Seven Days, June 28, 2023

BY RACHEL HELLMAN, PAGE 24

BISHOP COYNE TO LEAVE VERMONT

e top Catholic leader in Vermont, Bishop Christopher Coyne, is leaving the state for a new post in Connecticut.

Pope Francis announced on Monday that he named Coyne the coadjutor archbishop for the Archdiocese of Hartford, Conn. e title means Coyne will take over for the city’s current archbishop, Leonard Blair, when the latter retires next year.

Coyne will start his new position in October. As archbishop, he will be “responsible for the spiritual shepherding of the half-million Catholics in Hartford, New Haven, and Litchfield counties,” a press release from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington said. He has been Bishop of Burlington since December 2014; the diocese covers the entire state of Vermont.

e diocese praised Coyne for his leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic and for establishing the Vermont Catholic Community Foundation, a nonprofit that financially supports Catholic schools and parishes.

Coyne’s tenure was also marked by the 2018 launch of an investigation into abuse at the former St. Joseph’s Orphanage on North Avenue in Burlington. A task force

CELEBRATORY SILENCE?

Karen Hanron was walking through her neighborhood in Montpelier a few years ago when someone set off firecrackers, prompting a flock of birds to erupt from a tree.

“ ey were frenzied; there was nowhere to go,” she said. “I couldn’t shake the image of those terrified birds.”

Hanron, who has training in trauma therapy, had long known that fireworks can trigger people with PTSD and terrify pets. She decided to see whether she could change the tradition of using explosions to mark the anniversary of the nation’s independence.

“I thought, Why do we have to traumatize every living thing around us just to celebrate something?” Hanron said.

Last year, Hanron asked others on Front Porch Forum if they’d

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Cyanobacteria blooms closed all Burlington beaches on Sunday, though they were reopened by Monday afternoon. And summer’s just begun…

NEW CHALLENGE

Bor Yang, executive director of the Vermont Human Rights Commission, is leaving for a job in Oregon. She’s the first person of color to lead the agency.

PAID UP

found no evidence of murder there — as had been alleged in a bombshell Buzzfeed News story — but it did find credible evidence of widespread physical, emotional and sexual abuse.

Coyne notably released the survivors from nondisclosure agreements they’d signed in the 1990s so that they could participate in the 2018 investigation. But he declined to relitigate the cases, saying the diocese had no money for additional settlements.

e Burlington City Council on Monday night adopted a 2024 budget that includes $15,000 for a public memorial and healing garden for orphanage abuse survivors.

e $160,000 project, which is also to be funded with private donations, will connect North Avenue with the Burlington Greenway and will feature a sculptural arbor, wildflowers and boulders etched with former residents’ words.

A group of priests known as the Diocesan College of Consultors will choose an interim leader in Burlington until Pope Francis selects a new bishop.

Read Courtney Lamdin’s full story at sevendaysvt.com.

That’s how many apartments developers plan to build at the former YMCA site in downtown Burlington.

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Vermont has settled with some of the foreign investors who were scammed as part of the EB-5 fraud. More lawsuits are pending.

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Professional golfer Keegan Bradley, a Vermont native, won the PGA’s Travelers Championship. Atta boy!

be open to finding another way to celebrate, noting that Montpelier is home to musicians, dancers and other performers who could put on public shows instead. Hanron said she received a flood of emails from people who agree that fireworks should go, including military veterans who thanked her for bringing up the issue. “ ey thought they were the only ones,” she said.

She also approached Montpelier Alive, the downtown business group that puts on a fireworks show every July 3. Executive director Katie Trautz said she’s heard from others who’d like quieter alternatives, such as light shows that use drones. But Trautz noted that drone shows cost about four times as much as conventional fireworks, which this year will cost Montpelier Alive $12,000. National Life and the Vermont Mountaineers baseball team also put on fireworks shows.

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Trautz plans to survey locals about the issue.

“It’s hard to tell if it’s a community-wide concern or if it’s just a few people,” Trautz said.

While fireworks shows bring people together, Montpelier City Council member Pelin Kohn said she’s concerned about the pollutants they send into the air and ground, including aluminum, manganese and cadmium. Kohn also has constituents who want the shows to continue.

“I understand them, too,” Kohn said. “I want to represent the people who live in my district.”

Tom Swenson, the general manager of Northstar Fireworks — which is putting on 112 shows around the Fourth of July, including Montpelier’s — said preparation is key. He noted that fireworks shows are advertised in advance.

“You don’t know when a dump truck is going to drive by and go ‘bang,’” Swenson said. “ ere are so many other things that are startling.” ANNE

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QU’EST-CE QUE C’EST?

When the first sentence of a lead story contains a gross error easily corrected these days by googling before going to print, should a reader continue or move on to the next story, hoping for actual facts?

Last week’s Québec Issue begins with this sentence on page 13 [Magnificent 7, “Heaven’s Light,” June 21]: “Basilique Notre-Dame de Montréal transforms into a kaleidoscopic feast for the eyes ... that draws on the Québec cathedral’s rich history.”

By definition, a cathedral is not simply a large church; it is the principal church of a (Roman Catholic, in this case) diocese and the seat of its bishop. In Montréal, Notre-Dame is a parish church, no matter the building’s cathedral-like dimensions.

The correct name of Montréal’s Roman Catholic cathedral is Cathedral of Mary, Queen of the World and St. James the Greater. In French, that’s Basilique cathédrale de Marie-Reine-du-Monde et de Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur.

Michael Loris MONTPELIER

STOPPED THAT TRAIN

As usual, a great issue [The Quebec Issue, June 21]. One small correction that occurred after you went to press. On page 17 [“Bienvenue au Québec”] it’s mentioned you can get to Montréal by train using Amtrak’s Adirondack on the New York side.

As of this weekend that service has been suspended north of Albany, probably for the rest of the summer. This is due to Canadian National Railway issues beyond Amtrak’s control.

I am retired and living happily in Vermont but was the Amtrak service inspector for New York State Department of Transportation for many years.

Charles Poltenson HARTLAND

NO ACCENT NECESSARY

[Re “Montréal on the Menu,” June 21]: Nice piece, but you really do not need to write “Montréal” when you’re writing in English. It isn’t correct. Especially since you end up creating a word like “Montréaler,” which doesn’t even exist in either language.

Read any English media from Montreal and we don’t do the “é” when writing in English. CBC, Global, the Gazette — they all have more authority than I do in this matter.

Kate McDonnell MONTRÉAL, QUÉBEC

McDonnell is the author of Montreal City Weblog.

DE OR DU?

I read your article about visiting Québec and the French language spoken in la belle province [“Way to Say…” June 21]. First, thank you for sharing our culture with people in Vermont. It’s truly appreciated.

That said, I noticed a small mistake in the text, and as a French teacher and proofreader, I felt I had to let you know.

Where it’s written “dégustation du vin,” it should instead be “dégustation de vin(s).” The correct article is “de,” not “du”, which is a contraction of “de”

and “le.” “La dégustation du vin” is used in the context when we’re talking about the art of savoring a wine (the di erent steps to follow). When referring to an event of wine tasting, we would use the indefinite article “une” (“une dégustation de vin(s)”), and “vin” would be singular or plural depending on the number of bottles (one single wine or multiple wines).

I understand that these details may be subtle for non-natives, but for us, they make a di erence.

was for sale because of Anne Wallace Allen’s article in Seven Days [“Rochester Grocery Store to Close, Leaving Residents in the Lurch,” April 24, online]! The store has reopened, and the new owner is open to ideas and suggestions from the community. The staff is happier, and several former sta members have returned to work there.

Thank you so much for your fantastic article!

Virginia Bowman ROCHESTER

SOUR NOTES

[Re Soundbites: “Burlington Celebrates Juneteenth,” June 14]: I love the Discover Jazz Fest, and the evolution of its programming is important to me and the community at large. While Chris Farnsworth found much to like about this year’s fest, I was left with many doubts. There were two things I missed the most: 1) concerts in the Flynn Space and 2) Listening Sessions with jazz artists.

I really enjoyed the listening sessions with Michael Mwenso last year and will never forget having the chance to listen to and learn from Christian McBride. There are countless artists I loved hearing in the Flynn Space, including Anat Cohen and Esperanza Spalding. These small-venue events are what make our Jazz Fest so special.

Anaïs

Geoffrion VERDUN, QUÉBEC

Geo rion is the owner-manager of Académie ANA.

FORBIDDEN FOODS

[Re “ Bienvenue au Québec ,” June 21]: Travelers should take note to look up the border crossing website for foods that may recently have been prohibited. In May, upon returning from a trip through Montréal’s airport, we decided to go grocery shopping before returning home to Vermont. We had done this in years past with no incident. Knowing not to purchase fresh fruit or vegetables, we declared the meat and chicken purchased. That declaration triggered a full search of our vehicle and the confiscation of $40 worth of raw chicken we had bought! The ruling was due to avian flu. Buyer beware.

Deb Steinerman JEFFERSONVILLE

JOURNALISM WORKS

I recently learned that the new owner of Mac’s Market in Rochester — now Village Grocery — discovered the fact that Mac’s

I understand that large outdoor concerts can be popular, and for those that love that, great! But they are common in many cities seeking to bring in the crowds. For me, my friends and many I have spoken to, it was actually very sad not to have the option to listen closely in small rooms to jazz legends in concert and check out daily jazz interchanges with experts. I hope such small-venue concerts and listening sessions will be included again next year.

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Megan Epler Wood BURLINGTON

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Homing In

Some short-term rental hosts are flouting Burlington’s new regulations. e city intends to crack down.

Rhino Foods Proposes Major Addition to Burlington Plant

Pass or Fail?

Vermont eases oversight of homeschooling even as the number of students has grown

Connor Cyrus Leaves Vermont Public

STUCK IN VERMONT

Burlington Council Passes

$101 Million Budget After Road Tax Debate

Proposed Wake Boat Rules Edge Toward a Compromise

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‘She Was a Truth Teller”

Life Stories: Elizabeth “Lisa” Carlson, February 18, 1938June 4, 2023

Bar None

Qbar aims to unite the Upper Valley’s LGBTQ community, one guerilla-style pop-up at a time

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‘Makers Formerly Known’

Shelburne Museum stewards Native American art as part of a major new initiative

Reading Pays

Bruce Lisman’s American literature collection fetches millions at auction

Bad Muse eater review: Misery, Dorset eatre Festival

New Art Gallery, Music Hall Opens in Waterbury

All Is Calm

Denis Versweyveld’s pale palette reveals what is essential

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Landscape architect Ken Mills bought his 1770s home in northern Chittenden County 25 years ago. His property includes Studio JuJu, an elaborate parklike area featuring a screenedin waterfall and koi pond, massive ornate doors, metal sculptures, a stone labyrinth, and an iron bridge. Eva Sollberger toured Mills’ secret garden for the latest episode of “Stuck in Vermont.”

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FRIENDLY FIREWORKS

Montpelier’s beloved July 3rd Independence Day Celebration returns with a bang this year on the Vermont Statehouse lawn and throughout the Capital City. A family fest, a parade, the Montpelier Mile race, live music, a killer food truck lineup and, of course, a stunning fireworks show all make this a blowout bonanza to remember.

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THURSDAY 29

e Persistence of Memory

Book lovers have a chance to support local literature when writer Janvier Nsengiyumva launches Eyes Guided by God at Phoenix Books in Burlington. e memoir, published by Onion River Press, follows Nsengiyumva’s difficult childhood in Tanzanian refugee camps and his Burundian family’s immigration to Vermont.

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FRIDAY 30

Ripe for the Picking

e annual Strawberry Festival at West Burke Village Park offers Northeast Kingdom locals a berry good time. is evening of fruit-flavored fun features strawberry shortcake for sale, pizza and barbecue for dinner, live music, a bake sale, and the opportunity to blend your own smoothie by bicycle power.

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FRIDAY 30

Any Colour You Like

Brattleboro’s Epsilon Spires invites audiences to search for hidden meaning at Dark Side of the Rainbow, a simultaneous screening of e Wizard of Oz and playing of Pink Floyd’s album e Dark Side of the Moon. Rumor has it that this confluence creates some coincidental (or are they?) moments of synchronicity. At this outdoor event, viewers can sit back, don their 3D glasses and decide for themselves.

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THURSDAY 29

BAND THE RULES

Queer cumbia band Cachitas Now! brings Argentine flair and funky, fresh vibes to Fable Farm’s Feast & Field Music Series in Barnard. e group unleashes its unique blend of tango, hyperpop, folk, electronic and dance music while audience members enjoy tacos, sausages, hummus and salads made from newly harvested ingredients.

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Young performers ages 11 through 18 pull off daring and dazzling acts in A Midsummer Night’s Circus, the 36th annual edition of the Circus Smirkus Big Top Tour. is acrobatic adaptation of Shakespeare’s most magical comedy sees mischief break out when a group of friends encounters the feuding king and queen of the forest fairies.

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ONGOING Jazz Fusion

Burlington’s BCA Center presents “Jazz Stories,” a collection of works by famed Black American artist Faith Ringgold. Ringgold, who grew up surrounded by the creative energy of the Harlem Renaissance, presents a four-work series of pieces in silk screen, serigraph and acrylic on paper, inspired by the jazz scene.

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Merci-less

Studying ballet as an adolescent turned out to be good preparation for a career in newspaper publishing. My Soviet-trained teachers taught me that “correction” is a good thing, evidence that the person proposing a change sees the possibility of improvement. Nothing bodes worse in dance class than to be ignored by the lady with the stick.

So, I was gratified to be on the receiving end of a flurry of feedback about last week’s first-ever Québec Issue, which I organized. The first communication on Wednesday was congratulatory, from a friend who almost always reads the paper on the day it comes out. “Where do you get the energy?” he asked in an email. Over the course of the week, I received a few texts expressing similar sentiments — mostly from people who had some inside knowledge of the effort required to land this thing.

It took a day or two before readers started to let us know what we got wrong — from our secular misuse of the word “cathedral” to a “du” that should have been “de.” D’oh.

At Seven Days, we work hard to avoid errors. Two editors and two proofreaders pore over every story before the paper gets printed. But when filling an entire issue with content about another country, which uses a different language, one or two faux pas were bound to slip through.

Readers rarely put pen to paper, fingers to keys to rave without reservation. They write in to share their wisdom, and the first batch of signed letters to the editor — in this week’s Feedback section — was refreshingly informative.

A blogger from north of the border made a case that the English version of Montréal should not have an accent. Ditto Québec. It’s a valid point that will no doubt prompt a lively internal discussion of Seven Days “style,” which borrows from the Associated Press and other official language trendsetters.

A former Amtrak inspector let us know that, three days after our Québec Issue hit the streets, the train between New York City and Montréal along the west side of Lake Champlain stopped service north of Albany. Bad timing — just like the wildfire smoke — but at least the information was correct when we published it. And, as he was careful to explain, entirely the fault of the Canadian National Railway.

Yet another reader shared cautionary words about bringing poultry back across the border — something our FAQ piece, titled “Bienvenue au Québec,” indicated was OK. She had thought so, too, until hers was confiscated, in May, on grounds it could spread avian

flu. Her sound advice: “Travelers should take note to look up the border crossing website for foods that may recently have been prohibited.”

The angriest letter came from Michael Loris of Montpelier who took exception to our generic use of the word “cathedral” to describe a large church: the Basilique Notre-Dame de Montréal. A “cathedral,” he points out, “is the principal church of a diocese, and the seat of its bishop. In Montréal, Notre-Dame is a parish

church, no matter the building’s cathedral-like dimensions.”

Loris is merciless: “When the first sentence of a lead story contains a gross error easily corrected these days by googling before going to print, should a reader continue or move on to the next story, hoping for actual facts?” he asks rhetorically. “Last week’s Québec Issue begins with this sentence on page 13: ‘Basilique NotreDame de Montréal transforms into a kaleidoscopic feast for the eyes ... that draws on the Québec cathedral’s rich history.’”

A correction to the correction: Those words appeared in an event write-up in the weekly Magnificent 7 feature — not in a lead story. Both my introduction and the Québec-focused “Last 7” page preceded it. But you’ve got to love the fact that someone took the time to expose our sin in such vivid detail. These days they call it “audience engagement.” Keep it coming.

Paula Routly

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IT TOOK A DAY OR TWO BEFORE READERS STARTED TO LET US KNOW WHAT WE GOT WRONG —  FROM OUR SECULAR MISUSE OF THE WORD “CATHEDRAL” TO A “DU” THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN “DE.”

L’expérience AURA at Basilique NotreDame de Montréal

Homing In

Some short-term rental hosts are flouting Burlington’s new regulations. e city intends to crack down.

BY COURTNEY LAMDIN • courtney@sevendaysvt.com

Along, arduous debate over how to regulate short-term rentals in Burlington appeared to be settled last summer when city councilors approved new regulations meant to prevent the industry from cannibalizing the Queen City’s housing market.

But a year later, not everyone has fallen in line. A Seven Days review of listings on Airbnb and Vrbo turned up at least 20 units whose owners appear to be flouting the city ordinance.

O cials gave short-term rental hosts a lengthy grace period to come into compliance, and it ran out at the end of May. To compel people to follow the law, the city plans to start issuing tickets in July. But

some question whether the $100 fi nes will discourage hosts, who can make three times that much from a single evening’s rental.

Meantime, the changes have prompted a group of short-term rental hosts to hire lawyers to review the ordinance in hopes of challenging it. In short: Actually enforcing the regulations will be a di cult endeavor.

Burlington has about 240 active shortterm rentals, city data show, defined as dwelling units that are rented for fewer than 30 consecutive days and for more than 14 days in a 12-month period. Hosts can rent their primary home; an apartment in the building they live in; or an

outbuilding on their lot, such as an accessory dwelling unit.

Short-term rental hosts are required to live on-site, with two exceptions: seasonal homes or an apartment in a building that has other longterm units that meet certain a ordability specifications. Hosts are limited to just one of these “whole-unit” rentals; alternatively, they can rent up to three bedrooms in the home where they live.

Hosts pay a 9 percent tax on their earnings in addition to the existing 9 percent rooms and meals tax. The extra levy has

Rhino Foods Proposes Major Addition to Burlington Plant

BY ANNE WALLACE ALLEN anne@sevendaysvt.com

Rhino Foods, the company that makes the cookie dough used by Ben & Jerry’s and other ice cream companies, has applied to more than double the size of its Burlington manufacturing space. e company is seeking permission to build a 65,000-square-foot addition to its existing 44,000-square-foot plant on Queen City Park Road in the city’s South End. Plans also show new truck loading docks. e addition would cost about $10 million, according to the company’s application to the Burlington Design Advisory Board.

Rhino Foods, a family-owned company that started in the 1980s, has grown rapidly in the past few years. During a May presentation to the Ward 5 Neighborhood Planning Assembly, Martin Courcelle of Champlain Consulting Engineers said revenues from 2017 to 2022 had doubled, from $30 million to $60 million. Employment grew from 98 in 2015 to 204 in 2022, according to the presentation. e company expects to hire more than 40 additional employees as part of the project.

If Rhino Foods receives all of the necessary approvals, it expects to start construction in spring 2024 and complete the project in 2025.

e facility is across the street from the headquarters of Burton Snowboards, which has been working for four years to create a music venue with Higher Ground in its unused warehouse space. But neighbors have fought the plan, saying it would attract noise and unwanted traffic to nearby residential areas.

Rhino could also face some neighborhood opposition. On June 19, Susan Mason Lazarev, who lives in a nearby condo, started an online petition asking Rhino to use electricity instead of diesel to power the refrigerated trucks that will be parked at the addition.

“As a B-Corp, they have a certified code of conduct to be a responsible and sustainable business that cares about people, the community and the environment,” Mason Lazarev wrote. “Idling diesel trucks at the loading bays is not only noisy and disruptive to residential neighbors but also contributes to air pollution and carbon emissions.”

Rhino’s president and CEO, Rooney Castle, did not immediately return calls for comment on Tuesday. ➆

ANDREW

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Pass or Fail?

Vermont eases oversight of homeschooling even as the number of students has grown

BY ALISON NOVAK • alison@sevendaysvt.com

The number of kids being homeschooled in Vermont doubled during the pandemic, when lockdowns and remote learning rocked school systems. Now Vermont is relaxing the oversight intended to make sure homeschoolers get a quality education.

Starting July 1, families who homeschool will no longer have to submit to the state their annual plans for teaching their children or the end-of-year assessments that document student progress. The changes were part of a low-profile miscellaneous education bill passed by the legislature in May and signed by the governor without ceremony this month.

Homeschooling parents welcomed the policy shift, which they have sought for years. But not everyone is pleased. The Coalition for Responsible Home Education, a national organization of adults who were homeschooled, warns that reducing oversight may lead some families to take less care with instruction, resulting in harm to children, who have the right to an education.

The Vermont Agency of Education itself proposed the changes, telling lawmakers earlier this year its aim was to streamline the paperwork burden on both the agency and homeschooling families. The “simplifications” to the law, the agency said, will bring Vermont’s homeschooling policy — historically one of the strictest in the country — in line with those of other northern New England states.

“This is huge,” said Retta Jean Dunlap, a retired homeschooling parent who founded the advocacy group Vermont Home Education Network. She said “99.9 percent” of homeschooling families she’s talked to favor the changes, which they believe will allow them more flexibility, independence and a reprieve from cumbersome paperwork.

Leaders of the Coalition for Responsible Home Education, which advocates for more oversight, aren’t convinced.

“Without the accountability in place, some parents will stop living up to their responsibilities,” government relations director Samantha Field said.

Those responsibilities were embedded in the homeschooling law Vermont

adopted in 1987 amid a national movement to legalize the practice. Since then, parents or guardians who teach their children at home have been required to accept some state oversight. In an annual “minimum course of study” plan submitted to the education agency, parents must provide a list of skills and topics their child will be studying in eight subject areas: reading and writing; math; citizenship, history and government; literature; natural sciences; physical education; health; and fine arts. Then, in an “end of year assessment,” the family must prove it followed the plan by submitting a parent report and student portfolio or an evaluation conducted by a licensed Vermont educator.

The state may not deny any family the choice of homeschooling their children. But according to Dunlap, a homeschool lobbyist who educated her own four children from the late 1980s to 2007, the state agency has told some parents they needed to revise their schooling plans or end-of-year assessments. Often the agency would take issue with things that were “picayune,” Dunlap said, and that had nothing to do with the quality of the education.

If staff at the state agency considered the instruction inadequate, they could call for a hearing — which could lead to an order that stopped a parent from homeschooling. Dunlap, who has been involved in the issue for decades, said such hearings have been rare.

Under the new law, parents will no longer be required to submit a minimumcourse-of-study plan. Instead, they must

WITHOUT THE ACCOUNTABILITY IN PLACE, SOME PARENTS WILL STOP LIVING UP TO THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES.

Connor Cyrus Leaves Vermont Public

BY KATIE FUTTERMAN kfutterman@sevendaysvt.com

Connor Cyrus has resigned from Vermont Public after two years of cohosting “Vermont Edition,” the radio station’s popular midday news program. His cohost, Mikaela Lefrak, will become the sole host of the show.

The public radio station announced the moves in a short post on its website on Tuesday morning that included a statement from Scott Finn, Vermont Public’s president and CEO.

“We appreciate Connor’s contributions to Vermont Edition and other programs over the last two years, and I know our audience has benefitted from them too,” Finn said. “We wish him all the best in his career.”

Cyrus did not respond to an interview request.

Cyrus and Lefrak took over the show, which airs at noon four days a week, in 2021, when Jane Lindholm stepped down after nearly 14 years in the job. She’s since devoted herself to “But Why: A Podcast for Curious Kids,” which she created in 2016.

Before joining Vermont Public, Cyrus served as a morning reporter at WJAR-TV in Providence, R.I. He also worked at WCAX-TV and radio stations in Plattsburgh, N.Y., and Presque Isle, Maine.

While at Vermont Public, Cyrus also guest hosted “Vermont This Week,” moderated political debates and produced video features.

“During our time as cohosts, Connor brought such joy and creativity to ‘Vermont Edition,’” Lefrak recalled during Tuesday’s show, calling him “a talented journalist with a big heart. I and the ‘Vermont Edition’ team wish him the very best.”

The news is the latest in a string of recent departures at Vermont Public.

The outlet announced on June 16 that Sarah Ashworth, who rejoined the station in 2018, is leaving her role as senior vice president of content to become the director of Wisconsin Public Radio. Anna Van Dine, a reporter and cohost of “The Frequency” daily news podcast, left earlier this month. Matthew Smith, a managing editor and senior producer of “Vermont Edition,” left in April to work for Efficiency Vermont.

Henry Epp, a reporter and former “All Things Considered” host, left in March to join the radio program “Marketplace.” ➆

generated more than $412,000 for the city’s Housing Trust Fund, which supports affordable housing projects. Mayor Miro Weinberger hopes to use the money to support initiatives to end homelessness and for programs to expand homeownership among first-generation buyers. Annual fees paid by hosts — which range from $80 to $110 — have brought an additional $118,000 in to city coffers.

Short-term rentals have existed in Burlington for years, but officials began wrestling with the issue in earnest in summer 2019, when there were upward of 700 within city limits. Lacking an Airbnb rule book, the city permitted the rentals as bedand-breakfasts, an outdated designation in city zoning that also required hosts to live on-site. Owners of rentals that didn’t meet that definition were essentially allowed to do as they pleased — and make good money doing it.

The new ordinance is meant to compel people to convert their short-term units into long-term ones. Burlington landlord Julie Marks did just that with her Elmwood Avenue rental, but she’s none too happy about it. Marks, who lives in Jericho and is the executive director of the Vermont Short-Term Rental Alliance, said she had to raise the rent on the other two apartments in her building to make up lost revenue; even then, she’ll make $10,000 less this year. Marks said that makes it harder to maintain the 200-yearold building.

“I feel like I am suffering a consequence for no reason,” she said.

Marks may have taken pains to come into compliance, but some of her peers haven’t. Seven Days reviewed dozens of online listings and cross-checked them with property records, voter checklists and business filings with the Vermont Secretary of State’s Office to find hosts who have multiple short-term units when the rules appear to limit them to one.

None were particularly eager to talk. Kathryn Budnik, who has two New North End homes on Airbnb, abruptly ended a phone call when asked to discuss the city’s ordinance. The listing for one of those units, at 38 Pennington Drive — a “cute home near the bike path and lake” — costs an average of $375 a night and is taking reservations through September. Tax records show Budnik purchased the home in September 2021 as an investment property.

Andria Lovejoy, who also has two whole-home rentals, declined an interview with Seven Days , contending that news coverage of the issue is “predetermined to be anti-Airbnb.” Lovejoy said she’s complying with the ordinance, but

public records suggest she doesn’t live in either home she’s short-term renting.

Lovejoy’s partner, James Grier, cohosts four whole-unit short-term rentals with Sam Gardner, a Burlington property owner who appears to have seven additional whole-unit short-term rentals spread across several buildings in the city. At least two of the four apartments at 180 North Street are on Airbnb, each outfitted with “very modern new finishes” and a Nespresso coffee maker. His two units on Manhattan Drive promise free parking. The city is reviewing Gardner’s holdings.

Gardner initially agreed to an interview with Seven Days but stopped responding when asked about his compliance with the ordinance. Other hosts didn’t answer repeated requests for comment.

Sean Hurley said he’d like to discuss his short-term rental but that his business partners advised him not to. Hurley and a group of hosts have hired Burlington firm MSK Attorneys to evaluate the ordinance

language. His legal team includes A.J. LaRosa, who serves on the city’s Development Review Board.

A court may determine whether the ordinance is fair, Hurley said. “That is owed to the citizenry, the taxpayers, the customers,” he said, calling the regulations “needlessly harmful.”

Hurley and a group of investors purchased a home at 117 Lakeview Terrace in March 2021 for $870,000. A five-night stay at the four-bedroom, two-bathroom home, which has sweeping views of Lake Champlain and the Adirondacks beyond, goes for nearly $4,600.

Hurley is already on the city’s radar. In February 2022 the city cited him under the former bed-and-breakfast regulations for running an unlicensed short-term rental after determining he actually lives on Drew Street. Because the council adopted the short-term rental ordinance shortly after, the city hasn’t penalized Hurley for the violation.

DARIA BISHOP FILE: LUKE AWTRY

Deb Lyons in her Airbnb

117 Lakeview Terrace in Burlington

Bill Ward, director of Burlington’s Permitting & Inspections office, said it “seems like a very glaring problem” if Hurley has continued operating the Lakeview rental.

The prescribed fines — $100 for the first offense and $200 for the second — may not be enough to dissuade hosts who are making hundreds of dollars per night, Ward acknowledged. He expects the city will eventually take property owners to court, just as it can for other housing violations. A judge could decide to issue a permanent injunction that would stop hosts from renting their property.

Deb Lyons, who operates a short-term rental on the same lot as her Old North End home, said she’s already heard that some hosts plan to pay the fines and keep operating.

“People will push the envelope,” she said. “There are some who have stopped short-term renting … and there are others who are just ignoring the rules and continuing on until they get pushed up against the wall.”

Burlington Council Passes $101 Million Budget After Road Tax Debate

BY COURTNEY LAMDIN courtney@sevendaysvt.com

Weinberger said it would be risky to adopt a catch-me-if-you-can attitude. Enforcing the ordinance is a priority, he said, adding that the city won’t hesitate to adopt stronger penalties if the existing ones are too lax.

But the mayor also recognizes that the enforcement phase is just beginning. The city has contracted with Granicus, a Denver, Colo.-based company, to search short-term rental sites and report back with the number of active listings. Separating those in compliance with the ordinance from the rest will take local talent: If a listing doesn’t include an exterior photo, for example, city staff will have to draw on their knowledge of a property’s interior — gleaned from regular inspections — to identify its location. Hosts may then be asked to provide tax records and long-term leases to prove who lives there.

“We’ll be going through uncharted territory,” Ward said. “I think it’s going to be a busy July.” ➆

The Burlington City Council on Monday approved a $101 million budget for fiscal year 2024 after a debate about tax impacts.

Councilors approved the budget by passing two separate resolutions: one describing the spending plan and another setting the tax rate. The former passed 10-2, and the latter 9-3, with Progressive councilors casting the no votes.

The Progs were opposed to a halfcent tax increase that will raise money to patch crumbling city streets. They instead proposed paying for the work with reserve funds.

Mayor Miro Weinberger said inflation and lingering pandemic-era revenue shortfalls made this budget the most challenging since he was elected in 2012.

The budget is $3.7 million more than the current one, a 4 percent increase. The $0.75 municipal tax rate represents a 6.2 percent increase for the new fiscal year, which begins July 1. Owners of a home assessed at $370,000, the median value, will pay an additional $13.60 per month. School taxes and fees for electricity and water usage, plus recycling services, will cost the same homeowner $25.40 more per month, according to city estimates. All told, that homeowner will pay an estimated $468 more next year in taxes and fees.

Some councilors zeroed in on the street tax, which will raise about $290,000 to repair roads. Progressive Councilor Joe Magee (P-Ward 3) said his constituents in the Old North End can’t afford their taxes, particularly after a citywide reappraisal in 2021 raised costs for most homeowners.

“I think we need to be mindful of that in this budget process,” he said.

Magee also said the city should adopt a tax system based on a person’s ability to pay instead of one based on home values, an idea he first broached after the reappraisal. ➆

THERE ARE SOME WHO HAVE STOPPED SHORT-TERM RENTING … AND THERE ARE OTHERS WHO ARE JUST IGNORING THE RULES.

DEB LYONS

COURTNEY LAMDIN

Councilor Gene Bergman attempting to hammer out a compromise

only pledge to provide at least 175 days of instruction a year and, if necessary, to adapt instruction to meet the needs of a child with learning disabilities.

Parents will still be required to do the year-end assessment but will not have to submit it to the state. And the state’s power to hold hearings over inadequate instruction has been stripped. Instead, the agency will “work closely with [the Department for Children and Families] to address instances of educational neglect and truancy as they are identified,” an Agency of Education spokesperson told Seven Days

The COVID-19 pandemic was the catalyst for the changes, according to former education secretary Dan French, who left the agency in April.

In testimony in January, French told lawmakers that his agency had always lacked adequate capacity to oversee the home-study program. The problem became more apparent during the pandemic spike in homeschooling. By the 2020-2021 school year, 5,500 Vermont students were being homeschooled, more than double the count in 2018-2019. The number has since declined, but during the past school year, 3,500 students were taught at home.

French said simplifying the homestudy policy would allow the agency to reduce staffing from 2.1 to 1.4 full-time equivalents, freeing employees to do other work.

Agency general counsel Emily Simmons told legislators the new policy would change the agency’s role from overseeing homeschooling to supporting the families involved — while still ensuring that instruction is adequate, progress is assessed and “the most vulnerable students are protected.”

Lawmakers did not spend a lot of time or ask many questions to assess the proposed changes. Sen. Martine Gulick (D-Chittenden-Central), vice chair of the Senate Committee on Education, wrote in an email that the agency made clear in its testimony that it didn’t have the capacity to enforce the existing homeschooling requirements. Sen. Brian Campion (D-Bennington), the committee’s chair, said nobody came forward to oppose the measure.

But even those active in the Vermont homeschooling community said it is possible the policy change will lead some families to be less diligent in their practices. Colleen Christman, who homeschooled her children until recently and serves as a consultant for other parents, said she wonders whether some families will stop doing end-of-year assessments because

they’re no longer required to submit them to the state.

“My hope is that … parents want to do right by their child,” Christman said, and will still put in the time and effort they have in the past.

Christman acknowledged that some kids might “fall through the cracks” with less oversight, but she said the same happens to some children in public schools who fail to meet benchmarks.

Dunlap, who has hosted several Zoom meetings this month to get homeschooling parents up to speed on the changes in the rules, said she fully expects that some will skip the end-of-year assessments. However, she doesn’t believe that an assessment is always necessary if parents are experienced homeschoolers and know their children well. Still, she’s advising families to document children’s work in case they are ever accused of educational neglect or investigated by the Department for Children and Families.

At the Coalition for Responsible Home Education, there’s a different view. The nonprofit was founded in 2013 to advocate that every homeschooled child receives a quality education in a safe environment. Field, the government relations director, said she and her colleagues who grew up in the 1990s and 2000s are among the first generation of homeschooled kids to reach adulthood. Some of them did not receive much of an education. Field said her own parents stopped instructing her after eighth grade because they were unable to teach high school-level material. Instead, they used Christian textbooks that whitewashed history and taught creationism instead of science.

Having to file educational plans and year-end assessments with the state is an important way to ensure homeschooling parents are providing adequate instruction and to identify families who may be neglecting their child’s education, she said.

Before Vermont passed the new law, the organization held it up as one of five states that required thorough assessments. If the problem was the education agency’s lack of staff to review the annual reports, it should have hired more people — not pulled back on oversight, she said.

“If the state is going to allow homeschooling as an educational method … it should receive the commensurate funding and staffing it requires to meet their obligation,” Field said.

Dunlap, the homeschooling advocate, disagrees. No amount of documentation would help parents do a better job of homeschooling their children, she said. “None of the paperwork proves anything,” Dunlap said. “I can fake the whole thing and you wouldn’t ever know.” She said the vast majority of homeschooling parents that she encounters are capable and attentive to their children’s needs.

Dunlap said she believes the number of homeschooled students will increase again in coming years because some families are dissatisfied with the curriculum or quality of instruction at schools.

She sees the easing of state oversight as an opportunity for homeschooling parents “to loosen up” and let their “creative juices” flow.

“This is really a more natural way to do it,” she said. ➆

DUNLAP SAID SHE BELIEVES THE NUMBER OF HOMESCHOOLED STUDENTS WILL INCREASE BECAUSE SOME FAMILIES ARE DISSATISFIED WITH THE CURRICULUM OR QUALITY OF INSTRUCTION.

New Proposed Wake Boat Rules Edge Toward a Compromise

BY ANNE WALLACE ALLEN • anne@sevendaysvt.com

Newly proposed rules for using wake boats on Vermont’s lakes and ponds would be the most restrictive in the nation — but some say they still wouldn’t go far enough in regulating the large, powerful motorboats.

A state body called the Interagency Committee on Administrative Rules approved the proposed rules on June 12. They would limit the craft to lakes that contain at least 50 contiguous acres at least 20 feet deep. Wake boats would need to stay at least 500 feet from shore when being used for wake surfing.

A group of lake users called Responsible Wakes for Vermont Lakes, which set off a discussion about wake boats when it petitioned the Department of Environmental Conservation last year to regulate them, is pushing for a 1,000-foot buffer to prevent shoreline erosion.

Organizer Jack Widness said he’s encouraging the group’s 900 supporters to turn out at public hearings scheduled for early August. “We’re very disappointed,” he said about the 500-foot buffer.

Oliver Pierson, manager of the DEC’s Lakes and Ponds Management and Protection Program, said he was aware some people feel that way.

“The Agency of Natural Resources decided to stick with that 500-feet limit because it’s supported by science,” he said, noting that his agency is required to resolve conflicts over the use of public waters in the least restrictive manner available. The science he was referring to is a study from a Minneapolis laboratory that shows wake boat waves require 425 to 600 feet to dissipate to the levels created by conventional motorboats.

“We recognize many Vermonters think it should be more restrictive,” Pierson said.

Candy Moot, a Lake Seymour homeowner, said the proposal is a good compromise between the needs of wake boat owners and those who worry they

will cause shoreline erosion and affect smaller boats.

Opponents have noted that the boats carry water tanks that are used as ballast, raising the risk that when they empty the tanks, they’ll spread invasive species. Moot particularly likes a “home lake rule,” which would require operators to have their wake boats decontaminated by a registered service provider before they can launch them in a new lake.

Rodney Putnam, a Hinesburg resident who owns a wake boat on Lake Iroquois, said he plans to testify in August.

“It unfairly singles us out,” Putnam said. “There are lots of other boats that are heavy, that put up the same wave action we do, and they’re going to be able to go around the lake ... and I can’t.”

After the public comment period, the regulations will head to the Vermont Legislative Committee on Administrative Rules this fall. If the regs are approved there, Pierson said he expects them to be implemented next spring before boating season.

Thirty-one of Vermont’s 800 lakes and ponds would be open to wake boating if the state adopts the current version of the rules.

East Montpelier kayaker Chip Stone, who paddles on Caspian Lake and the Waterbury Reservoir, plans to submit written testimony against the proposed rules. He doesn’t want to see the boats on any of Vermont’s inland lakes and ponds.

“There is a place for wake boats, and that place is the open waters of Champlain and Memphremagog,” he said. “I don’t think the inland lakes are capable of accommodating wake boats and traditional uses such as swimming, paddling and so forth.”

Disclosure: Anne Wallace Allen’s partner owns property on one of the 31 lakes deemed suitable for wake boats in the DEC’s draft rule.

Rodney Putnam and his wake boat on Lake Iroquois

FEEDback

WAITING FOR TRANSPARENCY

[Re “‘Acting’ No More: Jon Murad Is Ocially Burlington’s Police Chief,” June 6, online]: Being a strong supporter of civilian oversight, I, too, am hoping things work out with Chief Jon Murad. I would like nothing more than to find out my fears about him were needless.

It doesn’t help his credibility, though, to have Mayor Miro Weinberger say the police department is “transparent.” The city is nowhere near transparent, and neither is the police department. So let’s see how transparent they can get!

I wish the new chief luck, because there are a number of reasons this confirmation took a long, long time. We shall see ... and we hope to see some transparency!

Charlie Messing BURLINGTON

FOREVER FLAG

[Re True 802: “Still Flying,” June 7]: I was interested in the short review of Vermont’s flag and great seal but disappointed that it did not draw attention to the most unique and iconic feature of our wonderful state emblem. To the right of the pine tree is the silhouette of Camel’s Hump and to the left is the outline of Mount Mansfield, both seen from the Champlain Valley. This makes our flag and seal perhaps the only state or national emblems to depict local landmarks and gives an authenticity much superior to those that only depict abstract symbols.

Peter Modley HINESBURG

RX FOR VERMONT

Praise for Colin Flanders and team on publishing an important glimpse into the struggles Vermonters face accessing drug treatment and maintaining recovery [“Vermont’s Relapse,” June 14]. I hope our local and state leaders will soon turn the page and support overdose prevention sites in communities like Burlington. In the 30-plus years that sites like these have been operational around the world, including in New York City and Canada, no one has died of an overdose. These sites are especially important for folks who return to using a substance after a period of abstinence — whether voluntarily or otherwise, such as after a period of incarceration — when their tolerance is lower.

Folks in these situations would benefit from access to sterile supplies to prevent the spread of infectious diseases and a place to return used supplies to appropriate containers, minimizing litter. Sites like these reduce public drug consumption

and can connect people to drug treatment services. Removing the stigma and criminalization around these sites will allow for safer drug use practices and lessen the burden on local businesses who have unwittingly been first responders to overdoses.

Nick Tatakis BURLINGTON

OPIOIDS’ ‘TOLL’

As a health care provider on the front lines of Vermont’s opioid crisis for the past four years, I read with interest your cover story “Vermont’s Relapse” [June 14]. A few comments:

1. There are three — not two — in-patient treatment facilities in Vermont where Medicaid insurance is accepted. Valley Vista operates a facility for women in Vergennes.

2. The “hub-and-spoke” model of treatment does not confine “spokes” to primary care o ces. There are many outpatient agencies around the state that o er specialized addiction treatment. One example, my employer, SaVida Health, has been in Vermont since 2018 and is currently embedded in nine communities.

ANSWER FOR ANSON

Kudos to Seven Days for reporting on Vermont’s agriculture [The Dairy Issue, May 31]! In [“Spilling It,”] Secretary Anson Tebbetts asked: “What am I doing wrong that I can’t convince people it’s worth investing in agriculture?”

Here’s my answer: You and your predecessors have focused on conventional dairy for years. What about the wonderful diversity of organic farmers, community-supported farms and farmers markets in Vermont? What support does the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets o er them?

VAAFM lacks a long-term vision of how Vermont’s diverse landscapes can support diversified agriculture that respects life now and for the future. Instead, your agency promotes an industrial, exploitative model of dairy agriculture, driving toxic inputs in spite of long-term evidence of its toxicity and incompatibility with Vermont’s economics or with e orts to grow healthy food.

Conventional agriculture is tied to use of pesticides managed by a major department within VAAFM, which permits many other pesticide uses around the state: sadly, over a million pounds of pesticides a year since 2010!

May 31]. But seriously, how do you write an issue about cows’ impact on our environment without addressing the methane they release into our air?

Methane is such a potent greenhouse gas that over a span of 10 to 20 years, methane from cows causes more air pollution than cars. And that’s not even considering the health damage resulting from eating red meat or consuming saturated fat from dairy.

Eliminating dairy and red meat from one’s diet is one of the best ways to help improve the environment. We can easily put our money where our mouths are by avoiding these foods and encouraging dairy farms to harvest solar instead of milk or beef.

David Ellenbogen CALAIS

ANOTHER LOSS

[Re “Compassionate Connections,” May 10]: I am grateful that a group like Empty Arms exists and that Seven Days has highlighted this organization. Given the United States’ challenges with providing appropriate medical care, mental health care and bodily autonomy to all humans, any available and accessible support is critical.

3. Colin Flanders’ statement: “The lack of resources has taken a toll on both users and the people trying to help them” deeply resonates. The advent of fentanyl and xylazine on the scene, compounded by the paucity of inpatient rehab facilities in Vermont, has only intensified a sense of despair for many of us who keep the lights on and the doors open. The toll on the professionals in this field is unquantifiable, chronic and often forgotten in the coverage of this ravaging epidemic.

Thank you for including this important part of the story.

Rebecca Hill MONTPELIER

The agency favors pesticides so much that it managed to get 50-year-old pesticide-reduction statutes repealed in 2020 — just in time for us all to learn of PFAS contamination in pesticides! Even the Environmental Protection Agency is worried about PFAS: Some are toxic at fractions of parts per trillion. The science is astounding.

Please help build a pesticide-free Vermont!

Sylvia Knight BURLINGTON

DAIRY’S DOWNSIDES

Kudos for writing about the impact of cows on our water [“Flowing Downhill,”

A point of note: As I was interviewed for this article, given my experience as a co-facilitator for Empty Arms, an important opportunity was missed for me to share that my partner and I, too, experienced the death of our firstborn, Magdalena (Maggie) Louis, only 36 hours following her birth.

Empty Arms validates and honors all infant and pregnancy loss experiences and, as Chelsea Levis pointed out, allows participants to share our full stories. By not including Maggie in the story, I felt as though it was another, tiny, death. By publishing this letter, you have ensured that her existence is acknowledged. Thank you.

Marie Frietze BURLINGTON

Yearlings at Corse Farm in Whittingham

THE GOOD CITIZEN CHALLENGE is a nonpartisan civics project for Vermont youths in grades K-8. Participants do activities that help them learn about their communities and practice the skills they’ll need to become informed and engaged adults.

HOW TO PLAY

Complete five activities in a row on this year’s Good Citizen Challenge scorecard and submit evidence of your work at goodcitizenvt.com

WHAT YOU’LL WIN

All who finish the Challenge will receive a Good Citizen sticker and patch, a pocketsize U.S. Constitution, and an invitation to an awards reception this fall. They’ll also be entered to win other prizes, including a behind-thescenes tour of the Vermont State House, a $100 gift card to Phoenix Books — with locations in Burlington, Essex and Rutland — and a free trip for two to Washington, D.C., courtesy of Milne Travel. No purchase necessary to win.

Congratulations to last year’s grandprize winner, Cate Hjelt of Manchester! She traveled to Washington, D.C., in April, where she met Vermont’s congresswoman, Rep. Becca Balint.

Kids at the Morristown Centennial Library create a banner that explains what Vermont’s state motto, “Freedom and Unity,” means to them — activity #2 on the 2023 Good Citizen Challenge scorecard.

The Evslin Family Foundation

lifelines

OBITUARIES

J. Derek Allan

MARCH 13, 1930-MAY 30, 2023

SHELBURNE, VT.

James Derek Allan of Shelburne, Vt., and formerly of Plattsburgh N.Y., died on May 30, 2023. He was born in Elgin, Scotland on March 13, 1930, the son of Norman and Gertrude Allan.

Following national military service in the Black Watch Regiment of the British Army, Derek studied architecture at Dundee College of Art. In 1952 he was awarded a scholarship to study architecture at Cornell University and graduated with a BA in architecture and an MA in city and regional planning.

Derek emigrated to the United States in 1958 with his wife, Helen, and their children and settled in Plattsburgh, N.Y., where his work with the firm of Sargent, Webster, Crenshaw & Folley resulted in the development of the 1960 master plan of South Burlington.

In 1963 Derek was invited to join the faculty of the New York State University at Plattsburgh as its resident architect during

OBITUARIES, VOWS, CELEBRATIONS

the expansion program that included construction of the Angell College Center, Kehoe Administration Building, a new library, science buildings, dormitories, a dining hall and other buildings on the new campus. He remained in that position for 32 years.

As a founding member of the Valcour Sailing Club, Derek spent many hours racing and day sailing on Lake Champlain. Post-retirement, he enjoyed painting in watercolors and experimenting with woodblock and stone carving. His community relationships included Habitat for Humanity and Literacy Volunteers.

Derek is survived by his wife of 67 years, Helen; three children, Vivien, Drew and Gary; three grandchildren, Heather Garayoa, Alexandra Schueler and Cameron Allan; and three great-grandchildren; and many family members in Scotland. He was predeceased by his grandsons Brendan Allan and Derek Schueler.

Donations in Derek’s memory may be made to the Plattsburgh College Foundation or the Lake Champlain Community Sailing Center.

Susan Margaret Little

DECEMBER 29, 1953-JUNE 21, 2023

SHELBURNE, VT.

Susan was born at Mary Fletcher Hospital in Burlington, Vt., on December 29, 1953, to Gladys S. Keelty and Peter R. Keelty of Shelburne, Vt. She died peacefully on June 21, 2023, at her lifelong home in Shelburne, after a nearly four-year stare-down with emphysema and lung cancer.

She attended Shelburne Nursery School and Shelburne Community School and graduated from Champlain Valley Union High School in 1971. She thrived in the days of small-town Shelburne and was kept on her toes by the antics of her older brothers. She was active in the Shelburne Girl Scouts, loved skiing and camping in the Green Mountains, and was an avid horsewoman, starting with the Charlotte Pony Club. She loved summer stays with her family at their Starr Farm Beach camp. She could knit, crochet and needlepoint to beat the band.

Susan was among the first women to earn an undergraduate degree at Saint Michael’s College, graduating in 1975. In 1978 she completed a master’s degree at the University of Vermont in cognitive studies. Having both a mother and a grandmother who taught English as a second language at St. Michael’s, she found herself doing the same as an adjunct professor for 20 years. She excelled at captivating students from around the world, developing innovative teaching materials, and designing and running summer programs bringing thousands of foreign students to St. Michael’s.

She married Tom Little on December 30, 1977, at St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral. She supported him through the remainder of his law school studies while completing her master’s degree. Later, she was the rock that anchored the family while Tom served in the Vermont House and never flinched during the storm and fury of the 2000 civil union session. She then selflessly gave up much to devote herself to caring for son omas during his powerful illnesses. Susan was fiercely and lovingly loyal to her family and close friends. You never doubted where she stood.

Krisann Paquette

1963-2020

Celebrate you, kiss your face, smile my heart, my sister, my sissy, we are never apart.

A memorial service will be held for Mike on August 6, 3-7 p.m., at the St. John’s Club, 9 Central Ave., Burlington, VT.

She chaired the Shelburne Nursery School board, served on the boards of the Ethan Allen Homestead and the Altrusa women’s service club, and was instrumental in statewide promotion of the adoption of Vermont’s seat belt law. She was active in her children’s activities, including converting the home property into a small horse farm.

Susan was predeceased by her dear son, omas Bayer Chauncey Little; her parents, Gladys Carolyn Sussdorff Keelty and Peter Raymond Keelty; her brothers Peter Phelps Keelty and Timothy Andrew Keelty; her nephew Dustin Keelty, and her brother-inlaw James Edward Little. She is survived by her husband, omas Arthur Little; her daughter Jessica Mead Little and her husband, Tyler Vincelette; her daughter Carolyn Phelps Little, her son, Oliver omas Crosby, and her husband, Daniel Paul Langevin; her brother Christopher Paul Keelty and his wife, Maureen Rago; her brother Leif David Keelty and his wife, Sally Goodrich Keelty; and her Little in-laws, William George Little and his wife, Mary Roy, and Margaret Elaine Little Cicchetti and her husband, Albert A. Cicchetti. She is also survived by her Keelty nieces and nephews, Amy, Shawn, David, Forrest, Paul, Shannon, Elizabeth and Jonathan; her Cicchetti nieces and nephew, Julia, Frank and Lisa; and her Keelty and Lawton cousins and their children and grandchildren.

Susan’s family is grateful for the compassionate care she received from the UVM Medical Center and UVM Home Health & Hospice, and for the attentive home health aides from Preferred Care at Home — especially Julie. Special thanks go to loyal family friend and health care navigator omas R. Chauncey, MD, of Seattle, Wash.

Visiting hours are June 29, 2023, 5 to 8 p.m., at the Corbin & Palmer Funeral Chapel, 209 Falls Rd., Shelburne. A celebration of Susan’s life will be held on June 30, 2023, 11 a.m., at St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral, 2 Cherry St., Burlington.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to UVM Home Health & Hospice and to UVM Medical Center to support employee well-being.

Peter Vlahos

JULY 3, 1942-DECEMBER 24, 2004

“Love is love and not fade away.”

—Buddy Holly Missing you. Love, Maury

Michael Dion 1961-2023

Richard Joseph “Dick” Bratek

JANUARY 21, 1943-JUNE 21, 2023

WILLISTON, VT

Richard Joseph “Dick” Bratek passed away on June 21, 2023, with the love of his life, Susan, and his children and grandchildren at his side. He was born on January 21, 1943, the eldest child of Adam J. Bratek and Hannah T. (Johnson) Bratek.

Dick married his lovely Susan on July 10, 1965, and shared 57 years of adventure and mayhem. His favorite memories of his youth were playing football and singing the lead in HMS Pinafore. He received his associate’s degree from Broome Technical Community College in Binghamton, N.Y., worked for 31 years as a senior engineer and scientist at IBM in Essex Junction, Vt., and holds several

Evan Lovell

SEPTEMBER 26, 1969JUNE 20, 2023

STOWE, VT.

Evan McCulloch Lovell, age 53, died at home in Stowe on June 20, 2023, of colorectal cancer; his family and old friends were with him in his last days. Evan was diagnosed in November 2021 and endured chemotherapy, radiation and surgery, doing all he could to gain more time with his beloved wife, Kristi Eve, and the daughters he adored:

Lucia Eve, age 18; Isabel Sarah, 17; and Evelyn McCulloch, 15.

Kristi accompanied him to all of his treatments as well as supported his demanding career, along with her own professional activities. Together, they made a point of attending all of their girls’ events at school, ski races and soccer games. They also have been generous supporters of many Stowe organizations and events.

The only son of Christopher Ward Lovell and Ellen McCullochLovell, Evan was born on September 26, 1969, in Warren,

patents in photo processes. He was honored to receive the IBM Microelectronics General Manager’s Excellence Award; served IBM in Essonnes, France; traveled worldwide; and retired in 1999.

Dick was passionate about community service. Dick was one of the first original firefighters of the Essex Town Fire Department and received the Essex Fireman’s Association Outstanding Member award in 1977. He led the Bullets to a basketball championship as head coach, sat on the board of trustees as treasurer of the Essex Children’s Choir, and served as a member of the Town of Essex school board and as a nonvoting member of the Essex Junction High School board. He drove the Daisies in the Town of Essex senior van for four years

and was honored with an appreciation ceremony when he retired in 2007. He volunteered for the Vermont Foodbank and received certificates of recognition for his efforts from the Chittenden Emergency Food Shelf.

Dick made his goals in life happen. He went to college, got a degree in the sciences, traveled the world, and found the girl of his dreams, who encouraged and had faith in him. He was a loving husband, father and grandfather; he often expressed his pride in his children and grandchildren, who gave him such incredible joy. Dick loved Vermont and Maine passionately — the rolling hills of the Green Mountains and the sandy beaches and crashing waves of York Beach and Drake’s Island. His smile, sense of humor and robust laughter will be missed greatly.

Dick leaves his wife, Suzanne I. Bratek; children Derek A. Bratek and Jessa C. Karki; son-in-law Sandeep D. Karki; grandchildren

Lucius D. Karki, Hannah M. Karki and Luca Richard L. Suzanne Karki; sister-in-law Carol B. Pestell; cousins Joseph Zobkiw

(Lynne Hendrix) of Michigan, Jack Zobkiw (Glenna Zobkiw) of New York and their families; many cousins all over the country; and the Moyer, Arcese and Curtis families of Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Arizona. Dick’s main objective was to keep the family together and whole, and he loved everyone dearly, as they also loved him.

As per his wishes, there will be no funeral services. A celebration of life will be held at a later date. If you wish to honor Dick, please donate in his name to the Chittenden Emergency Food Shelf, the Committee on Temporary Shelter, or Essex Westford School District in care of the EHS cross-country and track and field teams, EHS music program, or the Center for Technology, Essex.

The family wishes to thank all the health care providers who generously gave their time and expertise to managing Dick’s care, especially in these last difficult six months. Finally, special thanks to the staff of Birchwood Terrace Rehab and Healthcare for their compassionate end-of-life services to Dick and his family.

IN MEMORIAM

John P. “Jake” McGovern Jr.

MARCH 9, 1948-JULY 27, 2022

A celebration of life will be held in the Garden Room at the Windjammer restaurant in South Burlington, Vt., on Friday, June 30, noon to 2 p.m. It was John’s wish to have people gather in a relaxed atmosphere and talk about the “good times” and memories that he was able to be a part of throughout his life. Maybe even share a Crown Royal among friends and family.

James Spadaccini

1934-2022

Vt., and attended schools in Plainfield and Montpelier until his family moved to Washington, D.C., where he graduated from St. Andrew’s Episcopal School. He earned his BA in political science from the University of Vermont in 1992, spending his junior year abroad in San Sebastian, Spain, and becoming fluent in Spanish.

The arc of his career began after an internship with Podesta Associates in D.C., when he joined multinational corporation Astrum as assistant to the chairman.

Next he worked at Culligan, learning the water business from 1994 to 1998, then moved to the Texas Pacific Group, a large private equity firm, to develop their Aqua Fund. In 2007, he became a founding partner in Virgin Green, investing in renewable energy companies and merging it with Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Group in 2012, where he became the company’s first chief investment officer. He served on many boards, including of Virgin America, Galactic, Hotels and Voyages, along with 23andMe.

About Evan as a professional, one of his long-term colleagues said, “He had a canny ability to identify and understand what really matters and act upon it. The more complex the situation was, the better he became. He was a fantastic partner and true friend.” Evan’s work took him all over the U.S. and the world, from the UK to Europe, Russia and China, but he made a point of coming home every weekend.

In 2003, he married Kristi Eve Brown, an NCAA ski racer, Salomon apparel international team manager, sports action model and political activist, whom he had met at UVM and pursued for many years all over the world. Their first daughter, Lucia, was born in 2004, and not long after they moved from San Francisco, where Evan was headquartered, to Stowe, Vt. Izzy was born in 2006 and Evie in 2008. Evan greeted each baby girl with tenderness and joy and was devoted to them and to Kristi. He encouraged all of the girls’ talents and adventures. Their shared love of travel took them on family trips to London, Paris, Italy, Greece, Israel, Iceland, Bali, Eleuthera, Costa Rica and each summer to family favorite Truro. Evan was a natural athlete, playing soccer and tennis as a youth and ranking high in the New England Lawn Tennis

Association. He remained an excellent tennis player, skier, outdoorsman and mountain biker. Although a courageous mountain and ice climber, he judiciously gave up dangerous sports when the girls were born. He was an omnivorous reader with a thirst for knowledge. He enjoyed music and kept trying to teach himself guitar. He is remembered for his capacity for friendship and loving ways, as well as for his determination and drive. His family wants everyone to know about his kind heart. He was known to always do his best but always stay humble. He was full of fun and at large gatherings preferred to play with the kids.

Although he had a closet full of “monkey suits,” as his daughters jokingly referred to his business suits, he preferred to wear his wool socks, a flannel shirt, jeans and a baseball cap.

One of Evan’s favorite authors was Jack Kerouac, who said, “Because in the end, you won’t remember the time you spent working in the office or mowing your lawn. Climb that goddamn mountain.”

Memorial gifts may be made to the Stowe Land Trust at stowelandtrust.org, the Vermont Foodbank at vtfoodbank.org or the Current at thecurrentnow.org.

The family is holding a private ceremony to honor Evan’s life.

A celebration of life in loving memory of James A. Spadaccini will be held at the Charlotte Congregational Church in Charlotte, Vt., on Saturday, July 15, 11 a.m.

Please join us to honor Jim’s life with stories and memories.

Sheila Ward Cane

1941-2023

A funeral mass will be celebrated for Sheila Ward Cane on Saturday, July 1, 11 a.m., at St. Catherine of Siena Church, 72 Church St., Shelburne, followed by a reception in the parish hall. The mass will be streamed at youtube. com/@stcatherinevt/streams. Arrangements are in care of the Cremation Society of Chittenden County in Burlington, Vt.

Green Mountain Meetups

Vermonters break bread, dance and forge communities in “third spaces”

BY RACHEL HELLMAN • rhellman@sevendaysvt.com

Something was missing in Hardwick. Churches were struggling. e Hardwick Gazette had stopped printing. People weren’t showing up to town events. In an increasingly polarized world, locals Erica Heilman, Rose Friedman and Tara Reese kept noticing that neighbors seemed alienated from one another.

“ ere’s so much division. Not just in this town but in most towns,” Heilman, known for her “Rumble Strip” podcast, told Seven Days last year.

Civic ties in Vermont communities have been fraying because of a confluence of trends: Local schools are going dark as districts merge. Some general stores have closed. Volunteerism in local emergency services, senior care and community events has dwindled. e home-towork-and-back-again shuffle has, in some towns, sapped community spark and a sense of place.

In 2022, at the tail end of a pandemic that only further isolated people, Heilman, Friedman and Reese transformed the shuttered Gazette office into a site for building community and christened it the Civic Standard. On its website, the trio posted a simple mission: “People want to gather with their neighbors, both the ones they know and the ones they haven’t met.”

Since then, the Civic Standard has hosted trivia nights, a haiku club, a rock-paper-scissors tournament, old-time fiddle classes and a hugely

PIZZA PARTY

Johnson Community Oven, Johnson

The team members behind Johnson’s community oven had no trouble tying on their aprons after a winter hiatus. Luke Gellatly tended the fire burning inside the large stone structure, pushing a pile of glowing red coals farther back. A cheese pizza sizzled. Sophie Berard kneaded a ball of dough that had been bought at a discount from Elmore Mountain Bread while her 1-year-old, Uli, giggled in a sling on her back. Lotty Roozekrans doled out slices and smiles to the growing crowd.

For six years, residents of the Lamoille County town of 1,402 have been gathering at a Legion Field pavilion on Monday evenings in summer to enjoy free homemade pizza and each other’s company at the town’s community oven.

Mark Woodward first suggested the idea to neighbors after listening to a 2015 Vermont Public Radio story about a community oven in Norwich, pitched it to the selectboard and built the oven in 2017. Now an eight-member volunteer committee organizes the gatherings.

Volunteers cook the pizzas with ingredients donated by local companies and

popular murder-mystery dinner theater production.

e result of these simple, playful gatherings has been profound, according to Reese and Friedman. Neighbors met neighbors. Unlikely friendships formed. Events inspired other events, which inspired weird projects and surprising conversations.

“I think that people are deeply, positively changed and affected by knowing each other,” Friedman told Seven Days this month.

he said. “They’re looking for a place where they can find themselves and their friends and each other.”

What the founders of the Civic Standard created, and what many Vermonters are craving, is something sociologist Ray Oldenburg dubbed a “third space” in his 1989 book e Great Good Place — hubs where people spend time between their primary spaces: home and work. ird spaces are where we meet neighbors, have a good time and exchange ideas — the “living rooms” of communities, according to another author, Michael Hickey. ese spaces have few prerequisites other than welcoming all. ey can be accidental or purposeful. You might have to buy a beer or a coffee, but costs should be low.

After years of being stuck at home during the pandemic, Vermonters are no longer taking such hubs for granted. Where they don’t exist in rural corners of the state, Doyle said, momentum is building to create them.

CALLING RAVENS AND LARKS

Capital City Grange, Berlin

The beginner contra dance class — conveniently scheduled 20 minutes before the main event — was crowded on a Saturday at the Capital City Grange in Berlin. About 40 people gathered around Steve Zakon-Anderson, the caller for the evening, as he demonstrated how to twirl without getting dizzy and the proper technique for a do-si-do.

Before long, residents of other Vermont towns started reaching out to the Civic Standard’s founders, asking for the secret sauce.

Reese warns those who ask: “ ere is no blueprint.” What works in one town might not work in another.

Ben Doyle, president of the Preservation Trust of Vermont, which helps revitalize towns, said community spaces are critical for reinvigorating rural Vermont. “People aren’t just looking for a place to sleep,”

I wondered what Vermonters’ third places look like and asked Seven Days readers for examples. I received more than 250, as varied as Vermont’s towns. Readers meet their neighbors at disc golf courses, community gardens, lakesides, farmers markets, contra dances and libraries. I narrowed the list to seven, put on my dancing shoes and gassed up my Subaru.

Here’s what I saw, tasted and heard during visits in June to seven community hubs. ➆

“In life you choose your partner, but you don’t choose your neighbor,” he told his students with a smile, using folk wisdom to anchor a quick refresher on dance positions. (In contra dancing, your neighbor changes every sequence cycle, but your partner doesn’t.)

Contra, a form of folk dancing that was popular in England and France in the 17th century, is a living tradition in this corner of central Vermont, where dancers gather every first, third and fifth Saturday night. By 9 p.m., dancers wearing an eclectic mix of long skirts, kilts and khakis were figure-eighting and four-leaf-clovering to the festive tunes of the fiddle band onstage.

Built in 1953, the boxy hall just south of

The home-to-workand-back-again shuffle has, in some towns, sapped community spark and a sense of place.

Pizza party at the Johnson Community Oven

growers or purchased at a discount. In the winter, the oven committee hosts “skate and bakes” at the field, which doubles as an ice rink.

Community members make their own pizzas, putting whatever toppings they would like on a pre-stretched crust. Some nights, more than 75 people turn out.

Johnson residents can reserve the oven free of charge for birthday parties, meetings and hangs. That’s been a huge benefit in a community marked with reminders of better times. If it weren’t for Jenna’s Promise, a recovery center that has taken over some downtown real estate, even more buildings on Main Street would be vacant.

In 2020, in the heat of racial justice protests, selectboard meetings became battlegrounds in publicized debates over whether the town had a duty to condemn racism. Members of a grassroots group, Be-Longing for Justice, complained that profanities were being yelled at people holding protest signs by the road.

The oven has been a neutral meeting ground for the politically divided town. When the pandemic hit, it was used as a makeshift restaurant, providing free meals for all residents, Gellatly said. The take-out arrangement, though, meant the vivifying conversations stopped.

“We’d come here and basically have a slamming two-hour shift of kitchen work,” Gellatly said.

This year, the oven committee is hoping to bring back the allhands-on-deck spirit.

The atmosphere was jovial during June’s pizza bake. The oven was fired up for Johnson’s Summer Kick-Off Festival,

organized by Johnson Works, a nonprofit striving to revitalize the town. Vendors sold homemade art and ice cream. Numbered rubber ducks raced in the Gihon River. Proceeds from pizza sold that evening will help fund this summer’s bakes, on Mondays at 5 p.m.

Carri Ferrari, who helped organize the festival, is happy to have something to do close to home. Many residents are hoping the gatherings restore energy to their downtown.

Part of the appeal of the pizza nights: It costs nothing. The wood-fired oven draws people close. “It’s literally like a fireplace,” said Michael Mahnke, co-owner of Studio Store, an art store in Johnson, as he took a bite of his pepperoni slice in front of the oven. “Everyone wants to gather around the fireplace.”

Under a shady tree, a musician took a break to eat as a group of children waged a sword fight.

Nearby, Eric Nuse chatted with a neighbor about a problem beaver. Nuse wore a T-shirt — sold to raise funds for pizzamaking ingredients — bearing an image of the community oven.

“Here, you meet people that maybe you don’t quite agree with politically, but you can still chat,” Nuse said. “That’s rare.”

Montpelier is modern compared to other Granges across the state. Handsome maple floor aside, “It’s not this sexy downtown historic building,” said Dana DwinellYardley, 36, who helps run the dances.

Seventy-five to 100 contra enthusiasts used to come out for them. Owing to a post-pandemic boom, volunteers at the door counted 154 people the night I was there. Many of the newer dancers are under 30 and crave in-person connection and good old-fashioned fun after years of isolation.

Ash Cray and Maya Kagan, two rising University of Vermont seniors, had come from Burlington to try contra dancing. “This is the most in-the-moment I’ve felt in a really long time,” Kagan gushed during a break between songs. “I haven’t looked at my phone in two hours.”

Plenty of older dancers kicked it as well. Robert Nichols, 81, has strutted in time at the Grange for more than 40 years. On Saturday he danced to nearly every song. When asked by Seven Days why he keeps going, he replied, “When you get 150 people doing the same thing to the music, you can feel the energy in the community.”

Organizers keep the dance inclusive. In 2018, paying became optional, and a sliding scale was set for tickets, with a

suggested adult contribution of $12. The same year, callers switched from addressing dancers as “ladies and gents” to the gender-neutral “ravens and larks.” (Ravens stand on the right, larks on the left.)

“It’s gotten queerer; it’s gotten more gender flexible,” Dwinell-Yardley said.

Dancers on Saturday reflected the wide array of Washington County characters—straightlaced country folk mingled with free-spirited,

back-to-the-land Boomers and angsty teenagers.

Some men wore skirts, which one said makes twirling more fun. Dancers moved along four long lines, each with about 30 people. From above, the circles and spins created geometric patterns. (“Engineers love contra,” Dwinell-Yardley remarked.)

While newcomers picked up the simple steps, the more experienced dancers added some pizzazz — speeding up a twirl or adding an extra pivot to a box step.

Larry Tighe, meantime, was in a corner, sharpening an old ax. No one batted an eye. The blacksmith has been contra dancing for more than 30 years but has slowed down. While his wife and daughter dance, he restores tools.

Elise Sai-Hardebeck, 25, had come from Bethel alone for the evening. She’s a regular. “This is one of the things I like to do just for myself,” she said. “It’s a great way to meet other people and connect casually.”

The next song began. Sai-Hardebeck grabbed a partner and headed to the dance floor. The band readied their fiddles. The caller announced the order of moves. The hall reverberated with the sounds of music and the shuffling feet of 154 people, moving in unison.

Luke Gellatly cooking pizza

This dance in June was the final one for which masks were required.

PHOTOS: JEB WALLACE-BRODEUR

PHOTOS: JOSH KUCKENS

Sophia Berard and her son Uli

DRILLS AND DRINKS

Harry’s Hardware, Cabot

The bar inside Harry’s Hardware was packed by the time Bryeanne Russillo arrived with a slightly lopsided Black Forest cake. Russillo, who owns Nibbles of Love, a Cabot-based animal rescue, brings baked goods on Thursday evenings to sell for her nonprofit. On her drive over, though, the cake had tipped.

“Don’t look at the cake,” Russillo warned the people who greeted her.

“I’ll still eat it, Bryeanne. Don’t you worry,” a man at the bar said. Just then, Whalen, a Saint Bernard, came running up.

The scene was typical for a Thursday evening, the unofficial locals’ night at Harry’s Hardware in Cabot, New England’s “first and only bar in a hardware store,” according to its owners. Near the front of the store, a sign tallied “future drinks” that neighbors had bought for each other. At the bar sat a handful of customers, including Jay Cappelli, Whalen’s bearded owner, and Matt Villeneuve, a bespectacled mechanic. Villeneuve was pitching Cappelli on his latest business venture: a mobile auto shop.

“I’ll be your first customer,” Cappelli said, eyeing a mock-up business card.

Past the kitchenware and near the animal feed stacks — cleared to make room for a stage for musicians on Friday and Saturday nights — Don and Mary Lou Delacy, age 90 and 87, respectively, enjoyed glasses of red wine and plates of jambalaya, the evening special.

On the front porch, a group smoked cigarettes, laughing loudly. Bluegrass music played softly in the background.

This was what Johanna Thibault had in mind when she bought the hardware store in 2017 with her husband, Rory Thibault. He formerly served as Washington County’s elected state’s attorney and made an unsuccessful bid last year to become Vermont’s Democratic nominee for attorney general. Gov. Phil Scott named him a superior court judge earlier this month.

Johanna, who is a lawyer for an international engineering firm, said taking on the hardware store was a passion project.

“The only time I would see my neighbors would be at a contentious Town Meeting Day,” Johanna said of Cabot, population 1,695, which is mostly known for its tourist-friendly creamery. The village, in the heart of dairy country, is modest, with just a library, a small grocery, a school and post office.

And, of course, the hardware store. In operation since 1896, it was struggling financially when the Thibaults bought it,

so Johanna decided to diversify by adding a bar and revamping the kitchen. “It wasn’t until people started coming in that we realized it was kind of cool,” she said.

Jina Alboreo, a friend of the Thibaults, was drawn to Cabot from her former home in northern California. In 2022, after a few months of working the Friday shift, she became part owner of the store.

And next door, Russell Statman, a Burlingtonian with a cabin in Cabot, is opening an upscale eatery, Headwaters Restaurant and Pub, inspired by the energy

that Harry’s Hardware is generating downtown. Johanna and Alboreo plan to construct a beer garden outside the hardware store.

“I’m a very shy person, but I’m very happy here,” said Sarah Harding, a Marshfield resident who stopped by for a drink. “I’ll be having a beer alone and somebody will sit down and we’ll start playing cribbage together.”

In the corner, Russillo and Cappelli recounted to a growing audience how they had retrieved two mini Highland

cows, Poppy Seed and Vanilla Bean, that had escaped Russillo’s animal rescue. “Cowgate,” they nicknamed the incident. The search became an eventful adventure through Cabot which, somehow, roped in Matt Villeneuve, as well. (The mechanic looked on in dismay during the retelling.) Eventually, Russillo said, she hired a “real Vermont cowboy” — “You can do that?” someone interjected — and the cows were brought back to their pasture.

By 7:30 p.m., the evening had turned into a town social. Clusters of people relaxed on the store’s porch. Russillo and Cappelli were still telling stories. The Delacys had headed home, and a family had taken their place.

On the counter, Russillo’s Black Forest cake was half gone. No one had seemed to mind the tilt.

I’ll be having a beer alone and somebody will sit down and we’ll start playing cribbage together.

SARAH HARDING

Bartender Laura Knowlton

Harry’s Hardware in Cabot

TRASH TALK

Alburgh Transfer Station, Alburgh

Jim Senesac was at the Alburgh Transfer Station on a Sunday to drop off two bags of trash and a box of recyclables, but soon he was chatting up Colby Hemond. Letting his pickup truck idle, Senesac stood with Hemond, one of the two transfer station attendants, and talked about his side gig.

“There’s good money in roofing, but when you get older, it’s time to quit,” he said to Hemond, who nodded in agreement.

Skip Prairie pulled up with a truckload of trash. Brendan Letourneau, the other attendant, helped him unload.

“Hey Jim,” Prairie called out. “I owe you a call.”

“If you want to talk to somebody,” Senesac told me, “you gotta go to the dump.”

That’s true across Vermont, where more than 210 transfer stations serve as de facto gathering places. Seven Days readers reported that their local transfer station — be it in Montgomery, Springfield or Jericho — is a reliable place to connect with neighbors. Some tune in to WDEV’s Saturday morning show “Music to Go to the Dump By.”

This was Letourneau’s second day back on the job; he had quit during the pandemic. Almost every driver who headed down Dump Road to the transfer station warmly greeted the tall, bald man in aviators and peppered him with questions.

An older woman sporting floral garden shoes gave Letourneau a hug after dropping off her trash. “It’s good to see you, Brendan,” she said, smiling at him. Later, a customer gave Letourneau and Hemond a box of cookies.

Alburgh, a working-class town of 2,106 near the Canadian border, doesn’t have many places for people to work or socialize. About five years ago, its only convenience store and deli closed. Now, Hemond said, most residents hang out at the Maplefields gas station down the road, across from the Dollar General. Or they happen upon neighbors at the dump.

By 3 p.m., things were really ramping up. John Chesarek and Ed Fisette both pulled up and greeted each other. Chesarek barraged Fisette with questions and made plans to meet up with him soon.

“I’ve been to his house two or three times for lawn sales,” Chesarek explained. “And I always show up and think, Well, I’m gonna stop by some time with a bottle of wine, and we’ll just sit and talk, but I never do.”

Just before the 4 p.m. closing time, Bernie Croteau, who had stopped by earlier in the day, returned. “I have a raccoon problem,” he announced to Hemond and Letourneau. The noisy creature had somehow made its way into his house.

Hemond, an avid hunter, suggested baiting a live trap with a can of tuna. That seemed to satisfy Croteau, who headed back to his car. No one questioned his decision to come to the dump to crowdsource raccoon-removal advice.

“There’s nowhere else to go,” he explained. “So I figured, I better go to the transfer station and ask around.”

Brendan Letourneau (center)

Alburgh Selectboard member Elliot Knight (left) volunteering at free trash day

PHOTOS: JAMES BUCK

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SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE Elmore Store, Elmore

Situated on picturesque Lake Elmore, across from Vermont’s last operating one-room schoolhouse, the Elmore Store has been open since the early 1800s. It serves as a post office, local news hub, deli, pizzeria and coffee shop for residents of the quaint Lamoille County town, as well as the swell of summer campers who stay at Elmore State Park.

On an oppressively hot day, Olivia Larow, 18, stood behind the counter looking like she owned the place. In fact, she’s been working in the historic grocery store since she was just 14. Her two temporary assistants, Hayleigh Miller and Kip Nichols, were shadowing Larow as part of a middle school project. Kip sported a Trump 2024 hat and experimented with scanning his hand while Hayleigh helped organize packages.

In the periphery, a suspender-clad elderly man drew mail from his post office box.

June McKinley, a former employee of the Elmore Store who was visiting, poured herself a cup of coffee. “The pie your brother made yesterday was delicious,” she told Larow, half looking up. By 11 a.m., the place was hopping.

The store nearly closed in 2021, when its owners of 38 years, Warren and Kathy Miller, decided to sell the operation and

no one stepped up to buy it. Residents saw the writing on the wall; general store after general store had shuttered in neighboring towns. In response, a group of locals formed a community trust and raised about $400,000 — mostly from concerned Elmore residents — to purchase the building.

Securing a manager was a challenge. Jason Clark, an Elmore resident and chef, assumed the role about a month ago.

“He’s the mayor of Elmore now,” one customer declared. Clark laughed.

Despite his short tenure, Clark has already started making requested changes, including bringing back deli sandwiches, ice cream scoops, a monthly concert series and housemade pizza. Clark knows he has to respect decades of tradition — and an opinionated clientele.

“I’m trying to make it inviting for everybody,” Clark explained. “I got a lot of requests for beers other than the more expensive local ones.”

The store’s offerings reflect its economically diverse customer base. You can buy a can of soup for $1.69, a jar of local honey for $17.99 and a neighbor’s eggs for $5.60. (They sell out quickly.)

A handwritten poster lists the ice-out dates for Lake Elmore going back to 1940. Amazon packages for residents pile up on the ice cream cooler. A trout caught in 1942 is mounted above the cash register, while another wall boasts a rack of earrings made by local artist Deborah Heller. “My hope is that you might enjoy nature’s treasures,” reads the sign above the display. “And you might get a glimpse that you are a treasure, too.”

Proximity to the lake means the summer is busiest. Around noon, a freckle-faced boy ran in wearing a drenched shirt that read: “I just really like walruses, OK?” He bought two ice cream sandwiches and scurried back outside.

On summer evenings, the back porch, which overlooks the lake, is filled with neighbors sipping beers and catching up. Stopping by for mail often leads to impromptu dinner invitations. Clark is hoping to capitalize on that energy, creating a summer schedule filled with music, pizza and gatherings.

Doug Wells, a long-haired owner of a solar company, stopped by to drop off a fresh batch of tomato starts he was selling at the store. “It’s a hobby more than anything,” he said, after watering the plants. Wells likes the excuse to drop in. “I see people here that I only get to see two or three times a year,” he explained. “You don’t really have much interaction with these people outside of the store.”

PHOTOS: JEB WALLACE-BRODEUR

Robin Pugh helping Melissa Botaish at the Elmore Store

The deck at the Elmore Store

Melissa Botaish checking her mail

WHAM JAM

The Whammy Bar, Maple Corner, Calais

“It’s going to be a busy night,” Sarah Gallagher called from the Whammy Bar kitchen to her daughter, Jamie Moorby. Gallagher was cooking the Thursday night special: tacos. “It’s someone’s birthday, and Eric’s son is back in town,” she noted.

Moorby, 40, a born-and-raised resident of Maple Corner, member of the Calais Selectboard, town road commissioner, and vice president of the Curtis Pond Association, took over the Maple Corner Community Store & Whammy Bar eight months ago. She is infusing new life into an establishment that is equal parts general store, music venue and restaurant. It’s the heart of close-knit and increasingly affluent Maple Corner.

Bartender Nancy Toulis and her husband, MC Artie Toulis, the former owners, readied the bar area as patrons started rolling in, some still in their Carhartts or button-downs from a day of work.

A group of men in their thirties headed outside with beers while a family of five claimed a table near the front and ordered tacos.

The Toulises, who are musicians themselves, transformed the corner store’s shed, which is attached to the general store, into a music-centered, living room-size bar in 2012. Since then, the Whammy Bar has become a neighborhood fixture and coveted music venue. Musicians often travel for hours to perform in the intimate space.

“You can be a complete stranger and go there and feel like you were hanging out with the best family that night,” said Dee Davis, who performs there regularly. “It’s medicine. It’s like the best medicine that I know of. If I didn’t have those kinds of gigs, I wouldn’t be alive.”

By 6:45, just before the open mic night started, about 30 people packed the tiny space. The overflow poured into the backyard; some latecomers loitered in the hall.

“Half the state of Vermont is here!” a man told Moorby.

A toddler picked at a plate of food. An elderly woman adjusted her hearing aids. In the corner, a group of women listened

intently and nodded as another woman wearing huge red glasses talked.

Tacos, beers and margaritas circulated. A man started the open mic with a ukulele rendition of “Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’.”

Mike Chartier, a Woodbury resident in

his thirties, sipped a beer. “It’s like that scene in ‘Cheers’ where everyone knows your name,” he said over the hum of the crowd. Jacob Markowicz, who sat next to Chartier, agreed.

“You go to other bars to try and make conversation and friends, and it’s

awkward,” Markowicz said. “After a couple of beers here, someone’s my new best friend.”

Chartier nodded effusively. “That’s the Whammy Bar for you,” he said.

After a couple of beers here, someone’s my new best friend.

JACOB MARKOWICZ

Open mic night at the Whammy Bar

Open mic night

GOALS: FRIENDSHIP AND FUN

Landry Park, Winooski

Charlotte Blend — with her sons Addie and June, plus their dog Moose — approached Landry Park on a Monday evening. First to greet them was Molly Coffey, whose pooch, Leo, gave Moose big, slobbery kisses. Coffey and Blend discussed the dogs as Addie and June ran off to a nearby soccer field for their practice.

Next to come by was Jesse Halverson, or Mr. Jesse, as he is affectionately known, whose bleach-blond hair and arm tattoos flashed as he skateboarded to the edge of the soccer field. Halverson, a substitute teacher for the Winooski School District, volunteers in the evenings as a soccer coach for the Vermont Patriots, a local youth soccer league.

At 5:30 p.m. on this pleasant evening, the park was abuzz. On the playground, children chased each other down the slide. In the skate park, teens wearing oversize T-shirts and baseball caps compared tricks on skateboards. Middle-aged women played a pickup game of pickleball, darting up and down the makeshift court. A family picnicked at a table. Blend strolled around the soccer field, greeting neighbors and watching her sons play.

The city park is like an extension of Winooski’s backyards during the warmer months. It’s an inclusive, welcoming place that bridges continent-size cultural gaps in Winooski, a former mill town under transformation. That’s no small feat for a city that last year was deemed “diverse but not inclusive” in an audit that it commissioned. While residents, many of whom are refugees, speak more than 30 languages, community members admit there are very few physical places where all feel welcome.

Landry is one, though. It has something that draws people across cultures: soccer.

“You drop a soccer ball on the floor, and everyone knows what to do,” Blend explained. “You don’t need a common language.”

For much of the year, the Vermont Patriots league fills the park as teams practice and compete. Iri Sunj, a Winooski resident who fled war in Bosnia, founded the league. Sunj was frustrated by the expense of most youth soccer programs,

so the fee to join this one — $20 — is optional. About 100 children, mostly from Winooski, played during the past fall and spring seasons.

A few weeks ago, Blend said she met the dad of Hamza Alkailani, a new soccer player who had just moved to Winooski from Syria. Blend doesn’t speak Arabic, and Alkailani’s dad doesn’t speak much English. The pair talked using “Google Translate, hand gestures and smiles,” Blend explained.

Suddenly, Hamza scored an impressive goal, and his teammates erupted in cheers.

Nearby, soccer moms Hillary Gombar and Faridar Ko, stood in the playground. Ko fiddled with a gem that held her head covering in place while Gombar shooed a bug from her tattooed arm. Ko moved to Winooski from Burma 15 years ago. Gombar, meanwhile, spent her childhood in Landry Park; her grandparents lived across the street.

The two had seen each other at John F. Kennedy Elementary School but didn’t become friends until they started coming

to Landry Park. Now they spend their evenings chatting about jobs, parenting and “other annoyances,” they said, laughing.

“When [my family] started coming here, it felt life-changing,” Gombar recalled. “[My husband and I] could just drop off our kids, but we both want to come.” She pointed out her husband, who was chatting with other parents.

Ko nodded. “It’s nice to get other opinions on how to parent,” she said. Ko’s daughter ran up, asking for help getting on the slide.

Just then Coffey walked by, her dog leading the way and her three children trailing. “I’ll be right back,” she called to her kids. “I need to go check on the banana bread.” The kids scurried off to the playground.

Blend reflected on the busy scene. “Since the pandemic, I’ve noticed that people are making different decisions in their lives in various ways,” she said.

“Could we live somewhere else? Sure. But we don’t want to,” she said. “We’re in a pretty small house, but we wouldn’t have it any other way. This is what’s important.”

You drop a soccer ball on the floor, and everyone knows what to do. You don’t need a common language.

CHARLOTTE BLEND

PHOTOS: JAMES BUCK

A softball game at Landry Park

The community pool at Landry Park

Members of the Vermont Patriots, a youth soccer league

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‘She Was a Truth Teller’

Elizabeth “Lisa” Carlson, February 18, 1938-June 4, 2023

BY KEN PICARD • ken@sevendaysvt.com

Shortly after Lisa Carlson died on June 4 at her home in Hinesburg, her longtime work colleague, mentee and family friend Joshua Slocum phoned the University of Vermont’s Anatomical Gift Program to confirm that the 86-year-old’s body would soon be donated for study to the Larner College of Medicine.

“Lisa Carlson? I know her!” the woman at UVM replied. An author, teacher and funeral consumer advocate, Lisa was a national celebrity, of sorts, in the death industry, having resurrected the longforgotten practice of DIY home funerals. For years, Lisa gave guest lectures at the medical school about what happened to bodies upon death, and she worked with the Anatomical Gift Program to research the trafficking of human body parts.

“‘Do you remember when she went to Tucson and climbed into the dumpster to get that outfit’s price list for body parts?’” Slocum recalled the woman saying about a body and tissue donation facility in Arizona. “Did I ever!” he replied. “Lisa wouldn’t stop crowing about it for weeks.” Ultimately, it was her work that forced the for-profit company to clean up its act.

Hardheaded, fiery and mercurial, Lisa spoke with the raspy voice of a longtime four-pack-a-day smoker. The diminutive woman challenged anyone — morticians, crematory owners, cemetery directors and government bureaucrats — who, through their own incompetence, greed or deceptive business practices, tried to exploit bereaved families.

“She was a truth teller. When Lisa was on the case, you could not get away with any bullshit,” Slocum said. “But underneath that ball-busting exterior … she was very tenderhearted and easily emotionally moved by people in situations of extremeness who thought they could not help themselves.”

Lisa was born Elizabeth Blount Shippen on February 18, 1938, in Melrose, Mass., the oldest of five children. According to Steve Carlson, Lisa’s husband of four decades, her father was a U.S. Navy man and homeopathic doctor who moved the family often. Her mother died when Lisa was 13.

After earning her bachelor’s degree at Antioch College in Ohio, Lisa moved back to Massachusetts, where she taught special education. She migrated to Vermont in

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the 1960s and took other teaching jobs, including one as principal of the school inside the now-closed Vermont State Hospital in Waterbury.

In the ’60s, Lisa was also the proprietor of the Hungry Pig and I, once a popular eatery in Plainfield.

“It was pretty wellknown in my community of hippies at the time,” recalled Steve, whose family lived in the nearby New Hamburger Commune in Plainfield.

The restaurant’s cardboard menu listed such offerings as an onion-and-cucumber sandwich for 35 cents and a peanut butterand-bacon sandwich for 50 cents, with 10 cents extra for “dark breads.”

“Lisa tried to make it respectable,”

Steve said of the restaurant, “but most of the customers had long hair.”

Lisa’s involvement with funeral ethics and consumer advocacy began not as a career move but as an act of financial desperation.

In March 1981, her first husband, John Brackett, took his own life at age 31 with a hunting rifle; Lisa found him dead in his pickup truck in their driveway.

The couple, both schoolteachers of modest means, had virtually no savings, so Lisa couldn’t afford the $500 cremation fee that a local funeral director quoted her. Left widowed with a 5-year-old daughter and 3-year-old son, she had few options for her husband’s final disposition.

As Lisa recounted her story to Seven Days in January 2007, someone from the state called her after Brackett’s autopsy to ask which funeral home would be picking up the deceased. Lisa informed him that none would do so and instructed him to deliver the body to her house.

“I’m sure he thought I’d gone off my squash,” she recalled with a gravelly laugh.

Once Brackett’s body came home, Lisa said, she felt an overwhelming need to stay with him. She asked a friend — a janitor at the school where Brackett had taught — to help her drive the body to a crematory in St. Johnsbury. In those years, it was virtually unheard of for anyone to transport a deceased loved one on their own, without the use of a medical examiner, coroner or funeral director. In essence, she helped revive a practice that had disappeared in this country for more than a century: having family members tend to their own dead.

IF SOMEONE DIDN’T WANT TO SPEND $1,000 ON A BOX, WE HAD SOME CARDBOARD ONES THEY COULD USE.

STEVE CARLSON

Elizabeth “Lisa” Carlson

All totaled, Brackett’s funeral cost less than $200.

After the Burlington Free Press reported her story, Lisa became a local celebrity. “For a year later, a week rarely went by without a phone call or letter from people wanting to know what to do and how to do it,” Lisa told Seven Days. “I felt so grateful that I’d had the information when I needed it, I felt obliged to share.”

In 1987, Lisa published her first book, Caring for Your Own Dead , a how-to manual for families, which quickly earned her national acclaim. That year, the New York Times reviewed her book, and she appeared on ABC’s “Good Morning America,” “CBS This Morning” and “The Phil Donahue Show” twice.

Lisa wasn’t very interested in milking her celebrity status. According to Steve, who’d published her book, she declined interview requests from ABC’s “20/20” because she was mad at one of the hosts, and she turned down another from the TV show “Penn & Teller: Bullshit!” because she found it “unsophisticated.”

“She didn’t realize that that would be really good publicity,” Steve said. “She was kind of a nightmare for publishers … because she would never mention her book.”

Steve and Lisa met in the early ’80s while both were in “difficult situations,” he said. Lisa’s first husband had just died, and Steve was in the midst of a painful divorce. The New York Times book review says the Carlsons were married in 1985, but neither Steve nor her kids remember the actual date — or even year.

“We’ve been trying to figure it out,” Lisa’s daughter Joie Brackett-Reeves said with a chuckle.

“One thing that we liked about each other is, we didn’t have to remember our anniversary,” Steve added.

Steve does remember that the couple built their house themselves in 1983, while he was still working as a legislative aide to then-U.S. House representative Jim Jeffords (R-Vt.). Lisa was skilled in plumbing and electrical work, and she worked on other people’s homes, too. As her sister-inlaw, Laura Brackett, recalled, “She built a two-story fireplace at one of the houses when she was eight months pregnant.”

Growing up in the Carlsons’ home was a unique experience. “As a teenager, we had coffins upstairs, so my friends wouldn’t come over,” Joie said.

“If someone didn’t want to spend $1,000 on a box,” Steve explained, “we had some cardboard ones they could use.”

Still, the Carlsons’ home, which they often opened to foster kids in need of emergency housing, could also feel like a playground. It had a pool table in an outbuilding, a hanging rope bridge out

back and a firefighter’s pole that ran from the second floor of the house to the first. According to Joie, her notoriously frugal mother once described the pole as her best $20 junkyard purchase.

“I grew up with a trapeze in the living room,” she added. “My mom was all about fun.”

In 1997, Lisa revised and expanded her

book into a second edition, titled Caring for the Dead: Your Final Act of Love. The previous year, she was hired as executive director of a national nonprofit that later became the Funeral Consumers Alliance. But after a falling-out with her board, Lisa left the nonprofit in 2003 and formed her own: the Funeral Ethics Organization. Slocum, whom Lisa hired in 2002 as

her successor at FCA, said her impact on the national funeral industry cannot be overstated. When she published the book’s second edition, she was the first person in the country to analyze and critique the funeral laws of all 50 states, then translate them into language that the average consumer could understand. Slocum, who coauthored the third edition, noted that Lisa wasn’t just trying to find consumers the cheapest cremation available. She recognized that families who wanted a traditional, full-service funeral were the ones who most needed her help.

Given the nature of her work as a funeral industry watchdog, it’s unsurprising that Lisa cultivated a healthy sense of humor. In 2001, she published I Died Laughing: Funeral Education With a Light Touch, a collection of death-themed jokes, cartoons, quotations and humorous last words. According to Slocum, Lisa often summed up her attitude about death and dying with a quote from Dolly Parton’s character in the film Steel Magnolias: “Laughter through tears is my favorite emotion.”

As someone who worked hard, played hard and enjoyed bawdy humor, Lisa often could be found at her kitchen table drinking, smoking, and playing cards with family and friends. (Slocum wrote that when Lisa picked him up at the airport during his move to Vermont for his job in 2002, she handed him an ashtray and a travel mug filled with red wine, and “I knew I’d made the right decision.”) Though Lisa quit cigarettes 15 years ago — it was emphysema that ultimately took her life — she remained an unapologetic drinker “all the way to the end,” Laura said.

Lisa spent three years in hospice starting at the beginning of the pandemic. Describing his wife’s final days, Steve called her death “as good as it could be,” surrounded by family and close friends. Joie, who in her younger years once told her mother that she was “running from anything [related to] death and dying,” went on to become a hospice nurse. While her mother was dying, she attended to her needs, keeping her comfortable and out of pain. “I dipped her mouth swabs in vodka,” she said. Joie was lying by her mother’s side, with Steve in a chair next to the bed, when Lisa took her final breath.

Lisa is also survived by her son Stuart Mercer and daughter-in-law Mary Keller Mercer, son Shawn Brackett, stepson Joshua Carlson, stepdaughter Rosalie Carlson, brothers Edward and Eugene Shippen, and six grandchildren.

As Slocum wrote in an online remembrance, Lisa once described her life thus: “We’ve never been rich, and we buy everything secondhand, but I have a home and a family and a rewarding life. I feel rich.” ➆

Lisa with her daughter Joie Brackett-Reeves

From left to right: Lisa Carlson, her son Shawn Brackett (in front), sister-in-law

Laura Brackett and husband Steve Carlson

Bar None

Qbar aims to unite the Upper Valley’s LGBTQ community, one guerilla-style pop-up at a time

BY COLLEEN GOODHUE

Asign posted outside CrowBar Hardware Store in Claremont, N.H., advises that the establishment is closed due to violations of the National Prohibition Act. Indeed, the door is locked. But ringing a hidden bell grants patrons entrance into the speakeasy-style bar and restaurant, where vintage furniture and old-timey jazz hark back to the days of flappers and Al Capone.

Throughout the dimly lit room, diners sip cocktails and eat elevated pub grub in pairs or trios. But in one corner of the restaurant, seated in a circle of wingback chairs, is a small, inclusive gathering. They’re not bootleggers or gangsters but members of a different kind of hip group: Qbar Upper Valley.

Organized by San Francisco transplant Aaron Almanza, Qbar is a guerillastyle pop-up social club meant to bring together the Upper Valley’s scattered LGBTQ community. The group gathers monthly, descending upon a different bar in the region announced that day via Instagram. Neither followers nor the bars know in advance where the meetups will take place, which is part of the fun. It’s also, Almanza noted, a sad necessity.

“The unfortunate reality is, there are hate groups out there,” Almanza said in an interview at the June Qbar meetup at CrowBar. “We don’t want to give those who would want to give us a hard time time to plan something.”

Qbar Upper Valley was inspired by Guerrilla Queer Bar, an event that started in San Francisco around the turn of the 21st century. According to its dot-combubble-era website, well preserved by internet archive site Wayback Machine, its purpose was to get the queer community out of the stereotypical gay bars in the Castro District and “colonize” the diversity of straight bars across the city. In those days — dark or golden, depending on your feelings about social media — revelers could learn the location of that night’s bar through an email newsletter or by calling a hotline to receive “up to the minute party info.”

Guerilla Queer Bar organizers reportedly never made money off their venture.

Aaron Almanza

Some of its founders came from the South and particularly hoped the movement would take off in rural areas — they even provided a 23-page manual for folks to start their own events in other cities and towns. Though the original San Francisco Guerilla Queer Bar movement seems to have faded by 2003, its legacy lives on through efforts like Qbar, Guerilla Queer Bar Burlington and others all over the country. And this time, organizers have Instagram.

WE’RE KINDA FORGOTTEN ABOUT WHEN IT COMES TO QUEER EVENTS.

AARON ALMANZA

Almanza, who is the executive director of LGBT National Help Center, moved to Claremont from San Francisco in January 2022. He’d previously lived in the Upper Valley about 20 years ago as a park ranger at Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park in Cornish, N.H., and has returned to the region for vacations.

“It’s beautiful,” he said. “I am a history nerd. This area is steeped in history, and I love finding out about it.”

In particular, he shared that there’s a significant history of queer spaces in Vermont. In the early days of the gay liberation movement, the Andrews Inn in Bellows Falls was a haven for queer folks in the region in the 1970s and ’80s.

Queer people came from Montréal, Boston and New York to spend time at the hotel, disco, co-counseling center and community space.

Upon moving back to Claremont, Almanza discovered that there were a lot of queer events in Vermont. But he found himself having to travel to Montpelier and Burlington because there wasn’t much happening in the Upper Valley.

Part of the challenge is geography. The Upper Valley sits smack-dab between hubs such as Burlington and Montpelier in Vermont and the Concord/Manchester area in New Hampshire. It’s not particularly far from either, but it’s also not especially close.

As a result, Almanza said, “We’re kinda forgotten about when it comes to queer events.”

In April, he attended a drag event at the Main Street Museum in White River Junction. There, he conspired with two

friends to start up a Guerilla Queer Barstyle series closer to home. Qbar Upper Valley was born because, as Almanza put it, “You can’t always wait around for somebody else to do it.”

The first Qbar event was held in May at the Filling Station Bar & Grill in White River Junction. Almanza wasn’t sure whether Instagram “likes” would translate into attendees, but he estimates that about 30 or so people showed up.

“It was great,” he said. “I can say we definitely took over the bar. The bartender loved us.”

Although bars might not know Qbar is coming, Almanza said he wants the group to be welcomed. “We consider ourselves unexpected guests,” he said. “Our rules are: Be polite, be patient and tip well.”

Heath Lisle helped devise the idea with Almanza at the Main Street Museum drag night and has attended Guerilla Queer Bar-style events in Boston and Colorado. While online outlets can help foster connections, Lisle said there’s no substitute for meeting in person.

“I think the biggest thing is community,” Lisle said of LGBTQ folks. “We’ve been through a time where there’s so much more visibility, but it’s in some ways just as needed to connect with people that you have shared experiences [with].”

Whitney Skillen attended the June Qbar event. Other places she’s lived have had tighter queer communities, she said, adding, “I’ve never lived in a place as small as Claremont.”

Originally from North Carolina, Skillen met her wife in New York City’s vibrant queer scene. They moved to New Hampshire in 2021.

“This is the first time we’ve lived in a place that’s super rural,” she said. She thinks the problem is not that the Upper Valley’s queer community is small but that it’s disconnected.

“There’s very few places for us to gather and feel like we can be safe,” she said. “But we’re trying to change that.”

The CrowBar pop-up attracted about 15 people, a respectable showing for a Tuesday after nearly a month of Pride events. As Almanza said, “We’re not taking up that much room, but we are still creating space.”

Skillen hopes that Qbar events will inspire someone to open a queer bar in the Upper Valley.

“It’s like the reverse of ‘If we build it, they will come,’” she said. “If we start showing up, someone’s going to realize they need to build it.” ➆

Follow Qbar Upper Valley on Instagram at @qbaruv.

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The Comeback Cook

Eleven years after closing in Waterbury, Marsala Salsa reopens in Johnson

BY AMY KOLB NOYES

Anew restaurant on Johnson’s Lower Main Street bears an old sign. Those who remember Marsala Salsa might recognize it. The restaurant served up its multicultural menu of Mexican and Caribbean cuisine for more than two decades in Waterbury before closing in 2012. Its handcrafted wooden sign, adorned with a palm tree, now hangs above the door of a reborn Marsala Salsa.

While the restaurant is new to Johnson, its 61-year-old chef-owner, Jan Chotalal, has called the town home for 22 years.

From the time Chotalal opened it, Marsala Salsa was a staple on Waterbury’s

Stowe Street. Its cuisine was eclectic, with dishes such as shrimp saag and tandoori beef reflecting Chotalal’s Caribbean upbringing and her family’s Indian heritage; she also o ered popular Mexican fare, including an assortment of tacos, enchiladas and burritos. For Chotalal, the common thread was fresh flavor. She had a dedicated sta , loyal customers and a business that felt more like a family, she recalled. But in July 2012, it all came crashing down.

At age 50, Chotalal was diagnosed with breast cancer. At the same time, she unexpectedly lost her lease. It was a devastating one-two punch.

Fast-forward to 2023, and Chotalal is cancer-free and starting again. Initially, she said, some locals doubted that Johnson was ready for a multiethnic family restaurant owned and operated by a woman of color. But the proof is in the dining room, which has been packed with patrons since Marsala Salsa’s soft opening in mid-March.

“I had no clue the reception would be so overwhelming when I decided to play with the idea and reopen Marsala Salsa,” Chotalal said. “I’m so grateful and humbled and pleased that the community just basically welcomed me.”

While Marsala Salsa is the third restaurant to occupy Johnson’s 21 Lower Main

Street, it is dramatically di erent from the two pizza pubs that preceded it. Chotalal said she’s still operating with a limited menu, due mostly to a lack of specialized kitchen equipment, but customers can already choose from Caribbean, Mexican and Italian fare.

The Italian dishes are new to Marsala Salsa — a nod to the restaurants that previously occupied the space. But Chotalal had a feeling the town would welcome some extra variety.

“I think Johnson’s ready for that di erent cuisine,” she said. “It’s a transition. I see it happening.”

I saw it happening, too, when a couple of

Jalapeño poppers, three-dip combo and a Hibiscus Kiss

friends and I were seated at a table by the front window on a recent Friday evening.

We started with a round of appetizers, including the three-dip combo ($14), which featured homemade hummus, guacamole and salsa, served with tricolor

For the main event, I ordered the West Indies brown chicken ($18), a mild and slightly sweet dish of chicken and vegetables, served over rice with warm naan. I’m a big fan of comfort food, and this entrée fit snugly into that category.

tortilla chips and chewy, thick toasted naan. By contrast, the hummus was light and airy.

The jalapeño poppers ($9.95) were not your chain-restaurant variety. Three extra-large, fresh peppers were stuffed generously with Monterey Jack, battered and baked. Served with a sour cream salsa dip, they would have made a hearty meal by themselves.

I ordered dal ($7.50), an Indian split pea soup with cilantro, onions and garlic, which was flavorful and spicy — but not too spicy. I’m already anticipating craving this soup next winter.

Chotalal said her motto is “Keep it fresh. Keep it simple. Keep it tasty.” That rang true after the appetizer round.

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My friend Zoé ordered a chimichanga ($13.50, including a side salad), filled with chicken chili and Monterey Jack and topped with guacamole and sour cream. She said it was delicious and “checked all the boxes.”

My friend Todd settled on the grilled island shrimp ($18.95), a more delicate offering that was not overly filling. Served on a bed of rice, the jerk-marinated grilled shrimp were topped with a creamy jerk sauce and a honey-ginger sauce. The dish came with a West Indian salad, a refreshing slaw made with cabbage, carrots,

Sarita’s Kitchen to Open Aromas of India in Williston

After a successful nine-month run of weekly takeout meals cooked at COMMUNITY KITCHEN, SARITA DEVI signed a restaurant lease for 202 Cornerstone Drive in Williston. She will open AROMAS OF INDIA in July or early August with a vegetarian menu of northern Indian dishes.

The Williston restaurant space was formerly occupied by Naru Asian Cuisine, which announced on its website that it would be closing as of June 1 because “the owner is getting ready for retirement.”

Devi grew up in the state of Uttar

I THINK JOHNSON’S READY FOR THAT DIFFERENT CUISINE. IT’S A TRANSITION. I SEE IT HAPPENING.

JAN CHOTALAL

Watch Your Waste

Collaborative effort cuts food loss at UVM’s RISE Summit

STORY BY MELISSA PASANEN • pasanen@sevendaysvt.com

On the second morning of the inaugural RISE Summit held last week at the University of Vermont, a pair of speakers signaled that it was time for a snack break.

In the fourth-floor atrium of the Davis Center, trays of oatmeal energy bites awaited about 200 conference attendees who had come to hear talks about the intersections of research, innovation, sustainability and entrepreneurship.

e crunchy, chocolaty balls were a tangible and tasty example of innovation and sustainability — and the result of a collaboration between the pre-break speakers: Sarra Talib, a PhD candidate in the university’s food systems program, and Nicole Reilly, sustainability and campus partnership manager for Sodexo, the international company that runs UVM’s campus dining.

e two had worked together to minimize food waste at the event and demonstrate what they call a “circular” approach to menu planning and execution, in which as little food as possible is wasted at every step, from growing to sourcing, cooking to eating.

ursday’s oatmeal energy bite, for example, utilized excess granola that had been made but not needed for Wednesday’s morning snack of granola, yogurt and strawberries.

“We are designing waste out of the food system,” Talib said.

At least one-third of food produced for human consumption around the world is never eaten, Talib detailed. A huge amount of food is going to waste as billions of people go hungry and the resources used to produce, harvest, transport and process that food are squandered.

Everyone can help, Talib encouraged: “Small wins do matter.”

Reilly congratulated attendees on the fact that they had generated only 5.5 pounds of plate waste on Wednesday, meaning that most had consumed everything they had served themselves from the morning snack and Tex-Mex buffet lunch.

e kitchen team had done its part, too, Reilly continued.

e oatmeal energy bite was an example of what Talib and Reilly described as “cascading” ingredients across a menu. at involves using the same ingredients in multiple dishes during one meal, or in sequential meals.

Over-purchasing and prepping to meet unpredictable demand is inherent in professional kitchens, Reilly explained later, standing by the ursday lunch buffet. “You never want to be the chef that runs out of food.”

Even though food waste can be composted, Reilly noted that, with forethought and planning, “there are more productive things to do with the food.”

“Chefs want to feed people, not the compost,” Talib said.

Several items on the Mediterranean lunch buffet deliciously proved that point. Extra local organic yogurt from the previous day’s snack

had been deployed in a tzatziki cucumber herb sauce for falafel. Rice and vegetables prepped but not needed for Wednesday’s lunch were cooked in a stir-fry.

e circular approach starts even before the kitchen staff gets involved, Reilly explained. It includes regional ingredient sourcing, such as using ground beef from a program that buys healthy cows that are no longer productive milkers from local dairies. UVM’s team also plans ahead to donate excess cooked food that cannot be repurposed to the campus food shelf, Rally Cat’s Cupboard, and to Feeding Chittenden in Burlington.

Venture capitalist and author Dominic Endicott of Northstar Ventures had traveled from Beverly, Mass., to speak at the RISE Summit. Over lunch, Endicott said he appreciated learning about efforts to cut waste through circular approaches to food. “ ey’re not easy,” he allowed. “You’ve got to think through every step.”

Endicott grew up as a member of “the clean plate club,” he said. “Back when we had less abundance, we would reuse and recycle. A lot of times, you get lazy.” It never hurts to be reminded, he said, that “relatively small changes can accumulate and have an impact.” ➆

Gerry Ghazi and Julie Davis of Cambridge had met up with friends from Morristown. Davis said she and Ghazi are often at odds when it comes to eating out. He likes Italian; she likes variety. Marsala Salsa is a place they can agree on.

Davis, a self-described food critic, gave her meal an A-plus. She enjoyed curry chicken ($17.95) and a tropical salad ($9.25). Ghazi ordered chicken Parmesan served over spaghetti marinara ($16.75).

“I’m half Italian,” he said. “My mom makes everything from scratch … and this was some of the best chicken Parmesan I’ve ever had. The sauce, outstanding.”

In addition to a modest selection of beer and wine, Marsala Salsa has a drink menu with a full page of specialty margaritas. The blackberry margarita ($15.75), with houseinfused blackberry syrup and fresh blackberry and lime garnish, was a favorite at our table, as was the Hibiscus Kiss ($15.75), with house-infused hibiscus syrup and a hibiscus sugar rim. Diners can also have their margs with house-infused raspberry-lime or blueberry-basil tequila for an extra charge.

“We sell out of margaritas practically every night,” Chotalal said.

Despite the popularity of her drink menu, Chotalal is making an effort to create a family-friendly dining experience. To transform the space from a pub into a family restaurant, she started by removing the pool table and the television behind the bar. Then she cut the line of 13 taps down to three, added bright, warm colors to the walls and adorned them with Mexican sombreros that had been part of the décor at her Waterbury location.

The space is still a work in progress, Chotalal said. Next to go will be the massive double pizza oven and cooling system that loom over the back half of the dining room.

Before 21 Lower Main was a restaurant, it was a cramped family-owned hardware store. Now the Beard Hardware sign hangs in the back of the dining room, along with a growing collection of antique keys, hardware and tools mounted on distressed wood. Chotalal has been asking customers and neighbors to add to the collection of memorabilia from the store. The decorations complement the rich, narrow-plank hardwood floor, left over from the hardware store days.

As it happens, the site of the first Marsala Salsa in downtown Waterbury also once housed a family-owned hardware store. When Chotalal opened the place in 1991, Waterbury wasn’t the restaurant town it is today.

A single mother of three, Chotalal had come to Vermont from New York City, where restaurant wages were much

Lunch made with some ingredients repurposed from the prior day’s menu

Nicole Reilly (left) and Sarra Talib

A tally of food waste from the RISE Summit

Energy bites made with extra granola from the previous day

Tzatziki made with excess yogurt

higher. If she was going to provide for her family here, she reasoned, she would have to work for herself.

“I wanted to be the groundbreaker of opening something new and different — and women-owned,” she said.

Chotalal said she feels the Johnson community has wholeheartedly

she has tried to re-create in her own kitchen over the years, to no avail.

“I can’t wait to actually eat it again,” she said.

As her former patrons find their way back, Chotalal is doing her best to fulfill requests for some old favorites, such as vindaloo veggies, that haven’t made it

welcomed her, just as Waterbury did back in the day. But it’s not just locals filling the seats. Patrons of the original Marsala Salsa have been making the trip to Johnson to rediscover her cuisine.

Erin Campos, once a regular in Waterbury, is planning a trip to the Johnson restaurant with her mother and daughter. When she gets there, Campos knows exactly what she will order — the West Indies brown chicken, which she said

onto the menu yet. While she’s happy to field those special requests, she said, she is growing the menu at an intentional pace.

“I’m not really in a rush,” Chotalal said. “I’m here for the whole journey ... of being a big part of this community and growing.” ➆

Marsala Salsa, 21 Lower Main St., Johnson, 635-7626. Learn more on Facebook.

From left: Sous chef Julie Schweidenback, chef-ownerJan Chotalal and bartender-server Aurora River

Clockwise from top left: Three-dip combo, jalapeño poppers, grilled island shrimp and West Indies brown chicken, paired with a Hibiscus Kiss, a blackberry margarita and a shot of tequila

PHOTOS: DARIA BISHOP

Smoke Show

In the Northeast Kingdom, Për’s Smoked makes seafood and spreads with a kiss of fire

BY NANCY DURAN

Something delightfully fishy is going on in the Northeast Kingdom. In the picturesque town of Walden, Për’s Smoked of Vermont has perfected a technique that produces top-notch hot-smoked fish and seafood and creamy spreads.

A recent New York transplant to Vermont, I discovered Për’s on my quest for a quality smoked fish to top my requisite morning bagel. While classic cured lox is brined, not smoked, owner Për Courtney smokes his fish over cherry, white oak and maple wood. e deep orange color of his salmon caught my eye at my local general store. It was love at first taste: exquisite smokiness that didn’t overpower the sweet flavor of the fish.

Courtney, 65, smokes everything from Icelandic salmon to Scottish sea trout, all trucked in fresh from Boston two to three times a week, and sells them for $13 to $15 per five ounces.

My introduction began with the Faroe Islands smoked salmon. e rich, buttery texture and flavor of the fish shone through, with an underlying hint of smoke. For whitefish lovers, Courtney’s smoked haddock has a salty punch that complements a healthy schmear of cream cheese atop a bagel or a brightly dressed green salad.

Speaking of schmears, Courtney also offers cream cheese-based dips ($8.95 to $15 per seven-ounce container) featuring his smoked seafood, as well as a few to accompany the fish, such as the smoky garlic dip and a bright caper-lemon spread. e beautiful pink hue of his elegant smoked lobster dip hints at the pleasures that await. Sweet, smoky, tender chunks of lobster swim in tangy sour cream and cream cheese. My favorite way to enjoy the dip is dolloped on a smoking-hot baked potato with freshly snipped chives dappling the surface.

Courtney knows a thing or two about seafood. Born in Brookline, Mass., he cut his teeth in the business working for his father on commercial fishing expeditions — experiences that would lay the groundwork for Për’s Smoked of Vermont.

But first, Courtney made a few stops in the silversmithing and woodworking trades, making jewelry, crafting furniture and ultimately building guitars for several well-respected musicians, including Derek Trucks of Tedeschi Trucks Band.

e demanding physical work caused a repetitive stress injury that finally, about 12 years ago, brought this Renaissance man to his latest creative pursuit, which he likes to call his fifth act.

e smokehouse in Walden is the realization of a long-held dream. Working with his co-operator, Nikki Ibey, Courtney fires up the small-batch smokers daily and welcomes visitors from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Special products such as maple salmon

jerky are available only at the smokehouse, and Courtney offers frequent on-site demos of the smoking process, making a visit to Walden a worthy day trip.

If you can’t make it to the source, Për’s Smoked products — and, often, the man himself — can be found at grocery stores throughout Vermont, including Burlington’s City Market, Onion River Co-op and South Burlington’s Healthy Living. Engaging and passionate about his craft, Courtney loves sharing his process with customers.

“I’ll answer every possible question someone can come up with and then some,” he declared. Now that’s a class (fifth) act. ➆

Small Pleasures is an occasional column that features delicious and distinctive Vermontmade food or drinks that pack a punch. Send us your favorite little bites or sips with big payoff at food@sevendaysvt.com.

INFO

Learn more at perssmoked.com.

COURTESY OF SHANNON FOX

Fish in a smoker

Smoked salmon

Smoked clam dip

Pradesh in northern India and moved with her husband, Yogi Singh, to Vermont in 2014 for his work in information technology. Singh said his wife grew

up cooking family recipes and loves to cook for people. “It is her passion,” he said. “Magic is in her hands when she is cooking.”

The menu for the new restaurant will expand on the o erings of Devi’s weekly takeout meals. Dishes may include spiced potato- and paneer-stu ed paratha bread; the chunky vegetable curry called pav bhaji; and the common street food samosa chaat, or crunchy samosa chunks topped with chickpeas, spiced yogurt and chutneys. Everything is made from scratch, Devi said, including the chutneys and breads.

The couple are currently sourcing equipment and refreshing the restaurant space, they said, and they are considering launching in July with takeout only before adding dine-in service in August. For updates, see @aromasofindia_vt on Instagram.

Melissa Pasanen

Lake Champlain Chocolates Buys Laughing Moon Chocolates

Laughing Moon Chocolates doled out its last tru es, salted caramels and melt-in-your-mouth almond bark on Saturday, June 24, at its Stowe shop.

Owner and chocolatier

LEIGH WILLIAMS has sold her 21-year-old business to LAKE CHAMPLAIN CHOCOLATES, the family-owned manufacturer and retailer based in Burlington, which purchased her recipes along with the candy-making operation.

“Whether or not they’re going to use them is another story,” Williams said of the formulas for her confections, “because their process is so di erent than mine.”

Williams, 51, decided more than a year ago that it was time to leave her mixers and temperature gauges behind and take a breather, she said. She launched Laughing Moon while pregnant with her daughter and has worked nonstop since.

“I haven’t had a Christmas Eve o for 21 years,” she said.

JIM LAMPMAN, who founded Lake Champlain Chocolates in 1983, has also purchased Laughing Moon’s building at 78 South Main Street in downtown Stowe. He will lease the space to his sweets company,

Truffles from Laughing Moon

according to his son, ERIC LAMPMAN, who now runs the business with his sister, ELLEN LAMPMAN REED. The new owners plan to renovate the space and reopen it as a Lake Champlain Chocolates shop, ice cream parlor and café in the fall, Eric said.

Lake Champlain Chocolates has retail locations on Pine and Church streets in Burlington and less than eight miles south of the Laughing Moon spot in Waterbury Center, as well as a manufacturing center in Williston.

As they finalized the purchase this week, the Lampmans had yet to decide which varieties of Laughing Moon chocolates they would continue o ering, if any, Eric said.

Carolyn Shapiro

Samosa chaat from Sarita’s Kitchen

culture

‘Makers Formerly Known’

BY AMY LILLY • lilly@sevendaysvt.com

This season, Shelburne Museum is displaying 23 handmade, hand-painted clay vessels by Native Americans in a way that could make the typical museumgoer gulp.

“Built From the Earth: Pueblo Pottery

From the Anthony and Teressa Perry Collection,” at the Pizzagalli Center for Art and Education, has no glass display cases. Instead, these masterworks — some large, all breakable — sit on pedestals elevated by low platforms that put just a couple of feet between visitor and vessel.

That’s because a team of Native American consultants from the tribes who

created the pottery advised that the bowls and jars “are living beings that need to be able to breathe,” Victoria Sunnergren, the museum’s associate curator of Native American art, said during a press opening last week. While she talked, museum preparators painted metal mounts that hold the vessels securely in place, making the hardware nearly invisible.

The consultants also advised that the exhibit’s labels identify the anonymous artists who created these vessels between 1840 and 1950 as “makers formerly known.” “Makers” acknowledges the everyday uses of the pots rather than their production as art, Sunnergren explained. “Formerly known” indicates that, while the makers’ names may have been lost, they were well known to their communities.

Sunnergren has shaped the exhibition well beyond the consultants’ input, identifying a unifying visual theme of a

spiral that echoes both Pueblo concepts of migration and the act of making the vessels from coiled clay. But her collaborative approach is emblematic of the care the museum is taking as it launches its new Native American Initiative.

This major undertaking includes both Sunnergren’s hiring last October as the museum’s first Native American art curator and the construction of a new $12.6 million building to be funded mainly through foundation grants.

The Perry Center for Native American Art belatedly gratifies the wishes of the museum’s founder, Electra Havemeyer Webb, who always intended to have a dedicated building for displaying her Native American collection. Scheduled to open in spring 2026, the center will showcase a significant collection of Indigenous art — 250 items from the archives of late Vermont restaurateur Anthony Perry combined with an existing collection of 300 items. Together these works represent 80 tribes across the U.S.

Throughout the planning process, which began with Perry’s death in 2017 and his wife’s subsequent gift of their collection, the museum has consulted Native American representatives, including scholars, artists and curators, who are helping to vet the combined holdings and provide guidance on ways to show their material culture.

Even the choice of architect for the building, the celebrated David Adjaye of Adjaye Associates, signals the museum’s dedication to cultural competency. Adjaye, whose firm has locations in London, New York and Accra, Ghana, “specializes in border-crossing projects,” museum director

Tom Denenberg

Adjaye was lauded for his tiered, crown-like design for the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture in Washington, D.C. Current projects include the Edo Museum of West African Art in Benin City, Nigeria — where, in 1897, the British military plundered the Benin Bronzes. Museums around the world are finally beginning

to return those thousands of elaborate sculptures and plaques from the ancient Kingdom of Benin.

For the Shelburne Museum project, still in its conceptual stage, Adjaye Associates will work closely with the Indigenous Canadian architectural firm Two Row Architect, based in Six Nations of the Grand River First Nation in southern Ontario. Two Row incorporates Indigenous symbolism and ways of thinking into its projects after consultation with Native groups. Its projects include the A•wit•gati Longhouse & Cultural Centre in New Brunswick and an award-winning multiresidential development for the Fort Severn First Nation in Ontario. Two Row is already collaborating with Adjaye Associates on Quayside, a large zero-carbon community development in downtown Toronto.

MUSEUMS ARE CHANGING — AND URGENTLY SO.

Jami Powell, curator of Indigenous art at the Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College and a citizen of the Osage Nation, applauded Shelburne Museum’s e orts. Shelburne has “contracted with wellrespected representatives in the field — people who are familiar with museums and Native American art,” she told Seven Days

“I think the collection and the founding of a center is important nationally, but it’s particularly significant for what we now call ‘New England’ to have another institution that is paying close attention to Native American art besides the Hood and the Peabody,” Powell added, referring to the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Mass. Other northeastern institutions with significant Native American holdings include Colby College, the Abbe Museum and the Portland Museum of Art, all in Maine.

Museum displays of Native American art and material culture have long been problematic. Not until 1990 did Congress pass a law requiring that museums alert Native tribes to their sacred, ceremonial and funereal holdings and return them when requested. Centuries of grave looting, exploitation and violence make it as di cult as it is necessary to establish the provenance of displayed items.

SONJA LUNDE

Shelburne Museum

stewards Native American art as part of a major new initiative

Attributed to Monica Silva [Kewa (Santo Domingo Pueblo)], Dough Bowl, ca. 1920, Collection of Shelburne Museum, Anthony and Teressa Perry Collection of Native American Art.

MUSEUMS

Even the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, which first displayed its Charles and Valerie Diker Native American collection in 2018, was found to have adequately documented the provenance of only 15 percent of the collection’s items, according to a recent ProPublica investigation.

“The Met moved quickly seven years ago,” Denenberg said during a recent conversation in his o ce. “I want to move methodically. This is very new and di erent to all of us.” Perry and Charles Diker, he added, were friends who had acquired pieces from each other’s collections.

As for museum founder Webb, her Native American collection included baskets made by Pacific Northwest tribes that famed stained-glass artist Louis Comfort Ti any used for design inspiration. Webb acquired them from the Ti any estate sale in 1946, the year before Shelburne Museum opened. According to Webb’s early hand-drawn map, Sunnergren said, she had hoped to build an “Indian Village” at the museum’s southwest corner — roughly the spot where the Perry Center will rise.

In the 1960s, Webb’s Native American collection went on view at the Beach Lodge, a log building on the museum grounds designed to resemble a hunting camp. But by the 1990s, the exhibit was deemed outdated and dismantled, apart from a few decorative items that remained until 2007. None of the collection has been displayed since.

Sunnergren and Denenberg are in the process of reassessing each item in the Perry and museum collections according to the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, with the help

Pottery from the Collection of Shelburne Museum, Anthony and Teressa Perry Collection of Native American Art (top to bottom): Maker formerly known [Haak’u (Acoma Pueblo)], Acomita Polychrome Jar, ca. 1840; Maker formerly known [Haak’u (Acoma Pueblo)], Polychrome Water Jar, 1890s; Maker formerly known [Ts’iya (Zia Pueblo)], Dough Bowl, 1930–40; Maker formerly known [Halona:wa (Zuni Pueblo)], Polychrome Jar, ca. 1865; Maker formerly known [Kewa (Santo Domingo Pueblo)], Storage Jar, 1880–90s.

Reading Pays

Bruce Lisman’s American literature collection fetches millions at auction

BY ABIGAIL SYLVOR GREENBERG • abigail@sevendaysvt.com

An autographed page from a draft of Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass. An unpublished verse penned by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. An editor’s copy of Phillis Wheatley Peters’ Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral . These were just a few of the literary treasures in former Republican Vermont gubernatorial candidate Bruce Lisman’s book collection.

The Bruce M. Lisman Collection of Important American Literature was sold at Christie’s auction house in New York City earlier this month. Through a live auction on June 15 and an online auction that took place from June 2 to 16, the sale closed for a total of $3,158,568.

Lisman, 75, is a Burlington-born University of Vermont graduate who credits his father, a schoolteacher, with instilling in him a love of books. After spending much of his adult life in New York working on Wall Street and amassing a net worth of $50 million, Lisman returned to Vermont in 2009 and settled in Shelburne.

He ran for governor in 2016 on a platform of reduced state spending and economic growth but lost the Republican nomination to Phil Scott, who went on to win the general election and has held the office since.

In 1988, when Lisman was cohead of global equities at Bear Stearns, he wandered into a book fair inside a Manhattan private school. Lisman had long been a bibliophile, someone who, as he told Seven Days, was “interested in books generally.” He added: “I like them close. I think about them, especially if they’re good ones.”

The book fair was a serendipitous event. A conversation with book dealer Stephan Loewentheil piqued Lisman’s interest in collecting, and he went on to work with Loewentheil for many years.

He started buying books by James Fenimore Cooper, whom he remembered as one of his father’s favorite writers. Over the next three decades, he accumulated rare volumes, manuscripts and literary ephemera.

Lisman maintains that his sole objective was recreational. “I never thought I’d make a dime on it,” he said, citing “personal satisfaction” as his primary aim. Nonetheless, his hobby eventually brought him into possession of treasures touched by the most prominent American writers of the 18th and 19th centuries.

In addition to Wheatley Peters, Longfellow and Whitman, Lisman’s collection included works by Harriet Beecher Stowe, Washington Irving and Herman Melville.

“His collection was the finest collection of American literature to come to auction in a generation,” said Heather Weintraub, an associate vice president and specialist in the Books & Manuscripts department at Christie’s, in an interview with Seven Days.

Most significant, perhaps, was Lisman’s body of work by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the 19th-century novelist best known for penning the high school syllabus evergreen The Scarlet Letter. According to Weintraub, Lisman’s was the largest privately owned collection of Hawthorne’s

work. His Hawthorne assemblage included a multitude of letters, inscribed manuscripts and leaves from personal notebooks, as well as a signed linen bag (hammer price: $3,780).

Hawthorne and the other 19th-century literary behemoths were grouped together as “Part One” of Lisman’s collection and sold by live auction. Part Two, sold online, featured more than 150 pieces from the 18th century and Federal period — what an overview on the Christie’s website calls “the first fruits of American cultural life.”

Lisman was particularly enthusiastic about this portion of his collection, which included early contributions by female writers who have fallen into obscurity, such as Ann Eliza Bleecker, Susanna Rowson, Hannah Webster Foster, Catharine Sedgwick, Lydia Maria Child and Leonora Sansay.

He learned of many of these authors from Cathy N. Davidson’s book Revolution and the Word: The Rise of the Novel in America, which explores the oft-forgotten novels of early America and their intersections with the development of the nation.

These early novels were published before America had a robust, systematized print culture. Low-quality printing, poor preservation and dubious authorial attributions (due to sexism and publisher piracy) have made it hard to come by intact novels from the 18th century.

“Those books are true survivors,” Lisman said.

Weintraub said that, from the auction house’s point of view, the sale was a success. “We saw strength in a variety of authors,” she said.

Lisman concurred. “On balance, I thought it was a good outcome,” he said.

Some of the biggest-ticket items went for six-figure values. A copy of Edgar Allan Poe’s Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque with an inscription written by Poe to his cousin fetched $441,000. A letter Mark Twain sent to his father-in-law went for $151,000. And a copy of the 1850s periodical The National Era, in which Uncle Tom’s Cabin first appeared, sold for $126,000, well above its estimated ceiling value of $40,000.

One of the most anticipated lots of the auction, however, did not immediately sell — the original proofs of The Scarlet Letter, which Christie’s called “the crown jewel” of the collection. Valued between $600,000 and $800,000, the proofs did not sell at auction but were snatched up immediately afterward for $693,000 by Stuart Rose, a bibliophile and philanthropist.

The high hammer prices at Lisman’s auction evinced today’s strong rare-books market. In recent years, Weintraub said,

Page proofs from The Scarlet Letter from the Bruce M. Lisman Collection of Important American Literature COURTESY OF CHRISTIE’S NEW YORK

“there’s a particular appetite for the top of the market, the best of the best.”

Lisman and the Christie’s team hoped that the sale might get the attention of non-bidders, too, and provide an education in literary history. They coupled the auction with a robust press campaign and a five-day public exhibition of collection highlights at the Christie’s gallery space.

BOOKS

HIS COLLECTION WAS THE FINEST COLLECTION OF AMERICAN LITERATURE TO COME TO AUCTION IN A GENERATION.

HEATHER WEINTRAUB

“It’s easy to start with Hawthorne, Melville and Poe,” Lisman said. “They’ll always be important.” However, he countered, “There are [other] things I think should be popularized. We helped do that by having this auction.”

Lisman is proud of his collection as a personal achievement, too. Reflecting on his career and family life, he mused, “[Collecting books] was the only thing of importance that I did simply by myself.”

The sale marked the end of his decades-long endeavor. “I had pretty much accomplished all that I wanted to,” he said. “It’s time to be done with things like that.”

Weintraub said Lisman’s sale “follows in the tradition of the great American literature collections ahead of him.”

On behalf of Christie’s, she added, “We have been extremely honored to handle his books.” ➆

INFO

View the Bruce M. Lisman Collection of Important American Literature at christies.com.

Bruce Lisman during his 2016 gubernatorial campaign

FILE: PAUL HEINTZ

Bad Muse

Theater review: Misery, Dorset Theatre Festival

BY ALEX BROWN • alex@sevendaysvt.com

Ahorror story gives the audience a thrill of fear but stops before the world becomes too hostile to bear; it’s a way of enjoying being scared. A play is a contraption held up by the willing suspension of disbelief. In a thoroughly entertaining production of Misery, Dorset Theatre Festival lets us enjoy the mechanisms that produce a gripping story: stage illusions we see through and danger we can dissect.

The play is a 2015 adaptation by William Goldman of his own screenplay for the 1990 film based on Stephen King’s bestseller Misery . It’s still set in 1987, when stories came out of typewriters and pain medications weren’t addictive opioids. But it’s now less a claustrophobic nightmare than a whathappens-next adventure.

The story is set in the secluded Colorado house of Annie Wilkes, where popular romance novelist Paul Sheldon finds himself in a quilt-strewn bed, waking up after a car accident that nearly killed him. Annie ministers to him and admires the job she did setting his two broken legs. She’s a former nurse who found his crashed car in a snowstorm, pried open the door and lugged him to safety. She saved his life.

And now she has complete control over it. But perhaps not so much over herself, for Annie is prone to gravity-defying mood swings. She proclaims herself Paul’s No. 1 fan, staring at him with bovine reverence, but she can just as quickly turn cold enough to withhold his pain meds — or worse. Annie is deranged, funny, puritanical, resourceful and sadistic; essentially the most dangerous caregiver on Earth.

She needs something from Paul, and it begins with the attachment she’s formed to Misery Chastain, the main character in his best-selling series about a hard-luck heroine in the 1820s. She demands a new Misery story and supplies the typewriter, paper and locked door necessary to get it. He can keep himself alive by writing it.

The play effortlessly bounces from situation comedy to psychological confrontation to twisty-turny thriller, never landing in one genre for long. Goldman’s script is propelled by disarming humor, and this production emphasizes the comedy. Paul is trapped and Annie is unstable, but this is no nail-biter. If it isn’t quite imminent

danger, it’s also not quite madness — it’s entertainment.

Director Jackson Gay lets the laughs keep both characters likable but never neglects the grim situation as Paul struggles to outwit the volatile Annie. Gay clarifies the actors’ intentions moment by moment, even as Annie’s objectives keep changing.

The fine acting by Kelly McAndrew, as Annie, and Dan Butler, as Paul, is the production’s hallmark. Given the diabolical situation, the actors contribute contrary qualities to each scene. Butler is largely immobile while McAndrew has control of every object in the house, including the door. McAndrew’s character says what she’s thinking, while Butler’s must conceal his thoughts. The actors complement each other to keep the characters in absolute opposition.

McAndrew’s strength is taking up each new mood of Annie’s and committing to it fully. Her performance surprises viewers as much as Annie startles Paul. One moment she is a steadfast nurse; next she’s infatuated with the great author who’s created a character she adores; and next she’s capable of merciless oppression. She skillfully underplays the extremes and makes a madwoman lovable by lacing her with just enough humor to keep us

more curious than horrified. She pinballs through emotions, truly dangerous because she’s making it all up as she goes along.

Butler makes Paul’s physical struggles wrenching. When he tries getting out of bed, we watch him drag himself and pause at the inexorable point where he must fall and let his two badly broken legs bear the brunt. Butler shows us a battle between hesitation and commitment in task after task, but he never resorts to theatrical wincing or overcooked agony. Butler plays the humor deftly while maintaining a stoic certainty that he’s more than a match for Annie. Paul’s lack of fear keeps the play from frightening us as we wait for his inevitable, if unlikely, escape.

With a slow folksiness, Greg Stuhr plays a sheriff destined not to ask enough questions. Throughout, the fictional tropes keep the pot boiling while the well-written laughs land perfectly.

In a story about captivity, scenic designer Riw Rakkulchon makes the house’s architecture part of the play. On a turntable the size of the full stage, Rakkulchon creates a bedroom, kitchen and front porch that revolve into view. The walls are partially open studwork, so only Joey Moro’s exceptional lighting creates the final edges. The stage illusion is

a captivating wonder, and when Paul rolls out of his room in a wheelchair and the house revolves around him, it’s an astonishing expression of movement and space.

Lighting designer Moro produces luscious statements of atmosphere and terrifying lightning cracks, then adds bravura touches, such as a shimmering glow caressing the open walls at the end to explain we’ve just seen a fairy tale. Costume designer Fabian Fidel Aguilar defines Annie’s loose grip on the world through formless dresses and dumpy cardigans with pockets hanging down to her knees.

The stagecraft is designed to be noticed, including the black-clad crew who rotate the stage and deserve their part in the curtain call. Paul’s circumstances remain dire, but we admire the trap’s design more than we fear its teeth. In a burnished, beautiful production, the actors uncork surprises, but Friday’s full house laughed much louder than it gasped.

King’s author hero is a modern Scheherazade, keeping himself alive by doling out the pages of a story his captor demands. Paul can counter Annie by dangling a blank page and asking if she wants to know how it all comes out. The audience is likewise gripped, not by suspense but by observing the craft underneath it. ➆

INFO

Misery, by William Goldman, based on the novel by Stephen King, directed by Jackson Gay, produced by Dorset Theatre Festival. Through July 8: Wednesday through Saturday, 7:30 p.m.; and Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday, 2 p.m., at Dorset Playhouse. $51. dorsettheatrefestival.org

THE PLAY EFFORTLESSLY BOUNCES FROM SITUATION COMEDY TO PSYCHOLOGICAL CONFRONTATION TO TWISTY-TURNY THRILLER.

COURTESY OF T. CHARLES ERIKCSON

Dan Butler and Kelly McAndrew in Misery

PERFORMING ARTS

New Art Gallery, Music Hall Opens in Waterbury

BY KEN PICARD • ken@sevendaysvt.com

A vibrant, metallic mural by artist Jessica Wilson adorns the outside of a two-story brick building at 5 Stowe Street in Waterbury. “Phoenix Rising” was dedicated in 2021 as a tribute to that community’s resilience following Tropical Storm Irene. But after three years of COVID-19, the phoenix symbolism applies equally well to the new art gallery and performing arts space that is now housed inside.

“As we were thinking about names, the bird kept speaking to me,” said Joseph Pensak, head curator and cofounder of the Phoenix Gallery & Music Hall (known simply as the Phoenix), a 1,700-square-foot community space that opened last week in the historic downtown village. “The arts were wiped out during the pandemic. This whole building is the phoenix rising from the ashes.”

Pensak, 46, knows it all too well. The former head curator of New City Galerie in Burlington was working as executive director of River Arts in Morrisville when the pandemic hit and the gallery’s entire full-time staff was laid off. After spending more than two years driving a FedEx truck, Pensak opened Waterbury Studios on the second floor of the Stowe Street building with his wife, attorney Anna Black, who is also an artist and musician.

Then their downstairs neighbor, Whitney Aldrich, owner of Axel’s Frame Shop & Gallery, relocated her business across the street. The couple’s landlords — the Squier family, owners of the neighboring WDEV radio station — asked Pensak and Black if they had any ideas for using the newly vacant storefront.

“Well, yeah!” Pensak recalled. “We had a lot of ideas.”

Pensak, who’s also a songwriter and recording artist, partnered with Anne Decker, a Waterbury-based musician, composer and founder of the nonprofit TURNmusic. For nearly a decade, Decker has been curating “Music in the Alley,” a diverse monthly concert series she cofounded with Aldrich. Now she has made the Phoenix the new headquarters of TURNmusic, with the ultimate goal of providing Waterbury with “a really hip performing arts space,” in her words, that community members can rent for their own events.

“I live in Waterbury,” she added, “so this is a marriage of all the amazing things I’ve been working towards.”

The Phoenix’s business model includes serving maple lemonade and Rookie’s Root Beer on tap for DIY root beer floats, with a candy counter along one wall. Pensak explained that the idea of the soda fountain and candy shop originated from his historical research on the century-old building.

In the early-to-mid-20th century, the storefront was home to Al’s Concord Candy, founded by Greek immigrant Vasily K. Ducas and his wife. The couple shared the space with A.E. Gilman’s Jeweler, and some Waterbury old-timers

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have fond memories of the candy store, colloquially known as “Gilman’s.” A 1963 black-and-white photo of it now hangs inside.

According to Pensak, the art space, which he called “phase one” of the project, has already booked four artists’ exhibitions for the coming year. “Phase two” will consist of further improvements to the musical performance space, including adding a sound system, lights and a stage. Currently, all the indoor performances, which can accommodate 50 to 70 people, are acoustic in nature.

Last Friday’s show featured Freeway Clyde, a project by musician Michael Chorney of Hadestown fame. According to Decker, July will bring performances by the indie chamberfolk group Cricket Blue and neo-soul-Americana singersongwriter Reid Parsons.

The Phoenix’s third business partner is Stowe-based artist and furniture maker TR Risk, whose home décor and renovations are sought after by clients nationwide. According to Pensak, Risk’s work is exhibited in the Phoenix’s display window and in its green room for performers.

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The Phoenix Gallery & Music Hall, 5 Stowe Street, Waterbury, 355-5440, thephoenixvt.com.

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Joseph Pensak at the Phoenix Gallery & Music Hall

Patrons at the grand opening of the Phoenix

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‘Makers Formerly Known’

of Kory Rogers, curator of design arts and senior curator of American art; Nancie Ravenel, director of collections; and Alex Kikutis, collections manager.

The 1990 law, Sunnergren said during an interview in her office, “requires us to alert tribes to what we have” in certain categories “and give back what they want to keep.” The rule doesn’t apply to “promised gifts,” a category that includes most of the Perry collection — namely, objects that don’t yet have museum ownership paperwork. But the museum has decided to pursue the same course for everything, she said.

According to Sonja Lunde, director of the Fleming Museum of Art at the University of Vermont, Shelburne Museum’s effort is part of a larger trend.

“Museums are changing — and

south Florida. She is pragmatic about her work as a white curator. “These are not my cultural items. I need to respond to what the people they belong to want,” she said.

She was first drawn to the beauty of Native American pottery the summer after her first year of high school, when a local philanthropic organization sponsored her to assist with an art and music camp at a Navajo Nation festival organized by the Museum of Northern Arizona. She spent every summer at the festival while studying at Florida State University and was running the event by the time she graduated, with a double major in art history and religion and a minor in museum studies.

Sunnergren went on to the University of Delaware, where she focused on Pueblo pottery for her master’s degree and won an Andrew W. Mellon fellowship as a doctoral student. In September,

urgently so,” Lunde wrote in an email. She added that her own institution is up for a revamping: “The Fleming’s current gallery installation of Native American art and artifacts, which dates to 2006, largely omits the voices of Indigenous peoples from the Museum’s displays and interpretations of their own cultural heritage.”

Sunnergren describes the Perry collection as “very secular,” as well as heavy on moccasins, clothing and dolls. (Only 40 items are pottery.) The museum’s own collection contains very little from Abenaki tribes, but the Abenaki land the museum occupies is honored by a birchbark canoe currently on display in the Pizzagalli Center. A married couple from the Nulhegan Band of the Coosuk Abenaki Nation, Al and Mariette Grayhawk, made the canoe in 2018 using traditional methods.

Sunnergren, whose desk plate says, “Ask me about my cats,” was born in Hertfordshire, England, and grew up in

she will defend her dissertation on the gender fluidity of certain historical and contemporary pottery makers.

In her office, Sunnergren spun her laptop around to show an image of one of the Zuni jars in “Built From the Earth.”

“These are water birds on a water jar,” she said, pointing to the painted figures positioned on the crest of a spiral. “It’s a very playful design” — the kind of detail that might have influenced Tiffany or John Sloan, cofounder of Ashcan School of visual art, who sponsored an exhibition of Native American painters in New York in 1922.

Sunnergren added, “People are starting to realize that you can’t understand [American] art and decorative arts without understanding Native American art.” For the Shelburne’s many visitors, the Perry Center will help make those influences more visible. ➆

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“Built From the Earth: Pueblo Pottery From the Anthony and Teressa Perry Collection,” on view through October 22 at the Pizzagalli Center for Art and Education, Shelburne Museum. shelburnemuseum.org

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All Is Calm

Denis Versweyveld’s pale palette reveals what is essential

BY PAMELA POLSTON • ppolston@sevendaysvt.com

It would be inaccurate to say Denis Versweyveld’s sculptures have no color; through some trickery of wavelengths, white actually comprises all the colors, and his work is a symphony in white.

The Vergennes artist coats his objects — as well as their pedestals and bases — with plaster, milk paint or limewash. Deprived of what we might consider normal hues, we are left to contemplate mere shapes. In choosing these, Versweyveld leaves no ambiguity: He favors household items such as bottles, cans, bowls, teapots, eggs and pears. Cast or

carved, each item suggests the essence of itself: calm and unobtrusive yet very much present. His work makes itself known with a whisper, never a shout.

Small wonder that Versweyveld titled his latest exhibit of sculptures, paintings and drawings “Still Life.” Visitors at the show at Axel’s Frame Shop & Gallery in Waterbury can read his explanation of his work: a list of 16 “about” statements. The list begins with “It is about human scale, a portrait of things I live with.” It ends with “It’s about finding a quiet place in a chaotic world.”

Versweyveld’s installation suits the new, light-filled gallery, located directly across Stowe Street from the former one. A bank of windows fronts the room, so owner Whitney Aldrich added an internal wall to provide more hanging space. Though some of Versweyveld’s sculptures, such as “Little Pears,” sit on sturdy, blocky bases, many perch on skinny, four-legged pedestals that he builds from scraps of pine and oak. The relative proportions of sculptures and stands give the works a sense of fragility.

Also, as Versweyveld said of his pedestals in a phone interview, “I think it’s to try to elevate [the objects’] importance, to make them more monumental.” He seeks to find the special in the ordinary.

The artist has a thing for pairs (as well as pears). He might put two items on pedestals with each other, such as the duo “Jugs.” “Tea Kettle Diptych” consists of a kettle on a tall column — all in white, of course — and an adjacent graphite drawing of the sculpture. Making preparatory drawings is a new practice for Versweyveld, he said, but “more recently I’ve spent time with the graphite and oil drawings — I’ve made the drawing and then the 3D [sculpture].”

“Flask” comprises a 53-inch-tall sculpture (including pedestal) and a 22.5-by-30inch oil-and-graphite drawing on paper that are clearly in dialogue with each other. Both depict a slightly tilted bottle. In the gallery,

the artist has placed them so they lean conspiratorially toward each other.

“I wonder what they might say,” Versweyveld mused. “I guess I like to see them paired in that way. [One] lends to the strength of the other.”

White is a constant in Versweyveld’s paintings, too, but often as a harmonic that softens the voices of blue, orange or green. All kinds of exquisite, delicate hues cluster in the shadows. Paradoxically, the artist known for working in white is a master of color.

He is also expert at still-life minimalism. In “Yellow,” a 24-square-inch oil on canvas, Versweyveld places a can at the very corner of a white surface, which juts into but does not fill the ocher-colored background. In “Orange Bowl/White Pitcher,” the titular items huddle on a blocky base, all of which in turn crowds the 18-by-24-inch canvas. The artist variously gives his objects plenty of space or very little, a dynamic that has both a visual and psychological impact.

“Left Handed,” a 20-by-28-inch oil on Arches Cover paper, is a still life with a personal history. Featuring two white eggplant-shaped forms on a white table, the 2019 painting was Versweyveld’s first work executed with his nondominant hand due to a shoulder injury.

The cluster of sculptures in Axel’s framing room may or may not be an indication of the artist’s health. But they do have an

Handed”

PARADOXICALLY, THE ARTIST KNOWN FOR WORKING IN WHITE IS A MASTER OF COLOR.

air of victory about them, if only because they are very tall. One of them, “Big Pear,” consists of an uneven, four-sided column topped by the outsize fruit. Made of oak, pine, lath, plaster and iron, the piece stands 65.5 inches high. An adjacent pair of vertical works, “IV Plus I,” rises to 76 inches.

The manipulation of scale can be unsettling because it upends viewer expectations — both of objects and our relationship to them. So does cloaking everyday objects in white. Yet Versweyveld gently locates humanity in his inanimate objects, softness in their hard surfaces. Even a murky graphite drawing of a pear lying on its side can evoke an emotional response in attentive viewers. These still lifes are very much alive. ➆

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DUG NAP: “Family Fiction,” new oil paintings by the Vermont artist that depict members of his imaginary family. Reception: Saturday, July 1, 2-6 p.m. June 29-July 27. Info, 863-6458. Frog Hollow Vermont Craft Gallery in Burlington.

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GRETCHEN ALEXANDER: “Slow Journey,” acrylic and watercolor paintings. Reception: Sunday, July 2, 1-3 p.m. July 2-August 6. Info, 899-3211. Emile A. Gruppe Gallery in Jericho.

LYNNE BERARD: Paintings that reflect the artist’s inner joy. July 1-31. Info, 846-4140. South Burlington Public Library Art Wall.

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‘YOU’RE ABSOLUTELY SPINELESS’: An exhibition that celebrates invertebrates large and small with works by 26 artists in 2D, sculptures and installation. Main-floor gallery. July 5-August 15.

ELINOR RANDALL: “Deep Impressions,” a survey of the master printmaker’s work 1954 to 2013. Curated by NNEMoCA; second-floor gallery. July 5-August 18. KARMIMADEEBORA MCMILLAN:

“Totems, Walking Sticks and Spirit Sticks,” vibrant patterned sculptural paintings that express a historical context of spirituality, tradition and folklore. ird-floor gallery. July 5-August 18. Info, 479-7069. Studio Place Arts in Barre.

‘KOLAJ’: Various styles of collage art by Vermont artists Anne Cummings, Liz Buchanan, Kris Bierfelt, Madeline Halsey, Holly Hauser, Cariah Rosberg and Heather Stearns. Saturday, July 1. Info, jcquinn@ymail.com. Grist Mill Studios in East Calais.

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EXHIBIT: An exhibition of photography, paper sculpture, fiber art, encaustic and artist books by Nancy Banks, Christie Carter, Rosalind Daniels, Lisa Dimondstein, Marcie Scudder, Kent Shaw, Peggy Smith and Shapleigh Smith. Artist talk Friday, August 4, 5-6 p.m. Reception: Saturday, July 15, 4-6 p.m. July 1-August 15. Info, marcie@ marciescudder.com. e Art Barn, 2313 West Hill Road, in Stowe.

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‘NOR’EASTER’: Contemporary abstract paintings by Terry Ekasala, Craig Stockwell and Rick Harlow. Reception: Friday, June 30, 5-7 p.m. June 30-September 4. Info, 583-5832. e Bundy Modern in Waitsfield.

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‘BEES ON PEAS & OTHER OBSERVATIONS IN THE GARDEN’: A group exhibition of artworks featuring all things garden-related. June 30-September 9. Info, 334-1966. MAC Center for the Arts Gallery in Newport.

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‘THE RED DRESS’: A touring project, conceived by British artist Kirstie Macleod, that provides an artistic platform for women around the world, many of whom are vulnerable and live in poverty, to tell their personal stories through embroidery. Opening: Saturday, July 1, 2-4 p.m. with a presentation by founder Kirstie Macleod.

BARBARA ISHIKURA & SAM FIELDS: “Frippery, Finery, Frills: Works in Conversation,” an exhibition of paintings and mixed-media sculptures, respectively, that explore intimacy in women’s lives. Reception: Saturday, July 1, 2-4 p.m., with artist talk. July 1-September 24. Info, 362-1405. Southern Vermont Arts Center in Manchester.

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‘ICE CREAM CASTLES IN THE AIR’: A curated group exhibition inspired by the lyrics of the

Joni Mitchell song “Both Sides Now.” Reception: Friday, July 7, 4-6:30 p.m. June 30-August 5. Info, 603-448-3117. AVA Gallery and Art Center in Lebanon, N.H.

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TINY ART AUCTION: e fifth annual Responsible Growth Hinesburg auction features four-inch paintings by Mary Azarian, Cynthia Guild-Kling, Marcy Kass, Gregory Maguire, Andy Newman, John Penoyar, Mary Hill and others. Sales benefit the Hinesburg Food Shelf. See the art on July 4 at St. Jude’s Church, and bid online. July 4-18. Online.

ART EVENTS

BTV MARKET: An outdoor market featuring wares by local artists, makers, bakers and more, accompanied by live music and lawn games. Burlington City Hall Park, Saturday, July 1, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Info, 865-7166.

‘HOME SEWING MACHINES 1900 TO PRESENT: A TECHNICIAN’S PERSPECTIVE’: David E. Atkinson gives a PowerPoint presentation on the evolution of sewing machines and their components, operation, construction, repair and maintenance, in conjunction with a current exhibition. Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History, Middlebury, ursday, June 29, 1-2 p.m. Info, 388-2117.

JEFFERSONVILLE ART JAM: A sidewalk art festival between Visions of Vermont Gallery (showing works by the Northern Vermont Artists Association) and Bryan Memorial Gallery (three shows). On July 1 at 1 p.m., Dale & Darcy perform at Visions of Vermont. Nathaniel Williams gives an artist demo from noon to 2 p.m. at Bryan Memorial. Various Jeffersonville locations, Saturday, July 1, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sunday, July 2, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. Info, cambridgeartsvt@gmail. com.

JOSH DANNIN: Risograph collages by the owner of Directangle Press in Bethlehem, N.H. Art & Joy, St. Johnsbury, Friday, June 30, 4-8 p.m. Info, 684-0220.

OPEN STUDIO: Draw, collage, paint, move, write and explore the expressive arts however you please during this drop-in period. Available in studio and via Zoom. Most materials are available in the studio. All are welcome, no art experience necessary. Expressive Arts Burlington, ursday, June 29, 12:30-2:30 p.m. Donations. Info, info@ expressiveartsburlington.com.

TALK: LYMAN ORTON: e founder of the Vermont Country Store gives a slide presentation about the artworks in his exhibition and book, “For the Love of Vermont: e Lyman Orton Collection.” Manchester Community Library, Manchester Center, Wednesday, June 28, 5-7 p.m. Free. Info, 362-2607.

TALK: ‘MAY THEIR MEMORY BE A BLESSING’: David Rosenberg, professor emeritus of political science at Middlebury College, speaks about the Lazarus family and Jewish life in Addison County, in conjunction with a current exhibition. Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History, Middlebury, Wednesday, June 28, noon-1 p.m. Info, 388-2117.

WONDERARTS ART TENT: Pop-up art workshops. Hardwick Farmers Market, Friday, June 30, 3-5 p.m. Free. Info, 533-9370.

ONGOING SHOWS

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‘ABENAKI: FIRST PEOPLE EXHIBITION’: e council and members of Alnôbaiwi (in the Abenaki way) and the museum open a new exhibition featuring the Abenaki Year, the seasonal calendar of people who lived in the area for more than 8,000 years before Europeans

Denis Versweyveld, “Still Life,” on view through September 30 at Axel’s Frame Shop & Gallery in Waterbury. axelsgallery.com

“Large Pear”

"Uncommon"

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‘Four Cuban Photographers’

In a photograph titled “El hijo de Yemayá,” a man clad only in swim trunks stands on a stone jetty and thrusts his arms overhead as ocean waves churn around him. At the horizon, a city skyline punctures the cloud-puffed sky. Even in black and white, the image evokes the sound, smell and color of the sea. And when you learn that the distant city is Havana, another drama unfolds. Is the man’s gesture a good-morning salutation to the world or an entreaty?

Maybe neither. Viewers who know that Yemayá is the Yoruba orisha of motherhood and the sea, and that hijo means son, might get a whole different vibe from the image.

Tomás Inda Barrera exhibited this photo in 2021 at the Escuela de Fotografía Creativa de La Habana, a school he created and directs. Two years later, it’s part of an exhibition at the Darkroom Gallery in Essex Junction. Barrera shares the space with three other Cuban photographers: Alfredo Sarabia Fajardo, Yadira Ismael Sotomayor and Nadhiesda Inda González. None was able to obtain a visa to attend the reception for the show, which was organized by Vermont members of the Cuban American Friendship Society (CAFS).

The goal of that nonprofit is embedded in its name: to build friendly connections between the two countries, in contrast with the U.S. government’s official embargo of the Caribbean country. To foster such relationships, CAFS leads theme-based trips to Cuba.

“Sandy [Baird] went early last year and came back saying how desperate the situation was,” said Diane Elliott Gayer, a principal coordinator of the photography exhibit and the owner of GreenTARA Space in North Hero. Both women are involved in the Burlington-based CAFS and have traveled to Cuba multiple times. “We thought having a peopleto-people exchange might help, and indirectly help economically,” Gayer continued.

The cultural exchange “could have been with anybody,” she added, but she’d met Barrera on a previous trip, “so I’d already broached it.”

Two men and two women were invited to participate in the Vermont exhibit. “It wasn’t until

arrived, as well as works by contemporary Abenaki artisans and a replica of a 19th-century Abenaki village. Through October 31. Info, 865-4556. Ethan Allen Homestead in Burlington.

ANNUAL MEMBERS’ SHOW: A showcase of artworks in a variety of mediums by gallery members. Exhibition also on view in the Soda Plant Hallway through July 28. Through June 30. Info, spacegalleryvt@gmail.com. The S.P.A.C.E. Gallery in Burlington.

a week before the [June 11] reception that we knew definitely they weren’t coming,” Gayer said. “But we felt it was important that we go ahead with it, to show the embassy we were serious about this. Maybe next time they get an invitation, this will make a difference.”

Happily, digital images don’t need visas. Gayer picked up files from three of the artists during a trip to Cuba in March. González, who was in Argentina at the time, sent her files through a server. Darkroom Gallery owner Ken Signorelli provided the frames and the venue.

ART AT THE HOSPITAL: Oil paintings by Louise Arnold and Jean Gerber and photographs by Mike Sipe (Main Street Connector, ACC 3); photographs on metal by Brian Drourr (McClure 4 ); acrylics and mixed-media painting by Linda Blackerby (Breast Care Center) and Colleen Murphy (EP2). Curated by Burlington City Arts. Through September 30. Info, 865-7296. University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington.

ART AT THE MALTEX: Paintings by Julia Purinton, Carol Boucher, Erika Lawlor Schmidt, Brecca Loh and Elizabeth Nelson. Through August 15. Info, 865-7296. Maltex Building in Burlington.

The exhibit does not offer typical touristy scenes of the island — pretty beaches, 1950s cars, pastel architecture. Rather, it showcases contemporary work with distinct visions, styles and subjects. “Putting on my curatorial hat, I recognized that they have different voices and use the camera in very different ways,” Gayer said.

Barrera’s pictures are documentaryesque — the show’s only images in black and white — yet their evocative compositions invite viewer interpretation.

Sotomayor’s vivid portraits of octogenarians are from her series on guajiros, or peasant farmers. The salt-ofthe-earth subjects project quiet dignity. “They are people with a humility and sensitivity not found in other places in Cuba,” she observes in her statement.

González’s photos also represent a series: women, sometimes nearly nude, posed in a variety of cryptic tableaux with atmospheric lighting. In one, an older woman draped in a sheet reclines in a cast-iron bathtub, one arm dangling lifelessly outside it. A man, shirtless but bedecked with numerous necklaces, stands in the background with hands folded respectfully. The title gives us a clue: “La Muerte de Marat #2.”

“Her nudes are symbolic,” Gayer noted. “I looked at these many times, and I’m still thinking about what I’ve seen.”

Fajardo chose an altogether different symbol as subject: the turtle, a creature known for its lack of speed. He began photographing a small turtle at sites around Havana in 2015, when “the news spoke of improvements in relations between the governments of Cuba and the USA” and the city began to fill with tourists “who felt the island was a trip back in time,” Fajardo explains in an artist statement. But governments, like turtles, seem to eschew haste. “In Cuba, everything happens at a slower time, especially changes,” he concludes.

“Four Cuban Photographers” is on view through July 29. A complementary show, “Vermonters’ Views of Cuba,” featuring photos of locals who have traveled there, is on view through July 6 at Fletcher Free Library in Burlington.

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CARRIE ADE: “Wild Little Places,” stylized acrylic paintings of nature. Through June 29. Info, 863-6458. Frog Hollow Vermont Craft Gallery in Burlington.

‘CONNECTIONS’: Howard Center Arts Collective presents an art installation of painted mailboxes and mosaics, inviting viewers to reflect on the benefits of old-fashioned mail delivery and to consider whether mailboxes have become relics of the past. Through July 31. Info, artscollective@howardcenter.org. Howard Center in Burlington.

‘OUTSTANDING: CONTEMPORARY SELF-TAUGHT

ART’: Drawings, paintings and 3D works by area

artists Larry Bissonette, Denver Ferguson, June Gutman, Chip Haggerty, Liza Phillip, Pamela Smith, Thomas Stetson and Kalin Thomas. Through September 17. FAITH RINGGOLD: “Jazz Stories,” four works in silk screen, serigraph and acrylic on paper from the artist’s series begun in 2004 . Through July 16. HYUNSUK ERICKSON: “Thingumabob Society,” multicolored, towering, playful sculptures that suggest sprouting seeds or family groupings. Through September 17. Info, 865-7166. BCA Center in Burlington.

Clockwise from top left: “La Muerte de Marat #2” by Nadhiesda Inda Gonzalez; “El hijo de Yemayá” by Tomás Inda Barrera; ”Economia” by Alfredo Sarabia Fajardo; “Berto ve con el corazón” by Yadira Ismael Sotomayor

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FRUITY ART FEST: An art show, market and celebration of queerness by Queer Citizens for All Citizens. Reception: Friday, June 30, 5-9 p.m. Through July 7. Info, 497-1987. Citizen Cider in Burlington.

GIN FERRARA: “Tiny Islands,” small paintings created with leftover dried paint from the South Burlington artist’s palette. Through June 30. Info, 338-7441. Thirty-odd in Burlington.

KATRINE HILDEBRANDT-HUSSEY: “Reflection,” intricate geometric designs burned onto paper by the Boston-based artist. Through August 12. Info, 324-0014. Soapbox Arts in Burlington.

PIEVY POLYTE: Paintings by the Haitian artist, coffee farmer and founder of Peak Macaya Coffee. Curated by Burlington City Arts. Through August 31. Info, 865-7296. Burlington City Hall.

RENEE GREENLEE: “Blue Alchemy,” an exploration of the Lake Champlain watershed in 10 cyanotypes on silk banners. Through August 15. Info, greenlee. renee@gmail.com. Fletcher Free Library in Burlington.

‘VERMONTERS’ VIEWS OF CUBA’: An exhibition featuring images by local photographs, in conjunction with the “Four Cuban Photographers” show at the Darkroom Gallery in Essex Junction. Sponsored by GreenTARA Space. Through July 6. Info, 355-2150. Pickering Room, Fletcher Free Library, in Burlington.

‘XOXO: AN EXHIBIT ABOUT LOVE & FORGIVENESS’: An interactive exhibition that provides children and caregivers the opportunity to think about and explore feelings through activities designed to help them understand, appreciate and express their emotions. Through September 4. Info, 864-1848. ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain in Burlington.

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ART AT THE AIRPORT: Acrylic abstract paintings by Matt Larson and acrylic floral paintings by Sandra Berbeco, curated by Burlington City Arts. Through September 30. Info, 865-7296. Patrick Leahy Burlington International Airport in South Burlington.

‘BUILT FROM THE EARTH’: An exhibition of masterful Pueblo pottery from the Anthony and Teressa Perry Collection of Native American art.

‘OBJECT/S OF PLAY’: An interactive exploration of the creative processes of American toy designers

Cas Holman and Karen Hewitt. ‘POP UP’: An exhibition of contemporary inflated sculptures inside and outside the museum featuring three artists and artist teams from the field of pneumatic sculpture: Claire Ashley, Pneuhaus and Tamar Ettun. (Outdoor sculptures not on view on days with excessive wind.) STEPHEN HUNECK: “Pet Friendly,” an exhibition of hand-carved and painted furniture, sculptures, relief paintings, bronze sculptures and more by the late Vermont artist. Through October 22. Info, 985-3346. Shelburne Museum.

CASEY BLANCHARD: “Change the Story,” an exhibition of hand-pulled prints that ask us to restructure and revision the systemic beliefs that guide our actions and decisions. A portion of sales will be donated to World Central Kitchen. Through July 15. Info, 985-8222. Shelburne Vineyard.

DEB PEATE: “Whimsical Heads,” wall sculptures featuring William Morris textile designs and vintage jewelry. Through July 1. Info, 863-2569. Healthy Living Market & Café in South Burlington.

EL EMIGRANTE: Paintings of imagined landscapes by the Mexican migrant working in Vermont, and a display of his story from the comic “Algo Adentro/ Something Inside.” Through June 30. Info, wellness@ opendoormidd.org. Brownell Library in Essex Junction.

FOUR CUBAN PHOTOGRAPHERS: Fifty images in black and white or color that explore the environment, people and society of their country by Tomás Inda Barrera, Nadhiesda Inda González, Alfredo Sarabia Fajardo and Yadira Ismael Sotomayor. Presented by the CAFÉxchange Project. Through

July 29. Info, 355-2150. Darkroom Gallery in Essex Junction.

‘INSTINCTIVE PATHS’: A summer group show featuring paintings and more by 12 local artists. Through July 15. Info, 985-3848. Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery in Shelburne.

MARC HURWITZ: Travel photography featuring large-scale outdoor murals in Lyon, France, and Glasgow, Scotland. Through June 30. Info, 846-4140. South Burlington Public Library Art Wall.

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ANNUAL MEMBERS EXHIBITION 2023: A group exhibit in a variety of mediums by Vermont artists.

PIEVY POLYTE: “Art Standing with Community,” acrylic paintings inspired by the artist’s native Haiti, as well as Vermont’s people, landscapes, spiritual traditions and music. Through July 2. Info, 262-6035.

T.W. Wood Gallery in Montpelier.

BETH BARNDT & LINDA FINKELSTEIN: An exhibition of collage, postcards, monotypes, paintings and

CALL TO ARTISTS

ART/CRAFT FESTIVAL: MAG is accepting up to 100 vendors for the third annual Art & Stroll festival on September 16. There will also be food trucks, live music, kids’ activities and more. Register at miltonartistsguildstore.com. Milton

Artists’ Guild Art Center & Gallery. Through August 30. $30-50 members; $80 nonmembers. Info, 891-2014.

ARTIST MEMBER SHOW: Artist-members of Stone Valley Arts may submit up to five pieces of work in any medium for an exhibit October 14 through December 10. Must be ready to hang or be displayed appropriately. A link to the entry form will be sent via email to registered artist members. Deadline: August 31. Stone Valley Arts, Poultney. Info, stonevalleyartscenter@gmail.com.

ARTS ON THE GREEN: Calling artists and artisans to the fourth annual outdoor arts market and festival in Chelsea. The September 2 event includes vendor booths, live music, food trucks, auction tent and family art activities. Find application details at chelseavt-arts.com. Deadline: July 30. Online. $50 for vendor booth. Info, chelseaartscollective@gmail.com.

CALL FOR MURAL ARTIST: River Arts, Lamoille Housing Partnership and Evernorth seek proposals for a 12-panel mural to be permanently installed on the Village Center Apartments façade in Morrisville. All materials provided; artist to receive a $2,500 stipend to complete the project. Visit riverartsvt.org for details. Online. Through July 21. Free. Info, 888-1261.

COMICS & CARTOONS: Mad River Valley Arts in Waitsfield is taking submissions for an upcoming exhibit, “Mad Contemporary.” Info and application at madrivervalleyarts.org. Online. Through June 30. Info, 496-6682.

CREATIVE FUTURES GRANTS: The Vermont Arts Council awards grants of up to $200,000 to creative sector organizations and businesses, including sole proprietors, that can demonstrate economic harm caused or exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Application at vermontartscouncil.org. Deadline: June 30. Online. Info, creativefutures@ vermontartscouncil.org.

EXHIBITION FOR FEMALE ARTISTS: A nonjuried, monthlong online exhibition is for female artists of all ages and skill levels working in any medium. Videos of up to two minutes are accepted. Submit one or two pieces. People’s choice award opportunity; individual highlights on social media and gallery page. See First Friday Art Gallery submissions at theartdamessociety.com. Online. Through July 6. $5 per image. Info, theartdamessociety@gmail.com.

‘FACES & PLACES’: For the next show at Sparrow Art Supply in Middlebury we’re

mixed-media works, including eco dyeing and printing. Through June 28. Info, 479-0896. Espresso Bueno in Barre.

BRIAN HERRICK: “Season’s Shift,” grid-based paintings drawn from nature by the Montpelier artist. Through July 30. Info, ebbsandfloods@gmail. com. Woodbelly Pizza in Montpelier.

CHRISTINE HENNINGER: “Buen Provencho,” recent digital photographs. Curated by Studio Place Arts. Through July 1. Info, 479-7069. Morse Block Deli & Taps in Barre.

‘COCKED AND GAGGED’: A mixed-media installation that references the escalating numbers of American mass shootings in 2023, featuring photographic self-portraits by Susan Calza and Dominique Gustin. Through July 23. Info, susancalza@gmail.com. Susan Calza Gallery in Montpelier.

DIDI & GEORGIANNA BRUSH: “Brush Strokes,” a mother-and-daughter exhibition of paintings. Through June 30. Info, moetown128@gmail.com. Central Vermont Medical Center in Berlin.

looking for you to capture a face, a place or both. Anything from a traditional portrait to the view from your studio window to your puppy’s dreaming face. All mediums considered. Visit sparrowartsupply.com to apply. Deadline: July 9. Online. Free to enter, $10 if accepted. Info, 989-7225.

MOTHERSHIP MONTHLY FILM CHALLENGE: You and your crew have one month to create a film of 10 minutes or shorter. All experience levels and any genre welcome. All films will be screened at the Mothership on July 1. A winner will be crowned and must defend their title the following month. If interested, email for details. MothershipVT, Burlington. Through July 1. Suggested donation $10-15. Info, mothershipstudiovt@gmail.com.

POSTER MAKERS NEEDED: The VT PFAS Coalition seeks 10 artists to design 11-by-17-inch posters for display in store windows, exhibits, demonstrations, farmers markets, etc. Digital or hand-created in any mediums (no PFAS), the posters should be easily reproducible via color printing. The design should have a grassroots activism look and allow for several logos. Compensation: $75. Submit ideas or a sketch, and a few photos of past work, to pfasinfo@wilpfus.org by August 1. Learn more at militarypoisons.org. Online.

RABBLE-ROUSER ART GALLERY SHOWCASE: Black, Indigenous, people of color and queer artists are encouraged to apply to an open themed monthly exhibition. Art can be unconventional, multicultural, political, seek to break societal constructs, question norms, foster social change or just make people ponder. Send artwork samples or portfolio along with name, medium, artwork description and size and price per piece, if applicable, to culture@rabblerouser.net. Rabble-Rouser Chocolate & Craft, Montpelier. Through June 30. Free. Info, 225-6227.

‘ROCK SOLID’: Applications are open for the annual stone sculpture show featuring a variety of classical and contemporary pieces; some 2D works are included. Exhibition dates are September 13 to October 28. Email submissions to: submissions. studioplacearts@gmail.com. Deadline: August

1. Studio Place Arts, Barre. $10 nonmember applicants. Info, 479-7069.

‘SANCTUARY’: Where do you feel safe and serene? What is your idea of a safe haven? All area printmakers are encouraged to submit work for an upcoming themed exhibition. All hand-pulled print media accepted. For details, email tworiversprint makingstudio@gmail.com. Deadline: August 12. Two Rivers Printmaking Studio, White River Junction. Info, 295-5901.

SOUTH END ART HOP REGISTRATION: Artists and vendors are invited to sign up to participate in Burlington’s largest art festival in September. Details and application at seaba.com. Online. Through July 31. Info, 859-9222.

‘ELEMENTS OF SHELTER’: Original works in wood, metal and glass by Yestermorrow faculty members Thea Alvin, Meg Reinhold, Nick Pattis, Anna Fluri, Sophia Mickelson and Johno Landsman, in conjunction with the Waitsfield design/build school. Through May 31, 2025. Info, 828-3291. Vermont Arts Council Sculpture Garden in Montpelier.

ERIC HIBIT: “The Spontaneous Garden,” a solo exhibition of paintings and works on paper that draw inspiration from nature and everyday objects. Through July 14. Info, hexumgallery@gmail.com. Hexum Gallery in Montpelier.

ERIK NELSON: “On a Mountain,” nine abstracted, acrylic paintings of forested hillsides near Camel’s Hump. Curated by Studio Place Arts. Through August 12. Info, 479-7069. AR Market in Barre.

HILARY ANN LOVE GLASS: Mixed-media drawings and paintings of flora and fauna. Through June 30. Info, 229-6206. North Branch Nature Center in Montpelier.

KATE BURNIM: “Liminal Arc,” paintings that contemplate space, time, separation and togetherness, boundaries, transition, and memory. Through June 30. Info, 279-5558. Vermont Supreme Court Gallery in Montpelier.

‘SEPARATION / MIGRATION’: Artwork by Sarah Ashe, Holly Hauser, Lisa Myers and Jeremy Vaughn on the theme of forced migration and the trauma of family separation. Closing reception: Friday, August 4, 5-7 p.m. Through August 15. LIZ LE SERVIGET: “Tracking Time Through COVID,” small paintings made every day since the beginning of the pandemic, including cards, portraits, reflections and a diorama. Closing reception: Friday, August 4, 5-7 p.m. Through August 4. Info, info@cal-vt.org. Center for Arts and Learning in Montpelier.

SHOW 55: A members’ exhibition featuring work by 16 area artists. Through July 2. Info, 552-0877. The Front in Montpelier.

stowe/smuggs

‘NATURE’S RESILIENCE’: A showcase of works in a variety of mediums by 17 artists exploring the human impact on climate change. Through July 2. ‘THE

CREATIVE PROCESS’: An exhibition of works by 40 artists as well as their reference photos, test strips, sketches or other supportive materials. Through September 3. LEGACY COLLECTION: A showcase exhibition of paintings by gallery regulars as well as some newcomers. Through December 23. Info, 644-5100. Bryan Memorial Gallery in Jeffersonville.

F/7 EXHIBITION: “Reflecting on Reflections,” photographs by the central Vermont artist group: Elliot Burg, Lisa Dimondstein, Julie Parker, Sandy Shenk, Ron Spring and Annie Tiberio. Reception: Friday, June 30, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Through August 18. Info, 888-1261. River Arts in Morrisville.

NORTHERN VERMONT ARTIST ASSOCIATION: The 92nd annual show of the state’s oldest visual arts organization, featuring artwork by more than 40 members. Through July 1. Info, 644-8183. Visions of Vermont in Jeffersonville.

PAMELA WILSON: “Potentiality,” paintings, ceramics, textiles and ephemera. Through July 1. Info, 646-5191781. Minema Gallery in Johnson.

‘A PLACE OF MEMORY’: An exhibition that questions public representation and how cultures and countries define their past through monuments, memorials and sculptural objects, featuring work by Woody De Othello, Nicholas Galanin, Vanessa German, Deborah Kass and Nyugen E. Smith. Through October 21. Info, 253-8358. The Current in Stowe.

SCOTT LENHARDT: An exhibition of graphic designs for Burton Snowboards created since 1994 by the Vermont native. Through October 31. Info, 253-9911. Vermont Ski and Snowboard Museum in Stowe.

TREVOR CORP: “Tick-Tock,” whimsical sculptures inspired by clocks. Through July 16. Info, 635-2727. Red Mill Gallery, Vermont Studio Center, in Johnson.

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mad river valley/waterbury

‘ART IS CANDY’: An exhibition in the brand-new venue features works by Will Patlove, Steve Budington, Athena Tasiopoulos, Will Gebhard and Frank Tamasi. Through August 18. Info, 355-5440. The Phoenix Gallery & Music Hall in Waterbury.

BENJAMIN ALESHIRE: “Cyanotypical,” blueprint photographic portraits on fabric. Through August 18. Info, joseph@waterburystudios.com. Waterbury Studios.

DENIS VERSWEYVELD: “Still Life,” sculpture, paintings and drawings by the Vermont artist. Through September 30. Info, 244-7801. Axel’s Frame Shop & Gallery in Waterbury.

GREEN MOUNTAIN WATERCOLOR EXHIBITION: A display of more than 100 paintings by member artists, featuring the Whiskey Painters of America, judged by Tim Saternow, AWS. Through July 22. Info, 496-6682. Red Barn Galleries, Lareau Farm, in Waitsfield.

middlebury area

‘ARTISTS IN THE ARCHIVES: UNSEEN NEIGHBORS: COMMUNITY, HISTORY & COLLAGE’: Digital and analog collages by 23 artists from seven countries that reflect on the idea of community in the 21st century. Through August 26. ‘STELLAR STITCHING: 19TH CENTURY VERMONT SAMPLERS’: An exhibition of needlework samplers made by young girls in the 19th century that depict alphabets, numerals and decorative elements. Through January 13, 2024. ‘VARIETY SEW: A SAMPLING OF TEXTILE TOOLS AND DEVICES’: Sewing machines, spinning wheels and myriad sewing paraphernalia from the permanent collection. Through September 30.

Info, 388-2117. Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History in Middlebury.

‘LIFT EVERY VOICE’: An exhibition of 15 hooked rugs reproduced from the “I Am a Black Woman” series by Elizabeth Catlett (1947). Guest curated by Maddy Fraioli. Through July 21. Info, 877-3406. Rokeby Museum in Ferrisburgh.

MARIA FLORES GALINDO & PETER WALLIS: “The Past Is Fighting Itself Again / Las Cuentas de Mi Abuela,” collage figures of ripped paper, and paintings that explore place and memory, respectively.

Reception: Friday, July 7, 5-7 p.m. Through July 31. Info, 877-2173. Northern Daughters in Vergennes.

Sunday Evenings | Trapp Family Lodge Concert Meadow

– July 2 –Vermont Symphony Orchestra

7:30 pm

Part of the TD BANK 2023 Summer Festival Tour

VSO’s TD Bank Summer Festival Tour is back with a lineup of American favorites to get you dancing and celebrating Vermont's most anticipated time of year.

Guest trumpeter and jazz legend Ray Vega joins the Vermont Symphony Orchestra and Argentinian/Italian conductor Michelle di Russo in a concert of swing, jazz, spirituals, and marches. Vega is a “… horn man with deep roots in Latin Music and Afro-Cuban Jazz” (New York Daily News).

Bring your picnic baskets and summer spirit!

SPONSORS

Clare Tweedy McMorris

In memory of Bill and Marianne Goodson

Information and tickets: stoweperformingarts.com

Meadow opens at 5:30 p.m. Rainsite: Stowe High School

‘TOSSED’: Nearly 20 works that make use of found, discarded or repurposed materials, curated by museum exhibition designer Ken Pohlman. Through December 10. RECENT ACQUISITIONS: An exhibition of more than 30 recent additions to the museum’s permanent collection, including work by Veronica Ryan, Sean Scully, Joan Snyder, John Steuart Curry, Fidelia Bridges, James McNeil Whistler and others. Through August 6. Info, 443-5007. Middlebury College Museum of Art. ‘TEXTURE’: Artworks that are rough, soft, scratchy, silky, furry or glossy in a variety of mediums by more than 50 artists. Through July 8. Info, 989-7225. Sparrow Art Supply in Middlebury.

rutland/killington

‘ANIMALS IN ART’: An exhibition of “Don’t Feed the Art” works, and a photo competition for favorite pet photos. Through June 30. Info, 775-0356. Chaffee Art Center in Rutland.

ANNUAL MEMBERS’ EXHIBITION: Members of the nonprofit arts education organization show their work in a variety of styles. Through July 9. Info, 438-2097. The Carving Studio & Sculpture Center in West Rutland.

BILL RAMAGE: “Jackson, Warhol & Johns: The Triumvirate of Transition,” the third of three installations addressing a culture transformed. Through September 2. Info, 282-5361. B&G Gallery in Rutland.

‘MAPPING THE RUTLAND REGION’: An exhibit that shows the history of how transportation technologies have shaped Rutland’s development, including how local citizens and planners have reacted to

changing economic circumstances since the 1970s. Includes maps by Stephen Durkee and Rutland Regional Planning Commission’s Nic Stark; curated by Ethan Pepin. Reception: Thursday, July 20, 5:307:30 p.m. Through August 12. Info, 800-639-8521. Castleton University Bank Gallery in Rutland.

NEW MEMBERS EXHIBITION: Fused-glass work by Garrett Sadler, wood crafts by Guy Rossi, landscape paintings by Brian Hewitt, pastel paintings of animals and nature by Lynn Austin, and sculpture and realist paintings by Liza Myers. Through October 31. Info, 247-4956. Brandon Artists Guild.

upper valley

‘COW’: An exhibition of dozens of bovine artworks based on the same paint-by-number kit, executed in a huge variety of unusual mediums and submitted by participants from around the world. Through August 31. Info, 369-5722. Main Street Museum in White River Junction.

‘ECLECTRICITY’: Photographs by Natalie Boze and paintings in various mediums by Becky Cook that encompass nature and man-made structures, real or imagined. Through June 29. Info, artbcook@ gmail.com. Norwich Public Library.

GROUP EXHIBIT AND SILENT AUCTION: The gallery celebrates its second anniversary with an exhibition of works by more than 50 artists and a fundraising auction on Instagram: @kishka.auction. Through July 1. Info, info@kishka.org. Kishka Gallery & Library in White River Junction.

JOHN LEHET: “Spring Hopes Eternal,” seasonal nature-based photography. Through July 3. Info, 295-4567. Long River Gallery in White River Junction.

‘MANY ARTISTS, ONE MODEL’: An exhibition of images dedicated to the late artist and model Penny Bennett by Vickie Herzberg, Sue Schiller, Rachel Gross, Sheri Hancock, Stephen Plume, Michael Shafer, Bartlett Leber and others. Through August 25. Info, 295-5901. Two Rivers Printmaking Studio in White River Junction.

PETE LANDIS: “Cyborg Series 2020,” collages that address humans and dependence on technology, influenced by portraiture, still life and product photography. Through July 2. Info, 683-4190. Pietro Landi Gallery in Bridgewater.

SUSAN SMEREKA: “Family,” works in mixed-media collage and monotype by the Burlington artist. Through July 31. Info, 603-443-3017. Scavenger Gallery in White River Junction.

‘UNBOUND VOL. XI’: An annual group exhibition showcasing a variety of contemporary book art. Through July 15. Info, 457-3500. Artistree Community Arts Center Theatre & Gallery in South Pomfret.

northeast kingdom

KEVIN DONEGAN: “Sign of the Times,” a sculptural exploration of the road sign as a framework for reflection and cultural critique. Closing reception: Sunday, July 9, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Through July 9. Info, jamesteuscher@live.com. White Water Gallery in East Hardwick.

LIAN BREHM: “Paper Passages: Reflections of Mexico,” colorful sculptural paper assemblages created during a residency in San Miguel de Allende. Through June 30. Info, melmelts@yahoo.com. The Satellite Gallery in Lyndonville.

MARY TAPOGNA: “Hail Mary, Full of Glass,” mosaic works using found and recycled materials and depicting religious and secular subjects. Through July 1. Info, 748-0158. Northeast Kingdom Artisans Guild Backroom Gallery in St. Johnsbury.

ROSS CONNELLY: “Variables,” photographs by the Hardwick-based photographer and retired journalist. Through June 30. Info, oliveylin1@gmail. com. 3rd Floor Gallery in Hardwick.

SHIAO-PING WANG: “Seeing Beauty,” paintings based on patterns, signs and symbols by the New Hampshire artist. Through July 9. Info, 533-2000. Highland Center for the Arts in Greensboro.

‘WHAT GOES AROUND, COMES AROUND’: An exhibition of objects that explores the practical,

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spiritual and ecstatic human relationship to wheels and what they enable. Through May 31, 2024. Info, 626-4409. The Museum of Everyday Life in Glover.

‘WONDERLANDS’: Paintings of Cuba by James Rauchman and figurative works by the late self-taught artist Gayleen Aiken. Through June 30. Info, 533-9370. GRACE in Hardwick.

brattleboro/okemo valley

5TH ANNUAL VERMONT SUMMER GROUP SHOW: Works by 26 local artists in a variety of mediums. Through September 2. CAROL KEISER: Acrylic paintings depicting floral still lifes, Mexican interiors and friends gathering. Through August 1. DEEDEE

JONES: “The Ways of Water,” pastel landscapes from around the world. Through August 12. Info, 289-0104. Canal Street Art Gallery in Bellows Falls.

‘GLASSTASTIC’: Glass creatures dreamed up by children in grades K-6, brought to 3D life by glass artists and situated in a habitat designed by Cynthia Parker-Houghton. ‘PRIDE 1983’: Photographs, artifacts and audio recordings that explore the origins and legacy of Burlington’s first Pride celebration. A production of Pride Center of Vermont and Vermont Folklife, curated by Margaret Tamulonis. ALEX EGAN: “Drawing Room,” a series of paintings that make up an imaginary house. ANINA

MAJOR: “I Land Therefore I Am,” ceramic sculptures and other objects that explore self and place, belonging and identity, by the Bahamas-born artist.

AURORA ROBSON: “Human Nature Walk,” an immersive site-specific installation inspired by the natural forms of the Connecticut River and fashioned from plastic debris intercepted from the waste stream. Visitors are invited to contribute clean plastic bottle caps in designated sections of the installation. HANNAH MORRIS: “Movable Objects,” narrative multimedia paintings in the gallery’s front windows. LELA JAACKS: Outdoor abstract sculptures by the Vermont artist. ROBERLEY BELL: “Where Things Set,” an installation of distinct but related sculptures and drawings. Through October 9. Info, 257-0124. Brattleboro Museum & Art Center.

ANDY WARHOL: “Small Is Beautiful,” 100 of the artist’s smaller-format paintings, from the Hall collection. RON GORCHOV: A 50-year survey of the American abstract artist’s work, featuring shaped canvases from the 1970s to large-scale paintings in his last years. SUSAN ROTHENBERG: Nearly 30 figurative, gestural paintings by the late American artist from throughout her career. Weekends only, reservation required. Through November 26. Info, info@hallartfoundation.org. Hall Art Foundation in Reading.

‘THE ART OF HANDMADE PHOTOGRAPHY’: A group exhibition in a variety of genres, mediums, styles, sizes and approaches by more than 30 local and national photographers, juried by Dale Rio. Through July 2. Info, 251-6051. Vermont Center for Photography in Brattleboro.

‘CREATIVE RELATIONS’: A multimedia group show featuring works by 10 area artists. Through June 30. Info, 917-239-8743. 118 Elliot in Brattleboro.

JOHN R. KILLACKY: “Flux,” an exhibition of objects from a wordless, process-based video inspired by scores, propositions and performative actions of Fluxus-era artists; cinematography by Justin Bunnell, editing by C. Alec Kozlowski and sound composition by Sean Clute. Through August 30. Info, 257-7898. CX Silver Gallery in Brattleboro.

KAREN BECKER: “Bearing Witness, Part 2,” a 40-year retrospective of artworks in a variety of mediums featuring landscapes and animals. Through August 13. Info, 387-0102. Next Stage Arts Project in Putney.

manchester/bennington

‘A HISTORY OF BENNINGTON’: An exhibition of artifacts that invites viewers to examine how history informs and affects our lives. Through December 31. ‘NEBIZUN: WATER IS LIFE’: An exhibition of artwork by Abenaki artists of the Champlain Valley and Connecticut River Valley regions to illustrate the Abenaki relationship to water, our awareness of water as a fundamental element necessary for all life and concern about pollution of our water.

Curated by Vera Longtoe Sheehan. Through July 26. Info, 447-1571. Bennington Museum.

MATT BROWN: Color woodblock prints in the Japanese hanga style by the New Hampshire artist. Through July 31. Info, 362-1405. curATE café in Manchester.

NORTH BENNINGTON OUTDOOR SCULPTURE

SHOW: An outdoor exhibition featuring 77 sculptures by 59 artists, curated by Joe Chirchirillo. Through November 12. Info, nbossvt@gmail.com. Various Bennington locations.

SPRING/SUMMER 2023 MEMBER EXHIBITION: An annual exhibition of works in painting, drawing, prints, textile/fiber, sculpture, photography, ceramics and more by member artists. Through July 16. Info, 362-1405. Yester House Galleries, Southern Vermont Arts Center, in Manchester.

randolph/royalton

‘IN MEMORIAM’: A special exhibition honoring artists who recently passed: Deborah Bohnert, Varujan Boghosian, Ben Moss, Edward Koren and Marcus Ratliff; also including works from the estates of Hugh Townley, Helen Matteson, Ira Matteson and Nancy Taplin. Reception: Saturday, July 1, 2-5:30 p.m., followed by Carnelian, an original musical by Lex Brown and Samuel Beebe. Through July 1. Info, info@bigtownvermont.com. BigTown Gallery in Rochester.

LINDA SCHNEIDER & JOAN HOFFMANN: Oil paintings of landscapes and seasonal views of Vermont and the American West. Through July 29. Info, artetcvt@gmail.com. ART, etc. in Randolph.

MARK NIELSEN: Watercolor paintings by the Vermont artist. Through August 12. Info, 885-3525. The Tunbridge General Store Gallery.

‘RE: VISIONS’: A group exhibition of artworks in various mediums by local artists. Through July 1. Info, 728-9878. Chandler Center for the Arts in Randolph.

outside vermont

‘PORTABLE UNIVERSE: THOUGHT AND SPLENDOUR OF INDIGENOUS COLOMBIA’: Nearly 400 artworks, including jewelry, masks, effigies, textiles and more, dating from about 1500 BC to the present. Through October 1. Info, 514-285-2000. ‘VIEWS OF WITHIN:

PICTURING THE SPACES WE INHABIT’: More than 60 paintings, photographs, prints, installations and textile works from the museum’s collection that present one or more evocations of interior space. Through June 30. Info, 514-235-2044. DEMPSEY

BOB: “Wolves,” a retrospective of totem poles, sculptures and masks by the Canadian master carver. Through September 10. Info, 514-285-2000. Montréal Museum of Fine Arts.

GINGER LAMBERT: Steampunk-inspired assemblages of found and repurposed objects. Reception: Saturday, July 1, 4-8 p.m. Through July 31. Info, 343-7160. Ledge Hill Studio in Westport, N.Y.

KENT MONKMAN: “The Great Mystery,” four new paintings by the Cree artist along with five works in the museum’s collection that inspired them, by Hannes Beckmann, T.C. Cannon, Cyrus Edwin Dallin, Mark Rothko and Fritz Scholder. Through December 9. Info, 603-646-2808. Hood Museum, Dartmouth College, in Hanover, N.H.

LYN SWETT MILLER: “370 N. Plainfield Road: An Intimate Portrait,” photographs of the Lebanon landfill. Through July 1. SUMMER EXHIBITIONS: An exhibition of 2022’s juried winners:Travis Paige, Anne Cogbill Rose and Ann Saunderson; as well as a solo exhibition of concrete miniatures evoking home by Bess French. Through July 14. Info, 603-448-3117. AVA Gallery and Art Center in Lebanon, N.H. ➆

music+nightlife

On the Beat

Do you love TALKING HEADS? What about high-fidelity sound systems? Well, have I got some good news for you. On Saturday, July 15, musician, producer and DJ extraordinaire NEIL CLEARY is hosting a very special night at Burlington’s Paradiso Hi-Fi lounge titled “Houses in Motion: the Forces that Created Talking Heads’ Remain in Light.”

S UNDbites

News and views on the local music + nightlife scene

BY CHRIS FARNSWORTH

Joining Forces

The concept of the supergroup has always fascinated me. For every TRAVELING WILBURYS and BOYGENIUS record, there are atrocious experiments such as the DAMN YANKEES or (shudder) VELVET REVOLVER. I still recall watching an AUDIOSLAVE performance, feeling like I had slipped into a strange shadow dimension where two bands I liked in my youth combined to become one band I couldn’t stand.

Beyond questions of quality, I still love it when musicians team up. It almost shades into fantasy sports draft territory: What if you took the bassist from the CLASH and traded him to, I don’t know, GORILLAZ? Wait, that actually happened? Shit, OK, hold on.

What if you put JOHNNY MARR in MODEST MOUSE? Oh, right, that happened, too. Wild. (Please, God, no one email me about METALLICA and LOU REED.)

We’ve got some proper team building going on in the 802 right now, actually, and, to be honest, it makes so much sense. One of Vermont’s longestserving active bands, the GRIFT, first popped up in 1999 after CLINT BIERMAN and JEFF VALLONE met while attending Middlebury College. Though lumped in with the early 2000s local jam scene, the band continually pushed away from those shores, honing its songwriting

chops as pop and indie-rock influences began to filter in.

Their sound is ready to shift again as the Grift have joined forces with singer-songwriter JOSH PANDA. And not in a “guest star” sort of scenario, either. Panda is o cially a member of the Grift now. To be fair, he’s actually been in the band for two years, but Bierman and co. never bothered to tell anyone.

“Everyone kept telling us how great it was that I was guesting with the Grift,” Panda told me in an email. “So, we’d like to let everyone know that this is a permanent thing. I’ve always wanted to be in a band, not just [have] one. With the Grift, we’re all equals.”

Panda first met the Grift at a 2011 show at Higher Ground. From there, he would often guest with them, especially at weddings. A big part of the band’s income comes from private parties and weddings — they even played in Jordan in May.

During the pandemic, Panda finally saw an opportunity to join the band and didn’t hesitate.

“I was burnt out from being a band leader and the sole creative in a band,” Panda explained. “And the idea of spending my time and sharing a stage with my best friends was too good to pass up.”

Still, Panda had to make some adjustments. A career-long solo artist who recently competed on the NBC show “American Song Contest,” Panda

was new to the whole just-one-of-theband experience.

“Jumping into the Grift was a bit of a learning curve for me,” Panda wrote. “I’ve always been the front man and center of attention, as well as the one calling the shots onstage. Now I had to learn to be a [role] player and just nail my shots when passed the ball.”

He had to adapt the way he plays, as well. Keyboard player ANDREW MOROZ recently departed the band. A guitarist by trade, Panda pulled out his trusty Roland GR-55 guitar synthesizer and started rewiring his playing style to essentially become the keyboard player when needed. He uses the guitar to become an organ, synth, piano or whatever else a song calls for.

“For a guy who played acoustic guitar most of his career, it took some getting used to,” Panda admitted.

To announce and celebrate this new chapter in the band’s career, the Grift have released a new single. Titled “Serious,” the track finds them pushing into funk and pop behind Panda’s smooth, soulful vocals. The union of Panda’s singing and songwriting with Bierman and bassist PETER DAY is immediately intriguing, and “Serious” is a strong statement of intent from the new-look band.

“I’ve never been musically prouder or happier,” Panda enthused. “It truly is a new band.”

Cleary, who hosts shows on SiriusXM and also deejays PHISH’s radio station, “The Bunny,” plans to pay tribute to one of the greatest albums of the 20th century. (That’s right, I can say that; it’s my column. Disagree? Get your own column!) He’ll be spinning four hours of the music that influenced Talking Heads, including, according to Cleary, “lots of Afrobeat, post-punk dance, and awkward downtown funk.”

It’s something of a full-circle moment for Cleary, who deejays under the moniker TAD CAUTIOUS. His homies in Phish famously covered Remain in Light in its entirety on Halloween in 1996, so he’s especially excited to return to the record. The Paradiso show will be the first in a series of DJ sets by Cleary honoring the album, including gigs in Nashville and New York City.

The VERMONT

is going on tour! Per tradition, the VSO is embarking on a five-show summer trek across the state, starting with a stop on Friday, June 30, in South Pomfret, followed by performances in East Burke, Stowe and Grafton and culminating in a Fourth of July show at the Shelburne Museum.

Guest trumpeter and local jazz legend RAY VEGA and Argentinean

SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

e Grift

Michelle Di Russso and Ray Vega

Italian conductor MICHELLE DI RUSSO join the VSO for the concerts, which will focus on swing, jazz, spirituals and marches.

“This July marks my 15th anniversary as a resident of the Green Mountain State,” Vega wrote in a press release for the tour. “I cannot think of a better way to celebrate than to play with the VSO!”

Di Russo, an associate conductor with the North Carolina Symphony, is

excited to collaborate with the VSO and particularly with Vega.

“I can’t wait to take the American Swing tour to Vermont communities,” she wrote in the press release. She added that she and Vega had been working hard on curating the show, “including commissioning arrangements for the VSO and classic tunes from jazz masters like JOHNNY MANDEL and DUKE ELLINGTON that have influenced other composers like BERNSTEIN and GERSHWIN.”

For more information and to grab tickets, visit vso.org/events.

MADAILA is back with a new single. The indie dance-pop project, which started out as a full band populated by some of the area’s best musicians, has scaled back since 2019, when singer-songwriter MARK DALY essentially converted the moniker into his solo project.

Daly wrote his new single, titled “I’ll Be Good to You,” as a tribute to his wife. He also revealed on social media that the song is the opening track of a forthcoming album titled On an Island, due out later this year. “I’ll Be Good to You” hits all streaming services on Friday, June 30. ➆

Listening In

(Spotify mix of local jams)

Eye on the Scene

Last week’s live music highlights from photographer Luke Awtry

GREEN MOUNTAIN WAVES SHOWCASE, BURLINGTON, JUNE 23: I’m a little bummed that my first GREEN MOUNTAIN WAVES experience was the series’ one-year anniversary bash. en again, what a treat it was to walk into a fully fleshed-out, DIY backyard show experience that had apparently fixed all the kinks in the past year. e evening began with GMW cofounder SETH SYLVESTER leading a group warm-up while cofounder/host RYAN DUCHENE handed out various hand percussion items so anyone who wished could be involved. It was at this moment that I began to realize how special this series is. e great opening set by cofounder GINA GLENBOWSKI, aka GG, and friends smoothly transitioned into standup by local comedian MAX HIGGINS JULIAN BUNCH – whose guitar playing blew me away – and singer-songwriter CLAUDIA MARIA followed. My one complaint? It was over far too quickly.

On the Air

Where to tune in to Vermont music this week:

“WAVE CAVE RADIO SHOW,” Wednesday, June 28, 2 p.m., on 105.9 the Radiator: DJs FLYWLKER and GINGERVITUS spin the best of local and nonlocal hip-hop.

“ROCKET SHOP RADIO HOUR,” Wednesday, June 28, 8 p.m., on 105.9 the Radiator: ANDRIANA & THE BANANAS play live in studio.

“THE SOUNDS OF BURLINGTON,” ursday, June 29, 9 p.m., at WBKM.org: Host TIM LEWIS plays selections of local music.

“CULTURAL BUNKER,” Friday, June 30, 7 p.m., on 90.1 WRUV: Host MELO GRANT plays local and nonlocal hip-hop.

“ACOUSTIC HARMONY,” Saturday, July 1, 4 p.m., on 91.1 WGDR: Host MARK MICHAELIS plays folk and Americana music with an emphasis on Vermont artists.

“ALL THE TRADITIONS,” Sunday, July 2, 7 p.m., on Vermont Public: Host ROBERT RESNIK plays an assortment of folk music with a focus on Vermont artists.

1. “Neurosis” by Cooked

2. “Cookie” by Matthew Mercury

3. “Queen of Flowers” by Peg Tassey

4. “Alone Together” by Ray Vega

5. “No Guru” by Princess Nostalgia

6. “Using Me” by Giovanina Bucci

7. “Dissed in the Paper (...and Died!)” by Msd3k

Mark Daly

CLUB DATES music+nightlife

live music

WED.28

Bent Nails House Band (rock) at Bent Nails Bistro, Montpelier, 7 p.m. Free.

Bluegrass & BBQ (bluegrass) at Four Quarters Brewing, Winooski, 6:30 p.m. Free.

Cooper (Americana) at Steamship Pier Bar & Grill, North Hero, 5:30 p.m. Free.

Diamond Grinder, Paper Castles, Blueberry Betty (indie) at Radio Bean, Burlington, 9 p.m. $10/$15.

Jazz Jam Sessions with Randal Pierce (jazz) at the 126, Burlington, 9 p.m. Free.

Jazz Night with Ray Vega (jazz) at Hotel Vermont, Burlington, 8:30 p.m. Free.

Left Hand Monkey Wrench (Grateful Dead tribute) at Radio Bean, Burlington, 7 p.m. $5/$10.

Live Jazz (jazz) at Leunig’s Bistro & Café, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free.

Paul Asbell (jazz) at American Flatbread Burlington Hearth, 5:30 p.m. Free.

Platinum Moon (indie rock) at Nectar’s, Burlington, 8 p.m. Free.

Platinum Moon (rock) at Nectar’s, Burlington, 8 p.m. Free.

Queer Bar Takeover with Rangus, Magic User (indie, punk) at Charlie-O’s World Famous, Montpelier, 8 p.m. Free.

The Rough Suspects (rock, country) at Vermont Pub & Brewery, Burlington, 6 p.m. Free.

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

Willverine (electronic) at the Wallflower Collective, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Free.

THU.29

About Time (funk) at the Tap Room at Switchback Brewing, Burlington, 6 p.m. Free.

Bettenroo (folk) at Black Flannel Brewing & Distilling, Essex, 6 p.m. Free.

Chris Page Duo (acoustic) at Red Square, Burlington, 6 p.m. Free.

Elijah Kraatz Trio de Rumba (folk) at Radio Bean, Burlington, 7 p.m. $5/$10.

Grace Palmer and Socializing for Introverts (rock) at Red Square, Burlington, 6 p.m. Free.

Honeywell (jam) at Zenbarn, Waterbury Center, 7 p.m. $10.

Inflatable Alien (rock) at Bent Nails Bistro, Montpelier, 7 p.m. Free.

Ira Friedman (jazz) at Hugo’s Bar and Grill, Montpelier, 7 p.m. Free.

Jazz with Alex Stewart and Friends (jazz) at the 126, Burlington, 8:30 p.m.

JD Tolstoi (electronic) at CharlieO’s World Famous, Montpelier, 8 p.m. Free.

Find the most up-to-date info on live music, DJs, comedy and more at sevendaysvt.com/music. If you’re a talent booker or artist planning live entertainment at a bar, nightclub, café, restaurant, brewery or coffee shop, send event details to music@sevendaysvt.com or submit the info using our form at sevendaysvt.com/postevent.

Lloyd Tyler Band (covers) at On Tap Bar & Grill, Essex Junction, 9 p.m. Free.

Mark Legrand & Sarah Munro, HI-FI (singer-songwriter) at Bent Nails Bistro, Montpelier, 7 p.m. Free.

The Mountain Says No, Remi Russin, Burial Woods, Young Laidy (indie rock) at Monkey House, Winooski, 7:30 p.m. $5/$10.

Queer Takeover Evening (indie, drag, DJ) at Radio Bean, Burlington, 6 p.m. $10/$15.

Shane McGrath (acoustic) at Gusto’s, Barre, 6 p.m. Free.

Smokey Newfield Project (jazz) at Jericho Café & Tavern, 7 p.m. Free.

Vinal Trio (rock) at Charlie-O’s World Famous, Montpelier, 9:30 p.m. Free.

Voice in Vain, Extinction AD, Edict, Cooked, Void Bringer, Dead Solace (hardcore) at Higher Ground Showcase Lounge, South Burlington, 6:30 p.m. $15/$20.

SAT.1

3rd Anniversary Celebration with CombustOmatics, Raised by Hippies (rock) at Black Flannel Brewing & Distilling, Essex, 1 p.m.

Free.

Andy Pitt (singer-songwriter) at Whammy Bar, Calais, 7 p.m. Free. The Apollos (rock) at Monopole, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 10 p.m. Free.

Swimming Against the Current

As a founding member of Vermont’s biggest musical export, Phish, MIKE GORDON has lived inside a jam band leviathan, playing massive shows to millions of fans over the years. Whenever Gordon steps away from that band to record solo material, as on his new LP Flying Games, he indulges his experimental side, often eschewing the sounds typically associated with the jam scene. (Check out page 62 for a review of the album.) He also takes the opportunity to play more intimate shows, particularly in his home state, where Phish rarely perform. He swings through the Higher Ground Ballroom in South Burlington on Sunday, July 2, to celebrate the release of Flying Games

Lincoln Sprague (jazz) at the Venetian Soda Lounge, Burlington, 5 p.m. Free.

Matt Dolliver Quartet (jazz) at Foam Brewers, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free.

Matt Hagen (acoustic) at Vermont Pub & Brewery, Burlington, 6 p.m. Free.

Michael Waite with Mike Bjella & Harry South (jazz) at Hugo’s Bar and Grill, Montpelier, 7 p.m. Free.

The Shane Murley Band (folk, rock) at 1st Republic Brewing, Essex, 6 p.m. Free.

Slob Drop, Suburban Samurai, Breaking Up, Model 97 (punk) at Monkey House, Winooski, 8 p.m. $10/$15.

Tula Vera, Rangus, Dick Richard (indie) at Radio Bean, Burlington, 8:30 p.m. $10/$12.

FRI.30

Anna Pepin (folk) at Hotel Vermont, Burlington, 4 p.m. Free.

Austin Miller (folk) at Charlie-O’s World Famous, Montpelier, 6 p.m. Free.

Best Not Broken (indie pop) at Radio Bean, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free.

Dave Mitchell’s Blues Revue (blues) at Red Square, Burlington, 2 p.m. Free.

David Chief (rock) at Monopole, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 10 p.m. Free.

Eddie 9V with Blackwater (blues, rock) at Nectar’s, Burlington, 8 p.m. $15/$18.

Eric George (folk) at Stone’s Throw Pizza, Richmond, 7 p.m. Free.

Grateful Dub (tribute) at Zenbarn, Waterbury Center, 9 p.m. $20/$24.

Jacklen Ro, Andriana and the Bananas (indie pop) at Foam Brewers, Burlington, 9 p.m. Free.

Jaded Ravins (Americana) at Whammy Bar, Calais, 7 p.m. Free.

Jerborn (acoustic) at 1st Republic Brewing, Essex, 6 p.m. Free.

King Me (covers) at On Tap Bar & Grill, Essex Junction, 5 p.m. Free.

Krishna Guthrie (folk) at Taps Tavern, Poultney, 5 p.m. Free.

Jaded Ravins (Americana) at Foam Brewers, Burlington, 1 p.m. Free.

Jim Branca (blues) at Radio Bean, Burlington, 3 p.m. Free.

Mike Gordon (jam) at Higher Ground Ballroom, South Burlington, 7 p.m. $30/$35.

Most Wanted (jam) at Red Square, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Sunday Brunch Tunes (singersongwriter) at Hotel Vermont, Burlington, 10 a.m.

MON.3

Blues Without Borders (blues) at Red Square, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free.

TUE.4

Big Easy Tuesdays with Back Porch Revival (jazz) at the 126, Burlington, 8 p.m. Free. Bluegrass Jam (bluegrass) at Taps Tavern, Poultney, 7 p.m. Free. Grateful Tuesdays (tribute) at Nectar’s, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. $20.

Handshake Drugs: A Wilco Experience (tribute) at Radio Bean, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $5/$10.

Honky Tonk Tuesday with Pony Hustle (country) at Radio Bean, Burlington, 9 p.m. $10.

Sabo & West (rock) at Monopole, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 10 p.m. Free.

WED.5

David Karl Roberts (Americana) at the Den at Harry’s Hardware, Cabot, 6 p.m. Free.

Fiddlehead Hollow (folk) at 14th Star Brewing, St. Albans, 6 p.m. Free.

Garifuna Collective (world, funk) at Zenbarn, Waterbury Center, 5 p.m. $15.

Jester Jigs (rock) at Red Square, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free.

Left Eye Jump (blues) at Red Square, Burlington, 2 p.m. Free. Maple & Hanson (rock) at On Tap Bar & Grill, Essex Junction, 5 p.m. Free.

Please 2003, Brunch, Magnolia (indie) at Radio Bean, Burlington, 9:30 p.m. $10/$15.

Small Talk, the Most Wanted (jam) at Nectar’s, Burlington, 8 p.m. $10.

Soul and Soda (funk) at Foam Brewers, Burlington, 9 p.m. Free.

Third Shift (covers) at On Tap Bar & Grill, Essex Junction, 9 p.m. Free.

Tom Pearo & Friends (ambient) at Radio Bean, Burlington, 7 p.m. $10/$12.

SUN.2

Breanna Elaine (singersongwriter) at Vermont Pub & Brewery, Burlington, 1 p.m. Free. Good Gravy (bluegrass) at Lawson’s Finest Liquids, Waitsfield, 3 p.m. Free.

Bent Nails House Band (rock) at Bent Nails Bistro, Montpelier, 7 p.m. Free.

Bluegrass & BBQ (bluegrass) at Four Quarters Brewing, Winooski, 6:30 p.m. Free.

Jazz Jam Sessions with Randal Pierce (jazz) at the 126, Burlington, 9 p.m. Free.

Jazz Night with Ray Vega (jazz) at Hotel Vermont, Burlington, 8:30 p.m. Free.

Live Jazz (jazz) at Leunig’s Bistro & Café, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free. Lulu Moss, Princess Nostalgia, tip/toe (indie pop) at Radio Bean, Burlington, 9 p.m. $10/$15.

The Quasi Kings (reggae) at Nectar’s, Burlington, 8 p.m. Free. Wednesday Night Dead (Grateful Dead covers) at Zenbarn, Waterbury Center, 7 p.m. $5. Willverine (electronic) at the Wallflower Collective, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Free.

djs

WED.28

The Mid Week Hump with DJ Fattie B, DJ Craig Mitchell (DJ) at Monkey House, Winooski, 5 p.m. Free.

THU.29

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

SUN.02 // MIKE GORDON [JAM]

DJ Two Sev (DJ) at Red Square, Burlington, 11 p.m. Free.

Mi Yard Reggae Night with DJ Big Dog (reggae and dancehall) at Nectar’s, Burlington, 9:30 p.m. Free.

Molly Mood (DJ) at Red Square, Burlington, 9 p.m. Free.

Vinyl Night with Ken (DJ) at Taps Tavern, Poultney, 6 p.m. Free.

FRI.30

DJ Craig Mitchell (DJ) at Red Square Blue Room, Burlington, 9 p.m. Free.

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

DJ LaFountaine (DJ) at Gusto’s, Barre, 9 p.m. Free.

DJ Taka (DJ) at Light Club Lamp Shop, Burlington, 11 p.m. $10/$15.

Just Another House Party: A Night with DJ Cre8 (DJ) at Club Metronome, Burlington, 10 p.m. $5.

SAT.1

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

DJ A-Ra$ (DJ) at Red Square, Burlington, midnight. Free.

DJ LaFountaine (DJ) at Gusto’s, Barre, 9 p.m. Free.

DJ Raul (DJ) at Red Square Blue Room, Burlington, 6 p.m. Free.

DJ Taka (DJ) at Light Club Lamp Shop, Burlington, 11 p.m. $10/$15.

HAVEN (DJ) at MothershipVT, Burlington, 10 p.m. Free.

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

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

Y2K Pop: 2000’s Pop Dance

Party with D Jay Baron (DJ) at Club Metronome, Burlington, 10 p.m. $5.

MON.3

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

DJ JP Black (DJ) at Red Square, Burlington, midnight. Free.

DJ Transplant (DJ) at Red Square, Burlington, 2 p.m. Free.

TUE.4

Local Motives Tuesday (DJ) at Foam Brewers, Burlington, 6 p.m. Free.

open mics & jams

WED.28

Irish Sessions (Celtic, open mic) at Light Club Lamp Shop, Burlington, 6 p.m. Free.

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

Open Mic with JD Tolstoi (open mic) at Taps Tavern, Poultney, 7 p.m. Free.

THU.29

Open Mic (open mic) at Whammy Bar, Calais, 6:30 p.m. Free.

Open Mic (open mic) at Orlando’s Bar & Lounge, Burlington, 8:30 p.m. Free.

MON.3

Open Mic (open mic) at Stone Corral, Richmond, 7 p.m. Free.

Open Mic Night (open mic) at Despacito, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free.

TUE.4

Open Mic Night (open mic) at 1st Republic Brewing, Essex, 6 p.m. Free.

WED.5

Irish Sessions (Celtic, open mic) at Light Club Lamp Shop, Burlington, 6 p.m. Free.

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

Open Mic with JD Tolstoi (open mic) at Taps Tavern, Poultney, 7 p.m. Free.

comedy

WED.28

Mick Foley (comedy) at Vermont Comedy Club, Burlington, 7 p.m. $33 - $99.

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

Whale Tales (comedy) at Club Metronome, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free.

THU.29

Kingdom Kids Present: Home Planet (comedy) at Vermont Comedy Club, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free.

Mothra! A Storytelling/ Improv Comedy Show (comedy) at Vermont Comedy Club, Burlington, 8:45 p.m. Free.

FRI.30

Man & Woman (comedy) at Vermont Comedy Club, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $25.

Marcia Belsky, Jake Cornell (comedy) at Vermont Comedy Club, Burlington, 9:30 p.m. $25.

Three Leaves Comedy Showcase (comedy) at the 126, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free.

Vermont Comedy All Stars Live

Stand-up Comedy Showcase! (comedy) at Next Stage Arts Project, Putney, 7:30 p.m.

SAT.1

Man & Woman (comedy) at Vermont Comedy Club, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $25.

Marcia Belsky & Jake Cornell (comedy) at Vermont Comedy Club, Burlington, 9:30 p.m. $25.

MON.3

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

WED.5

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

trivia, karaoke, etc.

WED.28

4Qs Trivia Night (trivia) at Four Quarters Brewing, Winooski, 6 p.m. Free.

Trivia Night (trivia) at Stone Corral, Richmond, 7 p.m. Free.

Venetian Trivia Night (trivia) at the Venetian Soda Lounge, Burlington, 6 p.m. Free.

THU.29

Karaoke Night (karaoke) at Zenbarn, Waterbury Center, 7 p.m. Free.

Trivia (trivia) at Highland Lodge, Greensboro, 7 p.m. Free.

Trivia Night (trivia) at McGillicuddy’s Five Corners, Essex Junction, 6:30 p.m. Free.

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

Trivia Thursday (trivia) at Spanked Puppy Pub, Colchester, 7 p.m. Free.

FRI.30

Karaoke with DJ Big T (karaoke) at McKee’s Pub & Grill, Winooski, 9 p.m. Free.

SUN.2

Venetian Karaoke (karaoke) at the Venetian Soda Lounge, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free.

MON.3

Trivia Monday with Top Hat Entertainment (trivia) at McKee’s Pub & Grill, Winooski, 7-9 p.m. Free.

Trivia with Craig Mitchell (trivia) at Monkey House, Winooski, 7 p.m. Free.

TUE.4

Karaoke with Motorcade (karaoke) at Manhattan Pizza & Pub, Burlington, 9 p.m. Free.

Karaoke with DJ Party Bear (karaoke) at Charlie-O’s World Famous, Montpelier, 9:30 p.m. Free.

Taproom Trivia (trivia) at 14th Star Brewing, St. Albans, 6:30 p.m. Free.

Trivia Night (trivia) at the Depot, St. Albans, 7 p.m. Free.

Trivia Tuesday (trivia) at On Tap Bar & Grill, Essex Junction, 7 p.m. Free.

Tuesday Night Trivia (trivia) at Vermont Comedy Club, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free.

WED.5

4Qs Trivia Night (trivia) at Four Quarters Brewing, Winooski, 6 p.m. Free.

Trivia Night (trivia) at Stone Corral, Richmond, 7 p.m. Free.

Venetian Trivia Night (trivia) at the Venetian Soda Lounge, Burlington, 6 p.m. Free.

REVIEW this

BY CHRIS FARNSWORTH

A little-known fact is that Burlington’s famous file-cabinet tower is actually the Seven Days album submission queue. Every week music editor Chris Farnsworth hauls out the company ladder and scales the cabinet for new albums from Vermont musicians. Sometimes, because he’s terrified he’ll fall to his death, he pulls too many albums from the drawers and has to review six records in one week. What an asshole! Still, he climbed all the way up there, so you might as well read all of his reviews, right?

Cooked, The Hanged Man

(SELF-RELEASED, DIGITAL)

Cooked might be the hardest-hitting punk outfit in the 802. The Burlington four-piece made the local scene with its 2022 debut EP, Good Luck, Don’t Die, which showcased deafening sonic fury and frenzied, self-loathing lyrics.

The Hanged Man launches from that anarchic base, doubling down on the band’s raging dynamics and the vocal-cord-shredding antics of singer Bobby Bones. A psychiatrist might take some alarming notes from the album’s lyrics, such as: “Can someone please kill me just to validate this feeling of misanthropy?” Still, there’s a sense of shared therapy in Cooked’s music. The band’s honesty about addiction makes for fraught, compelling songwriting.

KEY TRACK: “Fired Up” WHY: On a record full of high-energy, hardcore punk, “Fired Up” hits the hardest. You can hear the pit forming. WHERE: cookedvt. bandcamp.com

Mike Gordon, Flying Games

(ATO RECORDS/MEGAPLUM, DIGITAL, VINYL)

Phish bassist Mike Gordon returns with his sixth solo record, Flying Games. It’s a less severe departure from the Vermont jam outfit’s signature sound than bandmate Page McConnell’s synth record, Maybe We’re the Visitors. But Gordon’s new o ering carves out its own territory.

Flying Games was primarily recorded during the pandemic lockdown at Gordon’s home studio. Many of its songs are based on rhythmic movements and sonic experiments, continuing the interesting work Gordon broached on 2017’s OGOGO. He leans a bit more into those weird margins on his latest outing. The record might not satisfy fans looking for 20-minute jams, but it will reward those open to experiencing Gordon’s writing.

KEY TRACK: “Tilting”

WHY: It might be the closest anyone associated with Phish has come to crafting a clever pop song. Is it pop? No, but Gordon’s version of a dance track makes for compelling listening. WHERE: Spotify

Bonji, Telling Secrets

(SELF-RELEASED, DIGITAL)

There’s no handbook on how or when to start a music career. Montpelier singer-songwriter Bonji, aka Ben Ellingson, was working at a local hardware store in 2021 when his wife challenged him to enter an original song in NPR’s “Tiny Desk Contest.” Considering himself more of a storyteller than a songwriter, Ellingson took up the task, starting a process that culminated with his first record, Telling Secrets

With spoken-wordstyle singing and classic folk arrangements, there’s nothing particularly striking about the music on Telling Secrets. The real appeal of these 10 songs is in the stories that Ellingson tells. His lyrics showcase poetic wordplay, as well as an occasional foray into the absurd.

KEY TRACK: “ e Taken Road, with Robert Frost”

WHY: You have to respect a New England-based songwriter bold enough to reinterpret one of the area’s most famous poets. WHERE: bonji.bandcamp.com

Nancy Carey Johnson, Chaos & Grace

(SELF-RELEASED, DIGITAL)

Poultney-based Nancy Carey Johnson is a woman of many designations. She’s the author of books such as Life Is Good: Wit & Wisdom From a Vermont Homesteader and The Vermont Homesteader’s Christmas Memories: Wit, Wisdom & Holiday Recipes Johnson also describes herself as a deli manager, baker, gardener, hemp farmer and, now, a singersongwriter.

Her debut album, Chaos & Grace, is an Americanaleaning collection of homespun folk tunes, written and recorded with a professional sheen uncommon in local debut e orts. Much of that quality is due to the 6 String Ranch studio in Austin, Texas, where Johnson recorded her album. She utilized some of the area’s ace studio musicians, including guitarist Bill Kaman. Though her songs sometimes feel indistinct from one another, Johnson has a pleasant, warm vocal delivery and shows her potential on tunes such as “Run Out of Road.”

KEY TRACK: “Birthday Cake for Breakfast” WHY: No, it’s not a chapter from a stoner’s diary but rather a maudlin take on moving on after a lover has left. WHERE: nancycareyjohnson. bandcamp.com

Ryerson Ehrens, The Skies Within

(SELF-RELEASED, DIGITAL)

Soft rock and aging go together like billionaires and homemade submarines. (What, too soon?) What I mean is, it’s dangerous to make a yacht-rockadjacent record centered on the themes of time and age, because there’s a substantial risk that it will become parody. Fortunately, the duo of Will Ryerson and Jon Ehrens navigate those traps with skill and style.

Their debut EP as Ryerson Ehrens, The Skies Within, is a work of seamless collaboration. In five songs, the duo delivers emotionally complex and instrumentally rich soft rock that owes as much to Christopher Cross as to Andrew Bird. It’s an EP that sounds classically of a time yet not anachronistic.

The two former Baltimore-based songwriters now make their music on opposite sides of the country: Ehrens is here in Vermont and Ryerson recently relocated to Montana. The distance hasn’t blunted their collaborative edge; The Skies Within is a record of two talented songwriters in conversation.

KEY TRACK: “Drive Time”

WHY: Ryerson Ehrens let the good vibes and bongos percolate before a killer saxophone solo brings it all home on a song about living in the moment.

WHERE: ryerson-ehrens. bandcamp.com

Dale and Darcy, The Spilled Pint

(SELF-RELEASED, DIGITAL)

One of the first albums I was assigned to review for Seven Days was by a Celtic-punk band called the Cop Outs. Never a fan of the whole Dropkick Murphys-Irish-punk thing, I remember being pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed the album. As I listened to the new Dale and Darcy record, The Spilled Pint, I realized to my surprise that the titular Dale and Darcy are, in fact, Dale and Darcy Cahill from the Cop Outs. I love Vermont!

Unlike the bootstomping, high-energy Cop Outs, Dale and Darcy are a traditional acoustic Celtic folk act. Their new record is so genuinely Celtic, I almost had a buzz after the first few songs. The 17-track collection consists of original music written by acclaimed mandolinist Neil Rossi (Big Spike Bluegrass) and is filled with fiddle waltzes and jigs and inspired playing by Dale and Darcy. It’s more than an hour of instrumental Irish folk songs, so you really need to be in the right mood. But when you are, you’ll enjoy the beautiful authenticity of The Spilled Pint

KEY TRACK: “Fegy’s Farewell/ Farewell to Winter” WHY: e somber, minor-key number showcases the dynamic interplay of the fiddle and flute. But when the tune breaks into an upbeat bridge, it’s like clouds parting on a spring sunrise. WHERE: Spotify

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Asteroid City

It’s safe to say that theater has a special place in Wes Anderson’s heart. In the director’s breakthrough film, Rushmore , Jason Schwartzman plays a teen who produces elaborate spectacles on the stage of his high school. More than two decades later, Schwartzman stars in Anderson’s latest, Asteroid City, as the lead of an acclaimed stage play that is also part of the movie we’re watching.

Currently screening at several theaters in our area, Asteroid City is a feast for the eyes that highlights the mechanics of dramaturgy perhaps more than any previous Anderson film.

The deal

Remember those anthology television series that introduced viewers to “serious” works of American theater? Unless you were around in the 1950s or ’60s, you probably don’t. But now you’re watching one, and the host (Bryan Cranston) is leading you through the making of Asteroid City , by acclaimed playwright Conrad Earp (Edward Norton) in very serious black and white.

Then the aspect ratio widens, and the play’s action takes over the screen in a riot of pastel hues rarely seen outside midcentury photos of the American Southwest. The year is 1955, and war photographer Augie Steenbeck (Schwartzman) has brought his teenage son, Woodrow (Jake Ryan), to the desert outpost of Asteroid City for a junior stargazers’ convention. He uses the occasion belatedly to inform Woodrow and his younger siblings that their mother has expired, presenting

them with her ashes in a Tupperware container.

While Augie begins a bittersweet flirtation with movie star Midge Campbell (Scarlett Johansson), the resident scientist (Tilda Swinton) introduces the young stargazers to the giant meteor crater for which the town is named.

Will a surprise alien sighting help Woodrow to process his grief? Will Earp and director Schubert Green (Adrien Brody) stage their play with success? Stay tuned.

Will you like it?

The central irony of Asteroid City is that Asteroid City wouldn’t have been considered a “serious drama” in the ’50s. Its plot is a ri on the type of sci-fi movies that are now beloved classics but were widely viewed in their day as schlocky, juvenile entertainment.

Clearly Anderson knows this, because the role Midge is rehearsing — a doomed wife in a kitchen-sink drama — is the type of thing that midcentury audiences took seriously. Today, her lines come o as stagy and stylized, as do many of the scenes in the film’s supposedly factual frame story. With their showily quippy dialogue, they bear the imprint of old Hollywood showbiz dramas.

The play within the film feels almost naturalistic by comparison. While its physical world is transparently fake — a giant desert diorama that evokes a stage set — the humor of these scenes is oblique and terse. The characters circle coyly around emotional minefields rather than

plunge into them. In short, the supposed stage play o ers what we expect from a Wes Anderson movie: real people in an artificial world.

Asteroid City is pleasant enough to watch for the pastiche alone. As a fan of the sun-swept retro aesthetic Anderson channels in the desert scenes, I was mesmerized by images such as the delicate shadow of a trellis or cherry-patterned curtains framing salmon-colored sands. Most of the characters don’t rise above familiar archetypes: nerdy whiz kids, an earthy mechanic (Matt Dillon), a pompous general (Je rey Wright), an oily motel manager (Steve Carell). But it’s fun to watch their interactions, which are always touched with the absurd. The motel even comes equipped with a vending machine for martinis, in a nod to the midcentury passion for automating all things.

What’s the point of all these di erent levels of reality and artifice? As we watch, we may begin to trace correspondences between the frame story and the “play.” Midge and the actor playing her are both troubled and tempestuous. Augie and the actor playing him have both su ered a recent loss.

Those similarities remain subtle, though. There’s no one-to-one mapping of fiction to reality here, perhaps because Anderson wants to suggest that fiction should have the freedom to mean anything — or nothing. Early in the film, we hear about an occurrence in the stage play that even its author can’t explain. Later, after we’ve seen that moment play out, the star confronts his director, who tells him to

stop worrying about the deeper meaning and “just keep telling the story.”

That line could be read as a thesis statement, given that Anderson has often been accused of valuing style over substance. But there’s no postmodern complacency here: The actor’s irritation with his character’s lack of motivation turns out to be the setup for one of the most emotionally raw scenes that Anderson has ever done. Asteroid City may be a fiction inside a fiction inside a second-hand version of the past, but it does sometimes touch us in real ways.

MARGOT HARRISON margot@sevendaysvt.com

IF YOU LIKE THIS, TRY…

MOONRISE KINGDOM (2012; Prime Video until June 30, rentable): Of all Anderson’s movies, Asteroid City reminds me most of this wistful period piece set in 1963 on an island in New England.

FANTASTIC MR. FOX (2009; Max, Cinemax, rentable): Schwartzman’s performance as Augie builds on his roles in previous Anderson films. In this stop-motion animation, he voices the resentful son of an overbearing dad, prefiguring Augie’s problems with his father-in-law (Tom Hanks).

THE VAST OF NIGHT (2020; Prime Video): If you prefer your selfconsciously retro alien incursion movies with more dread (à la “The Twilight Zone”) and less whimsy, you need to see this inventive indie set in 1950s New Mexico.

Schwartzman and Hanks have trouble communicating in Anderson’s touching riff on midcentury dramatic conventions.

NEW IN THEATERS

INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY: The intrepid archaeologist (Harrison Ford) battles Nazis in both 1944 and 1969 in the fifth installment of the adventure series, also starring Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Antonio Banderas. James Mangold (Ford v Ferrari) directed. (154 min, PG-13. Big Picture, Bijou, Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Marquis, Palace, Paramount, Roxy, Star, Welden)

PAST LIVES: Two people (Greta Lee and Teo Yoo) who were best friends as children find themselves drawn to reconnect across international borders in this acclaimed indie romantic drama from writerdirector Celine Song. (105 min, PG-13. Savoy)

RUBY GILLMAN, TEENAGE KRAKEN: The Little Mermaid in reverse? An awkward high schooler (voice of Lana Condor) learns that the depths of the ocean could be her true home in this animated adventure, also starring Jane Fonda and Toni Collette. (90 min, PG. Essex, Majestic, Marquis, Palace, Paramount)

SOUND OF FREEDOM: Jim Caviezel stars in this action thriller based on the life of Tim Ballard, a former federal agent who founded an organization to fight human trafficking. (135 min, PG-13. Starts Mon/Tue at Essex, Star)

CURRENTLY PLAYING

ASTEROID CITYHHHH The latest from Wes Anderson is a story within a story about a small desert town during a stargazer convention in 1955. Jason Schwartzman and Scarlett Johansson star. (104 min, PG-13. Essex, Majestic, Palace, Roxy, Savoy; reviewed 6/28)

THE BOOGEYMANHHH Bereaved sisters face a supernatural horror in this adaptation of Stephen King’s short story, starring Sophie Thatcher and Chris Messina. (98 min, PG-13. Bethel)

NO HARD FEELINGSHHH A down-on-her-luck woman (Jennifer Lawrence) is hired by a 19-yearold’s parents to bring him out of his shell before college in this comedy. Gene Stupnitsky (“SMILF”) directed. (103 min, R. Big Picture, Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Palace, Sunset, Welden)

SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-

VERSEHHHH1/2 In this animated sequel to Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, young superhero Miles Morales (voice of Shameik Moore) explores a multiverse full of Spider-People like himself. (140 min, PG. Bijou, Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Palace, Playhouse, Roxy, Stowe, Sunset; reviewed 6/7)

TRANSFORMERS: RISE OF THE BEASTSHH The toy-driven action series takes a jaunt back to the ’90s to meet an Autobot ally faction called the Maximals. With Michelle Yeoh and Pete Davidson. (127 min, PG-13. Bijou, Essex, Majestic, Star)

YOU HURT MY FEELINGSHHH Julia Louis-Dreyfus plays a novelist who’s deeply wounded by her husband’s reaction to her new book in the latest comedy-drama from Nicole Holofcener (Enough Said). (93 min, R. Roxy; reviewed 5/31)

OLDER FILMS AND SPECIAL SCREENINGS

EVIL DEAD RISE (Sunset)

OPEN THEATERS

(* = upcoming schedule for theater was not available at press time)

BETHEL DRIVE-IN: 36 Bethel Dr., Bethel, 728-3740, betheldrivein.com

*BIG PICTURE THEATER: 48 Carroll Rd., Waitsfield, 496-8994, bigpicturetheater.info

*BIJOU CINEPLEX 4: 107 Portland St., Morrisville, 888-3293, bijou4.com

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

*CATAMOUNT ARTS: 115 Eastern Ave., St. Johnsbury, 748-2600, catamountarts.org

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

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

MARQUIS THEATER: 65 Main St., Middlebury, 388-4841, middleburymarquis.com

ELEMENTALHHH Pixar’s latest family animation takes place in a city where people embody different elements — and fire and water meet cute on the subway. With the voices of Leah Lewis and Mamoudou Athie. Peter Sohn directed. (103 min, PG. Big Picture, Bijou, Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Palace, Roxy, Star, Stowe, Sunset, Welden)

FAST XHHH The son of a drug kingpin comes for revenge on everyone’s favorite fast-driving “family.” (141 min, PG-13. Sunset)

THE FLASHHHH The superfast DC Comics hero (Ezra Miller) discovers that changing the past can have grave consequences in the latest superhero spectacular, directed by Andy Muschietti (It). (144 min, PG-13. Bijou, Essex, Palace, Roxy, Stowe, Sunset)

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3HHH1/2 The intergalactic crew regroups after a crushing loss in yet another Marvel Cinematic Universe extravaganza. James Gunn wrote and directed. (150 min, PG-13. Bethel, Essex, Majestic, Sunset)

THE LITTLE MERMAIDHHH Halle Bailey is the sea princess who longs to walk the earth in Disney’s latest live-action version of its own animated property. (135 min, PG. Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Palace, Roxy, Sunset)

*MERRILL’S ROXY CINEMAS: 222 College St., Burlington, 864-3456, merrilltheatres.net

PALACE 9 CINEMAS: 10 Fayette Dr., South Burlington, 864-5610, palace9.com

PARAMOUNT TWIN CINEMA: 241 N. Main St., Barre, 479-9621, fgbtheaters.com

*PLAYHOUSE MOVIE THEATRE: 11 S. Main St., Randolph, 728-4012, playhouseflicks.com

SAVOY THEATER: 26 Main St., Montpelier, 2290598, savoytheater.com

STAR THEATRE: 17 Eastern Ave., St. Johnsbury, 748-9511, stjaytheatre.com

*STOWE CINEMA 3PLEX: 454 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-4678, stowecinema.com

*SUNSET DRIVE-IN: 155 Porters Point Rd., Colchester, 862-1800, sunsetdrivein.com

WELDEN THEATRE: 104 N. Main St., St. Albans, 527-7888, weldentheatre.com

Note: These capsule descriptions are not intended as reviews. Star ratings come from Metacritic unless we reviewed the film (noted at the end of the description). Find reviews written by Seven Days critic Margot Harrison at sevendaysvt.com/ onscreen-reviews.

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

JUNE 28-JULY 5, 2023

WED.28 business

QUEEN CITY BUSINESS

NETWORKING

INTERNATIONAL GROUP: Savvy businesspeople make crucial contacts at a weekly chapter meeting. Burlington City Arts, 11:15 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 829-5066.

community

CURRENT EVENTS: Neighbors have an informal discussion about what’s in the news. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 10:30 a.m.noon. Free. Info, 878-4918.

environment

UNDER THE ARCTIC: DIGGING INTO PERMAFROST: A special exhibition focuses on climate education and environmental sustainability. Montshire Museum of Science, Norwich, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. $17-20; free for members and kids under 2. Info, 649-2200.

film

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

‘JOURNEY TO SPACE 3D’: Sparkling graphics and vibrant interviews take viewers on a journey alongside NASA astronauts as they prepare for stranger-than-sciencefiction space travel. Northfield Savings Bank 3D Theater: A National Geographic Experience, ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 10:30 a.m., 12:30, 2:30 & 4:30 p.m. $3-5 plus regular admission, $14.50-18; admission free for members and kids 2 and under. Info, 864-1848.

‘MYSTERIES OF THE UNSEEN WORLD 3D’: Stunning footage takes viewers on a

mind-bending journey into phenomena that are too slow, too fast or too small to be seen by the naked eye.

Northfield Savings Bank

3D Theater: A National Geographic Experience, ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, noon, 2 & 4 p.m. $3-5 plus regular admission, $14.50-18; admission free for members and kids 2 and under. Info, 864-1848.

‘WILD AFRICA 3D’: Viewers are plunged into the magical vistas of the continent’s deserts, jungles and savannahs. Northfield Savings Bank 3D Theater: A National Geographic Experience, ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 11 a.m., 1 & 3 p.m. $3-5 plus regular admission, $14.50-18; admission free for members and kids 2 and under. Info, 864-1848.

‘WINGS OVER WATER 3D’: Sandhill cranes, yellow warblers and mallard ducks make their lives along rivers, lakes and wetlands. Northfield Savings Bank 3D Theater: A National Geographic Experience, ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 11:30 a.m., 1:30 & 3:30 p.m. $3-5 plus regular admission, $14.50-18; admission free for members and kids 2 and under. Info, 864-1848.

food

& drink

ALL ABOUT FOOD: A FOOD

LOVERS’ GROUP: A monthly discussion group samples new topics of tasty conversation at every meeting. Manchester Community Library, Manchester Center, 2-3 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 549-4574.

ITALIAN WINE PAIRING

DINNER: A five-course seasonal menu pairs perfectly with libations sure to satisfy any foodie. Edson Hill Dining

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Learn more about highlighted listings in the Magnificent 7 on page 11.

Room & Tavern, Stowe, 6-8:30 p.m. $230; preregister. Info, 253-7371.

STRAUSSERFEST TASTING

PARTY: The fabulous Lisa Strausser, of famed wine importer Kermit Lynch, pours from some of her favorite Dedalus bottles. Dedalus Wine Shop, Market & Wine Bar, Burlington, 5-8 p.m. $30; preregister. Info, 865-2368.

games

MAH-JONGG OPEN PLAY: Weekly sessions of an age-old game promote critical thinking and friendly competition. Manchester Community Library, Manchester Center, 12:30-3:30 p.m. Free. Info, 362-2607.

health & fitness

CHAIR YOGA: Waterbury Public Library instructor Diana Whitney leads at-home participants in gentle stretches supported by seats. 10 a.m. Free. Info, 244-7036. SEATED & STANDING YOGA: Beginners are welcome to grow their strength and flexibility at this supportive class. Manchester Community Library, Manchester Center, 9-10 a.m. Free. Info, 549-4574.

language

BEGINNER IRISH LANGUAGE

CLASS: Celtic-curious students learn to speak an Ghaeilge in a supportive group. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 863-3403.

ELL CLASSES: ENGLISH FOR BEGINNERS & INTERMEDIATE STUDENTS: Learners of all abilities practice written and spoken English with trained instructors. Presented by Fletcher Free Library. 6:30-8

FIND MORE LOCAL EVENTS IN THIS ISSUE AND ONLINE:

art

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

film

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

music + nightlife

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

= ONLINE EVENT

p.m. Free; preregister. Info, bshatara@burlingtonvt.gov.

lgbtq

‘MOONLIGHT’: Nominated for eight Academy Awards, this 2016 drama follows a young Black man from childhood to adulthood in a rough Miami neighborhood. Bellows Falls Opera House, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 463-3964, ext. 1120.

montréal

‘AURA’: An immersive light show and soundscape highlights the rich history and stunning architecture of the Québec church. Notre-Dame Basilica of Montréal, 6 & 8 p.m. $18-32; free for kids 5 and under. Info, 866-842-2925.

music

SUMMER CONCERT SERIES:

H3ADGEAR: Lunchtime concertgoers enjoy cutecore, indie-tonk tunes from the Burlington act. Burlington City Hall Park, 12:301:30 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7554.

ZACH NUGENT UNCORKED: The sought-after guitarist plays a weekly loft show featuring live music, storytelling and special guests. Shelburne Vineyard, 6-8:45 p.m. Free. Info, 985-8222.

politics

AARP VT 2023 LEGISLATIVE

SESSION RECAP & COFFEE: Vermonters over 50 and their friends and families learn about the legislature over a morning joe. Red Hen Baking, Middlesex, 10-11 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 866-227-7451.

sports

GREEN MOUNTAIN TABLE

TENNIS CLUB: Ping-Pong players swing their paddles in singles and doubles matches. Rutland Area Christian School, 7-9 p.m. Free for first two sessions; $30 annual membership. Info, 247-5913.

talks

JILL MUDGETT: A cultural historian gives a talk titled “The Hills of Home: Mountains and Identity in Vermont History.” Worthen Library, South Hero, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 372-6209.

tech

STAYING SAFE ONLINE: Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity hosts a course on data privacy, online safety and organizing digital files. 6-8 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 860-1417, ext. 112.

theater

‘BUDDY: THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY’: The popular musical draws on hits including “Peggy Sue” and “Everyday” to tell the life story of one of rock and roll’s original legends. Weston Theater at Walker Farm, 7:30 p.m. $25-79. Info, 824-5288.

‘MISERY’: A spine-chilling staging of the Stephen King novel and the film starring Kathy Bates follows a romance novelist trapped in the home of his No. 1 fan. Dorset

Theatre, 2 & 7:30 p.m. $51. Info, dtf@dorsettheatrefestival.org.

‘SENSE AND SENSIBILITY’: Northern Stage’s playful new adaptation of Jane Austen’s beloved novel follows the fortunes (and misfortunes) of the Dashwood sisters. Barrette Center for the Arts, White River Junction, 7:30 p.m. $19-55. Info, 296-7000.

words

BANNED BOOKS TOUR: Lt. Gov. Zuckerman hosts a reading featuring stories that have faced conservative backlash across the country. Phoenix Books, Burlington, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 828-2226.

STEPHEN P. KIERNAN: The critically acclaimed Vermont author launches his newest novel, The Glass Chateau. Norwich Bookstore, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 649-1114.

THU.29 business

ACCESSING CAPITAL PANEL: Business owners learn how the Vermont Community Loan Fund and other organizations can support them. Presented by CVOEO and CEDO. 10 a.m.-noon. Free; preregister. Info, 860-1417, ext. 112.

CAREER READINESS WORKSHOP: The Vermont Department of Labor imparts new skills and knowledge for today’s job market. Manchester Community Library, Manchester Center, 5-7 p.m. Free. Info, 549-4572.

ENTREPRENEUR

HERSTORY: MEAGAN

DOWNEY: The founder of Shiki Wrap tells the story of her business. Presented by Vermont Women’s Investors Network. Noon-1:15 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, vermontwin@gmail.com.

SOUTH BURLINGTON WOMEN IN BUSINESS NETWORKING: Women at work connect with each other and learn about free community resources. ADA accessible. South Burlington Public Library & City Hall, 9-10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 846-4140.

crafts

KNIT FOR YOUR NEIGHBORS: Fiber artists knit hats and scarves to donate to the South Burlington Food Shelf. Yarn, needles, looms and crochet hooks provided. South Burlington Public Library & City Hall, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 846-4140.

KNITTING GROUP: Knitters of all experience levels get together to spin yarns. Latham Library, Thetford, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 785-4361.

dance

CONTEMPORARY CIRCUS ARTS:

Brin Schoellkopf and People Watching Collective present a creepy, kaleidoscopic show. Phantom Theater, Edgcomb Barn, Warren, 8 p.m. $20. Info, 496-5997.

environment

UNDER THE ARCTIC: DIGGING INTO PERMAFROST: See WED.28.

film

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

‘JAWS’: Steven Spielberg’s 1975 shark saga takes moviegoers to a beach community threatened by a terrifying fish that lurks in the deep. BYO blankets or lawn chairs. Moran Frame, Burlington, 6-11 p.m. Free. Info, zach@friendsoftheframe. org.

‘JOURNEY TO SPACE 3D’: See WED.28.

‘MYSTERIES OF THE UNSEEN WORLD 3D’: See WED.28.

‘THE QUARRY PROJECT’: A 40-minute film captures last summer’s sold-out, site-specific dance theater performance at Wells Lamson quarry. Q&A follows. Brookfield Old Town Hall, 7-9 p.m. $5 suggested donation. Info, thequarryprojectvt@gmail.com.

‘WILD AFRICA 3D’: See WED.28. ‘WINGS OVER WATER 3D’: See WED.28.

food & drink

FREE IN-STORE TASTINGS:

Themed wine tastings take oenophiles on an adventure through a region, grape variety, style of wine or producer’s offerings. Dedalus Wine Shop, Market & Wine Bar, Burlington, 4-7 p.m. Free. Info, 8652368. Dedalus Wine Shop, Market & Bakery, Stowe. Info, 585-7717.

games

THE CHECK MATES: Chess players of all ages face off at this intergenerational weekly meetup. Manchester Community Library, Manchester Center, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 549-4574.

DUPLICATE BRIDGE: A lively group plays a classic, tricky game with an extra wrinkle. Waterbury Public Library, 12:30-4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 244-7223.

FEMINIST REPRODUCTIVE

JUSTICE MINI GOLF COURSE

OPEN HOURS: Visitors enjoy a student-built, reproductive justice-themed putt-putt course. Kenyon Arena, Middlebury College, 4-7 p.m. Free. Info, cthomsen@middlebury.edu.

health & fitness

SIMPLIFIED TAI CHI FOR SENIORS: Eighteen easy poses help with stress reduction, fall prevention and ease of movement. Manchester Community Library, Manchester Center, 3:15-4 p.m. Donations. Info, 362-2607.

TAI CHI THURSDAYS: Experienced instructor Rich Marantz teaches the first section of the Yang-style tai chi sequence. Manchester Community Library, Manchester Center, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 645-1960.

montréal

‘AURA’: See WED.28.

FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DE

JAZZ DE MONTRÉAL: This twoweek music celebration features traditional jazz, Latin and African music, pop, blues, blues rock, Cajun, and reggae — performed outdoors and in multiple

FAMI LY FU N

Check out these family-friendly events for parents, caregivers and kids of all ages.

• Plan ahead at sevendaysvt.com/family-fun

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WED.28 burlington

BABYTIME: Librarians bring out books, rhymes and songs specially selected for young ones. Pre-walkers and younger. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 11-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 863-3403.

STEAM SPACE: Kids explore science, technology, engineering, art and math activities. Ages 5 through 11. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 5-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 863-3403.

STORIES WITH SHANNON: Bookworms ages 2 through 5 enjoy fun-filled reading time. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 11-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 863-3403.

chittenden county

LEGO BUILDERS: Aspiring architects enjoy an afternoon of imagination and play. South Burlington Public Library & City Hall, 3-4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 846-4140.

MIDDLE SCHOOL PIZZA & MOVIE: Food and flicks entertain tweens on their summer vacation. South Burlington Public Library & City Hall, 4:30-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 846-4140.

SUMMER CRAFTYTOWN: Kids create and take home craft projects. South Burlington Public Library & City Hall, 1011:30 a.m. Free. Info, 846-4140.

barre/montpelier

CHESS CLUB: Youngsters of all skill levels get one-on-one lessons and play each other in between. Ages 6 and up. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 3:30-5 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

SUMMER FUN NIGHTS: From movies to juggling lessons to sea shanties around the campfire, there’s something new every week to keep vacation interesting.

Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 426-3581.

mad river valley/ waterbury

ANTS! TIRELESS WORKERS THAT TOIL

UNDERGROUND: Mr. K takes little insect enthusiasts underground and into the world of these fascinating bugs. Waterbury Public Library, 4-5 p.m. Free. Info, 244-7036.

LEGO CHALLENGE CLUB: Kids engage in a fun-filled hour of building, then leave their creations on display in the library all month long. Ages 9 through 11. Waterbury Public Library, 3-4 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 244-7036.

middlebury area

TEDDY BEAR PICNIC: People and stuffed animals of all ages pack a lunch and gather together for stories, songs and family-friendly fun. Bristol Town Green, noon-2 p.m. Free. Info, 453-5885.

stowe/smuggs

WEE ONES PLAY TIME: Caregivers bring kiddos 3 and younger to a new sensory learning experience each week. Morristown Centennial Library, Morrisville, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 888-3853.

mad river valley/ waterbury

‘ROALD DAHL’S WILLY WONKA’: Audiences with the golden ticket see the Valley Players bring the beloved story of an enigmatic candy man to life on stage. See calendar spotlight. Valley Players Theater, Waitsfield, 7:30 p.m. $18-22. Info, 583-1674.

JUBAL HARP & SONG: Judi Byron plays folk ditties, rhymes, and counting and movement songs for babies, toddlers and preschoolers to sing and dance along to. Waterbury Public Library, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 244-7036.

PRESCHOOL PLAY & READ: Outdoor activities, stories and songs get 3- and 4-year-olds engaged. Waterbury Public Library, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 244-7036.

FRI.30 burlington

SENSORY FRIENDLY HOUR: Folks of all ages with sensory processing differences have the youth area to themselves. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 9-10 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 863-3403.

SPLASH DANCE: DJs spin the decks by the fountain as kids party the day away. Burlington City Hall Park, 4 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7554.

chittenden county

OPENS JUN. 29 | FAMILY FUN

manchester/ bennington

MCL FILM CLUB: Teen auteurs learn how to bring stories to life on camera. Manchester Community Library, Manchester Center, 3:30-5 p.m. Free. Info, 362-2607.

NEW MOMS’ GROUP: Local doula Kimberleigh Weiss-Lewitt facilitates a community-building weekly meetup for mothers who are new to parenting or the area. Manchester Community Library, Manchester Center, 9-10 a.m. Free. Info, 549-4574.

THU.29 burlington

ROBOT TAKEOVER WITH MICROSTRAIN: Techies of all ages practice coding and learn how bots see the world with a local manufacturer. ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Regular admission, $14.50-18; free for members and kids 2 and under. Info, 864-1848.

chittenden county

MUSIC AND MOVEMENT WITH MISS EMMA: The star of “Music for Sprouts” and “Mr. Chris and Friends” leads little ones 5 and younger in singing, scarf play and movement. South Burlington Public

That’s the Ticket

Waitsfield’s own community theater crew, the Valley Players, offers audiences of all ages the golden ticket: a chance to see the beloved Roald Dahl tale Charlie and the Chocolate Factory brought to life onstage. When young Charlie Bucket (played by Zane Demarais of Websterville) wins a coveted trip to a secretive candymaker’s fantastical headquarters, he and his hard up family are just happy to have some good luck for once. But as the other kids on the tour start falling victim to their own entitlement and hubris, it becomes clear that Wonka has something deeper up his sleeve.

‘ROALD DAHL’S WILLY WONKA’

Thursday, June 29, through Saturday, July 1, 7:30 p.m.; and Sunday, July 2, 4 p.m., at Valley Players Theater in Waitsfield. See website for future dates. $18-22. Info, 583-1674, valleyplayers.com.

Library & City Hall, 10:30-11:15 a.m. Free. Info, 846-4140.

PRESCHOOL MUSIC WITH LINDA BASSICK: The singer and storyteller extraordinaire leads little ones in indoor music and movement. Birth through age 5. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 10:30-11 a.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

PRESCHOOL PLAYTIME: Pre-K patrons play and socialize after music time. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 11-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

barre/montpelier

FUSE BEAD CRAFTERNOONS: Youngsters make pictures out of colorful, meltable doodads. Ages 8 and up.

Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 3:30-5 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

PRESCHOOL STORY TIME: Energetic youngsters join Miss Meliss for stories, songs and lots of silliness. KelloggHubbard Library, Montpelier, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

BABY SOCIAL TIME: Teeny-tiny library patrons enjoy a gentle, slow story time featuring songs, rhymes and lap play. South Burlington Public Library & City Hall, 9:30 a.m. Free. Info, 846-4140.

KIDS MOVIE IN THE AUDITORIUM: Little film buffs congregate in the library’s Katie O’Brien Activity Room for a screening of a family-friendly film. See southburlingtonlibrary.org for each week’s title. ADA accessible. South Burlington Public Library & City Hall, 3-4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 846-4140.

barre/montpelier

STORY TIME & PLAYGROUP: Participants ages 7 and under hear stories, sing songs and eat tasty treats between outdoor activities. Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 10:30 a.m.noon. Free. Info, 426-3581.

mad river valley/ waterbury

‘ROALD DAHL’S WILLY WONKA’: See THU.29.

upper valley

STORY TIME: Preschoolers take part in tales, tunes and playtime. Latham Library, Thetford, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 785-4361.

manchester/ bennington

YOUNG ADULT DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: Teens battle beasts with swords and spell books in this campaign designed to accommodate both drop-in and recurring players. Ages 12 through

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L’INTERNATIONAL DES FEUX

LOTO-QUÉBEC: Countries compete in Montréal’s annual fireworks showdown, employing the latest techniques and innovations in the field of pyrotechnics. La Ronde, Montréal, 10 p.m. $19-30. Info, 514-397-2000.

music

BURLINGTON CONCERT BAND

REHEARSAL: Local musicians bring their instruments to practice every week. St. Mark Catholic Parish, Burlington, 6:45-8:45 p.m. Free. Info, 343-3856.

FEAST & FIELD MUSIC

SERIES: CACHITAS NOW!: Farm-fresh foods and queer cumbia tunes are on the menu at a pastoral party. Fable Farm, Barnard, 5:30-9 p.m. $5-25. Info, music@barnarts.org.

SING TO CONNECT SAMPLE

SESSIONS: Students explore singing for joy and healing, not technical perfection or performance. Leddy Park, Burlington, 7:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, juneberrymusic@gmail.com.

SPRUCE PEAK SUMMER

CONCERT SERIES: NATASHA

BEDINGFIELD: e performer of “Unwritten” fame sings to audiences out on the lawn. Designated table and pergola seating available. e Lodge at Spruce Peak, Stowe, 6 p.m. $5750. Info, 282-4625.

THROWDOWN THURSDAYS: Sugarbush hosts weekly summer shindigs featuring live tunes, doubles cornhole tournaments and disc golf competitions. Lincoln Peak Vineyard, New Haven, 5-8 p.m. Free. Info, 552-4007.

TROY MILLETTE: Heartfelt original country-rock songs carry through the air, courtesy of the Fairfax musician. Shelburne Vineyard, 6-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 985-8222.

politics

LEGISLATIVE SESSION RECAP: Vermonters ages 50-plus join the AARP for a recap of happenings in the Statehouse. 10-11 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 866-227-7451.

THOUGHT CLUB: Artists and activists convene to engage with Burlington’s rich tradition of radical thought and envision its future. Democracy Creative, Burlington, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, tevan@democracycreative.com.

seminars

NAVIGATING THE SENIOR MAZE: Elders and their families explore legal issues related to aging in the final of four weekly workshops. Heineberg Senior Center, Burlington, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 863-3982.

sports

MYERS CONTAINER SERVICE

TRIPLE CROWN SERIES ROUND NO. 2: e racetrack’s 2023 season continues with the second of

Boo-lieve It or Not

Summer may be when the days are longest, but that doesn’t mean things don’t still go bump in the night. Adam Berry, a paranormal investigator and cohost of the Travel Channel hit show “Kindred Spirits,” ushers in Halloween season early with an evening of spooky stories sure to scare the socks off even the staunchest skeptics. He gives firsthand accounts of some of the show’s most dramatic episodes and tells personal tales that haven’t appeared on television. VIP ticket holders join Berry on a spine-tingling exploration of the Briggs Opera House itself.

‘REAL GHOST STORIES’

Friday, June 30, 7:30 p.m., at Briggs Opera House in White River Junction. $38-78. Info, 295-6688.

three nail-biting competitions. under Road Speedbowl, Barre, 7-10 p.m. $5-30; free for kids under 6. Info, info@thunderroadvt.com.

VERMONT LAKE MONSTERS: Spectators buy some peanuts and Cracker Jack to watch the Green Mountain State’s own Futures Collegiate Baseball League team face off against new opponents each night. Centennial Field, Burlington, 6:35 p.m. $6-17; $125-418 for season passes. Info, 655-4200.

talks

GRANITE LECTURE AND FILM

SERIES: ARIES PERALTA: An archivist talks about his rockin’ work with the museum’s collections. Vermont Granite Museum, Barre, 6-7 p.m. Free. Info, 249-3897.

tech

TECH AND TEXTILES: Crafters work on their knitting or crocheting while discussing questions such as how to set up a new tablet or what cryptocurrency even is. George Peabody Library, Post Mills, 1-5 p.m. Free. Info, 333-9724.

theater

‘ACT 39’: Pushcart Productions premieres a new play by Rob Mermin, based on the true story of the playwright’s friend who chose to utilize Vermont’s assisted suicide law. Haybarn eatre, Goddard College, Plainfield, 7 p.m. $5-40 suggested donation. Info, theactorscompany1@gmail.com.

‘BUDDY: THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY’: See WED.28.

‘A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM’: Jeanne Beckwith directs an adaptation of the beloved

$5-25. Info, music@barnarts.org.

Adam Berry

Shakespeare comedy to mark the theater’s 40th season. Cash or check only. Unadilla Theatre, Marshfield, 7:30-10 p.m. $15-25; preregister. Info, 456-8968.

‘MISERY’: See WED.28, 7:30 p.m.

‘SENSE AND SENSIBILITY’: See WED.28.

‘WHAT THE CONSTITUTION

MEANS TO ME’: Director Julie Lucido stages a performance of Heidi Schrek’s play about her time as a teenage debate champion. Depot Theatre, Westport, N.Y., 5 p.m. $25-40. Info, 518-962-4449.

words

JANVIER NSENGIYUMVA: The Onion River Press author launches

Eyes Guided by God, his memoir of his Burundian family’s experience of Tanzanian refugee camps and immigration to Vermont. Phoenix Books, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 448-3350.

VIRTUAL POETRY OPEN

MIC: Wordsmiths read their work at an evening with local performance poet Bianca Amira Zanella. Presented by Phoenix Books. 7-8:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 855-8078.

FRI.30

crafts

SCRAPBOOKING GROUP: Cutters and pasters make new friends at a weekly club. Manchester Community Library, Manchester Center, 10 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 549-4574.

dance

CONTEMPORARY CIRCUS ARTS: See THU.29.

environment

UNDER THE ARCTIC: DIGGING INTO PERMAFROST: See WED.28. etc.

‘REAL GHOST STORIES’: Adam Berry of Paramount+’s “Kindred Spirits” regales audiences with firsthand accounts of paranormal happenings. Briggs Opera House, White River Junction, 7:30 p.m. $38-78. Info, 295-6688.

fairs & festivals

STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL: Locals have a berry good time at this throwdown featuring shortcake, live music, food trucks and a bake sale. West Burke Village Park, 4-7 p.m. Free. Info, 626-4124.

film

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

‘DARK SIDE OF THE RAINBOW’: Viewers search for hidden meaning in a simultaneous broadcast of The Wizard of Oz and Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon. Epsilon Spires, Brattleboro, 8-10:30 p.m. $5-15. Info, 401-261-6271.

‘JOURNEY TO SPACE 3D’: See WED.28.

‘MYSTERIES OF THE UNSEEN WORLD 3D’: See WED.28.

‘WILD AFRICA 3D’: See WED.28.

‘WINGS OVER WATER 3D’: See WED.28.

food & drink

RICHMOND FARMERS MARKET: Vendors present a diverse selection of locally produced foods and crafts as picnickers enjoy music from a different local band each week. Richmond Town Park, 3-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, rfmmanager@gmail. com.

SOUTH END GET DOWN: Food trucks dish out mouthwatering meals and libations. Live DJs and outdoor entertainment add to the fun. 377 Pine Street, Burlington, 5-9 p.m. Cost of food and drink. Info, getdown@ orleansevents.com.

games

FEMINIST REPRODUCTIVE

JUSTICE MINI GOLF COURSE

OPEN HOURS: See THU.29, 2-5 p.m.

health & fitness

GUIDED MEDITATION ONLINE: Dorothy Alling Memorial Library invites attendees to relax on their lunch breaks and reconnect with their bodies. Noon-12:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, programs@ damlvt.org.

language

SOCIAL HOUR: The Alliance

Française of the Lake Champlain Region hosts a rendez-vous over cocktails. Armory Grille and Bar, Burlington, 5:30-7 p.m. Free. Info, btvescargot@gmail.com.

lgbtq

JAM PRIDE PROM (YEEHAW

EDITION): LGBTQ break out their best denim, cowperson boots and bolo ties for an evening of live music, dancing, fashion shows and fun. All ages; 18 and up after 10:30 p.m. Junction Arts & Media, White River Junction,

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 theaters in the On Screen section.

music + nightlife

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

Learn more about highlighted listings in the Magnificent 7 on page 11.

7-11:45 p.m. $5-10 suggested donation. Info, 295-6688.

montréal

‘AURA’: See WED.28.

FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DE JAZZ DE MONTRÉAL: See THU.29.

music

2023 TD BANK SUMMER

FESTIVAL TOUR: The Vermont Symphony Orchestra and guest trumpeter Ray Vega take a lap around the state with a set list featuring rousing music from Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Thelonious Monk and others. See calendar spotlight. Saskadena

Six Ski Area, South Pomfret, 7:309:30 p.m. $5-35; free for kids 5 and under. Info, 457-3981.

BLUEGRASS & BBQ: BEG, STEAL OR BORROW: The trad act tickles the banjo strings while Southern Smoke and Paprika Catering provide the nosh. Shelburne Vineyard, 6-9 p.m. $10; free for kids under 12; preregister. Info, 985-8222.

LEVITT AMP ST. JOHNSBURY

MUSIC SERIES: DWIGHT + NICOLE: Picnickers enjoy dinner and a show from the New Englandborn roots band. Railroad St., St. Johnsbury, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 748-2600.

OLD STAGE SUMMER SERIES:

JAMIE LEE THURSTON: Vermont’s own honky-tonk superstar showcases his powerful singing and punchy picking. Essex Experience, 6-10 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 876-7152.

PLAY EVERY TOWN: Prolific pianist David Feurzeig continues a four-year, statewide series of shows in protest of high-pollution worldwide concert tours.

Albany Town Hall, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, playeverytown@gmail.com.

SUMMER CONCERT SERIES: TWO STROKE MOTORS: The no-frills band draws on classic alt-rock and the folk music scene. Burlington City Hall Park, 12:301:30 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7166.

WOMEN IN MUSIC SERIES:

SARAH KING: Shades of blues and alt-country color powerful songs by the Ripton-based singer-songwriter. Lincoln Peak Vineyard, New Haven, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 247-5420.

outdoors

AUDUBON LEFFERTS POND

BIRD WALK: Avian enthusiasts seek out warblers and other winged friends. Lefferts Pond, Chittenden, 7-9 a.m. Free. Info, birding@rutlandcountyaudubon. org.

sports

VERMONT LAKE MONSTERS: See THU.29.

tech

MORNING TECH HELP: Experts answer questions about phones, laptops, e-readers and more in one-on-one sessions. ADA accessible. South Burlington Public Library & City Hall, 10 a.m.-noon. Free; preregister. Info, 846-4140.

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theater

‘9 TO 5: THE MUSICAL’: North Country Community eater presents this Dolly Partonsoundtracked tale of three workers who take revenge on their icky boss. Lebanon Opera House, N.H., 7:30 p.m. $16.50-26.50. Info, 603-448-0400.

‘ACT 39’: See THU.29.

‘BUDDY: THE BUDDY HOLLY

STORY’: See WED.28.

‘MAN & WOMAN’: Comedians Jake Cornell and Marcia Belsky star in this Edinburgh Fringe Festival favorite about a playwright who’s under the impression that his writing is feminist. Vermont Comedy Club, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $25. Info, 859-0100.

‘A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM’: See THU.29.

‘MISERY’: See WED.28, 7:30 p.m.

‘SENSE AND SENSIBILITY’: See WED.28.

‘WHAT THE CONSTITUTION

MEANS TO ME’: See THU.29, 7:30 p.m.

words

PAUL DOIRON: e author’s latest

Mike Bowditch mystery, Dead Man’s Wake, sees the eponymous investigator solving a gruesome murder on a Maine lake. Norwich Bookstore, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 649-1114.

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dance

CONTEMPORARY CIRCUS ARTS: See THU.29.

MONTPELIER CONTRA DANCE:

To live tunes and gender-neutral calling, dancers balance, shadow and do-si-do the night away.

Capital City Grange, Berlin, special waltz session, 7 p.m.; beginners’ lesson, 7:45 p.m.; contra dance, 8-11 p.m. $5-20. Info, 225-8921.

environment

UNDER THE ARCTIC: DIGGING INTO PERMAFROST: See WED.28. etc.

MAEVE GODDESS CIRCLE:

Meditation and embodiment practices help attendees connect to the Celtic goddess of sexuality. Winter Sun Collective, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. $20-40. Info, thechakraoracle@ gmail.com.

MEDITATION AND BUDDHIST

DISCUSSION GROUP: Locals calm their thoughts and discuss a short reading. Refreshments are served. All welcome regardless of meditation experience. Shambhala Meditation Center, Burlington, 9:30-11 a.m. Free. Info, 658-6795.

fairs & festivals

BURKLYN ARTS SUMMER

FAIR: Juried Vermont crafters display handmade wares during a day of outdoor entertainment. Bandstand Park, Lyndonville, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Info, 626-5594.

film

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

‘JOURNEY TO SPACE 3D’: See WED.28.

‘MYSTERIES OF THE UNSEEN

WORLD 3D’: See WED.28.

‘WILD AFRICA 3D’: See WED.28.

‘WINGS OVER WATER 3D’: See WED.28.

food & drink

BURLINGTON FARMERS MARKET: Dozens of stands overflow with seasonal produce, flowers, artisanal wares and prepared foods. 345 Pine St., Burlington, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 560-5904.

CAPITAL CITY FARMERS

MARKET: Meats and cheeses join farm-fresh produce, baked goods, locally made arts and crafts, and live music. 133 State St., Montpelier, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, montpelierfarmersmarket@ gmail.com.

CHAMPLAIN VALLEY DINNER

TRAIN: Travelers savor a threecourse meal and scenic landscape views during a three-hour trip in a kitchen car. Ages 5 and up. Union Station, Burlington, 5-8 p.m. $99-148.50; preregister. Info, 800-707-3530.

NORTHWEST FARMERS MARKET: Locavores stock up on produce, preserves, baked goods, and arts and crafts from over 50 vendors. Taylor Park, St. Albans, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 242-2729.

ST. JOHNSBURY FARMERS

MARKET: Growers and crafters gather weekly at booths centered on local eats. Pearl St. & Eastern Ave., St. Johnsbury, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, cfmamanager@gmail. com.

STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE

EXTRAVAGANZA: e JerichoUnderhill Lions Club serves up seasonal berries and biscuits to benefit its service projects. United Church of Underhill, 5-8 p.m. $5-9 suggested donation. Info, chasrcyr@gmail.com.

games

BEGINNER DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: Waterbury Public Library game master Evan Hoffman gathers novices and veterans alike for an afternoon of virtual adventuring. Teens and adults welcome. Noon-4 p.m. Free. Info, 244-7036.

CHESS CLUB: Players of all ages and abilities face off and learn new strategies. ADA accessible. South Burlington Public Library & City Hall, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 846-4140.

FEMINIST REPRODUCTIVE

JUSTICE MINI GOLF COURSE OPEN HOURS: See THU.29, 2-5 p.m.

health & fitness

DEB BECKETT MEMORIAL 5K RUN: Runners at all levels — including those ages 4 and up — race to support the Williston-Richmond Rotary Club. Williston Village Community Park, 8, 8:15 & 8:45 a.m. $15-30. Info, rotaryclubofwillistonvt@gmail.com.

Trumpet Louder

Ain’t no party like a Vermont Symphony Orchestra party. e ensemble kicks off summer with its annual tour of the state; this year’s show overflows with swing and jazz favorites sure to get audiences off their picnic blankets and dancing the night away. Led by celebrated Argentinean Italian conductor Michelle Di Russo and headlined by beloved local jazz trumpeter Ray Vega, the program includes rousing works by Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, elonious Monk, Leonard Bernstein and Ruth Crawford Seeger. e July 4 Shelburne concert culminates with fireworks.

JUN. 30-JUL. 4 | MUSIC

2023 TD BANK SUMMER FESTIVAL TOUR

Friday, June 30, through Tuesday, July 4, 7:30-9:30 p.m., at Saskadena Six Ski Area in South Pomfret, Burke Mountain Resort in East Burke, Trapp Family Lodge Concert Meadow in Stowe, Grafton Trails & Outdoor Center, and Shelburne Museum. $5-35; free for kids 5 and under. Info, 864-5741, vso.org.

holidays

BRANDON INDEPENDENCE DAY

CELEBRATION: A full day of festivities begins with a parade and culminates in fireworks, with food, dancing and fun for all ages in between. Brandon Town Green, 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Free. Info, 247-6401.

FUNKY FOURTH CELEBRATION: A concert by the Mallett Brothers Band and an outdoor dance party mark the holiday weekend. Picnic dinners available for purchase. Highland Center for the Arts, Greensboro, 5:30-7:30 a.m. Free; donations accepted. Info, 533-2000.

montréal

‘AURA’: See WED.28, 7 & 9 p.m.

FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DE JAZZ DE MONTRÉAL: See THU.29.

music

2023 TD BANK SUMMER

FESTIVAL TOUR: See FRI.30. Burke Mountain Resort, East Burke. Info, 626-7400.

DJANGO SOULO & FRIENDS:

e Vermont-born soul singer brings together musicians from the Larkspurs, Red Hot Juba and more on stage. Plainfield Town Hall Opera House, 6:30-8:30 p.m. $10-20 suggested donation. Info, djangosoulo@gmail.com.

NICK GRANELLE: A Brooklynbased indie rocker blends unexpected elements such as prog guitar and classical cello. Shelburne Vineyard, 6-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 985-8222.

STUDIO TWO: A Boston-based Beatles tribute band plays the early hits overlooking

of Shakespeare’s most magical comedy. Circus Smirkus Barn, Greensboro, 1-3 & 6-8 p.m. $20-35. Info, boxoffice@smirkus.org.

‘MAN & WOMAN’: See FRI.30.

‘A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM’: See THU.29.

‘MISERY’: See WED.28.

‘SENSE AND SENSIBILITY’: See WED.28.

‘WHAT THE CONSTITUTION

MEANS TO ME’: See THU.29, 3 p.m.

‘YOU’RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN’: Weston eater brings the “Peanuts” characters to musical life in this hilarious, joyful production. See westontheater.org for all venues. Shelburne Museum, 1-3:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 824-8167.

words

FRIENDS OF THE STOWE FREE LIBRARY BOOK SALE: At this 38th annual tradition, bookworms blissfully thumb through more than 10,000 donated reads for kids, teens and adults. Proceeds support the library. Stowe Free Library, 9 a.m.-8 p.m. $2-4 per book. Info, 253-6145.

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environment

UNDER THE ARCTIC: DIGGING INTO PERMAFROST: See WED.28.

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

‘JOURNEY TO SPACE 3D’: See WED.28.

‘MYSTERIES OF THE UNSEEN WORLD 3D’: See WED.28. ‘WILD AFRICA 3D’: See WED.28. ‘WINGS OVER WATER 3D’: See WED.28.

food & drink

STOWE FARMERS MARKET: An appetizing assortment of fresh veggies, meats, milk, berries, herbs, beverages and crafts tempts shoppers. 2043 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 10:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Free. Info, stowefarmersmarket@gmail.com.

SUNDAY FUNDAY: Food and drinks are on tap when attendees gather outside for games. 1st Republic Brewing, Essex, noon-5 p.m. Free. Info, 857-5318.

Lake Champlain. Ballard Park, Westport, N.Y., 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, ballardparkny@gmail.com.

theater

‘9 TO 5: THE MUSICAL’: See FRI.30.

‘ACT 39’: See THU.29.

‘BUDDY: THE BUDDY HOLLY

STORY’: See WED.28, 2 & 7:30 p.m.

‘CARNELIAN’: ree mythical figures discuss power and humanity as they await the apocalypse in this utterly unique musical by Lex Brown and Samuel Beebe. BigTown Gallery, Rochester, 6-9 p.m. $25. Info, info@bigtownvermont.com.

CIRCUS SMIRKUS BIG TOP TOUR:

‘A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S CIRCUS’: Young performers ages 11 through 18 pull off daring and dazzling acts in this acrobatic adaptation

WINOOSKI FARMERS MARKET: Families shop for fresh produce, honey, meats, coffee and prepared foods from seasonal vendors at an outdoor marketplace. Winooski Falls Way, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 655-6410.

health & fitness

COMMUNITY MINDFULNESS

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

KARUNA COMMUNITY

MEDITATION: A YEAR TO LIVE

(FULLY): Participants practice keeping joy, generosity and

gratitude at the forefront of their minds. Jenna’s House, Johnson, 10-11:15 a.m. Free; donations accepted. Info, mollyzapp@live.com.

holidays

PRESTON’S KIA INDEPENDENCE

DAY SPECTACULAR: Fireworks follow a speedy racing session. Thunder Road Speedbowl, Barre, 7-10 p.m. $5-30; free for kids under 6. Info, info@thunderroadvt.com.

montréal

FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL

DE JAZZ DE MONTRÉAL: See THU.29.

PIKNIC ÉLECTRONIK MONTRÉAL:

Piknic Électronik pairs top-quality electronic music with a breathtaking view of Montréal from Île SaintHélène, aka St. Helen’s Island. Parc Jean-Drapeau, Montréal, 4-10 p.m. $22-47; preregister. Info, info@ piknicelectronik.com.

music

2023 TD BANK SUMMER

FESTIVAL TOUR: See FRI.30. Trapp Family Lodge Concert Meadow, Stowe. Info, 253-7792.

DUELING PIANOS WITH JOSHUA

GLASS & ANDRIANA CHOBOT: Two players tickle the ivories as music lovers sip drinks and make requests. Shelburne Vineyard, 6-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 985-8222.

SUNDAY CLASSICAL:

CLARINETWORKS: Come of Vermont’s finest clarinet players bust out tunes from the early Romantic through ragtime. Burlington City Hall Park, 10-11 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7166.

outdoors

SUMMER NATURE ROMP: Nature center staff guide a wildly fun outing with a new theme each week, from tracking and birding to plant identification and nature journaling. All ages. North Branch Nature Center, Montpelier, 10 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 229-6206.

sports

VERMONT GREEN FC: The state’s newest men’s soccer club continues its second year with flair and a focus on environmental justice. University of Vermont Archie Post Athletic Complex, Burlington, 1 p.m. $8-15; free for kids 5 and under. Info, club@ vermontgreenfc.com.

theater

‘9 TO 5: THE MUSICAL’: See FRI.30, 3 p.m.

‘ACT 39’: See THU.29, 2 p.m.

‘BUDDY: THE BUDDY HOLLY

STORY’: See WED.28, 3 p.m.

‘A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S

DREAM’: See THU.29, 2:30-5 p.m.

‘MISERY’: See WED.28, 2 p.m.

‘SENSE AND SENSIBILITY’: See WED.28, 5 p.m.

‘WHAT THE CONSTITUTION

MEANS TO ME’: See THU.29.

words

FRIENDS OF THE STOWE FREE

LIBRARY BOOK SALE: See SAT.1, 9 a.m.-8 p.m.

MON.3 crafts

KNIT WITS: Fiber-working friends get together to make progress on their quilts, knitwear and needlework. Manchester Community Library, Manchester Center, 3-4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 362-2607.

environment

UNDER THE ARCTIC: DIGGING INTO PERMAFROST: See WED.28.

film

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

‘JOURNEY TO SPACE 3D’: See WED.28.

‘MYSTERIES OF THE UNSEEN WORLD 3D’: See WED.28.

‘WILD AFRICA 3D’: See WED.28.

‘WINGS OVER WATER 3D’: See WED.28.

health & fitness

ADVANCED TAI CHI: Experienced movers build strength, improve balance and reduce stress.

Holley Hall, Bristol, 11 a.m.-noon. Free; donations accepted. Info, jerry@skyrivertaichi.com.

LAUGHTER YOGA: Spontaneous, joyful movement and breath promote physical and emotional health. Pathways Vermont, Burlington, 2-3 p.m. Free. Info, chrisn@pathwaysvermont.org.

LONG-FORM SUN 73: Beginners and experienced practitioners learn how tai chi can help with arthritis, mental clarity and range of motion. Holley Hall, Bristol, 11 a.m.noon. Free; donations accepted. Info, wirlselizabeth@gmail.com.

YANG 24: This simplified tai chi method is perfect for beginners looking to build strength and balance. Congregational Church of Middlebury, 3:30-5:30 p.m. Free; donations accepted. Info, wirlselizabeth@gmail.com.

holidays

BURLINGTON’S INDEPENDENCE

DAY CELEBRATION: Live bands and fun-filled activities set the scene for spectacular fireworks over Lake Champlain. Waterfront Park, Burlington, 5-11 p.m. Free. Info, 864-0123.

JULY 3RD INDEPENDENCE DAY

CELEBRATION: The Capital City’s blowout bonanza returns with a bang, featuring FamilyFest, a perfectly patriotic parade and a phenomenal fireworks show. Various Montpelier locations, 3-10 p.m. Free. Info, 223-9604.

montréal

‘AURA’: See WED.28. FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DE JAZZ DE MONTRÉAL: See THU.29.

music

2023 TD BANK SUMMER

FESTIVAL TOUR: See FRI.30. Grafton Trails & Outdoor Center. Info, 843-2400.

BURLINGTON CONCERT BAND: Local music lovers bring lawn chairs to a big-band blowout.

Battery Park, Burlington, 7:30-9 p.m. Free. Info, 343-3856.

VERGENNES CITY BAND

CONCERT: An all-volunteer community ensemble makes music on the green all summer long. Vergennes City Park, 7-8 p.m. Free. Info, vergennescityband@ gmail.com.

words

ADDISON COUNTY WRITERS

COMPANY: Poets, playwrights, novelists and memoirists of every experience level meet weekly for an MFA-style workshop. Swift House Inn, Middlebury, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, jay@zigzaglitmag.org.

FRIENDS OF THE STOWE FREE LIBRARY BOOK SALE: See SAT.1, 9 a.m.-8 p.m.

TUE.4 community

CURRENT EVENTS

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

dance

MORRIS & MORE: Dancers of all abilities learn how to step, clog and even sword fight their way through medieval folk dances of all kinds. Revels North, Lebanon, N.H., 6 p.m. Pay what you can. Info, 603-558-7894.

SWING DANCING: Local Lindy hoppers and jitterbuggers convene at Vermont Swings’ weekly boogie-down. Bring clean shoes. Beginner lessons, 6:30 p.m. Champlain Club, Burlington, 7:30-9 p.m. $5. Info, 864-8382.

environment

UNDER THE ARCTIC: DIGGING INTO PERMAFROST: See WED.28.

film

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

‘JOURNEY TO SPACE 3D’: See WED.28.

‘MYSTERIES OF THE UNSEEN WORLD 3D’: See WED.28.

‘WILD AFRICA 3D’: See WED.28.

‘WINGS OVER WATER 3D’: See WED.28.

food & drink

NORTHFIELD FARMERS MARKET: A gathering place for local farmers, producers and artisans offers fresh produce, crafts and locally prepared foods. Depot Square, Northfield, 3-6 p.m. Free. Info, 485-8586.

health & fitness

TAI CHI TUESDAY: Patrons get an easy, informal introduction to this ancient movement practice that supports balance and strength. Manchester Community Library, Manchester Center, 9-10:15 a.m. Free; donations accepted. Info, 362-2607.

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holidays

4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION: An annual reading of the Declaration of Independence inspires lively discussion. Bennington Battle Monument, 12:30-3:30 p.m. Free. Info, 447-0550.

A BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR CALVIN COOLIDGE AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: After an icebox cookie baking contest and a National Guard-led march to the president’s grave, the historic village throws a bash featuring cake and a speech and debate competition. President Calvin Coolidge State Historic Site, Plymouth, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. Info, 672-1195.

CABOT FOURTH OF JULY: A downtown parade punctuates a day of fun in the sun replete with field games, food trucks, a farmers market and live music. Cabot Recreation Field, 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, info@cabotvermont.org.

MILTON JULY FOURTH: A parade, barbecue, live music, mini golf and food trucks culminate in a spectacular fireworks display. Bombardier Recreation Park, Milton, 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Free. Info, 893-6655.

WARREN 4TH OF JULY PARADE AND FESTIVITIES: Floats, fireworks and family fun fill the village with music and merriment. See madrivervalley.com for full schedule. See calendar spotlight. Various Warren locations, 10 a.m.9:30 p.m. Free. Info, sklein1439@ yahoo.com.

language

ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS: Instructor Andrea Thulin helps non-native speakers build their vocabulary and conversation skills. Manchester Community Library, Manchester Center, 5:307 p.m. Free. Info, 549-4574.

montréal

‘AURA’: See WED.28. FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DE JAZZ DE MONTRÉAL: See THU.29.

music

2023 TD BANK SUMMER FESTIVAL TOUR: See FRI.30. Shelburne Museum. Info, 985-3346.

COMMUNITY SINGERS: A weekly choral meetup welcomes all singers to raise their voices along to traditional (and not-so-traditional) songs. Revels North, Lebanon, N.H., 7:30 p.m. Pay what you can. Info, 603-558-7894.

theater

CIRCUS SMIRKUS BIG TOP TOUR:

‘A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S CIRCUS’: See SAT.1. Farr’s Field, Waterbury, 6-8 p.m.

‘SENSE AND SENSIBILITY’: See WED.28, 4 p.m.

‘YOU’RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN’: See SAT.1. Walker Family Farm, Weston.

words

FRIENDS OF THE STOWE FREE

LIBRARY BOOK SALE: See SAT.1, 9 a.m.-8 p.m.

WILLIAM GADDIS ‘THE RECOGNITIONS’ BOOK

GROUP DISCUSSION: The Burlington Literature Group reads and analyzes this influential postmodernist novel over 13 weeks. 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, info@nereadersandwriters.com.

WED.5 business

QUEEN CITY BUSINESS

NETWORKING INTERNATIONAL

GROUP: See WED.28.

community

COMMUNITY PARTNERS DESK:

VETERANS OUTREACH PROGRAM: Representatives post up in the main reading room to answer questions and provide resources. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 2-4 p.m. Free. Info, 863-3403.

environment

UNDER THE ARCTIC: DIGGING INTO PERMAFROST: See WED.28.

film

See what’s playing at local theaters in the On Screen section. ‘JOURNEY TO SPACE 3D’: See WED.28.

‘MYSTERIES OF THE UNSEEN WORLD 3D’: See WED.28.

‘WILD AFRICA 3D’: See WED.28. ‘WINGS OVER WATER 3D’: See WED.28.

games

MAH-JONGG OPEN PLAY: See WED.28.

Community Library, Manchester Center, 1-2 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 362-2607.

STEAM SATURDAY: Little ones play around with foundational science and art fun. Manchester Community Library, Manchester Center, 11 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 362-2607.

health & fitness

CHAIR YOGA: See WED.28. SEATED & STANDING YOGA: See WED.28.

holidays

FREDERICK DOUGLASS MORNING REFLECTION: Rokeby Museum staff speak about Frederick Douglass’ visit to Ferrisburgh in 1843 and lead a familyfriendly community discussion. Ferrisburgh Union Meeting Hall, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 877-3406.

READING FREDERICK DOUGLASS: Audience members take active part in a recitation of Douglass’ famous address, “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?,” first given on July 5, 1852. Rokeby Museum, Ferrisburgh, 1 p.m. Free. Info, 877-3406.

language

BEGINNER IRISH LANGUAGE CLASS: See WED.28.

ELL CLASSES: ENGLISH FOR BEGINNERS & INTERMEDIATE STUDENTS: See WED.28.

SPANISH CONVERSATION: Fluent and beginner speakers brush up on their español with a discussion led by a Spanish teacher. Presented by Dorothy Alling Memorial Library. 5-6 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, programs@damlvt.org.

lgbtq

THRIVE QTPOC MOVIE NIGHT: Each month, Pride Center of Vermont virtually screens a movie centered on queer and trans people of color.

Essex Junction, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6956.

TUE.4 chittenden county

16. Manchester Community Library, Manchester Center, 2-4 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 549-4574.

SAT.1

stowe/smuggs

MUSICAL STORY TIME: Song, dance and other tuneful activities supplement picture books for kids 2 through 5. Morristown Centennial Library, Morrisville, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 888-3853.

SUN.2 burlington

MASKS ON! SUNDAYS: Elderly, disabled and immunocompromised folks get the museum to themselves at a masksmandatory morning. ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 9-10 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 864-1848.

mad river valley/ waterbury

FAMILY STORY TIME: Familiar stories, songs and rhymes follow the themes of friendship and community. South Burlington Public Library & City Hall, 1010:45 a.m. Free. Info, 846-4140.

PLAYGROUP & FAMILY SUPPORT:

Families with children under age 5 play and connect with others in the community. Winooski Memorial Library, 10-11 a.m. Free. Info, 655-6424.

6:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, thrive@pridecentervt.org.

montréal

‘AURA’: See WED.28.

FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DE JAZZ DE MONTRÉAL: See THU.29.

music

MYRA FLYNN: The award-winning new-soul singer croons the night away. Food available for purchase.

Martha Pellerin & Andy Shapiro

Memorial Bandstand, Middlesex, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 272-4920.

SUMMER CONCERT SERIES:

DAVID KARL ROBERTS: The longtime New England troubadour infuses his Americana sound with inspiration from outlaw folk and swamp blues. Burlington City Hall Park, 12:30-1:30 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7166.

ZACH NUGENT UNCORKED: See WED.28.

sports

GREEN MOUNTAIN TABLE

TENNIS CLUB: See WED.28. VERMONT LAKE MONSTERS: See THU.29.

theater

‘BUDDY: THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY’: See WED.28, 2 & 7:30 p.m. CIRCUS SMIRKUS BIG TOP TOUR: ‘A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S CIRCUS’: See TUE.4, 1-3 & 6-8 p.m.

‘MISERY’: See WED.28.

‘SENSE AND SENSIBILITY’: See WED.28.

‘YOU’RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN’: See SAT.1. Rutland

manchester/ bennington

STORY TIME: Youth librarian Carrie leads little tykes in stories and songs centered on a new theme every week. Birth through age 5. Manchester Community Library, Manchester Center, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 362-2607.

WED.5 burlington

Recreation Community Center, 4 p.m.

words

BANNED BOOKS TOUR: See WED.28. Everyone’s Books, Brattleboro, 5:30 p.m.

CHRISTOPHER MERRILL: The prolific wordsmith reads from a wide array of poetry and nonfiction writings. Lowe Lecture Hall, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, 7:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 635-2727. FRIENDS OF THE STOWE FREE LIBRARY BOOK SALE: See SAT.1, 9 a.m.-8 p.m. ➆

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 theaters in the On Screen section.

music + nightlife

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

Learn more about highlighted listings in the Magnificent 7 on page 11.

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Memorial Library, Williston, 10:30-11 a.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

LEGO BUILDERS: See WED.28.

SUMMER CRAFTYTOWN: See WED.28.

THE MORE WE’RE SAFE TOGETHER: Toddlers and preschoolers take a trip to the fire station to learn about fire safety and explore the engines. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 10-10:45 a.m. Free. Info, 878-6956.

barre/montpelier

CHESS CLUB: See WED.28.

SUMMER FUN NIGHTS: See WED.28. mad

river valley/ waterbury

mad

river valley/ waterbury

‘ROALD DAHL’S WILLY WONKA’: See THU.29.

LIVE REPTILES: Vermont Institute of Natural Science herpetologists show and tell about scaly creatures from across New England. Waterbury Public Library, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 244-7036.

manchester/ bennington

NOTORIOUS RPG: Kids 10 through 14 create characters and play a collaborative adventure game similar to Dungeons & Dragons. Manchester

‘ROALD DAHL’S WILLY WONKA’: See THU.29, 4 p.m.

MON.3 burlington

MANGA MONDAY: Lovers of Japanese graphic novels get together for snacks and discussion. Ages 11 through 18. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 4-5 p.m. Free. Info, 540-2546.

chittenden county

TOY SWAP: Kids set themselves up for a fun summer by choosing new-tothem donated toys. Brownell Library,

PRESCHOOL STORY TIME: Little ones enjoy a cozy session of reading, rhyming and singing. Birth through age 5. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 10:30-11 a.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

barre/montpelier

PRESCHOOL STORY TIME: See THU.29.

upper valley

4TH ON THE FARM: Wagon rides, lawn games, story times and historically accurate baseball games provide festive fun for folks of all ages. Billings Farm & Museum, Woodstock, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Regular admission, $10-17; free for members and kids under 4. Info, 457-2355.

BEACH STORY TIME: All ages are welcome to a George Peabody Library read-aloud in the gazebo next to the lake. Treasure Island, Fairlee, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 333-9724.

‘WINNIE-THE-POOH’: Very Merry Theatre’s new musical version of A.A. Milne’s classic book features the adventures of Pooh Bear, Christopher Robin and all of their friends in the Hundred Acre Wood. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 863-3403.

BABYTIME: See WED.28.

FAMILY GAME NIGHT: Librarians set out an array of games suitable for kids ages 3 through 10 and their families. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 5-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 863-3403.

FREE COLLEGE ESSAY WRITING CLASS: A four-week class from Walker Tutoring helps teens write a killer application. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 4-6 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 540-2546.

STEAM SPACE: See WED.28.

STORIES WITH SHANNON: See WED.28.

chittenden county

BABY TIME: Parents and caregivers bond with their pre-walking babes during this gentle playtime. Dorothy Alling

QUEER READS: LGBTQIA+ and allied youth get together each month to read and discuss ideas around gender, sexuality and identity. Waterbury Public Library, 6-7 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 244-7036.

upper valley

PRE-K STORY TIME: Little ones and their caregivers hear a different farmthemed tale every week in July. Snacks included. Ages 3 through 5. Billings Farm & Museum, Woodstock, 9:30-11 a.m. $10-12; preregister. Info, cpeavey@ billingsfarm.org.

manchester/ bennington

MCL FILM CLUB: See WED.28. NEW MOMS’ GROUP: See WED.28. K

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art

DAVIS STUDIO ART CLASSES:

Discover your happy place in one of our weekly classes. Making art boosts emotional well-being and brings joy to your life, especially when you connect with other art enthusiasts. Select the ongoing program that’s right for you. Now enrolling youths and adults for classes in drawing, painting and fused glass. Location: Davis Studio, 916 Shelburne Rd., S. Burlington. Info: 802-425-2700, davisstudiovt.com.

gardening

FLOWER ARRANGING: Learn sustainable flower arranging! No foam used. Join us for a demo, create your own bowl arrangement with lush flowers and take it home. Limited space, so sign up

early and bring a friend! Nibbles, refreshments and great memories included. Wed., Jul. 19, noon.

Cost: $100. Location: Sterling Forest Lodge, 3791 Sterling Valley Rd., Stowe. Info: mothra6@earth link.net, sevendaystickets.com.

FRUIT & VEGGIES: Why do some plants grow fruits without being pollinated while others need a partner to bear fruit? Why doesn’t every zucchini flower turn into a fruit, while all apple flowers have the ability to turn into an apple?

Jul. 11, 5-6:30 p.m. Cost: $15/ scholarships avail. Location: Red Wagon Plants, 2408 Shelburne Falls Rd., Hinesburg. Info: 802482-4060, redwagonplants.com.

martial arts

AIKIDO: THE POWER OF HARMONY: Discover the dynamic, flowing martial art of aikido. Relax

under pressure and cultivate core power, aerobic fitness and resiliency. Aikido emphasizes throws, joint locks and internal power. Circular movements teach how to blend with the attack. We offer inclusive classes and a safe space for all. Visitors should watch a class before joining. Beginners’ classes 4 days a week. Membership rates incl. unlimited classes. Contact us for info about membership rates for adults, youths & families. Location: Aikido of Champlain Valley, 257 Pine St., Burlington. Info: Benjamin Pincus, 802-951-8900, bpincus@burlingtonaikido.org, burlingtonaikido.org.

well-being

TASTE OF PEACE WORKSHOP:

Psst. Hey, you. You are not the only one hoping for things to get better and worrying they won’t. We’ve all been feeling out of sorts and on edge. Yup. It’s exhausting. Imagine having the energy and peace of mind to enjoy being you (again). Join us and learn to spark your joy. Wed., noon-1:30 p.m., through end of Aug. Cost: $25/person for each 1.5-hour class. Attend as often as you can! Location: Zoom. Info: 929-2900056, kristine.burke@masterfulu. com, masterfulu.com.

Coffee

AGE/SEX: 7-year-old neutered male

ARRIVAL DATE: May 19, 2023

SUMMARY : Our senior boy made his way to HSCC when his owner was moving and Coffee wasn’t able to come along. Previously in our care in 2020 when he was found as a loose dog, Coffee hopes this year will bring him a special family that he can adore for his golden years. He’s a loving, gentle and treat-appreciating boy who adores being with his people.

DOGS/CATS/KIDS: Coffee’s previous owner noted that he was playful with other dogs. He has had a few different playgroups while in our care. He has shown both playful and coexisting behavior. Coffee’s history with cats and children is unknown.

Visit the Humane Society of Chittenden County at 142 Kindness Court, South Burlington, Tuesday through Friday from 1 to 5 p.m. or Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Call 862-0135 or visit hsccvt.org for more info.

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Legal Notices

ACT 250 NOTICE MINOR APPLICATION 4C0554-9 10 V.S.A. §§ 6001 - 6111

Application 4C0554-9 from The Snyder Group, Inc., 4076 Shelburne Road, Shelburne, VT 05482 and Catamount/Shelburne, LLC, P.O. Box 790, Burlington, VT 05401 was received on June 19, 2023, and deemed complete on June 20, 2023. The project is generally described as construction of a 1,080 square foot addition to existing building “A” within the Shelburne Commons commercial complex and elimination of 5 parking spaces. The project is located at 4066-4076 Shelburne Road in Shelburne, Vermont. This application can be viewed online by visiting the Act 250 Database: (https://anrweb.vt.gov/ANR/Act250/Details. aspx?Num=4C0554-9).

No hearing will be held, and a permit will be issued unless, on or before July 12, 2023, a party notifies the District 4 Commission in writing of an issue requiring a hearing, or the Commission sets the matter for a hearing on its own motion. Any person as defined in 10 V.S.A. § 6085(c)(1) may request a hearing. Any hearing request must be in writing, must state the criteria or sub-criteria at issue, why a hearing is required, and what additional evidence will be presented at the hearing. Any hearing request by an adjoining property owner or other person eligible for party status under 10 V.S.A. § 6085(c)(1)(E) must include a petition for party status under the Act 250 Rules. To request party status and a hearing, fill out the Party Status Petition Form on the Board’s website: https://nrb. vermont.gov/documents/party-status-petitionform, and email it to the District 4 Office at: NRB. Act250Essex@vermont.gov. Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law may not be prepared unless the Commission holds a public hearing.

For more information contact Stephanie H. Monaghan at the address or telephone number below.

Dated this June 20, 2023.

By:/s/ Stephanie H. Monaghan

Stephanie H. Monaghan District Coordinator 111 West Street Essex Junction, VT 05452

802-261-1944

stephanie.monaghan@vermont.gov

PLACE AN AFFORDABLE NOTICE AT: SEVENDAYSVT.COM/LEGAL-NOTICES OR CALL 802-865-1020, EXT. 142.

ACT 250 NOTICE MINOR APPLICATION 4C1354

10 V.S.A. §§ 6001 - 6111

Application 4C1354 from JMW Investments LLC, 349 Commerce St, Williston, VT 05495 was received on May 11, 2023 and deemed complete on June 16, 2023. The project specifically authorizes a 32-Unit Planned Unit Development (PUD) named Weston Woods. The project parcel is a 20.12 acre tract of land located within the Medium Density Residential (R-2) zoning district. The lot has an existing single-family home to remain and the remainder of the lot is undeveloped. The project will consist of 30 duplex units and one (1) single-family unit on footprint lots to accompany the existing single-family home (total 32 units). The remainder of the parcel is proposed to be contiguous open space (10.22 acres) managed by the HOA. The project proposes a 939 LF long public road (Elsa Lane), with a 276 LF long private road (Tessa Court) and a 22’ wide private drive (Westchester Circle) off Elsa Lane.

This permit specifically authorizes the Permittees to subdivide a 20.12-acre parcel of land into 30 footprint lots, to construct a single-family home on lot 25, and to construct duplex units on lots 1- 24, and 26-29, and 31-32. Lot 30 will retain the existing single family home. The Project is located at 87 Pinecrest Drive in Essex, Vermont.

This application can be viewed online by visiting the Act 250 Database: (https://anrweb.vt.gov/ ANR/Act250/Details.aspx?Num=4C1354).

No hearing will be held, and a permit will be issued unless, on or before July 11, 2023, a party notifies the District 4 Commission in writing of an issue requiring a hearing, or the Commission sets the matter for a hearing on its own motion. Any person as defined in 10 V.S.A. § 6085(c)(1) may request a hearing. Any hearing request must be in writing, must state the criteria or sub-criteria at issue, why a hearing is required, and what additional evidence will be presented at the hearing. Any hearing request by an adjoining property owner or other person eligible for party status under 10 V.S.A. § 6085(c)(1)(E) must include a petition for

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party status under the Act 250 Rules. To request party status and a hearing, fill out the Party Status Petition Form on the Board’s website: https://nrb. vermont.gov/documents/party-status-petitionform, and email it to the District 4 Office at: NRB. Act250Essex@vermont.gov. Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law may not be prepared unless the Commission holds a public hearing.

For more information contact Kaitlin Hayes at the address or telephone number below.

Dated this June 21, 2023.

By: /s/Kaitlin Hayes

Kaitlin Hayes

District Coordinator

111 West Street Essex Junction, VT 05452 (802) 622-4084 kaitlin.hayes@vermont.gov

ACT 250 NOTICE MINOR APPLICATION 4C0619-13

10 V.S.A. §§ 6001 - 6111

Application 4C0619-13 from Town of Milton, 43 Bombardier Road, Milton, VT 05468 was received on June 14, 2023, and deemed complete on June 19, 2023. The project is generally described as construction of a 30,000 s.f. public works building and a 14,300 s.f. storage building for salt and sand on a recently subdivided 6.72 acre parcel west of the Town’s municipal complex. The project includes a driveway, parking, stormwater treatment practices, landscaping for vegetative screening and a new ±1,000-foot-long pervious stone path connecting the new access off of Park Place to the existing trails near the dog park. The project is located at 0 Bombardier Road in Milton, Vermont. This application can be viewed online by visiting the Act 250 Database: (https://anrweb.vt.gov/ ANR/Act250/Details.aspx?Num=4C0619-13).

No hearing will be held, and a permit will be issued unless, on or before July 12, 2023, a party notifies the District 4 Commission in writing of an issue requiring a hearing, or the Commission sets the matter for a hearing on its own motion. Any person as defined in 10 V.S.A. § 6085(c)(1) may request a hearing. Any hearing request must be in writing, must state the criteria or sub-criteria at issue,

why a hearing is required, and what additional evidence will be presented at the hearing. Any hearing request by an adjoining property owner or other person eligible for party status under 10 V.S.A. § 6085(c)(1)(E) must include a petition for party status under the Act 250 Rules. To request party status and a hearing, fill out the Party Status Petition Form on the Board’s website: https://nrb. vermont.gov/documents/party-status-petitionform, and email it to the District 4 Office at: NRB. Act250Essex@vermont.gov. Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law may not be prepared unless the Commission holds a public hearing.

For more information contact Stephanie H. Monaghan at the address or telephone number below.

Dated June 19, 2023.

By:/s/ Stephanie H. Monaghan

Stephanie H. Monaghan

District Coordinator

111 West Street Essex Junction, VT 05452 802-261-1944

Stephanie.Monaghan@vermont.gov

BURLINGTON CITY COUNCIL

Openings on Burlington City Commissions/Boards

• CCRPC – alternate, Term Expires 6/30/25, One Opening Chittenden Solid Waste District – alternate, Term Expires 5/31/24, One Opening Church Street Marketplace Commission, Term Expires 6/30/26, One Opening

Conservation Board, Term Expires 6/30/27, One Opening

• Design Advisory Board – alternate, Term Expires 6/30/26, One Opening Development Review Board – alternate, Term Expires 6/30/26, One Opening Development Review Board, Term Expires 6/30/26, One Opening

Fence Viewer, Term Expires 6/30/24, One Opening

• Housing Board of Review, Term Expires 6/30/26, One Opening

• Board of Tax Appeals, Term Expires 6/30/26, One Opening

Vehicle for Hire Licensing Board, Term Expires 6/30/24, One Opening

Vehicle for Hire Licensing Board, Term Expires 6/30/25, One Opening

Board for Registration of Voters, Term Expires, 6/30/28, One Opening

Applications may be submitted to the Clerk/ Treasurer’s Office, 149 Church Street, Burlington, VT 05401 Attn: Lori NO later than Wednesday, August 9, 2023, by 4:30 pm. If you have any questions, please contact Lori at (802) 865-7136 or via email lolberg@burlingtonvt.gov.

City Council President Paul will plan for appointments to take place at the August 14, 2023 City Council Meeting/City Council With Mayor Presiding Meeting.

BURLINGTON DEVELOPMENT REVIEW BOARD

TUESDAY, JULY 18, 2023, 5:00 PM

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

Hybrid & In Person (at 645 Pine Street) Meeting

Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83225696227?

pwd=SGQ0bTdnS000Wkc3c2J4WWw1dzMxUT09

Webinar ID: 832 2569 6227

Passcode: 969186

Telephone: US +1 929 205 6099 or +1 301 715 8592 or +1 312 626 6799 or +1 669 900 6833 or +1 253 215 8782 or +1 346 248 7799

1. ZP-23-253; 453 Pine Street (E-LM, Ward 5S) Derrick Davis / Kelley DesRoches

Construction of 30,000 square foot health club (spa/bathhouse) and 12,400 square foot retail/commercial buildings with associated site improvements.

2. ZP-23-222; 10-12 Oak Street (RM, Ward 2C) Harold & Juliet Moran / Anna Thelemarck

Establish dwelling unit within the garage and reconfigure driveway. PUD for 2nd detached dwelling unit.

3. Joint Institutional Parking Management Plan

Continued review of proposed 2023-2028 Plan.

Plans may be viewed upon request by contacting the Department of Permitting & Inspections between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Participation in the DRB proceeding is a prerequisite to the right to take any subsequent appeal. Please note that ANYTHING submitted to the Zoning office is considered public and cannot be kept confidential. This may not be the final order in which items will be heard. Please view final Agenda, at www.burlingtonvt.gov/dpi/drb/agendas or the office notice board, one week before the hearing for the order in which items will be heard.

The City of Burlington will not tolerate unlawful harassment or discrimination on the basis of political or religious affiliation, race, color, national origin, place of birth, ancestry, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, veteran status, disability, HIV positive status, crime victim status or genetic information. The City is also committed to providing proper access to services, facilities, and employment opportunities. For accessibility information or alternative formats, please contact Human Resources Department at (802) 540-2505.

CITY OF BURLINGTON IN THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE A REGULATION IN RELATION TO BURLINTON CODE OF ORDINANCES— CHAPTER 20, MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC— ARTICLE III SECTION 20-66, PENALTIES

Sponsor(s): Department of Public Works

Action: Approved

Date: 6/21/2023

Attestation of Adoption: Phillip Peterson, PE Public Works Engineer, Technical Services

Published: 06/28/23

Effective: 07/19/23

It is hereby Ordained by the Public Works Commission of the City of Burlington as follows: That Chapter 20, Motor Vehicles and Traffic, Article I. In General, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Burlington is hereby amended as follows: Chapter 20. MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC

Articles I—II. As written.

Articles III. As written.

20-53 – 20-65 As written.

20-66. Charges.

(a) Metered Parking Offenses: The penalty for violating any ordinance regulating metered parking in the City of Burlington shall be twenty fifteen dollars ($15 20 .00).

(b) Nonmetered Parking Offenses:

(1) - (8) As written.

(9) Time limited parking offense. The penalty for time limited parking offenses as articulated in section 9 through 11-1 of Appendix C, shall be fifteen twenty dollars ($ 15 20 .00). Vehicles in violation of three or more time limited parking offenses within a three (3) year time period, also may be removed to another street or a remote location and if removed shall be assessed charges for removal as part of the issuance of the penalty, such charges to be assessed and collected pursuant to Division 2 of Article III of this chapter.

(c) As written.

20-67—20-82. As written.

Articles IV—VI. As written.

* Material stricken out deleted.

** Material underlined added. 6/21/2023

CITY OF BURLINGTON IN THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE A REGULATION IN RELATION TO RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE TRAFFIC COMMISSION— SECTION 7A ACCESSIBLE SPACES DESIGNATED. SECTION 9 FIFTEENMINUTE PARKING.

Sponsor(s): Public Works Commission

Action: Approved

Date: 6/21/2023

Attestation of Adoption:

Phillip Peterson, PE

Public Works Engineer, Technical Services

Published: 06/28/23

Effective: 07/19/23

It is hereby Ordained by the Public Works Commission of the City of Burlington as follows:

That Appendix C, Rule and Regulations of the Traffic Commission, Section 7A Accessible spaces designated, and Section 9 Fifteen-minute parking, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Burlington is hereby amended as follows:

Section 7A Accessible spaces designated

No person shall park any vehicle at any time in the following locations, except automobiles displaying special handicapped license plates issued pursuant to 18 V.S.A. § 1325, or any amendment or renumbering thereof:

(1)-(27) As written.

(28) Reserved Up to two spaces on Pine Street between Bank Street and College Street for the extents of SRF construction.

(29)-(173) As written.

9 Fifteen-minute parking.

(a) No person shall park a vehicle longer than fifteen (15) minutes, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m., Sundays and holidays excepted, in the following areas:

(1)-(10) As written.

(11) Reserved Up to two spaces in the first two metered spaces on Bank Street just east of Pine Street for the extents of SRF construction.

(12)-(126) As written.

** Material stricken out deleted.

*** Material underlined added.

BCO Appx.C, Section 7A and 9 6/21/2023

CITY OF BURLINGTON IN THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE A REGULATION IN RELATION TO RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE TRAFFIC COMMISSION—SECTION 9. FIFTEEN MINUTE PARKING. 12-1 NO PARKING EXCEPT VEHICLES LOADING OR UNLOADING.

Sponsor(s): Public Works Commission

Action: Approved

Date: 6/21/2023

Attestation of Adoption:

Phillip Peterson, PE

Public Works Engineer, Technical Services

Published: 06/28/23

Effective: 07/19/23

It is hereby Ordained by the Public Works Commission of the City of Burlington as follows:

That Appendix C, Rule and Regulations of the Traffic Commission, Section 9, Fifteen minute parking, and 12-1 No parking except vehicles loading or unloading of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Burlington is hereby amended as follows:

Section 9: Fifteen minute parking.

(a) As written.

(b) No person shall park any vehicle, at any time, longer than fifteen (15) minutes at the following locations:

(1)-(12) As written.

(13) On the south side of College Street beginning 60 feet west of Pine Street and extending west for 20 feet. Reserved.

(14)-(34) As written.

(c)-(d) As written.

12-1 No parking except vehicles loading or unloading. No person shall park a vehicle at the following locations unless engaged in loading or unloading the vehicle:

(1)-(20) As written.

(21) Reserved. On the south side of College Street, in the second space west of Pine Street, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., for a maximum time limit of thirty (30) minutes.

(22)-(52) As written.

** Material stricken out deleted.

*** Material underlined added.

/hm: BCO Appx.C, Section 9 & 12-1 6/21/2023

CITY OF BURLINGTON IN THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE A REGULATION IN RELATION TO RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE TRAFFIC COMMISSION— SECTION 7. NO PARKING AREAS

Sponsor(s): Public Works Commission

Action: Approved

Date: 6/21/2023

Attestation of Adoption:

Phillip Peterson, PE Public Works Engineer, Technical Services

Published: 06/28/23

Effective: 07/19/23

It is hereby Ordained by the Public Works Commission of the City of Burlington as follows:

That Appendix C, Rule and Regulations of the Traffic Commission, Section 7, No parking areas of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Burlington is hereby amended as follows:

7 No parking areas. No person shall park any vehicle at any time in the following locations:

(1)-(14) As written.

(15) Reserved. On either side of Briggs Street. (16)-(581) As written.

** Material stricken out deleted.

*** Material underlined added.

/hm: BCO Appx.C, Section 7 6/21/2023

CITY OF BURLINGTON IN THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE A REGULATION IN RELATION TO RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE TRAFFIC COMMISSION— SECTION 10. TWO HOUR

PARKING

Sponsor(s): Public Works Commission

Action: Approved

Date: 6/21/2023

Attestation of Adoption:

Phillip Peterson, PE Public Works Engineer, Technical Services

Published: 06/28/23

Effective: 07/19/23

It is hereby Ordained by the Public Works Commission of the City of Burlington as follows:

That Appendix C, Rule and Regulations of the Traffic Commission, Section 10, Two hour parking of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Burlington is hereby amended as follows:

Section 10: Two hour parking. No person shall park a vehicle for a period longer than two (2) hours between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., Sundays and holidays excepted, in the following locations:

(1)-(3) As written.

(4) Reserved. The first three spaces south of North Winooski Avenue on the west side of North Union Street.

(5)-(20) As written.

** Material stricken out deleted.

*** Material underlined added.

/hm: BCO Appx.C, Section 10 6/21/2023

NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO BROWNFIELDS REUSE AND ENVIRONMENTAL LIABILITY LIMITATION ACT PROGRAM

Please take notice that Kitter Spatter whose mailing address is 168 Archibald Street, Burlington, VT 05401, is applying to the Vermont Brownfields Reuse and Environmental Liability Limitation Program (10 V.S.A. §6641 et seq.) in connection with the redevelopment of property known as 168 Archibald Street in the City of Burlington, Vermont . A copy of the application, which contains a preliminary environmental assessment and a description of the proposed redevelopment project is available for public review at the Burlington, Vermont Clerk’s Office and at the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation offices in Montpelier. Comments concerning the application and/or the above referenced documents may be directed to Kitter Spater at 802-497-4111 or at kspater@ briggshousevt.com Comments may also be submitted by mail to the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation, Waste Management Division, 1 National Life Drive – Davis 1, Montpelier, VT 05620; attention: Kitter Spatter

STATE OF VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT ENVIRONMENTAL DIVISION DOCKET NO. 23-ENV -00063

In re. Hillview Heights LLC

Preliminary Subdivision Approval

NOTICE OF APPEAL

NOW COME Neighbors Bradley Holt and Jason Pelletier of 1931 Hillview Heights Road and David Kauck and Rebecca Butterfield of 2212 Hillview Heights Road (“Appellants”), by and through their counsel, MSK Attorneys, and hereby appeals, pursuant to 24 V.S.A. §4471 and 10 V.S.A. Ch. 220 to the Vermont Superior Court, Environmental Division, the Town of Richmond’s Development Review Board’s May 23, 2023 decision issuing preliminary plat/preliminary subdivision approval to Hillview Heights LLC for a 7-lot subdivision of property located at 2427 Hillview Heights Road. A copy of the DRB’s decision is attached hereto. Appellants have a right to appeal pursuant to 10 V.S.A chapter 220 as the applicants are interested persons. Appellants are neighbors to the proposed subdivision and reside in the immediate vicinity of the subdivision. They can see the proposed development and will impacted by traffic, and run-off impacts from the proposed development. Appellants participated n the Richmond proceedings.

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: In order to participate in this appeal, you must enter an appearance in the Vermont Environmental Court within twenty-one (21) days of receiving this Notice of Appeal. Notices of Appearance should be mailed to Jennifer Teske, Court Office Manager, Vermont Superior Court—Environmental Division, 32 Cherry Street, Suite 303, Burlington, VT 05401.

DATED at Burlington, Vermont this 16th day of June, 2023

Respectfully submitted,

MSK ATTORNEYS

By: /s/ Alexander LaRosa_ Alexander LaRosa, ERN 5814 275 College Street, P.O. Box 4485 Burlington, VT 05406-4485 Phone: 802-861-7000 (x119) Fax: 802-861-7007 Email: ajlarosa@mskvt.com

Attorneys for Applicants

Legal Notices [CONTINUED]

STATE OF VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT PROBATE DIVISION CHITTENDEN UNIT DOCKET NO.: 22-PR-06860

In re ESTATE of Kim Coates

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

To the creditors of: Kim Coates , late of Hinesburg, VT

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

Dated: June 14, 2023

Signature of Fiduciary: /s/ Gill B. Coates

Executor/Administrator: Gill B. Coates, 1211 Texas Hill Rd, Hinesburg VT 05461 802-482-2427 kimgcoates@gmavt.net

Name of Publication: Seven Days

Publication Date: 6/28/2023

Name of Probate Court: Vermont Superior Court, Chittenden Unit, Probate Division

Address of Probate Court: 175 Main St, PO Box 511 Burlington, VT 05401

STATE OF VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT PROBATE DIVISION CHITTENDEN UNIT DOCKET NO.: 23-PR-01085

In re ESTATE of Daniel Safford

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

To the creditors of: Daniel Safford, late of Colchester, Vermont

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

Dated: June 21, 2023

Signature of Fiduciary: /s/ Isaac Safford

Executor/Administrator: Isaac Safford c/o Scott A. McAllister, Esq. P.O. Box 1835, Williston, VT 05495 scott@gmlawvt.com (802) 876-7195

Name of Publication: Seven Days

Publication Date: 6/28/2023

Name of Probate Court: Vermont Superior Court, Chittenden Unit, Probate Division

Address of Probate Court: P.O. Box 511 Burlington, VT 05402-0511

REQUEST FOR CONSTRUCTION BIDS

Posted: June 26, 2023

Bids Due: July 21, 2023

Lincoln Road Riverbank Repair

Bristol, Vermont

The Town of Bristol is seeking competitive bids to repair two failed sections of road embankment armoring along the New Haven River (Figure 1). Segment C is 200 feet long and covers a footprint of 4,950 square feet. Segment R is 120 feet long and covers a footprint of 1,900 square feet. Work tasks will include removal of one or more lanes of Lincoln Road that will be closed to traffic, removal of the existing armoring stone and earth on the failed slope, hammering ledge to create a lip for the proposed stone, installation of blocky heavy stone that is pinned to ledge and grouted, installation of the sloped stone armoring, and reconstruction of Lincoln Road and associated site restoration.

Project construction is anticipated between August 1 and October 1, 2023. The project is being funded by a VTrans Structures Grant. Companies that are women-owned, minority-owned, Section 3, and local small businesses are encouraged to submit bids. A complete scope of work and other information can be found on the Vermont Bid System website (http://www.vermontbusinessregistry.com) or the Town of Bristol’s website (http://www.Bristolvt. org). For more information, contact Valerie Capels, Bristol Town Administrator, at (802) 453-2410 ext. 1 or at townadmin@bristolvt.org.

A pre-bid site showing is planned for Tuesday July 11, 2023 at 10:00 am. Meet at Eagle Park off of Lincoln Road.

Bids will be accepted until 10:00 AM, Friday July 21, 2023 by mail or hand delivery to the Town of Bristol, P.O. Box 249, 1 South Street, Bristol, Vermont, 05443, Attn. Town Administrator, or by Email to townadmin@bristolvt.org. The Selectboard has the right to accept or reject any and all bids. The Town of Bristol is an equal opportunity provider and employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, sexual orientation, disability, religion, gender, or familial status.

STATE OF VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT

PROBATE DIVISION CHITTENDEN UNIT

DOCKET NO.: 23-PR-03123

In re ESTATE of Cheryl Ann Allis

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

To the creditors of: Cheryl Ann Allis, late of Milton, Vermont

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

Dated: June 23, 2023

Signature of Fiduciary: /s/ William Allis

Executor/Administrator:

William O. Allis c/o Geraldine E. Stewart; Jarrett

| Hoyt 1795 Williston Road, Suite 125 South Burlington, VT 05403 gerry@vtelaw.com 802-864-5951

Name of Publication: Seven Days

Publication Date: 6/28/2023

Name of Probate Court: Vermont Superior Court, Chittenden Unit, Probate Division

Address of Probate Court: P.O. Box 511 Burlington, VT 05402-0511

STATE OF VERMONT VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT

WASHINGTON UNIT, CIVIL DIVISION

DOCKET NO: 142-3-20 WNCV

HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as Trustee for GsSAA Home Equity Trust 2005-12, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-12

v. Andrew Montroll, Esq., as Administrator of the Estate of John E. Alex and Vermont Department of Taxes

Occupants Of: 4334 Vermont Route 1, Warren 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 December 21, 2021, in the above captioned action brought to foreclose that certain mortgage given by John E. Alex and the late Mary Ann Clark to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., dated March 11, 2005 and recorded in Book 172 Page 702 of the land records of the Town of Warren, of which mortgage the Plaintiff is the present holder, by virtue of an Assignment of Mortgage from Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. to HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as Trustee for GSAA Home Equity Trust 2005-12, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-12 dated March 26, 2013 and recorded in Book 221 Page 520 of the land records of the Town of Warren for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for

the purpose of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 4334 Vermont Route 1, Warren, Vermont on July 26, 2023 at 11:00 AM all and singular the premises described in said mortgage,

To wit:

Being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to John E. Alex and Mary Ann Clark by Warranty Deed of John Simko and Doreen Simko of even or approximate date herewith and to be recorded in the land records of the Town of Warren, Vermont.

Being all and the same lands and premises as were conveyed to John Simko and Doreen Simko by Warranty Deed of Russell C. LoGuidice dated November 28, 1977 and recorded December 6, 1977 in Book 46, pages 455-456 of the land records of the Town of Warren, Vermont.

Being all and the same lands and premises as were conveyed to Russell LoGuidice by Warranty Deed of Alvin J. Babcock and John M. Murphy dated October 3, 1972 and recorded October 18, 1972 in Book 36, pages 442-445 of the land records of the Town of Warren, Vermont. Being lands and premises said to consist of approximately 2.3 acres of land with a residence thereon, located at 4334 Vermont Route 100 in Warren, Vermont, Said lands are, in fact, bisected by Vermont Route 100.

Subject to and with the benefit of rights, restrictions, covenants, terms, rights-of-way and easements referenced in the above mentioned deeds and instruments and their records, or otherwise of record in the Town of Warren Land Records, and subject to terms and conditions of state and local land use regulations and any permits issued by any state or local authority under those regulations, which are valid and enforceable at law on the date of this deed - not meaning by such language to renew or reinstate any encumbrance which is otherwise barred by the provisions of Vermont law.

Reference may be had to the above mentioned deeds and their records, and to all prior deeds and instruments and their records, for a more particular description of the herein conveyed lands and premises.

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 bank wire, certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check within sixty (60) days after the date the Confirmation Order is entered by the Court. All checks should be made payable to “Bendett & McHugh, PC, as Trustee”.

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 : June 16, 2023

By: /s/ Rachel K. Ljunggren

Rachel K. Ljunggren, Esq.

Bendett and McHugh, PC

270 Farmington Ave., Ste. 151 Farmington, CT 06032

TOWN OF ESSEX PLANNING COMMISSION

AGENDA/PUBLIC HEARING

July 13, 2023-6:00 P.M.

Virtual via Zoom or Municipal Conference Room 81 MAIN ST., ESSEX JCT., VT

Anyone may attend this meeting in person at the above address or remotely through the following options:

• Zoom link: https://www.essexvt.org/1043/ Join-Zoom-Meeting-Essex-PC

• Call (audio only): 1-888-788-0099 | Meeting ID: 923 7777 6158 # | Passcode: 426269

• Public wifi is available at the Essex municipal offices, libraries, and hotspots listed here: https:// publicservice.vermont.gov/content/ public-wifi-hotspots-vermont

1. Discussion and Election of Officers 2. Approval of PC Operating Procedures 3. Public Comments 4. Consent Agenda:-BOUNDARY LINE ADJUSTMENT: Ronald & Alice Siegriest are proposing to adjust the boundary lines located at 226 from a 1.38acre lot to a .92-acre lot & increase 232 River Road from a 28-99-acre lot to a 29.4-acre lot, both in the Medium Density (R2) Zone. Tax IDs: 2/033/001/000 & 2/004/010/003. 5. Minutes: June 22, 2023, 6. Other Business-Follow-up discussions on RPD-I Community Forum. Visit our website at www.essexvt.org.

TOWN OF RICHMOND DEVELOPMENT REVIEW

BOARD AGENDA JULY 12, 2023 AT 7:00 PM

Location: 3rd floor meeting room Richmond Town Offices, 203 bridge street Richmond VT, 05477 Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82607801509?pwd=T nJlSHNScUI0NjZMTjEvbmhSN0FVdz09 Meeting ID: 826 0780 1509

Passcode: 241149

Call-in: +1 929 205 6099 US (New York)

Application materials may be viewed at http:// www.richmondvt.gov/boards-minutes/ development-review-board/ before the meeting. Please call Tyler Machia, Zoning Administrator, at 802-434-2430 or email tmachia@richmondvt.gov with any questions.

Public Hearing

Item 1

Continuation of SUB2023-05 Buttermilk LLC Parcel ID#JC0074

The applicants, Buttermilk LLC, are seeking Final Subdivision approval for their Planned Unit Development located at 74 Jolina Court. They are presenting a masterplan of the proposed development and are also seeking to formalize the multi-phased development for the remainder of the project. The applicants are also proposing final plans for construction of proposed building 2 of the Planned Unit Development.

Item 2

Continuation of CU2023-05 Richmond Village Housing Partnership Parcel ID#RR0123

The applicants, Richmond Village Housing Partnership, are seeking Conditional Use Approval to correct issues with unpermitted work in the Special Flood Hazard Overlay District. The applicants are seeking to repair unpermitted work and restore and improve previously permitted drainage system.

Item 3

Continuation of SUB2023-08 Jameson Partners LLC Parcel ID#DS0022

The applicants, Jameson Partners, LLC, are seeking final approval for a Planned Unit Development located at 22 Depot Street. Site re-development would entail removal of several single-story wood framed garages and storage buildings, consolidation and reconstruction of onsite parking, and construction of a three-story addition with commercial lease space on the ground floor, and four apartments above.

VERMONT SELF-STORAGE

The contents of storage unit 03-00511 located at 182 Winter Sport lane Williston, VT, will be sold on or about the 13th of July 2023 to satisfy the debt of Thomas Billings. Any person claiming a right to the goods may pay the amount claimed due and reasonable expenses before the sale, in which case the sale may not occur.

The contents of storage unit 01-04282 located at 28 Adams Drive Williston, VT, will be sold on or about 13th of July 2023 to satisfy the debt of Andrea Myers. 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.

Vermont Works for Women is growing!

If you believe in our mission of promoting economic justice by advancing gender equity and supporting women and youth at every stage of their career journeys, consider applying for one of these positions:

Youth Program Coordinator – Implements and supports our youth programming including Rosie’s Girls Afterschool and Summer Camp, Tech Center Career Exploration, Youth@Work, Women Can Do and others. Full time position paying $19-20/hour.

Gender Equity Manager – Builds programming and training content, fosters relationships, grows contracted services, develops new services, and represents VWW to advocate for and advance equity initiatives. Full time position paying $26/hour.

Marketing & Communications Specialist –Ensures that VWW communicates effectively with its many constituencies through engaging visuals and storytelling. Full time position paying $20.50-23/hour.

Read the full job descriptions, benefits package and directions to apply at Careers and Internships at bit.ly/3JuvniZ

If reasonable accommodation is needed to apply, please contact us at info@vtworksforwomen.org or 802-655-8900 x100

Case Manager

Come work with a great team, in a job where each day is different, and you meet wonderful and interesting people (and their pets)!

ATTENTION RECRUITERS:

POST YOUR JOBS AT: JOBS.SEVENDAYSVT.COM/POST-A-JOB

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TOUR COORDINATORS

Travel is booming, and we are growing! Music Contact International, a group tour operator specializing in customized domestic and international performance travel, is seeking full-time Tour Coordinators.

Join our team, and be part of a community of dedicated, bright, and well-traveled professionals!

Salary range: 55-60k

For more details on the roles and application process, visit:

TOUR COORDINATOR: bit.ly/MCItourCoord

No phone calls, please.

We’re

Westview Meadows and The Gary Residence, part of O.M. Fisher Home Inc., are independent living and residential care communities for seniors, providing the highest quality care and services for our residents and their families.

HomeShare Vermont is a 40-year-old non-profit, dedicated to promoting intergenerational homesharing to help homeowners age in place, while creating affordable housing arrangements for others. We have an opening for a Case Manager in our Montpelier office.

The Case Manager will work with applicants looking for housing & those who want to share their homes. Community outreach about homesharing is also an important part of the job. Job includes travel throughout Washington, Orange, and Lamoille counties so a reliable vehicle is a must.

Position is full-time with excellent benefits & flexible schedule. Send cover letter & resume via email ONLY to Joyce@homesharevermont.org. E.O.E.

Seven Days Issue: 6/28

CVSWMD IS Hiring!

Engaging minds that change the world

Seeking a position with a quality employer? Consider The University of Vermont, a stimulating and diverse workplace. We offer a comprehensive benefit package including tuition remission for on-going, full-time positions.

Strategic Communications Manager, Gund Institute - University Communications - #S4410PO - The University of Vermont (https://www. uvm.edu) and the Gund Institute for Environment (https://www.uvm.edu/gund) seek a Strategic Communications Manager to bolster UVM’s news and media relations team.

The Gund Strategic Communications Manager’s primary responsibilities include:

• Identify and pitch newsworthy research and experts to journalists covering the environment, sustainability and other related topics.

• Produce multimedia stories and strategies (digital, print, video), including news releases, feature stories, pitches, and social media posts.

• Manage and develop digital channels (social media, website, and email).

• Communicate effectively with target audiences, including journalists, policymakers, community partners, donors, stakeholders, prospective students, and alumni.

• Provide communications trainings to faculty and students.

The Gund Institute and UVM’s Strategic Communications are especially interested in candidates who can contribute to its diversity and excellence. Applicants are encouraged to include in their cover letter information about how they will further this goal.

SALARY: The hiring salary is budgeted between the high-point ($74,100/year) and the midpoint ($56,550/year), commensurate with the candidate’s skills and experience, plus benefits.

Review of applications will begin July 17, 2023, and will continue until the position is filled.

For further information on this position and others currently available, or to apply online, please visit www.uvmjobs.com Applicants must apply for positions electronically. Paper resumes are not accepted. Open positions are updated daily. Please call 802-656-3150 or email employment@uvm.edu for technical support with the online application.

The University of Vermont is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.

SHARED LIVING PROVIDERS

Provide home supports to individuals with intellectual disabilities and autism. Positions include a generous sign on bonus and stipend, respite, comprehensive training & support, and the opportunity to make a positive impact in someone’s life. The perfect match for you and your household awaits!

Full-time Position: Live with an individual who enjoys watching gameshows, relaxing at home and going out to coffee shops. The ideal candidate will be flexible, patient and have the desire to make a difference in someone’s life. This is a great solution for housing and employment!

Provide residential supports in your home to a charming, gowith-the-flow gentleman who enjoys creating art, swimming, bowling and being included in household activities. The ideal candidate will be upbeat, positive and inclusive.

Part-time Position: Support a personable gentleman part-time in your accessible home. This individual enjoys socializing, accessing the community and woodworking. The ideal candidate will support him with these adventures and with activities of daily living.

Contact Jennifer Wolcott 655-0511, ext. 118 or jwolcott@ccs-vt.org

Athens Diner is now hiring.

Due: 6/26 by 11am

Size: 3.83” x 5.25”

Program Coordinator

Cost: $476.85 (with 1 week online)

Central Vermont Solid Waste Management District is seeking a qualified candidate to join our team as a Program Coordinator. Duties include support and oversight of the Additional Recyclables Collection Center, HazWaste, and special collections programs; site maintenance; working with contractors; and staffing District events.

40 hours/week, $18.70 - $26 per hour plus generous benefits package.

For full job description and application instructions, visit cvswmd.org

At CVSWMD, we help residents and organizations in our 19 member towns reduce, reuse, recycle, and rethink waste for a more sustainable future. CVSWMD is an equal opportunity employer. Positions will remain open until filled.

Join Our Team!

Champlain Housing Trust is growing and we need great people to join our team. Consistently ranked as one of Vermont’s Best Places to Work, CHT is a socially responsible employer offering an inclusive, friendly work environment and competitive pay commensurate with experience. Our excellent benefit package includes a generous health insurance plan, three weeks of paid vacation, 14 paid holidays, sick leave, 403(b) retirement plan with a 4% contribution after the 1st year.

FOH Manager: $20/hr plus tips. Prep cook\Sous Chef $18-$28/hr. Wed-Sun Servers

Send resume to info@athensdinervt.com

DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR

The Green Mountain Club is hiring for a full-time position that will be responsible for coordinating fundraising and major donor events, entering donations, and supporting GMC’s major donor program. $44-48,000 + benefits. Candidate review will begin July 10. For a complete job description and to apply: greenmountainclub.org/ developmentcoordinator

PSYCHOTHERAPIST

The Vermont Center for Anxiety Care (VCAC), a private psychotherapy practice on the Burlington waterfront, has an opening for a psychotherapist (M.A., MSW, or Ph.D) with family, child and/or adult therapy experience. Can be licensed or post-degree intern. Clinical supervision towards licensure provided as needed.

• Property Manager

• Senior Maintenance Technician

• Occupancy Specialist

The following opportunities are currently available: Please

is committed to a diverse workplace and highly encourages women, persons with disabilities, Section 3 low income residents, and people from diverse racial, ethnic and cultural backgrounds to apply.

VCAC is a collaborative group with holistic approach and multiple specialties. Visit web site: vtcenterforanxietycare.com

Send resume and cover letter describing professional interests and goals to Paul Foxman, Ph.D., 86 Lake Street, Burlington, VT 05401 or email: paulfoxman@aol.com

Radiology Techs: Join Our Team!

• Enjoy working with caring colleagues in the heart of beautiful Lamoille County—close to fabulous recreation, food and culture.

• Recent graduates are welcome! Copley provides a great environment for learning and growth.

Why not have a job you love?

For more info, visit copleyvt.org /careers or call J.T. Vize at 802-888-8329

Public Works Department Building & Grounds

PART-TIME YEAR-ROUND MAINTENANCE WORKER

Part-time position available for a Building & Grounds Maintenance Worker. 26 hrs/week. Responsibilities include building and grounds maintenance, custodial work, plowing operations in winter months, and other duties as assigned. Valid VT State Driver’s License is required. Applications can be picked up at the Public Works office at 7878 Williston Road, Williston, VT or, town.williston. vt.us/employment. E.O.E. Position will remain open until filled.

Benefit package includes 29 paid days off in the first year, comprehensive health insurance plan with premium as low as $13 per month, up to $6,400 to go towards medical deductibles and copays, a retirement match, and so much more.

And that’s on top of working at one of the “Best Places to Work in Vermont” for five years running.

CO-RESIDENT MANAGER DECKER TOWERS

Great jobs in management ($47,000 annual), direct support ($19-$20/hr), and Employment Specialist ($20/hr) at an award-winning agency serving Vermonters with intellectual disabilities. All positions include a generous sign-on bonus. Make a career making a difference. Apply today at Current Openings - Champlain Community Services

Burlington Housing Authority (BHA) in Burlington, VT is seeking a Co-Resident Manager for our 160-unit apartment building community located at 230 St. Paul Street in Burlington. Our Resident Managers are on call after BHA regular business hours to attend to various resident requests, any site-based emergency, light maintenance, community room cleaning duties, and other duties as assigned. Resident Managers must live on-site and are given a free apartment with utilities included, as well as a monthly telecommunications stipend.

Candidates must meet the physical requirements of the position including moving in different positions to accomplish tasks, ascending or descending stairs, adjusting or moving objects up to 50 pounds, and repeating motions that may include the wrists, hands, and fingers. This position also works in outdoor weather conditions.

The Resident Manager schedule includes regular check ins and updates with the Property Manger each week, and other meetings and communication as needed. Basic computer skills, with the ability to use Word and email effectively, as well as ability to communicate through text messaging is required.

BHA serves a diverse population of residents and works with various local agencies and partners. To carry out our vision most effectively of delivering safe and affordable housing to all, we are committed to cultivating a staff that reflects varied lived experiences, viewpoints, and educational backgrounds. Therefore, we strongly encourage candidates from diverse racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ+ individuals and women to apply. Multilingualism is a plus.

Please send a letter of interest to: humanresources@burlingtonhousing.org.

Burlington Housing Authority - Human Resources

65 Main St, Suite 101, Burlington, VT 05401

Burlington Housing Authority is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Development Manager

Yestermorrow Design/Build School is seeking a talented, self-motivated individual to further the School’s development e orts. This person will work closely with the Executive Director to cultivate existing donor relationships and to provide insight, direction and leadership to our school’s fundraising initiatives, which include special events, major gifts, grant writing, and more.

Prior fundraising experience, especially at a nonprofit, is required. Potential for hybrid in-person/remote work.

Base Pay Starting at $23/hour based on experience plus generous benefit package.

For a more detailed job description visit our website at: yestermorrow.org/jobs

WHY NOT HAVE A JOB YOU LOVE?

Benefit package includes 29 paid days off in the first year, comprehensive health insurance plan with premium as low as $13 per month, up to $6,400 to go towards medical deductibles and copays, a retirement match, and so much more.

And that’s on top of working at one of the “Best Places to Work in Vermont” for five years running.

Great jobs in management ($47,000 annual), direct support ($19-$20/hr) & Employment Specialist ($20/hr) at an awardwinning agency serving Vermonters with intellectual disabilities. All positions include a generous sign-on bonus.

Make a career making a difference. Apply today at ccs-vt.org/current-openings

Grants Coordinator

Watersheds United Vermont (WUV) is hiring a part-time Grants Coordinator. As part of Watersheds United Vermont’s work, WUV administers multiple block grants, largely through funding from Vermont’s Department of Environmental Conservation. The purpose of these block grants is for WUV to provide subgrants to watershed groups and partner organizations for watershed restoration projects statewide. WUV is seeking a half time (~20 hours per week) Grants Coordinator to help with all administrative and financial aspects of these grant programs as well as to support other WUV strategies. This position will work closely with WUV’s Director and Grants Administrator to ensure successful grant making, reporting and tracking. Visit https://bit.ly/3r24tIG for more infomation.

Send cover letter and resumes to: watershedsunited@gmail.com

Supervisory Union

HUMAN RESOURCE COORDINATOR

Lamoille North Supervisory Union, located in Hyde Park, is seeking a Human Resource Coordinator. The Human Resource Coordinator will coordinate a team that will support the routine functions of the Human Resources (HR) department including, but not limited to personnel hiring and interviewing processes, communications with Board Committee(s), benefits functions, and leave management functions, FMLA and Worker’s Compensation. The Human Resource Coordinator will be materially involved with supporting the districtwide negotiations process as well as personnel recognitions and corrective actions as appropriate from time to time.

The Human Resource Coordinator will ensure the organization’s compliance with all local, State and Federal labor laws, regulations and reporting, including, but not limited to, compliance with the FLSA, ADA, EEO and FMLA. The Human Resource Coordinator will collaborate regularly with the Finance Coordinator and payroll accountant(s) to review inter-departmental systems and processes to facilitate the seamless flow of vital information back and forth as needed to ensure smooth workflow and the accuracy of personnel and financial data and reporting.

The ideal candidate will have the ability to act with integrity, professionalism, confidentiality and impartiality; will have excellent verbal and written communication skills, strong interpersonal, negotiation, and conflict resolution skills, as well as analytical and problem solving skills. The HR Coordinator will devote a high level of attention to detail, and be able to prioritize and delegate tasks as necessary.

Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite or related software, familiarity with database use and the ability to quickly learn the organization’s human resource information system(s) and talent management system(s) are a plus. Associate’s degree or equivalent related experience, preferably in Human Resources, BusinessAdministration, or related fields and a minimum of three years of human resource experience preferred.

This is a salaried, full-year position offering a generous benefits package. Salary is commensurate with experience & education. Interested candidates can apply on-line at schoolspring.com/ job.cfm?jid=3968040. Or submit a letter of interest, resume and three current reference letters to: Deborah Clark, Business Manager at dclark@lnsd.org

Lamoille North S.U., 96 Cricket Hill Road, Hyde Park, VT 05655

Equal Opportunity Employer

ATTENTION RECRUITERS:

POST YOUR JOBS AT: SEVENDAYSVT.COM/POSTMYJOB

PRINT DEADLINE: NOON ON MONDAYS (INCLUDING HOLIDAYS)

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

Famous for Smoked Meats and Fine Foods Since 1873

Meat Production

Immediate part-time positions to make the World’s finest hams, bacon and other smoked meats.

Morning shifts, ± 30 hours per week.

Apply in person: 210 East Main Street, Richmond, VT.

WINGPERSONS TO FLY w/YOUNG MAN WITH AUTISM

Weekday morning and afternoon position open. Each position approximately 20 hrs/week. $25/hr.

See: KieselsteinAutism Program.com/ join-our-team for details.

Feed Mill Production Operator

We have immediate openings for 2nd shift Mill Production Operators at our state-of-the-art feed mill in New Haven, Vermont. The Mill Production Operator works on a team of 4-5 individuals to manufacture bulk animal feed.

As a team member at Phoenix, you’ll enjoy:

• Competitive hourly compensation based on experience

• Health and Dental Insurance

• Paid vacation, sick, & personal days, with most major holidays off

• 401K Retirement Plan

• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)

If you are interested in this position, please apply by sending your resume to lisa@phoenixfeeds.net, or call (802) 643-2299 to request an application.

Stylist or Barber

Busy Men's Aveda Salon looking for stylists or barber to take on large demand of business. We are a commission based salon offering vacation pay, education, matched 401k, and flexible working schedules. This is for a full or part time position. We are a 27 year old business with deep roots in the Burlington community.

Apply: info@ mensroomvt.com

The Flynn seeks applicants for a part-time position in our Box Office. This is a great opportunity to become a part of the exciting world of the performing arts.

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

Our part-time Customer Service Representatives are responsible for telephone and in-person ticket sales. Excellent customer service skills, attention to detail, and accuracy and speed with data entry required. This is a part-time position that includes some evening and weekend availability. $15/hr., paid time off, 401K, Union.

Detailed job description & more information: flynnvt.org/ About-Us/Employment-and-Internship-Opportunities

Send resume and cover letter: HResources@flynnvt.org

No phone calls, please. E.O.E.

Join the Flynn & be part of a team striving to make the community better through the arts. All backgrounds encouraged to apply. This is a full-time, benefited, in-person position.

GENERAL MANAGER

The Flynn is looking for a GM to support a cohesive team across multiple departments and act as a supervisor and sounding board for staff responsible for facilities, IT, security, production (union and non-union), front-of-house operations, and rentals. The GM’s efforts are crucial in supporting the Flynn to meet both annual goals and daily functions.

Visit our website for more details: flynnvt.org/About-Us/ Employment-and-Internship-Opportunities

Email materials to: HResources@flynnvt.org

No phone calls, please. EOE

Vermont statewide, school-based, literacy mentoring program for elementary-aged children

PROGRAM MANAGER

• 20 hrs/wk

• Based in Montpelier

• Starts at $20/hour DOQ

SITE COORDINATORS

• 10-14 hrs/wk, school calendar, starts at $16/hr.

• Barre City

• Burlington: Edmunds, Flynn, Sustainability Academy

• Northfield

• Shelburne

• W. Fairlee (Westshire School)

Letter of interest & resume: info@everybodywinsvermont.org

Feed Mill Maintenance Tech

The Maintenance Tech has a working knowledge of and is responsible for overseeing all aspects of maintenance and repairs of machinery and mechanical equipment. The Maintenance Tech also ensures precise equipment maintenance records are maintained.

As a team member at Phoenix, you’ll enjoy:

• Competitive hourly compensation based on experience.

• Health and Dental Insurance

• Paid vacation, sick, and personal days, with most major holidays off.

• 401K Retirement Plan.

• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP).

If you are interested in this position, please apply by sending your resume to lisa@phoenixfeeds.net, or call (802) 643-2299 to request an application.

Town of Charlotte Town Administrator/ Town Manager

School Based Clinicians

Are you ready for a new opportunity or inspired to get your clinical career started? NKHS has openings for School Based Clinicians that provide trauma informed counseling services in a variety of school settings, including day treatment. Openings across the Northeast Kingdom.

Therapeutic Case Manager - Day Treatment School Setting

An exciting opportunity to collaborate with a strong clinical team to provide individual and family supportive interventions. Integrating services, developing treatment and transitional plans for students in the Caledonia County for Cornerstone school and Kingdom East Collaborative. An opportunity to be deeply connected in a small school setting while gaining valuable professional experience.

Behavior and Social Skills Interventionist

Opportunity to work with a dedicated team and work directly with students providing support(s) so they can access their education in the school setting and make a positive difference in their lives.

Behavior Interventionist: St Johnsbury School or Newport City Elementary.

Social Skills Interventionist: Lyndon Town School or Concord Graded School

· 802-334-6744

The Town of Charlotte, Vermont (population 3,900) is seeking candidates for the position of Town Administrator. This position may change to Town Manager. The town has a municipal budget of $2.7 million for fiscal year 2023-24; the budgets for town’s library and fire/rescue service add an additional $324,356 and $965,806, respectively, to the cost of services voted on by town residents. The town has ten municipal employees, and the library has six employees. The town has a cherished rural character, active and engaged residents, and a strongly supported school system.

The Selectboard is seeking an individual with a collaborative and team-oriented approach; financial management and budgeting experience; experience with municipal operations; and general knowledge of human resource activities. Candidates should also possess excellent communication, community engagement, organizational, problem-solving and leadership skills. Municipal administration or management experience and a degree in public or business administration or related fields are preferred, but candidates with comparable work experience are encouraged to apply. Job description can be viewed at charlottevt.org

The selected candidate will receive an attractive compensation package including generous health and retirement plans. The salary range for the position is $71,000 - $94,000, DOQ. Charlotte is an EOE and values diversity and inclusiveness in the community and workplace. Email applications, including a cover letter and resumé, to townadmin@townofcharlotte. com by 4 p.m. on July 14, 2023. The Selectboard intends the selected candidate to start in early September, 2023 to allow for overlap with the current Town Administrator.

Goddard College, a leader in non-traditional education, has the following full-time, benefit eligible and part-time position openings:

ACADEMIC ENGAGEMENT COORDINATOR

ADMISSIONS & ENROLLMENT ADMIN COORDINATOR

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF ENROLLMENT SYSTEMS

TEMP ADMISSIONS COUNSELORS

To view position descriptions and application instructions, please visit our website: goddard.edu/about-goddard/employment-opportunities/

Planning & Economic Development Administrator

The Town of Lyndon is seeking a Planning and Economic Development Administrator who will be responsible for overseeing, coordinating, and carrying out a variety of functions relating to planning the future of Town and Village development.

Marketing Manager

Do you have a passion and drive to apply your talents to make a difference?

Green Mountain Habitat for Humanity seeks a Marketing Manager to drive the organization s marketing strategy and promote critical aspects of GMHFH s work to targeted audiences

Responsibilities included developing and implementing all online (social, email, website, digital advertising) and offline (collateral, print ad, direct mail, TV, radio) marketing and communications campaigns, managing budgets and media buys, and adhering to HFHI brand guidelines

Successful candidates will have solid copywriting, graphic design, and photography skills and experience administering digital ad campaigns Candidates from diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply

Visit our website for full job description and details on how to apply vermonthabitat org/employment

t he b r i d ge

Independent Non-profit Community News for Central Vermont

Digital Ad Sales Rep. √

Earn money part-time and help support local journalism Set your own hours and work from where you like. The right candidate will be sales oriented, self-motivated and digitally savvy— ideally comfortable with Google Ad Manager, WordPress, and Google Suite. This is a contract position with base pay plus commission and room for future growth.

• Details at: montpelierbridge.org/job-opportunities

The Planning and Economic Development Administrator is responsible for helping to create and maintain a vibrant community through responsible planning, economic development, sustainable growth, and protection of our natural resources, to ensure a high quality of life for residents and visitors. This position requires an individual to work closely with the Planning Commission providing direct staff support toward updating and evolving the Municipal Plan, Hazard Mitigation Plan, and the regulatory Zoning By-laws. Additionally, this position will require occasionally serving on, or attending meetings for other ad hoc committees such as the Economic Development Committee and the Downtown Revitalization Committee. This position will require the successful candidate to establish and maintain partnerships with local, regional, state, and federal organizations to create and maximize opportunities for economic development. Extensive grant writing experience and grant administration is preferred.

The Planning and Economic Development Administrator shall have leadership experience in planning, organizing and promoting economic development/re-development strategies, programs, and related activities along with a proven track record of meeting and exceeding expectations. The successful candidate will have the ability to work across diverse stakeholder groups to produce tangible planning and development outcomes. Effective communication skills, including advanced-level writing and presentation abilities, as well as experience working with the public, with the ability to be confident, firm, tactful, and discreet when discussing emotionally charged regulatory issues and supporting important relationships.

The applicant will be required to have a bachelor’s degree in a related field, or ideally a master’s degree in community development, planning, public administration, business administration, economics, or another related discipline (accredited programs preferred, AICP/professional certification desirable).

This is a salaried position with a salary range starting between $50,000-$55,000. Compensation will be commensurate with experience. This position includes an excellent benefits package.

Please respond with a resume and cover letter to Justin Smith, Municipal Administrator, P.O. Box 167 Lyndonville, VT 05851 or to justin@lyndonvt.org

The Town of Lyndon is an E.O.E.

HOME MODIFICATION TECHNICIAN (HMT)

Do you want to make a difference in your community? Do you want to feel really good about the work you do?

Cathedral Square’s Home Modification program supports older adults to stay safe and independent in their homes. The Home Modification Technician (HMT) will be responsible for making the vast majority of home modifications identified by the program’s Occupational Therapist.

Principal Responsibilities: The HMT is responsible for a full range of home modifications including, but not limited to, installation of grab bars, railings, door handles, faucets, toilets, outside stair repair, as well as the installation of adaptive equipment. The HMT will coordinate all scheduling and supplies purchases with the team. They will participate in weekly team meetings and provide technical input on proposed modifications and ensure they are possible within existing codes and other building regulations. Excellent communication skill is a must for the success of this position.

We offer excellent benefits, including generous paid time off and employer-paid medical insurance premiums for benefit-eligible staff plus a flexible schedule. Come join our team and you’ll work in a collaborative, supportive environment where your contributions are valued, and your work helps improve the lives of older adults and people with diverse needs.

Apply online: cathedralsquare.org/job-openings

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VOICES AGAINST VIOLENCE DIRECTOR

Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity’s (CVOEO) Voices Against Violence program has an exciting opportunity for an individual to lead a community-focused, highly-regarded program!

Voices Against Violence works to empower survivors, educate communities, and eliminate sexual and domestic violence and stalking through direct service, education, and systems change. Working with the Executive Director, the Voices Against Violence Director is responsible for the overall management of the Voices Against Violence program, fund development, personnel supervision, community relations, financial management and programming and represents CVOEO within our communities.

Voices Against Violence has been providing services to survivors of domestic & sexual violence in Franklin and Grand Isle Counties since it was founded in 1980. As Voices Against Violence Director you will lead a team of exceptional staff. You will provide strategic direction and oversee the administration and operation of all programs and services of Voices Against Violence. You will provide leadership to the local Advisory Council to ensure growth and long-term sustainability of Voices Against Violence. You will represent Voices Against Violence by working closely with a broad range of community and statewide organizations, government agencies, survivors and human services providers. As a result of the wide area of representation travel will be required.

We are seeking candidates with a Master’s degree in a relevant human services discipline with proven progressive leadership experience. In addition, candidates must have five-seven years of experience in supervision of staff, fiscal management and administration; effective verbal and written communication skills, bilingual abilities a plus; demonstrated commitment to valuing diversity and contributing to an inclusive working and learning environment; experience managing programs including evaluation and most importantly, be of high integrity and character as the representative of Voices Against Violence and the survivors it serves.

When you come to work for CVOEO you're getting so much more than a paycheck! We offer a great working environment and an excellent benefit package including medical, dental and vision insurance, paid holidays, generous paid time off, a retirement plan and discounted gym membership. Interested in working with us? To apply, please visit www.cvoeo.org/ careers to submit a cover letter and resume. We embrace the diversity of our community and staff. CVOEO is interested in candidates who can contribute to our diversity. Applicants are encouraged to include in their cover letter information about how they will further this goal. Review of applications begins immediately and will continue until suitable applicants are found.

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Property Management Company looking for an articulate, energetic people-person to join their team full-time. Some tasks included in position are conducting property tours, communicating with prospective renters, processing applications, providing extraordinary customer service, scheduling appointments, taking the lead on the marketing efforts and community outreach, planning resident events and administrative tasks. Must be able to multitask and thrive in a fast-paced environment. Strong sales aptitude and computer proficiency is required.

The work schedule is Monday-Friday, 11am - 5pm. Candidate must be flexible and willing to work as needed. If interested, please e-mail resume to: dfinnigan@hallkeen.com

School Nutrition Workers

Needed at:

Lamoille Union High School

Eden Elementary School

Johnson Elementary School

This position performs a wide range of cooking tasks to prepare student meals, cook from scratch and follow standardized recipes, comply with all state sanitation guideline requirements, and operate POS cash register system. Must be willing to attend trainings in child nutrition and take online trainings. Minimum of a high school diploma, or equivalent, plus one to two years of cooking experience preferred, but can train the right individual. Familiarity with public school hot lunch programs desirable. Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds. School year position, 7.5 hrs/day.

Please send resume with 3 references to: Karyl Kent 736 VT Rt 15w, Hyde Park, VT, 05655. Or email kkent@luhs18.org

Special Events Manager

Reporting to the director of special events, develop, plan, and execute events to advance relationships with prospects, donors, and volunteers, leveraging Middlebury’s faculty, students, and facilities of the College. Collaborate with colleagues to identify event objectives and outcomes. Responsible for coordinating all event logistics, including catering, venue, transportation, signage, decorations, audio/visual, invitation lists, invitations, programs, and presentation materials, as well as drafting event briefing documents for the President and other staff.

This is considered a full time, salaried, benefits eligible position. The hiring range for the position is $53,035 - $59,684 per year. Apply online: apply.workable.com/middleburycollege/j/ BDC3682C15/

Executive Assistant to the Town Manager

The Town of Stowe is seeking to hire a full-time Executive Assistant to the Town Manager who is customer service oriented with exceptional attention to detail.

The Executive Assistant’s primary role is to provide professional administrative support to the Town Manager, who is the CEO for the Town of Stowe. This position includes a variety of duties that require considerable judgment, discretion, emotional intelligence, and initiative. The ideal candidate will be organized, have excellent proof-reading skills, possess advanced computer skills and have the ability to operate and troubleshoot office equipment.

Other responsibilities include serving as the front desk for the Akeley Memorial Building (Town Hall) and as the Clerk to the Stowe Selectboard. These duties include answering questions in a professional manner and routing people to the appropriate municipal employee. As Clerk of the Selectboard, the employee is responsible for compiling meeting materials, posting agendas, taking minutes, and managing electronic attendance at their meetings. Some evenings are required.

Associate’s degree supplemented with three years of experience in a professional office setting is preferred, or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Pay range is $25.52 to $30.28, dependent upon experience.

The Town of Stowe currently offers an excellent benefit package including BCBS health plans with a 5% or 10% employee premium share, dental insurance, generous paid leave including 13 paid holidays, 10.6% employer contribution to VMERS pension plan, life insurance and more. Job description and employment application can be obtained at: www.townofstowevt.org. Submit letter of interest, resume and employment application to: Town of Stowe, c/o HR Director, PO Box 730, Stowe, VT 05672 or by email recruit@stowevt.gov. Applications will be reviewed on July 13, 2023.

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CUSTODIANS & GROUNDS MECHANICS – MONTPELIER

When you work for the State of Vermont, you and your work matter. A career with the State puts you on a rich and rewarding professional path. You’ll find jobs in dozens of fields – not to mention an outstanding total compensation package.

THERMAL ENERGY PROGRAM SPECIALIST – MONTPELIER

The State of VT Department of Buildings & General Services is seeking to fill many positions within the historic Montpelier complex and Berlin. We are looking for Custodians and a Grounds Maintenance Mechanic. These are full-time positions that require successful completion of background checks. For more information, contact Jonathan Rutledge at jonathan.rutledge@vermont.gov.

Department: Buildings & General Services. Location: Montpelier.

Status: Full Time. Job Id #45972 or #46073 or #45973. Application Deadline: July 2, 2023.

LEGAL PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR – MONTPELIER

The Department of Financial Regulation seeks to hire an enthusiastic, diligent and organized Legal Program Administrator to assist the 9-member legal division in its work. Excellent computer, writing, and time-management skills are highly desirable. Work will be hybrid with the expectation of two days a week working in the Montpelier office. Excellent benefits package and working environment. The Legal Administrator will also assist in handling healthcare external appeals. For more information, contact Shelia Grace at Sheila.Grace@vermont.gov. Department: Financial Regulations. Location: Montpelier. Status: Full Time. Job Id #47514. Application Deadline: July 5, 2023.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND LEGAL COUNSEL – MONTPELIER

The Vermont Human Rights Commission is seeking qualified candidates for its next Executive Director. This is the chief legal, education, policy, and administrative management position of the Vermont Human Rights Commission; a state government agency that enforces the state’s anti-discrimination laws. For more information, contact Maia Hanron at human.rights@vermont. gov. Department: Human Rights Commission. Location: Montpelier. Status: Full Time, Exempt. Job Id #47335. Application Deadline: July 13, 2023.

PSD is pleased to announce openings for two Thermal Energy Program Specialists who will serve as technical experts for the design and implementation of Vermont’s Clean Heat Standard. Duties may include evaluating clean heat measures; performing/ reviewing lifecycle analysis of carbon reduction measures for the thermal sector; conducting cost/benefit analysis from the customer, program, and societal perspectives; writing testimony and acting as an expert witness. Telework will be considered. For more information, contact Melissa Bailey at melissa.bailey@vermont.gov.

Department: Public Service.

Location: Montpelier. Status: Full Time. Job Id #47575. Application Deadline: July 20, 2023.

INSURANCE EXAMINER I, II & III – BURLINGTON

Join our world-class team of financial professionals as a Captive Insurance Examiner and enjoy great pay and benefits, home-based, flexible schedules, and a supportive team environment. Examiners ensure the solvency of Captive Insurers by way of financial examinations and analysis. Successful candidates possess strong critical thinking and communication skills and a desire to learn. Experience and/or education in captives, insurance regulation, accounting, auditing, or finance is desirable. Please Note: This position is being recruited at multiple levels. If you would like to be considered for more than one level, you MUST apply to the specific Job Requisition. For more information, contact Dan Petterson at dan.petterson@vermont.gov. Department: Financial Regulation.

Location: Burlington. Status: Full Time. Job Id #46490 for Level III or #46521 for Level II or #46520 for Level I. Application Deadline: July 16, 2023.

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BUILDING OPERATIONS TECHNICIAN

Burlington Housing Authority (BHA) in Burlington, VT seeks a full time Building Operations Technician to join our dedicated team. This position performs general maintenance work in BHA owned and managed properties. This includes building exteriors, common areas, apartments, building systems, fixtures, and grounds. Our Building Operations Techs are required to participate in the oncall rotation, which covers night and weekend emergencies.

Qualified candidates should have a minimum of two years of work in general building maintenance or building trades. The ideal candidate would have a demonstrated proficiency in building trades including carpentry, electrical, painting, plumbing, grounds keeping, and snow removal.

Technicians must have a valid state motor vehicle operator license at all times. The physical activities for this position include squatting, ascending and descending ladders, scaffolding, and stairs, working in small or confined spaces, twisting and lifting up to 100 pounds, often repeating motions with wrists, fingers, and hands. This position works in all environmental conditions.

Technicians must be detail oriented, efficient, be able to work within time sensitive parameters, and able to work independently, as well as part of a team. Having strong interpersonal skills and being sensitive to the needs of the elderly, disabled, and very low-income households is a must.

BHA serves a diverse population of tenants and partners with a variety of community agencies. To most effectively carry out our vision of delivering safe and affordable housing to all, we are committed to cultivating a staff that reflects varied lived experiences, viewpoints, and educational histories. Therefore, we strongly encourage candidates from diverse racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ+ individuals, and women to apply. Multilingualism is a plus!

BHA offers a competitive salary, commensurate with qualifications and experience. Our robust benefit package includes premium medical insurance with a health reimbursement account, dental, vision, short and long term disability, 10% employer funded retirement plan, 457 retirement plan, accident insurance, life insurance, cancer and critical illness insurance.

We provide a generous time off policy including 12 days of paid time off and 12 days of sick time in the first year. In addition to the paid time off, BHA recognizes 13 (paid) holidays and offers 2 additional paid floating holidays.

If you are interested in this career opportunity, please submit a resume and cover letter to humanresources@burlingtonhousing.org

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Watershed Engagement Coordinator to help build resilience, adaptability, awareness, and inclusion into our watershed community. Work with our team to coordinate events and opportunities for education and community engagement.

Position term: September 11, 2023 - August 9, 2024.

Position is full-time and requires 1,720 hours for an average of 40 hrs/week for 47 weeks. You will receive a living allowance of $25,500 (pre-tax), and an education award of $6,895 (pre-tax) upon successful completion of service.

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Seeking a Shared Living Provider for a 34-year-old individual who loves gaming and playing sports. This position would require the candidate to move into the client’s Burlington condo and assist with household chores, meal preparation, caring for their small dog, and self-care and etiquette reminders. The client can be home alone during the workday but would need support on nights and weekends.

The ideal candidate would be an LGBTQ+ ally or LGBTQ+ friendly. Compensation includes a yearly tax-free stipend of $32,340 plus monthly room and board payments to assist with rent. Contact OZoecklein@ howardcenter.org or 802-373-5747

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Hexes nullified! Jinxes abolished! Demons banished! Adversaries outwitted! Liabilities diminished! Bad habits replaced with good habits! These are some of the glorious developments possible for you in the coming months, Cancerian. Am I exaggerating? Maybe a little. But if so, not much. In my vision of your future, you will be the embodiment of a lucky charm and a repository of blessed mojo. You are embarking on a phase when it will make logical sense to be an optimist. Can you sweep all the dross and mess out of your sphere? No, but I bet you can do at least 80 percent.

ARIES (Mar. 21-Apr. 19): Visionary author Peter McWilliams wrote, “One of the most enjoyable aspects of solitude is doing what you want when you want to do it, with the absolute freedom to change what you’re doing at will. Solitude removes all the ‘negotiating’ we need to do when we’re with others.” I’ll add a caveat: Some of us have more to learn about enjoying solitude. We may experience it as a loss or deprivation. But here’s the good news, Aries: In the coming weeks, you will be extra inspired to cultivate the benefits that come from being alone.

TAURUS (Apr. 20-May 20): The 18thcentury French engineer Étienne Bottineau invented nauscopy, the art of detecting sailing ships at a great distance, well beyond the horizon. This was before the invention of radar. Bottineau said his skill was not rooted

in sorcery or luck but from his careful study of changes in the atmosphere, wind and sea. Did you guess that Bottineau was a Taurus? Your tribe has a special capacity for arriving at seemingly magical understandings by harnessing your sensitivity to natural signals. Your intuition thrives as you closely observe the practical details of how the world works. This superpower will be at a peak in the coming weeks.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun. 20): According to a Welsh proverb, “Three fears weaken the heart: fear of the truth, fear of the devil, fear of poverty.” I suspect the first of those three is most likely to worm its way into your awareness during the coming weeks. So let’s see what we can do to diminish its power over you. Here’s one possibility: Believe me when I tell you that even if the truth’s arrival is initially disturbing or disruptive, it will ultimately be healing and liberating. It should be welcomed, not feared.

LEO (Jul. 23-Aug. 22): In the book Curious Facts in the History of Insects, Frank Cowan tells a perhaps legendary story about how mayors were selected in the medieval Swedish town of Hurdenburg. The candidates would set their chins on a table with their long beards spread out in front of them. A louse, a tiny parasitic insect, would be put in the middle of the table. Whichever beard the creature crawled to and chose as its new landing spot would reveal the man who would become the town’s new leader. I beg you not to do anything like this, Leo. The decisions you and your allies make should be grounded in good evidence and sound reason, not blind chance. And please avoid parasitical influences completely.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sep. 22): I rebel against the gurus and teachers who tell us our stories are delusional indulgences that interfere with our enlightenment. I reject their insistence that our personal tales are distractions from our spiritual work. Virgo author A.S. Byatt speaks for me: “Narration is as much a part of human nature as breath and the circulation of the blood.” I love and honor the stories of my own destiny, and I encourage you to love and honor yours. Having said that, I will let you know

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that now is an excellent time to jettison the stories that feel demoralizing and draining — even as you celebrate the stories that embody your genuine beauty. For extra credit: Tell the soulful stories of your life to anyone who is receptive.

LIBRA (Sep. 23-Oct. 22): In the Mayan calendar, each of the 20 day names is associated with a natural phenomenon. The day called Kawak is paired with rainstorms. Ik’ is connected with wind and breath. Kab’an is earth, Manik’ is deer, and Chikchan is the snake. Now would be a great time for you to engage in an imaginative exercise inspired by the Mayans. Why? Because this is an ideal phase of your cycle to break up your routine, to reinvent the regular rhythm, to introduce innovations in how you experience the flow of time. Just for fun, why not give each of the next 14 days a playful nickname or descriptor? This Friday could be Crescent Moon, for example. Saturday might be Wonderment, Sunday can be Dazzle Sweet, and Monday Good Darkness.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): From 998 till 1030, Scorpio-born leader Mahmud Ghaznavi ruled the vast Ghaznavid empire, which stretched from current-day Iran to central Asia and northwestern India. Like so many of history’s strong men, he was obsessed with military conquest. Unlike many others, though, he treasured culture and learning. You’ve heard of poets laureate? He had 400 of them. According to some tales, he rewarded one wordsmith with a mouthful of pearls. In accordance with astrological omens, I encourage you to be more like the Mahmud who loved beauty and art and less like the Mahmud who enjoyed fighting. The coming weeks will be a favorable time to fill your world with grace and elegance and magnificence.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): About 1,740 years ago, before she became a Catholic saint, Margaret of Antioch got swallowed whole by Satan, who was disguised as a dragon. Or so the old story goes. But Margaret was undaunted. There in the beast’s innards, Margaret calmly made the sign of the cross over and over with her right hand. Meanwhile,

the wooden cross in her left hand magically swelled to an enormous size that ruptured the beast, enabling her to escape. After that, because of her triumph, expectant mothers and women in labor regarded Margaret as their patron saint. Your upcoming test won’t be anywhere near as demanding as hers, Sagittarius, but I bet you will ace it — and ultimately garner sweet rewards.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Capricornborn Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) was an astronomer and mathematician who was an instrumental innovator in the Scientific Revolution. Among his many breakthrough accomplishments were his insights about the laws of planetary motion. Books he wrote were crucial forerunners of Isaac Newton’s theories about gravitation. But here’s an unexpected twist: Kepler was also a practicing astrologer who interpreted the charts of many people, including three emperors of the Holy Roman Empire. In the spirit of Kepler’s ability to bridge seemingly opposing perspectives, Capricorn, I invite you to be a paragon of mediation and conciliation in the coming weeks. Always be looking for ways to heal splits and forge connections. Assume you have an extraordinary power to blend elements that no one else can.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Dear Restless Runaway: During the next 10 months, life will offer you these invitations: 1) Identify the land that excites you and stabilizes you. 2) Spend lots of relaxing time on that land. 3) Define the exact nature of the niche or situation where your talents and desires will be most gracefully expressed. 4) Take steps to create or gather the family you want. 5) Take steps to create or gather the community you want.

PISCES (Feb. 19-Mar. 20): I’d love you to be a deep-feeling freethinker in the coming weeks. I will cheer you on if you nurture your emotional intelligence as you liberate yourself from outmoded beliefs and opinions. Celebrate your precious sensitivity, dear Pisces, even as you use your fine mind to reevaluate your vision of what the future holds. It’s a perfect time to glory in rich sentiments and exult in creative ideas.

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Seeking someone to explore all things kinky in the Burlington area. Young professional who needs to loosen up every so often and hopes to meet someone who would like to do the same. It doesn’t have to grow into an actual relationship but a regular playmate. Discretion is key, and your relationship status is your choice.

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FIT AND WITTY ADVENTURE SEEKER Witty, health-conscious, fun-loving, hopeless romantic seeking partner in crime/travel partner to lose myself with. I love to travel, spend time with friends and family, watch live performances (concerts/pro sports), and just be active. Looking to meet a lady who’s kind, curious, caring and a little mischievous. Jaycee412 51, seeking: W, l

FUN FIRST Friends first. Old-school. Easy to laugh and smile. DWBH, 58, seeking: W

LET’S HAVE SOME FUN

I’m a 28-y/o living in northern Vermont. I enjoy making music, exercising and being outdoors. I’m looking for an older female to have some fun with.

VTmaverick28, 28, seeking: W

LEVELING UP

Maybe this is better than Tinder? IDK. I’m just a good dude, always moving toward better. I have a lot to offer, to give, and I have zero pretenses. Out looking for a good partner. What about you? ShindigVT, 41, seeking: W, l

GREAT GUY IN MONTPELIER

Retired, attractive, always busy, always time to have fun. Was successful professional musician, singer, actor. Still have a great singing voice and still play music. Montpelier_Man, 67, seeking: W, l

GOLFER, CHECKING WINDAGE, WIND SPEED

I am a gentleman and an officer in the Vermont State Guard as a chaplain. I am a nondenominational Christian chaplain and currently chaplain for the Department of Vermont DAV. tankerfa, 65, seeking: W, l

VOTE FOR PEDRO

For some reason, this movie popped in my head while thinking of writing here. Napoleon Dynamite would not be a romantic movie or put you on the edge of the seat. I guess my reason is that if you want someone spontaneous, fun and easy to talk to: Vote for me. Maybe friends can turn into something Dynamite! LovHockey2, 49, seeking: W, l

EASYGOING FOR FUN, ADVENTURE, EXCITEMENT

Happy-go-lucky guy who likes the outdoors and being active! Would like to explore near and far. Like spending time together and alone. I can work hard and also play hard! Do like some relaxing time, too! Tactile 65 seeking: W, l

CUTE, FUNNY, QUIET COUNTRY BOY

Hello. I am a quiet, kind introvert. I love good conversations and spending time outdoors. Looking for someone who shares the same interests. treedoctor, 69, seeking: W, l

PERPETUAL TRAVELER SEEKS SAME

Who wants to ditch the good ‘ol USA for a better life elsewhere? I am open to suggestions and look forward to your input. I am a versatile and intrepid traveler in search of a better place to live. roadtrek 62, seeking: W

INTROVERT, TOUGH, NICE, RESPECTFUL

I’m an introvert, enjoy a simple life. Gym, work. I’ve had a couple of mixed martial arts fights against tough guys, but at the end of the day I enjoy cuddling. Currently active in jiu-jitsu. Wrestled my whole life. Got hit by a car when I was 20, which caused severe hearing loss, but giving it a second chance. Tony1992, 30, seeking: W

NATIVE VERMONTER, FATHER, GREEN MOUNTAINS

A man who still has something (LOL) left inside to give to a real lady. Not just to wine and dine but to see you shine, always knowing you’re fine and your heart is mine. Staying positive in the pursuit of happiness. dano17 62, seeking: W, l

MR. FUN INC.

Am very active — boating, canoeing and just being outdoors doing things.

I love my EV bike and have over 1,500 miles on it. Would love to have someone who likes camping and being on the water. Being around a group of people also can be fun. Day trips exploring new places and seeing things are great. Laketitus, 83, seeking: W, l

STURDY, EASYGOING, ENJOYING LIFE I show up for life, or it’s not going to show up for me. Being human is a humbling acceptance. I’m doing my best but still imperfect. Life gives us this rare opportunity. Masculine, loving, sensual, giving, strong, passionate, independent, deep. Seeking partnership with a beautiful person who completes the balance of woman and man. Life truly is for loving. 8da_adwani 61, seeking: W, l

TRANS WOMEN seeking...

RECENTLY RELOCATED, ADVENTUROUS, FREE SPIRIT

I’m a gorgeous, white, 100 percent passable trans lady who is 57 and could pass as 30 — yes, 30! I long for love, laughter and romance, along with loving nature. I want a man who’s all man, rugged, handsome, well built but prefers a woman like myself. It’s as simple as that. We meet, fall in love and live happily ever after. Sammijo 57, seeking: M, l

GENDERQUEER PEOPLE seeking...

GODDEXXXES SEEKING TRIBUTES AND SUBS

We are a genderqueer couple looking to find obedient worshippers to tease and taunt. Be good, and we will bless you. Be bad, and we will punish you. Send us a worthy tribute to be considered. godexxxes, 34 seeking: M, W, TM, TW, Q, NC, NBP, Cp, Gp

NONBINARY PEOPLE seeking...

JUST LOOKING FOR FUN

I enjoy anal sex, either giving or getting. I’m a survivor and am willing to give head. My fantasy is to be tag-teamed by two guys. I’m not into bondage. Just straight-up sex. For me, it’s all about getting off. Tuggingalong 60, seeking: Q, NBP, Cp

COUPLES seeking...

LOVERS OF LIFE

We are a 40s couple, M/F, looking for adventurous encounters with openminded, respectful M/F or couples. Looking to enjoy sexy encounters, FWBs, short term or long term. sunshines, 42, seeking: M, W, Q, Cp

LOOKING FOR OUR MAN!

Ideally hoping for a throuple/FWB situation. Us: established M/F couple. DD-free. (She: 44, straight BBW; he: 46, bi MWM). Drinks, 420-friendly, fires, get outside, music, Netflix and chill, always horny. You: DD-free, clean, masculine bi male (30ish to 50ish) who works and knows how to enjoy life! A little rough/hard (top, real man, etc.) with a compassionate heart and a bit of a snuggler. Connection is key. Let’s chat and get to know each other, then play! ginganddaddy 47, seeking: M

EXPLORING THREESOMES AND FOURSOMES

We are an older and wiser couple discovering that our sexuality is amazingly hot! Our interest is another male for threesomes or a couple. We’d like to go slowly, massage you with a happy ending. She’d love to be massaged with a happy ending or a dozen. Would you be interested in exploring sexuality with a hot older couple? DandNformen, 66 seeking: M, TM, NC, Cp, l

SIZE MATTERS

My girl and I are looking for wellhung bi guys or couples with same. Gettogether 63, seeking: M, W, Cp

MOTIV8 LICENSE PLATE, MOVILLE

Almost bumped into you a couple of times that night. Your face showed a combination of intensity and sweetness that I found very intriguing.

When: Wednesday, June 21, 2023.

Where: Maplefields, Morrisville.

You: Woman. Me: Man. #915776

MANGO LASSI

You: longish light brown hair pulled back by sunglasses, walking into Deep City to ask for a table, wearing a dark green T-shirt and black/gray pants. Me: sitting on a bench outside in awe of how beautiful and handsome you are. Be my sweet, sexy, silky mango lassi? When: Monday, June 19, 2023. Where: Burlington.

You: Man. Me: Woman. #915775

BMW MOTORCYCLE CHASE IN WILLISTON

When: 5:30 p.m. You: blondish beard, white shirt, black BMW motorcycle. I enjoyed chatting with you about the BMW factory and museum in my home state. (Don’t let the out-of-state plates fool ya; I live in Vermont.) Maybe we could go for a ride sometime? When: Tuesday, June 20, 2023. Where: parking lot of Chase Bank, Williston. You: Man. Me: Woman. #915774

SHAW’S, SATURDAY, JUNE 17, 3 P.M.

You: girl with bell-bottoms. Me: guy with sun tee. You looked good. Maybe you’d like to go for a walk sometime.

When: Saturday, June 17, 2023.

Where: Shaw’s, Shelburne Road.

You: Woman. Me: Man. #915773

HI, LYNN. MONTPELIER SHAW’S.

Hi, Lynn. I wished I had asked if you were open to meeting for coffee or a drink.

I’d love to continue our conversation.

Steve. When: Tuesday, May 30, 2023. Where: Shaw’s, Montpelier.

You: Woman. Me: Man. #915772

HOTTY PATOTTY (OH SO NAUGHTY?)

Saw you sitting with a cute spotted dog and an eye patch. We made voluptuous eye contact that was borderline heretical. Meet for some Tony Danza and margs? When: Monday, May 15, 2023. Where: waterfront.

You: Woman. Me: Man. #915771

HANNAFORD BY ESSEX OUTLETS

You were a cute male driving an Audi with your snow tires in the back seat. We chatted in the checkout line — waved to each other at least six times as we parted ways. Were you just super friendly, or were we flirting?

If you see this, I would like to get to know you better. When: Tuesday, May 16, 2023. Where: Hannaford, Essex outlets. You: Man. Me: Man. #915770

CONVERTIBLE WAVES

You: upper middle-aged man with white locks driving a bomb-ass convertible. Me: middle-aged woman driving a different color, same make convertible going the opposite way. Your smile is contagious, and I appreciated the super enthusiastic wave. You’ve got a pretty fantastic ride, and mine makes me smile like a damn fool, too! When: Saturday, May 6, 2023. Where: Colchester.

You: Man. Me: Woman. #915767

DON’T JERSEY CITY MARKET

We were walking into the market at the same time on Monday night. I told you how I liked your “Don’t Jersey Vermont” bumper sticker. You smiled; we talked; I almost fainted. We bumped into each other again, made another quick comment, but then we both kept walking. I fully regret not asking you for your name or number. When: Monday, May 1, 2023. Where: South End City Market. You: Woman. Me: Man. #915766

REVEREND Ask

De Rev end,

My daughter just got engaged, and we could not be happier for her! My wife and I are retired, as are the future groom’s parents. ey, however, have far deeper pockets.

e couple, both in their thirties, are being practical in their wedding wishes. ey may even elope and have a big party after. e groom’s parents are more for the wedding bells and whistles: a large, traditional church wedding and reception.

Whatever happens, I have to be realistic about expenses. How to be diplomatic? Is it crude to name a dollar amount within our budget?

BRAZIL NUTS?

We chatted about selenium and refrigerated Brazil nuts. I enjoyed our brief interaction (and your good looks). If you’re single and would like to see if we have anything else to chat about, drop me a line. When: Sunday, April 30, 2023. Where: City Market South End. You: Man. Me: Woman. #915769

REZ IN WATERBURY, 4/30

You and your friend/relative left shortly after my group of six arrived; we caught each other’s eye more than once, and I had no clue how to stop you and introduce myself. Your eye contact convinced me you’re someone I was meant to know. Me: six feet tall, short-clipped beard, blue jacket, greenish shirt. Can I treat you to lunch somewhere? When: Sunday, April 30, 2023. Where: the Rez, Waterbury. You: Woman. Me: Man. #915765

HOW CAN I MISS YOU?

I stopped at Mac’s Quick Stop on South Main Street in St. Albans about eight months ago. You smiled really big and said “Hi!” in a really flirty way. You were about five foot eight, blond and gorgeous and were driving a white GMC work truck. I have found myself missing you like you are a part of me. What. e. Hell. When: Saturday, September 17, 2022. Where: St. Albans. You: Man. Me: Woman. #915764

FEMALE LIFTIE AT MORSE HIGHLANDS

Always enjoyed seeing you as I did laps on Morse Highlands, squeezing in snippets of conversation each time I was getting on the chair. I was usually in a black/ blue plaid coat and electric blue pants. Maybe it was you who waved to me on a last day going up Mogul Mouse and you were at top of Magic Carpet. Connection?

When: Wednesday, March 29, 2023. Where: Morse Highlands Lift at Smuggs. You: Woman. Me: Man. #915762

JEFFERSONVILLE CUPBOARD DELI, THURSDAY 4/27

A warm ursday evening. Both of our gas pumps were giving us all kinds of hell at the same time, causing a stereo cacophony of beeping. Is it your pump or mine? anks for the laugh, sharing your smile and conversation, and sending me into the evening with a laugh. Would love to see you again under quieter circumstances. When: ursday, April 27, 2023. Where: Cupboard Deli, Jeffersonville. You: Woman. Me: Man. #915761

De Fath of the Bride,

BLUE EYES ON THE BOARDWALK

8:30 a.m. You were walking a dog for your roommate; I was looking at birds. We chatted briefly, exchanged names. You told me what “rovering” is. Was there a little spark there?

Wishing I’d had the nerve to ask you for your number. When: Saturday, April 29, 2023. Where: Waterfront Park. You: Woman. Me: Man. #915763

SHAW’S PARKING LOT

I saw you in the parking lot, and you helped me find my car (which was, like, 10 feet away from me). You were wearing a hat and had a lot of tattoos. I was wearing a blue shirt and a black skirt. You seemed cool. If you see this and want to hang out sometime, let me know. When: Friday, April 28, 2023. Where: Shaw’s parking lot. You: Man. Me: Woman. #915760

RECORD STORE DAY, MONTPELIER

We had an awkward interaction when you asked if I needed help finding anything. I was the guy with the short mullet and glasses. We kept making eye contact and smiling at each other after that. I asked you about the difference between the two copies of Kate Bush’s Hounds of Love. I bought the remastered version. When: Saturday, April 22, 2023. Where: Buch Spieler, Montpelier. You: Man. Me: Man. #915759

BEAUTIFUL BROWN EYES

Dear woman, I viewed you from my window as you did your job at my neighbors’ last week. Always lovely to see you! Could we share burgers and beers on my back deck some pleasant evening? e past is behind us. Let’s choose friendship and peace instead. Always... When: Wednesday, April 19, 2023. Where: central Vermont. You: Woman. Me: Woman. #915758

CALEDONIA SPIRITS HOST, 4/14

I loved talking to you while trying the honey vodka. We were sharing housing ideas. You in Montpelier, me in Vergennes. I am kicking myself for not getting your number. Loved your glasses. Let me know if you want to share a hike and tea. Or, as you said, travel with someone. I thought there was a connection. When: Friday, April 14, 2023. Where: Caledonia Spirits distillery. You: Man. Me: Woman. #915756

Although it may vary from family to family, the notion that the bride’s parents must foot the bill for a wedding is mostly a thing of the past — especially nowadays when people are getting married at an older age and hopefully have the means to pay for the festivities themselves.

It’s wonderful that you’re willing and able to contribute to the wedding fund, but even if you weren’t retired, you shouldn’t overextend yourself financially. You and your wife should come up with a comfortable dollar amount

VERMONT COMPOST

Did we have a moment of connection while you helped my dad and me load up compost into a red Tacoma last week, or was it just a beautiful spring day? If both, LMK. When: Tuesday, April 25, 2023. Where: Vermont Compost. You: Gender nonconformist. Me: Woman. #915757

APRIL 7, HG, THE MACHINE

We talked about Genesis, our love of hockey and, of course, Pink Floyd. We seamlessly called the songs. You wore a Canadiens cap. I had on a yellow dress. Trying to make it to public skate but have been ill. Can’t get your smile out of my mind. Had a wonderful time. When: Friday, April 7, 2023. Where: Higher Ground. You: Man. Me: Woman. #915755

‘AIR’ AT PALACE 9

You were watching Air on a Sunday evening. You were one of only three people there, including myself and my mom. I thought you were cute and would have started a conversation had I been alone. Did you like the movie? What brought you to the theater that night? Let’s talk about it if you were interested, too. When: Sunday, April 16, 2023. Where: Palace 9. You: Woman. Me: Man. #915754

MANUAL TRANSMISSION 2004 CRV

What was I thinking?! I should have given you my contact info. LMK if you would like it. When: Sunday, April 16, 2023. Where: Champlain Farms on North Ave. You: Man. Me: Woman. #915753

HARRIET’S DAD, SOUTH BURLINGTON

Harriet was thirsty. Your smile, so warm. I am curious if you are single. If not, then your partner is super lucky. If yes, then perhaps we could take Harriet for a walk sometime? Please share when you respond why I had my vest on during a 80-plus-degree day so I know it’s you! When: Sunday, April 16, 2023. Where: South Burlington bike path. You: Man. Me: Woman. #915752

HOT AT HUNGER MOUNTAIN CO-OP 9:30 a.m. You: masc.-presenting, short dark hair, tattoos, black tank top, black suspenders, tan Carhartts. Me: masc.-presenting, brown hair, goatee, flowers and skulls outfit. Briefly made eye contact when you were looking at breads. Care for a spring fling? When: Sunday, April 16, 2023. Where: Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier. You: Man. Me: Genderqueer. #915751

and gift it to the couple ahead of the wedding. e groom’s parents can do the same, and if they can afford a larger sum, that’s great. Money matters can feel awkward, but there’s nothing crude about staying within your budget.

It sounds like your daughter and her fiancé aren’t concerned about the expensive bells and whistles, which is great, because none of that stuff is important in the big picture. What really matters is that they want to celebrate their love together with friends and family. Whether that happens in a backyard or a big hall, it’s an equally beautiful occasion.

Good luck and God bless, The Rev

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73-y/o male by myself with a nice country home on an interesting property in the central part of the state. Have very good financial security. Very healthy and trim and blessed with a lot of good energy. Enjoy home time, exploring out and about or traveling away. Would like to meet a fun-loving girlie-girl who might develop into a genuine connection. Have no children and both feet on the ground. Would enjoy seeing a good woman and maybe possible partner who likes to dress well and be a friend. Send me your phone number or a note and way to respond. #LL1671

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Sensual older couple enjoying life. Snowbirds (Florida), welltraveled, fit and fun. Seeking to meet others curious about alternative modes of sexuality. Meet up in BTV for a glass of wine and chat? #LL1670

GM bottom looking for NSA fun or possibly FWB. Look for top men 40 to 60ish. Race unimportant. Married is fine, too; discretion assured. Phone/ text. #L1667

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Man from Plattsburgh, N.Y., looking to find the right lady between 40 and 58 y/o. I’m an honest, caring person just looking to find my match. I am 5’7, 215 pounds, blue eyes. I work full time in law enforcement. Hope to meet the right lady. #L1666

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58-y/o male. Single, no children. Burlington area. Financially secure. Seeking a female, 45 to 60 y/o, single, any race, for companionship, long-term honest relationship, romance and love. I like conversations, going for walks, music and movies. I am very healthy and clean. No drugs or alcohol. Phone number, please. #L1663

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32-y/o female seeking a man, 32 to 42 y/o. Creative, grounded, open-minded F seeking a communicative, emotionally mature, fun-loving M. Looking for a slow burn; seeking friendship first with the possibility of something more. #L1665

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