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Burlington is exploring a partnership with two local developers to revive the downtown block that is home to the dilapidated Memorial Auditorium.

City councilors voted unanimously on Monday night to allow Mayor Miro Weinberger to sign a letter of intent with developers Eric Farrell and Joe Larkin to investigate redeveloping the Gateway Block, a 3.8-acre area bound by Main Street, South Winooski Avenue, College Street and South Union Street. The Central Fire Station, Fletcher Free Library and the College Street Congregational Church are also on the block.

A letter of intent describes a vision for the area: 200 or more housing units and a 100-room hotel with underground parking, plus a “vibrant pedestrian streetscape.”

A new “Central Public Assembly & Activity Space” would replace Memorial if it were torn down, the letter says.

Not every councilor shares the vision, however. Some raised concerns about the hotel idea, which city officials said the developers had proposed. Several councilors said the city and developers should consider public feedback in their planning. And councilors Gene Bergman (PWard 2) and Joan Shannon (D-South District) said that if Memorial were demolished, the block would need to honor veterans in another way.

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Weinberger could ask councilors to approve a formal agreement in late March, just before he leaves office.

Officials had previously hoped to keep Memorial standing. But other efforts to revitalize the historic building have failed. The letter of intent makes clear it might not be saved.

Other properties in the Gateway Block are ripe for redevelopment, including an empty lot at the former site of the Midtown Motel on Main Street and a city-owned parking lot at Main Street and South Winooski Avenue. The church and library would stay put, but the fire department would likely have to move.

Farrell is the developer behind the massive Cambrian Rise project on North Avenue. Larkin is building an 83-unit apartment building on Williston Road in South Burlington, on the site of a former Holiday Inn. Farrell, who was born and raised in Burlington, said he went to “a gazillion” shows at Memorial in its heyday but that he doesn’t have a position yet on whether it should be saved. He said he’s optimistic about the overall project.

“It’s hard to drive by it and not wonder about all the possibilities,” he said. “I think if it’s done right, it could really be very strategic for downtown.”

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PRESSURE’S BUILDING

A large crowd rallied in Burlington to urge a cease-fire in Gaza amid an Israeli military campaign against Hamas.

Similar rallies were held nationwide.

TEAMING UP

UVM graduate students have filed a petition to unionize, citing high costs of housing in the Burlington area. School administrators are pushing back against the effort.

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LAID TO REST Several Vermont mothers are working to collect enough wreaths this holiday season to adorn more than 4,000 veteran gravesites across the state. Among the moms is Susan Sweetser, whose daughter, Virginia, took her own life in December 2020 at age 39 following a yearslong battle with post-traumatic stress disorder stemming from military service in Iraq.

“This is the one tangible thing I can focus on during the holidays,” Sweetser said through tears.

The collection effort is ahead of the Wreaths Across America event, an annual ceremony during which volunteers lay wreaths on gravestones to honor fallen vets. This year’s event is scheduled for December 16.

Sweetser, 64, of Essex, attended her first ceremony in 2021 at the Vermont Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Randolph, where her daughter is buried. The event saddened her: The cemetery had only 300 wreaths to distribute among 3,000 veteran gravesites, she said.

Sweetser said she “vowed to never let that happen again.”

She spent last fall calling around to drum up donations and media coverage — skills she used in 1996 as the Republican candidate running for the U.S. House against then-incumbent Bernie Sanders (I-Vt). With her help, the cemetery collected more than 1,500 wreaths, enough to cover about half of its gravesites.

Sweetser has an even more ambitious goal this year. With the help of other grieving mothers, she has set out to secure enough wreaths to

cover every Randolph gravesite, as well as those at five other cemeteries where veterans are buried across the state. They’ve made a big dent thanks to donations from several businesses and nonprofits, including Shaw’s supermarkets, which plans to provide more than 1,500 wreaths. But the group still has some 1,600 to go and only a few weeks left.

Sweetser pointed to the Vermont troupe’s Wreaths Across America web page — bit.ly/VWAA — where people can sponsor a wreath for $17 until November 26. They can also register to volunteer.

Donations, in the form of time or wreaths, go a long way, Sweetser said.

“It means that our children aren’t forgotten,” she said, “and that the sacrifices of our veterans are remembered.”

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[Re “On Thin Ice,” October 11]: I was a journalist in a previous life, and I think I’m reasonably well read. But your piece on the floriculture beneath the Greenland ice shelf is something I have not come across before. Anywhere. Ever. Not in recent history. It is reportage on seminal work and deserving of wider distribution, if you can manage it.

Stories like this are shining examples of the important role that Seven Days plays in Vermont journalism. Keep up the good work!

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Ken Picard’s piece on University of Vermont professor Paul Bierman and his science crew was a welcomed read in your pages [“On Thin Ice,” October 11]. And a sad pleasure to read, as are many honest, thoughtful, science-based reports on climate change. I wish Bierman a broad readership with his book next year. His quote to Picard — “We’re setting up our climate to be warm for

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expectation. Bird should be required to install docking stations in areas where the bikes are used.

Installing docking stations will increase the cost of business for Bird, but that is how it goes. I am for public transportation, but not when maintaining it becomes my responsibility.

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the next 10,000 to 20,000 years” — may be slightly exaggerated. I suggest he cap the warming likely in 1,000 years, when Homo sapiens may find ourselves small in number and Greenland still one of the more inhabitable places on the planet.

That is, if the extraction industry doesn’t wreck it.

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[Re Crossword: “Six Below,” October 18]: As someone who regularly looks forward to completing the crossword every week, I was miffed to find that the answer to 29-DOWN, whose clue was “streaming music service,” was not Spotify, which would fit all seven letters and is currently relevant, or even Pandora, which is slightly more outdated, but hey, it fits and my dad still uses it, but Napster, which ceased operations in 2001 and

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[Re “Bird Watching: A ‘Dockless’ BikeShare Program Has Landed in the Burlington Area,” October 18]: I’ve had to move these machines from my lawn and walkways to work on my house. Wheels lock once parked, making them difficult to move. I called the number on the bikes, and someone picked them up — hours later.

I support public transportation, especially bikes. I cannot support having to work around the bikes abandoned on my property. The article quotes Bird spokesperson Lauren Scribi as saying, “This is a public service, and we want everybody to utilize it.” Also, “Please respect the vehicles as you would respect your own.” The bus is a public service I have never had to move to mow my lawn. Would she “respect” my vehicle by not having it towed if I left it in her driveway for days?

Anyone finding a bike should report it using the Bird app — a simple thing but another responsibility I should not have to take on to ensure the safety of its equipment. Installing an app to report its junk on my property? No. What about respecting the people who own the property where these vehicles are abandoned?

Profiting from the bikes and expecting homeowners and businesses to “respect” the vehicles that have been abandoned on their doorsteps is an unrealistic

[Re “Bird Watching: A ‘Dockless’ Bike11/3/23 9:51 AM Share Program Has Landed in the Burl-16t-YMCA110823 1 ington Area,” October 18]: The 23,000-plus miles ridden on Bird e-bikes since July 1 indicate that bike share is an essential option for people traveling around the cities of Burlington, South Burlington and Winooski.

I sincerely apologize to differently abled THE ARTFUL individuals who have found their path blocked. This is not an experience I want for WORD anyone. The Chittenden Area TransportaWEDNESDAYS > 9:00 P.M. tion Management Association pledges to continue working with Bird on mitigating this with continued education.

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• Birds provide hardworking, financially stretched folks with another option to get to work, appointments and grocery stores, and to visit family.

• A dockless system enables one to ride Bird and park at their destination. It allows people to get to work when buses are not running. It is a reliable option for students and for people who take the train or fly.

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ast week, the highest peaks of the Green Mountains changed from brown to white as the season’s first snows dusted the region. It was a welcome sight for many, especially skiers and snowboarders. Buoyed by natural snow atop the man-made stuff, Killington opened on Friday, making it the first mountain resort in Vermont to welcome skiers and riders for the 202324 season.

Other resorts will open this month and next, many boasting improvements to their terrain, lifts and snowmaking: a new quad at Magic Mountain, a redesigned learning zone at Stratton, night skiing at the Middlebury Snowbowl.

Visitors to Bolton Valley may notice cameras along the slopes. The property of CAPTURE VIDEO TECHNOLOGY, they are designed to help athletes train — or to make their own stoke videos (page 26).

Those looking for inspiration for the latter would do well to check out the wealth of archival footage in the NEW WARREN MILLER FILM (page 40).

Still, the more things change at Vermont ski destinations, the more they stay the same. Nowhere is that more true than at Camel’s Hump Nordic Ski Area in Huntington, where cofounder DAVE BRAUTIGAM has been maintaining trails and composing poetic condition reports for decades (page 30).

The old saying that getting there is half the fun doesn’t always hold up during winter in Vermont, when the state is looking for ways to CURB ROAD SALT use (page 15). Perhaps snowmobilers have the right idea. They’re the only ones who can get to KENDYL’S BUNS ON THE RUN, a seasonal hot dog stand in Norton that’s not accessible by car (page 34). The rest of us can happily make do with MADBUSH FALLS in Waitsfield, which will open early on winter weekends to fuel the Sugarbush crowd (page 37).

One Vermonter who craves slick conditions is SARA RODERICK. The South Burlington skeleton racer aims to make the 2026 U.S. Olympic Team (page 28).

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Treasurer: Housing Crisis Is Slowing Population Growth Low-Sodium Diet

Road salt pollutes Vermont waterways.

So why aren’t more municipalities curbing its use?

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Kendyl’s Buns on the Run serves snowmobilers trailside in the NEK

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On-slope video technology captures all your downhill runs without gaps, gaffes or frozen fingers U.S. skeleton champ Sara Roderick sets her sights on the 2026 Olympics

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Painter Elizabeth Nelson has a way with winter SUPPORTED BY: Author Thea Lewis started Queen City Ghostwalk in 2002 and has been scaring audiences in Chittenden County ever since. This Halloween season, she has two new tour guides: Rebecca Ryskalczyk is a musician and composer, and Holli Bushnell is a sexton for the Burlington cemeteries. The duo leads an evening tour of about 30 youths and adults through Burlington’s Lakeview Cemetery.

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ermont has lost one of her finest. A. Wayne Roberts passed away on October 13, 2023.

Wayne’s life was filled with adventure, joy, passion and purpose. He was deeply dedicated to public service in his state and nation. His contributions were numerous and impactful, and his work benefited the lives of thousands of Vermonters. He was loved and respected by all who knew and worked with him.

Please take a moment to remember Wayne and his family.

And smile.

Wayne Roberts was one of Vermont’s and Vermonters’ most outstanding citizens, business and community leaders, entrepreneurs, public servants, mentors, avid sportsmen and outdoorsmen, and a Vermonter through and through.

Wayne was born on February 25, 1944, in Boston, to Phyllis Stockwell and Arthur William Roberts. They eventually settled in Lexington, Mass., spending summers at their home in Jeffersonville. He graduated from Lawrence Academy in Groton, Mass., graduating from Babson College in 1964. He then attended the University of Massachusetts in Amherst to graduate in 1965 with his MBA. Wayne started his career as part of the sales team at IBM in Washington, D.C., and then in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1967, he married Nancy Weber, and they had three sons together: Weber, Morgan and Ethan. They divorced in 1981.

Also in 1967, Wayne lost his father to a sudden heart attack as he was embarking on a project to build an artist retreat near what is now the Smugglers’ Notch ski area. Wayne and Nancy took over the project after his father’s death to create the Red Fox Ski Dorm.

During the 1970s, they built the Salty Dog nightclub and steak house and the Brewster River Yacht Club Restaurant nearby.

Wayne continued to work for IBM, managing his businesses from afar with the help of his wife on-site, until the mid-’70s, when he and his family settled in Jeffersonville. He took a position at Johnson State College as an associate professor of business management. In 1979, he accepted the position of director of Ronald Reagan’s presidential campaign in

A. Wayne Roberts

February 25, 1944, to October 13, 2023

the state of Vermont. After Reagan’s election, Wayne became part of his transition team and was appointed deputy undersecretary of the Department of Education under secretary Terrel Bell, where he helped develop the Presidential Fitness Award. During his years in government, he traveled the world extensively, representing the United States.

In 1986, Wayne returned to Vermont to be near his sons and took the position as president of the Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce, which he built into Vermont’s largest business organization. It was during this

time that Wayne met the woman who would become his life partner, Barbara Surprenant.

As president of the Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce, Wayne was involved with almost every issue important to Vermont. He was an effective leader who brought meaningful change and positive impacts to our state with keen acumen and organizational brilliance. Again, he traveled the world promoting Vermont’s economic interests.

Wayne lived a very active life outdoors in his beloved Vermont.

He treasured Vermont’s natural resources and spent a great deal

of time fly-fishing throughout the state and Canada. He traveled throughout the world fishing: tuna off Cape Cod, salmon in Brunswick, tarpon in the Keys, bonefish in Bonaire, trout in Montana and 36 consecutive years fishing in the Lake Champlain International Tournament.

After his retirement in 2006, Wayne spent winters in Fort Myers, Fla., where he and his wife, Barbara, enjoyed their life together, returning to Vermont for their summers. While in Florida, Wayne continued to spend countless hours exploring the mangroves, perfecting his angling and enjoying the tranquility of the Florida waterways. Wayne and Barb enjoyed hosting their children and grandchildren in Fort Myers to enjoy a reprieve from Vermont winters.

Wayne’s true passion was family, and bringing all elements of his family together in any type of gathering was what was really important to him. Throughout his life, Wayne sought every opportunity to bring those he loved close to him and Barb.

Wayne is survived by his wife, Barbara Surprenant; three sons, Weber (Brooks Crane), Morgan and Ethan (Rebecca), and their mother, Nancy Weber; eight grandchildren, Aiden, Caellen, Asa, Zola, Kessler, Thira, Atalanta and August; his sisters Patricia Christiansen, Pamela Beach (Charles Beach) and their son, Brandon; his brother David Lee Roberts (Judy Roberts); and Barbara’s son Chris Poirier and wife Donna and their children, Joshua and Elizabeth, all of whom were an integral part of Wayne’s and Barb’s life together.

Wayne was a force of nature, a loving father, grandfather, husband and wonderful friend to thousands in Vermont and around the world.

Wayne was always so much fun. He was such an effective leader who brought meaningful change and positive impacts to our state with such keen acumen and organizational brilliance.

Always in the nucleus of activity with such a determined focus and genuine resolve.

And today Wayne is surely reorganizing the hierarchy of the heavens.

May Wayne forever rest in peace.

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Veteran and International Book Award winner Jon and artist Deborah read from the book on Veterans Day and the 50th anniversary of their first date.

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Locals ready to reckon with one of the darkest chapters in state history tune in to the latest Vermont Historical Society Virtual Speaker Series installment with New York historian Mercedes de Guardiola. Guardiola discusses her new book, “Vermont for the Vermonters”: The History of Eugenics in the Green Mountain State, and explores the enduring legacy of the movement.

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When you’re an adult, no one gives you an award for being a good citizen.

You’re expected to follow the local news, get involved in your community and be civil to others who may not share your views. The reward? Getting to live in a functioning democracy.

But do these things as a kid in Vermont, and you could win a free trip to Washington, D.C. That was the grand prize of the 2023 Good Citizen Challenge, organized by Seven Days and its quarterly parenting magazine, Kids VT. We raffled it off during an awards ceremony at the Statehouse in Montpelier last Thursday. Students and presenters at the 2023 Good Citizen Challenge awards ceremony Milne Travel donated the trip; CEO Scott Milne, the 2020 Republican candidate for lieutenant governor, presented it, along with his colleague, Iris MacBeath. that recruited the most Challenge finishers — the Bixby Eighty-six K-8 students from across the state Memorial Free Library in Vergennes, with 27 — and completed the Challenge over the summer. Many of them one to the library whose students submitted the best were there in the Statehouse with parents and some work. That went to the Morristown Centennial Library. grandparents in tow. When it was time to choose the Its Good Citizen group completed multiple activities, winner, Iris called for a drumroll. including holding a bake sale for the nearby Johnson The kids delivered, pounding on the desks Public Library, which suffered extensive damage in in the House chamber — the same ones their the July flood. representatives use — as Iris plucked a name Look for a roundup of these and other from the box. outstanding entries in the Winter Issue of Kids This year’s winner: 11-year-old Cecilia VT, inside the November 15 issue of Seven Days.

“Cici” Neffinger of Ferrisburgh, who won All the Challenge finishers received Good airfare for two as well as two nights in a Citizen patches and stickers that read “I’m a Washington, D.C.-area hotel. She seemed Good Citizen.” I hope they see themselves stunned but excited as she posed for a that way and act accordingly. photo.

Before a tour of the Statehouse, Seven Like the other Good Citizens in the room, Days senior multimedia producer Eva Cici completed five activities on the bingoSollberger caught up with Cici and asked her like 2023 Challenge scorecard. Hers included picking why it’s important to be a good citizen. up trash around her school; interviewing Rep. Diane “Because,” Cici said, “if no one’s being a good citizen, Lanpher (D-Vergennes); and researching how Plank then everything will just fall apart.”

Road, between Vergennes and Bristol, got its name — it We couldn’t have said it better. was once a toll road made out of planks. She also watched an episode of “Vermont This Week” on Vermont Public Cathy Resmer and visited the room in the Vergennes Fire Station where the city council meets.

If you like Seven Days and our efforts to The grand prize wasn’t the only one presented at encourage the next generation of Good Citizens, the Statehouse ceremony. We also recognized several become a Super Reader. “distinguished citizens” who went above and beyond Look for the “Give Now” button at the top of in their Challenge entries; among them were three sevendaysvt.com. Or send a check with your participants who completed all 25 activities. address and contact info to: Speakers from our partner organizations — Vermont Public, Front Porch Forum and Phoenix SEVEN DAYS, C/O SUPER READERS P.O. BOX 1164 Books — gave out these awards. State curator David BURLINGTON, VT 05402-1164 Schutz and Secretary of State Sarah Copeland Hanzas, a Democrat, also addressed the crowd.

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ohn Pogue, a dairy farmer in Wisconsin, feels a little guilty when he sends in a pair of worn-out Darn Tough Vermont socks and receives a voucher for a free brand-new pair. The company’s lifetime guarantee is such a good deal that he can’t believe there isn’t a catch — if not for him, then for the company.

“I feel like I’m abusing this warranty,” said Pogue, who keeps four pairs of Darn Tough socks on rotation and has mailed in socks for replacement several times. He’s concerned about Darn Tough’s survival and wonders, “Is this hurting you guys?”

Pogue has nothing to worry about.

With a robust market presence, a devoted customer base and accolades in major publications, Waterbury-based Darn Tough is doing just fine. In fact, it’s growing, despite a promise that if the socks develop holes, stop fitting right or fail in some other way, a customer can return

them anytime, without a receipt, for replacement.

The guarantee covers normal wear and tear, not consumption by a campfire or disappearance due to a dog or a dryer.

CEO Ric Cabot receives detailed letters from customers explaining why their socks were burned or, in fact, eaten by dogs and should be replaced.

“That ’s the kind of engagement any company or any brand wants with the customer,” he said.

“All claims made in good faith will be considered,” the company pledges on its website, and it stands by that.

“There’s almost no reason why we won’t accept a sock back,” Cabot said.

Cabot started Darn Tough in 2004 as a way of reviving Cabot Hosiery Mills, the struggling Northfield sock company that his father, Marc Cabot, launched in 1978. Darn Tough is a premium line, and its guarantee drew attention right away.

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Tough sells each year. But with 400 knitting machines, 450 employees, website sales and a presence in 3,500 stores, it’s a lot. The company recently added to its fleet of machines and expanded its Waterbury headquarters.

Darn Tough was similarly tight-lipped about how much the lifetime guarantee costs the company. But most of its customers seemingly don’t know, or don’t care, about the opportunity. Far fewer than 1 percent of the socks sold in a year — which equates to a couple thousand pairs per month — are mailed back, Cabot said.

There are sound business reasons for the guarantee. For one, staff examine socks that are worn out or didn’t meet expectations for comfort to learn about what went wrong so they can ensure it doesn’t happen again, Cabot said.

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Departing Vermont residents cited housing difficulties as their No. 1 reason for leaving the state in 2021 and 2022, according to a new report from the treasurer’s office.

More than 26,000 people moved into Vermont last year, state Treasurer Mike Pieciak said. But another 23,000 left, nearly canceling last year’s gain in a state with 645,000 residents.

That net increase of 3,000 was dramatically lower than the increase of the year before, which saw net migration of 17,529. Pieciak said he thinks people trying to move to Vermont in the past year were stymied by the increasing severity of the housing shortage.

“There is significant demand to be in Vermont,” Pieciak said. “But it’s running headfirst into our housing stock. And that’s putting pressure on Vermonters.”

The crisis is contributing to homelessness and making life more difficult for people who are jobless or struggling with mental health problems. And employers are reporting, as they have over the past few years, that housing is the biggest problem they face in filling open positions.

Home prices have been rising steeply since spring 2020. The highest prices and the most consistent increases can be found in Chittenden County, where the median home price rose 3.5 percent in 2022, to $450,000.

Statewide, the median sales price for a primary home is $315,000, according to the Vermont Housing Finance Agency, which analyzes property transfer tax records.

Devastating flooding in July destroyed structures in central and southern Vermont, and that might drive prices up even more, researcher Nate Lantieri noted on VHFA’s blog.

“This may impact future home sale prices in Vermont’s hardest hit communities,” Lantieri wrote.

Departing Vermonters surveyed by the census said they wanted a newer, better or larger house; they wanted to set up their own household — for example, after a divorce, Pieciak said — or they were looking for a less expensive home. Popular destinations were New York, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Florida and Connecticut.

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eremy Smith climbed into the cab of a front-end loader last week and maneuvered it to lift several hundred pounds of coarse rock salt.

It was the day after the first lowland snowfall of the season, and Smith, a maintenance supervisor at the Vermont Agency of Transportation, wanted to make sure road crews were ready for the approaching winter.

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But instead of dumping the gray crystals of sodium chloride into the bed of one of the orange snowplow trucks parked at the agency’s Colchester outpost, Smith drove his load into a cavernous wooden shed and to a large metal hopper. He positioned the bucket over the machine’s wide mouth and poured the salt inside.

As he did, powerful jets of water sprayed the granules, dissolving them into a brine ready to be added to the 30,000 gallons already stored in towering tanks nearby.

That solution is a key component of the state’s effort to reduce the amount of salt it spreads every winter. Road salt, a less processed version of table salt, works wonders to keep roads clear in winter by lowering the freezing point of water. But it also gets washed into streams and lakes,

where it increases salinity and can harm fish and other aquatic critters.

“Salt is a pollutant, but it’s a necessary evil,” Smith said.

State-of-the-art plows spray salt brine, also called liquid salt, on top of dry road salt in a two-part process to make winter road travel safer. That allows crews to use less salt, reducing the environmental impact, Smith said. The state has been using this technique since 2008.

Despite the state’s efforts, however, salt levels in waterways are on the rise, in part because most individual town road crews still treat icy roads the old-fashioned way.

That compounds the water-quality challenges from pollutants such as phosphorus, said Tim Clear, a watershed manager at the Department of Environmental Conservation.

“When you start combining these stressors, it has a combined effect on things that live in these streams,” Clear said.

Scientists agree: A recent article in the online journal Nature Reviews Earth & Environment concluded that increased salt use threatens to cause “serious or irreversible damage across Earth systems.”

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Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark, who is suing Monsanto for polluting the environment and schools with its toxic chemicals, is asking a federal court to put a pause on a similar suit filed on behalf of dozens of local school districts.

Clark filed her lawsuit in state court in early June. About two weeks later, attorney Pietro Lynn sued the agrochemical giant in federal court, claiming its PCBs had contaminated 93 Vermont school districts.

In a 19-page amicus brief asking for a stay, Clark argues that Addison Central School District et al. v.

Monsanto et al. is “duplicative” of the state’s lawsuit and should be halted “to prevent inefficient, piecemeal litigation and to promote comity between the federal and state courts.”

Overlapping suits would lead to “massive duplication of effort, conflicts in approach, court rulings on the same issues in different courts (with the potential for strategic gameplay), and a race to judgment,” the brief states.

The lawsuits were filed amid a sweeping state initiative to test all schools built before 1980 for PCBs. If results are above levels set by the state, the toxic chemicals must be remediated, a costly and time-consuming proposition.

The Burlington School District filed its own lawsuit against Monsanto last December and is not part of the state’s lawsuit or the Addison et al. suit.

Clark’s amicus brief states that Addison et al. is already causing logistical problems. For example, Clark wrote, the school districts’ attorneys have agreed to give Monsanto four weeks’ notice before a school is tested for PCBs and to let the company inspect schools before PCBs are remediated.

“The State is concerned that this provision could extend the time that building occupants are exposed to PCBs above [state limits],” the brief states.

The request for a stay will not impact the state’s PCB testing program, according to Clark. PCB test results for 73 Vermont schools have been posted on the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources website. More than 300 schools will be tested. ➆

company’s website, according to Courtney Laggner, Darn Tough’s brand and community manager.

And then there’s the goodwill created

by Darn Tough’s promise that the socks are built to last. Pogue, who has 12 kids and also works as a handyman, said he splurges on the socks, which can cost more than $30 a pair, because the policy shows Darn Tough is committed to making high-quality products.

“We’ve become so accustomed to going to Walmart or wherever and spending $6, $7, $8 for a six-pack of socks, but in two months you just throw them away and start over again,” Pogue said. “Our nation would be far better off if we’d think about building more things that last.”

Darn Tough socks can also be dropped off at retailers such as REI or Outdoor Gear Exchange for immediate replacement.

Cold weather heralds the busy season for Darn Tough, which adds extra workers from October through February. The company’s popular sock sale each fall in Northfield is a destination for hundreds of bargain-hunting diehards, some from out of state; it was held last month.

Laggner said returns pick up in the fall, too, as winter socks come out of storage.

Lifetime guarantees on clothing are uncommon. Outdoor gear and clothing retailers such as KÜHL, REI and Lands’ End don’t cover ordinary wear and tear. L.L.Bean dropped its lifetime return policy several years ago, and customers now have just a year to return purchases and need to show a receipt.

The premium outdoor gear and clothing maker Patagonia guarantees its products and promises to replace items that don’t perform to the buyer’s satisfaction. But Patagonia charges customers to fix problems related to wear and tear.

Not so Darn Tough, which cheerfully replaces socks that carried throughhikers along the Appalachian Trail or developed holes because they cradled their owners’ feet through years of graduate school, marriage and foreign travels. Some of these stories are detailed in elegies that accompany socks to the returns department, a section of the Waterbury warehouse staffed by two women — Andrea Davis and Emily Brown — and Brown’s dog, Kiera.

“I feel silly, but I got really emotional saying goodbye to our old socks today,” one such letter reads, describing how the socks were worn for important events such as moving, cuddling babies and hiking in South America. “They have been with us through so much!”

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now,” a customer named Ethan wrote of his delight at discovering Darn Tough.

He sent the company a 3D printed plaque he designed using Darn Tough’s logo.

“God bless and take care.”

Other customers mail in suggestions, such as socks for people with larger feet or calves — a request the company met this summer with the rollout of a new line of socks, known as Wide Open. There are often calls for more products, such as gloves

or base layers, a direction Laggner said the company has no intention of pursuing. And Cabot said he’s been invited many times to the weddings of sock-loving strangers.

“They’re not shy about sending their feedback,” customer service manager Michelle Zimmer said. “We get a lot of people asking us to make toe socks.”

There are no plans to make toe socks — garments that resemble mittens for feet — either.

Darn Tough’s Waterbury factory is not the end of the line for the worn-out or ill-fitting footwear. The used socks, bundled in large mail bags, are rolled to the returns department. Two workers enter data about each sock into a computer, logging the vintage, the type and the reason the sock was returned.

Socks are often accompanied by gifts, and sometimes the packaging itself is creative. Brown, the returns department employee, remembers one pair that arrived in a coke bottle. Another pair was packaged in a Bota Box wine container.

Socks must arrive in pairs. On its website, Darn Tough instructs customers to wash the socks before sending them in. Most people comply, said Brown, who wears gloves when she’s opening packages.

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Some people send in socks made by other companies; others send in counterfeit Darn Tough socks. The knockoffs are treated as honest mistakes.

“They get one mulligan with counterfeit socks,” Zimmer said. “It’s very generous. You can’t buy a Kate Spade bag on Canal Street and send it back to Kate Spade for a real one.” But that’s what Darn Tough does.

After the socks are logged in the system, they’re turned over to Kristen Graf, Darn Tough’s global director of environmental and social responsibility. Graf, who has been on the job for a year, looks for ways to turn the mostly merino wool socks into blankets and stuffing for dog beds and seat cushions.

Changing the return policy would be a difficult pivot for Darn Tough. Many customers, including Pogue, justify the high price they pay for their socks with the knowledge that they can replace their investment over and over again.

L.L.Bean has been sued by customers who said they bought their items based on that lifetime guarantee.

Cabot doesn’t expect the Darn Tough guarantee to change. He’s intensely focused on making the best-quality sock available anywhere and making it in Vermont.

“We stand behind what we do,” he said. ➆

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Joan Shannon, a veteran Burlington city councilor and Democrat, launched a bid for mayor last Thursday outside city hall, surrounded by supporters holding signs bearing her campaign slogan: “All Hands on Deck.”

She’s the second city councilor running to replace outgoing Mayor Miro Weinberger, a four-term Democrat. Karen Paul, the current council president, is also seeking the Democratic nomination.

The candidates will face off at the party’s nominating caucus on December 10. Progressives will caucus on December 12. That party’s only candidate so far is Vermont Rep. Emma Mulvaney-Stanak (P/D-Burlington).

If elected in March, any of the declared candidates would be the Queen City’s first-ever woman mayor.

Shannon, who has served on the council for 20 years, said she has the “courage and leadership” to be Burlington’s next mayor.

“I have stood against strong political winds,” she said, “and I know I have what it takes to make those hard decisions in Burlington’s best interest.”

Shannon was first elected to the city council in 2003 and served a three-year stint as the body’s president starting in 2012. Her council website lists numerous accomplishments, including proposing zoning changes that allowed the Soda Plant to be redeveloped and City Market, Onion River Co-op to be built in the South End. She has also advocated for stricter rules governing short-term rentals and for the closure of the former Sears Lane homeless encampment in 2021.

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urder suspects should be locked up while they await trial, Addison County’s top prosecutor told a judge last week — even if the alleged killer is 14 years old.

The next morning, however, State’s Attorney Eva Vekos had a “change of heart.”

She no longer objected to allowing Hussein Mohamed to live at his family’s Burlington home while his case plays out. The teen is accused of fatally shooting Madden Gouveia, 14, in Bristol while the boys were passing around a stolen handgun on October 30.

Spurring the about-face was a state prison official, Joshua Rutherford, who described, in courtroom testimony, the grim mechanics of detaining a 14-year-old boy in Vermont, where such scenarios are extraordinarily rare. Mohamed would either live with adult inmates, Rutherford explained, or be held in conditions akin to solitary confinement. That’s because the state closed its lone secure facility for minors, Woodside Juvenile Rehabilitation Center, in 2020 following claims of child abuse. Without a replacement, the only option is state prison, where federal law prohibits minors from having contact with adults unless a judge deems it “in the interest of justice.”

In Mohamed’s case, he’d already spent two nights locked up in an adult prison in Rutland, according to his public defender.

The high-profile murder case involving a boy of 14 has offered the public a glimpse into a juvenile system for troubled or violent youths that, practically speaking, does not exist. In an investigation published last month, Seven Days detailed how concerns about violent restraints and isolation led

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to the shuttering of Woodside three years ago. Without a replacement, state workers have been used in some instances as glorified babysitters for teens with nowhere else to go.

The case also points to a lingering contradiction between how Vermont treats serious crimes committed by juveniles and a contemporary understanding, made more urgent by Woodside’s horrors, that kids should be treated according to their age.

“There are two tectonic plates out there.

This is the fault line,” longtime Vermont defense attorney David Sleigh said in an interview.

Vekos’ decision to charge the young Black teen as an adult — rather than in juvenile court — drew criticism from the Rutland Area Branch of the NAACP and others because of the defendant’s age and race and because the police affidavit offered no evidence that Mohamed meant to hurt Gouveia. Other witnesses, all teenagers, told investigators that they’d been passing around a stolen 9mm Smith & Wesson pistol while in a car when one teen put a bullet in the magazine and Mohamed fired it.

“I didn’t mean to shoot you,” the 18-yearold driver told police he heard Mohamed say to Gouveia, who died hours later.

Yet Vekos had few options. If a defendant is at least 14 years old and accused of any one of a dozen types of violent crime, state law requires prosecutors to proceed in criminal court. Mohamed has been charged with three of them: murder, manslaughter and aggravated assault.

Unlike family court, where juvenile proceedings take place behind closed doors, criminal court cases are open to the public. The parties can petition to move cases such as Mohamed’s to family court, where later proceedings, including the outcome, would be private and focused on rehabilitation.

Vekos, speaking to reporters last week, said she hadn’t decided whether the case against Mohamed was suitable for transfer to family court.

Lesser crimes, such as reckless endangerment, are misdemeanors and have been scrutinized as inadequate to address gun violence. Amid a spate of shootings in Burlington, Mayor Miro Weinberger lobbied lawmakers earlier this year to create a felony version of reckless endangerment when a firearm is involved. The measure has not been passed.

Vermont’s existing law stems from a 1981 rape and murder case in Essex Junction. One of the suspects could not be tried as an adult because he was 15 years old, leading to legislative intervention — and, eventually, the creation of Woodside. While Vermont has made reforms in recent years to push more cases into juvenile court, rules for the most serious offenses remain excepted.

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Mohamed’s attorney, chief juvenile defender Marshall Pahl, said the state should reexamine the so-called “Big 12” offenses. He’s not sure it makes sense to require that certain charges start in criminal court. He also questions whether the age when the statute applies, 14, is appropriate in light of modern understandings of brain development.

Homicide cases can be a tough sell for a restorative justice approach, noted Jessica Brown, director of the Center for Justice Reform at Vermont Law & Graduate School.

But the facts in the Bristol case suggest it’s worth seriously considering, she said.

“These were two 14-year-olds,” she said.

Despite charging Mohamed with adult crimes, Vekos lamented the lack of any secure, age-appropriate facility where he could be held, leading to his release on strict conditions. When Woodside was open, the Department of Corrections would frequently send juveniles in Mohamed’s position there through an arrangement with the Department for Children and Families. Without Woodside, six juveniles younger than 18 have spent time in state prisons during the past year. Only one of those youths was white, according to Department of Corrections data.

The state, Vekos said, has been “on notice” about the problem caused by Woodside’s closure for years.

“This case has brought to light one of the most serious failings that our state has made when it comes to juveniles, crime and how to deal with it,” she told a group of reporters outside the courtroom last week.

Prosecutors, DCF employees and even defense attorneys have grown exceptionally frustrated with the state of affairs.

Teens are being held in conference rooms, sent out of state for treatment or detained in adult prisons. It’s pushing family services workers to the brink.

Just days before the shooting in Bristol, a committee of lawmakers took hours of

Woodside Juvenile Rehabilitation Center in 2007

pandemic, DCF officials testified. More than 80 children are currently receiving residential treatment out of state.

The lack of secure placements comes during an uptick in crimes involving kids.

In 2022, 201 youths ages 10 to 19 were accused of crimes, up from 162 in 2017, according to Capt. Shawn Loan, who tracks statistics for the Vermont State Police. Young teens are using firearms more frequently, and some are ensnared in out-of-state drug trafficking networks.

Efforts to replace Woodside have run up against community opposition. A proposal for a secure residential treatment center in Newbury has been stymied by neighbors and is currently awaiting a ruling from the Vermont Supreme Court. DCF also proposed a small, temporary secure facility in St. Albans earlier this year, but that, too, received an icy reception from locals.

Other plans for a range of residential options are in various stages of development. They include a psychiatric residence at the nonprofit Brattleboro Retreat and a residential program at the Windham County Sheriff ’s Office.

Officials’ latest idea is to renovate a state facility in Middlesex into a four-bed, temporary secure site. The project will be completed by March, state leaders testified, and will serve kids with the most urgent needs.

“It’s not enough, but it’s coming soon,” DCF Commissioner Chris Winters told lawmakers. Officials hope to open a permanent facility by 2026.

But DCF has yet to find a partner to run the temporary program. If it can’t, beleaguered state employees will work at the Middlesex facility themselves.

Even that “worst-case scenario,” Winters said, is better than the current patchwork of emergency departments, police station conference rooms and sheriff ’s offices.

“We’re putting kids in some inappropriate, untenable situations,” Winters said. ➆

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testimony from exasperated and incensed officials. Vermont State Employees’ Association executive director Steve Howard called upon Gov. Phil Scott’s administration to mobilize the Vermont National Guard to set up an emergency youth facility.

“Our members are desperate,” the union chief said. “They describe this current situation as a ball of fire in the midst of a state of emergency.”

Pahl criticized Howard’s call to enlist the National Guard as a “profoundly unserious response to a profoundly serious problem.”

“The problems posed by young people with mental health crises do not require military response,” he said in an interview.

Pahl nonetheless agreed with testimony

from state workers who said makeshift arrangements are putting them and the children they serve in unsafe situations.

Matthew Bernstein, the state’s child, youth and family advocate, told lawmakers that he observed one child who had been held under 24-7 supervision by DCF workers for roughly two weeks. The child was receiving no education, had no contact with peers “and was watching TV, it seemed, all day.”

“It’s really treating kids as objects,” Bernstein testified. “That makes kids worse. That makes this problem worse.”

The state has no secure facilities for youths with dangerous behaviors, and it has access to only 100 usable beds for kids who need other kinds of residential services, down from nearly 200 before the

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news Low-Sodium Diet « P.15 reduction campaigns, calling road salt “the acid rain of our time.” Researchers have documented that salt levels in Lake George have tripled since 1980, creating potentially toxic conditions for wildlife.

Use of road salt contaminated the drinking water supply in Merrimack, N.H., forcing the local water district to stop using one of its wells. In response, the state launched a Green SnowPro program to educate private plowing contractors about the best salt application practices.

In Vermont, programs such as the University of Vermont’s Lake Champlain Sea Grant hold annual workshops aimed at educating road crews and the public about the persistent problem.

That outreach hasn’t yet made a measurable difference. Many communities and private property owners, including those with large parking lots, continue to use the mineral liberally.

“The goal, obviously, would be to use less salt, but it’s a balancing act between safety and impacts to the environment,” Clear said.

Runoff from agriculture, as well as water softeners used in residential wells, contribute to the rising salt levels in waterways, but road salt is the “overwhelming source of the problem,” he said. Salts and other “chemical cocktails” that they create build up in soil, surface water and groundwater and are difficult to remove, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

It’s the chloride in road salt that is most problematic for the health of aquatic life.

In 2022, seven streams in Vermont were considered impaired by high chloride concentrations, according to environmental regulators. Several of the waterways, including Potash Brook in South Burlington, flow through areas with some of the densest commercial and residential development. Another three streams will likely be added to the list in 2024.

Additionally, three waterways — the Upper and Lower Winooski reservoirs and Kettle Pond in Brattleboro — have been found to have average chloride concentrations greater than 230 micrograms per liter, the level that signals a chronic problem.

Clear said research has shown that lake zooplankton, microscopic animals that are an important part of the aquatic food chain, can be harmed by chloride levels as low as 50 micrograms per liter.

Chloride in Lake Champlain is well below that level — ranging from about eight to 16 micrograms per liter — but the concentration has been rising in the past decade.

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Cindy Provost overseeing the mixing of a batch of salt brine

The same is true for major rivers such as the Winooski, Lamoille and Missisquoi.

The amount of chloride in the Winooski has increased the most, and fastest, with more than 25 micrograms per liter found in 2022.

“I think the ... trend is of concern,” Clear said.

The Agency of Transportation is doing its part. By far the state’s largest road-clearing operation, with 275 plows responsible for 3,300 miles of roadway, it has reduced use of salt significantly in recent years.

THE MESSAGE TO ME IS, WE HAVE WORK TO DO TO GET DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES ON BOARD. KRIS STE P E NUC K

In 2022, the agency used 125,000 tons of dry salt and 1.4 million gallons of brine, both well below the five-year average. The 2,120 tons of sand it used in 2022 was also 32 percent lower than the previous year.

Milder winters are responsible for some of the drop, Smith said. But the expanded use of salt brine has also contributed significantly.

Several years ago, the state’s garage in Colchester was the only one with

brine-mixing capacity. Now seven VTrans garages have the equipment. Most of the state’s fleet of snowplows carry brine in tanks holding up to 1,200 gallons. They spray the brew onto rock salt before it’s spread on roads, Smith explained.

This “pre-wetting” activates the salt so it starts having a de-icing effect as soon as it hits the road. It also keeps more of the salt on the road by reducing the amount that scatters into ditches. Adding the brine to the dry salt creates a slurry that is the consistency of oatmeal, Smith said.

Crews used to apply brine directly to roads in advance of big storms to make clearing snow easier, but public concerns about corrosion to vehicles caused the state to abandon the practice, Smith said.

The salt solution works well down to about 15 degrees. Below that, the agency can use chemical additives such as magnesium chloride to prevent ice from forming, but that’s rarely been employed in recent years, Smith said.

Following the state’s example is not so easy for small cities and towns. The equipment needed to mix batches of brine costs about $100,000, said Mark French, the road foreman for Hyde Park, which obtained the necessary equipment to use liquid salt three years ago. While that is cost-prohibitive for smaller towns on tight budgets, it saves money in the long run by reducing the amount of salt the town needs to buy, he said.

French estimates that he’s been able to cut salt use in Hyde Park by 40 percent in recent years, in part through the prewetting technique. Other helpful technologies include computerized salters that adjust the rate of salt spreading to match the speed of the plow. Ground temperature sensors on his five plows also let the drivers see when the road temperature is warm enough that no salt is needed, he said.

Kris Stepenuck, an associate professor at the University of Vermont’s Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, said some Chittenden County cities have expressed interest in replicating what Hyde Park has done. But overall, according to surveys she’s conducted, most communities are still not using best practices to reduce salt use.

“The message to me is, we have work to do to get different municipalities on board,” she said.

According to a survey Stepenuck conducted in the Lake Champlain basin, Vermont cities and towns were hesitant to switch to lower salt methods due to concerns over liability and expenses.

But with salt costing $91 a ton this year compared to $71 just last year, reducing salt use isn’t just good for the environment, it’s good for the bottom line, French said.

“It’s an investment that will definitely pay you back in a hurry,” French said. ➆

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OBITUARIES Eleanore Carpenter

FEBRUARY 2, 1954OCTOBER 27, 2023 SOUTH BURLINGTON, VT. Eleanore “Boo” Carpenter died peacefully at her home in South Burlington, Vt., on October 27, 2023, surrounded by family, after a short battle with pancreatic cancer.

Boo was born on February 2, 1954, in Auburn, N.Y., the daughter of Jean and Charles Underwood. She graduated from Auburn High School and from the State University of New York at Plattsburgh and the Upstate Medical Center with a bachelor’s of science in medical technology in 1976.

In 1981, she married Mark Sinclair. After living and working in several parts of the country, Boo and Mark settled in Waitsfield, Vt., where they raised their two sons but later divorced.

Boo worked in a variety of places across the country, including Vermont, California, Arizona, New Mexico and New York. As a medical technologist, she worked at a number of hospitals and clinics, large and small.

While doing it all, she especially loved “blood banking.”

She retired from her career at the University of Vermont Medical Center in 2020, after more than 30 years there.

She received the Mary E. Breen Award for teaching undergraduate students and was honored as one of the medical center’s “Faces” for her service to patients, the lab and the medical center.

While working, Boo was a volunteer at Hope Lodge.

Boo embraced the outdoors as she leaned into life with a quiet strength, determination, resilience and positivity. She especially loved to hike, crosscountry and Alpine ski, bike, paddle, swim, sail, and play pickleball. She also liked

mah-jongg, a voracious game of cards and solitaire, reading, dancing, travel, and, yes, enjoying a glass of Jameson at a roadside or ski bar. Boo often paused to enjoy a sunset, the nightly moon, mountain and lake views, trillium, and music.

This spring, Boo completed another of her many adventures, backpacking down into, then whitewater rafting, hiking and camping in the Grand Canyon.

As a two-time survivor of breast cancer, Boo was a proud and devoted member of Dragonheart Vermont.

She successfully dragonboat paddled to national championships with her team of breast cancer survivor “sisters,” including this July in Florida. Her team also competed internationally.

Boo was also on a team that won the first-ever Ice Dragon Boat World Championship in Ottawa.

Boo cherished her family cottage, located on Owasco Lake. While she loved her adopted state of Vermont, “Long Point” was a special touchstone. She revered her time there with her family and friends, including her beloved cousins, nieces, nephews, their children, her sister and her brother-inlaw, along with her golden retrievers.

Boo is predeceased by her mother, Jean Underwood Marshall; her father, Charles Underwood; her stepfather, Richard Marshall; and her

brother Chuck Underwood.

She is survived by her close sister, Sali Hazard (and Joe); her brother David Underwood (and Kathaleen); her sons, Beck Sinclair (and partner Allie Kaye) and David Sinclair (and partner Isabel Caldwell); and her husband, Chris Carpenter.

Chris and Boo felt very lucky to have met each other later in life through dragonboat paddling. They especially enjoyed traveling, their lakes, skiing, gravel biking, hiking, pickleball, kayaking, backcountry skiing into huts, cribbage, watching the nightly news, dancing in the kitchen and playing with Chris’ grandchildren.

They were married at Lake Mansfield on August 13, 2022.

Boo also leaves behind her special cousins, nieces, nephews, their children, stepbrothers and stepsister, as well as many valued friends with whom she kept in touch. Her friends included those from her childhood and the Auburn, N.Y., schools where she grew up; her Dragonheart “sisters”; her laboratory colleagues; good friends from Huntington and the Mad River Valley, where she lived for 20-plus years; her “amigos,” as she called three close friends; her newer pickleball friends; and those at Vermont Adaptive Ski & Sports, where she volunteered.

In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made in Boo’s memory to either Dragonheart Vermont or Vermont Adaptive Ski & Sports.

A celebration of Boo’s life will be held on Saturday, November 25, 2023, 1 p.m., at the All Souls Interfaith Gathering, 291 Bostwick Farm Rd., Shelburne, VT. Arrangements are in care of Corbin & Palmer Funeral and Cremation Service. To send online condolences to her family, please visit vtfuneralhomes.com.

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Gagan Mirchandani OCTOBER 6, 1932OCTOBER 31, 2023 BURLINGTON, VT.

Gagan Mirchandani passed away peacefully on October 31, 2023, surrounded by his family. He was 91 years old.

Born in Mussoorie, India, Gagan attended Doon School, located at the first Himalayan foothills in Dehradun. Fortunate to have been part of the culture there, he was forever inculcated with its values that espoused sports and the arts over other fields. From music and painting to boxing and wrestling and many sports in between, he was an avid participant. Those years he remembered as some of the fondest of his life.

After high school, he chose the U.S. over the other usual places for study abroad. He arrived here in the early 1950s and earned undergraduate and graduate degrees in electrical engineering. Fortunate again, but this time in academia, he was inspired by internationally renowned faculty in developing an abiding love for the fields of circuit theory and system theory. It was those subjects, with their mathematical underpinning, that formed the springboard for his career in electrical engineering at the University of Vermont that lasted some 47 years. He was appointed professor emeritus of electrical engineering in 2015.

From circuit and system theory, he went on to develop courses and labs — software and hardware — and helped push forward the tide of the newly burgeoning fields of digital signal processing, image processing and coding.

Later, his class lectures in wavelets and compressed sensing — some of the more popular courses being offered yearly since the 1980s — became readily available on his website. His research with 19 graduate students, which included eight PhD students, led to 53 publications that included a couple

of landmark papers, all available on Google Scholar. He did not eschew the basic need to serve undergraduate education, where he had a positive impact on literally thousands of students. He was awarded the KroepschMaurice Excellence in Teaching Award for full professors in 2011 and the best paper award in the 1977 IEEE Transactions on Education.

He spent several sabbaticals — each extending over 15 months — at IBM Fishkill, GE-Research, Dartmouth College, École Polytechnic Fédérale de Lausanne and NASA-GSFC. On a personal level, Gagan loved living in Vermont, which he chose to a fair degree because of the opportunity to ski and, not to a small degree, because of UVM’s two squash courts. He skied every year with family and friends until such time when the children got much faster, and his colleagues quit. Undeterred, he bought senior ski passes at Stowe each year, going alone until well into his eighties, picking sunny days and happily skiing half a day on the sun-swept gondola runs.

In addition to skiing, Gagan started swimming again and joined a master’s swim group in 1985. Swimming in a semicompetitive environment, with mostly accomplished swimmers half his age or younger, was an unforgettable experience for him.

That, and the corresponding camaraderie with its Friday evening after-swim group dinners, went on for some nine years, and they too constituted some of the more memorable years of his life.

Gagan always felt that life with its ups and downs had been more than kind and sometimes seemingly unearned. He leaves behind his wife, Alice, who never was not there for everyone, to listen and to help. He was predeceased by his daughter, Rekha, who had not yet turned 50, who left behind two lovely granddaughters, Neena, the prolific writer with a heartwarming smile, and Kiran, who showed us how to face the challenges of life with a stoicism and grace that few of us could match, and a devoted husband, Albert, who brought up two beautiful young girls into adulthood. Completing the family were his son, Ravi, his spouse, Rebecca, and their energetic young daughter, Leah, who all personified and showed us the values, history and traditions of the Jewish faith. While taking the road less traveled was second nature to Ravi, he was driven more to carving out his own path. During their extended summer and winter vacations in Vermont, the family enjoyed jogging together, swimming regularly at Red Rocks beach, crosscountry skiing in the park, downhill skiing at Stowe, racing laps in the local pool, flying kites in the spring and delightedly sailing their Dyer Dhow in protected coves, especially on blustery days.

It was indeed the best of times.

Gagan was married to Alice for some 60 years.

Although she had just barely turned 22, she journeyed halfway across the world to marry — and perhaps settle permanently in a foreign land. At a time when the world was far more timorous, many would have called the overseas journey courageous, but to Alice it was the natural thing to do. “Don’t ever let her go,” warned Gagan’s sister in a letter to him many years ago. “They only make such people in the movies.”

Gagan’s ashes will be interred at Lakeview Cemetery.

His family will hold a private memorial in the near future.

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OBITUARIES William “Bill” Eugene Posey

the love and anchor of his life, Kathleen Flaherty Posey, and their sons, William Breaker Posey and Samuel Flaherty Posey.

Born on December 31, 1951, in Burlington, Bill was a last-minute tax deduction

for his parents, Richard “Dick” Posey and Doris Moore Posey, who predeceased him. Bill was a member of BHS class of ’70 and continued to study accounting at the University of Vermont.

He is further survived by his brother, Rick Posey (Pam), of Whidbey Island, Wash.; sisters Andrea Comtois (Marc) of Angel Fire, N.M., and Michele Posey of Lyons, Colo.; and nieces, nephews and cousins in Vermont, Alaska, Colorado, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Utah, Arizona, Nevada and Germany.

His family, friends and business associates will deeply miss his sharp wit, his grin and his loyalty to all those he cared about. The family deeply

thanks Dr. Ahmed and his oncology team for their care of Bill, as well as the hospice team in the end.

A celebration of Bill’s life (Adventures With Bill!) will be held at All Souls Interfaith Gathering, 291 Bostwick Farm Rd., Shelburne, VT, on Saturday, November 18, 2023, at noon, with a reception following.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations in Bill’s name can be made to a charity of your choice.

Arrangements are in the care of the Cremation Society of Chittenden County, a division of the Ready Funeral & Cremation Services. To send online condolences to the family, please visit cremationsocietycc.com.

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Bob’s love and warmth extended to his six adored grandchildren: Cameron; Emma and Eli Rivers; and Zoe, Ava and Grace Filan, who all brought immense joy and pride to Bob’s life. He taught them chess and played Store, Bank Robber, Toxic Dump and Christmas Bingo. Bob’s love of the inappropriate and the irreverent always brought great laughter and memories for them and all of us who were lucky enough to be there. To his six grandchildren, he was the best PopPop ever, leaving them with countless cherished memories.

As a third-generation

graduate of Saint Michael’s College, in 1964, Bob joined the baseball team and had a career ERA of 14.3. Not the kind of pitching stats that earned him an abundance of family pride, but he more than made up for it as he dedicated his career to education, serving as an English teacher in the Burlington school system. His passion for teaching and, in particular, connecting with students who needed extra supports, left a lasting impact on countless young people, and his commitment to their growth was unwavering.

Outside the classroom, Bob was a devoted family man who coached his children in South Burlington athletic programs for many years and supported their love of music and the arts. He was an avid runner and tennis player, instilling a love for active lifestyles in all of his children and grandchildren. Bob loved literature and great music of all styles, from Bach to Tuba Skinny and everything in between. As a young man, he sang bass on Mills Brothers tunes with his brothers and father and was always in the audience for performances

by his two sons many years later.

Bob also served as president of the Appletree South Association for decades, demonstrating his dedication to the well-being of his community. He was a selfless individual; Bob’s life was a testament to his commitment to others.

Bob’s warm heart, infectious laugh and sense of humor extended beyond his immediate family, as he was beloved by many nieces, nephews, in-laws and a wide circle of friends. His sense of humor had an extraordinary ability to bring people together. Bob will be remembered with great fondness and missed profoundly by all who had the privilege of knowing him.

A celebration of Bob’s life will be held on Tuesday, November 21, 2 to 4 p.m., in the Great Room at Main Street Landing in Burlington, with all of his family and friends as guests. In lieu of flowers, the family invites donations to the McClure Miller Respite House in Colchester, where Bob and his family received the most wonderful care possible by all the staff and volunteers in his last days.

DECEMBER 31, 1951OCTOBER 30, 2023

William “Bill” Eugene Posey, the independent thinker of his family, passed peacefully at home, surrounded by family, on October 30, 2023, following a bravely fought battle with bone cancer.

As a traveler down many roads in his lifetime — a purveyor of foreign cars, a grocery store owner, a restaurateur, a house designer, a home remodeler — he leaves behind an award-winning legacy of over 40 custombuilt homes throughout Chittenden County. With him on his journey and at the end of these many roads, stands

Bob Rivers JUNE 10, 1939OCTOBER 28, 2023 BURLINGTON, VT.

Bob Rivers, a loving husband, devoted father, cherished grandfather and a dedicated member of the Burlington community, passed away peacefully on October 28, 2023, at the McClure Miller Respite House, at the age of 84.

Bob was born on June 10, 1939, in Burlington, Vt., to his parents, Katherine and Robert Rivers Sr., of Spruce Street. He was the brother of Michael Rivers; Kathy Libby and her husband, Paul Libby; Tom Rivers and his wife, Nancy; Mary Tilley and her partner, Sandy Boyd; and Joe, who preceded him in death, in 2015.

On December 26, 1964, Bob married the love of his life, Judy (Blanchard), and together they built a beautiful life filled with love and laughter. He was a loving husband to Judy for 59 years and served as an inspiration and role model to his three children, Chris Rivers, John Rivers and Jen Filan, and their respective partners, Kara Greenblott,

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Robert Shaw

JULY 20, 1951-OCTOBER 16, 2023 OWINGS MILLS, MD. The family of Robert Ellsworth Shaw Jr. sadly announces his passing on October 16, 2023, in Owings Mills, Md. He is survived by his wife, Nancy Meigs, whom he married at the Shelburne Museum in Vermont in 1985. They resided in Shelburne until last year, when symptoms of Lewy body dementia and Parkinson’s disease emerged, necessitating his retirement to Maryland.

Bob was born in New Haven, Conn., on July 20, 1951, to Ruth and Robert Shaw, and grew up in nearby Simsbury.

From a young age, he had a passion for literature and music and played the guitar as a solo artist and in bands throughout high school, during his years at Middlebury College and following graduation in 1973.

He settled in Shelburne with his wife, Nancy, in 1986, where they raised two daughters. He was an avid nature lover. He enjoyed nurturing his garden and watching birds that visited his many bird baths and bird feeders.

In addition to his professional accomplishments, Bob was an avid music collector, with a library of over 2,000 albums, spanning folk, rock, blues, jazz, pop and classical genres.

He began his career at the Shelburne Museum as a writer and later became a curator. In 1994 he embarked on a career as a writer and independent curator. He was a critically acclaimed author, curator and art historian who wrote and lectured extensively on many aspects of American folk art. Notably, he was the founding editor of Americana Insights, a nonprofit publication dedicated to the study of Americana and folk art, founded by Jane Katcher and David Schorsch in 2021.

Bob took immense pride in his final book, American Weathervanes: The Art of the Winds, published in 2021 in conjunction with a groundbreaking exhibition he curated with Emelie Gevalt at the American Folk Art Museum in New York. This comprehensive study has since become the definitive resource on weathervanes.

Bob’s passing leaves a void in the hearts of his family, friends and colleagues within the museum and antiques community. In lieu of flowers, the family kindly requests that donations be made in Bob’s memory to Gilchrist Cares (gilchristcares.org/donate) of Towson, Md. He is survived by his beloved wife, Nancy, and their two cherished daughters, Emma (Eric) and Georgia; his sister Ellen and her children, Atticus and Elektra (Kent); his brother, David (Clay); his sister Sarah (Robert) and daughter, Laura (Cruz); and a grandnephew, Noel.

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George Roland JULY 26, 1946OCTOBER 26, 2023 BURLINGTON, VT.

George Roland passed away unexpectedly on October 26, 2023, after a brief illness. He was born in 1946 in Plattsburgh, N.Y., to parents George and Flora Roland.

He graduated from Mount Assumption Institute in 1964 and Plattsburgh State in 1969. He was proud to have been educated in the ’60s. He moved to Burlington in 1971.

He was a man of habit and routine, going to favorite eateries from Nectar’s to Penny Cluse on Sunday mornings

for the tofu scrambler. He treated his family there for a 2018 reunion, and he was one of the customers interviewed upon the restaurant’s closing.

Friends remember him as a walking encyclopedia on sports trivia, and he loved walking everywhere.

In 2005, he received recognition from Burlington Parks & Recreation for being commissioner and statistician of the Oldiebut-Goodie Basketball League. As a vegetarian and passionate animal rights advocate, he greatly mourned the passing of his beloved cat, Babbybel, who passed away in 2018.

His work at the Ethan Allen Club allowed him time to pursue his love for reading about philosophy, world religions, sports, movies

and music and writing fiction. A true Trekkie, he had collected every original “Star Trek” episode on VHS and “The Next Generation” on DVD. He leaves behind his partner and best friend, Jenn Dobos; his four sisters, Lorraine of Plattsburgh, N.Y.; Susan of Rutland, Vt.; Diane (Mike) Carter of Corvallis, Ore.; and Julie of Austin, Texas; two brothers, Chuck of Los Angeles, Calif., and Rick of Daytona Beach, Fla.; two nephews and a niece, Christopher (Alia) Bishop in Austin, Texas; Jordan (Lynn) Roland in White Plains, N.Y.; and

Sarah (Caleb) Hollingsworth in Salem, Ore.; and three grandnephews, Carter Hollingsworth, Turner Bishop and Parker Roland.

Additionally, he leaves several cousins, including Al Bedard and Kathy Yandow, and his friend Bob Winkler. Donations in his memory can be made to Alley Cat Rescue (saveacat. org), People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (support.peta.org) or the ASPCA (aspca.org).

Memories can be shared online at mykeeper.com/ profile/georgeroland. Lastly, enjoy a vegetarian meal in his honor.

IN MEMORIAM

Harlaine Miller 1944-2023

Lynne A. Stygles

NOVEMBER 1, 2023 JERICHO, VT Lynne A. (Lavery) Stygles, 77, formerly of Jericho, Vt., passed at the McClure Miller Respite House on November 1, 2023. She joined her husband, Kenny Stygles Sr. Lynne and Kenny’s life on the farm was always full of adventure. They loved to spend time on the deck while welcoming family, friends and animals.

Everyone was assured a fun time with lots of love and laughter, and we would not be surprised to see a Jersey calf keeping warm next to the woodstove, a couple of chickens (and the rooster)

strutting through, as well as all the dogs.

Lynne was an accomplished horsewoman and a teaching member of the 4-H horse program at Contentment Farm. She barrel-raced in gymkhanas

and rode her horse, Petter, from Vermont to Valley Forge, Pa., as an outrider for the Vermont Wagon Train Team.

She joined with Wagon Train Teams from all the 50 states to celebrate of our nation’s bicentennial birthday, with president Gerald Ford presiding over the ceremony at Valley Forge.

Lynne was an early riser and was never one to let grass grow beneath her feet. When things needed to get done, rest assured, they got done. She was kind, loving, strong and fearless.

She loved everyone with her whole heart and was loved and admired by all who had the pleasure to know her and meet her. She maintained her lifelong friendships

with her childhood friends: Marsha Baldwin, Olive Gilmond, Martha (Dude) Centabar, Phyllis Ritchie Earborn, Christine (Denny) Lowell, Mike (Janet) Lavery, and Emory (Marie) Lavery, as well as a treasure trove of others throughout her life.

Lynne is survived by her father-in-law, Ed Stygles; daughter, Bonny Rocheleau; son, Greg Lavery (Michelle); stepsons, Kenny Stygles Jr. (Darla) and Dylan Stygles (Alanna); grandchildren, Tori Rocheleau, Jeff Rocheleau, Jessica Mc Niel, Joshua Rocheleau, Sommer Lathrop, Daniel Lavery, Abby and Madelene Stygles; and eight great-grandchildren.

She was predeceased by her parents, Ruth and

Frederick Crady; sister, Janice (Lyman) Viens; brother, Greg Crady; motherin-law, Jane Stygles; sonin-law, Mark J. Rocheleau; nephew, Garth Viens; Thelma Lavery; and granddaughter, Cecila Stygles.

May we all be inspired to live life as she showed us how.

There will be no funeral service, per Lynne’s wishes. There will be a memorial gathering to celebrate her and Kenny’s love of life, friends and family at a later date.

In lieu of cards or flowers, donations can be made to the McClure Miller Respite House or to an animal rescue shelter of your choosing.

Please visit awrfh.com to share your memories and condolences.

A celebration of Harlaine “Holly” Miller’s life will take place on Friday, November 17, 2023, 1 p.m., at the University of Vermont’s Davis Center in Burlington, with a reception to follow.

All are invited to attend.

William L. Harwood

1946-2023 A memorial service for William L. Harwood of South Burlington, Vt., will be held at the College Street Congregational Church, 265 College St., Burlington, VT, on Saturday, November 11, 1 p.m. The service will also be on Zoom at bit.ly/CSCC_Worship.

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I have many questions [“Burlington Teen Charged in Shooting Death of Fellow 14-Year-Old,” October 31, online]. Why is he charged with murder, since it was an accident? Who brought the gun to the car?

Who stole the gun? Being underage, why is he not mandated to his parents? This young man must be so scared.

Please keep reporting on this very sad story.

Rosanne Gray

BARRE

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I commend Seven Days for your reporting on the Sam Bankman-Fried trial, in which conclusive evidence has been presented concerning last year’s tainted election of Becca Balint [“Texts Reveal Why Crypto Exec Backed Balint Over Gray in U.S. House Race,” October 18, online]. Sasha Goldstein and Derek Brouwer report that “the Balint campaign has denied any role in coordinating with the Bankman-Fried brothers or the LGBTQ Victory Fund,” but this claim appears false.

Newly revealed texts confirm that Molly Gray walked away from the Bankman-Fried largesse while Balint appears to have embraced it. Gray was then rewarded for her integrity by being defamed by Balint’s campaign manager as probably opposing “a gay agenda.” The homophobic label stuck.

This is a pattern of wrongdoing that cannot be remedied with an apology. I wish someone less morally compromised would challenge Balint for the Democratic congressional nomination in 2024. Surely Vermont can do better.

William Nowlan

MORETOWN

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“Congratulations” is a strange word to use in commending the Seven Days piece “The Loss of Grace” [October 25]. It is hard to feel joy at learning about the horrors endured by children at Woodside Juvenile Rehabilitation Center and the predictable but despicable efforts by officialdom to cover it all up.

But I am happy to see investigative journalism of such a high quality appear in the pages of a Vermont publication, especially in this era of fake news and media bashing. It is difficult but sometimes necessary for journalism to afflict the comfortable and comfort the afflicted. That is what Joe Sexton and the editors at Seven Days have done here, brilliantly. Also, hats off to attorney Kerrie Johnson for her dogged advocacy on behalf of Grace Welch and the other juveniles in the state’s care.

I covered the abuse of children at the St. Joseph’s Orphanage and by Catholic priests in Vermont. I so appreciate it that your piece made note of the connection between those child victims and the ones at Woodside. Different era, similar story.

Sam Hemingway

HINESBURG

what that approach ought to be now if we hope to avoid similar public and private tragedies.

Therese Kurtze

SOUTH BURLINGTON

The Loss of Grace In Vermont’s juvenile lockup, a girl endured violence and isolation.

She wasn’t the only one.

And it was no secret.

A SPECIAL REPORT BY JOE SEXTON, PAGE 26

Having read A Child Called “It,” The Lost Boy and A Man Named Dave, true stories by Dave Pelzer, I realize there are some bad parents out there. But for the most part, parents want the best for their children, and I agree with lawyer Johnson that children are better off with their families.

Joyce Coutu

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I WAS THERE

Woodside was horrible [“The Loss of Grace,” October 25]. We use to get abused there. I remember that place.

John North

SUPPORT H.409

The systemic abuse that eventually killed Grace Welch is widespread and ongoing [“The Loss of Grace,” October 25]. Grace arrived as a tiny child in her local public school. Already traumatized and needing care, her school choose to focus instead on crushing her behavior rather than healing her trauma and letting school be a place of safety for her.

Even though we know better, this use of force on our most vulnerable children is common practice in Vermont’s schools.

The research is published and rock solid: Seclusion and restraint only re-traumatize these kids. But we do it anyway, over and over, failing the kids who need us the most.

If you hate this, let your legislators know you support the current bill H.409, restricting the use of seclusion and restraint in our schools. That bill is currently opposed by Vermont’s public schools and even mental health centers like Clara Martin — big players that claim to speak on behalf of the kids. We have to fight back, for the kids like Grace.

BERLIN, N.H.

‘SHEER TORTURE’

Words cannot express the horror I felt as I read “The Loss of Grace” [October 25]. To think that something like this could happen in our state and in our town is unimaginable. This was sheer torture. There is no other word for it, and that children were the recipients of it is unthinkable. The restraints and total isolation for weeks were absolute cruelty. And it was filmed — for what purpose?

This situation was brought to the attention of Vermont’s governor, the Department for Children and Families, and the attorney general, and they turned a deaf ear to it.

Thanks to lawyer Kerrie Johnson for her diligence in pursuing the matter and Judge Geoffrey Crawford for starting shutdown procedures of the Woodside Juvenile Rehabilitation Center.

That Jay Simons was given a job with DCF is beyond comprehension.

Gary Hillard

RANDOLPH

PUBLIC INQUIRY NEEDED

I am awed by Joe Sexton’s article “The Loss of Grace” [October 25] and am heartened by Seven Days’ courage in publishing it. Heartfelt kudos to both.

That so many who could have stopped the torture of Grace Welch and other children committed to state custody at the former Woodside facility closed their eyes and ears to the violence there for so long is horrifying. However, lawsuits leading to the payment of compensation out of public funds and a vague promise by officials to “do better” in the future do not relieve the rest of us from some responsibility for what allegedly was done for the community’s benefit in the past or what will be done in the future.

A public inquiry should be undertaken to determine, first, how physical and psychological abuse was allowed to become the state’s default approach to our troublesome juveniles and, second,

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“The Loss of Grace” [October 25] was a highly disturbing exposé and a master class in investigative journalism. While I, like many, was aware that Woodside was a questionable juvenile “rehabilitation facility” and wasn’t surprised by its implosion, how could we have known the extent of the abuse in the North Unit without it being uncovered so thoroughly here?

Having been a guardian ad litem, I’ve seen kids like Grace Welch and the Woodside 7; they are dealt a losing hand out of the womb and require copious doses of empathy and love, as well as a holistic approach to their often complex care. The systemic failures and lack of oversight — and the blind eyes cast by those in leadership roles — are startling.

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If my workplace, the humane society, treated animals as horrendously as these kids in the North Unit of Woodside have been treated, we would be stripped of our name. Vermont adolescents need more Kerrie Johnsons and fewer Jay Simons.

Joyce Cameron

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fell through the cracks of a system that was designed to provide her with help.

It is so unconscionable and difficult to believe. I hope there will be a sequel to this story that provides clarity as to the outcome of changes that are needed in the state system, as well as consequences for many of those people entrusted with her care. Let us hope that Vermont can overcome these failures and prevent any further “ghosts of Woodside.” Sending children in need out of state is not the long-term solution.

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‘SANCTIONED ABUSE’

[Re “The Loss of Grace,” October 25]: I have known for years about the psychiatric crisis, especially for children, here in Vermont. I have heard stories about Woodside on and off over the years, but I have never in my wildest imagination gone to the place where the professionals in our state, going all the way up to the governor’s office, allowed Woodside to go. Calling it in any way, shape or form a treatment facility is like calling Alcatraz a daycare for adults.

What Grace Welch and the many other young people I read about just now had to go through was child abuse at best. The lives of these children were put in the care of Woodside, and I would imagine most were irreparably harmed.

The fact that so many state officials were told and chose not to intervene is appalling. Not just low-level state officials, but high-level officials who should know better. We voted them in because we thought they knew better.

We thought we could trust them to hire staff and keep tabs on the people caring for children with severe mental health issues. I, for one, will not make that mistake again.

Don’t let the children of our state down again. Make sure you know that those you vote for will not stand by while children who are in crisis are left in situations like Woodside. Sanctioned abuse.

Never again.

Karen Kelley ST. GEORGE

‘I COULDN’T STOP READING’

I picked up Seven Days for the first time today in Quechee, where I am vacationing. The story of this Vermont girl’s sad life is so touching and captivating, I couldn’t stop reading Joe Sexton’s well-documented history of the neglect and mistreatment of this child [“The Loss of Grace,” October 25]. She simply

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‘NOTHING WAS EVER DONE’

[Re “The Loss of Grace,” October 25]: I worked as a residential supervisor at Sandhill, a temporary lockdown home for girls in the Department for Children and Families system. It was run by Spectrum Youth & Family Services from 2000 to 2008. There we looked after many girls with all types of problems and kept them safe from others and themselves until they could transition to a new or different foster home. We heard many disgusting and disturbing stories from our residents about Woodside 23 years ago, which we would dutifully report to their social workers, etc., yet nothing was ever done about it.

Julie Merwin

CASTLETON

FOR THE LOVE OF GRACE

“The Loss of Grace” [October 25] is too important a story for anyone not to read.

I feel grateful for those few people who tried to speak up against the disturbing cruelties at Woodside, for Joe Sexton who investigated and wrote about it, for all the other people who helped investigate everything necessary for the story, and for Seven Days, who supported it and published it.

When I heard the interview on Vermont Public with Sexton, he stated that a big goal of his was to humanize Grace Welch as a someone who had dreams, interests, talents and loves — and was part of a family who loved her deeply. He succeeded!

I hope this story brought those who loved Grace some comfort. It inspired me to donate money to Seven Days in memory of Grace. Keep these important stories coming!

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hen former pro snowboarder Adam Hostetter was training for the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, his team’s coaches were among the best in the world. Yet those trainers often spent much of their time on something seemingly unrelated to snowboarding — holding a video camera.

Typically, one coach would stand on the mountain and film each athlete coming down the course, then immediately turn around to catch the next one leaving the gate. The coach might capture, at best, 50 percent of an athlete’s run — and often much less, Hostetter noted, especially if he couldn’t see the entire course from his position on the slopes.

“Not only is the coach focused on filming and not coaching, but rarely do they get every run,” he added. “Then, at the end of the day, they’d have to download that footage from the camera or upload it to the web.”

Hostetter, 48, has long since retired from competitive snowboarding. But several years ago, when his kids started training as ski racers at Burke Mountain Academy in East Burke, the businessman saw an opportunity to improve their competitive edge. “I realized that the filming and analyzing of video is as cumbersome today as it was 25 years ago,” he said.

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So four years ago, he launched Capture Video Technology, a Stowe-based startup that mounts automated cameras along ski slopes, terrain parks and mountain bike trails that can record competitors’ runs, then uses its own proprietary software to instantly stitch the footage together. The technology could soon become a powerful training tool for competitive athletes and their instructors.

And in an era when young skiers and snowboarders like to record their jumps and stunts on the mountain, then post the videos on social media, Capture Video Technology could make that process faster, easier and more efficient. In doing so, it would also enable skiers and riders to focus on what they actually came to the mountain to do: enjoy the pow.

But Capture Video Technology, which now has half a dozen employees, must be careful not to get out over its skis. The company still needs to woo resort owners, ski schools, and professional coaches and instructors by convincing them that its technology justifies an investment in the recording equipment and maintenance fees. To do so, it also needs to convince skiers and snowboarders, many of whom already record themselves with smartphones, GoPro cameras and drones, to switch to Capture’s fixed, ground-based cameras.

Here’s how Capture Video Technology works: The company has developed a free, downloadable iOS app, called Capture Sports, that uses the iPhone’s built-in GPS technology. (Android users can access Capture’s technology using the GPSenabled Strava exercise-tracking app.)

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When skiers and snowboarders go to a resort, race or mountain event that’s equipped with Capture Video Technology’s equipment, they simply press start on the app, tuck the phone into a pocket and begin their run.

As the skier or rider crosses into a GPSdesignated “capture zone” along the slope, the camera in that zone automatically identifies the user and starts recording. Each time the rider enters a new capture zone, the app triggers the next camera to start filming.

At the bottom of the hill, the user hits stop on the app. About 90 seconds later,

the footage, which has been automatically edited into one seamless video, can be accessed and downloaded. In effect, the skier or snowboarder can watch their last run even before they board the chairlift for the next one.

Hostetter said he initially envisioned that the technology would be used only by elite athletes but soon realized it would also appeal to more casual skiers and snowboarders.

“We’ve had hundreds of people download our app and use it,” Hostetter said.

“A lot of them are super excited about the fact that everyone can go through and hit the jumps.”

Noah Bousquet of Essex Center was one of them. The 15-year-old snowboard racer first tried the Capture Sports app in March during the Blauvelt’s Banks snowboarding fundraiser race at Bolton Valley Resort. Although the video wasn’t recorded in high resolution — and Bousquet said he would have preferred a vertical image, which is consistent with how most Instagram and TikTok videos are shot — “it was definitely cool,” he said.

“I didn’t have to take out my phone and record. It just happened,” he added. “And you don’t have to always rely on someone else filming you.”

Indeed, that’s a major selling point of the technology, Hostetter explained.

Normally, whenever skiers and snowboarders want to film themselves on the slopes or in a terrain park, one member of their group must agree to “take one for the team,” sit out that run and record their friends doing their best moves.

But all too often, the video quality isn’t great. The shooter’s hands get cold and shaky. The videographer misses the jump, the trick or the landing. The battery dies, the camera gets snow or ice on it, or the lens fogs up. And if it’s a GoPro camera, Hostetter added, it only records what the skier or rider sees, not what they do.

None of those concerns applies to Capture Video Technology, Hostetter explained. All of its videos are stable, consistent, in focus and shot from the same vantage point every time. In fact, Capture’s cameras, which resemble closed-circuit security cameras, are equipped with heaters, which prevent snow and ice from obscuring the glass or fogging the lens.

“We think that these cameras should be in every terrain park in the world,” Hostetter added. “You talk to any of the

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top athletes and ask them how they got better; it’s through video analysis.”

Ned May agreed. The self-described “race parent” from York, Maine, has two kids — Beatrice, 16, and Oliver, 14 — training as Alpine ski racers at Burke Mountain Academy. During the pandemic, May, who relocated to East Burke four years ago to be closer to his kids’ ski school, started putting video cameras on the mountain during races to enable other out-of-state parents to follow their kids’ progress. Then Capture Video Technology took over the job of live streaming the school’s race events.

May thinks it’s essential for competitive athletes to watch videos of themselves in order to improve their form and progress. But in Alpine racing, he said, “that happens so infrequently, because it’s a break from the normal training routine.”

Simply put, most coaches lack the time and expertise to double as videographers.

That’s the next step in Capture Video Technology’s own progression, according to Hostetter: to finish developing its premium product, which will enable instructors and coaches to mark up, comment on and edit their students’ films.

“There are over 30,000 ski instructors in North America,” Hostetter said. “None of them have a [video] platform that helps their students get better.”

“It’s a great idea, and it makes sense,” said Adam DesLauriers, director of Bolton Valley’s backcountry and Nordic program, who allowed Capture Video Technology to beta test its product at the resort beginning in 2021.

“We were happy to help out. It seemed like a win-win situation,” added DesLauriers, who’s known Hostetter since the early 2000s, when both worked in the ski film industry. “He needed a place to try it out, and we were convenient.”

DesLauriers admitted he’s not yet convinced that Capture Video

Technology will catch on industry-wide, especially among younger skiers and riders, many of whom are accustomed to watching dynamic, high-resolution videos that are shot from drones and helicopters. In contrast, Capture’s current inventory of cameras remain in a fixed position and only capture the athletes’ motion as they go by.

Nevertheless, DesLauriers remains supportive. “It’s too cool of an idea” not to try, he said.

Capture Video Technology won’t be widely available when Vermonters start hitting the slopes in the coming weeks.

Currently, its only permanent setup is at Bolton, though Hostetter explained that his team can erect a mobile setup for races and demo days in as little as two hours. The company hit a snafu in the spring when one of its biggest investors withdrew financial support for the startup after losing millions in the Silicon Valley Bank collapse in March. The loss of funding delayed this year’s rollout of the company’s premium product for coaches and instructors. Its release has been postponed at least until next fall, Hostetter said.

Despite the setback, Capture Video Technology plans to hold about a dozen pop-up demos this winter at terrain parks and races around the state, where skiers and snowboarders will be able to download the app and try it for free. And in the warmer months, mountain bikers will be able to do the same on single-track bike trails at Bolton and elsewhere.

While there’s still some tough sledding ahead for the company, Hostetter is confident that, once skiers and riders try Capture’s technology, it’ll catch on quickly. And then it’s all downhill from there. ➆

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U.S. skeleton champ Sara Roderick sets her sights on the 2026 Olympics

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f all the sports in the Winter Olympics, few are as terrifying — or aptly named — as skeleton.

Similar to luge, the sliding sport requires athletes to race down a steep, frozen track, navigating hairpin turns at extreme speeds while lying on a tiny metal sled with no brakes or built-in steering mechanisms. Also, skeleton racers go down headfirst.

Sara Roderick, a 2015 University of Vermont alum and South Burlington resident, is one of the nation’s premier women’s skeleton athletes. In March, she won the USA Bobsled/Skeleton National Championships in women’s skeleton, and she’s currently training with Team USA in hopes of qualifying for the 2026 Winter Olympics. The 30-year-old aims to be ranked among the top 15 women skeleton athletes in the world this year — she’s currently unranked after missing most of last season due to injury.

“To win the national championship was really cool and special,” Roderick said. “I had some really good runs, became a lot more confident in decision making and just was able to see the bigger picture.”

As a member of UVM’s track team, Roderick excelled in the heptathlon: a combination of 100-meter hurdles, high jump, shot put, the 200-meter dash, long jump, javelin throw and the 800-meter run. It was Roderick’s track coach who 28

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encouraged her to try skeleton after the two watched one of his former athletes compete in the televised 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. The coach offered Roderick access to the skeleton track in Lake Placid, N.Y., the site of the 1980 Winter Olympics. Taken by the

exhilarating ride, she’s stuck with the sport ever since.

Roderick’s sprinting skills translate well from the track to the ice. At the start of a skeleton run, a racer sprints with one hand pushing their sled for about 50 meters to build momentum before diving

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on board and bombing down the track.

Team USA sliding coach Caleb Smith said Roderick is “one of the fastest starters in the world.”

“That gives her that advantage going into curve one,” Smith said. Running is “one of her top strengths historically, and over the last few years, she has really started to bring the sliding piece right up there to match it.”

Sliding technique often involves simply letting gravity take over, Roderick said.

Reaching top speeds of 83 miles per hour on straightaways, she lies face down on the sled as flat as possible to make her body aerodynamic. Around turns, she translates split-second decisions into slight bodily movements in her knees and shoulders to steer.

As many as five Gs of force will pull the sled upward around banked corners, Smith said, so athletes must maneuver the sled to instead glide forward and stay on the track. He compared the pressure athletes feel in their bodies to that experienced by race car drivers and fighter pilots.

Roderick said she’s come a long way from her first-ever skeleton run, when she was so nervous that she could feel her heart pounding in her chest. She’s learned to manage that anxiety and works with sports psychology consultant Sheila Stawinski of Essex to mentally prepare for races.

“It’s not about eliminating fear. It’s about recognizing it and managing it,” Stawinski said. “And Sara’s really gotten very good at that.”

While skeleton may seem like a bonechilling thrill ride, the sport is far safer than most people think, said Smith, who placed second at the Skeleton World Cup in Lake Placid in 2006 before he became a coach. Athletes may get “bumps and bruises,” but he said more serious injuries are rare. He added that skeleton is generally considered less dangerous than bobsled or luge due to its more subtle steering and lower-to-the-ground positioning that make turning less risky.

For her part, Roderick said she feels safe during races. While she sustained a head injury last season, she said it was the result of both repetitive strain and a go-kart accident — not a catastrophic skeleton crash.

“Imagine rattling your head when it’s bumpy, going 70 miles an hour downhill with a ton of pressure,” Roderick said.

“Yeah, of course it’s gonna hurt. Is it the smartest thing? No, of course not. But it’s fun. I think it’s a lot on the athlete just

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being smart and speaking up when you need to.”

Coming back from that injury was tough, Roderick said. Her first day back on the track, she could only get the sled to go 30 miles per hour — a far cry from her usual average of around 70.

But with determination, she was able to bounce back. Roderick said she treats skeleton as a full-time job and trains for

about 36 hours per week. That includes strength training, running, spinning on a stationary bike, and mapping out and visualizing races.

Lake Placid is just one of two facilities in the U.S. with skeleton tracks — of only 18 worldwide, according to the International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation.

Roderick is lucky to be able to train there, but with so many other skeleton,

bobsled and luge athletes all waiting on the same track, she only gets about eight minutes on ice per week. That translates to six runs spread across two training days.

There’s “tons of work off the ice to help make the most of those eight minutes,” Roderick said. “We go through different scenarios of OK, if you enter the curve like this, what are you going to do if this

happens? What should your decision be afterward?”

Another big challenge is funding. To support her athletic career, Roderick fundraises, picks up shifts as a server at American Flatbread in Burlington, does data entry at UVM’s Orthopedics and Rehabilitation Center, and coaches the South Burlington High School track team in the spring.

Smith said Roderick has a growth mindset that serves her well.

“Sarah is very, very determined. She’s also very jovial, and she knows when to laugh and not get too stuck in the mud when things aren’t going the right way,” he said. “She has all the potential to go to the Olympics and medal.”

While Roderick hopes to qualify for the Olympics, she said her goals tend to be more process-oriented than outcomedriven. She said her current focus is staying injury-free as she approaches her first race of the season at Lake Placid in March.

“It’s just hustling, working, a lot of credit card debt. But it’s definitely worth it to me,” Roderick said. “This year I just feel super supported, super healthy, super excited to race.” ➆

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f the Inuits have 50 or more words for snow, then Dave Brautigam is a close second. Nominally, Brautigam, 76, is president of the Camel’s Hump Nordic Ski Area in Huntington, but he’s also cofounder of the facility, chief trail groomer, coordinator of the two dozen or more volunteers who keep the place running, and evangelist for the sport of free-heel skiing.

Perhaps his most vital job — and the one for which he’s best known — is delivering a daily report of snow conditions at the Nordic center to more than 1,100 subscribers, most of whom won’t touch their skis until the word has come down from the mount.

“I just get a kick out of sharing my excitement for the coming day of skiing and for the unique combination of spectacular but very skiable terrain,” Brautigam explained.

Melding weather accounts with reports on trail conditions and adding a dash of wry humor, Brautigam composes missives such as this one, from March 21: “Hello Skiers, The cover is great ... it was cool (sub-32) last night, and the weather will be a mixed bag today, as the temps climb into the 40s, with a little sun predicted and maybe a little r--n in the afternoon...

In sum, I’d say today includes a little of ‘the good, the bad, and the ugly.’”

To Brautigam, “rain” is a four-letter word.

Brett Lindemuth, a friend and volunteer, scrutinizes the reports as if they were written in the language of a lost civilization. Not only are they reliable, he said, but he enjoys “the entertainment value and encouragement one gets from it.”

He’s urged Brautigam to compile these pithy and sometimes poetic meteorological observations in a book. “I’m worried that it’s like a lost art … and I don’t know anyone who feels the same way about skiing there,” Lindemuth said. “Dave once told me: ‘There are trees out in those woods that I know by name.’”

When the first flakes fly, showing stick season the door, Brautigam awakens by 6:30 a.m., settles on his living room couch and boots up a Lenovo laptop. For the next 30 to 45 minutes, he makes calls to the volunteers who are out maintaining the Camel’s Hump Nordic center’s more than 40 miles of groomed and backcountry trails. The spotters provide temperature data and observations of snow texture in

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different locations on the trail network.

If it’s been precipitating, they report on the type — drizzle, granular snow or light powder.

Brautigam, his face and voice both evidence of a life lived mainly outside and often in the cold, is fiercely passionate about the Nordic center and the sport itself, which has helped him through various hardships, financial and personal, according to friends and volunteers. He’s proud of the good relationships he’s maintained with the 30 or so landowners who have agreed to let the trails crisscross their property. Best of all is when he introduces himself to someone who has skied at the center.

“I frequently get a response like: ‘Oh, boy. I love reading your ski reports,’” he said. “Or, ‘Even if I’m having a lousy day, your ski reports brighten it up.’ That’s always been gratifying.”

As the steward of the Nordic ski area, Brautigam feels a tension between accurately reporting the conditions versus crafting seductive descriptions that might send skiers hurtling out of their homes. Brautigam opts for the former

— occasionally, to some people’s minds, sounding excessively objective.

“Ironically,” he said, “some of the guys that live on the hill who provide me with information sometimes tell me, ‘Dave, you’re being a little too gloomy and negative.’ Well, if there’s an icy spot, I might say, ‘Watch out

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for this icy patch on such and such trail.’ That can stick with people as opposed to giving them a more positive note. I’m comfortable with the balance I strike.”

For the past nine years, his Brautigrams have been showing skiers the way like blazes on a trail. If weather and snow conditions are stable, Brautigam will email

his subscribers by 8:30 a.m. “On the other hand, if the forecast is for snow, I am usually excited as a little kid and up early to touch base with my contacts,” he said. When that happens, skiers will get a message such as this one, from December 20, 2022: “Today will be a really nice day to ski.

The temps will remain below freezing (but not too much) and the snow has set up and dried out, so no sticky snow to scrape off your skis. There are occasional wet spots, but who is complaining??”

Brautigam has nearly half a century of history in the Camel’s Hump foothills.

The onetime professional tennis instructor and his former wife, Myra Handy, developed the Nordic trail network in 1979 on a Huntington hill farm owned by Handy’s parents. The pair ran a commercial operation until they divorced in 1996.

Brautigam almost sold his PistenBully grooming machine, but with the help of friends, skiers and volunteers, the nonprofit Camel’s Hump Skiers’ Association was created to keep the facility open and running.

Noah, the younger of Brautigam’s two sons, said that growing up he was deeply impressed by his father’s dedication — not only to the activity of skiing but also to introducing the sport to newcomers.

“To see him put in the effort year after year, despite many setbacks that would turn most people to other pursuits, with little to no financial incentive, is a model of patience and of finding joy in a dedicated and long-term mission,” he said.

No setback was greater, nor was the community response stronger, than when, in February 2015, Brautigam fell awkwardly rounding a corner and sustained a spinal cord injury to his neck that left him partially paralyzed. A long rehab enabled him to walk again — though he no longer skis. Absent their shepherd, the Nordic ski area flock had to find their own way.

“The fact that he basically couldn’t walk for a while was very scary for him,” said John Hadden, who moved to Huntington in 1986 and quickly became a ski buddy and volunteer for Brautigam.

“As soon as he could, he was back up on his feet and doing things like parking cars, with the aid of a couple of ski poles to keep him upright.”

Volunteers helped keep the Nordic center running as Brautigam recuperated.

When the pandemic struck, the desire to

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get outdoors practically doubled season memberships, to 170. As of this year, the pandemic-boosted number is nearing 250.

For most of his friends and volunteers, Brautigam is the Camel’s Hump Nordic Ski Area. He’s been a constant presence at the ski facility, and the center has been the bedrock of his life. “It’s risen from the ashes so many times, and he’s the reason it’s still there,” neighbor and volunteer Bill Hegman said, adding, “In fact, I’m surprised it is.”

Forty-five years ago, Brautigam and his then-wife went backcountry skiing with his in-laws in the hills below Camel’s Hump. It was a lovely day, he recalled, and an experience that stirred his soul. “That, coupled with the back-to-the-land ethic that was prevailing at the time, suggested to us that starting a cross-country ski area might be a viable thing to do,” Brautigam said. “Yeah, and it was.” ➆

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h, November. Your winds blow until trees stand naked against gray skies. Fields lie frozen.

Night slowly encroaches upon day until, finally, on the 30th, it snuffs out the sun at 4:14 in the afternoon.

Yet for 225 people in the greater Burlington area, the month sparks joy. November 1 marks the official start of Burlington Tennis Club’s platform tennis season. This 95-yearold sport invented for winter takes players outside in the cold, in the snow and often after dark to whack a rubber ball across a net. And at BTC in South Burlington, they clamber for court time.

“You’re playing a sport; you’re getting exercise; you’re socializing. It checks a lot of boxes, especially in the winter in Vermont,” said Stefanie Waite, who gives up her gym membership for the season to play “paddle,” as most people call it, three or four times a week.

“And then there’s always the importance of the postgame beer in the shed,” said her husband, Miles Waite. Like most players, he salutes the social aspect of the game. “Drinking beer afterwards is part of the whole process.”

Played on a screened-in, lighted platform, the sport is a doubles game that combines elements of tennis, squash and racquetball. Hinged flaps along the perimeter of the raised deck allow snow to be shoveled off. Heaters underneath melt what’s left, and grit on the surface provides additional traction — and significant wear on shoes.

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A thin flocking covers the rubber balls. The paddles are shorter, more circular and a bit heavier than tennis rackets. The heads are made of compressed foam — dotted with holes to help the paddle move through the air — and covered with coarse grit to better control the ball.

Wilson paddles come with a patented bottle opener on the base of the handle “for those who want to drink responsibly,” the company says.

The game’s small court — 20 by 44 feet, roughly one-third the size of a tennis court — allows conversation between all four players. And its rules keep play moving.

Players get one serve. They play balls off the screen, and, unlike in tennis, they play the “lets,” the balls that graze the net but land in the right spot — the service box — on the other side.

It’s a mental game, according to BTC tennis director and membership manager Errol Nattrass. Points are typically won when an opponent makes a mistake, he said, adding, “With tennis, it’s much easier to hit a winner.” If an opponent hits a hard shot, a tennis player’s instinct is to immediately cut it off, whereas “a good platform player will let the ball bounce, hit the fence and, before it lands again, put it back into play,” Nattrass explained.

Platform tennis calls for less aggression and more patience. The so-called chess game of racket sports, its skilled players send the ball back and forth a long time before anyone scores. That’s called a long point. “So the better you are, the warmer it is,” said Courtia Worth, a former platform tennis pro who lives part time in Dorset.

Low temps don’t hamper play, but warm weather makes the ball too bouncy. “You can play when it’s, like, zero degrees, as long as there’s no wind,” said Stefanie Waite, half of the undefeated BTC women’s championship team. Wind wreaks havoc with the ball. “But if it’s not windy and it’s super cold,” Waite said, “you start shedding layers just like you do when you’re cross-country skiing.”

Camille Thoman captured the spirit of the sport in her 2014 documentary The Longest Game, which followed a group of men, nearly all in their eighties, who played their “one o’clock game” every day at the Dorset Field Club. “We play it because a) we like it, No. 1,” David Bumgardner says in the film. “No. 2, winters in Vermont can be like 10 pounds of ham for two people — it’s forever.”

The sport is played predominantly in the U.S. and mostly in colder climates, said Ann Sheedy, executive director of the American Platform Tennis Association, the nonprofit organization that governs the game. However, pockets of players are popping up in southern states, where courts are ground level because they don’t need heaters.

Years ago, there were a few wooden courts in Europe, Sheedy said. Walter Stoessel, the U.S. ambassador to Poland during the Cold War, had one or two courts built behind the embassy in Warsaw, Sheedy said. When he was transferred to Moscow, Stoessel built a court there, then arranged tournaments between the two embassies.

COVID-19 boosted the game’s popularity around the country. BTC’s platform tennis memberships “shot up,” Nattrass said, “and then people just remained in the sport.”

The club, which acquired its first court about 30 years ago, installed a third in 2021. Clubs in Norwich and Quechee also have platform tennis courts, and a faction has been working to bring the game to Stowe. At least two Vermonters are in the American Platform Tennis Association Hall of Fame: Bill Childs of Dorset, who has won 23 national senior titles, and the late 14-time national senior champion Edwina “Winnie” Worth Hatch, Courtia Worth’s sister, who split her time between Dorset and Long Island.

Platform tennis was born in Scarsdale, N.Y., in 1928, when neighbors Jimmy Cogswell and Fess Blanchard were looking for a winter sport close to home. They built a wooden platform on Cogswell’s property for deck tennis, badminton and volleyball, according to the platform tennis association.

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Topography and other obstacles, which the pair called “lucky incidents,” shaped the game. A rock was in the way, so the platform couldn’t be wider than 20 feet. The ground fell off sharply in another direction, restricting the platform’s length to 48 feet. The resulting area was too short for volleyball and, as it was unsheltered, unsuitable for badminton, Cogswell and Blanchard decided. So they started playing deck tennis with the rectangular paddles and spongy balls that Cogswell found in a sporting goods store.

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Missed balls rolled down the hill, so Cogswell and Blanchard enclosed their court with chicken wire. That successfully corralled the balls, but it didn’t leave them enough room to swing their paddles.

“This led to the decision, which in the opinion of all present-day players, has ‘made the game,’” the association says.

“They decided to allow players to take the ball off the back or side wiring: that is, as it bounced off the wire after having first hit inside the proper court, and before it had hit the platform a second time … If the landscape had allowed the court to be lengthened, it would never have been discovered how much this new rule added to the fun of the game.”

And fun is the dominant strand in this game’s DNA. Once Cogswell and Blanchard built their court, friends and family gathered around to socialize and fine-tune the rules. They called themselves the Old Army Athletes, after Old Army Road, where Cogswell’s house was located.

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They started a “marital championship” with 16 husband-and-wife teams.

“There was a penalty of one point for each time a husband criticized the play of his wife, and vice versa,” association history says. “The judges had to listen carefully to detect any faint signs of sarcasm when sweet remarks seemed somewhat overdone.”

Platform tennis members used to skew older and male, Nattrass said, but women and younger people are increasingly playing the game. A seasonal platform membership at BTC starts at $420 — or $190 for first-time members under age 25. Some groups pay extra to reserve the same time slot each week.

A small warming hut with big windows sits between two of the courts.

A grill just outside facilitates pre- and postgame socials. One group brought in bourbon sirloin tips, Elizabeth “Muff ” Parsons-Reinhardt recalled. “They were grilling those up while we were playing.

It was very unfair. We were all salivating!”

Once or twice a year, Bill Allen shucks oysters for his Wednesday group.

Players hanging out become a de facto cheering squad. The men who play before Waite’s women’s group on Mondays sometimes linger in the hut. “If we have a really long point, they’re, like, banging on the windows, you know, hooting and hollering in there,” she said. “So it’s fun.”

Snow, too, boosts camaraderie. Players pitch in because there’s no staff to clear the courts, Waite said. “Everyone understands: If you want to play paddle, you’ve got to put your time in shoveling.”

Parsons-Reinhardt is ready. “I love November,” she said. “It’s my birthday month. And it’s Thanksgiving, which is my favorite holiday. And it’s the start of craft show season.” And, of course, it’s platform tennis season.

The retired University of Vermont physical education instructor has re-gripped her racket, ordered a case of balls and pulled her duffel bag out of her closet. Paddle is her favorite racket sport “hands down,” she said. “Thank God paddle season is here.” ➆

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Dining Through the Snow Kendyl’s Buns on the Run serves snowmobilers trailside in the NEK

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o get to the hottest hot dog stand in the Northeast Kingdom this winter, you’ll need a snowmobile — and plenty of snow dances to ensure good conditions.

Kendyl’s Buns on the Run, a seasonal business in Norton, is not accessible by car, which makes it completely weather dependent. But it’s an essential stop on a popular snowmobiling loop from Island Pond to Canaan (see “In the Loop,” page 36), whether for a quick snack or a chat with proprietor Kendyl Bell.

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of nowhere,” said Mark Quinlan of South Burlington, who started snowmobiling six years ago when he borrowed a sled from Pat McCaffrey, also of South Burlington.

“It’s tucked right in the pines,” McCaffrey said. “You’d fly past it if you went too fast.”

The friends often stop at Kendyl’s while snowmobiling around the NEK during the roughly 10-week period when there’s enough snow to ride. Quinlan’s name is even written in “The Wiener’s Circle,” where Bell has regulars sign the side of the stand.

The idea for Kendyl’s Buns on the Run came from a garage party, as many ideas do during NEK winters. Bell, 30, had moved in December 2020 from San Francisco, where she was a fashion stylist, to Norton. Though her parents owned land there, she didn’t know many people and figured a hot dog stand was as good a way to make friends as any.

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“she shed” — and dragged it into a freshly cleared spot in the woods. Bell got a local trail groomer to hang her hand-painted signs with arrows and opened for business.

A few seasons later, her business — which she now operates out of a minibus — is a regular weekend stop for snowmobilers in the know. Trails around Vermont are officially open from December 15 through April 15, depending on snowfall. Typically, Kendyl’s gets up and running in January.

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The indoor-outdoor hybrid market will host more than 30 new and returning vendors per week, market director GEORGIE RUBENS told Seven Days.

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the long route and you’ll find me,” Bell said with a laugh.

Once you’re in the general area, though, she’s easy to spot. Bell drives an old Jeep lifted on track wheels, which she parks near the stand. She decks herself out in pink, from her hot-pink metallic snow pants to her sweater to the napkins she hands out.

The stand is an oasis for snowmobilers looking for warm food, a drink of water, a conversation break or a Porta-Potty. On a good snow day, it’s hosted more than 100 sleds at a time, Bell said. This winter, she will add a full-size bus that doubles as a warming hut and seating area.

“People are happy I’m out there, because I’m far from the restaurants and gas stations,” Bell said. “When they’re driving by and they forgot to pack a snack, it’s like, Bam. There’s this blond girl in a school bus handing out food.”

Bell’s menu features hot dogs, bratwurst, pulled pork and chili made with meat from her parents’ cows and pigs,

chips, popcorn, granola bars, hot chocolate, coffee, water, and soda. Everything is available by donation.

“It’s just hot, good-quality, simple food,” she said. “Nobody wants to sit down and have a five-course meal. People want something quick that will warm them up until they get to whatever their next restaurant is.”

sleds. She plans to host another breast cancer ride-in this year, and she’s once again participating in the Northeast Kingdom Snow Blasters’ Stake Out Cancer trailside fundraiser, offering $10 stake sponsorships.

Bell herself is still new to snowmobiling, and her personal motto is “go slow and be cautious.” She gets lots of advice from the

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Bell views the stand’s honor-system, donation-based model as keeping things accessible to everyone. She reinvests some of the proceeds into the business and donates the rest to local snowmobile clubs and causes such as the American Cancer Society.

Bell also hosts special events for the community; in 2022, she organized a benefit for a local woman battling breast cancer, which drew a crowd of pink-bedecked

strong community of riders who stop by, ranging from locals to Floridians and from young kids to a Canadian gentleman in his nineties.

“What I love about snowmobiling is, regardless of your age, your gender, how you identify, you can be out there having a great time,” Bell said. “Everybody’s happy when they’re on a sled.”

When they catch a glimpse of Bell’s bus ahead on the trail, they’re even happier. ➆

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IN THE LOOP Plenty of restaurants are accessible from Vermont Association of Snow Travelers trails — weather permitting. In heavy snow years, Mark Quinlan has started 100-mile snowmobile treks from the parking lot of the Dutch Mill Diner on Route 7 in Shelburne. VAST trails around the Champlain Valley take riders through farm fields across Spear Street and Dorset Street, down to Shelburne Pond and up Mount Philo. Quinlan has followed them all the way to Rosie’s Restaurant in Middlebury.

But in restaurant-rich Chittenden County, “the conditions are usually pretty sketchy,” he said. “It’s not like up in the Northeast Kingdom.”

More popular with riders is Island Pond, which Pat McCaffrey, who has been snowmobiling since 1989, called “the snowmobile capital of Vermont. You see traffic coming in from Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and Connecticut — all coming in to park for the weekend and get at it, riding all through the trails up there.”

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the 5,000-plus miles of trails the nonprofit organization maintains around the state.

To ride on VAST trails, snowmobilers must insure and register their sleds; join a county and local club, choosing from the group’s 127 clubs statewide; purchase a trail pass; and take a snowmobile safety course if they were born after July 1, 1983, according to the VAST website.

Passes are currently available at vtvast.org for $155 for an annual in-state registration through December 15.

For riders who are drawn to the “snowmobile capital” for its ample parking and trail access, Kendyl Bell suggested a dining itinerary. From Island Pond, they can stop at her Kendyl’s Buns on the Run in Norton before hitting April’s Maple in Canaan for lunch.

April Lemay’s multifaceted maple biz (6507 Route 114, Canaan, 266-9624, aprilsmaple.com) has been a destination for snow travelers since its launch in 2013. Even before it had a yearround on-site café, snowmobilers found their way to the sugarhouse to eat hot dogs and warm up by the boiling sap.

A decade later, April’s Maple is an official stop

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on the VAST system. Inside the shop, metal racks labeled “Snowmobile Gear Here” will be loaded with diners’ helmets once the snow piles up.

From fluffy pancakes to maple dogs with maple mustard, the maple-packed menu is perfect fuel for a winter adventure. But the pièce de résistance is the maple creemee, made with a 10 percent butterfat base and April’s Maple syrup and served in a cone coated with maple cream and rolled in maple crunch.

“It’s decadent beyond decadence,” Lemay told Seven Days last spring. Even on a cold, snowy day, that’s worth hitting the trail for.

From the sugarhouse, Bell suggested looping back to Island Pond for dinner at the Essex House & Tavern (138 Cross St., Island Pond, 723-9888, essexhouseandtavern.com), where she happens to work. The recently renovated circa-1866 hotel may be in the village of Island Pond, but it sits directly on the VAST

trails — and across the street from the town’s eponymous lake.

At the Essex House & Tavern, helmets and snowsuits pile up “all over the tables in the restaurant dining room” during snowmobile season, Quinlan said. “That place is super hopping.”

The first-floor tavern’s lunch and dinner menu ranges from poutine to burgers to broiled maple-bourbon scallops; there’s regular live music and other entertainment, too.

Upstairs lodging makes an easy home base for snowmobilers from out of town.

Working dinner at the Essex House can be “crazy busy,” Bell said. But she loves seeing the same people she saw in the woods earlier in the day.

“They’re supporting our small towns, eating everywhere and drinking everywhere,” she said. ➆

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My 26-year-old son needed no convincing to head to Madbush Falls in Waitsfield for a brunch and mountain biking excursion when he and his girlfriend visited recently from Brooklyn.

“I’m so in!!” Alex texted.

He will be equally enthusiastic when stick season eventually turns to winter and he can make a pit stop at Madbush en route to Sugarbush, his favorite local snowboarding destination. Once snow starts falling, the meal will most likely be an après-piste visit — as the Madbush menu calls it — for a fried chicken sandwich drizzled with spiced chile oil or honeycumin cauliflower topped with walnuts and feta, paired with a beer such as Lucy & Howe Brewing’s Penguins at the Rock Show brewed in Jericho.

During peak winter, powder hounds like my son may not have time to dally over house-smoked salmon eggs Benedict and a spicy Bloody Mary on their way to the slopes, but I will. As the committed sports snail of my family, I like nothing more than to fuel up at a leisurely pace before heading out on snowshoes or clipping on my cross-country skis for a mellow glide through the woods.

Whichever meal bookends your outdoor winter activity of preference, the casual restaurant and bar at Jonny Adler’s new Madbush Falls property should meet your needs with executive chef Cody Pratt at its helm. The Berlin native returned home after 11 years of cooking, skiing and riding in Lake Tahoe.

Adler, who cofounded the Skinny Pancake restaurant group with his brother Benjy, bought the 20-acre property two years ago. It was best known as the site of the long-shuttered John Egan’s Big World Pub & Grill.

After a major construction project, Madbush Falls opened in early August with 18 hotel rooms, plus a four-bedroom apartment that sleeps 12 and seasonal glamping sites. The 50-seat restaurant, with a small bar and outdoor deck, sits above a retail shop called Riders Outpost, operated by Outdoor Gear Exchange.

During the summer and fall, the shop caters to mountain and gravel bikers, but it will switch over to snow sports, including fat biking, for the winter.

While we waited for food during our recent visit, Alex and his girlfriend popped downstairs and got great advice on biking trails — plus walking options for the snails among us.

The restaurant currently starts serving at 4 p.m. daily and offers weekend brunch from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. But it will open earlier in the afternoon and add breakfast when snow arrives — or the week of Christmas at the latest, Adler said. The free Mad Bus shuttle to Sugarbush Resort will stop at Madbush, so people can park there, grab preordered breakfast sandwiches and coffee, and hop on the bus, he said.

The goal of Madbush, Adler said, “is to

make it as easy as possible to get outside.”

The food, he continued, is designed to be “hearty and fill you up after an active day.”

Our brunch experience proved that it will also fill you up before an active day.

Pratt, who was initially hired as the kitchen manager, took over on September 1, when the original executive chef opted to work closer to his Burlington home for family reasons. Pratt’s Cali-Mex culinary experience is evidenced by the brunch menu’s stacked tostada ($12), chilaquiles ($17) and OTB (Over the Bars) burrito ($10).

Sadly, the chilaquiles were sold out when we dined, but the burrito made up for that: generously stuffed with eggs, cheddar and a hash brown cake, plus optional chorizo ($6), with a nicely crisped tortilla wrap and a tangy housemade green chile sauce.

The juicy brunch burger ($19), made with Templeton Farm beef from East Montpelier, also boasted the hash brown between its glossy bun halves, along with an over-easy egg, thick-cut bacon and house aioli.

On the more breakfasty side of the menu, we enjoyed the salmon Benedict ($18), which we opted for on hash browns, too. The flaky, moist salmon was hotsmoked in-house, and the hollandaise was bright with lemon. We did wish for more crunch on the accompanying home fries.

The same home fries benefited from time on the flattop with chunks of braised local short rib in Pratt’s satisfying twist on hash under two poached eggs ($18).

November will be a trial run for new dishes, including two featuring the short rib: a poutine made with beef gravy and local cheese curds ($18) and a sandwich ($21) on Red Hen Baking sourdough with caramelized onions. On the dinner menu, the recently introduced ancho-crusted salmon with cauliflower purée, harissaand-honey-roasted carrots, and spinach ($30) has already proven a hit, Pratt said.

Stick season will also bring hot soups such as a chunky green chile chicken (from $4 for a cup) and weekly burger specials (starting at $18), such as one topped with fig-onion jam, goat cheese, pickled red onion and bacon.

Some of us might need to start moving a little faster to work up a bigger appetite. ➆

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Give It a Whirl Whirligig Brewing in St. Johnsbury offers inventive international pub food ST ORY & P H O T O S B Y SUZANNE P ODH AIZE R

Asked to describe brewpub fare, most Vermonters would list creative burgers, chicken wings, and fries slicked with gravy and dotted with cheese curds.

Whirligig Brewing in St. Johnsbury defies these wellworn expectations.

The brewery has stood out since it opened in 2020, displaying co-owner Geoffrey Sewake’s penchant for refreshing sour beers and his playful use of local brewing ingredients: flaked wheat grains, pears and sourdough culture.

While he was busy establishing the brewery, Sewake outsourced the taproom menu to other area businesses. But in December 2022, he took the reins in the kitchen.

“Now all the pieces fit together like a puzzle,” he said.

In a space packed with tables and beer barrels and equipped with stacks of board games, a sign directs customers to order at the bar. Diners can pair Sewake’s brews and other beverages with food that he has crafted to share the flavors of his Japanese American heritage and West Coast upbringing, sometimes combined with classic dishes he loves as an adult.

The Philly-inspired cheesesteak sandwich ($15) is a perfect example. Made on Japanese-style milk bread baked for Whirligig by nearby Boule Bakery, it features shaved steak, bell peppers, onions, a mix of cheeses and mustardy mayo — with Cheez Whiz available by request. It’s a surprising cultural mashup and a culinarily savvy combination.

The menu includes rice bowls topped with Japanese curry ($15), steak ($15), house-smoked ribs ($15), or kimchi and tofu ($14). The latter two, my favorites, come with sweet miso barbecue sauce, tamari mayo, potato crunch and Japanese seven spice. A mouth-torching sambal sauce accompanies the ribs.

Sewake suggested ordering a lager or sour beer to go with the rice bowls and pairing white wine with his many cheese-heavy dishes. Anybody tending bar can suggest a sake from a selection that Sewake said is among the state’s most extensive. They can whip up sake cocktails, too.

On one recent visit, the 10 brews on tap ($4 half pour/$7 full pour) ranged from a tart gose made with local beets to a lush maple milk stout that sat on dried figs while it aged. The bar also offers reasonably priced bottles of wine, Fable Farm ciders and a handful of nonalcoholic offerings.

Tofu and kimchi rice bowl For Sewake, bar food exists to do more than sop up drinks. “When you break bread with family, friends and new acquaintances, you can share your experience, your background and your culture,” he said. He aims to create “a unique experience that can be a memory.”

One memorable Whirligig dish is based on Swiss raclette.

The original features Alpine cheese melted until bubbly, poured over boiled potatoes and usually served with cornichons and cured meats.

Sewake swapped Jasper Hill Farm’s Whitney for the original Swiss cheese and offers both a classic version ($16) and a Whirligig original called cantina-style raclette ($17),

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to which he adds chipotle salsa, black beans, corn, cilantro and crumbly cotija.

If Sewake’s succulent smoked ribs are on the menu, grab them on a rice bowl, a sandwich ($15) or piled on a dish aptly named Happiness on Chips, a combo of potato chips, meat, cheeses and creamy sauces ($15).

Neil Glassman of Barnet is one of many regulars who find happiness in abundance at Whirligig, which he visits with his partner almost weekly. Asked if the couple have favorites, Glassman said they’re equal opportunity eaters.

“There are so many yummy things,” he exclaimed. “We’re going there 40-plus times a year, so we [must] like the food.” ➆

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Despite the loss, Chez Henri will reopen on its standard schedule in early to mid-December, said Borel’s longtime business partner, BERNARD PERILLAT, by phone from France. Perillat said he anticipates “business as usual” with the return of his veteran crew, including executive chef TIM SENIFF. Borel and his wife, Rosie, who predeceased him, opened Chez Henri in December 1964. Several years later, Borel met his future business partner, Perillat, over a plate of escargots in Montréal.

For decades, the two Frenchmen opened their doors each winter, offering the cuisine of Paris and the ambience of les Alpes. If the outdoor bistro table was set with silk flowers on a red-checked tablecloth, they were open, serving croque monsieur, moules marinière and steak tartare.

Olympians, socialites and regular folks trudged down the snow-covered stairs for French food, a convivial atmosphere

and the souvenir photos that Borel happily shot of his customers.

Through the 2022-23 winter, Borel continued to welcome guests with his mirthful smile, snapping photos around the dining room. “The restaurant energized my dad,” Borel’s daughter Francoise said by phone from Florida.

She recalled the nonagenarian jumping in to wash dishes last season after the dishwasher quit.

Borel spent his summer in Avignon as usual. He walked into town for coffee and the newspaper three days before he died, according to his daughter.

Asked if he had a photo of himself with his longtime friend and business partner, Perillat said he did not.

“I am not the photographer,” he said.

“The photographer has left.”

A celebration of Henri Borel’s life is planned for the weekend of December 17 at Chez Henri.

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All-Time Great A new Warren Miller film celebrates the ski movie icon’s legacy

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arlier this year, skiers and snowboarders heard that, for the first time in 74 years, Warren Miller Entertainment wouldn’t put out a new movie — at least not one with fresh footage. It felt like the end of an era.

Miller started his career in 1950 with Deep and Light, setting the template for what’s now known in snow sports lingo as the “stoke film,” a collection of action clips to get outdoor sports aficionados pumped for the start of the winter season. Living in a teardrop trailer with a roommate, he took a $600 budget and an 8mm Bell+Howell camera and singlehandedly created a genre.

The film featured scenes of mountain heroics at a California ski resort, including champion Alpine ski racer Émile Allais teaching a blind man to ski. And Miller established what would become a hallmark of his eventual catalog of more than 70 film projects: his soothing, aw-shucks-style narration, often exhorting folks to hit the slopes.

“Always remember, if you don’t do it this year, you’ll be one year older when you do,” Miller advised in Deep and Light with just the hint of a laid-back Southern Californian accent.

The days of wooden skis, leather boots and 8mm cameras are long gone. Big companies such as Red Bull now produce

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their own stoke films, such as The Art of Flight (2011). Warren Miller Entertainment has been sold multiple times — it’s currently owned by Outside. And the advent of GoPro cameras and drones has transformed the art of making outdoor adventure films that Miller, who died in 2018, pioneered decades ago.

Still, the January 24 announcement of a year without a new stoke film from the company, which came in the form of an Instagram post from longtime Miller collaborator Chris Patterson, was a surprise.

“Due to financial challenges at Outside, the executives have chosen to assemble the [movie] entirely with ‘existing footage’ — no need for a camera crew, plane tickets, lift tickets and for that matter, no need for athletes or snow,” Patterson wrote, calling the decision “heartbreaking.”

But reports of the death of Miller’s films turned out to have been exaggerated.

Later that same day on the company’s Facebook page, Warren Miller Entertainment clarified that 2023 was not, as Patterson indicated, the end of new Warren Miller films but the start of a “two-part celebration” leading up to the company’s 75th anniversary. All Time, this year’s film featuring never-before-seen archival footage, will be followed by a film chock-full of newly shot video.

“I’ve worked with this company for 24 years now,” said Josh Haskins, who produced All Time for Warren Miller Entertainment. “I remember all the talk during the 50th anniversary year, how it’s time to move past Warren and it’s all about the future, all that stuff. But Warren isn’t going anywhere — he’s an icon and the grandfather of extreme skiing films.”

All Time premiered at the Chicago History Museum in October, paying homage to Miller’s legacy and showing the way forward for the company that bears his name. With archival footage of daredevil skiers and brand-new clips of today’s up-and-coming athletes, it’s a transitional movie from a company navigating its next phase.

Per tradition, the film will tour the country, with Vermont stops at Town Hall Theater in Middlebury on Friday, November 17, and the following day at the Flynn in Burlington.

“All Time is an homage to the past, but it’s also only part one of a two-part film,” Haskins said by phone. “We’re looking back at seven decades of filmmaking with this installment, and next year we’ll take a look at what the sport might look like for the next 75 years to come.”

Narrated by former U.S. Ski Team member Jonny Moseley, who hosted MTV’s “Real World/Road Rules Challenge,” All Time traces the evolution of ski culture and features extreme skiers such as U.S. Ski and

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Snowboard Hall of Famers Glen Plake, Scot Schmidt, and Vermont brothers John and Dan Egan, as well as new faces Michelle Parker and Marcus Caston.

Unlike Miller with his 8mm, Haskins and his crew employed cutting-edge technology to capture the new stuff, showing the extreme athletes performing from incredible, formerly impossible-to-capture angles.

“The tech has changed, and we have, too,” Haskins said. “We get some incredible footage using that tech. But we also try to uphold the pillars of what a Warren Miller film is.”

mentally. “And I feel like that all while being surrounded by an incredible team that helps me,” Haskins said. “Warren was doing it all himself for a long time, and it cost him a lot in his personal life. He pretty much gave up parts of his life to build this brand. So I don’t take it lightly at all.”

While the film tours the country, Haskins will recharge and prepare for the second installment, celebrating the 75th anniversary of Miller’s films. He said working on All Time will remain a career highlight for him, in part because of the time he spent delving into Miller’s archives.

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To achieve that, Haskins said, they focused not only on delivering amazing action shots but also on retaining the heart and humor that Miller imparted to his work.

“Warren was a comedian at heart and wanted to make people laugh,” Haskins pointed out. “We love when we hear laughter in our theaters. We all feel a responsibility to carry on and uphold the legacy that was created by him. Everyone who worked on this film is emotionally attached to it.”

For Haskins, who was raised in Albany, N.Y., carrying on the legacy of Miller is personal. An avid skier himself, he grew up watching Miller’s films every year with his family. Experience has taught him to appreciate the sacrifices that Miller made to run a one-man operation for so many years, he said.

By the time Haskins finishes postproduction on a film and starts the tour, he’s usually exhausted, physically and

“To see all those years of footage was such a special feeling,” Haskins said. “It was amazing, how far we’ve come but also how simple and beautiful the beginning was. It makes you understand how Warren built this brand, and it makes me feel good to continue on with that legacy.”

Instead of marking the end of an era, All Time serves as an inflection point in extreme sports filmmaking. Sure, it’s a film that looks back, but as Miller himself noted in his 2005 film Higher Ground, that’s not always a bad thing.

“The best thing about skiing backward,” Miller said, “is you can see where you’ve been.” ➆

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Friday, November 24, to Sunday, November 26, Killington, $10-100. killington.com

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You could spend Thanksgiving weekend bowing at the altar of capitalism on Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and, uh…

Spendy Sunday? Or you could head to Vermont’s largest ski area to root for the best female skiers in the world — and rock out while you’re at it.

The Audi FIS Ski World Cup returns to Killington from November 24 to 26 for the 2023 Stifel Killington Cup. The weekendlong race features superstars such as fivetime Killington Cup champ Mikaela Shiffrin and former University of Vermont skier Paula Moltzan. It’s also a full-blown party with performances by the Beastie Boys’ Mix Master Mike, indie rockers Young the Giant and reggae-rocker Matisyahu.

Thursday, January 18, to Saturday, January 20, various locations in Stowe. Most events are free. gostowe.com

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Highlight: New Year’s Eve Burlington Sunday, December 31, downtown Burlington and the Burlington waterfront. $12-15; free for kids 5 and under. highlight.community

For 35 years, Burlington’s First Night was the biggest and best New Year’s Eve celebration in the state. But even iconic institutions can use the occasional refresh.

In 2018, Burlington City Arts and Signal Kitchen reimagined the Queen City’s NYE bash as Highlight, a festival made not just for Burlington residents but by them. Much of its programming begins with crowdsourced pitches from local artists, producing an increasingly diverse and eclectic mix of entertainment. This year’s offerings include Big Gay New Year’s Eve, a night of queer music and art curated by Hammydown singer Abbie Morin; local youth circus troupe Circus Smirkus; one-man jukebox the Suitcase Junket; and, because 2023 was truly the year of the Swiftie, a Taylor Swift Eras Tour dance party.

Seven can’t-miss winter events to stave off cabin fever

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n Vermont, hygge and full-spectrum lighting go only so far in combating the winter blues.

We love hot cocoa, roaring fires and cozy sweaters as much as anyone, but staving off cabin fever means, well, getting the eff out of the cabin once in a while.

That can be easier said than done during Vermont’s roughly eight and a half months of snow and ice. Fortunately, the Green Mountain State suffers no shortage of exciting events to entice Vermonters to bundle up and brave the elements for a good time. Here are seven options to brighten your bleak midwinter.

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Saturday and Sunday, February 3 and 4, at the Champlain Valley Exposition in Essex Junction. $5-30; free for kids under 6. vtgatherings.com

Hear ye, hear ye! The seventh annual Winter Renaissance Faire shall henceforth commence in the shire of Essex Junction during the merry month of February in the year of our lord two thousand and twentyfour. Hey, nonny nonny oh.

The family-friendly Faire features performances by many of the realm’s finest minstrels, singers, acrobats and dancers, along with a veritable smorgasbord of food and mead vendors. But beware, brave knights: There are also fight demonstrations in which combatants wield the finest medieval weaponry.

Friday, February 16, to Sunday, February 18, various locations in North Hero. Free. greaticevt.org

Friday and Saturday, January 5 and 6, various locations in Cabot. Free. cabotarts.org

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Cabot Village 12th Night Celebration By the time New Year’s Day comes around, most folks are officially holiday-ed out after a month-plus of feasting and merrymaking.

That might be why 12th Night isn’t more of a thing, except among especially hearty partiers. Which is a shame — because, as our friends in Cabot know, it’s delightful.

Traditionally a Christian celebration of the last of the 12 days of Christmas, 12th Night centers on food and wassailing — aka drinking mulled beverages and cheers-ing to good health. In Cabot, it’s a secular community festival focused on live music, theater and storytelling — plus food and mulled beverages. Performers this year include the Jeremy Sicely Band,

Sure, traffic in the “Aspen of the East” is legendarily awful during ski season. But ritzy Stowe still has plenty to recommend it, even for nonskiers.

Celebrating its 50th year, the Stowe Winter Carnival is a collage of coldseason fun. Check out the 22nd annual Ice Carving Competition, sanctioned by the National Ice Carving Association, where amateurs and pros make works of art out of the stuff most of us spend the winter angrily scraping off our windshields. Or you could take advantage of cold, clear skies for an evening of stargazing. And don’t miss the snow volleyball tournament, which is exactly what it sounds like: fun.

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blues outfit the Dave Keller Band and No Strings Marionette. The two-day festival also features a sunset lantern parade, arts and crafts workshops, a community meal, and, of course, lots of wassailing.

Vermont Burlesque Festival Wednesday, January 17, to Sunday, January 21, various locations in Burlington and Barre. Ticket prices vary. vermontburlesquefestival.com

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the Green Mountains in the winter quite like the Vermont Burlesque Festival. The five-day celebration of sensuality and body positivity features more than 120 dancers, comedians, artists and variety acts dropping scintillating sets at venues in both Burlington and Barre.

In addition to pulse-quickening performances, the fest offers curious attendees the chance to learn the art of burlesque themselves. Among the classes offered are

Attention, Hallmark movie producers: If you haven’t considered setting your next irresistibly wholesome, wintry romantic romp in the Champlain Islands, please allow us to introduce Great Ice! (Note: The exclamation point is part of the title, though we’re also quite excited for it, TBH.) The annual festival takes place on City Bay in the village of North Hero and includes an almost unbelievably charming array of small-town midwinter fun. To wit: sled dog rides, a lighted skating rink on the frozen lake, a food and wine “village” featuring all manner of locavore goodness, fireworks, a Christmas tree bonfire, and, maybe best of all, the chance to drive a Zamboni. ➆

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Green Mountains Review to Cease Publication B Y H AN N AH F E U E R • hfeuer@sevendaysvt.com

Vermont State University’s literary magazine, Green Mountains Review, is ceasing publication after the university slashed its funding as part of a broad cost-cutting initiative.

The 36-year-old annual literary magazine published poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, literary essays, interviews and book reviews. It was a prestigious journal with an acceptance rate of about 3 percent. Now, VTSU is completely eliminating the magazine’s annual budget of around $30,000, according to editor-inchief Elizabeth Powell.

In October, the university proposed cutting or consolidating 23 programs and offered voluntary buyouts to as many as 33 full-time faculty positions.

Powell said she decided to take the buyout — leaving her job as a professor of writing and literature at the end of the 2023-24 academic year for a payout of half of her annual salary — in large part because of the cuts to Green Mountains Review. “I just don’t feel like I can in good conscience go on there,” she said. “Part of the wonder and joy of the job was working with students on the magazine.”

Editors said the closure, which follows about two years of discussions with the administration about the financial viability of the magazine, did not come as a surprise. But that didn’t make the news any less distressing.

“I’m upset and sad and heartbroken,” Green Mountains Review fiction and web editor Jensen Beach said. “It’s a real loss for not just the institution and our students here but for the larger community here in Vermont.”

Neil Shepard and Tony Whedon, two

creative writing professors at what was then Johnson State College, founded Green Mountains Review in 1987 as a biannual print journal. In recent years, the magazine gained an online presence and switched to printing annually.

The journal had already survived one university shake-up: In 2018, Johnson State College merged with Lyndon State College to create Northern Vermont University. Then, in July of this year, Northern Vermont University merged with Castleton University and Vermont Technical College to become Vermont State University.

Powell said the magazine prided itself on having a mix of well-known and up-and-coming authors. She highlighted issues such as the American Poet Laureate Series, featuring the work of state poet laureates from across the country, and the Black Voices Issue, published in response to the murder of George Floyd.

Students also played a large part in reviewing submissions. Powell said the magazine allowed largely low-income, first-generation students “to be part of the literary conversation in Vermont.”

Powell is hopeful Green Mountains Review might be able to continue if a different academic institution or publisher offers to take over the magazine. But in its current form, the last issue of the magazine will be published in March. ➆

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Episode 701: Fright by Flashlight

to be safe and meditative. I imagine there are malevolent spirits out there, but I have been lucky enough to avoid them. I interviewed two young tour-goers named Willa and Jonah who had an interesting take on this. Willa likes to be scared, but not so much that she has bad dreams.

Jonah likes to have his pants scared off.

Everyone has their own preference when it comes to fear.

Gravestones by Moonlight Exploring Lakeview Cemetery at night with Queen City Ghostwalk

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uthor Thea Lewis started Queen City Ghostwalk in 2002 and has been scaring audiences in Chittenden County ever since. In the season leading up to this Halloween, she took on two new tour guides: Holli Bushnell, a sexton for the Burlington cemeteries, and Rebecca Ryskalczyk, a musician and composer. The duo led evening tours of about 30 youths and adults through Burlington’s Lakeview Cemetery, stopping at notable gravestones to share local history and ghost stories. In her latest episode of “Stuck in Vermont,” Seven Days senior multimedia producer Eva Sollberger joined the spooky tour under a full moon.

Sollberger spoke with Seven Days about filming the episode.

Why did you pick this story?

I have always loved cemeteries and have spent a lot of time in them over the years. They are

so peaceful and pleasant to explore. The graves are rich in history, and the green spaces often have nicely designed walking paths. When I travel, I usually visit the local graveyard. I have strolled among

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“STUCK IN A CEMETERY”! the cities of the dead in Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris, Dorotheenstadt Cemetery in Berlin and my family’s burial ground in Bleienbach, Switzerland. My Swiss immigrant grandparents are buried in a small cemetery in Elgin, Iowa. The area is called Little Switzerland due to all the Swiss people who settled there in the 1800s.

But I don’t spent a lot of time in cemeteries at night. Lakeview Cemetery is a beautiful, parklike space, with twisty paths and

views of the lake. I jumped at the chance to explore it at night with a group of flashlightwielding individuals.

It certainly was dark. Was that a challenge?

Yes, I didn’t realize how dark it would be.

The tour started at 6 p.m., and it was pitch black 15 minutes later. Video cameras have difficulty in low light, and my iPhone was struggling to record the blurry flashlight images. I did have a light on my camera, but I didn’t want to ruin other people’s creepy tour experience, so I didn’t use it the entire time.

Tour videos are always hard to shoot, because you are walking and filming, trying not to trip. After making 701 “Stuck” videos, I have sort of accepted that they are never perfect. You just get what you get, warts and all.

Were you scared?

I rarely feel frightened in a cemetery. If I ever do get nervous, it is because of the living, never the dead. I find graveyards

Have you filmed in cemeteries before?

I have done a few cemetery tours for “Stuck in Vermont,” including one of Lakeview Cemetery with Preservation Burlington in 2017. I used some of local photographer James Buck’s drone footage from that video in this one. You really have to see the cemetery from the air to observe its curved pathways, elegant trees and proximity to the lake. I also did a tour of Green Mount Cemetery in Montpelier with cemetery historian Daniel Barlow in 2019. And I made a video in 2021 about Jason Stuffle, who cleans graves at Greenmount Cemetery in Burlington. In truth, this video series should probably be called “Stuck in a Cemetery”!

This is your second video on Queen City Ghostwalk, right?

In 2016, I followed Thea on her Darkness Falls tour in downtown Burlington.

There are more lights downtown, which made my camera happy. It was also really entertaining traipsing through back alleys and seeing my town from a different angle.

There is something so magical about Halloween. People wear disguises and enjoy the thrill of hearing ghost stories. It is one of my favorite holidays.

The music in this episode is spooky!

Rebecca was kind enough to share some of her creepy music to help the video come alive. She has written the eerie score for a short horror film called “Ouchie.” Unsettling music adds to the ambience of stalking around a graveyard at night, with only the beams of flashlights to guide you. ➆

Seven Days senior multimedia producer Eva Sollberger has been making her award-winning video series, “Stuck in Vermont,” since 2007. New episodes appear on the Seven Days website every other Thursday and air the following night on the WCAX evening news. Sign up at sevendaysvt.com to receive an email alert each time a new one drops. And check these pages every other week for insights on the episodes.

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ure, you know about the Palme d’Or, the top award at the Cannes Film Festival. But have you heard of the Palm Dog, a Cannes tradition that honors the best canine performance? This year, the winner of the latter award was a terrifyingly well-trained border collie named Messi, who played the pivotal role of “Snoop” in the French legal drama Anatomy of a Fall. The film also won the Palme d’Or. You can see Messi’s star turn — with his human costars, of course — at Merrill’s Roxy Cinemas.

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The deal

Snoop is a very good boy who lives in a chalet in the French Alps with his wonderful family — renowned German novelist Sandra (Sandra Hüller), teacher Samuel (Samuel Theis) and their 10-yearold son, Daniel (Milo Machado Graner), who is partially blind and takes loving care of Snoop.

But on this particular day, things are not wonderful. Samuel won’t stop playing a steel-drum instrumental cover of 50 Cent’s “P.I.M.P.” at earsplitting volume, disrupting Sandra’s interview with a scholar. To escape the noise, Daniel takes Snoop on a walk — walk! — but when they return, things are even worse. Samuel is lying very still in the snow with blood around him, and he never gets up.

From then on, the house is full of strangers. Sandra’s lawyer friend (Swann Arlaud) thinks Samuel jumped out the window. Other people accuse Sandra of doing something bad to her husband. They even drag Daniel into court to testify about what he heard that day. It’s a dog’s worst nightmare.

Will you like it?

No, Anatomy of a Fall doesn’t actually unfold from the perspective of Snoop. Its viewpoint is close to the characters yet ruthlessly neutral; some scenes, especially those in the courtroom, are shot as if by a fly-on-the-wall documentarian. But this claustrophobia-inducing drama from director-cowriter Justine Triet will make viewers think hard about their own points of view — and perhaps argue about them once they leave the theater.

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A man’s fatal fall puts his wife on trial and their son in the hot seat in a long but riveting French courtroom drama

blood-spatter analysts presenting different versions of events. So the trial becomes a dissection of the couple’s marriage, with an argument on the eve of Samuel’s death — secretly taped by him — as the prime exhibit.

Triet makes us wait and wait to hear that tape — the film is two and a half hours long — but when we finally do, it does not disappoint. What started as a restrained drama about grief among Europe’s intellectual class evolves over its run time into a riveting puzzler about the stories we tell ourselves — stories that aren’t always the truth.

The film opens with Sandra’s interview, putting her career as a novelist front and center. Coaxed to reveal how her books reflect her life, Sandra dodges the question by asking the interviewer (Camille Rutherford) questions about her life. At this point, Samuel (who’s upstairs) drowns the conversation in “P.I.M.P.” The prosecutor (Antoine Reinartz) will later claim that Sandra was flirting with the interviewer — one of many wounds she dealt to her husband’s fragile ego before killing him. Over and over in the courtroom, she’s depicted as a castrator, a cheater, a virulent narcissist who put her career before her family.

Even when you strip away the misogyny,

there’s a grain of truth to those accusations.

But we saw the interview, and we know that Sandra was less interested in romancing the interviewer than she was in derailing the interviewer’s efforts to construct a story about Sandra. This is one writer who insists on controlling the narrative, on or off the page.

Hüller (Toni Erdmann) is a virtuoso at conveying a strong personality through a self-contained shell. We don’t know whether Sandra killed Samuel. We can’t say how real her grief is. When she emphasizes her language barrier in the courtroom, forcing everyone to speak English, is it a power play or is she just too distraught to remember her French grammar? All we know for sure is that there’s no way in hell she’ll let prosecutors and the press have the last word.

The only person who might be up to challenging Sandra’s story is another budding tale spinner — her son. Machado Graner gives a performance so natural it’s heartbreaking and so ambiguous it’s mesmerizing.

Anatomy of a Fall raises vexing questions about family loyalty, male-female relationships, creative ambition and, not least, the French legal system — which appears to admit all sorts of wild speculation. Sandra

sums it up best when she tells the court, “A couple is a chaos.” Where chaos reigns, only the stories we tell ourselves can make sense of it — until they don’t.

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IF YOU LIKE THIS, TRY… SAINT OMER (2022; Hulu, Kanopy, rent-

able): If Anatomy of a Fall whetted your appetite for emotionally wrenching dramas about the French legal system, try Alice Diop’s film about the trial of a young mother accused of killing her infant.

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time, rentable): Anatomy of a Fall is ruthless in its depiction of the cracks that can open in a marriage. So is Ruben Östlund’s dark comedy about one Swedish family’s reaction to a brush with death on a ski vacation.

THE LOST DAUGHTER (2021; Netflix):

Triet isn’t the only female director to explore the once-taboo topic of women who don’t always put their families first. Olivia Colman plays a vacationing professor reflecting on her life choices in Maggie Gyllenhaal’s adaptation of Elena Ferrante’s novel.

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NEW IN THEATERS JOURNEY TO BETHLEHEM: Antonio Banderas plays King Herod in a retelling of the Christmas story in family-friendly musical form. Adam Anders directed. (98 min, PG. Essex) THE MARVELS: Captain Marvel (Brie Larson) must work with Ms. Marvel (Iman Vellani) and Monica Rambeau (Teyonah Parris) to save the universe in the latest Marvel Cinematic Universe entry. Nia DaCosta (Candyman) directed. (105 min, PG-13. Essex, Majestic, Marquis, Paramount, Star, Stowe, Sunset) PRISCILLA: Sofia Coppola tells the story of the romance of Elvis Presley (Jacob Elordi) and his teen bride (Cailee Spaeny). (113 min, R. Essex)

CURRENTLY PLAYING AFTER DEATHH This faith-based documentary from Stephen Gray and Chris Radtke combs near-death experiences for information about a possible afterlife. (103 min, PG-13. Majestic) ANATOMY OF A FALLHHHH1/2 A man’s fatal fall casts suspicion on his novelist wife (Sandra Hüller) in this French legal drama from Justine Triet, which won the Palme d’Or. (151 min, R. Roxy; reviewed 11/8) THE CREATORHHH An ex-soldier (John David Washington) finds the perfect weapon for a war between humans and artificial intelligence in this sci-fi adventure. (133 min, PG-13. Big Picture, Majestic) DICKS: THE MUSICALHHH In a grown-up twist on The Parent Trap, adult twins separated at birth hatch a wild scheme to reunite their parents. With Josh Sharp, Aaron Jackson and Nathan Lane. Larry Charles (Borat) directed. (86 min, R. Roxy) THE EXORCIST: BELIEVERHH Ellen Burstyn returns in this sequel to the classic possession horror flick, in which two teens vanish into the woods and return disturbingly altered. David Gordon Green directed. (121 min, R. Majestic) FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY’SH1/2 In this horror flick based on the video game, a guy gets more than he bargained for when he takes a night security gig at a kids’ party spot. Josh Hutcherson and Mary Stuart Masterson star. (110 min, PG-13.

Bijou, Essex, Majestic, Paramount, Roxy, Star, Welden) KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOONHHHH1/2 Martin Scorsese’s historical drama traces the 1920s murders of Osage Nation members enriched by oil deposits on their Oklahoma land. Leonardo di Caprio, Robert De Niro and Lily Gladstone star. (206 min, R. Big Picture, Bijou, Essex, Majestic, Marquis, Roxy, Savoy, Stowe, Welden; reviewed 10/25) THE MARSH KING’S DAUGHTERHH1/2 Born to a kidnapper and his captive, a woman (Daisy Ridley) must hunt down her father in this thriller.

With Ben Mendelsohn and Garrett Hedlund. (108 min, R. Majestic) OPPENHEIMERHHHHH Director Christopher Nolan tells the story of the man (Cillian Murphy) who played a key role in creating the atomic bomb. (180 min, R. Majestic; reviewed 8/2) PAW PATROL: THE MIGHTY MOVIEHH1/2 A meteor endows the titular pups with superpowers in this family animation. (92 min, PG. Bijou, Essex, Majestic, Welden) THE ROYAL HOTELHHHH Two U.S. backpackers (Julia Garner and Jessica Henwick) become targets after they take jobs at a pub in the Australian outback in this thriller from Kitty Green (The Assistant). (91 min, R. Roxy)

TAYLOR SWIFT: THE ERAS TOURHHHH Fans who didn’t score tickets can catch this cinematic version of the pop star’s concert, filmed at three August shows and directed by Sam Wrench. (168 min, NR. Thu-Sun only: Bijou, Essex, Majestic, Roxy, Savoy, Star, Sunset, Welden) WHAT HAPPENS LATERHHH1/2 Meg Ryan directed and cowrote this rom-com in which she stars with David Duchovny as exes who find themselves snowed in at the same airport after years apart. (105 min, R. Majestic, Star)

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Cold Comfort WINTER PREVIEW Painter Elizabeth Nelson has a way with winter B Y PA M EL A POL ST O N • ppolston@sevendaysvt.com

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lizabeth Nelson has a sensible attitude about painting outdoors in winter: She doesn’t. But you wouldn’t guess it to look at the body of work on her website. Among Nelson’s many landscape paintings are frigid-looking scenes in Iceland and Norway as well as Vermont. In a phone call from her home in West Glover, Nelson explained that she typically works from photos or memory.

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“Some of the paintings are not literal,” she acknowledged.

Born in New York City, Nelson earned degrees at the Rhode Island School of Design and the University of North Carolina before migrating north more than 50 years ago. She lives on a farm now managed by her son and enjoys “a beautiful view of Mount Mansfield,” she said. Nelson is affiliated with a number of

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regional art venues, such as the Front in Montpelier, the Bryan Memorial Gallery in Jeffersonville, and AVA Gallery and Art Center in Lebanon, N.H. Her work is included in the Vermont State Art Collection.

Though she chose to live in a rural, isolated locale, Nelson has had her share of international adventures. During a visit to Reykjavik in 2012 as a tourist, she vowed to return as an artist. She was accepted for an artist residency with the Association

of Icelandic Visual Artists in 2017, and a second one the following year.

“The landscape really spoke to my heart,” Nelson said. “My antecedents are Scandinavian, so that was familiar feeling.”

Her Icelandic paintings are, as she said, not literal; some are mere suggestions of blustery sky and frozen terrain.

A 2019 voyage along the coast of Norway inspired Nelson’s evocative paintings of pointy mountains, fathomless fjords and remarkably animated clouds. In Vermont, her winter works tend to be more serene — or perhaps it’s just that the behavior of snow, bare trees and icy streams is more familiar.

Nelson doesn’t simply show us what winter looks like; she somehow conveys how it feels. It’s fitting that she’s the featured artist in an upcoming seasonal show at Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery in Shelburne. For Seven Days’ Winter Preview Issue this week, Nelson reflected

ART SHOWS Middlebury College

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Did painting in Iceland affect the way you paint in Vermont?

The thing about my time in Iceland was, it changed how I painted. I had brought acrylics and yupo paper rolled up in

WHAT APPEALS TO ME ABOUT WINTER, PARTICULARLY WITH SNOW,

IS HOW IT SIMPLIFIES EVERYTHING. EL IZ A BET H NELSON

my suitcase. I’d been using acrylics — they’re fairly fluid. I would paint what I remembered from a scene, then go to bed. In the morning, I looked at it and … in a couple of places the paint did its own thing: Shapes and figures appeared mysteriously on their own. From then on, I let the paint do what it was going to do. It was a different attitude toward my work — much more exploring, taking advantage of what the paint and paper did together.

What are you looking for in a winter scene — what attracts you to paint it?

The light is very different. There are two kinds: a winter scene with snow, or a scene with no green — stick season. What appeals to me about winter, particularly with snow, is how it simplifies everything.

The form of the land is more apparent.

Snow reflects color in subtle ways. It seems more connected to the sky, so they are more of the same visual experience.

In a season where it’s not green but there’s no snow, I really find the subtle colors so fascinating. It’s like you can see the skeleton of the land. It evokes a response in me. I don’t want to make a copy of it; rather, it’s an emotional response.

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You don’t actually paint en plein air in winter, but still the goal is to capture a sense of winter. What other factors are important to consider?

I like the drama of a storm, or what’s happening in the sky with snow clouds, the sun coming and going. Sometimes it’s the chiaroscuro, with strong sun on snow.

A nonartist might look at an expanse of snow and call it white. A trained artist looks at it and observes all the variations that light and shadow can create, no?

I don’t know whether I trained myself to see it; I’m aware of it and try to make it apparent to other people. I don’t know if it’s that conscious.

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BETSY CHAPEK: Works in monoprint, colored pencil, collage and 3D forms based on the natural world. Reception: Sunday, November 12, 2-4 p.m.

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‘CELEBRATE’: An exhibition of art and crafts by more than 80 member-artists on all three floors.

November 8-December 28. Info, 479-7069. Studio Place Arts in Barre.

ROBERT WALDO BRUNELLE JR.: Paintings by the Vermont illustrator, educator, author, historian and cartoonist. November 13-December 28. Info, 479-0896. Espresso Bueno in Barre.

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ABIGAIL SYNNESTVEDT: “Devotions,” an MFA exhibit of paintings. Reception and artist talk: Wednesday, November 15, 3-5 p.m.

November 14-December 15. Info, 635-1469.

Julian Scott Memorial Gallery, Vermont State University-Johnson.

‘GEMS’: An annual exhibition of 8-by-10-inch or smaller artworks by member-artists. Reception: Saturday, November 11, 1-3 p.m. November 8-December 23. Info, 644-5100. Bryan Memorial Gallery in Jeffersonville.

MEMBERS’ ART SHOW & SALE: An unjuried selection of work in a variety of mediums by gallery members. Reception: Thursday, November 9, 5-7 p.m. November 9-December 16. Info, 253-8358. The Current in Stowe.

VERMONT WATERCOLOR SOCIETY: Paintings by more than 30 artists of still life, outdoor studies, portraits and more. Reception and awards ceremony: Saturday, November 18, 2-4 p.m.

November 13-February 8. Info, 888-1261. River Arts in Morrisville.

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‘LEARNING TOGETHER’: Students and instructors at the Middlebury Studio School exhibit their works together. Reception: Friday, November 10, 5-7 p.m.

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NICK MANGO: “Hand in Glove,” photographic portraits of Tinmouth community members juxtaposed with the gloves they wear for their work or avocation. Reception: Saturday, November 11, 5:30-7 p.m. November 8-December 31. Info, 468-1119. Vermont State University-Castleton Bank Gallery in Rutland.

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JON & DEBORAH MEYER: An exhibition of drawings with poetry from the couple’s collaborative book Quest of the Birds. Sales of prints and books benefit VINS programs. Reception and poetry reading: Saturday, November 11, 1 p.m. November 11-December 31. Info, 603-359-9696. Vermont Institute of Natural Science in Quechee.

MICHAEL KLINE: “Birds and Bells,” paintings and sculptures of birds, flowers, trees, boats, bowls and boxes by the New Hampshire artist. Pie and chai reception: Friday, November 10, 6-7:30 p.m.

November 10-December 31. Info, 738-0166. Jai Studios Gallery and Gifts in Windsor.

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“Chill Pill” by Karen Cygnarowicz

“Specimen #2” by Gracia Nash

“Gathering #8” by Ann Wessmann

EXHIBITION

‘Texture & Response’ at BCA Center Is All About the Feels

BY PAMEL A PO LS TO N • ppolston@sevendaysvt.com

Galleries and museums commonly have a “no touching” rule about the artworks, and responsible visitors keep their hands to themselves. But with an exhibit that aims to provoke “tactile curiosity in the viewer,” breaking that rule is awfully tempting.

That’s the case with “Texture & Response,” currently on view in the second-floor gallery of the BCA Center in Burlington. It’s a modest but compelling show featuring three artists who work with materials traditionally associated with craft — but not to create traditionally “functional” items. Then again, provoking curiosity is a laudable function.

Vermont fiber artist and writer Karen Cygnarowicz turns cotton and polypropylene rope, yarn, and thread into captivating wall-hung sculptures. Their tight weaving and loose braids or knotty macramé seem to be in conversation with each other.

For the 35-by-12-inch “Chill Pill,” Cygnarowicz paired a squarish weaving of brilliant orange yarn with a shorter section of natural hemp; at the top of the piece, braided loops droop forward like an unruly coif; at the bottom, loops and knots somehow have a jaunty look.

Cygnarowicz’s other two wall hangings do not inspire anthropomorphism, even if you do want to feel them; they are simply ingenious manipulations of material, color and shape.

Conversely, Ann Wessmann’s “Gathering #4” repels touching: It consists of multiple strands of horse chestnut leaf stems strung on waxed-linen thread, and it is thorny. Both ends of the 54-by-48-inch piece are attached to ceiling-high dowels so

of community members taken by Monica Frissell and Adam Scher during their “Nomadic Photo Ark” residency. Reception: Sunday, November 12, 5-7 p.m. November 12-December 28. Info, 229-8317. The Satellite Gallery in Lyndonville.

ART EVENTS OPEN STUDIO: A guided meditation followed by art-making in any modality and then sharing. No experience required. Many materials available in studio. Register at the website. Expressive Arts Burlington, Thursday, November 9, 12:30-2:30 p.m.

Donation. Info, 343-8172.

MOKUHANGA LECTURE: Underhill artist Patty Hudak discusses and demonstrates the Japanese water-based woodblock printing technique. The Current, Stowe, Friday, November 10, 6-8 p.m. Free.

Info, 253-8358.

ART SOCIAL: Meet the artists in current exhibit “Celebrate” and enjoy a quartet from the Vermont

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that it swoops downward like a giant necklace. The wonder is that Wessmann herself could manipulate such user-unfriendly items, and yet in doing so she invites a consideration of our often uncomfortable relationship to the natural world.

The Boston artist’s other piece, “Gathering #8,” assembles stems from the same plant in a remarkable dual-part wall sculpture. Mirroring each other, the two gently volumetric columns seem caught in the act of separating — or perhaps reuniting.

A ragged edge of tiny twigs reaches into the negative space at the center. Who knew that horse chestnut stems could convey a sense of longing?

In a wall-mounted, framed video titled “Lay Me Down to Rest,” Gracia Nash squats over a large sheet of silicone and glass beads and continuously wrestles with it. The Rochester, N.Y.based artist is nude, which adds a feeling of vulnerability to her Sisyphean task. The crackling sound heightens our understanding of the material and is oddly satisfying, like popping bubble wrap. Nash’s video makes her two still installations of rumpled silicone, such as the wall-hung “Specimen #2,” seem postperformative: The artist has come to terms with her medium.

In “Texture & Response,” the viewer is literally a material witness. Alternately meditative and provocative, the exhibit offers an empathic art experience: To see is to feel. ➆

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“Texture & Response,” on view through January 27 at BCA Center in Burlington. burlingtoncityarts.org

Fiddle Orchestra. Studio Place Arts, Barre, Saturday, November 11, 4-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 479-7069.

HOLIDAY CRAFT MARKET: Artful gift options include baskets, ceramics, decorative and wearable fiber, glass, jewelry, and items in leather, metal, mixed media, paper or wood. Southern Vermont Arts Center, Manchester, Saturday, November 11, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Free to attend. Info, 362-1405.

‘LAND & LIGHT & WATER & AIR’ ARTIST ROUNDTABLE: The annual discussion, in conjunction with a current exhibition, features panelists Rosalie Sidoti, Susan Bull Riley, Mary Ann Heinzen, Eric Tobin, Cynthia Rosen and Jessica Fligg.

Bryan Memorial Gallery, Jeffersonville, Saturday, November 11, 1-3 p.m. Free. Info, 644-5100.

‘THE MAGIC OF THE HEART’: A cabaret and silent art auction fundraiser for the art center, with wine and hors d’oeuvres. Chaffee Art Center, Rutland, Saturday, November 11, 6 p.m. $15 advance, $20 at the door. Info, 775-0356.

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

U-32 FALL CRAFT FAIR: Items by more than 85 Vermont artists and handcrafters, plus a raffle and student fundraising tables. Sales benefit the eighth-grade class trip to Washington, D.C. U-32 High School, Montpelier, Saturday, November 11, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Info, 229-0321.

ZINE WORKSHOP: Learn how to make a multipage booklet with Center for Cartoon Studies fellow Sarah Mirk. All ages; supplies provided. RSVP at uvjam.org. Junction Arts & Media, White River Junction, Saturday, November 11, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Free.

Info, 295-6688.

COLLAGE COLLECTIVE: Cut, paste and create with other collage enthusiasts either in studio or over Zoom. Open to all levels. Materials available at the studio. Expressive Arts Burlington, Monday, November 13, 6:30-9 p.m. Donations. Info, info@ expressiveartsburlington.com.

WATERCOLOR PAINTING WITH PAULINE NOLTE: Instruction in the medium from the Vermont artist; no experience necessary to attend. Register to

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reserve a spot. Waterbury Public Library, Monday, November 13, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Free. Info, judi@ waterburypubliclibrary.com.

canvas (Breast Care Center). Through January 31. Info, 865-7296. University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington.

GUIDED TOUR OF ‘PAPER MADE’: Curator and artist Michelle Samour leads visitors through an exhibition that challenges assumptions about how paper can be used in art-making. Brattleboro Museum & Art Center, Wednesday, November 15, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 257-0124.

THE ART SHOW #27: An open-media exhibition in which community members are invited to show their artwork. Through November 24. Info, theartshowvt@gmail.com. The Gallery at RL Photo in Burlington.

VISITING ARTIST TALK: WILL KASSO CONDRY: The renowned visual artist, graffiti scholar and educator talks about his work and career. Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Wednesday, November 15, 8-9 p.m.

Free. Info, 635-2727.

ONGOING ART SHOWS burlington

‘60 YEARS OF BREAD & PUPPET’: Puppets, prints and banners by Peter Schumann, founder of the puppet theater group based in Glover. Through December 1. Info, hello@karmabirdhouse.com.

Karma Bird House Gallery in Burlington.

‘ART AND THE MATTER OF PLACE’: A small exhibition of works in the Wolcott Gallery that encourages critical thinking about place and why it matters.

‘PRAXIS’: An exhibition of recent work by more than a dozen studio art faculty at UVM in an array of mediums. Through December 8. Info, 656-0750.

Fleming Museum of Art, University of Vermont, in Burlington.

ART AT THE HOSPITAL: “Nebizun: Water Is Life,” artwork by the Vermont Abenaki Artists Association (Blue Path, Level 3); Jay Ashman, watercolors (McClure 4); Erica Sloan, photographs on aluminum (EP2); and Lorraine Manley, acrylic paintings on

CHRISTINA WATKA: “Listening to the World,” mixed-media sculptures in mica and ceramic by the Maine artist. Through November 25. Info, 324-0014.

Soapbox Arts in Burlington.

CHRISTY MITCHELL: “Point of Impact,” a solo installation that addresses the difficulty of caring for family members struggling with mental health.

Through November 25. Info, 338-1162. The S.P.A.C.E. Gallery in Burlington.

‘HOW PEOPLE MAKE THINGS’: An installation inspired by the Mister Rogers’ factory tours includes hands-on activities in cutting, molding, deforming and assembly to show participants how certain childhood objects are manufactured. Through January 7. Info, 864-1848. ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain in Burlington.

HOWARD CENTER ARTS COLLECTIVE: “Flow,” artwork inspired by water and the spirit of rebuilding after disaster by 14 members of the group.

Fifty percent of sales will benefit Studio Place Arts in Barre. Through December 31. Info, 865-7296.

Burlington City Hall.

‘TEXTURE & RESPONSE’: An exhibition that explores the visual perception of texture through the work of New England artists Karen Cygnarowicz, Gracia Nash and Ann Wessmann. Through January 27. Info, 865-7166. KATE LONGMAID: Contemporary portraiture, still life and landscape paintings in oil and acrylic gouache by the Vermont artist. Through December 17. Info, 865-7296. TERRY EKASALA:

“Layers of Time,” improvisational paintings that explore color, texture, gesture and form at the intersection of abstraction and representation.

Through January 27. Info, 865-7166. BCA Center in Burlington.

VICTORIA BLEWER: “At a Crossroad,” photographic and mixed-media collages by the Vermont artist.

Through November 27. Info, 863-6458. Frog Hollow Vermont Craft Gallery in Burlington.

WILL GEBHARD: A new collection of abstract paintings and wood cutouts by the local artist.

Through December 24. Info, 399-2511. Foam Brewers in Burlington.

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CHAMPLAIN VALLEY QUILT GUILD OF VERMONT: An exhibition of wall-hung quilts with the theme “Animals.” Through November 30. Info, 846-4140.

South Burlington Public Library Art Wall.

canvas and mixed media on panel, respectively.

Curated by Burlington City Arts. Through February 13. Info, 865-7296. Pierson Library in Shelburne.

SOUTH BURLINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT ART TEACHERS: Selected work in a variety of mediums

by Susie Ely, Kelsey Lewis, Jennifer Goodrich, Elizabeth Coleman, Alison Treston, Kim Kimball, Lisa Divoll-Painter, Kristina Bolduc and Philip Galiga, as well as social studies teacher Julian Barritt. Through December 30. Info, gallery@ southburlingtonvt.gov. South Burlington Public Art Gallery.

TONI BASANTA: “Toni’s Excursions,” an exhibition of music-themed photography taken over the past 14 years. Through November 11. Info, 318-8867. Lake Champlain Access TV Studio in Colchester.

VAUGHN BELL: “We Are the Weather,” an installation of soft sculptural forms drawn from imagery of weather systems, storms and atmospheric events and that connects the idea of weather events with the flow of water in the SMC Natural Area and Winooski River. Through December 15. Info, bcollier@smcvt.edu. McCarthy Art Gallery, Saint Michael’s College, in Colchester.

‘FINDING HOPE WITHIN’: An exhibition of poetry and other writings, visual art and sculpture by incarcerated artists in Vermont. In collaboration with Vermont Works for Women, Women’s Justice and Freedom Initiative of Vermont and A Revolutionary Press. Through November 30. Info, 482-2878. Carpenter-Carse Library in Hinesburg.

barre/montpelier

GABRIEL BORAY & COLOSSAL SANDERS: Acrylic paintings of Vermont with a focus on cows, and satirical digital montage illustrations, respectively.

Second-floor Skywalk. Through December 5. JULIA PURINTON: Abstract oil paintings inspired by nature; in the North Concourse. Through February 29. Info, 865-7296. Patrick Leahy Burlington International Airport in South Burlington.

LANDA TOWNSEND: An exhibition of prints in the Japanese mokuhanga technique. Through November 30. Info, landa@landatownsend.com.

MIKE SIPE & COLLEEN MURPHY: Photographs on

ANN YOUNG: “Autumn Pond Abstract,” oil paintings of water shield plants found in the artist’s pond in the fall. At SPA’s annex location at 159 N. Main Street. Through December 30. Info, 479-7069.

Studio Place Arts in Barre.

DELIA ROBINSON: “Then and Now,” old and current work by the Vermont painter and clay whistle sculptor. Through November 26. Info, robinson. delia@gmail.com. The Front in Montpelier.

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Cold Comfort « P.49 You paint what you see. In any event, those paintings of Iceland and Norway contain a lot of blue.

Iceland is particularly changeable — it’s always windy. That’s a factor just in living; it’s an awareness of the air around you. I’m aware of that out here in the country, too.

In some of your Vermont winter scenes, we see a field of snow interrupted by the dark silhouettes of bare trees. The drama is mostly in the sky.

I find that to paint the sky in relation to the earth is uplifting. It’s part of what I see. The earth doesn’t move around much. I like the motion in the sky. It is a mystery that you can convey motion, and emotion, with a little spot of color.

Your work has primarily focused on the northern landscape. Have you not ever wanted to just hightail it to a warmer locale and work with that different palette, light and subject matter?

Sure, I love traveling. I’ve been to Central and South America; the landscape is intriguing and fascinating, but it’s not my landscape.

I’m happy to be in warmer places, but I’m happy to come home to the colder north. I’ve been here 54 years.

What appeals to you about it — visually or otherwise?

I like the changes of weather. And because of that, the landscape changes all the time. I like the agricultural landscape and forests.

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EARL HENRY FOX: “Oblique Fixations,” a survey of recent work by the painter, woodworker and mixed-media artist. By appointment. Through November 17. Info, 720-215-9519. Grist Mill Studios in East Calais.

‘ELEMENTS OF SHELTER’: Original works in wood, metal and glass by Yestermorrow faculty members Thea Alvin, Meg Reinhold, Nick Pattis, Anna Fluri, Sophia Mickelson and Johno Landsman, in conjunction with the Waitsfield design/build school.

Through May 31, 2025. Info, 828-3291. Vermont Arts Council Sculpture Garden in Montpelier.

‘ENOUGH SAID? COUNTING MASS SHOOTINGS’: An installation that addresses rampant gun violence in the U.S., featuring artworks by Susan Calza, Samantha M. Eckert and Felix Gonzalez-Torres.

Through November 30. Info, 224-6827. Susan Calza Gallery in Montpelier.

‘FRUITS OF THE FOREST FLOOR’: A juried, mushroom-themed group show with painting, printmaking, sculpture, photography, fiber arts, ceramics, jewelry and more by New England artists.

Through December 15. Info, chelsea@northbranchnaturecenter.org. North Branch Nature Center in Montpelier.

‘INTERFACE’: A group exhibition in multiple mediums that evokes the aesthetics of science fiction, featuring Erin Murray, Charles Sommer, Kerry O. Furlani, Alexander Ney and Rodger Mack.

Through November 17. Info, hexumgallery@gmail. com. Hexum Gallery in Montpelier.

ROBERT W. BRUNELLE JR.: “Old Houses,” 14 acrylic paintings of Victorian and other vintage homes in Vermont. Curated by Studio Place Arts. Through February 16. Info, 479-7069. Morse Block Deli & Taps in Barre.

‘S.L.U.A.T.H.’: An annual crowdsourced exhibit of art rescued from yard sales, free piles, estate cleanouts, junk stores and flea markets. Many pieces up for auction. Through November 8. Info, 479-0896.

Espresso Bueno in Barre.

WENDY HACKETT-MORGAN: Paintings of horses that straddle abstraction and realism. Through November 18. Info, 262-6035. T.W. Wood Gallery in Montpelier.

stowe/smuggs

JO WEISS: “Absence/Presence,” paintings and drawings on paper. Through December 2. Info, 646-519-1781. Minema Gallery in Johnson.

KEN LESLIE: A retrospective exhibit featuring works by the retired VTSU-Johnson faculty member. Through November 10. Info, 635-1469.

Julian Scott Memorial Gallery, Vermont State University-Johnson.

You said your ancestry is Scandinavian; maybe it’s just baked in.

I went there with a friend with similar roots; we just wanted to see the landscape. It was bucolic, very Vermonty.

One of my primary reasons for painting this particular northern landscape is to try to communicate the beauty all around us and the need to value it. It is in increasing danger of being lost forever and is often overlooked in the rush and stress of life’s ever-increasing speed. ➆

‘LAND & LIGHT & WATER & AIR’: The 16th annual group exhibition of landscape paintings featuring more than 90 regional artists. LEGACY COLLECTION: A showcase exhibition of paintings by gallery regulars as well as some newcomers.

Through December 23. Info, 644-5100. Bryan Memorial Gallery in Jeffersonville.

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‘PHOTOGRAPHY SHOOTOUT’: An annual exhibition of photographs open to viewer voting for prizes.

Through November 11. Info, 244-7801. Axel’s Frame Shop & Gallery in Waterbury.

Elizabeth Nelson is the featured artist in “Altered Layers,” December 1 through January 31 at Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery in Shelburne. elizabeth-nelson.com, fsgallery.com

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MARGARET JACOBS: “Shape of a Memory,” new metal sculpture and jewelry by the multimedia artist and member of the Akwesasne Mohawk tribe.

Through November 29. Info, 635-2727. Red Mill Gallery, Vermont Studio Center, in Johnson.

mad river valley/waterbury

‘BEYOND THE CURVE’: A special exhibition about the American Abenaki COVID-19 experience, presented by the Vermont Abenaki Artist Association.

Through January 6. Info, 496-6682. Mad River Valley Arts Gallery in Waitsfield.

STEVE BUDINGTON: “Call Shore,” recent mixedmedia abstract paintings by the University of Vermont associate professor of painting. Through

CALL TO ARTISTS ‘CELEBRATING THE SMALLS’: Seeking hangable artworks 10 inches square or smaller for an endof-year exhibit. Submit works November 7 through 15. Axel’s Frame Shop & Gallery, Waterbury. Info, 244-7801.

‘HEAD FOR THE HILLS’: Traditional and nontraditional mediums accepted for an upcoming exhibition about the region’s woodlands, mountains and creatures. Deadline: December 12. Info at

December 31. Info, 355-5440. Waterbury Studios.

TRYSTAN BATES: “The Starling Symphony,” a five-part exhibition of abstract collage, sculpture, prints and mixed media that examines the ways in which we process, assimilate and store information.

Through November 17. Info, joseph@thephoenixvt. com. The Phoenix in Waterbury.

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‘FROM HOMESPUN TO COUTURE: FASHION IN HISTORIC MIDDLEBURY’: An exhibition featuring local advertisements, newspapers, fashion magazines, photographs, trade cards, catalogs and other documentation from the museum’s archives; curated by Eva Garcelon-Hart. ‘STELLAR STITCHING: 19TH CENTURY VERMONT SAMPLERS’: An exhibition of needlework samplers made by young girls in the 19th-century that depict alphabets, numerals and decorative elements.

Through January 13. Info, 388-2117. Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History in Middlebury.

studioplacearts.com. Studio Place Arts, Barre. $10 nonmember applicants. Info, submissions. studioplacearts@gmail.com.

‘WHO ARE WE? PIECES OF THE IDENTITY PUZZLE’: November is a time for reflection and introspection. The gallery is seeking artwork depicting your take on identity, whether personal or as a people.

All mediums accepted. Deliver work on or before Wednesday, November 8. Register at melmelts@ yahoo.com. The Satellite Gallery, Lyndonville. $20.

Info, 229-8317.

VERMONT PASTEL SOCIETY: A juried exhibition of paintings by 19 members of the artist group.

Through November 18. Info, 295-4567. Long River Gallery in White River Junction.

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ADELAIDE MURPHY TYROL & RICHARD J MURPHY: “A Sense of Place,” nature-based paintings and photographs, respectively. Through November 12.

Info, 533-2000. Highland Center for the Arts in Greensboro.

DONNA UNDERWOOD OWENS: Photographs of animals in their native habitat by the Vermont “animal whisperer.” Through December 13. Info, 525-3366. Parker Pie in West Glover.

‘HANGING BY THREADS’: An exhibition of quilts presented by the Memphremagog Arts Collaborative and North Country Quilters Guild, including the raffle of a quilt by the late Carolyn Ferrara. Through December 30. Info, 334-1966. MAC Center for the Arts Gallery in Newport.

KATHRYN MILILLO: “Simple Matters,” paintings of Vermont landscapes and farm buildings. Through November 28. Info, 989-7419. Edgewater Gallery on the Green in Middlebury.

PEGGY WATSON: “Vermont Outdoors,” sculptural paintings based on the natural world. Through November 11. Info, 748-0158. Northeast Kingdom Artisans Guild Backroom Gallery in St. Johnsbury.

‘LAST CALL’: The gallery hosts its final exhibition featuring works by Anne Cady, Bonnie Baird, Maria Flores Galindo, Chelsea Granger, Julia Jensen, Rose Umerlik, Hannah Sessions, Pamela Smith, Carla Weeks and Hannah Secord Wade. Closing party: Saturday, December 9, 5-8 p.m. Through December 31. Info, 877-2173. Northern Daughters in Vergennes.

PHILIP HERBISON: “Water in Motion” and “Assemblages,” photographs of large bodies of water, and wood sculptures using the scraps of other works, respectively. Through December 31.

Info, 748-2600. Catamount Arts Fried Family Gallery DTWN in St. Johnsbury.

‘THE LIGHT OF THE LEVANT’: An exhibit of early photography in the late Ottoman Empire, which encompassed contemporary Greece, Turkey and most of the Arab world. ‘TOSSED’: Nearly 20 works that make use of found, discarded or repurposed materials, curated by museum exhibition designer Ken Pohlman. Through December 10. Info, 4435007. Middlebury College Museum of Art. PENNY BILLINGS AND HOLLY FRIESEN: “Nature’s Inner Light,” paintings of the New England and Québec landscape. Through November 30. Info, 989-7419. Edgewater Gallery at the Falls in Middlebury.

rutland/killington

ARTIST MEMBERS’ SHOW: An exhibition of painting, photography, woodturning, pottery, collage and mixed media by 21 Vermont artists. Through December 10. Info, krista.rupe@gmail.com. Stone Valley Arts in Poultney.

‘BROOM ART’: The inaugural exhibition in the new gallery features paintings and sculpture made with brooms by artists Warren Kimble, Sandy Mayo and Fran Bull. Through November 30. Info, 558-0874.

Conant Square Gallery in Brandon.

upper valley

ELIZABETH POWELL: “Silk and Sisal,” paintings of abstracted forms and patterns based on the female body. Through November 25. Info, 347-264-4808.

Kishka Gallery & Library in White River Junction.

‘SKAT’N BY’: A group show of skateboard art, sculptures, photography, collage, silkscreen prints and paintings, including pieces by Shepard Fairey, Banksy, Pete K. Landis and others. Reception and ’90s-themed costume party: Thursday, November 9, 8-11 p.m. Adults only. Through February 14. Info, 683-4190. Pietro Landi Gallery in Bridgewater.

‘WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND’: An exhibition of objects that explores the practical, spiritual and ecstatic human relationship to wheels and what they enable. Through May 31. Info, 626-4409.

The Museum of Everyday Life in Glover.

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ANDY WARHOL: “Small Is Beautiful,” 100 of the artist’s smaller-format paintings, from the Hall collection. RON GORCHOV: A 50-year survey of the American abstract artist’s work, featuring shaped canvases from the 1970s to large-scale paintings in his last years. SUSAN ROTHENBERG: Nearly 30 figurative, gestural paintings by the late American artist from throughout her career. Weekends only, reservation required. Through November 26. Info, info@hallartfoundation.org. Hall Art Foundation in Reading.

‘HOME BODIES’: A collaborative exhibit of ceramic artist Fawn Krieger and textile artist David B. Smith that reimagines home as not just physical environments but also within our own bodies and imaginations. Through March 9. Info, 257-0124.

‘PAPER MADE’: A group exhibition of artworks made by tearing, cutting, binding, stitching and rolling various papers. Through February 11. ART COSTA: “Sounds Deep,” strange, sightless denizens of the ocean’s depths constructed from reclaimed cardboard, papier-mâché and natural materials.

Through March 9. MICHAEL SMOOT: “And to This World,” prints using a variety of techniques that explore ideas of interconnectedness, as well as systems and structures we put into place to fulfill our needs. Through March 9. Info, 257-0124.

Brattleboro Museum & Art Center.

‘BECOMING THE LANDSCAPE’: Recent large-scale paintings by Mary Therese Wright, Tina Olsen, Ellen Maddrey and John Loggia. Through November 26.

Info, 380-9072. 118 Elliot in Brattleboro.

art ‘MARTHA & JOHN: A LOVE STORY OF YOGA AND ART’: Oil paintings of the Vermont landscape by the late Martha Nichols and abstract mathematical paintings inspired by the yoga tradition of yantra

by John van der Does. Through December 9.

LINDEN ELLER: Mixed media and painting centered on the theme of memory architecture by the newest participant in the gallery’s Working Artist Program. Through December 8. PENELOPE ARMS: A solo exhibition of new oil paintings featuring the changing New England landscape. Through December 9. Info, 289-0104. Canal Street Art Gallery in Bellows Falls.

PHOTOGRAPHY: FOUR PERSPECTIVES: An exhibition of images in different styles and subject matter

by Al Karevy, Davida Carta, Joshua Farr and Vaune Trachtman, members of the Vermont Center for Photography in Brattleboro. Through November 12.

Info, 451-0053. Next Stage Arts Project in Putney.

manchester/bennington

‘THE WEE WORLDS OF SALLEY MAVOR’: An exhibition of bas-relief embroideries, featured as illustrations in many children’s books, by the Massachusetts artist. ASHLEY BRYAN: “The Spirit of Joy,” an exhibition of toys, puppets, painting and photography by the late children’s book illustrator and author, who centered stories of Black life and African folk tales. Through January 7. Info, 3621405. Southern Vermont Arts Center in Manchester.

‘A HISTORY OF BENNINGTON’: An exhibition of artifacts that invites viewers to examine how history informs and affects our lives. Through December 31. Info, 447-1571. Bennington Museum.

‘THE NORMAN ROCKWELL MYSTERY’: An exhibition that documents how a long-hidden painting by the famous illustrator was discovered and later sold at Sotheby’s for $15.4 million, featuring paintings, letters, sketches and auction audio. ‘VERMONT LANDSCAPES’: More than 100 paintings in oil,

gouache and watercolor by regional artists Matt Chinian, James Coe, Tony Conner, Ann Larsen, John MacDonald, Robert Moylan, Eric Tobin, Mark Tougias and George Van Hook. Also, paintings and drawings by pastel master Corey Pitkin. Through December 31. Info, 318-4444. Monument Arts & Cultural Center in Bennington.

NORTH BENNINGTON OUTDOOR SCULPTURE SHOW: An outdoor exhibition featuring 77 sculptures by 59 artists, curated by Joe Chirchirillo.

Through November 12. Info, nbossvt@gmail.com.

Various Bennington locations.

randolph/royalton

AMY SCHACHTER & JAN FOWLER: Views of the natural landscape in acrylic and graphite on wood panels, and oil paint, respectively. Through November 26. Info, artetcvt@gmail.com. ART, etc. in Randolph.

JAMES SECOR: “Eclosion,” new landscape paintings with experimental drips and other water-based movement. Through December 20. Info, 889-3525.

The Tunbridge General Store Gallery.

KIMBERLY HARGIS: “The Art of Seeing,” photographs of flora and fauna by the Thetford Center artist. Reception: Friday, November 10, 6-8 p.m.

Through February 3. Info, 889-9404. Tunbridge Public Library.

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Ari Abedon

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Diamond in the Rough Producer Ari Abedon makes beautiful music at Pastel Sounds — including his own B Y S A MA NT HA RANDLET T

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he tall windows at Pastel Sounds afford only a view of the sky, eliminating the distraction of people and cars on the street below.

Paper lanterns adorn the room alongside a collection of vintage synths, leather couches and Persian rugs. The recording studio is a space designed to foster artistic focus — a hidden gem in Burlington’s South End. Owned by Ari Abedon, 39, Pastel Sounds has become a go-to spot for up-and-coming local artists looking to partner with the selftaught recording engineer, who has nearly 20 years of experience. Originally from Boston, Abedon set down roots in Burlington in 2002 to realize his longtime dream of running a recording studio. For years, it has been a sanctuary where he produces his own music. Now he is releasing that music into the world.

His debut album, Gemstones, produced under the name Jabedon, is due out in 2024.

The synth-heavy, ’80s-inspired record has been more than 10 years in the making, in part because Abedon has agonized over its details in much the same way he does

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over the music of the artists who hire him. becoming a full-time sound engineer was And he’s discovered that process to be a risk he was willing to take, he recalled. even more nerve-racking when it’s his own He started off small by inviting musician music in the speakers. friends interested in recording their music “People’s first albums are their whole to work with him. He could offer not only artistic life leading up to it,” Abedon said. his burgeoning production expertise but “All of the music I’ve also his skills as a multiever made has been instrumentalist — if you distilled into these nine name it, Abedon can songs.” play it.

After teaching In the early days of himself to play guitar at turning Pastel Sounds age 20 and piano at age into a business, Abedon 22, Abedon spent all of realized he was taking his free time crafting on a potentially overbedroom demos with whelming number of the recording software clients at once, he said.

AR I ABE D O N program GarageBand Now, he tries to work and fell in love with the with one client at a time process. A few years later, at 28, he started so that he can devote his full attention to pursuing that passion as a potential career. them.

Abedon rented studio space in the South His goal in those collaborations, Abedon End. He saved money by sourcing most of said, is hitting on “the magical thing that his equipment from Craigslist and funded happens when the song is just flowing his dream by working service industry through you both and decisions are made jobs. In 2020, the pandemic inspired him for you. Together, you get goose bumps — to rethink his priorities. He realized that naturally high and aligned with life.”

ALL OF THE MUSIC I’VE EVER MADE

HAS BEEN DISTILLED INTO THESE NINE SONGS.

Burlington artist Juliaura recorded her single “What If ” with Abedon and described the collaborative creative process as a “divine gift.”

“Ari created such a safe space to vulnerably share my soul work effortlessly,” she said. “He humbly enhanced every aspect of it, producing a piece greater than I could have even imagined from the start.”

Musician Evan Alsop likened the experience recording his first album at his friend’s studio to “musical alchemy.”

“Instead of transforming lead into gold,” Alsop said of Abedon, “he picks out the nuggets in my scratchy phone voice memos and sets the course as we work to bring out the truest spirit of the song.”

As much as he’s helped others realize their artistic visions, Abedon credits his clients with helping him to realize his.

“Recording people has really helped me dial in my own music and hone my musical recording skills,” Abedon said.

Jabedon’s music is largely rooted in synthesized sounds. He focuses on the breadth of texture and mirrored melodies of ’80s experimental synth, building his songs on the scaffolding of pop and electronic music. But subtle folk elements permeate, as well.

Jabedon’s new single “Emerald” is a powerful example of that fusion, a mix of the electronic tones of Sylvan Esso, the moody acoustic stylings of Nick Drake and the deep vocals of George Ezra. The song opens with an electronic beat beneath acoustic guitar strums. “In between a bad thing and a dream / It’s like a razor blade/ Move it slow, then just get up and go,” he sings.

While the song’s lyrics are profound and brooding, its energetic beat paradoxically suggests hope and positivity. As “Emerald” pulses and flows, soft beats resonate like raindrops bouncing off a street grate, accompanied by handclaps, groovy synth and stirring congas. “And I know that it’s hard / I can feel it in my chest / But I know when it moves on / I can feel it in you / And you can feel it in me, too,” Abedon sings.

The song’s hook reveals what drives Abedon’s creativity: “There’s a light in the ground / Shining up, shining down / And a beacon hidden in the sound.”

“Rooted within deep works — poetry, music, art,” Abedon explained, “we are all leaving each other antidotes for [the pressures of ] life.”

Once Gemstones is released early next year, Abedon plans to tour the album locally. He’ll then begin work on his sophomore record, Garden. Along the way, he’ll continue helping other musicians find their own beacons in the sound. ➆

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Thomas is a decadelong veteran of the local comedy scene, and it’s great to see him taking the crown in a crowded field. All hail Vermont’s funniest comedian!

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Daly dropped another single, “Time Erase,” last month. Both tracks, streaming now on Spotify, are early releases from the forthcoming Madaila album called On an Island. So stay tuned!

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Find the most up-to-date info on live music, DJs, comedy and more at sevendaysvt.com/music. If you’re a talent booker or artist planning live entertainment at a bar, nightclub, café, restaurant, brewery or coffee shop, send event details to music@sevendaysvt.com or submit the info using our form at sevendaysvt.com/postevent.

Martin Fogel Jazz (jazz) at Venetian Cocktail & Soda Lounge, Burlington, 7 p.m. $5.

SAT.11 // JOE SAMBA [ROCK, REGGAE]

Mipso, Kate Rhudy (folk) at Higher Ground Ballroom, South Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $20/$25.

Barefuzz (jam) at Nectar’s, Burlington, 8 p.m. Free.

Neon ’90s: A Live Music Tribute to the 1990s (covers) at the Depot, St. Albans, 9 p.m. $15.

Bent Nails House Band (blues, rock) at Bent Nails Bistro, Montpelier, 8 p.m. Free.

Bluegrass & BBQ (bluegrass) at Four Quarters Brewing, Winooski, 6:30 p.m.

Free.

The Nerbak Brothers Band (covers) at Bent Nails Bistro, Montpelier, 9 p.m. Free.

Nighthawk (covers) at 14th Star Brewing, St. Albans, 6 p.m. Free.

Cal Humberto, Liana Nuse (singersongwriter) at Radio Bean, Burlington, 8:30 p.m. $5/$10.

Jazz Jam Sessions with Randal Pierce (jazz) at the 126, Burlington, 9 p.m. Free.

Rainbow Full of Sound (Grateful Dead tribute) at Zenbarn, Waterbury Center, 9 p.m. $20.

Jazz Night with Ray Vega (jazz) at Hotel Vermont, Burlington, 8:30 p.m. Free.

Ruth Garbus, Nina Szenasi (indie) at Radio Bean, Burlington, 7 p.m. $12/$15.

Jerry Duty (Grateful Dead tribute) at Zenbarn, Waterbury Center, 7 p.m. $10.

Sarah Bell (singer-songwriter) at Bent Nails Bistro, Montpelier, 7 p.m. Free.

Josh Dobbs (singer-songwriter) at American Flatbread Burlington Hearth, 5:30 p.m. Free.

Some Hollow (folk) at Whammy Bar, Calais, 7 p.m. Free.

Standing Stones Wines Grand Opening with Clean Phil, The So n Sos, Dad?! (rock) at Monkey House, Winooski, 8 p.m. $5/$10.

Keep Flying, Sounds & Scenarios, Dead Street Dreamers, Vallory Falls (punk) at Higher Ground Showcase Lounge, South Burlington, 7 p.m. $12/$15.

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

Lettuce, Carrtoons (funk) at Higher Ground Ballroom, South Burlington, 8 p.m. $35/$40.

Live Jazz (jazz) at Leunig’s Bistro & Café, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free.

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

Willverine (electronic) at the Wallflower Collective, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Free.

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AliT (singer-songwriter) at Filling Station, Middlesex, 6 p.m. Free.

Frankie and the Fuse (rock) at Red Square, Burlington, 6 p.m. Free.

GRG Trio (jazz) at Bent Nails Bistro, Montpelier, 8 p.m. Free.

SUN.12

Now and Forever Somewhere between the sun-dappled good vibes of reggae music and

the snarling emotion of rock and roll lies JOE SAMBA’s sound. Mixing irie rhythms and grooves with fiery

acoustic guitar playing and folk lyricism, Samba defies easy categorization. The New Hampshire-based singer-songwriter and guitarist has been picking up steam lately, amassing over 8 million streams of his music following the release of his 2022 album, Far From Forever. Currently working on a series of 2023 releases, Samba swings through Burlington on Saturday, November 11, for a performance at Nectar’s. New York singersongwriter JOSHUA WEST opens.

Carbon Leaf (folk) at Higher Ground Ballroom, South Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $25/$29.

Left Ear Trio, MLS Coalition Horns (jazz, funk) at Zenbarn, Waterbury Center, 8 p.m. $12/$15.

Chance Emerson, Theo Kandel (singersongwriter) at Higher Ground Showcase Lounge, South Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $15/$18.

Marcie Hernandez (folk) at Stone’s Throw Pizza, Waterbury, 7 p.m. Free.

Chris & Erica (covers) at On Tap Bar & Grill, Essex Junction, 5 p.m. Free.

Moondogs (rock) at Red Square, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free.

Consider the Source (progressive rock) at Nectar’s, Burlington, 8 p.m. $15/$18.

Paul Asbell (jazz) at Bleu Northeast Kitchen, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free.

Dave Mitchell’s Blues Revue (blues) at Red Square, Burlington, 2 p.m. Free.

Rap Night Burlington (hip-hop) at Drink, Burlington, 9 p.m. $5.

Early Birdcode (jazz) at Venetian Cocktail & Soda Lounge, Burlington, 6 p.m. Free.

Saint Mela, Kitbash (indie) at Radio Bean, Burlington, 9 p.m. $5/$10.

Eugene Tyler Band (bluegrass) at Foam Brewers, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free.

Shane Murley Band (covers) at Jericho Café & Tavern, 7 p.m. Free.

Good Old Wagon (roots) at Whammy Bar, Calais, 7 p.m. Free.

Weakened Friends, Cinema Stare, Rangus (indie rock) at Higher Ground Showcase Lounge, South Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $15/$18.

Sqwerv (indie) at Radio Bean, Burlington, 11:30 p.m. $12/$15.

GuitFiddle (folk, rock) at Bent Nails Bistro, Montpelier, 8 p.m. Free.

Sticks & Stones (covers) at the Old Post, South Burlington, 8 p.m. Free.

Jenny Porter (singer-songwriter) at Taps Tavern, Poultney, 6 p.m. Free.

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Jess Leone & Brendan Casey (blues) at Venetian Cocktail & Soda Lounge, Burlington, 8 p.m. $5.

The Grift, Evan Jennison (rock) at Zenbarn, Waterbury Center, 8 p.m. $10/$15.

Jazz with Alex Stewart and Friends (jazz) at the 126, Burlington, 8:30 p.m.

Jeff Nicholson (singer-songwriter) at American Flatbread Stowe, 6 p.m. Free.

John Lackard Blues Duo (blues) at On Tap Bar & Grill, Essex Junction, 6 p.m. Free.

Maple Ridge, Lunch (jazz fusion) at Radio Bean, Burlington, 7 p.m. $5/$10.

Paul Asbell Trio (jazz) at Foam Brewers, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free.

Reid Genauer & Assembly of Dust (jam) at Nectar’s, Burlington, 7 p.m. $30.

Squirrel Nut Zippers (jazz, big band) at Higher Ground Ballroom, South Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $40/$45.

7th Anniversary Weekend Bash with AliT (folk, rock) at 1st Republic Brewing, Essex, 5 p.m. Free.

Bob Gagnon and Andy Smith (jazz) at Stone’s Throw Pizza, Richmond, 6 p.m.

Free.

John Lackard Blues Band (blues) at Moogs Place, Morrisville, 8 p.m. Free.

Justice 3 (covers) at On Tap Bar & Grill, Essex Junction, 9 p.m. Free.

Michael Chorney & Freeway Clyde (jazz) at Radio Bean, Burlington, 7 p.m. $5/$10.

7th Anniversary Weekend Bash with Kirkland the Band (folk, rock) at 1st Republic Brewing, Essex, 5 p.m. Free.

Ariel Posen, Brittany Kennell (roots) at Higher Ground Showcase Lounge, South Burlington, 7 p.m. $20/$25.

Bluegrass Jam (bluegrass) at Simple Roots Brewing, Burlington, 3:30 p.m. Free.

The Dirty Looks (covers) at Gusto’s, Barre, 9 p.m. Free.

Chicky Stoltz (folk) at Foam Brewers, Burlington, 1 p.m. Free.

Oldest Sea, Oktas, Ghastly Sound, Spaisekult, Lungbuster (metal) at Monkey House, Winooski, 8 p.m. $10.

Sunday Brunch Tunes (singer-songwriter) at Hotel Vermont, Burlington, 10 a.m.

TUE.14

Big Easy Tuesdays with Back Porch Revival (jazz) at the 126, Burlington, 8 p.m. Free.

Bit Brigade, Triforce Quartet (video game covers) at Higher Ground Showcase Lounge, South Burlington, 7 p.m. $17/$20.

Bluegrass Jam (bluegrass) at Taps Tavern, Poultney, 7 p.m. Free.

Eugene Tyler Band (bluegrass) at Taps Tavern, Poultney, 6 p.m. Free.

Executive Disorder, Reverse the Grin, Burn Your Idols, Overturn (metal) at Monopole, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 10 p.m. Free.

Fabian Rainville and the Rainmakers (country) at Red Square, Burlington, 7 p.m.

Free.

The Full Cleveland (yacht rock) at Foam Brewers, Burlington, 8 p.m. Free.

The Hitmen (covers) at On Tap Bar & Grill, Essex Junction, 9 p.m. Free.

Ian Campbell (folk) at the Den at Harry’s Hardware, Cabot, 7 p.m. Free.

Jeff & Gina (jazz) at Bleu Northeast Kitchen, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free.

Forest Station (bluegrass) at Radio Bean, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $5/$10.

Honky Tonk Tuesday with Wild Leek River (country) at Radio Bean, Burlington, 9 p.m. $10.

Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway, Jobi Riccio (roots) at Higher Ground Ballroom, South Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $30/$35.

Phineas Gage (folk) at Lawson’s Finest Liquids, Waitsfield, 5 p.m. Free.

WED.15

Apollo Suns (jam) at Nectar’s, Burlington, 8 p.m. Free.

Bent Nails House Band (blues, rock) at Bent Nails Bistro, Montpelier, 8 p.m. Free.

Jo Bled, Benjamin Mayock, Scarlett Duncan, Sarah Braun Hamilton (drum) at Community of Sound, Burlington, 2:30 p.m. Free.

Bluegrass & BBQ (bluegrass) at Four Quarters Brewing, Winooski, 6:30 p.m.

Free.

Joe Samba, Joshua West (rock, reggae) at Nectar’s, Burlington, 8 p.m. $15.

Lee Ross (one man band) at Orlando’s Bar & Lounge, Burlington, 8:30 p.m. $10/$15.

Left Eye Jump (blues) at Red Square, Burlington, 2 p.m. Free.

The Lloyd Tyler Band (folk) at Jericho Café & Tavern, 7 p.m. Free.

Mal Maiz (Latin) at Radio Bean, Burlington, 10 p.m. $10/$15.

Brunch, Rabbit Foot, Dog Johnson, Benway, Blazer (indie rock) at Radio Bean, Burlington, 9 p.m. $5/$10.

Jazz Jam Sessions with Randal Pierce (jazz) at the 126, Burlington, 9 p.m. Free.

Jazz Night with Ray Vega (jazz) at Hotel Vermont, Burlington, 8:30 p.m. Free.

Live Jazz (jazz) at Leunig’s Bistro & Café, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free.

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Matt Hagen (singer-songwriter) at American Flatbread Burlington Hearth, 5:30 p.m. Free.

4Qs Trivia Night (trivia) at Four Quarters Brewing, Winooski, 6 p.m.

Free.

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

Trivia Night (trivia) at Stone Corral, Richmond, 7 p.m. Free.

Venetian Trivia Night (trivia) at Venetian Cocktail & Soda Lounge, Burlington, 6 p.m. Free.

Willverine (electronic) at the Wallflower Collective, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Free.

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

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

DJ Two Sev (DJ) at Red Square, Burlington, 11 p.m. Free.

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Oddpaco, B+ (DJ) at Club Metronome, Burlington, 8 p.m. $10.

Vinyl Night with Ken (DJ) at Taps Tavern, Poultney, 6 p.m. Free.

FRI.10

Dancehard Speakeasy with DJ Chia (DJ) at Club Metronome, Burlington, 10 p.m. $5.

DJ Craig Mitchell (DJ) at Red Square Blue Room, Burlington, 9 p.m. Free.

DJ LaFountaine (DJ) at Gusto’s, Barre, 9 p.m. Free.

DJ Taka (DJ) at Light Club Lamp Shop, Burlington, 11 p.m. $10/$15.

Sassy Little Telepathic Dance Party (DJ) at Light Club Lamp Shop, Burlington, 9 p.m. $8/$10.

SAT.11

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

DJ A-Ra$ (DJ) at Red Square, Burlington, midnight. Free.

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DJ Raul (DJ) at Red Square Blue Room, Burlington, 6 p.m. Free.

DJ Taka (DJ) at Light Club Lamp Shop, Burlington, 11 p.m. $10/$15.

Malachi (DJ) at Club Metronome, Burlington, 10 p.m. $5.

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

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

Tad Cautious (DJ) at Radio Bean, Burlington, 9:30 p.m. $7/$10.

SUN.12

Mi Yard Reggae Night with DJ Big Dog (reggae and dancehall) at Nectar’s, Burlington, 9 p.m. Free.

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Local Dork (DJ) at Foam Brewers, Burlington, 6 p.m. Free.

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Irish Sessions (Celtic, open mic) at Burlington St. John’s Club, 6:30 p.m.

Free.

Staying Strong Portland, Maine, indie-rock trio

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3rd Annual November Trivia Trifecta (trivia) at 1st Republic Brewing, Essex, 6 p.m. Free.

Karaoke Night (karaoke) at Zenbarn, Waterbury Center, 7 p.m. Free.

Radio Bean Karaoke (karaoke) at Radio Bean, Burlington, 9 p.m. Free.

Trivia (trivia) at Highland Lodge, Greensboro, 7 p.m. Free.

Trivia Night (trivia) at McGillicuddy’s Five Corners, Essex Junction, 6:30 p.m.

Free.

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

long musicians can pursue dreams of success while the industry

Trivia Thursday (trivia) at Spanked Puppy Pub, Colchester, 7 p.m. Free.

collapses around them. Fortunately for fans, Sturino and company

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decided to stick it out. They perform at the Higher Ground

‘Girls Night Out’ Male Review (revue) at Gusto’s, Barre, 6 p.m. $14.95.

Showcase Lounge in South Burlington on Thursday, November 9.

SAT.11

Connecticut rockers CINEMA STARE and local punk act RANGUS open the show.

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

Open Mic with Danny Lang (open mic) at Taps Tavern, Poultney, 7 p.m. Free.

THU.9

Open Mic with Artie (open mic) at Whammy Bar, Calais, 7 p.m. Free.

MON.13

Open Mic (open mic) at Stone Corral, Richmond, 7 p.m. Free.

Comedy Jam (comedy) at Club Metronome, Burlington, 6:30 p.m.

Free.

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

THU.9

Red Flags (comedy) at Vermont Comedy Club, Burlington, 8:45 p.m. $5/$10.

Open Mic Night (open mic) at Despacito, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free.

Ryan Donahue (comedy) at Vermont Comedy Club, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. $15.

TUE.14

FRI.10

Open mic (open mic) at 1st Republic Brewing, Essex, 6 p.m. Free.

Open Mic Night (open mic) at Positive Pie Tap & Grill, Plainfield, 6 p.m. Free.

Venetian Soda Open Mic (open mic) at Venetian Cocktail & Soda Lounge, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free.

WED.15

Irish Sessions (Celtic, open mic) at Burlington St. John’s Club, 6:30 p.m.

Free.

Lit Club (poetry open mic) at Radio Bean, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free.

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

Open Mic with Danny Lang (open mic) at Taps Tavern, Poultney, 7 p.m. Free.

comedy WED.8

Aaron Chen (comedy) at Vermont Comedy Club, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. $15.

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

SAT.11

Good Clean Fun (comedy) at Vermont Comedy Club, Burlington, 5 p.m. $5.

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

SUN.12

Trivia Night! (trivia) at Rabble-Rouser Chocolate & Craft, Montpelier, 7 p.m. $5.

SUN.12

‘Advice for Girls’ film screening (film screening) at Higher Ground Ballroom, South Burlington, 6 p.m. $20/$25.

Sunday Funday (games) at 1st Republic Brewing, Essex, noon. Free.

Venetian Karaoke (karaoke) at Venetian Cocktail & Soda Lounge, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free.

MON.13

Trivia Monday with Top Hat Entertainment (trivia) at McKee’s Pub & Grill, Winooski, 7-9 p.m. Free.

Trivia with Craig Mitchell (trivia) at Monkey House, Winooski, 7 p.m. Free.

TUE.14

Karaoke with Motorcade (karaoke) at Manhattan Pizza & Pub, Burlington, 9 p.m. Free.

Karaoke with DJ Party Bear (karaoke) at Charlie-O’s World Famous, Montpelier, 9:30 p.m. Free.

Taproom Trivia (trivia) at 14th Star Brewing, St. Albans, 6:30 p.m. Free.

Trivia Night (trivia) at the Depot, St. Albans, 7 p.m. Free.

$5 Improv Night (comedy) at Vermont Comedy Club, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. $5.

Trivia Tuesday (trivia) at On Tap Bar & Grill, Essex Junction, 7 p.m. Free.

MON.13

Tuesday Trivia (trivia) at Vermont Comedy Club, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free.

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

WED.15

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

WED.15

4Qs Trivia Night (trivia) at Four Quarters Brewing, Winooski, 6 p.m.

Free.

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REVIEW this Willverine, Music Like Dirt (SELF-RELEASED, DIGITAL)

Colchester-based producer Will Andrews is an outlier in the local music scene. Originally a trumpet player with Burlington jazz-jam outfit Japhy Ryder, Andrews has since reinvented himself as an electronic music producer, attempting to become, in his own words to Seven Days in 2021, “the Damon Albarn of Vermont.”

For Andrews, emulating the Blur and Gorillaz mastermind has meant collaborating with some of the area’s most talented singers and musicians. The excellent 2022 album Who Can Wave Me to the Way Out featured Sam DuPont, aka singer-songwriter Blackmer, while 2018’s Save Some included cameos from singers Francesca Blanchard and Maryse Smith.

Andrews’ latest, the sprawling, 20-track Music Like Dirt, changes up the formula. There are still collaborators, such as ambient guitar wizard Tom Pearo and Madaila’s Mark Daly, but there’s nary a vocal to be heard. The record is pure instrumental goodness, a tome of Andrews’ nastiest, funkiest beats and digitally created jams.

The lack of human voices doesn’t take away from the album’s vibrancy. Andrews is an eloquent, inventive producer and songwriter, and each song on Music Like Dirt manages to hold its own space.

The break beats on “Wild Oats” are offset against a bass line that swings like a pendulum, conveying a sense of impending doom. “Make It Sing” rides a vintage-sounding synth melody and Andrews’ mournful trumpet over a stop-start rhythm, creating a sort of retro-space funk.

Whether this serves as a new direction for Andrews or he returns to working with vocalists on his next album, Music Like Dirt is an engaging, vibe-heavy collection of jams that is not to be missed. It’s streaming on Spotify now.

Kitbash, Future Perfect / Jigsaw People (SELF-RELEASED, DIGITAL)

When a band says in a press release that its sound “pushes into uncharted sonic territory,” it’s almost always thinly veiled code for “jam band.”

This is the promise of Burlington’s Kitbash, who are relatively new to the local music scene, with their two-song EP Future Perfect/Jigsaw People serving as their debut.

Kitbash are true to their word, however. The EP boasts elements of jangly indie rock, sprawling math rock and, yes, a little crunchy jam. Overall, though, the band seems laser-focused on serving its songs even as it harnesses an array of styles.

“Future Perfect” kicks off the EP with an offkilter, almost krautrock rhythm framed by guitar and piano figures. Vocalist Megan McAvoy eases into the track, singing of dashed hopes and futility: “I’m following the footsteps, a lonesome satellite / Stuck in the pull of something / The picture fades to white.”

On “Jigsaw People,” the band edges a little more into southern rock, with guitarists Simon Mauck and Andrew Waterhouse trading solos. Kitbash bring a vast array of sounds to bear on their songs, but they manage to coordinate their space well, avoiding the cacophony that less detail-oriented (read: jammier) bands might offer in a similar setting.

Check out the EP now at kitbash.bandcamp.com.

laur, Nightbloom (SELF-RELEASED, DIGITAL)

Lauren Soares, aka laur, honed her skills as a singer and performer in her hometown of Randolph, graduating from Randolph Union High School in 2009 before moving to New York City, where she currently works at the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music.

Soares returned home in October for an album release show at the Underground, presenting her new record, Nightbloom. Evoking the album’s ethereal, cosmic pop, the singer transformed the venue into a dreamlike setting, full of black lights and glow-in-the-dark art, along with tarot card readings and a heavy dose of vibes. It was the perfect backdrop to celebrate her debut album, a dark slice of synth pop in the vein of Kate Bush and FKA twigs.

With gentle synths and heavy longing, “she/her” kicks off the album. “Hide so sweet, turn your eyes / Quivering when you sit by my side,” Soares sings, her voice half a whisper. There’s a sugary feel to her delivery, with just the hint of a pop ingénue, but that sweetness is overtaken by her inventive melodies, atmospheric production and tasteful use of space.

An underlying sense of lust gives the songs the perfect edge. The title track brims with heat and sexual desire set against a backdrop of midnight romance, evoking the scenario of seeking a partner for a tryst in a moonlit garden.

Nightbloom is available at laur.bandcamp.com.

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QUEEN CITY BUSINESS NETWORKING INTERNATIONAL GROUP: Savvy businesspeople make crucial contacts at a weekly chapter meeting. Burlington City Arts, 11:15 a.m.-1 p.m. Free.

Info, 829-5066.

community

COMMUNITY PARTNERS DESK: AGEWELL: Seniors stop by the main reading room to ask questions and learn about programs available to them. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 2-4 p.m. Free. Info, 863-3403.

CURRENT EVENTS: Neighbors have an informal discussion about what’s in the news.

Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 10:30 a.m.noon. Free. Info, 878-4918.

conferences

VERMONT DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE: Discussions of growth, permitting, economic trends and other topics are on the agenda at a gathering of development and real estate professionals. Hilton Burlington, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. $175. Info, 556-2934.

crafts

GREEN MOUNTAIN CHAPTER OF THE EMBROIDERERS’ GUILD OF AMERICA: Anyone with an interest in the needle arts is welcome to bring a project to this monthly meeting. Holy Family Parish Hall, Essex Junction, 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, gmc.vt.ega@ gmail.com.

YARN CRAFTERS GROUP: A drop-in meetup welcomes knitters, crocheters, spinners, weavers and beyond. BYO

snacks and drinks. Must Love Yarn, Shelburne, 5-7 p.m. Free.

Info, 448-3780.

dance

MOVEMENT MATTERS SERIES: THE GLOBAL BODY IN CONFLICT: INSPIRIT dance troupe leads a movement class aimed at discovering the connection between body and soul. Dance Theatre, Mahaney Arts Center, Middlebury College, 4:30-6 p.m. Free. Info, 443-2808.

WESTIE WEDNESDAYS DANCE: Swing dancers lift and spin at a weekly social dance. North Star Community Hall, Burlington, 8-9 p.m. $5 suggested donation. Info, 802westiecollective@gmail. com.

education

COMMUNITY OPEN HOUSE: Prospective students learn how they can train for jobs in construction, graphic design, culinary arts, forestry, sustainable agriculture and beyond.

Green Mountain Technology & Career Center, Hyde Park, 5:30-7 p.m. Free. Info, 851-1517.

film

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

BOLLYWOOD SPOTLIGHT SERIES: Radio host Vidhi Salla presents a slate of four Indian flicks, digging into the cultural context of each one. See vidhiism.com for full schedule. Latchis Hotel & Theater, Brattleboro, 7-10 p.m. $10 suggested donation. Info, 246-2020.

‘GREAT WHITE SHARK 3D’: Viewers learn the true story behind one of our most iconic — and misunderstood — predators. Northfield Savings Bank 3D Theater: A National

LIST YOUR UPCOMING EVENT HERE FOR FREE! All submissions must be received by Thursday at noon for consideration in the following Wednesday’s newspaper.

Find our convenient form and guidelines at sevendaysvt.com/postevent.

Listings and spotlights are written by Emily Hamilton. Seven Days edits for space and style. Depending on cost and other factors, classes and workshops may be listed in either the calendar or the classes section. Class organizers may be asked to purchase a class listing.

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Geographic Experience, ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 11:30 a.m., 1:30 & 3:30 p.m. $3-5 plus regular admission, $14.50-18; admission free for members and kids 2 and under. Info, 864-1848.

‘JOURNEY TO SPACE 3D’: Sparkling graphics and vibrant interviews take viewers on a journey alongside NASA astronauts as they prepare for stranger-than-sciencefiction space travel. Northfield Savings Bank 3D Theater: A National Geographic Experience, ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 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.

‘OCEANS: OUR BLUE PLANET 3D’: Scientists dive into the planet’s least-explored habitat, from its sunny shallows to its alien depths. 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.

‘THE OIL MACHINE’: A screening of this buzzy 2022 documentary about Scotland’s fossil fuel industry is followed by a Q&A with director Emma Davie. Dana Auditorium, Sunderland Language Center, Middlebury College, 5-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 443-2471.

‘TINY GIANTS 3D’: Through the power of special cameras, audiences are transported into the world of the teeniest animals on Earth. Northfield Savings Bank 3D Theater: A National Geographic Experience, ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain,

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

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

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

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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.

‘WE’RE ALL GOING TO DIE’: A (mostly) funny new documentary follows the filmmaker as he travels from Berlin to Vermont and beyond talking to preppers, climate activists and bunker dwellers. Q&A with cast and crew follows. Off Center for the Dramatic Arts, Burlington, 7-10 p.m. $10. Info, benknighter@ gmail.com.

food & drink

COMMUNITY SUPPER: Neighbors share a tasty meal at their local library. Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 426-3581.

games

BOARD GAME NIGHT: Lovers of tabletop fun play classic games and new designer offerings.

Waterbury Public Library, 6-8 p.m.

Free. Info, 244-7036.

MAH-JONGG OPEN PLAY: Weekly sessions of an age-old game promote critical thinking and friendly competition. Manchester Community Library, Manchester Center, 12:30-3:30 p.m. Free. Info, 362-2607.

health & fitness

CHAIR YOGA: Waterbury Public Library instructor Diana Whitney leads at-home participants in gentle stretches supported by seats. 10 a.m. Free.

Info, 244-7036.

HEALTH CARE COMMUNITY MEETING — RANDOLPH: Community members share their experiences and discuss the future of their local health care system.

Presented by Green Mountain Care Board. 4-6 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, gmcb.board@ vermont.gov.

HEALTH CARE COMMUNITY MEETING — STATEWIDE: Vermonters discuss how to improve the health care system. Presented by Green Mountain Care Board.

9:30-11:30 a.m. Free; preregister.

Info, gmcb.board@vermont.gov.

SEATED & STANDING YOGA: Beginners are welcome to grow their strength and flexibility at this supportive class. Manchester Community Library, Manchester Center, 9-10 a.m. Free. Info, 549-4574.

language

BEGINNER IRISH LANGUAGE CLASS: Celtic-curious students learn to speak an Ghaeilge in a supportive group. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, noon-1 p.m.

Free. Info, 863-3403.

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

Free; preregister. Info, bshatara@ burlingtonvt.gov.

music

PATRICIA JULIEN TRIO: The accomplished jazz flutist performs original works with UVM affiliate artists Geoffrey Kim and John Rivers. Fleming Museum of Art, University of Vermont, Burlington, 5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 656-0750.

politics

LECTURE SERIES ON ELECTION ISSUES AND DEMOCRACY: CHRISTOPHER PEARSON: The former state senator discusses the electoral college and the case for using a national popular vote in presidential elections. KelloggHubbard Library, Montpelier, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, league@ lwvofvt.org.

sports

GREEN MOUNTAIN TABLE TENNIS CLUB: Ping-Pong players swing their paddles in singles and doubles matches. Rutland Area Christian School, 7-9 p.m. Free for first two sessions; $30 annual membership. Info, 247-5913.

talks

YESTERMORROW FALL 2023 SPEAKER SERIES: ADELAIDE DUMM: The Winooski Natural Resources Conservation District expert discuss home remedies for flooding and water pollution. Virtual option available.

Yestermorrow Design/Build School, Waitsfield, 6:30-8 p.m.

Free. Info, 496-5545.

theater

‘IMOGEN SAYS NOTHING’: A female actress vies for a role in Shakespeare’s new comedy, despite women being barred from the stage, in this hilarious her-storical romp. Royall Tyler Theatre, University of Vermont, Burlington, 7:30-10 p.m. $19-22.

Info, theatreanddance@uvm.edu.

words

ERIC KARPELES: A painter and writer describes how Marcel Proust generates meaning through references to art in À la Recherche du Temps Perdu.

Franklin Environmental Center at Hillcrest, Middlebury College, 4:30-6 p.m. Free. Info, 443-5601.

FFL BOOK CLUB: Fletcher Free Library patrons break down Butterflies in November by Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir. 6:30-8 p.m.

Free; preregister. Info, bshatara@ burlingtonvt.gov.

LIFE STORIES WE LOVE TO TELL: Prompts from group leader Maryellen Crangle inspire true tales, told either off the cuff or read from prewritten scripts.

Presented by Dorothy Alling Memorial Library. 2-3:30 p.m.

Free; preregister; limited space.

Info, 878-4918.

LIZA DUNCAN, SARAH AUDSLEY & SEBASTIAN MERRILL: Three acclaimed poets read from their latest collections about grief, identity and gender. Stowe Free Library, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 253-6145.

NANOWRIMO WRITE-IN: Writers participating in National Novel Writing month gather to put pen

to paper and offer each other encouragement. Teen and adult spaces available. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6-7:45 p.m.

Free. Info, 863-3403.

POETRY POTLUCK: Wordsmiths and readers bring a dish and a poem (their own or others’) to share. Whirligig Brewing, St. Johnsbury, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, acampbell@catamountarts.org.

THU.9 business

FINANCIAL FUTURES: SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT: Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity teams up with finance experts to help attendees hit the ground running on the road to business ownership. ADA accessible. South Burlington Public Library & City Hall, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 846-4140.

PREVIEW AND DISCUSS THE 2024 LEGISLATIVE SESSION WITH CHAMBER GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS REPS: Political experts discuss upcoming votes that may impact businesses. Green Mountain Technology & Career Center, Hyde Park, 8-9:30 a.m. $8.

Info, 888-5640.

community

IN OUR WORDS, IN OUR COMMUNITY: A LISTENING PARTY: Vermont Folklife and CVOEO share recordings of interviews with Vermonters experiencing poverty, as well as music and the sounds of everyday life. College Street Congregational Church, Burlington, 7-8 p.m. Free.

Info, info@vtfolklife.org.

crafts

KNIT FOR YOUR NEIGHBOR: All ages and abilities are invited to knit or crochet hats and scarves for the South Burlington Food Shelf. All materials are provided.

South Burlington Public Library & City Hall, 2-5 p.m. Free. Info, 846-4140.

KNITTING GROUP: Knitters of all experience levels get together to spin yarns. Latham Library, Thetford, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 785-4361.

dance

‘INSPIRIT DANCE: WHAT WE ASK OF FLESH’: Choreographer Christal Brown premieres an evening-length dance performance and installation inspired by the work of poet Remica Bingham-Risher. Dance Theatre, Mahaney Arts Center, Middlebury College, 7:30-9 p.m. $5-25. Info, 443-6433.

film

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

‘20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL’: The only international reporters remaining in a besieged Ukrainian city struggle to record the horrors of war in this new documentary.

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FAMILY FUN

NOV. 10-12 | FAMILY FUN

Check out these family-friendly events for parents, caregivers and kids of all ages.

• Plan ahead at sevendaysvt.com/family-fun.

• Post your event at sevendaysvt.com/postevent.

NOTORIOUS RPG: Kids 10 through 14 create characters and play a collaborative adventure game similar to Dungeons & Dragons. Manchester Community Library, Manchester Center, 1-2 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 362-2607.

STEAM SATURDAY: Little ones have fun with foundational science and art. Manchester Community Library, Manchester Center, 11 a.m.-noon. Free.

Info, 362-2607.

burlington

STEAM SPACE: Kids explore science, technology, engineering, art and math activities. Ages 5 through 11. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 5-6:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 863-3403.

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BABYTIME: Caregivers and infants from birth through age 1 gather in the Wiggle Room to explore board books and toys.

South Burlington Public Library & City Hall, 10:30-11 a.m. Free. Info, 846-4140.

LEGO TIME: Builders in kindergarten through fourth grade enjoy an afternoon of imagination and play. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 3-4 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

KIDS GAME ON!: Kids get together to play video games such as Mario Kart and Overcooked on the library’s Nintendo Switches. South Burlington Public Library & City Hall, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 846-4140.

PRESCHOOL MUSIC WITH LINDA BASSICK: The singer and storyteller extraordinaire leads little ones in indoor music and movement. Birth through age 5. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 10:30-11 a.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

PLAY TIME: Little ones build with blocks and read together. Ages 1 through 4.

Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 1010:45 a.m. Free. Info, 878-6956.

mad river valley/ waterbury

LEGO CHALLENGE CLUB: Kids engage in a fun-filled hour of building, then leave their creations on display in the library all month long. Ages 6 through 8. Waterbury Public Library, 3-4 p.m. Free; preregister.

Info, 244-7036.

manchester/ bennington

MCL FILM CLUB: Teen auteurs learn how to bring stories to life on camera. Manchester Community Library, Manchester Center, 3:30-5 p.m. Free.

Info, 362-2607.

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burlington

GROW PRESCHOOL YOGA: Emily from Grow Prenatal and Family Yoga leads little ones in songs, movement and other fun activities. Ages 2 through 5. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 11:30 a.m.-noon.

Free. Info, 863-3403.

chittenden county

KIDS BOOK CLUB FOR K-2 AND THEIR PARENTS: Little bookworms and their caregivers learn to love reading together through sharing, crafts and writing activities. South Burlington Public Library & City Hall, 4-5 p.m. Free. Info, 846-4140.

KRISTEN VINCENT: The author reads from her picture book Hope Beneath the Tree and leads little ones in a wintry craft. Inklings Children’s Books, Waitsfield, 10-11 a.m. Free. Info, 496-7280.

manchester/ bennington

WED.8

TODDLER TIME: Librarians bring out books, rhymes and songs specially selected for young ones. 12 through 24 months. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 11-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 863-3403.

mad river valley/ waterbury

PRESCHOOL PLAYTIME: Pre-K patrons play and socialize after music time.

Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 11-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

STORY TIME: Little ones from birth through age 5 learn from songs, crafts and picture books. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 10-10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 878-6956.

barre/montpelier

A More Perfect Union Theatergoers of all ages learn the value of teamwork and friendship — and the right of labor to engage in collective bargaining — in Newsies, the newest musical presented by Champlain Valley Union High School’s theater department. With inspiring songs and invigorating dance numbers, talented teen actors bring to life the true story of the newsboys’ strike of 1899. Banding together to demand that the big news moguls of the day pay their young paper hawkers more fairly, these young union organizers were an indelible part of the labor movement at the turn of the century.

‘NEWSIES’ Friday, November 10, 7-9 p.m.; Saturday, November 11, 2-4 & 7-9 p.m.; and Sunday, November 12, 1-3 p.m., at Champlain Valley Union High School in Hinesburg. $8-10. Info, 482-7100, performingarts.cvuhs.org.

School, Hinesburg, 7-9 p.m. $8-10. Info, 452-7100.

PRESCHOOL STORY TIME: Energetic youngsters join Miss Meliss and friends on the lawn for stories, songs and lots of silliness. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

LEGO BUILDERS: Each week, children ages 8 and older build, explore, create and participate in challenges. Children ages 6 to 8 are welcome with an adult.

South Burlington Public Library & City Hall, 3-4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 846-4140.

stowe/smuggs

upper valley

WEE ONES PLAY TIME: Caregivers bring kiddos 3 and younger to a new sensory learning experience each week. Morristown Centennial Library, Morrisville, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 888-3853.

mad river valley/ waterbury

PRESCHOOL STORY TIME: Games, activities, stories and songs engage 3- through 5-year-olds. Waterbury Public Library, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 244-7036.

FRI.10

chittenden county

‘NEWSIES’: Student actors perform this classic, inspiring musical about the newsboys’ strike of 1899. See calendar spotlight. Champlain Valley Union High

KEN CADOW: The local author reads from his National Book Award finalist young adult novel, Gather. Norwich Bookstore, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 649-1114.

STORY TIME: Preschoolers take part in tales, tunes and playtime. Latham Library, Thetford, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 785-4361.

manchester/ bennington

YOUNG ADULT DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: Teens battle beasts with swords and spell books. Drop-in and recurring players are welcome. Ages 12 through 16. Manchester Community Library, Manchester Center, 2-4 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 549-4574.

SAT.11

burlington

FLYNNZONE KIDS HOUR: GRANDMA’S SONGBOOK: Guitarist Caleb Roman sings the tunes that helped him fall asleep as a kid, from “The Big Rock Candy Mountain” to “The Crawdad Song.” Ages 3 through 5.

The Flynn, Burlington, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 863-5966.

chittenden county

‘NEWSIES’: See FRI.10, 2-4 & 7-9 p.m.

FRENCH STORY TIME: Kids of all ages listen and learn to native speaker Romain Feuillette raconte une histoire. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 10:1510:45 a.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

TEEN MOVIE MARATHON: Fans of a certain dystopian franchise watch the first two films to get ready for the forthcoming prequel. Ages 13 and up. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 878-6956.

stowe/smuggs

SENSORY-FRIENDLY SUNDAY: Folks of all ages with sensory processing differences have the museum to themselves, with adjusted lights and sounds and trusty sensory backpacks. ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 9-10 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, kvonderlinn@ echovermont.org.

chittenden county ‘NEWSIES’: See FRI.10, 1-3 p.m.

barre/montpelier

DANCE, SING AND JUMP AROUND: Movers and shakers of all ages learn line dances and singing games set to joyful live music. Capital City Grange, Berlin, 3-4:30 p.m. $5 suggested donation; free for kids. Info, 223-1509.

GENDER CREATIVE KIDS: Trans and gender-nonconforming kiddos under 13 and their families build community and make new friends at this joyful monthly gathering. Locations vary; contact organizer for info. Various locations statewide, 2-4 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 865-9677.

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burlington

STORIES WITH SHANNON: Bookworms ages 2 through 5 enjoy fun-filled reading time. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 11-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 863-3403.

mad river valley/ waterbury

TINY TOTS STORY TIME: Tiny tykes have fun, hear stories and meet new friends with Ms. Cynthia. Waterbury Public Library, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 244-7036.

manchester/ bennington

NEW MOMS’ GROUP: Local doula Kimberleigh Weiss-Lewitt facilitates a community-building weekly meetup for mothers who are new to parenting or the area. Manchester Community Library, Manchester Center, 9-10 a.m. Free. Info, 549-4574.

MUSICAL STORY TIME: Song, dance and other tuneful activities supplement picture books for kids 2 through 5. Morristown Centennial Library, TUE.14 Morrisville, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 888-3853.

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THU.9

Twilight Auditorium, Middlebury College, 7:30-9:30 p.m. Free. Info, 443-5588.

‘GREAT WHITE SHARK 3D’: See WED.8.

‘JOURNEY TO SPACE 3D’: See WED.8.

‘OCEANS: OUR BLUE PLANET 3D’: See WED.8.

‘TINY GIANTS 3D’: See WED.8.

food & drink

ARE YOU THIRSTY, NEIGHBOR?: A special discount cocktail menu sparks conversations and connections over cribbage and cards.

Wild Hart Distillery and Tasting Room, Shelburne, 3-8 p.m. Free.

Info, info@wildhartdistillery.com.

dance

‘INSPIRIT DANCE: WHAT WE ASK OF FLESH’: See THU.9.

‘RECREATION’: Dance troupe Pilobolus presents a series of wildly imaginative dance works.

Lyndon Institute, Lyndon Center, 7-9 p.m. $16-58; free for students.

Info, 748-2600.

THE SOUND INVESTMENT: A Middlebury College jazz ensemble soundtracks a night of swing dancing. Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, 7:30 p.m.; dance lesson, 6:45 p.m. $10-15. Info, 382-9222.

film

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

FREE WINE TASTING: Themed wine tastings take oenophiles on an adventure through a region, grape variety, style of wine or producer’s offerings. Dedalus Wine Shop, Market & Wine Bar, Burlington, 4-7 p.m. Free. Info, 865-2368.

‘GREAT WHITE SHARK 3D’: See WED.8.

OLD NORTH END COMMUNITY DINNER: A vegetarian meal precedes the Neighborhood Planning Assembly meeting. O.N.E. Community Center, Burlington, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free; donations accepted. Info, 598-3139.

food & drink

VERMONT CRAFT BREWERS CONFERENCE: Keynotes, panels and trainings on topics from hops to human resources get the beer business community bubbling.

Hilton Burlington, 1-7 p.m. $150250; preregister. Info, admin@ vermontbrewers.com.

games

THE CHECK MATES: Chess players of all ages face off at this intergenerational weekly meetup.

Manchester Community Library, Manchester Center, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 549-4574.

DUPLICATE BRIDGE: A lively group plays a classic, tricky game with an extra wrinkle. Waterbury Public Library, 12:30-4:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 244-7223.

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

‘JOURNEY TO SPACE 3D’: See WED.8.

‘OCEANS: OUR BLUE PLANET 3D’: See WED.8.

‘TINY GIANTS 3D’: See WED.8.

NOV. 9-12 | THEATER health & fitness

LONG-FORM SUN 73: Beginners and experienced practitioners learn how tai chi can help with arthritis, mental clarity and range of motion. Congregational Church of Middlebury, 3:30-5 p.m. Free; donations accepted. Info, elizabetharms56@gmail.com.

SIMPLIFIED TAI CHI FOR SENIORS: Eighteen easy poses help with stress reduction, fall prevention and ease of movement. Manchester Community Library, Manchester Center, 3:15-4 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 362-2607.

TAI CHI THURSDAYS: Experienced instructor Rich Marantz teaches the first section of the Yang-style tai chi sequence. Manchester Community Library, Manchester Center, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 645-1960.

politics

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

THOUGHT CLUB: Artists and activists convene to engage with Burlington’s rich tradition of radical thought and envision its future. Democracy Creative, Burlington, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, tevan@democracycreative.com.

film

talks

art

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

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

Learn more about highlighted listings in the Magnificent 7 on page 11.

KEVIN CHU: A representative from the Vermont Futures Project talks about using data to increase housing availability, scale up sustainability and more. Greater Burlington YMCA, 7-8:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 652-8134.

VETS TOWN HALL: Veterans share stories about their time in service while community members listen. Vermont Law School, South Royalton, 5:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 825-4398.

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PIE & PINTS NIGHT: Pie Empire doles out savory handheld snacks that pair perfectly with customers’ favorite brews. Simple Roots Brewing, Burlington, 5 p.m. Free.

Info, 399-2658.

Keep Prom and Carry On Local acting troupe Lyric Theatre throws itself a dance party for its 50th anniversary: a production of beloved Broadway hit The Prom. This effervescent musical follows four eccentric theater stars who, upon learning that a teenage lesbian in the Midwest has been barred from taking her girlfriend to prom, travel to Indiana to take on the narrowminded PTA themselves (and maybe save their own careers in the process). Featuring plenty of dance numbers, a hefty dose of glitter and a heaping helping of queer joy, this is a Lyric Theatre show to remember.

‘THE PROM’ Thursday, November 9, and Friday, November 10, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, November 11, 1 & 7:30 p.m.; and Sunday, November 12, 3 p.m., at the Flynn in Burlington. $20-49. Info, 863-5966, flynnvt.org.

VHS VIRTUAL SPEAKER SERIES: MERCEDES DE GUARDIOLA: The New York historian examines one of the state’s darkest chapters through a discussion of her new book, “Vermont for the Vermonters”: The History of Eugenics in the Green Mountain State. Presented by the Vermont Historical Society.

Noon-1 p.m. Free; preregister.

Info, 479-8500.

‘IMOGEN SAYS NOTHING’: See WED.8.

tech

‘SUITE SURRENDER’: Two Hollywood divas clash during a weekend of performances for the troops in this World War II-set Girls Nite Out production.

Black Box Theater, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $23-25. Info, 448-0086.

TECH AND TEXTILES: Crafters work on their knitting or crocheting while discussing questions such as how to set up a new tablet or what cryptocurrency even is. George Peabody Library, Post Mills, 1-5 p.m. Free. Info, 333-9724.

theater

‘BETA BITCHES’: Two popular girls’ attempt to communicate with the ghost of their late queen bee goes wrong in this new play performed and directed by theater students.

Hepburn Zoo, Hepburn Hall, Middlebury College, 7:30-9 p.m. $5. Info, 443-5601.

‘THE PROM’: Lyric Theatre celebrates its 50th anniversary with the Vermont premiere of this beloved musical about four Broadway stars who travel to the Midwest to help a teen lesbian fight for a more inclusive school dance. See calendar spotlight.

The Flynn, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $20-49. Info, 863-5966.

‘TOO MUCH LIGHT MAKES THE BABY GO BLIND (30 PLAYS IN 60 MINUTES)’: The audience votes on the order of events in this rapidfire, neofuturist medley of theatrical delights. Dibden Center for the Arts, Vermont State UniversityJohnson, 7-8:30 p.m. $10; free for VTSU staff and students. Info, slk06150@vermontstate.edu.

words

LIZA DUNCAN, SARAH AUDSLEY & SEBASTIAN MERRILL: See WED.8, Norwich Bookstore, 7 p.m.

Info, 649-1114.

MORNING BOOK GROUP: Readers start the day off right with a lively discussion of She’s Not There by Jennifer Finney Boylan. ADA accessible. South Burlington Public Library & City Hall, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 846-4140.

FRI.10 crafts

FIBER ARTS FRIDAY: Knitters, crocheters, weavers and felters chat over their projects of the day at this weekly meetup. Waterbury Public Library, noon-2 p.m. Free.

Info, 244-7036.

SCRAPBOOKING GROUP: Cutters and pasters make new friends at a weekly club. Manchester Community Library, Manchester Center, 10 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 549-4574.

VERMONT CRAFT BREWERS CONFERENCE: See THU.9, 8 a.m.10 p.m.

health & fitness

GUIDED MEDITATION ONLINE: Dorothy Alling Memorial Library invites attendees to relax on their lunch breaks and reconnect with their bodies. Noon-12:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, programs@ damlvt.org.

lgbtq

OUT IN BRADFORD: LGBTQ folks and allies make new friends at a casual, tea-fueled hangout. Vittles House of Brews, Bradford, 5-9 p.m.

Free. Info, connect@vittlesespresso. com.

music

CONCERT BAND: Student musicians highlight musical traditions from around the world.

University of Vermont Recital Hall, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 656-3040.

HOLLY BOWLING: An acclaimed solo pianist plays a reimagining of Grateful Dead staples. Double E Performance Center’s T-Rex Theater, Essex, 8 p.m. $25-40.

Info, 878-4200.

seminars

BUTTON UP WEATHERIZATION & HOME HEATING WORKSHOP: Efficiency Vermont experts educate homeowners on how to save money by prepping the house for winter. Waterbury Municipal Building, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, duncan@clifonline.org.

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theater

‘BETA BITCHES’: See THU.9.

‘CIRCLE MIRROR TRANSFORMATION’: Four New England acting students and their instructor face far more drama than they anticipated in this Shelburne Players production.

Shelburne Town Hall, 7-9 p.m. $20. Info, 343-2602.

‘CLAIRE IN THE CHAIR IN THE CIMETIÈRE’: The Wild Goose Players present a creepy comedy about a woman determined to make her home in a cemetery — and the cemetery workers determined to make her stay even more permanent. Next Stage Arts Project, Putney, 7:30 p.m. $20.

Info, 376-4761.

‘IMOGEN SAYS NOTHING’: See WED.8.

‘THE PROM’: See THU.9.

‘SUITE SURRENDER’: See THU.9.

‘TOO MUCH LIGHT MAKES THE BABY GO BLIND (30 PLAYS IN 60 MINUTES)’: See THU.9.

words

FRIENDS OF THE RUTLAND FREE LIBRARY BOOK SALE: A broad selection of used, rare and antique books goes on sale to benefit the library. Rutland Free Library, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Info, 773-1860.

SAT.11 bazaars

CRAFT FEST CELEBRATION: Used goods, lunch and desserts sell at great prices. First Congregational Church of Essex Junction, 9 a.m.3 p.m. Free. Info, 872-8972.

crafts

TREASURE IN HEAVEN ART & CRAFTS FAIR: A stacked vendor fair, a quilt raffle and a café stocked with homemade bites makes for an unparalleled shopping experience.

St. John Vianney Parish Hall, South Burlington, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Free. Info, sjvgoodnews@gmail.com.

‘FALL FOR DANCE’: Marble Valley Dance Collective presents a genre-blending show, featuring local performers dancing ballet, tap, jazz and more. West Rutland Town Hall Theater, 7 p.m. $10-20.

Info, stonevalleydancevt@gmail. com.

‘INSPIRIT DANCE: WHAT WE ASK OF FLESH’: See THU.9, 2-3:30 p.m.

LIVE BAND SWING DANCE WITH RED HOT JUBA: Live tunes soundtrack a night of jitterbugging. Bring clean shoes. North Star Community Hall, Burlington, 8-10:30 p.m.; beginners’ lesson, 7:30 p.m. $10-20. Info, 864-8382.

SWING DANCE: All-star DJs back a night of dancing with big-band bops. Bring clean shoes.

Champlain Club, Burlington, 8 p.m.; beginners’ lesson, 7:30 p.m. $5. Info, 864-8382.

environment

Saturday, November 11, and Sunday, November 12, 10 a.m.6 p.m., at Robert E. Miller Expo Centre, Champlain Valley Expo, in Essex Junction. $5-30; free for kids under 6. Info, 778-9178, vtgatherings.com.

film

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

etc.

food & drink

‘JOURNEY TO SPACE 3D’: See WED.8.

‘OCEANS: OUR BLUE PLANET 3D’: See WED.8.

‘TINY GIANTS 3D’: See WED.8.

MONTHLY STANDUP COMEDY CLUSTER: Aspiring jokesters gather to hone their craft and try out material in a low-stress environment. Waterbury Public Library, 10 a.m.-noon. Free; preregister. Info, 244-7036.

FREE CHOCOLATE TASTING!: Chocolatier Kevin Toohey and French chef Patrick Duroeulx answer questions and offer sweet treats. NU Chocolat, Burlington, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Info, 540-8378.

fairs & festivals

games

VERMONT STEAMPUNK EXPO: Fans of the style inspired by both the Victorian era and science fiction geek out over artisans, authors and performers. See calendar spotlight. Robert E. Miller Expo Centre, Champlain Valley Expo, Essex Junction, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. $5-30; free for kids under 6.

Info, 778-9178.

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burlington

SING-ALONG WITH LINDA BASSICK: Babies, toddlers and preschoolers sing, dance and wiggle along with Linda.

Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 11-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 863-3403.

CRAFTYTOWN!: From painting and printmaking to collage and sculpture, creative kids explore different projects and mediums. Ages 8 and up, or ages 6 and up with an adult helper. ADA accessible.

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Fans of corseted cosplay and magical machines make their way to the Vermont Steampunk Expo, a convention dedicated to Victorian-era fantasy. There are Gilded Age costumes, steampowered contraptions and dastardly druids galore at this gathering for enthusiasts who like their fabulism with a side of greasy gears and shiny sprockets. Attendees of all ages can learn how to poison their enemies (theoretically, of course), fire a steam-powered cannon, and face off against their friends in a tea and biscuit duel.

FLOODPLAINS & WATERSHEDS FIELD WORKSHOP: Ned Swanberg leads an exploration of the North Branch River and its adjacent ecosystems. North Branch Nature Center, Montpelier, 10 a.m.-noon. Free; preregister.

Info, 229-6206.

FAMILY FUN MON.13

Gear-ly Beloved

BOARD GAME BRUNCH: The Friendly Tabletop Gamers of Essex and Beyond host a morning game-play session for anyone 18 and up. ADA accessible. South Burlington Public Library & City Hall, 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 846-4140.

CHESS CLUB: Players of all ages and abilities face off and learn new strategies. ADA accessible.

South Burlington Public Library & City Hall, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 846-4140.

South Burlington Public Library & City Hall, 3-4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 846-4140.

GMBA BOOK GROUP: High school-age readers discuss thoughts and themes related to this month’s book. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 1:30-2:30 p.m.

Free; preregister. Info, 878-6956.

GOLDEN DOME BOOK AWARD GROUP: Readers in grades 4 through 8 discuss the book of the month together.

Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 1:30-2:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 878-6956.

PLAYGROUP & FAMILY SUPPORT: Families with children under age 5 play and connect with others in the community. Winooski Memorial Library, 10:3011:30 a.m. Free. Info, 655-6424.

PRESCHOOL STORY TIME: Little ones enjoy a cozy session of reading, rhyming and singing. Birth through age 5. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 10:30-11 a.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

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holidays

ANNUAL CHRISTMAS CRAFT SHOW: Shoppers buy homemade gifts for everyone in their lives from newbie and veteran makers.

United Church of Colchester, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Info, 879-7641.

SILVER BELLS CHRISTMAS BAZAAR: Attic treasures, raffles, a cookie walk, puzzles, kids’ toys, coffee and sweets kick-start the holiday season. St. Elizabeth Church, Lyndonville, 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 467-3019.

CHELSEA FARMERS MARKET’S HOLIDAY MARKET: Shoppers pick up artisan items, including candles, dried flower arrangements, corn brooms, hot sauce, pickles and honey. Gymnasium, Chelsea Public School, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 685-3181.

DDO FINE ARTS & CRAFTS MARKET: A perfectly Québécois holiday bazaar offers artisan goodies and a rooftop bar. Dollard Civic Centre, Montréal, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Info, 514-684-7414.

HOLIDAY BAZAAR: Ahead-ofthe-curve gift shoppers find jewelry, art, baked goods and more. Proceeds benefit Sleep in Heavenly Peace. Faith United Methodist Church, South Burlington, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free.

Info, 863-6764.

RED CLOVER AWARD BOOK GROUP: A book club for grades K through 4 votes on the year’s nominated books. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 1:30-2:30 p.m.

Free; preregister. Info, 878-6956.

TODDLERTIME: Miss Alexa delights infants and toddlers ages 1 to 3 and their adult caregivers with interactive stories, songs, rhymes and more. South Burlington Public Library & City Hall, 9:15-9:45 & 10:30-11 a.m. Free. Info, 846-4140.

NOV. 11 & 12 | FAIRS & FESTIVALS language

FRENCH CONVERSATION FOR ALL: Native French speaker Romain Feuillette guides an informal discussion group. All ages and abilities welcome. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free; preregister; limited space. Info, 878-4918.

lgbtq

PRIDE HIKES: SHELBURNE FARMS: All ages, orientations and identities are welcome to experience a stick-season stroll through the sugar bush and pastures. Shelburne Farms, 1-3 p.m. Free. Info, sarah.hooghuis@ audubon.org.

music

‘THE BAROQUE EFFECT’: The Eleva Chamber Players evoke the energetic spirit of the 17th century art movement. Waterbury Congregational Church, 3 p.m. $20-25. Info, 244-8354.

POKÉMON CLUB: I choose you, Pikachu!

Fans of the franchise discuss their favorite cards, games and TV episodes in this monthly activity group. Ages 6 and up.

Waterbury Public Library, 3-4 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 244-7036.

manchester/ bennington

PRESCHOOL STORY TIME: See THU.9.

STORY TIME: Youth librarian Carrie leads little tykes in stories and songs centered on a new theme every week. Birth through age 5. Manchester Community Library, Manchester Center, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 362-2607.

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HOMESCHOOL COMPUTER CLUB: Home students learn everything from basic tech techniques to graphic design in this monthly class. Waterbury Public Library, 11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 244-7036.

burlington

ART EXPLORERS: Kids dig into art history and creative expression in this homeschooler-friendly program with an educator from Davis Studio. Ages

BURLINGTON CIVIC SYMPHONY: Daniel Bruce leads the orchestra in a performance of works

by Mendelssohn, Respighi and Brahms. Winooski School District, 7 p.m. Free; donations accepted.

Info, info@bcsovt.org.

CHAD HOLLISTER: Heartfelt lyrics propel catchy pop-rock tunes from the veteran solo act.

Shelburne Vineyard, 8-10:15 p.m. $20. Info, 985-8222.

DANISH STRING QUARTET: The Grammy Award-nominated chamber music ensemble treats classical fans to a program of Purcell, Haydn, Shostakovich and Nordic folk music. Robison Concert Hall, Mahaney Arts Center, Middlebury College, 7:30 p.m. $5-25. Info, 443-6433.

DAVE RICHARDSON: This singer and guitarist plays tunes steeped in folk music traditions and classic rock influences. Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the

5 through 14. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 1-2 p.m. Free; preregister.

Info, 540-2546.

STEAM SPACE: See WED.8.

TODDLER TIME: See WED.8.

chittenden county BABYTIME: See WED.8.

KIDS GAME ON!: See WED.8.

PLAY TIME: See WED.8.

mad river valley/ waterbury

TEEN ART CLUB: Crafty young’uns ages 12 through 18 create together.

Waterbury Public Library, 3:30-5:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 244-7036.

manchester/ bennington

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Upper Valley, Norwich, 7:30 p.m. $15. Info, 649-8828.

DÉJÀ-NOUS: Parisian cabaret jazz pairs perfectly with a nice cabernet at this cozy show. Flynn Space, Burlington, 7 p.m. $12.4014.88. Info, 863-5966.

‘IT IS MY HEART THAT MAKES MY SONGS’: The merry singers of Social Band take to the stage for a concert celebrating tunes composed by its current and former members. Charlotte Congregational Church, 7:30-9 p.m. $18 suggested donation.

Info, 355-4216.

PATTI CASEY: The Vermont native lends her smooth vocals and skilled picking to a folksy concert. Proceeds benefit Vermont Interfaith Action.

First Congregational Church, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. $30. Info, 651-8889.

RANKY TANKY WITH MS. LISA FISCHER: The Gullah quintet and the veteran vocalist make sweet music together. Chandler Center for the Arts, Randolph, 7 p.m. $30-65. Info, 728-9878.

UVM SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: Yutaka Kono conducts music from the past, present and future — that is, pieces inspired by Greek mythology, the pandemic and Star Trek. University of Vermont Recital Hall, Burlington, 7:30-8:45 p.m. Free. Info, 656-3040.

outdoors

TRAIL RUNNING WITH THE VON TRAMP HASH HOUSE HARRIERS: Beer hounds of legal age take an invigorating jog full of adult-friendly fun. Ages 21 and up. The Old Red Mill, Jericho, 1 p.m. Free for first-timers. Info, hello@vontramph3.com.

talks

ALEX FISCHER: A Christian Science practitioner uses lessons from the Bible to discuss spiritual healing. South Burlington Public Library & City Hall, 11 a.m.noon. Free. Info, 864-4709.

‘TOO MUCH LIGHT MAKES THE BABY GO BLIND (30 PLAYS IN 60 MINUTES)’: See THU.9.

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THE POETRY EXPERIENCE: Rajnii Eddins hosts a local writing and sharing circle. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 1 p.m. Free.

Info, 863-3403.

ROBYN GIGL: The acclaimed author and attorney celebrates the release of her latest legal thriller, Survivor’s Guilt, with a meet and greet. Phoenix Books, Rutland, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 855-8078.

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by November 9. Delta Hotels by Marriott, South Burlington, 3-6 p.m. $185-215; preregister. Info, 829-4024.

crafts

YARN CRAFTERS GROUP: See WED.8, 1-3 p.m.

dance

‘FALL FOR DANCE’: See SAT.11, 4 p.m.

fairs & festivals

VERMONT STEAMPUNK EXPO: See SAT.11.

film

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

‘ADVICE FOR GIRLS’: Three generations of female skiers describe their experience in the industry in this new documentary. Higher Ground, South Burlington, 6-9 p.m. $20-25. Info, adviceforgirlsfilm@gmail.com.

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‘AND THEN THEY CAME FOR ME: REMEMBERING THE WORLD OF ANNE FRANK’: Vermont Stage presents a multimedia performance combining video interviews with Holocaust survivors with staged scenes from Anne’s life and the lives of her loved ones. Talk-back with Rabbi Edleson follows. Sixth grade and up. Temple Sinai, South Burlington, 6:30 p.m. $24-64.

Info, 862-1497.

‘BETA BITCHES’: See THU.9, 2-3:30 & 7:30-9 p.m.

‘CIRCLE MIRROR TRANSFORMATION’: See FRI.10.

‘CLAIRE IN THE CHAIR IN THE CIMETIÈRE’: See FRI.10, 2 & 7:30 p.m.

‘IMOGEN SAYS NOTHING’: See WED.8.

‘THE PROM’: See THU.9, 1 & 7:30 p.m.

‘SUITE SURRENDER’: See THU.9.

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‘THE FARM BOY’: Waterbury Center director George Woodard presents a feature film based on his parents’ love story, set during World War II. Adamant Community Club, 2-5 p.m. $10.

Info, 244-1571.

‘GREAT WHITE SHARK 3D’: See WED.8.

‘JOURNEY TO SPACE 3D’: See WED.8.

‘OCEANS: OUR BLUE PLANET 3D’: See WED.8.

‘TINY GIANTS 3D’: See WED.8.

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EMPTY BOWL BENEFIT FOR FLOOD RELIEF: A lavish feast of soups from local restaurants, served in locally handcrafted pottery, raises funds for NOFAVT and the VT Main Street Flood Recovery Fund. Zenbarn, Waterbury Center, 4-5:30 & 6-7:30 p.m. $35. Info, 249-0458.

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KARUNA COMMUNITY MEDITATION: A YEAR TO LIVE (FULLY): Participants practice keeping joy, generosity and gratitude at the forefront of their minds. Jenna’s House, Johnson, 10-11:15 a.m. Free; donations accepted. Info, mollyzapp@live. com.

SUNDAY CLASS SERIES: CONDITIONING WITH ALLISON MANN: Students of all ages and abilities enjoy a fun workout in honor of the studio’s 50th anniversary. Contemporary Dance & Fitness Studio, Montpelier, 10-11 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 646-400-5882.

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DDO FINE ARTS & CRAFTS MARKET: See SAT.11.

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A celebration of magical fun for wizards and muggles alike. Join a Quiddich match, experiment with potions, and hobnob with professors. Tickets are limited, please purchase in advance.

‘THE BAROQUE EFFECT’: See SAT.11, Inn at the Round Barn Farm, Waitsfield.

MARSH LIGHTS: Former Bluegrass Gospel Project singer-songwriter Colby Crehan debuts her new folk-grass band.

Westford Common Hall, 4-5 p.m.

Free; donations accepted. Info, 363-0930.

PLAY EVERY TOWN: Pianist David Feurzeig plays music from Scarlatti to ragtime as he tours every town in Vermont.

First Congregational Church, St. Albans, 3-4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 524-4555.

‘PRELUDES & FANTASIES’: Solo guitarist William Ghezzi plays classical works spanning five centuries. Church of Christ at Dartmouth College, Hanover N.H., 4-4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 603-643-3150.

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VERMONT WIND ENSEMBLE: Flutes, oboes and tubas sing out during a program including music from Japan, the British Isles and the U.S. University of Vermont Recital Hall, Burlington, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 656-3040.

WINE & JAZZ SUNDAYS: Sixpiece band In the Pocket invite special guests to sing alongside vocalist Taryn Noelle each week.

Shelburne Vineyard, 5-7 p.m.

Free. Info, 985-8222.

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VETS TOWN HALL: See THU.9, Orange East Senior Center, Bradford, 1 p.m. Free.

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‘AND THEN THEY CAME FOR ME: REMEMBERING THE WORLD OF ANNE FRANK’: See SAT.11, 2 p.m.

‘CIRCLE MIRROR TRANSFORMATION’: See FRI.10, 2-4 p.m.

‘CLAIRE IN THE CHAIR IN THE CIMETIÈRE’: See FRI.10, 2 p.m.

‘IMOGEN SAYS NOTHING’: See WED.8, 2-4:30 p.m.

‘THE PROM’: See THU.9, 3 p.m.

‘SUITE SURRENDER’: See THU.9, 2 p.m.

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‘TOO MUCH LIGHT MAKES THE BABY GO BLIND (30 PLAYS IN 60 MINUTES)’: See THU.9, 2-3:30 p.m.

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Let yourself be transported to the City of Lights, then to the City that never sleeps and to conclude the musical journey to the Argentinian Pampa!

Very exciting show of French and English songs in a fusion of French Cabaret, Jazz and Tango.

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KNIT WITS: Fiber-working friends get together to make progress on their quilts, knitwear and needlework. Manchester Community Library, Manchester Center, 3-4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 362-2607.

STUDENT RECITAL: University of Vermont music students prove their chops in a variety of genres.

University of Vermont Recital Hall, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 656-3040.

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‘GREAT WHITE SHARK 3D’: See WED.8.

‘THE ROCK HARD CONFIDENCE VAUDEVILLE REVUE’: Teen and adult acting students present an evening of laugh-out-loud skits, short plays, comedy and music.

St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church of St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 748-2600.

‘JOURNEY TO SPACE 3D’: See WED.8.

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

‘OCEANS: OUR BLUE PLANET 3D’: See WED.8.

‘TINY GIANTS 3D’: See WED.8.

health & fitness

ADVANCED TAI CHI: Experienced movers build strength, improve balance and reduce stress.

Holley Hall, Bristol, 11 a.m.-noon.

Free; donations accepted. Info, jerry@skyrivertaichi.com.

BEGINNING TAI CHI (SUN SHORT FORM): Newbies learn how gentle movement can help with arthritis, mental clarity and range of motion. Holley Hall, Bristol, 10:30-11 a.m. Free; donations accepted. Info, jerry@ skyrivertaichi.com.

HEALTH CARE COMMUNITY MEETING — RUTLAND: See WED.8.

HEALTH CARE COMMUNITY MEETING — SPRINGFIELD: See WED.8.

LAUGHTER YOGA: Spontaneous, joyful movement and breath promote physical and emotional health. Pathways Vermont, Burlington, 2-3 p.m. Free. Info, chrisn@pathwaysvermont.org.

YANG 24: This simplified tai chi method is perfect for beginners looking to build strength and balance. Congregational Church of Middlebury, 3:30-5:30 p.m.

Free; donations accepted. Info, elizabetharms56@gmail.com.

FEMALE FOUNDERS SPEAKER SERIES: CREATING CULTURE: Katie Clark of Beta Technologies, Premila Peters of Data Innovations and Julie Lineberger of WheelPad discuss how women can change their companies from the inside out. Hotel Vermont, Burlington, 5:30-7 p.m. $15; cash bar. Info, sam@vcet.co.

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Free; preregister. Info, 881-8505.

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BILL FULTON: The author of Survive and Thrive: How to Prepare for Any Disaster Without Ammo, Camo or Eating Your Neighbor signs his book. Barnes & Noble, South Burlington, 12:302 p.m. Free. Info, 864-8001.

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GRIEF OVER THE HOLIDAYS: Bereavement coordinator Diana Moore discusses self-care and setting boundaries during a time when many are missing their late loved ones. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

ENGLISH CONVERSATION CIRCLE: Locals learning English as a second language gather in the Digital Lab to build vocabulary and make friends. ADA accessible. South Burlington Public Library & City Hall, noon-1 p.m.

Free. Info, 846-4140.

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THE GLENN MILLER ORCHESTRA: An unforgettable evening of swing music gets toes tapping. Proceeds benefit the Friends of Colchester Music.

Colchester High School, 7-9 p.m. $20-30. Info, 264-5742.

ADDISON COUNTY WRITERS COMPANY: Poets, playwrights, novelists and memoirists of every experience level meet weekly for an MFA-style workshop. Swift House Inn, Middlebury, 6-8 p.m.

Free. Info, jay@zigzaglitmag.org.

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

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VERMONT SHORT-TERM RENTAL CONFERENCE & TRADE SHOW: See SUN.12, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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LEARN HOW TO CROCHET: Novices of all ages pick up a new skill. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 5:30-6 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955.

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MORRIS & MORE: Dancers of all abilities learn how to step, clog and even sword fight their way through medieval folk dances of all kinds. Revels North, Lebanon N.H., 6 p.m. Pay what you can.

Info, 603-558-7894.

SWING DANCING: Local Lindy hoppers and jitterbuggers convene at Vermont Swings’ weekly boogie-down. Bring clean shoes. Beginner lessons, 6:30 p.m. Champlain Club, Burlington, 7:30-9 p.m. $5. Info, 864-8382.

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DOGS’ NIGHT OUT: Canines party down with snacks and toys while their parents get 15 percent off their bar tabs. 1st Republic Brewing, Essex, 6-8 p.m. Free.

Info, 857-5318.

film

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

‘GREAT WHITE SHARK 3D’: See WED.8.

‘JOURNEY TO SPACE 3D’: See WED.8.

‘OCEANS: OUR BLUE PLANET 3D’: See WED.8.

‘TINY GIANTS 3D’: See WED.8.

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HEALTH CARE COMMUNITY MEETING – ST. ALBANS: See WED 8.

TAI CHI TUESDAY: Patrons get an easy, informal introduction to this ancient movement practice that supports balance and strength. Manchester Community Library, Manchester Center, 9-10:15 a.m. Free; donations accepted. Info, 362-2607.

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ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS: Instructor Andrea Thulin helps non-native speakers build their vocabulary and conversation skills. Manchester Community Library, Manchester Center, 5:307 p.m. Free. Info, 549-4574.

PAUSE-CAFÉ FRENCH CONVERSATION: Francophones and French-language learners meet pour parler la belle langue.

Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 5-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 343-5493.

SOCIAL HOUR: The Alliance Française of the Lake Champlain Region hosts a rendez-vous over Zoom.

5:30-6:30 p.m. Free; preregister.

Info, ellen.sholk@gmail.com.

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COMMUNITY SINGERS: A weekly choral meetup welcomes all singers to raise their voices along to traditional (and not-sotraditional) songs. Revels North, Lebanon N.H., 7:30 p.m. Pay what you can. Info, 603-558-7894.

ME2/ ORCHESTRA X NAMI: A mental health-centered performance in conjunction with the National Alliance on Mental Illness commemorates late violinist Tim Swanson. Burlington City Hall Auditorium, 8-9:30 p.m.

Free. Info, phoenix@me2music. org.

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AFTERNOON TECH HELP: Experts answer questions about phones, laptops, e-readers and more in one-on-one sessions.

ADA accessible. South Burlington Public Library & City Hall, 1-4 p.m.

Free. Info, 846-4140.

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POETRY GROUP: A supportive verse-writing workshop welcomes those who would like feedback on their work or who are just happy to listen. ADA accessible. South Burlington Public Library & City Hall, 11 a.m.-noon.

Free. Info, 846-4140.

health & fitness CHAIR YOGA: See WED.8.

HEALTH CARE COMMUNITY MEETING — BARRE/CENTRAL VERMONT: See WED.8.

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SEATED & STANDING YOGA: See WED.8.

QUEEN CITY BUSINESS NETWORKING INTERNATIONAL GROUP: See WED.8.

BEGINNER IRISH LANGUAGE CLASS: See WED.8.

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NAMI VERMONT 2023 CONFERENCE: TOGETHER FOR MENTAL HEALTH: Dr. Xavier Amador and Dr. Paul Foxma keynote this day of panel discussions and workshops for mental health providers and advocates.

DoubleTree by Hilton, South Burlington, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Free.

Info, 876-7949, ext. 103.

crafts

YARN CRAFTERS GROUP: See WED.8.

dance

WESTIE WEDNESDAYS DANCE: See WED.8.

film

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ARCHITECTURE + DESIGN FILM SERIES: ‘LEVITATED MASS’: A 2013 documentary follows artist Michael Heizer’s efforts to turn a 340-ton boulder into a megalithic sculptural installation. Virtual option available. Burlington City Hall Auditorium, 6-8:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 865-7166.

‘GREAT WHITE SHARK 3D’: See WED.8.

‘HOME FROM THE EASTERN SEA’: A 1990 documentary about Chinese, Japanese and Filipino immigration to the U.S. sparks discussion. Waterbury Public Library, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 244-7036.

‘JOURNEY TO SPACE 3D’: See WED.8.

‘OCEANS: OUR BLUE PLANET 3D’: See WED.8.

COME WRITE IN! NANOWRIMO: Authors get together and try to write 50,000 words in 30 days.

ADA accessible. South Burlington Public Library & City Hall, 4-6:45 p.m. Free. Info, 846-4140.

MAH-JONGG OPEN PLAY: See WED.8.

‘TINY GIANTS 3D’: See WED.8.

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games

PUZZLE SWAP: Participants bring completed puzzles in a ziplock bag with an image of the completed puzzle and swap for a new one. South Burlington Public Library & City Hall, 2:30-5 p.m. Free. Info, 846-4140.

‘WHEEL OF FORTUNE LIVE!’: Audience members are randomly chosen to spin the wheel themselves for a chance to win cash prizes and trips to Paris. The

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ELL CLASSES: ENGLISH FOR BEGINNERS & INTERMEDIATE STUDENTS: See WED.8.

SPANISH CONVERSATION: Fluent and beginner speakers brush up on their español with a discussion led by a Spanish teacher. Presented by Dorothy Alling Memorial Library. 5-6 p.m.

Free; preregister. Info, programs@damlvt.org.

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GREEN MOUNTAIN TABLE TENNIS CLUB: See WED.8.

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YESTERMORROW FALL 2023 SPEAKER SERIES: BRITTON ROGERS: The Yestermorrow executive director explains how the curriculum helps students become better stewards of the land. Virtual option available.

Yestermorrow Design/Build School, Waitsfield, 6:30-8 p.m.

Free. Info, 496-5545.

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CHELSEA WOODARD: The New Hampshire poet reads from her prize-winning collection At the Lepidopterist’s House. Norwich Bookstore, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 649-1114.

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6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, info@ nereadersandwriters.com.

THE MOTH STORYSLAM: Local tellers of tales recount true stories in an open mic format. Film House, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $17.50; preregister. Info, susanne@ themoth.org.

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art THE KINTSUGI BOWL EXPERIENCE: Feeling in pieces?

Play with the metaphor of bowl as self. This workshop honors your unique beauty, stories of challenge and resilience, and healing journey. Blend visual art, ritual and writing with the process of bonding, breaking, painting and repairing a bowl.

Enjoy sharing in compassionate, creative, confidential community.

No experience required. Sun., Nov. 12 , 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Cost: $135 in studio incl. all materials; $150 online incl. shipping, bowl & glue. Location: Expressive Arts Burlington, 208 Flynn Ave. #3A. Info: Topaz Weis, 802-343-8172, topaz@expressiveartsburlington. com, expressiveartsburlington. com.

MOKUHANGA WORKSHOP: Patty Hudak leads a two-day Mokuhanga workshop. Trained in Japan, Hudak will guide participants in the immersive techniques of carving and printing using handmade brushes, Japanese paper, rice glue, gouache and a handheld baren to carve and print two-color Mokuhanga prints.

Scholarships and tuition assistance are available. Sat., Nov. 11, & Sun., Nov. 12, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Cost: $350. Location: The Current, 90 Pond St., Stowe. Info: brandy@thecurrentnow.org, thecurrentnow.org.

culinary POLISH POTATO PIEROGI WORKSHOP: In this workshop, we will learn how to make Polish pierorgi just like my Babcia taught me! You’ll get the full recipe, some

to eat during the class, and a package to take home and cook up that weekend or freeze for a later date. Thu., Nov. 30, 6:30 p.m.

Cost: $55. Location: Red Poppy Cakery, 1 Elm Street, Waterbury Village Historic District. Info: 203-400-0700, sevendaystickets. com.

days/week. Membership rates incl. unlimited classes. Contact us for info about membership rates for adults, youths & families.

Location: Aikido of Champlain Valley, 257 Pine St., Burlington.

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ROSEMARY-APPLE GALETTE WORKSHOP: In this workshop, we will tackle making an extra-flaky homemade pie crust and a delicious filling of rosemary apples!

You’ll go home with your own custom galette and the recipe to make it again on your own at home. We will also get the chance to eat a slice during the class. Tue., Nov. 14, 6 p.m. Cost: $12-45. Location: Red Poppy Cakery, 1 Elm St., Waterbury Village. Info: 203400-0700, sevendaystickets. com.

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Sat., Nov. 11, 1 p.m. Cost: $50.

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writing AN ORANGE ON A DELFT BLUE PLATE: Inspire yourself in this hands-on, two-hour masterclass intensive where we will use all of our senses (visual, olfactory, auditory, gustatory, taste) to create psychic meaning on the page. This workshop is designed to help writers think about image as a revelation of consciousness and imagination that can move a narrative forward.

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In accordance with VT Title 9 Commerce and Trade Chapter 098: Storage Units 3905. Enforcement of Lien, Champlain Valley Self Storage, LLC shall host a live auction of the following unit on or after 11/18/23: Location: 78 Lincoln St, Essex Jct, VT Paula Jarrett, unit #067: household goods Auction pre-registration is required, email info@ champlainvalleyselfstorage.com to register.

NOTICE This notice serves to inform of Christine Royea’s intent to move the cremated remains of Henry Emery Roberts Jr. to the correct plot in Lakeview Cemetery in Burlington, VT. Any family member, town cemetery commissioner or other authority responsible for cemeteries in the municipality can object to the proposed removal by filing a complaint in probate court.

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STATE OF VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT CHITTENDEN UNIT CIVIL DIVISION DOCKET #23-CV-01107

recorded in Book 833, Page 332-334 of the City of South Burlington Land Records, and assigned to SAFEGUARD MISTY REALTY GROUP LLC Safeguard Misty Realty1Group, LLC, by assignment fsbo-McCarthy110823.indd Plaintiff of mortgage dated February 22, 2022 and recorded on March 28, 2022 at Volume 1651, Page 1 of the City v. of South Burlington Land Records, respectively, the real estate with an address of 9 Bluestar Lane, CAROLINE EARLE, AS FIDUCIARY FOR South Burlington, VT 05403 will be sold at public THE ESTATE OF LAWRENCE G. HELLER auction at 11:00 a.m. on November 15, 2023 at the OCCUPANTS residing at 9 Bluestar Lane, South location of the Property.

Burlington, VT 05403 Defendants Property Description. The Property to be sold is all and the same land and premises descripted in the NOTICE OF SALE mortgage, and further described as follows: According to the terms and conditions of the Stipulated Judgment and Decree of Foreclosure by Judicial Sale (the “Order”) in the matter of Safety Misty Realty Group LLC V. CAROLINE EARLE, AS FIDUCIARY FOR THE ESTATE OF LAWRENCE G. HELLER Vermont Superior Court, Civil Division, Chittenden Unit, foreclosing one mortgage given by Safeguard Misty Realty Group LLC, to Lawrence G. Heller, dated January 22, 2009 and

as shown on the aforementioned plan; thence proceeding S 03° 58’4 8” E for a distance of 133.53 feet, more or less, to a point marked by an iron pin; thence turning to the right and proceeding S 84°07” W for a distance of 73.03 feet, more or Move-in-ready less, to a point marked by an iron pin set in the easterly side of Irish Lane right-of-way; thence 3-bedroom, turning to the right and proceeding N 03°58’4 8” W 2-bath ranch with in and along the easterly side line of said Irish Lane right-of-way for a distance of 120.72 feet, more or attached garage less to a point marked by a concrete monument; thence turning to the right and proceeding in a at 28 Alder Lane generally northeasterly direction along a curve in the South End having a delta of 90°00’00” at a radius of 15.00 feet, more or less, for a distance of 23.56 feet, more of Burlington. or less, to a concrete monument; thence proceedCall Tom ing S 86°01’12” E in and along the southerly side line of Blue Star Lane right-of· way for a distance 802-238-2382 of 58.00 feet, more or less, to the point or place of beginning.

Included herein is the right of use for ingress for sale and egress, in common with others, the roadway by owner shown and depicted on the above-referenced plan, together with an easement over the roadway extending from Dorset Street to the roadways shown on the above-referenced plan, provided, dated April 26, 1989 and recorded in Volume 278 however that such right of way shall terminate at Page 284 of the City of South Burlington Land at the time said roadways are accepted as public Records. streets by the city of South Burlington.

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Being all the same lands and premises conveyed to Lawrence G. Heller by Quitclaim Deed of Nancy G. Heller dated January 5, 1995 and recorded in Volume 379 at Page 27 of the City of South Burlington Land Records.

Being all the same lands and premises conveyed to Lawrence G. Heller and Nancy G. Heller by Quitclaim Deed of Lawrence G. Heller and Nancy G. Heller

Being all the same lands and premises conveyed to Lawrence G Heller and Nancy G. Heller by Warranty Deed of Homestead Design, Inc. Dated April 25, 1989 and recorded in volume 278 at page 210 of the City of South Burlington Land Records.

Being a parcel of land containing .22 acres, more or less, with dwelling and all improvements thereon, located on the southerly side of Blue Star Lane, socalled, in the City of South Burlington, said parcel of land depicted as lot no. 61 on a plan entitled “The Village at Dorret Park, plat of subdivision of lands of Southcott Partnership, South Burlington.

Vermont” dated August 1986 prepared by Fitzpatrick-Llewellys Incorporated and recorded in map volume 252, pgs.77-78 of the South Burlington City Land Records, and more particularly described thereon as follows: beginning at a point in the southerly side of Blue Star Lane right-of-way, said point being the northeasterly corner of said lot no. 61 and the northwesterly corner of lot no. 62

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Mortgage Property Deposit. $5,000.00 to be paid by certified check by the purchaser at the time of auction, with the balance due at closing. The balance of the purchase price for the Property shall be due and payable within the latter of 10 days from the date of confirmation of said sale by the Vermont Superior Court, Civil Division, Chittenden Unit, or 45 days from the date of public auction.

If the balance of the purchase price is not paid within the period set forth herein, the deposit shall be forfeited and shall be retained by the Plaintiff herein as agreed liquidation damages and the Property may be offered to the next highest bidder still interested in the Property.

Other terms to be announced at the sale or inquire at Korde & Associates, P.C. at (802) 393-4184.

Dated: October 10, 2023 /s/Daniel Young, Esq. Attorney for Plaintiff

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The public sale may be adjourned one or more times for a total time not exceeding 30 days, without further court order, and without publication or service of a new notice of sale, by announcement of the new sale date to those present at each adjournment or by posting notice of the adjournment in a conspicuous place at the location of the sale.

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Terms of Sale. The Property shall be sold “AS IS, WHERE IS”, to the highest bidder for cash or wire funds only. The sale of the property is subject to confirmation by the Vermont Superior Court, Civil Division, Chittenden Unit. The Property is sold subject to unpaid taxes, municipal assessments, and superior liens, if any.

STATE OF VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT PROBATE DIVISION CHITTENDEN UNIT DOCKET NO.: 2 ​ 3-PR-05759 In re ESTATE of William Harwood Notice To Creditors To the creditors of: William Harwood, late of South Burlington, Vermont I have been appointed to administer this estate.

All creditors having claims against the decedent or the estate must present their claims in writing within four (4) months of the date of the first publication of this notice. The claim must be presented to me at the address listed below with a copy sent to the Court. The claim may be barred forever if it is not presented within the four (4) month period.

SEVENDAYSVT.COM/CLASSIFIEDS Dated: November 2, 2023 Signature of Fiduciary: /s/ Elaine Hubert Executor/Administrator: Elaine Hubert, 61 Chipman Street, South Burlington, VT 05403 eahubert@aol.com (802) 343-3857 Name of Publication: Seven Days Publication Date: 11/08/2023 Name of Probate Court: State of VermontChittenden Probate Division Address of Probate Court: 175 Main Street, Burlington, VT 05401 NORTHSTAR SELF STORAGE WILL BE HAVING A PUBLIC AND ONLINE SALE/AUCTION FOR THE FOLLOWING STORAGE UNITS ON NOVEMBER 16, 2023, AT 9:00 AM Northstar Self Storage will be having a public and online sale/auction on November 16, 2023 at 615 Route 7, Danby, VT 05739 (Unit D45, D50), 205 VT-4A West, Castleton, VT 05735 (Unit 2-4), 681 Rockingham Road, Rockingham VT 05151 (R19, R55) and at 1124 Charlestown Road, Springfield, VT 05156 (Units S21, S72, S83, S92, S131) and online at www.storagetreasures.com at 9:00 am in accordance with VT Title 9 Commerce and Trade Chapter 098: Storage Units 3905. Enforcement of Lien

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Unit # Name Contents D45 Ronnie Kreth Household Goods D50 Ronnie Kreth Household Goods 2-4 James Patterson Household Goods S21 Jamie Thomson Household Goods R19 Laura Lockerby Household Goods R55 Mitchell Pike Household Goods S72 Desiray Bemis Household Goods S83 Joshua Wylie Household Goods S92 Barbara Kendall Household Goods S131 Amy Ducharme Household Goods

STATE OF VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT FAMILY DIVISION CHITTENDEN UNIT DOCKET NO. 23-JV-4 In Re: R.C. NOTICE OF HEARING TO: Brittany Weston and Kevin Cosgrove, parents of R.C., you are hereby notified that a hearing to terminate your parental rights to R.C. will be held on November 30, 2023 at 9:00 a.m. at the Vermont Superior Court, Chittenden Family Division, at 32 Cherry Street, Suite 200, Burlington, Vermont 05401. You are notified to appear in connection with this case. Failure to appear at this hearing may result in termination of your parental rights to R.C. The State is represented by the Attorney General’s Office, HC 2 North, 280 State Drive, Waterbury, VT 05671-2080.

Electronically signed pursuant to V.R.E.F. 9(d) /s/ Elizabeth Novotny 10/30/2023 Elizabeth F. Novotny Superior Court Judge ACT 250 NOTICE MINOR APPLICATION 4C0388A11I 10 V.S.A. §§ 6001 – 6111 Application 4C0388A-11I from The Little Ones University, Attn: Caryl Jaques, 104 Old Colchester Road, Colchester, VT 05446 and 620 Lawrence Place LLC, Attn: Micheal Boudah, 471 Orchard Shore, Colchester, VT 05446 was received on October 19, 2023, and deemed complete on October 31, 2023. The project is generally described as a retrofit by Little Ones University to retrofit the existing General Office/Retail building in Williston, VT. The retrofit will change the use of the building to a Childcare Facility which will serve 18 teachers and 114 students. The project is located at 620 Lawrence Place in Williston, Vermont. This application can be viewed online by visiting the Act 250 Database: (https://anrweb.vt.gov/ANR/Act250/ Details.aspx?Num=4C0388A-11I).

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unless, on or before November 22, 2023, a party notifies the District 4 Commission in writing of an issue requiring a hearing, or the Commission sets the matter for a hearing on its own motion. Any person as defined in 10 V.S.A. § 6085(c)(1) may request a hearing. Any hearing request must be in writing, must state the criteria or sub-criteria at issue, why a hearing is required, and what additional evidence will be presented at the hearing. Any hearing request by an adjoining property owner or other person eligible for party status under 10 V.S.A. § 6085(c)(1)(E) must include a petition for party status under the Act 250 Rules. To request party status and a hearing, fill out the Party Status Petition Form on the Board’s website: https://nrb. vermont.gov/documents/party-status-petitionform, and email it to the District 4 Office at: NRB. Act250Essex@vermont.gov. Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law may not be prepared unless the Commission holds a public hearing.

For more information contact Kaitlin Hayes at the address or telephone number below.

Dated this November 1, 2023.

By: /s/ Kaitlin Hayes Kaitlin Hayes District Coordinator 111 West Street Essex Junction, VT 05452 (802) 622-4084 kaitlin.hayes@vermont.gov ACT 250 NOTICE MINOR APPLICATION 4C0307-3 10 V.S.A. §§ 6001 – 6111 Application 4C0307-3 from Michele and Paul Fleri, 70 Alpine Dr., Jericho, VT 05465 was received on October 23, 2023 and deemed complete on October 31, 2023. The project is generally described as the construction of an accessory dwelling unit (ADU) on the project tract next to the existing single family home. The ADU is a one level, 1,232 square foot, one bedroom, one bathroom home. A separate septic (mound system) is being designed. The ADU will share electricity and the drilled well that are already in place on the project tract, in addition to the existing driveway.

The project is located at 70 Alpine Drive in Jericho, Vermont. This application can be viewed online by visiting the Act 250 Database: (https://anrweb. vt.gov/ANR/Act250/Details.aspx?Num=4C0307-3).

No hearing will be held and a permit will be issued unless, on or before November 22, 2023, a party notifies the District 4 Commission in writing of an issue requiring a hearing, or the Commission sets the matter for a hearing on its own motion. Any person as defined in 10 V.S.A. § 6085(c)(1) may request a hearing. Any hearing request must be in writing, must state the criteria or sub-criteria at issue, why a hearing is required, and what additional evidence will be presented at the hearing. Any hearing request by an adjoining property owner or other person eligible for party status under 10 V.S.A. § 6085(c)(1)(E) must include a petition for party status under the Act 250 Rules. To request party status and a hearing, fill out the Party Status Petition Form on the Board’s website: https://nrb. vermont.gov/documents/party-status-petitionform, and email it to the District 4 Office at: NRB. Act250Essex@vermont.gov. Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law may not be prepared unless the Commission holds a public hearing.

For more information contact Kaitlin Hayes at the address or telephone number below.

Dated this November 1, 2023.

By: /s/ Kaitlin Hayes Kaitlin Hayes District Coordinator 111 West Street Essex Junction, VT 05452 (802) 622-4084 kaitlin.hayes@vermont.gov STATE OF VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT PROBATE DIVISION ORLEANS UNIT DOCKET NO.: 2 ​ 3-PR-03307 In re ESTATE of Eva Bol Notice To Creditors

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To the creditors of: Eva Bol, late of Coventry, Vermont I have been appointed to administer this estate. All creditors having claims against the decedent or the estate must present their claims in writing within four (4) months of the date of the first publication of this notice. The claim must be presented to me at the address listed below with a copy sent to the Court. The claim may be barred forever if it is not presented within the four (4) month period.

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district-specific provisions of Article 4, which shall be controlling over these provisions, a setback shall be provided between any proposed structures and/ or site features, and the front, side and rear yard property lines as follows: (See Art. 13 for definitions of “setback” and “yard.”)

1. Front yard. In order to maintain the existing pattern of development along a given street, both a minimum and maximum front yard setback shall be maintained where required under Article 4.

A. The minimum front yard setback for any structure shall be the average of the front yard setback of principal structures in lawful existence as of the adoption of this ordinance on the two (2) neighboring lots on either side and within the same block and having the same street frontage.

Among the comparative sample of four neighboring properties, one may be removed from the Page 2averaging calculation.

Dated: October 26, 2023 Signature of Fiduciary: /s/ Joseph Bol Executor/Administrator: Joseph Bol, 15 Maplelawn Drive, Essex Junction, VT 05452 (973) 723-8357 joebol1414@gmail.com Name of Publication: Seven Days Publication Date: 11/08/2023

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CCRPC – alternate Term Expires 6/30/25 One Opening Chittenden Solid Waste District – alternate Term Expires 5/31/24 One Opening Development Review Board – alternate Term Expires 6/30/26 One Opening Fence Viewer Term Expires 6/30/24 One Opening 24 25 ***all other examples remain as illustrated Board of Health Term Expires 6/30/25 One Opening B-C. As written.

Vehicle for Hire Licensing Board 26 27 As written. *in2-3.Example 2 above, the property with a 20’ Term Expires 6/30/24 One Opening 28 (b) Exceptions to Yard Setback Requirements: setback is excluded themay calculation” Vehicle for Hire Licensing Board 29 The following projections into requiredfrom yard setbacks be permitted subject to the standards of Article 6 to ensure compatibility with neighboring properties: 30 Term Expires 6/30/25 One Opening 31 ***all other examples remain as illustrated

1. Abutting Buildings with Doors or Windows: Where the façade of an existing adjacent principal 32 building is within 5 feet of the common property line and has either doors or windows, a 33 Applications may be submitted to the Clerk/ of 10-feet shall be required for any new development up to the height of the abutting 34 B-C.setback As written.

Treasurer’s Office, 149 Church Street, Burlington,35 building in any district where no setback is required. New Buildings, additions, or significant improvements to existing Buildings placed on a side or rear property line, or within 10 feet of VT 05401 Attn: Lori NO later than Wednesday, 36 another building, where no setback is required are subject to construction material and 37 2-3.building As written. opening restrictions as established in the effective Building Code.

December 13, 2023, by 4:30 pm. If you have any 38 2. Building or Site Features: Eave, sills, roof overhangs, cornices, steps to first floor entries, questions, please contact Lori at (802) 865-713639 or ramps for to the disabled, walls, and similar building and site features may 40 (b) walkways, Exceptions Yard fences, Setback Requirements: via email lolberg@burlingtonvt.gov.

City Council President Paul will plan for appointments to take place at the December 18, 2023 City Council Meeting/City Council With Mayor Presiding Meeting.

CITY OF BURLINGTON IN THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE AN ORDINANCE IN RELATION TO CDO—SETBACKS ZA-23-03 ORDINANCE 8.4 Sponsors: Planning, Planning Commission Public Hearing Date: 10/23/23 First reading: 09/11/23 Second reading: 10/23/23 Action: adopted Date: 10/23/23 Signed by Mayor: 10/30/23 Published: 11/08/23 Effective: 11/29/23 It is hereby Ordained by the City Council of the City of Burlington as follows: That Appendix A, Comprehensive Development Ordinance, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Burlington be and hereby is amended by amending Sections 5.2.5, Setbacks; 6.2.2, Review Standards; and 14.4.13, Urban Design Standards; thereof to read as follows: Sec. 5.2.5 Setbacks Setbacks between buildings and property lines where required are intended to provide access to light and air, provide fire separation and access, and maintain the existing neighborhood pattern of buildings and open spaces between them and to the street. (a) Setbacks Required:

The following projections into required yard setbacks may be permitted subject to the standards of Article 6 to ensure compatibility with neighboring properties: 1. Abutting Buildings with Doors or Windows: Where the façade of an existing adjacent principal building is within 5 feet of the common property line and has either doors or windows, a setback of 10-feet shall be required for any new development up to the height of the abutting building in any district where no setback is required. New Buildings, additions, or significant improvements to existing Buildings placed on a side or rear property line, or within 10 feet of another building, where no setback is required are subject to construction material and building opening restrictions as established in the effective Building Code.

2. Building or Site Features: Eave, sills, roof overhangs, cornices, steps to first floor entries, walkways, ramps for the disabled, fences, walls, and similar building and site features may project into a required yard setback. Building and site features outside of the building envelope, including but not limited to eaves, sills, roof overhangs, cornices, steps to first floor and basement entries, window wells, walkways, ramps for people with disabilities, fences and walls may project into a required yard setback. Such projecting building features are subject to construction material and building opening restrictions as established in the effective Building Code.

3-8. As written.

Sec. 6.2.2 Review Standards (a)-(g) As written (h) Building Location and Orientation The introduction of new buildings and additions

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Legal Notices shall maintain the existing development pattern and rhythm of structures along the existing streetscape. New buildings and additions should be aligned with the front façade of neighboring buildings to reinforce the existing “street-edge,” or where necessary, located in such a way that complements existing natural features and landscapes. Buildings placed in mixed-use areas where high volumes of pedestrian traffic are desired should seek to provide sufficient space (optimally 12-15 feet) between the curbline and the building face to facilitate the flow of pedestrian traffic. In such areas, architectural recesses and articulations at the street-level are particularly important, and can be used as an alternative to a complete building setback in order to maintain the existing street wall.

Principal buildings shall have their main entrance facing and clearly identifiable from the public street. The development of corner lots shall be subject to review by the city engineer regarding the adequacy of sight distances along the approaches to the intersection. To the extent practicable, development of corner lots in non-residential areas should try to place the building mass near the intersection and parallel to the street to help anchor the corner and take advantage of the high visibility location.

In residential areas, accessory buildings shall be located in such a way so as to be secondary and subordinate in scale and design to the principal structure. A parking structure – either attached or detached – shall be setback from the longest street-facing wall of the principal structure and be deferential yet consistent in character and design. Where a front yard setback is required, any street-facing garage wall containing garage doors shall be set back a minimum of 25’ from the front property line to prevent parked vehicles from blocking the public sidewalk. Where a garage is not oriented towards the street (i.e. the garage doors face the rear or side yard), the street-facing garage wall shall have windows or doors or other features that break-up the mass into smaller elements, and be blended with the character of the residential portion of the structure.

Where a garage is attached to a principal singlefamily or duplex residential structure and oriented to the street (i.e. the garage doors face the street) the following standards shall apply:

urban design standards that must be addressed in order to ensure the creation of a dynamic, engaging, and pedestrian-oriented streetscape.

The following urban design standards shall be applicable to all new construction and Substantial

In the Year Two Thousand Twenty-Three

First reading: 09/11/23 Referred to: ___________________ Rules suspended and placed in all

An Ordinance in Relation to

Effective: 11/29/23

It is hereby Ordained by the City Council of the City of Burlington as follows:

Comprehensive Development Ordinance, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of aThat–Appendix e. AsA,Written.

2 Burlington be and hereby is amended by amending Sections 5.1.2 Structures, thereof to read as follows: (f) Temporary Structures: 3 Sec. 5.1.2 Structures The administrative officer may approve a tempoExcept as otherwise provided by law or by this ordinance, no structure in any district shall be created, removed or 4 altered except in conformance with theis provisions of this Article and the requirements of the districtto in which 5 rary structure that incidental and accessory a such land or structure is located.

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Temporary Structures: The administrative officer may approve a temporary structure that is incidental and accessory to a principal use subject to the following: No Review or Permit Required

Site Plan Review: Zoning Permit & COA

Review as per Underlying Zoning

A structure placed up to 10 consecutive days or 30 days within any 12-month period at the same location.

A structure placed from 11-310 consecutive days or 31-60 days within any 12 month period at the same location.

A structure placed over 31 consecutive days or more within any 12 month period at the same location, is no longer considered a temporary structure.

Tents used for recreational non-commercial camping purposes.

e) Walls: i-iv. As written.

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Planning/KS/Ordinances 2023/ZA-23-03 Setbacks CDO Sections 5.2.5, 6.2.2, and 14.4.13 10/19/23 CITY OF BURLINGTON IN THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE AN ORDINANCE IN RELATION TO CDO-STRUCTURES ZA-23-04 TEMPORARY STRUCTURES ORDINANCE 8.5 Sponsors: Planning, Planning Commission Public Hearing Date:10/23/23 First reading: 09/11/23 Second reading: 10/23/23 Action: adopted Date: 10/23/23 Signed by Mayor: 10/30/23 Published: 11/08/23 Effective: 11/29/23

Sec. 5.1.2 Structures Except as otherwise provided by law or by this ordinance, no structure in any district shall be created, removed or altered except in conformance with the provisions of this Article and the requirements of the district in which such land or structure is located.

Martel, Unit 205,206,207 (10x30) Said sales will take place on 11/17/23, beginning at 10:00am at Burlington Self Storage (BSS), 1825 Shelburne Road, South Burlington, VT 05403.

In accordance with VT Title 9 Commerce and Trade Chapter 098: Storage Units 3905. Enforcement of Lien, Stuff-It Self-Storage LLC shall host a live auction of the following unit on 12/02/23 at 9:30am:

Temporary structures for non-residential purposes in both Civic Spaces and all enumerated City of Burlington Parks (Code of Ordinances Chapter 22-1), without review or required zoning permit for up to 60 days within a 12 month period, provided that the structure is approved by the Burlington Fire Marshal.

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Units will be opened for viewing immediately prior to auction. Sale shall be by sealed bid to the highest bidder. Contents of entire storage unit will be sold as one lot. The winning bid must remove all contents from the facility at no cost to BSS, on the day of auction. BSS, reserves the right to reject any bid lower that the amount owed by the occupant or that is not commercially reasonable as defined by statute.

STUFF-IT SELF-STORAGE AUCTION

Tents as defined in Chapter 3 of NFPA 101 for non-residential purposes, as approved by the Burlington Fire Marshal, placed up to 180 days within and 12-month period at the same location.

v. New buildings, additions, or significant improvements to existing Buildings placed on a side or rear property line or within 10 feet of another building, where no setback is required shall contain neither doors nor windows along such elevation in order to prevent unnecessary limitations on the development of adjacent property are subject to construction material and building opening restrictions as established in the effective Building Code.

Name of Occupant Storage Unit

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While traditional architectural styles and forms are welcome, a diversity of traditional, neo-traditional, and modern architectural styles and forms are highly encouraged in order to both reflect and advance the evolution and diversity of Burlington’s built environment. Regardless of the architectural style used, there remain a number of fundamental

(i) – (p) As written.

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Modification of all Buildings in the Downtown and Waterfront District:

Sec. 14.4.13 – Urban Design Standards

***illustrations remain unchanged

ORDINANCE 8.5 Sponsors: Planning, Planning Commission Public Hearing Date:10/23/23

PLACE AN AFFORDABLE NOTICE AT: stages of passage: ______________ Second reading: 10/23/23 CDO—STRUCTURES Action: adopted Structures SEVENDAYSVT.COM/LEGAL-NOTICES ZA-23-04 Temporary Date: 10/23/23 Signed by Mayor: 10/30/23 OR CALL 802-865-1020, Published: 11/08/23EXT. 121.

It is hereby Ordained by the City Council of the City of Burlington as follows: That Appendix A, Comprehensive Development Ordinance, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Burlington be and hereby is amended by amending Sections 5.1.2 Structures, thereof to read as follows:

1. -5. As written.

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Location: 930 Main St, Fairfax, VT 05454 Steve Davis, unit #40: household goods

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Material underlined added.

Planning/KS/Ordinances 2023/ZA-23-04 Temporary Structures CDO Sections 5.1.2 10/19/23 CITY OF BURLINGTON IN THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE A REGULATION IN RELATION TO RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE TRAFFIC COMMISSION—7 NO PARKING AREAS Sponsor(s): Public Works Commission Action:Approved Date:11/16/2022 Attestation of Adoption: _______________________________ Phillip Peterson, PE Public Works Engineer, Technical Services Published: 11/08/23 Effective: 11/29/23 It is hereby Ordained by the Public Works Commission of the City of Burlington as follows: That Appendix C, Rules and Regulations of the Traffic Commission, Section 7: No parking areas, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Burlington is hereby amended as follows: Section 7: No parking areas (1)-(251) As written.

(252) Reserved. On the west side of Plattsburg Avenue, from North Avenue to Rivers Edge Drive.

(253)-(580) As written. ** Material stricken out deleted. *** Material underlined added.

JP/hm: BCO Appx.C, Ch. 7 11/16/2022 NOTICE OF SELF STORAGE LIEN SALE BURLINGTON SELF STORAGE, LLC 1825 SHELBURNE ROAD SOUTH BURLINGTON, VT 05403

Contents sold as is, and need to be removed within 48 hours at no cost to Stuff-It Self-Storage LLC. Purchase must be made in cash and paid in advance of the removal of the contents of the unit. A $50 cash deposit shall be made and will be refunded if the unit is broom cleaned. Stuff-It Self-Storage LLC reserves the right to accept or reject bids.

NOTICE OF SELF-STORAGE LIEN SALE CHIMNEY CORNERS SELF STORAGE 76 GONYEAU ROAD, MILTON VT 05403 Notice is hereby given that the contents of the self-storage units listed below will be sold at public auction by sealed bid. This sale is being held to collect unpaid storage unit occupancy fees, charges, and expenses of the sale. The entire contents of each self-storage unit listed below will be sold, with the proceeds to be distributed to Chimney Corners Self Storage for all accrued occupancy fees (rent charges), late payment fees, sale expenses, and all other expenses in relation to the unit and its sale.

Contents of each unit may be viewed on November 22nd, commencing at 10:00 am. Sealed bids are to be submitted on the entire contents of each self-storage unit. Bids will be opened one half hour after the last unit has been viewed on November 22nd. The highest bidder on the storage unit must remove the entire contents of the unit within 48 hours after notification of their successful bid. Purchase must be made in cash and paid in advance of the removal of the contents of the unit. A $50 cash deposit shall be made and will be refunded if the unit is broom cleaned. Chimney Corners Self Storage reserves the right to accept or reject bids.

The contents of the following tenant’s self-storage units will be included in this sale: Mikayla St. Germain, Unit 229

Notice is hereby given that the contents of the self storage units listed below will be sold at public auction by sealed bid.

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City Of Burlington In the Year Two Thousand Twenty-Three An Ordinance in Relation to CDO—REZONING ZA-23-05 168 Archibald Street ORDINANCE 8.6 Sponsors: Planning, Planning Commission Public Hearing Date: 10/23/23 First reading: 09/11/23 Second reading: 10/23/23 Action: adopted Date: 10/23/23 Signed by Mayor: 10/30/23 Published: 11/08/23 Effective: 11/29/23

That Appendix A, Comprehensive Development Ordinance, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Burlington be and hereby is amended to rezone 168 Archibald Street from Residential-Medium Density (RM) to Neighborhood Mixed Use (NMU) by amending Map 4.3.1-1 Base Zoning Districts, Map 4.4.2-1 Neighborhood Mixed Use Districts, and Map 4.4.5-1 Residential Zoning Districts, thereof to read as follows:

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Training, education, course work and/or lived experience in the areas of substance abuse, mental health, domestic and sexual violence, trauma, poverty, crime, and other challenges is desirable, as well as knowledge of local resources. The ideal candidate will be passionate about social/racial/economic justice and restorative approaches to crime and conflict. Strong boundaries and computer, data tracking, communication, and phone skills are desired.

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Green Mountain Technology & Career Center (GMTCC) is a cutting edge career and technical education center, where eligible students in 10th, 11th and 12th grades are prepared for college and career through the acquisition of real-world skills, practical knowledge, hands-on experiences, mentoring, and networking. In addition to earning requirements for high school graduation, students have the opportunity to earn free college credits and may achieve an industry certification in their field. GMTCC has an opportunity to build a new Engineering program, and is seeking a candidate who is interested in working collaboratively to both design and implement the program over the next year and a half.

The ideal candidate will work with 11th-12th grade students in a full-day format, which will include collaboration between industry leaders and postsecondary partners. The candidate will be provided with training in the engineering pathway of Project Lead the Way (PLTW), and should be interested in developing programming similar to courses such as Introduction to Engineering Design, Computer Integrated Manufacturing, and Principles of Engineering.

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If you have a thirst to learn, the ability to employ project-based learning, and a passion to prepare students with the skills to succeed in post-secondary education and beyond, please apply online at: Schoolspring.com. Job ID: 4408496.

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

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TOWN TREASURER

The Town of Bristol is seeking an organized and motivated candidate to serve at its Town Treasurer. The 32-hour per week salaried position offers a competitive salary, benefits, flexible schedule, and opportunity to work in a vibrant community, (pop. approx. 4,000) located in the Champlain Valley in Addison County, Vermont.

The Town Treasurer is responsible for keeping all of the Town’s funds, including receipt, investment, and disbursement of funds; keeping a record of taxes voted, billed, and collected; collecting delinquent taxes; collecting other funds received by the Town; and paying orders drawn on Town accounts. The Treasurer provides human resources support and manages employee benefits and payroll; supports the Water Department and Sewer Department with billing and management of accounts; works closely with auditors to annually reconcile Town accounts; adheres to internal controls; and provides support to the Recreation, Police, Public Works, Fire, Lister, and Zoning Departments, the Town Clerk, and the Town Administrator in budgeting, capital budgeting, grants management, and reporting.

An associate’s or bachelor’s degree in accounting, public administration, or similarly applicable discipline is preferred, or a course of study in accounting or equivalent subjects, and/or a combination of lived experience in the area of accounting (public or private sector), including experience managing payroll, employee benefits, and accounts payable and receivable.

A detailed job description is available at www.bristolvt.org. Salary: $22.00 to $28.00 per hour, commensurate with experience.

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The Town of Bristol is an equal opportunity provider and employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, religion, gender, or familial status.

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Part-Time Executive Coordinator Copley Hospital is Seeking a Quality Management Director Do you want to work in a senior leadership role supporting a vibrant community hospital?

If you are looking to grow your career and work with a dynamic team of new and seasoned professionals, thriving in the beautiful state of Vermont,we want to hear from you!

Reach out to J.T. Vize at jvize@chsi.org or apply online at www.copleyvt.org/careers.

Starling Collaborative is an innovative and quickly growing non-profit working to change how education happens. Please read our website for more information. We are looking for an experienced Executive Coordinator to execute crucial operational tasks and growth projects in collaboration with the Co-Founders. This position will be 8-10 hours to start with the possibility of growth over time. Nearly all of the work will be remote.

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Work at an organization that cares as much about you as the clients it serves! Our employees appreciate their health benefits, employer paid retirement plan contributions, flexibility, professional development opportunities and positive work environment. Job sharing will be considered for the right candidate.

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Associate Let chocolate change your world! It’s a great time to join LCC and bring happiness to our amazing customers throughout the holiday season!

We seek team members who care about providing an exceptional and welcoming in-store experience for the diverse community of chocolate-lovers who enter our doors. You’ll spend your days with a great group of co-workers, educating customers, making life-altering hot chocolates, and eating some of the best chocolate and ice cream around!

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Senior Facilities Maintenance Technician VSAC is seeking a Senior Facilities Maintenance Technician who will be responsible for the general condition of the building including overseeing routine maintenance, coordinating repair services on facility 5.25” equipment, and performing weekly/monthly checks on facilities operations. Additionally, this position will process incoming/outgoing mail for VSAC and tenants, authorize payment of minor repairs, place service calls as appropriate and assist with the administration and maintenance of Building Monitor Systems.

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We offer competitive wages & a full benefits package for full time employees. No auction experience necessary.

The Barre Housing Authority has a full time position available for a Director of Maintenance to work at our Barre City and Barre Town housing sites. This position acts as Montpelier Senior Activity Center (MSAC) OPEN POSITIONS: manager of the Housing Authority’s facilities and plants in Auto Auction Yard Crew accordance with standard practices and state and federal The City of Montpelier seeks a dynamic applicant for the Montpelier Senior (WILLISTON, VT) rules and regulations. The Maintenance Director is also Activity Center (MSAC) Program and Membership Director, to manage Full time - Monday – Friday 8:00 responsible for planning, coordinating, andCGD supervising membership and programming for a progressive and dedicated comprehensive 10330 32nd AVENUE, PLEASANT PRAIRIE, WI 53158 Design.LLC to 5:00 + 2 Saturdays a month.

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communicating with members in person and through a variety of media. This position also includes oversight of the City’s FEAST senior nutrition program – which provides in-person and delivered meals for the homebound and eligible in our community. This position reports to the Director of Recreation and Senior Services.

The annual salary is up to $68,000 for a 40-hour work week based on experience and qualifications. Excellent and comprehensive benefits package.

Please submit a cover letter, resume, and list of three professional references electronically by November 30, 2023, 4:00PM to Tanya Chambers, Human Resource Director, tchambers@montpelier-vt.org.

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We’re seeking an energetic & motivated individual to join our auction team. Techs work an average of 40 hours per week.

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Join the WISE Team!

Since 1971, WISE has supported survivors of gender-based violence in the Upper Valley. We encourage and cultivate a dynamic environment that requires us to be an adaptive, flexible, and innovative team. We are growing and expanding our programming.

WISE Multidisciplinary Interview and Training Center (MITC) Coordinator

Join the MITC team and facilitate supportive interview experiences for survivors, represent WISE with community partners, and work with all aspects of expert witness development.

Family Violence Prevention Coordinator

Provide sophisticated, well-coordinated advocacy for people impacted by gender-based violence. Work with families experiencing the co-occurrence of child abuse and domestic violence.

Program Advocate

Provide advocacy for people who have experienced domestic and/or sexual violence, trafficking and stalking, and build relationships with community organizations and institutions.

Youth Violence Prevention Educator

Work with students, educators, and parents throughout the Upper Valley providing prevention education, student leadership to end violence, and youth advocacy for survivors.

Community Educator

Engage adults, provide learning experiences, and create connections to end gender-based violence in our communities. Work closely with businesses, faith-based organizations, and community partners to develop these opportunities.

WINOOSKI HOUSING AUTHORITY

The Assistant Business Manager will work in the banking system to prepare automatic rent withdrawals from tenants, prepare invoices and monitor income from grants and other vendors. They will balance the checkbooks monthly, monitor direct withdrawals, and work with the Business Manager to prevent and/or resolve issues. They will work with the AP Clerk to maintain accurate records of all financial activities. They will also work with Fee Accountant on payroll, benefits, and other direct withdrawals to ensure accurate recording of expenses.

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EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE:

• The Assistant Business Manager will be responsible for employees’ medical benefit enrollment and the company’s property, casualty, liability insurances management and maintenance.

• Associate’s degree in Business, Accounting, or Finance or three years’ experience in bookkeeping.

• Must speak and write in English. Other languages spoken by our clients will be considered a plus.

• We are willing to provide training to the right candidate.

• Salary: $23.00 - $25.00 per hour

• Ability to commute/relocate: Winooski, VT 05404

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Director of Development & Communications This full-time position offers a salary range of $70k-80k and fantastic benefits, including medical insurance, family leave, and career development opportunities. As part of our team, you'll lead our fundraising and communication efforts, crafting engaging stories, and securing support for our 501(c)(3) conservation non-profit. If you're an experienced, passionate professional with a track record in fund development and communications, we want you to play a pivotal role in our growth. Your diverse perspective will be valued, & you'll help us preserve the ecological health of the Stowe region. Application review begins December 1 for this exciting opportunity!

Engagement Manager This full-time role comes with a competitive salary of $50k-60k and a host of fantastic benefits, including medical coverage, career development opportunities, and more. As we approach our 40th Anniversary, you'll play a pivotal role in fostering community involvement and engagement. Your responsibilities will encompass managing communications, nurturing partnerships, and organizing impactful events. If you're passionate about conservation and community, we invite you to apply through our online application. Please refrain from making phone inquiries. Our application review process begins on December 1. Be a part of our growth and help us preserve the ecological health of the Stowe region.

• Mastery of Excel Level I and Word.

Position is open until filled. Please forward resume & letter of interest to: dbeaulieu@winooskihousing.org.

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The Assistant Business Manager position exists to provide administrative and analytical support to the agency through the Business Office. This position will be responsible for Vendor Management and maintaining Vendor relationships.

They will monitor large contracts for abnormal billing and to ensure the financial obligations are being met.

• Resident Care Director (RN) • Medication Tech/Resident Services Assistant (evenings) • Cook An excellent work environment, competitive pay, and great benefits await you at our welcoming independent living and residential care community.

We are looking for caring professionals to join our team, where teamwork and a positive attitude are essential to helping everyone feel at home.

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Operating Room Registered Nurse (RN) NORTHEASTERN VERMONT REGIONAL HOSPITAL

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(NVRH): Fun, fabulous, well-oiled, OR team seeks RN who’s organized, a great communicator, has excellent attention to detail - and can tell a joke or two! NVRH offers competitive wages, loan repayment, generous paid time off, career advancement and an exceptional benefits package. But, we also offer a thriving, fast-paced environment with co-workers who bring the fun, while providing exceptional care of our patients.

Prevent Child Abuse Vermont is seeking a full time experienced Administrative Coordinator. This position requires organization, efficiency, flexibility, and excellent verbal and written communication skills. Successful candidates are quick-learners, self-directed, have good attention to detail, and are skilled with using social media.

Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, Google applications, and Constant Contact a plus.

Apply now and experience the rewards of being in a supportive and thriving environment at NVRH.

Benefits include health insurance, dental insurance, IRA and paid time off. Salary commensurate with experience. PCAVT does not discriminate in the delivery of services or benefits based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, disability, sexual orientation, or gender identity. E.O.E.

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RUTLAND COUNTY SOLID WASTE DISTRICT CAREER OPENING

WASTE DIVERSION OUTREACH COORDINATOR

POSITION SUMMARY: The Rutland County Solid Waste District (RCSWD) seeks a passionate and highly organized professional who is a self-starter with exceptional planning, marketing, and verbal and written communications skills to serve as RCSWD’s Outreach Coordinator.

This position will work closely with the management team to coordinate all phases of assigned programs in areas such as community and business materials management, education and community outreach, research, and technical assistance. This is a full-time position based in our office in Rutland, VT. We support best management practices for solid waste management and resource recovery in communities; build capacity in the recycling and composting industries; and provide technical assistance to individuals, businesses, educational institutions, and 18 regional member town stakeholders.

Job Responsibilities, Qualifications, wages, and benefits please visit www.rcswd.com and download the full job description.

Annual salary: $42,000 - $52,000 depending on education and experience. RCSWD offers medical, vision, dental, and life insurance; retirement benefits after one full year of employment; paid vacation, holidays, personal days, and flextime; continuous learning opportunities with trainings and conferences; and a great work-life balance!

HOW TO APPLY: Please email your application, cover letter, resume, and one professional/academic writing sample to Mark S. Shea, District Manager at mshea@rcswd.com, (802) 775-7209 ext.202.

Wild Trails Farm is seeking psychotherapists and other types of mental health counselors for personal retreat guests.

Ideal candidates have a flexible schedule and are available on weekends and occasional weekdays in Springfield VT. No scheduling or other administrative tasks required.

Do you have experience in disaster management and want to make a difference for Vermonters affected by 2023 flooding?

Meet with clients in wellappointed spaces in our solarand geothermal-powered lodge, with views of the surrounding mountains and forest. Join our gathering of retreat practitioners in blazing a new wellness trail in Southern Vermont!

SEEKING ALLOCATIONS DIRECTOR FOR FLOOD ASSISTANCE

Contact retreats@ wildtrailsfarm.com for details.

In partnership with the VT Disaster Recovery Fund, the Allocations Director will help individuals navigate available resources for funding repairs or rebuilding their homes. The ideal candidate for this full-time, 12-month temporary position should have a deep understanding of the disaster relief and response framework and network.

If this sounds like a good fit for you, visit VERMONTCF.ORG/CAREERS for a complete job description and instructions for applying.

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Mental Health Clinician Case Mgr - LADC

(Part Time, hybrid, with some time in-office and some remote work) The Mental Health Clinician Case Manager - LADC position provides direct clinical assessment, case management services and brief individual psychotherapy to patients prescribed medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) in their primary care homes.

Applications will be accepted through December 8, 2023, or until the position is filled.

Qualifications: • Master’s degree minimum in mental health field • Active licensure in the State of Vermont as an Alcohol and Drug Counselor (LADC), Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) and/or Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) • At least 3 years’ direct clinical experience post licensure providing brief individual psychotherapy or case management services

RCSWD is an EEO employer.

For more information and to apply, please visit uvmhealthnetworkcareers. org/r0055793_sevendays.

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POSITION SUMMARY: The Rutland County Solid Waste District (RCSWD) seeks a passionate and highly organized professional who is a selfstarter with exceptional planning, and verbal and written communications skills to serve as RCSWD’s Recycling Program Generalist I. Experienced in handling a wide range of operational and administrative abilities that support related tasks and able to work independently with little or no supervision. This is a full-time position based at our regional transfer station Rutland, VT. The candidate will need to be capable of working in all areas of the facility. Be able to operate equipment on site. Can support best management practices of solid waste management and resource recovery in communities; and provide technical assistance to individuals, businesses, educational institutions as it pertains to transfer stations operations.

Job Responsibilities, Qualifications, wages, and benefits please visit www.rcswd.com and download the full job description.

HOW TO APPLY: Please email your completed application to Mark S. Shea, District Manager at mshea@rcswd.com, (802) 775-7209 ext.202.

Applications will be accepted through December 8, 2023, or until the position is filled.

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Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Relations Saint Michael’s College seeks to hire a tenure-track assistant professor starting in August 2024 to teach in the Political Science and International Relations Department and in the Criminology Program. The position requires a candidate with a Ph.D. in-hand by Aug 2024, or ABD with Ph.D. to be completed within six months of appointment. The ideal candidate will have experience in research or teaching on racism and racial justice. The position requires teaching Introduction to American National Politics, Quantitative Research Methods, and Criminal Justice, a required course with a focus on racism and racial injustice.

Additional upper-level Political Science and Criminology electives and capstone seminars will draw from the candidate’s expertise. The ability to teach courses such as American Constitutional Law, Congress, and/or the Presidency and courses that emphasize intersectional approaches to race and racism would be a strength. The teaching load is three courses a semester.

Director of Advancement Services: Combines administrative and fundraising responsibilities to achieve annual fundraising goals.

Director of Residential Life: A pivotal force in shaping an inclusive and vibrant campus environment.

Residence Life Coordinator: Supports an engaged, welcoming, and vibrant student community.

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Super Thin Saws, of Waterbury, VT, manufactures precision circular sawblades and similar tooling, primarily for the woodworking industry.

We are seeking highly motivated individuals to work and grow in our manufacturing operation.

Candidates must be mechanically inclined. Previous experience with measuring tools such as micrometers, calipers, and dial indicators is desired. We will provide training to successful candidates.

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LRC is hiring a 32 hr/wk Court Diversion and Victim Services Case Manager to coordinate restorative processes and support services for individuals and communities impacted by crime.

This position is ideal for someone with excellent communication, collaboration, and organizational skills. This person should understand trauma-informed and victim-centered practices in Vermont’s legal and human service systems. A bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience required.

Admission Counselor: A vital link between the college and prospective students, school counselors, and families.

Director of Buildings & Grounds: Focuses on ensuring that

the campus infrastructure is safe, functional, and aligned with the College’s operational goals.

Social Media Marketing Specialist: As the College’s “story

teller,” they play a critical role in amplifying Sterling’s mission of ecological thinking and action.

To read the full position description and application instructions, visit:

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This is an opportunity for professionals who are interested in a workplace that promotes employee well-being and is known for its inclusive and collaborative work environment. The hourly pay rate is between $21.97 and $23.12. A generous benefits policy provides $12,000 annually for each employee to pay for the benefits they need, such as: medical, dental, vision, and supplemental insurance, and retirement. Additional benefits include 27 paid days off and 17 paid holidays, pre-tax dependent care deductions, paid family medical leave, an annual training stipend, and life insurance.

Please submit a cover letter and resume to: info@lrcvt.org.

LRC is an equal opportunity employer and invites applications from professionals with lived experience. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.

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Sterling College is an environmentally focused liberal arts college located in Craftsbury Common,Vermont. We offer affordable experiential learning that prepares people to be knowledgeable, skilled, and responsible leaders in the communities in which they live. Join our team in our pursuit to educate and inspire the next generation of environmental leaders.

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SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21)

In my horoscopes for Scorpios, I tend to write complex messages. My ideas are especially thick and rich and lush.

Why? Because I imagine you as being complex, thick, rich and lush. Your destiny is labyrinthine and mysterious and intriguing, and I aspire to reflect its intricate, tricky beauty. But this time, in accordance with current astrological omens, I will offer you my simplest, most straightforward oracle ever. I borrowed it from author Mary Anne Hershey: “Live with intention.

Walk to the edge. Listen hard. Play with abandon. Choose with no regret.

Continue to learn. Appreciate your friends. Do what you love.”

ARIES (Mar. 21-Apr. 19): Your victories-inprogress are subtle. They may not be totally visible to you yet. Let me describe them so you can feel properly confident about what you are in the process of accomplishing. 1) A sustained surge of hard-earned personal growth is rendering one of your problems mostly irrelevant. 2) You have been redefining what rewards are meaningful to you, and that’s motivating you to infuse your ambitions with more soulfulness. 3) You are losing interest in a manipulative game that doesn’t serve you as well as it should. 4) You are cultivating

TAURUS (Apr. 20-May 20): Taurus physicist Richard Feynman was a smart and accomplished person who won a Nobel Prize. He articulated a perspective that will be healthy for you to experiment with in the coming weeks. He said, “I can live with doubt and uncertainty and not knowing. I think it’s much more interesting not knowing than to have answers which might be wrong. I have approximate answers and possible beliefs and different degrees of certainty about different things, but I’m not absolutely sure of anything, and there are many things I don’t know anything about.” Give Feynman’s approach a try, dear Taurus. Now is an excellent time to explore the perks of questioning everything. I bet you’ll be pleased with how free and easy it makes you feel.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun. 20): To earn money,

I have worked as a janitor, dishwasher, olive picker, ditchdigger, newspaper deliverer and 23 other jobs involving hard labor. In addition, I have done eight artistic jobs better suited to my sensitive temperament and creative talents. Am I regretful or resentful about the thousands of hours I toiled at tasks I didn’t enjoy? A little. But mostly I’m thankful for them.

They taught me how to interact harmoniously with a wide array of people. They helped forge my robust social conscience. And they motivated me to eventually figure out how to get jobs I really loved. Now I invite you to take an inventory of your own work life, Gemini. It’s an excellent time to evaluate where you’ve been and where you want to go in the future.

CANCER (Jun. 21-Jul. 22): There are so many kinds of sweetness. Zesty, spicy sweetness. Tender, balmy, fragrant sweetness. Sour or bitter sweetness. Musky, piquant sweetness. Luscious, succulent sweetness. One of my favorite types of sweetness is described by Cancerian poet Stephen Dunn. He wrote, “Often a sweetness comes as if on loan, stays just long enough to make sense of what it means to be alive, then returns to its dark source.

As for me, I don’t care where it’s been, or what bitter road it’s traveled to come so far, to taste so good.” My analysis of the astrological

omens suggests to me that you are about to commune with at least three of these sweetnesses, Cancerian. Maybe most of them.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug. 22): Author Dan Savage advocates regular indulgence in sloth. He notes that few of us can “get through 24 hours without a little downtime. Human beings need to stare off into space, look out the window, daydream, and spend time every day being indolent and useless.” I concur, and I hope you will indulge in more downtime than usual during the coming weeks. For the sake of your long-term mental and physical health, you need to relax extra deep and strong now — to recharge your battery with delicious and delightful abandon.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sep. 22): According to my deep and thorough analysis of your astrological rhythms, your mouth will soon be a wonder of nature. The words emerging from your lips will be extra colorful, precise and persuasive.

Your taste buds will have an enhanced vividness as they commune with the joys of food and drink. And I suspect your tongue and lips will exult in an upgrade of aptitude and pleasure while plying the arts of sex and intimate love. Congratulations, Mouthy Maestro!

LIBRA (Sep. 23-Oct. 22): In addition to being a masterful composer, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) played the piano, violin, harp, bassoon, clarinet, horn, flute, oboe and trumpet. His experience led him to believe that musicians best express their skills when they play fast. It’s more challenging to be excellent when playing slowly, he thought. But I will invite you to adopt the reverse attitude and approach in the coming weeks, Libra.

According to my astrological analysis, you will be most successful if you work gradually and incrementally, with careful diligence and measured craftiness.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): In her

poem “Requiem,” Anna Akhmatova says, “I must kill off memory … and I must learn to live anew.” I think most of us can benefit from periodically engaging in this brave and robust exercise. It’s not a feat to be taken lightly — not to be done more than once or twice a year.

But guess what: The coming weeks will be

a time when such a ritual might be wise for you. Are you ready to purge old business and prepare the way for a fresh start? Here are your words of power: forgiveness, clearing, cleaning, release, absolution, liberation.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): We need stories almost as much as we need to breathe, eat, sleep and move. It’s impossible to live without them. The best stories nourish our souls, stimulate our imagination and make life exciting. That’s not to say that all stories are healthy for us. We sometimes cling to narratives that make us miserable and sap our energy. I think we have a sacred duty to de-emphasize and even jettison those stories — even as we honor and relish the rich stories that empower and inspire us. I bring these thoughts to your attention, Capricorn, because you’re in a phase of your cycle when you will especially thrive by disposing of the bad old stories and celebrating the good ones.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): I could be

wrong, but I don’t think so: You are smarter and wiser than you realize about the pressing issues that are now vying for your attention.

You know more than you know you know.

I suspect this will soon become apparent, as streams of fresh insights rise up from the depths of your psyche and guide your conscious awareness toward clarity. It’s OK to squeal with glee every time a healing intuition shows up. You have earned this welcome phase of lucid certainty.

PISCES (Feb. 19-Mar. 20): In Indigenous cultures throughout history, shamans have claimed they have the power to converse with and even temporarily become hawks, coyotes, snakes and other creatures. Why do they do that? It’s a long story, but one answer is that they believe animals have intelligences that are different from what humans have. The shamans aspire to learn from those alternate ways of seeing and comprehending the world. Many of us who live in Western culture dismiss this venerable practice, although I’ve known animal lovers who sympathize with it. If you are game for a fun experiment, Pisces, I invite you to try your own version. Choose an animal to learn from. Study and commune with it. Ask it to reveal intuitions that surprise and enrich you.

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Dear Reverend,

My roommate is really uptight about expiration dates on food.

He won’t use anything if it’s even slightly past the date on the package. I try to tell him that the food doesn’t instantly go bad on that day, but he still throws it out. How can I make him understand he’s wasting perfectly good food?

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We all have pet peeves, but your buddy would be wise to work on getting over his because food waste is a huge problem in America. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, more than a third of available food in this country goes to waste. One of the contributing factors is that many people don’t understand the date labeling on food.

Except for baby formula, the date on food packaging is not an indicator of the product’s safety and is not required by federal law. Dates on any other kind of food are put there by the manufacturer to let consumers know when it’s at the best quality. Most often, the food is safe to eat for a much longer time.

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ROCKFIRE FIREWALK I was walking in front of you. I stopped at the exit, and our eyes met. You were talking about Halloween jack-o’-lantern displays with your mom (?). There’s a great one in Jericho, and I’d love to take you. When: Saturday, September 16, 2023. Where: Rockfire. You: Woman. Me: Man. #915849

FEELING LOST ON CHURCH STREET I found your silver ring crushed and scratched between some bricks that night. I took it home and fixed it the best I could. Describe the ring to me, so I know it’s yours, and I’d love to get it back to you. Maybe over coffee? When: Saturday, September 30, 2023. Where: Church Street. You: Woman. Me: Man. #915855 REDHEAD IN A RED TRUCK You, with the sparkling eyes and the red Nissan: We bobbed and weaved through Shelburne Road traffic and headed south on Route 7. I blew you a kiss at 22A, and you laughed. Any chance I could get a chance to make you laugh again? When: Wednesday, September 27, 2023. Where: Route 7 South. You: Woman. Me: Man. #915854 WOODSIDE DOG WALK We passed each other in the parking lot as I was arriving. You were loading up. I was getting out of the car (gray fleece) with my dog. Just missed each other! Want to take the dogs for a walk together sometime? When: Wednesday, September 27, 2023.

Where: Woodside Nature Trail.

You: Woman. Me: Man. #915853 WALKING ON PERU STREET Sunday afternoon. We passed when you were walking east. You were wearing all black and have blond hair. From a distance, I had assumed you were a college student, so I wasn’t prepared for interaction. I was wearing a brown T-shirt and sunglasses and was walking the other way. We exchanged smiles. Want to go for a walk together?

When: Sunday, September 24, 2023. Where: Peru Street sidewalk.

You: Woman. Me: Man. #915851

“Best by” or “Best if used by” tells you when the food has the best flavor, but it can still be safe to eat past this date.

A “use by” or “expiration” date is the last recommended day the product will be at its peak quality, but it can still be safe to eat past this date.

The “packing” or “manufacturing” date is used by manufacturers for tracking and not related to food quality or safety.

The “sell by” date is for the store to know how long to display the product for sale. It can still be safe to eat past this date.

Boxed, frozen or canned foods are

POEM BOY ON WILLARD STREET You: pushing a bike, glasses, blondish, work in city design/planning. Me: also blondish, pink dress. We talked about the bike lane and grad school. You brought up Wendell Berry, the writer. How often does someone quote your favorite poet to you on the street? I thought you were rare and beautiful. You should buy me a drink. When: Sunday, October 29, 2023. Where: South Willard Street.

You: Man. Me: Woman. #915848 BIKE PATH DOG PASSING We passed each other on the bike path by the dog park. I gave your dog a treat, and you dropped the leash a few times. I was wearing a green hat. You had on a crop top.

I couldn’t stop talking about how I should have asked for your number to my friend who I was with. When: Sunday, September 17, 2023. Where: Burlington bike path.

You: Woman. Me: Man. #915847 BELVIDERE, PINK TALKING PHISH, 9/16 You glided up and asked about the munchies at the show. I just spent my last $20. Wish I could have bought you a plate. It was too quick, and I forgot your name. A quick glimmer of light is better than nothing at all. When: Saturday, September 16, 2023. Where: Belvidere.

You: Woman. Me: Man. #915846 TIN QUEEN IN CENTRAL VERMONT Hi, Tin Queen! You are very, very pretty! I want that date! Dreaming about garlic, mermaids, ants ... Can I be your Iceman? Hope you read this!

When: Thursday, September 14, 2023.

Where: 10 miles from Montpelier.

You: Woman. Me: Man. #915845

good for up to one year beyond the listed date. Butter, cheese and eggs are fine for up to 30 days after the date.

Dairy products are good for up to a week past the date. As a general rule, as long as something smells, tastes and looks OK, it most likely is.

If your roomie refuses to budge on his food date phobia, he should at least be willing to change his wasteful ways by donating the food rather than throwing it away. Whether that’s to a food pantry, a friend or you, at least the food will wind up in someone’s tummy and not the trash.

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I’m a 43-y/o SWM seeking a 20- to 50- y/o F. My Juliet, I will be your Romeo. I am 6’1, 220 pounds with baby blue eyes that will melt your soul. Tattooed up and built for fun. Are you my baby girl? I can’t wait to love you. Write me, Angel. #L1705 I’m imagining a sacred sex club dedicated to magnifying our collective orgasms to focus energetic healing to our beloved Gaia and speed transformational ascension in humanity. Goddess, 52, seeking cocreators. Desire to join? Send love letters to Gaia now. #L1703

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Rutland County. #L1700

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70s sensual couple seeking other couples who enjoy convivial get-togethers over wine and fun conversation to see what possibilities of sensual pleasures might develop between us. BTV meetup? In Vermont through January, then off to follow the sun. #L1701

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Hoping for a safe, kind, honest relationship with a man. Calm in nature, love for nature. Morning coffees, long walks, talks, sunsets, art, music, dance, friends, family, laughs! Willing to see and resolve suffering. Unconditional love and support find me at home. Phone number, please. #L1680 I’m a SWM, 38, attractive, pierced nipples, friendly tattoos, purple and blue hair and goatee.

No booze, no drugs. Looking for a kindred spirit, female, 18 to 58. #L1685

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