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Bradford used GoFundMe to raise $780 for his expenses, including a thermal imaging scope. On his Facebook page, Bring Lumen Home, he posts updates such as: “06.06.2018: Sighting on Lopes Ave. Big tabby coming through back yard.” He also posts photos of other cats that
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reluctant at first to take the kitty in but soon formed a close bond with him. “He was a little bit like a dog in his behavior; he would follow me around,” Bradford recalled. “I work from home, so he would sit on my desk constantly.” An indoor cat, Lumen often snuck into the garage to play. But one day, Lumen, who is not microchipped, got loose. Bradford’s camera captured his image a week later, but he hasn’t been seen since. “I miss him every day,” said Bradford, his voice breaking. “It’s a family member. We don’t have children … It’s like having your child wander out into the world and you don’t know what happened to them.”
show up on the four trail cameras he installs wherever tabby sightings are reported. Some pawsitive developments have come out of Bradford’s cat-astrophe. He’s built an online community of feline lovers and returned a missing kitty to its owner. Bradford also caught six strays while looking for Lumen. He kept one, and four were adopted by others. Bradford and Affectionately Cats, a veterinary clinic that neuters strays, decided that the last cat was too feral for adoption. It was neutered and released. For now, the search continues. Bradford knows Lumen may have been eaten by a predator or hit by a car, but he is holding out for a miracle. “I don’t know when I’ll finally give up hope,” Bradford said. SARA TABIN
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1. “Sanders Speaks Out for UVM Medical Center Nurses” by Sara Tabin. Sen. Bernie Sanders criticized University of Vermont Medical Center administrators in a press conference with nurses last Friday. 2. “UVM Medical Center Seeks to Hire Hundreds in Advance of Strike” by Taylor Dobbs. A little more than a week before the planned strike, a staffing company was booking hotel rooms all over Burlington. 3. “The Cartoon Issue — 2018” by Seven Days staff. This year’s issue featured cartoons on goat yoga and microdosing mushrooms, plus a cover by Alison Bechdel. 4. “Contract Talks Yield No Breakthrough for Nurses, UVM Medical Center” by Sara Tabin. Administrators and nurses worked with a federal mediator last Friday but didn’t reach an agreement. 5. “Mad Taco Does Burgers in New Hostel Tevere Restaurant” by Hannah Palmer Egan. The new burger spot is the second new enterprise in 30 days launched by the owners of Mad Taco.
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PAW PATROL: LOOKING FOR LUMEN THE KITTY hen Orson Bradford’s brown tabby, Lumen, ran off last November, the Burlington resident was heartbroken. So it was only natural that he has spared no expense trying to find his missing pet. He twice hired a woman with a bloodhound to track the kitty, installed infrared game cameras outside his Woodlawn Road home and throughout the New North End, and sent a direct mailer to 4,000 neighbors — spending more than $2,000, he estimated. No dice. Bradford and his wife already had a few felines when they adopted 9-month-old Lumen from a friend three years ago. Bradford was
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HOW MUCH MARIJUANA?
On the matter of just how much cannabis Vermonters can possess at any one time as a result of Act 86, your staff may have possibly been overindulging when they researched the issue for your “Puff Piece” [June 27]. Section 3, Part 6, which outlines the new legal possession limits, states that “The amounts of marijuana in this subsection shall not include marijuana cultivated, harvested, and stored in accordance with section 4230e of this title.” Translation: Yes, there is a one-ounce limit, but that limit only refers to the amount an individual is allowed to have on his or her person at any one time while out and about. At home, one can possess and keep as much cannabis as one can grow within the allowed four-immature-andtwo-mature-plants-at-one-time limits. In the privacy of one’s abode, there are no quantity restrictions as long as it’s all homegrown. Seven Days should clear the air and correct this error so that readers get the accurate buzz on Act 86 and don’t become paranoid about their newly legal stashes. Geoff Davis
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“Overcompensating?” [June 20] highlights the dramatically higher salaries paid to those in health care compared to everyone else. I believe the issue of excess in health care is ill served by present explanations and that it is necessary to ignore what everybody “knows” in order to understand, and then control, the phenomenon. Trapped in the belief that “private” means “market,” economists continue to assume that health care is a market activity subject to the tempering influence of competing interests. They explain the relentless rise in health care spending by zeroing in on the inevitable costs intrinsic to health care itself. Looked at another way, health care — and all other collectively funded and indirectly paid activities — long ago parted company from the market. The rapidly rising costs which economists focus on are largely the result, not the cause, of the inflationary syndrome. Health care involves inherently aggrandizing (not economizing) activities
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U.S. Congressman Peter Welch (D-Vt.) did not have to travel to the Mexican border to see government-sponsored child abuse [Fair Game, June 20]. He can see it right here in Vermont. Facts provided by the U.S. Air Force show that 2,000 takeoffs each year for the past 10 years with the F-16 afterburner blasting have been abusing children in 963
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[Re Off Message: “Magnolia Bistro Owner’s Facebook Post Sparks Calls for Boycott,” June 18]: I want to applaud Jennifer M. Fredette for her sheer courage in coming forth to address the ignorance that still surrounds opiate addiction [Feedback: “Addicts Are Everywhere,” June 27]. My sons, Dennis and Sean, were highly functioning employees who were held in the highest esteem by both family and coworkers when they both died from an overdose of pure fentanyl.
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It is only in the wake of their deaths that I have educated myself on this crisis, and I have discovered that so many suffer from this affliction and manage to hide it so well. They are your neighbors, friends, family, doctors, lawyers, etc. It is likely that Magnolia Bistro owner Shannon Reilly knows someone who may be suffering in silence and now is afraid to seek his help, given his public opinion on the subject. I wish with all my heart that my sons had reached out to me and that my ignorance wasn’t “cured” with their deaths. Jennifer, you are not dumb. You are one of the brave survivors who will shed light on this issue and show the public that addiction is a condition that needs understanding. Stay strong. I hope you continue your recovery and that you reach out to others despite the opinion of one of the remaining people who have not yet educated themselves on the depths of this crisis.
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in which the built-in incentives, behaviors and outcomes are the reverse of those in the market. It is the prime example of a syndrome shared with all other collectively funded, indirectly paid activities, including higher education, military procurement and infrastructure development. Lacking separate institutional recognition, all exhibit rampant inflation and cost overruns. If we understand health care excess as an inflationary consequence of the method of payment, the need for a fiscal solution becomes clear. Single payer, inherently equipped with a global budget ceiling, is such a solution. It puts fiscal limits on the serially stimulated price increases that fuel the inflationary syndrome. It enables the kind of institutional checks and balances that the market and the state already enjoy and could not function without.
families living in the Chamberlin School neighborhood of South Burlington. The Air Force Environmental Impact Statement says children exposed to such high aircraft noise levels suffer impaired “central processing and language comprehension, such as reading, attention, problem solving, and memory.” The Air Force further says that “Chronic exposure of first- and second-grade children to aircraft noise can result in reading deficits and impaired speech perception.” Children exposed to such noise have “more difficulty solving cognitive problems” and more difficulty with “puzzle-solving and attentiveness.” The Air Force concludes: “There is increasing awareness that chronic exposure to high aircraft noise levels may impair learning. This awareness has led the World Health Organization and a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) working group to conclude that daycare centers and schools should not be located near major sources of noise, such as highways, airports and industrial sites.” The Air Force says children in an additional 2,000 families in Winooski, Burlington and Williston will be so abused when the four-times-louder F-35 arrives. What is Welch doing to stop that government-sponsored child abuse right here in Vermont?
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Music Video Cinematic historian Ken Burns has covered topics as diverse as the Civil War and baseball in his award-winning documentaries. With Ken Burns Presents Country Music, an in-person preview at Dartmouth College, the filmmaker offers a sneak peek into his latest project exploring the history of this distinctly American art form. A discussion among Burns, producer Julie Dunfey and writer/producer Dayton Duncan follows. SEE CALENDAR LISTING ON PAGE 52
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Share the Wealth What sets Do Good Fest apart from other summer celebrations? This annual free concert (attendees only pay for parking) benefits Branches of Hope, a fund that provides financial support to folks fighting cancer. Singer-songwriter and 2012 “American Idol” champion Phillip Phillips headlines this year’s jamboree, which also features food trucks, a beer tent, a nonprofit village, fireworks and kids’ activities. SEE CALENDAR LISTING ON PAGE 54
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Standing Strong “Our lives and contributions are valuable and need celebration!” exclaims a flyer for Vermont Mad Pride. Organized by psychiatric survivors and mental health consumers, this march to the Vermont Statehouse is meant to challenge discrimination and promote advocacy and equality for those deemed mentally ill. Music, speeches and a free barbecue complete the experience. SEE CALENDAR LISTING ON PAGE 54
The American cowboy: fact or myth? “Playing Cowboy: America’s Wild West Shows,” an exhibition at the Shelburne Museum, investigates how William “Buffalo Bill” Cody and his traveling spectacular influenced representations of the American West, Native American history and the cowboy lifestyle. Rachel Elizabeth Jones reviews this collection of paintings, sculptures, period posters and historical video footage. SEE REVIEW ON PAGE 70
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ubernatorial candidate JAMES has claimed to be the progressive choice in the four-way Democratic primary, positioning himself as a fighter for the environment and the interests of working Vermonters. But he has a long record of writings and statements that cast doubt on his progressive bona fides. On a series of issues — from labor to abortion to the environment — Ehlers has expressed views that seem quite conservative, often in inflammatory rhetoric. Recently, VTDigger.org reporters have begun to explore his writings on social media and in print, and his campaign has struggled to respond. Ehlers’ replies have been social media posts or emails; his campaign has not made him available to the press for interviews. On Monday evening, after multiple requests, he engaged in a lengthy and sometimes-contentious conversation with me about his past statements — his first interview on the subject since those pesky media reports began to circulate. He tried to explain the consistency of his positions Untitled-13 1 4/12/18 10:53 AM and argued that his extreme rhetoric is a deliberate tactic to spark debate. He wasn’t entirely convincing. For most of his career, Ehlers’ advocacy has come from a sportsman’s point of view — that environmental protection is a good thing if it serves human interests. Lake Champlain International, the advocacy group he leads (and from which he draws an annual salary just short of $90,000), holds a Father’s Day Fishing Derby as its biggest fundraiser. He has fought the establishment of new wilderness lands in Vermont and slammed environmental organizations as elitist. He has called into question the very idea of the “green economy,” which he now heartily espouses. Here are some highlights, or lowlights, from his written record. In 1998, the State of Vermont purchased 132,000 acres of Northeast Kingdom forest from Champion International, the timber company. There followed fourplus years of debate over the use of what was then referred to as the Champion Senior Mortgage Loan Originator NMLS: 103643 lands. Ehlers fought vociferously against any wilderness designation for any part of the tract. He accused wilderness advocates of seeking to block all human uses of the land — which was not true, as we shall see. 30 Kimball Avenue, Suite 200 In a 2001 email exchange with ANNETTE South Burlington, VT SMITH, executive director of Vermonters ublocal.com • 802.652.2985 for a Clean Environment, he alleged that
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then-governor HOWARD DEAN had broken promises to keep all the Champion lands open to human use, and characterized the battle for access as “a fight between the common working people and Howard’s elitist cocktail crew.” During this time, Ehlers was working on Progressive ANTHONY POLLINA’s 2002 campaign for lieutenant governor. Ehlers claims to have “designed the Bull Moose logo for the Progressive Party.”
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Progressive on one hand — antiwilderness activist on the other? Seems contradictory. Ehlers asserts that he has been ideologically consistent throughout. “There has not been a fiercer advocate for conservation than myself,” he said. And there’s the rub. Ehlers draws a distinction between conservation, which he espouses, and preservation, which he does not. “Conservation” is a human-centered concept: protect the environment for the benefit of people. “Preservation” is environmentalism for its own sake, which he sees as elitist. “‘Wilderness’ is about preservation, not conservation,” he said. “Wilderness isn’t an environmental designation; it’s a sociopolitical designation for fundraising purposes.” Or, as he put it less delicately in the pages of Vermont Outdoors, the magazine he helmed in the early 2000s, “Biodiversity is the rallying cry of hellbent preservationists everywhere. It is to the environmental community what rear-end revealing pants are to highschool kids today.” Biodiversity “zealots,” he added, “are on a crusade to control the social agenda, equating the constitutional rights of humans with the supposed rights of bugs.” He does not disavow those sentiments today. “I don’t think it’s radical for Vermonters to have access to their land,” he said Monday. Preservationists, he said, are “political interests that want to lock up the land.” Ehlers again opposed an effort to create wilderness areas in the mid-2000s, this time within the Green Mountain National Forest. Springfield resident DICK ANDREWS, now president of the Upper Valley
Ottauquechee Section of the Green Mountain Club, was involved in other environmental organizations at the time. He recalls Ehlers as a fierce, and not always truthful, opponent of wilderness designation. “He frequently used the term ‘land grab,’ which is absurd because the federal government already owned the land,” said Andrews. “He claimed that hunting and fishing wouldn’t be allowed on wilderness lands, which is completely wrong. He knew it was wrong, and he kept saying it. “For him to be called an environmentalist is, to me, preposterous,” Andrews added. “As far as I’m concerned, he’s a complete fraud.” Whether he is a fraud or not, Ehlers’ version of environmentalism puts him at odds with other advocacy groups. In 2007, Ehlers wrote a letter that was published in the Rutland Herald and St. Johnsbury’s Caledonian-Record. In it, he depicted the idea of the “green economy” as “a political creation” and argued that all businesses should be considered equally important. And he added: “Excessive government regulation escalates the cost of doing business to the point that many of us entrepreneurs that you supposedly want in this state are looking to invest their money elsewhere.” Sounds more like a Republican than a progressive. And it seems completely at odds with the 2018 candidate who claims to be a champion of the green economy. Ehlers now asserts that “the definition of ‘green economy’ has changed.” His explanation of exactly how it has changed was less than revealing. “The green economy I put forward now prioritizes water. The green economy at that time did not.” Still, his 2007 critique attacked the very concept of a green economy, not just an insufficiently evolved version. This brings us to his series of antiunion tweets in 2010, as first reported by VTDigger. The self-described champion of labor accused the teachers’ union of “protecting deadbeats” and teachers of “looking 4 job w long paid vacations.” He depicted working conditions featuring “small class, no violence, long vacations, cadillac healthcare.” “I’ve played a role of instigating and agitating,” he explained on Monday. “For a critical thinker to question the establishment is a very Vermont thing to do — questioning authority figures.” Yeah, well, there’s a difference between critical thinking and name-calling.
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On July 4, a Barre woman named COURTNEY GABORIAULT was fatally shot by a former boyfriend, LUKE LACROIX, who then killed himself. The crime was duly reported by the local paper, the BarreMontpelier Times Argus. The following day, the Times Argus published a follow-up story by reporter DAVID DELCORE. Much of it focused on the perpetrator, depicting him in
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sympathetic terms. He was a “popular lacrosse coach” at Spaulding High School. He was “well-known and generally wellliked.” The putative tragedy of LaCroix’s death was center stage, while his victim was reduced to a supporting role. Perhaps the most bizarre passage was this: “Though LaCroix and Gaboriault were together for several years, friends and family members said she ended their increasingly troubled relationship and he did not take it well.” “…he did not take it well.” Ya think? Reaction from the community and from the Department of Public Safety, where Gaboriault worked as administrative services coordinator with the Vermont Marijuana Registry, was swift and vociferous. And justified. The article was fundamentally slanted in a way that ought to be impossible in the #MeToo era. The fact that Times Argus editors approved the story was a failure bordering on dereliction of duty. How did this happen? Well, one hint can be found in the newspaper’s staff listings. The news and editorial crew consists of people named David, David, Eric, Greg, James, Jeb, Jim, Rob, Stephen and Steven. Yep, they’re all men. I’m not saying that men are incapable of accurately reporting on male-perpetrated domestic violence. But I am saying that an all-male newsroom is much more likely to commit such a blunder. There is an upside to workplace diversity. “They don’t get female issues there at all,” former Times Argus reporter GINA CONN told me. She could be dismissed as a disgruntled ex-employee, but her diagnosis seems spot-on. On July 9, editor in chief ROB MITCHELL posted a lengthy explanation and apology online. It went much further than news organizations are typically willing to go in revealing newsroom processes and objectively evaluating failures. But to many, the post was too little too late, and the explanation felt more like rationalization. The people at the Times Argus are well-intentioned professionals, but they screwed up royally on this one. Mitchell’s apology was only a first step in the process of repairing the damage. Which ought to include a healthy dose of staffing diversity. Meanwhile, in a painful irony of the internet age, on Tuesday morning the top three trending stories on the paper’s website were Delcore’s LaCroix-focused piece, the original breaking-news account of the crime and Mitchell’s analysis. And thus, failure is rewarded with web traffic. m
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The two unions that have endorsed Ehlers, the Vermont Building and Construction Trades Council and the Vermont State Labor Council, AFLCIO, have stood by their man — but the Vermont-National Education Association is not happy. “The views expressed are abhorrent to us as a union,” said Vermont-NEA spokesman DARREN ALLEN. “That sentiment is a hallmark of an anti-union ethos.” Allen said his union will make an endorsement after the August 14 primary — but Ehlers will have to do a lot of fence-mending if he hopes to get the nod. Finally, we come to Ehlers’ tweets from 2015, again first reported by VTDigger, in which he linked to stories promoted by anti-abortion groups and posed provocative questions about the pro-choice movement. Four days after the tweets were reported, he issued a non-apology on Facebook. “There are times that I expressed my views in a way that lead to an unfortunate impact,” Ehlers wrote. “I regret that and apologize to those who have ever been offended, confused or disappointed in my choice of words.” Sorry, but any apology that includes the phrase “those who have been offended” is not a true apology. It puts the onus on the offended, not the offender. On Monday he explained his antiabortion tweets as the musings of a critical thinker, questioning conventional thinking in unconventional ways. He maintained that he is staunchly pro-choice. “I’m perhaps guilty of being a contrarian,” Ehlers said. Contrarian, loose cannon — choose your descriptor. He has burned plenty of bridges with his “contrarian” rhetoric. He now faces a completely different challenge: Bringing people together behind his campaign and being a leader instead of an agitator. It’s a virtual certainty that more of his past writings will be discovered and used against him. He may find it impossible to cross the divide between instigator and leader. At the very least, he will have to explain himself to many people.
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enry Epp is used to reading his scripts alone, perched over a soundboard in a windowless studio in Vermont Public Radio’s Colchester headquarters. But on a recent Thursday afternoon, the local “All Things Considered” host had an in-person audience to please — and a new medium to master. Standing at the edge of VPR’s cavernous newsroom, the radio star stared down a television camera and teleprompter operated by three crew members from Vermont PBS, the state’s other public broadcaster. As Epp delivered the latest news on a protracted state budget standoff, the soft-spoken Minneapolis native at first seemed poised and confident. Then, 22 seconds into the minutelong newscast, he stumbled. “Earlier this week, lawmakers failed to override Scott’s latest veto—” Epp said, interrupting himself mid-sentence and shrugging his shoulders in frustration. “Ah, shoot. Sorry.” After adjusting the teleprompter to make it more legible and instructing Epp to shift to the right, Vermont PBS cameraman David Littlefield said, “All right, that’s someone who looks like they know what they’re doing.” Epp laughed. He was ready for take two. Though they are headquartered just three blocks apart, in the Fort Ethan Allen historic district, 41-year-old VPR and 51-year-old Vermont PBS had, until recently, never worked together. “We each had our own systems to tend to, and TV and radio is different,” explained Vermont PBS president Holly Groschner. “So it just hadn’t been prioritized.” That changed earlier this year when Groschner’s station teamed up first with VTDigger.org and then VPR to bring more local news to the small screen. Now every Wednesday night, VTDigger community editor Mike Dougherty delivers a minute-long, taped newscast at the top of the “PBS NewsHour” and, on Thursday nights, Epp does the same. For now, the collaboration between Vermont’s three major nonprofit media outlets is limited to a couple of minutes
collaborate with one another? And even if these statewide outlets continue to thrive, who will cover community news in cities and towns too small to sustain for-profit or nonprofit enterprises? “Newspapers used to do so much. People didn’t realize it. They just took it for granted,” said Finn. “Now it’s up to the rest of us in society … to step in and say, ‘If these things are valuable for democracy and community, how are we going to continue them when newspapers are being forced to cut back?’”
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of programing a week. But the leaders of each organization express a desire for more. “It’s really inefficient if all of us are stumbling over each other trying to do a lot of the same things,” said VPR’s new president and CEO, Scott Finn. “We’re a small state.” The cross-platform collaboration is just the latest development in Vermont’s rapidly evolving media ecosystem, which is increasingly dominated by mission-driven nonprofits. Steady and prolonged declines in retail and classified advertising have brought layoffs to daily print newspapers such as the Burlington Free Press and Rutland Herald; the Associated Press’ Montpelier bureau has been cut to the bone; even WCAX-TV recently let veteran staffers go after its founding family sold the station to a national chain. “People have no idea how much this has impacted the state,” VTDigger founder and editor Anne Galloway said of the layoffs. “It’s fucking depressing.” Tax-exempt 501c3s such as hers — plus a handful of locally owned weeklies — are trying to fill the void. And they’re
doing it with a business model that relies less on local commerce than on grants, individual donations and corporate philanthropy. In recent years, Vermont’s most prominent nonprofit news outlets have benefited from transformational infusions of cash. VTDigger, the smallest and scrappiest of the bunch, received a five-year, $1 million commitment from Vermont Country Store co-owner Lyman Orton, which it hopes to leverage into a $5 million expansion. VPR wrapped a $10 million capital campaign that financed the construction of a stateof-the-art studio complex. And Vermont PBS netted $50 million with the sale of one of its four Federal Communications Commission broadcasting licenses. “I think it’s a very hopeful sign that when there is a market failure there are people who will respond to that,” said Dan Kennedy, a veteran media reporter and associate professor at Northeastern University School of Journalism. But can the big three nonprofits replace the reporting firepower Vermont has lost over the past decade? Can they overcome historic rivalries to truly
When Galloway founded VTDigger in 2009 — months after the BarreMontpelier Times Argus laid her off — she was convinced the online news site should be a nonprofit. “I didn’t feel that we had a choice because I didn’t see a future for commercial journalism,” she said. For half a century, public broadcasting stations had been refining the nonprofit news model, funding their operations with a combination of member donations, business underwriting, foundation grants and, in some cases, government support. In the early 2000s, as news consumers migrated to the internet, a crop of online-only outlets from San Diego to New Haven, Conn., sprouted up and adopted the model. Kennedy, who chronicled these startups in his 2013 book, The Wired City: Reimagining Journalism and Civic Life in the Post-Newspaper Age, said he “lived in terror” that one of them would fold before the book went to press. But every one of his subjects still exists today. Freed from the printing and distribution costs that go along with publishing a newspaper, “They have proven to be really resilient,” Kennedy said. “It works,” Galloway said of nonprofit journalism, “because it asks readers to buy into the idea, and it also asks businesses to do the same thing … Ultimately, we’re answerable to them.” That doesn’t mean it’s easy. For the first two years of VTDigger’s existence, NONPROFIT NEWS
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Vermont has eight times as many nonprofits as it has dairy farms — and unlike the milk industry, the state’s charitable sector just keeps growing. Vermont’s 6,044 nonprofits reported $6.8 billion in revenue and $13.2 billion in IN THIS ISSUE: assets in their latest Internal Revenue Service filings. The federal Bureau of Labor PAGE 14 Statistics estimates that nearly 18 percent of the state’s workers are employed by 501c3s. Though they’re PAGE 16 undergirded by generous tax breaks and government expenditures, these organizations are PAGE 20 largely unregulated and rarely make the news — save for the occasional embezzlement scandal PAGE 22 or multimillion-dollar donation. In its “Give and Take” PAGE 24 series, Seven Days is examining the state’s nonprofit ecosystem, from tiny local charities to one of the biggest enterprises in the state: the $1.29 billion University of Vermont Medical Center. Yep, it’s a nonprofit. What do these mostly tax-exempt organizations have in common? Are there too many? What does their proliferation mean for Vermont? Is anyone watching to make sure they play by the rules? Our “Give and Take” stories are answering these questions. Did you miss an issue? No problem. You can read the entire series at sevendaysvt.com. Click on the Special Report icon at the top of the page. Want to explore the source? Search our Vermont Nonprofit Navigator database online. Seven Days digital editor Andrea Suozzo built it so the news team could analyze revenues reported by the federally recognized nonprofit organizations that were based in Vermont as of May. Seven Days reporters and editors have been mining it, looking for patterns and aberrations. You can, too, at nonprofits.sevendaysvt.com.
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he executive directors who run Vermont’s nonprofits are paid for their efforts. The people who hire and fire them, however, are mostly volunteers. No database can calculate the value of the board members who function as organizational overseers of Vermont’s nonprofit sector. Generally, they are expected to give generously, help with fundraising or offer in-kind assistance — in law, accounting, engineering or education — that the organization would otherwise have to pay for. Many do all of the above for nothing more than the satisfaction of knowing they are helping to improve local communities. Some boards meet monthly, others just quarterly, but the
efforts still add up to hours of service in a state with more than 6,000 charitable organizations. Finding those altruistic advisers is getting more difficult, according to Lauren-Glenn Davitian, executive director of Common Good Vermont. Many organizations have empty seats or overworked volunteers who have been coaxed into serving on multiple boards of directors. “We have this kind of joke that there are 13 board members in Vermont, and they just circulate,” Davitian said. “Because there are not enough.” There’s no question Vermont has some “frequent fliers” when it comes to board service. We asked some of them to explain why they serve and what they’ve learned in the process.
DAY JOB: Former owner of the Town & Country Resort at Stowe; former Vermont legislator; former Stowe Selectboard member CURRENT BOARDS: Vermont Low Income Trust for Electricity, the Manor retirement home, Stowe Electric Commission. PAST BOARDS: Northern Vermont Chapter of the American Red Cross, Central Vermont Adult Basic Education, Vermont Chamber of Commerce, Stowe Performing Arts, Stowe Area Association, Vermont State Colleges System LESSONS FROM THE BOARDROOM: “Some boards you get asked to be on because they think you are going to give money. Other boards you get asked to be on because you know somebody who was on the board or somebody knows you, and you don’t always know how to say no.” People do seek out politicians to be on boards, according to Marron. Sometimes it’s in the hopes that they can help with public funding or with interpreting regulations. Marron remembered being asked to serve on the Manor board when it was having major money problems. “We got the financing straightened out, and it’s on relatively solid ground,” he said. “That was kind of a fix-it thing.”
PEREZ EHRICH, 75, Arlington DAY JOB: Retired Manhattan lawyer; former co-owner of Benningtonbased Hemmings Motor News CURRENT BOARDS: Vermont Symphony Orchestra. PAST BOARDS: Vermont Public Radio, Bennington Museum, the Lincoln Family Home at Hildene, Vermont Law School, Vermont Natural Resources Council, Institute for Sustainable Communities, Green Mountain College
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LESSONS FROM THE BOARDROOM: After Ehrich, a Vietnam vet, retired from the law, he moved back to his native Vermont in the late 1990s. You get to a point in life when you can “either just go play golf” or try to “make more money,” he said. “Or you can just decide, ‘I’ve had more than my fair share; it would be nice to do some things that are going to help make a difference.’” “I enjoyed working with people and building things, solving problems. I also have a pretty deep financial background, and [at] a lot of the nonprofits, it’s ‘How the hell do we pay the bills?’” The best nonprofit leaders recruit people of differing incomes and life experiences, according to Ehrich: “If … all they want is money, you figure that out pretty quickly. I think Vermont nonprofits … are smarter than that. They are not just looking for fat cats. They will ask you to give, but they won’t twist your arm.”
DAVID BLITTERSDORF, 61, Charlotte
KATHY SCHIRLING, 46, Burlington
DAY JOB: CEO of AllEarth Renewables; founder of NRG Systems; commuter rail advocate and investor in self-propelled rail cars
DAY JOB: Director of marketing and community services at People’s United Bank
CURRENT BOARDS: Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility, Renewable Energy Vermont, Vermont Manufacturing Extension Center, University of Vermont Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources. PAST BOARDS: Planned Parenthood of Northern New England, Vermont Public Interest Research Group, Net Zero Vermont LESSONS FROM THE BOARDROOM: Blittersdorf said getting older has increased his sense of urgency. He doesn’t want to be involved in nonprofits that look like they are going to take “30 years to do anything. I want to do it a lot quicker,” he said.
CURRENT BOARDS: Sara Holbrook Community Center, RunVermont, Humane Society of Chittenden County. PAST BOARDS: Queen City Police Foundation LESSONS FROM THE BOARDROOM: “I grew up in a very loving family and had everything that I needed. Not everyone out there does. So we need to give back.”
“There’s a ton of nonprofits, and when you look at them, how many can effectively move the needle on things? It’s not a lot. It takes a really skilled organization to do their mission. Also, being a business person, I want to see folks effectively use money and not waste it.”
Schirling joined her first board when she was in her twenties and had two young kids. She brought her children to events sponsored by the nonprofits for which she volunteered. Her husband, former Burlington police chief Mike Schirling, often came, too, and served on other boards. Now their kids are 20 and 22. “Both my daughter and my son still come and help set up for various events that we do,” she said. “We all need to … teach our kids that they need to be active in the community and give back.”
“I only join boards that are in line with my goals for the world, basically … All the boards I’ve been on are volunteer positions. I believe those are the best boards. People are in it for the right reasons.”
In addition to her job and board work, Schirling runs about 25 miles a week. One way or another, things get done. “I’m not sure there’s any trick to it,” she said. “We’ve always worked hard — get up early, work late.”
CHRIS MILLER, 50, Burlington
LISA VENTRISS, 62, South Burlington
DAY JOB: Social mission activism manager at Ben & Jerry’s; former staffer for Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.)
DAY JOB: President of the Vermont Business Roundtable; former president of the Vermont Captive Insurance Association
CURRENT BOARDS: CarShare Vermont, Vermont Public Interest Research Group, Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility. PAST BOARDS: Greenpeace USA
CURRENT BOARDS: Greater Burlington YMCA, Vermont PBS, Greater Burlington Industrial Corporation, Cynosure. PAST BOARDS: Mercy Connections, University of Vermont, Lund, Vermont Center for Emerging Technologies
LESSONS FROM THE BOARDROOM: Ben & Jerry’s encourages Miller to serve on boards, but he picks organizations that align with his personal beliefs. “The orientation of my career has always been one focused on being part of making change in the world. Not-for-profit boards really give me the opportunity to do that. And each board is a little bit different.”
LESSONS FROM THE BOARDROOM: Early in her career, Ventriss got some good advice. “I’m just so grateful for the mentor I had who said: ‘It’s not just about your job. It’s about your role in the community and what you give in those environments.’”
At Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility in 2015, Miller, who was then vice chair of the board, had to help the chair manage the nonprofit during the eight months it took to hire a new executive director. “It was a time when it was required that I really step up,” he explained.
“I think that if an organization has a strong reputation and is well regarded, then people want to serve on that board.” “I think it’s important for the board to have a clear sense of what its role is, so that it doesn’t get in the way of the executive to run the organization. So very clear job descriptions, if you will, for board versus management, and then having strong policies in place that pertain to fiscal policies and governance and those kind of guardrails for the organization.”
Miller doesn’t mind asking for money, even when people say no. “Fundraising is a journey,” he said. “You want to engage people in the work, the mission. You want to keep them engaged, informed over time. If they say no once, certainly don’t assume that that’s no forever.” “I’m not just selling a widget. We’re selling value to society.”
BILL SCHUBART, 73, Hinesburg DAY JOB: Fiction writer; Vermont Public Radio commentator; cofounder of Resolution, Inc. and Philo Records CURRENT BOARDS: Shelburne Museum, Vermont College of Fine Arts. PAST BOARDS: American Civil Liberties Union of Vermont, University of Vermont Medical Center, Vermont Arts Council, Vermont Symphony Orchestra, Vermont Folklife Center, Vermont Public Radio
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LESSONS FROM THE BOARDROOM: Vermont needs more young people to serve on boards and more diversity, according to Schubart: “It’s not that they are not wanted, but most of the boards that I serve on are older white men and women. We don’t teach civics … We’re not imbuing in our young people the sense that they do have an obligation to contribute to society, and that’s a problem. There’s a lot of young kids who make a tremendous amount of money very fast and don’t even know what philanthropy is. They are actually trying to teach courses now in philanthropy for young millionaires.”
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“The real key to everything in the nonprofit sector is mission. If a leader is not delivering on mission, they need to be replaced. And the allegiance of the board has to always be to the mission, not the executive director.”
MELINDA MOULTON, 68, Huntington
DAY JOB: Longtime president and executive director of the Preservation Trust of Vermont
LESSONS FROM THE BOARDROOM: “It’s very interesting being an executive director of one organization but also serving on the board of other organizations.”
CURRENT BOARDS: Planned Parenthood of Northern New England, Special Olympics Vermont, Vermont Main Street Alliance. PAST BOARDS: Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility, Vermont Folklife Center, Audubon Vermont, Vermont Arts Council LESSONS FROM THE BOARDROOM: Moulton said she’s lost track of the number of nonprofits she’s helped: “It’s been a 35-year career of serving on boards. I have a lot of energy. I’m an activist. I care deeply and profoundly about the future of our world and our children.”
Preservation Trust board meetings always include a nice dinner, and people have a chance to get to know one another, which helps the board function, Bruhn said. “If you are on the other side of an issue from somebody and you don’t know them, as in politics, you know, you can get mad. So that’s been a really important aspect to our board.”
Board members don’t always agree on the best path to achieve goals, and compromise needs to be part of the job, Moulton said. “I’ve never been like, ‘Oh, this isn’t working; I’m going to leave. I’m going to take my ball and go home.’ I’m always willing to do whatever we need to do to get to the other side.”
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“One of the reasons that serving on boards is fun and interesting and educational is that you get to meet lots of interesting people.”
Moulton has fought for reproductive rights since she was a teenager. The battle continues with the possibility that a new U.S. Supreme Court justice could jeopardize the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion. “Here we are in this extraordinary time in our history where it’s conceivable Roe could be reversed,” she said. “I’ve got to be on the front lines.”
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Nonprofit News « P.14 Galloway worked 80- to 90-hour weeks and didn’t take a paycheck. As she burned through startup money, she learned several key lessons. She didn’t have the luxury to spend weeks on an investigation; in order to grow an audience, she had to publish daily. And while foundations were willing to fund her early efforts, she knew she needed a business staff to grow sustainable sources of revenue. “They recognized pretty quickly that in order to do good, you have to do well,” media consultant Tim Griggs, a veteran of the New York Times and the nonprofit Texas Tribune, said of VTDigger. “It doesn’t matter how much passion you have for doing good journalism if you don’t exist.”
through its Super Reader program — though such donations are not tax deductible because the paper is not a 501c3. “I believe the business model has a lot of upside,” Kinney said. If VTDigger has made it work, VPR has made a killing. From 2012 to 2017, the radio station’s revenue grew from $9.1 million to $12.4 million, according to IRS filings. In its latest report, the station claimed $30.2 million worth of assets, including an $11.3 million endowment. “We’re coming off an incredibly successful period of time,” Kinney said. “We really feel like we’re in a position of strength.” Vermont PBS is the only one of the three media nonprofits that hasn’t seen natural growth. From 2011 through
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But is it too nice for a regional public radio station? “Of course I don’t think so,” Kinney said before paraphrasing a former board member: “VPR needs a proper home — not only for staff, who deserve a good work space, but as we invite more people into our home, we need to have the space to welcome them and engage with them.” That’s the purpose of the station’s Stetson Studio One, a 120-seat performance venue used for VPR’s “News and Brews” gatherings and “Live From the Fort” concerts. “We didn’t build this for VPR,” Finn said as he entered the room. “We built this for the community.” Inside, four Vermont PBS and VPR employees were working together on the next phase of their collaboration: joint debates during this fall’s gubernatorial
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In the long term, Groschner said, she hopes to use the money to “put more Vermont in Vermont PBS.”
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According to VTDigger’s filings with the Internal Revenue Service, its revenue grew tenfold over five years — from $296,000 in 2011 to $2.17 million in 2016. In that time, according to Galloway, its foundation funding went from 75 percent of its budget to less than 10 percent. VTDigger’s three biggest sources of revenue now are corporate sponsorships, major gifts and member donations. To Brendan Kinney, vice president of development and marketing at VPR, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. “We’ve been operating under this business model for 40 years,” he said. “Commercial operations, as well as other nonprofit news operations, are discovering, Oh my gosh, what if we just ask people to pay for it?” Kinney noted that even Seven Days, a locally owned for-profit newspaper, began soliciting contributions this year
2016, its revenue declined slightly every year but one, according to IRS filings, from $6.8 million to $5.5 million. Contributions and grants dropped by nearly $2 million in that period, from 80 percent of the station’s revenue to 64 percent. But due to changes in the telecommunications industry, the station is in a stronger financial position now than any media organization in the state. In 2017, Vermont PBS took part in a national auction of FCC spectrum licenses, during which wireless providers bought the rights to certain frequencies from dozens of television stations. The Vermont organization netted $50 million from the sale of one such license. “We see that as money for change, not just operating capital,” Groschner said. So far, her board has approved an additional $1 million a year in technological, content and personnel investments.
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a perk that doesn’t help in the waistline department: the multi-tap kombucha dispenser near the reception desk. “It’s kinda nice,” he admitted. “I gotta be careful, though, because it’s got a lot of sugar in it. Is it mildly alcoholic, too?” Last July, VPR reeled in the final pledges of its three-year, $10 million VPR Next Capital Campaign. While $2 million was earmarked for a news and programming “innovation fund,” the rest financed a near-doubling of its now-27,000-square-foot headquarters. For years, reporters and producers had been crammed into a converted hayloft above a former veterinary hospital. Now, they can roam the opulent new campus, from its palatial newsroom to its soundproof work spaces and recording studios to its sun-soaked cafeteria and patio. “It’s a great retention tool for staff, and it’s also a great recruitment tool,” Kinney explained.
election. The two organizations also plan to team up on a public opinion poll, according to Groschner. “Are you guys scoping out the lighting in here?” Finn asked Vermont PBS production manager Brian Stevenson. “Pretty much,” he replied. “Just trying to get a feel for the space.” Though both public broadcasters are flush with cash, neither has appreciably expanded its news offerings in recent years. From 2001 through 2013, according to VPR senior vice president and chief content officer John Van Hoesen, the station transformed its newsroom from a threeperson staff to one with 17 reporters, hosts and support staff. In the five years since, it has added just two full time positions, Van Hoesen said. And while Vermont PBS could afford to pay every reporter in the state, Groschner
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For all the talk of collaboration in Vermont’s nonprofit news sector, two of its players — VPR and Vermont PBS — are just getting to know each other, and two — VPR and VTDigger — sound like squabbling siblings.
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cause it seems to be such a natural thing to do,” said VTDigger board chair Curtis Koren. “So far it seems as if they don’t want to do that because they see us as in competition with them. But I think things will change.” Finn declined to directly address Galloway’s allegations, noting several times that he was the new guy, and said that he would seek a relationship with the online news site. “Whatever happened in the past is water under the bridge, and we’re ready to work with anyone else — for-profit or nonprofit media — if it makes sense to serve Vermonters better,” he said. “Our guide star has to be figuring out ways to … fill in some of the gaps being left by the decline of newspapers.”
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opportunities through virtual reality programing and/or finding more ways to interact with the community through digital platforms,” Groschner said. First things first: The station is spending $75,000 on a market study. “Because we just presume we know who a public media viewer is,” Groschner explained. “And we need to know how we can serve the whole state, not just the classic public media viewer.”
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Unlike his predecessor, Robin Turnau, who hailed from the fundraising world, Finn got his start as an investigative reporter. “I was in one of the last two-newspaper towns in America,” he said, referring to West Virginia’s Charleston Daily Mail and Charleston Gazette. “In some ways, [the competition] made you better. In some ways, it made you worse: Sometimes you’d run with things before it’s ready or you’d react to their story instead of thinking, Is that really something I need to add to?” Finn said he hopes to find the right balance between competition and collaboration. “It would not be a healthy thing to have just one strong media organization in the state doing all the stories,” he said. “But at the end of the day, I’m not too worried about journalists losing their nerve or their competitive edge.” Galloway isn’t just waiting for VPR to come around. She has formed contentsharing partnerships with 15 newspapers and become a de facto wire service for dailies and weeklies looking to supplement — or even replace — the AP, whose Montpelier bureau has lost four of six staffers in the past decade. Five years ago, Galloway could afford
just three reporters, who covered health care, energy and a few other issues. Now her newsroom employs 16 reporters and editors, including the state’s only dedicated Washington, D.C., correspondent, Elizabeth Hewitt. VTDigger has experienced some growing pains over the years, including high employee turnover, often losing its reporters not long after they’ve learned the ropes. Galloway said she’s tried to address the problem by improving pay and benefits — and making clear to potential hires that their first duty is to produce daily, not long-form, journalism. “I’ve accepted the fact that we’re a little bit of a training ground,” she said. Galloway has also tried to reduce her own workload to avoid burning out. But she still works 60 to 70 hours a week, she said, and wakes up at 4 a.m. most days to publish VTDigger’s daily newsletter. “We worry about Anne,” said Koren, VTDigger’s board chair. “She realizes she has to set a good example.” Even if Galloway is scaling back her hours, she’s not scaling back her ambitions. “I want to get to the point where we have at least 25 people in the newsroom — maybe 30,” she said, including at least one reporter in every county. She noted that even those numbers pale in comparison
to the Burlington Free Press and Rutland Herald at their respective peaks. “We’re not doing this for the heck of it,” she said. “We’re doing it because there’s a real need.” One example: VTDigger’s breaking coverage in 2016 of the alleged EB-5 Ponzi scheme in the Northeast Kingdom. “If we’d had the staff — if I hadn’t been doing a million things — I think that the fraud at Jay Peak could have been fully exposed in 2012,” Galloway said. “If you have a press that’s really watchdogging it, these kinds of [scandals] don’t have the opportunity to blossom.”
News Deserts Northeastern’s Kennedy is bullish on nonprofit media, but he’s worried about the “news deserts” that are being left behind. “What troubles me is not instability on the part of the ones that have been actually launched and operated. It’s the spottiness of the coverage,” he said. “So many places go without.” That’s particularly true in small, rural states such as Vermont, where only a few media markets can sustain a donor-driven journalism enterprise. One that can is tony Charlotte, home to the Charlotte News, a semiweekly print newspaper funded by
a 501c3 and 501c4 and distributed free of charge to every household in town. Another nonprofit news outlet in the state has actually been around for some time. Founded 25 years ago, the Bridge in Montpelier has limped through several ownership configurations, all including cofounder Nat Frothingham. A few years ago, as he prepared to retire, the publisher recruited a board and sought nonprofit status. Frothingham eventually gave the paper to Friends of the Bridge, a 501c3. He formally stepped down in May. “The Bridge has always had pretty good support, but not enough,” said board chair Donny Osman. “What we think we can go for now is grant money.” Osman is confident that there’s a future for the Bridge. “There are a lot of people in Montpelier and environs who appreciate independent, local journalism, covering hometown issues that maybe nobody else is doing,” he said. Jeff Potter has found the same in Brattleboro, where, for the past decade, he has run the Commons, a nonprofit print weekly. Founded as a volunteer alternative to the Brattleboro Reformer, then owned by the corporate MediaNews Group, the Commons now has three full time reporters and editors, as well as a stable
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organizations, Blue Cross Blue Shield is a 501m. It doesn’t have to file Internal Revenue Service Form 990s as do most 501 orgs, so it’s not in the Vermont Nonprofit Navigator database that Seven Days put together for its “Give and Take” series. Blue Cross Blue Shield does pay federal taxes. The special status is in recognition that it’s selling insurance — not typically considered a charitable effort — but also providing a social good by helping Americans afford their medical care. The company gets a better deal from the State of Vermont, Teachout said. “In Vermont, we’re treated as a nonprofit and are exempt from most taxes,” she said. In other ways, though, the company behaves like a for-profit enterprise. One key difference is at the board level:
According to the company’s filings with Vermont’s Department of Financial Regulation, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Vermont paid its 12-member board $317,650 in 2016. Board chair Charles Smith took home $43,000. That’s in contrast to most nonprofit organizations, which expect their board members to serve as volunteers. Teachout said the time and expertise involved in governing an organization as large as Blue Cross Blue Shield of Vermont is intense, and board members provide a lot of value to the company. “They are overseeing health care claims for, I think, about 240,000 Vermonters and $1.5 billion in claims,”
Teachout said. Board members attend more than 30 meetings a year. Teachout said the company’s position within the state’s health care economy makes the board’s work a matter of public health, unlike other statewide nonprofits such as the Vermont Land Trust or Vermont Public Radio. “If VPR was not managed properly … I don’t think it would affect the health of Vermonters,” Teachout said. “If Blue Cross fails, it’s not just Vermonters’ health, but it’s the system. We’re paying all the hospitals and all the doctors and all the providers.” Anne Wallestad, president and CEO of the Washington, D.C., nonprofit
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“The common denominator with VPR and with Vermont PBS and Digger is, they have a dedicated fundraising development staff that work every day at raising money, that plan for the long term, that can organize campaigns and get donors large and small,” Holhut said. “There’s money in Brattleboro,” he added, but also a lot of competition from other nonprofits. “It’s here. We haven’t had the capacity to do the most fundamental thing a nonprofit does, which is to ask for money.” The Commons faces another conundrum. Founded as an alternative to a dying print daily, it did best when the Reformer was failing: Community support surged after a round of layoffs at the Reformer in 2015. “We were really looking at contrasting [ourselves] against an economic model of journalism that was really, truly broken,” Potter said. “I think people saw and appreciated us for the model and the vision that we had.” Then something unusual happened: In 2016, a group of local investors bought the Reformer and its sister papers from their corporate owner and started to rejuvenate them. For-profit journalism, it seemed, wasn’t dead yet.
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etired schoolteacher Casey Murrow is known as the son of legendary broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow. The younger Murrow stood out for another reason when Seven Days examined loans that Vermont-based nonprofits gave to employees and board members: He received more than $300,000 in loans from the education-related nonprofit he ran for more than a decade — loans he is still repaying. Over the course of two interviews last week, Murrow, 72 and a resident of Putney, contended that nothing was amiss. But the transaction, and others like it, raises questions about a littleknown practice. Some nonprofits report loaning funds to employees or directors. A few organizations help employees buy real estate; others provide unspecified personal loans. “We shouldn’t forget that nonprofits get a tremendous tax subsidy in the form of no taxes,” said Todd Daloz, who helped police nonprofits as a Vermont assistant attorney general from 2011 to 2016. “And, certainly, I would want to know a lot more about how a board came to a decision to make [a loan].” The Internal Revenue Service requires nonprofits, often referred to by their 501c tax classification, to publicly disclose loans to and from “interested persons”: current or former officers, directors, trustees, or key employees. There’s an added wrinkle in Vermont: State law prohibits nonprofits from loaning money to board members. Jamie Renner, the sole assistant attorney general who oversees nonprofits in Vermont, said he hasn’t gotten a complaint regarding such loans, nor has he investigated any. Renner cautioned that information about the loans contained in nonprofit tax filings is not sufficient to judge if they are problematic. Such a determination would require a thorough investigation by the Vermont Attorney General’s Office, he said. Excluding credit unions, 10 nonprofits in Vermont in 2016 were owed a total of about $900,000 from individuals
listed as “interested persons,” according to IRS Form 990s in Seven Days’ Vermont Nonprofit Navigator database. At least seven loans with outstanding balances in 2015 and 2016 were made to nonprofit board members. Schedule L of Form 990s details the name of the person who took out a loan, that person’s relationship to the organization and other details. That doesn’t mean Schedule L is always filled out correctly. “990 forms are complicated and, since there is no tax involved, my sense is that a lot of them are prepared incorrectly out of inexperience, ignorance, inattention or sloppy preparation, as if they are not important enough to get right,” Colleen Montgomery, a certified public accountant who often works with nonprofits, said in an email. In Murrow’s case, it’s unclear how much the board of the Vermont Learning Collaborative, which runs teaching programs for educators, knew about the loans he received. As the group’s executive director from the early 2000s until 2017, Murrow said, he “wrote all their
proposals for their major funding, which came from a state contract.” Previously, Murrow had spent about a decade teaching at Deerfield Valley Elementary School in Wilmington. Murrow said he didn’t recall what salary he was paid for his work at the collaborative and that it varied each year. Of the organization’s six publicly available 990s, only one listed Murrow’s salary: $59,537 in 2012. To supplement his wages, Murrow said, he took loans as “an advance on salary” that made his compensation commensurate with comparable nonprofit organizations. The collaborative’s 2011 Form 990 filing, the oldest available, reported that he owed a total of $345,776. “The board of directors became aware of prior loans to the executive director during the current year,” says a note on the 2011 form. “The executive director can no longer borrow funds from the organization and has signed a loan repayment agreement in which the organization will recover all prior funds loaned to the executive director.”
“I think [the board] felt it was an excessive amount,” said Murrow. “But they had previously authorized it, so that was a little confusing.” In 2016, the most recent filing available, Murrow still owed the nonprofit $169,382. That year, the organization brought in just $89,384 in revenue. Murrow left the job in the summer of 2017. He deferred many questions about the loans to Amelia Stone, the collaborative’s longtime board chair and interim director. Stone directed inquiries from Seven Days to Fletcher Proctor, an attorney who helped write a promissory note that Murrow signed last year as he prepared to retire. According to Proctor, Murrow must pay about $2,000 a month, including 4 percent interest, until the balance is paid off. For the organization, the loan “wasn’t a bad investment,” Proctor said with a chuckle, “but that, of course, is not what their business model is about.” He also said that Murrow had regularly reported his “advances” to the board. Other nonprofits not in the loan business have made them, too. A 2015 Form 990 filing shows that Springfield Hospital had loaned $52,000 to Dr. Gerald Drabyn, a plastic surgeon and board member who still owed $40,000. Anna Smith, the hospital’s chief of marketing and corporate communications, responded to Seven Days’ queries made to Drabyn and hospital board members. She said Drabyn was elected in December 2015 to serve on the board in 2016 — after the loan was issued. “The only thing I can share with you is that it’s disclosed as is required and is really a personal matter and is being paid back,” Smith said. IRS filings show that Stratton Mountain School, which sent several alumni to the 2018 Winter Olympic Games, has loaned money to Christopher Kaltsas, the school’s headmaster and board secretary. He owed the well-heeled private nonprofit ski school $39,438, according to its 2016 Form 990. “No, no, it’s a mistake,” Kaltsas said in a phone conversation. “There’s no loan.”
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He said the outstanding amount was much closer to $9,000 and was a result of a “due to/from” account he kept with the school. Kaltsas often travels to raise money for the school, and its accountant uses that line item to document expenses, he said. Pressed further, Kaltsas said: “There was never a formalized loan where the school gave me that money and I was obligated to pay it back.” Kaltsas said the “mistaken entry” had been corrected three or four years ago on the school’s certified financial statements. “And yet someone in the office missed making that change on the 990,” he said.
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Details of the line item have been on the school’s 990 forms — signed by Kaltsas — since 2010, when an accountant noted an original principal loan amount of $72,231. Kaltsas, headmaster for the last 22 years, said he likely missed the error when reviewing the lengthy IRS document. Gary Giulietti, the board chair, did not respond to a message left at his Hartford, Conn., office. Other organizations appear to use loans to sweeten the deal when they hire new employees. The Aloha Foundation, a 105-year-old nonprofit that runs summer camps and an outdoor education center on two lakes in Fairlee, lent its executive director $658,000 for a home purchase, according to the organization’s 2016 Form 990. Christopher Overtree, who served for a year on the foundation’s board before becoming executive director in 2015,
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moved from Massachusetts to Vermont to take the job. The foundation’s 2017 Form 990 indicates a balance due of zero. “While our personnel policies prohibit me from commenting extensively, this temporary bridge loan facilitated my relocation to Vermont in late 2016,” Overtree said in a written statement. “The loan was charged a market interest rate and paid off in January 2017.” Even nonprofits in the business of making loans, such as credit unions, must disclose transactions involving board members. Sas Stewart, the co-owner of Middlebury-based Stonecutter Spirits, sits on the board of the Addison County Economic Development Corporation, a 501c6, and owes it $140,656, according to the corporation’s 2016 Form 990. She explained that she’d gotten a total of $200,00 in business loans through the organization in 2015, well before she became a board member in January 2017. The board adheres to a strict conflict-ofinterest policy, she said, and a separate committee makes loan decisions. “We always are really open about the kinds of organizations we represent, professionally and personally,” Stewart said. “There’s no direct relationship between who gets loans and the board. There’s zero crossover, for all the right reasons.” Mistakes are sometimes made on the 990 documents — just ask Alan Stearns. He was chair of the Waitsfield-based Northern Forest Canoe Trail board in 2016 when the nonprofit noted on its Schedule L that he’d borrowed $10,000 for “cash flow.” But Stearns had actually lent the organization $10,000 during a rough patch, according to documents he provided to Seven Days. By early 2017, after holiday season donations had refilled the group’s coffers, Stearns said, he had been paid back, without interest. Murrow, too, has loaned money to a nonprofit, records show. While he worked at the Vermont Learning Collaborative, Murrow ran another nonprofit dedicated to teacher
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payable to him as of that day,” the organization wrote in its 2014 IRS filing. Murrow said he’d realized that Synergy would never be able to pay him back. Indeed, in 2016 the nonprofit took in just $12,130 in revenue. Murrow said he wrote off the loan as an investment loss on his personal return, presumably reducing his taxable income. “It made good business sense at that moment,” he said. “It didn’t seem to me — to any of us — that Synergy was going to be able to raise that much money to repay the full amount that was owed.” His board appears to have provided little oversight regarding the loans. David Sobel, a board member listed as Synergy’s president in 2011, said, “I know nothing about it.” Sobel, a professor recently retired from Antioch
University New England, said that he hadn’t communicated with Murrow in “a decade, probably.” Speaking from his New Hampshire home, Sobel said he had no idea he was still connected to the organization. He said that he hadn’t participated in a board meeting in 20 years and that the board made few decisions. Instead, Murrow called the shots. “I hope I’m not legally obligated for some bad debt,” Sobel said. Sobel wasn’t the only board member surprised to hear from a reporter asking about Synergy. Wade, Murrow’s wife, said she didn’t remember a loan of that amount. “I can’t imagine it would be that much,” said Wade, who is listed as the board’s current president in Synergy’s filing with the Vermont Secretary of
State’s Office. “That’s such a big number for a very, very small organization that at any time had only one or two employees.” Asked about the possible discrepancies, Murrow denied any dysfunction and contended that the board conducted phone meetings. So, did its members know about the loans he’d made to the organization — and later forgave? “They were aware of it from telephone conversations,” Murrow said. “I really don’t know how seriously they took all that.” m Disclosure: Colleen Montgomery is an owner of the Burlington accounting firm Montgomery & Granai, which does tax preparation for Seven Days. Contact: sasha@sevendaysvt.com
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efore Massachusetts Republican John Kingston started spending his millions on a campaign to defeat Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) in this fall’s midterm election, he established a “creative sanctuary” on a farm near Woodstock, Vt., and loaned it $4 million of his own money. Kingston’s focus, outside politics, is the multistate Sword & Spoon Group. That’s the umbrella corporation for half a dozen organizations, four of which are nonprofits, founded by Kingston and his wife, Jean, to produce or sponsor religious media projects and artistic retreats. The group’s Vermont operation is called Sword & Spoon Workshop, a 501c3 founded in 2015 and incorporated in Woodstock. The retreat space operated by the nonprofit does business as OQ Farm and is located in nearby Bridgewater. The farm’s website calls it a “creative sanctuary” that hosts artist residencies and faith-based gatherings. The Boston Herald described it as “a Christian retreat.” Burlington accountant Colleen Montgomery said a loan to a nonprofit from a founder or board member is perfectly legal if it’s properly reported. She noted that the interest rate paid on the loan is important. “There’s no great leap of faith here to believe that [Kingston’s] got some kind of control over the organization,” she said, “and then you want to make sure that that control doesn’t extend to … him getting a sweet deal on this loan.” Sword & Spoon Workshop’s Internal Revenue Service Form 990 says it paid $34,060 in interest during 2016 — less than 1 percent of the $4 million
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$4 MILLION OF HIS OWN MONEY. Kingston had loaned it. Montgomery said that doesn’t seem like an excessive amount to pay in interest on such a large loan. The workshop says its mission is “to sponsor a faith-informed retreat center and creative sanctuary for artists and to support the creation, production, and distribution of faith-informed narrative nonfiction film, television and other video content.”
The Form 990 says the workshop, with an operating budget of $1.98 million, employed seven people and had 20 volunteers in 2016. Kingston made his multimillion-dollar loan that year, and the nonprofit repaid him more than $1.4 million, according to its 2016 Form 990. Bridgewater Town Treasurer Victoria Young said the farm was a religious retreat under its previous owner, who sold it to Kingston in 2011. “They’re sort of off on the end of the road, so we really don’t see much of what they do,” she said. “I know they do have a concert in the summertime.” Young said the Kingstons also own an adjacent property, but she wasn’t sure how much time the family spends in Vermont. Representatives for Sword & Spoon Group and Kingston’s campaign did not respond to multiple interview requests from Seven Days. Kingston, a lawyer and businessman, faces competition from two other Republicans in Massachusetts’ September 4 Senate primary. He was a vocal critic of then-candidate Donald Trump in 2016 and helped fund an effort to get an independent conservative on the ballot to run against Trump. As a candidate for Senate, he has walked back his criticisms in a letter to state party officials, according to the Boston Globe. Kingston reportedly wrote that he supports the president and that he attended Trump’s inauguration. The letter was sent as he appealed to the Massachusetts Republican Party for its endorsement. m Contact: taylor@sevendaysvt.com
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As we travel through our days here on Earth, we occasionally will meet a person who stands out and shines with a warmth and sense of caring that sets them apart
from most others. Darlene Autery was such a person. Regrettably, Darlene passed away early on the morning of July 2 after a 10-month fight with lymphoma. She died in the care of friends, surrounded by the people who were closest to her. Darlene was a kind, peaceful, honest, unassuming soul and a wonderful friend to many. She will be greatly missed. Born in California and raised in Massachusetts, Darlene eventually settled in Bolton, Vt., put down roots, and raised her son, Gabe, whom she loved and cared about dearly. Darlene is also survived by her loving older brothers Damian, David and Dwayne; sisters-in-law Cauleen and Pam; niece
Molly, and nephews Devin and Drake; as well as her partner, Steve, and his children Evan, Sarah and Jessica; Darlene’s halfsiblings Mary, Katie and Paul; and step-brother Fred (DeVries). A celebration of Darlene’s life and a mourning for her death will be held at Tony and Loree’s house on 1519 Notch Rd., Bolton (tel. 4345080) on Sunday, July 15, from 4 until 8 p.m., maybe later. Please bring a dish and memories to share, your own lawn chair and drink, a smile on your face, a tear in your eye, and a song in your heart. Live music will be provided by Rick & the LUV and other friends, because, as all who knew her are aware, Darlene Rocks! “To live is to fly. Both low and high. So shake the dust off of your wings. And the tears out of your eyes.” — Townes Van Zandt
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The University of Vermont Medical Center postponed 68 elective procedures that require complex surgical teams ahead of a nursing strike planned for Thursday and Friday, July 12 and 13. Chief medical officer Dr. Isabelle Desjardins said at a press conference Tuesday that patients were contacted and given the option to reschedule their surgeries for later in the month. During a possible strike, emergency medical care will still be available 24-7 and outpatient services will continue as normal, according to Desjardins. Nearly 600 temporary nurses arrived in Burlington to receive two days of Eileen Whalen (left) and training ahead of the planned union work Dr. Isabelle Desjardins stoppage. Desjardins said there is no cause for concern about patient safety during the strike. Samira Lawson, a member of the nurses’ union bargaining committee, disagreed. “If they were really not concerned, they would not cancel any surgeries,” she said after the press conference. The UVM nurses and hospital officials were scheduled to negotiate Tuesday night, but the proposed wage increases advertised by the hospital in press releases have not changed during the past week. A bargaining session Monday night yielded no resolution. The nurses have maintained that the hospital has a staffing crisis stemming from uncompetitive wages. Ninety physicians and other health care providers signed a letter calling on the hospital to increase compensation for nurses, and 43 members of the state legislature sent a letter to the hospital expressing concern about unsafe staffing. Some patients are choosing to preemptively cancel appointments that fall on the strike dates. Llu Mulvaney-Stanak, who uses they/them pronouns, and their partner rescheduled a July 13 ultrasound appointment for their 5-month-old in solidarity with the nurses. Mulvaney-Stanak said the couple received excellent care from nurses during a long and complicated labor when their baby was delivered in breech position. The ultrasound was intended to ensure that the child does not have any health complications. Mulvaney-Stanak said they were not confident their baby would receive quality care from a replacement nurse. “When you have an infant, the thing you want most is people who know what the hell they are doing,” Mulvaney-Stanak said. Nilima Abrams, a cancer patient receiving chemotherapy at the UVM Medical Center, was upset to learn her second chemo session was scheduled for July 12. The drugs she is receiving can cause heart failure, and an error could prove catastrophic. Abrams said she did not feel comfortable receiving the treatment from temporary nurses and felt the hospital was not responsive to her concerns, describing its strike preparations as disorganized and sloppy. No administrators returned her calls or answered her questions, she said. After a week of “pleading,” Abrams was able to move her appointment to Wednesday, before the work stoppage is scheduled to begin. “I am mostly frustrated with the administration. That said, the trap of the whole thing is that the nurses want to prove how valuable they are, which I get, but in order to prove that … patients are being put at risk,” she said. Julie MacMillan, the nurses’ union lead negotiator, told Seven Days last week that its 1,800 members are not taking Follow all the latest the strike lightly. She said she feels 100 percent confident on the nurses’ strike that the planned strike is the fault of the hospital for refusat sevendaysvt.com. ing to meet nurses’ needs. Caitlin Gray, a member of the nurses’ bargaining committee, said after the press conference Tuesday that staffing issues have made current hospital conditions unsafe. She works in inpatient rehabilitation and was once asked to attend to four people with traumatic brain injuries with only two “sitters” to help her watch them. The patients had had part of their skulls removed because of brain hemorrhaging and should each have had their own sitter, according to Gray, as a fall could prove fatal. When she raised her concerns, she said, she was told to put mattresses next to the patients’ beds.
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“I just love dancing. I look forward ttending a VERMONT YOUTH DANCERS show is an adventure to every single day,” said 14-year-old AMY in the unexpected. The name MERENA of Jericho, who played Merlin. might suggest something “And hanging out with all my friends akin to a dance recital — a series of makes it that much better.” Groff, 50, of Jericho and Robinson, unconnected dance numbers by youth of various ages and artistic interests. 57, of Underhill planted the seeds of But the company’s most recent show, VYD with a 2006 dance performance Castle on the Hill: A Tale of King Arthur, that raised funds for a local child’s heart was a carefully crafted dance theater transplant. The six kids in the show “had a great time together, so performance with we kept getting together, narrative drive, pasand we pulled some new sionate acting and people in,” said Groff. cohesive producFor a few years, they tion. It was an artful performed at farmers reminder never markets and other local to underestimate events. In 2010, Groff young people. and Robinson directed VYD consists of the first big VYD pro45 students ages 8 MIA G ROF F duction, which included to 18 from through16 kids. The company’s out northwestern Vermont. The company stages one membership grew steadily until the difull-length dance and music show an- rectors capped it at 45 in 2013. “That’s really just because we can’t fit nually, performed in April at a local high school and in June at a regional arts another child on the stage!” said Groff. venue. Under the leadership of found- The two women also want to ensure a ing director MIA GROFF and codirector quality experience for each dancer. THERESA ROBINSON — and with the help of “Once a child becomes part of our parents — VYD presents contemporary company, they are guaranteed a role in adaptations of well-known tales such as future productions,” said Robinson. “We The Wizard of Oz, Peter Pan and Oliver like to grow that dancer from the time Twist, as well as the occasional show they become part of our group right up written by students. to when they graduate, when they leave.” Every participant in VYD is a volMost dancers perform with VYD year unteer, and proceeds from each show after year, and older students mentor benefit a local nonprofit. This year’s younger ones, creating what feels like an recipients were the Jericho-Underhill extended family, according to Robinson, Ecumenical Ministries Food Shelf and Groff and Merena. Hunger Free Vermont. “We rehearse twice a week, and we Groff and Robinson choose shows always see each other at school, and it based on their relevance to the dancers’ makes for really good relationships,” lives. said Merena. Her mother, LAURA MERENA, “We try to see where our kids are and who is VYD’s costume coordinator, has what they are struggling with and make similar feelings about volunteering with things fit,” Groff explained. This year’s the other parents. “We all get along and laugh a lot,” said show, Castle on the Hill, centered on themes of loyalty and loss: The company Laura. “If a problem arises, we all work is losing six longtime VYD dancers who through it.” just graduated from high school. Dancers are invited to join VYD based In one of two June performances at on skill, character and/or the codirecSPRUCE PEAK PERFORMING ARTS CENTER in tors’ instincts. “Sometimes we bring in Stowe, ballet dancers leapt into midair kids just because we feel like it would splits and twirled each other in joyful really help them grow and gain some spins. Hip-hop dancers twisted and confidence to be included,” said Groff. popped in a battle of dominance be- She and Robinson become acquainted tween devotees of Avalon and Camelot. with dancers through VYD’s summer
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camps — which also present full-length shows — and through the dance classes they teach at the Bird’s Nest Dance Loft in Jericho. Summer camps take place at various Chittenden County schools, and the company rehearses during the school year at Jericho Elementary School. VYD members aren’t required to take classes with Groff and Robinson, but they must be enrolled in a dance class while preparing for the show so that they’re “engaged in learning,” said Robinson. The creative process begins in the fall, when the directors give artistic guidelines to about 10 adult and student choreographers. For the next six months, dancers learn steps and work with an acting coach, while parents sew elaborate costumes and make sets and props. In the weeks right before the show, more parents design lighting and master the soundtrack; Groff and Robinson write
narration to weave about 30 dances into a clear story. “We want to give them all a moment in the sun, a time for them to really stand tall,” said Groff. On opening night, the kids take the stage and make all set and prop changes during the show. Groff and Robinson watch from the audience. “I have a headset under my seat for emergencies,” admitted Groff, but the two have complete confidence in their performers. “They don’t really need us back there,” said Robinson. “They’ve got it. They are an incredible group of young people … It’s obviously a huge time investment and an enormous amount of work, but it is such joyful work.” m
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Who knew that the “parents” of Curious George were German Jews who escaped the Holocaust? Hans and Margret Rey developed the first tale about the mischievous little chimpanzee as they were fleeing the Nazis in 1940. The couple, who eventually A still from Monkey Business ended up in the U.S., went on to create seven Curious George books. The series later inspired an animated television series and a franchise of “New Adventures” books that are still in print. That’s just one of the stories brought to light at the STOWE JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL, which kicks off this Thursday, July 12. Monkey Business: The Adventures of Curious George’s Creators is the first of four films to be screened, two each in July and August. The other three are Itzhak, about the life, work and music of violinist Itzhak Perlman; a sneak preview of the new Shekinah Rising, which visits young Hasidic women “who are beginning to assert themselves”; and On the Map, an unlikely sports film centered on the Maccabi Tel Aviv basketball team’s 1977 victory in the European Championship. “We try to have a variety,” says EDEE SIMON-ISRAEL, founder and cochair of the 3-year-old film fest and longtime summer resident of Stowe. She and fellow cochair SARA TAUBEN sift through dozens of film recommendations, many from friends who’ve attended Jewish film fests elsewhere, and winnow down the list to 20 or 30. “We send that with links to trailers to our committee of six or seven people,” Simon-Israel explains. “They watch the trailers, read the reviews and then vote.” Why only four films, and why spread them out over two months? Simon-Israel says she felt the schedule would “be more successful in this community” — that is, a town with many seasonal residents and visitors. “If we try to squeeze it into one weekend, they might miss it.” Since the fest launched in 2016, reception from both local viewers and sponsors has been enthusiastic, according to Simon-Israel. “The reach is way beyond the Jewish community,” she says. “We averaged between 80 and 100 people per showing.” The audiences represent “people from all walks of life” and come from as far as Burlington and Montréal, she adds. Two visitors from the latter city this summer will be filmmakers Abbey Jack Neidik and Irene Angelico, who made Shekinah. They’ll appear on Thursday, August 9, for a Q&A following the film. The festival has been “an interesting experiment and has turned out more successfully than I expected,” says Simon-Israel. “We love doing something that resonates with the community. It’s very gratifying.”
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effectively of institutionalizing the process of sharing our stories.” The social context and political sentiment behind that quote may have motivated Alvarez and Parini to host the competition, but they went unspoken on the day of the picnic. Attendees filed under a skinny tent that shielded bowls of potato and quinoa salads from a warm sun, along with cookies and Doritos. The smell of good sausage wafted from a grill. After Alvarez introduced me to a number of residents — including principal CHRISTINA JOHNSTON, Sen. CHRIS BRAY (D-Addison) and town newsletter editor GWEN NAGY-BENSON — we settled down in the smaller of two lunch tents. Nearby, local band SNAKE MOUNTAIN BLUEGRASS performed. Resident sheep farmer TOM DUCLOS lounged in a chair beside mine, wearing a mustard-colored shirt emblazoned with the band’s logo. He nodded approvingly toward the musicians, then told me about two other bands in town, the HORSE TRADERS and the HAY BURNERS.
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ast Saturday, author JULIA ALVAREZ stood at the head of a column of folding tables shaded by a small collapsible tent outside Weybridge Elementary School. Fifteen or so people joined her for the annual town picnic. “It’s always a small crowd, poetry lovers,” she said with a chuckle into the microphone. The group — which included two sheep farmers, the editor of the town newsletter and the school principal — had convened not only for the picnic but for the first-ever community haiku contest in Weybridge, population 833. Alvarez, 68, a celebrated novelist and poet known for her 1991 book How the García Girls Lost Their Accents, has lived
in Weybridge for almost three decades. President Barack Obama awarded her the National Medal of Arts in 2015. She shares with fellow resident and author JAY PARINI the slightly humbler distinction of being Weybridge’s poet laureate, bestowed in 2017. It was in this capacity that the two conceived the competition. Parini — fittingly, author of the 2008 book Why Poetry Matters — was absent, volunteering at the Peasant Market in neighboring Middlebury. The competition was an informal affair; an open call had been issued for entries from residents and outsiders alike. But, as Alvarez explained in an email a day before the festivities, the event had a politically tinged ulterior
motive. “More than ever, we need these non-polarizing spaces [like the picnic] where we go down deeper than ideology and the issues that might separate us,” she wrote. “And the haiku contest is a further participation in building that community.” Noting that writing and sharing poetry fulfill a need in the human genome to exchange stories, Alvarez quoted civil rights activist Vincent Harding: “There is something deeply built into us that needs story and song and poetry itself. We cannot become really true human beings without story. I think that this country cannot become its best self until we find ways more
When I asked if he had submitted a haiku, Duclos laughed and said no. But I imagined he’d make a good poet, given his humor and perspective on Weybridge’s shifting landscape. He literally changed the terrain a few years ago, when he hauled Alvarez’s barn across a field to his house. Duclos had a line on the future, too: Relaying that a piece of land where he once pastured his sheep had just sold, he predicted a few new houses would soon appear. After most of the participants had finished eating, the band made way for Alvarez to take the mic. She used it to summon more bodies from the neighboring tent before launching into her program. “I think haikus are the most misunderstood poetry form,” she began. Although children are frequently taught haiku in school, she noted, the form is
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difficult to get right. “[But], of the 69 entries that came in, you’d think that Weybridge had poetry in its blood because there were so many good ones.” Alvarez also explained renga, the parent of haiku in pre-modern Japan. “A renga was always a group like us, gathered together,” she said. “And the person of honor would get to do the first poem of 17 syllables, called the haiku — that’s the first stanza of the renga. “Then the next person would compose a haiku that leaps off the shoulders of my haiku,” Alvarez continued. “There would be a chain of haiku, and we’d go around,” resulting in the collaborative renga. She quickly launched into the awarding of prizes: gift certificates to the VERMONT BOOK SHOP and copies of books by her and Parini. First place in the kids’ division (14 and under) went to 10-yearold JONATHAN KEHOE. Second and third were awarded to ESRA and NARGES ANZALI, 10 and 13, respectively.
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How It Is: Selected Poems by Neil Shepard, Salmon Poetry, 178 pages. $25. Shepard will appear at the Bookstock Literary Festival with poet GennaRose Nethercott on Friday, July 27, 1 p.m., at the North Unitarian Universalist Chapel in Woodstock. bookstockvt.org, neilshephard.com
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Here, Shepard achieves a sense of intimacy by letting the speaker’s two personae slip across each other like projector transparencies. Can you separate the two? Yes, but it’s more beautiful to view them together. This is How It Is — a wealth of imagery, intellect and musical language that calls you to dive deep. It’s not a bad dive, either.
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in New Zealand (according to an italicized note), Shepard writes, “I smell lemon everywhere, / lemonair and lemon-earth and lemon-trees / and the longleafed eucalyptus.” Poems like this express a deep yearning to be united with something outside the human body, out of reach. As the poem’s speaker imitates a bellbird, the sound becomes “a bell run in the throat / of something that would be wild.” But Shepard doesn’t confine his verse to the natural world. “The Red Stick: White Like Me” takes a swing at racism and fear. The free-verse poem details the speaker’s journey to the South and his first violent encounter with the realities of institutionalized racism. After he finds he is unwelcome in a black neighborhood, a colleague offers him a baseball bat, painted red, to keep away intruders. The speaker refuses it. It’s not an easy poem to read. Readers may wonder whether this particular white male’s perspective adds something new to the conversation or is simply consistent with some white people’s fear of black violence. As if recognizing this, Shepard addresses the reader as the speaker’s internal debate nears its pinnacle. “I hated it perhaps even more than / you do, reading this, thinking, his choice / is as easy as black and white.” That intimacy and tension — here achieved through direct address — appear elsewhere in the collection as well. In “Hominid Up,” Shepard imagines “the old hominid,” the ancestor of humanity, as a part of his modern psyche. The poem contrasts the past and present selves artfully: “I wake often and watch him scratch himself / with a twig that could pass for a pencil / or poke at a moon-lit line of ants that / resembles this scratched pentameter.”
but I only submitted this one because I thought it was the best.” Noting that she was familiar with the form from school, Esra said her sister’s love of poetry inspired her. She added that her favorite way to read poetry is “with all the artists mixed up” — in an anthology. As we walked to our cars, Alvarez apologized for introducing me to so many people, wondering if maybe I had wanted to do that for myself. But, she added, you never know who’s sitting next to you. Could a Trump supporter be breaking bread with a Muslim? Perhaps, in this mixed agrarian and academic crowd. “You might have missed someone,” Alvarez said. To this champion of her small community, it seemed, that would have been a tragedy on par with never getting past the first stanza of the renga.
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Every book is a new adventure — or something like that — but NEIL SHEPARD’s How It Is: Selected Poems gathers an unusually large number of adventures in one place. The collection of mostly free-verse poems spans 22 years, draws inspiration from trips around the world, and explores illness, death, adulthood and racism (separately, for the most part). Shepard splits his time between Vermont and New York City, where he teaches poetry workshops at Poets House. The author of seven other books of poetry, he is the senior and founding editor of Green Mountains Review, the literary journal based at Northern Vermont University (formerly Johnson and Lyndon state colleges). At first glance, the collection’s title may sound patronizing. How often has someone said, “That’s just how it is” to explain away society’s ills as unavoidable truths? The opposite, and preferable, response is to view the world as malleable, something to be shaped through love or will. Shepard may call them “how it is,” but the poems between the optimistically yellow covers of this book reflect simply what he sees, molded and shaped into dense verses packed with verbal barrel rolls, associative leaps and dives into history. The world through Shepard’s eyes isn’t fixed chronologically or emotionally; it’s full of ideas colliding and coalescing. The writer appears to regard the subject of each poem as a book in itself, something to be explored and flipped through with excitement. The result is a collection of poems energized by his apparent interest in, well, everything. Some poems, particularly early ones, are almost exercises in place making. In “The Bell Bird,” written
The adult winners were SAMUEL and MELISSA LOURIE. The artistic director of MIDDLEBURY ACTORS WORKSHOP, Lourie was the only one of the three in attendance. Each winner present read his or her submission, and then Alvarez recited a handful of entries together — a renga of sorts. Common themes were Weybridge’s Monument Farms Dairy, friendly neighbors and a beautiful natural landscape. “I never thought I was much of a poet,” Lourie said later, as volunteers scrambled to fold chairs and tables. “I heard about it in the town newsletter, and it just sounded fun. And, because it was a contest, it gives you a particular reason to think about doing it.” Esra, daughter of Middlebury College associate professor of religion ATA ANZALI and University of Vermont graduate teaching assistant FAHIMEH BAHRAMI, paused in eating a shaved ice to comment, “I wrote a bunch of [haikus], PROUTY, GEORGE BELLEROSE
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making mischief and raising havoc. His dad owned one of the town’s early auto garages, started by his father, and basically knew everyone in the neighborhood. Josh explained, “My father, people called him the ‘mayor’ of Vimont, the section of Laval where we lived. Vimont was actually a separate city until the mid’60s, when a number of municipalities merged with Laval.” Montréal occupies the whole of an island — Île de Montréal — surrounded by three rivers, so entry requires a bridge
the delight in his eyes that, at heart, he remains a Laval homeboy. I dropped Josh at his father’s garage, which two of his brothers now run. They proceeded to welcome him with enthusiastic and extended bear hugs. My workday was not over: In one hour, I had a pickup at Trudeau Airport. In a remarkable stroke of good luck, I had booked a Montréal round-tripper, the first in all my years of hacking! Bonnie Rollins had arranged for me to pick up Mason, her 24-year-old son,
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TO HOLD SOME MEMORY FOR JOSH. or tunnel. We took the Jacques Cartier Bridge, which spans the St. Lawrence River into Montréal, and then the Papineau-Leblanc Bridge across the Prairies River into Laval. That city, too, takes up an entire island — Île Jésus. Soon we reached the Boulevard des Laurentides, the broad thoroughfare running through the heart of Josh’s old Vimont neighborhood. Every second block, I observed, seemed to feature a business with Vimont in its name. “How’s the Vimont Pizza Restaurant?” I asked, pointing to a place that looked like a neighborhood fixture. “Oh, it’s superb,” Josh replied with a big smile. “My uncle owned it. I guess now it’s my cousin’s.” Indeed, every store we passed seemed to hold some memory for Josh, who hadn’t been back to his childhood home for more than a decade. He may reside in Las Vegas, I thought, but it is clear from
who was flying in from Reykjavik on WOW Airlines, a discount carrier based in Iceland. When she gave me the flight information, I said, “Wow!” which I thought quite funny. In a rare moment of digital inspiration, I suggested she text me a photo of her son and I’d reciprocate with a photo of me to forward to Mason. Though I’d be meeting him with a sign, I figured that each having a photo of the other could only help. Bonnie thought that was a splendid idea. The photo I texted was of me looking oh so dapper in my brand-new Carhartt jacket. She texted me back with an apology, confessing that she couldn’t figure out how to text a photo (I could relate) but that I would have no problem recognizing her son: He was six-foot-four with blond dreadlocks. I texted back, “Oh, so he’s a Burlington guy?” To which she replied, “Exactly! [smiley face].”
In the airport terminal, I positioned myself on a bench by international arrivals. As predicted by Bonnie, I had no problem identifying her son — a tall, wholesome and handsome young man — as he came through the gate. In a professional faux pas, as I jumped up to shake his hand, I scattered the order of ketchup-drenched potato wedges I had just purchased. “Good to meet you, Mason,” I said, attempting to reestablish some modicum of ketchup-free dignity. “Usually I try to avoid greeting my customers with a barrage of food.” He laughed, to my relief, and in no time we had cleared the airport and were speeding back to Burlington, Vt., USA. “So, what were you up to in Iceland?” I asked. “I hooked up with Hazel, my girlfriend, who’s from Scotland. We try to get together every few months or so. It’s not easy because neither of us makes, like, a lot of dough. But we’re both committed. I love that girl.” “That’s great, man,” I said. “Did you enjoy Iceland?” “Oh, it’s an amazing place — ravishing, actually. We didn’t like that they continue to eat whale there, but I guess that’s a cultural thing.” “So, the lovely Hazel. That’s quite the old-fashioned name. Do you have a nickname for her?” Mason chuckled. “As a matter of fact, I do. I call her Basil. You know — like, sweet basil.” Ah, young lovers, I mused. Even continents can’t keep them apart. m
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here do you live?” Border guards are intimidating by design and training. With all the Montréal trips I take, you’d think by now I’d be used to the routine. But the moment I pull up to the booth, I’m certain my cabbie cover story will fall apart, unmasking my true identity: drug smuggler, gun runner, money launderer, international terrorist. I took a deep yoga breath and responded, “I’m from Burlington.” “And you?” the border guard continued, directing his question to Josh Gagnon, the man sitting beside me. “I’m living in Las Vegas,” Josh replied, his accent revealing his Québécois roots. “I’m visiting my friends and family in Laval.” The border guard asked him another question, this time in French. Josh laughed out loud, and there ensued a jolly back-and-forth en français. Once clear of the border and cruising north toward Montréal, I glanced over at my customer, a barrel-chested, gruffbut-not-really man with a shock of gray hair and an easy, hearty laugh. “What did the guard say to you that made you crack up?” I asked. “He asked me why I wasn’t speaking French. I told him I’ve been in Las Vegas for 30 years and was losing my French! He told me not to worry, that it would come back to me on the streets of Laval.” For the next hour, Josh regaled me with stories of his upbringing in the suburb just north of Montréal. Now, it’s entirely citified, but when he was growing up there, it still had patches of farmland. Josh and his 10 siblings would roam far and wide,
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ou’ve probably heard the phrase “No man is a hero in his own country,” coined by Australian World War I commander John Monash. Well, here’s a related sentiment, updated and de-gendered: No one is a tourist in their own state. That’s not strictly or always true, of course. But it’s practically a maxim that many — most? — New Yorkers have never elevatored up to the top of the Empire State Building or boated out to Ellis Island. And, in Vermont, who among us can say we’ve visited all the state’s sites and attractions? The recent debilitating heat wave aside, summer weather in Vermont lends itself to going out and doing stuff. We generally try to squeeze as much as possible into the short season. Sure, the state offers us plenty of self-propelled activities — hiking, jumping into bodies of water, foraging at the farmers market. But when we learned that one of our reporters — a nearly native Vermonter — had never been to the freaking Ben & Jerry’s Factory, a mission was born. Combining an assignment with a little voluntary edutainment, seven reporters set out to tour something in Vermont. The only rules were that it had to be a guided tour and something they’d never done before. Their choices ranged from the historic to the agro to the simply scenic. Some locations were highly trafficked, others quieter. The presence of cute animals seemed to be a bonus. In the process, each writer got a taste of what Vermont’s $2.5 billion-per-year tourism industry is all about. That is, before the foliage and the snow return. PAME L A P O LS T O N
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Magic Hat Brewing was, in fact, our first stop. We took a minor detour en route to the South Burlington brewery to catch a glimpse of the file-cabinet sculpture on Flynn Avenue and bounce past the South End branch of City Market, Onion River Co-op. (I’m still recovering from the pothole pounding of Briggs Street.) “Just in case you thought the roads were bad in Canada, welcome to Burlington,” our driver said to his passengers from north of the border. At Magic Hat, discussion of things like inert gases, amino acids and fermentation gave way to these instructions from Matt, our tour leader and driver, who did not want to divulge his last name: “Your only job is to enjoy yourself.” We had our choice of flights, heard stories about Magic Hat cofounder Alan Newman crashing frat parties and watched an animated movie — strangely narrated in a Southern accent — about brewing. Then the bus took us to Fiddlehead Brewing in Shelburne, where we cheered our good fortune in the tasting room. Matt took care of ordering beer for our Folino’s pizza BYOB pizza lunch at neighboring Folino’s. “Can I get a growler of the Drummer, a growlette of the IPA, and a four-pack of the Second Fiddle?” he asked the bartender. Then he turned to us tour takers and joked: “Do you guys want anything?” Our party of five had more pizza and beer than we could possibly consume. Over lunch, I learned that my tour mates were 26-year-old twin sisters from Montréal, both engineers, and their partners — a husband from Montréal and a boyfriend from Belgium. The married couple had taken the beer tour two summers ago. Helping herself to a slice of pizza, Samina Bergeron told me that lunch at Folino’s was a major reason she wanted beer tour No. 2. We still had plenty of beer to drink, pizza to eat and stories to share when Matt informed us that it was time to get back on the bus. “The hardest part of being a tour guide is not rushing people,” he said, “but being on time.” We returned to Burlington for our last two stops: Queen City Brewery and Zero Gravity Craft Brewery, where we sat on the patio in the sunshine and talked politics — the president versus the prime minister — and pot laws. Heading north, I had one question for Matt: “What do people do when the trip is over?” “I always recommend the beer-tour siesta,” he replied.
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The Beer Bus had traveled only a few blocks from its downtown Burlington starting point when the driver announced that one reason Vermont produces superior beer is that brewers “pull water” from Lake Champlain. The lake water, he told us, is “one of the best waters in the world to make hoppy beers.” I was among five passengers on the bus, which was bound for the first of four breweries we’d visit that bluesky day in late June. If I’d been drinking water — or beer — at that moment, I might’ve spit it out. The local news had been reeking of reports of sewage discharged into the lake. Vermont’s water wasn’t too appetizing. But this was a beer tour — a $90 excursion operated by multi state City Brew Tours — and tales (some tall) flowed and bubbled over like endless brew from a tap. The best approach, I figured, was to soak it up and pretend — if only for four hours on a summer day — that the key to life really could be found in a bottle of Magic Hat No. 9.
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As many Vermonters know, Barre is a city founded on granite — literally. Some folks raised in the Green Mountain State, myself included, may even have hazy memories of a granite quarry tour lodged deep in their psyche, tied tenuously to an elementary school geology unit. I’m no longer a third grader but an aging millennial, more excited now than years ago to visit this big, pretty hole in the ground. At roughly 600 feet deep, it happens to be the largest operating deep-hole granite quarry in the world. Our tour departed from the slick, glasswalled Rock of Ages visitors center, a multipurpose space that serves as gift shop, history exhibit and, as director of visitor services Todd Paton explained, HQ for retail memorial sales. For the first time, it struck me as odd that we take hard stone from the ground to put on top of the soft bodies we bury back in the ground. Of course, less sordid things could be gleaned here, too: A sign near a cardboard cutout of Chris Pine as Captain Kirk explains that the quarry was featured in 2009’s Star Trek, for example. A time line with vintage photographs details the history of the area’s granite industry; Rock of Ages officially opened for business in 1885 and continues operations today. The 40-minute tour (a mere $5) departed at 3 p.m., led by veteran guide Pam Manning, a Long Island native who’s worked at Rock of Ages since 1979. It was a very hot Tuesday afternoon, the day before the July 4 holiday, so I was not surprised that participants comprised just me and two other fellows — a gentleman from Peacham showing the sites to his son-in-law from Boston.
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We boarded a spacious 15-seater van, which inexplicably had Jersey plates. Manning cued up her microphone, and we headed out from the center toward the top of the E.L. Smith Quarry. Flanking us on the left were massive piles of “grout,” or discarded stone named after a Scottish word for waste. Scots, along with Italians, Spaniards, Swedes and French Canadians, were among the immigrants who came to Barre for work. Manning noted that many of the homes we passed were built as boarding houses for the stoneworkers. We continued to wind up a bumpy road, past the open access gate and to the tippy top. We disembarked at a stunning vista, three quarry “lakes” shimmering far below the sheer walls of whitish-gray granite. The closest body of water was an unreal milky turquoise-blue color — my fellow tourist noted that it “looks like coolant,” and he was not wrong. The shade is created when granite mixes with water, Manning explained. The tour was worth it for this color alone. In the sky above, lines of thick cable converged at two yellow metal derricks, the tallest of which towered at 190 feet. Camel’s Hump was a small silhouette in the background. We gawked at the view as Manning explained the nuts and bolts of removing and transporting granite. Nearby, we examined one of the massive stones once used to anchor a derrick — unsurprisingly, these are called “dead men.” View properly absorbed, we clambered back into the van and headed down the hill. Manning recommended a visit to the nearby Hope Cemetery, a trove of largescale works in granite. “I think they’re sculpture, versus monument, really,” she said. Pulling back into the visitors center, Manning reminded us that the manufacturing plant was open for self-guided tours — her job was done. As a parting shot, she gestured toward a bin of small granite shards that we were welcome to sift through. A free 400-million-year-old souvenir? I thought. Don’t mind if I do.
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generous servings of fruit and veggie salads, focaccia bread, ginger-carrot soup, beef Stroganoff and potatoes au gratin. While I ate, I listened to the on-board narration, which seemed somewhat Eurocentric in its recounting of Samuel de Champlain’s “discovery” of the lake, though it gave nods to native Abenaki and Iroquois histories, too. After lunch, I went topside for some fresh air on the bow just as we approached Rock Dunder. According to our narrator, during the War of 1812 the tiny rock isle was pummeled by British forces, who mistook it for a ship in the fog. (A strikingly similar legend surrounds another Lake Champlain island, Carleton’s Prize.) As we passed Red Rocks Park, the narrator noted that it’s a popular spot for cliff jumpers. As if on cue, a teen leapt from the cliffs into the 50-foot-deep waters. Next, we entered Shelburne Bay, passing Shelburne Shipyard, one of the oldest continuously operated shipyards in the country. When it got too steamy outside, I headed inside to the bar, where I met bartender Tristan Lalor. He’d been on staff just three weeks. Though most of the college-age crew members are foreigners, Lalor is from Manchester, Vt., and studies finance at the University of Vermont. When I mentioned that I’d once lived in Manhattan and worked on Wall Street, he peppered me with questions about life in the Big Apple, then explained that he’s interested in starting his own business in Vermont. I suggested he talk to Shea, a successful Burlington entrepreneur. I returned to my table to find dessert waiting for me — a slice of brownie pie — and finished it off just as the ship docked, with maritime efficiency, at 1:30 on the dot. K E N PI C A R D
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Sun to Cheese Tour, shelburnefarms.org
The pastures at Shelburne Farms rippled in the heat last week as 13 people gathered outside the Welcome Center & Farm Store for the popular Sun to Cheese Tour. The weekly, two-hour tour of the cheese production facility — and its cow barns — is billed as a dive into the “art and science” of cheesemaking. Veteran guide Judy Brook explained the structure of the $20 tour. We’d visit the Farm Barn to see where the cheese was made, then milk a cow, taste cheese and, lastly, check out the dairy operation. Katy Luk, part of a contingent from New York, elicited laughter when she asked whether it would be a simulation or a real milking. Brook assured her it would be a real cow. We piled into a surprisingly cool bus. Brook pulled over occasionally to discourse on the scenery, noting, “This property is a classroom. It’s a wonderful place to learn.”
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The Spirit of Ethan Allen cruise has much in common with New York City’s Statue of Liberty boat tour: Both offer spectacular, unparalleled views from the water, provide plenty of interesting history and draw tourists from around the world. And both tend to be ignored by locals — many of whom, in the Vermont case, have never even heard of the Burlington cruise. After 16 years of living in Vermont, I thought it was finally my turn to get in the spirit. At 11:45 a.m., I boarded the Spirit of Ethan Allen III for the noon Lunch on the Lake tour. (The standard 90-minute narrated cruise costs $22, but it’s worth the additional $8 to get a three-course meal.) Outside the vessel, docked alongside the Burlington Community Boathouse, a uniformed crew member whose name tag read “Dimitar — Bulgaria” took my ticket and directed me into a carpeted and air-conditioned banquet room. Every summer for decades, Spirit owner Mike Shea has been hiring college students on J-1 work visas from Eastern Europe and former Soviet-bloc countries. They get an opportunity to live and work in Vermont, and the cruise gets some international flavor. Dimitar said this was his second summer aboard. Missy, my server from Montenegro, led me to my table, then took my drink order over the gentle hum of the engines. Other uniformed staff laid out an ample buffet spread for two dozen diners; the dining room easily could have seated three times as many. The Spirit also has two bars and a full menu of maritimethemed cocktails — Ocean Mist, Malibu Bay Breeze, Tequila Sunset — but, being on duty, I stuck to nonalcoholic drinks. Promptly at noon, the ship backed away from the pier as the PA system played “Anchors Aweigh,” and we motored north. Prerecorded narrations, which the captain controlled from the bridge, highlighted notable natural features and recounted local lore. The latter included the 1984 mass sighting of “Champ,” Lake Champlain’s fabled sea creature, by 70 passengers on the Spirit, including Shea himself. The vessel passed Lone Rock Point and veered westward into the broad lake, passing yellow diving buoys that mark the location of a horse-ferry shipwreck 50 feet below. As the ship looped south, my server directed me to the buffet, where I scooped
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Spirit of Ethan Allen Lunch on the Lake, soea.com
That comment was one of many that made the tour feel as much like an advertisement for the nonprofit’s many offerings — stays at the inn, weddings at the coach barn — as an educational experience. Like the signature “eyebrow” windows designed by architect Robert H. Robertson, my brows perked up as we entered the barn to see the stainless steel kitchen where cheese is made. Visible behind a window, three workers shoveled curds and sprayed down appliances. Brook explained how rennet is added to milk to separate the curds from the whey, and what it means to “cheddar”: to stack curds repeatedly to expel the remaining whey. As we walked from the cheesemaking facility to the milking demonstration, I chatted with Paul Rocque, a Los Angeles pastry chef. Originally from St. Albans, he had visited the farm as a kid and wanted to experience it as an adult. A volunteer informed us that the cow was too tired to be milked much more, so only three people took a turn. Rocque’s partner, Robert Shagan, opted out. “Once was enough,” he said with a grimace, referencing a childhood experience. Soon we returned to a cool room to taste some cheeses. Brook had only two rules: You must taste at room temperature and move from mild to full-bodied flavor. We sampled all six of the Farmstead Cheddars, including one aged six months, another aged three years, a smoked cheddar and a clothbound one aged in the Cellars at Jasper Hill Farm. In addition, we tasted Tractor Cheddar, cheese that doesn’t meet the farm’s stringent flavorprofile requirements. It was piercingly sharp but delicious. We wrapped up the tasting and filed back onto the bus to visit the dairy cows. After petting the calves, we observed the
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Ben & Jerry’s Factory Tour, benandjerry.com
I have a confession: I’ve lived in Vermont for close to 30 years and, until last week, had never been to the Ben & Jerry’s Factory. I love the ice cream and the company. But, having spent my teens and twenties in the service industry — including on a summer resort island and as a brewery tour guide in Vermont — I’m allergic to tourists. And yet I volunteered to visit the ice cream Disneyland in Waterbury at the height of tourist season and on one of the hottest days on record. You might think that when it’s 95 and
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arrived at B&J’s to find a mass of wilted tourists crammed into the lobby and gift shop, I got a reminder. Reading on a large screen that the next tour would begin at 2:20 p.m., my normally sharp girlfriend asked, “What time is it now?” She failed to see the clock right next to the screen. Uh-oh. We purchased our $4 tickets and opted to spend our 25-minute wait in the outdoor courtyard by the scoop shop. Tourists of all stripes sought refuge there in waffle cones and under umbrellas. Others took photos of each other inside the giant carton of Half Baked ice cream. A small child gleefully ran through a sprinkler along a nearby walkway. Taking his cue, we strolled through it, too, then let the sun dry our clothes before making our way back inside for the tour. In the lobby, a pleasantly sarcastic young woman corralled the next tour group, imploring the herd to “mooooove” toward her — the first of many bovine
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and china teacups and saucers for three. More china and serving ware were visible in the walk-in pantry near a window. All of these objects are original to the home, a rare example of a Gothic Revival house that largely escaped renovation. Perhaps more remarkable than that, Howe said, is that the building was boarded up for decades in the middle of the last century. During that time, local children would sneak in, according to stories from old-timers native to the area, she said. Girls would host tea parties at the table using the statesman’s china and peruse the titles in the library. When it was time to go, they would replace items where they had found them and exit as quietly as they’d come. Though the property was declared a national historic site in 1960, not much has changed since then. The site receives minimal funding, and a patina of age covers the place. In some rooms, plaster is flaking away from the ceiling; in corners, that wall-to-wall carpeting has started to fray. On the upside, Howe said, the low visitor volume means that “everything doesn’t have to be roped off and put in glass boxes.” So tours unfold with easy candor, and guests are afforded intimate access to the stunning artifacts of a past life well lived. In the study, Parisian stained glass glitters from a southfacing window. “When the sun shines directly through,” Howe said, “the whole room fills with rainbows.” Near the door, a cabinet safe once housed documents of national interest. Howe’s sons, Eli and Ira O’Brien — along for the tour and dressed in period costume — recalled finding a pull-handle at the back of the chamber. Beneath it they found a trove of Civil War documents that had stood untouched for more than 100 years. Those treasures are now at the Library of Congress, but others, such as an early edition of Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species and the complete works of William Shakespeare, remain in place for all to enjoy. In a small living room off the formal parlor hang portraits of Morrill and of his freckle-faced spaniel by renowned Vermont painter Thomas Waterman Wood. Script letters beneath the dog’s face commemorate his name: Trump.
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On a late June afternoon, Justin Morrill Homestead curator Emily Howe wore a pintuck cotton shirt with a high collar fastened by a cameo brooch. To modern tastes, her billowy, floor-grazing skirt and straw hat might have seemed oppressive in the heat. But they would have been breezy summer attire for Victorian women of a certain stature. At the outset of a $6 home tour, Howe, 40, paused in the entry foyer of the 1851 house built by Justin Smith Morrill, a U.S. congressman and senator from Vermont in the years 1855 to 1898. His former home contains the nation’s oldest surviving wall-to-wall carpet, Howe said as she dispensed white shoe covers to her visitors. Morrill’s legislative legacy includes the establishment of the Library of Congress and the land-grant colleges (including the University of Vermont). The land-grant act reserved 30,000 acres in each state for public education in topics such as agriculture, engineering and the sciences — studies meant to boost the middle class. “[Morrill] wanted everybody to have equal opportunities,” Howe explained. She noted that the Strafford native was born to humble means but made a fortune after partnering with a local businessman on a highly successful chain of general stores. Howe led our shoe-covered group of five through a darkened hallway into the dining room, where a wool floor covering, woven in an intricate diamond pattern, stretched from end to end. A lace runner ran down the middle of the table, which was set with a crystal water pitcher, a vase holding flowers,
humid, an ice cream factory would be an ideal destination. However, on the day my girlfriend and I visited, numerous pun-riddled signs warned that much of the facility was under “cone-struction” — including the AC. I’m sure that most tourists are fine, productive people in their regular lives. But something happens when they board a ferry or enter an amusement park — or an ice cream factory — that diminishes their mental faculties. As a guide, I can’t tell you how many times I was asked, “What time does the two o’clock tour start?” So one of my biggest fears about tourists is becoming one of them. When we
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adult bovines as their teats were hooked up to milking machines. Finally, Brook showed us the sperm repository where samples from studs are kept in an innocuous-looking aluminum container. The studs’ comical names included Tequila and Lucky Carl. Perhaps it made sense to put that part of the tour last, given that contemplating sperm canisters may not appeal to all visitors. When the tour ended, we hadn’t learned much about the science of cheesemaking — how exactly different seasons and plants affect milk production and flavor — but everyone walked away with a brick of cheddar. And I got to pet at least five calves.
puns we would hear over the next 30 minutes. After a brief introduction, she directed us to the “Moovie Theater” for a short, fun film on the past, present and future of B&J’s. During the viewing, I was surprised to experience a sense of Vermont pride. It’s easy for locals to take for granted how innovative and important Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield have been, here and globally, since founding the company 40 years ago. The duo laid a blueprint for socially responsible business practices — and marketing style — that’s been emulated countless times and become Vermont’s entrepreneurial identity. That legacy has continued even under Unilever, the British-Dutch transnational giant that purchased B&J’s in 2000. The last segment of the film was all about the company’s new social justice initiative, the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival, named after the movement started by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in the late 1960s.
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Next we moved to a viewing area above the production floor. Owing to maintenance, the factory wasn’t producing ice cream that day. But, through clear explanation and well-worn jokes, our guide gave us the gist of how the company produces so much Cherry Garcia and Chunky Monkey. Our last stop was the tasting room, where we indulged in samples of an experimental s’mores-based creation. The tour then deposited us back in the gift shop, where people from all over browsed the tchotchkes and T-shirts. We opted instead to visit our long-gone friends in the Flavor Graveyard — RIP, Wavy Gravy — before heading home. DAN BOL L ES
According to Sharon O’Connor, owner and operator of Backroad Discovery Tours in Manchester, five general types of people inhabit the quaint tourist haven and its surrounding towns. They include New Yorkers who fled the city post-9/11, second homeowners, artists and professionals, blue-collar types, and those who work in the tech or startup industry. She spouted such fun facts, along with well-rehearsed snippets of local history, through a pint-size PA system during her threehour backwoods bus tour. The $35 excursion — which runs daily, assuming at least two people sign up — skirts main drags in favor of winding country roads and stops at offthe-beaten-path gems along the way. Departing in the early afternoon, our tour picked up in Manchester Center and looped through the adjacent burgs of Dorset, Rupert and Pawlet, making a couple of five- to 20-minute stops per hour. While anyone who knows how to google could discover these sights on their own, a typical southern Vermont tourist is likely to focus on Manchester Center’s concentrated downtown. O’Connor, a former New Yorker herself, has been operating this tour since 1998. (Her husband, Dick Smith, conducts a history tour centered on the Civil and Revolutionary wars.) On a recent Saturday, only two female friends from Connecticut and I were
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in tow. But our small number fostered some truly intimate conversations. By the end of the day, we knew way more about each other’s personal lives than I would have expected. “People feel comfortable, and they get chatty,” O’Connor reckoned. After taking a roadside pit stop to check out a gorgeous view of Arlington’s Mount Equinox — home to North America’s only Carthusian monastery — we headed over to the Kitchen Store at JK Adams, known for its fine wooden wares and other items. With about 90 people on staff, the company is the largest employer in the area. Next up was the Dorset Quarry. The oldest marble quarry in the country is now the go-to local swimming hole, O’Connor told us. Stacks of gigantic
cuboid slabs of gray stone surround gorgeous green-blue water some 75 to 100 feet deep. With youths cliff jumping while families basked in the summer sun on grassy flats and smooth, carved terraces, the scene resembled a Disney theme park. The water was so inviting, I had to restrain myself from plunging in fully clothed. “We’re standing right here,” O’Connor said, opening a binder and pointing to a historical photograph of the quarry in its heyday. Cruising down Dorset’s Church Street — or simply “the street,” as it’s known colloquially — we opted not to stop at 3 Pears Gallery. In 90-degree heat, I don’t think any of us could muster art appreciation. Instead, we gawked at the eerily pristine boulevard. All of the domiciles — colonials, capes and farmhouses — were white with dark green or black shutters, per town ordinance. Before taking off to our next destination, O’Connor cheekily pointed out the village’s “busy financial district” — a tiny branch of Berkshire Bank. After a brisk walk down a shady path at the Merck Forest & Farmland Center, we cruised over to our final stop: an alpaca farm. Five freshly shorn, glassy-eyed camelids greeted us with inquisitive stares. Though a bit skittish, they greedily gobbled up apple slices that O’Connor provided. With patience and a steady hand, I was able gently to caress one alpaca’s giraffelike neck. It was an adorable end to an itinerant afternoon. JO RDAN ADAMS
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Fun Home, book and lyrics by Lisa Kron, music by Jeanine Tesori, based on the graphic novel by Alison Bechdel, directed by Malcolm Ewen, produced by Weston Playhouse. Through July 28: Tuesday through Saturday, 7:30 p.m.; Wednesday and Saturday, 2 p.m.; and Sunday, 3 p.m., at Weston Second Stage at Walker Farm in Weston. $47. westonplayhouse.org
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Transitions into song are elegant, and every word is spoken with the emotional freedom of music. The score by Jeanine Tesori quotes Motown and Chopin but chiefly moves energetically between plaintive and joyous. Tesori brings one song to the edge of dissonance to reveal the family’s own disharmony and produces full-throated anthems to mark key stages of Alison’s life. Bonanno builds his moving portrait of Bruce from keen attention to all the character’s contradictions. One moment he lifts his jaw in quiet vanity, the next he casts his eyes down in shame. Though Bruce is a tragic figure, Bonanno grounds him in the mundane, showing his power over the family through small acts of impatience. When a new house draws Bruce into his restorer’s furious cycle of destruction and resurrection, Bonanno boldly reveals his vulnerability in a song that left last Friday’s audience in rapt silence at its conclusion. As Helen, Susan Haefner fuses fine singing with evocative performance. Helen has helped Bruce conceal his tantrums and his passions, but when she takes stock of a life of making excuses, Haefner turns that pain into a poignant hope that Alison will never make such a mistake.
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actors, playing her in childhood, at college and in the present. The grown-up Alison is in the act of writing her memoir, and she wheels her drawing table up to the edge of each scene to sketch or observe as her memories take shape in the actions of her younger selves. Bruce Bechdel has a complex relationship with appearances. He’s an obsessive historic preservationist, tirelessly renovating the family home and indoctrinating his children in the liberal use of furniture polish. Working as a high school English teacher and the operator of the family’s funeral business, he is always attentive to surfaces, especially his own. As he assures a grieving funeral customer, “We remove all signs of trauma.” If only he could hide his doubts and passions as successfully from himself. Alison grows up accepting family idiosyncrasies as normal, and a father who instills a love of books and aesthetics gives her a great gift. But Bruce keeps an icy distance from his three children and vents his frustrations on his wife, Helen. Dramatically, the show uses quick, laser-focused scenes. Director Malcolm Ewen stages the play with furnishings on casters, shuttled on and off to re-create places that flood into Alison’s memory.
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o many forces keep Fun Home aloft that listing them threatens to emphasize the mechanical side instead of celebrating the exuberant emotional effect. The 2015 Tony Award-winning musical flies from joy to sorrow, explores themes of family dynamics and sexual identity, and innovates storytelling itself. It can be silly, and it can take your breath away. Weston’s production benefits from stellar performances by theater mainstays David Bonanno and Susan Haefner, who bring out complexities in their characters even as they make them soar. The musical is based on the acclaimed 2006 graphic memoir Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel, Vermont’s cartoonist laureate, who tells her own story of coming out just before she discovers her father’s denial of his own homosexuality. Alison’s new life starts just as her father’s ends, in suicide. Lisa Kron dramatized the memoir by relying on the musical genre’s fluid transitions from song to dance to speech. These shifts become leaps in time and space as Alison recalls her childhood with a father who was both hero and tyrant to her. The contrast between her happiness in accepting her sexuality and her father’s misery in hiding his is handled with both humor and despair. Kron anchors the show around Alison’s impulse to understand her family. Alison is portrayed by three
Andrea Prestinario plays the presentday Alison and, for much of the play, is a distant narrator and observer. But as her father’s tortured life in the closet becomes clear to her, Prestinario shows Alison grappling to see his cruelty and kindness in a new light. As she relives her last conversation with Bruce in a song, Prestinario’s vivid vocal shows the character’s urgent wish to have done more with that one fleeting chance to connect. Playing small Alison, Ava Lynn Vercellone already knows how to command a stage and plunges into the story’s strong themes with courage and clarity. When Alison discovers a female role model, and thereby discovers herself, Vercellone makes the discovery occur before our eyes. Caitlin Kinnunen, an especially fine singer, is the college-age Alison. With a warm smile and a too-cool hat, Holly Gould makes Joan, Alison’s first love, worth coming out for. From a gangly high schooler to a buff landscaper, Adam Shonkwiler appears as various male objects of Bruce’s affection and in a wonderfully silly singing role. As Alison’s young brothers, Emmett Smyth and Ryder Scott are good dancers and singers. Shaking their butts in 1970s bellbottoms, these two can do no wrong when they and small Alison cavort in a commercial they improvise for the funeral home. Scenic designer Howard C. Jones crowns the stage with a gothic revival bargeboard and pointed window that evoke Bechdel’s drawings of her home in rural Pennsylvania. The lighting design, by Stuart Duke, sharpens each scene with color and mood and the occasional big effect. Fun Home is about a particular family, told in a particular way. If a closeted funeral director and his lesbian cartoonist daughter seem exotic, they become universal before the last song fades. Bruce is terrible and wonderful, the extremes that describe most people as seen by their families. In this production, his loss occurs with all the power of theater, unmuffled by irony. What Alison draws are cartoons, but her characters are many layers deep. m
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is to be quick to judge and smart to reconsider. Young Christopher Wren (Brett Figel) claims to be studying architecture, his namesake’s subject, but he’d rather let loose his sharp tongue than give a straight answer to any question about his background.
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Mrs. Boyle (Catherine Doherty) lives to scold. She finds the guesthouse sorely lacking in staff and amenities, and her displeasure earns her no friends. Could the cold heart that harrumphs so ceaselessly be colder still? Major Metcalf (Kenneth Kimmins) is a brusque, graying eminence accustomed to being obeyed. For a war veteran seeking relaxation, he has a surprising curiosity about the house and its residents. Miss Casewell (Jenny Berger) arrives wrapped in a trench coat with a hat pulled down over her eyes. She does a lot of silent brooding by the fire, but she also
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kicks up her heels to dance to the radio’s popular music, driving Mrs. Boyle to distraction. Mr. Paravicini (Bill Carmichael) comes in from the storm without a reservation. What he does have is an accent and a mustache that seem fake. He clutches a small bag that contains “everything I need” — a remark hinting at either how well he can improvise or how ominous he may be. Most exchanges between the characters take place with a little disdain dripping off the ostensibly cordial remarks. Since the characters are sketched with the most superficial of features and the language is filled with clipped Britishisms, the performances have an artificial quality. Everyone is acting. And that’s the point — we’re watching people in some aspect of disguise. Director Sarah Carleton uses the wide stage to place these suspects before us in quiet tableaux. She lets a very formal stillness fall in the room, especially when the exposition must be parceled out. Compared to contemporary comedies, The Mousetrap lumbers to get its story told. But for devotees of whodunits, it offers plenty of blind alleys and a solid surprise. Bringing a mystery story to life onstage is a tough trick, even for a master plotter like Christie. There’s little time for viewers to reflect and connect the dots, so the playwright paints with a
broad brush; in turn, Carleton draws intentionally affected performances from the actors. This approach makes the characters easy to examine dispassionately, keeping them mere pieces in a puzzle. The script gives only Wren a little wiggle room for charm — and Figel makes the most of it — but the rest stay stuck in formality. Tim Case’s set transports viewers to a Tudor Revival manor house, complete with flickering fireplace and stately iron chandelier with appropriate faux medieval overtones. The lighting design by Annemarie Duggan uses wall sconces and table fixtures to imply the source of light — and to plunge the stage in darkness when something’s afoot. Karen Gilmer’s costume design sweeps us back to 1950s Britain, with plaids and pinks for younger characters, thick sweaters and tweeds for older ones, and a lot of buttoned suit pockets for the detective. Scenes with two or three characters throw off bright sparks, but the grand set pieces in which the detective trundles out explanations tend to bog down. Given little movement to punctuate these arias of alibi and interrogation, speech alone is left to signal what’s at stake. Here, Christie does not dazzle. Nor does she mean to. The Mousetrap is a riddle to solve, limited to caricatures. Indeed, the grim rationale for the murder has so little psychological tang in the telling that this revenge plot is served far too cold. But, again, that’s not the point. Every mystery turns on how little one can know about other people. In this production, the characters are stretched tight with archness, hard to believe and a little too hard to care for, but just right for an armchair detective to assess. m
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n a murder mystery, characters must assess each other with the right balance of suspicion and trust. So do audience members trying to solve the puzzle of Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap, a play that sets viewers hunting for both the murderer and the next victim. The Saint Michael’s Playhouse production burnishes the dry British humor with arch performances and gives the crowd-pleaser a grand setting. The Mousetrap opened in London’s West End in 1952 and is still running, after some 27,000 shows. Its longevity may be a bigger draw than its theatrical merits, but it remains a clever mystery. With a lavish set, the St. Mike’s production plants viewers squarely in 1950s Britain and preserves the script’s mannered style in performance. Christie’s meticulous construction survives all tests of logic, though her character tropes now read as a bit stilted. Giles and Mollie Ralston (Gregory Jon Phelps, Clare Mahoney) are about to welcome the first customers to their guesthouse, a venture launched in a stately manor. They’ve picked a tough time to learn the ropes of innkeeping. After the guests arrive, a snowstorm brings travel to a standstill, even as Scotland Yard detectives continue to look for the murderer of a London woman. As a radio announcer describes the suspect’s clothes, we watch Mollie pick up her husband’s garments, each one a match for the police report. But that’s the last clue a review should give. The entertainment of the play is matching wits with Detective Sergeant Trotter (Jeffrey Todd Parrott), who skis up to the manor during the snowstorm to interview the Ralstons and their five guests. You can take it on faith the murderer is among them, and Trotter warns that the murderer’s reference to “Three Blind Mice” suggests he or she has two more targets in mind. The house is filled with hiding places and passages, but a spirit of British calm keeps nerves from fraying. Each of the eight people does something dreadfully suspicious, and something else serenely innocent. The audience’s assignment
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n a recent Saturday morning, the Capital City Farmers Market in Montpelier was bustling, as usual. The market, founded in 1977, takes over a State Street parking lot May through October and features more than 50 vendors. They hawk everything from just-picked produce to staples such as maple syrup and honey as well as wool spun from the coats of local sheep. On a summer’s day, the market attracts a sizable portion of the city’s nearly 8,000 residents. And, not surprisingly in a small town, a lot of them know one another, making a trip to market not just about grocery shopping but about socializing and catching up with neighbors. Seven Days dropped by to take in the scene and chat up some of the producers and customers. John Walters — yes, this paper’s political columnist — held up a large bunch of carrots at the Pete’s Greens stand. “We have rabbits at home,” he said, explaining his purchase with a shy laugh. At the other end of the market, George Gross shuffled bunches of orange and red beets onto the Dog River Farm table. His stack was dwindling quickly, thanks to customers hungry for an early-season crop of sweet roots. “What’s the best thing about the late June market?” a visitor asked. “Strawberries,” Gross said without hesitation. “People get fired up about them. It’s a great crop that ushers in summer.” A hot, dry June brought 2018’s strawberries in quickly. On this market day, Jane Sorensen arrived from Fairfax’s River Berry Farm with 40 flats (eight quarts each) of the juicy organic jewels. “We’ve been doing this for 20 years,” she OH, THE PEOPLE YOU’LL MEET!
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housemade mayo, sautéed pea shoots, caramelized apples and cheddar cheese. “I’m really excited to take the flavor profiles and style that I developed at Salt and apply it to a different kind of food,” Podhaizer said. While the café is under renovation, Nomad Coffee — South End Station is serving from a mobile coffee bar; offerings there include sodas crafted with housemade syrups such as plum-ginger and strawberry-lime-basil. Food service will start by the end of July, Sepic said. “We felt like we can take on this space and start a food program and do it to match the quality of the drinks,” he added. Nomad Coffee — South End Station is open weekdays from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Essex Junction shop, open daily, will move to Sugarbush Resort for the ski season. Sally Pollak
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In Vermont, August marks the beginning of the apple harvest. This year, it’ll bring a new apple to the Onion City, when Newport-based EDEN SPECIALTY CIDERS opens the EDEN BOUTIQUE TAPROOM & CHEESE BAR at 45 Main Street. The 25-seat space is part
CENTER, where the company is headquartered. The bar is a temporary establishment replacing the Newport Ciderhouse Bar & Grill, which closed earlier this year, until a more permanent tenant can be found. The cidery has more plans for the summer, too; later this month, it will open a pop-up “tasting shack,” with flights and full-size pours, at the PETE’S GREENS FARM MARKET in Waterbury.
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with seasonal ingredients, Podhaizer said. For example, braised brisket with caramelized onion could be served on rice, on salad greens or in broth. Sandwich options will include a vegan creation of mushroom-and-garlic purée with roasted cherry tomatoes and wilted greens; and chicken salad with
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opened last week in the space that previously housed a branch of Williston-based CHEF’S CORNER. The new Nomad will expand on the coffee, tea and espresso drinks available in Essex with a breakfastand-lunch menu conceived and prepared by SUZANNE PODHAIZER, a former Seven Days food writer who was chef-owner of Salt Café in Montpelier for five years. Her seasonal menu will feature local ingredients and incorporate the cuisine of countries where the beans Nomad uses are grown. “I think it will be a fun way to help educate people that [coffee] is an agricultural product,” said ANDREW SEPIC, who owns Nomad with his wife, NICOLE GRINSTEAD. “We’re going to cycle these [menu] items in based on the arrival of new beans.” The morning menu will include breakfast
of the storefront that once housed oak45 and its shortlived follow-up, Mister Sister. Earlier this spring, DRAFTS N CRAFTS opened on the other side of the wall. JULY SPECIAL The new bar will feature 1 large, 1-topping pizza, six draft lines, according 12 boneless wings, 2 liter Coke product to cidery owner ELEANOR LÉGER. On offer will be Eden 2 large, 1-topping pizzas & 2-liter Coke product beverages, “guest ciders” from other cideries and one local beer. Eden’s full line of Plus tax. Pick-up or delivery only. Expires 7/31/18. Limit: 1 offer per customer per day. traditional ciders — sparkling and still, sweet and dry — Check us out on Facebook & Instagram! will rotate on and off the draft and bottle menu as they 973 Roosevelt Highway become available. Colchester • 655-5550 www.threebrotherspizzavt.com The food menu is anchored by cider-and-cheese pairings and cured meats, Léger said. 12v-threebros071118.indd 1 7/9/18 11:21 AM “As opposed to ‘Here’s our tap list and here’s some snacks,’” she added, “[the menu] gives reference points to traditional cider pairings from around the world.” So a Spanish-style cider might be matched with a Manchego-style Vermont cheese or an artisan cured Delicious & Healthy ham. The bill of fare also makes Mediterranean Cuisine the most of general manager ADAM GODDU’s background, which includes working as the retail director of dominant New York City fromagerie Murray’s Cheese. Goddu moved to Vermont for the position at Eden, Léger said. Everything at the bar — wines, cheeses, crackers and other fixings — will also be for sale in the Boutique’s cheese-counter retail shop. Eden Specialty Ciders is coming out of a busy spring. Its new tasting bar, the CENTENNIAL TAPROOM, opened in late June at Newport’s
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said, pooh-poohing naysayers who claim that organic berries, which are prone to everything from fungus to slugs, are a nonstarter crop. As the afternoon wore on, River Berry’s quarts disappeared from the stand. Tots in sun hats consumed some of them immediately, and messily. Jesse Williams paused in front of the stand with her family and a few friends as her infant son, Ferren Langella-Williams, lounged in a stroller. Asked about her favorite market feature, Williams said, “We buy carrots every week and make our own baby food.” Though the day was hot, the Capital City Farmers Market delivered on its promises: It provided food grown with care and a commitment to stewarding the land, as well as live music and other entertainments and — no less important — a sense of community. Here are images from one of the state’s strongest and most vital markets, which has been feeding central Vermonters for more than 40 years. m Contact: hannah@sevendaysvt.com
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Erica Hare (left) and Kierstin Gray sampling cheese from West Glover’s Sweet Rowen Farmstead. They visit the market weekly. Their favorite things this time of year? “Strawberries, always strawberries,” Gray said. “And the shelled peas,” Hare added. “And then, of course, we always hit the pizza pretty hard,” Gray added.
Lauren Belknap and Brendan Hughes of St. Johnsbury Distillery. “I purchased Dunc’s Mill [Distillery] in November,” Hughes said. “We’re rebranding now as St. Johnsbury Distillery.” Many of the company’s classic products, such as its popular elderflower rum, he added, remain the same.
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ACT 250 NOTICE MINOR APPLICATION #4C0190-5I 10 V.S.A. §§ 6001 - 6093 On June 28, 2018, 30 Community Drive, LLC, 55 Community Drive, South Burlington, VT 05403 filed application #4C0190-5I for a project generally described as re-purposing a 25,500 square foot area within an existing building on Lot 8A in Technology Park for a television studio with office and garage space. The Project is located at 30 Com-
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If you feel that any of the District Commission members listed on the attached Certificate of Service under “For Your Information” may have a conflict of interest, or if there is any other reason a member should be disqualified from sitting on this case, please contact the district coordinator as soon as possible, no later than prior to the response date listed above.
No hearing will be held and a permit may be issued unless, on or before July 26, 2018, a person notifies the Commission of an issue or issues requiring the presentation of evidence at a hearing or the Commission sets the matter for hearing on its own motion. Any hearing request must be in writing to the address below, must state the criteria or subcriteria at issue, why a hearing is required and what additional evidence will be presented at the hearing. Any hearing request by an adjoining property owner or other interested person must include a petition for party status. Prior to submitting a request for a hearing, please contact the district coordinator at the telephone number listed below for more information. Prior to convening a hearing, the Commission must determine that substantive issues requiring a hearing have been raised. Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law will not be prepared unless
Should a hearing be held on this project and you have a disability for which you are going to need accommodation, please notify us by July 26, 2018. Parties entitled to participate are the Municipality, the Municipal Planning Commission, the Regional Planning Commission, affected state agencies, and adjoining property owners and other persons to the extent they have a particularized interest that may be affected by the proposed project under the 10 criteria. Non-party participants may also be allowed under 10 V.S.A. Section 6085(c)(5). Dated at Essex Junction, Vermont this 5th day of July, 2018. By: Stephanie H. Monaghan District #4 Coordinator 111 West Street Essex Junction, VT 05452 802/879-5662 stephanie.monaghan@ vermont.gov
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[CONTINUED] ACT 250 NOTICE MINOR APPLICATION #4C0193-19 10 V.S.A. §§ 6001 - 6093 On June 22, 2018, Essex Mini Storage Company filed application #4C0193-19 for a project generally described as a boundary line adjustment to conate the parcel at 11 Morse Drive, the parcel at 9 Morse Drive, and a Common Lot; the construction of a new 3,000-square foot mini storage building; the change in use of the building at 9 Morse Drive from light maufacturing to mini storage; and the construction of a 2,500-square foot addition to the building at 9 Morse Drive for use as mini storage. The project is located on 11 and 9 Morse Drive in Essex, Vermont. The District #4 Environmental Commission is reviewing this application under Act 250 Rule 51 - Minor Applications. A copy of the application and proposed permit are available for review at the office listed below. The application and a draft permit may also be viewed on the Natural Resources Board’s web
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site (http://nrb.vermont. gov) by clicking on “Act 250 Database” and entering the project number “4C0193-19”. No hearing will be held and a permit may be issued unless, on or before July 31, 2018, a person notifies the Commission of an issue or issues requiring the presentation of evidence at a hearing or the Commission sets the matter for hearing on its own motion. Any hearing request must be in writing to the address below, must state the criteria or subcriteria at issue, why a hearing is required and what additional evidence will be presented at the hearing. Any hearing request by an adjoining property owner or other interested person must include a petition for party status. Prior to submitting a request for a hearing, please contact the district coordinator at the telephone number listed below for more information. Prior to convening a hearing, the Commission must determine that substantive issues requiring a hearing have been raised. Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law will not be prepared unless the Commission holds a public hearing. If you feel that any of the District Commission members listed on the attached Certificate of Service under “For Your Information” may have a conflict of interest, or if there is any other reason a member should be disqualified from sitting on
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this case, please contact #4C0411-2 for a project 5/28/18 FSBO-Marshall071118.indd 1:52 PM the district coordinator generally1 described as as soon as possible, no construction of a 1,800 later than prior to the square foot addition response date listed to add a community above. room and elevator to an existing building, along Should a hearing be with reconfiguration of held on this project and the existing driveway you have a disability for and parking. The Project which you are going to is located at 214 North need accommodation, Prospect Street in Burlplease notify us by July ington, Vermont. 31, 2018. The District #4 EnvironParties entitled to mental Commission is participate are the Mureviewing this applicanicipality, the Municipal tion under Act 250 Rule Planning Commission, 51 — Minor Applications. the Regional Planning A copy of the application Commission, affected and proposed permit are state agencies, and adavailable for review at joining property owners the office listed below. and other persons to the The application and a extent they have a pardraft permit may also be ticularized interest that viewed on the Natural may be affected by the Resources Board’s web proposed project under site (http://nrb.vermont. the 10 criteria. Non-party gov) by clicking on “Act participants may also be 250 Database” and allowed under 10 V.S.A. entering the project Section 6085(c)(5). number “4C0411-2”. Dated at Essex Junction, Vermont this 2nd day of July, 2018. By: /s/ Rachel Lomonaco Rachel Lomonaco District #4 Coordinator 111 West Street Essex Junction, VT 05452 802-879-5658 Rachel.lomonaco@ vermont.gov ACT 250 NOTICE MINOR APPLICATION #4C0411-2 10 V.S.A. §§ 6001 - 6093 On July 2, 2018, Synagogue Corporation, dba Fern Hill Apartments, Burlington, VT 05401 filed application
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allowed under 10 V.S.A. submitting a request for FSBO-S.L.Kandel071118.indd 3:53 PM Section 6085(c)(5). a hearing, please contact 7/9/18 the district coordinator at the telephone number Dated at Essex Junction, Vermont this 5th day of listed below for more July, 2018. information. Prior to convening a hearing, the Commission must deter- By: Stephanie H. Monaghan mine that substantive District #4 Coordinator issues requiring a hear111 West Street ing have been raised. Essex Junction, VT Findings of Fact and 05452 Conclusions of Law will 802/879-5662 not be prepared unless stephanie.monaghan@ the Commission holds a vermont.gov public hearing. If you feel that any of the District Commission members listed on the attached Certificate of Service under “For Your Information” may have a conflict of interest, or if there is any other reason a member should be disqualified from sitting on this case, please contact the district coordinator as soon as possible, no later than prior to the response date listed above. Should a hearing be held on this project and you have a disability for which you are going to need accommodation, please notify us by July 23, 2018. Parties entitled to participate are the Municipality, the Municipal Planning Commission, the Regional Planning Commission, affected state agencies, and adjoining property owners and other persons to the extent they have a particularized interest that may be affected by the proposed project under the 10 criteria. Non-party participants may also be
CITY OF BURLINGTON TRAFFIC REGULATIONS The following traffic regulations are hereby enacted by the Public Works Commission as amendments to Appendix C, Rules and Regulations of the Traffic Commission, and the City of Burlington’s Code of Ordinances: 26 Motorcycle parking. The following locations are designated for the parking of motorcycles only: (1)-(7) As Written. (8) On the south side of Main Street, [in the area next]in the first space east[erly] of Church Street.
lished 07/11/18; Effective 1 08/01/18. Material in [Brackets] delete. Material underlined add. CITY OF BURLINGTON TRAFFIC REGULATIONS The following traffic regulations are hereby enacted by the Public Works Commission as amendments to Appendix C, Rules and Regulations of the Traffic Commission, and the City of Burlington’s Code of Ordinances: 7 No parking areas. No person shall park any vehicle at any time in the following locations: (1)-(389) As Written. (390) On the south side of Main Street in the [first]second and third space east of Church Street is reserved for use by electric vehicles only. (391)-(546) As Written. Adopted this 20th day of June, 2018 by the Board of Public Works Commissioners:
Adopted this 20th day of June, 2018 by the Board of Public Works Commissioners:
Attest Norman Baldwin, P.E. Assistant Director – Technical Services Adopted 6/20/18; Published 07/11/18; Effective 08/01/18. Material in [Brackets] delete. Material underlined add.
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CITY OF BURLINGTON TRAFFIC REGULATIONS The following traffic regulations are hereby
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enacted by the Public 7/9/18 4:14 PM Works Commission as amendments to Appendix C, Rules and Regulations of the Traffic Commission, and the City of Burlington’s Code of Ordinances: 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)-(159) As Written (160) [On the south side of Summer Street starting one hundred thirtyfive (135) feet east of Front Street.] Reserved. (161)-(168) As Written Adopted this 20th day of June, 2018 by the Board of Public Works Commissioners: Attest Norman Baldwin, P.E. Assistant Director – Technical Services Adopted 06/20/18; Published 07/11/18; Effective 08/01/18. Material in [Brackets] delete. Material underlined add. CITY OF BURLINGTON TRAFFIC REGULATIONS The following traffic regulations are hereby enacted by the Public Works Commission as amendments to
SEVENDAYSVT.COM/CLASSIFIEDS Appendix C, Rules and Regulations of the Traffic Commission, and the City of Burlington’s Code of Ordinances: 2 Traffic-control light locations. (a) Traffic-control light signals are hereby established at the following locations: (1)-(66) As Written (67) [North Champlain Street at Lawrence Barnes School driveway.] Reserved. (68)-(70) As Written (71) [230 St. Paul Street.] Reserved. (72)-(76) As Written Adopted this 20th day of June, 2018 by the Board of Public Works Commissioners: Attest Norman Baldwin, P.E. Assistant Director – Technical Services Adopted 06/20/18; Published 07/11/18; Effective 08/01/18. Material in [Brackets] delete. Material underlined add.
CITY OF BURLINGTON TRAFFIC REGULATIONS The following traffic regulations are hereby enacted by the Public Works Commission as amendments to Appendix C, Rules and Regulations of the Traffic Commission, and the City of Burlington’s Code of Ordinances: 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)-(2) As Written (3) The [second]third space west of Church Street on the south side of College Street. (4)-(41) As Written (42) [Handicapped space in front of 84 Pine Street, specifically the northernmost space in front of 84 Pine Street.] On the east side of Pine
Street, in the first space north of College Street. (43) As Written (44) On the north side of Cherry Street in the first [two (2) ]space[s] east of St. Paul Street (van accessible). (45)-(81) As Written (82) On the south side of Main Street in the [first]second space west of Church Street. (83)-(99) As Written (100) On the [north] south side of Bank Street in the first space east of Church Street. (101)-(168) As Written (169) On the north side of Cherry Street in the sixth space east of St. Paul Street. Adopted this 20th day of June, 2018 by the Board of Public Works Commissioners: Attest Norman Baldwin, P.E. Assistant Director – Technical Services Adopted 06/20/18; Pub-
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lished 07/11/18; Effective 08/01/18. Material in [Brackets] delete. Material underlined add. INVITATION TO BID The Turning Point Center of Chittenden County, Inc., is soliciting bids for general contractor services in connection with an interior renovation project. Federal funding is provided through the Community and Economic Development Office of the City of Burlington. The project is subject to Federal Labor Standards Provisions and the successful bidder must be prepared to comply with record keeping and reporting requirements of CEDO funded projects. The deadline for bids is July 20, 2018. The project consists primarily of demolition of existing interior partition walls, reconstruction of interior partitions and ceilings as specified by the architect, relocation of branch electrical and HVAC distribution systems, and finishes. Women and minority owned businesses are encouraged to bid. For details and specifications, please contact
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Gary De Carolis at 802861-3150. NOTICE OF SELF STORAGE LIEN SALE BURLINGTON SELF STORAGE, LLC 1825 SHELBURNE ROAD SOUTH BURLINGTON, VT 05403 Notice is hereby given that the contents of the self storage units listed below will be sold at public auction by sealed bid. Name of Occupant Storage Unit D. Jones #137 Tag New Media #419 Tag New Media #424 Said sales will take place on 07/27/18, beginning at 11:00am at Burlington Self Storage (BSS), 1825 Shelburne Road, South Burlington, VT 05403. Units will be opened for viewing immediately prior to auction. Sale shall be by sealed bid to the highest bidder. Contents of entire storage unit will be sold as one lot. The winning bid must remove all contents from the facility at no cost to BSS, on the day of auction. BSS, reserves the right to reject any bid lower that
Open 24/7/365. Post & browse ads at your convenience. the amount owed by the occupant or that is not commercially reasonable as defined by statute. REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS COORDINATOR OF THE GOVERNORS COMMITTEE FOR THE EMPLOYMENT OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES (GCEPD) STATE OF VERMONT The State Division of Vocational Rehabilitation is seeking a Contractor to be the Coordinator for the GCEPD. This is an ideal opportunity for an individual seeking homebased self-employment. The GCEPD Coordinator must be a wellorganized, self-directed individual with strong leadership skills and the expertise to organize a large committee with a diverse membership. The complete Request for Proposal (RFP) document and disclosures can be found at: https:// bit.ly/2KCrQlk Proposals must be submitted to the State by no later than 4:00PM EST on July 24, 2018.
STATE OF VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT CHITTENDEN UNIT CIVIL DIVISION DOCKET NO. 249-3-17 CNCV Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB Doing Business as Christiana Trust, Not in its Individual Capacity but Solely as Trustee for BCAT 2014-10TT, Plaintiff v. Gary Marcotte a/k/a Gary N. Marcotte, KeyBank, National Association, Melissa Mendelsohn and Occupants residing at 576 Falls Road, Shelburne, Vermont, Defendants NOTICE OF SALE By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Gary Marcotte a/k/a Gary N. Marcotte to Sovereign Bank dated August 3, 2005 and recorded in Volume 327, Page 336, which mortgage was assigned to Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB Doing Business as Christiana Trust, Not in its Individual Capacity but Solely as Trustee for BCAT 2014-10TT by an instrument dated January 27, 2016 and recorded on February 16, 2016 in
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Volume 430, Page 862 of the Land Records of the Town of Shelburne. Pursuant to the power of sale in the subject mortgage, of which Plaintiff is the present holder, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purposes of foreclosing the same, the collateral property will be sold at Public Auction at 12:00 P.M. on July 24, 2018, at 576 Falls Road, Shelburne, Vermont all and singular the premises described in said mortgage: To Wit: Being a lot of land with all buildings thereon, situated on the westerly side of the highway leading from Shelburne Village to Shelburne Falls, which highway is commonly known as Falls Road, and said lot of land being all of Parcel B as shown and depicted on a plan entitled: “Property Subdivision for Paul F. Shedlock” prepared by Harwell Associates, Inc., dated September, 1968 and recorded in Volume B (Maps) on Page 125 of the Land Records of the Town of Shelburne. Terms of Sale: $10,000.00 to be paid in cash or cashier’s check
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[CONTINUED] by purchaser at the time of sale, with the balance due at closing. The sale is subject to taxes due and owing to the Town of Shelburne and any liens against the property. The mortgagor is entitled to redeem the premises at any time prior to the sale by paying the full amount due under the mortgage, including the costs and expenses of the sale. Other terms to be announced at the sale or inquire at Grant C. Rees Attorney, PLC, 30 Kimball Avenue, Ste. 307, South Burlington, VT 05403, (802) 6609000. This sale may be cancelled at any time prior to the scheduled sale date without prior notice. Dated at South Burlington, Vermont this 20th day of June, 2018.
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By: Grant C. Rees, Esq. Grant C. Rees Attorney, PLC 30 Kimball Ave., Ste. 307 South Burlington, VT 05403 Attorney for Plaintiff STATE OF VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT CHITTENDEN UNIT CIVIL DIVISION DOCKET NO. 267-3-17 CNCV Ditech Financial LLC f/k/a Green Tree Servicing LLC, Plaintiff v. Michael L. Riley, Heather Riley and Occupants residing at 44 Center Road, Essex, Vermont, Defendants NOTICE OF SALE By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Michael L. Riley and Heather Riley to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Nominee for Homecomings Financial Network, Inc. dated January 23, 2002 and recorded in Volume 476, Page 374, which mortgage was assigned to Ditech Financial LLC f/k/a Green Tree Servicing LLC by an instrument dated April 29, 2013 and recorded on
May 10, 2013 in Volume 897, Page 1004 of the Land Records of the Town of Essex. Pursuant to the power of sale in the subject mortgage, of which Plaintiff is the present holder, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purposes of foreclosing the same, the collateral property will be sold at Public Auction at 11:30 A.M. on July 23, 2018, at 44 Center Road, Essex, Vermont, all and singular the premises described in said mortgage: To Wit: Being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to Michael L. Riley and Heather Riley by Warranty Deed of Daniel A. Coane and Kathleen F. Coane dated August 18, 1999 and recorded in Volume 415 at Pages 1415 of the Land Records of the Town of Essex and being more particularly described as follows: “Being a parcel of land with buildings thereon situated on the northerly side of Route 15 and having a frontage of 206.85 feet, a westerly sideline of 229.95 feet, a northerly sideline of 219.87 feet, and an easterly sideline of 246.36 feet.” “Said land and premises are hereby subject to all rights of way of record and particularly a 10-foot wide easement of record over the southeasterly corner of said lands and premises. Said lands and premises are more particularly shown on a plan of land identified as ‘Heritage Estates Plan’ of record in Book 73, Page 497 of said Land Records.” Terms of Sale: $10,000.00 to be paid in cash or cashier’s check by purchaser at the time of sale, with the balance due at closing. The sale is subject to taxes due and owing to the Town of Essex and any liens against the property. The mortgagor is entitled to redeem the premises at any time prior to the sale by paying the full amount due under the mortgage, including the costs and expenses of the sale. Other terms to be announced at the sale or inquire at Grant C. Rees Attorney, PLC, 30 Kimball Avenue, Ste. 307, South Burlington, VT 05403, (802) 6609000. This sale may be cancelled at any time prior to the scheduled sale date without prior notice. Dated at South Burling-
ton, Vermont this 20th day of June, 2018. Ditech Financial LLC f/k/a Green Tree Servicing LLC By: Grant C. Rees, Esq. Grant C. Rees Attorney, PLC 30 Kimball Ave., Ste. 307 South Burlington, VT 05403 Attorney for Plaintiff STATE OF VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT CHITTENDEN UNIT FAMILY DIVISION DOCKET NOS.: 220/2215-18 CNJV IN RE: N.H. IN RE: A.H. NOTICE BY PUBLICATION TO: Leroy Headley, as the natural father of N.H. and A.H., you are hereby notified that a Merits Hearing on CHINS Petitions regarding N.H. and A.H. will be held on August 9, 2018 at 2:00, at the Superior Court of Vermont, Family Division, Chittenden County, Costello Courthouse, 32 Cherry Street, Burlington, Vermont. You are notified to appear in this case. If you do not appear, the hearing will be held without you and the Court could find that N.H. and A.H. were children in need of care and supervision at the time the Petitions were filed. /s/ Kevin W. Griffin The Honorable Judge Kevin W. Griffin Date: 6/27/18 STATE OF VERMONT WASHINGTON UNIT, CIVIL DIVISION VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT DOCKET NO: 650-11-16 WNCV QUICKEN LOANS INC. v. JOSEPH R. HEBERT AND MICHELLE A. ENO OCCUPANTS OF: 2 Hutchins Cir., Barre 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 November 7, 2017, in the above captioned action brought to foreclose that certain mortgage given by Joseph R. Hebert and Michelle A. Eno to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as a nominee for Quicken Loans, Inc., dated January 20, 2012 and recorded in Book 258 Page 814 of the land records of the
Town of Barre, of which mortgage the Plaintiff is the present holder, by virtue of an Assignment of Mortgage from Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as a nominee for Quicken Loans, Inc. to Quicken Loans Inc. dated August 17, 2016 and recorded in Book 288 Page 417 of the land records of the Town of Barre for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 2 Hutchins Cir., Barre, Vermont on July 23, 2018 at 10:00 AM all and singular the premises described in said mortgage,
check within sixty (60) days after the date of sale.
To wit: Land Situated in the Town of Barre in the County of Washington in the State of VT
STATE OF VERMONT WASHINGTON UNIT, CIVIL DIVISION VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT DOCKET NO: 784-12-15 WNCV WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR SECURITIZED ASSET BACKED RECEIVABLES LLC TRUST 2006-OP1, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-OP1 v. ROBIN M. MCKENNA, DONALD T. MCKENNA AND NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC OCCUPANTS OF: 4408 Vermont Route 12A, Northfield VT
A PARCEL OF LAND, WITH HOUSE THEREON, KNOWN AS 2 HUTCHINS CIRCLE, BARRE TOWN, VERMONT: AND BEING ALL AND THE SAME LANDS AND PREMISES CONVEYED TO ALAN LAPIERRE AND BETH LAPIERRE BY WARRANTY DEED OF STEVEN M. BIGRAS AND CHRISTINA M, BIGRAS DATED OCTOBER 30, 2000 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 161, PAGE 944 OF THE BARRE TOWN LAND RECORDS. Being the same property conveyed to Joseph R. Hebert and Michelle A. Eno, husband and wife, as tenants by the entirety, by deed dated August 29, 2003 of record in Deed Book 190, Page 986, in the County Clerk’s Office. Commonly known as: 2 Hutchins Circle, Barre, VT 05641 Reference is hereby made to the above instruments and to the records and references contained therein in further aid of this description. Terms of sale: Said premises will be sold and conveyed subject to all liens, encumbrances, unpaid taxes, tax titles, municipal liens and assessments, if any, which take precedence over the said mortgage above described. TEN THOUSAND ($10,000.00) Dollars of the purchase price must be paid by a certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check at the time and place of the sale by the purchaser. The balance of the purchase price shall be paid by a certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s
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: May 18, 2018 By: /S/Rachel K. Ljunggren, Esq. Rachel K. Ljunggren, Esq. Bendett and McHugh, PC 270 Farmington Ave., Ste. 151 Farmington, CT 06032
MORTGAGEE’S NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY UNDER 12 V.S.A. sec 4952 et seq. In accordance with the Judgment Order and Decree of Foreclosure entered May 10, 2018, in the above captioned action brought to foreclose that certain mortgage given by Robin M. McKenna, Donald T. McKenna to Option One Mortgage Corporation, dated June 15, 2005 and recorded in Book 161 Page 694 of the land records of the Town of Northfield, of which mortgage the Plaintiff is the present holder, by virtue of an Assignment of Mortgage from American Home Mortgage Servicing, Inc. as successor-in- interest to Option One Mortgage Corporation to Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee for Securitized Asset Backed Receivables LLC Trust 2006-OP1, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-OP1 dated August 8, 2008 and recorded in Book 1771 Page 628 of the land records of the Town of Northfield for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of
foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 4408 Vermont Route 12A, Northfield, Vermont on August 7, 2018 at 11:30AM all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, To wit: Being all and the same lands and premises as conveyed to Donald T. McKenna and Robin M. McKenna by warranty deed of Douglas D. Duquette (a/k/a Douglas T. Duquette, Sr.) and Kimberly J. Duquette, dated June 15, 2005, and about to be recorded herewith in the Northfield Land Records. Being all and the same lands and premises as conveyed to Douglas D. Duquette (a/k/a Douglas T. Duquette, Sr.) and Kimberly J. Duquette by warranty deed of Vermont Housing Finance Agency, dated June 20, 2002, and recorded at Book 139, Page 300 of the Northfield Land Records. Said premises are known and numbered as 4408 VT RT 12A in the town of Northfield, Vermont. The within conveyed premises are subject to a 30’ wide utility right of way conveyed by Douglas D. Duquette and Kimberly J. Duquette to the Central Vermont Public Service Corporation and Northfield Telephone Company on November 17, 2003, and recorded at Book 152, Page 939 of the Northfield Land Records. This conveyance is made subject to and with the benefit of any utility easements, public rights-of-way, spring rights, easements for ingress and egress, and rights incidental to each of the same as may appear more particularly of record; provided, however, that this paragraph shall not reinstate any such encumbrance previously extinguished by the Marketable Record Title Act, Chapter 5, Subchapter 7 of Title 27, Vermont Statutes Annotated. If it should be determined that all or a portion of the conveyed lands and premises are Vermont perpetual lease land, then same are conveyed as such. Reference is hereby made to the abovedescribed documents, and the documents described therein and to the municipal land
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Reference is hereby made to the above instruments and to the records and references contained therein in further aid of this description.
LIST OF SECTION HEADINGS: The amendments include changes to Section 2: Definitions; Section 6: Overlay Districts, specifically Section 6.7: Natural Resource Overlay District; Section 10: Permit Review and Procedures, and Section 11, General Development Standards.
Terms of sale: Said premises will be sold and conveyed subject to all liens, encumbrances, unpaid taxes, tax titles, municipal liens and assessments, if any, which take precedence over the said mortgage above described. TEN THOUSAND ($10,000.00) Dollars of the purchase price must be paid by a certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check at the time and place of the sale by the purchaser. The balance of the purchase price shall be paid by a certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check within sixty (60) days after the date of sale. The mortgagor is entitled to redeem the premises at any time prior to the sale by paying the full amount due under the mortgage, including the costs and expenses of the sale. Other terms to be announced at the sale. DATED: June 21, 2018 By: /S/Rachel K. Ljunggren, Esq. Rachel K. Ljunggren, Esq. Bendett and McHugh, PC 270 Farmington Ave., Ste. 151 Farmington, CT 06032 TOWN OF JERICHO – SELECTBOARD NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Pursuant to 24 V.S.A. § 4444, the Jericho Planning Commission will hold a Public Hearing on Thursday 2, August and Thursday August 16 at 7pm in the Jericho Town Hall, 67 VT Route 15, Jericho, Vermont, to hear public comment regarding proposed amendments to the Jericho Land Use and Development Regulations. SUMMARY OF AMENDMENTS TO REGULATIONS STATEMENT OF PURPOSE: The primary purposes of the proposed amendments are to clarify the existing development review and land use regulations, to meet the requirements of state planning laws (24 VSA, Chapter 117), and to comply with the 2016
GEOGRAPHIC AREA AFFECTED: These amendments have the potential to affect all geographical areas of the Town. PLACE WHERE FULL TEXT MAY BE EXAMINED: The complete text of the amended regulations may be found at www. jerichoVT.gov under Documents and Forms > Planning and Zoning Documents. Alternatively, a full-text copy may be examined in the Planning and Zoning office, Jericho Town Hall, 67 VT Route 15, Jericho, Vermont. PERSON TO CONTACT: Additional information pertaining to these proposed amendments may be obtained by contacting Katherine Sonnick, Planning & Development Coordinator, at the Jericho Town Hall by calling (802) 899-2287 x 103 during regular office hours. Jericho Selectboard
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CELEBRATE RECOVERY Celebrate Recovery meetings are for anyone with struggles with hurt, habits and hang ups, which includes everyone in some way. We welcome everyone at Cornerstone Church in Milton which meets every Friday night at 7-9 p.m. We’d love to have you join us and discover how your life can start to change. Info: 893-0530, Julie@ mccartycreations.com. CELIAC & GLUTENFREE GROUP Last Wed. of every month, 4:30-6 p.m., at Tulsi Tea Room, 34 Elm St., Montpelier. Free & open to the public! To learn more, contact Lisa at 598-9206 or lisamase@gmail.com. CEREBRAL PALSY GUIDANCE Cerebral Palsy Guidance is a very comprehensive informational website broadly covering the topic of cerebral palsy and associated medical conditions. It’s mission it to provide the best possible information to parents of children living with the complex condition of cerebral palsy. cerebralpalsyguidance.com/ cerebral-palsy/ CODEPENDENTS ANONYMOUS CoDA is a 12-step fellowship for people whose common purpose is to develop healthy & fulfilling relationships. By actively working the program of Codependents Anonymous, we can realize a new joy, acceptance & serenity in our lives. Meets Sunday at noon at the Turning Point Center, 191 Bank Street, Burlington. Tom, 238-3587, coda.org. DECLUTTERERS’ SUPPORT GROUP Are you ready to make improvements but find it overwhelming? Maybe two or three of us can get together to help each other simplify. 989-3234, 425-3612. DISCOVER THE POWER OF CHOICE! SMART Recovery welcomes anyone, including family and friends, affected by any kind of substance or
activity addiction. It is a science-based program that encourages abstinence. Specially trained volunteer facilitators provide leadership. Sundays at 5 p.m. at the 1st Unitarian Universalist Society, 152 Pearl St., Burlington. Volunteer facilitator: Bert, 399-8754. You can learn more at smartrecovery. org. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SUPPORT Steps to End Domestic Violence offers a weekly drop-in support group for female identified survivors of intimate partner violence, including individuals who are experiencing or have been affected by domestic violence. The support group offers a safe, confidential place for survivors to connect with others, to heal, and to recover. In support group, participants talk through their experiences and hear stories from others who have experienced abuse in their relationships. Support group is also a resource for those who are unsure of their next step, even if it involves remaining in their current relationship. Tuesdays, 6:30-8 p.m. Childcare is provided. Info: 658-1996. EMPLOYMENTSEEKERS SUPPORT GROUP Frustrated with the job search or with your job? You are not alone. Come check out this supportive circle. Wednesdays at 3 p.m., Pathways Vermont Community Center, 279 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: Abby Levinsohn, 777-8602. FAMILIES, PARTNERS, FRIENDS AND ALLIES OF TRANSGENDER ADULTS We are people with adult loved ones who are transgender or gender-nonconforming. We meet to support each other and to learn more about issues and concerns. Our sessions are supportive, informal, and confidential. Meetings are held at 5:30 PM, the second Thursday of each month at Pride Center of VT, 255 South Champlain St., Suite 12, in Burlington. Not sure if you’re ready for a meeting? We also offer one-on-one support. For more information, email rex@ pridecentervt.org or call 802-238-3801.
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KINDRED CONNECTIONS PROGRAM OFFERED FOR CHITTENDEN COUNTY CANCER SURVIVORS The Kindred Connections program provides peer support for all those touched by cancer. Cancer patients as well as caregivers are provided with a mentor who has been through the cancer experience & knows what it’s like to go through it. In addition to sensitive listening, Kindred Connections provides practical help such as rides to doctors’ offices & meal deliveries. The program has people who have experienced a wide variety of cancers. For further info, please contact info@vcsn.net.
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HELLENBACH CANCER SUPPORT Call to verify meeting place. Info, 388-6107. People living with cancer & their caretakers convene for support.
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HEARTBEAT VERMONT Have you lost a friend, colleague or loved one by suicide? Some who call have experienced a recent loss and some are still struggling w/ a loss from long ago. Call us at 446-3577 to meet with our clinician, Jonathan Gilmore, at Maple Leaf Clinic, 167 North Main St. All are welcome.
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G.R.A.S.P. (GRIEF RECOVERY AFTER A SUBSTANCE PASSING) Are you a family member who has lost a loved one to addiction? Find support, peer-led support group. Meets once a month on Mondays in Burlington. Please call for date and location. RSVP mkeasler3@gmail.com or call 310-3301 (message says Optimum
GRIEF & RECOVERY SUPPORT GROUP 1st & 3rd Wed. of every mo., 7-8 p.m., Franklin County Home Health Agency (FCHHA), 3 Home Health Cir., St. Albans. 527-7531.
bladder/pelvic region & urinary frequency/ urgency. These are often misdiagnosed & mistreated as a chronic bladder infection. If you have been diagnosed or have these symptoms, you are not alone. For Vermont-based support group, email bladderpainvt@gmail.com or call 899-4151 for more information.
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FOOD ADDICTS IN RECOVERY ANONYMOUS (FA) Are you having trouble controlling the way you eat? FA is a free 12-step recovery program for anyone suffering from food obsession, overeating, under-eating or bulimia. Local meetings are held twice a week: Mondays, 4-5:30 p.m., at the Unitarian Universalist Church, Norwich, Vt.; and Wednesdays, 6:30-8 p.m., at Hanover Friends Meeting House, Hanover, N.H. For more information and a list of additional meetings throughout the U.S. and the world, call 603-630-1495 or visit foodaddicts.org.
G.Y.S.T. (GET YOUR STUFF TOGETHER) GYST creates a safe & empowering community for young men & youth in transition to come together with one commonality: learning to live life on life’s terms. Every Tue. & Thu., 4 p.m. G.Y.S.T. PYNK (for young women) meets weekly on Wed., 4 p.m. Location: North Central Vermont Recovery Center, 275 Brooklyn St., Morrisville. Info: Lisa, 851-8120.
hearing experiences as real lived experiences which may happen to anyone at anytime. We choose to share experiences, support, and empathy. We validate anyone’s experience and stories about their experience as their own, as being an honest and accurate representation of their experience, and as being acceptable exactly as they are. Weekly on Tuesday, 2-3 p.m. Pathways Vermont Community Center, 279 North Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: 802-777-8602, abby@ pathwaysvermont.org.
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offer & receive support. Support groups also provide survivors an opportunity to gain information on how to better cope with feelings & experiences that surface because of the trauma they have experienced. Please call SafeSpace 863-0003 if you are interested in joining. MALE SURVIVOR OF VIOLENCE GROUP A monthly, closed group for male identified survivors of violence including relationship, sexual assault, and discrimination. Open to all sexual orientations. Contact 863-0003 for more information or safespace@pridecentervt.org. MARIJUANA ANONYMOUS Do you have a problem with marijuana? MA is a free 12-step program where addicts help other addicts to get & stay clean. Ongoing Tue. at 6:30 p.m. and Sat. at 2 p.m. at Turning Point Center, 191 Bank St., suite 200, Burlington. 861-3150. THE MEMORY CAFÉ The Memory Café is where people with memory loss disorders and their care partners can come together to connect and support one another. Second Saturday of each month, 10-11:30 a.m. Montpelier Senior Activity Center, 58 Barre St., Montpelier. Info: 223-2518. MYELOMA SUPPORT GROUP Area Myeloma Survivors, Families and Caregivers have come together to form a Multiple Myeloma Support Group. We provide emotional support, resources about treatment options, coping strategies and a support network by participating in the group experience with people that have been though similar situations. Third Tuesday of the month, 5-6 p.m. at the New Hope Lodge on East Avenue in Burlington. Info: Kay Cromie, 655-9136, kgcromey@aol.com. NAMI CONNECTION PEER SUPPORT GROUP MEETINGS Bennington, every Tue., 1-2:30 p.m., CRT Center, United Counseling Service, 316 Dewey St.; Burlington, every Thu., 3-4:30 p.m., St. Paul’s Cathedral, 2 Cherry St. (enter from parking lot); Berlin, second Thu. of the month, 4-5:30 p.m.,
CVMC Board Room, 130 Fisher Rd.; Rutland, every Sun., 4:30-6 p.m., Rutland Mental Health Wellness Center, 78 S. Main St.; St. Johnsbury, every Thu., 6:30-8 p.m., Unitarian Universalist Church, 47 Cherry St. If you have questions about a group in your area, please contact the National Alliance on Mental Illness of Vermont, program@ namivt.org or 800639-6480. Connection groups are peer recovery support group programs for adults living with mental health challenges. NAMI FAMILY SUPPORT GROUP Brattleboro, 1st Wed. of every mo., 6:30 p.m., 1st Congregational Church, 880 Western Ave., West Brattleboro; Burlington, 3rd Wed. of every mo., 6 p.m., Community Health Center, Riverside Ave., Mansfield Conference Room; Burlington, 2nd & 4th Tue. of every mo., 7 p.m., HowardCenter, corner of Pine & Flynn Ave.; Berlin, 4th Mon. of every mo., 7 p.m. Central Vermont Medical Center, Room 3; Georgia, 1st Tue. of every mo., 6 p.m., Georgia Public Library, 1697 Ethan Allen Highway (Exit 18, I-89); Manchester, 4th Wed. of every mo., 6:30 p.m., Equinox Village, 2nd floor; Rutland, 3rd Mon. of every mo., 6 p.m., Rutland Regional Medical Center, Leahy Conference Ctr., room D; Springfield, 3rd Wed. of every mo., 6:30 p.m., HCRS (café on right far side), 390 River St.; St. Johnsbury, 4th Wed. of every mo., 5:30 p.m., Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital Library, 1315 Hospital Dr. If you have questions about a group in your area, please contact the National Alliance on Mental Illness of Vermont, info@namivt. org or 800-639-6480. Family Support Group meetings are for family & friends of individuals living mental illness. NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS is a group of recovering addicts who live w/ out the use of drugs. It costs nothing to join. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop using. Info, 862-4516 or cvana.org. Held in Burlington, Barre and St. Johnsbury.
NAR-ANON BURLINGTON GROUP Group meets every Monday at 7 p.m. at the Turning Point Center (small room), 191 Bank St., Burlington. The only requirement for membership is that there be a problem of addiction in a relative or friend. Info: Amanda H. 338-8106. NORTHWEST VERMONT CANCER PRAYER & SUPPORT NETWORK A meeting of cancer patients, survivors & family members intended to comfort & support those who are currently suffering from the disease. 2nd Thu. of every mo., 6-7:30 p.m., St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, 11 Church St., St. Albans. Info: stpaulum@myfairpoint.net. 2nd Wed. of every mo., 6-7:30 p.m. Winooski United Methodist Church, 24 W. Allen St., Winooski. Info: hovermann4@comcast. net. OPEN EARS, OPEN MINDS A mutual support circle that focuses on connection and selfexploration. Fridays at 1 p.m., Pathways Vermont Community Center, 279 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: Abby Levinsohn, 777-8602. OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS (OA) A 12-step program for people who identify as overeaters, compulsive eaters, food addicts, anorexics, bulimics, etc. No matter what your problem with food, we have a solution! All are welcome, meetings are open, and there are no dues or fees. See oavermont.org/ meeting-list/ for the current meeting list, meeting format and more; or call 802-8632655 any time! PEER ACCESS LINE Isolated? Irritable? Anxious? Lonely? Excited? Bored? Confused? Withdrawn? Sad? Call us! Don’t hesitate for a moment. We understand! It is our choice to be here for you to listen. Your feelings do matter. 321-2190. Thu., Fri., Sat. evenings, 6-9 p.m. POTATO INTOLERANCE SUPPORT GROUP Anyone coping with potato intolerance and interested in joining a support group, contact Jerry Fox, 48 Saybrook Rd., Essex Junction, VT 05452.
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GLOBALFOUNDRIES is hiring Advanced Manufacturing Operators at our Essex Junction, VT facility. If you are looking for a good job with steady income and great benefits that start on day one, we want to talk to you! Opportunities are available on both day and night shifts. Wage Rate: $14.50 - $16.31. You must be 18 years or older with high school diploma/GED to apply. For more information about responsibilities, required qualifications, or how to apply contact Melinda Antonucci at Melinda.antonucci@ globalfoundries.com or 802-769-2793 or apply on our website: www.globalfoundries.com/ about-us/careers. Search for Advanced Manufacturing Operator Job Number 18001844.
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Office located in the greater Burlington, VT area. Experience in office administration is strongly preferred. Qualifications: ability to prioritize and 4T-Exemplars(2)062718.indd 1 6/25/18 manage many tasks simultaneously, strong proofing skills, familiarity with Microsoft Office, Adobe, and comfort with Our Essex and Albert D. Lawton middle schools are searching learning new software. for soccer coaches for their boys’ and/or girls’ A and B teams Specific responsibilities this fall 2018 season (6 positions available). We are looking include: reception, for committed individuals who will be able to coach soccer in property management a competitive and sportsman-like manner. A minimum of one in coordination with year of previous coaching experience or two years of varsity Managing Partner, level soccer experience (or equivalent) required. Experience scheduling, ensuring dayworking with middle school students preferred. to-day office functioning, and support of attorneys The A Soccer Coach positions pay $2,177 for the season. and paralegals. The B Soccer Coach positions pay $1,972 for the season. Competitive benefits and salary. Interested persons Applications only accepted electronically through please e-mail letter and www.Schoolspring.com. Please apply to Job ID 2961001, resume to applications@ 2961049, and/or 2948914 for consideration. Please refer to dunkielsaunders.com by the Schoolspring posting for more details. July 31, 2018.
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Wake Robin, Vermont’s premier continuing care retirement community, is adding members to our team of Cooks. Wake Robin provides a fine dining experience with a focus on farm to plate freshness, and a work environment that is hard to find in the restaurant industry. • We work from scratch, not from a box • 40% of our produce is local/organic
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Executive Director: This is the chief legal, educational and administrative management position of the Vermont Human Rights Commission. The executive director is responsible for providing leadership in fulfilling the Commission’s mandate to enforce Vermont’s civil rights laws and reports to and works collaboratively with the fivemember Human Rights Commission. Required Qualifications • Must be a Vermont licensed attorney (or eligible to waive in) with a minimum of five years of relevant legal experience • Must have a demonstrated commitment to civil rights and knowledge of civil rights laws. • Must possess the ability to build and maintain relationships among a wide variety of individuals and organizations. • Must have demonstrated understanding of and experience in administrative processes. • Must have demonstrated experience in developing and conducting educational workshops and public presentations • Must have demonstrated experience in effectively leading staff and managing and building programs and budgets. • Legislative interest and experience a plus. The executive director position is exempt and full-time. Salary and benefits are based upon qualifications and experience in accordance with the Executive Director’s Pay Plan (hiring range $75,044- $93,808). Deadline: Applications due by July 20, 2018. Applications will be accepted by email and mail only. Phone calls will not be accepted. Applicants should send a resume and cover letter demonstrating relevant experience to human.rights@vermont.gov or to Mary Marzec-Gerrior c/o Vermont Human Rights Commission, 14-16 Baldwin St., Montpelier, VT 05633-6301. Expected start date: November 5, 2018. The State of Vermont is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applications from individuals with diverse backgrounds are encouraged.
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Highway Maintenance Worker The Town of Jericho is accepting applications for a Highway Maintenance Worker Level 3. This is a full-time position which requires a CDL (min. Class “B”) and the ability to respond to emergencies and snow removal outside of regular working hours. The ideal candidate will have at least five years of experience in highway maintenance, construction procedures and methods and the operation of large trucks, graders and excavators, preferably at the municipal level. Supervisory experience is a plus. Work includes general laboring duties, heavy lifting, physical work, equipment operation, and on-call duty (nights, weekends and holidays). The starting hourly wage is $17.50-$19.00 depending on qualifications. The Town of Jericho offers excellent benefits, including health and dental insurance, and a retirement plan. An application and job description can be downloaded from www.jerichovt.gov. They are also available at the Jericho Town Hall, at 67 VT Rt. 15, Jericho, M-Th 7:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Completed applications can be submitted to Paula Carrier in person, via email at pcarrier@jerichovt.gov or via mail to PO Box 39, Jericho, VT 05465. Applications will be accepted until position is filled.
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School Security Officers The South Burlington School District is seeking up to three School Security Officers for the High School and Middle School campus. These positions will be responsible for assisting with district safety and security protocols in non-classroom areas and will monitor building entrances, hallways, parking lots, and other district facilities as assigned. This position will be an active member of the District’s Crisis Management Program and will work collaboratively with the South Burlington Police Department’s School Resource Officers, police, fire, and other emergency responders as necessary. A minimum of high school diploma or GED with two or more years’ work related experience preferred and/or additional training in an apprenticeship program as a Certified Protection Officer is required. An Associate’s degree in law enforcement or related area is a plus. A current Vermont Security Guard License and Vermont Driver’s License is required. Interested candidates may apply online through Schoolspring or by forwarding a resume, coverletter, three letters of recommendation, and appropriate transcripts and certification to:
STEWARDSHIP AND DONOR RELATIONS OFFICER The Stewardship and Donor Relations Officer is part of the team that ensures donors to Saint Michael’s College (SMC) are thanked and reported to in a timely and meaningful way. Through cultivating existing relationships and supporting the establishment, retention and growth of new ones, this position will strengthen SMC’s development program. This person will be responsible for leading and managing initiatives aimed at elevating the SMC donor experience. These initiatives include custom stewardship opportunities such as personalized acknowledgements, narrative and financial impact reports, and unique and exclusive donor benefits. All stewardship and donor reporting practices will further the goals of both the College and the department of Institutional Advancement. Our stewardship activities will educate, engage, inspire and thank donors for their generosity. Benefits include health, dental, vision, life, disability, 401(k), generous paid time off, employee and dependent tuition benefits, and discounted gym membership.
South Burlington School District Attn: School Security Officer Position Human Resources Department 500 Dorset Street South Burlington, VT 05403
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Office/Program Outreach Support (EFNEP Nutrition Educator) UVM Extension - #S1659PO - Part-time paraprofessional position (75%) with FULL benefits. UVM Extension is seeking an individual to identify, recruit, and provide services to income eligible youth, pregnant women and families with young children through the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) in the community and home setting. The primary focus is teaching the skills of healthful food selection, meal planning, food preparation, food safety, physical activity, and gardening and food preservation (as appropriate) based on USDA guidelines using the provided curriculum and materials. This position will be based in the South Burlington Extension Office and will serve Chittenden County. High School diploma/G.E.D. and three years related experience required. Must pass background check. Must provide own transportation to and from work sites. The University is especially interested in candidates who can contribute to the diversity and excellence of the institution. Applicants are encouraged to include in their cover letter information about how they will further this goal. Applicants must submit an application, cover letter, and resume to be considered for the position.
Come join our growing group. A leader in the outdoor industry, the Rossignol Group designs, manufactures, and markets a broad range of winter sporting goods equipment. The Group and its brands provide a continuous year-round experience to their consumers, accompanying elite-level athletes to amateurs in every moment of sporting effort and leisure, from the mountains to the city. Located in beautiful Park City, Utah, the Group’s North American headquarters houses a strong portfolio of innovative, complementary brands including: Rossignol, Dynastar, Lange, Look, Risport, Kerma, TIME Sport, Raidlight, Vertical, Felt Bicycles, and Dale of Norway. Each has their own storied history and has built their own unique identity, drawing their inspiration from the mountains.
The University of Vermont is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other category legally protected by federal or state law. The University encourages applications from all individuals who will contribute to the diversity and excellence of the institution.
The Credit Analyst’s primary responsibility is to manage the credit portion of the company’s relationship with a select group of accounts and assists Credit Management in the overall affairs of the Credit Department. This position is located in Park City, UT. Send resumes to: jobs@rossignol.com.
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Lead Early Childhood Teacher Milton Family Community Center is hiring a new Lead Teacher in our Early Childhood Program! Minimum requirements include: at least 20 years old, plus an Associates degree in Early Childhood Education or similar field, plus at least one year of experience working with young children. Fun, friendly, supportive work environment. Includes paid time off. Send resumes to: jhayes@miltonfamilycenter.org
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Systems & Operations Coordinator Northgate Apartments located in Burlington, VT is seeking a full time Systems and Operations Coordinator to assist the property Managers and maintenance staff with all Yardi related input such as work orders, rent payment, subsidy payments and month end reconciliation. Other responsibilities include coordination of access programs for contractors and annual inspections. EOE Interested candidates should apply at
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The Flynn Center for the Performing Arts seeks applicants for Artist Service Coordinator within the Programming Department of northern New England’s premier performing arts center. ARTIST SERVICES COORDINATOR Serving as a key liaison and ambassador to the Flynn, this position works directly with artists, tour managers, and vendors. Coordinating contracts, monitoring expenses, and serving as the Flynn representative on show nights as needed are essential aspects of this position, which requires organization, an ability to multitask, and excellent communication skills. For a detailed job description and more information, visit our website at: www.flynncenter.org/about-us/employment-andinternship-opportunities.html. Please submit resume and cover letter by July 27, 2018 to:
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Champlain Community Services is a growing developmental services provider agency with a strong emphasis on selfdetermination values and employee and consumer satisfaction.
Program Manager Coordinate residential and community supports for a humorous woman who leads an active life and enjoys spending time outside. This individual works best with female staff. The ideal candidate will enjoy working in a team-oriented position, have strong clinical skills and demonstrated leadership. Two overnight shifts required. Send your cover letter and application to Scott Broderick, sbroderick@ccs-vt.org.
Direct Support Professionals
We are currently offering benefitted direct support positions and per diem shifts. This is an excellent job for applicants entering human services or for those looking to continue their work in this field. This is a great opportunity to join a distinguished developmental service REGISTER NOW provider agency during a time of growth Send your cover letter and application to Karen Ciechanowicz, staff@ccs-vt.org.
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recognized leader in the field of emergency readiness, relief, and recovery for artists, is seeking an Office Manager to orchestrate key activities in an active office of six. This dynamic and organized professional will manage the office, oversee the office information systems, perform light financial related tasks and provide administrative support to other staff. Qualified applicants should possess strong organizational, planning, and administrative skills. The applicant should be self-motivated and detail-oriented. Strong oral and written communication skills are required as is knowledge of, and strong interest in, information technology and databases. With offices in Montpelier, VT, CERF+ offers a wonderful quality of life, collegial work environment, and competitive compensation. For a complete job description, please visit www.cerfplus.org. This is a full time position. Application deadline is July 30th.
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We seek an energetic and resourceful leader to provide administrative and programmatic leadership for an excellent communicator welcoming demeanor the federally funded TRIO/Student Support Serviceswith programawhich targets low income, first generation college Five years’ experience in higherskills education related field, degree in andstudents. strong organizational toorwork as with ourMaster’s Curriculum relevant area required. Expertise in management of staff, budgets and grant projects. Flexible hours and Manager for Northern Lights at CCV. Our ideal candidate statewide travel are required.
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Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: Ability to work collaboratively across Northern Lights and CCV administrative and academic offices and to direct and carry out a wide range of Northern Lights at CCV curriculum and instruction functions. Bachelor’s degree required, master’s degree in early childhood education or a related field preferred. Experience in early childhood systems and with adult education and curriculum development desired. Prior experience in adult education and curriculum development desired. Apply at:
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Educational Sales Associate Are you an educator or former educator interested in trying something new with your skill set? Established over two decades ago, our educational publishing company possesses an established brand, business model, and clientele. We are looking for a dynamic Educational Sales Associate to promote our research-based materials. This position works with school and district decision makers to conduct Business-to-Business sales. It also works with lead teachers to promote our resources to their administrators and manages current accounts. Prior sales experience a plus! To get started on this new and exciting path please send resume and cover letter to edsalesearch@gmail.com. Office located in the greater Burlington, VT area.
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Northfield Savings Bank is looking for a professional to join our team as a Digital Development Manager. This individual will be responsible for the management and coordination of product development, customer mailings and campaigns, the website and digital online portals. The Digital Development Manager will perform new product research, collect and interpret customer analytics, and support the CRM database. This individual will manage the development of electronic and print product literature and will also contribute product information for marketing and advertising projects. The position offers a strong opportunity to work for a growing premier Vermont mutual savings bank. The Digital Development Manager must possess excellent communication and customer service skills for both internal and external customers. A Bachelor’s degree in marketing, business administration or related field, with pertinent analytical curriculum, is required. Five years of experience in marketing, product management, or digital content and two years of experience in the financial industry are preferred. Northfield Savings Bank, founded in 1867, is the largest banking institution headquartered in Vermont. NSB offers a competitive compensation and benefits package including medical, dental, profit sharing, matching 401(K) retirement program, professional development opportunities, and a positive work environment supported by a team culture. Please submit your resume and application in confidence to: Careers@nsbvt.com (Preferred) Or mail: Northfield Savings Bank Human Resources P.O. Box 7180 Barre, VT 05641-7180 Equal Opportunity Employer/Member FDIC
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Gifford in beautiful Randolph, Vermont, is seeking a dynamic licensed psychotherapist to provide individual, family, and group counseling in our Behavioral Health clinic. This clinician will work as an integrated member of Gifford’s Primary Care practices, a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), to deliver outpatient mental health treatment in collaboration with other therapists, primary care providers, psychiatrists, the Addiction Treatment program, and other Gifford Health Care providers. This is a unique opportunity to work in a spectacular setting at a rural, financially stable, non-profit hospital with a progressive philosophy, supportive administrative team and advanced technology. Experience working with all ages, including children and adolescents desired. Current Vermont LICSW or LCMHC required. EOE Contact: Betina Barrett-Gallant at 802-728-2104 or bbarrett-gallant@gifffordmed.org
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Seven Days is seeking a full-time sales assistant and ticketing specialist to fill a rare vacancy on our successful sales team. If you’re smart, personable and organized – and think you’ll feel right at home among our innovative, entrepreneurial staff – we want to learn more about you. To join our team, you must be an excellent communicator, unfazed by internet commerce, meticulous about all the details and enthusiastic about working with clients of varied abilities on a day-to-day basis. Preference will be given to candidates who have demonstrated experience selling products, managing projects, speaking to groups of people and working independently when needed. The main responsibilities for this position include, but are not limited to: 1.
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• Part-time Managing Editor: Experience writing and editing for a newspaper and/ or magazine required. 15-20 hours a week, flexible hours. Duties include generating story ideas, assigning and guiding freelance contributors, writing 1-2 articles per issue, editing submissions, and supporting other staff as needed. • Ad Salesperson: Help cover the Central Vermont region, including Montpelier, Barre, Plainfield, Calais, Middlesex, Berlin, and Waterbury. Generous commission, flexible hours. Full- or part-time position possible. Sales experience helpful but not required. E-mail your resume and cover letter to mdunphy@ montpelierbridge.com.
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STORE MANAGER Green Mountain Habitat for Humanity is opening a new ReStore in Milton. Our Williston Habitat ReStore is one of the most effective and efficient ReStores in the Country and we need a great Store manager to join our team and run our new Milton Habitat ReStore. The purpose of the non-profit ReStore is to raise money to help fund local affordable Habitat for Humanity home building. If you have retail management experience, and you want the responsibility and the opportunity to start and run this new retail operation send a cover letter and Resume to jgoldhammer@vermonthabitat.org. For the right candidate this could be the opportunity of a lifetime.
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ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF THE BUSINESS OFFICE Full Time, Benefit Eligible EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT & CLERK TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES Full Time, Benefit Eligible Goddard College is committed to creating a college representative of a diverse global community and capable of creating change. To that end, we are actively seeking applications from qualified candidates from groups currently underrepresented in our institution for this position.
To learn more, please visit: www.goddard.edu/about-goddard/employmentopportunities/.
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Locally owned environmentally-friendly cleaning service seeks cleaners with some experience to maintain commercial properties in the greater Burlington area. Help make our world healthier by providing high quality cleaning services that are healthy for our clients, healthy for the environment, and healthy for you – our employees. Healthy Habitat is committed to creating livable wage jobs for residents in our community. Begin at $14 per hour. Certain F/T jobs will reach $18 per hour within a year. Healthy Habitat understands that our employees and their families are our greatest asset and we seek to consistently maintain a safe, healthy and meaningful workplace. Our current openings are for full time positions but part time work is often available. Full time work has flexible evening hours, vacation and sick time and other benefits. Full time applicants do need a vehicle and valid license. Check out our website at www.healthy-habitat.com, email info@healthy-habitat.com or call us at 802-861-4500 to learn more.
The Vermont Department of Health is seeking a dynamic, motivated, and talented Nurse Program Coordinator to join our team. This position will provide leadership to and oversight of Vermont’s growing statewide nurse home visiting program. The role will be an exciting balance between clinical and programmatic support to nurse home visitors in the field, partnering with local, state, and federal partners, and management of the program, grant writing and reporting. The position will be expected to demonstrate initiative & creativity. For more information, contact Ilisa Stalberg at ilisa.stalberg@vermont.gov. Status: Full Time. Job ID #623451. Application Deadline: July 17, 2018.
INSURANCE EXAMINER III – MONTPELIER
The Department of Financial Regulation seeks an independent, organized person, with effective communication skills to assist the Insurance Division with review of regulatory filings and financial solvency monitoring of Vermont insurance companies. Job duties includes review and analysis of financial statements and other information, evaluation of compliance with rules and regulations, and assistance with financial examination. For more information, contact Karen Murphy at Karen.murphy@vermont.gov or 802-828-1959. Status: Full Time. Job ID #623454. Application Deadline: Open until filled.
BUDGET UNIT MAN AGER – WATERBURY
DCF’s Business Office is recruiting! The Budget Unit Manager will oversee the work of the Budget Unit. The Budget Unit is responsible for developing DCF’s highly complex $400M budget; as well as coding, monitoring, and projecting expenses throughout the year. This position will supervise two budget analysts and a budget support position; while also serving as the budget analyst for specific divisions. For more information, contact Jillian Niggel, jillian.niggel@vermont.gov, 802-241-0664. Status: Full Time. Job ID # 623145. Application Deadline: July 15, 2018.
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The position requires extensive writing, research, and organization skills. Must have experience in a policy related position; project management skills; ability to balance competing demands; ability to work with providers, and other professionals; and, strong oral and written communication skills, including experience preparing reports and presentations. For more information, contact Sarah Truckle, sarah.truckle@ vermont.gov, 802-477-3910. Status: Limited Service. Job ID # 623347. Application Deadline: July 10, 2018.
VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION COUNSELOR (TRANSITION) I & II – BARRE The Transition Counselor provides support to high school students with physical, psychological or cognitive disabilities in the career development process and will assist students in preparing for careers and employment through career assessment and related guidance and counseling. The position works closely with an Employment Consultant to develop a variety of work experiences including job shadows, unpaid internships and employer-paid jobs. Previous work with adolescents is extremely helpful. 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 Opening. For more information, contact William Sugarman at (802) 917-4143 or william.sugarman@vermont.gov. Department: Disabilities Aging & Independent Living. Status: Full Time. Job ID #623543 for Level I & 623560 for Level II. Application Deadline: July 24, 2018.
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HEALTH CARE COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR Vermont Legal Aid’s Office of the Health Care Advocate (HCA) seeks a self-motivated, creative person committed to improving access to high quality, affordable health care to fill a new full-time position as Communications Coordinator. The Communications Coordinator will work with a team of dedicated attorneys and advocates on behalf of Vermont health care consumers. The ideal candidate will be a detail-oriented individual with significant communications experience and knowledge of Vermont health care systems, health care reform, and public policy. Responsibilities include: developing and implementing a communications strategy and consistent messaging to the public, community partners, and other health care stakeholders, raising awareness of the HCA’s hotline and policy work, and increasing the role of the HCA’s hotline team and interested consumer clients in policy advocacy. A successful candidate must have excellent writing, editing, and verbal communication skills and a commitment to social justice. Experience developing and implementing communications strategies and proficiency with digital communications platforms including social media and email outreach required. Fluency in eligibility requirements for state and federal health care programs is desirable. Bachelor’s degree in Communications or related field. Starting salary $34,917+ DOE, four weeks’ paid vacation and excellent fringe benefits.
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We’re all about mission at Vermont Student Assistance Corporation (VSAC). Help us fulfill our mission of providing all Vermont students with information and financial resources to reach their educational goals. You’ll work in a relaxed yet challenging environment. We offer many top notch benefits, plus a fabulous on site fitness room & café.
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Case Manager Provide individual support of an assigned caseload through coordination of clinical, residential, educational/vocational components; in addition to development of a professional clinical relationship with the individuals served by Upper Valley Services, their parents, guardians and families, the community, and other human service agencies and the Department of Developmental and Mental Health Services. This requires the employee to be mentally alert, on call 24 hours a day, uphold vigilant and disciplined accuracy with prioritizing tasks, record keeping, and meeting deadlines. In addition, to meet the often stressful and unpredictable responsibility demands of this position’s objective, employees need to maintain mental and physical preparedness. Bachelor’s degree, preferred in Human Services or related field with at least 2 years of experience working with individuals with developmental disabilities and their families. Must be a Qualified Developmental Disabilities Professional (QDDP), or work under the direct supervision of a QDDP.
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We’re looking for an experienced person to join our Information Technology Team. You will oversee desktop/ laptop help desk activities, direct a team, ensure cost-effective operations, help forecast 4V-UpperValleyServices062718.indd 1 6/25/18 Untitled-7 2:13 PM 1 7/2/18 10:29 AM equipment and software needs for VSAC and oversee IBM iSeries operations. Our ideal candidate will be a strong team leader who is proficient in a variety of technical applications, tools, and operating systems (mostly Windows), has great interpersonal and communication skills and wants to continue to learn and grow both themselves and those around them. Wake Robin, Vermont’s premier retirement community, seeks a partIf you have about five years of experience in a service oriented leadership position in a time Speech Therapist for a temporary or contractual placement August technical area, can help lead our back office operations and our front line help desk team through October. In addition to serving a vibrant independent living as we all work together to serve Vermonters we want to hear from you. (Experience with project management, a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related discipline and IBM community, Wake Robin provides a high quality residential and long-term iSeries administration would be preferred, but don’t let that hold you back if you’re the right care environment, including a full complement of rehabilitation services. person to join our team.)
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Our SLP works with a team of licensed nurses and therapists to provide treatments and programs that promote the independence and well being of our residents. Our candidate will hold a CCC-SLP and will be licensed to practice in the State of Vermont. Interested candidates please email hr@wakerobin.com or fax your resume with cover letter to: HR, (802) 264-5146. Wake Robin is an equal opportunity employer.
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Do you believe that Vermont can be the best state in the US for biking and walking? So do we!
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People Helping People
Help us grow our organization and our impact statewide. Local Motion has a powerful and energized base of support to build upon. With your fundraising and relationship skills, we will deepen the engagement and broaden the support throughout Vermont.
COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR Local Motion has a lot to say, from teaching kids to bike safely to taking a trip on the Island Line Bike Ferry. You will be the creative force to help shape our communications strategy, enhance our online presence, and support our programs. Flexible work schedule; fun office located on the Burlington Bike Path. Positions open until filled. For full job descriptions and how to apply, visit www.localmotion.org/about.
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Master’s Level Social Workers & Clinicians The Clara Martin Center is seeking Master’s Level Clinicians to join our team of dedicated professionals who reach out to make a difference in the lives of our clients. These positions will provide assessments, diagnosis, group and/or individual therapy, treatment planning, case management and referral services within their specialized teams. Our Clinicians can join our Child & Family, School Based, Substance Abuse or Adult teams based in Randolph, the Barre area, Bradford or Wilder. We strongly believe in working within a team-based environment and we provide regular group and individual supervision to all clinical staff as well as opportunities for continuing education and career advancement. VT licensure is preferred but is not 2:19 PM required. Individuals who are interested in being part of a dynamic team are encouraged to apply. Flexibility, dependability, strong communication, organizational skills, and the ability to be a team player are essential.
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Nurse Practitioner We are seeking a Nurse Practitioner who is looking to join a progressive community mental health center clinical team lead by Dr. Kevin Buchanan. Responsibilities include medication management, communication with primary care physicians and consultation with treatment team members. Successful candidates must be able to work both independently and as part of a team; should have a current Vermont license and a minimum of 2 years’ experience; psychiatric and medical experience preferred. This position can be either a full time or part time position and serves our clients throughout Orange County. VT Licensure, APRN required.
We offer competitive benefits, matching 403b retirement plan and a generous time-off policy among other company-paid benefits.
hr@claramartin.org • Clara Martin Center • PO Box G • Randolph, VT 05060
At least one position (Fire Alarm Technician) requires a Type-S Journeyman’s license/TQP Qualified. (For Security technician positions, having a Type-S Journeyman license would be a plus!) This is an Opportunity to join an established company of team players. We are seeking reliable employees with good customer service skills to install, inspect & service Security/Fire Alarm System, CCTV, Access Control, etc. Experience is necessary and a valid driver’s license is a must! Specialist in Built in Central Vacuum Systems. We are expanding our installation/service staff. Immediate Opening for a
CENTRAL VACUUM INSTALLER/ SERVICE PERSON Challenging opportunity for an individual that is Aggressive, Self-motivated and Reliable. Candidate must take pride in workmanship and should be available for some overtime. Aptitude in the building trades with good Carpentry/ Mechanical/Plumbing Abilities desired. Must have good communication skills and the willingness to promote our company and its products. • A Valid Driver’s License is a Must. • Company Vehicle Provided for Work. • Salary Commensurate with experience. We offer competitive wages, benefits and vacation time. Mail or email resume to mbenway@sunrayvt.com or call to schedule an interview. (802)878-9091 Sun Ray Fire & Security/Vermont Central Vacuum One Town Marketplace Unit #29 Essex Junction, VT 05452 mbenway@sunrayvt.com 802-878-7800
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Executive Director Health Education Nonprofit
The Southern Vermont Area Health Education Center (AHEC), a nonprofit corporation, seeks an exceptional individual with strong leadership, communication and interpersonal skills to serve as Executive Director. The AHEC system’s primary goal is to help meet the health care needs of Vermonters by assisting with recruitment, retention and education of community physicians, students and residents in medicine, allied health, nursing and social work. Southern Vermont AHEC serves Addison, Rutland, Windsor, Bennington and Windham counties and is based in Springfield, Vermont. The Executive Director works for the Board of Directors, and in collaboration with the statewide AHEC network, including the UVM AHEC program. The Director supervises a small staff and is responsible for the daily operations of the agency in Southern Vermont. The home base for this position is Springfield, Vermont. Qualifications sought: a Master’s degree in a health related field or at least 5 years in health care or higher education administration. The successful candidate must have experience in grant writing and management, marketing and fundraising. Excellent interpersonal communication, both oral and written, and organizational skills are required. Familiarity with the healthcare climate and culture in the five county regions is desirable. A complete job description is available at www.svtahec.org. Apply by July 30th with cover letter, resume, and salary requirements to: Southern Vermont AHEC Search Committee 368 River Street, Suite 145 Springfield, VT 05156 dmoran@svtahec.org An Affirmative Action/ Equal Opportunity Employer
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Client Service Associate The successful candidate will join Champlain’s client service team and have a direct impact on the firm’s client service effort. The incumbent will be responsible for producing client reporting packages across all strategies and vehicles, assisting with populating consultant databases, and supporting core elements of the firm’s marketing and compliance due diligence functions. The role may also include other ad hoc tasks to ensure the team delivers on the firm’s mission of exceptional client service. Required Skills: A bachelor’s degree is required, with a minimum GPA of 3.0. This individual must be analytical, detailoriented, and have excellent written and oral communication skills. A demonstrated proficiency with Microsoft office tools and email applications is required. A mature, friendly, flexible demeanor with the ability to work collaboratively is necessary. This individual must be able to prioritize and work in a dynamic environment.
Sales Manager Exciting Sales Manager opportunity at TownePlace Suites in Williston, Vermont Williston’s TownePlace Suites by Marriott located on 66 Zephyr Road in Taft Corners is an all-suite hotel featuring 99 guest rooms, daily hot breakfast, nightly receptions, and new lobby. The hotel focuses on providing a warm, comfortable setting for guests who travel 5 nights or longer. The TownePlace Suites Sales Manager is responsible for bringing in those guests and earning the defined room revenue goals. He/she will work with the Director of Sales to plan sales promotions, establish strategies, and set sales goals. The TownePlace Suites Manager must seek out business for both local and regional opportunities such as but not limited to Extended Stay, Social, Government, Regional, Association, and Corporate. This is a full-time, hourly position with great benefits to include health insurance, vacation time, and 401(k) retirement, wellness and a superior workplace. Application Deadline: Interested applicants should forward resume and cover letter by July 13, 2018 to: Amy Shea, HR Manager, Westport Hospitality, LLC, work@hotelvt.com. TownePlace Suites is managed by Westport Hospitality. Other properties in our portfolio are Hotel Vermont and Courtyard Burlington Harbor Hotel.
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WE’RE HIRING! Lawson’s Finest Liquids is hiring for various positions in our new Waitsfield brewery, taproom and retail store which will open this autumn. We’re looking for highly skilled and motivated staff to join our team! Go to: LawsonsFinestLiquidsLLC. appone.com to apply. • Taproom and Retail Manager - Develop and execute an exemplary service culture. • Lead Brewer - Ensure delivery of the best products and customer experiences possible. • Brewery Lab Manager Ensure all beers are within the high quality control parameters. • Maintenance Manager - Oversee maintenance, service and repairs so that operations run smoothly. Upcoming jobs coming soon on our application portal (check back frequently!): • Taproom & Retail Store Assistant Manager; Kitchen, and Sales personnel • Brewery - Shift Brewer; Cellar, Materials, and Packaging personnel
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Session starts on August 21, 2017. Wake Robin, in partnership with Vermont MedEd, is happy to announce our LNA training program. Wake Robin is Vermont’s premier retirement community and ranks among the top 100 nursing homes in the country, an award due in large part to our excellent staff and facility. Our goal is to provide training and employment opportunities consistent with Wake Robin’s unique brand of resident-centered care. If you have at least 2 years experience in caregiving, wish to grow your skills among the best, and begin your career as an LNA, contact us.
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Mansfield Hall is a private, innovative residential college support program for students with diverse learning needs. We are looking for dynamic individuals to fill the following position: Have you considered a lifestyle change? Are you interested in making a difference in someone’s life? You may be just who we are looking for! Vermont Comforts of Home is searching for Shared Living Providers to join our team. Share your Vermont home with a fellow Vermonter who can no longer live alone.
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Executive Director Vermont Housing Finance Agency (VHFA), located in Burlington VT, is seeking an Executive Director who will serve as the Chief Executive Officer of the Agency and as such directs and administers all programs, operations, and activities, and oversees the organization of the staff and departments. The Executive Director serves at the pleasure of the Board of Commissioners and performs such duties and functions as they may prescribe, as well as fulfilling the role of Secretary of the Agency.
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VHFA strives to be a housing resource for all of Vermont and this position is expected to provide the leadership to achieve that goal. The Executive Director will Professionals on three primary areas: We offer competitive salary & awesomefocus benefits! WE OFFER: JOB RECRUITERS CAN: • Advocacy and development of the housing finance industry. Works within Vermont and • Flexible scheduling nationally with a variety of key public and private partners to develop policies and programs • Shift meals provided to promote sustainable housing opportunities for low and moderate income Vermonters, and • Post jobs using a • Employee Assistance Programs UVM Dining, as managed by Sodexo is a proud dining partner of the University supports the vitality and economic development of Vermont communities. form that includes UVM Dining, as managed by Sodexo is a proud dining partner of the University of Vermont. Nestled in-between Lake Champlain and the Green Mountains, our talented culinary team is dedicated to serving up fresh ingredients and healthy options to a diverse campus community. With a strong commitment to sustainability and social responsibility, we source from an ever growing network of local farms. Join our team; discover our unique dining spaces and experience the taste of Vermont all the while enjoying some awesome benefits! • Competitive salary
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and dependable personal transportation. A desire to help the Agency fulfill its mission and vision financial projects, the Director performs and manages all through excellence and innovation are paramount. Visit operations relating to finance Apply today! Sodexo.Balancetrak.com (search Vermont) jobs.sevendaysvt.com Named a “Best Small/Medium Place to Work in Vermont” in 2016, 2017 and 2018, VHFA offers a and human resources for Rock to start posting!Sodexo is an EEO/AA/Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran employer competitive salary and excellent benefits. This posting and a summary of benefits is available at Point School. We are a small, independent, co-ed boarding school and our ideal candidate should have experience in the non-profit sector. For more information and to apply visit www.rockpointschool.org/ director-of-finance.
www.vhfa.org/careers. Please send cover letter, resume and references to HR@vhfa.org by 4:00 pm, August 1, 2018. Position will be open until filled. VHFA is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to a diverse workplace. We highly encourage women, persons with disabilities, and people from diverse racial, ethnic and cultural backgrounds to apply.
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Seeking a fun, interesting, meaningful opportunity to collaborate with diverse stakeholders and local leaders to help Vermont transition to a clean energy future? The Vermont Natural Resources Council, coordinator of the Vermont Energy & Climate Action Network, seeks a motivated individual with interest and expertise in community outreach, communications, clean energy and climate action. 2:30 PM Find out more and apply: www.vhcb.org/our-programs/vhcbamericorps/americorps-positions Applications are due July 20, 2018. VNRC is an EOE. www.vnrc.org. www.vecan.net.
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Commercial Credit Analyst - VEDA has an excellent opportunity for a motivated individual to join its Commercial Lending Team as a Commercial Credit Analyst. The Commercial Credit Analyst will support VEDA’s commercial loan officers by evaluating loan applications and other loan servicing actions, providing credit investigation, other analysis and research. Duties will include entering data to financial accounting software, preparing and analyzing spreadsheets, drafting credit memorandums and letters for review by the commercial lenders. Previous experience as a credit analyst and a Bachelor’s Degree are generally required.
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Recovery Specialists entry level during their stay. and provide care and- structure TUESDAY, JULY 17TH Licensed Practical Nurses & Registered Nurses 3:00PM - 6:00PM Recovery Specialists - entry level Clinicians TUESDAY, JULY 17TH • Recovery - entryNurses level Licensed PracticalSpecialists Nurses & Registered 1 Alden Place 3:00PM - 6:00PM Clinicians • Licensed Practical Nurses & Registered Vergennes, VT 05491 20 days of paid time off 1 Alden Place (802) 222-5201 Nurses Health, dental, and vision
Agricultural Loan Officer - Experienced individual sought to fill the role of Agricultural Loan Officer to visit farm and forestry applicants and borrowers throughout Vermont with a likely concentration in Addison and Rutland Counties, perform chattel property valuations, review real estate appraisals, analyze and prepare loan requests, service a diverse loan portfolio and perform annual financial analyses. Knowledge of agricultural and/or forest industry, strong analytical and decision-making abilities are required. Prefer previous agricultural lending experience, proven team approach and a Bachelor’s Degree in a related field.
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O’Brien Brothers Agency, Inc., a familyowned Vermont real estate development and management company based in South Burlington, Vermont, is seeking a
COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER VSJF seeks a Communications Manager to execute our communications and marketing strategies, provide overall communications support to program directors and our strategic operating plan. Job description for the position available at www.vsjf.org.
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Join VBT and Country Walkers, an award-winning, Vermontbased active travel company, and be part of our high performing, international team. We offer deluxe, small-group bicycling and walking tours worldwide at a variety of different levels and paces. Positively impacting people’s lives through active travel experiences is what we’re all about! We’re currently recruiting for the following full-time positions in our Williston, Vermont offices. • Hotel and Vendor Coordinator • Guest Services Agent • Manager of Product Operations • Digital Content Manager Applicants kindly submit resume and salary requirements to nvoth@vbt.com.
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The Site Superintendent will report to the Director of Development, and will work with our construction team to ensure the timely completion of new residential construction projects, in accordance with issued plans and specifications. This position will be working almost entirely on residential and the accompanying infrastructure construction of single family and townhome style for-sale residential projects. For full job description, go to www.obrienbrothersagency.com. Salary commensurate with experience. Please email cover letters and resumes and a minimum of three references to: HR@obrienbrothersagency.com. No phone calls.
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The Orange County Special Investigations Unit/Child Advocacy Center, Inc. (OCSIU/CAC) provides for children and adults, a safe and respectful response to situations involving potential violations of sex crime statutes. In these cases, the Forensic Interview Specialist, a neutral member of the multi-disciplinary team, conducts forensic interviews of children and adults, using an evidence-based forensic interviewing approach. This position requires a high standard of professionalism, confidentiality, and integrity. The Forensic Interview Specialist reports directly to the OCSIU/CAC Executive Director.
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• Conduct forensic interviews according to National Children’s Advocacy Center (NCAC) guidelines, National Children’s Alliance (NCA) standards, and OCSIU/CAC procedures; • Testify in court when subpoenaed, and at the request of the state’s attorney; • Defend your forensic interviews in court; • Coordinate and contribute to monthly MDT meetings; • Facilitate and participate in regional and local peer reviews; • Maintain electronic and hard copies of client records to ensure confidentiality and protect integrity; • Seek out and attend national, state, and local training events to enhance and strengthen skill set; • Periodically present or facilitate local training events related to current family and child issues, and forensic interviewing trends; • Maintain video/recording equipment in good-working order; • Conduct self professionally, and in accordance with NCA standards and OCSIU/CAC policies and procedures; • Contribute to coordination and scheduling of forensic interviews; • Enter relevant data timely and accurately into NCATrak database; & • Other administrative and service-related tasks, as assigned, to further the mission of the OCSIU/CAC.
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• Understanding of law enforcement investigative procedures, child protection protocol, and the criminal and civil court systems; • Previous child protection experience and understanding; • In-depth knowledge of diverse family dynamics, child development, child abuse, and the neurobiological effects of trauma; • Ability to communicate effectively during the interview process with children of all ages, and adults; • Ability to well-organize work tasks, manage time, and meet deadlines; • Technological proficiency; • Work style that is flexible, collaborative, and team-oriented; & • Sound written and verbal communication abilities.
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• At minimum, a Bachelor’s degree in child development, psychology, social work, criminal justice, or a related field; and • Training in an evidence-based forensic interviewing method. • Strongly Preferred: One-two years’ experience working directly with children and families who have experienced issues related to abuse or violence; • One-two years’ experience effectively interacting with multi-disciplinary team members; & • One-two years’ experience conducting evidence-based forensic interviews with children or adults.
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At Burlington’s Juniper restaurant and Bleu Northeast Seafood, chef Doug Paine composes elegant plates using local meats and vegetables — and, usually, fruits of the forest delivered by local foragers. On Saturday, July 14, he’ll lead a group of home cooks into the woods in search of midsummer mushrooms. With found fungi in hand, the wanderers will return to Richmond Community Kitchen’s cooking classroom, don aprons and try their hand at making an elegant mushroom tartine.
ARTISAN BREAD BAKING: SOURDOUGH BREAD INTENSIVE Bakers go beyond the basics on starter cultures, flour selection and baker’s percentages, then ferment, shape, score and bake their own sourdough loaves. Lunch is provided. Saturday, July 14, and Sunday, July 15, Brotbakery, Fairfax. $225. Info, brotbakery.com.
BRADFORD FAIR Fair season kicks off in the Upper Valley with horse and tractor pulls, carnival rides, fried novelties, and locally grown live entertainment. Thursday, July 12, through Sunday, July 15, Bradford Fairgrounds. $10-14. Info, bradfordfair.org.
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COFFEE TALK: Friends, neighbors and AARP Vermont volunteers catch up on upcoming activities and issues facing older Vermonters. Maglianero, Burlington, 9-10 a.m. Free. Info, vt@aarp.org.
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KINGDOM COMMUNITY WIND TOUR: Attendees are blown away by a tour of energyproducing turbines. Kingdom Community Wind, Lowell, 10 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, windtours@greenmountainpower.com.
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MIDDLEBURY FESTIVAL ON THE GREEN: A sevenday fête includes musical performances, family-friendly programs, a street dance and more. See festivalonthegreen. org for details. Village Green, Middlebury, noon-1 & 7-10 p.m. Free. Info, 462-3555.
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MARTIN HAYES Wednesday, July 18, 7:30 p.m., at Cabot Town Hall. $22-25. Info, 793-3016, summit-school.org.
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American Pickers The Antiques and Uniques Festival is a Craftsbury tradition. For the 48th year, Craftsbury Common is transformed into a picker’s paradise with more than 100 antiques dealers and Vermont crafters setting up shop. Purveyors tempt potential customers with everything from jewelry and collectibles to pottery and woodworking. Treasure hunters can fuel up on barbecue fare and other specialty foods, browse a giant book sale, meander through a farmers market, get silly with kids’ games, and revel in the sounds of live folk and country music. There’s more: A vintage fashion show at 2:30 p.m. is sure to excite the sartorially savvy shopper.
ANTIQUES AND UNIQUES FESTIVAL Saturday, July 14, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., at Craftsbury Common. Free; $5 parking donation benefits the Craftsbury Fire Department. Info, antiquesanduniquesvt@gmail.com, townofcraftsbury.com.
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Though fiddler Martin Hayes’ musicianship is rooted in Ireland, his skills are recognized around the world. Growing up in East County Clare, Hayes honed his craft with his father, fiddler P. Joe Hayes of the well-known Tulla Céilí Band. The younger Hayes has earned international accolades for his bowand-string mastery, including a BBC Radio 2 Folk Award for Instrumentalist of the Year and a 2011 performance for President Barack Obama and members of Congress. Described as “one of the best fiddlers on the planet” by National Public Radio, Hayes serves up soulful interpretations of traditional Irish music.
DREAM JOB Ume front woman Lauren Larson describes the Austin, Texas, band’s latest single, “Crushed,” as a love song to her daughter. “It’s also a reminder to ourselves to keep chasing those feelings of our youth — that feeling awoken in me as a kid in the front row of the Fugazi concert, losing myself in the madness of the music while wondering, ‘Can I be in a band too?’” The singer and self-taught guitarist turned her rock-and-roll dream into reality in the early 2000s as the leader of Ume, playing a high-octane hybrid of rock, punk and pop alongside her husband and bassist, Eric Larson; drummer Aaron Perez; and touring guitarist Don Cento. The indie rockers take the stage as part of the Levitt AMP St. Johnsbury Music Series. Decorative Fire, fronted by Vermont singer and drummer Pam McCann, open.
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Since its first ride in 2007, Champ’s Challenge has raised more than $100,000 for the Cystic Fibrosis Lifestyle Foundation, a nonprofit that helps people with the chronic disease maintain healthy, active lifestyles. Be they advanced cyclists, recreational riders, runners or walkers, athletes pitch in by participating in any aspect of this annual excursion. Pedal pushers choose between 40- or eightmile courses, and those traveling on foot walk or run a timed 5K. No matter the route, participants and community members show their support at a postrace barbecue lunch on the shore of Lake Champlain.
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Sunday, July 15, 4-7 p.m., at Dog Mountain in St. Johnsbury. Free. Info, 748-2600, catamountarts.org.
Sunday, July 15, 8 a.m.-2 p.m., at Basin Harbor in Vergennes. $30-50, or $15-25 plus funds raised; $20-30 for luncheon only. Info, 310-5983, champschallenge.org.
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‘THE MUSIC OF STRANGERS’: Acclaimed cellist Yo-Yo Ma and his celebrated international music collective take center stage in this 2015 documentary. Highland Center for the Arts, Greensboro, 7 p.m. $5. Info, 533-9075. ‘WILD AFRICA 3D’: Viewers plunge into fantastic places and meet amazing creatures with water as their guide. 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, $13.50-16.50; admission free for members and kids 2 and under. Info, 864-1848.
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BEERLINGTON FOAMERS MARKET: Shoppers snag veggies from Three Chimney Farm’s pop-up farm stand and sip Foam Brewers suds. Foam Brewers, Burlington, 5-7 p.m. Free. Info, 391-9047. COMMUNITY SUPPER: A scrumptious spread connects friends and neighbors. The Pathways Vermont Community Center, Burlington, 5-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 888-492-8218, ext. 300. FIVE CORNERS FARMERS MARKET: Conscious consumers shop local produce, premade treats and crafts. 3 Main St., Essex Junction, 4-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 5cornersfarmersmarket@ gmail.com. ICE CREAM SOCIAL: Sweets lovers spoon up frozen dairy treats alongside food-truck fare. Lawn. Lake Champlain Chocolates Factory Store & Café, Burlington, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Cost of food and drink. Info, 800-465-5909. LEDDY PARK BEACH BITES: Lakeside picnickers enjoy foodtruck fare, a beer garden, kids’ activities and live entertainment. Attendees on two wheels make use of free bike valet service. Leddy Park, Burlington, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Cost of food and drink. Info, 864-0123. VERMONT FARMERS MARKET: Local products — veggies, breads, pastries, cheeses, wines, syrups, jewelry, crafts and beauty supplies — draw shoppers to a diversified bazaar. Depot Park, Rutland, 3-6 p.m. Free. Info, 342-4727.
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BRIDGE CLUB: Players have fun with the popular card game. Burlington Bridge Club, Williston, 9:15 a.m. & 1:30 p.m. $6. Info, 872-5722. CRIBBAGE TEAMS: Longtime players and neophytes alike aim for a value of 15 or 31 in this competitive card game. Twin Valley Senior Center, East Montpelier, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 223-3322. MAH JONGG: Participants of all levels enjoy friendly bouts of this tile-based game. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 1-3:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.
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BONE BUILDERS EXERCISE CLASSES: Folks of all ages ward off osteoporosis in an exercise and prevention class. Twin Valley Senior Center, East Montpelier, 7:30-8:30, 9:15-10:15 & 10:40-11:40 a.m. Free. Info, 223-3322. CHAIR TAI CHI: Age and ability level are no obstacles to learning this slow, easy exercise routine. Champlain Senior Center, Burlington, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 316-1510. PRACTICAL BIO-RESONANCE: VIBRATION PHYSICS: Rachel Shea promotes full-body healing from chronic Lyme and other diseases. Community Room, Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 6-7:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, info@hungermountain.coop. QIGONG: Gentle movements promote strength, balance and well-being. Waterbury Public Library, 11-11:45 a.m. Free; preregister; limited space. Info, 244-7036. RESILIENCE FLOW: FOR THOSE WITH A HISTORY OF TBI OR BRAIN INJURY: Individuals affected by a traumatic brain injury practice breath work, slow grounded movement and guided meditation. Sangha Studio — Pine, Burlington, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 448-4262. TAI CHI: A gentle outdoor lesson promoting strength, balance and active relaxation incorporates fall prevention and mindful walking. Waterbury Public Library, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 244-7036. TOMGIRL WALKING CLUB: Pups and pals in tow, pedestrians make strides toward health. Tomgirl Juice Co., Burlington, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 540-0337. Y12SR: YOGA OF 12-STEP RECOVERY: Folks in addiction recovery and those affected by the addictive behavior of others are welcome to take part in a sharing circle and themed yoga class. Sangha Studio — Pine, Burlington, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 448-4262.
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BEGINNER & INTERMEDIATE/ ADVANCED ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASSES: Learners take communication to the next level. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211. LUNCH IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE: SPANISH: ¡Hola! Language lovers perfect their fluency. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.
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JUST FOR LAUGHS FESTIVAL: The biggest names in comedy descend upon Montréal with gut-busting material. See hahaha.com for details. Various Montréal locations. Prices vary. Info, 514-845-2322.
MONTRÉAL COMPLÈTEMENT CIRQUE: Performers from France, Australia, Canada and Argentina take to the city’s halls, streets and neighborhoods with awe-inspiring feats of circus artistry. See montrealcompletementcirque. com for details. Various Montréal locations. $15-30; $90-150 for packages. Info, 514-376-8648.
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Find club dates in the music section. BURLINGTON CITY ARTS SUMMER CONCERTS: JOHN DUNLOP & LAURA MARKOWITZ: Friends and colleagues meet up for a lunchtime recital of classical music. Burlington City Hall Park, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7166. CAPITAL CITY BAND: The community ensemble hits all the right notes at a weekly gig on the green. Vermont Statehouse lawn, Montpelier, 7-8 p.m. Free. Info, 456-7054. COUNTERPOINT & THE CHOIR OF DOWNING COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE: Two classical vocal ensembles band together for a program of Renaissance masterworks and Anglican repertory gems. First United Methodist Church, Burlington, 7 p.m. $5-20. Info, 540-1784. CRAFTSBURY CHAMBER PLAYERS: World-class musicians deliver rousing renditions of works by Sousa, Gershwin, Bartók and Dvořák. Elley-Long Music Center, Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, preconcert talk, 6:45 p.m.; concert, 7:30 p.m. $10-25; free for kids 12 and under. Info, 800-639-3443. LAKOU MIZIK: The multigenerational Haitian music collective communicates messages of pride, strength and hope through song. Rain location: Spaulding Auditorium. Dartmouth Green, Hanover, N.H., 5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 603-646-2422. NORTHERN FLYER: Four veteran musicians play a mix of original and traditional bluegrass and Americana music. Oxbow Park, Morrisville, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, andysachervt@gmail.com. SHELLHOUSE: Named after a mountain in Ferrisburg, the fivemember band brings original and familiar Americana music to the stage with multiple instruments. Mills Riverside Park, Jericho, 6-8 p.m. Donations. Info, 899-2693.
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FINDING BIRDS BY EAR #1: Fans of feathered fliers meet 45 different species that live in and around the park. Little River State Park, Waterbury, 7 p.m. $24; free for kids 3 and under; call to confirm. Info, 244-7103.
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COMMUNITY ROWING: Active bodies experience a physical workout while enjoying the beauty of Lake Champlain. Perkins Pier, Burlington, 5:157:30 p.m. $10; $175 for season membership; free for first-timers; preregister; limited space. Info, 475-2022, ext. 112.
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TECH HELP WITH CLIF: Electronics novices develop skill sets applicable to smartphones, tablets and other gadgets. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, noon & 1 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 878-6955. TECHNOLOGY NIGHT: Music apps become second nature during a class with Vermont Technical College’s Ken Bernard. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.
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‘FUN HOME’: Cartoonist Alison Bechdel’s graphic novel is the basis of this award-winning musical about viewing one’s parents through grown-up eyes. Weston Playhouse Second Stage at Walker Farm, 2 & 7:30 p.m. $47. Info, 824-5288. THE METROPOLITAN OPERA LIVE IN HD: ‘EUGENE ONEGIN’: The operatic retelling of Alexander Pushkin’s novel in verse, starring Anna Netrebko and Peter Mattei, hits the silver screen. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. $6-15. Info, 748-2600. ‘THE MOUSETRAP’: Whodunit? A maniac terrorizes a group of snowbound houseguests in a Saint Michael’s Playhouse revival of Agatha Christie’s classic murder mystery. McCarthy Arts Center, Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, 8 p.m. $36-45. Info, 654-2281.
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MILITARISM & MASCULINITY: A dialogue led by Cheryl Diersch of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom delves into the current work toward the realization of the United Nations’ women, peace and security agenda. Peace & Justice Center, Burlington, 5:307 p.m. Free. Info, madel51353@ aol.com.
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HOUSE & FORMAL GARDENS TOUR: Explorations of the inn and its grounds culminate in afternoon tea with sweets and savories. Shelburne Farms, 2:304 p.m. $20; preregister. Info, 985-8686.
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CRUISE LAKE CHAMPLAIN ON THE ESCAPE: All aboard! Folks learn about the naval history of the lake while sipping beer and wine. Basin Harbor, Vergennes, 5-6 p.m. $25; preregister. Info, 475-7817. FEAST & FIELD MARKET: Locally grown produce and Romaniinspired world music by Danza Del Fuego are on the menu at a pastoral party. Fable Farm, Barnard, market, 4:30-7:30 p.m.; concert, 5:30-8 p.m. Donations. Info, feastandfield@gmail.com. GUIDED TOURS: See WED.11. JOB HUNT HELP: Community College of Vermont interns assist employment seekers with everything from résumé-writing to online applications. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 2:305:30 p.m. Free. Info, 745-1393.
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ALL COME HOME MUSIC FESTIVAL: Over three days, two stages host tribute acts paying homage to legends such as Neil Diamond, the Talking Heads and David Bowie. See okemo.com for details. Okemo Mountain Resort, Ludlow. Prices vary. Info, 228-1600. MIDDLEBURY FESTIVAL ON THE GREEN: See WED.11. SUMMERVALE: Locavores fête farms and farmers at a weekly event centered on food, brews and kids’ activities, with City Market, Onion River Co-op workshops and live music. Intervale Center, Burlington, 5:30-8 p.m. Donations. Info, abby@ intervale.org.
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See what’s playing at local theaters in the movies section. ‘FLYING MONSTERS 3D’: See WED.11. ‘GREAT WHITE SHARK 3D’: See WED.11. ‘LETTERS TO JULIET’: Amanda Seyfried stars as an aspiring writer who travels to Verona, Italy, and joins a group of volunteers responding to letters from people seeking advice about love. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 748-2600. ‘SEA MONSTERS 3D’: See WED.11. STOWE JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL: ‘MONKEY BUSINESS: THE ADVENTURES OF CURIOUS GEORGE’S CREATORS’: Hans and Margret Rey, the authors of the beloved Curious George children’s books, are the focus of this 2017 documentary. Jewish Community of Greater Stowe, 7 p.m. $10-15. Info, 253-1800. ‘WILD AFRICA 3D’: See WED.11.
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BURLINGTON EDIBLE HISTORY TOURS: Foodies sample farmfresh eats on a scrumptious stroll dedicated to the Queen City’s culinary past. Awning behind ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 1-4 p.m. $55. Info, 238-8828. COMMUNITY LUNCH: Farmfresh fare makes for a delicious and nutritious midday meal. The Pathways Vermont Community Center, Burlington, 1-2 p.m. Free. Info, 888-492-8218, ext. 309.
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LAKE BOMOSEEN BRIDAL SHOW: Brides-to-be meet the area’s top wedding professionals and scope out the latest trends. Prize drawings keep things interesting. Lake Bomoseen Lodge and Taproom, Castleton, 6:30-9 p.m. $6-7. Info, 459-2897. TROPICAL FISH CLUB MONTHLY MEETING: Speakers ranging from local hobbyists to nationally known aquarium aficionados share their expertise. Essex Junction VFW Post, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 372-8716.
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AUTHORS AT THE ALDRICH: Karen Crouse, the author of Norwich: One Tiny Vermont Town’s Secret to Happiness and Excellence, chats about her 2018 title. Aldrich Public Library, Barre, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 476-7550. BOOK SALE: A long-running library fundraiser features more than 25 categories of page-turners. Stowe Free Library, 7 a.m.-8 p.m. Free. Info, 253-6145. READINGS IN THE GALLERY: LAURA FOLEY & APRIL OSSMANN: Poetry pundits turn their attention toward the respective authors of the collections WTF and Event Boundaries. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 7-8 p.m. Free. Info, 745-1393. REBECCA MAKKAI: Author Stephen Kiernan engages his fellow wordsmith in a conversation about her third novel, The Great Believers. Books, food and drink are on hand for purchase. Marquis Theatre & Southwest Café, Middlebury, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 388-2061. RECOVERY WRITE NOW: Wordsmiths in recovery let their creativity flow in a lively and supportive setting. Turning Point Center, Burlington, 6-7:15 p.m. Free. Info, writelife1@ hotmail.com. WEDNESDAY WORKSHOP: Burlington Writers Workshop members focus on elements of craft when responding to works in progress. 110 Main St., Suite 3C, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free; preregister at meetup.com; limited space. Info, 383-8104.
WRITING CIRCLE: Words flow when participants explore creative expression in a lowpressure environment. The Pathways Vermont Community Center, Burlington, 4-5 p.m. Free. Info, 888-492-8218.
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SOUTH END BEERS & VEGGIES: Switchback Brewing beer in hand, healthy eaters snag fresh veggies from a pop-up farm stand. Shoppers may preorder at threechimneyfarm.com. The Tap Room at Switchback Brewing, Burlington, 5-7 p.m. Free. Info, 391-9047. TRUCKS, TAPS & TUNES: Food trucks, craft brews and live music by local acts make for an evening of family-friendly fun. Essex Shoppes & Cinema, Essex Junction, 5-8 p.m. Free. Info, info@essexexperience.com. VERMONT BEER PAIRING POPUP SERIES: Gourmands gorge on a three-course meal served alongside a local brew. Village Café at Bolton Valley, 5-9 p.m. $45. Info, 434-3444. WORCESTER COMMUNITY MARKET: Local produce, live bands and kids’ activities bring neighbors together. 52 Elmore Rd., Worcester, 5-8 p.m. Free. Info, 272-3309.
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GAME NIGHT: From Monopoly to Bananagrams, players participate in tabletop pastimes. Main Street Museum, White River Junction, 6 p.m. Donations. Info, 356-2776.
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BEGINNERS TAI CHI CLASS: Students get a feel for the ancient Chinese practice. Twin Valley Senior Center, East Montpelier, 10-11 a.m. Free. Info, 223-3322. CHAIR YOGA: FOR THOSE WITH LIMITED MOBILITY: Props and modifications complement elements of a traditional flow class. Sangha Studio — North, Burlington, 2-3:15 p.m. Free. Info, 448-4262. CHAIR YOGA WITH SANGHA STUDIO: Supported poses promote health and wellbeing. Champlain Senior Center, Burlington, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 448-4262. COMMUNITY MINDFULNESS: A 20-minute guided practice with Andrea O’Connor alleviates stress and tension. Tea and a discussion follow. Winooski Senior Center, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 233-1161. KARMA KLASS: DONATIONBASED YOGA FOR A CAUSE: Active bodies hit the mat to support local nonprofits. The Wellness Collective, Burlington, 6-7 p.m. Donations. Info, 540-0186. YOGA: A Sangha Studio instructor guides students who are in recovery toward achieving inner tranquility. Turning Point Center, Burlington, 5-6 p.m. Free. Info, 448-4262.
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JUST FOR LAUGHS FESTIVAL: See WED.11. MONTRÉAL COMPLÈTEMENT CIRQUE: See WED.11.
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Find club dates in the music section. BURLINGTON CONCERT BAND REHEARSALS: Enthusiastic players of brass, woodwind and percussion instruments find perfect harmony. Burlington High School, 6:45-8:45 p.m. Free. Info, joelatherton8@gmail.com. CRAFTSBURY CHAMBER PLAYERS: See WED.11, Hardwick Town House. HUNGER MOUNTAIN CO-OP BROWN BAG SUMMER CONCERT SERIES: Nashville’s Twangtown Paramours dole out catchy Americana numbers for an al fresco listening experience. Courtyard. Christ Episcopal Church, Montpelier, noon. Free. Info, 223-9604. MUSIC IN THE VINEYARD SUMMER CONCERT SERIES: Oenophiles let loose with live music by Shake the Band, award-winning wine and mouthwatering eats. BYO seating. Snow Farm Vineyard, South Hero, picnicking begins, 5 p.m.; music, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 372-9463. SONGWRITING WORKSHOP: Seth Melvin Cronin guides Burlington Writers Workshop musicians and singers in structuring original strains. 110 Main St., Suite 3C, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free; preregister at meetup.com; limited space. Info, 383-8104. STONE COLD ROOSTERS: Boots tap to melodic and twangy Americana stylings. Taco Truck All Stars bring the grub. Old Schoolhouse Common, Marshfield, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 426-3581.
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FINDING BIRDS BY EAR #2: IN SEARCH OF THE BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO: Outdoorsy types see what species are singing and flying in the woods near the lower Little River. Meet at Camp Smith Trailhead, Little River State Park, Waterbury, 10 a.m. $2-4; free for kids 3 and under; call to confirm. Info, 244-7103. MUSHROOMS DEMYSTIFIED: Fungi fanatics learn about different varieties — fabulous and fearsome alike — found throughout the park. History Hike Picnic Area, Little River State Park, Waterbury, 11 a.m. $2-4; free for kids ages 3 and under; call to confirm. Info, 244-7103. SUNSET AQUADVENTURE PADDLE: Stunning scenery welcomes boaters, who explore the Waterbury Reservoir in search of local wildlife. Contact Station, Little River State Park, Waterbury, 6:30 p.m. $2-4; free for kids 3 and under; preregister; call to confirm. Info, 244-7103.
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DISC GOLF LEAGUES: Players aim for targets in a fun and social tournament. Bolton Valley Resort, 6 p.m. $7-14. Info, 434-3444.
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HOT TOPICS SUMMER LECTURE SERIES: Heather Rally and Delcianna Winders of the PETA Foundation share their passion in “Protecting Elephants Near and Far: Hurdles and Victories in the Struggle to Improve Elephant Lives.” Room 012, Oakes Hall, Vermont Law School, South Royalton, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 831-1371.
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TECH SUPPORT: Need an email account? Want to enjoy ebooks? Bring your phone, tablet or laptop to a weekly help session. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 5-7 p.m. Free. Info, 748-8291, ext. 302.
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‘ALWAYS ... PATSY CLINE’: The country crooner’s friendship with Houston housewife Louise Seger anchors this Depot Theatre production. Depot Theatre, Westport, N.Y., 5 p.m. $20-35. Info, 518-962-4449. ‘AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY’: Repressed truths and unsettling secrets come to light when a midwestern patriarch goes missing in a Waterbury Festival Playhouse production. Waterbury Festival Playhouse, 7:30 p.m. $17.50-35. Info, 498-3755. ‘BEEHIVE: THE ’60S MUSICAL’: Hit songs such as “My Boyfriend’s Back” pepper this musical celebration of female empowerment, presented by the Fairfax Community Theatre. Bellows Free Academy, Fairfax, 7:30 p.m. $15. Info, 229-0112. ‘FUN HOME’: See WED.11, 7:30 p.m. ‘THE MOUSETRAP’: See WED.11. NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE: ‘CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF’: Sienna Miller and Jack O’Connell star in an on-screen production of Tennessee Williams’ play set on a steamy Mississippi night. Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 6:30 p.m. $10-20. Info, 775-0903. ‘PATIENCE’: A comic opera by W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, presented by Vermont Theatre Festival, satirizes the aesthetic movement of 19th-century England. Unadilla Theatre, Marshfield, 7:30 p.m. $10-20. Info, 456-8968. THE PIRATES & TUXEDO MURDER MYSTERY CRUISE: Who done it? Suppertime sleuths enjoy a delicious dinner and crack a case presented by the October Theatre Company. Spirit of Ethan Allen, Burlington, 6:30-9 p.m. $52.85. Info, 862-8300. ‘TWELFTH NIGHT’: Lost Nation Theater thespians shine in Shakespeare’s comedy about love, assumed identities and the hilarious intersection of the two. Lost Nation Theater, Montpelier City Hall, 7:30 p.m. $10-30. Info, 229-0492. ‘WEST SIDE STORY’: A modern, musical retelling of Romeo and Juliet sees two young lovers caught between rival New York City street gangs in a Weston
Playhouse presentation. Weston Playhouse Main Stage, 7:30 p.m. $54-68. Info, 824-5288.
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BOOK SALE: See WED.11. CANAAN MEETINGHOUSE READING SERIES: Authors Peter Manseau and Ivy Pochada share portions of their work. Meetinghouse, Canaan, N.H., 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, ppochoda@ gmail.com.
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WILDCRAFTING GATHERING: Locavores join chef Richard Witting to identify and harvest wild edibles. Shelburne Farms, 6-7:30 p.m. $15; preregister. Info, 985-8686.
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FEAST TOGETHER OR FEAST TO GO: Senior citizens and their guests catch up over a shared meal. Montpelier Senior Activity Center, noon-1 p.m. $7-9; preregister. Info, 262-6288.
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CRAFTY CRAP NIGHT: Participants bring supplies or ongoing projects and an adventurous attitude to share creative time with other people in recovery. Turning Point Center, Burlington, 4 p.m. Free. Info, 861-3150.
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BALLROOM & LATIN DANCING: Singles, couples and beginners are welcome to join in a dance social featuring the waltz, tango and more. Williston Jazzercise Fitness Center, 8-9:30 p.m. $8. Info, 862-2269. ECSTATIC DANCE VERMONT: Jubilant motions with the Green Mountain Druid Order inspire divine connections. Christ Episcopal Church, Montpelier, 7-9 p.m. $10. Info, 505-8011. TOP OF THE BLOCK SWING DANCE: Music from the roaring ’20s through the rockabilly ’50s fuels an al fresco stepping session. Weather permitting. Top of Church St., Burlington, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, seetherhythm@ yahoo.com.
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SUMMER OPEN HOUSE: Prospective students explore the school’s academic offerings. Champlain College, Burlington, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 625-0201.
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FOOD & ART FRIDAYS: Woodfired pizza, farm-fresh produce, visual art, story telling and live performance make for a memorable evening. The Sable Project, Stockbridge, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Free; $5-10 for pizza. Info, info@ thesableproject.
FRIDAY NIGHT SHUFFLE: A summer celebration of community spirit invites visitors to hop from venue to venue for music, art exhibits and specials from participating businesses. Various Newport locations, 5-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 988-2611. GRACE SUMMER BENEFIT: Music by the Can Am Jazz Band enlivens a benefit for Grass Roots Art & Community Effort featuring a raffle, a silent auction, light appetizers and a cash bar. Highland Center for the Arts, Greensboro, 6 p.m. $25. Info, 533-9075. GUIDED TOURS: See WED.11. QUEEN CITY GHOST WALK: DARKNESS FALLS: Local historian Thea Lewis treats pedestrians to tales of madmen, smugglers, pub spirits and, of course, ghosts. Arrive 10 minutes early. Democracy sculpture, 199 Main St., Burlington, 8 p.m. $20. Info, 863-5966. TAROT READINGS: A spiritual mentor consults her cards to offer guidance and clarity. Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 5:30-8:30 p.m. $1 per minute; preregister. Info, studio@zenbarnvt.com.
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ALL COME HOME MUSIC FESTIVAL: See THU.12. MIDDLEBURY FESTIVAL ON THE GREEN: See WED.11. WATERBURY ARTS FEST: Friday’s block party paves the way for Saturday’s celebration of creativity showcasing area artisans. Downtown Waterbury, 5:30-9:30 p.m. Free; donations for block party. Info, 496-6466.
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See what’s playing at local theaters in the movies section. ‘FLYING MONSTERS 3D’: See WED.11. ‘GREAT WHITE SHARK 3D’: See WED.11. KEN BURNS PRESENTS ‘COUNTRY MUSIC’: The seasoned documentarian offers a sneak peek at his series in progress. A discussion follows. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $10-15. Info, 603-646-2422. ‘SEA MONSTERS 3D’: See WED.11. ‘WILD AFRICA 3D’: See WED.11.
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BRANDON FARMERS MARKET: Local farmers, artisans and specialty food producers offer up their goods. Estabrook Park, Brandon, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 273-2655. BURLINGTON EDIBLE HISTORY TOURS: See THU.12. CHAMPLAIN VALLEY DINNER TRAIN: Passengers feast on a three-course meal while riding the Green Mountain Railroad from Burlington to Middlebury and back. Union Station, Burlington, 5:30-8:30 p.m. $85100; preregister for Gold Class tickets and parties of eight or more. Info, 800-707-3530. FARM TABLE FRIDAYS: Foodies gather ’round the family table to take in a summer evening and Vermont-inspired cuisine
prepared by distinguished guest chefs. Stowe Mountain Lodge, 6-9:30 p.m. $95; preregister; limited space. Info, 760-4058. FARM-TO-TABLE SABBATH DINNER & CONCERT: Local fare prepared by the Bobcat Café and Brewery fuels a community gathering complete with acoustic tunes by New York-based singersongwriters. Living Tree Alliance, Moretown, 6-10 p.m. $36. Info, 603-387-8697. FOODWAYS FRIDAYS: Foodies use heirloom herbs and veggies to revive historic recipes in the farmhouse kitchen. Billings Farm & Museum, Woodstock, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Regular admission, $4-16; free for members and kids 2 and under. Info, 457-2355. FRIDAY NIGHT COOKOUTS: Grilled items, seasonal salads and decadent desserts please palates at a weekly feast. Adamant Co-op, 5:30-7 p.m. Cost of food and drink. Info, 223-5760. RICHMOND FARMERS MARKET: An open-air marketplace featuring live music connects cultivators and fresh-food browsers. Volunteers Green, Richmond, 3-7 p.m. Free. Info, info@richmondfarmersmarketvt.org. SUN TO CHEESE TOUR: Fromage fanatics go behind the scenes and follow award-winning farmhouse cheddar from raw milk to finished product. Shelburne Farms, 1:45-3:45 p.m. $20 includes a block of cheddar; preregister. Info, 985-8686. TRUCK STOP: Mobile kitchens dish out mouthwatering meals and libations. Live music and cold beer add to the fun. ArtsRiot, Burlington, 5-10 p.m. Cost of food and drink. Info, 540-0406.
games
BRIDGE CLUB: See WED.11, 9:15 a.m. CAPTURE THE FLAG: Adults and kids ages 14 and up practice stealth and strategy as they crawl, hide and run through the woods. Email for details. Red Rocks Park, South Burlington, 6-9 p.m. Donations; preregister. Info, scoutclubvt@gmail.com. CRIBBAGE TEAMS: See WED.11. PINOCHLE & RUMMY: See WED.11.
health & fitness
ACUDETOX: Attendees in recovery undergo acupuncture to the ear to propel detoxification. Turning Point Center, Burlington, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 861-3150. ADVANCED TAI CHI CLASS: Participants keep active with a sequence of slow, controlled movements. Twin Valley Senior Center, East Montpelier, 1-2 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3322. BONE BUILDERS EXERCISE CLASSES: See WED.11, 7:30-8:30 & 10:40-11:40 a.m. LIVING RECOVERY: FOR THOSE IN ADDICTION RECOVERY OR AFFECTED BY THE ADDICTIVE BEHAVIOR OF OTHERS: A moderately paced flow class serves folks overcoming substance use. Sangha Studio — North, Burlington, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 448-4262.
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FRIDAY NIGHT DINGHY RACING: Skippers celebrate the end of the week with some nautical competition. Prior sailing knowledge and passage of CSC’s rental test are required. Community Sailing Center, Burlington, signup, 4:30 p.m.; begin rigging, 5:30 p.m.; first gun, 6 p.m. Free; limited space. Info, 864-2499.
tech
TECH TUTOR: Techies answer questions about computers and devices during one-on-one help sessions. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 4-6 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 878-4918.
ART & AUTHOR NIGHT: Wordsmith Sylvia Walker shares original writing following a reception for Walker and fellow painters Annie Geiger and Marcy Frink. Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, art opening, 6 p.m.; reading, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 426-3581. BOOK SALE: See WED.11. ‘EILEEN ROCKEFELLER’: Private relationships with people, nature and spirit thread through selections from the writer’s poetry collection, Space Between. Shelburne Farms, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 985-8686. FRIDAY MORNING WORKSHOP: Wordsmiths offer constructive criticism on works in progress by Burlington Writers Workshop members. 110 Main St., Suite 3C, Burlington, 10:30 a.m. Free; preregister at meetup.com; limited space. Info, 383-8104.
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BANDING & BIRDING: Avian enthusiasts drop in for an education on the banding process, from mist nets to data sheets. Call to confirm. Green Mountain Audubon Center, Huntington, 8-11 a.m. Donations. Info, 434-3068. FORESTRY, HISTORY & THE FUTURE: A GUIDED HIKE: An outdoor program familiarizes trekkers with the sustainably managed working forest. Carriage Barn Visitor Center, Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historic Park, Woodstock, 10:30 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 457-3368, ext. 222. THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE REALLY, REALLY ITCHY: Hikers get to know medicinal, poisonous and other local plants. Nature Center, Little River State Park, Waterbury, 10 a.m. $2-4; free for kids 3 and under; call to confirm. Info, 244-7103. LINCOLN GAP TO APPALACHIAN GAP HIKE: Outdoor adventurers bring binoculars and a fun attitude to a challenging all-day trek. Contact trip leader for details. Free; preregister. Info, 658-0912. LITTLE RIVER RAMBLE: With help from a park interpreter, hikers plan the route and duration of a guided trails tour. Little River State Park, Waterbury, 2 p.m. $2-4; free for kids 3 and under; preregister; call to confirm. Info, 244-7103.
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‘AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY’: See THU.12. ‘THE BABY DANCE’: New York City’s Kiley Ensemble revives Jane Anderson’s provocative story of a wealthy couple and a pair of struggling parents who agree to give them their soonto-be-born fifth child. Phantom Theater, Edgcomb Barn, Warren, 8 p.m. $15. Info, 496-5997. ‘BEEHIVE: THE ’60S MUSICAL’: See THU.12. ‘BERNARD MALAMUD: TALES OF THE CITY’: Accompanied by live jazz and klezmer music, Bald Mountain Theater’s master reader Ethan Bowen and other actors bring the American author’s classic stories to life. Spice Performing Arts Studio, Rochester, 7:30-8:30 p.m. $10. Info, 767-4800. ‘CURTAINS’: A musical-theaterloving detective must crack the case when an untalented actress is slain during her opening night curtain call in this murder-mystery spoof staged by North Country Community Theatre. Lebanon Opera House, N.H., 7:30 p.m. $13.50-23.50. Info, 603-448-0400. ‘FUN HOME’: See WED.11, 7:30 p.m. ‘HAMLET OR ELSE’: With the use of cardboard and paper maché, Bread and Puppet Theater stages a deconstructed version of Shakespeare’s tragedy — or something else. Bread and Puppet Theater, Glover, 7:30 p.m. $10. Info, 525-3031. ‘THE MOUSETRAP’: See WED.11. Untitled-43 1 ‘PATIENCE’: See THU.12. ‘SINGERS & SWINGERS’: Vocalists and circus artists come together for spectacular show of arias and aerial feats, presented by Opera North. Blow-Me-Down Farm, Cornish, N.H., 7 p.m. $2040. Info, 603-448-0400. ‘TWELFTH NIGHT’: See THU.12. ‘WEST SIDE STORY’: See THU.12.
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Find club dates in the music section. BEYOND THE PALE: A vegetarian potluck compliments a lively concert by this Eurofolk fusion band. Bring a dish to share. Jewish Community of Greater Stowe, 7:30 p.m. Donations. Info, 253-1800. BURLINGTON CITY ARTS SUMMER CONCERTS: MOOSE CROSSING: Friends and colleagues gather before an outdoor stage to hear youthful takes on jazz classics by the likes of Duke Ellington and Miles Davis. Burlington City Hall Park, noon. Free. Info, 865-7166. CHRIS BROKAW: Known for his work in the bands Come and Codein, the alt-rock singer-songwriter appears as part of the Exhibitionists Summer Music Series. Anachronist open. Amy E. Tarrant Gallery, Burlington, 6 p.m. Free; cash bar. Info, 863-5966. DISPATCH: SOLD OUT. Indieroots numbers entertain onlookers as part of the Ben & Jerry’s Concerts on the Green series. Raye Zaragoza opens. Shelburne Museum, 7 p.m. $43-47; free for kids 12 and under. Info, 877-987-6487. FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE: Familyfriendly activities and palatepleasing provisions warm up the crowd for 8084’s rocking set. Downtown Rutland, 5-10 p.m. Free. Info, 773-9380.
SUMMER CARILLON CONCERT: The melodic sound of bells rings out across the campus in a performance by Hans Uwe Hielscher. Mead Memorial Chapel, Middlebury College, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 443-3168. TWANGTOWN PARAMOURS: A hybrid of the Nashville and Austin music scenes, the acoustic duo crafts catchy Americana sounds. Proceeds benefit Strafford Town House restoration. Strafford Town House, 7:30 p.m. $10. Info, 4orsini@gmail.com. VA-ET-VIENT: French heritage is front and center in a performance by the Addison County trio. Back lawn, Woodstock History Center, 5:30-7 p.m. Free. Info, 457-3981.
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REFUGE RECOVERY: A LOVE SUPREME: Buddhist philosophy is the foundation of this mindfulness-based addictionrecovery community. Turning Point Center, Burlington, noon. Free. Info, 861-3150.
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RAKUGO NIGHT: Professional storytellers Yanagiya Sankyo and Hayashiya Shoozoo perform classic tales. Basic English subtitles are provided. Robison Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 443-3168.
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VERMONT MAD PRIDE: Organized by psychiatric survivors and mental health consumers, a march to the Vermont Statehouse steps challenges discrimination. Music, speeches and a barbecue follow. Another Way, Montpelier, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 558-2320.
agriculture
FARM TO MEDICINE CABINET PLANT WALK: Clinical herbalist Katherine Elmer points out the healing flora found on Vermont’s working lands. Shelburne Farms, 10-11:30 a.m. $15; preregister. Info, 985-8686.
bazaars
CHRISTMAS IN JULY CRAFT/ VENDOR FAIR: Shoppers browse a wide array of items for sale. Funds raised support Missisquoi Valley Union Middle/High School football. St. Albans City Hall, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Info, 933-8878.
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FARM TO BALLET PROJECT: Artistry meets agriculture as dancers reinterpret classical ballet pieces to tell the story of a Vermont farm from spring to fall. Shelburne Farms, 6:30 p.m. $21.69; free for kids. Info, farmtoballet@gmail.org. SECOND SATURDAY SWING DANCE: Quick-footed participants get into the groove. Bring clean shoes with nonmarking soles. Champlain Club, Burlington, 8-10:30 p.m. $5. Info, 864-8382.
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GUIDED TOURS: See WED.11. INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY MEETING PLACE: Anything goes in an in-person networking group where attendees can share hobbies, play music and discuss current events — without using online social sites. Presto Music Store, South Burlington, 10 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 658-0030. LEGAL CLINIC: Attorneys offer complimentary consultations on a first-come, first-served basis. 274 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington, 10 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 383-2118. MOTORCYCLE RIDE TO BENEFIT CAMP TA-KUM-TA: Riders take to the open road from starting points around the state on a trip to Camp Ta-Kum-Ta for a catered lunch. See takumta.org for details. Various locations statewide. $45-65. Info, 372-5863.
NIGHT CIRCUS GOES WEST: Best britches are encouraged at a hootenanny featuring a full bar, hors d’oeuvres, a light barbecue supper, circus performances and live music from Big Hat, No Cattle. Proceeds support education. Shelburne Museum, 7-10 p.m. $100; preregister. Info, 985-0925. NORTHEASTERN SPEEDWAY TRACK WALK: Race fans motor down memory lane at the former stadium site, viewing race cars from the 1960s through the present. Northeastern Speedway, Waterford, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 479-8500. OPEN HOUSE: The historic estate opens its doors to vendors, event organizers and curious community members for a laidback introduction replete with noontime burgers and hotdogs. Sugartree Vermont at the Soule House, Fairfield, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 238-8235. QUEEN CITY GHOST WALK: DARKNESS FALLS: See FRI.13. RUTLAND COUNTY RC FLYERS FUN FLY: Radio control aircraft ranging from warbirds to turbine-powered jets catch the eyes of seasoned collectors and casual observers. An air show takes place at noon. Fair Haven Municipal Airport, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Info, 773-6308. SHRED FEST: Those looking to avoid identity theft destroy and dispose of personal documents in a secure environment. New England Federal Credit Union, Williston, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 879-8790.
fairs & festivals
ALL COME HOME MUSIC FESTIVAL: See THU.12. ANTIQUES AND UNIQUES FESTIVAL: A town tradition since 1971, this gathering of more than 100 antique vendors and artisans offers up live music and locally sourced fare. See calendar spotlight. Craftsbury Common, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free; $5 parking fee benefits the Craftsbury Fire Department. Info, antiquesanduniquesvt@gmail.com. CUBAN CULTURAL FESTIVAL: A day of workshops, artist talks and authentic eats culminates in a concert by classical guitarist Laura Mazon. ArtisTree Community Arts Center & Gallery, South Pomfret, 10:30 a.m.-9 p.m. Free. Info, 457-3500. DO GOOD FEST: Phillip Phillips headlines an annual shindig benefiting Branches of Hope. Food trucks, a beer tent and a nonprofit village top off the fun. National Life Building, Montpelier, 3-9 p.m. Free; $2050 for parking and packages. Info, 229-3866. MIDDLEBURY FESTIVAL ON THE GREEN: See WED.11, 7-10 p.m. WATERBURY ARTS FEST: See FRI.13, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
film
See what’s playing at local theaters in the movies section. ‘FLYING MONSTERS 3D’: See WED.11. ‘GREAT WHITE SHARK 3D’: See WED.11.
‘MOANA’: Blankets and chairs in tow, families fix their eyes on Disney’s animated adventure about a girl who answers the ocean’s call. Popcorn is provided. Danville Village Green, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 227-3113. ‘SEA MONSTERS 3D’: See WED.11. ‘WILD AFRICA 3D’: See WED.11.
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BURLINGTON EDIBLE HISTORY TOURS: See THU.12. BURLINGTON FARMERS MARKET: Dozens of stands overflow with seasonal produce, flowers, artisan wares and prepared foods. Burlington City Hall Park, 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, burlingtonfarmersmarket.org@ gmail.com. CANS ‘N CLAMS: Steamed clams, lobsters, mussels, lobster rolls, Vermont craft beer and rosé please palates at a pop-up clam shack. Joe’s Kitchen at Screamin’ Ridge Farm, Montpelier, noon-8 p.m. Cost of food and drink. Info, 461-5371. CAPITAL CITY FARMERS MARKET: Meats and cheeses join farm-fresh produce, baked goods, locally made arts and crafts, and live music. 60 State Street, Montpelier, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 793-8347. CHAMPLAIN VALLEY DINNER TRAIN: See FRI.13. CHOCOLATE TASTING IN BURLINGTON: Let’s go bar hopping! With the help of a tasting guide, chocoholics discover the flavor profiles of varieties such as toffee almond crunch and salted caramel latte. Lake Champlain Chocolates Factory Store & Café, Burlington, 11 a.m.4 p.m. Free. Info, 864-1807. COLD ROAST TURKEY & SALAD SUPPER: Potato and broccoli salads, rolls, and desserts round out this buffet-style meal. Takeout is available. Vergennes United Methodist Church, 5-6:30 p.m. $5-9. Info, 877-3150. SHELBURNE FARMERS MARKET: Harvested fruits and greens, artisan cheeses, and local novelties grace outdoor tables. Shelburne Parade Ground, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 482-4279. VERGENNES FARMERS MARKET: Local foods and crafts, live music, and hot eats spice up Saturday mornings. Kennedy Brothers Building, Vergennes, 9 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 233-9180. VERMONT FARMERS MARKET: See WED.11, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.
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LASER TAG: A high-energy game for kids and adults raises funds, food and awareness for Montepelier’s Food Pantry. Hubbard Park, Montpelier, 9-11:30 a.m. Donations; food items are accepted. Info, rod@ infinitelasertag.com.
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PRIDE YOGA: FOR LGBTQIA+ PEOPLE & ALLIES: Participants hit the mat for a stretching session suited for all levels. Sangha Studio — Pine, Burlington, 5-5:15 p.m. Free. Info, 448-4262.
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JUST FOR LAUGHS FESTIVAL: See WED.11. MONTRÉAL COMPLÈTEMENT CIRQUE: See WED.11.
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Find club dates in the music section. BARDELA: Five dynamic northern Vermont musicians pay tribute to the Grateful Dead. Apple Island Resort, South Hero, noon-4 p.m. Free. Info, 372-3800. BELL CONCERT SERIES: Picnics and lawn chairs in tow, listeners revel in the vibrations of the largest musical instrument in the world, the carillon. A demonstration follows. Upper Parade Ground, Norwich University, Northfield, 1 p.m. Free. Info, 485-2100. BRIAN MCCARTHY QUARTET: Past events influence new works in selections from the saxophonist’s 2017 album, Codex. Highland Center for the Arts, Greensboro, 7:30-9 p.m. $20-35. Info, 533-2000. BRILLHART & SMITH: Fiddler Jake Brillhart and singer-songwriter Alex Smith band together for an energetic performance of mountain folk tunes. Brandon Music, 7:30 p.m. $20; $45 includes dinner; preregister; BYOB. Info, 247-4295. COLD COUNTRY BLUEGRASS & SKY BLUE BOYS: A down-home hootenanny raises funds for the Twin Valley Senior Center. Plainfield Town Hall, 7-9 p.m. Donations. Info, 223-3322. DAVID ROSANE & THE ZOOKEEPERS: The folk-rock protest band rallies support for literacy during a stop on its Book of ZOO Library Tour. Wells River Congregational Church, 7-9 p.m. Donations. Info, 757-2261. AN EVENING WITH THE AMERICAN VINYL ALL STAR BAND: Members of popular groups from the 1960s through the present, including Jeffrey “Skunk” Baxter of Steely Dan and the Doobie Brothers, rock out to raise funds for the Vermont Trooper Association. Jamie Lee Thurston opens. Woodstock Town Hall Theatre, 7:30-10 p.m. $49.50-100. Info, 457-3981. ROCHESTER CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY: In the 21st-annual Bach Bash, professional and amateur musicians celebrate the music of the German composer and others with an informal concert. Granville Town Hall, 7-8:15 p.m. Free. Info, 767-9234.
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HEART OF SUMMER BIRD MONITORING WALK: Ornithology enthusiasts don binoculars in search of winged species. Office building. Green Mountain Audubon Center, Huntington, 7:30-9:30 a.m. Donations. Info, 434-3068.
HERE BE DRAGONFLIES: Entomology enthusiasts capture and identify species during this basic introduction to the winged insects. B-Side Beach, Little River State Park, Waterbury, 2 p.m. $24; free for kids 3 and under; call to confirm. Info, 244-7103. MARS ASTRONOMY NIGHT: Students of all things celestial explore the night sky through Green Mountain Alliance of Amateur Astronomers telescopes. Call to confirm. Hubbardton Battlefield State Historic Site, 7-11 p.m. Donations. Info, 273-2282. MONTHLY WILDLIFE WALK: Birders of all ages and abilities survey feathered friends and other species. Otter View Park, Middlebury, 7-10 a.m. Free. Info, 388-1007.
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BRAIN FREEZER 5K: Runners with stomachs of steel hit the pavement for 3.1 miles, pausing only to down a pint of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream. Battery Park, Burlington, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. $30. Info, 318-4488. REGATTA FOR LAKE CHAMPLAIN: Racers, cruisers and day sailors cross the finish line to benefit area nonprofits focused on stewardship of Lake Champlain. Various waterfront locations, Burlington, skipper’s meeting, 10 a.m.; race, 11:30 a.m.; awards party, 4 p.m. $150-1,000. Info, 658-3023.
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BURT PORTER: Commentary and musical performance make up “New England Fiddle Music: History and Characteristics.” Milton Public Library, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 893-4644.
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TECH HELP: Electronics novices bring their questions and devices to a hands-on help session with a trained troubleshooter. Fairfax Community Library, 9-11 a.m. Free. Info, 849-2420.
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music Find club dates at local venues in the music section and at sevendaysvt.com/music. All family-oriented events are now published in Kids VT, our free parenting monthly. Look for it on newsstands and check out the online calendar at kidsvt.com.
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‘ALWAYS ... PATSY CLINE’: See THU.12, 7 p.m. ‘AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY’: See THU.12. ‘THE BABY DANCE’: See FRI.13. ‘BEEHIVE: THE ’60S MUSICAL’: See THU.12, 2 & 7:30 p.m. ‘BERNARD MALAMUD: TALES OF THE CITY’: See FRI.13. ‘CURTAINS’: See FRI.13. ‘FUN HOME’: See WED.11. ‘THE MOUSETRAP’: See WED.11, 2 & 8 p.m. ‘PATIENCE’: See THU.12. ‘SINGERS & SWINGERS’: See FRI.13, 2 & 7 p.m. ‘TWELFTH NIGHT’: See THU.12. ‘WEST SIDE STORY’: See THU.12, 2 & 7:30 p.m.
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COHASE CHAMBER GARDEN TOUR & TEA: Explore different area gardens with the Cohase Chamber of Commerce, then enjoy tea at Alumni Hall in Haverhill, N.H. Pick up tickets at Denny Park in Bradford, Vt. Various Vermont & New Hampshire locations, 11 a.m.3:30 p.m. $20. Info, 518-0030. FLYNN GARDEN TOUR: SOLD OUT. A self-guided tour of private plots highlights stunning landscape designs. An afternoon tea follows. Various Charlotte locations, tour, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.; tea, 3-4 p.m. $40; free for kids 14 and under. Info, 863-5966. LAMOILLE COUNTY GARDEN TOUR: More than a dozen private plots are on view to support the United Way of Lamoille County. Cady’s Falls Nursery, Morristown, 11 a.m. $10. Info, 888-3252.
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COMMUNITY MINDFULNESS PRACTICE: Sessions in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh include sitting and walking meditation, a short reading, and open sharing. Evolution Physical Therapy & Yoga, Burlington, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, newleafsangha@ gmail.com.
dance
FARM TO BALLET PROJECT: See SAT.14, Vermont Grand View Farm, Washington, 6 p.m. SALSALINA SUNDAY PRACTICE: Salsa dancers step in for a casual social. Salsalina Dance Studio, Burlington, 5:30-8 p.m. $5. Info, eingelmanuel@hotmail.com.
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GUIDED TOURS: See WED.11. HU CHANT: SOUND OF SOUL: People of all faiths lift their voices in a spiritual exercise followed by contemplation and conversation. Eckankar Center, Burlington, 10-11 a.m. Free. Info, 800-772-9390.
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fairs & festivals
CIRCUSPALOOZA GOES WEST: Inspired by the exhibition “Playing Cowboy,” this annual barn burner boasts a circus show, rodeo carnival games, square dancing and live music by the Starline Rhythm Boys. Shelburne Museum, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Regular admission, $8-25; free for members, kids under 5 and active military. Info, 985-3346. FRENCH HERITAGE DAY: Folks celebrate Vermont’s FrancoAmerican cultural history with music, family genealogy, meat pies and a farmers market. Winooski Falls Way, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, info@downtown winooski.org.
film
See what’s playing at local theaters in the movies section. ‘FLYING MONSTERS 3D’: See WED.11. ‘GREAT WHITE SHARK 3D’: See WED.11. ‘SEA MONSTERS 3D’: See WED.11. ‘WILD AFRICA 3D’: See WED.11. ‘YELLOW SUBMARINE’: Classic songs by the Beatles propel this 1968 animated musical spectacle. Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, 2-3:30 & 7-8:30 p.m. $5-10. Info, 382-9222.
food & drink
games
GAMES PARLOUR: Strategic thinkers bring favorite tabletop competitions to play with others. Champlain Club, Burlington, 2-8 p.m. $5. Info, orsonbradford@ gmail.com. REVOLUTIONARY WAR BOARD GAMES AFTERNOON: Martial mavens ages 12 and up engage in games of strategy. Mount Independence State Historic Site, Orwell, 1-4 p.m. Regular admission, $5; free for kids under 15. Info, 948-2000.
health & fitness
KARMA YOGA FOR THE BIRDS: An outdoor, all-levels class overlooks the mountains and Lake Champlain. All proceeds benefit Audubon Vermont. Rain location: Yoga Roots. All Souls Interfaith Gathering, Shelburne, 8-9 a.m. $10; preregister. Info, 985-0090.
YOGA FOR FOLKS WITH LYME & RECOVERY GROUP: A restorative yoga practice paves the way for an open discussion focused on the path to wellness. Laughing River Yoga, Burlington, 2-3:30 p.m. Donations. Info, 343-8119.
montréal
JUST FOR LAUGHS FESTIVAL: See WED.11. MONTRÉAL COMPLÈTEMENT CIRQUE: See WED.11. PIKNIC ÉLECTRONIK MONTRÉAL: DJ sets and beatdriven music propel a dance party of epic proportions. See piknicelectronik.com for details. Plaine des jeux, Montréal, 2-9:30 p.m. $14.50-119; free for kids 12 and under. Info, 514-904-1247.
music
Find club dates in the music section. 8 CUERDAS: Soprano Sarah Cullins and guitarist Daniel Gaviria band together for a spirited program of Spanish songs. North Universalist Chapel Society, Woodstock, 4-6 p.m. $10. Info, 457-3981. JOE MOORE BLUES BAND: High-powered blues and R&B inspire dancing. BYO picnic and lawn chairs. Rain location: Red Brick Meeting House. Westford Common, 7-8 p.m. Free. Info, 363-0930. MARCIA BALL: The singer and pianist showcases her blues, Zydeco and Texas boogie chops. Trapp Family Lodge Concert Meadow, Stowe, 7 p.m. $11.2532.25; free for kids 4 and under. Info, 863-5966. MICHELE FAY BAND: Elements of folk, swing and bluegrass blend in understated originals and traditional covers. Grand Isle Lake House, 6:30 p.m. $20-25; free for kids 12 and under. Info, 372-8889. NORTHERN FLYER: See WED.11, Highgate Municipal Park, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, andysachervt@ gmail.com.
ROCHESTER CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY: Compositions by Schubert, Prokofiev, Greenstein and others carry through the air courtesy of flutist Vanessa Holroyd, violinist Mary Rowell and pianist Cynthia Huard. Federated Church of Rochester, 4-6 p.m. Donations. Info, 767-9234. UME: Hailing from Austin, Texas, the indie rockers deliver a high-octane performance. Decorative Fire open this Levitt AMP St. Johnsbury Music Series concert. See calendar spotlight. Dog Mountain, St. Johnsbury, 4-7 p.m. Free. Info, 748-2600.
outdoors
FINDING BIRDS BY EAR #1: See WED.11, 9 a.m. FORESTRY, HISTORY & THE FUTURE: A GUIDED HIKE: See FRI.13. LITTLE RIVER RAMBLE: See FRI.13. TRAIL WORK DAY: Helping hands spruce up woodland paths. Bring work gloves. Brook Street Garage, Barre, 8 a.m.noon. Free. Info, 272-6199. A WALK IN THE WOODS: Expert tracker Mike Kessler guides attendees in the ancient art of tracking. Birds of Vermont Museum, Huntington, third Sunday of every month, 1-3 p.m. Regular admission, $3.50-7; free for members. Info, 434-2167. WATERBURY RESERVOIR PADDLE: Boaters take in the scenery on an easy two- to three-hour excursion. Contact trip leader for details. Free; preregister; limited space. Info, ted@ted-albers.net.
sports
CHAMP’S CHALLENGE: Cyclists pedal eight- or 40-mile routes, while runners and walkers tackle a 5K course before a lakeside luncheon. Proceeds benefit the Cystic Fibrosis Lifestyle Foundation. See calendar spotlight. Basin Harbor, Vergennes, 8 a.m.-2 p.m. $30-50, or $15-25 plus funds raised; $20-30 for luncheon only. Info, 310-5983. DISC GOLF LEAGUES: See THU.12, noon.
EASTERN STATES CUP EAST COAST SHOWDOWN: Athletes vie for top honors in competitive enduro and downhill mountain bike races. Sugarbush Resort, Warren, 9 a.m. & noon. $55-120. Info, easternstatescup@hotmail.com.
talks
CHRIS SABICK: Chris Sabick, archaeological director for the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum reveals research efforts in “Lake Champlain Key to Liberty: Past, Present & Future Underwater Archaeology of the American Revolution.” Ethan Allen Homestead Museum, Burlington, 2-3 p.m. Free. Info, 865-4556.
theater
‘ALWAYS ... PATSY CLINE’: See THU.12. ‘THE BABY DANCE’: See FRI.13, 1:30 p.m. ‘BEEHIVE: THE ’60S MUSICAL’: See THU.12, 2 p.m. ‘BERNARD MALAMUD: TALES OF THE CITY’: See FRI.13, 2-3 p.m. CIRQUE US: Acrobats defy gravity in StarStruck: A Cosmic Circus. Highland Center for the Arts, Greensboro, 2 & 7:30 p.m. $10-25. Info, 533-9075. ‘CURTAINS’: See FRI.13, 2 p.m. ‘FUN HOME’: See WED.11, 3 p.m. ‘THE GRASSHOPPER REBELLION CIRCUS & PAGEANT’: A spirited Bread and Puppet Theater production performed in the Circus Field pulls advice from several prominent revolutions in human history. Bread and Puppet Theater, Glover, 3 p.m. $10. Info, 525-3031. ‘PATIENCE’: See THU.12. ‘SINGERS & SWINGERS’: See FRI.13, 4 p.m. ‘TWELFTH NIGHT’: See THU.12, 2 p.m. ‘WEST SIDE STORY’: See THU.12, 3 p.m.
words
BOOK SALE: See WED.11. JOAN HUTTON LANDIS SUMMER READING SERIES: Fans of the written word hear from poet Florence Fogelin and fiction writer Tracy Winn. BigTown Gallery, Rochester, 5:30-7 p.m. Free. Info, 767-9670.
MON.16 activism
TOXIC WHITENESS DISCUSSION GROUP: Peace & Justice Center representatives facilitate a conversation on the harmful effects of white supremacy on communities and individuals. Peace & Justice Center, Burlington, noon-2 p.m. Free. Info, 863-2345, ext. 6.
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JOB HUNT HELP: See THU.12, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
film
See what’s playing at local theaters in the movies section. ‘FLYING MONSTERS 3D’: See WED.11. ‘GREAT WHITE SHARK 3D’: See WED.11. ‘SEA MONSTERS 3D’: See WED.11. ‘WILD AFRICA 3D’: See WED.11.
games
BRIDGE CLUB: See WED.11, 6:30 p.m. CHESS CLUB: Checkmate! Players make strategic moves and vie for the opposing king. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 4-5 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955. CRIBBAGE TEAMS: See WED.11. MAGIC: THE GATHERING — MONDAY NIGHT MODERN: Tarmogoyf-slinging madness ensues when competitors battle for prizes in a weekly game. Brap’s Magic, Burlington, 6:30-10 p.m. $8. Info, 540-0498. PINOCHLE & RUMMY: See WED.11.
health & fitness
ADVANCED SUN-STYLE TAI CHI, LONG-FORM: Elements of qigong thread through the youngest version of the Chinese martial art. Winooski Senior Center, 10-11 a.m. Free. Info, 735-5467. ADVANCED TAI CHI CLASS: See FRI.13.
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BREWHOP: Bottoms up! Imbibers board a spacious bus for a flavorful excursion to five craft breweries. ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, noon-6 p.m. $49. Info, info@bestinvt.com. CHOCOLATE TASTING IN BURLINGTON: See SAT.14. CHOCOLATE TASTING IN MIDDLESEX: Candy fanatics get an education on a variety of sweets made on-site. Nutty Steph’s Granola & Chocolate Factory, Middlesex, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. Info, 229-2090. EAT UP ON THE GREEN: Locals skip cooking dinner in favor of food and drink from local purveyors served amid live music, sprinklers and a playground. Camp Meade, Middlesex, 4-9 p.m. Free. Info, 496-2108.
A FRIENDS’ AFTERNOON TEA PARTY: The Friends of the Athenaeum cordially invite community members to enjoy refreshments and view the recently returned painting, “The Domes of Yosemite.” St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 1-3 p.m. $20. Info, 748-8291. MEET THE MAKER: Experts from Vermont Spirits outline the Quechee distillery’s process and ethics during a family-style dinner. The Red Clover Inn & Restaurant, Mendon, 6 p.m. $60; preregister. Info, 775-2290. NATIONAL ICE CREAM DAY: Sweets lovers celebrate the dreamy dairy confection by making and sampling four different flavors. Billings Farm & Museum, Woodstock, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Regular admission, $4-16; free for members and kids under 3. Info, 457-2355. STOWE FARMERS MARKET: An appetizing assortment of fresh veggies, meats, milk, berries, herbs, beverages and crafts tempts shoppers. Red Barn Shops Field, Stowe, 10:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Free. Info, 279-3444.
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BONE BUILDERS EXERCISE CLASSES: See WED.11. DJ YOGA: DJ Love Doctor Catherine Hamilton sets the tone for a beginner-friendly class. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 5-6 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 878-4918. JOY, SUMMER, THE FIRE ELEMENT IN ACUPUNCTURE: Five-element acupuncturists Edward and Pamela Kentish pinpoint ways to be in harmony with the changing seasons. Community Room, Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 6-7:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, info@hungermountain. coop. SEATED TAI CHI: Movements are modified for those with arthritis and other chronic conditions. Winooski Senior Center, 11 a.m.noon. Free. Info, 735-5467. VETERANS YOGA: FOR THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED: Seasoned practitioners and neophytes alike engage in postures of strength and physicality. Participants may bring a friend or other support person. Sangha Studio — North, Burlington, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 448-4262.
language
LUNCH IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE: AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE: Bring a bag lunch to practice the system of communication using visual gestures. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.
montréal
JUST FOR LAUGHS FESTIVAL: See WED.11.
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music
Find club dates in the music section. SAMBATUCADA OPEN REHEARSAL: Newbies are invited to help keep the beat as Burlington’s samba streetpercussion band sharpens its sound. Instruments are not required. 8 Space Studio Collective, Burlington, 6-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 862-5017.
seminars
BASIC MAINTENANCE & DIY FLAT FIX: Riders get their gears turning during a lesson on bicycle anatomy, vocabulary, functions and fixes. Wear closed-toe shoes. Old Spokes Home Community Workshop, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, info@oldspokeshome.com.
tech
TECH HELP WITH CLIF: See WED.11.
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words
BOOK SALE: See WED.11. MEMOIR CLASS FOR SENIORS 65+: Writing prompts get creative juices flowing in a sixweek program. Call for details. Cathedral Square, Burlington, 1-2:30 p.m. Free; limited space. Info, 859-8849.
READING THROUGH THE BIBLE: Participants gather near the fireplace to peruse the Scriptures. Panera Bread, South Burlington, 7-8 p.m. Free. Info, 893-6266. SUMMER BOOK SALE: Thousands of gently used CDs, DVDs, puzzles and page-turners pique shoppers’ interest. Rutland Free Library, 4-8 p.m. Free. Info, 773-1860. VOICES OF COLOR SHOWCASE: People of color exercise their artistry when sharing stories and poetry. Light Club Lamp Shop, Burlington, 8-10:30 p.m. $1. Info, 660-9346. WRITING POWER: A WRITING WORKSHOP TO UNLEASH THE WRITER WITHIN: Whether they’re interested in poetry, memoir or fiction, aspiring authors learn practical methods for overcoming obstacles to creativity. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 6-7:45 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.
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agriculture
HOUSE & FORMAL GARDENS TOUR: See THU.12. MUSIC WHILE YOU PICK: St. Andrews Pipeband of Vermont keep spirits high as locavores snap up fresh blueberries. Weather dependent. Owl’s Head Blueberry Farm, Richmond, 5-8:30 p.m. Minimum purchase of two quarts per adult, $6 per quart. Info, 434-3387.
business
FINDING YOUR NICHE ON SOCIAL MEDIA: An Insights Marketing Solutions representative doles out tech-savvy tips for navigating the world of hashtags and profile pages. Capstone Community Action, Barre, 12:302 p.m. Free. Info, 882-8191.
community
FEAST TOGETHER OR FEAST TO GO: See FRI.13. HERO OF THE YEAR AWARD CELEBRATION: Community members fête Colchester police chief Jennifer Morrison with live music, food and drink, and tethered balloon rides. Pavilion, Airport Park, Colchester, 5-7 p.m. Free. Info, 861-3278.
crafts
COMMUNITY CRAFT NIGHT: Makers stitch, spin, knit and crochet their way through projects while enjoying each other’s company. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211.
dance
SWING DANCING: Quick-footed participants experiment with different forms, including the Lindy hop, Charleston and balboa. Beginners are welcome. Champlain Club, Burlington, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $5. Info, 448-2930.
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DANCE, PAINT, WRITE!: Creative people end their day with an energetic meditation, music, movement, intuitive painting, free writing and de-stressing. Expressive Arts Burlington, 6:308:30 p.m. $15; preregister. Info, 343-8172. TIME-TRAVEL TUESDAYS: Families experience a blast from the past with 19th-century chores and games in the restored 1890 farm house. Billings Farm & Museum, Woodstock, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Regular admission, $4-16; free for members and kids under 3. Info, 457-2355.
film
See what’s playing at local theaters in the movies section. ‘FLYING MONSTERS 3D’: See WED.11. ‘GREAT WHITE SHARK 3D’: See WED.11. ‘LITTLE WOMEN’: Katharine Hepburn portrays the fiery Jo in an adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s novel about four sisters coming of age in the 1860s. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 1:30 & 7 p.m. Free. Info, 748-2600. ‘SEA MONSTERS 3D’: See WED.11. ‘WILD AFRICA 3D’: See WED.11.
food & drink
CRAFT BEER TUESDAYS: Golfers and nongolfers alike treat themselves to tastings of popular brews and ciders. Stowe Country Club, 6-8 p.m. Cost of drinks. Info, 760-4653. THE GRAND KITCHEN: Foodies from across generations sharpen their culinary skills in a class designed for children to learn to cook with a grandparent or another older adult. Vermont Farmers Food Center, Rutland, 1-3 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 786-5990. OLD NORTH END FARMERS MARKET: Locavores score breads, juices, ethnic foods and more from neighborhood vendors. Dewey Park, Burlington, 3-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, oldnorthendfarmersmarket@gmail.com. PENNYWISE PANTRY: On a tour of the store, shoppers create a custom template for keeping the kitchen stocked with affordable, nutritious eats. City Market, Onion River Co-op, Burlington South End, 6-7 p.m. Free. Info, 861-9700.
games
BRIDGE CLUB: See WED.11, 7 p.m.
health & fitness
BEGINNER/INTERMEDIATE SUN-STYLE TAI CHI, LONGFORM: Improved mood, greater muscle strength and increased energy are a few of the benefits of this gentle exercise. South Burlington Recreation & Parks Department, 10:30 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 735-5467. BEGINNERS TAI CHI CLASS: See THU.12.
PEACEFUL WARRIOR KARATE: Martial-arts training promotes healthy living for those in recovery. Turning Point Center, Burlington, 1 p.m. Free. Info, 861-3150. QUESTIONS ABOUT KETO?: Health-conscious individuals learn the ins and outs of the Ketogenic diet from functional medicine specialist Neal Pease. Chemists By Nature, Colchester, 6-6:45 p.m. Free. Info, 288-8324. REIKI CLINIC: Thirty-minute treatments promote physical, emotional and spiritual wellness. JourneyWorks, Burlington, 3-5:30 p.m. $10-30; preregister. Info, 860-6203. YOGA AT THE WINOOSKI VFW: Certified instructors guide veterans and their families through a series of poses. Arrive five to 10 minutes early. Second floor, Winooski VFW Hall, 6-7 p.m. Donations. Info, 655-9832. YOGA WITH PRANAYAMA: Yoga poses and breathing exercises start simply and become more challenging as this six-week series progresses. Waterbury Public Library, 6-7 p.m. Free; preregister; limited space. Info, 244-7036.
language
‘LA CAUSERIE’ FRENCH CONVERSATION: Native speakers and learners are welcome to pipe up at an unstructured conversational practice. El Gato Cantina, Burlington, 4:30-6 p.m. Free. Info, 540-0195. LUNCH IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE: ITALIAN: Speakers hone their skills in the Romance language over a bag lunch. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338. PAUSE-CAFÉ FRENCH CONVERSATION: Frenchlanguage fanatics meet pour parler la belle langue. Burlington Bay Market & Café, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 430-4652. SOCIAL GATHERING: Those who are deaf or hard of hearing or want to learn American Sign Language get together to break down communication barriers. The North Branch Café, Montpelier, 4-6 p.m. Cost of food and drink. Info, 595-4001.
montréal
JUST FOR LAUGHS FESTIVAL: See WED.11.
music
Find club dates in the music section. BOB AMOS & CATAMOUNT CROSSING: Bluegrass tunes put smiles on faces. The Sky Blue Boys and Cookie open. Highland Center for the Arts, Greensboro, 7:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 533-9075. CASTLETON SUMMER CONCERTS: Fans of the Fab Four sing along with Beatles tribute band Studio Two. Pavilion, Castleton University, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 468-6039. GIFFORD COMMUNITY CONCERT SERIES: Last Mile Ride provides the food for a family-friendly country concert by the Bear Mountain Jammers. Gifford Park, Gifford Medical Center, Randolph, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 728-2380.
MIZUKA OHNISHI: Known around the world for her musical prowess, the Japanese instrumentalist performs on the samisen and koto. Amy E. Tarrant Gallery, Burlington, 1-2 p.m. Free; preregister; limited space. Info, mark.sustic@gmail. com. ONION RIVER JAZZ BAND: More than 30 years of stage time inform an evening of Dixieland jazz by the local group. Rain site: Fairlee Town Hall. Fairlee Town Common, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, contact@fairleearts.org. OPEN JAM: Instrumentalists band together for a free-flowing musical hour. Borrow an instrument or bring your own. The Pathways Vermont Community Center, Burlington, 3-4 p.m. Free. Info, 888-492-8218, ext. 300. SHAPE NOTE SING: Locals lend their voices to four-part harmonies at this weekly sing-along of early American music in the “fa-sol-la-mi” tradition. Bread and Puppet Theater, Glover, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 525-6972. TUESDAY NIGHT LIVE: The Starline Rhythm Boys provide the musical backdrop to a pastoral party featuring good eats. Legion Field, Johnson, 6-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 635-7826. VERMONT MOZART FESTIVAL: Accomplished young players present the program “Mozart Lite.” Hotel Vermont, Burlington, 5:30-7 p.m. Free. Info, 598-9520. VILLAGE HARMONY WORLD MUSIC TEEN ENSEMBLE: Singers embrace musical traditions from around the globe in a program of international choral music. United Community Church South Building, St. Johnsbury, 7:30 p.m. $5-15. Info, 633-3043.
talks
HOT TOPICS SUMMER LECTURE SERIES: Maya Kapoor of the High Country News provokes thought with “Replacing Science With Politics in Rare Species Protection.” Room 012, Oakes Hall, Vermont Law School, South Royalton, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 831-1371.
theater
‘FUN HOME’: See WED.11, 7:30 p.m. ‘WEST SIDE STORY’: See THU.12.
words
BOOK SALE: See WED.11. BROWN BAG BOOK CLUB: Readers voice opinions about Gift From the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 12:30-1:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918. BURLINGTON POETRY GROUP: Writers of verse ages 18 through 30 field constructive feedback on original works. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, btvpoetry@gmail.com. SUMMER LITERATURE READING SERIES: Ambitious readers cover selected pages of Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes. 110 Main St., Suite 3C, Burlington, 6:308:30 p.m. Free; preregister at meetup.com; limited space. Info, 383-8104.
WINE & STORY OPEN MIC: Prompts trigger first-person narratives told to a live audience. Shelburne Vineyard, 7:30 p.m. $5. Info, 863-1754.
WED.18 cannabis
GREENER DRINKS: See WED.11.
crafts
FIBER RIOT!: See WED.11. KINDNESS ROCKS PROJECT: In keeping with the summer reading program theme of “Libraries Rock!,” adults and kids paint stones with messages of kindness. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 1-2:30 & 6-7:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 878-4918.
environment
PUBLIC BOAT TRIPS ON LAKE CHAMPLAIN ABOARD THE R/V MELOSIRA: Citizen scientists board a University of Vermont research and education vessel to learn about the lake and its watershed. ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 9-11:15 a.m. $25; preregister. Info, 656-8504.
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A COURSE IN MIRACLES STUDY GROUP: See WED.11. GUIDED TOURS: See WED.11. HAPPY HOUR HEADSHOTS: An Emerging Leaders United of Northwest Vermont networking event includes wine, conversation and face time with a professional photographer. Deli 126, Burlington, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 861-7851. HU CHANT: SOUND OF SOUL: See SUN.15, Rutland Free Library, 5:30-6:30 p.m. STARGAZING: Clear skies at night mean viewers’ delight when telescope users set their sights on celestial happenings. Call to confirm. Mittelman Observatory, McCardell Bicentennial Hall, Middlebury College, 9-10:30 p.m. Free. Info, 443-2266. WAGON RIDE WEDNESDAYS: See WED.11.
film
See what’s playing at local theaters in the movies section. ‘BASQUIAT’: A 1996 biographical film focuses on the late Jean Michel Basquiat, a worldrenowned New York City street artist. Highland Center for the Arts, Greensboro, 7 p.m. $5. Info, 533-9075. ‘CHASING CORAL’: A 2017 documentary offers a deep dive into the disappearance of underwater reefs. Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, Vergennes, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 4752022, ext. 116. ‘E.T.: THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL’: Sci-fi fans watch Steven Spielberg’s 1982 classic about a boy who befriends an alien. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 603-646-2422.
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“Best music hall in New England.” ‘FLYING MONSTERS 3D’: See WED.11. ‘GREAT WHITE SHARK 3D’: See WED.11. ‘SEA MONSTERS 3D’: See WED.11. ‘WILD AFRICA 3D’: See WED.11.
BONE BUILDERS EXERCISE CLASSES: See WED.11. CHAIR TAI CHI: See WED.11. QIGONG: See WED.11. RESILIENCE FLOW: FOR THOSE WITH A HISTORY OF TBI OR BRAIN INJURY: See WED.11. TAI CHI: See WED.11. TOMGIRL WALKING CLUB: See WED.11. Y12SR: YOGA OF 12-STEP RECOVERY: See WED.11.
COUNTERPOINT OPEN REHEARSAL: The Montpelierbased chorus lets listeners in on its process as it prepares the varied and inspiring program “Flowers in the Field.” First United Methodist Church, Burlington, 7:30-9:30 p.m. Donations. Info, 5401784. CRAFTSBURY CHAMBER PLAYERS: World-class musicians deliver rousing renditions of works by Ilbert, Ravel, Saint-Saëns and Mendelssohn. Elley-Long Music Center, Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, preconcert talk, 6:45 p.m.; concert, 7:30 p.m. $10-25; free for kids 12 and under. Info, 800-639-3443. MARTIN HAYES: The traditional Irish fiddler shows off his bowand-string skills. See calendar spotlight. Cabot Town Hall, 7:30 p.m. $22-25. Info, 793-3016. MICHELE FAY BAND: See SUN.15, Currier Park, Barre, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 388-6863. PHIL HENRY: A beautiful natural setting suits rich and sweeping songs by the contemporary folk artist. Mills Riverside Park, Jericho, 6-8 p.m. Donations. Info, 899-2693. VERMONT MOZART FESTIVAL CHAMBER PLAYERS: Classical musicians hit all the right notes in a concert celebrating the Austrian composer. Trapp Family Lodge, Stowe, 7-9 p.m. $15; free for kids. Info, 598-9520.
language
outdoors
food & drink
BEERLINGTON FOAMERS MARKET: See WED.11. COMMUNITY SUPPER: See WED.11. FIVE CORNERS FARMERS MARKET: See WED.11. ICE CREAM SOCIAL: See WED.11. VERMONT FARMERS MARKET: See WED.11.
games
BRIDGE CLUB: See WED.11. CRIBBAGE TEAMS: See WED.11. PINOCHLE & RUMMY: See WED.11.
health & fitness
BEGINNER & INTERMEDIATE/ ADVANCED ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASSES: See WED.11. GERMAN CONVERSATION GROUP: Community members practice conversing auf Deutsch. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211. LUNCH IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE: SPANISH: See WED.11.
JUST FOR LAUGHS FESTIVAL: See WED.11.
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CURRENT EVENTS CONVERSATION: Newsworthy subjects take the spotlight in this informal discussion. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 10:30 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 878-4918. TEDX BROWNELL LIBRARY: Lifelong learners watch TED Talk videos centered on the theme of “Music.” Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955.
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CIRCUS SMIRKUS BIG TOP TOUR: Young performers pull CHANDLER CENTER Untitled-22 1 Aunt off daring and dazzling acts of FORJack THE ARTS acrobatics, juggling and more in 71-73 Main Street, Randolph, VT Vaudeville. Green Mountain Mall, St. Johnsbury, 1 & 6 p.m. $16-22; free for kids under 2 in laps. Info, 748-2600. ‘FUN HOME’: See WED.11. THE METROPOLITAN OPERA HD LIVE: ‘TURANDOT’: Soprano Nina Stemme takes on the title role of the proud princess of legendary China in an onscreen production of Puccini’ s dazzling 71-73 Main Street, Randolph, VT AT BURLINGTON opera. Catamount Arts Center, July St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. $6-15. Info, 748-2600. ‘WEST SIDE STORY’: See THU.12, TUE 24 SARAH WARD: 2 & 7:30 p.m. 7PM AESOP LAKE
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AUTHORS AT THE ALDRICH: Lit lovers lend their ears for a talk by fiction writer Robin MacArthur, who penned the 2018 page-turner Half Wild. Aldrich Public Library, Barre, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 476-7550. BOOK SALE: See WED.11. EXTEMPO: Local raconteurs tell first-person true stories before a live audience. deMena’s, Montpelier, 8-10 p.m. $5. Info, 613-3172. HISTORICAL FICTION WORKSHOP: Burlington Writers Workshop participants learn to navigate narratives based on true events from the past. 110 Main St., Suite 3C, Burlington, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free; preregister at meetup.com; limited space. Info, 383-8104. JESSICA AIKEN-HALL: The local author reads and signs her memoir, The Monster That Ate My Mommy, an account of her abusive upbringing in rural Vermont. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 7-8 p.m. Free. Info, 745-1393. RECOVERY WRITE NOW: See WED.11. WRITING CIRCLE: See WED.11. m
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Find club dates in the music section. BURLINGTON CITY ARTS SUMMER CONCERTS: LOW LILY: The string-and-vocal trio explores the roots of American folk music. Burlington City Hall Park, 5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7166. BURLINGTON CITY ARTS SUMMER CONCERTS: MARTY MORRISSEY & ROBERT RESNIK: Two longtime Vermont musicians join forces for an al fresco concert. Burlington City Hall Park, noon. Free. Info, 865-7166. CAPITAL CITY BAND: See WED.11. CITIZENS CONCERT BAND: Picnickers enjoy music from the full band of brass, percussion and woodwind instrumentalists. Grand Isle Lake House, picnicking, 5:30 p.m.; concert, 6:30 p.m. $10-15; free for kids 12 and under. Info, 372-8889.
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FINDING BIRDS BY EAR #1: See WED.11. THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE REALLY, REALLY ITCHY: See FRI.13, 2 p.m. HERB WALK: Herbalist Katherine Elmer leads a stroll through the UVM campus to identify the medicinal plants that populate Burlington. Bring layers and bug spray. Jeffords Hall, University of Vermont, Burlington, 5-6 p.m. Free. Info, 861-9700.
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agriculture HERITAGE POULTRY, FRANK REESE: Explore the pitfalls of America’s #1 white meat with expert breeder Frank Reese from Good Shepherd Poultry Ranch. Frank specializes in heritage breeds and has a lot to say about modern production practices, bird health and genetics, and the impact on humans consuming them. Frank’s farm is highlighted in the movie “Eating Animals” now in theaters. Fri., Jun. 20, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Cost: $35/person; all course materials & lunch incl. Location: Sterling College, 16 Sterling Dr, Craftsbury Common. Info: School of the New American Farmstead, 802-586-7711-163, NewAmericanFarmstead@sterlingcollege.edu, sterlingcollege. edu/snaf.
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art ART AND CLAY IN MIDDLEBURY: Adult: Clay Hand Building & Wheel, Painting, Pastels, Watercolors, Block Printing with Ashley Wolff, Color Theory, Paper Making, Plein Air with George Van Hook, Abstracting the Landscape. Kids: Colored Pencil Art, Clay Wheel & Hand Building. Camps: Whirligigs, Rainbow Paper, Dragons, Weird Art, Fairies & Friends, Art of Thailand. Location: Middlebury Studio School, 2377 Rte. 7, Middlebury. Info: Barbara Nelson, 802-2473702, ewaldewald@aol.com, middleburystudioschool.org.
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Call 865-7166 for info or register online at burlingtoncityarts.org. Teacher bios are also available online. DARKROOM CRASH COURSE: Explore the traditional, analog black-and-white darkroom! Learn how to properly expose black-and-white film, process film into negatives, and make silver gelatin prints. Students will leave with the skills and confidence to join the darkroom as a member. All film, paper and darkroom supplies included. Bring your manual 35mm or
medium-format-film camera to the first class. Instructor: Rebecca Babbitt. No experience necessary. Mon., Jul. 23-Aug. 13, 6-9 p.m. Cost: $180/person; $162/BCA members. Location: BCA Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 802-865-7166, burlingtoncityarts.org.
HIGH SCHOOL PHOTOGRAPHY INSTITUTE: Immerse yourself in the photographic process and develop your artistic vision in this dynamic one-week program! Students will use both the traditional darkroom and the digital lab to create a portfolio of quality images. Instruction in film and digital shooting methods, darkroom printing, image processing in Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom, group photo shoots, and more will be covered throughout the week. Experience in photography is not required to participate. Scholarships available. Ages: 15-18. Option 1: Jul. 9-12, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Option 2: Aug. 13-17, 8 a.m. -3 p.m. Cost: $360/ person; $324/BCA members. Location: BCA Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 802-8657166, burlingtoncityarts.org.
DIGITAL SLR CAMERA: Explore the basic workings of the digital SLR camera and learn how to take the photographs you envision. Demystify f-stops, shutter speeds, sensitivity ratings and exposure, and analyze the basics of composition. Bring your camera and owner’s manual to the first class. Prerequisite: No experience necessary. Instructor: Liza Semler. Thu., Jul. 12-Aug. 16, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Cost: $180/ person; $162/BCA members. Location: BCA Studios, 405 Pine Street, Burlington. Info: 802-865-7166, burlingtoncityarts.org. DOCUMENTARY STORYTELLING: Learn how to tell a compelling story with your photographs! This six-week class will introduce participants to the process of documentary storytelling and include discussions of subject matter, composition, editing and story structure. Group discussions and critiques as well as shooting assignments and writing exercises will give participants the opportunity to begin a new photographic project or refine works in progress. Film or digital photography acceptable. Prerequisite: DSLR camera or equivalent knowledge. Instructor: Liza Semler. Mon., Jul. 9-Aug. 13, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Cost: $180/ person; $162/BCA members. Location: BCA Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 802-8657166, burlingtoncityarts.org. FINE METAL JEWELRY INSTITUTE: Join us for this week-long fine metals course, specially designed for teens with a passion for art. Use professional jewelry tools to make rings, pendants and bracelets with brass and silver. Learn basic jewelry techniques, including sawing, filing, soldering, texturing, ring sizing and more. Individual projects will be encouraged in this small class based on students’ interests. Lead-free solder and safe-flux are used during the camp. Ages 15-18. Jul. 30-Aug. 3, noon-3 p.m. Cost: $180/person. Location: BCA Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 802-8657166, burlingtoncityarts.org.
LIFE DRAWING DROP-IN: Spend the evening with other local artists drawing one of our experienced models. Please bring your drawing materials and paper. All materials must be water soluble and solvent-free. No registration required. Instructor: Carolyn Zuaro. Fri., Jul. 13-Aug. 17, 7:30-9 p.m. Cost: $10/person; $9/BCA members. Purchase a drop-in card and get the sixth visit free! Location: BCA Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 802-8657166, burlingtoncityarts.org. MACRO PHOTOGRAPHY: Learn how to use your digital camera to see and share the wonder found in small and often unnoticed details in the natural world! In this four-week class, participants will learn how to train their eyes to see tiny subjects out in nature, to figure out the macro capabilities of their cameras, and to compose a visually compelling photograph. Classes will be a mix of outdoor photo shoots and in-class group discussions. Point and shoot and DSLR cameras are both welcome. No experience necessary. Instructor: Laura Hale. Thu., Jul. 12-Aug. 2, 4-6 p.m. Cost: $120/person; $108/ BCA members. Location: BCA Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 802-865-7166, burlington cityarts.org. PASTEL WORKSHOP: Spend an evening in our drawing and painting studio with versatile
and colorful pastels. In this fun, one-night class you’ll discover basic drawing and blending techniques to create an abstract or realistic piece of paper that you’ll be excited to bring home. All basic materials included. No experience necessary. Instructor: Janet Armentano. Jul. 25, 6-9 p.m. Cost: $25/person; $22.50/ BCA members. Location: BCA Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 802-865-7166, burlington cityarts.org. PRINTMAKING INSTITUTE: Join a week-long printmaking course, designed for teens with a passion for art. Students will work in BCA’s print studio and learn about silkscreening and how to apply photo emulsion, use a silkscreen exposure unit and print images using water-based inks. Students will develop a deeper understanding of professional 2D artistic techniques and will leave with prints, silkscreened T-shirts and posters to add to their art portfolio. Aug. 6-10, 12-3 p.m. Cost: $180/person. Location: BCA Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 802865-7166, burlingtoncityarts. org. WATERCOLOR: Learn to paint with watercolor. This class focuses on observational painting from still life, figure, landscape and photos. Students will paint on watercolor paper and will gain experience with composition, color theory, layering, light and shade. The class may move outdoors to paint en plein air on beautiful days. No experience necessary. Price includes all basic materials. Instructor: Janet Armentano. Thu., Jul. 12Aug. 2, 6-8:30 p.m. Cost: $150/ person; $135 BCA members. Location: BCA Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 802-8657166, burlingtoncityarts.org.
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ADULT: LIFE DRAWING: Instructor: Misoo Filan. Practice the traditional art of drawing the human figure in a supportive and respectful atmosphere. With a life-drawing model present at each class, students will be able to capture the human form in varying mediums and develop drawing skills by studying human anatomy. Bring your favorite medium (water based). Basic drawing experience recommended. Mon., Aug. 6-Aug. 27, 6-8 p.m. Cost: $142/ person; member discount avail. Location: The Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: 802-985-3648, info@ theshelburnecraftschool.org, theshelburne craftschool.org. ADULT: MIXED-LEVEL WHEEL: Instructor: Sarah Wilson. Develop the fundamentals of wheel-throwing. Explore techniques through demonstrations and hands-on assistance. You set the pace and gain experience through guided individualized practice. Gas reduction kiln and electric oxidation kiln are available for firing, including an option to explore other firing methods. Tue., Jul. 31-Sep. 4, 6-8 p.m. Cost: $265/person for six weeks; member discount avail. Location: The Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: 802-985-3648, info@ theshelburnecraftschool.org, theshelburnecraftschool.org. WORKSHOP: STAINED GLASS: Instructor: Chris Jeffrey. For beginners and those who would like to brush up on their skills. Students will make two small panels and learn how to cut glass and how to put together and solder their panels using the copper-foil technique of stainedglass assembly. Sat. & Sun., Aug. 24 & 25, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Cost: $300/person; member discount avail. Location: The Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: 802-985-3648, info@theshelburnecraftschool. org, theshelburnecraftschool.org.
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ADULT: BEGINNER CLAY: Instructor: Rik Rolla. Learn how to throw clay on the wheel. Explore centering, throwing, trimming and glazing. Gain confidence with hands-on demonstrations and one-on-one time with the instructor. Leave with several finished pieces. Gas reduction kiln and electric oxidation kiln are available for firing. Fri., Aug. 3-Sep. 7, 10 a.m.-noon. Cost: $265/person for six classes; member discount avail. Location: The Shelburne Craft School , 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: 802-985-3648, info@theshelburnecraftschool. org, theshelburnecraftschool.org.
ART & SCIENCE OF CRAFT BREWING: Take your brewing to the next level! A mix of profound science, brewing artistry and wild tales from Danish brewmasters Anders Kissmeyer and Jan Paul’s careers are sure to up your brewing game.This eight-day intensive features exclusive tours by the founders of Hill Farmstead, Alchemist and Lost Nation breweries. Daily, Tue., Jul. 24-Thu., Aug. 2, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. No weekend classes. Cost: $2,100/person; incl. all course materials & daily meals. Affordable housing avail. on campus. Location: Sterling College, 16 Sterling Dr., Craftsbury Common. Info: Weylin Garnett, 802-586-7711163, NewAmericanFarmstead@ sterlingcollege.edu, sterlingcollege.edu/course/ the-art-science-of-brewing-2. BREADMAKING WITH RICHARD MISCOVICH: Flour, water, salt
and wild yeast combined with time, handwork and the heat of an oven become a delicious form of sustenance that has marked history throughout the ages. Discover the gifts of fresh-milled flours and a wood-fired oven along the way. Led by renowned instructor Richard Miscovich. Daily: Mon.-Fri., Aug. 13-17, 8:30 a.m-4 p.m. Cost: $1,250/person; incl. all course materials & daily meals. Affordable housing avail. on campus. Location: Sterling College, 16 Sterling Dr., Craftsbury Common. Info: Weylin Garnett, 802-586-7711-163, newamericanfarmstead@sterlingcollege.edu, sterlingcollege. edu/course/artisan-bread making-heritage-grains. LIVING FOODS: FERMENTATION: Be confident about fermenting foods for added nutrition and flavorful delights! From the basic techniques of vegetable fermentation to tonic beverages, incorporating sourdough into unexpected surprises, and culturing dairy into tasty yogurt, kiefer and simple cheeses; all using fresh, local ingredients from the Sterling College farm, field and forest. Daily, Wed.-Fri., Aug. 1-3, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Cost: $425/All materials & lunch incl. Location: Sterling College, 16 Sterling Dr., Craftsbury Common. Info: Weylin Garnett, 802-5867711-163, newamericanfarmstead@sterlingcollege.edu, sterlingcollege.edu/school-ofthe-new-american-farmstead.
dance DANCE STUDIO SALSALINA: Salsa classes, nightclub-style, group and private, four levels. Beginner walkin classes, Wed., 6 p.m. $15/person for one-hour class. No dance experience, partner or preregistration required, just the desire to have fun! Drop in anytime and prepare for an enjoyable workout.. Location: 266 Pine St., Burlington. Info: Victoria, 802-598-1077, info@ salsalina.com. DSANTOS VT DANCE CLASSES: New classes, new location! Come join the fun. Weekly classes in salsa, bachata, kizomba, kuduro. No partner or experience needed. Beginner drop-in classes. Salsa, Mon., 7-8 p.m.; Kizomba, Wed., 8-9 p.m.; Bachata, Thu., 6-7 p.m. Cost: $15/1-hour class. Location: Dsantos VT Dance Studio, 294 N. Winooski Ave., Unit 112A, Burlington. Info: Jon Bacon, 802227-2572, dsantosvt.com.
drumming TAIKO AND DJEMBE CLASSES IN BURLINGTON!: New drumming sessions begin weeks of Mar. 3 and May 1. Taiko for Adults: Tue., 5:30-6:20 p.m.; Wed., 6:30-8:20 p.m. Djembe for Adults: Wed., 5:30-6:20 p.m. Taiko for Kids and Parents: Tue., 4:30-5:20 p.m. Djembe for Kids and Parents: Wed., 4:30-5:20 p.m. Drums provided. Conga classes, too! Online schedule, registration. Location: Taiko Space, 208 Flynn Ave., Suite 3G, Burlington. Info: 802-9994255, burlingtontaiko.org.
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empowerment REDEFINING RELATIONSHIPS: AN EXPLORATION INTO OURSELVES, OUR RELATIONSHIPS, AND THE RISING FEMININE & MASCULINE: Relationships are one of the most transformational aspects of our lives. Life is literally a web of relationships. Healthy relationships, by their own intrinsic nature and importance in our lives, are expressions of sacred social activism. We’re offering singles and couples of all ages and gender identifications an opportunity to explore and share evolving perspectives on relationships, from hands-on tools to the esoteric. Mon., Jul. 16, 6:30-9 p.m. By donation. Location: Railyard Apothecary, 270 Battery St., Burlington. Info: Dawn, auroralauphs@gmail.com.
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JAZZ IMPROV. FOR BEGINNERS: Ages 8-12 (Recommended for students who have played for a minimum of one year). Instructor: George Voland. Want to join your school’s jazz band or play in a jazz combo? Work on your improvisational and ensemble skills with acclaimed trombonist George Voland. Campers perform for friends and family in FlynnSpace at week’s end. Mon.-Fri., Aug. 6-10, 8:3011:30 a.m. Cost: $200/person; incl. jazz performance ticket. Location: Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, 153 Main St., Burlington. Info: 802-652-4537, flynncenter.org.
LATIN JAZZ INTENSIVE: Ages 13+. Instructors: Ray Vega & Alex Stewart. A team of instructors joins camp director and founder Alex Stewart to inspire students to reach new heights of creativity and proficiency, with rich opportunities to hone individual skills and master the cooperative team effort of live performance. Students work with jazz trumpet luminary and program founder Ray Vega and a variety of other artisteducators. Mon.-Fri., Aug. 6-10, 12:30-5 p.m. Cost: $315/ person; incl. jazz performance ticket. Location: Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, 153 Main Street, Burlington. Info: 802652-4537, flynncenter.org. SENSORY ADVENTURES CAMP: Ages 5-18. Instructor: Kat Redniss. Designed for young people on the autism spectrum and with sensory sensitivities in mind, Sensory Adventures provides a safe and creative environment to explore, discover, interact, connect and play. Mon.Fri., Jul. 16-20, 12-3 p.m. Cost: $200/person. Location: Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, 153 Main St., Burlington. Info: 802-652-4537, flynncenter.org.
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BOOK SAFE: Book safes are easy for their owners to recognize, but they do not stand out to a thief or other intruder. The laser cutter is the perfect tool to create the negative space for an object. Learn more about classes at generatorvt.com/ classes. Mon., Aug. 13 & 20, 6-8:30 p.m. Location: Generator, 40 Sears Ln., Burlington. Info: 802-540-0761. KINETIC SCULPTURE WORKSHOP: You can incorporate movement into your project! You will be exploring natural, electronic and mechanical ways to create movement. We will experiment, design and build kinetic sculptures in a fun group environment. Learn more about classes at generatorvt.com/ classes. Sat., Jul. 14, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Location: Generator, 40 Sears Ln., Burlington. Info: 802-540-0761. LASER-ETCHED GLASSWARE: Students will use the laser cutter, rotary tool and Adobe Illustrator and leave with a set of wine, pint or rock glasses. Create
the perfect gift or personal artifact by etching a custom design or text into glass. Learn more about classes at generatorvt.com/classes. Thu., Jul. 12, 6-9 p.m. Location: Generator, 40 Sears Ln., Burlington. Info: 802-540-0761. VR-3D PRINTING: Virtual Reality makes it possible to create something from literally nothing! Using Virtual Reality (HTC vive) you will create your own 3D sculptures and bring them to life. Learn more about classes at generatorvt.com/classes. Sun., Jul. 22, 1-4 p.m. Location: Generator, 40 Sears Ln., Burlington. Info: 802-540-0761.
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PRACTICE YOUR FRENCH THIS SUMMER: Alliance Française is offering a late summer session starting on July 30 at our Burlington location. This six-week session will offer courses for all language levels, including Phonetics, Literature, Conversation and Grammar. Go to aflcr.org to discover our offerings, or contact Micheline at michelineatremblay@gmail. com with questions. Location: Alliance Française, 43 King St., Burlington. Info: aflcr.org. NATURAL HIDE TANNING, LEATHER: Learn how to transform raw animal skins into beautiful, functional buckskin leather without the use of toxic chemicals. In this course, you will be guided through each step of the wet-scrape tanning process. Skinned hides, all materials and lunch daily included in price. Daily, Mon., Jul. 30-Fri., Aug. 3, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Cost: $750/person; all materials & lunch daily incl. Location: Sterling College, 16 Sterling Dr., Craftsbury Common. Info: Weylin Garnett, 802-586-7711163, NewAmericanFarmstead@ sterlingcollege.edu, sterling college.edu/course/natural-hidetanning-leather-crafting.
martial arts MARTIAL WAY : Colchester and Milton locations. Classes in selfdefense, karate, kung fu, jiu jitsu and tai chi. We have 14 different age and experience levels, so
OVER NINE THOUSAND ACADEMY: Become a Kung Fu bad@ss and learn to be strong, supple, fierce and centered. We believe in a holistic approach to martial arts and offer both hard and soft styles along with Taoist meditation practices. Classes are offered for adults and children, and we specialize in serving special needs kids. Classes offered Mon-Sat. Location: Onta Studio, 373 Blair Park Rd., Suite #102, Williston. Info: 802-6838539, ontastudio@gmail.com, ontastudio.com. VERMONT BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU: Brazilian jiujitsu is a martial arts combat style based entirely on leverage and technique. Brazilian jiujitsu self-defense curriculum is taught to Navy SEALs, CIA, FBI, military police and special forces. No training experience required. Easy-to-learn techniques that could save your life! Classes for men, women and children. Students will learn realistic bully-proofing and self-defense life skills to avoid them becoming victims and help them feel safe and secure. Our sole purpose is to help empower people by giving them realistic martial arts training practices they can carry with them throughout life. IBJJF
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the training is always age- and skill-appropriate. Beginner or experienced, fit or not yet, young or not anymore, we have a class for you! Days and evenings; see website for schedule and fees. Location: Martial Way Self Defense Center, 73 Prim Rd., Colchester, Colchester. Info: David Quinlan, 802-893-8893, info@martialwayvt.com, martial wayvt.com.
& CBJJ certified black belt sixthdegree Instructor under Carlson Gracie Sr.: teaching in Vermont, born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. A five-time Brazilian National Champion; International World Masters Champion and IBJJF World Masters Champion. Accept no Iimitations!. Location: Vermont Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, 55 Leroy Rd., Williston. Info: 802598-2839, julio@bjjusa.com, vermontbjj.com.
peace of mind and martial skill. Beginner classes Sat. mornings & Wed. evenings. Call to view a class. Location: Bao Tak Fai Tai Chi Institute, 100 Church St., Burlington. Info: 802-363-6890, snake-style.com.
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meditation LEARN TO MEDITATE: Taught by qualified meditation instructors at the Burlington Shambhala Meditation Center: Wed., 6-7 p.m.; Sun., 9 a.m.-noon. Free and open to anyone. Free public meditation weeknights 6-7 p.m.; Tue. and Thu. noon-1 p.m.; Sun. 9 a.m.-noon. Classes and retreats also offered. See our website at burlington.shambhala.org. Location: Burlington Shambhala Center, 187 S. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: 802-658-6795.
spirituality 34TH ANNUAL ELDERS GATHERING: All are welcome. Sacred Fire. Healing Ceremony. Indigenous Wisdom. Meditation. Nature & Science. Camping. Traditional teachings from Tsalagi, Abenaki, Algonquin, Mayan and Narragansett Elders. Tibetan Buddhist Dharma and modern astrophysics interwoven. Beautiful mountain setting. By donation. Children welcome. Meals available for purchase. Jul. 27-29. Cost: $75/day suggested donation. Location: Sunray Peace Village, 2202 Dowingsville Rd., Lincoln. Info: Sunray Meditation Society, Catherine Dyer, 647-688-0984, cdyer@sunray.org, sunray.org/programs/ elders-gathering.
tai chi SNAKE-STYLE TAI CHI CHUAN: The Yang Snake Style is a dynamic tai chi method that mobilizes the spine while stretching and strengthening the core body muscles. Practicing this ancient martial art increases strength, flexibility, vitality,
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BASIC CAMERA OPERATION (CANON XA-10): This free workshop is designed to help you feel comfortable using our cameras. You will explore basic functions of the Canon XA-10 HD, including learning to properly adjust focus, audio, color balance and exposure. Completing this workshop will certify you to check-out RETN’s Canon XA-10 cameras for your video projects. Register at bit.ly/btvmediafactory. Tue., Jul. 17, 6 p.m. Free. Location: The Media Factory, 208 Flynn Ave., #2G, Burlington. Info: 802-651-9692. SHOOTING INTERVIEWS FOR DOCUMENTARY FILMS: Learn the ins and outs of interviewing subjects for documentary films. This workshop covers everything involved with conducting a successful interview, including interviewing techniques, getting good audio and video, where to place the camera/microphone, how to “listen like an editor” and other, less obvious things to consider when conducting an interview. Please call to reserve your spot. Wed., Jul. 18, 6 p.m. Cost: $25/suggested donation. Location: The Media Factory, 208 Flynn Ave., #2G, Burlington. Info: 802-651-9692. TV STUDIO PRODUCTION: Learn how to produce a show using VCAM’s fully equipped television studio. This workshop covers: setting up and switching shots; creating and manipulating graphics; keying-in backgrounds; rolling in videos, images and music from external
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EVOLUTION YOGA: Practice yoga in a down-to-earth atmosphere with some of the most experienced teachers and therapeutic professionals in Burlington. New this summer: Yoga on the Lake, 7-8 a.m., four days per week; and Yoga on the Deck overlooking the lake, Tue. and Thu., 7:15-8:15 p.m. All lake classes are at the Community Sailing Center. Daily drop-in classes including $5 community classes, Yoga Wall and Yoga Therapeutics classes led by physical therapists. Dive deeper into your practice or register for our Yoga Teacher Training for Healthcare Providers. $5-$15/ class; $140/10-class card; $5-10/ community class. Location:
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SANGHA STUDIO | NONPROFIT, DONATION-BASED YOGA: Sangha Studio builds an empowered community through the shared practice of yoga. Free yoga service initiatives and outreach programs are offered at 17 local organizations working with all ages. Join Sangha in both downtown Burlington and the Old North End for one of their roughly 60 weekly classes and workshops. Become a Sustaining Member for $60/month and practice as often as you like! Daily. Location: Sangha Studio, 120 Pine St. and 237 North Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: 802-448-4262, Info@sangha studio.org.
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WBTV-LP’S ART OF THE INTERVIEW: Whether you’re making a talk show or documentary for radio, doing an oral history, or writing a feature article, conducting an interview that yields great content can be challenging. Learn techniques that are tried and true for getting the most out of your interview in this workshop led by WBTV-LP programmers. Register at bit.ly/btvmediafactory. Thu., Jul. 12, 6 p.m. Cost: $25/suggested donation. Location: The Media Factory, 208 Flynn Ave., #2G, Burlington. Info: 802-651-9692.
HONEST YOGA: Honest yoga offers heated yoga for all levels. We hold yoga teacher trainings at the 200- and 500-hour levels, as well as children and dance teacher courses. (YTT includes FREE unlimited membership) Yoga and dance classes for ages 2 and up in our two beautiful practice spaces! Your children can practice in one room while you practice in the other. No need for childcare. Brand-new beginners’ course: This includes two specialty classes per week for four weeks plus unlimited access to all classes. We have daily heated and alignment classes, and kids classes in yoga and dance. Check out our website for dance classes and yoga Summer Camps. Daily classes & workshops. $50/new student (1 mo. unlimited); $18/ class; $145/10-class card; or $110/10-class punch student/ senior/military card; $135/mo. adult memberships; $99/mo. kid memberships. Location: Honest Yoga Center, 150 Dorset St., Blue Mall, next to Eco Bean, South Burlington. Info: 802-497-0136, honestyogastudio@gmail.com, honestyogacenter.com.
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mell and taste are perhaps the most visceral of human senses and can often evoke strong reactions, emotions and memories. Philadelphiabased singer-songwriter Michelle Zauner details how delving into cooking helped her process the sudden death of her mother in an award-winning essay written for Glamour. Learning to make galbi ssam and various banchan — traditional dishes her mother made before passing — the 29-year-old Korean American artist unlocked forgotten feelings and recollections, an essential part of her grieving process. Making 2016’s Psychopomp, her first album as Japanese Breakfast, was a similarly cathartic experience. By recording bedroom demos and reimagining older material — including some from her defunct emo band Little Big League — Zauner turned her mourning into a heartening collection of sweet, sad lo-fi poprock. On her 2017 follow-up, Soft Sounds From Another Planet, she pondered life after grief and expanded her sound with electronic and dream-pop aesthetics. Beyond writing prose and music, Zauner is also an accomplished music video director, having taken on the role in nearly all of Japanese Breakfast’s clips. Dry humor and equanimity permeate her keenly crafted vids, showcasing her confidence despite being relatively new to the director’s chair. Japanese Breakfast plays a free show on Friday, July 13, at ArtsRiot in Burlington. Former Titus Andronicus guitarist Andrew Cedermark and locals Full Walrus open. Seven Days caught up with Zauner by phone.
SEVEN DAYS: You’re playing Burlington on the exact one-year anniversary of Soft Sounds From Another Planet’s release. How does it feel to have completed a lap? MICHELLE ZAUNER: It feels good! I was just thinking about how amazing it’s been to have our baby take us around the world for the last year. And it’s exciting because, after October, we’re pretty much done for the year. I’m really excited to start working on some new stuff. [I’m] also very nervous about it. Trying not to plateau after this.
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SD: Do you consciously keep yourself from planning out new ideas and songs until the end of an album cycle? MZ: I’ve been kind of weird about the third record and had a bit of an attitude about it. Like, “I’m gonna take my time and I don’t even wanna write anything!” With Psychopomp and Soft Sounds, I made a record right after our first one came out. So the cycles really blended in together, and I spent the last two and a half years touring pretty hard on both albums — which is great, because what a great problem to have. So I’m
excited to start working on the [new] record but also nervous because I want to take my time and not rush into it — and live my life outside of touring a little bit just to drum up some more stuff to write about. SD: Musicians often say that a song’s meaning changes over time. Do you think that’s true for you? MZ: Yeah, totally. I think that “Boyish” is a really good example. I wrote that song quite a long time ago [for Little Big League] and had it arranged very differently. When I wrote it, it was a song of betrayal from someone I had just started seeing, and I felt very melodramatic about it. Then I ended up marrying that person. Now, it’s a reminder of how insecure I was in that time period and how funny that is in retrospect. It reminded me of the feelings of being young and feeling a lot. SD: Is that why you set its music video in a high school prom? MZ: Yeah. I think also the [Japanese Breakfast] arrangement changed it so much. In the Little Big League version, there’s a bridge that’s really volatile, and the arrangement is kind of like that, too. The version I arranged with [Craig Hendrix], who coproduced [Soft Sounds], it’s almost classical. There are these girl-group, Phil Spector-y drums and these sweeping choruses with synth strings.
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Since 2017, they’ve had a fairly prolific output of tunes. The pain of youth and young love is all over their futuristic pop EPs 1996, Glass and Arcade. Fairly new to live performance — the late-night Bean show was their fourth live gig ever — the laptop wizards say they’re still figuring out how to bring their ultra-sleek, chilledout sounds to life with live guitar, drums and various electronics. Get to know them before they blow the eff up.
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One of the most brutal performance time slots in Burlington’s music nightlife scene is the dreaded 1 a.m. Sunday night/Monday morning shift at Radio Bean. Somebody’s gotta fill it, but damn if it isn’t a tough time of the week to try to pull an audience. I want to give props to a Manchester, N.H., band called DRIVE-IN that took on the daunting graveyard shift this week. The fledgling indie-pop group performed to an audience of five — four close friends of the group and yours truly.
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— already features a vibrant lineup of Vermont-based talent. But there’s still room for one more act. The contest awards the winner an opening slot at this year’s GPN, which is Saturday, September 15, and Sunday, September 16. The initial nomination round is currently open and closes on Sunday, July 15. Any group with at least one full-time Vermont resident is eligible, and every band that’s nominated proceeds to the voting round. From Monday, July 16, through Sunday, July 22, you can vote once a day. SOUNDBITES
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Ever since BEYONCÉ surprise-released her late-2013 self-titled album — you know, the one that broke the internet — dropping a new body of work completely unannounced has become a sort of status symbol. Queen Bey proved that once you reach a certain point of fame and prosperity, you don’t really need to prep people for your new releases with such frivolities as advertising and publicity. So, SETH YACOVONE BAND, you think you’re Vermont’s Beyoncé or something, dropping that surprise EP last week? Huh? You think you can just drop a fresh batch of Americana-tinged, hardedged blues-rock without so much as a press release? Are you gonna slap on some black one-shoulder leotards and dance around in front of a white cyc wall, too? I kid, I kid. In all seriousness, the new six-track collection, Thanks, is something of an appetizer for the band’s next full-length album — release date TBA. Two of the tracks, “Much Difference” and “Thanksgiving,” are newer tunes, while “$1000 Dog” and “I Commit Crimes” are older songs given new life in the studio. “Instead of doing a Kickstarter, we thought it was better to actually sell some music to raise funds,” Yacovone writes in an email. Also of note: One of the EP’s tracks — the solo acoustic “Legal in New Zealand” — precedes yet another forthcoming album, though it’s a solo
LP from Yacovone himself, not a fullband record. You can find Thanks on most major streaming and download platforms.
Announcement: Seven Days’ annual Grand Point North Local Band Contest is back! GRACE POTTER’s two-day festival at Burlington’s Waterfront Park — which includes additional headliners JACKSON BROWNE, ANI DIFRANCO and
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ARTSRIOT: Trivia Night, 7:30 p.m., free.
middlebury area
HALF LOUNGE: DJ Craig Mitchell (house), 10 p.m., free.
champlain islands/northwest
JUNIPER: Josh Child Quintet (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free. LEUNIG’S BISTRO & CAFÉ: Paul Asbell Trio (jazz), 7 p.m., free. LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Irish Sessions (traditional), 7 p.m., free. Tom Pearo (ambient, jazz), 9:30 p.m., $5. MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Open Mic with Andy Lugo, 9 p.m., free. NECTAR’S: Swimmer, Electric Kif (jam), 8 p.m., free/$5. 18+. RADIO BEAN: Sabrina Comellas (Americana, R&B), 5:30 p.m., free. The Civil Unseen (folk), 7 p.m., free. Hailey Ward (indie pop), 8:30 p.m., free. Holy Human (psych-rock, blues), 10:30 p.m., free. RED SQUARE: Loose Ends (rock), 7 p.m., free. DJ Cre8 (hip-hop), 11 p.m., free.
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BAYSIDE PAVILION: The Starline Rhythm Boys (rockabilly), 6 p.m., free.
barre/montpelier
BAGITOS BAGEL AND BURRITO CAFÉ: Party for Maria featuring Colin McCaffrey and Allison Mason (folk), 5:30 p.m., donation. CHARLIE-O’S WORLD FAMOUS: All Request Video, 9 p.m., free. SWEET MELISSA’S: D. Davis (acoustic), 5:30 p.m., donation. Cookie’s Hot Club (gypsy jazz), 8 p.m., free.
stowe/smuggs
IDLETYME BREWING COMPANY: The Idletyme Band (blues, rock), 8 p.m., free. MOOGS PLACE: Jim Charanko (Americana), 7:30 p.m., free.
now she flexes her dynamic stage presence, smoky voice and masterful guitar skills in her solo career. 2018 marked the singer-songwriter’s debut LP, Blue Part, a contemplative and confrontational statement that drifts between sharp rock and moody, blues-tinged bangers. Haddard performs on Friday, July 13, at the Light Club Lamp Shop in Burlington.
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THE TAP ROOM AT SWITCHBACK BREWING: Thunder Kittens (groove-rock), 6 p.m., free. VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Shane Torres (standup), 7:30 & 9:30 p.m., $15-32.
chittenden county BACKSTAGE PUB & RESTAURANT: Karaoke with Jenny Red, 9 p.m., free.
LEUNIG’S BISTRO & CAFÉ: George Petit Trio (jazz), 7 p.m., free.
SIDEBAR: Wild Leek River, Will Stamp (country), 9 p.m., $3. THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Barbacoa (surf), 7 p.m., free. VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Shane Torres (standup), 7:30 p.m., $15-32. The Mainstage Show (improv), 9 p.m., $5.
MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Moochie (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.
THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Adventure Dog (rock, funk), 9 p.m., free.
JP’S PUB: Karaoke, 10 p.m., free.
RED SQUARE BLUE ROOM: DJ Cre8 (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.
LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Whetherman (folk, Americana), 7:30 p.m., free. Aubrey Haddard (soul, pop), 9 p.m., free. DJ Taka (eclectic vinyl), 11 p.m., $5.
SIDEBAR: Haitian and Friends (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.
HALF LOUNGE: SVPPLY & Bankz (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.
RED SQUARE: The Growlers (rock), 7 p.m., free. D Jay Baron (mashup, hip-hop), 11 p.m., free.
JUNIPER: DJ Blancheface (eclectic), 9 p.m., free.
RED SQUARE BLUE ROOM: DJ KermiTT (eclectic), 10 p.m., free.
FINNIGAN’S PUB: DJ Craig Mitchell (open format), 10 p.m., free.
RADIO BEAN: Sami Stevens (R&B, jazz), 5:30 p.m., free. Lindsey Sampson (Americana), 7 p.m., free. The Red Newts, Sad Turtle (country, blues), 10:30 p.m., free.
JP’S PUB: Karaoke, 10 p.m., free.
RED SQUARE: Shrimptunes (rock), 4 p.m., free. The Starline Rhythm Boys (rockabilly), 7 p.m., free. DJ Craig Mitchell (open format), 11 p.m., free.
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NECTAR’S: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free. Mal Maiz, Marcie Hernandez (cumbia), 9 p.m., free/$5. 18+.
HALF LOUNGE: Four-D (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.
RADIO BEAN: Friday Morning Sing-Along with Linda Bassick & Friends (kids’ music), 11 a.m., free. Happy Hour with DJ Ryan Kick (eclectic), 4 p.m., free. Billy and Daniela (pop, rock), 6:15 p.m., free. Allison Brown (folk, Americana), 7 p.m., free. Ben Clark (folk-rock), 8:30 p.m., free. Junco (rock, folk), 10 p.m., $5. Good Morning Gils (rock), 11:30 p.m., $5.
THE SKINNY PANCAKE (HANOVER): Video Game Night, 7 p.m., free.
LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Randal Pierce (jazz), 7 p.m., free. Shane Hardiman Trio (jazz), 8:30 p.m., $5-10. Tundra (jazz), 10:30 p.m., free.
CLUB METRONOME: AQUG (bass music), 10 p.m., free.
NECTAR’S: Seth Yacovone (solo acoustic blues), 7 p.m., free. Revibe, Goose (jam), 9 p.m., $7.
MONOPOLE: Open Mic with Lucid, 10 p.m., free.
DRINK: Downstairs Comedy Open Mic, 8 p.m., free.
STONE CORRAL BREWERY: Open Mic Night, 7:30 p.m., free.
time in the soul-inflected groups Breakfast for the Boys and Sonomosaic. But
outside vermont
THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Justin Panigutti (rock), 7 p.m., free.
ON TAP BAR & GRILL: The Bell Tower (blues), 7 p.m., free.
simultaneously working a crowd and leading a band. The artist has also logged
PARKER PIE CO.: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.
CLUB METRONOME: David Chief (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free/$5. 18+.
JERICHO CAFÉ & TAVERN: Bluegrass Session, 7 p.m., free.
Boston-based funky soul group the New Review, AUBREY HADDARD is an expert at
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SIDEBAR: Hotel Karaoke, 9 p.m., free.
CITY SPORTS GRILLE: Interactive Video Trivia with Top Hat Entertainment, 7:30 p.m., free.
Front and Center Best known as the front woman of
NORTH HERO HOUSE INN & RESTAURANT: The Duo (rock covers), 5:30 p.m., free.
ARTSRIOT: Meklit, Ousmane Camara (of Sabouyouma) (jazz, experimental pop), 8:30 p.m., $10/14.
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RÍ RÁ IRISH PUB & WHISKEY ROOM: Gypsy Reel (traditional Irish), 7:30 p.m., free.
VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Open Mic, 7 p.m., free. Indie Rumble (improv), 8:30 p.m., free.
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CLUB METRONOME: Kabaka Pyramid & the Bebble Rockers, DJs Big Dog and Jahson (reggae), 9 p.m., $20/25.
JP’S PUB: Karaoke, 10 p.m., free.
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THE DOUBLE E LOUNGE AT ESSEX CINEMAS & T-REX THEATER: Kind Bud’s Kind Dubs (rock), 6:30 p.m., free. HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: The Social Animals, Los Elk (rock), 8 p.m., $10/12.
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chittenden county
BACKSTAGE PUB & RESTAURANT: Trivia, 9:30 p.m., free. MONKEY HOUSE: Selector Sets with Rick Stevens Entertainment, Chris Farnsworth and Andrea Fox (vinyl DJs), 8 p.m., free. ON TAP BAR & GRILL: No Left Turn (rock), 7 p.m., free. STONE CORRAL BREWERY: Chris Burleigh (singer-songwriter), 7:30 p.m., free.
barre/montpelier WHAMMY BAR: Open Mic, 7 p.m., free.
stowe/smuggs
MOOGS PLACE: Open Mic with Allen Church, 8:30 p.m., free.
TAP 25: Kind Bud’s Kind Dubs (acoustic), 7 p.m., free.
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mad river valley/ waterbury
PARKER PIE CO.: Can-Am Jazz Band, 7:30 p.m., free.
LOCALFOLK SMOKEHOUSE: Open Mic with Alex Budney, 8:30 p.m., free.
middlebury area
CITY LIMITS NIGHT CLUB: Mike Brinkman’s Open Mic Series, 8:30 p.m., free.
champlain islands/northwest TWIGGS — AN AMERICAN GASTROPUB: Mark LeGrand (honky-tonk), 7 p.m., free.
HIGHLAND LODGE: Trivia Night, 6:30 p.m., free.
outside vermont
OLIVE RIDLEY’S: Karaoke with DJ Jon Berry & DJ Coco, 9 p.m., free.
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ARTSRIOT: Japanese Breakfast, Andrew Cedarmark, Full Walrus (indie rock), 9 p.m., free.
JERICHO CAFÉ & TAVERN: Avery Cooper Quartet (jazz), 7 p.m., free. MONKEY HOUSE: Untapped: A Night of Burlesque and Drag, 9 p.m., $10. ON TAP BAR & GRILL: The Balladeer and the Bluesman (blues, rock), 7 p.m., free. Sticks & Stones (rock), 9 p.m., free. STONE CORRAL BREWERY: Katie Lyon (singer-songwriter), 7:30 p.m., free. WATERWORKS FOOD + DRINK: DJ Craig Mitchell (open format), 9 p.m., free.
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BAGITOS BAGEL AND BURRITO CAFÉ: Bishop LaVey (singersongwriter), 6 p.m., free.
BLEU NORTHEAST SEAFOOD: In the Pocket (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free. FRI.13
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Two and a half months after this year’s Waking Windows music festival in Winooski, the production company finally released the fest’s recap video. And, boy oh boy, was it worth the
wait. You can thank videographer KAYHL COOPER for the compilation’s stunning visuals — as well as NOAH BELL for his staggering drone footage. Not only does Cooper capture dozens of this year’s performers in dramatic slow motion and intimate close-ups, he also expertly conjures the three-day throwdown’s community Snail Mail vibe. By juxtaposing portraits of happy festivalgoers and talent, he seems to suggest that the annual hubbub is just as much about people coming together, casting off their problems for a weekend, as it is about venerating rising stars of indie music. View the video — and relive your favorite sets — on Waking Windows’ Facebook page.
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If I were a superhero, my superpower would be the ability to get songs stuck in other people’s heads. Here are five songs that have been stuck in my head this week. May they also get stuck in yours. Follow sevendaysvt on Spotify for weekly playlists with tunes by artists featured in the music section. DRIVE-IN, “Enough” SINK YA TEETH, “Friends” LYKKE LI, “Deep End” LE VICE, “Boys & Girls” MIRRORS, “Something on Your Mind”
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Burlington’s ArtsRiot has packed its summer schedule with mostly femalefronted projects, and the lineup reaches a critical mass this week. If you didn’t get a chance to read last week’s Q&A with San Francisco-based jazz-pop artist MEKLIT, definitely take a look at it. She performs on Thursday, July 12. And speaking of Q&As, you’ll want to flip to page 62 to read all about MICHELLE ZAUNER’s indie-pop project JAPANESE BREAKFAST. She takes the stage post-Truck Stop on Friday, July 13. It’s a free show, so make sure to get there early to secure your spot. Two other concerts worth a mention this week are Richmond, Va., rocker LUCY DACUS on Sunday, July 15, and 18-year-old Baltimore-based artist SNAIL MAIL on Tuesday, July 17. Rolling Stone’s
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Lovers of avant-garde and experimental hip-hop should check out a showcase called Glazed on Wednesday, July 18, at Club Metronome in Burlington. The jam-packed lineup includes New Jersey headliner WEST1NE, along with Queen City hip-hop collective 99 NEIGHBORS, chill-hop producer LOUPO, and local DJs JARED X JEREMY, CRUSTY CUTS, FOUR-D, CRWD CTRL, SVPPLY and STRYTLLR. Additionally, painter CHEF COLIN will create a new work of art live throughout the evening. Modeled after a similar recurring party called Low End Theory in Los Angeles, the BTV event adds a second, secluded stage to Club Metronome’s lounge area. Attendees should feel free to mosey back and forth between performance spaces.
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CHARLIE-O’S WORLD FAMOUS: Dan Zura (folk), 6 p.m., free. Thunderosa (rock), 9 p.m., free. GUSTO’S: Jacob Green (blues, rock), 5 p.m., free. Supernatural (rock covers), 9 p.m., $5. MINGLE NIGHTCLUB: DJ Stevie B (hits), 9 p.m., $5. SWEET MELISSA’S: Honky Tonk Happy Hour with Mark LeGrand, 5:30 p.m., free. WHAMMY BAR: Inner Fire District (folk, klezmer), 7 p.m., free.
Torch Songs Making their roughly annual appearance in the Green Mountain State, Burlington-
born klezmer-centric band INNER FIRE DISTRICT return to light the hills ablaze with Balkan, Yiddish and other
Eastern European-inspired instrumentals. The brainchild of multi-instrumentalists Tim Lang and Vermont expat David Symons, the group has an extra-special reason to celebrate this summer: the release of its longawaited debut LP, There Will Be Singing About the Dark Times. And in times as dark as these, there are few better ways to keep doom and gloom at bay than by kicking up your heels and dancing out your demons. Inner Fire District perform several times this week throughout the state: Friday, July 13, at Whammy Bar in Calais; Saturday, July 14, at Zenbarn in Waterbury; and Wednesday, July 18, at North End Studios in Burlington.
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MONKEY HOUSE: Erin CasselsBrown, Sean Hood (indie folk), 6 p.m., free. Sparrows, Anyone Anyway, Adam Wolf, Doomf*ck (post-hardcore), 8 p.m., $5/8.
ZENBARN: Brickdrop (funk), 9 p.m., $5.
middlebury area
northeast kingdom HIGHLAND LODGE: David Brahinsky (folk), 7 p.m., free.
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PARKER PIE CO.: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Shakespeare), 7 p.m., free.
outside vermont
MONOPOLE: Ausable Branch (folk-rock), 10 p.m., free. MONOPOLE DOWNSTAIRS: Happy Hour Tunes & Trivia with Gary Peacock, 5 p.m., free. NAKED TURTLE: Double Shot (rock), 6 p.m., free. DJ Skippy (hits), 9 p.m., free. THE SKINNY PANCAKE (HANOVER): ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show’ (film screening), 9 p.m., free.
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BLEU NORTHEAST SEAFOOD: Steve Blair (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free. FOAM BREWERS: Birdgangs, Clever Girls (rock), 8:45 p.m., free. HALF LOUNGE: Gordon Goldsmith (singer-songwriter), 8 p.m., free. Fun House (house), 10 p.m., free.
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JP’S PUB: Karaoke, 10 p.m., free. JUNIPER: Lowell Thompson (alt-country), 9 p.m., free.
RADIO BEAN: Ryan Fauber (singer-songwriter), 5:30 p.m., free. Cody Tyler (country), 7 p.m., free. Andrew Victor, Xenia Dunford (folk), 8:30 p.m., free. Dogs on Shady Lane, the Shakes (indie, alternative), 10:30 p.m., free.
THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Comedy & Crêpes (standup), 8 p.m., free.
mad river valley/ waterbury
TWIGGS — AN AMERICAN GASTROPUB: The Resonators (blues), 7 p.m., free.
NECTAR’S: Days on End, Grand, Green Chapel (rock), 9 p.m., free/$5. 18+.
SIDEBAR: Open Mic, 7 p.m., free. Family Night (open jam), 9 p.m., free.
MOOGS PLACE: Chris Lyon (solo acoustic, Americana), 6 p.m., free. Dead Sessions Lite (Grateful Dead tribute), 9:30 p.m., $5-10.
champlain islands/northwest
MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Karaoke, 9:30 p.m., free.
RED SQUARE: DJ KermiTT (eclectic), 7 p.m., free. SVPPLY (hip-hop), 11 p.m., free.
EL TORO: Erin Cassels-Brown (indie folk), 7 p.m., free.
CITY LIMITS NIGHT CLUB: DJ Ryan Donnely (hits), 9:30 p.m., free.
LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Lamp Shop Lit Club (open reading), 8 p.m., free. Giovanina Bucci and Brad Hester (jam), 9:30 p.m., free.
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MOOGS PLACE: Seth Yacovone (blues), 7 p.m., free. LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Hoot & Holler, Old Sky (Americana), 7:30 p.m., free. DJ Taka (eclectic vinyl), 11 p.m., $5. NECTAR’S: Kip de Moll (singersongwriter), 7 p.m., free. The Mangroves, People Like You, Phantom Airwave (funk, rock), 9 p.m., $5. RADIO BEAN: Lilly Smith (singersongwriter), 5:30 p.m., free. AliT (singer-songwriter), 7 p.m., free. Santina King (alternative acoustic), 8:30 p.m., free. Maggie Koerner, Avery Cooper Quartet (jazz), 10 p.m., $10. RED SQUARE: Left Eye Jump (blues), 3 p.m., free. The Communicators (rock), 7 p.m., free. Mashtodon (hip-hop), 11 p.m., free. RED SQUARE BLUE ROOM: DJ Raul (salsa, reggaeton), 6 p.m., free. DJ ATAK (EDM), 11 p.m., free. SIDEBAR: Avery Cooper Quartet (jazz), 8 p.m., free. DJ KermiTT (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free. THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Leyeux (future soul), 8 p.m., free. SMITTY’S PUB: Mark Abair (rock), 8 p.m., free.
chittenden county
HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: Real Talk, Dear Youth, Saving Vice, Doom Service (punk), 7:30 p.m., $10/12. JERICHO CAFÉ & TAVERN: The Brevity Thing (rock, folk), 7 p.m., free. ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Mackenzie & Missisquoi (rock), 5 p.m., free. Justin Panigutti Band (rock), 9 p.m., free.
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BAGITOS BAGEL AND BURRITO CAFÉ: Irish Session, 2 p.m., donation. Hillary and Andy Leicher (eclectic, covers), 6 p.m., free. CHARLIE-O’S WORLD FAMOUS: Rough Francis, Black Axe (garage rock, punk), 9 p.m., free. ESPRESSO BUENO: Bishop LaVey (singer-songwriter), 7 p.m., free. The Get Messy (funk, rock), 8 p.m., free. GUSTO’S: DJ MTL (pop, house), 9:30 p.m., free. MINGLE NIGHTCLUB: DJ Bo Mustafic (hits), 9 p.m., $5. SWEET MELISSA’S: Bruce Jones (singer-songwriter), 6 p.m., free. Duroc (’80s covers), 9:30 p.m., $5. THE DEN AT HARRY’S HARDWARE: Jacob Green (blues, rock), 7 p.m., free. WHAMMY BAR: Clare Byrne with Ted Looby and Gus Zeisling (folk), 7 p.m., free.
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EL TORO: Allen Church Restoration Project (bluegrass), 7 p.m., free. MOOGS PLACE: Dead Sessions Lite (Grateful Dead tribute), 9:30 p.m., $5-10.
mad river valley/ waterbury ZENBARN: Inner Fire District (folk, klezmer), 9 p.m., $7.
middlebury area
CITY LIMITS NIGHT CLUB: DJ Earl (open format), 9:30 p.m., free.
NECTAR’S: Mi Yard Reggae Night with DJs Big Dog and Jahson, 9 p.m., free.
THE ENGINE ROOM: Bow Thayer (folk), 9 p.m., $12/15.
RADIO BEAN: Pete Sutherland and Tim Stickle’s Old Time Session (traditional), 1 p.m., free. Tina & Her Pony (indie folk), 6 p.m., free. Emily Julia Kresky and the Point, Eric George (indie folk, rock), 7:30 p.m., free. Kris (jam), 10:30 p.m., free.
northeast kingdom
RED SQUARE: The Jeff Salisbury Band (blues), 7 p.m., free.
NOTTE: Robin Gottfried Band (rock), 10 p.m., free.
upper valley
PARKER PIE CO.: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Shakespeare), 2 & 7 p.m., free. Open Mic, 8 p.m., free.
outside vermont
MONOPOLE: Theta (metal), 10 p.m., free. NAKED TURTLE: Supernatural (rock covers), 10 p.m., free.
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ARTSRIOT: Lucy Dacus, Mothers (solo) (rock), 7:30 p.m., $15. FOAM BREWERS: Emma Cook (singer-songwriter), 1 p.m., free. HALF LOUNGE: Comedy Showcase (standup), 8 p.m., free. STRYTLLR (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free. LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Game Night, 7 p.m., free. Rhyme & Unreason Show (standup and hip-hop), 8 p.m., $3.
SIDEBAR: DJ A-RA$ (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free. THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Bluegrass Brunch, noon, free. VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: LGBTQLOL (queer standup), 7 p.m., $5. Sandwitches (improv), 8 p.m., free.
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BAGITOS BAGEL AND BURRITO CAFÉ: Eric Friedman (folk), 11 a.m., free. CHARLIE-O’S WORLD FAMOUS: Nerd Trivia, 7:30 p.m., free. SWEET MELISSA’S: Lilly Smith (singer-songwriter), 6 p.m., free. Live Band Karaoke, 8 p.m., donation.
middlebury area ROUGH CUT: Kelly Ravin (country), 5 p.m., free.
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ARTSRIOT: Snail Mail, Bonny Doon (rock), 8:30 p.m., $10/12. DRINK: Comedy Open Mic, 9 p.m., free. FOAM BREWERS: Local Dork (eclectic vinyl), 6 p.m., free. HALF LOUNGE: Moochie (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free. LEUNIG’S BISTRO & CAFÉ: Jake Whitesell Trio (jazz), 7 p.m., free. LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Danza Del Fuego (gypsy-influenced world music), 7:30 p.m., free. Goldfeather and Michael Chinworth (singer-songwriter), 9:30 p.m., free. LINCOLNS: Laugh Shack (standup), 8:30 p.m., $5. MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Dan Rahily (singer-songwriter), 9:30 p.m., free. NECTAR’S: Tuesday Bluesday Blues Jam with Collin Craig and Friends, 6 p.m., free. Dead Set (Grateful Dead tribute), 9 p.m., $5. RADIO BEAN: Anna May, Ec Love, Tulsi Jane (jazz), 5:30 p.m., free. Andrew Kasab (folk), 7 p.m., free. Grup Anwar (classical Arabic), 8:30 p.m., free. Honky Tonk Tuesday with Ponyhustle, 10 p.m., $5. RED SQUARE: Four-D (house, hip-hop), 7 p.m., free. DJ A-RA$ (open format), 10 p.m., free. SIDEBAR: Sean Kehoe
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Thanks to Disney, we associate fairy tales with helpful, talking animals; true love; and happy endings full of Technicolor wonderment. But fairy tales were originally much darker before the House of Mouse saw dollar signs in the works of the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen. Clearly fans of the classics, Burlingtonbased carnival-punks Miku Daza tell a fable as dark and twisted as a knotty old oak tree on their debut EP, It’s a Fairy Tale. Point of order: The meaning of the band’s name, which used to be Skeleton Dancer, is twofold. Its front woman, Miku, somewhat recently ditched her birth name in favor of the mononym. And Daza refers to Fermina Daza, the heroine from Gabriel García Marquez’s classic tome Love in the Time of Cholera. Just as scholars have said
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Rush.” Miku sings, “Spreading me thin like I wouldn’t snap / Like taffy / Stretch me as far as you can.” A sickly post-chorus of zombie-like moans transitions the track from fervid to tempered. “Panic” is a verbose showstopper that features some of baritone saxophonist Jonathan Tollefson’s funkiest work. Full of animalistic imagery, the line between predator and prey is blurred: “Like a fish inside a fox’s mouth / You’re gonna choke and spit me out.” Fueled by third-wave-ska energy, “Frosty Pink Skies” closes the EP with a purer kind of love. It’s still wild and untamed, but love’s malignancy seems to have dissolved: “The adventure begins / You found the door / You might as well come in.” Miku Daza concoct a devilishly charming aesthetic on their first outing. Unapologetically, the group demonstrates that even creatures of the night crave love. It’s a Fairy Tale will be available on all major streaming platforms on Friday, July 13. The band celebrates its release the same day at its rehearsal space at 195 Flynn Avenue in Burlington.
communities in Venezuela. Between that background and the title of the album, you’ve already figured out his angle: We’re all just social primates. While Rosane includes detailed notes with every song on the album, he keeps things remarkably lean with his songwriting. In fact, he’s got a real knack for loading up folk-rock simplicity with some serious depth. The overall effect is not unlike that of Bruce Cockburn, another overtly political writer. Rosane has an equally humble voice that he makes the most of. Sonically, Rosane and co. are a finely honed operation. They rock out with conviction but sound lush and full even in their quietest moments. This brain trust clearly draws from a deep, diverse well of influences. Yet overall, Book of ZOO sits squarely where the 1980s met the ’90s: lush radio rock. The album is also a triumph of sequencing. The subtle postproduction touches that go into every transition elevate the album. The closing run is especially strong: The urbanization blues of “This City” wash out into blunt, startling
“By Suicide,” where Rosane makes it clear he sympathizes with Robin Williams’ final act. The album closes with the weary, hopeful “The Sunnyside of Things,” and the song hits even harder thanks to the two that came before. Added up, Book of ZOO is a heavy and singular piece of work — and definitely the only LP released this year whose liner notes reference doomsayer Derrick Jensen, essayist Rebecca Solnit and evolutionary biologist Robert Trivers. Despite all that intellectual heft, it’s still 14 tracks of easy listening NEXTabout WEEK hard problems. Fittingly, given their literary bent, David Rosane & the Zookeepers are releasing the record through a summer-long tour of 13 public libraries across Vermont. Check them out this Saturday, July 14, at the Wells River Congregational Church (all donations raised go to the town’s Baldwin Memorial Library). Find the full tour schedule at facebook.com/ davidrosaneandthezookeepers. Book of ZOO is available at davidandthezoo.bandcamp.com.
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David Rosane is a singer and songwriter from Bradford whose colorful career has extended from the Amazon jungle to the Occupy movement in New York City. His backup band and arrangement team, the Zookeepers, centers on the duo of Don Sinclair and Jennifer Grossi, both talented multi-instrumentalists. Over their past three albums, they’ve gone through drummers at the same clip as Spinal Tap. The first record was 2015’s Modern Folk, a cautiously optimistic debut from the heady era of Sen. Bernie Sanders fundraisers. 2016’s Urban Country took a darker turn with an introspective examination of human self-destruction. It was released shortly before “human selfdestruction” got elected president of the United States, so it goes without saying that Book of ZOO is bleaker still. Rosane is unusually qualified to observe the human condition, thanks to his scientific background. He’s an ornithologist, published author and former journalist who has spent years of his life with the Ye’Kuana and Piaroa, indigenous
of the novel’s themes, Miku Daza seem to think that love itself is like a disease — an alien infestation that consumes from within. But does that mean they won’t arrive at a happily ever after? Well... To establish a bit of storybook wonderment, the first sounds heard on opening track “Parasite” are the twinkling chimes of a windup music box. Promptly, they descend into splintered discord — a gloomy portent. Launching into a punky oom-pah-pah waltz with fuzzy guitar and bass, the track heaves to and fro as if ambling into a quaint village on a lopsided caravan. “I can’t help feeling what I’m feeling / You leave me paralyzed,” moans Miku with dramatic cabaret flair. “You’re a parasite / I’m a host.” If only she could extract the interloping entity, desiccate it and seal it in a Lucite dome, she might be able to resist its power. Toggling between grungy despair and a whirlwind of double-time, frenetic punk fury, a cotton-candy fever dream of hedonistic carnality unfolds on “Sugar
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(singer-songwriter), 7 p.m., free. Ron Stoppable (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free. THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Ukulele Kids with Joe Baird (sing-along), 9:30 a.m., free.
chittenden county MONKEY HOUSE: Bee Bee Sea (psych-rock), 8:30 p.m., $5/7.
ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Trivia with Top Hat Entertainment, 7 p.m., free. WATERWORKS FOOD + DRINK: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.
barre/montpelier
BAGITOS BAGEL AND BURRITO CAFÉ: Old Time Music Session (traditional), 6 p.m., free. CHARLIE-O’S WORLD FAMOUS: Karaoke with DJ Vociferous, 9:30 p.m., free. SWEET MELISSA’S: Blue Fox’s Open Mic, 7 p.m., free.
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EL TORO: The AccaFella (a cappella), 7 p.m., free. MOOGS PLACE: Cal Stanton (acoustic), 7:30 p.m., free.
middlebury area
HATCH 31: Erin Cassels-Brown (indie folk), 6 p.m., free. Kelly Ravin and Lowell Thompson (country), 7 p.m., free.
outside vermont
THE SKINNY PANCAKE (HANOVER): Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.
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ARTSRIOT: Lauren Ruth Ward, Francesca Blanchard (singersongwriter), 8:30 p.m., $10.
CLUB METRONOME: Glazed: A Half Dozen Acts featuring West1ne, 99 Neighbors, Crusty Cuts x Loupo, Four-D, CRWD CTRL, Jared x Jeremy, SVPPLY, STRYTLLR (hip-hop), 10 p.m., $5. HALF LOUNGE: Open Decks, 9 p.m., free. JP’S PUB: Karaoke, 10 p.m., free. JUNIPER: John Coltrane Tribute, 8:30 p.m., free. LEUNIG’S BISTRO & CAFÉ: Paul Asbell Trio (jazz), 7 p.m., free. LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Irish Sessions (traditional), 7 p.m., free. Tom Pearo (ambient, jazz), 9:30 p.m., $5. MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Open Mic with Andy Lugo, 9 p.m., free. NECTAR’S: Swimmer, Folkfaces, Kendall Street Company (jam), 8 p.m., free/$5. 18+. RADIO BEAN: Kenduskeag (psychambient), 5:30 p.m., free. The Glimpses (folk-rock, Americana), 7 p.m., free. Snughouse (indie folk), 8:30 p.m., free. Old Flame (psychedelic, indie rock), 10:30 p.m., free. RED SQUARE: The High Breaks (surf), 7 p.m., free. DJ Cre8 (hip-hop), 11 p.m., free. RÍ RÁ IRISH PUB & WHISKEY ROOM: Gypsy Reel (traditional Irish), 7:30 p.m., free. SIDEBAR: Hotel Karaoke, 9 p.m., free.
STONE CORRAL BREWERY: Bluegrass Jam Session, 7 p.m., free.
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CHARLIE-O’S WORLD FAMOUS: All Request Video, 9 p.m., free. DEMENA’S: extempo: Live Original Storytelling, 8 p.m., $5. SWEET MELISSA’S: D. Davis (acoustic), 5:30 p.m., donation. John Lackard Blues Jam, 8 p.m., free.
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IDLETYME BREWING COMPANY: The Idletyme Band (blues, rock), 8 p.m., free. MOOGS PLACE: Jim Charanko (Americana), 7:30 p.m., free.
mad river valley/ waterbury ZENBARN: Zach Nugent’s Acoustic Dead (Grateful Dead tribute), 7 p.m., free.
middlebury area CITY LIMITS NIGHT CLUB: Karaoke, 9 p.m., free.
champlain islands/ northwest BAYSIDE PAVILION: The Starline Rhythm Boys (rockabilly), 6 p.m., free.
THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Justin Panigutti (rock), 7 p.m., free.
NORTH HERO HOUSE INN & RESTAURANT: Leno, Young & Cheney (rock covers), 5:30 p.m., free.
THE SPOT ON THE DOCK: DJ Disco Phantom (eclectic dance), 5 p.m., free.
northeast kingdom
VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Open Mic, 7 p.m., free. Jacqueline Novak, Chris Laker (standup), 8:30 p.m., $8.
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CITY SPORTS GRILLE: Interactive Video Trivia with Top Hat Entertainment, 7:30 p.m., free.
Soul Food « P.62 SD: What kind of experience did you have with video before you started directing? MZ: I was an independent major at Bryn Mawr College. That basically meant that I invented my own major to incorporate creative writing, film studies and video production courses. I studied a lot of film theory, and I also took a couple of not-so-great, pretty outdated video production classes. But it wasn’t until I worked with [director of photography] Adam Kolodny — I just assumed that he would want to direct or was a director because he did film stuff. It wasn’t until [the video for] “Everybody Wants to Love You” that he [said], “You’re pretty much directing, and I don’t really want to direct. I think that you would be good at this.” That
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ears, expertly balancing attitude with goofiness. For instance, with its punchy riffs, flouncy lyrics and breakneck percussion, the band’s scalding cut “This Dog Is the King of Losers” feels just a wee bit ridiculous — especially when the song comes
MONOPOLE: Open Mic with Lucid, 10 p.m., free.
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costumes, the group’s members trade mystique for camp yet still come out the other
was what gave me the courage to step up and try it on. We were really happy with that growth in our dynamic. It’s become something I really love to do. SD: What’s something you’ve learned about directing along the way? MZ: I don’t think I really knew what a director was. I thought that a director did everything besides act. What directing actually is — coming up with ideas and organizing people and delegating tasks — is something that I really enjoy and feel confident in. So, I think learning that a lot of what directing is is just relying on the skill sets of other people. [That] was a huge thing for me to learn. SD: You may or may not realize that you’re essentially playing ArtsRiot’s food truck after-party, and I read that you might have some food truck aspirations of your own.
side with disaffected rock-and-roll cool. Catch Bee Bee Sea on Tuesday, July 17, at the Monkey House in Winooski.
MZ: Yeah, once the music industry spits me out and I can’t find work as a director and I’ve written my book [expanded from my Glamour piece], I would like to start a small Korean noodle shop or cart. SD: What are three dishes that would be on your menu? MZ: There’s this Korean noodle dish called kalguksu. It’s basically like Korean chicken noodle soup. If I could ever figure out how to make it well, I would do kimchi pancakes. [And] there’s this Chinese-Korean black bean noodle called jajangmyeon. SD: What’s something you’re surprised no one ever asks you? MZ: I’m surprised people don’t dig into specific lyrics and try to demand [that I say] what they mean. But I think it’s for the best that doesn’t happen. If I were
a music journalist, I’d be like, “Who is this song about? Tell me!” I just am an instigator, and when I think about my [musician] friends I want to be like, “So, what girl is this [song] about? Is it someone famous? Is it someone I know?” SD: So, we need to get you in a room with Taylor Swift. MZ: Or, on the new Drake album, there’s this one [song] that’s like, “Kiki, do you love me?” I would be like, “Who’s Kiki? I need to know!” If I ever get in a room with Drake, I’ll be sure to ask him. m Contact: jordan@sevendaysvt.com
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ecades before the French gifted America with the Statue of Liberty, the human-powered machinations of “manifest destiny” were at work claiming land where certain people could feel free. Newly opened at the Shelburne Museum’s Pizzagalli Center for Art and Education, “Playing Cowboy” examines a fundamental cog in that violent apparatus: the myths of cowboys and Indians, and the material culture that supported them. Consisting of artworks and decorative objects, including lithographs, paintings and bronze sculpture, the exhibition is drawn mainly from the museum’s vast
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collection. And it carries an inherent charge of which museum director Tom Denenberg and curator Kory Rogers are keenly aware. “‘Playing Cowboy’ reckons with some of the foundational narratives of our country, posing questions about race, ethnicity and the doctrine of manifest destiny, with uncomfortable answers,” Denenberg wrote in a print brochure. How does that reckoning happen? The exhibition’s critical tactics are twofold. First, as the title suggests, the show works to highlight the performative elements of the cowboy phenomenon,
making connections to both circus and cinema — the foundations of American spectacle capitalism. As Rogers said of “Wild West” shows during a curator’s tour, they “[looked] like a circus, [traveled] like a circus, [were] organized internally like a circus.” Second, Rogers relies heavily on exhibition text to provide contextualizing details and significant historical corrections. From 1865 to 1895, an introduction explains, approximately 50,000 cowboys worked to shuttle cattle from Texas to the rail lines in Kansas. “Nearly one in three cowboys was African American or Mexican,” it reads, “and very few
of them actually carried pistols slung around their waists.” But who would know, looking at what’s on view? Some dozen full-color lithographic posters for elaborate “Wild West” shows and entertainment spin-offs advertise pared-down stories in which white men are invariably the heroes, whether on horseback or saving a drowning girl from a rushing river. Several of these posters feature William “Buffalo Bill” Cody, the former scout and “Indian fighter” who played himself in the first-ever “Wild West” show in 1883 in Nebraska. One poster in particular drives home an important point: Just as the individualist male cowboy was a potent, attractive symbol for a burgeoning nation, the image of the Native American was one of fascination and intrigue. In the early 20th-century ad for “101 Ranch Wild West,” four stern Native men, coded with headdresses, take up nearly the entire poster. Beyond entertainment, plenty of other industries used stereotypes of Native Americans to turn a profit. In the exhibition, five “cigar store Indians” indicate the link between Native Americans and tobacco. Often life-size, these wooden carvings were used to draw the customer’s eye. Apparently they succeeded: The first work of folk art that museum founder Electra Havemeyer Webb ever purchased was a cigar store Indian. Some consider “tobacconist sign” to be a more PC — if less descriptive — term for these carvings.
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Medicines and tonics also were sold Death Struggle,” an 1845 oil paintunder the guise of a bogus connection ing by American artist Charles Deas. to Native Americans. A glass Here, a crazed white man and his vitrine displays bottles and white horse plunge over a cliff; a glassware, including Kickashirtless, dark-skinned Native poo Indian Medicine American man clings to him as Company’s “Sagwa another looks on from safety. It is tonic.” “Indian meda stark departure from the genicines like Sagwa oferally conciliatory conquest-asfered white males a progress/conquest-as-product magical elixir that message of the show’s other would imbue them artifacts. with the virility and “Playing Cowboy” is, and should be, heavy and heartiness of an Indian brave, restoring their otheruncomfortable viewing. wise diminished manhood,” text At a time when America’s explains. foundations are being A series of lithographs made shaken, it’s important to consider how fundamenby American artist Charles Bird King between 1822 and tally violent social myths 1842 gestures toward a more are fabricated. This show documentary approach to highlights how the imagined West was transformed indigenous American cultures. These detailed porinto a commodity, with the traits of prominent tribal cowboy as its ambassador. leaders show variation in apIf you understand how pearance and dress not repproducts are made, you can refuse to buy them. resented elsewhere. Still, the images belong to “salvage ethnography” — Contact: rachel@sevendaysvt.com the practice of observing and recording threatened ways of life. In this case, predator and documentarian were inextricably linked: King was INFO commissioned by the U.S. “Playing Cowboy,” on War Department. view through October One work in par- “Man With a Tomahawk” 21 at the Pizzagalli attributed to John Cromwell Center for Art and ticular stands out for its Education at anxiety about the course of Shelburne Museum. American expansion: “The shelburnemuseum.org
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MICHAEL-VINCENT LAVIOLETTE: “American
14, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. In conjunction with the Waterbury Arts Fest, it’s an excellent
Summer: An Art Show in Red, White & Blue,” screenprints and animation inspired by midcentury American graphic design, with a dollop of clichés. Reception: Thursday, July 12, 6 p.m. July 12-27. Info, audrie@thekarmabirdhouse.com. Karma Bird House in Burlington.
opportunity to shop high-quality goods and see how they’re made. This second annual iteration will place special emphasis on artist demonstrations, and each vendor will show some element of their process. If you’re looking for unique handmade objects, this is the place: Think too-darling children’s bloomers by Brooklyn’s Soor Ploom, buttery
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POP-UP EXHIBIT: ‘PHOTOGRAPHER’S WORKROOM’: Works by eight area photographers. Reception: Saturday, July 14, 4-6 p.m. July 14-28. Info, 617-413-5494. Art Barn in Stowe.
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‘THE FABRIC OF EMANCIPATION’: Works by
eight contemporary fiber, textile and needle artists expressing what it means to be of African descent in the Americas, curated by Harlem Needle Arts founder Michelle Bishop. Opening curator’s talk: Sunday, July 15, 3 p.m. July 15-October 28. Info, 877-3406. Rokeby Museum in Ferrisburgh.
JANET FREDERICKS: “LAND MARKS … The Land We Mark, Marks Us,” works on paper and canvas inspired by a bird’s-eye view of the land. Reception: Friday, July 13, 5-7 p.m. July 13-September 9. Info, 382-9222. Jackson Gallery, Town Hall Theater, in Middlebury.
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‘THEY ARE NOT FORGOTTEN’: Vermont Artists and Poets hosts this exhibition protesting the immigration and refugee policies of the Trump administration. Funds to benefit Kids in Need of Defense (KIND). Reception: Saturday, July 14, 2-4 p.m. July 14-August 12. Info, mottst@comcast.net. Merwin Gallery in Castleton.
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‘LADIES OF THE CANYON’: An exhibition in
tribute to jeweler Marion Stegner, the gallery founder who passed away in January of this year. Reception: Saturday, July 14, 4-6 p.m. July 14-September 4. Info, 533-2045. Miller’s Thumb Gallery in Greensboro.
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GABRIEL QUIRK: “Articles of Transformation,” a collection of Venetian-style papier-mâché masks, costumes, puppets and props, along with images from the performer’s career as a variety entertainer. July 10-30. Info, 728-9878. Chandler Gallery, Randolph. PETER SHVETSOV: Oil paintings and etchings of Vermont landscapes that provide a neutral background for the ever-changing, disappearing color at the end of the day. July 11-August 11. Info, 291-2035. South Royalton Market.
ART EVENTS ART & AUTHOR NIGHT: Paintings by friends Annie Geiger, Marcy Frink and Sylvia Walker, accompanied by a reading from Walker. Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, Friday, July 13, 6 p.m. Info, 426-3581. ‘ARTIST AS DESIGNER’: Second annual exhibition, sale and demo series featuring design-forward artists and makers, including Jeremy Ayers Pottery, Soor Ploom, Vermont Farm Table, Made of Cloth, Rebecca Haas Jewely, 200 Lemons, Mustache and Mohawk, Unbound and Alluvial Forms. Jeremy Ayers Pottery, Waterbury, Saturday, July 14, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Info, jeremyayers@me.com.
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ARTIST TALK: ROBERT DUGRENIER: The glass artist discusses his work and process in conjunction with his current solo exhibition “Handle With Care.” Brattleboro Museum & Art Center, Thursday, July 12, 7:30 p.m. Info, 257-0124. AU SABLE RIVER VALLEY STUDIO TOUR: Fourth annual event featuring a self-guided tour of area artists studios and galleries. The Jay House / Norte Maar, Jay, N.Y., Saturday, July 14, and Sunday, July 15, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Info, 646-361-8512.
décor by Vermont-based Made of Cloth (pictured).
DESIGN PRESENTATIONS: VERMONT AGRICULTURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL LAB: Semifinalists present their concepts for a public artwork to be installed in the center. RSVP encouraged. Judd Gym, Vermont Technical College, Randolph Center, Wednesday, July 11, 6 p.m. Info, 828-3294.
‘ART’S ALIVE FOFA WINNER’S CIRCLE’: Works by Festival of Fine Art award winners, including Kara Torres, Gav’om, Jerry Rayla, Matt Morris, Linda Dulleba and Paul McMillan. Reception: Friday, August 3, 5-8 p.m. Through August 31. Info, 859-9222. SEABA Center in Burlington.
KARA TORRES: “Fantasy Self,” works in a variety of media that explore the discrepancy between the artist’s future dreams and the personal and structural realities that prevent reaching those dreams. Through July 31. Info, fineforagerarts@gmail.com. Cavendish Gallery & Collective in Burlington.
FIGURE DRAWING: Expand observational drawing skills with a live model session. Drawing benches and boards provided. BYO drawing materials. Chaffee Art Center, Rutland, Wednesday, July 18, 6-8 p.m. $15; $10 for members. Info, 353-6605.
THE BELLCATE SCHOOL: Works by students who have been experimenting with fiber, folk art and upcycling. Through July 31. Info, 859-9222. Art’s Alive Gallery @ Main Street Landing’s Union Station in Burlington.
MEMBERS ONLY ART EXHIBIT: Works in a variety of mediums by members of the South End Arts and Business Association. Through August 31. Info, 651-9692. VCAM Studio in Burlington.
GRACE ANNUAL SUMMER BENEFIT: A fundraiser featuring a silent auction, door prizes, raffle with appetizers, refreshments and live music. Highland Center for the Arts, Greensboro, Friday, July 13, 6 p.m. $25. Info, 533-9075.
CRYSTAL WAGNER: “Traverse,” an immense, site-specific installation by the multidisciplinary artist. Through October 7. MATTHEW THORSEN: “Thorever,” a celebration of the life and work of the Burlington photojournalist and Seven Days staff photographer. Through July 15. NICOLE CZAPINSKI: “forever, a little ghost,” sculptural “drawings” in thread, which the artist will activate and alter over the course of the show. Through August 5. Info, 865-7166. BCA Center in Burlington.
THE JAY INVITATIONAL OF CLAY: The fifth annual event featuring a curated selection of local and regional works in clay. The Jay House / Norte Maar, Jay, N.Y., Friday, July 13, 6-9 p.m., and Saturday, July 14, and Sunday, July 15, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Info, 646-361-8512. OPEN HOUSE: ‘THE DOMES’ RETURNS: Albert Bierstadt’s “The Domes of the Yosemite” returns to the library/gallery following renovation by ArtCare Conservation in Miami. Athenaeum director Bob Joly gives presentations Saturday at 4:30 and 6 p.m.; and Sunday at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, Saturday, July 14, 4-7 p.m. and Sunday, July 15, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Info, 745-1393. TALK: ‘THINKING ABOUT EXTINCTION’: Cartoonist Edward Koren and author of The Sixth Extinction Elizabeth Kolbert discuss art and the Anthropocene in conjunction with Koren’s current exhibition. Bennington Museum, Sunday, July 15, 2-3:30 p.m. Info, 447-1571. TOURS OF THE HISTORIC BARN HOUSE AND EXHIBITS: Visitors can experience African American and African-diaspora art and culture, along with a granary and cow barn built between late 1700s and early 1800s. The 90-minute tour includes authentic African textiles, art and antiquities, and photography exhibits; a Smithsonian National Museum of African-American History and Culture official poster series; three works by Charlotte environmental artist Nancy Winship Milliken, and more. To sign up for a tour, visit Eventbrite. Clemmons Family Farm, Charlotte, Saturday, July 14, 10-11:30 a.m. $10 suggested donation. Info, 310-0097. WATERBURY ARTS FEST & BLOCK PARTY: The 17th annual community event featuring a Friday block party, live music, raffles, food trucks, and an art and artisans’ market on Saturday. Various Waterbury locations, Friday, July 13, 5:30-10 p.m., and Saturday, July 14, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Info, 793-6029.
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ALEX COSTANTINO: “Avalon,” landscape installations. Through July 28. Info, 578-2512. The S.P.A.C.E. Gallery in Burlington. ‘THE ART SHOW VIII’: An open-call, community-sourced art exhibition featuring the “People’s Choice Mini Grant” cash prize. Through July 27. Info, publicartschool@ gmail.com. RL Photo Studio in Burlington.
DAN BLAKESLEE: “Draw Them In: A Rock Poster Retrospective,” 50 works spanning more than two decades of work by the artist, who is also known for creating the Alchemist’s beer-can art. Through September 4. Info, 540-0131. The Skinny Pancake in Burlington. ‘EXTRA • ORDINARY’: Works by members of “The Art Tribe,” which includes Melanie Brotz, Annie Caswell, LaVerne Ferguson, Kara Greenblott, Holly Hauser, Nancy Hayden, Lynne Reed, Kelley Taft, Linda Van Cooper and Betsy Ward. Through August 31. Info, nancynorthwindarts@gmail.com. Flynndog in Burlington. GEEBO CHURCH: “Small Landscapes,” oil paintings. Through July 31. Info, 860-4972. Black Horse Gallery in Burlington. ‘HORIZONS’: A group exhibition curated by outgoing Flynn Center executive director John Killacky, featuring 17 Vermont artists responding to the wide-open theme of “horizons.” Through September 1. Info, 652-4500. Amy E. Tarrant Gallery in Burlington. ‘HOW PEOPLE MAKE THINGS’: An interactive exhibit that reveals how familiar childhood objects are manufactured and tells the story of the people, ideas and technologies used to transform raw materials into finished products. Through September 3. Info, 864-1848. ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain in Burlington. JAMES STEWART: “Solipsism,” an interactive musical installation by the local composer. OLGA VERASEN: “Happy Home,” acrylic paintings and watercolors. Through August 31. Info, 859-9222. The Gallery at Main Street Landing in Burlington. JORDAN DOUGLAS: A selection of alternative silver-gelatin photographs, including reinterpretations of found vintage photographs and medium-format prints from the $25 plastic Holga camera. Through July 31. Info, 338-7441. Thirty-odd in Burlington. JULY EXHIBITION: Works by Dug Nap, Daryl Storrs and Terry Zigmund. Through July 29. Info, 863-6458. Frog Hollow Vermont Craft Gallery in Burlington.
‘OPTIMIST PRIME’: An exhibition guest-curated by Michael Shoudt, featuring work by Liv Aanrud, Peter Gallo, Tamara Gonzales, Catherine Haggarty, Katie Hector, Steven Mayer, Dustin Metz and Grant Newman. Through July 24. Info, joseph@ newcitygalerie.org. New City Galerie in Burlington. ‘SUMMER READING AT FFL: A RETROSPECTIVE’: Archival materials and ephemera, including posters, banners and T-shirts, from more than 30 years of the program started to engage young readers during the summer. Through August 31. Info, 863-3403. Fletcher Free Library in Burlington.
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‘IN THE GARDEN’: An exhibit featuring fine art, textiles, sculpture, furniture, actual insects and more explores how flowers and bugs have captivated artists’ imaginations over the centuries. Through August 25. Info, 985-3346. Pizzagalli Center for Art and Education, Shelburne Museum. ‘INTO THE LIGHT’: A group exhibition featuring the works of Castleton artist Dick Weis and 15 others. Through July 17. Info, 985-3848. Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery in Shelburne. KIMBERLEE FORNEY: Whimsical and colorful paintings and prints. Through August 31. Info, kimberleef@msn.com. Davis Studio in South Burlington. ‘LUMINOUS LANDSCAPES OF VERMONT’: Vermont landscape photographs by Mary Claire Carroll and paintings by Julie J. McGowan, both of Richmond. Through July 15. Emile A. Gruppe Gallery in Jericho. LYNDA REEVES MCINTYRE: “Azores to Abiquiu,” recent landscape paintings by the Vermont artist. Through July 31. Info, 985-8922. Village Wine and Coffee Winemakers Gallery in Shelburne. ‘A NEW AMERICAN FAMILY’: An exhibit honoring the Bhattarai family, featuring photos of the family, an account of how they got from Bhutan to Winooski, and quotes from family members describing the journey and their life here. Through July 31. Info, 985-8328. O’Brien Community Center in Winooski. ‘PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE’: An exhibition juried by Saul Robbins featuring photographs by local, national and international photographers. Through July 15. Info, 777-3686. Darkroom Gallery in Essex Junction. ‘PLAYING COWBOY: AMERICA’S WILD WEST SHOWS’: Combining period posters with historical film footage, this exhibition explores the profound influence Buffalo Bill and other Wild West shows had on shaping contemporary understandings of the American West, Native American history and the cowboy way of life. Through October 21. Info, 985-3346. Shelburne Museum.
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TIM DURBROW: Colorful, large-scale landscape and nature photography, accompanied by three vintage photos restored as a part of an Underhill Historical Society project. Through September 1. Info, 434-2550. Mt. Mansfield Community Television in Richmond. ‘TRANSCENDING THE LIMITS OF AGE’: Photographer Elliot Burg’s portraits of track and field athletes in their seventies, eighties and nineties, taken at the National Senior Games. Through September 30. Info, eburg4@gmail. com. Burlington International Airport in South Burlington. ‘WHEN I WAS OLDER’: Mixed-media works by Nina Dubois and Art2D2 Industries, aka Jason Galligan-Baldwin. Through July 29. Info, 985-9511. Rustic Roots in Shelburne.
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‘ANYTHING FOR SPEED: AUTOMOBILE RACING IN VERMONT’: The center celebrates the opening of its yearlong exhibition exploring more than a century of the history and evolution of racing in Vermont through the objects, photographs and recollections that comprise this unique story. Through March 30, 2019. Info, 479-8500. Vermont History Center in Barre. ELLIOT BURG: “Heart and Eye,” high-contrast black-and-white portraits taken in Myanmar, Laos, Ukraine, Cuba, Brooklyn, Washington, D.C., and Vermont. Through July 31. Info, eburg4@gmail. com. Capitol Grounds Café in Montpelier.
f ESSEX ART LEAGUE AND MILTON ARTISTS GUILD: Members of the arts organizations exhibit works in a variety of mediums. Through July 28. f SUMMER JURIED EXHIBIT: Featured artists include August Burns, Annie Christopher, Frank DeAngelis, Eddie Epstein, Hasso Ewing, Caroline McKinney, Maggie Neale, Sam Thurston, Ann Young and others. Reception: Thursday, July 12, 5-7 p.m. Through August 31. Info, 262-6035. T.W. Wood Gallery in Montpelier. f HARRY A. RICH: “The Vermont Years, So Far…” large-scale acrylic-on-canvas paintings that span the artist’s time living in Vermont, from 1998 to 2018. Reception: Friday, July 13, 5-7 p.m. Through September 28. Info, 375-2940. Vermont Supreme Court Gallery in Montpelier.
JENNIFER PALKOWSKI JACQUES: Original watercolor and mixed-media paintings including ghost portraits and skyscapes. Through September 1. Info, 595-4866. The Hive in Middlesex.
f NICK DEFRIEZ: “Hillsides and Hexagons,” paintings and drawings by the Chelsea-based artist. Reception: Friday, July 13, 4-7 p.m. Through September 28. Info, 685-7743. Governor’s Gallery in Montpelier. ORAH MOORE: “Stewards of the Land,” handprinted silverprint photographs of Montana ranchers. Through August 10. Info, 479-7069. Morse Block Deli in Barre.
‘SOLZHENITSYN IN VERMONT’: A celebration of the Russian novelist, historian and Nobel Prize winner turned Vermont resident, in honor of the 100th anniversary of his birth. Through October 27. Info, 828-2291. Vermont History Museum in Montpelier.
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ANNELEIN BEUKENKAMP: “Different Strokes,” abstract acrylic paintings by the Burlington artist. Through September 9. Info, 253-1818. Green Mountain Fine Art Gallery in Stowe. ‘CURIOUS & COOL’: Unusual and seldom-seen artifacts of ski culture from the museum’s archives. Through October 31. Info, 253-9911. Vermont Ski and Snowboard Museum in Stowe.
f ‘EXPLORING AIR II’: One site in a two-part exhibition featuring works that investigate the qualities of air, presented in partnership with the Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center. Reception: Friday, July 27, 4-6 p.m. Through August 30. Info, 760-6785. Edgewater Gallery in Stowe. ‘EXPLORING AIR’: A group exhibition including works of painting, photography and sculpture that address the element of air, curated by Kelly Holt. Through August 30. Info, 760-6785. Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center, Stowe Mountain Resort. ‘FRAGILE’: Works by 24 contemporary artists responding to the concept of fragility. Through August 18. Info, 253-8943. West Branch Gallery & Sculpture Park in Stowe. ‘THE HEAD OF THE CLASS’: An invitational group show of artwork by Lamoille County art teachers. ‘THE SKY’S THE LIMIT’: A juried show of 72 artists whose works feature the sky as the predominant element of the composition. Through September 3. Info, 644-5100. Bryan Memorial Gallery in Jeffersonville. JAMES PETERSON: “Dreamcatcher,” an immersive installation by the artist-in-residence from Los Angeles. Through September 30. Info, 253-8358. Spruce Peak at Stowe. KIMBERLEE FORNEY: Colorful acrylic paintings and prints. Through October 31. Info, kimberleef@msn. com. Green Goddess Café in Stowe. NEIL BERGER: “Men, Mountains, Sky,” en plein air paintings made over the course of a year in Burlington’s Battery Park. VERMONT COMIC CREATORS GROUP EXHIBIT: Works by Vermontbased comic-book creators, cartoonists and other artists who make narrative sequential 2D art. Through September 2. Info, 888-1261. River Arts in Morrisville.
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‘RECLAMATION’: Portraits of women painted by nationally acclaimed, contemporary women artists. Curated by August Burns, Diane Feissel and Rachel Moore. Through September 8. Info, 253-8358. Helen Day Art Center in Stowe.
f SARAH TORTORA: “Ode,” prop-like sculptures influenced by ancient Greek vase painting, Classical architecture, archeological and geological core samples and Euclidean space-time diagrams. Reception: Saturday, July 21, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Through August 9. Info, tara@vermontstudiocenter.org. Red Mill Gallery at Vermont Studio Center in Johnson.
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PHYLLIS CHASE: Paintings by the Calais artist. Through August 23. Info, 223-7274. Adamant Music School.
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‘NEW AMERICAN ARTISTS: CELEBRATING TRADITION AND CULTURE’: An exhibit highlighting immigrant and refugee artists in Vermont who participated in Vermont Folklife Center’s traditional arts apprenticeship program developed by Greg Sharrow. Through August 31. Info, 828-3291. Spotlight Gallery in Montpelier.
‘SHOW 26: NEW MEMBERS’: The latest group exhibition of the collective gallery’s Vermont-based contemporary artists, including recent additions Jason Galligan-Baldwin, Kate Burnim, Sam Colt, Mark Lorah, Ned Richardson and Michelle Saffran. Through August 4. Info, 552-0877. The Front in Montpelier.
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HEIDI BRONER: “Inner Lives,” realist portraits by the self-taught painter. Through August 3. Info, 279-6403. Central Vermont Medical Center in Berlin.
‘POST-APOCALYPSE FOR 3/4 EMPIRE’: Woodcuts on cloth banners by Bread and Puppet Theater founder Peter Schumann, inspired by Albrecht Durer’s depictions of the Apocalypse as envisioned by the apostle John of the New Testament. Through September 27. Info, 322-1604. Goddard Art Gallery, Pratt Center, Goddard College, in Plainfield.
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GREEN MOUNTAIN WATERCOLOR EXHIBITION: More than 100 watercolors from artists across North America. Through July 28. Info, 496-6682. The Big Red Barn at Lareau Farm in Waitsfield.
‘THE SAFETY OF OBJECTS: A VISUAL DISCOURSE BETWEEN FATHER AND DAUGHTER’: A juxtaposition of Royal Academy of Art member Michael Craig-Martin and his daughter, Vanity Fair photographer Jessica Craig-Martin. Through September 3. Info, 583-5832. Bundy Modern in Waitsfield.
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f JONATHAN D. EBINGER: “Breathing Life Into Metal,” welded sculpture from stainless steel nuts, bolts, washers and rods. Reception: Friday, July 13, 5:30-7 p.m. Through July 31. Info, 989-7419. Edgewater Gallery on the Green in Middlebury.
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KILEIGH HANNAH: “Halcyon Days,” nature-inspired abstract paintings by the Colchester artist, whose preferred mediums include traditional acrylic, graphite, table salt and homegrown sodium borate crystals. Through July 29. Info, 917-686-1292. Steven Jupiter Gallery in Middlebury.
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‘BLADES WILL SPROUT’: Paintings by Anne Cady, Julia Jensen and Jessica Smith, whose works use landscape as an entry point but differ stylistically. Through July 29. Info, 877-2173. Northern Daughters in Vergennes.
f SCOTT ADDIS: “Sweet Corn,” a solo exhibition of landscape paintings by the Montréal artist. Reception: Friday, July 13, 5-7 p.m. Through July 31. Info, 458-0098. Edgewater Gallery at Middlebury Falls. ‘WATERFOWL WONDERS & AMUSING ANIMALS’: Carvings by Addison County-based wood carvers Gary Starr, Chuck Herrmann and William Holway. Through November 11. Info, 388-2117. Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History in Middlebury. ‘WORKING METAL, CREATING ART’: Works by Vermont artists Kate Pond, Chris Cleary, Warren Rinehart, John Arthur, Kathy Mitchell and Meg Walker. Through August 12. Info, info@creativespacegallery.org. Creative Space Gallery in Vergennes.
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DEBORAH GOODWIN: “Fabrications in Clay,” ceramics by the local artist. Through August 28. Info, 247-4956. Brandon Artists Guild. ED SMITH: Works in bronze and plaster that use classical imagery to explore the mythic and heroic aspects of the artist and humankind. Through August 5. Info, 438-2097. The Carving Studio & Sculpture Center in West Rutland. ‘FIREMAN SQUARED’: Sculptures spanning the creative output of Mark Burnett and Glenn Campbell, made with materials including plaster, marble, wood, glass, bronze and steel. Through August 18. Info, 282-2396. Castleton University Bank Gallery in Rutland. MARY FRAN LLOYD: “Life in the Abstract,” 31 paintings using acrylic paint and collaged paper. Through August 9. Info, maryfranart@aol.com. Rutland City Hall.
DAVID RIOS FERREIRA: “And I Hear Your Words That I Made Up,” mixed-media works that conjure a psychic landscape filled with conflicting emotions. Through September 24. DEBRA RAMSAY: “Painting Time,” an installation of strips of color derived from nature, as captured by the artist over a year in New Berlin, N.Y. Through September 24. ROBERT DUGRENIER: “Handle With Care,” sculptures made of glass and farm equipment as part of the artist’s process of mourning the 2015 fire that destroyed his historic barn. Through September 24. ROZ CHAST: “Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant?” 139 original illustrations from the New Yorker cartoonist’s graphic memoir. Through September 24. SHONA MACDONALD: “Terrestrial Vale,” a series of silverpoint and graphite works on paper depicting fledgling plants prepared for winter with veils of garden netting. Through September 24. STEVE GERBERICH: “Best of ‘Springs, Sprockets & Pulleys,’” kinetic sculptures by the artist, inventor and packrat. Through October 8. Info, 802-2570124. Brattleboro Museum & Art Center.
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f ROB HITZIG: “Colorful Musings,” works that explore color and shape through geometric abstraction in dimensional painted wood. Reception: Friday, July 13, 6-8 p.m. Through August 25. Info, 244-7801. Axel’s Gallery & Frame Shop in Waterbury.
‘1968: THE WHOLE WORLD IS WATCHING’: Prints, photographs, videos, paintings and sculpture from the mid-1960s through the early 1970s that reflect some of the more visible divisions within the art world of the turbulent era. ‘JUST KIDS: PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE NICHOLAS GIFT’: Photographs of children drawn from every corner of the globe and representing a broad spectrum of social and economic circumstances. Through August 12. Info, 443-5007. Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College.
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you. The internationally recognized street artist (aka Caledonia Curry) has exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art other venues, and was featured in Banksy’s 2010 pseudo-doc Exit Through the Gift Shop. Now, thanks to the efforts
HEATHER J. GEOFFREY: “Borderlands,” works exploring borders and interstitial spaces through a variety of mediums including acrylic painting, digital photography, the written word and performance. Through July 31. Info, 869-2960. Main Street Arts in Saxtons River.
Wallis, Swoon’s work joins that of 45 other street artists who’ve contributed small-scale paintings and prints to this unprecedented show at the Alley Gallery. A closing reception is Saturday, July 28, 5 to 8 p.m. Pictured: “Queen Matilda” by Lady Pink. ‘MY FIRST STREET HE(ART): NYC’: Works by 45 national and international street artists, curated by Alison Wallis, founder of Bushwick’s Ad Hoc Gallery. Closing reception: Friday, July 28, 5-8 p.m. Through July 28. Info, vtalleygallery@gmail.com. The Alley Gallery in Rutland. PASTEL SOCIETY EXHIBIT: Works by more than 40 members of the Vermont Pastel Society. Through July 21. Info, 775-0356. Chaffee Art Center in Rutland.
champlain islands/northwest ‘ABSTRACT CONSTRUCTIONS: SOLID & LIGHT’: Mixed-media “Landscape Constructions” by Edwin Owre and glass “Abstract Landscapes” by Holly Rae Taylor. Through July 15. Info, 355-2150. GreenTARA Space in North Hero.
f ‘WOMEN SPEAK: RESISTANCE ART SHOW’: Works by Sarah Rosedahl, Meta Strick and India Tressely. Reception: Wednesday, July 11, 5-7 p.m. Through July 31. Info, 378-4591. Grand Isle Art Works.
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‘AIR WORKS’: An exhibit that explores the properties of air and the science behind its everyday use and includes a 3D air maze, hover table, chain-reaction machine, paper airplane launcher and air-operated bottle organ. Through September 3. Info, 649-2200. Montshire Museum of Science in Norwich. DIAN PARKER: “Oil Paint & Black Walnut,” abstract paintings on canvas and mixed-media works on black-walnut-stained paper by the artist, writer and curator of the White River Gallery. Through September 26. Info, 295-3118. Zollikofer Gallery at Hotel Coolidge in White River Junction. ‘NATURE VS. CULTURE’: An exhibition featuring works ranging from classical to abstract, realism to impressionism, that explore the dynamic relationship between the natural world and humankind. Through July 22. Info, 765-4288. Justin Morrill Homestead in Strafford. STEPHANIE GORDON: Encaustic paintings by the Piermont, N.H., artist. Through August 31. Info, 295-4567. Long River Gallery & Gifts in White River Junction.
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XAVIER CORTADA: “Water Paintings, Epoch & Native Flags,” three series of nature-themed works by the Cuban American, Miami-based artist. Through July 24. Info, 457-3500. ArtisTree Gallery in South Pomfret.
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‘A COMMON THREAD: STITCHES AND STORIES FROM FIBER ARTISTS NEAR AND FAR’: Fiber works by Northeast Kingdom artists. Through July 28. Info, 334-1966. MAC Center for the Arts Gallery in Newport. ‘EARTH LIKE’: Works by Jake Harnish and Brittany Miracle. Through July 15. Info, 563-2037. White Water Gallery in East Hardwick. KATHY STARK: Select mixed-media paintings. Through July 23. Info, 525-3366. Parker Pie Co. in West Glover. ‘LOCKED DOWN! KEYED IN! LOCKED OUT! KEYED UP!’: An exhibition examining the long human relationship to the lock and key, its elegant design and philosophies and practices of securing, safeguarding, imprisoning, escaping and safecracking throughout the ages. Through April 30, 2019. Info, claredol@sover. net. The Museum of Everyday Life in Glover. RICHARD BROWN: Black-and-white photographs of nostalgic Vermont landscapes and people. Through December 31. Info, 748-2372. Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium in St. Johnsbury. SARAH MEYERS BRENT: Sixteen works of painting and assemblage from materials including wallpaper, fabric scraps and dried flowers. Through August 17. Info, 748-2600. Catamount Arts Center in St. Johnsbury. ‘WATER IS LIFE’: Works celebrating water by Northeast Kingdom artists. Through July 28. Info, 748-0158. Northeast Kingdom Artists Guild in St. Johnsbury.
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ART SHOW: Works by three painters and one photographer, accompanied by ceramics. Through August 18. Info, 875-2194. The Fourth Corner Foundation in Windham.
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‘HOPE AND HAZARD: A COMEDY OF EROS’: A group exhibition curated by American artist Eric Fischl featuring approximately 65 artists and more than 80 paintings, photographs, works on paper and sculptures selected from the Hall and Hall Art Foundation collections. ‘MADE IN VERMONT’: A group exhibition of new and recently completed paintings, works on paper and sculpture by Vermont artists. ‘THE SOLACE OF AMNESIA’: More than 30 paintings, photographs, works on paper and sculpture by some 25 artists that address human alienation from the natural environment, curated by artist Alexis Rockman and Katherine Gass Stowe. Through November 25. Info, 952-1056. Hall Art Foundation in Reading.
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‘BRIGHT IDEAS’: An exhibition exploring collaboration, innovation and legacy, featuring works by Seline Skoug, Barbara Sarvis, Melissa Richard, Nate Massari, Patty Smith, Michael Smoot and Misa Chappell. Through July 13. Info, 442-0713. The Lightning Jar in Bennington. CARTOONS FROM THE ‘NEW YORKER’: An exhibition and sale of cartoons by artists including Harry Bliss, George Booth, Roz Chast, Tom Chitty, Frank Cotham, Matt Diffee, Liza Donnelly, Liana Finck, Emily Flake, Sam Gross, William Haefeli, Edward Koren, Bob Mankoff, Michael Maslin, Danny Shannahan, Barbara Smaller, Mick Stevens, Tom Toro, PC Vey and Jack Ziegler. Through September 9. Info, 442-7158. Laumeister Art Center, Southern Vermont College in Bennington. EDWARD KOREN: “Thinking About Extinction and Other Droll Things,” recent prints and drawings by the Vermont-based New Yorker cartoonist. Through September 9. Info, 447-1571. Bennington Museum. GEORGE KALINSKY: “Faces of Champions,” images by the official photographer of Madison Square Garden. Through July 22. Info, 362-1405. Southern Vermont Arts Center in Manchester.
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ALISON WELD: “Light Field,” recent abstract paintings by the upstate New York artist. Through July 21. f JOANNE CARSON: “Hyper Flora,” paintings and sculpture that investigate the fraught relationships between humans and nature, alchemy and science. Reception: Saturday, July 14, 5-7 p.m. Through August 25. f PETER MORIARTY: “Light & Paper/ Mes Plantes,” recent camera-less photographs made with light, paper and plants. Reception: Saturday July 14, 5-7 p.m. Through August 25. Info, 767-9670. BigTown Gallery in Rochester.
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BOB EDDY: “A Second Look,” black-and-white photographs of Vermont’s White River Valley from the final years of the film era. Through September 1. Info, 728-9878. Chandler Gallery in Randolph.
f LINDA DUCHARME: “Velvet Brown Disease,” paintings that speak to the artist’s love of horses. Reception: Thursday, July 19, 6 p.m. Through August 31. Info, 685-2188. Chelsea Public Library. MARION LENT: “Sprites to Live By,” 30 handmade figures made from felted wool, with hand-molded and painted antennae, hands, feet and faces. Through August 18. Info, 889-9404. Tunbridge Public Library. PETER SHVETSOV: Oil paintings and etchings that reflect the artist’s fascination with strange moments in time. Through August 11. Info, 291-2035. Royalton Memorial Library in South Royalton. PETER SHVETSOV: Food portraits in tribute to the restaurant’s celebrated burgers and fries. Through August 11. Info, 291-2035. Worthy Burger in South Royalton.
f SUSAN G. SCOTT: “Streams of Light,” nature-inspired paintings by the Chelsea- and Montréal-based artist. Reception and artist talk: Saturday, August 4, 4-6 p.m. Through August 26. Info, 498-8438. White River Gallery @ BALE in South Royalton.
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‘FROM AFRICA TO THE AMERICAS: FACE-TO-FACE PICASSO, PAST AND PRESENT’: An exhibition using milestones in the life of Pablo Picasso (18811973) and in history to explore the close relationship between the Spanish master and the arts of
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ART IN THE PARK FALL FOLIAGE FESTIVAL: Seeking vendors to show work and wares at this 57th annual event in Rutland’s Main Street Park on October 6 and 7. For details and to apply, visit chaffeeartcenter.org. Deadline is rolling. Chaffee Art Center, Rutland. Info, 775-0356.
‘CONNECTIONS’: Artists are invited to submit to this upcoming juried exhibition to benefit the Travis Roy Foundation. For details and to submit, visit edgewatergallery.co/connections. Deadline: July 20. Edgewater Gallery in Stowe. $25. Info, 760-6785.
TOYIN OJIH ODUTOLA: “The Firmament,” drawings that ask viewers to consider how conceptions of race are established and promulgated. Through September 2. Info, 603-646-2426. Hood Downtown in Hanover, N.H. m
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annual sidewalk arts festival on August 11. For more information and to register, visit cambridgeartsvt.org/fota. Deadline is rolling. Downtown Jeffersonville. $40; $25 for students. Info, cambridgeartsvt@gmail.com. ‘MORRISVILLE — FAVORITE PLACES’: Photographers are invited to submit images of the town for a two-part exhibition opening in September. For details and to submit, visit riverartsvt.org. Deadline: July 20. River Arts, Morrisville. Info, 888-1261. PENTANGLE LIGHT GARDEN: Individual artists and small groups from the community are invited to participate in this sixth annual illuminated sculpture event, taking place September 21 and 22. For more info and to register, email Serena Nelson at info@ pentanglearts.org. Deadline: August 17. Woodstock Village Green. ‘ROCK SOLID’: For the 18th year, area artists are invited to share their most compelling stone sculptures and assemblages, as well as paintings and etchings that depict the beautiful qualities of stone. For details and to submit, visit studioplacearts.com. Deadline: August 10. Studio Place Arts, Barre. $10; free for SPA members. Info, 479-7069. SPA STUDIO RESIDENCY PROGRAM: Emerging artists from the greater Barre/Montpelier area are invited to apply for an 11-month residency to take place from November 15, 2018, to October 31, 2019. A small private studio on the second floor of the visual arts center will be provided, with an exhibition at the end of the program. For details and to submit, visit studioplacearts.com/calls-to-artists. Deadline: Friday, August 10. Studio Place Arts, Barre. Info, 479-7069. TRUNK SHOW: Artists and artisans interested in participating in this community event on July 28 and 29 are invited to apply for a booth. Gallery keeps 20 percent of sales. A $25 reservation is collected and returned after the event. Deadline: July 15. Grand Isle Art Works. Info, 378-4591.
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JOHN MCKENNA: “Column II,” a geometric public sculpture made from aluminum, acrylic and wood. Through October 28. SHERI HANCOCK-TOMEK: ‘Strata Series,’ a collection of recent abstract prints. Through July 22. Info, 603-469-3444. Aidron Duckworth Museum in Meriden, N.H.
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CENTER FOR CARTOON STUDIES CORNISH RESIDENCY: Cartoonists, illustrators and graphic storytellers are invited to apply for this October 16 to November 16 residency in a remote cabin in Cornish, N.H. The selected resident will receive access to CCS resources as well as a $3,000 honorarium. For further details and to apply, visit cartoonstudies. org. Deadline: August 15. Center for Cartoon Studies, White River Junction. Info, 295-3319.
JEAN-MICHEL OTHONIEL: “Motion – Emotion,” works by the French artist that center on the violence of the elements. Through November 11. Info, 514-285-1600. RAFAEL LOZANO-HEMMER: “Unstable Presence,” a major survey of the Montréal-based artist’s work over the past 18 years that brings together 21 pieces, including several large-scale immersive installations. Through September 9. Info, 514-847-6232. Montréal Museum of Contemporary Art.
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GINA ADAMS: “Its Honor Is Hereby Pledged,” the summer artist-in-residence in the Dartmouth College studio art department exhibits quilts that revisit broken treaties between the U.S. and Native American tribes. Through July 22. Info, 603-6462422. Hopkins Center for the Arts, Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H.
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‘ABUNDANCE: CELEBRATING CREATIVITY IN MENTAL HEALTH, WELLNESS AND RECOVERY’: The Clara Martin Center invites artists and friends of mental health to submit poetry and artworks to be considered for a fall exhibition. Applicants must be Vermont residents, and preference will be given to artists/writers in the White River and Upper valleys. Works must be ready to hang. For details and to submit, visit claramartin.org. Deadline: July 31. Chandler Gallery, Randolph. Info, dlittlepage@claramartin.org.
Africa, Oceania and the Americas, with a focus on the trajectory of changing attitudes. ‘HERE WE ARE HERE: BLACK CANADIAN CONTEMPORARY ART’: Works by 11 contemporary artists who use a variety of disciplines to challenge preconceived notions of blackness in Canada. Through September 16. Info, 514-285-2000. Montréal Museum of Fine Arts.
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BIG DEAL This sequel’s cast, story thread count and opening weekend box office figures may be larger, but the laughs have been downsized.
Ant-Man and the Wasp ★★
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he suits at Disney mean to have their cake and eat it, too. At any rate, their Ant-Man and Deadpool, too. The Marvelverse, being a construct in which comic-book characters enact dramas and tragedies of faux-Shakespearean graveness, can get heavy. As a counterweight to all the spandex Sturm und Drang, the company’s business plan requires periodic release of a picture with a hero whose primary superpower is snark. One of countless quandaries flagged by Ant-Man and the Wasp, Peyton Reed’s follow-up to his 2015 film, is the question of just how many caped comedians one franchise can accommodate. This CGI world already has Deadpool breaking the fourth wall, winking, nudging and generally taking care of meta-business. Do we really need the sitcom-level laughs intermittently provided by Ant-Man? If this sequel is any metric, the answer is an unmitigated yawn. Even by Mouse House standards, this is puerile stuff. Plus a waste of serious comic talent. Paul Rudd, one of the planet’s most effortlessly funny performers, returns in the role
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of burglar-turned-bugperson Scott Lang. This time around, we find him under house arrest for — you know, I haven’t the foggiest. I haven’t seen Captain America: Civil War. Also part of Disney’s business plan: linking its Marvel products thematically so you’ve pretty much got to buy a ticket to one to fully get what’s going on in the next. Thoughtful. Being housebound proves troublesome when Scott’s mentor, inventor Hank Pym (Michael Douglas), and his daughter, Hope (Evangeline Lilly), arrive looking for help with a little problem. Turns out Hank’s wife, Janet (Michelle Pfeiffer), presumed dead, has spent years trapped in a subatomic dimension called the Quantum Realm. Hope has a special suit that enables her to get small (she’s the Wasp). Hank has constructed a massive bleeping, flashing contraption capable of tunneling into the Realm. I never did figure out exactly why they needed their old pal. But off the three go anyway to save her, after rigging Scott’s ankle monitor so it reads as though he’s still home. Micro one minute, supersize the next, the trio does battle with a stunningly dull selection of baddies, seemingly plucked at random from Marvel’s Warehouse of Interchangeable Villains. For a film with five credited writers and a running
time topping two hours, the second Ant-Man outing is appallingly short on laughs or narrative flair. Just 24 hours after I watched the movie, it was — in my mind — a blur of hohum chases and fight scenes. We all know about computer-generated images at this point, right? It’s no longer enough to see buildings turned into rolling suitcases, or actors the size of Altoids zipping through space. Something new, entertaining and inventive has to be done with an effect for it to qualify as special. The multitudinous makers of Ant-Man and the Wasp come close to meeting that standard on a shockingly small number of occasions.
Reviewing the original, I wrote, “Call me crazy, but I believe there are entertainers you’re meant to go to the grave having never seen in a spandex costume. Sadly, the list of actors of whom one can say that is getting shorter by the day.” Different strokes, I suppose. The new installment debuted at No. 1. I’m glad the rest of the human race is having fun. Around the ninth or 10th time that building shrank into a rolling suitcase, I ducked out for a soda. What I really wanted, though, to be honest, was a can of Raid. RI C K KI S O N AK
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hen I reviewed the cheesy dystopian thriller The Purge in 2013, I never dreamed it would still be spawning sequels five years later. Or that the fourth installment would preach resistance using none-too-subtle references to current events. True, the premise of the Purge movies was always as politically charged as it was outlandish. In near-future America, for 12 hours each year, all crimes are legal. This annual bonanza of violence lowers crime and unemployment the rest of the year, we’re told, and the ruling party, the New Founding Fathers of America, sells it as a revival of the American dream. The first movie, set in a gated suburban community, never clarified exactly how the Purge was supposed to make the nation healthier and wealthier. Moving to innercity settings, The Purge: Anarchy and The Purge: Election Year gradually revealed what most viewers already suspected: The Purge isn’t just about giving brutality an outlet, it’s about culling the poor. That’s heavy material for a series of ultraviolent, cliché-ridden B movies, but The First Purge leans into it. The first entry directed by Gerard McMurray rather than series creator James DeMonaco, this prequel takes us back to the Purge’s trial phase, when it was a controversial experiment launched on Staten Island. We watch an ensemble cast prepare for
HISTORY OF VIOLENCE Davis plays an activist trying to protect her community from a government experiment in McMurray’s prequel to the horror series.
the night of government-ordered anarchy. The local drug kingpin (Y’lan Noel) instructs his lieutenants to keep a tight ship and avoid the fray, but one of them has other ideas. Community-minded Nya (Lex Scott Davis) helps friends and neighbors hunker down in a barricaded church, while her younger brother (Joivan Wade) plots to gun down the unhinged addict Skeletor (Rotimi Paul). Unluckily for him, the Purge is all the excuse Skeletor needs to fulfill the promise of his name.
The film cuts from on-the-ground action to media coverage to the reactions of the puppet masters in Washington, D.C., where the Purge’s creator (Marisa Tomei) frets when she learns that most Staten Islanders are partying the night away rather than pummeling one another. She needn’t worry, though, nor do viewers waiting for things to get bloody. The Purge series has it both ways: Premised on the notion that most people wouldn’t actual-
ly turn homicidal if given the chance, it gets plenty of mileage out of those who would — some of whom wear badges. McMurray’s predilection for extreme, sweaty close-ups leaves some of the action sequences less than clear. Overall, though, he delivers the goods with a climactic showdown in a housing project, and there’s no denying the disturbing power of the movie’s visual references. One scene cuts ominously away as cops surround a fallen African American; another re-creates the torchbearing marchers in Charlottesville, Va. Is it cheap to stick this imagery in an exploitation film? Is it irresponsible? Maybe, but the transparent social commentary of The First Purge is no more inflammatory than your average Facebook political meme, and it doesn’t pretend to deliver literal truth. The characters may be wafer-thin, but the movie backs up its bid for relevance with Nya’s fiery rhetoric about a system that keeps down people of color, who also compose most of the cast. The First Purge harks back to a grubbier, less focus-grouped age of cinema: the 1970s, when zombie and karate and vigilante movies reflected the nation’s turmoil, displaying their politics — left or right — with pride. If B movies once served as the nation’s real collective catharsis, maybe it’s time to revive them. MARGO T HARRI S O N
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NEW IN THEATERS HEARTS BEAT LOUD: A record-store owner (Nick Offerman) convinces his musical daughter (Kiersey Clemons) to form a duo with him in this drama that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. With Ted Danson and Toni Collette. Brett Haley (The Hero) directed. (97 min, PG-13. Savoy) HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 3: SUMMER VACATION: Dracula (voice of Adam Sandler) takes a vacation from his hotel and discovers love on a “monster cruise” in this animated family adventure. With the voice talents of Mel Brooks, Selena Gomez and Kathryn Hahn. Genndy Tartakovsky returns as director. (97 min, PG. Bijou, Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Marquis, Palace, Sunset, Welden) LEAVE NO TRACE: A father and daughter living off the grid run afoul of social services and try to return to their wild home in this drama from director and cowriter Debra Granik (Winter’s Bone). Ben Foster and Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie star. (109 min, PG. Capitol, Roxy) SKYSCRAPER: In this wannabe mash-up of Die Hard and The Towering Inferno, Dwayne Johnson plays a war veteran who must save his family from the world’s tallest building after someone sets it ablaze. With Neve Campbell, Pablo Schreiber and Noah Taylor. Rawson Marshall Thurber (Central Intelligence) wrote and directed. (102 min, PG-13. Essex, Majestic, Palace, Paramount, Roxy, Sunset, Welden)
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INCREDIBLES 2HHH1/2 Pixar’s super-family returns in this animation in which Mr. Incredible (voice of Craig T. Nelson) finds himself at home tending the baby while Mom (Holly Hunter) is busy saving the world. With the voices of Sarah Vowell, Bob Odenkirk and Samuel L. Jackson. Brad Bird is back as writer and director. (118 min, PG; reviewed by M.H. 6/20) JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOMHH1/2 The dinosaurs of a futuristic theme park need rescuing from an erupting volcano in the sequel to Jurassic World, again starring Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard. With Rafe Spall and Justice Smith. J.A. Bayona (The Impossible) directed. (128 min, PG-13; reviewed by M.H. 6/27)
SICARIO: DAY OF THE SOLDADOHHHH1/2 Josh Brolin and Benicio del Toro are back to fight the drug trade on the U.S.-Mexico border, but Emily Blunt and director Denis Villeneuve are not, in this action-oriented sequel directed by Stefano Sollima (“Gomorrah”) and written by Taylor Sheridan (Wind River). (122 min, R; reviewed by R.K. 7/4)
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SOLO: A STAR WARS STORYHHH Disney’s stand-alone Star Wars movies continue with this blast from the past, in which a young Han Solo (Alden Ehrenreich) explores the galaxy’s criminal underworld and meets his buddies Chewbacca (Joonas Suotano) and Lando Calrissian (Donald Glover). Ron Howard directed. (135 min, PG-13; reviewed by M.H. 5/30) TAGHHH Former classmates gather from all over the country for an elaborate annual game of tag in this comedy from director Jeff Tomsic (“Idiotsitter”), starring Isla Fisher, Annabelle Wallis, Jake Johnson, Jon Hamm and Jeremy Renner. (100 min, R) TRUTH OR DAREHH A game among friends becomes deadly when a supernatural entity starts enforcing the rules in this horror flick starring Lucy Hale and Tyler Posey, directed by Jeff Wadlow (Kick-Ass 2). (100 min, PG-13; reviewed by M.H. 4/25)
WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR?HHHH This documentary from Morgan Neville (20 Feet From Stardom) explores how Fred Rogers, trained as a minister, brought heart to kids’ educational TV with his long-running show “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood.” (94 min, PG-13; reviewed by M.H. 7/4)
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ANT-MAN AND THE WASPH1/2 The very small superhero (Paul Rudd) teams up with a new partner to investigate secrets from the past in the latest chapter in the Marvel saga, set before Avengers: Infinity War. With Evangeline Lilly, Michael Peña, Walton Goggins and Judy Greer. Peyton Reed returns as director. (118 min, PG-13; reviewed by R.K. 7/11)
DEADPOOL 2HH1/2 Ryan Reynolds returns as the “merc with a mouth” in the sequel to the spoofy Marvel hit, in which Deadpool must assemble a gang of mutants to protect a young boy with supernatural powers. With Josh Brolin as the heavy, Morena Baccarin and Zazie Beetz. David Leitch (Atomic Blonde) directed. (119 min, R; reviewed by R.K. 5/23)
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THE RIDERHHHH1/2 A young rodeo cowboy (Brady Jandreau) must reevaluate his life after being seriously injured in this acclaimed drama from writer-director Chloé Zhao (Songs My Brothers Taught Me), in which nonprofessional actors re-create events that happened to them. With Jim Jandreau and Lily Jandreau. (104 min, R)
BOUNDARIESHH1/2 After a pot-dealing senior (Christopher Plummer) gets ousted from a nursing home, his daughter (Vera Farmiga) has no choice but to bond with him on a road trip in this comedy-drama from writer-director Shana Feste (Country Strong). With Christopher Lloyd and Bobby Cannavale. (104 min, R)
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THE FIRST PURGEHHH The disturbingly relevant dystopian franchise goes back in time to show us what happened the first time Americans were given 12 hours to commit crimes with impunity. Marisa Tomei, Lex Scott Davis and Melonie Diaz star. Gerard McMurray (Burning Sands) directed. (97 min, R; reviewed by M.H. 7/11)
AMERICAN ANIMALSHHHHH Bart Layton (The Imposter) directed this fact-based drama about three young men who attempt a daring heist with less-than-amazing results. Evan Peters, Ann Dowd and Blake Jenner star. (116 min, R. Roxy, Savoy; reviewed by R.K. 6/20)
BOOK CLUBHH1/2 Reading 50 Shades of Grey somehow revolutionizes the lives of four friends in this comedy from first-time director Bill Holderman, starring Jane Fonda, Diane Keaton, Candice Bergen and Mary Steenburgen. (104 min, PG-13; reviewed by M.H. 5/23)
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CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22)
I pay tribute to your dizzying courage, you wise fool. I stage-whisper “Congratulations!” as you slip away from your hypnotic routine and wander out to the edge of mysterious joy. With a crazy grin of encouragement and my fist pressed against my chest, I salute your efforts to transcend your past. I praise and exalt you for demonstrating that freedom is never permanent but must be reclaimed and reinvented on a regular basis. I cheer you on as you avoid every temptation to repeat yourself, demean yourself and chain yourself.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You wouldn’t at-
tempt to cure a case of hiccups by repeatedly smacking your head against a wall, right? You wouldn’t use an anti-tank rocket launcher to eliminate the mosquito buzzing around your room, and you wouldn’t set your friend’s hair on fire as a punishment for arriving late to your rendezvous at the café. So don’t overreact to minor tweaks of fate, my dear Gemini. Don’t overmedicate tiny disturbances. Instead, regard the glitches as learning opportunities. Use them to cultivate more patience, expand your tolerance and strengthen your character.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): I’m feeling a bit helpless as I watch you messing with that bad but good stuff that is so wrong but right for you. I am rendered equally inert as I observe you playing with the strong but weak stuff that’s interesting but probably irrelevant. I fidget and sigh as I monitor the classy but trashy influence that’s angling for your attention, and the supposedly fast-moving process that’s creeping along so slowly, and the seemingly obvious truth that would offer you a much better lesson if only you would see it for the chewy riddle that it is. What should I do about my predicament? Is there any way I can give you a boost? Maybe the best assistance I can offer is to describe to you what I see. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Psychologist Paul Ekman has compiled an extensive atlas of how emotions are revealed in our faces. “Smiles are probably the most underrated fa-
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Lucky vibes are coalescing in your vicinity. Scouts and recruiters are hovering. Helpers, fairy godmothers and future playmates are growing restless waiting for you to ask them for favors. Therefore, I hereby authorize you to be imperious, regal and overflowing with self-respect. I encourage you to seize exactly what you want, not what you’re “supposed” to want. Or else be considerate, appropriate, modest and full of harmonious caution. Cut! Cut! Delete that “be considerate” sentence. The Libra part of me tricked me into saying it. And this is one time when people of the Libra persuasion are allowed to be free from the compulsion to balance and moderate. You have a mandate to be the show, not watch the show. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Emily Dickinson wrote 1,775 poems — an average of one every week for 34 years. I’d love to see you launch an enduring, deep-rooted project that will require similar amounts of stamina, persistence and dedication. Are you ready to expand your vision of what’s possible for you to accomplish? The current astrological omens suggest that the next two months will be an excellent time to commit yourself to a Great Work that you will give your best to for the rest of your long life! SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): What’s
the biggest lie in my life? There are several candidates. Here’s one: I pretend I’m nonchalant about one of my greatest failures; I act as if I’m not distressed by the fact that the music I’ve created has never received the listenership it should have. How about you, Sagittarius? What’s the biggest lie in your life? What’s
most false or dishonest or evasive about you? Whatever it is, the immediate future will be a favorable time to transform your relationship with it. You now have extraordinary power to tell yourself liberating truths. Three weeks from now, you could be a more authentic version of yourself than you’ve ever been.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Now and then you go through phases when you don’t know what you need until you stumble upon it. At times like those, you’re wise not to harbor fixed ideas about what you need or where to hunt for what you need. Metaphorically speaking, a holy grail might show up in a thrift store. An eccentric stranger may provide you with an accidental epiphany at a bus stop or a convenience store. Who knows? A crucial clue may even jump out at you from a spam email or a reality TV show. I suspect that the next two weeks might be one of those odd grace periods for you. AQUARIUS
(Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “Reverse psychology” is when you convince people to do what you wish they would do by shrewdly suggesting that they do the opposite of what you wish they would do. “Reverse censorship” is when you write or speak the very words or ideas that you have been forbidden to express. “Reverse cynicism” is acting like it’s chic to express glee, positivity and enthusiasm. “Reverse egotism” is bragging about what you don’t have and can’t do. The coming weeks will be an excellent time to carry out all these reversals, as well as any other constructive or amusing reversals you can dream up.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Poet Emily Dickinson once revealed to a friend that there was only one Commandment she ever obeyed: “Consider the Lilies.” Japanese novelist Natsume Soseki told his English-speaking students that the proper Japanese translation for “I love you” is Tsuki ga tottemo aoi naa, which literally means “The moon is so blue tonight.” In accordance with current astrological omens, Pisces, I’m advising you to be inspired by Dickinson and Soseki. More than any other time in 2018, your duty in the coming weeks is to be lyrical, sensual, aesthetic, imaginative and festively nonliteral.
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Your key theme right now is growth. Let’s dig in and analyze its nuances. 1. Not all growth is good for you. It may stretch you too far too fast — beyond your capacity to integrate and use it. 2. Some growth that is good for you doesn’t feel good to you. It might force you to transcend comforts that are making you stagnant, and that can be painful. 3. Some growth that’s good for you may meet resistance from people close to you; they might prefer you to remain just as you are and may even experience your growth as a problem. 4. Some growth that isn’t particularly good for you may feel pretty good. For instance, you could enjoy working to improve a capacity or skill that is irrelevant to your long-term goals. 5. Some growth is good for you in some ways and not so good in other ways. You have to decide if the trade-off is worth it. 6. Some growth is utterly healthy
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You can’t sing with someone else’s mouth, Taurus. You can’t sit down and settle into a commanding new power spot with someone else’s butt. Capisce? I also want to tell you that it’s best if you don’t try to dream with someone else’s heart, nor should you imagine you can finetune your relationship with yourself by pushing someone else to change. But here’s an odd fact: You can enhance your possibility for success by harnessing or borrowing or basking in other people’s luck. Especially in the coming weeks.
cial expressions,” he has written, “much more complicated than most people realize. There are dozens of smiles, each differing in appearance and in the message expressed.” I bring this to your attention, Virgo, because your assignment in the coming weeks — should you choose to accept it — is to explore and experiment with your entire repertoire of smiles. I’m confident that life will conspire to help you carry out this task. More than at any time since your birthday in 2015, this is the season for unleashing your smiles.
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TOURIST THOUGH I LIVE HERE Slightly feral, financially stable, debt-free and way-divorced (2002) guy looking for a reasonably fit woman for fun and friendship and, if the stars align, LTR. I like live music in small outdoor venues. Love the outdoors. Not into camping; like a B&B much better. A semi-date to hit tennis balls is also good. Hard to find players. oneplank, 60, l LONELY WIDOWER A woman who loves touching and who is willing to help me get back to enjoying slow foreplay, help an older man to enjoy life. Not looking for a long-term relationship unless we really hit it off. johnM, 71 CHEERFUL & THOUGHTFUL DESIGNER I am a father, artist, painter, architect, occasional illusionist and past EMT with a cheerful attitude toward life. I love designing buildings, lighting and furniture, and raising money for cancer research. I live in a friendly community that I founded many years ago with my deceased wife. Enjoy biking, hiking and traveling to warm places in the winter. Designer71, 71, l HANDSOME, ATHLETIC, ATTENTIVE (IN BED) I don’t want to get too wordy here. Direct and to the point, I always say. I am looking for a woman to give me what is missing in my life: sexual euphoria. I’m not looking for a girlfriend or wife. I’m looking for what we all secretly are looking for: passion. Message me if you want to talk. Ted269, 47, l ARTICULATE SENSUALIST SEEKS INSATIABLE GODDESS I am a single, kinky, open-minded professional. I am respectful, communicative. Interested in meeting a sensual woman who seeks intimate connection. Chemistry is a wonderful thing, and I’d love to explore the places we’ll venture together once we establish trust, communication and mutual desire. I would love to discuss with you which one of us gets blindfolded first. kinderedspirit, 49, l WIT, WISDOM AND WINE Yikes! How do I capture my soul in this little box? More to follow... Just one request of you: Please be insightful, witty, feisty, and know when and when not to use a comma. Jellobmw, 62, l CURIOUS ABOUT POSSIBILITIES I am looking for a special partner. I’d like a FWB where we can explore and grow and not be judged. Frankly, I would like to explore bi, three-ways with each sex and anything that strikes a chord. I am a sane, kind and funny guy, but I have a strong sex drive and an open mind. Hoping to find the same. melp, 49, l WELL-TRAVELED MAN Laid-back male seeks emotionally available female for casual dating. Open to a life partner. Enjoy art, music, history, poetry, antiques, eclectic dining, family and friends. 90Sunset, 62, l RESPECTFUL GENTLEMAN FOR HUNGRY WOMEN! Recent acquisition by my company now finds me in Brattleboro for work. Not looking to charm the pants off of you but would enjoy an occasional dining companion when here. Bring your own car, and dinner’s on me. Vegetarians and I would have a hard time agreeing on a location. Your age, race, height, weight and marital status are not important. BoundaryCrosser, 51
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LOOKING FOR A GIRLFRIEND Hi. I am 43, female, 5’3, 135 pounds, blond long hair, 38C chest, brown eyes, size 5 jeans. Married 20 years. Much still in love, but my husband knows that I am into women, too, so he is allowing me to have a girlfriend on the side. I don’t do any drugs. I don’t smoke. Three beers when I drink. 19751975Tammy, 43 ADVENTURE-SEEKING, FUN-LOVING I am a divorced mom of two (grown) children, and now life is a little more about me! Learning about me, enjoying life and not being held back. I am an independent, spirited woman who has a complete “can do” attitude. I think I am very nonjudgmental and love to be outdoors (kayaking or hiking). Look me up! imagine1203, 48, l INDEPENDENT, VISIONARY ADVENTURESS In a small nutshell, I’m genuinely interested in listening and sharing, incredibly passionate, and always want to do things. Based on my somewhat angelic appearance, people are often surprised to hear my crazy stories and that I swear a lot. missselenious, 28, l SOCIAL JUSTICE WARRIOR I’d rather chat than write an essay about myself. My purpose in life has a lot to do with helping people find success and overcome obstacles. Human rights are nonnegotiable. I really love dogs and babies. LearnJoy, 41, l FUN, CARING DANCER If you are looking for someone with whom to hang out, go to cider tastings and breweries, or listen to live music and do some dancing, I’m your woman. I enjoy nice hikes or just walking trails and new adventures outdoors. I am a caring and fun person. I enjoy all kinds of music and music festivals. Let’s get together and have some fun together. Musiclove43, 43, l
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A FAVOR TO BE REPAID I wonder what the Virgo horoscope says today? You watched my cat as I bike-toured Montana and Canada! Now it’s time for me repay the favor! When: July 29. Where: Ween at the waterfront. When: Saturday, July 7, 2018. Where: Pearl St. You: Woman. Me: Man. #914433 SUGARBUSH JULY 4TH You were dancing with another girl after the fireworks. I was dancing, as well. You: wearing a white tank top with a tattoo along your shoulders, silver sparkles on your face. You caught me checking you out. I smiled, thought you were checking me out, as well. You have my interest... When: Wednesday, July 4, 2018. Where: Sugarbush. You: Woman. Me: Man. #914431 TWICE IN ONE WEEK We smiled at each other both times we crossed paths: the first time at Skinny Pancake and then on Church Street a few days later (you were walking with your bike). Seeing you twice in one week made me think we should meet on purpose. When: Thursday, June 28, 2018. Where: Skinny Pancake and Church St. You: Man. Me: Woman. #914430
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KORNER KWIK STOP Something about your gray dress and smile caused me to write this. Seen you there many times. Always friendly and smiling. Maybe I can see you outside of working. Daily green beer can purchaser. When: Thursday, July 5, 2018. Where: Korner Kwik Stop. You: Woman. Me: Man. #914429 MOVIE PASS AT BEAST We spoke before and after the movie. You: salt-and-pepper hair, popcorn and a friend with glasses. Me: blond, pink shirt, black skirt. None of us liked the flick. Let’s meet and talk more about Lean on Pete. I hope to see you at the Roxy again. When: Thursday, July 5, 2018. Where: the Roxy, downtown Burlington. You: Man. Me: Woman. #914426 JULY 3 POPPIN’ YARD SALE Me: leaf tattoo, in a hurry. You: three babes who make a yard sale into a party. Wish I had stopped to shop. Buying something woulda been a great excuse to talk. Room for one more next time you’re chillin out, maxin’, relaxin’ all cool? When: Tuesday, July 3, 2018. Where: N. Winooski Ave. You: Woman. Me: Woman. #914424 IDEES? MAIS OUI! One good reason to get together is that we want each other. A better reason still is that we need each other. You know how to reach me. Despite your obvious qualities, my attraction to you was a surprise; I thought that part of life was over. Now I dream of the things we would do and revel in every second. When: Tuesday, July 3, 2018. Where: Pine St. You: Woman. Me: Man. #914423
IDEAS ON TABLES My postings have clearly charged up some pretty heavy, wishful notions of ideas and tables ... but my I-Spy is still out there. ;) Sorry to disappoint. When: Saturday, May 12, 2018. Where: Pine St. You: Man. Me: Woman. #914425 ASIAN PERSUASION, GARDENER’S SUPPLY Sunday morning I was looking to beat the heat and buy what I needed, but you pulled up with your dress, and the heat just went shooting skyhigh! Wanted to see your eyes, but your sunglasses hid them. Willing to meet to show me them sometime? When: Sunday, June 24, 2018. Where: Gardener’s Supply, Burlington. You: Woman. Me: Man. #914422 CAUGHT OFF GUARD AT WORK You came into my work, and I immediately could not help you. I work for a company that sells seeds and bulbs, but I know nothing about gardening. I believe you own a greenhouse and could definitely teach me a few things. I would love to chat some more about high school and meet your dog again! When: Tuesday, July 3, 2018. Where: American Meadows. You: Woman. Me: Man. #914421 IDEAS I can’t take it! I want to jump your bones. You’re intelligent, creative, handsome ... a bit goofy? I make excuses for our conversations to last longer. You’d probably never imagine who this is, and there are reasons why it’s a bad idea. But I’m putting it into the universe because you’re stuck in head, and maybe we’ll invent a good reason. When: Monday, July 2, 2018. Where: Pine St. You: Man. Me: Woman. #914420 STILL WILLING ON THE TABLE? Being with you there — or anywhere else — would give me great joy. My only hope is that it would bring as much to you. One day you mentioned that someone could kiss your pale white ass. I would love that. When: Friday, June 29, 2018. Where: Pine St. You: Woman. Me: Man. #914419 HARDWICK FARMERS MARKET 6/29 Nancy from Cabot: I mistook you for someone else, but I’m glad I introduced myself. You said you like math — that’s cool, too. Can I treat you to lunch? When: Friday, June 29, 2018. Where: Hardwick Farmers Market. You: Woman. Me: Man. #914418 15 ITEMS OR LESS I let you go ahead of me in the 15-itemsor-less line this morning. We counted my items to make sure I belonged there. (I did!) You were wearing a red shirt and shorts. We chatted a little. I wanted to ask for your number but was too shy and self-conscious. Were you interested in hanging out sometime? When: Saturday, June 30, 2018. Where: City Market. You: Man. Me: Woman. #914417
MYCELIUM01, WHERE’D YOU GO? You sent two messages on June 27, but by the time I checked they had disappeared, along with your page. I wish I knew what they said! When: Wednesday, June 27, 2018. Where: POF. You: Man. Me: Woman. #914416 RUGGED SWEETHEART, ADDISON COUNTY You’re rugged and tough, old school. You know how to treat a real woman. You’re respectful and know attitude, effort, personality and confidence matter. Like me, you’re very affectionate, fun-loving and don’t sweat the small stuff. Our connection is amazing — you like my smart, super affectionate personality and my curves. We like music, the outdoors, fun adventures, cuddling. When: Monday, June 25, 2018. Where: Addison County. You: Man. Me: Woman. #914415 SPARKS ON SHELBURNE RD. End of May. I provided customer service as you shopped with your wife (?). We chatted for several minutes. Turns out we’re both from the same state. You were incredibly handsome, but what really got me was the way you looked in my eyes and the intense sparks. Can I support you through this difficult time? When: Saturday, May 26, 2018. Where: grocery store, Shelburne Rd. You: Man. Me: Woman. #914414 FREE COOKIE AT WILLISTON COFFEE I was waiting for four chais. You were being nice and chatting a little. You gave me a free cookie for waiting so patiently. Caught you looking at my name tag, and for some reason I didn’t leave my card. Maybe come in and get one from me? When: Saturday, June 23, 2018. Where: Williston. You: Woman. Me: Man. #914413 WORKING ON IT Splitting kindling or f’in around? Thought you wanted to set the record straight, but heard hide nor hair from you. Some days I grow concerned, worrying about your heart and head. Other days I want to set it all on fire, move on to a new life and forget you ever happened to me. Time is running out. When: Wednesday, November 8, 2017. Where: the last time. You: Man. Me: Woman. #914412 CHARLIE BROWN You wore fancy sunglasses, a new tattoo and a beat up old baseball hat that you used to swat a fly off my thigh. Your smile is the best I’ve ever seen, and I want to see it every day. Charlie Brown, I want to marry you someday. When: Monday, June 25, 2018. Where: Warren Falls. You: Man. Me: Woman. #914411 JUST ASK THEM NOW Life is too short to be so silent and wondering. Just go for it. 50/50 chance on the answer, and I’ll bet that the yes answer would be 80 percent of the time, married or single, etc. You’d be surprised. I was. So just go for it. Enjoy the summer. Go for it. When: Monday, June 25, 2018. Where: next door. You: Woman. Me: Man. #914410 CUTE DAD AT BAGEL COMPANY You were with a cute little blond toddler wearing black, white and pink. I was with my two kids a few tables over. I glanced quite a few times and wonder if you were glancing, too? While loading into my car, you were also on your way to yours, and we exchanged a quick “Your kiddo is cute” convo. Coffee sometime? When: Sunday, June 24, 2018. Where: Bagel Company. You: Man. Me: Woman. #914409
SCARLETTLETTERS Dear Scarlett,
I have been single for a long time. I finally met a woman who is also single and my age, though unfortunately she lives a plane ride away. We’ve been together for a few months, and I think the relationship has a lot of potential. She has stayed with me a few times over long weekends, and my friends think she’s great, which is important to me. But both of us have had bad experiences with longdistance relationships. What do you think: Can longdistance relationships really work?
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Dear Dear,
Dear but Not Near (male, 48)
Long-distance relationships can work! But they require open communication, clear expectations, effort, flexibility and, in your case, a healthy supply of frequent-flier miles. Some tips to live by: 1. Communicate frequently, but don’t overdo it. Technology has made it much easier to stay connected to those we love. That’s usually not a problem in the early stages when you can’t get enough of each other. It gets tougher, though, when the honeymoon wears off and life gets in the way. Strike a balance between staying connected and living your life. Twice-daily phone calls can begin to feel like a burden; an unanswered text, like a rejection. Trust each other, and reinforce that trust along the way. 2. Stay physically present. Skype and FaceTime are great for communicating “face-to-face.” But don’t go too long without being in each other’s physical presence. Set a limit on the time you’re willing to spend apart. Visiting every three weeks (give or take), for example, might be the right amount of time to stay on each other’s radar and give you both something to look forward to. 3. Be open about expectations. I know you just met, but what’s your relationship horizon? Are you two just trying this out? Is it possible that someday you’d live in the same city or town? Talk about what kind of relationship (marriage?) is possible. 4. Don’t go to bed angry. If you have a fight, try to resolve it before going to bed. When you live apart, it’s too easy to walk away, be insecure or misread each other. Reassure your partner that you’ll be there through the good times and the bad. Emotional distance can be much harder to bridge than physical distance.
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Scarlett
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