statehouse, Montpelier, 4 p.m. Free. Info, info@tccvt.org.

film

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

‘AT ETERNITY’S GATE’: Willem Dafoe portrays the painter Vincent Van Gogh during his time in Arles and Auvers-sur-Oise, France. Highland Center for the Arts, Greensboro, 6 p.m. $5. Info, 533-2000.

‘MYSTERIES OF THE UNSEEN WORLD 3D’: See WED.13.

food & drink

COMMUNITY SUPPER: See WED.13.

games

BRIDGE CLUB: See WED.13.

CRIBBAGE TEAMS: See WED.13.

PINOCHLE & RUMMY: See WED.13.

TEDX BROWNELL LIBRARY: Lifelong learners watch TED Talk videos centered on the topic “Getting Duped.” Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 7-8:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 878-6955.

tech

TECH HELP WITH CLIF: See WED.13.

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MOVIE: Snacks are provided at a showing of a popular film. Call for details. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 5:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 878-4918.

KATHERINE BROWN: “Afghanistan: Storytelling of America’s Longest War” captivates listeners as part of the Vermont Council on World Affairs Speaker Series. Champlain College, Burlington, 6-7:30 p.m.

Free. Info, vcwa@vermont.org.

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‘DINOSAURS ALIVE 3D’: See WED.13.

‘MILTON GLASER: TO INFORM AND DELIGHT’: America’s foremost graphic designer comes into focus in this 2008 documentary shown as part of the Architecture + Design Film Series. Burlington City Hall Auditorium, reception, 6 p.m.; screening, 6:30 p.m. Free.

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CURRENT EVENTS CONVERSATION: Newsworthy subjects take the spotlight in this informal discussion. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 10:30 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 878-4918.

LUNCH IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE: SPANISH: See WED.13.

GAYME NIGHT: Friends bond over contests such as Cards Against Humanity, Jenga Giant and Scrabble. Bring or borrow a game. Pride Center of Vermont, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 860-7812.

‘MADE IN ABYSS: JOURNEY’S DAWN’: Japanese animated adventure follows explorer Riko on her journey to uncover the truth about her mother’s fate. Shown on Wednesday with subtitles and Monday with English dubbing. Palace 9 Cinemas, South Burlington, 7 p.m. $12.50. Info, 660-9300.

talks

INTRODUCTION TO MICROSOFT WINDOWS: Let’s get technical!

Students learn to use the mouse, keyboard and operating system components. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 865-7217.

‘CARAVAGGIO: THE SOUL AND THE BLOOD’: Art hounds embark on an immersive journey through the life, works and struggles of the Italian painter Michelangelo Merisi di Caravaggio. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. $6-15. Info, 748-2600.

‘THE LAST REEF 3D’: See WED.13.

Montpelier, 7-8:30 p.m. $5-10; preregister. Info, 229-6206.

‘THE SHOPLIFTERS’: See TUE.19.

music

Find club dates in the music section.

DATA STREAM: LIVE ELECTRONIC MUSIC IMPROVISATION: Longtime collaborators Sandy Nordahl, Scot Schwestka and Peter Hamlin explore technology’s possibilities for performance and sound. Robison Hall, Mahaney Arts Center, Middlebury College, 8 p.m. Free. Info, 443-3168.

FARMERS NIGHT CONCERT SERIES: Devoted to small-group choral music, Upper Valley ensemble Wrensong present vocal treasures of the renaissance.

Vermont Statehouse, Montpelier, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 828-2228.

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‘THE ROOMMATE’: See WED.13.

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OPEN-MIC POETRY READING: Bards gear up for PoemTown St. Johnsbury by testing out material in front of a crowd. Listeners are welcome. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 7-8 p.m. Free. Info, 745-1393.

WRITING CIRCLE: See WED.13. m

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RICK NORCROSS: Drawing from his memoir Riding My Guitar: The Rick Norcross Story, the music man serves up songs and tales from his decades-long career in Western music. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6 p.m. Free.

Info, 863-3403.

Find visual art exhibits and events in the art section and at sevendaysvt.com/art.

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.

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FULL MOON SNOWSHOE HIKE: Nature lovers explore Montpelier’s hillsides by lunar light. Snowshoes and hot chocolate are provided.

North Branch Nature Center,

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Find club dates at local venues in the music + nighlife 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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art FIBER: MIXED-MEDIA EMBROIDERY: Using the simple tools of needle and thread adds texture, dimension and meaning to favorite prints, photographs and other unusual objects.

Materials list provided. Instructor: Boston-based artist Jodi Colella.

Sun.-Tue., Apr. 14-16, 9:30 a.m.4:30 p.m. Cost: $375/person; $350/members. Location: Helen Day Art Center, 90 Pond St., Stowe. Info: 253-8358, education@helenday.com, helenday.com.

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INTRO TO STAINED GLASS: Interested in learning how to work with stained glass but not sure how to get started? This course introduces students to the Tiffany Copper Foil method of making a small stained glass window. Sat. & Sun., 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Mar. 23-24. Cost: $350/2day class. Location: Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: 985-3648, info@shelburncraftschool.org, shelburnecraftschool.org.

dance ARGENTINE TANGO CLASSES: Welcome spring with friendly tango classes. Beginners: step into the basics. Adv. beginners and intermediates: polish your technique and learn something new. No partner required. LGBTQ+ friendly. Stay for the Queen City Tango Milonga (social tango dance), 7:45-10:30 p.m. Bring clean, smooth-soled shoes.

Instructor Elizabeth Seyler PhDance makes learning fun!

April 6 & 19, May 4 & 17; adv. beg/ intermed., 7 p.m.; beginner, 7:45 p.m. Cost: $10/person; incl. free admission to the dance that follows. Location: Champlain Club, Crowley St., Burlington. Info: Queen City Tango, 999-1798, qct@queencitytango.org, queencitytango.org.

DANCE STUDIO SALSALINA: Salsa classes: nightclub-style, group and private; four levels.

Beginner walk-in classes, Wed., 6 p.m. $15/person for one-hour class. No dance experience, partner or preregistration required, just the desire to have fun! Drop in anytime and prepare for an enjoyable workout. Location: 266 Pine St., Burlington. Info: Victoria, 598-1077, info@salsalina.com.

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family CULTURAL FESTIVAL: The JapanAmerica Society of Vermont (JASV) and Saint Michael’s College will present Matsuri ‘19, a Japanese cultural festival that includes arts, crafts, music, food, demos, performances, games, prizes and much more. This year is special. It includes a tea ceremony, Kamishibai, Pachinko play and a silent auction. Sun., Mar. 31, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Cost: $10/ person; $5/students & seniors; $20/family; free/JASV members & kids under 5. Location: St. Michael’s College, Ross Sports Center, Colchester.

TRY THE Y!: Cardio and weight equipment. Spin, yoga, zumba and more group exercise classes.

Lap pool, 88 degree Fahrenheit program pool, swim lessons and aquatic classes. All in a supportive community where everyone is welcome. Try us for a day for free! ongoing. Location: Greater Burlington YMCA, 266 College St., Burlington. Info: 862-9622, gbymca.org.

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drumming TAIKO AND DJEMBE CLASSES IN BURLINGTON!: Open classes in September. New drumming sessions begin the weeks of 10/8, 11/26, 1/7, 2/4, 3/11, 5/6.

Intermediate Taiko: Mon., 6-8:20 p.m. Taiko for Adults: Tue., 5:306:20 p.m., & Wed., 6:30-7:50 p.m. Djembe for Adults: Wed., 5:30-6:20 p.m. Taiko for Kids and Parents: Tue., 4:30-5:20 p.m.

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HEY MASTER DJ! WITH DJ CRAIG MITCHELL: Adults & teens 16+.

Instructor: DJ cRAIG mITCHELL. Mon., Mar. 25-May 6 (no class 4/22), 5:15-6:45 p.m. Cost: $150/ person for 6 weeks. Location: Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, 153 Main St., Burlington.

Info: 652-4543, flynnarts.org.

A JUNGIAN PERSPECTIVE ON CONTEMPORARY ISSUES: Although Carl Jung died over 50 years ago, his intuition transcends time and makes his writing as pertinent now as it was half a century ago.

We can draw on his wisdom as we grapple with ecological challenges, new technologies, political dysfunction, economic and financial issues, and the challenges posed by the rise of China and the “Silk Road” countries. C.G. Jung’s Wisdom for Our Time is the course’s text. Mar. 20, 27 & Apr. 3, 10; 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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climbing ADULT CLIMBING CLINICS: Did you know that climbing is going to be in the Olympics in 2020?

Better get training! Or at least introduce yourself to the sport that encourages fun and both physical and mental challenges.

Beginners and those with experience will learn and advance with Petra Cliffs’ expert climbing instructors. Weekly classes start Mar. 26. Cost: $105/3 2-hour sessions, gear, & 3 additional visits.

Location: Petra Cliffs Climbing Center, 105 Briggs St., Burlington.

Info: Andrea Charest, 657-3872, andrea@petracliffs.com, petracliffs.com.

World Drumming for Kids and Parents: Wed., 4:30-5:20 p.m.

Drums provided. Conga classes, too! Visit schedule and register online. Location: Taiko Space, 208 Flynn Ave., Suite 3G, Burlington. Info: 999-4255, burlingtontaiko.org.

COMMUNITY MOVEMENT AND PHYSICAL JAM SESSION: Instructor: Jena Necrason. Sun., Mar. 31, 10 a.m.-noon. Cost: $40/ workshop. Location: Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, 153 Main St., Burlington. Info: 652-4543, flynnarts.org.

TIGER MONKEY DRAGON YOUTH IMPROV TROUPES: This class has already started, however, students are welcome to join late. Contact FlynnArts Manager at number below to sign up with prorated tuition. Fri., Jan. 18-Apr. 26 (no class Mar. 1 or Apr. 26), 3:30-4:30 p.m. Location: Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, 153 Main St., Burlington. Info: 652-4543, flynnarts.org.

gardening CLOSER TO NATURE: Learn how to create a garden that is a haven for people and wildlife. Presenter: Silvia Jope. Sat., Mar. 16, 9:3011 a.m. Cost: $15. Location: Gardener’s Supply, 128 Intervale Rd., Burlington. Info: 660-3505, gardenerssupplystore.com.

COLOR YEAR ROUND: Learn to create maximum visual impact in your landscape with cold-hardy selections. Presenter: Charlotte Albers. Sat., Mar. 23, 9:30-11 a.m. Cost: $15/person. Location: Gardener’s Supply, 128 Intervale Rd., Burlington. Info: 660-3505, gardenerssupplystore.com.

IMPROVISATION LABORATORIES (DANCE & MOVEMENT): Morning for all levels with instructor Hannah Dennison. Afternoon for practiced improvisors with instructor Susan Sgorbati. Sat., Mar. 30 & Apr. 13. All levels: 9 a.m.-noon; practiced improvisers: 1-4 p.m. Cost: $30/one workshop; $50/two workshops.

Location: UVM Cohen Building, 14 So. Williams St., Burlington. Info: 652-4543, flynnarts.org.

INCLUSION FUSION: This workshop is free, but registration is required. Inclusion Fusion offers the opportunity for people who are neuro-typical and neurodivergent, people who are experienced and brand new to dance, people with disabilities and without disabilities (etc. etc.!) to unite through music and movement in this dance workshop for 10-year-olds to adults.

Instructor: Rose Bedard.

Sun., Mar. 31, 1-3 p.m. Location: Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, 153 Main St., Burlington.

Info: 652-4543, flynnarts.org.

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ENAMELING: Learn the basics of torch-fired enameling. You will learn which materials work best for enameling and several different techniques, including layering, stringers, using stencils and etching. Skills covered are sawing and enameling. Learn more about classes at generatorvt.com.

Thu., Apr. 4-Apr. 11, 5:30-8 p.m.

Location: Generator, 40 Sears Ln., Burlington. Info: 540-0761, generatorvt.com.

KINDERMUSIK WITH RACHEL: For caregivers and children, ages 5-7.

Instructor: Rachel Smith. Mar. 31, 10-11 a.m. Cost: $20/person; incl. materials. Location: Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, 153 Main St., Burlington. Info: 652-4543, flynnarts.org.

MAGIC TREEHOUSE ADVENTURES: For children ages 6 to 8. Instructor: Mark Stein.

Mon.-Fri., Apr. 22-26, 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Cost: $350. Location: Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, 153 Main St., Burlington. Info: 652-4543, flynnarts.org.

MUSICAL THEATER ADVENTURE CAMP: Ages 9-14. Instructor: Randal Pierce. Mon.-Fri., Apr. 22-26, 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Cost: $350. Location: Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, 153 Main St., Burlington. Info: 652-4543, flynnarts.org.

INTRO TO VINYL: GALLERY TYPOGRAPHY: Ever wonder how galleries put those lengthy artist statements onto their walls? This class teaches vinyl cutting basics, basic typography skills and wall-based application techniques. You will learn how to use Generator’s Roland GX24 vinyl cutter to import designs from vector graphic software and

cut an adhesive vinyl sheet, as well as tips for weeding, transfer and apply vinyl. After the basics, the class will cover tips for applying vinyl on walls, using a grid and a level to keep designs square, and scaling designs for mural-size application. Sat., Apr. 6, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Location: Generator, 40 Sears Ln., Burlington. Info: 5400761, generatorvt.com.

MAKE YOUR OWN PADDLE: In this class you will make a canoe paddle. You will choose your own design from several classic paddle shapes. You will learn the joy of shaping wood, primarily with hand tools. You will leave with a fully functional paddle, ready for the lake or river of your choosing. Thu., Mar. 21-Apr. 4, 6-9 p.m.

Location: Generator, 40 Sears Ln., Burlington. Info: 540-0761, generatorvt.com.

SKATE DECK: SKATEBOARD FAB 101: WOODSHOP 1 AND 2: You will construct your own shaped skateboard deck in Skateboard Fab 101, learn how to install trucks and wheels, and practice safe operation of the Generator woodshop in the process. You will receive training certifications 1 and 2 after demonstrating safe operations of a variety of woodshop tools, including sawstop table saw, radial arm saw, bandsaw, planer, joiner, drill press, stationary sander, and a series of powered and manual hand tools. We will create curved noses and tails in our decks using a hydraulic press so it will be easy to ride a manual all the way to the skate park! Mon., Apr. 22-May 13, 5:30-8 p.m. Location: Generator, 40 Sears Ln., Burlington. Info: 540-0761, generatorvt.com.

herbs HERBAL ROOTS APPRENTICESHIP: This apprenticeship-style program emphasizes hands-on, embodied learning and is ideal for the beginning herbal student. You will grow and harvest common herbs, prepare remedies and learn to use herbs to maintain health, as well as address common complaints safely and effectively. Weaving in history, energetic systems and health justice, this course offers students a comprehensive foundation in self and community care, along with a full kit of remedies to get you started on your path. Sun., Mar. 31-Nov. 3, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Cost: $2,500/210 hours. Location: Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism, 252 Main St., Montpelier. Info: 2247100, info@vtherbcenter.org, vtherbcenter.org.

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Meditation Center: Wed., 6-7 p.m.; Sun., 9 a.m.-noon. Free and open to anyone. Free public meditation: weeknights, 6-7 p.m.; Tue. and Thu., noon-1 p.m.; Sun., 9 a.m.-noon. Classes and retreats also offered. See our website at burlington.shambhala.org.

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

language ABSOLUMENT FRENCH CLASSES, WINGSPAN STUDIO: Spring Session gets underway soon! Join Madame Maggie for supportive, fun, inspiring classes. Options for pre-K, youth, adults. Summer camps online, too, combining the arts, nature, French. Adult French weekly on Thu., Apr. 4-May 23, $240; beginners: 5-6:30 p.m.; intermediate: 6:30-8 p.m. Youth FRART weekly on Mon., ongoing, $150/4 classes, ages 4-13. Pre-K FRART, weekly on Tue., Mar. 26Apr. 30, 10-11 a.m. $150. Adults, learn with your littles. Register online! Location: Wingspan Studio, 4A Howard St., Burlington. Info: 233-7676, maggiestandley@gmail. com, wingspanstudioeduc.com.

ANNOUNCING SPANISH CLASSES: Spanish classes start in March. Learn from a native speaker via small classes or personal instruction. You’ll always be participating and speaking.

Lesson packages for travelers.

Lessons for young children; they love it! English as Second Language instruction online.

Our 13th year. See our website or contact us for details. Starting week of March 25. Cost: $225/10 weekly classes of 90+ min. each.

Location: Spanish in Waterbury Center, Waterbury Center. Info: 585-1025, spanishparavos@gmail. com, spanishwaterburycenter.com.

martial arts VERMONT BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU: Brazilian jiujitsu is a martial arts combat style based entirely on leverage and technique. Brazilian jiujitsu self-defense curriculum is taught to Navy SEALs, CIA, FBI, military police and special forces.

No training experience required.

Easy-to-learn techniques that could save your life! Classes for men, women and children.

Students will learn realistic bully-proofing and self-defense life skills to avoid them becoming victims and help them feel safe and secure. Our sole purpose is to help empower people by giving them realistic martial arts training

practices they can carry with them throughout life. IBJJF and CBJJ certified black belt 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.

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, and yin-yang and fiveelement theory. Additionally, Western anatomy and physiology are taught. VSAC non-degree grants are available. FSMTB approved program. elementsofhealing.net. Starts Sep. 2019.

Cost: $6,000/625-hour program.

Location: Elements of Healing, 21 Essex Way, Suite 109, Essex Jct. Info: Scott Moylan, 288-8160, scott@elementsofhealing.net, elementsofhealing.net.

MINDFULNESS: STRESS REDUCTION: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction meditative practices to relieve stress and improve wellness. Secular, research-based, experiential, interactive, educational. MBSR is intended to build your capacity to be awake, alert and attentive to each moment and to improve your relationship to whatever arises. No prior experience meditating necessary. Wed., Apr. 3-May 22, 6-8:30 p.m. Cost: $420/ person for 8 2.5-hour classes & one all-day retreat 5/11. Location: Stillpoint Center, 7 Kilburn St. Suite 305, Burlington. Info: About Being, Roni Donnenfeld, 793-5073, aboutbeing@ronidonnenfeld.com, ronidonnenfeld.com.

photography SPRING IN VERMONT WORKSHOP: Spring in Vermont is one of the most magical times to be outdoors exploring the landscape with a camera.

The streams are full, leaves are bursting and the fields are exploding with green. During this intensive weekend photography workshop, we’ll explore and photograph some of the most

stunning Vermont landscapes.

Thu., May 30, 6:30-Sun., Jun. 2, 10:30 a.m. Cost: $995/weekend intensive photography workshop.

Location: Comfort Inn & Suites, Montpelier. Info: Green Mountain Photographic Workshops, Kurt Budliger, 272-5328, info@ kurtbudligerphotography.com, greenmtnphotoworkshops.com.

sports BEGINNING FENCING CLASSES: Try an exciting Olympic sport that develops strength, agility and mental focus. The Vermont Fencing Alliance offers recreational fencing and competitive training for ages 9 through adult in a supportive and friendly environment. Olympic sports are not just for Olympians! Next 10-week beginner course starts soon in Charlotte and Middlebury.

6:30-9 pm, Tue. in Charlotte or Wed. in Middlebury. Cost: $140/ person; incl. classes, equipment rental & club/association dues for 10-week course. Location: Charlotte Central School, Mary Hogan School (Middlebury), Charlotte, Middlebury. Info: Vermont Fencing Alliance, Viveka Fox, 759-2268, vfox@gmavt.net, vtfencingalliance.org.

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: 363-6890, snake-style.com.

LEARN TO MEDITATE: Taught by qualified meditation instructors at the Burlington Shambhala

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ADVANCED PREMIERE: This workshop provides an overview of the most-used features of Adobe Premiere. Learn how to configure the workspace, import and organize media, make edits and fine tune them to create a finished program. Also learn how to add music and adjust audio levels, add titles, and export your finished project. Call or register online. Fri., Mar. 15, 6-8 p.m.

Cost: $25/suggested donation.

Location: The Media Factory, 208 Flynn Ave., #2G, Burlington. Info: 651-9692, bit.ly/btvmediafactory.

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WBTV-LP’S GROW YOUR AUDIENCE: If you make a great show, but no one watches or listens, did it happen? We’ll share strategies for reaching new audiences and staying connected with your followers. Examples from WBTV-LP programmers will spark your own promotion plans.

Call or register online. Thu., Mar. 14 6-8 p.m. Cost: $25/suggested donation. Location: The Media Factory, 208 Flynn Ave., #2G, Burlington. Info: 651-9692, bit.ly/ btvmediafactory.

ayurveda WOMEN’S HEALTH & HORMONES WEEKEND WORKSHOP AND CLINICAL DAY: AN AYURVEDIC PERSPECTIVE: Instructor: Dr. Claudia Welch, DOM. 10 a.m.-1 p.m. & 2:30-4:30 p.m., Sat. & Sun. May 18-19. Optional clinical day for practitioners who would like to go deeper on Mon., May 20.

Cost: $275/both days; $108 for Mon. add-on clinic day. Location: Burlington, Vermont. Info: The Ayurvedic Center of Vermont, 8728898, ayurvedavermont.com/ classes/#claudia.

yoga EVOLUTION YOGA: Practice yoga in a down-to-earth atmosphere with some of the most experienced teachers and therapeutic professionals in Burlington.

Daily drop-in classes include $5 Community, Vinyasa, Kripalu, Yin, Meditation, Yoga Wall and Yoga Therapeutics led by physical therapists. Dive deeper into your practice with Yoga for Life, a semester-based program of unlimited yoga, weekend workshops and mentorship. Transform your career with our Yoga Teacher Training rooted in anatomy and physiology and taught by a faculty of healthcare providers who integrate yoga into their practices. $15/class; $140/10-class card; $5-10/community class.

Location: Evolution Yoga, 20 Kilburn St., Burlington. Info: 8649642, evolutionvt.com.

SANGHA STUDIO | NONPROFIT, DONATION-BASED YOGA: Sangha Studio builds an empowered community through the shared practice of yoga. Free yoga service initiatives and outreach programs are offered at 17 local organizations working with all ages.

Join Sangha in both downtown Burlington and the Old North End for one of their roughly 60 weekly classes and workshops. Become a Sustaining Member for $60/ month and practice as often as you like! Daily. Location: Sangha Studio, 120 Pine St. and 237 North Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: 448-4262, Info@sanghastudio.org, sanghastudio.org.

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s the old chestnut goes, history repeats itself. Or, in the oftmisquoted words of Spanish American philosopher George Santayana: “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” But what about those who do remember? For one local songwriter, echoes of Vermont’s political past are reverberating in the present.

In 2017, historical déjà vu inspired a unique musical project from Hinesburgbased singer-songwriter and piano tuner John Daly. Reminded of Matthew Lyon, an 18th-century Vermont congressman who founded the town of Fair Haven, Daly penned Spit’n Lyon: An Unsung Soldier’s Song. The full-blown pop-folk concept album is based on the statesman’s life.

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world. But Daly and a small band of associates bring Lyon’s tale vividly to life in painstaking detail, beginning with his origins in Ireland and continuing straight through his time as a Vermont congressman. Hardly a stuffy, Les Misérables-style demi-opera, Spit’n Lyon ingratiates itself with hook-focused, upbeat songwriting.

Indeed, its intent is to tell Lyon’s story, but it doesn’t sacrifice listening pleasure for historical accuracy.

Lyon was a staunch opponent of the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798. Those laws gave president John Adams the authority to detain and expel immigrants contributing to “the danger of the public peace or safety” and to “order such alien or aliens to be removed out of the territory of the United States.” Daly sees striking parallels between that legislation and the presentday political climate — in particular, President Donald Trump’s Muslim travel

ban, as well as the separation of migrant families at the U.S.-Mexico border.

“Part of the imperative of sharing this project is that we have been here before,” says Daly. “The president believes that he’s the judge of who is worthy to be in America.”

Lyon doesn’t have the name recognition of other Vermont patriots such as Ethan Allen — though Lyon was a member of Allen’s Green Mountain Boys militia. However, because of his contributions to American history, a portrait of the Irish immigrant does hang in the main hall of the Vermont Statehouse in Montpelier.

Lyon is most famous for being reelected to Congress while serving time for violating the Alien and Sedition Acts. Among other actions considered treasonous, he penned scathing indictments of Adams in his own newspaper, The Scourge of

Aristocracy and Repository of Important Political Truth.

“Adams had a zeal for monarchy, at least from Lyon’s perspective,” says Daly. “[Adams] would have people kneel down before speaking, and he’d say, ‘Rise and address his excellency.’”

Lyon also is noteworthy for casting the deciding vote in the election of 1800, which had fallen to the House of Representatives when the Electoral College resulted in a tie. His vote for Thomas Jefferson over Aaron Burr set in motion the decline of the Federalist Party.

“The guy’s story arc is absolutely unbelievable,” the songwriter says, citing Tom W. Campbell’s Two Fighters and Two Fines: Sketches of the Lives of Matthew Lyon and Andrew Jackson as his primary source material.

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Green Zone

St. Patrick’s Day is a-coming, and that means Irish music is popping up all over this week — particularly on the day in question, Sunday, March 17. I think I’ve made my feelings about the holiday clear in the past. For me, St. Paddy’s is like being trapped in a kelly-green drunk tank full of people who really, really need to tell you something super-duper important but can’t remember what it is, so instead they ask you to hold their beer, shot of Jameson and top hat while they go smoke a cigarette in the bathroom because it’s too cold outside.

Over and over and over.

Assuming you can stomach the Queen City’s drunken hordes in pursuit of seasonally appropriate tunes, here are a few key events you might want to check out. First of all, a no-brainer: Burlington’s Rí Rá Irish Pub & Whiskey Room hosts Paddy Fest 2019, a five-day marathon of Irish music and culture.

From Wednesday, March 13, to the emerald holy day itself, several bands set up shop: local Irish-Americana-reggae outfit the COUNTY DOWN on Wednesday; Vermont-based traditional Irish folk ensemble GREEN CORDUROY on Sunday; and Irish import the DIRTY NELLIES, whose mini-residency runs Thursday, March 14, through Sunday. The scene at Rí Rá can turn from pleasant and familyfriendly to wild and frat-tastic rather quickly, so be prepared.

SAMARA LARK BROWN hosts two Irish-y events at Radio Bean and Light Club Lamp Shop this weekend. The first is another incarnation of her tribute to the late DOLORES O’RIORDAN, lead singer of Irish rock group the CRANBERRIES. She pays her respects to the departed legend on Friday and mounts a special event focused on classic Irish shanties on Sunday, as well.

And then there’s the EVERYONE’S FAVORITE IRISH DRINKING SONGS BAND, which, full disclosure, features Seven Days art director Reverend DIANE SULLIVAN. But I must mention it because there’s really nothing else quite like it in the area. This saucy posse distributes songbooks and encourages audiences

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to wail along to drinking songs both traditional and modern, all while hurling out hot, buttery baked potatoes and various green sundries. (I scored a pretty dope nailbrush last year.) On Sunday, follow them from their midafternoon performance at Red Square over to Radio Bean for an early-evening encore.

As always, please exercise caution and restraint on the big day. If not for yourself, do it as a personal favor to me.

Doll Parts

About a year and a half ago, Middlebury College folk outfit IRON EYES CODY announced that they were officially ending. But the band coupled the proclamation with news that a new group, FEVER DOLLS, was to rise from its ashes. Co-front-person RENN MULLOY told Seven Days Days, “Fever Dolls feels boundless in a way that is really exciting. [We] aim to bring the ordinary to a level of fantasy and theater previously reserved for the extraordinary.”

That was back in September 2017. In the weeks and months that followed, Fever Dolls didn’t disappear, exactly.

They played some shows here and there.

But it was a rather sleepy 15 months or so before we saw exactly what Mulloy meant. And you can see for yourself on Saturday, March 16, when the band performs at Club Metronome in Burlington.

In late 2018, Fever Dolls released the KAYHL COOPERdirected video for their debut single, “Gennifer Flowers.”

The video’s retro-infomercial style, along with co-front-person EVAN ALLIS’ wildly unhinged performance, was a step toward fulfilling the theatrical vibe to which Bobby McFerrin Mulloy hinted. In February, the group released its second single and accompanying video, “Adeline.” Bigger and bolder than “Gennifer Flowers,”

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Falling Slowly Frequently, band names subconsciously convey some kind of meaning, stylistic bent or

underlying truth about a group’s music. But sometimes a moniker imparts a much more literal message of what to expect.

ARTSRIOT: Cinema Casualties presents ‘Bad Taste’ (film screening), 8 p.m., free.

Take Boston folk duo GENTLE TEMPER, for instance. The acoustic indie-folk outfit couldn’t have chosen a more precise name.

DELI 126: Bluegrass Jam, 8 p.m., free.

whisper. Catch Gentle Temper on Saturday, March 16, at the Light Club Lamp Shop in Burlington. COPILOT add support.

The pair dwells on the softer side of life with richly harmonic ballads — earnest tunes that rarely rise above a tender

HALF LOUNGE: Saint Nick and Jack Bandit (house, trap), 10 p.m., free.

JP’S PUB: Karaoke, 10 p.m., free.

JUNIPER: The Marty Fogel Quartet (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free.

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RED SQUARE BLUE ROOM: DJ KermiTT (eclectic), 10 p.m., $5.

REVELRY THEATER: Junk Island (standup, improv), 9:30 p.m., $7.

LINCOLNS: Joe Percy (singersongwriter), 9:30 p.m., free.

RÍ RÁ IRISH PUB & WHISKEY ROOM: The Dirty Nellies (Irish), 6 p.m., free. DJ Two Rivers (hits), 10 p.m., free.

MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Open Mic with Andy Lugo, 9 p.m., free.

NECTAR’S: Kendall Street Company, the Schroons (jam), 8:30 p.m., free/$5. 18+.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Nina’s Brew (blues, roots), 8 p.m., free.

RADIO BEAN: Bishop LaVey (singer-songwriter), 8:30 p.m., free. Midweek Mosaic (jam), 10 p.m., $5.

VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Sam Morrill, Carmen Lagala (standup), 7 & 9:30 p.m., $20/27.

RED SQUARE: DJ KermiTT (eclectic), 9 p.m., free. DJ SVPPLY (hip-hop), 11 p.m., free.

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BACKSTAGE PUB & RESTAURANT: Karaoke with Jenny Red, 9 p.m., free.

RÍ RÁ IRISH PUB & WHISKEY ROOM: The County Down (traditional Irish, Americana), 7 p.m., free.

THE DOUBLE E LOUNGE AT ESSEX EXPERIENCE: Front Porch Foursome (folk), 7 p.m., free.

SIDEBAR: Godfather Karaoke, 10 p.m., free.

CITY SPORTS GRILLE: Interactive Video Trivia with Top Hat Entertainment, 7:30 p.m., free.

THE DOUBLE E LOUNGE AT ESSEX EXPERIENCE: Burlington Songwriters (singer-songwriter), 6:30 p.m., free.

MONKEY HOUSE: Sead, Rangus, the Rental Manager (rock), 8:30 p.m., free/$3. 18+.

THE OLD POST: Karaoke with D Jay Baron, 8 p.m., free.

STONE CORRAL BREWERY: Open Mic Night, 8 p.m., free.

barre/montpelier

BAGITOS BAGEL AND BURRITO CAFÉ: Red Clay (jazz), 6 p.m., free.

SWEET MELISSA’S: D. Davis (acoustic), 5:30 p.m., donation.

stowe/smuggs

MOOGS PLACE: Trivia Night, 6:30 p.m., free. Chris Lyon (singersongwriter), 8 p.m., free.

mad river valley/ waterbury

ZENBARN: Wednesday Night Dead (Grateful Dead tribute), 7 p.m., free.

middlebury area CITY LIMITS NIGHT CLUB: Karaoke, 9 p.m., free.

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NECTAR’S: Seth Yacovone (solo acoustic blues), 7 p.m., free. Grippo Funk Band, DJ Cranky, 9 p.m., $7.

RED SQUARE: Usual Suspects (rock), 4 p.m., free. Long Arm Rex (reggae, jam), 7 p.m., $5. DJ Craig Mitchell (open format), 11 p.m., $5.

LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Irish Sessions (traditional), 7 p.m., free. Radio Bean Spotlight Series featuring Ivamae (soul, folk), 9:30 p.m., free.

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MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: DJ SVPPLY (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.

RADIO BEAN: Friday Morning Sing-Along with Linda Bassick & Friends (kids’ music), 11 a.m., free. Amy Mantis (rock), 8:30 p.m., free. Hambone, the Human Being (neo-soul), 10 p.m., $5.

LEUNIG’S BISTRO & CAFÉ: Mike Martin and Geoff Kim (jazz), 7 p.m., free.

VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Open Mic, 7 p.m., free. March Madness: Round 2 (improv), 8:30 p.m., $5.

LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Flynn: The Myra Flynn Band (neo-soul), 7 p.m., $10. Ode to O’Riordan: the Cranberries Tributes, 9 p.m., $5-10. DJ Taka (eclectic vinyl), 11 p.m., $5.

champlain islands/ northwest

TWIGGS — AN AMERICAN GASTROPUB: Blues Jam with Tom Caswell, 7 p.m., free.

northeast kingdom PARKER PIE CO.: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.

outside vermont

MONOPOLE: Open Mic with Lucid, 10 p.m., free.

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CLUB METRONOME: Bombino, Dead Messengers (rock, world music), 7:30 p.m., $20/25.

DRINK: Downstairs Comedy Open Mic, 8 p.m., free.

FINNIGAN’S PUB: DJ Craig Mitchell (open format), 10 p.m., free.

HALF LOUNGE: DJ SVPPLY & Bankz (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.

JP’S PUB: Karaoke, 10 p.m., free.

LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Shane Hardiman Trio (jazz), 8:30 p.m., $5. Light Club Jazz Sessions and Showcase, 10:30 p.m., free.

NECTAR’S: Trivia Mania, 7 p.m., free. The Melting Nomads, Ponder (jam), 9 p.m., free/$5. 18+.3

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RADIO BEAN: Benjamin and Lev (singer-songwriter), 7 p.m., free.

Brittany Cummings (singersongwriter), 8:30 p.m., free. The Devon McGarry Band (rock), 10:30 p.m., free.

RED SQUARE: DJ A-RA$ (open format), 6 p.m., free. D Jay Baron (mashup, hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.

RED SQUARE BLUE ROOM: DJ Cre8 (open format), 10 p.m., free.

MONKEY HOUSE: Selector Sets: Bring Your Own Vinyl (open decks), 7:30 p.m., free.

THE OLD POST: Salsa Night with DJ JP, 7 p.m., free.

ON TAP BAR & GRILL: The Lebowski Trio (blues-rock), 7 p.m., free.

barre/montpelier

REVELRY THEATER: Open Mic, 6:45 p.m., free.

BAGITOS BAGEL AND BURRITO CAFÉ: Old Time Music Session (traditional), 6 p.m., free.

RÍ RÁ IRISH PUB & WHISKEY ROOM: The Dirty Nellies (Irish), 6 p.m., free.

GUSTO’S: Scott Campbell (Irish fiddle), 5 p.m., free. DJ Bay 6 (hits), 8 p.m., free.

SIDEBAR: Comrade Nixon, Augrah, Black Axe, Tetsuo, Sachem (punk), 10 p.m., $3.

stowe/smuggs

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Eben Schumacher (singer-songwriter), 6 p.m., free.

TAP 25: Jacob Green (singersongwriter), 7 p.m., free.

VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Sam Morrill, Carmen Lagala (standup), 7 p.m., $15.

chittenden county

BACKSTAGE PUB & RESTAURANT: Trivia, 8 p.m., free.

THE DOUBLE E LOUNGE AT ESSEX EXPERIENCE: Jam Nation (open jam), 7:30 p.m., free.

MOOGS PLACE: Open Mic Night, 8:30 p.m., free.

mad river valley/ waterbury

LOCALFOLK SMOKEHOUSE: Open Mic with Alex Budney, 8:30 p.m., free.

rutland/killington

northeast kingdom HIGHLAND LODGE: Trivia Night, 6:30 p.m., free.

PARKER PIE CO.: Val Davis (singersongwriter), 7 p.m., free.

outside vermont

OLIVE RIDLEY’S: Karaoke with DJ Jon Berry & DJ Coco, 9 p.m., free.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (HANOVER): Pete’s Posse (bluegrass, old-time), 7 p.m., free.

FRI.15

burlington

ARTSRIOT: How About Some Hygge?! featuring Chazzy Lake and Francesca Blanchard (indie), 7 p.m., free.

BLEU NORTHEAST SEAFOOD: James Harvey (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free.

BURLINGTON ST. JOHN’S CLUB: Karaoke, 8:30 p.m., free.

CLUB METRONOME: No Ordinary Love with Moochie (R&B), 10 p.m., $5.

PICKLE BARREL NIGHTCLUB: Live at the Fillmore: Allman Brothers Tribute, 8 p.m., $12.72/15.90.

HALF LOUNGE: J’Beau (R&B, electro-pop), 8 p.m., free. David Chief (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.

THE WOBBLY BARN STEAKHOUSE: Bow Thayer (folk), 8 p.m., free.

JP’S PUB: Karaoke, 10 p.m., free.

JUNIPER: Eric George (folk, country), 9 p.m., free.

HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: Dead Sessions (Grateful Dead tribute), 9 p.m., $7/12.

MONKEY HOUSE: Dark Star Project (Grateful Dead tribute), 5 p.m., free. Batter, Grease Face, Plains (punk), 9 p.m., $3/8. 18+.

THE OLD POST: Phil Abair Band (rock), 9 p.m., free.

ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Leno, Young & Cheney (rock), 5 p.m., free.

STONE CORRAL BREWERY: Wylie Shipman (singer-songwriter), 8 p.m., free.

WATERWORKS FOOD + DRINK: DJ Fattie B (open format), 9 p.m., free.

barre/montpelier

BAGITOS BAGEL AND BURRITO CAFÉ: Dave Loughran (singersongwriter), 6 p.m., free.

GUSTO’S: Joe Sabourin (folk-rock), 5 p.m., free. My Mother’s Moustache (folk-rock, Irish), 9 p.m., free.

MULLIGAN’S IRISH PUB: Michael Stridsberg (singer-songwriter), 7 p.m., free.

SWEET MELISSA’S: Honky Tonk Happy Hour with Mark LeGrand, 5:30 p.m., free.

stowe/smuggs

EL TORO: Carol Hausner and Mark Struhsacker (bluegrass), 7 p.m., free.

MOOGS PLACE: John Lackard Blues Band, 9 p.m., free.

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the new Cooper-directed clip featured choreography, coordinated outfits and a dreamlike sense of whimsy. It also included a rather crowded bathtub party. It seems Fever Dolls are finally living up to that extraordinary 2017 proclamation.

“Suffice it to say, we’ve grown more in the last year than I ever could have imagined,” Allis writes in an email to Seven Days, noting that the group was “nowhere near ready to pull this concept off the way we wanted” in 2017.

He explains that, since the initial unveiling of the group at the Otis Mountain Get Down, the band has continued to grow, change and solidify.

The members even scrapped an album, which is why it took more than a year for any new music to surface. Scaling down to a hearty five-piece, the group is now fully locked in with members Allis, Mulloy, DAN FULLAM and ELLEN DEGENERATES’ MITCHELL PARISH and ERIK BENEPE. Based on the strength of the dancerock “Gennifer Flowers” and popAmericana “Adeline,” I’d wager that Fever Dolls have an arsenal of catchyas-hell tunes awaiting release. Hopefully we won’t have to wait another 15 months to hear more.

Be Happy, Lady Marmalade

Music festival updates: New artists have been added to both the Burlington Discover Jazz Festival and the Waking Windows festival in Winooski. A cappella maverick BOBBY MCFERRIN and “Lady Marmalade” singer PATTI

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MainStage during the festival’s opening weekend. McFerrin performs on Friday, May 31, while LaBelle drops in on Sunday, June 2.

Meanwhile, seven new acts have been announced as part of the evergrowing indie music fest in Winooski: rock and rollers POST ANIMAL, indiepop singer-songwriter MIRAH, art-rock ensemble GUERILLA TOSS, sad-folk singersongwriter LOMELDA, post-punk outfit ACID DAD, psych-rock quartet HERE LIES MAN, and R&B-funk powerhouse duo the APX. That last act, if you recall, had the honor of closing out last year’s Waking Windows. Check out sevendaysvt.com to read our May 2018 interview with the Atlanta-based couple.

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The Melting Nomads, Root Shock SATURDAY, MARCH 23 ZENBARN, WATERBURY CENTER

Vermont Jazz Ensemble w/s/g Joe Davidian SUNDAY, MARCH 24 ZENBARN, WATERBURY CENTER

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POLYDRIVE, “By Design” THE NORMAL, “Warm Leatherette” THE FAINT, “Desperate Guys” LADYHAWKE, “Magic” THE PIPETTES, “Pull Shapes”

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TAP 25: George Petit’s Groovy Trio (jazz), 7 p.m., free.

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middlebury area

CITY LIMITS NIGHT CLUB: The Dirty Looks Band (rock), 9:30 p.m., free.

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PICKLE BARREL NIGHTCLUB: Gypsy Wisdom (covers), 8 p.m., $10-20.

champlain islands/ northwest

THU 21 | FRI 22 | SAT 23

TWIGGS — AN AMERICAN GASTROPUB: Cooie Sings (Americana), 7 p.m., free.

randolph/royalton

BABES BAR: Karaoke, 7 p.m., free.

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MONOPOLE DOWNSTAIRS: Happy Hour Tunes & Trivia with Gary Peacock, 5 p.m., free.

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THE SKINNY PANCAKE (HANOVER): Christine Malcolm and Chris Lyon (folk), 7 p.m., free.

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ARTSRIOT: Junior League Masquerade featuring Maple Street Six (jazz), 9 p.m., $15-25.

BLEU NORTHEAST SEAFOOD: Beerworth, Glass and Flinn (jazz), 3/11/19 10:32 AM 8:30 p.m., free.

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CLUB METRONOME: Fever Dolls, Clever Girls, Wild Leek River (indie), 9 p.m., $5.

DELI 126: Reid Parsons (singersongwriter), 9:30 p.m., free.

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HALF LOUNGE: Cole Davidson (folkrock), 8 p.m., free. JFear (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.

JP’S PUB: Karaoke, 10 p.m., free.

NECTAR’S: Ryan Fauber (singersongwriter), 7 p.m., free. Beg, Steal or Borrow, 14 Strings (Pappy & Gordon Stone Trio) (bluegrass), 9 p.m., $5.

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ALL THEM WITCHES

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punchier than ever on their 2018 album, ATW. The Nashville, Tenn., group perpetually laces Southern grit into its blues-infused brand of alternative rock. Though still plenty rough around the edges, the band’s latest effort glistens with refinement and showcases a wide breadth of stylistic mastery. Formerly a quartet, the trio blends heady psychedelia with soulful, dirty rock throughout the record, shifting from plodding and menacing to feverish and giddy. All Them Witches perform on Tuesday, March 19, at the Higher Ground Showcase Lounge in South Burlington. PLAGUE VENDOR open.

JUNIPER: Erin Cassels-Brown (indie folk), 9 p.m., free.

LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Gentle Temper, Copilot (indie folk), 7:30 p.m., $5. DJ Taka (eclectic vinyl), 11 p.m., $5.

wheeling

Dark Magic Seven years after their inception,

RADIO BEAN: Tim Stout (pop-rock), 7 p.m., free. James Harvey (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free. Anti-Fascist Bash featuring Kombucha Mushroom People, Marxist Jargon, I Love You!, the Path (rock), 10 p.m., $5.

RED SQUARE: Left Eye Jump (blues), 3 p.m., free. Matt Cappy (jazz), 7 p.m., $5.

Mashtodon (open format), 11 p.m., $5.

RED SQUARE BLUE ROOM: DJ Raul (salsa, reggaeton), 6 p.m., free. DJ ATAK (open format), 11 p.m., $5.

REVELRY THEATER: Boom City (improv), 7:30 p.m., $7. Late Night with Thelma Forbanks (sketch comedy, standup), 9:30 p.m., $7.

RÍ RÁ IRISH PUB & WHISKEY ROOM: St. Andrews Pipe Band (Irish), 4 p.m., free. The Dirty Nellies (Irish), 6 p.m., free. DJ C-Low (hits), 10 p.m., free.

SIDEBAR: DJ SVPPLY (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Erin Go Bragh, Yanks in the Attic (Irish), 8 p.m., donation.

STONE CORRAL BREWERY: The Brevity Thing (rock, folk), 8:30 p.m., free.

SMITTY’S PUB: Kyle Stevens (singersongwriter), 8 p.m., free.

barre/montpelier

mad river valley/ waterbury

CASTLEROCK PUB: Kind Bud’s Kind Dubs (acoustic), 3 p.m., free.

VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Good Clean Fun! (family-friendly improv), 5 p.m., $5. Sam Morrill, Carmen Lagala (standup), 7 & 9:30 p.m., $20/27.

BAGITOS BAGEL AND BURRITO CAFÉ: Irish Session, 2 p.m., donation.

ZENBARN: Stinky Boots String Band (Americana), 9 p.m., $5.

BUCH SPIELER RECORDS: Community DJ Series (vinyl DJs), 3 p.m., free.

middlebury area

chittenden county

SWEET MELISSA’S: Lilith (singersongwriter), 6 p.m., free. Metamorph & Nechromancer (electronic), 9 p.m., $5.

THE DOUBLE E LOUNGE AT ESSEX EXPERIENCE: The Dog Catchers (blues), 7 p.m., free.

HIGHER GROUND BALLROOM: The Kids Are Alright featuring James Kochalka Superstar, A2VT, Swale, DJ Djoeh (rock), 12:30 p.m., $5-12.

MONKEY HOUSE: DJ CRWD CTRL (open format), 10 p.m., free.

THE OLD POST: Saturday Night Mega Mix featuring DJ Colby Stiltz (open format), 9 p.m., free.

ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Lokey (rock), 5 p.m., free. Revolver (rock), 9 p.m., free.

stowe/smuggs

EL TORO: Stefani Capizzi (folk), 7 p.m., free.

CITY LIMITS NIGHT CLUB: DJ Earl (hits), 9 p.m., free.

TOWN HALL THEATER: Vermont Comedy All-Stars with Tina Friml (standup), 7:30 p.m., $15/20.

rutland/killington

MOOGS PLACE: The Max Weaver All Stars (Americana), 9 p.m., free.

PICKLE BARREL NIGHTCLUB: Gypsy Wisdom (covers), 8 p.m., $10-20.

TAP 25: Church Restoration Project (Americana), 7 p.m., free.

champlain islands/ northwest

TRES AMIGOS & RUSTY NAIL STAGE: Sticks & Stones (rock), 9 p.m., $5/10/130.

TWIGGS — AN AMERICAN GASTROPUB: Eric George (Americana), 7 p.m., free.

PARK PLACE TAVERN: Karaoke, 9:30 p.m., free.

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Writing for British online music mag the Quietus, author Alex Ogg concluded that the term post-punk was a “hopelessly inadequate umbrella term.” He was reacting to author Simon Reynolds’ assessment of the genre in his 2005 tome Rip It Up and Start Again, a sort of post-punk Bible.

Ogg is probably correct.

Post-punk music can sound like new wave, industrial, or any other countless micro-genres that popped up in the late ’70s and ’80s. Practically the only thing consistent across post-punk’s biodiversity is an energy, or perhaps an unspoken stylistic ethos to deconstruct pop

Thomas L. Read, What Story?

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Thomas L. (“Larry”) Read’s chamber compositions on What Story? evoke a kaleidoscopic range of emotion from one moment to the next.

Not that they flit about unaccountably. Instead, each piece leads the listener down a path whose every curve is unexpected.

Read’s works typically end in a definitive final gesture, but he also likes to play with expectations, as in the album’s opening track. “What Story Awaits Its End,” for flute, clarinet and piano, is a series of six very different, brief movements, each truncated unexpectedly in mid-phrase until the final one achieves a peaceful closure.

Read took inspiration from the

conventions and smash them back together with experimental flair. Or something. It’s art, not an exact science.

Burlington’s Roost are a prime local example of the post-punk doctrine. On Self-Titled, the trio of vocalist/multiinstrumentalist Zack Schuster, bassist Mike Harris and drummer Everett Renderer present six bristling tracks of oddball funk-punk bangers.

The songs on the Eric Maier-produced SelfTitled land somewhere between the abrasive ecstasy of the Normal’s herky-jerky “Warm Leatherette” and Nitzer Ebb’s demonic dancefloor sashay “Control I’m Here.” Think ice-cold synths and fouron-the-floor beats tempered with rich, golden guitar and bass riffs.

Schuster mostly opts for his own brand of sprechstimme — that is, a vocal style that’s more spoken than sung. His delivery, combined with frequently prickly instrumentation, is reminiscent of the Nails’ “88 Lines About 44 Women.” But Schuster has far more attitude than Marc Campbell did. It’s as if he’s found the perfect drug cocktail to be loose and sassy but also totally deliberate: half an Ativan, a strong old fashioned and a few puffs of White Widow, perhaps.

Schuster rattles off stream-ofconsciousness lyrics that often seem like they’re coming to him in the moment.

Rambling non sequiturs glide over surging synths and clacks of cowbell on “Lazy Tongue.”

“Honey” is an erotic fantasy set in a gas station (“Gas station lady / why you always trying to call me baby … I could stick my fingers right in your mouth

… I know what I’m doing”). Its airy, quickened pace drops off for a leisurely, slacker-rock detour before returning to brittle dance-punk.

Mid-tempo “Butch Cassidy” closes the record with disco-goth vigor. “You told me three secrets / Well, they were all lies / Take those lemons that you squeeze / Place them right in your eyes,” Schuster moans. Suddenly, an otherworldly scream sends the song into a perpetual groove before sliding into a double-time, psychedelic freak-out.

Roost establish themselves as a substantial creative force on Self-Titled.

The sharp contrast between Schuster’s rounded baritone, with its unwavering phlegmatic quality, and the EP’s undulating instrumentation make for a delightfully volatile combination.

Listen to Self-Titled at roost. bandcamp.com.

similarly structured genre-breaking novel If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler,

by Italo Calvino. The 15-minute piece’s surprises include twists within each movement, ranging from lyrical flute hovering over David Feurzeig’s shimmering piano to aggressively atonal lines played by all three instruments in unison.

Like the novel, the work’s effect is virtuosic.

The composer taught in the music department of the University of Vermont for more than 40 years — for 23 of those, he organized an annual university symposium on contemporary music.

He is now a professor emeritus. Recorded between 2006 and 2017, What Story? is Read’s 13th album.

These works must have been a gratifying challenge for the group of prominent Vermont musicians assembled to play them. Performers include Vermont Contemporary Music

Ensemble founder and artistic director Steven Klimowski, who plays clarinet and bass clarinet on the album; flutist Laurel Ann Maurer, who founded and directs Vermont Virtuosi; pianists Elaine Greenfield, Claire Black and Feurzeig — the latter is also a composer whose newest album was recently reviewed here; Elizabeth LeBlanc on clarinet and bass clarinet; Rachael Elliott on bassoon; and Berta Frank on flute and piccolo.

Paintings inspired the next two compositions. Works by Titian and Nicolas Poussin, Read writes in his liner notes led to “Concert Champêtre,” whose French title means “Pastoral Concert.” The only work without winds, the guitar-cello duo opens with the cello in a range so high it sounds more like a Theremin. But the work quickly downshifts into a lyrical theme evoking, perhaps, regret, before diving into an interlude of percussive tapping and plucking of — seemingly — both instruments. The piece, played by guitarist Aaron Larget-Kaplan and cellist Rafael Popper-Keizer, premiered in St. Petersburg, Russia, in 2014.

The winds sextet “Benificent Shadow” owes inspiration to paintings

by Balthus and that master of inscrutable shadows, Giorgio de Chirico. The first of two distinctly different movements, “Andantino,” explores syncopated rhythms which are precisely delivered in unison in a final section. The second, “Molto Vivace,” is lighter and more condensed, spinning through seven sections in rondo form.

In the album’s last piece, “A Watch in the Night,” for clarinet, bass clarinet and piano, Read sheds his penchant for surprising turns. The meditative and not unhopeful work memorializes the 9/11 tragedy. It opens with a lyrical and expressive melody on the piano that is soon taken up by the bass clarinet but is then gently dismantled. An ending refers obliquely to that initial melody before drawing to a soft close — a soothing end to a creatively packed album.

What Story? is available at CD Baby and Amazon.

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THE ENGINE ROOM: Karaoke with Light Show Joe, 8 p.m., free.

WED.20 // ANDY FRASCO & THE U.N. [BLUES-ROCK, POP]

SUN.17

burlington

HALF LOUNGE: Comedy Showcase (standup), 8 p.m., free. Open Decks, 10 p.m., free.

LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Viking Moses, Eastern Mountain Time, Wren Kitz (indie), 8 p.m., free.

NECTAR’S: Mi Yard Reggae Night with DJs Big Dog and Jahson, 9 p.m., free.

RADIO BEAN: Pete Sutherland and Tim Stickle’s Old Time Session (traditional), 1 p.m., free. Sammy Shamrock Sings Your Favorite Shanties, 5 p.m., free. Everybody’s Favorite Irish Drinking Songs Band, 6:30 p.m., free. FISO, DJ Bhoneycombs, Diiirty, Mantis, Altar Ego (hiphop), 10 p.m., free.

RED SQUARE: Everybody’s Favorite Irish Drinking Songs Band, 3 p.m., free. Flux Capacitor (rock), 6 p.m., free. Mashtodon (open format), 10 p.m., free.

Goof Balls If you browse

ANDY FRASCO’s Instagram account, there’s a brief smattering of things you’ll

see: the Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter dunking a basketball while crowd-surfing, Photoshopped images

RED SQUARE BLUE ROOM: DJ Cre8 (open format), 6 p.m., free. DJ Kata and DJ A-RA$ (open format), 10 p.m., free.

of the artist riding atop grizzly and polar bears, and a clip of him smoking a pipe the size of a ukulele. But most frequently, you’ll see shots of Frasco and his band, the U.N., having as much fun as humanly possible. The group’s

RÍ RÁ IRISH PUB & WHISKEY ROOM: Green Corduroy (Irish), 11 a.m., free. The Dirty Nellies (Irish), 5 p.m., free.

giddy blend of gospel-tinged, happy-go-lucky blues-rock elicits an unabashed euphoria, onstage and off. Check out Andy Frasco & the U.N. on Wednesday, March 20, at Nectar’s in Burlington, with support from WILD ADRIATIC.

RUBEN JAMES: Karaoke, 10 p.m., free.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Bluegrass Brunch, noon, free.

VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: March Madness: Round 2 (improv), 7 p.m., $5.

chittenden county

MISERY LOVES CO.: Disco Brunch with DJ Craig Mitchell, 11 a.m., free.

barre/montpelier

BAGITOS BAGEL AND BURRITO CAFÉ: Eric Friedman (folk), 11 a.m., free.

SWEET MELISSA’S: Live Band Karaoke, 8 p.m., donation.

stowe/smuggs

MOOGS PLACE: Dead Sessions Lite (Grateful Dead tribute), 9 p.m., $7.

MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Karaoke, 9:30 p.m., free.

RADIO BEAN: Art Herttua and Ray Caroll (jazz), 6:30 p.m., free.

Cardboard Rocketship (folk), 8:30 p.m., free. Dogs That Know They’re Dogs (folk-rock), 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), 7 p.m., free.

stowe/smuggs

MOOGS PLACE: Seth Yacovone, 7 p.m.

TAP 25: John WIlson (a cappella), 7 p.m., free.

TUE.19

MON.18

HALF LOUNGE: DJ Prettyboi (edm, hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.

burlington

HALF LOUNGE: Partners in Grime: Saint Nick and Jack Bandit (house, trap), 10 p.m., free.

LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Lamp Shop Lit Club (open reading), 7 p.m., free. Open Circuit: Backline (full-band open mic), 9 p.m., free.

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LEUNIG’S BISTRO & CAFÉ: Queen City Hot Club (gypsy jazz), 7 p.m., free.

LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Grup Anwar (classical Arabic), 7:30 p.m., free. Ryan Ober (singersongwriter), 9 p.m., free.

LINCOLNS: Laugh Shack with Peter Revello (standup), 8:30 p.m., free.

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MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Wonderkid (singer-songwriter), 9:30 p.m., free.

NECTAR’S: Dark Star Project Dead Set Takeover (Grateful Dead tribute), 9 p.m., $5.

RADIO BEAN: Erica B and Drea T (folk, dream pop), 5:30 p.m., free.

Monteagle, Swimming Bell (folk), 7 p.m., free. Honky Tonk Tuesday with Ponyhustle, 10 p.m., $5.

SIDEBAR: Seth Yacovone (blues), 7 p.m., free. Ron Stoppable (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Ukulele Kids with Joe Beaird (sing-along), 9:30 a.m., free.

chittenden county HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: All Them Witches, Plague Vendor (rock), 8 p.m., $15/18.

MONKEY HOUSE: Pinkwrench, the Onlys, Sleeping In (indie), 8:30 p.m., $3/8. 18+.

ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Trivia with Top Hat Entertainment, 7 p.m., free.

WATERWORKS FOOD + DRINK: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.

barre/montpelier

LEUNIG’S BISTRO & CAFÉ: Paul Asbell Trio (jazz), 7 p.m., free.

STONE CORRAL BREWERY: Trivia Night, 7:30 p.m., free.

barre/montpelier

stowe/smuggs

LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Irish Sessions (traditional), 7 p.m., free. Radio Bean Spotlight Series featuring Nico Suave (rock), 9:30 p.m., free.

CHARLIE-O’S WORLD FAMOUS: Karaoke with DJ Vociferous, 9:30 p.m., free.

MOOGS PLACE: Django Soulo (singer-songwriter), 7:30 p.m., free.

middlebury area

HATCH 31: Kelly Ravin and Friends (country), 7 p.m., free.

northeast kingdom

HARDWICK STREET CAFÉ AT THE HIGHLAND CENTER FOR THE ARTS: Trivia Tuesdays, 6:30 p.m., free.

outside vermont

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (HANOVER): Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.

WED.20 burlington

HALF LOUNGE: IANU (EDM, house), 10 p.m., free.

MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Open Mic with Andy Lugo, 9 p.m., free.

NECTAR’S: Andy Frasco & the U.N., Wild Adriatic (blues-rock, pop), 7:30 p.m., $10.

RADIO BEAN: Eben Schumacher (singer-songwriter), 7 p.m., free.

Pen Palindrome (indie rock), 8:30 p.m., free. Midweek Mosaic (jam), 10 p.m., $5.

RED SQUARE: DJ KermiTT (eclectic), 9 p.m., free. DJ SVPPLY (hip-hop), 11 p.m., free.

SIDEBAR: Godfather Karaoke, 10 p.m., free.

VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Open Mic, 7 p.m., free. March Madness: Round 3 (improv), 8:30 p.m., $5.

chittenden county

CITY SPORTS GRILLE: Interactive Video Trivia with Top Hat Entertainment, 7:30 p.m., free.

JP’S PUB: Karaoke, 10 p.m., free.

MONKEY HOUSE: FUNGKSHUI (jam), 8 p.m., $3/8. 18+.

JUNIPER: The Ray Vega Quartet (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free.

THE OLD POST: Karaoke with D Jay Baron, 8 p.m., free.

SWEET MELISSA’S: D. Davis (acoustic), 5:30 p.m., donation.

stowe/smuggs

MOOGS PLACE: Trivia Night, 6:30 p.m., free. Abby Sherman (folk), 8 p.m., free.

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ZENBARN: Wednesday Night Dead (Grateful Dead tribute), 7 p.m., free.

middlebury area CITY LIMITS NIGHT CLUB: Karaoke, 9 p.m., free.

HATCH 31: Rough Cut Blues Jam, 7 p.m., free.

northeast kingdom PARKER PIE CO.: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.

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MONOPOLE: Open Mic with Lucid, 10 p.m., free.

LUKE AWTRY

PART OF THE IMPERATIVE OF SHARING THIS PROJECT IS

THAT WE HAVE BEEN HERE BEFORE. J O H N D ALY

Lyon’s Roar « P.66 Daly says he typically writes quickly, particularly for his own group, the John Daly Band.

“If it’s a three-minute song, it took me three minutes and 20 seconds to write,” he explains. “The 20 seconds was me trying to find the pen.”

Spit’n Lyon, however, was a different beast.

“I was expecting [to write] one or two songs,” says Daly. “Instead, it was five days of sleepless, manic composition.

Most of the [album] came within a fouror five-day period. It was crazy.”

The project was so consuming that Daly says he went as far as to dress in period clothing and work by candlelight with a homemade quill.

Though the bulk of his writing was a solo endeavor, Daly enlisted friends as major contributors: St. Louis-based producer Greg Goldman and Hinesburgbased teacher and musical theater expert Niel Maurer. On the project’s website, which overflows with historical text, Daly, Goldman and Maurer are listed respectively as “legislative, executive and judicial” — a cheeky nod to the three branches of government.

Maurer helped flesh out Daly’s song sketches by fine-tuning chord progressions and adding bridges where appropriate. He also helped Daly approach the album from a musical theater perspective.

“Typically, when you no longer have words to say in a musical, that’s when you sing,” says Maurer. Though Spit’n Lyon has no dialogue, Maurer says it was important for the project to “be mindful of where that threshold is.”

Goldman played every instrument heard and also helped streamline Daly’s song sketches from his St. Louis studio.

The result is a cohesive and dynamic 30-track album, outfitted with guitar, bass, drums, and a heavy smattering of synth and other MIDI sounds. Stylistically, it touches on traditional Irish folk (“Ireland 1750”), progressive pop (“The

King Owns This Tree”), smooth R&B (“Hold My Tea”), grunge-rock (“Marshall Fitch”), psych-pop (“Tree of Democracy”) and straight-up musical theater territory (“Freedom Is the Child”).

Most of the lyrics are from Daly’s imagination, but some were lifted directly from history. For instance, the meter of “Porcupine Press / Rags” and certain lyrics came directly from language used in a newspaper ad Lyon placed during a colonial linen shortage.

Daly’s ultimate vision for Spit’n Lyon is to turn it into a nonprofit traveling performance geared to Vermont schools.

On February 27, a crowd of about 70 got a taste of what that might look like when Daly played selections of the album in the House chamber at the Vermont Statehouse.

Wearing period garb, Daly sang alongside guitarist and John Daly Band member Dennis Derryberry, bassist Dan Bishop and special guest vocalist Corinne Mertz. Between songs, Derryberry acted as narrator, reading bits of Lyon’s speeches and other historical writings.

Amid the chamber’s warm lighting and resonant acoustics, Daly indubitably looked the part, sporting breeches, a doublet and a tricorn hat.

Daly cites one particular modern politician who reminds him of Lyon, at least in terms of speaking truth to power: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). Sanders might well be flattered by the comparison — in 2006, he fought to have Lyon’s name attached to the Fair Haven post office.

Ultimately, Daly sees Lyon’s tale as inspiration for how to fight injustice in 2019 and a reminder that political crookedness is “something we have not outgrown as a species.”

Says Daly: “This story is an example of the corruption of power and standing up to it.” m Contact: jordan@sevendaysvt.com

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“Rebecca Weisman: Skin Ego,” BCA Center B Y RA CHEL ELI ZA B ET H JONES

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t’s not often that you get to watch videos from inside the belly of a whale.

For the Old Testament’s Jonah, the stomach of the “giant fish” who swallowed him was a safe haven of salvation and prayer. For Richmond-based artist Rebecca Weisman, a whale’s caverns, skin and viscera become the site of a prolonged investigation of surface, interior and what it means to have a body.

In 2013, Weisman stumbled across an online photo that captivated her: a dead finback whale washed up on the southern coast of Ireland. At her recent artist talk at the BCA Center in conjunction with her show “Skin Ego,” she described the image: A man in rubber and neon fisherman’s workwear incised the massive animal, spilling its guts out onto the sand. Weisman recalled being entranced by the shapes, colors and textures in the picture; she printed it out and put it up on her wall.

“I sat with the mystery of this image for some time,” she said, “trying to get beneath [its] surface.”

Ultimately, looking was not enough. “I decided to reenact the image,” Weisman said. “I wanted to feel that moment of rupture.”

So, for the past six years, the artist has worked to reconstruct her chosen scene, engaging simultaneously with heavy theoretical inquiry and the practical challenges of making a facsimile of a rotting whale carcass. In her talk, Weisman noted that she allowed curiosity to draw her forward, not knowing where her process would take her.

“It’s an unfortunate situation,” she said, “that we find ourselves needing to understand something before it’s created.”

Sparse in presentation, her exhibition takes form in fragments. There’s the “whale,” the four video vignettes inside it, and two large-scale, intestine-like sculptures. A sort of tableau of the fisherman’s workwear is splayed across the northern gallery wall, accompanied by (fake) whale teeth, a dried approximation of whale effluvia, and the small, scythe-like implement used for cutting through a whale’s skin.

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of pinks, purples and blues hint at Weisman’s more superficial attraction to the original image. Spilling from a hole in the whale’s middle is a sculptural gnarl of “guts” — nylon tights stuffed with recycled polyfill and painted in watery, bloody hues.

Two giant clusters of these same oddly tantalizing innards hang from the gallery ceiling; hidden motors make them sway almost imperceptibly.

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“Skin Ego”

Video of “Skin Ego”

ART SHOWS

The meat of the show — or the heart and soul, if you prefer — is Weisman’s video work, in the belly of the beast.

From this vantage, the whale seems like a structure built to enshrine the artist’s most important labor. The four captivating videos help viewers understand that the exhibition comprises mere remnants of Weisman’s re-creation process, which are not necessarily meant to be taken at (sur)face value. The videos are accompanied by soft audio of Weisman interpreting whale sounds, as well as five quotes, spoken by videographer Karl Grabe, from Sigmund Freud and Didier Anzieu, a French psychoanalyst he influenced.

As the key to the show, the looping video works demonstrate Weisman’s preoccupation with inserting herself into a time and place she never inhabited.

The camera takes interior and exterior vantage points that place viewers both

I DECIDED TO REENACT THE IMAGE.

I WANTED TO FEEL THAT MOMENT OF RUPTURE. R E B E C CA W EI SMA N

among the spectators to the whale’s disembowelment on the beach and inside the creature. Weisman layers image on image: The original video from which her still photo was excerpted collides with scenes she staged herself. We see her shoveling synthetic whale guts and donning the industrial fisherman’s costume; she perforates and tears the image of the real dead whale on one screen while making holes in the fake dead whale’s nylon skin on another. Reality and imitation are mashed together; body, image and material are shown to be permeable skins. Viewers who pay attention might start to feel existential vertigo, or at least queasiness.

Weisman seems to be suggesting that re-creation offers a route to understanding a particular event or moment in time. This rich premise, integral to acting, performance art, historical reenactment and crime-scene investigations, emphasizes that realms of knowing can be located in the body, beyond words.

What kinds of knowledge can specific embodiment impart? How is experience transmitted between skins, among bodies, across time and space? (It’s worth pointing out that “Skin Ego” is a work about the body by a female artist that is not centered on the human female body.)

It’s up to the viewer to extract clues from Weisman’s beautiful and complex videos (which, in different circumstances, could have benefited from being screened in larger format). Otherwise, very little in the show pushes the viewer toward the weighty concepts that Weisman articulated elegantly in her talk.

It seems like crucial information that “Skin Ego” began with the decision to reenact a single found image, but this is indicated nowhere in the show. Likewise, we’re left to learn for ourselves that The Skin-Ego is the name of Anzieu’s 1985 text expounding on Freud’s thoughts about ego and surface. Without this information, viewers may be left wondering if Weisman is a whale-bent environmentalist, or what.

Still, those willing to dig and think — or at least to fully absorb Weisman’s videos — may experience valuable mind bending and feel respect for the depth of her process. The richest and most gripping elements of Weisman’s inquiry take place out of sight, as elusive as the space between body and soul.

Contact: jones@sevendaysvt.com

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A documentary film on suicide followed by a panel discussion MARCH 27, 2019 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm MAIN STREET LANDING FILM HOUSE, 60 LAKE ST., BURLINGTON Registration not required.

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In her artist bio,

Vanessa Compton writes that she prefers open, rural spaces

f ELIZABETH BUNSEN: “Pivonkarose,” vibrantly colored prints and installations that are deeply rooted in a collaborative process with nature by BCA’s 2018 Barbara Smail Award recipient. Reception and artist talk: Thursday, March 14, 6-7:30 p.m. Through May 4. Info, 865-7166. BCA Center in Burlington.

“where landscapes are vast and people are few.” Growing up in

barre/montpelier

in Greensboro, she has curated the seasonal Miller’s Thumb

the Northeast Kingdom, she participated in theater, music and art communities, then pursued her interests abroad: studying world-music instruments in Senegal and Ghana. Back home

f ‘DEEP BLUE’: A group show of 26 artists featuring

Gallery for nine years. Earlier this year, Compton attended a

2D and 3D artworks, real and imagined, that are inspired by oceanic life forms. f TERESA CELEMIN: Works on paper combining figure drawing, abstract marks, words, symbols and fantastical creatures.

BASH fundraiser and reception: Friday, April 12, 7-9 p.m. March 19-May 4. Info, 479-7069. Studio Place Arts in Barre.

six-week artist residency in the Navajo Nation, living in a hogan and making her signature painted collages. This month, she’s in residence at the Vermont Studio Center in Johnson. Compton’s current exhibit at the Barre Opera House features 23 collage

f SHOW 31: Recent works by members of the

collective art gallery. Reception: Friday, March 15, 4-8 p.m. March 15-April 28. Info, 552-0877. The Front in Montpelier.

works that illustrate her deep engagement with political and

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Through April 9. Pictured: “A People’s History.”

social justice and what she calls her “semi-nomadic” life.

f PETER FRIED: “Figure in the Landscape,” paintings by the Vermont artist. f RICK SKOGSBERG: Works on paper, ceramics and painted shoes by the visionary artist and poet. Reception: Saturday, March 23-3-5 p.m. March 20-May 4. Info, 767-9670. BigTown Gallery in Rochester.

OPEN STUDIO PAINT FOR FUN: Spend two hours painting, drawing or collaging. No experience needed. Many materials provided. Closed during school holidays. Expressive Arts Burlington, Thursday, March 14, 12:30-2:30 p.m., and Tuesday, March 19, 9-11 a.m. Donations. Info, 343-8172.

ART EVENTS

SKI & RIDE PRO PHOTOGRAPHY FORUM: An evening of photo talk with pro photographers Shem Roose, Jesse Schloff, Nathanael Asaro, Rick Levinson, Ashley Rosemeyer, Hubert Schriebl and others, with moderator Dave Schmidt. Craft beer and cider available. Vermont Ski and Snowboard Museum, Stowe, Thursday, March 14, 6:30 p.m. $10. Info, 253-9911.

ART & CONVERSATION: Explore and interpret works of art during a guided dialogue of current exhibitions with a gallery educator. BCA Center, Burlington, Wednesday, March 13, 9:30-11 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7166.

A CONVERSATION WITH KEIKO NARAHASHI: The Tokyo-born, New York City-based sculptor discusses her work and a current exhibition at Bennington College. Bennington Museum, Tuesday, March 19, 7 p.m. Info, 447-1571.

DID YOU KNOW? SERIES: AMY OXFORD: The artist and teacher gives a talk titled “Punch Needle Rug Hooking and Its Vermont Roots,” discussing the craft’s 19th-century origins, its decline and revival. Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History, Middlebury, Wednesday, March 20, 1:30 p.m. $20; $10 for museum members. Info, 388-2117.

DID YOU KNOW? SERIES: GLENN ANDRES: The professor emeritus of the Art and Architecture Department at Middlebury College gives a talk titled “History Happens Here,” discussing stories of Addison County from the Revolutionary War onward. Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History, Middlebury, Friday, March 15, 1:30 p.m. $20; $10 for museum members. Info, 388-2117.

DID YOU KNOW? SERIES: JIM DOUGLAS: The former governor gives a presentation titled “Vermont: The State That Shaped a Nation,” discussing the forces that produced entrepreneurs, inventors and activists. Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History, Middlebury, Wednesday, March 13, 1:30 p.m. $20; $10 for museum members. Info, 388-2117.

FIGURE DRAWING SOCIAL: All skill levels welcome at this live-model drawing session. BYO supplies.

Wishbone Collective, Winooski, Wednesday, March 13, 6-8 p.m. Donations. Info, hello@ wishbonecollectivevt.com.

‘NAKED IN MARCH’: A one-night group show featuring works depicting and celebrating the human form.

Nudes in multiple mediums. Free wine and cheese.

The Hive, Middlesex, Saturday, March 16, 7-10 p.m.

Info, 595-4866.

OPEN STUDIO FIGURE DRAWING: Sessions featuring a variety of approaches to working from the figure are suited to all levels of drawing, painting and sculpture backgrounds and expertise. Easels and tables available. River Arts, Morrisville, Tuesday, March 19, 3-5:30 p.m. $10. Info, 888-1261.

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TALK: COLLECTING ANTIQUITIES IN THE AGE OF CULTURAL REPATRIATION: Pieter Broucke, curator of ancient art, highlights some of the major acquisitions and explains past, present and future collecting strategies. Middlebury College Museum of Art, Thursday, March 14, and Friday, March 15, 7 p.m.

Info, 443-3168.

TALK: ‘WHEN WOMEN WERE FURNITURE’: Artist and educator Binta Colley gives a presentation on how three female botanists and botanical illustrators contributed to the field through their science, artwork and exploration. T.W. Wood Gallery, Montpelier, Thursday, March 14, 7 p.m. $8 suggested donation. Info, 262-6035.

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‘AGE OF DINOSAURS’: Visitors of all ages can travel back to the Mesozoic Era and experience life-size animatronic dinosaurs in immersive habitats.

Through May 12. Info, 864-1848. ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain in Burlington.

ALM@ PÉREZ: “Robopoems: Quadruped@s,” robotic sculptures, large-scale photographs and bilingual poetry that explore the intersection of robotics and humanity. BARBARA ZUCKER: “Adorned (Hairstyles of an Ancient Dynasty),” black-and-white paintings and acrylic abstractions that examine how hair has been used to signify cultural meanings worldwide.

‘IMPERFECT SOCIETIES’: Film and photography by Kiluanji Kia Henda and Tuan Andrew Nguyen that address history, trauma and nationhood within the trope of science fiction. REBECCA WEISMAN: “Skin Ego,” a large-scale, immersive installation including video, sound, sculpture and photography that examines “subconscious and psychological spaces of identity.” Through June 9. Info, 865-7166. BCA Center in Burlington.

VISUAL ART IN SEVEN DAYS:

ART SHOW 16: Artworks in a variety of mediums that respond to an open call. Through March 22. RL Photo Studio in Burlington.

ARTIST AWARD GRANTEES EXHIBITION: A display of works by both emerging and professional artists.

Through March 31. Info, 863-6458. Frog Hollow Vermont Craft Gallery in Burlington.

ASHLEY ROARK: “On the Dotted Line,” a solo show of abstract screen-print, mixed-media and collage works by the Vermont artist. Through March 30. The S.P.A.C.E. Gallery in Burlington.

‘COPING MECHANISMS’: Twelve painted and illustrated skateboards by street artists SPEAK and Downward Coyote that represent “the cathartic nature of skating and creating.” Through March 30. Info, joe.prasit@gmail.com. Half Lounge in Burlington.

f EMILY MITCHELL: “What Brings Me Joy,”

acrylic paintings. Reception: Friday, April 5, 5-8 p.m.

Through April 30. Info, 540-3018. The Gallery at Main Street Landing in Burlington.

‘FROM NATURAL TO ABSTRACTION’: A group show that represents beauty as seen in the eyes of a variety of Vermont artists. Curated by SEABA. Through May 31. Info, 859-9222. RETN & VCAM Media Factory in Burlington.

‘GLOBAL MINIATURES’: Tiny objects from the permanent collection that explore the seemingly universal fascination with the familiar writ small.

‘SMALL WORLDS: MINIATURES IN CONTEMPORARY ART’: A group exhibition in which artists variously use tiny creations to inspire awe, create a sense of dread, or address real-world traumas including violence, displacement and environmental disaster.

Through May 10. Info, 656-2090. Fleming Museum of Art, University of Vermont, in Burlington.

GROUP SHOW OF VERMONT ARTISTS: Works by Dennis McCarthy, Evan Greenwald, Frank DeAngelis, Janet Bonneau, Janie McKenzie, Jordan Holstein, Kara Torres, Lynne Reed, Marilyn Barry, Mike Reilly, Rae Harrell, Robert Gold, Stephen Beattie, Tatiana Zelazo, Terry Mercy and Travis Alford on a rotating basis.

Curated by SEABA. Through May 31. Info, 859-9222.

The Innovation Center of Vermont in Burlington.

KRISTEN M. WATSON: Installations and intuitive mixed-media painting by the Vermont artist.

Through March 31. Info, 540-3018. Art’s Alive Gallery in Burlington.

MEGAN HUMPHREY: “ONE Perspective,” more than 1,000 photographs of people and places throughout Burlington’s Old North End taken over a number of

ART LISTINGS AND SPOTLIGHTS ARE WRITTEN BY PAMELA POLSTON. LISTINGS ARE RESTRICTED TO ART SHOWS IN TRULY PUBLIC PLACES.

years. Through March 15. Info, meganjhumphrey@ gmail.com. O.N.E. Community Center in Burlington.

MISHA KORCH: Botanical illustrations in ink and watercolor. Curated by SEABA. Through May 31. Info, 859-9222. Speeder & Earl’s Coffee in Burlington.

‘PANGS’: Ali Palin, Misoo Filan and Susan Smereka process personal trauma via paper and canvas.

Through April 17. Info, 395-1923. New City Galerie in Burlington.

PIXIE TWINE: One-of-a-kind hand-embroidered scenes and symbols by Jenn Carusone. Through March 31. Info, 338-7441. Thirty-odd in Burlington.

ROBERT W. BRUNELLE JR.: “The Old Neighborhood,” acrylic paintings based upon vintage photographs by the Vermont artist and cartoonist. Through March 31.

Info, 899-1106. Feldman’s Bagels in Burlington.

SCOTT LENHARDT, JACKSON TUPPER & KEVIN CYR: Original paintings and limited-edition high-quality prints. Open by appointment. Through April 12. Info, 233-2943. Safe and Sound Gallery in Burlington.

f ‘A SHOW OF HANDS’: One hundred artistdecorated wooden hands, to benefit HANDS (Helping and Nurturing Diverse Seniors), a Burlington nonprofit that provides food to elders. Silent auction and closing celebration: Thursday, March 28, 6-8 p.m.

Through March 28. Penny Cluse Café in Burlington.

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CELEBRATE THE HOLIDAYS: Landscape and cityscape paintings by Carolyn Walton, Athenia Schinto, Helen Nagel and Ken Russack. Through March 24. Info, 985-8223. Luxton-Jones Gallery in Shelburne.

D MCPHEE: “Woman Enough,” a senior art major solo exhibition in photography. Through March 16.

Info, 654-2851. McCarthy Art Gallery, Saint Michael’s College, in Colchester.

‘HEART SHOW’: Heart artworks by more than 90 local artists in a variety of mediums. Through March 31.

Info, 865-9677. Rustic Roots in Shelburne.

‘JOHNNY SWING: DESIGN SENSE’: The first in a series exploring the processes of innovative regional artists, this exhibition provides a glimpse into the philosophy and practice of the Vermont lighting and furniture maker, whose works are based on welded coins. Curated by Kory Rogers. Through June 2. Info, 985-3346. Pizzagalli Center for Art and Education, Shelburne Museum.

MARILYN MADDISON: “Portals: A Journey into Your Imagination,” abstract photography. Call ahead to visit. Through March 30. Info, 985-3819. All Souls Interfaith Gathering in Shelburne.

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ART SHOWS

ROBERT GOLD: “Bob’s Show,” digital photography printed on museum etching paper, and giclée prints on canvas, both finished with acrylic and ink.

Through March 31. Info, 425-2700. Davis Studio in South Burlington.

‘WET’: Photographs that depict “creative wetness,” including water in all its guises. Juried by Elizabeth Opalenik. Through March 17. Info, 777-3686, info@ darkoomgallery.com. Darkroom Gallery in Essex Junction.

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‘200 YEARS—200 OBJECTS’: In the final celebratory year of the university’s bicentennial, the museum exhibits a curated selection of artifacts, documents and images from the school’s collections. Through December 21. Info, 485-2886. Sullivan Museum & History Center, Norwich University, in Northfield.

ANN YOUNG: “Fellow Travelers,” large-scale oil paintings that address the human condition and environments by the Northeast Kingdom artist.

Through March 28. Info, 525-4705. Vermont Supreme Court Gallery in Montpelier.

‘ANYTHING FOR SPEED: AUTOMOBILE RACING IN VERMONT’: A yearlong exhibition exploring more than a century of the history and evolution of racing in Vermont through the objects, photographs and recollections that comprise this unique story.

Through March 30. Info, 479-8500. Vermont History Center in Barre.

‘CLOSE TO THE CLOTH’: Fiber works by Barbara Bendix, Karen Henderson, Stephanie Krauss, Skye Livingston, Kate Ruddle and Neysa Russo. Through March 29. RAY BROWN AND TOBY BARTLES: “Steps on a Journey: An Exhibit of Two Vermont Painters,” works in oil and mixed media, informed by abstract expressionism. Through April 26.

THOMAS WATERMAN WOOD: THE MASTER COPIES: The 19th-century Vermont painter and gallery namesake copied paintings seen on European trips to learn from masters such as Rembrandt and Turner, and brought the paintings back to Montpelier. Through June 1. Info, 262-6035. T.W. Wood Gallery in Montpelier.

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‘2020: SEEING THE WORLD THROUGH TECHNOLOGY’: For exhibition in 2020, artists are invited to consider the important ways in which technology has impacted our personal lives and the world, and its potential. Exhibitions run for about three months, with an opening reception and opportunity to give an artist’s talk. Send artist’s statement or proposal; a CV; five high-quality images including description, title, size and medium; and a link to website or social media. Electronic submissions only to gallery@riverartsvt.org. Deadline: April 17. River Arts, Morrisville.

ANTHOLOGY CALL TO ARTISTS: Seeking writing and art centered on the theme of “disillusionment” for a new anthology. Email bennyz331@gmail.com for details and to submit. Each contributor will receive a copy of the final product and retain all rights to work submitted. Deadline: April 15.

BCA COMMUNITY FUND: Applications are being accepted for the 2019 grants, which provide up to $3,500 to Burlington-based artists or small arts organizations to “develop projects that engage the community and address community needs, challenges and priorities through the arts.” Q&A session for potential applicants March 14. Deadline: April 15. BCA Center, Burlington.

Info, skatz@burlingtoncityarts.org, burlingtoncityarts.org.

Participants will be compensated with a

FITBIT CHARGE 2!

Researchers are conducting a study using Fitbit and health coaching to promote physical activity.

Looking for non-exercisers with high blood pressure. Participants will be asked to come three times to UVM campus.

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CALL FOR NEW ARTISTS: The 35-year-old craft gallery is looking to add more visual artists. Email susan@stowecraft.com with info about you, your work and process; include link to website if you have one. A Dropbox link with images of your work would be helpful. Deadline: March 19. Stowe Craft & Design. Info, 253-2305.

CALL TO ARTISTS: GALLERY COOPERATIVE: Seeking local artists to display their work in monthlong shows. The new rotation schedule begins June 2019. Deadline: June 1. Strand Center for the Arts, Plattsburgh N.Y. Info, 518-563-1604, strandcenter.org.

CHELSEA ARTS ON THE GREEN MARKET AND FESTIVAL: Seeking artists, artisans and musicians for the second annual festival on August 31. Deadline: March 15. North Common Arts, Chelsea. $75; $35 for students. Info, 685-4866, chelseavt-arts.com.

CITY MARKET CALL TO ARTISTS: If you’re an artist and a member of the co-op, we’d like to feature your work for a two-month exhibit at either the downtown or South End store. Find application at citymarket.coop. Deadline: April 10. City Market, Onion River Co-op (downtown Burlington).

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We know you love it, why not show it you care.

‘EBB AND FLOW’: The gallery invites online submissions for spring juried exhibit. All mediums utilizing imagery of water and bodies of water will be considered. Deadline: March 15. Bryan Memorial Gallery, Jeffersonville. Free. Info, 644-5100, bryangallery.org.

Your first step should be to take it somewhere that’s equipped, educated, and enthusiastic!

‘EXPOSED 2019’: Artists are invited to submit proposals for the 28th annual outdoor sculpture show, sited throughout Stowe from July 20 to October 19. This year’s theme: Text and Symbols.

Deadline: March 15. Helen Day Art Center, Stowe. Info, 253-8358, submissions@helenday.com.

What’s your maintenance plan?

‘FAULT LINES’: Whether derived from “real news” or “fake news,” the fractures in our world threaten political discontinuity at many levels and potential explosive energy. Artists are urged to consider myriad current topics in traditional and nontraditional media. Exhibit dates: May 14 to June 29.

Deadline: March 29. Studio Place Arts, Barre. $10 submission; free for SPA members. Info, 479-7069, studioplacearts.com.

‘PROMISE HEARTS’: Just as our heart beats to support our lives, so must we beat on to support and heal our nation, environment, society and world. Use your artistic side to create a promise in 2D or 3D that helps to set our world back on the right beat. Silent auction proceeds benefit artist-chosen nonprofits. Deadline: June 10. Grand Isle Art Works. $15. Info, 378-4591, grandisleartworks.com.

Will it safely last another year, 2, 3….

Taking chances is no way to treat your rocket ship.

‘RE-CONSTRUCTING CLIMATE CHANGE’: At the Root has teamed up with 350 VT to creatively address climate change and honor Earth Day with a diorama exposition. Show us your ideas; make a diorama about the causes, effects or ways to remedy climate change in our world. Can be any size up to four feet square. Submission forms at attherootvt.com/events.html. Deadline: April 1.

Through April 1. Free. Info, 862-8127.

SCISSORS: CALL FOR DONATIONS: An open call to all “artists, philosophers, collectors and ordinary people” for scissors of any kind or size, or objects or ephemera related to the cutting implements, to contribute to the 2019-20 exhibition in this NEK museum-barn. For info, email Clare Dolan via the contact page at museumofeverydaylife.org, or mail to 3482 Dry Pond Rd., Glover, VT 05839.

Deadline: March 17. The Museum of Everyday Life, Glover. Info, claredol@sover.net.

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AMY HOOK-THERRIEN: Watercolors by the Windsorbased artist. Through March 31. Info, 359-5000.

Vermont Institute of Natural Science Nature Center in Quechee.

DIANNE SHULLENBERGER & JOHN SNELL: Fabric collage and photography, respectively, that show the artists’ fascination with rocks. Through March 28. Info, 229-6206. North Branch Nature Center in Montpelier.

DARYL BURTNETT: Abstractions in mixed media by the local artist. Proceeds of sales will benefit the Northeast Wilderness Trust. Through March 31.

Info, 295-0808. Scavenger Gallery in White River Junction.

‘LOOKING NORTH: CATAMOUNT ARTISTS CONNECT’: Works by 19 Northeast Kingdom artists who are members of Catamount Arts in St. Johnsbury.

Through April 26. Info, 828-3291. Spotlight Gallery in Montpelier.

‘DESTINATION: SPACE!’: A series of exhibitions that highlights the art and science of space exploration and celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission’s moon landing. Through August 4. ‘MAKING MUSIC: THE SCIENCE OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS’: An exhibition exploring the science behind the instruments used to create music, from well-known classics to infectious pop tunes. Through May 13.

Info, 649-2200. Montshire Museum of Science in Norwich.

LYDIA GATZOW: “Divide,” emotionally rendered landscape paintings that explore how humans are cut off from wilderness. Through April 14. Info, 595-4866. The Hive in Middlesex.

MARK HEITZMAN: “Scrap Yard,” 10 large-scale graphite or charcoal drawings of tools and other objects. Through March 31. Info, 479-7069. Morse Block Deli & Taps in Barre.

‘MOONLIGHTING’: An exhibition of works by artist mentors, staff and faculty from the college. Through March 13. Info, 828-8600. College Hall Gallery, Vermont College of Fine Arts, in Montpelier.

‘SEEDS OF RENEWAL’: An exploration of Abenaki agricultural history, cuisine and ceremony. Through April 30. Info, 828-2291. ‘VERMONT MUSIC FAR AND WIDE’: An interactive exhibit of artifacts that tell the story of Vermont popular music history in recent decades, compiled by Big Heavy World. Through July 27. Info, 479-8500. Vermont History Museum in Montpelier.

VANESSA COMPTON: “A People’s History,” a solo exhibition featuring 23 collages on the birth, development and destiny of our nation, created following a monthlong artist residency during the government shutdown on the Navajo Nation, the largest reservation in the U.S. Through April 9. Info, 928-797-1121. Barre Opera House.

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2018-19 LEGACY COLLECTION: Paintings of 20 living artists whose works continue the legacy of Alden and Mary Bryan. ‘COASTAL PAINTINGS’: A selection of themed works by Mary and Alden Bryan, part of the gallery’s 35th anniversary. Through March 31. Info, 644-5100. Bryan Memorial Gallery in Jeffersonville.

‘ELEVATION 4393’: Works that address curatorial prompts such as influences on climate, how and where people live, elevation as a physical or emotional state, and others: paintings and mixedmedia works by Trevor Corp; paintings, sculptures and prints by Jackson Tupper; and photography by Daniel Schechner. Through March 31. Info, 7604634. Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center, Stowe Mountain Resort.

‘LOOKING NORTH’: Photography, paintings, sculpture and mixed-media work by artists who have had studios in Montréal, Kathryn Lipke Vigasaa and Claire Desjardins, and Ontario artist Carol Kapuscinsky.

Through March 31. Info, 760-6785. Edgewater Gallery in Stowe.

f ‘NOTWEED’: A multimedia exhibit with Sean Clute, dancer Pauline Jennings and composer Otto Muller that features 500 hanging stalks of Japanese knotweed and soundscapes, and explores the concept of invasiveness. Reception: Thursday, March 14, 3-5 p.m.; dance performance, 7 p.m. Through April 5. Info, 635-1469. Julian Scott Memorial Gallery, Northern Vermont University, in Johnson.

‘PAINT VERMONT’: Landscape works by Lisa Forster Beach and John Clarke Olson. Through April 30. Info, 253-1818. Green Mountain Fine Art Gallery in Stowe.

‘PEAK TO PEAK: 10TH MOUNTAIN DIVISION THEN AND NOW’: An exhibition of photographs and artifacts to highlight the evolution of the division’s equipment and training since its beginning in 1943.

Through October 31. Info, 253-9911. Vermont Ski and Snowboard Museum in Stowe.

RYAN GEARY: “Ascent (Part One: Eulogy),” 2D and 3D collages that tell the story of multiple Americas.

Through March 28. Info, 888-1261. River Arts in Morrisville.

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JACK ROWELL: “Cultural Documentarian,” portraits of Vermont people and other wildlife by the Braintree photographer. Through April 1. Info, info@mainstreet museum.org. Main Street Museum in White River Junction.

OLIVIA JANNA: Oil paintings. Through March 17. Info, 296-7000. Barrette Center for the Arts in White River Junction.

Bow Thayer Vermonters most likely know Bow Thayer as a musician; this

paper has reviewed albums by the Americana vocalist and multi-instrumentalist. But Thayer is also a lifelong painter with a fine arts degree. At age 52, he’s finally mounted his debut solo exhibit, “It’s What You Bring Back,” at the White River Gallery in South Royalton. His acrylic works on paper, mounted on wood, reflect his “travels” — by which he doesn’t just mean local hikes, touring with his band or going abroad. His studio paintings, Thayer writes, chronicle inner journeys taken under the influence of the entheogenic plant ayahuasca. “Although some could call these pictures psychedelic,” he notes, “they are more about integration upon return to this dimension — hence the show’s title.” Through April 9. Pictured: “Angra do Heroísmo, Azores.”

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JOSEPH SALERNO: “At the Woods’ Edge,” paintings by the Vermont artist. Through April 11. Info, 2447801. Axel’s Gallery & Frame Shop in Waterbury.

MAD RIVER RUG HOOKERS: The statewide artists’ group shows rugs in numerous styles and techniques. Demonstration on Saturday, March 16, 1-4 p.m. Through April 27. Info, 496-6682. Festival Gallery in Waitsfield.

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‘50 X 50: COLLECTING FOR THE MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE MUSEUM OF ART’: An exhibit that marks 50 years of acquiring art by bringing together one work from each year. Included are paintings, sculptures, prints, drawings and photography, from antiquity to the present and from diverse cultures. Through August 11. Info, 443-3168. Johnson Memorial Building, Middlebury College.

9TH ANNUAL MT. ABE EMERGING ARTISTS SHOW: More than 20 students in grades 9 through 12 show their work, in celebration of Youth and Art Month.

Through March 27. Info, 453-4032. Art on Main in Bristol.

‘AT HOME’: Work from 12 of the gallery’s artists alongside furniture from Stone Block Antiques, intended to exhibit how we can live with artwork in our homes. Through March 31. Info, 877-2173.

Northern Daughters in Vergennes.

‘ICE SHANTIES: FISHING, PEOPLE & CULTURE’: An exhibition of large-format photographs featuring the structures, people and culture of ice fishing by Vermont-based Colombian photographer Federico Pardo. Includes audio reflections from shanty owners drawn from interviews by VFC. Through August 31.

Info, 388-4964. Vermont Folklife Center in Middlebury.

‘THE LIGHT SHOW’: Unique lamps and lanterns by Vermont artists Clay Mohrman, Kristian Brevik and Cindi Duff, and York Hill Pottery artisans Elizabeth Saslaw and Susan Kuehnl. Through March 24. Info, 382-9222. Jackson Gallery, Town Hall Theater, in Middlebury.

‘NATURE IN FLIGHT’: A group exhibition that considers the birds and bees, as well as acknowledges those working to save Vermont’s species from environmental damage. Through May 11. Info, 877-3850. Creative Space Gallery in Vergennes.

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‘ART OF THE EARTH’: The first of a series of themed exhibits honoring our planet and celebrating the gallery’s 20th anniversary, featuring artwork by members. Through April 30. Info, 247-4956. Brandon Artists Guild.

‘BARBIE, BRAINS & PINK HATS’: An exhibition of works in multiple mediums by 15 local artists, primarily women; a testament to female working artists in the area. Fifteen percent of sales will benefit the New Story Center, a Rutland women’s shelter. Through March 22. Info, 558-0874. B&G Gallery in Rutland.

PENNY BENNETT: A retrospective of prints by the internationally known artist. Through March 31. Info, 295-5901. Two Rivers Printmaking Studio in White River Junction.

STUDIO FEVER KICKOFF POTLUCK: Break out of the winter blues and help decorate the gallery walls with painting or drawing, Tuesday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Through March 22. Free.

Info, 457-3500. ArtisTree Community Arts Center & Gallery in South Pomfret.

‘UNCOMMON ART’: Paintings by James McGarrell and Robin Roberts and photographs by Jane Booth.

Through March 31. Info, 866-5366. Tenney Memorial Library in Newbury.

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‘BIRDS, BOATS AND A LITTLE BIT OF WOOD’: Photographs by Ross Connelly, a retired journalist who owned the Hardwick Gazette from 1986 to 2017.

Through March 26. Info, 525-3366. Parker Pie Co. in West Glover.

COMMUNITY ART EXHIBIT: Small works between two-and-a-half and three inches and four by six inches in any medium that fits the theme “To B or Not to B.” All ages. Through March 14. Info, 626-6459.

Quimby Gallery, Northern Vermont UniversityLyndon, in Lyndonville.

KATE EMLEN: “Precarious Magic,” paintings. Through April 7. Info, 533-9075. Highland Center for the Arts in Greensboro.

‘LENS & BRUSH’: Photographs of rural life by Richard W. Brown and paintings of still lifes and NEK scenes

by Susan McClellan. Through April 13. Info, 748-0158.

Northeast Kingdom Artisans Guild Backroom Gallery in St. Johnsbury.

‘LOCKED DOWN! KEYED IN! LOCKED OUT! KEYED UP!’: An exhibition examining the long human relationship to the lock and key, its elegant design and philosophies and practices of securing, safeguarding, imprisoning, escaping and safecracking throughout the ages. Through April 30. Info, claredol@sover.net.

The Museum of Everyday Life in Glover.

DEBO MOULOUDJI: Portraits of local artists painted by the visiting, Milwaukee-based artist last August, alongside some of their own works. The artists include Christine Osgood Holzschuh, Marilyn Lucey, Richard D. Weis, Oliver Schemm, Ben Leber, Jamaal Clarke, Whitney Ramage and Bill Ramage. Through March 22.

Info, info.77art@gmail.com. 77 Gallery in Rutland.

PHILLIP ROBERTSON: Prints inspired by the natural landscape. Through March 31. Info, 334-4655.

Contour Studios in Newport.

‘PIECES OF THE PAST’: Visual art, clothing and accessories, baskets, musical instruments and more by past and current members of the Abenaki and Mohawk tribes. Through April 26. Info, 775-0356.

Chaffee Art Center in Rutland.

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‘THE GREAT ARTIST REMAKE’: A group show of reproduced art in classical art styles. Through March 31. Info, art@bmfc.coop. Buffalo Mountain Food Co-op & Café in Hardwick.

‘HEALING — THE TRANSFORMATIVE IMAGERY OF ART’: Works exploring the connection between the arts, healing and health, including Mary Admasian, Natalie Blake, Robert Carsten, Karen Deets, Robert

ART SHOWS

DuGrenier, Carolyn Enz Hack, Margaret Jacobs, Neomi Lauritsen, Pat Musick, Robert O’Brien, Priscilla Petraska and Cai Xi Silver. Through March 30. Info, lightson_mary@comcast.net. The Great Hall in Springfield.

SANDY SOKOLOFF: “Emanations,” mystical, Kabbalah-inspired paintings by the Grand Isle artist, who is showing his work for the first time in 30 years. Through June 16. Info, 257-0124.

Brattleboro Museum & Art Center.

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‘THE BODY STOPS HERE’: Artists Keiko Narahashi and Sarah Peters continue a conversation about sculptural representations of bodies and parts of bodies — in particular, heads and faces — with an exhibition including bronze and ceramic sculpture and photography. Through March 31.

Info, 442-5401. Suzanne Lemberg Usdan Gallery in Bennington.

PAUL KATZ: “The Mind’s Eye,” paintings, sculptures and books. Through May 27. ‘WORKS ON PAPER: A DECADE OF COLLECTING’: A variety of works from the museum’s permanent collection, historic to contemporary, self-taught to modernist artists.

Artists include Gayleen Aiken, Milton Avery, Wilson “Snowflake” Bentley, Paul Feeley, Luigi Lucioni, Duane Michals and Norman Rockwell. Through May 5. Info, 447-1571. Bennington Museum.

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BOW THAYER: “It’s What You Bring Back,” landscape paintings from the artist’s travels, and larger mixed-media studio works reflecting internal journeys. Through April 9. Info, 498-8438.

White River Gallery in South Royalton.

ERICK HUFSCHMID: “A Muse,” photographs from the studio of Varujan Boghosian. VARUJAN BOGHOSIAN: “Late Works,” collages and constructions. Through March 16. Info, 767-9670. BigTown Gallery in Rochester.

FRITZ GROSS: Painted furniture, panels and whimsical, colorful paintings as well as drawings, sculptures and etchings by the Zurich-born Vermont artist. Through March 16. Info, 685-4699.

North Common Arts in Chelsea.

f MARCIA HAMMOND: “Promises of Spring,”

watercolors by the local artist. Reception: Friday, March 29, 6-8 p.m. Through April 30. Info, 685-2188. Chelsea Public Library.

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f ‘WOOD BURNING’: A solo show of paintings and wood-burned art by Tom Ball, an owner of Tatunka Tattoo in South Royalton. Reception: Sunday, March 17, 2-4 p.m. Through May 3. Info, 889-9404.

Tunbridge Public Library.

‘YOUR ART, YOUR STORY’: Area students in grades pre-K through 12 tell visual stories about their experiences in 2D and 3D works. Through April 20.

Info, 728-9878. Chandler Gallery in Randolph.

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ART SOUTERRAIN: A seven-kilometer art trail through Montreal’s underground roads. Discover visual art by walking the city on foot in the secret passages and deep underground, 7 a.m. to noon.

Through March 25. Info, 438-385-1955. Place des Festivals in Montréal.

‘A MODEL IN THE STUDIO’: Artworks in a variety of mediums from 1880 to 1950 that show how artists worked from live subjects; many pieces never before displayed or new acquisitions. Through May 5. ‘OF INDIVIDUALS AND PLACES’: Nearly 100 Canadian and international photographs from the collection of Jack Lazare. Through April 28. Info, 514-285-2000. Montréal Museum of Fine Arts.

PATRICE CHARBONNEAU: “Headquarters,” vibrant paintings that reflect the influence of architecture by the Québec artist. Through March 15. Info, 518564-3094. Plattsburgh State Art Museum, N.Y. m

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henever I see footage of a rocket launch with a close-up of that sudden, thunderous inferno blasting from its base, I’m filled with wonder. I wonder what somebody could have said to talk a cameraman into getting that shot. Did they draw straws? Was it always the new guy? And this was pre-sunscreen, remember.

The takeoff sequence in Todd Douglas Miller’s amazingly immersive Apollo 11 easily ranks as movie history’s most wondrous.

It’s preceded, believe it or not, by an equally mind-boggling sight: never-before-viewed video of that Saturn V spacecraft rumbling toward the pad atop a crawler-transport, a quarter-acre platform on tank treads that dwarfs the NASA workers escorting it. It’s the closest thing to a giant, monster or god treading the Earth you’ll ever see.

The things we once imagined and made.

Our first sight of Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins suiting up while clearly thinking pretty deep thoughts backstage at the Kennedy Space Center is indisputably cool, too. To be honest, though, nothing holds a candle to that instant of ignition. If you’ve never had a front-row seat to the spec-

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tacle of five F-1 engines burning 5,700 pounds of kerosene and liquid oxygen per second to push 6,000 tons of steel, wire and human cargo slowly heavenward, you need to see this.

And you’ve never had such a seat. Nobody has. That’s because just about all the footage of awesome stuff that took place in the course of the first mission to the moon comes from a trove of miraculously preserved 70mm Panavision film unearthed by accident in the U.S. National Archives. Someone at NASA failed to file it properly way back when, and its existence wasn’t discovered until 2017. Talk about found footage.

How 100-plus reels of Todd-AO celluloid (the format used in wide-screen Hollywood spectacles like Cleopatra and The Sound of Music) and more than 11,000 hours of un-catalogued mission control recordings happened to land in the filmmaker’s lap is a story nearly as remarkable as that of the voyage itself. And nearly as complicated. So I will leave you with a link to it in the online version of this article.

Unlike that visited by those three astronauts, my space isn’t infinite.

When Miller began work on the project in 2016, he had none of that priceless material.

All he had was a green light from CNN Films to come up with something to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the moon landing this

ROCKET MAN With his latest nonfiction film, Miller takes a familiar story and turns it into a breathlessly immersive experience.

summer. Now that I’ve seen Apollo 11, it’s not easy to imagine how else he could have done it. The digitized video and crisply restored audio of communications among members of the massive Houston flight team are the blood and bones of this riveting experiment.

You know the story, of course, but you’ve never experienced it in the way Miller has now made possible. His masterstroke was scrapping the customary documentary trappings — talking heads, re-creations, narration and the rest. Instead, he oversaw a process through

Captain Marvel ★★★

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aptain Marvel has been widely touted as the first female-fronted film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

But the movie is perhaps even rarer in the blockbuster realm for giving a strong supporting role to an older woman who’s nobody’s mom.

Annette Bening plays the scientist mentor of the title character. Though she’s dead when the story starts, and hence appears only in flashbacks and simulations, she gets to invent a light-speed craft; be a benign, craggy guru; have an awesome semi-CG cat (the movie’s biggest crowd-pleaser); and chew the scenery as a villain. And Bening looks like she’s having enormous fun with all of it.

The “villain” part isn’t really a spoiler, because identity can get confusing in the Marvelverse. Witness the Skrull, a race of alien shape-shifters who play a prominent role in this installment. Or S.H.I.E.L.D. director Nick Fury, who appears to be played by Samuel L. Jackson circa Pulp Fiction. He’s been digitally de-olded, much like Nicole Kidman and Willem Dafoe in Aquaman, a practice that could complicate the jobs of future film historians.

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BADASS FROM ANOTHER PLANET Larson plays a superhuman unimpressed by Earth in the 1990s in the latest Marvel origin story.

ally be human, until a mission goes south and she bails out on Earth in 1995.

Many jokes about fish out of water and clunky Clinton-era tech ensue. Having teamed up with Fury to hunt the Skrull, Vers learns she used to be a U.S. fighter pilot named Carol Danvers. Several huge jolts to her worldview later, she’s wearing the Captain Marvel costume.

Directors and cowriters Anna Boden and

Ryan Fleck broke out with the indie Half Nelson, but Captain Marvel doesn’t exhibit much of the grubby, low-key humanity they brought to that effort. The opening scenes play out like a cheesy 1960s sci-fi paperback, all glittery blues and haughty-alien tropes. We may struggle to connect with Vers, whose amnesia leaves her lacking in personality. Larson, an Oscar winner for Room, doesn’t have the instant charisma of Gal Gadot’s Wonder Wom-

which those startlingly vivid images and all that mission control chatter were synced to the precise second. What wound up on screen is history unfolding unfiltered before our eyes in what feels like real time.

If, back in 1969, one of the networks had made a reality show about the men on this milestone odyssey, it might have looked a lot like this. They didn’t. Luckily, Miller did, and it’s one giant leap for movies.

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an, and while her matter-of-fact competence is refreshing, it’s not all that much fun.

In the movie’s second half, by contrast, Larson increasingly wins us over with her deadpan responses to the people (usually men) who underestimate Carol. Her comedy chemistry with Jackson makes for good ’90sstyle buddy action, and she kicks ass in a montage set to No Doubt’s “Just a Girl.”

It’s up for debate whether those fun aspects, or the film’s none-too-subtle subplot about galactic refugees seeking a safe haven, make it worth sitting through a standard bang-pow action climax. But such calculations mean nothing to viewers who are already deeply immersed in the Marvelverse.

Those who saw Avengers: Infinity War and are eagerly awaiting its sequel know that Captain Marvel is a key piece of the puzzle, and this origin story puts her in position to save the day.

Which is, admittedly, pretty awesome.

The filmmakers have been sure to include a whip-smart preteen girl (Akira Akbar) who is Captain Marvel’s biggest fan, while a strategically placed clip show of Carol’s childhood memories connects her to all the girls out there in the audience who try, fail and try again. It’s a solid message, and Larson certainly tries to give life to this character. But Bening, in her few appearances, is the one who seems to be having all the fun.

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NEW IN THEATERS CAPTIVE STATE: Humans live under long-term extraterrestrial occupation, some collaborating and some resisting, in this sci-fi thriller from director Rupert Wyatt (Rise of the Planet of the Apes). Vera Farmiga, Machine Gun Kelly and John Goodman star.

(109 min, PG-13. Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Palace) CLIMAX: Provocateur director Gaspar Noé (Irreversible, Enter the Void) returns with the tale of an all-night dance rehearsal that goes very awry after somebody spikes the sangria with LSD. With Sofia Boutella, Taylor Kastle and Romain Guillermic.

(97 min, R. Roxy) FIVE FEET APART: Two teens (Haley Lu Richardson and Cole Sprouse) who have cystic fibrosis fall in love in the hospital in this romantic drama from director Justin Baldoni, making his narrative feature debut.

(116 min, PG-13. Capitol, Essex, Majestic)

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THE WEDDING GUEST: Dev Patel plays an Englishman who makes his way to a lavish wedding in India for mysterious purposes in this scenic thriller from director Michael Winterbottom (The Trip to Spain). With Radhika Apte and Jim Sarbh. (97 min, R. Capitol, Roxy) WONDER PARK: A young girl must save a magical amusement park that exists only in her imagination in this family fantasy from Ilion Animation Studios.

With the voice talents of Brianna Denski, Jennifer Garner and Matthew Broderick. The director is uncredited. (85 min, PG. Bijou, Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Palace, Welden)

NOW PLAYING ALITA: BATTLE ANGELH Based on a manga series, this sci-fi action flick follows a cyborg’s quest for her identity. Robert Rodriguez (Sin City) directed; James Cameron cowrote. And Rosa Salazar looks darn creepy as the fully digital heroine. With Christoph Waltz and Jennifer Connelly. (122 min, PG-13; reviewed by R.K. 2/20) APOLLO 11HHHHH This documentary directed by Todd Douglas Miller (Dinosaur 13) uses never-beforeseen NASA footage to offer a new view of the historic moon landing. (93 min, G; reviewed by R.K. 3/13) BIRDS OF PASSAGEHHHH1/2 In this award-winning crime drama, an indigenous family in Colombia gets involved in the burgeoning drug trade. Carmiña Martinez, Natalia Reyes and José Acosta star.

Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra directed. (125 min, NR) BOHEMIAN RHAPSODYHH1/2 Rami Malek plays Freddie Mercury in this chronicle of rock band Queen.

With Lucy Boynton, Ben Hardy, Joseph Mazzello and Mike Myers. Bryan Singer (X-Men: Apocalypse) directed. (134 min, PG-13; reviewed by M.H. 11/7)

CAPTAIN MARVELHHH Fighter pilot Carol Danvers (Brie Larson) joins the Marvel Cinematic Universe with an origin story set in 1995 in this superhero outing written and directed by the team of Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck (Half Nelson). With Gemma Chan, Samuel L. Jackson and Lee Pace. (124 min, PG-13; reviewed by M.H. 3/13) EVERYBODY KNOWSHHH1/2 A woman’s return home for a wedding leads to the revelation of family secrets in this drama from writer-director Asghar Farhadi (A Separation). With Penélope Cruz, Javier Bardem and Ricardo Darin. (132 min, R) THE FAVOURITEHHHH1/2 In the early 18th century, a noblewoman (Rachel Weisz) and a maid (Emma Stone) vie for the favor of Queen Anne (Olivia Colman) in this wicked satire of political power struggles from director Yorgos Lanthimos (The Lobster). (119 min, R) FIGHTING WITH MY FAMILYHHH1/2 World Wrestling Entertainment brings us the story of one of its stars, Saraya Knight (Florence Pugh), and her British wrestling family. With Nick Frost, Lena Headey and Dwayne Johnson. Stephen Merchant (“The Office”) directed. (108 min, PG-13; reviewed by M.H. 2/27) GREEN BOOKHHHHH In this comedy-drama, a refined African American classical pianist (Mahershala Ali) and the low-brow white guy (Viggo Mortensen) find themselves bonding on a tour of the 1960s South. With Linda Cardellini. Peter Farrelly (Dumb and Dumber) directed. (129 min, PG-13; reviewed by R.K. 12/12) GRETAHH A young New Yorker (Chloë Grace Moretz) gets more than she bargained for when she makes friends with a solitary widow (Isabelle Huppert) in this suspense thriller from director Neil Jordan (In Dreams). With Maika Monroe. (98 min, R; reviewed

by M.H. 3/6)

HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON: THE HIDDEN WORLDHHH1/2 Everybody’s growing up in the animated Viking-with-a-dragon saga. With the voices of Jay Baruchel, America Ferrera and Cate Blanchett.

Dean DeBlois again directed. (104 min, PG) ISN’T IT ROMANTICHHH1/2 Rebel Wilson plays a cynical young woman who gets trapped inside a romantic comedy in this fantastical meta rom com from director Todd Strauss-Schulson (The Final Girls). With Liam Hemsworth, Priyanka Chopra and Adam Devine. (88 min, PG-13; reviewed by M.H. 2/20) THE LEGO MOVIE 2: THE SECOND PARTHHH1/2 Alien Lego Duplo invaders threaten the awesomeness in this sequel to the hit animation based on the classic toys. With the voices of Chris Pratt, Elizabeth Banks and Will Arnett. Mike Mitchell (Trolls) directed.

(106 min, PG; reviewed by M.H. 2/13) A STAR IS BORNHHHH This update of the perennial tearjerker, set in the music world, stars Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper (who also directed). With Sam Elliott and Dave Chappelle. (135 min, R; reviewed by M.H. 10/10) THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLDHHHH1/2 Peter Jackson’s documentary uses never-before-seen footage to tell the stories of soldiers in World War I. (99 min, R) THE UPSIDEHH1/2 A wealthy quadriplegic (Bryan Cranston) develops a life-affirming friendship with his street-wise helper (Kevin Hart) in this remake of French dramedy hit The Intouchables. Neil Burger directed. (125 min, PG-13) VICEHH Christian Bale plays Dick Cheney in this satirical portrait of the George W. Bush administration from writer-director Adam McKay (The Big Short). With Amy Adams, Steve Carell and Sam Rockwell. (132 min, R; reviewed by R.K. 1/9)

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Isn’t It Romantic The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (Wed only) *Wonder Park (Thu only; 2D & 3D)

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friday 15 — wednesday 20

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Alita: Battle Angel Captain Marvel (2D & 3D; with opencaption screening Sat only) *Captive State *Five Feet Apart (with opencaption screening Sat only) Green Book How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World Isn’t It Romantic *Wonder Park (2D & 3D; with sensoryfriendly screening Sat only)

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wednesday 13 — thursday 14 Captain Marvel Green Book How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World friday 15 — tuesday 19 Captain Marvel Fighting With My Family How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World *Wonder Park

CAPITOL SHOWPLACE 93 State St., Montpelier, 229-0343, fgbtheaters.com

wednesday 13 — thursday 14 The Favourite (Thu only) Fighting With My Family Green Book (Wed only) Greta How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2D & 3D) The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (Wed only) A Star Is Born friday 15 — thursday 21 *Captive State *Five Feet Apart How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World *The Wedding Guest *Wonder Park (2D & 3D)

ESSEX CINEMAS & T-REX THEATER 21 Essex Way, Suite 300, Essex, 879-6543, essexcinemas.com

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190 Boxwood St. (Maple Tree Place, Taft Corners), Williston, 878-2010, majestic10.com

wednesday 13 — thursday 14 Alita: Battle Angel Captain Marvel (2D & 3D) Cold Pursuit Fighting With My Family Green Book How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World Isn’t It Romantic The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse The Upside friday 15 — thursday 21 Alita: Battle Angel Captain Marvel *Captive State *Five Feet Apart Green Book How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World Isn’t It Romantic The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part The Upside *Wonder Park

MARQUIS THEATRE

65 Main St., Middlebury, 388-4841, middleburymarquis.com

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wednesday 13 — thursday 14

Alita: Battle Angel (2D & 3D) Captain Marvel (2D & 3D) *Captive State (Thu only) Fighting With My Family *Five Feet Apart (Thu only) Green Book Greta How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2D & 3D)

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MERRILL’S ROXY CINEMAS 222 College St., Burlington, 864-3456, merrilltheatres.net

wednesday 13 — thursday 14 Apollo 11 Arctic Captain Marvel Everybody Knows The Favourite Green Book Greta friday 15 — thursday 21 Apollo 11 Captain Marvel *Climax Everybody Knows The Favourite Green Book *The Wedding Guest

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10 Fayette Dr., South Burlington, 864-5610, palace9.com

wednesday 13 — thursday 14 Bohemian Rhapsody Captain Marvel **Doctor Who: Logopolis (Wed only) **Fate/stay night [Heaven’s Feel] II. Lost Butterfly (Thu only) Fighting With My Family How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World Isn’t It Romantic The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part A Star Is Born (encore presentation with added footage) They Shall Not Grow Old The Wife friday 15 — thursday 21 **Anna Karenina: The Musical (Sat & Mon only) Bohemian Rhapsody *Captive State Captain Marvel **Caravaggio: The Soul and the Blood (Sun & Tue only) **Errol Spence Jr. vs. Mikey Garcia Live (Sat only) **Exhibition on Screen: Degas (Thu only) How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World Isn’t It Romantic The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part

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**Made in Abyss: Journey’s Dawn (subtitled: Wed only) A Star Is Born (encore presentation with added footage) They Shall Not Grow Old *Wonder Park

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241 N. Main St., Barre, 479-9621, fgbtheaters.com

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THE PLAYHOUSE CO-OP THEATRE 11 S. Main St., Randolph, 728-4012, playhouseflicks.webplus.net

wednesday 13 — thursday 21 Closed.

STOWE CINEMA 3 PLEX 454 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-4678, stowecinema.com

wednesday 13 — thursday 14 Captain Marvel Fighting With My Family Vice friday 15 — thursday 21 Schedule not available at press time.

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155 Porters Point Rd., Colchester, 862-1800, sunsetdrivein.com

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104 N. Main St., St. Albans, 527-7888, weldentheatre.com

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY BY ROB BREZSNY REAL MARCH 14-20 that she wants to be wild, elemental, uninhibited, primal, raw, pure — all the while without inflicting any hurt or damage on herself or anyone else. In accordance with your astrological omens, Taurus, that’s a state I encourage you to embody in the coming weeks. If you’re feeling extra smart — which I suspect you will — you could go even further. You may be able to heal yourself and others with your wild, elemental, uninhibited, primal, raw, pure energy.

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PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20)

In 2014, NASA managed to place its MAVEN spacecraft into orbit around Mars. The cost of the mission was $671 million. Soon thereafter, the Indian government put its own vehicle, the Mangalyaan, into orbit around the Red Planet. It spent $74 million.

As you plan your own big project, Pisces, I recommend you emulate the Mangalyaan rather than the MAVEN. I suspect you can do great things — maybe even your personal equivalent of sending a spacecraft to Mars — on a relatively modest budget.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): The coming weeks might be a good time to acquire a flamethrower. It would come in handy if you felt the urge to go to a beach and incinerate mementoes from an ex-ally. It would also be useful if you wanted to burn stuff that reminds you of who you used to be and don’t want to be any more, or if you got in the mood to set ablaze symbols of questionable ideas you used to believe in but can’t afford to believe in any more.

If you don’t want to spend $1,600-plus on a flamethrower, just close your eyes for 10 minutes and visualize yourself performing acts of creative destruction like those I mentioned.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Taurus aphorist Olivia Dresher writes that she would like to be “a force of nature” but “not causing any suffering.” The way I interpret her longing is

(May 21-June 20): In some major cities, the buttons you push at a crosswalk don’t actually work to make the traffic light turn green faster. The same is true about the “close door” buttons in many elevators. Pushing them doesn’t have any effect on the door.

Harvard psychologist Ellen Langer says these buttons are like placebos that give you “the illusion of control.” I bring this phenomenon to your attention, Gemini, in hope of inspiring you to scout around for comparable things in your life. Is there any situation in which you imagine you have power or influence but probably don’t? If so, now is an excellent time to find out — and remedy that problem.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Philip Boit was born and raised in Kenya, where it never snows except on the very top of Mount Kenya. Yet he represented his country in the cross-country skiing events at the Winter Olympics in 2002 and 2006. How did he do it? He trained up north in snowy Finland. Meanwhile, Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong competed for Ghana in the slalom in the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Since there was no snow in his homeland, he practiced his skills in the French Alps. These two are your role models for the coming months, Cancerian. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you’ll have the potential to achieve success in tasks and activities that may not seem like a natural fit.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In the process of casting for his movie The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, director David Fincher considered selecting A-list actress Scarlett Johansson to play the heroine. But ultimately he decided she was too sexy and radiant. He wanted a pale, thin, tougher-looking actress, whom he found in Rooney Mara. I suspect that in a somewhat

similar way, you may be perceived as being too much something for a role you would actually perform quite well. But in my astrological opinion, you’re not at all too much. In fact, you’re just right. Is there anything you can do — with full integrity — to adjust how people see you and understand you without diluting your brightness and strength?

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): In 1993, an English gardener named Eric Lawes used his metal detector to look for a hammer that his farmer friend had lost in a field. Instead of the hammer, he found the unexpected: a buried box containing 15,234 old Roman silver and gold worth more than $4 million today. I bring this to your attention, Virgo, because I suspect that you, too, will soon discover something different from what you’re searching for. Like the treasure Lawes located, it might even be more valuable than what you thought you wanted.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “The role of the artist is exactly the same as the role of the lover,” wrote author James Baldwin. “If I love you, I have to make you conscious of the things you don’t see.” To fully endorse that statement, I’d need to add two adverbs. My version would be, “The role of the artist is exactly the same as the role of the lover. If I love you, I have to kindly and compassionately make you conscious of the things you don’t see.” In accordance with current astrological omens, I recommend that you Libras enthusiastically adopt that mission during the coming weeks. With tenderness and care, help those you care about to become aware of what they’ve been missing — and ask for the same from them toward you.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): For thousands of generations, our early ancestors were able to get some of the food they needed through a practice known as persistence hunting. They usually couldn’t run as fast as the animals they chased. But they had a distinct advantage: They could keep moving relentlessly until their prey grew exhausted. In part that’s because they had far less hair than the animals and thus could cool off better. I propose that we adopt this theme as a metaphor for your life in the coming weeks and months. You won’t need to be extra fast or super ferocious or impossi-

bly clever to get what you want. All you have to do is be persistent and dogged and disciplined.

SAGITTARIUS

(Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Wompsi’kuk Skeesucks Brooke is a Native American woman of the Mohegan tribe. According to her description of Mohegan naming traditions, and reported by author Elisabeth Pearson Waugaman, “Children receive names that are descriptive. They may be given new names at adolescence, and again as they go through life according to what their life experiences and accomplishments are.”

She concludes that names “change as the individual changes.” If you have been thinking about transforming the way you express and present yourself, you might want to consider such a shift. The year 2019 will be a favorable time to at least add a new nickname or title. And I suspect you’ll have maximum inspiration to do so in the coming weeks.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): For many of us, smell is our most neglected sense. We see, hear, taste and feel with vividness and eagerness but allow our olfactory powers to go underused. In accordance with astrological omens, I hope you will compensate for that dearth in the coming weeks. There is subtle information you can obtain — and, in my opinion, need quite strongly — that will come your way only with the help of your nose. Trust the guidance provided by scent.

AQUARIUS

(Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Essayist Nassim Nicholas Taleb says humans come in three types: fragile, robust or anti-fragile.

Those who are fragile work hard to shield themselves from life’s messiness. The downside? They are deprived of experiences that might spur them to grow smarter. As for robust people, Taleb believes they are firm in the face of messiness. They remain who they are even when they’re disrupted. The potential problem? They may be too strong to surrender to necessary transformations. If you’re the third type, anti-fragile, you engage with the messiness and use it as motivation to become more creative and resilient. The downside? None. In accordance with the astrological omens, Aquarius, I urge you to adopt the anti-fragile approach in the coming weeks.

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BOUILLON, TRADER JOE’S Asked if I was in your way of the spices; you replied you were looking for bouillon. You had on a baseball cap and white Converse. I was kicking myself in the ass for not making a move!

Hope you or your friends find this! I’d love to grab a coffee! When: Saturday, March 9, 2019. Where: Trader Joe’s.

You: Man. Me: Woman. #914684 CHUBBY MUFFIN @ CHUBBY MUFFIN You weren’t at Chubby Muffin, but I wanted you to be. You hang out here sometimes, working on a laptop. Sorry to snoop, but I’ve noticed you scrolling through pictures of cats. You always wear black jeans and a blue button-up. Me: indiscernible. You definitely don’t know how much I like you. I’d like the chance to show you. When: Monday, March 4, 2019. Where: Chubby Muffin, Burlington.

You: Woman. Me: Woman. #914683 POINTING FINGERS! I pointed at you while you were walking the streets. I was wearing a yellow jacket, jamming out to music.

If you see this, hello again! When: Tuesday, March 5, 2019. Where: Barre.

You: Man. Me: Woman. #914682 JELLY OR JAM Jelly or jam, violin or fiddle. THE END IS NIGH! Can I borrow some makeup?

When: Friday, March 1, 2019. Where: Bloody Death Pit of Joy. You: Trans woman. Me: Man. #914680 MAIL CALL! You dropped off the mail in the evening. You gave me a large box and said, “Presents!” You made me smile like an idiot. Wanna get a drink? When: Wednesday, February 27, 2019. Where: Hotel Vermont.

You: Man. Me: Woman. #914679 NAVIGATION EXPERT When we adventure, we do it right!

There are an infinite number of paths in life that lead to the same place.

Whatever path I choose to take, I hope to find you by my side. P.S. Glenwood is definitely faster. When: Tuesday, February 19, 2019. Where: 287 South.

You: Woman. Me: Man. #914678 3318!

365 — damn, girl — you still get me with those windshield-washer-fluid blue eyes, poodle doo and dimples! You complete my puzzle, fill my heart and put happiness into my world. I love you!

Happy one whole year to us. Holy s*it, we made it! When: Sunday, March 3, 2019. Where: When don’t I see you?

You: Woman. Me: Woman. #914677 ICE CREAM MAN You used to push around an ice cream cart at the Montpelier Farmers Market and work at the co-op on the side. I worked for a grumpy old guy named Alan. I meant to get a drink with you, but I left for a year instead. I’m coming back in April, ice cream man. Is it too late for a drink? When: Saturday, February 16, 2019. Where: Montpelier Farmers Market. You: Man. Me: Woman. #914674

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APOLOGIES I’m a fan of your work and always wanted to meet you, just as a person to a person, not a random guy in the checkout. Please forgive me; you deserve privacy. I just think you’re unmistakably stunning. My heart was racing, and I wasn’t thinking clearly. If I can get an autograph, let me know. When: Friday, February 15, 2019.

Where: grocery store on Shelburne Road. You: Woman. Me: Man. #914673 VTFISHGIRL1 You have now been spied. We need to watch that movie together on Saturday night. Tag, you’re it! When: Wednesday, February 20, 2019. Where: Seven Days.

You: Woman. Me: Man. #914675 HAVEN’T HAD MY MUFFIN YET You: dreamy, mossy, electric wizard, punk skunk hair twin. Is it you or peanut butter that makes my insides flutter? Are we the same person? One thing is true: It’s Friday, I’m in love with you! When: Wednesday, January 2, 2019. Where: the shack. You: Man. Me: Woman. #914672 SNOWSTORM AT MANHATTANS You came in by yourself and sat at the pizza counter. Black T-shirt, beige beanie and a tattoo on your forearm.

I think you’re super hot. Wanna make out? When: Tuesday, February 12, 2019. Where: Manhattan Pizza & Pub. You: Man. Me: Woman. #914671 YOU LOOKED IN MY EYES ...and liked what you saw at the time.

There is so much to discuss. Will you talk to me? When: Tuesday, February 12, 2019. Where: in my dreams, a lot.

You: Woman. Me: Man. #914670 ACE HARDWARE SUNDAY MORNING Somewhere around 10:15 a.m., our eyes met briefly and I was suddenly curious. You can certainly whistle a tune. When: Sunday, February 10, 2019. Where: Ace Hardware, Williston Rd. You: Man. Me: Woman. #914669 HEY OUTDOORSYWOMAN You might want to check your email settings and messages. You might be missing your true love! When: Tuesday, February 12, 2019. Where: Personals.

You: Woman. Me: Man. #914668 IN THE HOOD Were on a Vermont Transit Line bus, chanting GoVermont the whole way, wearing a costume that I assume you concocted all on your own, but I can tell that you had help from friends in Frisco, as your glasses barely fit over the hood. Peppermint & Phomphit was your fave Ben & Jerry’s flavor. Is this love I am feeling ? When: Wednesday, May 18, 2016. Where: Vallejo, Calif. You: Non-binary person. Me: Man. #914667 MONTPELIER PARK AND RIDE When you pulled up in your little green Mazda and we met eyes for two seconds, your beguiling smile melted me like an ice sculpture and my heart beat your last name. When: Friday, February 8, 2019. Where: Montpelier Park and Ride. You: Man. Me: Woman. #914666

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CARL, WAS THAT YOU? It’s been over 10 years so I couldn’t be sure, but you looked very familiar! Last I knew, you were moving to Kentucky to escape the cold, but that was when Bush 2 was president and we were neighbors.

I had a purple hat, and we passed in the parking lot and said hi. When: Thursday, February 7, 2019. Where: Nutty Steph’s.

You: Man. Me: Woman. #914665 SMOKY-EYED SMUGGLER Saw you shredding the trails in your black pants with red ember flecks. Although you where incognito, I managed to catch a glimpse of your smoky eyes at the pump house pickup. Let’s meet up and rip some turns. When: Saturday, February 2, 2019. Where: Jeffersonville.

You: Woman. Me: Man. #914663 TATTOOED AT PENNY CLUSE I was enjoying breakfast this morning by the window with my dad and his redheaded girlfriend and couldn’t help but notice how good-looking you are. I was wearing mostly black, gray sweater and have brown hair. You were wearing all black, tattoo on your forearm, have short brown hair and a beard. If you’re interested, let’s meet up! When: Friday, January 25, 2019. Where: Penny Cluse Café. You: Man. Me: Woman. #914659

SCARLETTLETTERS Dear Scarlett,

I’ve been working full time in a tire shop since high school and really like my job. About three or four months ago, a beautiful girl started working part time at our register, and I am really falling for her. I see her every day, and it’s building up. She flirts with me, and last week we started taking our lunch breaks together.

I want to ask her out, but she is just 16 years old, a junior in high school. My buddies tell me she’s too young and I could get in trouble. What can I do? I think we like each other, and our age difference doesn’t feel that big when we are hanging out.

Signed,

Mr. Goodyear? (male, 25)

TOPS CHECKOUT I offered for you to go before me at the checkout. You weren’t finished shopping. You passed by and very kindly touched my shoulder. That touch was very firm but gentle, and the warmth of your hand was felt through my body.

I felt your touch all night as it warmed my heart and eased my mind. Thank you! When: Wednesday, January 16, 2019. Where: Tops Market, Hardwick.

You: Man. Me: Woman. #914648 QT WORKING AT ONYX You told me the tea was like “Christmas morning,” and while it was steeping I was stealing glances at yer cute mug. You lent me a phone charger, which got me to a whopping 3 percent — I should’ve used that to get your number. Are you single?

—Girl with blue fur-trimmed hood. When: Thursday, January 17, 2019. Where: Onyx Tonics. You: Man. Me: Woman. #914647 YOU AND ME These rendezvous we experience are very special to me. I care deeply for you and am at a loss for what to do with these feelings. I think it’s mutual, but my vibes on that change day to day. I don’t understand. Are we “friends”? I believe our connection is more than friends. I need to know your thoughts of me. When: Wednesday, January 16, 2019. Where: around. You: Man. Me: Woman. #914645 UNIFIRST DELIVERY MAN I smiled at you and commented on how busy you must be with wet rugs. You replied, and a nice smile followed. When: Tuesday, January 8, 2019. Where: Buffalo Wild Wings.

You: Man. Me: Woman. #914638 WORCESTER RANGE SUSAN, LAST SUMMER We met last summer on either Worcester or Hunger Mountain. We were going in opposite directions but stopped to talk. We exchanged names. You: Susan, I think. I’m Carl. I felt the connection, and I know you did, too. You I-Spied me later, but at the time I couldn’t respond.

I’d love to go for a winter hike with you sometime. When: Friday, July 20, 2018.

Where: Worcester Mountain Trail.

You: Woman. Me: Man. #914630

Dear Mr. Goodyear,

The age of consent in the state of Vermont is 16. So, if your love interest is of age and gives consent, it’s technically not illegal for you to have sex with each other. That doesn’t mean it’s a good idea, however. At 16, she is still a minor, which means there are things she cannot do, like get married, without parental consent. Until she turns 18, she’s not considered an adult and therefore not responsible for her actions in a legal sense.

There is also the matter of maturity. You may be hitting it off, but will she fit in with your friends? Will you fit in with hers? How will her parents feel about her dating someone almost a decade older? And what will you do for fun? Her social life may be restricted by her parents. And it’s not like she can go out with you for a beer — at least, not legally.

It’s true that the older you get, the smaller the age gap will seem. But there is still the issue of you working together. At her age, this is likely just a passing gig, whereas for you it’s a full-time job that you enjoy. If things go sour, your work environment could become uncomfortable. What if you break up and she starts dating someone else? Are you prepared to see that on a daily basis?

My advice is to wait and see how the friendship develops. You both have plenty of time.

Love,

Scarlett

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The City of Burlington will not tolerate unlawful harassment or discrimination on the basis of political or religious affiliation, race, color, national origin, place of birth, ancestry, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, veteran status, disability, HIV positive status, crime victim status or genetic information. The City is also committed to providing proper access to services, facilities, and employment opportunities. For accessibility information or alternative formats, please contact Human Resources Department at (802) 540-2505.

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Participation in the DRB proceeding is a prerequisite to the right to take any subsequent appeal. Please note that ANYTHING submitted to the Planning and Zoning office is considered public and cannot be kept confidential.

This may not be the final order in which items will be heard. Please view final Agenda, at www.burlingtonvt.gov/ pz/drb/agendas or the office notice board, one week before the hearing for the order in which items will be heard.

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CITY OF BURLINGTON TRAFFIC REGULATIONS The following traffic regulations are hereby enacted by the Public Works Commission as amendments to Appendix C, Rules and Regulations of the Traffic Commission, and the City of Burlington’s Code of Ordinances: 7 No parking areas.

No person shall park any vehicle at any time in the following locations: (1)-(137)

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Within the cul-de-sac at the west end of Killarney Dr in front of the access ramp for the Island Line trail and for two (2) feet north and south of the access ramp.

(139)-(549) As Written.

Adopted this 20th day of February, 2019 by the Board of Public Works Commissioners: Attest Phillip Peterson Associate Engineer – Technical Services Adopted 2/20/19; Published 03/13/19; Effective 04/03/19.

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NOTICE OF SALE According to the terms and conditions of a Judgment and Decree of Foreclosure by Judicial Sale (the Order) in the matter of Vermont Housing Finance Agency v. Jason Colebaugh and Any Tenants Residing at 15 Dewey Drive (fka 101 West Milton Road Unit 61), Milton, VT, Vermont Superior Court, Chittenden Unit - Civil Division, Docket No. 2493-18 Cncv, foreclosing a mortgage given by Jason Colebaugh to Summit Financial Center, Inc. dated April 15, 2005 and recorded in Volume 312, Page 461 of the Milton land records (the Mortgage) presently held by Plaintiff Vermont Housing Finance Agency for the purpose of foreclosing the Mortgage for breach of the conditions of the Mortgage, the real estate with an E-911 address of 15 Dewey Drive (fka 101 West Milton Road Unit 61), Milton, Vermont (the Property) will be sold at public auction at 2:00 p.m. on March 29, 2019 at the location of the Property.

The Property to be sold is all and the same land and premises described in the Mortgage, and further described as follows: All and the same lands and premises conveyed

to Jason Colebaugh by Vermont Mobile Home Uniform Bill of Sale from Brault’s Mobile Homes, Inc., dated April 15, 2005 and recorded in Volume 312, Page 460 of the Milton land records. The Property may be subject to easements, rights-ofway and other interests of record Terms of Sale: The Property will be sold to the highest bidder, who will pay $10,000.00 at sale in cash, certified, treasurer’s or cashier’s check made payable to Thomas Hirchak Company (or by wire transfer, if arrangements for wire transfer are made in advance, confirmation of wire transfer is available before commencement of sale and bidder pays additional fees required for wire transfer), will pay the remaining balance of 10% of the highest bid to Thomas Hirchak Company within five (5) calendar days of the sale and will pay the balance of the highest bid price within fifteen (15) days of the issuance of an Order of Confirmation by the Vermont Superior Court.

The successful bidder will be required to sign a Purchase Agreement.

Copies are available by calling the telephone number below. If the successful bidder fails to complete the purchase of the Property as required by the Agreement, the $10,000.00 deposit will be forfeited to Plaintiff.

The Property is sold “AS IS” and the successful bidder is required to purchase the Property whether or not the Property is in compliance with local, state or federal land use laws, regulations or permits.

Title to the Property will be conveyed without warranties by Order of Confirmation. This sale is exempt from federal lead based hazards disclosure. 24 CFR Section 35.82.

Redemption Benefits of Mortgagor: The mortgagor is entitled to redeem the Property at any time prior to the sale by paying the full amount due under the Mortgage, including the costs and expenses of sale.

Other terms to be announced at the sale or inquire at Thomas Hirchak Company, 1-800634-7653. www.THCAuction.com Dated: February 22, 2019 /s/ Robert W. Scharf, Esq. Robert W. Scharf, Esq. Attorney for Plaintiff

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NOTICE OF SELFSTORAGE LIEN SALE LYMAN STORAGE 10438 ROUTE 116 HINESBURG VT 05461 802-482-2379 Notice is hereby given that the contents of the self-storage units listed below will be sold at public auction by sealed bid at the Lyman Storage facility. This sale is being held to collect unpaid storage unit occupancy fees, charges and expenses of the sale.

The entire contents of each self-storage unit listed below will be sold, with the proceeds to be distributed to Lyman Storage for all accrued occupancy fees (rent charges), attorney’s fees, sale expenses, and all other expenses in

relation to the unit and its sale. Any proceeds beyond the foregoing shall be returned to the unit holder.

Contents of each unit may be viewed on Saturday 03/30/2019, commencing at 10:00 a.m.

Sealed bids are to be submitted on the entire contents of each selfstorage unit. Bids will be opened one-quarter of an hour after the last unit has been viewed on Saturday 03/30/2019.

The highest bidder on the storage unit must remove the entire contents of the unit within 48 hours after notification of their successful bid.

Purchase must be made in cash and paid in advance of the removal of the contents of the unit.

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Unit 010 ~ Deborah L Spranofrancis 61 Maple Street Apt. B Essex Jct. VT 05452 Unit 011 ~ Keith M Parisella 1914 Prindle Rd Charlotte VT 05445 Unit 015 ~ Lynda J Moureau 2345 N Craycroft Rd. Apt. 323 Tucson AZ 85712 Unit 020 ~ Church J Tanner 2227 Spear Street Charlotte VT 05445 Unit 033 ~ Steven J Tilley 4025 Case Street Middlebury VT 05753 Unit 048 ~ Susan D Brace 1567 Hollow Road N Ferrisburgh VT 05473 SCHOOL ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT #58 NORTHUMBERLAND – STRATFORD - STARK 15 Preble Street Groveton, NH 03582 (Phone) 603-636-1437 (Fax) 603-636-6102

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SAU #58 is seeking bid proposals to outsource their food service programs for the 2019/2020 school year.

There are four cafeterias (three school districts) to manage; reduce costs, increase student options and improve quality.

Requests for Proposals (RFP’s) can be received at the SAU Office or mailed directly to you.

If vendors would like to visit the schools, they may do so by contacting Patricia Brown between the hours of 8:00 AM and 4:00 PM at 603-6361437.

Bid proposals must be received at the School Administrative Unit #58 Office on or before April 12, 2019 by 4:00 PM. Bids will be reviewed and presented to the boards.

The School Boards reserve the right to accept/reject any or all bids received as deemed in the best interest of the school district.

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STATE OF VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT CHITTENDEN UNIT CIVIL DIVISION DOCKET NO. 733-8-18 CNCV STONEHEDGE NORTH CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC., Plaintiff, v.

SAMANTHA SIMMS and ALL OCCUPANTS OF D-5 STONEHEDGE DRIVE, SOUTH BURLINGTON, VERMONT, Defendants.

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE By virtue and in execution of the power of judicial foreclosure sale contained in Title 12, V.S.A. Chapter 172, Subchapter 3, applicable to the undersigned as holder of liens for delinquent unit owners’-association assessments under Title 27A V.S.A. Section 3-116, and for the purpose of foreclosing the same, the property at Stonehedge North Condominium in the City of South Burlington, Chittenden County, Vermont described below will be sold at public auction at eleven o’clock AM, on the 17th day of April, 2019, at the address of the subject property, Unit D-5, Stonehedge

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Property Description: Unit D-5 Stonehedge North Condominium, being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to Samantha Simms by warranty deed of the Susan H. Simms Family Trust, dated June 19, 2012, recorded in Volume 1092, Page 191 of the South Burlington Land Records.

Terms of Sale: The undersigned may bid up to the amount due it under its lien as found by the Court, without depositing cash. All others wishing to bid shall deposit with the auctioneer, in advance of bidding, a minimum of $10,000.00, in cash, wire transfer or local bank check. The winning bidder shall sign a purchase and sales contract to close the purchase, with payment in full within ten (10) calendar days of the Court’s Confirmation Order. The record owner and all junior lienholders are entitled to redeem the property at any time before the sale by paying the full amount due as found by the Court, including the costs and expenses of the sale. Other terms

to be announced at the sale or inquire at Lisman, Leckerling, Burlington, 802-864-5756.

DATED at Burlington this __ day of March, 2019.

STONEHEDGE NORTH CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC. By: Douglas K. Riley, its Attorney at Law Lisman, Leckerling, PC P.O. Box 728 Burlington, VT 05401 802-864-5756 STATE OF VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT CHITTENDEN UNIT PROBATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. 249-2-19 CNPR In re estate of Linda M. Dawson.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS To the creditors of Linda M. Dawson late of South Burlington, Vermont.

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

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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: March 7, 2019 /s/ Kate C. Webster Signature of Fiduciary Kate C. Webster Executor/Administrator: 80 Farmall Drive Hinesburg, VT 05641 Name of publication Seven Days Publication Dates: 3/13/2019 Name and Address of Court: Chittenden Unit, Probate Court P.O. Box 511 Burlington, VT 05402 STATE OF VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT CHITTENDEN UNIT PROBATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. 254-2-19 CNPR In re estate of Jonathan J. Jerome.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS To the creditors of Jonathan J. Jerome late of Winooski, Vermont.

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[CONTINUED] 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

/s/ Richard Jerome Signature of Fiduciary Richard Jerome Executor/Administrator: c/o Caffry Law, PLLC 46 South Main Street, Suite 3A Waterbury, VT 05676 kaitlyn@caffrylaw.com Name of publication Seven Days Publication Dates:

3/13/2019 Name and Address of Court: Chittenden Probate Court P.O. Box 511 Burlington, VT 054020511 THE CONTENTS OF STORAGE UNIT 0104265 LOCATED AT 28 ADAMS DR OR 48 INDUSTRIAL DR, OR WINTER SPORT LANE WILL BE SOLD ON OR ABOUT 20TH OF MARCH, 2019 TO SATISFY THE DEBIT OF AMY THIBAULT. Any person claiming a right to the goods may pay the amount claimed

due and reasonable expenses before the sale, in which case the sale may not occur.

TOWN OF BOLTON NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING DEVELOPMENT REVIEW BOARD (DRB) AT BOLTON TOWN OFFICE 3045 THEODORE ROOSEVELT HIGHWAY BOLTON, VERMONT 05676 The DRB will hold two public hearings on Thursday, March 28, 2019, starting at 6:30 pm at the Bolton Town Office to consider the following applications: Application 2019-01-CU:

Applicant: Richard J. Weston, Property Owner: (same) – Request Conditional Use Approval to build 1,680 sq. ft. single family dwelling at 1811 Happy Hollow Rd. The property is located in the Forest Zoning District.

(Tax Map # 12-4101901) Application 2019-02CU: Applicant: Stephen Goldfield, Property Owner: (same) – Request Conditional Use approval to construct a 24x22’ addition to single family dwelling and a 25x25’ free-standing garage at 501 Sharkeyville Rd. The property is located in Rural II zoning district (Tax Map # 14-4160431).

The hearings are open to the public. Additional information may be obtained at the Bolton Town Office, Mon.-Thur. from 8:00-4:00PM.

email to: zoningbolton@ gmavt.net

Pursuant to 24 VSA §§4464(a)(1)(C) and 4471(a), participation in this local proceeding, by written or oral comment, is a prerequisite to the right to take any subsequent appeal. If you cannot attend the hearing, comments may be made in writing prior to the hearing and mailed to: Zoning Administrator, 3045 Theodore Roosevelt Highway (US Route 2), Bolton, Vermont 05676 or via

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MEMBERS SOUGHT TO REPRESENT INTERESTS OF ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLY RESOURCES ON ELECTRIC SYSTEM PLANNING COMMITTEE The Vermont Public Utility Commission seeks a primary member and an alternate to serve on the Vermont System Planning Committee (VSPC) and represent the interests of electric power supply resources such as electricity generators. The alternate will attend VSPC meetings when the primary member is not available.

The VSPC plays a key role in the planning process for Vermont’s electric transmission system. This planning process is designed to facilitate the full, fair, and timely consideration of cost-effective non-transmission alternatives to new transmission projects. The VSPC: (1) facilitates and supports such consideration of non-transmission alternatives; (2) encourages and facilitates public involvement in Vermont transmission planning in general and in the consideration of specific projects; and (3) provides transparency and accountability to the Vermont transmission-planning process.

Members of the VSPC include representatives of: (1) each Vermont electric distribution, transmission, and electric energy efficiency utility; (2) five members, each representing the interests of one of the following groups: electric residential consumers, electric commercial and industrial consumers, town and regional planning commissions, environmental protection, and electric power supply resources; and (3) two non-voting participants, one each appointed by the Standard-Offer Facilitator and by the Vermont Department of Public Service.

Members and alternatives serve a five-year term. Primary members are expected to attend quarterly, day-long VSPC meetings at rotating locations and may also serve on one or more subcommittees. Members are eligible for per diem and travel reimbursement consistent with that provided to members of state boards pursuant to 32 V.S.A. 1010(b). Additional information about the VSPC and its role in the transmission-planning process is available on the VSPC’s website at: http://www.vermontspc.com/default.aspx The Commission strongly encourages interested persons to review these materials.

Please send letters of interest to Business Manager, Vermont Public Utility Commission, 4th Floor, 112 State Street, Montpelier, VT 05620-2701 or via email to puc.businessmanager@vermont.gov by March 29, 2019. Letters of interest should describe the applicant’s qualifications to represent that group and explain the applicant’s reasons for wanting to serve on the VSPC.

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Smalley Contractors Equipment Simulcast: Tues., Mar. 26 @ 9AM Register & Inspect at 8AM

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FCA FAMILY SUPPORT GROUP Families coping with addiction (FCA) is an open community peer support group for adults 18 & over struggling with the drug or alcohol addiction of a loved one.

FCA is not 12-step based but provides a forum

FOOD ADDICTS IN RECOVERY ANONYMOUS (FA) Are you having trouble controlling the way you eat? FA is a free 12-step recovery program for anyone suffering from food obsession, overeating, under-eating or bulimia. Local meetings are held twice a week: Mondays, 4-5:30 p.m., at the Unitarian Universalist Church, Norwich, Vt.; and Wednesdays, 6:30-8 p.m., at Hanover Friends Meeting House, Hanover, N.H. For more information and a list of additional meetings throughout the U.S. and the world, call 603-630-1495 or visit foodaddicts.org.

G.R.A.S.P. (GRIEF RECOVERY AFTER A SUBSTANCE PASSING) Are you a family member who has lost a loved one to addiction? Find support, peer-led support group. Meets once a month on Mondays in Burlington. Please call for date and location.

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CELEBRATE RECOVERY Overcome any hurt, habit or hangup in your life with this confidential 12-Step, Christ-centered recovery program. We offer multiple support groups for both men and women, such as chemical dependency, codependency, sexual addiction and pornography, food issues, and overcoming abuse. All 18+ are welcome; sorry,

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FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF THOSE EXPERIENCING MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS This support group is a dedicated meeting for family, friends and community members who are supporting a loved one through a mental health crisis. Mental health crisis might include extreme states, psychosis, depression, anxiety and other types of distress. The group is a confidential space where family and friends can discuss shared experiences and receive support in an environment free of judgment and stigma with a trained facilitator.

Weekly on Wednesdays, 7-8:30 p.m. Downtown Burlington. Info: Jess Horner, LICSW, 866-218-8586.

for those living this experience to develop personal coping skills & draw strength from one another. Weekly on Wed., 5:30-6:30 p.m.

Turning Point Center, 179 So. Winooski Ave., Suite 301, Burlington. thdaub1@gmail.com.

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BRAIN INJURY SUPPORT GROUP IN ST. JOHNSBURY Monthly meetings will be held on the 3rd Wed. of every mo., 1-2:30 p.m., at the Grace United Methodist Church, 36 Central St., St. Johnsbury. The support group will offer valuable resources & info about brain injury.

It will be a place to share experiences in a safe, secure & confidential environment. Info,

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SUPPORT Steps to End Domestic Violence offers a weekly drop-in support group

FAMILIES, PARTNERS, FRIENDS AND ALLIES OF TRANSGENDER ADULTS We are people with adult loved ones who are transgender or gender-nonconforming.

We meet to support each other and to learn more about issues and concerns. Our sessions are supportive, informal, and confidential.

Meetings are generally

held at 5:30 PM, the second Thursday of each month at Pride Center of VT, 255 South Champlain St., Suite 12, in Burlington. For this month only, we are meeting on the third Thursday, 2/21.

Not sure if you’re ready for a meeting? We also offer one-on-one support. For more information, email rex@ pridecentervt.org or call 802-238-3801.

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BETTER BREATHERS CLUB American Lung Association support group for people with breathing issues, their loved ones or caregivers. Meets first Monday of the month, 11 a.m.-noon at the Godnick Center, 1 Deer St., Rutland. For more information call 802-776-5508.

CANCER SUPPORT GROUP The Champlain Valley Prostate Cancer Support Group will be held every 2nd Tue. of the mo., 6-7:45 p.m. at the Hope Lodge, 237 East Ave., Burlington.

Newly diagnosed?

Prostate cancer reoccurrence? General discussion and sharing among survivors and those beginning or rejoining the battle.

Info, Mary L. Guyette RN, MS, ACNS-BC, 274-4990, vmary@aol.com.

CEREBRAL PALSY GUIDANCE Cerebral Palsy Guidance is a very comprehensive informational website broadly covering the topic of cerebral palsy and associated medical conditions. It’s mission it to provide the best possible information to parents of children living with the complex condition of cerebral palsy. cerebralpalsy guidance.com/ cerebral-palsy.

DISCOVER THE POWER OF CHOICE! SMART Recovery welcomes anyone, including family and friends, affected by any kind of substance or activity addiction.

It is a science-based program that encourages abstinence. Specially trained volunteer facilitators provide leadership. Sundays at 5 p.m. at the 1st Unitarian Universalist Society, 152 Pearl St., Burlington. Volunteer facilitator: Bert, 3998754. You can learn more at smartrecovery.org.

EMPLOYMENTSEEKERS SUPPORT GROUP Frustrated with the job search or with your job? You are not alone. Come check out this supportive circle.

Wednesdays at 3 p.m., Pathways Vermont Community Center, 279 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: Abby Levinsohn, 777-8602.

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ALZHEIMER’S ASSOCIATION TELEPHONE SUPPORT GROUP 1st Monday monthly, 3-4:30 p.m.

Pre-registration is required (to receive dial-in codes for toll-free call). Please dial the Alzheimer’s Association’s 24/7 Helpline 800-272-3900 for more information.

BEREAVEMENT/GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP Meets every other Mon. night, 6-7:30 p.m., & every other Wed., 10-11:30 a.m., in the Conference Center at Central Vermont Home Health & Hospice in Berlin. The group is open to anyone who has experienced the death of a loved one. There is no fee. Info, Ginny Fry or Jean Semprebon, 223-1878.

CELIAC & GLUTEN-FREE GROUP Last Wed. of every month, 4:30-6 p.m., at Tulsi Tea Room, 34 Elm St., Montpelier. Free & open to the public!

To learn more, contact Lisa at 598-9206 or lisamase@gmail.com.

DECLUTTERERS’ SUPPORT GROUP Are you ready to make improvements but find it overwhelming? Maybe two or three of us can get together to help each other simplify.

989-3234, 425-3612.

for female identified survivors of intimate partner violence, including individuals who are experiencing or have been affected by domestic violence. The support group offers a safe, confidential place for survivors to connect with others, to heal, and to recover. In support group, participants talk through their experiences and hear stories from others who have experienced abuse in their relationships.

Support group is also a resource for those who are unsure of their next step, even if it involves remaining in their current relationship.

Tuesdays, 6:30-8 p.m.

Childcare is provided.

Info: 658-1996.

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ALZHEIMER’S ASSOCIATION SUPPORT GROUP This caregivers support group meets on the 3rd Wed. of every mo. from 5-6:30 p.m. at the Alzheimer’s Association Main Office, 300 Cornerstone Dr., Suite 128, Williston.

Support groups meet to provide assistance and information on Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.

They emphasize shared experiences, emotional support, and coping techniques in care for a person living with Alzheimer’s or a related dementia. Meetings are free and open to the public. Families, caregivers, and friends may attend. Please call in advance to confirm date and time. For questions or additional support group listings, call 800-272-3900.

BURLINGTON AREA PARKINSON’S DISEASE OUTREACH GROUP People with Parkinson’s disease & their caregivers gather together to gain support & learn about living with Parkinson’s disease.

Group meets 2nd Wed. of every mo., 1-2 p.m., continuing through Nov. 18, 2015.

Shelburne Bay Senior Living Community, 185 Pine Haven Shores Rd., Shelburne. Info: 888763-3366, parkinson info@uvmhealth.org, parkinsonsvt.org.

CELEBRATE RECOVERY Celebrate Recovery meetings are for anyone with struggles with hurt, habits and hang ups, which includes everyone in some way.

We welcome everyone at Cornerstone Church in Milton which meets every Friday night at 7-9 p.m. We’d love to have you join us and discover how your life can start to change. Info: 893-0530, julie@mccartycreations. com.

CODEPENDENTS ANONYMOUS CoDA is a 12-step fellowship for people whose common purpose is to develop healthy & fulfilling relationships. By actively working the program of Codependents Anonymous, we can realize a new joy, acceptance & serenity in our lives. Meets Sunday at noon at the Turning Point Center, 179 So. Winooski Ave., Suite 301, Burlington. Tom, 238-3587, coda.org.

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ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS Daily meetings in various locations. Free.

Info, 864-1212. Want to overcome a drinking problem? Take the first step of 12 & join a group in your area.

BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF VERMONT Montpelier daytime support group meets the 3rd Thu. of the mo. at the Unitarian Church ramp entrance, 1:302:30 p.m. St. Johnsbury support group meets the 3rd Wed. monthly at the Grace United Methodist Church, 36 Central St., 1:00-2:30 p.m. Colchester Evening support group meets the 1st Wed. monthly at the Fanny Allen Hospital in the Board Room Conference Room, 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Brattleboro meets at Brooks Memorial Library on the 1st Thu. monthly from 1:15-3:15 p.m. and the 3rd Mon. monthly from 4:15-6:15 p.m. White River Jct. meets the 2nd Fri. monthly at Bugbee Sr. Ctr. from 3-4:30 p.m.

Call our helpline at 877-856-1772.

no childcare. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.; we begin at 7 p.m. Essex Alliance Church, 37 Old Stage Rd., Essex Junction. Info: recovery@essexalliance. org, 878-8213.

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ALATEEN GROUP New Alateen group in Burlington on Sundays from 5-6 p.m. at the UU building at the top of Church St. For more information please call Carol, 324-4457.

BABY BUMPS SUPPORT GROUP FOR MOTHERS AND PREGNANT WOMEN Pregnancy can be a wonderful time of your life. But, it can also be a time of stress that is often compounded by hormonal swings.

If you are a pregnant woman, or have recently given birth and feel you need some help with managing emotional bumps in the road that can come with motherhood, please come to this free support group lead by an experienced pediatric Registered Nurse. Held on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month, 5:30-6:30 p.m. at the Birthing Center, Northwestern Medical Center, St. Albans. Info: Rhonda Desrochers, Franklin County Home Health Agency, 527-7531.

Tom Younkman, tyounkman@vcil.org, 800-639-1522.

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AL-ANON For families & friends of alcoholics. For meeting info, go to vermontal anonalateen.org or call 866-972-5266.

ARE YOU HAVING PROBLEMS W/ DEBT? Do you spend more than you earn? Get help at Debtor’s Anonymous plus Business Debtor’s Anonymous. Wed., 6:307:30 p.m., Methodist Church in the Rainbow Room at Buell & S. Winooski, Burlington.

Contact Jennifer, 917-568-6390.

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ADDICT IN THE FAMILY: SUPPORT GROUP FOR FRIENDS AND FAMILIES OF ADDICTS AND ALCOHOLICS Wednesdays, 6:30-8 p.m., Holy Family/St. Lawrence Parish, 4 Prospect St., Essex Junction. For further information, please visit thefamilyrestored. org or contact Lindsay Duford at 781-960-3965 or 12lindsaymarie@ gmail.com.

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FULL-TIME PARALEGAL CAFFRY LAW in Waterbury, Vermont, seeks an experienced, professional, full-time paralegal for estate/special needs planning practice for Vermonters with disabilities and their families.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills for client relations and court filings essential. Experience with estate administration, estate planning or with public benefits programs for Vermonters preferred.

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The Turning Point Center of Chittenden County seeks a part-time Assistant Director, with the expectation of moving to full-time.

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SATURDAY, MARCH 30TH, 10 AM - 2 PM AT THE WELCOME CENTER Shelburne Farms is a non-profit educational organization with multiple enterprises across its beautiful 1,400 acre historic campus.

Seasonal positions are available from May to October in Buildings & Grounds, Tractor Driving, Inn & Guest Services, Kitchen/Dining Room, Market Garden, Restaurant, Special Events, and Welcome Center & Farm Store.

We are looking for someone knowledgeable and passionate about mission-driven coalitions, organizations, and individuals to join our team! The Program Director of Consulting & Outreach is responsible for the design, delivery, evaluation, and success of our Consulting Program, Short Trainings and Outreach. A detailed job description can be found here: https://bit.ly/2XPmlmS If you are interested in joining our geographically diverse and mission-driven team, please send a cover letter, your resume, and three references to our business manager at business@gradschool.marlboro.edu by end of day March 22, 2019. Please include Program Director Consulting in the subject line.

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Executive Director to start in May. This person will provide reception Eligible candidates are clinical licensed/license-tracked and are highly skilled in working leadership, administration, and overall management of the • Scheduling client meetings with young people & families. Our best candidates are committed to creativity and organization and its mission. This position is currently partinnovation in substance abuse & mental health treatment and are whole-health & • Assisting clients with estate/ wellness-oriented. Centerpoint strongly encourages applications from candidates with time. For more information, go to www.vermontjustice.org. special needs planning diverse backgrounds, identities, and experiences. process, providing relevant If this is you – and you’re ready to join our team – please send Please reply with cover letter and resume to: special needs information, by a letter highlighting your skills and talents, along with your resume, to: Michele Patton, Esq. phone and by email Please submit cover letter, resume, and references, to attorney Kaitlyn Keating. Kaitlyn@caffrylaw.com.

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CLINICAL RESEARCH CASE MANAGER Part-time position open for a clinical research case manager at the Vermont Center on Behavior and Health.

In person hours are flexible but applicants should be able to receive calls Monday through Friday, 9:00am - 7:00pm with occasional Saturday morning hours. This position will involve helping UVM College of Medicine researchers conduct a NIH-funded trial evaluating treatments for posthospital care in low-income cardiac patients. Must have clinical experience with cardiac patients. Strong attention to detail, being self-motivated and prior experience with challenging populations and/or clinical trials is preferred.

Interested applicants should send their resume and cover letter to Marissa Palmer at marissa.palmer@uvm.edu

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LEGAL ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT

Saint Michael’s College is seeking applications from dependable, efficient workers to fill both part time and full-time custodial positions. These positions will include some weekend hours.

Successful candidates will join a team that cleans College buildings including dormitories, restrooms, offices and classrooms. Training will be provided for the right candidate. $15.00 per hour + shift differentials Benefits: Part-Time: Eligible for paid-time-off accrual as outlined in the employee handbook. This hourly, part-time position is not eligible for regular College-provided fringe benefits. Full-Time: Benefits include health, dental, vision, life, disability, 401(k), generous paid time off, employee and dependent tuition benefits, and discounted gym membership.

For full job description and to apply online go to: smcvt.interviewexchange.com/.

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VERMONT ENVIRONMENTAL CAREERS & OPPORTUNITIES (ECO) AMERICORPS

is accepting applications for the 2019-20 program year. We are seeking highly motivated individuals with a background in environmental conservation, natural or agricultural sciences, environmental studies, engineering, government/policy, communications or other related fields. Preference may be given to applicants with a college degree. ECO AmeriCorps members serve at host sites across Vermont with a focus on projects to improve water quality and reduce waste in Vermont. Full-time: 40 hours per week, September 2019-August 2020.

Benefits include: an AmeriCorps living allowance of $17,000, paid in bi-weekly stipends; health insurance; child-care assistance; professional training and networking; studentloan forbearance; and a $6,095 AmeriCorps Education Award. Application deadline is March 30. Apply online, and learn more about ECO AmeriCorps at ecoamericorps.vermont.gov.

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DEVELOPMENT & COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR to join our executive director in handling many aspects of communications, fundraising, and administration. This 24 hour/week position will wear many hats and will assist with prospect research, fundraising database management, social media, board meeting coordination, website management, gift processing, events, and other duties as needed.

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An appreciation for Vermont State Parks is a must and nonprofit development experience is preferred. The organization is based in the Montpelier area and a flexible work from home schedule will be offered for this position.

View the full position description at www.vermontparksforever.org and submit a cover letter describing your interest and qualifications, your favorite Vermont State Park experience, and your resume to info@vermontparksforever.org by April 2nd.

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The Vermont Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired (VABVI) is looking for an Office Manager. In addition to administrative duties, the Office Manager is a critical member of a management team. Desirable experience includes prior administrative and supervision experience, demonstrated teamwork and ability to work independently, flexibility, good judgment, organization, and ambition to develop new skills.

Comfortable with technology (laptops, desktops and iPads).

Database experience is desirable.

A roving custodian working in all of Burlington District schools

Seasonal positions available starting in April running through the end of October. Full time and part time positions available, weekend availability desired. Summer job seekers encouraged to apply.

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OPERATIONS MANAGER Vermont Farm Table is a rapidly growing custom solid wood table manufacturer. We take pride in what we do, sourcing our materials responsibly, and then turning them into something that will last for generations. We are looking to hire an experienced Operations Manager to join our team.

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AUTOMOBILE SERVICE ADVISOR Are you ready for a career and not just a job?

The Autosaver Group is hiring a Service Advisor for its growing Autosaver Max dealership in South Burlington. We offer excellent pay and benefits. Come see why over 500 people have launched their careers with the Autosaver Group!

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Staff Nurse II - Medicine Telemetry Burlington, VT

We’re opening a new medicine unit and are looking for experienced nurses to help build our team. Nurses work in collaborative care model with physician teams in order to provide high-quality care to adult patients in need of both short-term and extended care.

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Cooks are responsible to the Head Chef for daily lunch and dinner preparation during multiple programs. Experience with vegetarian cooking a plus and ServSafe certification a must. Full Season: July 8th until August 24th.

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Independent Contractor/Consultant The Clemmons Family Farm's A Sense of Place project is funded by ArtPlace America. We use creative placemaking focused on African American and African diaspora arts and culture programs that help build community. The Program Admin and Community Outreach position helps coordinate the activities of the A Sense of Place project's team. This position involves community outreach in the six towns covered by the A Sense of Place project: Charlotte, Shelburne, Hinesburg, South Burlington, Burlington and Winooski.

If you are thinking about a career in mental health or social work – we have a rewarding place to start.

House Advisors/Crew Leaders

This is an independent contractor position. The maximum compensation for this work is $1600 per month. 20 hours a week.

Spring Lake Ranch is a long-term residential program for adults with mental health and addiction issues. Residents find strength and hope through shared work and community.

To learn more about the A Sense of Place project, visit: www.clemmonsfamilyfarm.org/a-sense-of-place.html

We are searching for House Advisors/Crew Leaders to provide For more information about this job, please check here: residential support, structure, and guidance to residents through www. clemmonsfamilyfarm.org/opportunities.html informal contact, house activities, participation in clinical teams, and work crew activities to create a positive environment and Send resumes to: comfortable home-like atmosphere. Ideal candidates will have clemmonsfamilyfarm2art@gmail.com completed a bachelor’s degree, an interest in mental health and/ or substance abuse recovery work, and a desire to live in a diverse community setting. In addition to getting started on a mental health career path, you will have the opportunity to gain skills in farming, 4t-ClemmonsFamilyFarm031319.indd 1 carpentry, woodworking, forestry, and gardening. This is a full time, residential position with free room and board, free health and dental insurance, and paid time off, all in a beautiful rural setting.

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The Vermont Studio Center seeks a full-time Marketing & Communications Manager with proven multi-channel campaign expertise to play a key role in the growth and success of the largest international artists & writers residency program in the U.S. Major duties and responsibilities include:

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Candidates must have prior payroll experience as well as customer necessary. Attention to detail critical to strong your success. experience andis possess communication and organizational skills.

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Down Home Kitchen in Montpelier, Vermont, serving the community with scratchmade home cooking, is currently hiring line cooks.

We’re looking for a responsible, motivated team player to join the family here at Down Home.

Please submit a resume via: info@downhomekitchenvt.com or swing by in person at 100 Main Street in Montpelier.

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See our website, www.springlakeranch.org, for the full job description and to learn more about Spring Lake Ranch. To apply send cover letter indicating your interest in Spring Lake Ranch and resume to: marym@springlakeranch.org, or fax to (802) 492-3331, or mail to SLR, 1169 Spring Lake Road, Cuttingsville, VT 05738.

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A Double Retirement has opened up two positions at Lavoie Dental!

We are searching for an experienced Dental Office Manager and an experienced Dental Assistant for our established Burlington Family Practice.

Send resumes to: lavoiedental@ lavoiedental.com

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HUMAN RESOURCES & OUTREACH MANAGER

We are looking for someone to join our team of about 20 in a vibrant and fast-growing local co-op. The successful candidate will have experience in the Human Resources field, including 3/11/19 1:40 PM recruitment, onboarding, personnel policies and benefits, employee relations, and other areas. Outreach responsibilities include organizing programs/ events and public relations and education. See soromarket.com for a complete job description and application instructions. jobs.sevendaysvt.com

Complete job description at: Experience handling a large volume skills of telephone Candidates should also have proven troubleshooting and be calls, as well as having vermontstudiocenter.org/board-directors-staff#jobs strong number skills or prior payroll experience is required; working able to adapt to new and changing technology. Our Client Service knowledge of theenvironment “Evolution” and payroll software is desirable. Experience with Representatives work in a team cubicle office setting.

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Chief of Police The Town of Hinesburg, Vermont seeks qualified applicants for the position of Chief of Police.

Application materials should be submitted electronically to jobs@hinesburg.org by Friday, March 22, 2019.

The salary for this position will be commensurate with experience and qualifications.

The Town of Hinesburg is an Equal Opportunity Employer and women and minorities are encouraged to apply. A complete job advertisement and full job description can be found at the following link:

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CITY OF BURLINGTON PAYROLL MANAGER

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Goddard College seeks an Associate Director of Development to plan and implement initiatives that strategically engage and steward our alumni and donor base; to support all functions of College-wide fundraising and reporting efforts; to oversee database operations; and to advance the vision and goals of the institution. Salary: $20 to $23 hourly; this full time position is eligible for our generous benefits package.

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Wake Robin is Expanding!

Staff Nurse (LPN or RN) FULL TIME NIGHTS Vermont’s premier continuing care retirement community seeks a dedicated nursing professional with a strong desire to work within a community of seniors. Wake Robin provides high quality nursing care in a fast paced residential and long-term care environment, while maintaining a strong sense of “home.” Wake Robin offers an opportunity to build strong relationships with staff and residents in a dynamic community setting.

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The job will entail: Brand refinement Marketing Donor cultivation Donor communication The formation of long-term fund development strategies Want to learn more? View the full job description at: http://wcysb.org/opportunities

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E4H is looking for an experienced, energetic Marketing Coordinator with 1-2 years of InDesign skills to help implement the firm’s marketing/business development efforts including proposals, marketing materials and communications strategy.

We’re looking for someone with a keen eye, killer writing skills, love for research, and willingness to do what it takes to highlight our architecture services to clients. This is a hands on role including administrative and production work for marketing initiatives. Experience working with remote teams is a plus.

Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business, Communications or relevant field or comparable experience in the AEC field. Full job description may be found on our website at:

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Volunteer Coordinator for the Vermont Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired in our South Burlington office. Skilled in Microsoft Office; accurate record keeping and data entry; good telephone and people skills; multi-task and detail oriented; database experience desirable.

Permanent, 30 hours per week. Excellent benefits.

EOE. Please send resume to Lori Newsome at:

This position is responsible for management and continuous improvement of all aspects of the City’s payroll functions and provides technical services for payroll systemsintegrations and senior level accounting services, including supervision, in support of the City’s central accounting function. Position may also provide direct reporting for payroll projects and grants to City departments. Requirements include a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Business Administration, or related field and five (5) years of relevant experience in accounting.

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Wake Robin, in partnership with Vermont MedEd, is happy to announce our LNA training program.

Wake Robin is Vermont’s premier retirement community and ranks among the top 100 nursing homes in the country, an award due in large part to our excellent staff and facility. Our goal is to provide training and employment opportunities consistent with Wake Robin’s unique brand of resident-centered care.

If you have at least 2 years’ experience in caregiving, wish to grow your skills among the best, and begin your career as an LNA, contact us.

We continue to offer generous shift differentials; Evenings $2.50/hour, Nights $4.50/hour, and weekends $1.55.

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Yangser Dorjee’s Himalaya Restaurant Yangser Dorjee LLC is looking for six dynamic Himalayan cooks.

Child Care Resource Champlain Community Services is a growing developmental services provider agency with a strong emphasis on self-determination values and employee and consumer satisfaction.

DIRECT SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL Join our Direct Support Professional team and work one on one with individuals with intellectual disabilities and autism. Starting wage is $14.35 per hour, in addition to mileage reimbursement and a comprehensive benefit package. This is an excellent job for applicants entering human services or for those looking to continue their work in this field. Send your cover letter and application to Karen Ciechanowicz, staff@ccs-vt.org.

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Administrative Assistant Child Care Resource (CCR) is recruiting a highly organized, motivated and friendly person to provide general administrative support, specifically in the Financial Assistance Program.

CCR is a mission driven organization serving child care providers and families in Chittenden County. We are a small group of dedicated professionals working as a team to provide excellent service to families seeking financial assistance to pay for child care; referrals to programs, and consultation and food assistance funds to child care providers. We offer a competitive salary, generous paid time off and health benefits.

Job description is at www.childcareresource.org.

Send resumes to: noliver@childcareresource.org.

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Candidates must possess a minimum of 2 years’ cooking experience preferably in a Tibetan, Indian, Bhutanese or Nepali restaurant.

Must have knowledge of South Asian spices and be ready to rotate between the restaurant, café and proposed packaging facility.

Send resumes to tenzin@dorjee.net

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SIGN-ON BONUS - $1,000 PRODUCTION MACHINE OPERATOR Williston, VT & Essex, VT The Production Technician is responsible for monitoring Keurig Dr Pepper’s production processes; including operating manufacturing equipment and maintaining compliance with Keurig Dr Pepper’s high standards for safety and quality. This role will be engaged and understand initiatives to improve safety, quality, delivery, cost and culture.

Shift and Schedule: This position will work on the N2 Shift from 6:00pm6:15am Friday to Sunday with alternating Thursdays.

What you will do: SAFETY • Comply with all safety policies and procedures and demonstrate safe behaviors at all times.

• Participate in discussions and take action on feedback provided through our Safety Observation and Peer-to-Peer safety programs.

• Maintain a healthful and safe environment and report any safety incidents and/or injuries to appropriate personnel.

• Comply with all safety training initiatives.

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There is no better time to join the NSB team!

Due to the expansion of our Compliance Department, Northfield Savings Bank is looking for a professional to join our team as a Bank Compliance Officer in our Berlin Operations Center. This position offers a strong opportunity to work for a growing premier Vermont mutual savings bank.

The Bank Compliance Officer will be responsible for ensuring Bank policies and procedures comply with state and federal banking laws and regulations. This individual will administer the Bank Secrecy Act and the Community Reinvestment Act programs. The Bank Compliance Officer must have the ability to maintain compliance and mitigate risks in a way which minimizes operational impact and supports a positive customer experience. We are looking for someone who has the ability to comprehend and interpret laws and banking regulations and provide assistance with the development and implementation of bank-wide solutions.

The requirements for this position include excellent written and oral communication skills and the ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization as well as outside agencies. A Bachelor’s degree in business, finance or a related field and three to five years’ experience in banking/financial services regulatory compliance, auditing or directly related experience are requirements for this position.

Find out what NSB can offer you.

Northfield Savings Bank, founded in 1867, is the largest banking institution headquartered in Vermont. Our company offers a competitive compensation and benefits package including medical, dental, profit sharing, matching 401(K) retirement program, professional development opportunities, and a positive work environment supported by a team culture.

Please submit your application and resume in confidence to: Careers@nsbvt.com (Preferred) Or mail: Northfield Savings Bank Human Resources P.O. Box 7180 Barre, VT 05641-7180 Equal Opportunity Employer/Member FDIC

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BSD Transportation Department is seeking a CDL/School Bus Endorsement Certified Bus Driver to join our team of friendly, compassionate and committed bus drivers and aides.

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Network Support Specialist In this role you will have front-line responsibility for triage, resolution, and any necessary escalation of remote and on-site employee technical issues. You’ll manage ticket creation and life cycle in accordance with agreedupon SLAs; work with other IS staff to continually learn the technologies that we support and assist in identifying opportunities for process improvements; modifying settings in the ticketing system to achieve the same. You will clearly communicate technical solutions in a userfriendly, professional manner, providing one-on-one enduser training as needed. You will participate in projects and initiatives and execute project tasks, activities, and status reporting in a timely manner. You will also maintain hardware and software inventories.

Preferred candidates will have an Associate’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or equivalent work experience.

To see full job descriptions for each position or read more from recent hires, visit our website at: www.co-opinsurance.com/u/jobs.html.

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This position is responsible for the daily operation, coordination and management of the Burlington Community Boathouse Marina, Perkins Pier Marina, Waterfront Parking Operations and Burlington Harbor, and supports daily operations within other parks and facilities as necessary, inclusive of Waterfront Park.

Salary range: $55,820.96 - $62,254.40 annually.

Complete details and online application: www.governmentjobs.com/careers/burlingtonvt

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Co-op is seeking an individual with strong customer service skills and an aptitude for technology to join our network team in an entry-level help desk position.

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Be a part of Burlington, Vermont’s world-class waterfront! This unique position places you in the center of all waterfront activity through management of our marinas, waterfront parks and harbor. Come be a part of what makes Burlington a world-wide destination – a sense of community, stunning landscape and investment in public lands and waters. This position is innovative, independent and exciting, and provides professional opportunity to continue the advancement of our famed waterfront.

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Champlain Community Services is a growing developmental services provider agency with a strong emphasis on selfdetermination values and employee and consumer satisfaction.

Support Professional Seeking support staff for a dynamic young woman with a quick wit and energetic personality. She loves cars, horses, and a range of indoor and outdoor physical activities. The ideal candidate will have patience, clear communication skills, and the ability to set strong boundaries, and must also be able to pass a criminal background check. You will support her in her home and the community in 24-hour shifts.

Private, furnished bedroom provided for overnight sleep. Multiple days are available and compensation is $250 per 24 hour shift.

For more information or to apply, please contact Eva at egriffin@ccs-vt.org, or call 802-655-0511, x. 102.

Respite Opportunity Essex family is seeking respite for young adult who wants to get out in the community to explore his interests. Support in transportation to and from work may be needed, and transportation from a college campus in Williston two afternoons a week. This young adult is very articulate, has several hobbies and many interests.

He would like to get out of the house more often and do a variety of things. This is a great position for someone looking for a few extra hours a week. Send your resume and letter of interest to mmccormick@ccs-vt.org.

Shared Living Provider CCS is seeking an individual or couple to provide residential supports to an individual with an intellectual disability in your home. A generous stipend, paid time off (respite), comprehensive training & supports are provided. We are currently offering a variety of opportunities. For more information contact Jennifer Wolcott, jwolcott@ccs-vt.org or 655-0511 ext. 118.

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LFVT Southern VT Sales Associate Do you love all things local? VBSR is hiring a Southern VT Sales Associate for the Local First Vermont Program to manage outreach for the Buy Local Book & Mobile App in the Manchester, Bennington and Brattleboro region.

This is a seasonal part-time position, reporting to the LFVT Program Manager. To apply: send resume & cover letter to search@vbsr.org.

No phone calls please.

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Spring is just around the corner! We’re looking for avid gardeners, reliable and quick learners who are enthusiastic, outgoing, upbeat, flexible, team-oriented and who will thrive in a busy store!

Ability to work weekends is a must.

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OR attend a Job Fair: Sat., March 16 • 10:00am – 2:00pm Williston Garden Center 472 Marshall Ave., Williston

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Full and part-time seasonal positions available at our Burlington & Williston Garden Centers: Customer Service • Cashiers & Sales Associates Green Goods • Receivers & Watering Crew Delivery & Installation Associates • Services Coordinator, Truck Drivers & Installation Crew Yard • Bobcat Operators Photo Studio • Plant stylist/photo producer

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 ongoing, full-time positions. This opening and others are updated daily.

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Information Technology Professional and Data Analyst Office of Student Financial Services - #S1942PO - UVM’s 11:08 AMOffice of Student Financial Services is seeking a highly skilled Information Technology Professional and Data Analyst to support the institution’s financial aid administration and data reporting needs. The University is particularly interested in candidates that can contribute to the diversity and excellence of the institution. Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree and 3 years of relevant experience required. Working knowledge of SQL, PL/SQL, HTML, SAS or other statistical software required. Previous employment in higher education and financial aid/or accounting experience highly desirable. Familiarity with programming languages such as C, SHELL Scripts, Oracle forms, SQR, Groovy, JAVA, JAVASCRIPT and an understanding of Oracle Databases desirable.

For further information on this position and others currently available, or to apply online, please visit www.uvmjobs.com. Applicants must apply for positions electronically. Paper resumes are not accepted.

Open positions are updated daily. Please call 802-656-3150 or email employment@uvm.edu for technical support with the online application.

The University of Vermont is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other category legally protected by federal or state law. The University encourages applications from all individuals who will contribute to the diversity and excellence of the institution.

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The Lake Champlain Basin Program and3/11/19 New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission are now accepting applications for paid summer positions:

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Lake Champlain Education & Outreach Stewards: Seeking up to 2 creative stewards to work with the Education and Outreach team up to 40 hours/week between May and September. Stewards will work on water quality outreach at public events, camps, and in the LCBP Resource Room within ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, and assist with social media postings, partner meetings, and print material development.

Year-round benefit eligible positions Yard Foreman: The primary responsibility of the Yard Foreman is to ensure a productive, safe, and service-oriented loading/unloading area at all times. S/he partners with the Operations Supervisor to properly, effectively, and efficiently receive and place nursery stock, load retail and commercial customers, and provide exceptional internal service to all departments.

Please send cover letter and resume in PDF or Microsoft Word format by March 22, 2019 to jobs@neiwpcc.org, and reference position number 19-LCBP-003 in the subject line.

Hard Goods Sales Associate: S/He will have in-depth knowledge of the hard goods products that we sell and will match customers with appropriate products to best serve their needs.

Lake Champlain Boat Launch Stewards:

Inventory & Quality Control Supervisor: Oversees the Receiving and Irrigation/Plant Health teams and works closely with the Store Manager and Buying Team to ensure a steady supply of goods is received, priced, restocked, inspected and maintained.

Seeking up to 12 stewards to deliver aquatic invasive species spread prevention messages and conduct watercraft inspections and decontaminations. Stewards will work at Lake Champlain boat launches and collect survey information Friday through Monday from Memorial through Labor Day weekends.

Please send cover letter and resume in PDF or Microsoft Word format by March 22, 2019 to jobs@neiwpcc.org, and reference position number 19-LCBP-002 in the subject line.

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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR The Stark Mountain Foundation seeks a volunteer, part-time Executive Director to help it grow.

Over time, this will become a competitively paid position.

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3/1/19 SENIOR USER INTERFACE ENGINEER Senior User Interface Engineer@ Cox Automotive Corporate Services, LLC (Burlington, VT) F/T. Plan, dsgn & dvlp websites & other screen based digital media solns. Participate in Agile planning. Reqts: Master’s deg (or frgn equiv) in CS, IT, IS or rltd & 1 yr exp in job offrd, Dvlpr/Technologist or rltd. Alt.,empl will acpt Bach’s deg & 5 yrs prog resp exp. Must have 1 yr exp in each of fllwng skills: Dsgng, dvlpng & implmntng high-vol softw sys & components, client-facing web applicss, Internet-oriented applics & sys; Prfrming coding in HTML, CSS & JavaScript; Dsgng & dvlpng Content Mngmt Sys; & Exp w/ UI dsgn patterns & visual dsgn elements. Emp will accept any suitable combo of edu, training or exp. Send resume to: A. Davis & S. Chokshi, HR, Cox Automotive Corporate Services, LLC; 6205 Peachtree Dunwoody Rd, Atlanta, GA 30328.

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Family support organization seeks professional in Chittenden County to assist in the development and coordination of early intervention service plans, conduct home visits, and communicate with multiple agencies and school districts.

Must have experience parenting a child with special needs, knowledge of family-centered care, and strong communication skills.

Cover letter and resume to HR, Vermont Family Network, 600 Blair Park Rd., Suite 240, Williston, VT 05495, or email HR@vtfn.org. EOE.

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P U B L I C H E A LT H P R O G R A M E V A L U A T O R – B U R L I N G T O N The Vermont Department of Health is looking for a full-time program evaluator to assist with the evaluation of several chronic disease grants. This work involves collaborating with VDH public health staff and community partners to design and conduct mixed methods evaluation projects. The ideal candidate will have previous2h-ACHathorne030619.indd 1 program evaluation experience, strong facilitation and performance improvement skills, and comfort with research methods and qualitative and quantitative data collection. For more information, contact Patrick Kinner at patrick.kinner@vermont.

PRODUCT gov. Department: Health. Location: Burlington. Status: Full Time – Limited Service.

Reference job ID #1178. Application Deadline: March 19, 2019.

Learn more at: careers.vermont.gov

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We are currently seeking applicants for the following positions:

CASE MANAGER

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DESIGN ENGINEER

• Ability to work in a team environment on all aspects of product design and development, especially mechanical engineering.

• Excellent problem solving skills.

(40 HOURS PER WEEK)

• Strong interest in Concept2 products from personal experience.

Based in our Barre Office, the Case Manager will work with older persons to remain in their homes through creative connections with state and community resources.

• Authorization to work in the United States, now and in the future. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

The successful applicant will have a bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience, social service and/or non-profit experience with vulnerable populations, ability to work independently and as part of a team, reliable transportation, experience with data entry and a working knowledge of MS Office, Excel, Word and Outlook. Experience with senior populations and public benefits programs is preferred.

Our engineering team spends as much time in the shop as at our desks. We are looking for a hands-on person, comfortable with evaluating multiple solutions through quick prototyping and physical testing. We utilize a very wide range of tools, from old school shop equipment to state-of-the-art design software.

Tasks range from troubleshooting, to product improvement, to new product development, to working with vendors and everything in between.

RECEPTIONIST (40 HOURS PER WEEK)

Based in our Barre Office, the Receptionist will work as part of our administrative team as well as welcoming clients, answering phone calls and data entry.

The successful applicant will have a high school diploma or higher education, excellent customer service and communication skills, reliable and punctual, detail-oriented, well organized, experience with data entry and a working knowledge of MS Office, Excel, Word and Outlook. Previous work experience as a receptionist, office clerk or bookkeeper is preferred.

• BS in Engineering preferred

Central Vermont Council on Aging is an innovative agency dedicated to quality services for older persons living in Central Vermont. We provide a generous benefits package. Salary is based on experience.

• Relevant experience required For more information about Concept2, visit www.concept2.com.

Central Vermont Council on Aging is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Applications from veterans, mature workers, individuals with disabilities, LGBTQ individuals, and people from diverse racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds are encouraged.

Submit resume and cover letter to Lewis Franco, Human Resources Director, by email to: lewisf@concept2.com.

For more information about these positions, visit our website at www.cvcoa.org.

Concept2 is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

To apply, please send resume and cover letter to jobs@cvcoa.org by March 27.

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Year round, full time positions.

Good wages & benefits. $16.50 per hour minimum; Pay negotiable with experience.

EOE/M/F/VET/Disability Employer Apply in person at: A.C. Hathorne Co. 252 Avenue C Williston, VT 802-862-6473

Concept2 seeks a creative individual to join our engineering team in our Morrisville, VT headquarters. Candidates should have:

The State of Vermont is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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DATA CONVERSION SPECIALIST

Our Expansion is almost complete!

Come join our team and work in our brand-new facilities!

Cook

FULL-TIME Wake Robin, Vermont’s premier continuing care retirement community, is adding members to our team of Cooks. Wake Robin provides a fine dining experience with a focus on farm to plate freshness, and a work environment that is hard to find in the restaurant industry.

• We work from scratch, not from a box • 40% of our produce is local/organic • Innovative on-site protein butchering and smoking • Manageable schedule ending in early evening • Superb kitchen facilities with excellent benefits Our cook will have experience producing high quality soups, sauces and entrees from scratch, demonstrate experience in all aspects of cooking from grilling to sautéing, and show strong attention to the quality of food consistency quality and delivery.

Housekeeper

FULL-TIME Sometimes “cleaning” just isn’t enough. Our housekeepers care for people by caring for their homes. Housekeepers are critical to the well-being of residents, and the residents tell us this every day. If you love to clean and want to be an active part of our residents’ well-being, this is the community for you. We offer a beautiful work environment, excellent benefits, and a chance to be thanked every day. Candidates with previous training or experience as professional cleaners preferred.

Utility/Custodian

FULL-TIME This service position performs a variety of custodial, floor maintenance, light maintenance and repair duties under general supervision throughout the Wake Robin campus, common areas, independent living units, and health center. A minimum of one year of hands-on experience as custodian/housekeeper or an equivalent combination of education and experience is required.

Wake Robin offers an excellent compensation and benefits package and an opportunity to build strong relationships with staff and residents in a dynamic community setting.

PCC, a privately held Winooski-based healthcare IT Benefit Corporation seeks a developer to join our growing Software Development Team in the role of Data Conversion Specialist. This position works closely with the New Client Implementation Team and is responsible for ensuring that financial and clinical data is converted accurately and cleanly.

This position requires initiative, creativity, the ability to work well with others, and a high level of productivity. Our work culture is casual and our employees are clever and dedicated. We strive for client satisfaction and our customer reviews are among the very best in our industry.

Our ideal candidate has demonstrable proficiency with one or more high-level programing languages such as Java, Python, Ruby, or PHP. Working knowledge of SQL, familiarity with Linux or another Unix based environment are also preferred.

WEB DEVELOPER PCC seeks entry-level web developers to join our growing Web Development team.

Bring your problem-solving skills and creativity to the table building web applications in an Agile development framework, assisting in extending current products and creating new product lines.

Our ideal candidate is fast and flexible, great at finding and squashing bugs, and ready to work well with team members in a cross-functional development environment. Our work culture is casual and our employees are clever and dedicated. We strive for client satisfaction and our customer reviews are among the very best in our industry.

Our preferred candidate has some familiarity with one or more frameworks such as Ruby on Rails and PHP, or other frameworks based on Python or Java.

Don’t have a lot of framework experience, but would like to build a career creating responsive front end web-applications using HTML, CSS, and Javascript? We’d also love to hear from you!

As a Benefit Corporation, we place high value on client, employee and community relationships. Our company offers a friendly, informal, and professional work environment. PCC offers competitive benefits as well as some uncommon perks.

To learn more about PCC, this role and how to apply, please visit our website at www.pcc.com/careers. Positions will remain open until filled.

No phone calls, please.

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