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Republican says his position has “evolved” to undecided. That murkiness could include the appointment of a special investigative committee made up of sitting senators, who would take testimony from witnesses and make a recommendation to the full body, according to Senate Secretary JOHN BLOOMER. Such a proceeding might precede or coincide with a criminal trial, complicating matters for all involved. “I really need to see what’s going to happen and how it’s going to happen before I say yes or no to anything,” Degree says. Many, including Sen. BRIAN CAMPION (D-Bennington), now believe the Senate should vote to suspend McAllister, pending the outcome of his criminal case. At least 10 support that proposal, while another 10 say they’re undecided or need more information about the plan.

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“I think it’s important for the criminal justice process to happen, and I do worry about setting a precedent for the future during this process,” says Campion, who was undecided last summer and now opposes expulsion. At the same time, the Bennington Democrat calls the charges against McAllister “grave” and says the Senate must “take steps to protect other people from harm,” as a school or hospital might do. Authorities have accused McAllister of coercing one woman to have sex with him in exchange for rent — and attempting to do the same to another. They have said he repeatedly assaulted a third woman, who worked for him. McAllister told Seven Days in October that he had sex with two of the women, though he claimed it was always consensual. In a phone conversation taped by the Vermont State Police last May, he told one of the alleged victims, “I knew I was forcing you to do something you didn’t want to do ... I knew that you didn’t really want to do that.” The allegations strike particularly close to home for many senators, because the

third alleged victim served as McAllister’s unofficial Statehouse assistant last session. She told Seven Days in May that he raped her “every time I went down there … just about,” referring to the Montpelier apartment he shared with two other legislators. Two Senate colleagues previously described the woman to Seven Days as looking as if she was 12 or 13 years old. The woman, who is now 20, told the paper in May that she was 15 or 16 when McAllister first assaulted her at his Highgate farm. McAllister, 64, told Seven Days in October that she was at least 16 before he had sexual contact with her. “I mean, he brought her to my committee room as his intern,” says Sen. BECCA BALINT (D-Windham), who previously supported McAllister’s expulsion but now believes he should be suspended. “That just makes me really uncomfortable. I wish I had more words for it than that, but I assume a certain amount of decorum and professionalism.” Lt. Gov. PHIL SCOTT, the state’s highestranking Republican and a candidate for governor, is throwing his support behind the suspension proposal, too. As presiding officer of the Senate, he can only cast tie-breaking votes, but he can influence the process through parliamentary rulings. “We should suspend him until he has his day in court,” Scott says. “And, at that point, if he’s found guilty, we may move to expel. If he’s found not guilty, maybe not.” Not every senator is enamored of that plan. “It strikes me that, then, Franklin County would not be getting the two senators they’re entitled to,” says Sen. PEG FLORY (R-Rutland), a close friend of McAllister’s who previously served as his attorney. Flory is drafting a competing resolution that would “establish ground rules” for an expulsion procedure but would bar the Senate from ousting McAllister “until the case has been resolved in the courts.” At least seven senators say they support her idea, while another eight say they’re undecided or need more information. Even if McAllister remains in the Senate for the time being, his powers may be constricted. Less than a week after his arrest last year, the three-member Committee on Committees stripped him of his seats on two committees in a fruitless effort to convince him to resign. At least nine of McAllister’s colleagues now say he should regain his committee seats if he remains in the Senate. “I would think so,” says Sen. ANN CUMMINGS (D-Washington), who opposes expulsion. “I don’t see that being accused

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of a crime, no matter how heinous, keeps you from being able to represent your constituents.” But that decision is up to the Committee on Committees, whose members include Scott, Campbell and Sen. DICK MAZZA (D-Grand Isle). Scott and Campbell say they would not vote to restore McAllister’s committee privileges, while Mazza says he would. Competing viewpoints hardly follow partisan lines. Sen. CLAIRE AYER (D-Addison) and Sen. TIM ASHE (D/PChittenden), among the Senate’s more liberal members, have consistently opposed expelling the Republican, though both say they hope he resigns. “He’s an American. He’s a Vermonter. He has constitutional rights,” Ayer says. “And I don’t believe the people who make laws should pick and choose who they apply to.” Conversely, Sen. JOE BENNING (R-Caledonia), the Republican minority leader and one of the more conservative members of the Senate, has been the most vocal proponent of expulsion. He wrote McAllister in October with a November 1 ultimatum and even provided a draft resignation letter. Since Seven Days obtained a copy of that letter and published it, Benning’s colleagues have hammered him over it and accused him of “grandstanding” — assuming he leaked it to the press to further his political ambitions. Several blame him privately for imperiling the expulsion option by discussing it before his colleagues were on board. “The Republican caucus is not a happy caucus right now,” one GOP legislator says. Benning still has a draft expulsion resolution “in my possession,” he says, but he won’t disclose whether he plans to file it. “I feel like there’s a conversation that is ongoing, and I don’t want to jeopardize that conversation,” he says. The conversation is ongoing, but it’s taking place behind closed doors. The Senate Rules Committee, which is vetting the various proposals, met last month in the Senate cloakroom to try to find consensus. Leadership notified all 30 senators about the meeting, but not the public nor the press, and did not list it on the legislature’s website. Seven Days made a standing request last spring to be notified directly of all Rules Committee meetings after the panel met secretly to discuss the creation of an ethics committee. “I take full responsibility,” says Bloomer, the Senate secretary. The meeting about McAllister took place two hours before a Statehouse memorial service for the late BARBARA SNELLING, a former lieutenant governor and senator. McAllister himself

showed up at the memorial service — his first Montpelier appearance since his May arrest — though he did not attend the Rules meeting, according to participants. Nor did the committee reach consensus on McAllister’s fate. Its members — Campbell, Benning, Flory, Mazza and Sen. PHIL BARUTH (D-Chittenden) — have the option of recommending one or more proposals to the full Senate, but the panel is split between those who want to take action and those who don’t. “We didn’t take a vote, but it was clear we were of two minds,” Baruth says. As majority leader, Baruth is hoping to unite his fellow Democrats around the suspension proposal on Saturday at the caucus’ annual pre-session organizing meeting. Don’t expect an invitation. The meeting is usually held at Montpelier’s Capital Plaza Hotel and Conference Center and is typically attended by lobbyists, administration officials and members of the press. But this year it’s taking place at Campbell’s house in Quechee. “If you would like to come, you’re invited to come,” the pro tem tells Seven Days. And what about the public? “I didn’t ask the public,” Campbell says. “Just so you are aware, the caucuses do not have to be open to the press or the public. These are things we try to do and are done when we’re up at the Statehouse, but I’m not about to open my house … We don’t have the room to do that.” Like their counterparts in the House and in the Republican Party, Senate Democrats have a history of meeting secretly in undisclosed locations. Unlike GOP confabs, though, Senate Democratic caucuses are likely to be attended by a quorum of the Senate, since the party controls 21 of the body’s 30 seats. Campbell and the legislature’s lawyers have long argued that the Senate and House are exempt from the state’s open meetings law, but Secretary of State JIM CONDOS disagrees. Public or private, the most surprising aspect of Saturday’s McAllister discussion is that it’s taking place so late in the game. Less than a month before the Senate reconvenes, nobody knows how the crisis will be resolved. If it’s not — or if the Senate chooses to move forward with expulsion proceedings — the body could be paralyzed for days or weeks. “Am I disappointed that we don’t have the actual resolution that’s going to go forward?” Campbell says. “The answer is no, because we have not dealt with this before. I’m disappointed it happened in the first place.” Sen. RICH WESTMAN (R-Lamoille) agrees. “I hate this,” he says. “I find the whole thing just disgusting and sad.” m

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ate last year, Gov. Peter Shumlin shocked many by announcing he was dropping his pursuit of a single-payer health care system because it was too expensive. Shumlin called the abandonment of his signature initiative the “greatest disappointment of my political life.” It stalled progress toward state-guaranteed health care for all. Now Peter Sterling, a respected and influential health care advocate, is stepping forward with an ambitious and sweeping proposal. Sterling is calling for the state to study a plan that could add 120,000 Vermonters to Dr. Dynasaur, the name Vermont uses for three Medicaid programs that offer free and low-cost health care to qualifying youngsters. Sterling’s plan would abolish the current income limits for Dr. D and increase the age cutoff for coverage from 19 to 27, essentially creating singlepayer for the young. The 25-year-old Dr. Dynasaur offers comprehensive coverage, including vision and dental. The program has no deductibles, and premiums range from zero to $60 a month. Dr. D has contributed to the state’s top ranking in many measures of children’s health. Sterling said he came up with the idea last spring as he contemplated policy strategies after Shumlin’s announcement. Sterling said he asked himself: Why don’t we expand on something that is popular and rebuild public confidence in publicly funded health care? The price tag, though, could be a bitter pill. Sterling’s estimate: $400 million. He says that it could mean savings of up to $5,000 a year in premiums for a family of four. Still, with more than a decade of experience lobbying at the Statehouse, Sterling recognizes that lawmakers are unlikely to immediately embrace what would amount to the biggest expansion of a government health care program since the creation of Medicaid. During the coming legislative session, he will ask lawmakers only for a feasibility study to lay the groundwork for debate in 2017. He didn’t have a cost pegged for the study. Opposition to “Dr. Dynasaur 2.0,”

as Sterling has dubbed his initiative, is already evident. House Minority Leader Don Turner (R-Milton) called the proposal “unimaginable,” given that the Medicaid program is costing millions more than projected this year. Lawmakers learned last week that state government faces $40 million in unanticipated budget pressures, of which $36 million is attributed to Medicaid. Given this financial crisis, which is expected to worsen next year, Turner said of the Dr. D expansion, “I can’t believe that they are talking about that.” “To waste time in studying it seems ridiculous” — and potentially dangerous, said Turner. “These studies lead to action. When it comes to these ideological ideas, the next thing you know, we are moving toward it.” Darcie Johnston, who heads an organization that favors private health care over government-run programs, is ready to mount a fight. “We totally oppose it and will aggressively work against it,” the Vermonters for Health

Care Freedom founder said. She sees the proposed expansion as a backdoor effort to move the state toward singlepayer health care. Johnston argues that shifting young adults from the private insurance market would take the healthiest, cheapest-to-cover people out of the risk pool and would drive up costs for the rest of the population. “It is so destructive,” she said. “We can’t afford this.” Further, increasing the number of people who pay government’s low insurance rates for their care compounds an existing problem, she said. Government plans don’t pay doctors and hospitals enough to cover costs, and they either eat the losses or raise charges on those with private insurance. If the Medicaid cost-shift problem isn’t addressed, hospitals could be affected by the proposal. Jill Olson, a staff lobbyist for the Association of Hospitals and Health Systems, said the group has yet to review the Dr. D expansion proposal. “That said, we rarely oppose studies,” Olson said. “Instead, we usually

advocate for the inclusion of questions that we think are important to the issue being considered.” House Speaker Shap Smith (D-Morristown) supports a study of what he called “an intriguing public health and economic development proposal.” It offers the possibility of more comprehensive and affordable coverage for young Vermonters, and that might lure young adults and families to Vermont, he said. Sterling has created an organization, Dr. Dynasaur 2.0, recruited two people to serve on a steering committee and solicited funding to help him push his proposal. The National Education Association, whose state branch represents 12,000 teachers, has provided $130,000. The Seattle-based Alliance for a Just Society, which is focused on racial, social and economic justice issues, gave $30,000. The funding covers a salary for Sterling and program expenses, such as a website, polling and research. It pays for lobbying and outreach by staff at Main Street Alliance, an

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organization that works to unite groups on his shoestring budget under a plan of businesses around legislative initia- provided by his mother’s employer. In tives. Sterling also hired Steve Kappel, November he became ill, but he put a health policy consultant, to develop off getting medical help until he could preliminary financial information to hardly breathe. He ended up hospitalhelp him persuade lawmakers that ized with severe pneumonia. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11 TH Stephanie Hainley, chief operating there is merit in pursuing additional officer of White + Burke Real Estate research. Sterling has experience building Investment Advisors in Burlington, also support for people and ideas. He man- supports investigating the expansion of aged Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-Vt.) 2002 Dr. D. Bring your pet in for “It is an excitcampaign to keep a portrait with Santa! ing initiative,” she the U.S. House seat said, noting that the he held at the time. 20% OFF ALL DAY LONG status quo in health He headed a coaliand part of our sales will be donated to the care is not affordtion, the Vermont Humane Society of Chi enden County. able. She chairs Campaign for Health the Main Street Care Security, which Alliance, one of the pushed lawmakers groups endorsing to create Catamount M-Sa 10-8, Su 11-6 the study of the proHealth, a governposal. Hainley said ment program that 4 0                     a study would flesh extended health in802 862 5051 S W E E T L A D YJ A N E . B I Z out the details of the surance to moderateexpansion and allow income Vermonters. the evaluation of its With that same orga12/2/158v-speeders112614.indd 3:20 PM merits. “We can’t do8v-sweetladyjane120915.indd 1 nization, Sterling last PET ER ST ERLING anything without year secured funding data.” to lobby for a tax Blocking a study would seem “mison sugary beverages. The legislature rejected Sterling’s proposed two-cents- guided,” according to Jason Serotaper-ounce excise tax, but it extended Winston, an intensive-care nurse at the the state’s 6 percent sales tax to sugary University of Vermont Medical Center and another supporter. He has heard drinks. For his push to get a study of expand- patients and families discuss their woring Dr. D, Sterling has secured support ries about how to pay for care. The curfrom 13 organizations, many formerly rent health insurance system doesn’t part of the coalition behind the Vermont meet everyone’s needs, he said, and Campaign for Health Care Security. “this study is to find out if [Sterling’s They include the Vermont chapter of plan] would be a money-saver.” Sterling believes his proposal would the AARP, the American Cancer Society of Vermont, Vermont Businesses for provide savings to families and employSocial Responsibility and Professional ers. He has calculated, for example, that a family of four with $75,000 in income Fire Fighters of Vermont. Sterling also has recruited people might pay $11,000 rather than $16,000 who are examples of those who could in annual health insurance premiums — and potentially see $4,000 to $13,000 benefit from the initiative. Lachlan Francis is a 19-year-old in savings on deductibles and other outsophomore at the University of of-pocket medical payments. Sterling pledges to abide by the reVermont. Francis argues that expanding Dr. Dynasaur would make the state sults of research. “If the study comes more attractive to young adults. The back and results show that more taxes Putney native said he wants to remain are needed than there are savings to in Vermont after graduation, but that Vermont employers and employees in health care costs,” he said, “we will not will be challenging. Even now, Francis said, he hesitates pursue this expansion.” m 100 DORSET ST. SOUTH BURLINGTON to see doctors because of the high 5797 ROUTE 7, FERRISBURGH 1.800.993.2546 out-of-pocket costs he has to cover Contact: nancy@sevendaysvt.com

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The Godfather, somebody left a severed deer head on his land. One of the state’s leading alternativeenergy figures, Blittersdorf gives as good as he’s gotten. He dismissed the opposition as a “mob” fueled by myths and misinformation. Despite the residents’ vote, Blittersdorf made it clear he expects to force Irasburg to “do its part” to combat global warming. Blittersdorf, a Pittsford native and University of Vermont graduate, founded Renewable NRG Systems, a Hinesburg company that became an international leader in wind-measurement technology. “We grew our business in Vermont, and we didn’t do it without pushing ahead in tough times,” said Blittersdorf, who built Georgia Mountain Community Wind despite local opposition. He left NRG, which is now run by his ex-wife, Jan Blomstrann, and founded AllEarth Renewables in 2004, which, judging from the company website, appears to be rebranding itself as AllEarth Solar. In Irasburg, though, it’s all about wind. Fueling the debate, observers say, is a simmering resentment that extends to the rest of the Northeast Kingdom. Irasburg residents said their town and neighboring ones are being targeted for wind projects because they’re too poor to defend themselves. Several people interviewed by Seven Days invoked Mt. Mansfield and Camel’s Hump — wind projects would never be proposed for those beloved landmarks, located in more affluent areas, they said. “There’s a feeling we’re getting stuck

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ong stretches of wooden fence went up on private land along both sides of Kidder Hill Road last month in Irasburg. The socalled Good Fences Project has nothing to do with charity — or neighborliness. Locals are hoping to literally block the placement of two 500-foot-tall wind turbines on the property of AllEarth Renewables CEO David Blittersdorf. Irasburg residents have watched over the years as trucks carrying wind turbines nearly as long as their town commons passed through en route to nearby hillsides. There’s no way, they say, that a truck laden with an industrial turbine could squeeze through the fences and onto the only road that leads to the site. “People in Irasburg are solidly united that they don’t want these turbines, but they’re not much for marching with banners or doing rallies,” explained Judith Jackson, who counts herself among the opponents. In recent years, residents in Swanton, Craftsbury, Milton, Lowell, Sheffield, Barton, Poultney, Dummerston, Pownal, New Haven, Bennington and Rutland have waged bruising battles against wind towers. Yet the conflict in Irasburg, a hardscrabble town of 1,100 nestled between ridgelines 10 miles south of Newport, has gotten personal — not to mention vitriolic and bizarre. Residents have publicly called Blittersdorf a traitor, a liar and a “wolf in sheep’s clothing.” In October, they turned out en masse and voted 274-9 against his plan. Borrowing a page from

Making matters worse, with the windmills,” said opponents charge that novelist and longtime Blittersdorf is an arrogant Irasburg resident Howard interloper. Frank Mosher. “What “He doesn’t help. He bothers people about needs a PR specialist,” the windmills more than said Irasburg resident anything else is being told Ron Holland. “He’s a true by outside people that we David Blittersdorf believer in something have to have them.” that is oversimplified, In 2010, Blittersdorf and he’s hoping to make bought 60 acres on Kidder Hill, just north of Irasburg village. He money off it.” Blittersdorf says Irasburg is simply had always wanted to live in a hillside cabin, he said. Blittersdorf quickly embracing a not-in-my-backyard stance. installed two small wind turbines to Renewable energy, he says, must be part generate power for the place. He was of the solution for global warming. That surprised by the high wind-speed read- means people are going to have to make ings and decided to install larger, indus- room for solar panels and wind turbines. trial-size turbines. The two turbines “We have to tackle it as a society, not would have a capacity of five megawatts as individual communities or people,” and could generate enough electricity to he said. “How are we all going to move away from gas and carbon? We have to power about 2,000 homes. In August, Blittersdorf invited a do something.” Blittersdorf said the project would couple dozen neighbors to his cabin to tell them his plans. He said he knew generate $45,000 in annual payments some people wouldn’t be thrilled, but for the town, and that 10 percent of the that the meeting was not confronta- power — the maximum allowed under tional. Yet word of the turbines led to Vermont’s current net-metering laws — would go to local residents, reducing ferocious resistance. Within days, opponents had created their electric bills. The rest would be the Irasburg Ridgeline Alliance. They sold to local utilities. Irasburgers aren’t buying it. launched a website, recruited volunteers In an article headlined “Hostile and got 400 of Irasburg’s 685 registered voters to sign a petition demanding that Crowd Obliterates Blittersdorf Wind the selectboard use “all possible means” Plan,” the Caledonian-Record recounted to stymie Blittersdorf. Signs decrying a bitter August selectboard meeting. Then-chair Robin Kay initially refused the project appeared around town. Their grievances echo similar dis- to let Blittersdorf speak, saying he putes. They say the project would de- should have asked in advance to be stroy the character of the area and the on the agenda. Meanwhile, several of benefits would go primarily to others Blittersdorf’s critics, whose names were on the electric grid. They worry the not on the agenda either, were given an turbines will create noise, harm wildlife audience. “Blittersdorf silently listened as and lower their property values. And they are dubious about its environmen- he was accused of being in bed with Governor Peter Shumlin, political tal benefits.

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cronyism and moral turpitude in gen- follow all the rules. What we want — I eral, abusing neighbors, … accepting shouldn’t use the term ‘grown-up corporate welfare, having no con- conversation’ — but we want to have a science, lying and selling his soul,” the dialogue about what we’re proposing.” Kay declined to comment. Some Record reported. Toward the end of the meeting, the opponents said that Blittersdorf has selectboard relented and agreed to hear probably been treated too harshly in from Blittersdorf. But first, the board the meetings. “People were passionate, warned audience members they should and they weren’t in the mood to listen,” leave if they didn’t want to hear him. Jackson said. “I think that’s a fair point.” On October 27, Blittersdorf, at home Many took the advice and headed for in Charlotte, received a grainy nightthe door. “I don’t think they want to hear time image on his cellphone from a it,” Kay told Blittersdorf, who quickly game camera on his Irasburg property. An intruder had left wrapped up his something by his remarks. front gate. Blittersdorf Much to the concalled police, who sternation of those found a severed deer opponents, the power head. to approve wind Blittersdorf and farms lies not with most residents belocal communities, lieve it was a message but with the Public inspired by the aniService Board, a statemosity. Police don’t wide regulatory body. have any leads, and Still, local sentiment Blittersdorf is offercan sway the PSB, and, ing a $1,000 reward. at the urging of oppoHe said he has also nents, the selectboard received threatenscheduled an advisory HOWARD F RANK MOSHER ing phone messages, vote on October 1. Blittersdorf said that even though which he’s reported to police. “We’ve seen in history, you can do town officials knew for weeks that they were going to vote, Kay called him less things in a mob situation that are really than 48 hours before the meeting to bad, and people get caught up, and they invite him to give a 20-minute presen- come to regret it,” he said. For now, the battle has moved to the tation. He was in Boston and decided he didn’t have enough time to put it PSB. Blittersdorf has not yet filed an application for the project, but its optogether. He said he was “sandbagged.” An overflow crowd turned out to ponents have suggested to the PSB that Irasburg Town Hall to vote 274 to 9 Blittersdorf’s smaller turbines should have required permits when they were against the turbines. Meanwhile, Blittersdorf accused installed in 2010. Blittersdorf is fighting that allegation the selectboard of meeting in secret to discuss his project. While records are and has made it clear that the bid for the not comprehensive, he appears to have large-scale turbines will continue. He a point. On October 19, the selectboard, hopes to undertake 10 similar projects which is legally required to convene in Vermont in the next decade. Meanwhile, Irasburg residents have only in public and with advance notice, acknowledged in a statement attached taken a step that, until a few months ago, to minutes from the meeting that it had seemed unthinkable in the town that committed an “error” by conferring has historically eschewed municipal with project opponents behind closed regulations. In October, the selectboard impaneled a planning commission to doors. Blittersdorf said he has retained an map out a town plan governing land attorney but has no desire to pursue use. Commissioners hope to complete a legal action against the town. He also proposal by Town Meeting Day. The subjects of the first two chapters noted that Irasburg has no zoning or planning regulations, allowing property of the plan include ridgelines and renewable energy. m owners great freedom. “All we want is for them to run their meetings appropriately,” he said. “We Contact: mark@sevendaysvt.com, @Davis7D or 865-1020, ext. 23

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What does that mean? Holding off on legalizing the sale of edible marijuana products — problems arose in Colorado because portion sizes weren’t clearly marked. The governor was otherwise vague, noting that he’s still monitoring how legalization is working in other states. He’s not alone. Glenn Davis, highway safety manager for the Colorado Department of Transportation, regularly gets calls from legislators, police and reporters in other states seeking lessons from the first state to legalize. Davis warned that pinpointing the impact of legalization is difficult. Are his state’s roads less safe today than they were before legalization in 2014? “I can’t say,” Davis answered. “I think in five years, we’ll be able to have a snapshot.” He noted that statistics don’t date back far enough to establish clear trends. “Data is challenging,” Davis said. “Our fatalities are kind of on the uptick, but I truly cannot say marijuana is a factor in them.” Flannigan, who is the Vermont State Police traffic operations commander and coordinator of the state’s drugrecognition experts, declined to offer his opinion about legalization. Although he said he’d leave that to higher-ranking state officials, his wariness is evident. “Drugs are much different than alcohol,” Flannigan said. “With alcohol, we’ve got centuries of research and data. One drug could affect you differently than it affects me.” Supporters of legalization contend that driving under the influence of marijuana is less dangerous than driving drunk. A National Highway Traffic Safety Administration study released in February supports that claim. Trooper Jerry Partin, another certified drug-recognition expert with the TERRI HALLENBECK

ermont State Police Lt. John Flannigan was at his son’s basketball practice after hours on December 1 when he got a text message, asking if he was available to return to work to test a man suspected of drugged driving. According to police, they’d gotten calls about a driver stopped in traffic on busy Route 15 in Jericho that night. The LT. JOHN F L ANNIGAN, vehicle’s headlights VERMONT were off. Troopers susSTAT E pected Kyle M. Murphy POLICE of drugged driving and brought him in. Flannigan is one of 35 Vermont law-enforcement officers qualified to screen drivers for illegal substances. Police can’t process a suspected drugged driver without such a consultation. When troopers suspect a driver is Flannigan arrived at the Williston drunk, they can screen him or her on the station a half hour later and took side of the road using quick and easy-toMurphy through a 12-step process — a use breathalyzer devices, then follow up coincidence of terminology that is not at the station with a more sophisticated lost on the troopers. Officers who share DataMaster evaluation, the results of his expertise carry laminated cards out- which hold up in court. Any cop can lining how to detect telltale signs of im- administer such sobriety tests. pairment. Tense muscles, for example, Testing for drugged driving is not as can indicate a person is on stimulants; simple. There is no established standard the reverse, depressants. Flannigan took akin to the .08 percent blood alcohol Murphy’s pulse, examined the size of his content that indicates a driver has had pupils in three light settings, checked his too much. In drugged-driving cases, a blood pressure and looked up his nose specially trained officer must observe for traces of drugs. drivers in a controlled setting to conAfter almost an hour, the 24-year vet- clude if they are under the influence. eran of the Vermont State Police who’s The potential impact on highway been a drug-recognition expert since safety has lawmakers worried as they 2005 concluded that Murphy was under wade into the 2016 legislative session the influence of both a depressant and and a debate about legalizing the recremarijuana. ational use of marijuana. Police customarily request that susTesting drivers for overconsumption of pects go to a hospital for a blood test to alcohol is a well-known process, said Sen. confirm the drug-recognition officer’s Dick Mazza (D-Grand Isle), who runs a findings. Murphy said no. So state police general store in Colchester that sells wine charged him with possession of a con- and beer. As for marijuana, he said, “I don’t trolled substance — they found prescrip- even know what it looks like.” tion drugs in the car — and refusal to “I’d have to be convinced that what we submit to a blood test. have in place is workable,” said Mazza,

CRIME who chairs the Senate Transportation Committee. “I don’t think that’s going to be a simple thing.” Supporters of legalization argue that it’s unrealistic to ignore the fact that Vermonters are already using marijuana illegally. “People are smoking pot and driving now, and I believe a regulated market will give us more ability to regulate what they’re smoking,” said Gov. Peter Shumlin, a legalization supporter. Rep. Chris Pearson (P-Burlington), sponsor of a bill to legalize marijuana, said he doesn’t think angst over druggeddriving testing will derail the legislation. “Those are legitimate concerns,” Pearson said. “I have them today, and I’ll have them in a taxed and regulated world.” Shumlin, who is heading into his last year as governor, also downplayed the testing challenge, though he acknowledged there might be other barriers to legalizing marijuana next year. “We’re still trying to figure out whether this is the right time to do it,” he said, calling for a phased-in “Vermont-style approach” to putting pot on par with beer.

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pro-legalization Marijuana Policy Project. He noted that Tom Gorman, the director of the group behind the report, was a leading opponent of legalization. As authorities look for information, they are exploring new potential solutions for policing. Until July, Flannigan was overseeing a pilot project experimenting with a roadside saliva test for

drug impairment. Although he has yet to publish the results of the yearlong effort, he said all indications are that the $25 test is as accurate as more expensive and difficult-to-obtain blood and urine tests. The saliva-testing machine is the size of a toaster. The suspect puts a plastic tube under his or her tongue for 60 to 90 seconds, swishing it back and forth to collect saliva. The trooper inserts the tube into the machine, which churns out a receipt showing levels of seven drugs, including marijuana. If this test was available for regular use in Vermont, it might ease the fears of some legislators reluctant to legalize pot. Rep. Dave Potter (D-Clarendon) doesn’t support legalization, out of concern it will increase marijuana use among vulnerable young people. But he has introduced legislation that would make the saliva test standard for Vermont police

in drugged-driving cases. He hopes his bill will pass regardless of what happens with pot laws. A former driver-education instructor in Rutland, he said, “I think it will make our roads safer.” In Colorado, nearly two years after legalization, police rely instead on the state’s 250 drug-recognition experts, Davis said. That state is training more of them, using revenue raised from marijuana sales taxes, Davis said. He recommended that other states considering legalization do the same. Colorado also uses marijuana money for public education about drugged driving — including posting signs in marijuana stores warning people against operating a vehicle while under the influence. Said Davis: “People didn’t know you could get a DUI from marijuana.” Contact: terri@sevendaysvt.com

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state police, said his field experience suggests otherwise. Marijuana “can be a very dangerous drug with somebody behind the wheel,” he said. A September report by the Rocky Mountain HighIntensity Drug Trafficking Area, a group formed to combat drug trafficking, bolsters that argument, stating that marijuana-related traffic fatalities were up 32 percent in Colorado after the state legalized recreational use of pot in 2014. As an aside, however, the report’s authors admit, “This report will cite data sets with terms such as ‘marijuana-related’ or ‘tested positive for marijuana.’ That does not necessarily prove that marijuana was the cause of the incident.” In other words, if alcohol or another factor was the overriding cause of an accident but the driver had some signs of having used marijuana, the crash would count as marijuana-related. “It’s a very misleading report,” said Matt Simon, New England political director and legislative analyst of the

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A Forum Leads to Awkward Moments for Candidates Bruce Lisman was the only candidate who didn’t invoke the name of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) at a forum hosted by the liberal advocacy group Rights & Democracy last Saturday. He was also alone in calling for a moratorium on wind and solar projects. When it came time for a group photo in front of a banner reading “Jobs, Justice + Climate,” Lisman set himself apart by standing off to the side. He did not make it into the photo that the group later posted on Facebook. Lisman, a retired Wall Street banker who is a Republican candidate for governor, didn’t quite fit in with a crowd that had gathered for political discussions that included a

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session titled “Tackling Inequality & Building a Moral Economy.” The forum didn’t feature all the declared candidates for governor and lieutenant governor, but it did provide some deliciously awkward political moments. It’s not every day you get to see Sen. David Zuckerman (P/D-Chittenden), who is running for lieutenant governor, call for raising taxes on large corporations and then hand the microphone to Lisman. “I have a different view than some,” Lisman said at one point. The forum also showed how the Democratic primary for lieutenant governor could shape up between Zuckerman and Rep. Kesha Ram (D-Burlington). The

two faced off seven years ago in a two-seat Burlington House district. Zuckerman, then an incumbent, and Ram, a newly graduated University of Vermont student, both won. But Ram knocked off Zuckerman’s fellow Progressive, Rep. Chris Pearson. It appeared Saturday that the two candidates have not forgotten the 2008 scrap. Asked how he would approach pending budget deficits, Zuckerman blamed the House leadership team for defeating efforts to raise new revenue. Ram fought back. She was indeed on the leadership team, she said, but she was away, taking her father’s ashes to India, when the tax bill came up.

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They have a deal — if the city signs off on zoning changes. Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger announced Thursday that his administration, developer Eric Farrell, Champlain Housing Trust and the Vermont Land Trust have agreed how to divvy up the former Burlington College property. In February, Farrell purchased 27 acres from Burlington College, which was in debt after buying it from Burlington’s Catholic diocese. Following an outcry from people upset at the prospect of developing a large tract of open lakefront land, Farrell agreed to hash out a deal to preserve some of it. The parties unveiled an unofficial plan in August. Under the new development agreement, the city gets Texaco Beach, the bluffs overlooking Lake Champlain, a path through the woods and a large field, for $2 million. The city will co-own

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the 12 acres with the Vermont Land Trust. Burlington is contributing $500,000 from its conservation fund; the Vermont Land Trust plans to borrow the rest to pay the total sum up front. Depending on how much money the Land Trust raises to pay back the loan, Burlington may pitch in another $500,000. The agreement sets aside 15 acres for housing. Champlain Housing Trust will purchase land from Farrell for $1.6 million to build 160 affordable units. Farrell plans to construct 410 market-rate apartments. The agreement leaves open the possibility of adding more workforce housing, for a maximum of 770 units on the parcel. Farrell also plans to convert the former orphanage into housing. The Burlington City Council has to approve the deal. The group is scheduled to discuss it on December 21.

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Gun Groups Expect Vigorous Debate in Vermont Elections The leader of a statewide gun-control organization says she doesn’t expect her group to fight for tougher gun laws during next year’s legislative session, but she does expect to push the issue during Vermont’s 2016 campaign season. “We’re definitely expecting to be involved in the election, supporting candidates who take a stand in support of gun-violence prevention,” Gun Sense Vermont founder Ann Braden said Friday. That could prompt the Vermont Federation of Sportsmen’s Clubs, which supports gun rights, to make its first foray into electoral politics, according to vice president Evan Hughes. “We’re

watching and observing what’s going on with great interest,” Hughes said of a burgeoning gun debate between Vermont’s gubernatorial candidates. Following a shooting two weeks ago at a Planned Parenthood facility in Colorado Springs, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Sue Minter and Republican candidate Bruce Lisman expressed support for requiring people who buy firearms in private sales and at gun shows to undergo the same background checks as those buying weapons at gun stores. Democratic candidate Matt Dunne and Republican candidate Phil Scott, the lieutenant governor, have

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AY PARINI’s Empire of Self: A Life of Gore Vidal, published in October, is not the first biography of the late writer, raconteur and political gadfly (1925-2012). Indeed, Vidal’s status as a larger-than-life figure in American letters fairly ensures that bookshelves will continue to groan with inquiries into his life. What distinguishes Empire of Self is a perspective that no other Vidal bio, current or future, can offer. Parini was close friends with his subject for decades. A chance meeting in Italy in the mid-1980s soon blossomed into a friendship that survived despite Vidal’s notorious prickliness and vanity. “It’s very difficult to be friends with a narcissist,” said Parini, a professor of English at MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE and the author of numerous works of fiction, poetry and biography. “Especially somebody whose narcissism is almost on a clinical level.” Yet, as Empire of Self ably demonstrates, Vidal was far more complex than his public persona suggested. As erudite and viciously witty as any American writer since Twain, he was also an astute political commentator, an alcoholic and a semi-out gay man before such

Though Parini is not a character in the book per se, he was present at many of the events about which he writes. The author acknowledges his personal acquaintance with his subject in 13 “interchapters.” These are first-person accounts taken from journals that Parini kept for years, knowing that someday — after Vidal’s death and with his full consent — they’d be folded into this long-planned biography. Parini spoke by phone with Seven Days about the ways in which a personal connection with one’s subject both complicates and enriches the biographer’s art.

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a declaration was widely accepted. Parini’s book addresses these and other facets of Vidal’s personality as it ranges from its subject’s troubled childhood to his difficult decline.

SEVEN DAYS: What were the challenges in writing a biography of someone you knew so well? JAY PARINI: Well, it was very difficult. I’m actually creating a hybrid genre for this book, which is part biography, part memoir. I was in both an enviable situation and an awkward situation. It’s enviable because I actually knew how Gore talked and walked and what his daily life was like. The hard part, the awkward part, is that it was difficult to be objective about somebody you’re having a friendship with. But I decided it was worth taking the plunge. So the book has the benefits of my knowing Vidal, and it suffers from my knowing Vidal, as well.

it “probably the most important piece of political theater of the last decade.” That was then. While VM continues to be produced, its issues of gender, identity, sex and violence have gained social and political currency since the late ’90s. The means of communication have expanded, too, from Twitter to … the KINGDOM MONOLOGUES. That’s what East Albany resident HANNAH PEARCE, 25, calls her nascent storytelling project, which you might

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SD: I was struck by a sentence in the introduction: “[Vidal] required a hall of mirrors for adequate reflection, and there was never enough.” JP: Gore really had very little inner self that I could detect, and he required reflection, intense reflection, to have any sense of who he was, where he was. One of the first things he’d say when he’d call me from Italy was “What are they saying about me?” This mars a lot of his work. It’s pretty obvious, if you look at any of the YouTube interviews, that he was seeking the world’s opinion all the time. He was a man who loved to see reflections of himself, reproductions of himself, and he was capable of projecting this figure called “Gore Vidal,” who’s part fiction, onto a wide public screen in many different media. SD: In your first interchapter, you remark that all memory is imperfect. Is that a disclaimer intended to suggest that we should take anything written about Gore Vidal with a grain of salt? JP: That was intentional. I was once sitting with Gore and Erica Jong in Austria. He said to Erica, “What are you working on?” She replied, “I’m writing my memoirs.” He said, “Ah, at last, you’re turning your hand to fiction.” I think that Gore always maintained that memoir was the highest form of fiction. We create stories in our heads out of the materials in our heads. Memories are

TELLING IT LIKE IT IS Anyone who has seen a production of Eve Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues knows that the 1996 play emboldened the notion of storeytelling. The show consists of a group of actresses who talk about the female experience — everything from body image to orgasm to genital mutilation — and has been staged hundreds of times around the world. When VM first appeared, Charles Isherwood of the New York Times called

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Pearce grew up the youngest of five children on a family farm, went to college in Montana — where she says she did advocacy work and performance — and returned last year to her home turf. The Vagina Monologues, she says, are “well-known and popular and still have relevance, but frankly they’re a little outdated.” Pearce says she wants to create a production that’s relevant to and

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SD: When you spent time with Vidal, were you taking mental notes for the eventual biography? JP: Oh, yeah. I was actually working on this book — sometimes halfheartedly, sometimes enthusiastically — pretty much from the late ’80s. I even wrote a large piece of the manuscript in the ’90s. Frankly, [the book] was on my mind from about 10 minutes after I first met Gore — [I knew] that somehow I would write about him. I was working, on the one hand, as any good friend would work with somebody like that at the end of his life. On the other hand, I was mentally recording — sometimes actually recording, in my diary — what was going on.

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at the fringes of the American political scene. SD: You write in your conclusion that “a biographer is not a judge.” Do you really believe that to be true? Isn’t it part of the biographer’s art to somehow judge his or her subject? JP: I think that I tried not to be a judge. For example, I describe his sex life — which was, shall we say, prolific — without being judgmental. I don’t care who he slept with or how often. I am totally nonjudgmental about his

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sexual life. His drinking was another big thing that I tried to be descriptive of rather than judgmental about. It’s not exactly a secret that Gore was somewhat tormented by his sexuality and alcoholism. Those are just two facts. I don’t make a judgment. I just present a case. My bigger role, as a critic, is to say, “I prefer this book to that book.” I also tried to be very, very clear about this. I don’t fudge it even slightly. I always say exactly what I thought about his various books, things I liked and things I didn’t like. SD: What has writing about Gore Vidal taught you about writing? JP: Gore was something of a mentor, so he taught me a lot about how to sustain narrative tension and to shape a passage so that it has a rise and fall. He taught me a lot about crafting sentences. I feel like I learned a great deal and absorbed some elements of his own style. I liked the way his diction would rise to more erudite levels and descend to more colloquial Untitled-55 phrases. I tried in many ways to use Gore’s style in writing about him. Gore himself was a wonderful biographer, and I think I learned a lot about the art of telling lives from him. m

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s the days grow shorter and our artificially illuminated nights grow longer, Burlington actor and playwright JORDAN GULLIKSON’s newest work provides a timely commentary. A staged reading of his Blood Maze (Thieves of Darkness) on Saturday, December 19, will close out the OFF CENTER FOR THE DRAMATIC ARTS’ inaugural season of a yearlong series of works by local playwrights called Original Content at Off Center (OC@OC). This last hurrah salutes a new beginning, too: The reading is a trial run for Gullikson’s newest dramatic venture, the NEW ENGLAND THEATRE LAB. “I’m interested in the process of creating new work,” says Gullikson, who is also a teaching actor for VERMONT YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS PROJECT. “Many plays that local writers produce have a short time in the sun, and they don’t get a lot of development time.” Through NETL, he aims to provide playwrights with workshop environments, including “cold readings, staged readings and even

workshopped productions,” essentially offering the human resources they need to develop a script fully. In Gullikson’s case, the staged reading will allow him to test one of three potential endings for Blood Maze. The

playwright wavered when attempting to pin down the piece to a particular genre, finally settling on “dramatic movement theater.” (Despite the grim title, he says the work has elements of comedy.) In its raw state, the script is fantastical: a tale of angels, deities and humans spread across two universes, the latter facing trial for crimes against nature such as “the theft of natural darkness through the introduction of artificial light,” Gullikson explains. A remarkably expensive light switch serves as a metaphor for the concept of how “we are becoming more and more separated from the world, and each other, through artifice,” Gullikson says. It’s a pointed reversal of the traditional Prometheus tale — a god brings fire to Earth to save humanity — that paints technological advances as detrimental to human psychic and moral health. At the same time, Gullikson explores the concept of humanity’s interconnectedness with the environment. “I’m in love with the idea of connection

between people and people, people and places,” he says. Gullikson drew inspiration from the work of scientist Rupert Sheldrake. “He believes that we’re all actually connected in some invisible way,” he says. The concept, which skeptics consider pseudoscience, is illustrated literally in the script: It calls for a long piece of fabric to be woven through the theater “so that each audience member has contact with it,” Gullikson explains. GREEN CANDLE THEATRE COMPANY, which Gullikson helped launch in the early ’90s, is producing Blood Maze, with music composed by JOHNNIE DAY DURAND. (She also composed the score for Gullikson’s Sea Room, which won a Vermont Contemporary Playwrights Forum Award in 2010 from theater company MOXIE PRODUCTIONS.) Postshow, Gullikson says, he will either hold a Q&A session to solicit feedback from the audience or ask for input via email. In the spring, he hopes to issue a call for submissions and select a script

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or two days last August, the unusual and somewhat controversial exhibition “An Order” occupied the site of Burlington’s former orphanage, St. Joseph’s. Curated by Monkton artist ABBEY MEAKER, the show had a significance that hinged on its brief public “resurrection” of a deeply storied building. Meaker and four other local artists — WYLIE SOFIA GARCIA, SARAH O DONNELL, REBECCA WEISMAN and MARY ZOMPETTI — created installations specific not just to the orphanage’s physical location but to its fraught emotional and historical space. In the wake of that show, Meaker and O Donnell have teamed up to launch OVERNIGHT PROJECTS. They describe it as a nomadic experiment in curating “immersive environments,” with a focus on activating “abandoned and in-between spaces.” The pair explains that the venture evolved directly from their eagerness to keep exploring the concepts underlying “An Order” — site specificity,

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historical engagement, immediacy and collaboration. The project also represents a turn away from what both artists identify as the prevalence of painting and object-based work in Vermont. “We’re hungry for that community [created by “An Order”] — we want to keep it going,” says Meaker. Overnight Projects’ inaugural site will be 339 Pine Street, the BURLINGTON CITY ARTS space where, earlier this year, LEIF HUNNEMAN’s Simulacrum Project orchestrated a delightfully hectic series of tech-fueled performances. As the newest

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BCA Pine Street artists-in-residence, Meaker and O Donnell will have the run of the studio until the end of February. They’ll host two joint installations by

four artists, as well as “satellite programming.” They hope the latter will include screenings of George Kuchar films curated by LA-based writer and film scholar Dreux Moreland; and a Skype presentation on the intersections of art and comedy from Mike Calway-Fagen, a visiting assistant professor of sculpture at Indiana University Bloomington. In January, New York City-based artists Andrew Brehm and Jennifer Lauren Smith will install “Triangle Circle Square,” a three-channel video installation that uses footage of geometric shapes the artists have placed in natural environments, such as dice hovering over a field. Instead of traditional flat screens, the films will be projected onto what Brehm and Smith call “sculptural screens”: a square, triangle and circle for the corresponding images. The artists liken the rhythm of their footage editing to a “jam session or song,” with a soundtrack from Brooklyn-based recording artist Luz Mob. Brehm and

GOT AN ARTS TIP? ARTNEWS@SEVENDAYSVT.COM to workshop next fall. “It wouldn’t that support,” he says. “As playwrights, matter if it was a new playwright we need the support of other artists who’s never had their work produced,” to help us bring our work beyond the Gullikson says. “The selection will page. Jordan’s idea is just another way be based on the merits of a particular of bringing the theater community script.” together.” Off Center cofounder and president It’s not a new concept. NETL is in line PAUL SCHNABEL says the organization with efforts already “totally supports under way at Off and will facilitate Center. PLAYMAKERS, [Gullikson’s ena monthly series deavor] in any way initiated by SETH it can.” Though the JARVIS, offers local nonprofit mainly playwrights the opserves playwrights portunity to share in the Burlington their new work area, Schnabel through staged notes that he’d like JORDAN GULL IKSON and cold readings. the black-box venue Thespians such as to be “the home for Masi see NETL as an exciting expanoriginal theater in the state.” sion of the resources. “Everyone’s doing Gullikson takes it a step further. “This original work, so why not come together is my vision: Off Center will become the to support each other? We can’t do it center for new-work development in alone,” he says. “Jordan has always been the region. Which is a pretty dramatic a leader in that conversation.” m thing to say, but I think there’s a lot of talent [beyond Vermont] in playwriting that doesn’t have a venue.” INFO Fellow actor and playwright and Blood Maze (Thieves of Darkness) by Jordan Green Candle president AARON MASI sees Gullikson, Saturday, December 19, 8 p.m., at the need, as well. “There are so many Off Center for the Dramatic Arts in Burlington. people in this community that need $10 suggested donation. offcentervt.com

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whom they work for travel and material expenses. Documentation, catalogs and critical consideration are other possible attractors. “The idea that artists should constantly be working at a loss is a huge problem,” declares O Donnell. As for future sites, she and Meaker mention storefronts and a former train depot in New Haven. “Our intention is to find weirder and weirder locations,” Meaker says. O Donnell adds, “I personally love the detective work of [finding out] who owns a place [and asking], ‘Do we approach the township? Do we approach the property owner?’” As Overnight Projects evolves, it promises to be an energetic addition to the local arts scene. Untethered to a physical location, its experimental curation aims to draw out the significance of place by activating overlooked spaces and neglected histories. As O Donnell says, “Learning the history of the place becomes an important piece of the project. You’re never working in a void.” m

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Smith, a couple, have been working side by side for six years, but this will be their first collaborative work. Next, local artists DANA HEFFERN and Rebecca Weisman will install an ambitious project similar to the Moth Cinema of art and science innovator Natalie Jeremijenko, who spoke in Burlington in October. Still untitled, Weisman and Heffern’s work will incorporate live native moths and worms in a suspended, transparent housing. A video feed will record the creatures’ motion and project it onto the walls, floors and ceiling. Both Heffern and Weisman teach at BURLINGTON COLLEGE, Heffern as chair of the art and design department, as well as gallery curator; and Weisman as an adjunct professor of experimental film and art theory. Meaker and O Donnell consider their upcoming tenure at 339 Pine a test run for Overnight Projects and say they’re grateful for BCA’s “supportive piloting.” BCA was a cosponsor, along with Burlington College, of “An Order.” The two are hopeful that their projects will attract contemporary artists from outside Vermont. And, they note, they intend to reimburse all artists with

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Being Veronica “Brother?” said my customer, mildly annoyed but with a trace of whimsy. “Oh, well,” she went on, sighing. “I am working on my voice. Anyhoo, could you take me to Union Street in Winooski?” “Jeezum, sorry,” I said, shifting back into drive. “Winooski it is.” I felt bad about my case of mistaken identity, though I realized that a transgender person probably faces this daily, especially during the period of gender

AS SHE RETRIEVED THE MONEY FOR THE FARE, I TURNED IN MY SEAT TO GET A BETTER LOOK AT HER. transition. I need to be more observant, I chided myself. Shaking off the faux pas, I asked, “So, didja have a fun night out on the town?” “Oh, yes,” she replied, brightening. “Me and my friends ate at the Farmhouse. I don’t think you can get a bad meal there.” “So I’ve heard from many of my customers. And I dig the fact that it used to be a McDonald’s. D’ya work in town?” Recognizing the slightly manic quality of my questioning, I chuckled to

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t was a week after the Paris terrorist attack, and the Queen City was experiencing the aftershocks. Not that people weren’t enjoying their weekend, but the feeling on the streets was subdued, the usual revelry turned down a few notches. A large video screen stands atop the front doors of Nectar’s downtown nightclub. Throughout the night, it shows passersby promo shots of the band playing inside, as well as notices of upcoming shows. This weekend, all of that was replaced by two alternating color photos. One depicted the French flag, three vertical bands of blue, white and red. The second was a design that had gone viral in the past week: the Eiffel Tower peace symbol. How awesome is Nectar’s? I thought. There’s a good reason it’s lasted 40 years and is still going strong. Every time I drove past, my attention and prayers went to our French brothers and sisters. Coming up on the corner of Church and Main, I noticed two people, a man and a woman, in the process of saying goodbye to a friend — a short Asian person with soft, shoulder-length brown hair. Decades of cab driving told me to dock the skiff for a moment and cast a line. I pulled over, got the attention of the threesome with a pointing forefinger and, sure enough, hooked a fish. As my passenger settled into the backseat, I asked, “Where to, brother?”

myself. I guess I was trying to make up for my “brother” comment by a show of super-affability. If it was obvious to my customer, she graciously pretended not to notice. “I have two jobs, and I love them both.” She told me about her reception position at a local college and sales job at a department store. “They’re actually quite similar. It’s all about customer service, and I just love people.” “I can tell that,” I said over my shoulder as we took a turn onto Colchester Avenue. “What about your name? Have you chosen a new one?” “Yes, a first and middle name — Veronica Rose. I always loved both of those girls’ names.” “They do seem to fit together nicely. That must be cool, to choose a brand-new name. I guess it’s an interesting time for the transgender community. For the first time, the reality of your lives has reached the greater public. It’s really on the radar now. And, of course, there’s you-knowwho all over the media landscape.” Veronica Rose chuckled. “Ah, yes — the one and only Caitlin. Not the perfect public spokesperson, but why should she have to be? She just gets to be herself, and that’s the whole point, isn’t it?” “That’s really well said,” I replied. “That is the whole point, exactly.” As we circumnavigated the Winooski traffic circle, I thought about the resistance — the pushback, as common

parlance has it — to transgender rights. Why do these people need to make such a fuss? That sentiment, or some variation, is widespread in the public discourse. First it was black people, then women, then the gays — I mean, who’s next? But, as Veronica Rose put it, that’s the whole point. Every person, by virtue of their humanity, should get to be who they are without fear of public reprisal or recrimination. I think it’s as simple and profound as that. In my book, this is the truest response to the blood on the streets of Paris. We pulled up to my customer’s home. As she retrieved the money for the fare, I turned in my seat to get a better look at her. While I had initially mistaken her for a man, now I saw she had a shy, feminine beauty about her, with dark almond eyes and a pretty curl to her mouth. “You know what?” I said. “You really do make for a good-looking woman.” “For reals?” Veronica Rose said with a laugh. “Because that’s what I’m going for.” m Smiling, I said, “Well, my dear, you’re well on your way.” All these stories are true, though names and locations may be altered to protect privacy.

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Whenever I approach a high-up balcony railing, or look over some cliff, I get this urge to jump. It’s even got a visceral component: that subsolar-plexus twinge, if you know what I mean. I have to step away quickly, or hold on tightly. I’m just average depressed. What’s going on? Norbert Hirschhorn, London

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who aren’t even feeling particularly depressed. Researchers surveyed subjects with and without histories of suicidal ideation regarding their experiences with HPP. They found that about three-quarters of ideators reported getting the urge, but, significantly, so did more than half of those who’d never thought of suicide. Why did all these apparently non-suicidal people feel like jumping? The researchers guess that it has to do with the way in which humans’ several systems of perception, which usually operate well in tandem, can get knocked out of whack by your basic high-place-type situation. Briefly, they propose that an unconscious instinct for self-preservation kicks in before you’ve consciously reckoned with a sense of risk, and so you back away from the edge without realizing what you’re doing or why. “It is not until moments later,” continue the authors, “when the person tries to understand his or her behavior, that the individual’s slower perceptual system kicks in and potentially misattributes the safety signal (‘Getting too close, back up’) to a death wish involving heights.” (How does

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social norms — indecent exposure, undisguised shoplifting, etc. What’s important here is that, under this theory, different regions hold each other in check, impulse-wise. In Bruneau’s telling, the lateral PFC acts as the brakes of the car that our, er, shackled imp is driving (here’s hoping this guy works an EEG machine better than he works a metaphor), and it’s the medial PFC that supplies the gas. These elements together, Bruneau suggests, “may keep behavior in balance.” Which is why, among many other reasons, it’s a bad idea to mess with the relevant hardware unless you have a good idea of what you’re doing: Frontal lobotomies did remove unwanted inclinations, but they tended to remove all your other inclinations too. So, one part of the brain suggests you jump, while another, ideally more persuasive part strongly favors the alternative. But this doesn’t explain where that bizarre urge comes from in the first place. A 2012 study published in the Journal of Affective Disorders proposes that it involves a different area of the brain: the amygdala, which governs “fear circuitry.” The authors, Hames et al., term the experience you describe “high place phenomenon,” or HPP — the strong impulse to leap off a balcony experienced by both the suicidal and those

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SD: Where do you get the brush? MG: We go out into the wild to cut brush. And we look for tree farmers with Fraser fir trees. If you find an overgrown orchard, which is what you shoot for, [you can take] the brush on the ground from whatever they cut. [But] you’ve got to pay. Disclosure: Giroux’s client list has long included Seven Days. Contact: mark@sevendaysvt.com, @Davis7D or 865-1020, ext. 23

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SD: Wreaths seem like something that consumers could cut back on in rough times. Why have they been such a reliable seller for you? MG: It’s in my blood, I guess. We have a quality product. We strive for nice, thick and fresh, and we have a good following. We just switched to Fraser fir wood. Not so fragrant, but more tolerant to heat. You can make an awesome wreath and, two weeks later, if the sun is hitting it right, bang — it’s brown and it’s our fault, and [people] are not so eager to buy from us next year. Fraser, it’s more work. It’s thicker than what the wreath makers want. But we got a [Fraser] Christmas tree, and it just tolerated the heat so well. I want my wreaths to hold up. I want to have a nice product. We’ve changed with the times; we’ve stepped it up. The burlap ribbon instead of velvet, things like that. The burlap ribbon has been a big hit.

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SD: How long do your wreaths last? MG: Outside, no sun, until April — let’s say at least March. But there are variances. In offices, three

to four weeks, if you put them in a window with a lot of sun.

SD: With tighter security, has it become more difficult to do your office sales calls? MG: Yes. A lot of offices, you can’t solicit too much because they are cautious about the amount of time you take. I try to be in there for 30 seconds to a minute. Employers don’t want you taking up the employees’ time. I understand. I try not to go in there and be too loud. I try to keep my voice down. That’s how I roll. I don’t really deal with the customers as much as I used to.

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SEVEN DAYS: I know you devote a lot of time to door-to-door solicitations, but do you get more customers through your website these days? MARK GIROUX: Door-to-door, that’s how we get almost all our customers. Maybe every 10th door you get a yes. When you’re a kid and a lot cuter, it’s more [conducive] to sales. I’m 50 and bald now, so it’s different. My kids go out and take orders now. They do well.

SD: What is your best market? MG: I’ve got good clientele in Chittenden County — [that’s] the hot spot. We do a lot of car dealerships, all the small businesses. We do a lot of business in Manchester, N.H., and Springfield, Mass. On Sunday, we left at 8 p.m. and went to Portland, Maine; Manchester and West Hartford, Conn., and got back at 7 p.m. on Monday. It’s not a walk in the park. It’s not the lollipop world. It’s hard on the family. The family is tired. The kids do all aspects of the business: gathering brush, wreath making, whatever it takes. My mother’s been making all the ribbons for 35 years. If it weren’t for my wife … It should be called Amy’s Wreaths; my wife is the organizer. She married into it, but she’s the real deal. And the guy who delivers with me has been doing it for 15 years. We’ve got the right people, we really do. It’s not just me.

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ark Giroux grew up poor. His parents made and sold Christmas wreaths every holiday season to afford Christmas presents for him and his six siblings. The whole family helped, scavenging the woods for brush, assembling the wreaths by hand and selling them door-to-door. At first, they supplied wreaths to a local businessman, but before long the family struck out on its own. Eventually Giroux took over the family business, dubbed it Mark’s Vermont Christmas Wreath Company and expanded it into an enterprise NAME that now spans Mark much of New England. Giroux Throughout TOWN the holiday season, Giroux, Newport his wife, their four children and JOB an assortment of Owner, friends make and Mark’s sell thousands Vermont of wreaths and garlands, he says. Christmas They store the Wreath wreaths, priced Company from $34 to $100, in a Derby warehouse, then drive across the region, delivering them to a vast network of annual clients and soliciting new ones along the way. Giroux, 50, recently took time out of a busy day of dropping off wreaths to talk about his unusual gig.

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the sixtysomething man told a reporter, pointing toward his bathroom. His pronouncement was only slightly hyperbolic. After attempting to quit heroin, “George” said, his son misjudged how much his body could handle. As the passedout addict’s lips turned blue, his father located a plastic syringe fitted with a foam head. He inserted the foam end into his son’s nostril and pushed the plunger. A moment later, the younger man was awake and breathing. The drug George administered was Narcan, which counteracts opiate overdoses. He had it on hand that day because of a three-year state pilot program that’s been providing it free of charge to addicts and their friends and family. George is also opiate-dependent, so it’s conceivable his son could be called on to return the favor. In the two years since the program started, Vermont policy leaders, cops and addicts alike have heralded Narcan as a “miracle drug.” Nearly 7,000 Narcan kits have been distributed through 10 treatment facilities, recovery centers and needle-exchange programs statewide, and recipients have reported using the drug more than 400 times to reverse overdoses as of September. The total number is likely higher because not everyone checks back in after using it. Simply put, Narcan helps opiate addicts who aren’t in treatment to stay alive. Most people have welcomed it in a state where at least 55 people — and counting — have died this year from opiate overdoses, and more than 600 are on waiting lists for drug treatment. “I don’t know how you advocate against it,” said Vermont State Police Colonel Matthew Birmingham. “It saves lives. It’s proven.” Chittenden County State’s Attorney T.J. Donovan said that Narcan can serve as a “wake-up call” and a “portal into treatment.” But Birmingham and Donovan don’t speak for everyone in the effort to address Vermont’s opiate-addiction crisis. Some law-enforcement officers have philosophical objections to massdistributing the drug, claiming it encourages reckless behavior and actually discourages addicts from getting clean. The Burlington police union has a practical problem with it: Administering deathdefying medication is not in their current job description. Meanwhile, Vermont law requires the Department of Corrections to make Narcan kits available to inmates who are being released from prison, but no one has been offering it to them. Even Vermont Health Commissioner Harry Chen worries Narcan may send a dangerous DIY message to addicts: that they can manage their own overdose emergencies without calling 911. Another challenge on the horizon: The cost of the drug has risen precipitously, and officials are signaling that they won’t be able to give it away free forever.

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“My son dropped dead in there,”

Narcan, the most common brand name for naloxone hydrochloride, isn’t a new invention. The Food and Drug Administration approved it in 1971, and emergency room doctors and EMTs have been using it to revive people for decades. But in 2013, few Vermonters outside the medical profession had heard of it. Similarly, the state’s growing opiate problem was still under the radar. That didn’t stop House Speaker Shap Smith (D-Morristown) from asking two committees to start work on a bill that addressed it — a full year before Gov. Peter Shumlin made it the centerpiece of his now-legendary State of the State address. The House Committee on Judiciary heard testimony from Tom Dalton and Grace Keller of the Howard Center’s Safe Recovery program — a Burlington-based needle exchange that offers HIV testing and provides general support to people struggling with drug addiction. The two reported they had begun to see clients dying from overdoses. They came to the Statehouse to urge lawmakers to support a “good Samaritan” bill granting legal immunity to anyone seeking medical help for an overdose. Dalton pulled the bill’s sponsor, Rep. Bill Lippert (D-Hinesburg), aside to tell him about something called Narcan. “I can tell you, personally, I had no idea what he was talking about it,” recalled Lippert, who was then the committee chair. “We knew nothing about it.” Opiates send signals to receptors in the brain, sparking feelings of pleasure and dulling sensations of pain. But too much can slow — or stop — respiration, which is the most common cause of death during an opiate overdose. Narcan is administered as a nasal spray or a needle injection — nothing like the adrenaline injection to the heart that John Travolta delivered to revive Uma Thurman from a heroin overdose in the movie Pulp Fiction. Narcan works by disrupting the drug’s chemical connection in the brain. Although it can take multiple doses, the drug’s effect is almost always immediate. Within a few minutes, the person wakes experiencing withdrawal symptoms — sweating, shaking, dizziness and severe nausea. Dalton suggested to Lippert that this obscure drug should be distributed to the masses. Although it sounded radical at first, Lippert’s committee warmed to the idea. The group heard from people running successful community distribution programs in Chicago and Massachusetts, who said the risks were minimal: Narcan is easy to administer; it isn’t addictive; and, if mistakenly used on someone who hasn’t taken opiates, it has no effect. In the end, the Vermont Department of Health agreed to create a three-year pilot program without any additional appropriation. It would get a prescription for Narcan, develop a training manual and distribute the antidote to treatment centers that would teach their clients how to use the drug at home.

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In January 2014, the Shumlin administration announced that all state troopers would keep Narcan in their cruisers. Then-colonel Tom L’Esperance called it the “easiest decision I’ve ever had to make.” The Vermont Department of Public Safety pays for the drug, which is supplied by the health department. Troopers have “deployed” it six times so far this year, according to Birmingham. Even when the EMTs have arrived first, it’s proven essential. On April 23, a mother called 911 after finding her 19-year-old son, Kenneth Sypher, unconscious on the kitchen floor of their Bethel home. When the

White River Valley Ambulance squad arrived, they gave him five doses of Narcan. They’d exhausted their supply, and Sypher still hadn’t stirred. But by that time, four state troopers had also arrived, each carrying Narcan. The ninth and final dose revived the teen, who police later determined had used heroin spiked with fentanyl, a more potent drug that requires larger quantities of Narcan to counteract. The practice — of bringing addicts back to life — is catching on among local law-enforcement departments. A tally by the public safety department at the beginning of the year found that 10 chiefs had equipped their officers with Narcan.

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gave out 60 doses on a single day. She’s administered it several times, too, to save clients. On one occasion, someone brought in a young man who’d stopped breathing. Another employee called 911 while Keller calmly gave him Narcan. Nothing happened. After a second dose, she started performing rescue breathing. After the third dose, he woke up immediately and started asking questions: “Who are you? What’s going on?” As of September, Keller and her colleagues had handed out more than 2,500 kits to clients who’ve reported using it 366 times to reverse overdoses — the bulk of the known incidences. Three of those can be attributed to George, who said he’s used Narcan on two other addicts in addition to his son.

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All but one judiciary committee member approved, and the legislature voted overwhelmingly in favor of the final bill, which both democratized access to the antidote and eliminated concerns about being prosecuted for using it. In December 2013, Safe Recovery became the first pilot site to receive the drug from the health department. Nine syringe exchanges, treatment facilities and recovery centers — in Bennington, Berlin, Brattleboro, Middlebury, Newport, Rutland, St. Albans, St. Johnsbury and White River Junction — followed its lead. Staff at Safe Recovery started offering Narcan to everyone who came through their doors. Keller said she

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Several others, including in Richmond and Barre City, have embraced it since that count. EMTs at the Burlington Fire Department have carried Narcan for decades. In a city where overdoses have been on the rise, in a county with a 300person waiting list for treatment, one might assume that Burlington’s 100 or so police officers would be carrying it, too. They haven’t been. Behind the scenes, Narcan has been the subject of a disagreement between the police administration and the union representing officers, which are in the midst of a protracted contract negotiation. The union has argued that carrying Narcan constitutes a new duty and therefore needs to be approved as part of the collective bargaining agreement. “It’s a change of work,” said Officer David Clements, who is the union president. “It’s a medical procedure that’s not something we have provided.” Burlington officers aren’t the only ones who’ve made this argument. In Somerville, Mass., officers objected to being required to carry Narcan on the grounds that it was an expansion of their duties and therefore a breach of their contract. Chief Brandon del Pozo, who took the reins in September, has maintained that he can mandate it unilaterally. He plans to do so before the end of the year — with or without the union’s blessing. Del Pozo said he’s sympathetic to the Burlington union’s position — but only to a point: “I think that’s a valid concern, but considering how easy Narcan is to administer and … how it’s been demonstrated to save lives ... it seems a reasonable expansion of our responsibilities.” A moment later, he corrected himself — “Not an expansion; it’s an evolution.” According to Clements, the union is “not necessarily” seeking additional compensation. “Most of the concerns are about how it’s going to be carried out,” he said, of the protocols for how and when Narcan will be used. When someone is revived with Narcan, “things can go a little crazy,” he noted, meaning there’s the potential that an individual under the influence would respond violently. Del Pozo started training officers last week, and he’s in the midst of drafting the department’s Narcan policy. If they have a say in matters related to safety, Clements expects members will come around to the idea. “I don’t view it as a bad thing. It’s just something we’ve never used before,” he said.

Steve Prevost’s road to jail was paved with ill-gotten opiates. The Winooski construction worker recalled the rapid progression of his drug addiction, which began when he was a teen cycling through foster homes: “You start sniffing Percocets, eating Oxys and then you’re shooting heroin,” he said. His drug habit led him to steal, which landed him in prison in 2001, at age 20. He did his two and a half years in Greenville, Va., and soon after being released, met up with a childhood friend. The two were in

apartment. His friend, he would later learn, had also survived. Prevost eventually sought help at Safe Recovery, where staff helped get him into treatment. After multiple relapses, he’s been clean for two and a half years. In 2014, the legislature passed a bill requiring the Department of Corrections to work with the health department to distribute Narcan to people such as Prevost — outgoing inmates with a history of drug abuse. Correctional facilities already stock the drug in case someone needs it behind bars, but studies show that incarcerated drug addicts

Prisoners who’ve gone through detox and have been released from the Marble Valley Regional Correctional Facility in Rutland can now receive naltrexone, which discourages opiate use by blocking its euphoric effects. Officials say this initiative, funded through a federal grant, will start promptly — in January. Of the Narcan program, Menard said, “I would expect it to happen in the near, near future.” At least at first, the DOC will only offer it in two correctional facilities: St. Albans and Chittenden. The commissioner explained, “We’re certainly not ruling out at some point it PHOTOS: JAMES BUCK

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Melanie Hanson, a case manager with Safe Recovery

Burlington when they got into a car with a heroin dealer Prevost had met in prison. They had already split three six-packs. As he injected two bags of heroin in the passenger seat, Prevost noticed his friend, who shot up first, gasping for air in the backseat — a sign that he was overdosing. “Not knowing CPR, I was trying to blow air into his lungs,” he said. “The last thing I remember was a mouthful of his spit in my mouth. Then everything went black.” Like his friend, Prevost had overdosed. Although he occasionally scored dope in prison, he was mostly clean at the time, he said, and his body couldn’t handle that much heroin. Seventeen hours later, Prevost woke up vomiting and alone in an unfamiliar

are disproportionately likely to die from an overdose during the first few weeks after they’ve been released from prison. A year and a half later, inmates are still leaving Vermont jails empty-handed. Corrections Commissioner Lisa Menard struggled to explain the delay. “I’m just going to acknowledge that it does seem like a long time,” Menard said. The challenge, she said, has been purely logistical — “It’s not as simple as, ‘Here’s a kit; see ya later.’” The corrections department still doesn’t have a prescription, but it has begun to prepare staff to teach departing prisoners how to administer Narcan. Meanwhile, on December 1, Shumlin announced another program for outgoing inmates with opiate addictions.

would be given to everyone, but initially I think it would be better to plan and understand any consequences, positive or negative.” Other institutions don’t make such distinctions. According to Dalton of Safe Recovery, “We started handing it out the day we got the medication from the health department. It’s not complicated.” After a rash of overdoses involving fentanyl in the Upper Valley last year, the Hartford School Board voted in August to give Narcan to school nurses.

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threshold. The grant-supported staffers also distributed Narcan and ran the needle exchange. Most of them have already been laid off. After applying for other grants without success, Dalton, Keller and their boss, Bob Bick, CEO of the Howard Center, are calling on the state to fill the funding shortfall. They’ve got some influential allies. Donovan, who sits on the Howard Center’s board, said he thinks the Narcan movement will suffer if Safe Recovery can’t secure replacement funding. Lippert is also dismayed. “We would not

have Narcan available to Vermonters in the same way if it weren’t for the commitment and initiative of Tom Dalton and Grace Keller. The idea that their program is subsequently in danger … is, for me, particularly difficult to comprehend.”

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the upcoming session. The health department is drafting a report for lawmakers, evaluating the program. In the meantime, it’s no longer offering Narcan to new sites. Asked last week to give a preliminary appraisal, Chen responded, “Overall, successful.” But, he continued, “I think the question really is, is it a sustainable model for the long-term?” The give-it-away-for-free approach? “That’s something I think we’re going to have to rethink,” he said. Since the program started, the cost of the drug has skyrocketed — in response to increased national demand. In April, Shumlin sent a letter to the Narcan manufacturer, Amphastar, urging the company to reduce the price. He noted that the health department paid $113 for 10 doses of Narcan in

March and $183 for the same amount in April. Several states have struck deals with the pharmaceutical company, securing a discounted rate. Vermont has yet to score such an arrangement, but the governor’s spokesman, Scott Coriell, told Seven Days that the administration is discussing possibilities with Amphastar. Amphastar has enjoyed pricing discretion in part because it’s offered the only version of Narcan that can be converted into a nasal spray. Its product is actually sold as a syringe, but an atomizer, purchased separately, turns the syringe into an intranasal device. In November, the FDA approved a nasal spray made by Adapt Pharma, which doesn’t require this extra step. When the new product hits the market in January, Chen expects it to “help substantially.” Although his department has been footing the bill, the total tab for the pilot program has been modest — $165,000 from its start in 2013 to September 2015. Long-term, though, the health commissioner plans to advocate for a more traditional — and cheaper — method of dispensing Narcan: pharmacies. Last year, Vermont changed its laws in order to allow pharmacies to dispense the drug over the counter — yet pharmacists at Rite Aid, Walgreens and Kinney Drugs in Burlington confirmed that their employers have yet to stock it. Even if they do, customers would be paying for it out-of-pocket. Chen’s vision is to make Narcan available at pharmacies, without a prescription — or, more likely, with a standing prescription that would apply to all Vermont residents — and make Medicaid or private insurance pay for it. That would require convincing pharmacies to stock it and getting insurers to cover it. The health department would likely continue to supply Narcan to certain locations to reach people who wouldn’t otherwise seek it out. Regardless of the method, key lawmakers say they’re committed to continuing to expand access to Narcan. “In the midst of this tragic epidemic, for me it’s a given that we should have it widely available, without financial barriers,” Lippert said. “We’ll find a way,” promised Sen. Dick Sears (D-Bennington). Prevost hopes so. “It’s such a simple thing,” he said. Even if the cost were to continue to rise, he suggests a litmus test for lawmakers: “What if your son was a drug addict? Would you spend 40 dollars to keep him alive?” m

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But not everyone is a believer. “It’s certainly accepted, but it’s not widely accepted,” Donovan said. “We gotta continue to push the rock up the hill.” Birmingham acknowledged that within his ranks, some still harbor reservations, and “that’s a philosophical view troopers are entitled to have.” As a patrol commander at the Royalton barracks, Sergeant John Helfant deals with opiate-related incidents on a near daily basis. “I’m fine with carrying Narcan, and if I have the opportunity to use it, I’d definitely use it,” Helfant said. But he also worries that it makes addicts more cavalier about pushing the limits. “It makes them too comfortable,” he said. “We have seen it. They are just not concerned about the dosage or the quantity.” Warning against viewing Narcan as a cure-all, Helfant pointed out that it can take multiple doses to revive someone, and the antidote can wear off. Tim Bombardier, the Barre City police chief, said he views Narcan as just another tool law-enforcement officers can use to save lives; he plans to distribute it to his officers as soon as they’ve been trained. But Bombardier takes issue with the practice of handing it out at treatment centers. “That seems a little twosided to me,” he explained. “If the point is to help people stay clean, why are we giving you Narcan in the same breath?” As part of the training they receive with the kit, people are instructed to call 911 after administering Narcan — in part because, as Helfant pointed out, it can wear off before the opiates have cleared an individual’s system. But according to health department data, only 28 percent of people have heeded this instruction. “It continues to be a concern,” said Chen, adding, “I don’t know that there’s a way around it.” He conceded, though, that the lengthy waiting lists for treatment statewide suggest that Narcan isn’t stopping people from trying to get clean. Sarah Clark went to rehab a halfdozen times before she stopped abusing opiates, and the 36-year-old Essex Junction mother has been drug-free for five years. She carries Narcan, just in case she encounters someone who’s overdosed. “A lot of people have been saying it’s not good because it encourages people to do drugs,” she said. Her rebuttal? “You need to be alive to go to treatment.” But getting help could get harder — at least in Chittenden County. Safe Recovery recently lost a $450,000 federal grant that funded 80 percent of its operations because it was tied to HIV prevention — and Vermont’s infection rate has dipped below the qualifying

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A local Somali Bantu TV program is a rare — and award-winning — source for news in Maay Maay Mohamed Muktar reporting in Washington, D.C.

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n a Saturday morning in early December, Mohamed Muktar scribbled furiously on his legal pad, oblivious to the flurry of activity in the studio of Vermont Community Access Media (VCAM) in Burlington. Filming for Muktar’s weekly news program, “Somali Bantu TV,” was about to start, and he was finalizing the list of issues he’d be presenting. Occasionally, Muktar did a microphone test and shifted his chair toward the cameras, as instructed by his cohost, Muktar Ali. Muktar and Ali started “Somali Bantu TV” in late 2013; their show — usually an hour long — runs on Burlington’s community-access Channel 15 four times a week and is posted on YouTube. The show is a rarity — in the U.S and worldwide — because it’s delivered in Maay Maay, a language mainly spoken by the Bantu people, a persecuted minority in Somalia. The first time Muktar, 27, saw himself on television, he felt “very proud.” These days, Muktar and Ali have reason to be even prouder. Last month, they were awarded the top prize at the Alliance for Community Media — Northeast Region’s 17th annual video festival in the nonprofessional issues and political process category. When a civil war broke out in Somalia in 1991, the Bantus bore the brunt of the violence and fled to refugee camps in Kenya. Vermont received its first Bantu families in 2003. Today, about 1,500 Bantu individuals live in the state, according to the Somali Bantu Community Association of Vermont. The ACM-NE award helps establish Muktar and Ali as public faces of that community — and raises their profile outside it. “Last time, we were thinking it’s only for our community. But now, we

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noticed that even other communities are noticing what we are doing,” said Muktar, who works as a multilingual liaison for the Burlington School District during the day and a cleaner at the University of Vermont Medical Center at night. Though the ACM-NE received no other entries in the category, the lack of competition doesn’t diminish the work of “Somali Bantu TV,” said Camille Bartlett of Peabody Access Telecommunications, who coordinated the festival. Indeed, the open field demonstrates the team’s dedication. “It is a time-consuming effort to produce any kind of programming, more so if you are doing it on the side,” she explained in an email. Last year the nonprofessional category only had three entries, reflecting the inherent difficulty of producing such a program, she pointed out. By contrast, the professional side of the category had 18 entries. Muktar came to the U.S. in 2005, Ali in 2004. They met in 2009, two years after the latter’s move to Vermont. Before the two men created their TV show, they and their friends wrote, performed and shot comedy skits based on their experience as refugees in Kenya, which they posted on the internet. In one such skit, Ali plays the role of an interpreter for Kenyan police officers who use force to extract a confession from a Bantu suspect. Between 2009 and 2015, the pair also made four feature films — including one in the horror genre — and distributed them through their own production company, Banllywood Entertainment. They said making films was cathartic. “When we shoot a movie about a challenge or experience, we feel like, Now the story or challenge is not inside my heart or my brain,” explained Muktar.

Of the pair, Ali, 30, who also works at the UVM Medical Center, has a bigger passion for filmmaking. He’s an avid fan of Bollywood films and counts Shah Rukh Khan as one of his favorite actors. A selftaught producer and video editor, he’s made a Bollywood-themed music video that’s available on VCAM’s website. One of the challenges Ali said he faces is hiring actresses. Bantu families discourage their daughters from acting because they fear it would ruin their marriage prospects, the father of two said. “Or [they worry] she’s going to be a player,” added Muktar. Thus far, Ali has managed to cast four women in his films — though some are his relatives, he admitted, and none lives in Vermont. After dabbling in acting and filmmaking for four years, Muktar and Ali decided to create a news show. “Our goal is to make our people understand what’s going on around the world. This is the only news [program] that speaks their language. Most of them are not educated. They don’t read the newspapers,” explained Muktar. For news junkie Muktar, this was a dream come true. While he participated willingly in skits and films as a supporting cast member, he said his real passion lies in broadcasting. “I want to be the first guy to start Maay Maay media,” he said. Back at the VCAM studio, Muktar and Ali conferred one last time before they started filming. Their set design is simple: a small, round table and two deep-red cushioned chairs. Muktar clipped a microphone on his brown leather jacket and, a couple of seconds later, Ali signaled the start of the show by staring straight into the middle camera and saying, “Assalamualaykum,” the Arabic greeting often used by Muslims.

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and Ali see it as their duty to educate the younger generation about their history. “They have no idea. Most of their parents are not giving them the information,” Muktar lamented. The pair receives news videos and audio clips from volunteer correspondents based in Somalia and refugee camps in Kenya, and Ali edits them into the program. It usually takes him an hour to edit an episode, he said. Bantu communities across the U.S. also send news tips to the team — which sometimes reports live, as well. In October, Muktar went to Washington, D.C., to cover a protest rally against the treatment of the Bantu people by the Somali government. For now, the program appears without English subtitles, which Muktar and Ali said they lack the resources to provide. While acknowledging the potential of subtitling to reach a larger viewership, they stressed that the program’s main target audience is Bantu people. Muktar and Ali aren’t the only Vermonters who see the value of starting their own community media outlet, but they’re certainly the most active, said Bill Simmon, director of media services at

VCAM. “We were thrilled to support their efforts. I don’t know of any group from anywhere who has both a news arm and an entertainment arm,” he added. “That’s definitely unique to them as far as Channel 15 is concerned.” In fact, Simmon wishes “there were more non-English content on the channel” and encourages non-English speakers in Burlington to “come in and use our facilities.” Before filming, a VCAM employee typically helps Ali set up the microphones and lighting. But Simmon observed that Muktar and Ali “like to get to a place where they don’t really need the staff to help them at all.” Self-sufficiency is just the beginning of the duo’s aspirations. Down the road, they said, they would like to make a film about the Bantu people in Africa, as well as to open their own studio in Kenya. Muktar reckoned they would need about $20,000 to start their own facility in Nairobi, where they could film interviews with newsmakers in Africa such as politicians, actors and actresses, thus improving their coverage as an international media presence. Such a facility would also create jobs for producers, editors and reporters in Kenya who speak Maay Maay and AfMaxaa, the official language of Somalia, Muktar pointed out. To make that vision of a cross-continental Maay Maay media company a reality, he said, he’ll need to “work hard” by applying for grants and fundraising in several states. Though Muktar has no plans to leave the U.S. and head that team in Nairobi, he dreams of presenting the news full time. “That’s my goal, my hope,” he said. m

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“We charge extra if she paints ‘Vermont’ on it,” Gallagher says. Rainville’s mom isn’t the company’s oldest employee. Maple Landmark can now boast that four generations work there, ranging from Mike Rainville’s 22-year-old son, Adam, to his 96-yearold grandmother, Hattie Brown. The latter is a petite, smiley woman with short white hair and a Lilliputian voice. Standing at her workbench, she’s not even tall enough to change the calendar on the wall, which still shows November. Below it hangs a picture postcard of the one-room schoolhouse in Lincoln where Brown taught for many years before “retiring” to this job. When Seven Days visits, Brown is happily gluing wooden smokestacks onto toy train engines. Despite her age, she’s on her feet all day and insists she doesn’t mind it. “They keep her busy up here,” comments a nearby coworker. “They say he’s here to work,” Brown replies to her coworker’s remark. “I think he’s just here to keep an eye on me.” Maple Landmark’s staff has longevity; many employees have worked there for more than a decade. They include Bob Bougor, 69, who’s been with the company for 15 years. He looks like a character straight out of Santa’s workshop: short and stocky with bright blue

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tumbler; the second soaks up excess stain. As Gallagher explains, Rainville couldn’t find anyone who made such tumblers, so he built them himself. In a nearby break room sits a large, 3D wooden schematic, which Rainville also made, showing the configuration of the new workspace currently under construction at the back of the building. Though his employees could have perused the proposed blueprints on a computer, Rainville decided it might be easier for them to see and touch the plan and then suggest improvements of their own. He has always been good with his hands. As the story goes, Rainville began making toys as a child when, after he got on his mother’s nerves, she finally told him to “go find something to do.” He did. Rainville began by crafting wooden toy cars, trucks, trains and cribbage boards in the basement of his parents’ home in Lincoln. By the age of 15, he was selling his products wholesale. “We’ve been busy ever since,” says Pat Rainville, Mike’s 76-year-old mother, who also works at Maple Landmark. Today, she’s spray-painting small toy parts, which are laid out on drying racks like freshly baked cookies. This time of year, Pat also hand-paints coasters and Christmas tree ornaments, and not just with broad brushstrokes; she paints finely detailed landscapes and script letters. This season alone, she’s already done 23 dozen ornaments by hand.

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Mike Rainville says he never envisioned Maple Landmark solely as a “toy company.” The company currently produces about a thousand different eco-friendly products ranging from cribbage boards to cutting boards, baby teethers to trivets, corporate plaques to beer-tap handles. They’re sold throughout North America, often to museums and gift shops. In an era when countless American toy and gift manufacturers have outsourced their operations overseas to reduce material and labor costs, Maple Landmark has thrived, carving out a niche and winning awards. The vast majority of its materials are still sourced from Vermont and Maine. Buying local is a major draw for the many Vermont companies, nonprofits and community groups that contract with Maple Landmark for custom items. That work now represents the fastest-growing sector of Maple Landmark’s business, and its client list reads like a who’s who of Vermont companies: Ben & Jerry’s, Trapp Family Lodge, Cold Hollow Cider Mill, Champlain Orchards and Vermont Country Store, to name a few. “There’s probably not a company around that we haven’t done work for,” says Rainville. All that work has left Maple Landmark bursting at its seams. So, a few months ago, the company broke ground on a $2.3 million expansion project that will nearly double the size of its manufacturing space — and allow room for future growth. Does that mean its staff will also grow beyond the current 42 employees? “The expansion will allow us to actually fit 42 people in here,” Rainville says. “We ran out of space years ago.” Rainville, 52, is the classic entrepreneur who seems happiest when he’s thinking up new products and innovative ways to build them. In the company’s first-floor woodshop, which buzzes with routers, sanders and sawdust vacuums, two wooden contraptions that resemble Ferris wheels turn slowly inside a makeshift chicken-wire cage. The first wheel sands wooden parts smooth, like a rock

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n the second-floor assembly room at Maple Landmark Woodcraft in Middlebury, employees sit in rows of workbenches and busily pound wheels and magnets onto NameTrains, the company’s alphabet-letter cars that connect to form names and words. Once each wooden car is completed, a worker at the end of the assembly line zooms it down a rainbow-colored ramp to make sure all the wheels turn properly. The workers don’t dress as elves or whistle while they work. Still, as they hammer the toys with wooden mallets, a playfully busy mood prevails, as though nothing is more fun during the holiday season than assembling 3,000 wooden letters per day. Watching the workers make the NameTrains, which have been Maple Landmark’s best-selling product since their introduction in the early 1990s, may remind an observer of the elven toy makers in the TV holiday classic “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.” “I’ve been lobbying for the red hats and curly-toed shoes, but so far I haven’t had much success,” quips sales manager John Gallagher. He’s giving this reporter a tour of the company’s soonto-be-expanded manufacturing plant on Middlebury’s Exchange Street. This is one of Gallagher’s favorite duties. On any given day, a tour bus might be parked outside, carrying 40 or more children eager to see the factory’s inner workings. “It’s a blast to come through here with kids on the tour,” he says. “They love it!” Maple Landmark differs from many of the other manufacturers in this Addison County industrial park. Unlike the neighboring producers of consumable goods — Woodchuck Hard Cider, Cabot Cheese Creamery, Otter Creek, Stonecutter Spirits, Vermont Coffee — Maple Landmark makes toys and gifts that are meant to last a lifetime. “I’ll be at a [trade] show, and a young person will come up to me and say, ‘I still have my NameTrain from when I was 5 years old.’ And he’s 30,” Gallagher says. Despite such anecdotes and the life-size toy train parked on the front lawn, company founder and co-owner

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rationale for containing the banned chemicals. All-wood toys, for instance, had to be tested for plastic softeners. Rainville eventually found an independent lab that agreed with a more generous interpretation of the new law. According to his reading, Maple Landmark can, say, test each new wood stain, rather than individually testing each of the dozens (or hundreds) of new products to which the stain is applied. “That was the difference between doing something that’s affordable and something that was going to cost us $1 million a year,” Rainville says. “I have no issues with the regulations in place. People need to be safe. It just needs to be fair.” Luckily, the Consumer Product Safety Commission agreed with Rainville’s interpretation, too. These days, he’s free to devote his efforts to more pleasurable pursuits, such as thinking up new product ideas. About four years ago, Maple Landmark formed a new-product design committee that includes employees from all departments. Among the more successful suggestions, Rainville says, are those born from contemporary photo culture. In recent years, those have included Silly Sticks: wooden mustaches, glasses, hats and lips that people hold up when taking selfies. In the same vein, Portrait Props are wooden blocks that can be arranged to show a child’s age in weeks, months and years. When asked what the next big trend will be, Rainville just shrugs. Right now, he’s focused on the factory expansion and getting through the holiday crunch. “Our employees are getting overtime, which they like,” he says. “If we get to Christmas and we haven’t had that adrenaline rush, then something isn’t right in the world.” m

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eyes, a gray goatee and a jolly smile. He’s clad in a sawdust-flecked flannel shirt and green smock. Bougor has many responsibilities at Maple Landmark, including purchasing and inventory control. But his favorite role, he relishes telling visitors, is that of official “toy breaker.” Whenever the engineering department develops a new product, Bougor explains, an independent safety lab must test it before it can go on the market. Before Maple Landmark sends a product to the lab — at $300 to $500 a pop — Bougor puts it through his own rigorous battery of tests. That means repeatedly dropping the item from federally specified heights onto a tiled floor. “If I break it, that means it has to be reengineered,” Bougor says. “And I’ll keep doing that until it doesn’t break anymore.” Rigorous testing makes sense for a company that makes products such as blocks, baby rattles and teethers that will inevitably end up in children’s mouths. But Maple Landmark hasn’t always been as upbeat about the product safety requirements as Bougor’s attitude suggests. A few years ago, tightening of those requirements nearly drove many small toy makers, including Maple Landmark, out of business. Following a record year for safety recalls of children’s products due to choking hazards, lead contamination and lethal design flaws, Congress enacted the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008. Initially, the recalls spelled good news for American toy makers. Since nearly all the toxintainted products that year had been mass-produced in China or other Asian countries, locally made goods such as those of Maple Landmark, which uses all-natural materials, looked better and safer to consumers than their competitors’. However, the CPSIA, which passed with scant industry input or congressional debate, mandated extensive third-party testing to detect banned substances, even if a product had no

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arrows. Between sessions, Caitlyn admits she was drawn to VTAG because she’s a Hunger Games fan. Sci-fi and fantasy fans form an underground tribe in this state, notes Folb. “There are a lot more people than you think who are very into The Hunger Games and Lord of the Rings and Vikings and all that,” he says. “And in Vermont, there have not been a lot of venues.” After 28 years in operations management, Folb is now working full time to promote not only VTAG but a Renaissance Faire he’s organized — think faux fairies, knights, jousters and jesters, along with outdoor bow-and-arrow tag. It’s scheduled for June 25 and 26, 2016, in Stowe. “We’re tapping into this whole community of creative people who don’t mind thinking out of the box — or building their own box and doing fun things,” Folb says of the crossover between the Ren Faire crowd and VTAG players. “You don’t have to be a sci-fi or fantasy geek to do it, but it may bring an extra smile to your face.” Rayne Herzog, owner of the Shelburne

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until they run out of arrows. Physical contact is forbidden, and no projectile can be fired from closer than 20 feet — the width of the neutral zone. JEFF Players who’ve been shot must go to the sidelines but are soon “recycled” back into play. The point? Don’t get hit. And do hit your opponents. “This is for anybody who’s looking for something new and different,” says Folb. “It’s quick, easy, low impact. You come, you play, you go home. It’s not taking the whole day — anybody can play.” A group of 10 to 20 VTAG players now gathers on Fridays and Saturdays at 8:30 p.m. to play the game — and then, perhaps, to throw back a pint or two at the Field House’s sports bar. Kids playing soccer at the facility have been curious enough to join VTAG games, too — which speaks to the sport’s wide appeal, says Folb. “It’s a very body-, gender-, age-neutral game, and yet it brings that element of a little risk, a little excitement, a little adrenaline,” he says. “A lot of people aren’t going to play paintball or dodgeball or soccer or lacrosse; this gives you a little bit of that element, but it’s real low impact.” Players wear goggles — and are often

Health & Fitness facility that shares the Field House’s building, has dabbled in VTAG and says it’s more of a body burner than it initially seems. “You do get some good exercise,” he says. “You’re moving around, squatting, running — you start sweating.” Dufresne, a 40-year-old special-needs paraeducator from Vergennes, points out that VTAG can be tailored to individual preferences. “You can be running from bunker to bunker, drawing fire and dodging and dive-rolling to retrieve ammo, and you’ll get a serious whole-body workout without even realizing it,” she says. “But if you’re not feeling that ambitious, or you tweaked your ankle, you can spend more time behind cover.” VTAG does require coordination, Dufresne adds — in ways that, say, bow hunting doesn’t. While deer and turkey are moving targets, they don’t shoot back at you. Though I have the misfortune of being nailed right on a neck nerve, the VTAG arrows are harmless. The sport’s only real inherent danger is that of being outfoxed by an opponent, or perhaps outcostumed. “You’re never shooting anybody closer than 20 feet — the impact is nothing compared to paintball,” says Folb. He’s thinking about offering more themed nights, as well as disco lights and glow sticks. Folb has also experimented with a version of VTAG in which teams aim their arrows at an athletic ball located in the neutral zone; it’s called “football.” My attempts to hit anyone or anything with an arrow fall flat, but I’m intrigued enough by VTAG to plan to give it another shot this winter, especially if wacky garb and garish lights come into play. Sounds like a great way to forget about a gray winter evening. As Dufresne says of the game, “It’s a fun combo of coordination, sensory awareness and adrenaline.” And proof that geeks and jocks don’t have to be mortal enemies after all. m

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ow does it feel to be struck by an arrow squarely in the nape of the neck? Normally you wouldn’t be able to answer this — because you’d be dead. But on a recent day at Shelburne’s, Field House, I find myself experiencing the sensation and living to tell about it, given that said arrow is topped not with a deadly tip but with rubber and foam. Still, it kinda hurts, which compels me to pick up my bow and start slinging arrows back at my assailant, Jeff Folb. He dodges behind a red inflatable bunker, then darts back out to shoot me again. This, my friends, is a glimpse of Vermont Action Games, or VTAG. The acronym serves as a mashup of Vermont’s postal abbreviation and the terms “action games” and “tag.” The game is a mashup of archery, dodgeball, kickball, paintball and suicide sprints, and the Green Mountain State version just debuted. (It shouldn’t be confused with Vermont Airsoft Group, an older, outdoor action game that also uses the abbreviation VTAG.) Promoter Folb of Wolfgaard Productions envisions turning VTAG, with its Renaissance Faire flair, into an organized sport that can be played year-round. For fans of The Hunger Games, restless families and jaded athletes, VTAG just might hit the bull’s-eye. Regular player Autumn Dufresne sums it up succinctly: “It’s absurdly addictive.” Predecessors of VTAG have a long history as part of live action role-playing (LARP) events, which can involve staged “battles.” “I’ve been LARPing for about 20 years,” Folb explains, “and about 15 years ago, someone came up with the idea of putting foam heads on arrows and using them in the games. Then, a few years ago, somebody said, ‘Hey, let’s do it as an organized sport.’” And, as I find at the Field House, VTAG is well organized. Cylindrical and trapezoidal inflatable bunkers have been lined up on the indoor soccer field, with sets of bows and arrows and bright orange cones nearby. A square of PVC piping marks the “neutral zone.” In a one-hour session of games lasting five minutes each, players on either side — two teams of 10 — shoot at one another

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et’s imagine the opening shots of the inevitable future biopic on the life and times of President Barack Obama. It starts with a close-up of a basketball dribbled on a blacktop court. The camera pans slowly out to reveal the hustle and flow of a playground pickup game; a blur of whirling elbows and sneakers; a symphony of shouts, grunts and trash talk. 210 College St. Burlington • 802-497-0100 • commondeer.com The players are middle-aged black men, except one. Also black, he moves with the F R I DAY • 1D E C 11 • 6 - 8 12/4/15 P M 2:09 PMgawky, fawn-like gait of a teenager who has 12v-commondeer120915.indd yet to grow into his lanky frame. He stands at the top of the key, dribbling the ball and sharply eyeing a larger man crouched defensively in front of him. The kid fakes to his right and then cuts left — always left — and drives by his man. He skips into the lane and, just as the defense collapses around him, launches DOOR PRIZES! toward the hoop. He floats the ball off his PRIZE GIVE-A-WAY fingertips, just over EVERY HOUR! the outstretched arm of a defender. We see the slow arc of the worn ball against a backdrop of swaying palm trees and a hazy, late-day Hawaiian sky. The ball kisses the backboard and drops neatly through the hoop. One of the older players throws an arm 30 North Main Street • St. AlbansVT around the boy and tousles his bushy shock 802-524-4055 www.eatonsjewelry.com of jet-black hair. “Nice shot, Barry,” he says. The camera lingers on the kid’s face, and T-Thurs 9:30 – 5:30 • Fri 9:30 – 6 • Sat 9 -4 we see a wide, toothy grin that will one day become the most famous smile in the 12v-EatonsJewelersLADIESNIGHT120915.indd 1 12/3/15 11:14 AMworld. Roll opening credits. There’s nothing unique about the young ARCHITECTURAL ARTWORK Barack Obama’s avid basketball playing. From the playgrounds of Harlem’s Rucker Carved doors, inserts, post and beams, mantels, furniture, small carvings, and jewelry. Carving classes Park to the decaying gyms of rural Indiana, also offered! All pieces custom made. basketball has been a pastime and rite of passage for generations of Americans, most of whom don’t grow up to become the leader of the free world. But for Obama, basketball was not merely a passion play. A famous formative influence on young Barry, the game has remained a constant throughout his life. According to longtime Sports Illustrated senior writer Alexander Wolff, the lessons Obama took from the hardwood and asphalt courts of his youth have likewise MAKE YOUR FIREARM remained central to his being. They’ve ONE OF A KIND informed him both personally and politically, whether he was a benchwarmer on Craftsbury, Vermont a state champion high school team in (802) 586-7537 Hawaii, a community organizer playing Hugomesastudio.com pickup games in Chicago or the POTUS ! Hugo Mesa Studio

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life and presidency through the lens of basketball, relying on anecdotes and interviews with the president’s friends, coaches, family members and political advisers. In his fluid, insightful prose, Wolff constructs Obama’s personal history as it relates to the game. That history starts with

HEaltHy VOlUNtEERS NEEDED FROM THE AUDACITY OF HOOP: In those pickup games, Obama has written, “a handful of black men, mostly gym rats and has-beens, would teach me an attitude that didn’t just have to do with the sport. That respect came from what you did and not who your daddy was. That you could talk to rattle an opponent, but that you should shut the hell up if you couldn’t back it up.” An airy civility pervades in Hawaii, a corollary of the “aloha spirit” which lends the local pidgin idioms like “no talk stink” and “cool head, main thing.” The playground served up attitude and argot with a harder edge, more mainland than island, and that suited Barry just fine. To some extent, Obama admitted, he was “living out a caricature of black male adolescence” with his enthusiasm for the game. An African American senior at Punahou who hoped to become an attorney watched as Obama, then two years younger, inscribed a parting message in the graduate’s yearbook: Get that law degree, and someday you can help me sue my NBA team for money. But even if Obama played “with a consuming passion that would always exceed my limited talent,” as he would write, that consumption came with a perk: “At least on the basketball court I could find a community of sorts, with an inner life all its own. It was there that I would make my closest white friends, on turf where blackness couldn’t be a disadvantage.”

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the basketball he received as a Christmas gift from his absentee father when he was 10 and proceeds through milestones like Obama’s use of basketball as a humanizing campaign strategy and his revelation of his March Madness bracket on ESPN. Wolff also draws parallels between, as he puts it, Obama’s “basketball jones” and the president’s approach to decision and policy making as a politician and leader. If that approach sounds just slightly precious, it is. Wolff agrees. “There are lots of pitfalls in extrapolating from basketball into politics or personality,” he says in an interview at a bakery near his Addison County home, where he lives with his wife and two children. “And I probably stretch some analogies a little too far in the book, but it’s a fun parlor game to play.” One of Wolff’s key — and most successful — analogies begins with the idea of basketball as a game that relies on improvisation and creativity within a rigid framework. By challenging himself against superior players, Wolff writes, self-taught player Obama improved his game, much as the politician Obama surrounds himself with knowledgeable experts to help him govern. Early in his presidency, Obama played frequent pickup games. And they were intense. Players who were perceived to take

it easy on the commander in chief were rarely invited back. Among the regulars on the presidential court were Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, who’d played at Harvard; and personal aide Reggie Love, who was a member of the 2001 Duke NCAA championship team. “Until he stopped playing, fairly early in his presidency, the games were very serious, and he was generally one of the least accomplished players on the court,” Wolff relates. “That forced him to be even more accommodating, more of a blender. To know how to play with people who are better than you is, to me, somewhat analogous to what he’s doing as an executive. He’s collecting people who are experts, and then it’s on him to sift through it and render some kind of decision.” Wolff makes myriad other cogent points throughout the book about the ways basketball has shaped Obama’s life and presidency, and vice versa, including how he used the game to grapple with his own identity as a fatherless, mixed-race child. That, says Wolff, is something he’d like to ask the president about if he ever has a chance. The writer wasn’t granted such an interview, but Wolff used Obama’s own eloquent spoken and written statements on his relationship to basketball to piece together answers to his most pressing questions. Even without presidential face time, Wolff paints a telling and evocative portrait of the baller in chief. And he deploys basketball metaphors with the artistry and vision of Los Angeles Clippers point guard Chris Paul — an occasional Obama courtmate — setting up a Blake Griffin-style dunk. The essence of basketball is that it’s a team game composed of individuals. Success requires a balance of selfishness and selflessness, and the power to improvise within the system to achieve a common goal. Michael Jordan wasn’t great simply because he was the best player on the planet, but because he could raise the game of those around him. “That sweet spot between freedom and responsibility is so much who he is,” says Wolff of Obama. “In The Audacity of Hope[: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream], when he writes about public life and how we need to tend to our responsibility as a society, and talks about that tension between the individual and the collective, you see that in any basketball game you go to. There is a moment when one player has to make an individual play,” Wolff continues. “But in the end, the team that has five players who are all fighting alone is doomed to fail.” m

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n Friday, November 13, the roll-down gate was open at La Belle Équipe, a popular bistro in Paris’s 11th arrondissement. The night was mild and diners spilled across the threshold into sidewalk seating. A group gathered for a birthday celebration. Then two men stepped out of a car and massacred 19 people in a shower of chaos and terror. We may never fully understand why ISIS zealots chose La Belle Équipe and five other locations in the City of Light that night, though consensus seems to be that “Parisian hedonism” was the real target. By that logic, it’s understandable why a bistro was targeted. Though not usually fancy, small neighborhood cafés give a heartfelt bienvenue to all who enter, offering everyday indulgences with the off-the-cuff grace typical of casual French hospitality. “Here, try this with the torchon,” your waitress might say, placing an unsolicited glass on the table. You nibble the livered toast, then raise the glass to your lips. A honey-soaked sip of Sauternes washes through the toast, sending shivers of pleasure through your body. Your glee radiates forth as an irrepressible smile. These are the touches that distinguish a decent restaurant from an excellent one, and most good bistros offer them with effortless frequency. When chef Herve Mahe announced that he’d transform Burlington’s L’Amante into a real-deal French bistro, fans mourned the loss of the longtime trattoria even before it closed. Some relief came when Mahe said he’d keep on the restaurant’s long-serving staff. The food would be different, but with the same kitchen and front-of-house

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That’s how you’ll find Mahe if you visit his restaurant. Even on the busiest nights, the chef spends much of his time in the dining room, greeting parties, clearing plates and settling babies into high chairs. “How do you like everything?” he’ll ask earnestly, hoping for critical feedback. “Are you enjoying that wine?” Maybe it’s the seasoned staff, or that the French-trained chef simply knows how to run a restaurant, but the 3-monthold bistro already seems like a welloiled machine. Service is efficient and polished; most servers know the wine list well and are quick with a spot-on pairing for whatever you’ve ordered. But with veteran bartender Paul Gibson in charge of libations, you might as well start with a cocktail, and les mixes de Margot skew classic and boozy. Rye drinkers will enjoy the manhattan-esque Vieux Carré. The Vert Mont Vesper (styled after James Bond’s martini in Casino Royale) is icy, clean and clear, all Vermont gin and vodka splashed with Lillet blanc. A cider mojito swaps ice cider for sugar in an autumnal take on the minty summer sparkler. Unless you plan to base your meal around wines that excite you, it’s wise to delay visiting the wine list until you’ve decided what you’ll eat. Mahe’s menu means to be enjoyed with vinous ferments, and Gibson has done a fine job selecting interesting French wines that match the food. What’s more, waiters seem to enjoy providing tastes from the list and guiding guests toward a bottle that will service several dishes. So a fresh, cherry-rich glass of Burgundy pinot noir brightens the fatty crisp of a twice-breaded oxtail croustillant. Later, the subtle tannins and spice in the same wine — from tiny Domaine des Moirots, where owner Christophe Denizot is a Mahe family friend — play nicely with a steaky duck magret. Pan-roasted to a perfect juicy magenta, Mahe’s thin-sliced duck breast is best taken without interference from the Brussels sprouts, purple potatoes and Belgian endive that share its plate. Let the earthen, nutty meat linger on your tongue. Feel the light sting of its peppered edges; absorb the salty-sweetness of its skin. Between bites, sample the starchy firmness of the local potatoes and savor the endives’ mellow braise, then crunch into a Vermont cranberry, tart and raw-crisp, to clear your palate for another strip of duck. While these Hudson Valley moulards are known for their ample breasts, the

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ducks’ primary duty is to generate creamy, large-lobed livers. These also appear on the menu at Bistro de Margot. I’m ambivalent on foie gras. If there’s a compelling reason to order it, I will, but please make it worth the price and all the effort that went into producing it. Mahe tends to present pristine ingredients unfettered by any chef-y stamp of ego, and his foie is a simple torchon: livers marinated in sun-kissed sweet wine and rolled into cheesecloth, flash-poached and chilled. Spread onto brioche toast with a dab of truffled black currant jelly, the preparation was flawless duck ambrosia — so lavish and pure, it felt almost sinful to eat it.

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UNFETTERED BY ANY CHEF-Y STAMP OF EGO. But isn’t that what you want when you’re paying a premium to eat out? At $9 to $15 for most starters (the foie was $19), and $20 to $30 for entrées, Bistro de Margot isn’t cheap. Nor is it prohibitively expensive. Less opulent dishes were as graceful and understated: a bowl of silken celery soup, scattered with fried shiitake;

pan-roasted chicken breast, glassyskinned and perched atop velvety mashed potatoes in a puddle of lustrous jus. Then there was a quartz-white filet of cod, seared to a golden brittle and resting on a bed of wilted chard. The fish fell away in clean flakes, giving brine to the cannellini below, which were heady with rosemary, bacon, duck fat and thickened veal jus. More than most, this dish seemed to distill the elegant, homey harmony of good bistro cookery. Another night, Mahe’s escargots revealed the peaty loam you’d expect from a creature that slides along wet leaves and soil, feeling its way with ancient mollusk antennae. And if the accompanying pommes dauphine — crunchy morsels

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Franchek has spent two years at the Spot; at one point during that time, he had a two-month relapse. “It had gotten pretty bad, and it was pretty noticeable in the kitchen, where everyone is an ex-junkie or alcoholic,” he said. “I came out of the bathroom, where I had gotten high. I was sweating; I had scabs all over my face.” With Duford’s encouragement, Franchek returned to the Plymouth House to clean up. “Curt promised me: ‘If you keep doing the right thing, your job will be here when you get back,’” said Franchek. “It was another motivating factor to get me back on track. I know these guys care about me as much as my family does.” A more recent beneficiary of Duford’s sponsorship is Hilary Crouse, 36, who grew up with him in Massachusetts. For the past few months, she’s been the Spot’s utility infielder, waiting on tables and helping to prep food whenever she’s needed. Her wide, welcoming smile never wavers, even when she discusses her darkest days of heroin and alcohol abuse. Crouse is not only a resident but a cofounder of one of the Burlington Oxford Houses — a testament to her commitment to sobriety. Despite that commitment, she relapsed several months ago, she said; after a visit to the Plymouth House, she returned to Burlington on a Wednesday afternoon. By Thursday morning, she had taken the job at the Spot that Duford offered her.

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The following traffic regulations are hereby enacted by the Public Works Commission as amendments to Appendix C, Motor Vehicles, and the City of Burlington’s Code of Ordinances: Sec. 27 . No Parking Except with Resident Parking Permits. No person shall park any vehicle except vehicles with a valid resident parking permit or a valid guest pass and clearly identifiable service or delivery vehicles on any street designated as “residential parking.” (e) Spaces designated as residential parking at all times for the use of car share vehicles only: (1) – (7) As Written. (8) Two spaces on the gate controlled lower level of the Marketplace Garage. Adopted this 18th day of November, 2015 by the Board of Public Works Commissioners: Attest Norman Baldwin, P.E. Assistant Director – Technical Services Adopted 11/18/15; Published 12/09/15; Effective 12/30/15. Material in [Brackets] delete. Material underlined add.

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The following traffic regulations are hereby enacted by the Public Works Commission as amendments to Appendix C, Motor Vehicles, and the City of Burlington’s Code of Ordinances: Sec. 7A Accessible Space Designated. No person shall park any vehicle at any time in the following locations, except automobiles displaying special handicapped license plates issued pursuant to 18 V.S.A. § 1325, or any amendment or renumbering thereof: (1)-(80) As Written. (81) [In the space in front of 194 North Street.] On the north side of North Street in the first space west of Elmwood Avenue. (82)-(116) As Written. (117) [In the space in front of 45 Convent Square.] On the west side of Convent Square in the second space north of Washington Street. (118) – (163) As Written. Adopted this 18th day of November, 2015 by the Board of Public Works Commissioners: Attest Norman Baldwin, P.E. Assistant Director – Technical Services Adopted 11/18/15; Published 12/09/15; Effective 12/30/15. Material in [Brackets] delete. Material underlined add CITY OF BURLINGTON TRAFFIC REGULATIONS

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hereby enacted by the Public Works Commission as amendments to Appendix C, Motor Vehicles, and the City of Burlington’s Code of Ordinances: 3 Stop sign locations. Stop signs are authorized at the following locations: (1) - (309) As Written. (310) At the intersection of Mansfield Avenue and Loomis Street causing all traffic on Mansfield Avenue to stop. Adopted this 18th day of November, 2015 by the Board of Public Works Commissioners: Attest Norman Baldwin, P.E. Assistant Director – Technical Services Adopted 11/18/15; Published 12/09/15; Effective 12/30/15. Material in [Brackets] delete. Material underlined add. MORTGAGEE’S NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY UNDER 12 V.S.A. SEC 4952 ET SEQ.

As ordered by the Court set forth below and in connection with a certain mortgage given by Stacy L. Soule to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., dated July 11, 2008 and recorded in Book 138 Page 158 of the land records of the Town of Alburgh, of which mortgage the Plaintiff is the present holder. In accordance with the Judgment Order and Decree of Foreclosure entered August 1, 2014 in the action entitled JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. v Stacy Soule., by the Grand Isle Unit, Civil

SEVENDAYSVT.COM/CLASSIFIEDS Division, Vermont Superior Court, Docket No. 29-5-11 Gicv for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 13 North Main Street, Alburg, Vermont on December 16, 2015 at 1:00 pm all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, To wit: Being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to Timothy Soule and Stacey L. Soule by Warranty Deed of Michael Soule and Toni-Lynee Soule of even date and to be recorded prior to the recording of this instrument in the Town of Alburgh Land Records. Being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to Michael T. Soule and Toni Lynne Soule by Warranty Deed of Nellie F. Lockerby

dated May 1, 1987 and recorded in Volume 56, Page 25 of the Town of Alburgh Land Records.

record thereof, and to the deeds and records therein referred to in further aid of this description.

Being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to Roland H. Blair and Nellie F. (Blair) Lockerby dated July 14, 1967 and recorded in Book 39, Page 92 of the Town of Alburgh Land Records.

Reference is hereby made to the above instruments and to the records and references contained therein in further aid of this description. Terms of sale: Said premises will be sold and conveyed subject to all liens, encumbrances, unpaid taxes, tax titles, municipal liens and assessments, if any, which take precedence over the said mortgage above described.

Being two (2) adjoining parcels of land with the buildings thereon, located on the westerly side of Main Street, in the Town and Village of Alburg, and being more particularly described as follows: Parcel No. 1: Being a lot of land situated on the westerly side of Main Street and being adjacent to and northerly of Parcel No. 1 above; said lot having a frontage on Main Street of 12 feet. Reference is made to the aforementioned deed, and to the

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

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cashier’s check within thirty (30) days after the date of sale. The mortgagor is entitled to redeem the premises at any time prior to the sale by paying the full amount due under the mortgage, including the costs and expenses of the sale. Other terms to be announced at the sale. DATED : November 16, 2015 By: /s/: Valerie A. Finney, Esq. Valerie A. Finney, Esq. Bendett and McHugh, PC 270 Farmington Ave., Ste. 151 Farmington, CT 06032 (860) 606-1021 MORTGAGEE’S NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY UNDER 12 V.S.A. SEC 4952 ET SEQ.

As ordered by the Court set forth below and in connection with a certain mortgage given by Walter C. Safford and Jill M. Safford to Mortgage

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Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Aegis Lending Corporation, dated November 9, 2006 and recorded in Book 341 Page 102 of the land records of the Town of Milton, of which mortgage the Plaintiff is the present holder. In accordance with the Judgment Order and Decree of Foreclosure entered March 19, 2015 in the action entitled U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust, Mortgage Loan AssetBacked Certificates, Series 2007-HE3 v Walter C. Safford and Jill M. Safford., by the Chittenden Unit, Civil Division, Vermont Superior Court, Docket No. 771-7-14 cncv for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 128 Railroad Street, Milton, Vermont on December 14, 2015 at 11:00 am all and

Open 24/7/365. Post & browse ads at your convenience. singular the premises described in said mortgage, To wit: The land referred to in this Commitment is situated in the State of VT, County of CHITTENDEN and is described as follows: THE CERTAIN PIECE OF LAND IN THE OWN OF MILTON IN THE COUNTY OF CHITTENDEN AND STATE OF VERMONT, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS, VIZ: A LOT OF LAND WITH ALL BUILDINGS THEREON SITUATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF RAILROAD STREET AND HAVING A FRONTAGE THEREON AND WIDTH OF 87 FEET, MORE OR LESS, A NORTH LINE OF 249.5 FEET, MORE OR LESS, AND A SOUTH LINE OF 251.5 FEET, MORE OR LESS. PARCEL NO. 131103.0000000 Reference is hereby made to the above instruments and

to the records and references contained therein in further aid of this description. Terms of sale: Said premises will be sold and conveyed subject to all liens, encumbrances, unpaid taxes, tax titles, municipal liens and assessments, if any, which take precedence over the said mortgage above described. TEN THOUSAND ($10,000.00) Dollars of the purchase price must be paid in cash, certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check at the time and place of the sale by the purchaser. The balance of the purchase price shall be paid in cash, certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check within thirty (30) days after the date of sale. The mortgagor is entitled to redeem the premises at any time prior to the sale by paying the full

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amount due under the mortgage, including the costs and expenses of the sale. Other terms to be announced at the sale. DATED : November 12, 2015 By: /s/: Valerie A. Finney, Esq. Valerie A. Finney, Esq. Bendett and McHugh, PC 270 Farmington Ave., Ste. 151 Farmington, CT 06032 (860) 606-1021 NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO BROWNFIELDS REUSE AND ENVIRONMENTAL LIABILITY LIMITATION PROGRAM

Please take notice that 70 Main LLC whose address is 210 College St, Ste 201, Burlington, VT 05401 is applying to the Vermont Brownfields Reuse & Environmental Liability Limitation Program (10 V.S.A. §6641 et seq.) in connection with the acquisition and redevelopment

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Alternatives to Suicide is a safe space where the subject of suicide can be discussed freely, without judgment or stigma. The group is facilitated by individuals who have themselves experienced suicidal thoughts/feelings. Fletcher Free Library, 235 College St., Burlington. Group meets weekly on Thursdays, 1-2:30 p.m. Info: makenzy@ pathwaysvermont. org, 888-492-8218 x300. ALZHEIMER’S ASSOCIATION SUPPORT GROUP

This caregivers support group meets on the 3rd Wed. of every mo. from 5-6:30 p.m. at the Alzheimer’s Association Main Office, 300 Cornerstone Dr., Suite 128, Williston.

Support groups meet to provide assistance and information on Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. They emphasize shared experiences, emotional support, and coping techniques in care for a person living with Alzheimer’s or a related dementia. Meetings are free and open to the public. Families, caregivers, and friends may attend. Please call in advance to confirm date and time. For questions or additional support group listings, call 800-272-3900.

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1st Monday monthly, 3-4:30 p.m. Pre-registration is required (to receive dial-in codes for toll-free call). Please dial the Alzheimer’s Association’s 24/7 Helpline

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Held the last Tue. of every mo., 5:30-7:30 p.m., at Birchwood Terr., Burlington. Info, Kim, 863-6384. ARE YOU HAVING PROBLEMS W/ DEBT?

Do you spend more than you earn? Get help at Debtor’s Anonymous plus Business Debtor’s Anonymous. Sat., 10-11:30 a.m., Methodist Church at Buell & S. Winooski, Burlington. Contact Brenda, 338-1170.

Pregnancy can be a wonderful time of your life. But, it can also be a time of stress that is often compounded by hormonal swings. If you are a pregnant woman, or have recently given birth

and feel you need some help with managing emotional bumps in the road that can come with motherhood, please come to this free support group lead by an experienced pediatric Registered Nurse. Held on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month, 5:30-6:30 p.m. at the Birthing Center, Northwestern Medical Center, St. Albans. Info: Rhonda Desrochers, Franklin County Home Health Agency, 527-7531. BEREAVEMENT/GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP

Meets every other Mon. night, 6-7:30 p.m., & every other Wed., 10-11:30 a.m., in the Conference Center at Central Vermont Home Health & Hospice in Berlin. The group is open to anyone who has experienced the death of a loved one. There is no fee.

Info, Ginny Fry or Jean Semprebon, 223-1878. BRAIN INJURY SUPPORT GROUP IN ST. JOHNSBURY

Monthly meetings will be held on the 3rd Wed. of every mo., 1-2:30 p.m., at the Grace United Methodist Church, 36 Central St., St. Johnsbury. The support group will offer valuable resources & info about brain injury. It will be a place to share experiences in a safe, secure & confidential environment. Info, Tom Younkman, tyounkman@vcil.org, 800-639-1522. BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF VERMONT

Montpelier daytime support group meets the 3rd Thu. of the mo. at the Unitarian Church ramp entrance, 1:30-2:30 p.m. St. Johnsbury support group meets the 3rd Wed.

montly at the Grace United Methodist Church, 36 Central St., 1:00-2:30 p.m. Colchester Evening support group meets the 1st Wed. monthly at the Fanny Allen Hospital in the Board Room Conference Room, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Brattleboro meets at Brooks Memorial Library on the 1st Thu. monthly from 1:15-3:15 p.m. and the 3rd Mon. montly from 4:15-6:15 p.m. White River Jct. meets the 2nd Fri. montly at Bugbee Sr. Ctr. from 3-4:30 p.m. Call our helpline at 877-856-1772. BREASTFEEDING CLINIC AND SUPPORT GROUP

Tuesdays, 9-10:30 a.m. Continues through Jan. 26. Kim Pregger, CLC, will be in the studio to answer your breastfeeding questions and concerns. Come in, have your baby weighed and

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Nutrition Professor with over 20 years of experience researching health solutions. Liz specializes in providing scientifically based integrative nutrition and lifestyle strategies to assist families navigating cancer treatment and recovery, while incorporating her training in energy work and guided visualization/meditation. Open group discussion will follow for the remainder of the session. Thursdays 12-2 p.m. Continues through Dec. 31. The Wellness Collective, 431 Pine St., Burlington. 540-0186, info@ wellnesscollectivevt. com.

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People with Parkinson’s disease & their caregivers gather together to gain support & learn about living with Parkinson’s disease. Group meets 2nd Wed. of every mo., 1-2 p.m., continuing through Nov. 18, 2015. Shelburne Bay Senior Living Community, 185 Pine Haven Shores Rd., Shelburne. Info: 888-763-3366, parkinsoninfo@ uvmhealth.org, parkinsonsvt.org. CANCER SUPPORT GROUP

sexual addiction & pornography, food issues, & overcoming abuse. All 18+ are welcome; sorry, no childcare. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.; we begin at 7 p.m. Essex Alliance Church, 37 Old Stage Rd., Essex. Info: recovery@ essexalliance.org, 878-8213. CELIAC & GLUTENFREE GROUP

Every 2nd Wed., 4:30-6 p.m. at Tulsi Tea Room, 34 Elm St., Montpelier. Free & open to the public! To learn more, contact Lisa at 598-9206 or lisamase@gmail. com. CODEPENDENTS ANONYMOUS

CoDA is a 12-step fellowship for people whose common purpose is to develop healthy & fulfilling relationships. By actively working the program of Codependents Anonymous, we can realize a new joy, acceptance & serenity in our lives. Sun., noon-1, Turning Point Center, 191 Bank St., Burlington.

Our goal is to provide CELEBRATE RECOVERY a welcoming, friendly Overcome any hurt, habit or hangup and supportive in your life! This space that provides confidential 12-Step a number of tools recovery program for navigating these puts faith in Jesus challenges. This Christ at the heart weekly, drop-in, of healing. We offer donation-based multiple support support group is groups for both men facilitated by Liz & women, such as Perkins, a cancer chemical dependenmom, Family Cancer cy, codependency, Advocate Using theand enclosed math operations as a guide, fill the grid

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

Bank St., Burlington. Info: 861-3150. FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF THOSE EXPERIENCING MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS

This support group is a dedicated meeting for family, friends and community members who are supporting a loved one through a mental health crisis. Mental health crisis might include extreme states, psychosis, depression, anxiety and other types of distress. The group is a confidential space where family and friends can discuss shared experiences and receive support in an environment free of judgment and stigma with a trained facilitator. Weekly on Wednesdays, 7-8:30 p.m. Pathways Vermont, 125 College St., 2nd floor, Burlington. Info: 888-492-8218 ext. 104.

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Dual Recovery Anonymous Burlington is an independent 12-Step Group for individuals who experience a dual illness. We experience mental health challenges & a chemical dependency. We seek to apply 12-Step work to our “no fault” illnesses. Our group is open to anyone who desires recovery from mental health challenges & a FCA FAMILY SUPPORT chemical depenGROUP DOMESTIC & SEXUAL dency. Please join us Families coping with VIOLENCE on Sat. at 4:30 p.m. addiction (FCA) is WomenSafe offers and/or Mon. at 5:30 an open community free, confidential p.m. at the Turning peer support group support groups Complete the following puzzle by using the Point Center, 191

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Are you a family member who has lost a loved one to addiction? Find support, peer-led support group. Meets once a month on Mondays in Burlington. Please call for date and location. RSVP graspvt@gmail.com or call 310-3301. G.Y.S.T. (GET YOUR STUFF TOGETHER)

GYST creates a safe & empowering community for young men & youth in transition to come together with one commonality: learning to live life on life’s terms. Every Tue. & Thu., 4 p.m. G.Y.S.T. PYNK (for young women) meets weekly on Wed., 4 p.m. Location: North Central Vermont Recovery Center, 275 Brooklyn St., Morrisville. Info: Lisa, 851-8120. GLAM

Are you looking to meet new guys & have fun getting involved in your community? Gay Leisurely Activities (4) Men is a group of young (18-35) gay, bi, queer &/or trans guys who are coming together, getting out & enjoying the connections we make. GLAM’s Core Group runs our program, & we want your input! If you would like to get involved, call Mike or Jean-Denis at 860-7812, email us at glam@ru12. org, check us out on Facebook (facebook. com/glamvt) or Twitter (twitter.com/

GLAMvt), or visit glamvt.org. GRIEF & RECOVERY SUPPORT GROUP

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

Meets the first and third Thursday of each month from 12:30-2 p.m. at St. James Church, 4 St. James Place, Essex Junction. This group is open to anyone who has experienced the death of a loved one. Free. For more information or to register, please call Beth Jacobs at 448-1610. Sponsored by Bayada Hospice of Burlington. HEARTBEAT VERMONT

Have you lost a friend, colleague or loved one by suicide? Some who call have experienced a recent loss and some are still struggling w/ a loss from long ago. Call us at 446-3577 to meet with our clinician, Jonathan Gilmore, at Maple Leaf Clinic, 167 North Main St. All are welcome. HELLENBACH CANCER SUPPORT

Call to verify meeting place. Info, 388-6107. People living with cancer & their caretakers convene for support. INTERSEX & TRANSGENDER SUPPORT GROUP

1st Tue. of each mo., 5:30 p.m. at Pride Center of Vermont This group is open to all intersex & trans people & to any discussion topics raised. It is a respectful & confidential space for socializing, support & discussion. Contact Pride Center of Vermont at 860-7812 for more information. INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS SUPPORT GROUP

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for adults 18 & over struggling with the drug or alcohol addiction of a loved one. FCA is not 12-step based but provides a forum for those living this experience to develop personal coping skills & draw strength from one another. 1st & 3rd Wed. of each mo., 5:30-6:30 p.m. Turning Point Center, corner of Bank St., Burlington. (Across from parking garage, above bookstore). thdaub1@gmail.com.

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region & urinary frequency/urgency. This is often misdiagnosed & mistreated as a chronic bladder infection. If you have been diagnosed or have these symptoms, you are not alone. We are building a Vermontbased support group & welcome you to email bladderpainvt@gmail.com or call 899-4151 for more information. KINDRED CONNECTIONS PROGRAM OFFERED FOR CHITTENDEN COUNTY CANCER SURVIVORS

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The Kindred Connections program provides peer support for all those touched by cancer. Cancer patients as well as caregivers are provided with a mentor who has been through the cancer experience & knows what it’s like to go through it. In addition to sensitive listening, Kindred Connections provides practical help such as rides to doctors’ offices & meal deliveries. The program has people who have experienced a wide variety of cancers. For further info, please contact sherry.rhynard@ gmail.com. KNITTING & CROCHETING GROUP

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SafeSpace offers peer-led support groups for survivors of relationship, dating, emotional &/or hate violence. These groups give survivors a safe & supportive environment to tell their stories, share information, & offer & receive support. Support groups also provide survivors an opportunity to gain information on how to better cope with feelings & experiences that surface because of the trauma they have experienced. Please call SafeSpace 863-0003 if you are interested in joining. MALE SURVIVORS OF VIOLENCE

SafeSpace at Pride Center of Vermont is hosting a closed monthly group for male survivors of violence. It is open to any male-identified survivor – queer, gay straight, bi-, pan-, trans*, cisgender or gender expansive on the masculine spectrum. Please contact SafeSpace directly at 863-0003 or safespace@ pridecentervt.org. MARIJUANA ANONYMOUS

Do you have a problem with marijuana? MA is a free 12-step program where addicts help other addicts to get & stay clean. Ongoing Tue. at 6:30 p.m. and Sat. at 2 p.m. at Turning Point Center, 191 Bank St., suite 200, Burlington. 861-3150. MYELOMA SUPPORT GROUP

Area Myeloma Survivors, Families and Caregivers have come together to form a Multiple Myeloma Support Group. We provide emotional support, resources about treatment options, coping strategies and a support network by participating in the group experience with people that have been though similar situations.

Third Tuesday of the month, 5-6 p.m. at the New Hope Lodge on East Avenue in Burlington. Info: Kay Cromie, 655-9136, kgcromey@aol.com. NAMI CONNECTION RECOVERY PEER SUPPORT GROUP

Bennington, every Tue., 12-1:30 p.m., CRT Center, United Counseling Service, 316 Dewey St.; Burlington, every Thu., 3-4:30 p.m., St. Paul’s Cathedral, 2 Cherry St. (enter from parking lot); Rutland, every Sun., 4:30-6 p.m., Rutland Mental Health Wellness Center, 78 S. Main St.; St. Johnsbury, every Thu., 6:30-8 p.m., Unitarian Universalist Church, 47 Cherry St. If you have questions about a group in your area, please contact the National Alliance on Mental Illness of Vermont, program@ namivt.org or 800-639-6480. Connection groups are peer recovery support group programs for adults living with mental health challenges. NAMI FAMILY SUPPORT GROUP

Brattleboro, 1st Wed. of every mo., 6:30 p.m., 1st Congregational Church, 880 Western Ave., West Brattleboro; Burlington, 3rd Wed. of every mo., 6 p.m., Community Health Center, Riverside Ave., Mansfield Conference Room; Burlington, 2nd & 4th Tue. of every mo., 7 p.m., HowardCenter, corner of Pine & Flynn Ave.; Berlin, 4th Mon. of every mo., 7 p.m. Central Vermont Medical Center, Room 3; Georgia, 1st Tue. of every mo., 6 p.m., Georgia Public Library, 1697 Ethan Allen Highway (Exit 18, I-89); Manchester, 4th Wed. of every mo., 6:30 p.m., Equinox Village, 2nd floor; Rutland, 3rd Mon. of every mo., 6 p.m., Rutland Regional Medical Center, Leahy

Conference Ctr., room D; Springfield, 3rd Wed. of every mo., 6:30 p.m., HCRS (café on right far side), 390 River St.; St. Johnsbury, 4th Wed. of every mo., 5:30 p.m., Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital Library, 1315 Hospital Dr.; White River Junction, last Mon. of every mo., 5:45 p.m., VA Medical Center, William A. Yasinski Buidling. If you have questions about a group in your area, please contact the National Alliance on Mental Illness of Vermont, info@namivt.org or 800-639-6480. Family Support Group meetings are for family & friends of individuals living mental illness. NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS

is a group of recovering addicts who live w/out the use of drugs. It costs nothing to join. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop using. Info, 862-4516 or cvana.org. Held in Burlington, Barre and St. Johnsbury. NORTHWEST VERMONT CANCER PRAYER & SUPPORT NETWORK

A meeting of cancer patients, survivors & family members intended to comfort & support those who are currently suffering from the disease. 2nd Thu. of every mo., 6-7:30 p.m., St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, 11 Church St., St. Albans. Info: stpaulum@ myfairpoint.net. 2nd Wed. of every mo., 6-7:30 p.m. Winooski United Methodist Church, 24 W. Allen St., Winooski. Info: hovermann4@ comcast.net. OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS

12-step fellowship for people who identify as overeaters, compulsive eaters, food addicts, anorexics, bulimics, etc. Tue., 7 p.m., St. James Episcopal Church, 4 St. James Place, Essex Jct. All are

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Meetings in Barre occur every Sun., Tue. & Thu., 6-7 p.m., at the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd, 39 Washington St. Info, 863-2655. Meetings in Johnson occur every Sun., 5:306:30 p.m., at the Johnson Municipal Building, Rte. 15 (just west of the bridge). Info, Debbie Y., 888-5958. Meetings in Montpelier occur every Fri., noon-1 p.m. at Bethany Church, 115 Main St. Info, Carol, 223-5793. Meetings in Morrisville occur every Fri., noon-1 p.m., at the First Congregational Church, 85 Upper Main St. Contacts: Anne, 888-2356, or Debbie Y., 888-5958. OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS

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This group meets on the second Tuesday, 10-11:30 a.m. of the month at Pillsbury Homestead Senior Community Residence at 3 Harborview Rd., St. Albans in the conference room next to the library on the first floor. Wheelchair accessible. Info: patricia_rugg18@ comcast.net. PEER ACCESS LINE

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Held every 2nd Tue. of the mo., 6-8 p.m. at the Hope Lodge, 237 East Ave., Burlington. Newly diagnosed? Prostate cancer reoccurrence? General discussion and sharing among survivors and those beginning or rejoining the battle. Info, Mary L. Guyette

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Sun., 7 p.m.-8 p.m. Proud & Sober Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of people who share their experience, strength, & hope with each other that they may solve their common problem & help others to recover from alcoholism. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking. Our primary purpose is to stay sober & help others to recover from alcoholism. This group, Proud & Sober, is an open group (so friends of the program are welcome.) The format alternates from reading from the Big Book one week & then discussing a slogan the next. Pride Center of Vermont, 255 S. Champlain St., suite 12. Info: thecenter@ ru12.org. QUEEN CITY MEMORY CAFE

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Who: Persons experiencing the impact of a loved one’s suicide. When: 1st Wed. of each mo., 6-7:30 p.m. Location: Comfort Inn, 5 Dorset St., Burlington. Facilitators: Myra Handy, 951-5156 or Liz Mahoney, 879-7109. Request: We find it important to connect with people before their first meeting. If you can, please call one of the facilitators before you come. Thank you! SURVIVORS OF SUICIDE

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3rd Wed. of each mo. 6:30 p.m. This peer-led, informal group is open to all trans people & to any discussion topics raised. It is a respectful & confidential space for socializing, support, & discussion. The Trans Support Group meets every 3rd Wed., 6:30-8 p.m. Contact thecenter@ ru12.org for more information.

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Church, West St., Rutland; for more info, call Susan Mackey, 446-2278. Hospice Volunteer Services (HVS) also serves bereaved parents w/ monthly peer support groups, short-term educational consultations & referrals to local grief & loss counselors. HVS is located in the Marble Works district in Middlebury. Please call 388-4111 for more info about how to connect w/ appropriate support services.

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Do you exude positive energy? Are you looking for a challenge? Like to play? Want to work with children/youth? If so, we currently have multiple BEHAVIOR INTERVENTIONIST positions available. Work with children and youth while implementing an individualized behavior plan in school, day treatment and/or community settings with support from a fun, dynamic and creative team. Training, advancement opportunity and excellent benefits await you.

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Ideal candidates will have Apply online or send your resume to personnel@wcmhs.org or demonstrated proficiency Personnel, PO Box 647, Montpelier, VT 05601. with helping students gain Equal Opportunity Employer. critical writing skills, along with enthusiasm and facility for working in a diverse, 4t-WCMHS-120215.indd 1 nontraditional organization. Position description and application instructions are available here: goddard. edu/about-goddard/ employment-opportunities.

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The Cobleigh Library is seeking a Children’s Librarian with children's programming experience. Knowledge of children’s literature, strong organizational and interpersonal skills, two or more years of library experience, and MLS or Vermont Department of Libraries Certification preferred. Pay is $16 per hour. To apply, send resume and list of three references to:

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Vermont Medical Sleep Disorders Center, Inc., is expanding its services and is recruiting for three apprenticeship positions opening in January 2016. Applicants must have a high school education (or equivalent) and be willing to work night shift. Vermont Medical Sleep Disorders Center, Inc., offers great benefits including aggressive salary growth with completion of courses, sick/ personal days, vacation time, health insurance and a 401(k) matching program. Send resume to Vermont Medical Sleep Disorders Center, Inc., at 139 Pearl Street, Essex Jct., VT 05452 Attn: Ray Paquette.

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Wake Robin seeks a dedicated nursing assistant with a strong desire to work within a community of seniors. Wake Robin seeks LNAs licensed in Vermont to provide high-quality care in a fast-paced residential and long-term care environment, while maintaining a strong sense of “home.” We offer higher than average pay including shift differentials, great benefits, a pristine working environment, and an opportunity to build strong relationships with staff and residents in a dynamic community setting.

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Washington County Mental Health Services is currently seeking the following nursing position:

REGISTERED NURSES Hourly Registered Nurse (Home Intervention): Looking for a Registered Nurse to provide weekend professional nursing supervision and care to consumers in a community based mental health crisis facility. This Nurse will provide both psychiatric and physical assessments, communicate with on call psychiatric providers, facilitate admissions, and delegate medication administration duties to direct care staff, as well as provide clinical supervision to direct care staff. The successful candidate will have strong interpersonal skills, work well as a team member as well as function independently. This position requires applicants to be an RN with a current Vermont license to qualify.

We continue to offer generous shift differential for evenings, nights and weekends!

To learn more or see complete job descriptions, visit our website, wcmhs.org.

Interested candidates, please email hr@wakerobin.com or fax your resume with cover letter to HR, 264-5146.

Apply online or send your résumé to: personnel@wcmhs.org or Personnel, PO Box 647, Montpelier, VT 05601.

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Office Administrator The Vermont Youth Soccer Association is currently seeking a part-time Office Administrator (plus or minus 25 hours per week) for administrative duties at the Vermont Soccer Association state office in Williston.

Washington County Mental Health Services is currently seeking the following case management positions in our Community Support Program:

Community-Based Case Manager

The candidate should possess the following knowledge/skills: • • • • • • •

Want to do meaningful work with great team? Good at thinking on your feet, problem solving and being creative? Interested in mental health? Recovery-oriented individual sought to provide case management to adults with severe and persistent mental illnesses. This is a fast-paced outreach position that includes supportive counseling, service coordination, skills teaching, benefits support and advocacy. Requires someone who is compassionate, creative, well organized, honest, dependable and strength based and has a bachelor’s or master’s degree in related field and a minimum of one year of experience. Supervision toward mental health licensure offered.

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& Marketing’s public and trade relations efforts. This mission-critical position AAP/EOE outreach plan consistent with the goals and mission of the Department of abuse prevention initiative. This individual will be is designed to generate positive tourism-related coverage of Vermont in responsible the Tourism and Marketing as well as maintaining consistent communications national international marketplace. The fiscal Director of Communications is for programmatic and oversight ofall regional via and social networking tools. This position is responsible for tourismgrants media responsible forin-state the development implementation of a proactive business 12/7/15 relations and out-of-state; press abuse releaseprevention, development; pitching targeted 2v-SimonPearce-120915.indd 1 focused on and substance training and outreach planstory consistent with the goals and mission ofdevelopment the Department of Are you interested in a job in community mental health tourism ideas to regional and national media; of press evaluation Candidate should have a strong public Tourism and Marketing well ascontracts. maintaining consistent communications that involves direct service and policy discussions with familiarization trips as and itineraries; management of media contact lists; and health background, knowledge of evidence-based substance via social networking tools. This position is responsible for all tourism media The Director community partners? Do you like networking andsupport fosteringfor Vermont’s international public relations initiatives. relations in-state and out-of-state; pressstrategies, release development; pitching targeted will also collaborate withprevention the Agency of Commerce executive team in the abuse project management skills, and positive relationships? This position combines the best of ideas to regional and national media; development of press tourism story development of a proactive travel trade and business recruitment plan. This the ability to work collaboratively with state, regional and both worlds – individual work with mental health clients and position will report the Commissioner of Tourism & Marketing. familiarization trips and to itineraries; management of media contact lists; and community organizations. partnering with community leaders in the housing world to support for Vermont’s international public relations initiatives. The Director Candidates must: demonstrate strong oral and written skills;team haveina the BA in will also collaborate with the Agency of Commerce executive provide safe and secure housing and prevent homelessness. Public Relations or related field; have a minimum of recruitment five years of plan. relevant work The starting salary for this position is $51,646 annually. development of a proactive travel trade and business This Position also includes acting as trainer and coordinator Immediate opening experience; demonstrate knowledge of Vermont’s tourism industry. position will report to the Commissioner of Vermont Tourismand & Marketing. for staff safety training. Bachelor’s degree plus experience for a Delivery Driver/ For moreainformation contact Lori Uerzshould at 652-4149 or Resume, writing samples and minimum of three references bein working with persons with serious mental illness. Candidates must: demonstrate strong oral and written skills; have a BA Equipment Installer. lori.uerz@vermont.gov. #618163. submitted to Kitty Sweet, Vermont Agency of Reference Commercejob andposting Community Public Relations or related field; have a minimum of five years of relevant work Development, One National Life Drive, Montpelier, VT 05620-0501. In- and out-ofTo learn more or see complete job Please review job Burlington, full-time. experience; demonstrate knowledge Vermont and Vermont’s state travel will be required. Salaryofrange: $45,000 - $50,000. tourism industry. descriptions, visit our website, wcmhs.org. Application deadline: December 20. requirements and Resume, writing samples and a minimum of three references should be download an application Apply online or send your résumé to: submitted to Kitty Sweet, Agency of Commerce and Community VisitVermont the Vermont Department of Human Resources website to and submit with Development, Life Drive, Montpelier, VT 05620-0501. In- and out-ofpersonnel@wcmhs.org or Personnel, PO Box 647, One National apply: http://humanresources.vermont.gov/careers. state travel will be required. Salary range: $45,000 - $50,000. resume from:

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Spring Lake Ranch Therapeutic Community, a uniquely relational therapeutic farm on 650 beautiful acres, supports and empowers people with mental health and addiction challenges to grow, thrive and gain independence. Nursing assessments, assisting psychiatrist, pharmacy liaison, staff training, on-call support, scheduling appointments and medication administration. Vermont RN license required. Previous experience in mental health and/or substance abuse recovery and ability to collaborate closely with other the Spring Lake Ranch staff are essential. Full-time with benefits; 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Mondays through Fridays. Resume to tom@springlakeranch.org.

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Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility Phoenix Houses of New England is under contract with the VT Department of Corrections to provide treatment and curriculum delivery within the women’s Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility (CRCF) in South Burlington. Untitled-38 We are currently recruiting for a full-time Risk Reduction Curriculum Facilitator to provide group facilitation to women at CRCF using specific curricula designed to address risky thinking and behaviors in order to reduce the risk of recidivism upon reentry into the community. The curricula are administered to criminal-justice-involved clients throughout the state. Facilitators will be trained in the specific curricula and will facilitate multiple groups a day. Experience in curriculum delivery and/or group counseling is desired. Experience in education or human services is required. Interested applicants are invited to complete the voluntary self-identification form and the Phoenix House interactive application available on our website at: phoenixhouse. jobs. Please send your completed application and form to Rebecca Olszower at rolszower@phoenixhouse.org . Phoenix House is an equal opportunity employer providing equality of opportunity to all who are protected against discrimination by law, regulation or executive order, including veterans and individuals with disabilities. If you need any additional assistance to apply for any position, please refer to the Reasonable Accommodations document on our website at phoenixhouse.jobs.

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The Vermont Youth Conservation Corps (VYCC), a multistate nonprofit service, conservation and education organization, is searching for a President. Through meaningful group work that directly benefits communities, VYCC instills the values of personal responsibility, hard work, education and respect for the environment in young people. Corps members, young adults 16-24, work, live, study and have fun together in small groups, completing priority conservation and agricultural projects under the guidance of highlytrained adult leaders. This is a tremendous opportunity for a dynamic leader to strengthen, grow and lead an incredible team.

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The VYCC President has overall responsibility for the organization’s activities and operation, including program execution, financial management, fundraising, and strategic direction. In addition to strong organizational leadership, the President must also compellingly represent the organization externally, reaching public and private partners, philanthropic audiences, and the public at large. This position reports directly to the board of trustees. The President will be based out of the VYCC Headquarters Office in Richmond. More information on the VYCC can be found at vycc.org. Please send cover letter and resume to:

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The Community Health Team Manager promotes the Patient-Centered Care Medical Home by developing and managing Community Health Team (CHT) members in care coordination and self-management support of patients with Blueprint participating primary care practices. Patient care requires visiting patients in multiple settings including the CHT office, in Primary Care office, in patient’s home, and in-patient setting. The CHT Manager partners with the physicians and other members of the healthcare delivery team to establish improved coordination of the healthcare delivery system, ensuring that patients and families are involved in chronic disease self-management. The CHT Manager is responsible for the assessing the ongoing needs and management of the CHT, including the refinement of operations, staffing, and monitoring of outcomes.

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Requirements include a Master’s Degree in Social Work or Behavioral Health discipline, preferred. An RN graduate from an accredited school of nursing, with MSN and/or MPH will be considered. Candidates must also have 3-5 years of case management experience with coordination of community services, home care, or chronic disease care management. Management and Team Leadership experience is also required. The Manager must also be able to delegate to others and track and evaluate results, build working relationships with medical professionals and community resource advocates and have knowledge of community services, healthcare services, human behavior/ dynamics, the healthcare delivery and financing systems, and clinical standards and outcomes.

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Rutland Regional Medical Center, a 188-bed hospital located in Central Vermont is committed to clinical and professional excellence. RRMC began its tradition of quality community health care more than 100 years ago as Rutland Hospital. Our services and facilities have grown since then, but our standards for personalized, quality medical care remain exceptionally high. And as the Rutland area has grown, so has our list of friends and supporters. We are on a mission to be the Best Community Hospital in New England and are striving to achieve a goal of total employee engagement. Through this process, we commit our hearts and minds to meeting and exceeding the needs of our customers and each other.

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Want to join the booming health care IT industry and work in a fantastic team culture? Perhaps you, too, desire the friendly, casual, hardworking and client-focused environment offered by our 65-plus employee company located in the Champlain Mill in Winooski.

or for more information, contact: Fran Kelly, Recruiter at: FKelly@rrmc.org or call 802.747.1604

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PCC has designed, developed and supported our award-winning pediatric software for over 30 years. As a benefit corporation, we place high value on client, employee and community relationships. Because our electronic health record solution is driving greater demand for our services, we want to expand our team.

As a result, we are seeking to fill the roles of:

Marketing Designer We are looking a proactive, dynamic, creative person to help us increase brand awareness in the space of pediatric care. The Marketing Designer is responsible for the conceptualization and implementation of design ideas that meet PCC’s marketing strategies from concept to completion. We would be especially excited to find a multifaceted individual who is willing to roll up their sleeves to contribute to our social media activities to cement our brand in the minds of independent pediatricians. BA/BS in graphic design, digital media, marketing, or communications or great hands-on experience and self-training required. Expert in Adobe Creative suite; InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator. Experience with CRM and market automation software.

Software Solutions Specialist Software Solutions Specialists work, in our support center and are eager to learn our EHR solutions and provide extraordinary customer care for our clients. They enjoy helping our clients build their skills and confidence with PCC software solutions. Software Solutions Specialists answer and triage client calls, enter and manage support tickets, and help solve questions and problems. They also travel to our client sites to assist with software configuration and training. This position requires technical aptitude and exceptional customer service and communication skills. Prior experience in health care technology desired, but not required. To learn more about PCC, these roles and how to apply, please visit our website at pcc.com/careers. The deadline for submitting your application is December 15. No phone calls, please.

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We are proud to offer our employees a comprehensive package of benefits including generous paid sick, vacation and holiday leave; medical, dental and vision insurance; short- and long-term disability; life insurance; an employee assistance program; and a 403(b) retirement account. Most positions require a valid driver’s license, a good driving record and access to a safe, insured vehicle.

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JOIN OUR CREW We’re looking for a motivated, energetic, creative, quick-thinking person who can’t get enough of Lake Champlain. If you’d like to be a part of a non-profit organization that’s consistently viewed as a national leader in community waterfront programming, we’d like to hear about your interest in the following position: Full-time, year-round

CAMPAIGN DIRECTOR For more information and to submit an application, visit communitysailingcenter.org/about/jobs

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We seek an energetic, forward-thinking and creative leader! Someone to successfully manage multiple priorities, professionally represent the organization, supervise staff and volunteers, and manage daily internal and external operations including its government affairs and external relations/communications. This position reports to the REV board of directors and is based in Montpelier with flex-time and telecommuting opportunities available. There is a heavy workload during the Vermont legislative session (January-May) and the REV annual conference period (September-October). With evergrowing interest in renewable energy and related incentives, this is an exciting time for REV. Bachelor’s degree and at least 10 years of senior management or ED experience. A decisive individual who possesses a “big picture” perspective and is well versed in government affairs and advocacy work. Excellent organization, writing and public speaking skills. Must have a strong passion for creating a low-carbon, clean energy future in Vermont. Renewable Energy Vermont (REV) is a leading nonpartisan industry association representing renewable energy technologies. Founded in 2000, REV is a trade association of 150 member businesses representing thousands of professional members and supporters. In addition to the 501(c)6 trade association REV also has a 501(c)3 non-profit educational function.

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Please log onto revermont.org for more details. Send a cover letter, resume, and the contact information (including email addresses) for three professional references to hratrev@gmail.com. This position will remain open until filled.

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The Residence at Shelburne Bay, a premier Level III hospitality-oriented senior living community in Shelburne, is accepting applications for Caregivers for the following positions: •

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A Caregiver’s role is vital to the quality of our residents’ daily lives. You will make a difference in their live as well as your own, including a sense of accomplishment and satisfaction in helping others. Applicants must have good verbal and written communications skills and be nurturing, caring and reliable. Must be comfortable with computers. Previous caregiving experience preferred; however, we are willing to train applicants with strong qualifications and the willingness to learn. Candidates are also eligible to apply for a promotion to medication technician after 90 days of exemplary performance. Background checks required. We offer competitive salaries and benefits for full-time positions including health, dental, vision, paid time off and a comfortable and peaceful working environment where our residents are nurtured and allowed to age with grace and dignity. Send reply with your resume or stop by and pick up an application at: The Residence at Shelburne Bay 185 Pine Haven Shores Road Shelburne, VT 05482

Washington County Mental Health Services is currently seeking the following clinician positions in our Center for Counseling and Psychology Services:

Community Support Clinician for Trauma Programs A full-time office- and community-based position with benefits, designed to serve adults, children and families whose lives have been impacted by trauma. The Community Support Clinician provides assessment and treatment resource coordination to help clients develop stabilization skills and establish emotional and psychological safety in the broader context of their lives. Trauma treatment services are team-oriented and collaborative with clients and other providers; they may include individual and group modalities integrated with appropriate resources available within the agency and/or wider community. Must be willing to work some evening hours. Master’s-level clinician with knowledge of the effects of trauma and experience working with populations impacted by trauma required. Experience working in home-based settings helpful.

To learn more or to read our complete job descriptions, visit our website, wcmhs.org. Apply online or send your resume to personnel@wcmhs.org or Personnel, PO Box 647, Montpelier, VT 05601. Equal opportunity employer. 7-WCMHS-clinicians-111115.indd 1

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Accounts Payable Specialist: Responsible for regular processing and payment of invoices; responding to inquiries from staff and vendors; processing staff mileage reimbursements; maintaining filing; and 1099 processing. Associate’s degree in accounting or related field, plus one to three years’ experience, or a combination of education and experience. This is a full-time, benefit-eligible position. EMR Application, Training and Support Specialist: Responsible for electronic medical record system support, testing and troubleshooting. Prepare documentation and provide end user training and EMR help desk assistance. Assist with testing for upgrades, patches and other system enhancements. Minimum requirements: associate’s degree or experience consummate with education. This is a fulltime, benefiteligible position.

Come join the nation’s leading agricultural energy efficiency firm, based in Richmond. EnSave, Inc. is hiring a Program Representative to help serve our agricultural customers through various energy and environmental services programs. We’re looking for an organized individual with strong customer service skills, a great phone manner and an ability to juggle many tasks. See ensave.com/careers for a full job description. Send your cover letter and resume to Heather D’Arcy at heatherd@ensave.com.

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EMR/Billing Associate: Maintain client information, submit claims, apply payments, and scan and release client records. Associate’s degree plus one year of relevant experience or a combination of education and experience required. Attention to detail a must. This is a full-timebenefit-eligible position.

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Outreach Clinician: Join our dynamic team of clinicians and work in homes, communities and schools with children, adolescents and families with emotional and behavioral challenges and developmental disorders. We’re seeking creative thinkers for this rewarding position. Master’s degree in a human services field, plus two to four years of relevant counseling experience. This is a benefiteligible position. School-Based Clinician: Provide in-school, direct counseling, behavioral and emotional support to children and adolescents in crisis, with severe emotional and behavioral disturbances. Master’s degree in a human services field required, license preferred, plus two to four years of relevant counseling experience. Full-time and part-time positions available. Student Assistance Professional: Interact with students, faculty and parents in local a local high school to raise awareness of substance abuse issues utilizing prevention and counseling techniques to achieve this goal. Screening and some assessment and early intervention; referrals to appropriate care. Licensed substance abuse clinician or certification as an addictions counselor or apprentice master’s degree in counseling, social work or related field. This position is five days per week during the school year. To learn more about available positions, please visit csac-vt.org or contact Rachael at 388-0302, ext. 415. Submit resume and cover letter to apply@csacvt.org. CSAC is a tobacco-free campus.

CLINTON COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT Plattsburgh, NY

Director of Health Care Services Salary: $62,452-67,436

An administrative Nurse Manager position oversees the Division of Health Care Services and functions as a member of the department’s management team. The division includes home visiting, early intervention, immunizations, WIC, communicable disease and a variety of programs. For job specs see clintoncountygov.com/ Departments/Personnel/ PDFS/Job%20Specifications/D/ Director%20of%20Health%20 Care%20Services.pdf.

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Join the team at Gardener’s Supply Company! We work hard AND offer a fun place to work including BBQs, staff parties, employee garden plots and much more! We also offer strong cultural values, competitive wages and outstanding benefits (including a tremendous discount on plants & product!).

GARDEN CENTER – ASSISTANT GREEN GOODS BUYER: You will be responsible for maintaining a strong in-stock position of all green good product categories, ensuring accurate on hand inventory & data integrity, and managing ongoing vendor relationships for our Burlington and Williston garden centers. Our ideal candidate will have two years buying experience in the garden center industry, inventory and systems management experience, direct customer service experience, and strong Microsoft Office and system knowledge. Advanced nursery horticultural knowledge preferred; previous buying experience in green goods strongly preferred. We are a 100% employee-owned company and an award winning and nationally recognized socially responsible business, voted one of Vermont’s “Best Places to Work.” Interested? Please send your cover letter & resumé to Gardener’s Supply Company, 128 Intervale Rd., Burlington, VT 05401 or to jobs@gardeners.com.

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Looking for a job in the health care field but working with animals instead of people? (We don’t blame you!) Burlington Emergency & Veterinary Specialists (BEVS) is Vermont’s only multispecialty and 24-7 emergency veterinary hospital. We are a group of individuals truly dedicated to the health and comfort of our patients. We have a variety of positions available and are willing to train the right people! Competitive pay and pets benefits are available for both full and part-time positions. For more information on our hospital, visit our website at bevsvt.com. Please forward a cover letter and resume to jobs@bevsvt.com.

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Vermont Public Interest Research Group

LOOKING FOR A NEW SOCIAL NETWORK?

DATA MANAGER

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Data guru who has a passion for advocacy campaigns. Techsavvy problem solver with experience using Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge, Convio Luminate and/or SQL. Activist who’s a whiz at Excel and detail oriented, if not obsessed.

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Wake Robin, Vermont’s premier continuing care retirement community, seeks a part-time driver to provide on- and off-campus transportation services to residents. Duties include driving, assisting residents into and out of vehicles, escorting residents to destination if necessary, and general maintenance/cleaning of vehicles. This position requires timely adherence to transportation schedules and safety protocol, and excellent customer service. Applicants must possess a valid Vermont driver’s license (CDL not required) and a stellar driving record.

Vermont’s largest environmental and consumer advocacy group is looking for a tech-savvy data master who wants to apply skills and strategic sense to manage the information that powers its public interest campaigns. You’ll be the administrator for our data systems, including Raiser’s Edge, Luminate Online, and a custom SQL database. You’ll work with staff to get quality information in and out of these systems and manage the sync between systems. Queries, reports, data hygiene, and analytics are your world.

Interested candidates, please email hr@wakerobin.com or fax your resume with cover letter to HR, 264-5146.

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Wake Robin is an equal opportunity employer.

We are a group of people doing human service supporting people with intellectual disabilities in Addison, Chittenden and Rutland Counties. Are you someone who thinks innovatively, acts altruistically, and has the flexibility to do what it takes where and when it needs to be done? If so, contact

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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST Tourism & Marketing:SENIOR Director of Communications

of Economic Development Tourism & Marketing: DirectorDepartment of Communications Job Description:

For more info, visit vpirg.org/jobs.

The department seeks candidates with experience and knowledge in economic development

strategic sought planning, financial planning, work plan development, and business and marketing Experienced professional to lead the Vermont Department of Tourism Job Description: plan development for businesses and organizations with an international trade background. Marketing’s publicMust andbetrade relations efforts. This mission-critical position ablelead to manage multiple projects, businesses and other business partner organization Experienced& professional sought to the Vermont Department of Tourism is designed11/23/15 to generate positive tourism-related coverage ofdevelopment Vermontprinciples, in the marketing The person should be well versed in economic 5v-VPIRG112515.indd 1 12:06 PM relationships. & Marketing’s public and trade relations efforts. This mission-critical position national and international marketplace. The Director of will Communications is technical and communications. This business support function integrate the trade-related is designed responsible to generateforpositive tourism-related coverage ofaVermont in the assistance available,and managing promotion and execution ofproactive state participation in domestic the development implementation of business and international trade shows, trade missions, andof foreign investment, locating national andoutreach international marketplace. The Director of Communications isof grant plan consistent with the goals and mission thedirect Department opportunities and effectively writing federal and other grants for funding international trade We are seeking anresponsible Office/Program Support to Tourism and Marketing as well as maintaining consistent communications forGeneralist the development and implementation of and a proactive business assistance programs, international trade shows compliance training for Vermont businesses. provide administrative assistance for environmental program via social networking tools. This position is responsible for all tourism media moregoals information, contact Joan Goldstein joan.goldstein@vermont.gov. Reference Job ID academic activities;outreach provide administrative to the faculty withFor plansupport consistent the and mission of atthe Department of of the environmental program; and have arelations liaison role with dean’s Location: Montpelier. Status: Fulldevelopment; time. Application deadline: December 12. in-state and#618125. out-of-state; press release pitching targeted Marketing offices and studentTourism support staff forand Rubenstein School, Collegeas well as maintaining consistent communications tourism story ideas to regional and national media; development of press of Arts, and Sciences andsocial College of Agriculture. Position comes via networking tools. This position is responsible for all tourism media familiarization with an expectation that this person contributes to a positive and trips and itineraries; management of media contact lists; and collegial work environment. relations in-state and release development; pitching targeted support for out-of-state; Vermont’s international public initiatives. The Director Office ofpress the Secretary of Staterelations Minimum Qualifications tourism story ideas to regionalThe and national media; development of press Office of Agency Professionalof Regulation/Nursing Unit is seeking ateam nursing to will also collaborate with the Commerce executive inprofessional the (or equivalent combination of education and experience) coordinate, travel evaluate trade and monitor a program plan for nurses (RN, LPN, reentryThis and graduate) development of a proactive and business recruitment plan. familiarization trips and itineraries; management of media contact lists; and • Associate’s degree and minimum two years of relevant and nursing assistants employed in Vermont. You will review requests for the approval of new position will report to the Commissioner of Tourism & Marketing. experience support for Vermont’s international public relations initiatives. The Director and conduct biennial reviews of existing nursing educational programs. Work closely with

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the Board of Nursing and Department executive of Aging and Disabilities. professional, detailwill also collaborate with the Agency of Commerce teamHighly in the demonstrate strong oral in and written skills; havecontribution a BA in to Vermont oriented and tactful professionals search of making a meaningful developmentspreadsheet of a proactive trade and business recruitment plan. This should apply. Salary is based on experience. Qualifications: Master’s degree in nursing, Familiarity with word processing and Public Relations ortravel related field; have a minimum of five years of relevant work five applications position will report to the Commissioner year’s experience asof a registered nurse.& Preferred qualification: two years of nursing teaching Tourism Marketing. experience; demonstrate knowledge of Vermont and Vermont’s tourism industry. Effective oral and written communication skills, interpersonal skills and organizational skills Candidates must:

Familiarity with internet communication and information storage/retrieval

experience. For more information, contact Phyllis Mitchell at phyllis.mitchell@sec.state. vt.us or 828-3180. Reference Job ID #618159. Location: Montpelier. Status: Full time. samples and a minimum Application deadline: December of 23.three references should be

Resume, writing Candidates must: demonstrate strong oral and written skills; have a BA in to Kitty Sweet, Vermont Agency of Community Public Relations or related field; have a minimum of Commerce five yearsand of relevant work One National Life Drive, Montpelier, VT 05620-0501. Inand out-ofCurrent working knowledge of Excel Development, and Word software To apply, you must use the online job application at careers.vermont.gov. For questions related to experience; demonstrate knowledge of Vermont and Vermont’s tourism industry. applications your application, please contact the Department of Human Resources, Recruitment Services, at Experience with basic forms used in business submitted communications

state travel will be required. Salary range: $45,000 - $50,000.

Familiarity with the UVM administrative systems (PeopleSoft, CATS, Banner, myUVM, Registrar) and interest in environmental issues

855-828-6700 (voice) or 800-253-0191 (TTY/Relay Service). The State of Vermont offers an excellent total compensation package and is an EOE.

Resume, writing samples and a minimum of three references should be to Kitty Sweet, Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community To apply,submitted go to uvmjobs.com/postings/17730. Development, One National Life Drive, Montpelier, VT 05620-0501. In- and out-ofstate travel will be required. Salary range: $45,000 - $50,000. 9t-VTDeptofHR_120915.indd 1

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ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES Systems Engineer

The IT Systems Engineer develops, installs, deploys tests, configures, and optimizes IT host systems used by the agency. Position is responsible for monitoring system performance, resolving technical problems and improving the overall operational readiness of a company’s IT systems. Must have prior responsibility for hosting environment using products similar to Microsoft, VMWare, EqualLogic, Barracuda Backup, etc. Knowledge of/ experience with VMWare servers and desktops highly desirable. Job ID 2923

MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES Are you concerned about the opioid epidemic that is ravaging our state? Want to work in a fast-paced environment with a multidisciplinary team of enthusiastic and caring professionals? The Chittenden Clinic at Howard Center offers opportunities for employment and development across many disciplines, including immediate openings for nurses, laboratory technicians, security, case management, counseling and social work, administration and leadership. Opportunities for growth/advancement. On our careers website, enter search term “Chittenden Clinic.”

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Clinician, ASSIST Three positions available! ASSIST is a six-bed hospital diversion program providing assistance and gentle support to clients who are experiencing a crisis. If you want to be part of a dynamic team, please apply. Bachelor’s degree in any field is required, and experience is a plus! We are willing to train the right candidate on the job. Applicants must have transportation (vehicle, driver’s license).

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Seeking compassionate, hardworking individual to provide case management and recovery-focused community support to adults with mental health challenges and some co-occurring substance use challenges. This position includes supportive counseling and service coordination and requires someone who is well organized and dependable. Ideal candidates will have a BA in a related field as well as two years’ experience working with this population. Supervision toward licensure available. Job ID 2909

2 full-time positions open — one opening is for awake overnight. Job ID 2825 1 part-time position open – 30 hours. Job ID 2986

CHILD, YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES Autism Interventionist Join Howard Center to work full-time with children ages 2-21 years with autismspectrum disorders. Provide intensive behavioral intervention services in public schools, homes and community settings. Training and ongoing supervision provided. Excellent professional development opportunity. Transportation required. Bachelor’s degree and some experience w/children and/or special needs necessary. Job ID 1376

Clinician, School Services Three positions available! Both are school-based mental health positions that are cohires between Howard Center and the school district served. Clinicians provide various mental health, consultation and case management services while utilizing a school social work model.

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Do you want to support others through recovery from mental health crisis? Come join the collaborative Stabilization, Treatment and Recovery Team (START)! Draw on personal experience to provide face-to-face peer contact with clients in their homes or in the community. Help them develop skills and supports necessary to avoid hospitalization, minimize police contact, and maintain stability. As a sub you’ll work variable hours and a flexible schedule. Excellent opportunity for individual seeking intermittent work or as a stepping stone to regular opportunities on the team. Job ID 2880

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Part-time with K-5 students in Burlington: 24-hours/week at the the Sustainability Academy (16 hours) and Champlain Elementary School (8 hours). Job ID 2948 Full-time with grades 9-12 in Milton: 40 hours/week at Milton High School. Job ID 2949 Full-time at Founder’s Elementary School in Essex, grades 3-5. Job ID 2983

DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES Intensive Community Support Worker, Floater, Adult and Family Floater Provide community-based, specialized one-to-one support and opportunities to multiple clients who possess a range of intellectual disabilities. Patience, relationshipbuilding skills and boundary-setting are necessary for this position. Some individuals may require assistance with personal care. At least three years of experience in human services, or a combination of education and experience. Candidates must have a vehicle and driver’s license. Full-time position with excellent benefits! Job ID 2962

For more information, please visit howardcentercareers.org. Howard Center offers an excellent benefits package including health, dental, and life insurance, as well as generous paid time off for all regular positions scheduled 20-plus-hours-per-week. Applicants needing assistance or an accommodation in completing the online application should feel free to contact Human Resources at 488-6950 or hrhelpdesk@howardcenter.org. 15-Howard-120915.indd 1

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Engaging minds that change the world Seeking a position with a quality employer? Consider The University of Vermont, a stimulating and diverse workplace. We offer a comprehensive benefit package including tuition remission for on-going, full-time positions. This opening and others are updated daily. Medical Office Manager - Center for Health and Wellbeing - #S508PO - The University of Vermont’s Center for Health and Wellbeing (CHWB) seeks dynamic and seasoned professional applicants for the position of Medical Office Manager. The successful applicant will provide leadership for all administrative and clinical operation functions in Student Health Services (SHS) and ensure compliance with applicable regulatory and accreditation requirements. This position oversees the administrative operations of SHS and Athletic Medicine Services, including supervision of scheduling, student insurance, immunization requirements, medical records and facilities. Duties include developing and implementing clinical administrative protocols and overseeing management of undergraduate compliance with insurance and immunization requirements. The successful applicant will adhere to our commitment to excellence in service and quality and our mission of supporting multiculturalism and inclusiveness. Minimum qualifications include: Bachelor's degree in a related field, three years work experience in a health care setting in a supervisory capacity. Demonstrated leadership skills, organizational management, creative problem solving and staff development and training. Effective interpersonal skills and organizational skills. Proficiency with office software applications including electronic health records and database management. This is a 12 month, full-time position. Salary is commensurate with experience and includes a full benefit package. For more information about the CHWB, please visit our website at www.uvm.edu/health. For further information on this position and others currently available, or to apply online, please visit our website at: www.uvmjobs.com; Job Hotline #802-656-2248; telephone #802-656-3150. Applicants must apply for positions electronically. Paper resumes are not accepted. Job positions are updated daily. The University of Vermont is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Applications, from women, veterans, individuals with disabilities and people from diverse racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds are encouraged.

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Seven Days Issue:Butternut 12/9 Mountain Farm is an industry-leading maple syrup provider headquartered in Morrisville. We have an Due: 12/7 opening for a Receptionist/Customer Service Representative Size: to be5.8 x 3.46 the face and voice of Butternut Mountain Farm. Cost: This$500 is a full-time position and reports directly to the

customer service manager. Butternut Mountain Farm offers competitive compensation and benefits as well as a dynamic work environment. Qualified candidates should have related work experience, excellent communication skills and be proficient with basic MS Office applications.

10 Maple Leaf Road, Underhill, VT 05489 802.899.2911 | f 802.899.2327 | www.mapleleaf.org

Seven Days Recruitment Ad Size: #5V, 3.83 x 5.25 Cost: $500 less 10% for non-profit, net $450 Runs: Wed, 12/9/15 (future runs TBD)

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Developmental Services Seeking Shared Living Providers! Seeking Shared Living Provider(s) to support a 25-year-old man who enjoys comic books, movies and activities in the community. This individual is looking for tactful provider(s) with strong boundaries, clear communication and the ability to provide ongoing supervision. Providers who can help maintain an active and healthy lifestyle are preferred. This would be an ideal opportunity for a peer-age professional(s) or graduate student(s) with experience in the field of social work and/or counseling. Pets are very welcome! Compensation: $25,500 tax-free annual stipend. Seeking female Shared Living Provider(s) to support an 18-year-old woman, and college student, who enjoys music, drawing and playing card games. This individual is looking for a skilled and patient

NATIONAL SALES Butternut Mountain Farm is an industry-leading maple syrup provider headquartered in Morrisville. We currently have an opening for a National Sales person. This position will focus on the generation of new placements of pure maple syrup with food manufactures. Successful candidate will have an entrepreneurial mindset with strong analytic and negotiation skills. Ability to travel regularly is a must. Minimum five years’ experience and an undergraduate college degree are required. Butternut Mountain Farm has a dynamic work environment and offers an excellent benefits package that includes medical, dental, disability and life insurance plus vacation and personal time.

MARKETING ASSISTANT Butternut Mountain Farm is an industry-leading maple syrup provider headquartered in Morrisville. We have currently have an opening for a Marketing Assistant. This position will provide critical support to our business development and customer service teams. Responsibilities will include coordination of special marketing projects, creation of materials, PR, oversight of digital platforms and advertising. The successful candidate will be able to generate cross-departmental enthusiasm, manage a department of one, exhibit topnotch creative and strategic skills, and have an impeccable attention to detail. An undergraduate college degree or equivalent work experience is required. Butternut Mountain Farm has a dynamic work environment and offers an excellent benefits package that includes medical, dental, disability and life insurance plus vacation and personal time. Please send resume to vmscjobs@gmail.com and indicate which job you are applying for.

provider who can provide support as she becomes an adult and continues to build independence. The right provider will have strong boundaries, clear communication and the ability to work as part of a larger team, and be able to provide ongoing care and supervision. This would be an ideal opportunity for a professional or graduate student with experience in the field of social work and/or counseling. Compensation: $30,000 tax-free annual stipend. All interested candidates please contact

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OPHTHALMIC TECHNICIAN

Residential Group Home

Retina Center of Vermont is seeking a friendly, motivated Ophthalmic Technician for a full-time position in our South Burlington office.

Saint Michael’s College delivers a compelling, world-class education in a beautiful Vermont setting. As a fully residential college located minutes from Burlington, one of the country’s top-rated college towns, Saint Michael’s offers an unparalleled mix of academic, spiritual, cultural, service and wilderness experiences.

Qualifying technicians are responsible for patient intake using computerized health records, assisting in office and operating room procedures, and performing retinal image diagnostic testing. Technicians must be able to rotate on emergency call schedules due to the nature of the specialty. Professional certification is preferred but not necessary; some experience in ophthalmology is required.

LIBRARY CIRCULATION WEEKEND SUPERVISOR PART TIME

Please submit a resume to Aaron Mitton,

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As Vermont’s premier manufacturer of Smoked Hams and other smoked meats, sold directly to our customers through our catalog, web, and retail stores we have a variety of positions available throughout our company for days, early evenings, and weekend shifts. No experience is necessary; we will train you.

This 12-hour-per-week, year-round position provides weekend supervision of library student assistants and the facility. The individual selected will support use of library services by students, faculty and staff, including circulation and research. Bachelor’s degree or appropriate combination of experience and education required. Must demonstrate knowledge and experience with online information systems. Library, supervisory, bookstore, and/or teaching experience a plus. Must have excellent oral and written communications skills, a public service orientation, and ability to work both independently and in a collegial, team-oriented environment. This individual will consult with other staff to develop flexible work schedules to cover weekend hours of service. Some Monday to Friday hours also required, which may include occasional evenings. Benefits include tuition benefits and paid-time-off accrual as outlined in the employee handbook. This hourly, part-time position is not eligible for regular college-provided fringe benefits. All offers of employment are contingent upon a successful completion of a background check. Review of applications will begin on December 15 and continue until the position is filled.

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Residential Group Home is seeking a full-time team player to work with eight teenage girls. Sunday-Thursday 3 p.m.-11 p.m. Starting salary $14 per hour with full health and dental benefits as well as paid time off. Must be confident and fun and enjoy a wide variety of activities, as this is an activitiesbased position. Training provided. If interested, please send cover letter and resume to suzannesmith1263@ gmail.com or mail to ORC 111 Bliss Rd Montpelier, VT 05602.

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Apply in person. 8 am to 5 pm Harrington’s of Vermont 210 East Main Street, Richmond, VT 05477

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BUILDING EMPATHY & ADDRESSING RACIAL OPPRESSION: A WORKSHOP IN THREE PARTS: Weekly sessions touch on topics such as white fragility and subconscious bias. Peace & Justice Center, Burlington, 6-7:30 p.m. $30-60; free for people age 25 and under; preregister; limited space. Info, 863-2345, ext. 6.

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INTERNATIONAL BOUTIQUE: Goods from India, Nepal and Zimbabwe make for unique holiday gifts. Masonic Lodge, Waitsfield Village, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Free. Info, 801-793-2205.

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MEN’S GROUP: A supportive environment encourages socializing and involvement in senior center activities. Montpelier Senior Activity Center, 1011:30 a.m. Free. Info, 223-2518. PUBLIC FORUM: Locals voice their opinions on how the Athenaeum can better serve the community. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 748-8291. RAILYARD ENTERPRISE PROJECT PUBLIC MEETING: Folks weigh in on alternative transportation methods. ArtsRiot, Burlington, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 540-0406.

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AFROLATIN PARTY: Dancers ages 18 and up get down to the kizomba, kuduro and kompa with DsantosVT. Zen Lounge, Burlington, lesson, 7-8 p.m.; party, 8-10 p.m. $6-12; free for party. Info, 227-2572. DROP-IN HIP-HOP DANCE: Beginners are welcome at a groove session inspired by infectious beats. Swan Dojo, Burlington, 6-7:30 p.m. $13. Info, 540-8300. ‘TAKING FLIGHT’: Dancers interpret experimental works by emerging Middlebury College choreographers. Dance Theatre, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 443-6433.

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COMMUNITY MEET & GREET WITH PRESIDENT COLLINS: In lieu of an official inauguration, Johnson State College president Elaine C. Collins shakes hands with community members. Stearns Performance Space, Johnson State College, 5-7 p.m. Free. Info, 635-1240.

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AMERICAN RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE GIFT-OF-LIFE MINI MARATHON: Healthy donors contribute vital fluid. West Rutland Town Hall, noon-6 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 800-733-2767. TECH HELP WITH CLIF: Folks develop skill sets applicable to smartphones, tablets and other gadgets. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, noon-1 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 878-6955. TURNON BURLINGTON: Communication games encourage participants to push past comfort zones and experience deep connections. OneTaste Burlington, 7:30-8:30 p.m. $10. Info, cj@onetasteburlington.us.

film

‘LIVING IN THE AGE OF AIRPLANES’: Stunning aerial shots and narration by Harrison Ford propel this 2D and 3D salute to the marvels of modern air travel. Northfield Savings Bank Theater: A National Geographic Experience, ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 11:45 a.m & 1:45 & 3:45 p.m. $3-5 plus regular admission, $10.50-13.50; free for kids 2 and under. Info, 864-1848.

games

ADULT DUNGEONS & DRAGONS NIGHT: Quick thinkers 14 and up rely on invented personas to face challenges and defeat enemies. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 5:30-7:45 p.m. Free. Info, jmuse@colchestervt.gov. BRIDGE CLUB: Strategic players have fun with the popular card game. Burlington Bridge Club, Williston, 9:15 a.m. & 1:30 p.m. $6. Info, 872-5722. PATHFINDER SOCIETY: Competitors ages 16 and up give it their all in a fantasy role-playing game similar to Dungeons & Dragons. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 7-11 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955.

health & fitness

DANCE-BASED CONDITIONING: Melissa Ham-Ellis guides students through a series of stretching and strengthening movements. No dance experience is required. Fusion 802 Dance, South Burlington, 7:158:15 p.m. $15. Info, 444-0100. WED.9

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ven Ebenezer Scrooge would be convinced to embrace the holiday spirit during Woodstock’s Wassail Weekend, a three-day celebration of the season. The revelry starts with a bang when the Latin-jazz trio La Voz de Tres (pictured at left) take center stage at Woodstock Town Hall Theatre. On Saturday, merrymakers tour the area’s historic homes, where they encounter encyclopedic docents, musical performances and plenty of old New England charm. Concluding the festivities is a rousing choral rendition of Handel’s Messiah in the picturesque Our Lady of the Snows Catholic Church. Warm up your vocal cords — audience members are encouraged to lift their voices in the spirit of good cheer. Humbuggery, be gone!

WOODSTOCK WASSAIL WEEKEND Friday, December 11, through Sunday, December 13, at various Woodstock locations. Prices vary. Info, 457-3555. woodstockvt.com

DEC.12 | MUSIC Rustic Roots Born and raised in rural Maine, David Mallett needed to look no further than his own front yard for inspiration for his folk songs. “Having grown up around country people and farmers, rural life has always been a wellspring for a lot of my best work,” Mallett says on his website. Since 1978, the singersongwriter has mined his roots for material filling more than a dozen albums, securing a spot in the Americana canon with his perennially popular “Garden Song.” The Pine Tree State troubadour sings and strums his most popular standards alongside selections from his latest release, 2015’s The Horse I Rode in On, to support the Greensboro Arts Alliance & Residency.

DAVID MALLETT Saturday, December 12, 7:30 p.m., at Greensboro United Church of Christ. $15. Info, 533-7487. themirror.org

DEC.12 | MUSIC Highly Orchestrated On the Glenn Miller Orchestra’s website, the legendary bandleader is credited with claiming, “A band ought to have a sound all of its own. It ought to have a personality.” Adhering to his own adage, Miller instilled his eponymous ensemble with personality in spades. Soon after its inception in 1938, the swing group shot to popularity, getting fans on their feet with big-band hits such as “Tuxedo Junction” and “Chattanooga Choo Choo.” While the trombonist died in an apparent plane crash in 1944, his musical legacy lives on. Directed by the dapper Nick Hilscher (pictured), the orchestra’s current 18-member incarnation serves up Miller’s best-known songs alongside new music arranged in the composer’s classic style.

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FITNESS BOOT CAMP: Participants improve strength, agility, endurance and cardiovascular fitness with interval training. Middlebury Municipal Gym, 7-8 a.m. $10. Info, 343-7160. INSIGHT MEDITATION: Attendees deepen their understanding of Buddhist principles and practices. Wellspring Mental Health and Wellness Center, Hardwick, 5:30-7 p.m. Free. Info, 472-6694. INTRODUCTION TO FELDENKRAIS: Students don comfy clothing for rejuvenating movement that encourages exploration of neural pathways. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 655-0950. MINDFUL WORKWEEKS: WEDNESDAY NIGHT MEDITATION: Give your brain a break at a midweek “om” session followed by tea and conversation. Milarepa Center, Barnet, 7-8 p.m. Donations. Info, 633-4136. MINDFULNESS CLASS: Dogma-free meditative techniques lead to peace, joy and freedom. Exquisite Mind Studio, Burlington, 6-7:30 p.m. $5-20. Info, 735-2265. MORNING FLOW YOGA: Start your day with a grounding and energizing class for all levels. The Wellness Collective, Burlington, 10-11 a.m. $10. Info, 540-0186. NIA WITH LINDA: World music and movements drawn from martial, dance and healing arts inspire folks to find their own paths to fitness. South End Studio, Burlington, 8:30 a.m. $14. Info, 372-1721. POSTNATAL REHAB: Babies are welcome at a class aimed at strengthening the areas most compromised during pregnancy. Prenatal Method Studio, Burlington, 10:30-11:30 a.m. $15. Info, 829-0211. PRENATAL BALLET BARRE: Expectant mothers in all trimesters stay strong and fit. Prenatal Method Studio, Burlington, 5:30-6:30 p.m. $15. Info, 829-0211. PRENATAL YOGA CLASS: Moms-to-be prepare their bodies for labor and delivery. Prenatal Method Studio, Burlington, 12:15-1:15 p.m. $15. Info, 829-0211. PUSH-UPS IN THE PARK: Fitness fanatics get a sweat on at a fast and furious workout that benefits local charities. Oakledge Park, Burlington, 6-7 a.m. $5-15. Info, 658-0949.

RECOVERY COMMUNITY YOGA: A stretching session for all ability levels builds physical and mental strength to support healing. Turning Point Center, Burlington, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 861-3150. VINYASA FLOW YOGA: Breathe in, breathe out! Students explore a breath-centered practice. The Wellness Collective, Burlington, noon-1 p.m. $10. Info, 540-0186.

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HOLIDAY ARTISANS MARKET: Locals fill their totes with a wide variety of fine gifts. Chandler Gallery, Randolph, 5-7 p.m. Free. Info, 728-9878. SLEEPLESS KNIGHTS HOLIDAY CONCERT: The student a cappella group hits all the right notes in a program of classic and contemporary tunes. McCarthy Arts Center, Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, 7-9:30 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2000.

‘MUCH WORK WITH LITTLE EFFORT’: Physics meets slapstick comedy in this scientific assembly with Dr. Quintin Quark. Fuller Hall, St. Johnsbury Academy, 10:30 a.m. & 1 p.m. $4. Info, 748-2600. PAJAMA STORY TIME: Tykes cuddle up in PJs for captivating narratives, cookies and milk. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 6:30-7 p.m. Free. Info, 264-5660.

Advent hymns and carols, choral music, readings of prophecy and fulfillment, and prayers. St. Paul’s Cathedral Choirs sing ancient texts to a newly-composed musical setting by Music Director Mark Howe. ALL ARE WELCOME. FREE.

seminars

COMMUNITY OF VERMONT ELDERS GOVERNMENT WORKSHOP: An interactive presentation empowers community members to engage in advocacy. Montpelier Senior Activity Center, 10:30 a.m.-noon. Free; preregister. Info, 223-2518.

sports

WOMEN’S PICKUP BASKETBALL: Drive to the hoop! Ladies dribble up and down the court during an evening of friendly competition. See meetup.com for details. Lyman C. Hunt Middle School, Burlington, 8-9:30 p.m. Free. Info, carmengeorgevt@ gmail.com.

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‘SEA MONSTERS: ANITA FAHRNIA PREHISTORIC 12v-cathedralchurchofsaintpaul120915.indd 1 MINEAR: The New ADVENTURE’: A England native takes dolichorhynchops listeners on a tour of braves history’s most the far east in “Travels dangerous oceans in in Mongolia.” Bradford a National Geographic Public Library, 7 p.m. Free. Studios 2D and 3D movie. Info, 222-4536. Northfield Savings Bank ENVIRONMENTAL & HEALTH Theater: A National Geographic ’ Y TH U SCIENCE SPEAKER SERIES: Experience, ECHO Leahy Center BB E .10 | F ILM | ‘DOWNTON A University of Vermont’s Sean Flynn for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 10:45 covers extensive ground in “The Road Less a.m. & 12:45 & 2:45 p.m. $3-5 plus regular Traveled: From the Frontiers of Epilepsy Research admission, $10.50-13.50; free for kids 2 and under. to the Lecture Halls of Higher Education.” Bentley Info, 864-1848. AT BURLINGTON Hall, Johnson State College, 4-5:15 p.m. Free. Info, STORY TIME & PLAYGROUP: Engrossing plots December 635-1327. unfold into projects for kids up to age 6 and their

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language

BEGINNER ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASS: Students build a foundation in reading, speaking and writing. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 863-3403.

montréal

‘TRIBES’: Billy was born deaf to a family that hears but doesn’t listen in this Segal Centre for Performing Arts production. Segal Centre for Performing Arts, Montréal, 1 & 8 p.m. $24.50-59. Info, 514-739-7944.

music

BRASS ENSEMBLE CONCERT: The student-run group breaks out the horns for “A Night of Brass.” UVM Recital Hall, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 656-2295. CASTLETON WIND ENSEMBLE: Pupils present the eastern-influenced program “An Asian Celebration.” Casella Theater, Castleton University, 7:30 p.m. $3-5. Info, 468-1119. JOHNSON STATE COLLEGE ENSEMBLES: Toes tap to the sounds of jazz and funk. Dibden Center for the Arts, Johnson State College, 7-9:30 p.m. Free. Info, 635-1476.

theater

ADULT AND TEEN AUDITIONS FOR LYRIC THEATRE COMPANY’S ‘MARY POPPINS’: Performers ages 18 and up throw their hats in the ring for roles in the spring production. Lyric Theatre Company Office/ Warehouse, South Burlington, 5:45-10 p.m. Free. Info, 658-1484. ‘MARY POPPINS’: A drab family gets a visit from a magical nanny in this beloved musical presented by Northern Stage. Barrette Center for the Arts, White River Junction, 11 a.m. & 7:30 p.m. $15-65. Info, 296-7000.

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STORYCRAFT: THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF CREATIVE WRITING: Wordsmiths put pen to paper in this eight-week workshop with Vermont author Keith Morrill. Bixby Memorial Library, Vergennes, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 877-2211, ext. 208. THE WEDNESDAY WORKSHOP: CHAPTER FOCUS: Folks give feedback on selections of up to 40 pages penned by Burlington Writers Workshop members. 22 Church St., Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free; preregister at meetup.com; limited space. Info, 383-8104.

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WILD LIGHTS FESTIVAL: Revelers bask in the glow of illuminated snowflakes, trees and delicately hanging decorations. ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. $10.5013.50; free for members and kids 2 and under. Info, 864-1848.

LEGO CLUB: Youngsters ages 6 and up snap together snazzy structures. Fairfax Community Library, 3-4 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 849-2420.

VERMONT LIBERTARIAN PARTY TOWN CAUCUS FOR FAIRFAX: Fairfax voters who have not yet participated in a caucus this year elect officers and discuss local issues. Private residence, Fairfax, 5-6 p.m. Free. Info, 735-2149.

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KIDS’ DUNGEONS & DRAGONS NIGHT: Experienced and novice players ages 9 through 13 take on challenges to defeat enemies in this pen-and-paper role-playing game. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, jmuse@colchestervt.gov.

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ART PLAY TIME: Participants express their artistry through loosely themed projects in a fun, social environment. Expressive Arts Burlington, 10-11:45 a.m. $20. Info, 862-5302. OPEN STUDIOS: Creatives meet new friends and make art in a community setting. Expressive Arts Burlington, noon-2 p.m. $15. Info, 862-5302.

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COMMUNITY MINDFULNESS: A 20-minute guided practice led by Andrea O’Connor alleviates stress and tension. Tea and a discussion follow. Winooski Senior Center, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 233-1161. FELDENKRAIS AWARENESS THROUGH MOVEMENT: Whether you consider it relaxing exercise or active meditation, this experience can reduce pain and increase mobility. Living Room: Center of Positivity, Essex Junction, 6-7 p.m. $10. Info, 655-0950. FITNESS BOOT CAMP: Cornwall Town Hall, 10-11 a.m.

FILL THE BOWL: A simple meal served in studentmade ceramic bowls benefits area nonprofits. Integrated Arts Academy, H.O. Wheeler Elementary School, Burlington, 6-7:30 p.m. $5 for bowl; free for meal. Info, 864-8475.

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INPOWER YOGA: Ambitious yogis take on a challenging sequence in a heated studio. The Wellness Collective, Burlington, 5:30-7 p.m. $10. Info, 540-0186.

KARMA KLASS: DONATION-BASED YOGA FOR A CAUSE: Yogis stretch their muscles to support local nonprofits. The Wellness Collective, Burlington, 6-7 p.m. Donations. Info, 540-0186. PRENATAL YOGA CLASS: See WED.9, 4:30-5:30 p.m.

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‘A CHRISTMAS CAROL: THE MUSICAL’: No humbugs here! Audience members are charmed as Scrooge’s story is brought to life with songs by awardwinning composer Alan Menken. Stowe Town Hall Theatre, 7 p.m. $15-20. Info, nancy@dickensfestivalstowe.org.

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COOKIE EXCHANGE & CHANUKKA PARTY: Revelers fill their plates with treats, then explore a holiday market, decorate dreidels and spread good cheer. ONE Arts Center, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free; bring a plate of cookies. Info, 518-649-6464.

AMERICAN RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE GIFT-OF-LIFE MINI MARATHON: See WED.9, Diamond Run Mall, Rutland, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

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HOME SHARE NOW INFORMATION SESSION: Locals get up-to-date details on home-sharing opportunities in Vermont. Trinity United Methodist Church, Montpelier, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 479-8544.

FORZA: THE SAMURAI SWORD WORKOUT: Students sculpt lean muscles and gain mental focus when using wooden replicas of the weapon. North End Studio A, Burlington, 6:307:30 p.m. $10. Info, 578-9243.

‘DOWNTON ABBEY’: Fanatics in period dress fête the hit drama with an advance screening of the first episode of its final season. A discussion follows. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 654-3688. ‘LIVING IN THE AGE OF AIRPLANES’: See WED.9. MILAREPA CENTER FILM SERIES: ‘BLINDSIGHT’: A 2006 documentary focuses on six blind climbers who tackle the Lhakpa-Ri peak of Mount Everest. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 748-2600. ‘SNOWSURF: A GENTEM FAMILY STORY’: Jaws drop as snowboarders and surfers brave challenging Japanese terrain in this 2015 documentary. Craft brews, raffles and giveaways round out the evening. Zero Gravity Craft Brewery, Burlington, 7 p.m. $5. Info, 923-2910.

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THE PENNYWISE PANTRY: A tour of the store helps shoppers create a custom template for keeping the kitchen stocked with affordable, nutritious eats. City Market/Onion River Co-op, Burlington, 4-5 p.m. Free. Info, 861-9757. TIPPLES & NIBBLES: AN EVENING WITH VERMONT CREAMERY & STONECUTTER SPIRITS: Specialty cocktails pair perfectly with bites of cheese at a festive tasting session. oak45, Winooski, 6-9 p.m. Cash bar. Info, 448-3740. WINOOSKI COCKTAIL WALK: Imbibers mingle with makers of local spirits and bitters over Vermontthemed concoctions and light fare. Meet at oak45.

HOLIDAY ARTISANS MARKET: See WED.9, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. WILD LIGHTS FESTIVAL: See WED.9.

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HARDWICK STORY TIME: Kids up to age 6 sit tight for engaging narratives. Jeudevine Memorial Library, Hardwick, 10-11 a.m. Free. Info, 472-5948. LEGO CLUB: Brightly colored interlocking blocks inspire developing minds. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 4-5 p.m. Free. Info, 264-5660. LEGO FUN: Tinkerers in grades K and up create unique structures with geometric pieces. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 3-4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6956. PLAINFIELD PRESCHOOL STORY TIME: Tykes ages 2 through 5 discover the magic of literature. Cutler Memorial Library, Plainfield, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 454-8504. PRESCHOOL MUSIC: Young’uns have fun with song and dance. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 878-4918. READ TO ARCHIE THE THERAPY DOG: Bookworms join a friendly canine for entertaining tails — er, tales. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 3:15-4 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6956. ‘SEA MONSTERS: A PREHISTORIC ADVENTURE’: See WED.9. THURSDAY PLAY TIME: Kiddos and their caregivers convene for casual fun. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 11 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 878-4918.

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MANDARIN CHINESE CLASS: Language lovers practice the dialect spoken throughout northern and southwestern China. Agape Community Church, South Burlington, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 503-2037.

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‘BIG EDEN’: A successful gay artist finds a supportive community when he return to his Montana hometown to care for his ailing father in this 2000 drama presented by Soirée du Queer Cinema. Burlington College, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 862-9816.

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THE ACABELLAS WINTER CONCERT: An all-female ensemble blends classic numbers with new songs and holiday strains for a lively a cappella performance. McCarthy Arts Center, Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, 8-9 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2000.

Town Hall, beginner session, 7:45 p.m.; dance, 8 p.m. $9; free for kids under 12. Info, 371-9492. VERMONT CHOREOGRAPHERS’ SHOWCASE: Live music, projected film, innovative improvisation and dynamic movement complete a showcase of new works by Erika Lawlor Schmidt, Paula Higa and others. Dance Theatre, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 7 p.m. $6-12. Info, 443-3168.

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AMERICAN RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE GIFT-OF-LIFE MINI MARATHON: See WED.9, Rutland Elks Club, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 800-733-2767. LUMBERJACK OF ALL TRADES: Jacks and Jills are at the top of their game at a day of raffles, contests, snacks and brews. Smugglers’ Notch Distillery, Cabot Annex Complex, Waterbury Center, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 408-909-2880. NORTH BRANCH SCHOOL GALA: A hearty, homemade meal fuels hoofers for a contra dance set to music by Run Mountain and calling by Adina Gordon. Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, 6-10 p.m. $10-25; cash bar. Info, 388-3269.

THE BLACK LILLIES: The rootsy group gets boots tapping with tunes from Hard to Please. The Meadows Brothers and Cricket Blue open. ArtsRiot, Burlington, 7:30-11:30 p.m. $13-15. Info, 540-0406.

TINY HOUSE OPEN HOUSE: Architecture buffs check out a scaled-down structure designed and built by Yestermorrow students. Yestermorrow Design/Build School, Waitsfield, 4-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 496-5545.

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MAC PHOTO APP PROGRAM WITH CLIF: Digital shutterbugs organize their pictures using the new Apple Photos application. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 1-3 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955.

‘WINTER TALES’: See WED.9.

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‘IN THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS’: Literature lovers deliver readings in memory of Burlington writer Susan Weiss. North End Studio C, Burlington, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 863-0157. SONGWRITING WORKSHOP: Seth Cronin guides musicians and singers in structuring original strains. 22 Church St., Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free; preregister at meetup.com; limited space. Info, 383-8104.

BRIDGE CLUB: See WED.9, 9:15 a.m.

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COMMUNITY HATHA YOGA: Students move at their own pace in a gentle, reflective workout. South End Studio, Burlington, 5:15-6:15 p.m. $6. Info, 683-4918.

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FEAST TOGETHER OR FEAST TO GO: Senior citizens and their guests catch up over a shared meal. Montpelier Senior Activity Center, noon-1 p.m. $7-9; preregister. Info, 262-6288. HOME SHARE NOW INFORMATION SESSION: See THU.10, Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 12:30-2 p.m.

ECSTATIC DANCE VERMONT: Jubilant movement with the Green Mountain Druid Order inspires divine connections. Christ Church, Montpelier, 7-9 p.m. $10. Info, 505-8010.

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BLUEBIRD FAIRIES HOLIDAY SHOP: Fairy card readings with artist Emily Anderson offer insight to shoppers who browse her whimsical wares. E1 Studio Collective, Burlington, 5-8 p.m. Free. Info, 238-4540. BROADWAY DIRECT: ‘HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS’: Area students join Bill Carmichael and other professional singers to belt out Broadway’s most beloved songs alongside holiday favorites. Vergennes Opera House, 7:30 p.m. $5-18. Info, 877-6737. CHRISTMAS AT THE FARM: Families celebrate the holidays 19th-century-style with ornament making and baked treats. Billings Farm & Museum, Woodstock, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. $4-14; free for members and kids 2 and under. Info, 457-2355. ‘A CHRISTMAS CAROL’: Miserly Mr. Scrooge gets unexpected Christmas Eve visitors in Nebraska Theatre Caravan’s adaptation of Charles Dickens’ tale. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 7 p.m. $15-45. Info, 863-5966. ‘ELF THE MUSICAL, JR.’: Rutland Youth Theatre presents the story of Buddy, a man raised as an elf, who embarks on a journey to New York City to find his birth father. Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 7 p.m. $8-10. Info, 775-0903. FRI.11

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LAUGH LOCAL VT COMEDY OPEN MIC: Comedians bring on the funny business in front of a supportive audience. American Legion Post 03, Montpelier, 8-10 p.m. Donations. Info, 793-3884.

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MORNING FLOW YOGA: See WED.9. SOUL PARTY YOGA SERIES: Emina Kelestura welcomes students of all levels for a seven-week course focused on finding freedom through vinyasa flow. Sangha Studio, Burlington, 7-8:15 p.m. $5-10. Info, 448-4262.

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WINE TASTING: Six varieties of vino please palates at a festive sipping session. Cork Wine Bar & Market, Waterbury, 5-8 p.m. $1. Info, 882-8227.

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HOLIDAY ARTISANS MARKET: See WED.9, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. LADIES NIGHT: ORNAMENT & HOLIDAY CARD MAKING: Burgeoning artists sip libations while personalizing cards and decorations with signature designs. ONE Arts Center, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. $22 includes 2 drinks. Info, 518-649-6464. SAINT MICHAEL’S COLLEGE LESSONS & CAROLS: Nathaniel G. Lew directs the College Chorale in a service featuring familiar airs sung in Czech, Welsh, and Rumanian. Chapel of Saint Michael the Archangel, Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, 7-8 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2284.

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CATHLEEN BRANON-KEOGH: The Healing Earth Vermont Herbals founder provides insight into her herbal-remedy-making process. Frog Hollow Vermont State Craft Center, Burlington, 5-8 p.m. Free. Info, 863-6458. KNOW THYSELF: PATHWORK GROUP: Participants in this six-week series explore the many layers of the self through guided meditation, journaling and the Pathwork teaching. Union Station, Burlington, 6:30-8 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 279-9144.

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‘INTO THE WOODS’: Classic Grimm characters get entangled in the darker side of fairy tales in Stephen Sondheim’s Tony Award-winning musical, presented by Spotted Pup Productions. Black Box Theater, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 7 p.m. Donations. Info, 922-4360.

WILD LIGHTS FESTIVAL: See WED.9.

‘MARY POPPINS’: See WED.9, 7:30 p.m.

WINTER GIFTS & CRAFT MAKING: Kids ages 5 and up and their parents make holiday goodies, then create green crafts with natural and recycled materials. McClure Education Center, Shelburne Farms, 12:30-2:30 p.m. $20-23 per adult/child pair; $15-17 per additional child; preregister. Info, 985-8686.

‘WINTER TALES’: See WED.9, 7:30 p.m. ‘XANADU’: A beautiful Greek muse descends from Mount Olympus to help a struggling artist open a roller disco in this Lebanon High School Wet Paint Players production. Lebanon Opera House, N.H., 7 p.m. $1-2. Info, wetpaintplayers@gmail.com.

WOODSTOCK WASSAIL WEEKEND: Folks spread holiday cheer at this annual three-day fête including a parade, breakfast with Santa and a historic home tour. See calendar spotlight. Various Woodstock locations. Prices vary. Info, 457-3555.

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YULETIDE CONCERT & CAROL SING-A-LONG: Songs of the season soar, courtesy of the Green Mountain Pipers, Shimmering Flutes and the Good Shepherd Contemporary Praise Band. Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Jericho, 7-8:30 p.m. Cash and nonperishable food donations accepted. Info, 899-3932.

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BROWN BAG BOOK CLUB: Readers voice opinions about Me Before You by Jojo Moyes. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 12:30-1:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918. FRIDAY MORNING WORKSHOP: Lit lovers analyze creative works-in-progress penned by Burlington Writers Workshop members. 22 Church St., Burlington, 10:30 a.m. Free; preregister at meetup. com; limited space. Info, 383-8104.

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WRITING SALON: Wordsmiths employ neuroscientific research to kick out the inner critic who can curb creativity. Vermont Center for Emerging Technologies, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. $20-25. Info, 865-4209.

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EARLY-BIRD MATH: Books, songs and games put a creative twist on mathematics. Richmond Free Library, 11-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 434-3036. MUSIC WITH ROBERT: Sing-alongs with Robert Resnik hit all the right notes. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 10:30-11 a.m. Free; groups must preregister. Info, 865-7216. MUSICAL STORY TIME: Melody makers of all ages read and rock out with books, songs and instruments. Essex Free Library, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 879-0313. READING BUDDIES: Little buddies, mentors and their families plan for the literacy program’s year ahead. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 4-5 p.m. Free. Info, 264-5660. ‘SEA MONSTERS: A PREHISTORIC ADVENTURE’: See WED.9.

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CONCERT BAND: Student musicians bring the heat on a cold winter’s night with a varied program. Dibden Center for the Arts, Johnson State College, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 635-1476. LA VOZ DE TRES WITH MICHAEL ZSOLDOS: Original compositions and top picks from the Great American Songbook get the Latin American

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CENTRAL VERMONTERS JOIN JOBS, JUSTICE & CLIMATE RALLY IN BOSTON: Socially conscious community members board buses bound for the Boston demonstration aimed at bold climate change solutions. Parking lot. State of Vermont Department of Labor, Montpelier, 8:30 a.m. $37.92; subsidized tickets available; preregister. Info, 444-0350.

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ARTISAN CRAFT FAIR: More than a dozen local vendors offer one-of-a-kind pottery, quilts, art prints, ornaments, herbal products and more. Starksboro Public Library, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 453-3732. INTERNATIONAL BOUTIQUE: See WED.9, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. SOLIDARITY CRAFT FAIR: More than 35 vendors offer handmade and fair trade wares. A silent auction and tasty eats round out this benefit for Planting Hope. Unitarian Church of Montpelier, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Info, 778-0344.

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COMEDY WITH A CAUSE: Lori Goldman, Paul Church, Annie Russell and Tyler Denton sling sizzling zingers to support Spectrum Youth and Family Services. McCarthy Arts Center, Saint

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MONTPELIER MEMORY CAFÉ: People experiencing memory loss and their caretakers connect in a relaxed atmosphere. Montpelier Senior Activity Center, 10-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 223-2518.

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EARTHWALK CRAFT PARTY: Folks of all ages tap into their creative side to make candles, cards, decorations and more. Live music, baked goods and a craft sale complete the afternoon. EarthWalk Vermont, Plainfield, 1-4 p.m. $10-25. Info, 454-8500.

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MAKE YOUR OWN CHOCOLATE BARS: First-time confectioners tie on their aprons to temper, mold and wrap full-size take-home treats. South End Kitchen at Lake Champlain Chocolates, Burlington, 3-4 p.m. $25. Info, 864-0505. SELF-GUIDED TOUR: Chocoholics get a behindthe-scenes look at the production of cacao-based sweet treats. Lake Champlain Chocolates Factory Store & Café, Burlington, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Info, 864-1807.

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FITNESS BOOT CAMP: See WED.9, 8-9 a.m.

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‘LIVING IN THE AGE OF AIRPLANES’: See WED.9.

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BURLINGTON WINTER FARMERS MARKET: A bustling indoor marketplace offers fresh and prepared foods alongside crafts, live music, lunch seating and face painting. Burlington Memorial Auditorium, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 310-5172.

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‘A CHRISTMAS CAROL: THE MUSICAL’: See THU.10. ‘A CHRISTMAS CAROL’: Shakespeare on Main Street reinterprets this timeless holiday classic about Ebenezer Scrooge and a trio of ghosts. Brick Box Theater, Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 7:30 p.m. $9-15; free for kids under 12. Info, 775-0903. CHRISTMAS COOKIE EXTRAVAGANZA: Festive families fill boxes with take-home confections. Community Center in Jericho, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 899-3315.

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CAROL ANN JONES QUARTET HOLIDAY CONCERT: Energy and life thread through seasonal and original numbers infused with rock, country, pop and jazz sounds. Bliss Room, St. Albans Historical Museum, 7-9 p.m. $15; cash bar. Info, 527-7933.

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CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY SHOW: Baked goods, gourmet foods and seasonal produce tempt shoppers at the annual Vermont Farmers Market craft fair. Holiday Inn Rutland, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Info, 342-4727. HOME BREW SOCIAL & HOLIDAY MARKET: Full Barrel Co-op members share a variety of self-made suds with shoppers who browse for unique gifts and stocking stuffers. ONE Arts Center, Burlington, 5-8 p.m. Donations. Info, 518-649-6464. CRAFTSBURY HOLIDAY MARKET: More than 30 vendors offer unique wares at this fair featuring kids’ activities, a wrapping station and live music. Gymnasium. Craftsbury Academy, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Free. Info, 586-2200. ‘ELF THE MUSICAL, JR.’: See FRI.11, 2 & 7 p.m. FAMILY DAY: Tykes and their parents get creative with themed crafts and gingerbread houses. Dreidel games and seasonal treats complete the fun. Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, 1-4 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 253-8358.

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NUTCRACKER TEA: Families sip holiday cream tea while enjoying a performance of “Land of Sweets” by Arabesque Etc. Dance students. Richmond Free Library, 1 & 4 p.m. $7-11. Info, 383-8468. RANDOLPH HOLIDAY MARKET: Fueled by snacks and cider, shoppers browse meat, produce and handmade gifts at an emporium of local products. Red School House, Randolph Center, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Info, 276-0787. TOUCH OF VERMONT HOLIDAY GIFT MARKET: Jewelry, pottery, baked goods, honey, spirits and more fill tables at this annual bazaar. Montpelier City Hall, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Info, 310-1725. VICTORIAN HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE: Visitors ring in the holiday season with crafts, museum exhibits, planetarium presentations and platters of sweet treats. Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium, St. Johnsbury, 1:30-4 p.m. Free. Info, 748-2372. WASSAIL WEEKEND: See FRI.11, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. WILD LIGHTS FESTIVAL: See WED.9.

‘A WINNIETHE-POOH ‘HAPPY GRINCHMAS’: CHRISTMAS Cindy Lou and the Whos of TAIL’: Live actors Whoville come to life in this and puppets Fusion 802 production of Dr. breathe new life Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole into Pooh, Eeyore, Christmas! Lyman C. Hunt Middle Piglet, Tigger and School, Burlington, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Christopher Robin. See R SAT $5; free for kids under 2. Info, 310-7266. calendar spotlight. Off CK E .12 | M U SIC | SAR A H BL A Center for the Dramatic Arts, HOLIDAY ARTISANS MARKET: See WED.9, 9 Burlington, 10 a.m., 2 & 6 p.m. $10-15. a.m.-3 p.m. Info, 863-5966. HOLIDAY BOOK SALE: Gently used titles make for WINTER CARNIVAL: Locals flock to a fun-filled extra-special stocking stuffers for the lit lovers in morning of food, kids’ activities, raffles and photos your life. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 10 with Santa. Smilie Memorial School, Bolton, 9 a.m.a.m. Free. Info, 223-3338. noon. Free; $5-20 for breakfast. Info, 434-2130. ‘A HOLIDAY CABARET EVENING: THE GREAT WINTER GIFTS & CRAFT MAKING: See FRI.11, 9:30AMERICAN SONGBOOK’: Classic tunes and season11:30 a.m. al favorites set spirits soaring as part of Wassail Weekend. ArtisTree Community Arts Center & WOODSTOCK WASSAIL WEEKEND: See FRI.11. Gallery, South Pomfret, 7:30 p.m. $20 includes a dessert bar. Info, 457-3500. kids HOLIDAY CRAFT SHOW: Local crafters display their wares alongside specialty food items. Montgomery Elementary School, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Free. Info, sue_ wilson@fairpoint.net.

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HOLIDAY HOUSE TOUR: Deck the halls! As part of Woodstock Wassail Weekend, historic homes are open to visitors. Live music adds to the merriment. Downtown Woodstock, 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. $30-35. Info, 457-3981. HOLIDAY MAKE ‘N’ TAKE: Parents learn how to stamp, emboss and color gift tags while little ones await an appearance by Santa Claus. Vintage Inspired Lifestyle Marketplace, Burlington, 1-4 p.m. $6. Info, 488-5766. HOLIDAY POP-UP MARKET: Southern Smoke serves up barbecue fare at a gathering of art, craft, jewelry and book sellers. Shelburne Vineyard, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. Info, 985-8222.

‘THE ANIMALS IN WINTER’: George Dennison’s children’s poem inspired this play about a group of kids who offer shelter to a parade of animals. East Hardwick Grange, 6 p.m. Free; limited space. Info, moderntimestheater@gmail.com. FAMILY WORKSHOP: MIDNIGHT IN WINTER GREETING CARDS: Parents and tots revel in the joy of the season by stamping, cutting and coloring Victorian-style cards. Catamount Outback Artspace, St. Johnsbury, 9:30 a.m.-noon. Donations; preregister. Info, 748-2600, ext. 108. HANDS-ON GLASSBLOWING PROJECTS & CLASSES: SUNCATCHER: Aspiring artisans ages 7 and up choose natural and nautical designs to create colorful window hangings. Orwell Glass workshop, Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, Vergennes, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. $15-20; preregister for a time slot. Info, 475-2022.

LONG-FORM IMPROV: ‘THE POLAR EXPRESS’: Thespians can join the college drama club for an impromptu performance and screening of the locomotive motion picture. Vermont Room, Alliot Student Center, Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, noon-3 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2000.

SATURDAY DROP-IN STORY TIME: A weekly selection of songs and narratives engages all ages. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 10-11 a.m. Free. Info, 264-5660.

MAIDEN VERMONT HOLIDAY CONCERT: Central Vermont’s all-female barbershop chorus presents the uplifting concert “Catch the Excitement!” Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, 2:30 & 7:30 p.m. $10-17; preregister. Info, 382-9222.

SPANISH MUSICAL PLAYGROUP: Language learners up to age 5 get together for stories, rhymes and songs en español. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 10:30 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 878-4918.

THE MCLEAN AVENUE BAND: ‘CHRISTMAS IN IRELAND’: Traditional tunes and ballads blend seamlessly with rock, pop and R&B. Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center, Stowe, 7 p.m. $20-54. Info, 760-4634.

SPECTACULAR SPECTACULAR: A TALENT SHOW FOR VERMONT’S RISING STARS: Youngsters skilled in singing, dancing, hooping and magic strut their stuff on stage. Higher Ground Ballroom, South Burlington, 12:30 p.m. $7-10; free for kids 6 and under. Info, 877-987-6487.

NORWICH UNIVERSITY BAND CONCERT: Musicians mark the holiday with a rousing recital. Norwich University, Northfield, 4-5 p.m. Free. Info, 485-2360.

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ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE CONVERSATION GROUP LUNCH: French speakers chat en français over a midday meal. La Villa Bistro & Pizzeria, Shelburne, noon-2 p.m. Cost of food and drink. Info, 793-4361.

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BEN WINSHIP & ELI WEST: The nationally known roots performers take the stage as part of Catamount Bluegrass Night. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 748-2600. BRETT HUGHES: Accompanied by fiddler Caleb Elder, the country crooner entertains listeners with original and classic honky-tonk tunes as part of the Burnham Music Series. Burnham Hall, Lincoln, 7:30 p.m. $8; free for kids and teens. Info, 453-3803. DAVID MALLETT: Folk music fans flock to hear a range of new and signature songs. Violinists Alexander Romanul, Annie Rowell and Roy McNeil open. See calendar spotlight. Greensboro United Church of Christ, 7:30-10:30 p.m. $15. Info, 533-7487. GLENN MILLER ORCHESTRA: The 18-member ensemble behind classic hits such as “Chattanooga Choo Choo” interweaves elements of jazz into a swing-dance repertoire. See calendar spotlight. Chandler Music Hall, Randolph, 7:30 p.m. $5-25. Info, 728-6464. GREEN MOUNTAIN YOUTH SYMPHONY FALL CONCERT: Marking their 15th anniversary season, nearly 100 young players in three orchestras perform a variety of seasonal favorites, including highlights from the movie Frozen. Barre Opera House, 3:30 p.m. $12-15; free for kids under 5. Info, 476-8188. SARAH BLACKER: Rock, pop, indie folk and Americana find common ground in the hands of the award-winning singer-songwriter. Brandon Music, 7:30 p.m. $20; $40 includes dinner package; preregister. Info, 247-4295.

UPSTATE RUBDOWN: Based in the Hudson Valley, this acoustic septet harks back to decades past through its Americana airs. Damn Tall Buildings open. ArtsRiot, Burlington, 8:30-11:30 p.m. $10. Info, 540-0406. VERMONT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA HOLIDAY POPS: See FRI.11, Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, Burlington, 7:30-10 p.m. $15-52. Info, 863-5966.

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MOUNT ABRAHAM HIKE: Outdoorsy types take on a difficult 5.8-mile trek gaining 2,500 feet in elevation. Contact trip leader for details. Free; preregister; limited space. Info, 878-4036.

DIGITAL PHOTO BASICS: Those with working knowledge of Microsoft Windows learn how to import and edit images from phones and cameras. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 10:30 a.m.-noon. $3; preregister. Info, 865-7217.

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BOOK DISCUSSION: RETELLINGS: Sena Jeter Naslund’s Ahab’s Wife: Or the Star-gazer inspires a lively discussion. Varnum Memorial Library, Jeffersonville, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 644-2025. CRAFT SESSION: THE UNRELIABLE NARRATOR: Members of the Burlington Writers Workshop examine the artful way in which authors can breathe life into a fickle yet compelling voice. 22 Church St., Burlington, 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Free; preregister at meetup.com; limited space. Info, 383-8104.

MEGAN PRICE: The author signs copies of the humorous and harrowing tale Vermont Wild: Adventures of Fish & Game Wardens, Volume 4. Phoenix Books Essex, 1-3 p.m. Free. Info, 872-7111.

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COMMUNITY MINDFULNESS WITH THE CENTER FOR MINDFUL LEARNING: Peaceful people gather for guided meditation and interactive discussions. Burlington Friends Meeting House, 5-7 p.m. $10. Info, 540-0820. OK: Like-minded individuals plan for the future, contemplate the past and connect with the present. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 4:45-6 p.m. Free. Info, 989-9684.

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BALKAN FOLK DANCING: Louise Brill and friends organize participants into lines and circles set to complex rhythms. Ohavi Zedek Synagogue, Burlington, 3-6 p.m. $6; bring snacks to share. Info, 540-1020. STUDENT CHOREOGRAPHY SHOWCASE: University of Vermont dance composition students perform original works in various styles. UVM Recital Hall, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 656-3040. UPPER VALLEY INTERNATIONAL FOLK DANCING: Creative movers learn diverse routines rooted in Eastern and Western Europe, Scandinavia and the Mediterranean. Bring clean, soft-soled shoes. Tracy Hall, Norwich, 3-6 p.m. $4-8. Info, 436-2151.

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FULL MOON HIKE: Adventurers who tackle this guided trek are rewarded with a lunar-lit view of Okemo’s Jackson Gore. A bonfire follows. Jackson Gore Inn, Okemo Mountain Resort, Ludlow, registration and snowshoe fitting, 7 p.m.; hike, 7:30 p.m. Free for participants with snowshoes. Info, 228-1956.

ADAM BOYCE: The musician walks a mile in a historic troubadour’s shoes in “The Old Country Fiddler: Charles Ross Taggart, Vermont’s Traveling Entertainer.” Fairfax Community Library, 11 a.m.noon. Free. Info, 849-2420.

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VCAM’S DIGITAL EDITING CERTIFICATION: Adobe Premiere users get familiar with the most recent version of the editing software. Prerequisite of VCAM Access Orientation or equivalent, or instructor’s permission. VCAM Studio, Burlington, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 651-9692.

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KUNDALINI YOGA: Asana, pranayam, mantra and meditation accelerate the path to awakening. The Wellness Collective, Burlington, 10 a.m.-11:30 p.m. $12. Info, 540-0186. MIXED-LEVEL FLOW YOGA: Students may modify postures to meet their individual needs during a sequence of feel-good poses. The Wellness Collective, Burlington, 4:30-5:45 p.m. $10. Info, 540-0186.

WOMEN’S WELLNESS SERIES: YOGA FOR FERTILITY: Women working toward becoming pregnant hit the mat for a relaxing practice. Prenatal Method Studio, Burlington, 3:30-5 p.m. $20. Info, 829-0211.

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CHORUS CONCERT: The Norwich University and Northfield Community choruses lift their voices for a holiday production. Northfield United Methodist Church, 6-7 p.m. Free. Info, 485-2886. ‘A CHRISTMAS CAROL: THE MUSICAL’: See THU.10, 3 p.m. ‘A CHRISTMAS CAROL’: See SAT.12, 2 p.m.

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RANDOLPH HOLIDAY MARKET: See SAT.12, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. VERMONT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA HOLIDAY POPS: See FRI.11, Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 3 p.m. $9-32. Info, 775-0903. WASSAIL WEEKEND: See FRI.11. WILD LIGHTS FESTIVAL: See WED.9. ‘A WINNIE-THE-POOH CHRISTMAS TAIL’: See SAT.12, 10 a.m. & 2 p.m. WOODSTOCK WASSAIL WEEKEND: See FRI.11.

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HANDS-ON GLASSBLOWING PROJECTS & CLASSES: SUNCATCHER: See SAT.12. ‘SEA MONSTERS: A PREHISTORIC ADVENTURE’: See WED.9.

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DIMANCHES FRENCH CONVERSATION: Parlez-vous français? Speakers practice the tongue at a casual drop-in chat. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 4 p.m. Free. Info, 363-2431.

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LGBTQ FIBER ARTS GROUP: A knitting, crocheting and weaving session welcomes all ages, gender identities, sexual orientations and skill levels. Pride Center of Vermont, Burlington, noon-2 p.m. Free. Info, 860-7812.

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ANNEMIEKE MCLANE: The pianist charms clas2 CHRISTMAS DAY sical connoisseurs with the |H IR N OL GLORIA!: Fresh arrangeSI program “Birds and Beethoven.” ID AY MA T S S | TH ments of classical Christmas Charlotte Congregational Church, RI E MC ‘CH LEAN AVENUE BAND: compositions sung by the 4 p.m. Donations. Info, 765-9904. Bethany Vocal Quintet inspire holiday MIDDLEBURY COMMUNITY WIND ENSEMBLE: cheer. Christ Episcopal Church, Montpelier, 2 p.m. Forty musicians celebrate the 150th anniversary Donations. Info, 622-0376. of the birth of Jean Sibelius with a performance of COMMUNITY CAROL SING: Families lift their voices to seasonal strains. Bethany United Church of Christ, Randolph, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 622-0376.

his masterwork “Finlandia.” Robison Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 443-6433.

FULL CIRCLE: The five-woman ensemble entertains shoppers with a mix of medieval, Renaissance, Celtic, folk and holiday music. Phoenix Books Burlington, 2-4 p.m. Free. Info, 448-3350.

MIKE BLOCK & HANNEKE CASSEL: The cello-andfiddle duo dole out classical- and Celtic-influenced numbers. Richmond Congregational Church, 4-6 p.m. $17.50-20. Info, 434-4563.

HINESBURG ARTIST SERIES CHRISTMAS CONCERT: Guest soloist Gary Moreau teams up with the South County Chorus for a festive program. Hinesburg St. Jude Catholic Church, 4:30 p.m. Free; donations of nonperishable food items accepted. Info, 482-2290.

HOLIDAY BEVERAGE & GIFT WORKSHOP: Home cooks concoct mulled beverages. Bring apple juice or red wine. Wilder Library, 1-5 p.m. $15. Info, 233-1270.

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‘MESSIAH’ SING: Handel’s holiday favorite is revived by a world-class ensemble and four featured soloists. Our Lady of the Snows, Woodstock, 4-6 p.m. $10. Info, 457-3981.

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‘LESSONS AND CAROLS FOR ADVENT AND CHRISTMAS’: Jeffrey Buettner directs the Middlebury College Choir in choral works, congregational singing and biblical texts. Mead Memorial Chapel, Middlebury College, 4 & 7 p.m. Free. Info, 443-6433.

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CHRISTMAS CONCERT & PAGEANT: Members of the St. Bridget and St. Stanislaus Kostka churches take a musical journey to Bethlehem via wellknown carols and a sing-along. West Rutland St. Bridget’s Catholic Church, 2 p.m. Free; donations of nonperishable food items accepted. Info, 438-2490.

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HOLIDAY GALA: An afternoon of holiday tunes features the Johnson State College concert band, jazz ensemble, musical theater performances and a visit from Santa. Dibden Center for the Arts, Johnson State College, 4-5:30 p.m. $5; free for JSC students. Info, 635-1313.

NORTHEAST FIDDLERS’ ASSOCIATION MEETING: Lovers of this spirited art form gather to catch up and jam. Canadian Club, Barre Town, noon-5 p.m. Donations of nonperishable food items accepted. Info, 728-5188. ORCHESTRACHORUSPALOOZA: A Vermont Youth Orchestra concert featuring soloist Beth Moore highlights holiday works by Franz Danzi, Modest Mussorgsky and Leroy Anderson. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 4 p.m. $7-12. Info, 863-5966. PURE COUNTRY BAND: Music lovers start with food, then dance the afternoon away to toe-tapping tunes. VFW Post 309, Peru, N.Y., meal, noon; band, 1-4 p.m. Donations. Info, 518-643-2309. TENORES DE ATERÚE: Traditional Sardinian singing stuns world music fans. New City Galerie, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $10-15. Info, 735-2542. THREE-GONG SOUND BATH: Participants tap into the healing properties of intentional soundscapes.

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HERBAL CONSULTATIONS: Betzy Bancroft, Larken Bunce, Guido Masé and students from the Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism evaluate individual constitutions and health conditions. City Market/Onion River Co-op, Burlington, 4-8 p.m. Free; preregister; limited space. Info, info@ vtherbcenter.org.

MOUNT MANSFIELD VIA HALFWAY HOUSE HIKE: Adventurers tackle a difficult seven-mile round trip. Contact trip leader for details. Free; preregister; limited space. Info, 355-4135.

sports

NIA WITH SUZY: See SUN.13, 7 p.m.

WOMEN’S PICKUP SOCCER: Quick-footed ladies of varying skill levels break a sweat while connecting passes and making runs for the goal. For ages 18 and up. Robert Miller Community & Recreation Center, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. $3. Info, carmengeorgevt@gmail.com.

POSTNATAL REHAB: See WED.9.

theater

SLOW FLOW YOGA: Breath guides a series of seated and standing postures aimed at improving balance. The Wellness Collective, Burlington, 6-7:15 p.m. $10. Info, 540-0186.

‘INTO THE WOODS’: See FRI.11, 6 p.m. ‘MARY POPPINS’: See WED.9, 2 p.m. THE METROPOLITAN OPERA HD LIVE: See SAT.12. ‘WINTER TALES’: See WED.9, 2 p.m. & 6 p.m. ‘XANADU’: See FRI.11, 2 p.m.

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MEGAN PRICE: See SAT.12, Phoenix Books Rutland, 1-3 p.m. Free. Info, 872-7111.

PRENATAL BALLET BARRE: See WED.9. PRENATAL YOGA CLASS: See WED.9. R.I.P.P.E.D.: See WED.9. RECOVERY COMMUNITY YOGA: See WED.9.

VERMONT HEALTH CONNECT ENROLLMENT EVENT: Qualified navigators guide attendees through the steps of signing up for health insurance. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 5-8 p.m. Free. Info, 264-5660. ZUMBA: See WED.9.

MON.14 OPEN STUDIOS: See THU.10.

WILD LIGHTS FESTIVAL: See WED.9.

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HOME SHARE NOW INFORMATION SESSION: Locals get up-to-date details on home-sharing opportunities in Vermont. Aldrich Public Library, Barre, noon-3 p.m. Free. Info, 479-8544.

crafts

NEEDLE FELTING: Crafters ages 18 and up use supplies provided to produce holiday gifts. Burnham Room, Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 6:30-7:45 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 264-5660.

dance

SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCING: Jigs, reels and strathspeys for all ability levels exercise the body and the mind. Bring water and soft-soled shoes. Champlain Club, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. $5-9. Info, 355-5901.

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CRUISERS’ & CRAWLERS’ PLAY & STAY STORY TIME: Babies and toddlers up to age 2 engage in books, songs and social time with blocks, bubbles and parachute play. Highgate Public Library, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 878-6956. DROP-IN STORY TIME: Reading, rhyming and crafting entertain creative kiddos. Essex Free Library, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 879-0313. HANDS-ON GLASSBLOWING PROJECTS & CLASSES: SUNCATCHER: See SAT.12. PRESCHOOL MUSIC: See THU.10, 11 a.m. ‘SEA MONSTERS: A PREHISTORIC ADVENTURE’: See WED.9.

JAZZ BAND CONCERT: From big band to bebop, classic jazz favorites fill the room. Ackley Hall, Green Mountain College, Poultney, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 800-776-6675.

TRIVIA NIGHT: Teams of quick thinkers gather for a meeting of the minds. Lobby, Hotel Vermont, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 651-5012.

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BRUCE LISMAN: Gubernatorial candidate Bruce Lisman approaches the podium as part of the Vermont Politics Speaker Series. Library and Learning Center, Johnson State College, 3-4 p.m. Free. Info, 635-1349.

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VERMONT LIBERTARIAN PARTY TOWN CAUCUS FOR COLCHESTER: Colchester voters who have not yet participated in a caucus this year elect officers and discuss local issues. Private residence, Colchester, 6-7 p.m. Free. Info, 735-2149.

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STORIES WITH MEGAN: Budding bookworms ages 2 through 5 open their ears for exciting tales. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 11-11:30 a.m. Free; groups must preregister. Info, 865-7216.

MAD RIVER CHORALE OPEN REHEARSAL: The community chorus welcomes newcomers in preparation for its upcoming concert. Chorus Room, Harwood Union High School, South Duxbury, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 496-2048.

TECH HELP WITH CLIF: See WED.9.

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‘A CHRISTMAS STORY’: Snacks are served at a showing of the classic tale of a boy growing up in the 1940s whose holiday hopes repeatedly fall short. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

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BOOK DISCUSSION: B.I.G. (BIG, INTENSE, GOOD): Readers looking for a challenge share opinions on Anthony Trollope’s Can You Forgive Her? Wake Robin Retirement Community, Shelburne, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 985-0185. MONDAY CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP: Lit lovers analyze works-in-progress penned by Burlington Writers Workshop members. 22 Church St., Burlington, 7 p.m. Free; preregister at meetup. com; limited space. Info, 383-8104. MUST-READ MONDAYS: Bibliophiles cover Haven Kimmel’s A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland, Indiana. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6956. NOY HOLLAND: The Swim for the Little One First author shares her gift for fiction. Lowe Lecture Hall, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, 8-9 p.m. Free. Info, 635-2727.

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ROCK YOUR ART OUT: Free-form creative expression eliminates the stress and tension of the day. Expressive Arts Burlington, 6:15-8:15 p.m. $20. Info, 862-5302.

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FEAST TOGETHER OR FEAST TO GO: See FRI.11. TUESDAY VOLUNTEER NIGHTS: Helping hands pitch in around the shop by organizing parts, moving bikes and tackling other projects. Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult. Bike Recycle Vermont, Burlington, 5-8 p.m. Free. Info, 264-9687.

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BEGINNER WEST COAST SWING & BLUES FUSION DANCING: Students get schooled in the fundamentals of partner dance. North End Studio B, Burlington, 8-9 p.m. $9-14. Info, burlingtonwestie@ gmail.com. INTERMEDIATE & ADVANCED WEST COAST SWING: Experienced dancers learn smooth transitions and smart stylings. North End Studio A, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. $9-14. Info, burlingtonwestie@gmail.com.

SWING DANCING: Quick-footed participants experiment with different styles, including the lindy hop, Charleston and balboa. Beginners are welcome. Champlain Club, Burlington, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $5. Info, 448-2930.

AMERICAN RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE GIFT-OF-LIFE MINI MARATHON: See WED.9, College of St. Joseph, Rutland, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

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‘ELF’: An man raised as an elf in the North Pole heads to New York City in search of his true identity. Will Ferrell stars in this 2003 comedy. Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 775-0903. KNIGHTS OF THE MYSTIC MOVIE CLUB: Cinema hounds view campy flicks at this ode to offbeat productions. Main Street Museum, White River Junction, 8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 356-2776. ‘RIFFTRAX LIVE: SANTA AND THE ICE CREAM BUNNY’: Michael J. Nelson, Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett offer wisecracking commentary on

PRESCHOOL STORY HOUR: Potential Picassos ages 3 through 5 and their caregivers engage in the arts though books and projects. Plattsburgh State Art Museum, N.Y., 10-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 518-564-2498.

A MOSAIC OF FLAVOR: YEMENI ROZ MA’ DAJAJ & TABIKH BAMIA MA’ DAJAJ: Seham Alsakkaf demonstrates how to prepare traditional dishes from her native country. McClure Multigenerational Center, Burlington, 5:307:30 p.m. $5-10; preregister; limited space. Info, 861-9757.

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BRIDGE CLUB: See WED.9, 7 p.m.

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READ TO DAISY THE THERAPY DOG: GAMING FOR TEENS SU R E N. Budding bookworms join & ADULTS: Tabletop NC 13 CO |H a friendly canine for earOL games entertain players of AS M IDA IST YS catching narratives. Brownell all skill levels. Kids 13 and under HR | HIN IES C ESB URG ARTIST SER Library, Essex Junction, 3:15-4 p.m. require a legal guardian or parental Free. Info, 878-6956. permission to attend. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 5-7:45 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7216. ‘SEA MONSTERS: A PREHISTORIC ADVENTURE’: See WED.9. BRANDON FITNESS BOOT CAMP: Hop to it! Folks get fit with strength, endurance, agility and coordination exercises. Otter Valley North Campus Gym, Brandon, 5:30-6:30 p.m. $12. Info, 343-7160. BUTI YOGA: A fusion of power yoga, tribal dance and deep abdominal toning boosts the flow of energy throughout the body. The Wellness Collective, Burlington, 10-11 a.m. $10. Info, 540-0186. COMMUNITY YOGA: Breathe deep, feel good and have fun at a class accessible to all levels. Yoga Roots, Shelburne, 7:30-8:30 p.m. Donations. Info, 985-0090. GENTLE DROP-IN YOGA: Yogis hit the mat for a Hatha class led by Betty Molnar. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 264-5660. MINDFULNESS CLASS: See WED.9, 12:15-1 p.m. MORNING FLOW YOGA: See WED.9. PRENATAL YOGA CLASS: See WED.9, 6-7 p.m. and 4:30-5:30 p.m. VERMONT HEALTH CONNECT ENROLLMENT EVENT: See MON.14, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 5-8 p.m. Free. Info, 860-1417, ext. 115.

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HOLIDAY STORY TIME: Traditional tales and contemporary narratives set the tone for music, rhymes and a snack. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 10:30-11 a.m. Free. Info, 264-5660. TEEN (AND YOUNGER) TINKER TUESDAY: MAKING GIFTS: Kids craft jewelry, cards and other personalized presents. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 264-5660. ‘WHITE CHRISTMAS’: Two World War II veterans move their song-and-dance act to Vermont to win over a pair of sisters in this 1954 musical. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 1:30 p.m. Free. Info, 748-2600. WILD LIGHTS FESTIVAL: See WED.9.

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CREATIVE TUESDAYS: Artists exercise their imaginations with recycled crafts. Age 8 and under must be accompanied by an adult. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 3-5 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7216. HANDS-ON GLASSBLOWING PROJECTS & CLASSES: SUNCATCHER: See SAT.12.

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STORY TIME FOR 3- TO 5-YEAR-OLDS: See WED.9. STORY TIME FOR BABIES & TODDLERS: Picture books, songs, rhymes and puppets arrest the attention of children under 3. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 9:10-9:30 a.m. Free. Info, 878-6956.

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‘LA CAUSERIE’ FRENCH CONVERSATION: Native speakers are welcome to pipe up at an unstructured conversational practice. El Gato Cantina Burlington, 4:30-6 p.m. Free. Info, 540-0195.

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PAUSE-CAFÉ FRENCH CONVERSATION: Frenchlanguage folks engage in dialogue en français. Sherpa Kitchen, Burlington, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 363-2431.

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VERMONT LIBERTARIAN PARTY TOWN CAUCUS FOR ST. JOHNSBURY: St. Johnsbury voters who have not yet participated in a caucus this year elect officers and discuss local issues. Private residence, St. Johnsbury, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 735-2149.

seminars

MAKE A KICK-ASS PSA: Media buffs learn to promote their causes via radio play. VCAM Studio, Burlington, 5:30-6:30 p.m. $25; preregister; limited space. Info, 651-9692.

theater

‘MARY POPPINS’: See WED.9, 7:30 p.m.

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ADULT BOOK DISCUSSION: Salman Rushdie’s Haroun and the Sea of Stories sparks a lively dialogue. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 1-2 p.m. Free. Info, 264-5660. DEBORAH HARTE FELMETH: The Addison County author and photographer shares moving selections from her hardcover photo essay Syria: Remember Me. Fletcher Room, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211.

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‘LIVING IN THE AGE OF AIRPLANES’: See WED.9.

PRESCHOOL STORY HOUR: Imaginations blossom when young’uns up to age 6 engage in themed tales and activities. Fairfax Community Library, 9:30-10:30 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 849-2420.

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‘EDWARD SCISSORHANDS’: Johnny Depp portrays a recluse with — you guessed it — scissors for hands in Tim Burton’s haunting tale. Film House, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 7-10 p.m. Free. Info, 540-3018.

COMMUNITY NIGHT: Supporters scarf down pipinghot slices to benefit the King Street Center. Partial proceeds from the evening’s sales are donated. American Flatbread Burlington Hearth, 5:30-11 p.m. Cost of food and drink. Info, 861-2999.

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PRESCHOOL MUSIC: Melody makers ages 3 through 5 sing and dance the morning away. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 11:30 a.m.noon. Free. Info, 264-5660.

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‘THE LADY OF THE CAMELLIAS’: The Bolshoi Ballet interprets the story of a bourgeois who falls in love with a courtesan in a broadcast production of John Neumeier’s tragic masterpiece. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. $6-18. Info, 748-2600.

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HOLIDAY STORIES: Raconteur Linda Costello treats listeners in grades 1 through 5 to spirited tellings of Hanukkah, solstice, Christmas and Kwanzaa tales. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 3:30-4:15 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6956.

WED.16 activism

‘WHITE CHRISTMAS’: See TUE.15, 7 p.m.

BUILDING EMPATHY & ADDRESSING RACIAL OPPRESSION: A WORKSHOP IN THREE PARTS: See WED.9.

WILD LIGHTS FESTIVAL: See WED.9.

kids

KIDS’ OPEN GYM: See WED.9.

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READ TO A DOG: Book hounds ages 5 through 10 curl up with a good story and a furry friend. Fairfax Community Library, 3:15-4:15 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 849-2420.

KELLEY MARKETING GROUP BREAKFAST MEETING: Professionals in marketing, advertising and communications brainstorm ideas for nonprofit organizations. Room 217, Ireland Building, Champlain College, Burlington, 7:459 a.m. Free. Info, 864-4067.

‘SEA MONSTERS: A PREHISTORIC ADVENTURE’: See WED.9.

STEM CLUB: Inquisitive minds ages 6 and up tackle challenges in science, technol| M USI CURRENT EVENTS CONVERSATION: C | TENORES ogy, engineering and math. Fairfax An informal open discussion delves into Community Library, 3-4 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, newsworthy subjects. Dorothy Alling Memorial 849-2420. Library, Williston, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

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‘LIVING IN THE AGE OF AIRPLANES’: See WED.9. ‘WHO’S THERE?’ FILM SERIES: Cinephiles take in titles exploring the topic of identity. Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 426-3581.

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SONG CIRCLE: Music lovers congregate for an acoustic session of popular folk tunes. Godnick Adult Center, Rutland, 7:15-9:15 p.m. Donations. Info, 775-1182.

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BRIDGE CLUB: See WED.9.

DANCE-BASED CONDITIONING: See WED.9.

MINDFUL WORKWEEKS: WEDNESDAY NIGHT MEDITATION: See WED.9. MINDFULNESS CLASS: See WED.9. NIA WITH LINDA: See WED.9. POSTNATAL REHAB: See WED.9. PRENATAL BALLET BARRE: See WED.9. PRENATAL YOGA CLASS: See WED.9. PUSH-UPS IN THE PARK: See WED.9. R.I.P.P.E.D.: See WED.9. RECOVERY COMMUNITY YOGA: See WED.9. VINYASA FLOW YOGA: See WED.9. ZUMBA: See WED.9.

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GERMAN CONVERSATION GROUP: Community members practice conversing auf Deutsch. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211.

VERMONT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA BRASS QUINTET/COUNTERPOINT: A blend of brass, voices and good cheer delight listeners in an intimate setting. Warren United Church of Christ, 7:30 p.m. $25. Info, 496-3865.

INSIGHT MEDITATION: See WED.9.

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BEGINNER ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASS: See WED.9.

PRECONCERT DINNER: Classical devotees dine on a three-course meal before heading to the Vermont Symphony Orchestra Brass Quintet/ Counterpoint performance. The Pitcher Inn, Warren, 5-7 p.m. $50; preregister. Info, 496-6350.

FITNESS BOOT CAMP: See WED.9.

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STORY TIME FOR 3- TO 5-YEAR-OLDS: See WED.9. TODDLER TIME: See WED.9.

TECH HELP WITH CLIF: See WED.9.

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STORY TIME & PLAYGROUP: See WED.9.

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RADIO MINGLE: Broadcasters get out from behind the booth to network with fellow radio makers and podcasters. VCAM Studio, Burlington, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 651-9692.

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HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE: A hot chocolate bar is the sugar on top of a reading of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. Bradford Public Library, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 222-4536.

WOMEN’S PICKUP BASKETBALL: See WED.9.

PAUL BORTZ: Choo choo! Collectors are captivated by “115 Years of Exciting Toy Train History,” illustrated with pieces from locomotive enthusiast’s personal stock. Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History, Middlebury, noon. Regular admission, $3-12; free for kids under 6. Info, 388-2117.

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art CLASSICAL REALIST PAINTING: Eight-week sessions in portrait, still life, and landscape emphasizing a logical approach to observational drawing and painting. Class size limited to five students per class; individual instruction tailored to your needs. Beginners welcome! Jan. 2-Feb. 20. Portrait: Tue./Thu., 5:30-8:30 p.m.; Still Life: Wed., 5:30-8:30 p.m.; Landscape: Sat., 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Cost: $250/8-week session; classes are 3 hours each. Location: Brickworks Studios, 266 Pine St., Burlington. Info: Emilie Lee, 303827-5854, emilie@emilielee.com, emilielee.com.

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LEARN TO SEW SERIES AT NIDO: Take our two-part Learn to Sew series beginning Mon., Jan 4, with Learn to Sew 1. Learn machine basics and fundamental sewing techniques. Follow-up with Learn to Sew II, Mon., Jan. 25, to continue building your sewing repertoire. Leave with finished projects and inspiration. Nido has kids’ classes, too! Mon., Jan. 4 & 25, 6-9 p.m. Cost: $106/2 3-hour classes; materials incl. Location: Nido Fabric and Yarn, 209 College St., Suite 2E, Burlington. Info: 881-0068, info@ nidovt.com, nidovt.com.

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dance DANCE STUDIO SALSALINA: Salsa classes, nightclub-style, group and private, four levels. Beginner walk-in classes, Wednesdays, 6 p.m. $15/person for one-hour class. No dance experience, partner or

drumming DJEMBE IN BURLINGTON AND MONTPELIER!: Learn drumming technique and music on West African drums! Drums provided! Burlington Beginners Djembe class: Wed., 5:30-6:20 p.m., starting Dec. 9. $36/3 weeks or $15/drop-in. Montpelier Beginners Djembe class: Thu., 7-8:20 p.m., starting Dec. 10. $54/3 weeks or $22/walk-in. Please register online or come directly to the first class! . Location: Taiko Space, 208 Flynn Ave., Suite 3-G, Burlington, & Capital City Grange, 6612 Rte. 12, Berlin. Info: 999-4255, burlingtontaiko.org. TAIKO DRUMMING IN BURLINGTON!: Study with Stuart Paton of Burlington Taiko! Beginner/Recreational Class: Tue., 5:30-6:20 p.m. $72/6 weeks. Accelerated Taiko Program for Beginners: Mon. & Wed., 6:30-8:30 p.m. $144/3 weeks. Kids and Parents’ Class: Mon. & Wed., 4:30-5:20 p.m. $60/child; $105/parent-child duo. Five-person minimum required to run most classes; invite friends! Register online or come directly to the first class! . Location: Taiko Space, 208 Flynn Ave., Suite 3-G, Burlington. Info: 999-4255, burlingtontaiko.org. TAIKO IN MONTPELIER: Kids and Parents’ Taiko: Thu., 4:30-5:20 p.m. $60/person; $114/pair. 5-week class. Montpelier Taiko: Thu., 5:30-6:50 p.m. $90/5 weeks; $22/walk-in. Register online or come directly to the first class. Location: Capital City

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empowerment JUNG THE MAN: Learn about the life of Carl Gustav Jung, his interests, hobbies, shadow side and complexes, in this course that focuses on the man behind the ideas. Our text is Jung the Man: His Life Examined. Led by Sue Mehrtens. 4 Wed., Jan. 6, 13, 20 & 27, 7-9 p.m. Snow date: Feb. 3. Cost: $60/person. Location: 18 N. Main St., Waterbury. Info: Sue, 244-7909. WOMEN’S HERSTORY: A survey of women’s experience since the Middle Ages, in a reading/discussion format. Contact Sue for the reading list and CD with supplemental essays and articles. Thu., Jan. 7, Feb. 4, Mar. 3, 7-9 p.m. Snow dates: Jan. 14, Feb. 11, Mar. 10. Cost: $10/session; 5 sessions remaining Jan.-May. Location: The Jungian Center for the Spiritual Sciences, 55 Clover La., Waterbury. Info: Sue, 244-7909.

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laboratories are set up as a cumulative series to pay close attention to the sense and understanding of movement with self, others, space and time. Beginners welcome. Please avoid perfume or added scents as they can interfere with concentration. Sun., Dec. 13, 9:30 a.m.-noon. Cost: $25/person. Location: Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, 153 Main St., Burlington. Info: 652-4548, flynnarts.org. LOOKING DEEPER CONTEMPORARY DANCE INTENSIVE: Led by a different guest artist each month from the teaching staff at Bennington and Middlebury Colleges, these intensives are designed to support and strengthen the skills and community of practicing contemporary dancers and dance makers in our region. Each intensive will focus on different aspects of the skills at the core of strong and compelling performers and performances. Instructor: Tzveta Kassabova. Sun., Dec. 13, 1-4 p.m. Cost: $30/ person. Location: Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, 153 Main St., Burlington. Info: 652-4548, flynnarts.org.

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IMPROVISATION LABORATORY: SKILLS FOR DANCING, CREATING, PERFORMING & LIVING: The art of improvisation will be the focus with longtime dance artist and teacher Hannah Dennison. Learn and polish skills that are the foundation for world-renowned performers! These seven workshop

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METALS 1 (ADULT): Instructor: Sarah Sprague. This class will focus on jewelry design, small sculpture or functional art. Each student will complete a series of practice pieces before designing and creating a wearable finished piece out of sterling silver.

WATERCOLOR (ADULT): Instructor: Jackie Magione. Boost your creativity with this six-week class designed to hone your watercolor skills. Beginners or students in previous classes welcome. Each two-hour session will entail a live demonstration that will guide you through the lesson. We will cover a broad array of painting fundamentals with color and value relationships, wet and dry watercolor techniques and design principles that will help you build strong paintings. The class will use landscapes and still life subject matter inspired by Vermont’s great abundance of natural beauty. 6 Thu., Jan. 14-Feb. 17, 6-8 p.m. Cost: $248/ person; member discount avail. Location: The Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: Sage Tucker-Ketcham.

LEARN TO DANCE W/ A PARTNER!: Come alone or come with friends, but come out and learn to dance! Beginning classes repeat each month, but intermediate classes vary from month to month. As with all of our programs, everyone is encouraged to attend, and no partner is necessary. Private lessons also available. Cost: $50/4-week class. Location: Champlain Club, 20 Crowley St., Burlington. Info: First Step Dance, 598-6757, kevin@first stepdance.com, firststepdance. com.

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DSANTOS VT SALSA: Experience the fun and excitement of Burlington’s eclectic dance community by learning salsa. Trained by world famous dancer Manuel Dos Santos, we teach you how to dance to the music and how to have a great time on the dance floor! There is no better time to start than now! Mon. evenings: beginner class, 7-8 p.m.; intermediate, 8:15-9:15 p.m. Cost: $12/1-hour class. Location: North End Studios, 294 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: Tyler Crandall, 598-9204, crandalltyler@ hotmail.com, dsantosvt.com.

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HOLIDAY MAKE ‘N’ TAKES W/ BONNIE ROWELL: Learn how to stamp, heat emboss, color and create quick and impressive backgrounds for gift tags, wine bottle tags and more! There will be two types of gift tags running simultaneously, every hour. Each takes approximately 30 min. while supplies last. First come, first served. Santa will be arriving at 1 to 4 p.m. Stamp with your child while waiting for Santa! Dec. 12, 1-4 p.m. Cost: $6/person. Location: Vintage Inspired Lifestyle Marketplace, 180 Flynn Ave., Burlington. Info: Mary, 488-5766, vintageinspired. net.

PATCHWORK I: NEW 2016 CLASS!: In this two-part class, learn the basics of how to make and put together quilted projects. Participants will make a patchwork top during the first part of the class and continue to build skills during the second class by learning how to sandwich, quilt and bind their patchwork top. Tue. & Wed., Jan. 5 & 6, 6-9 p.m. Cost: $105/2 3-hour classes. Location: Nido Fabric and Yarn, 209 College St., Suite 2E, Burlington. Info: 881-0068, info@nidovt.com, nidovt.com.

MIXED LEVEL WHEEL (ADULT): Instructor: Rik Rolla. This course is great for beginners and potters with some experience, who are looking to learn the fundamentals or brush up on basic wheel-throwing techniques. You will learn how to center, throw, trim and glaze. After crafting your pottery on the wheel, Rik will guide you to create finished pieces for the electric oxidation kiln. You will leave with several functional pieces. 10 Wed., Jan. 13-Mar. 2, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Cost: $388/person; member discount avail. Location: The Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: Sage Tucker-Ketcham.

preregistration required, just the desire to have fun! Drop in any time and prepare for an enjoyable workout. . Location: 266 Pine St., Burlington. Info: Victoria, 598-1077, info@salsalina.com.

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PAINTING & DRAWING FOUNDATIONS: Painting & Drawing Foundations is supportive, hands-on and no pressure! Most materials included! Explore basics in our beautiful working studio. Led by fantastic teacher and professional artist Maggie Standley, this is a great fit for those brand-new to making art as well as those who would like a refresher. Tue., Dec. 8-Feb. 2, 9 a.m.-noon. Cost: $220/7-week session of 3-hour weekly classes. Location: Wingspan Studio, 4A Howard St., Burlington. Info: Maggie Standley, 233-7676, maggiestandley@yahoo.com, wingspanpaintingstudio.com.

a full-day workshop creating improvisationally pieced quilt blocks, emphasizing line work and the formation of secondary patterns. Using solid fabrics in a range of values and colors, you will create a modern take on traditional string blocks using an intuitive creative process. Sat., Feb. 6, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Cost: $165/7-hour workshop. Location: Nido Fabric and Yarn, 209 College St., Suite 2E, Burlington. Info: 881-0068, info@nidovt.com, nidovt.com.

Every week there will be several demonstrations including sawing, drilling, piercing, annealing, texturing, jump rings, forming and soldering techniques. Price includes copper, brass and silver wire. Additional silver can be purchased. 8 Wed., Jan. 27-Mar. 16, 6-8 p.m. Cost: $293/ person; member discount avail. Location: The Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: Sage Tucker-Ketcham.

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gardening, botany basics, plant pests, soil fertility, disease management, healthy lawns, invasive plant control, introduction to home landscaping, and more! Registrations will be accepted by credit card online at uvm.edu/mastergardener or by phone through the UVM Extension Master Gardener Program office. A downloadable registration form also is available on the website if paying by check. Weekly on Tue., Feb. 2-Apr. 26, 6:15-9 p.m. Cost: $395/ person; incl. online Sustainable Gardening book. Printed copy can be ordered for an additional $55. Noncredit course. Location: Live webinar, online course statewide. Info: 656-9562, master.gardener@uvm.edu, uvm.edu/mastergardener.

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FAMILY DAY: Shake off the snow and warm yourself during an afternoon of seasonal art activities and sweet treats including gingerbread house building. Sat., Dec. 12, 1-4 p.m. Location: Helen Day Art Center, 90 Pond St., Stowe. Info: 253-8358, education@helenday.com, helenday.com.

language ANNOUNCING SPANISH CLASSES: Join us for adult Spanish classes this winter. Our 10th year. Learn from a native speaker via small classes, individual instruction or student tutoring. You’ll always be participating and speaking. Lesson packages for travelers. Also lessons for young children; they love it! See our website or contact us for details. Beginning week of Jan. 4; 10 weeks. Cost:

FRENCH: OH LA LA! TEEN/ ADULT : Fabulous French classes for you chez Wingspan Studio! Inspiring, small-group environment; experienced instructor Madame Maggie will have you speaking in no time! Join fun, interactive, encouraging class in Burlington’s South End Arts District. Private lessons available to fit your schedule and specific needs. Allons-y! Oui! Oui! Weeeee! Weekly on Tue. starting Dec. 8, Intermediate French: 5-6:30 p.m.; Adv. Beg. French: 6:45-8:15 p.m. Cost: $160/7week session of 1.5-hour classes. Location: Wingspan Studio, 4A Howard St., 3rd floor, Burlington. Info: Maggie Standley, 233-7676, maggiestandley@gmail.com, wingspanpaintingstudio.com/ classes.html.

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PRENATAL METHOD STUDIO: Prenatal and postnatal yoga and barre classes. Yoga for Fertility Class Series. Childbirth Education Series and weekend intensives. Yoga Alliance Registered Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training Program. Empathy circles, infant massage and new mothers’ groups. Supporting women and their partners in the management and journey of pregnancy and childbirth. Every day: lunchtimes, evenings & weekends. Cost: $15/1-hour prenatal or postnatal yoga class. Location: Prenatal Method Studio, 1 Mill St., suite 236, at the Chace Mill, Burlington. Info: 829-0211, beth@ prenatalmethod.com, prenatalmethod.com.

spirituality INTRO TO SHAMANISM: Learn how to journey into the spirit realms, where you will work with powerfully compassionate and intelligent spirit guides, teachers and healers. The session will include an introduction to the practice of shamanic divination and an overview of shamanic healing. Meet your power animal in a core shamanic introduction. Sat., Jan. 23, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Cost: $95/9-hour class. Location: Shaman’s Flame Woodbury Healing Center, 644 Log Town Rd., Woodbury. Info: Peter Clark, 456-8735, peterclark13@gmail. com, shamansflame.com. SPARKLE UP YOUR AURA!: A fun seminar to learn some hot tips from Shamanic Reiki Master Maureen Short. She has over 25 years’ experience in energy work and sparkling up auras! Through instruction, guided imagery, color and sacred sound, you’ll learn ways to dissolve what is in the way of your natural radiance! Sun., Dec.13, 1-5 p.m. Cost: $50/4-hour seminar. Location: Lightheart Sanctuary, 236 Wild Apple Rd., New Haven. Info: Lightheart Healing Arts, Maureen Short, 453-4433, maureen@lightheart.net, lightheart.net.

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yoga EVOLUTION YOGA: Evolution Yoga and Physical Therapy offers yoga classes for beginners, experts, athletes, desk jockeys, teachers, fitness enthusiasts, people with who think they are inflexible. Choose from a wide variety of classes and workshops in Vinyasa, Kripalu, Core, Gentle, Vigorous, Philosophy, Yoga Wall, Therapeutics and Alignment. Become part of our yoga community. You are welcome here. Cost: $15/class; $130/10-class card; $5-10/community classes. Location: Evolution Yoga, 20 Kilburn St., Burlington. Info: 8649642, evolutionvt.com. HONEST YOGA, THE ONLY DEDICATED HOT YOGA FLOW CENTER: Honest Yoga offers practice for all levels. Brand new beginners’ courses include two specialty classes per week for four weeks plus unlimited access to all classes. We have daily classes in Essentials, Flow and Core Flow with alignment constancy. We hold teacher trainings at the 200- and 500-hour levels. Daily classes & workshops. $25/new student 1st week unlimited; $15/class or $130/10-class card; $12/ class for student or senior or $100/10-class punch card. Location: Honest Yoga Center, 150 Dorset St., Blue Mall, next to Sport Shoe Center, S. Burlington. Info: 497-0136, honestyogastudio@gmail.com, honestyogacenter.com.

HOT YOGA BURLINGTON: Feeling stuck, overwhelmed, stressed, restless or just bored? Come try something different! Yes, it’s yoga, you know, stretching and stuff. But we make it different. How? Come and see. Hot Yoga Burlington is Vermont’s first Far Infrared heated hot yoga studio, experience it! Get hot: 2-for-1 offer. $15. Location: North End Studio B, 294 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: 999-9963, hotyogaburlingtonvt.com. YOGA ROOTS: Yoga Roots strives to provide community experiences that promote healing on all levels with a daily schedule of yoga classes for all ages and abilities. We aim to clarify your mind, strengthen your body and ignite your joyful spirit through classes such as Anusura-inspired, Restorative, Heated Vinyasa Flow, Gentle, Prenatal, Teen and Energy Medicine Yoga! Check out our special offerings: Kundalini w/ Jane Michaud: Dec. 13, 9:45-11:15 a.m., & Solstice Kundalini: Dec. 19, 4-5:30 p.m.; Vespers: Journey to Light w/ Melinda Kinzie & Dorothy Stone: Dec. 13 & 20, 3-4 p.m.; Feldenkrais Workshop on Breathing w/ Uwe Mester: Dec. 19, 1:30-3:30 p.m. Location: Yoga Roots, 120 Graham Way, Shelburne Green Business Park behind Folino’s. Info: 985-0090, yogarootsvt.com.

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SNAKE-STYLE TAI CHI CHUAN: The Yang Snake Style is a dynamic tai chi method that mobilizes the spine while stretching and strengthening the core body muscles. Practicing this ancient martial art increases strength, flexibility, vitality, peace of mind and martial skill. Beginner classes Sat. mornings

& Wed. evenings. Call to view a class. Location: Bao Tak Fai Tai Chi Institute, 100 Church St., Burlington. Info: 864-7902, ipfamilytaichi.org.

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LEARN TO MEDITATE: Through the practice of sitting still and following your breath as it goes out and dissolves, you are connecting with your heart. By simply letting yourself be, as you are, you develop genuine sympathy toward yourself. The Burlington Shambhala Center offers meditation as a path to discovering gentleness and wisdom. Shambhala Café (meditation and discussions) meets the first Saturday of each month, 9 a.m.-noon. An open house (intro to the center, short dharma talk and socializing) is held on the third Sunday of each month, noon-2 p.m. Instruction: Sun. mornings, 9 a.m.-noon,

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or by appt. Sessions: Tue. & Thu., noon-1 p.m., & Mon.-Thu., 6-7 p.m. Location: Burlington Shambhala Center, 187 S. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: 658-6795, burlingtonshambha lactr.org.

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STONE WALL WORKSHOP: Our introductory stone wall workshops for homeowners and tradespeople promote the beauty and integrity of stone. The one-day, hands-on workshop focuses on the basic techniques for creating dry-laid walls with a special emphasis on stone native to Vermont. Workshops are held inside warm greenhouses in Hinesburg. Space limited. Jan.-Mar. Cost: $100/each 1-day workshop. Location: Red Wagon

Plants, 2408 Shelburne Falls Rd., Hinesburg. Info: Queen City Soil & Stone, Charley MacMartin, 318-2411, macmartin@igc.org, queencitysoilandstone.com.

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File Under ‘?’ Four more local albums you (probably) haven’t heard B Y DA N BOL L ES

o many records, so little time. Seven Days gets more album submissions than we know what to do with. And, given the ease of record making these days, it’s difficult to keep up. Still, we try to get to every local release that comes across the music desk, no matter how obscure or far out. To that end, here are four albums that likely flew under the radar of your average local music fan. In some cases, they represent the outermost boundaries of local music. Others simply slipped through the cracks. Each is worth a listen.

P Money, Home Green

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Hip-hop is well established in Vermont and has been for a long time now. But whither our counterparts on the other side of the lake? Is there a hip-hop scene in upstate New York? As it turns out, there is. Or at least the fertile seedlings of one. Home Green by rapper P Money is the first fulllength single-artist release from the Plattsburgh Home Team, a collective of rappers, DJs and producers that would be somewhat analogous to Vermont’s VT Union. It follows a 14-song May 2015 sampler and a single release in October. Despite some inconsistencies, the album suggests there just might be some compelling rap flowing east out of the Adirondacks. P Money is young and white, facts that he spares no opportunity to tell us all about — nor is he shy about telling us how good he is at rapping. Cuts such as “I’m Ready,” “One of a Kind” and “Successful” are centered on the kind of chip-on-my-shoulder braggadocio that’s been cliché for decades. But when he digs deeper, as on “Cold Shoulder” and “Ten Bucks (Ten Bands)” he proves he’s got insight to match his fluid flow and razor-sharp production.

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Durg, One Chance (SELF RELEASED, CD, DIGITAL DOWNLOAD)

Durg is the stage name of Wilder songwriter Christian Durgin. On his debut full-length, One Chance, he’s hoping to carve out a niche in Vermont’s ever-crowded twangy rock scene. Durg does leave a mark, though perhaps not quite for the reasons he intended. Simply put, One Chance is a tough listen. Durg’s gruff voice bears some similarities to that of Crash Test Dummies’ front man Brad Roberts. That’s not necessarily a strike against him — CTD sold bazillions of records, so clearly there’s an audience. But he combines that bottom-heavy tone with stilted phrasing and, most damning of all, predictable songwriting wrapped in generic and equally predictable pop-rock arrangements. That said, Durg does show promise in certain moments, most often when he veers from adhering to conventional songwriting tropes. “To Colleen,” for

example, is equal parts torch song and breakup song, twisting the metaphor of love as a growing tree by chopping it down and setting it ablaze. durgmusic.com

Susie Smolen, Made in America: Voices of Labor in Story & Song (SELF RELEASED, CD)

As Sen. Bernie Sanders rattles capitalist cages in his bid for the White House, his brand of so-called “democratic socialism” has seen increased attention and been characterized by some as a sort of new radical school of thought. The truth is, Sanders’ populist, pro-union platform has been around for decades. For proof, one need only dig as deep as the American Songbook. On her latest record, Made in America: Voices of Labor in Story & Song, local folk singer Susie Smolen recounts some of that musical history. Recorded live, the record is a mix of folk tunes both classic and less so by the rabble-rousing likes of Woody Guthrie, Joe Hill and Aunt Molly Jackson. In some cases, Smolen adapts lyrics to suit a more modern and inclusive climate — folk music is nothing if not a living, evolving tradition. But by and large she plays tunes such as Paul McKenna’s “Union Buster,” Guthrie’s “Union Maid” and Jackson’s “I Am a Union Woman” fairly straight. Given her strong, dusky voice, that’s not a bad thing at all. What’s more interesting are the contextual stories and anecdotes she uses to frame each tune. These range from the musicology of shared melodies to the superstitions of coal miners. In short, the record is both entertaining and educational. And given the subject matter, it’s not a bad soundtrack to the presidential run of a certain wild-haired senator from Vermont. susiesmolen.com

Urian Hackney, The Box (COLD BUSTED, DIGITAL DOWNLOAD, 7-INCH VINYL)

If there’s one thing Urian Hackney knows, it’s beats. He most often deploys that talent as the ferocious drummer of Burlington’s ever-ascendant punk band,

Rough Francis. But judging by The Box, a recently released 7-inch on noted instrumental hip-hop label Cold Busted, dude has a command of beats — and music history — even the most rabid fans of that band might not have have guessed. The 45 features two songs, “Caramel” and “Red Circles,” that hark back to the heyday of 1970s psychedelic funk. Listeners of a certain vintage might draw immediate comparisons to the G-funk production of Dr. Dre’s 1992 record The Chronic. And, especially given the hints of modulated synthesizers, they wouldn’t be wrong. But Hackney’s explorations run deeper than simply regurgitating Dre. “Caramel,” the A-side, plays like a lost piece of the Superfly soundtrack, with its strutting breakbeat and tremulous wah guitars. “Red Circles” boasts a punky snarl more in line with music Hackney is typically associated with. But it’s no less funkdafied, with its propulsive drums and kaleidoscopic guitar lines. This record might be the most surprising and rewarding six minutes in local music this year. coldbusted.org

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Continuing on a theme, let’s talk about Nectar’s 40th anniversary. No, I didn’t make a colossally embarrassing mistake requiring a nearly full-column-length mea culpa. Judging by the “It’s Been [1] Weeks Since Your Last Major Fuckup” sign hanging over my desk, I think we’re good on that front. Rather, this Thursday, December 10, brings the final show in the club’s yearlong series of 40-year bashes. And it figures to be a good one. Back in the day — in this case, the late 1990s and early 2000s — SMOKIN’ GRASS were among Vermont’s most popular and visible bands. In its heyday, the bluegrass hybrid was a staple of the festival circuit and toured all over the country — it was especially big in eternally jamgrass-friendly states such as California and Colorado. The band’s classic iteration featured then-young’uns who would go on to become some of the state’s finest players, including dobro player ADAM FREHM, guitarist DOUG PERKINS, bassist MIKE SANTOSUSSO and drummer CALEB BRONZ. That core four will reunite at Nectar’s on Thursday, joined by another terrifically talented picker, mando ace MATT SCHRAG. In a recent phone call, Frehm and Santosusso sounded positively giddy over the prospect of gettin’ the band back together after 10 years apart. “We’ve been talking about it for a couple of years,” said Santosusso. “And

we all play together in other groups. But the chance to really do it was too good to pass up.” He credits Nectar’s’ Brian Mital with providing the impetus — aka “kick in the pants” — to reunite the band. SG are often lumped in the “jamgrass” strain of bluegrass. But their sound differed from that of many of their contemporaries, such as the STRING CHEESE INCIDENT and RAILROAD EARTH, among others. “I think we were always more of an acoustic band with rock roots, where a lot of other bands were more rock bands with bluegrass influences,” Santosusso explains. “Everybody brought different pieces of the American music history to form what we had.” “I think we had something different from the other bands in the genre at the time,” agrees Frehm. As for what they have in store for the reunion show, expect them to touch on both of their records, 1998’s Take Yer Pick and 2001’s In the Barn. Frehm notes that there will also be some new songs, “with kind of different grooves.” Santosusso adds that they’ve tried to steer clear of material that members might play in other outfits. Both Frehm and Santosusso feel that they are all better musicians now than when SG split up.

One of the most rewarding aspects of my job as an observer of the local music scene is bearing witness to the evolution of sublimely talented musicians. In the eight-plus years I’ve sat in this chair, I’m hard-pressed to think of an artist whose ascent I’ve enjoyed more than that of songwriter MARYSE SMITH. From her homespun 2009 debut, Is Becomes Was, it was clear she was special. You couldn’t help but be charmed by her self-conscious humility and easy, winsome croon. In 2012, she began to come into her own on a swaggering, self-titled record. Then, earlier this year, with the aid of MICHAEL CHORNEY, Smith delivered what, in my opinion, isn’t merely one of the best local albums of the year but of the last decade, The Way It Is. In short, Smith has been one of Vermont’s most beloved songbirds since the moment she decided to grace us with her songs. She’s also one of the most likable musicians in town. If I had half her talent — at anything — I’d be an insufferable ass. Or more of one. But, much like her music, she moves with a gentle, humble spirit. Sadly, that spirit will soon take her away. Next week, Smith is moving to Philadelphia, joining a long list of exceptional artists to grow their craft in Vermont and then search out wider recognition in bigger cities. If you’re wondering what the least enjoyable part of my job is, saying goodbye to favored musicians is right up there. But such is the nature of music in Vermont. This Thursday, December 10, Smith will play a farewell show at the Light Club Lamp Shop in Burlington, with songwriters LOWELL THOMPSON, PADDY

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THE DAILY PLANET: Seth Yacovone (blues), 8 p.m., free. THE GRYPHON: Al Teodosio & Tom Frink (jazz), 7 p.m., free. HALFLOUNGE SPEAKEASY: Wildlife DJs (house), 10 p.m., free. JP’S PUB: Pub Quiz with Dave, 7 p.m., free. Karaoke with Melody, 10 p.m., free. JUNIPER: Ray Vega Quartet (jazz), 8 p.m., free. LEUNIG’S BISTRO & CAFÉ: Mike Martin (jazz), 7 p.m., free. LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Irish Sessions, 8 p.m., free. Film Night: Indie, Abstract, Avant Garde, 10 p.m., free. MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Open Mic with Andy Lugo, 9 p.m., free. NECTAR’S: Vinyl Night with Waylon Speed, Disco Phantom, 6 p.m., free. Karavan (soul, rock), 9 p.m., free/$5. 18+. RADIO BEAN: Sophie Patenaude (folk), 7 p.m., free. Fab Rangoon (rock), 10:30 p.m., free. RED SQUARE: Wylie & Riley (folk), 8 p.m., free. DJ Pat (hip-hop), 11 p.m., free. THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Josh Panda’s Acoustic Soul Night, 8 p.m., $5-10 donation. VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Standup Open Mic, 7 p.m., free. 18+. Open Improv Jam, 9 p.m., free. 18+. ZEN LOUNGE: Kizomba with Dsantos VT, 7 p.m., free. Zensday College Night, 10 p.m., free/$5. 18+.

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FINNIGAN’S PUB: Craig Mitchell (funk), 10 p.m., free. FRANNY O’S: Karaoke, 9 p.m., free. THE GRYPHON: Gravel (jazz), 7 p.m., free. HALFLOUNGE SPEAKEASY: Fattie B (hip-hop), 10:30 p.m., free. LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Maryse Smith, Michael Chorney, Paddy Reagan, Lowell Thompson (indie folk), 7:30 p.m., free. NECTAR’S: Trivia Mania, 7 p.m., free. Nectar’s 40th Anniversary Celebration: Smokin’ Grass (bluegrass), 9 p.m., $10/15. 18+. RADIO BEAN: Jazz Sessions with Julian Chobot, 6:30 p.m., free. Sean Patrick McGraw (country folk), 7 p.m., free. Shane Hardiman Trio (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free. Soul Sessions: Kat Wright & the Indomitable Soul Band, Stone Blossom, 10:30 p.m., $5. RED SQUARE: Joe Moore Band (blues), 8 p.m., free. D Jay Baron (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free. RED SQUARE BLUE ROOM: DJ Cre8, 10 p.m., free. RÍ RÁ IRISH PUB & WHISKEY ROOM: DJ Kermit (top 40), 10 p.m., free. VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Life of the Party (short-form improv), 7 p.m., $5. Vermont Famous! Craig Mitchell (improv comedy), 9 p.m., $5. 18+. ZEN LOUNGE: The In Between Show (standup comedy), 8-10 p.m., donation. Rap Battle with S.I.N. siZZle (hip-hop), 10 p.m., $5.

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HIGHER GROUND BALLROOM: All Star Superjam (rock), 8:30 p.m., $12/15. AA.

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MONKEY HOUSE: Second Thursday Selector Sets with Disco Phantom (eclectic), 9 p.m., free.

BAGITOS BAGEL & BURRITO CAFÉ: Daniel Rahilly & Ty Cicia (acoustic blues), 6 p.m., donation.

ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Third Shift (rock), 7 p.m., free.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (MONTPELIER): Cajun Jam with Jay Ekis, Lee Blackwell, Alec Ellsworth & Katie Trautz, 6 p.m., $5-10 donation.

PENALTY BOX: Karaoke, 8 p.m., free.

SWEET MELISSA’S: Wine Down with D. Davis (acoustic), 5 p.m., free. Cookie’s Hot Club (gypsy jazz), 8 p.m., free.

BAGITOS BAGEL & BURRITO CAFÉ: Tim Brick (country), 6 p.m., free.

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MOOGS PLACE: Fred Brauer (blues), 8 p.m., free. PIECASSO PIZZERIA & LOUNGE: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free. RUSTY NAIL: Open Mic, 9:30 p.m., free.

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CITY LIMITS: Karaoke, 9 p.m., free.

PARKER PIE CO.: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.

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MONOPOLE: Open Mic, 10 p.m., free. NAKED TURTLE: Jay Lesage (acoustic), 5:30 p.m., free. OLIVE RIDLEY’S: So You Want to Be a DJ?, 10 p.m., free.

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SWEET MELISSA’S: BYOV Thursdays, 3 p.m., free. Dan Zura (singer-songwriter), 7:30 p.m., free. WHAMMY BAR: Dave Keller (blues, soul), 7 p.m., free.

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MOOGS PLACE: Open Mic, 8 p.m., free.

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51 MAIN AT THE BRIDGE: Stag and Doe Night, 8 p.m., free. CITY LIMITS: Throttle Thursdays with DJ Gold, 9 p.m., free.

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PARKER PIE CO.: Parker Pie Music Night, 7:30 p.m., free.

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fan, I strongly urge you to go. For one thing, the Lamp Shop, when arranged as a listening room, is one of the most enjoyable venues for intimate music in town. So it obviously suits Smith perfectly. For another — and more importantly — even in a talent-rich community such as exists in Vermont, songwriters of Smith’s caliber don’t come around that often. When they do, it’s our job as fans to appreciate them while they’re here. Good luck in Philly, Maryse. We’ll miss you.

It’s a good week to be a fan of all-star jam bands. On Thursday, December 10, the Higher Ground Ballroom plays host to a one-of-a-kind superjam featuring members of TWIDDLE, JAZZ IS DEAD, ON THE SPOT TRIO, LETTUCE, TURKUAZ, BEAU SASSER’S ESCAPE PLAN

VINNE AMICO from MOE. Jam on, dudes.

In holiday show news, there’s a pretty nifty punk Christmas show at Radio Bean this Friday, December 11. It features locals SOS, CBRASNKE and REVERSER. I bring it to your attention for two reasons. One, punk is often underserved when it comes to Xmas shenanigans, musically speaking. Two, this description from the Bean event page: “Tis the seasons in the abyss to get out of step on the Island of the Misfits Toys.” Whoever emails me with the correct number of punk references in that sentence wins … well, a free newspaper.

Last but not least, I was saddened to learn of the passing last week of Plattsburgh-based trombonist, composer and bandleader RICK DAVIES. I never met the man, but I did know his music, which was exceptional. I reviewed his 2012 record Salsa Norteña and named it one of the best local recordings of that year. But that album was a mere sliver of the man’s prodigious musical résumé. Over his career he performed with the likes of TITO PUENTE, JAKI BYARD, CONJUNTO LIBRE and GLORIA GAYNOR. He recorded with BLONDIE, WYCLEF JEAN and MICHAEL JACKSON. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg. The local music community has lost a giant. Rest in peace, Rick.

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Speaking of the Bean, this Thursday, December 10, KAT WRIGHT & THE INDOMITABLE SOUL BAND will celebrate their fifth birthday at the weekly Soul Sessions slot they founded five years ago. It will also be the last time they play that residency. No, they’re not breaking up. Quite the opposite, in fact. For the past year, Wright and co. have dropped down to the first Thursday of every month at the Bean, in order to accommodate their increasingly rigorous touring schedule. Additionally, the band is set to enter the

studio to lay down their long-overdue full-length debut album. That means that this gig, and their New Year’s Eve gig at the Flynn MainStage, will be their last local performances for a while. Remember a few paragraphs back when I wrote about appreciating special local talents while you can? That applies here.

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CHARLIE-O’S WORLD FAMOUS: Abby Jenne & Doug Perkins (folk rock), 6 p.m., free. Township (rock), 8:30 p.m., free.

FINNIGAN’S PUB: The High Breaks (surf), 10 p.m., free.

ESPRESSO BUENO: Jazzyoke, 7:30 p.m., $5.

HALFLOUNGE SPEAKEASY: Brett Hughes (Americana), 7 p.m., free. 2K Deep presents Good Times (house), 10 p.m., free.

POSITIVE PIE (MONTPELIER): Winter Break Rave with GaGu & Jawz (house), 10 p.m., $10.

LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Eat My Art Out, 7 p.m., free. Taka (vinyl DJ), 11 p.m., free. NECTAR’S: Seth Yacovone (solo acoustic blues), 7 p.m., free. Sophistafunk, West End Blend (hip-hop, funk), 9 p.m., $10. ’90s Night with Disco Phantom, 10 p.m., $5. THE OLDE NORTHENDER PUB: The Red Newts (country), 9 p.m., free. RADIO BEAN: Friday Morning Sing-Along with Linda Bassick & Friends (kids’ music), 11 a.m., free. Art Herttua & Ray Carroll (jazz), 7 p.m., free. Milton Busker & the Grim Work (suit folk), 8:30 p.m., free. LexDeluxe (rock), 10 p.m., free. A Very Punk Christmas: SOS, CBRASNKE, Reverser (hardcore), 11:30 p.m., free. RED SQUARE: Starline Rhythm Boys (rockabilly), 7 p.m., $5. DJ Craig Mitchell (house), 11 p.m., $5. RED SQUARE BLUE ROOM: D Jay Baron (EDM), 9 p.m., $5. RÍ RÁ IRISH PUB & WHISKEY ROOM: Supersounds DJ (top 40), 10 p.m., free.

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BAGITOS BAGEL & BURRITO CAFÉ: Squirrel’s Crackers (Americana), 6 p.m., donation.

BLEU NORTHEAST SEAFOOD: Xenia Dunford (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free.

JUNIPER: Francesca Blanchard (folk), 9 p.m., free.

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BACKSTAGE PUB: Acoustic Happy Hour, 5 p.m., free. Karaoke with Jenny Red, 9 p.m., free. HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: Gad Elmaleh (standup comedy), 9 p.m., $25/27. 18+. JERICHO CAFÉ & TAVERN: Red Hot Juba (cosmic Americana), 7 p.m., free. MONKEY HOUSE: Glitter & Duct Tape: Home for the Holigays (dance party), 10 p.m., $10/15. 18+.

SWEET MELISSA’S: Honky Tonk Happy Hour with Mark LeGrand, 5 p.m., free. Seth Yacovone Band (blues), 9 p.m., $5. WHAMMY BAR: Kava Express (rock), 7:30 p.m., free.

stowe/smuggs area EMILY’S AT STOWEHOF: Honeybee (soft rock), 6 p.m., free.

MOOGS PLACE: Curtis (rock), 7 p.m., free. Blue Fox (blues), 9 p.m., free. RIMROCK’S MOUNTAIN TAVERN: DJ Rekkon #FridayNightFrequencies (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.

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THE CIDER HOUSE BBQ AND PUB: Tim Kane (piano), 6 p.m., free.

middlebury area

CITY LIMITS: City Limits X-Mas Party with Twist of Fate (rock), 9 p.m., free. TWO BROTHERS TAVERN LOUNGE & STAGE: Toast (rock), 9 p.m., $3.

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MONOPOLE DOWNSTAIRS: Happy Hour Tunes & Trivia with Gary Peacock, 5 p.m., free.

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ARTSRIOT: Upstate Rubdown, Damn Tall Buildings (Americana), 8 p.m., $10. AA. BLEU NORTHEAST SEAFOOD: Paul Asbell & Clyde Stats (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free. CLUB METRONOME: Hot Box Honey CD Release (swing, blues), 7 p.m., $10/12. AA. Retronome With DJ Fattie B (’80s dance party), 9 p.m., free/$5.

ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Timothy James & Friends (blues), 5 p.m., free. Rhythm Rockets (rock), 9 p.m., free.

FRANNY O’S: Karaoke, 9 p.m., free.

WATERWORKS FOOD + DRINK: Japhy Ryder (experimental groove), 9:30 p.m., $5.

HALFLOUNGE SPEAKEASY: Poetry Slam, 10 p.m., free. Disco Phantom (eclectic), 10 p.m., free.

THE GRYPHON: Zack DuPont (indie folk), 8 p.m., free.

JP’S PUB: Karaoke with Megan, 10 p.m., free.

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Game Show,” in which he quizzes unsuspecting contestants on the streets of New York — after which, most often, hilarity ensues. But he’s also one of standup comedy’s most rapidly rising stars. With a strong voice and unique perspective, his riffs on race and culture are as sharp as they are hilarious. As result, he’s graced some of the most prestigious stages in the land, including the Just for Laughs Festival in Montréal, Bill Bellamy’s Who’s Got Jokes competition and Philadelphia’s Funniest Person. He’ll be at the Vermont Comedy Club in Burlington for two shows each night this Friday and Saturday, December 11 and 12. JUNIPER: Jason Lee (folk), 9 p.m., free. LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Heloise and the Savoir Faire (dance pop), 9 p.m., free. Taka (vinyl DJ), 11 p.m., free.

NECTAR’S: Jacob Green (soul, blues), 7 p.m., free. Consider the Source (rock, fusion), 9 p.m., $10.

Breakfast for the Boys (rock), 10 p.m., free. Atlas Jungle (jam), 11:30 p.m., free.

RADIO BEAN: Cole Davidson (folk), 7 p.m., free. Lawrence Trailer (Americana), 8 p.m., free.

RED SQUARE: Rumblecat (rock), 7 p.m., $5. Mashtodon (hip-hop), 11 p.m., $5.

RED SQUARE BLUE ROOM: DJ Raul, 6 p.m., $5. DJ Reign One (EDM), 11 p.m., $5.

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feel of “Raven” is appropriately moody and mysterious. “Papaya Lover” is an early ska tune with perfectly chippy horn parts. Album closer “Dark and Stormy” injects a hint of woozy psychedelia amid a fusion of reggae and Latin jazz. If Flight of the Raven has a flaw, it might be that the record is too eclectic. But given how often Hot Box Honey hit the mark and how well these tunes transition despite their sometimesdisparate grooves, that gleeful genre hopping could just as easily be the record’s greatest strength. Flight of the Raven by Hot Box Honey is available at iTunes. Hot Box Honey celebrate the release of their new record at Club Metronome in Burlington on Saturday, December 12.

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Chipman and Kevin Avery, trombonist Matt Avery, bassist Brent Thomas, and the late, great DJ A-Dog. That’s an impressive roster of talent, and Jane and Greg Evans deploy it with veteran savvy. From start to finish, the album brims with a buoyant, vintage sauciness that should appeal to fans of Pink Martini, Squirrel Nut Zippers and Caro Emerald. Or anyone with the ability to feel rhythm, really. The band’s retro energy is most obviously represented by Jane Evans. Formerly the vocalist for Cincinnati’s Swingtime Big Band, she’s a dynamic singer and well suited to jazzier numbers, such as the bluesy, woozy “One Man Woman” and the jumpy “Champlain Club.” But she’s equally comfortable on more exotic fare. “Girl With a Green Vespa” winks slyly — and sashays a hip — at Stan Getz and Astrud Gilberto. “Run Lola” adopts a breezy samba vibe that would make Carmen Miranda feel right at home. While Jane Evans is impressively versatile, no small credit is due to her top-notch backing band for matching her aplomb with skill and tact of their own. Greg Evans’ arrangements are often pitch-perfect homages to style. But each bears subtle twists that serve to elevate above rote recitation. The smoky lounge

loved me somehow,” and the admission “Everything I do is wrong.” LBJ really shines with songs such as “Please Leave Him” and “Little Things,” which could join a soundtrack for the more maudlin nights, pairing well with a bottle of whiskey and some heartbreak or longing. If LBJ didn’t already have my attention by song seven, his cover of “Poor Song” by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs would’ve solidified my appreciation. Closer “Get Out” punctuates the album’s theme, delivering an odd confidence in confusion. Here, LBJ continually pleads, “Tell me you want it this way,” to a person he knows is just as unsure of how it will all end: “maybe with him, maybe with me.” It’s a Bummer Baby will remain in my rotation through the season, and I’m certain it will reappear anytime I find myself in a state of romantic limbo. It will work equally well for a foggy 5 a.m. spring morning or a drizzly summer midnight. It’s a Bummer Baby by Little Bruce Junior is available at littlebrucejunior. bandcamp.com.

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If there’s one thing the local music scene has been lacking in recent years, it’s a jazzy mini-orchestra. I mean, how else are local hepcats and flappers supposed to get their Lindy hop on if Pink Martini don’t happen to be swinging through town? Thanks to Hot Box Honey, that’s no longer a problem. On its scintillating debut album, Flight of the Raven, the group serves up a delectably groovy, jazzinflected mix of lounge, hot jazz, swing and exotica made for shaking dance floors, whether said floor is a dimly lit nightclub or your living room. Given their elite pedigree, Hot Box Honey are something of a local jazz supergroup. The band centers on the husband-and-wife combo of vocalist Jane Evans (Mint Julep) and guitarist Greg Evans — the latter an accomplished gypsyjazz player with his eponymous trio, the Liptak/Evans Duo and the Bohemian Blues Quartet. Rounding out the core band are keyboardist Peter Krag, drummer Todd Watkins and bassist Justin Dunn. The record’s guest list is impressive, too. It features saxophonist Dan Liptak, violinist Doug Reid, trumpeters Josh Pauly, Brian

Bruce Junior — aka Bruce Hyde — sounds like a fall reluctantly giving in to winter. It sounds like bare trees, cabins without electricity and coping with seasonal affective disorder. It sounds perfect for a Vermont December. It’s not that LBJ’s latest album is depressing. But it’s not uplifting, either. It’s not supposed to be, hence the title. It seems to exist in the limbo period after a breakup, equidistant from the initial heartache and getting on with your life. That time when you say: “I’ll never get over them. But to hell with them. But maybe I can get them back. But I’ll be fine without them. Right? Right.” A number of songs sit nicely on a pad of organs with reverb-soaked electric guitars in the background, which lend a sense of comfort to the otherwise melancholy lyrics. The album contains songs like “Country Fiddy,” an alt-country number that could have been written for an early Deer Tick record and is driven by an upbeat acoustic guitar, balanced nicely with the dirty twang of electric. It sounds a bit misleading to start, like everything is going to be OK. But this feeling is contrasted cleverly against lyrics such as “There’s something I remember / You

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SAT.12 // SISTER SPARROW & THE DIRTY BIRDS [ROCK, SOUL]

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prefer to keep things simple. Asked about her

band’s recent rise to national acclaim, front woman Arleigh Kincheloe states, “It’s loud, fun and it’s supposed to make you feel good.” Just because it’s obvious doesn’t mean it’s not true. The group’s latest record, The Weather Below, bears out Kincheloe’s assessment with a throttled-up blend of rock and soul that’s had critics from the Wall Street Journal to the New Yorker singing their praises. These birds flock to the Higher Ground Showcase Lounge in South Burlington on Saturday, December 12. The SUITCASE JUNKET open.

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RUBEN JAMES: Craig Mitchell (house), 10 p.m., free. VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Derek Gaines (standup), 7 & 9:30 p.m., $15. 18+. Comedy Roulette (standup), 11 p.m., free. ZEN LOUNGE: Michelle Sarah Band (funk, soul), 8 p.m., $5.

BACKSTAGE PUB: Remedy (rock), 9:30 p.m., free.

ESPRESSO BUENO: Dan Weintraub (folk), 7 p.m., donation. Mark LeGrand (country), 8 p.m., donation. SWEET MELISSA’S: David Langevin (piano), 5 p.m., free. New Nile Orchestra (Afrobeat), 9 p.m., $5. WHAMMY BAR: Stovepipe Mountain Band (bluegrass), 7:30 p.m., free.

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HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: Sister Sparrow & the Dirty Birds, the Suitcase Junket (rock, soul), 8:30 p.m., $12/15. AA.

RUSTY NAIL: A Very Special Dead Set (jam), 9 p.m., $10/15.

MONKEY HOUSE: Bless the Child (hip-hop), 9 p.m., $3/8. 18+. ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Cooper & Lavoie (blues), 5 p.m., free. Incahoots (rock), 9 p.m., free.

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THE CIDER HOUSE BBQ AND PUB: Dan Boomhower (piano), 6 p.m., free. THE RESERVOIR RESTAURANT & TAP ROOM: Spencer Allen Patrick (rock), 10 p.m., free.

BAR ANTIDOTE: The Good Parts (funk, soul), 9 p.m., free. CITY LIMITS: City Limits Dance Party with DJ Earl (top 40), 9:30 p.m., free. TWO BROTHERS TAVERN LOUNGE & STAGE: Rehab Roadhouse (jam), 9 p.m., $3.

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MONOPOLE: Beats & Rhymes (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.

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FRANNY O’S: Kyle Stevens’ Happiest Hour of Music (singersongwriter), 7 p.m., free. NECTAR’S: Mi Yard Reggae Night with DJs Big Dog and Jahson, 9:30 p.m., $3. THE OLDE NORTHENDER PUB: Open Mic, 7 p.m., free. RADIO BEAN: Acoustic Brunch with Clare Byrne, 11 a.m., free. Old Sky (Americana), 4 p.m., free.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Bluegrass Brunch Scramble, noon, $5-10 donation. VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Comedy Double Header (standup, improv), 7 p.m., free.

chittenden county BACKSTAGE PUB: Karaoke/ Open Mic, 8 p.m., free.

MONKEY HOUSE: WW Presents: Bad Dream Vacuum (indie), 8:30 p.m., $3/8. 18+. PENALTY BOX: Trivia With a Twist, 4 p.m., free.

barre/montpelier BAGITOS BAGEL & BURRITO CAFÉ: Bleeker & MacDougal (folk), 11 a.m., donation.

SWEET MELISSA’S: Live Band Rock & Roll Karaoke, 8 p.m., free.

JP’S PUB: Dance Video Request Night with Melody, 10 p.m., free. JUNIPER: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free. LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Lamp Shop Lit Club (open reading), 8 p.m., free. MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Karaoke, 9 p.m., free. RADIO BEAN: Art Herttua (jazz), 7 p.m., free. The Make Mentions (rock), 8:30 p.m., free. Latin Sessions with Mal Maiz (cumbia), 10:30 p.m., free.

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DRINK: Drink Comedy Open Mic, 9 p.m., free. FRANNY O’S: Joey Keough Kennith (rock), 8 p.m., free. JP’S PUB: Open Mic with Kyle, 9 p.m., free. LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Pulling Yo Chain: A Standup Comedy Showcase, 8 p.m., free. NECTAR’S: Dead Set: Europe ’72 Album (Grateful Dead tribute), 10 p.m., free/$5. 18+.

RED SQUARE: Mashtodon (hip-hop), 8 p.m., free.

RADIO BEAN: Lokum (music of the Near East), 6:30 p.m., free. Grup Anwar (classical Arabic), 8:30 p.m., free. Honky Tonk Tuesday with Eric George & Friends, 10 p.m., $3.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Kidz Music with Raphael, 11:30 a.m., $3 donation.

RED SQUARE: Ivy Waters Drag Bingo, 6:30 p.m., free. Craig Mitchell (house), 10 p.m., free.

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CHARLIE-O’S WORLD FAMOUS: Open Mic Comedy Café, 8 p.m., free.

MONKEY HOUSE: The Full Cleveland (yacht rock), 9 p.m., free/$5. 18+.

SWEET MELISSA’S: Kelly Ravin (country), 8 p.m., free.

ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.

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WATERWORKS FOOD + DRINK: Trivia, 7:30 p.m., free.

MOOGS PLACE: Seth Yacovone (solo acoustic blues), 7 p.m., free.

northeast kingdom PHAT KATS TAVERN: Jay Natola (solo guitar), 9 p.m., free.

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BAGITOS BAGEL & BURRITO CAFÉ: Irish Session, 2 p.m., donation. Michael Arnowitt (solo piano), 6 p.m., donation.

MOOGS PLACE: Gary Wade (rock), 9 p.m., free.

51 MAIN AT THE BRIDGE: Anthony Santor (jazz), 8 p.m., free.

HALFLOUNGE SPEAKEASY: Family Night (open jam), 10:30 p.m., free.

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HIGHER GROUND BALLROOM: Kids VT Spectacular Spectacular (variety show), 12:30 p.m., $7/10. AA.

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The Five Bar Connection (jazz, funk), 7 p.m., free. Belle of the Fall (indie folk), 8:30 p.m., free. Made by Robots (jazz), 10:30 p.m., free.

FRANNY O’S: Standup Comedy Cage Match, 8 p.m., free. Comedy Open Mic, 8:30 p.m., free.

OLIVE RIDLEY’S: Karaoke with DJ Dana Barry, 9 p.m., free.

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VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Standup Open Mic, 7 p.m., free. 18+. ZEN LOUNGE: Kizomba with Dsantos VT, 7 p.m., free. Zensday College Night, 10 p.m., free/$5. 18+.

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MONKEY HOUSE: Coon Hill John (rock), 10 p.m., $3. ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Nerbak Brothers (blues), 7 p.m., free.

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BAGITOS BAGEL & BURRITO CAFÉ: Papa GreyBeard (blues), 6 p.m., donation. THE SKINNY PANCAKE (MONTPELIER): Cajun Jam with Jay Ekis, Lee Blackwell, Alec Ellsworth & Katie Trautz, 6 p.m., $5-10 donation. SWEET MELISSA’S: Wine Down with D. Davis (acoustic), 5 p.m., free. Open Blues Jam with Blue Fox, 8 p.m., free.

stowe/smuggs area MOOGS PLACE: Ben Slotnick (folk), 8 p.m., free.

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PIECASSO PIZZERIA & LOUNGE: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.

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RUSTY NAIL: Open Mic, 9:30 p.m., free. BLACK LILLIES

have been appearing on buzzy lists of “Bands You Need to

Know” for years. But it hasn’t translated into the kind of national acclaim one might expect for the Knoxville group. That’s likely to change following the release of the band’s latest record, Hard to Please. With a renewed attention to songcraft, a reinvigorated six-piece lineup and expert guidance from the Avett Brothers’ producer Ryan Hewitt, the album is simply a tour de force that challenges the notions of what Americana music can be. Catch the Black Lillies at ArtsRiot in Burlington this Thursday, December 10, with the MEADOWS BROTHERS and locals CRICKET BLUE. TUE.15

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BAGITOS BAGEL & BURRITO CAFÉ: Old Time Music Session, 6 p.m., donation. CHARLIE-O’S WORLD FAMOUS: Karaoke, 9:30 p.m., free. SOUTH SIDE TAVERN: Open Mic with John Lackard, 9 p.m., free.

stowe/smuggs area MOOGS PLACE: Jason Wedlock (rock), 7:30 p.m., free.

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THE DAILY PLANET: Paul Asbell & Clyde Stats (jazz), 8 p.m., free. THE GRYPHON: Al Teodosio & Tom Frink (jazz), 7 p.m., free.

TWO BROTHERS TAVERN LOUNGE & STAGE: Karaoke with Roots Entertainment, 9 p.m., free.

HALFLOUNGE SPEAKEASY: Steve Waud (singersongwriter), 7 p.m., free. Aquatic

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Underground DJs (house), 10 p.m., free. JP’S PUB: Pub Quiz with Dave, 7 p.m., free. Karaoke with Melody, 10 p.m., free. JUNIPER: Steve Blair Project (jazz), 8 p.m., free. LEUNIG’S BISTRO & CAFÉ: Queen City Hot Club (gypsy jazz), 7 p.m., free.

LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Irish Sessions, 8 p.m., free. Film Night: Indie, Abstract, Avant Garde, 10 p.m., free.

middlebury area

MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Open Mic with Andy Lugo, 9 p.m., free.

CITY LIMITS: Karaoke, 9 p.m., free.

NECTAR’S: Vinyl Night with Disco Phantom & Guests, 6 p.m., free. Karavan (soul, rock), 9 p.m., free/$5. 18+. RADIO BEAN: Tod Pronto (country), 7 p.m., free. Dryfter (reggae, rock), 10:30 p.m., free. RED SQUARE: Wylie & Riley (rock), 8 p.m., free. DJ Pat (hip-hop), 11 p.m., free. THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Josh Panda’s Acoustic Soul Night, 8 p.m., $5-10 donation.

51 MAIN AT THE BRIDGE: Blues Jam, 8 p.m., free.

TWO BROTHERS TAVERN LOUNGE & STAGE: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.

northeast kingdom PARKER PIE CO.: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.

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MONOPOLE: Open Mic, 10 p.m., free. NAKED TURTLE: Jay Lesage (acoustic), 5:30 p.m., free. OLIVE RIDLEY’S: So You Want to Be a DJ?, 10 p.m., free. m

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BAGITOS BAGEL & BURRITO CAFÉ, 28 Main St., Montpelier, 229-9212 CAPITAL GROUNDS CAFÉ, 27 State St., Montpelier, 223-7800 CHARLIE-O’S WORLD FAMOUS, 70 Main St., Montpelier, 223-6820 ESPRESSO BUENO, 248 N. Main St., Barre, 479-0896 GREEN MOUNTAIN TAVERN, 10 Keith Ave., Barre, 522-2935 GUSTO’S, 28 Prospect St., Barre, 476-7919 KISMET, 52 State St., Montpelier, 223-8646 LA PUERTA NEGRA, 44 Main St., Montpelier, 613-3172 MULLIGAN’S IRISH PUB, 9 Maple Ave., Barre, 479-5545 NORTH BRANCH CAFÉ, 41 State St., Montpelier, 552-8105 POSITIVE PIE, 20 State St., Montpelier, 229-0453 RED HEN BAKERY + CAFÉ, 961 US Route 2, Middlesex, 223-5200 THE SKINNY PANCAKE, 89 Main St., Montpelier, 262-2253 SOUTH SIDE TAVERN, 107 S. Main St., Barre, 476-3637 SWEET MELISSA’S, 4 Langdon St., Montpelier, 225-6012 VERMONT THRUSH RESTAURANT, 107 State St., Montpelier, 225-6166 WHAMMY BAR, 31 W. County Rd., Calais, 229-4329

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hris Thompson is the art curator for the whole of Champlain College. But until this semester, the college had no dedicated gallery space. So, for a year, he operated like a curatorial Banksy, commandeering the odd blank wall or atrium around campus for brief installations of art and sculpture. Now Thompson has an operational hub: the Champlain College Art Gallery, which opened upstairs in the new glass-fronted Center for Communication & Creative Media in August. The space consists of two open-sided rooms facing each other across a broad hallway. One, a windowless exhibition room, can be closed with a security gate. The other is the windowed Gallery Lounge, whose cushioned modular ottomans are always open to students. Since the space went live, Thompson, a rapid talker with shaggy hair that occasionally gets stuck behind his glasses, has been feverishly productive. He and his assistant curator, senior Sabrina Parker, have mounted 14 exhibits in the past three months. Thompson created Parker’s work-study position in a moment of need while he was still a “roving curator.” The help comes in handy: The curators change up one or both gallery rooms “every two or three weeks,” Thompson says. At the time of Seven Days’ visit, the gallery held a fairly traditional exhibit titled “Bound Together,” curated by Parker, who also works as a gallery docent and event coordinator at Burlington City Arts. On display were the Saint John’s Bible — a handcalligraphed and -illuminated Bible commissioned by the Minnesota-based Benedictine order and completed in 2011 — and select handmade books designed and bound by students using similar techniques. Across the hall, the lounge held two digital installations. “Pixel Cloud,” on display through next semester, is a hanging cluster of paper cubes, made from white coffee filters and straws and illuminated from within by LED lights that change colors. The Cloud is a student “data visualization” project led by CCM professor Ken Howell. The

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installation’s colors register the emotions of tweets that students send the work’s Twitter account on an ongoing basis. On the lounge’s walls, “Projecting West,” now dismantled, looped on several screens, video-documenting the nightly outdoor light installations that two alums, Michael Ackerman and

Craig Winslow, made during a twoweek road trip across the country. On that visit, Thompson pointed out that one room exhibited a display of “ephemeral stops,” while the other featured “a book which should last 1,000 years.” That comment hints at the range of curatorial freedom Thompson enjoys.

Though his budget is “really tight,” he says, “I can pick any artist around the world.” Some are performance artists; the gallery is as likely to host events as exhibits. Thompson often consults with faculty and students to learn who is currently storming the technology and design worlds — the combination of which is the college’s main strength. “I ask them who’s doing cool stuff. I’m always interested in what’s going on on the fringes,” he enthuses. One gallery happening that emerged from those campus conversations was a visit from Steve Roggenbuck. The Mainebased twentysomething is a Twitterinspired poet whose quirky YouTube videos have earned him rock-star fame and an invitation to perform at this year’s New Museum Triennial in New York City. Roggenbuck was Champlain’s artist-in-residence for a couple of weeks, living in the cottage below Perry Hall, creating new work and visiting classes. Thompson was stunned to see 80 students show up for the young poet’s final performance, he says. Students and faculty in Champlain’s increasingly well-known gaming program led Thompson to Squinky, an indie video-game designer interested in gender issues who prefers to be referred to with the pronoun “they.” Squinky recently designed a popular game with a transgender protagonist, but the designer remains on the creative fringes of an industry whose products are ever more formulaic and profit-driven, according to recent assessments in the Economist and elsewhere. Squinky’s visit was one of Thompson’s ongoing attempts to shake up students’ thinking using art. “It’s important to be culturally curious, and sometimes you have to make that unavoidable for students,” Thompson notes with a smile, gesturing at the space. The gallery and lounge are strategically placed along a “thoroughfare” that links the new building’s gaming classrooms, writing professors’ offices, conference rooms and a campus store. Thompson’s interest in sparking creativity is evident far down his résumé, which has consistently bridged the technology and art divide.

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f FOCUS ON MT. MANSFIELD: Exhibition of six local photographers’ images of Mt. Mansfield. Reception: Thursday, December 10, 4:30-6:30 p.m. December 10-31. Info, 434-2550. Mt. Mansfield Community Television in Richmond. f H2O: Photographs that speak to the role of water in human life, selected by Gary Braasch. Reception: Friday, December 18, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. December 10-January 3. Info, 777-3686. Darkroom Gallery in Essex Junction.

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BLAKE LARSEN: “Introducing Color,” abstract expressionist and abstract figure paintings. December 12-January 18. Info, 583-5832. The Bundy Modern Gallery in Waitsfield.

JOHN BISBEE: “Branded,” wall-hung sculptures solely using hand-forged nails, reflecting the artist’s three-decade exploration of the material. December 12-January 30. Info, 617-842-3332. Walker Contemporary in Waitsfield.

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PAINTING SOCIAL: ‘WINTER BIRD’: A local artist provides step-by-step instruction on the painting of the night, “Winter Bird,” while guests paint and enjoy a beverage in a social atmosphere. Materials included. Shooters Saloon, St. Albans, Wednesday, December 9, 6-8:30 p.m. $40. Info, bookings@ paintingsocial.net.

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ARTIST TALK: TIMOTHY HORN: Lecture from the Australian-born, Burlington-based artist trained in sculpture and glass. Lowe Lecture Hall, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Thursday, December 10, 8-9 p.m. Info, 635-2727.

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ARTIST DEMONSTRATION: LOUISE VOJTISEK: Known for her whimsical knit creations as “Nell of Middlebury,” the artist demonstrates her techniques and answers questions. Frog Hollow Vermont State Craft Center, Burlington, Friday, December 11, 1-4 p.m. Info, 863-6458.

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After spending seven years as manThe director is not surprised, ager of multimedia systems and then however, at the exposure Thompson advanced technology at Burlington is giving to digital art. “He’s really design firm Jager Di Paolo Kemp, a pioneer,” Kraft says. At BCA, Thompson became an artist, work- Thompson curated the 2009 show ing in encaustics; the chief curator “Game (Life): Video Games in at BCA Center for four years; and an Contemporary Art,” which was adjunct professor of digital art at the “groundbreaking” at the time, she University of Vermont. recalls. “There had been no exposure While pursuing his MFA in emer- of video games in an art context in gent media at Champlain, from 2012 to Vermont before that.” 2014, Thompson helped cofound both Kraft, who just returned from Art the downtown Burlington maker space Basel Miami Beach, sees a “tremenknown as Generator and Champlain dous cross-fertilization” of genres College’s maker space, the MakerLab. happening in the art world today, Howell, Thompson’s MFA adviser, largely facilitated by artists’ easy recalls that Thompson access to digital technolwrote his thesis on “what ogy. But not much purely actually drives creativity.” digital work is shown at The maker spaces “dovethe large art fairs, she tailed” with that pursuit, notes, because spaces he says. are so expensive to rent. Thompson has a flair Commercial galleries shy for the practical, Howell away from digital art, too, observes, a “radical pragaccording to Thompson, matism” — a quality that because “they haven’t he used to work out the found a way to monetize MakerLab’s architectural it” — or preserve it for layout, equipment and posterity. business model with the Thompson isn’t fettered help of a fellowship. The by such restrictions. He 1,000-square-foot facility, will continue to introduce C HRIS T HOMPSON which opened in 2014, ocdisruptive and challengcupies part of the first floor ing ideas with upcoming of the college’s Pine Street building and gallery events such as a January apcontains tools such as a 3D printer, laser pearance by the young Vermont-based cutter and large-format printer. classical composer Matt LaRocca. Thompson used that printer to A recording of LaRocca’s symphony reproduce a digital drawing by 2015 Arctic Voices will play in the gallery, alum Lisa Barber on two-story adhe- enclosed by a fourth wall Thompson sive strips. He then mounted the piece will build, while four projectors fill in a stairwell of the CCM building. the room with photographs the comThompson also designed poser took during a sailing trip around Generator’s layout and operational the Arctic. details. A dozen individuals made the At the same time, in the Gallery maker space come together, but “Chris Lounge, Thompson will again was really influential,” recalls Doreen unsettle the gaming community — and Kraft. She’s a Generator board member the community at large — this time and executive director of Burlington with an exhibit of games by Paolo City Arts, one of the collaborating in- Pedercini. The Italian-born artist, who stitutions, with Champlain and UVM, will be in town as part of Generator’s that brought the project into being. Big Maker speaker series, designs As a curator, Thompson continues “radical games against the tyranny of to impress both these mentors. “He’s entertainment.” always finding new ways to invent “Art is not just something to hang the [gallery] space,” says Howell. “It’s on the walls,” declares Thompson. not just the thing on display but the “It’s about exploring the culture and meaning behind the work: He identi- asking the big questions of our time. fies the core of the work, and the space Art is the best way to do that.” m reflects that.” When Kraft attended the August Contact: lilly@sevendaysvt.com opening of the gallery, she was surprised to see work by individuals INFO she didn’t know were artists. One The Champlain College Art Gallery is open to was photographer and Champlain the public Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to president Donald Laackman, to whose 5 p.m., except during college breaks. champlain.edu office Thompson reports.

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ARTIST DEMONSTRATION: ANNELEIN BEUKENKAMP: The local watercolor painter demonstrates her techniques. Frog Hollow Vermont State Craft Center, Burlington, Saturday, December 12, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Info, 863-6458.

Folklife Center, Weybridge photojournalist George Bellerose shares his perspective of Vermont’s contemporary logging industry. His

work is given additional context through historical documents relating to the foresting community, exhibited alongside the photos. Bellerose comments, “Unlike Vermonters of the past, many of us no longer have a direct connection to the working landscape. We

HOLIDAY CRAFT SHOW: Second annual event featuring work for sale by approximately 30 local artisans and makers, including jewelry, fiber goods, ceramics, wreaths, chainsaw sculptures and more. Montgomery Elementary School, Saturday, December 12, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Info, sue_wilson@ fairpoint.net.

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ART UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF HALEY BISHOP: The local artist leads this group painting event in which participants create their own “Artmare Before Christmas” rendering of a Church Street winter scene to take home. Ticket price includes materials and one drink. Magic Hat Artifactory, South Burlington, Monday, December 14, 6:30-8:30 p.m. $36.87. Info, 859-9222.

‘BLUE-PLATE SPECIAL’: Color reproductions of midcentury food signs, which originally hung in the Woolworth’s on Church Street. Through December 31. Info, 318-2438. Red Square in Burlington.

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‘HOLGA SHOTS’: Jordan Douglas presents a variety of square black-and-white darkroom prints, all produced with a $25 plastic camera. Through December 31. Info, 651-8834. Penny Cluse Café in Burlington.

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‘Portrait of a Forest: Men and Machine’ In this 70-photograph exhibition at the Vermont

‘MADE’: Work from 21 South End artists highlighting the wide variety of arts and making in the Enterprise Zone. ‘THE ARTS UNKNOWN’: SEABA-curated group exhibition with work including photography, painting, stained glass and drawing by local artists. Through December 31. Info, 859-9222. SEABA Center in Burlington.

importance to the state.” “Portrait of a Forest” is a companion to a prior Bellerose/VFC project, “Forty-Six Years of Pretty Straight Going: The Life of a Family Dairy Farm.” Through January 9. Pictured: photograph by George Bellerose.

CHRIS ALLEY: “The Science of Flaws and Miracles,” works by the Burlington College professor. Through December 31. Info, 860-4972. Vermont Art Supply and Black Horse S.P.G. in Burlington.

‘IN GRAIN: CONTEMPORARY WORK IN WOOD’: Contemporary wood sculpture with examples of handand machine-carved figurative, abstract and geometric works and laser-cut biomorphic forms by 10 artists. Through December 18. ‘SEX OBJECTS: PERSPECTIVES ON GENDER AND SEXUALITY’: An exhibition of everyday and ceremonial art and artifacts curated by

40 anthropology and art history students. Through May 22. ‘WORLD LEADERS & GLOBAL CITIZENS: PHOTOGRAPHS BY PATRICK LEAHY, U.S. SENATOR’: An exhibit organized on the 40th anniversary of Sen. Patrick Leahy’s first term, featuring his view of historical events over the the past few decades. Through December 18. Info, 656-0750. University of Vermont Fleming Museum of Art in Burlington. JEAN CHEROUNY: “Fresh Daily,” new works from the Ripton painter. Through December 31. Info, 658-6016. Speeder & Earl’s Coffee (Pine Street) in Burlington. KAREN DAWSON: The winter 2015 featured artist presents new work. Through February 28. Info, 264-8191. Community Health Centers of Burlington. MAREVA MILLARC: “Shapeshifters,” a collection of new abstract paintings by the Vermont artist. Through January 16. Info, 865-7166. Vermont Metro Gallery, BCA Center, in Burlington.

MATTHEW THORSEN: Works from the acclaimed Vermont photographer, including family photos, Vermont notables, and selections from his “Sound Proof” collection of rock performances and artists. Through February 27. Info, 652-4500. Amy E. Tarrant Gallery, Flynn Center in Burlington. MAX FEHR: “Poemography,” original photographs paired with the artist’s poetry. Through December 31. Info, 865-7211. Fletcher Free Library in Burlington. ‘NIGHTMARE APOLLO: ADVENTURES IN ASIA’: New photographs from southern Japan and other destinations in Asia by Robin Katrick. Through December 31. Info, 660-9005. Dostie Bros. Frame Shop in Burlington. SAGE TUCKER-KETCHAM: “Spacescapes,” new abstract paintings by the local artist, inspired by the natural world, chemistry, science and alchemy. Through January 31. Info, 861-3155. Karma Bird House Gallery in Burlington.

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CALL TO ARTISTS 2016 BIG TOP TOUR CONCEPT: Circus Smirkus invites artists of all ages to submit a concept design related to the 2016 theme “Up, Hup and Away: The Invention of Flight!” Requirements and details online at smirkus.org/ big-top-tour. Circus Smirkus Barn, Greensboro, Through December 22. Info, 533-7443. 2016 SCHOLASTIC ART & WRITING AWARDS: Vermont students in grades 7 to 12 are invited to submit art and writing entries in dozens of categories, including ceramics, digital art, painting, photography, poetry, humor, science fiction, personal essay/memoir and more. Visit

brattleboromuseum.org for more info. Deadline: December 16. Brattleboro Museum & Art Center. Info, 257-0124. AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST: Ninth annual contest pays tribute to the social phenomenon of the selfie. Deadline: January 13, 6 p.m. Details at chaffeeartcenter.org. Chaffee Downtown Art Center, Rutland. Info, 775-0356. THE GALLERY AT LCATV: Lake Champlain Access Television (LCATV) is looking for artists to exhibit visual arts at a spacious community media center in northern Colchester. Artists must meet the criteria of LCATV membership (live, work or attend school in Colchester, Milton, Georgia, Fairfax, Westford, South Hero, Grand Isle or North Hero).

Exhibitions can be one, two, or three months and include a reception. Group shows are welcome. Proceeds from any sales go to the artists. Lake Champlain Access Television, Colchester, Through August 1. Info, 862-5724. ‘MOTION’: Artists are invited to submit 2D works addressing the theme of motion for this group exhibition. Deadline: December 15. Jericho Town Hall. Info, 878-8887. ‘SALVAGE’: Chandler Gallery seeks submissions of work made from found and repurposed materials, asking, “How does the reimagining of salvaged parts come together in your work?” Deadline: December 9. Chandler Gallery, Randolph. Info, salvage. chandler@gmail.com.

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ST. CHRISTOPHER: “Trajectories,” bold graphic paintings by the self-taught artist. Through January 4. Info, 865-6223. Battery Street Jeans in Burlington. ‘TIME & SPACE’: Work from 13 art educators presenting under the banner Art Educators Unite. Through December 11. Info, 656-4200. Living/ Learning Center, UVM, in Burlington. TOM CULLINS: “A Creative Life,” retrospective of the work and legacy of the Burlington architect and fourth-generation Vermonter. Through January 16. Info, 865-7166. BCA Center in Burlington. TRINE WILSON: “Sand Wash Basin Wild Horses,” photographs taken in northwestern Colorado. Through January 31. Info, 355-4834. The Swingin’ Pinwheel Café & Bakery in Burlington. VERMONT PHOTO GROUP: Eight photographers exhibit images of landscapes, nature and animals on media including aluminum and cotton rag paper. Through December 28. Info, 434-5503. New Moon Café in Burlington. ‘VISUALIZATIONS IN THE SCIENCES’: Images of scientific information in a variety of formats created by UVM faculty and students. Through December 17. Info, 656-4636. Davis Center, UVM, in Burlington.

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HARALD AKSDAL: “Art of Words,” an exhibition of original watercolor and ink illustrations for three books, as well as new landscapes and framed prints. Through December 27. Info, 899-3211. Emile A. Gruppe Gallery in Jericho.

‘SHADES OF RED’: Works by more than 30 Vermont artists, including photography, painting, stained glass and collage. Through December 31. Info, 899-4936. Jericho Town Hall.

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‘VISIONS OF LAKE CHAMPLAIN AND BEYOND’: Local landscape paintings by Carolyn Walton, Helen Nagel and Gail Bessette; pastels by Athenia Schinto and Betty Ball; and jewelry by Tineke Russell. Through December 30. Info, 985-8223. Luxton-Jones Gallery in Shelburne.

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ALMUTH PALINKAS AND JEANNE CARIATI: “Interface,” alabaster sculptures and works in fiber and watercolor. Through December 31. Info, 828-0749. Governor’s Gallery in Montpelier. ‘ANIMAL’ RETROSPECTIVE: Photographs from the dance-based interdisciplinary project directed by Montpelier dancer/choreographer Hanna Satterlee. Through December 23. Info, 223-4712. Contemporary Dance & Fitness Studio in Montpelier. ART RESOURCE ASSOCIATION MEMBERS SHOW: The artist group celebrates its 40th year. Through January 2. Info, aggiesmee@tds.net. City Center in Montpelier. ‘CELEBRATE!’: A 15-year anniversary celebration of local arts featuring a wide variety of fine art and crafts by SPA member artists. Through December 31. Info, 479-7069. Studio Place Arts in Barre.

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CHARLES FISH: “Blue Ribbons & Burlesque,” photographs taken at Vermont country fairs. Through July 1. Info, 479-8519. Vermont History Museum in Montpelier. ED EPSTEIN: “Friends and Stories,” recent paintings by the Montpelier artist. Through January 8. Info, 371-4100. Central Vermont Medical Center in Barre.

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‘IN MINIATURE’ HOLIDAY EXHIBIT & SALE: Work from Newbury artists including paintings, prints, mixed media, fine art photographs, wood turning and wood carvings. Through January 5. Info, 866-5366. Tenney Memorial Library in Newbury. JONATHAN VANTASSEL: “Wemosphere,” new abstract oil paintings by the Vermont artist. Through December 31. Info, 828-5657. Vermont Supreme Court Gallery in Montpelier. BARRE/MONTPELIER SHOWS

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LINDA DI SANTE: “The Nature of Things,” works in watercolor, graphite and pen and ink by the Vermont artist. Through February 28. Info, 985-8222. Shelburne Vineyard.

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DICK BRUNELLE: Exhibition of new abstract paintings and watercolors by the Vermont artist. Through December 31. Info, 316-4265. Firebird Café in Essex Junction.

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‘BIRDS OF A FEATHER’: An exhibition exploring the illusory and deadly beauty of American wildfowl decoys, featuring models of 13 different bird species. Through May 1. ‘EYES ON THE LAND’: Installations, sculpture, paintings and photographs by 13 artists who were matched with 15 farms and forests conserved by the Vermont Land Trust over one year’s time. Artists include painters Mark Nielsen, Cameron Davis, Bonnie Acker, Charlie Hunter, Susan Abbott and Neil Riley; sculptors and multimedia artists Brian D. Collier, Dan Snow, Karolina Kawiaka and Gowri Savoor; and photographers Tyler WilkinsonRay, John Willis and Caleb Kenna. Through January 3. Info, 985-3346. Pizzagalli Center for Art and Education, Shelburne Museum.

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WORKS FROM BELLCATE SCHOOL: Students of Josh Linz’s art class present work influenced by diverse art movements. Through December 31. Info, 651-9692. VCAM Studio in Burlington.

MILTON ARTISTS GUILD: Twenty artists share photographs that represent meaningful passageways in life. Through February 5. Info, lstech@comcast.net. Milton Municipal Building.

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MEMBER ART SHOW: First annual MSAC member art show, featuring work including photographs, pastels and watercolors from more than a dozen artists. Through December 31. Info, 262-6284. Montpelier Senior Activity Center. NORTHFIELD ARTISTS HOLIDAY ART SHOW & SALE: Nine area artists offering paintings, fiber art, wood carvings, reed work, ceramics, photography and other creative gift ideas. Through December 13. Info, 485-8387. Gray Building in Northfield. ‘OUTSIDER ART INSIDE’: Works from nine self-taught artists associated with Grass Roots Art and Community Effort. Through December 31. Info, 828-3291. Spotlight Gallery in Montpelier. PHYLLIS CHASE: “Life in Vermont,” oil paintings and framed limited-edition prints by the Montpelierbased artist. Through December 15. Info, 223-7800. The Green Bean Art Gallery at Capitol Grounds in Montpelier. ‘WOMEN OF NORWICH: TRAILBLAZERS AND TORCHBEARERS’: Photographs, documents, uniforms and objects celebrating the women who were “first,” from the first ladies of university presidents to the first women in the Corps of Cadets and so-called nontraditional fields. Through December 31. Info, 485-2183. Sullivan Museum & History Center, Norwich University in Northfield.

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‘2015 LEGACY COLLECTION’: Landscapes painted by 25 living and 13 now-deceased artists that reflect the legacy of museum namesakes and artists Alden and Mary Bryan. ‘GEMS’: An exhibition of 135 smallformat works by gallery members. Info, 644-5100. Bryan Memorial Gallery in Jeffersonville. GABRIEL TEMPESTA: “Our World, Charcoals & Casein,” highly detailed paintings rendered from photos of the natural world. Through December 31. Info, 253-8943. Upstairs at West Branch Gallery in Stowe. RIVER ARTS PHOTO CO-OP: Images from 18 dedicated participants of the monthly photographers’ meetup. Through January 4. Info, 888-1261. River Arts in Morrisville.

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HOLIDAY GROUP EXHIBITION: Vermont artists Jason Boyd, Hope Burgoyne, Kate Cahill-Vansuch, Marilyn Gillis, Gloria Lynn, Shannon Morrison, Gerald Stoner and Sarah-Lee Terrat exhibit works in a variety of mediums. Through January 16. Info, 244-7801. Axel’s Gallery & Frameshop in Waterbury.

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Outfitters. Fortunately, that megalithic appropriator doesn’t own everything good, as this month’s exhibition “Blue-Plate Special” at

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‘CELEBRATE THE HOLIDAYS’: Artworks and crafts by more than 45 artists working in wood, fiber, ceramics and glass; hundreds of items priced under $50. Through December 31. Info, 877-3850. Creative Space Gallery in Vergennes.

these nostalgic treasures will hang through December 31, invoking memories in anyone old enough to remember the five-and-dime. The rest of you might learn something. Pictured: “Light Fantastic,” reproduction of original Woolworths cafeteria sign.

GREG BERNHARDT AND HANNAH SESSIONS: “Our Song,” landscape and farm-life paintings by the married artists. Through December 31. Info, 4580098. Edgewater Gallery Mill Street in Middlebury. MODEL TRAINS: Annual three-level model train diorama, running against a backdrop of the Green Mountains, painted by local artist Gail Braiysted. Through January 9. WARREN KIMBLE: “All-American Artist: An Eclectic Retrospective,” works by the internationally known Brandon artist, along with works from his own folk art collection. Through December 31. Info, 388-2117. Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History in Middlebury.

‘NAKED TRUTH: THE BODY IN EARLY 20TH-CENTURY GERMAN AND AUSTRIAN ART’: Prints, drawings and watercolors by Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, Otto Dix, George Grosz, Max Beckmann, Käthe Kollwitz and others whose work addressed the relationship of the nude body and contemporary morality. Through December 13. Info, 443-3168. Middlebury College Museum of Art. SILKSCREEN PRINTS: Students in Hedya Klein’s printmaking class exhibit their new work as a culmination of in-depth studio practice. Through December 10. Info, 443-5258. Johnson Memorial Building, Middlebury College.

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‘THE ART OF GIVING -:- THE GIVING OF ART’: Art enthusiasts can shop from a selection of handcrafted, one-of-a-kind artwork, jewelry and other gifts. Through January 9. Info, 247-4295. Compass Music and Arts Center in Brandon. ‘FINE ART GIFTS FOR HOLIDAY GIVING’: Exhibition and sale of affordable artwork by guild members. Through December 29. Info, 247-4956. Brandon Artists Guild.

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‘PORTRAIT OF A FOREST: MEN AND MACHINE’: Contemporary images from Weybridge photojournalist George Bellerose presented alongside archival material from the logging industry. Through January 9. GINGERBREAD HOUSE EXHIBITION: The 17th annual exhibition of gingerbread houses made by community members addresses the theme “’Digital Folklore’: Emoji, Rainbow Unicorns and Lolcats.” Through December 22. Info, 388-4964. Vermont Folklife Center in Middlebury.

poetic Brush Script names of meals such as “Rise and Shine,” “Fountain Treats” and “Light Fantastic.” Sullivan’s reproductions of

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‘FROM FARM TO FEAST’: Art, craft and photography by 22 local artists celebrating Vermont agriculture. Through December 31. Info, 388-1436. Jackson Gallery, Town Hall Theater, in Middlebury.

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MARY HILL: New work by the local artist. Through December 31. Info, 496-5470. Three Mountain Café in Waitsfield.

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TOD GUNTER AVIATION ART: Illustrations currently include the F4U Corsair, a WWII fighter and the F-4 Phantom II, a fighter-bomber active in Vietnam. More drawings and renderings are continually added. Through December 31. Info, 734-9971. Plane Profiles Gallery in Stowe.

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sculptor John Bisbee, who has been working exclusively with 12-inch nails for almost 30 years. This extended experiment in self-imposed material limitation has been met

with success, not least because it’s a pleasure to see this utilitarian object transformed into something completely nonfunctional. His exhibit “Branded” opens at the Walker Contemporary in Waitsfield on Saturday, December 12, and features mandala-like designs with a far more two-dimensional orientation than much of Bisbee’s larger sculptural work, such as those on view at Shelburne Museum last year. Through January 30. Pictured: Bisbee’s nail mandala. SEVENDAYSVT.COM

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COLLECTIVE FALL SHOW: Hooked rugs by Janet Avery, jewelry by metalsmith Susan Riach, ornaments and whistles by Mary Stone and hand-molded beeswax candles by Vermont Honey Lights. Through December 31. Info, 457-1298. Collective — the Art of Craft in Woodstock. ‘FEATHER & FUR: PORTRAITS OF FIELD, FOREST & FARM’: Portraits celebrating the beauty, intelligence and grace of animals by nine artists. Through April 30. Info, 885-3061. The Great Hall in Springfield.

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‘SMALL WORKS’: An exhibit of small works presented for sale during the holiday season. Through December 19. Info, 457-3500. ArtisTree Gallery in South Pomfret. Untitled-6 1

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‘BOXCARS: RAILROAD IMAGERY IN CONTEMPORARY REALISM’: Realist paintings with trains as subject, curated by Charlie Hunter. Through March 12. ‘DRAWING ON, IN, OUT’: Drawings by Christina de Gennaro, Terry Hauptman, Monique Luchetti, Craig Stockwell, Jane Sutherland and Scott Tulay. Through February 8. ‘SHEDDING LIGHT ON THE WORKING FOREST’: A multidisciplinary examination and celebration of the working forest featuring paintings by Kathleen Kolb, poetry by Verandah Porche and exhibition design by Mark O’Maley. Through January 3. EVAN CORONIS: “Penumbra,” hexagonal forms made with unrefined industrial glass. Through March 12. LINN BRUCE: “Stories in Color,” vibrantly colorful paintings. Through January 3. Info, 257-0124. Brattleboro Museum & Art Center. COLLIN LEECH: Recent paintings by the Vermont artist, showcasing her mixed use of collage, drawing, painting and encaustic work. Through December 28. Info, 869-2960. Main Street Arts in Saxtons River.

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CHIP TROIANO: Photographs of landscapes from Patagonia to Vietnam. Through January 4. Info, 525-3366. Parker Pie Co. in West Glover. ‘DINOSAUR DISCOVERIES: ANCIENT FOSSILS, NEW IDEAS’: Fossils and models reveal how current thoughts on dinosaur biology have changed since

ART SHOWS the 1990s. Organized by the American Museum of Natural History in New York. Through December 15. Info, 748-2372. Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium in St. Johnsbury. LISA ESHLEMAN FOSTER: “Ancestors: Going Way Back,” a one-woman show. Through January 23. Info, 334-1966. MAC Center for the Arts Gallery in Newport.

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OTTO: Prints of recent work from “The Book of Wales” by Newport artist Brian McCurley (aka OTTO). Through December 15. Info, 323-7759. The 99 Gallery and Center in Newport. VICTORIA PATRICK ZOLNOSKI: “Altared,” new altarpieces and digital and altered method photographs. Through December 26. Info, 4729933. 3rd Floor Gallery in Hardwick.

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‘THE BOWL, A CELEBRATION’: A collection of special and treasured bowls from the Tunbridge community and beyond, each accompanied by a story about its meaning to the owner. Organized by art teacher and potter Stephanie Loeffler, the show marks the establishment of a bowl lending library with pieces from local artists available for checkout. Through December 31. Info, 889-9404. Tunbridge Public Library in Tunbridge Village.

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‘CELEBRATING 65 YEARS ‘ON THE HILL’’: The arts center celebrates its 65th year at the Webster Estate with work from its permanent collection, as well as pieces from artist members. Through January 3. Info, 367-1303. Yester House Galleries, Southern Vermont Arts Center, in Manchester.

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‘HOT HOUSES, WARM CURVES’: Paintings by Anda Dubinskis, photography by Peter Moriarty and painted shoes by Rick Skogsberg. Through December 12. Info, 767-9670. Big Town Gallery in Rochester.

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TOM LEYTHAM: “The Other Working Landscape,” watercolors by the artist and architect depicting the remnants of Vermont’s 19th- and 20thcentury industrial structures. Through December 31. Info, 447-1571. Bennington Museum.

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CAMILLE HENROT: “Grosse Fatigue,” 13-minute video installation inspired by the concept of the encyclopedia, produced during a residency at the Smithsonian Institute. DANA SCHUTZ: An exhibition highlighting recent works by the influential painter. PATRICK BERNATCHEZ: “Les Temps Inachevés,” collected interdisciplinary works by the Québec artist, including drawings, photographs, film, sound pieces and installation, that together form a singular rumination on time. Through January 10. Info, 514-847-6226. Montréal Museum of Contemporary Art.

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CHRISTIAN WOLFF: “Beginning anew at every ending,” an exhibition highlighting key aspects of the composer’s work — indeterminacy, politics and collaboration — and celebrating his long association with Dartmouth College as a professor. Through December 10. Info, 603-6462422. Baker-Berry Library, Dartmouth College, in Hanover, N.H.

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‘GEORGE S. ZIMBEL: A HUMANIST PHOTOGRAPHER’: Images from the collection of the documentary photographer covering 1953 to 1955, which includes his shots of Marilyn Monroe standing over the subway grate during the filming of The Seven Year Itch by director Billy Wilder. Through January 3. Info, 514-285-2000. Montréal Museum of Fine Arts.

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HOLIDAY SALE AND EXHIBITION: Work by artists in a variety of mediums and prices. Through December 24. Info, 603-448-3117. AVA Gallery and Art Center in Lebanon, N.H. m

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FALL HOSPITAL EXHIBIT: Work from six artists, including 11 monoprints from Shelburne-based Casey Blanchard. Through January 4. Info, 238-7767. Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, N.H.

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ou have to hand it to writer-director William Riead: Few filmmakers possess the vision required to reduce the story of someone as outsize as Mother Teresa to 114 minutes of mind-numbing lifelessness. If this movie had an iota less energy or drama, it would be a still photo. Do yourself a favor — before seeing it, skip the soda and ask the concession clerk to fill a family-size popcorn bucket with coffee. You’re going to need it. Juliet Stevenson portrays the religious icon. She looks nothing like her character, so one of the first signs of the production’s ineptitude is that its creators didn’t use makeup or prosthetics to achieve the slightest degree of resemblance. Apparently they believed their subject’s familiar blue-and-white robes would suffice to transform a British actress into a shriveled Albanian-Indian nun. They don’t. Even sloppier: Stevenson’s character undergoes virtually zero change in her appearance while aging from 35 to 70. Perhaps we’re expected to interpret her perpetually youthful complexion as a sign of divine intervention. What little story there is concerns Mother Teresa’s efforts to petition the Vatican for permission to leave her teaching gig in a school for privileged girls and do missionary

work outside its walls, where the sick and starving fill the streets. You wouldn’t believe the red tape. While we await word from Rome, MT informs anyone who will listen (no vow of silence for her) that she originally planned to do missionary work but became a nun instead. The one thing we never hear is why. Eventually, of course, she receives the green light and hits the mean streets of Calcutta with a vague plan to be of service. Initially, distrustful Hindus slam doors in the nun’s face. I won’t spoil it for you, but a single act endears her to the locals. To call that act a lazy plot device would be an insult to lazy plot devices. The only surprise in The Letters is the precise service Mother Teresa feels called to offer — namely, providing a place where the hungry and suffering “are allowed to die surrounded by loving people.” I’d always assumed she received the ’79 Nobel Peace Prize for more than giving people a place to go to their eternal peace. The script, not surprisingly, skirts the controversial issue of her baptizing large numbers of dying Hindus and Muslims without their knowledge. After her death in 1997, the Church commenced vetting MT for potential sainthood. Rutger Hauer plays the Vatican’s fact-

MOTHER ISSUES From its inert pacing and inept direction to the overwrought score and stilted dialogue, this amateurish portrait of the religious icon gives new meaning to the words “holy crap.”

checker. He pays a visit to Father Celeste van Exem, with whom MT had corresponded. Since this priest is portrayed by Max von Sydow, I secretly hoped he’d answer, “The power of Christ compels you” after Hauer asked him how he’d forced himself to read all that self-absorbed mail. No such luck. Their dialogue is excruciatingly stilted, limited mostly to allusions to the titular missives. Neither character actually ever reads from them. Rather, van Exem paraphrases passages in which MT repeatedly confesses to feeling God is not within her. I felt shock and sadness. Not because

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ack in the good old days (OK, the 1990s), movie theaters in Burlington still had late shows on Christmas Eve. One of my best moviegoing experiences was seeing Scream at one of these near-empty pre-Yuletide screenings. Another December 24, I chose a VHS copy of The Ring over a midnight service. It’s not that I hate Christmas. I just find that the season’s twinkling lights and good cheer could use a little leavening of terror. (Think of the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come beckoning Scrooge to his grave.) So if there’s an ideal audience for Krampus, a horror comedy about a Christmas demon, I am it. I just wish it stood as a more memorable entry in the minuscule Holly-Decked Evil genre. Director-cowriter Michael Dougherty made the well-regarded (by horror fans) Halloween anthology Trick ’r Treat. But he takes a softer approach to this PG-13 tale of a kid who unwittingly summons a Christmas demon. The result lands in an uncomfortable netherworld between family film and fright flick — somewhere north of what used to be Tim Burton’s sweet spot. Young Max (Emjay Anthony) has been raised by his German-speaking grandma (Krista Stadler) to revere the Christmas spirit. But his affluent, overworked parents (Toni Collette and Adam Scott) are too busy bickering to feel it, and his downmarket cousins mock his letter to Santa.

Mother Teresa experienced a spiritual crisis, but because actors as accomplished as Hauer and von Sydow have been reduced to such amateurish treacle. The film’s writing, direction and acting are not alone in blowing. Ciaran Hope’s overwrought score sounds like a mashup of music from hokey old biblical pictures. I swear that 114 minutes have never felt more like an eternity. Talk about an ungodly mess. If a duller, less inspired film hit the cineplex this season, it would be a miracle.

SCARY CHRISTMAS Ugly sweaters can’t save a family from its own lack of seasonal faith in Dougherty’s horror/comedy mishmash.

Discouraged, the boy crumples and tosses his missive, only to wake the next morning to a holiday hellscape. Snowy gloom blankets the neighborhood, and the family soon discovers that sharp-toothed monsters — parodies of Christmas icons — lurk under the drifts, up the chimney, even inside the wrapped gifts. Those monsters — by far the film’s most inventive element — are henchmen of the demon Krampus. In Alpine folklore, he’s the one who puts lumps of coal in bad children’s stockings; here, we’re told that he punishes whole communities for losing the Christmas spirit.

This indiscriminate slaughter seems a bit excessive, but the film never fully embraces the perversity of its conceit. Instead, it milks humor from the culture clash between Max’s family and their tacky relations — including David Koechner as a gun-toting paterfamilias — and stages scene after scene of not particularly scary violence. While it’s fun to watch people defend themselves against murderous elves and gingerbread men, Dougherty presents these attacks so chaotically that they eventually become a blur. Lacking fleshed-out, original characters or a solid satirical point of view, Krampus settles for evoking Joe Dante’s Gremlins.

But, unlike that twisted Christmas classic, it doesn’t have a strong protagonist in Max, and it fails to make the liminal space between cute and nasty its own. To the very last shot, Krampus seems confused about what it is: a heart-warming story of a family bonded by the true spirit of the season (and the murder of animate toys); or a black comedy about fools whose cherished idols are actually bloodthirsty, Lovecraftian monsters. (The movie’s Krampus mythology, supplied by Grandma in a creepy animated sequence, leaves room for interpretation as Manichean Christianity or something a lot darker.) Busy covering multiple marketing quadrants, the film never lives up to the wicked promise of its opening sequence: a slow-motion montage of Black Friday commercialist carnage ironically scored to the serene seasonal strains of Bing Crosby. If you want to see a film that goes fullbore with the “evil Santa” concept, watch the Dutch Saint Nick — which, while uneven, offers genuinely nightmarish scenes of the title character stuffing children in his sack and lugging them up the chimney. But if you’re one of the strange few who seek out something to scare them in this time of hollyjolliness, Krampus isn’t it. MARGO T HARRI S O N

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NEW IN THEATERS IN THE HEART OF THE SEA: Based on the 1820 events that inspired Melville’s Moby-Dick, Ron Howard’s survival-adventure film follows the travails of a whaling crew that finds the whale attacking it for a change. Chris Hemsworth, Cillian Murphy and Brendan Gleeson star. (121 min, PG-13. Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Palace, Stowe)

NOW PLAYING BRIDGE OF SPIESHHHHH An ordinary American lawyer (Tom Hanks) finds himself playing a key role in a prisoner exchange between the CIA and KGB in this Cold War drama directed by Steven Spielberg and coscripted by Ethan and Joel Coen. With Mark Rylance and Alan Alda. (142 min, PG-13) BROOKLYNHHHH In the 1950s, a shy Irish immigrant to the U.S. (Saoirse Ronan) finds herself choosing between two paths, in this drama from director John Crowley (Intermission), from a script by Nick Hornby. With Emory Cohen, Domhnall Gleeson and Jim Broadbent. (111 min, PG-13; reviewed by M.H. 12/2) CREEDHHHH The Rocky franchise gets a new lease on life in this boxing drama in which an aging Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) trains the son of his one-time arch-rival, Apollo Creed (Michael B. Jordan). Ryan Coogler (Fruitvale Station) directed. (132 min, PG-13)

THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY — PART 2HHH1/2 The dystopian saga concludes, as Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) and the rebels prepare to bring down the tyrannical Capitol. With Josh Hutcherson, Julianne Moore and Natalie Dormer. Francis Lawrence again directed. (137 min, PG-13; reviewed by M.H. 11/25)

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THE MARTIANHHHH Stranded on Mars, the last member of a manned mission (Matt Damon) must survive, contact NASA and help engineer his own rescue in this sci-fi adventure directed by Ridley Scott and based on the science-savvy novel by Andy Weir. With Jessica Chastain, Kristen Wiig and Jeff Daniels. (141 min, PG-13) THE NIGHT BEFOREHHH Riffing on influences as opposite as a popular Christmas poem and The Hangover, this yuletide ride follows three childhood friends (Seth Rogen, Joseph GordonLevitt and Anthony Mackie) on a wild search for an epic X-mas party. With Lizzy Caplan, Ilana Glazer and Miley Cyrus, and directed by Jonathan Levine (50/50). (101 min, R)

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THE PEANUTS MOVIEHHH1/2 Charles M. Schulz’s beloved comic-strip characters have been updated with computer animation and Top 40 pop by Steve Martino, the director of Ice Age: Continental Drift — not that the target audience of kids is likely to mind. With the voices of Noah Schnapp, Bill Melendez and Hadley Belle Miller. (93 min, G)

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SECRET IN THEIR EYESHH1/2 Julia Roberts, Nicole Kidman and Chiwetel Ejiofor star in a Hollywoodized remake of a 2009 Argentinian murder thriller. In it, an FBI agent hopes to bring closure to his team 13 years after the unspeakable death of a teenage girl tears it apart. Screenwriter Billy Ray (Captain Phillips) also directed. (111 min, PG-13)

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SPECTREHHHH Daniel Craig returns as James Bond, now on the trail of the sinister organization of the title, which has resurfaced from his past. Ralph Fiennes takes over as M, still beleaguered; Sam Mendes again directs. With Christoph Waltz, Ben Whishaw, Monica Bellucci and Léa Seydoux. (148 min, PG-13; reviewed by R.K. 11/11)

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SPOTLIGHTHHHHH Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo, Rachel McAdams and Stanley Tucci are among the all-star cast of this gripping drama about the Boston Globe’s Pulitzer Prize-winning investigation into the Catholic sex-abuse scandals uncovered in the early aughts. Tom McCarthy (The Visitor) directed and cowrote. (128 min, R; reviewed by R.K. 11/25) SUFFRAGETTEHHH Carey Mulligan plays a working-class wife who finds herself becoming involved in the fight to give Englishwomen the vote in this historical drama directed by Sarah Gavron (Brick Lane). With Anne-Marie Duff, Helena Bonham Carter and Meryl Streep. (106 min, PG-13; reviewed by M.H. 11/11)

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KRAMPUSHH1/2 In this scare comedy, a kid accidentally summons a Christmas demon for ho-ho-horror. With Adam Scott, Toni Collette, and David Koechner. Michael Dougherty (Trick ’r Treat) directed. (98 min, PG-13; reviewed by M.H. 12/9/15)

LOVE THE COOPERSH1/2 In this rather early holiday comedy, four generations of one family hash out their issues on Christmas Eve. With Olivia Wilde, Amanda Seyfried, Marisa Tomei and Diane Keaton. Jessie Nelson (I Am Sam) directed. (118 min, PG-13)

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THE GOOD DINOSAURHHH1/2 The latest family animation from Pixar imagines an alternate Earth where dinosaurs survived into the era of people — and one especially cute ’saurus makes a young human friend. With the voices of Jeffrey Wright, Frances McDormand and Marcus Scribner. Peter Sohn cowrote and directed. (100 min, PG)

THE LETTERS — Based on a series of letters written by Mother Teresa (Juliet Stevenson), this biopic explores her faith, her doubts and the case for her sainthood. With Rutger Hauer and Max von Sydow. William Riead wrote and directed. (114 min, PG; reviewed by R.K. 12/9/15)

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PARAMOUNT TWIN CINEMA

241 North Main St., Barre, 479-9621, fgbtheaters.com

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48 Carroll Rd. (off Rte. 100), Waitsfield, 496-8994, bigpicturetheater.info

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BIJOU CINEPLEX 4 Rte. 100, Morrisville, 888-3293, bijou4.com

Secret in Their Eyes Spectre friday 11 — wednesday 16 Creed The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2 *In the Heart of the Sea (2D & 3D) The Peanuts Movie (Sat & Sun only; 2D & 3D) Secret in Their Eyes Spectre

21 Essex Way, #300, Essex, 879-6543, essexcinemas.com

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93 State St., Montpelier, 229-0343, fgbtheaters.com

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Creed The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2 The Peanuts Movie (2D & 3D)

Creed The Good Dinosaur The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2

Creed The Good Dinosaur The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2 The Night Before The Peanuts Movie (Sat & Sun only)

*In the Heart of the Sea (2D & 3D) Krampus The Night Before The Peanuts Movie Spectre Spotlight

MAJESTIC 10

190 Boxwood St. (Maple Tree Place, Taft Corners), Williston, 878-2010, majestic10.com

MARQUIS THEATRE Main St., Middlebury, 388-4841, middleburymarquis.com

wednesday 9 — thursday 10 The Good Dinosaur The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2 friday 11 — thursday 17 Schedule not available at press time

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Creed The Good Dinosaur (2D & 3D) The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2 *In the Heart of the Sea (Thu only; 3D) Krampus Love the Coopers The Night Before The Peanuts Movie Secret in Their Eyes Spectre Victor Frankenstein

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MERRILL’S ROXY CINEMA

222 College St., Burlington, 864-3456, merrilltheatres.net

wednesday 9 — wednesday 16 Brooklyn The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2 The Letters Spectre Spotlight Suffragette Trumbo

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10 Fayette Dr., South Burlington, 8645610, palace9.com

wednesday 9 — thursday 10 Bridge of Spies Creed The Good Dinosaur

(2D & 3D) **Home Alone 25th Anniversary (Wed only) The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2 Krampus The Night Before The Peanuts Movie Spectre Victor Frankenstein friday 11 — wednesday 16 Bridge of Spies Creed The Good Dinosaur The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2 *In the Heart of the Sea (2D & 3D) Krampus **Met Opera Encore: The Magic Flute (Sat & Wed only) The Peanuts Movie **Rifftrax Encore: The Ice Cream Bunny (Tue only) Spectre

THE SAVOY THEATER 26 Main St., Montpelier, 229-0509, savoytheater.com

wednesday 9 — thursday 17 Spotlight Trumbo

STOWE CINEMA 3 PLEX

Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-4678. stowecinema.com

wednesday 9 — thursday 10 The Good Dinosaur (2D & 3D) The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2 Spectre friday 11 — wednesday 16 The Good Dinosaur (2D & 3D) The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2 *In the Heart of the Sea

SUNSET DRIVE-IN

155 Porters Point Rd., Colchester, 8621800. sunsetdrivein.com

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WELDEN THEATRE

104 No. Main St., St. Albans, 527-7888, weldentheatre.com

wednesday 9 — wednesday 16 Creed The Good Dinosaur The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2 The Peanuts Movie (Sat & Sun only)

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TRUMBOHH1/2 Bryan Cranston plays Dalton Trumbo, the Hollywood screenwriter who became a prominent victim of blacklisting in the McCarthy era. With Diane Lane and Helen Mirren. Director Jay Roach, known for comedies like Meet the Fockers, takes a more dramatic turn. (124 min, R; reviewed by R.K. 12/2) VICTOR FRANKENSTEINHH In yet another film taking advantage of a classic’s public domain status to “reimagine” it, the titular scientist (James McAvoy) and his noncanonical assistant, Igor (Daniel Radcliffe), attempt to create life from spare parts. Paul McGuigan (Lucky Number Slevin) directed. (109 min, PG-13)

ANT-MANHH The latest Marvel movie brings us Paul Rudd as a con man recruited to save the world in the guise of … an ant-size superhero. (117 min, PG-13; reviewed by R.K. 7/22) MINIONSHH Young viewers of Despicable Me and its sequel liked the supervillain hero but loved his gibberish-spouting minions. So Hollywood gave the kids what they craved. (91 min, PG; reviewed by M.H. 7/15) THE TRANSPORTER REFUELEDHH Ed Skrein steps into Jason Statham’s shoes as the freelance courier with a penchant for martial arts and mayhem. With Loan Chabanol and Ray Stevenson. Camille Delamarre (Brick Mansions) directed. (96 min, PG-13; reviewed by M.H. 9/9)

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TAURUS

(April 20-May 20): What state of mind do you desire the most? What is the quality of being that you aspire to inhabit more and more as you grow older? Maybe it’s the feeling of being deeply appreciated, or the ability to see things as they really are, or an intuitive wisdom about how to cultivate vibrant relationships. I invite you to set an intention to cultivate this singular experience with all your passion and ingenuity. The time is right. Make a pact with yourself.

Sagittarius (NOV. 22-DEC. 21)

My old friend Jeff started working at a gambling casino in Atlantic City. “You’ve gone over to the dark side!” I kidded. He acknowledged that 90 percent of the casino’s visitors lose money gambling. On the bright side, he said, 95 percent of them leave happy. I don’t encourage you to do this kind of gambling in the near future, Sagittarius. It’s true that you will be riding a lucky streak. But smarter, surer risks will be a better way to channel your good fortune. So here’s the bottom line: In whatever way you choose to bet or speculate, don’t let your lively spirits trick you into relying on pure impulsiveness. Do the research. Perform your due diligence. It’s not enough just to be entertained. The goal is to both have fun and be successful.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): I hope you can

figure out the difference between the fake cure and the real cure. And once you know which is which, I hope you will do the right thing rather than the sentimental thing. For best results, keep these considerations in mind: The fake cure may taste sweeter than the real one. It may also be better packaged and more alluringly promoted. In fact, the only advantage the real cure may have over the fake one is that it will actually work to heal you.

LEO

(July 23-Aug. 22): There’s a sinuous, serpentine quality about you these days. It’s as if you are the elegant and crafty hero of an epic myth set in the ancient future. You are sweeter and saucier than usual, edgier and more extravagantly emotive. You are somehow both a repository of tantalizing secrets and a fount of arousing revelations. As I meditate on the magic you embody, I am reminded of a passage from Laini Taylor’s fantasy novel Daughter of Smoke & Bone: “She tastes like

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): I bought an old

horoscope book at a garage sale for 25 cents. The cover was missing and some pages were water-damaged, so parts of it were hard to decipher. But the following passage jumped out at me: “In romantic matters, Virgos initially tend to be cool, even standoffish. Their perfectionism may interfere with their ability to follow through on promising beginnings. But if they ever allow themselves to relax and go further, they will eventually ignite. And then, watch out! Their passion will generate intense heat and light.” I suspect that this description may apply to you in the coming weeks. Let’s hope you will trust your intuition about which possibilities warrant your caution and which deserve your opening.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “The secret of being a bore is to tell everything,” said French writer Voltaire. I agree and add these thoughts: To tell everything also tempts you to wrongly imagine that you have everything completely figured out. Furthermore, it may compromise your leverage in dicey situations where other people are using information as a weapon. So the moral of the current story is this: Don’t tell everything! I realize this could be hard, since you are a good talker these days; your ability to express yourself is at a peak. So what should you do? Whenever you speak, aim for quality over quantity. And always weave in a bit of mystery. SCORPIO

(Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Ducks are the most unflappable creatures I know. Cats are often regarded as the top practitioners of the “I don’t give a f---” attitude, but I think ducks outshine them. When domestic felines exhibit their classic aloofness, there’s sometimes a subtext of annoyance or contempt. But ducks are consistently as imperturbable as Zen masters. Right now, as I gaze out my office window, I’m watching five of them swim calmly, with easygoing nonchalance, against the swift current of the creek in the torrential rain. I invite you to be like ducks in

the coming days. Now is an excellent time to practice the high art of truly not giving a f---.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Ancient Greek philosopher Epicurus was a pioneer thinker whose ideas helped pave the way for the development of science. Believe nothing, he taught, unless you can evaluate it through your personal observation and logical analysis. Using this admirable approach, he determined that the size of our sun is about two feet in diameter. I’m guessing that you have made comparable misestimations about at least two facts of life, Capricorn. They seem quite reasonable but are very wrong. The good news is that you will soon be relieved of those mistakes. After some initial disruption, you will feel liberated. AQUARIUS

(Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Aquarian inventor Thomas Edison owned 1,093 patents. Nicknamed “The Wizard of Menlo Park,” he devised the first practical electrical light bulb, the movie camera, the alkaline storage battery and many more useful things. The creation he loved best was the phonograph. It was the first machine in history that could record and reproduce sound. Edison bragged that no one else had ever made such a wonderful instrument. It was “absolutely original.” I bring this to your attention, Aquarius, because I think you’re due for an outbreak of absolute originality. What are the most unique gifts you have to offer? In addition to those you already know about, new ones may be ready to emerge.

PISCES

(Feb. 19-March 20): Here’s an experiment that makes good astrological sense for you to try in the coming weeks. Whenever you feel a tinge of frustration, immediately say, “I am an irrepressible source of power and freedom and love.” Anytime you notice a trace of inadequacy rising up in you, or a touch of blame, or a taste of anger, declare, “I am an irresistible magnet for power and freedom and love.” If you’re bothered by a mistake you made, or a flash of ignorance expressed by another person, or a maddening glitch in the flow of the life force, stop what you’re doing, interrupt the irritation and proclaim, “I am awash in power and freedom and love.”

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): “Happiness sneaks through a door you didn’t know that you left open,” said actor John Barrymore. I hope you’ve left open a lot of those doors, Aries. The more there are, the happier you will be. This is the week of all weeks when joy, pleasure and even zany bliss are likely to find their ways into your life from unexpected sources and unanticipated directions. If you’re lucky, you also have a few forgotten cracks and neglected gaps where fierce delights and crisp wonders can come wandering in.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Like Metallica jamming with Nicki Minaj and Death Cab for Cutie on a passage from Mozart’s opera The Magic Flute, you are redefining the meanings of the words “hybrid,” “amalgam” and “hodgepodge.” You’re mixing metaphors with panache. You’re building bridges with cheeky verve. Some of your blends are messy mishmashes, but more often they are synergistic successes. With the power granted to me by the gods of mixing and matching, I hereby authorize you to keep splurging on the urge to merge. This is your special time to experiment with the magic of combining things that have rarely or never been combined.

nectar and salt. Nectar and salt and apples. Pollen and stars and hinges. She tastes like fairy tales. Swan maiden at midnight. Cream on the tip of a fox’s tongue. She tastes like hope.”

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