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The Fidium ad on page 29 of your March 9 issue was incredibly offensive and insulting. The gesture the woman is giving is the sign of the cuckold. It means your spouse is sleeping with another person. It also implies that you are supporting children who are unknowingly not your own. There are places where that gesture could get you hurt or even killed. I guess cultural sensitivity is not something Seven Days worries about. You have sunk to a new low. Do you actually look at your ads before you run them? My first response to that ad is to give the middle finger and say, “F*** you, too.” Ray Mainer

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Editor’s note: The Fidium ad came from a national marketing agency, where they surely know that this hand gesture, popularized in heavy metal culture, is shorthand for “Rock on.” In 2015, it became an emoji known as the “sign of the horns.” While similar, the “cuckold” symbol is usually made at someone or behind their head, especially in Mediterranean and Latin countries. A slight variation of it, with the thumb extended, is American Sign Language for “I love you.”

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[Re “Coming Clean,” February 9]: Juliana O’Brien demonized our marriage retreats as being for white privileged people who can afford it, leaving out the average Vermonter like herself [Feedback: “Love for Some,” March 9]. She says we have an illusion that we are serving “all people.” I’m not sure where she read that info. First, let me say that for nearly 25 years we practiced therapy, took insurance — at times not even receiving the co-pays from clients — and were not able to save much for retirement. Our fee represents 40 years of working as a couple with couples

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Actually, the minority students in the schools are the ones least served by the academic policies, which favor the white students because English is the language of choice in the public schools. So will these newly elected people of color do anything to improve the academics of the least-served population? They have given no indication that they have any sensitivity to their own kind when it comes to making sure minority students are well served academically, which currently they are not. The best-kept secret in Burlington schools is the short shrift given to minority students when it comes to academic focus. Blame the school board and the teachers’ union, both of which apparently couldn’t care less, because all they want to do is spend tax money to make it look like they are accomplishing something. Ted Cohen

and our talent in doing it. Closing in on 70 years old, without a 401k or pension plan, we need to save enough so we can live and retire in our mid-seventies. We are still not millionaires. Another point I wish to make is that, for less than $20, you can buy our book, The YUMMY Marriage. This is our way of giving back to those who wish to do the work but cannot afford us any longer. Lastly, just two weeks ago, we worked with an African American couple. We’ve helped Indian couples, mixed-race couples, Asian couples, etc. — not just white privileged couples. Israel Helfand

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• Unless we address the climate crisis in a serious way now, we will be leaving our children, grandchildren and all those who follow a world much worse than the one we were blessed with inheriting. There are many separate bills being considered. Here are three of the most important: • Environmental Justice Act, S.148; H.51 • Transportation Innovation Act, H.552, H.94 • Clean Heat Standard, S.233, H.715 I encourage readers to contact their legislators and urge their support. The crisis is getting worse, and time is running out. Jud Lawrie

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Seven Days has printed many great articles about the climate crisis over recent months and years, including the “Fired Up!” series. Vermonters currently have an excellent opportunity to help the state take an important step forward in responding to the crisis by supporting the Climate Action Plan legislation now under consideration in the Statehouse. The Climate Action Plan is a comprehensive and excellent plan, and the implementing legislation is complex. Many have worked hard on it since 2021. Here are a few of the many reasons I urge support: • The climate crisis is quite real, and it is accelerating. • We will all be affected — and are being affected now — but, most of all, it will impact those who are least able to cope with it.

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[Re “Fresh Perspectives,” March 9]: Will the three newly elected members of the Burlington School Board — identified in your recent story as distinguished by the color of their skin — do anything to improve the failing achievement results in the schools of Vermont’s largest city? Hard to say, since they never addressed academic performance in the article outlining why they were interested in serving as school board members. “Their backgrounds and recent experiences as students in Burlington schools will help bring a fresh perspective to the board,” according to your story about the three recently elected 21-year-olds. “Fresh perspective”? How so? What kind of perspective that has anything whatsoever to do with academics?

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I was saddened by the tone of Chelsea Edgar’s article on the internationally known feminist Peggy Luhrs, which appeared days after Peggy’s passing [“Turf Wars,” March 9]. The article portrayed Peggy as an outlier, yet her feminism was always in line with wider feminist thinking. Peggy’s understanding of gender-identity ideology as posing an existential threat to women and lesbians is now shared by thousands of women globally. Peggy was part of a rapidly expanding movement of gender-critical feminists. Her early awakening to feminism mirrored that of many women at the time, yet again she is presented as a singularly aimless young mother who just stumbled upon women’s issues. The feminism of the 1960s, ’70s and ’80s achieved more for women than any version of feminism since, and Peggy was at the center of it. The article was riddled with negative FEEDBACK

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Thomas Parker Morse, August 7, 1980-November 23, 2021

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Evil, in Search of Empire

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Don’t Stop the Music Middlebury College music professor Dr. Jeffrey Buettner speaks at the McCarthy Arts Center at Saint Michael’s College in Colchester. Drawing on more than two decades of experience as a conductor and Fulbright scholar in Kharkiv, he takes listeners on a stunning journey through the choral music traditions of Ukraine and the Ukrainian Roma.

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Foul Contending Rebels Theatre presents its first production of a contemporary play: Sarah Ruhl’s Eurydice, a feminist retelling of the Orpheus myth that gives his lost love a voice of her own. Reuniting with her father in the underworld, Eurydice faces a seemingly impossible choice that dredges up questions about love, fate and grief.

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More than 23 million Americans adopted pets during the pandemic, seeking unconditional love, companionship and animal entertainment. My partner, Tim, and I already had all of that in our beloved cat, Frankie, a neutered male gray tiger. We happily let his rituals rule our lives, from 4 a.m. feedings to indoor mouse torture. Most of the time, though, he was perfectly chill. Every evening, he’d stretch out vertically on Tim’s legs, like a body surfer, and they’d drift off to sleep together. At the end of the day, these two mammals, similarly positioned, snoring lightly, brought me Frankie perched on enormous comfort when nothing else did. an Adirondack chair All of that changed in an instant last Wednesday, when I looked up and saw Frank dragging his back limbs, the way an animal with a spinal injury would. I wondered whether he had been hit by a car — he’s an indoor-outdoor guy — but there was no blood. Panicked, I ran downstairs to fetch the cat carrier. As soon as I opened it, he pulled himself inside the crate. I drove like a maniac through five o’clock traffic to Burlington Emergency & Veterinary Specialists in Williston. Historically, Frankie rarely meowed — even in the car, something Tim and I both celebrated when we adopted him six years ago, at age 4. But this time he was wailing — in pain, I presumed. He stopped briefly when I got Tim on speakerphone. The sound of his dad’s voice soothed the cat. Unfortunately, Tim was in Washington, D.C. — he’d left that morning. BEVS wasn’t where it used to be, but I eventually found it. Like a wild woman, I rushed in with the carrier and handed Frank over for triage. If I’d been thinking straight, I would have remembered that this building had been off-limits to pet owners for much of the last two years. I was lucky to get in and be escorted to a private room with a metal examining table, whiteboard and box of tissues. But any appreciation vanished with Frank’s diagnosis: saddle thrombus, a clot in the heart that blocks circulation to the lower extremities. The vets did not recommend treatment. I saw him one last time. He was terrified, with an IV in his front leg and a cone around his neck. And that was it. One minute our sweet cat was chasing down kibble for exercise. The next, he was being euthanized. The date seemed significant: the second anniversary of the pandemic shutdown, exactly one month after our next-door neighbor’s death and four days before the first day of spring. When they returned his body to me, curled up in a round bed, Frank looked peaceful, as if he were taking a nap. I just couldn’t let him go, so I stayed, stroking his soft fur, convinced I could feel him purring. I sobbed for my loss — and everyone else’s. The last two years have been marked by so much sudden and unexpected death, intensified in the last month by the horrors unfolding in Ukraine. That news often makes me sick, and angry, but it rarely brings me to tears. Why is it easier to cry for an animal? Because we let our guard down for them, according to children’s author Kate DiCamillo, and they provide a “shortcut to the human heart.” A link to her interview last Thursday with “On Being” radio show host Krista Tippett, shared by a thoughtful friend, arrived at If you like what we do and can afford to help just the right moment. pay for it, become a Seven Days Super Reader! Kids know instinctively that all creatures are Look for the “Give Now” buttons at the top of sentient, DiCamillo said. Adults choose to forget sevendaysvt.com. Or send a check with your because “it’s too painful.” As a writer who shapes address and contact info to: young minds, she wonders, “How do we tell the SEVEN DAYS, C/O SUPER READERS truth and make the truth bearable?” It’s a good P.O. BOX 1164 question for journalists, too. BURLINGTON, VT 05402-1164 Honestly, I don’t have the answer. But as For more information on making a financial I get older, I know she’s right about hope and contribution to Seven Days, please contact heartbreak living side by side. Corey Barrows:

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Burlington takes aim at ending homelessness with “shelter pod” community B Y CO UR T NEY L A M DIN • courtney@sevendaysvt.com PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE CITY OF BURLINGTON

n December, Burlington razed what was left of the Sears Lane homeless encampment in the South End. Mayor Miro Weinberger had abruptly ordered campers to clear out earlier in the fall, angering activists and Progressive city councilors who had tried to get him to reconsider. Five months after the controversial decision, Weinberger has made ending homelessness one of his primary objectives. On Monday, the Burlington City Council approved the mayor’s plan to build a low-barrier “shelter pod” community in a parking lot in the Old North End. A resource center there will provide a place to warm up, and staff will connect people with social services. And next month, a new city employee will begin leading programs aimed at ending chronic homelessness, which Weinberger has pledged to do by the end of 2024. Community nonprofits have also stepped up. Last week, the Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity unveiled a new truck that will enable its outreach team to make daily deliveries of food and other essentials to encampments. Staff expect the vehicle, which has a laptop, a microwave and other amenities, to regularly visit the pod village. “We can do huge things if we’re committed to it, and I think that’s what we need to do here,” Weinberger told Seven Days last week. “We can’t be just looking to incrementally chip away at this.” The efforts are part of a 10-point housing plan Weinberger unveiled late last year, less than a week after the demolition of the Sears Lane encampment. It also includes goals to rezone areas of the city to spur residential development. Homelessness has been a chronic, and daunting, problem in Burlington as housing prices have risen higher than ever. Some homeless advocates are pleased to see Weinberger act after the debacle at Sears Lane, which occurred just as winter set in. But others say the measures he’s

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proposed are temporary fixes when the city should be investing in long-term housing options. “This is not a plan to end homelessness in two years,” said Brenda Siegel, a political activist and former candidate for lieutenant governor who has advocated for unhoused people. “There’s some good stuff in here, but a lot of these are BandAids; they’re not solutions.” The city has been working to eliminate homelessness for decades, but the recent infusion of federal coronavirus relief funds has reinvigorated the effort. In summer 2020, the city applied for a $1.3 million grant to build tiny homes at Sears Lane, but the Vermont Housing & Conservation Board denied the request. Several campers subsequently built their own

shanties, which lacked running water and were powered by generators that irritated neighbors. The encampment was erected without permission on city-owned land. Using $1.47 million in American Rescue Plan Act cash, the city will try to build a better regulated, safer community for people without homes — from the ground up. The council’s vote on Monday will put the 30 shelter pods in a city-owned parking lot at 51 Elmwood Avenue, not far from downtown. Ranging in size from 60 to 120 square feet, the pods will have electricity, heat and air conditioning. Residents will share showers and toilets in a modular unit. The pods will essentially function as tiny apartments, with each “tenant” having an assigned, secure unit of their own for six to eight months. Caseworkers will help people find long-term, stable housing. SMALL DEVELOPMENT

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The University Mall in South Burlington has new owners. In a deal inked on March 4, Taconic Capital Advisors and Eastern Real Estate partnered to purchase the 52-acre property on Dorset Street for $60 million. The new owners are exploring plans to “reenergize” the 617,000-square-foot mall, according to a press release the two companies sent on Monday. The release said the mall is 95 percent occupied, with more than 50 local and national businesses as tenants. “The property has been a gathering place for decades and our commitment is to build on its success as a vital retail and economic asset for Vermont,” Taconic Capital Advisors director Alex Fleming said. Eastern Real Estate, a privately held commercial real estate company with offices in Boston and Santa Barbara, Calif., has a broad portfolio that includes office, residential and industrial properties, hotels, and retail and mixed-use projects. The fate of the University Mall, which opened in 1979, has been in limbo for years. In July 2016, Finard Properties lost ownership of the mall after defaulting on a $92 million loan. Florida-based LNR Property became the mall’s court-appointed special receiver, meaning it assumed responsibility for the property until a new owner came along. In the years since, the mall has undergone some notable changes, including the loss of anchor tenant Bon-Ton in 2018; Sears closed in 2020. But the mall has also attracted a few high-profile retailers. In October 2018, Target and H&M moved in. The month before, LNR Property held an auction in an attempt to sell the mall but rejected the highest bid of $44.5 million. The value of the mall — like many around the country — has been in free fall for more than a decade. In February 2007, the mall was assessed at $116.3 million. In South Burlington’s assessment last year, it was valued at just under $33.8 million. In an email on Monday, South Burlington City Manager Jessie Baker said she believes that the city can build a strong partnership with Eastern Real Estate. “I appreciate their corporate culture of asking ‘what are your goals, and how can we help you achieve them,’” Baker wrote, “and I look forward to our work together to further the vision of South Burlington.” m

The Costs of Care Projecting millions in losses, Vermont’s largest hospitals demand more money BY COLIN FL ANDE RS • colin@sevendaysvt.com

ermont’s three largest hospitals are projecting tens of millions of dollars in losses this year amid rising labor costs and the highest rate of inflation in decades. But despite more than $1 billion in combined reserves — enough to cover the losses twentyfold — the hospitals say they need more money. They are lobbying state regulators for permission to demand higher payments from commercial insurance companies and are threatening to cut services if rebuffed. Their requests would substantially raise the cost of health care for their patients with private insurance. “Please remember the Vermonters who are paying these staggering bills,” Sara Teachout, director of government affairs at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Vermont, told regulators at a hearing last week. Hospitals have no say over how much Medicare and Medicaid pay them each year, which is why the rate that they can charge commercial insurance companies is so important: It’s one of the only ways hospitals can quickly increase revenue. Hospitals have relied more and more on these commercial insurers over the years as payments from governmentsponsored plans fail to keep pace with inflation. Those insurers have in turn been forced to raise prices for ratepayers, and the spending spiral goes on. The Green Mountain Care Board tries to tamp down costs by capping what Vermont hospitals can charge private insurers through its annual budget approval process. But hospitals can ask for new rates in the middle of a fiscal year in the event of “exceptional or unforeseen circumstances,” such as, say, a pandemic. The hospitals’ fiscal year starts on October 1. These midyear budget adjustment requests are rare: The care board has only fielded six over the last five years. Of the three sent to the board this month, two come from hospitals under the University of Vermont Health Network umbrella: the UVM Medical Center in Burlington and the Central Vermont Medical Center in Berlin. These hospitals already have been authorized to charge commercial insurers 6 percent more this year than last. But in a letter to regulators last Friday,

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UVM Health Network president and CEO John Brumsted said the increase paled in comparison to the spikes in hospital costs. That’s left a nearly $45 million hole in the hospitals’ budgets, he said. The bulk of that — almost $40 million — is attributed to the Burlington hospital. The hospitals are seeking to levy the additional 10 percent increase on top of the 6 percent they are already charging insurers. Doing so would yield an extra $30 million over the next six months, enough to “stabilize” them, according to Brumsted. “[The hospitals] cannot sustain this magnitude of financial loss without it impacting access to services,” Brumsted wrote.

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The request came a week after the Rutland Regional Medical Center asked for permission to hike its commercial insurance rates 9 percent higher than the 3.6 percent that regulators previously authorized. Rutland Regional’s CEO and president, Claudio Fort, cited a looming $7 million loss and warned that his hospital might have to cut services should the board deny its request. “We currently do not have a contingency plan,” he wrote to the board. Green Mountain Care Board members say they cannot publicly discuss pending requests. The board will issue a decision in the coming weeks. The three hospitals blame their shortfalls in part on exorbitant labor costs spurred by pandemic-related staffing shortages. They say they are relying heavily on expensive travel nurses and other temporary staff to keep their doors open. These contracted workers are commanding salaries two to three times greater than pre-pandemic averages: The typical travel nurse’s hourly rate at the UVM Medical Center, for example, has THE COSTS OF CARE

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The city is searching for a local nonprofit to manage the community, which it hopes to open by July — around the same time the state will end its program that pays for homeless people to live in motels. The pod city will operate for three years. “If we’re going to prohibit encampments like Sears Lane, we as a city have an obligation to provide an alternative. This is what that’s intended to be,” said Brian Pine, director of the city’s Community & Economic Development Office, which is managing the project. “I have no question there will be plenty of demand and interest for living here.” But the proposal is already controversial. Some speakers at Monday night’s council meeting said the pods have no place in a residential neighborhood downtown and expressed concern about a potential increase in crime. Others said the pods will give unhoused folks a leg up out of poverty and a sense of stability that could discourage antisocial behaviors. City officials considered nine other spots on city-owned land, including Sears Lane, but picked the Elmwood lot because it’s close to services that unhoused people may need, including the Feeding Chittenden food shelf on North Winooski Avenue, the state Economic Services Division outpost on Pearl Street and the Howard Center’s syringe exchange on Clarke Street. The village will also have a code of conduct that could make illegal activity an evict-able offense, but Weinberger says he won’t support a policy that prevents people with substance-use disorder from living there. “In some ways, I hope people who are suffering from that kind of challenge find their way to this facility,” he said, “and we can help them get greater help from there.” Others question whether the pod plan can adequately meet the demand for temporary housing. Siegel, the homeless advocate, wondered how the city will help the dozens of others who won’t get a pod. And she criticized the city for not consulting unhoused folks about whether they’d use the shelters before deciding to build them. Public Works Commissioner Solveig Overby raised the same issue last week as her commission considered closing the Elmwood Avenue lot so that it could be used for the pods. She ultimately cast the sole “no” vote, though the measure passed. “[The campers] wanted a community like Sears Lane; that was working. I don’t think it was working for other people,” she said. “However, we need to be able

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to integrate them into making decisions about how they want to be housed.” At least one former Sears Lane resident wants a pod. Sarino Macri, who was kicked out of his hand-built tiny home, has already contacted outgoing Council President Max Tracy (P-Ward 2) and CEDO staff. He’s been living at a South

Burlington motel on the state’s dime since the camp was taken apart last fall, and he said he’d like a place with showers and electricity once the motel program ends on June 30. Macri said he’d appreciate living in a community with rules and structure. “I have no place to go,” he said. “It’s a big help for me if I can get one.” Unlike Macri, some unhoused people might want to avoid a city-managed facility or neighbors who have already made them feel unwelcome. Burlington homeless advocate Stephen Marshall said people would be justified in not trusting the city after what happened at Sears Lane. But he still supports the pod village as a way to offer dignity and freedom. He also suggested that the city invest in permanent tiny homes. The shelters are “a Band-Aid approach, but maybe that’s what’s needed,” Marshall said. “The reality is, a lot of folks need housing, and people I hear talking about it at lunch do not seem negative about it. They’re looking forward to what the city’s gonna do.” Marshall is also a proponent of allowing people to camp, which is banned by city ordinance in certain places, including public parks. Last month, Councilor Joe Magee (P-Ward 3) proposed decriminalizing camping on all public lands, though it would still be prohibited in some places. Magee says the ordinance wouldn’t sanction camping outright; rather, the city would only remove encampments that pose health, safety or environmental concerns, and campers could appeal the city’s decision. His proposal would also stop the city from punishing an entire encampment if only some members caused trouble — a clear response to the mass eviction at Sears Lane, where two people were arrested before the city ordered the camp’s closure. A council committee and city attorneys are vetting the proposal.

Weinberger, however, said condoning camping generally works against the goal to end homelessness. The mayor recognized that some people may not want to live in a regulated pod village, but he said camps can create public health and safety issues. “It represents a very different concept of how we best address this community challenge [of homelessness],” Weinberger said of Magee’s approach. “It’s essentially suggesting that this can be done through tents and encampments, and I don’t see it that way.” Magee supports the pod plan but said his camping proposal could help those who refuse to live under the city’s thumb. “Even as we expand low-barrier shelter options like the pod community, there will be folks who require the no-barrier autonomy that is provided by camping,” Magee said. “It’s important that we have these protections codified into city law.” Despite the differences of opinion, Weinberger and his critics agree that the best solution is to create more longterm housing. The mayor’s plan calls for working with groups such as the Champlain Housing Trust to build 1,250 new homes in the city, 312 of which would be permanently affordable, by 2026. Close to 80 would be designed specifically for formerly unhoused people. Some of that work has already started, according to Champlain Housing Trust CEO Michael Monte. His organization is working with the Veterans of Foreign Wars to redevelop the group’s South Winooski Avenue building into a 30-unit affordable apartment complex. Priority would be given to homeless veterans, who could use a new Veterans Service Center with computer labs and therapeutic spaces on the building’s lower levels. The housing trust has requested a $400,000 Community Development Block Grant from the city. The nonprofit is also negotiating an expansion of its offerings at Cambrian Rise, a sprawling housing complex on North Avenue where it currently runs a 76-unit affordable apartment building called the Laurentide. Several formerly homeless people live at Laurentide, but it’s not a perfect solution. In recent weeks, residents have complained about criminal activity there, prompting the housing trust to relocate at least two people. The trust has also hired a security guard, Monte said. For now, Weinberger thinks the pod city is a step in the right direction for ending homelessness in three years. “Not only do I think it’s possible, I think it’s critical that we believe that we can actually solve problems on a timescale like that,” he said. “Having that sense of urgency is what’s going to get us there.” m

jumped from $75 to about $200 over the last 18 months. In budgets approved last fall, the UVM Medical Center proposed hiring more permanent staff to help it wean off this high-cost workforce. But that was before the Delta and Omicron waves of the coronavirus swept across the country, fueling burnout among nurses and stymieing recruitment efforts. Six months into the fiscal year, the network now expects to spend upwards of $120 million on traveling workers — more than six times the pre-pandemic average. That’s in addition to UVM Medical Center’s efforts to shore up its ranks earlier this year by raising staff nursing salaries and giving a onetime $5,000 bonus to unionized technical employees. The agreement was expected to cost about $25 million over the next two years. Dr. Stephen Leffler, the hospital’s president and CEO, said he had not budgeted for the wage increases but that the hospital had no choice given its staffing crisis. Medical supply and pharmaceutical companies are dealing with their own labor shortages and supply chain issues, and have been charging far more than they previously did for the same goods and services. The hospitals say they built their budgets with an assumption that inflation would raise costs by less than 3 percent. The actual rate has been closer to 9 percent, officials say. The network says it has implemented cost-cutting measures, including a “critical review” of all hiring and a pause on nonessential capital expenditures. The health network’s rising costs have frustrated some insurers. That includes the nation’s largest, UnitedHealthcare, which informed its roughly 1,800 Vermont policyholders last month that they could lose coverage for UVM Health Network doctors if an ongoing contract dispute does not get settled before April 1. The two sides can’t seem to agree on even the most basic facts. United has called UVM hospitals some of the most expensive in the region and says the network is demanding a 10 percent rate hike — the same number now before the care board. UVM officials describe their hospitals as some of the cheapest around and say they are actually just requesting the initial 6 percent increase that the care board has already approved. State officials have urged the two parties to reach an agreement before the contract expires at the end of the month. But the stalemate has persisted, with each side unwilling to cede ground. Rick Vincent, chief financial officer of the UVM Health Network, acknowledged that the network’s projected losses have made it

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reluctant to accept a lower offer. He implied that the network was cutting United slack by not pushing for an even higher rate increase in light of the inflation spike. Inflation and labor costs aren’t the only reasons for the hospitals’ predicament, according to UVM officials. In a press release last week, the network took aim at regulators themselves, arguing that the Green Mountain Care Board has prevented the hospitals from taking in all the money they need. “This is basic math,” the press release said. “To function, Vermont’s not-forprofit hospitals must take in enough revenue to cover the costs of patient care, which increase every year.” In vetting the rate increase requests, state regulators will be forced to weigh the financial health of the hospitals against the potential impacts on Vermonters with private health insurance. That calculus has historically favored hospitals: Vermont attempts to limit health care cost increases to 3.5 percent annually, but the Green Mountain Care Board routinely approves rates beyond this aspirational ceiling. Hospitals have also received tens of millions of dollars in state and federal COVID-19 relief payments over the last two years — some of which have since come under scrutiny. A new report from the state auditor’s office says Vermont overpaid millions of dollars to health care providers to cover lost revenue and pandemic-related expenses as part of a massive COVID-19 relief formula. State Auditor Doug Hoffer’s team examined about 65 percent — or $93

million — of the grant program’s $143 million payments and found that a variety of errors contained in the submissions resulted in at least $7 million in overpayments. And while the report did not name the 17 providers who benefited, an analysis by Seven Days shows the largest overpayment went to the Burlington hospital. Of the $69 million the hospital received under the program, at least $1.8 million should not have been paid, according to the report. The Agency of Human Services says it has not yet decided whether to recoup the overpayments. If it chooses not to, the federal government could. Regulators will also likely consider the fact that all three hospitals seeking rate increases have more than enough in their reserves to cover their projected losses. Rutland Regional began last fall with a reserve of $260 million, enough to cover its projected budget deficit 37 times over. The UVM Medical Center, meanwhile, entered the fiscal year with a $1.2 billion fund balance that would allow it to remain open for about 184 days without taking in a single dollar. That marker of financial stability, known as “cash on hand,” has since fallen to about 154 days but still represents many multitudes more than the looming budget deficit. The hospitals in Burlington and Rutland aren’t alone in maintaining such large reserves. Nearly half of the nation’s 20 largest nonprofit hospital systems were carrying more than 200 days cash on hand heading into the summer of 2020,

according to industry publication Healthcare Dive. UVM Health Network officials say they need to maintain a healthy reserve because it allows them to replace aging facilities and equipment. It also shows bond rating agencies that the hospitals are on solid financial footing, which helps them secure favorable interest rates when they need to borrow money for major projects. Vincent, the network CFO, said credit agencies expect the UVM Medical Center to have 225 days cash on hand, so draining its reserve any further would be financially irresponsible. “We’re just looking for a little bit of relief to buy us some time to see exactly where inflation will continue to go,” he said. But Vermonters need relief, too, insurers say. Teachout, the Blue Cross Blue Shield executive, urged regulators last week to hold hospitals to their original budgets. “No one is emerging from the pandemic unscathed,” she said, adding that people don’t have the option to ask their employers for such a substantial wage increase. “Hospitals should not have that ability either.” Still, even if regulators hold firm, the question then becomes for how long. In his letter last week, Brumsted wrote that UVM asked only for what the hospitals “need now” to avoid cutting services. Their next budget proposals, meanwhile, are due in just a few months. “It is our expectation that our FY 2023 rate requests will be higher than they have been in some time,” Brumsted wrote. m SEVEN DAYS MARCH 23-30, 2022

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arlier this month, when Vermont officials announced that masking guidance for K-12 schools would end on March 14, they cited new federal guidance and low COVID-19 hospitalization rates as reasons that the move made sense. “I think it’s time that we get back to some sort of normal, for kids in particular,” Gov. Phil Scott said at his weekly press conference on March 3. “To see their classmates’ faces again, their facial expressions, to socially interact and not be in a constant state of fear.” But for Caroline Dahlstrom, a mother of three in Williston, the announcement was an unwelcome jolt. Dahlstrom’s youngest child, 4-year-old Wilder, has myriad disabilities and has undergone several surgeries to help him breathe. He is dependent on supplemental oxygen, uses a feeding tube and has a “pretty much entirely nonfunctional” immune system, Dahlstrom said. This school year, when COVID-19 cases cropped up in her daughter’s kindergarten and her son’s fourth-grade class, Dahlstrom kept them out of school — on the advice of Wilder’s doctors — to ensure they didn’t bring the virus home to their little brother. During the Omicron surge in the winter, the two older kids stayed home for six weeks straight. When COVID-19 cases declined in February, the children went back to class and Wilder — who had not attended preschool in person since the pandemic started — was able to go to the Allen Brook School building one time to receive special-education services. “I finally felt like I could take a deep breath for the first time in months,” Dahlstrom said, “and then they dropped masks.” Since then, things have been rocky for Dahlstrom’s family. Her kindergartner has struggled with keeping her mask on when others in her class aren’t wearing one. And her older son had to stay home last week because several classmates tested positive for COVID-19. Dahlstrom said she feels let down that state officials haven’t put more thought into how COVID-19 policies affect families like hers. And she’s not alone. Health experts and others with immunocompromised or medically fragile family members say the

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After a disastrous two years for the National Collegiate Athletic Association, during which it had to cancel its lucrative college basketball tournament in 2020, the organization has created a new insurance program that is headquartered in Vermont. The NCAA’s board of governors voted in January to create a captive insurance program, which allows the NCAA to establish its own insurance pool instead of paying another company to shield it from business losses in the event of a disaster. The new program, which went live on March 1, could potentially save the NCAA millions of dollars. The organization lost an estimated $700 million in revenues in 2020 as a result of the pandemic, according to the NCAA publication Athletics Administration. The tournament carried cancellation insurance of only $270 million, the NCAA said. “Insurance was just one part of the contingency plan,” it said in a press release. Event cancellations and business interruptions accounted for about 90 percent of insurance payouts in 2020. In response, insurance companies have raised their premiums, and many have removed epidemics and pandemics from their policies. Accordingly, the pandemic has raised the appeal of Vermont’s captive insurance industry as more businesses have sought to self-insure, according to state officials. Vermont has courted captive insurers for years with business-friendly regulation. Financial Regulation Commissioner Mike Pieciak said the number of new captive insurance companies jumped in 2020 and last year — a phenomenon that also happened after 9/11. The state says 600 such companies are now active in Vermont, more than ever before. “This has been one of the biggest periods of growth for us,” Pieciak said. The impact of the NCAA’s insurance decision in Vermont is not huge. Such companies usually hire a local manager, and they pay a tax on the money that they put into their captive pool each year. State law also requires all captive insurance providers to hold their annual board meetings in Vermont. “It will help the general fund to a degree and help the captive economy to a degree,” Pieciak said. The men’s and women’s college basketball tournaments are currently under way, with arenas full of fans in cities across the country.m

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Ryan and Caroline Dahlstrom with their children, Robbie, Wilder and Shay

removal of COVID-19 mitigation measures in schools — which also include a winding down of school-based testing — don’t take into account the needs of high-risk Vermonters. They also argue that the state’s focus on personal responsibility in combating the virus is not sound public health policy. “When we shift our responsibility from institutions or policies to individuals, what we’re doing is, we’re concentrating the risk and burden on the most vulnerable in our communities,” Dartmouth College public health researcher Anne Sosin said in a presentation last week sponsored by the Education Justice Coalition of Vermont. “So, as we make this shift, what we’re seeing is … the environments that high-risk people are inhabiting are less safe.” Montpelier-based physician Melissa Houser, who works with kids and adults with disabilities, also sees flaws in the state’s messaging.

Stressing the importance of personal responsibility, but then not offering highrisk families an alternative if they deem schools too risky, doesn’t make sense, Houser said. “You’re basically taking away families’ autonomy over keeping their children safe,” she said. Houser described the state’s stance as “ableist.” “When we knowingly or unknowingly put some people in our community at risk or in harm’s way, we’re sending the message that we don’t care as much about those people,” Houser said. Some of Houser’s clients are forced to choose whether to send their children to school or protect their health. People faced these hard decisions throughout the pandemic, “but now it’s differentially impacting a group of people as compared to all the people,” she said. Northeast Kingdom resident Kate Larose, who has an immunocompromised 9-year-old, is one parent who

is weighing her options. Because her family lives in Canaan, the only school district in Vermont that did not require students to mask this year, she got special permission for her child to attend a public school in another district. Larose and her husband drive four hours round-trip to get their child to and from school. Now that school has gone mask-optional, just like Canaan. Larose said she is also worried about the policy change that allows COVID19-infected students and staff to return to school after just five days and without having received a negative test. In deciding whether her child can continue going to school, she said she’s planning to take it day by day.

Last week, Larose said, her child asked her, “Why are all my schools turning against me?’” “That just hit me so hard,” Larose said. “This is what it feels like for everyone who is high-risk right now — that the schools are turning against them, that their communities are turning against them.” Larose called in to Vermont Public Radio’s “Vermont Edition” last week to explain her situation to Health Commissioner Mark Levine. “I don’t think we’ll find a place in the United States where Kate’s problem is not occurring,” Levine said on the program, “so the challenge, of course, is to try to remain attentive to the needs of those who are most in need and still have the

remainder of the population be able to move on in their lives in some way.” Levine recommended that parents in Larose’s situation work with school staff and classmates’ families to try to figure out how high-risk students can remain integrated in the school community. “I would submit that during a very strong flu season, all of the same concerns might have arisen in other years for students like Kate’s,” Levine added, “and that we have to all rally together to try to … negotiate those difficult times.” On Monday, Agency of Education spokesperson Ted Fisher said in an email that each school will need to figure out what works best. Many already have tools in place for students with special needs

that they can use to support those at high-risk. “This requires a shift from following general state guidance in favor of evaluating each case at the local level and deciding if specific accommodations are necessary,” Fisher wrote. The Department of Health echoed Levine’s position, writing in a statement that “the ability to ensure a healthy learning environment also relies on individual and community commitment.” “COVID-19 will be with us for some time,” spokesperson Ben Truman wrote

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Idaho Company Acquires an Iconic Vermont Energy Storage Firm B Y A NNE WAL L A C E ALLEN • anne@sevendaysvt.com FILE: KEVIN MCCALLUM

Jay Bellows of Northern Reliability

Waterbury-based energy storage systems manufacturer Northern Reliability has been acquired by an Idaho company — but it’s not going anywhere. KORE Power announced that Northern Reliability will be part of a new entity called KORE Solutions and will remain in Waterbury. It will immediately add 25 positions, KORE Power said in a prepared statement. The Waterbury company has created more than 1,000 energy storage projects around the world, including many for offgrid uses in extreme environments such as Antarctica. Jay Bellows, who was formerly president and CEO of Northern Reliability and is now president of KORE Power, said on Tuesday that the acquisition will speed up growth that was already planned for Northern Reliability, which has 31 employees. They’re all based in a space once used by Keurig Green Mountain. “We were growing before; now we’re expediting that,” Bellows said. Bellows joined the company in late 2013. He lives in Waterbury and expects to stay. “My family is here. My home is here,” he said. “Our employees enjoy living here.” The global market for energy storage is expanding fast, with the electric vehicle market boosting demand for lithium-ion batteries. Lower prices and increasing performance are making it cost-effective to hook up tractor trailer-size battery packs to electric grids to soak up excess power from solar and wind farms when the sun is shining and the wind is blowing. Later, that energy can recharge fleets of EVs and even power electric aircraft. Northern Reliability has made an array of battery packs; its largest is 15 feet tall. Bellows expects demand to continue

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soaring as manufacturers produce more EVs. “The electric grid needs to grow in order to take 290 million internal combustion engines off the road,” Bellows said. KORE Power, which makes battery cell technology for the clean energy industry, announced plans in July to build a 1 million-square-foot battery manufacturing facility in Arizona that will have the capacity to produce enough power for 3.2 million homes each year. The company said it is starting construction later this year. “The acquisition [of Northern Reliability] positions the company to take advantage of the rapidly expanding energy storage solution space, as KORE Solutions brings on [Northern Reliability’s] robust, US-made project pipeline,” KORE Solutions said in a statement. Northern Reliability got its start in Warren as part of Northern Power Systems, one of the nation’s first renewable energy developers. Northern Power became one of several early energy storage specialists powering a nascent sector in Vermont. More recently, local startups such as Resonant Link and electric aircraft pioneer Beta Technologies have been developing novel battery technologies that place them at the fore of their emerging fields. Bill Shepeluk, Waterbury’s municipal manager, welcomed the news that Northern Reliability, now KORE Solutions, expects to rapidly add jobs. He noted that the village misses the employees who used to work at the state office complex. “We are still kind of dealing with the pandemic decisions of the state, where there are supposed to be 1,000 employees at the state complex and there are very few there now,” Shepeluk said. “Any additional people to the downtown is a welcome thing.” m

in an email, so it’s important for people to consider the needs of others. That means “respecting personal decisions regarding masks, [showing] empathy for those who make personal choices for whatever reason to wear a mask and understanding we all have a societal role to try to protect those who are most vulnerable.” Larose doesn’t think it’s the responsibility of the most affected individuals to rally their schools and communities to support them, though. Instead, she said, the state should have school and health policies that accommodate high-risk students. Those might include a permanent virtual learning option, required outdoor spaces for eating lunch or classrooms designated for masked students, “just like we have peanut-free zones in the cafeteria,” Larose said. Erika Smith of East Montpelier also sees shortcomings in the state’s response. Smith has two sons: 13-year-old Slade and 6-year-old Rowen, who has a complex array of medical needs due to a brain malformation. When the pandemic hit, Rowen was in his first year of preschool, but since March 2020, he’s had to stay home. Slade also attended school virtually last school year and this fall, when the family was staying in Boston while Rowen underwent surgeries. But Slade struggled with remote learning, Smith said, so in January, the family decided he would return to in-person instruction at U-32 Middle & High School. Now, about two months later, the end of masking guidance creates another hurdle for her family. “We were feeling like, Oh, my gosh, just as he got back and he’s doing so well, now what’s going to happen?” she said. Smith said she’s concerned that the state and school district are no longer providing accurate data about COVID19 infections in schools, which would help her make informed decisions. As a precaution, Slade still tests at home for the virus at least three times a week and has told her he’s fine with wearing a mask in school, even if others don’t. Smith said she plans to let him continue attending school unless there’s “a huge spike” in cases. Students themselves are also taking action. Sixteen-year-old Izzy Shrout and a group of peers staged a walkout at Montpelier High School in early March to protest the lifting of masking guidance. Shrout’s mother is immunocompromised, a younger sister has asthma and a younger brother is too young to be vaccinated.

Shrout said being around large groups of unmasked people is anxietyprovoking. School administrators have tried to help, providing a private space to eat lunch and work online. Still, Shrout recalled being coughed on and sneered at in the hallway for wearing a mask. Last week, Shrout felt the need to abruptly leave a class because many peers were unmasked. Shrout thinks that state officials should have consulted students before they ended masking in schools. “I feel like [Gov. Scott] making these statements about what we need is kind of ridiculous, because he didn’t ask what we needed,” Shrout said. Dahlstrom, the Williston mom, also wishes families with high-risk kids had been consulted before masking policies were changed. On the first mask-optional day of school, Dahlstrom got a call from

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her daughter’s teacher because her daughter had taken her mask off midway through the school day. The teacher took her out into the hallway and persuaded her to put it back on, agreeing to be her “mask buddy” in solidarity for the rest of the school year. That night, Dahlstrom said, she had a teary conversation with her daughter about why she needed to keep her mask on. Still, Dahlstrom’s daughter has continued to tell her how alone she feels. “She doesn’t get it, why everybody else took off their masks if COVID is still around,” Dahlstrom said. “And I try to explain it … but I don’t have a great explanation.” At a minimum, Dahlstrom said, she would like for COVID-19-positive students to be required to show a negative test before returning to school. She can’t help but feel deflated by the behavior of fellow members of the school community. “I have had feelings of [being] let down that everybody took off their masks on day one, when they know our family and they know our situation,” Dahlstrom said. “I would be lying if I said I didn’t feel hurt by that.” m

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and emotive language about Peggy. Words and phrases like “fear,” “moral panic,” “expressing a lot of hatred,” “truculent,” “diatribe,” “militancy,” “paranoid fervor,” “angry, ranting and raving,” “storming into,” and “shouting at unsuspecting volunteers” revealed a visceral dislike of Peggy on the part of Edgar, who seized on Peggy’s death as an excuse to espouse her own politics. Yet in her barely concealed attempt to present Peggy as an alienated and lonely figure, the author exposed herself as ill-informed and parochial. This partisan journalism was at the expense of informing readers about the life of a woman who achieved so much for women and girls. Your readers deserved better than this. So does the memory of Peggy Luhrs. Denise McKenna

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The March 9 article [“Turf Wars”] about Peggy Luhrs was very disappointing and, unfortunately, predictable. During my interview with author Chelsea Edgar, it was clear that she came into the interview with a biased view of who Peggy Luhrs was and who she had been. Each time, when I spoke about Peggy being a caring friend and a force for community organization, I was asked a question about Peggy’s anger. Yes, Peggy was angry; she was angry at the political forces that contributed to women’s losses over their rights to make medical and social choices for their bodies and their lives. She was angry at a society that denied some people basic rights to health care and decent living conditions while others became wealthy. Peggy’s anger was not “vitriol.” Deborah Kutzko

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For starters, the print version of your March 9 story about Peggy Luhrs was insultingly headlined “Turf Wars,” which is the equivalent of using the N-word to refer to those fighting to maintain the rights of women-born women, adult females and girls. This piece of poor journalism went on to tarnish the memory of an internationally known and respected feminist, depicting her as a lone crazy person dying embittered and abandoned because of her incomprehensible views. For some unknown reason, your young but inept journalist neglected evidence of the many women around Peggy in her time of death, including my goddess art sent and printed out on the windowsill, a women’s liberation sign on the door brought by friends, and a meditation played that was carried out by the Saturday Zoom gathering of Women’s Declaration International, an organization working internationally to promote women’s sex-based rights in which Peggy had been active and in which she was respected for her articulate, loving, supportive and nurturing presence. Peggy was also active in WoLF, Women’s Liberation Front, another organization the journalist could have consulted should she really have desired to understand and do justice to Peggy’s views. Publishing an apology would be a first step toward encouraging bridges and building coherency and understanding. Her friends brought her to the McClure Miller Respite House. In the end, Peggy was surrounded by caring sisters — not avoided as a pariah. Batya Weinbaum

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WHAT IS GENDERCRITICAL FEMINISM?

Chelsea Edgar’s otherwise informative profile of Peggy Luhrs [“Turf Wars,” March 9] omitted one notable element: a good-faith reckoning with what gendercritical feminists actually believe. Edgar nods to “the idea that womanhood might mean something more than chromosomal inheritance” without exploring what this implies and why gender-critical feminists might oppose it. From a gender-critical perspective, defining womanhood as anything other than biological reality falls inevitably into caricature. An adult human female in a vacuum, absent cultural accretions and stereotypes, is still an adult human female; everything else is personality. Clothing, affect and even surgery do not negate the experience of growing up male or female and living in a sexed body. To put it bluntly, a woman oppressed for her physical sex cannot identify out of that oppression. Gender-critical feminists are less concerned with affirming the validity of one’s subjective internal experiences and more concerned with material threats to the physical form, which women around the world still face every day. Edgar owes it to her deceased subject to accurately depict the philosophical underpinnings of her ideas, whether or not she personally agrees with them. No one is hateful for the sake of being hateful; mustache-twirling villains are a fiction. Real people deserve more nuance than that. Edie Quinn

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OBITUARIES William J. Claussen AUGUST 24, 1939-MARCH 19, 2022 COLCHESTER, VT.

It is with great sadness that the Claussen staff announces the passing of our leader, mentor and the patriarch of the Claussen enterprise: Claussen’s Florist, Greenhouse & Perennial Farm. William J. Claussen died on March 19, 2022, following a short but valiant battle with lung and bone cancer. Willie was born on August 24, 1939, in Sayville, Long Island, the son of Henry and Teresa Claussen. Willie was raised in his parents’ greenhouses, and from an early age he was taught how to grow amazing cut flowers and quality plants, which guided him throughout his career in the greenhouse industry. His pops and mom also instilled a fiery work ethic that he carried his entire life, one that few people could match. In the early ‘70s, Willie and his then-wife, Jacqueline, traveled to Vermont to begin a new and independent life, leaving Long Island behind. In 1972, they purchased a small greenhouse operation from Neil and Glenna Carpenter in Colchester, launching the Claussen Greenhouse business. Willie single-handedly took Vermont by storm; his sweat equity and his fierce determination resulted in the introduction of a new market of growing and selling top-quality plants in New England. Never had the Vermont greenhouse industry seen what Willie and his team were able to accomplish over the next 50 years. Hard work and relentless guidance to his staff have resulted in what is one of the leading and most respected horticultural businesses in New England. Willie recognized from the beginning that building a force of dedicated workers would be the key to his success. His main focus was to prove to his pops and mom that he could make it on his own in Vermont, building a greenhouse complex and a business founded on an amazing customer base — a business that continues to excel today in Colchester, Vt. Not only did this young man come to Vermont to shake up the greenhouse industry, he also came for the Green Mountains. Willie learned as a young boy that wilderness, water and independence were his best friends. Any free time was spent in the woods. A slingshot, a fishing pole and a BB gun were simply his best buddies growing up. Climbing a tree or building a treehouse out of greenhouse slats allowed him to carefully observe and appreciate wildlife and nature. His

Long Island friends Harry, Vinny, Sonny, Allan and many “unsaid” others kept him always living on the edge as a young man, but truly his passion rested with his grasp of a rod, a gun, or even a hammer and a few bent nails, when he wasn’t working for his pops! Fifty-five years ago, Willie’s understanding of the wilderness and desire to play hard when he wasn’t working led him to join his great friends Norman and Sil Strung in Bozeman, Mont. Willie’s love for hunting white tail, fishing the “crick” for trout or camping deep in the woods became ingrained in his blood, and for the next five decades Montana became his respite away from work. He enjoyed the West sometimes with good friends but mainly alone, with a backpack, a knife, a bow and arrow, or a rod in his hand. Willie left a legacy in Bozeman’s Cottonwood Canyon. Along with the forest, mountains and streams, Willie’s adventures also led him to the salt waters of the Florida Keys. A selftaught adventurer, Willie was never afraid to take on a challenge. Deep-sea fishing in the Keys may have been difficult, but Willie loved the vastness and unpredictability of open water. His ability to study maps, learn how to navigate the sea and learn exactly where to locate fish came easily after teaching himself all about the sport. For almost three decades, Willie and a select few fishing buddies hit those spots and learned the difference between finesse and just being out on the water for fun. Like with everything else, Willie had a clear and complete understanding of how to pull in a day’s catch, at times at the cost of pissing off a buddy or two because of his determined personality. If you knew Willie, it went without saying that being on a boat in

the middle of the ocean was a serious day on the water and nothing else. Back at home in Vermont, Willie could always count on his dedicated team of longtime employees at Claussen’s. The first employee he hired and worked beside for more than 40 years was Allen Crane, who passed away in 2013. Willie’s long-term business partner, Chris Conant, and his wife, Denyse, joined Willie 43 years ago. Chris; his partner, Roberta; and his family Ali, Jessica and Nathan, along with Willie’s dedicated “Claussen Family” of workers, will carry on the Claussen name for the next generation with the pride and determination that Willie proudly shared. Willie has a host of employees who appreciate his hard work and determination — the success of his business today. Brenda Wheel, Mark Storch, Brett Wilbur, James MacAuley and Lori King are just a few of the many employees who will continue to carry the torch. Willie graduated from Sayville High School in Sayville, N.Y. He was best known in high school as a baseball pitcher, throwing many no-hitter games. Following high school, Willie attended the State University of New York at Farmingdale, earning a degree from the Horticultural School. Willie was a proud member of the 101st Airborne Division, a light infantry division of the United States Army specializing in air assault operations. He was truly a proud American. Willie was predeceased by his pops and mom, Henry and Teresa Claussen. He leaves a sister, Rita Smith, of Sayville, N.Y., and his niece, Kimberly Smith, of Sayville. Willie also leaves his former brother-in-law, Marcel, and his wife, MaryJane Lemay, of Colchester, Vt. On behalf of Wille, Chris and the Claussen family offer sincere thanks to Dr .Paul Unger, MD, and his amazing staff; the doctors and nurses of the University of Vermont Medical Center; and the incredible nurses and caregivers of the UVM Home Health & Hospice Team. Donations may be made in Willie’s memory to our neighbor and wonderful volunteers at the Colchester Food Shelf, Attn. Marcia Devino, P.O. Box 625, Colchester, VT 05446. Donations will also be graciously accepted for the UVM McClure-Miller Respite House, 3113 Roosevelt Hwy., Colchester, VT 05446. A celebration of life will occur on Saturday, April 2, 2022, at the Lang Farm Barn in Essex, Vt., at 2 p.m., with a reception to follow. Eric Hanley of Corbin and Palmer Funeral Home in Essex Junction is handling the arrangements. Visit corbinandpalmer.com.

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Christine Dewhurst

NOVEMBER 30, 1972-MARCH 3, 2022 PIEDMONT, S.D. Christine Dewhurst was born on November 30, 1972, in Burlington, Vt., the eldest child of Gary and Janet Delneo. She attended Orchard Elementary and Frederick H. Tuttle Middle School in South Burlington. Christine graduated from Rice Memorial High School in June 1990, then went on to attend Fordham University in Bronx, N.Y., where she earned a BA in English with a minor in chemistry. After Fordham, Christine secured a position in a branch banking management program. She eventually earned a position at Goldman Sachs, where she advanced to the Fixed Income and Commodities Desk. In 1998, Christine was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis but continued her career until 2001, when she decided to take long-term disability and begin a family. In January 2000, she began dating Michael Dewhurst, and they were married in August 2001. They bought an old farmhouse in Greenville, N.Y., in November 2001 and began restoring the old house. Eventually their home was filled with three children: Julia, Joseph and Jesse. In August 2020, she and her family moved to Piedmont, S.D., to enjoy the freedoms of South Dakota and living in the Black Hills. Christine was diagnosed with breast cancer in December 2018. She fought the most valiant fight, all the while loving and caring for Michael, Julia, Joseph and Jesse. She never skipped a beat as a wife and mother. Christine passed away on March 3, 2022. She is survived by her husband, Michael; children, Julia (19), Joseph (17) and Jesse (12); father, Gary Delneo; mother, Janet Delneo; sister, Catherine Delneo; and brother, John Delneo. We love and miss you so very much, Christine. A funeral service was held for Christine at the Shiloh Free Lutheran Church in Black Hawk, S.D., on Tuesday, March 8, 2022. An online guestbook where friends can post remembrances of Christine is hosted by Osheim & Schmidt Funeral home: osheim schmidt.com/guestbook/christine-dewhurst.

Matthew Scott Emerson SEPTEMBER 26, 1981-MARCH 5, 2022 ST. ALBANS, VT.

On March 5, 2022, the world lost the light of Matthew Scott Emerson, born in 1981. Matthew will be remembered for the joy and levity he brought to those around him. He embodied loving kindness, gentleness, patience and sincerity. He enjoyed a complicated puzzle, was an incredible artist and a true Lego connoisseur, and, above all, loved animals. Matt was on a first-name basis with every dog and cat he ever encountered. A natural green thumb, he coaxed lush, colorful perennial gardens out of sad patches of lawn. His gardens will continue to bloom, providing the haven for wildlife, birds and insects that he so loved. He leaves landscapes of beauty and life behind him. Matthew was married to Abby, the love of his life, for 16 years. Together they shared a home in St. Albans, Vt., with their beloved cats. They enjoyed nature museums, antique shopping, thrift stores, and time spent in the woods or swimming in the lake. Matt surrounded their home with gardens and filled their home with calm well-being. Matthew leaves behind his parents, James and Karen Emerson, of Brandon, Vt.; his older siblings, Jeff and Rebecca; many aunts, uncles and cousins; his wife, Abby, of St. Albans, Vt.; and her family, Carol, Mary Alyssa and Adam. Matt was born and spent his early years in Milton, Vt. As a tender, playful spirit, he brought his puppets and stuffed toys to school way longer than most would expect. He transitioned to St. George for fifth through eighth grades, where he attended the Lake Champlain Waldorf School. Here he majored in his delightfully quirky, fun-loving activities, most notably as cocomposer of the song “Compost Is My Best Friend,” including harmonies and wonderful lyrics. At High Mowing School in Wilton, N.H., he was known for his caring ways, as well as his stint as “Plunger Boy,” where he took a prank played on him with a plunger and turned it into a fun-loving totem. He was seen carrying a plunger on his belt for about a year. He acquired perhaps the largest and only known personal plunger collection known to man and even wore a plunger on his wedding day. He moved on to volunteer for three

years through AmeriCorps at Camphill Copake, a community devoted to supporting people with disabilities. Returning to Vermont, he cared for people with disabilities in Vermont for about nine years, during which time he married. For the past nine years, he worked at American Meadows spearheading its customer service training program. One of his coworkers, upon learning of his passing, put into words what we know to be true of Matthew: “This is a day when birds cannot sing; we have lost a dear member of our flock to unimaginable pain, grief and sorrow. We thought Matthew Emerson was here to teach us about good customer service, wildflowers, plants and Acumatica, which, of course, he was, but that was not the most important work he did. He was the department head of patience and kindness. He led by example with his thoughtful acts and words. And we are bereft with holes in our hearts and limping with the loss of a good man gone. But today — this sorrowful day — let’s join hands to help his legacy live on and vow in time ahead to acknowledge with our words and deeds the inspiring influence of a kindhearted man.” We invite you to join us in creating a work of art for Matthew out of the remembrances we share. As family friend Joann Dennee said: “As our beloved ones across the threshold have no memories of themselves except the thoughts and recollections we offer up to them, the living memories we send to the deceased are like art. To the dead, this offering is experienced as beauty. ‘Just as art for the living brings enchantment of the spiritual world to the physical world, our thoughts of love connect the deceased with our earthly world.’” (Rudolph Steiner) A memorial gathering will be held at the Charlotte Congregational Church on May 21 from 1 to 4 p.m. Please join us and RSVP by email to sirjimes@gmail.com or by leaving a message on the memorial website. If you’re unable to make it to the memorial, you can send remembrances of Matthew to sirjimes@gmail.com and they will be shared with his loved ones. Or add them to our web page on Matt at myfarewelling. com/memorial/matthew.emerson#events, where you can find pictures and other postings. —Abby, Karen, Jim, Jeff and Rebecca Emerson

Libby Ruth (Kaplan) Serota

RADLETT, HERTFORDSHIRE, UK Libby Ruth (Kaplan) Serota of Radlett, Hertfordshire, UK, died on March 3, 2022, after a brief illness. She was the beloved wife of the Hon. Daniel Serota, QC; treasured mother of Naomi Serota Simons (Daniel) and Deborah Serota; cherished twin sister of Mark Kaplan (Judy) and cherished sister of Judy Cross (Joseph) of Vermont; adored grandmother of Sophie, Jake and Joe Simons, and Isabella Cartmell; and loving aunt of many nieces and nephews. Libby was born and raised in Burlington, Vt., and graduated from Burlington High School, the University of Vermont and the University of Connecticut School of Social Work. Upon her marriage to Daniel, she moved to the UK and worked for many years as a social worker for the Hertsfordshire County Council while raising her family and enthusiastically participating in local community organizations.

Libby enjoyed traveling around the world with Daniel, but Vermont was always in her heart. She was an accomplished skier, and in recent years golfing became a passion, and she took a leadership role at the Hartsbourne Country Club, where she served as lady captain in 2017. Libby was a bright, shining light to all who knew her. She will be missed and remembered for her joie de vivre by her extended family in the U.S. and the UK, as well as by her numerous friends and colleagues.

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arlier this winter, the brother of a Seven Days editor asked her why she had never mentioned Vermont’s “ice highway,” an alleged shortcut running between Burlington and Plattsburgh, N.Y. Because the brother’s source for this fabled freeway lives in Georgia — the Peach State, not the Franklin County town — the editor assumed that he must have been misinformed. Or perhaps the man had taken a wintry, white-knuckled drive across Sandbar Causeway and had mistakenly assumed that he was traveling on frozen Lake Champlain. Alas, Vermont never could have qualified to be on “Ice Road Truckers,” the History Channel’s long-running hit TV series — at least, not in the 21st century. However, as recently as the 1920s, recreational and commercial ice travel between Vermont and New York was fairly common. As the Plattsburgh Sentinel reported on March 2, 1923, “The ice bridge between Willsboro and Burlington is quite extensively used, many visiting the city for both profit and pleasure.” For more on the history of ice bridges, we spoke to Caperton Tissot, author of the 2010 book Adirondack Ice: A Cultural and Natural History. A retired writer and publisher, Tissot spent three years researching her 360-page book, which covers virtually every aspect of the North Country’s winterized waterways, from annual ice harvests to “freight by skate” to ice castles of yore. In fact, each year Tissot helps build the ice palace featured at the annual winter festival in Saranac Lake, N.Y., where she and her husband live. According to Tissot, the Adirondacks have about 3,000 lakes connected by more than 30,000 miles of rivers and streams. For centuries, those waterways served as travel corridors throughout the winter, carrying food, livestock, timber, stone, and military troops and supplies. “I wrote about all aspects of ice, and I find it absolutely fascinating,” Tissot said in a recent phone interview. “I concluded that ice has been an even more important influence on the culture, the economy and the natural history up here than snow.” Throughout the 19th century and into the 20th century, she noted, horse-drawn sleds and stagecoaches ran regularly scheduled trips across the ice between New York and Vermont. Among the more interesting ice crossings Tissot discovered was one by Mitchell Sabattis, a famous 19th-century Abenaki 24

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Snowmobile trail on a frozen lake

Adirondack guide. Sabattis, who had an alcohol addiction, had not paid the mortgage on his Newcomb, N.Y., house and was about to lose it when Lucius Chittenden, a Burlington banker, lawyer, politician and peace advocate, offered to pay off the debt in exchange for Sabattis’ promise to stop drinking. According to an October 15, 2020, story in the Adirondack Almanack by Gary Peacock, Sabattis was so grateful for Chittenden’s gesture that the following winter, he loaded a horse-drawn sled with furs, venison, bear meat and more than 100 pounds of trout to thank Chittenden. Then, as Tissot noted, he drove the sled up Lake Champlain from Crown Point, N.Y., to Chittenden’s house in Burlington. As Peacock wrote, “Sabattis not only made good on his debt, he never touched a drop of alcohol again.” According to Tissot, the seasonal practice of ice travel didn’t subside until road plowing became commonplace. Nevertheless, she’s met North Country residents who still access their homes throughout the winter by traveling across frozen waterways. In 2010, the practice was briefly resurrected after the 80-year-old Champlain Bridge, which ran between Chimney Point, Vt., and Crown Point, N.Y., was demolished on December 28, 2009. That winter, Tissot said, some interstate commuters made their daily crossings by snowmobile.

Most, however, opted to take the ferry or the longer and safer drive around. Tissot, who grew up on a lake in Massachusetts and spent much of her childhood venturing onto the ice, noted that previous generations were far more ice savvy than people are today. “When I did this research,” she said, “I was absolutely astonished by the number of people who’ve drowned going through the ice, people who should have known better or were just naïve.” Tissot said she still remembers her father chopping through the ice with a steel bar to gauge its thickness. But as she learned years later, even that method cannot account for underwater springs, channels and currents that can make the ice thin and unsafe. Tissot also noted that, while many locals are familiar with pressure ridges, which are fissures caused by the ice expanding and shifting, there’s a phenomenon by which the opposite occurs: Instead of the ice pressing upward, it shoots downward, allowing water to pool on the surface. Then, a subfreezing night will create a thin skim of ice on top that’s easy to mistake for a solid surface. It’s one reason, Tissot added, that veteran ice travelers would routinely loosen the bindings on their skis or snowshoes, which they could kick free in the event they fell through. In her research and subsequent book

tour, Tissot also met pilots who still land on frozen lakes in the Adirondacks. She asked one how he determined whether the ice was thick enough to support his plane. The pilot explained that he’d make a landing run across the ice without stopping, then lift off and fly over his wheel tracks. If he saw slush forming, he wouldn’t land. Unsurprisingly, Tissot’s research turned up plenty of stories about coldwater fatalities. While she still ventures onto the ice each winter, she confessed, “I have a lot more second thoughts since I wrote this book.” As longtime Vermonters know, Lake Champlain’s “ice highway” is open to motorized traffic whenever conditions allow it. By law, the lake is considered a public thoroughfare when it’s frozen. But unlike terra firma roads, the ice isn’t inspected to ensure that it’s thick enough to support a pickup truck — or closed when it’s not. Every year, thousands of people venture onto the ice in vehicles and, invariably, a few take an unscheduled polar plunge. Incidentally, the Vermont Department of Fish & Wildlife is reminding people that all ice fishing shanties must be removed from the state’s lakes and ponds by March 27. m

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Inmates at Northwest State Correctional Facility

Before Newport police took Michael Cornell to prison, they brought him to the hospital. The 33-year-old was suspected of stealing $1,184 from a computer repair store and robbing a hotel clerk of $168. Cornell was unemployed at the time, on probation for a domestic assault and, he told police, in need of mental help. Cornell didn’t remember breaking into the computer store, but he acknowledged buying 15 lorazepam, a prescription anxiety medication that can cause memory loss, earlier the same night in January 2021. The hospital developed a safety plan for Cornell because he was homicidal and suicidal, according to police records. Following his release, the cops arrested and lodged him at Northern State Correctional Facility in Newport. A judge would order Cornell to be held without bail. It was an inauspicious time to be confined inside Vermont’s largest prison. Pandemic precautions meant that Cornell’s two young children, ages 4 and 7, couldn’t visit. The chow hall had been 26

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mothballed, so prisoners were forced to eat meals inside their cells, which double as bathrooms and are roughly the size of one. Basketball was banned, and classes were canceled or held over the phone. An overstretched corps of correctional officers tried to maintain calm among units of men who felt increasingly cooped up. That was on good days. On bad days, when COVID-19 was in the air, the prison went on full lockdown, which meant that prisoners were confined to their cells for up to 23 hours and 45 minutes per day. At Northern State, one of six prisons in Vermont, there have been a lot of bad days during the past year. A few weeks after Cornell arrived in February 2021, a massive outbreak infected 179 prisoners and kept them locked down for nearly two straight months. Another outbreak, in August, infected 40 people, prompting another lockdown. Then another in November. And fresh infections last month. More lockdown.

Michael Cornell with one of his children

During one of those periods, Cornell wrote to Betsy Trucott, the mother of his two children. Cornell told Trucott he was reading books to pass the time while trying to chart a better course for his life. “I still feel ashamed everyday because of my actions, but I’m also trying not to be too hard on myself so that way I’m not too depressed to make the changes I need to,” he wrote in an undated, handwritten letter that Trucott shared with Seven Days. “I wish they had classes to take but fucking covid has stopped everything.” Cornell did not live to endure the most recent outbreak, in February. He died on

New Year’s Day at age 34, during his 11th month of detention before trial, while housed in a special quarantine cell following an outside medical appointment. The circumstances are still under investigation, but this month the state medical examiner ruled his death an accidental overdose.

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The Vermont Department of Corrections remains the only state prison system in the country where the coronavirus has not killed anyone. But Vermont has achieved this distinction through protective measures that shut down most of the rehabilitative aspects of incarceration and intensified the punitive ones, including unprecedented amounts of time confined to cells. The precautions have not prevented outbreaks or relentless lockdown cycles, even after booster shots became available. Some prisoners have spent as much as half of the last four months under full lockdown, a Seven Days analysis found.

The conditions faced by roughly 1,300 Vermont prisoners and many of the 1,000 corrections workers during COVID-19 are difficult for anyone on the outside to comprehend, though few probably spend much time trying. The discomfiting reality is that, even as many other institutions have dropped most onerous precautions — nursing homes have allowed visitors for more than a year, for example — Vermont prisons have remained sealed off to the loved ones of the incarcerated. Meanwhile, the pandemic has worsened a critical shortage of correctional officers and interrupted nascent efforts aimed at reforming the long-troubled

department, which is now on its third commissioner since 2020. Earlier this year, the situation got so bad at two of the men’s prisons that the department took the extraordinary step of locking down inmates — not to protect them from COVID-19, but because too few correctional officers were available to safely manage their movement. Last October, Gov. Phil Scott appointed Nicholas Deml, a former Central Intelligence Agency official and Capitol Hill aide, as the department’s new leader, replacing Jim Baker, who stepped in as interim commissioner in 2020 in the wake of a sexual misconduct scandal at the women’s prison that Seven Days exposed just before the pandemic hit. The 34-year-old Deml, who has no prior experience in corrections, is now charged with addressing the system’s woeful workforce shortage and reforming its toxic culture. First, he’s trying to turn the page on the two-year-long COVID-19 crisis. This month, the department quietly enacted a phased plan that could allow the prisons to resume a semblance of normal operations in the weeks ahead. Each prison will be able to offer in-person family visits, programs, unrestricted recreation and normal dining hall operations, as long as staff and inmates go several weeks without a cluster of uncontained infections. “I don’t want anybody to succumb to this illness,” Deml said. “But as we look to the future, I think we also need to weigh the mental and emotional toll — and physical toll, frankly, in some instances — that this has taken on people.”

During the last two weeks of February, COVID-19 swept through Southern State Correctional Facility in Springfield, which meant that Matthew Hathaway watched a lot of TV. Hathaway, 38, takes his television seriously. He recently threatened a hunger strike, he claimed, to get correctional officers to move him from a cell where the TV didn’t get his preferred channels. On weeknights, right after watching “Jeopardy!,” Hathaway would call his fiancée using his tablet computer. All Vermont inmates receive tablets through a for-profit contractor, although watching movies or listening to music on it costs money. Emails, too, cost 25 cents each. It’s sort of like being locked down with a hotel minibar. For weeks on end, Hathaway and his tablet were confined to a room that measures eight cinder blocks long by five and a half cinder blocks wide, furnished with a small desk, a twin bed, the TV, some shelves and a toilet. He got only 15 minutes outside the cell each day, generally to use the shower. “If you want to know what it’s like to be locked down, lock yourself in your bathroom and stay there for a month,” he said. Lockdowns are the prisons’ bluntest COVID-19 safety tool, used to stem outbreaks once testing or contact tracing reveals a widespread exposure. The outbreaks aren’t prisoners’ fault. The virus generally spreads through staff, who, after work, leave the sterile environment of prison for the unknowns of the outside world — then return the next day. By contrast, any time prisoners enter the facility, as a new arrival or after an outside medical appointment, they are sent straight to the quarantine unit — often confined to the same cells designed for solitary confinement — for two weeks. Many prisoners are wary of the health risks posed by COVID-19, and 73 percent are vaccinated, slightly more than the 72 percent of facility staff who got their shots. Nearly 700 prisoners have been infected with the virus in Vermont prisons at some point over the last two years, some more than once. Another 185 infections have occurred among Vermont inmates kept at a private prison in Tutwiler, Miss. Of those, only four cases led to hospitalizations. Hathaway is vaccinated but said he didn’t see the point in getting a booster shot. He’s more concerned about the terms of his confinement. “I’ve had basically every right that I have as an inmate violated in the name of COVID,” Hathaway said. HARD TIME SEVEN DAYS MARCH 23-30, 2022

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« P.27 Corrections officials can’t say how many days each incarcerated person has spent under full lockdown — the department doesn’t track it. But the available records suggest that between November 11, 2021, and March 11, 2022, Vermont’s prisons were locked down nearly one-third of the time, on average. Pairs of inmates were generally locked into cramped concrete cells around the clock and allowed out for just a few minutes to shower. The frequency of these lockdowns varied by location, from 23 days at Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility to 67 at Northern State. Prisoners have found their own ways to cope. Brielle Barker landed back in prison in the summer of 2020 after she was picked up on a probation violation for a new criminal charge that was later dropped. Barker, who is trans, was taken to Northwest State Correctional Facility in St. Albans. But she petitioned corrections for a transfer to Chittenden Regional, Vermont’s only prison for women. Barker stayed there until her release last November. Inside Chittenden Regional, Barker said, she found ways to keep herself occupied. Yoga and writing workshops were canceled, but she taught herself to crochet, created a series of paintings and advocated for changes to how corrections treats prisoners who are trans. Barker sometimes got frustrated with corrections officers but said she believed that the department was “trying really hard” to keep COVID-19 at bay. She felt slighted by the reusable microfiber masks that prisoners have been required to wear, which look like camp towels with ear loops and aren’t as protective as the KN95s that staff members receive. When she needed a respite, Barker flipped the mask over her eyes to block out the light. The isolation felt never-ending at times, but she said the pandemic restrictions were more tolerable once she was able to live openly in the women’s prison. “The hardest part was being locked up inside myself and then inside this cage on top of it,” she said. “That just wasn’t the case once I was in Chittenden, and I was able to be myself.” After 22 days, Hathaway’s latest lockdown stint at Southern State ended at 8 a.m. on March 10. The news meant that he could spend several hours each day mingling in his unit’s common area, called a dayroom. The 50 or so men in the unit could play cards or use the microwave, but gym time remained limited, and the prison’s dining hall was still out of commission. Hathaway began his morning, he said by phone later that day, by resuming his 28

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ritual of walking laps around the dayroom. It’s 43 laps to a mile, a figure Hathaway calculated by using printer paper as a ruler to measure the circumference of the room. As Hathaway described his mathematical accomplishment, a correctional officer wheeled a tray of refried beans, corn, a quesadilla-like entrée and a banana to his cell. Hathaway said he wasn’t planning to eat, though he wasn’t on another hunger strike. He just wants to lose some weight.

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Cornell, the inmate who fatally overdosed, had never been imprisoned before his detention last year at Northern State, according to Trucott. It seemed to prompt serious self-reflection. “He really wanted to try to dig deeper in terms of his own behaviors and psychology,” Trucott said. By last June, Cornell had developed a daily workout regimen and was in “good

spirits,” a former cellmate recalled in a letter to Seven Days. Motivating Cornell was his desire to be reunited with his kids, whom he couldn’t see while locked up. “I am told by some of his former roommates that he was always talking about them,” Trucott said. “That was his big hope.” Among state prison systems during the pandemic, Vermont was one of just four that had yet to allow general family visits in prisons by the time Omicron hit, according to a database maintained by the Marshall Project, a nonprofit news site that focuses on the U.S. criminal justice system. The women’s prison at Chittenden Regional was an exception. Unlike the men’s prisons, the women’s facility hosts a dedicated program to help children stay connected with their incarcerated mother. Kids-A-Part, operated by the Burlington nonprofit Lund, has for years facilitated one-on-one visits and large group events that help children interact with their mothers in a more communal setting.

Days Spent in Full Lockdown* at Vermont Prisons Prison Population (March 11, 2022)

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Marble Valley Regional Correctional Facility, Rutland

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Northwest State Correctional Facility, St. Albans

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Lockdown information was compiled from the Vermont Department of Corrections’ daily summaries, which were created on 75 days during the 121-day time frame. For the remaining 46 days, Seven Days analyzed contextual information about lockdown status, outbreak status and positive COVID-19 test dates to infer whether a facility was likely on lockdown or not during each day. Instances where lockdown status could not be inferred are labeled “undetermined.” In some cases, facility lockdowns were limited to one building or unit within a complex; those instances are counted as “modified” operations in this analysis. Lockdown status is accurate as of 6:30 a.m. on days when department data is available. Total lockdown days should be considered approximate.

Those visits stopped in March 2020, and it wasn’t until September 2021 that kids were allowed back, on a limited basis, program coordinator Jess Kell said. Except for lockdown periods, mothers and children can again meet one-on-one for a couple of hours each week in Kell’s homey office, appointed with a rocking chair, quilts, art supplies and a basket of My Little Pony action figures. The meetups are still tricky to arrange, with the uncertainty of COVID-19 an additional barrier for caregivers, who bring kids when school schedules and long travel times allow. Kell said the reunions have been moving to witness and sometimes bear the evidence of 18 months of separation. At one of the first, Kell recalled a child who “looked at their mom and said, ‘I didn’t see you the whole time I was 13 years old.’”

Behind bars at Northern State, Cornell also appears to have struggled. He told Trucott he couldn’t get mental health treatment because of COVID-19, and he had trouble navigating the close quarters with cellmates. Cornell was also surrounded by drugs. One of the first things he told Trucott by phone, she remembered, was that “all anybody cares about in here is bupe,” referring to the medication-assisted therapy for opioid addiction that Vermont law requires prisons to provide. Cornell had returned from an appointment at the county opioid recovery clinic the day he died, according to Trucott. Northern State medical staff found him just before noon in a cell used to quarantine arriving inmates and began CPR. He was taken to North Country Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. A medical examiner’s review of drugs

in Cornell’s system detected an array of medications, including the opioid treatment methadone, antidepressants and a prescription sedative. Not all of them had been prescribed to him. “We’re dealing with it the best we can,” Trucott said of Cornell’s death, “but it’s an injustice.” Cornell wasn’t the first prisoner to die in one of Vermont’s COVID-19 quarantine units. In December 2020, a 36-year-old man at Northeast Correctional Complex in St. Johnsbury hanged himself with a bedsheet four days after being detained on a burglary charge. Another man attempted suicide at Northern State that same year. It’s not clear yet whether lapses at the prison contributed to Cornell’s fatal overdose. (Deml, the commissioner, declined to comment, citing the ongoing investigation.) But prisoners’ rights advocates have been

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especially concerned about how the pressures of the pandemic are affecting people with substance-use disorders. Those who were incarcerated during the pandemic seem to be at an elevated risk to misuse, said Ashley Messier, who founded the prison abolitionist organization Women’s Justice & Freedom Initiative after she served prison time at Chittenden Regional. Yet she contends that Vermont has not made adequate investments in programs that help prisoners prepare for their release and to reintegrate once they’re out. “People who struggled with substanceuse disorder and mental health have been hit hard by the pandemic. Then pile on having been incarcerated and completely isolated,” she said. “Imagine how that compounds the issues.” HARD TIME SEVEN DAYS MARCH 23-30, 2022

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provide them is hampered. Correctional educator Ritalea Sweeny, for instance, typically would teach high school courses in an on-site classroom. Instead, she’s had to teach by phone. Explaining mathematics that way, she said, has been “really difficult.” Not everything about prison work has gotten harder. With fewer prisoners who don’t move around as much, there haven’t been as many interactions to oversee. The added overtime brings welcome extra cash. But the long hours and stress have strained many officers’ personal lives. The state workers’ union and Gov. Scott cut a deal last year to award over $6 million in recruitment and retention bonuses of up to $2,500 for corrections staff. The program was set to expire this month, but the union and the department extended a slightly different version of it through June. Scott signed a bill earlier this month that includes funds for retention bonuses in the upcoming fiscal year. Deml, the new commissioner, said the department will reevaluate the strategies as June approaches. “We know that staff really put it all on the line over the last couple of years, and they deserve just compensation for that,” he said. The labor problems in corrections are not a pandemic phenomenon; they’ve just gotten worse. An annual state Department of Human Resources survey last

COURTESY

Early in the pandemic, the Department of Corrections created an emergency policy that required employees from anywhere in the agency to work inside a prison if needed. The fear was that the virus could sweep through prisons, like nursing homes, with scores of staff out sick. To Georgie Stapleton, a 62-year-old probation officer in the Barre office, the chance that she’d be called in seemed remote. She wasn’t even instructed to take a refresher training to prepare her for such an assignment. Then, on a Friday in January, the order came. She would need to work a 12-hour shift the next day inside a facility that was on full lockdown. Stapleton panicked. “I’m not security minded. I don’t think like that,” she said. “I’m a therapist.” She called her manager, who, Stapleton said, told her she’d be disciplined if she refused the assignment. Luckily, someone else volunteered, she said. But Stapleton was stunned that her department was conscripting employees she felt were illequipped to work as correctional officers. The episode is one symptom of a public agency run ragged. Corrections, the second-largest department in state government, with 1,048 positions, has recorded more than 450 COVID-19 infections among its employees. Overtime hours soared as the department struggled to attract people willing and able to work in an increasingly intimidating environment. And those already working there were heading for the exits: Between July 2020 and July 2021, nearly half of all entry-level correctional officers quit, Department of Human Resources data show. The wave of departures was significantly larger than the pre-pandemic turnover rate of 30 percent. Chad Richardson, a booking officer at Northwest State Correctional Facility in St. Albans, ostensibly works eight hours a day, Tuesday through Saturday. During the worst stretches of the pandemic, however, his shifts lengthened to 12 or 16 hours. He might work 2 a.m. to 2 p.m., or 6 a.m. to 10 p.m., “and then you’re back the next morning,” he explained to a Seven Days reporter during a guided prison tour earlier this month. They aren’t easy hours, either. The last two years have seen near-constant adjustments to safety protocols. Officers have attempted to police social distancing inside buildings that have been designed to confine. For those who run programs for prisoners, demand is up and the ability to

Kids-A-Part office inside Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility

year found that just 10 percent of corrections employees believed that department morale was “good,” down from 22 percent in 2019. The situation makes the prisons less safe. There’s a shared perception that the black market among inmates for medications, a problem known as drug diversion, has gotten worse. The illicit trade includes doses from Vermont’s medication-assisted therapy program, which has unwittingly turned the state into a “major drug supplier” behind bars, said Steve Howard, president of the Vermont State Employees’ Association, the union that includes

corrections workers. The problem, in his view, is that corrections doesn’t have enough staff members on the ground to properly administer the medicine. His members view it as a “complete disaster,” Howard said. Deml said COVID-19 protocols that keep staff distanced from prisoners, not a lack of staff, have made stamping out the practice more difficult. Hathaway, from the vantage point of his cell, said he thinks correctional officers have simply turned a blind eye. The drugs’ relaxing effects, he said, make their jobs easier.

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OPENING UP “There’s no crying in corrections” was

something of a catchphrase when Cindy Lack started her career 33 years ago. Now she’s trying to change that. A probation officer, Lack heads a 26-member group of employees who offer peer support to coworkers who need a listening ear. The stress that correctional officers face can be hard for others to understand, Lack said. Most people don’t know what it’s like to cut down a man from a bedsheet, or how hundreds of hours inside a prison change the way you move through the outside world. Department veterans get it. “We need to take care of our staff, or we’re not going to have any,” Lack said. “We need to take care of what’s left.” The essentially volunteer peer support team has existed for years. But during the pandemic, the department made it so that employees no longer needed to seek out help — now it’s offered to them. Lack’s team had fewer than 800 interactions with employees in 2019, she said. The total shot up to 3,200 in 2020 and more than 3,500 last year. “Folks have found it helpful to talk about what’s going on,” she said. VSEA’s Howard said the working conditions endured by corrections employees during the pandemic — and their accomplishments — have been

underappreciated. Many of his members feel like they’ve been fighting a hidden battle, one that even state leaders haven’t acknowledged. The governor stopped by the Vermont Correctional Academy last August, his office said, but Howard thinks Scott should do more. “This is the only corrections department in America that didn’t have a death due to COVID,” he said. “And the governor hasn’t shown up in a single facility to say, ‘Thank you.’” In St. Albans, staff at Northwest State who spoke to Seven Days were finding some reasons for optimism. Their facility had spent fewer days on lockdown during the recent Omicron wave than the other men’s prisons. Sweeny, the teacher, was recently able to begin one-on-one tutoring sessions in person, and Richardson said required overtime hours have begun to decrease. Matt Engels, a shift supervisor who oversees recruitment at the St. Albans prison, keeps a whiteboard on a wall in his office that’s otherwise papered with posters of the Green Bay Packers and classic rock bands. The whiteboard showed a flowchart of new hires, including two who were joining up and two more who were slated for interviews. In the bottom corner, Engels, a 14-year corrections veteran, keeps a running tally of how many officers he’s been able to hire and retain since last June. It’s up to 22.

“We’re not where we want to be, but we’re getting where we need to be,” he said. Still, he’s cautious about the months ahead, particularly as the department drops more COVID-19 restrictions. Many on Engels’ team started working in corrections during the pandemic. They’ve never had to manage a full chow hall or a visitation room. For them, the last two years are just the way things are.

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No department in state government has more vacant positions than corrections. According to the new commissioner, the 181 openings as of late February are concentrated among correctional officers and other roles inside the prisons. Nearly a quarter of these 500-plus “security” positions, as they’re dubbed, are unfilled. The number of officers working in corrections today remains lower than it was a year ago, Deml conceded in an interview last week. The department has relied on changes to its staffing patterns — for instance, by moving to 12-hour shifts in some prisons to reduce total shift changes — to prevent more staffing-induced lockdowns such as the ones that happened in recent months. Since then, he said, the recruitment and retention efforts have improved.

Creating a more stable workforce is Deml’s unequivocal priority in the months ahead. “We just came out of a really traumatic event — or, we’re trying to come out of a very traumatic event — in COVID,” he said. “And so I think it’s a great time for the department to really connect and respect our staff on a human level and make really important investments in them as people.” Deml strikes a softer tone than his predecessor, interim commissioner Baker, who was widely respected and also, as a state official put it, “one tough bastard.” Trained as a lawyer, Deml won’t say much about his nearly eight years working in classified operations for the CIA. But he speaks frankly about why he pursued the corrections post. The commissioner didn’t want to live part time in Washington, D.C.; he wanted his life to be in Vermont, where his wife lived in their house with their infant daughter. And he saw in corrections an avenue to “really make an impact on human life.” Deml’s ideas for turning around the department revolve around making it a more humane place. He’s focused on staff wellness, improving professional development opportunities and making sure promotions are based on merit, not an “old boys’ network.” “I want to offer that type of — just the joy and pleasure and self-worth that somebody gets out of having a career they can be really proud of,” he said. What Deml hasn’t emphasized, so far, is funding. To VSEA’s Howard, that’s a problem. For months, the union has said it will take a substantial taxpayer investment, on the order of $15 million to $20 million per year, to address the chronic staffing problems inside corrections. Deml doesn’t rule out targeted proposals for more resources but said he believes that the $174 million budget the governor endorsed for fiscal year 2023 is enough for corrections leaders to make “really meaningful change for our staff.” There’s no doubt that shedding pandemic restrictions inside the prisons will also help. It’s not without risks, though. If another COVID-19 wave brought fresh outbreaks in the prisons, they would still move into lockdown, and prisoners would again shoulder the burden. Deml said the department is looking to use narrower, focused lockdowns when possible, such as when only one or two units have active cases. That’s because the most important thing corrections can do right now, Deml said, is try to restore the things that make prison a little more bearable. m SEVEN DAYS MARCH 23-30, 2022

‘Tom Loved to Do His Own Thing’ Thomas Parker Morse, August 7, 1980-November 23, 2021 BY S AL LY P O L L AK • sally@sevendaysvt.com

t night, looking south from the house he built on his farm in East Montpelier, Burr Morse can see the blinking lights of the airport in Berlin. Sometimes he imagines the places to which he could fly away. His son Tom liked to look in another direction. When he was a kid, Tom used to climb out his bedroom window onto the low-pitched roof beneath it. From there, he had a view of the sugarhouse where his father boiled sap. Tom liked to watch the sparks fly. In the daytime, Tom made appearances in the sugarhouse, popping in from the fields and woods of Morse Farm Maple Sugarworks to explain to visitors how to make maple syrup. Tom was 7. “He’d tell them about the process,” Burr, 74, said. “People from California, Texas, Australia — they wouldn’t know about it. It was in Tom’s blood and his DNA.” Tom was an eighth-generation Vermonter, farmer and sugar maker. He was also a stellar trumpeter who STORIES performed with numerous bands in Vermont. Tom died of exposure last fall “Life Stories” is a at age 41. monthly series “He went into profiling Vermonters the woods, lay who have recently down and nature died. Know of took over,” Burr someone we should write about? Email said. us at lifestories@ A “very extensevendaysvt.com. sive search” for Tom included the local police, according to his father. His body was found in Berlin eight days after his death on November 23, 2021, Burr said. Thomas Parker Morse was born on August 7, 1980, the younger of two sons of Burr and the late Betsy (Parker) Morse. He grew up at his family’s hillside farm on County Road, which his grandfather, Harry, had transformed from a working dairy into a pioneering venture in agritourism in the mid-1960s. Harry and Tom had the same “twinkle in their eye,” Burr said. Morse Farm is a destination for people seeking maple creemees in the summer, pumpkins in the fall, Christmas trees in the winter and maple syrup in the spring. About 60,000 tourists visit the farm every year, Burr estimated, many by the busload.

From left: Burr Morse, Rob Morse, Joe Davidian, Rich Davidian and Tom Morse playing at a Maple Corner party

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Tom and Monika Morse with Caitrin

Burr Morse (left) and Tom Morse

Tom was always drawn to the farm’s sugar-making operation. As a boy, he walked in the woods hanging and collecting sap buckets. In recent years, he took charge of installing and overseeing a vacuum system for collecting sap, part of the modernized 5,000-tree operation that used reverse osmosis in the sugaring process. If Tom hadn’t stepped in, “I’d still probably be hanging buckets off trees,” Burr said. “Tom loved to do his own thing.” Five years ago, Tom rebuilt and expanded the sugarhouse that his

ancestors had constructed on their Calais farm and trucked to the one in East Montpelier in 1953. “Tom had those skills and muscles,” his brother, Rob, said, noting that Tom was “uncommonly good” at various aspects of farming. In sugaring, though, the farmer plays a secondary role to nature, Burr observed. Some years, the season is two weeks long; other years it runs for six weeks. “Ask me in May when it’s over,” Burr advised when asked about the end of the season. He believes that one of the things

Tom loved about maple sugaring was its element of suspense. “Sugaring is maybe 5 percent Tom Morse and 95 percent nature,” he said. Still, sugar makers can count on a few things, such as being outside as the days grow longer and the sunshine stronger and “hearing the sound of certain birds you haven’t heard in six months,” Rob, 43, said. Tom loved all that, and he was gratified by the accompanying work: checking and repairing sap lines; talking up tourists at the farm; collecting sap from a tank in the woods at 1 a.m., before it could overflow into snow and mud. “It’s a great time of year to be outside,” said Tom’s friend and fellow sugar maker Seth Chapell, 37, of Templeton Farm in East Montpelier. “It was just something Tom enjoyed doing. And he found solace and peace doing it.” This year, as part of the family’s effort to sugar in Tom’s absence, Chapell is tapping trees near the house where Tom lived with his wife, Monika, and their daughter Caitrin (Cait), who is 9. “I think Tom would be glad that we’re using [the sugar bush],” Chapell said, “and spending time in the woods where he spent so much time.” Tom’s dedication to sugar making was tied to his interest in local history, in which his family played a central role. In 1789, his ancestor James Morse traveled on the historic Bayley-Hazen Military Road, built during the American Revolution, from Wells River to Cabot. “He got there and said, ‘I’ve had it,’” Burr said. “‘I’m stopping here.’” James’ son moved southwest to Calais and established the Morse family there, where generations would farm after him. When Burr was 5, his father relocated to the farm in East Montpelier. But Burr still feels a familial connection to Calais, where the cemetery and sawmill at Kents Corners are named for his ancestors. Tom felt the pull of the place, too. In his poem “The Calais Stage,” he wrote: “When I used to bring [his grandfather] Harry for rides / I always knew the only direction to go was north, / Up the Calais Stage toward Maple Corner and Woodbury Gulf.” In fourth grade, Tom started lessons at East Montpelier Elementary School on the trumpet, an instrument he would play all his life. He also played piano and was a gifted flügelhorn player and a composer. His musical life, too, was part of a family tradition.

Burr is a renowned trombonist who has played with the Vermont Jazz Ensemble for almost 40 years. Rob (short for Robinson) is a bass player who is currently part of the seven-piece band for the Tony Awardwinning Broadway show Hadestown. Tom played with his father and brother — and countless other Vermont musicians — in various bands over the years. Primarily a jazz musician, he also played blues, funk, R&B, and rock. When people credit Burr with his sons’ musicianship, he passes the praise along to their mother. She couldn’t “croak a note,” he said, but she made their kids practice. Rob, in turn, observed that his brother “learned and inherited” his musical taste from their parents and from “growing up around Burr’s gigs and rehearsals.” Tom’s playing sometimes echoed the greats (Freddie Hubbard, Miles Davis), Rob said, but his “melodic sensibility” was his own. “My brother’s beautiful sound and voice on the trumpet were clear extensions of his essential nature as a person, an eighth-generation Vermont farmer and sugarmaker with an intelligent, creative and soft-spoken spirit,” Rob wrote in an email. “As an improviser Tom played like he spoke, with warmth and clarity while honing right in on the matter at hand.”

One of the ensembles in which Tom Over the years, Tom played in bands played took shape informally when he was including Backline Collective, Miriam in elementary school. The Morse brothers Bernardo’s Amapola, Vermont Jazz formed a group with their close friends the Ensemble, Sound of Mind and Vorcza. Davidian family of East Montpelier. “My guess would be, 90 percent of the The Davidian/Morse Sextet consisted people who saw Tom at the Morse Farm of two sets of brothers and their fathers. would have no idea that he was an amazing The horn section featured Tom (trumpet), musician, composer and trumpeter,” said Burr (trombone) and Rich Joe, 40, now a jazz pianist Davidian (sax), longtime based in New York City. “He music director of Vermont was very humble about it; he kept it pretty private.” Jazz Ensemble. On rhythm were Rob (bass), PJ Davidian Last week, Rob came home for a few days from (drums) and Joe Davidian his Hadestown gig to visit (piano). Their first gigs took place his family, spend time at the at a town event called Rally farm and help with sugaring. Day. When the boys were The Morses tapped 470 trees R O B MO R S E teenagers, the group played this year. They’re boiling sap at a birthday party for Harry, in an evaporator over a wood the Morse brothers’ grandfather. fire, burning wood split by Tom. “I think Tom is aware we’re scaling More recently, the combo got together at Christmastime, when members who had down,” Burr said. “And I think he’s OK moved away were back in town. The sextet with it.” performed at the Black Door (since closed) The ninth generation of the family, and other venues in Montpelier. Cait, got her first taste of sugaring in late Tom and Joe, who became friends in January 2013, two weeks after she was first grade, used to jam together and run born. Monika held Cait in a baby carrier and through jazz tunes as teens hanging out at the Morses’ house. In high school, they bundled herself up in Tom’s clothes to played in a funk/jam band called Space make extra room for their baby, who was Butter. snuggled against her chest. The family

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walked to the woods by their house, where Monika and Tom drilled and tapped the maple trees. “We would go out and have a blast,” Monika recalled. At night in the sugarhouse, when Tom was working, they ate dinner together. They played Miles Davis and danced. “Sometimes,” Monika said, “I could even swindle him into playing the trumpet for me.” Music was the centerpiece of Tom’s memorial service at College Hall at Vermont College of Fine Arts in Montpelier. Burr played in three ensembles for the occasion. “I wanted to do it for Tom,” he said. Burr was among the horn players who concluded the service by marching through the hall playing his instrument. The group’s performance of “Second Line (Joe Avery’s Blues)” was at once celebratory and mournful, giving the eighthgeneration Vermonter a New Orleans-style send-off. m

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The Gang’s All Here Feeling (almost) at home at the Last Stop Sports Bar in Winooski

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ou’re not from around here, are ya?” My interrogator, sporting a sterling silver grill and a cluster of stick-andpoke face tattoos, wasn’t entirely wrong. I mean, technically, my house was only four miles away, which should qualify as “here.” But perhaps spiritually he was onto something? This was my third solo dive bar mission in as many days, and I was just easing in, my otherness apparently palpable. This adventure began when I stumbled into a humble Colchester bar for lunch earlier in the week and immediately was taken with the atmosphere — convivial, accessible and disarmingly regular. Despite my being a relentless explorer of many things Vermont, the neighborhood bar scene wasn’t my beat. But after 20 minutes of easy bullshitting with my new tatted buddy, the path forward was clear: Green Mountain dive bar crawl, here we come. Thus was born a new series, “Deep Dives.” The goal: to explore weird and wonderful local watering holes throughout the Green Mountains, meet the folks who populate both sides of the bar and, just maybe, figure out what the hell makes a dive bar a dive bar anyway. Hoping to go beyond the Burlington-area standbys with which I was already passingly familiar (Esox, the Other Place, the Old Post, the Olde Northender Pub, T. Rugg’s Tavern), I called my pal Johnny, a noted man of the people, and asked where I could track down an authentic, weird-ass dive bar. “Oh man, the Last Stop in Winooski,” he replied. “They have a cat that lives on the bar.” Yup, seemed about right. The Last Stop Sports Bar has had many lives as a local pub, beginning in the 1950s in only half the space it currently occupies. It eventually morphed into the Trackside Tavern, which took over the building next door and garnered a reputation as a good place to procure substances less than legal. New ownership in 2011 begat CK’s Sports Bar, and while the name above the door may have changed, the regulars have served as ballast. That brings us to the current incarnation, established in 2017 by Shannon Garrett and Shayla Ruland, whose brother-in-law was a previous owner of CK’s. Garrett and Ruland both worked at CK’s when an opportunity arose to buy the place. “I immediately called her and was like, ‘Well, why don’t we do it? Like, we’ve 34

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already been kind of doing it,’” Ruland recalled. They renamed the bar after a Dave Matthews song, pulled up the carpets (!) and gave the place what Ruland called “a woman’s touch.” Located blocks from the commercial center of the Winooski speedway — aka the traffic circle — the Last Stop is tucked unassumingly in the middle of a residential neighborhood, “a sus bar on the other side of the tracks,” one regular explained. In many ways, it presents like something directly out of Dive Bar Monthly: pool table, popcorn machine, patrons’ photos on the walls, phone booth-size bathrooms oozing funk and graffiti scars.

Things get slightly more bespoke with drink combos like the Dew Bomb (Mountain Dew and Absolut Pears, obviously) and a giant Connect Four game. But the bar’s most notable feature may be the ubiquitous presence of the aforementioned bar cat, Kitty Kitty. “She usually picks one lap a night, and it looks like you’re it,” quipped the bartender, Andy James Scafidi, as the cat settled onto my companion’s lap. Eyes were closed (the cat’s, not my pal’s) and, just like that, a friendship made. Magic. Kitty Kitty “came with the bar,” according to Ruland, and justifiably has the run of the place.

“When the bar changed hands, I got more emails, texts, phone calls about Kitty Kitty than about the bar,” Ruland said. “‘Is Kitty Kitty OK? Is she staying? Does she need a home?’ And I’m like, ‘No, she’s staying.’” The cat is a sweet and welcoming touch — a fuzzy animal sauntering through a sea of half-empty pint glasses and beer bottles in search of the perfect human to claim for the evening. I’m sure there’s a metaphor in there somewhere. Scafidi, too, is a trip. He’s instantly likable and obviously in flow with his role as unofficial cruise director. I have a theory that the vibe of a dive bar emanates from the energy of its bartenders, and this particular power source is bright, hospitable, and wrapped in a layer of gentle snark and street smarts. He swore off all motorized vehicles for nine years (minus two trips in cop cars) and lived a thousand lives in Maui, Hawaii; New Orleans; Marfa, Texas; New Jersey; Oregon and probably a dozen other places. His CV is similarly wackadoodle: painter, cook, sailing instructor, afterschool teacher and, wait for it, “tickle porn actor” — a different article for a different time, I suppose.

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I was a little nervous to drop the word “dive” when speaking with Ruland, but she embraces the association. “I actually love the term ‘dive bar,’” she said. “I think it’s great. I think there’s something, like, nostalgic about it.” “It’s like the rec center in fucking college or something,” Scafidi added. “A home base, somewhere you go when you have nowhere to go. And a lot of people, you know, don’t have somewhere to go. That’s what a dive bar is.” When I press Scafidi and Ruland to define what makes the Last Stop different from other dives, two words keep surfacing: family and community. “It’s not a bar to me; it’s more like a family situation,” Ruland said. “We all kind of look out for each other.” Over the years, the Last Stop has opened its doors for Thanksgiving dinners for the unhoused and Angel Tree benefits at Christmas. It’s hosted dog adoption events and organized a charity golf tournament,

donates annually to Pride Week, and sponsors the men’s and women’s Burlington Rugby Football Club, whose scrum I seem to find there more often than not. “It wasn’t ‘Let’s open a bar and run a bar’; it was like, ‘Let’s do something for the people we’ve met here; let’s give back to the community,’” Ruland explained. “And this is a great thing, a great venue to do it.” The best dive bars function as social anchors. They are living rooms, therapists’ offices, pool halls and safe spaces. This is what sociologist Ray Oldenburg deems a “third place,” a location where people spend most of their time after home (first place) and work (second place). Third places often are critical components of a neighborhood and are as important as a person’s house or job. The creation and curation of these spaces aren’t accidental. Similar to other major public-facing institutions, they’re the result of careful consideration and respect for their customers. Not to say the Last Stop is all Marcel Proust and Noam Chomsky — it is a dive bar, after all. There are occasional scuffles and a dozen or so ne’er-do-wells who have been permanently eighty-sixed. But, ultimately, the Last Stop is a home away from home, a playful, nonhierarchical joint you roll into for a $3.50 pint of Bud Light and an easy conversation with the dude sitting next to you. When asked if he had any secret tips to controlling a room, Scafidi offered this wisdom: “If there’s a fight about to happen, I’m not gonna play the Rocky theme song. But when people start dancing, put on ‘Regulate’ by Warren G. That’s the song. Pump it up a little, put on ‘Regulate’ and bingo bango, you got a fucking dance party!” I mentioned to Ruland that in my half dozen visits in the last week or so, I’ve come to truly appreciate her spot and started to almost feel at home. “I’m glad that you feel welcome,” she replied. “And, you know, maybe you could be part of the Last Stop family.” And just like that, a friendship made. Bingo bango. m

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Evil, in Search of Empire As Russia invades Ukraine, a Vermont journalist recalls his time as a Moscow correspondent in the 1980s B Y S TEV E GOL D ST EIN • sgoldstein@sevendaysvt.com

few weeks ago, on the cusp of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, I heard a familiar name introduced on NPR and then a voice I hadn’t heard in years. The voice belonged to the daughter of old friends from our years in Moscow, now working for a nongovernmental organization in Kyiv. In slight but resolute tones, she stated her intention to remain in the besieged city with her three cats. “Oh, shit,” I muttered. I was posted to Moscow by the Philadelphia Inquirer in August 1986, arriving with two daughters, ages 3.5 and nearly 2, and my wife, Margy, seven months pregnant. Our timing was not auspicious: Within days, an American correspondent was arrested on false charges and imprisoned by the KGB, which needed an asset to swap for a Russian spy unmasked at the United Nations. That was unsettling, but

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of far greater consequence to my family was a horrific event a few months earlier in Ukraine. On April 26, a steam explosion and fire at the Chernobyl nuclear plant in Pripyat nearly caused a cataclysmic core meltdown. The accident unleashed a massive radioactive plume that rained invisible terror over hundreds, even thousands, of miles. As a safety precaution, the U.S. Embassy in Moscow took the unusual step of permitting journalists, businesspeople and other expat Americans to purchase from its commissary staples such as milk, butter and cheese. No such niceties in Ukraine, however. In the days immediately following the disaster, the Soviet leadership, under the direction of relatively new general secretary Mikhail S. Gorbachev, kept from its own citizens what the rest of the world knew. In Ukraine and neighboring Belorussia, residents were treated

as mushrooms: kept in the dark and fed bullshit. In Moscow, we watched televised scenes of parades — parades! — in Kyiv, countryside scenes of spring planting and, everywhere, food being consumed. How could a child licking an ice cream cone seem so horrific? (My most vivid memory of the disaster came months later and 1,200 miles away, as I entered a warehouse in rural Norway where thousands of reindeer carcasses had been stacked like plywood. Reindeer feed on lichen, which absorbs radiation like a sponge.) This was my introduction to Ukraine. Chernobyl is perhaps the worst calamity to befall the country — until now. The horror of that event and its coverup enlivened the nascent independence movement in Ukraine, known as Rukh, and accelerated the push for independence. The struggle to rid themselves of Moscow’s

yoke was a major story. Other republics, notably the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, rallied and protested. I traveled frequently to Ukraine, which actually had been the first to join the new Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 70 years earlier. In November 1989, the Berlin Wall came down and the Iron Curtain was no more. One of the most dramatic events in Ukraine occurred on January 21, 1990, when 300,000 citizens formed a human chain from Kyiv to Lviv, a chain that helped strangle the old USSR. The Ukrainian parliament passed the Ukraine Independence Act on August 24, 1991. The newly independent nation held its first free elections that December. Ukraine is now the obsession of Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, a former KGB counterespionage thug thrust into the Russian presidency by the decline of Boris Yeltsin, a once-charismatic leader whose alcoholism left the country shaken,

SUNSET CHASER SPECIAL not stirred. For 22 years, Russia has been ruled by a counterfeit Cossack who enjoys posing bare-chested on horseback and hunting both wild game and political opponents. The dissolution of the Soviet Union is the greatest tragedy of Putin’s life, and he’s made no secret of his desire to put Shaltay-Boltay — Humpty Dumpty — together again. He doesn’t care what borders, rights, conventions or alliances he has to break to do it. Black humor is endemic in Ukraine, so a favorite story has the Russian dictator approaching passport control at Kyiv’s Boryspil International Airport. Name? “V.V. Putin.” Occupation? “Yes.” Driving west from the airport to the city, a visitor sees from a distance a startling sight: the 335-foot-tall Motherland Monument looming over the Dnieper River. Arms raised, a sword in one hand and a shield in the other, she seems both a tribute and a warning. I truly doubt that Putin anticipated the fierce resistance his forces have encountered in Ukraine or that the sanctions would come down so swiftly and effectively. Oil runs the economy — a noted Soviet-watcher once called Russia “a gas station with nukes” — and if the revenue stream dries up, the wheels of Putin’s war machine grind to a halt. Yet Putin will not back down; if he’s out of gas, he still has nukes. Several historians have noted disturbing parallels with Adolf Hitler’s Anschluss rationale in annexing Austria. In Putin’s case, he’s using pro-Russia separatist groups in the Donbass region to claim Russian interest. I enjoyed traveling to Kyiv; it was a lively, beautiful city. Residents were tolerant of journalists who spoke Russian — not so in Lviv and the nationalist west. In Kyiv, I never failed to visit St. Sophia Cathedral, an 11th-century marvel of architecture and art and the first site in the country named to UNESCO’s World Heritage List. As with Ukrainian cities Kharkiv and Mariupol, in Kyiv Putin seems bent on destroying what he can’t immediately conquer. And like a torturer probing a prisoner’s wound, Putin controls Chernobyl. One hundred technicians are working under armed guard to maintain the defunct nuclear plant, after Russian forces seized the compound in the first hours of the invasion. In late 1989, I returned to the so - called “Dead Zone” around

Chernobyl. Pripyat could have served as the model postapocalyptic town: shutters banging against the weathered façades of houses, weeds grown to five feet, cars abandoned in the middle of streets. A few months before me, Gorbachev made his first visit to the area. A nuclear research group had revealed that 1,800 villages in Ukraine, Belorussia and the Russian Republic were considered contaminated or dirty. Alternately confused and suspicious — and despite rising incidence of nosebleeds, thyroid problems and cancer clusters — many Ukrainians stayed and lived as they always had and consumed what they grew. One village woman looked at me and shrugged. “The milk was white,” she said, “and it is still white.” Many of those images returned to me as Anschluss 2022 began, and I was wishing that Ukraine had the firepower to bomb into oblivion that 40-mile-long Russian convoy approaching Kyiv. Not knowing was hell, so a few days after hearing that familiar voice on NPR, I tracked down the older sister of the young woman in Kyiv. She assured me that her sibling was safe after a tense multiday car ride to Romania. I heard from another Moscow colleague, the widow of a Danish diplomat. He had served as Denmark’s ambassador to Ukraine after leaving Moscow. “He once met with Putin and said he had reptilian eyes,” she told me. “He found Putin surprisingly ill-informed, especially on NATO.” My friend said she’d been contacted recently by someone she knew in Kyiv, now stranded with her frail, 82-year-old mother. “When I contacted her, she asked if they could stay with me in Copenhagen. Of course, I said yes.” In his poem “The Caucasus,” Taras Shevchenko, the revered 19th-century literary giant and ardent Ukrainian nationalist, wrote this: “Keep fighting — you are sure to win! God helps you in your fight!” Last week, President Joe Biden referred to Putin as a “war criminal,” a characterization the Kremlin huffed was “unforgivable.” An unwittingly perfect summation of the destruction of a country and the terrorizing of its people. m

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arch signals two annual occasions in Vermont: mud season and CSA sign-ups. As the snow melts and the ground thaws, farmers start their first seeds and their customers purchase community-supported agriculture shares, promissory notes for the weekly boxes and bags of abundance to come. The arrangement gives farmers the jump-start cash they need and a guaranteed market for their produce. Trenchers Farmhouse follows the tried-and-true pay-ahead CSA model, but it doesn’t supply bags of kale or root vegetables. The eggs and heirloom vegetables that Jennifer and Giacomo

Vascotto produce on their hilltop farm in Lyndonville all end up in pasta. The shares they sell are memberships in their pasta club. Three tiers are available: fusilli ($450), linguine ($850) and lasagna ($1,250). Each corresponds to the amount of credit a club member can spend on any Trenchers products at the self-serve farmstand on Sugar Maple Road or at farmers markets in Montpelier, Stowe and Littleton, N.H. Members get a discount (5 to 15 percent) on Trenchers’ take-and-bake meals, sauces, breads, desserts, eggs, and roughly 15 varieties of pasta, such as bucatini, malfaldine, radiatori, creste di gallo, bright purple beet gnocchi, black linguine

nere, blueberry-corn tortelloni and glutenfree linguine. The pasta club wasn’t in the couple’s initial plan. The two chefs met in Tuscany, working as apprentices for renowned butcher Dario Cecchini. Giacomo, now 29, grew up in Modena in Emilia-Romagna, a region nicknamed “the stomach of Italy.” Jennifer, 32, came to the apprenticeship from Tokyo, where she was learning to make soba. They moved together to Jennifer’s native San Francisco Bay Area, where both worked in Michelin-starred restaurants. After more than 10 years in high-end kitchens, Jennifer started her own private STEVE LEGGE

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catering company. She’d been suffering from food allergies, and she was getting sick from the regular tastings required in her upper-management roles. “We were looking for something more connected to the food,” Giacomo said. “And to each other,” Jennifer said. When Jennifer’s mother retired to Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom, she persuaded the couple to join her on her Lyndonville property. Jennifer and Giacomo arrived in 2019 and launched Trenchers Farmhouse in May 2020. Trencher was the name given in medieval times to stale bread that was used as a plate. Nodding to Giacomo’s roots, the couple calls their business “the Gastronomia of Vermont.” Italian gastronomias are small shops that sell specialty foods and prepared dishes. Trenchers’ version is the farmstand, stocked with its own farmfresh products as well as balsamic vinegar, olive oil and chocolate from the farm’s partners around the world. Jennifer and Giacomo also planned to sell their pasta and other value-added products at local farmers markets. The uncertainty surrounding those markets early in the pandemic inspired them to create the pasta club. “We weren’t sure anyone was going to sign up, because no one knew us,” Jennifer said. But word traveled fast, and the club sold out. “CSAs take a leap of faith,” Giacomo said. “And this was a lot of faith.” The first season’s club, in 2020, was closer to a traditional CSA, with set boxes each week. But two years at markets showed the couple that their customers’ shopping habits varied by location. For example, Stowe shoppers took home twice as much gluten-free pasta and more vegan products than patrons at the other two markets. To cater to individual preferences, Jennifer and Giacomo switched to the choose-your-own, store-credit ENDLESS PASTABILITIES

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Supreme Cuisine Young Winooski cooks compete in rescheduled Jr Iron Chef VT B Y M EL I SSA PASAN E N • pasanen@sevendaysvt.com On April 2, Kianalee Hill will finally get to pull out the knives and show her stuff as a member of the Winooski Middle School Jr Iron Chef VT team. Hill, a 13-year-old eighth grader, was in sixth grade when she signed up for the Vermont FEED (Food Education Every Day) culinary competition, in which middle and high school students work with coaches, often local chefs, to develop and perfect recipes. Teams come from all over Vermont to cook their dishes at the Champlain Valley Exposition in Essex Junction, where expert judges evaluate them. In March 2020, after months of preparation, Hill was excited to compete — but COVID-19 canceled the event. “I wasn’t happy about that,” she said in a recent interview at school with her teammates, Kamiya Coleman and Shrijan Pradhan, both 12 and in the sixth grade. The ongoing pandemic meant that the event wasn’t held in Hill’s seventh-grade year, either. Over the past several months, the Golden Trio, as the teammates call themselves, has worked with chef Adam Raftery, kitchen director at Waterworks Food + Drink in Winooski, and Laura Graves, a Winooski Middle School teacher, to refine their Beyond Asada taco, made with plantbased meat. Beyond experiencing the general pandemic challenges, they had to train without access to a kitchen because the Winooski School District campus is under construction. Then, once again, the competition was canceled. The cause was a snowstorm, and at least “this time,” Hill said, “I knew it would be rescheduled.” Now cohosted by Vermont FEED and

Vermont Afterschool, Jr Iron Chef VT is normally open to the public, but the audience on April 2 will be limited to a few guests for each team. Judges include Adam Monette, St. Albans culinary instructor and the Food Network’s 2021 “Holiday Baking Championship” winner; and Maria Lara-Bregatta, chef-owner of Burlington’s Café Mamajuana, a semifinalist for the 2022 James Beard Foundation’s best new restaurant award. Snappy maroon chef coats in hand, the young cooks are ready. As in a professional kitchen, each has specific responsibilities. “I make the bang bang sauce and pickled onions,” Pradhan said, then rattled off the ingredients. “I’m responsible for the asada sauce and cooking the meat in it so it can suck up all the sauce and have really good taste,” Coleman said. Hill makes the green-apple-andcabbage slaw. Raftery “just kinds of watches us until he sees us do something wrong, then he shows us,” she said. “He’s so calm with the kids and so encouraging,” Graves said. “It’s just a whole lot of fun,” Raftery said by text. “Each kid brings something different to the table, so it’s a learning experience for everyone. Plus, I like competing and wanna win!” Even if their cuisine does not reign supreme, as the original “Iron Chef” show host used to say, each teammate can readily name their favorite thing about Jr Iron Chef VT. “Working together,” Coleman said. “Learning that cooking the meat with the sauce made it taste better,” Hill offered. “Eating the food,” Pradhan declared. m

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model. They currently have 24 pasta club members and hope to reach 40. They also plan to sell this summer at more farmers markets, where Giacomo’s Italian charm and their bomboloni — filled Italian doughnuts — have earned quite a following. They often sell their entire stock of 300 bomboloni in less than two hours. “It’s a tiny piece of what we do,” Jennifer said, “but it’s turned into this gateway drug at the market. Everybody will try a doughnut and then say, ‘Well, let me see what else you do.’” The Vascottos started Trenchers with 50 pastured hens in 2020; this year, they’ll have 300 chickens representing more than 10 heritage breeds, including speckled Sussex and Midnight Majesty Marans. They used 25,000 eggs last year in a spectrum of colors, including light and dark brown, baby blue, gray, and olive green. In this “shoulder season,” customers can buy cartons of a dozen rainbow eggs, but from June through October, all the eggs find their way into pasta. The chickens were the center of the farm’s action on a post-snowstorm day in early March. A flock of 200 occupied four mobile coops built by Giacomo. They pecked at their certified organic, corn-free and soy-free feed — plus spent grain from Whirligig Brewing in St. Johnsbury. The brewery, incidentally, gets its grain from the same place where the Vascottos buy theirs for pasta: NEK Grains in Waterford. In the spring and summer, the mobile coops rotate around the pasture so that the chickens can eat fresh grass, in addition to pasta scraps from the kitchen and samples left over after market.

“They love the noodles more than anything else,” Jennifer said. “It’s kind of a circle of life in that sense,” Giacomo added. A new flock was busy in the farm’s high tunnel greenhouse, built last year on a hillside that had to be leveled to accommodate it. The chickens, with their pecking and fertilizing, were helping rebuild the high tunnel’s soil, making it suitable for growing tomatoes and peppers this summer. Elsewhere, the farm was still slumbering. Trenchers operates on just 10 of the property’s 100 acres. Two 100-by-100-foot fields will hold most of the 87 varieties of heirloom vegetables, 80 percent of which are Italian. Right now, the fields hold fall-planted garlic and covered parsnips, waiting to be dug out this spring. Two hedgerows

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of fruit trees, berries, asparagus, saffron and horseradish stand nearby, plus a large patch of blueberry bushes. The couple added those last year in the hope of making a blueberry balsamic vinegar with the help of Giacomo’s good friend, a balsamic producer in Italy. They also grow five varieties of mushrooms. Before Jennifer and Giacomo started farming, most of the property was a cow pasture for a neighboring farm. “We really started everything from scratch,” Giacomo said. They were also starting from scratch as farmers; the extent of their agricultural experience was Giacomo’s occasional

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assistance on his uncle’s farm. They now have two farm managers who help run the farm with regenerative, organic practices, including zero spraying and minimal tillage. In a second greenhouse, racks with grow lights waited for the tomato, pepper, cardoon and cauliflower seeds that the couple planned to start the next day. “This is our most important time of the year,” Jennifer said. “Whatever we grow is what we have.” Throughout the season, Jennifer, Giacomo and their small team of employees will turn tomatoes into a base sauce. They’ll ferment, pickle and preserve other vegetables for sauces such as spicy eggplant Calabrese, kohlrabi alla vodka and Broccolo Fiolaro di Creazzo pesto. Several of their vegetable varieties — including the Broccolo Fiolaro di Creazzo, elephant and Lorz Italian garlic, Jimmy Nardello sweet peppers, and Fiaschetto di Manduria tomatoes — are part of the Ark of Taste assembled by the international Slow Food movement, which seeks to preserve foods facing extinction. Slow Food started in Italy, and “it really is a big thing there,” Giacomo said; Vermont’s chapter was the first in the United States. This winter, Trenchers received the Vermont chapter’s Snail of Approval, a way of recognizing businesses that represent Slow Food’s values of “good, clean and fair food.” “[Trenchers is] kind of a newbie on the Vermont scene,” said Slow Food Vermont board member Suzanne Tremblay, who spearheads the Snail of Approval committee. “But we were very impressed with how they are able to use local products

to create a Vermont taste coming from an Italian tradition.” The couple sources anything they can’t grow — such as spices, chocolate, coffee and sugar — from single farms, several of which they’ve developed direct relationships with over the years. In 2019, they trekked eight hours through the Amazonian jungle in Ecuador to visit the husband-and-wife chocolate producers with whom they work, who are also Slow Food members. The Vascottos moved their operations into a production kitchen on the property halfway through the 2021 season. With both production and storage capacities, the kitchen allowed them to expand to wholesale production and hire their team. Trenchers landed 16 accounts in the first two months, including Libbey’s Meat Market in Lyndonville, the Roots Farm Market in Middlesex, Edelweiss Mountain Deli in Stowe and the Burlington-based Intervale Food Hub. Despite Trenchers’ growth, the Vascottos are committed to the direct relationships they’ve built locally and around the globe, combining flavors and ingredients to stock their gastronomia. “It’s not the basic stuff you will find at a normal grocery store,” Giacomo said of their pasta. “It can be intimidating.” He and Jennifer are quick to offer recipe ideas and cooking advice, or to tell the story behind each pasta shape. “Our line at the market gets pretty long,” Jennifer said with a laugh. “The Italian tradition really makes food so personal.” m Dwight & Nicole command

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Rum cake became one of Paris Meyer’s side hustles, reminding her of the Massachusetts Haitian American community where she grew up, where women sold cakes from their homes to “make some means and stay connected to the culture,” she said. “I never had the idea that rum cakes would be something I would be selling as a signature item,” Paris Meyer added. “My Haitian community was giving me a foreshadowing.” The Hotel Vermont team started spreading word of the rum cake when Paris Meyer was a vendor at the hotel’s annual holiday market in 2020. When she hosted her summer storytelling All Heart in the Park residency in City Hall Park in 2021, she took leftover cake to Juniper’s bartenders. At the hotel’s 2021 holiday market, executive chef Doug Paine finally got a taste, and within a couple of days the collaboration was in motion. Juniper serves the cake with a card explaining the cake’s story and the story of All Heart Inspirations. “[The collaboration] is aligned with my heart and with the intention that I try to put into everything I’m putting out,” Paris Meyer said. “If you just see cake, then you’re missing the most magic part of it.” m

so far. “That people show up week after week is surprising.” Every day, MacDonald said, the Belleville storefront will offer several different options for bread and sweetand-savory fare. Customers will be able to special order full-size layer cakes with advance notice or pick up smaller “babycakes” in flavors such as Champagne-chocolate and lime-cardamom. Breakfast dishes such as quiche, pastries, yogurt parfait, and biscuits with compote and cream will be available for on-site dining via counter service. So will “lunchy” items, such as salads and soups, along with fresh juices and drip coffee from KRU COFFEE. Belleville will have a grab-and-go fridge with prepared meals, such as cold plates with roast beef and potato salad, North Africa-inspired dishes, and coronation chicken pot pies with curry and homemade mango chutney sauce. Individual cookies and financiers — made with imported Iranian pistachios and Belgian chocolate — will start at $2. “The last two years have just been [about me] hearing from people, getting their feedback,” MacDonald said. “It’s a learning adventure: learning and getting to know people and creating a neighborhood space.” m

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When Ferene Paris Meyer mixes her Haitian Barbancourt Rhum cakes, she adds her signature heartfelt, storytelling touch to the recipe. “I’m saying intentions over all these cakes,” Paris Meyer said. “For those who get to enjoy this cake, may you find abundance, love, peace of mind.” Paris Meyer is the founder of All Heart Inspirations, a business in which she uses storytelling and food to honor community and culture. Her rum cakes — and all of those intentions — are on the menu at Hotel Vermont’s Juniper Bar & Restaurant in Burlington once or twice a month, when she has the capacity to make them. Her take on the traditional Haitian cake combines 14 ingredients. Haitian vanilla, Rhum Barbancourt Réserve Spéciale dark rum and lime zest flavor a base of evaporated milk, flour, eggs and salted butter. At Juniper, thick, fluffy, rum-soaked slices are served on a sticky-sweet pool of molasses-rum-toffee sauce topped with a flurry of powdered sugar. Proceeds from the $10 dessert go directly to All Heart Inspirations. The cake Paris Meyer makes is slightly different from the one she remembers watching her dad make during her childhood: upside-down cake with pineapple and maraschino cherries. “But there’s rum in that, too,” Paris Meyer said with a laugh. “When I’m eating Haitian cake, I assume there’s rum in it. And when I lick my batter, it reminds me of the batter I would lick with my dad.” The cake got its own round of applause when Paris Meyer served it at her first Feed Your Soul storytelling event in August 2020. From there, she began getting requests to make it for weddings, birthdays and other special occasions.

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RIFKIN mentioned that MacDonald was still interested, she said. “My lease is up in a few months, so I thought, Maybe,” Trudell said. “We’re both women; we’re both trying to do something, to own a business. So I get it.” Trudell considered relocating My Little Cupcake to St. Albans, where she lives, before deciding to close completely. The business’ last day will be April 30; then she’ll take a month to clean and sell equipment before MacDonald officially takes over and starts renovations. “I feel really calm about it,” Trudell said. “I’m just grateful that I could make a business go for so long making tiny cupcakes.” MacDonald hosted several pop-ups at the bright, brick-walled My Little Cupcake space over the winter. She’s built a mailing list of more than 1,100 subscribers since moving to Burlington. Belleville’s weekly emails offer breads, bagels, pot pies, soups, salads, and sweets such as cheesecakes, lemonmeringue tarts and once-a-year galettes des rois — made with French butter, of course — which customers reserve for pickup outside MacDonald’s downtown home. “I could not have made it any harder for people to deal with me,” MacDonald said with a laugh of her business model

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What is social media good for? Confirming the rumor that a favorite cozy wine bar has reawakened like Sleeping Beauty after almost two years. On February 24, tiny, subterranean Sotto Enoteca at 150 St. Paul Street in Burlington announced via Facebook that it was reopening and shedding its pandemic persona, Sotto Provisions, a market selling Italian pantry items and prepared foods. “Come see us, we’ve missed you!” the post urged. The feeling was mutual. Plus, Sotto’s reappearance felt like a sure sign that things were returning to some kind of normal. I’ve always loved Sotto’s warm, intimate ambience. Murmurs of conversation and clinking glasses swirl companionably under the glittering antique chandelier. Add perfectly executed cocktails, a stellar wine list and fresh pasta from Trattoria Delia’s kitchen, and I am all in. The Facebook post promised limited reservations via the website of Trattoria Delia, Sotto’s big-sibling restaurant next door. Not surprisingly, when I tried to book at the last minute for a recent Friday night bite before a Flynn Space show, none was available. My husband and I headed downtown with fingers crossed that we’d score walk-in spots. A sign on Sotto’s door directed customers to Trattoria Delia, where, happily, the host said we could have bar seats at Sotto. Both the reservations and entering through

Trattoria are temporary measures, Jeremy Venditto told me later. The director of operations for both spots, he said that by April 1, Sotto will revert to its old ways: all walk-ins through its own door. One change that will stick is the consistent availability of both an abbreviated, Sotto-specific menu and the full Trattoria menu. Also, Sotto’s bar seats no longer offer a front-row view of cocktail shaking and stirring, which are now handled behind the Trattoria bar. We missed the performance, but our Barr Hill Gin Negroni and Sugarhouse Sour made with maple whiskey, bourbon, lemon, turbinado sugar, egg white and bitters (each $12.50) arrived in good time, none the worse for their journey. Our multicourse meal pulled items from both menus, starting with tissue-thin beef carpaccio ($14); fennel and arugula salad with crunchy pistachios, briny ricotta salata and olives ($12); and duck leg confit ($16). That last dish’s richness was balanced beautifully by a sweet and sour eggplant caponata. We also ordered bucatini amatriciana ($20), an old favorite with housemade bucatini (fat spaghetti with a hole through its core) and lavish amounts of cured guanciale. Without prompting, our server suggested bringing the dish split in half portions as our main. To pair with the pasta, we ordered two different glasses of wine to share, including the Elvio Tintero barbaresco, on special for $14.50. I will admit to sipping more than my allotment of the luscious red — which, I scrawled in my notebook, was “as smooth as a velour tracksuit.” Everything was delightful. But the best news of the night was that the leisurewear I referred to metaphorically wasn’t also on my body — as it has been for much of my wine drinking over the last 24 months. m

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hat gets you first is the gaze. Direct, personal and full of meaning, yet unreadable. The polar bears are rooted in a place and a time: Kaktovik, a flyspeck of an Inupiat Eskimo village on Barter Island in the Beaufort Sea, within Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, where they were photographed by Norwich’s Stephen Gorman in 2017. The illustrated creatures, for lack of a better word, are of practically the same vintage, only they spring from the mind and hand of famed New Yorker cartoonist Ed Koren, who lives in Brookfield and was Vermont’s second-ever cartoonist laureate.

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As of March 12, you can find Gorman’s photos and Koren’s illustrations together on the walls of the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Mass., one of the nation’s top-tier art museums. The exhibition they share, “Down to the Bone,” will hang for almost a year. And, though it was serendipity that put the works of these two very different artists together, the sentiments behind those works are mutual. If you find those gazes unsettling, there’s a good reason. Gorman first visited Kaktovik in 2005. As a photographer, author and outdoorsman, he’s made a specialty of traveling to remote and wild places to capture images and stories of endangered wildlife, the landscapes they inhabit, and the traditional cultures

of people who’ve shared that land for a very long time. That summer of 2005, he got to Kaktovik by kayak, paddling from the Brooks Range to the Beaufort Sea and then across Kaktovik Lagoon, which separates the village from the mainland. “The lagoon was only a couple miles, but it was still paddling in open water in the Arctic Ocean in polar bear country,” he says in an interview. “It was not something you undertake lightly.” That summer, he recalls, the pack ice was visible about a dozen miles offshore. When he returned in 2017, the pack ice was hundreds of miles offshore. It was startling evidence of the impact of climate change. So was pretty much everything else Gorman saw.

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“Parts of the village are literally washing away due to rising seas and increasingly violent storms,” he wrote afterward in an essay to accompany his photos. “The permafrost beneath the village is melting. Ice cellars once used for storing whale meat are collapsing … The ice-adapted bowhead whales now migrate dangerously far offshore for hunters seeking them in small boats. And increasingly, the ice is out of reach for the many polar bears that find themselves stranded like castaways ... The bears are climate refugees facing extinction.” That, in a nutshell, is what Gorman aimed to capture with his camera. Koren, of course, has been known for decades for his fuzzy humans and wry, acute observations of urban and rural life.

Elizabeth Kolbert’s potent work on catastrophic shifts, David Wallace-Wells’ The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming and, more broadly, Jared Diamond’s Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed. Not surprisingly, these put him in a somber frame of mind. “The more I read,” he says, “the more alarmed I got.” Koren has never been a political artist — more of a sociological one — but the result was a set of drawings of creatures who, as he puts it, are “surrounded by the remnants of an earlier civilization, and they’re trying to make sense of it: why it collapsed, are they dying and where are they going?” Koren and Gorman knew each other tangentially through a mutual friend,

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And for his expressive, phantasmagoric creatures. When Star Wars came out in 1977, Washington Post film critic Gary Arnold wrote, “There’s a rapturous moment of whimsy during the cantina sequence in which we briefly glimpse one monster beginning to laugh heartily at another monster’s unheard joke. It’s as if an Edward Koren cartoon has suddenly sprung to life.” In the ’80s, Koren played with drawings inspired by the dioramas in New York City’s American Museum of Natural History, with their animals and people that gaze straight at visitors. “It was like a big story you could then get into on your own about this moment: Why are they there? What did they just do? What are they about to do?” Koren recalls in an interview. He moved on to other things, but around 2015, he suddenly found himself returning to the theme. In the interim he’d plunged into reading about climate change, especially New Yorker colleague

Stephen Kellert, who was Gorman’s adviser at the Yale School of the Environment and, as Gorman says, “probably the world’s foremost expert on how culture shapes our relationship with nature.” So when Koren exhibited his new drawings at BigTown Gallery in Rochester, Vt., Gorman and his wife, Mary, headed over the gap to see them. As they walked in, Mary looked at the drawings on the wall. “You know,” she said, “Ed has drawn your photographs.” What they have in common, Gorman says, is a sort of postapocalyptic pathos. “My bears are climate refugees staring at extinction, wandering like the walking dead scavenging bones. How can these iconic symbols of the wilderness be reduced to gnawing on gristle to stave off starvation? “Ed’s creatures are equally pathetic in that they’re surrounded by the detritus of a vanished world,” he continues. “Both are looking straight at you and asking, THE BEAR NECESSITIES

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his weekend’s Vermont Symphony Orchestra concert is a must-go for two reasons — aside, of course, from hearing the excellent VSO musicians perform. One is that guest artist Stephen Hough, a UK-born pianist, will perform Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3: a famously difficult piece played by one of the most acclaimed and enduring soloists on the circuit. The other reason is Tania Miller, a seasoned conductor from Canada who is making her debut with the VSO as one of its seven music director candidates. She is one of three women on the list. Miller follows Akiko Fujimoto, who conducted the season’s opening concert last October, and Peter Askim, who led the Holiday Pops last December. The “Rach 3”— as it is known to musicians and, thanks to the 1996 movie Shine, the public — opens with a simple, haunting melody, played by both hands in unison, that gives no hint of the fireworks to come. Rachmaninoff composed the concerto in 1909 for his first American tour, when he was already a famous pianist well beyond his native Russia. He premiered it with the New York Symphony Orchestra and its conductor, Walter Damrosch; weeks later, Gustav Mahler conducted the New York Philharmonic performance. In an email interview with Seven Days, submitted while he flew between performances in the UK and Estonia, Hough called the work “a piece which sets the pulse racing and the heart glowing.” He confirmed that the “Rach 3” is “enormously difficult to play” — not just because it contains three times the number of notes of many similar pieces but also because of “the need to colour, shape, phrase every one.” Rachmaninoff “put into it everything he could do,” Hough said of the piece. “It’s an encyclopaedia of romantic pianism.” Hough has been performing around the globe since he won the Walter W. Naumburg Foundation’s International Piano Competition in New York in 1983, while still a student at the Juilliard School. Among his more than 60 recordings are Ludwig van Beethoven’s complete concertos and, most recently, Frédéric

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CLASSICAL MUSIC Chopin’s Nocturnes, hailed by Alex Ross in the January New Yorker. Hough’s music making is “all crystal clarity and measured eloquence,” as one New York Times reviewer wrote. A polymath, he also finds time to paint, compose and write poetry. And he’ll lead a master class for four young pianists the day before the concert. Three are Vermonters: Isabella Gravina-Budis, 14, from Charlotte; Richard Jiang, 13, from South Burlington; and

Tejas Srinivasan, 19, from Middlebury. (The fourth is William Lehninger Swist, 10, from Spofford, N.H.) The aspiring performers were chosen by audition; they’ll play Beethoven, Chopin, Joseph Haydn and Betty Jackson King under Hough’s guidance. The public can watch for free with a reservation. Maestro Miller shaped Saturday’s program around Hough’s choice of concerto. Looking for “pieces that somehow relate but are different,” as she put

it during a phone call, the conductor said. “There are a number of really excitchose Finnish composer Jean Sibelius’ ing, vibrant female conductors.” Symphony No. 1, completed in 1900. Among others, she named Finn“Finland is so close to Russia,” Miller ish conductor Susanna Mälkki of the noted. “But the Rachmaninoff is full of Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra; Lithusoaring, virtuosic melodies. Sibelius is anian conductor Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla more ice, wind and snow — a sense of of the City of Birmingham Symphony loneliness and how small we are in the Orchestra (UK); and American conductor face of a greater world. The Karina Canellakis of the Netherphrases are very long to lands Radio Philharmonic unfold.” Orchestra, who guestconducted the VSO in Known for her championing of 2018. contemporary “ I t ’s a s l o w process,” Miller music, Miller will Tania Miller continued, “but the open the concert with “Yatra,” a 2016 more that people fanfare by Dinuk work with women Wijeratne, a Sri and feel the potential Lanka-born Canadian of women, [the more] composer who is also a it becomes normal. That conductor and pianist. fabric of what we expect — Miller described the threethe sense that women and men minute piece as “a wonderful, sunny can be conductors — is really changing.” fanfare that brings us all together. Dinuk Hough’s choice of piece raises a has said he’s always inspired by the diver- different issue: playing music by a sity of people. Russian while that country attempts “Contemporary works cause us to a brutal military takeover of Ukraine. listen differently,” she added. “It keeps Some music institutions are canceling the art form moving forward.” Russian artists, most notably the MetroMiller grew up in Saskatchewan and, politan Opera, which suspended star after studying piano in soprano Anna Netrebko’s college there, earned her upcoming appearances. master’s and doctorate in Others are striking conducting at the UniverRussian music from their sity of Michigan. She programs, including the served as the music direcPolish National Opera, tor of Victoria Symphony which canceled Modest in British Columbia for Mussorgsky ’s Boris 14 years and has guestGodunov. conducted around the But for Hough, this is world, including recent no issue at all. engagements in Seoul, “I have no qualms London and Calgary. about playing this If chosen to be the wonderful piece at any VSO’s music director, time, a concerto which Miller would become the is so full of warmth, STE PHEN HOU GH second woman to hold humanity and deep that position. She said emotion,” he wrote. “If she’s familiar with the legacy of popular anything, a work like this is exactly what conductor Kate Tamarkin, who served we all need right now to remind us of the from 1991 to 1999 and widely expanded power and beauty of great music, which the orchestra’s audiences. has no passport and which is understood Nationally, conducting is still and loved by people of all cultures and largely dominated by men. Last year, languages.” m when Marin Alsop stepped down after 14 years at the head of the Baltimore INFO Symphony Orchestra, she was still the Vermont Symphony Orchestra Classical sole woman to have led one of the top Series Concert with pianist Stephen Hough 25 American orchestras. Now Nathalie and conductor Tania Miller, Saturday, March Stutzmann is set to lead Atlanta 26, 7:30 p.m., at the Flynn Main Stage in Symphony Orchestra, which will make Burlington. $5.35-54.23. flynnvt.org two. Miller’s perspective on the matter of Stephen Hough Master Class, Friday, women conductors is more international, March 25, 4 p.m., at the UVM Recital Hall however — and more sanguine. in Burlington. Free; reservations required. “I do think it is getting better,” she flynnvt.org

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couple of weeks into lockdown back in 2020, Bob Bolyard decided to take his longtime character, Amber LeMay, to the wide world of livestreaming. A founding member of the House of LeMay, a longstanding Vermont drag troupe, Bolyard said to himself, “What the hell. I’ve seen other people do stuff online. I’ve got a computer, I’ve got a camera — I can do that.” And a new era for the House of LeMay was born. Traditionally, the group was something to be experienced live. Its musical comedy shows, often holiday-themed, included songs and sketches showcasing the antics of three sisters living in the Hot Dam Trailer Park in the fictional Vermont town of Beaver Pond. Pre-pandemic, they were ladies about town, too, often seen holding court at social events and festivals. The LeMays also host the annual Winter Is a Drag Ball at South Burlington nightclub Higher Ground. Originally scheduled for February, this year’s ball was moved to May 14 due to COVID-19. On March 22, 2020, Bolyard launched his weekly web series, “Amber Live!” Originally called “Ask a Drag Queen,” the talkvariety show initially featured local guests, such as state Rep. Brian Cina (P/D-Burlington) and formerly local drag persona the Rev. Yolanda. But it soon branched out to include pop culture icons, like “Queer as Folk” star Hal Sparks, “Letterkenny” hick K. Trevor Wilson, TikTok queens Madge and Bisket, and patron saint of big cats everywhere Carole Baskin, who became an icon through the Netflix docuseries “Tiger King.” As the show grew, Bolyard and his producer, Russell Dreher, began expanding its content. In addition to interview segments, it now features prerecorded sketch comedy. Characters, including hard-drinking Vermont good ol’ boy Rusty Peen and queen of the kitchen Lucy Belle, regularly serve up laughs. Streaming on YouTube, “Amber Live!” celebrates its 100th episode on Sunday, March 27. The special will feature clips from past interviews, plus new video clips and live appearances from state Rep. John Killacky (D-South Burlington), drag queen Emoji Nightmare, WCAX newscaster Darren Perron and more. Seven Days caught up with Bolyard via video chat. SEVEN DAYS: How does “Amber Live!” continue the legacy of the House of LeMay? BOB BOLYARD: Well, I mention Beaver Pond a lot. That’s our hometown. And we have commercials we’ve done with the Beaver Pond players. And I have Lucy 48

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SD: You’ve certainly had a slew of interesting guests. I mean, Carole Baskin alone. Like your show itself, she’s forever tied to the pandemic, given that “Tiger King” came out about a week into lockdown. BB: That was my first major get. SD: I love how you both wore animal prints. She always does, right? That’s kind of her thing? BB: Yup. I said, “I’m gonna look like her.” She appreciated that.

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Belle come in and do her “Bitchin’ in the Kitchen With Lucy Belle.” And so I think it just brings more attention to our legacy.

BB: Dirt Chic! And Goodwill. Amber’s thrifty! That’s why she drinks Platinum Vodka.

SD: Assuming that the pandemic ends at some point, do you ever see taking “Amber Live!” truly live, like with an audience? BB: I have thought of that. But the logistics, you know — right now it’s very easy for me to just take my laptop down to my basement, only dressed from the waist up.

SD: That’s not a Russian brand, is it? BB: No! No, it’s American.

SD: I was going to ask about that! Have you ever repeated an outfit? BB: I’m sure I have. SD: Who are Amber’s style icons? BB: I don’t have style icons. I always say, “I’m your favorite aunt or drunk neighbor — or your drunk aunt or favorite neighbor. I’m a suburban, fun woman.” SD: Where do you get a lot of Amber’s looks?

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SD: Charles Busch is another guest who stood out to me. Psycho Beach Party, which he wrote and starred in, is one of my favorite movies. BB: I tell you, he couldn’t have been more gracious. He spent two hours with us on a Saturday afternoon. He’s covered so many different aspects of entertainment and gay life and history. He talked about not fitting in, doing his own thing. SD: What other guests have excited you? BB: I’m very happy with the political guests that I’ve had on the show. SD: Right, like Pennsylvania Rep. Brian Sims (D-Philadelphia). I remember his notorious, unhinged, antiRepublican rant on Facebook Live. BB: Oh, my God. He was interesting. Very easy to talk to. Some of the first I had were former [Vermont] lieutenant governor David Zuckerman, and [Vermont] state Reps. Brian Cina and Taylor Small. Also, John Fetterman, lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania. On his balcony [at his Harrisburg, Pa., capitol grounds office], he has the rainbow flag and the marijuana flag. He’s not allowed to have any flags flying from his balcony. So the cops or whoever comes up and takes them down — and he puts a bigger one up. SD: Lastly, any news about Drag Ball? BB: I think it’s gonna be wacko. It’s the same weekend as Saint Michael’s and Champlain College’s graduation, and Waking Windows. So the town’s just going to be busting that weekend. I know people from New York City, Connecticut, Poughkeepsie and Albany already have their rooms reserved. So if there’s that much interest outside Vermont, it’s going to be a pretty crazy day. This conversation was edited and condensed for clarity and length.

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The Bear Necessities « P.45 ‘Why did you do this?’ ‘How did we get to this point?’” Neither Gorman nor Koren really expects the audience for “Down to the Bone” to rush out and mount the barricades or pursue a campaign for the world to return to a preindustrial way of life. Though Gorman, at least, wouldn’t mind. “To me, it’s important that people see this is not just climate change,” he says. “This is ecological overshoot, and climate change is just one symptom. We have overshot our planetary boundaries — the ability of the planet to absorb our waste and regenerate natural resources for our use. “Consumer capitalism is the hammer that is smashing the planet,” he goes on. “I want people to come away from this exhibition understanding that this is a

systemic problem, and it will not be fixed by techno-utopians.” For his part, Koren is philosophical. “Most of us are not paying too much attention. We’re going about our lives in the fairly conventional ways we’ve always done,” he says. “You and I can find many examples of people who bemoan the state of the climate and yet are going off to some Caribbean place for a month, then will take a tour of the Rhine. It’s mind-numbing. And these are people in the environmental movement.” He adds, “All around there’s life going on without any real sense about how each contribution, no matter how small, is adding to the messy stew.” Koren’s old friend Howard Norman, the novelist, wrote about the cartoonist’s “sketches for the end times” in a recent essay on Literary Hub. “I’ve given the drawings somewhat pessimistic and even forbidding titles, like ‘Thinking About Extinction,’” Koren told Norman. “But had I provided more existential captions, it might finally have been the same for each one: ‘‘Who were we and what were we thinking? thinking?’” And if we ask ourselves those questions, Koren tells me, “Maybe there’s a little spark of light. I don’t believe for a second that I will have any effect on anything, but it does make me feel like I’ve worked diligently for something more important than a yuk.”

INFO “Down to the Bone,” on view through February 26, 2023, at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Mass. pem.org This story first appeared in the March An Ed Koren drawing from “Down to the Bone” 4 edition of Rob Gurwitt’s Daybreak e-newsletter. Subscribe at daybreak.news.

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eramic sculptor Tara Thacker loves multiplication and repetition; many of her works consist of fastidiously hand-cut, nearly identical components that number in the hundreds. On her website, she describes her process as labor-intensive and “borderline meditative.” Those qualities are amply evident in Thacker’s current exhibition at the Julian Scott Memorial Gallery at Northern Vermont University-Johnson. The show, “Darken,” includes multilayered sculptures hung on walls or suspended from the ceiling, plus a quartet of collagraph prints. It’s hard to say what’s more impressive: the painstaking process or the visual allure of Thacker’s creations. But perhaps they are one and the same. Though Thacker’s primary focus is ceramics, other materials went into the works in this exhibition, as well — paperclay, sticks, even lead. Thacker also explored printmaking and photography for the first time, she said in a phone interview. And, in their own ways, birds and beavers played assisting roles in the work. It’s no surprise to learn that Thacker is a birder: Two of her wall sculptures pay homage to feathers, in both title and construction. “Remiges (Carcara)” — a reference to the flight feathers on a raptor — is a 50-by-120-inch diptych that can be read as a pair of wings. Each consists of countless thin loops of black matte clay attached to a canvas backing. Though the medium is hard, the piece has a soft look — call it clay bouclé. “I want you to question the material,” Thacker said. Beside this work is “Retrices (Starling),” referring to the stiff flight feathers in a bird’s wing or tail. But forget aerodynamics. The 32-by-44-inch sculpture is made of lead: hundreds of narrow strips of flashing, a thin metal used in roofing. Thacker cut the strips by hand, rounding them on one end. (To this viewer they resemble tongue depressors; Thacker said others have mentioned Popsicle sticks.) She then attached the strips to canvas, layering them repeatedly. From a bit of distance, the sculpture looks like a cape or shawl stretched across a metal dowel. Each strip of the unpolished lead reflects ambient light so that the whole piece gently shimmers — rather like an iridescent bird feather. Thacker swore that she did not rob a

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beaver dam for the sticks in her large wall sculpture “Hibernation.” She lives near a body of water in Eden, she explained, and on walks with her dog, she gathers sticks that float up on the banks. “Hibernation” represents about two years of this collecting. In the 4-by-6.5-foot piece, various lengths of sticks — cut on a band saw — are methodically assembled in overlapping rows, shorter over successively longer. The sticks at the bottom hang at uneven lengths, like a shaggy fringe. Thacker dipped all of the sticks in a bath of black dye, but their hues range from charcoal to warm brown — depending on the type of wood, she surmised. There are patterned markings, too, presumably made by beavers.

“I just love the bite marks,” Thacker said. Drilling a hole in each stick, like the eye of a needle, enabled her to “sew” the sticks to an unstretched canvas, also black. The artist joked that it was her “first woodworking project,” but “Hibernation” more closely resembles a thick pelt. Like the feather-inspired works, it gives a sense of protection, Thacker suggested, “like something you can wrap around.” The remaining works in “Darken” relate to each other, in process if not in form. “Shadow Baskets (Nocturne)” is the largest, at 6 by 9 feet, but also the airiest. Suspended from a bar near the ceiling, the curtain-like paperclay sculpture consists

of dozens of forms hung upside down on lengths of nearly invisible fishing line. While Thacker calls the forms “baskets,” they’re actually more like outlines of cone-shaped vessels. “I see those forms like skeletons of a funnel,” Thacker said. “I often look to utilitarian items such as tools. But those pieces, particularly, were inspired by these beautiful fish baskets [I saw] during a trip to sub-Saharan Africa.” In a sense, “Shadow Baskets” begat the collagraph prints that flank it in the exhibition. Viewers are likely to notice that the shadows cast by the free-hanging sculpture are repeated in the prints. Thacker said she became fascinated by the shadows’ patterns, which loosely resemble neural networks. She photographed them and then essentially copied the images onto a collagraph plate to create what she calls “shadow drawings.” Collectively titled “Mapping,” the prints extend the notion of shadow by layering a darker “network” over a lighter one. This layering gives the images a sense of depth and pulls in the viewer’s gaze. Thacker further manipulated her prints with handdrawn outlines of the patterns in white or red. The red outlines are actually short dashes, like stitches. Hundreds of stitches. Thacker’s patient, meditative attention to detail is a wonder to behold. This aesthetic conversation continues with a pair of abstract ceramic sculptures on an adjacent wall. Both titled “Shadow/Shadow,” they are shapes that were extracted from the patterns made by “Shadow Baskets.” Using projections, Thacker made stencils of the forms in ceramic, she explained. Approximately 22 inches square, each sculpture has a sparkly black coat of Carborundum. The shadow motif “seems to keep giving something to me,” Thacker said. “It’s really fun how it’s branched out and opened new doors.” Across multiple mediums, Thacker has transmuted shadows, feathers and beaver bites into an elegant and remarkably cohesive exhibition. m

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‘FERAL STITCHING: FOUR ARTISTS GO WILD’: Sarah Ashe, Janet Fredericks, Kari Hansen and Lily Hinrichsen, painters who began a weekly exploration of textiles a year ago, show the results of their individual and collaborative creations. March 25-May 7. Info, 985-3848. Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery in Shelburne.

ART EVENTS FAMILY ART SATURDAY: Families are invited to drop in and participate in an art activity inspired by current exhibitions. Face masks required. BCA Center, Burlington, Saturday, March 26, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7166. OPEN STUDIO FRIDAYS: Wind down from your week with a self-initiated project or activity — from art to writing to reading — in the companionable company of others online. Details at poartry.org. Online, Friday, March 25, 6-8 p.m. Free; donations appreciated. Info, poartryproject@gmail.com. ‘SONIC BLANKET’: Listening party for a 15-minute experimental radio composition interweaving poetry, electronic sound art and local field recordings created in 2021 by artists Jonathan Gitelson, Weston Olencki and Diana Whitney. Learn more at sonicblanket.org. Brattleboro Museum & Art Center, Saturday, March 26, 4 p.m. Info, 773-459-7642. SUNFLOWERS FOR UKRAINE: A SILENT ART AUCTION: The artists of Grand Isle Art Works are holding a silent auction to benefit the Ukrainian people, whose national flower is the sunflower. Beneficiaries are the World Central Kitchen and UNICEF, currently on the ground helping with food and health supplies. Online. Through March 31. Info, 734-7448. TALK: BILL RAMAGE: The artist and former Castleton faculty member talks about his trip to Ukraine 30 years ago and the work of artists he met there. Eleven Ukrainian posters from the 1990s are on display in advance of a benefit auction in New York City. Calvin Coolidge Library, Castleton University, Thursday, March 24, 4:30 p.m. Free. Info, bethmiller817@gmail.com. VISITING ARTIST TALK: KARYN OLIVIER: Vermont Studio Center hosts a Zoom event with the artist, born in Trinidad and Tobago and based in Philadelphia, who creates sculptures, installations and public art. Her work often intersects and collapses multiple histories and memories with present-day narratives. Online, Wednesday, March 30, 7-8 p.m. Free. Info, reneedlauzon@gmail.com. WEBINAR ON ROBERT INDIANA: Arts writer Bob Keyes and Shelburne Museum director Tom Denenberg discuss Keyes’ new book, The Isolation Artist: Scandal, Deception, and the Last Days of Robert Indiana. The reclusive artist, who died in 2018, left behind rumors, scandal, lawsuits and accusations of fraud. Register for Zoom event at shelburnemuseum.org. Online, Wednesday, March 23, 6-7 p.m. Info, 985-3346.

ONGOING SHOWS burlington

‘ALL THE FEELS’: More than 100 works that exude emotion, featuring 60 artists from Vermont and New Hampshire. Through March 26. Info, spacegalleryvt@ gmail.com. The S.P.A.C.E. Gallery in Burlington. ARTWORKS AT UVMMC: Oil paintings and watercolors by Susan Bull Riley (Main Street Connector, ACC 3); acrylic and ink paintings by Mike Strauss (Main Street Connector, BCC and Patient Garden); acrylic

CALL TO ARTISTS 2022 PHOTOGRAPHY SHOOT-OUT: The theme for this year’s competition is “Reflections.” First-place winner gets a solo show at Axel’s in 2023. Two entries per photographer. Rules and details at axelsgallery. com/news. Axel’s Frame Shop & Gallery, Waterbury. Through October 8. $20. Info, 244-7801. 2023 SOLO EXHIBITIONS: AVA offers three or four Main Gallery opportunities featuring exhibitions that range from thematic group shows to single/solo artist shows. Deadline: March 31. Find the link for applications at avagallery.org. AVA Gallery and Art Center, Lebanon, N.H. Info, 603-448-3117. ‘ABLUTIONS’: The museum is seeking items for its 2022 exhibition featuring the act of bathing or washing the body and the implements and tools associated with it. All manner of contributions will be considered, from vessels and bathing implements to narratives about purification rituals. Contact Clare Dolan about donations or volunteer installation workdays in May through museumofeverydaylife. org. The Museum of Everyday Life, Glover. Through May 10. BCA COMMUNITY FUND: The Burlington City Arts Community Fund provides grants of up to $3,000 for Burlingtonbased practicing artists, creative professionals or small arts organizations to create or advance projects that engage and benefit Burlington’s community. Find details and application portal at burlington cityarts.org. Deadline: April 25. Online. CHELSEA ARTS ON THE GREEN FESTIVAL: Artists, artisans and food vendors are welcome to apply to this Labor Day weekend event. Deadline: August 1. Details at chelseavt-arts.com. Online. Info, chelseaarts collective@gmail.com. CONTEMPORARY NORTH EASTERN NATIVE AMERICAN INDIGENOUS ART: Indigenous artists who live in the northeastern U.S. are invited to participate in a juried exhibition in the spring. Two- and three-dimensional mediums accepted. Submission form at bryangallery.org, or call 644-5100 with questions. Deadline: March 27. Bryan Memorial Gallery, Jeffersonville. Free. Info, info@ bryangallery.org. CREATION GRANTS AVAILABLE: Intended to support the creation of new work by Vermont artists, creation grants can fund time, materials, some equipment costs

and space rental for artists and artist groups. An independent panel of practicing artists and arts professionals reviews applications. Both established and emerging artists are encouraged to apply for this $4,000 award. More info and application at vermontartscouncil.org. Vermont Arts Council, Montpelier. Through April 4. Info, 402-4614. DIANE GABRIEL VISUAL ARTIST AWARD: Established in 2021 by the family of the late Burlington artist, the award for a Vermont-based emerging artist provides $1,500 cash and $1,000 value toward the use of any BCA Studio facilities. Info and application at burlingtoncityarts.org. Deadline: March 31. BCA Center, Burlington. Info, cstorrs@ burlingtoncityarts.org. DIGITAL CAPACITY GRANT PROGRAM: The VAC has launched a new grant program to address the digital divide, thanks to $1.15 million in funding approved by the Vermont legislature last year to help build the virtual capacity of Vermont cultural organizations. The council is now accepting applications for organization grants and collaborative grants, which aim to support Vermont’s arts and culture communities by providing skills, equipment and expertise to serve their audiences and community. Apply at vermontartscouncil.org. Deadline: April 20. Vermont Arts Council, Montpelier. GENERATOR ARTIST-INRESIDENCE: Burlington’s makerspace invites artists, designers and other creatives to apply for summer and fall residencies. Includes $500 materials stipend, up to $600 credit in Tool Trainings, a studio, and four months’ access to its facility. Deadline: April 3. Details and application at generatorvt. com. Online. GREEN MOUNTAIN WATERCOLOR EXHIBITION: Mad River Valley Arts seeks entries for the 10th edition of this annual show in the Red Barn Galleries at Lareau Farm in Waitsfield, held June 19 to July 23. Submission form at onlinejuriedshows.com (scroll down). Deadline: April 22. Online. Free. Info, 583-2224. MICRO-GRANTS FOR ARTISTS: The Montpelier Public Arts Commission is offering a micro-grant program for Vermont-based artists for up to $1,500 for permanent or temporary art installations throughout the city. The request for proposals is open for an indefinite period; artists may submit at anytime during the

year. The commission will review and award grants twice yearly; the next deadline is March 30. For more info and to review the RFP, visit montpelier-vt.org. Info, 522-0150. ‘NOW YOU SEE IT’: This show, scheduled for May 10 through June 25, involves illusion art that plays with perception of space and depth through paintings, sculptures and other works. Details at studioplacearts.com; call 479-7069 or email submissions.studioplacearts@gmail. com. Deadline: April 2. Studio Place Arts, Barre. $10 entry fee; free for SPA members. SOCIAL JUSTICETHEMED PROJECT: The Chandler is accepting proposals for a $4,000 artist-in-residence project grant to be awarded to a single artist or pair of artists in collaboration with community members for the Vermont Social Justice Festival in July. Details at chandler-arts.org/vsjf. Deadline: April 15. Chandler Center for the Arts, Randolph. Info, vsjf@ chandler-arts.org. ‘TELL US A STORY’: Interested artists may submit up to three pieces for a juried exhibition this spring. Examples include choosing a favorite subject and depicting it in different seasons or from different angles, different times of day, etc. Submission form at bryangallery.org, or call 644-5100 with questions. Deadline: March 27. Bryan Memorial Gallery, Jeffersonville. Free. Info, info@ bryangallery.org. ‘THE THING WITH FEATHERS’: For an exhibition in support of National Mental Health Awareness Month in May, artists are invited to submit works that reflect hope and lifting up. Details and application at avagallery.org. Deadline: March 28. AVA Gallery and Art Center, Lebanon, N.H. $10. Info, 603-448-3117. THE VERMONT PRIZE: Four art institutions, Brattleboro Museum & Art Center, Burlington City Arts, the Current and Hall Art Foundation, are collaborating on a new annual award for an artist who is producing “the best visual art” in the state. The winner will receive $5,000 and an online showcase. Find details and application at vermontprize.org. Deadline: March 31. Online. WATERBURY ARTS FEST: Applications are now open for vendors at the 21st street festival July 8 and 9. Arts, crafts, music and food trucks welcome. Application form at waterburyartsfest.com. Online. Through April 8. $20. Info, 793-6029.

paintings by Brecca Loh (McClure 4); and acrylic paintings by Michelle Turbide (Pathology hallway, ACC 2). Curated by Burlington City Arts. Through May 31. Info, 865-7296. University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington. ATHENA PETRA TASIOPOULOS: “Inner Spaces,” a solo exhibition of mixed-media encaustic collages by the Barre artist that explore themes of interconnectedness, isolation and the delicate nature of equilibrium. Through April 2. Info, 324-0014. Soapbox Arts in Burlington.

f ‘COURAGE TO REMEMBER: THE HOLOCAUST 1933-1945’: An exhibit from the Simon Wiesenthal Center and the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County composed of 40 panels on the Nazi Holocaust. Reception: Thursday, March 24, 6:30 p.m., with a talk by former governor and ambassador Madeleine May Kunin. Through May 1. Info, 863-3403. Fletcher Free Library in Burlington. ‘DARK GODDESS: AN EXPLORATION OF THE SACRED FEMININE’: An exhibition of photographs by Brattleboro-based Shanta Lee Gander that employ ethnography and cultural anthropology to consider the meaning of the male gaze and the ways society confines females. Through December 9. ‘UNPACKED: REFUGEE BAGGAGE’: A multimedia installation by Syrian-born, Connecticut-based artist and architect Mohamad Hafez and Iraqi-born writer and speaker Ahmed Badr. The miniature sculptures of homes, buildings and landscapes ravaged by war are embedded with the voices and stories of real people. Through May 6. Info, 656-0750. Fleming Museum of Art, University of Vermont, in Burlington. DOUGLAS BIKLEN: Abstract fine-art photographs by the Vermont-based artist and author, Lorraine B. Good Room. Through June 15. ERIC AHO: “Headwater,” monumental paintings that capture the Vermont artist’s sensory experience of nature reconstructed through memory and invention. Through June 5. SARAH TRAD: “What Still Remains,” an exploration of personal and cultural identity using single- and multi-channel video and textile installations by the Philadelphia-based Lebanese American artist. Through June 5. Info, 865-7166. BCA Center in Burlington. ‘HOPE HAPPENS’: A collaborative exhibition of the Yellow Tulip Project, a nonprofit that aims to eliminate the stigma around mental illness; YTP’s creative adviser, Susan Teare; and Sarah Zobel. Through March 28. Info, 978-551-4936. Penny Cluse Café in Burlington. “LIQUID ARCHITECTURES + LEAKY TERRITORIES”: The first public exhibition of work produced by the Art + Artificial Intelligence Research Group at the University of Vermont, an initiative founded by Jenn Karson. Through March 24. Info, 656-2014. Francis Colburn Gallery, University of Vermont, in Burlington. MALTEX ARTISTS: Paintings by Dierdre Michelle, Judy Hawkins, Nancy Chapman and Jean Cherouny, as well as photographs by Caleb Kenna and Michael Couture in the building’s hallways. Curated by Burlington City Arts. Through March 31. Info, 865-7296. Maltex Building in Burlington. MELANIE BROTZ: “Water = Life,” paintings by the Burlington artist that express appreciation for water and honor our connection with the bodies of water around us. Through April 30. Info, 540-6400. City Market, Onion River Co-op (Burlington South End). PIEVY POLYTE: “Cloud Forest,” paintings by the Haitian-born, Vermont-based artist; sales benefit his community in Peak Macaya, Haiti. Through April 20. Info, jasmine@thekarmabirdhouse.com. Karma Bird House Gallery in Burlington.

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‘100+ FACES OF WINOOSKI’: Daniel Schechner of Wishbone Collective photographed more than 150 residents in conjunction with the Winooski Centennial Celebration. The collection can also be viewed online. ‘MILL TO MALL: HISTORIC SPACE REIMAGINED’: An exhibition that tells the story of the public-private partnership that enabled the preservation and rebirth of a formerly derelict industrial building into a shopping center. Visitors are encouraged to add personal memories of the space to the community recollections. Through July 29. Info, 355-9937, legacy@winooskivt.gov. Heritage Winooski Mill Museum. ERIKA LAWLOR SCHMIDT: Relief monotypes, Skyway. Curated by Burlington City Arts. Through March 31. HOWARD CENTER ARTS COLLECTIVE: Sixteen members of the collective address the theme “Arrival and Departure” in a variety of mediums; in the Skyway. Through June 1. MAREVA MILLARC: Acrylic paintings, Gates 1-8. Curated by Burlington City Arts. Through March 31. SAM MACY: Shadow box wood constructions; Gates 1-8. Through June 1. Info, 865-7296. Burlington International Airport in South Burlington. ‘EYESIGHT & INSIGHT: LENS ON AMERICAN ART’: A virtual exhibition of artworks that illuminates creative responses to perceptions of vision; four sections explore themes ranging from 18th-century optical technologies to the social and historical connotations of eyeglasses in portraiture from the 19th century to the present. Through October 16. ‘IN PLAIN SIGHT: REDISCOVERING CHARLES SUMNER BUNN’S DECOYS’: An online exhibition of shorebird decoys carved by the member of the ShinnecockMontauk Tribes, based on extensive research and resolving historic controversy. Through October 5. ‘OUR COLLECTION: ELECTRA HAVEMEYER WEBB, EDITH HALPERT AND FOLK ART’: A virtual exhibition that celebrates the friendship between the museum founder and her longtime art dealer, featuring archival photographs and ephemera, a voice recording from Halpert, and quotations pulled from the women’s extensive correspondences. Through February 9, 2023. Info, 985-3346. Shelburne Museum. ‘THE GIFT OF ART’: An off-season exhibition featuring a changing collection of artworks. Open by appointment or during special events. Through April 30. Info, 434-2167. Birds of Vermont Museum in Huntington.

f HANNAH MUSE: “My Mother’s Daughter,” portraits that explore the SMC senior’s ethnic, cultural and religious identity. Reception: Wednesday, March 23, 6 p.m. Through April 1. Info, bcollier@ smcvt.edu. McCarthy Art Gallery, Saint Michael’s College, in Colchester. LINDA FINKELSTEIN: Eco art, mixed media and archival prints. Through April 2. Info, 425-6345. Charlotte Senior Center. LISA BALFOUR & KELLY O’NEAL: Acrylic paintings (Merrill Community Room) and photographs exploring place (Pierson Room), respectively. Curated by Burlington City Arts. Through June 15. Info, 865-7296. Pierson Library in Shelburne. VERMONT COMIC CREATORS GROUP: Cartoons and comic art by members, along with items from the vintage cartoon collection of Robert Waldo Brunelle Jr. Through April 24. Info, 899-3211. Emile A. Gruppe Gallery in Jericho.

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SEVEN DAYS MARCH 23-30, 2022

Ellen Langtree

PHOTOS: PAMELA POLSTON

BURLINGTON SHOWS

Though Ellen Langtree’s exhibition is called a retrospective, it’s really more of a reemergence. Paintings from the 1990s hang on the wall at Axel’s Frame Shop & Gallery in Waterbury, while recent clay figures perch on white pedestals. Langtree, who lives in Strafford, explains that she produced and exhibited art in the past but put away her brushes to focus on raising a family. She also taught art to high school students for 19 years. Now retired and single again, with kids grown, Langtree has the time and space to return to art making. But she found herself drawn to clay rather than paint. Once she could safely brave the pandemic, Langtree traded the isolation of home for the hand-building room at the Mud Studio, also in Waterbury. At first glance, her past and present mediums look utterly different. The paintings are vividly hued, expressionistic tableaux that appear to reflect her personal life. The clay figures, most of which are female, are more representative of iconic personae. “Warrior Woman,” for example, holds a qigong pose. Inscribed on her body is the oft-recited “I am the storm” quote. Power and strength are themes in this work. Langtree said she is still learning how glazes behave in the gas and electric kilns at the studio, and she noted that some of her intended colors faded on the brown clay. Her female figures’ sassy red lips, however, survived the firing. A through line in Langtree’s work, old and new, is emotion. On canvas or pedestal, her figures amply convey human feeling. A closing meet-the-artist reception is on Saturday, April 2, at 4 p.m. Pictured: “Snow Day” and “Ninja Woman.”

barre/montpelier

AMY BURNS & KEILANI LIME: An exhibition of illustration, cartoons and large-format mixed-media paintings; also, the artists’ collaborative comic about living with chronic illness. Through March 30. Info, 479-0896. Espresso Bueno in Barre. CAROLE NAQUIN: “Roaming the Rivers, Roads and Hills,” oil and pastel paintings. Through April 8. Info, moetown128@gmail.com. Central Vermont Medical Center in Berlin.

VISUAL ART IN SEVEN DAYS:

‘THE CATAMOUNT IN VERMONT’: An exhibition that explores the feline symbol of Vermont through the lenses of art, science and culture. Through May 31. ‘VOICES OF ST. JOSEPH’S ORPHANAGE’: An exhibition that documents the abuse of children who lived at the former Catholic Diocese-run orphanage in Burlington, and the stories of former orphans that led to changes in child-protection laws. Through July 30. Info, 479-8500. Vermont History Museum in Montpelier.

f ‘DRIP’: A group exhibit of installations and 2D artwork exploring water issues, Main Floor Gallery.

ART LISTINGS AND SPOTLIGHTS ARE WRITTEN BY PAMELA POLSTON. LISTINGS ARE RESTRICTED TO ART SHOWS IN TRULY PUBLIC PLACES.

Masks required. Art Social: Saturday, April 2, 4-5:30 p.m. Through April 30. f CHARLES LYSOGORSKI: “City Scenes,” drawings by the Vermont artist, Third Floor Gallery. Masks required. Art Social: Saturday, April 2, 4-5:30 p.m. Through April 30. f DEBORAH BARNWELL: “Of Fire and Rust,” mixed-media artworks, Second Floor Gallery. Masks required. Art Social: Saturday, April 2, 4-5:30 p.m. Through April 30. f JAMIESON C. GALLAS: “Art Fur Animals,” drawings; sales to benefit the Central Vermont Humane Society. Masks required. Art Social: Saturday, April 2, 4-5:30 p.m. Through April 2. Info, 479-7069. Studio Place Arts in Barre. CYNTHIA CAGLE: “The Light of Truth Upon Them,” a painting that addresses the multiracial struggle for equal access to the ballot box from the 19th century to the present; commissioned by the Vermont Suffrage Centennial Alliance, a project of the League of Women Voters. Through March 31. Info, cynthia. cagle.studio@gmail.com. Card Room, Vermont Statehouse, in Montpelier. ERICA CUMMINGS: “Touch and Response,” abstract sculptures by the late artist and Front member. Through March 27. Info, info@thefrontvt.com. The Front in Montpelier. ‘LET’S COLLAGE ABOUT IT!’: A community exhibition of contemporary collage art featuring Kristin Bierfelt, Liz Buchanan, Katherine Coons, Anne Cummings, Elizabeth Dow, Ren Haley, Holly Hauser, Lily Hinrichsen, Jean Kelly, Jess Quinn, Rachel Marie

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Rodi, Cariah Rosberg, Anne Sarcka, Peggy Watson and Olivia White. Curated by Quinn. Through April 15. Info, jess@cal-vt.org. Center for Arts and Learning in Montpelier. PRIA CAMBIO: “Warmth for You, Right Now,” paintings, drawings and collage. Sales benefit Studio Place Arts programs. Through April 30. Info, 479-7069. Morse Block Deli & Taps in Barre. STAFF ART SHOW: An exhibition that shows how eight NBNC employees connect with nature through photography, painting, woodcarving, wire sculpting and more. Through March 31. Info, 229-6206. North Branch Nature Center in Montpelier.

f STEPHANIE KOSSMANN: “Living Space:

Portraits Through Appreciative Inquiry,” paintings of trauma survivors, Nuquist Gallery. f VERMONT WATERCOLOR SOCIETY: Central Vermont and Northeast Kingdom members of the association exhibit their paintings, Contemporary Hall. Reception: Friday, April 1, 4-7 p.m. Through May 12. Info, 262-6035. T.W. Wood Gallery in Montpelier.

stowe/smuggs

2022 LEGACY COLLECTION: An exhibit of works by 16 distinguished New England landscape artists plus a selection of works by Alden Bryan and Mary Bryan. Through December 24. Info, 644-5100. Bryan Memorial Gallery in Jeffersonville. ‘ABSTRACTION DISTRACTION’: Acrylic paintings by Maryellen Sullivan and black-and-white photographs by Robert Fahey. Through March 31. Info, info@ RiverArtsVt.org. Morrisville Post Office. ‘THE ART OF THE GRAPHIC’: Eight displays of snowboards that let viewers see the design process from initial conception to final product; featuring artists Scott Lenhardt, Mark Gonzalez, Mikey Welsh, Mishel Schwartz and more. Through October 31. Info, 253-9911. Vermont Ski and Snowboard Museum in Stowe.

f CATHERINE OPIE: Photographs of rural and urban

American scenes that investigate the parallels between natural and political landscapes and their connections to a sense of identity and community. Reception: Thursday, March 24, 5-7 p.m., including talk by Fionna Flaherty, senior director at Lehmann Maupin. Through April 9. Info, 253-8358. The Current in Stowe.

KATHERINE CLARKE LANGLANDS: “Visual Rhythms,” a solo exhibition of paintings and sculptures made from driftwood and recycled vinyl records. Through May 7. Info, kyle.minemagallery@gmail.com. Minema Gallery in Johnson.

f KATHRYN SHRIVER: “I Spent Some Time at

Home,” older and newer mixed-media works incorporating painting, sculpture, drawing, video, writing and fiber arts by the Savannah, Ga.-based artist. Reception and artist talk: Wednesday, March 23, 7-8 p.m. Through March 30. Info, 373-1810. Red Mill Gallery, Vermont Studio Center, in Johnson. ‘LISTENING OUTSIDE THE LINES’: A multimedia group exhibition exploring what it means to be a Person of the Global Majority (Black, Indigenous or other person of color) in Vermont, featuring oral history, visual art and poetry by Sarah Audsley, Alexa Herrera Condry, Harlan Mack, Crystal Stokes, Isadora Snapp and Madeleine Ziminsky. A Lamoille Art & Justice project. KATHY BLACK: “Women and Girls,” paintings that explore the experience the changing perspectives of females over time and the connections that run between women at different points in life. Through April 9. Info, 888-1261. River Arts in Morrisville. ‘MASKED’: Visual artwork by 22 Vermont artists with disabilities; each piece is the artist’s creative expression of the title, which arose early in the pandemic. Presented by Inclusive Arts Vermont. On view by appointment. Through April 14. Info, 760-4634. Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center, Stowe Mountain Resort. TARA THACKER: New works in ceramic sculpture. Through April 1. Info, 635-1469. Julian Scott Memorial Gallery, Northern Vermont University, in Johnson.

mad river valley/waterbury

f ELLEN LANGTREE: “A Retrospective,” paintings

from the 1990s and new clay figures of imaginary women by the Vermont artist. Meet the artist: Saturday, April 2, 4 p.m. Through April 2. Info, 2447801. Axel’s Frame Shop & Gallery in Waterbury.

f ‘VISIONS IN OIL’: Paintings by 22 artists working in the oil medium in various styles and techniques. Reception: Saturday, May 14, 1-5 p.m. Through May 14. Info, 496-6682. The Gallery at Mad River Valley Arts in Waitsfield.

middlebury area

ALEXIS SERIO: Abstracted landscape paintings that explore perceptions of time and memory. Through March 31. Info, 458-0098. Edgewater Gallery at Middlebury Falls. HANNAH SESSIONS: Landscapes and barnyard scenes by the Vermont farmer and painter. Through April 30. Info, 877-2173. Northern Daughters in Vergennes. ‘ITTY BITTY: TINY TEXTS IN SPECIAL COLLECTIONS’: Books from the 17th to 21st centuries that measure between 1.8 and 10 centimeters, from religious manuscripts to cookbooks, children’s books to Shakespeare. Visitors are not currently allowed in the library but may view the works online at go.middlebury.edu/tinybooks. Through May 31. Davis Family Library, Middlebury College. ‘OF A NATURALE NATURE’: A live snow-season sculptural exhibition that explores curious contrasts and connections of human with nature as shaped by a sixtysomething female artistic observer. Leashed dogs welcome; weather dependent. Text ahead. Through April 18. Free. Info, 377-3376. Robert Frost Interpretive Trail in Ripton. ‘PRIDE 1983’: Through interviews with organizers, photographs and scanned images of historic documents, the exhibit, curated by Meg Tamulonis of the Vermont Queer Archives, explores the origins and lasting legacies of Vermont’s first Pride March on June 25, 1983, in Burlington. It can also be viewed online at vtfolklife.org. Through March 25. Info, 388-4964. Vermont Folklife Center in Middlebury. ‘TOOLS OF THE TRADE’: A group exhibition featuring works that honor the process of crafting fine art, and the tools themselves, by Tom Dunne, Kate Gridley, Duncan Johnson and Peter Kirkiles. Through April 26. Info, 458-0098. Edgewater Gallery on the Green in Middlebury.

rutland/killington

ANNUAL STUDENT EXHIBIT: “Art Connects Us,” works by young artists from Vermont schools and homeschoolers in grades pre-K-12. Masks required. Through April 8. Info, 775-0356. Chaffee Art Center in Rutland.

upper valley

KATHY FISKE: “Potpourri,” paintings, drawings and prints by the local artist. Through April 30. Info, 4572295. Norman Williams Public Library in Woodstock.

f ‘MATHEMATICIANS MADE VISIBLE’: A series of block-print portraits of contemporary mathematicians, promoting a more diverse population in the field of math. Learn more about the educational mission at kitchentableprinter.com. Reception: Friday, April 1, 5-7:30 p.m. Through June 1. Info, 295-4567. Long River Gallery in White River Junction. MEGAN BOGONOVICH: “Inflorescence,” ceramic sculpture by the Vermont-based artist. Through March 27. Info, 347-264-4808. Kishka Gallery & Library in White River Junction. ‘MOUNTAINS AT COLLIOURE’: A pop-up group exhibit organized by Jared Quinton and featuring Arista Alanis, Neil Berger and Clark Derbes of Vermont, Mariel Capanna of Massachusetts and Lily Prince of Hudson Valley, N.Y. Through April 10. Info, info@ jaredquinton.net. 89 S. Main St. in White River Junction. ‘PICTURING WOMEN INVENTORS’: A poster exhibition that explores the inventions of 19 highly accomplished American women: astronauts, computer

pioneers, business leaders, athletes, engineers and even teenagers. Presented by the Smithsonian Museum and the United States Patent and Trademark Office in conjunction with Women’s History Month. Through March 31. Info, 674-5781. American Precision Museum in Windsor.

northeast kingdom

ARTS CONNECT AT CATAMOUNT ARTS JURIED SHOW: The sixth annual juried show features works by 74 member artists. Slide show of art can be viewed online. Through April 10. Info, 748-2600. Catamount Arts Center in St. Johnsbury. BEN BARNES: Recent paintings of northern Vermont: small-town street scenes, landscapes and retired cars and tractors. Through March 25. Info, 525-3366. The Parker Pie Company in West Glover. CHUCK TROTSKY: “Technologia Informatio,” acrylicon-panel paintings that play with images from popular culture, along with smaller mixed-media paintings using hand-cut stencils. The “imaginary” artist is the alter ego of St. Johnsbury artist Ben Barnes. Through April 23. Info, 748-0158. Northeast Kingdom Artisans Guild Backroom Gallery in St. Johnsbury. FRANK WOODS: “Minor Works,” new oil and watercolor paintings by the Vermont artist. Through April 10. OPEN AIR GALLERY: SKI & SNOWSHOE TRAIL: Outdoor sculptures by 20 artists can be seen along a two-mile trail through the center’s grounds and neighboring fields. Reserve free tickets at highlandartsvt.org. Through March 27. Info, 5332000. Highland Center for the Arts in Greensboro. ‘A LIFE IN LISTS AND NOTES’: An exhibition that celebrates the poetic, mnemonic, narrative and enumerative qualities of lists and notes. The objects on display span myriad creative, professional, bureaucratic, domestic and personal uses of lists through the ages. Through May 31. Info, 626-4409. The Museum of Everyday Life in Glover. SOPHIA BETTMANN-KERSON: “Being pushed by angels,” watercolor pencil drawings. Through April 30. Info, 522-5280. Hardwick Inn.

brattleboro/okemo valley

ANNE SPALTER: “The Wonder of It All,” the museum’s first-ever exhibition of non-fungible tokens (NFTs), featuring themes of travel, exploration, outer space and the unconscious mind by the pioneering digital artist. Through June 12. DELITA MARTIN: “Between Worlds,” a yearlong installation in the museum’s front windows that reimagines the identities and roles of Black women in the context of Black culture and African history. Through May 31. LOUISA CHASE: “Fantasy Worlds,” a survey of the late artist’s work, including sculpture, drawing, painting and prints from her 40-year career. Curated by Elissa Watters. Through June 12. M. CARMEN LANE: “(í:se) Be Our Guest/Stolen,” new experimental silkscreen prints based on the personal histories of displacement and dispossession in the African American and Native artist’s family. Curated by Mildred Beltré Martinez. Through June 12. MILDRED BELTRÉ MARTINEZ: “Between Starshine and Clay,” a diverse selection of work including drawing, textile and installation that speaks to the complexity of a Black, ethnic, gendered experience. Curated by Mara Williams. Through June 12. ROBERT VISANI: “Form/Reform,” digitally modeled DIY cardboard slave kits that reexamine art historical imagery depicting the institution of American chattel slavery. Curated by David Rios Ferreira. Through June 12. SACHIKO AKIYAMA: “Through Lines,” wall reliefs and mixed-media figurative sculptures invoking a variety of cultural traditions. Curated by Mara Williams. Through June 12. YVETTE MOLINA: “Big Bang Votive,” egg tempera paintings of objects that have brought people delight, such as cake, a bicycle, a tent, based on listening to their stories. Curated by Sarah Freeman. Through June 12. Info, 257-0124. Brattleboro Museum & Art Center. JULIA ZANES: “Household Objects,” new paintings inspired by the first publication of Grimm’s Fairy Tales. Through May 9. Info, 387-0102. Next Stage Arts Project in Putney.

manchester/bennington

ART FROM THE SCHOOLS 2022: Drawings, paintings and sculptures created by preK-12 students from more than 20 area schools and homeschools. Through May 1. Info, 362-1405. Southern Vermont Arts Center in Manchester. ‘THE WORLD BETWEEN THE BLOCK AND THE PAPER’: An international group exhibition of ecologically sound, sensitively produced mokuhanga prints, organized in collaboration with print collective Mokuhanga Sisters. Through March 27. Info, 367-1311. Yester House Galleries, Southern Vermont Arts Center, in Manchester.

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‘THE BLUE SHOW’: A collaborative art exhibit featuring female and nonbinary artists who incorporate a shade of blue into their work. Through March 26. Info, blackmeadowgalleryandtattoo@gmail.com. Black Meadow Gallery and Tattoo in Randolph.

f JULIA PAVONE: “Abstractions,” a solo exhibition of nonrepresentational paintings in oil, acrylic and encaustic. Reception: Sunday, March 27, 2-4 p.m. Through June 18. Info, 889-9404. Tunbridge Public Library.

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BCA VIRTUAL ART AUCTION: Works by local artists in a variety of mediums and styles, to benefit the artists and art-based learning programs. Through March 27. Info, 865-7166. Online.

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ADAM PENDLETON: “These Things We’ve Done Together,” the first solo show in Canada of the New York-based artist, whose work explores the relationships between Blackness, abstraction and the avant-garde. Through July 10. NICOLAS PARTY: “L’heure mauve” (“Mauve Twilight”), a dreamlike exhibition of paintings, sculptures and installation in the Swiss-born artist’s signature saturated colors. Online reservations required. Through October 16. Montréal Museum of Fine Arts. FORENSIC ARCHITECTURE WITH LAURA POITRAS: “Terror Contagion,” an immersive, activist exhibition by the London-based research collective in collaboration with the journalist-filmmaker. Narration by Edward Snowden, data sonification by Brian Eno. Through April 18. Info, 514-847-6226. Montréal Museum of Contemporary Art. ‘IN THE MOMENT: RECENT WORK BY LOUISE HAMLIN’: Paintings and works on paper by the former Dartmouth College studio art professor and print maker. Through September 3. ‘PHOTOGRAPHS FROM HOLLYWOOD’S GOLDEN ERA’: Recently acquired from the John Kobal Foundation, the images include studio portraiture, publicity shots and film stills from the 1920s to ’50s. Through May 21. ‘THIS LAND: AMERICAN ENGAGEMENT WITH THE NATURAL WORLD’: Drawn from the permanent collection, the museum’s first major installation of traditional and contemporary Native American art set alongside early-to-contemporary art by African American, Asian American, Euro-American and Latin American artists, representing a broader perspective on “American” art. Through July 23. ‘UNBROKEN: NATIVE AMERICAN CERAMICS, SCULPTURE, AND DESIGN’: Items drawn from the museum’s permanent collections to create dialogue between historical and contemporary works by Indigenous North American artists. Through April 30. Info, 603-646-2808. Hood Museum, Dartmouth College, in Hanover, N.H. ‘WHY CAN’T ONE GIRL CHANGE IT?’: A group exhibition honoring Women’s History Month and inspired by Malala Yousafzai, the world’s youngest Nobel Prize laureate. Artworks address fear and courage, women’s issues, feminism or women in history. Through April 8. OLIVIA JANNA GENEREAUX, DANIELLE KLEBES, RACHEL MONTROY, ANN YOUNG: Four artists from Vermont and New Hampshire present solo shows in the center’s galleries: painters Genereaux, Klebes and Young and ceramic sculptor Montroy. Through April 15. Info, 603-448-3117. AVA Gallery and Art Center in Lebanon, N.H. m SEVEN DAYS MARCH 23-30, 2022

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One of my least favorite questions is, “Is guitar music dead?” Whenever the topic rears its head, I have to force myself not to roll my eyes. Older metalheads who believe that only shredding counts as guitar music might bring it up, or Gen Z producers who think declaring guitar a spent force makes them edgy. The guitar is doing just fine because modern musicians are doing what they’re supposed to with the instrument: evolving. I’ve resisted the urge to feature guitar stuff too much in this column thus far. For one, it’s not like the guitar hasn’t received its fair share of attention over the decades. For another, I can’t trust myself to be succinct. I honestly spent 30 minutes in City Market, Onion River Co-op the other day talking to someone about JONI MITCHELL’s assorted tunings. So rest assured that it took a mammoth performance to get me to break my guitar embargo. On Sunday night, I popped over to the Higher Ground Ballroom in South Burlington to check out MDOU MOCTAR. I was already a fan of the guitarist and songwriter from Agadez, Niger, and how he and his band magically weave traditional Tuareg music with psychedelic rock. The story goes that Moctar saw 54

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some YouTube videos of EDDIE VAN HALEN shredding and became inspired to master the axe, as well. His religious parents weren’t exactly feeling that, so Moctar made his own guitar with wood and bicycle cables. Through a network of mobile phone data cards — which his fans would trade, kinda like Deadheads trading tapes in the 1970s and ’80s — Moctar’s legend spread across West Africa, as did the film that he starred in and scored. A remake of the seminal 1984 PRINCE movie Purple Rain, the film is called Akounak Tedalat Taha Tazoughai,

which translates to “Rain the Color of Blue With a Little Red in It.” Knowing all that didn’t prepare me for when Moctar and his band took the stage. As the quartet launched into a blazing rendition of “Chismiten” from 2021’s exceptional Afrique Victime, Moctar’s real power was inescapable. Drummer SOULEYMANE IBRAHIM absolutely pounded his kit, mixing the fury of KEITH MOON with the elegance of TONY ALLEN while staying in lockstep groove with American-born bassist MIKEY COLTUN. Together with rhythm guitarist

AHMOUDOU MADASSANE, they laid out a

vamp-like background of head-nodding, psychedelic-leaning rock and roll for Moctar’s virtuosity. And what virtuosity it is! There’s nothing revolutionary about Moctar’s tone. The way he pushes the trebleheavy signal of that Strat with a selftaught fingerstyle technique and a blazing-fast fret hand creates such a searing sound, though — like a laser cutting through a dark room. He towered over the crowd on Sunday night, releasing piercing trills from his guitar as the band put down a ferocious groove. It was easily one of the louder shows I’ve ever seen at Higher Ground — up there with the famously intense MARS VOLTA show in 2008. A week before the gig, I asked Coltun whether he’d had to adjust to playing in Moctar’s style when he joined the band. Multiple times a year, the bassist takes a 20-hour flight from his home in Brooklyn, plus a 28-hour bus ride, to reach Agadez to rehearse with Moctar. “I actually grew up playing a lot of different styles,” the bassist told me. “So I was familiar with Tuareg music, for sure. But, honestly, we’re a rock band. So when I joined, it was more about reconnecting with rock music, which I hadn’t played since I was younger.” Coltun, who also produces the group’s albums, noted the West African influences in Moctar’s songs but said it’s a lot more about four musicians getting into a room and making rock music. “We don’t make sets,” he revealed. “It’s more about the moment. We just get a groove growing and build.” As the band launched into “Afrique Victime,” a tune detailing the effects of French colonialism on Niger, Moctar let fire a barrage of scintillating peals of lead guitar, his eyes closed and his being immersed in the sound. I found my own eyes closing, as well, to filter out the purple and gold lights, the onstage tapestry of an eagle perched atop Africa itself, even Moctar’s hands, which were flying across his guitar. After the song ended, I opened my eyes to the roars of the crowd and heard the telltale note of disbelief that often emerges when a musician has absolutely torn it up. I more than understood: We were all witnessing the evolution of an art form.

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Like so many musicians of late, MARCO BENEVENTO is getting ready to release an album recorded during the pandemic.

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The keyboard maestro spent much of the last year in his Woodstock, N.Y., studio crafting his latest LP, a session which has sent Benevento’s sound further into the realms of dance and pop than ever before, judging from advance singles “At the End or the Beginning” and “Winter Rose.” “A friend of mine said I’m hitting my QUINCY JONES period,” Benevento

At first, I was hesitant, but I realized that not only could I do it, but that I enjoyed it.” With new, high-energy music full of dance grooves and catchy melodies, Benevento has hit the road. He’ll play the Higher Ground Showcase Lounge on Friday, April 8. It will be a return of sorts for him, as he has a long history with Burlington. In addition to touring

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WED.23

Al’s Pals Acoustic Trio (folk) at Mad River Barn, Waitsfield, 5:30 p.m. Free.

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TUE.29 // BLACK MIDI [POST-ROCK]

Jazz Night (jazz) at Hotel Vermont, Burlington, 8:30 p.m. Free. Jazz Sessions with Randal Pierce (jazz open mic) at the 126, Burlington, 8:30 p.m. Free.

THU.24

Al’s Pals with Josh Panda (jam, rock) at Butter Bar and Kitchen, Burlington, 5:30 p.m. Free.

Grace Palmer and Friends (soul) at Red Square, Burlington, 6 p.m. Free.

Megan Burtt (folk) at Charlie-O’s World Famous, Montpelier, 8 p.m. Free. Sam Weber with the Ladles (roots, Americana) at Higher Ground Showcase Lounge, South Burlington, 7 p.m. $12/$15. Satta Sound (reggae) at Bent Nails Bistro, Montpelier, 8 p.m. Free. Seventh Son (rock) at Filling Station, Middlesex, 6 p.m. Free. Straight Jacket Slumber Party (jam) at Green Mountain Lounge at Mount Ellen, Warren, 3 p.m. Free.

FRI.25

Chris Stoltz (singer-songwriter) at Charlie-O’s World Famous, Montpelier, 6 p.m. Free. Dave Mitchell’s Blues Revue (blues) at Red Square, Burlington, 3 p.m. Free. George Petit (jazz) at Bleu Northeast Kitchen, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Free. Good Problem (R&B) at Higher Ground Showcase Lounge, South Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $10/$12. InCahoots (cover band) at On Tap Bar & Grill, Essex Junction, 5:30 p.m. Free.

BLACK MIDI take their name from

an obscure Japanese genre of music known for unplayable compositions of piano notes, sequenced thousands of times over. Though the bandmates don’t actually play in that hyper-niche style, their ranging approach, touching everything from math-rock to acid jazz to noise, sets them in a category of their own. On their latest record, 2021’s Cavalcade, black midi pushed even further into the weird, with prog-rock asides and singer Geordie Greep’s vocals going from rock bombast to lounge crooning in the same verse. The band brings its explosive live show to the Higher Ground Showcase Lounge on Tuesday, March 29. Chicago multi-instrumentalist NNAMDI opens. Inside Out Band (cover band) at Pickle Barrel Nightclub, Killington, 8 p.m. Free.

Tim Brick Band (country) at Bent Nails Bistro, Montpelier, 8 p.m. Free.

Jason Wedlock (singersongwriter) at Moogs Place, Morrisville, 8 p.m. Free.

Whiskey Dicks with Like a Chainsaw: A Tribute to Limp Bizkit (rock, Limp Bizkit tribute) at Nectar’s, Burlington, 8 p.m. $10.

Jesse Taylor Band, the Apollos, Without a Compass, Bishop LaVey, Ali T, Father Figuer, Lavendula (rock) at Zenbarn, Waterbury, 9 p.m. $7/$10. John Lackard Blues Band (blues) at Moogs Place, Morrisville, 8 p.m. Free. Megan Burtt (singer-songwriter) at Radio Bean, Burlington, 8 p.m. $5. Ragged Company (Americana) at Charlie-O’s World Famous, Montpelier, 9:30 p.m. Free. Rough Suspects (rock) at Red Square, Burlington, 6 p.m. Free. Thao with Becca Mancari, Why Bonnie (singer-songwriter) at Higher Ground Ballroom, South Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $25/$27.

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SAT.26

’80s Night with White Wedding (’80s cover band) at Pickle Barrel Nightclub, Killington, 9 p.m. Free. ’80s vs ’90s: Night Protocol & Lazer Dad (cover bands) at Zenbarn, Waterbury, 9 p.m. $12/$15. Dylan Patrick Ward (singersongwriter) at Radio Bean, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. $5. Genderdeath & Two Sev with Mendica, Terminal Floor, Haunted Tracksuit (electro) at Monkey House, Winooski, 8 p.m. $10. Hambone (blues) at Red Square, Burlington, 6 p.m. Free. Happy Hour with Inside Out Band (cover band) at Pickle Barrel Nightclub, Killington, 4 p.m. Free.

Joe Samba with the Reflexions (reggae) at Higher Ground Showcase Lounge, South Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $12/$15. King Bud and Nug (singersongwriter) at Castlerock Pub, Warren, 3 p.m. Free. Left Eye Jump (blues) at Red Square, Burlington, 3 p.m. Free. Madaila Presents: The Daly Monthly with Rose MCann Band (indie) at ArtsRiot, Burlington, 8 p.m. Free. Metal Monday Presents: Obituary with Gruesome and 200 Stab Wounds (metal) at Nectar’s, Burlington, 8 p.m. $20. Moon Hollow (folk) at Bent Nails Bistro, Montpelier, 8 p.m. Free. Mr. Burns & Friends (hip-hop) at Charlie-O’s World Famous, Montpelier, 9:30 p.m. Free. Raw Generic (rock) at Wünderbar, Warren, 2 p.m. Free. Straight Jacket Slumber Party (jam) at Green Mountain Lounge at Mount Ellen, Warren, 3 p.m. Free.

Mi Yard Reggae Night with DJ Big Dog (reggae and dancehall) at Nectar’s, Burlington, 9:30 p.m. Free. Tell Your Friends: Emo Night hosted by Malachi (DJ) at Club Metronome, Burlington, 10 p.m. Free.

FRI.25

ATAK (DJ) at Red Square Blue Room, Burlington, 11 p.m. Free.

The Detonators (rock) at Green Mountain Lounge at Mount Ellen, Warren, 3 p.m. Free.

DJ Fattie B (DJ) at Monkey House, Winooski, 9 p.m. Free.

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Memery (DJ) at Red Square, Burlington, 8 p.m. Free.

DJ Craig Mitchell (DJ) at Red Square, Burlington, 10 p.m. Free.

Kishi Bashi with Tall Tall Trees (singer-songwriter) at Higher Ground Ballroom, South Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $23/$25.

The Elovaters (reggae) at Pickle Barrel Nightclub, Killington, 8 p.m. $15/$20.

DJ CRE8 (DJ) at Red Square Blue Room, Burlington, 10 p.m. Free.

Dan & Faith (folk) at Stage 33 Live, Bellows Falls, 7 p.m. Free.

Escape From the ZOO, Public Serpents, Dearstreet and Corrupt World (punk) at Monkey House, Winooski, 8:30 p.m. $13/$18.

Bow Thayer (folk) at Zenbarn, Waterbury, 7 p.m. Free.

Joe’s Big Band (big band orchestra) at ArtsRiot, Burlington, 8 p.m. $10.

Vinyl Spell (cover band) at On Tap Bar & Grill, Essex Junction, 9 p.m. Free.

MON.28

American Roots Night at Zenbarn, Waterbury, 7 p.m. Free.

Irish Sessions (celtic) at Radio Bean, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free.

Usual Suspects (rock) at Rumble’s Bistro & Bar, Warren, 3 p.m. Free.

SUN.27

Willverine (electronic) at the Wallflower Collective, Burlington, 8 p.m. Free.

Honeysuckle with Marcie Hernandez (folk) at Monkey House, Winooski, 8 p.m. $10/$15.

Uncle Jimmy (cover band) at On Tap Bar & Grill, Essex Junction, 5 p.m. Free.

The Wormdogs (bluegrass) at Moogs Joint, Johnson, 7:30 p.m. $10.

Wednesday Night Dead (Grateful Dead covers) at Zenbarn, Waterbury, 7 p.m. $5.

Honeysuckle (folk) at Monkey House, Winooski, 8 p.m. $10.

Topsy, the Burning Sun and Bait Bag (indie rock) at Radio Bean, Burlington, 8 p.m. $5.

Black Midi with NNAMDI (postrock) at Higher Ground Showcase Lounge, South Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $22/$25. Dead Set (Grateful Dead tribute) at Nectar’s, Burlington, 7 p.m. $10. Honky Tonk Tuesday feat. Pony Hustle (country) at Radio Bean, Burlington, 9 p.m. $5.

WED.30

Al Stewart and the Empty Pockets (singer-songwriter) at Double E Performance Center’s T-Rex Theater, Essex Junction, 8 p.m. $45-$60. Jack Symes with Renny Conti (folk) at Higher Ground Showcase Lounge, South Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $15/$18. Jazz Night (jazz) at Hotel Vermont, Burlington, 8:30 p.m. Free. Jazz Sessions with Randal Pierce (jazz open mic) at the 126, Burlington, 8:30 p.m. Free. Wednesday Night Dead (Grateful Dead covers) at Zenbarn, Waterbury, 7 p.m. $5. Ween Wednesday: Knights of the Brown Table (Ween tribute) at Nectar’s, Burlington, 8:30 p.m. Free. Willverine (electronic) at the Wallflower Collective, Burlington, 8 p.m. Free.

djs WED.23

Wooly Wednesdays with DJ Steal Wool (eclectic) 6 p.m. Free.

THU.24

DJ Baron (DJ) at Red Square, Burlington, 10 p.m. Free.

DJ Taka (DJ) at Radio Bean, Burlington, 11 p.m. $10. Memery (DJ) at Red Square Blue Room, Burlington, 9 p.m. Free.

SAT.26

CRAIG CTRL with Craig Mitchell and CRWD CTRL (DJ) at Club Metronome, Burlington, 10 p.m. $5. DJ A-Ra$ (DJ) at Red Square, Burlington, 10 p.m. Free. DJ Raul (DJ) at Red Square Blue Room, Burlington, 6 p.m. Free. DJ Taka (DJ) at Radio Bean, Burlington, 11 p.m. $10. Reign One (DJ) at Red Square Blue Room, Burlington, 10 p.m. Free.

MON.28

Mo’ Monday with DJs Craig Mitchell and Fattie B (soul, R&B) at Monkey House, Winooski, 7 p.m. Free.

TUE.29

DJ Steal Wool (DJ) at Manhattan Pizza & Pub, Burlington, 10 p.m. Free.

WED.30

Wooly Wednesdays with DJ Steal Wool (eclectic) 6 p.m. Free.

open mics & jams WED.23

Open Mic (open mic) at Monopole, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 10 p.m. Free.

SUN.27

Poetry Riot (poetry open mic) at ArtsRiot, Burlington, 6 p.m. Free.

TUE.29

Lit Club (poetry open mic) at Radio Bean, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Open Mic with D Davis (open mic) at Bent Nails Bistro, Montpelier, 8 p.m. Free.

WED.30

Open Mic (open mic) at Monopole, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 10 p.m. Free.

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comedy WED.23

Standup Comedy Open Mic (comedy) at Vermont Comedy Club, Burlington, 8:30 p.m. Free. Trey Kennedy (comedy) at Higher Ground Ballroom, South Burlington, 6 p.m. $39/$59. Whale Tales: An Evening of Comedic Storytelling (comedy) at Nectar’s, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free.

THU.24

March Madness: Two-Prov Tournament (Round 3) (comedy) at Vermont Comedy Club, Burlington, 8:15 p.m. $5. Randy Feltface (comedy) at Vermont Comedy Club, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. $25.

FRI.25

Emily Blotnick (comedy) at Vermont Comedy Club, Burlington, 7 & 9 p.m. $25.

SAT.26

Emily Blotnick (comedy) at Vermont Comedy Club, Burlington, 7 & 9 p.m. $25.

SUN.27

Totally Inappropriate: A Comedy and Music Experience (comedy, DJ) at Zenbarn, Waterbury, 8 p.m. $8.

TUE.29

Comedy Open Mic (comedy) at the 126, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free.

REVIEW this Bow Thayer, The Book of Moss (ELBOP MUSIC, DIGITAL)

Every Seven Days review of a Bow Thayer album has noted a particular quality: This is not an artist who stays on the trail. To walk with Thayer, even over the course of a single record, is to take a meandering path through an open meadow, dip down into craggy canyons and invent new landscapes. This is a man who, when constrained by the limitations of the guitar and the banjo, designed his own hybrid instrument, the Bojotar. A Vermonter for 25 years, he has clearly established his inventiveness and disregard for the conventions of genre. Still, Thayer’s latest release, The Book of Moss, started in an unusual place, even for him: The songs began with their bass lines. Thayer’s friend and bandmate Alex Abraham recorded them before he died by suicide

in 2018. For a while, grief made returning to the tracks they’d recorded impossible, Thayer wrote in the album’s liner notes. But when he did, he realized that he could finish the record. “It seemed like a perfect coping mechanism and a necessary testament to a lost friend,” Thayer wrote. Perhaps it is this bassup approach that makes The Book of Moss such an engaging listen, or perhaps it’s Thayer’s continued commitment to experimentation, sprinkling in a harmonica here and a fiddle there, never quite locking in on a singular sonic thread. It’s well mixed by Justin Guip, and while I wouldn’t describe The Book of Moss as a relaxing listening experience, it certainly made me feel the power of Thayer’s emotions and vision. The first song, “Babel,” is an introduction to these glorious idiosyncrasies. It opens with eerie, echoing notes, then plunky bass lines and hand drumming with a distinctive African influence join in. The tension builds,

and, 50 seconds in, Thayer’s voice lands like a hammer, singing of “mercury rising.” The intensity never lets up: “All that was spoken is shattered and broken, forgotten as it fell,” he sings. “Now our spirits are screaming, trying to find meaning of a story to tell.” Lest readers think that the track is all gloom and doom, the closing lyrics are about rebuilding the Tower of Babel — a powerful symbol in a time when the world feels fractured. Thayer’s vocals on the first four tracks sound like that of a classic grizzled rocker in the corner of the dive bar, or maybe Bryan Adams after half a dozen cigarettes. He lightens up the growl and commits a bit more to final consonants in the later half of the album, which I personally prefer. My favorite vocal performance comes in his clear lilt on “She Keeps It to Herself.” That said, there’s something undeniably strange and wonderful about the contrast between Thayer’s gravelly delivery and the album’s dense, thoughtfully arranged instrumentation. His voice is a grounding wire; his picking is up in the clouds. The Book of Moss is available at bowthayer.bandcamp.com.

descent of autumn leaves on a quiet Green Mountain trail. Across the Waking Skies was produced in quarantine during the pandemic. Its artists submitted their parts from all over New England, and Tischler mixed the songs in Lincolnville, Maine. In Charlotte, Vt., the album’s sound engineer and pianist, Lane Gibson, made the final mixes. The album’s deft synthesis of elegant, crooning string work, athletic pacing and well-controlled lyrics certainly do not reveal the Frankenstein-like means of its production. Tischler’s songs discuss love with all the sincerity of a child — and all the wisdom of a septuagenarian. This album’s canvas is the human heart. The bond between a father and his child transitions to a meditation on maturity on “Elijah.” “Stay With Me” explores the daunting, strange perfection of committed romance. I cannot stress enough the gentle warmth of Tischler’s voice. In the opening of the syrupy track “Meredith,” he gives a succinct but thoughtful account of new parenthood:

“You came into the world with those two eyes of shining blue / And I knew right then my world was spinning around you.” All the tracks feature incredible work from mandolinist Greg Pauza and the Gawler Family Band on strings. The background of the album’s second song, “Woodbury Road,” twangs with folksy flourishes. Simultaneously, there is something lofty and just plain moving in how the orchestra elegantly greets the music’s more rustic threads. In the lyrics of “Woodbury Road,” Tischler layers rhymes inside of rhymes in a way that complements a key theme of the song: how memory flits in and out of consciousness. “Still I think of you when the moon is new and the dew is shimmering out of the pines,” he sings. “Would you could have stayed like a shining blade to cut away these fears of mine.” The album’s final song, “All Will Be Well,” has an old-time Woody Guthrie folk sound. Simple in its legato optimism, the chant matter-of-factly confronts the mess of reality — and finds beauty in the heart’s resilience. Across the Waking Skies is available at ethanstokestischler.com.

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Standup Comedy Open Mic (comedy) at Vermont Comedy Club, Burlington, 8:30 p.m. Free.

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Trivia (trivia) at Jericho Café & Tavern, 6 p.m. Free. Trivia Night (trivia) at Nectar’s, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free.

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AnimatioNation Fest: Jon Portman (animation) at ArtsRiot, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free.

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Trivia with Brian & Ian (trivia) at Charlie-O’s World Famous, Montpelier, 8:30 p.m. Free.

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Karaoke with DJ Party Bear (karaoke) at Charlie-O’s World Famous, Montpelier, 9:30 p.m. Free. Trivia Night (trivia) at the Depot, St. Albans, 7 p.m. Free. Tuesday Night Trivia (trivia) at Happy Place Café, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free.

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The German poet Berthold Auerbach once wrote that music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. I was reminded of him when listening to the Maineand Vermont-based folk singer-songwriter Ethan Stokes Tischler’s first full album: the breezily sincere, tenderly smooth Across the Waking Skies. After two long pandemic years, listening to Tischler’s music gave my soul a good dusting off. Several tracks feature vocals from Tischler’s creative partner, Elsie Gawler, who beautifully harmonizes with Tischler. Elsie and her siblings in the Mainebased Gawler Family Band also provide instrumentation, helping to make the album a real New England affair. Listen to the gossamer flight of arpeggios at the beginning of the album’s opening track, “Sing You to Sleep,” and then try not to picture the

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admit it. When I heard there was a social media storm brewing around the new Pixar animation Turning Red, I was instantly interested. While Facebook diatribes declared the film’s mentions of menstruation unfit for children, one pastor went so far as to suggest that Turning Red might be “demonic” for depicting the Chinese cultural practice of making offerings to ancestors. It’s a baffling reception — or maybe not — for a movie that puts some rarely represented experiences on-screen. Director Domee Shi (an Oscar winner for her short film “Bao”) drew on her own coming of age to create Turning Red, which she cowrote with Julia Cho and Sarah Streicher. Since Disney hasn’t released the film in theaters, I watched it on Disney+.

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In 2002 Toronto, 13-year-old Meilin Lee (voice of Rosalie Chiang) leads a double life. At school or under the eye of her mother, Ming (Sandra Oh), Mei is all duty, racking up straight A’s and courteously greeting the tourists who come to her family’s temple to hear about her illustrious ancestor Sun Yee. With her three best friends, however, she transforms into a loudmouthed hoyden obsessed with a boy band called 4*Town — in other words, a pretty average tween. One night, Mei finds herself compulsively drawing lovey-dovey cartoons of a cute high school boy. When her mom discovers her creations, worlds collide, and Mei awakens from uneasy dreams to find herself transformed into … a giant, fluffy red panda. Turns out, Sun Yee bequeathed to her female descendants a talent for shapeshifting that arrives with puberty and is triggered by unruly emotions. When Mei’s family insists that she undergo a ritual to repress her inner panda, Mei isn’t so sure. What if she can learn to control the beast within?

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Turning Red is clearly a labor of love — a beautifully animated film that evokes an intense sense of time and place. Instead of the generic North American suburbs that we see in so many cartoons, populated by white people with a sprinkling of “diversity,” here we find a realistic 21st-century metropolis. The movie doesn’t 58

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BEARING IT Emotions transform a young girl into an unruly — but adorable! — beast in Pixar’s family animation.

downplay Toronto’s wealth of cultures or its Canadianness; Mei and her friends wear the maple leaf emblem with pride. Maybe this specificity is what startles some viewers about the film. Or maybe it’s the fact that the main characters aren’t white. Or maybe some folks would just rather not acknowledge the resonance of the central theme: Puberty is a tumultuous time, and many girls will end up repressing the raging “panda” within. That theme has been on film before, even in family films. But when Elsa expresses her dangerous emotions in Frozen, she does it by singing a ballad, her princessy dignity intact. Mei turns into a loud, destructive creature that takes up space; the panda’s very color references the most embarrassing part of “becoming a woman.” Initially misinterpreting her daughter’s transformation, Ming shows up at school with a care package of maxipads — a scenario straight out of tween nightmares. So, yes, there’s a lot that is cringey in Turning Red, from Mei’s naughty drawings to her joyful twerking to the warbles of 4*Town. Some viewers may not be up for that. But who didn’t embody the

cringe at some point (or all points) in their adolescence? And the film has no lack of more soothing moments. The cityscapes have a dreamy quality reminiscent of Studio Ghibli, with a pastel palette pretty enough to eat. The scenes in which Mei’s dad (Orion Lee) cooks up a feast are mouthwatering, too. If Turning Red is a coming-of-age story, it’s also a mother-daughter story. Mei clashes with her mom and sometimes outright defies her — another element for which the movie has been criticized. But Ming is no cardboard stern matriarch; she has doubts, shadings and a complicated relationship with her own mother (Wai Ching Ho). And she has her own repressed anger, a common ground on which she and her daughter will finally meet. “We’ve all got a messy, loud, weird part of ourselves hidden away,” Mei tells the audience at the end of the movie. While Marvel has familiarized us all with the concept of “Hulking out,” Mei’s choice to embrace that part of herself is still unusual for a girl character, and it could help young viewers feel better about their own “messy, loud, weird” parts. Here’s to

more animated movies that aren’t afraid of a little mess. MARGO T HARRI S O N margot@sevendaysvt.com

IF YOU LIKE THIS, TRY... INSIDE OUT (2015; Disney+, rentable): This earlier Pixar film made a surreal foray into the world of a young girl’s emotions and discovered that, in fact, they are not all sugar and spice. RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON (2021;

Disney+, rentable): Parents seeking an animation inspired by Asian culture without Turning Red’s slightly more mature elements could choose this epic fantasy instead. Abominable (2019; Fubo, DirecTV, rentable) is another fun adventure with East Asian characters. PEPPERMINT SODA (1977; Kanopy, Tubi,

Criterion Channel, Cohen Media Channel, rentable): While it may be new for a family animation to acknowledge that tween girls can have sexual feelings, it’s not new for cinema in general. The 13-year-old heroine of Diane Kurys’ coming-of-age classic can’t grow up fast enough.

NEW IN THEATERS INFINITE STORM: Two climbers meet on a mountain and must work together to survive a blizzard in this fact-based drama from director Malgorzata Szumowska (The Other Lamb). Naomi Watts, Billy Howle and Denis O’Hare star. (95 min, R. Essex, Majestic, Roxy, Savoy, Star) THE LOST CITY: A best-selling romance novelist (Sandra Bullock) and her cover model (Channing Tatum) get pulled into a real-life jungle adventure in this action comedy from Aaron and Adam Nee, also starring Brad Pitt and Daniel Radcliffe. (112 min, PG-13. Bijou, Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Marquis, Paramount, Star, Welden)

CURRENTLY PLAYING THE BATMANHHH1/2 Robert Pattinson plays yet another version of the Caped Crusader in this adventure that establishes a new Gotham City continuity, with Paul Dano as the murderous Riddler and Zoë Kravitz as Catwoman. Matt Reeves (Let Me In) directed. (175 min, PG-13. Big Picture, Bijou, Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Marquis, Paramount, Roxy, Star, Stowe, Welden) DEATH ON THE NILEHH1/2 Hercule Poirot (Kenneth Branagh, who also directed) must find an heiress’ killer while on a sumptuous vacation in this new adaptation of Agatha Christie’s whodunit, also starring Annette Bening. (127 min, PG-13. Majestic) DOGHHH Channing Tatum plays an Army Ranger whose road trip to the funeral of a fellow soldier is interrupted by the shenanigans of his canine companion in this comedy. (90 min, PG-13. Big Picture, Capitol, Majestic, Stowe)

UNCHARTEDHH1/2 Mismatched treasure hunters (Tom Holland and Mark Wahlberg) seek Ferdinand Magellan’s fortune in this action adventure. (116 min, PG-13. Bijou, Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Star, Stowe, Welden) THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLDHHHH Two Oscar nominations went to this brisk Norwegian comedy-drama about a thirtysomething (Renate Reinsve) who’s still trying to figure out who she is. Joachim Trier (Thelma) directed. (128 min, R. Playhouse, Roxy; reviewed 10/13) XHHHH In this horror flick from director Ti West, set in 1979, young filmmakers get more than they bargained for when they decide to shoot their adult movie on a remote Texas farmstead. Mia Goth and Jenny Ortega star. (105 min, R. Essex, Majestic, Paramount, Roxy, Savoy, Welden)

OLDER FILMS AND SPECIAL SCREENINGS BELFAST (Roxy) THE GODFATHER 50 YEARS (Roxy, Star [ends Thu]) LUNANA: A YAK IN THE CLASSROOM (Savoy, Sun only)

OPEN THEATERS (* = UPCOMING SCHEDULE FOR THEATER WAS NOT AVAILABLE AT PRESS TIME) *BIG PICTURE THEATER: 48 Carroll Rd., Waitsfield, 496-8994, bigpicturetheater.info BIJOU CINEPLEX 4: 107 Portland St., Morrisville, 888-3293, bijou4.com

THE GUIDE: Oles Sanin’s 2014 drama takes place in 1930s Soviet Ukraine, where an American boy is on the run after acquiring explosive evidence of political repression. Proceeds from screenings support Ukraine relief efforts. (122 min, NR. Majestic, Roxy, Welden)

CAPITOL SHOWPLACE: 93 State St., Montpelier, 229-0343, fgbtheaters.com

JUJUTSU KAISEN 0: THE MOVIEHHH1/2 In this spin-off of the anime series, a boy with dangerous powers enrolls in a sorceror-controlled high school. Seong-Hu Park directed. (105 min, PG-13. Essex [dubbed and subtitled], Majestic [subtitled], Roxy [dubbed and subtitled])

MAJESTIC 10: 190 Boxwood St., Williston, 878-2010, majestic10.com

THE OUTFITHHH1/2 A master tailor (Mark Rylance) who caters to Chicago gangsters finds himself caught in two killers’ dangerous game in this crime drama from director Graham Moore, also starring Zoey Deutch. (105 min, R. Roxy, Savoy) SING 2HH1/2 Show biz-loving critters return in this sequel to the animated hit, featuring the voices of Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon and Bono. Garth Jennings directed. (112 min, PG. Bijou [sing-along version], Capitol, Essex [sing-along version], Majestic [sing-along version]) SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOMEHHH1/2 Peter Parker (Tom Holland) seeks the help of Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) in the latest installment of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Jon Watts returns as director. (148 min, PG-13. Bijou, Majestic)

Conference & Trade Show

ESSEX CINEMAS & T-REX THEATER: 21 Essex Way, Suite 300, Essex, 879-6543, essexcinemas.com

MARQUIS THEATER: 65 Main St., Middlebury, 388-4841, middleburymarquis.com *MERRILL’S ROXY CINEMAS: 222 College St., Burlington, 864-3456, merrilltheatres.net PARAMOUNT TWIN CINEMA: 241 N. Main St., Barre, 479-9621, fgbtheaters.com PLAYHOUSE MOVIE THEATRE: 11 S. Main St., Randolph, 728-4012, playhouseflicks.com SAVOY THEATER: 26 Main St., Montpelier, 2290598, savoytheater.com STAR THEATRE: 17 Eastern Ave., St. Johnsbury, 748-9511, stjaytheatre.com *STOWE CINEMA 3PLEX: 454 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-4678, stowecinema.com WELDEN THEATRE: 104 North Main St., St. Albans, 527-7888, weldentheatre.com

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WED.23 agriculture

VERMONT FARMERS MARKET CONFERENCE 2022: Market managers, farmers and community members attend virtual workshops, networking meetups and panels. Presented by NOFA-VT. Noon-4:30 p.m. $5-10; free for BIPOC and first-year market managers; preregister. Info, 434-7165.

community

CURRENT EVENTS OVER ZOOM: Dorothy Alling Memorial Library leads an informal discussion about what’s in the news. 10:30 a.m.-noon. Free; preregister. Info, programs@damlvt.org. VERMONT WOMEN’S MENTORING PROGRAM: Mercy Connections trains new volunteers who want to help support women healing from prison and other encounters with the criminal justice system. 5:30-7:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 846-7164.

crafts

FIRESIDE KNITTING GROUP: Needle jockeys gather to chat and work on their latest projects. Morristown Centennial Library, Morrisville, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 888-3853.

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HOMESTEADERS’ MEETUP: Like-minded neighbors gather to talk about sustainability, food systems and off-grid living. Morristown Centennial Library, Morrisville, 6-7 p.m. Free. Info, 888-3853.

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See what’s playing at local theaters in the On Screen section. ‘ADAPTATION’: Nicolas Cage plays both a struggling screenwriter and his freeloading twin brother in this delightfully absurd 2002 comedy about art and passion. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 748-2600. ‘BACKYARD WILDERNESS 3D’: Cameras positioned in nests, underwater and along the forest floor capture a year’s worth of critters coming and going. Northfield Savings Bank 3D Theater: A National Geographic Experience, ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 10:30 a.m., 12:30, 2:30 & 4:30 p.m. $3-5 plus regular admission, $14.50-18; admission free for members and kids 2 and under. Info, 864-1848. ‘DINOSAURS OF ANTARCTICA 3D’: Moviegoers join scientists on a journey through a surreal world of bug-eyed giants and egg-laying mammals. 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, $14.50-18; admission free for members and kids 2 and under. Info, 864-1848. ‘LADY BIRD’: A riveting discussion follows the screening of Greta Gerwig’s beloved 2017 coming-of-age drama. South Burlington Public Library & City Hall, 6-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 846-4140. ‘MEERKATS 3D’: A tenacious mammalian matriarch fights to protect her family in a desolate environment.

LIST YOUR UPCOMING EVENT HERE FOR FREE! All submissions must be received by Thursday at noon for consideration in the following Wednesday’s newspaper. Find our convenient form and guidelines at sevendaysvt.com/postevent. Listings and spotlights are written by Emily Hamilton. Seven Days edits for space and style. Depending on cost and other factors, classes and workshops may be listed in either the calendar or the classes section. Class organizers may be asked to purchase a class listing. Learn more about highlighted listings in the Magnificent 7 on page 11.

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Northfield Savings Bank 3D Theater: A National Geographic Experience, ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 10:30 a.m., 12:30, 2:30 & 4:30 p.m. $3-5 plus regular admission, $11.50-14.50; admission free for members and kids 2 and under. Info, 864-1848. ‘SPACE: UNRAVELING THE COSMOS’: Sparkling graphics take viewers on a mind-bending journey from the beginning of time through the mysteries of the universe. Northfield Savings Bank 3D Theater: A National Geographic Experience, ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 10:30 a.m., 12:30, 2:30 & 4:30 p.m. $3-5 plus regular admission, $14.50-18; admission free for members and kids 2 and under. Info, 864-1848. VTIFF VIRTUAL CINEMA: ‘SONGS OF REPRESSION’: Decades of abuse by a cultish German missionary congregation in Chile come to light in this chilling 2020 documentary. Presented by Vermont International Film Foundation. $12; VTIFF member benefits apply. Info, 660-2600. VTIFF VIRTUAL CINEMA: ‘THE DAZZLED (LES EBLOUIS)’: French actress-turned-director Sarah Suco’s 2019 debut feature is a mesmerizing slow burn set in an insular Catholic community. Presented by Vermont International Film Foundation. $12; VTIFF member benefits apply. Info, 660-2600.

food & drink

A FILIPINO FEAST: CHICKEN SOTANGHON

FIND MORE LOCAL EVENTS IN THIS ISSUE AND ONLINE: art Find visual art exhibits and events in the Art section and at sevendaysvt.com/art.

film See what’s playing at theaters in the On Screen section.

music + nightlife Find club dates at local venues in the Music + Nightlife section online at sevendaysvt.com/music.

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SOUP: Chef Maria Garrido demonstrates how to cook a warming, gingery noodle soup. Presented by City Market, Onion River Co-op. 5:30-7 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, info@citymarket. coop.

health & fitness

ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION EXERCISE PROGRAM: Those in need of an easy-on-the-joints workout gather for an hour of calming, low-impact movement. United Community Church, St. Johnsbury, 1:30-2:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 751-0431. CHAIR YOGA: Waterbury Public Library instructor Diana Whitney leads at-home participants in gentle stretches supported by seats. 10 a.m. Free. Info, 244-7036. LET PEACE BEGIN WITH ME: Meditation teacher River Buffum guides a session for anyone feeling troubled about the state of the world. Presented by Waterbury Public Library. 8 p.m. Free. Info, 244-7036.

language

ELL CLASSES: ENGLISH FOR BEGINNERS & INTERMEDIATE STUDENTS: Learners of all abilities practice written and spoken English with trained instructors. Presented by Fletcher Free Library. 6:30-8 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, bshatara@ burlingtonvt.gov.

Mountain Audubon Society. 6-7 p.m. Free. Info, 229-6206. PUBLIC HEARINGS ON DEER & MOOSE: The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department welcomes locals to hear proposals for the 2022 hunting season. Edward F. Kehoe Green Mountain Conservation Camp, Castleton, 6:30-9 p.m. Free. Info, 828-7498.

seminars

BETHEL UNIVERSITY: Every day in March, locals take free outdoor and online classes on everything from thermodynamics to glassblowing to ice skating. See bethel universityvt.org for full schedule. Various Bethel locations. Free; preregister. Info, bethelrevital izationinitiative@gmail.com. SAVING FOR RETIREMENT: IRA NEED-TO-KNOWS: Folks saving for retirement learn about different types of accounts, saving strategies and recent IRS changes. Presented by New England Federal Credit Union. Noon-1 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 764-6940. U.S. CITIZENSHIP TEST PREPARATION: Adult learners study English, history, government and geography with personal tutors. Virtual options available. Mercy Connections, Burlington, 9-11 a.m. Free. Info, 846-7063.

talks

SPANISH CONVERSATION MEETUP ONLINE: Fluent and beginner speakers brush up on their español with a discussion led by a Spanish teacher. Presented by Dorothy Alling Memorial Library. 4-5 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 878-4918.

JUDY DOW: The director of Gedakina, a Native American education organization, speaks on the past, present and future of Abenaki folks in the Champlain Valley. Presented by the Ferrisburgh Conservation Commission. 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 318-7197.

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WINTER SPEAKER SERIES: RACHEL HOPE CLEVES: The author and historian draws from the archives to reveal the history of 19th-century same-sex couple Charity Bryant and Sylvia Drake. Presented by Vermont Historical Society. Noon. Free; preregister. Info, 479-8500.

music

INTRODUCTION TO SEARCH ENGINES: AN OLDER ADULTS’ GUIDE: Technology for Tomorrow instructors explain how to search smartly and efficiently. Noon-1:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 448-0595.

theater

ADULT UKULELE CLASS: Musicians with little to no experience learn basic skills and songs in a fun, laid-back setting. Morristown Centennial Library, Morrisville, 5-6 p.m. Free. Info, 888-3853.

‘THE THIN PLACE’: Vermont Stage presents a play about ghosts and a woman who can speak to them, transforming the theater into an intimate séance. Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $31.0538.50. Info, 862-1497.

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JILLIAN LINER: Audubon Vermont’s director of conservation gives a bird’s perspective on healthy forests. Noon-1 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 457-3368. NATURALIST JOURNEYS: FREYA MCGREGOR: The occupational therapist explains how her organization, Birdability, is making birding accessible to all. Presented by North Branch Nature Center and Green

BOB KEYES: Shelburne Museum director Tom Denenberg talks to the author about his new book, The Isolation Artist: Scandal, Deception, and the Last Days of Robert Indiana. 6 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 985-3346. VERMONT INDEPENDENT MEDIA PANEL & Q&A: Publishers, editors, and journalism students and teachers are invited to hear a rousing discussion about issues that

impact young people entering the newspaper business. 7 p.m. Free; preregister for Zoom link. Info, geoffburgess2@gmail.com.

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HIRING2DAYVT VIRTUAL JOB FAIR: The Vermont Department of Labor gives job seekers a chance to meet with employers from around the state. 11 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 828-4000. WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH CELEBRATION & AWARDS CEREMONY: Evolve Rutland presents the Madeleine Kunin Trailblazer Award and adds local women business leaders to its Wall of Fame. 7-8 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 747-0000, ext. 11.

community

VERMONT COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP TRAINING: Mercy Connections teaches community-building skills to anyone looking to effect change in the lives of the people around them. 1:30-4 p.m. Free. Info, 846-7063.

crafts

THURSDAY ZOOM KNITTERS: The Norman Williams Public Library fiber arts club meets virtually for conversation and crafting. 2-3 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, programs@normanwilliams.org.

education

PRE-K THROUGH EIGHTH OPEN HOUSE OBSERVATION MORNINGS: Parents and caregivers of prospective students tour classrooms and see learning in action. Vermont Day School, Shelburne, 9:30-10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 495-5150.

environment

SPENCER HARDY: The Friends of Missiquoi National Wildlife Refuge welcome a biologist to discuss the more than 300 species of wild bees that make Vermont their home. 7-8 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 868-4781.

film

See what’s playing at local theaters in the On Screen section. ‘BACKYARD WILDERNESS 3D’: See WED.23. ‘DINOSAURS OF ANTARCTICA 3D’: See WED.23. ‘MEERKATS 3D’: See WED.23. ‘NO MAN’S LAND’: Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart lead the cast in National Theatre Live’s revival of Harold Pinter’s comic classic. Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 6:30 p.m. $15. Info, 775-0903. ‘SPACE: UNRAVELING THE COSMOS’: See WED.23. THU.24

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KAMAMAMA YOGA TRIBE FOR LITTLES & BABES: Expecting parents and families with babies or toddlers connect over a Facebook yoga session. Presented by Kamalika-K. 10-10:50 a.m. Donations. Info, 871-5085.

Check out these family-friendly events for parents, caregivers and kids of all ages. • Plan ahead at sevendaysvt.com/family-fun. • Post your event at sevendaysvt.com/postevent.

burlington

FAMILY PLAYSHOP: Kids from birth through age 5 learn and play at this school readiness program. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 10:1511:30 a.m. Free. Info, 863-3403.

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ONLINE PRENATAL YOGA: Mothers-to-be build strength, stamina and a stronger connection to their baby. 5:45-6:45 p.m. $5-15. Info, 899-0339.

CRAFTERNOON: Weaving, knitting, embroidery and paper crafting supplies take over the Teen Space. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 863-3403. ITTY BITTY PUBLIC SKATE: Coaches are on hand to help the rink’s tiniest skaters stay on their feet. Gordon H. Paquette Ice Arena, Burlington, 10:30-11:30 a.m. $8. Info, 865-7558. STEAM SPACE: Kids explore science, technology, engineering, art and math activities. Ages 5 through 11. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 5:30-7 p.m. Free. Info, 863-3403.

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AFTERSCHOOL CRAFT: PING-PONG BALL MAZE: Little builders make fun, twisty labyrinths. Grades 3 and up. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 2-3 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 878-4918. LEGO BUILDERS: Elementary-age imagineers explore, create and participate in challenges after school. Ages 8 and up, or ages 6 and up with an adult helper. South Burlington Public Library & City Hall, 3-4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 846-4140. STORY TIME: Little ones from birth through age 5 learn from songs, sign language lessons, math activities and picture books. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 10:30-11 a.m. Free. Info, 878-6956.

barre/montpelier

SPRING TRACKS!: Nature educator Ange Gibbons teaches kids how to spot animal tracks, build campfires and identify edible plants. Grades 5 through 8. Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 2:305 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 426-3581.

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L.I.F.T. (LGBTQIA+ INSPIRATION & FRIENDSHIP AMONG TEENS): Queer and trans kids ages 13 through 18 build connections, pursue their interests and find empowerment together. Morristown Centennial Library, Morrisville, 3:304:30 p.m. Free. Info, 888-3853. WEDNESDAY CRAFTERNOON: A new project is on the docket each week, from puppets to knitting to decoupage. Ages 7 and up. Morristown Centennial Library, Morrisville, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, youthservices@ centenniallibrary.org.

burlington

MAR. 26 | FAMILY FUN Cheese, Gromit! Northern Vermont University-Lyndon hosts its annual Vermont Animation Festival this weekend, and among the many screenings, talks and workshops is an all-ages, family-friendly class for aspiring animators. Teaching artist Kate Renner gives fans of Wallace and Gromit, Coraline, ParaNorman and beyond an inside look at how Claymation movies get made. Each participant gets to shepherd their own clay character through the animation process, from brainstorming to storyboarding to filming. At the end, everyone will have created a short film together. See vtanimationfestival.org for the full festival schedule.

middlebury area

VERMONT ANIMATION FESTIVAL: IMAGINATION IN MOTION

upper valley

Saturday, March 26, 9:30-11 a.m., at Harvey Academic Center, Northern Vermont University-Lyndon, in Lyndonville. Free; preregister. Info, 748-2600, catamountarts.org.

THU.24

MARCH FOR MEALS: KelloggHubbard librarians serve up folk tales about food and community, in between live music and baking activities. 5-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338. ONLINE PRENATAL YOGA: See WED.23, 12:30-1:30 p.m. PRESCHOOL STORY TIME: Energetic youngsters join Miss Meliss for stories, songs and lots of silliness. Presented by Kellogg-Hubbard Library. 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

burlington

BABYTIME: Librarians bring out books, rhymes and songs specially selected for young ones. Ages 18 months and younger. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 9:30-10 a.m. Free. Info, 863-3403.

chittenden county

PRESCHOOL MUSIC WITH LINDA BASSICK: The singer and storyteller extraordinaire leads little ones in indoor music and movement. Birth through age 5. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library,

Williston, 10:30-11 a.m. Free; preregister; limited space. Info, 878-4918.

chittenden county Waterbury Public Library, 11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 244-7036.

MNFF SELECTS FILM SERIES: ‘BUCK’: The family-friendly screening series continues with an acclaimed 2011 documentary examining the life of acclaimed “horse whisperer” Buck Brannaman. Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, 7 p.m. $7-16. Info, 382-9222.

TODDLER STORY TIME: Toddling tykes 20 months through 3.5 years hear a few stories related to the theme of the week. Norman Williams Public Library, Woodstock, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 457-2295.

STORY TIME: Babies, toddlers and preschoolers take part in reading, singing and dancing. Winooski Memorial Library, 10-10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 655-6424.

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barre/montpelier

chittenden county

SPRING TRACKS!: See WED.23, 2:30-5 p.m.

stowe/smuggs

BABY & TODDLER MEETUP: Tiny tots and their caregivers come together for playtime, puzzles and picture books. Morristown Centennial Library, Morrisville, 10-11 a.m. Free. Info, 888-3853. MIDDLE SCHOOL ADVISORY BOARD MEETING: Students ages 10 through 12 kick off the library’s new participatory program for preteens. Morristown Centennial Library, Morrisville, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 888-3853.

mad river valley/ waterbury

PRESCHOOL STORY TIME: Readers ages 3 and older hear a new tall tale every week. Younger siblings welcome.

ROCK POINT SCHOOL MAPLE 5K: The whole fam runs a race through school grounds and a sugar bush to celebrate the start of spring. Prizes, snacks and sugarhouse tours follow. Rock Point School, Burlington, 8:30-11 a.m. $15; preregister. Info, 863-1104.

ONLINE PRENATAL YOGA: See WED.23, 12:30-1:15 p.m.

PAJAMA STORY TIME: Puppets and picture books enhance a special prebedtime story hour for kids in their PJs. Birth through age 5. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 5:30-6 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6956.

barre/montpelier

WINTER STORY TIME & PLAYGROUP: Participants ages 6 and under hear stories, sing songs, and have hot tea and oatmeal around the fire. Dress warmly. Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 426-3581.

stowe/smuggs

DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: Players ages 9 through 13 go on a fantasy adventure with dungeon master Andy. Morristown Centennial Library, Morrisville, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 888-3853.

KARMA KIDZ YOGA OPEN STUDIO SATURDAYS: Young yogis of all ages and their caregivers drop in for some fun breathing and movement activities. Kamalika-K, Essex Junction, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Donations. Info, 871-5085. MARCH MADNESS TOURNAMENT OF BOOKS WINNERS ANNOUNCED: After a month of voting, the bracket winning books are revealed and winners receive their prizes. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 11 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 878-6956. SUGAR-ON-SNOW PARTIES: Sweeties of all ages sample syrup candy, participate in sugaring demonstrations and learn all about bird-friendly maple production. Audubon Vermont Sugarhouse, Huntington, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Info, 434-3068.

upper valley

FAMILY FUN DAY: Families revel in the outdoor fun with a packed day of winter games, story time, fairy hunts, raptor demonstrations and pop-up play. Vermont Institute of Natural Science, Quechee, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Regular admission, $15-17.50; free for members and kids 3 and under. Info, 359-5000.

northeast kingdom

VERMONT ANIMATION FESTIVAL: IMAGINATION IN MOTION: Calling all Claymation fans! Participants mold their own characters, storyboard together, and combine old and new techniques to create a short animation. See calendar spotlight. Harvey Academic Center, Lyndonville, 9:30-11 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 748-2600.

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food & drink

ETHIOPIAN & ERITREAN YASA TIBS: Eritrean chef Mulu Tewelde demonstrates how to prepare a lime- and berbereflavored sautéed fish stew, as well as a fresh vegetable salad. Presented by City Market, Onion River Co-op. 5:30-7 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, info@citymarket. coop. SUP CON GUSTO TAKEOUT SUPPER SERIES: Philly transplants Randy Camacho and Gina Cocchiaro serve up three-course and à la carte menus shaped by seasonal Vermont ingredients. See supcongustovt.com to preorder. Richmond Community Kitchen, 5-8 p.m. Various prices. Info, gustogastronomics@gmail. com.

games

BRIDGE CLUB: A lively group plays a classic, tricky game in pairs. Morristown Centennial Library, Morrisville, 6-7 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, morrisvillebridge@ outlook.com. WHIST CARD GAME CLUB: Players of all experience levels congregate for some friendly competition. Morristown Centennial Library, Morrisville, 12:30-3 p.m. Free. Info, 888-3853.

health & fitness

CHAIR YOGA WITH LINDA: Every week is a new adventure in movement and mindfulness at this Morristown Centennial Library virtual class. 10:15-11:15 a.m. Free. Info, 888-3853.

music

BRIT FLOYD: An internationally beloved Pink Floyd tribute band plays hits from The Wall, The Dark Side of the Moon and other classic albums. The Flynn, Burlington, 8 p.m. $50-71. Info, 863-5966. JEFFREY BUETTNER: The Middlebury College professor delivers a special lecture on the choral traditions of Ukraine and the Ukrainian Roma. McCarthy Arts Center, Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, 4-6 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2665.

outdoors

PUBLIC HEARINGS ON DEER & MOOSE: See WED.23. Lake Region Union High School, Orleans.

seminars

BETHEL UNIVERSITY: See WED.23. ENERGY INNOVATIONS FOR YOUR HOME: Homeowners learn what to prioritize when it comes to weatherizing basements or installing energy-saving heating systems. Presented by New England Federal Credit Union. 6-7 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 764-6940. FAMILY-TO-FAMILY CLASS: An eight-week class for family members of folks with mental illnesses kicks off.

Presented by National Alliance on Mental Illness Vermont. 6 p.m. Free; preregister; limited space. Info, 876-7949. U.S. CITIZENSHIP TEST PREPARATION: See WED.23. YOUR FINANCIAL CHECKUP: New England Federal Credit Union experts evaluate webinar attendees’ finances and help them get organized. Noon-1 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 764-6940.

MAR. 24 | WORDS

theater

‘THE THIN PLACE’: See WED.23.

words

ANNE BOYER: The poet, essayist and author of the award-winning literary cancer memoir The Undying reads from her work. See calendar spotlight. Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, 7-8 p.m. Free. Info, 373-1810. BOOK GROUP DISCUSSION OF ‘THE BOOK OF LOST FRIENDS’: Kellogg-Hubbard Library patrons break down Lisa Wingate’s best-selling novel about three women living in the tumultuous aftermath of the Civil War. 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338. EVENING BOOK GROUP: Lit lovers pick up a copy of Nomadland by Jessica Bruder at the South Burlington Public Library to discuss at a virtual book club. 6-7 p.m. Free. Info, 383-4140. PHOENIX BOOKS VIRTUAL POETRY OPEN MIC: Wordsmiths read their work at this evening hosted by local performance poet Bianca Amira Zanella. 7 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 855-8078.

FRI.25 activism

SPECTRUM’S SLEEP OUT 2022: Teams and individuals camp out in person or virtually to raise money for Spectrum Youth & Family Services’ efforts with homeless youth. Taylor Park, St. Albans, 9 p.m. Donations; preregister. Info, 864-7423.

climate crisis

EEE LECTURES: KELLY HAMSHAW: The Education & Enrichment for Everyone series concludes with the University of Vermont lecturer’s talk about the front lines of climate injustice in Vermont’s mobile home communities. 2-3 p.m. $45 for season pass. Info, 343-5177.

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ALLISON DE GROOT & NIC GAREISS: A banjo-wielding bluegrass star teams up with an innovative Irish and Appalachian step dancer to create a delightful combination of timeless tunes and jaw-dropping footwork. Richmond Free Library, 7 p.m. $20. Info, tom@youngtradition vermont.org.

SEVEN DAYS MARCH 23-30, 2022

Politics of Care

SAT.26

Poet and essayist Anne Boyer has written chapbooks (My Common Heart), poetry collections (The Romance of Happy Workers), and lyric prose about capitalism, art and womanhood (Garments Against Women). But after being diagnosed with highly aggressive breast cancer in 2014, she wrote her most celebrated work yet: The Undying: Pain, Vulnerability, Mortality, Medicine, Art, Time, Dreams, Data, Exhaustion, Cancer, and Care. This harrowing, genre-bending memoir of survival takes readers on a dispiriting journey through the trials of America’s health care system, asking what is making us sick and how we might help each other heal.

ANNE BOYER Thursday, March 24, 7-8 p.m., at Vermont Studio Center in Johnson. Free. Info, 635-2727, vermontstudiocenter.org.

film

See what’s playing at local theaters in the On Screen section. ‘BACKYARD WILDERNESS 3D’: See WED.23. ‘DINOSAURS OF ANTARCTICA 3D’: See WED.23. ‘MEERKATS 3D’: See WED.23. ‘SPACE: UNRAVELING THE COSMOS’: See WED.23. VERMONT ANIMATION FESTIVAL: JO DERY: The festival keynote speaker paints a picture of her career in animation, followed by a screening of selected films. Alexander Twilight Theatre, Northern Vermont UniversityLyndon, Lyndonville, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, kate.renner@northern vermont.edu. VERMONT ANIMATION FESTIVAL: SCREENING & DISCUSSION: Professional and aspiring animators discuss themes of isolation in two short films: Beth David and Esteban Bravo’s Heartbeat and Don Hertzfeld’s Everything

Will Be Okay. Northern Vermont University-Lyndon, Lyndonville, 5-6 p.m. Free. Info, kate.renner@ northernvermont.edu.

health & fitness ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION EXERCISE PROGRAM: See WED.23.

ONLINE GUIDED MEDITATION: Dorothy Alling Memorial Library invites attendees to relax on their lunch breaks and reconnect with their bodies. Noon-12:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, programs@ damlvt.org. QIGONG WITH GERRY SANDWEISS: Beginners learn this ancient Chinese practice of meditative movement. Presented by Norman Williams Public Library. 8:30-9:30 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, programs@ normanwilliams.org.

outdoors

FIRESIDE FAT TIRE E-BIKE TOURS: Snowy cyclers explore the

scenic rail trail, stopping at breweries along the way and finishing with a fireside marshmallow roast. Lamoille Valley Bike Tours, Johnson, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. & 4 p.m. $70; preregister. Info, 730-0161.

seminars

BETHEL UNIVERSITY: See WED.23.

theater

‘EURYDICE’: The Foul Contending Rebels Theatre Collective presents contemporary playwright Sarah Ruhl’s lyrical reinterpretation of the classic Greek myth. Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 7:30-9 p.m. $10-40. Info, foulcontending rebels@gmail.com. ‘THE THIN PLACE’: See WED.23.

activism

SPECTRUM’S SLEEP OUT 2022: See FRI.25, 7 a.m.

agriculture

ALL ABOUT CRAB APPLES: Home gardeners practice and enhance their shearing skills on the university’s crab apple orchard. BYO pruning tools. University of Vermont Horticulture Research Center, South Burlington, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, info@ friendsofthehortfarm.org. MAPLE OPEN HOUSE WEEKEND: Visitors are in for a sweet weekend packed with tours, demonstrations and delicious treats. See vermontmaple.org for all participating locations. Various locations statewide. Free. Info, 786-9437. PRUNER’S WORKSHOP: Friends of the Horticulture Farm member Tom Shea demonstrates ornamental ways of trimming shrubs and trees. University of Vermont Horticulture Research Center, South Burlington, 2-4 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, info@friendsof thehortfarm.org.

dance

GREEN MOUNTAIN CABARET: Vermont’s own body-positive neoburlesque troupe takes to the stage for an evening of raunchy, riveting performance. Flynn Space, Burlington, 8 p.m. $25. Info, 863-5966.

education

SPRING OPEN HOUSE: The university welcomes curious applicants to learn about

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admissions, student life, financial aid and campus housing. SUNY Plattsburgh, N.Y., 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 518-564-2040.

film

See what’s playing at local theaters in the On Screen section. ‘BACKYARD WILDERNESS 3D’: See WED.23. BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL FILM SERIES: ‘BAMBOOZLED’: Rajnii Eddins hosts a screening of Spike Lee’s blisteringly funny confrontation of racism in American pop culture, released in 2000. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 3-5 p.m. Free. Info, 863-3403. ‘DINOSAURS OF ANTARCTICA 3D’: See WED.23. ‘DON CARLOS’: For the first time, the Metropolitan Opera presents the original five-act French version of Verdi’s epic tale of doomed love during the Spanish Inquisition. Paramount Theatre, Rutland, noon. $23. Info, 775-0903. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury. $16-25. Info, 748-2600. Town Hall Theater, Middlebury. $10-24. Info, 382-9222. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H. $10-22. Info, 603-646-2422. ‘MEERKATS 3D’: See WED.23. ‘SPACE: UNRAVELING THE COSMOS’: See WED.23. VERMONT ANIMATION FESTIVAL: 3D FOR 2D: Animators and game designers learn how 3D modeling software can be useful even to those who want to create 2D environments. Virtual option available. Ages 16 and up. Harvey Academic Center, Lyndonville, 1-3 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 748-2600. VERMONT ANIMATION FESTIVAL: ALL THINGS PREPRODUCTION!: Professional and aspiring animators learn the steps that go into creating a cartoon before the animation even starts. Virtual option available. Ages 16 and up. Harvey Academic Center, Lyndonville, 10 a.m.-noon. Free; preregister. Info, 748-2600.

food & drink

MIDDLEBURY FARMERS MARKET: Produce, prepared foods and local products are available for purchase at this year-round bazaar. Middlebury VFW Hall, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Free. Info, middleburyfarmersmkt@ yahoo.com. WAFFLE DAY & MAPLE OPEN HOUSE: Sweden’s National Waffle Day collides with Vermont maple season for a day packed with hot-off-the-iron treats, syrup tastings and live glassblowing demonstrations. AO Glass, Burlington, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Free. Info, 540-0125.

health & fitness

SUN-STYLE TAI CHI FOR FALL PREVENTION: Seniors boost their strength and balance through gentle, flowing movements. Father Lively Center,

St. Johnsbury, 10-11 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 751-0431.

music

CATAMOUNT ARTS BLUEGRASS NIGHT: The Vermont Mandolin Trio and father-daughter duo Bob and Sarah Amos present a foot-stomping program of roots tunes. Catamount ArtPort, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. Donations. Info, 748-2600. GAMELAN GALAK TIKA: RESCHEDULED. The Balinese percussion orchestra gives a powerful, colorful performance. Next Stage Arts Project, Putney, 7:30 p.m. $18-22. Info, 387-0102. SPRING CONCERT SERIES: HUNGRYTOWN: The folk duo demonstrates its commitment to authentic songwriting and honest musicality. South Burlington Public Library & City Hall, 12:30-1:30 p.m. Free. Info, 846-4140. VSO CLASSICAL SERIES: TANIA MILLER & STEPHEN HOUGH: The candidate for Vermont Symphony Orchestra musical director and the acclaimed British pianist present a riveting evening of music from Sri Lanka, Finland and beyond. The Flynn, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $8.3554.23. Info, 863-5966.

outdoors

‘EURYDICE’: See FRI.25, 2-3:30 & 7:30-9 p.m. ‘THE THIN PLACE’: See WED.23, 2 & 7:30 p.m.

words

POETRY EXPERIENCE: Local wordsmith Rajnii Eddins hosts a supportive writing and sharing circle for poets of all ages. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 1-3 p.m. Free. Info, 863-3403.

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agriculture bazaars

SMATTERINGS MARKET: BTV Flea presents a carefully curated market full of art and vintage goods, soundtracked by jazz. Burlington Beer Company, noon-4 p.m. Free. Info, events@ burlingtonbeercompany.com.

film

GREEN MOUNTAIN AUDUBON SOCIETY LAKEWATCH: Participants observe and log the shoreline birds of Lake Champlain alongside Green Mountain Audubon Society members. BYO transportation for caravanning between stops. Shelburne Bay Fish and Wildlife Access, 8-11 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, gmas@greenmountain audubon.org.

‘MEERKATS 3D’: See WED.23.

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

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film See what’s playing at theaters in the On Screen section.

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health & fitness

COMMUNITY MINDFULNESS PRACTICE: New and experienced meditators are always welcome to join this weekly practice in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hahn. Sangha Studio — Pine, Burlington, 6:30-8:15 p.m. Free. Info, newleafsangha@gmail.com.

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LGBTQ FIBER ARTS GROUP: A knitting, crocheting and weaving session welcomes all ages, gender identities, sexual orientations and skill levels. Presented by the Pride Center of Vermont. noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, laurie@ pridecentervt.org.

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SUNDAY MORNING MEDITATION: Mindful folks experience sitting and walking meditation in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. Shambhala Meditation Center, Burlington, 9 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, lungta108@gmail.com.

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music

CHAMPLAIN TRIO: A violinist, a cellist and a pianist transport audiences to France with a program featuring works by Cécile Chaminade, Lili Boulanger and Fauré. Plainfield Town Hall Opera House, 4-5 p.m. Donations. Info, 498-3173.

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‘BACKYARD WILDERNESS 3D’: See WED.23. ‘DINOSAURS OF ANTARCTICA 3D’: See WED.23.

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FIRESIDE FAT TIRE E-BIKE TOURS: See FRI.25.

seminars

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DAN & FAITH: The husband-andwife multi-instrumentalist duo delivers old-school folk and 1960s coffeehouse vibes. Stage 33 Live, Bellows Falls, 7-8:30 p.m. $5. Info, stage33@stage33live.com. UMASS PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE: The college group hits it out of the park under the direction of marimbist Ayano Kataoka. Brattleboro Museum & Art Center, 7 p.m. $5; free for members and kids under 18. Info, 257-0124.

seminars

BETHEL UNIVERSITY: See WED.23.

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

theater

‘EURYDICE’: See FRI.25. ‘THE THIN PLACE’: See WED.23, 2 p.m.

words

NATURE & ENVIRONMENT BOOK SALE: NBNC’s new Syz Family Nature Lending Library sells hundreds of overstock nature guides, travelogues and other environmental nonfiction. Proceeds benefit the library’s ongoing efforts to grow its collection of titles by BIPOC authors. North Branch Nature Center, Montpelier, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Info, 229-6206.

MON.28 community

Find visual art exhibits and events in the Art section and at sevendaysvt.com/art.

WINOOSKI CLEANUP DAY: Volunteers join Winooski Partnership for Prevention in clearing up litter around the school. Free lunch follows. Meet at Normand St. and Main St. Downtown Winooski, 3:15-4:30 p.m. Free. Info, jhenderson@ winooskiprevention.org.

film

art

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games

BRIDGE CLUB: See THU.24, 1-2 p.m.

health & fitness ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION EXERCISE PROGRAM: See WED.23.

COMMUNITY EDUCATION SERIES 2022: GAMBLING & ITS EFFECTS: The Howard Center kicks off this public mental health series with a panel discussion and Q&A focused on available treatments for gambling addiction. 6-7 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 488-6912. WEEKLY CHAIR YOGA: Those with mobility challenges or who are new to yoga practice balance and build strength through gentle, supported movements. Twin Valley Senior Center, East Montpelier, 3 p.m. Free; preregister; donations accepted. Info, 223-6954.

language

‘MEERKATS 3D’: See WED.23.

ENGLISH CONVERSATION CIRCLE: Locals learning English as a second language gather in the Board Room to build vocabulary and make friends. South Burlington Public Library & City Hall, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 846-4140.

‘SPACE: UNRAVELING THE COSMOS’: See WED.23.

seminars

‘BACKYARD WILDERNESS 3D’: See WED.23. ‘DINOSAURS OF ANTARCTICA 3D’: See WED.23.

food & drink

BETHEL UNIVERSITY: See WED.23.

SOURDOUGH 101, PART 4: CAKE: In the last of four

U.S. CITIZENSHIP TEST PREPARATION: See WED.23, noon-1:30 & 3:30-4:45 p.m.

River Anglers. Swift House Inn, Middlebury, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 989-5748.

words

dance

MONTHLY BOOK GROUP FOR ADULTS: Leaving Coy’s Hill by Katherine A. Sherbrooke inspires a lively conversation. Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 426-3581. MONTHLY TRUSTEE MEETING: Members of the public are encouraged to attend and ask questions as the Norman Williams Public Library board meets over Zoom. 5:15-7 p.m. Free. Info, 457-2295. NATURE & ENVIRONMENT BOOK SALE: See SUN.27.

film

See what’s playing at local theaters in the On Screen section. ‘BACKYARD WILDERNESS 3D’: See WED.23. ‘DINOSAURS OF ANTARCTICA 3D’: See WED.23. ‘MEERKATS 3D’: See WED.23.

TUE.29 business

VERMONT DEPARTMENT OF LABOR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT: Job seekers drop in for tips on résumé writing, applying for jobs, and training. Morristown Centennial Library, Morrisville, 9:30 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 888-3853.

community

CURRENT EVENTS DISCUSSION GROUP: Brownell Library hosts a virtual roundtable for neighbors to pause and reflect on the news cycle. 10-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 878-6955.

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SWING DANCING: Local Lindy hoppers and jitterbuggers convene at Vermont Swings’ weekly boogie-down. Bring clean shoes. Beginner lessons, 6:30 p.m. Champlain Club, Burlington, 7:309 p.m. $5. Info, 864-8382.

FLY TYING TUESDAYS: Fisher folk share stories and strategies with fellow anglers in preparation for the season ahead. BYO equipment. Hosted by the New Haven

RICK WINSTON: A film historian explores the cinematic history of France under German occupation during World War II. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 863-3403. ‘SPACE: UNRAVELING THE COSMOS’: See WED.23.

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EDGAR MEYER & SCOTTISH ENSEMBLE: The inimitable double bassist teams up with the celebrated Glasgow-based string group for an exquisite mix of classical and bluegrass flavors. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7:30 p.m. $18-50. Info, 603-646-2422. ITZHAK PERLMAN: The legendary violinist performs an intimate recital and regales the audience with stories from his life and career. The Flynn, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $75-125. Info, 863-5966.

outdoors

PUBLIC HEARINGS ON DEER & MOOSE: See THU.24. 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 828-7498.

seminars

BETHEL UNIVERSITY: See WED.23.

food & drink

SHERI WILSON: The baker celebrates the launch of her new cookbook, Caketopia: Your Guide to Decorating Buttercream Cakes With Flair, with a demonstration of her Enchanted Forest Cake. Presented by Phoenix Books. 7 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 448-3350.

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through one-on-one time with experienced tutors. Mercy Connections, Burlington, 9-11 a.m. Free. Info, 846-7063.

ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNING & ACADEMIC TUTORING: Students improve their reading, writing, math or ELL skills

MAP!: MAKE AN ACTION PLAN: Guest speakers and the Mercy Connections team help students plan how to live their best post-pandemic lives. 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 846-7063.

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VR EXPERIENCE: ANNE FRANK’S HOUSE: Library patrons ages 10 and up take a virtual reality tour of the Dutch Holocaust remembrance museum. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 4-6 p.m. Free. Info, 863-3403.

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FFL READS BOOK DISCUSSION: ‘MAUS’: As part of the library’s “Courage to Remember” Holocaust history series, readers ages 12 and up discuss Art Spiegelman’s seminal graphic novel. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 4-5:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 863-3403. ITTY BITTY PUBLIC SKATE: See WED.23. STORIES WITH MEGAN: Bookworms ages 2 through 5 enjoy fun-filled reading time. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 11-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 863-3403.

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INDOOR PRESCHOOL STORY TIME: Small groups enjoy a cozy session of reading, rhyming and singing. Birth through age 5. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 10:30-11 a.m. Free; preregister; limited space. Info, 878-4918.

workshops, Heike Meyer of Brot Bakehouse teaches home bakers how to use their starter to leaven delicious desserts. Presented by City Market, Onion River Co-op. 5:30-7 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, info@citymarket.coop.

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BABY/TODDLER STORY TIME WITH MS. CYNTHIA: Tiny tykes have fun, hear stories and meet new friends in the children’s section. Waterbury Public Library, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 244-7036.

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ONLINE PRENATAL YOGA: See WED.23, 12:30-1:30 p.m. OPEN HOUSE FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS & THEIR PARENTS: Community College of Vermont hosts a virtual session for prospective students interested in attending college for free while simultaneously earning high school credit. 6-7 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 800-228-6686. PRESCHOOL STORY TIME: See THU.24.

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SING-ALONG WITH LINDA BASSICK: Babies, toddlers and preschoolers sing, dance and wiggle along with Linda. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 11-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 863-3403.

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PRESCHOOL STORY TIME ON THE GREEN: Dorothy Alling Memorial Library leads half an hour of stories, rhymes and songs. Williston Town Green, 10-10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

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ELEGANT LIFT: A PAPER ENGINEERING WORKSHOP: Aspiring engineers and artists alike craft 3D creations out of paper at this three-day afterschool class. Grades 5 through 8. Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 2:30-5 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 426-3581.

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PRESCHOOL STORY TIME: Kiddos 5 and younger share in stories, crafts and rhymes. Morristown Centennial Library, Morrisville, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 888-3853. STEAM AFTERSCHOOL: Kids learn art, science and math through games and crafts, including paper airplane races, Lego competitions and origami. Ages 6 and up. Morristown Centennial Library, Morrisville, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 888-3853.

TEEN SONGWRITING: Budding lyricists pick up the basics of song structure in this monthlong workshop. Ages 13 through 18. Morristown Centennial Library, Morrisville, 3-4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 888-3853.

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BABY STORY TIME: Librarians and finger-puppet friends introduce babies 20 months and younger to the joy of reading. Norman Williams Public Library, Woodstock, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 457-2295.

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ONLINE PRENATAL YOGA: See WED.23. ZENTANGLE WORKSHOP: Doodlers ages 12 through adulthood draw intricate patterns as a form of meditation. Presented by Norman Williams Public Library. 2-4 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, programs@ normanwilliams.org.

burlington

CRAFTERNOON: See WED.23. ITTY BITTY PUBLIC SKATE: See WED.23. STEAM SPACE: See WED.23.

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AFTERSCHOOL MEDITATIVE COLORING: Artistic types of all ages get mindful by drawing along to a soothing soundtrack. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 2-3 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 878-4918. LEGO BUILDERS: See WED.23. STORY TIME: See WED.23.

barre/montpelier

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TEEN ADVISORY BOARD MEETING: Teenagers snack on free food and take an active role in their local library. Morristown Centennial Library, Morrisville, 3-4 p.m. Free. Info, youthservices@centenniallibrary.org. WEDNESDAY CRAFTERNOON: See WED.23. K

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MAGGIE DOYNE: The author of Between the Mountain and the Sky: A Mother’s Story of Love, Loss, Healing, and Hope speaks with her BlinkNow colleague Luke Metcalf. Presented by Norman Williams Public Library. 4-5 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, programs@normanwilliams. org.

Hall, 6-7:30 p.m. Free; limited space. Info, 846-4140.

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ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION EXERCISE PROGRAM: See WED.23.

AYURVEDA: Maryellen Crangle and Dorothy Alling Memorial Library begin a 12-week introduction to this ancient Indian and Nepalese healing and lifestyle tradition. 2-3:30 p.m. Free; preregister; limited space. Info, programs@damlvt.org.

WORK IN PROGRESS: Members of this writing group motivate each other to put pen to paper for at least an hour, then debrief together. Morristown Centennial Library, Morrisville, 5-7 p.m. Free. Info, 888-3853.

CHAIR YOGA: See WED.23.

language

ELL CLASSES: ENGLISH FOR BEGINNERS & INTERMEDIATE STUDENTS: See WED.23.

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agriculture

VERMONT LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY MIXER: The Pride Center of Vermont gathers queer and trans folks from all over the state to make friends and build community. 6 p.m. Free. Info, richard@pridecentervt.org.

GARDENING CLUB: Growers of all ages and experience levels convene to swap ideas for planned raised flower and herb beds at the library. Morristown Centennial Library, Morrisville, 6-7 p.m. Free. Info, 888-3853.

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business

ADULT UKULELE CLASS: See WED.23.

CHAMBER SMARTS & CENTS: The Central Vermont Chamber of Commerce teaches business owners how to protect against the threat of cyberattacks. 1-2 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 229-5711. WHAT IS WI-FI MARKETING & WHY IS IT IMPORTANT?: Jodi Lawaich, chief marketing officer at Rural Solutions, teaches business owners how providing internet to customers can double as a moneymaking opportunity. 10 a.m.-noon. Free; preregister. Info, 860-1417, ext. 121.

community

MEET YOUR (NEW) NEIGHBOR: MARCH EDITION: Next Stage Arts rolls out the virtual welcome wagon for new Vermonters in the Putney area. 7:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 387-0102. VERMONT WOMEN’S MENTORING PROGRAM: See WED.23.

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Vermont writer, former NPR commentator and founder of the Endangered Alphabets Project Tim Brookes unveils his new board game, Ulus: Legends of the Nomads. On its face, Ulus may appear to be just a resource trading game like Catan or a tactical battle game like Magic: The Gathering; players embody one of the Mongol gods and try to collect the best champions and earthly assets. But Brookes has an ulterior motive: to preserve the Mongolian culture and written language, both of which are threatened by Chinese dominance.

TIM BROOKES Wednesday, March 30, 6-7:30 p.m., at South Burlington Public Library. Free; limited space. Info, 846-4140, southburlingtonlibrary.org.

FIRESIDE KNITTING GROUP: See WED.23.

film

See what’s playing at local theaters in the On Screen section. ‘AU REVOIR LES ENFANTS’: In Louis Malle’s 1987 war drama, two boys at a Catholic boarding school in Nazi-occupied France encounter life-changing friendship and devastating loss. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 863-3403. ‘BACKYARD WILDERNESS 3D’: See WED.23. ‘THE CRYING GAME’: An unlikely entanglement develops between an Irish Republican

Army volunteer and a kidnapped British soldier in this 1992 thriller. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 748-2600. ‘DINOSAURS OF ANTARCTICA 3D’: See WED.23. ‘MEERKATS 3D’: See WED.23. ‘SPACE: UNRAVELING THE COSMOS’: See WED.23.

games

TIM BROOKES: The former NPR writer and founder of the Endangered Alphabets Project demonstrates his new board game, Ulus: Legends of the Nomads, which is dedicated to preserving Mongolian culture. See calendar spotlight. South Burlington Public Library & City

CELTIC WOMAN: The worldrenowned singing group presents a new show celebrating the music, movement and history of Ireland. The Flynn, Burlington, 7 p.m. $42.35-162. Info, 863-5966.

seminars

BETHEL UNIVERSITY: See WED.23. U.S. CITIZENSHIP TEST PREPARATION: See WED.23.

tech

PRODUCTION ELEMENTS WORKSHOP: Vermont arts and culture organizations get a comprehensive intro to camerawork, audio and lighting. Presented by the Vermont Arts Council and Media Factory. 10 a.m.-noon. Free; preregister. Info, 828-3291.

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language ADULT LIVE SPANISH E-CLASSES: Join us for adult Spanish classes this spring, using Zoom online videoconferencing. Our 16th year. Learn from a native speaker via small group classes and individual instruction. You’ll always be participating and speaking. Five different levels. Note: Classes fill up fast. See our website or contact us for details. Cost: $270/10 classes, 90+ min. each, 1/wk. Location: Spanish in Waterbury Center, online. Info: 585-1025, spanishparavos@gmail. com, spanishwaterburycenter.com.

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VERMONT BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU: This school was developed to communicate the importance of proper, legitimate and complete Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu instruction. We cover fundamentals of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu with a realistic approach to self-defense training skills in a friendly, safe and positive environment. All are welcome; no experience required. Develop confidence, strength and endurance. Julio Cesar “Foca” Fernandez Nunes was born and raised on the shores of Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Earning his black belt and representing the Carlson Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Team, Julio “Foca” went on to become a five-time Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu National Champion, three-time Rio de Janeiro State Champion and two-time IBJJF World JiuJitsu Champion! Julio “Foca” is the only CBJJP, USBJJF and IBJJF-certified seventh-degree coral belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and self-defense instructor under late grand master Carlson Gracie Sr. currently teaching in the USA. Accept no Iimitations! Location: Vermont Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, 55 Leroy Rd., Williston. Info: 598-2839, julio@bjjusa.com, vermontbjj.com.

DJEMBE & TAIKO DRUMMING: JOIN US!: New classes (outdoor mask optional/ masks indoors), starting on Jan 10. Taiko Tue., Wed.; Djembe Wed.; Kids & Parents Tue., Wed. Conga classes by request! Schedule/register online. Location: Taiko Space, 208 Flynn Ave., Suite 3G, Burlington. Info: 999-4255, spaton55@gmail. com, burlingtontaiko.org.

ANXIETY: ONLINE GROUP THERAPY: Don’t struggle alone — join our online counseling group for anxiety disorders, facilitated by a Vermont mental health counselor. Learn, share and heal with a caring group of fellow anxiety warriors. Affordable and confidential. Every Sun. 7:30-9:00 p.m. Cost: $25. Location: Online. Info: Wylie Shipman, 557-5550, wylie@ panicsucks.com, panicsucks.com/ groups.

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shamanism

AFTERLIFE JOURNEY OF THE SOUL: Where do we go after we leave the physical plane? Carl Jung and a wide variety of spiritual traditions are clear: The soul’s journey does not end at death. Learn why Jung felt that it’s essential to have a sense of what to expect after we die. Led by Sue Mehrtens. Wed., Apr. 6, 13, 20, 27 & May 4, 7-9 p.m. Cost: $60/ Paypal or check. Location: Jungian Center, Zoom. Info: Sue Mehrtens, 244-7909, info@jungiancenter.org, jungiancenter.org.

EXTRAORDINARY REALITIES: Evidence of shamanic practice goes back 50,000+ years all around the world. Learn how to journey into the spirit realms to meet with compassionate helping spirits. You will have the opportunity to meet your power animal and spirit teacher, and experience an introduction to core shamanic divination and healing. Apr. 23 & 24, starting at 9:30 a.m. Cost: $225/11-hr. class. Location: Shaman’s Flame Workshop Center, 644 Log Town Rd., Woodbury. Info: Peter Clark, 456-8735, peterclark13@gmail.com, shamansflame.com.

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Legal Notices ACT 250 NOTICE MINOR APPLICATION 4C11537A10 V.S.A. §§ 6001 - 6111 On March 11, 2022, Pizzagalli Properties, LLC, 462 Shelburne Road, Suite 101, Burlington, VT 05401 filed application number 4C1153-7A for a project generally described as construction of a 1,910 sf. addition to an existing 57,090 sf. medical office building on Lot 5. The addition will result in a loss of six parking spaces. The project is located at 350 Tilley Drive in South Burlington, Vermont. This application can be viewed online by visiting the Act 250 Database: (https://anrweb.vt.gov/ANR/ Act250/Details.aspx?Num=4C1153-7A). No hearing will be held and a permit will be issued unless, on or before April 8, 2022, a party notifies the District 4 Commission in writing of an issue requiring a hearing, or the Commission sets the matter for a hearing on its own motion. Any person as defined in 10 V.S.A. § 6085(c)(1) may request a hearing. Any hearing request must be in writing, must state the criteria or sub-criteria at issue, why a hearing is required, and what additional evidence will be presented at the hearing. Any hearing request by an adjoining property owner or other person eligible for party status under 10 V.S.A. § 6085(c)(1)(E) must include a petition for party status under the Act 250 Rules. To request party status and a hearing, fill out the Party Status Petition Form on the Board’s website: https://nrb. vermont.gov/documents/party-status-petitionform, and email it to the District 4 Office at: NRB. Act250Essex@vermont.gov. Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law may not be prepared unless the Commission holds a public hearing. For more information contact Stephanie H. Monaghan at the address or telephone number below. Dated this March 17, 2022. By: Stephanie H. Monaghan District Coordinator 111 West Street Essex Junction, VT 05452 stephanie.monaghan@vermont.gov

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ACT 250 NOTICE MINOR APPLICATION 4C1345 10 V.S.A. §§ 6001 - 6111 On February 18, 2022, State of Vermont Department of Buildings & General Services, 133 State Street, 5th Floor, Montpelier, VT 05633-5801 filed application number 4C1345 for a project generally described as construction of a new public safety building (12,561+/- SF) and one storage building (11,022 SF). Water and sewer will be connected to the Town of Williston municipal systems. Access will be from a new access drive to be shared with the proposed VTRANS Park-Ride facility to the north (previously permitted under LUP 4C0699-2A). The project is located at 3294 St. George Road in Williston, Vermont. The application was deemed complete on March 4, 2022. This application can be viewed online by visiting the Act 250 Database: (https://anrweb.vt.gov/ANR/ Act250/Details.aspx?Num=4C1345). No hearing will be held and a permit will be issued unless, on or before April 11, 2022, a party notifies the District 4 Commission in writing of an issue requiring a hearing, or the Commission sets the matter for a hearing on its own motion. Any person as defined in 10 V.S.A. § 6085(c)(1) may request a hearing. Any hearing request must be in writing, must state the criteria or sub-criteria at issue, why a hearing is required, and what additional evidence will be presented at the hearing. Any hearing request by an adjoining property owner or other person eligible for party status under 10 V.S.A. § 6085(c)(1)(E) must include a petition for party status under the Act 250 Rules. To request party status and a hearing, fill out the Party Status Petition Form on the Board’s website: https://nrb. vermont.gov/documents/party-status-petitionform, and email it to the District 4 Office at: NRB. Act250Essex@vermont.gov. Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law may not be prepared unless the Commission holds a public hearing. Dated this March 16, 2022. By: Stephanie H. Monaghan District Coordinator 111 West Street

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ACT 250 NOTICE MINOR APPLICATION 4C1301-5 10 V.S.A. 6001 - 6111 On February 25, 2022, City of Burlington, 149 Church St, Burlington, VT 05401 and City of Burlington, Attn: Cynthia Wight, 645 Pine Street, Suite B, Burlington, VT 05401 filed application number 4C1301-5 for a project generally described as the restoration of the Red Stone Cottage and attached addition to include repairs and renovation plus creating an accessible entrance. The building currently serves as offices and maintenance home for the City’s conservation program and will continue to serve that role after the renovation. The project is located in Kieslich Park at 311 North Avenue in Burlington, Vermont. This application can be viewed online by visiting the Act 250 Database: https://anrweb.vt.gov/ANR/Act250/ Details.aspx?Num=4C1301-5.

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No hearing will be held and a permit will be issued unless, on or before April 4, 2022, a party notifies the District 4 Commission in writing of an issue requiring a hearing, or the Commission sets the matter for a hearing on its own motion. Any person as defined in 10 V.S.A. 6085(c)(1) may request a hearing. Any hearing request must be in writing, must state the criteria or sub-criteria at issue, why a hearing is required, and what additional evidence will be presented at the hearing. Any hearing request by an adjoining property owner or other person eligible for party status under 10 V.S.A. 6085(c)(1)(E) must include a petition for party status under the Act 250 Rules. To request party status and a hearing, fill out the Party Status Petition Form on the Board’s website: https://nrb. vermont.gov/documents/party-status-petitionform, and email it to the District 4 Office at: NRB. Act250Essex@vermont.gov. Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law may not be prepared unless the Commission holds a public hearing. For more information contact Stephanie H.

INVITATION TO BID: SEWER CLEANING TRUCK The Village of Essex is accepting bids for a 2023 Combination Sewer Cleaning Truck with 12 Yard Debris Body. Bids are due by 4:00p.m. on Monday, April 11. More information can be found at www. essexjunction.org. Contact: Rick Jones (rick@ essexjunction.org).

NOTICE OF SELF STORAGE LIEN SALE EXIT 16 SELF STORAGE 295 RATHE RD COLCHESTER, VT. 05446 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE CONTENTS OF THE SELF STORAGE UNITS LISTED BELOW WILL BE SOLD AT AUCTION NAME OF OCCUPANT - UNIT SIZE JESSICA DAVIS 10 X 20 TYRONE VINCENT 10 X 20 ERIK HANCE 10 X 10 ERIK HANCE 10 X 10 HENRY HUDSON 10 X 10 JESSICA & SHAWN GAGNON 10 X 10 JD JANGDON 5 X 10 AUCTION WILL TAKE PLACE: SATURDAY APRIL 9, 2022 AT 9:00 AM AT EXIT 16 SELF STORAGE 295 RATHE RD COLCHESTER, VT. 05446 UNITS WILL BE OPENED FOR VIEWING IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO THE AUCTION.SALE SHALL BE BY LIVE AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER. CONTENTS OF THE ENTIRE STORAGE UNIT WILL BE SOLD AS ONE LOT. ALL WINNING BIDDERS WILL BE REQUIRED TO PAY A $50.00 DEPOSIT WHICH WILL BE REFUNDED ONCE UNIT IS LEFT EMPTY AND BROOM SWEPT CLEAN.

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STATE OF VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT PROBATE DIVISION CHITTENDEN UNIT DOCKET NO.: 21-PR-05698 In re ESTATE of Thomas S. Erikson NOTICE TO CREDITORS To the creditors of: Thomas S. Erikson, late of Charlotte, 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 date of the first publication of this notice. The claim must be presented to me at the address listed below with a copy sent to the Court. The claim may be barred forever if it is not presented within the four (4) month period. Dated: 1/25/22 Signature of Fiduciary: /s/ Patricia E. Johnson Executor/Administrator: Patricia E. Johnson, c/o David C. Venman, Esq. P.O. Box 183 Vergennes, Vermont 05491 (802) 877-3551

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STATE OF VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT PROBATE DIVISION CHITTENDEN UNIT DOCKET NO.: 22-PR-01105 In re ESTATE of Helen Salvas NOTICE TO CREDITORS To the creditors of: Helen Salvas, 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 date of the first publication of this notice. The claim must be presented to me at the address listed below with a copy sent to the Court. The claim may be barred forever if it is not presented within the four (4) month period. Dated: 3/15/22 Signature of Fiduciary: /s/ Bonnie Heaslip Executor/Administrator: Bonnie Heaslip, PO Box 414, Shelburne, VT 05402 802-238-0918 Name of Publication: Seven Days Publication Date: March 23rd 2022 Name of Probate Court: Vermont Superior Court, Chittenden Unit Probate Division Address of Probate Court: 175 Main St, Burlington VT 05401

THE CONTENTS OF STORAGE UNIT 01-04190 LOCATED AT 28 ADAMS DRIVE, WILLISTON VT, 05495 WILL BE SOLD ON OR ABOUT APRIL 7TH 2022 TO SATISFY THE DEBT OF PETER MORGAN 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.

THE CONTENTS OF STORAGE UNIT 01-04232 LOCATED AT 28 ADAMS DRIVE, WILLISTON VT, 05495 WILL BE SOLD ON OR ABOUT APRIL 7TH 2022 TO SATISFY THE DEBT OF ALEXIS FLOWERS, 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 COLCHESTER BOARD OF SEWER COMMISSIONERS NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Pursuant to Title 24 Vermont Statutes Annotated (V.S.A.), Chapters 59, 61 and 101; and 24 APPENDIX (V.S.A.) § 113-103, the Colchester Board of Sewer Commissioners will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, April 12, 2022 at 6:30 PM to hear public comment on the following FY23 Stormwater & Wastewater Budget items: Wastewater items: •The Draft Fiscal Year 2023 Wastewater Budget in the amount of $1,672,540

TOWN OF COLCHESTER SELECTBOARD NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Pursuant to Title 24 VSA, Chapter 059, Sec. 1972(c), Section 103 through 109 of the Town of Colchester Charter, and Section 1-4 of the Colchester Code of Ordinances, the Colchester Selectboard will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, April 12, 2022 at 6:30 PM for public comment on amendments to the Colchester Code of Ordinances: Chapter 8, Onsite Wastewater and Potable Water Supply Regulations, and Chapter 12, Traffic: Chapter 8: - Move appeal authority for decisions by the Wastewater Official to the PublicWorks Director—— Clarify what exemptions under the state rules Colchester recognizes within our Delegated Wastewater Program - Update application procedures - Housekeeping edits to update references to other documents and fix typos. Chapter 12: - East Lakeshore Drive: Reducing the speed limit from 30 mph to 25mph. The meeting is currently scheduled to take place at the Town of Colchester Town Offices, 781 Blakely Road, Colchester, Vermont, in the Outer Bay Conference Room on the third floor. Alternatively, you can email comments to TownManager@ colchestervt.gov with “Proposed Edits to Chapter 8/12” in the Subject and include your name. As with in-person Citizens to be Heard, we ask that you SHARE YOUR ADDRESS. The email will be shared with the entire Selectboard prior to the meeting and included in the information packet at the next meeting. You may watch the Selectboard meeting on live stream TV: http://lcatv.org/live-stream-2. If you have questions regarding these amendments, contact the Colchester Department of Public Works at 264.5620.

TOWN OF ESSEX PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA APRIL 14, 2022-6:30 P.M. MUNICIPAL CONFERENCE ROOM,81 MAIN ST., ESSEX JCT., VT Anyone may attend this meeting in person or remotely through the following options: Zoom: https://www.essexvt.org/1043/8225/ Join-Zoom-Meeting-Essex-PC Call: 1-888-788-0099 | Meeting ID: 923 7777 6158 # | Passcode: 426269 Public wifi: https://publicservice.vermont.gov/ content/public-wifi-hotspots-vermont

2. SITE PLAN & BOUNDARY LINE ADJ.: Black Bay Ventures V, LLC & Shenk Enterprises, LLC: Proposal to construct a 106,372 SF warehouse in 2 phases at 35 Thompson Dr and convey 0.78 acres from 19 Thompson Dr to 35 Thompson Dr located in the RPD-I Zone. Tax Map 72, Parcels 9 & 10. 3. Minutes: March 24, 2022

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Operating Assistance Program; 49 U.S.C. § 5310 Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities Program, the opportunity is offered for a public hearing on a proposed Public Transit Program in the state of Vermont. Projects are described as follows: volunteer driving, transit busses, vans and taxis at an estimated total cost of $90,000 to provide transportation services to blind and visually impaired persons. Persons desiring a hearing to be held should submit written requests to the Vermont Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired and to the Vermont Agency of Transportation at the addresses below within 14 days of publication of this notice. Upon a receipt of a request, a date will be scheduled and a notice of hearing will be published. A copy of the proposal may be seen at the Project Manager’s Office. Persons desiring to make written comments should forward same to the addresses below within 14 days of publication of this notice. Transit Provider: Vermont Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired, 60 Kimball Ave., South Burlington, VT 05403. State Agency: Vermont Agency of Transportation, Public Transit Section, Barre City Place, 219 North Main Street, Barre, VT. 05641 Dated at South Burlington, County of Chittenden, State of Vermont this 23rd day of March, 2022. Steven Pouliot, Project Manager

VERMONT STANDARD OFFER PROGRAM 2022 RFP RELEASED SOLICITING OVER 5 MW OF NEW RENEWABLE ENERGY MANCHESTER, VT – On March 14, 2022, the Vermont Standard Offer Facilitator (“Facilitator”) released the Request for Proposals (“RFP”) soliciting over 5 MW of new renewable energy

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WARNING POLICY ADOPTION CHAMPLAIN VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT The Board of School Directors gives public notice of its intent to adopt local district policies dealing with the following at its meeting scheduled on April 5, 2022: E16 Flag Policy Copies of the above policies may be obtained for public review at the Office of the Human Resources Dept. in Shelburne, VT.

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PERMANENT SERVICE CHANGES PUBLIC HEARINGS GMT will be holding a series of public hearings to discuss permanent service changes to the #6 Shelburne Road, #7 North Avenue, and #86 Montpelier LINK Express. The public is welcome and encouraged to attend any of the following meetings to offer comments. Meeting #1: April 5, 2022 at 6:00PM Robert Miller Community and Recreation Center 130 Gosse Ct, Burlington, VT 05408

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VERMONT ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED Vermont Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired gives notice that, pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 5311 Non-Urbanized Transportation Program, Preventive Maintenance Program, Rural Technical Assistance Program and Marketing; Vermont State

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Saint Michael’s College invites applications for a Per-Diem Dispatcher/ Switchboard Operator for Public Safety/Fire & Rescue Departments to dispatch radio calls and operate the College switchboard. This person will be responsible for answering all incoming calls and directing calls to the appropriate party quickly, accurately, and professionally. All emergency calls are received for SMC campus and the surrounding community. Dispatch, switchboard, and emergency services experience is desirable, but we will provide training for a motivated and dependable person with demonstrated aptitude. The per diem Dispatcher/Switchboard operator works a minimum of 8 hours/month, year-round. For a complete job description and to apply online, please visit: https://bit.ly/ StMichaelsPDdispatcher.

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Join Our Team! Learn and grow in a beautiful work environment dedicated to deepening the connection between farm and table. Visit our website for more information. Open positions include: Market Team Member Barista Line Cook Pastry Cook Kitchen Porter Dining Room Server Dining Room Host Busser/Runner We offer competitive benefits: Paid time off Health care Staff meal Employee discounts Training for new hires Educational opportunities Flexible scheduling

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Housing Case Manager Essential Services Staff Charter House Coalition is an emergency shelter offering a safe, nurturing environment that assists persons experiencing homelessness and other challenges to reset and reestablish. Our services meet essential needs for healthier daily living, case management, referral services and ongoing outreach supports within the community. We accept people where they are and we respect individuals as individuals with unique strengths and challenges. See our website for current openings and to apply. Email: info@chcvt.org.

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MAIN STREET LANDING

Want a job in the arts?

IMS is a full-service, four-season, exterior maintenance management company specializing in the servicing of shopping centers & commercial properties. Our mission statement is to strive to provide exceptional service to our customers to the best of our ability with integrity, working together, as a team that values its employees. We are currently looking for a team of 2 sweeper truck operators to work overnight M-F 12:00 am - 8:30 am rotating between sweeping & handpicking commercial parking lots in Chittenden & surrounding counties. Applicants must have a valid driver’s license, be selfmotivated & reliable. Pay ranges from $20 - $25/hour based on experience.

Event & Maintenance Associate If you enjoy the arts, have an organized and helpful attitude, and would enjoy working in a beautiful location with really fun people – then this position is for you.

Duties include... • Setting up and striking events • Cleaning and providing maintenance • Assisting with all other duties necessary to contribute to an eﬃcient, well managed, and exciting Performing Arts program.

Full-time, year-round positions include snow removal services performed during winter months or opt for seasonal position and work from April November. Full-time benefits include yearly raises, quarterly bonuses, paid sick, holiday & vacation time, no employee premium health insurance, monthly health savings account contribution & simple IRA match.

Please send your cover letter and resume to Mariah Riggs.

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We are looking for a highly motivated, process-oriented, and kind human to join the People & Culture Team. As HR Generalist, you will provide day-to-day guidance, service, and support to our amazing VPR/Vermont PBS employees including benefits administration, recruitment and compliance.

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Development Director

And help build a future where both nature and people thrive. Have you dreamed of a job where you can connect passion and purpose in the company of 28 conservation colleagues in Vermont and thousands of colleagues globally? The Nature Conservancy has been conserving the lands and waters on which all life depends for over 60 years. We are rooted in our mission and guided by our values, which includes a commitment to diversity & respect for people, communities and cultures.

The Intervale Center seeks a strategic, creative Development Director to lead a supportive, successful team creating impactful fund development and communications efforts that help strengthen the community Apply for one of our two new positions: food system! The Director is accountable for the overall CONSERVATION INFORMATION MANAGER: development, fundraising, nature.ly/35lJFl1 and marketing, and engagement strategies that help deepen RIVER RESTORATION COORDINATOR: relationships with existing nature.ly/3sxffVO donors, attract new donors, and further enhance awareness of our statewide impact among 4t-NatureConservancy031622.indd 1 3/14/22 donors and other stakeholders. An ideal candidate will have a passion for cultivating and engaging with donors; excellent Neck of the Woods (NOW) is a Mad River Valleycommunication; a collaborative based multi-age organization currently hiring for and results-based approach; and summer camp staff for their very popular day program. the ability to leverage marketing and communications strategies Currently, we are looking for lead and assistant summer camp staff in support of brand synergy, to work with the Kindergarten - 5th grade programs from June 20th fundraising capacity & sales to August 16, 2022. Applicants should be 18 years of age and older, initiatives. have experience working with children, and proven group/classroom

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The Intervale Center is an E.O.E. that values diversity of experience, background, and perspective to enrich our work. Applications by members of all underrepresented groups are encouraged. Full job description & to apply, please visit our website: intervale.org/getinvolved#employment-banner

management and leadership skills. Those with proven experience in summer camp, child care, or schools preferred, and those with lifeguarding certification will be given preference. COVID-19 Precaution(s): • Remote interview process offered • Personal protective equipment provided or required • Sanitizing, disinfecting, or cleaning procedures in place 40 hours per week Send resumes to: info@neckofthewoodsvt.com

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Experience & Knowledge You Bring: At least three years of human resources experience including benefits administration. Familiarity with employment law including FMLA, Workers Compensation, ADA, EEO, etc. Proficient computer skills and program knowledge including Microsoft Office, Google Workspace, ADP Workforce Now or other HRIS system. Find the full job description and application process at VPR.org/Careers. VPR/Vermont PBS is a proud equal-opportunity employer.

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WHY NOT HAVE A JOB YOU LOVE? Join our dedicated team and together we’ll build a community where everyone participates and belongs. CCS has just increased our salaries and the positions below include a $500 sign-on bonus, a comprehensive benefits package including affordable health insurance, paid time off, paid holidays, retirement match and more. In addition, CCS has been voted one of the “Best Places to Work in Vermont” for the fourth year in a row. Our current openings of Direct Support Professionals, Service Coordinator, Program Manager, System Administrator, Shared Living Provider and 24hr-Asleep Overnight Supports offer the opportunity to make a positive impact on someone’s life, and in yours. Join Us! Visit ccs-vt.org to apply today. E.O.E.

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MARCH 23-30, 2022

SENIOR BUDGET ANALYST

MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN

For position details and application process: jobs.plattsburgh.edu, select “View Current Openings.”

Keens Crossing – Winooski, VT 05404 Hours: 40 Hours Full Time HallKeen Management is seeking a motivated and experienced Maintenance Technician to enhance current skills, acquire new knowledge and grow with our company. Responsibilities are quite diverse including but not limited to Apartment turnovers, grounds keeping, various janitorial duties, painting, appliance, electrical, heating, plumbing and safety equipment repair and replacement and provide assistance at other company properties when needed. The qualified candidate must have reliable transportation and have the ability to assist in carrying appliances and climb ladders as needed. Please e-mail resumes to dfinnigan@hallkeen.com.

The Vermont Association of Conservation Districts seeks a full-time Grants & Finance Specialist to support our growing operations. This is a statewide position responsible for assisting with day-to-day financial tasks and for maintaining the grants management systems and tracking spreadsheets we rely on to provide support to Vermont’s 14 Conservation Districts. Ideal applicant will be data-minded with strong attention to detail and problem-solving skills. Expert knowledge of Excel, Google Sheets, and Google Drive required and 2-3 years of financial or grants management experience preferred. Starting salary range $40,000$45,000 commensurate with experience. Home-based position with generous benefits. Visit vacd.org for detailed job description. Send cover letter, resume, and three references in a single PDF to clare.ireland@vacd.org. Deadline is 5:00 p.m. on March 31. E.O.E.

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MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELOR

SUPPORT AND SERVICES AT HOME (SASH) COORDINATOR The Winooski Housing Authority is seeking a part-time (20-25 hours per week) SASH Coordinator. This person will be part of a dedicated team of professionals coordinating services for our elderly residents.

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SASH Coordinators are critical to keeping the elderly living safely at home as long as possible. They work as part of a dedicated team conducting outreach and providing referral and support to residents so that they can successfully age in place. The ideal candidate will have the ability to work effectively as part of a team of community providers and the ability to build trusting relationships with a diverse group of residents and community members.

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Applicants must demonstrate a combination of background and experience of successfully working with the elderly or adults with disabilities. Outstanding organizational and communication skills are required. A team oriented, friendly work environment and mission-driven work makes this an exciting opportunity. Interested applicants should email a cover letter and resume to wsweet@winooskihousing.org or send by mail to: Wendy Sweet, 83 Barlow Street, Winooski, VT E.O.E.

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Saint Michael’s College seeks applicants for a Career Education Coach/ Alumni Mentor Coordinator in the Boucher Career Education Center. This position will combine direct career coaching to a caseload of undergraduate students and alumni, with the creation, implementation, and management of a new alumni mentorship program for students in partnership with the College’s alumni office. The successful candidate will focus on careers, internships, and graduate school related to the business, accounting, finance, entrepreneurship, and marketing fields. They will also develop an alumni mentorship program that will give students the opportunity to be matched one-on-one with alumni to provide professional expertise and career advice. The successful candidate must effectively connect with students and alumni, be able to create strong working relationships, be an organized event planner, as well as a lifelong learner who maintains their professional development and deep knowledge of trends and best practices in career coaching. For a complete job description, benefits information, and to apply online, please visit: https://bit.ly/SMCvtEDcoachAlum

Jess Boutique is hiring a Sales Associate! We are looking for a qualified candidate who is a strong salesperson and who knows how to build and increase sales while creating a positive and friendly atmosphere. Jess offers competitive hourly pay as well as bonus opportunities and great employee perks, such as employee merchandise discounts. Responsibilities include: • Styling customers • Cultivating and nurturing customer relationships • Welcoming and assisting customers • Receiving and preparing new items to be displayed on the sales floor • Maintaining boutique cleanliness • Other responsibilities as needed Associates must be available to work evenings, weekends and holidays. Prior retail or customer service experience required. Send resumes to: contact@jessboutique.com

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Thrift Store seeks Sales Associate We are looking for a kind and friendly retail professional who can be a team player and align with our mission to foster dignity and respect in our community. We offer you a fun and respectful work environment. We are never open on Saturdays and Jewish holy days are paid days off. Pay is $15/hour. The Shalom Shuk or Marketplace of Peace is Ohavi Zedek Synagogue’s thrift shop that serves the local community and is dedicated to helping new Americans and the underprivileged. Our mission is to build bridges between peoples of all religious, social and economic backgrounds, through exchanges that foster dignity and respect and offer equal access for all to high-quality used clothing and household goods, while promoting self-respect and self-sufficiency. Apply at: office@ohavizedek.org

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Join the Team... ...at Old Spokes Home working to build community and opportunity through access to bicycles. We strive to be an inclusive place where people come to learn about bicycles and connect with others who ride. We are hiring seasonal staff to work on the sales floor and mechanics for our service team. Some bike repair experience required for the service positions. None required for sales positions. Old Spokes Home is committed to making the cycling industry an inclusive space as outlined by the Cycling Industry Pledge. Apply online: oldspokeshome.com/ employment-opportunities

DAYTIME CUSTODIAN The Colchester School District is seeking a Full-Time, Day Custodian. The custodian is expected to provide a clean and healthy atmosphere for all students and employees. They will collaborate with other custodians and the building administrators as appropriate. The Colchester School District offers employees a generous benefits package, including a competitive wage and an excellent BCBS healthcare plan. In addition, the benefits include dental insurance, long-term disability, retirement plan, life insurance, and tuition reimbursement. Apply online: SchoolSpring.com #3806478

STAFF ACCOUNTANT Nedde Real Estate, a full-service real estate firm specializing in acquisitions, development and brokerage, has an immediate opening for an experienced, motivated and detail-oriented accounting professional to join our team! The ideal candidate will be thorough, attentive to details, deadline focused and able to work both independently as well as with a team. Key Areas of Responsibility include A/P, A/R, and account reconciliations. 2+ years of accounting experience with Associate/Bachelor’s degree in accounting or related field plus proficiency with QuickBooks, including multi company applications, Excel, and Outlook. Full-time position plus benefits located in Burlington, VT. Send resumes to: kmartin@neddere.com

Surgical Assistant Immediate opening for a Full-time Surgical Assistant to join a highly reputable single doctor oral surgery practice. Preferred candidate should have dental experience, x-ray certification, a positive attitude and initiative. Hours: Monday and Wednesday 8-4, Tuesday and Thursday 8-5 with an hour lunch, and Friday 7-2 Competitive benefit package includes, paid vacation and sick leave, medical insurance, 401k with profit sharing and additional fringe benefits flexible to your needs. Please apply with resume inperson or via email to Tonya Lulek: tlulek@nvos-vt.com.

Work with a fun team and the greatest customers around. Don’t wait. Join us now at The Cupboard Deli! Afternoon/evening shift. Weekdays and weekends. Customer service, food prep and register experience a plus, but happy to train. Call Dean at 802-644-2069, or apply in person at The Cupboard Deli, Route 15, Jeffersonville. See you soon!

EVENT STAFF The Intervale Center seeks trustworthy, responsible, and communicative Event Staff to join us for the 2022 event season. For over 30 years, the Intervale Center has led a community food revolution that sustains farms, land, and people! Event Staff will provide support to events like weddings, parties, business meetings, and more by answering questions, troubleshooting, opening and closing buildings before and after events, and being the main contact in case of emergencies. Candidates must be available to work evenings and weekends. The Intervale Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values diversity of experience, background, and perspective to enrich our work. Applications by members of all underrepresented groups are encouraged. Apply online: intervale.org/getinvolved#employment-banner.

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CAREER COACH

WE HAVE OPENINGS IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS:

(Posting No. S3460PO) Full-Time/Salaried (11 months w/July off)

· Line Operators

Are you interested in helping UVM students and alums develop their career- curiosity, confidence, and courage?

· Batter Makers

Join the UVM Career Center in promoting career exploration, readiness, and success as a Career Coach. We are seeking two new team members to lead our Career Interest Groups (industry-themed networks) to engage, educate and connect students, alums, employers, and faculty/staff. Facilitate career development across social identities, and actively engage in creating a diverse, inclusive, and equitable environment.

· Warehouse Team Leader, 3rd Shift

Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree and three years related experience required or an equivalent combination of education and experience which may include a Master’s degree. Knowledge of career development, effective skills in networking/relationship building, program development and facilitation, communication/promotion, harnessing technology, coaching/advising and event planning required. Demonstrated commitment to fostering an inclusive environment required. Apply: Go to uvm.edu/hrs/jobs for more information. Remote work environment is optional up to two days/week contingent on university telework policy. UVM is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Applications from women, veterans, people from diverse racial, ethnic and cultural backgrounds are encouraged to apply. Applicant review starts April 4th, 2022.

· Warehouse Support

PERKS INCLUDE: · Pay DOQ, up to $18. Tons of opportunities for growth · No background checks required · Earn Bonuses · Paid vacation, holidays, and breaks · Medical, dental and vision insurance · Income advance program · Discount on gym membership · Employee Assistance, like a recovery coach, a resource coordinator and physical therapy Apply to:

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CARPET CLEANING TECHNICIAN

VERMONT STATE COURTS

Looking for hard working, reliable and honest individual to join locally owned business. Hands on training provided for cleaning carpet, upholstery, tile and water damage. Full and Part-time hours available. Some weekends hours required at busy times.

PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATOR The Vermont Judiciary is recruiting a full-time temporary to act as administrative assistant to the State Court Administrator and other members of the leadership team. Located in Montpelier. Coordinate effective and efficient operations for the administrative unit. Assist in the planning, programming, budgeting and execution of department goals. Prior experience in a related setting required.

Carillon Tour Boat Captain

TICONDEROGA | PART TIME

Drive the 60-foot tour boat Carillon from Fort Ticonderoga on Lake Champlain! Pay $25-30 per hour. Minimum 50-ton USCG Captain's license required. Be part of a great team as you drive a classic 1920s styled wooden boat!

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The Vermont Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired (VABVI) seeks a detailedoriented individual to research and write grant proposals and coordinate VT town solicitations. Additional responsibilities include contributing to social media and newsletter content, and supporting the administration of the Development Dept. as needed. Position requires excellent written, verbal communication and organizational skills. We offer an excellent benefit package. Compensation of $36,000-$41,000, commensurate with experience. Full job description available upon request. VABVI is a great place to work, a great mission to support and work that makes a difference. Send cover letter, resume and three letters of reference to: VABVI, John Thomas 60 Kimball Avenue, South Burlington, VT 05403 Or email: jthomas@vabvi.org

COMMUNITY SUPPORT Begin a career; don’t start a job. Spend your time doing work that makes a real difference. We need great people who want to help great people. Are you compassionate, kind, resilient, and adaptable? Specialized Community Care is seeking unique individuals who will act as mentors, coaches, and friends to provide support for adults in Addison, Rutland, Franklin, and Chittenden counties with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. This is a fun and rewarding career spent “Off the Couch.” We provide extensive training, support, professional growth and advancement opportunities in a family work environment. We offer pay increases after a probationary period and further advancement and pay for self-paced skill building. We want to hire your values and train the skills that will help make you successful. Let’s talk!

Please contact us at 802-388-6388 Web: www.sccvt.org Email: humanresources@sccvt.org

The Farm Production Manager will occupy an essential role on our diversified, organic, and regenerative farm. This person will manage and execute all aspects of our specialty crop production, harvest and sales. With the help of a small crew, the Farm Production Manager will consistently deliver quality produce and farm products for new and existing retail and wholesale markets. For more information, view the full job description at earthkeepfarmcommon.com/jobs.

Up to 12 months at $25.00 per hour

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Development Associate/ Grant Writer

FARM PRODUCTION MANAGER

(Job Code 22029)

Valid drivers license and clean record required and ability to drive van. $18+/hour and excellent work environment. Non-smokers only, please.

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The “Climate Economy Program Manager” will develop and coordinate services to help communities and emerging leaders build resiliency and advance economic opportunity while reducing carbon emissions at the local level. The successful applicant will be a team player with excellent communication, writing, and facilitation skills; an ability to grasp complex community and policy dynamics; and a strong grasp of climate & energy policy and sense of mission to Vermont communities.

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Starting salary of $62,000 based on skills and experience; attractive benefit package. The position is a 2-year grant funded position with potential for extension as future funding allows. Located in Montpelier with some remote work and scheduling flexibility, and regular evening meetings; in-state travel required. Application deadline is April 4, 2022. See the full job description and application instructions: vtrural.org. VCRD is an equal opportunity employer.

KITCHEN GENERALISTS

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• Full and Part Time $17.00/hour, more depending on experience. Converse Home is an Assisted Living Community located in downtown Burlington. If you are looking for a rewarding position, working with wonderful residents and staff, please consider applying. We are looking for part-time and full-time kitchen generalists. Our Kitchen Generalists will be involved with food prep, in support of our line cooks, and work independently, with tasks including baking, salads, and soups. They will also support meal service and dishwashing at times. All team members work collectively on kitchen cleanliness. The most important attribute of the Kitchen Generalist is the ability to work positively as part of a team providing outstanding food to residents and employees. If you have kitchen experience & are looking for a new opportunity, please apply! You can learn more about Converse Home at conversehome.com and apply under career opportunities or send your resume to Kristen@conversehome.com If you are looking for a rewarding position come work with us!

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Seeking an Assistant Instructor for kids martial arts classes. The assistant will assist the lead teacher in running the class, demonstrating techniques, recording attendance, and classroom management. A background in martial arts is preferred, though not strictly necessary, but candidate should have an interest in learning martial arts. Access to adult classes provided with position. Candidate must have a fun attitude and be comfortable working with kids ages 4 to to 14. Ideal candidate will also be able to work as an administrative assistant as well, assisting the administrative manager with inputting student data and running regular student reports. Must be available on weekdays from 3 to 7pm and some Saturdays 9am to 3pm. Compensation begins at $13/hour. Send resumes to: ontastudio@gmail.com.

Lead Kids Martial Arts Instructor Seeking a lead instructor for kids martial arts classes. Will train in all curriculum matters. A background in either a striking or grappling art strongly preferred. Must be able to manage groups of up to 15 children in a class and work well across a wide range of age groups. Must be available on weekdays from 3 to 7pm and some Saturdays 9am to 3pm. Will also need to handle administrative details such as attendance, payment, and follow up emails for new students. Looking for someone that enjoys teaching and working with children and has a strong interest in martial arts and in continually evolving their skills. Access to all adult martial arts classes and provided with position. Compensation begins at $18/hr.

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VPIRG is hiring for multiple part-time and seasonal positions to help advance the public interest and encourage bold climate action in Vermont. All are entry-level roles paying $15/hour to start & are great opportunities to gain valuable work experience.

• Keep Vermont Cool Street Team Captain • Keep Vermont Cool Summer Canvasser • Summer Data Coordinator • Summer Ofﬁce & Human Resources Administrator • Summer Financial Administrator Apply online: vpirg.org/about/job-postings/ Applications are due by 5:00 PM on Thursday, March 31. We strongly encourage applications from candidates whose identities have been historically underrepresented in the environmental movement. People of color, trans and gendernonconforming people, people from poor and working-class backgrounds, queer people, and women are encouraged to apply.

• Full and part time for day and evening shifts, both Traditional Assisted Living and Memory Care.

Converse Home is an Assisted Living Community located in downtown Burlington. If you are looking for a rewarding position as a caregiver, working with wonderful residents and staff, please consider applying. The Converse Home is looking for seasoned caregivers or good humans new to the healthcare industry. Hiring for both full and part-time shifts: Some shifts available: • 40 hour full-time benefited day position in our memory care community • 35 hour full-time benefited evening shifts in our memory care community • 22-30 hour day position with every other weekend 6:30-3 in our traditional community • 20 hour evening shift 4-9:30 with every other weekend • Evenings, part time 4-9:30 New care staff do on-site training with our Nurse Educator to make sure you feel confident in your new skills. If you are a seasoned caregiver or want to become a caregiver we would love to hear from you. We offer flexible schedules, excellent benefits, and competitive pay. Plus a great work culture! Come join a great team and love where you work! Please apply online & learn more about us: conversehome.com/converse-home-career-opportunities/ or send your resume to kristen@conversehome.com.

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Conservation Stewardship Director VHCB seeks a highly capable, self-motivated individual with strong communication skills, attention to detail, and ability to work as part of a team to join our conservation staff. Primary responsibilities include managing VHCB’s conservation stewardship program and GIS mapping. The Stewardship Coordinator will also support project underwriting, measuring and conveying program impact, public outreach and policy development. Prior experience and training in agriculture, natural resources, and/or land conservation, and a commitment to the mission of VHCB required. A working knowledge of stewardship on conserved lands and proficiency with GPS and GIS is a must. Experience with Word, Excel and ArcGIS is required. Experience and proficiency with program tracking and database and document management systems is strongly preferred. This position requires some travel and field monitoring so a valid driver’s license and ability to work outdoors is necessary. Apply by April 28.

Agricultural Conservation Coordinator Join our team, evaluating farmland conservation grant applications and assisting with the administration of the VHCB Agricultural Conservation Viability Program Assistant Program to protect important agricultural land. The Program Coordinator works closely with the Program Director, providing administrative support for the Agricultural Conservation Grant Program, coordinating federal grant funding, undertaking data management and reporting, and developing policy. Qualifications include broad-based knowledge of agriculture and conservation tools, experience working with conservation transactions preferred. Experience with state and federal grant management is desired. Top candidates will be very organized, with a keen attention to detail, highly driven and self-motivated, technologically savvy, and able to juggle multiple projects simultaneously. Apply by March 28. Full-time positions with competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package. Read the job descriptions: vhcb.org/about-us/jobs. EOE. Please reply with cover letter and résumé to: jobs@vhcb.org

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MARCH 23-30, 2022

V Smiley Preserves makes award winning honey sweetened preserves in Vermont. We specialize in intricate, no added pectin preserving. With Minifactory, our cafe, grocery and jam manufactory, we are investing even deeper into our local food-shed. In 2021 V Smiley Preserves purchased the 40+ year old Main Street Bristol bakery. We’ve reopened the space as Minifactory, a communitydriven destination location for food and retail. We serve coffee, manufacture and sell our preserves in house and serve an all-day menu. Biscuits w/Ham & Peach Pepper Tomato Jam, 24 Hour Yogurt w/ Almond Teacake & Salted Pears, Radicchio w/ Honey Creme Fraiche & Lemon, Chickpea Pancakes w/ Herby Urfa Biber Chicken. We still have a few key leadership roles in both businesses to fulfill. Join our team in Bristol Vermont. We are currently hiring:

• OPERATIONS / FINANCE MANAGER • CHEF DE CUISINE • PASTRY CHEF • FRONT OF HOUSE/RETAIL MANAGER Bristol Vermont is located in Addison County. The area is agricultural and adjacent to the mountain communities of Lincoln and Starksboro. We are a 40 minute drive to Burlington and 25 minutes to Middlebury. V Smiley Preserves and Minifactory are queer owned/run.

COMMUNICATIONS & DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR

Farm Resilience Specialist

Full-time position provides communications and fundraising leadership to the three divisions of the City of Montpelier’s Community Services Department: Recreation, Montpelier Senior Activity Center, and Parks & Trees. Develops and implements strategy to financially support and market programs, facilities and services. Enhances branding and engagement across the age spectrum for diverse, high-demand and emerging services.

35-40 hours per week, salaried, exempt. The Farm Resilience Specialist will be the point person for NOFA- VT’s educational cohorts while continuously assessing the needs of the organic farming community and developing program content to meet those needs. The Farm Resilience Specialist will also take the lead on developing our new climate resiliency programs and services. These programs and services together will support the development of farmers at all stages of business on their paths to developing economically viable businesses that are environmentally and socially resilient.

Applicants should be tech-savvy, flexible and teamoriented with excellent fundraising and communication skills (written and oral), and ability to meet regular deadlines and supervise volunteers. Competitive wage and full benefits - range $22.66-$26.38/hour. Learn more: job description at montpelier-vt.org/Jobs. aspx. Applications preferred by March 25, 2022, start date ASAP; position open until filled. Submit resume, cover letter and contact info for 3 references by email only to slipton@montpelier-vt.org. E.O.E.

For full descriptions and to apply please go to: vsmileypreserves.com/jobs.

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Community Services Department

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COMMERCIAL LOAN ASSISTANT

ARCHITECT

EDUCATIONAL SALES ASSOCIATE

• Health and dental benefits are provided as well as a matching retirement plan, 3+ weeks of paid vacation, and paid sick leave.

Vermont Integrated Architecture, P.C. (VIA) of Middlebury, VT seeks an architect or experienced designer with approximately 7-10 years of experience with design and construction documentation for sustainable residential, commercial, and institutional projects. Position requires excellent communication skills, strong proficiency with Revit production of technical drawings, detailed knowledge of building construction and construction documentation and related systems, and experience managing and mentoring designers and junior architects. Must be a team-player and share VIA values with respect to sustainability, community, and design excellence. Experience with Revit, AutoCAD, and Adobe Creative Suite programs required.

To get started on this exciting path, please send a copy of your resume and a cover letter to alaina@exemplars.com.

Send letter of interest and resume to gwen@vermont integratedarchitecture.com.

VEDA is hiring for a Commercial Loan Assistant to be based out of our Burlington or Montpelier, VT offices. Some remote work may be possible. The Commercial Loan Assistant is a member of VEDA’s commercial lending team working under the supervision of the Chief Lending Officer.

Established nearly 30 years ago, our educational publishing company possesses an established brand, business model, and clientele. We are looking for a dynamic Educational Sales Associate to join our team.

This position’s primary responsibility is to provide administrative and technical support to one or more commercial loan officer and management. Other responsibilities include reviewing and processing commercial loan applications, performing initial setup and ongoing maintenance of customer relationships, drafting credit reviews, and generally assisting loan officers as needed.

The ideal candidate has classroom experience and is a selfstarting team player with a great attitude, good organizational skills, and the ability to multi-task. This position supports sales and marketing efforts as well as our renewal program through outreach, relationship building, research, data processing, account-based marketing, and RFP management.

This job has a wide variety of responsibilities and will reward the right candidate with a breadth of experience and opportunities within a non-profit, mission-oriented workplace. Visit veda.org to see a complete job description.

Our material is research-based, supports best practices in pedagogy, and leads to improved learning outcomes. Our sales approach is consultative, which means helping school leaders achieve their goals. Therefore, a former educator is a trusted and valued company representative.

VEDA offers extremely competitive salaries and excellent insurance and retirement benefits. VEDA is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer and values staff and client diversity.

• Working knowledge of Macs and Google Drive is required. Experience in K-12 math education is a plus!

To apply, please email resume & cover letter to Cheryl Houchens:

chouchens@veda.org.

Are you an educator looking for a new career path? Do you have a particular love of mathematics?

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PROCUREMENT SPECIALIST

Bookkeeping/ Administrative Assistant

Join the Green Energy Revolution!

DENTAL ASSISTANT

Northern Reliability is expanding operations Middlebury Pediatric Dentistry is looking for a dental assistant Help keep our financial, employee, and hiring an experienced Procurement to join our friendly, close-knit team. Help us take care of and corporate records and files Specialist to ensure that items are sourced to meet the needs of the Vermont kids’ oral health! Full time. Health insurance. Paid accurate and up-to-date and to assist business from the point of view of cost, quality, and availability. vacation. Please contact us by email and include your resume: with related projects. This 12-16 Our primary goal is to be a sustainable business in Vermont that is helping hour/week position works with our frontdesk@middleburypediatricdentistry.com to reduce the carbon footprint and therefore contributing to a better world Finance & Administration Director for future generations to inherit. But equally important is our goal of creating and could focus more heavily either a collaborative and progressive work environment - one where employees on bookkeeping or on supporting HR ATTENTION RECRUITERS: 1 10/12/20 11:19 AMare dedicated to making the company successful and can do so without functions and other administrative 2h-MiddleburyPediatricDentistry101420.indd sacrificing family relationships or personal well-being. tasks, by mutual agreement. Based POST YOUR JOBS AT: SEVENDAYSVT.COM/POSTMYJOB in our Montpelier office with some At Northern Reliability, we offer our employees competitive wages and PRINT DEADLINE: NOON ON MONDAYS remote work possible. North Branch outstanding benefits in a casual but professional work environment. We are Nature Center is an E.O.E. (INCLUDING HOLIDAYS) a growing company with a dedicated team supporting one another based on Vist northbranchnaturecenter. org/employment for the full job description and application instructions.

open communication and collaboration.

FOR RATES & INFO: MICHELLE BROWN, 802-865-1020 X121, MICHELLE@SEVENDAYSVT.COM

To apply, please send cover letter & resume to HR@northernreliability.com. Full description at: northernreliability.com/join-our-team

Education and Training Resources (ETR) has immediate openings in the following:

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NORTHLANDS JOB CORPS CENTER DIRECTOR Stone Environmental, Inc. is a 100% employee-owned science and engineering consulting company in Montpelier, Vermont. We are seeking individuals with a strong educational and work background in contaminant hydrogeology, and environmental investigation and remediation to join our team.

BROWNFIELDS PROGRAM MANAGER The successful candidate will work closely with our engaged professionals and a variety of partners, including project owners, responsible parties, municipalities, state and federal agencies, and other project stakeholders to advocate for successful redevelopment of brownfield sites across the northeast.

CONTAMINANT HYDROGEOLOGIST The successful candidate will provide technical support for a variety of projects such as soil and groundwater investigations at hazardous waste sites, brownfield redevelopment projects, and environmental due diligence.

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEER The successful applicant will provide technical support for a variety of projects such as soil and groundwater investigations at hazardous waste and brownfield sites. The candidate should be familiar with various strategies to remediate contamination in soil, groundwater, and soil gas. Please visit our website stone-env.com for a full job description and information about how to apply.

Sr. Administration Assistant (1 Full Time, starting at $20/hr) – High School diploma with at least two years of secretarial experience at Administrative level.

FOOD SERVICES

Cook (2 Full Time positions available, starting at $18.00/hr) - High School diploma required along with 2 years’ related work in food services. Cook Assistant (2 Full time positions available, starting at $16.00/hr) – High School diploma required. Cook Assistant (On-Call, starting at $17.00/hr) – High School Diploma required.

INDEPENDENT LIVING

Independent Living Advisor (starting at $18.00) – High School diploma required.

RECREATION

**Recreation Aide (On-Call - $16/hr) – High School diploma required.

SECURITY, SAFETY & TRANSPORTATION

Safety, Security and Transport Mgr. – Bachelor’s degree and at least one year of managing others. Security Officer (1 Full time, starting at 16.50/hr) – High School Diploma required and one year working in field. **Driver (4 On Call slots available, starting at $16.35/hr) – High School diploma required, CDL preferred. Campus Monitor (4 Full time Available starting at $16/hr, On Call Options Available too!) – High School diploma required.

FACILITY MAINTENANCE

Independent Living Advisor (On Call $20/hr) - High School diploma required

**Custodial Assistant (1 Full time) – High School diploma Required. **Custodial Assistant (On Call, starting at $16.00/hr) – High School diploma Required.

CPP/COUNSELING

WELLNESS SERVICES

Career Counselor (1 Full time, starting $50,000) – Bachelor’s degree required with 15 semester hours of social sciences along with at least one year experience

APPLY TODAY Please submit all applications to our applicant portal at www.etrky.com for all roles in Vergennes, VT. Employment will be at a Federal Department of Labor facility. All applicants will be subject to drug testing and a full background check.

Substance Abuse Counselor (TEAP, 1 Full time, starting $60,000/year) – Certified by the State of Vermont to practice. 2 years’ experience in work related area. Licensed practical Nurse (LPN) (2 Full Time Available- $28/hr) - VT. State Certification required.

BENEFIT FOR FULL TIME ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES:

Competitive pay! 401K and matching! **Critical needs positions!

2 weeks’ vacation within first year! Employer sponsored benefits! 100A MacDonough Dr. • Vergennes, VT 05491 • 802-877-0159

ETR/NORTHLANDS JOB CORPS IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER OF FEMALES AND MINORITIES

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MARCH 23-30, 2022

Knoll Farm is hiring for our 2022 season! We have several seasonal, full-time positions open, including retreat managers, berry pickers, and a program assistant. Visit knollfarm.org to apply.

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FULFILLMENT OFFICER Vermont Compost Company is seeking a Fulfillment Officer to join our team. A leading compost & potting soil producer of nearly 30 years, we provide a fun, dynamic and growing environment. Staff enjoy competitive wages and a full benefits package. Visit our website for more information: VermontCompost.com/ Careers

Maintenance Technician

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Burlington Housing Authority (BHA) in Burlington, VT seeks a full time (40 hours per week) Maintenance Technician to join our dedicated team. This position performs general maintenance work in BHA owned and managed properties, including building exteriors, common areas, apartments, building systems, fixtures, and grounds. Our Maintenance Techs are required to participate in the on-call rotation, which covers night and weekend emergencies.

LEAD COMMUNITY ORGANIZER AND STAFF DIRECTOR

Qualified candidates should have a minimum of two years of work in general building maintenance or building trades. The ideal candidate would have a 10:10 AM demonstrated proficiency in building trades including carpentry, electrical, painting, plumbing, grounds keeping, and snow removal. Must be detail oriented, efficient, be able to work within time sensitive parameters, and able to work independently as well as part of a team. Candidates must have strong interpersonal skills and be sensitive to the needs of the elderly, disabled, and very low-income households. BHA serves a diverse population of tenants and partners with a variety of community agencies. To most effectively carry out our vision of delivering safe and affordable housing to all, we are committed to cultivating a staff that reflects varied lived experiences, viewpoints, and educational histories. Therefore, we strongly encourage candidates from diverse racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ+ individuals, and women to apply. Multilingualism is a plus! BHA offers a competitive salary, commensurate with qualifications and experience, as well as an excellent benefits package. If you are interested in this career opportunity, please submit a resume and cover letter to humanresources@burlingtonhousing.org. Human Resources - 65 Main Street, Suite 101 Burlington, VT 05401-8408 E.O.E. burlingtonhousing.org

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HELP US TRAIN THE NEXT GENERATION OF PLUMBING AND HEATING TRADESMEN Central Vermont Career Center At the 2022 State of the State, Vermont Governor Phil Scott highlighted the critical need of trades training for our students and our industries. Career and Technical Education (CTE) Centers across Vermont continue to develop our skilled labor force and the majority of students who attend CTE tend to stay in Vermont, contributing to our labor force, and raising their families here. Now is an exciting time to be in CTE, and with our shift in governance, now is an exciting time to be at the Central Vermont Career Center (CVCC)! • Do you enjoy working with high school kids? • Do you have patience and persistence? • Do you like sharing the knowledge of your craft? • Do you want a rewarding career? • Do you like the idea of not working on weekends, nights, holidays and summers? • Do you want one of the best benefits packages that Vermont has to offer? BCBS BENEFIT PLAN • Health and Dental, Long Term Disability Insurance, Retirement • Do you have an Associate's degree? • 5 years in trade? • Trade License? If you answered yes to those questions, CVCC needs you! Please reach out for more information: Jody Emerson, CVCC Director, jemerson@cvtcc.org, (802) 476-6237.

Northeast Kingdom Organizing works for economic, social, and environmental justice. We center the voices of NEK residents often ignored in decisions about their communities. Seeking a full-time, experienced professional organizer with a passion for social justice. Minimum two years of experience organizing with a demonstrated track Programand Manager recordSeeking of grassroots grant fundraising. Salary range $48,000 to $52,000 We seek a part-time Program annually. Manager managing the public

Production Positions Must be able to lift 50# on a regular basis. Shift is Mon-Thurs 6:00-2:30 and Fri 5:00-1:30, with OT during busy times. Pay based on experience. Attendance premium and health benefits available. Please apply in person to: Highland Sugarworks 49 Parker Rd. Barre, VT No phone calls, please.

and back-end activities of the

PROGRAM MANAGER

public face and voice for LGV, including to sponsors, listers, and the general public.

We seek a part-time Program Manager managing the public and back-end activities of the LiveGreenVT (LGV) Climate & Energy Online Guide and Directory (https://livegreenvt. org/) and act as the principal public face and voice for LGV, including to sponsors, listers, and the general public.

For full job description, LiveGreenVT (LGV) Climate responsibilities & submission & Energy Online Guide and Directory (https://livegreenvt. information, please visit: org/) and act as the principal nekorganizing.org.

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FACILITIES SUPPORT

LiveGreenVT promotes sustainable businesses and organizations, True North Wilderness Program is seeking in turn enabling consumers a full time Facilities Support team member. to make more climatePrimary job duties include facilities and groundsconscious decisions. maintenance, landscaping and hardscaping, chainsaw operation and lawn mowing, lightApplications will be accepted through April 11th or until the construction and carpentry, and vehicle maintenance. Additional is filled. responsibilities include supporting clients directlyposition with enrollment,

LiveGreenVT promotes sustainable businesses and organizations, in turn enabling consumers to make more climateconscious decisions.

transportation, crisis response and logistical Please tasks. Offering submit applications Applications will be accepted byincluding email to health, Steve Maier competitive salary and comprehensive benefits through April 11th or until the sbmaier55@gmail.com. position is filled. Please submit dental, vision, accident insurance, retirementatsavings plan, wellness applications by email to Steve fund, and education assistance program. Applications should include a cover letter, resume, three Maier at sbmaier55@gmail.com. The ideal candidate is an adaptable team player with a positive attitude references, and up to three Applications should include who is willing to work both indoors and outdoors and is able work relevant worktosamples. a cover letter, resume, three weekends/occasional evenings. A clean andMore validdetails driver’sare license as available at: references, and up to three well as being fully vaccinated and boosted against Covid is required. https://ceacac.org/seekingrelevant work samples. More livegreenvt-program-manager/ details are available at: ceacac. True North is a nationally recognized wilderness therapy program org/seeking-livegreenvtlocated in the beautiful Green Mountains of Central Vermont. program-manager/ As a small, independently owned program, True North provides personalized therapeutic interventions and transition support for 14-17 year old adolescents and 18-25 year old young adults with an emphasis on assessment and family participation. We are committed to enriching the experience of our students, families, and team by celebrating an inclusive work environment. We seek to recruit a broadly diverse staff who will contribute a variety of viewpoints and experiences to ongoing program development and superior support of our clients. We encourage applications from individuals from underrepresented groups including professionals of color and diverse gender identities. Please visit our website to apply: truenorthwilderness.com/careers

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BAYADA is hiring!

We’re Hiring! MMUUSD has Multiple Job Openings! Mount Mansfield Unified Union School District (MMUUSD) is seeking responsible and reliable individuals for the following positions.

• MECHANIC • ACCOUNTANT • BUS DRIVERS • BUILDING MAINTENANCE/CUSTODIAL POSITIONS In addition to an excellent benefits package, which includes competitive salaries, sign on bonus (for mechanic, custodians and bus drivers), paid time off, medical, dental and life insurance policies, MMUUSD allows for flexible hours, a supportive and family-oriented work environment and the opportunity to make a difference in your community.

Join a dynamic & passionate team at HUNGER FREE VT We’re looking for someone excited to work in a collaborative environment on efforts to educate and connect people in VT to programs that support their food budgets! Learn more about the position and hiring process at hungerfreevt.org/ employment.

STUDENT SERVICES TRANSPORTATION SUPERVISOR The Lamoille North Supervisory Union, located in Hyde Park, is seeking a Student Services Transportation Supervisor. The primary responsibility will be to supervise, direct and coordinate van drivers (and subs) and aides (as necessary) to ensure safe and reliable transportation services for students, auxiliary transport needs, as well as serve as a non-CDL driver. This position is also responsible for, but not limited to, associated special services billings, coordination of staff trainings, ensuring all regulatory compliance associated with student transportation, coordinating and managing vehicle registration, care and maintenance. The ideal candidate will have a positive and congenial attitude, effective verbal and written communication skills, be familiar with basic computer applications (i.e. Microsoft Excel and Word), and have the ability to interpret legal requirements and applicable policies. Minimum requirement is a high school diploma/GED with 1 year of relevant supervisory experience. Familiarity with special transport needs is a plus. A clean driving record and passing mandatory drug test(s) is required. This is a salaried full year position offering a generous benefits package. Salary will be commensurate with experience and education. Interested candidates should submit a letter of interest, resume and 2 current reference letters to: Deborah Clark, Business Manager dclark@lnsd.org Lamoille North Supervisory Union 96 Cricket Hill Road, Hyde Park, VT 05655 Lamoille North Supervisory Union is an Equal Opportunity Employer

To learn more, contact Saige McCabe at smccabe@bayada.com.

OFFICE COORDINATOR

TruexCullins is seeking a motivated person to assist with the office operations of our architecture and design firm. For more information visit TruexCullins.com/Careers

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For more information about our school district, please visit our web page at mmuusd.org. Interested in applying? Please contact Andrea Sandy, Human Resources Specialist, at andrea.sandy@mmuusd.org.

BAYADA Home Health Care is seeking Physical Therapists, Occupational Therapists and Registered Nurses to join our team! We have per diem, part time and full time positions open statewide throughout Vermont. If you are interested in providing 1:1 care and ﬂexible scheduling, this is the perfect place for you! We go the extra mile to support our staff and clients.

Executive Director

Seeking Executive Director - Starting July 1, 2022 Central Vermont Adult Basic Education (CVABE) is a vibrant, well-established, fiscally healthy, community-based nonprofit organization serving Washington, Lamoille, and Orange Counties. The Executive Director leads the organization and ensures the necessary personnel and financial resources to provide students with the education and skills needed to live more successfully as community members. The overall goal is for students to receive the education needed to participate successfully in Vermont’s workforce and citizenry. The Executive Director is committed to CVABE’s mission of providing educational opportunities for adults and out-of-school young adults, and involving the larger community in the encouragement of their efforts and progress. The Executive Director guides the ongoing progress of CVABE under the oversight and leadership of the Board of Directors, while coordinating and overseeing all of aspects of the program. Specific qualifications include: • Master’s Degree in Education or a related field • Strong leadership skills • Experience in nonprofit management, budgeting, community relations, and fundraising • Knowledge of and commitment to Adult Education and Literacy (AEL), which encompasses: literacy, math, computer skills and finances, English Language Learning, preparation for US Citizenship, requirements for earning High School Diploma or GED, and career and college readiness For full job description, please visit CVABE.org. Starting Salary and Benefits: $85,000 - $90,000 based on experience. 100% individual health, dental, and short-term disability insurance, employer 403(b) contributions and six weeks of paid vacation.

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MARCH 23-30, 2022

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR Earthkeep Farmcommon FARM PRODUCTION CREW Members of our Farm Production Crew are the heart and soul of our diversified, organic, and regenerative farm. Work in our vegetable production fields during the busy summer season includes planting, weeding, harvesting, and post-harvest handling, as well as contributing to shared farm goals. Experience is preferred, but learning opportunities exist. For more information, view the full job description at earthkeepfarmcommon.com/jobs.

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CITY MANAGER OPPORTUNITY

Northfield is a quintessential New England town with a welcoming community, picturesque downtown and natural rural beauty. It has the Dog River with creative riverfront development opportunities and Paine Mountain which is full of recreational trails. Northfield is home to Norwich University, the nation’s oldest military college and birthplace of ROTC. It also hosts Cabot Hosiery, a major Vermont employer and maker of Darn Tough socks. There are also numerous local merchants, food establishments and many community engagement events like the local Farmers Market. This is a full-time position and includes health insurance and retirement benefits. The salary range is $60,000 to $65,000. A complete job description is available at northfield-vt.gov or by calling 802-485-9822. To apply, please e-mail cover letter and resume to jschulz@northfield.vt.us or mail to:

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Northfield Town Manager, 51 South Main Street, Northfield, VT 05663.

City of Barre, Vermont (pop. 9,052)

Accepting applications through April 15, 2022, or until position is filled. The Town of Northfield is an equal opportunity employer.

Barre City Vermont (pop. Approx. 8,500) is seeking an innovative, proactive community leader to serve as its next City Manager. The City is located in beautiful Central Vermont and is known as the Granite Center of the World. Barre City is just seven miles from the Capital of Montpelier. The two cities form one of the largest micropolitan areas in Vermont. The City of Barre operates under the City Manager form of government. Policy making and legislative authority are vested in the elected governing body which consists of a Mayor and six council members. The City Manager oversees the City Budgets which consists of the General Fund and Enterprise Fund. The FY23 Proposed General Fund Budget is $13.2 million that provides funding for public works, police, fire, finance, planning and zoning, parks, cemeteries and recreation among other municipal services. The Proposed FY23 Enterprise Fund Budget is $5.2 million that provides funding for the Water and sewer services. The City Manager is responsible for the hiring all City employees including department heads, carrying out the policies and ordinances of the governing body and for overseeing the day-to-day operations of the City. Currently the City has 95 full time employees and most of those employees are represented by the four collective bargaining units. REQUIREMENTS: The successful candidate will possess proven leadership and management skills in a multi-functional organization. Bachelor's Degree or higher in Public Administration, business or other appropriate discipline. Preference will be given to applicants with successful local government experience to include at least 8 or more years in Public Management and Financial Administration combined with some being at the senior level. ICMA Credentialed Managers preferred. COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS: The salary for the position is negotiable based on qualifications and experience. The City offers an excellent benefit package that includes Health, Dental, Life and Short Term Disability Insurances, Defined Benefit retirement plan, generous Holiday and Vacation allowance and more. APPLICATION AND SELECTION PROCESS: The position will remain open until filled and the process will move forward immediately upon receipt of an adequate pool of well-qualified applicants. For more detailed information about Barre City and for the complete Job Description please visit www.barrecity.org/citymgr.html. lf interested, you can email your resume, letter of interest and City of Barre Application to HR@barrecity.org or mail to City of Barre Attn: HR 6 N. Main St Suite 2 Barre, VT 05641. 9t-CityofBarre031622.indd 1

Consider applying your skills to making an impact on the Town of Northfield, Vermont as the new Economic Development Director. The Town of Northfield, Vermont (population 6,000) is seeking to hire an Economic Development Director to support local businesses in their sustainability, growth, and expansion; to build a network within the State and region to attract potential employers and residents to Northfield; and to support the town’s vision for housing and other key development priorities.

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MARKETING & DESIGN COORDINATOR Join one of the Best Places to Work in Vermont. United Way of Northwest Vermont is looking for a visual storyteller to create and manage graphic design and social media content. This role will collaborate with the Director of Marketing and Communications to implement and refine an integrated strategic marketing plan aimed at increasing United Way’s impact in the communities we serve. In this role, you will: • Lead the effort to ensure consistency across all visual elements of United Way’s brand across print and digital mediums. • Design compelling print and online marketing materials. • Generate, edit, publish, and share engaging content across United Way’s social media channels. United Way of Northwest Vermont employees enjoy a range of excellent benefits, including health, dental, and vision insurance, a generous paid vacation policy, 11 paid holidays, 403(b) contributions, a robust wellness program, and much more. Interested candidates may visit unitedwaynwvt.org for the full job description. To apply, e-mail a resume and cover letter by 04/08/2022 to: hiring@unitedwaynwvt.org.

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THE VERMONT JUDICIARY IS NOW HIRING

Join the Green Energy Revolution! Northern Reliability is expanding operations, and we are currently seeking an Administrative Assistant to support the President with daily administrative duties and provide general office support. We are seeking someone with strong organizational, interpersonal, and computer skills (MS Office Suite). Our primary goal is to be a sustainable business in Vermont that is helping to reduce the carbon footprint and therefore contributing to a better world for future generations to inherit. But equally important is our goal of creating a collaborative and progressive work environment - one where employees are dedicated to making the company successful and can do so without sacrificing family relationships or personal well-being. At Northern Reliability, we offer our employees competitive wages and outstanding benefits in a casual but professional work environment. We are a growing company with a dedicated team supporting one another based on open communication and collaboration. To apply, please send cover letter & resume to HR@northernreliability.com. For full job description go to: northernreliability.com/join-our-team

Permanent, Limited Service offering full benefits including healthcare, sick leave, holidays, and paid time off. Temporary positions available. For a full listing of positions: vermontjudiciary.exacthire.com/

GENERAL COUNSEL Full time permanent position reporting to the State Court Administrator providing legal advice and services. Manages public information requests, drafts contracts, review proposed legislation and consult on administrative directives. Starting salary approximately $105k annual. VT license to practice plus 5 years of related experience required. vermontjudiciary.exacthire.com/job/85252

LEGAL CLERICAL ASSISTANT Several permanent and Limited Service Docket Clerk positions available. Will perform specialized clerical duties including data entry customer service, multi-tasking, legal processing, courtroom support and record keeping. Hiring throughout Vermont. High School graduate and two years of clerical or data entry experience required. Starting at $17.49 per hour. All positions are open until filled. The Vermont Judiciary is an equal opportunity employer. 5h-VTStateCourts031622.indd 1

If you’re looking for an opportunity to do meaningful work in your community, join the passionate, community minded team at the Committee on Temporary Shelter! For over 30 years we have been working in Chittenden County to creatively find solutions to end homelessness; we aren’t afraid to try new things. We are looking for team members with a passion for doing good and creative thinking. Join us on our mission to end homelessness!

ADULT SHELTERS COORDINATOR

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Looking for a rewarding experience this summer? We are seeking dynamic, upbeat, outdoorsy, fun and caring humans to join our amazing Summer 2022 team. Our residential summer camp, located on Lake Champlain 15-miles north of Burlington provides our staff meaningful experiences in a fun and rewarding environment.

The Adult Shelters Coordinator is a critical role in our organization, managing both our overnight shelter and our daytime drop-in center. We are looking for a creative, organized, hard-working problem solver who can oversee shelter programs while also keeping a pulse on the needs of the community and identifying opportunities for desired programming/services within our shelters.

Camp Dates: June 13th to August 14 (Partial season and part-time positions available)

This is a working manager role, meaning you will be providing hands on support to both shelters as needed, working directly with the guests, maintaining community partnerships, and overseeing budget and data management for the program, while also identifying and coordinating programming and services. The Waystation operates from 6:00pm to 8:00am each night of the year; the Daystation is open from 9:00am - 5:00pm and serves lunch 365 days a year for those in need.

General Maintenance: Spring and summer work available. Flexible hours.

This position requires a minimum of 3 years’ experience working in social services with at least one year of direct leadership experience. Strong candidates will have experience with individuals experiencing homelessness and crisis intervention, as well as knowledge of resources and services for individuals and families.

We offer very competitive salaries with an excellent work environment that includes room & board, if required.

This is a full-time position with benefits. To apply, submit a cover letter and resume to jobs@cotsonline.org. COTS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We embrace diversity and encourage all to apply.

We are currently hiring for the following positions: Gardener: to plan and nurture our garden in the spring and to facilitate gardening program for the campers in the summer

Healthcare Team: RNs, EMTs & LPNs encouraged to apply (various day and night shifts available) Outdoor Staff: Love of the outdoors a must, experience in climbing and challenge course facilitation a plus! Waterfront Staff: Paddling, sailing & waterski instructors needed. Boat-driver license and/or lifeguard cert. a plus!

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DRILLER, DRILLER’S ASSISTANT, LABORER Platform Environmental Drilling and Remediation Services (Platform) provides drilling services utilizing direct push technologies (DPT) for the purpose of monitoring well installation, soil boring advancement, and application of several direct sensing subsurface technologies. In addition, we provide implementation assistance for the construction of environmental remediation systems. Our current staff has a diverse background in geological sciences, engineering and construction, which enables us to complete complicated drilling and remediation projects successfully. We will train the right candidates. We are currently looking for individuals to help us grow our business. Descriptions of these positions are detailed below:

Environmental Well Driller Position entails the operation of environmental well drilling equipment for the advancement and installation of soil borings and monitoring wells. The candidate should be capable of lifting and carrying heavy loads (greater than 90 lbs), troubleshooting diesel engine and hydraulic systems, operating heavy equipment in an efficient and safe manner, and

working in all weather conditions. A background in geology or environmental sciences is helpful, but not required. This position entails significant travel both in Vermont and greater New England. Compensation is based on experience and performance; this position includes a comprehensive benefits package.

Environmental Well Driller’s Assistant Position entails assistance to the drill rig operator for the advancement and installation of soil borings and monitoring wells. The candidate should be capable of lifting and carrying heavy loads (greater than 90 lbs.), troubleshooting diesel engine and hydraulic systems, and working in all weather conditions. A background in geology or environmental sciences is helpful; however, we will train the right candidates. This position entails significant travel both in Vermont and greater New England. Compensation is based on experience and performance; this position includes a comprehensive benefits package. Send resumes to: Mjordan@platform-env.com

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BURLINGTON HOUSING AUTHORITY (BHA)

in Burlington, VT is seeking candidates to continue BHA's success in promoting innovative solutions that address housing instability challenges facing our diverse population of extremely low-income families and individuals. Join us and make a difference in our community!

Green Mountain Technology & Career Center is seeking candidates for its Electrical Technology Program. Desired skills and responsibilities of the Electrical Instructor include:

MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN performs general maintenance work in BHA owned and managed properties, including building exteriors, common areas, apartments, building systems, fixtures, and grounds. Our Maintenance Techs are required to participate in the on-call rotation, which covers night and weekend emergencies.

• Certified Master Electrician • Five years or more of experience working in the field. • Ability to support multiple apprenticeships. • Desire to teach high school students career and college readiness skills.

RENTAL ASSISTANCE SPECIALIST assists in the operation of all rental programs, including tenant and project-based voucher and grant funded rental assistance programs. This position works with applicants, participants, and landlords to ensure that the required paperwork and annual certifications are processed timely.

• Passion to integrate academic, technical, and employability skills into a program. • A proven ability to collaborate and build strong relationships with community partners.

SITE BASED SERVICE COORDINATOR supports those who have mental health and substance abuse challenges and/or who have moved from homelessness to Decker Towers, South Square, and Champlain Apartments. This position works closely with the Property Manager and other site-based staff to identify challenging behaviors and respond with appropriate direct service and coordination of community services with a goal of eviction prevention and facilitating a healthy tenancy.

Qualified candidates will also demonstrate the ability to build strong and supportive relationships with students, and the capacity to create positive and inclusive cultures and environments for learners of all ethnicities, races, sexual orientations, and genders. Green Mountain Technology & Career Center (GMTCC) is a cutting edge career and technical education center, where eligible students in 10th, 11th and 12th grades are prepared for college and career through the acquisition of real-world skills, practical knowledge, hands-on experiences, mentoring, and networking. In addition to earning requirements for high school graduation, students have the opportunity to earn free college credits and may obtain industry certifications in their field.

SUPPORTIVE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES MANAGER provides support to residents in BHA owned or managed properties who have mental health and substance abuse challenges. The SPSM works closely with Property Management and other site-based staff to identify residents exhibiting challenging behaviors/mental health symptoms and responds with appropriate direct service and coordination of community services. This position directly supervises the SASH Coordinator and the Supportive Housing Service Coordinator. To learn more about BHA and these career opportunities, please visit: burlingtonhousing.org. The BHA offers a competitive salary, commensurate with qualifications and experience, and an excellent benefit package. If you are interested in this career opportunity, please send a cover letter and resume to: humanresources @burlingtonhousing.org HUMAN RESOURCES BURLINGTON HOUSING AUTHORITY 65 MAIN STREET, SUITE 101, BURLINGTON, VT 05401 Burlington Housing Authority is an Equal Opportunity Employer BHA is an Equal Opportunity Employer

GMTCC is committed to maintaining a work and learning environment free from discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, pregnancy, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital/civil union status, ancestry, place of birth, age, citizenship status, veteran status, political affiliation, genetic information or disability, as defined and required by state and federal laws. Additionally, we prohibit retaliation against individuals who oppose such discrimination and harassment or who participate in an equal opportunity investigation. TO APPLY: Please send a current resume and letter of intent to eremmers@gmtcc.net

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY BY ROB BREZSNY REAL MARCH 24-30 GEMINI (May 21-Jun. 20): “You can be as

earnest and ridiculous as you need to be, if you don’t attempt it in isolation.” So says author Barbara Kingsolver. She adds, “The ridiculously earnest are known to travel in groups. And they are known to change the world.” In my view, this is perfect advice for you right now. If you and the members of your crew focus on coordinating your efforts, you could accomplish blazing amazements in the coming weeks. You may solve riddles that none of you has been able to decipher alone. You can synergize your efforts in such a way that everyone’s individual fate will be lifted up.

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The Carib people from Surinam quote their mysterious Snake Spirit as follows: “I am the force of the spirit of the lightning eel, the thunder ax, the stone. I am the force of the firefly; thunder and lightning have I created.” I realize that what I’m about to say may sound far-fetched, but I suspect that you will have access to powers that are comparable to the Snake Spirit’s in the coming weeks. In fact, your state of being reminds me of how Aries poet Marge Piercy expressed her quests for inspiration: “When I work, I am pure as an angel tiger, and clear is my eye and hot my brain and silent all the whining grunting piglets of the appetites.”

TAURUS (Apr. 20-May 20): “It’s always too early to quit,” wrote cheerful author Norman Vincent Peale, who first popularized the idea of “positive thinking.” I’m an optimistic person myself, but I think that his advice is excessively optimistic. On some occasions, it’s wise to withdraw your energy from a project or relationship you’ve been working on. Struggling to find relevance and redemption may reach a limit. Pushing ever onward might be fruitless and even harmful. However, I don’t think that now is one of those times for you, Taurus. According to my reading of the astrological omens, it is too early for you to quit.

CANCER (Jun. 21-Jul. 22): About 200 years ago, poet William Wordsworth wrote, “Every great and original writer must himself create the taste by which he is to be relished.” Now I’ve come up with a variation on that wisdom: “Every great and original soul must herself create the taste by which she is to be understood and appreciated.” That’s what I hope you will work on in the coming weeks, Cancerian: fostering an ambience in which you can be even better understood and appreciated. You now have extra power to teach people how to value you and get the best out of you. LEO (Jul. 23-Aug. 22): “I hate housework!” complained comedian Joan Rivers. “You make the beds, you do the dishes, and six months later you have to start all over again.” I wish I could give you a six-month reprieve from having to attend to those chores, Leo. In fact, I’d love it if I could permanently authorize you to avoid all activities that distract you from thinking big thoughts and feeling rich emotions and pursuing expansive adventures. But I’m afraid that I can only exempt you from the nagging small stuff for just the next three weeks or so — four, tops. After that, you’ll have to do the dishes and make the beds again. But for the foreseeable future: Focus your energy on thinking big thoughts and feeling rich emotions and pursuing expansive adventures! VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sep. 22): A British plumber named Kev Crane worked for weeks to install a new bathroom at a private home. As he toiled, he passed the time by singing his favorite songs. He didn’t know that the homeowner,

Paul Conneally, was the owner of a music label. So he was surprised and delighted when Conneally offered him a deal to record an album in the label’s studio. There may be a comparable development in your life during the coming weeks, Virgo. You could be noticed in new ways for what you do well. Your secret or unknown talents may be discovered or revealed. You might get invitations to show more of who you really are. Be alert for such opportunities.

LIBRA (Sep. 23-Oct. 22): It’s the start of the

Listening Season for you Libras. I propose a full-on celebration of listening: a three-week Holiday of Paying Close Attention to Important and Interesting Words Being Said in Your Vicinity. Make yourself a magnet for useful revelations. Be alert for the rich information that becomes available as you show the world that you would love to know more of its secrets. For inspiration, read these quotes. 1. You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time. —M. Scott Peck. 2. Learn to listen. Opportunity sometimes knocks very softly. —my friend Jenna. 3. Listening is being able to be changed by the other person. —Alan Alda. 4. If you want to be listened to, you should put in time listening. —Marge Piercy. 5. Listening is a magnetic and strange thing, a creative force. When we are listened to, it creates us, makes us unfold. — Karl A. Menninger.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “Worry doesn’t count as preparation,” writes author Lily Akerman. That sounds wise, but I don’t think that it’s true in all cases. At its best, worrying may serve as a meditation that helps us analyze potential problems. It prompts us to imagine constructive actions we might take to forestall potential disruptions — and maybe even prevent them from erupting into actual disruptions. I bring these thoughts to your attention, Scorpio, because now is an excellent time to engage in this kind of pondering. I declare the next three weeks to be your Season of Productive Worrying. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): If I had

my way, you’d be a connoisseur of kisses in the coming weeks. You’d make it your intention to expand your repertoire of kissing styles and

ask willing partners to do the same. You would give and receive unwieldy kisses, brave kisses and mysterious kisses. You would explore foolish, sublime kisses and sincere but inscrutable kisses and awakening kisses that change the meaning of kisses altogether. Are you interested in pursuing this challenge? It will be best accomplished through unhurried, playful, luxurious efforts. There’s no goal except to have experimental fun.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “Anybody who has survived his childhood has enough information about life to last him the rest of his days,” wrote author Flannery O’Connor. Her observation may be a bit of an exaggeration but not much. And I’m offering it to you now, as you begin a phase when you can glean many new teachings about your childhood — insights that could prove handy for a long time to come. I encourage you to enjoy a deep dive into your memories of your young years. They have superb secrets to divulge. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “Creativity is

the power to connect the seemingly unconnected,” said author William Plomer. I agree with that. And I’m pleased to let you know that in the coming weeks, you will have more of this power to connect than you’ve had in a long time. I hope you will use it to link your fortunes to influences that inspire you. I hope you will wield it to build bridges between parts of your world that have been separate or alienated until now. And I hope you will deploy your enhanced capacity for blending and joining as you weave at least one magnificent new creation.

PISCES (Feb. 19-Mar. 20): “I use my intelligence to discover more ways of appreciating you,” author Piscean Anaïs Nin told her lover Henry Miller. In the coming weeks, I recommend that you activate a similar ambition. Now is a time when you can enhance your close relationships with important allies by deepening your insight into them. What magic is at play within them that you haven’t fully recognized before? How could you better see and understand their mysteries? PS: You may be pleased when your deepening vision of them prompts them to extend the same favor toward you.

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KRU COFFEE READER It was the first day of spring, and you were wearing an orange beanie. You sat two spots away from me, facing the window to read, and had a cute smile and a tasty-looking doughnut. I wanted to say hi but got nervous. Maybe we can grab coffee and chat next time? When: Sunday, March 20, 2022. Where: Kru Coffee. You: Man. Me: Woman. #915535 GOODWILL LADY SAID HELLO Nice lady said hello. Brightened my day. Would like to get together for coffee or something. Would love to say hello again. When: Friday, March 18, 2022. Where: Goodwill, Williston. You: Woman. Me: Man. #915534 BRYCE AT FEDEX Bryce, you saved the day for me by finding my package, and when you came walking out, I kind of lost my breath. You are such a sweetheart and the most beautiful! Hoping I find a reason to see your gorgeous smile again one day. When: Friday, March 18, 2022. Where: FedEx. You: Woman. Me: Man. #915532 DEEP SUDS IN WATERBURY I climbed on top of the washer to help free your sleeping bag, which had been taken over by suds; the washer door refused to open. You had just driven to town to work at Stowe for the rest of the season. Catch me here! When: Wednesday, March 9, 2022. Where: Waterbury Laundromat. You: Man. Me: Woman. #915531 OCEAN EYES You used to send me songs and would say they are just good songs with no meaning. I find that hard to believe. It’s been a while, and fashion week is over. Are you calm and relaxed now? When: Thursday, February 10, 2022. Where: salon. You: Woman. Me: Man. #915530

CRUNCH HOODIE FLYING THROUGH CHICAGO After flying from Burlington to Chicago, you grabbed my roller suitcase with the Library Thing sticker instead of yours. Your red pleather pants and CRUNCH hoodie miss you. My heart is breaking without my L.L.Bean slippers. Holding my breath until I hear from you. (And holding my hands out in front of me, because my glasses were in that bag.) When: Thursday, March 3, 2022. Where: BTVORD. You: Woman. Me: Woman. #915533 CORY AT ESSEX PRICE CHOPPER Morning, around 9 a.m. You: in a white jacket. Very cheerful for early morning. We chatted about masks and the people of Ukraine. Guessing I will never see you again unless you see this. Maybe I do need that haircut after all. When: Wednesday, March 9, 2022. Where: Essex Price Chopper. You: Woman. Me: Man. #915529 NEW WORLD TORTILLA MYSTERY GUY Lunch time. Me: purple knit hat with two other cute ladies. You: curly hair, beard, chatted with us but forgot to get a phone number. One of us is married, but the other two are single. Reach out if you want to find out who’s who over drinks. When: Friday, March 4, 2022. Where: New World Tortilla. You: Man. Me: Woman. #915528 ARE YOU FROM SEATTLE, TOO? You complimented my Seahawks hat from your red hatchback as my friend and I crossed Colchester Ave. I turned, smiled and said, “Go Hawks,” like a doofus. The light turned green, and you drove off. I’d love to watch a game with you next season, but let’s not wait until fall to meet up. When: Thursday, March 3, 2022. Where: Burlington. You: Woman. Me: Man. #915527

CONCERT LOVE I saw you in the back of a show last night. You were underneath the exit sign. You looked young and sexy. I hope you’re a lifeguard. HMU. I was the hot old lady singing her sexy head off. I would love to meet up. When: Wednesday, March 2, 2022. Where: concert. You: Man. Me: Woman. #915526

PORTER NURSE You were one of the nurses for my endoscopy. I said you were handsome, and you said you don’t hear that a lot. Would you be up for meeting at Two Brothers Tavern for dinner sometime? When: Thursday, February 17, 2022. Where: Porter Medical Center, Middlebury. You: Man. Me: Woman. #915522

CUTIE WALKING BY KRU You met my eyes through both the windows of Kru Coffee and the dirty, scratched lenses of my janky wire-frame glasses. The Sunday morning scene at Church and Pearl had distracted me from my boring book when your red knit hat and curly hair caught my attention. I looked twice, and so did you. I wouldn’t mind meeting eyes again. When: Sunday, February 27, 2022. Where: Kru Coffee. You: Woman. Me: Man. #915525

RED ROCKS BEAUTY I saw you numerous times walking at Red Rocks Park from 2012 to 2013. You were walking once while reading a book, and I smiled at you. You had an angelic big white dog who was so peaceful. You were out-of-this-world beautiful. Are you still in the area? I would love to meet for tea. When: Sunday, January 1, 2017. Where: Red Rocks Park, South Burlington. You: Woman. Me: Man. #915520

TRYING IS STILL WORTH SOMETHING I’m going to still try, for myself. The dust has settled, and it is over. When you visit me in dreams, they turn into chaotic and confusing nightmares. I wish I didn’t think about you anymore. I wish we’d never met. I’m going to try to move on. It’s all I can try to do now. When: Monday, November 22, 2021. Where: Burlington. You: Woman. Me: Man. #915524 ANGEL OF BARRE You work at a gym in Barre. I bring my son in occasionally and wish you were his mother. You are kind, beautiful and sexy. My 5-year-old is so stoked to see you. I will continue to suffer under the reign of she who owns us both until you give us a chance. Cheers. When: Thursday, February 3, 2022. Where: GMCF. You: Man. Me: Gender nonconformist. #915523 OLD NAVY, WILLISTON I first saw you a few years ago at the register. I thought you were such a beautiful man. It was an immediate crush; I got so nervous and flushed! You’re tall with blondish hair, blue eyes and an amazing smile. I simply want you to know that I think you’re beautiful and handsome. I hope it makes you smile! When: Sunday, February 20, 2022. Where: Old Navy, Williston. You: Man. Me: Woman. #915521 SHAMWOW Happy Birthday! Scoots! When: Tuesday, February 15, 2022. Where: in my dreams. You: Woman. Me: Man. #915515

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CAROLINE FROM WATERBURY The full moon was rising and the owls were hooting during the glow of sunset as we chatted about great hiking trails near the lake. I was walking my dog, and you had yellow pants and tall green boots. While enjoying your company, I suggested Rock Point to check out. You have beautiful eyes and a captivating smile. Coffee sometime? When: Tuesday, February 15, 2022. Where: Shelburne. You: Woman. Me: Man. #915517

In the moment, I was paralyzed by indecision. Ultimately, I grabbed a sandwich from the platter in the room, ran off and stress ate it on the drive home. For future parties, how do I overcome my apprehension about joining in the fun? How do you broach the topic of sexual safety in the middle of a sloppy sex pile? Is there a way to do this without killing the vibe? Is it just my social anxiety? Help!

Anita Loosenupp

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THE REAL AMANDA ON MATCH The person who said she was Amanda from D.C. actually wasn’t. The real one is back on Match, and I would love to connect. Her son went to Kenyon (or wore a sweatshirt from there). Doesn’t anyone know her who can show her this? Match asked for three things, and she listed six. That’s the kind of mind I like. When: Thursday, February 10, 2022. Where: Match. com. You: Woman. Me: Man. #915511 WHITE LEOPARD AT STAPLES We were both looking for printer cartridges and chatted. You wore a long white leopard-print coat and riding boots. Let’s have coffee. When: Wednesday, February 9, 2022. Where: Staples. You: Woman. Me: Man. #915510 HOT THROW-UP GIRL At a party, you threw up all over me. It was kind of hot. I only saw your face for a few seconds, but you were gorgeous. You might have had a green dress. But something I know is that your puke was red. (You might wanna get that checked out.) Write me back, please. You. Are. Hot. When: Wednesday, February 2, 2022. Where: Sean’s house party. You: Woman. Me: Man. #915508

SENDING YOU FORGET-ME-NOTS Remembering our sweet summertime days riding bikes and reading the paper together. Our short time together was lovely, and I’m sorry for messing it up. I miss you, dear Vivian! When: Saturday, February 12, 2022. Where: Burlington. You: Man. Me: Man. #915514

YELLOW BIKES AND YOU If you crashed into a neon yellow bike on the bike path, I think you might be the one. You wouldn’t recognize me in the light of day, because I was also dressed in all yellow (it’s this role-playing thing I do). You were short, around four feet, reddishorange eyes, bald, curvy. If this is you, write back. I felt a spark. When: Thursday, February 10, 2022. Where: on the bike path. You: Man. Me: Man. #915507

KELLY IN FERRISBURGH Saw your profile online. Get in touch with me here, please. When: Sunday, February 13, 2022. Where: online. You: Woman. Me: Man. #915513

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Dear Anita Loosenupp,

Irreverent counsel on life’s conundrums

I went to my first swinger hotel takeover last weekend, where a group of 75 or so swingers and singles rented out a floor of a hotel. The floor was “private,” so doors were open if people wanted to be watched, and play was also happening in the hallway. I’m a single woman in this group, which is a rare commodity, and I also struggle with social anxiety. I was in a room, hanging back yet fascinated by watching an orgy pile slowly get bigger. I had no intention of participating, but one of the ladies invited me to join. I wanted to but was also worried about sexual safety.

PETUNIA HARDSCRABBLE, WE MISS YOU! Petunia! We miss you so much around here. We know you’re off doing very important work, though, and we want you to take all the time it needs. There will always be a star on the dressing room door with your name, regardless how the work goes. Sending you all our love and kindness, meditation and strength! —Huckleberry Lorraine. When: Tuesday, February 1, 2022. Where: Burlington. You: Woman. Me: Woman. #915518

WILLISTON WHISTLER 2005-06 Maybe you didn’t think it was you in my original ad, since the date was wrong. I didn’t realize I could put the date in the headline! I would love to see your eyes, your smile and to hear you whistle again! Thinking of you every single day since! Where are you now? When: Thursday, May 11, 2017. Where: in the stairway to heaven MTP. You: Man. Me: Woman. #915512

I don’t have much experience with orgies, but there is one thing I can guarantee: Every person in that sloppy sex pile was once a first-timer. You don’t have to pretend you know what you’re doing. Tell people that you’re a newbie, and I’m sure they’ll be more than happy to show you the ropes. Do the party hosts have sex safety requirements or protocols? If you can’t find out ahead of time, asking about STI status is surely commonplace, and I can’t imagine it would kill the mood. Just keep it short, sweet and to the point.

Before the next party, do whatever you need to do to loosen up, whether that’s sipping a martini or meditating. Set your intentions and boundaries before you get there. Be prepared and bring a fanny pack full of whatever accoutrements you may need to feel good about getting involved: dental dams, condoms, gloves, breath mints, etc. And remember that your most important sex organ is your brain. Trust your instincts and only do what feels right. Good luck and God bless,

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