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with the noise from F-35 flyovers, we are supposed to do the same in Burlington. The outrage over the F-35 noise and That doesn’t jibe with the Vermont lifeits effects on children are outrageous style I know and cherish, but it is touted [“Sound Effects,” July 7]. as the solution by Gov. Phil Scott, senaI know, because in 1961 I lived on tors Patrick Leahy and Bernie Sanders, the flight path of StraRep. Peter Welch, tegic Air Command and Mayor Miro BACK ON TRACK Base McCoy, outside Weinberger. Orlando, Fla. I was 6 Forget for the years old. B-52 bombers moment that the fully loaded and fueled proposed retrofitted took off daily until the residential soundearly ’70s. They were proofing will take so loud, with eight jet more than 20 years engines straining to lift to implement and over 400,000 pounds, cost at least $100,000 that they rattled our per residence, based windows and shook the on numbers in the house. Us kids would run article. Let’s get an RELEASE SWEET CURTAIN CALL UP IN THE AIR outside to watch. Those idea of how noiseolder jet engines smoked proof this technical a lot, too. fix really is and what everyday indoorI am 66 now, and I hear well. I have outdoor strategy is needed to avoid been to Burlington International Airport exposure. Please, Seven Days, give us an to watch the F-35s three times this article on the purported and likely details summer, and I don’t understand the of living in sound bunkers. criticism. Yes, they are loud, but not for Robert Herendeen long. And they don’t even come close to BURLINGTON the B-52 in shaking the ground. Those bombers flew over my school, too, and I don’t even remember them interrupting F-35S INFLICT TRAUMA anything. Children who are freaked out Thank you, Colin Flanders, for your wellhere with the F-35 are that way because written feature article [“Sound Effects,” the parents made them that way. July 7]. Living at the north end of North Eric Phelps Avenue in Burlington, my husband and I get plenty of the F-35s’ jarring, searing SOUTH HERO roar over our heads, several times a day. It is much worse when there is cloud cover. SOUND BARRIERS The noise is mentally and emotionally [Re “Sound Effects,” July 7]: As a kid, I disrupting and must be traumatic for learned that in big cities, like New York, people who have experienced war, either one must go indoors to seek quiet. Now, as a soldier or as a refugee.

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How can our leaders, who don’t live with the effects of F-35s, be so willing to inflict trauma on their constituents? I find it outrageous when there were alternative sites for the planes. In an area with increasing air traffic, the additional F-35s bring high risk of a devastating crash and poisonous fire in a highly populated area. Living with F-35s is putting us in more danger, rather than making anyone safe. I feel a sense of betrayal by our leaders in their blindness to the obscene expense involved and the profligate use of petroleum in flying F-35s, while our communities are working to reduce man-made CO2 emissions during a global warming crisis. Is there a spiritual disconnect from and disregard for the whole community of life — Earth Community — that enables such blindness? It is time to choose life and respect for Earth Community — the amazing, interrelated, interconnected community of life in Earth’s biosphere — and dismantle preparations for war, which are madness. Sylvia Knight

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[Re Staytripper: “A Novel Retreat,” May 25]: The vagaries by which historical figures get “canceled” are baffling to me. Dorothy Canfield Fisher’s association with the eugenics movement (though she was not a known eugenicist herself ) and her portrayal of characters who express racist views contributed to the removal of her name from a Vermont literature award. Yet Rudyard Kipling, proud colonialist and white supremacist, continues to enjoy his reputation as a beloved children’s author. This is the man who wrote the nonironic poem “The White Man’s Burden,” which urged the U.S. to start building its own empire in the style of Great Britain. After the 1919 Amritsar massacre in FEEDBACK

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Magnificent 7 Fair Game Side Dishes Art Review Soundbites Album Reviews Movie Review Ask the Reverend

Life Lines Food + Drink Culture Art Music + Nightlife Movies Calendar Classes Classifieds + Puzzles 81 Fun Stuff 84 Personals

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ART 44 Seeking Utopia

Art Review: “Bubblegum Pop,” BCA Center

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Joshua Sherman spearheads an arts-led revitalization in Norman Rockwell’s Arlington STORY BY DAN B O LLES , PAGE 26

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NEWS & POLITICS 13

FEATURES 26

CULTURE 40

From the Publisher

A Star Is Born

Futile Fight

251: Dispatches From Vermont Towns

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Green Grab

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Justice for All

At a new summer academy, Burlington students of color share stories, learn leadership skills and get paid

On his debut record, Clean, rapper Benjamin Lerner champions recovery

Civil War memorabilia and a jump in the lake in Alburgh

Book review: Lieutenant Dangerous: A Vietnam War Memoir, Jeff Danziger Charlotte’s Zach Pollakoff inspires creatives to make work — including adorned painter’s slacks

Benjamin Lerner is a musician with an SUPPORTED BY: unusual sound. A classical pianist, he also raps about his experiences in recovery from addiction. His debut album, Clean, was produced by Old Mill Road Recording, an East Arlington studio run by music producer, publisher and doctor Joshua Sherman.

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Stringing Along When it comes to musical inspiration, the Moon Shells aren’t bound by borders. Traditional sounds from Appalachia, Louisiana and West Africa inform this Connecticut old-time string band. The five-piece group plays at Catamount Airfield in Cabot at a combination concert and fiddlers gathering. Musicians are welcome to bring instruments and tents for a night of jamming and camping. SEE CALENDAR LISTING ON PAGE 54

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Food, music, friends and neighbors — what more could one ask for on a summer evening? The fifth annual SoBu Nite Out series offers these good-time staples every Thursday through August 19. Gathering at Veterans Memorial Park in South Burlington, folks feast on food truck fare amid live tunes from local acts. Burlington rockers the Devon McGarry Band take the stage on July 15.

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Moving Meditation The Japanese practice of forest bathing is one way folks can experience the great outdoors while reaping the restorative benefits of nature immersion. Certified nature and forest therapy guide Duncan Murdoch leads a Summer Forest Bathing session at the Green Mountain Audubon Center in Huntington, encouraging participants to engage all five senses through a mindful woodland walk. SEE CALENDAR LISTING ON PAGE 54

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FUTURE VISIONS For members of the Loom Ensemble, moving past the trauma of 2020 is not about getting back to normal but steering toward a better world. To that end, the Dubai- and New York City-based interdisciplinary collective gathered Vermont performers to create the dance-theater work “Twenty Twenty / Twenty TwentyOne.” Held outdoors in Montpelier and Brattleboro, the show imagines a world beyond COVID-19, wildfires and social injustice. SEE CALENDAR LISTINGS ON PAGES 53 AND 54

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Benefit Bazaar Summertime is special for so many reasons: creemees, beach days, lightning bugs — the list goes on. For thrifty shoppers, summer is also known as yard sale season. Bargain hunters can browse gently used and like-new items at Central Vermont Habitat for Humanity’s eighth annual Yard and Attic Sale next to Bethany United Church of Christ in Randolph. SEE CALENDAR LISTING ON PAGE 53

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Families get up close and personal with local fauna — scat, skulls and all — during Magnificent Mammals Day at Quechee’s Vermont Institute of Natural Science. This educational and entertaining event kicks off with the virtual talk “The Language of Wolves” on Friday evening. Saturday’s in-person schedule includes wildlife encounters and opportunities to explore animal pelts, tracks and trail-camera footage. SEE CALENDAR LISTINGS ON PAGES 53 AND 54

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Behind Closed Doors “If these walls could talk about the things that we say and what we hide from the public, what would they tell us?” This is the driving question behind Vermont artist Christy Mitchell’s solo installation “Holding Pattern.” On view at the S.P.A.C.E. Gallery in Burlington through August 7, the show features artifacts from the past that tell stories about modernday topics — both universal and personal to Mitchell. LEARN MORE AT SPACEGALLERYVT.COM.

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In the past month, I’ve been twice to the Northeast Kingdom — once for a wedding; the second time, to report a story. I found that, like all over the country, many businesses are struggling to hire employees so they can resume normal, pre-pandemic operations. The owner of the Willoughvale Inn and Cottages at Lake Willoughby can’t find enough staff to reopen the bar and dining room. The Barton Baking Company was closed last Thursday with no explanation on the front door. In fancier East Burke, the owners of the Inn at Burklyn are running the front and back of the house. And it’s a very big house indeed. Fourteen rooms. High-end nuptials. Jim and Marci Crone say they can’t find enough help. At the nearby Inn at Mountain View Farm, where I attended a gorgeous wedding, the servers skewed much older than your typical catering crew. They all did a great job but, by the end of the gig, looked exhausted. We’re halfway through the summer, and I’d wager that milestone might be a comfort to Vermonters in the tourism and hospitality industry. They’re under intense pressure to serve customers a high-quality experience so they’ll keep coming back — and leaving five-star reviews online. By September, some speculate, employees will be ready to return to work. That’s when kids will be back in school and unemployed workers will stop getting an extra $300 a week in benefits. But the staffing challenge is more complicated than that. Many of the employees who showed up for all those Zoom meetings are calling it quits. A record 4 million Americans left their jobs in April, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. A recent Microsoft survey found that more than 40 percent of workers worldwide are thinking about doing the same thing. “The Great Resignation,” as Texas A&M University associate professor Anthony Klotz dubbed it, captures the current trend of people reexamining their lives, their paychecks and their professional priorities — and making big structural changes. So far, I’m happy to say, the team that creates Seven Days is sticking around. Making a newspaper is hard, but our employees have a lot of freedom to work when, where and how they want. The designers were first to return to the office. They have a great time together and, once reassembled, no one wanted to miss out. Many of our reporters, too, have come back — at least between interviews. Not being able to talk face-to-face with sources and colleagues made their jobs incredibly challenging during the pandemic. Some of our editorial staffers did want to do something different, and for the most part we have been able to accommodate them. Jordan Adams has moved from music editor to staff culture Interested in becoming a Super Reader? writer; Sally Pollak, from food to features. Writer Look for the “Give Now” buttons at the top Margaret Grayson opted to become a freelancer. of sevendaysvt.com. Or send a check with Elizabeth Seyler left the proofreading desk to your address and contact info to: fill in for departing culture editor Pamela Polston, SEVEN DAYS, C/O SUPER READERS who will focus on visual art exclusively. Elizabeth P.O. BOX 1164 BURLINGTON, VT 05402-1164 will share the job with assistant arts editor Dan Bolles. Alison Novak, former managing editor For more information on making a financial of Kids VT, is now a full-time Seven Days news contribution to Seven Days, please contact reporter covering K-12 education. Corey Grenier: No doubt some employers think about VOICEMAIL: 802-865-1020, EXT. 136 change, too, after navigating their businesses EMAIL: SUPERREADERS@SEVENDAYSVT.COM through the coronavirus crisis. But, right now, they’re probably too busy to do anything about it.

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OPEN SEASON ON VERMONT POLITICS BY MARK JOHNSON

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needs to do a better job of being transparent. The Burlington mayor recently took five days to let city leaders know he’d put airport aviation director GENE RICHARDS on paid administrative leave as part of an investigation. Two years ago, he put then-police chief BRANDON DEL POZO on administrative leave, and then medical leave, without explaining why. There was also the troubling case that same year of Weinberger and del Pozo trying to get the state medical examiner to drop “homicide” as the manner of death for a man who had been punched by a Burlington police officer. More recently, WCAX-TV has called out Weinberger’s administration for producing blacked-out pages of emails between the mayor and former city police consultant KYLE DODSON in response to a public records request. Seven Days had a similar experience in 2020 when it asked for emails and documents related to del Pozo’s resignation. In the most recent case, Weinberger insists that he had every intention of informing the city council of Richards’ leave, which began June 30. He cited a combination of events — the Fourth of July weekend, a new acting city attorney following the recent retirement of EILEEN BLACKWOOD, the need to craft a formal letter to Richards — as partly to blame for why it took him almost a week to do so. City Council President MAX TRACY (P-Ward 2) is among those not buying that argument. “It’s as simple as sending an email saying, ‘This is the status. This is what’s going on. We’ll provide you updates as they become available,’” Tracy said. Or the mayor could have given Tracy a heads-up when the two ran into each other downtown during the July 3 fireworks festivities. Tracy said he heard about Richards’ leave on July 5 and asked the mayor’s office the next morning to provide the council information. Reporters were also asking about it. Weinberger maintains that those inquiries from Tracy and the press did not trigger him to send the council a short email on July 6, saying he already had that correspondence in the works. What’s troubling about the mayor’s handling of the Richards case is that it comes too soon after the 2019 social media scandal that ended del Pozo’s tenure. During that, Weinberger didn’t tell the council for months — even in executive IRO WEINBERGER

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session — why he put the chief on medical leave. The reason, it turned out, was that del Pozo had created a fake Twitter account to harass a local critic, a decision the mayor blamed on “an underlying mental health condition.” The year before, del Pozo had suffered a head injury in a bad bike crash. Weinberger disputed any pattern, calling the two situations totally different. With del Pozo, he said, medical privacy prevented him from disclosing information to the public. He could have, however, told the council, which is often privy to — and legally required to protect — confidential information it learns in executive session. There are practical and legal reasons for the mayor to inform the council in a more timely way than he has. Burlington’s government structure is different than other communities’; the city charter calls for the council to govern in partnership

with the mayor. The council approves the mayor’s hiring and firing of department heads and is the appeals body if a department head objects to a dismissal. That means you want to keep city councilors informed about what’s going on. You also want them to withhold comment if the press or public inquires, since councilors might be asked to hear an appeal and need to maintain objectivity. There’s also common courtesy. No one on a governing board, a city council or even a powerless commission should be surprised to learn the status of a department head from a reporter. But that’s exactly what just happened to members of the Airport Commission, an advisory board that develops the airport budget and advises the mayor on the appointment of the airport director. It is standard practice in the private

sector for a board of directors to be informed as soon as possible when a top administrator is put on leave. When taxpayer dollars fund a position, the case for disclosure is even more compelling. An announcement, even one short on details, lets the public, employees and outside vendors know who’s running the airport as interim leader. Weinberger acknowledges secondguessing himself on how he handled the del Pozo case. But he contends that he moved “quickly” in notifying the council about Richards’ status. The reasons why Richards was placed on leave would have to wait until the council met in executive session, which it did on Monday. The investigation is about Richards’ “conduct,” Weinberger told Fair Game, and is likely to last weeks. “It was certainly a judgment call,” the mayor said, regarding how he handled disclosure to the council and public in the del Pozo case. While he didn’t offer the reasons behind del Pozo’s leave for months, Weinberger noted that he “never lied.” When a reporter asked him directly about the chief’s troll account, Weinberger said, he explained the reason. The mayor dubbed that time in 2019 as the most challenging in his nine years in office. “When you had an impropriety intermixed with a documented medical condition, it was a very challenging situation to navigate. I did the best I could. I tried hard to ... get it right, and I understand why there are frustrations about what happened there. And I respect why other people would be critical about it,” Weinberger said. “This is a very different case,” he said of Richards’ situation. “It is often a judgment call exactly when the right moment is, certainly for public communications, as well as dramatically widening the circle of who is aware of a situation, because that can impact the integrity of the investigation and complicate our ability to figure out everything,” he continued. “And it also can result in unfair damage happening to city employees, so there are other really important considerations to weigh in figuring out how to get these notices and decisions exactly right.” What’s too bad is that the secondguessing in the del Pozo case didn’t prompt Weinberger to pump out that short email to the council — not to mention a statement to the public — sooner in the Richards case. That would have been more transparent.

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Don’t expect to see Vermont Public Radio reporters NINA KECK or PETER HIRSCHFELD doing hard-hitting investigative pieces on Vermont PBS anytime soon. As of July 1, the two nonprofit media outlets are now under one roof, but they’re months away from deciding how they’ll collaborate, particularly when it comes to adding more news to the TV side. SCOTT FINN , the CEO of the newly combined TV-radio empire, said the organization wants the community to weigh in before any decisions are made. In particular, Finn said, they are looking to expand their audience beyond the demographics where he said they do well, namely with older people. VPR has grown into a significant news source over the past two decades. Vermont PBS, on the other hand, has done little local news beyond Friday night’s reporter roundtable, “Vermont This Week,” election debates and legislative call-in programs. There is huge potential for cross-use of talent from the radio on a television network whose signal reaches every corner of the state. One advantage to the lack of a local news team on the TV side is that this merger, unlike so many others across the country, will not result in consolidation and reporter positions being cut. In West Virginia, where Finn used to work, there’s a daily public television recap of the legislature, a natural extension of what VPR radio reporters are doing. But Finn said Vermonters may not want that. “We can’t try to make people watch and listen in the ways that we want them to. We have to listen. We have to figure out where they are, and then we have to follow them there,” he said. It might be video on demand or other nontraditional methods. Finn expects the whole listening process to take a year. The combined operation has a $17.9 million annual budget — dwarfing VTDigger.org’s budget of about $2 million and Seven Days’ budget of $4.5 million — but Finn says that figure is deceptive. Local affiliates such as Vermont PBS and VPR pay for the national programming they run. Maintaining a network of radio and television broadcast towers is also a significant expense.

While public broadcasting has been criticized for appealing to the elite, Finn wants to reach less educated and younger audiences, as well. His desire for a broader appeal is “in my blood.” Growing up in Iowa, Finn said, neither his father, an appliance repairman, nor his mother, a babysitter, were college educated. With only two over-theair signals available, Finn and four siblings watched hours of Iowa Public Television shows. He credits educational programming — along with the public library and public schools — for why all five graduated from college and have had successful careers. Public television “was there for us, and we need to make sure it’s there for those families in the future,” he said. “And that we don’t accidentally become something that’s not for them.”

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“If you let these dispensaries sell their own product on day one, they have testing, they have packaging, they have supply,” said Eli Harrington, a cannabis consultant and event planner in Irasburg. “Basically, not only will they set the market, they’re going to dictate the other terms.” Others in the state’s cannabis scene think these fears are overblown. They point out that the law limits the state’s current dispensary owners to one retail location each, which will prevent any single corporation from monopolizing the market. Medical marijuana license holders aren’t “getting any real advantage over anybody else,” said Burlingtonbased attorney Tim Fair, whose firm,

rantha Farrow’s business plan never included selling marijuana products, but the Northeast Kingdom entrepreneur has recently come around to the idea. The 29-year-old owner of Caledonia Cannabis has sold cannabidiol (CBD) joints, tea and flower since 2018 and says adding marijuana to her product line would help her compete once Vermont’s adultuse market opens next year. But Farrow was disappointed to learn in late June that Toronto company Slang Worldwide, which owns 2,200 retail cannabis stores in the U.S., will acquire Vermont-based medical marijuana dispensary operator CeresMED for $25 million. “When I hear about big, out-of-state investment, when I hear about this rush in this industry, it’s disheartening,” Farrow said. “I hope that there’s ways that we as Vermonters can protect the land and protect the industry for our communities.” With the pending sale of CeresMED, Vermont’s five medical marijuana licenses will be owned by out-of-state conglomerates. The Slang deal, which is not yet final, cemented advocates’ fears that Big Cannabis will control the market in “buy local” Vermont. Some worry that the presence of these large companies will make it harder for the state to deliver on its promise to help women and Black, Indigenous and people of color succeed in the industry. The out-of-state-owned dispensaries will also be allowed to sell marijuana for recreational use — and will get a head start doing it. By state law, medical cannabis license holders can open up shop in May 2022, five months earlier than the October 2022 start date for other Vermont retailers. Some advocates argue that this gives deep-pocketed companies an unfair advantage in what promises to be a lucrative market; industry experts estimate that recreational cannabis sales in Vermont will top $245 million by 2024. Slang will operate CeresMED, which owns Champlain Valley Dispensary and

Southern Vermont Wellness. New Yorkbased iAnthus Capital Holdings, which owns the Grassroots Vermont medical dispensary in Brandon, operates 68 retail locations in the U.S. Curaleaf Holdings, a Massachusetts company, has 107 dispensaries in 23 states and owns medical licensees PhytoCare Vermont and Vermont Patients Alliance.

Vermont Cannabis Solutions, represents locals in the pot biz. “Why is this a big deal? It’s not.” Because cannabis is still banned under federal law, marijuana can’t be shipped across state lines. Even big operators will have to acquire and process marijuana products within Vermont’s borders. But advocates such as Harrington have long argued that the legislature has given medical dispensaries preferential treatment, better positioning them to enter the retail market.

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Gov. Phil Scott has appointed a former political rival, Christine Hallquist, to lead Vermont’s latest push to expand access to broadband. Hallquist will be the first executive director of the Vermont Community Broadband Board, which lawmakers created to accelerate the rollout of high-speed internet to the 23 percent of Vermont households that lack it. A veteran of the electric utility industry, Hallquist ran against Scott in 2018. She made history as the first transgender major-party gubernatorial candidate in the country. She won just 40 percent of the vote to Scott’s 55 percent. Hallquist made broadband a major platform in her campaign. She argued that her experience as CEO of Vermont Electric Coop positioned her well to help expand the service. She currently works for two communications union districts rolling out broadband in Lamoille County and the Northeast Kingdom. “I cannot think of a better person to lead this important effort than Christine,” Scott said in a press release. “Her experience as a cooperative executive and most recent experience with two CUDs as well as her long-standing commitment to expanding broadband in Vermont will be valuable to this work.” Local communications union districts are designed to bridge the digital divide. Vermont has nine such districts, which can build broadband infrastructure themselves or work with private internet providers to expand service. They cover more than 200 towns and are managed mostly by volunteer boards. The five-member Vermont Community Broadband Board was formed to help these fledgling districts design, fund and manage the rollout of broadband networks. Future state grants will flow almost exclusively through such districts. Board members have yet to be appointed. Hallquist compares the challenge of expanding broadband to the rural electrification effort that gave birth to the electric co-op she headed from 2005 to 2018. Hallquist said she learned she’d been selected during a “gracious” call from Scott last week. She said she’s been impressed with Scott’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and told him so. “I think he did a better job than I could have done,” Hallquist said. The state has set aside $150 million for broadband expansion, and Hallquist will be largely responsible for helping the board direct those dollars to fiber-optic projects serving all residents, she said. m

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South Londonderry’s Jamaica Cottage Shop Sold to New Hampshire Company B Y A NNE WAL L A C E ALLEN anne@sevendaysvt.com Jamaica Cottage Shop, a South Londonderry company that produces sheds and small homes, was sold last Friday to a home-building company in Claremont, N.H. The business and its 90 employees will stay in South Londonderry, said Domenic Mangano, who founded the Cottage Shop in 1995. The purchaser is Bill Silverstein, owner of WHS Homes, which produces homes under an array of brands. Mangano declined to disclose the price. But he said the employees probably won’t see much difference in the work they perform. “The management staff will remain in place and continue to run operations as is,” Mangano said. The Cottage Shop produces about 2,000 buildings a year. Most are used as cabins and cottages; some people use them as storage, he said. The company sells kits and fully assembled homes and structures. Mangano said he had been trying for six years to sell his company. Demand for new homes is very high in northern New England and nationally; Vermont in 2020 pledged more than $150 million of federal coronavirus relief money toward creating more housing over the next five years. And median home prices have hit record highs in Vermont and New Hampshire. “With the current demand coming out of the pandemic, the company is in a very good place, so it was very strategic to pull the trigger in 2021,” Mangano said. Silverstein said on Monday that he doesn’t expect to make any immediate changes to staffing at the South Londonderry location. “They currently employ 90 craftspeople there, and you can only imagine what it would be like to try to change those jobs to some other location,” he said. “It’s very difficult to get skilled people. My aim is to run the business where it is.” His New Hampshire company owns three other brands: Timberpeg, Real Log Homes and American Post & Beam. m

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Green Grab « P.16 In 2017, lawmakers allowed dispensaries to convert from nonprofit to for-profit businesses and to accept cash from outof-state investors. The following year, Gov. Phil Scott signed into law a measure that permits Vermonters to grow their own plants at home. That likely hurt the medical program, which once had a high of about 5,700 people enrolled. As of late June, the number had dropped to about 4,800. Medical dispensaries lobbied hard in 2019 to get exclusive access to “vertically integrated licenses” in the new recreational market. The permit allows them to act as growers, wholesalers, manufacturers and retailers, and to operate testing labs; other cannabis entrepreneurs, meanwhile, have to obtain one of each license type to perform the same tasks. Sen. Dick Sears (D-Bennington), whose Senate Judiciary Committee has vetted Vermont’s cannabis laws, opposes both the integrated license program and early market access for medical license holders. He worries that the established dispensaries, backed by large corporations, will undercut the small growers and disenfranchised groups that the law is supposed to protect. “The medical facilities were providing an important service in Vermont when we didn’t have any other way for

medical patients to obtain marijuana, other than growing their own,” Sears said. “They’ve maintained a valuable place in our system. The question now becomes, as we go to a legalized system, what is their role?” Bridget Conry, director of brand experience for CeresMED, says dispensaries can use their first-move advantage and corporate backing to improve both the medical and recreational markets. Many medical cannabis users have asked the company to offer a wider variety of products that it couldn’t previously afford, Conry said. “If we can make it easier for patients to get on and stay on the registry without having to jump through a lot of hoops, there will be a lot of incentive for Vermonters to [stay in the medical program]: No taxes, no limits on dose/ potency, and access to trained staff for consultation in a private setting,” Conry said in an email. CeresMED will now be able to purchase formulas and equipment from Slang, a publicly traded company that buys and sells product licenses, to expand its own product line. The company will support producers on the recreational side by selling craft products in its retail shop, Conry said. “People in Vermont overwhelmingly want to be able to buy retail cannabis, and we want to be there to serve them,”

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she said. “We have the infrastructure to be ready to do that now, and so we think that’s a benefit for everybody.” The law requires integrated license holders to purchase 25 percent of their cannabis flower from a licensed small grower between August and October of next year. Conry said CeresMED has already signed agreements with two craft growers. “We’ve always felt that for any industry to succeed, it needs players of all sizes — large, medium, small,” she said. “There’s room for everybody, and the whole market benefits if all those sizes exist. We have a lot of experience that we’re looking forward to sharing.” Not every independent producer is feeling the love. Tito Bern, who has operated the Bern Gallery glass shop on Burlington’s Main Street since 2004, intends to apply for both a retail and

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ast December, community organizers in Rutland were searching for descendants of Martin Henry Freeman, a city native who in the 19th century became the first Black college president in the United States. The city was dedicating a sculpture of Freeman as part of a project that honors distinguished locals. Around the same time, and 500 miles to the south, Kaifa Dennis had set out to learn more about Freeman, his great-greatgreat-grandfather. Freeman had moved to Liberia, an African nation established by freed former slaves, in the mid-1800s. Dennis was born in Liberia before immigrating first to England and then to the U.S. when he was still a child. Dennis, who lives in the Washington, D.C., area, discovered the Rutland project online. Eight months later, after getting to know many of the people working on it, he’s moving to Rutland to take a job with a medical device company, closing a circle that opened in 1826, when Freeman was born in the city. Dennis got in touch with organizers last winter, but “I figured they’re not going to believe me,” he said. He connected with Steve Costello, the vice president of customer care for Green Mountain Power, one of a handful of companies sponsoring the Rutland Sculpture Trail. “I was excited, and provided them all the information I had about our family tree, and told them our story of how we came from Liberia and ended up here,” Dennis said. “Really, it was divine providence.” Freeman was raised by his grandfather, Pearson Freeman, a business owner and former slave who had won his freedom by serving as a soldier in the Revolutionary War. Martin Henry Freeman attended Middlebury College and graduated as salutatorian in 1849. His history is detailed on a section of the college’s website dedicated to the intercultural Anderson Freeman Resource Center, which opened in 2015 and was named to honor him and another Black alumnus, Mary Annette Anderson. She was a Shoreham native who taught at Howard University in Washington, D.C., in the early 1900s. Freeman went on to become president of the Allegheny Institute and Mission Church — later called Avery College — in Pittsburgh before traveling to Liberia, then 20

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a newly established nation on the western coast of Africa. “Like many students and faculty on campus, Freeman was a strong advocate of black Americans’ relocation to Africa,” reads his history on Middlebury College’s website, “arguing that African-American children would benefit from learning in an environment free from racial hierarchy.” He was a natural pick when work on the Rutland Sculpture Trail started in 2017. From the start, the purpose was to beautify downtown Rutland, attract visitors and stir community pride by drawing attention to historical figures known and unknown, Costello said. “Everyone talks about Vermont being the whitest state in the country, and it probably is,” Costello said. “But Rutland County has some fascinating African American history, and I’ve never heard it discussed previous to the sculpture trail.” Another monument on the trail is dedicated to the 20 local men who served in the first Black regiment to fight in the

Civil War. The trail also pays homage to notable women, including Andrea Mead Lawrence, an Olympic skier and leading environmentalist. In September, the city will dedicate a sculpture of 19th-century writer Julia Dorr, a leading philanthropist who established the Rutland Free Library. The Freeman statue, the eighth on the sculpture trail, was designed by Black artist Mark Burnett of Leominster, Mass., and created from Danby marble by Rutlandarea sculptor Don Ramey. It was dedicated in downtown Rutland’s Center Street Marketplace Park on May 13. Creating the sculpture trail has given participants a glimpse of previously unknown Rutland history, Costello said. “If you had asked 100 people in Rutland who Martin Freeman is six months ago, I bet you wouldn’t have found two who knew the answer,” said Costello. “With Freeman in particular, we thought this is fascinating history people should be aware of — especially in light of the history of the last few years in this country.”

Freeman’s descendant, Kaifa Dennis, settled in the U.S. in 2018 after moving back and forth for many years between jobs in Liberia and Washington, D.C. He is a writer and historian who worked in health care administration in Monrovia, the Liberian capital. Dennis started looking for more information about Freeman as he worked on a screenplay about Liberia. Freeman had served as a professor and president of Liberia College, now the University of Liberia. Dennis’ cousin, Robert Dennis, made the trip to Rutland for the statue’s dedication in May. Robert, a Washington, D.C.-area lawyer who competed with the Liberian track team in the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, said the family had long known some of their ancestor’s history, but they didn’t realize he’d been born in Rutland. Nor were they aware of Middlebury College’s Anderson Freeman Resource Center. The center serves to address “the unique social and cultural concerns specific to

students of color” and others who have been “historically underrepresented or marginalized in U.S. higher education,” according to the college’s website. “Through this experience, we found out about our sixth great-grandfather Pearson fighting in the Revolutionary War,” Robert said. “It’s kind of awe-inspiring.” The two cousins also learned more about Vermont, a place neither had really thought much about before. “The only thing I knew about Vermont before this was Bernie Sanders,” Kaifa said. The pair’s large extended family — located in Liberia, around Washington, D.C., and in Atlanta — is now establishing a scholarship for minority students from the Rutland area who attend Castleton University or Middlebury College. Robert added that Liberian American families tend to take their history very seriously. “Of course, Martin was someone who was definitely a star on the family tree,” Robert said. The rest of the family is now interested in learning more about where Freeman came from. “We would like, once COVID settles down, to make something of a pilgrimage” to Rutland, he said. Kaifa is taking his own pilgrimage a step further. Through conversations with Rutland Sculpture Trail organizers, he got to know some local leaders, including Marie Pavini, a physician who runs a medical device company called Healthy Design. She had been looking for a business development manager. Kaifa, who has an MBA from Howard University, landed a job with the Rutland-based company; he starts on August 2. Costello and others are helping him find a place to live. “Something in my gut was telling me I should go for it,” Kaifa said. He feels a strong connection to Freeman and to the story of a country founded by former slaves. Traveling to an unknown place in Africa took courage and determination, he said. “They went through a lot,” he said. “How they survived to have me here today is something I really appreciate.” As for Vermont, Kaifa quickly learned of its demographic makeup — mostly white — and contacted the local NAACP chapter to learn more about what it’s like to live in Rutland. His wife and daughter plan to follow him later. “The people whom I have met have been so kind and nice and welcoming,” he said. “The only thing I was concerned about was the cold weather. But if my ancestors could survive it back then, I’m sure I can survive it now.” m

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Another said that a gym teacher told her she couldn’t wear her skirt, part of her cultural dress, because it was too tight. Some girls don’t feel comfortable changing into sweatpants because they’ve never worn pants before, she explained. Rising junior Sahara Hassan said “a traumatizing experience” prompted her to sign up for the academy. In an assignment this spring related to learning about abolitionist Frederick Douglass, students were tasked with imagining how they would escape to freedom if they were a slave. Hassan, who was the only Black student in the class, said it felt as if slavery were being likened to a game. She refused to do the assignment and stopped going to class. A meeting with the teacher only made things worse, she said. The high school’s student achievement adviser, LeVar Barrino, suggested Hassan come to the academy and try to work toward changing things. In an interview, Sparks said that hearing students tell such stories has saddened him. He said it is critical to improve the educational experience for students of color in Burlington, who comprise 40 percent of the student body. “If students are bringing in all the issues that they’re facing at home, and then they come into our schools and they’re experiencing racism and a sense of not belonging, it does not lend itself to a healthy student being ready, willing and able to learn and engage in education,” he said. “So, we have to really start to think about those roadblocks and the barriers we put in front of students, and remove them … Because what I keep hearing and going back to is, we are really hurting kids, and that’s got to stop.”

Sparks said that Flanagan, who’s served as superintendent for a year, is committed to addressing white-supremacy culture and furthering anti-racism work. This year, Flanagan established a centralized Office of Equity and equipped it with the necessary staff and funding.

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“I think that the Racial Justice Academy is hugely important to making that work happen and ensuring that it plays out in schools,” Flanagan said in an interview. “Without … hearing the direct feedback and experiences from our students, we’re going to change a lot more slowly or not change at all.” Though it’s difficult to hear students and families speak about negative experiences in the school district, Flanagan said, “it gives me a sense of purpose that there’s real work to be done.” Bangoura said that part of the solution is training teachers in the district, 94 percent of whom are white, “to be able to talk about race and racism in ways that don’t harm students further, and educate and hold white students accountable, too.” Hiring a more diverse teaching staff is also a district priority, Sparks said, but there are systemic barriers that have made that historically difficult. For example, he said, some New Americans have teaching experience in their home country, but

there is not a straightforward pathway for them to get the credentials to teach in Vermont. Sparks said the work that started at the Racial Justice Academy will extend into the coming school year. Students will learn how to participate in conversations at board meetings and with district leadership and will be given more opportunities to be involved in decision-making processes. One example that’s already happened: When the district recently hired a new restorative practices coordinator, students were included on the interview committee. “We really anticipate using students to hold us responsible and accountable for change,” Sparks said. Students seem up to that challenge. In another small-group activity at the academy, teens worked together to write “Dear teachers” letters on chart paper — bulleted lists of what they think is important for their teachers to know. Afterward, they shared their lists. Bangoura filmed each student reading the statement that resonated most with them, and she explained that the final video would be shown to teachers as part of their professional development. “The color of my skin doesn’t define my personality,” one student read. “Respect our beliefs and culture,” said another. “Stop dismissing us every time we try to express our feelings,” a third student shared. Brown, the student facilitator, said that it’s “heartbreaking” to hear fellow students say they don’t have anyone to go to at school when they feel enraged or oppressed. That’s why it’s important that there are places where students can speak freely about their experiences, she said. Being part of the summer academy has made her feel like change is possible. “I hope this isn’t one of those things where we have the program, everyone goes home, and the same problems are still occurring with no resolution,” Brown said. “I hope that we can actually bring change to the community. I’d love to leave something with my school before I graduate.” Alanzee is similarly hopeful. “I really feel like people our age have so many powerful things to say, and we really need to be heard,” she said. When she was younger, she used to yell and leave the classroom when students or teachers said things that hurt her. But now that she’s “a mature version of herself,” she’s learning to think differently. “You guys might be ignorant, [but] we’re going to educate you all,” she said of her new approach. “I don’t want my emotions to take over me and just be mad. I want to be like, ‘No, it’s OK. We can talk this out and change.’” m

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I don’t think acting Burlington Police Chief Jon Murad knows what he’s doing or talking about [“Midnight Blues?” June 30]. He has enough police patrolling the other parts of the city, and he said he has the other ones at the police station, so what are all of the other ones doing besides drinking coffee and not doing anything? I’m pretty sure the ones at the station could be out patrolling the downtown area. If Murad wants to become the permanent chief, he better start doing better and thinking about things.

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OBITUARIES Elizabeth “Libby” Kunz OCTOBER 19, 1946-2021 COLCHESTER, VT.

Elizabeth “Libby” Brooks (Carpenter) Kunz completed her journey at the Vermont Respite House from complications of a brain tumor. Libby was born on October 19, 1946, in New London, Conn. Libby grew up on the shores of Connecticut, where she enjoyed many ocean adventures with her parents, siblings and cousins, leading to a lifelong love and appreciation for water and sun. She attended Vermont College, where she met her husband, William “Bill” Kunz, who was a student at Norwich University. After living in several different places across the country, Bill and Libby settled in Brattleboro and then Guilford, Vt. They built a house on Sugarhouse Hill, where they lived for over 40 years. Libby worked a variety of office jobs as an early childhood educator and also served as a volunteer for many community efforts in the Brattleboro area while raising her children, David and Sarah. In 2016, after Libby’s brain tumor diagnosis, Bill and Libby relocated to Colchester, Vt., to be closer to family. Libby leaves behind her devoted husband, Bill, who provided constant, compassionate and loving care to Libby over the course of her illness; a son, David Kunz, and wife Ebony of Guys Mills,

Pa.; and a daughter, Sarah Robinson, and husband Colin of Burlington, Vt. Libby was known and cherished as “Obie” (à la Obi-Wan Kenobi) to her beloved grandchildren: Treelyn Kunz of Colchester, Vt.; Jakob Kunz of Meadville, Pa.; and Hazel and Cora Robinson of Burlington, Vt. She also leaves behind her sister, Linda Mahoney, and brother-in-law, Brian Mahoney, of Grand Junction, Colo.; and many nieces, nephews and cousins. She was predeceased by her parents and her brother, Richard Carpenter. Libby was blessed with many wonderful relationships in her life — including dear friends Therese Marcy and Ellen Levesque, and her cousin and lifelong friend, Sandra Evans Falconer. The family has many precious memories of Libby, including bike rides along the Green River, fun times with her grandchildren and many years of wonderful times together at the family cottage on Keuka Lake. Libby was incredibly gullible and

also had an excellent talent for laughing at herself. This remained with her throughout the last several challenging years of her illness. Up until the final days of her life, she was able to find a chuckle — often at her own expense. As a tribute to Libby, don’t be afraid to laugh at yourself. In lieu of flowers, please enjoy some sharp Vermont cheddar, raise a glass of white wine (packed with ice cubes and more ice on the side), or admire a sunset and think of Libby. If you have memories or other thoughts of Libby that you would like to share with the family, please send to libbykunzmemorial@ gmail.com. The family would like to extend our deepest and most sincere thanks to the many people who offered their compassion and care for Libby throughout her illness, including the staff at Home Care Assistance of Greater Burlington — especially caregiver Marjorie, who provided care for Libby during her final days — the care teams at the University of Vermont Medical Center and Vermont Respite House, and Dr. Alyssa Thomas and Dr. Paul Penar of the UVM Medical Center neurological oncology department. A celebration of life for family and friends will be held at a future date, likely in 2022. If you would like to be informed of memorial service plans, please email the address above.

IN MEMORIAM Richard L. “Dick” Lefebvre 1948-2020

A Mass in celebration of the life of Dick Lefebvre, who died August 6, 2020, will be held at St. Joseph’s Cathedral in Burlington on Saturday, July 31, 2021 at 11 a.m. Family members and friends are invited to attend.

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death of her husband, Adele and her ever-present dog companions moved to Middlebury, Vt., where she reinvented herself as a restaurateur. She worked with two young partners and a local contractor to envision and open the famed Fire & Ice restaurant, which she ran for many years as a favorite meeting place for Vermonters from all walks of life. Upon retirement, Adele continued to support her beloved community in many ways, especially through her work with the Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History in Middlebury. In charge of membership and coordinator of the 1982 Capital Fund Drive, Adele launched two new sources of museum revenue, starting the gift shop and orchestrating the annual Pops Concert. In response to her

exceptional community service, Adele was awarded the Bicentennial Citizen’s Medal in 2002, and, during her tenure as the head of the Pops Committee, governor Jim Douglas declared “Adele Pierce Day” in honor of her many community services. Adele is survived by her son and daughter-inlaw, Howard and Wendy Pierce, of Charlotte, Vt.; her daughter and son-in-law, Adele and Tom Connors, of Lake Placid, N.Y.; her granddaughter, Haleigh Pierce, of New York City; and many beloved nieces, nephews and their families. Adele Pierce will be laid to rest next to her husband in Lake Placid, N.Y., during a family graveside ceremony. In the future, there will be a gathering in Middlebury to celebrate Adele’s life. In lieu of flowers, the family urges friends to make a donation in her honor to the Henry Sheldon Museum, 1 Park St., Middlebury, VT 05753, or a humane society of their choice. The M.B. Clark, Inc. Funeral Home in Lake Placid, N.Y., is in charge of arrangements. Relatives and friends are invited to share a memory, upload a photograph or leave condolences at mbclarkfuneralhome.com.

Sean worked for many years at the Brandon Training School, Apple Creek Institute in Ohio and Laconia State School in New Hampshire. He provided care and kindness to people with disabilities. For the last several years, he enjoyed working at the Shelburne Museum. He was predeceased by the love of his life, Sara Bridgman; by his parents;

and by his brother J.P. Survivors include his five brothers, Michael, Brennan, Paddy, Mahon and Eamon, and their families, as well as many cousins and loving friends. He was a lifetime member of the Algonquin Club and an accomplished sailor of Lake Champlain, the Intracoastal waterway and the Caribbean Sea. Donations can be made in Sean’s honor to thearc. org, serving people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Services have not been determined at this time. To send online condolences to his family, please visit cremationsocietycc.com.

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Adele Eells Pierce died peacefully on July 3, 2021, in Shelburne, Vt. Adele lived a full and wonderful life. Born in 1921 to Howard Parmelee Eells and Adele Chisholm Eells of Cleveland, Ohio, and Lake Placid, N.Y., Adele graduated from the Hathaway Brown School in Cleveland and attended Bennington College and the Amy Sacher School for Design in Boston, where she met her future husband, Norman Pierce. The couple married after the Second World War and settled in the Boston area, where her husband was vice president of the family business, S.S. Pierce. She spent her early years raising her young family and supporting her community as president of the Flower Club of America and the Boston Junior League. Adele, along with her husband and children, summered in Lake Placid for decades, a tradition that started in 1900 when her family first discovered the Adirondacks, an area she would love and support throughout her life. Following the premature

Sean P. Mahoney

NOVEMBER 22, 1948JUNE 27, 2021 CHARLOTTE, VT. Sean P. Mahoney of Charlotte, Vt., died on Sunday, June 27, 2021, after a brief illness. He was a kind and compassionate person. Sean was born on November 22, 1948, to Dr. James P. and Rosemary M. Mahoney of Burlington, Vt., the fourth of seven sons. He graduated from Rice Memorial High School and Castleton State College, with a degree in social work. He completed graduate certification in social work at the University of New Mexico.

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Joshua Sherman

THE PRODUCER Joshua Sherman spearheads an arts-led revitalization in Norman Rockwell’s Arlington B Y D A N BOL L ES • dan@sevendaysvt.com

s you crest a hill heading west along Old Mill Road in East Arlington, an almost-too-perfect Vermont scene unfolds below. On the left, Peter’s Brook ripples past the namesake mill, whose rough-hewn timber appears to have survived centuries. Across the street sits a cluster of well-kept colonial-era houses. Farther down are more houses, a post office, a fire station, a former IGA grocery store and a cute-as-a-button chocolate shop. The aura of idyllic Americana is so strong along this strip that you might think you’ve stumbled into a Norman Rockwell 26

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painting. In a way, you have. The American illustrator used Arlington and his neighbors as models when he lived there in the 1940s and ’50s. One of his most famous paintings, “Shuffleton’s Barbershop,” was set inside the IGA building before it was a grocery. Today’s Arlington isn’t quite Rockwell’s, though. For one thing, “the Deacon” never drove cars like the sleek Audi and Jeep SUVs parked in a narrow dirt lot beside the mill. For another, even as sleepy Vermont villages go, this one is awfully quiet. Traffic is infrequent. Aside from a worker fixing the eaves of one of the colonials and the

occasional tourist at the chocolate shop, there’s hardly a soul about. Most of the buildings on this quartermile stretch of Old Mill Road belong to Joshua Sherman, a Broadway producer and set designer turned physician turned real estate entrepreneur and would-be media mogul. Sherman, 41, has acquired a huge swath of East Arlington — a total of 23 buildings and more than 60 acres — under the banner of Old Mill Road Media. He’s turned it into a campus featuring a high-end recording studio, housing, and offices for the several print publications he owns and operates.

Sherman envisions Old Mill Road Media as an incubator for artistic projects, a production facility, a distribution outlet and a promotional vehicle all rolled into one. “Think of it like Paramount Pictures and Paramount Studios,” he said. “One feeds into the other.” He aims, in short, to revive, embrace and leverage the village’s faded history as an artistic and commercial hub. When he’s done, the town may still not look as it did in Rockwell’s era. But it will, Sherman hopes, become a haven for a new generation of artists. “Let’s take revolutionary ideas and

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the Arlington artists’ colony, and let’s put it into this new model that really embraces How can we make a difference?” Sherman said. “The idea is that you don’t throw away history; you embrace history. And then you reinvent for the next generation.” It’s generally easy to tell which structures along Old Mill Road are Sherman’s: On the north side of the street, his buildings are white with red trim; on the south, they’re red with white. “It really makes people feel like you’re on a set,” Sherman observed while guiding a reporter around his growing colony. He also owns the mill and an adjoining property, both of which were built in the 1760s by Remember Baker, a cousin of Ethan Allen and Seth Warner and a member of the Green Mountain Boys. Sherman doesn’t own the Village Peddler and Chocolatorium, the fire station, or a handful of other private homes at this end of Old Mill Road. But the sheer number of his holdings there, plus more on nearby Ice Pond Road and East Arlington Road, has started a joke circulating among his neighbors. “People ask me all the time if I’m going to rename Arlington ‘Shermanville,’” Sherman said outside the Mill. “I tell them, ‘If Arlington was good enough for the Green Mountain Boys and Norman Rockwell, it’s good enough for me.’”

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Affable and energetic, Sherman doesn’t sleep much, he said. He wears his dirtyblond hair long, framing a friendly bearded face with soft yet alert eyes. He smiles easily and converses with an almost salesmanlike slickness, but he’s not pushy. And if he sometimes shows a tendency toward name-dropping, he comes by that honestly. His mother, Eileen Bluestone Sherman, is an Emmy Award-winning playwright and lyricist. His aunt, Gail C. Bluestone, is a composer. Sherman grew up in the entertainment biz, where he forged a career that involved rubbing elbows with the likes of Judd Hirsch, Matthew Broderick and Parker Posey. As a child in Kansas City, Mo., he was immersed in music, dance and visual art. By 16, Sherman was living in New York City, well on his way to a career as a theater designer, working under the tutelage of artist Al Hirschfeld and Oscar-, Tony- and Emmy-winning designer Tony Walton, both of whom he considered close mentors. “I was ‘the Kid,’” Sherman recalled. “It was an old-school apprenticeship.” Among his early career highlights was serving as an assistant to Walton on a 1999 production of Annie Get Your Gun starring Bernadette Peters.

From left: Joshua Sherman, Francis Manzella and Benjamin J. Arrindell after winning the NAMM TEC Award for Studio Design in January 2020

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Meanwhile, he was enrolled full time at Marymount Manhattan College. Nearing graduation, Sherman learned that he needed a basic science course to complete his degree. He chose nutrition and soon discovered that the arts and sciences weren’t so far apart. “I realized that the skills I used in the arts were a lot of the same skills you use in medicine,” he explained. “Communication and listening skills, an ability to ask questions, attention to detail, a love of research.”

While Sherman’s father, Neal, was a doctor, he said he’d never considered a career in medicine before his aha moment — or rather, what he calls his “Legally Blonde moment.” “I thought, I could be a doctor,” he said with a sarcastic shrug. No one who knows Sherman will tell you he lacks confidence. But he was right. He burned through premed classes at Marymount and was accepted at Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University on Long Island. In a gap year before med school, he switched gears from designing musicals to producing them, because the latter gave him more time for his medical education. “As a designer, you’re always working on seven different projects at once,” he said. As a producer, by contrast, Sherman could develop musicals and compose music around his school schedule and residency. His most significant production during this period was Rockwell, an off-Broadway

musical about Norman Rockwell written by his mother with music composed by his aunt. In 2001, he produced The Odd Potato: The Broadway Album, a recording of the music from a show based on a children’s book written by his mother, who’d based it on his grandfather. The record featured 20 Tony winners, including Hirsch and Lillias White. Grammy winner Ben Arrindell engineered the record, marking the start of two decades of collaboration with Sherman. In 2009, Sherman was looking for a change when he found himself in southern Vermont, where his family had regularly vacationed when he was a kid. The Shermans’ holiday cards often depicted him and his sister beside Peter’s Brook. One day Sherman had breakfast with friends, including the late local playwright Fred Carmichael and his wife, Pat, who suggested he give country living a try. At their urging, he signed on to work for a year at Bennington’s Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in internal medicine and critical care. For a time, Sherman alternated weekly between producing in New York and doctoring in Bennington. “That got really old really quickly,” he said. Tired out, he transplanted his theatrical career to Vermont, where he produced a series of mini-musicals called “Charmers” and a TV pilot. Despite a local talent pool full of performers and industry pros, Sherman eventually realized he lacked the infrastructure to produce content at the level he wanted. Specifically, there was no studio that could produce high-quality sound. In 2013, Don and Verrall Keelan, the owners of Gristmill Antiques at Candle Mill Village in East Arlington, approached Sherman about buying the mill. He acquired that building in 2014, along with Baker’s homestead and the old schoolhouse, and set about renovating them. First came the mill, which became both Sherman’s headquarters and a cozy performance space. Sherman declined to say how much the down-to-the-studs restoration and reno cost him, but it clearly wasn’t cheap. Modern convenience and history blend seamlessly throughout the spacious building, from the sleek, modern kitchen to a versatile stage area to staircase railings made of wheels from the original grist mill. The building reopened as the Mill in 2015 — though, Sherman noted, he’s not done with its restoration. “With buildings from the 1700s, you’re never really finished,” he said.

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A STAR IS BORN On his debut record, Clean, rapper Benjamin Lerner champions recovery

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“Only One Left,” the penultimate track on Benjamin Lerner’s 2020 album Clean, begins with a chilling intro. “I’m 27 and half of my homies are dead,” Lerner says ruefully over an ascending progression of sustained piano chords. Then the song begins in earnest, and the rapper, now 29, wonders what happened to the other half: prison, rehab, who knows? “I feel like the only one left,” he rapsings. “Maybe this shit is a dream / Maybe I never got clean / Maybe I died and OD’ed / Way back when I was a fiend.” At no point in the song, or on the album, does a beat kick in. Clean is entirely composed of Lerner’s voice and piano, with no beats, samples or other hip-hop hallmarks. While that makes the record a rap rarity, perhaps even one of a kind, Lerner’s fusion of classical piano and hiphop is also a singularly compelling and dramatic listen. Produced by Joshua Sherman in his new studio, Clean epitomizes the potential of Old Mill Road Media. Like Sherman, Lerner is a Vermont transplant from a show-business lineage: His great-grandfather on his mother’s side was composer Irving Berlin. Since settling in the area, he’s blossomed under the influence of an almost fraternal friendship with Sherman. Lerner and Sherman met through a mutual friend while Lerner was visiting Vermont to work on a house in Sandgate that his father had built in the 1970s. The two connected over music, and Sherman encouraged Lerner to record a few songs at his studio on his next visit to Vermont. Those sessions laid the groundwork for Clean. “I wanted to see if he would show up, if he would follow through,” Sherman recalled, noting that he felt apprehensive about working with a recovering addict. “Not only did he show up and keep showing up, but he was prepared. And he was really good.” On record and in person, Lerner raps like a man possessed — or, perhaps more accurately, like a man in the midst of an exorcism. Sober five years in June, he now lives in the house his dad built. Music has become Lerner’s salvation, the vocal booth at Old Mill Road Recording his pulpit and confessional.

“I’m still a junkie,” he likes to say. “I just get high off music now.” Tall, lean and powerfully built, Lerner is a commanding presence. Above his strong jaw, high cheekbones frame dark eyes that smolder with unsettling intensity. Diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome as a child, he can seem socially reserved. But when he speaks, he does so forcefully and with deliberation. He raps in much the same way. Lerner grew up in Washington, D.C. His father was a journalist, his mother a musician. He described his upbringing as privileged, though perhaps less so than those of his prep school classmates, the children of high-powered politicians, diplomats and businesspeople. He referred to his parents’ circle as an “intellectual aristocracy” of artists, musicians and writers. Lerner was a classical piano prodigy, though he claims he was never pushed toward music, only toward success. “It was more like, ‘You need to be passionate about something, and you need to be good at something,’” he explained. Music was a natural choice, particularly given his familial link to the “God Bless America” composer. An aptitude for words is also in his DNA: His grandfather on his dad’s side was the controversial, nationally syndicated columnist Max Lerner. Lerner never met Berlin, who died two years before he was born. Growing up, though, he said, “I felt like I knew him because he was kinda like this larger-thanlife patriarch figure.” He recalled massive portraits of Berlin in his childhood home and an Oscar statuette on the mantel of his grandmother’s New York City apartment. Lerner remembered drinking “ceremonially” at his parents’ dinner parties in his youth. He got drunk for the first time at about 13 or 14, in a friend’s basement on “cobwebbed” bottles of Samuel Adams OctoberFest. “I knew I was an addict and an alcoholic before I even knew what addiction or alcoholism was,” Lerner said. Drinking eased his social anxiety and soothed his frazzled nerves. It also unlocked something in him that he’s spent the rest of his life trying to contain.

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CLEAN: FEBRUARY 3, 2020 It was a hot and muggy day in the mountains, and I had my bags packed and was ready to go. The cab was on its way. The train tickets were booked. I had successfully manipulated my family into sending me hundreds of dollars to pay for the trip home. I was two weeks sober at an inpatient rehab center and had fallen head over heels in love with a girl I had met there. We were involved in a rehab romance together. Unfortunately, a rumor had been started about me that made her not want to talk to me anymore. After finding out that one of the kids whom I considered to be a friend had spread the rumor (out of spite and jealousy), I decided to do what I did best: leave. Leave the treatment center before I had to deal with any complicated feelings or confront any problems head-on. Leave, because I wasn’t capable of dealing with any emotional stress when I was doing drugs and alcohol — let alone when I was sober. Against all the advice of the counselors and treatment staff, I remained stubbornly determined to leave. I was charting a fullspeed-ahead course toward my inevitable relapse and self-destruction. Underneath all the layers of smirking late-adolescent bravado, I was scared, weary and on the verge of a mental breakdown. I was heartbroken and confused, grasping at straws for any type of emotional or physical distraction to fill the emptiness I felt growing inside of myself. As I sat in the treatment center office and waited for them to call the cab, I

In high school, he began drinking heavily and experimenting with drugs, showing up for piano recitals and track meets drunk or hungover. He immersed himself in D.C.’s burgeoning underground hip-hop scene, where cocaine and ecstasy were often readily available. “Drinking and drugs became my identity,” he recalled. They also became his

thought about all the times in my life that I had been in the same situation: lying to myself and manipulating everyone around me to justify abandoning my commitments. The clock ticked. The counselor looked straight at me with the same skeptical half-lidded-eye look that countless other treatment counselors had given me before. I saw my reflection in a small glass mirror on the desk. As I looked at myself, I saw a vision. Actually, I saw two separate and distinct possible visions for my future — each based on whether I decided to leave or decided to stay. One was alive and sober, and one was dying from addiction. I realized then and there that it was going to be harder for me to run from my problems than to confront them head-on. I told the counselor to cancel the cab, I grabbed my bags, and I walked back to my room, knowing that whatever petty drama I would have to confront was not worth the price I would pay down the line for leaving rehab. That was the most important day of my life. It was the day I made the decision to stand and face my fears and not run from them. From that moment on, I made the decision to work every day to confront all my problems with honesty and patience, and I have lived by a simple philosophy that has kept me clean and sober through the darkest times: Keep moving forward. Run toward the truth. Don’t quit before the miracle happens.

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artistic persona. “I thought I was a better rapper when I was drinking,” he said. At the University of Miami, Lerner began taking rapping seriously. He landed features with high-profile rappers such as Mac Miller, who died of an overdose in 2018. Lerner didn’t last long in college because, as he put it, “I just wanted to drink, get high and spit freestyle raps.” He claims to have

burned through a $100,000 college account — is truly remarkable,” his testimonial reads. his family had set up for him, on cocaine, “I am inspired by his commitment to sharing weed and alcohol. his story and advocating for those engaged Having dropped out of school, Lerner in the same struggle.” returned to D.C. to work on an album. Lerner’s mother, a recovering alcoholic, There he had drug-related run-ins with sings on a track on Clean called “I Surrenpolice and made grudging attempts at der.” She refers to her son’s friendship with rehab, which didn’t stick. In 2012, he moved Sherman as a “father-brother relationship.” to San Francisco to be closer to his father, Indeed, the two sometimes joke and who had recently remarried after divorcing tease each other as brothers would. They Lerner’s mother. While Lerner was there, even kind of look alike, thanks to their long, his impacted wisdom teeth needed to be straight hair. But there’s also a paternal qualremoved. His doctor prescribed opioids for ity to the duo’s partnership. “Everything that happened to me the pain. While Lerner described his alcoholism really was because I was lucky enough to as a “slow descent,” his experience with be embraced and encouraged by people opioids was different. Within two weeks, older than me and more experienced than he was snorting oxycodone. me,” Sherman said. Of his Within six months, he was mentor-mentee relationusing and selling heroin. ship with Lerner, he added: The following years were “We’re in this journey a tragic blur. He lost friends together, and we’ll see how to overdoses. He stole thoufar we can get.” sands of dollars from his Through Sherman, Lerner has found platforms family, which eventually on which to advocate for cut him off. He rarely ate, but when he did, it was often recovery and destigmatizuncooked Top Ramen. He ing addiction. He hosts a smoked discarded cigarettes weekly show called “Clean off the street. Jams” on Manchester radio Lerner said he feels lucky station 102.7 WEQX-FM. B EN JA M I N L ER N ER to be alive. But the close The hourlong program, calls never scared him. Fear didn’t enter the which Lerner tapes at Old Mill Road Recordpicture until the day he shot up and didn’t ing, centers on his two passions: hip-hop and feel a thing. recovery. “I knew I had three choices,” he said. “I Lerner is also a staff writer for all of Shercould intentionally try to OD and die, which man’s publications, penning a newspaper I had tried a couple times. I could keep using column called “Clean” that appears weekly and hope that the feeling would come back. in the Vermont News Guide. Sherman is Or I could try to get help.” actively shopping the column around for Lerner did seek help, landing at a treat- syndication in other publications, includment center in Pennsylvania. In sobriety, ing this one. Starting this week, “Clean” will and with Sherman’s help, he found purpose: appear on Seven Days’ website. At left, read helping others attain the same freedom he Lerner’s debut column from February 3, has. 2020. Getting clean “gave me a feeling that In his columns, Lerner writes plainly and nothing had ever given me before, which candidly about his addiction and recovery. was responsibility,” Lerner explained. “And As in his music, his openness is sometimes it was a different kind of feeling than getting jarring, and that’s precisely the point. approval for being smart or being Irving “Anonymity has been such a core value of Berlin’s great-grandson or being articulate addiction and recovery,” Sherman said. “And or being good at playing piano or being a it certainly has its place. And it is a big part of good rapper.” Benjamin’s recovery. That said, we’re trying Clean hasn’t been a commercial success, to sort of adjust that, tweak that and say, ‘You partly because of the difficulty of promoting don’t have to hide your past. You don’t have music during the pandemic. Lerner’s Spotify to hide your family. You are not alone.’” page averages just 17 monthly listeners. But Whether the column is bruising or upliftthe album’s impact can’t be measured by ing, Lerner always signs off with the same traditional industry metrics. three lines, a mantra of sorts: “Keep moving Most artists’ press pages highlight choice forward. Run toward the truth. Don’t quit quotes from media outlets. Lerner’s is differ- before the miracle happens.” m ent: His testimonials are from doctors and addiction specialists in Vermont and beyond. INFO Among them is Vermont Health Commis- “Clean” by Benjamin Lerner appears weekly sioner Dr. Mark Levine. “Benjamin Lerner’s at sevendaysvt.com, beginning this ability to articulate his life struggling with week. To read his previous columns, visit addiction — and the challenges of recovery benjaminlerner.com/columns.

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Learn more about Joshua Sherman and Benjamin Lerner in this week’s episode of “Stuck in Vermont” at sevendaysvt.com.

Benjamin Lerner (left) and Joshua Sherman

The Producer « P.27 Still, the Mill was finished enough for him to move on to his next project: converting the old schoolhouse into a world-class recording studio. He hired renowned acoustic designer Francis Manzella, since deceased, to design the studio and invited Arrindell to run it. “I told Ben we could build the studio of his dreams in Vermont,” Sherman recalled, “but I’d only do it if he came with me.”

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“When I go to New York now, people are always like, ‘Do you miss the city?’” Arrindell said. “And I’m like, ‘Uh, not really.’” While the Mill is the nerve center of Sherman’s campus, Old Mill Road Recording is its beating heart. Opened in 2018, the studio has state-of-the-art equipment throughout, plus a full kitchen, a spacious live room, and numerous nooks and crannies where artists can relax or refocus between sessions. But the crown jewel of the studio, and perhaps of Sherman’s entire sprawling complex, is the piano room. In its southeast corner, floor-to-ceiling windows overlook the brook as it flows past the Mill. From the center of the room, it’s impossible to hear the rush of water or the street traffic on the building’s other side. The vocal booth has a view past the piano to the river. “The idea is to be inspired while you’re here,” Sherman said. “I think we’ve done that.”

He’s not alone in thinking so. Last year, the studio won a National Association of Music Merchants Technical Excellence & Creativity award for studio design, which Arrindell described as “the Grammy for recording studios.” He would know. The veteran hip-hop and R&B engineer has a Grammy of his own, now joined on a shelf in the control room by the NAMM TEC trophy. Sherman, who is a Grammy voter, envisions Old Mill Road Recording as a destination and retreat for national and international recording artists. But the pandemic has submarined those ambitions for now. So far, the studio has two signature releases: Get Yourself Some Happy!, the debut album from Broadway actor Lillias White, which is due out later this month; and Clean, the 2020 debut of rapper and recovering addict Benjamin Lerner (see story on page 28). Sherman believes more

artists will come, given his and Arrindell’s connections in the music and theater worlds. In the meantime, Old Mill Road Recording remained busy throughout the pandemic, Sherman and Arrindell said, thanks to a mix of projects by local artists, in-house podcasts and radio work, and postproduction jobs for the likes of Netflix. Sherman said the studio has also helped Arlington residents grasp his vision for the entire campus. “When I did the Mill, people didn’t really know what it was,” he said. “But people understand a recording studio. It puts the pieces together. And that’s opened a lot of doors.”

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Old Mill Road Media employs about 20 people. Most of them can be found on the mastheads of the print publications that

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manufactured prosperity that lasted status as a doctor in the area grants him another century. some familiarity with locals. Still, he Now, however, community members conceded that he encountered skeptispeak of a part of town left behind by cism and suspicion at the outset of his development in nearby Manchester. endeavor. Whether or not they grasp the full scope “But I think, once people got a sense of Sherman’s ambitions, many are encour- of what we were really trying to do, they aged by the progress he’s made and excited embraced it,” Sherman said. He added, “I by the possibilities of his development. care more about growing the community Denise Monte, whose family has owned than I do about growing the number of the Village Peddler and Chocolatorium for properties I own.” 30 years, remembers when East ArlingArlington town administrator Nick ton was a vibrant tourist destination. Zaiac backed up that assessment. He Anchored by the Candle Mill, from the described Sherman as a “quintessential 1950s through the early 1990s the strip real estate entrepreneur,” but one who claimed a dozen or so shops and boutiques “cares a lot about his community” and and a handful of restaurants and cafés. is trying to make East Arlington better Most were family-owned, she said. But through his investments. new generations didn’t take over the busiThat doesn’t mean Sherman’s relanesses, so one by one they closed. tionship with the town has always been In Sherman, she sees optimism for a smooth sailing. return to some of that former glory. “There’s certainly growing pains “No town, no neighborhood, no every time a place sees investment after it anything wants to have run-down buildings hasn’t for some period,” Zaiac said, noting in it,” Monte said. “So it’s “bits of pushback” from positive that he has taken the town. In particular, buildings that were just he said zoning hearings sitting vacant and weren’t related to Sherman’s being used — that were property “were heated.” beautiful buildings that Keelan, who sold Sherman the Mill, had a were treasured, really — and is working on them.” different impression. A She hopes the renovaretired CPA and real estate J O S H UA S H ER M A N tions will attract more developer and a cofounder businesses to the area, of the Arlington Area noting that locals Bonnie and Clyde Baker Renewal Project, he said the meetings with recently opened a new market at the end Sherman were no more contentious than of Old Mill Road: Bonnie & Clyde’s Corner typical tussles over zoning. Market, of course. Asked if he was aware of anyone in “The businesses that are here are help- Arlington who’s displeased with Shering to support [Sherman], as well as him man’s development, he said, “No, not at all. supporting us,” Monte said. “We need “If anything, it’s just the opposite,” to have a variety of things available for Keelan continued, adding that the Arlingpeople, and I think we’re on that path.” ton Area Renewal Project is lobbying the One thing about the development town to improve the infrastructure of does dismay her: The public no longer East Arlington so that Sherman can keep has access to Peter’s Brook by the mill. expanding. “He’s been a fabulous asset to Sherman rebuilt much of the bank the community,” Keelan said. behind the mill and recording studio as On that, Zaiac agreed, saying, “Josh has a sort of riverside oasis — beautiful but been wonderful to work with, and we’re private. excited to see what he does next.” Still, Monte sees Sherman’s influence as So is Sherman. a net positive for East Arlington. “How big is this gonna go?” he asked “I wish Josh the best,” she said. “I hope rhetorically. “The answer is, there’s no that [the development] will be prosperous limit to what I’d like to potentially see and a good mix for the community.” happen. But it’s very organic, based on the Sherman claimed that he never talents that are here. intended to acquire as much real estate as “I started off as a set designer,” he has. Rather, he said, neighbors heard Sherman continued. “And what does a about the sales and offered to sell him set designer do? They set the stage for their own property — a snowball effect. action to happen. They think about flow, He made the purchases with the income they problem solve and they just set up from his medical career, he said. others to succeed in showcasing their No longer working for the hospital, craft.” m Sherman is still a practicing physician associated with the Battenkill Valley INFO Health Center in Arlington. His longtime Learn more at oldmillroadrecording.com.

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Sherman owns and operates with his wife, Carolyn Blitz, from offices in the old IGA. The couple met when Blitz approached Sherman about a profile in Manchester Life, a magazine she founded. When they married in 2018, she owned Stratton Magazine. Sherman bought Vermont Magazine and Vermont News Guide in 2019. Last year, he expanded his reach with a regional publication, Berkshire Magazine. While each mag serves a different audience and purpose, collectively they play a key role in Old Mill Road Media. The campus has housing where artists can create and workshop ideas. The studio offers a place to produce them. But creative products need to be distributed, and, as Sherman noted, “You can’t have distribution without promotion.” That’s where the magazines come in — not as promotional outlets for Old Mill Road projects per se, but as a means to

highlight southern Vermont and sell the whole region as a thriving destination. Describing his approach to his work, Rockwell once said, “I paint life as I would like it to be.” Sherman espouses the same philosophy, particularly in the pages of his magazines. “Making a difference doesn’t have to be big,” he said. “I love the fact that we’re in a position to help promote all the wonderful things going on in our community. I love the fact that we’re in a position to promote all of the things that need to change in our community, that need to grow.”

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ast month, Seven Days launched the online series “251.” Named for the number of towns and cities in Vermont, it aims to highlight interesting, entertaining or worthwhile stories reporters seek out in each place. If we visit one locale per week, we’ll cover them all in about five years. But who’s counting? In the first installment, we visited Montgomery, the hometown of soonto-be Olympian Elle Purrier St. Pierre. The 26-year-old runner qualified for the Olympics in late June when she won the 1,500-meter race at the U.S. track-and-field trials in Eugene, Ore. The second dispatch explored the Free Little Art Gallery in Middlebury. The make-it, take-it gallery, much like a free little library, held drawings, paintings and a ceramic vessel the day we visited. This week we introduce the “251” series to print readers with the third installment — a trip to Alburgh in the northwest corner of Grand Isle County at the Canadian border. A reporter can only hope that every town in Vermont yields the kind of surprise and delight we stumbled upon there. At souvenir and gift shop New England Via Vermont, a handwritten sign on the front door presents a marketing twist. Straying from the standard practice of announcing what’s available within, the sign lists items that the store doesn’t sell: “cigarettes, beer, wine, liqueur, gold or diamond jewelry, drugs or medicine, guns or ammunition.” But the lack of certain sundries should not deter entry. Inside the Milk Street store, which occupies a former creamery, is an array of objects that’s unlikely to appear in other local gift shops. There’s the usual and the semi-usual: sweatshirts, puzzles, baseball caps, greeting cards and raspberries. There’s also the less usual, in a space dubbed the curiosity room: fossils, minerals, shells and a robe of buffalo hide — objects that are on display but not for sale. Finally, there’s the flatout unusual: a treasure trove of items in a back room, where proprietor Margaret Theoret has amassed a collection of Civil War memorabilia. She calls the exhibit the Soldiers and Citizens Civil War Museum 32

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and founded it a decade ago. Admission is by donation; the money is donated to Civil War preservation and education groups. A cardboard cutout of Abraham Lincoln, tall and lanky like the 16th president, greets visitors by the entrance. Copies of letters penned from the

battlefield and written histories of battles — including the St. Albans Raid — are on display. Muskets, teapots, penknives and playing cards, along with other everyday items of a soldier’s life, fill display cases. Theoret, 78, lived in Alburgh as a young child and returned as an adult with her

family to settle in the border town. Over many years, she transformed her onetime tack-and-bridle shop into its current incarnation. Theoret’s interest in the Civil War can be traced to her paternal ancestors, Margaret Prentiss House and Joseph

St. Lawrence, of whom she’s a direct descendant. Prentiss House served as a nurse in the Civil War; St. Lawrence was a conductor on the Underground Railroad and a brickmaker by trade, Theoret said. She designed her business for tourists, including people who enter Vermont from Canada. “I wish they would open the border,” Theoret said on July 5, when Main Street in Alburgh was bedecked with U.S. flags for its Independence Day celebration. “It’s very important to every business here that we have the border open.”

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Another local attraction, Alburgh Dunes State Park, was a “madhouse” over the holiday weekend, according to a young man working at the park’s entrance booth. It took this reporter about 30 minutes to enter midday on July 5 behind a long line of cars. Yet even with the holiday crowds, it wasn’t hard to find space on the long sandy beach, where groups of families and friends picnicked, played catch, made sandcastles, turned up the music and swam, swam, swam. The air is fresh on the islands, and the water irresistible. Dunes that mark the eastern edge of the beach form a border for a perfect summer walk, interrupted only for a detour southwest into Lake Champlain. m

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ot peppers may not be the first crop associated with Vermont’s northern climate, but many varieties grow well here, and at least half a dozen companies have sprung up to produce an array of hot sauces using local ingredients. On an informational page for vendors, Burlington’s City Market, Onion River Co-op lists hot sauce as a “saturated category” of Vermont product — as if to say, “Please don’t try to sell us any more of this.” With all those local hot sauces available, how do you choose the right one for your nacho, stir-fry or scrambled-egg needs? Writers from the Seven Days food and culture teams gathered to taste five hot sauces made in Vermont, armed with a bowl of chips and a tub of sour cream for palate cleansing. What follows is a far-from-comprehensive roster of hot sauces. By the time we reached the last one, we had trouble saying anything insightful, given that our mouths were on fire.

MARGARET GRAYSON (FREELANCE WRITER): The first thing I would like to know from you all is your relationship to hot sauce. MELISSA PASANEN (FOOD WRITER): I like hot sauce. I don’t like things that are super, super spicy. I really want other things to be going on. I like some heat, but I like some other flavor situation happening. JORDAN ADAMS (STAFF WRITER): Frank’s [RedHot] and Cholula [Hot Sauce] — that’s where I go for hot sauce, because I’m kind of a wimp. I have had some

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major issues with spice in the past. That said, I find hot sauce very interesting. JORDAN BARRY (FOOD WRITER): Intellectually, I understand hot sauce very deeply. In practice, I’m also a wimp, and I only eat it on breakfast sandwiches. MG: I put hot sauce on everything. There was a point where I was worried I’d ruined my sense of taste, because I would eat spaghetti and be like, “Oh, this is boring; it needs hot sauce.” I do sometimes get spicy food hiccups, so everyone prepare yourself for that.

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MG: It’s definitely carrot-forward. I didn’t expect to taste the carrot. MP: It’s like if baby food were reinvented as hot sauce. JB: But the good baby food. MP: Yeah, yeah, of course. That goes without saying — the stuff you make yourself. You grow the carrot, you peel it, mash it by hand in a mortar and pestle. JA: I like that the heat was a slow spread and that you start out with this almost citrusy flavor. MP: I like this more than I thought I was going to. What do you think it would be best on? JB: Right on my breakfast sandwich. Sausage, egg, arugula on an English muffin. JA: You know what would be really good? One more ingredient in this: maple syrup. MG: Well, I think that means we have to move on to the maple sriracha. TAKE THE HEAT

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MG: I’m biased because I almost always

have this in my fridge. I feel like this is the dessert of hot sauces. JA: First taste is all sweetness. MP: A fruity sweetness, not just a sugary sweetness. I think this tricks you. On the very front, you get the sweet and, for me, fruitiness, and then you get the heat. Whereas the carrot one, to me, was more even. JA: I could see really putting this on some stir-fried vegetables — or a grilled chicken or a fried chicken sandwich. MG: I make a lot of generic stir-fry sauces, and I like when they have some kind of sweet element in them. This would be a nice addition. MP: I may be being influenced because I know this brand and they’ve been around for a while, but it feels like a very well-crafted hot sauce to me, like they’ve thought a lot about it.

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MG: This is interesting, because it’s just jalapeños, white vinegar and Heady Topper. No garlic, no nothing. The beer and the peppers are the entire flavor. JA: It tastes like nothing to me. I hope that’s not because I’ve eaten too much hot sauce already and my taste buds have been destroyed. MP: No, I think you’re kind of right. I like it because it’s really tangy, and I love tang. But I’m not sure I can taste the Heady, which kind of surprises me. JB: When the heat first hits, it feels like the bite you get after a sip of a really hoppy, boozy double IPA. It’s more of a mouthfeel thing for me than a flavor. MG: This one is just so different from the first two that we ate. It’s much more bitter. MP: Well, the bitter would be the hops. And I’m really getting the vinegary-ness. It’s pretty spicy once it builds. MG: So can we think of any purposes [for which] we’d want a more bitter hot sauce? JA: Some weird fruit salad? JB: Oh! Or just on watermelon. There’s this watermelon mustard trend happening right now where you’re supposed to squeeze yellow mustard on your watermelon. I would rather do this sauce. MP: I would like it on a lot of things. I would like it on a burger. I feel like Sam-I-Am. I would like it in the rain; I would like it in Spain. JB: I think it would be very useful, especially making something like a stir-fry sauce. If you accidentally go too sweet with something, it would really be effective in balancing it out. So I would probably use it more as a cooking ingredient than on its own.

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MG: I love chipotles and put them in many things and use

them a lot in my cooking, so I really like this, but I don’t think it even exists in the same category as the other ones. JB: I think it’s a marinade. MP: Or a spread. Chocolate and chipotle is a good idea. I mean, it’s pretty classic, right? JA: The first thing I wrote down was “smoky smoky smoky.” MP: I could see spreading this on a sandwich or stirring it into chili. I already put chipotles and I sometimes put cocoa in my chili, so it’s basically that. As a hot sauce alone, I feel like it needs salt. But if you’re having it with chips, that doesn’t really matter. JA: I almost feel like this will be good as a base on some sort of play on a pizza. It doesn’t seem like something I want to put on top. MG: Right. It’s not an accessory. You need to plan your meal around it. JB: I want it to be the eighth layer of a seven-layer dip. MP: I was totally thinking that! Or put it in a quesadilla with beans and cheese. MG: I think my main critique is, I think they should package it in a mason jar [instead of a bottle], so you can get in there with a knife. JA: Or just a huge chip. MG: This is definitely the most edible with a chip, though. You could eat this at volume. JB: Well, we’ve all gone back for more.

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MP: Jordan took a bite of this last one, and his

eyes kind of bugged. And so we handed him the sour cream immediately. And then maybe he’ll be able to speak in a few minutes. MG: I might get the hiccups from this. JA: I just tried to talk, and it didn’t work. JB: It’s making my nose run before I’ve eaten it, just from the smell. JA: At first, the heat and the sweetness were fighting it out. And then the heat just sucker punched the fruitiness. MP: That’s exactly what I just experienced in my mouth. JA: And the heat was like, “I’m in charge. You submit to me.” How are you doing over there? JB: [squeakily] Not great. But I love the flavor. JA: Oh! I breathed in too fast and something happened. The vapor is going into my lungs. JB: That’s a difference, too. It’s got so much heat that’s coming in the vapor and in the air. MG: So that must be the scorpion pepper powder. I’m literally crying. That was really a crescendo. m This conversation has been edited and condensed for clarity and length.

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s memories of social said director Lindsay Houptdistancing recede, Varner, with last summer the rare Vermonters can again hiatus. Over the years, she added, experience the delight it has become a community gathof summer bake sales. After ering. This year’s social will have eyeing a sea of flaky crusts, oozing a band, badminton and croquet, berries and swirly meringues, I and the museum will open its like to select the most appealdoors to the public for free. ing slice and say, “Ma’am, could “For some people, it’s the I have that one, please?” (Nothone time a year they come to the ing makes me drop “ma’ams” museum, and I think it’s a wonderlike the presence of women bearful way to open up to the public,” ing desserts.) Knowing that an Houpt-Varner said. Attendees impending sugar bomb benefits can explore the Rokeby’s buildworthy causes makes those caloings, grounds and historical farm, ries especially worthwhile. which was once a stop on the Women have held bake sales Underground Railroad. for charity since at least the A “diverse mix of people” 1800s. In a 2016 story for the helps make the pies, HouptNational Museum of American Varner said, including women, History, Daniel Gifford wrote men and younger community members. Former board trustee that in the days before women Maisie Howard organizes the could participate fully in busisocial and hosts a “pie bee”: ness and politics, they funded and promoted social causes by People gather at a supporter’s It’s the season of charitable bake sales to satisfy your sweet tooth selling baked goods. During the house to make “as many pies as Civil War, such female organizthey can.” (The opportunity to BY MO L LY ZAP P ers made significant donations to bake together in close quarters is reason enough to celebrate.) schools, churches, hospitals and suffrage advocacy. German chocolate cake made by my neigh- generations. The youngsters are scootThis year, the museum aims to serve Today, Vermont bakers of all genders bor Alice Whiting. ing around and having a good time, and 50 pies. A slice served with a scoop of ice continue the tradition. While many towns Lois Frey, recording secretary and a the old folks are up there selling pies,” she cream goes for $6. host such events — check your local bulle- founding member of the Johnson Histor- said. “Folks come just to visit and listen to Houpt-Varner became the museum’s tin boards, Front Porch Forum and Seven ical Society, said the group began sell- the music, and then you have everyone in director last September, so this will be her Days’ calendar — we spotlight two espe- ing baked goods at Tuesday Night Live between.” first social. But she’s traced the event’s cially notable summer bake sales and a in the summer of 2007, shortly after its history in decades of Rokeby annual newsdoughnuts-by-donation event. Pro tip: formation. letters and found old signs advertising Arrive early, before the choicest treats sell “One of our members suggested that the social tucked away in buildings on the out — and bring cash. there were a lot of excellent pie makers, Pie and Ice Cream Social, August 15, 1 p.m., property. and people loved homemade pie. ‘How Rokeby Museum, 4334 Route 7, Ferrisburgh. Perhaps most importantly, board Free; $6 for food. 877-3406, rokeby.org about if we gave it a try?’” Frey recalled. members and volunteers have clued her in Over the years, Frey has logged trends The Rokeby Museum Pie and Ice Cream to the social’s pie-making heavyweights — Tuesday Night Live, Tuesdays through in people’s pie-eating preferences. “When Social has been an annual event since 1985, “I have heard amazing things about Donna August 25, 6-8:30 p.m., Legion Field, Johnson. the blackberries come out, we don’t have Free; cost of food. johnsonworks.org, enough blackberry pie. Same for Linda tuesdaynightlive@townofjohnson.com Jones’ apricot pie. There’s the maple pie Weekly music series Tuesday Night Live, [and] pies with and without nuts. There’s held on Legion Field beside the elemen- a strawberry cream pie, which is to die for,” tary school, is easily the most anticipated she said. event in Johnson. It’s also one of the most Four bucks a slice adds up: In 2019, the delicious, thanks to the Johnson Histori- society took in $5,500 from baked goods cal Society, whose members sell hot dogs, for its general operating budget. pies and cake at every concert. Tuesday Night Live is also a social event This year’s series kicked off on July 6 where locals and visitors spread out picnic with music by Burlington-based Afro-funk blankets, eat, drink and brush shoulders septet Sabouyouma. The eclectic musical with elected officials. Former Vermont lineup for future Tuesdays includes Burl- governor Jim Douglas and former lieuington singer-songwriter Marcie Hernan- tenant governor David Zuckerman have dez and Johnson bluegrass band Beg, Steal attended, Frey said, and current state legisRokeby Museum or Borrow. lators are regulars. Pie and Ice Cream The first event also featured 20 pies What Frey likes most is how the event Social in 2018 baked by volunteers, including a darn fine brings in “the whole community. It’s rhubarb pie with almonds, and a buttery really representative of all the different

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Leary’s blueberry pies,” she said — and its traditions. “It’s been rumored I’m getting a pie in the face as part of the fundraiser. I’m hoping that’s a blueberry pie, as well,” Houpt-Varner said with a laugh. “I’m always game for something if it’s for a good cause, and the museum’s a good cause.”

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In early 2021, East Hardwick filmmaker Elizabeth Rossano found herself baking more doughnuts than she and her pod could handle. She came up with a simple solution: Give them to her neighbors and strangers for free. Having recently moved into a new home, she found the gifts allowed her to connect “to all kinds of people that I wouldn’t have naturally.” Rossano’s new house had been built on the site of a potato shed, so she began making potato doughnuts, using a recipe in the long-defunct New England Magazine. Energized and wanting to support their community, she and her husband, Griffin Lussier, hatched a plan to give away their potato doughnuts. In the frigid cold of mid-January, the couple put up a “Free Community Donuts” sign in a parking lot near the crossroads of Hardwick’s highways 14 and 15. It was 6 a.m. on a Monday: “the worst part of the week,” Rossano said. The first day, they brought 50 doughnuts; two people stopped by. Rossano felt embarrassed, she said, but spread the word and kept trying. After the third or fourth week, she

said, it caught on. “I was having so much fun making these, and when I give them to people, it fills me with joy to hear their feedback,” Rossano said. The couple continued giving out free doughnuts early on Monday mornings for 12 weeks, though some takers insisted on tipping them. In May, Rossano dubbed her goods Potato Shed Potato Donuts and set up a stand at the Hardwick Farmers Market, where she gave them away and took donations to benefit the East Hardwick Grange, a local events venue. “People were there before the market started, waiting to get the doughnuts,” she said. Her stand sold out in an hour. Switching up the goods, but sticking with potatoes, she and Lussier sold 100 pounds of French fries at the East Hardwick Children’s Parade in June. At a buck per serving, their stand raised a sizable sum, all of which they donated to the parade. On August 6, Rossano will return to the Hardwick Farmers Market with her “gift doughnuts”; the proceeds will benefit the remodeling of Hardwick’s Jeudevine Memorial Library. She hopes to pull off another French fry event this summer, as well. Rossano said the inspiration for her gift doughnuts was Chez Mami Catering, Adam Woogmaster’s pay-if-you-want taco truck in Marshfield. Woogmaster was her manager when she worked at Montpelier’s Positive Pie a decade ago. “I want it to be totally accessible and for people to be able to have a doughnut if they don’t have any money,” Rossano said. She’d find it “most joyful” if other people were moved to contribute to the gift economy. “I was hoping that I’d inspire others to do similar concepts in their own way.” m

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Futile Fight

Book review: Lieutenant Dangerous: A Vietnam War Memoir, Jeff Danziger B Y J I M SCHL EY • schley@sevendaysvt.com

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in what Vietnam meant and how we fought such prolonged and bloody battles against people who were now making clothes they could buy at Banana Republic.” One of Danziger’s aims is to ask the reader, “What would you have done?” Moreover, “What would you do?” if there

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(The board preferred to let local boys opt out.) At age 24, with a pregnant spouse, he was called up. In the current era of an all-volunteer military, Danziger observes, most younger Americans know little about the draft or what he calls its “sneaky,” capricious ways of selecting soldiers. During the Vietnam War, he explains in the book, the government deemed those without prestigious educational or personal connections more “expendable” than those enrolled in college or employed in certain professions. “I began writing this memoir,” Danziger writes, “after a dinner conversation with some young people who seemed interested

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or years, acclaimed editorial cartoonist Jeff Danziger spoke little about his combat tour in the Vietnam War. He expected he’d think less and less about that experience as the years passed. “The opposite is true,” Danziger writes in Lieutenant Dangerous: A Vietnam War Memoir. “These days I wonder how such a thing could have happened, not just to me but to the United States as a whole.” Danziger’s new book isn’t merely a recollection of a tumultuous time in his youth; it also passionately engages our political situation now. Half a century after his deployment, he remains baffled by why U.S. troops were sent to Vietnam. He’s still pondering the consequences for the soldiers who served there, the citizens who supported or resisted the war, and the young people now called on to fill the ranks of our military. The book includes illustrations by Danziger, a recipient of the Herblock Prize and Thomas Nast Prize, whose work is widely syndicated by the Washington Post News Service. One of the finest artists among contemporary cartoonists, he draws in vigorously fluid lines with lively use of washes and crosshatching. Danziger normally splits his time between New York City and Dummerston but spent the past year primarily at his Vermont residence. His previous books include 10 collections of cartoons, a children’s book called The Champlain Monster (1983) and a Vietnam novel, Rising Like the Tucson (1991). Born in 1943, Danziger grew up in New York’s Hudson Valley and moved to the Green Mountain State after college. He made industrial films at a General Electric plant that manufactured machine guns — an occupation that secured him deferment from the draft, for a while. Then, because he’d moved away, his hometown draft board in Peekskill, N.Y., placed his name on the prospects list.

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Cartoons by Jeff Danziger from Lieutenant Dangerous: A Vietnam War Memoir

were a renewed call-up for what’s euphemistically termed “national service”? Danziger served in the U.S. Army for four years, from 1967 to 1971, the last of those in Vietnam as an intelligence officer with the First Air Cavalry, the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment and other units. He received the Bronze Star Medal and the Air Medal. But, he dolefully notes, “The Bronze Star either means I did something of which I am not aware, or means that the Bronze Star means nothing.” The first half of Lieutenant Dangerous describes Danziger’s efforts to avoid a combat assignment once he was pulled into the slipstream of the gargantuan military machine. With a knack for languages, he enrolled to train as an interpreter, studying the nuanced tonal vocabulary and unfamiliar grammar of Vietnamese. The book’s title is expressly ironic — a mispronunciation of his family name by Vietnamese colleagues. As a soldier, Danziger was hardly dangerous: determined not to hurt anyone or get hurt. “My plans were to run the clock out and leave,” he admits. After language school, he was assigned to a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers project experimenting with a trench-digging vehicle. Because he had no opportunities to practice speaking Vietnamese, his proficiency faded away, one of many wasteful absurdities Danziger chronicles in the book. His memories of his first three years, spent primarily in training, include numerous examples of tedium, nonsensical tasks and sudden reassignments. Then, with only 14 months remaining in his fouryear enlistment, he received notice that he was being shipped to the combat zone. In deployment, officer Danziger encountered one contradiction after another. He watched as the vast apparatus of the world’s most powerful 20th-century military was bested by an ill-equipped but very dedicated peasant army moving equipment and supplies from the north on bicycles. Though his voice on the page is appealing, Danziger’s storytelling is ambling

and frequently repetitive. He sometimes overexplains remembered anecdotes and their implications, as if not trusting the dramatic force of the episodes he relates. While in the middle of his often astounding narrative, he repeatedly shifts into summarizing his present views, a mannerism that distracts from the gnarly vividness of his tale. Yet there is much to admire here and much to think about. We Americans can be frightfully absentminded about our own history. At one point, Danziger recounts a conversation with the late journalist Neil Sheehan, author of A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam (1989), which he calls “the best nonfiction book on the war.” He recalls Sheehan saying, “They’ll never be able to do that again.” Now, as troops leave Afghanistan after 20 years of catastrophic losses and no clear outcome, we have to wonder whether anything at all has been learned. The most moving passages of Danziger’s book come near the end, where he returns to that inescapable inquiry: “What would you do?” “Could you push back against a future of being internally haunted by the question Why am I doing this? Could you summon

FROM LIEUTENANT DANGEROUS: A VIETNAM WAR MEMOIR Long Binh had grown rapidly with the war from a series of rice fields to an open scar on the earth where all the American detritus was left. There was some order to this dump. Things were put in piles labeled and fenced. By the end of the 1960s the fences had collapsed and the mountain of unusable artillery tubes bled into the mountain of junked helicopters. Children scrambled through this hellish range of piles, sent there to collect anything of removable value. The wrecked helicopters had been brought by other helicopters and dropped. A helicopter mountain grew to probably a hundred feet high. It was unstable as well. One item that had souvenir value was the clock from the Hueys. These could be, with skill and perseverance, removed and sold to GIs for about ten dollars.

the bravery — or the internal resistance — to simply refuse to be part of the whole idiotic theater of the war?” “I learned,” he confides, “and I think most veterans learn, that making people or nations do something by bombing or

sending in armed troops usually fails ... The armed forces have two jobs — to kill people and to blow things up. The usually young men and women who compose them are often repulsed by orders to do either of those things. Armies do not — WHAM — win hearts and minds. If there is any discipline at the start of wars it dissipates

as the soldiers themselves become aware of the pointlessness of what they are being told to do.” m

INFO Lieutenant Dangerous: A Vietnam War Memoir, Jeff Danziger, Steerforth Press, 208 pages. $14.95.

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Arty Pants

Charlotte’s Zach Pollakoff inspires creatives to make work — including adorned painter’s slacks B Y J O R D AN A D AMS • jordan@sevendaysvt.com

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“I love house shows and shows in unique locations … and places you feel like you shouldn’t be,” said Pollakoff. For years, he organized a DJ-centric series of house shows in New York City called One Month One Week One Day, yearly proceeds from which were granted to artists. He also coproduced Likeminds, “a well-curated weekend of speakers, music, workshops, food, and drink,” according to its website, that ran from 2016 to 2019 in upstate New York. Pollakoff plans to base Likeminds in Vermont. With a federal Shuttered Venue Operators Grant in hand, his team is scouting locations and aims to launch in October.

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rtists pictured at work in their studios often share a striking similarity: Their pants are coated in splotches and swirls of paint. “It’s such an iconic artist look,” said Charlotte-based artist, musician, DJ and advertising professional Zach Pollakoff. In photos of famous people such as Jackson Pollock and Jean-Michel Basquiat, as well as artist friends on Instagram, Pollakoff noticed this recurring, incidental detail and was intrigued. “It’s sort of like their work is also on their pants,” Pollakoff said. He has a long history of curating events that straddle disciplines, disrupt expectations and juxtapose disparate elements. A Brooklyn transplant, Pollakoff moved with his wife and two children to Vermont at the start of the pandemic. After getting settled, Pollakoff felt a renewed itch to connect creative communities through multidisciplinary events. For his first Vermont show, he enlisted a 42

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group of local and nonlocal artists to play with the idea of battered painter’s pants. With hardly any instructions or parameters beyond some notes included in a PDF, he sent each artist a pair of brandnew white Dickies painter’s pants to use as a canvas. They interpreted and filtered the prompt through their own artistic lenses, resulting in a vibrant collection of work. The pants will be displayed at the Painter Pants Show, a daytime, outdoor event on Saturday, July 17, at Pollakoff’s rental property in Charlotte. Pollakoff, along with DJs Taka and Metaspirit, will spin tunes at the open-air gathering. Pollakoff, 36, is an executive producer with Heavy Duty Projects, a creative firm that focuses on music composition and supervision in advertising. He’s also the founder and co-owner of Twosyllable Records, an experimental label, and makes avant-garde music under the name Narrow Shoulders. But his biggest passion might be creating events.

Pollakoff has a pair of Dickies that he’d been slowly working on, an accidental prototype for the show. He claimed he’s “so not a talented artist,” but his doodling got him thinking about how the concept could take shape in others’ hands. “The idea is partially rooted in customization culture,” Pollakoff explained, noting the work of style icons such as fashion designer Emily Bode. The house he rents has its own artistic legacy. It belonged to painter Maize Bausch, who died in May at the age of 96. In the late ’60s, her second husband, architect Carl Bausch, designed the house, an adjacent art studio and a boatbuilding shop, which no longer stands. Carl and his designs were profiled in the New York Times Magazine in 1978, 10 years before he died. The house and studio are prime examples of midcentury modernist architecture. Angular and asymmetrical, they have a bespoke look and feel. Ensconced by a lush thicket and overlooking a spectacular westerly view of the flatlands behind Mount Philo, it’s a gorgeous, inspiring spot. In honor of the Bausches, Pollakoff dubbed the property Bauschaus VT, a nod to the couple and the famed 20th-century German art school, Bauhaus.

“I know both Carl and Maize would approve and get a real kick out of this to see some kind of continuation of artistic expression,” said Nick MacDougal, Maize’s son. He said that Pollakoff’s family is the first to occupy the property since Maize relocated to a nursing facility several years before her death. Over the last few weeks, finished pants have been rolling in. Participants took many approaches. California-based artist Ross Simonini used watercolors. Married couple Robin Cameron and Gary William Webb sewed patches on theirs. Burlington artist Corrine Yonce, whose pants are shellacked in thick, dark paint, said she wasn’t quite sure what to make of the concept when Pollakoff first approached her.

“I do mostly figurative work,” she said by phone. “I was thinking about … the conversation between the forms of putting on the pants and the pants themselves … and didn’t try to overthink it too much.” Since she often works on nontraditional objects, such as shower curtains and bath mats, she felt comfortable working with a garment. “My [art studio] visitors didn’t really bat an eye to see the pants stapled there among other eclectic items,” she said by phone. Others approached the project with a bit of trepidation. Despite the fact that her mother, Katharine Montstream, is a painter, Burlington artist Charlotte Dworshak only started painting in the last year.

She’s said she’s even more of a novice with unorthodox materials. “This is a cool way for me to reflect on my own work — but, like, [to] turn it into something else,” said Dworshak by phone, noting the need “for artists to step out of the normal bounds that we give ourselves sometimes.” All of the pants will be for sale at prices ranging from $150 to $500. Proceeds will go to various charities, including local organizations such as Winooski Mutual Aid and national efforts such as GiveWell’s Maximum Impact Fund. But the ultimate fate of each pair of pants is unclear. An intentionally unanswerable question is: What is their actual function? Since many can’t be run through a washing machine, it’s unclear whether

they’re meant for everyday use or to live behind a metaphorical velvet rope. “I would be OK with them existing in either space,” said Yonce. Though he and his family will soon move into a new house not far away, Pollakoff envisions a few more shows at Bauschaus VT before they leave it. “I think this house has a certain magic to it,” he said. “That’s really hard to find.” m

INFO Painter Pants Show, Saturday, July 17, noon6 p.m., at 578 Bingham Brook Rd. in Charlotte. Free. Parking is available a short walk from the property at Adam’s Berry Farm. Learn more and see the list of participating artists at @bausch_haus on Instagram.

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Seeking Utopia Art review: “Bubblegum Pop,” BCA Center B Y H AT T IE L I ND ER T

"Where the Sun Shines Every Day" by Pip & Pop

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n a recent visit to the BCA Center, a girl no older than 6 gazed through the window and exclaimed, “Don’t you just want to live in it?” She was referring to Pip & Pop’s “Where the Sun Shines Every Day,” an installation in the downtown Burlington gallery’s new group exhibit, “Bubblegum Pop.” Pip & Pop is the working name of Australian artist Tanya Schultz, who finds inspiration in paradise, wish fulfillment, and their embodied forms in myths and fairy tales. In her contribution to “Bubblegum Pop,” a seeming childhood utopia is created in stunning detail and cottoncandy colors; mysterious creatures nestle among sugar flowers beneath a sparkling curtain of colored beads and tassels. This piece, which took more than four weeks to install in the middle of BCA’s first-floor, Church Street-facing space — with virtual direction from Schultz — uses sugar, glitter, crystals, gems, foam and beads to dazzling, mesmerizing effect. Parents may need to hurry young children out of the gallery after one too many attempts to touch “Where the Sun Shines Every Day.” The work looks edible, though it certainly wouldn’t taste very good. And despite the glitter, darker themes appear. Schultz turns the candy-like nature of the art on its head; viewers are asked to recognize the consequences of vapid, endless consumption. In the installation, some of the creatures’ heads seem to grow among the flowers; others appear to be melting into the floor. All have no features other than eyes; some have no eyes at all. The beaded curtain dangling above it doesn’t touch or connect to any of the creatures below. The duality of “Where the Sun Shines Every Day” exemplifies the gallery’s stated themes of “Bubblegum Pop”: “nostalgia, youth, optimism, and material abundance as both a celebration and slanting critique on contemporary society.” The simultaneous euphoria and

THE CHARACTER APPEARS TO BE IN AN ALMOST PAINFUL STATE OF METAMORPHOSIS,

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"Perfect World: Familiar Robots and Their Animal Kindred" by Matt Neckers

subversive nightmare of Schultz’s installation is echoed in two paintings by New Jersey artist Jon Rappleye. Part of his latest collection, called “Pink Elephants,” these works explore the confusion and mixed emotions of simply existing in a bizarre reality. Rappleye employs a cartoonish figure with doe eyes and clown shoes to act as a central conduit for this experience. Rappleye writes of his inspiration: “Old Masters, decorative pastiche, and cartoons are all treated with equal consideration.” This hodgepodge of classic realism and graphic and abstract art improbably speaks to innocence and lack thereof. In Rappleye’s “Pocket Full of Posies,” the androgynous character looks over its shoulder at a mirror in which a meditative sunset is reflected (and bears a striking resemblance to the view of Lake Champlain from Burlington). As flowers from a vase tumble to the floor, the character’s three eyes remain fixed on the mirror; small tears appear on its face. Of all the artworks in this exhibit, “Pocket Full of Posies” most vividly captures the emotional pang of nostalgia. Rappleye’s painting “Loss of Innocence” depicts a character in a static state of competing movements. Marred by brushstrokes, its face seems to melt and fracture, with three eyes looking in different directions and two gaping mouths. A frolicking, rosy-cheeked lamb, tears streaming from its eyes, holds a flowerfilled basket in its mouth. The contrast of emotions here is jarring; Rappleye pairs childlike joy with sorrow and uncertainty. The latter is evident in the main character’s feet, which seem to be moving but are headed in different directions — and nowhere at all. The character appears to be in an almost painful state of metamorphosis, from naïveté to worldly understanding. In the back gallery facing City Hall

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"Fantastic Forest" by Kathryn Wiegers

Park, visitors will immediately be drawn by the sounds of “Wanna Go Dancin (So Far Away),” a song by Vermont/New York City indie-pop band the Smittens. The sextet’s ballad is jaunty and light, recalling the bubbly ’60s sound of the Monkees. The pining sense of missed connection and lost time over the bubblegum refrain presents another duality. This soundtrack accompanies a graphic work, essentially a band poster, by member David Zacharis; each player appears in a pink bubble. Drawn in cartoon form, some members are accompanied by furry friends. The illustration is sweetly personal, encompassing the desire of a band, formed in 2002, to return to live performance. In the same room, large-scale artworks by Vermonters Matt Neckers and Kathryn Wiegers face each other from opposite walls. These artists evoke nostalgia in strikingly different ways to comment on the modern world.

Neckers’ multifaceted installation, titled “Perfect World: Familiar Robots and Their Animal Kindred,” is arresting in both size and materials. In essence the piece is an assemblage of found metal and wood fragments, painted in bright, primary colors. Small cutout shapes — dinosaurs, trains, planes, a unicorn — suggest a child’s art project. And, indeed, the piece has an inviting, playful element: Backed by magnets, all of the figures are movable. Ironically titled, “Perfect World” also imparts the concept of lost innocence. Neckers’ roles as a teaching artist and a father are clearly influential in his work. If his installation at first glance suggests childlike play, its overall message is dire; most of the figures are interacting violently with each other. The solitary unicorn, in bright white, seems to have an expression of deep sorrow. Neckers writes that this sculpture evolved from “themes of chaos and helplessness [that he] felt in response to the past

year’s pandemic and social unrest.” His use of juvenile imagery is a powerful tool. The theme of rapid and unstoppable change, specifically environmental, informs Wiegers’ stunning five-panel mural “Fantastic Forest.” The self-taught Vermont painter draws both stylistic and thematic inspiration from childhood stories in her depiction of an enchanting forest scene. The fantastical nature of this sun-soaked woodland is exemplified by a seven-foottall unicorn with an iridescent mane. Other fairy-tale creatures populate the mural, as well: a red-capped gnome, a fluttering fairy, a frog prince with a golden crown. But they inhabit this forest alongside real-world endangered Vermont species. Without human intervention — soon — these forest dwellers may become creatures of myth themselves. Wiegers uses sunbeams as a visual metaphor to deliver this message. Glowing, shifting beams angle through the

tree canopy, bathing the creatures to the left of the painting but stopping short of the unicorn at the right. The creatures in sunlight still have a chance at recovery through habitat restoration and repopulation, but the light, Wiegers suggests, is fading. On its surface, “Bubblegum Pop” looks like frothy fun. But the exhibit questions and challenges our cultural views in an unsettling, testing time. Even as pandemic protocols lift, we reenter a world that remains full of uncertainty and anxiety — and that continues to pursue a lifestyle with costly environmental, economic and social repercussions. This exhibit invites us to look beneath the veneer and to reevaluate. m

INFO “Bubblegum Pop” is on view through October 9 at BCA Center in Burlington. Exhibit reception is Friday, July 16, 5-7 p.m. burlingtoncityarts.org

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19), cosmic Americana act RED HOT JUBA (August 26) and SONGS & STRINGSTRUMENTS (September 2). Few things are more peaceful and beautiful than a summer sunset at the Intervale. So, as your designated guide to doing cool shit in this town, I’m telling you: Make sure to catch at least one of those Summervale nights. They run from 5:30 to 8 p.m.

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Brett Hughes at the revised Summervale in 2020

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Return of Summer(vale)

Every disaster movie has that montage toward the end — you know, where we see food being grown again, society rebuilding, the romantic couple we’ve followed the whole film having a baby … that sort of stuff. Oh, and there’s always the slowed-down cover version of a classic rock song playing, because Hollywood is super into that right now. (Just wait, in another decade someone will try to make a RADIOHEAD song even sadder.) Well, minus the schmaltz, the music scene has officially entered its own rebuilding phase. After a year that desiccated just about every facet of the industry — from musicians to clubs to studios to festivals to sound people to bouncers to promoters — the tap is open once again. Walking around downtown Burlington on a recent night was, frankly, a startling experience. I hadn’t been around that much raw humanity in more than a year, and I’m not going to lie: It put me in a weird head space. Wideeyed and not a little anxious, I navigated clusters of people, feeling like a stranger in a city I’ve lived in for 20 years. I took comfort in the sounds of music playing from one end of Church

Street to the other. There were identical twin brothers in matching keyboard ties playing dueling keyboards. It was like a DAVID LYNCH film (but the cool parts, where no one is huffing nitrous or pulling out people’s heart plugs). A bluegrass band was ripping through “Foggy Mountain Breakdown” a few blocks away. I swung by the waterfront and found two dudes with full amplifiers plugged in at the park, covering RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS songs — without the dicksin-socks routine, thankfully. By the time I passed Radio Bean Reid Parsons on my way home that night, the line to dance to DJ TAKA stretched down the block. It was a scene I would see repeated a few nights later outside Manhattan Pizza & Pub, where DJ DISCO PHANTOM was spinning at the packed-house reopening. The music is back, and so are the people. There are, of course, still obstacles. The same staffing shortages afflicting restaurants are hitting music venues. We’ve already seen our fair share of event cancellations and postponements,

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from the BUVT — as in, “Be you, Vermont” — celebration to Grand Point North. These are signs that not all is back on track yet. This is a very long-winded way of saying: Setbacks aside, plenty of outdoor summer shows are coming our way. First of all, there’s Summervale, which starts on Thursday, August 5, and runs weekly until September 2. Hosted at the Intervale Center in Burlington, the series did a livestream stand-in last summer. Its 18th season has an abbreviated schedule, but it’s packed with music and fun. “We’re thrilled to host Summervale in person again,” Intervale Center executive director TRAVIS MARCOTTE wrote in the event’s press release. He described the Thursday series as a “wonderful way to reconnect with our community.” As in past years, Summervale will feature local food, local brews and local music. Singer-songwriter REID PARSONS kicks it off on August 5, hot on the heels of releasing her new EP, No. Blood. The rest of the lineup is BRETT HUGHES & HIS HONKY TONK CROWD (August 12), HOT PICKIN’ PARTY featuring MATT FLINNER (August

It’s not just the live music scene that’s erupting. As seen in my inbox, almost every artist in town is either releasing a new record or putting the finishing touches on one as we speak. The already prolific indie-folk artist BABEHOVEN has just released her newest record, Nastavi, Calliope. It’s a nuanced, beautiful and often sad tribute to processing grief and finding yourself. Babehoven is the pseudonym of California-born MAYA BON, who writes the songs before coproducing them with her partner, Vermont native RYAN ALBERT. Though the two started Babehoven in Los Angeles, where they met, they’ve since headed east. Once the pandemic kicked in, they moved from Philadelphia to Arlington, Vt., where the duo recorded Nastavi, Calliope and another forthcoming EP. “I keep calling them EPs,” Bon said on a Zoom call. “But they’re actually pretty long. I’m just holding out a little hope we’ll have a new label before we put out the LP.” Bon called the year she and Albert spent in Vermont “weird, essential and productive.” “For the first seven months, I didn’t write music,” she said, noting the effect that GEORGE FLOYD’s murder and the subsequent Black Lives Matter protests had on her creative output. “I wasn’t sure who my music was for anymore. After I talked to some other friends who were musicians, I realized that making music is what makes me want to be me. I feel like myself when I’m playing.” That searching nature pervades the EP. Behind its ambience and emotion — both influenced by ELLIOTT SMITH’s Either/Or, which Bon listened to before recording — the album depicts her quest to connect to her Croatian heritage.

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“My father still lives in Croatia,” Bon revealed. “I didn’t grow up with him in my life, so I’m just starting to get to know him. I’m learning how to speak the language and taking Balkan vocal lessons. It’s a process that, for me, is about finding myself. There’s a lot of longing and pain on this record, but there’s also some triumph and hope.” Nastavi means “keep going” in Croatian. For Bon, that sentiment was the central theme of the EP: “You just have to keep going, no matter what,” she said. Calliope was the name of her childhood dog, who passed away in 2017.

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“It’s hard to describe her,” Bon said of Calliope with a laugh. “She was such a mystical, bizarre character. I was really thinking of her a lot when we were recording, so it felt nice to have her be a part of this in some way.” With its BRIAN ENO-like mood and atmospherics, Nastavi, Calliope is a mist-covered revelation of a record. Albert described it as he and Bon going “buck wild” in the studio. The two recently left Arlington for the Hudson Valley of New York, where they’re auditioning musicians for Babehoven’s live band so they can bring the new songs on the road. For Bon, Vermont was an ideal place to pour out her creativity and craft records. “We did two records in Vermont while being stuck in quarantine,” she said. “So we’re kind of a Vermont band now! A Vermont-album band.”

for the song. Find a card, and you can download “Queen of Flowers” for free. Very cool! That said, I would advise not looking in my garden, because an overweight pit bull named Wilbur would have already eaten the card. (Please don’t feed Wilbur.)

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Guthrie Galileo is a true crooner. Blessed with a hypermobile singing voice, the Bay Area transplant (whose real name is Guthrie Stoltzfus) is Vermont’s answer to Justin Timberlake, vocally speaking. He flexes his upper register regularly as he floats through romantic, uplifting tunes. Everything Stoltzfus creates is pure loveliness. His former house concerts series, the Nightshade Kitchen, and the summer music festival that grew out of it were peaceful and enriching. His last album, 3103, was a collection of eight Usher covers, which he dropped at the end of 2019 with nary a smirk or hint of irony. In June, Stoltzfus released a four-song

Giovanina Bucci, Storytellers (SELF-RELEASED, DIGITAL)

I first encountered Giovanina Bucci’s songs three years ago. The Plattsburgh, N.Y., native was singing and playing rhythm guitar with Nina’s Brew, an acoustic trio that had just put out its debut record, Don’t Tell Mama. Solid, if not spectacular, that album hinted at the trio’s potential. Bucci’s talent was evident, but the songs felt a little too comfortable. Storytellers isn’t Bucci’s first solo foray outside of Nina’s Brew, who are largely inactive these days. But it is her first since 2015’s A Bit of Alright. Though it’s been a while since Bucci was out on her own, her latest record is the closest she has come to realizing her full potential.

EP, Balladeer, just after a May cameo appearance on Vermont expat Orange Julians’ sensational new album, Defender. Like all of his records, Balladeer is somewhat spiritually indebted to silky studs like Timberlake and Usher. But an implicit holiness permeates the producer/singersongwriter’s canon, differentiating it from the horniness that dominates Top 40. His production is more varied, too, like that of indie darlings James Blake and Active Child. It’s R&B, for sure, but derived from an atmospheric, reverent space as opposed to the club. Not that Balladeer doesn’t bump. Opener “Ethylene” — featuring Oakland, Calif., heartbreaker WHYF

— is featherlight and brimming with optimism. (Titling a song with the chemical that ripens fruit and helps flowers bloom is on brand for the artist.) Backed by a propulsive beat and a beaded curtain of synth, Stoltzfus yearns for something beyond his grasp. He sings, “I’m scared to death that I might suffocate / if I leapt out of my fishbowl.” On “Little Universe,” Stoltzfus asks, “Does he hold you? / Does he feel like home?” It’s a love-triangle song, but one that doesn’t follow the classic rules. Over muted guitars and a hefty bass hook, he tells Person A to look within to decide whether Person B is the one, rather than present himself as the obvious answer.

Stoltzfus becomes a harmonized choir on “Snow Pea,” going full a cappella before gleaming synth, glossy piano and a rain shower sweep him away. His voice returns at the track’s end, overlapping and interspersing hypnotic lyrics. The EP closes with “Bittersweet Lane.” It presses wordless, polyphonic background vocals against a syncopated beat and swashes of synth. The beat stiffens halfway through, conjuring a bit of dance-floor energy as a send-off. Not to be greedy, but the only thing wrong with Balladeer is that, at just under 15 minutes, it’s entirely too short. Stoltzfus’ music is like a warm bath, one that you don’t want to get out of until your fingers are well and truly pruned. Balladeer is available at guthriegalileo. bandcamp.com.

Bucci’s songwriting is as idiosyncratic as always. The new songs brim with the Burlington-based artist’s narrative style. Even on a track as dark as “Using Me,” a song about trying to break free from a nogood lover, her clear and melodious voice remains firmly in the light. The arrangements are equally breezy, creating a bright, jazzy romp of a song. “Oh, I don’t want nothing fancy / I ain’t fancy /A woodstove burning like the love I share with you,” sings Bucci on “30 Miles,” a gentle folk number. Lyrically, she excels at spinning down-home, yearning country tales. Her songs are cut from a very Vermont

cloth: As they play, it’s easy to envision dirt roads cutting through green hills, old barns in the woods and Technicolor sunsets on Lake Champlain. What gives Storytellers an edge over Bucci’s earlier work is the fleshed-out nature of the songs and production. Singer-songwriter Ryan Montbleau produced the record and dials in an organic, no-frills sound with just a hint of classic Nashville. Bucci’s backing band is no joke, either. Local gunslinger Bob Wagner lays down tasteful guitar licks throughout, leaning into his country-rock side. Wagner brings along his Kat Wright bandmate, upright bassist

Josh Weinstein, who also adds harmony vocals. Drummer Dwight Ritcher (Dwight & Nicole) and keyboardist Jay Lesage round out the band. Most of Storytellers was recorded live in the studio. Its songs have the in-the-pocket feel and energy of a wellrehearsed band whose members are excited by the material. It’s easy to see why they would be. Bucci is a talented songwriter with a voice that carries uncommon intimacy. With Storytellers, she has crafted a record of emotive country and folk music that is not only a good listen but is suffused with equal parts personality and musicianship. Stream Storytellers on Spotify and Apple Music, and learn more at giovaninabucci.com.

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hile Marvel’s Black Widow set a box office record this weekend, I stayed home and checked out a less flashy form of Disney girl power. The first season of “Cruel Summer” recently finished airing on the Mouse-owned cable network Freeform (where you can stream it, as well as on Sling and Hulu). According to the Hollywood Reporter, the teen mystery set in small-town Texas was this year’s most popular new cable drama among women ages 18 to 34. What hooked me on this 10-episode show? (A second season is in the works.) A bold and potentially baffling narrative device: Each episode of “Cruel Summer” takes place on or around a single date in 1993, 1994 and 1995. From scene to scene, the story is constantly time-shifting in units of a year. Imagine the nonlinear structure of Greta Gerwig’s Little Women, but with three parallel time frames instead of two.

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In summer 1993, 15-year-old Jeanette Turner (Chiara Aurelia) is a sweetly nerdy kid with a happy home life and equally nerdy friends. But she dreams of hanging out with popular Kate Wallis (Olivia Holt), who has a sophistication Jeanette can only dream of. In summer 1994, Kate has been missing for months, vanished without a trace. Jeanette, minus the braces and glasses, has stepped into her former idol’s life — including dating her jock boyfriend (Froy Gutierrez). Then news rocks the town: Kate has been rescued from the home of her school’s assistant principal (Blake Lee), who held her captive in his basement. Kate accuses Jeanette of complicity in her abduction, and the case becomes a national sensation. In summer 1995, Jeanette is an outcast, her family and friendships fractured by the accusation. She brings a defamation suit against Kate, and the two girls prepare to face off in court as Kate struggles with the aftermath of her trauma.

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In terms of dialogue, direction, acting and production values, “Cruel Summer” isn’t far from solid CW fare. Most of the leads have that apple-cheeked Disney look, appealing straight to the target demo. But creator Bert V. Royal’s series stands out for its unusual storytelling technique, ideal for a twisty thriller. The show 50

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REVIEW effectively keeps viewers guessing about who is telling the truth, if only by keeping them off-balance. How did techniques that were once avant-garde become the stuff of teen dramas? Back in 2000, viewers were bowled over by the nonlinear storytelling of Christopher Nolan’s Memento, which seemed so fresh that copycat episodes cropped up on popular shows such as “ER.” Today, it seems, Gen Z viewers don’t even blink at a fragmented and out-oforder narrative. Is it because they grew up navigating the internet, the timeless jumble of ’70s TV ads on YouTube and undated Tumblr posts? Or have two decades of flashbacks and flash-forwards on prestige TV primed them for a show in which we constantly have to remind ourselves when a given scene is taking place? Either way, Royal doesn’t spoon-feed this aspect of the show to viewers. Beyond a few markers to differentiate the time frames — degrees of color saturation, Jeanette’s changing hair — we’re on our own in puzzling out the entwined dramas of these two troubled teens. As in all good thrillers, both protagonists

turn out to be more complex than they appear. While good girl Jeanette has sneaky bad-girl moments, Kate struggles with the expectations attached to her pictureperfect life. It’s clear why she’s drawn to an older man who’s articulate and thoughtful in a way her boyfriend isn’t, and equally clear that the assistant principal’s behavior is beyond the pale. There’s ambiguity in this grooming scenario, as there is in life, but ultimately it rings true. Aurelia is more convincing as the goofy younger Jeanette than as the hardened, morally questionable older one. But the supporting players bring ’90s nostalgia and fun, especially Allius Barnes and Harley Quinn Smith — Kevin Smith’s daughter — as Jeanette’s two geeky friends, who grow apart from her while continuing to develop in story lines of their own. It’s not clear why, aside from the aforementioned nostalgia, “Cruel Summer” had to take place in the 1990s. With its teen characters who chat about their “trauma” and “PTSD,” the show feels contemporary enough to remind us that times have changed. But summer and thrillers will always go together, and “Cruel Summer”

is a pleasantly sinuous warm-weather entertainment.

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• Fear Street: Part One — 1994 (2021; Netflix): Speaking of ’90s nostalgia … R.L. Stine’s pulp novels inspired this self-consciously retro teen horror flick, the first of a trilogy. Soundtrack-wise, Fear Street vies with “Cruel Summer” in its deployment of iconic grunge tunes, but it pulls ahead by using fewer cover versions. • “Mare of Easttown” (2021; HBO Max, rentable): One of the joys of smalltown mystery series is how they flesh out an entire community. Like “Cruel Summer,” this acclaimed Kate Winsletstarring whodunit shows how evil can grow close to home. • “Blood & Water” (2020; Netflix): In this mystery series from South Africa, a teen suspects that a stranger is her long-lost sister and transfers to the other girl’s elite school to learn the truth. MARGO T HARRI S O N margot@sevendaysvt.com

NEW IN THEATERS ESCAPE ROOM: TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS: Survivors of previous escape rooms must team up to solve a new deadly puzzle in the sequel to the horror hit, directed by Adam Robitel. With Taylor Russell and Logan Miller. (88 min, PG-13. Essex) I CARRY YOU WITH ME: A Mexican chef leaves his love behind to follow his ambition to New York in this drama that won two Sundance Film Festival awards, directed by Heidi Ewing and starring Armando Espitia and Christian Vazquez. (111 min, R. Savoy) ROADRUNNER: A FILM ABOUT ANTHONY BOURDAIN: Morgan Neville (Won’t You Be My Neighbor?) directed this documentary about the beloved late chef and writer. (118 min, R. Essex, Savoy) SCALES: A girl is threatened by a fishing village’s brutal tradition in this dystopian parable from Saudi Arabia, directed by Shahad Ameen and starring Basima Hajjar. (74 min, NR. Savoy) SPACE JAM: A NEW LEGACY: Basketball stars and Looney Tunes characters mingle once more in a belated sequel to the 1996 comedy in which LeBron James and his son find themselves trapped in the digital realm. With Don Cheadle; Malcolm D. Lee directed. (115 min, PG. Bijou, Capitol, Essex, Marquis, Playhouse, Welden)

NOW PLAYING BLACK WIDOWHHH1/2 The Marvel Universe returns to the big screen with a showcase for the titular superhero (Scarlett Johansson). With Florence Pugh and Rachel Weisz. Cate Shortland directed. (133 min, PG-13. Bijou, Capitol, Essex, Marquis, Stowe, Roxy, Sunset, Welden) THE BOSS BABY: FAMILY BUSINESSHH The “boss baby” from the 2017 animated hit is all grown up with a boss baby niece of his own (voiced by Amy Sedaris) in this sequel. Tom McGrath directed. (97 min, PG. Bijou, Capitol, Essex, Fairlee, Sunset, Welden) THE CONJURING: THE DEVIL MADE ME DO ITHH1/2 A murder suspect uses demonic possession as a defense in the latest installment of the horror franchise, starring Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga. Michael Chaves directed. (112 min, R. Sunset) F9: THE FAST SAGAHHH Everyone’s favorite “family” finally returns, with a now-vast cast and a plot involving sibling rivalry between Dom (Vin Diesel) and his little bro (John Cena). Justin Lin again directed. (145 min, PG-13. Bijou, Capitol, Essex, Fairlee, Roxy, Stowe, Sunset) THE FOREVER PURGEHH1/2 As the dystopian action franchise continues, a gang decides to make the government-mandated 12 hours of lawlessness permanent. Everardo Gout directed. (103 min, R. Sunset) IN THE HEIGHTSHHHH Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical about the dreamers of New York’s Washington Heights neighborhood comes to the screen, directed by Jon M. Chu (Crazy Rich Asians). (143 min, PG-13. Roxy, Stowe) THE LONELIEST WHALE: THE SEARCH FOR 52HHH1/2 This documentary from Joshua Zeman (Cropsey) follows scientists on the quest for a whale that may have spent its entire life in solitude. (90 min, PG. Roxy, Savoy)

NOBODYHHH1/2 Bob Odenkirk plays a put-upon dad who goes on a Death Wish-style vigilante spree in this action flick from director Ilya Naishuller. With Connie Nielsen and RZA. (92 min, R. Sunset)

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A QUIET PLACE PART IIHHH1/2 Terrorized by monsters that hunt by sound, a family must venture outside its farm enclave in this sequel to the horror hit, starring Emily Blunt. John Krasinski again directed. (97 min, PG-13. Sunset)

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SUMMER OF SOUL (… OR, WHEN THE REVOLUTION COULD NOT BE TELEVISED)HHHHH Questlove directed this documentary about the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival and its celebration of Black culture, which won two major Sundance Film Festival awards. (117 min, PG-13. Roxy)

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WEREWOLVES WITHINHHH1/2 Lycanthropes aren’t the only problem for a snowed-in, ideologically divided small town in this offbeat horror-comedy based on the Ubisoft game. Sam Richardson and Milana Vayntrub star; Josh Ruben directed. (97 min, R. Savoy)

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VIRTUAL EXPLORE CHAMPLAIN OPEN HOUSE: Potential students scope out Champlain College, an institution included in the U.S. News & World Report’s Best Colleges Rankings 2021 list of most innovative schools. 6-7:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 625-0201.

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TRUCKS, TAPS & TUNES: Each Wednesday, the Essex Experience Green serves as the grounds for a mini festival featuring food trucks, a beer trailer and live bands. Essex Experience, 5-8 p.m. Free. Info, info@doubleevermont.com.

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See what’s playing at local theaters in the movies section. ‘AGAINST THE CURRENT’: Veiga Grétarsdóttir attempts to become the first person to kayak 2,000 kilometers counterclockwise around Iceland. This 2020 documentary is available for online viewing from the Vermont International Film Foundation. $12; free for VTIFF All Access and Patron members. Info, info@vtiff.org. ‘ANTARCTICA 3D: ON THE EDGE’: A cold, icy land is revealed as stunning, still-pristine and home to an incredible variety of life. Northfield Savings Bank 3D Theater: A National Geographic Experience, ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, noon, 2 & 4 p.m. $3-5 plus regular admission, $14.50-18; admission

free for members and kids 2 and under. Info, 864-1848. ‘AUSTRALIA’S GREAT WILD NORTH 3D’: An educational and entertaining film takes viewers on an epic adventure through some of Earth’s wildest landscapes. Northfield Savings Bank 3D Theater: A National Geographic Experience, ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 11 a.m., 1 & 3 p.m. $3-5 plus regular admission, $14.50-18; admission free for members and kids 2 and under. Info, 864-1848. ‘DINOSAURS OF ANTARCTICA 3D’: Moviegoers join scientists on a journey through a surreal world of bug-eyed giants and egg-laying mammals. Northfield Savings Bank 3D Theater: A National Geographic Experience, ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 10:30 a.m., 12:30, 2:30 & 4:30 p.m. $3-5 plus regular admission, $14.50-18; admission free for members and kids 2 and under. Info, 864-1848. ‘LES NÔTRES’: When 13-year-old Magalie refuses to identify her unborn baby’s father, suspicion among townsfolk reaches a boiling point. Presented by the Vermont International Film Foundation. $12; free for VTIFF All Access and Patron members. Info, info@vtiff.org. ‘NEVER GONNA SNOW AGAIN’: A masseur named Zhenia enters the lives of the wealthy residents of a gated community, bringing his hypnotic presence and quasi-magical abilities with him. Shown online by the Vermont International Film Festival. $12; free for VTIFF All Access and Patron members. Info, info@vtiff.org.

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‘TRUMAN & TENNESSEE: AN INTIMATE CONVERSATION’: The work, struggles and impact of American writers Truman Capote and Tennessee Williams come into focus in this dual-portrait documentary. Presented by the Hopkins Center for the Arts, $5-8; free for Dartmouth College students. Info, 603-646-2422. Presented by the Vermont International Film Foundation, $12; free for VTIFF All Access and Patron members. Info, info@vtiff.org.

EAST VALLEY COMMUNITY GROUP SCAVENGER HUNT: Following leads from a downloaded clue sheet, participants seek porch quilts placed throughout the Randolph area. East Valley Community Group, East Randolph, $5. Info, eastvalleycg@gmail.com.

food & drink

TAI CHI: SUN-STYLE 73: A sequence of slow, controlled movements aids in strength and balance. Twin Valley Senior Center, East Montpelier, 11:20 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 223-3322.

BROCCOLI BAR HAPPY HOUR: Foodies top off their Pingala Café vegan meals with Sisters of Anarchy Ice Cream scoops, as well as friendly games of frisbee golf. Fisher Brothers Farm, Shelburne, 5-8 p.m. Prices vary. Info, 846-7370. THE HUNT: Clue packets provided by the Vermont Cheese Council send culinary sleuths to various Vermont regions to explore art, history, the outdoors and, of course, cheeses. Various locations statewide. Free. Info, info@vtcheese.com. LEDDY PARK BEACH BITES: Lakeside picnickers enjoy food truck fare, a beer garden, kids’ activities and live entertainment. Attendees on two wheels make use of free bike valet service. Leddy Park, Burlington, 5-8 p.m. Free. Info, 864-0123. MARKET ON THE GREEN: Meat, cheese, ice cream and veggies are among the local products available for purchase at this weekly marketplace. Woodstock Village Green, 3-6 p.m. Free. Info, 457-3555.

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

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

music + nightlife Find club dates at local venues in the music + nightlife section online at sevendaysvt.com/music. All family-oriented events are now published in Kids VT, our free parenting magazine. Check out the calendar at kidsvt.com.

health & fitness

FALL PREVENTION SUN-STYLE TAI CHI: Humans boost their strength and balance through gentle flowing movements. Twin Valley Senior Center, East Montpelier, 10:30-11:15 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 223-3322.

holidays

BASTILLE DAY CELEBRATION: Folks fête the French national holiday with live music, baked goods, lawn games and a book sale. Maudite Poutine serves its specialty dish throughout the event. Landry Park, Winooski, 4-7 p.m. Free. Info, info@aflcr.org. CHAINE DU VERMONT: A BASTILLE DAY FÊTE: Hotel Vermont presents “A Celebration of Bread and Roses,” a multicourse meal supporting Common Roots. Hotel Vermont, Burlington, 6 p.m. $200. Info, 651-5023.

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BCA SUMMER CONCERTS: THE MOON SHELLS: Maggie Shar, Brian Slattery, Laura Murawski, Molly Merrett and Charlie Shaw draw from the traditional music of Appalachia, Louisiana and West Africa. Burlington City Hall Park, 12:30 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7166. HIGH SUMMER: The band fronted by vocalist Miriam Bernardo kicks off a series of five summer concerts recognizing women in music. Food is available for purchase. Martha Pellerin & Andy Shapiro Memorial Bandstand, Middlesex, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 272-4920. LIVE MUSIC ON THE LAWN: DJ FATTIE B.: Hip-hop, soul and Motown selections keep the dance floor full. Bolton Valley Resort, 6:30-9 p.m. Free. Info, 434-3444. MUSIC ON THE HILL: ARTIS-TRIO: Picnickers perk up their ears for a lively mix of jazz, blues and Latin sounds. ArtisTree Community Arts Center & Gallery, South Pomfret, 6:30 p.m. $5; free for kids under 5. Info, 457-3500. VERMONT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: A brass quintet performs outdoors as part of the Close to Home and Far Afield concert series. Pinnacle Ski &

Sports, Stowe, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 864-5741.

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‘CLOSE (BUT NOT TOO CLOSE!)’: Presented by Project Y Theatre and the Women in Theatre Festival, this new musical takes audience members on a comedic journey into the world of online dating in the coronavirus era. Donations. Info, michole@projectytheatre.org. ‘AN ILIAD’: A solitary storyteller interweaves contemporary references into a distillation of Homer’s epic poem in this Obie Award-winning solo show. Weston Playhouse Second Stage at Walker Farm, 7:30 p.m. $50-74. Info, 824-5288.

words

SOBU NITE OUT: Friends, families and neighbors mingle amid live music and mouthwatering cuisine. Veterans Memorial Park, South Burlington, 5-8 p.m. Free. Info, 846-4107.

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WORDS IN THE WOODS: Brattleboro poet Shanta Lee Gander reads from Sweet Pond State Park in Guilford as part of a Vermont Humanities literature program. 7 p.m. Free. Info, redens@vermonthumanities. org.

SUNSET SERIES AT SWIFT HOUSE INN/SUMMER OF SCORCESE: ‘RAGING BULL’: Picnic dinners and drinks prime cinephiles for an al fresco screening of this 1980 drama starring Robert De Niro as a self-destructive boxer. Swift House Inn, Middlebury, 8:30 p.m. $16; $70 for series pass. Info, info@middfilmfest.org.

THU.15

‘TRUMAN & TENNESSEE: AN INTIMATE CONVERSATION’: See WED.14.

dance

CONTRA-TIEMPO: Created by the Los Angeles-based dance-theater company, “joyUS justUS” flips the narrative about people of color from being powerless to embodying stories of joy. Bema Outdoor Amphitheater, College Park, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 6 p.m. Pick your price. Info, 603-646-2422. DANCE THEATRE OF HARLEM: In the first week of its Dartmouth College residency, the American professional ballet company shares choreography from its Pas de Deux repertoire. Moore Theater, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 5 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 603-646-2422.

environment

URINE MY GARDEN: Students of this weekly webinar learn how nutrients from urine can promote flourishing gardens and a healthier watershed. 1-2 p.m. Free. Info, julia@richearthinstitute.org.

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FEAST & FIELD MARKET: Prepared foods and East African and jazz music by KeruBo are on the menu at a pastoral party. Fable Farm Fermentory, Barnard, food and bar service begin, 5:30 p.m.; music begins, 6 p.m. $5-20; preregister; limited space. Info, feastandfield@gmail.com. PIZZA & MUSIC BY THE POND: A wood-fired oven warms pies composed of local ingredients. Blueberry Hill Inn, Goshen, pizza, 5-8 p.m.; music, 6-8 p.m. $24-32; free for kids 4 and under; BYOB; preregister. Info, 247-6735.

food & drink

THE HUNT: See WED.14. MAVERICK MARKET: High-quality products from Vermont artisans, as well as food truck fare and live musicians, populate a weekly bazaar. Essex Experience, 3:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 238-3934. POP-UP ART CAFÉ: Art and live music meet tapas and wine at a cultural convergence hosted by Gallery on the Green owners Chip and Opal Evans. Soulfully Good Café, Woodstock, 6-9 p.m. Cost of food and drink; preregister. Info, 457-7395. VERGENNES FARMERS MARKET: Local foods, crafts and hot eats spice up Thursday afternoons. Vergennes City Park, 3-6 p.m. Free. Info, 233-9180.

games

EAST VALLEY COMMUNITY GROUP SCAVENGER HUNT: See WED.14. THROWDOWN THURSDAYS: Live music sets the tone as adults vie for prizes in games of cornhole and disc golf. Sugarbush Resort, Warren, 5-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 583-6590.

lgbtq

POP-UP HAPPY HOUR: Locals connect over drinks at a speakeasystyle bar. Hosted by OUT in the 802. Lincolns, Burlington, 5:30-7 p.m. Free. Info, 860-7812. SAPPHIC SUMMER: Queer women and nonbinary individuals mix and mingle at an outdoor potluck complete with a bonfire and a music jam. Bring treats and drinks to share, as well as your own dishes and utensils. Private residence, Burlington, 7-10 p.m. Free. Info, olivia@mybodyprayer.com.

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entertain audience members. 7-10 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, shloinky@gmail.com.

JUL.17, 18 & 21 | THEATER

FIRST: EARTH SUMMER SERIES: VERMONT YOUTH ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION: Child Broadway star Mackenzie Mercer steps into the proverbial spotlight to belt out well-known show tunes alongside VYOA instrumentalists. Environmental speaker Helen Weston gives a short preconcert talk. Isham Family Farm, Williston, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 989-4112.

TWILIGHT SERIES: COUCHSLEEPERS: Burlington City Arts hosts singer-songwriter Harrison Wood Hsiang as part of its new evening music series. Burlington City Hall Park, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7166. VERMONT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: See WED.14, Middlebury Town Green.

SPRUCE PEAK SUMMER CONCERT SERIES: MARC ROBERGE & ADAM GARDNER: Fans of bands Guster and O.A.R. flock to hear a member of each band perform individually. Pete Kilpatrick opens. Spruce Peak at Stowe, 5-10 p.m. $40-50. Info, grace.tomczak@destination hotels.com.

sports

VERMONT LAKE MONSTERS: See THU.15.

talks

VERMONT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: See WED.14, Taylor Park, St. Albans.

RUTLAND COUNTY AUDUBON BIRD WALK: New and experienced birders seek feathered friends on a 3.7-mile outing. Meet at the boardwalk on Marble Street. West Rutland Marsh, 7-11 a.m. Free. Info, birding@rutlandcountyaudubon. org.

sports

VERMONT LAKE MONSTERS: The Green Mountain State’s Futures Collegiate Baseball League team bats against the Pittsfield Suns. Centennial Field, Burlington, 7:05 p.m. $5-16. Info, 655-4200.

talks

VERMONT LAW SCHOOL’S HOT TOPICS IN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW LECTURE SERIES: Freelance journalist Jessica Scott-Reid has the scoop on “The Problematic State of Farmed Animal Protection in Canada.” Noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, ccollins@vermontlaw.edu.

theater

‘CLOSE (BUT NOT TOO CLOSE!)’: See WED.14. ‘AN ILIAD’: See WED.14. ‘THE MOUNTAINTOP’: Penned by Katori Hall, this theater work is a moving exploration of the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. Depot Theatre, Westport, N.Y., 5 p.m. $25-34. Info, 518-962-4449.

FRI.16 bazaars

YARD AND ATTIC SALE: Proceeds from this annual bazaar benefit Central Vermont Habitat for Humanity. Bethany United Church of Christ, Randolph, 2-7 p.m. Free. Info, 522-8611.

dance

CONTRA-TIEMPO: See THU.15. ‘TWENTY TWENTY / TWENTY TWENTY-ONE: DANCE-THEATER FOR COLLECTIVE LIBERATION’: Outdoor dance-theater performances organized by Vermontbased Loom Ensemble invite

COURTESY OF LEONARDO MARCH

outdoors

Step Right Up

‘OUR DOMESTIC RESURRECTION CIRCUS’ Saturday, July 17, and Sunday, July 18, 3 p.m., at Bread and Puppet Theater in Glover. $10. Info, breadandpuppetreservations@gmail.com, breadandpuppet.org. Wednesday, July 21, 6 p.m., at Riverfront Park in Middlebury. $20; free for kids 3 and under. Info, 382-9222, townhalltheater.org.

education

SUMMER OPEN HOUSE: Admissions presentations, academic breakout sessions and campus tours engage potential pupils. SUNY Plattsburgh, N.Y., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 518-564-2040.

film

young woman falls for the dance instructor at a Catskills resort. Shown on a drive-in screen. Estabrook Park, Brandon, 8:45 p.m. $25 per vehicle; limited space. Info, 775-0903.

cultivators and fresh-food browsers. Volunteers Green, Richmond, 3-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, info@ richmondfarmersmarketvt.org.

‘LES NÔTRES’: See WED.14.

EAST VALLEY COMMUNITY GROUP SCAVENGER HUNT: See WED.14.

‘NEVER GONNA SNOW AGAIN’: See WED.14. ‘TRUMAN & TENNESSEE: AN INTIMATE CONVERSATION’: See WED.14. ‘THE WIZARD OF OZ’: Dorothy, Scarecrow, Tin Man and Lion follow the yellow brick road in the 1939 film adaptation of L. Frank Baum’s children’s novel. Norma Patterson Drive-In, Vermont State Fairgrounds, Rutland, 8:45 p.m. $25 per vehicle; limited space. Info, 775-0903.

food & drink

THE HUNT: See WED.14. POP-UP ART CAFÉ: See THU.15. RICHMOND FARMERS MARKET: An open-air marketplace featuring live music connects

WEEKLY DISCUSSIONS ON CURRENT EVENTS: Newsworthy subjects take the spotlight in this informal discussion led by Sandy Baird. Meet on the library lawn. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, bshatara@burlingtonvt.gov.

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Glover’s activist performance troupe Bread and Puppet Theater debuted its signature circus show in 1970. The subversive spectacular has had many names over the years, such as Man = Carrot Circus and Nothing Is Not Ready Circus. For its 51st anniversary, however, the show once again bears its original title of Our Domestic Resurrection Circus. Using a combination of papier-mâché puppets, human actors and traditional circus tropes, Bread and Puppet calls attention to urgent issues of the day. The political production takes place every Saturday and Sunday through August 29 at Bread and Puppet’s home base, as well as in Middlebury in July and September.

viewers to imagine a more beautiful world in 2021. Hubbard Park, Montpelier, 6 p.m. $10-15; pay what you wish for BIPOC audience members. Info, 845-379-1851.

CHERYL ASA: The mammalogist considers canine communication in “The Language of Wolves,” a Vermont Institute of Natural Science Magnificent Mammals Day talk. 6-7 p.m. Regular admission, $15-17.50; free for members and kids 3 and under. Info, 359-5000.

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health & fitness

COPING WITH COVID: MANAGING REENTRY ANXIETY: An interactive lunch-and-learn workshop equips individuals with tools to adapt to today’s circumstances. Noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 626-6523. FALL PREVENTION SUN-STYLE TAI CHI: See WED.14, 10-10:45 a.m.

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BACKSIDE 405: START MAKING SENSE: TALKING HEADS TRIBUTE: Food trucks and bar service complement an outdoor concert behind BCA Studios. BCA Studios, Burlington, 8 p.m.

‘ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND’: Audience members of all ages follow the White Rabbit into a world of talking animals, comic royalty and a frantic tea party in a Valley Players production starring adult actors. Valley Players Theater, Waitsfield, 7:30-9 p.m. $12. Info, 583-1674. ‘AS YOU LIKE IT’: Rosalind and Orlando face the trials and triumphs of love in Shakespeare’s romantic comedy, presented as a musical by Full Circle Theater Collaborative. Island Arts, North Hero, 7 p.m. $15-20. Info, amy@ fullcircletheater.com. ‘CLOSE (BUT NOT TOO CLOSE!)’: See WED.14.

$20-25; $99 for season pass. Info, 652-0777. BCA SUMMER CONCERTS: ATLANTIC CROSSING: The acoustic trio plays traditional New England tunes. Burlington City Hall Park, 12:30 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7166. CONCERTS IN THE COURTYARD: DEENA CHAPPELL TRIO: Toting blankets or chairs, audience members assemble outside for a high-energy mix of original tunes and rock-and-roll covers. Bennington Museum, 5-7 p.m. Free. Info, 447-1571. GREEN MOUNTAIN CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL: Bow in hand, guest cellist Matt Haimovitz joins artist faculty members in music by des Prez, Bielawa, Smith, Machover, Mendelssohn and Arensky. Elley-Long Music Center, Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, 7:30-9 p.m. $25; free for students. Info, 503-1220.

‘HAVANA NIGHTS’: Latin rhythms propel Opera North’s signature circus-opera mashup mixing high-flying physical feats with vocal virtuosity. Blow-Me-Down Farm, Cornish, N.H., 7 p.m. $25-50. Info, 603-448-4141. ‘AN ILIAD’: See WED.14. ‘THE MOUNTAINTOP’: See THU.15, 7:30 p.m. ‘ROBIN HOOD’: Vermont Suitcase stages an open-air performance of the classic folk tale of a thief who steals from the rich to give to the poor. Highland Center for the Arts, Greensboro, dinner pickup begins, 5 p.m.; show, 6:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 533-2000.

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agriculture

MAD RIVER VALLEY ARTS GARDEN TOUR: A self-guided tour takes participants to six

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unique plots. Maps provided upon registration. See calendar spotlight. Various Mad River Valley locations, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. $20-75; preregister. Info, 496-6682. PLANT SALE: Green thumbs go gaga over flora for the home and garden. University of Vermont Horticultural Research Center, South Burlington, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 658-6554.

bazaars

YARD AND ATTIC SALE: See FRI.16, 9 a.m.-7 p.m.

dance

CONTRA-TIEMPO: See THU.15, 2 p.m. ‘TWENTY TWENTY / TWENTY TWENTY-ONE: DANCE-THEATER FOR COLLECTIVE LIBERATION’: See FRI.16, Living Memorial Park, Brattleboro. VOXLAB: ‘INTERIOR’: Conceived by Veronica Sofia Burt and Shaye Swanson with collaborator Carlos Falú, this immersive dance-theater work explores the voyeurism of collective grief. Darling Courtyard, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 1 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 603-646-2422.

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MAGNIFICENT MAMMALS DAY: Families get familiar with furry friends through crafts, presentations and wildlife encounters. Vermont Institute of Natural Science, Quechee, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Regular admission, $15-17.50; free for members and kids 3 and under. Info, 359-5000. THE PIRATE CRUISE: A PIRATE’S LIFE FOR ME: Swashbucklers board the Northern Star for a night of pirate-themed food and drink. Newport City Dock, 6-8 p.m. $49.94. Info, 487-0234.

film

See what’s playing at local theaters in the movies section. ‘AGAINST THE CURRENT’: See WED.14. ‘ANTARCTICA 3D: ON THE EDGE’: See WED.14. ‘AUSTRALIA’S GREAT WILD NORTH 3D’: See WED.14. ‘DINOSAURS OF ANTARCTICA 3D’: See WED.14. KEN BURNS & ‘MUHAMMAD ALI’: The evergreen filmmaker offers a virtual sneak peek at his upcoming PBS series. 7 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 603-646-2422. ‘LES NÔTRES’: See WED.14. ‘NEVER GONNA SNOW AGAIN’: See WED.14. ‘PLANES, TRAINS AND MONTY BANKS’: Cinephiles rediscover forgotten comedian Monty Banks as composer Jeff Rapsis improvises a live score to silent film footage. Brandon Town Hall, 7 p.m. Donations. Info, 603-236-9237. SUNDOWN CINEMA SERIES: ‘BORAT SUBSEQUENT MOVIEFILM’: Sacha Baron Cohen’s irreverent character skewers

American culture once again. Kemeny Courtyard, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 9 p.m. Free. Info, 603-646-2422. ‘TRUMAN & TENNESSEE: AN INTIMATE CONVERSATION’: See WED.14.

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JUL.17 | AGRICULTURE

‘THE WEDDING SINGER’: Adam Sandler stars as an entertainer looking for love in this 1998 comedy shown on a drive-in screen. Estabrook Park, Brandon, 8:45 p.m. $25 per vehicle; limited space. Info, 775-0903.

See what’s playing at local theaters in the movies section. ‘THE AFRICAN QUEEN’: Set in Africa during World War I, this 1951 adventure film follows a missionary who convinces a hard-living riverboat captain to attack an enemy warship. Essex Cinemas & T-Rex Theater, 3 p.m. Info, 878-7231. Cumberland 12 Cinemas, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 3 & 7 p.m. $13. Info, 518-324-3888.

BURLINGTON FARMERS MARKET: Dozens of stands overflow with seasonal produce, flowers, artisan wares and prepared foods. 345 Pine St., Burlington,, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, manager@burlington farmersmarket.org.

THE HUNT: See WED.14. POP-UP ART CAFÉ: See THU.15. WAITSFIELD FARMERS MARKET: A bustling bazaar boasts seasonal produce, prepared foods, artisan crafts and live entertainment. Mad River Green, Waitsfield, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, waitsfield marketmanager@gmail.com. WEEKLY WINE TASTING: See WED.14, Dedalus Wine Shop, Market & Wine Bar, Stowe, noon-4 p.m. Info, 585-7717.

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Garden View

‘AGAINST THE CURRENT’: See WED.14. ‘ANTARCTICA 3D: ON THE EDGE’: See WED.14.

Each of the six plots in the second annual Mad River Valley Arts Garden Tour has its own unique personality. One garden is built around natural features such as rocks, a pond, and unmown areas for birds and butterflies. Another is a manicured vegetable garden with a view of Lincoln Gap. Yet another is a cluster of hostas in a woodland setting complete with a fireplace and stone wall. Maps in hand, guests may visit each of the designated grounds, located throughout the Mad River Valley, at their leisure during tour hours. A ticketed preview party takes place on the evening of July 16. Saturday, July 17, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., at various Mad River Valley locations. $20; $60-75 for preview party; preregister. Info, 496-6682, madrivervalleyarts.org.

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BYO chair or blanket. Plainfield Recreational Field, 4 p.m. Donations. Info, 498-3173.

faces the Worcester Bravehearts. Centennial Field, Burlington, 6:05 p.m. $5-16. Info, 655-4200.

TWILIGHT SERIES: RED HOT JUBA: Soul and blues meet juke-joint country in an outdoor concert hosted by Burlington City Arts. Burlington City Hall Park, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7166.

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BANDWAGON SUMMER SERIES: BROOKLYN RIDER: Syrian clarinet virtuoso Kinan Azmeh joins forces with the string quartet for a musical exploration of concepts of home and tradition. Brattleboro Museum & Art Center, 7:30 p.m. $25-30. Info, 451-0053. LIVE MUSIC ON THE LAWN: DANNY & THE PARTS: Twangy guitar and expressive vocal styling get listeners on their feet. Bolton Valley Resort, 6:30-9 p.m. Free. Info, 434-3444. THE MOON SHELLS: Maggie Shar, Brian Slattery, Laura Murawski, Molly Merrett and Charlie Shaw draw from the traditional music of Appalachia, Louisiana and West Africa. A fiddlers gathering follows — musicians may bring tents for camping. Catamount Airfield, Cabot, noon. $20-25. Info, 793-3016. OUTDOOR SUMMER MUSIC SERIES: CRAFTSBURY CHAMBER PLAYERS: The Vermont ensemble captivates classical connoisseurs with ear-pleasing selections.

SEVEN DAYS JULY 14-21, 2021

VERMONT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SUMMER CONCERT SERIES: See WED.14, Lakeside Park, Island Pond, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 864-5741.

outdoors

SUMMER FOREST BATHING: Folks unplug, slow down and experience nature through a guided mindfulness practice. Meet in front of the sugarhouse. Green Mountain Audubon Center, Huntington, 10 a.m.-noon. $2530; preregister. Info, gcauser@ audubon.org.

sports

GOSHEN GALLOP: Rugged 5- and 10K courses take runners across varied terrain in this annual race. A hearty pizza dinner follows. Blueberry Hill Inn, Goshen, 4 p.m. $20-30; $15-20 for dinner. Info, 247-6735. VERMONT LAKE MONSTERS: The Green Mountain State’s Futures Collegiate Baseball League team

‘ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND’: See FRI.16, 3-4:30 & 7:30-9 p.m. ‘AS YOU LIKE IT’: See FRI.16, 2 & 7 p.m. ‘CLOSE (BUT NOT TOO CLOSE!)’: See WED.14. ‘HAVANA NIGHTS’: See FRI.16, 2 & 7 p.m. ‘AN ILIAD’: See WED.14. ‘THE MOUNTAINTOP’: See THU.15, 7:30 p.m. ‘OUR DOMESTIC RESURRECTION CIRCUS’: An offbeat Bread and Puppet Theater production draws on traditional circus tropes to pull attention to the urgent issues of the day. See calendar spotlight. Bread and Puppet Theater, Glover, 3 p.m. $10. Info, breadandpuppet reservations@gmail.com. PLATO’S ‘ION’: What is the nature of inspiration? Plato addresses the arts in this dialogue written around 380 BC. Proceeds from this Agora Theoria production benefit the Off Center for the Dramatic Arts. 8-8:40 p.m. $5 minimum. Info, info@ agoratheoria.org.

‘AUSTRALIA’S GREAT WILD NORTH 3D’: See WED.14. ‘DANCING IN THE INVISIBLE UNIVERSE’: Emily Coates puts on a work-in-progress screening of her film focused on science and dance. A filmmaker Q&A follows. Loew Auditorium, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 5 p.m. Free. Info, 603-646-2422. ‘DINOSAURS OF ANTARCTICA 3D’: See WED.14. ‘LES NÔTRES’: See WED.14.

MAD RIVER VALLEY ARTS GARDEN TOUR

EAST VALLEY COMMUNITY GROUP SCAVENGER HUNT: See WED.14.

ANNIE IN THE WATER: Highenergy jams and funky tones get listeners moving and grooving on the Essex Experience Green. The Reflexions open. Essex Experience, 7 p.m. $20. Info, info@doubleevermont.com.

VOXLAB: ‘WITH WORDS THAT DON’T EXIST’: A theatrical experience created by Olivia Powell explores how humans perceive themselves in stories. Wheeler Tent, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 1 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 603-646-2422.

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food & drink

CRAFTSBURY FARMERS MARKET: Food, drink, crafts and familyfriendly entertainment are on the menu at an emporium of local merchandise. Craftsbury Common, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 755-9030.

Warner Bentley Theater, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 603-646-2422.

VOXLAB: ‘ENTANGLEMENT’: Penned by Ruth Margraff and composed by Ryan Ingebritsen, this multimedia quantum opera focuses on two groups of people whose destinies become entangled through an interstellar phenomenon. Warner Bentley Theater, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 8 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 603-646-2422.

SUN.18

agriculture

COHASE GARDEN TOUR: Gardens in the Lower Cohase region of Vermont and New Hampshire take center stage during a 10th annual outing. Pick up tickets at Denny Park in Bradford or at cohase.org. Denny Park, Bradford, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. $20; free for kids under 12. Info, 518-0030.

dance

‘TWENTY TWENTY / TWENTY TWENTY-ONE: DANCE-THEATER FOR COLLECTIVE LIBERATION’: See SAT.17. VOXLAB: ‘MEET YOU AT THE GALAXY DINER’: Two old high school friends reconnect over a ’90s-era online messaging service in a play penned by Gina Femia.

‘NEVER GONNA SNOW AGAIN’: See WED.14. ‘TRUMAN & TENNESSEE: AN INTIMATE CONVERSATION’: See WED.14.

food & drink

THE HUNT: See WED.14. NATIONAL ICE CREAM DAY: Sweets lovers raise their spoons to sample the dreamy dairy confection, along with sundae toppings and homemade cones. Billings Farm & Museum, Woodstock, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Regular admission, $8-16; free for members and kids 3 and under. Info, 457-2355. WINOOSKI FARMERS MARKET: Families shop for fresh produce, honey, meats, coffee and prepared foods from seasonal vendors at an outdoor marketplace. Champlain Mill Green, Winooski, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, farmersmarket@ downtownwinooski.org.

games

EAST VALLEY COMMUNITY GROUP SCAVENGER HUNT: See WED.14.

music

BURLINGTON CONCERT BAND: Local musicians present a varied program of marches, show tunes and pop classics. BYO blanket or lawn chair. Battery Park, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, burlingtonconcertband@gmail. com.

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FIRST: EARTH SUMMER SERIES: BALLET VERMONT: Artistry meets agriculture as dancers reinterpret classical ballet pieces to tell the story of a Vermont farm from spring to fall. Ballet Vermont dance camp participants discuss what they have learned about the environment in a preshow talk. Isham Family Farm, Williston, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 989-4112. GREEN MOUNTAIN HORN CLUB: Ten French horn players and three percussionists interpret music from the 15th to the 21st century, including jazz, pop and classical selections. ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 3-4 p.m. Regular admission, $14.50-18; free for members and kids 2 and under. Info, hornclub@ yahoo.com. LEVITT AMP ST. JOHNSBURY MUSIC SERIES: CHAD HOLLISTER BAND: Heartfelt lyrics propel catchy pop-rock tunes from the 2017 album Stop the World. Dog Mountain, St. Johnsbury, 5-7 p.m. Free. Info, 748-2600. LIVE MUSIC ON THE LAWN: LOCAL STRANGERS: This band offers a little something for everyone, covering songs by artists ranging from the Grateful Dead to Aretha Franklin. Bolton Valley Resort, 6:30-9 p.m. Free. Info, 434-3444. VERMONT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: See WED.14, South Royalton Village Green, 3 p.m. WESTFORD SUMMER CONCERT SERIES: BLUES FOR BREAKFAST: Equally at ease with rock, reggae, Motown and Grateful Dead covers, the local rockers provide the music while families nosh on food truck fare. Westford Common, farmers market, 4:30 p.m.; music and food trucks, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 363-0930.

sports

BRANBURY CLASSIC: A 1.5-mile paddle paves the way for a 14mile bike ride and a 3.1-mile run. Branbury State Park, Salisbury, registration and bib pickup, 6:558 a.m.; race, 8:30 a.m. $65-120. Info, 388-6888. VERMONT LAKE MONSTERS: See SAT.17, 5:05 p.m. VERMONT SUN TRIATHLON: Athletes swim 600 yards, bike 14 miles and run 3.1 miles amid the mountains, lakes and streams of Central Vermont. Branbury State Park, Salisbury, 8:30 a.m. $65120. Info, 388-6888.

talks

VETS TOWN HALL: Veterans share what their past service means to them. Nonveterans are invited to listen and learn. Waterfront pavilion. Prouty Beach, Newport, 1 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, kristen.eaton@ gmail.com.

theater

‘ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND’: See FRI.16, 3-4:30 p.m. ‘AS YOU LIKE IT’: See FRI.16, 2 p.m. ‘CLOSE (BUT NOT TOO CLOSE!)’: See WED.14.

‘HAVANA NIGHTS’: See FRI.16, 2 p.m.

‘DINOSAURS OF ANTARCTICA 3D’: See WED.14.

‘AN ILIAD’: See WED.14, 3 p.m.

‘LES NÔTRES’: See WED.14.

‘THE MOUNTAINTOP’: See THU.15, 3 p.m.

‘NEVER GONNA SNOW AGAIN’: See WED.14.

‘OUR DOMESTIC RESURRECTION CIRCUS’: See SAT.17.

‘TRUMAN & TENNESSEE: AN INTIMATE CONVERSATION’: See WED.14.

PLATO’S ‘ION’: See SAT.17, 2-2:40 p.m.

MON.19 community

ARRIVAL OF AMTRAK IN ESSEX JUNCTION: Locals await the arrival of the Amtrak Vermonter to its first stop from St. Albans, then enjoy coffee, treats and presentations in honor of the train company reopening for business. 29 Railroad Ave., Essex Junction, 9-11:15 a.m. Free. Info, 878-6951.

environment

FOREST CARBON WORKS: PROVIDING CARBON MARKET ACCESS FOR SMALLER LANDOWNERS: New England regional forester Sarah Ford outlines the prerequisites and current projections of apublic benefit company that creates easy access to the carbon market for private woodland owners. 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 291-1003.

film

See what’s playing at local theaters in the movies section. ‘AGAINST THE CURRENT’: See WED.14. ‘ANTARCTICA 3D: ON THE EDGE’: See WED.14. ‘AUSTRALIA’S GREAT WILD NORTH 3D’: See WED.14.

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

food & drink

THE HUNT: See WED.14.

games

EAST VALLEY COMMUNITY GROUP SCAVENGER HUNT: See WED.14.

music

SAMBATUCADA OPEN REHEARSAL: Burlington’s own samba street percussion band welcomes new members. No experience or instruments required. Call to confirm location. 8 Space Studio Collective, Burlington, 6-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 862-5017.

theater

‘CLOSE (BUT NOT TOO CLOSE!)’: See WED.14.

TUE.20

community

HOMESHARING INFO SESSION: Locals learn to make the most of spare space in their homes by hosting compatible housemates. Noon-12:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, info@ homesharevermont.org.

fairs & festivals

DOG DAYS OF SUMMER: A DOGFRIENDLY FESTIVAL SERIES: Pets and their people spend summer evenings amid live music, local artisans and good company, thanks to Bellcate School Dog Treats. Price Chopper, Essex Junction, 5-7 p.m. Free. Info, 309-8762.

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Blueberry Farm, Richmond, 5-8 p.m. Minimum purchase of two quarts per adult; $6 per quart. Info, 434-3387.

games

EAST VALLEY COMMUNITY GROUP SCAVENGER HUNT: See WED.14.

health & fitness

FALL PREVENTION SUN-STYLE TAI CHI: See WED.14, 10-11 a.m.

language

PAUSE-CAFÉ FRENCH CONVERSATIONS: Francophones and French-language learners meet pour parler la belle langue. Burlington Bay Market & Café, 5 p.m. Free. Info, 343-5166.

music

CONCERT ON THE COMMON: THE PARTY CRASHERS: The five-piece cover band entertains onlookers with funk, soul and rock melodies. Fairlee Town Common, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, contact@ fairleearts.org. GREEN MOUNTAIN CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL: “Russian Visions,” a program performed by artist faculty members, showcases compositions by Glinka, Silvestrov, Ustvolskaya, Auerbach and Prokofiev. Elley-Long Music Center, Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, 7:30-9 p.m. $25; free for students. Info, 503-1220. VERGENNES CITY BAND: An allvolunteer community ensemble makes music on the green. Vergennes City Park, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 349-5906. VERMONT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SUMMER CONCERT SERIES: Classical music carries through the air when the VSO’s Jukebox String Quartet performs outdoors as part of the Close to Home and Far Afield concert series. Foam Brewers, Burlington, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 864-5741.

‘AUSTRALIA’S GREAT WILD NORTH 3D’: See WED.14.

VERMONT’S FREEDOM & UNITY CHORUS REHEARSAL: Regardless of age, race or gender, singers lift their voices in songs that represent the ongoing struggle for justice. Chapel of Saint Michael the Archangel, Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, 6:45-8:45 p.m. $35. Info, vermontsfreedom andunitychorus@gmail.com.

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

‘DINOSAURS OF ANTARCTICA 3D’: See WED.14.

outdoors

music + nightlife

‘LES NÔTRES’: See WED.14.

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

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Find club dates at local venues in the music + nightlife section online at sevendaysvt.com/ music. All family-oriented events are now published in Kids VT, our free parenting magazine. Check out the online calendar at kidsvt.com. Learn more about highlighted listings in the Magnificent 7 on page 11.

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See what’s playing at local theaters in the movies section. ‘AGAINST THE CURRENT’: See WED.14. ‘ANTARCTICA 3D: ON THE EDGE’: See WED.14.

‘TRUMAN & TENNESSEE: AN INTIMATE CONVERSATION’: See WED.14.

BANDING & BIRDING: Avian enthusiasts drop by for an education on the banding process, from mist nets to data sheets. Green Mountain Audubon Center, Huntington, 8-10 a.m. Donations; preregister. Info, 434-3068.

food & drink

sports

‘NEVER GONNA SNOW AGAIN’: See WED.14.

FARM TO FORK TUESDAYS: Locavores lick their lips over entrées including grilled pork loin and grilled portobello mushroom. Wheeler House, South Burlington, 4:30-6:30 p.m. $16. Info, 652-0188. THE HUNT: See WED.14. MUSIC WHILE YOU PICK: Rockand-roll jams by the Decoys keep spirits high as locavores harvest fresh blueberries. Owl’s Head

VERMONT LAKE MONSTERS: The Brockton Rox challenge the Green Mountain State’s Futures Collegiate Baseball League team. Centennial Field, Burlington, 7:05 p.m. $5-16. Info, 655-4200.

talks

VERMONT LAW SCHOOL’S HOT TOPICS IN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW LECTURE SERIES: University of California,

Hastings College of the Law professor David Takacs speaks on “Rivers With Rights.” Noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, ccollins@vermontlaw. edu.

theater

‘CLOSE (BUT NOT TOO CLOSE!)’: See WED.14. ‘AN ILIAD’: See WED.14.

words

POETRY CLINIC: Writers set their pens and minds in motion with group exercises and critiques in this ongoing drop-in gathering. River Arts, Morrisville, 6-8 p.m. $5. Info, 888-1261.

WED.21 business

REALIZE YOUR GREATEST BUSINESS IDEAS: SET GOALS WITH YOUR TEAM OF EXPERTS: Entrepreneurial hopefuls learn to turn their thoughts into actions. 11:30 a.m.1 p.m. Free. Info, 503-0219.

fairs & festivals TRUCKS, TAPS & TUNES: See WED.14.

film

See what’s playing at local theaters in the movies section. ‘AGAINST THE CURRENT’: See WED.14. ‘ANTARCTICA 3D: ON THE EDGE’: See WED.14. ‘AUSTRALIA’S GREAT WILD NORTH 3D’: See WED.14. ‘DINOSAURS OF ANTARCTICA 3D’: See WED.14. ‘LES NÔTRES’: See WED.14. ‘NEVER GONNA SNOW AGAIN’: See WED.14. ‘TRUMAN & TENNESSEE: AN INTIMATE CONVERSATION’: See WED.14.

skills via Zoom. 5-6 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, info@aflcr.org.

music

ECHO SUMMER MUSIC SERIES: PATTI CASEY & COLIN MCCAFFREY: Lake Champlain serves as a natural backdrop for a family-friendly set by the frequent folk music collaborators. ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 5:30-7:30 p.m. $5-10; free for kid members; cash bar. Info, 864-1848. HONEY & SOUL: A series of five summer concerts recognizing women in music continues with a powerhouse performance by the folk-soul trio. Food is available for purchase. Martha Pellerin & Andy Shapiro Memorial Bandstand, Middlesex, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 272-4920. MUSIC ON THE HILL: LAURIE GOLDSMITH TRIO: Joined by upright bassist Tal Shalom-Kobi and drummer Caleb Bronz, the songwriter and multi-instrumentalist draws on her genre-spanning repertoire. Picnics are welcome. ArtisTree Community Arts Center & Gallery, South Pomfret, 6:30 p.m. $5; free for kids under 5. Info, 457-3500. SONG CIRCLE: Singers and musicians congregate on Zoom for an acoustic session of popular folk tunes. Free. Info, jack_cr2@yahoo.com.

seminars

VIRTUAL TOWNHALL: THE BEST STRATEGIES FOR INFLATIONARY TIMES: What is going on with inflation, and how will it impact your investments? Experts answer this and related questions in a Copper Leaf Financial webinar. Noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 878-2731.

sports

VERMONT LAKE MONSTERS: See TUE.20.

tech

food & drink

LEDDY PARK BEACH BITES: See WED.14.

INTRODUCTION TO SEARCH ENGINGES: A Technology for Tomorrow class dials in to a digital tool for browsing the World Wide Web. 1-2:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 448-0595.

MARKET ON THE GREEN: See WED.14.

theater

BROCCOLI BAR HAPPY HOUR: See WED.14. THE HUNT: See WED.14.

‘CLOSE (BUT NOT TOO CLOSE!)’: See WED.14.

WEEKLY WINE TASTING: See WED.14.

‘AN ILIAD’: See WED.14, 2 p.m.

games

EAST VALLEY COMMUNITY GROUP SCAVENGER HUNT: See WED.14.

health & fitness

FALL PREVENTION SUN-STYLE TAI CHI: See WED.14. TAI CHI: SUN-STYLE 73: See WED.14.

language

ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE OF THE LAKE CHAMPLAIN REGION SOCIAL HOUR — ‘TROISIÈME MERCREDI’: Francophones fine-tune their French-language conversation

‘THE NEW NORMAL’: Vermont Vaudeville’s not quite post-pandemic outdoor entertainment spectacular makes audience members feel ... well, almost normal! Highland Center for the Arts, Greensboro, 6-7:30 p.m. $15-20; preregister. Info, 472-1387. ‘OUR DOMESTIC RESURRECTION CIRCUS’: See SAT.17, Riverfront Park, Middlebury, 6-7 p.m. $20; free for kids 3 and under. Info, 382-9222. m

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agriculture BUILDING PASTURE RESILIENCE: This workshop will focus on effective pasture management in drought conditions; managing soil health so that soil is resilient to other environmental disturbances; irrigation systems; and Stony Pond’s bedded pack system and how that integrates into its nutrient management approach and its impact on cow health and labor efficiency. Thu., Aug. 5, 10 a.m.-noon. Free for BIPOC; $20 for NOFA-VT members; $30 for nonmembers. Location: Stony Pond Farm, 336 Emch Rd., Enosburg Falls. Info: Erin Buckwalter, 4344122, erin@nofavt.org, nofavt.org. CARBON MANAGEMENT ON THE FARM: Sunrise Farm has built a state-permitted composting facility for turning food scraps from the community into compost suitable for use on the farm. Come tour the facility, see the operation, and discuss details such as costs, revenues, permitting and logistics. Tue., Jul. 27, 3:305:30 p.m. Free for BIPOC; $20 for NOFA-VT members; $30 for nonmembers. Location: Sunrise Farm, 1759 N. Hartland Rd. (Route 5), White River Junction. Info: Erin Buckwalter, 434-4122, erin@ nofavt.org, nofavt.org.

art VT FOLKLIFE SUMMER INSTITUTE: Curious about community-led interviewing? Interested in digital media

production and cultural documentation? Join the Vermont Folklife Center for a 10-day hybrid online/ in-person field school. The course includes an introduction to digital media making with a critical lens on documentary work and the ethics of representation. Aug. 2-13, Mon.-Fri., 10:30 a.m.-noon; 1:30-4:30 p.m. Cost: $800/45hour course, w/ 3 graduate credits avail.; funded fellowships avail. Location: Vermont Folklife Center/ Virtual, Middlebury or all Virtual. Info: Sasha Antohin, 3884964, aantohin@vermont folklifecenter.org, vermontfolklife center.org/summer-institute.

climbing CLIMBING CLINICS AND LESSONS: Come to Petra Cliffs and start or improve your climbing. We offer evening threeweek adult coed and women’s clinics that run regularly beginning the first week of every month. Intro, intermediate and lead climbing levels. Private lessons can be catered to individual needs and schedules. 3-week clinics: weekday evenings. Private lessons: anytime. Cost: $160/3 2-hour sessions for clinics, varying costs for members, multiple sign-ups. Location: Petra Cliffs Climbing Center, 105 Briggs St., Burlington. Info: Andrea Charest, 657-3872, info@petracliffs.com, petracliffs.com.

DJEMBE & TAIKO DRUMMING: JOIN US!: New hybrid classes (Zoom and in-person) starting! Taiko, Tue. and Wed. Djembe, Wed. Kids and Parents, Tue. and Wed. COVID-19-free rental instruments, curbside pickup, too. Private Hybrid Conga lessons by appointment. Let’s prepare for future drumming outdoors. Schedule/register online. Location: Online & in-person at Taiko Space, 208 Flynn Ave., Suite 3G, Burlington. Info: 999-4255, burlingtontaiko.org.

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go home with some herbs. Bring a lunch to picnic on the farm once the workshop concludes. Preregistration required. Sat., Jul. 17, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost: $30/person for NOFA-VT members; $45 for nonmembers; free for BIPOC community. Location: Free Verse Farm, 34 Baraw Hill Rd., Chelsea. Info: Livy Bulger, 434-7153, livy@nofavt.org, nofavt.org.

language LEARN SPANISH LIVE & ONLINE: Broaden your world. Learn Spanish online via live video conferencing. High-quality, affordable instruction in the Spanish language for adults, students and children. Travelers’ lesson package. Our 15th year. Personal small group and individual instruction from a native speaker. See our website for complete information or contact us for details. Location: Spanish in Waterbury Center, Waterbury Center. Info: 585-1025, spanishparavos@gmail.com, spanishwaterburycenter.com.

martial arts AIKIDO CLASSES AND WORKSHOP: Discover the dynamic, flowing martial art of aikido. Learn how to relax under pressure and how aikido cultivates core power, fitness and resiliency. Aikido techniques emphasize throws, pinning techniques and internal power. Introductory classes for Adults and Youth begin on July 6th. Visitors are always welcome! Mon.-Wed. & Sat. Membership rates incl. unlimited classes. Contact us for info about membership rates for adults, youth & families. Location: Aikido of Champlain Valley, 257 Pine St., Burlington. Info: Benjamin Pincus, 951-8900, bpincus@ burlingtonaikido.org, burlingtonaikido.org.

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teach you how to regenerate your soil with cover crops, bokashi composting and other tested carbon-sequestration techniques. Daily guided meditations in the garden, forests and meadows to reconnect you to this precious earth and all its inhabitants. Jul. 31-Aug. 14. Cost: $860/2week regenerative gardening & meditation program. Location: Karme Choling Meditation Center, 369 Patneaude Ln., Barnet. Info: Mike de Give, 633-2384-3122, mdegive@karmecholing.org, karmecholing.org/ program?id=6668.

KNOW AND GROW YOUR CHICORY: Preparing for Chicory Week celebrations in October, join Red Wagon founder Julie Rubaud and herbalist Sophie Cassel as we talk chicory, from roadside weed and venerated medicinal herb to radicchios and endives that grace our dinner tables. This class is for the radicchio lovers and the uninitiated alike. Tue., Jul. 20, 6-7:30 p.m. Cost: $10. Location: Red Wagon Plants, 2408 Shelburne Falls Rd., Hinesburg. Info: Julie Rubaud, 482-4060, sarah.m@ redwagonplants.com, redwagonplants.com. WILDCRAFTED MEDICINE MAKING & HERB WALK WORKSHOP: Set in the beautiful fields and meadows of Free Verse Farm in Chelsea, Vt. Learn ethical and traditional techniques for harvesting, drying and remedymaking common herbs, plus teablending techniques! Attendees

VERMONT BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU: This school was developed to communicate the importance of proper, legitimate and complete Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu instruction. We cover fundamentals of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu with a realistic approach to self-defense training skills in a friendly, safe and positive environment. All are welcome; no experience required. Develop confidence, strength and endurance. Julio Cesar “Foca” Fernandez Nunes was born and raised on the shores of Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Earning his black belt and representing the Carlson Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Team, Julio “Foca” went on to become a five-time Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu National Champion, three-time Rio de Janeiro State Champion and two-time IBJJF World JiuJitsu Champion! Julio “Foca” is the only CBJJP, USBJJF and IBJJF-certified seventh-degree

coral belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and self-defense instructor under late grand master Carlson Gracie Sr. currently teaching in the USA. Accept no Iimitations! Location: Vermont Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, 55 Leroy Rd., Williston. Info: 598-2839, julio@bjjusa.com, vermontbjj.com.

yoga ASHTANGA YOGA MYSORE: Join our community! Daily Ashtanga Yoga classes taught in the traditional Mysore method. We are a group of dedicated practitioners sharing the traditional method as taught by Sri. K. Pattabhi Jois.

We have a morning and evening program, allowing you to choose which time of day works best for you. Weekdays, 6:30-8 a.m. or 5:30-7 p.m.; weekends, 9-10:30 a.m. Cost: $120/mo. Location: Champlain Yoga School, 113 Church St., 4th-floor studio 4, Burlington. Info: Champlain Yoga School, Robina Winkler, 215-3136454, info@champlainyoga.com, champlainyoga.com. EVOLUTION YOGA: Whether you are new to yoga or have been at it for years, you’ll find the support you need to awaken your practice. Now offering outdoor in-person classes overlooking Lake Champlain! Livestream and recorded classes continue. Flexible pricing based on your needs, scholarships avail. Single class: $0-15. Weekly membership: $10-25. 10-class pass: $140. New student special: $20 for 3 classes. Location: Evolution Yoga, 20 Kilburn St., Burlington. Info: 8649642, evolutionvt.com. SOUND HEALING WELLNESS WEEKEND: Heal your mind, body and soul with vibrational sound healing, meditation and yoga! Treat yourself and family. Fourday fun-filled weekend of workshops and wellness fair! Family yoga dance party! Sound bath relaxation, malas, crystals, yoga for osteoarthritis, acupuncture, herbal and holistic therapies, chiropractic, vegan skin care, tarot cards and photography! Thu., Jul. 29, 10 a.m.-Sun., Aug. 1, 8 p.m. Location: Kamalika-K | Yoga Wellness for You!, 45 Upper Main St., #101, Essex Junction. Info: Kamalika-K, Karen Santorello, 871-5085, kamalikakwellness@ gmail.com, kamalikak.com.

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Humane

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Rainbow

AGE/SEX: 9-year-old spayed female REASON HERE: She came to HSCC through our Good Neighbor Program. ARRIVAL DATE: June 9, 2021 SUMMARY: This sweet lady is sure to brighten your skies! While technically a senior, Rainbow is curious and playful, with an independent spirit and explorer’s heart. She likes to talk to her human friends, whether it’s to elicit attention or recap the details of her adventures. She should be a gregarious and loving companion for any family! Come meet Rainbow at HSCC today. CATS/DOGS/KIDS: Rainbow has lived with other cats. She has no known experience living with dogs or children.

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Visit the Humane Society of Chittenden County at 142 Kindness Court, South Burlington, Tuesday through Friday from 1 to 6 p.m., or Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Call 862-0135 or visit hsccvt.org for more info.

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No hearing will be held and a permit may be issued unless, on or before July 29, 2021, 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 a hearing on its own motion. Any person as defined in 10 V.S.A. § 6085(c)(1) may request a hearing. Any hearing request must be in writing to the address below, must state the criteria or sub-criteria at issue, why a hearing is required and what additional evidence will be presented at the hearing. Any hearing request by an adjoining property owner or other person eligible for party status under 10 V.S.A. § 6085(c)(1)(E) must include a petition for party status under the Act 250 Rules. 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

Dated at Essex Junction, Vermont this 6th day of July, 2021. By: /s/Rachel Lomonaco, District Coordinator Rachel Lomonaco,District Coordinator 111 West Street Essex Junction, VT 05452 802-879-5658 rachel.lomonaco@vermont.gov OPENINGS: BURLINGTON CITY COMMISSIONS/ BOARDS **UPDATED 07/12/21 LO** Board of Assessors Term Expires 3/31/24 One Opening Chittenden County Regional Planning Comm.-alt

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PRIVATE AUCTION OF STORAGE UNIT CONTENTS Stephanie Ducharme, last known address of 905 Pine Street Burlington, VT 05401has a past due balance of $665.00 owed to Champlain Valley Self Storage, LLC since 2/28/21. To cover this debt, per lease dated 10/10/20 the contents of unit #623 will be sold at private auction on, or after July 30, 2021. Bridget Paquette, last known address of 54 West Lakeshore Drive Colchester, VT 05446 has a past due balance of $488.00 owed to Champlain Valley Self Storage, LLC since 3/31/21. To cover this debt, per lease dated 6/28/20 the contents of unit #870 will be sold at private auction on, or after July 30, 2021. Joe Abajian, last known address of 28 Thomas Lane Essex Junction, VT 05452 has a past due balance of $311.00 owed to Champlain Valley Self Storage, LLC since 4/30/21. To cover this debt, per lease dated 5/20/20 the contents of unit #627 will be sold at private auction on, or after July 30, 2021. Sondia Anderson, last known address of 51074 Mot Road Canton, M 48188 has a past due balance of $381.59 owed to Champlain Valley Self Storage, LLC since 4/30/21. To cover this debt, per lease dated 4/7/21 the contents of unit #964 will be sold at private auction on, or after July 30, 2021. Jessica Kunze, last known address of 327 Lime Kiln Road Apt 7111 South Burlington, VT 05403 has a past due balance of $386.00 owed to Champlain Valley Self Storage, LLC since 4/30/21. To cover this debt, per lease dated 3/22/21 the contents of unit #949 will be sold at private auction on, or after July 30, 2021.

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STATE OF VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT PROBATE DIVISION FRANKLIN UNIT DOCKET NO.: 21-PR-03132 In re ESTATE of Dorothy I. Root, late of Fairfax, Vermont. NOTICE TO CREDITORS To the creditors of: Dorothy I. Root, late of Fairfax, Vermont. I have been appointed to administer this estate. All creditors having claims against the decedent or the

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STEVEN A. MILLER, PAMELA J. MARTIN, SUSAN L. 7/12/21 3:36 PM 1 AND URBAN MILLER ANDHW-Holmes2-071421.indd SECRETARY OF HOUSING DEVELOPMENT OCCUPANTS OF: 16 North Parkside Terrace, 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 January 25, 2021 in the above captioned action brought to foreclose that certain mortgage given by Sylvia D. Miller to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Reverse Mortgage Funding LLC, dated June 8, 2015 and recorded in Book 289 Page 154 of the land records of the City 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 nominee for Reverse Mortgage Funding LLC to Reverse Mortgage Funding, LLC dated May 8, 2019 and recorded in Book 351 Page330 of the land records of the City 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 16 North Parkside Terrace, Barre, Vermont on

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Property Commonly Known As: 16 North Parkside Terrace, Barre, VT 05641

ments, if any, which take precedence over the said mortgage above described.

THIS BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO GEORGE W. MILLER AND SYLVIA MILLER FROM RUSSELL W. BRECHIN AND ALBERTINE BRECHIN IN A DEED DATED JANUARY 7, 1978 AND RECORDED JANUARY 7, 1978 IN BOOK 87 PAGE 230. GEORGE W. MILLER LEFT THIS LIFE ON JULY 19, 1989 IN THE TOWN OF BERLIN, VT. TITLE NOW VESTS SOLELY IN SYLVIA MILLER.

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

TEN THOUSAND ($10,000.00) Dollars of the purchase price must be paid by a certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check at the time and place of the sale by the purchaser. The balance of the purchase price shall be paid by a bank wire, certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check within sixty (60) days after the date the Confirmation Order is entered by the Court. All

Terms of sale: Said premises will be sold and conveyed subject to all liens, encumbrances, unpaid taxes, tax titles, municipal liens and assess-

The mortgagor is entitled to redeem the premises at any time prior to the sale by paying the full amount due under the mortgage, including the costs and expenses of the sale. Other terms to be announced at the sale. DATED : June 16, 2021 By: /s/ Rachel K. Ljunggren Rachel K. Ljunggren, Esq. Bendett and McHugh, PC 270 Farmington Ave., Ste. 151 Farmington, CT 06032

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The NorthWoods Stewardship Center’s Education Director oversees all of NorthWoods’ school, camp and public outreach programs.

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The qualified applicant will excel in all forms of communication, planning, team-building, and will demonstrate passion and experience in connecting others to the natural world, including a strong background in environmental science, group facilitation, and program development and implementation.

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WORK AT CCS AND SUPPORT OUR MISSION TO BUILD A COMMUNITY WHERE EVERYONE PARTICIPATES AND BELONGS Champlain Community Services is proud to be voted as one of the “Best Places to Work in Vermont” for the third year in a row and we want you to be a part of our team! At CCS, employees find a positive work culture, excellent training and support, opportunities for personal development and professional advancement, as well as a strong benefits package including paid time off, affordable health insurance, paid holidays and more. Why not have a job you love? Join our dedicated team and together we’ll build a community where everyone participates and belongs. Visit ccs-vt.org for more information.

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Visit stowelandtrust.org for a full job description and how to apply. Deadline for applications is August 2, 2021.

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Duties: manage the Rabbi's presence on JCOGS's website platform; handle correspondence; coordinate appointments, calendars and materials for religious services and holidays; work collaboratively with other staff, board members and committee chairs; purchase supplies; maintain paper and electronic filing systems for records, files, correspondence, reference materials, music, and other documents; assist with physical setup for events and services. Skills: proficiency with Google Suite, edit and post YouTube videos; strong organizational skills, ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, discretion and good communication skills; ability to read music is a plus. Salary: P/T (8-10 hours per week), negotiable depending on skills and experience.

Join a versatile team of planners addressing urban design, land conservation, historic preservation, sustainable transportation, water quality, energy efficiency, and more in the historic and dynamic town of Williston, Vermont. Situated eight miles from downtown Burlington and at the gateway to the Green Mountains and beyond, this town of over 10,000 people offers a chance to experience many of the challenges and opportunities faced by growing places in New England in a supportive and stimulating environment. Applicants who are beginning a career in planning and looking for valuable on-the-ground experience are encouraged to apply. The town of Williston offers an excellent compensation package including health insurance, retirement, paid time off, and overtime pay or compensatory time for evening meetings. This is a 40 hour/week Monday-Friday position with a hiring range of $18.49 to $20.00/hour.

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Come join a reputable company that has been providing landscape services around Chittenden County for over 22 years. Duties for this position include property clean up/mulching in the spring, mowing/trimming in the summer, leaf pick up in the fall and plowing/salting in the winter. Spring time is the busiest, during the summer we try to get all mowing done in 4 days each week (weather dependent), then winter is on call. Our company also does pruning, light excavating, and various projects that you may be asked to help with. Applicants must have a clean driving record and be able to plow/ salt with a 1 ton dump truck. Therefore experience is a must for both winter work and mowing with commercial equipment in the summer. We are quite motivated to hire two skilled applicants; therefore a sign on bonus is being offered after one month on the job. Our minimum pay is $17 hourly, but goes up over $20 hourly based on experience and time on the job.

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LICENSED NURSING ASSISTANT OPPORTUNITIES Sign on bonuses up to $2,000! The University of Vermont Medical Center is seeking LNAs to join their team in Burlington, VT. LNAs work on inpatient units and interact directly with patients to assist them with personal needs. Opportunities are available across all specialties. Must be a licensed LNA in Vermont and a High School diploma or equivalent is required. Apply today!

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The preferred deadline for applications is Friday, August 6th at 12:00PM. Please send a letter and resume in .PDF format to Planning Director Matt Boulanger at mboulanger@willistonvt.org.

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SD Associates is hiring Behavioral Instructors (BIs)! SD Associates is an Applied Behavior Analysis company that has been serving children and families in Vermont since 1990.We provide direct services in the form of ABA therapy for clients with a wide variety of behavioral challenges across the state of Vermont. We are currently seeking compassionate, energetic individuals who are dependable, professional, enthusiastic, and who have a strong commitment to co-workers, clients and their families.The Behavioral Instructor (BI) role is the most important, influential and valued position in our company.They are the individuals who work each day to make impactful, positive behavioral changes for the population that we serve. No experience necessary! Bachelor’s degree preferred! Currently hiring in Chittenden, Franklin,Washington, Lamoille and Windsor counties. Exclusively, for a limited time: Choose between $500 or 2.5 paid days off sign on bonus!

Development Director Prevent Child Abuse Vermont (PCAVT) is seeking candidates for the position of Development Director. This position includes management of individual and corporate gifts and special events and is also responsible for implementing a communication plan using traditional and social media. The successful candidate must be passionate about our mission, a good communicator, easy to work with, competent and organized and willing to ask for philanthropic support of PCAVT. An undergraduate degree is required; advanced degree is desirable.

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Family Support Program Director Prevent Child Abuse Vermont is seeking a Family Support Programs Director to oversee the coordination and implementation of our family support programs throughout Vermont. We’re looking for an individual with strong leadership and management skills who has experience supervising others. Must have knowledge of child development, child abuse dynamics, adult learning principles, and a passion for helping families. The successful candidate will have strong organizational and interpersonal skills. An advanced degree is required. Position is full time and will be open until filled. Please send cover letter, resume, 3 references and application to:

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HEALTH CARE ADVOCATE Vermont Legal Aid seeks candidates for a full-time legal helpline position within the Office of the Health Care Advocate (HCA) in our Burlington office. The advocate will provide legal help over the phone to Vermonters with health care or health insurance problems.

SECURITY/FIRE ALARM SYSTEM TECHNICIAN (ESSEX JUNCTION) We are expanding our technical staff with an opportunity to join a progressive company of team players. Seeking reliable conscientious employees with good customer service skills. • Must be able to install, inspect, and service security and fire alarm systems and close circuit TV. • 2 years of experience required • Type S-journeyman's license a plus

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We encourage applicants from a broad range of backgrounds, and welcome information about how your experience can contribute to serving our diverse client communities. We are an equal opportunity employer committed to a discrimination- and harassment-free workplace. Responsibilities include advising consumers on their rights, investigating and resolving problems, and maintaining a high caseload and detailed case records. The successful candidate must be able to work on a team and have excellent communication and research skills. Four years' professional work experience or bachelor's degree, or a comparable mix of education and experience desired.

Administrative office manager will need to have great attention to detail, customer service quality, ability to read and write accurately. Must have the ability to use various computer software to include Microsoft, QuickBooks, and various others. Will be required to interface with customers, answer phones, ordering inventory, bookkeeping, and multi-task among other tasks as requested.

Experience in advocacy, health care, health insurance, or human services is desirable but not required. Prior legal experience is not required.

Position is a 40 hours per week, Monday through Friday. Includes retirement plan, paid vacation, and paid holidays.

Application deadline is July 26, 2021. Your application should include a cover letter, resume, writing sample, and three references combined into one pdf, sent by e-mail to hiring@vtlegalaid.org with “HCA Position” in the subject line. Please let us know how you heard about this position.

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Graphic Designer Kevin Smith Sports St. Albans VT

Our St. Albans based custom apparel business is searching for our next graphic designer. If you're looking for an opportunity to be creative, build your portfolio, and make your mark on teams and businesses throughout Vermont and beyond, we want to talk to you. Recent grads are welcome to apply. We're looking for someone with creative talent who can create eye-catching, fashion-forward artwork and designs for sports jerseys, t-shirts, and other clothing items for teams, businesses and special events. You'll also produce printed flyers and small seasonal catalogs, as well as update our online presence. In addition to creating designs in Adobe Illustrator, the designer will also be printing heat transfers, as well as preparing files for heat screening on our Roland 3-D printer. Fluency in illustrator is a must; familiarity with heat transfers and silk screens is a plus. This person needs to be comfortable in a fast-paced environment, where last-minute orders come in throughout the day. He or she must be able to prioritize, multi-task, and switch between tasks frequently - all while maintaining a keen attention to detail and ability to catch errors before they go into production. You will need to work on-site at our downtown St. Albans location. Salary range is $40,000 to $45,000 based on experience. 40 hours weekly Monday - Friday. Please send a letter of interest, resume, and design samples (or portfolio link) to kevin@kevinsmithsports.com.

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The Hinesburg Fire Department consists of 30 on call members, responding to an average of 400 calls per year. HFD provides Fire and First Response EMS coverage to the towns of Hinesburg and St. George. HFD will be starting an AEMT level ambulance service before January 1st, 2022 with the 3-year goal of a paramedic level ambulance. The town of Hinesburg offers a competitive benefits package, details can be provided upon request. Starting rate of pay for probationary firefighters based on qualifications: $46,000-$50,000 annually. These positions will work daytime shifts, up to five days per week with the schedule to be determined. Any questions can be directed to Interim Fire Chief Nicholas Baker at: nbaker@hinesburg.org. These positions are open until filled. Application review will begin July 23rd, 2021 with anticipated interviews the first week of August. Submit cover letter and resume by mail to:

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Thursday, July 22 from 10am – 6pm 5 New England Drive, Essex Junction, VT 05452 Hiring for both Williston and Essex sites: • Production Technicians • Maintenance Technicians and Supervisor • Material Handlers and DC Associates Work along great team members and receive great benefits and pay. Now offering $1K - $2K sign-on bonuses when you join our team!

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The Hinesburg Fire Department is accepting applications for TWO vacant positions of Firefighter/EMS Provider. We are seeking highly motivated individuals who will demonstrate their commitment to our town, residents and department.

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Town Highway · Essex Junction, Vermont The Town of Essex Public Works Department is receiving applications for a full-time truck driver/plow operator. Applicants are encouraged to apply who have a minimum of two years’ overall experience, a CDL, and at least one year’s winter plowing experience. The salary will be set within the existing job classification system depending on experience and qualification. A signing bonus of $2500 is offered to new employees. Applicants who do not fully meet the position requirements may be considered at a lower entry level. Heavy equipment operators with plow experience may also be considered. This is a full-time position with benefits.

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Town Highway · Essex Junction, Vermont The Town of Essex Public Works Department is receiving applications for a full-time mechanic level 2 or 3 to be responsible for maintenance of all public works vehicles and equipment. Applicants are encouraged to apply who have a minimum of four years’ overall experience in maintaining plow trucks and heavy equipment, such as a road grader, backhoe, loader and street sweeper, and a current CDL. The salary will be set within the existing job classification system depending on experience and qualification. A signing bonus may be offered. This is a full-time position with benefits. Information on these positions and application requirements can be obtained from Travis Sabataso at the Town of Essex Municipal offices, 81 Main St., Essex Junction, VT, 05452, by calling 878-1341 or via email at tsabataso@essex.org. Applications can be submitted online at essexvt.bamboohr.com/jobs/. The position is open until filled. EOE.

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is seeking a person highly motivated to address climate change and Vermont’s clean energy goals by helping our municipalities implement projects from their adopted Energy Plans. We are looking for the right person and are open to a range of experience from entry level to a more senior professional.

The Regional Energy Planner will work on projects with several municipalities. These projects will include those that reduce overall energy use through conservation/efficiency measures and to shift energy use from fossil fuels to renewable sources (primarily electricity and biomass). These projects will provide quantifiable benefits to communities in terms of cost savings and in terms of carbon reductions. This position may also work in other program areas including, but not limited to regional planning and land use planning. The individual selected must be a self-starter, able to work independently and stick to deadlines. Regular night meetings will be expected. Valid driver’s license required. Salary ranges are from $40,000 to $85,000 dependent upon qualifications and experience. More detail can be found at ccrpc.org/jobs. Please send a letter of interest and resume (with three references and contact information) in a single pdf to Charlie Baker, Executive Director, at: cbaker@ccrpcvt.org. We will begin reviewing applications on July 15th. We may share applications with other Vermont regional planning commissions. Please let us know in your letter of interest if you do not want us to share your application. This position will remain open until filled. No phone calls, please. Applicants should be available for an interview.

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2 Full-time AmeriCorps Positions with a National Leader in Affordable Housing

HOUSING PROGRAM MANAGER Capstone Community Action is seeking a Program Manager to bring our housing programs to the next level. Ideal candidate will have case management supervision experience, demonstrated understanding of homelessness, highly organized approach to service delivery systems, data collection and measurement in a grant based funding environment. Ability to collaborate with community partners in a visible and positive manner. At least five years of experience in social work or social services delivery within non-profit settings.

Capstone Community Action is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Provider. Applications from all genders, individuals with disabilities, veterans, and people from diverse cultural backgrounds are encouraged to apply.

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Champlain Orchards is hiring the following:

CELLAR WORKER to assist Cider Maker with all aspects of hard and ice cider product production. ACCOUNTING CLERK to perform a wide variety of accounting, bookkeeping, and financial tasks. For full job descriptions go to: champlainorchards. com/employment Please submit a Resume, Cover Letter, and three references to our HR Manager, Mary Mitiguy: hr@champlainorchards. com

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Our HomeOwnership Center, serving the affordable housing needs of Chittenden, Franklin and Grand Isle Counties, is seeking a Home Education Coordinator and a Shared Equity Coordinator. These 11+ month positions engage with the community to help coordinate CHT’s services and programs. Proficient computer and writing skills, and a commitment to community service required. Experience in housing, teaching, or lending is a plus. Positions start Sept. 8, 2021. Applications will be accepted until the positions are filled.

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We are looking for an experienced Staff Geologist #21301, whose work experience will involve implementing contaminant remediation projects & monitoring construction. Must also have experience with Contaminant Investigations, CAP development and implementation. Candidate should have detailed knowledge of VTDEC iRule requirements & familiarity of Vermont DEC Hazardous Sites & Brownfields Program. •B.S. in Geology + 5 years of experience •Proven track record conducting hazardous waste site investigations, designing & implementing contaminated site Corrective Action Plans, Spill Prevention Control Countermeasure Plans, and Stormwater Pollution Prevention Programs. •Perform project activities from project acquisition through completion, including client & regulatory interactions, proposal generation, project designs & construction inspection activities.

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OUTREACH COUNSELOR (VSGU) Outreach Counselors are an important part of our mission driven team at VSAC. This role provides career and college readiness services to students in middle and high school. Ideal candidate is adept at building relationships and making connections, works well independently, is flexible and eager to learn. This position will work with students in grades seven through twelve at Colchester Middle and High and Winooski Middle and High Schools. This is a full-time position, 45 weeks per year with an immediate start date. Qualifications include but are not limited to a combination of education and experience including Master’s degree in counseling, education or related field or equivalent combination of experience and other education. Our work is often focused on underrepresented youth. We strongly encourage applications from individuals who fully understand the challenges and the perspectives of the communities that we serve. Applicants must have a valid driver’s license verified by a Motor Vehicle Record Report, a properly inspected, registered, and insured motor vehicle for business use, and provide their own workspace, including internet access. Applicants must also successfully complete a criminal background check. This is a grant funded position that is contingent upon continued grant funds. VSAC offers a dynamic, professional environment with competitive compensation and generous benefits package. Apply at vsac.org (Jobs at VSAC link in site footer). VERMONT STUDENT ASSISTANCE CORPORATION PO Box 2000, Winooski, VT 05404 EOE/Minorities/Females/Vet/Disabled

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ADVOCATE/PARALEGAL LONG-TERM CARE OMBUDSMAN PROJECT Vermont Legal Aid seeks candidates for a full-time position within its Long-Term Care Ombudsman Project to advocate for the rights of individuals receiving long-term care services and supports. This position will be part of a dedicated team that provides person-centered advocacy to people living in long-term care facilities, or who receive Choices for Care long-term care services and supports in the community. The position will be remote initially but will be based out of Legal Aid’s Rutland office once the pandemic is over. We encourage applicants from a broad range of backgrounds, and welcome information about how your experience can contribute to serving our diverse client communities. We are an equal opportunity employer committed to a discrimination- and harassment-free workplace.

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Responsibilities include advising residents of long-term care and seniors living in the community of their rights, investigating and resolving problems, and working to improve their quality of life. The successful candidate must be able to work independently, as well as on a team, and have excellent communication skills. Experience in advocacy, long-term care, or human services is desirable but not required. Prior legal experience is not required. The position requires travel throughout southwestern Vermont and the rest of the state in a personal vehicle, with mileage reimbursement provided. Four years’ professional work experience or bachelor’s degree, or a comparable mix of education and experience desired.

We’re looking for a full-time Talent Acquisition Partner to join our team.

Base salary is $38,281 with salary credit given for relevant prior work experience. Four weeks paid vacation, retirement, and excellent health benefits. Application deadline is July 26, 2021. Your application should include a cover letter, resume, writing sample, and three references combined into one pdf, sent by e-mail to hiring@ vtlegalaid.org with “VOP Position” in the subject line. Please let us know how you heard about this position. 7t-VTLegalAid071421.indd 1

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PROPERTY SERVICES MANAGER

The City of St. Albans, Vermont, is looking for a new member of our team to take on a significant role in providing municipal services for residents, property owners and visitors in our community. The Property Services Manager is a full-time, salaried position entrusted with land use permitting, property valuation, the grand list, E911 coordination and other essential municipal services. The City is looking for someone who is up for the challenge of guiding community members through our “zoning” procedures, maintaining our grand list and explaining the basis of assessments to property owners, & maintaining a high level of public confidence & customer service in City operations, whether it be through answering questions or enforcing our land use regulations.

Interested? Call our Talent Acquisition team at (802) 371-4191 Learn more about working with us at UVMHealth.org/CVMC/Jobs

Feeling up to the challenge, but don’t know anything about zoning or property valuation? The City is ready and eager to provide the necessary training. What is more critical for a prospective candidate is organization, attention to detail, follow-through, public communication skills, customer service, and a solution-based focus. The ideal candidate will have experience with administering regulatory or similar processes, possessing a leadership role in managing customer/client relations, and/or delivering public communications on complex topics. The selected employee will be expected to work effectively with all community members and recognize the importance of racial and social equity. Please review the full job description at StAlbansVT.com/Jobs. The hiring salary range is expected to be between $55,000 and $65,000, commensurate with experience and qualifications. An excellent benefits package is available. To apply, please send a resume and cover letter to, attn: Chip Sawyer, Director of Planning & Development. Resume review will begin on July 6, 2021. Resumes will be accepted until the position is filled.

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LNA TRAINING Wake Robin is happy to announce our next LNA training program. Wake Robin ranks among the top 100 nursing homes in the country, an award reflecting our excellent staff and facility. Our student employees work with us while taking classes. Get paid while you train, and begin your new career, all at the same time! Already an LNA? We have an opportunity for you! Rare opening on our day or overnight shifts! With generous wages and differentials, experienced LNAs average $17 per hour for evening shifts, plus shift differentials. Flex schedules, tuition reimbursement and loan programs, great benefits, amazing community setting, all at a pace where you can be your best.

Carlson Consulting, LLC seeks dynamic and motivated individuals to join our small, but formidable team. Founded in 2016, the firm works with over 80 clients in varying capacities, including: bookkeeping, business planning, training of accounting systems, payroll, and general consultation for small business owners.

ACCOUNT MANAGER The Account Manager assists in a variety of tasks for the firm, including, but not limited, to the following: • Maintaining timely correspondence with clients via email and phone • Bookkeeping tasks, including: data entry, payroll, and reconciliation of accounts • Some tax work, including monthly and quarterly payroll, meals/rooms and sales/use tax filing • Experience in QuickBooks Online required The ideal candidate is organized, a self-starter and works well both independently and in a team setting.

Interested candidates can apply online at Wakerobin.com or email a resume with cover letter to: HR@wakerobin.com. Wake Robin is an equal opportunity employer.

Degree from a two to four-year institution preferred. Proficiency in MS Office Suite a plus. The position is full-time, 40 hours/week. Compensation is dependent on experience.

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The Bookkeeper assists in a variety of tasks for the firm, including, but not limited, to the following: • Maintaining timely correspondence with clients via email and phone • Bookkeeping tasks, including: data entry, accounts payable, accounts receivable, reconciliation of accounts • Experience in QuickBooks Online required

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Head Start is a federally-funded, national child and family development program which provides comprehensive services for pregnant women, children from birth to age five, and their families. Services for children promote school readiness, and include early education, health, nutrition, mental health, and services for children with special needs. Services for parents promote family engagement, and include parent leadership and social service supports.

The ideal candidate is organized, a self-starter and works well both independently and in a team setting. Degree from a two to four-year institution preferred. Proficiency in MS Office Suite a plus. The position is part-time, 20-25 hours/week. Compensation is dependent on experience. Interested candidates should contact will@willcarlsonconsulting.com with a resume, cover letter and three professional references. The firm is located near downtown Burlington, with most of our clients within walking distance to the office and/or maintaining remote work arrangements. Some travel may be required for work. Carlson Consulting, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. willcarlsonconsulting.com

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As CVHS Health Services Coordinator, you will establish and maintain community partnerships; ensure compliance with federal and state regulations; monitor, manage, and report on health services activities; manage grants and budgets; oversee staff training; and provide other administrative support.

REQUIREMENTS: Bachelor’s Degree in health, education, human services, or related field, plus three to five years of relevant work experience in public health, nursing, health education, nutrition, maternal and child health, health services administration or a related field. Demonstrated understanding of holistic health services, evaluating and interpreting health data, and promoting health and safety practices; a commitment to valuing diversity and contributing to an inclusive working and learning environment; a valid driver’s license, clean driving record and access to reliable transportation; physical ability to carry out required tasks; and a cando, extra-mile attitude. Please visit www.cvoeo.org/careers for a complete job description.

40 hours/week, full year. Health plan and excellent benefits. Please submit cover letter, resume, and three work references to: CVHSHealthServices@cvoeo.org. CVOEO/ Head Start is interested in candidates who can contribute to our diversity and excellence. Applicants are encouraged to include in their cover letter information about how they will further this goal. No phone calls, please.

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Help bring high speed broadband internet to Vermonters!

Staff Accountant

Lamoille FiberNet Communications Union District seeks a full-time Executive Director to lead and manage its work in building a community-based fiber network and bringing high speed symmetrical broadband service to its communities.

The Staff Accountant consolidates internal and external financial statements by gathering and analyzing information from the general ledger system and from departments. Maintains and balances an automated consolidation system by inputting data; scheduling required jobs and verifying data.

If you would like to work with a board that is hard-working and passionate about bringing fiber broadband to its region, and you have excellent leadership and communication skills, strong knowledge of telecommunications or technical expertise, and have experience with non-profit boards, this multi-faceted position could be a great fit. Competitive compensation package. Join us!

Competitive compensation and benefits! Based in Williston, VT.SECURITY

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Loan Servicing Specialist VEDA is looking to hire a full-time Loan Servicing Specialist to work at any of our four Vermont office locations. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who has experience working with loan systems, is comfortable working in a paperless environment, is talented at problem-solving independently, and who takes pride in the accuracy of their work. VEDA is Vermont’s statewide economic development lender and a nonprofit, mission-oriented workplace. We provide financing to businesses and farms across Vermont, often in partnership with private financial institutions and government agencies, to help create jobs and help advance Vermont’s public policy goals. The Loan Servicing Specialist is an integral member of the VEDA team. This position requires knowledge of loan systems and processes, and information technology. Primary responsibilities include inputting & analyzing loan data; processing loan payments; preparing reports, reconciliations, & information dashboards; and synthesizing data for, & responding to, inquiries from varied audiences. The right job applicant will be skilled at finding solutions to drive operating efficiencies. In return, the successful candidate will be rewarded with a breadth of experience & the opportunity for career progression within VEDA.

Agricultural Credit Analyst (Based in either Burlington, Middlebury, or Montpelier) VEDA has an excellent opportunity for a motivated individual to join its Agricultural Lending Team as an Agricultural Credit Analyst. This position supports agricultural loan officers by providing credit investigation and analysis of loan applications and servicing requests. Duties include entering data to financial accounting software, preparing, and analyzing spreadsheets, and drafting loan approval write-ups and loan commitment letters. Knowledge of agricultural and/or forest industry is required. Previous experience as a credit analyst or similar position and a bachelor’s degree in a related field are preferred. Successful candidates will have a positive customer service attitude and strong written and verbal skills. Accuracy, attention to detail, computer literacy, and ability to learn financial database software is required. Position includes travel within the State of Vermont.

VEDA offers a competitive salary and excellent health and retirement benefit packages. Other perks include a flexible work environment, opportunities for professional development, generous tuition reimbursement, and access to networking opportunities around Vermont. VEDA is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer interested in increasing staff diversity. We welcome job applications from all qualified candidates.

VEDA offers a competitive salary and excellent health and retirement benefit packages. Other perks include a flexible work environment, generous tuition reimbursement, and professional development and networking opportunities. VEDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer interested in increasing staff diversity. We welcome job applications from all qualified candidates.

Resume & cover letter to Cheryl Houchens: chouchens@veda.org.

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Licensing and Recruiting Coordinator The Licensing and Recruiting Coordinator supports the security licensing process for employees and state agencies and is responsible for all management and tracking of licenses, certifications, and pay adjustments. In addition, this position will also support the HR Specialist in all recruitment efforts and general human resource duties.

The Stowe Free Library is a cherished community institution and has 6,400 registered borrowers and 25,000 volumes in its collection. It is located within the historic Helen Day Memorial Building in the center of Stowe, a premier four-season resort community with a population of 4,300.

CIRCULATION LIBRARIAN The Stowe Free Library is seeking a customer service and detail oriented individual to fill the position of Circulation Librarian, and to assist in fulfilling our mission: “To Welcome, To Inspire, To Enrich the Mind.” This position involves direct contact with the public as well as maintaining the library’s patron database.

Competitive compensation and benefits!

TECHNICAL SERVICES LIBRARIAN

Based in Williston, VT.

The Stowe Free Library is seeking an enthusiastic, detail-oriented librarian to fill the position of Technical Services Librarian and to assist in fulfilling our mission: “To Welcome, To Inspire, To Enrich the Mind.” This position involves maintaining the library catalog system and processing material.

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Both positions require a Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience is required, and an MLS from an ALA accredited school or a Vermont Department of Libraries Certification is preferred. Working knowledge of and experience with computers, Integrated Library Systems (ILS), data base management, and current technologies are preferred. Good verbal and written communication, customer service, organizational, and supervisory skills are required. Candidates must be able to perform detailed work and to lift and shelve books. This position includes evenings and Saturday hours, comes with excellent benefits and a starting salary of $17.66 - $18.63 per hour, contingent upon qualifications and experience. Job descriptions and application can be obtained on the Town of Stowe website: townofstowevt.org. Send employment application, letter of interest and resume to: Town of Stowe, Attn: Recruiter, PO Box 730, Stowe, VT 05672 or email recruit@stowevt.gov. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. EOE

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SIGN ON BONUS ELIGIBLE! This position is eligible for a $1000.00 Sign On Bonus to be paid out at designated times. Mention the phrase “HIRE ME” in your cover letter to qualify. Are you a creative, solution-focused, and possess strong leadership skills? We are seeking a highly organized candidate to serve as a Team Leader of the clinical services being provided at Soar Learning Center (SLC). SLC is approved by Vermont’s Agency of Education as an independent school and day treatment program serving children and adolescents in grades K-12.

Responsibilities include: • Providing supervision to a strong group of School-Based Clinicians and Home/School Coordinators. • Assuring high quality clinical assessment, provision of services, and individualized treatment planning. • Reviewing clinical records and Medicaid documentation. • Completing intake requirements for new student referrals. • Ensure consistency of best practices across programs at SLC. Experience and knowledge working with childhood trauma is preferred. A minimum of a Master’s degree in counseling, psychology, or social work is required. Must be licensed or license eligible. NCSS provides a comprehensive benefits package, access to a robust wellness program, tuition reimbursement, and is a short 25-minute commute from Burlington, VT. Interested? Send your resume and cover letter to careers@ncssinc.org or apply on our website (www.ncssinc.org/careers) today!

COMMUNICATION AND TRANSPORTATION SPECIALIST Colchester School District seeks a selfmotivated, creative, and energetic individual to serve as the district’s Communication and Transportation Specialist. This position will provide direct support to the district’s communication director to coordinate timely, accurate, and relevant communication that achieves the district’s goals of informing internal and external stakeholders. Duties may include writing staff and student highlights, updating language on our websites, maintaining the online district-wide calendar and coordinating annual activity dates, composing crisis communication, and creating event notifications. Successful candidates have experience professionally communicating with various stakeholders using traditional methods as well as social media, photography, and video production. This position maintains positive relationships with media, school sites, employees, transportation contractors, and community leaders. This position is responsible for the coordination of multiple aspects of student transportation (self-performed and contracted) including safety, routing, scheduling, training, resolving

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transportation issues, and establishing active communication across all stakeholder groups. This position will participate in the strategic planning of transportation delivery and oversee the overall daily operations of transportation in the Colchester School District. The outcome is to enable each student to take full advantage of the complete range of curricular and extracurricular activities offered by Colchester Schools through safe and efficient transportation. Bachelor’s degree in English, communication, journalism, public relations, or equivalent related experience. Successful candidates must be organized, have attention to detail and problem-solving abilities. They must have the ability to relate and communicate with a diverse community and staff, maintain strict confidentiality, and be able to complete projects independently and as a member of a collaborative team. Candidates must perform responsibilities with the highest ethical integrity while focusing on achieving the goals and visions of the school district. This is a full-time, full-year position with a generous benefits package.

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1.0 FTE NON-INTENSIVE PARAPROFESSIONAL (UP TO 3 POSITIONS) Champlain Valley Union High School/CVSD seeks up to three (3) full time, energetic paraprofessionals to join our special education team. We are looking for skilled, caring individuals to provide support for individual and small groups of students in academic areas, personal development/behavior, and social cognition. Candidates will be advocates of inclusive education, problem-solvers, strong collaborators, and positive team members. Ability to promote child growth, foster independence and a willingness to learn are essential. Pay rate for this position is $14.28 to $15.91 per hour* depending upon education and experience. Schoolspring job# 3559730.

1.0 FTE INTENSIVE PARAPROFESSIONAL (UP TO 9 POSITIONS) Champlain Valley Union High School/CVSD seeks up to nine energetic paraprofessionals to join our special education team. We are looking for skilled, caring individuals to provide intensive support in the areas of multi-layered curriculum or curriculum overlapping, communication, behavior and activities of daily living across school settings to students in our 9th – 12th grade school. Candidates will be advocates of inclusive education, problem-solvers, strong collaborators, and positive team members. Ability to promote child growth, foster independence and a willingness to learn are essential. Please note that lifting and personal care may be requirements of these jobs and the positions may include supporting students on the bus ride to or from school. Occasional use of a personal vehicle may be requested. The pay rate for these positions is $17.28 to $18.91 per hour depending upon education and experience. Schoolspring job# 3559733. Please apply via SchoolSpring.com. Hourly rate is per the 20-21 Union Support Staff Agreement; rates for 21-22 to be determined. CVSD is an equal opportunity employer. Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC), women, and LGBTQ+ candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. 7t-ChamplainValleySDparas071421.indd 1

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P U B L I C H E A LT H N U R S E I A N D I I – B U R L I N G T O N Seeking a Public Health Nurse with a flair for quality improvement, passion for immunization and infectious disease epidemiology. This requires excellent communication skills, the ability to follow established protocols while using good judgment, and occasional hours outside the standard hours. We are committed to building and maintaining a multicultural and diverse workforce which reflects the populations we are dedicated to serving. Please Note: This position is being recruited at multiple levels. If you would like to be considered for more than one level, you MUST apply to the specific Job Requisition. For more information, contact Dana Ward at Dana.Ward@vermont.gov, 802.951.0185. Department: Health. Status: Full Time. Job ID Level I #18661, Level II #18647. Application Deadline: July 15, 2021.

BLIND SERVICES REHABILITATION ASSOCIATE– RUTLAND This position with Division for the Blind and Visually Impaired (DBVI) will provide Independent Living (IL) casework duties that include consumer interviews and creation of IL Plans and services. Assists DBVI consumers in job development that includes develop resumes, apply for jobs, and more. Performs administrative duties in the Rutland office that includes bill paying and organization. Person that cares about helping people meet their goals, has great communication and interpersonal skills. For more information, contact Fred Jones, fred.jones@vermont.gov or Taya Tarr, taya.tarr@vermont.gov. Department: Disabilities Aging & Independent Living. Status: Limited Service. Job ID #15133. Application Deadline: July 28, 2021.

A G R I C U LT U R E D E V E L O P M E N T S U P E R V I S O R - M O N T P E L I E R Are you a driven and experienced marketing professional interested in leading a team in developing communications, organizing events, and guiding marketing efforts on behalf of the Agency and Vermont agricultural and food businesses? This rare opportunity is a fast-paced position with a high level of autonomy and includes work in international markets, tradeshows, and events. Excellent communication and budget management skills are required. For more information, contact Laura Ginsburg at laura. ginsburg@vermont.gov, 802-522-2252. Department: Agriculture, Food and Markets. Status: Permanent. Job ID # 17594. Application Deadline: July 25, 2021.

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Are you knowledgeable and passionate about clean water, agriculture and land conservation? Do you have strong technical, organizational, and communication skills? Join our team, managing VHCB’s role as Clean Water Service Provider in the Memphremagog Basin, overseeing non-regulatory water quality projects.Working with state and local partners, help achieve Vermont's clean water goals using various strategies including conservation easements, land acquisition, wetlands restoration, and best management practices. Qualifications: Prior experience and training in natural resources, agriculture, environmental studies, land conservation, physical science, or engineering. Data management and financial analysis skills are required; experience in grant and budget management and with federal or state grant programs is preferred. Keen attention to detail and excellent written and oral communication skills are important, as is experience with capacity building and working with boards, non-profit organizations, municipalities, and state and federal agencies. Full-time position with competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package. For the full job description visit: vhcb.org/aboutus/jobs. EOE. Please reply with cover letter and résumé to: jobs@ vhcb.org. Position will remain open until filled.

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GRANTS MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST HOUSING AND COMMUNIT Y DEVELOPMENT I - MONTPELIER Seeking candidates with strong financial management to assist communities with federally funded projects. Requires high level of financial management experience, knowledge of Uniform Guidance. Will provide technical assistance through compliance monitoring and program completion of projects. Goal is to ensure Department and grantee compliance set by the U.S. Dept of Housing & Urban Development. For more information, contact Ann Kroll via annkarlene.kroll@vermont.gov. Reference Job ID#: 18762. Location: Montpelier. Status: Limited Service, Full-Time (end date of 09/30/2025). Application Deadline: 07/22/2021.

GRANTS PROGRAMS MANAGER - CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS - MONTPELIER The Agency of Education is seeking a Grants Program Manager to serve as a team lead within Child Nutrition Programs. This position will supervise two other staff members, and manage all aspects of child nutrition work related to financial management, procurement, and contracting in the child nutrition programs by Vermont schools, child cares, and non-profit organizations. For more information, contact Rosie Krueger at mary.krueger@vermont.gov. Reference Job ID#: 18749. Location: Montpelier. Status: Permanent, Full-Time. Application Deadline: 07/22/2021.

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The Agency of Education is seeking a Grants Management Specialist in our Child Nutrition Programs to serve as part of a small team that handles all aspects of child nutrition work related to financial management, procurement, and contracting in the child nutrition programs by Vermont schools, child cares, and non-profit organizations. This position will focus on conducting procurement reviews, assisting with contract review, granting funds, as well as local foods procurement and farm-to-school. For more information, contact Rosie Krueger at mary.krueger@vermont.gov. Reference Job ID#: 18753. Location: Montpelier. Status: Permanent, Full-Time. Application Deadline: 07/22/2021.

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Host All Things Considered Vermont Public Radio seeks an experienced and enterprising journalist to become one of the leading voices in Vermont’s public media landscape. As host of All Things Considered, you will be responsible for producing and presenting essential daily news coverage, including newscasts, two-way interviews and issues coverage. You will also be responsible for presenting breaking news and special coverage, including press conferences, speeches and election results. You should be collaborative and committed to balanced on-air interviewing and news reporting. You will work closely with reporters & producers across the newsroom, including Vermont Edition and our people-powered podcast, Brave Little State. Three years of journalism experience is preferred for this position. Strong news judgment is required. Learn more and apply at VPR.org/Careers. VPR is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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Architectural Designer & Project Manager Lewis Creek Builders is searching to fill two positions at our design-build residential construction company. Candidates must have at least five years’ experience in the industry. The right fit will have a passion for the designbuild process and a commitment to excellent client service. They will be ready to work collaboratively with our designdevelopment and build teams, approaching their work with care and enthusiasm. Please visit our website for more information about the Designer and Project Manager positions, and to apply: lewiscreekbuilders.com We will invest significant time in training the right candidate.

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ROUND THE CLOCK CAREGIVER Looking to fill two available positions. Hoping to find caring persons to cover a 24 hour or 48 hour shifts for a woman at her home in Shelburne. Caregiver has a private suite with private bath. Must be able to cook, clean, bathe patient, and assist with therapies, etc. We are willing to train the right applicant! The pay rate is $17.00/hour at day rate (8:00am-8:00pm) and $14.00/hour at night rate (8:00pm-8:00am). Additional hours are available. Paid vacation hours. The patient sleeps through the night and doesn't require therapeutic care during night hours. (One cat in the house.) Send resumes to: inhiscare_Anair@yahoo.com. 3h-SledrunnerManagers070721 1

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RADIOLOGY TECHNOLOGIST - PAIN MEDICINE Per-Diem The Radiology Technologist demonstrates progressive knowledge and sense of responsibility in the daily operations of a Radiology area, operates C-Arm equipment to provide advanced fluoroscopic imaging for pain management procedures, and documents with PACS and the University of Vermont Medical Centers EMR, Epic. Must be a graduate of an accredited School of Radiologic Technology approved by CAHEA/JERCT., ARRT certified and Licensed with the State of Vermont, and have successfully completed all Radiology competencies. 6 months of progressive experience as a Radiology technologist preferred. Learn more and apply: bit.ly/36nrXKV

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Legal Services Vermont is looking to fill a temporary, full-time position for a Staff Attorney. We are an innovative non-profit law firm that provides civil legal services to a broad spectrum of low-income clients in a high volume practice. Our advocates provide assistance to individual clients, participate in court clinics and also staff our helpline to screen new clients and provide legal advice. Working closely with Vermont Legal Aid, we help lowincome Vermonters help themselves to resolve their civil legal issues.

IMMEDIATE OPENINGS CUSTODIANS Day and Night positions • Immediate openings, district wide • Hourly rate commensurate with experience. Full benefits included. • Shift hours: School year – 2:30 P.M. - 11:00 P.M. • Summer – 8:00 A.M. – 4:30 p.m. Contact Chris Giard,cgiard@cvsdvt.org or reach out to us at cvsdinformation@cvsdvt.org.

This position will be on a temporary contract through December 31st, 2021, with the potential for extension depending on the availability of funding. We are specifically seeking an advocate to work in our core service areas, with a focus on housing and eviction cases. The ideal candidate would have some experience in housing law. The job duties will include individual case work, assisting clients on our helpline, and other legal assistance projects.

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We are looking for candidates with: strong writing skills; the ability to communicate in a diverse range of professional and social contexts; the ability to handle a large caseload; a demonstrated commitment to community engagement and public interest advocacy; and a collaborative work style. Litigation experience preferred but not required. Attorney applicants should be licensed to practice law in Vermont or committed to obtaining licensure at the first available opportunity. The position is based in Burlington, but some travel may be required.

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poet Anne Sexton. And yes, Sexton did have a lot of filth to explore, including the physical abuse of her daughters. But most of us don’t need to focus so obsessively on our unlovely aspects. Keeping a journal can also be about identifying our ripening potentials and unused riches. This approach would be especially fun and wise for you Tauruses right now. The coming weeks will be an auspicious time for deep introspection that frees capacities and powers you have only partially activated up until now.

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CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22):

Cancerian poet Linda Hogan says she doesn’t like to be parched. She wants to be like “a tree drinking the rain.” I think every Cancerian has similar dreams: to be steadily immersed in engrossing feelings, awash with intimate longings, flowing along in rhythm with the soul’s songs. The coming weeks will be prime time for you to relish these primal pleasures. It’s probably best to avoid an outright flood, but I think it’s wise to invite a cascade.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): In his poem “Litany,” Aries poet Billy Collins testifies that he is “the sound of rain on the roof.” He also claims to be “the moon in the trees, the paper blowing down an alley, the basket of chestnuts on the kitchen table, and the shooting star.” He does make it clear, however, that he is not “the bread and the knife” on the table, nor the “crystal goblet and the wine.” What about you, Aries? What are all the earthy and fiery phenomena that you are? Are you, as Billy Collins suggests, “the dew on the morning grass and the burning wheel of the sun and the marsh birds suddenly in flight”? Now would be an excellent time to dream up your own version of such colorful biographical details. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “Why else keep a journal, if not to examine your own filth?” wrote

Anderson marvels at his young daughter’s project: a small plastic dome-like structure that houses a community of ladybugs. All they need to consume, for weeks at a time, are “two water-soaked raisins.” I don’t think you’ll need to be forever as efficient and hardy as those ladybugs, Gemini, but you may have to be like that temporarily. My advice? Don’t regard it as a hardship. Instead, see it as an opportunity to find out how exquisitely resourceful and resilient you can be. The skills you learn and refine now will be priceless in the long run.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Actor Lupita Nyong’o had a starring role in Steve McQueen’s film 12 Years a Slave. She praised his directorial skills. She loved the fact that he told her, “Fail, and then fail better.” Why? “That kind of environment, where failure is an option, is magical,” she said. It allowed her to experiment freely, push herself beyond her previous limits and focus on being true to the character she was playing rather than trying to be a “good actor.” I think these are excellent principles for you to keep in mind during the coming weeks. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Virgo-born Wayne Shorter is a legendary jazz composer and saxophonist. He has been making music for over 60 years, often with other legendary creators such as Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock. The New York Times described Shorter as “jazz’s greatest living small-group composer and a contender for greatest living improviser.” Bass prodigy Tal Wilkenfeld, who is 53 years younger than Shorter, tells the story of a show she performed with him. Just before going on stage, Shorter came up to her, sensing she was

nervous, and whispered some advice: “Play eternity.” Now I’m offering that same counsel to you as you carry out your tasks in the coming days. Be as timeless as you dare to be. Immerse yourself in the most expansive feelings you can imagine. Authorize your immortal soul to be in charge of everything you do.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Libran author Paula McLain says the word “paradise” is derived from the ancient Persian word pairidaeza, meaning “walled garden.” For her, this association suggests that making promises and being faithful to our intentions are keys to creating happiness with those we care for. Paradise requires walls! To scrupulously cultivate freedom, we need discipline. If we hope to thrive in joyous self-expression, we must focus on specific goals. I bring these thoughts to your attention because now is a pivotal time to work on building, refining and bolstering your own personal version of paradise. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Thousands of 28-pound bars of 24-carat gold are stored in the Bank of England’s underground vault. To gain entry to the treasure trove, bankers use metal keys that are three feet long. They must also utter a secret password into a microphone. According to my reading of the astrological omens, you Scorpios can now gain access to a more metaphorical but nevertheless substantial source of riches. How? The key is a particular scene in your imagination that has recently begun to coalesce. It is an emblem of a future triumph or breakthrough that you will accomplish. As for the password, which you will also need, it’s vigorous rigor. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Somehow,

I have lived all these years without ever coming across the rare English word “selcouth.” Today, as I meditated on the exotic astrological portents coming up for you, that word appeared — arriving on my phone via text message from my Sagittarius friend Lila. She told me, “I have a feeling that life is about to get intensely SELCOUTH for us Sagittarians.” I looked up the unfamiliar word and found these synonyms: unusual, marvelous, strange, magnificent, scarce, wondrous, weird, rare and exotic. Those terms do indeed

coincide with my interpretation of your immediate future. So Happy Selcouth to you, dear Centaur! Celebrate with awed appreciation!

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Lexicographer Jonathon Green provides us with the following 19th-century slang words for the sex act: horizontal refreshment, strumming, playing at romps, cully-shangie, taking a turn at Mount Pleasant, dancing the blanket hornpipe, honeyfugle, giving a hot poultice for the Irish toothache, and — my favorite — fandango de pokum. In accordance with astrological potentials, I recommend that you consider trying them all out in the next four weeks. In other words, experiment with shifting your approach to belly bumping and libido gratifying. If you don’t have a human partner, do it alone or with an angel or in your fantasy life. AQUARIUS

(Jan. 20-Feb. 18): If a lover or spouse is perpetually churning out fantasies of you in their imagination, they may be less than totally tuned in to the real you. Instead, they may be focused on the images they have of you — maybe so much so that they lose sight of who you genuinely are and what you are actually doing. The same possibility exists for other allies, not only lovers and spouses. They may be so entranced by their stories about you that they are out of touch with the ever-changing marvel that you are always evolving. That’s the bad news, Aquarius. Here’s the good news: The coming weeks will be a decisive time to correct such distortions — and revel in the raw truth about you.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Here’s how art critic Walter Pater characterized the work of Piscean artist Michelangelo: “sweetness and strength, pleasure with surprise, an energy of conception which seems to break through all the conditions of comely form, recovering, touch by touch, a loveliness found usually only in the simplest natural things.” I’ve been waiting for the arrival of astrological aspects that would mean you’d be an embodiment of that description. And now they are here. Congrats! For the next 13 days, I will visualize you as a fount of ever-refreshing grace — as a fluid treasure that emanates refined beauty and wild innocence.

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MEN seeking... MELLOWING PUNK This wonderful universe invites exploration and a companion for this strange, mysterious trip. I like reading about things, learning new ideas from others and listening to jumpy music. I enjoy long conversations over slow meals and walks in the woods. I’m looking for a fellow explorer with whom to figure things out and share jokes and ideas. redwriggler, 51, seeking: W, l YOUNG AT HEART SEEKING FELLOW ADVENTURER Now that life seems to be returning to something of a new normal, I am ready to step out of my bunker and find that special friend to share adventures. My go-to explorations: cross-country skis, trail runs, hikes nearly anytime and paddling. My hope for new adventures (with you?): summer concerts, travel, random nights out and learning what drives your passion. emdash, 55, seeking: W, l HONEST, FUNNY, KIND, TEACHER, MUSICIAN A good man looking for a woman who is happy with who she is for friendship, fun and, perhaps, something more. JeriMan1969, 51, seeking: W, l TALL, DARK AND HANDSOME I am looking for a connection. I am fun and looking for some adventure. 802chef, 41, seeking: W OUTDOOR ADVENTURES Fun, attractive, adventurous; seeking someone interested in outdoor and indoor adventures who is a lover of nature! Sharp wit and an easy sense of humor. cernowain, 44, seeking: W, l

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COOP CUTIE You: red hair, blue eyes, banging bod, still playing it safe behind a mask, I want to say 25 to 30? Me: tall, fit, brown hair, 30s, grabbing some DIPA before the store closed. I wanted to stay and chat, but the store was closing. Maybe I can take you out sometime. When: Friday, July 9, 2021. Where: Middlebury Co-op. You: Woman. Me: Man. #915340 WE DON’T TALK ANYMORE Sarah, Lisa, Angie ... to name a few. Here’s to all the girls I’ve loved and lost, whether we spent years together or just moments. I hope you are doing well. When: Saturday, July 10, 2021. Where: in memory. You: Woman. Me: Man. #915339 MIDD CO-OP BEAUTY Line 6, cashier with the curly red hair at the co-op. You played hard to get, but if I got you alone I bet I could make you be a good girl for me. Intrigued? When: Sunday, July 4, 2021. Where: Middlebury Food Co-op. You: Woman. Me: Man. #915338 MARTY’S FIRST STOP We started up a conversation regarding hummingbird food, then had a great conversation related to our camper lifestyle until we were interrupted by my holiday guest. Enjoyed your company and would like to visit more. When: Sunday, May 30, 2021. Where: Marty’s. You: Woman. Me: Man. #915336 RE: “HOW CAN WE RECONNECT?” I no longer have your number. It’s why I asked you to find me — you know where I am. Your life isn’t as “open” as mine. Take the lead this time. When: Wednesday, March 11, 2020. Where: Colchester Pond. You: Man. Me: Woman. #915335

OAKLEDGE COVE CUTIE, 7/6 8 P.M. You: tall, smiley man with dark hair and black dog. Me: woman sitting with friends and a goldendoodle. My friend mentioned her dog was friendly. You replied, “My dog likes to fight ... but I’m friendly.” I watched you leave and noticed you stopped to soak in the sunset. My dog also likes to fight. Meet sometime with our dogs on leash? When: Tuesday, July 6, 2021. Where: Oakledge Cove. You: Man. Me: Woman. #915334 4TH OF JULY BOSTON BOY I just wanted you to know, all day, I kept noticing my lip puffy and raw from when you chewed it up when we made out last night, and I haven’t been Frenchkissed that way since my first boyfriend in Montréal. My lip is almost normal now, and I could use the passion of an All-American Boston Boy soon. When: Monday, July 5, 2021. Where: Red Square. You: Man. Me: Man. #915333 RE: “HOW CAN WE RECONNECT?” One can only hope when reading your post that you are reaching out to them. Seems broken hearts weren’t that rare last year. I would love to feel you close to me again. If you’re the one my heart still beats for, then reach out to me. Send me a text with a picture of a flower, and I’ll know. When: Wednesday, March 11, 2020. Where: Colchester Pond. You: Woman. Me: Man. #915332 MORETOWN GROCERY 7/1 I was pumping gas into a black pickup, and you were reorganizing your car with other people. Dark hair and sunglasses caught my attention, so much so that I almost lost my wallet, not noticing it fell out of my pocket. Thank you to the person behind me. You noticed I kept glancing at you. Felt I knew you. Certainly would like to. When: Thursday, July 1, 2021. Where: Moretown Grocery. You: Woman. Me: Man. #915331

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Irreverent counsel on life’s conundrums

Dear Reverend,

I met a woman online a few months ago, and we finally started getting together in person. I had told her all about my dog, but when she came to my house she asked if I would put him in another room while she was there. He’s 6 years old and very mellow and well behaved, so I asked her why. She said she just doesn’t like dogs. We had really been hitting it off, but now I’m wondering if I should see her again.

Bobbi Barker

(FEMALE, 34)

HOW CAN WE RECONNECT? It was never my time you wasted. I would repeat the moments a million times over with your hands on me. I knew the first moment we met you were going to be trouble. Guess I should’ve listened then, but that feeling is like an addiction. I reacted too quickly in the end. You know how to find me. When: Wednesday, March 11, 2020. Where: Colchester Pond. You: Man. Me: Woman. #915330 YOU, WHO TAKES MY BENEFITS A message to my “friend” who lays with me: “I whispered to him, ‘You’ll regret it if you let me go. I don’t wait for a man, if he’s not willing to grow.’; he didn’t believe me, he made his choice & that was the last time he ever heard my voice.” —N.R. When: Saturday, March 14, 2020. Where: in your house/in my house. You: Man. Me: Woman. #915329 HANDSOME SMILE IN RICHMOND MARKET You: handsome, tall man, dark hair, five o’clock shadow. 1 p.m. Me: petite blonde at the checkout, wearing a pink T-shirt. I looked up; we exchanged knowing smiles. Melted me. Would love to get to know you if you’re interested. When: Wednesday, June 30, 2021. Where: Richmond Market. You: Man. Me: Woman. #915328 FORT CUTIE Super cute brunette girl working hard with some hardscrabble guys. Hang in there. These days will come in handy one day. When: Tuesday, June 29, 2021. Where: Fort Ethan Allen. You: Woman. Me: Man. #915327 SARA82, YOU SOUND AWESOME! Hi, Sara82. I saw your ad in the classifieds six months ago. I’ve been thinking about you ever since. Your journey sounds amazing — we have similar paths, and I would love to connect. When: Wednesday, December 23, 2020. Where: classifieds. You: Woman. Me: Woman. #915326 I TUGGED ON YOUR BACKPACK Overalls and a pack might not be ideal dancing attire, but you looked pretty ideal yourself at DJ Taka night. But a few wrong numbers later, I wonder if you gave me the slip on purpose or incidentally. (Poor choice of parchment? I’m so sorry!) If the former, hats off; if the latter, Nora: Please get in touch? When: Saturday, June 26, 2021. Where: Radio Bean. You: Woman. Me: Man. #915325

Dear Bobbi Barker,

Unless this woman is extremely allergic or has a serious case of cynophobia, I’d say her request was very inappropriate. Imagine if you had a kid or a roommate and she asked that they stay in their room whenever she was there. I’m sure that idea would not fly at all. I’ve always had cats. A long time ago,

ESSEX LAUNDROMAT WORKER Have seen you a few times mopping the floors. Think you are very attractive. If interested in meeting sometime, let me know what you were wearing and the street where the laundromat is. If not, just take it as a compliment that you are a very handsome guy. When: Sunday, June 27, 2021. Where: Essex. You: Man. Me: Man. #915324

BIKE PATH SURPRISE 11:30 a.m. Single bikers. You: northbound; me: south. Between North Beach and overpass. Great day with early causeway ride and ferry/island exploration. Surprisingly got better! Your eyes and smile flashed with our “heys.” Eye-to-eye contact longer than usual for bikers. You: in black T-shirt with white lettering. Left me breathless! Ride together someday and explore what else we have in common? When: Sunday, June 20, 2021. Where: Burlington bike path. You: Man. Me: Man. #915317

HENRY’S DINER You are a server who happened to be hosting. I was an Uber driver bragging to you about my potential earnings for the day. Allow me to spend some of my earnings on you sometime? When: Saturday, June 26, 2021. Where: Henry’s Diner. You: Woman. Me: Man. #915323

COSTCO PARKING LOT We briefly met. You have an amazing tattoo on your upper right arm. I’m a visual artist and commented on it. I told you where my work is in a gallery and invited you to see it. I think your name is Meg. It was nice meeting you. Maybe we can meet for coffee, tea or fruit juice. When: Monday, June 21, 2021. Where: Costco checkout/parking lot. You: Woman. Me: Man. #915316

MAPLEFIELDS IN PLAINFIELD I was walking out. You were walking in. You were wearing a Harley T-shirt, and you had two dogs in your truck. When: Friday, June 25, 2021. Where: Maplefields, Plainfield. You: Man. Me: Woman. #915322

RE: MISSED OUT I do still read them — looking for signs of you. If you want to connect again, you know how to contact me. When: Monday, June 21, 2021. Where: in my dreams. You: Woman. Me: Man. #915315

BANANARAMA! Not a day goes by that you’re not in my thoughts and dreams. Forever my heart belongs to you. Scoots. When: Thursday, June 24, 2021. Where: Plainfield. You: Woman. Me: Man. #915320 LOOKING FOR THAT ‘BRUNCH MAN’ Your sense of humor, your intelligence and your smile struck a chord within. Am looking to connect with someone who is open-minded, family oriented (my son is grown), and willing to take a chance or at least see if that opportunity is there. Standup comedian is impressive. When: Sunday, June 20, 2021. Where: online singles ad. You: Man. Me: Woman. #915319 ZERO GRAVITY 6/13 Brooklyn Circle show. You: woman, light reddish hair parted in the middle, glasses, crop top, skirt, sandals. Me: man in black BLM T-shirt. You were “hovering.” We spoke briefly, then I had to take my dog out. It took an awfully long time, and you left. Want to continue the conversation? When: Sunday, June 13, 2021. Where: Zero Gravity. You: Woman. Me: Man. #915318

I dated a guy who was deathly allergic — so much so that we once had to go to a hotel when he came to my house. I knew from the start that relationship wasn’t going far. We had fun for a bit, but if you can’t hang with my cats, you can’t hang with me. If you decide that you want to keep seeing this woman, go to her place or out and about. I wouldn’t bring her back

BLAHBLAHBLAH Quiet Canadian with hot dimples dressed in black. Want to be my boyfriend? When: Sunday, April 18, 2021. Where: Old North End. You: Man. Me: Woman. #915314 LUCKY NUMBER(S)? Attractive blonde at O’Brien’s store in Williston, 4 p.m. on 6/16. I “cut” you in line while purchasing lotto tickets to cope with the Monday blues. I said I would share, but I never got your number. Thanks for the smile! When: Monday, June 14, 2021. Where: Williston. You: Woman. Me: Man. #915312 HANDSOME PA IN THE ER You ordered a chest X-ray for my son. I was a concerned mom and a nurse experiencing health care from the other side for once. Thank you for your calm and quiet confidence. Your arresting good looks were obvious even behind your mask, and your sexy voice was a pleasure to hear. When: Monday, June 14, 2021. Where: Berlin. You: Man. Me: Woman. #915311

to your house anytime soon. After a while, she may be willing to try to get over her dog distaste, but there’s no guarantee. Her request seems like a big red flag to me. You may be saving yourself a lot of trouble if you nip this relationship in the bud now. Dogs give their people unconditional love. I’m sure your dog would never lock you away in a room when his pals come over, so you shouldn’t do it to him. There are plenty of women out there who love dogs just as much as you do, and I bet you’ll find one you love, too. Good luck and God bless,

The Reverend

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