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A bike-share system is set to launch in Burlington and will eventually roll out all over Chittenden County. Pedal power.

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Saturday marked at least the fifth year that the club has participated in the Earth Hour event, according to St. Louis. The club’s been around since 1964. St. Louis, a Burlington resident, joined in 1966 as a teenager.

Like many of its members, St. Louis considers stargazing a hobby. He’s retired but worked for years in the information security division at the University of Vermont.

Now he has more time to dedicate to the club, which counts members from across the state.

“We have all levels of expertise and backgrounds,” he said. “We like sharing the sky with people and talking about what we see in our telescopes.”

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bout 10 stargazing members of the Vermont Astronomical Society had their telescopes pointed skyward on Saturday night at the top of Church Street in Burlington.

The gathering on the lawn of the First Unitarian Universalist Society of Burlington was meant to coincide with Earth Hour, an annual event intended to highlight climate change by extinguishing man-made lights.

But the city never turned off the lights in the area as planned at 8:30 p.m., the appointed time for the event, according to society president Jack St. Louis.

The light pollution proved no bother for the cosmic crew, which made do on a beautiful cold and clear evening.

“For some reason, it got missed,” recalled St. Louis. “But it didn’t much matter because the moon was so bright.”

The society set up around noontime and used a funnel projector on a telescope so passersby could safely view the sun. In the evening, the group erected eight telescopes and invited people strolling by to take a peek.

About 100 took them up on the offer. Most of the astronomers trained their scopes on the moon, but St. Louis said some also observed the bright star Sirius and the Orion Nebula.

The latter is a fantastical purplish sight described in Mayan culture as “a cosmic fire of creation,” according to NASA.

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1. “Vermont House Panel Passes Landmark Gun Legislation” by Taylor Dobbs. On March 21, the House Judiciary Committee narrowly approved a bill that would introduce new gun-control measures, including background checks for all private gun sales and a higher gun purchasing age.

2. “Vermont House Backs Sweeping Gun Legislation” by Taylor Dobbs. Last Friday, the House gave preliminary approval to the gun-control bill.

3. “Unlikely Allies Open a Homeless Shelter in Lamoille County” by Mark Davis.

Religious leaders, law enforcement officials and volunteers opened the county’s first shelter in February.

4. “Attorney: Vermont Official Was Arrested on Sex Charge in China During EB-5 Trip”

by Mark Davis. An attorney representing investors in the Jay Peak fraud case made the allegations after a court appearance; Attorney General T.J. Donovan later denied having a record of any such incident.

5. “Walters: Thousands Attend March for Our Lives Rally in Montpelier” by John Walters. The rally for stricter gun laws drew participants of all ages.

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teen to shoot up a school in Fair Haven, legislators have become suddenly receptive to long-stalled measures such as universal background checks.

On Saturday, students and others poured into Montpelier and gathered at the Statehouse for one of hundreds of demonstrations nationwide in support of gun control measures. Capitol Police estimated there were 2,500 people in the crowd.

University of Vermont student Brigitte Riordan was among them. She grew up in Las Vegas, where a gunman in a hotel opened up on the crowd at a music festival last October.

“I knew several people who were at the festival,” she told Seven Days’ John Walters. “I didn’t know anyone who was shot, but it was definitely very intense. It was difficult to be [in Burlington]; I was aching for my community.”

“There has been a gun threat recently at my school,” said demonstrator Renee Bamford, who attends Essex High School. “Every time you see someone open a door, your heart kind of skips a beat.”

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he Vermont House on Tuesday approved sweeping gun-control legislation that would mandate universal background checks, raise the age for purchasing guns to 21, and ban bump stocks and high-capacity magazines. The vote was 89-54.

A last-minute lobbying effort persuaded legislators to exempt Vermont gun manufacturers from the ban on magazines with more than 10 rounds. Reps. Corey Parent (R-St. Albans) and Lynn Dickinson (R-St. Albans) argued that without such an exemption, the bill would jeopardize hundreds of jobs at Century International Arms, a worldwide firearms dealer with a factory in the town of Georgia.

“It seems hypocritical to me,” countered Rep. Brian Cina (P-Burlington). “Why would we ban something and then allow it to be made here?”

The Senate, which passed a more limited version of the bill earlier this month, will now consider its latest iteration. Earlier Tuesday, Gov. Phil Scott indicated that he supported the bill and the decision to exempt Vermont manufacturers.

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I know that your Feedback column is filled with important news and opinions, but I just wanted to say — since you’ve basically become Vermont’s paper of record — that we should never forget how beautiful the month of March 2018 was. Here along the spine of the Greens, we had one perfect day after another: endless bright sun, brisk cold, deep snow. I imagine the skiing was as good elsewhere as it was at Breadloaf, but it couldn’t have been any better. Given the progress of climate change and the parlous state of global politics, who knows how many more stretches like this we’ll get — all the more reason not to take a single day for granted.

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[Re “Treading Water: Vermont’s Pols Are Going Nowhere Fast on Clean Lakes,” February 7]: Some of Vermont’s lakes and rivers have been showing up at the emergency room without health insurance. It’s bad. We all pay a high price when it gets to emergency status. Vermont needs to start now in paying a realistic annual premium for health insurance for our water ecosystem.

It’s more costly to buy insurance when there are preexisting conditions, but we’re lucky because we know that the overall tab in need of new revenue is about $1.3 billion over the next 20 years, as described in the Clean Water Report issued in January 2017 by the Office of the State Treasurer.

The report also identifies many potential long-term revenue sources to pay for the prevention and treatment required to clean up our waters throughout the state.

If we don’t make a treatment plan now and ante up the annual premiums to pay the $1.3 billion, we could well find ourselves paying catastrophic costs. And the toll would be more than financial. Water is essential to life. Clean drinking water is at risk in some communities if we don’t start taking preventive action and paying for treatment now.

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Last week’s news story “Murky Waters: Who’s Writing Vermont’s Clean Water Regulations?” got Brittney Wilson’s title wrong. She is Gov. Phil Scott’s secretary of civil and military affairs.

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[Re Off Message: “Opponents of Burlington City Hall Park Redesign Speak for the Trees,” March 7]: We visit Burlington frequently and love to go to the park for the farmers market, take-out picnics, respite, to sit on a bench, etc., especially in the summer. The summer days are frequently hot, and you cannot find a cool place to sit, since all of the spaces under the trees are taken by those seeking shelter from the sun. For this reason, the park needs more trees, not fewer. Even if you don’t care

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I was curious about the letter “Flatlanders’ Fault” [Feedback: March 7] which said: “It is very sad to see my state ruined by flatlanders who are only guests here…” As someone from the Boston area who has found a physical and spiritual home in Vermont, I feel that I am not a guest but a permanent resident.

I am also continuing a long tradition of flatlanders migrating into Vermont that reaches back to at least the 18th century.

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the flatlands at one time or another. While the states or provinces they came from may not be physically flat, this is true no matter whether they have been in the state 10 generations or one.

I was touched by how the author felt “sorry for flatlanders.” I dispute, however, the lack of common sense that he states we have, as solar panels are definitely “much more of an attraction” than billboards. I speak from experience, having lived or been in many states that are overrun with billboards, shopping malls and all the other pestiferous ravages of our unrestrained consumerism. I appreciate Vermont for its solar panels that show a commonsense approach to largely (though not always) preventing these things to preserve its past in the present for the future.

Former flatlanders like me know what happens when you destroy it.

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“fighting” cancer just to the right of a fully stocked liquor cabinet? Forgive me, but there are real reasons every bottle has warnings for “health problems” attached to it, and we now know that as few as one drink daily ups the cancer ante exponentially. Wouldn’t this be akin to “struggling” with lung cancer while sporting a pack of Marlboros in a front pocket?

To read the latest oncologists’ report on alcohol’s dangers, just go to ascopubs.org for information regarding increased taxes, lower outlet density, limited advertisements and sales hours, increased warnings and education, etc. We also know that alcohol is more dangerous to the unborn than heroin.

An addicted newborn can be detoxed, while one born with fetal alcohol disorders will suffer for a lifetime. Yet booze is promoted everywhere and all the time. Why? Oh — revenue and our “culture,” I guess.

[Re Off Message: “Opponents of Burlington City Hall Park Redesign Speak for the Trees,” March 7]: The worst enemy of the trees and grass in the park next to Burlington City Hall is not climate change — it’s the lazy, homeless-by-choice thugs and addicts who spread their tarps and tents on the ground.

That kills the grass and erodes the soil around the trees, exposing the roots and killing everything around.

The tree huggers ought to switch their focus and go after the real problem: the bums in the park who flock to Burlington, the socialist capital of the Northeast, to collect welfare.

If the so-called park activists really are trying to protect the trees, they need to start removing the things killing them: the dregs.

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Conservative Senator Peg Flory to Hang Up Her Spurs

ARTS NEWS 22

BY ALICIA FREESE

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Burlington’s 5-Year-Old Early Ed Initiative Has Yet to Take First Steps

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Can China Help Fill — and Fund — Vermont’s Public Schools?

Burlington Teen Band Celebrates Immigrants’ Musical Traditions

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Sister Activist

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The Hopkins Center Presents a Modern Twist on War and Peace

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The Year of Living Differently

Health: A life-altering ski accident hasn’t stopped Ryan McLaren

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BY MOLLY WALSH

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Culture: A former National Geographic photographer reflects on his global career and a local exhibition

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Culture: A lawyer and standup comedian teaches adults how to connect in the real world

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gathered in Montpelier on Saturday to advocate for stricter gun control at the March for Our Lives, one of more than 800 protests that took place around the nation.

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F LIVING DIFFER EAR O A life-altering ski accident hasn’t stopped Ryan McLaren

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Founding Fathers “I have always loved this play and feel that in our current political climate, it is more relevant than ever,” wrote Thetford-based theater director Perry Allison in a January press release. A group of Upper Valley artists presents 1776, the Tony Award-winning musical about the signing of the Declaration of Independence. History comes to life at the Briggs Opera House in White River Junction.

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Scott sent a letter to state lawmakers on March 20 listing 13 “bills containing Untitled-9 1 3/26/18 10:30 AM new or higher taxes, fees or expenses I cannot support.” The list represented a substantial broadening of his previous position. First of all, he added “exDRIVER ED penses,” which would literally apply to every single piece of legislation. And CLASSES second, some of his 13 bills do not actuOFFERED ally include new taxes or fees.

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16t-precisiondrivertrainingschool032118.indd 1 3/13/18 4:34 PM “If it includes a tax or fee, I will oppose it,” he said of the bill.

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So he’s “not familiar” with one of the most important bills of the session?

Scott was then asked if he’d be OK with language setting up a study of possible revenue sources. “Possibly, but again, I’d like to see the details. [S.260] has been highlighted by my staff as one that has a tax or fee in it.”

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letter because they’re in the letter? A fine example of circular reasoning.

Let’s leave aside the meanderings and take him at his eventual word. He opposes S.260, even though it would only pave the way for a potential tax or fee hike in 2019 — when Scott might not even be governor. But even that is a misinterpretation, according to Sen. CHRIS BRAY (D-Addison), chair of the Senate Natural Resources Committee and primary author of the legislation.

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“I’ve referred to S.260 as a precautionary plan B,” he said. “If we can’t find the money elsewhere, we would have a mechanism to raise revenue.” The money, he added, doesn’t have to come from higher taxes: “S.260 also allows for revenue to be raised through budget cuts elsewhere.”

The only mandate in his bill is that the state spend at least as much on waterways cleanup in 2020 and beyond as it will in fiscal year 2019. “Maintenance of effort,” Bray called it.

That’s a far cry from Scott’s characterization.

In his letter, the governor also raises a separation-of-powers objection to S.260.

When asked for an explanation, spokesperson REBECCA KELLEY wrote that the bill “encroaches on the authority of the executive branch by giving a legislative committee planning and implementation functions.” In truth, this committee would be exactly like every other special panel. It would craft a plan but would have no implementation authority.

The rest of Scott’s list of objectionable bills is a mixed bag. To start with, it doesn’t include one of the measures seemingly most likely to trigger a veto: the House-passed paid family leave bill, which awaits action in the Senate. Now, the governor says that it’s “not a full list,” but the omission is notable. Especially since some of the bills he highlighted would create truly minuscule levies.

There are measures to impose fees on digital-age industries such as data

brokers, Uber and Airbnb, just like their 20th-century competitors. Another bill would temporarily increase a telephone surcharge to beef up a laughably small state fund for rural wireless service.

And even as Scott balks at those small measures, his own budget proposal includes at least two new fees.

One would lay the groundwork for a new tax on charging electric vehicles; the other would extend a fee currently imposed on large solar arrays of 150 kilowatts or more to arrays larger than 50 kilowatts.

The governor’s letter also names three bills that gained unanimous approval in the Senate. Somebody should tell Republican senators they’re undercutting their leader.

Between the inconsistencies in the letter and the shifting rationales at his press conference, lawmakers must be wondering exactly what this governor will or won’t sign.

Scott intended to clarify his position.

In the end, he did the exact opposite.

The Limits of Lawmaking

On Friday, March 16, Quaker activist and author GEORGE LAKEY spoke to the legislature’s Climate Solutions Caucus.

The 80-year-old Lakey has been a nonviolent protester since the Ban the Bomb days of the 1950s. His message to a roomful of lawmakers: There are severe limits to the power of their offices.

“It doesn’t work like your civics textbooks,” he said, adding that elected officials should “project to voters a realistic set of expectations on what you can do and emphasize the responsibility of people to exert power through nonviolent action.”

His audience was largely receptive.

“People look to us to solve problems by passing this bill or that bill,” said Rep. JAMES MASLAND (D-Thetford). “It doesn’t work that way.”

They’re right. Lawmaking is designed to be a slow, deliberate, incremental process. Nothing gets done quickly or cleanly.

“The usual message is, ‘Go to your elected official to solve your problems,’” said Lakey. “The media reinforces that with its intensive coverage of the political process.”

He’s got a point. We cluster around the Statehouse as if that were the

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wellspring of political power. But the real source of power lies in the consent of the governed.

One week later, that truth was made manifest. The House gave preliminary approval to a suite of gun measures that would have been unthinkable only a few weeks earlier. But a grassroots movement arose, giving lawmakers room to act and a Republican governor license to change his position.

The following morning, at least 2,000 people gathered on the Statehouse lawn to celebrate the progress they’d made and press for even more.

I found Sen. DICK MCCORMACK (D-Windsor), one of the old salts of the Statehouse, leaning against the building’s granite wall and gazing out at the crowd.

Turns out, he’s the perfect exemplar of Lakey’s assertion.

“I, for one, have personally favored various forms of gun control for years,” he said. “And I’ve thought, I don’t know if the people want this. It’s a fight I don’t need. What has changed is the public outcry.”

He continued, “What I’m hearing from the public right now is that they really want this. And there are people who don’t. They’re telling me they’re going to get me voted out of office.

Maybe they will. You do the right thing.”

But only if you have the wind at your back.

The new owners will take control on Friday, according to ROB MITCHELL, general manager of the Herald and editor in chief of both papers. He chose his words carefully when describing how things might change. “Sample seems to have a little bit different approach to ownership,” he said. “Reade focused on Maine. Sample may have more of a hands-on approach.”

To judge from a scan of Sample properties’ websites, the papers’ original content is focused entirely on their home communities. That doesn’t bode well for the Vermont Press Bureau, which for decades provided Statehouse coverage to the Herald and the Times Argus. It’s been unstaffed since NEAL GOSWAMI took a position with WCAX-TV last October.

It’d be nice to offer more on the new owner’s plans, but Sample president GEORGE “SCOOP” SAMPLE failed to return requests for comment.

Last week also brought change in leadership at Vermont Public Radio. For the first time in 25 years, the broadcaster has gone outside its walls to hire a new chief executive. SCOTT FINN, currently executive director and CEO of West Virginia Public Broadcasting, will take the top job at VPR on May 7. He replaces ROBIN TURNAU, who is stepping aside after nine years as president and CEO and a total of 29 years at VPR. PEGGY WILLIAMS, chair of the VPR board of directors, has nothing but praise for the new guy. “He comes with broad and deep experience in public media,” she said. “He has a journalistic mind-set; he’s a strategic thinker, downto-earth — an engaging personality.”

Finn seconds the emotion. “VPR is a spectacular organization with amazing staff and supporters,” he said.

Ain’t love grand?

The 46-year-old Finn, whose roots are in journalism, says his first priority is a listening tour. “Take out my reporter’s notebook and talk to all sorts of people,” he said. “It’s important to pay attention to your audience and also important to reach out to those who don’t listen.”

VPR has legions of supporters who love the station. It also has critics who view it as a top-heavy organization that just conducted an $8 million expansion of its headquarters, while investing fewer resources in news than it could have. Finn is sure to get an earful from all sides. m

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Eighteen months after the Mitchell family sold its financially troubled daily newspapers, the Rutland Herald and Barre-Montpelier Times Argus, the properties are once again poised to changed hands. The deal was announced last Thursday.

The prospective buyer is the Sample News Group, a Pennsylvania-based firm that publishes 75 small-town dailies, weeklies and shoppers. The deal is effectively a swap; current owners READE BROWER of Maine and CHIP HARRIS of New Hampshire are acquiring Sample’s papers in Maine, including dailies in Brunswick and Biddeford, in exchange for the Herald and Times Argus. (The trade also gives Brower a tighter grip on Maine’s newspaper business; according to his own Portland Press Herald, he will soon own six of the state’s seven dailies, as well as a string of weekly papers.)

“From a strategic vantage point, the geography just works better,” Brower said. “We’ve had a mutual relationship, and this just sort of made sense.”

Nice for them, but it does feel like two of Vermont’s most influential dailies have become mere pawns in somebody else’s game.

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Conservative Senator Peg Flory to Hang Up Her Spurs B Y ALI CI A FR EESE

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ermont Sen. Peg Flory (RRutland) — a fixture in the Statehouse for nearly 20 years and one of the most outspoken members of the Republican opposition — is on her way out.

The 69-year-old lawmaker told Seven Days that she won’t run for reelection in November because she wants to spend more time with her three sons and seven grandchildren, along with her new husband, whom she married earlier this month.

Known for her ruthless yet respectful interrogations of colleagues, Flory, a lawyer, reads every bill before it comes up for debate, marking pages with a plethora of pink sticky tabs. Speaking slowly in her deep, gravelly voice, she’ll ask a series of benign-seeming questions before revealing some alleged flaw in the legislation.

Her questioning “demands from us that we do better work,” said Senate Majority Leader Becca Balint (D-Windham).

When Flory departs, the Senate will lose a skilled and detail-oriented scrutinizer, and the Republican minority will be without one of its most effective debaters.

Flory is frequently “the one who carries the torch” for her party, observed veteran lobbyist Andrew MacLean. “She’s a tough hombre when she wants to be.”

The Pittsford rep is always impeccably dressed, often in a blazer with a brooch, her nails painted deep red. When she’s not in the Statehouse, she’s usually outside, smoking a cigarette.

“She’s not afraid of anybody; we were all afraid of her,” joked her former seatmate, Green Mountain Care Board chair Kevin Mullin. Despite Flory’s no-nonsense demeanor, colleagues describe her as fun-loving with a knack for cracking off-color jokes. Mullin put it like this: “If you wanna have an ice cream cone with someone, you grab Peg.” In crafting her arguments, Flory tends to rely more on logic than emotion, sharing personal anecdotes only when it strikes her as truly necessary, though she has no shortage of compelling stories to draw upon.

When she was 4 months old, Flory was adopted by a childless couple that raised her in Rutland. As an adult, she learned that her mother gave birth to her at age 15, having been raped by Flory’s uncle. She later reconnected with her birth mother and her siblings.

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While attending Immaculate Heart of Mary elementary school, classmates would make fun of the fact that her adoptive father was the janitor.

“Kids used to call my dad ‘Caveman,’ and they’d refer to me as ‘Caveman’s Kid,’” Flory recalled. Encouraged by her father to treat the insult as a “badge of honor,” she said, she’d catch her classmates off guard by playing along with the joke, telling them, for instance, that she’d eaten an elephant for dinner.

When Flory was 16, she suffered a stroke that left her with garbled speech and without peripheral vision in her right eye. Her vision never improved and, while she regained her ability to speak, some of the damage was permanent. Many people assume she speaks so deliberately because she’s choosing her words carefully or creating pregnant pauses for effect. In fact, Flory said, “I have to speak slowly, or [the words] come out weird.”

She earned an associate’s degree in legal secretarial sciences at what is now Southern Vermont College, which is also where she met her first husband, Joseph. They had three sons and, for 12 years, Flory was a stay-at-home mom.

She was also a den mother, overseeing a dozen Cub Scouts. She insisted they learn

how to sew their own merit badges onto their uniforms rather than rely on their mothers.

Flory crocheted Christmas ornaments and sold them on the side, earning enough money to pay the family’s property taxes.

After she returned to work as a legal secretary, her boss, Richard Pearson, encouraged her to become a lawyer. Flory took advantage of an unusual option in Vermont, which allows aspiring attorneys to complete a four-year apprenticeship instead of getting a law degree, provided they pass the bar exam. When she finally became a lawyer — without a bachelor’s degree and at age 45 — Flory and Pearson became partners. She primarily worked on real estate and family court cases.

“She has a lot of gumption,” said Tom Little, a lawyer and former state rep. “It ain’t easy to become a lawyer by clerking the bar.”

Flory’s political career began with her election to the Pittsford Selectboard after she got involved in a debate about whether to locate an unlined landfill in the town.

Another infrastructure issue — the need for upgrades on Route 7 — inspired her successful run for state rep in 1998.

As a first-year lawmaker, she helped lead the opposition to same-sex civil unions.

“We were clearly major adversaries,” said Rep. Bill Lippert (D-Hinesburg), who helped lead the fight for civil unions as the only openly gay lawmaker at the time.

“I never experienced direct animus from Peg, but I never felt like she could really appreciate the deep, deep hurtfulness of what it meant to our community and how what was happening was empowering those who did have a very deep animus toward our community,” Lippert said. Even so, he continued, “We came to, I think, respect each other and appreciate each other.”

The civil union law passed in 2000, but backlash propelled Republicans to take control of the House the following year. Flory was appointed chair of the Judiciary Committee in 2001, replacing Little, a Republican who had pushed for the legislation.

As chair, Flory led the effort to repeal civil unions. The bill narrowly passed in the House but died in the Senate, where Democrats retained a majority.

Flory, who also voted against same-sex marriage in 2009, said last week that she has “no problem with homosexuality.”

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her aunts, Balint said she thinks of both women as “modern-day Annie Oakleys with brass knuckles.”

Lobbyist David Mickenberg suggested that Flory is “effective even if her position doesn’t prevail” because “she really pushes people to know their material.”

“She has a unique ability to dive deep into the question, recognize a potential flaw and save us all from embarrassment down the road,” agreed Benning.

Flory considers her efforts to ensure that legislation is clearly written and doesn’t result in unintended consequences to be her greatest accomplishment.

“I know I drive people nuts,” she said.

But “even if I disagree with it, I want it to have only one meaning.”

During the Senate’s recent debate on background checks for firearm purchases, Flory flagged a potential problem: Could people be penalized if they removed guns from a suicidal friend or family member without first submitting to a background check? For her, the question was hardly hypothetical. On two separate occasions, she told colleagues, she personally took guns from friends contemplating suicide.

On another occasion, a younger man she knew, who’d had a traumatic brain injury, sexually assaulted her in her home, she told Seven Days. Shaken by the attack, Flory gave her guns to her sons, fearing that she might shoot a subsequent intruder.

The bill was tweaked to make clear that those who remove guns from dangerous situations wouldn’t run afoul of the law. It passed, with Flory still voting against it.

During her legislative career, Flory endured a series of tragedies: her law partner, Pearson, committed suicide in 2006. In April 2009, her first husband died of a heart attack. And in December of that year, her best friend since seventh grade, Joan Wing, was killed in a car crash.

“Peg’s had her share of adversity, but she always just keeps moving forward,” said Mullin.

“She’s such a strong personality that she perseveres,” said Douglas.

Flory became uncharacteristically quiet when discussing the deaths. The lesson she’s drawn from them is simple: “Life is short,” she said. That’s also her explanation for why she’s leaving the Statehouse. Her new husband, Alvin Figiel, is Wing’s widower, and the pair is already planning a trip to Italy for her retirement. m

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Her position then and now, as she explained it, is that the benefits of marriage shouldn’t be conferred on the basis of any sexual relationship. “Why should we give benefits based on who you slept with?” she asked, suggesting they should be available for members of all domestic partnerships — whether it’s two brothers living together, a husband and wife, or a same-sex couple.

After Flory served 11 years in the House, then-governor Jim Douglas appointed her in December 2009 to an open Senate seat.

As chair of the Institutions Committee, Flory has for years played a key role in doling out dollars for capital projects.

She vocally opposed legislation allowing terminally ill patients to end their lives, which passed in 2013. She also recalled advocating for men’s rights during legislative debates — or, as she characterized it, striving to make sure laws were “gender-neutral.” This was influenced by her work as a lawyer, during which, she said, she “had to fight a whole lot harder” for her male clients seeking visitation or custody rights for their children.

In 2015, she defended a man during a particularly contentious Statehouse debate: Norm McAllister, a Republican senator from Franklin County who had been charged with sexual assault. Flory remained his fiercest advocate, even as lurid details of allegations made by three women surfaced.

When senators moved to eject McAllister from the body, she urged her colleagues to wait until after his trial, citing the presumption of innocence. She and McAllister were close friends, but she insisted that she “would have fought just as hard and taken the same position” had they not been.

Sen. Joe Benning (R-Caledonia) helped lead the successful effort to unseat McAllister, who was ultimately found guilty only of a prohibited act — arranging for a tenant of his to have sex with a man for money. Though the debate was highly charged, Benning said his relationship with Flory remained respectful throughout, which he credits to the fact that they’re both lawyers.

Flory is one of seven Republicans in the 30-member Senate. As a member of the minority party for 16 of the nearly 20 years she’s served in the Statehouse, she’s accustomed to losing — but that hasn’t stopped her from putting up a fight.

“I love that even when she knows the vote’s gonna go down 23-7, that she feels a responsibility to represent her constituents and her base,” Balint said.

Noting that Flory reminds her of one of

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Within months of being elected mayor in 2012, Weinberger recruited Nordhaus to research how the city could step in, according to 275 pages of city emails obtained by Seven Days.

Nordhaus and Weinberger met while they both attended Yale University.

She’s worked as a public school teacher and served on the steering committee of Partnership for Change, an education-related nonprofit that works in Burlington and Winooski.

In January 2014, the city awarded Nordhaus the $43,000 grant, and she spent nearly a year creating a “white paper.” It proposed implementing a program whereby visiting nurses would make house calls in Burlington to new parents.

It also recommended creating a scholarship program that would help low-income families whose state subsidies weren’t enough to cover the full cost of childcare. The city would implement the scholarships by fall 2016 — and follow up with “rigorous evaluation” of its progress.

Weinberger announced the plan at a February 2015 press conference, surrounded by state officials, including then-governor Peter Shumlin, and a host of early education advocates. He also announced the formation of a new, 35-member advisory board, along with a second planning grant for Nordhaus: a $122,000 check from the Permanent Fund for Vermont’s Children, an early education consulting and advocacy nonprofit.

The fund’s CEO, Aly Richards, described Weinberger’s effort as a “serious initiative” that showed the potential for progress on the municipal level. That appealed to her organization.

Weinberger won a second term weeks after the press conference, and he highlighted the effort in his 2015 State of the City speech.

“Our goal in launching a Burlington Early Learning Initiative is nothing short of ensuring that all Burlington children have the opportunity to lead full, healthy and successful lives,” he said.

For the next year, Nordhaus and the advisory board crafted another lengthy planning document, this one called the Early Learning Initiative Action Plan.

The group fleshed out Nordhaus’ original goals and added even more: commissioning a study of permitting and zoning rules to ease restrictions for childcare facilities, designating a staff member to oversee the program and creating a community-wide childcare wait list.

None of the proposals ever got off the ground. The Visiting Nurse Association of Chittenden and Grand Isle Counties, which was intended to head up the home-visiting program, didn’t have the resources, according to Nordhaus.

Neither the scholarship program, nor the private money that was supposed to fund it, ever materialized.

In January 2016, Weinberger wrote a letter to the advisory board, saying that the city needed to “take time to recalibrate.”

The city reserved $42,000 in community development block grants in fiscal year 2016 to use for the Burlington Early Learning Initiative. But when the initiative didn’t move forward as planned, the money was reallocated to other projects, according to Weinberger.

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“I totally acknowledge to you that that whole effort turned out to be a dead end,” the mayor said in an interview.

For Weinberger, the effort is personal.

His mom was a kindergarten teacher and his wife, Stacy, is director of early education at Burlington’s King Street Center. His 4-year-old daughter, Ada, is enrolled in preschool at Stepping Stones Children’s Center.

Despite the setbacks, Richards defended Weinberger’s work as “groundbreaking.” “You’re seeing … what happens when you really engage with the community in this process,” she added.

“We’re not sugarcoating in any of our work how tricky it is.”

A year and a half after the mayor called a time-out, he was ready to try again. Last May he announced the new and improved version of the Early Learning Initiative at a press conference with Vermont Education Secretary

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n December 2013, Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger approached a private donor with a proposal to improve and expand childcare offerings in Burlington.

With some cash, his administration could “lay the strategic groundwork for a long-term city effort to improve early childhood education and … make some immediate progress on the issue at a critical time,” Weinberger wrote in an email obtained by Seven Days.

Then and now, Burlington didn’t have enough childcare opportunities to meet the demand.

His pitch was persuasive enough to convince the anonymous philanthropist to fork over a $43,000 check to pay for consulting work by education advocate Jessica Nordhaus, who had served as Weinberger’s 2012 campaign manager.

Five years later, though, Weinberger’s promise of “immediate progress” is sounding increasingly unrealistic.

The city has so far invested $165,000 — raised from private donations — on consultants to study the issue. The only tangible results came last week, when officials offered Ohavi Zedek Full Circle Preschool a $14,000 grant to help finance four openings for infants.

Weinberger admits his effort has fallen short. “If you’d asked me six years ago when we started down this, ‘Six years in, is this what the goal is?’ No, I wanted to be further along,” he said in an interview last week.

By all accounts, the “goal” Weinberger set wasn’t — and still isn’t — an easy one: to provide high-quality, affordable childcare for Burlington kids from infant through preschool.

The Vermont Department for Children and Families regulates preschool and daycare programs, so it’s unusual for a single city to get involved.

But state subsidies for low-income kids haven’t gone up since 2010. Centers large and small are feeling the squeeze.

Slim profit margins lead to low wages, high staff turnover and insufficient opportunities for children in need.

That’s especially true in Burlington, where wait lists are years long. Childcare slots exist for fewer than half of the 1,110 Queen City kids under the age of 3, according to 2015 data compiled by Nordhaus.

It’s even worse for infants and toddlers from low-income families.

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This time, he had access to real cash — $500,000 from a fund for payment in lieu of taxes (PILOT), which collects money from local tax-exempt institutions such as UVM. The city would use the allocation to offer up to $50,000 apiece to daycare centers or preschools hoping to expand their openings. Specifically, they would be required to create new slots within 12 months.

Again, the response was underwhelming.

Just one childcare provider — Ohavi Zedek — submitted an application by the first grant deadline in January. The city extended it two more months, but the delay didn’t attract any more interested parties.

Ohavi Zedek will use the money to upgrade its bathroom to meet state regulations, allowing its program to accept four infants, some from lowincome families, within a few months, according to director Grace Oedel. The Burlington City Council approved the $14,000 allocation on Monday.

Why didn’t more Burlington childcare centers take advantage of a $50,000 funding opportunity?

“The way the grant is done shows the city has really missed the mark on what the early ed community needs right now,” said Charles Winkleman, who worked as a preschool teacher for eight years at Burlington Children’s Space and ran for city council as a Progressive in 2017 on a platform of universal, publicly funded early education. “A lot of people have been trying to tell the mayor that.”

One of those people was Leisa Pollander, executive director of the Sara Holbrook Community Center, which cares for 3- and 4-year-olds. Fourteen of her 15 charges are English language learners, Pollander said, and all are low-income.

Pollander’s North Avenue center is strapped for space and plans to expand by the end of the year. She said she would have applied for the $50,000 grant, but Sara Holbrook wouldn’t be in a position to take more kids within the required 12-month time frame.

She said she told the mayor’s office “very clearly — I said, ‘This doesn’t help me,’” Pollander recalled.

Administrators at the Greater Burlington YMCA and the King Street Center were also interested in the money but didn’t meet the criteria.

“That’s not to say we don’t have other needs,” said King Street executive director Vicky Smith.

For now, all that’s been spent is $30,000 for Vermont Birth to Five, an initiative that operates under the Permanent Fund and administers the grants. The organization agreed to match the city money with in-kind donations of staff time.

Didi Harris, strategic initiatives manager for Vermont Birth to Five, said they’d reevaluate the criteria and reissue the request for proposals by the end of March, lengthening the timeline in which funds can be used.

Weinberger talked about his work on the Early Learning Initiative as recently as January 7, when he launched his third mayoral campaign and vowed to grow the program “so that all Burlington kids — including those born into poverty — have the opportunity to thrive.”

Still, nothing has changed for parents like Liz Casey, a Winooski resident who works as a teacher at Trinity Children’s Center in Burlington. When she found out she was pregnant in April 2015, Casey put her name on the wait list of at least nine local providers, with an average nonrefundable deposit of about $35 apiece, she said.

After she gave birth to her daughter in December 2015, she and her husband combined family leave and vacation time to care for their newborn.

When a spot still hadn’t opened up the following spring, Casey took more time off.

When a slot became available at the last minute, she had to pay for three months of care — nearly $3,000 — that she didn’t use because she’d already planned to take work leave.

“It was frustrating,” she said. “I was able to piece everything together — not everyone is.”

Max Tracy (P-Ward 2) noted poor “follow-through” on Weinberger’s Early Learning Initiative. Dave Hartnett (D-North District) seconded, “I don’t know if we’ve gotten the bang for a buck there.”

Weinberger said he expected to award the remaining PILOT money by the end of the fiscal year — in time for him to ask the council for another $500,000 for next year.

“I can’t tell you with 100 percent confidence that I’m going to see the day when we have a comprehensive new system,” Weinberger said. “I’m hopeful as I’ve ever been that we can … continue to make progress and grow this.”

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urlington’s public school superintendent is traveling in China this week in hopes that the nation of 1.4 billion can help fill empty desks at Burlington High School.

Two other Burlington school administrators and four Franklin Northwest Supervisory Union school officials also made the 6,600-mile journey to explore importing tuition-paying high school students as steadily declining enrollment in Vermont squeezes public school budgets.

Many Chinese parents who want their children to attend a university in the U.S. consider a year at an American high school to be good preparation, and with extra space at Vermont schools, the arrangement can be a win-win, said Richard Taylor, vice president of Spiral International. The Burlington-based for-profit company sponsored the weeklong trip to China and paid the $3,000 tab for each educator, according to Taylor.

“There is a strong interest from Chinese families to have their children experience American education and culture,” said Taylor, a retired school superintendent who finished his education career in Grand Isle County.

China is the largest exporter of students to the U.S., accounting for almost a third of the roughly 1 million international students enrolled in American colleges.

According to the Institute of International Education, their numbers increased by 6.5 percent in the 2016-17 school year — even as President Donald Trump’s election sparked concerns that foreign students would go elsewhere because of his anti-immigration rhetoric.

Educators say it’s too soon to gauge Trump’s long-term impact, but Taylor said the demand in China for Spiral’s services remains strong.

Numerous nonprofit organizations, such as AFS Intercultural Programs, operate high school exchanges.

They charge fees for participating students but don’t typically pay tuition to high schools or provide stipends to host families.

Spiral has a different, more competitive model: Each Chinese student pays the company about $40,000 to spend a year at a U.S. school. In turn, Spiral pays tuition — about $15,000 per student at Vermont public schools — and $800 monthly to host families.

Spiral’s founder, Emily Hong Yue Guo, grew up in China and is the former director of the study abroad program at Goddard College. Her 5-year-old company, which employs half a dozen people, has brought thousands of students from China to Vermont for two-week summer exchanges at Essex High School and other schools. Spiral has partnered with Saint Michael’s College on a six-week intensive collegeprep English program, and with UVM on a three-week STEM course.

The company also organizes teacher trainings and school cultural trips to China. Guo spends about half her time in that country.

Placing Chinese students in Vermont public schools for a year is a trickier proposition. Since 2010, Spiral

has brought in around 25 long-term study abroad students, including two currently at Stowe High School.

The trip currently under way is laying the groundwork to bring more students to the Green Mountain State. Spiral is also working to place Chinese high school students in other states, including Connecticut and Florida.

“Finding the students is the easy part,” Taylor said.

Burlington superintendent Yaw Obeng, BHS principal Tracy Racicot and central office administrator Bonnie Johnson-Aten all declined to comment about their trip before they left on Saturday.

According to Taylor, the Burlington school administrators have talked about bringing six to eight Chinese students to the city’s high school. In China, the Americans were scheduled to meet with teachers and principals in the city of Guangzhou and visit Xiang Jiang Secondary School, which has a partnership with Spiral.

Many Chinese schools have 60 students in a class to accommodate the burgeoning population.

Vermont has the opposite problem. K-12 enrollment fell from 103,000 to 77,000 between 1997 and 2017.

BHS enrollment dropped from 1,203 to 980 during that time, according to the Vermont Agency of Education, triggering worries about reductions in course offerings and teaching staff.

Stowe High School also has fewer students than it used to, so there’s room for Chinese teens such as 14-year-old Weizhuo “Leo” Kong. The ninth grader from Guangzhou started studying English in second

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“I think American education is, like, kind of one of the best in the world, so I just pick here,” Kong said in a telephone interview.

He felt well prepared for the schoolwork at Stowe and appreciates the different, more creative approach to learning.

“Chinese education is a lot of tasks, and you need to memorize a lot,” said Kong, whose parents are physicians.

Here in Vermont, he said, teachers “lead you to a way to how to do some stuff, and that is stuff you need to discover on your own.”

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Kong is unsure what career he’ll pursue but definitely wants to attend college in the U.S. For now, he’s enjoying Vermont and lives with another Chinese student in Stowe with host parents Melanie and Derrick Lemnah and their three children, two of whom are studying Chinese.

“We don’t do it for the money,” Melanie said. “We do it because our kids take Chinese, and we thought it was a really great opportunity to learn more and for our kids to interact with kids from other countries.”

Burlington High also offers Chinese language courses; 41 students are enrolled this year.

This is the Lemnahs’ third year hosting, and they plan to do it again next year. They also want to visit China and reconnect with the students they have accommodated. “We’ve had a hard time at the end of each year saying goodbye,” Melanie said.

The Lemnahs agreed to be hosts after getting to know Stowe High School Chinese teacher Mairead Harris, who also works part time as a student services coordinator for Spiral. Harris interviews potential host families, helps conduct background checks, and tries to ensure that students are thriving academically and socially at school. The Spiral students at Stowe are required to play a team sport, which has helped them make friends in a community focused on athletics.

“They needed a little bit of a push to do that,” Harris said. “They weren’t going to just sign up without me telling them to.”

Stowe High School would like to grow its program a bit, perhaps to five Chinese students a year, she said. But it’s been difficult to find hosts. “You only have so many families that are willing and able to have a teenager come live with them for nine months,” Harris said.

Other schools have run into that problem and additional challenges.

Montpelier High School had a partnership with Spiral for two school years and, at one point, hosted five Chinese students at the same time. They wound up socializing together, which impeded their English language learning, according to Anne Watson, a Montpelier High School teacher who helps oversee international exchanges. She is also the mayor of Montpelier.

Another issue: Some of the students were not proficient enough in English to do grade-level work, which made it difficult to engage them academically, Watson said. At the time, both Montpelier High School and Spiral were fairly new at coordinating a tuitionpaying high school program for foreign students, she said, and there were lots of unexpected questions about who was responsible for what, including orientating host families, language assessment and contractual stipulations around tuition reimbursement if a student had to go home.

Montpelier High School ended its partnership with Spiral in 2016.

Watson said her school prefers to work with nonprofit exchange organizations but continues to host tuitionpaying students, including one from Colombia last semester and two from China now. The goal is to bring students from a range of countries in a “model UN” approach, Watson said, with multiple nationalities represented.

The visiting students teach Montpelier kids that the world is larger than little Vermont, Watson said.

“Especially in a state that tends to lack diversity,” she noted, “bringing the world to us is a great way for our local students to experience different cultures, different backgrounds, people with different ways of doing things.” m

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are solely politically or financially motivated,” Anderson said.

On Tuesday, Toensing expressed surprise that police released his identity as the tipster. According to state law, records of internal investigations should be kept confidential, with few exceptions.

“I’m surprised, especially when I was assured it was a confidential process,” Toensing said. “I’m eager to know … how many times in its history has [the state police] authorized a similar partial release of information?”

Toensing called on police to release all records from the investigation, including the identity of the people interviewed and the questions asked.

though many people overdose with a mixture of drugs in their system.

While experts are alarmed at the new record, Health department deputy commissioner Tracy Dolan said that they are encouraged by the fact that the rate of the increase is slowing.

“It continues to be, obviously, a very high-priority public health issue,” Dolan said.

“We do see an increase, but we think we’re shrinking that increase and ... beginning to bend the curve.”

The average age of people who died from accidental or undetermined overdose was 39, according to the department. Men comprised 71 percent of the Vermonters who died.

Vermont saw a record number of fatal opiate overdoses in 2017, making it the third straight year the grim milestone has been reset, according to recently released state Department of Health data.

Vermont registered 107 non-suicide fatal overdoses in 2017, up from 106 in 2016 and 75 in 2015.

Health department data make clear that the spread of fentanyl, a synthetic opiate many times more powerful than heroin, has been a major driver of the problem.

Two-thirds of the fatalities in 2017 involved fentanyl, up from half in 2016, according to the department. The number of opiate overdose fatalities involving fentanyl in Vermont has nearly quadrupled since 2014.

Meanwhile, fatal overdoses that involved heroin and prescription drugs fell in 2017,

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Public Safety Commissioner Casts Doubt on Claim of Arrest in China Vermont State Police investigated an allegation in 2014 that a state employee had been arrested while on an EB-5-related trip in China and found no evidence to support the claim, Public Safety Commissioner Tom Anderson said Tuesday.

The unusual statement was the latest official response to an incendiary allegation levied by Stowe attorney Russell Barr. He has sued state officials on behalf of EB-5 investors who lost money in the Jay Peak scandal. After a court hearing on the investors’ lawsuit last week, Barr told reporters he has evidence that one of the 10 defendants had been arrested on an EB-5 trip to China in “2013 or 2014” for “having sex with a minor” and was bailed out by another state official.

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Gov. Phil Scott announced on Tuesday that Education Secretary Rebecca Holcombe has resigned, effective April 1.

Scott said at a press conference that he learned of her resignation late last week.

“Rebecca decided that it was time for her,” the governor said. “This was her decision, and I value what she’s given to the state over the last four years — what she’s done for our cabinet. I’ve valued her as a team member.”

Scott didn’t detail Holcombe’s reasons for leaving.

“She just thought it was best for her to leave at this time,” he said. “Personal decision.”

Holcombe’s departure comes as Scott ramps up his opposition to bills that he says would increase taxes or fees in Vermont.

One proposal to change the way education financing works in Vermont has already passed the House, setting the stage for a showdown with the governor.

Then-governor Peter Shumlin appointed Holcombe to the post in January 2014, and Scott kept her on when he took office in 2017. Holcombe is credited as a driving force behind Act 46, a school district consolidation law passed in 2015 that was designed to save money on education spending.

House Education Committee chair Dave Sharpe (D-Bristol) said Holcombe’s departure is a loss for education in Vermont.

“I will miss her; the state will miss her,” he said, “and the state’s children have experienced excellent improvement in education across the state because of her leadership.”

In a letter to staff at the agency, Holcombe said she was proud of her work over the past four years but didn’t provide any explanation for her departure.

“It is time to move on,” she wrote.

Holcombe congratulated the agency on implementing policies to help control education costs while ensuring high-quality learning environments for Vermont’s children.

“I would be hard pressed to find a more dedicated group,” she wrote.

Holcombe did not respond to requests for comment.

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made a complaint to the Vermont State Police Internal Affairs Unit in October 2014, alleging that a state employee had been arrested on a trip in September 2013. Toensing did not provide the employee’s name or the reason for the supposed arrest but said that members of the Vermont State Police Executive Protection Unit who went to China “would have been aware of that arrest” and “should have reported the possible illegal conduct,” according to Anderson.

Toensing did not reveal the source of his information or additional details, Anderson said. Vermont State Police Major Ingrid Jonas, who was then a lieutenant who ran internal affairs, conducted an inquiry and found no evidence of an arrest or criminal conduct during the trip in question. The matter was closed.

Anderson called on Barr or others to provide evidence. He also seemed to take a swipe at Toensing’s motivation.

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or the past 30 years, BRIAN PERKINS, a longtime immigrant communities. Perkins’ former neighbors, resident of Burlington’s Old North End, has brothers DELUXE and JANVIER ODE, taught the band the performed traditional music that English, Swahili song “Jambo Bwana.” The group also plays the French Canadian, Irish and Scottish im- Yiddish song “Lomir Sich Iberbetn” and the “national migrants brought to the area long ago. But recently anthem” of Franco-American fiddling, “Growling Old Perkins, 53, realized that the immigrant culture of Man, Grumbling Old Woman.”

Vermont, particularly in “I just love learning different his neighborhood, is even kinds of music,” said mandolin player more diverse than he had SAM ACUS, who lives in Richmond. “I thought. can make connections between folk “We have one of the and bluegrass music. I love it.” oldest synagogues in the At 10, Acus is the youngest country,” said Perkins, member. “I want to make sure it’s a “and 200 yards away, we teen band,” said Perkins, “but I made have dozens of centurya special exception for Sam because old Arabic gravestones in he was very enthusiastic [and] very a French Catholic gravesupported by his family.” yard” (both on Archibald Besides, the Old North End comStreet). munity has a history of mandolin So when Perkins started players, Perkins pointed out. One of BRIAN PE RKI N S them was Ben Zion Black, an immiONE BAND (Old North End grant from Lithuania who arrived in Neighborhood Band) in Burlington in 1910.

2016, he wanted the teen About 25 teenagers have played with ONE Band musicians to perform songs that honor the musical traditions of each wave of immigrants that has settled since its creation, and five members — ages 10 to 17 — form its core, including Acus and Perkins’ daughter, in that part of the city.

“By recognizing that our neighborhood has always ELLA STAATS, who plays the baritone ukulele. The other been home to immigrants, we can push back positively core members are jazz pianist MILO BOURICIUS, fiddler against bigotry,” he said.

ELLIE DAVIDSON and flutist TOVIN GORDESKY-HOOPER. The The repertoire of the ONE Band includes songs from band has performed at several locations and functhe new Somali, Nepali, Bosnian and Swahili-speaking tions, including Burlington City Hall and First Night communities, as well as songs from long-standing Burlington.

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“It’s nice to get a chance to play [songs all the way through] with other people,” said Gordesky-Hooper. When practicing with his Burlington High School band, there’s a lot of starting and stopping as the different sections take turns playing, he explained. In the ONE Band, however, “it’s a little more simple, and we can just play.”

Davidson, who lives in Colchester, said she appreciates the one-on-one instruction that Perkins offers. “The teacher can focus on you individually and really help you learn,” she said.

Recently, Perkins moved band practice from his residence to the Boys & Girls Club of Burlington on Oak Street.

“I want to have a program in the neighborhood that kids can have access to,” he said. It isn’t enough for his band to play the music of the community. He wants kids from the neighborhood to join the band.

The Boys & Girls Club has good programming that includes kids from the New American community and from the Old North End, said Perkins. “I’m very impressed with the steps [it has] taken to be inclusive and serve exactly the group of kids who I feel are cut off from musical programming,” he added.

He’s noticed that children from his neighborhood typically stop playing a musical instrument once they enter middle school. “Because of transportation issues, many kids in the [area] have difficulty accessing musical opportunities in other parts of town,” Perkins said. “Kids need to experience music in the schools, with their families and in the public spaces of their neighborhood.”

He has designed the ONE Band’s repertoire and program to work on many different levels. “If we sing a Nepali song, then the Nepali kids who come in can instantly perform at a very high level, whereas a [performing musician] who doesn’t speak [Nepali], who’s never heard the song, has no idea,” Perkins said. “That’s kind of a leveling factor.”

The bandleader is hopeful that, in a couple of months, he’ll be able to build “a fun gang” of young performers. “Music on its own is not really what keeps people involved in music,” Perkins said. It’s the people they’re with who motivate them to continue playing.

On Thursday, March 29, the ONE Band will perform its first hour-and-a-half set at RADIO BEAN in Burlington.

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Joan Chittister is something of a rebel nun. A member of the Benedictine Sisters of Erie in Pennsylvania, she’s an outspoken feminist, author of more than 50 books and founder of the web-based movement Monasteries of the Heart. She’s also the subject of a one-woman play titled Joan Chittister: Her Story, My Story, Our Story that’s coming to Vermont on April 5 and 6.

Arizona-based Teri Bays, an actor, artist and pastoral musician, wrote and stars in the show. It will take place at Saint Michael’s College in Colchester and Trinity Episcopal Church in Shelburne. But its host is from the Onion City: the Winooski Peace Initiative, a Teri Bays nondenominational community project that aims to foster inclusion in the city’s diverse population. Initiative member Sister PATRICIA MCKITTRICK, a community health improvement coordinator for the University of Vermont Health Network and a registered nurse, was instrumental in bringing Joan Chittister to the state.

Bays has toured her show around the country since 2015, usually hosted

by Catholic churches or other religious organizations interested in Chittister’s message. However, she and McKittrick both believe that the play is relevant to a broader audience.

“What is so appealing about Joan’s message is that it’s so universally available,” Bays said in a phone interview. “It’s about finding a way to live a full and vibrant life and understand God, however that manifests for you.”

The play, which includes readings from Chittister’s work and original material

by Bays, draws on real-life events. Bays’ mother and Chittister were childhood friends. After the nun became well known, Bays said, her mother tried to reconnect but unfortunately died before Chittister’s response arrived.

Afterward, Bays struck up a relationship with Chittister and went on to write the script about her. She plays herself and Sister Joan in the 85-minute production.

According to Bays’ website, “The one-woman play portrays two women to tell the story of all women — about identity, overcoming adversity, abuse and, as the play progresses, justice themes: life issues, women, interfaith, spirituality and prayer.”

Bays told Seven Days that her intrigue with Chittister stems from an admiration for the tension she embodies. “She’s living a Catholic life and, at the same time, is asking questions about the issues of women in the Church,” Bays explained. “And she does it gracefully.”

McKittrick first saw the play when Bays performed it in New Jersey in the fall of 2017. But she had been a Chittister fan since the 1970s, when she entered the Sisters of Providence convent in Montréal. She met some fellow nuns from the West Coast who suggested she pick up one of Chittister’s books.

McKittrick developed an appreciation for Chittister in part because of her nonconformity. “Joan is a woman and speaks out about what she believes,” she said. “The Church has not always been on her side. They think sometimes she’s too liberal or radical.”

But, continued McKittrick, that’s because “we live in a society where it’s been male-dominated for so long that it’s hard sometimes for men to give up power.”

“Sister Pat,” as she’s known to friends and colleagues, relates a particular scene in Joan Chittister: The nun recalls being ousted from a job in a parish after the arrival of a new priest who “didn’t have an interest in working with women.” That resonated with McKittrick as an example of the sexism often encountered by women in the Church.

She hopes that the show will add to the larger conversation around women’s rights. McKittrick thinks it will inspire viewers to consider “how women are perceived in churches and how women are perceived in society” — and also to ask, “What can we do to make a difference?”

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very theater season can present thought-provoking, moving, even brilliant plays. But occasionally a truly unique theatrical form comes our way. Gob Squad is one such company reimagining creative boundaries. The troupe arrives at the HOPKINS CENTER FOR THE ARTS at Dartmouth College on April 6 and 7 with its rendition of War and Peace.

Anyone expecting a faithful adaptation of the novel will be disappointed.

Not to mention that would make for a very, very long play — Leo Tolstoy’s 19thcentury novel tops 1,000 pages. Instead, Gob Squad uses the monolithic story as a vehicle with which to explore such weighty topics as capitalism, celebrity and, yes, war and peace.

Gob Squad, an artist collective with a core of seven British and German members, is based in Berlin. But the group was born at Nottingham Trent University

in England in 1994, as member Sharon Smith explained by email.

“Gob Squad emerged out of a combined arts degree,” she wrote. “Students were encouraged to work in between chosen disciplines — fine art, performance art, contemporary music and, later, dance.” They did not necessarily study theater.

On the website, another member explains that Gob Squad put together a theatrical production in order to get free tickets to a Glastonbury music festival. And it just kept going after that.

Though Gob Squad primarily works in Europe, the troupe has performed more than 40 works all over the world, not only on stages but at unorthodox venues such as car parks, subway stations and on the street, according to the company’s website. (A detailed and often hilarious timeline of the group’s bumptious history is worth a read.)

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Gob Squad’s MO is to constantly — audience participation. But she assured and collectively — create motifs, move- potential theatergoers, “It’s not scary. ments, imagery, set pieces and alternate They’re not going to stalk up the aisles ways to explore a theme. Those concepts and grab you.”

Also, Lawrence clarified, “You do are then woven together into a hybrid of not have to know War theater, performance art and Peace to enjoy this and public discourse. performance.”

War and Peace already In fact, Gob Squad’s has played to sold-out presentation of the play crowds in New York’s rests on the idea that, even Under the Radar Festival, if “we can’t speak about as well as in Europe and [war] from a position of Russia.

MARGARET LAWRENCE, direct experience, we want programming director to speak about it anyway,” at the Hop, said she has Smith explained. “fallen in love with this Gob Squad’s War and company.” She described Peace draws inspiration Gob Squad in superlatives, from the opening scene among them “so imagiof Tolstoy’s novel, which native” and “extremely takes place at a dinner MARGARET clever.” soirée. The characters are L AW R E NC E For those unfamiliar discussing the historical with Tolstoy’s classic events of the day and their novel, it chronicles the Napoleonic inva- hopes for the future. Anecdotally, JOHN sion of Russia and how it impacts five KOPPER of Dartmouth’s Russian departaristocratic families. The story includes ment wrote an essay about Gob Squad’s more than 500 characters. Gob Squad piece. Referencing that essay, Lawrence engages seriously with the work but also said, “Tolstoy famously wrote 16 drafts brings to it a sense of humor. “Have you of the opening salon scene, and [Kopper actually read it?” one actor asks in the asserts] that Gob Squad has written the performance, adding, “I’m only halfway 17th draft.”

The play puts selected audience through.”

One of Gob Squad’s refreshing quali- members literally in this dinner scene. ties, according to Lawrence, is its use of “Most often in Gob Squad’s work, we want to put ourselves with the audience, not apart from them,” Smith wrote.

Gob Squad’s style has been compared to that of Augusto Boal, a Brazilian politician who founded Theatre of the Oppressed in the 1970s. It was based on the democratic principle that all people can and should actively participate in public discourse. Thus the theatrical form is more dialectic than didactic, in which the audience becomes “spectactors,” as opposed to spectators. Boal used this form as a democratic tool for communities to explore their political realities and imagine change.

Smith acknowledged the comparison but pointed out that Gob Squad’s process and method of making work is very different. “We were quite informed by postmodernism out of America in the ’60s and ’70s,” she said.

Those influences, combined with limited money and space, have led to the troupe’s spare but creative aesthetic. For War and Peace, Smith explained, “We were inspired by a particular moment where the Rostov family have to very quickly pack their

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When the show was first performed in Munich, Germany, in March 2016, Trump had already reached celebrity status around the world for his outlandish and unusual presidential campaign.

“We thought he was a joke, and we still think he’s a terrifying, dangerous joke,” Smith said.

She stressed that she does not speak for the collective but thought she could safely suggest that Trump was a major historical figure for the time, and remains so two years later. “In the beginning of the process, he was a ghoulish warning,” Smith said. “Now, he’s a reality.” m

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belongings and leave because the war is coming their way. We had imagined a set that could be packed away quickly and reestablished quickly. We wanted it to have that temporality.”

In the production, the actors spend most of the first 40 minutes helping their audience-actors get accustomed to the stage, drawing out conversation and engaging them with themes from Tolstoy’s text.

“By the end of the night,” Lawrence said, “the audience feels like one theater company together.”

By bringing viewers into the show, Gob Squad invites modern-day reflections on the timeless themes of War and Peace. One twist is the notable appearance of such celebrities as Nelson Mandela, Mickey Mouse and — you may have guessed — Donald Trump.

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aming places after famous folks is nothing new. The ancient city of Rome was named for Romulus, its eighthcentury BC founder and first king. St. Petersburg in Russia was named after Tsar Peter the Great. Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City was named for … well, you get the idea. In Vermont, at least 96 towns, cities and counties, from Addison to Wolcott, are named for notable people.

But what about honoring a celebrity by naming a bathroom after him?

Recently, a reader asked whether it’s true that the Flynn Center for the Performing Arts in Burlington has a backstage bathroom named for Mikhail Baryshnikov, the legendary Russian American dancer, choreographer and actor.

If true, what prompted Burlington’s premier arts venue to name a lavatory after one of the most famous male ballet dancers of all time, renowned for his grace and artistic precision? Was the backstage room already a toilet before Baryshnikov’s arrival — or did the danseur noble, in a moment of urgent need, simply use it as one, establishing its moniker?

The answer, it turns out, has to do with the time constraints of performers’ wardrobe changes, the often-arcane legal obligations of artists’ contracts and, in a related note, brown M&M’s.

To get the straight poop, we asked John Killacky, executive director of the Flynn Center: Does the Flynn really have a Baryshnikov bathroom?

“The answer is yes, we call it that,” Killacky confirmed — noting, however, that there is no sign or placard to that effect. WTF? As Killacky explained, prior to Baryshnikov’s Queen City performances on April 28 and 29, 1996, the dancer’s representative asked that there be a bathroom and dressing room at the same level as the stage to accommodate the performer’s frequent wardrobe changes, which would otherwise be made in plain sight of anyone backstage.

“It’s hilarious when they do the quick [costume] changes with large casts,” noted Killacky, who has worked in theaters for decades. “They’re just throwing off their outfits and putting on their new ones in the wings.”

But the really big stars often demand a private dressing room immediately offstage. At the time, Killacky explained, all of the visiting artists’ dressing rooms were located in the bowels of the Flynn beneath the main stage.

Evidently, Baryshnikov’s people requested a dressing room — and added it to his contract — so the dancer wouldn’t need to run up and down stairs between acts.

Such contractual stipulations are known in the industry as riders. Most make reasonable requests involving, for example, the catered food — such as specifying a vegetarian meal or a particular brand of beverage. But some riders have achieved legendary status as evidence of celebrities’ spoiled natures.

Alex Crothers, who co-owns Higher Ground in South Burlington, estimated that over the years he’s processed about 10,000 artist riders. Some were commonplace, others bizarre. As he put it, “We generally ax most of the weird stuff.”

Among the weirder ones Crothers has encountered was the request that a Beanie Baby be waiting for the artist

backstage; another, that a photo of actor Erik Estrada be on hand. (Neither was accompanied by an explanation.)

Avant jazz-funk group Medeski Martin & Wood wrote into its contract that band members required “a homemade pie baked by someone’s grandmother.” And singer-songwriter David Bromberg insisted that no lasagna be served backstage, that the building couldn’t smell of lasagna and that no one could even mention the word lasagna in his presence.

Most infamous in the annals of rider lore was Van Halen’s in the 1980s, which specified that there be a bowl of M&M’s backstage with all the brown ones removed. If the band found any brown M&M’s, the promoter forfeited the entire show at full pay. Though at the time this condition was touted as the epitome of rock-star hubris, VH front man David Lee Roth explained years later in his autobiography, Crazy From the Heat, why it was done.

Van Halen traveled with stage lights and rigging larger and heavier than those of any previous rock tour

in history, Roth wrote. He discovered that promoters often ignored the reams of technical specs that the band included in its contracts, resulting in delayed setup times for the crew and potentially dangerous conditions for the band.

As a way to spot such oversights, Roth included the brown M&M’s clause in the rider. If he arrived backstage and saw brown M&M’s on a catering table, he knew immediately that the promoter hadn’t read the contract closely and that his crew would need to double-check that everything else was up to snuff.

Was Baryshnikov’s potty precondition such a potential deal breaker?

According to Killacky, who wasn’t yet working at the Flynn at the time, plans for backstage renovations were already in the works, and a stagelevel dressing room and commode were a needed upgrade. Misha’s meshuggaas notwithstanding, the Flynn built him a dressing room and bathroom in time for his performances.

Incidentally, a Baryshnikov bathroom isn’t the oddest way to pay tribute to a star. “Baywatch” actor David Hasselhoff had a crab species named after him, rocker Ozzy Osborne had a tree frog with a bat-like voice named in his honor, and Mick Jagger inspired the name for the fossil of a water nymph (Jaggermeryx naiad). Harrison Ford has a Central American ant (Pheidole harrisonfordi) and a spider (Calponia harrisonfordi) named after him.

But some such monikers don’t exactly honor their namesakes. After British comedic actor John Cleese badmouthed a city in New Zealand, city councilors renamed their municipal landfill “Mount Cleese.” What a way to get dumped.

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life, see basically any form of fermentation: milk turned into cheese and yogurt is the most widespread, but you’ve also got Korean kimchi (fermented vegetables); Nigerian ogi (fermented grains); and assorted, smelly preserved-fish dishes encountered at high latitudes, including Swedish surströmming, Norwegian rakfisk, and “stinkheads,” which the Yupik people of Alaska prepare by burying salmon heads in the ground and leaving them to age.

Many methods of fermenting, curing, etc. rely on salt — an extremely consequential ingredient in this realm, particularly prior to refrigeration. But salt took its own place among processed foods early in the 20th century when we began fortifying it with iodine, essential for thyroid function. In coastal regions, iodine in the soil makes its way into the groundwater, but further inland you won’t find enough of it occurring naturally, and until the 1920s there was a huge swath of the northern U.S., stretching from the Appalachians to the Cascades — the “goiter belt,” they called it — where between a quarter and

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foods, the phrase itself is so capacious and variously defined as to be basically meaningless.

Unless you’re picking grapes off the vine, you’re eating food that’s been processed somehow or other: Milk is pasteurized; wheat is ground; salad mix is washed. A 2000 article in the British Medical Bulletin defined food processing as “any procedure undergone by food commodities after they have left the primary producer and before they reach the consumer” — mere refrigeration counts.

That’s a distinctly capitalist formulation, but by most definitions, humans have engaged in food processing for millennia. Cooking with fire is the ur-processing method, and our ancestors may have been at it 1.5 million years ago.

Other techniques have involved creative ways to unlock nutrition in food or extend its shelf life. In the former category, see, for example, nixtamalization, the practice of treating maize with limestone or lye, which helped the Aztecs and Mayans get more protein and disease-preventing vitamins in their diet. For extending shelf

separates harmless or beneficial food processing from the problematic sort. NOVA, as the scheme’s called, distinguishes between unprocessed or minimally processed foods (e.g. meats, plants); processed culinary ingredients (sugar, vegetable oils); processed foods (canned vegetables, cured meats); and, finally, ultra-processed foods, defined as “industrial formulations with five or more and usually many ingredients,” including “substances not commonly used in culinary preparations.”

And yes, the NOVA authors list “poultry and fish ‘nuggets’” in this last group. Again, one thing typifying ultra-processed foods is low nutrient density and high energy density, what with all that added fat and carbs. Those traits are much of (a) the real problem, as far as healthy eating goes, and (b) why Doritos taste so good. But I hope by now you’re distinguishing this kind of stuff from your homemade chicken paste, which isn’t the kind of processed food you need to worry about. Appealing as it sounds, though, I’m afraid I’ve got dinner plans.

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et’s get the bad news out of the way, Jim. Last month a big French study came out that tracked the diets of some 100,000 participants to better understand the relationship between cancer and what its authors refer to as “ultra-processed foods,” characterized by “a higher content of total fat, saturated fat, and added sugar and salt, along with a lower fibre and vitamin density.”

And though butt cancer wasn’t named as a specific threat, the findings did in fact link a 10 percent proportional increase in consumption of such food with a 10 percent-plus rise in cancer risk overall. Further research is needed, but — brace yourself — it’s looking like chicken nuggets may not be amazing for your health.

The good news? Your skepticism regarding any categorical condemnation of “processed foods” is entirely warranted.

This reality, in fact, is a big part of the organizing principle underlying the French research — about which there’s more below. Not only is there nothing inherently bad about processed

70 percent of all kids displayed visibly enlarged thyroids. Just as adding vitamin D to milk took care of our national rickets problem, iodized salt pretty much wiped out goiter plus some serious developmental disorders also associated with iodine deficiency. It’s been floated as one factor behind what’s known as the Flynn effect: the three-pointper-decade rise in IQ observed in developed countries over the 20th century.

So yeah, food processing has done a thing or two for humanity. We haven’t even touched on the fact that urbanization would have been a hell of a lot harder without food preserved for shipping from the hinterlands, or that the zillion hours of food-prep labor we’ve saved by not making everything from scratch would have fallen disproportionately on women’s shoulders.

Do “processed foods,” then, deserve their bad rap? Answer: no, which is something publichealth experts are coming around on. The French study discussed above uses a fourcategory food-classification system proposed by Brazilian researchers in 2010 that

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here’s more to smiling than opportunity to work and travel. I saw meets the eye. Research has lots of different office situations, and I shown that when we smile, saw the fact that patients weren’t always we reap emotional, social and being treated fairly and physiological benefits such well, and they didn’t know as elevated mood, a more it, because they trusted the NAME attractive appearance and Lauren Shanard person taking care of them. boosted immune function.

As altruistic as that may Even better, smiling is consound, that’s what spurred TOWN tagious, so a wide grin enme to apply for dental school.

Williston courages others to flash their I wanted to make a differpearly whites.

JOB ence. I wanted to be able to Behind all those smiles Cosmetic dentist have more control in terms of are thousands of dental prohow my patients were cared fessionals who help people for, and I began a really clear make the most of what nature and life focus on quality dentistry, as opposed to events have provided. A small number of profit-driven quantity. dentists specialize in the relatively new field of cosmetic dentistry — the practice SD: What do you like most about of helping patients maintain lifelong oral being a dentist now?

LS: I enjoy the wonderful relationships health, function and appearance.

Lauren Shanard is the only certified I have with my patients, and I’m cosmetic dentist in Vermont and one passionate about rebuilding a smile of 350 worldwide. She has practiced that’s been devastated with years of general dentistry in Burlington and wear, or someone that’s had an accident, Williston for 29 years and earned certi- or someone that had a domestic fication from the American Academy of violence situation where their teeth tell the story of what this person has Cosmetic Dentistry in 2012.

Founded in 1984, the academy has been through. I love the reconstruction more than 6,000 members and provides and rehabilitation of a smile to give continuing education, conferences back somebody’s confidence and their and oversight of cosmetic dentistry in ability to seek employment, to hold 80 countries, according to its website. down a job.

AACD certification is generally a fiveSD: How does your work on the AACD year process.

“You have to take a written examina- board affect Vermonters? tion, and then you submit five particular LS: The [AACD] is the gold standard case types,” said Shanard. “They are for education in smile design and judged by a group of examiners, and, basically rebuilding smiles that have once you pass the case types, you are been damaged or worn out. I’m affecting invited back for an oral exam. Then you policy and quality on the national level. People seek out doctors that are achieve accreditation.”

Shanard now serves as an AACD accredited because of their additional board member and examiner, and she level of expertise, because just getting travels the world to continue studying to the point of being able to do the case with colleagues. But most of the time, types for accreditation requires so much she’s at her Williston practice with continuing education. seven employees, providing patients of all ages with everything from routine SD: What advice would you give to cleanings and fillings to complex crowns someone who’s considering becoming a dentist? and dentures.

We caught up with Shanard to learn LS: Getting good at the basics is a good more about her work, industry advances, place to start. And don’t stop with your and the art and science of cosmetic dental training, because what you learn in dental school was about 2 percent dentistry. of what you will learn in your career.

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LAUREN SHANARD: I became a dental you cannot provide the best quality care hygienist as a first step in my dental if you don’t learn how to do it. career. I worked in many places around Technology is a big piece of what we the United States just for fun. It was an do, and technology advances so quickly

from year to year that, if you just decide you’re going to do what you learned in dental school, you won’t be very happy.

You’ll be left behind.

Dentistry is a very exciting profession at this particular time. There have been so many advances in the materials that give us more options. For instance, porcelains, for veneers and crowns, have evolved into multiple different types of materials, with different hardness factors, colors, translucencies and overall characterizations. You can choose different materials for different situations in different locations in the mouth. A lot of dentists just choose one material, they get comfortable using it, and that’s it. But there’s a whole [gamut] out there.

SD: How many materials do you work with?

LS: Pick a situation, like a crown on a molar. There are 10 different types of materials that you could use for just

a basic molar crown. But let’s say the person grinds their teeth, so you are narrowing your choices down to the material that’s going to be a little more resistant to fracture and to transverse load. So you have to take all those things into consideration before you choose what’s going to be the most durable in somebody’s mouth.

All the different materials that you can use have different aesthetic features. So you can go from the most aesthetic, which is probably the least durable, to the most durable and the least aesthetic. There is a trade-off, and you have to understand the science behind it. You have to dig in and be a scientist about your work. m Contact: elizabeth@sevendaysvt.com

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vertebrae, which is mid-torso, just below the lower ribs, and contains nerves that control communication between the brain and the legs. Ryan’s fall left him with little to no function below the knees and limited function between his waist and knees, a condition known as paraparesis or partial paraplegia.

Ryan doesn’t remember much about the moment he first saw Shea — except that, in his medicated daze, he felt guilty about disrupting the bachelorette party.

“There was a not insignificant part of me that wanted Adrienne to have made it to Montréal and be out of cell coverage so we didn’t have to tell her until she got back.” He says he wished she could have enjoyed “one or two nights of our previous life before everything changed.”

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he sun was shining on two feet of fresh snow the day Ryan McLaren’s life changed forever.

March 17, 2017, began happily for the 30-year-old and his older brother, Jeff. They’d scored half-price tickets for Saint Patrick’s Day and arrived at the Mad River Glen ski area just as the lifts were starting up.

The brothers, who grew up in Essex Junction, had another reason to celebrate. Ryan, a staffer for U.S. Congressman Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and a newly elected Burlington School Board member, was set to marry his college sweetheart in May. Jeff would be the best man. For the ski trip, he’d come up from Boston for some “bro” time, while his wife and the bride-to-be spent a bachelorette weekend in Montréal.

Anticipating a bluebird day on the slopes, the duo clicked into their bindings and loaded onto a chair lift. Both former football players, they were fit, experienced skiers — barrel-chested Ryan played hockey and lacrosse in adult leagues and sweated through the “Insanity” home workout routine six

days a week to boost his cardio fitness and strength.

Several runs in, on a winding intermediate trail called Snail, Jeff decided to veer off on a short chute that ran over a low rock ledge. The detour didn’t seem risky; a recent blizzard, one of the largest snowstorms in Vermont history, had left behind plenty of cushiony drifts.

Jeff skied the chute cleanly and turned back to see that his brother was hesitating.

“I was about to say ‘Just go around; you can just go around,’” Jeff recalls.

But he didn’t say it. Ryan skied off the ledge, a drop of only four or five feet, and landed with what he later described as a “flat-footed” feeling. He immediately crumpled to the ground and cried out.

His brother, a medical doctor, knew something terrible had happened.

Lying in the snow, Ryan felt excruciating pain but was unsure of its origin.

He could move his upper left leg slightly but had little feeling in the right and could not wiggle his toes. He thought he’d broken both legs. His brother called 911 and also alerted a passing skier. The ski patrol loaded Ryan onto a backboard

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and sled and skied him down to a waiting ambulance.

Nothing he would experience in the next year of surgery and rehab hurt as much as his body did right after the accident, he says now. “I was at a level of pain, you could give me, like, an elephant tranquilizer, and I don’t know that it would go away entirely.”

Because Vermont emergency medical technicians aren’t allowed to administer narcotics, they suggested getting a licensed paramedic to meet the ambulance on the way to Central Vermont Medical Center in Berlin. Roughly midway through the 45-minute trip over bumpy, frost-heaved roads, Ryan got a dose of fentanyl — a powerful opiate that helped ease his suffering.

At the hospital in Berlin, a medical team assessed Ryan and decided he should be helicoptered to the University of Vermont Medical Center, where Ryan’s fiancée, Adrienne Shea, was waiting. Jeff had called her with the bad news before she left for Montréal.

Doctors in Burlington confirmed that Ryan had broken his back. Specifically, he had fractured his spine’s first lumbar

Every year people get injured on Vermont ski slopes — sometimes fatally.

Last winter two people died hitting trees, and another froze to death after falling into the deep snow of a tree well. That’s about the annual average, according to the Vermont Ski Areas Association.

Deaths also sometimes occur when boarders or skiers ram into trail signs, lift towers or one another.

The VSAA doesn’t keep track of nonfatal injuries.

When an accident does happen, speed, ice and trees are often contributing factors — but none of those played a part in Ryan’s bad landing. The chute off the Snail trail is popular with children, and they go off it in droves, especially when there’s a lot of snow.

Mad River Glen Ski Patrol director John Ayers called it a “freak accident” and suggested Ryan “got twisted around and probably hit at the absolute wrong spot.” Ayers said he could think of only two incidents at Mad River — in the 35 years he’s been on the patrol there — that have resulted in paralysis.

It’s a devastating diagnosis. And for Ryan, whose career was starting to take off, the timing could not have been worse. He and Shea had just made a plan to spend the rest of their lives together. Now it was unclear whether he could walk down the aisle or should even go through with the wedding at all.

Moving forward would require courage, patience and resilience. Lying in the hospital bed, Ryan didn’t know yet if he had those qualities in sufficient supply.

His modest upbringing had taught him to work hard and serve others.

The middle child of three, Ryan had shared a room with Jeff in the family’s

At about the same time, in the hospital waiting room, Jeff was trying to explain the situation to Diane and Robert.

“He’s going to need a wheelchair,” he remembers telling his mother. “That’s where we’re at.”

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A tunnel of bone protects the fragile, jelly-like spinal cord. In Ryan’s case, “he had an intermediate-level injury with some damage to the spinal cord but not complete damage,” according to his spine surgeon, Dr. Martin Krag of the orthopedics and rehabilitation department at UVMMC. The immediate goal of surgery was to relieve pressure from damaged bone on the spinal cord. The second objective was to “straighten out the kink” in Ryan’s back caused by the accident and realign the spine. The third: Do a bone graft on the spine to increase the likelihood that the patient would get “solid mechanical healing across the fracture site,” according to Krag.

The operation lasted three or four hours and went well, Krag says. He took bone from Ryan’s pelvis and, with some metal and clamps, used it to fuse the spine.

In some spinal-cord injuries, permanent paralysis is a certainty, Krag notes. But Ryan’s situation is more

difficult to predict. It could improve over time. Or not.

“A year is a hell of a long time to live through when you have this kind of an issue, but it’s not a long time as far as spinal cord healing is concerned,” says Krag, who also operates on patients who have jumped off cliffs, fallen out of tree stands while hunting and hit bottom after diving into swimming pools.

The first step for all patients, though, is to recognize “where they are now” and learn to live with that, he adds.

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Kelly Brush Davisson knows what Ryan is in for. Her life changed permanently 12 years ago during an alpine ski race. At 19, the former Middlebury College Division I racer fell on a course while going 40 miles per hour and hit a lift tower, leaving her paralyzed from the waist down.

She’s since graduated from Middlebury, earned an additional degree and become a nurse practitioner. She and

her college sweetheart, Zeke Davisson, married and have a 2-year-old daughter.

The couple runs the Burlington-based Kelly Brush Foundation, which provides emotional and financial support to people recovering from spinal cord injuries.

A few days after Ryan’s surgery, Brush Davisson showed up in his hospital room. A friend of a friend had helped Jeff get in touch with her. The former ski racer didn’t need any prodding. “You have no idea which way is up after an accident like this,” she says.

“Being able to talk to somebody who’s been there can be really helpful.”

Brush Davisson, who has not recovered feeling in her lower body since her injury, believes that an uncertain prognosis can in some ways be more difficult than a certain one. “It can be hard mentally for people who are really holding out hope for that next step … It can sometimes make it harder to come to terms with living your life the way you are now.”

Romantic relationships don’t always survive.

Although she didn’t say anything to Ryan at the time, Brush Davisson notes, “There’s a huge percentage of people who are in a serious relationship that ... ends after an injury like this. I know a guy who said he was engaged, and he THE YEAR OF LIVING DIFFERENTLY

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two-bedroom cape in Essex Junction; the dining room was converted into a bedroom for their sister, Ashley. Ryan’s mom, Diane, is an office manager at Timberlane Dental Group in South Burlington. Ryan’s dad, Robert, sells underground piping.

Although neither of their parents completed college, all three McLaren siblings attended and graduated from Wesleyan University. Jeff and Ashley went into science — now she’s applying to med school — while Ryan was drawn to the humanities. Both boys played varsity football in college.

Diane says Ryan pushed himself hard in every sport in which he participated — he also played baseball and rugby — so that he could be a starter on his teams.

He showed an early interest in politics and served on his student council in high school. His father’s father, Duncan McLaren, was active in politics in the Caledonia County town of Barnet, “and that always fascinated Ryan,” says Diane.

“I think getting involved was something he learned from his grandfather.”

Ryan graduated from Wesleyan with a bachelor’s degree in American studies in 2008 and within a few years was volunteering, working and serving in government. In 2010, at the age of 24, Ryan was elected to the board governing his alma mater, Essex High School, and the next year started working as a field director for the Vermont Democratic Party. After volunteering for Democratic governor Peter Shumlin, Ryan landed a job at the Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles. He worked there for two years before joining Welch’s office in 2015.

Hiring Ryan was an easy decision, Welch said in a recent interview. The congressman says he was impressed by Ryan’s judgment, insights about people and the way he jumped into community service — what Welch described as “an all-in attitude to life.”

Now that life had taken an unexpected turn. About 12 hours after his accident, Ryan began to see a clearer picture of his future.

During the prep for his operation, a surgical resident spoke candidly to Ryan about the injury. “He sort of talked me through what he saw on the film,” Ryan recalls. “The fact that I had some function [was] a good thing.” But the resident was “pretty clear” that his mobility was going to be impaired, even after a successful surgery. He said: “‘We’ll do the best that we can … but we don’t know what the outcome’s going to be.’ That’s the first time it really sort of hit me,” Ryan says.

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Brush Davisson’s advice for Ryan: Get physical therapy at Spaulding New England Regional Spinal Cord Injury Center in Boston. Although she did her own rehab in Colorado, she worked at Spaulding one summer during grad school, and her foundation has partnered with the center on adaptive sporting programs. She claims it’s the best in the region.

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Ryan’s long road to rehabilitation started on Interstate 89. Just one week after the accident, he was in an ambulance en route to Boston. Shea went, too, and often slept on a futon in his room at Spaulding.

Sometimes she stayed with her parents, who live in nearby Andover, Mass.

Ryan began a daily regimen of rigorous physical and occupational therapy: 90 minutes in the morning and 90 minutes in the afternoon. “A lot of it at the beginning is sort of teaching you how to take care of yourself in your new state,” Ryan says.

That meant learning how to use a wheelchair. He started with a power-operated one: “I didn’t have enough range of motion in my core, given the recent surgery and the pain I was in, to propel myself in a manual chair.” But with time, he found the strength to switch to a selfpropelled chair and to “transfer” himself from a wheelchair to bed or to a toilet.

“They don’t really baby you,” Ryan says. “They are going to push you to do stuff.” Within a week at Spaulding, the therapists had him standing up with braces on his lower legs — an encouraging experience in some ways, but also a painful one. It made him so sore that sleeping was difficult.

Because the accident left him with mixed function — mobility in his upper legs but little to no feeling below the knees — the goal was “to make the parts that do work stronger,’’ Ryan recalls.

One exercise involved walking on a treadmill with support from a harness and robotic legs strapped onto his real limbs. The mechanical legs are “designed to sort of reconnect that motion to your brain so your brain remembers what it’s like to walk again,” Ryan explains.

As he grew stronger, he worked harder to take steps, but even with ample assistance, it was difficult. Video from one of his first attempts shows Ryan with

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Although he knew most of his movement would need to happen in a wheelchair, especially early on, Ryan hoped that he would be able to use a walker for short periods of time to make it easier to get around in public.

In fact, he had a specific goal: to walk down at least part of the aisle with his fiancée, Shea. The two had met in college through some of her field hockey team friends and, by graduation, they were a steady couple. The relationship survived long-distance periods as they established their careers and she completed law school at Villanova University in Pennsylvania. After keeping it together for more than a decade, they were counting down the days to the wedding.

job at Burlington law firm Lynn, Lynn, Blackman & Manitsky to be with her fiancé for part of his stay at Spaulding, says they had a conversation in midApril about whether to postpone. “‘It’s your wedding day,’” she recalls telling him. “I didn’t want him to have any, like, sadness about it.”

Ryan wanted to go for it. And so they decided to keep the late May date, as well as the original location: a rented house in Newport, R.I. The Saturday of the wedding dawned sunny, and friends and family packed the room.

Dressed in a gray tuxedo with black lapels, Ryan stood that day with the help of a walker as Shea came down the aisle in a gauzy white dress, her dark hair swept up and set off with a glittery headband. They exchanged vows, kissed and with Ryan using the walker, stepped their way back up the aisle together as husband and wife.

“There wasn’t a dry eye,” recalls Diane. The couple perfectly illustrated the marriage gamble of “for better or worse.”

For Shea, the stroll with Ryan felt like a triumph. Having the wedding just two months after the accident seemed to intensify the love and happiness that flowed that day. She says, “It just heightened all of that to the ‘nth’ degree.”

The accident threatened their plans.

Even close relatives wondered whether the marriage should go forward as scheduled. Ryan’s mom, Diane, was among those who suggested at least delaying it. She remembers counseling Shea’s mom to make sure her daughter realized: “You have every right to maybe convince her to postpone … You may want to wait and see what you’re in for.”

But Shea was adamant. “There was no question she wanted to get married,” Diane recalls.

Shea has no less resolve today. She recalls the swirl of fear and worry after Ryan’s accident, the challenge of finding the best care, and the upheaval they both felt. But ask her if she had any doubts about whether she still wanted to marry him, and she responds, with tears welling up: no, no, never and absolutely not.

Her only concern was that Ryan be far enough along in his recovery both mentally and physically to enjoy the ceremony if he had to be in a wheelchair. Shea, who took time off from her

After the wedding, Ryan went back to Boston to continue his rehab. He returned home in September, almost six months to the day after the accident. But his new circumstances made Vermont, which he had called home his entire life, seem less familiar. In a wheelchair, he says, he felt, “exposed, noticed, different.”

Ryan also missed his strong, almost religious connection to nature. He knew there would be no more hikes up Vermont mountains or easy walks at North Beach with the couple’s Labrador mix, Zoro. On top of the logistical challenges of holding a leash and wheeling around in a chair, Ryan was dismayed to see that his beloved pooch was skittish around him. “He hates bicycles and big moving objects, so he hated my wheelchair for a long time,” Ryan recalls. Shea walks Zoro now, and the dog has shifted allegiances, Ryan says with some sadness.

“I used to think I was his favorite, and now I think Adrienne is.”

Many other things were different, too. He and Shea had to move from one apartment to another at the Packard

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need it. There was a not insignificant part of me that was worried about, you know, the horror stories you hear about people getting addicted to pain meds.”

On bad days, Ryan wistfully remembers the blue sky, breezy mountain air and whiteness of the spring snow on the day he broke his back.

It was the last time he felt close to nature. His injury might improve, but it will never go away. “It’s something I have to live with forever,” Ryan says.

But more often, he says, he feels intense gratitude and excitement about what’s to come: He hopes to start a family with his wife and to keep doing things he loves — last week, for example, he returned as a volunteer lacrosse coach at Burlington High School. He’d like to run for statewide office someday, he says, with new appreciation for those “in our community who may feel like an ‘other.’”

A large contingent of Democratic pols turned up at a combination Saint Patrick’s Day party and fundraiser for Ryan on the one-year anniversary of his accident earlier this month.

Decked in shamrock necklaces and green attire, 100 people mingled at the St. John’s Club on Lake Champlain in Burlington. A fierce wind whipped up whitecaps on the water outside. Inside, it was toasty, and the mood was upbeat as people wrote checks to help pay for physical training that is not fully covered by Ryan’s insurance.

Dems including Burlington City Councilor Joan Shannon, Vermont Attorney General T.J. Donovan, state Reps. Johannah Donovan (D-Burlington) and Mary Sullivan (D-Burlington), and gubernatorial hopeful Christine Hallquist cheered with Ryan’s friends, family and Burlington High School lacrosse alumni as he stood with support from a walker and gave a poignant speech about his progress since the accident.

He thanked the many people in the room who “supported me and kept me going for the last 365 days,” acknowledging previous donations as well as the ones coming in that day. Shea got a special shout-out. “I don’t think it’s an exaggeration to say that, like, she has saved my life in a number of ways over the last year. So, thank you. I love you,” Ryan said to his wife.

To the crowd before him, glasses raised, he offered a toast: “Cheers to the next step.” m

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Lofts building on North Avenue because the first one was in a wing without an elevator, making it inaccessible to Ryan and his wheelchair.

Such changes have become a common theme: The Burlington School Board used to convene in the cafeteria at Burlington High School, which is difficult to access in a wheelchair. When he was in Boston, Ryan participated in meetings by telephone. When he returned, the board started meeting at the more accessible Champlain Elementary and Hunt Middle schools.

For three months, Ryan could not drive, so Shea ferried him to work and PT appointments. In Welch’s office, a temporary staffer drove him to meetings and events off-site. Over the fall, Ryan completed the retraining that is recommended for handicapped drivers and had his 2010 Audi Quattro outfitted with hand controls. Funding from the Vermont Division of Vocational Rehabilitation covered the roughly $3,000 it cost to install a lever on the lower left side of the steering wheel that looks similar to the blinker control. Ryan pulls down to accelerate and pushes forward to brake.

In December, he started driving again. He’s since mastered the routine of getting in and out of his car with a wheelchair, but it’s not easy.

One day last month, Ryan wheeled out of a dairy association conference at the DoubleTree by Hilton in South Burlington and rolled up to the Audi’s driver side. He opened the door, scooted himself from the chair to the seat, and then disconnected one wheel and the other, stowing them in the back seat. Next, he collapsed the chair frame and popped that in back, too. As nimble as he was, the exercise took strength and patience. Pointing to the wheel marks on his pullover, Ryan explained that he hasn’t figured out a way to stow the wheels without getting dirty in the process.

He continues to work hard at physical therapy sessions twice a week locally and goes to Boston regularly to participate in an adaptive sports program that focuses on rowing. To further his goal of using the walker more often, Ryan is working to strengthen his upper legs so he can sit and return to standing from a regular chair.

Thankfully, the pain that dogged him in the first weeks after the accident is gone, as are the meds he initially took for relief. “I don’t take any pain medications today,” he says. “I feel very glad about that, that I don’t

Shifting Vision

A former National Geographic photographer reflects on his global career and a local exhibition

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rom its inception in 1888, National Geographic became synonymous with far-flung adventure and “exotic” encounters — at least for white audiences of the global North. Earlier this month, the magazine took a dramatic step toward acknowledging its historic perpetuation of ethnocentric and racist narratives.

The magazine’s first-ever female editor in chief, Susan Goldberg, introduced the race-dedicated April issue by addressing the publication’s editorial failings.

For Middlebury’s James P. Blair, 86, NatGeo’s efforts at redress have provided an opportunity to revisit the three decades he spent as one of its staff photographers. Meantime, he’s been immersed in a more localized study of image-making. For the past year, Blair has worked with the Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History and its Stewart-Swift Research Center archivist Eva Garcelon-Hart to curate the current exhibition, “Our Town: Love, Joy, Sadness and Baseball — 100 Years of Photography from the Sheldon Museum.”

One particular photograph of Blair’s has been widely circulated in recent considerations of NatGeo’s legacy: a 1976 image of Winnie Mandela, South African activist, politician and then-wife

of Nelson Mandela. Smiling, with her right fist raised high, Mandela stood before a rally crowd in Durbin.

The 1977 story, “South Africa’s Lonely Ordeal,” was written by William S. Ellis and included accompanying images by Blair. Both Goldberg and National Public Radio noted it as an earlier watershed moment in NatGeo’s turn toward more accurate and equitable international coverage. It contrasts with a 1962 article that glaringly omits mention of apartheid. Blair called the latter story “a disgrace” in NPR’s March 21 story “National Geographic Turns the Lens on Its Own Racist History.” He replayed that interview for this reporter at his kitchen table last week.

“We changed the magazine,” Blair told Seven Days, referring to the 1977 story. “It became much more direct and honest … We effectively did what [Goldberg’s letter] does — changed the magazine’s editorial focus.”

Blair said he initially turned down the 1962 South African assignment, infuriating Robert E. Gilka, who served as NatGeo’s director of photography from 1958 to 1985. Blair’s reason? “We hadn’t done an honest story on South Africa. If I had to shoot a story that was not honest, I wouldn’t be able to live with myself.”

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With the encouragement of his first wife, World Bank economist Patricia Wohlgemuth, however, Blair pivoted.

He decided instead that the assignment “would give [him] an opportunity to take good photographs and tell the story the right way.”

The final work might not have been published at all, he said, if not for the explicit endorsement of two prominent journalistic figures: Walter Kronkite and Jim Hoagland. That year, the story earned Blair the Overseas Press Club of

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In Middlebury, Blair recounted his photographic trajectory, aided by a self-published tome that chronicles his life and career. Its biographical text is by former National Geographic Society chief historian Mark Collins Jenkins.

Blair worked on staff at NatGeo from 1962 to 1994, retiring with his name on 46 articles and more than 2,000 photographs. He described his arrival at the magazine as “more or less an accident.”

Growing up in Pittsburgh, an early Cub Scouts encounter with a darkroom ignited Blair’s lifelong passion for the medium. He went on to study under Harry Callahan and Aaron Siskind at the Institute of Design at Chicago’s Illinois Institute of Technology.

After graduating in 1954, Blair was hired as an intern for the Pittsburgh Photographic Library to work under Roy E. Stryker, former head of the Farm Security Administration’s information division. Blair explained that his generation of photographers were strongly influenced by two entities: the FSA and French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson.

While at the PPL, then-22-year-old Blair took a street shot of a nameless older woman, visibly poor and in distress. He said this image changed his life. “It had to do with recognizing I

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and continued to summer there until Patricia’s death in 2000. In 2015, Blair and his second wife, Elise, moved to • Cardio, strength, spin, Middlebury permanently. He quickly yoga classes weekly immersed himself in small-town life, • 2 pools, swim lessons, including contributing photographs to the Addison County Independent. open swim Blair is involved in a handful of proj• A welcoming community! ects, but one in particular has recently come to fruition. About a year ago, he • Downtown Burlington began to work with Garcelon-Hart at the Sheldon Museum to scan hundreds of early photographs from the archive’s inventory of some 30,000 locally made images.

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“I was able to provide historical background,” Garcelon-Hart said, “[and Jim] was able to pick things that appealed to him visually.”

With about three dozen works, the show spans early daguerreotype and ambrotype portraits taken shortly after HON-GLOBAL-EUROTECH-ALERA-CONSET photography’s formal invention in 1839 through photo postcards of the 1930s and later. Blair donated his time, expertise and top-notch equipment to the cause; the museum threw a benefit party to fundraise for framing and matting.

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For his part, Blair is not inclined to leave behind the medium with which he made his name. “I still think it’s magic,” he said. “If it turned out that my place in photography was to stay in Pittsburgh all my life, that would’ve been fine. But it didn’t happen that way.” m

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“I don’t remember seeing another full-page picture of a naked young woman ever again,” Blair said, adding that he didn’t know the reason. “All of this political correctness — which I’m all for — has only come around recently.”

Blair also indicated that staff photographers were just part of a larger team.

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tion, get it to the editor and do everything you can to see that he or she runs a truthful, honest, complete, rational story. And if he doesn’t, why would you want to work there?”

Though Blair’s final assignment for NatGeo was more than 20 years ago, he isn’t one for sitting around. “Why slow down?” he asked as he gave a tour of his basement darkroom and studio. Recently back from a monthlong vacation in Barbados, Blair showed off images with vivid, painterly abstractions of the island’s sky. He hopes to exhibit them at Middlebury’s Edgewater Gallery, which now represents his work.

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had a more serious responsibility than to snap pictures,” he said. “I had to say something about the people I was photographing.”

In 1954, Blair enlisted in the Navy and served as a lieutenant for two years. While at sea in the Gulf of Alaska, he took his first photograph to be credited in a major news outlet, LIFE Magazine.

When he returned to Pittsburgh after discharge, Blair worked as a reporter and photographer for the local news, and took freelance assignments from the U.S. Information Agency, Time, LIFE and NatGeo, which lead to the start of his full-time position in 1962.

Back then, Blair explained, staff photographers were almost exclusively white men who had served in the armed forces or otherwise worked for newspapers.

“There was not an intention to employ different ethnic, racial and sexual groups,” he said. “Bob Gilka was concerned with getting the best photographers.”

(As of 2013, according to CNN, there had been just four female photographers on staff at NatGeo, in contrast to some 50 male photographers.)

When Blair took assignments, which he said lasted an average of six weeks, there was usually very little instruction. He, an interpreter and sometimes a driver would spend lots of time roving about, often with no defined goal beyond finding great subjects. “[It was] all part of the plan to be open to the picture possibilities there might be,” he said.

Blair sent film back to his editors for review every two weeks. “You didn’t come home until [Gilka] said so,” he recalled.

NPR’s recent story featured criticisms claiming that the magazine presented an overly sunny outlook.

“This is not true,” Blair said. “We covered the Second World War.” In general, he maintained, “We covered what was there. We didn’t try to find things that were not there or that fulfilled a particular political or social point of view.”

But, of course, everyone has a lens.

In some respects, Blair is a man of his time. “I had the last great photograph of a naked woman,” he acknowledged, “as pretty as anything you’ve ever seen.”

The image in question was printed in the 1965 article “Ethiopian Adventure” and features a young, unnamed, barebreasted Ethiopian woman.

“We’re photographers,” he said. “We show how beautiful everybody is.

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yan Kriger was miserable. It was 2010 and, by all outward appearances, things were going well for him. He earned a good salary as an attorney with a prestigious New York City law firm. He had plenty of friends and lived in the hip, upscale neighborhood of Brooklyn. But Kriger, in his thirties at the time, hated his job and increasingly entertained his longtime “escapist fantasy” to give it all up and move to Vermont.

So one day, the Sharon, Mass., native did an internet search for “antitrust jobs in Vermont” and spotted an employment ad for a position in the Vermont Attorney General’s Office. Kriger applied for his dream job and was hired.

“After I got the job, I’m like, Wait a minute. What am I doing?” Kriger recalled asking himself. “I know zero people in Vermont.”

He knew all too well how hard it was for him to make friends in a new city.

In his twenties, he relocated five times — to Seattle; Stamford, Conn.; Boston; Washington, D.C.; and New York City — and each time struggled to rebuild a core group of companions. After nine years in the Big Apple, he wasn’t sure he wanted to start over again.

This time, however, Kriger devised a plan. So on January 1, 2011, he took the plunge and relocated to Montpelier, a city in which, as even his new coworkers and longtime residents told him,

many people found it hard to make friends.

Four months later, Kriger, a selfdescribed introvert, threw himself a birthday party and, looking around his apartment, counted 26 new friends. At the time, he remembered thinking, “Ha! It worked!”

How’d he do it? Vermonters can find out this month in a series of free talks Kriger is giving titled “Making Friends & Finding Community as an Adult.”

To be sure, Kriger knows plenty of people now; the 43-year-old assistant attorney general is on the governor’s cybersecurity team and teaches at the University of Vermont. He’s an occasional standup comic and was the

founder of the now-defunct Burlington comedy club Levity; he includes some comedy in his presentation.

Kriger said he allows some time at the end of the talk for audience members to get to know each other. But he emphasized that it isn’t a young professionals club, Meetup, a dating seminar or a networking event.

“I hate the word ‘networking,’” he said with a laugh. While networking is fine for business purposes, “Networking is meeting someone for what you can get from them. Friendship is meeting someone for what you can give to them.”

Some people cringe at the notion that you can deliberately set out to make friends, Kriger said, because they

assume that friendships are supposed to Like most self-help programs, Kriger happen spontaneously and organically. acknowledged, his talk promises no Why do many people feel this way? silver bullets, just commonsense advice.

Kriger theorized that most adults met As he put it, “Just sitting in a room with their lifelong friends in high school or a bunch of other people who all look college. In those environments, you’re normal … and all want to make friends is swimming in a sea of people who are a confidence boost.” all about the same age, live in close An important component of the proximity, have plenty of time on their talk, he noted, is a section on being a hands, and have grown-ups around good friend. If someone contacts you, who create activities and facilitate their respond. As he put it, “Don’t ghost your social interactions. friends. Call them back.”

Adults, however, often live far from Also, seek out opportunities to do each other, keep different schedules things for your buddies. If a friend needs and, because of jobs, families or other help moving, don’t gripe; just do it. responsibilities, have more time conKriger’s first friend-building event, straints. Generally, no one facilitates held last month at Three Penny Taproom their social lives. As a conin Montpelier, drew more sequence, Kriger said, many than 40 people. Among people in their thirties or the attendees was Dawn forties wake up one mornRose Kearn, a 30-year-old ing and realize, “I don’t have Montpelier woman who a lot of friends. How did this described herself as “a very happen?” social person” who “makes This experience isn’t an friends easily.” Still, she was insignificant problem. In attracted to the communityrecent years, the physical, building nature of the event. psychological and economic Kearn noted that her consequences of social isoown parents and grandparlation have been well docuents have friends they’ve mented. John Cacioppo, known for years but don’t a longtime University of meet new people very RYAN KRIGE R Chicago researcher on the often. “I think meeting new subject who earned the people is very important to moniker “Dr. Loneliness,” diversifying your life expedetermined that being lonely is as harm- rience,” she said. ful to human health as obesity or smokAfter attending Kriger’s talk, Kearn ing a pack of cigarettes daily. took to heart several words of advice.

Especially among older Americans, For one, she liked his suggestion to social isolation has been linked to a follow through with friends by making host of physical and psychological definitive plans. After meeting someproblems. As the New York Times one new, rather than saying, “Let’s get reported in a December 11, 2017, together sometime,” Kearn said, suggest piece titled “The Surprising Effects something like, “Let’s get together on of Loneliness on Health,” socially iso- Tuesday at 7 p.m.” lated individuals tend to experience Another useful tip Kearn gleaned more sleep disorders and abnormal from the event: Treat your social life the immune responses. And, on average, same way you would treat your physical they die younger than their more so- and mental health. cially connected cohorts.

In other words, if you regularly go to The problem isn’t unique to the gym, see a therapist and schedule Americans, Kriger noted. In the United annual physicals, make a similar comKingdom, social isolation is so prevalent mitment to finding and maintaining that the British government recently friendships. created a new position — a minister for As Kriger said, “Making friends is not loneliness — to help reverse the trend. a passive activity. You have to actually While Kriger doesn’t suggest any- put some effort into it.” m thing that formal in Vermont, he does believe that many Vermonters could Contact: ken@sevendaysvt.com benefit from his informal research on the subject. Before leaving New York INFO City in 2011, for example, Kriger sat Ryan Kriger speaks on Tuesday, April 3, 7 down with a friend whom he described p.m., at ArtsRiot in Burlington; on Sunday, as a “nexus — if you know her, you know April 8, 7 p.m., at Three Penny Taproom in everybody.” Kriger picked her brain for Montpelier; and on Sunday, April 15, 5 p.m., advice, some of which found its way into at the Marquis Theatre in Middlebury. Free. ryankriger.com his presentation.

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aster can sneak up on Pier Normandeau. “It is too early this year!” he declared. “You have to work all the time!”

Normandeau is a chocolatier in Mystic, Québec, where he is also chefowner of a French country restaurant called L’Oeuf. In the weeks leading up to Easter, Normandeau makes about 1,500 chocolate pieces — mostly animals — in the workshop behind his café.

He crafts white chocolate bunnies with long ears, dark chocolate fish with shimmery scales, and milk chocolate pigs with 12 piglets inside. Normandeau fashions sheep that lie together in pairs, regal hens that sit on perfect little nests, and rabbits that hold aloft a form he appreciates so much that he named his restaurant after it: the egg.

Normandeau’s shop feels like an Easter basket come to life, crammed with goodies in every corner: jars of housemade jams, an assemblage of painted wooden toys, a sweet-looking boy made of milk chocolate, wearing a chocolate tunic and holding a chocolate rose. But this collection’s hidden treasure — toiling away in his shop until the day before Easter — is the menagerie’s creator.

“I make enough to give a good choice on Saturday [March 31],” Normandeau said.

“I want to give my customers a choice to the end.”

Normandeau, 69, is the second of six siblings who grew up in nearby Bedford, Québec, on a small farm and apple orchard. (His parents had jobs off the farm.) The self-taught chef

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A graduate of art school with an interest in design, Normandeau reasoned that he was starting with nothing — and therefore had nothing to lose. He ran his first business, selling antiques, for three years before changing his plan and launching L’Oeuf in 1978. He added chocolate-making to his business 34 years ago and has attended chocolatier school in Montréal and France.

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“You have to take a chance in life,” Normandeau told this reporter last week.

He was talking at a table in his antiquefilled dining room, drinking a late-morning espresso. “Every business, when you start, you go slow the first years,” he added. “You have to keep going.”

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But that’s exactly the story — the gist of it, anyway — behind Vermont’s newest independent wine label, ZAFA WINES. KRISTA SCRUGGS grew up in California, the American promised land of gold and grapes. But when she realized she wanted to be a winemaker, she knew she had to leave. Farmland in her home state is unaffordable, to put it mildly.

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expanded his menu over the years and now serves lunch and dinner four or five times a week, depending on the season.

L’Oeuf offers soups, rabbit stew, duck confit, housemade pastas and sausages, terrine, and more.

“You change all the time,” Normandeau said. “It’s fun.”

He and his wife, Monique Dupont, have two children and two grandchildren. She manages office work and reservations for the restaurant and attached six-room inn, and she runs the dining room.

Normandeau works in the kitchen at his 10-burner gas range preparing lunch and dinner for his guests. He built his own prep counters, and he makes and jars tomato sauce from the half ton of tomatoes he purchases each year from Montréal markets. He cooks in copperbottomed stainless-steel pans from France, grows herbs in pots by the kitchen’s bay window, bakes bread and cakes, and roasts his own coffee beans.

“There are not many places like this now,” Normandeau said. “It’s all fast food.”

L’Oeuf is about 15 miles northeast of the U.S.-Canada border at Highgate Springs. The restaurant regularly draws customers from St. Albans and Highgate.

“It’s like one country,” Normandeau remarked.

In the eight weeks before Easter, he works in his chocolate shop before L’Oeuf opens for lunch, after diners leave at night and on the days when his restaurant is closed.

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“I love everything,” Normandeau said of his various undertakings. “First when I start, I like desserts. Then I like the meat. And when I go in my shop and I work all night, I don’t mind. Because I work so much, I don’t have time to get old.”

In his chocolate shop, kept at 18 degrees Celsius, the work begins when Normandeau melts, in double boilers, chocolate drops imported from France. The process involves melting the chocolate to a certain temperature, cooling it and then reheating it until the chocolate achieves exactly the right temperature for molding.

“One degree too hot, it won’t work,” Normandeau said. “One degree too cold, no good.”

Yet he doesn’t use a thermometer to

gauge the desired temperature. Rather, relying on decades of experience as a chocolatier and employing an artist’s feel for his material, Normandeau removes a sample of chocolate from the pot with a spatula and watches it harden.

At the perfect consistency, he pours the chocolate into his molds. When the first coat starts to harden, Normandeau adds a second layer of chocolate. Larger, more fragile pieces get a third layer.

“I mold, I mold, I mold,” Normandeau said. Then he lets the pieces set overnight. “I never unmold the same day,” he noted, adding that a chocolatier could remove a piece from its mold after a few hours, but Normandeau has so many molds that he doesn’t need to.

Over the years, the chocolatier has amassed a vast collection of molds, and he continues to collect them. Last year, he purchased about 100 molds — forms from the 1960s that had never been used — from a source in the U.S. that he wouldn’t reveal. Recently, he bought molds from a retired chocolatier in Granby, Québec.

One natural form that is especially dear to him — the egg — is put to good use at Easter. Normandeau hollows out real eggs, washes the insides and fills them with a chocolate-praline mixture.

White-shelled eggs are filled with milk chocolate, and brown eggs hold dark chocolate. Normandeau makes about 200 of these eggs, each wrapped and tied with a ribbon. They fill a basket on the counter of the shop.

When Easter is over, Normandeau returns to his usual chocolate-making task: crafting decorative bars, including pieces that depict a relief image of L’Oeuf.

“Since I was very young, the first thing I looked at was the drawing [on the chocolate], the flowers on top,” Normandeau said, “not what was inside.”

Easter, of course, heralds warmer weather. And that, in turn, means ice cream season is soon to come. As the sign on the front of Normandeau’s shop announces, he is a chocolatier and a glacier. But no sign can convey all of the culinary and creative endeavors he brings to L’Oeuf.

“I’m still working because I love what I make,” Normandeau said. “When I open it, I love it. And I still love it the same.”

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The bar side of Deli 126, which will seat about 85, will be open daily starting at 4 p.m.

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 39 JACOB SHANE, former before the 1930s — in owner of Burlington’s particular: brandy, sherry HENRY STREET DELI, owns and port. The bar will the business and will offer flights “so people run the food side of the can learn about these operation. EMILY MORTON, spirits,” Morton said. In the bar’s general manaddition, she’s planning ager, was most recently a a full cocktail program bartender at WATERWORKS with fresh juices and syrups, as well as FOOD + DRINK in Winooski.

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“It takes a special person to understand how to be respectful and caring in the way [Logan] does,” said food shelf director Rob Meehan.

Logan has worked for about 40 years in the food industry. He’s taught at the New England Culinary Institute and was chef manager of Middlebury College’s Bread Loaf School of English. His position at the academy is about him “giving back a little more and not just think[ing] about furthering myself up the career [ladder],” Logan said.

“I do love teaching,” he added. “I love the process, because they are not going to be the same students as they were yesterday.”

Logan’s third class has seven students, and he interviewed each of them as part of the application process. “What we look for is motivation,” the chef explained. “We look for a really strong desire to want to make something better, do something different.”

Both Meehan and Logan remember an Iraqi student, Sahar Alsammraee, from Logan’s first class. Though she isn’t proficient in English, that didn’t stop Alsammraee from participating in the program, they noted. She used a translator app on her phone during class and took pride in her work, said Logan.

These days, Alsammraee is busy with her catering business, he said. She’s also leading a sold-out culinary class at City Market, Onion River Co-op’s Community Teaching Kitchen next month.

A current student Jacques Benoit working in the kitchen interested in starting her own business is Maya Gurung- Subba. The Burlington resident was morning becomes the classroom. The born in Bhutan and lived in a refugee room has no projectors or smart boards. camp in Nepal for 17 years before resetInstead, two colorful quilts and “Hate tling in Vermont in 2008.

Has No Home Here” posters adorn the After working as a licensed nursing walls. But if the Community Kitchen assistant for almost eight years, GurungAcademy lacks fancy equipment, Logan Subba decided that she wanted to enroll makes up for it with dedication. in a culinary school. She searched online PHOTOS: OLIVER PARINI

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t the Community Kitchen Academy in Burlington last Thursday, Jim Logan’s cooking tips to his students seemed applicable to life in general.

“Risotto waits for nobody. When it’s done, it’s done,” he said. “It’s time to take it off the heat.”

As the students in the culinary job training program prepared grain dishes, Logan walked around the kitchen, supervising them with eagle eyes. He reminded them to wet put paper towels under their chopping boards to prevent them from sliding around. He praised a student for slicing red onions into equal-size pieces.

He stopped another student midway through making vinaigrette and told him to put on his chef cap.

Since last May, Logan has been chef instructor at the Community Kitchen Academy in Burlington. A program of the Vermont Foodbank, it takes place at the Chittenden Emergency Food Shelf in Burlington and at Capstone Community Action in Barre.

The idea behind the academy is to prepare underemployed and unemployed individuals for careers in the food service industry. Since the program began in 2009 in Burlington, and in 2013 in Barre, 271 students have graduated. They attend free of charge.

“It’s a great opportunity,” said Tiffany Ellen Rich. The recent academy graduate is now Logan’s temporary assistant chef.

“They’re trying to help underpaid and underemployed Vermonters get jobs that are going to pay them well, treat them good,” she added.

The program does more than provide food-biz training; it also instills in students a sense of confidence through community service.

Because of the Vermont Foodbank’s relationship with supermarket chains, independent grocery stores, co-ops, large caterers and hotels, academy students are able to utilize and transform donated food that might otherwise go to waste. They learn how to prepare nutritious dishes and serve them to neighbors in their communities via food-assistance programs.

“I get a lot of satisfaction when I see somebody really enjoy [the food],” said current student Michael Hammond of Burlington. “All that preparation was for something, you know.”

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By all accounts, the 13-week program is intensive. Each student receives a weekly stipend of $75 to help with transportation and other expenses. By the time of graduation, a student will have acquired about 300 hours of instruction and production, a week of internship at a food establishment, and guidance on job-interview skills and résumé-writing.

They also obtain certification in ServSafe, a nationally recognized educational program administered by the National Restaurant Association. Those who intend to pursue higher education can earn nine college credits through the academy.

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ACT 250 NOTICE MINOR APPLICATION #4C0219-2A 10 V.S.A. §§ 6001 - 6093 On March 12, 2018, LBCMT 2007-C3 Dorset Street, LLC, c/o KeyPoint Partners, One Burlington Woods Drive, Burlington, MA 01803 filed application #4C0219-2A for a project generally described as upgrades to an existing 60,000 square foot anchor store at the University Mall shopping center, including parking lot modifications, sidewalk improvements, aesthetic updates to the facade and signage, and utility upgrades. The Project is located at 155 Dorset

cgolden@neddere.com 802-651-6888 Nedde Real Estate

Street in South Burlington, Vermont.

the Commission holds a public hearing.

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The District #4 Environmental Commission is reviewing this application under Act 250 Rule 51 — Minor Applications.

A copy of the application and proposed permit are available for review at the office listed below.

The application and a draft permit may also be viewed on the Natural Resources Board’s web site (http://nrb.vermont. gov) by clicking on “Act 250 Database” and entering the project number “4C0219-2A”.

No hearing will be held and a permit may be issued unless, on or before April 13, 2018, a person notifies the Commission of an issue or issues requiring the presentation of evidence at a hearing or the Commission sets the matter for hearing on its own motion. Any hearing request must be in writing to the address below, must state the criteria or subcriteria 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 interested person must include a petition for party status. Prior to submitting a request for a hearing, please contact the district coordinator at the telephone number listed below for more information. Prior to convening a hearing, the Commission must determine that substantive issues requiring a hearing have been raised.

Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law will not be prepared unless

If you feel that any of the District Commission members listed on the attached Certificate of Service under “For Your Information” may have a conflict of interest, or if there is any other reason a member should be disqualified from sitting on this case, please contact the district coordinator as soon as possible, no later than prior to the response date listed above.

Should a hearing be held on this project and you have a disability for which you are going to need accommodation, please notify us by April 13, 2018.

Parties entitled to participate are the Municipality, the Municipal Planning Commission, the Regional Planning Commission, affected state agencies, and adjoining property owners and other persons to the extent they have a particularized interest that may be affected by the proposed project under the 10 criteria. Non-party participants may also be allowed under 10 V.S.A. Section 6085(c)(5).

Dated at Essex Junction, Vermont this 20th day of March, 2018.

By: Stephanie H. Monaghan District #4 Coordinator 111 West Street Essex Junction, VT 05452 802/879-5662 stephanie.monaghan@ vermont.gov

ACT 250 NOTICE MINOR APPLICATION #4C0558-5C 10 V.S.A. §§ 6001 - 6093 On March 14, 2018, James & Karen Bellis, 51 Arbel Street, Kfar Vradim, Israel 25147 filed application #4C0558-5C for a project generally described as construction of a 4-bedroom house and a 2-bedroom accessory apartment on previously-approved Lot 1 of Phase 7 of the Southview development. The Project was previously reviewed and approved under all criteria except for Criteria 1B, 2, 3, 4, 7, 9F, 9L, and 10. The Project is located on Southview Drive in Richmond, Vermont.

The District #4 Environmental Commission is reviewing this application under Act 250 Rule 51 — Minor Applications.

A copy of the application and proposed permit are available for review at the office listed below.

The application and a draft permit may also be viewed on the Natural Resources Board’s web site (http://nrb.vermont. gov) by clicking on “Act 250 Database” and entering the project number “4C0558-5C”.

No hearing will be held and a permit may be issued unless, on or before April 16, 2018, a person notifies the Commission of an issue or issues requiring the presentation of evidence at a hearing or the Commission sets the matter for hearing on its own motion. Any hearing request must be in writing to the address below, must state the criteria

or subcriteria at issue, why a hearing is required 6/6/16 and what additional evi-4:34 PM dence will be presented at the hearing. Any hearing request by an adjoining property owner or other interested person must include a petition for party status. Prior to submitting a request for a hearing, please contact the district coordinator at the telephone number listed below for more information. Prior to convening a hearing, the Commission must determine that substantive issues requiring a hearing have been raised.

Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law will not be prepared unless the Commission holds a public hearing.

If you feel that any of the District Commission members listed on the attached Certificate of Service under “For Your Information” may have a conflict of interest, or if there is any other reason a member should be disqualified from sitting on this case, please contact the district coordinator as soon as possible, no later than prior to the response date listed above.

Should a hearing be held on this project and you have a disability for which you are going to need accommodation, please notify us by April 16, 2018.

Parties entitled to participate are the Municipality, the Municipal Planning Commission, the Regional Planning Commission, affected state agencies, and adjoining property owners

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[CONTINUED] and other persons to the extent they have a particularized interest that may be affected by the proposed project under the 10 criteria. Non-party participants may also be allowed under 10 V.S.A. Section 6085(c)(5).

Dated at Essex Junction, Vermont this 20th day of March, 2018.

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By: Stephanie H. Monaghan District #4 Coordinator 111 West Street Essex Junction, VT 05452 802/879-5662 stephanie.monaghan@ vermont.gov ACT 250 NOTICE MINOR APPLICATION #4C0814-15 10 V.S.A. §§ 6001 - 6093 On March 8, 2018, Wake Robin Corporation, 200 Wake Robin Drive, Shelburne, VT 05403 filed application #4C0814-15 for a project generally described as construction of a new 80,000 gallon auxiliary water tank.

The Project is located at 200 Wake Robin Drive in Shelburne, Vermont.

The District #4 Environmental Commission is reviewing this application under Act 250 Rule 51 — Minor Applications. A copy of the application and proposed permit are available for review at the office listed below. The application and a draft permit may also be viewed on the Natural Resources Board’s web site (http:// nrb.vermont.gov) by clicking on “Act 250 Database” and entering the project number “4C0814-15”.

No hearing will be held and a permit may be issued unless, on or before April 9, 2018, a person notifies the Commission of an issue or issues requiring the presentation of evidence at a hearing or the Commission sets the matter for hearing on its own motion. Any hearing request must be in writing to the address below, must state the criteria or subcriteria 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 interested person must include a petition for party status. Prior to submitting a request for a hearing, please contact the district coordinator at the telephone number listed below for more information. Prior to convening a hearing, the Commission must determine that substantive issues requiring a hearing have been raised.

Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law will not be prepared unless the Commission holds a public hearing.

If you feel that any of the District Commission members listed on the attached Certificate of Service under “For Your Information” may have a conflict of interest, or if there is any other reason a member should be disqualified from sitting on this case, please contact the district coordinator as soon as possible, no later than prior to the response date listed above.

Should a hearing be held on this project and you have a disability for which you are going to need accommodation, please notify us by April 9, 2018.

Parties entitled to participate are the Municipality, the Municipal Planning Commission, the Regional Planning Commission, affected

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state agencies, and adFSBO-Clark020718.indd 10:22 PM 1 2. 18-0768CA; 75 Cherry joining 3/25/18 property owners and other persons to the St (FD6, Ward 3C) BTC Mall Associates LLC extent they have a par7th and 12th floor ameticularized interest that nity space; change to may be affected by the project phasing. proposed project under the 10 criteria. Non-party Plans may be viewed participants may also be in the Planning and allowed under 10 V.S.A. Zoning Office, (City Section 6085(c)(5).

Hall, 149 Church Street, Dated at Essex Junction, Burlington), between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and Vermont this 15th day of 4:30 p.m.

March, 2018.

By: Stephanie H. Monaghan District #4 Coordinator 111 West Street Essex Junction, VT 05452 802/879-5662 stephanie.monaghan@ vermont.gov

Participation in the DRB proceeding is a prerequisite to the right to take any subsequent appeal. Please note that ANYTHING submitted to the Planning and Zoning office is considered public and cannot be kept confidential.

AT&T MOBILITY, LLC IS PROPOSING TO MODIFY AN EXISTING WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITY ON AN EXISTING BUILDING LOCATED AT 131 MAIN ST, BURLINGTON, VT. The modifications will consist of the removal/ replacement of antennas and the addition of RRUs at 98 feet and 97 feet on the 102-foot-tall building. Any interested party wishing to submit comments regarding the potential effects the proposed facility may have on any historic property may do so by sending such comments to: Project 6118001380 - WRR EBI Consulting, 21 B Street, Burlington, MA 01803, or via telephone at (914) 434-2173.

This may not be the final order in which items will be heard. Please view final Agenda, at www.burlingtonvt.gov/ pz/drb/agendas or the office notice board, one week before the hearing for the order in which items will be heard.

BURLINGTON DEVELOPMENT REVIEW BOARD TUESDAY APRIL 17, 2018, 5:00 PM PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE The Burlington Development Review Board will hold a meeting on Tuesday April 17rd, 2018 at 5:00pm in Contois Auditorium, City Hall.

1. 18-0771AP; 12 Weston St (RL, Ward 1E) Charles and Cynthia Burns Appeal of NOV 336638 pertaining to duplex use.

NOTICE OF LEGAL SALE View Date: 4/5/2018 Sale Date: 4/6/2018 Jonathan Herweck Unit #325 Easy Self Storage 46 Swift Street South Burlington, VT 05403 (802)863-8300 NOTICE OF SELF STORAGE LIEN SALE EXIT 16 SELF STORAGE>NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE CONTENTS OF THE SELF STORAGE UNITS LISTED BELOW WILL BE SOLD AT AUCTION. Name of occupant - unit size Brenda Devoid 10 x 10 Tim Daigle 10 x 10 Tina Anair 10 x 10 Rebecca Nichols

5 x 10 Tina Anair 10 x 10 Alicia Reed 10 x 15 Gary Morgan 10 x 15 Gail Morenus 5 x 10 Paige Tuttle 5 x 10 Elena Littlebug 8 x 25 Eric Covey 10 x 10 Terri Allen 5 x 10 Theresa Gonyea 10 x 10 Alexander Dewey 10 x 20 Eric Bachman 10 x 15 Dylan Austin 10 x 10 Due to inclement weather the auction originally scheduled for March 24, 2018 has been rescheduled to: Saturday, April 7th, 2018 at 9:00 a.m.

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.

The winning bid must remove all contents from the facility within 72 hours of bid acceptance at no cost to Exit 16 Self Storage. Exit 16 Self Storage reserves the right to reject any bid lower than the amount owed by the occupant. Exit 16 Self Storage reserves the right to remove any unit from the auction should

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STATE OF VERMONT CHITTENDEN UNIT, CIVIL DIVISION VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT DOCKET NO: 539-616 CNCV HOMEBRIDGE FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. v.

GERALD F. WILLARD OCCUPANTS OF: 93 Village Green, Burlington VT MORTGAGEE’S NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY UNDER 12 V.S.A. sec 4952 et seq.

In accordance with the Judgment Order and Decree of Foreclosure entered July 31, 2017, in the above captioned action brought to foreclose that certain mortgage given by Gerald F. Willard to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Real Estate Mortgage Network, Inc., dated June 14, 2012 and recorded in Book 1178 Page 67 of the land records of the City of Burlington, of which mortgage the Plaintiff is the present holder, by virtue of an Assignment of Mortgage from Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Real Estate Mortgage Network, Inc. to HomeBridge Financial Services, Inc. dated May 11, 2016 and recorded in Book 1306 Page 405 of the land records of the City of Burlington for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 93 Village Green, Burlington, Vermont on April 18, 2018 at 10:00AM all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, To wit: PROPERTY ADDRESS: 93 VILLAGE GREEN, BURLINGTON, VERMONT

PROPERTY DESCRIPTION:

the said mortgage above described.

Being all and the same land and premises conveyed to Gerald F. Willard

by Warranty Deed of Susanne R. Whyte dated 6/14/12, of record in Volume____ at Page____ of the City of Burlington Land Records.

TEN THOUSAND ($10,000.00) Dollars of the purchase price must be paid by a certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check at the time and place of the sale by the purchaser.

The balance of the purchase price shall be paid by a certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check within sixty (60) days after the date of sale.

Being all and the same land and premises as conveyed to Susanne R. Whyte by Warranty Deed of Gary P. Furling dated April 15, 2002 and recorded April 16, 2002 in Volume 731 at Page 13 of the Land Records of the City of Burlington and being more particularly described as follows: Being a lot of land with dwelling house thereon, situated on the southeasterly corner of the intersection of Village Green and Brandywine Street, said lot being Lot No. 68 as shown on a plan of land of record at Volume 148, Page 117 of the City of Burlington Land Records. Said lot has a frontage of 102.2 feet on the southerly side of Village Green, a frontage of 48.7 feet on the easterly side of Brandywine Street, a southerly line of 134.64 feet and an easterly line of 100.62 feet. The dwelling house thereon is known and designated as 93 Village Green.

Reference is hereby made to the aforementioned instruments, the records thereof and the references therein contained, all in further aid of this description.

Reference is hereby made to the above instruments and to the records and references contained therein in further aid of this description.

Terms of sale: Said premises will be sold and conveyed subject to all liens, encumbrances, unpaid taxes, tax titles, municipal liens and assessments, if any, which take precedence over

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

Other terms to be announced at the sale.

DATED: February 23, 2018 By: /S/Rachel K. Ljunggren, Esq. Rachel K. Ljunggren, Esq. Bendett and McHugh, PC 270 Farmington Ave., Ste. 151 Farmington, CT 06032 STATE OF VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT CHITTENDEN UNIT CIVIL DIVISION DOCKET NO. 171-3-16 CNCV Nationstar Mortgage LLC, Plaintiff v.

Floyd L. Davison aka Floyd Davison, Capital One Bank (USA) NA, NorthCountry Federal Credit Union and Occupants residing at 20 Poirier Place, Burlington, Vermont, Defendants NOTICE OF SALE By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Floyd L. Davison aka Floyd Davison to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for GMAC Mortgage, LLC f/k/a GMAC Mortgage Corporation dated June 26, 2007 and recorded in Volume 1003, Page 33

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Pursuant to the power of sale in the subject mortgage, of which Plaintiff is the present holder, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purposes of foreclosing the same, the collateral property will be sold at Public Auction at 4:00 P.M. on April 17, 2018, at 20 Poirier Place, Burlington, Vermont all and singular the premises described in said mortgage: To Wit: Being all and the same land and premises conveyed to Floyd L. Davison and Becci G. Davison (now deceased) by Warranty Deed of Betty M. Davison dated April 21, 1998 and recorded in Volume 589 at Pages 36-37 of the City of Burlington Land Records.

A parcel of land with all buildings thereon located on Poirier Place, the dwelling hose thereon being known and designated as No. 20 Poirier Place, Burlington, Vermont.

Terms of Sale: $10,000.00 to be paid in cash or cashier’s check by purchaser at the time of sale, with the balance due at closing. The sale

is subject to taxes due and owing to the City of Burlington and any liens against the property.

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

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

Dated at South Burlington, Vermont this 14th day of March, 2018.

Nationstar Mortgage LLC, By: Grant C. Rees, Esq. Grant C. Rees Attorney, PLC 30 Kimball Ave., Ste. 307 South Burlington, VT 05403 Attorney for Plaintiff STATE OF VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT CHITTENDEN UNIT CIVIL DIVISION

DOCKET NO. 487-5-17 CNCV Nationstar Mortgage LLC, Plaintiff v.

David Douglas, Administrator of the Estate of Stephen O. Saunders, United States of America Department of Treasury - Internal Revenue Service and Occupants residing at 12 Maplewood Lane, Essex, Vermont, Defendants NOTICE OF SALE By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Stephen O. Saunders (now deceased) to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Nominee for Quicken Loans Inc. dated May 16, 2008 and recorded in Volume 749, Page 609, which mortgage was assigned to Nationstar Mortgage LLC by an instrument dated December 18, 2014 and recorded on December 30, 2014 in Volume 926, Page 770 of the Land Records of the Town of Essex. Pursuant to the power of sale in the subject mortgage, of which Plaintiff is the present holder, for breach of the condi-

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tions of said mortgage and for the purposes of foreclosing the same, the collateral property will be sold at Public Auction at 11:30 A.M. on April 18, 2018, at 12 Maplewood Lane, Essex, Vermont all and singular the premises described in said mortgage: To Wit: Being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to Stephen O. Saunders by Quit Claim Deed of Liisa Saunders dated March 21, 2007 and recorded on February 26, 2008 in Volume 741, Page 196 of the Land Records of the Town of Essex and being more particularly described as follows: Terms of Sale: $10,000.00 to be paid in cash or cashier’s check by purchaser at the time of sale, with the balance due at closing.

The sale is subject to taxes due and owing to the Town of Essex and any liens against the property. The sale is also subject to post-sale redemption rights of the United States of America Department of Treasury –Internal Revenue Service.

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

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

Dated at South Burlington, Vermont this 15th day of March, 2018.

Nationstar Mortgage LLC, By: Grant C. Rees, Esq. Grant C. Rees Attorney, PLC 30 Kimball Ave., Ste. 307 South Burlington, VT 05403 Attorney for Plaintiff STATE OF VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT CIVIL DIVISION CHITTENDEN UNIT DOCKET NO. 195-3-18 CNCV IN RE: 0.4 ACRES OF LAND IN THE TOWN OF WESTFORD

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SUMMONS AND ORDER OF PUBLICATION THIS SUMMONS IS DIRECTED TO: RESIDENTS OF THE TOWN OF WESTFORD 1. YOU ARE BEING SUED. The Town of Westford (the “Town”) has started a lawsuit to quiet title to the 0.4-acre, more or less, parcel of land that is subject to a dedication to public use (the “Parcel”). The Parcel is located southerly of Common Road (Town Highway #33) and northwesterly of the structures at 20 and northwesterly of the structures at 26 Common Road. The Parcel is described as follows: Being all and the same land and premises as was conveyed in a Warranty Deed executed by Daniel Jackson, Jacob K. Drury and Benjamin F. Beach, agents for the Town of Westford to John H. Woodward dated June 17, 1844, recorded in Book 10, Page 521 and being described as follows: Beginning at an unmarked point at the southwesterly corner of the land as above referenced; said point

located on a bearing of South 23 degrees 09 minutes 50 seconds East a distance of 90.51 feet from an iron rod set flush with the ground on the southeasterly side of the Brookside Road (State Aid Highway #1) right of way on the Town of Westford “Town Common” property line in common with the Congregational Church of Westford property as referenced in Book 6, Pages 98 – 99 of the Westford Land Records; thence running on the following courses: A bearing of North 04 degrees 30 minutes 40 seconds East a distance of 99.0 feet along the westerly line of the Town of Westford’s “Spiller” lot to an unmarked point located at the northwesterly corner of the land herein described; thence a bearing of South 88 degrees 59 minutes 20 seconds East a distance of 115.5 feet along the Town of Westford’s “Spiller” lot to an iron rod set flush at the northerly common corner of the Town of Westford “Spiller” lot and the Bernard and Sheryl Fleury lot; said iron rod being located on a bearing of South 04 degrees 15 minutes 10 seconds West a distance

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of 20.50 feet from an iron rod set flush on the southwesterly edge of the Common Road (Town Highway #33) right of way; thence continuing on the same bearing of South 88 degrees 59 minutes 20 seconds East a distance of 55.44 feet along the northerly line of the Fleury lot to an unmarked point at the northeasterly corner of the land herein described; thence a bearing of South 01 degree 04 minutes 20 seconds West a distance of 99.0 feet along the easterly line of the Fleury lot to the southwesterly corner of the land herein described; thence a bearing of North 88 degrees 55 minutes 40 seconds West a distance of 60.94 feet along the southerly line of the “Town Common” as conveyed by Lewis Curtis, Administrator of the Luke and Elizabeth Camp Estates to the Town of Westford dated July 16, 1819, recorded in Book 6, Pages 98 – 99 of the Westford Land Records to an unmarked point on the easterly line of the Town of Westford’s “Spiller” lot; thence continuing on the same bearing of North 88 degrees 55 minutes 40

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For purposes of clarity to aid in defining the land herein described reference is made to a Compiled Sketch prepared by Valley Land Services, Inc. of Hyde Park, Vermont bearing the seal and signature of Carroll A. Peters entitled “Total Station Survey Portion of Westford Common” dated October 11, 2017, revised October 26, 2017, having file #1721.

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The herein described land contains 0.39 of an acre consisting of the following current deeds: Being a portion of the same land and premises as conveyed in the Warranty Deed of Westford Historical Society, Inc. to Town of Westford dated August 27, 2013 recorded in Book 159, Pages 941-942 of the Westford Land Records; being the northerly portion of “Parcel 1” of said deed and further referenced as being the northerly portion in the Warranty Deed of John H. Woodward to Stedman G. Merriam dated March 22, 1847 recorded in Book 11, Page 169 of the Westford Land Records; being 0.26 of an acre of the westerly portion of the land above described.

Being a portion of the same land and premises as conveyed in the Warranty Deed of Margaret A. Kisner and John R. Allen, Jr. to Bernard and Sheryl Fleury dated December 27, 1988, recorded in Book 57, Pages 144 – 145 of the Westford Land Records; being the northerly portion of the Warranty Deed of John H. Woodward to John Beach dated March 22, 1847 recorded in Book 11, Page 142; being 0.13 of an acre of the easterly portion of the land above described.

The Town’s Complaint for Declaratory Judgment to Quiet Title is on file and may be obtained at the office of the clerk of this court, Chittenden

Unit, Civil Division, Vermont Superior Court, 175 Main St., Burlington, VT. Do not throw this paper away. It is an official paper that affects your rights.

2. THE TOWN’S CLAIM. The Town’s claim is that the public has not used the Parcel in over seventeen years and has abandoned it. As such, the Town claims it is the sole owner of the Parcel that was dedicated to public use.

3. YOU MUST REPLY WITHIN 41 DAYS TO PROTECT YOUR RIGHTS. You must give or mail the Town a written response called an Answer within 41 days of the date on which this Summons was first published, which is March 28, 2018. You must send a copy of your Answer to the Town’s Attorney, David W. Rugh, Esq., at: 171 Battery Street, P.O. Box 1507, Burlington, Vermont 05402-1507.

You must also give or mail your Answer to: Vermont Superior Court, Chittenden Unit, Civil Division, P.O. Box 187, 175 Main Street, Burlington, Vermont 05402.

4. YOU MUST RESPOND TO EACH CLAIM. The Answer is your written response to the Town’s Complaint. In your Answer you must state whether you agree or disagree with each paragraph of the Complaint.

If you believe the Town should not be given everything asked for in the Complaint, you must say so in your Answer.

5. YOU WILL LOSE YOUR CASE IF YOU DO NOT GIVE YOUR WRITTEN ANSWER TO THE COURT. If you do not Answer within 41 days after the date on which this Summons was first published and file it with the Court, you will lose this case. You will not get to tell your side of the story, and the Court may decide against you and award the Town everything asked for in the Complaint.

6. YOU MUST MAKE ANY CLAIMS AGAINST THE TOWN IN YOUR REPLY. Your Answer must state any related legal claims you have against the Town. Your claims against the Town are called Counterclaims.

If you do not make your Counterclaims in writing in your Answer, you may not be able to bring them up at all.

Even if you have insurance and the insurance company will defend you, you must still file any Counterclaims you may have.

7. LEGAL ASSISTANCE. You may wish to get legal help from a lawyer.

If you cannot afford a lawyer, you should ask the court clerk for information about places where you can get free legal help. Even if you cannot get legal help, you must still give the Court a written Answer to protect your rights or you may lose the case.

ORDER The affidavit filed in this action shows that service cannot be made with due diligence by any of the methods provided in Rules 4(d)-(f), (k) or (l) of the Vermont Rules of Civil Procedure. Accordingly, it is ORDERED that service of the summons set forth above shall be made upon residents of the Town of Westford by publication as provided in Rules 4(d)(1) and 4(g) of those Rules.

This Order shall be published once a week for two consecutive weeks beginning on March 28, 2018, in the Seven Days, a newspaper of general circulation in Chittenden County, and a copy of this summons and order as published shall be posted in the Town of Westford Town Office.

Dated at Burlington, Vermont, this 20th day of March, 2018. /s/ Robert A. Mello Superior Judge STATE OF VERMONT WINDSOR UNIT, CIVIL DIVISION VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT DOCKET NO: 455-9-15 WRCV U.S. BANK TRUST, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR LSF9 MASTER PARTICIPATION TRUST v.

JOSEPH E. BLUMBERG, PAUL C. HENDLER AND U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE OCCUPANTS OF: 378 Orchard Hill Way f/k/a 21530 Orchard Hill Way, Woodstock VT MORTGAGEE’S NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY UNDER 12 V.S.A. sec 4952 et seq.

In accordance with the Judgment Order and Decree of Foreclosure entered August 4, 2017, in the above captioned action brought to foreclose that certain mortgage given by Joseph E. Blumberg and Paul C. Hendler to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Suntrust Mortgage, Inc., dated October 31, 2007 and re-

corded in Book 208 Page 175 of the land records of the Town of Woodstock, of which mortgage the Plaintiff is the present holder, by virtue of the following Assignments of Mortgage: (1) Assignment of Mortgage from Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Suntrust Mortgage, Inc to Suntrust Mortgage, Inc. dated January 2, 2013 and recorded in Book 238 Page 548; (2) Assignment of Mortgage from Suntrust Mortgage, Inc. to Federal National Mortgage Association dated February 21, 2013 and recorded in Book 239 Page 410 and (2) an assignment of mortgage from Federal National Mortgage Association to U.S. Bank Trust, N.A., as Trustee for LSF9 Master Participation Trust dated March 8, 2017 and recorded in Book 259 Page 708 both of the land records of the Town of Woodstock] for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 378 Orchard Hill Way f/k/a 21530 Orchard Hill Way, Woodstock, Vermont on April 11, 2018 at 10:00 AM all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, To wit: A CERTAIN PIECE OF LAND IN WOODSTOCK, IN THE COUNTY OF WINDSOR AND STATE OF VERMONT, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS, VIZ: BEING ALL AND THE SAME LAND AND PREMISES AS CONVEYED TO SCOTT WINHAM AND MICHELE WINHAM BY LIMITED WARRANTY DEED OF VERMONT FEDERAL BANK, FSB, DATED NOVEMBER 5, 1998 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 134 AT PAGES 182-187 OF THE TOWN OF WOODSTOCK LAND RECORDS, AND THEREIN MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: “BEING ALL AND THE SAME LAND AND PREMISES AS CONVEYED TO VERMONT FEDERAL BANK, FSB,

BY WARRANTY DEED OF THOMAS A. HANN AND LINDA L. HANN, HUSBAND AND WIFE, DATED APRIL 18, 1997 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 127 AT PAGES 167-168 OF THE WOODSTOCK, VERMONT LAND RECORDS AND AS CONVEYED TO VERMONT NATIONAL BANK BY CONFIRMATORY WARRANTY DEED OF THOMAS A. HANN AND LINDA L. HANN, HUSBAND AND WIFE, DATED

SEPTEMBER 28, 1998 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 133 AT PAGE 161 OF THE TOWN OF WOODSTOCK LAND RECORDS. “SAID LAND AND PREMISES ARE ALSO DESCRIBED AS BEING ALL AND THE SAME LAND AND PREMISES CONVEYED TO RONALD E. COOK AND LINDA COOK

BY WARRANTY DEED OF JAMES A. ATWOOD DATED OCTOBER 14, 1982 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 72 AT PAGES 567-568 OF THE WOODSTOCK LAND RECORDS. THE INTEREST OF RONALD E. COOK IN AND TO THE SUBJECT LAND AND PREMISES WAS CONVEYED TO LINDA L. HANN BY QUIT CLAIM DEED DATED MAY 29, 1991 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 102 AT PAGE 530 OF THE WOODSTOCK LAND RECORDS. “THE LAND AND PREMISES CONVEYED HEREIN ARE MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED (AS FOLLOWS) “BEING ALL AND THE SAME LANDS AND PREMISES CONVEYED TO THE GRANTOR, JAMES ATWOOD AND HIS FORMER WIFE, JOANNE ATWOOD, BY TWO DEEDS, THE FIRST OF WHICH IS A GUARDINA’S DEED FROM RUSSELL CRANE, GUARDIAN OF SHERYL CRANE AND ROGER CRANE DATED MARCH 2, 1972 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 62 AT PAGE 306307 OF THE WOODSTOCK LAND RECORDS AND THE SECOND OF WHICH WAS A WARRANTY DEED FROM RUSSELL CRANE AND LILA CRANE DATED MARCH 2, 1972 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 62 AT PAGE 308-309 OF THE WOODSTOCK LAND RECORDS WHEREIN SAID LANDS AND PREMISES ARE MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: “BEING . . . A PORTION OF THE PREMISES CONVEYED BY DEED OF WARNER O. TOWNSEND TO RUSSELL CRANE AND LILA CRANE, HUSBAND AND WIFE, AND ROGER CRANE AND SHERYL CRANE, AS JOINT TENANTS, WITH THE RIGHT OF SURVIVORSHIP, DATED THE TWENTYFOURTH DAY OF MARCH, 1969 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 60 AT PAGE 16 OF THE LAND RECORDS OF WOODSTOCK, VERMONT. “THE PREMISES HEREBY CONVEYED CONTAIN 1.26 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, AND ARE MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: “BEGINNING AT THE NORTHERLY CORNER

OF THE PARCEL HEREBY CONVEYED, AT A POINT WHICH IS LOCATED ON THE EASTERLY BOUNDARY OF LANDS AND PREMISES NOW OR FORMERLY OF WALTER PISTON AND KATHRYN PISTON, AND BEING 540 FEET, MORE OR LESS, GENERALLY SOUTHWESTERLY FROM THE SOUTHWESTERLY EDGE OF THE RIGHT OF WAY OF THE ROAD WHICH LEADS SOUTHEASTERLY FROM TOWN ROAD NO. 27, BEING THE CHURCH HILL ROAD, SO-CALLED; THENCE PROCEEDING SOUTH 42 DEGREES 00’ EAST, PARTIALLY ALONG A WIRE FENCE, FOR A DISTANCE OF 155 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO AN IRON PIPE DRIVEN INTO THE GROUND; THENCE PROCEEDING SOUTH 22 DEGREES (SIC) 30’ WEST FOR A DISTANCE OF 203 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO AN IRON PIPE DRIVEN INTO THE GROUND; THENCE PROCEEDING SOUTH 00 DEGREES 45’ EAST FOR A DISTANCE OF 110 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO AN IRON PIPE DRIVEN INTO THE GROUND; THENCE PROCEEDING SOUTH 72 DEGREES 30’ WEST FOR A DISTANCE OF 197 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO THE EASTERLY BOUNDARY OF LANDS AND PREMISES NOW OR FORMERLY OF ELSIE CAMBRIDGE, MARKED BY A 30” DEED (SIC) ELM TREE; THENCE PROCEEDING APPROXIMATELY NORTH 1B DEGREES 45’ EAST ALONG THE EASTERLY BOUNDARY OF LANDS AND PREMISES NOW OR FORMERLY OF THE SAID CAMBRIDGE, AND ALONG LANDS AND PREMISES NOW OR FORMERLY OF SAID PISTON FOR A DISTANCE OF 498 FEET, MORE OR LESS, FOLLOWING A WIRE FENCE FOR A DISTANCE, A STONE WALL FOR A DISTANCE, AND A WIRE FENCE FOR A DISTANCE, TO THE POINT AND PLACE OF BEGINNING. “ALSO MEANING TO CONVEY HEREBY A RIGHT OF WAY TO BE USED IN COMMON WITH OTHERS BEING 20 FEET IN WIDTH AND PASSING OVER AND ACROSS OTHER LANDS AND PREMISES OF THE GRANTORS, RUSSELL CRANE AND LILA CRANE, FOR PURPOSES OF INGRESS AND EGRESS TO AND FROM THE PARCEL HEREBY CONVEYED AND THE HIGHWAY WHICH LEADS GENERALLY SOUTHWESTERLY FROM TOWN ROAD NO. 27, BEING THE CHURCH HILL ROAD, SO-CALLED, TO THE RANDALL ROAD, SO-CALLED, SAID RIGHT OF WAY BEING APPROXIMATELY 362 FEET IN

LENGTH, AND BEING LOCATED AT THE NORTHEASTERLY CORNER OF THE PREMISES HEREBY CONVEYED. SAID RIGHT OF WAY IS TO BE CONSTRUCTED, MAINTAINED, AND REPAIRED BY THE GRANTEES, JAMES ATWOOD AND JOANNE ATWOOD. “ALSO MEANING TO CONVEY HEREBY A RIGHT AND EASEMENT TO TAKE WATER FOR DOMESTIC PURPOSES FROM A WELL OR SPRING LOCATED ON OTHER LANDS AND PREMISES OF THE GRANTORS, RUSSELL CRANE AND LILA CRANE, EASTERLY OF THE PREMISES HEREBY CONVEYED, TOGETHER WITH THE RIGHT TO ENTER UPON SAID PREMISES OF THE GRANTORS FOR THE PURPOSES OF ESTABLISHING SAID WELL OR SPRING, TO LAY PIPES FROM SAID WELL OR SPRING TO THE PREMISES HEREBY CONVEYED, AND TO REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SAID PIPES OR PIPELINES; PROVIDED HOWEVER, THAT SAID WELL OR SPRING BE ESTABLISHED BY THE GRANTEES WITHIN A PERIOD OF 24 MONTHS FROM THE DATE HEREOF; AND IN THE EVENT THAT THE SAID SPRING OR WELL AND THE SAID PIPES OR PIPELINES ARE NOT SO ESTABLISHED IN IPERATION(SIC) BEFORE THE EXPIRATION OF 24 MONTHS FROM THE DATE HEREOF, THEN THE RIGHT AND EASEMENT HEREBY CONVEYED SHALL BECOME INOPERATIVE, NULL AND VOID. “ALSO MEANING TO CONVEY HEREBY A FIRST RIGHT OF REFUSAL TO THE GRANTEES, JAMES ATWOOD AND JOANNE ATWOOD, TO THE LANDS AND PREMISES WHICH LIE BETWEEN THE PARCEL HEREBY CONVEYED AND THE SOUTHWESTERLY EDGE OF THE RIGHT OF WAY OF THE ROAD WHICH LEADS SOUTHEASTERLY FROM TOWN ROAD NO. 27, BEING THE CHURCH HILL ROAD, SO-CALLED, ACROSS WHICH PASSES THE RIGHT OF WAY ABOVE DESCRIBED. “THE GRANTORS, RUSSELL CRANE AND LILA CRANE, HEREBY RESERVE AND RETAIN A FIRST RIGHT OF REFUSAL AS TO ALL OR ANY PART OF THE LANDS AND PREMISES HEREBY CONVEYED. “THE GRANTEES, JAMES ATWOOD AND JOANNE ATWOOD, HEREBY AGREE WITH THE GRANTORS, RUSSELL CRANE AND LILA CRANE TO SHARE

EQUALLY IN THE COST OF ALL MATERIALS AND LABOR FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF AND REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE (SIC) OF A FENCE ON THE BOUNDARY LINES OF THE LANDS AND PREMISES HEREBY CONVEYED. “THE INTEREST OF JOANNE ATWOOD IN AND TO THE SUBJECT LANDS AND PREMISES WAS RELEASED AND CONVEYED BY QUIT CLAIM DEED DATED APRIL 3, 1979 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 69 AT PAGES 465-466 OF THE WOODSTOCK LAND RECORDS. BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO PAUL HENDLER AND JOSEPH BLUMBERG JOINT TENANTS WITH THE RIGHTS OF SURVIVORSHIP BY DEED FROM SCOTT WINHAM AND MICHELE WINHAM, HUSBAND AND WIFE RECORDED 11/13/2006 IN DEED BOOK 201 PAGE 369, IN THE TOWN CLERK’S OFFICE OF WINDSOR, VERMONT. TAX ID# 08.02.23 Reference is hereby made to the above instruments and to the records and references contained therein in further aid of this description.

Terms of sale: Said premises will be sold and conveyed subject to all liens, encumbrances, unpaid taxes, tax titles, municipal liens and assessments, if any, which take precedence over the said mortgage above described.

TEN THOUSAND ($10,000.00) Dollars of the purchase price must be paid by a certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check at the time and place of the sale by the purchaser.

The balance of the purchase price shall be paid by a certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check within sixty (60) days after the date of sale.

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

Other terms to be announced at the sale.

DATED: February 28, 2018 By: /S/Rachel K. Ljunggren, Esq. Rachel K. Ljunggren, Esq. Bendett and McHugh, PC

SEVENDAYSVT.COM/CLASSIFIEDS 270 Farmington Ave., Ste. 151 Farmington, CT 06032 THE CONTENTS OF STORAGE UNIT 0103466 LOCATED AT 28 ADAMS DR. OR 48 INDUSTRIAL DR., OR WINTER SPORT LANE WILL BE SOLD ON OR ABOUT APRIL 12TH, 2018 TO SATISFY THE DEBT OF BRAIN BRADY II. 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.

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CELIAC & GLUTENFREE GROUP Last Wed. of every month, 4:30-6 p.m., at Tulsi Tea Room, 34 Elm St., Montpelier. Free & open to the public!

To learn more, contact Lisa at 598-9206 or lisamase@gmail.com.

CEREBRAL PALSY GUIDANCE Cerebral Palsy Guidance is a very comprehensive informational website broadly covering the topic of cerebral palsy and associated medical conditions. It’s mission it to provide the best possible information to parents of children living with the complex condition of cerebral palsy. cerebralpalsyguidance.com/ cerebral-palsy/ PROSTATE CANCER SUPPORT GROUP Held every 2nd Tue. of the mo., 6-8 p.m. at the Hope Lodge, 237 East Ave., Burlington. Newly diagnosed? Prostate cancer reoccurrence?

General discussion and sharing among survivors and those beginning or rejoining the battle. Info, Mary L. Guyette RN, MS,

ACNS-BC, 274-4990, vmary@aol.com.

CODEPENDENTS ANONYMOUS CoDA is a 12-step fellowship for people whose common purpose is to develop healthy & fulfilling relationships. By actively working the program of Codependents Anonymous, we can realize a new joy, acceptance & serenity in our lives. Meets Sunday at noon at the Turning Point Center, 191 Bank Street, Burlington. Tom, 238-3587, coda.org.

DECLUTTERERS’ SUPPORT GROUP Are you ready to make improvements but find it overwhelming? Maybe two or three of us can get together to help each other simplify.

989-3234, 425-3612.

DISCOVER THE POWER OF CHOICE! SMART Recovery welcomes anyone, including family and friends, affected by any kind of substance or activity addiction. It is a science-based program that encourages abstinence. Specially trained volunteer facilitators provide leadership. Sundays at 5 p.m. at the 1st Unitarian Universalist Society, 152 Pearl St., Burlington. Volunteer facilitator: Bert, 399-8754. You can learn more at smartrecovery. org.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SUPPORT Steps to End Domestic Violence offers a weekly drop-in support group for female identified survivors of intimate partner violence, including individuals who are experiencing or have been affected by domestic violence. The support group offers a safe, confidential place for survivors to connect with others, to heal, and to recover. In support group, participants talk through their experiences and hear stories from others who have experienced abuse in their relationships.

Support group is also a resource for those who are unsure of their next step, even if it involves remaining in their current relationship.

Tuesdays, 6:30-8 p.m.

Childcare is provided.

Info: 658-1996.

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CELEBRATE RECOVERY Overcome any hurt, habit or hangup in your life with this confidential 12-Step, Christ-centered recovery program. We offer multiple support groups for both men and women, such as chemical dependency, codependency, sexual addiction and pornography, food issues, and overcoming abuse. All 18+ are welcome; sorry, no childcare. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.; we begin at 7 p.m. Essex Alliance Church, 37 Old Stage Rd., Essex Junction.

Info: recovery@essexalliance.org, 878-8213.

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BURLINGTON AREA PARKINSON’S DISEASE OUTREACH GROUP People with Parkinson’s disease & their caregivers gather together to gain support & learn about living with Parkinson’s disease. Group meets 2nd Wed. of every mo., 1-2 p.m., continuing through 18, 2015. usingNov. the

Shelburne Bay Senior Living Community, 185 Pine Haven Shores Rd., Shelburne. Info: 888-763-3366, parkinsoninfo@uvmhealth. org, parkinsonsvt.org.

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BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF VERMONT Montpelier daytime support group meets the 3rd Thu. of the mo. at the Unitarian Church ramp entrance, 1:302:30 p.m. St. Johnsbury support group meets the 3rd Wed. monthly at the Grace United Methodist Church, 36 Central St., 1:00-2:30 p.m. Colchester Evening support group meets the 1st Wed. monthly at the Fanny Allen Hospital in the Board Room Conference Room, 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Brattleboro meets at Brooks Memorial Library on the 1st Thu. monthly from 1:15-3:15 p.m. and the 3rd Mon. monthly from 4:15-6:15 p.m. White River Jct. meets the 2nd Fri. monthly at Bugbee Sr. Ctr. from 3-4:30 p.m.

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Pre-registration is required (to receive dial-in codes for toll-free call). Please dial the Alzheimer’s Association’s 24/7 Helpline 800-272-3900 for more information.

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free support group lead by an experienced pediatric Registered Nurse. Held on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month, 5:30-6:30 p.m. at the Birthing Center, Northwestern Medical Center, St. Albans. Info: Rhonda Desrochers, Franklin County Home Health Agency, 527-7531.

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LGBTQ SURVIVORS OF VIOLENCE SafeSpace offers peer-led support groups for survivors of relationship, dating, emotional &/or hate violence. These groups give survivors a safe & supportive environment to tell their stories, share information, & offer & receive support.

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KINDRED CONNECTIONS PROGRAM OFFERED FOR CHITTENDEN COUNTY CANCER SURVIVORS The Kindred Connections program provides peer support for all those touched by cancer. Cancer patients as well as caregivers are provided with a mentor who has been through the cancer experience & knows what it’s like to go through it. In addition to sensitive listening, Kindred Connections provides practical help such as rides to doctors’ offices & meal deliveries. The program has people who have experienced a wide variety of cancers.

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HEARING VOICES SUPPORT GROUP This Hearing Voices Group seeks to find understanding of voice hearing experiences as real lived experiences which may happen to anyone at anytime.

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INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS/PAINFUL BLADDER SUPPORT GROUP Interstitial cystitis (IC) and painful bladder syndrome can result in recurring pelvic pain, pressure or discomfort in the bladder/pelvic region & urinary frequency/ urgency. These are

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GRIEF & RECOVERY SUPPORT GROUP 1st & 3rd Wed. of every mo., 7-8 p.m., Franklin County Home Health Agency (FCHHA), 3 Home Health Cir., St. Albans. 527-7531.

HELLENBACH CANCER SUPPORT Call to verify meeting place. Info, 388-6107.

People living with cancer & their caretakers convene for support.

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FCA FAMILY SUPPORT GROUP Families coping with addiction (FCA) is an open community peer support group for adults 18 & over struggling with the drug or alcohol addiction of a loved one.

FCA is not 12-step based but provides a forum for those living this experience to develop personal coping skills & draw strength from one another. Weekly on Wed., 5:30-6:30 p.m. Turning Point Center, corner of Bank St., Burlington. (Across from parking garage, above bookstore). thdaub1@gmail.com.

HEARTBEAT VERMONT Have you lost a friend, colleague or loved one by suicide? Some who call have experienced a recent loss and some are still struggling w/ a loss from long ago.

Call us at 446-3577 to meet with our clinician, Jonathan Gilmore, at Maple Leaf Clinic, 167 North Main St. All are welcome.

often misdiagnosed & mistreated as a chronic bladder infection. If you have been diagnosed or have these symptoms, you are not alone. For Vermont-based support group, email bladderpainvt@gmail.com or call 899-4151 for more information.

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FAMILIES, PARTNERS, FRIENDS AND ALLIES OF TRANSGENDER ADULTS We are people with adult loved ones who are transgender or gender-nonconforming.

We meet to support each other and to learn more about issues and concerns. Our sessions are supportive, informal, and confidential. Meetings are held at 5:30 PM, the second Thursday of each month at Pride Center of VT, 255 South Champlain St., Suite 12, in Burlington. Not sure if you’re ready for a meeting? We also offer one-on-one support. For more information, email rex@ pridecentervt.org or call 802-238-3801.

G.Y.S.T. (GET YOUR STUFF TOGETHER) GYST creates a safe & empowering community for young men & youth in transition to come together with one commonality: learning to live life on life’s terms.

Every Tue. & Thu., 4 p.m. G.Y.S.T. PYNK (for young women) meets weekly on Wed., 4 p.m.

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

experiences, support, and empathy. We validate anyone’s experience and stories about their experience as their own, as being an honest and accurate representation of their experience, and as being acceptable exactly as they are.

Weekly on Tuesday, 2-3 p.m. Pathways Vermont Community Center, 279 North Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: 802-777-8602, abby@ pathwaysvermont.org.

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Wednesdays at 3 p.m., Pathways Vermont Community Center, 279 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: Abby Levinsohn, 777-8602.

G.R.A.S.P. (GRIEF RECOVERY AFTER A SUBSTANCE PASSING) Are you a family member who has lost a loved one to addiction?

Find support, peer-led support group. Meets once a month on Mondays in Burlington.

Please call for date and location. RSVP graspvt@gmail.com or call 310-3301 (message says Optimum Health, but this is a private number).

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FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF THOSE EXPERIENCING MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS This support group is a dedicated meeting for family, friends and community members who are supporting a loved one through a mental health crisis. Mental health crisis might include extreme states, psychosis, depression, anxiety and other types of distress. The group is a confidential space where family and friends can discuss shared experiences and receive support in an environment free of judgment and stigma with a trained facilitator. Weekly on Wednesdays, 7-8:30 p.m. Downtown Burlington. Info: Jess Horner, LICSW, 866-218-8586.

opportunity to gain information on how to better cope with feelings & experiences that surface because of the trauma they have experienced. Please call SafeSpace 863-0003 if you are interested in joining.

MALE SURVIVOR OF VIOLENCE GROUP A monthly, closed group for male identified survivors of violence including relationship, sexual assault, and discrimination. Open to all sexual orientations.

Contact 863-0003 for more information or safespace@pridecentervt.org.

MARIJUANA ANONYMOUS Do you have a problem with marijuana? MA is a free 12-step program where addicts help other addicts to get & stay clean. Ongoing Tue. at 6:30 p.m. and Sat. at 2 p.m. at Turning Point Center, 191 Bank St., suite 200, Burlington.

861-3150.

THE MEMORY CAFÉ The Memory Café is where people with memory loss disorders and their care partners can come together to connect and support one another. Second Saturday of each month, 10-11:30 a.m.

Montpelier Senior Activity Center, 58 Barre St., Montpelier.

Info: 223-2518.

MYELOMA SUPPORT GROUP Area Myeloma Survivors, Families and Caregivers have come together to form a Multiple Myeloma Support Group. We provide emotional support, resources about treatment options, coping strategies and a support network by participating in the group experience with people that have been though similar situations. Third Tuesday of the month, 5-6 p.m. at the New Hope Lodge on East Avenue in Burlington. Info: Kay Cromie, 655-9136, kgcromey@aol.com.

NAMI CONNECTION PEER SUPPORT GROUP MEETINGS Bennington, every Tue., 1-2:30 p.m., CRT Center, United Counseling Service, 316 Dewey St.; Burlington, every Thu., 3-4:30 p.m., St. Paul’s Cathedral, 2 Cherry St. (enter from parking lot); Berlin, second Thu. of the month, 4-5:30 p.m., CVMC Board Room, 130 Fisher Rd.; Rutland, every Sun., 4:30-6 p.m.,

Rutland Mental Health Wellness Center, 78 S. Main St.; St. Johnsbury, every Thu., 6:30-8 p.m., Unitarian Universalist Church, 47 Cherry St. If you have questions about a group in your area, please contact the National Alliance on Mental Illness of Vermont, program@ namivt.org or 800639-6480. Connection groups are peer recovery support group programs for adults living with mental health challenges.

NAMI FAMILY SUPPORT GROUP Brattleboro, 1st Wed. of every mo., 6:30 p.m., 1st Congregational Church, 880 Western Ave., West Brattleboro; Burlington, 3rd Wed. of every mo., 6 p.m., Community Health Center, Riverside Ave., Mansfield Conference Room; Burlington, 2nd & 4th Tue. of every mo., 7 p.m., HowardCenter, corner of Pine & Flynn Ave.; Berlin, 4th Mon. of every mo., 7 p.m.

Central Vermont Medical Center, Room 3; Georgia, 1st Tue. of every mo., 6 p.m., Georgia Public Library, 1697 Ethan Allen Highway (Exit 18, I-89); Manchester, 4th Wed. of every mo., 6:30 p.m., Equinox Village, 2nd floor; Rutland, 3rd Mon. of every mo., 6 p.m., Rutland Regional Medical Center, Leahy Conference Ctr., room D; Springfield, 3rd Wed. of every mo., 6:30 p.m., HCRS (café on right far side), 390 River St.; St. Johnsbury, 4th Wed. of every mo., 5:30 p.m., Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital Library, 1315 Hospital Dr. If you have questions about a group in your area, please contact the National Alliance on Mental Illness of Vermont, info@namivt. org or 800-639-6480.

Family Support Group meetings are for family & friends of individuals living mental illness.

NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS is a group of recovering addicts who live w/ out the use of drugs. It costs nothing to join.

The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop using. Info, 862-4516 or cvana.org. Held in Burlington, Barre and St. Johnsbury.

NAR-ANON BURLINGTON GROUP Group meets every Monday at 7 p.m. at the Turning Point Center (small room), 191 Bank St., Burlington. The only requirement for

membership is that there be a problem of addiction in a relative or friend. Info: Amanda H. 338-8106.

NORTHWEST VERMONT CANCER PRAYER & SUPPORT NETWORK A meeting of cancer patients, survivors & family members intended to comfort & support those who are currently suffering from the disease. 2nd Thu. of every mo., 6-7:30 p.m., St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, 11 Church St., St. Albans.

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

OPEN EARS, OPEN MINDS A mutual support circle that focuses on connection and selfexploration. Fridays at 1 p.m., Pathways Vermont Community Center, 279 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: Abby Levinsohn, 777-8602.

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

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

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

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

Mon., 5:30-6:30 p.m.

Temple Sinai, 500 Swift St., S. Burlington. Info: 863-2655.

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YOUR TRUSTED LOCAL SOURCE. SEVENDAYSVT.COM/JOBS Electronic Payment Specialist Ivy Computer has been named the fastest growing technology company in the state by Vermont Business Magazine. We are in need of an Electronic Payment Specialist to join our team.

This full time position is the financial liaison between our company and our customers.

If you are interested in joining our team, please send a cover letter and resume to Jobs@IvyComputer.com.

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Para-Transit Drivers Independent Registered Nurse Perfect for retired nurses looking for periodic work to supplement their income. Clinical medical experience, computer knowledge and statewide travel required. Perform functional assessments for Vermonters with disabilities living at home.

Schedule appointments. Travel to individual homes.

Knowledge of independent living assessments and choices for care program preferred.

For more information or to submit cover letter and resume contact: Kara Artus at kara@transitionii.com.

SSTA is looking to add to our team. We are currently looking to hire full and part time Para-Transit Drivers. Responsibilities include driving a 27’ passenger van, minivan or sedan; providing reliable door to door para-transit transportation. If you like to meet new people and have a clean driving record, obtain an application at sstarides.org/employmentopportunities, download an application, or stop by the office at 2091 Main Street Colchester VT. We offer competitive pay, a robust benefits package, paid holidays and vacation.

This position is designated as a safety sensitive position under the Federal Transportation (FTA) Department of Transportation (DOT) regulations. Candidates must be willing to submit to criminal background checks and drug testing. Any offer of employment is contingent upon the satisfactory results of these checks.

To apply for this position, please download an application from sstarides.org or obtain an application at 2091 Main Street, Colchester, Vermont.

SSTA is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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Lead Carpenter We are looking to hire at least one highly motivated, skilled and professional lead carpenter. Your responsibilities will include running projects in conjunction with the project manager and maintaining a schedule. You will be expected to manage people below you and sub contractors. The perfect candidate will have a high degree of experience in all aspects of construction, from concrete forms to high end finish carpentry. This candidate should own most of the tools to get the job done.

We offer competitive wages, health insurance, 401k, vacation time and holiday pay after a probationary period.

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The Communications & Marketing Assistant supports the public relations and fundraising functions of CSC and SASH. Primary duties include gathering background info; conducting interviews; writing press releases and articles; managing social media; helping to maintain two websites as well as donor and media lists, and providing administrative support. May require occasional weekend and evening hours. Must have education and/or professional experience in communications, writing, marketing or PR. Bachelor’s degree and experience with AP style preferred. Part time, 1520 hours/week.

SASH Wellness Nurse Part-Time

The Support and Services at Home (SASH) Wellness Nurse is responsible for providing and overseeing wellness care and preventive services for residents at assigned communities.

Must support a philosophy of aging in place consistent with the mission of Cathedral Square and be currently licensed as a Registered Nurse in Vermont. Part-time 27-30 hours per week.

CSC offers competitive pay, a great benefit package and a friendly, positive working environment.

Visit cathedralsquare.org for a full job description.

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Job Type: Full-time Salary: $15.00/hour BROC-Community Action in Southwestern Vermont has an immediate opening for a Program Specialist to support the Program Manager in implementing and overseeing the operations of the Rutland County Community Justice Center. This exciting new position is full time (40 hrs.) with benefits. The position will be open until filled.

In conjunction with state and local partners, the Program Specialist will support the Program Manager in overseeing the operations of the Rutland County Community Justice Center by employing restorative justice methodologies such as re-entry programs and Circles of Support and Accountability (COSA).

Starting pay is $15.00 an hour plus benefits. This position is 40 hours per week. A valid driver’s license is required. There is some travel involved. For a full description of the position and desired qualifications and experience please request from HR Director for BROC Community Action, HRDepartment@broc.org. When applying please send a cover letter, resume and three references. If you are responding by mail please mail to:

HR Department, 45 Union Street, Rutland, VT 05701.

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The United States Bankruptcy Court is seeking a qualified individual with excellent analytical, clerical, operational and computer skills capable of functioning in a dynamic, team-oriented environment. The duty station is Burlington, Vermont. Full federal benefits apply. Complete job description and formal application requirements are found in the official Position Announcement available from court locations in Burlington and Rutland and the court’s web sites: www.vtb.uscourts.gov or www.vtd.uscourts.gov.

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Technical Services Coordinator, University Event Services Oversee, schedule, plan and deliver technical support and services (audio/visual, media and computer) in the Davis Center. Hire, train, and supervise 15-20 student Technical Assistants who provide daily and event-specific technical support. Ensure outstanding technical and customer support is delivered through pre-planning efforts, staff scheduling, execution and assessment. Associate’s Degree and 5 years of related work experience, and commitment to diversity and social justice required. For further information and to apply, search uvmjobs.com for Posting #S1500PO.

Requirements: Bachelor’s Degree in relevant field and minimum of 5 years of progressively responsible experience; excellent communication skills, written and public speaking; strong interpersonal skills; familiarity with management of IT. Competitive salary ($87K – $98K) commensurate with qualifications and experience. Benefits.

Submit application, cover letter, resume, and references to Sherry LaBarge, Human Resources Director at: slabarge@colchestervt.gov. The Town of Colchester is an Equal Opportunity Employer. For full job description visit: https://colchestervt.gov/DocumentCenter/View/3183.

Application deadline: 4/13/18.

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The Town of Colchester is seeking a Deputy Town Manager to provide day-to-day oversight of general operations and functions of the Town government, assist the Town Manager with special projects and assure the continuity of all services. In addition, the Deputy Town Manager will provide general management and business management; oversee budgeting, and coordinate public communications. The Town is engaged in long-range plans that balance economic development, respect for the natural environment, and service/ physical improvements while being mindful of budgetary constraints and the impact on taxpayers.

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• Prevention and Education Program Educator • Program Advocate: Housing and Shelter Coordinator • Data Entry Associate • Youth Advocacy Coordinator • Rural Advocacy Coordinator

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1 3/26/18 2:29 PM The Agency of Digital Services (ADS) is currently seeking experienced 3v-WISE032818.indd has decided to retire from the IT professionals to support The Vermont Department of Labor (VDOL) Thomas Hirchak Company Em in system modernization efforts to replace the existing unemployment and we are looking to fill his insurance benefits and tax system. Plans are active for modernizing Se critical role. additional critical systems within the VDOL IT landscape. We have multiple limited service openings available – Technical Leads (IT Systems Auction Manager Developer IV Job ID #622682), C#.Net Developer (Job ID #622893), Ru THCo Auto Auction SQL Developer (Job ID #622684), and a Database Administrator (Job Primary responsibilities ID #622680). Use your IT skills to help VDOL modernize! For more include working closely with information, contact lori.chalmers@vermont.gov. Department: Agency of Si sellers, intake of vehicles, Digital Services. Status: Full-Time. Application Deadline: 4/2/18

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Looking for a new challenge in your IT career? How about being part of a new information security initiative in state government? If so, our Agency of Digital Services may have a great role for you! We are currently seeking an Information Security Analyst to serve as coordinator for our Security Operations Center. Ideal candidates will have skills in risk analysis, event monitoring, incident response, firewall configuration and rule-sets, and a strong ability to solve problems independently.

For more information, contact Scott Carbee at scott.carbee@vermont. gov. Department: Agency of Digital Services, Job ID: 622996, Application Deadline: 4/15/18

BGS PROPERT Y MANAGEMENT SPECIALIS T - MONTPELIER The Department of Buildings & General Services is seeking a dynamic professional to fill the role of a Property Management Specialist I/II. The State owns and leases a diverse real estate portfolio. The incumbent is required to have hands on experience and knowledge in all facets of Property Management including market analysis, appraisal techniques, legal requirements, sales, and commercial leasing. A strong financial background and experience with industry specific software preferred.

For more information, contact Marc O’Grady at marc.ogrady@vermont. gov. Department: Buildings & General Services, Job ID: 622820, Application Deadline: 4/5/18

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auction setup on-site and within our auction software, managing documentation and coordinating routine responsibilities of the yard crew.

Requirements: • Excellent customer service in a busy, on-your-feet job • Computer knowledge • Auto industry experience • Experience with titles and transfer paperwork involved in the sale of vehicles • Basic accounting and business management We offer a competitive salary, great benefits including 401K and health insurance. Hours Monday-Friday, 8-5 and Saturdays until the auction is closed.

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Lead Carpenter New Frameworks, a worker-owned, high performance natural building company based in Burlington, VT, is looking for a Lead Carpenter to join our team. Our ideal candidate has 10+ years of construction experience, with at least 2 years’ experience leading and supervising a crew. They are savvy in carpentry, renovation, building science and high performance construction techniques, and are always eager to learn more.

This position requires strong communication skills and interacts frequently with clients, subcontractors, vendors, and the whole New Frameworks team. Visit www.newframeworks.com for a full job description. To apply, email a cover letter and resume to kate@buildhelm.com. New Frameworks is committed to creating and nurturing a culture which welcomes and supports women, transgender and gender nonconforming people, and those of diverse racial, ethnic, religious, sexuality or other marginalized groups, and urges them to apply.

Dynamic, young nonprofit children’s Come work for one of Central Vermont’s best employers! center in the beautiful Northeast Kingdom We are hiring for the following positions: seeks an experienced Food Prep: We have a full-time position in our prepared foods department leader to take us to the for someone with professional kitchen experience. The ideal candidate next level. You: have takes pride in making excellent food, works cleanly and efficiently, works strong interpersonal well independently and in a team, and thrives in a dynamic atmosphere and organizational where they must learn a wide variety of tasks. This position includes skills and a passion for benefits. Please send a resume and 3 references to Artie at nurturing children and artie@redhenbaking.com. their families. We: are Night Bread Packer: We’re looking for a night owl to fill wholesale bread committed to highorders. If you like going to work when most others are headed home, we’ve quality care for our small got just the job for you! Applicants must enjoy physical work, be detail community of toddlers oriented and work well with others as well as alone. Basic computer skills and preschoolers, with a must. Please e-mail a letter of interest and resume to learning rooted in our randy@redhenbaking.com or come to our cafe to fill out an application. agricultural environment.

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Full job description at schoolspring.com, ID #2906712. Please submit Community Bankers-Temporary Summer resume and references to Spring Lake Ranch is a long term residential program Central Vermont & Chittenden County for adults with mental health and addiction issues.

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Northfield Savings Bank is looking for customer service oriented

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Land Steward/ Trail Crew: Our land stewards will work at our home places in the mountains of Vermont (Knoll Farm) and/or on the coast of Maine (Dickinson’s Reach) building foot trails, putting up firewood, maintaining buildings, and general land stewardship.

The dates are as follows:

May 15 - June 30: Knoll Farm, Waitsfield, VT July 1 - Sept. 15: Dickinsons Reach, Machiasport, ME Sept 15 - Oct 15: Knoll Farm Housing is provided in both locations and work will be 30-40 hours per week, $14.00 per hour.

Candidates may apply for work in Vermont only, Maine only, or for the full season in both locations.

Please apply no later than April 30th.

For a full job description and to apply, go to: www.knollfarm.org/work-with-us/.

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Clinician Responsible for assessment, general recovery support, treatment planning, crisis intervention, progress documentation, on-call rotation, family communication, and med administration within a beautiful and uniquely relational therapeutic farm setting. Master’s degree required and clinical licensure strongly preferred.

Experience in mental health and/or substance abuse recovery support is required. Must be willing to participate in and foster the therapeutic community milieu. Full time position with benefits; flexible schedule.

House Advisor/Crew Leaders House Advisors/Crew Leaders provide live-in support, structure, and guidance to residents through informal contact, house activities, and work crew activities to create a positive environment and comfortable homelike atmosphere. Ideal candidates will have a bachelor’s degree, an interest in mental health and/or substance abuse recovery work, and a desire to live in a diverse community setting. Full time, residential position with benefits.

To apply for either position, send cover letter indicating your interest in Spring Lake Ranch and resume to: marym@springlakeranch.org, or fax to (802) 492-3331, or mail to SLR, 1169 Spring Lake Road, Cuttingsville, VT 05738.

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candidates to join our team as full time Community Bankers - Floating for Central Vermont and Chittenden County. If you are interested in a career in the financial industry, this position will give you an excellent opportunity to gain experience in banking. As a Community Banker - Floating you will have the opportunity to work in multiple branches within either our Central Vermont or Chittenden County regions.

Successful candidates will be responsible for providing account services to our customers by receiving deposits and loan payments, cashing checks, processing savings withdrawals, processing night and mail deposits, answering questions in person or on the telephone, and matching customer needs with appropriate products and services.

The Community Banker must possess excellent communication and computer skills. Selected candidates will be responsible for protecting sensitive financial information and maintaining customer confidentiality.

We offer a comprehensive Community Banker training program to assist with learning the fundamentals of this position. A high school diploma, general education degree (GED) or equivalent is required.

Northfield Savings Bank hours of operation are Monday to Thursday, generally 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Northfield Savings Bank, founded in 1867, is the largest banking institution headquartered in Vermont. NSB offers a competitive compensation and a positive work environment supported by a team culture. If you are a match for this opening, please submit your resume and application in confidence to:

Careers@nsbvt.com (Preferred) Or mail: Northfield Savings Bank Human Resources P.O. Box 7180 Barre, VT 05641-7180 Equal Opportunity Employer/Member FDIC

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Lund’s mission is to help children thrive by empowering families to break cycles of poverty, addiction and abuse. Lund offers hope and opportunity to families through education, treatment, family support and adoption.

EXPERIENCED AUTOMOTIVE MECHANIC Starting pay $20/hour based on experience. Benefits, guaranteed 40 hours/week, year-round.

Please contact 372-6139 or email cmajor101@aol.com.

Therapeutic Family Services – Burlington and Newport Regions

Lund has received a Regional Partnership Grant to provide therapeutic family services in the Burlington and Newport districts. Currently hiring for the following positions:

Clinical Supervisor:

• Clinical supervisor will assist with implementation and provide oversight of innovative program that bridges agencies in an effort to provide immediate, holistic, family-centered services and increase the collaborative capacity of the community to respond effectively to support family systems impacted by substance abuse.

• This position supervises clinicians and family engagement specialist staff co-located in Burlington and Newport district offices and works collaboratively with the DCF Investigation and Assessment staff.

• Primary responsibilities include supervision of staff that are providing clinical and family support services in the districts as well as program and grant management.

• Minimum of Master’s degree in human-services related field and social work or mental health treatment licensure.

• Two years supervisory experience preferred.

• Strong desire and ability to work with the identified population and effectively communicate and collaborate with interagency programs and community partners required.

• Experience working with family services/child welfare preferred.

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SEASONAL POSITIONS AVAILABLE Seasonal positions available for Tent Installers and Warehouse Crew Members starting April 30 running through the end of October. Full time and part time positions available, weekend availability a must.

Complete an application online at vttent.com/application/ or visit vttent.com/employment/ to see more about our current openings.

Clinician:

• Clinician provides therapeutic, primarily home-based, family support through new program implementing family support services to families involved with DCF. • Two full-time positions available: 1 position co-located at the Burlington DCF office and 1 position co-located at the Newport DCF office partnering with DCF and community providers to assist in providing immediate, holistic, home-based, family-centered services.

• Clinician is part of a collaborative effort to improve practice in responding effectively to support family systems impacted by substance use disorders.

• Masters in psychology, social work, or counseling required. Licensure or working toward licensure required. Experience with family centered practice preferred.

• Solid assessment, documentation and narrative writing skills essential.

• Must work well independently yet collaboratively in a child welfare setting with a multi-disciplinary team.

OPPORTUNITIES INCLUDE:

Family Engagement Specialist:

• Event Crew Members

• Family Engagement Specialist provides family support through new program implementing family support services to families involved with DCF. • Two full-time positions available: 1 position co-located at the Burlington DCF office and 1 position co-located at the Newport DCF office partnering with DCF and community providers to assist in providing immediate, holistic, family-centered services.

• Family Engagement Specialist is part of a collaborative effort to improve practice in responding effectively to support family systems impacted by substance use disorders.

• Works with family members, minor children, and primary caregivers in the treatment process as appropriate and integrating family into transition planning support, case coordination, and aftercare support.

• Minimum of Bachelor’s degree in social work, counseling, or human-services related field required.

• Qualified applicants will be able to become an Apprentice Substance Abuse Counselor Certificate or have the ability to test for certification within three months of hire date.

• Experience working with women and children and knowledge of community resources.

• Wash Bay • Tent Installers • Loading (2nd shift) • Linen Assistant • Machine Shop Assistant Email jobs@vttent.com for more information, or check out the website, vttent.com/employment.

Why Join Our Team at Lund:

• We honor and celebrate the distinctive strengths and talents of our clients and staff.

• Our work encompasses collaboration with a strong team of professionals and a strengths-based approach to providing services to families.

• Lund’s adoption program provides life-long services to families brought together through adoption.

• Lund’s residential and community treatment programs are distinctive as our work focuses on both treatment and parenting.

• Lund’s educators believe in laughter, the importance of fun, community-oriented activities, and non-stop learning.

• Ongoing training opportunities are available.

• Lund offers competitive pay and paid training, as well as a comprehensive and very generous benefit package including health, dental, life, disability, retirement, extensive time-off accrual, 11 paid holidays, and wellness reimbursement. EEO/AA

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Production Assistant Customer Service Representative (Winooski, VT) For full job description and application download go to: vermontpuremaple.com/ pages/employment-1

Mansfield Hall is a private, innovative residential college support program for students with diverse learning needs.

To apply, please complete an application, attach a resume if you have one, and return in person or email to:

ACADEMIC DIRECTOR

We are seeking a dynamic individual to serve as our Academic Director. This position requires excellent teaching, organization, planning, written and oral communication skills.

Mount Mansfield Maple Products The ability to multitask and collaborate with our academic 450 Weaver Street, Suite 18 partners in the collegiate community is important. Having Winooski, VT 05404 a commitment to the success of all students and ability to jobs@mansfieldmaple.com understand and teach to various learning styles is required.

Master’s degree in special education or a related field preferred.

PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS

TRAFFIC SUMMER HELP Temporary Full Time

The Traffic Summer Help position is responsible for painting road markings and installation of signs, as well as the installation, maintenance and repair of parking meters. In addition, this position is responsible for assisting in all Right of Way operations as needed. Requirements include the ability to manually lift and operate 45-pound post driver for installation of 12 foot sign poles and the ability to lift and carry 75 pounds with assistance. This is a Seasonal/Temporary position.

For a complete description, or to apply online, visit www.governmentjobs.com/careers/burlingtonvt.

You’re Invited...

Applicant information is available at mansfieldhall.org/employment.

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3/19/18 4t-MansfieldHall042915.indd 9:58 AM 1 MHM/Centurion of Vermont is proud to be the Please join MHM Services/Centurion of Vermont and provider of comprehensive healthcare in the colleages from around the state to learn more about Vermont Department of Corrections.

Correctional Healthcare!

We have the following opportunity:

Women, minorities and persons with disabilities are highly encouraged to apply. EOE

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Busy BakeryWednesday, August 24 • 6 pm Café hiring: J. Morgans Steakhouse

Dentist

Deputy Director

Capitol Plaza Hotel & Conference Center

100 State Street Montpelier, VT 05602

34 hours a week with F/T benefits • Full-time breakfast/lunch We’re giving a FREE Apple iPad! VT So.away Burlington/Swanton, Those in attendance can enter to win an iPad. cook. Four day Winner will be drawn at conclusion of event. work week.

Regular hours, no evenings or weekends Paid Vacation.

Hosted by:a Dentist to cover two sites, ideally We are seeking

Stephen Fisher, 18 hours in So. MD Burlington/Chittenden and 16 Send services Lori RN, CCHP to Poirier, both male and female patients. General dental mirabelles198@comcast.net.

Regional Manager MHM/Centurion Vermontcleanings, operative care for includes routineofexams, dentistry, removable prosthetics, simple extractions.

Statewide for MHM/Centurion, VT provide Dept. of Corrections resumes to: Medical Director hours in Swanton to direct care

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include paid malpractice, health insurance, 401K MHM Services/Centurion partners with correctional systems match, CEUs, 20ofpaid daysmenoff plus 8 paid around the country towith provide a wide range medical, tal health and dental services. We’reholidays, proud to and be the partner more… of choice for the Vermont Department of Corrections. Please Isn’t to saysurrounding goodbye to join us for an evening of time discussion theoverhead careers costs and in Correctional Healthcare.

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TEACHERS, JOIN THE TEAM AT CVS AND INQUIRIES For directions to J. Morgans please go to: TO: KING STREET CENTER! Diana Connerty http://www.capitolplaza.com/directions.php

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EOE To learn more about MHM Services/Centurion, please Opportunities in Preschool visit us at: www.mhm-services.com Program and K-5 Summer Camp Program.

CERF+, a nationally recognized leader in the field of emergency readiness, relief, and recovery for artists, is seeking a Deputy Director. The ideal candidate for this new position is a missionfocused, seasoned, strategic, and process-minded leader with experience scaling an organization, leading a professional management team, and developing a performance culture among a small group of diverse, talented individuals. The Deputy Director will lead all internal operations, including finance, planning, budgeting, grants management, office administration, human resources, and IT. This is a tremendous opportunity for a dynamic, collaborative leader to help take CERF+ to the next level of growth. With offices in Montpelier, VT, CERF+ offers a wonderful quality of life, collegial work environment, and competitive compensation, including an attractive benefits package. For a complete job description, please visit www.cerfplus.org.

The application deadline is April 20, 2018.

Please send letter of interest and resume to: cornelia@craftemergency.org or Cornelia Carey CERF+ 535 Stone Cutters Way, Suite 202 Montpelier, Vermont 05602

For more information go to:

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Green MountainTransit Transithas hasan anopening opening for you!

Green Mountain you!From FromPart-time Part-timeSedan DriversDrivers to to Mechanics, havesomething something for for everyone. everyone. To thethe current Mechanics, wewehave Tolearn learnmore moreabout about current positions available please visit Ridegmt.com/careers. positions available please visit Ridegmt.com/careers.

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MULTIPLE JOB OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE AT THE INN AT SHELBURNE FARMS Full time or Part time. Food & Beverage, Hospitality, Events.

Join the team that welcomes and takes care of guests at the beautiful historic Inn at Shelburne Farms. The following positions are available and pay is based on experience:

FULLPART-TIME AND PART-TIME DRIVERS, BURLINGTON • FULL AND DRIVERS, BURLINGTON, BERLIN, ST. ALBANS MECHANIC, BURLINGTON • MECHANIC, BURLINGTON CUSTODIAN, BURLINGTON • CUSTODIAN, BURLINGTON SEASONAL DRIVERS, STOWE • ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT SPECIALIST SEDAN DRIVERS, BERLIN

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Green Mountain Transit, is the sole Transit Authority in the State of Vermont.

Green Mountain Transit, is the sole Transit Authority in the State of Vermont.

GMT’s mission is toispromote and operate safe, convenient, accessible, innovative and GMT’s mission to promote and operate safe, convenient, accessible, sustainable public transportation services in the northwest and central Vermont region that innovative and sustainable public transportation services in the northwest reduces congestion and pollution, encourage transit oriented development and enhance the and central Vermont region that reduces congestion and pollution, quality of life for all. encourage transit oriented development and enhance the quality of life forfor all.Green Mountain Transit Benefits of Working •

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GMT offers all full-time employees a competitive salary and exceptional benefits, paid premiums for health, dental, and vision: for both the employee andTransit his/her family Benefits of Working for Green Mountain members and generous time off. offers full-time employees a competitive and exceptional •GMT GMT offers all 100% paid premium for health, dental, visionsalary and prescription plans. benefits, paid premiums for health, dental, and vision: for both the • GMT offers short-term disability. 100% of the premium is paid by GMT. his/her family for members and time off. death and •employee GMT paysand 100% of the premium a $50,000 lifegenerous insurance/accidental disability insurance.

Kitchen Dining Room Inn Front Office & Reservations Housekeeping Event & Catering

If any of the above listed jobs look interesting to you, visit our website for information on how to apply! www.shelburnefarms.org/about/join-our-team.

You may also send a cover letter and resume to InnJobs@ShelburneFarms.org with the subject of the email being the position you are interested in.

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• GMT offers 100% paid premium for health, dental, vision and prescription To apply forplans. these positions, please download an application from RideGMT.com.

• GMT offers disability.

100% of the premium paid

by GMT. Submit short-term the application in one of the following ways (no phoneiscalls please):

Building a community where everyone participates and everyone belongs.

• GMT pays 100% of theViapremium for a $50,000 life insurance/ email to jobs@ridegmt.com accidental death and disability insurance.

Employment Specialist

Via fax to (802) 864-5564 or

Via mail to: GMT, 15 Industrial Parkway, Burlington, VT, 05401 To apply for these positions, please download an application from Attn: Human Resources RideGMT.com.

Way2Work, a leading developmental service supported employment program, is seeking a creative and outgoing individual to join their dynamic team.

Submit the application in one of the following ways (no phone calls please): GMT IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER AND IS ALWAYS LOOKING TO ADD QUALIFIED AND ENERGETIC INDIVIDUALS TO OUR TRANSPORTATION TEAM!

Via email to jobs@ridegmt.com

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Via mail to: GMT, 15 Industrial Parkway, Burlington, VT, 05401

The successful candidate will be responsible for supporting individuals in developing career goals, job seeking skills, securing employment, and on the job training. In addition, the candidate will collaborate with businesses to build partnerships for long-term community based employment.

Must demonstrate reliability, strong communication skills, and the ability to solve problems effectively and professionally.

Attn: Human Resources

This full-time position offers a comprehensive benefits package, a great work environment, and the opportunity to make a difference in the lives of others.

GMT IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER AND IS ALWAYS LOOKING TO ADD

Submit resume and cover letter to Michelle Paya, mpaya@ccs-vt.org

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Exterior Painters W A N T E D

Green Mountain Painters is looking for talented individuals to join our growing team. Earn excellent pay working a great summer job. Plenty of room to grow and advance your career.

Please fill out application at vtpainters.com/jobs

Immediate opening, looking for a reliable person to manage staff of cleaning crew. This position is working nights, must have reliable transportation, pass a background check and have a valid driver’s License. Must work at least 40 hours with 5 to 6 nights per week. Responsible for covering staff if they call in sick, recording employee hours daily and weekly, and doing nightly inspections. Salary is negotiable (over $15.00 per hour) based on experience. Willing to train the right person. Only serious applicants need apply! Job may provide company vehicle in the future. Call Alan 802-363-8488 or e-mail saduso@comcast.net.

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PRODUCTION Conant Metal & Light is looking for a metalworker & maker to join our production team.

You must be a creative problemsolver, good with your hands and capable of mastering a broad array of processes, including welding, machining, cold-working of glass, assembly of electrical circuits, inspection and quality control, and packaging of finished product. It is critical that you maintain a consistently high level of quality, productivity, and excellent attention to detail throughout a diverse set of tasks.

This is a part-time position with room to grow. Compensation dependent upon skills and experience.

Send a resume detailing your experience and skills to

NOT JUST ANOTHER JOB...

...but an opportunity to work for one of the best insurance companies in the country and reap the rewards that go along with that level of success. We’re a 190 year old company that works hard not to act our age; as a result, we have been recognized as one of the “Best Places to Work in Vermont”. An open and collaborative environment, coupled with exceptional compensation and benefits help to make us one of the most attractive employment opportunities in the country. Thanks to our continued success, we are looking for qualified candidates to join our highperforming team in the following areas: COMMERCIAL LINES UNDERWRITING SUPERVISOR To support our growing Underwriting Department, we are seeking a Commercial Lines Underwriting Supervisor to lead an exceptional team of Underwriters. The successful candidate will have a broad-base of knowledge and skills related to underwriting commercial lines of insurance, agency relations and operations, as well as excellent supervisory, analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.

SENIOR SERVER ADMINISTRATOR We are looking for an IT professional to ensure the stability and integrity of the company’s infrastructure by participating in the planning, design, and development of the on premise, virtual, and cloud server systems. This jolene@conantmetalandlight.com position has primary administrative responsibility over specified systems including MS SQL and VMWare, and provides escalation support for IT infrastructure systems. The ideal candidate is organized, self-motivated, 3v-Conant032818.indd 1 3/23/18 1:37 PM can problem-solve, and works well in a team environment.

Burlington’s Makerspace

Shop Operations Manager The Shop Operations Manager is responsible for overseeing the digital prototyping, wood, metal, jewelry and electronics shops in our makerspace which supports 200+ classes and 400+ members annually. Responsiblities include safety, maintanence, budgeting, and overseeing volunteer shop leads. 5 years shop experience required.

Teaching experience a plus.

Part-time with opportunity for full-time hours. Please send cover letter and resume to: director@generatorvt.com

CLAIM OPPORTUNITIES Due to company growth, multiple opportunities are available in our Claims department, including: • Associate Claim Representative • Claim Representatives in Auto, Property, and Casualty • Claim Supervisor in Auto If you have the qualifications outlined above or other experience and qualifications that you feel would allow you to contribute to the continued success of Vermont Mutual, we’d love to hear from you. To apply for these positions and others, please visit:

Generator: Art + Technology generatorvt.com

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AWESOME SUMMER JOBS ARE WAITING FOR YOU! See them all online, and apply through our HR portal! governmentjobs.com/careers/burlingtonvt

Pay range: $10:50 - $16.00 per hour.

Qualifications and job requirements vary depending on position. You may apply for more than one position with your application by selecting all positions you would like to be considered for. You must apply online.

Parks: Event Assistant Maintenance Assistant Park Attendant Arborist Assistant Arborist/Horticultural Assistant Cemetery Assistant Trails Assistant

Recreation: Day Camp Director Day Camp Counselor Recreation Nutrition Director Recreation Nutrition Counselor Program Lifeguard (WSI) Track & Field Counselor Basketball Camp Counselor

Waterfront: Waterfront Security Guard Gate Attendants Campground & Beach Staff Northbeach Lifeguard Dockmaster/Marina Staff The City of Burlington will not tolerate unlawful harassment or discrimination on the basis of political or religious affiliation, race, color, national origin, place of birth, ancestry, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, veteran status, disability, HIV positive status or genetic information. The City is also committed to providing proper access to services, facilities, and employment opportunities. Women, minorities and persons with disabilities are highly encouraged to apply.

For accessibility information or alternative formats, please contact Human Resources Department at 865-7145.

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ASSISTANT EDITOR

Apply online at: www.homeinstead.com/483 or call us at 802.860.4663

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Tetra Tech ARD is accepting applications for a qualified Assistant Editor at our company headquarters. As an Assistant Editor you will work within the Production Team and will edit documents for clarity, readability, organization, spelling, grammar, content, and layout. The Assistant Editor assesses the level of edit a piece of documentation requires at every stage of the process and formats material according to organizational and client style guides. Requirements: BA in English, journalism, or communications, 3+ years’ experience in editorial and production experience desired, expert level proficiency in MS Office and exceptional attention to detail required. Apply online at bit.ly/2FMk8Q0.

Tetra Tech ARD is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Home Instead Senior Care, a provider of home helper services to seniors in their homes, is seeking friendly and dependable people.

CAREGivers assist seniors with companionship, light housekeeping, meal preparation, personal care, errands, safety presence and more.

Part-time, flexible scheduling, including: daytime, evening, weekend and overnight shifts currently available. Higher pay for weekend shifts. No heavy lifting.

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Lund offers hope and opportunity to families through education, treatment, family support and adoption.

Opportunities Credit Union seeks an outgoing, energetic and self-motivated professional for a full time position as a Mortgage Originator.

Successful applicant must have excellent verbal, written, math, problem solving and communication skills. They must have attention to detail and a strong sense of customer service. Applicants must have a strong desire to help Vermonters purchase or refinance their homes.

Must be positive, professional, motivated and have a can do attitude. Commitment to serving the financial needs for people of modest income and assets. Knowledge of Banking or Financial systems including but not limited to encompass, Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac, and proficient in Word, Excel, and Outlook are preferred but not required.

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Our generous benefits package includes comprehensive healthcare & dental, life, disability, 401(k) with employer contributions, generous paid time off and holidays.

Opportunities Credit Union is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

INDIVIDUAL ASSISTANT About the Position:

• Individual Assistant will work one on one in supporting and integrating a 4 year old child into our preschool classroom.

• Collaborate with a service team and preschool teachers to identify strategies and interventions that best support the child’s success in the classroom. Some skill building activities will occur outside of the classroom, although most of the work will be done in the context of the preschool classroom.

• Position is 25-27 hours per week; 25 hours are in the classroom from 9am-2pm, with additional hours available for team meetings and/or training.

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• Grant funded position projected through August 2018; $14.25/hour.

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TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT Are you a technology planner?

A business-savvy techie?

What We Look For:

• The ideal candidate will have experience working with preschool age children, and preferably some experience in working with children who have experienced trauma and/ or has special needs.

• Desire and willingness to learn and consistently implement strategies and recommendations from the team a must.

• A candidate who is passionate, inspired, and committed to working with a dedicated group of professionals.

Why Join Our Team at Lund:

• Knowledge of adoption services.

• Ongoing training opportunities available.

• Lund is a multi-service nonprofit that has served families and children throughout Vermont for 125 years.

• Our mission is to help children thrive by empowering families to break cycles of poverty, addiction and abuse.

• Commitment surrounding diversity and cultural competence.

• Lund offers a comprehensive benefit package for full-time positions including health, dental, life insurance, disability, retirement, extensive time off accrual and holiday pay.

• Excellent opportunity to join strengths-based team of multi-disciplinary professionals.

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Our Client Technology Manager (CTM) works with NPI clients on their technology plans. You’ll meet regularly with C-level contacts and business owners to discuss their business strategy, their multi-year technology roadmap, and the performance of their systems. You’ll work with NPIs top-flight technology team that delivers terrific client satisfaction and provides you with in-depth data and insight.

To excel, be comfortable and well-versed in discussing business issues, technically-oriented, a problem-solver, and a great communicator. Successful CTMs come from a variety of backgrounds, including business analyst, project manager, and vCIO. NPI offers excellent benefits, including pet-friendly office, generous time off, matching 401(k), dependent health care benefits, Flexible Spending Accounts, and profit-sharing.

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others. They make me strive to be a better person.

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We’re seeking a values-driven individual who wants to put their administrative skills to work for the betterment of the world. As the “Grand Central Station” for handling nearly every dollar and implementing nearly every administrative detail of the organization, you’ll play an essential role in keeping the organization running smoothly and in compliance with applicable laws, standards, and best practices. This is a full-time and exempt position reporting to the Associate Director, who not only oversees your day-to-day work but will train and nurture your development as a non-profit and financial administrator. The ideal candidate has direct experience or training in nonprofit accounting, finance, and administration. Experience (or coursework) using QuickBooks is required.

Position is based in Montpelier. Learn more and apply online at:

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Now Hiring RNs and LPNs to join our Pediatric Primary Care nursing team in Burlington.

Full and part-time positions available.

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Sign on bonuses of up to $6,000 may be available View Positions & Apply: uvmmed.hn/7Days-Pediatrics

SEEKING FOSTER PARENTS Howard Center has ongoing foster parent or weekend buddy needs for children ranging in ages from 7 to 16. Some need caring adults to support them over the weekend, others need a family for a school year and some are looking for adoptive families. There are over 1,300 children in the Vermont foster care system and over 60 children in need of an adoptive family.

You don’t have to be married, rich or own a home. You will be supported every step of the way!

SEEKING SHARED LIVING PROVIDERS

WATER UTILITIES OPERATOR

Howard Center’s Shared Living Program creates opportunities for individuals with developmental disabilities to live in the community. We are accepting expressions of interest from experienced caregivers to provide a home, day-to-day assistance, and support tailored to the needs of individuals seeking caregivers. This is a rewarding employment opportunity for individuals interested in working from home while making a meaningful difference in someone’s life. We use a careful matching process to ensure that each placement is mutually compatible. A generous tax-free stipend, room and board, respite budget, training and team support are provided. Potential opportunities below: 1. SLP to support a 30-year-old man who enjoys taking walks, playing music and helping others. He seeks a roommate to share a furnished, centrally located home in Essex Junction.

2. A young woman who utilizes a wheelchair is looking for an accessible home (or one willing to make alterations). This position is two weeks on, two weeks off. Must be willing to learn special care procedures and how to use a lift.

3. SLP with a background in mental health/human services who can create a safe and nurturing home for a 25-year-old male. He uses facilitated communication and enjoys alone time, walks, hikes and swimming.

FULL-TIME, YEAR-ROUND

4. Experienced caregiver(s) to live with and support two delightful women in their 70s who reside in a three-bedroom home in Essex. Sense of humor helpful, patience necessary.

Benefits include paid time off; health, dental and vision insurance; and resort benefits for employees and eligible dependents.

5. A soon-to-be UVM graduate is looking for an engaging conversationalist, energized and active SLP with reliable transportation to move in with. She is a lover of running, swimming and hiking, and enjoys meeting with friends to converse over a cup of tea.

For a complete listing of full and part-time positions and to apply, visit sugarbush.com.

To learn more about these opportunities, contact JRodrigues@howardcenter.org or call (802) 488-6372.

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Executive Director We seek a professional, energetic, and enthusiastic Executive Director to lead our innovative nonprofit based in Central Vermont. Home Share Now (HSN) is at the forefront of the home sharing movement and seeks a leader passionate about housing to direct, manage, and grow our organization. Relevant experience in program or large project management and/ or team leadership strongly preferred. Qualified candidates will demonstrate strong organizational skills, experience implementing programs, clear fiscal management, effective communications and influencing skills along with public speaking and writing; plus ability to exercise good and timely judgment in complex situations, build and sustain relationships/partnerships, develop and implement fundraising strategies, and have great computer skills. This is an excellent opportunity for experienced or director track professionals. EOE. For more information about Home Share Now and a full job posting with application requirements visit www.HomeShareNow.org.

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JAM is a commercial construction company well known for our team oriented approach to all aspects of our work.

We have been providing long term, local work for 25 years and are looking to grow our team of skilled and committed people. We are seeking people with all levels of construction experience, a positive attitude and a desire to join us in our commitment.

DIRECTOR OF EARNED REVENUES AND GUEST SERVICES ECHO, Leahy Center for Lake Champlain is an innovative science and nature center located on Burlington’s waterfront.

ECHO inspires and engages families in the joy of scientific discovery, wonder of nature, and care of Lake Champlain.

ECHO is seeking a strategic, entrepreneurial and customercentered Director of Earned Revenues and Guest Services. As a key member of ECHO’s leadership team, this Director provides executive leadership for increasing sales income across the center’s operations and ensures excellent guest service.

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Responsibilities include overseeing the museum’s admission, registration and retail operations; managing our cafe and catering contracts; maximizing event rental, merchandise, parking, membership and theater sales; and leading the development of customer service training and protocols.

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The Director of Earned Revenues and Guest Services plays a key role in ECHO’s strategic planning, develops relationships with community stakeholders, and works closely with the senior leadership team. This position reports directly to the Executive Director.

Select is currently looking for an energetic and detail oriented individual with strong communication and organization skills.

This person will join our admin team with a primary focus on A/P, and related responsibilities. Strong problem solving skills and the ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced, team environment are required.

The successful candidate will be a strong manager, systems thinker, and sales-savvy leader with 5-10 years of experience in leadership roles directly expanding sales in a customer-facing field.

ECHO offers a competitive benefits package, and salary is commensurate with experience. Please visit www.echovermont.org for more information, including a job description.

Compensation is based on experience and capabilities. Benefits include medical, dental, as well as 401k with profit sharing.

ECHO is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applications from women, veterans, individuals with disabilities and people from diverse racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds are encouraged. Please send resume and cover letter via email with Director of Earned Revenues and Guest Services in the subject line to jobs@echovermont.org. Application Deadline: April 14, 2018.

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Specialist in Built in Central Vacuum Systems We are expanding our installation/service staff. lmmediate Opening for a CENTRAL VACUUM INSTALLER/ SERVICE PERSON. Challenging opportunity for an individual that is Aggressive, Self-motivated and Reliable.

Candidate must take pride in workmanship and should be available for some overtime.

Aptitude in the building trades with good Carpentry/ Mechanical/Plumbing Abilities desired. Must have good communication skills and the willingness to promote our company and its products.

• A Valid Driver’s License is a Must.

• Company Vehicle Provided for Work.

• Salary Commensurate with experience.

Children’s & Family Ministries Coordinator Dynamic innovator needed to grow programming for children (pre-K to gr.5) and families at O&A mission-centric church.

Be passionate about leading kids into faithful, loving and hopeful lives. Start at 15hr/wk, $20/hr.

Work closely with staff and volunteers.

Youth Ministries Coordinator Thoughtful relationship builder needed to grow youth ministry for, with and by youth. Be proactive guiding middle and high school students to develop identity and apply their passion for social justice in the world.

Start at 15hr/wk, $20/hr. Work closely with staff and volunteers.

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Central Vermont Substance Abuse Services is a nonprofit organization located in Berlin, VT, providing substance abuse services to central Vermont residents. The range of services provided includes outpatient, intensive outpatient, intervention, education, prevention, intervention, and treatment services.

Clinician: We are seeking to fill a full time master’s-level Clinician position working with adults or adolescents in a Substance Abuse treatment setting. This position will provide group and individual counseling, assessments, treatment planning, referral and will help provide a bridge from the Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) program to other treatment service options available in the local community. Work will involve coordinating with representatives from the Department of Corrections, health care providers and other referral sources. Previous experience working with people in recovery from addictions is preferable. An LADC is preferred, but not required. We will provide training for qualified candidates. Part time position also available (not benefit eligible).

Drug Court Clinical Supervisor: The person who joins our team will be an active participant in a county wide Treatment Court program. This position is responsible for coordinating services and resources for people who are in recovery and have legal actions against them. The position is an integral part of a treatment team which includes lawyers, a judge, probation, law enforcement, mental health and substance abuse providers. As a clinical supervisor the position will access resources, track and report follow through of scheduled appointments and assist the team in setting attainable goals for participants.

This position is based in Barre VT. A Master’s Degree in Counseling and Dual Licensure as a Mental Health Counselor and Alcohol & Drug Counselor is required.

Clinical Supervisor: We are currently seeking a dynamic and clinically talented person to serve in the supervisory role for our Outpatient and Intensive Outpatient Substance Abuse programs. This position leads a dedicated group of direct care counselors while assuring case coordination, follow-up and quality of care in the delivery of substance abuse services to adults and adolescents in the Barre, VT, region. Focusing on coaching, developing and supervising staff to create a cohesive team through regular clinical supervision and facilitation of team meetings, this position also includes some direct assessments of the needs of our clients and ensuring that those needs are being met. Functions include conducting intake evaluations, developing treatment plans, making case assignments, monitoring and evaluating caseloads and funding compliance. Master’s degree and licensure required. Licensed Social Worker also encouraged to apply.

We offer appealing medical/vision and dental plans, generous time off policies, matching retirement plans and other benefits.

Send your resume to: Rachel Yeager, HR Coordinator • ryeager@claramartin.org

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

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CREDIT ANALYST Exciting opportunity to join the team of a financially sound and independent community bank.

Union Bank is seeking a professional, detail-oriented individual to join our growing Commercial Credit Administration area as a full-time Credit Analyst.

RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE

This open position requires the ability to analyze and interpret data, apply advanced LOAN ASSISTANT financial concepts, communicate effectively, and employ critical problem solving We are include seekinganalyzing a full time Residential Mortgage skills. Responsibilities commercial loan requestsLoan to determine the Assistant for our growing Burlington Office. of a potential level of risk involved in extending credit.South Analysis consistsLoan of scrutiny This individual responsible for performing a vaborrower’s character, capacity, will andbe capital and evaluation of those characteristics in relationship to riety the current economy and conditions predicted the loan period. of administrative duties to provide loan over origina-

Development Manager

Founded in 2004, the Center for an Agricultural Economy is one of Vermont’s innovative and dynamic local food organizations. Our team, based in Hardwick, runs farm and food business advising programs, community and school programs, and is home to the Vermont Food Venture Center, an shared-use food and farm incubator facility and food hub.

The Center for an Agricultural Economy is looking for an experienced Development Manager to join the team in Hardwick! This role will report to the Executive Director, and will play a part in the long term and strategic vision and viability for our organization. The position is part-time to begin, with the potential of growing over time.

Preference given to experienced fundraising individuals who are looking for Vermont-based non-profit work, and who are interested in growing with CAE over time.

Tasks for the job will include overall annual fund activities, summer fundraiser activities, communication and grant writing/research activities and donor data management.

• Part-time, Compensation commensurate with experience • Applications due April 9th • Center for an Agricultural Economy is an equal opportunity employer with a commitment to a safe workplace for all.

• Please visit our website and download the job description to see the details of application process.

hardwickagriculture.org/get-involved/opportunities.

tion Skills: and documentation support for our Mortgage Loan Qualifications and Officers. Other responsibilities include overseeing the

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, or related field with a completion and accuracy of loan documents, processstrong basisinginloans financial accounting, or equivalent experience. and ensuring proper loan documentation in-

Vermont Maple Sugar Makers’ Association Executive Director

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• Competency with Microsoft Office products and general office equipment.

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Major Job Functions and Responsibilities: Ensure the organization has short and long-range strategies to achieve its mission and goals Develop a communications plan that engages membership and other Association stakeholders Work to monitor relevant existing and proposed local, state and federal legislation affecting VMSMA’s membership Promote active, cooperative and broad participation by membership and other volunteers in all areas of the Association’s work Serve as Association spokesperson Work to increase the organization’s visibility through all forms of media and social media Write grants and initiate fundraising opportunities to fund projects and marketing initiatives

Salary commensurate with experience. Resumes will be accepted until April 30, 2018.

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Providing innovative mental health and educational services to Vermont’s children and families.

Are you a compassionate, creative, mission-minded health care professional? Consider a career with the Community Health Centers of Burlington!

Current opportunities are:

“Make a difference in the life of a child!”- NFI Vermont, a leader in specialized trauma and adolescent development, is looking to expand our team of innovators. Full time and part time positions available. Competitive wages, training opportunities, flexible work schedules and family oriented culture. Excellent benefits with tuition reimbursement offered for 30 or more hour employees.

• Medical Respite Social Worker • Development Coordinator • Registered Nurse • Medical Technologist

Clinical Case Manager - $300 Sign On Bonus Community Based Services

And more! Check out all of our clinical and non-clinical positions and apply online at

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Mortgage Originator

Looking for an exciting new opportunity? NFI has one for you! CBS is seeking a full time Clinical Case Manager to join our amazing team of mental health professionals and our positive and supportive work environment. Responsibilities include working with children, adolescents, and families with mental health challenges both in the community and in their homes. Ideal candidates work well both autonomously and collaboratively on treatment teams, have a Master’s degree in mental health or social work, have related work experience, have a 10:34 AM valid driver’s license, and have reliable transportation. Come be a part of our positive culture which includes a generous benefits package, $300 sign on bonus, tuition reimbursement, paid time off, and more. Please send a cover letter and resume to BrandieCarlson@nafi.com.

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Chittenden County

Northfield Savings Bank is looking for a professional to join our team as a Mortgage Banking Originator for Chittenden County, who will be responsible for originating a variety of new residential loans. This position offers a strong opportunity to work for a growing premier Vermont mutual savings bank.

The selected candidate will be responsible for interviewing applicants, collecting financial data and making recommendations regarding NSB’s loan products which will best meet the borrower’s needs. The individual will also be assisting customers with the purchase process from application through closing.

The Mortgage Originator must possess excellent communication and customer service skills for both internal and external customers. A Bachelor’s Degree and two to four years of experience in a financial institution or related area is required.

Mortgage Origination experience and a good understanding of banking products, services, policies and procedures is preferred.

Northfield Savings Bank, founded in 1867, is the largest banking institution headquartered in Vermont. Compensation includes a base salary plus commission and benefits package including medical, dental, profit sharing, matching 401(K) retirement program, professional development opportunities, and a positive work environment supported by a team culture.

If you are a match for this opening, please submit your resume and application in confidence to:

CBS is committed to empowering youth by providing family based treatment through innovative, diverse and community integrated methods. CBS is seeking full time community integration specialists to join our talented team of mental health professionals. Responsibilities include working individually with children and adolescents with mental health challenges both in the community and in their homes. The opportunity to bring personal interests/hobbies to share with youth is encouraged. Ideal candidates must have a bachelor’s degree, be able to work afternoon and evening hours, have a valid driver’s license, and reliable transportation. A Generous benefits package is provided, which includes tuition reimbursement, and a $300 sign on bonus. Please send a cover letter and resume to BrandieCarlson@nafi.com.

Family Engagement Specialist – Sign on Bonus St. Albans

Family Engagement Specialists work directly with children and families involved with DCF, who experience multi-system issues, including substance abuse, domestic violence, and mental health challenges. Responsibilities include coordinating and facilitating large meetings, teaming with community service providers, creating treatment plans through collaboration with DCF, and parent education. We are looking for candidates with strong communication and documentation skills, who work well in a team setting. Experience with Family Time Coaching, Family Safety Planning and Family Group Conferencing preferred. This full time position, with a $500 sign on bonus, requires a Bachelor’s degree and/or two years’ experience in related field. Please submit cover letter and resume to NatalieLemery@nafi.com.

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Executive Director Hunger Free Vermont is looking for its next Executive Director – if you are a seasoned, inspirational leader with significant non-profit management experience, and are passionate about ending the injustice of hunger for all Vermonters, we want to hear from you! We are looking for a strong background in fiscal management, development and fundraising, PR/Education, Legislative Advocacy and the vision to lead this dynamic organization forward. You can find the job description on our website, www.hungerfreevt.org/employment/ and if interested, may send your resume and cover letter directly to our recruiter at etienne@morrisrc.com.

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Full-time, 40-hour, benefits-eligible position available in Howard Center’s Facilities department. Must have valid driver’s license and transportation.

Send your resume to selena@windjammergroup.com

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Multiple full-time evening and overnight positions available to provide support services to adults in psychiatric, emotional and/or substance crisis in crisis stabilization residential setting (BA and experience with mental health/substance use disorder and crisis de-escalation required). Supervisor position Untitled-11 also available to assist with client care coordination, staff scheduling and supervision (MA required; supervision experience preferred).

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Clinician – Medication Assisted Treatment

Provide services through Chittenden Clinic’s outpatient opioid treatment program to patients dependent/ recovering from dependence on opioids. In addition to service delivery, assist in developing and implementing clinic policy and procedure. Master’s degree required. LADC or clinical license preferred.

Community Case Manager Join our team! Seeking compassionate, hardworking individual to provide case management and recoveryfocused community supports to adults with mental health challenges and co-occurring substance use challenges. Full time. Bachelor’s degree required.

Cook - Lakeview Community Care Home

Seeking a Cook for the Lakeview Community Care Home. Individual will plan and prepare nutritionally balanced meals for residents. Full-time, benefits-eligible position.

Home Health Services Coordinator Work with clients and community partners as part of a Howard Center team serving individuals receiving medication assisted treatment through the Chittenden Clinic/HUB. Consider this position if you have a master’s degree, are licensed/license-eligible, and have a valid driver’s license and clean driving record.

Registered Nurse – Medication Assisted Treatment Program

Two full-time positions available. Our nurses are responsible for safely dispensing methadone and buprenorphine products and maintaining all Nursing Dispensary operations. Must have excellent attention to detail and organizational skills plus strong interpersonal and communication skills.

1076 Williston Road, S. Burlington

862.6585 RESTAURANT MANAGER www.windjammerrestaurant.com

We are seeking a dynamic Restaurant Manager to join our Windjammer team. 3+ years of experience is preferred for this hands-on position. Candidates must enjoy a high level of guest interaction, possess a positive attitude and have experience managing a large staff.

We offer a competitive wage and benefits package that includes medical/dental, paid time off, 401k, company discounts and more!

The Windjammer Hospitality Group Attn: Human Resources 1076 Williston Road South Burlington, VT 05403 selena@windjammergroup.com EOE

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

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

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

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

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Residential Counselor – Lakeview (Awake Overnight)

Establish and maintain a therapeutic and stable permanent residential housing environment for adults with mental health/substance use challenges and a history of homelessness. Bachelor’s degree required.

Full time.

We are expanding!

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suggested. He’s also working to develop better relationships with food-service establishments in order to secure more internships and jobs for students. For instance, local butchers are increasingly in demand, he noted.

Logan is also keen for the program to be more integrated into the community.

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Labor, the Vermont Student Assistance Corporation and individual donors, said Sayles.

In Burlington, Meehan and Logan want to raise public awareness about the Community Kitchen Academy. “It’s a challenge trying to spread the word and invite people to apply,” Meehan acknowledged.

Providing on-site interpreters “might be a great way to go forward,” Logan

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Rich learned about the academy through the Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity, which oversees the Chittenden Emergency Food Shelf.

Her husband, Arnold Parent II, had gone through the program about three years ago, she noted.

He interned with Sodexo at the University of Vermont for a week and was offered a job — as a breakfast cook — at the end of his stint.

The couple is saving up to operate either a restaurant or a food truck, Rich said.

Not every academy graduate pursues a career in the food world, however. Just 68 percent of students from the last three sessions at the Burlington site have landed placements. But Logan isn’t too worried Chef instructor Jim Logan about the numbers.

“The course is bigger than that,” he said. Sometimes, family circumstances prevent graduates from being able to work right away. And even for for a suitable program and learned about those who don’t pursue a career in food NECI in Montpelier. Because she thought service, the program helped them to figure the location was too far away, she contin- out their goals, Logan insisted: “In some ued looking and discovered the Commu- ways, they’ve found out who they are.” nity Kitchen Academy through Facebook.

Though the academy has been around “I’m learning every day new tech- for almost a decade, there’s room for niques,” Gurung-Subba said. She plans improvement and expansion, said to open an Asian restaurant with her John Sayles, chief executive officer of husband, who works at A Single Pebble, a the Vermont Foodbank. “It’s a mature Chinese restaurant in Burlington. program, but by no means is it getting Students typically learn about the stale.” academy through referrals from other Sayles would like to find a sustainsocial services providers. For instance, able source of funding to hire a staffer Lacey Lawley decided to apply for the who could provide personalized support program after a staffer at Spectrum Youth to graduates and keep them connected & Family Services recommended it. to the academy. He’d also like to run the “For me, cooking is really relaxing,” program in other parts of Vermont, such said Lawley, 21. “I’ve struggled [to find] as Bennington, Brattleboro, Rutland and something to do that my anxiety does St. Johnsbury.

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MINDFULNESS FOR ACTIVISTS: A two-part workshop arms social justice workers with skills in meditation and deep listening. Unitarian Church of Montpelier, 6-8 p.m.

Free. Info, 863-2345.

business

THE SEARCH FOR A GOOD EXIT: INTRODUCTION TO OWNERSHIP SUCCESSION PLANNING: Business owners examine four different ways to sell an enterprise and how to navigate challenges posed by each one. Burlington City Hall Auditorium, 2-5 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 338-7448.

cannabis

EDIBLE WELLNESS: A Q&A demystifies the benefits of consuming cannabidiol.

Attendees treat themselves to sweet CBD delights. Nutty Steph’s Granola & Chocolate Factory, Middlesex, 5-6 p.m.

Free. Info, 229-2090.

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GREENER DRINKS: Supporters of commonsense cannabis reform sip beverages and discuss the culture, industry and politics of the agricultural product. Zenbarn, Waterbury, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, info@ vtcannabisbrands.com.

crafts

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

Mad River Fiber Arts & Mill, Waitsfield, 5-8 p.m. Free. Info, 496-7746.

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CONTACT IMPROV: Movers engage in weight-sharing, play and meditation when exploring this style influenced by aikido and other somatic practices. The Everything Space, Montpelier, 7-8:30 p.m. $5-10. Info, 232-3618.

DROP-IN HIP-HOP DANCE: Beginners are welcome at a groove session inspired by infectious beats. Swan Dojo, Burlington, 6-7:30 p.m. $15.

Info, 540-8300.

HIP-HOP DANCE: A high-energy class mixes urban styles of dance. Women’s Room, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $16. Info, beth@prenatalmethod.com.

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DEATH CAFÉ: Folks meet for a thought-provoking and respectful conversation about death, aimed at accessing a fuller life. Pyramid Holistic Wellness Center, Rutland, 7-9 p.m. Free; donations accepted.

Info, 353-6991.

NURSING BEYOND A YEAR MEET-UP: Breastfeeding parents connect over toddler topics such as weaning and healthy eating habits.

Aikido of Champlain Valley, Burlington, 9:30 a.m. Free.

Info, 985-8228.

fairs & festivals

BURLINGTON IRISH HERITAGE FESTIVAL: The best of Ireland comes to the Queen City and surrounding areas via music, dance, workshops and presentations. See burlingtonirishheritage.org for details. Various locations statewide. Prices vary. Info, admin@burlingtonirish heritage.org.

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NOW-TO-NEXT CAREER FAIR: Students discover a wide range of professional opportunities while networking with more than 70 employers.

Angell College Center, SUNY Plattsburgh, N.Y., 1-4:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 518-564-2071.

film

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

CINEMA CASUALTIES: ‘ZOMBIE’: A film series dedicated to old-school horror movies presents a 1979 flick about an island inhabited by the walking dead. ArtsRiot, Burlington, 9 p.m. Free. Info, 540-0406.

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GEORGE WINSTON Saturday, March 31, 7:30 p.m., at First Unitarian Universalist Society of Burlington. $37.50.

Info, 863-5966, flynntix.org.

Wednesday, April 4, 7:30 p.m., at Barre Opera House. $31.45-41.95.

Info, 476-8188, barreoperahouse.org.

‘HAIL, CAESAR!’: Josh Brolin portrays a 1950s Hollywood fixer working to wrangle a studio’s stars. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m.

Free. Info, 748-2600.

‘OF INK AND BLOOD’: A novelist’s murder sets off a dramatic turn of events in this 2016 picture shown in French with English subtitles as part of the Québec Film Festival.

Room 101, Cheray Science Hall, Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2000.

‘RESILIENCE: THE BIOLOGY OF STRESS & THE SCIENCE OF HOPE’: This 2016 documentary looks at the link between adverse childhood experiences and ongoing health problems. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 7-8:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 878-6955.

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MAR.31 & APR.4 | MUSIC Home Sweet Home American families inhabit abodes that run the gamut from economy apartments to palatial estates. Middlebury College assistant professor Erin Sassin — who researches the cultural and political intersections of fine art, design and architecture — shares her knowledge in the talk “Reinventing the Family Home.” In this compelling lecture, Sassin explores how the form and idea of the single-family dwelling has changed throughout American history, from traditional farmhouses to experiments in communal living to the current tiny-house phenomenon. The art and architecture historian speaks as part of the Vermont Humanities Council’s First Wednesdays series.

ERIN SASSIN Wednesday, April 4, 7-8:30 p.m., at Rutland Free Library.

Free. Info, 773-1860, vermonthumanities.org.

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All family-oriented events are now published in Kids VT, our free parenting monthly. Look for it on newsstands and check out the online calendar at kidsvt.com.

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BUDDY COMEDY Cinephiles know actors Tommy Wiseau and Greg Sestero from the offbeat 2003 drama The Room. The cult-movie heroes are back on the big screen in the 2017 dark comedy thriller Best F(r)iends. Written by Sestero, author of the New York Times best-selling book and movie The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made, the film Best F(r)iends was inspired by a real-life road trip that Sestero and Wiseau took.

The first installment of this two-part movie plays at Palace 9 Cinemas in South Burlington, where fans can catch the second installment in June.

‘BEST F(R)IENDS’ Friday, March 30, and Monday, April 2, 8 p.m., at Palace 9 Cinemas in South Burlington. $12.50. Info, 660-9300, palace9.com.

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Friday, March 30, and Saturday, March 31, 8 p.m., at FlynnSpace in Burlington. $35. Info, 863-5966, flynntix.org.

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‘SPACE: UNRAVELING THE COSMOS 3D’: An out-of-thisworld film brings audience members closer than ever to far-off planets and galaxies. Northfield Savings Bank Theater: A National Geographic Experience, ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 11 a.m., 1 & 3:30 p.m. $3-5 plus regular admission, $11.50-14.50; admission free for members and kids 2 and under. Info, 864-1848.

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BUTI YOGA: A fusion of vinyasa yoga, plyometrics and dance is set to upbeat music. Bring water and a towel. Women’s Room, Burlington, 6-7 p.m. $16. Info, beth@prenatalmethod.com.

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BONE BUILDERS EXERCISE CLASSES: Folks of all ages ward off osteoporosis in this exercise and prevention class.

Twin Valley Senior Center, East Montpelier, 7:30-8:30, 9:15-10:15 & 10:40-11:40 a.m. Free. Info, 223-3322.

‘WONDERS OF THE ARCTIC 3D’: Pioneering scientists seek to answer questions about the Reasonable rates impact of human activities on ON ATI BR this fragile frontier. Northfield First consult free.

LE E C Savings Bank Theater: A AL 802-495-5495 National Geographic (c) 802-881-1872 Experience, ECHO Leahy Center for Lake www.charlottedennett.com Champlain, Burlington, noon & 2:30 p.m. $3-5 plus regular admission, $11.5012v-charlottedennett032818.indd 1 3/26/18 1:54 PM 14.50; admission free for members and kids 2 and under. Info, 864-1848.

Chicken Souviaki, Beef Gyro, Falafel and Vegetarian served with Greek Salad & Rice Pilaf

Studio, Waterbury, 6-7 a.m. $12.

Info, studio@zenbarnvt.com.

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AUTHENTIC ETHIOPIAN DINNER: Gourmands get their fill of African cuisine prepared by Alganesh Michael. Cork Wine Bar & Market, Waterbury, 5, 6:45 & 8:30 p.m. $25; preregister. Info, 882-8227.

CELEBRATE VERMONT WINE: Vermont vinos and ice ciders take center stage at tastings, dinners and pairings around the state. See diginvt.com for details. Various locations statewide. Prices vary. Info, diginvt@ vermontfresh.net.

COMMUNITY MEAL: Diners dig into a hot lunch. United Church of Johnson, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Free. Info, 635-1247.

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

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

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VERMONT FARMERS MARKET: Local products — veggies, breads, pastries, cheeses, wines, syrups, jewelry, crafts and beauty supplies — draw shoppers to a diversified bazaar. Vermont Farmers Food Center, Rutland, 3-6 p.m. Free. Info, 342-4727.

games

BRIDGE CLUB: Players have fun with the popular card game. Burlington Bridge Club, Williston, 9:15 a.m. & 1:30 p.m. $6. Info, 872-5722.

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

health & fitness

ALL-LEVELS HATHA YOGA: With a focus on connecting breath to movement, this class offers yoga for everybody. Zenbarn 3/26/18 5:46 PM

CHAIR TAI CHI: Age and ability level are no obstacles to learning this slow, easy exercise routine. Champlain Senior Center, Burlington, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 316-1510.

EMPOWERED YOGA FLOW: A rejuvenating practice for all levels weaves movement, breath and mental focus. Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 9-10 a.m. $12. Info, studio@zenbarnvt.com.

GENTLE YOGA IN RICHMOND: A gong savasana closes out an all-levels class benefiting the Williston Community Food Shelf.

Partial proceeds are donated.

Balance Yoga, Richmond, 11 a.m.-noon. $10; preregister. Info, balanceyogavt@gmail.com.

GENTLE YOGA IN WATERBURY: Practitioners with limitations and seasoned students alike hit the mat for an all-levels class.

Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 9-10 a.m. $12. Info, studio@ zenbarnvt.com.

GINGER’S EXTREME BOOT CAMP: Triathletes, Spartan racers and other fitness fanatics challenge themselves to complete Navy Seal exercises during an intense workout. Come in good shape. Private residence, Middlebury, 7-8 a.m. $8-12; for ages 16 and up. Info, 343-7160.

KUNDALINI YOGA MEN’S TEACHINGS: Individuals of all gender identities are welcome to explore traditional principles of cultivating awareness, peace and balance. Sacred Mountain Studio, Burlington, 7-9 p.m.

Donations. Info, 318-6050.

NIA WITH LINDA: Eclectic music and movements drawn from healing, martial and dance arts

propel an animated barefoot workout. South End Studio, Burlington, 8:30-9:30 a.m. $14; free for first-timers. Info, 372-1721.

PILATES: Students are put through the paces in a strengthand mobility-boosting workout.

Women’s Room, Burlington, 4:30 p.m. $16. Info, beth@prenatalmethod.com.

PRENATAL YOGA: Moms-to-be prepare their bodies for labor and delivery. Women’s Room, Burlington, 12:15 p.m. $16. Info, beth@prenatalmethod.com.

RECOVERY COMMUNITY YOGA: Folks in recovery and their families enrich mind, body and spirit in an all-levels class. All props are provided; wear loose clothing. Turning Point Center, Burlington, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free.

Info, 861-3150.

RESTORATIVE YOGA: Props support the body, leaving participants free to truly relax into long-held poses.

Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 5:30-6:30 p.m. $12. Info, studio@ zenbarnvt.com.

VIGOROUS VINYASA FLOW: Students link breath with movement as they transition through a series of strengthening and lengthening poses. Sangha Studio — Pine, Burlington, 9-10 a.m. $10-15.

Info, hannasatt@gmail.com.

WEDNESDAY GUIDED MEDITATION: Individuals learn to relax and let go. Burlington Friends Meeting House, 5:306:30 p.m. Free. Info, 318-8605.

WELLNESS WALKS: Pups and pals in tow, pedestrians make strides toward heath. Tomgirl Juice Co., Burlington, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 540-0337.

language

INTERMEDIATE-LEVEL SPANISH CLASS: Pupils improve their speaking and grammar mastery.

Private residence, Burlington, 6 p.m. $20. Info, 324-1757.

INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASS: Learners take communication to the next level. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6:30-8 p.m.

Free. Info, 865-7211.

LUNCH IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE: SPANISH: ¡Hola!

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

Free. Info, 223-3338.

music

Find club dates in the music section.

‘ONE NIGHT OF QUEEN’: Gary Mullen & the Works recreate the fabulous sights and sounds of the “Bohemian Rhapsody” hitmakers. Barre Opera House, 7:30 p.m. $22-42. Info, 476-8188.

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keys through history in a noteworthy presentation. Weston Playhouse at Walker Farm, 5:307 p.m. $15-20. Info, 867-0111.

SYMPHONIC WINDS: The Farmers Night Concert Series continues with the uplifting sounds of wind orchestra with full percussion. House Chamber, Vermont Statehouse, Montpelier, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 828-2228.

seminars

BETHEL UNIVERSITY: Fifty-five community pop-up classes covering everything from comic books to gardening during the month of March. See betheluniversityvt.org for details. Various Bethel locations. Free; preregister. Info, betheluniversityvt.org.

GRANT SEEKER WORKSHOP: CULTURAL FACILITIES & HISTORIC PRESERVATION: Folks get the facts on seeking awards for nonprofit organizations and municipalities to enhance, create or rehabilitate historic and community buildings. Vermont Arts Council, Montpelier, 1-3 p.m.

Free; preregister. Info, 828-3292.

INTRO TO FLY TYING: The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department has anglers in knots during a four-week course covering techniques and terminology.

ANR Annex, Berlin, 6-8 p.m. $20; preregister. Info, 265-2279.

INTRODUCTION TO ESSENTIAL OILS: Elysia Gingue covers the primary benefits of natural extractions. Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 7 p.m. Free.

Info, 426-3581.

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LAURENT HÉBERT-DUFRESNE: The assistant professor pulls from the new science of networks in “Spread of Viruses and Ideas in the Age of Echo Chambers.” Generator, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 540-0761.

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LAWRENCE VENUTI: Language lovers lean in for the Temple University professor’s lecture “Traduttore Traditore: (Translator Traitor): The Intrumentalism of Conventional Wisdom.” Memorial Lounge, Waterman Building, University of Vermont, Burlington, 5 p.m.

Free. Info, 656-3196.

LISA HOLMES: “Presidents Appointing Judges” examines the impact of the Commander in Chief selecting members of the judiciary. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 7-8:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 388-4095.

TIM SCHMALZ: Agricultural ideas take root in “Hemp Farming in Vermont.” S-102, Thaddeus Fairbanks Science Wing. Lyndon State College, 4-5 p.m. Free. Info, 626-6459.

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INTRODUCTION TO HTML5 & CSS3: Tech-savvy students in this four-part workshop learn the base language supporting all webpages. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 5:30-7 p.m.

Free; preregister. Info, 865-7217.

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

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

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

music Find club dates at local venues in the music section and at sevendaysvt.com/music.

All family-oriented events are now published in Kids VT, our free parenting monthly. Look for it on newsstands and check out the online calendar at kidsvt.com.

ARNIE KOZAK: The psychotherapist offers a closer look at his new book, Timeless Truths for Modern Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to a More Focused and Quiet Mind. Phoenix Books Essex, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 872-7111.

PEGGY SHINN: What makes a great team? The journalist answers this question in her new book, World Class: The Making of the U.S. Women’s Cross-Country Ski Team. Vermont Book Shop, Middlebury, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 388-2061.

POETRY RIOT: Rajnii Eddins hosts an open mic for seasoned and budding wordsmiths.

ArtsRiot, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. $3.

Info, 540-0406.

PROSE MASTER CLASS: Prompts from instructor Baron Wormser inspire writers to broaden their approach to material. 110 Main St., Suite 3C, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free; preregister at meetup.com; limited space. Info, 383-8104.

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

Info, 888-492-8218.

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‘TREE OF LIFE’ PENDANTMAKING WORKSHOP: Creative types ages 16 and up use wire and stone beads to design one-of-a-kind jewelry. Fairfax Community Library, 6-8 p.m. $10; preregister. Info, 849-2420.

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FOR REAL WOMEN SERIES WITH BELINDA: GIT UR FREAK ON: R&B and calypso-dancehall music is the soundtrack to an empowering sensual dance session aimed at confronting body shaming. Swan Dojo, Burlington, 5:30-7 p.m. $15. Info, bestirred fitness@gmail.com.

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CHRIS BERNIER: Gobble, gobble!

The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department biologist discusses the study and conservation of turkeys. Ferrisburgh Town Office & Community Center, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 318-7197.

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DADA MASILO: An artist talk titled “#NotAPrettyBallet” considers concepts such as subverting stereotypes of women on stage and redefining the passive ballet belle. Top of the Hop, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 5 p.m.

Free. Info, 603-646-2422.

TECH HELP WITH CLIF: Electronics novices develop skill sets applicable to smartphones, tablets and other gadgets.

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

Info, 878-6955.

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WOMEN’S PICKUP BASKETBALL: Players dribble up and down the court during an evening of friendly competition. Lyman C. Hunt Middle School, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $3; preregister at meetup.com. Info, 540-1089.

HOWARD COFFIN: The Civil War historian details the critical role of a little-recognized group in “Vermont’s Remarkable Sharpshooters.” KelloggHubbard Library, Montpelier, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

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YIN & YANG AS MANIFEST IN NATURE: Taoism, herbal energetics and age-old concepts of the feminine and masculine are a few of the concepts covered in this workshop with herbalist Chuck Riffenburg. Waterbury Public Library, 6:30-8 p.m. Free.

Info, 244-7036.

LUNCH & LEARN: CYBERSECURITY: Attendees learn to spot red flags and stay safe on the web with Amy Schram of the Better Business Bureau. Fletcher Room, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 1-2 p.m.

Free. Info, 865-7211.

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RISKY BUSINESS: WHY ADOLESCENTS LOVE RISKTAKING & HOW TO HELP MANAGE IT: Expert Michael Nerney elucidates the inner workings of the developing brain. Lyman C. Hunt Middle School, Burlington, 6:30-8 p.m.

Free; preregister for childcare.

Info, emily@burlingtonpartner ship.org.

EVERY WOMAN HAS A STORY: Fierce females of Castleton University share 15-minute personal stories in honor of Women’s History Month. Alumni Room, Huden Dining Hall, Castleton University, noon. Free; $4 for lunch. Info, 800-639-8521.

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VERMONT GREEN BUILDING GALA: Industry professionals, enthusiasts and Vermont Green Building Network members and friends convene for mouthwatering fare, a silent auction and the Vermont’s Greenest Building Award ceremony. Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 6-8:30 p.m. $15-35.

Info, 735-2192.

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JOB HUNT HELP: Community College of Vermont interns assist employment seekers with everything from résumé-writing to online applications. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 2:305:30 p.m. Free. Info, 745-1393.

TUESDAY APRIL 3RD, 7PM

ROOTS: With guidance from Martha Holden of the Spark of Humanity Network, participants strengthen their ability to connect with their inner wisdom.

Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 6 p.m. Free. Info, roots@sparkofhumanity.net.

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WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH CELEBRATION & AWARDS CEREMONY: Local ladies are recognized for their leadership at an annual soirée complete with hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar. Rutland Country Club, 5:307 p.m. $25-30. Info, william. kelley@farvisionconsulting.com.

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FRANKLIN REGION CAREER & JOB EXPO: Students and adults shake hands with potential employers. Collins Perley Sports and Fitness Center, St. Albans, for students, 9:15-11:15 a.m., for the public, noon-3 p.m. Free.

Info, 782-1924.

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‘THE DEATH OF STALIN’: A Soviet dictator dies, leaving his regime in chaos in this 2017 historical comedy. Film House, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 7 p.m. $5-8. Info, 660-2600.

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‘SPACE: UNRAVELING THE COSMOS 3D’: See WED.28.

‘WONDERS OF THE ARCTIC 3D’: See WED.28.

food & drink

CELEBRATE VERMONT WINE: See WED.28.

SEVEN DAYS

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

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

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TASTE OF ERITREA: HOW TO MAKE INJERA & YEMISIR WAT: Mulu Tewelde guides home cooks in preparing dishes from her native country. Community Teaching Kitchen, City Market, Onion River Co-op, Burlington South End, 5:30-7:30 p.m. $5-10.

Info, 861-9700.

UVM MEDICAL CENTER FARMERS MARKET: Locally sourced meats, vegetables, bakery items, breads and maple syrup give hospital employees and visitors the option to eat healthfully. Davis Concourse, University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, 2:30-5 p.m.

Free. Info, 847-5823.

health & fitness

BEGINNER/INTERMEDIATE SUNSTYLE TAI CHI, LONG-FORM: Improved mood, greater muscle strength and increased energy are a few of the benefits of this gentle exercise. Winooski Senior Center, 6:45-8 p.m. Free. Info, 735-5467.

BEGINNERS TAI CHI CHUAN: Standing and moving exercises in this foundational class are suitable for all levels and ages. Sacred Mountain Studio, Burlington, 6-7 p.m. $15. Info, 373-8060.

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

BUDDHIST BABES GENTLE YOGA: Lessons for peaceful living pave the way for a moderate flow-style practice set to music.

Women’s Room, Burlington, 5 p.m. $16. Info, beth@prenatal method.com.

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

Free. Info, 233-1161.

FORZA: THE SAMURAI SWORD WORKOUT: Students sculpt lean muscles and gain mental focus when using wooden replicas of the weapon. North End Studio A, Burlington, 6-7 p.m. $10. Info, 578-9243.

GENTLE FLOW YOGA: Individuals with injuries or other challenges feel the benefits of a relaxing and nourishing practice.

Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 9-10 a.m. $12. Info, studio@ zenbarnvt.com.

HERBAL REMEDY SWAP: From tea blends to tinctures, natural products change hands at a gathering hosted by Swap Sisters. BYO containers for bulk goods. Greensboro Free Library, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, swap sisters@gmail.com.

MEDITATION IN EVERYDAY LIFE: A four-part course gives neophytes the tools needed to develop a regular mindfulness practice. St. Johnsbury Shambhala Meditation Center, 6-8 p.m. $25. Info, 748-4240.

SLOW FLOW YOGA: Tailored to meet students’ needs, this foundational class facilitates overall wellness. Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 7:30-8:30 a.m. $12.

Info, studio@zenbarnvt.com.

TAI CHI CHUAN: Beginners and seasoned practitioners alike explore the style of moving meditation passed down through the Tung family lineage. Richmond

Congregational Church, 10-11 a.m. $10. Info, taichivermont@ gmail.com.

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

YOGA CORE FOR BABES: An empowering practice focuses on the abs and the pelvic floor.

Women’s Room, Burlington, 12:15 p.m. $16. Info, beth@prenatalmethod.com.

language

BEGINNER-LEVEL SPANISH CLASS: Basic communication skills are on the agenda at a guided lesson. Private residence, Burlington, 6 p.m. $20. Info, 324-1757.

lgbtq

‘RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE’ VIEWING PARTIES: Fans of the televised drag competition stay up-todate on season 10 with Marjorie Mayhem, Emoji Nightmare and Nikki Champagne. Drink, Burlington, 7:30-9:30 p.m.

Free; for ages 18 and up. Info, 730-2383.

music

Find club dates in the music section.

OPEN MIC NIGHT WITH JIM YEAGER: Musicians show off their skills in a supportive atmosphere. ArtisTree Community Arts Center & Gallery, South Pomfret, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 457-3500.

RAY FORK & JANE BOXALL: Joined by the band Bad Smell, the Vermont musicians perform synthesizer music informed by pop, rock, funk, jazz and classical styles. Dibden Center for the Arts, Johnson State College, 8 p.m. Free. Info, 635-1345.

outdoors

BIRDING WHEN NATURE THROWS CURVE BALLS: Birder Maeve Kim offers strategies for identifying winged wonders.

Birds of Vermont Museum, Huntington, 6:30-8 p.m. $10; preregister. Info, 434-2167.

seminars

BETHEL UNIVERSITY: See WED.28.

talks

CARY BROWN & TIFFANY BLUEMLE: Two experts detail the steps Vermont has taken to improve women’s economic progress. Campus Center, Castleton University, 12:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 800-639-8521.

‘HAZING IN SPORTS: LEGAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PUBLIC POLICY IMPLICATIONS’: A panel discussion tackles athlete-on-athlete abuse. Chase Community Center, Vermont Law School, South Royalton, 12:45-2 p.m. Free. Info, 831-1144.

LESLIE JOHNSON: The associate professor sounds off on the stigma surrounding baby

weight for new mothers. Stearns Cinema, Johnson State College, 4 p.m. Free. Info, amy.welch@ jsc.edu.

ROB BOSTON: The League of Women Voters of Central Vermont hosts an animated conversation on the separation of church and state. KelloggHubbard Library, Montpelier, 7 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, lwvofvt@gmail.com.

SPRING COMMUNITY EDUCATION SERIES: Vermont Public Radio’s Jane Lindholm moderates a hard-hitting panel discussion on the topic of “Safe Injection Sites: Part of the Opiate Solution?” Dealer.com, Burlington, 6-7:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 488-6912.

tech

TECH SUPPORT: Need an email account? Want to enjoy ebooks?

Bring your phone, tablet or laptop to a weekly help session. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 5-7 p.m.

Free. Info, 748-8291, ext. 302.

theater

NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE: ‘JULIUS CAESAR’: Civil war erupts on the streets of Rome following an autocrat’s assassination in this live broadcast from the Bridge Theatre in London. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. $16-25.

Info, 748-2600.

‘THE STALLION HOWL’: Rutland High School’s Encore Theatre presents Dale Wasserman’s comedic play about a married couple under pressure. Rutland High School, 7 p.m. $5. Info, 770-1134.

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comedy

STEALING FROM WORK: Local actors lampoon contemporary culture in The Unbearable Whiteness of Being. For adults only. Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, 7:30 p.m. $15. Info, 382-9222.

FEAST TOGETHER OR FEAST TO GO: Senior citizens and their guests catch up over a shared

dance

ADVANCED CONTEMPORARY TECHNIQUE: Led by Hanna Satterlee, this class involves technical challenges and spatial experiments. North End Studio A, Burlington, 10:30-11:45 a.m. $16. Info, hannasatt@gmail.com.

BALLROOM & LATIN DANCING: Learn new moves with Ballroom Nights, then join others in a dance social featuring the waltz, tango and more. Singles, couples and beginners are welcome.

Williston Jazzercise Fitness Center, lesson, 7-8 p.m.; dance social, 8-9:30 p.m. $10-14; $8 for dance only. Info, 862-2269.

CONTRA DANCE: Fueled by a potluck dinner, hoofers put their best foot forward when following calls by Delia Clark. Barnard Town Hall, Potluck, 6 p.m.; dance, 6:30-9 p.m. Free. Info, 234-1645.

ECSTATIC DANCE VERMONT: Jubilant motions with the Green Mountain Druid Order inspire divine connections. Christ

SOULEYMANE BADOLO: The Burkina Faso-born and Brooklynbased dancer explores the balance between cultural origins and rebirth. See calendar spotlight. FlynnSpace, Burlington, 8 p.m. $35. Info, 863-5966.

education

SCIENCE DAY: A campus tour, lunch and learning opportunities are geared toward prospective students with an interest in science. Johnson State College, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free; preregister.

Info, 800-635-2356.

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HUMANE SOCIETY OF CHITTENDEN COUNTY’S ANNUAL MEETING: Animal lovers elect officers and celebrate the work of volunteers and community partners. Humane Society of Chittenden County, South Burlington, 8-9:30 a.m.

Free. Info, 862-0135.

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TAROT READINGS: A spiritual mentor consults her cards to offer guidance and clarity. Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 5:30-8:30 p.m. $1 per minute; preregister.

Info, studio@zenbarnvt.com.

fairs & festivals

BURLINGTON IRISH HERITAGE FESTIVAL: See WED.28.

film

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

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

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

music Find club dates at local venues in the music section and at sevendaysvt.com/music.

All family-oriented events are now published in Kids VT, our free parenting monthly. Look for it on newsstands and check out the online calendar at kidsvt.com.

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

‘BEST F(R)IENDS’: Cult-movie heroes Tommy Wiseau and Greg Sestero star in the first of a two-part dark comedy thriller inspired by a real-life road trip.

See calendar spotlight. Palace 9 Cinemas, South Burlington, 8 p.m. $12.50. Info, 660-9300.

‘SPACE: UNRAVELING THE COSMOS 3D’: See WED.28.

‘WONDERS OF THE ARCTIC 3D’: See WED.28.

food & drink

CELEBRATE VERMONT WINE: See WED.28.

FRIDAY MORNINGS AT TANDEM: Foodies start the day with provisions from Brio Coffeeworks, V Smiley Preserves and Coop to Kitchen Bakery. Stay in or order to go. Tandem, Bristol, 7 a.m.noon. Cost of food and drink.

Info, honeyjam@vsmiley preserves.com.

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CRAFTY CRAP NIGHT: Participants bring supplies or ongoing projects and an adventurous attitude to share creative time with other people in recovery. Turning Point Center, Burlington, 4 p.m. Free. Info, 861-3150.

NIA WITH SUZY — MOVE. SWEAT. BREATHE.: Drawing from martial, dance and healing arts, sensory-based movements push participants to their full potential. North End Studio A, Burlington, 8:30-9:30 a.m. $15.

Info, suzy@loveyourbodyvt.com.

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BABY FARM ANIMAL CELEBRATION: Visitors fawn over little lambs, fluffy chicks and wide-eyed calves. Kids’ activities add to the fun. Billings Farm & Museum, Woodstock, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Regular admission, $4-16; free for members and kids 2 and under. Info, 457-2355.

crafts

‘GISELLE’: South African choreographer Dada Masilo reinterprets a classical ballet about betrayal and heartbreak.

Moore Theater, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 8 p.m. $22.50-50.

Info, 603-646-2422.

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REAL PEOPLE, REAL NEWS: Food, fashion, entertainment and culture fill an evening honoring Vermont’s refugee community. Proceeds support the Vermont Refugee Resettlement Program. Livak Room, Davis Center, University of Vermont, Burlington, 6 p.m. $9.50. Info, 267-693-4004.

Episcopal Church, Montpelier, 7-9 p.m. $10. Info, 505-8011.

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‘AGELESS AUTHORS’ READING & OPEN MIC: Excerpts from Ageless Authors Anthology: The Best Work From Writers Age 65 and Older and original pieces by area wordsmiths of the same age group entice lit lovers.

Phoenix Books Rutland, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 855-8078.

meal. Montpelier Senior Activity Center, noon-1 p.m. $7-9; preregister. Info, 262-6288.

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under 18. Info, the1776projectvt@ gmail.com.

Music Store, South Burlington, 10 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 658-0030.

LEGISLATIVE BREAKFAST: Members of the business community start the day with a hot meal and engaging conversation. Ethan Allen Room, Vermont Statehouse, Montpelier, 7:30-9 a.m. $15; preregister. Info, 229-5711.

YOGA NIDRA: Steph Muzzy guides students into a state of deep relaxation. Evolution Physical Therapy & Yoga, Burlington, 6-7 p.m. $15. Info, 864-9642.

‘THE STALLION HOWL’: See THU.29.

LEGAL CLINIC: Attorneys offer complimentary consultations on a first-come, first-served basis. 274 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington, 10 a.m.-noon. Free.

Info, 383-2118.

SUGAR-ON-SNOW PARTY & PANCAKE BREAKFAST: Vermonters tap into the state’s signature flavors by way of a mouthwatering meal. Dakin Farm, Ferrisburgh, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. $4.95-7.95 for breakfast. Info, 800-993-2546.

RÄDDA RELEASE: Pieces by master bird-carver Floyd Scholz sweeten the unveiling of a new rosé. Fresh Tracks Farm Vineyard & Winery, Berlin, 6-8 p.m. Free.

Info, 223-1151.

Find club dates in the music section.

TAROT READINGS WITH RACHEL: The truth is in the cards as an experienced reader offers divination services. Phoenix Books Burlington, 6-7:30 p.m. $5-10. Info, 448-3350.

VERGENNES FARMERS MARKET: Local food and crafts, live music, and hot eats spice up Saturday mornings. Kennedy Brothers Building, Vergennes, 9 a.m.noon. Free. Info, 233-9180.

film

VERMONT FARMERS MARKET: See WED.28, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

games

BRIDGE CLUB: See WED.28, 9:15 a.m.

health & fitness

ACUDETOX: Attendees in recovery undergo acupuncture to the ear to propel detoxification.

Turning Point Center, Burlington, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 861-3150.

ADVANCED TAI CHI CLASS: Participants keep active with a sequence of slow, controlled movements. Twin Valley Senior Center, East Montpelier, 1-2 p.m.

Free. Info, 223-3322.

BONE BUILDERS EXERCISE CLASSES: See WED.28, 7:30-8:30 & 10:40-11:40 a.m.

BUTI YOGA: See WED.28.

FELDENKRAIS AWARENESS THROUGH MOVEMENT: Aches and pains, be gone! The physically challenged to the physically fit increase flexibility and body awareness with this form of somatic education. The Wellness Collective, Burlington, 12:30-1:30 p.m. $10. Info, 560-0186.

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FRIDAY NIGHT POWER YOGA: Practitioners get their sweat on during a full-body, flow-style mindful workout. Kismet Place, Williston, 5:30-6:15 p.m. $12.

Info, 343-5084.

QIGONG: Gentle movements promote strength, balance and wellbeing. Waterbury Public Library, 11-11:30 a.m. Free; preregister.

Info, 244-7036.

RECOVERY COMMUNITY YOGA: See WED.28.

REFUGE RECOVERY: A LOVE SUPREME: Buddhist philosophy is the foundation of this mindfulness-based addictionrecovery community. Turning Point Center, Burlington, noon.

Free. Info, 861-3150.

SPICE GIRLS BUTI: Say you’ll be there! Active bodies spice up their lives with a themed yoga class. Sangha Studio — Pine, Burlington, 7:30-8:30 p.m. $1012. Info, 448-4262.

TAI CHI AT WATERBURY PUBLIC LIBRARY: Those with arthritis or mobility challenges are welcome to join in a mild lesson with optional seated movements.

Waterbury Public Library, 11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Free; preregister.

Info, 244-7036.

TAI CHI AT ZENBARN STUDIO: Beginners learn the fundamentals of Yang style slow set, tai chi gong and basic warm-ups.

Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 9-10

music

CELEBRATING WOMEN IN MUSIC: Jenni & the Junketeers interpret tunes by Billie Holiday, Bonnie Raitt, Patsy Cline and others. ArtisTree Community Arts Center & Gallery, South Pomfret, 7-9 p.m. $20. Info, 457-3500.

CRY CRY CRY: Lucy Kaplansky, Richard Shindell and Dar Williams revive their folk-pop collaboration. Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 8 p.m. $39-59.

Info, 775-0903.

GOOD FRIDAY CONCERT: “Organ Music of Passiontide,” a program of sacred works, lifts spirits. St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church on the Green, Middlebury, 7-7:45 p.m. Free. Info, 388-7200.

RED BRICK COFFEE HOUSE: Hot beverages are provided at an open mic and jam session where community members connect over music, cards and board games. Red Brick Meeting House, Westford, 7-10 p.m. Donations.

Info, mpk802vt@gmail.com.

RED MOLLY: Traveling from ballads to bluegrass to barn-burning honky tonk, this all-female Americana trio showcases a knack for three-part harmonies.

Barre Opera House, 8 p.m. $2529.50. Info, 476-8188.

WINTER WINE DOWN MUSIC SERIES: Oenophiles let loose with live music by the Hubcats, award-winning wine and mouthwatering eats. Snow Farm Vineyard, South Hero, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Cost of food and drink. Info, 372-9463.

seminars

BETHEL UNIVERSITY: See WED.28.

KNOW YOUR NATAL CHART: Two longtime astrologers give participants the skills to access meaning from astrological keys.

Expressive Arts Burlington, 6-7:30 p.m. $15; preregister. Info, silvia@theastrologyoffice.com.

sports

RUTLAND REGION CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INDOOR GOLF TOURNAMENT: Teams tee off to vie for prizes. Stonehenge Indoor Golf, Rutland, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. $300 per team; preregister. Info, 773-2747.

theater

‘1776’: A Tony Award-winning musical presented by Upper Valley theater artists tells the story of the Founding Fathers and how they came together to draft the Declaration of Independence. Briggs Opera House, White River Junction, 7:30 p.m. $22-25; free for kids

words

FRIDAY MORNING WORKSHOP: Wordsmiths offer constructive criticism on works in progress

by Burlington Writers Workshop members. 110 Main St., Suite 3C, Burlington, 10:30 a.m. Free; preregister at meetup.com; limited space. Info, 383-8104.

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

agriculture

BABY FARM ANIMAL CELEBRATION: See FRI.30.

PRESEASON OPEN HOUSE & PLANT PREVIEW: Green thumbs wander through warm greenhouses, where herbs, salad greens and cold-hardy varieties offer a glimpse of spring. Red Wagon Plants, Hinesburg, open house, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.; tour, noon.

Free. Info, 482-4060.

cannabis

CABIN FEVER ROUND ROBIN TABLE TENNIS TOURNAMENT: Quick reflexes are the name of the game when participants paddle ping-pong balls back and forth at this annual event.

Rutland Knights of Columbus, 9 a.m. $5-10; preregister to play; free for spectators. Info, 247-5913.

‘SPACE: UNRAVELING THE COSMOS 3D’: See WED.28.

CORN HOLE: Players toss beanbags in a double-elimination contest benefiting Elks Club charities. Barre Elks Club, 6-9 p.m. $10; cash bar. Info, 479-9522.

‘WONDERS OF THE ARCTIC 3D’: See WED.28.

CULTIVATION CLASS: VEGGING & FLOWERING: With the help of a seasoned coach, growers get OLIVER ELLA the dirt on producing big healthy F ST O plants with frosty, pungent SY TE flowers. Green State Gardener, UR Burlington, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.

Free. Info, 540-2097.

dance

CONTRA DANCE: A traditional social dance comes complete with music by Pete’s Posse and calling by Adina Gordon. Capital City Grange, Berlin, instruction session, 7:35 p.m.; dance, 8-11 p.m. $5-15.

Info, 249-7454.

SOULEYMANE BADOLO: See FRI.30.

TWILIGHT PLAYERS DANCE ENSEMBLE: Student choreographers showcase a wide variety of styles, ranging from hip-hop to swing. Alexander Twilight Theatre, Lyndon State College, 7:30 p.m. Donations; free for LSC and Johnson State College students with ID. Info, 626-3663.

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‘GOSPEL OF MARK ALIVE!’: Accompanied by music, reverend Bert Marshall recites a portion of the Bible by heart. A talk-back and refreshments follow. Warren United Church of Christ, 2 p.m.

Free. Info, 496-3495.

INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY MEETING PLACE: Brainstorming leads to forming activity groups for hobbies such as flying stunt kites and playing music. Presto

health & fitness

BEGINNER CHANTING & BREATHWORK: Participants explore pranayama and mantra as tools for managing stress or an overactive mind. Evolution Physical Therapy & Yoga, Burlington, 1-2:30 p.m. $15. Info, 864-9642.

BUTI FLOW: Yogis benefit from power yoga and deep abdominal toning.

Women’s Room, Burlington, 9 a.m. $16.

Info, beth@prenatalmethod.com.

‘GISELLE’: See FRI.30.

NOVA CONTEMPORARY DANCE COLLECTIVE: Fresh choreography captivates onlookers. The Funky Town dance party follows. ArtsRiot, Burlington, 9:30-10 p.m. $3. Info, ncdcvt@ gmail.com.

games

‘A FANTASTIC WOMAN’: A reception paves the way for two screenings of this acclaimed film about a transgender woman who is devastated by the death of her boyfriend. The Savoy Theater, Montpelier, reception, 4:45 p.m.; screenings, 5:45 & 8 p.m. $9.75 plus donations; cash bar. Info, sunshine@pridecentervt.org.

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CAPOEIRA: A blend of martial arts, music and dancing challenges adults and kids. Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 1-2 p.m. $12.

Info, studio@zenbarnvt.com.

food & drink

BRIO COFFEEWORKS: BREW METHODS WORKSHOP: Caffeine fanatics go behind the scenes with a tour of the roasting facility and a demonstration of the many ways to make coffee at home. Brio Coffeeworks, Burlington, 10 a.m.-noon. $5-10.

Info, 861-9700.

CAPITAL CITY WINTER FARMERS MARKET: Root veggies, honey, maple syrup and more change hands at an off-season celebration of locally grown food. City Center, Montpelier, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Free. Info, 793-8347.

CELEBRATE VERMONT WINE: See WED.28.

MIDDLEBURY WINTER FARMERS MARKET: Crafts, cheeses, breads, veggies and more vie for spots in shoppers’ totes. VFW Post 7823, Middlebury, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Free. Info, mosefarm@gmail. com.

FITNESS BOOT CAMP: Ma’am, yes, ma’am! Exercise expert Ginger Lambert guides active bodies in an interval-style workout to build strength and cardiovascular fitness. Middlebury Recreation Facility, 8-9 a.m. $12.

Info, 343-7160.

NEWBIE NOON INTRO TO HOT YOGA: First-timers in loosefitting clothing get their stretch on in a comfortably warm environment. Hot Yoga Burlington, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 999-9963.

R.I.P.P.E.D.: Resistance, intervals, power, plyometrics, endurance and diet define this high-intensity physical-fitness program.

North End Studio A, Burlington, 9-10 a.m. $10. Info, 578-9243.

YIN YOGA: Students hold poses for several minutes to give connective tissues a good stretch.

Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 8-9:30 a.m. $12. Info, studio@ zenbarnvt.com.

language

ARMENIAN CONVERSATION GROUP: Singing, dancing, drama and games promote proficiency.

Community Room, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 2-3 p.m. Free.

Info, 865-7211.

DUTCH LANGUAGE CLASSES: Planning a trip to Amsterdam?

Learn vocabulary and grammar basics from a native speaker.

Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 10-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, bheeks@ yahoo.com.

music

Find club dates in the music section.

AMERICA: Classic rock fans sing along to hits such as “I Need You” and “Ventura Highway.”

Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 8 p.m. $75-85. Info, 775-0903.

CONCERT CRAWL: Music lovers sip fine wine and feast on gourmet fare at this three-part performance hosted by the Montpelier Chamber Orchestra.

Various Montpelier locations, 6-9 p.m. $60-65; preregister; limited space. Info, 917-4865.

GEORGE WINSTON: The contemporary pianist tickles the ivories in moving compositions and interpretations. See calendar spotlight. First Unitarian Universalist Society of Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $37.50. Info, 863-5966.

outdoors

BIRD MONITORING WALK: Adults and older children don binoculars and keep an eye out for winged wonders. Birds of Vermont Museum, Huntington, 8-9 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 434-2167.

seminars

AMERICAN CIVIL WAR OVERVIEW PROGRAM & DISPLAYS: A summary of the American Civil War paves the way for a moderated examination of cause and consequence.

Essex Memorial Hall, 1-5 p.m.

Donations. Info, 871-5236.

BETHEL UNIVERSITY: See WED.28.

sports

MOUNT ELLEN ENDER: Athletes end the snowy season in style with live music by Lowell Thompson, an open snowboard jam session and a retro long jump competition. Mt. Ellen Base Lodge, Sugarbush Resort, Warren, noon-6 p.m. Free. Info, 583-6300.

tech

INTRODUCTION TO GOOGLE DRIVE: Folks who are familiar with using the internet get dialed into the basics of cloud computing. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 10:30 a.m.-noon.

Free; preregister. Info, 865-7217.

theater

‘1776’: See FRI.30.

METROPOLITAN OPERA LIVE IN HD: ‘COSÌ FAN TUTTE’: Shown on-screen, Mozart’s comic masterpiece focuses on a pair of

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friends who test their fiancées’ fidelity. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 12:55 p.m. $16-25. Info, 748-2600. Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, 1 p.m. $10-24. Info, 382-9222. Loew Auditorium, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 1 p.m. $26-29.

Info, 603-646-2422.

‘THE STALLION HOWL’: See THU.29.

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community

COMMUNITY MINDFULNESS WITH THE CENTER FOR MINDFUL LEARNING: Peaceful people gather for guided meditation and interactive discussions. Burlington Friends Meeting House, 5-7 p.m. $10. Info, assistant@centerfor mindfullearning.org.

film

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

‘SPACE: UNRAVELING THE COSMOS 3D’: See WED.28.

music

Find club dates in the music section.

COMMUNITY SONG CIRCLE: Singers of all ages and abilities lift their voices in selections from the Rise Up Singing and Rise Again songbooks. Center for Arts and Learning, Montpelier, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 595-5252.

SESSION AMERICANA: Folk-rock stylings from the Boston-based group soar on the strength of seamless vocals and skilled instrumentation. Richmond Congregational Church, 4-6 p.m. $20-25. Info, 434-4563.

outdoors

LITTLE OTTER CREEK TO LAKE CHAMPLAIN PADDLE: Binoculars in tow, outdoor adventurers are on the lookout for wildlife on an easy five-mile excursion. Contact trip leaders for details. Free; preregister.

Info, ted@ted-albers.net.

theater

‘1776’: See FRI.30, 3 p.m.

‘WONDERS OF THE ARCTIC 3D’: See WED.28.

THE METROPOLITAN OPERA LIVE IN HD: ‘COSÌ FAN TUTTE’: See SAT.31.

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KARMA YOGA: Attendees practice poses while supporting the Richmond Food Shelf. Balance Yoga, Richmond, 10:30-11:30 a.m. $10; $5 with a food donation.

Info, balanceyogavt@gmail.com.

RESTORATIVE YOGA WITH GONG BATH: Awash in an ocean of sound, participants engage in a gentle practice aimed at calming the nervous system. Balance Yoga, Richmond, 6:30-8 p.m. $20.

Info, balanceyogavt@gmail.com.

holidays

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film

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

‘BEST F(R)IENDS’: See FRI.30.

‘THE MUSIC OF STRANGERS’: World-famous cellist Yo-Yo Ma and associated artists reveal their thoughts on music and culture. A discussion with members of the Silk Road Ensemble follows. Loew Auditorium, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7:30 p.m. $5-8. Info, 603-646-2422.

‘SPACE: UNRAVELING THE COSMOS 3D’: See WED.28.

‘WHERE THE RIVERS FLOW NORTH’: Filmmaker Jay Craven reflects on his collaborations with the late Vermont writer Howard Frank Mosher before showing his 1993 movie based on Mosher’s novel of the same name. Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 426-3581.

‘WONDERS OF THE ARCTIC 3D’: See WED.28.

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games

dance

CONTACT IMPROV: See WED.28, Aikido of Champlain Valley, Burlington, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $4.

Info, 864-7306.

BRIDGE CLUB: See WED.28, 6:30 p.m.

SALSA MONDAYS: Dancers learn the techniques and patterns of salsa, merengue, bachata

MAGIC: THE GATHERING — MONDAY NIGHT MODERN: Tarmogoyf-slinging madness ensues when competitors battle for prizes in a weekly game.

Brap’s Magic, Burlington, 6:30-10 p.m. $8. Info, 540-0498.

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

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

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

music Find club dates at local venues in the music section and at sevendaysvt.com/music.

All family-oriented events are now published in Kids VT, our free parenting monthly. Look for it on newsstands and check out the online calendar at kidsvt.com.

MAH JONGG: Competitors collect winning sets of tiles in this popular Chinese game.

Twin Valley Senior Center, East Montpelier, 12:30-2:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 223-3322.

health & fitness

ADVANCED SUN-STYLE TAI CHI, LONG-FORM: Elements of qigong thread through the youngest version of the Chinese martial art. Winooski Senior Center, 10-11 a.m. Free. Info, 735-5467.

ADVANCED TAI CHI CLASS: See FRI.30.

Spread of Viruses and Ideas in the Age of Echo Chambers WED., MAR. 28 GENERATOR, BURLINGTON

Bolton Valley & StatesirReal Projects Presents

Steady Betty with Diggs

FRI., MAR. 30 BACKCOUNTRY BALLROOM, BOLTON VALLEY

Free Cultivation Class:

Vegging & Flowering

SAT., MAR. 31 GREEN STATE GARDENER, BURLINGTON

Listener Series:

SWALE

SAT., MAR. 31 FOAM BREWERS, BURLINGTON

Heartless: A Heart & Zeppelin Experience

Huntertones

SAT., MAR. 31 RUSTY NAIL STAGE, STOWE

Kat Wright

“Making Modern Meals: How Americans Cook Today” with Amy Trubek

FRI., MAR. 30 ARTSRIOT, BURLINGTON

FRI., MAR. 30 RUSTY NAIL STAGE, STOWE

TUE., APR. 3 RICHMOND COMMUNITY KITCHEN

Dakin Farm Sugar on Snow Party SAT., MAR. 31 DAKIN FARM, FERRISBURGH AND S. BURLINGTON

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ALL-LEVELS HATHA YOGA: See WED.28.

BONE BUILDERS EXERCISE CLASSES: See WED.28.

BUTI YOGA: See WED.28.

GENTLE HONEY FLOW: A slowmoving yoga class awakens the body for the week ahead.

Women’s Room, Burlington, 12:15 p.m. $16. Info, beth@prenatalmethod.com.

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‘DIMANCHES’ FRENCH CONVERSATION: Parlez-vous français? Speakers practice the tongue at a casual drop-in chat.

Local History Room, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 4-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, stevenorman@ fastmail.fm.

SPEED DATING WITH A TECH TWIST: Singles in their 30s and 40s make connections during face-to-face conversations. Nectar’s, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. $20-25; preregister. Info, 658-4771.

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EASTER BRUNCH BY V SMILEY PRESERVES: Lox, gooseberry upside down cake and sourdough French toast are a few of the mouthwatering morsels on the menu. Passersby can grab coffee and pastries on the go. Tandem, Bristol, 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Cost of food and drink. Info, honey jam@vsmileypreserves.com.

JOB HUNT HELP: See THU.29, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

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EASTER BRUNCH: Friends and families fill their bellies from a festive spread complemented by a kids’ egg hunt. Topnotch Resort & Spa, Stowe, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. $16-42; free for kids 4 and under. Info, 253-6445.

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TRADITIONAL YOGA FLOW: Breath accompanies each transition during a vinyasa flow focused on body awareness and self-acceptance. Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 9-10:15 a.m. $12. Info, studio@zenbarnvt.com.

BURLINGTON WOMEN’S POETRY GROUP: Female writers seek feedback from fellow rhyme-and-meter mavens.

Email for details. Private residence, Burlington, 3 p.m. Free.

Info, jcpoet@bellsouth.net.

and cha-cha. North End Studio A, Burlington, fundamentals, 7 p.m.; intermediate, 8 p.m. $12.

Info, 227-2572.

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First Universalist Church and Society, Barnard, 6-8 p.m. Free.

Info, 234-1645.

MEDITATION: A group practice including sitting, walking, reading and discussion promotes mindfulness. Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 7:30-8:30 p.m. Free.

Info, studio@zenbarnvt.com.

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PLATTSBURGH BIG READ: The Round House by Louise Erdrich inspires a month of literary and cultural events. See plattsburghbigread.com for details.

Various Plattsburgh locations.

Free. Info, 310-367-4199.

POWER YOGA: Yogis move, sweat and rock out to fun music.

Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 6-7 p.m. $12. Info, studio@zenbarnvt.com.

Sip on fine wines perfectly paired with heavy hors d’oeuvres prepared by: Honey Road, Mule Bar, Butch & Babe’s, Hatchet, The Essex, and Monarch & the Milkweed!

Bid on world-renowned wines as well as craft beers and unique Vermont experiences in our high-end wine auction.

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TIBETAN YOGA: A cleansing practice leads to greater clarity off the mat. Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, noon-1:15 p.m. $12.

Info, studio@zenbarnvt.com.

WELLNESS WEEK: Five days dedicated to heath-related topics help Rutland-area residents feel their best. Call for details.

Community College of Vermont, Rutland, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 786-6996.

YIN YOGA: See SAT.31, noon-1:15 p.m.

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ADVANCED-LEVEL SPANISH CLASS: Language learners perfect their pronunciation with guest speakers. Private residence, Burlington, 4:30-6 p.m. $20. Info, 324-1757.

LUNCH IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE: AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE: Bring a bag lunch to practice the system of communication using visual gestures.

Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, noon-1 p.m. Free.

Info, 223-3338.

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SPANISH GROUP CLASSES: Speakers brush up on their language skills en español. New Moon Café, Burlington, 5-6:30 p.m. $25. Info, maigomez1@ hotmail.com.

talks

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ASHLEY WARWICK: A semiguided meditation accompanies the talk “Removing Obstacles: Let Go and Reveal Your Dharma.”

Burke Mountain Room, Lyndon State College, 5-6:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 626-6413.

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GARY NOWAK: Meant for amateur stargazers, the talk “Summer Viewing 2018: The Perihelic Opposition of Mars, Part 2 of 2” includes tips for viewing the red planet in the coming months. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 7:309:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955.

tech

TECH HELP WITH CLIF: See WED.28.

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‘IT CAN’T HAPPEN HERE’ AUDITIONS: Actors vie for roles in a cautionary satire about the fragility of democracy, written

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POEMCITY: ‘TIDAL_WAVE’ POETRY READING: Using voice, augmented-communication devices and advocates, individuals from Community Developmental Services of Washington County share poems of personal em-

SEATED TAI CHI: Movements are modified for those with arthritis and other chronic conditions.

Winooski Senior Center, 11 a.m.noon. Free. Info, 735-5467.

dance

BALINESE DANCE MASTER CLASS: Carlos Fittante schools students in various steps. Mann Hall Gymnasium, University of Vermont Trinity Campus, Burlington, 5-6:45 p.m. Free.

Info, 656-3040.

BEGINNER WEST COAST SWING & FUSION DANCING: Pupils get schooled in the fundamentals of partner dance. North End Studio B, Burlington, 8-9 p.m. $11-16. Info, burlingtonwestie@ gmail.com.

INTERMEDIATE & ADVANCED WEST COAST SWING: Fun-loving folks learn the smooth, sexy stylings of modern swing dance.

North End Studio A, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. $11-16. Info, burlingtonwestie@gmail.com.

SWING DANCING: Quick-footed participants experiment with different forms, including the Lindy hop, Charleston and balboa. Beginners are welcome. Champlain Club, Burlington, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $5. Info, 448-2930.

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Thursday, April 12 • 6:30-9PM • $75 per person The Essex, Vermont’s Culinary Resort & Spa

RECOVERY COMMUNITY YOGA: See WED.28.

DANCE, PAINT, WRITE: DROP-IN: Creative people end their day with an energetic meditation, music, movement, intuitive painting, free writing and de-stressing.

Expressive Arts Burlington, 7-9 p.m. $15. Info, 343-8172.

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powerment. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 6:30-8 p.m.

Free. Info, 223-3338.

POETRY MASTER CLASS: Writer Gary Margolis leads a deep dive into the poetic line. 110 Main St., Suite 3C, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free; preregister at meetup.com; limited space. Info, 383-8104.

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agriculture

GARDENING WITH INTENSITY: THE SEVEN HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE GARDENERS: A master gardener shares his strategies for maximizing both beauty and production. Montshire Museum of Science, Norwich, 1-3 p.m. Free. Info, 649-2200.

community

FEAST TOGETHER OR FEAST TO GO: See FRI.30.

crafts

CHAMPLAIN VALLEY QUILT GUILD MEETING: A themed presentation for needle-andthread enthusiasts gives way to announcements and a member show-and-tell. Essex Alliance Church, social time, 6:30 p.m.; meeting, 7-9 p.m. $10; free for members. Info, cvqgvt.publicity@gmail.com.

fairs & festivals

CAREER FAIR: Students and community members discover a wide range of professional opportunities while networking with area employers. Stannard Gymnasium, Lyndon State College, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 626-6441.

film

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

‘SPACE: UNRAVELING THE COSMOS 3D’: See WED.28.

‘WONDERS OF THE ARCTIC 3D’: See WED.28.

games

BRIDGE CLUB: See WED.28, 7 p.m.

health & fitness

BEGINNER/INTERMEDIATE SUN-STYLE TAI CHI, LONGFORM: Improved mood, greater muscle strength and increased energy are a few of the benefits of this gentle exercise. South Burlington Recreation & Parks Department, 10:30 a.m.-noon.

Free. Info, 735-5467.

BEGINNERS TAI CHI CLASS: See THU.29.

BRANDON FITNESS BOOT CAMP: Hop to it! Get fit with strength, endurance, agility and coordination exercises. Otter Valley North Campus Gym, Brandon, 5-6 p.m. $12. Info, 343-7160.

CHRONIC CONDITION? STRESS MANAGEMENT CAN HELP!: Individuals with a medically

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diagnosed stable chronic condition participate in eight weeks of Stress Management and Resiliency Training. University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 847-1089.

DE-STRESS YOGA: A relaxing and challenging class lets healthy bodies unplug and unwind. Balance Yoga, Richmond, 5:45-7 p.m. $14. Info, 434-8401.

FELDENKRAIS AWARENESS THROUGH MOVEMENT: See FRI.30, 5:30-6:30 p.m.

GENTLE FLOW YOGA: See THU.29.

HATHA YOGA FLOW: This practice provides a great stretch and strengthens the body through a combination of sustained and flowing poses. Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 5:30-6:45 p.m. $12.

Info, studio@zenbarnvt.com.

HERBAL WISDOM FOR PREGNANCY & LABOR: Parents and birth workers learn how certain plants and foods can complement the experience of welcoming new life. Railyard Apothecary, Burlington, 6:308:30 p.m. $20. Info, 540-0595.

LOW-IMPACT FITNESS BOOT CAMP: Strength, agility, coordination and heart-healthy exercises are modified for folks of all ability levels. Charlotte Senior Center, 9:15-10 a.m. $10.

Info, 343-7160.

PEACEFUL WARRIOR KARATE: Martial-arts training promotes healthy living for those in recovery. Turning Point Center, Burlington, 1 p.m. Free. Info, 861-3150.

PILATES: See WED.28, Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 7:30-8:30 a.m. $12. Info, studio@zen barnvt.com.

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

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

music Find club dates at local venues in the music section and at sevendaysvt.com/music.

language

‘LA CAUSERIE’ FRENCH CONVERSATION: Native speakers and learners are welcome to pipe up at an unstructured conversational practice. El Gato Cantina, Burlington, 4:30-6 p.m.

Free. Info, 540-0195.

LUNCH IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE: ITALIAN: Speakers hone their skills in the Romance language over a bag lunch.

Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, noon-1 p.m. Free.

Info, 223-3338.

PAUSE-CAFÉ FRENCH CONVERSATION: Frenchlanguage fanatics meet pour parler la belle langue. Meet in the back room. ¡Duino! (Duende), Burlington, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 430-4652.

SOCIAL GATHERING: Those who are deaf or hard of hearing or want to learn American Sign Language get together to break down communication barriers. The North Branch Café, Montpelier, 4-6 p.m. Cost of food and drink. Info, 595-4001.

lgbtq

COMMUNITY MEDICAL SCHOOL: How are gender identity and expression different from birth sex? A panel discussion on the topic of “Transgender Health & Healthcare: Transitioning to Affirmative Care” addresses this and other questions. Carpenter Auditorium, Given Medical Building, University of Vermont, Burlington, 6-7:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 656-0733.

music

Find club dates in the music section.

OPEN JAM: Instrumentalists band together for a free-flowing musical hour. Borrow an instrument or bring your own. The Pathways Vermont Community Center, Burlington, 3-4 p.m. Free.

Info, 888-492-8218, ext. 300.

seminars

MAKING FRIENDS & FINDING COMMUNITY AS AN ADULT: After hearing a talk by local author Ryan Kriger, grown-ups get to know each other in a casual environment. ArtsRiot, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, ryan.kriger@gmail.com.

talks

E. BRUCE HAYES: The world-renowned specialist of farce shares his expertise in “Castigating Comedy: Sardonic Laughter and the French Wars of Religion.” Memorial Lounge,

CREATIVE NONFICTION: Readers give feedback on essays, poetry and journalism written by Burlington Writers Workshop members. 110 Main St., Suite 3C, Burlington, 10:30 a.m. Free; preregister at meetup.com; limited space.

Info, 383-8104.

KATHLINE CARR: Excerpts of the author’s hybrid narrative Miraculum Monstrum grab listeners’ attention — and hold it.

Bear Pond Books, Montpelier, 7-8 p.m. Free. Info, 229-0774.

PETER SHEA: Anglers get hooked on the geographer’s new book, The New Atlas of Vermont Trout Ponds: A GPSCompatible Guide. Phoenix Books Burlington, 7 p.m. $3. Info, 448-3350.

PLATTSBURGH BIG READ: See MON.2.

STORYTELLING VT: Locals tell true tales before a live audience. Light Club Lamp Shop, Burlington, 7:30-9 p.m. Free.

Info, deenastories@gmail.com.

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Need to talk?

Call us for free, anonymous, non-judgmental support.

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activism

MINDFULNESS FOR ACTIVISTS: See WED.28.

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GREENER DRINKS: See WED.28.

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MOBILE VET VAN: A roving resource station offers information on available services for veterans and their families.

Community College of Vermont, Winooski, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free.

Info, 654-0505.

VILLAGE ANNUAL MEETING: Locals offer an “aye” or a “nay” on Essex Junction’s general fund budget. Childcare is available.

Essex High School, community supper, 6 p.m.; meeting, 7-8 p.m.

Free; seniors preregister for rides. Info, 878-6944.

Fruit Trees Saturday, Mar. 31• 9:30-11:00am Burlington Garden Center Presenter: Charlie Nardozii Cost: $15

conferences

Heirloom Kitchen Garden Saturday, April 7 • 9:30-11:00am Burlington Garden Center Presenter: Ellen Ecker Ogden Cost: $15 Pruning 101 Weds., April 11 • 5:30-7:00pm Burlington Garden Center Presenter: Charlie Nardozzi Cost: $15

INNOVATION IN LEARNING CONFERENCE: Teachers, technology integration specialists and administrators gather for a three-day collaborative endeavor. The Woodstock Inn & Resort, 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m. $150300; preregister. Info, gail@ edtechteacher.org.

crafts

FIBER RIOT!: See WED.28.

dance

CONTACT IMPROV: See WED.28.

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YOGA CORE FOR BABES: See THU.29.

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YOGA AT THE WINOOSKI VFW: Certified instructors guide veterans and their families through a series of poses. Arrive five to 10 minutes early. Second floor, Winooski VFW Hall, 6-7 p.m.

Donations. Info, 655-9832.

Waterman Building, University of Vermont, Burlington, 5:306:30 p.m. Free. Info, 656-3196.

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WELLNESS WEEK: See MON.2, 6-7:30 p.m.

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REIKI CLINIC: Thirty-minute treatments promote physical, emotional and spiritual wellness. JourneyWorks, Burlington, 3-5:30 p.m. $10-30; preregister.

Info, 860-6203.

R.I.P.P.E.D.: See SAT.31, 6-7 p.m.

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DROP-IN HIP-HOP DANCE: See WED.28.

HIP-HOP DANCE: See WED.28.

education

WALK-THROUGH WEDNESDAY: Attendees learn the ABCs of the independent educational institution through a campus tour and a Q&A. Orchard Valley Waldorf School, East Montpelier, grades school, 8:30-9:30 a.m.; mixedage kindergarten and Farm & Forest classes, 9:30-10:30 a.m.

Free; preregister. Info, 456-7400.

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CHITTENDEN COUNTY STAMP CLUB MEETING: First-class collectibles provide a glimpse into the postal past at this monthly gathering. Williston Fire Station, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 660-4817.

fairs & festivals

CENTRAL VERMONT JOB FAIR: Résumés change hands when job-seekers come face to face with area employers. Barre Municipal Auditorium, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Info, 223-4654.

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

‘EXHIBITION ON SCREEN: CÉZANNE — PORTRAITS OF A LIFE’: Interviews with curators and experts offer a glimpse into the life and work of painter Paul Cézanne. Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, 11 a.m. $8-13. Info, 382-9222.

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INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASS: See WED.28.

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LUNCH IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE: SPANISH: See WED.28.

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

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

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seminars

BRIDGE CLUB: See WED.28.

ALL-LEVELS HATHA YOGA: See WED.28.

BONE BUILDERS EXERCISE CLASSES: See WED.28.

Find club dates in the music section.

BUTI YOGA: See WED.28.

CHAIR TAI CHI: See WED.28.

GENTLE YOGA IN RICHMOND: See WED.28.

GENTLE YOGA IN WATERBURY: See WED.28.

GINGER’S EXTREME BOOT CAMP: See WED.28.

NIA WITH LINDA: See WED.28.

PILATES: See WED.28.

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RESTORATIVE YOGA: See WED.28.

WEDNESDAY GUIDED MEDITATION: See WED.28.

SAVE $3,000 ON YOUR NEXT VEHICLE: Car shopping?

Financial coach Mary Johnson prepares consumers for negotiating with dealerships.

Waterbury Public Library, 6:308 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 244-7036.

WOMEN’S PICKUP BASKETBALL: See WED.28.

talks

BEN HEWITT: Drawing on his 20-plus years of homesteading, the author delivers “Piecing It Together: The Highs and Lows of Getting Back to the Land in 21st-Century Vermont.” Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 7 p.m.

Free. Info, 426-3581.

WELLNESS WEEK: See MON.2.

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BIKE REPAIR WORKSHOP: Cyclists roll in for a beginnerlevel class covering wheel removal, chain cleaning and more.

Bootlegger Bikes, Jefffersonville, 6-7 p.m. Free. Info, 760-7371.

sports

WELLNESS WALKS: See WED.28.

food & drink

VERMONT FARMERS MARKET: See WED.28.

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PRENATAL YOGA: See WED.28.

‘WONDERS OF THE ARCTIC 3D’: See WED.28.

COMMUNITY SUPPER: See WED.28.

BURLINGTON TAIKO: Japanesestyle drummers pound out thunderous rhythms. Fuller Hall, St. Johnsbury Academy, 10:30 a.m. & 1 p.m. $4. Info, 748-2600.

EMPOWERED YOGA FLOW: See WED.28.

WHY TO CLEANSE OUR BODIES FROM THE INSIDE OUT: With help from wellness expert Barb Alpert, health fans identify the right detoxification program to meet their needs.

Community Room, Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 5:30-7 p.m. $3-5; preregister.

Info, info@hungermountain. coop.

‘SPACE: UNRAVELING THE COSMOS 3D’: See WED.28.

GEORGE WINSTON: See SAT.31, Barre Opera House, 7:30 p.m. $31.45-41.95. Info, 476-8188.

HOT TUNA: The psychedelic blues songsters delve into 50 years of material. Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 7:30 p.m. $3040. Info, 775-0903.

GERMAN CONVERSATION GROUP: Community members practice conversing auf Deutsch. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6:30-8 p.m. Free.

Info, 863-3403.

INTERMEDIATE-LEVEL SPANISH CLASS: See WED.28.

NEW BREED BRASS BAND: The New Orleans-based ensemble brings Big-Easy sounds to the the Green Mountain State.

Dibden Center for the Arts, Johnson State College, 8 p.m. $10. Info, 635-1408.

ERIN SASSIN: “Reinventing the Family Home” traces the evolution of the American abode from farmhouses to tiny houses. See calendar spotlight. Rutland Free Library, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 773-1860.

JANE CARROLL: “Virtue and Vice: The World of Vermeer’s Women” paints a colorful portrait of the 17th-century Dutch artist’s courtships and seductions portrayed in his works. Goodrich Memorial Library, Newport, 7-8:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 334-7902.

JANE CHAPLIN: The Middlebury College professor harks back to Greek historians Herodotus and Thucydides in “The Invention of History.” St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 7-8:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 748-8291.

JOHN KEENAN: In “Understanding Scripture,” the Middlebury College professor emeritus considers how we come to comprehend religious text.

Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 388-4095.

JULIA BASSO: Dance meets neuroscience in “Rhythms of Body, Rhythms of Brain.” Dance Theatre, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 443-3168.

PETER TRAVIS: Geoffrey Chaucer’s comic wisdom and enduring humanity shine through “Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales: Still Funny After All These Years” Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 7-8:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 223-3338.

RANDALL BALMER: The Dartmouth College professor looks at the internal diversity of a religion in “The Different Strains of American Evangelicalism.” Norwich Congregational Church, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 649-1184.

RENÉ PELLERIN: The Farmers Night Concert Series continues with “As Cultures Collide,” a humorous presentation about a Franco American born deaf and becoming deafblind. House Chamber, Vermont Statehouse, Montpelier, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 828-2228.

YO-YO MA: The cellist and founder of the Silkroad arts organization delivers the Montgomery Fellowship Lecture “Culture, Understanding and Survival.”

Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 4 p.m.

Free. Info, 603-646-2422.

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‘FARMS, LAND, PEOPLE: STORIES OF THE INTERVALE’: Raconteurs tell funny, quirky, sad and inspiring tales of the Burlington food and farming nonprofit. FlynnSpace, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $5. Info, 863-5966.

PLATTSBURGH BIG READ: See MON.2.

WEDNESDAY WORKSHOP: Lit lovers zero in on elements of craft when responding to pieces

by Burlington Writers Workshop members. 110 Main St., Suite 3C, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free; preregister at meetup.com; limited space. Info, 383-8104.

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

music Find club dates at local venues in the music section and at sevendaysvt.com/music.

All family-oriented events are now published in Kids VT, our free parenting monthly. Look for it on newsstands and check out the online calendar at kidsvt.com.

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Kristen Ravin CALENDAR WRITER Seven Days staffer since 2015

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You can’t miss the Seven Days calendar of events — it takes up most of the back of the paper. This exhaustive guide of local happenings doesn’t assemble itself every week.

Calendar writer Kristen Ravin has the full-time job of compiling all of the listings we receive via the paper’s online submission form, email, snail mail and other sources. A degree in linguistics from the University of Michigan helps her decipher it all.

But getting everything on the right day, in the proper category, with complete and accurate information, is just the first step. “Each listing is edited by a real person — me!” Kristen explains. “It’s my job to turn an everyday event submission into a short, snappy listing that stays true to Seven Days’ style. I also spotlight events in the calendar section and choose and write up the ones in the Magnificent 7, our list of must-do events for the week.”

Kristen practices what she preaches. She was out on the town in Thomas, W. Va., when she met her future husband, Kelly Ravin, who was then a guitarist for the Vermont-based band Waylon Speed. Their romance brought her to the Green Mountains. As a result of her calendar-writing job, she now knows the state better than most native Vermonters.

When Kristen was hired, one relative’s response was, “‘Is there really enough going on in Vermont to fill an entire section of the paper?’” she recalls. “The answer is yes! There’s such a broad range of happenings going on in the state, from festivals to literary readings to community dinners, and I love that I get to play a role in spreading the word.”

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classes THE FOLLOWING CLASS LISTINGS ARE PAID ADVERTISEMENTS. ANNOUNCE YOUR CLASS FOR AS LITTLE AS $16.75/WEEK (INCLUDES SIX PHOTOS AND UNLIMITED DESCRIPTION ONLINE). SUBMIT YOUR CLASS AD AT SEVENDAYSVT.COM/POSTCLASS.

agriculture BEEKEEPER APPRENTICESHIPS: You can learn how to be a successful beekeeper with a full season of essential skills. This apprenticeship program will cover foundation concepts, information and philosophies for a full warm-weather season of beekeeping. It is my honor to help you explore the world of the sacred honeybee. May-Oct. Cost: $35/single day; $300/10 days before April 15; $350/10 days after April 15. Location: The Shaman’s Touch Apiary, Morrisville. Info: Anthony Pauly, 324-5769, theshamanstouch@ yahoo.com, theshamanstouch. com.

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art COPPERPLATE CALLIGRAPHY: Chris Carfaro, artist and penman, will be instructing A Calligraphy Primer: Basics to Blooming.

The focus of this class is to give both the artist and the average person an introduction to Copperplate calligraphy and a bit of Gothic from which Copperplate derived. Sun., Apr. 8t, 15t, 22 & 29, 1-3 p.m. Cost: $135/8 hours of instructions incl. supplies; class size limited.

Location: Black Horse Art Gallery, upstairs from Vermont Art Supply, 277 Pine St., Burlington.

Info: Christopher Carfaro dba Inkwell Vermont, Christopher Carfaro, 999-6520, vermontcarfaro@gmail.com, inkwell vermont.com.

EXPLORING ABSTRACTION: PAINTING WORKSHOP: Instructor: Jenny Nelson. This class is designed to open the mind to abstract concepts as students discover spontaneous ways to create dynamic marks and lines. Sat. & Sun., Apr. 14-15, 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Cost: $250/person; $225/members.

Location: Helen Day Art Center, 90 Pond St., Stowe. Info: 2538358, education@helenday.com, helenday.com.

FILMMAKING WORKSHOPS: Documentary Filmmaking Pre-Production (Friday, April 6); Production (Saturday, April 7); and Post-Production (Sunday, April 8) introduce participants to the approaches and techniques of documentary filmmaking, from project planning to filming, editing and distribution. The workshops are a series, but each may be taken individually.

No prerequisites or previous experience required. Apr. 6-8.

include “Top 25 Restaurants in America” in Food & Wine magazine, etc. Ongoing. Cost: $75/2-3 hours; minimum two persons. Location: Vermont Food Odyssey, Bridgewater Corners.

Info: TLC Moon Events, Linda Fondulas, 342-1513, tlcmoon@ vermontel.net, facebook.com/ vermontfoododyssey.

Cost: $95/day. Location: O.N.E. Community Center, 20 Allen St., Burlington. Info: Bob Hooker, 388-4964, bhooker@vermontfolklifecenter.org, vermontfolklifecenter.org.

WATERCOLOR WORKSHOP: 2018 Vermont Watercolor Society Workshop. Come join AWS and NWS watercolorist, teacher and author Gloria Miller Allen at the Landgrove Inn for this four-day workshop titled “Power Tools For Powerful Paintings.”

Gloria will address awareness of personal strengths and weaknesses, individual preferences, emerging styles, and a focus on personal artistic goals. May 2124. Cost: $450/4 days. Location: Landgrove Inn, 132 Landgrove Rd., Landgrove. Info: Joey Bibeau, 879-3965, jdbeebo@ yahoo.com, vermontwatercolor society.com.

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ART AND CRAFT CLASSES: Art and craft studios located in Shelburne Village. Since 1945, our historic campus has been a home to arts and crafts people looking to create in clay, woodworking, visual arts, metals and glass. With year-round classes for adults and kids, we offer a one-of-a-kind creative experience. Ongoing; member discount avail. Location: The Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: 985-3648, info@ theshelburnecraftschool.org, theshelburnecraftschool.org.

culinary COOKING CLASS: Hands-on cooking class. Have fun, learn, and enjoy what you make!

BYOB Example Pasta Course: In a beautiful mountain setting, make fresh fettuccini, ravioli, tortellini, plus delicious fillings and sauces. Chef Ted helped establish Vermont farm-totable movement. Credentials

drumming TAIKO AND DJEMBE CLASSES IN BURLINGTON!: New drumming sessions begin weeks of Mar. 3 and May 1. Taiko for Adults: Tue., 5:30-6:20 p.m.; Wed., 6:30-8:20 p.m. Djembe for Adults: Wed., 5:30-6:20 p.m. Taiko for Kids and Parents: Tue., 4:30-5:20 p.m.

Djembe for Kids and Parents: Wed., 4:30-5:20 p.m. Drums provided. Conga classes, too!

Online schedule, registration.

Location: Taiko Space, 208 Flynn Ave., Suite 3G, Burlington. Info: 999-4255, burlingtontaiko.org.

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dance ARGENTINE TANGO CLASSES: Argentine tango is intimate, elegant and passionate.

Beginners: step into the basics (wearing socks or clean, leathersoled shoes). Intermediates: explore sacadas, soltadas and syncopation. Come solo or bring a friend for a discounted fee.

Instructor Elizabeth Seyler of Tango Wise creates playful, inviting and gender-neutral classes.

Queen City Tango hosts. Sat., Apr. 7, 14, 21 & 28. Beg: 10-11 a.m.

Int: 11 a.m.-noon. Practice noon12:30 p.m. Cost: $15/class; $50/4 classes (paid at first class); $90/4 classes for two people (paid at first class). Location: Champlain Club, 22 Browe Court, Burlington. Info: Queen City Tango, Elizabeh Seyler, 3999834, elizabethmseyler@gmail. com, queencitytango.org.

DANCE STUDIO SALSALINA: Salsa classes, nightclub-style, group and private, four levels.

Beginner walk-in classes, Wed., 6 p.m. $15/person for one-hour class. No dance experience, partner or preregistration required, just the desire to have fun! Drop in anytime and prepare for an enjoyable workout. Location: 266 Pine St., Burlington. Info: Victoria, 598-1077, info@ salsalina.com.

DSANTOS VT DANCE CLASSES: New classes, new location! Come join the fun. Weekly classes in salsa, bachata, kizomba, kuduro.

No partner or experience needed. Beginner drop-in classes.

Salsa, Mon., 7-8 p.m.; Kizomba, Wed., 8-9 p.m.; Bachata, Thu., 6-7 p.m. Cost: $15/1-hour class.

Location: Dsantos VT Dance Studio, 294 N. Winooski Ave., Unit 112A, Burlington. Info: Jon Bacon, 227-2572, dsantosvt.com.

GROW YOUR OWN CUT FLOWERS: Have you always wanted to have a lush, flowery cutting patch? If so, this is the workshop for you! We will be diving into all the wonderful parts of growing your own cut flowers.

The workshop will be led by Nina Foster, a flower-obsessed grower with more than 15 years of experience in the flower world. Sat., Jun. 2, 10 a.m.-noon. Cost: $45/ person. Location: Red Wagon Plants, 2408 Shelburne Falls Rd., Hinesburg. Info: 482-4060, julie@redwagonplants.com, redwagonplants.com.

HEIRLOOM KITCHEN GARDEN: Be inspired to take a new look at fruits, flowers and vegetables to add color, aroma and exceptional taste to your repertoire of plants.

Learn the difference between an heirloom and an open-pollinated plant and why growing heirlooms is essential to the future of seeds. Presenter: Ellen Ecker Ogden. Sat., Apr. 7, 9:30-11 a.m.

Location: Gardener’s Supply, 128 Intervale Rd., Burlington. Info: 660-3505, gardenerssupplystore.com.

INTRO TO GREENHOUSE DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION: 4-SEASON FOOD SECURITY: Join Burlington permaculture and greenhouse guru Christopher Chaisson for a weekend intensive in scalable greenhouse design and construction for farm and homestead! We’ll explore greenhouse designs and strategies for maximizing productivity, stacking functions and honing in on techniques for building a familysize greenhouse. The course culminates in a start-to-finish construction of a backyard-size gothic-arch greenhouse. Sat. & Sun., Apr. 14 & 15, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. $100-$180 sliding scale.

Location: Eleven Acre Farm, 2044 Prindle Rd., Charlotte. Info: 495-1270, burlingtonpermaculture@gmail.com, bit.ly/2ueDzj5.

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AFTERNOON JEWELRY: No experience is needed, just bring a desire to learn, and you’ll be off and running using the torch, jeweler’s saw, special hammers,

polishing wheel and more.

Each week there will be several demonstrations including sawing, drilling, piercing, riveting, annealing, forming and soldering. Learn more about classes at generatorvt.com/classes.

Thu., Mar. 29-Apr. 19, 1-4 p.m.

Location: Generator, 40 Sears Ln., Burlington. Info: 540-0761.

LASER-CUT BOARD GAME DESIGN: Get ready to get addicted to the laser cutter!

It is easy to use and is one of Generator’s most versatile tools.

You can make your own game with components that are beautiful to look at and use. This is a project-based class that relies primarily on the laser machine.

Learn more about classes at generatorvt.com/classes. Wed., Mar. 28-Apr. 11, 5:30-8:30 p.m.

Location: Generator, 40 Sears Ln., Burlington. Info: 540-0761.

METAL SURFACING: The finishing touch is sometimes the most important. You will learn how to chase welds, create textures and surface metal from grind to polish. Learn more about classes at generatorvt.com/ classes. Sun., Apr. 15, 1-3:30 p.m.

Location: Generator, 40 Sears Ln., Burlington. Info: 540-0761.

TIG WELDER TRAINING: TIG welding is commonly used for your thinner-gauge materials for projects like building a kitchen sink or toolbox. The biggest benefit is that you can get your power down really low and not blow through the metal. Learn more about classes at generatorvt. com/classes. Thu., Apr. 19, 5:308:30 p.m. Location: Generator, 40 Sears Ln., Burlington. Info: 540-0761.

herbs WISDOM OF THE HERBS 2018: Learn to identify herbaceous plants, trees and shrubs in fields, edges and woodlands, as well as weeds of the garden.

Prepare wild edibles and herbal home remedies with intention and gratitude. Join a nurturing circle of fellow plant-lovers in a relaxed, grounded atmosphere.

On-site camping available. All skill-levels are welcome! Apr. 21-22, May 19-20, Jun. 16-17, Jul. 14-15, Aug. 11-12, Sep. 8-9, Oct. 6-7, Nov. 3-4, 2018, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Cost: $2,750/96 hours. Location: Wisdom of the Herbs School, 1005 County Rd., Woodbury. Info: Annie McCleary, 456-8122, annie. mccleary@gmail.com, wisdom oftheherbsschool.com.

language SPANISH CLASSES STARTING NOW: Spanish classes starting now; you can still sign up! Our 12th year. Learn from a native speaker in lively small classes or through individual instruction.

You’ll always be participating and speaking. Lesson packages for travelers. Also lessons for children; online ESL instruction. See our website or contact us for details. Cost: $225/10 weekly classes of 90+ min. each.

Location: Spanish in Waterbury

Center, Waterbury Center. Info: 585-1025, spanishparavos@ gmail.com, spanishwaterbury center.com.

martial arts MARTIAL WAY: Colchester and Milton locations. Classes in selfdefense, karate, kung fu, jiu jitsu and tai chi. We have 14 different age and experience levels, so the training is always age- and skillappropriate. Beginner or experienced, fit or not yet, young or not anymore, we have a class for you!

Days and evenings; see website for schedule and fees. Location: Martial Way Self Defense Center, 73 Prim Rd., Colchester, Colchester. Info: David Quinlan, 893-8893, info@martialwayvt. com, martialwayvt.com.

VERMONT BRAZILIAN JIUJITSU: Brazilian jiujitsu is a martial arts combat style based entirely on leverage and technique. Brazilian jiujitsu self-defense curriculum is taught to Navy SEALs, CIA, FBI, military police and special forces. No training experience required.

Easy-to-learn techniques that could save your life! Classes for men, women and children.

Students will learn realistic bully-proofing and self-defense life skills to avoid them becoming victims and help them feel safe and secure. Our sole purpose is to help empower people by giving them realistic martial arts training practices they can carry with them throughout life.

IBJJF & CBJJ certified black belt sixth-degree Instructor under Carlson Gracie Sr.: teaching in Vermont, born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. A five-time Brazilian National Champion; International World Masters Champion and IBJJF World Masters Champion. Accept no Iimitations! Location: Vermont Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, 55 Leroy Rd., Williston. Info: 598-2839, julio@ bjjusa.com, vermontbjj.com.

meditation LEARN TO MEDITATE: Through the practice of sitting still and following your breath as it goes out and dissolves, you are connecting with your heart. By simply letting yourself be, as you are, you develop genuine sympathy toward yourself. The Burlington Shambhala Center offers meditation as a path to discovering gentleness and wisdom.

Shambhala Café (meditation and discussions) meets the first Saturday of each month, 9 a.m.noon. An open house (intro to the center, short dharma talk and socializing) is held on the third Sunday of each month, noon-2 p.m. Instruction: Sun. mornings, 9 a.m.-noon, or by appt. Sessions: Tue. & Thu., noon-1 p.m., & Mon.-Thu., 6-7 p.m. Location: Burlington Shambhala Center, 187 S. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: 658-6795, burlingtonshambhalactr.org.

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music MIX-MASTERING WITH DJ MITCHELL: For adults and teens 16+. This class is offered free to teenagers and 50% off to college students. Instructed by DJ cRAIG mITCHELL. Tue. & Thu., Apr. 24-May 10, 7:30-8:30 p.m. Cost: $130/person. Location: Flynn Center, 153 Main St., Burlington.

Info: 652-4543, flynnarts@flynn center.org, flynncenter.org.

spirituality THE SPIRITUAL ADVENTURE OF OUR TIME: Carl Jung was one of the few psychiatrists to regard religion as an innate human instinct. This course explores what Jung meant by this, his condemnation of “creeds,” and his stress on spiritual literacy, symbology and finding meaning in life. The book we use, The Spiritual Adventure of Our Time, will be provided to participants.

Led by Sue Mehrtens. Apr. 18, 25 & May 2, 9, 16 & 23. Cost: $75/ series. Location: Jungian Center for the Spiritual Sciences, 55 Clover Lane, Waterbury. Info: Sue, 244-7909.

tai chi ACTIVATE INNER PEACE: Change your life with Tai Chi, Qigong, and Taoist meditation and

philosophy. Join our group with other friendly adults to learn quickly and well in a lighthearted, encouraging environment.

We teach ancient arts in a modern manner. Our teachers are traditionally trained and authentically qualified to teach. Fri., 6-7 p.m. & 7-8 p.m.; Sat., 11 a.m.noon & noon-1 p.m.; Tue., 6-7:30 p.m. Cost: $12/1-hour class; $40/ mo. (incl. all classes offered); first class free. Location: 303 Flynn Ave., Burlington. Info: Wu Xing Chinese Martial Arts, 3551301, info@wxcma.com, wxcma. com.

BEGINNER TAI CHI IN BURLINGTON: At Long River Tai Chi Circle, we practice Cheng Man-ch’ing’s “simplified” 37 posture Yang-style form. The three pillars of our study are Form, Sensing Hands and Sword.

Patrick is a senior instructor at Long River in Vermont and New Hampshire and will be teaching the classes in Burlington. Starts May 2, 9-10 a.m. Open registration through May 30. Cost: $65/ mo. Location: North End Studios, 294 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington.

Info: Long River Tai Chi Circle, Patrick Cavanaugh, 490-6405, patrick@longrivertaichi.org, longrivertaichi.org.

SNAKE-STYLE TAI CHI CHUAN: The Yang Snake Style is a dynamic tai chi method that mobilizes the spine while stretching

and strengthening the core body muscles. Practicing this ancient martial art increases strength, flexibility, vitality, peace of mind and martial skill.

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

well-being INTUITIVE AWARENESS, ENERGY WORK, E.F.T. & EXPRESSIVE ARTS: Open to joy!

Tune into your body, mind and spirit. Learn tools to clear and reset your energy; develop clarity, awareness and compassion; and live from a place of wellbeing, truth and joy. Taught by Naomi Mitsuda, Intuitive Coach and Energy Healer. Offered at Spirit Dancer, Sacred Mountain Studio, Great Tree Therapy and in the South End of Burlington.

Location: Various locations around, Burlington. Info: Naomi Mitsuda, 658-5815, naomimi tsuda@gmail.com.

writing GET PUBLISHED NOW W/ MEGAN PRICE: There’s a publishing revolution underway! What’s the best route for you to take to become a published author? Megan Price,

one of the Green Mountains’ bestselling authors, will entertain while explaining your choices.

Poet, novelist or non-fiction writer, you’ll benefit from the “Vermont Wild” author’s insights and experiences. All welcome.

Thu., Apr. 5, 12, 19 & 26, 6-8 p.m Location: Bixby Library, 258 Main St, Vergennes. Info: 877-2211-205, Maddy.Willwerth@BixbyLibrary. org, bixbylibrary.org.

yoga ACRO-YOGA FOR FAMILIES: For families with children ages 7+.

Instructed by Lori Flower & Jeff Mandell. Sun., Apr. 8 and/or May 13, 2-3 p.m. Cost: $25/family per session. Location: Flynn Center, 153 Main St., Burlington. Info: 652-4543, flynnarts@flynn center.org, flynncenter.org.

EVOLUTION YOGA: Practice yoga in a down-to-earth atmosphere with some of the most experienced teachers and therapeutic professionals in Burlington. Daily drop-in classes, including $5 community classes, Yoga Wall and Yoga Therapeutics classes led by physical therapists. Join our Yoga for Life Program to dive deeper into your practice, or register for our Yoga Teacher Training for Health and Wellness Professionals. We offer specialty workshops, series and trainings, rooted in the art and science of

yoga as a healing practice for body, mind and spirit. $5-$15/ class; $140/10-class card; $5-10/ community class. Location: Evolution Yoga, 20 Kilburn St., Burlington. Info: 864-9642, evolutionvt.com.

HONEST YOGA: Honest yoga offers practices for all levels. We just expanded to have two practice spaces! Your children can practice in one room while you practice in the other. No need for childcare. Yoga and dance classes ages 3 and up. Brand-new beginners’ course: This includes two specialty classes per week for four weeks plus unlimited access to all classes. We have daily heated and alignment classes kids classes in yoga and dance.

We hold yoga teacher trainings at the 200- and 500-hour levels, as well as children and dance teacher training courses. Check our our website for dance classes and yoga summer camps! Daily classes & workshops. $50/new student (1 month unlimited); $18/class; $140/10-class card; $15/class for student or senior; or $110/10-class punch card; $135/mo. adult memberships; $99/mo. kid memberships.

Location: Honest Yoga Center, 150 Dorset St., Blue Mall, next to Hana, South Burlington. Info: 497-0136, honestyogastudio@ gmail.com, honestyogacenter. com.

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W

e all have certain expectations of how musical instruments should be played and, therefore, how they should sound. But when musicians approach their instruments abstractly, it can lead to sonic discoveries and compositional breakthroughs.

Burlington-based experimental musician Lauren Costello challenges any preconceived notions of her instrument, the cello, with unconventional techniques and performance tactics. She doesn’t play the kind of velveteen arpeggios heard in, say, Bach’s Cello Suite No. 1. Rather, the multi-instrumentalist creates sonic collages built largely on drone, loops and harmonic overtones — higher-pitched frequencies that result from lightly pressing the strings of her instrument as she bows.

In addition to cello, Costello incorporates guitar, heavily processed vocals, violin, spoken-word samples and field recordings into her sets. Performing under the moniker ouzkxqlzn — which is pronounced only by saying each individual letter — Costello has become a sought-after collaborator within the

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Queen City’s experimental and improvisational music communities. She sits in with Kevin Bloom’s army of chaos the Dead Shakers. She shreds with spontaneous-composition metal band Zentauri. And perhaps most relevant to Costello’s artistic trajectory is her work with Wren Kitz — most notably on his 2017 album, Dancing on Soda Lake.

“I never thought I would be a cello player,” Costello tells Seven Days. “Once I started playing with Wren, he really inspired me to take off into a very experimental zone.”

Sitting in a corner booth at Burlington’s Radio Bean, Costello, 35, is clad in a nearly monochromatic outfit of grays and blacks, right down to her signature fingerless gloves. Her hair, poking out from underneath a knit hat, is similarly salt-and-pepper.

The cellist grew up in Lansdale, Penn., a sprawling Philadelphia suburb.

After years of playing piano and cello, she walked away from music in her teens.

“I got really turned off,” Costello says of the competitiveness in her high school music program. “A lot of people were like, ‘You’re never gonna come back and play again.’ I was like, ‘I think I will. I just don’t want to do it in this environment.’”

Her studies in a design-your-owndegree program at Boston University, which largely explored the social causes of creative movements, provided some frameworks that would later inform and emerge in Costello’s art.

Without getting too mired in heady academia, she boils it down: “When there’s a change in identity, it means

there was a crisis in identity,” says the artist. “So, no longer identifying with previous structures of creative outlet would be the catalyst for creating new structures. “[But] it’s more about exploring the questions,” Costello continues. “That’s [why] some of the performance pieces I do are more emotional explorations versus sociological.”

Postcollege, Costello stuck around Boston for a few years. She returned to cello in an ambient ensemble called Shoala, the starting point of her burgeoning experimental technique. But, as many do in big cities, she eventually burned out. Her family had relocated to Vermont, so she headed north to regroup.

“I came to Burlington thinking I would just stay here for a little bit,” Costello says. “But I really just fell in love with it. It’s such a supportive creative scene.”

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Happy Anniversary, Higher Ground!

A storied local nightclub is about to reach a mountaintop moment. Sunday, April 15, marks 20 years to the day that Higher Ground first opened its doors at its original Winooski location. Through the decades, the club’s significance in Vermont’s music scene has grown exponentially. From the early days as a funky, oddly shaped room in a strip mall to the dual-stage hub that now resides in South Burlington — not to mention the venue’s amazing off-site arm, Higher Ground Presents — it’s a wonder we ever lived without it.

Allow me to quote the alwaysrelevant words of FATBOY SLIM: You’ve come a long way, baby. OK, technically that was the title of his second record.

The actual lyrics from the album’s hit single “Praise You” go: “We’ve come a long, long way together / Through the hard times and the good / I have to celebrate you, baby / I have to praise you like I should.”

I’m a total cornball for quoting such an on-the-nose lyric from a song many

people revile, but I wouldn’t have if it weren’t so apt. HG brings high-caliber talent from around the world to its stages, and its commitment to elevating folks from our own backyard is just plain awesome.

To celebrate the milestone, the entire month of April is stacked with shows galore. Cofounder ALEX CROTHERS tells Seven Days he and his colleagues’ goal was “to build an entire month of highlights, underplays, special guest appearances and also to showcase a bunch of new, young up-and-coming talent.”

Um, mission accomplished. From old standbys such as MOE., MIKE GORDON and JEFF TWEEDY to cutting-edge artists BATHS, LADY MOON & THE ECLIPSE, CAROLINE ROSE and more, there’s something for just about everyone.

I hope you’ve scoped out the full lineup, because there’s not nearly enough space in this column to properly dive in — probably not even in a month’s worth of columns. And, damn, the Showcase Lounge and the Ballroom are simultaneously booked more evenings than not. My inner 16-year-old is having

a panic attack trying to choose between THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS and CUT CHEMIST on Friday, April 20. Or, he would be if 35-year-old me hadn’t already secured tickets to TMBG. Given that April 15 is the actual anniversary, it makes sense to put locals in the spotlight that evening as an homage to the venue’s roots. Though it’s not the first time they’ve reunited in recent years, acid-funk ensemble VIPERHOUSE get the band back together to celebrate the landmark month.

“They were a band that was around when we first launched 20 years ago that was integral to the success and the culture of the club,” says Crothers.

Joining viperHouse are two other local heavy hitters: psych-pop squadron MADAILA and ska-tastic collective STEADY BETTY. Make sure to wear your Fitbit, because you’ll probably rack up a weekend’s worth of steps in just a few hours of dancing your ass off.

Given the club’s longevity, some aspects of its operations that used to be difficult now aren’t.

“One of the things that used to be a pain in the ass is solicitations from bands,” says Crothers. “[It] used to all come physically. Now, with everything living [online], it makes discovering bands and looking at solicitations a whole lot easier.”

Of course, there’s a flip side to that.

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ARTSRIOT: Poetry Riot (spoken word), 6 p.m., $3.

THE DAILY PLANET: Seth Yacovone (blues), 8 p.m., free.

FOAM BREWERS: Familiar Faces (jam), 6:30 p.m., free.

HALF LOUNGE: Open Turntables (eclectic), 9 p.m., free.

JP’S PUB: Karaoke, 10 p.m., free.

JUNIPER: The Ray Vega Quartet (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free.

LEUNIG’S BISTRO & CAFÉ: Paul Asbell Trio (jazz), 7 p.m., free.

LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Irish Sessions (traditional), 7 p.m., free.

MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Open Mic with Andy Lugo, 9 p.m., free.

NECTAR’S: Troy Millette (acoustic), 7 p.m., free. JUPTR (neo-soul), 9 p.m., $5/10. 18+.

RADIO BEAN: Brett Hendrix (singer-songwriter), 7 p.m., free.

Elizabeth Wyld (indie folk), 8:30 p.m., free. The Stash! Band (bluegrass), 9:30 p.m., $5. The Tenants (blues), 10:30 p.m., free.

RED SQUARE: DJ KermiTT (eclectic), 7 p.m., free. DJ Cre8 (hip-hop), 11 p.m., free.

RÍ RÁ IRISH PUB & WHISKEY ROOM: Gypsy Reel (traditional Irish, folk), 7:30-10 p.m., free.

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ARTSRIOT: Rocket Shop Live with Cricket Blue and Francesca Blanchard (indie folk), 7:30 p.m., free.

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THE DAILY PLANET: The Hot Pickin’ Party (bluegrass), 8 p.m., free.

But the multi-instrumentalist has also played and recorded with avant-garde rock band His

DRINK: RuPaul’s Drag Race Viewing Party with Nikki Champagne, Emoji Nightmare and Marjorie Mayhem, 7:30 p.m., free.

Name Is Alive and rocksteady-infused group Wild Belle. He just released his third LP, Akinetic, which cleverly upends stylistic elements of

FINNIGAN’S PUB: DJ Craig Mitchell (open format), 10 p.m., free.

disparate genres and reframes them into a groovy patchwork of introspective curiosities.

HALF LOUNGE: SVPPLY (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.

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JP’S PUB: Karaoke, 10 p.m., free.

of airy folk-rock and twinkling electro-pop,

LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Mike Hartigan Trio (jazz), 8:30 p.m., $5-10. Samara Lark sings Jobim, 10:30 p.m., free.

featuring both the artist’s rootsy inclinations and his technological proclivities. In Tall Buildings

NECTAR’S: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free. Adventure Dog, Ossa (rock, funk), 9 p.m., free/$5. 18+.

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SIDEBAR: Hotel Karaoke, 9 p.m., free.

CITY SPORTS GRILLE: Interactive Video Trivia with Top Hat Entertainment, 7:30 p.m., free.

VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Standup Open Mic, 7 p.m., free. Songs in the Key of Slink (improv), 8:30 p.m., $5.

HIGHER GROUND BALLROOM: New Politics, Dreamers, the Wrecks (alternative), 7:30 p.m., $25/28.

HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: Sugaray Rayford (blues), 8 p.m., $15/18.

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“The sound he really liked sort of made me start thinking [about] spacier sounds and the more experimental side of [cello],” Costello explains.

Those intergalactic frequencies can be heard not only on Soda Lake but in the demos and live recordings that populate Costello’s Bandcamp account.

She regards her late 2016 live piece “Third Party Politics, an Exploration Prior to the 2016 Presidential Election” as particularly important to the evolution of her sound and performance style.

It was the first time she incorporated tape-loop samples into her act, an element she picked up from Kitz.

MONKEY HOUSE: Literary Trivia, 7 p.m., $10. Pine Barons, Adams Wolf, Father Figuer (psych-folk), 9 p.m., $3/8. 18+.

STONE CORRAL BREWERY: Open Mic Night, 7:30 p.m., free.

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CHARLIE-O’S WORLD FAMOUS: All Request Video, 9 p.m., free.

SWEET MELISSA’S: D. Davis (acoustic), 5:30 p.m., donation.

WHAMMY BAR: Open Mic, 7 p.m., free.

Back in late 2000, Costello turned 18 just in time to vote in the infamous presidential showdown between Al Gore and George W. Bush. She says that election felt eerily similar to 2016’s.

“There was a big push for voting thirdparty,” she recalls of both. “And there was a lot of backlash for people who maybe did. So I thought it would be interesting to do a set that explored [that].”

Atop her signature mix of looped, whirling soundscapes, she interjects a blitz of vocal samples, including from former presidential hopefuls Gary Johnson and Jill Stein, among others.

Hardly a public service announcement, the piece is reflective, not dictatorial. It aggregates various points of view and sends them spiraling into a sonic abyss.

Some samples come through direct inputs. Others she amplifies by gently scanning a cassette player’s output across her guitar’s pickup.

“It adds an element of performance versus just hitting a button,” says the cellist.

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MOOGS PLACE: Abby Sherman (Americana), 8:30 p.m., free.

TWO BROTHERS TAVERN: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free. Open Mic Night, 9 p.m., free.

IDLETYME BREWING COMPANY: The Idletyme Band (blues, rock), 8 p.m., free.

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ZENBARN: Bob Wagner and D. Davis (roots, Americana), 8 p.m., free.

CITY LIMITS NIGHT CLUB: Karaoke, 9 p.m., free.

northeast kingdom PARKER PIE CO.: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.

outside vermont MONOPOLE: Open Mic with Lucid, 10 p.m., free.

In hushed, enigmatic tones, Costello’s own vocals interrupt the 23-minute “Third Party” performance.

“I never thought that I would ever sing,” she says. “That’s a new thing for me. I mask [myself ] in loads of reverb, because I would not consider myself as having a strong singing voice.”

Sometimes, Costello has others take on vocals. In an October 2017 performance, she paired with poet Shawn Corey, who, in an email to Seven Days, describes their partnership as a “chaotic swirl of spilling your heart out for everybody to see.”

Recently, Costello dipped her toe into more conventionally song-based material. She recorded a collection of covers for the RPM Challenge — a feat of endurance that challenges an artist to record 10 songs or 35 minutes of material throughout the month of February.

Costello reinvented a selection of local and regional artists’ work to fit her amorphous style. Psych-pop band Bleach Day’s “Sleeping Dogs” became a

RADIO BEAN: O.N.E. Band (folk, jazz), 6:30 p.m., free. Lucid Dream Adventures (hip-hop), 8:30 p.m., free. Hall Williams Band (roots, rock), 10 p.m., free.

DJ Matthew Kloss (soul, R&B), 11:30 p.m., free.

RED SQUARE: Dan Rahily Trio (blues), 7 p.m., free. D Jay Baron (mashup, hip-hop), 11 p.m., free.

RED SQUARE BLUE ROOM: DJ Cre8 (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.

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THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Bethany Conner (singer-songwriter), 7 p.m., free.

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glistening shoegaze ballad, while slacker rockers Paper Castles’ “Sad Song” morphed into a cavernous dirge.

But that’s likely as close as Costello will come to the more traditional realm of music.

“Last year, someone asked me to play real cello, as we jokingly call it,” she says. “It was so stressful and hard for me, because I had to learn parts and be precise with my notes. I don’t really do that very well.

“But, in the experimental field, I’ve found a voice,” Costello adds.

“The illusion is that the cello is supposed to be played in a certain way,” says Kitz. “But I don’t think that’s true about any instrument.”

Notes Costello: “I had someone say to me once, ‘I never thought feedback could be beautiful.’ I was like, ‘Yes!’” m Contact: jordan@sevendaysvt.com

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come to Vermont to perform?” will likely be on the table. And, of course, a big part of the show will be high-quality performance footage. The filmmakers brought a huge-ass crane to Saturday’s launch party.

Finally, I’d just like to share one of my favorite memories of HG. It was back in the Winooski days, probably January or February 2004. On the night of the biggest snowstorm of the season, some friends and I (foolishly) braved the elements to see Canadian rocker SAM ROBERTS. I want to say there was at least 18 inches of snow on the ground by the time the show started — which, miraculously, was not canceled for weather. If memory serves, there were seven people in the audience. But that didn’t stop Roberts from delivering one of the most energetic and engaging performances I’d seen at that point in my life. He was adorably stoked that anyone came at all.

To sum up: Thank you, HG, for all of the hot jams you’ve sent our way all these years. And here’s to at least 20 more.

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“Music has been democratized in a broad way, so almost anybody sitting in their basement, dorm room or apartment can record and put [their work] on SoundCloud,” he says. “That part is fantastic — but it means that sorting through all of that to find the diamonds in the rough just takes more time.

“But that’s fine,” Crothers continues.

“We don’t mind doing it.”

While we’re on the subject of big news out of HG, it’s now time to clarify any rumors you may have heard about a possible expansion to a new site. Here are a few potential locations that I’ve personally heard inklings of over the past couple of years: Burlington’s Moran Plant, downtown Winooksi, the Essex outlets and New Hampshire. Here’s what Crothers has to say about it.

“We are actively looking at new spaces [or] new construction [and have been] for two or three years,” he says.

“I’m kind of always looking. Nothing has been finalized.”

So the next time someone tells you they “have it on good authority” that HG is setting up shop on the Winooski roundabout, tell them to read this column.

Another thing to clarify: In last week’s Soundbites, I mentioned HG’s launch party for “Bardo: A Night in the Life,” an upcoming TV program on Vermont PBS. I described the forthcoming live music series as featuring conversations “with some of Vermont’s best and most beloved musicians” — and that’s certainly true, given that soul dynamo KAT WRIGHT was the inaugural artist.

But more accurately, the partnership between the club and Vermont PBS will feature discussions between host and creative director RYAN MILLER (GUSTER) and a broader selection of artists performing at HG — many of whom will be nonlocal. But the question “Why

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HIGHER GROUND BALLROOM: Mayhem, Incantation, Cloak (metal), 7:30 p.m., $20/25.

Overtones keyboardist periodically presents a unique

ON TAP BAR & GRILL: The Jeff Salisbury Band (blues), 7 p.m., free.

STONE CORRAL BREWERY: Josh Murley (singer-songwriter), 7:30 p.m., free.

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EL TORO: Val Davis (rock), 7 p.m., free.

MOOGS PLACE: Chris Lyon (solo acoustic), 6 p.m., free. Tim Brick (country), 9 p.m., free.

PICKLE BARREL NIGHTCLUB: Kat Wright (soul, pop), 8 p.m., $10-20.

TRES AMIGOS & RUSTY NAIL STAGE: Kat Wright, Eames Brothers Band (soul), 9 p.m., $12/16.

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BLUE PADDLE BISTRO: Cooie Sings (Americana), 6:30 p.m., free.

CITY LIMITS NIGHT CLUB: Victim of Metal, Twist of Fate, Aliendog (rock), 9:30 p.m., free.

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HIGHLAND LODGE: Trivia Night, 6:30 p.m., free.

TWIGGS — AN AMERICAN GASTROPUB: Cooper & LaVoie (blues), 7 p.m., free.

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OLIVE RIDLEY’S: Karaoke with DJ Jon Berry & DJ Coco, 9 p.m., free.

ARTSRIOT: Huntertones (jazz), 8 p.m., $10/12.

BLEU NORTHEAST SEAFOOD: Tom Cleary (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free.

JP’S PUB: Karaoke, 10 p.m., free.

JUNIPER: Brett Hughes (country), 9 p.m., free.

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HALF LOUNGE: Dakota (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.

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SWEET MELISSA’S: Honky Tonk Happy Hour with Mark LeGrand, 5:30 p.m., donation.

TWO BROTHERS TAVERN: DJ Da.Root (hits), 10 p.m., free.

FOAM BREWERS: Ben Bevins and Friends (jazz), 7 p.m., free.

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LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Raphael Groten (acoustic), 7:30 p.m., free.

Radio Wonderland (indie, electronic), 9 p.m., free. DJ Taka (eclectic vinyl), 11 p.m., $5.

MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: DJ Moar Mead (house), 10 p.m., free.

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CHARLIE-O’S WORLD FAMOUS: John Smyth (folk), 6 p.m., free. Screwtape Letters (post-punk), 9 p.m., free.

LOCALFOLK SMOKEHOUSE: Open Mic with Alex Budney, 8:30 p.m., free.

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SUSHI YOSHI (STOWE): Anthony Santor Trio (jazz), 4:30 p.m., free.

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NECTAR’S: Seth Yacovone (solo acoustic blues), 7 p.m., free. Grippo Funk Band, DJ Rekkon, 9 p.m., $7.

RADIO BEAN: Friday Morning Sing-Along with Linda Bassick & Friends (kids’ music), 11 a.m., free.

Noah Chenfield (singer-songwriter), 7 p.m., free. VT Rara (Afro-Caribbean jazz), 8:30 p.m., free. The Mountain Say No (rock), 10 p.m., $5. Savage Hen (metal), 11:30 p.m., $5.

RED SQUARE: The Starline Rhythm Boys (rockabilly), 7 p.m., $5. DJ Craig Mitchell (open format), 11 p.m., $5.

THE ENGINE ROOM: Party Crashers (covers), 8 p.m., free.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Putnam Smith & Ashley Storrow, Julian Morris (folk), 7 p.m., free.

THE TAP ROOM AT SWITCHBACK BREWING: Jacob Green (singersongwriter), 6 p.m., free.

VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Ryan Hamilton (standup), 7 & 9:30 p.m., $15-27.

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RED SQUARE BLUE ROOM: DJ KermiTT (eclectic), 10 p.m., $5.

BACKCOUNTRY BALLROOM IN THE BOLTON VALLEY NORDIC CENTER: Steady Betty (ska, rocksteady), 7:30 p.m., $10-15.

RÍ RÁ IRISH PUB & WHISKEY ROOM: DJ Supersounds (hits), 10 p.m., free.

BACKSTAGE PUB & RESTAURANT: Karaoke with Jenny Red, 9 p.m., free.

SIDEBAR: Shane Murley (folk), 7:30 p.m., free. DJ Disco Phantom (eclectic dance), 10:30 p.m., free.

HIGHER GROUND BALLROOM: Timeflies, Baby Raptors (hip-hop), 7:30 p.m., $25/28.

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MONOPOLE: The Tenants (blues, folk-rock), 10 p.m., free.

MONOPOLE DOWNSTAIRS: Happy Hour Tunes & Trivia with Gary Peacock, 5 p.m., free.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (HANOVER): Lowell Thompson and Kelly Ravin (country), 7:30 p.m., free.

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ARTSRIOT: To the Max Dance Party: A Benefit for Boston’s Children’s Hospital featuring DJ Zandro and D Jay Baron (hits), 4 p.m., $10/25.

Funky Town (eclectic), 10 p.m., $3.

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The line between good and great is often fine — and, just as often, indefinable.

Since the release of his stunning 2013 debut album, Out of Nothing, fingerstyle guitarist Matteo Palmer has existed somewhere on the foggy outskirts of greatness. On that album, the Vergennes native displayed a depth of skill that would be the envy of players and composers two and three times his age — he was 17 at the time. A 2016 follow-up, Embers, similarly showcased Palmer’s almost preternatural technical gifts, while also highlighting a maturing composer.

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On his latest release, Opaline Sky, the guitar prodigy delivers yet another suite of material that places him among the most promising contemporary acoustic musicians of his generation — and not just in Vermont. A protégé of Windham Hill Records founder Will Ackerman, Palmer continues to exhibit many of the traits that have made his mentor certifiably great. He’s also growing into a unique, forwardthinking artist whose formative influences are increasingly obscured by his own creative forces.

Palmer has long had a fine ear for melody. But on Opaline Sky, he seems to have made it a particular focus. His melodies throughout sing with a simple, folklike beauty that belies the complexity of his arrangements. On opener “Nova,”

for example, his lines meander and eddy like a lazy river. Later, “Sunrise” evokes breaking dawn through a collection of pretty, pastoral passages that have the feel of birdsong. On “57,” Palmer injects a bit of bluesy funk into the proceedings with a deep groove topped by lines that would sound equally great voiced by horns. New-age purists — if they exist — might bristle at the strange fusion. But the song is nonetheless an ambitious and energetic romp.

However, the album’s most intriguing cut might be its title track, which Palmer performs on — get this — piano. As it turns out, he’s not merely an uncommonly brilliant guitarist, he’s a fine pianist as well. Palmer might never compare to pianist George Winston quite as neatly as he does to Ackerman, but the skill and ingenuity displayed throughout Opaline Sky suggest it might not be long before he approaches both artists’ altitude.

Opaline Sky is available at matteopalmermusic.com.

There’s not a lot of lyrical depth here, but that’s part of the album’s charm. Pot jokes notwithstanding, Seven Leaves are quite a wholesome group of musicians.

They have an entire song called “Cheer Up,” and it’s about exactly what you think. They really do just want you to dance, sing along and have a blast at their shows — or, in this case, with their record.

Given that energy — and the fact that this is the group’s debut album — it’s easier to forgive occasional crimes against tuning and time.

Like most young bands, Seven Leaves are a work in progress. Wisely, coproducers Bow Thayer and Matt Lille opt for an unvarnished approach, essentially documenting a live set.

It makes for an ideal entrance, especially for a jam band. Seven Leaves write simple but effective songs and are committed to making their choruses stick in your head. That formula usually works, thanks to the talents of vocalists Arda Kanberoglu and Lauren Kelley, who really shine throughout this album.

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THIS WEEK Both excel on the extended, mostly THU 29 | FRI 30 | SAT 31 instrumental finale “Closer Look.” The jam is delightfully weird, a woodshed workout that careens through genres and points toward potential new horizons for the band.

All in all, Bloom is bright, cheerful radio rock. For cynics like me, raised on Trent Reznor and Warren Zevon, the album is basically a fire hose of NEXT WEEK holy water aimed squarely at my THU 5 | FRI 6 | SAT 7 vampire heart. I cannot help but respect it.

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Seven Leaves are a self-described “rock-and-roll jam band” forged at Saint Michael’s College, just over the hill from Burlington in Colchester.

They are definitely named after marijuana plants. They are also definitely modeled on the music of the Grateful Dead.

The six-piece got its start at a Dead cover night, and those jam icons’ fingerprints are unmistakable — though Seven Leaves are hardly knockoffs. The band stands apart from the current, largely Phish-derived local jam scene with an earnest allegiance to 1970s classic rock. This is a band from a parallel universe where prog metal and synth solos never happened.

On the band’s debut, Bloom, that influence naturally amounts to a mixed bag. For some cuts, such as album opener “Rockalanche,” things get … well, pretty disco-y. Garish asides aside, this project mostly nails an organic, timeless feel.

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Bigger, more complex arrangements and hints of rock and roll augment a foundation of acoustic folk. Lindeman’s songwriting is taut, engaging and brutally honest. Catch the Weather Station on Tuesday, April 3, at the Higher Ground Showcase Lounge in South Burlington. Locals EASTERN MOUNTAIN TIME open.

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JUNIPER: Beerworth Sisters (folk), 9 p.m., free.

LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Tour Diaries with the DuPont Brothers (folk), 8 p.m., free. DJ Taka (eclectic vinyl), 11 p.m., $5.

NECTAR’S: McLovins, Funkwagon (rock), 9 p.m., $5.

RADIO BEAN: Mike Paternoster (lounge), noon, free. Amanda McCarthy (indie pop), 7 p.m., free. Liam Alone (singersongwriter), 8:30 p.m., free.

EVNGwear (jazz, jam), 10 p.m., $5. Spencer Albee (rock), 11:30 p.m., $5.

RED SQUARE BLUE ROOM: DJ Raul (salsa, reggaeton), 6 p.m., free. DJ Reign One (EDM), 11 p.m., $5.

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SIDEBAR: SVPPLY (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): The Mangroves: Vulfpeck tribute, 8 p.m., $5.

SMITTY’S PUB: Kyle Stevens (rock, country), 8 p.m., free.

SOCIAL CLUB & LOUNGE: Jerome P. Alimony’s Birthday Bash with DJ Vince1 (hits), 10 p.m., free/$3/$5.

GUSTO’S: DJ LaFountaine (hits), 9:30 p.m., $3.

VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Good Clean Fun! (family-friendly improv), 5 p.m., $5. Ask Ann Slanders (comedy), 6 p.m., free.

Ryan Hamilton (standup), 7 & 9:30 p.m., $15-27.

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chittenden county HIGHER GROUND BALLROOM: Wild Child, the Wild Reeds (indie pop), 8 p.m., $15/18.

HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: West End Blend (funk, soul), 8:30 p.m., $10/12.

JERICHO CAFÉ & TAVERN: Avery Cooper Quartet (jazz), 6 p.m., free.

MONKEY HOUSE: In Tall Buildings, Paper Castles, Lowell Thompson (indie), 9:30 p.m., $5/10. 18+.

ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Nerbak Brothers (blues), 5 p.m., free.

Shake the Band (rock), 9 p.m., free.

STONE CORRAL BREWERY: Shinola (rock, alt-country), 7:30 p.m., free.

barre/montpelier

BAGITOS BAGEL AND BURRITO CAFÉ: Irish Session, 2 p.m., donation.

CHARLIE-O’S WORLD FAMOUS: The Barn Band (Americana), 6 p.m., free. Robin Gottfried Band (rock), 9 p.m., free.

DEMENA’S: Michael Francis McCarthy (bluegrass, roots), 8 p.m., $5.

WHAMMY BAR: Annie’s Dance Party (hits), 7 p.m., free.

EL TORO: Mark LeGrand (honky-tonk), 7 p.m., free.

MOOGS PLACE: Granite Junction (Americana), 9 p.m., free.

TRES AMIGOS & RUSTY NAIL STAGE: Heartless: A Heart and Led Zeppelin Experience, 9 p.m., $10.

mad river valley/ waterbury

CORK WINE BAR & MARKET (WATERBURY): EmaLou & the Beat (folk, soul), 6 p.m., free.

ZENBARN: Red Hot Juba (country, jazz), 9 p.m., $5.

middlebury area

CITY LIMITS NIGHT CLUB: DJ Earl (open format), 9:30 p.m., free.

champlain islands/northwest TWIGGS — AN AMERICAN GASTROPUB: Leadfoot Louise (Americana), 7 p.m., free.

upper valley

THE ENGINE ROOM: Jason Cann and Scott Stone (rock), 9 p.m., free.

outside vermont

MONOPOLE: Adrian Aardvark (psychedelic grunge-folk), 10 p.m., free.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (HANOVER): Noble Dust (folk-pop), 8 p.m., free.

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FOAM BREWERS: Local Dork (eclectic vinyl), 6 p.m., free.

MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Open Mic with Andy Lugo, 9 p.m., free.

burlington

THE GRYPHON: P’tit Trio (jazz), 8 p.m., free.

HALF LOUNGE: DJ Taka (eclectic), 10 p.m., free.

LEUNIG’S BISTRO & CAFÉ: Dayve Huckett (jazz), 7 p.m., free.

LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Game Night, 8 p.m., free.

LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: StorytellingVT, 7:30 p.m., free.

RADIO BEAN: Pete Sutherland and Tim Stickle’s Old Time Session (traditional), 1 p.m., free.

Ella Blicker (acoustic), 6 p.m., free. Matt Seiple (country-noir), 7:30 p.m., free. Sam Wiehe (acoustic), 9 p.m., free. Castle Black (post-punk, alternative), 10 p.m., free.

LINCOLNS: Laugh Shack (standup), 8:30 p.m., $5.

chittenden county HIGHER GROUND BALLROOM: Squirrel Nut Zippers (swing, jazz), 8 p.m., $23/25.

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BAGITOS BAGEL AND BURRITO CAFÉ: Eric Friedman (folk), 11 a.m., free.

SWEET MELISSA’S: Comedy Night (standup), 6 p.m., free.

Live Band Karaoke, 8 p.m., donation.

middlebury area

NECTAR’S: Tuesday Bluesday Blues Jam with Collin Craig and Friends, 6 p.m., free. Dead Set (Grateful Dead tribute), 9:30 p.m., $5. 18+.

RADIO BEAN: Gua Gua (psychotropical jazz), 6:30 p.m., free.

Leo D’Angelo (Americana), 9 p.m., free. Honky Tonk Tuesday with Ponyhustle, 10 p.m., $5.

RED SQUARE: DJ A-RA$ (open format), 8 p.m., free.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Ukulele Kids with Joe Baird (sing-along), 9:30 a.m., free.

chittenden county

HIGHER GROUND BALLROOM: Anderson East, Devon Gilfillian (singer-songwriter), 7:30 p.m., $17/19.

ROUGH CUT: Kelly Ravin (country), 5 p.m., free.

HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: The Weather Station, Eastern Mountain Time (folk), 8 p.m., $12/15.

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LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Lamp Shop Lit Club (open reading), 8 p.m., free.

NECTAR’S: Seven Leaves (rock, reggae), 9 p.m., free/$5. 18+.

SIDEBAR: Open Mic, 7 p.m., free.

Family Night (open jam), 9 p.m., free.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Comedy & Crêpes (standup), 8 p.m., free.

HIGHER GROUND BALLROOM: Yo La Tengo (indie rock), 8 p.m., $23/25.

MONKEY HOUSE: Erin CasselsBrown (indie folk), 6 p.m., free.

barre/montpelier

CHARLIE-O’S WORLD FAMOUS: Cards Against Humanity Tournament, 9 p.m., free.

MOOGS PLACE: Seth Yacovone (blues), 7 p.m., free.

middlebury area

HATCH 31: Erin Cassels-Brown (indie folk), 6 p.m., free. Kelly Ravin and Lowell Thompson (country), 7 p.m., free.

TWO BROTHERS TAVERN: Karaoke with DJ Chauncey, 9 p.m., free.

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THE SKINNY PANCAKE (HANOVER): Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.

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JP’S PUB: Karaoke, 10 p.m., free.

JUNIPER: Bird Code (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free.

LEUNIG’S BISTRO & CAFÉ: Paul Asbell Trio (jazz), 7 p.m., free.

SIDEBAR: Hotel Karaoke, 9 p.m., free.

VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Standup Open Mic, 7 p.m., free. Songs in the Key of Slink (improv), 8:30 p.m., $5.

chittenden county CITY SPORTS GRILLE: Interactive Video Trivia with Top Hat Entertainment, 7:30 p.m., free.

HIGHER GROUND BALLROOM: Mike Gordon (rock, jam), 9 p.m., $25/27.

HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: Jared & the Mill (indie rock), 8 p.m., $10/12.

STONE CORRAL BREWERY: Bluegrass Jam Session, 7:30 p.m., free.

barre/montpelier

CHARLIE-O’S WORLD FAMOUS: All Request Video, 9 p.m., free.

SWEET MELISSA’S: D. Davis (acoustic), 5:30 p.m., donation.

WHAMMY BAR: Open Mic, 7 p.m., free.

stowe/smuggs

IDLETYME BREWING COMPANY: The Idletyme Band (blues, rock), 8 p.m., free.

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RÍ RÁ IRISH PUB & WHISKEY ROOM: Gypsy Reel (traditional Irish, folk), 7:30-10 p.m., free.

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CHARLIE-O’S WORLD FAMOUS: Karaoke with DJ Vociferous, 9:30 p.m., free.

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RADIO BEAN: Vocal Unrest (a cappella), 6 p.m., free. Andrew of the North (folk), 7 p.m., free. Rob Jennings (rock), 8:30 p.m., free.

Ben Cosgrove (neo-classical), 9:30 p.m., free. Big Jon & the Mattress Factory (blues rock), 10:30 p.m., free.

barre/montpelier

RADIO BEAN: Ensemble V (jazz), 7 p.m., free. The Giant Peach presents the Two-Man Guitar Trio (folk), 9 p.m., free. Mickey Western and the Grappas (country), 10:30 p.m., free.

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WATERWORKS FOOD + DRINK: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.

NECTAR’S: Gnomedad, August & Alden (psych-fusion), 9 p.m., free/$5. 18+.

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“Artists to Watch 2018: Part 1,” Spotlight Gallery, Vermont Arts Council

n Vermont’s state capital, art must be pursued in bits: the upstairs hallway that constitutes the T.W. Wood Gallery; the narrow cooperative gallery winkingly called the Front; the Governor’s Gallery, set among state offices; the busy lobby of the supreme court.

And then there is the Vermont Arts Council’s Spotlight Gallery, another afterthought of a space, consisting of a back room and hallway in a converted Montpelier house. Yet there is nothing minor about its current show. “Artists to Watch 2018: Part I” features single works by 11 artists from around the state.

Rarely do local exhibits bring together such a wide range of contemporary Vermont talent.

Ric Kasini Kadour organized the show.

He’s a promoter of Vermont art and artists even though he’s based in Montréal.

With his partner, Christopher Byrne, Kadour writes and publishes Vermont Art Guide, a quarterly review magazine with a detailed index of every art venue in the state, and produces the free monthly pamphlet Art Map Burlington that lists the city’s exhibitions.

Lately, Kadour has been looking for alternative ways to explore the state’s artistic riches. In an issue of VAG last year, he asked artists to name other artists to whom they felt connected in some way. Jessica Scriver selected Gail Salzman, who named Carol MacDonald, and so on, leading to a map of connections that Kadour traced in spreads on each artist. The story culminated in an exhibit last summer at the Spotlight Gallery, called — like the print version — “Connection: The Art of Coming Together.”

For “Artists to Watch,” Kadour took a different approach. He and the invited curators of five art venues around the state each named up to five artists whose work they thought merited watching. (The show is not about artists on the verge of making it big, as the title might suggest.) Concomitantly, Kadour put out a call to artists to apply for consideration as an “artist to watch.” From the combined pool, the curatorial group selected 25 artists to highlight in two print issues of VAG and two exhibits at the Spotlight. (“Part II” of the show will open on May 4.)

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The current selection does not indicate which curators proposed which artists. The curators were Danny Lichtenfeld, director of the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center; Sophie Pickens and Justine Jackson of Northern Daughters gallery in Vergennes; Stephanie Walker of Walker Contemporary in Waitsfield; Kelly Holt, curator and creative director at Edgewater Gallery in Stowe; the East

Montpelier-based marketing consultant and artist Mary Admasian; and Kadour himself.

The show demonstrates the benefits of relinquishing a single curatorial vision. It includes well-known artists, such as found-wood sculptor Janet Van Fleet (Cabot) and landscape painter Bonnie Baird (Chittenden). They appear alongside relatively unheralded talents such as Sherri Rigby (Ferrisburgh), who

cuts and weaves concentric strips of painted canvas; Montpelier artist Jason Galligan Baldwin, who makes memoryexploring collages; and the self-taught painter Pamela Smith (Bristol).

Van Fleet’s wall-hung “Puppets” demonstrates the experienced artist’s ability to turn every natural curve of driftwood, bone, shell or scrap metal to account. She derived the relaxed stance of the central skirted figure — a long-armed puppeteer, or perhaps mother figure — using literal stick legs. Each arm supports three dangling puppets, all made from deftly connected found materials.

Beside that engrossing assemblage, Smith’s flat, densely patterned “Three Girls With Three Pots” seems resonant, its skirted figures equally free of spatial context. Smith — the mother of Northern Daughters cofounder Pickens — has painted folk-art figures, pots and oversize flowers against a dark-blue background.

One particular pleasure is a watercolor by Welsh-born Paul Bowen. Now in his early nineties, the Williamsville artist is better known for his abstract, scavenged-wood sculptures. “Flood,” on view here, depicts a jumble of manmade objects — much like the abandoned building materials Bowen uses in sculpture — passing under a bridge. These are rendered in monotone outlines, while sky and water are evoked in long, partly dry-brush strokes of blue, creating a spare, Japanese-like composition.

Two artists declare in statements that they aim to keep “subject” and “imagery” out of their work. Julia Jensen’s “Entanglement” — positioned in the hallway three feet from a desk that hinders proper viewing — straddles landscape painting and complete abstraction with brilliant smears of orange on a vaguely rendered hillside. Stephanie Kossmann has greater reason to avoid imagery: The black-and-white monolith on a yellow background in “Unburdened View [of Myself ]” was born of her “experiences of anguish and healing.”

Baird’s expertly rendered “Line Dance,” with its waterlogged field and J.M.W. Turner-esque cloudscape in muted tones, comes closest to fulfilling expectations that Vermont painting capture its beautiful scenery.

ART SHOWS

CALL TO ARTISTS BREAD AND PUPPET’S ‘OUT OF JOINT HAMLET’: The theater company and Highland Center for the Arts in Greensboro seek community volunteers to help with April 7 and 8 performances. Anyone interested in group movement, rope pulling, cardboard puppet operating, singing and other types of music is welcome. No experience necessary. Deadline: April 2. Highland Center for the Arts, Greensboro. Info, 472-5787.

BURLINGTON CITY ARTS COMMUNITY FUND: The Burlington City Arts Community Fund welcomes applications for one-year grants of up to $3,000 for Burlington-based practicing artists, creative professionals or small arts organizations to develop projects that engage and connect the community and address community needs, challenges and priorities through the arts. For details and to apply, visit burlingtoncityarts.org.

Deadline: April 16. BCA Center, Burlington. Info, 865-7166.

CALL FOR LARGE OUTDOOR SCULPTURE: The Shoreham sculpture park is accepting submissions for the 2018 season. Sculptures must be exterior and able to withstand Vermont weather.

Accepted works will be installed for one to two years. Interested artists should submit résumé, artist statement and images to lemonfairsculpture@gmail.com. Deadline: April 1. Lemon Fair Sculpture Park, Shoreham.

JERICHO PLEIN AIR FESTIVAL: Artists and community members are invited to register for the eighth annual festival on Saturday, July 21. For details and to register, email Barbara at blgreene@myfairpoint.net. Deadline: May 19.

Emile A. Gruppe Gallery, Jericho.

‘LOCKS & KEYS’: The Glover museum-in-a-barn invites submissions from artists and community members consisting of or relating to all aspects of locks and keys, from padlocks, key cards and chastity belts to works that explore concepts of imprisonment. Contributions including finished artworks, installation ideas and theoretical writings are welcome. To submit a proposal, use the “Contact Us” form at museumofeverydaylife. org. Deadline: April 15. The Museum of Everyday Life, Glover. Info, claredol@sover.net.

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To apply, send one or more high-resolution JPEG images with a one-page résumé/bio and artist statement to gallery@riverartsvt.org. Deadline: April 1. River Arts, Morrisville.

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‘SCORCHED’: This 2018 group show involves work in which the effects of heat and fire can be easily seen and experienced, including encaustic media, singed paper and other ephemeral materials, charred wood, pit-fired vessels, and hammeredmetal and blown-glass objects. Deadline: May 18. For more info and submission guidelines, see studioplacearts.com. Studio Place Arts, Barre.

Free for members; $10 for nonmembers. Info, 479-7069.

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SEEKING MURAL ARTIST: The Downtown Lyndonville Vermont Revitalization Committee seeks an artist to design and execute a large permanent outdoor mural. For consideration, email résumé, artist statement and images of previous work to Kim Crady-Smith at kcradysmith@hotmail.com. Deadline: March 31.

SHELBURNE POND STUDIOS: Seeking artists and artisans to show and sell work during the Vermont Craft Council’s Open Studios Weekend, May 26 and 27, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. For details and to apply, email Katharine Stockman at shelburnepondstudios@aol.com. Deadline: April 9. Shelburne Pond Studios.

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‘TELL ME’: There are currently 6,909 living languages. What do the connected sounds and symbols of words suggest for the visual arts?

Studio Place Arts is seeking diverse languages and letterforms (real or invented), new communication technologies, censorship, graffiti, collage and urgent messages to create a Tower of Babel in the center of the gallery. Proposals for this structure in whole or part are welcomed.

Deadline: April 6. For info and submission guidelines, see studioplacearts.com. Studio Place Arts, Barre. Free for members; $10 for nonmembers. Info, 479-7069.

THIRTY-ODD ARTISTS’ SHOP: New South End shop seeks artists to rent vendor spaces. Rental starts at $110 per month, and artists retain 100 percent of their sales. For details and to apply, visit 30oddartists.com. Deadline: April 30. Thirtyodd, Burlington. Info, recyclemoe@gmail.com.

‘WATER’: The gallery seeks photography submissions in the theme of “water” for an upcoming exhibition to be juried by Ann Jastrab. For details and to submit, visit photoplacegallery.com.

Deadline: April 9. PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury. $35 for up to five photographs; $6 for each additional. Info, 388-4500.

OUTDOOR SCULPTURE: The Morrisville arts center invites sculptors to submit works for an outdoor installation period of six to 12 months.

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Other landscapes interrupt that presumption. Glover artist Elizabeth Nelson plants a blue parallelogram among realistically rendered tree trunks at a pond’s edge in her wood-panel painting. The trunks’ reflections shimmer in the water; the slanted stripe’s does not.

Could the painting’s title, “Oppression,” be a comment on that expectation?

Hope Burgoyne (Waterbury), meanwhile, chooses to depict landscapes that could be anywhere. “Unpredictable” is a meditation on the horizon and a last glimmer of sunset. Sculptor Chris Curtis of Stowe positions humankind within the milliennia-old natural world with “Message From the Future,” a roughly hewn quartzite slab punctured by a perfect circle. (The exhibit includes a photo of the sculpture at its permanent site in California.)

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‘MOMENTA IV’ JURIED PRINT EXHIBITION: Printmakers are invited to submit to this May exhibition, to be juried by James Stroud. For details and to submit, visit tworiversprintmaking.org.

Deadline: April 23. Two Rivers Printmaking Studio, White River Junction. $25. Info, trps@sover.net.

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DONNA BOURNE: Plein air landscape paintings.

April 1-June 30. Info, 985-8222. Shelburne Vineyard.

LINDA S. FINKELSTEIN: “Eco-Images and Transformations,” works on paper using rust, indigo and eucalyptus, as well as photographic images transformed with drawing and collage. April 2-30.

Info, 425-6345. Charlotte Senior Center.

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f CAROLYN EGELI: “For the Love of Vermont,” oil paintings by the Braintree artist. Reception: Wednesday, April 4, 4-7 p.m. April 3-June 28. Info, 828-0749. Governor’s Gallery in Montpelier.

MICHELLE WALLACE: Photographs of ephemeral, kaleidoscopic mandalas made from natural materials such as flowers, seeds and leaves. April 1-30.

Info, mwallace.vt@gmail.com. Hunger Mountain Co-op in Montpelier.

f ‘ON THE BRINK’: Works by 10 artists depicting endangered or threatened species, with sales benefiting wildlife conservation. Artist reception and talk: Thursday, April 12, 4-6 p.m. April 1-May 31.

Info, 223-5507. Central Vermont Medical Center in Berlin. f TOM MERWIN: “The Effects of Bird Song on Shifting Strata,” abstract oil paintings. Reception: Wednesday, April 4, 4-7 p.m. April 3-June 28. Info, 828-0749. Vermont Supreme Court Gallery in Montpelier. f VERMONT ABENAKI ARTISTS ASSOCIATION EXHIBIT: Works inspired by Abenaki culture in a variety of mediums. Reception: Thursday, April 5, 5-7 p.m. April 3-27. Info, 262-6035. T.W. Wood Gallery in Montpelier.

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ADVANCED DRAWING EXHIBIT: Works by Middlebury College drawing students that feature diverse techniques and approaches stemming from the same prompt. April 3-9. Info, 443-5258.

Johnson Memorial Building, Middlebury College.

‘SPRINGTIME — THE SEASON OF SPRING’: Paintings by Helen Shulman and Karen O’Neil.

April 1-30. Info, 989-7419. Edgewater Gallery on the Green in Middlebury.

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f BETSEY GARAND: “Petroglyphs, Flora and Frenzied Encounters,” hand-pulled prints that combine a variety of techniques to represent the continuous balance and growth of physical and psychological life. Reception and artist talk: Saturday, May 5, 4-6 p.m. April 2-June 14. Info, 498-8438. White River Gallery @ BALE in South Royalton.

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f SIN-YING HO: “Past Forward,” contemporary

ceramics and ceramic sculpture with themes of globalism, but rooted in the clay traditions of Jingdezhen, China. Reception: Friday, April 6, 5-7 p.m. March 30-May 27. Info, sharon.l.reed@ dartmouth.edu. Hood Downtown in Hanover, N.H.

ART EVENTS ARTIST TALK: CHRISTOPHER WHITE: The ceramic artist discusses his trompe l’oeil sculptures. Yokum 200 Auditorium, SUNY Plattsburgh, N.Y., Wednesday, March 28, 7:30 p.m. Info, 518-564-2179.

ARTIST TALK: NICOLE MILLER: The Los Angelesbased photographer and filmmaker discusses her work and process. Williams Hall, University of Vermont, Burlington, Wednesday, March 28, 5:15 p.m. Info, 656-2014.

CLASS: ‘STUCK ON YOU: CREATIVE COLLAGE’: Cristina Clarimon-Alinder leads this series of

collage-making workshops, open to all levels.

Williston Central School, Thursday, March 29, 6-7:30 p.m. $8. Info, 876-1160.

COMMUNITY ARTS OPEN STUDIO: A weekly workshop where children with caregivers are invited to make their own self-directed art projects using a diverse assortment of art supplies. AVA Gallery and Art Center, Lebanon N.H., Saturday, March 31, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Info, 603-448-3117.

‘A Reverent Eye’ Is the neglected built landscape of Vermont an eyesore,

or charming? A charming eyesore? Whichever, plenty of Vermonters are attached to the state’s leaning barns and crumbling industrial relics. It’s a familiar impulse for painter Charlie Hunter and photographer Jim Westphalen, whose observational works are

currently showing in tandem at Stowe’s West Branch Gallery & Sculpture Park. Hunter

OPEN STUDIO FIGURE DRAWING: An all-levels drop-in workshop featuring a live model. River Arts, Morrisville, Tuesday, April 3, 3-5:30 p.m. $10.

works en plein air, and “his preferred color [is] a ‘muck’ of his own mixing,” according

PANEL DISCUSSION: ALISON BECHDEL, JAMES KOCHALKA AND EDWARD KOREN: Vermont cartoonist laureates past and present discuss their work and a current exhibit. Fleming Museum of Art, University of Vermont, Burlington, Wednesday, April 4, 6 p.m. Info, 656-0750.

landscape photography to make crisp, stark homages to obsolescing structures. Through

TALK: ‘ALISON BECHDEL’S VERMONT: A QUEER REGIONALISM’: UVM professor of English Valerie Rohy considers the cartoonist’s output in terms of Vermont and American literary regionalism. Fleming Museum of Art, University of Vermont, Burlington, Wednesday, March 28, noon. Info, 656-0750.

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‘BRENDA AND OTHER WORKS’: Works by artist and former UVM professor Edwin Owre. Through April 1. HONORÉ DAUMIER’S ‘BLUESTOCKINGS’: ‘Les Bas Bleus,’ a series of 40 lithographs by the French caricaturist, satirizing groups of upper-class women who sought intellectual stimulation in defiance of their narrowly proscribed roles in society. Through May 20. ‘SELF-CONFESSED! THE INAPPROPRIATELY INTIMATE COMICS OF ALISON BECHDEL’: Works by the renowned Bolton cartoonist and graphic memoirist that span her decades-long career. Through May 20. Info, 656-0750. Fleming Museum of Art, University of Vermont, in Burlington.

CLAY MOHRMAN: A collection of lighting pieces made from Vermont wood found in the forests and shores surrounding Lake Champlain. Through April 6. Info, 516-263-7335. Karma Bird House Gallery in Burlington.

‘CONSTRUCTED GESTURES’: Collages, montages and digitally manipulated photography by Wendy James, Greg Merhar, Sandy Milens, Bruce Pendleton, Paul Reynolds and Derrick Senior.

Through March 31. Info, 652-4500. Amy E. Tarrant Gallery in Burlington.

DUSTY BOYNTON: “From Within,” works that merge memory and personal experience for a childlike appearance that is nonetheless sophisticated in gesture and expression. EDWIN OWRE: “New Constructions,” an exhibition of works that reference the formative American art movements of

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to a description at West Branch. Westphalen applies his experience in architectural and May 20. Pictured: “Chicken Coop 1” by Westphalen. the 1960s and ’70s while embracing contemporary expressions of mark-making. ELISE WHITTEMORE: “One by One,” works that explore the physicality of printmaking, as well as formal constructs inherent to the natural world. Through April 7. Info, 865-7166.

BCA Center in Burlington.

‘ENCOUNTER EMPTY’: Installations by Kevin Donegan, Samantha Eckert and Lydia Kern reflecting on the physical, psychic and spiritual architecture that holds emptiness. Through April 24. Info, joseph@newcitygalerie.org. New City Galerie in Burlington.

FRANK DEANGELIS: “Paint Mayhem Under the Influence of Loud Fast Music,” new paint experiments produced with spray paint, acrylics, oils and other substances by the Burlington artist. Through April 30. Info, 859-9222. The Gallery at Main Street Landing in Burlington.

THE GOLD BROTHERS: Works in multiple media by siblings Robert, Steve and Dennis Gold. Through May 31. Info, 651-9692. VCAM Studio in Burlington.

GORDON GLOVER: “Composite/Synthesis,” mixed-media works by the Champlain College professor of creative media. Through April 30.

Info, blowthewhistle@me.com. New Moon Café in Burlington.

GRANT RECIPIENT EXHIBIT: Works created by the eight artists who received Frog Hollow grants in 2017: Diane Shullenberger, Eve Jacobs-Carnahan, Francesca D’Elia, Holly Walker, Irene Lederer LaCroix, Jane Kirby, Jeremy Ayers and Jon Black.

Through March 31. Info, 863-6458. Frog Hollow Vermont Craft Gallery in Burlington.

‘IN THE MOMENT’: Works of collage by Ashley Roark, Barbee Hauzinger and Christy Mitchell. Through March 31. Info, 578-2512. The S.P.A.C.E. Gallery in Burlington.

JOHN ROVNAK: “Speedy Delivery,” street photography taken by the Burlington artist and USPS postman. Through May 31. Info, johnrovnak. wordpress.com. Vermont Comedy Club in Burlington.

f ‘LE CADAVRE EXQUIS BOIRA VIN NOUVEAU: DRAWINGS IN SITU’: In the surrealist tradition,

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William Ramage and nine other artists draw directly onto the gallery wall: Jessica Adams, John Brodowski, Renee Bouchard, Jason Clegg, Jason Drain, James Harmon, Dasha Kalisz, Robert Johnson and Whitney Ramage. Closing reception: Friday, April 27, 6-9 p.m. Through April 27. Info, asm. exhibitions@gmail.com. Flynndog in Burlington.

LYNN CUMMINGS: “Shapes, Signs & Symbols: Legacy of the Ancients,” works inspired by the artist’s observations of evidence of the ancients, particularly in the southwestern U.S., as well as several cultures in the South Pacific, Peru and Colombia. Through March 31. Info, 859-9222. SEABA Center in Burlington.

‘WOMEN SPEAK: RESISTANCE ART’: Works created in response to the 2016 U.S. presidential election

by Meta Strick, India Tresselt and Sarah Rosedahl.

Through March 30. Info, srosedahl@yahoo.com.

MARTIN BOCK: Photographs and paintings by the Vermont artist. Through March 31. Info, 863-3403.

Fletcher Free Library in Burlington.

MIKE CLOUD: New works by the Brooklyn painter.

Through March 30. Info, 656-2014. Francis Colburn Gallery, University of Vermont, in Burlington.

‘MY SKY’: An exhibition inviting children and adults to explore the sun, moon and stars together in an immersive, family-friendly environment. Through May 6. Info, 864-1848. ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain in Burlington.

OPEN PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT: The fifth annual open exhibition of works by Vermont photographers. Through March 30. Info, 859-9222. Art’s Alive Gallery in Burlington.

f ‘A SHOW OF HANDS’: The sixth annual exhibition featuring 100 artist-decorated wood cut-out hands to be auctioned in support of HANDS, a local nonprofit that provides food for older adults. Silent auction: Thursday, March 29, 6-8 p.m. Through March 29. Penny Cluse Café in Burlington.

TERESA CELEMIN: Drawings by the Burlington artist and illustrator. Through May 31. Info, 658-6016.

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BEN HOAGLAND: “Incidents,” works by the Saint Michael’s College student. Through April 1. Info, 654-2851. McCarthy Art Gallery, Saint Michael’s College, in Colchester.

CAROL DULA: “Avoid the Crowd,” landscape photographs. Through May 31. Info, avoidthecrowd@ gmail.com. Charlotte Congregational Church.

ELIZABETH FRAM: “Drawing Threads: Conversation Between Line and Stitch,” fiber works and drawings by the Waterbury Center artist. Through May 6.

Info, 899-3211. Emile A. Gruppe Gallery in Jericho.

LILLIAN KENNEDY: “A Brush With Nature,” large acrylic and small watercolor and gouache landscape paintings, created as devotionals to what the artist calls her mother: Earth. Through March 31. Info, 985-3819. All Souls Interfaith Gathering in Shelburne.

‘PAINTING FOR A CURE’: A collection of recent works by local artist/architect Ted Montgomery.

Proceeds support the University of Vermont Cancer Center research team headed by Dr. David Krag. Through March 30. Info, 985-8222. Shelburne Vineyard.

‘PUPPETS: WORLD ON A STRING’: An introductory survey to the art of puppets, presenting a range of historical to contemporary works in a variety of mediums and forms, from 19th-century marionettes to digital installations. Through June 3.

Info, 985-3346. Shelburne Museum.

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LINDA MIRABILE: “Avian Inspired,” bird-inspired paintings by the Vermont artist. Through March 30. Info, 828-0749. Governor’s Gallery in Montpelier.

NITYA BRIGHENTI: “Altri Tempi,” oil paintings of family and friends made over the course of a decade. Through March 31. Info, o.brighenti@ hawaiiantel.net. The Drawing Board in Montpelier.

‘NOURISHMENT’ JURIED SHOW: Works by Vermont artists including Josh Axelrod, Stella Ehrlich, Linda Di Sante, Carole Naquin, Roger Weingarten and Frank Woods. Through April 27. Info, 262-6035. T.W. Wood Gallery in Montpelier.

‘SHOW 24’: The latest works of the gallery’s Vermont-based member-artists, with guest artist Athena Petra Tasiopoulos. Through April 28. Info, 552-0877. The Front in Montpelier.

TIKI KELVIE: “Glitterati,” works on canvas exploring the properties of glitter. Through April 1. Info, tikiamber@ymail.com. Espresso Bueno in Barre.

‘WAKE UP TO (LIVING AND) DYING’ MULTI-MEDIA EXHIBIT: An interactive exhibit featuring audio stories and questions meant to provoke thinking about how to live well through a conscious awareness of death. Through March 28. Info, 223-2518.

WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION EXHIBIT: Works commissioned by the WPA on loan from the collection of Montpelier’s T.W. Wood Gallery.

Through March 31. Info, 279-6403. Central Vermont Medical Center in Berlin.

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ALEXY J. LANZA: “From the Death of One Star/ Por La Muerte De Una Estrella,” a series of 20 large woodcut prints based on ancient Mayan glyphs, 580 BC to 964 AD. Through April 10. Info, 322-1604.

Goddard Art Gallery, Pratt Center, Goddard College, in Plainfield.

BURTON SNOWBOARDS RETROSPECTIVE: Vintage to modern snowboards, original outerwear, and images and stories from the Vermont company’s 41-year history. Through April 15. Info, 760-4634.

Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center, Stowe Mountain Resort.

‘THE ART OF GRANITE’: An exhibition exploring the use of Barre granite in sculpture, highlighting a continuity between classical techniques and the innovation and creativity of today’s artists.

Through March 30. Info, 479-8500. Vermont History Center in Barre.

‘CURIOUS & COOL’: Unusual and seldom-seen artifacts of ski culture from the museum’s archives.

Through October 31. Info, 253-9911. Vermont Ski and Snowboard Museum in Stowe.

‘ARTISTS TO WATCH, PART I’: The Vermont Arts Council, Ric Kasini Kadour and six guest curators showcase Vermont artists worth watching.

Through April 29. Info, 828-3291. Spotlight Gallery in Montpelier.

‘EXPLORERS OF NORWICH’: An exhibition exploring the lives of Norwich University alumni who shaped and changed the U.S. during the mid-19th and early 20th centuries. Through June 30. Info, 4852183. Sullivan Museum & History Center, Norwich University, in Northfield.

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DIANNE SHULLENBERGER: “After the Frost: Moments in Nature,” mixed-media and fabric collage. MARCIA HILL: “The Spirited Landscapes,” scenic works in pastel. Through April 29. Info, info@ riverartsvt.org. River Arts in Morrisville.

GALEN CHENEY: “Look Up,” new abstract mixedmedia works by the Massachusetts artist. Through May 4. Info, 760-6785. Edgewater Gallery in Stowe.

JAMES PETERSON: “Dreamcatcher,” an immersive installation by the artist-in-residence from Los Angeles. Through September 30. Info, 253-8358.

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JOHN MILLER: “Dialogue With Resonance: Recent Collages From Italy,” a series of photo collages using grids and images made during the artist’s residencies at the American Academy in Rome.

Through April 6. Info, 635-1469. Julian Scott Memorial Gallery, Northern Vermont University, in Johnson.

‘LOVE LOST & FOUND’: A juried exhibition of 28 works by 23 artists, including oils, watercolor, mixed media, photography, collage and textile art.

Through April 1. Info, 644-5100. Bryan Memorial Gallery in Jeffersonville.

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f ‘PLEASED TO MEET YOU!’: A group show featuring 20 local artists brings to life fantastical, imaginative creatures and beings of the nonhuman variety. f HANNAH MORRIS: “The Feast of Fools,” painted collage and soft sculpture installations that explore the intersection of the sublime, absurd and mundane in recognizable moments and places. Reception: Friday, April 20, 7-9 p.m. Through May 12. Info, 479-7069. Studio Place Arts in Barre.

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HARLAN MACK: “Post Pioneer,” recent works by the artist and VSC sculpture and operations manager.

Through April 11. Info, tara@vermontstudiocenter. org. Red Mill Gallery in Johnson.

KUMARI PATRICIA: Self-reflective, narrative acrylic paintings. Through May 31. Info, 595-4866. The Hive in Middlesex.

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‘DEEP INTO NATURE’: Paintings by watercolorist Susan Wahlrab and works by fiber artist Dianne Shullenberger, which together explore oftenoverlooked flora and fauna. ‘A REVERENT EYE’: Two Vermont-based artists, plein air painter Charlie Hunter and landscape and architectural photographer Jim Westphalen, capture the vanishing icons of Vermont’s rich industrial and agricultural past. Through May 20. Info, 253-8943.

West Branch Gallery & Sculpture Park in Stowe.

GROUP SHOW: Students of Sylvia Walker’s MSAC painting workshop exhibit the fruits of their labor.

Through April 1. Info, 477-3181. East State Salon in Montpelier.

JANE ENGLISH: A retrospective featuring photographs and books, including images from a best-selling translation of the Tao Te Ching.

Through May 3. Info, 426-3581. Jaquith Public Library in Marshfield.

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CLAIRE VAN VLIET: “Sky and Earth,” pulp paintings using mineral pigments and handmade paper by the renowned Vermont artist between 1995 and 2011. Through March 30. Info, 828-0749. Vermont Supreme Court Gallery in Montpelier.

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MATILDE ALESSANDRA: “FLOW,” ink drawings and light sculpture by the New York artist. Through April 27. Info, sophie@571projects.com. 571 Projects in Stowe.

‘ORDINARY TIME’: Paintings by Maine artist Grace DeGennaro and kinetic sculpture by Boston artist Anne Lilly. PHILIP HERBISON: “The Infinite Shapes of Water,” large-scale digital photo prints. Through April 14. Info, 253-8358. Helen Day Art Center in Stowe.

‘POST-APOCALYPSE FOR 3/4 EMPIRE’: Large masonite prints on muslin inspired by Albrecht Dürer’s 1495 apocalypse woodcuts, made by Bread and Puppet Theater founder Peter Schumann and printmaker Lila Winstead. Through April 11. Info, tara@vermontstudiocenter.org. Vermont Studio Center Gallery II in Johnson.

‘TUESDAY NIGHTS’: A collection of poetry by River Arts Poetry Clinic participants. Through March 30.

Info, 888-1261. Morrisville Post Office.

‘VERMONT LANDSCAPES’: An exhibition featuring 38 landscape paintings by 19 Vermont artists.

Through June 30. Info, 644-5100. Lamoille County Courthouse in Hyde Park.

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JOSH AXELROD: “A Man and His Camera,” fine art photographs by the Roxbury artist. Through March 30. Info, 496-6682. Vermont Festival of the Arts Gallery in Waitsfield.

MICHAEL J. BALZANO: “My Daily Bunny,” serialized drawings of the artist’s character and its adventures. Through April 6. Info, 244-7801. Axel’s Gallery & Frame Shop in Waterbury.

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ELINOR STEELE FRIML: Tapestries from the 40year career of the Vermont designer and weaver, including abstract and impressionistic images, landscapes and geometric compositions. Through March 31. Info, 382-9222. Jackson Gallery, Town Hall Theater, in Middlebury.

HANNAH SECORD WADE: “Everything All Together,” a solo exhibition of new large-scale oil paintings by the Maine-based artist. Through April 29. Info, 877-2173. Northern Daughters in Vergennes.

HOLLY FRIESEN: “Lighting Up the Night,” landscapes by the Montréal painter. Through April 5. Info, 458-0098. Edgewater Gallery at Middlebury Falls.

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f ‘OUR TOWN: LOVE, JOY, SADNESS AND BASEBALL’: Thirty-six historic photographs from the museum’s archives, curated by retired National Geographic photographer James P. Blair and Sheldon archivist Eva Garcelon-Hart. Reception: Friday, April 13, 5-7 p.m. JOHN CROSS: “American Wood Sculptor John Cross: A Contemporary Figurative Folk Artist,” whimsical wood carvings by the Middlebury College alum. Through July 8.

Info, 388-2117. Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History in Middlebury.

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‘NEVER FELT BETTER: FIBER TRANSFORMED’: Works created with the world’s oldest textile technique by member artists Deb Allen, Marsha Chase and Celia Oliver, and guest artists Kathy Giroux, Kim Goodling, Nancy Hayden, Muffy Kashkin-Grolier, Lynn Ocone, Susi Ryan, and Linda Veilleux. Through April 8. Info, 877-3850. Creative Space Gallery in Vergennes.

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‘10 YEARS: THE CAMERON PRINT PROJECT’: Works created by Cameron Visiting Artists, in collaboration with students of Hedya Klein’s silk-screen and intaglio classes, including Mark Dion, Derrick Adams, Tomas Vu, Kati Heck and Rona Yefman.

Through April 29. Info, 443-5258. Middlebury College Museum of Art.

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‘POWER & PIETY: SPANISH COLONIAL ART’: Drawn from the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Collection, this exhibition reveals the great wealth of the region from the late 17th century until the 1820s.

Through April 22. Info, 443-5258. Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College.

RICK SKOGSBERG: “Can’t Lose Shoes,” an installation featuring the irreverently handpainted shoes of the Rochester artist. Through March 30. Info, 349-0979. BigTown Gallery Vergennes.

‘UP HOME: HAND-COLORED PHOTOGRAPHS BY SUSANNE AND NEIL RAPPAPORT’: Images that document the late Minnie Griswold’s Pawlet home.

Through March 31. Info, 388-4964. Vermont Folklife Center in Middlebury.

‘WINTER INTO SPRING’: A group exhibition featuring works by Klara Calitri, Linda Hampton-Smith, Molly Hawley, Patricia LeBon Herb and Yinglei Zhang. Through March 30. Info, 388-4095. Ilsley Public Library in Middlebury.

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‘ART FROM FARM TO TABLE’: Pastel works by Middlebury artists Judy Albright and Cristine Kossow. Through April 2. Info, 247-4956. Brandon Artists Guild.

‘ART OF RUTLAND COUNTY’: Inaugural gallery show featuring works by 34 area artists, including Bonnie Baird, Joan Curtis, Kerry O. Furlani, Warren Kimble, Grace Mellow and Erika Lawlor Schmidt.

Through March 30. Info, the77gallery@gmail.com.

The 77 Gallery in Rutland.

‘FROM FARM AND FIELD’: Sculpture by Joe Lupiani and paintings by Hannah Sessions. Through April 21. Info, oliver.schemm@castleton.edu. Castleton University Bank Gallery in Rutland.

JOAN CURTIS: “Living With the Earth,” three collections of paintings by the Brandon artist.

Through March 31. Info, galleries@castleton.edu.

Rutland City Hall.

KATE LONGMAID: “Hear Our Voice,” portraits featuring political slogans, quotations and the artist’s own words. Through May 5. Info, 603-7328606. The Alley Gallery in Rutland.

‘THE LABORING SELF’: Professors xtine burrough and Dr. Sabrina Starnaman examine invisible labor in the digital age. Through March 30. Info, galleries@castleton.edu. Christine Price Gallery, Castleton University.

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‘BODY LANGUAGE’: A collaboration of poems and prints by Don and V. Shalvah Herzberg. Through March 31. Info, 295-5901. Two Rivers Printmaking Studio in White River Junction.

CECILY HERZIG: “Dark Botanicals and Swamp Nonsense,” new paintings. Through March 31. Info, cecily.herzig@gmail.com. Zollikofer Gallery at Hotel Coolidge in White River Junction.

LAURA DI PIAZZA: “Vox Somnium,” mixed-media works exploring irregular spaces, complicated positions and meditative interactions. Through May 23. Info, 296-7000. Barrette Center for the Arts in White River Junction.

‘THE LIGHT AROUND US’: An interactive, educational exhibition exploring the physics of light and how we see it. Through May 2. Info, 649-2200.

Montshire Museum of Science in Norwich.

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‘SEASONAL EXPRESSION’: Paintings by Prilla Smith Brackett, Elizabeth Nelson and Jane Sherrill that explore the expressive force of nature.

Through April 14. ALICE KITCHEL: “Four Seasons,” paintings by the Danville artist. Through April 20. Info, 748-2600. Catamount Arts Center in St. Johnsbury.

‘BELLS & WHISTLES’: An exhibition exploring the myriad forms and associations connected to these ordinary objects. Through May 1. Info, 626-4409.

The Museum of Everyday Life in Glover.

BEN BARNES: Paintings by the Northeast Kingdom artist. Through March 31. Info, 472-9933. 3rd Floor Gallery in Hardwick.

G.R.A.C.E. OUTSIDER PAINTINGS: Paintings by the self-taught artists of the Hardwick-based Grass Roots Art and Community Effort program. Through May 1. Info, 525-3366. Parker Pie Co. in West Glover.

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RED MOLLY Fri., March , 30, 8 pm Bar re Ope ra Ho use “...tick-tight arrangements, crystalline vocals, and caramel harmonies.” - The Boston Globe

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implications of light-based sculpture and the more humble medium of ink on paper, the New York artist investigates properties of color and shadow, shape and space. A selection of Alessandra’s sculptural works and drawings is currently featured at Stowe’s 571 Projects. For her works on paper, she uses simple, repetitive marks imbued with compulsive energy; her masterful results blur the lines between disciplines — part meditation on light, part murmuration. Through April 27. Pictured: “Untitled #33.”

MEMPHREMAGOG WATERSHED ASSOCIATION: Artworks created by the Plein Air NEK group featuring local waters as well as soil and water conservation practices. Through March 30. Info, skye@wonderartsvt.org. Brown Library, Sterling College, in Craftsbury Common.

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‘MUSE’: Vermont artists Jess Polanshek, Kristin Richland and Amanda Weisenfeld reflect on spirit guides, journeying, introspection and winter’s quiet. Through May 28. Info, 533-2000. Highland Center for the Arts in Greensboro.

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TONI GILDONE: “Depth of Expression,” photographs of children. Through April 28. Info, 685-2188.

Chelsea Public Library.

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‘LEONARD COHEN: A CRACK IN EVERYTHING’: A collection of brand-new works commissioned from and created by local and international artists who have been inspired by Leonard Cohen’s style and recurring themes, in honor of the late poet and musician. Through April 9. Info, 514-847-6226.

Montréal Museum of Contemporary Art. ‘MNEMOSYNE’: An exhibition pairing ancient and modern European works with contemporary art by Canadian artists. Through May 20. Info, 514-2852000. NADIA MYRE: “Scattered Remains,” the first survey exhibition of the indigenous Québec artist.

Through May 27. Info, 514-285-1600. Montréal Museum of Fine Arts. m

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‘WILDLANDS’: Works by 10 artists that celebrate public lands, national parks and wilderness.

Through March 30. Info, 885-3061. The Great Hall in Springfield.

NANCY TAPLIN: A select retrospective of paintings by the Vermont artist. Through March 31. Info, 767-9670. BigTown Gallery in Rochester.

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ALFRED LESLIE: “100 Views Along the Road,” black-and-white watercolors of Americana made between 1981 and 1983. Through June 17. GLORIA GARFINKEL: Interactive sculpture that invites viewers to explore the relationships between colors. Through June 17. GOWRI SAVOOR: “We Walk in Their Shadows,” sculptures and drawings depicting a journey across boundaries. Through June 17. RICHARD KLEIN: “Bottle in the River,” sculpture made from found and salvaged glass.

Through June 17. STEVE GERBERICH: “Best of ‘Springs, Sprockets & Pulleys,’” kinetic sculptures by the artist, inventor and pack rat. Through October 8. SUSAN VON GLAHN CALABRIA: “Hereandafter,” still life paintings by the former BMAC education curator. Through June 17. Info, 257-0124.

Brattleboro Museum & Art Center.

f JOHN DUFFY: “Where We Live,” 20 photographs by the South Royalton artist. Reception: Sunday, April 8, 2-4 p.m. Through April 23. Info, 889-9404.

Tunbridge Public Library in Tunbridge Village.

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RACHEL LAUNDON: “Wet, Wild and Wonderful,” vibrant handpainted folk-art fish and fish masks.

Through April 17. Info, 748-0158. Northeast Kingdom Artisans Guild Backroom Gallery in St. Johnsbury.

JULIA R. SEYFERTH: “Feathered,” works on paper in pen, ink and watercolor by the Bennington native.

Through April 2. Info, 681-2889. Southern Vermont College Gallery in Bennington.

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Fantastic Woman doesn’t so much open as detonate into being with a title sequence of arresting mystery and grandeur. Director Sebastián Lelio (Gloria) nudges the credits to the edge of the frame to make room for a stunning overhead shot of Iguazu Falls, great torrents cascading over a circular rim into an unfillable cavity, to the electronic score of composer Matthew Herbert.

Orlando (Francisco Reyes) is a debonaire fiftysomething cis man who’s built a fulfilling life in Santiago, Chile, with Marina (Daniela Vega), a 28-year-old trans woman. We’re introduced to them in the midst of a special evening. He strolls into a club where she’s singing the Puerto Rican tune “Periódico de Ayer” (“Yesterday’s News”). The moment is as amusing as it is ominous.

The couple goes dancing, then for drinks and dinner. For dessert, he presents her with a gift: a voucher good for a getaway to Iguazu. In the middle of the night, though, Orlando suffers an aneurysm. Marina rushes him to the hospital, but he’s already gone.

The loss of her true love — and, we’ll come to see, her social safety net — turns her world upside down.

Vega, of course, doesn’t merely play a young trans woman. She’s that in real life, and this is her first feature performance, which makes her portrayal of the character even more remarkable than it might at first appear. As indignities and injustices cascade, she projects defiance and occasionally rage — while, inside, grief brings Marina ever closer to crumbling.

“What’s that, a nickname?” an officer asks after reading Marina’s birth name on her license.

A detective forces her to submit to a humiliating physical exam just because she can. Cruelest is Orlando’s ex-wife (Aline Küppenheim), who bans Marina from his funeral. “When I look at you,” she hisses, “I don’t know what I’m seeing.”

Written by Lelio with Gonzalo Maza, A Fantastic Woman combines a sensitive meditation on identity and loss with a mixed bag of flourishes from noir, melodrama and surrealism. There’s a bit about a mysterious locker key left by Orlando, for example, that doesn’t go anywhere. The malice his ex exhibits toward Marina makes a point. But then the point is made again with less effectiveness. Then again. The director’s dreamlike touches possess more eloquence.

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CHILE RECEPTION Lelio’s latest earned the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar largely on the basis of Vega’s uncanny performance.

Perhaps the movie’s most indelible image is that of Marina alone, traversing a stretch of sidewalk as trash and scraps of paper (yesterday’s newspapers?) whip by her. The punishing wind pushes her nearly parallel to the pavement, so that she is unable to move forward. She surprises us repeatedly, turning to the camera. To us. As if asking, “What are you looking at?”

I wasn’t sure I had an adequate answer.

Moving and empathetic as the film is, its creators elect to leave Marina’s motivation unaddressed. Which left me wondering what it must feel like to need a different body. So I

asked a friend who lives in one, who told me: “The reason behind my abysmal selfesteem for the first 23 years of my life was the fact that I wasn’t me. I was incomplete, and it was time to complete myself. The first time I did my injection ... it was a feeling that I will never forget, impossible to fully put into words.”

Between the film and this friend, I think I’ve got the picture now. The movie is great.

And, if it helps people put themselves in the pumps of the Marinas out there, how could that be anything but fantastic?

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Unsane ★★★

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’m always up for watching a cinematic experiment. And Steven Soderbergh’s career offers plenty: In between his more conventional Hollywood projects, the writer-director-cinematographereditor has played around with digital HD, nonlinear narratives, nonprofessional actors and new distribution methods.

For his latest adventure, Soderbergh picked up a humble iPhone 7 Plus to shoot the psychological thriller Unsane. Visually, the results aren’t pretty, but they’re interesting. On the level of narrative and tone, the movie is a mess.

The screenplay, by Jonathan Bernstein and James Greer, pulls a bait-and-switch so clumsy that it suggests a bad student film.

For roughly half the run-time, we seem to be watching a twisty psychological thriller about an unstable young woman named Sawyer Valentini (Claire Foy) who’s dealing with residual trauma from a past stalking.

When Sawyer seeks outpatient therapy at a mental institution, she finds herself being forcibly committed. Is she the victim of a nightmarish bureaucratic web, or is she actually “unsane”? When Sawyer identifies one of the orderlies (Joshua Leonard) as the man who stalked her in another city, the suspense should shift into high gear. Is he, or isn’t he?

Instead, the film abandons its tight focus on Sawyer and abruptly resolves the mystery. From there on, we’re watching a lurid, borderline-silly thriller with plot holes that

BAD CALL? In this uneven thriller shot on an iPhone, Foy gets more than she bargained for when she seeks therapy.

nobody seems to have cared enough to fill.

A shoehorned-in element of social critique can’t compensate for the lack of anything resembling genuine fear.

Perhaps the problem is that iPhone cinematography is not, to put it mildly, the best medium for creating the fluid shadows and tricks of the light that feed this genre. While Soderbergh’s carefully composed, underlit shots are weirdly fascinating, they generate about as much dread as an instructional video.

The one exception is a climactic scene set in an isolation chamber whose monochrome walls approximate a black-box theater.

Without background distraction, the two lead actors’ performances finally catch fire.

The film briefly even manages to resonate in the #MeToo moment, as Sawyer confronts the fear she’s lived with for years.

From her first scene, Sawyer is not a nice or easygoing person. Far from being her downfall, however, her not-niceness is what enables her to fight back. In this way

and others, the film takes an empathetic approach toward stalking victims, yet it never reconciles that sensitivity with the pursuit of cheap, exploitation-style thrills.

With her enormous, watchful eyes and tight jaw, Foy delivers a tense, layered performance that deserves more fully realized material. But, because her antagonist’s character wavers from scene to scene, never really adding up, she’s performing in a vacuum.

Other supporting players, such as Amy Irving as Sawyer’s mom and Juno Temple as a fellow patient, never rise above caricatures.

Perhaps Unsane was designed as a spoof of Lifetime-style women-in-peril movies.

Sawyer’s romance-heroine name, to which the script calls extra attention, certainly suggests so, as do some scenes involving buffoonish cops. But the film’s absurd aspects don’t mesh well with its flat, documentary visual style, or with the earnest points it seems to want to make about rape culture and profit-driven mental health care.

Good points, to be sure, but not ones the movie is ultimately equipped to drive home. In trying to be too many things, Unsane fails to meet the basic requirement of its genre — to make us look nervously over our shoulders. As experiments go, it’s a failure, but Soderbergh failing at something new is still more fun to watch than filmmakers who don’t even try.

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THE DEATH OF STALIN: Armando Iannucci, creator of “Veep,” offers a dark comedy about the chaos and conspiracies that followed the Soviet leader’s demise in 1953. Starring Steve Buscemi (as Nikita Krushchev), Michael Palin and Jeffrey Tambor. (107 min, R. Roxy) GOD’S NOT DEAD: A LIGHT IN DARKNESS: In the third installment of Pure Flix’s evangelical series, a pastor fights to keep his congregation on a college campus after his church is burned down. David A.R. White, John Corbett and Ted McGinley star. Michael Mason directed. (106 min, PG. Essex)

BLACK PANTHERHHHH Endowed with superhuman powers, the young king (Chadwick Boseman) of African nation Wakanda grapples with the threat of civil war in this Marvel production, which takes place after Captain America: Civil War. With Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong’o and Danai Gurira. Ryan Coogler (Creed) directed. (134 min, PG-13; reviewed

by M.H. 2/21) DARKEST HOURHHHH1/2 Gary Oldman plays Winston Churchill in this historical drama about his crucial decisions in the early days of World War II from director Joe Wright (Atonement). With Lily James and Kristin Scott Thomas. (125 min, PG-13; reviewed by R.K. 2/7) A FANTASTIC WOMANHHHH1/2 A transgender woman grapples with the aftermath of her boyfriend’s death in this Oscar-winning drama from Chile. Daniela Vega and Francisco Reyes star. Sebastián Lelio (Gloria) directed. (100 min, R; reviewed by R.K. 3/28)

LOVE, SIMONHHH1/2 In this comedy-drama based on Becky Albertalli’s YA novel Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda, a closeted gay high schooler faces the possibility that he’ll be outed. Nick Robinson, Josh Duhamel and Jennifer Garner star. Greg Berlanti (Life As We Know It) directed. (109 min, PG-13) MIDNIGHT SUNHH In this remake of a 2006 Japanese romance hit, a teenager (Bella Thorne) who must shun sunlight to survive finds herself drawn to a boy (Patrick Schwarzenegger). Scott Speer (Step Up Revolution) directed. (91 min, PG-13) PACIFIC RIM UPRISINGHH In this sequel to Guillermo del Toro’s 2013 giant-monster flick, a new generation of pilots uses mecha suits to fight the menace from another dimension. Adria Arjona, Scott Eastwood and John Boyega star. TV writer Steven S. DeKnight takes over directorial duties.

(111 min, PG-13)

NOW PLAYING 7 DAYS IN ENTEBBEHH1/2 This thriller dramatizes the events following the 1976 terrorist hijacking of an Air France flight, including the Israeli government’s daring rescue mission. Rosamund Pike, Daniel Brühl and Eddie Marsan star. José Padilha (Elite Squad) directed. (106 min, PG-13)

I CAN ONLY IMAGINEH1/2 This inspirational family drama from directors Andrew and Jon Erwin (Moms’ Night Out) explores the story behind the titular Christian rock hit by MercyMe. J. Michael Finley, Brody Rose and Dennis Quaid star. (110 min, PG)

JUMANJI: WELCOME TO THE JUNGLEHHH Four teens are trapped in a video game where they’re represented by human movie clichés (Dwayne Johnson, Karen Gillan, Kevin Hart and Jack Black) in this belated sequel to the 1995 action comedy.

Jake Kasdan (Bad Teacher) directed. (119 min, PG-13)

THE PARTYHHH1/2 Civilized people get nasty when a British politician (Kristin Scott Thomas) has friends over to celebrate her promotion in this comedy of manners from director Sally Potter (Orlando), also starring Patricia Clarkson, Timothy Spall and Emily Mortimer. (71 min, R) PAUL, APOSTLE OF CHRISTHH1/2 This biblical drama chronicles the New Testament story of one of the most famous early converts to Christianity (James Faulkner). With Jim Caviezel as Luke and Joanne Whalley. Andrew Hyatt (Full of Grace) directed. (106 min, PG-13)

PETER RABBITHH1/2 Beatrix Potter’s classic kids’ tale of a clever rodent comes to the screen as a family animation, directed by Will Gluck (Annie).

With the voices of James Corden, Domhnall Gleeson, Fayssal Bazzi and Sia. (93 min, PG)

TOMB RAIDERHH1/2 Hollywood has another go at adapting the popular video game series into an action franchise; this time around, Alicia Vikander plays adventurer Lara Croft. With Dominic West and Walton Goggins. Roar Uthaug (The Wave) directed.

(118 min, PG-13; reviewed by M.H. 3/21) UNSANEHH1/2 Steven Soderbergh used an iPhone to direct this horror thriller about a young woman who faces her greatest fear after she’s involuntarily committed to a mental institution. Claire Foy, Juno Temple and Joshua Leonard star. (97 min, R; reviewed by M.H. 3/28)

A WRINKLE IN TIMEHH1/2 A young girl (Storm Reid) must travel the space-time continuum to find her missing scientist dad (Chris Pine) in this Disney adaptation of Madeleine L’Engle’s kids’ classic from director Ava DuVernay (Selma). With Oprah Winfrey and Reese Witherspoon. (109 min, PG)

RED SPARROWH1/2 A ballerina (Jennifer Lawrence) becomes a Russian spy assigned to seduce a CIA agent in this thriller from director Francis Lawrence (the last three Hunger Games movies).

Joel Edgerton, Matthias Schoenaerts and Charlotte Rampling also star. (139 min, R; reviewed by R.K. 3/7)

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ANNIHILATIONHHHH Jeff VanderMeer’s cerebral sci-fi trilogy comes to the screen, with Natalie Portman playing a biologist who embarks on an expedition into an area that seems to defy natural laws. With Jennifer Jason Leigh and Tessa Thompson. Alex Garland (Ex Machina) cowrote and directed. (120 min, R; reviewed by M.H. 2/28)

GAME NIGHTHHHH1/2 Folks who meet regularly for friendly competition find themselves instead trying to solve a real-life murder in this action comedy. With Rachel McAdams, Jesse Plemons and Jason Bateman. John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein (Vacation) directed. (100 min, R; reviewed

by R.K. 2/28)

SHERLOCK GNOMESHH The title sleuth (voiced

by Johnny Depp) investigates the mysterious disappearances of lawn ornaments in this sequel to the 2011 family animation Gnomeo and Juliet.

Emily Blunt, James McAvoy, Mary J. Blige and Michael Caine also star. John Stevenson directed.

(100 min, PG) THOROUGHBREDSHHHH Two privileged teens (Anya Taylor-Joy and Olivia Cooke) team up on a devious plan in this indie thriller from writer-director Cory Finley. The late Anton Yelchin costarred. (92 min, R; reviewed by M.H. 3/21)

LIVES WELL LIVED: In this documentary directed by Sky Bergman, 40 people ages 75 to 100 talk about their personal histories and what it means to them to have lived a meaningful life. (72 min, NR. Savoy) READY PLAYER ONE: In this adventure based on Ernest Cline’s best seller, set in the near future, a young man (Tye Sheridan) competes in a highstakes virtual reality game that hinges on expertise in 1980s pop culture. With Olivia Cooke and Ben Mendelsohn. Steven Spielberg directed. (140 min, PG-13. Essex, Majestic, Marquis, Palace, Paramount, Roxy, Welden)

THE SHAPE OF WATERHHHH1/2 A mute janitor (Sally Hawkins) at a government lab falls for a mysterious marine creature in this arty riff on classic monster flicks from cowriter-director Guillermo del Toro. With Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins and Octavia Spencer. (123 min, R)

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MARQUIS THEATRE Main St., Middlebury, 388-4841, middleburymarquis.com

wednesday 28 — thursday 29 *Ready Player One A Wrinkle in Time friday 30 — thursday 5 Love, Simon *Ready Player One Theater closed Sun only.

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wednesday 28 — thursday 29 7 Days in Entebbe Black Panther The Party *Ready Player One (2D & 3D) The Shape of Water (Wed only) Thoroughbreds Unsane A Wrinkle in Time

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26 Main St., Montpelier, 229-0598, savoytheater.com

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of paradise that he got into a fist fight with another actor. I hope you will show an equally feisty fussiness in the coming weeks, Gemini.

APRIL FOOL! I lied, sort of. On the one hand, I do hope you’ll be forceful as you insist on expressing your high standards. Don’t back down! But on the other hand, refrain from pummeling anyone who asks you to compromise.

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A few years ago, a New Zealander named Bruce Simpson announced plans to build a cruise missile at his home using parts he bought legally from eBay and other online stores. In accordance with current astrological omens, I suggest you initiate a comparable project. For example, you could arrange a doit-yourself space flight by tying a thousand helium balloons to your lawn chair. APRIL FOOL! I lied. Please don’t try lunatic schemes like the helium balloon space flight. Here’s the truth: Now is a favorable time to initiate big, bold projects, but not foolish, big, bold projects. The point is to be both visionary and practical.

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(April 20-May 20): The Finnish word kalsarikännit means getting drunk at home alone in your underwear and bingeing on guilty pleasures. It’s a perfect time for you to do just that. The Fates are whispering, “Chill out. Vegetate. Be ambitionless.” APRIL FOOL! I told a half-truth. In fact, now is a perfect time to excuse yourself from trying too hard and doing too much. You can accomplish wonders and marvels by staying home and bingeing on guilty pleasures in your underwear. But there’s no need to get drunk.

(May 21-June 20): Actor Gary Busey is very sure there are no mirrors in heaven. He has other specific ideas about the place, as well. This became a problem when he was filming the movie Quigley, in which his character Archie visits heaven. Busey was so enraged at the director’s mistaken rendering

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Paul McCartney likes to periodically act like a regular person who’s not a famous musician. He goes grocery shopping without bodyguards. He rides on public transportation and strikes up conversations with random strangers.

I think you may need to engage in similar behavior yourself, Leo. You’ve become a bit too enamored with your own beauty and magnificence. You really do need to come down to earth and hang out more with us little people. APRIL FOOL! I lied. The truth is, now is prime time to hone your power and glory; to indulge your urge to shine and dazzle; to be as conspicuously marvelous as you dare to be.

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(Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The coming days will be an excellent time to concoct an alchemical potion that will heal your oldest wounds. For best results, mix and sip a gallon of potion using the following magic ingredients: absinthe, chocolate syrup, cough medicine, dandelion tea, cobra venom and worm’s blood. APRIL FOOL! I mixed a lie in with a truth. It is a fact that now is a fine time to seek remedies for your ancient wounds.

But the potion I recommended is bogus. Go on a quest for the real cure.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): There’s a narrow waterway between Asia and Europe. In the fifth century BC, Persian King Xerxes had two bridges built across it so he could invade Greece with his army. But a great storm swept through and smashed his handiwork.

Xerxes was royally peeved. He ordered his men to whip the uncooperative sea and brand it with hot irons, all the while shouting curses at it, like “You are a turbid and briny river.” I recommend that you do something similar, Scorpio. Has Nature done anything to inconvenience you? Show it who’s the Supreme Boss! APRIL FOOL! I lied. The truth is, now is an excellent time for you to become more attuned and in love with a higher power, however you define that. What’s greater than you and bigger than your life and wilder than you can imagine? Refine your practice of the art of surrender.

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(Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Fifteenth-century Italian painter Filippo Lippi was such a lustful womanizer that he sometimes found it tough to focus on making art. At one point, his wealthy and politically powerful patron, Cosimo de’ Medici, frustrated by his extracurricular activities, imprisoned him in his studio to ensure he wouldn’t get diverted. Judging from your current astrological omens, Sagittarius, I suspect you need similar constraints. APRIL FOOL! I fibbed a little. I am indeed worried you’ll get

so caught up in the pursuit of pleasure that you’ll neglect your duties. But I won’t go so far as to suggest you should be locked up for your own good.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Now is a

favorable time to slap a lawsuit on your mom in an effort to make her pay for the mistakes she made while raising you. You could also post an exposé on social media in which you reveal her shortcomings, or organize a protest rally outside her house with your friends holding signs demanding she apologize for how she messed you up. APRIL FOOL! Everything I just said was ridiculous and false. The truth is, now is a perfect moment to meditate on the gifts and blessings your mother gave you. If she is still alive, express your gratitude to her.

If she has passed on, do a ritual to honor and celebrate her.

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(Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Aquarian author Alice Walker won a Pulitzer Prize for her novel The Color Purple. She has also published 33 other books and built a large audience. But some of her ideas are not exactly mainstream. For example, she says that one of her favorite authors is David Icke, who asserts that intelligent extraterrestrial reptiles have disguised themselves as humans and taken control of our planet’s governments. I bring this to your attention, because I think it’s time that you, too, reveal the full extent of how crazy you really are.

APRIL FOOL! I half-lied. While it’s true that now is a favorable time to show more of your unconventional and eccentric sides, I don’t advise you to go full-on wacko.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Warning!

Danger! You are at risk of contracting a virulent case of cherophobia! And what exactly is cherophobia? It’s a fear of happiness.

It’s an inclination to dodge and shun joyful experiences because of the suspicion that they will disappoint you or cause bad luck.

Please do something to stop this insidious development. APRIL FOOL! I lied. The truth is that you are currently more receptive to positive emotions and delightful events than you’ve been in a long time. There’s less than a 1 percent chance that you will fall victim to cherophobia.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): I expect you will soon receive a wealth of exotic and expensive gifts. For example, a benefactor may finance your vacation to a gorgeous sacred site or give you the deed to an enchanted waterfall.

I won’t be surprised if you’re blessed with a solid gold bathtub or a year’s supply of luxury cupcakes. It’s even possible that a sugar daddy or sugar momma will fork over $500,000 to rent an auditorium for a party in your honor. APRIL FOOL! I distorted the truth.

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RUNNING WITH DOG, CHURCH STREET You yelled out from your car about my dog as I was running with a friend yesterday. Couldn’t stop then, but if you want to meet up and go for a walk with him, let me know! When: Thursday, March 22, 2018. Where: Church Street.

You: Woman. Me: Man. #914312 HELLO MR. SMITH? We met on St. Patty’s. Me and my friend hung out with you and your two friends after closing. You were sleeping when we left, and I misunderstood when your friends talked about exchanging numbers (thinking they weren’t talking to me). I know it’s a long shot, but I figured if you looked hard enough, you’d find me. The words “flask,” “bathroom” and “murdermart” should help your memory. J. When: Saturday, March 17, 2018. Where: Burlington.

You: Man. Me: Woman. #914311 SHELBY Every look still bites the same. / It keeps me when I see you, / when you have me in your eyes. / My entirety in a pith. / Revered, struck. Hopelessly in love with you. When: Thursday, March 22, 2018. Where: everywhere.

You: Woman. Me: Man. #914310

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SUBARU AT 802 I saw you going into the dealership in the afternoon. You test-drove the Subaru right after I did. I thought your hat was cute but couldn’t say it. Would love to see you again! When: Wednesday, March 21, 2018. Where: 802 Auto.

You: Woman. Me: Man. #914309 RE: DECEMBER, PARK PLACE Not sure if it’s me you are looking for, but everyone keeps telling me it is! I sent you a flirt. I’d like to chat, so if it is me you’re looking to have coffee with, let me know! When: Saturday, December 16, 2017. Where: Park Place, Essex.

You: Man. Me: Woman. #914308 KB-E AT UVM MED CENTER Hey, it was good running into you the other weekend. Sorry it was at your work and I was a little preoccupied. It’d be nice to get caught up sometime; if you ever feel like grabbing a cup of coffee or something, let me know. When: Sunday, March 4, 2018. Where: UVM Medical Center. You: Woman. Me: Man. #914307

YOUNG SILVER-HAIRED GODDESS? You were wearing a Primus shirt and eating ramen alone. I’m the guy in the vest two seats down who was with a friend that night. Who are you?

You seem magical. Perhaps you are a Druid, or a Valkyrie from the old ways. I would love the opportunity to hear your story. Perhaps over ramen? When: Saturday, March 10, 2018. Where: Bluebird Barbecue.

You: Woman. Me: Man. #914305 CITY MARKET CRACKERS AND ACL We talked at checkout. You seemed interesting, but I didn’t linger to talk more — but wished I did after.

Hit me up. You have some recovery time ahead. Good time to meet people! When: Wednesday, March 14, 2018. Where: City Market. You: Woman. Me: Man. #914303 THE BESTEST I know that you’re a little weird. I’m a little weird, too. We often have conversations with our eyes alone (which is good, because you aren’t one for many words). I do enough talking for the both of us. I see you on so many levels — I want to see way more. I think that you are the “bestest.” Will you be mine? When: Thursday, June 8, 2017. Where: GMS. You: Man. Me: Woman. #914302 THE DANCE FLOOR ON PLANET JUPTR You were the dark-haired petite lady in blue at JUPTR. You held your own on the dance floor with me, and you knew it. You let me know as much as we exchanged a few words, and then you disappeared shortly after, well before the show was done. We need to dominate a dance floor together again soon. When: Wednesday, March 14, 2018. Where: Nectar’s.

You: Woman. Me: Man. #914301 LOVE AT FIRST DIP We sat near each other in a cozy corner and shared stories over a beer. After talking to you for just that little bit, I knew the spark I felt could light the candle underneath the fondue bowl in front of me. You seem just as sweet as the homemade ice cream. Let’s meet there again! When: Tuesday, March 6, 2018. Where: the Stowehof & Fritz Bar. You: Man. Me: Woman. #914300

SHOPPING AT SHAW’S We ran across each other a few times in the aisles. Green coat, sweet smile in the spice aisle. Just thought I would say hi since I failed to utter a word to you today. When: Sunday, March 18, 2018. Where: Shaw’s.

You: Man. Me: Woman. #914306

ARAM I want to press my body against yours, slowly and softly kiss you, be close enough to breathe the heavy air that surrounds you, feel your arms envelope me as the world slowly blurs and fades away, leaving only we. When: Wednesday, March 14, 2018. Where: in everything.

You: Man. Me: Woman. #914299

ARKANSAS RESCUE STICK FIEND We crossed paths while you were walking your pup. Chatted about him; would like to hear about you, as well. If you would like company for another trek, please get in touch. When: Saturday, March 10, 2018. Where: Red Rocks Park. You: Woman. Me: Man. #914304

DOG STRUT I was walking out of Bath & Body and made deep and meaningful eye contact with your dog. I just want to follow that up. Your beard is invited, too. When: Wednesday, March 7, 2018. Where: Church Street. You: Man. Me: Woman. #914294

FRIENDLY FACE AT VILLAGE MARKET I decided to grab some food and was amazed by those beautiful blue eyes and red(?) hair (again). I’d like to think you opened up your line to get me over to chat, but more likely you are just a great employee. Wanna get together some time for coffee? You seem like such a kind person! When: Tuesday, March 13, 2018. Where: the Village Market, Waterbury.

You: Woman. Me: Man. #914298 DECEMBER, PARK PLACE, ESSEX Pre-Christmas, I saw you sitting watching karaoke. You: jeans, black coat and beautiful green eyes set off by shoulder-length blond hair. Me: jeans, white long-sleeved oxford, playing pool.

I was too nervous to approach. Care to meet for coffee or lunch? I promise not to sing! When: Saturday, December 16, 2017. Where: Park Place, Essex.

You: Woman. Me: Man. #914297 I MUSTACHE YOU A QUESTION Saw your mustache, definitely on fleek. You got the whole Dodgeball Goodman thing going on. Noticed everyone following your lead; quite the trendsetter you are. How’s about we find somewhere to talk about the next one? When: Monday, March 5, 2018. Where: Mehuron’s Market.

You: Man. Me: Woman. #914296 KINDNESS MATTERS I was wearing a lot of comfy plaid due to a recent surgery. I’m happily married, but I have a number of really great single friends. I’m pretty intuitive, and I liked your vibe. If you are single, I would be happy to subtly introduce you. If not, platonic friendship is also very available. When: Friday, March 9, 2018.

Where: Williston Goodwill drop-off.

You: Woman. Me: Man. #914295 DIGITAL CAFÉ DENIZEN Where: most BVT coffee shops. When: one to five times per week. Why: Laptops have supplanted the brick-andmortar. Working from home is lonely.

Caffeine addiction. Tech-induced social ineptitude. I would say we should grab a coffee, but at this rate I doubt our adrenals could handle it. Not trying to pick you up, but I’m curious — who are you, office mate? When: Wednesday, March 7, 2018. Where: all the coffee shops. You: Man. Me: Woman. #914293 PEANUT BUTTER ROMANCE Brown-haired lady, lovely lady, buying peanut butter in her own jar. I asked about peanut butter; we agreed it’s a dietary staple, a foundation of the food pyramid. I dig your cuteness and energy and the definitive way you told the cashier that your jar weighs 0.6. I’m a writer/farmer/teacher/jack-of-manytrades, crayons beside a Rolex. Let’s talk over drinks. When: Tuesday, March 6, 2018. Where: City Market, Onion River Co-op. You: Woman. Me: Man. #914292 HANNAFORD CHECKOUT LINE I am almost embarrassed to do this.

We were in line together. You had very politely put the divider down for me, then moved your stuff to make more room. You were very sweet. I thought maybe we exchanged a few smiles, and I thought you were very attractive.

You were in all black. When: Tuesday, March 6, 2018. Where: Hannaford.

You: Woman. Me: Man. #914291 LAURA I really didn’t have any reason to stop by. It was only to say hi to you. Enjoy the real sunshine. When: Tuesday, February 27, 2018. Where: S. Royalton.

You: Woman. Me: Man. #914282

SCARLETTLETTERS Dear Scarlett,

My wife (over 65 and taking antidepressants) and I (over 70) enjoy sexual intimacy.

She can climax, however, only with a vibrator. Is that unusual? What percentage of postmenopausal women needs vibrators to climax?

Signed,

Dear Old Lover,

Old Lover (male, over 70)

It’s wonderful that you and your wife are enjoying each other. Sex is key to a happy relationship and a healthy life.

Most people think of sex as a source of intimacy and pleasure. But it also has important health benefits, especially as we get older.

Only your wife’s doctor can comment on the effects of your wife’s antidepressants, but I can tell you that orgasms help reduce stress and enhance relaxation and emotional well-being. They also involve muscle contractions that work the pelvic floor muscles, which help a woman control her bladder and bowel.

So, orgasms can play a role in preventing or reducing incontinence.

As part of aging, many women experience physical and emotional changes that may dull their sex lives.

Loss of estrogen can affect emotions and mood, as well as cause dryness and loss of elasticity, making intercourse uncomfortable.

Most women, of all ages, do not climax through intercourse alone. But after menopause, women are more likely to need extra time to get aroused and to reach orgasm. That’s where a vibrator can help.

Vibrators enhance sensitivity by increasing blood flow to the genitals, which increases vaginal moisture so that sex feels better. They tend to achieve that blood flow more quickly than a human hand, which makes life easier for you, if you’re the one doing the stimulating.

That’s a win-win if you suffer from arthritis or muscle soreness in the hands.

What percentage of postmenopausal women needs vibrators to climax? I’m not sure. A 2009 study found that more than half of women ages 18 to 60 use them — a big increase from 1 percent in 1970. Manufacturers say that in recent years they’ve seen an uptick in sales of vibrators, dildos and other sex toys among women older than 50. And gynecologists are now prescribing them for some postmenopausal patients, saying that the increased stimulation helps with other medical conditions, including diabetes, cardiovascular disease and multiple sclerosis.

Vibrator use later in life has also become a hot topic in pop culture. In Season 3 of Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin’s hit Netflix show “Grace and Frankie,” the characters launch a new business selling vibrators specifically made for older women. Fonda, age 80, recently spoke about it on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” where she joked, “Use it or lose it, right?”

Wishing you and your wife continued good vibes!

Love,

Scarlett

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