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Evil or Mentally Ill? Last month, six people died and 13 more were wounded in a shooting spree at a supermarket in Tucson, Ariz., where Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was holding a constituent event. Accused gunman Jared Loughner has since been charged with attempted assassination of a federal official.

Commentators across the country have speculated about what led to the shootings, repeatedly referring to them as “evil.” Last week, Burlington playwright James Lantz penned a personal essay in which he argues that Loughner isn’t evil — he’s mentally ill. The essay appeared on Blurt, the Seven Days staff blog.

“I know mental illness,” writes Lantz. “I’ve seen it up close and unleashed. And the more I read about this young man’s slide into insanity, the more it sounds eerily similar to somebody close to me, and his slide years earlier... The tragedy last month was not the result of failed parenting, weak gun laws, a bad community college or inflated national rhetoric. Instead, the sound heard in Tucson on that sunny Saturday morning was the great snap of our weak commitment to the mentally ill breaking, and this time it broke bad.”

Read Lantz’s essay at sevendaysvt.com, and read about Gov. Shumlin’s proposed cuts to Vermont’s mental health services in this week’s “Fair Game” on p.12.

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1/28: A lawmaker proposes a solution to the state’s budget woes: Vermont’s first casino.

1/31: LGBTQ newspaper Out in the Mountains resurfaces as a web-only publication.

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Burlington police reported a “serial groper” has already fondled five women in their outerwear.

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Wal-Mart nixed its plan to build a superstore on the site of a Civil War battle in which scores of Vermonters died. We’re still fighting bad ideas.

That’s how many Facebook users are fans of the page “Bring Back Sarah Lavigne.”

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Oh frabjous day, callooh, callay. After months and years of bad news from every corner, on almost every subject, at last I have found an article that shows solutions to a big problem — how to fix the health care mess in our state [“For Health Care Reform, Dr. Hsiao Is the Man With the Plan,” January 19]. Like a good solution to a lot of other problems: When it appears, it can be reasonable, logical and doable. Thank you to Kevin J. Kelley — and more so to Dr. William Hsiao.

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I was both pleased and heartened to read Megan James’ article, “Raising the Barre” [January 19] about the attributes and benefits of the study of ballet.

Ballet is 500 years old, and if the value of anything is how long it hangs around, then this thing is priceless. Yet, as Jonathan Franzen offers in his timely novel, Freedom: “all the real things, the authentic things, the honest things are dying off … intellectually and culturally.” I worry when I attend performances of the New York City Ballet at Saratoga each summer, and note the dwindling and aging of the audience witnessing a brilliant company of Balanchine dancers articulating this most extraordinary art form.

Still, in spite of all the misconceptions and, yes, ignorance about ballet, Jennifer

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In last week’s “Fair Game,” Shay Totten incorrectly reported that longtime Barre-Montpelier Times Argus editor Andrew Nemethy, who was laid off January 13, has declined a job at the Vermont Press Bureau. In fact, there has only been a preliminary discussion about the post and no offer made or rejected.

In “Roll Out the Barrels” Corin Hirsch wrote that Sean Lawson stated that hops contain cannabinoids. In fact, Lawson pointed out that while hops are part of the cannabaceae family, they do not contain illegal THC, the active cannabinoid in cannabis.

Homan’s recent history of it, Apollo’s Angels, has been on the New York Times best-seller list for months now; the widespread interest in and fascination with the current film Black Swan has garnered Screen Actors Guild and Golden Globe nominations for Best Picture; and now Megan’s article in Seven Days is giving notice to local practitioners. Bravo!

Well, how about giving ballet another 500 years, at least? Personally, ballet has given little ole me so much that I owe my very life to it.

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The cover of Seven Days, depicting Dick Mazza as a godfather, is not amusing.

Would you have depicted Gov. Shumlin as a loan shark? Or Madeleine Kunin as a whore?

Italian Americans — and persons of Italian origin everywhere — have been victimized by the Mafia for too long to have its vicious, archaic culture now used to identify and stigmatize us. You’re making fun of the victims.

Italians have their own very serious political issues right now.

Berlusconi, also of course, but an electorate who allegedly supports him and supports a strongly anti-immigrant agenda.

Vermont’s institutions, among which I proudly count Seven Days, should be fierce guardians of diversity and tolerance and embrace — not ridicule — the vast humanistic legacy of Italian civilization of which the Mafia — and fascism — are destructive aberrations. louis mannie lionni

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What about the bottle pickers? Ken Picard’s discussion of proposed bottle-bill revisions leaves them completely out of the picture [“Is Vermont’s Bottle Bill Ready for Recycling?” January 26]. However, we do hear a lot in the article from the lobbyists for the beverage association. Frankly, I don’t care much about the profits of the wholesale beverage industry, but I do care about the small army of pickers who work hard every day to keep the streets free of redeemable glass and aluminum. Why is our bottle bill not celebrated as a rare triumph of the free market? And where is the basic contradiction between holding the manufacturers responsible for excess packaging (bravo!) and holding on to an expanded deposit bottle bill that has worked well?

firearms now proposed in the legislature (H.83) is a “knee-jerk reaction to recent events” is preposterous and insulting to all of us who have been working for years in diligent and careful ways that respect excellent research showing such laws save lives and prevent suicide. Shame on him for a knee-jerk statement!

The simple truth is that suicide is the second-leading cause of death for Vermont teens 15-19 years of age, and most youth suicide in this state is carried out with guns. True, as Mr. Cutler points out, guns are widely accessible to youth in our state. But we don’t have to accept the fatalistic statement that “sometimes things [will] happen” as a result.

There is widespread agreement among groups across the spectrum, from the NRA to the American Academy of Pediatrics, that guns should be locked up and stored without ammunition when kept in homes with children. Certainly this should be a common-sense issue for owners in homes where anyone is felt to be at significant risk of self-harm.

This child-safety law would not in any way restrict the rights of anyone to keep or bear arms; it simply codifies that owners have a responsibility to store them in a way that minimizes the risk of serious injury or death. There are no provisions to enter homes or check for safe storage — these laws only apply in the event that injury has resulted from reckless storage.

I hope that legislators will have the courage to look seriously at this bill and will see that it can help to protect our young people without infringing on anyone’s rights.

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love and marriage: It’s a theme of enduring, universal interest.

What cynic has not teared up at a wedding, sincerely wishing the couple a long and happy union?

Who does not root for the boy to get the girl — or the boy? We always want things to work out. And that optimism parlays into multiple industries devoted to the pursuit and celebration of … mating.

In this issue we consider A WEDDING FAVOR YOU CAN SMOKE; the proper care of VINTAGE RINGS; the NAME-CHANGE DILEMMA; wannabe WEDDING OFFICIANTS; and an ARRANGED MARRIAGE. We also report the “he said/she said” about A DATE SET UP BY SEVEN DAYS. While it did not result in a love connection, maybe it helped our plucky singles hone their strategies — for next time?

As Alexander Pope wrote nearly three centuries ago, hope springs eternal.

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The budget cuts, if approved, would boost caseloads for mental health workers from 35 to nearly 60 in some parts of the state. Wait lists for outpatient services would increase from weeks to months, Tessler said. It will also mean that many adults now living independently would get less support and be at greater risk of ending up back in group homes, hospitalized — or worse.

FLOYD NEASE, executive director of the consumer-based Vermont Association for Mental Health, said he was “shocked”

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The state should redirect some of the $12 million being saved by cancelled plans to build a 15-bed secure residential mental health facility on regional mental health services, Nease said.

He also has another suggestion.

“I know this sounds odd coming from a guy who helped get three bridges replaced in his district, but you could stop all optional paving projects and not have to make these cuts,” said Nease. “We could choose people over pavement.”

Meeting of the Mayors

Last week’s public hearing on Burlington Telecom was as much about the 2012 mayor’s race as about a beleaguered municipal telecom that owes taxpayers $17 million.

Councilors KAREN PAUL (I-Ward 6), JOAN SHANNON (D-Ward 5) and KURT WRIGHT (R-Ward 4) — all considered possible mayoral candidates — took great

pains to distance themselves from the BT debacle, while lobbing pot shots at Burlington Mayor BOB KISS. Despite calls for his resignation and demands that he apologize to voters, Kiss didn’t rise to the bait — or even raise his voice.

Each of the three “candidate” councilors did his or her best to represent the “taxpayer.”

Shannon reminded residents that the council took the lead in creating a Blue Ribbon Panel, a special audit committee to review the city’s and BT’s financials. It also disallowed BT’s use of the cash pool.

Paul took Kiss to task for spreading misinformation: The mayor continues to claim that BT would now be financially stable if the administration had been allowed to negotiate a deal with Piper Jaffray in late 2009. Even the consultants hired to turn BT around admitted that notion was folly.

That the council went along with some of Kiss and Chief Administrative Officer JONATHAN LEOPOLD’s plans should not be seen as an act of complicity, Wright insisted. “Could we have figured this thing out?” asked Wright. “It was a trust issue. We trusted that the administration was not doing what we later found out it was.”

Wright urged Kiss to admit “serious mistakes were made” as a way to rebuild trust in city government.

Kiss didn’t waver, insisting that he and Leopold have only had the city’s best interests in mind.

Off the Block

The 44 residents at Wharf Lane in Burlington were spared eviction last week on the very day it was scheduled to happen. The Burlington Housing Authority and the Vermont Housing Finance Agency brokered a deal to buy both Wharf Lane and neighboring Bobbin Mill apartments from Pizzagalli Properites, according to PAUL DETTMAN, BHA’s executive director.

Dettman said the agreement — to be signed off on officially this week — would see a near-term purchase of Wharf Lane with a closing on the Bobbin Mill no later than December 2012.

One clarification: In last week’s column, I referenced the annual revenues of Pizzagalli Construction — not Pizzagalli Properties. Although the former company still bears the family name, it is now employee-owned. The

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Sen. Bernie SanderS’ (I-VT) eight-hour lecture about the evils of capitalism, combined with his criticism of the Federal Reserve, have earned him a seat on the Congressional Joint Economic Committee. No foolin’.

This 20-member panel holds hearings, performs research and advises Congress on the economy. It was established by the Employment Act of 1946, with the charge to make “a continuing study of matters relating to the U.S. economy.”

Sanders’ own campaign economics have greatly improved thanks to his mid-December “Filibernie.” He now has $535,000 cash on hand, according to his most recent Federal Elections Committee report.

If either Mesick or Jenkins wins, the Democrats would hold an outright majority on the 14-member council.

Question is: Will the incumbents prove invinceable?

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Cable TV viewers in the United States are getting a decidedly Western view of the unrest in Egypt.

That is, unless you’re a Burlington Telecom subscriber. BT is one of the few cable outlets in the U.S. that offers Al Jazeera English. You can find AJE on Channel 132, tucked between TruTV — formerly Court TV — and FOX Business.

Maybe the situation in Egypt will help boost BT’s subscriber base. Then again, the last thing Mayor Bob Kiss needs is unending footage of people rioting in the streets, calling for the resignation of an unpopular leader.

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The Barre-Montpelier Times Argus is laying off staff and the Burlington Free Press still has its mandatory unpaid furloughs. Meanwhile, VTDigger.org is hiring.

Digger-in-Chief anne gaLLoway has brought on her first full-time staffer: Josh Larkin will serve as Digger’s director of design and technology and will also contribute articles. Larkin and Galloway worked together at the Times Argus, where Galloway was laid off more than a year ago and Larkin worked as a reporter.

Speaking of second chances, here are two more: More than four years ago, Out in the Mountains ended its 21-year run as Vermont’s only free, monthly LGBTQ publication. A new crew of volunteers is now hoping to relaunch the pub as an online community newspaper. The nascent site can be found at OITM.org.

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In an odd-numbered year, with no general election in sight, the major parties tend to rearrange the deck chairs.

Vermont Democratic Party Executive Director roBert dempSey announced last weekend he is calling it quits as soon as a successor is found, while Vermont Republican Party Chairman Steve LarraBee announced two weeks ago he’s leaving his post, too.

Former GOP lawmaker and government exec pat mcdonaLd is emerging as a lead candidate among the Rs. McDonald ran Lt. Gov. phiL Scott’s winning 2010 campaign — just one of two GOP candidates to be elected to statewide office.

The other was Auditor tom SaLmon. dan riLey, chairman of the Bennington County GOP, previously ran for the post.

He said McDonald would be a great pick.

“Her whole management style, beginning with open and direct communication, is perfect for the Vermont Republican Party at this time,” said Riley. mark SneLLing, who lost the race to Scott, is working behind the scenes to help reorganize the party and is being urged by some to consider the chairman post.

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According to a U.S. state depart - employment arrangement “didn’t work ment spokesperson, the program has out” because of his delays in opening a new caf é in Montpelier, where he’d exploded in popularity in recent years, growing f rom 54,700 participants in expected them to work. That setback 2000 to 130,000 in 2010. The state de - also reduced his need f or workers in partment doesn’t keep track of where the industrial kitchen he operates in the program participants live and work. Winooski.

Ndibalema claimed that, as soon Nor does the Vermont Department as he realized there wasn’t enough of Labor monitor how many J-1 visa work f or the Peruvians, he contacted holders are currently employed in the state — though anecdotal evidence sug - the agency that sponsored their J-1 gests many foreign students are coming visas — American Work Experience of to Vermont to work in the state’s ski Greenwich, Conn. — and asked that they be reassigned to another employer, or resorts, hotels, cruise ships and other even another state. tourism-related businesses.

“A f ew of them had already lef t and It doesn’t always go well. A recent went to other states,” he asserted, adding Associated Press investigation revealed widespread abuses in the J-1 visa pro - that it was his first experience using the gram. Lured by the promise of wellJ-1 visa program.

The Peruvian women said paying jobs and the opportunity to live Ndibalema’s inexperience with the and travel in the United States, many program is no excuse f or the way they overseas students f ork over thousands of dollars to private, third-party brokers were treated. They said he should have to provide them with work and housing, worked with their sponsor, AWE, to coronly to find they’ve signed up for over- rect the problems.

“We trusted the company that we crowded living arrangements and dan were going to work with somebody with gerous, potentially illegal employment.

The AP investigation discovered that experience in this kind of exchange program,” said Naiara Preguntegui, a some J-1 visa holders were placed in up unannounced in the house and 20-year-old strip clubs when bedrooms. college student they expected Pinillos expected to be “bunking” f rom Lima. “But to be working in with another woman. She didn’t think when we got that meant they’d be sharing one mat - restaurants. Some here, our em tress on the floor. In another room, three student workers were paid less ployer told us women shared another single mattress. it was the first than $1 per hour, “Why am I supposed to sleep in the time he’d ever while others same bed with this woman? She’s a done something were f orced to complete stranger to me,” Pinillos com like this.” Not sleep in shi f ts plained. “So I ended up sleeping on the because their only were the couch,” she said.

St Af ANY Du Eã S c iEz A housing accom girls unable to Pinillos’ allegations were echoed by modations were work other jobs those of three other Peruvian women — they lacked so overcrowded. interviewed f or this story. All Social Security numbers — but they had Currently, two federal probes are inveswere employed by Samosaman no transportation in and out of Barre tigating allegations of human trafficking until just last week, when a and often resorted to hitchhiking to get related to J-1 visas. fellow Peruvian, now a permaNo one has made such harsh ac - to work and back. nent Vermont resident living Preguntegui had many of the same in Franklin County, “rescued” cusations against Ndibalema, himself a complaints as Pinillos. Though her con them from their situation and took them recent immigrant to the United States. tract clearly specified that she’d get at Ndibalema came to Vermont f rom the into her home. least 40 hours of work each week, some Republic of Congo with his wif e and The f our Peruvians, all university weeks she spent fewer than eight hours two children in 2000 and has grown a students f rom Lima on summer break, at Samosaman. Her last paycheck, dated successf ul restaurant business, which expressed bitterness, disappointment and anger at the way they’d been treated has been profiled twice by Seven Days . January 27, was f or $19.20 f or a twoweek period.

He also appeared in the April 11, issue in Vermont. Each said she paid more of Parade magazine last year, where his Ndibalema wouldn’t disclose how than $3000 for the opportunity to come salary was listed at $222,800. much he paid his employees, though to the United States under the federal J-1 his most recent pay stubs f or the f our Ndibalema, 39, denied virtually all the Summer Work Travel Program, which Peruvian women indicate a rate of Peruvian women’s allegations against allows foreign students to work here for him. He did admit that their f ull-time $8.15 per hour, which complies with as long as four months.

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orena Poli Pinillos said she had no illusions about getting rich when she signed a contract to spend three months working in a Montpelier café in the winter — during her summer vacation. The 23-year-old university student from Lima, Peru, said she expected to make enough money to cover her travel expenses, plus maybe a little extra to see the United States.

But Pinillos’ experience was anything but a vacation. Her contract, with an out-of -state company that sponsored her visa, guaranteed her at least 40 hours of work each week, or about $1200 each month.

But Pinillos claimed that her Montpelier employer, Samosaman Café, never lived up to its obligation, and often gave her less than half the hours she’d been promised.

Caf é proprietor Fuad Ndibalema also guaranteed Pinillos “suitable ac commodations.” But she f ound herself among 11 f oreign workers living in a five-bedroom, one-bathroom house in Barre City. Though men and women shared the house, Pinillos claimed, there were no doors on the bedrooms, and the bathroom didn’t have a lock.

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Nicole Thompson, a state department spokesperson, said her office is aware of the systemic problems with the J-1 visa program and recently adopted an improved “vetting process” for employers who want to participate in it. The department has increased its monitoring of agencies that arrange for J-1 visas, of which there are about 1450 nationwide. Thompson said she was unaware of any specific complaints about Vermont employers.

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Shortly before press time, the Franklin County Peruvian woman who “rescued” the four young women last week notified Seven Days that Ndibalema had purchased four plane tickets so the women could leave Vermont.

“It’s not about the money,” Ndibalema explained. “I tried to do my best as a humanitarian. I’m a citizen of the world.”

All four Peruvians left the state last weekend, but not before sharing their impressions of the time they spent here.

“We hate Vermont,” said Stafany Dueãs Cieza, 20, as the others all nodded in agreement. “Why did he bring us here if he don’t have work for everybody?”

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Ndibalema denied he charged the women anything for their accommodations, which he described as “very good”; he said he invested $16,000 in new furniture for the house in Barre City, which he owns.

However, copies of the four women’s pay stubs, provided to Seven Days last week, reveal a $200 “cash advance” deducted from each one. When asked about the $200-per-person charges, Ndibalema explained that they covered the cost of utilities, including electricity, cable TV and Internet access.

According to the Vermont Department of Labor, it’s illegal for employers to withhold more than $80 per month from a worker’s paycheck to cover housing expenses. An employer may charge more for housing, but it can’t be automatically deducted from the wages.

Was $200 worth the price the women paid? A Barre City fire inspector visited the house in December after one of the residents filed a complaint. According to Barre City Fire Chief Tim Bombardier, the inspector found no major fire-code violations, but did confirm that a lot of people were living there. No citations could be issued, since Barre City has no maximum-occupancy standards for private homes.

Ndibalema admitted that, for a “short time,” he had 11 employees living in the house at 39 Beckley Street. However, he denied that the bedrooms lacked doors and the bathroom had no lock. Asked whether his tenants were forced to share beds, Ndibalema just laughed.

“They’re young girls! They wanted to stay together,” he said. “They didn’t want me to separate them. They cried!”

Ndibalema’s contract with American Work Experience apparently didn’t include any oversight of the workers’ housing. An AWE spokesperson wouldn’t comment on the situation in Montpelier or answer any questions about the company itself. “We’ve adopted a policy of not talking to reporters anymore,” the spokesperson said.

The company website describes it as a “fully designated sponsor of J-1 cultural exchange programs.”

But the performance and compliance chief at the Vermont Department of Labor recently opened an investigation into Samosaman’s labor practices. She wouldn’t comment on her findings.

The staff of Sen. Bernie Sanders is also aware of, but wouldn’t comment

localmatters Burlington Cabbies Up in Arms About Proposed Meters b Y AND Y b r o mA g E MATThEw ThORSEn

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urlington City Councilor Emma Mulvaney-Stanak (PWard 3) doesn’t take taxicabs very often, but she vividly remembers one very expensive ride from Nectar’s to the Courtyard Marriott and back. Under the city’s “zone system” of pricing, the six-block trip should have cost her $6 or $7. The cabbie charged her $14.

The situation hasn’t changed much over the years. In 2008, a Seven Days investigation documented what Burlington taxi riders have known for years: The zone system is routinely ignored and unenforced, meaning a cab fare from Point A to Point B can cost almost anything, depending who’s driving.

What’s new is the city’s response: A total rewrite of the taxi regulations that would replace the zone system with meters. Draft regulations headed to the Burlington City Council this month would also subject taxi drivers to random drug tests and biennial physicals, and crack down on bad habits that city officials say they’ve tolerated for far too long: cab drivers smoking, watching porn, sleeping in parked taxis and dressing sloppily, for example.

Mulvaney-Stanak, who also sits on the city’s Taxi Licensing Board, says the new regulations come in response to “chronic complaints” — often from cabbies themselves — about price gouging, a glut of taxis on city streets, offensive behavior and a lack of enforcement of the existing rules.

“Right now it’s a little bit like the Wild West out there,” says Mulvaney-Stanak, who says the goal is to create “very consistent standards for drivers.”

For cabbies, those “consistent standards” would mean no cellphones or “improper dress,” such as exposed boxer

shorts or exposed midriffs. No watching porn or “lounging” in the cab. Violators can already lose their taxi license for such offenses. Under the new rules, they could also face fines of up to $500.

Queen City cabbies are fuming about the proposed rules change, threatening to sue the city or pull out of Burlington altogether if it goes through. While many agree the system needs fixing, they view the city’s solution as an “overreach” that will lead to a cabbie exodus.

“If the city is so bullheaded that they can’t work with us, we just won’t service the city of Burlington,” threatens Paul Robar, owner of Burlington’s largest taxi company, Benways Transportation. “We would take every legal action known to mankind to fight them.”

Robar admits the zone system is widely abused, but he opposes switching to meters because, he claims, it would be more expensive for his customers. Under the zone system, rides within Burlington now cost $6.53 to $14.37, depending on the distance.

The 60-page draft taxi rules make no mention of what Burlington meter rates would be. Fares would continue to be set by the city council, with adjustments pegged to federal transportation rates set by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Any time gas prices rise 25 percent in a six-month period, a two-thirds majority of the city council — at a petitioner’s request — could adjust meter rates.

Today, taxis that work from Burlington International Airport are already required to be equipped with meters. Fares from BTV are $8.50 for the first two miles, plus $2.75 per mile for the next eight miles and $2.10 for every mile after that. The metered return ride usually works out to be more expensive than the nonmetered one that brought you to the plane.

At the January public hearing, one cabbie suggested the city meter rates be set at $8 for the first mile and 60 cents for each additional quarter mile. “Anything less will result in an unsafe taxi fleet,” the cabbie said, meaning taxi drivers won’t earn enough to maintain their vehicles properly.

Today, zone pricing only applies to rides that begin and end in Burlington.

Customers who start or end their trips elsewhere are free to negotiate prices with cabbies. That’s created a sort of free-market system for cab fares that taxi meters would do away with. Under the new regs,

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Freddy Solomon, an independent cab owner, reminded the city panel last month that the vast majority of cab business comes from prearranged pick-ups, which have generated very few complaints about price gouging. Almost all the problems are coming from hailed cabs, he said, so if the city wants to require meters, it should do so only for hailed rides.

Not every cabbie in Burlington opposes the meters. Charlie Herrick, the co-owner of Green Cab VT, a fleet of five alternativefuel Toyotas, doesn’t agree with every proposed rule change, but says the meters would be a huge improvement over the zone system. Right now, customers hailing cabs can’t reliably predict how much cab rides will cost, he says.

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They understand that, but they don’t understand anything else.”

Too many taxis is another common complaint heard by the city, and Mulvaney-Stanak says the new regulations would “likely” mean fewer licensed cabbies, in part because new drug and health screenings would disqualify some applicants. However, she stresses the regulations wouldn’t cap the number of licenses given out, or institute a New York City-style medallion system. At present, there are 168 taxi drivers licensed to serve Burlington and Burlington International Airport.

Cabbies have complained about the proposed drug tests and questioned whether randomly screening private employees is even constitutional. Assistant City Attorney Nikki Fuller believes the city is on firm legal ground and “It’s right for customnotes that it’s taxi owners ers to have a fair repreand drivers themselves sentation of the cost of a who often complain to ride,” Herrick says. the city about other cabRobar argues that bies’ drug habits. the city should better “We had such a huge enforce the regulanumber of people [with tions it has before enconvictions for] possesEmmA m u lVAN E Y-StAN Ak acting new ones, even sion and sale, the city while admitting that would be kind of remiss he has trouble keeping in not trying to address his own drivers in line. Robar tells Seven that issue before giving out a license,” says Days that the state recently threatened to Fuller, noting that drivers who demonstrate fine his company $10,000 because drivers they’ve been clean for some time can qualhave been caught smoking in their cabs. “I ify. “When you give someone a license, you can ream them a new butthole. I can tell give the impression the city is saying this them they’re not going to smoke, but it’s person’s OK to drive around.” a little harder said than done,” Robar says.

Another bone of contention — the Burlington police have jurisdiction requirement of biennial physicals — is over taxis, but Mulvaney-Stanak admits meant to weed out drivers with medical it’s not the department’s top priority. To conditions, from mobility issues to vision address that, the new regulations would problems, that would make them unsafe empower a “taxi advisory group” made up for licensing, Fuller says. of drivers, consumers and industry reps to “We have one person with asthma who enforce the ordinance. Mulvaney-Stanak could barely breathe, and we’re going, ‘Are likens it to a “neighborhood watch.” you serious?’” Fuller recalls. “Not that “They’d be empowered to go up to a you’re trying to be mean or anything. But taxi driver, ask for their license, do a quick if this person can’t breathe, should we put inspection to see if they’re complying with them in a taxi with someone? We want to the new ordinance,” she explains. “They make sure that whatever condition you won’t have the ability to issue tickets, have is properly treated.” but they can initiate a complaint process All those extra tests would jack up the which would trigger an investigation or annual taxi license fee — to around $200 inhearing to review the situation.” stead of the current $105, according to Fuller.

Robar’s beef with the current state of For his part, Robar is resigned to the Burlington’s cab industry goes beyond city council approving the new regulawhat’s addressed by the regulations. He tions, and is threatening to stop serving complains of refugee taxi drivers who Burlington as a result. The city, he notes, don’t speak English and receive assis- represents a mere 10 percent of Benways’ tance from resettlement programs toward business. paying for their cab and taxi license.

“When the snowstorm comes the next “You’ve got to be able to speak English, time, and people are calling for a cab, and and you’ve got to know where you’re there is none out there,” Robar says, “well, going,” Robar says, adding that when the thank your city fathers.” m ride is over, “They understand the money.

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My sincere sympathies to the families of the youngsters who took their own lives [“Aiming Low,” January 26]. It is already illegal for anyone under 16 to possess a firearm without parental consent. It’s already illegal to provide anyone under 16 with a firearm without parental consent. And it’s already illegal for anyone to possess a firearm in a school building or on a bus.

(13 VSA sections 4008, 4007 and 4004, respectively).

A new law requiring that each owner lock up his or her firearms is virtually unenforceable and won’t prevent any future tragedies.

Laws merely provide a framework for prosecution after the event.

The most appropriate shrine to the memories of these youngsters is to improve the mental-health and suicide prevention programs in our schools.

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Judith Levine’s “Poli Psy” column “All Against All” [January 19], offers a valuable perspective on the ideological and cultural roots of American violence, with one significant distortion.

In a grossly self-serving manner, she denies the culpability of the media in feeding, propagating or encouraging social violence. Given that we are no longer a

local, oral culture, in which information is passed primarily by word of mouth, none of the right-wing messages she declaims would have been heard without some form of print or airwave or digital media to disseminate them.

This makes not only the authors of antisocial words liable for the real-world effects of language, but perhaps even more so the media which allow those words a wide audience without, at least, a concurrent editorial rebuke.

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facility. The outpatient dialysis service at the Medical Center Campus dialysis unit is unusual in that this chance is skewed.

When outpatients become too sick to be treated at a satellite unit, the hospital outpatient unit, which has more resources because it also treats very sick inpatients, accepts that patient. There is no provision for analyzing outcomes at a facility that deliberately accepts outpatients whose dialysis care is challenging.

There’s another problem with the article in paragraph nine, which states: “Brumsted’s claim is supported by another study: Last year’s report by the Northern New England Cardiovascular Disease Study Group revealed 6.3

percent of FAHC’s cardiac patients die of postoperative renal failure; the regional average is 3.8 percent.”

This is false. The statistic refers to the percentage of patients who experienced postoperative renal failure or renal insufficiency among the most recent 500 cases as of the end of June 2010, where the surgery was only for coronary bypass grafts. It is not a measure of mortality. It is not a measure of those who required dialysis — many don’t. It is not a measure of all cardiac patients, but a subset of certain heart surgery patients.

Regarding concerns stated in the article about staff and staff levels: The commitment by Fresenius Medical Care to hire existing clinical staff and maintain the current staffing levels is stated in the signed letter of intent, as is the commitment to our maintaining medical direction at those units. The same commitments will be included in the completed contract.

Fletcher Allen chose Fresenius, in part, because the organization is comfortable with Fresenius’ commitment to maintaining the quality of care Fletcher Allen provides for its patients.

Misleading stories such as this unnecessarily upset patients and their families, and impugn health care providers without reason.

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The article “Fletcher Allen Tops the Charts in Death by Dialysis” [January 19] was a misinterpretation of complex data, and in one instance a wrong characterization of a heart surgery statistic.

The headline implies that mortality data indicate the deaths of patients treated at Fletcher Allen’s dialysis units were related to inferior dialysis care, with resulting high mortality. The article gave the public the wrong impression, and did a disservice to our dialysis caregivers and the patients they treat.

There are two issues that need to be addressed in considering dialysis care. One is the use of the appropriate method for comparing outcomes among outpatient dialysis facilities (the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services, CMS, does not collect inpatient dialysis data).

The second relates to the structure of Fletcher Allen’s dialysis service.

First, the percentage of deaths cannot be meaningfully compared as was done here. This is because the patient characteristics at one unit may be very different from those at another unit. If one unit has sicker patients, it may have a higher death rate. To compare outcomes, a correction must be made for health differences (known as risks) among patients. The risk-adjusted death rate describing dialysis facility outcomes is the measure that CMS uses to compare dialysis facilities, not the crude percentage rates that appeared in the article.

The other problem with comparing outcomes is unit size. It is easier for a small dialysis unit to have either all very sick patients or all very healthy patients, making for large differences between death rates at small facilities that happen just by chance. Statistical methods also adjust for this possibility and are used to help fairly compare outcomes.

Deaths may be outside of the control of the unit. For example, over the four years in question there were five deaths at Fletcher Allen’s Central Vermont Dialysis Unit. Three of the deaths were patients who made the decision to stop treatment; one died from heart disease, and one from infection. The raw 40 percent death rate at that unit cited in the article is not really different from the 20 percent national average when CMS analyzes the data incorporating the appropriate adjustments.

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lynn Center patrons who bought tickets to Waitingf or Godot might have thought the wait was almost over: The Christopher McElroen production, set in post-Katrina New Orleans and perf ormed by Af rican American actors, was scheduled f or this Saturday, February 5. Instead, the show has been canceled.

The reason? The Samuel Beckett estate suddenly pulled the rights to the play, according to Flynn artistic director ARNIE MALINA . “We found out a week ago, and it was a startling development, because the same company got the rights a year ago to perf orm the play,” he says. Indeed, last year’s tour included stops at the Hopkins Center at Dartmouth College and at Middlebury College. “Apparently the increased publicity the piece has gotten over the year drew the attention of one of the [Beckett] f amily members, and he made the decision they didn’t want the specifics of Godot

associated with New Orleans,” Malina explains.

Which is puzzling, because what better expresses unrequited expectations than the citizens of the Crescent City waiting for help after the devastating hurricane and fl ooding? Remember FEMA? Why wouldn’t the family of the Irish dramatist applaud such a poignant and riveting update of the 1953 play? The production was nominated f or a 2010 Elliot Norton Award for its presentation at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston, and the Museum of Modern Art has acquired the archives f rom the site-specifi c production; they’re on view through September 12, if you happen to be heading to New York City.

McElroen’s original conception is exactly what Flynn-goers will be able to see, as it turns out. “What we’re replacing it with on screen is the fi lm version of the New Orleans one,” says Malina. That would be the one staged on a rooftop in the city’s Lower Ninth Ward, and in a

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30-foot pool of water. The piece merges Beckett’s words with the rhythms of hip-hop and speech patterns of African Americans living in New Orleans.

McElroen, a New York-based producer and director whom Malina calls “a really innovative f orce in theater,” will be on hand to discuss the work, political activism and the di˛ culty of getting the rights to the play — and, one imagines, the ease of losing them.

Though the Flynn is reimbursing

THEATER ticket holders f or Godot, patrons may want to come around on Saturday night f or the unique opportunity to witness the New Orleans play — f ree! — on the theater’s new stage-to-ceiling movie screen, and have an audience with the director. Actor J. Kyle Manzay, who played Estragon (“Gogo”) in Godot, is coming, as well.

In addition to the Saturday night presentation, Manzay and McElroen are conducting a master acting workshop

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But on Monday night, it hosted a lively debate inspired by a screening of the local documentary Bloom: The Plight of Lake Champlain.

“It was packed ... about 150 people,” says VICTOR GUADAGNO , who wrote, produced and directed the fi lm. He says he noticed “a f ew legislative reps” in the audience, along with municipal representatives and lakeside homeowners.

Perhaps most vocal, though, were the f armers. The “bloom” of the documentary’s title is the toxic blue-green algae, caused by phosphorus, that closes lake beaches and kills pets. The fi lm pinpoints agricultural f ertilizer runo° as one major source of that pollution. The other two are urban stormwater and aging wastewater treatment plants.

Some of the fi lm’s interviewees suggest that politicians aren’t addressing lake pollution because agriculture has sacred-cow status — so to speak — in Vermont. “Listen to any politician who’s running for o˛ ce,” says DENNIS HILL, assistant principal of Bellows Free Academy in St. Albans. “They will talk about

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Guadagno.But But Institute had something to say about that. “I took Gund Institute Erickson says says the the f or Ecological an earf ul f rom people,” says Guadagno. topic was was already already Economics, say they “[Farmers] take it personally. They f eel “near and anddear dear to to didn’t make Bloom like they’re criticizing their lif estyle.” my heart. heart.Since Since mymy to point a fi nger at But overall, he says, the debate was baltime ininVermont, Vermont, it it farmers. It’s the fi rst anced and had a “very civilized,” townjust seems like like this thisisis in a planned f ourmeeting feel. an issue issuethat’s that’s been been ROGER episode series on Among the attendees was highly politicized, and o the Farmer’s the lake problem, with with the the next nextthree three RAINVILLE, chairf we haven’t got a whole Watershed Alliance, whose members focusing on solutions. lot of traction on it.” say ag is already working to clean up its Guadagno creates programsf or With a $35,000 budget, says Erickson, act. Rainville appears in the fi lm, too, VERMONT PUBLIC TELEVISION, where he won a the team shot Bloom over three months presenting a f armer’s perspective: “It’s regional Emmy for the series “Emerging starting last September. Veteran charpretty hard to get motivated to start Science.” In the course of his work, he acter actor Chris Cooper, who won an looking at a potential water-quality met ecology prof essors Erickson and Oscar for his role in Adaptation, did the issue,” he says, “when you can’t even AMY SEIDEL . Together with Ben Falk of voiceover narration. feed your kids.”

Whole Systems Design, they formed the The fi lm alternates between talkingIt’s no surprise, says Guadagno, that nonprofi t production company BRIGHT head interviews and deceptively pretty the agriculture section of the 28-minute BLUE ECOMEDIA to “tell stories about susshots of the autumnal lake. Some, taken fi lm has provoked the most controversy: tainable solutions and have them f act f rom the air, reveal the bright-green “No one has a personal connection to based in science,” says Guadagno. Then “blooms” of algae spreading like some stormwater or to a wastewater-treatthey approached the Shelburne-based alien fungus. ment system.”

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in the afternoon, focusing on the Grotowski technique, named after the Polish mid-century progenitor of experimental theater Jerzy Grotowski.

Malina, though disappointed the touring show won’t be staged at the Flynn, is rolling with the punches.

The costs of flying the presenters to

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Burlington, staffing the theater and presenting the film and workshop are “the cost of doing business,” he notes philosophically. “Things happen sometimes.”

At least a show has been salvaged for the Godot spot, even if it’s not the scheduled one and will be offered at a loss to the Flynn. Earlier last month, a show

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simply evaporated due to visa problems: Cape Verdean singer Carmen Souza was booked for a January 14 show in the FlynnSpace but was unable to enter the country. “It had nothing to do with us,” Malina explains. “The agent and manager of Souza, who bring in many international artists and have a great deal of experience with this, paid the onerous $1000 expediting fee to rush it.

And still [the visa] did not come.”

Malina acknowledges that visas have been difficult over the last decade, but says there are ongoing efforts aimed at legislation “to try to make it easier.”

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The Environmental Protection Agency agrees. On January 24, the EPA announced that it is withdrawing its approval of Vermont’s 2002 water-quality plan for Lake Champlain. “EPA intends to work closely and collaboratively with the State to develop a new plan for reductions in phosphorus from sources in Vermont,” the feds’ statement reads.

What will that “new plan” entail?

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large-scale changes in agricultural thinking and practice would help: “We learned a long time ago that monoculture doesn’t work.” Urban dwellers, he says, can’t let themselves off the hook for lake pollution, given the role of stormwater: “You can be part of the solution by creating a rain garden, creating a backyard garden.”

Both filmmakers emphasize their interest in finding solutions — Erickson says he hopes to couple the next, more detailed, episode about agricultural runoff with a design charrette. The goal, he says, is to “see if we can figure out where there is some general consensus about Vermont principles and the future of agriculture in Vermont, and where there is significant disagreement. ... We didn’t hear a whole bunch about the lake during the [2010] campaign, so we’re hoping this film can put the lake back on the agenda.” m

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No sweat: Wang has played piano since the age of 6. He is also captain of his school’s debate team, math league and Scholars’ Bowl, a “Jeopardy”-type competition for high school teams.

His parents are from Xi’an, China.

Another tortured product of “tiger mothering,” à la Amy Chua’s recent bestseller on extreme Chinese parenting, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother? Actually, no. Far from being pushed to take up piano, Wang recalls, “I always knew I wanted to play. I haven’t always wanted to practice,” the friendly, relaxed teen adds with a laugh.

He “should” practice an hour a day, he admits, but “it’s not anywhere near that on the weekdays” due to his school activities.

Wang judges himself “not good enough to go to conservatory” — he’s interested in pursuing finance or law — but that assessment proves doubtful when he sits down at his family’s Kawai 6-foot grand and tosses off the opening bars of “Rhapsody.” Wang’s movement is almost balletic, which lends his phrasing an immediate beauty. Both are of a piece with the room, which is precisely

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“He could be heading for a conservatory,” affirms Wang’s piano teacher, Paul orgel, “but his priorities are really set. Piano for him is an avocation.”

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Orgel, whose private students are typically advanced high schoolers, notes that 10 of his current 13 are Chinese.

He thinks author Chua may be “talking about a real phenomenon,” but he considers Wang to be in a class by himself.

“The thing about him is that he’s totally open to anything,” Orgel says. “He has total enjoyment of classical music. He’s just a really lovely person.”

Wang seems more excited than nervous about his first appearance with an orchestra. It’s the music that interests him, not his playing. For eight months, he explains, he practiced and then performed “Rhapsody” for the competition with Orgel accompanying him on a second piano. Now he’s been to two of four scheduled rehearsals with the Philharmonic. “It sounds so much better with an orchestra,” Wang enthuses. “The dominant solos — clarinet, trumpet — you gotta hear it.” m

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And, in fact, the prime mover behind the Eiffel Tower was the French structural engineer Gustave Eiffel, who also designed the interior framework for the Statue of Liberty.

Nonetheless, Sweety, I join you in believing such an answer leaves important aspects of the subject unexplored.

Popular reference works are no help. For example, if we turn to Wikipedia, we learn “the tower was built as the entrance arch to the 1889 World’s Fair,” or, as the French in their parochial way preferred to express it, l’Exposition universelle de 1889.

The Eiffel Tower stands at one end of the Champs de Mars, a large green space in central Paris commonly used for such public spectacles. Cross the Seine, perambulate respectfully beneath the tower, and there you are.

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Earth, to see an entrance arch that might have been bought on sale at Menard’s. Still, grand is one thing, extravagant is another. The reigning tallest structure in the world at the time, the Washington Monument, was a mere 169 meters (555 feet) in height, and as of 1890 the tallest conventional building — meaning one you could work or live in — was the New York World Building, at a puny 94 meters (309 feet).

A more economical people than the French, therefore, might have said: If we were to erect a tower of 200 meters rather than 300-plus, we’d accomplish our primary objectives — having an entrance arch, securing our place in the record books and dazzling the rustics — while nonetheless leaving

ourselves a sizable sum that we might prudently invest in treasury bonds.

But they didn’t. Eiffel’s pitch for the project was specifically that he could build a 300-meter tower, and the expo planners bought it. Fact is, the Eiffel Tower arguably holds the record for ratio of grandiosity to usefulness of any structure in the world.

(Some will say the Statue of Liberty comes close, but let’s remember who dreamed that up.)

This is a matter worth pondering. People have been building tall structures since the days of Babylon — mostly for the glory, of course, but usually with some ostensible higher purpose in mind.

Temples and cathedrals celebrate the divine; the pyramids are tombs; the Washington Monument commemorates the first U.S. president. The tallest building in the world at the moment, the 160-story Burj Khalifa in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, is 828 meters tall (2717 feet). One suspects this is somewhat larger than was demanded by the local real estate market, but the fact remains that the Burj Khalifa is a building, containing habitable space.

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However, business dropped off after the fair closed. The original plan was to demolish the tower after 20 years; it survived primarily because enterprising parties found practical uses for it. Rare is the visitor, gazing at the tower’s famous silhouette, who hasn’t thought, This would be the perfect spot to park my dirigible. In reality, however, tall structures make notoriously bad airship anchorages, due to buffeting winds. The tower did serve as an airship pylon on at least one occasion, when aviation pioneer Alberto Santos-Dumont rounded it during a prize-winning flight in 1901.

The salvation of the Eiffel Tower proved to be in communications. An antenna for wireless telegraphy was added in 1906; later commercial radio and TV antennas were installed.

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out on your own, and an owl does come along, you’re history,” Winfield says. “You want to nudge your way into the middle of the flock, not be out on the edges.”

Burlington is also a warmer place, literally, than the ’burbs. “It’s 5 to 10 degrees warmer near the waterfront before the broad lake freezes,” Newman notes.

Despite all these comforts of civilization, crows, like other wild animals, don’t really like to hang out around humans, Winfield adds. “Birds actually get just a fraction of their sustenance from bird feeders,” she notes. So, once summer comes and rural living gets easier, many crows are outta here.

The comparative harshness of the current winter may be forcing more crows than usual to come to town, both the ornithologists suggest. They also point to the possibility of a baby boom among local crows this past spring. But neither Newman nor Winfield reports hearing in birding chat rooms about any crow eruptions in Burlington or elsewhere in Vermont.

Those tweeting so excitedly about crowds of crows congregating downtown and in the neighorhoods “might be flatlanders unaccustomed to what’s a regular occurrence,” Winfield says.

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Is there actually, as ornithologists term it, an “eruption” of crows in the Queen City this winter?

Probably not, veteran wildlife watchers concur.

Crows are always more numerous in urban areas in winter than in summer, notes Carol Winfield, a zoologist and founder of the Vermont Wildlife Rescue Association.

“Some birds don’t migrate because they can

make a living here,” she says.

“It’s normal for crows to roost in Burlington in winter,” adds Craig Newman, a wildlife rehabilitator and director of Outreach for Earth Stewardship. “I’ve seen hundreds of them in the trees on First Night.”

It’s not like crows are tracking all those “Best of” ratings, but they do enjoy the amenities Burlington offers — especially food, water and shelter.

Winfield points out that “food gets harder to find this time of year, and humans are a great source of food for adaptable, intelligent creatures like crows.” We can be relied on to provide “road kill, garbage and bird feeders,” she says.

Carrion is a crow’s favorite dish, Winfield notes, but adds, “They’ll eat anything: mice, fruit, vegetables, French fries.” That probably explains the noisy scene at Intervale Compost, where hundreds of crows and seagulls squawk hysterically while circling mounds of decomposing organic matter.

The comparative scarcity of predators is another big reason why crows prefer urban life, Newman notes. There aren’t nearly as many great horned owls — Crow Enemy No. 1 — on the Church Street Marketplace as in, say, the Green Mountain Audubon Center in Huntington. And it’s wise for crows to stay well away from owls these days, because “owls are pretty hungry now, too,” Winfield says.

Even if a starving predator should be prowling the Intervale, crows know there’s safety in numbers, she continues. “If you’re

neighborhood before you were,” Winfield says she informs the newcomers.

Crows do attract attention, she adds — “They’re big and they’re noisy.” Someone just becoming aware of Vermont’s fauna might first alight on crows, Newman says, because “they’re the most common wild species of animal that people encounter.”

Maybe, too, proposes Mark LaBarr, conservation biologist and land steward for Audubon Vermont, the phenomenon has more to do with social media than with Corvus brachyrhynchos (the American crow) itself. “What now becomes a widely circulated rumor would in the past have stopped with just a couple of people,” LaBarr says.

It’s true that crows creep out some humans. They’re associated in legends and literature with death and despair (think of Poe’s poem about the crow’s close cousin, “The Raven”). Consider also that, while scientists speak of a “flock” of crows, folklorists refer to a crow gathering as a “murder.”

Their fondness for dead meat may largely account for this linkage in the popular imagination, as may crows’ discomfiting call and their funereal plumage.

Whatever their rep, crows are clearly unwelcome in Watertown, N.Y., where an honest-to-God eruption does seem to have occurred. The upstate city has been exploding fireworks and blaring recordings of crow distress calls in an effort to shoo away the estimated 15,000 of them roosting in Watertown nightly.

Eruptions have also been reported in Syracuse, Utica and Mount Auburn, N.Y. The last locale has gone so far as to stage a crow-shooting contest.

Newman doesn’t endorse such extreme measures, but he acknowledges that poop can be a problem. “All those crows up in the trees can plop a lot of guano on cars below,” he observes. “It’s pretty amazing.”

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y now, most readers of Seven I, too, extend my fervent wishes Days must know that the barn to Johnson for a fast recovery. After at Pete’s Greens in Craftsbury all, he isn’t only a respected leader of burned to the ground on the Vermont’s localvore agriculture movefrigid night of January 12, taking with ment. He’s a neighbor and a member it all the farm’s packing and storage of a well-known and beloved family Romantic Dining Casual Atmosphere equipment, and a quarter-million dol- in these parts. His brother, Andrew, 27 Bridge St, Richmond lars’ worth of produce and meat. The an Olympian Nordic skier, and sisters, barn itself was insured for only three- landscaper Anners and floral designer Tues-Sun • 434-3148 quarters of its value, the food not at all. Danika, are just as ambitious, industriAt least for the moment, Pete Johnson ous and charming. The community mourned the too-early death of their 12v-toscano020211.indd 1 1/31/11 1:42 PMhas lost the farm.

Support from all over Vermont ma- mother, Nancy, not long ago. terialized immediately, from the jug of It is hard to separate Pete’s Greens small-change donations on the check- from Pete Johnson himself. That’s a out counter at Buffalo Mountain Co-op good thing about local business: It has to the Bid for the Barn online auction a face, someone to be held accountable AFTER DARK Seven Days MUSIC SERIES that last week raised almost $65,000 — or to help in an emergency. That per1/16th ad: on hundreds of contributed products sonal connection also makes it easier to 2.3 xamong 3.67 vertical and services, them a handspun forgive a mistake, even if it might affect Chris Smither 1.11 alpaca hat from Common Crook Farm, your own livelihood, and underinsurSaturday, February 12 at 7:00 p.m. a family consultation from Mad River ance to the tune of several hundred United Methodist Church Valley Counseling and a lobster dinner thousand dollars is one big business $18 advance, $20 at the door from Stowe Seafood. The solidarity — blunder. After all, Pete’s Greens is no “Smither delivers one of the most and the breadth — of Vermont’s small- ConAgra, but neither is it a struggling riveting live shows you are ever likely business community is impressive to family farm. The food community is to see”—Rollingstone.com behold. showing admirable goodwill.

P.O. Box 684 Middlebury, VT 05753 In a commentary on Vermont Public It was in the light of these events — e-mail: aftdark@sover.net Radio, food writer Marialisa Calta the flaming barn, the glowing response www.afterdarkmusicseries.com asked whether the absence of Pete’s — that I watched with dismay as that (802) 388-0216 Greens would make a difference in the other Pete, Vermont’s new Democratic Tickets on sale now at: Main Street Stationery, bigger scheme of things. “Does it really Gov. Shumlin, outlined his proposed the Middlebury Inn and by mail matter,” she asked, “that patrons of state budget last week. The governor’s high-end restaurants won’t be dining principal plan for filling the $176 milon Johnson’s braised fennel this season? lion budget gap is to toss in the splinters 12v-AfterDark011211.indd 1 1/6/11 1:06 PM Or that members of his CSA will have hacked off the state-funded agencies to survive without deliveries of nitrate- that serve the mentally ill, the elderly free bacon?” and others in need; he’s also shaving She answered her question with a the state’s commitment to local public hearty yes, cataloging the trickle-down schools. for a UVM research Study effects of the farm’s wholesale business, Just like Pete Johnson’s catastroof Behavioral-Biological Factors its Good Eats CSA and its charitable conphe, these losses bite into the rest of Affecting Cigarette Smoking. tributions: $100,000 of food purchased the economy and leave individuals We are looking for people who are: each winter from other local produc- hurting. Service reductions will put • Healthy Adults, 18-55 years old ers for the CSA; dozens of Vermont the most vulnerable out in the cold, • Available once everydayTim for O’Brien restaurants whose reputations are built and nonprofits will have to pick up Chris Smither 15 consecutive days onp.m. serving local organic foods; 35,000 the pieces. School boards will choose Saturday, February 12 at 7:00 United Methodist Church, Middlebury. pounds of produce donated annually to between laying off staff and burdening We offer flexible sessions: the Vermont Food Bank; 11 wintertime their towns with higher property taxes.

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Upbytothe $650 compensation out of one man. His guitar playing is remarkably bereaved until the enterprise sends up You might say all this pain results not forbits more info fluid. HisCall songs656-5360 are gleaming of gold new shoots and is reborn. so much from what Shumlin is doing performed in a variety of styles.”—No Depression.

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Shumlin said his proposal is “in keeping with the long tradition of frugality and common sense that is the lifeblood of Vermonters.”

Well, yes and no. Vermonters, as evidenced by the Pete’s Greens story, also have a long tradition of mutual aid.

I don’t know what Shumlin’s own deepest values are, but, sadly, his budget reflects Vermonters’ changing beliefs and feelings. The change didn’t just happen this year or last; it’s been pushed for several decades by antigovernment rhetoric from the right.

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The recently published Pulse of Vermont survey, which is taken every five years by the Vermont Business Roundtable, provides some indications of these changing values and loyalties.

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Pete Johnson is important to Vermont’s economy and its community life. But equally important is the kindergarten teacher and the town clerk and the guy who plows the roads. Equally important are the workers who don’t own companies and the nonprofits that, beyond fulfilling their missions, provide good jobs.

No doubt, it feels better to give voluntarily to the handsome fellow who grows your spinach than to be compelled to pay taxes to benefit a surly runaway teen or buy a box of Xerox paper for some bureaucratic office. But government provides mutual aid, too.

And when the state cuts $4 of services for every dollar it raises in revenue — Vermont’s record in recent years, according to PAI — that’s not very mutual.

I’ve been thinking of making lapel pins that say “Raise My Taxes.” I invite those financially secure folks to show their commitment to Vermont by joining me in putting one on. And the legislature should muster the courage to take our advice.

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They should be.

They’ve been screwed. The sorry part is that they see the government and other less-fortunate people as their screwers.

The survey uncovered some other interesting attitudes. Asked what parts of life in Vermont they felt were most threatened, for the first time respondents put the safety of the food supply, and family farms and local agriculture at the top of the list; educational opportunity fell way down.

Why these changes of heart, these new worries? For one, as I’ve said, since the last survey was taken five years ago, Vermonters have listened nonstop to their previous governor blaming greedy teachers and state workers for the mess the state is in. Meanwhile, farmers have gained cachet. With more organic farms, more food consciousness and more farmers markets, people have gotten to know and like their local growers. And — no small thing — the agripreneurs have been doing some brilliant marketing.

The survey respondents who “had the highest confidence in many of the state’s central institutions” were the “most secure financially.” They were also the “most committed to life in Vermont.” I have a feeling these people make up the lion’s share of donors to Pete’s Greens. Who but an extremely financially secure person could afford a $200 bowl of onion soup at Hen of the Wood to benefit a barn?

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they like it,” she says. “Other people are open to whatever you’re presenting.

They want to know what they’re tasting and how it all works.”

Herrick rolls her cigars in di˜ erent lengths and thicknesses. In recent years, as cigars have grown in popularity — especially among women — she tends to roll smaller cigars, such as robustos and toros, which are shorter and feature a f ull-fl avored but mild tobacco. She rolls other types as well, including the Cubano Rose, the Chukka Torpedo, the Pony Boy and the Clara Corona.

For more seasoned cigar smokers, Herrick chooses a darker, shade-grown broadleaf tobacco with more dominant veins, which, she says, creates a “more rugged cigar.”

Like a wine connoisseur, Herrick enjoys explaining to her guests the various fl avors and textures of the tobacco they’re experiencing as they smoke, pointing out which ones are “leathery” or “earthy.” Also, she makes sure her guests don’t commit a grievous cigarsmoker faux pas: lighting the cigar with a lighter, which can contaminate its personalized cigar labels. These can include the newlyweds’ names, the date of fl avor with butane. Wood matches only, she insists. the a˜ air and its location.

Herrick doesn’t just work weddings.

On the big day, Herrick sets up her Over the years she’s been hired for a variequipment at a predetermined time and ety of gigs all over the country, including place. She might roll cigars during the celebrity golf tournaments, fundraisers, cocktail hour, or as an after-dinner treat. corporate parties, even an Irish wake.

Herrick then o˜ ers a one- to two-hour demonstration in which she explains the She’s met members of the New England cigar-rolling process, the history of cigar Patriots at a golf tournament, where she making, and the di˜ erent characteristics set up on the 10th hole and had cigars of the tobaccos she uses. She always has ready to smoke when the players rolled some prerolled cigars on hand for guests up in their carts.

Herrick was even hired to work the who want to fi re up while they watch.

June 2009 wedding reception of Boston Herrick uses Cuban-seed, broadleaf Red Sox owner John Henry, which was tobacco that’s grown in the Connecticut held in the outfi eld at Fenway Park.

Valley and cured in the Dominican “That was great!” says Herrick, herRepublic. She’s very particular about self a Boston native. “I got to run the the cuts of tobacco she uses, both for the bases, something I wanted to do since I fi ller and wrapper. Since most of the ciwas 2.” gar’s fl avor derives from the wrapper, she For couples-to-be who are interested says, sometimes she cures it beforehand in o˜ ering their guests a Vermont Cigar with Cognac or Bailey’s Irish Cream.

Herrick keeps more than one variety Factory experience, Herrick recommends they contact her well in advance of tobacco on hand, too, to ensure that of the big day. Though winter is her she can please the cigar neophyte and quiet season, she can be booked every the connoisseur alike. weekend during the summer.

“In every wedding, there’s a handful Herrick’s price depends on how of people who know exactly what they many cigars she rolls and how long she like, but they’re not entirely sure why

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lizabeth Herrick says her presence at wedding receptions comes as a surprise to guests — especially when they discover she’s the one hand rolling their cigars.

“It’s f unny, because they’re usually not expecting me,” says Herrick, owner of the Vermont Cigar Factory. “They’re expecting someone in a f edora with a mustache … But they still expect me to know what I’m doing.”

That she does. Despite her company’s brick-and-mortar-sounding name, Herrick is the Vermont Cigar Factory’s sole torcedora, or cigar roller.

Since 2004, she’s been hiring herself out f or weddings and other special events where the hosts want to add an element of panache to the a˜ air. And what better symbol of the good life than a premium, hand-rolled cigar?

“It adds that extra something,” Herrick explains. “There are only a few places where the nonsmoker will smoke a cigar: a business deal, on the golf course, a birth announcement and at a wedding.”

Herrick doesn’t seem like a stereotypical cigar afi cionado — the 39-yearold account manager f or Burlington’s

Dealer.com looks outdoorsy and athletic — but she learned her craft from a true master. For years her parents vacationed in Key West, where her father befriended a Cuban man named Angel Garcia who always rolled his own stogies.

Fascinated by the process, Herrick asked Garcia to teach her the skill of cigar making, as well as the history and traditions that surround it. Today, she still uses the 100-year-old cigar cutter and wooden cigar board that Garcia gave her. The latter features an image of the Virgin Mary and is “like a shrine,” she says, a testament to the Cuban’s reverence for his craft.

Herrick explains how she typically works a wedding: First, she meets with the bride and groom in advance to fi nd out how many guests they’re expecting, so she can estimate how many cigars they’ll need. For example, f or a 100person a˜ air, Herrick may recommend preparing up to 60 cigars in advance.

“You’d be surprised how many people actually want a cigar,” she says, “whether they want to smoke it right there or keep it as a souvenir.”

Herrick also asks the couple f or their wedding colors so she can create

An Idyllic Vermont Mountain Setting stays. Typically, she charges a flat “rolling fee” to cover her demonstration.

Additionally, the cigars themselves range from $6 to $8, depending on the wrappers and type of tobacco used. As any experienced cigar smoker knows, that’s a bargain for a premium, handrolled cigar, especially since the federal tax increased dramatically in 2009.

Vermont’s stringent smoking laws generally require that stogies be smoked outdoors if employees are present.

Herrick advises her couples and other event planners to check with the venue manager beforehand to ensure there’s a suitable place for guests to light up.

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The Seven Days Setup Your favorite weekly paper plays Cupid to help two singles fi nd love. Or not.

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inter may be the worst time of the year to be single. The days are dark and bleak, the streets are empty and lonely, and it feels like everyone but you is snuggled up with their sweetie on a bearskin rug in front of a crackling fi re.

We here at Seven Days wanted to do something about that. So we decided to play Cupid by setting up two singles on a blind date. Then, we hoped, we’d sit back and watch some sparks fl y.

To fi nd these brave singles, we donned our matchmaker hats and scoured our personal ads to fi nd two folks we felt might make a good match. Then we gave them some cash and sent them to the Daily Planet, voted Burlington’s Best First-Date Restaurant in our annual Seven Daysies award. The rest was up to them.

Here’s how it went down.

 Name: Mike McGuire Age: 41 Occupation: clock maker

About SailH2O:

 Name: Allison Hicks Age: 36 Occupation: nonprofi t founder and women’s health advocate

About Optimisticblonde: What’s your type?

I’m more attracted to the tall, naturally slender guy. More Nordic looking. I’m fi nding more that I’m into someone who is really passionate about their work, but they’re an energetic, social person. I never want to compete with them, but that charges me. I’m like a battery. Someone who’s moving forward and attentive, who likes to travel and is on more of a nontraditional path and is stable with that. Someone who’s modern and fl exible and intelligent, but compassionate.

What’s your type?

Physically active. Someone who likes to sail, do stuff like that. I’m a very particular person. I would rather be single than dating someone who isn’t right for me. I wouldn’t date someone just for the hell of it, just to date someone. I’d just like to go out with someone who has similar interests and likes to be active outdoors.

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Why are you a catch?

I own my own business. I’ve done quite well at it. I’m very spontaneous. I like to pick up and plan a weekend getaway now and then. I’m a person who likes to be active. I enjoy the company of someone who is outgoing.

What’s your dream date?

I’d probably ask her if she wanted to go for a walk and get a hot chocolate or something.

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SailH2O: I was actually not real positive going into the date, but I’m generally a positive person. I fi gured I probably wouldn’t be matched with someone who was compatible. But I was going to have a nice meal with someone and chat.

Optimisticblonde: You always get a little nervous on a blind date. I’ve just been on so many dates and a lot of blind dates, and I wasn’t too stressed. And I know the Daily Planet really well, so it was a comfort place for me.

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SailH2O: I was there 10 minutes early. I think she was 10 minutes late. I was disappointed when I saw her.

Optimisticblonde: He was sitting on the couch when I came in, but I didn’t know that. I was waiting for the hostess, so we’re both standing there, and he asked me if I was here for the Seven Days thing and I was, like, “Yeah,” and he said, “Well, I guess I’m your date.” And I was, like, “OK,

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Why are you a catch?

I think I’m a pretty attractive woman who is realistically attractive. I’m 36; I’m not a college student. I’m very accomplished. I’m independent. I like to travel. I’m not needy. I’m almost unneedy. And I’m up for a lot. I’m really committed to philanthropy and doing good work and making sure my heart is connected with my actions. I’m exceptionally outgoing and really playful. And I’m a bit witty in an evil way.

What’s your dream date?

Well, I’d totally do what we did the other night I loved that. ˛ at’s great. ˛ e person would be more interested in me, obviously.

me, too.” He seemed really uncomfortable or shy, which I think is normal.

side. I think we had a great conversation. I mean, it went by pretty quickly.

SailH2O: I’m sure she’s a great woman. But typically I date women in their late twenties to early thirties. I felt like I was sitting across from someone who was in her fi fties. It’s not a big deal; I’m just saying. Physical attraction is half of it for me, at least. I just wasn’t attracted to her physically.

Optimisticblonde: I didn’t f eel like he asked me a lot about myself. Like, I was being the redirector. I share my whole story with everyone, so I want guys to actually ask me about myself. So, I didn’t share anything with him in that way. He asked me a little a bit about what I do. I felt like he was not interested in me at all.

Optimisticblonde: We went to the back and sat, and it was, like, “Who are you? What’s your name?” kind of stu˛ . That was fi ne. I wasn’t super attracted to him. He’s not a bad-looking guy. I possibly would go out with him again, just because I’ve been on so many blind dates that have been way worse. But this wasn’t this instant, heartpounding Wow. SailH2O: I talked most of the time. I just talked about my lif e and everything. And I asked her some questions about what she did. Pretty much the conversation was just based on job-related things and other things I do on the

SailH2O: Initially, I was skeptical whether or not I was going to have fun. I just felt like — it’s di˝ cult, obviously, to meet people who have similar interests. I’ve been on hundreds of dates. OK, maybe not hundreds. But I’ve only been on fi ve second dates, by choice. I just fi gured I wouldn’t be sitting across f rom someone who had the same passions as I do. But I had a good time chatting with her.

Optimisticblonde: It was defi nitely a good conversation.

But he talked a lot about his dating history and his other

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dates. So I knew about other women he had been dating and where they had been eating in town. I thought, Obviously you’re not interested in me, so I guess I’ll just be that person to talk with. I’m not about to scold you and say that it was really inappropriate first-date conversation.

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Optimisticblonde: I don’t consider him a strong personality, and that’s awkward, because I’m a very strong personality. I tried to step back and not talk about myself, and I would try to get him to open up. He’s a little pessimistic about dating.

SailH2O: She wanted to know if I wanted to go out again when we left. It was kind of awkward saying, “I don’t think we’re compatible.” So I didn’t even say anything to her.

We hugged and parted pretty much immediately. I didn’t feel like I wanted to exchange numbers, because I wasn’t into her physically. Or really just interested, period.

Optimisticblonde: I wondered if he would kiss me. But no, he walked out and walked away from me. He’s not a toucher. It could have been me, because he wasn’t attracted to me. He’s very shy, and I knew that, but literally he turned and walked away. And I was like, “OK, later.” I think it was awkward for him, like, “Oh, how do we do this?”

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SailH2O: If I had to rate the date, I don’t know. Maybe a two [out of five].

Optimisticblonde: I think I’d probably give it, like, a three, but maybe that’s generous.

But I’ve been on really bad dates before. I’ve been on dates where in the first 10 minutes the guy is telling me about his Weight Watchers plan and talking about his points. And I’ve gotten up and left.

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Advice for Her I like your open-minded and optimistic approach to blind dating.

That said, you were perhaps a little too easygoing and arrived late.

Never underestimate the power of punctuality — being 10 minutes late for a blind date is pushing it, and it can set the wrong tone for the evening.

If you’re on a date with a guy who’s talking nonstop about other women he’s dated, he may just be nervous. Try saying something like, “Well, I’m glad none of those other dates worked out,” and redirect his attention by asking about career, travel destinations or the latest Lindsay Lohan drug scandal.

It is possible to be too optimistic. It sounds like you knew this guy wasn’t for you, and yet you still wondered whether he’d kiss you. The dating pool is shallow in Vermont, and one must remain hopeful, but this guy clearly

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You say you’re a positive person, but I’m not seeing it. You said you weren’t really positive going into the date and that you didn’t have faith that you’d be matched with someone compatible.

That doesn’t sound positive — it sounds downright depressing. Lighten up! You’re dating in Vermont — embrace all opportunities for human contact, especially in the deep freeze of winter.

I can see why you’re dating women 10 to 15 years younger than you — you’re immature. Physical attraction and chemistry are very important, but so are humility and kindness. Insulting a woman’s looks is simply uncalled for. Plus, you’re 41 and still single — perhaps it’s time for you to raise the age requirement?

You did most of the talking and think the conversation was “great” — that should be a red flag for you. On future dates, be sure to ask as many questions as you’re answering. No one likes a blabbermouth.

Parting ways after a lackluster first date can be awkward, but you need to man up and be able to say, “I had a nice time hanging out with you, but I don’t think we’re a match.” In the grand scheme of things, it’s the most mature and polite thing to do — certainly a lot less inelegant than walking away without a word. m

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Can we draw lessons from a failed love connection? After reading the postdate interviews, the Seven Days editors decided to request a postmortem from our resident sex and relationships columnist, Mistress Maeve. Disclaimer: Maeve is not a licensed psychologist, and she had no firsthand contact with the daters.

Her assessments are based on the recorded interviews.

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If you’re asked to offi ciate a friend’s or family member’s wedding and you don’t want to become ordained on the Internet, the state offers temporary offi ciant certifi cates. Between July 2009 and June 2010, Vermont issued 530 of them — earning a welcome chunk of change for a state plagued with budget defi cits. ° ese certifi cates cost $100 and are good for one day only. With one in hand, you are able to sign a marriage license, send it to the town clerk who issued it and, within 10 days, it’s offi cial — you have married the couple.

Vermont accepts other types of certifi cation, including ordinations from Internet services such as the Universal Life Church, which are typically free.

What if, down the line, the courts declare your offi ciant’s clergy status invalid?

No problem, says Linda Hall, who administers Vermont’s temporary-offi ciant certifi cation.

In other words, you don’t get out of the marriage if the offi ciant wasn’t legit.

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ive years ago, a f riend asked me if I would consider being in her wedding. But she didn’t want me to stand by her side as a bridesmaid in a meringue dress, or to perf orm a dramatic reading of her favorite poem. Nor did she care to have me toss fl ower petals or carry rings on a satin pillow.

No, what my friend wanted from me was more complicated than sashaying down the aisle and smiling pretty. She wanted me to marry her. And her fi ancé.

Together. Forever.

I must admit that, at fi rst blush, the request was thrilling. Who has more authority, more power over the tenor of the ceremony, than the o˛ ciant?

This is the person who asks the couple if they take each other in sickness and in health, f or all the days of their lives. Who unites two souls. Who is

responsible for the service’s success or failure.

That’s a lot of pressure for one person who is neither religious nor romantic.

The more I thought about it, the less o˛ ciating sounded like such a great proposition.

What did I know about marriage and the ultimate commitment? I didn’t know any married f olks who stuck it out to the end except my grandparents, and I don’t think they even liked each other. Wouldn’t I be more supportive as a gleaming face smiling up at the couple f rom the rows of guests, rather than standing in f ront of them on the dais asking them, “Do you...?”

In the end, my desire to be part of the wedding defeated my trepidation. I agreed to o˛ ciate. While the ceremony was not without its hiccups, it was unique, and the couple was pleased.

It was a win-win deal f or all of us.

They got a meaningf ul ceremony with an appropriate mix of humor and poignancy, and I got to join an everincreasing group of lay people who can say they have hitched two of their pals.

In recent years, the number of people getting ordained through virtual ministries such as the Universal Lif e Church has exploded.

Anecdotal evidence suggests weddings perf ormed by f riends and f amily are on the upswing. Perhaps this is because people have come to believe that marriage is less about religion and its attendant hierarchy and doctrinal contradictions, and more about community and family.

What clerical fi gures still have over us lay folks, at least in terms of marrying people, are the twin advantages of history and experience, as well as an

acute understanding f o ceremony.

Priests, ministers and rabbis know how to get the job done. Most of us, unless we’re theatrical types who can improvise, do not. But that doesn’t mean we can’t learn.

Before you take on the responsibility of being the o˛ ciant, you need to ask yourself if you can handle it, says Kathryn Blume, a nondenominational minister (her ordination came f rom an ad in the back of Rolling Stone years ago) who perf orms roughly 40 weddings a year. Committing to running the ceremony will require a level of comf ort with public speaking, something that Blume, an actor and theater director, certainly has. If that prospect makes you queasy, perhaps it’s best to take a pass.

“Don’t say yes unless you’re really willing to do it,” Blume counsels.

“There’s no reason to stress out a friendship over such a big occasion. This is not the time to challenge yourself.”

Once you say yes to perf orming a f riend’s or f amily member’s wedding, you need to fi gure out what the couple wants, says Moretti, a mono-named o˛ ciant with a decade of experience marrying people. His fi rst suggestion for the couple: Stay away f rom traditional wedding guides.

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Post or Martha Stewart,” Moretti says. poem or a blessing — and it’s on to “They just put out this list of shoulds. the pronouncement and the muchYou should do this, you should do that. anticipated smooch. Then, as the But Martha doesn’t know you.” officiant, you’re home free and making He tells couples to close their eyes a beeline for the open bar. and envision what their wedding will It’s one thing to plan a ceremony, look like — “paint a picture of the day.” To another thing to perform it. How do mitigate the stress and anxiety, Moretti you get the couple (and yourself ) reminds the couple that only two things from quivering puddles to relaxed have to happen on their wedding day: and happy? According to Moretti, (1) Both parties have to indicate consent it’s all about breathing, both real and to marriage, and (2) the officiant has to metaphorical. witness that consent. Beyond that, “It’s In successful wedding services, all bells and whistles,” he says. he says, energy is shifted onto the Getting the couple to a place where couple, off them and back throughout they can envision the wedding they the ceremony. When the focus is on want, and not the wedding their friends you, you can switch it by pausing and family want, is essential. From occasionally and checking in with the there, you can begin a discussion of the couple through little jokes or gentle ceremony itself. touches. The calmer you are, the more One of the most important roles of at ease they’ll be. the officiant in those early planning days “You want to create some space, and is to act as the couple’s sounding board. let them relax and reflect,” Moretti says.

When they talk about elements they’d “The hardest part of being an officiant like to see in the is holding space ceremony, Moretti and dealing with suggests asking whatever emotions them why such come up.” components are When the day meaningful. What of the wedding I’d does this reading agreed to officiate or that tradition finally rolled say to or about the around, the couple couple? and I had sketched It’s not meant to out the structure of be an interrogation the ceremony and but an opportunity written the script to reinforce the for the day together. couple’s values. If I cracked some your friends are jokes, remembered thinking about to stand up straight morE t ti adding movements and fashioned a such as handfasting perma-smile so the or candle lighting, asking them to assembled knew it was a wedding, not explain their motivation can help refine a funeral. I talked about the couple’s the ceremony. attributes and even a few of their Once you have discussed important failings, albeit gently and with love. components, you need to design I explained the traditions they had the ceremony itself. There is a basic chosen to incorporate into the ceremony structure to every wedding ceremony, — a chuppah and some glass breaking. I says Blume, so there’s no need for prompted them to read their vows and procedural reinvention. then proudly pronounced that, by the Begin with a prayer, a poem or some power vested in me by the state of New kind of reading. Talk about why the York and the Universal Life Church, partners are good together. Throw in they were married. a reading or a song. Then you’re on to Things didn’t go exactly as planned. the vows, which are “a little bit trickier,” But the only people who knew that were Blume says. the bride and groom, and they were too The Internet is a boundless resource over the moon to care. It was a lot of for ceremony structure ideas, as well as work to make sure my friends got what boilerplate vows. If the couple chooses they wanted. And it was emotionally to write and read their own, Blume draining to participate so intimately in stresses, they needn’t memorize them. such a momentous life event. But it was “It’s the worst idea ever. It’s just worth it. asking for trouble,” she says.

“It’s the best seat in the house,” After the vows, the officiant can Moretti says. “It’s so delicious.” offer some final thoughts — another I wholeheartedly agree. m

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The place is dusty, with Kurjan, 47, can trace fluorescent lights and a her love of vintage jewelry tinny radio. Both men to a single, stunning ring D O L O R ES K U R JA N have worked as jewelers she first saw more than for more than 20 years a decade ago. She was — Sisco owns Designers’ working at Designers’ Circle on Church Street — and you can Circle when a woman came in with a tell by the graceful way they navigate 1930s 18-carat white-gold ring with delthe cluttered room that they’ve shared a icate filigree and a sea of European-cut work space much of that time. diamonds. The woman’s daughter had Sisco, 56, is resizing an engagement inherited it from an aunt but didn’t want ring from the 1920s. It’s platinum with it; she wanted to buy a new computer. delicate filigree, a half-carat center “I fantasized about that ring,” Kurjan diamond and six tiny melee diamonds says, but the store didn’t deal in vintage around it. He plans to reduce the ring jewelry at the time. So she bought it herby two sizes while sparing an engraving self. “I still have the ring, but I’m sure from its previous owner. To do this, he’ll that computer’s long gone,” she notes. have to cut from the side.

On a recent afternoon, Kurjan is Sisco saws through the band, nimbly wearing a long, Victorian necklace avoiding his fingers — “This will cut adorned with a cross chock-full of amright to the bone,” he says — then gin- ethysts. It’s not hers, she says; it’s a piece gerly uses pliers to bring the sides to- she’s selling, but it spoke to her today. gether. Next, most jewelers use a torch The shop, she says somewhat guiltily, to fuse the joint, but a few Vermont “is like a big jewelry box … I try not to jewelers use lasers. Sisco is one of them. [wear too much of it], because then I The $30,000 instrument allows him to want to keep it.” use platinum as his solder metal, matchVintage Jewelers’ showroom is a ing the host metal of the ring. wonderland of sparkles and baubles,

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rings together, which adds strength to both. But people usually aren’t so crazy about that idea. Neither is Kurjan.

“I figure, well, you wear it out,” she says. “It’s an older piece, which we replicated and remounted because it was worn out. Somebody else did what I’m doing and wore it out.”

Still, for longevity, you can’t beat platinum. It can usually last until the next generation without any repair, Kurjan says, while white gold might need attention after 10 to 12 years.

Back at Sisco’s workshop, he slips the platinum engagement ring on a metal post and bangs it with a mallet to round it out. He washes it, buffs it, slides a dental probe through its nooks and crannies, and the ring is as good as new.

Finishing up the job, Sisco offers one more piece of advice. There’s an art to receiving jewelry, he says, just as there’s an art to creating it. “Don’t complain about what you get,” he says. “If you don’t like it, just nudge the person so that they’ll be getting into the tastes that you have. Because, if you say you don’t like it, you’re not going to get another piece of jewelry.”

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A diamond, it turns out, is forever, “but the mounting will wear away,” Kurjan says. So, how do you care for your vintage ring? First, take it to a jeweler who can check the setting and the tips of the prongs to make sure the gem is secure. Once everything’s tight, jewelers recommend taking it back every three to six months to be checked, because stones loosen up with normal wear.

One of the easiest ways to damage an engagement ring is to wear it next to your wedding band. The rings rub against each other until the metal setting wears away and, eventually, becomes razor sharp.

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You were the Gilbert Blythe to my Anne Shirley. We were meant to be together.

Like so many young girls, I engaged in the ritual of fantasy name changing long before I had my first boyfriend — or dared talk to boys, for that matter.

I grew out of it. I went to college and dipped my toes in women’s and gender studies just enough to start feeling I was getting shortchanged in life simply because I was a woman.

Then I started writing for newspapers and saw my name in print.

What a name! I thought, week after week (such is the heady influence of a byline). I’m never giving it up. I felt proud of my work and my identity. I couldn’t imagine being anyone else.

Until a few weeks ago, when I asked my fiancé — in that jokey way you do when you’re testing emotional waters — if he’d be hurt if I didn’t take his last name. His earnest response took me aback. “Yeah,” he said. “I kind of would.”

Daniel doesn’t cling to traditional gender roles. He talks seriously about being a stay-at-home dad. He has a weakness for self-help novels. I’ve known him to set up a full-service salon in our bathroom to cut my hair and wax my legs. I never imagined he would care what I did with his name.

So I went looking for some history.

The first American woman to keep her maiden name after marriage was Lucy Stone, a Massachusetts suffragette in the 1850s. A league of Lucy Stoners exists to this day, fighting to keep women from abandoning their names,

which they consider a form of sex discrimination. But, according to a study conducted several years ago at Harvard, the percentage of women keeping their maiden names after marriage dropped between 1990 and 2000, from 23 to 17 percent.

In some ways, I’d more easily give up Megan. My mother named me after Meggie Cleary from the hit ’80s miniseries “The Thorn Birds.” When I was in middle school, she made me watch it with her. She wept through the entire thing; I thought it was creepy.

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But “James” is another story. I love its single syllable, its simple masculinity. It connects me to my English family, to my grandmother Olive in London, who was literally blown off the toilet when a Nazi doodlebug dropped on the house next door (she survived to enthusiastically tell the tale). It connects me to my father.

My mother thinks I should do it — change my name. “That’s the whole point of getting married,” she says. “It’s about forming a union, becoming family.” Her parents never even gave her a middle name. Why bother? they figured. She’s just going to get married anyway.

She eagerly took my father’s name, all but dooming her maiden name to oblivion. Until recently, when she started writing professionally again — she had written for newspapers before she married — and quietly slipped the name back into her byline.

A friend of mine has been married more than a decade but still has to mouth out the spelling of her husband’s name every time she writes it. A bank clerk caught her doing it recently and asked to see extra ID. Lately she’s considered going back to her maiden name.

Many of my unmarried friends say they’ll never take their partners’ names. Some are PhD candidates

Norwich UNiversity preseNts the todd lectUre series But when I began to consider taking his name, something strange happened: I started to feel the weight of what I’ve signed up for. When we get married, we won’t just be throwing a party for our family and friends; we’ll be agreeing to merge our lives — for the rest of our lives.

That’s a big fucking deal. I don’t want it to feel incidental. I can’t pretend that a commitment so huge won’t change me.

And Daniel? He says it’s just as scary sharing his name with me. What if I resent him for it? He jokes that he’ll be forever indebted to me. Never again can he refuse my requests for a back rub, never again override my picks on our Netflix queue.

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already publishing — one admitted she’s keeping her Spanish name because it boosts her chances of getting grants — while others believe it’s simply unfair for either partner to ask the other to give up a name.

The patriarchal implications of the tradition aren’t lost on me. But neither are the sexist origins of marriage itself, and that didn’t stop me from agreeing to marry this guy. Daniel says he’d consider adding my name to his, but frankly, I’m not sure I want to share it.

We could create a brand-new name, but that strips away what I love most about names: They link us to our ancestors.

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When I resized the ring he gave me — his maternal grandmother’s engagement ring — it was important to me that we keep the engraving intact: TMD for Thomas Mason Duthie and FBR for Frances Brown Reeves. I loved those names as soon as I heard them, but it wasn’t until I started wearing the ring that I understood why: Neither is mine, yet they arrived on my finger like a map to the past. I want to be a part of that map going forward.

But who am I kidding? It’s silly to try and justify it. I am not a rational person, and this is not a rational decision. All it took was one imploring look from the man I love, and I was sold. After all, it’s just a name. m

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years, I opened a notebook and wrote out a list of potential names. I don’t like the rhythm of Megan Houghton. The repetition of the two-syllable names, both ending in “n,” sounds clunky. But Megan James Houghton — that’s not bad! It’s like an Oreo cookie, with James as the one-syllable cream filling.

I was warming to the idea, so I asked Daniel why it mattered to him. None of his three older sisters kept the name, he told me. “We would take ownership of it.”

Daniel and I have been together for five years and lived together for the last four and a half. For all intents and purposes, we’re already married. It’s difficult to imagine how making it legal will change anything.

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what he calls the “test drives” of Western courtship and dating.

A dear friend, Inner Traditions author Harish Johari, suggested Ehud marry an Indian woman.

“I thought, How am I going to do that? It was a departure for me,” says Ehud, who grew up in New York City.

Yet, through a series of chance encounters and serendipitous events, he found himself placing an ad in the “matrimonials” section of Indian newspaper the Hindu.

B.R. Vatsala had been scanning those ads for five years. It was a Sunday ritual for families with females of marriageable age. Vatsala — whose family called her Mukta, meaning “liberated one” — was 34 and head of clinical microbiology at a children’s hospital near Madras, where she lived. Vatsala had eschewed early marriage to pursue a PhD and career.

By the time she was ready to marry, her parents were elderly, and her brothers were busy with families of their own.

Eminently practical and a believer in arranged marriage, she set about arranging her own.

Vatsala began replying to ads. Most of the time she got no response, but occasionally she received “very negative and insulting replies,” she writes. Vatsala learned to read the ads skillfully. “I could almost read the mind of the person … I could easily classify these advertisers as sex crazy, money crazy, figure crazy, color crazy, degree crazy, status crazy, culture crazy, hypocrite, slave driver, egomaniac, bride killer,” she recounts in the book.

One spring day in 1995, Ehud’s ad captured her attention. “I am the owner and Chief Executive of a successful International Book Publishing Company based in Vermount [sic], USA, seeking an alliance with an Indian girl with a view to immediate matrimony and parenthood…” Ehud went on to describe himself as Jewish, slim and handsome, and insisted that caste and religion were no bar.

He offered his future bride “stability, status, international travel, financial security and commitment.”

Most importantly to Vatsala, Ehud promised freedom and support in maintaining her culture and religion. “That spoke to him as an individual,” says Vatsala, who found her best pen to write him a letter. She had a feeling that the ad “would take me where I belonged.”

Vatsala’s response was one of hundreds fielded by an acquaintance of Ehud’s who, due to the publisher’s distance, served as his marriage screener in India. The friend chose five women to recommend, including Vatsala.

She and Ehud traded 99 letters over the ensuing few months, probing every detail of the values they felt had to align to ensure a successful union: religion, spirituality, sex, parenthood, even their dos and don’ts of marriage. The markers are probably familiar to online daters: the letters, the awkward first phone conversation, the even more charged first meeting. In this case, Vatsala’s brother accompanied her and, at the end of the meeting, asked Ehud if he was ready to marry his sister.

“I will have to think on it and tell you tomorrow,” Ehud told him, which surprised but amused Vatsala. “If Ehud needed this extra 18 hours of time, he could have it,” she says. “I had lots of patience.”

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More Perfect Union « p.38 in Kerala for a clamorous, days-long dog. How do we navigate this dynamic? wedding celebration. As is customary Does Vatsala want a strong man?”

He believes the book’s advice sets the in India, the bride and groom promised themselves to each other for seven life- boundaries for the couple’s roles and times. Their cross-cultural nuptials made suggests criticism is one of the worst Indian newspapers, along with the story marital toxins: “Do you want a guy who can make tough decisions? Then don’t of how they found each other.

A few days later, Ehud brought his chop a little bit of his penis off each day,” new wife back to his mountainside home he says during an interview. During their in Rochester, where the snow, wooded courtship, Vatsala reacted to this attitude terrain and small population initially with signature dry humor: In letters, she disoriented a woman used to the bustle, began calling Ehud “Captain.”

“I thought, This is someone who can noise and heat of her native Tamil Nadu. play the game of life,” he Ehud’s enormous dog says.

Noogie took some getIn Vermont, Vatsala, ting used to, as well.

50, still wears a red bindi The couple eventually on her forehead and settled into a comfortdresses in a traditional able life together and Indian sari topped with had a son, Mahar. This a dark blue blazer. Her is where their first book, gaze is unwavering, 1990’s Marriage Made in and she waits patiently Heaven: A Love Story in to comment after her Letters, ends. husband’s energetic Their templates for answers.

She points marriage can be found out that male power is among those early letEhu D SpErliNg sometimes an illusion, ters. Ehud’s was “DO: but a necessary one.

Love, honor and obey “In our culture, a man your husband and would decide when a child will marry. accord him his rightful place as head of It’s his right.

But in practice, the women household. DON’T: Challenge, criticize or ridicule him. DO: Expect your hus- make all of the decisions,” she explains.

“Most of the time I don’t feel like I band to put you and family before his have to hold myself back,” Vatsala conown interests. DON’T: Be demanding.” tinues.

“He expresses his views about These meshed with Vatsala’s entreaty something, and we come to an agreement for “no crisscrossing, messing up of roles … in other words, the man does not try together.”

In the 15 years since they married, wearing a skirt and the woman does not Vatsala has published seven children’s try wearing trousers.” books based on Indian mythology; she Though many reviewed the book also runs a homeopathy practice in favorably, kickback against the couple’s Rochester. Their son is 12, and Inner story and the seemingly 1950s-era gender Traditions is healthy. The marriage, like roles it promoted were sometimes fierce, any other, is not always easy — they call especially from women. One reader the tribulations of partnership “storms,” wrote on Amazon.com: “[Ehud Sperling] and navigating them requires what Ehud has the undeserved good fortune to link calls “Vitamin T: tolerance. In India,” he up with Ms. Vatsala, and I feel richly explains, “they [Indians] have a level of sorry for this utterly wonderful lady. I tolerance I’ve never seen [elsewhere] on can only hope after she gets fed up with Earth.” his big shot, ‘alpha dog’ mentality, she can For dating couples considering marmake a good life for herself in the U.S.” riage, the Sperlings have some suggesA decade after their book’s first printtions. “Start by investigating. Start by ing, the Sperlings decided to reissue the sharing your value system,” Ehud says, volume with an update. For them, the rather than jumping into bed or being heart of For Seven Lifetimes is the idea swept up by the current of love. of marriage based on shared values and Once a couple is married, the a platform for spiritual growth. It was Sperlings’ advice is more succinct. “Keep important for Ehud to be open with your mouth shut,” he adds.

Vatsala about his dominant nature prior “Just shut up,” offers Vatsala almost to marrying. “As a publisher, I am used cheerfully. Both, it seems, are referring to to being obeyed,” he says now. With salt- themselves. m and-pepper hair crowning an intense, hawkish face, Ehud exudes authority For Seven Lifetimes: An East-West tempered by thoughtfulness. “I get the Journey to a Spiritually Fulfilling and final say; it is not a democracy. What do I Sustainable Marriage by Vatsala and Ehud do in the relationship? I needed to know Sperling. Inner Traditions, 352 pages. how [Vatsala] would deal with an alpha $19.95. store.innertraditions.com.

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Inexplicably, playwright Barnett makes Oliver nearly a nonentity in his own story.

Like fellow foundling David Copperfield, Twist remains an unforgettable Dickensian character because he becomes the unlikely hero of his own life. Barnett portrays him as a mere pawn, giving the actor brief, simpering “please-don’t-hurt-me” lines. In the Vermont Stage production, director Jason Jacobs doesn’t bolster the passive, underwritten part — played by sweet-faced Libby Belitsos, 11 — with much action or expression.

The adults in the ensemble, however, dive into their roles with relish. Most play multiple parts. Kevin Christopher is the most impressive chameleon. A holloweyed, hunger-stricken orphan hunched over his gruel becomes the supercilious Mrs. Sowerberry, buxom bosom heaving as she pontificates on Oliver’s iniquities.

A few scenes later, Christopher morphs into a marvelous magistrate, guilty of gavel banging while inebriated.

Jordan Gullikson, as Bill Sikes, and Chris Caswell, as Nancy, give nuanced, spellbinding performances.

Gullikson conveys menacing, soulless villainy with “two scowling eyes,” just as Dickens describes.

Caswell captures Nancy’s feistiness, flashing anger, determination and cunning as she navigates her desperate world. Concern softens her demeanor when she tries to ensure Oliver’s safety, especially in scenes with Rose Brownlow, elegantly portrayed

by Taryn Noelle. The women interact movingly as their characters cope with a giant class divide.

Fagin is the star of Bartlett’s script.

Rather than show the criminal’s progression from evil to madness, however, Ethan T. Bowen’s portrait starts at crazy and creepy and stays there. Bowen does bonkers brilliantly, but the repetitiveness of Fagin’s ramblings makes the lunacy eventually lag. As the Artful Dodger, however, New York actor Robby Tann quickens the pace: He’s sharp, sly and always in the know.

Jenny C. Fulton’s scenic and costume design envelops Oliver’s characters in gorgeously rendered visual elements.

Distressed woods, cast-off possessions and a grimy palette of drab neutrals surround the orphans and criminals, while the wealthy inhabit a shiny, color-filled world.

John B. Forbes uses stark lighting effects to emphasize these contrasts. Particularly

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hat makes a play compelling theater — engaging the audience with a great story, or amazing them with clever stagecraft? Call me old-fashioned, but I’m more captivated by the well-told tale. Great storytelling is not at the heart of British playwright Neil Bartlett’s 2004 adaptation of Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist. Dickens (1812-70) created some of the most memorable fiction since cavemen first spun fireside yarns about the Big Woolly Mammoth That Got Away. There’s a reason the English novelist’s work has never gone out of print: He gave good story.

Victorian-inspired visual, stylistic and musical elements brim from Bartlett’s dark version, a play with live music and several sung choruses. But, by making the hero a hapless victim and betraying the ending halfway through Act I, Bartlett dissipates some of the dramatic tension.

That said, Vermont Stage Company’s current production of this Twist still entertains: It showcases mesmerizing performances by outstanding local actors — many of them making their VSC debuts — in an imaginatively rendered world.

Dickens was just 25 when he created the plucky orphan protagonist of Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy’s Progress.

What we now read as a novel originally came out in monthly installments, from February 1837 to April 1839, in the London magazine Dickens edited, Bentley’s Miscellany. The young author was not far removed from his own painful childhood experience, laboring in a shoe-polish factory while his father languished in debtors’ prison. In 19th-century England, poverty robbed children of childhood.

In society’s eyes, poverty and illegitimacy also irretrievably stain orphan Oliver’s moral character. He grows up at the gritty workhouse where his unmarried mother died in childbirth, but gets booted from that meager shelter at age 10 for audaciously requesting a second helping of gruel. His funeral-home apprenticeship quickly goes wrong. The undertaker’s wife, like almost everyone Oliver meets, assumes the worst: “Born of a bad mother!

Born to go wrong at one time or another!”

Oliver flees to London and falls into the clutches of Fagin, who controls a gang of pickpockets and thieves. Others vie to save or exploit the boy as he tries to survive the big city’s bewildering streets, from Fagin’s criminal associate Bill Sikes and sassy streetwalker Nancy to the genteel Mr. Brownlow and his daughter, Rose. Will the

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They’re set up around a table bearing photo albums of Williams’ previous work. The bride remarks on one elaborate Lake Champlain-themed cake; the landscape includes f abled lake monster Champ, underwater shipwrecks and snowkiting.

Williams, who slipped back to the kitchen for a few minutes, emerges with the perf ect little layer cake I watched her stack and frost earlier. Now it miraculously sports elegant piping and shaved Perrin Williams chocolate curls.

The clients tuck into the sweets.

There are fl u˛ y vanilla and chocolate cake wedges, chocolate mousse, Bavarian buttercream, tru˝ e cream, chocolate ganache, chocolate chi˛ on, Chambord buttercream and whitechocolate buttercream. After a few bites, Is foraying into fondant really a piece of cake? the bride — apparently sugared out —

BY C AR O L YN F O X puts down her fork.

“I don’t eat dessert a lot,” she remarks.

“I’ve never eaten the cake at weddings, now-melted chocolate through a fi neinto di˛ erent swirls on tasting plates, anyway.” mesh strainer. Though their wedding she tells me about a wedding order But if there’s a wedding, there must at Stowe Mountain Lodge is about half she once tookf or 300 individual be cake — or so it seems. “This is cakea year away, they’re right Trinidadianf ruitcakes. tasting season,” Williams told me earlier. on schedule — unlike Each one took three Countless lovebirds have become ensome couples who call hours to make. gaged over the holidays, and still others wanting a cake made Af ter all that, do are knee-deep in planning summer that day , Williams says. sweets still hold their nuptials.

That’s a tall order, conappeal?

Af ter admiring photos of the bride’s sidering she and her “I defi nitely love gown — a stunning Spanish number assistant pastry che f, cake,” Williams says. with unusual hem and waist details Kirsten Stetler, work on “My test f or recipes is: — Williams announces, “I’m all done, no more than two cakes Do I want to wake up artistically.” This seems to surprise the per weekend. at three in the morning wedding party, who have only just deIt takes three days and ... crave this? If not, cided to do a half-vanilla, half-chocolate to make a f ancy cake, I it’s back to the drawing cake, and are still considering whether learn: Williams bakes board. But at the end they’d like to incorporate the teal of the on Wednesday, fi lls on of the day, I want to go Thursday, f rosts on home and have steak. Or bridesmaids’ frocks.

But Williams has her inspiration: She Friday and delivers on salad. You know, nothing wants to translate the wedding-dress Saturday. “Anyone who with sugar in it.” details to fondant, and perhaps enhance tells you they do it di˛ erently is probWe exit at the back of the kitchen the cake layers with f resh hydrangea ably not telling you the truth,” she says. through a hallway, which leads into blooms. It fi ts the bride’s request f or “You obviously can’t do it all in one day.” the Center Bakery and General Store.

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tell myself not to expect anything like Charm City Cakes. Surely there can be no comparison between the colorf ul, sprawling “Ace of Cakes” work space I watch on the Food Network and the shop where I am headed in Waterbury Center. But both bakeries turn out such enticing, sugarpacked creations that I can’t help but feel an excited thrill as I trudge through the snow to the door of Vermont Cake Studio, which specializes in custom wedding cakes.

Once inside, I see the studio scarcely allows more standing room than my own narrow kitchen. Instead of whimsical cakes lining the tables, the place is packed with stainless-steel appliances, including the largest stand mixers and whisks I’ve ever seen. The unmistakable scent of sugar and butter waf ts f rom a massive oven, evidence that owner and pastry chef Perrin Williams has already been busy bef ore my 10 a.m. arrival on a recent Sunday. She’s agreed to let me spend the day under her wing as something of an apprentice baker. I’m just glad she didn’t enforce her usual 5 a.m. wake-up call.

Ever since sitting in on a cupcake tasting last summer (such is the dif fi cult life of a maid of honor), I’ve been f ascinated with f rosting and f ondant.

I’ve never had the patience f or pastry bags in my own kitchen projects, and f ondant seems insurmountably f ussy, but I can’t argue with the results: pretty cakes. From f rosting pearls to sugar fl owers, these f ancy concoctions seem like the glamorous older cousins to my single-layer chocolate-pear or one-bowl strawberry pound cakes. In short, it’s become painfully obvious that my baked goods need a serious makeover.

Bef ore I’ve even tied on my apron, Williams has cut out circles of parchment paper to line the bottoms of two small cake pans, and divided vanillabutter-cake batter between them. The next minute, she’s giving a quick chop to a hunk of bittersweet chocolate the size of a cutting board, then popping the pieces in the microwave to form the basis of her chocolate ganache.

A bride and groom will arrive shortly f or a tasting, she tells me, pouring the

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His new venture, Roots thE REstauRant, opened for lunch on February 1 at 51 Wales Street. Starting February 8, Roots will be open for lunch and dinner every day but Monday.

According to Roots’ manager, Logan’s daughter, aLIson, “He really wanted

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to start a restaurant but he couldn’t cook, so he found DonaLD BILLIngs.” Billings, formerly of cattaILs REstauRant in Brandon, was on board with Logan’s vision of an eatery that would help teach Rutland county residents about the health benefits of fresh, minimally processed food.

“I think Burlington is on top of it, Brattleboro is on top of it, but Rutland really [didn’t] have a localvore restaurant,” says the younger Logan, who left a career in health communications and marketing in Boston to help get Roots off the ground.

The focus on supporting local farms is evident from the moment diners enter Roots. While folks wait to be seated, they can look at pictures and read short descriptions of each farm that provides food to the restaurant.

Billings’ cuisine isn’t limited to health food. There’s a cheese fondue appetizer, and Allison raves about the smoked-pork sandwich, which uses meat from BRown BoaR FaRM in East Wells, Vt. However, plenty of menu options are gluten free, including emu from nEshoBE FaRM baked with chipotle peppers, caramelized onions and garlic, then served over BLuE LEDgE FaRM goat-cheese mashed potatoes. Billings is equipped to whip up vegan dishes or whatever patients require to meet FirstLine Therapy standards, a protocol meant to reverse or manage chronic illness.

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The chef promises guests will still be able to get their pomodoro over housemade linguine, but with the option of “L’Amante-style food,” he says, referring to the upscale Burlington eatery. This is likely to be no idle boast.

Leary is a former nEw EngLanD cuLInaRy InstItutE instructor who calls BLuEBIRD tavERn’s MIchaEL cLauss his best friend.

He was planning to return to the Inn at shELBuRnE FaRMs REstauRant as DavID hugo’s sous chef before Rustico’s owners, PEtER and JEssIca EDELMann, snapped him up.

Rustico’s used local produce from the start, but Leary has upped the proportions. He buys 90 percent of his produce locally and says, “I feel very strongly about that farmer-chef relationship. I really believe it’s a key to your health to eat organically and eat fresh.”

Leary buys only local, prime beef for the steaks he dry-ages at the restaurant himself. He serves the 16-ounce Pt FaRM ribeye with homemade gnocchi and marchand de vin sauce.

For vegetarians, the chef gets particularly creative with a “mock bone marrow” vegetable trio. The dish features a beet, a celery root and a squash filled with their own pureed insides, mixed with local curds and cream, and served with traditional sides of parsley salad and capers. “They’re roasted on top and fatty and smooth in the middle,” describes Leary.

Whatever he’s making, Leary says it’s important to him to retain his classical French techniques. He admits that, because of his uncompromising standards, prices at the restaurant have risen by a third. However, Leary feels certain it’s worth it. “I peel my own tomatoes and make tomato sauce,” he says. “We do everything from scratch.”

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“Sometimes people are very forthcoming and know exactly what they want. Other times, they’re looking at you to direct them,” Williams explains.

I can see why she took the reins on this design — more than an hour into the tasting.

Turns out, many brides are looking for the same theme, anyway. “In the ‘city,’ you’d call it ‘shabby chic,’” Williams says, “but here it’s called ‘rustic elegance’” — probably because most Vermont vows take place in barns.

Clients want to incorporate natural elements into their cakes, and that’s one reason Williams has become rather

Williams says. “Dessert seems to be one of those things everybody thinks they can make.”

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t appears I’m just such a person. A few days later, I wander through a craft store, my heart still set on making a beautiful, two-tiered, fondant-covered cake. I wonder if I’m being fearless or simply foolish by testing Williams’ theory that complicated cakes should be left to the professionals ... but whatever.

Even though all I did was play around with some gum paste, I’m hoping I’ve absorbed some handy tricks of the trade from my day at VCS. It feels wrong to be grocery shopping at Michael’s. While I’ll be making my own buttercream, I decide to shell out for jeb wallace-brODeur

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good at creating a birchbark effect with buttercream and chocolate shavings.

Along with red velvet cake, it’s one of the most popular requests she’s had for the upcoming year.

The rest of the afternoon, however, is devoted to cake design with a winter theme. Williams is working on a display cake for a Vermont Wedding Salon photo shoot, and she’s already rolled narrow strips of white gum paste into small spirals, creating snowflakes with a quilling effect. It looks stunning, but even she admits it’s a tedious process.

Under Williams’ instruction, I try to wrap strips of the gum paste — a stiffer form of fondant that dries hard — around a tiny dowel, but the stuff quickly becomes brittle and cracks. My clumsy attempts to smooth it back together yield misshapen little curlicues. After 10 minutes with no improvement, I give up.

“One of the weird things about what we do is that it’s art, but it’s edible,”

some white fondant (seriously, the stuff is $17 for two pounds). Composed of gelatin, confectioner’s sugar, corn syrup and glycerin, it’s still a mystery to me.

At home, I open the bucket, only to be bowled over by an artificially sweet smell. I hesitantly nibble a small pinch.

The fondant is like Pillsbury frosting out of a can with the texture of Play-Doh. The very last thing I want to do is put it on my homemade cake.

In fact, I have high hopes that this is the best vanilla cake I’ve ever made.

It’s moist, delicately sweet and dense enough to stack well. And my vanilla buttercream is silky perfection. For extra creaminess, I whisked flour, vanilla and milk over medium heat until they thickened, before beating them into whipped butter and sugar. I’m tempted to eat it by the spoonful, but instead I take a tip from Williams and pipe a frosting border around the edges of two layers. I fill the well inside the

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Brandt acknowledges that “it’s a good idea to renovate and modernize the building,” which dates from the 1800s. (It used to stable horses on the ground floor while their riders bunked above.) He’d just like a clearer sense of when

he’ll need to close, and for how long. “[Closing] could be a blessing in disguise,” Brandt admits — given that his family has a baby on the way.

Meanwhile, the reprieve gives him time to figure out where he’ll store his tables, chairs and equipment during the months-long renovation. “Now we can take a breather,” he says. But he’s unsure when, if and where he’ll reopen.

At nearby ChurCh & MaIn, the kitchen has had a changing of the guard: Chef BEn BrEzIC left two weeks ago, and sous chef Mark MErCEr has taken his place. The amiable Mercer was too busy during a recent lunch

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arts and crafts. The thing I’m working on doesn’t even seem edible. I fill two pastry bags with decorative icing, tinted kelly green and aqua, and begin to embellish the white surface with the vinelike spirals and flourishes that I usually doodle on scrap paper. That ... doesn’t look bad, actually. In fact, I do so much intricate piping that it essentially hides my fondant flaws. I end up with a slightly lopsided work of art — nothing as lovely or polished as you’d find in a cake shop, but I’m proud nonetheless.

Eating it is a total afterthought. Once my coworkers have ravaged the cake’s top layer the next day, I cut a slice and peel off the fondant. The chocolate ganache nicely accents all the sweet vanilla, but, honestly? I’m not in the mood for cake. I could really go for a salad. m

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I have two 9-inch and two 4-inch rounds, essentially ready to eat ... but they look as vanilla as they’re going to taste. I sigh and reach for the fondant.

After rolling it out, I enlist my boyfriend’s help in lifting and draping the sheet over the cake. Then I work quickly, trying to smooth it.

But I’ve put on too much buttercream. As I fruitlessly try to pat out the many wrinkles in the fondant, the frosting starts to ooze out the bottom, giving my cake a bulbous shape.

I’ve certainly nailed the “rustic” part of “rustic elegance.”

Disheartened, I shove it all in the fridge and leave it overnight.

The next day, with newfound resolution or perhaps wild abandon, I decide to cover the wrinkles with a wide fondant ribbon around the bottom of each layer. Now that the cake is cold and hard, applying the fondant is much easier. I slap it on.

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Running parallel to State Street on the river side, the residential neighborhood Cinnamon rolls, new ham & cheddar isn’t heavily trafficked, but scones, Hungarian sweet rolls, it is the right place for Salt. raspberry bars with homemade jam, wheat-free bars, macaroons, brownies...

With its piles of cookbooks and relaxed vibe, the 16-seat restaurant may feel like a visit to the home of a foodie Locally roasted, fair-trade organic. friend — who just happens to be creating five-hour braises or homemade ravioli.

Suzanne Podhaizer and Dan Green opened Salt in open 7:30-5 m-f November, starting with and 8-3 on sat every fri nite 6-9 light lunches of savory bread pudding, soups and scones.

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Talk about coming full circle. Last July, in this paper, Podhaizer profiled three Montpelier chefs: Crystal Maderia of Kismet; Matthew Bilodeau, then of Black Door Bar and Bistro; and Joey Nagy, then of Three Penny Taproom.

They were “taking cooperation to a whole new level,” she wrote, as they supported each other’s efforts to prosper on daring fare.

Less than a year later, everything has changed — except the bold food and the cooperation.

Bilodeau has left Black Door, which closed its doors after New Year’s Eve, and taken Nagy’s place at Three Penny.

Nagy has moved to a new venture of the taproom’s owners, the Mad Taco in Waitsfield, where he whips up his signature Mexican fare for takeout.

As for Maderia, at the end of 2010, she moved 5-year-old Kismet to the airy State Street location vacated by last year’s big casualty, Restaurant Phoebe.

And Podhaizer and Green have taken over the empty third slot in the triumvirate. Salt slid right into Kismet’s former spot at 207 Barre Street.

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And she proposes that the cultural shift at work in Montpelier is a microcosm of a larger movement toward more approachable high-quality food. “We’re an open kitchen.

This is all part of that shift — sharing recipes with customers, explaining techniques in depth,” Podhaizer says.

Salt is the antithesis of a restaurant filled with “ghostly, flitting servers and someone in a tall hat,” as Podhaizer puts it. Starting this week, she’ll begin sharing her secrets in weekend cooking classes at the restaurant.

Those who just come for the food will find whimsical menus based on places, events or whatever catches Podhaizer and Green’s fancies. The current menu features Vermontified takes on Alsatian food. Before that, it was dishes influenced by Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. Next week, the three-week cycle will begin again with Italian small plates. Podhaizer says upcoming menus will include a Shakespeare-themed bill of fare, and raspberry sorbet and other Prince-inspired dishes for the Purple One’s birthday.

The themed menus aren’t just attention getters — Podhaizer sees them as a fun way to work around the limitations of Vermont’s winter produce, which she knew all too well as a critic. “I think it’s easy to fall into a cuisine rut where everything is cider braised,” she says. “We decided to let each menu have some outer inspiration to force us to try new recipes and techniques and use Vermont ingredients in all kinds of different ways.”

On the Alsatian menu, the most prevalent product is pork, which hails from three different local farms. The standout dish is a plate of extra-large, perfectly al dente ravioli filled with a mix of pork liver and sausage. Nutmeg-cream sauce brings out the slightly gamy flavor of the meat, but also subdues and sweetens it.

Tender chard adds nutrition, but goes down easily in the decadent dish.

The choucroute garnie, with a base of mild sauerkraut made from Blackwell Roots Farm cabbage, includes dark, house-smoked pork hock from Jericho

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ingredients in settings that are far from stodgy fine dining.

If the comings and goings sound a bit incestuous, the restaurateurs say they wouldn’t have it any other way. When asked where the Black Door’s customers are heading for dinner now, Bilodeau immediately mentions Kismet. Maderia says that, as local chefs, farmers and producers cooperate more and more, “When I go out, I feel like the town has gotten smaller. I feel like things are shifting.”

Podhaizer also sees clear advantages to food businesses aligning instead of competing. “If people consider [Montpelier] a destination for dining, it benefits everybody,” she says.

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accompanying Anchor Porter, with its chocolaty finish, is an ideal match for the preserved plums.

Three Penny’s kitchen is limited to a hot plate, toaster oven, panini press and half a soda cooler. But, as he prepares dishes, Bilodeau says he hasn’t felt challenged by his new digs. “I’ve had more fun here than I have in quite some time,” he admits. “I deliver the food and answer questions; I do my own dishes. It has a lot of the same personal feel of a dinner party.”

Like Podhaizer, Bilodeau says his cuisine is heavily based on Vermont’s natural assets. He prefers to make everything from scratch rather than using out-of-state products such as olives and almonds, previously staples at Three Penny. While busily researching foods that pair well with brews, Bilodeau has also learned a fair amount of Vermont food history, he says. Way back when, the carbohydrates in beer qualified it as a foodstuff in its own right. Bilodeau now has plans to produce an old-time product: bread made from a starter of hops.

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The from-scratch aesthetic makes Valentine’s sense in Kismet’s new location. Sure, Special it has a California-cool vibe, complete with chandeliers. But that doesn’t stop Appetizer, dinner, wine guests from sitting on the couch with and dessert for 2 a copy of Seven Days and a moist, flaky, $50 Value for Only $39.95 gluten-free gougère, or bringing small children to enjoy the organic green eggs Full menu available on toast. online at www.7dvt.com Even a deceptively simple veggie panini is filled with all-local fresh mozDowntown Burlington zarella, roasted tomatoes, sweet caraLower Church St • 859-9998 melized onions and homemade olive tapenade. The bread is delightfully soft and chewy, with a crisp exterior.

Newly added dinner is more ambi12v-vietnamrestaurant020211.indd 1 1/27/11 12:53 PM tious, and Maderia believes a diverse clientele has come with it. “I feel like a lot more twentysomethings and young families have come back and turned their parents on to [Kismet] — that 50and-up Black Door crowd,” she says.

To match her more upscale clientele, Kismet is now offering a dinner menu that includes short ribs braised in Argentinian Malbec with baby winter veggies — even mini-Jerusalem artichokes. If diners are shocked by rich meat dishes at a restaurant so strongly associated with vegetarian fare, they needn’t fear. Everything on the menu can be prepared gluten free or vegan.

Kismet also has a newly bustling bar scene with local options, as well as organic and gluten-free sips. There are plenty of alcohol-free cocktails, including creative martinis.

It’s all in the spirit of inclusion and bonhomie that seems to sum up the “Ok, I admit I was a little skeptical. current capital dining scene. Podhaizer Another email newsletter trying to get me credits the city’s residents with enabling to do stuff. But I LOVE Seven Days NOw. fun food to thrive. “This is a town where It’s easy to read, it links me to some of the coolest stuff, and it tempts me to address a lot of people know where food comes my cabin fever and actually DO something from, how it’s prepared. That’s ... allowthis weekend. It’s well designed, and ing some really neat things to happen,” tempting. Thanks for putting it together. she says.

I’m going to forward it to my sweetie and There was a time when advenfind some fun.” turous Vermont diners had to head — Susanna Weller, Starksboro to Burlington. But now, perhaps Bilodeau speaks for Montpelierites when he says, “I have no interest in going anySign up for...

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own on Main Street, Bilodeau has also gotten an education since he started at Three Penny Taproom on January 18. The chef says that before joining the taproom team, he was far from a beer aficionado. However, with the guidance of owners Matt McCarthy, Scott Kerner and Wes Hamilton, he’s learning not just to pair his food with suds, but to cook with them. “The whole idea is these guys put so much effort to serving the world’s finest beers, I have to make food to match them,” he says.

On a first look at lunchtime last week, Three Penny isn’t so different from any other watering hole. A few older gentlemen nurse a beer or three, watching ESPN. Then one of them pipes up, “If I’m drunk on Scotch and I hear Mozart’s Requiem, I will cry.”

It’s Montpelier, all right, where even the barflies have a certain quirky sophistication.

Bilodeau’s focus is on using of-themoment local produce, so he changes his menu daily. The current soup of the day is actually a heavy mash of pease pudding, bolstered with pork fat, onions and Smuttynose Old Brown Dog. Atop the sweet and meaty-tasting puree are ribbons of salty pork that melt with each bite.

Amiable McCarthy, who stands at the bar, excitedly pairs each dish with a brew.

Creamy, fatty Danish-style chicken-liver pâté is sweetened with Flag Hill Farm’s Pomme de Vie apple brandy. McCarthy recommends washing it down with North Coast Brewing Company’s Scrimshaw Pilsner, a refreshing, bright counterpoint to the darker, more earthy flavors of the liver.

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Settlers Farm, juicy braised shoulder from Maple Wind Farm, and sweetly garlic-flavored and red-pepper-flecked sausage prepared by Peter Colman, owner and salumiere of Vermont Salumi at East Montpelier’s Cate Farm. When not processing pork products, Colman joins Podhaizer as a jack-of-all-trades, working the front of the house, and making salads, coffee and dessert.

Pork is showcased yet again this week in an apple tart with crunchy chunks of housemade bacon resting on a bed of white-wine-flavored, caramelized fennel. Salt is expecting its meat retail license any minute, says Podhaizer, who plans to sell Colman’s frozen sausages along with her own house-muddled salts in flavors including blood orange-bay leaf, lemon and smoked paprika.

To get diners in a saline mood, chewy, crusty bread arrives at the beginning of each meal with softened, unsalted Vermont Butter & Cheese Creamery butter and a trio of salts. Diners are encouraged to try some of each, and judge the difference between salts from Maine and the Himalayas and the housesmoked kind.

Podhaizer makes the desserts, including an almond-packed financier with mirabelle-plum sauce. The sweet mirabelles in the puree give the illusion of a honey-filled dessert with nary a bee involved. More of a “salt and fat tooth” herself, Podhaizer says she has been surprised to find herself enjoying her de facto role as pastry chef — she and Green are also providing goodies to the Savoy Theater concessions. “There’s this really visceral reaction to sweet things you had as a child, perhaps,” Podhaizer guesses. “I think part of the reason I’ve enjoyed it so much is it makes people so happy.”

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2.5 | MUSIC Some Kind of Wonderful Talk about transparency: While many musicians remain tight-lipped about the real-lif e circumstances behind their tunes, San Francisco-based David Berkeley could write a book about them. Actually, he did. Thirteen essays in the soon-to-be-released 140 Goats and a Guitar capture Berkeley’s inspiration for each song on his new album, Some Kind of Cure. But you don’t have to study up on the short stories to make sense of his concert at Morrisville’s River Arts Center this Saturday; DAVID BERKELEY word has it the troubadour is equally forthcoming in person, Saturday, February 5, 5-7 p.m., at River Arts Center setting up each indie-folk number with a tale. With themes of in Morrisville. $10. Info, f atherhood, love and longing, these are “songs to swoon by,” 888-1261. riverartsvt.org writes Rolling Stone.

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f ever there’s a winter weekend to spend in the Queen City, this is it. Brave the cold — hey, it’s no -30º — for the 19th annual Burlington Winter Festival. It starts with the 2011 Vermont Snow Sculpting Competition, where frosty works of art spring to life. Last year’s throwdown featured everything from a mini-replica of the Eiffel Tower to a party of penguins. Folks check ’em out and vote for their favorite at Saturday’s Church Street Ice Walk.

Meanwhile, sledding, snowshoeing, dogsled rides and ice skating await at the waterfront — as do peripheral events such as the Penguin Plunge, the Burlington Parks & Recreation Family Activity Expo at ECHO, and the Kids VT Camp & School Fair at the Hilton. Top it off with the Young Tradition Showcase and Family Contra & International Dance at Burlington City Hall Auditorium.

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Neverending Story BURLINGTON WINTER FESTIVAL Friday, February 4, 5-8 p.m., and Saturday, February 5, 10 a.m.4 p.m., at various downtown locations in Burlington. Various prices; $1 “Ice Breaker” button.

Info, 370-6249 or 864-0123. burlingtonwinterfestival. wordpress.com or enjoyburlington.com

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Words regularly spring to life on stage, but this week’s “The Art of the Storyteller” delves into the nitty-gritty of narratives like never bef ore.

Filmmaker, actor, playwright and Northern Stage producing director Catherine Doherty sits down with bestselling author and Hanover, N.H., resident Jodi Picoult (pictured) f or a conversation about structure, voice, dialogue, the publishing world and, really, whatever else comes up. Perhaps Picoult’s reaction to Hollywood’s alternative ending for My Sister’s Keeper, or why she chose ‘THE ART OF THE STORYTELLER’ to write f or the “Wonder Woman” comic-book Monday, February 7, 7:30 p.m., series. It’s “incredibly exciting” and “very di˜ erent at Briggs Opera House in than her normal book tours,” says Doherty, noting White River Junction. $10-35.

Proceeds benefi t Northern that Picoult “comes to see [Northern Stage] shows on Stage. Info, 296-7000. a regular basis.” Write on. northernstage.org

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‘Mark Et Your Busin Ess Without spEnDing a Fortun E’: Marketing expert Scott Vogel suggests wallet-friendly ways for businesses to wow the world. Seating is limited; preregister. Highland Lodge & XC Center, Greensboro, 9-11:30 a.m. & 1:15-3:45 p.m. $10 includes networking lunch. Info, 533-2647, info@highlandlodge.com. sMall agricultural Busin Ess Workshop : A series of six 90-minute seminars educates ag organizations about marketing strategies and computer technology. Computer lab, Hazen Union High School, Hardwick, 7:15 p.m. $15 per class. Info, 472-5840, ext. 3.

education

gra Duat E stu DiEs opEn h ous E: Would-be students pepper advisors with questions about financial aid and coursework. Cardinal Lounge, Angell College Center, SUNY Plattsburgh, N.Y., 4:30-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 518-564-4723, graduate@ plattsburgh.edu. nanc Y Miln E: Study up on all things higher ed with this educational consultant. Carpenter-Carse Library, Hinesburg, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 482-2878.

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chitt EnDEn count Y philat Elic clu B: Stamp collectors of all levels of interest and experience swap sticky squares, and stories about them. GE Healthcare Building, South Burlington, 6:15 p.m.

Free. Info, 660-4817, laineyrapp@yahoo.com. l unch & lE arn : Knowledge about the “Basics of Seed Starting” sprouts from a discussion with speaker David Boucher. Gardener’s Supply, Williston, noon-12:45 p.m. Free. Info, 658-2433.

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‘t arot For l iFE’: Those with a basic knowledge of the cards practice reading them with Sherri Glebus.

Preregister. Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 5-7 p.m. $8-10. Info, 223-8004, ext. 202, info@ hungermountain.com.

film

‘Fitzcarral Do’: A big dreamer wants to build an opera house in the jungle in Werner Herzog’s 1982 masterwork. Loew Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $5-7. Info, 603-646-2422. ‘insi DE JoB’: Charles Ferguson’s 2010 documentary shines a harsh spotlight on those responsible for 2008’s economic meltdown. Cinema 1, Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 1:30 p.m., 4 p.m., 7 p.m. $4-7. Info, 748-2600. ‘t h E t r Easur E oF th E siErra Ma Dr E’: Humphrey Bogart and Walter Huston star in John Huston’s 1948 adventure film about gold and greed.

Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 426-3581, jaquithpubliclibrary@hotmail.com.

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chocolat E-Dipping D EMo: Fans of cocoa-covered confectionery experience the tempering and dipping process. Laughing Moon Chocolates, Stowe, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 253-9591. ‘t h E opEn t aBl E’: Chefs Claudine Marlett and Michael Hays prepare a community meal for diners who contribute what they can, whether it be in money, labor, skills or simply their company. LACE, Barre, 6-8 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 476-4276.

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chil Dr En’s stor Y t iME: Little ones sidle up to the story stage for winter-themed tales. Barnes & Noble, South Burlington, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 864-8001.

Enos Burg pla Ygroup : Children and their adult caregivers immerse themselves in singing activities and more. American Legion, Enosburg Falls, 9-11 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426.

Fair Fax pla Ygroup : Multicultural stories and activities accent child’s play. Health Room, Bellows Free Academy, Fairfax, 10-11 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426. h igh school Book group : Bookworms crack open the tomes they like to read. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 5-6 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7216. h ighgat E stor Y h our : Good listeners soak up classic fairy tales. Highgate Public Library, Highgate Center, 10-11 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426. icE skating For h oMEschool Ers : Independent learners hit the ice. Ice Barn, Milton, noon-2 p.m. $3 includes skating and rentals; $10 for skating lessons. Info, 893-4237.

MiDDl E school Book group : Young people discuss their current reads. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 4-5 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

Milton Ba BY pla Ygroup : New moms, dads and babies socialize on a weekly basis. New Life Fellowship, Milton, 10-11 a.m. Free. Info, 893-4922.

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‘Boxing gYM’: Frederick Wiseman’s 2010 documentary captures the spirit of a Texas institution founded by former professional boxer Richard Lord.

Cinema 2, Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 1:30 p.m., 4 p.m., 7 p.m. $4-7. Info, 748-2600.

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The cry of a bird, the whistle of a gusty wind ... Tuva’s Huun Huur Tu make a traditional concert sound more like a walk through nature.

The f oursome is known f or preserving the ancient art of xöömei, or throat singing, where vocalists produce two to three music notes at a time. The group pairs the resulting pitches and drones with rare instruments like the doshpuluur and igil — as well as more familiar keyboards, drums and guitars — for sparse, sinuous songs.

It boils down to “throat singing tempered by electronica,” as the Huffington Post puts it. TIME Magazine says to “save it f or when in a cosmic mood.” Better hope that mood strikes next h uu N h uur t u Wednesday morning, when Wednesday, February 9, 9:30 a.m., at Chandler Music Hall in Huun Huur Tu perf orm Randolph. $6. Info, 728-6464. as partf o Chandler chandler-arts.org Music Hall’s daytime performance series.

‘plau DEra BEnD’: Conversationalists with a basic knowledge of the German language put their skills to use over dinner. Zen Gardens, South Burlington, 6 p.m. Free; cost of food. Info, 862-1677 or 863-5036.

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Milton h istorical soci Et Y MEEting : Never mind the frosty temps; folks reminisce about picnics and drive-in eateries over hot dogs, salads and root beer ... and a screening of A Hot Dog Program.

Milton Historical Society, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 8934546 or 363-2598, miltonhistorical@yahoo.com.

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Montgo Mery Story Hour : Little lit lovers flip pages before snacking. Montgomery Town Library, Montgomery Center, 10-11 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426.

Pre ScHool Di Scovery Progra M: How much wood can a woodchuck chuck? Three- to 5-yearolds distinguish fact from folklore in a Groundhog Day celebration. North Branch Nature Center, Montpelier, 10-11:30 a.m. $5. Info, 229-6206.

Science Magic : Kids in grades three and up use simple household materials in fantastical tricks.

Preregister. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

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‘Dart Mout H iDol’ Se Mi-Final S: Student superstars strut their stuff at a karaoke competition. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $3-7. Info, 603-646-2422.

sport

nigHt r iDer Serie S: Skiers and riders compete in the illuminated terrain parks for prizes. Bolton Valley Resort, 4:30 p.m. $18 includes lift ticket; $12 for season-pass holders. Info, 434-6804.

talks

aine Donovan : In a world of ever-shifting social norms, the executive director of Dartmouth College’s Ethics Institute presents a path to “Reconstructing Honor.” St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 748-8291, ext. 301.

‘Bor Der S, Boun Darie S an D Bullie S’ l ecture Serie S: A weekly series explores the mental and physical walls that divide us, as well as the ties that bind us together. Rural Vermont director Jared Carter discusses “The Cuban Embargo: Separation From Our Nearest Neighbors.” Burlington College, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 862-9616. clay Jenkin Son : The award-winning historical interpreter portrays one of our most colorful presidents in “The Life and Times of Theodore Roosevelt.” Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 7 p.m.

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irene kacan DeS: A Dartmouth College professor studies the lasting appeal of Anne Frank and her diary. Goodrich Memorial Library, Newport, 7 p.m.

Free. Info, 334-7902.

JiM l eac H: Mind your manners! The chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities discusses good etiquette and respectful engagement in “Civility in a Fractured Society.” Vermont Statehouse, Montpelier, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338. l aMoille county oSHer l ecture Serie S: Singer-songwriter Rebecca Padula dissects Vermont folk music through the ages in a multimedia presentation. Town & Country Resort, Stowe, 1:30 p.m. $5. Info, 253-9011.

Sienna craig : In “The Science of Healing: Practicing, Producing and Consuming Tibetan Medicine,” the Dartmouth anthropologist ruminates on the meeting point of conventional biomedical standards and cultural authenticity.

Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211. t oM l uxon : This Dartmouth College professor explains the impact of 17th-century poet John Milton on paving the way toward same-sex marriages.

Norwich Public Library, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 649-1184.

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‘oliver t wi St’ : Charles Dickens’ original words thread through a new take on his novel, presented

by Vermont Stage Company and featuring original music by David Symons. See theater review, this issue. FlynnSpace, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $27-32.50.

Info, 863-5966. ‘tH e Searc H For Sign S oF intelligent l iFe in t He univer Se’: Catherine Doherty stars as a guide to visiting extraterrestrials in this one-woman show by Northern Stage. Briggs Opera House, White River Junction, 7:30 p.m. $5-58. Info, 2919009, ext. 10.

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cynt Hia Huntington : In the face of a changing environment, the former New Hampshire poet laureate elaborates on “Poetry of the Earth: Reimagining Nature.” Rutland Free Library, 7 p.m.

Free. Info, 773-1860. w riter S’ grou P: Wordsmiths put pen to paper in response to prompts — and then share their results. Johnson Public Library, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 363-5541.

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vBSr l egiSlative r ecePtion : Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility members mingle with lawmakers and chat about the organization’s goals for the 2011 session. Julio’s Cantina, Montpelier, 5-7 p.m. Cost of food and drink. Info, 862-8347, info@vbsr.org.

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colc HeSter avenue t ran SPortation corri Dor Plan : Speak up about plans for the stretch of road between Prospect Street and the Winooski bridge. Pizza is provided. McClure Conference Room, Fletcher Allen Health Care, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 865-1794.

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ver Mont cli Mate- action Day : Folks passionate about our planet spark a statewide movement through a 10 a.m. rally, a Climate Community Schmooze and Strategy Session, and conversations with legislators. Preregister. Room 11, Vermont Statehouse, Montpelier, 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Free.

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cHeSS clu B: Checkmate! Board-game players try to attack the king with sly strategies. Faith United Methodist Church, South Burlington, 7 p.m. $2-3.

Info, 363-5803.

Platt SBurg H alu Mni aSSocation’ S ‘evening oF Fun & networking’ : SUNY Plattsburgh president John Ettling and his wife, Lisa Lewis, bring news from the university. Preregister. Second floor, BCA Center, Burlington, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Free; cash bar. Info, 800-964-1889, alumni@plattsburgh.edu. ‘tH e SHaDow eFFect: illu Minating t He HiDDen Power o F your t rue Sel F’: In this fiveweek class and book-study group, students explore the parts of themselves they would rather not be.

Unity Church of Vermont, Essex Junction, 7-8:30 p.m. $10 suggested donation. Info, 876-7696, lane2love@yahoo.com.

film

‘inSiDe JoB’: See WED.02, 7 p.m.

‘Pray t He Devil Back to Hell’ : In this Tribeca Film Festival Best Documentary winner, a band of women conspire to bring peace to Liberia, ending a decades-long civil war. Postfilm discussion with Paij Wadley-Bailey, cofounder of Rwanda/WILPF. Band Room, U-32 High School, Montpelier, 7 p.m.

Free. Info, 229-0321.

food & drink

cHocolate-Di PPing De Mo: See WED.02, 2 p.m. coMMunity Dinner & See D Swa P: Vermonters share a meal and gardening tips. Hardwick United Church, noon-1 p.m. Info, 533-9929. ‘grow your own Mu SHroo MS’: Alissa White tutors fungi fans in cultivating ‘shrooms in their homes or backyards for culinary uses. Preregister.

City Market, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. $20 includes mushroom kit. Info, 861-9700.

health & fitness

alexan Der t ecHnique cla SS: Instructors Sami Pincus and Stephanie Sohns guide participants to correct negative posture and movement habits that cause stress, tension, discomfort and pain.

Touchstone Healing Arts School, Burlington, 6:30-8 p.m. $25 to drop in. Info, 777-3370 or 310-4610.

inFant & cHil D cPr : A training session prepares people for medical emergencies. This course meets the requirements for childcare providers’ CPR certifications. Shelburne Rescue, 6:30-10 p.m. $25; space is limited; preregister. Info, 985-5125.

Strong l iving exerci Se: Fitness enthusiasts undergo strength training for good health. Aldrich Public Library, Barre, 8 a.m. Free. Info, 443-1654.

kids

al Burg H Playgrou P: Tots form friendships over stories, songs and crafts. Alburgh Family Center, 9-11 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426. cra Ft S w it H clot HeS: Third through eighth graders add fashionable flair to jeans and T-shirts.

Preregister. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 3-4 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

Fletc Her Playgrou P: Little ones make use of the open gym before snack time. Fletcher Elementary School, Cambridge, 9-10:30 a.m. Free.

Info, 527-5426.

‘Foo D For tH oug Ht’ l iBrary volunteer S: Pizza sparks discussion of books and library projects for teens. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 4-5 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

Franklin Story Hour : Lovers of the written word perk up for read-aloud tales and adventures with lyrics. Haston Library, Franklin, 1010:45 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426. kiDS’ Story t iMe: Snacks and activities chase an hour of tales. LACE, Barre, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 476-4276.

MuSic w it H r aPHael : Preschoolers up to age 5 bust out song and dance moves. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 878-4918. oPen coMPuter t iMe: Teens play games and browse the web on library laptops. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 3-4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 863-3403.

PJ Story t iMe: Little kids rock nightgowns and flannels as special guests read from books. Fairfax Community Library, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 527-5426. w riting grou P tH ur SDay S: Seventh- through 12th-grade poets polish their words in a workshop.

Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 4:30-5:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 865-7216.

music

Burlington Songwriter S: Lyricists share and critique original works. Heineberg Community & Senior Center, Burlington, 7:30-9:30 p.m. Free. Info, 859-1822. noonti Me MuSic: Organist Lynnette Combs conquers this keyboard instrument. Coffee and tea provided. First Baptist Church, Burlington, 12:1512:45 p.m. Free. Info, 864-6515.

outdoors

‘Ski inn’ & l unc H: Cross-country skiers explore the scenic lodge trails in a group excursion, returning in time for a soup and sandwich buffet.

Please call ahead. Highland Lodge & XC Center, Greensboro, 9:45 a.m.-noon. Donations accepted.

Info, 533-2647.

talks

central ver Mont Foo D SySte M council: w inter quarterly Meeting : A potluck kicks off a lecture on “The Farm to Plate Report’s Release and What It Means for Vermont’s Food System”

by Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund’s Ellen Kahler.

Cafeteria, Montpelier High School, 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 223-9506.

Dave anDer Son : The adventure hound expounds on his worldwide expeditions in “What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Stronger.” Alumni Conference Room, Angell College Center, SUNY Plattsburgh, N.Y., 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 518-564-5292.

Davi D goo DMan : In a multimedia slide show, the author and ski guru behind Best Backcountry Skiing in the Northeast: 50 Classic Ski Tours in New England and New York — now with a 20th-anniversary edition — reminisces about his favorite adventures on snow. Onion River Sports, Montpelier, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 229-9409.

theater

‘Myet HioPia’: As part of Winterfest, Lost Nation Theater hosts B-town native David Schein’s witty recollection of his time spent teaching safe sex in Africa. Montpelier City Hall Auditorium, 7:30 p.m. $1520. Info, 229-0492. national tH eatre o F l on Don: cata Mount art S center : Derek Jacobi stars in a broadcast adaptation of Shakespeare’s dramatic masterpiece King Lear, which probes the nature of human existence. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. $10-23. Info, 748-2600. national tH eatre o F l on Don: l ake Placi D center For t He art S: See above listing, Lake Placid Center for the Arts, N.Y., 7 p.m. $12-18. Info, 518-523-2512.

national tH eatre o F l on Don: l oew auDitoriu M: See above listing, Loew Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $10-20. Info, 603-646-2422. national tH eatre o F l on Don: t own Hall tH eater : See above listing, Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, 7 p.m. $17. Info, 382-9222. ‘oliver t wi St’ : See WED.02, 7:30 p.m. ‘tH e Searc H For Sign S oF intelligent t He univer Se’: See WED.02, 7:30 p.m.

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Book Di Scu SSion Serie S: ‘new englan D uncovere D’: Readers find more to our region than meets the eye in Russell Banks’ Affliction. Joslin Memorial Library, Waitsfield, 9:30 a.m. Free. Info, 583-1935.

Book Di Scu SSion Serie S: ‘wH at a cHaracter’ : Voracious readers consider the lasting impact of fictional protagonists, using J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye as a guide. Morristown Centennial Library, Morrisville, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 888-2616.

Dya D coMMunication : Participants learn to speak and truly be heard in this evening of contemplative conversation. Parlor Room, Bethany Church, Montpelier, 6:15-8:45 p.m. $10; donations accepted.

Info, 522-5855, maggie@vibrance.us.

Story t iMe: Lit lovers of all ages take in fanciful tales. Bud & Bella’s Bookshop, Randolph, 11 a.m.

Free. Info, 728-5509.

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‘knIghts In ItAly’ spAghettI DInneR: The Knights of Columbus celebrate stringy, saucesmothered pasta. St. Ambrose Parish, Bristol, 5-7 p.m. $4-8. Info, 453-2488.

ARgentIneAn tAngo: Shoulders back, chin up!

With or without partners, dancers of all abilities strut to bandoneón riffs in a self-guided practice session. Salsalina Studio, Burlington, 7:30-10 p.m. $5. Info, 598-1077.

locAlvoRe DInneR: Menu items range from brisket braised in apple cider to grilled smashed potatoes to butternut-squash-and-apple soup at this fundraiser for Pete’s Greens. Applecheek Farm, Hyde Park, 6 p.m. $15-30; free for kids under 3. Info, 888-4482.

dance

DRum & DAnce: Feel the rhythm and keep the beat at a percussion lesson for all skill levels.

Shelburne Town Hall, drum practice from 6:30-7 p.m.; drum and dance from 7-9:30 p.m. $3-5. Info, 862-5017, jaswmbrown@gmail.com. englIsh countRy DAnce: Those keen on Jane Austen’s favorite pastime make rural rounds to music by Lar Duggan, Albert Joy, Margaret Smith, McKinley James and Roxann Nickerson. All dances are taught. Elley-Long Music Center, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 7-9:30 p.m. $5-8; bring finger food to share. Info, 899-2378. tAngo FRIDAys: Learn the footwork and adopt the attitude for this sensual dance through a TangoFlow workout and beginning technique class.

The Art House, Middlebury, 7 p.m. $20 to drop in.

Info, 458-0464.

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‘All thRough the nIght ... get A ‘hAnDle’ on sleep’: Learn to achieve that sweet slumber through this neurodevelopmental perspective from Elizabeth Frishkoff of the HANDLE Institute of New England. Willow Morning Garden, Shelburne, 6:30-9 p.m. $15 suggested donation. Info, 413-528-0477. communIty heRbAlIsm clAss: VCIH graduate Heather Irvine remedies various skin problems in “Making Great Salves.” Preregister. Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism, Montpelier, 6-8 p.m. $1012. Info, 224-7100, info@vtherbcenter.org. ‘nAme thAt movIe!’: Cinemaddicts try to correctly title films by screening a barrage of short clips at happy hour. The CinéClub, Savoy Theater, Montpelier, 5-6 p.m. $2.50. Info, 229-0598. penguIn plunge pReRegIstRAtIon pARty: Go on, take the plunge ... Folks check in early while grabbing snacks from Mexicali Grill & Cantina, entering raffles and listening to tunes. Union Station, Burlington, 6-9 p.m. Free. Info, 863-5222, ext. 105.

monthly WIne DInneR: Chef Dennis Vieira stirs up a “Pig and Pinot” menu of local food designed to complement Washington and Oregon wines.

Red Clover Inn & Restaurant, Killington, 6:30 p.m. $75 plus tax and tip. Info, 775-2290, innkeepers@ redcloverinn.com.

‘bIts AnD pIeces: An evenIng WIth FRAnk mouRIs’: After a thorough video-clip summary of the Oscar winner’s career in collage animations, the audience engages in a discussion with Mouris himself. Loew Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7:30 p.m. $5-8.

Info, 603-646-2422.

health & fitness

begInneR yogA clAss: Newbies practice the physical and mental aspects of this Indian discipline with instructor Don Randall. Randall Retreat, Monkton, 6:30 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 233-8403.

chocolAte-DIppIng Demo: See WED.02, 2 p.m.

Saturday, February 5, 8 pm Barre Opera House

kids

comIcs club: Doodlers, writers and readers alike have fun with the funnies. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 3:30-5 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

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Bent Northrop Memorial Library, Fairfield, 9:3011:30 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426. montgomeRy tumble tIme: Budding gymnasts burn off energy. Montgomery Elementary School, 10-11 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426.

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chAmbeR oRchestRA kRemlIn: Some of Russia’s finest young string players pay homage to Rossini, Prokofiev and Tchaikovsky. UVM Recital Hall, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $20-25. Info, 656-4455.

FAculty RecItAl: Ann Ellsworth, Katharine Dain, Alicia Choi and Renate Rohlfing recreate works by Leopold Mozart and others. Hawkins Hall, Krinovitz Recital Hall, Hawkins Hall, SUNY Plattsburgh, N.Y., 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 518-565-0145.

at the Skinny Pancake (89 Main St. , Montpelier) Every second Tuesday of the month, environmental fans and professionals meet up for a beer, networking and discussion at Green Drinks.

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the hIbeRnAtoRs: Bring your own picnic for a concert of bluegrass, swing, rock and country favorites. Cheese plates and wine available. Lincoln Peak Vineyard, New Haven, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Free.

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the kInD buDs: An acoustic duo raises guitar refrains. Sandy’s Books and Bakery, Rochester, 7 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 767-4258.

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outdoors

snoWshoe Romp: Winter walkers disperse their weight with strap-on footwear for a lantern-lit excursion. Hot chocolate and a bonfire follow. Old Shelter, Hubbard Park, Montpelier, 6-8 p.m. Free.

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colchesteR WInteR cARnIvAl: A three-day town party includes music and dance performances, a pancake breakfast, a Play-Doh extravaganza, horse-drawn hay rides, skating with cops and more. Colchester High School, 5-8:30 p.m. $4-5.

Info, 264-5643 or 862-3425.

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buRlIngton WInteR FestIvAl: For the 19th year, the Queen City becomes a snowy scene of live performances, children’s activities, dogsled rides and more. See calendar spotlight. Various downtown locations, Burlington, 5-8 p.m. Various prices; $1 “Ice Breaker” button. Info, 370-6249 or 864-0123.

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Dance, Pilates, Feldenkrais, Delsarte, Zumba, and Yoga

spAghettI DInneR & sIlent AuctIon: Pile that plate high! This pasta party supports the Green Mountain Kids After School Program. VFW Post, Morrisville, 5-8 p.m. $3-5; $14 per family of four.

Info, 730-4080, ckoniuto@hotmail.com.

teRtulIA lAtInA: Latino Americanos and other fluent Spanish speakers converse en español. Radio Bean, Burlington, 5:30-7 p.m. Free.

Info, 863-3440.

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Faith adventure Serie S: With the help of photos, speaker Bill Eddy reminisces about his 1990 trip to Israel and Egypt. Faith United Methodist Church, South Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 863-6764.

theater

‘MYethiOP ia’: See THU.03, 7:30 p.m.

‘Oliver t wi St’ : See WED.02, 7:30 p.m. ‘t he Search FOr Sign S OF intelligent the univer Se’: See WED.02, 7:30 p.m.

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‘t heater Blitz’ : The curtain opens on theater students in one-act plays. Hartman Theatre, Myers Fine Arts Building, SUNY Plattsburgh, N.Y., 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 518-565-0145, schwarl@plattsburgh.edu.

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Final cut Pr O OPen l aB: Apprentice film editors complete three tracks of exercises as a VCAM staff member lends a hand. Preregister. VCAM studio, Burlington, 2-4 p.m. Free. Info, 651-9692.

lO cal Far M tO ur : High Mowing Organic Seeds president Tom Stearns leads an afternoon tour of the seed facility at 4 p.m. Dinner and discussion follow at the Highland Lodge & Ski Touring Center.

High Mowing Organic Seeds, Wolcott, 4-8:30 p.m.

Free for tour and talk; $22.50 for dinner. Info, 533-2647.

art

‘creative cuPcake S’: Feed your inner artist with edible, hands-on artwork. Preregister. Davis Studio Gallery, Burlington, 10 a.m.-noon. $24. Info, 425-2700.

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calcutta dinner & Silent aucti On: Dine and dance the night away — with plenty of chances to take home prizes — at this fundraiser for Swanton Recreation. VFW, Swanton, 7 p.m. $100 per couple.

Info, 868-2493. cOlche Ster-Milt On rO tar Y clu B aucti On: Bidding battles begin over gift certificates and local items. Proceeds support high school scholarships, food shelves, school music and athletic programs, and other community initiatives. Colchester High School, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 658-4182.

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Burlingt On Park S & r ecreati On Fa Mil Y activit Y exPO: Games, activities, crafts and entertainment options let kids and parents warm up between bouts of cold-weather fun outdoors. ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center/Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m. $2. Info, 864-0123.

‘girlie chat’ : The authors of Boys Before Business: The Single Girl’s Guide to Having It All highlight an evening of beauty makeovers, fitness consultations and a workshop about finding “Mr. Right.” Courtyard Marriott Burlington Harbor, 5-9 p.m. $40; $70 for two. Info, 238-7524. ‘gOt Milker S? Migrant Far Mw Orker S in ver MOnt’ : Members of the Vermont Migrant Farmworker Solidarity Project present a screening of Silenced Voices before a potluck and talk about Vermont agriculture. Capital City Grange, Montpelier, 5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 229-0782. vca M acce SS Orientati On: Video production hounds get an overview of facilities, policies and procedures. Preregister. VCAM studio, Burlington, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 651-9692.

t ran Siti On tO wn M Ont Pelier cOMMunit Y POtluck & gathering : Neighbors and friends join a sustainability mission at a midday meal.

Bring a dish to share, along with your own tableware. Hayes Room, Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, noon-2 p.m. Free. Info, 456-8122.

‘have he art ’: Lovebirds make their own valentines, and artists are on hand to do custom work, at this benefit for the Craft Emergency Relief Fund. Gymnasium, Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 229-2306.

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FaMil Y cOntra & internati Onal dance : The Bosnian Lilies perform a participatory dance, and callers organize steppers to tunes by the Fiddleheads and more. Burlington City Hall Auditorium, 6-8 p.m. $5 suggested donation; $10 suggested donation per family. Info, 849-6968 or 233-5293.

Making ‘ t he h all’ : Participants experiment with the improvisational structures used to generate movement in Selene Colburn’s work-in-progress piece. Burlington Dances, 3-5:30 p.m. $13-15. Info, 863-3369. ur Ban r each dance cOnventi On: More than 100 aspiring hip-hop dancers learn moves from sought-after choreographers such as Marty Kudelka, David Moore, LaJon Dantzler and Laura Edwards. Sheraton Hotel & Conference Center, South Burlington, 8 a.m.1:30 p.m. $170-185; $10-20 entry fee for Saturday’s Showcase and Freestyle Battle at 5 p.m., or $5 to watch. Info, 863-6600. vSO w altz night : Twirlers take a break from 3/4-time to bid on upscale silentauction items at this black-tie affair set to live accompaniment from the Vermont Symphony Orchestra. Proceeds benefit statewide VSO programs. Grand Maple Ballroom, Davis Center, UVM, Burlington, 6 p.m. $175-325 includes dinner; cash bar; call for reservations. Info, 800-876-9293, ext.

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Burlingt On w inter Fe Stival : See FRI.04, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. cOlche Ster w inter carnival : See FRI.04, 7:30 a.m.-6 p.m. ind OOr w inter cra Ft Fair : More than 35 local crafters and regional artisans display their handmade wares. University Mall, South Burlington, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Free. Info, 863-1066, ext. 11. l ake Side Pre Sch OOl w inter Fe Stival : Hot cider and homemade donuts warm up bodies busy with snowshoe trail races, sledding and ice skating. Proceeds benefit the school. Lakeside Preschool at Black Kettle Farm, Essex, N.Y., 1-5 p.m. $7 for adults; $20 per family. Info, 518-963-8222.

SnOw Sh Oe FeStival : Strap-on footwear is the star in a wintry day of nature walks, equipment demos, igloo building, a dogsledding workshop, hot chocolate and more. Green Mountain Club Visitor Center, Waterbury Center, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. $8-10; free for kids under 12. Info, 244-7037.

film

‘l aSt t rain hOM e’: Lixin Fan’s documentary looks into the world’s largest human migration as millions of people travel home to China for the New Year’s holiday. Loew Auditorium, Hopkins Center,

Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 6:30 p.m. & 8:30 p.m. $5-7. Info, 603-646-2422.

food & drink

‘a giFt Fr OM the h eart’ dinner & Silent aucti On: Dancing and karaoke spice up a dinner of roast turkey or vegetarian lasagna. Proceeds benefit Central Vermont Catholic School. Knights of Columbus Hall, Barre, 6 p.m. $30; $55 per couple; cash bar; free childcare on site. Info, 793-8307. caca O wO rk Sh OP: Chocoholics consider the plant’s healing qualities — along with the history, farming, processing and politics involved — in this multisensory presentation with Sandra Lory.

Preregister. Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 1-2 p.m. $5-7. Info, 223-8004, ext. 202, info@hungermountain.com.

nOrth h er O t uMBle t iMe: Free-play stations around the gym keep youngsters — and their adult companions — on the go. North Hero Elementary School, 10-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426.

OPen tO t gYM & inFant/Parent Pla Yti Me: Snacks fuel feats of athleticism. Bellows Free Academy, Fairfax, 10-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426. r ead t O a dOg: Stories form a bond between young readers and Therapy Dogs of Vermont.

Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 10-11 a.m. Free.

Info, 863-3403.

music

acade MY OF St. Martin in the Field S: This long-standing English chamber ensemble gives life to classical works. Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 8 p.m. $26.50-32.50. Info, 775-0903.

caPital cit Y w inter Far Mer S Market : Root veggies, honey, fresh mesclun and more change hands at an off-season celebration of locally grown grub, complete with a variety of vendor demonstrations. Gymnasium, Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 223-2958.

dart MOuth cOllege glee clu B: Gleeks concentrate on the genius of Samuel Barber in Prayers of Kierkegaard, Knoxville, Summer of 1918 and Adagio for Strings. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 8 p.m. $5-26.

Info, 603-646-2422.

cha MPlain iSland S w inter Far Mer S Market : Baked items, apples, winter greens, cheeses and meats sustain shoppers in search of locally grown goods. South Hero Congregational Church, 10 a.m.2 p.m. Free. Info, 372-5912.

david Berkele Y: A San Franciscan singer-songwriter celebrates the recent release of Some Kind of Cure. Ben Guihan opens. See calendar spotlight.

River Arts Center, Morrisville, 5-7 p.m. $10. Info, 888-1261.

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r ecOrder-Pla Ying gr OuP: Musicians produce early folk and baroque melodies. Presto Music Store, South Burlington, 2-4 p.m. Free. Info, 658-0030, info@prestomusic.net.

diP dinner : Diners load up on buffet offerings and pay by the scoop. Proceeds benefit the Enosburg Food Shelf. American Legion, Enosburg Falls, 4:30-7 p.m. $1 per plate; 50¢ per dip. Info, 933-2007. h aM & rO aSt Bee F BuFFet : Got meat? The Colchester Knights of Columbus hosts this community dinner, complete with $500 in door prizes. Holy Cross Church, Colchester, 6 p.m. $15. Info, 862-1756.

health & fitness

hO li Stic h ealing Fair : Healers specializing in massage, oneness experience, reflexology, Reiki, acupuncture and more share the benefits of their fields. Unity Church of Vermont, Essex Junction, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. $25 admission includes four 15-minute healing sessions. Info, 876-7696, lane2love@yahoo. com. l earn cPr : Vermonters learn to think — and act — on their feet when faced with a medical emergency.

Participants receive a CPR book and certification card through the Emergency Care and Safety Institute. Preregister. Richmond Rescue, 1-3 p.m. $25. Info, 434-2394.

MuScular d YStr OPh Y aSSOciati On Mu Scle w alk : Families go the distance to support local individuals who have been affected by neuromuscular diseases. Tarrant Field House, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 8:30 a.m. Info, 862-6424.

kids

Berk Shire t uMBle t iMe: Provided snacks fuel exercise for tots. Gym, Berkshire Elementary School, 9:30-11 a.m.

Free. Info, 527-5426. children’ S St Or Y t iMe: Little ones sidle up to the story stage for canine tales with more bark than bite. Barnes & Noble, South Burlington, 11 a.m.

Free. Info, 864-8001. ‘kidS vt ’ caMP & Sch OOl Fair : Representatives from more than 40 Vermont organizations share information about upcoming programs. Hilton Hotel, Burlington, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 9855482, fair@kidsvt.com.

r iPt On cOMMunit Y cOFFeehOuSe: Burlington-based band the Grift offer originals and bluegrass covers. Ripton Community House, 7:30 p.m. $3-9. Info, 388-9782.

Stanle Y JOrdan t ri O: A Grammy-nominated guitarist heads up distinctive blends of jazz, rock and classical music. Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center, Stowe Mountain Resort, 8 p.m. $38-45. Info, 253-3000. t he car Olina ch OcOlate dr OPS: A musical trio breathes youthful energy into old-time African American Appalachian string-band tunes. See music section, this issue. Barre Opera House, 8 p.m. $10-29. Info, 476-8188. t he kind Bud S: An acoustic duo raises guitar refrains. Hostel Tevere, Warren, 10 p.m. $5. Info, 496-9222. ver MOnt Philhar MOnic Orche Stra : Brahms’ Academic Festival Overture opens this winter concert, and Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue and Beethoven’s Mass in C Major, op. 86, follow.

Preconcert talk by VPO music director Lou Kosma, 7:10 p.m. Elley-Long Music Center, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 7:30 p.m. $5-15. Info, 793-4210.

YOung t raditi On Sh Owca Se: A frenzy of music and dance fills the auditorium. Performers include Sarah Blair and Maria Naumann, Tim Cummings and Haliana Burhans, and members of the Heather Morris School of Dance. Burlington City Hall Auditorium, 3-5 p.m. $5 suggested donation; $10 suggested donation per family. Info, 849-6968.

outdoors

‘all aBOut Bear S’: In for a wild time? Take a look at bite marks on the Kent Thomas Nature Center while learning about the large mammals of our forest. Mad River Glen Ski Area, Fayston, 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. $15-25; $65 per family of four. Info, 496-3551, ext. 117.

Blue cr OSS BlueShield OF ver MOnt Sn Ow daYS: Folks relish free access to trails, snowshoe and cross-country ski rentals, and snacks.

Catamount Outdoor Family Center, Williston, 1-4 p.m. Free. Info, 764-4858.

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Sleigh RideS: Weather permitting, jingling horses trot visitors over the snow on a wintry tour of rolling acres. Rides depart every half hour from the Welcome Center. Shelburne Farms, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. $6-8; free for kids under 3.

Info, 985-8442.

talks

Cabin FeveR StoRieS: Jan Albers, Earl Bessette and Erwin “Red” Clark share tales of snowstorms past, including the Great Blizzard of 1888. Sheldon Museum, Middlebury, 2-4 p.m. Free. Info, 388-2117.

ChRiStoPheR MCelRoen: Though the performance of Waiting for Godot is canceled, the director discusses the meaning of the post-Hurricane Katrina production with the help of video clips.

Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 8 p.m. Free. Info, 863-5966.

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‘Challenge CoRPoRate authoRity: aSSeRt the PeoPle’S RightS’: Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom holds a five-week study group focusing on corporate personhood, global corporatization and democracy. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211. ‘dRaWing on WinteR’: Adults view the natural world as art in this botany and sketching workshop. Preregister. Green Mountain Audubon Center, Huntington, 1-3:30 p.m. $20. Info, 434-3068.

FRenCh-engliSh ConveRSation gRouP: Novice and fluent French speakers brush up on their linguistics — en français. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 4-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211.

fairs & festivals

ColCheSteR WinteR CaRnival: See FRI.04, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. indooR WinteR CRaFt FaiR: See SAT.05, noon6 p.m.

film

‘all WeatheR balladS: a love StoRy’: Sandglass Theater explores the modern rural experience with two puppets. Auditorium, St. Johnsbury School, 7:30 p.m. $12-22. Info, 748-2600. ‘an evening oF CeltiC MuSiC and danCe’: The Green Mountain Celts, Dominique Dodge and Tim Cummings bring traditional Scottish and Irish tunes to life, and the St. Andrews Highland Dancers perform lively steps. Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Jericho, 7 p.m. $8-10; free for ages 12 and under. Info, 878-3840.

gRotoWSki aCting WoRkShoP: Intermediate and advanced adults and teens study bodycentered character development with the cast of Waiting for Godot. Chase Dance Studio, Flynn Center, Burlington, 1 p.m. $25; space is limited; preregister. Info, 863-5966. national theatRe oF london: CataMount aRtS CenteR: See THU.03, 2 p.m. ‘oliveR tWiSt’: See WED.02, 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. ‘the SeaRCh FoR SignS oF intelligent liFe in the univeRSe’: See WED.02, 7:30 p.m.

words

StoRy tiMe: See THU.03, 11 a.m.

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SPRing healthSouRCe ClaSS: NECI chef John Barton puts cold-weather veggies to good use in health-conscious dishes such as winter-squash cheesecake, spaghetti-squash stir-fry and kale meatballs. Preregister. Healthy Living, South Burlington, 2-4 p.m. Free. Info, 847-2278.

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babySitteR Mingle: Parents of tots in need of minding meet potential student caregivers — and kids in attendance get a say in the matter.

Preregister. Livak Room, Davis Center, UVM, Burlington, 10:30 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 656-9405, alicia.taylor@uvm.edu. lolliPoP Ski RaCe: Young skiers don racing bibs for a fun zip down the “Mighty Mite” hill. Olympian Barbara Ann Cochran works the stopwatch and offers encouragement. Cochran’s Ski Area, Richmond, 1 p.m. Free with purchase of a $14 youth lift ticket.

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Read to a dog: See SAT.05, 1-2 p.m.

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John PenoyaR & FRiendS: The ukulele and guitar player delivers blues and swing-jazz with Todd Sagar and Andrew Albright. Deborah Rawson Memorial Library, Jericho, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 899-4962.

Monday - Friday 7 am to 7 pm

noRtheaSt FiddleRS aSSoCiation: Stringedinstrument players gather for a monthly jam to brush up on their skills. VFW Post, Morrisville, noon-5 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 728-5188.

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oRgan ReCital: In “Northern Lights,” Lynnette Combs performs selections from Scandinavia and the Baltic countries. Bethany Church, Montpelier, 3 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 223-2424, ext. 224, abz@arthurzorn.com.

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bill SChubaRt: The Vermont author of Fat People explores how easily food can overwhelm a life in a talk and book signing. Barnes & Noble, South Burlington, 1 p.m. Free. Info, 864-8001.

The Senior Accountant position is a full-time position that is responsible for providing senior-level accounting services, including supervision, in support of the city’s central accounting function. The position may also provide accounting services to several other major city departments, including Burlington International Airport and Burlington Telecom. Bachelor’s degree in accounting, business administration, or related field and three years of relevant experience in accounting.

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‘Waiting FoR godot’: CANCELED. By transporting Samuel Beckett’s play to a post-Hurricane Katrina landscape, director Christopher McElroen puts the work in a new perspective, addressing deep issues about race, class and, well, waiting. Free preperformance lecture, 6:30-7:30 p.m., at the Amy E. Tarrant Gallery. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 8 p.m. $25-39. Info, 863-5966.

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‘Funny buSineSS’ CoMedy-hyPnoSiS ShoW: The audience becomes part of the spectacle at this laughter-filled performance by hypnotist Steve Wronker. Auditorium. Spaulding High School, Barre, 7 p.m. $6-9; free for children under 5. Info, 522-4414.

‘Moby diCk’: An obsessed captain leads his crew on a dangerous — and, for most, deadly — quest to hunt the white whale in John Huston’s 1956 interpretation of the Herman Melville classic. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $5-7. Info, 603-646-2422.

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Penguin Plunge: Stouthearted swimmers parade in a costume contest, then dunk themselves in Lake Champlain to raise funds for the Special Olympics.

Waterfront Park, Burlington, registration begins at 8 a.m.; plunge at 11 a.m. $25 registration fee plus $150 pledge minimum; free to watch.

Info, 863-5222, ext. 105.

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Golden Sun Healing Center, South Burlington, 6-7 p.m. Free. Info, 922-9090.

SuSannah Blachly & Patti caSey: The singer-songwriters play New England-flavored bluegrass and folk to celebrate the Athenaeum’s 140th year. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 2 p.m. Free.

Info, 748-8291.

h er Bal clinic : Sign up for an appointment to explore the art of natural healing one on one with students and professors from the Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism. City Market, Burlington, 4-7 p.m. Free. Info, 861-9700.

Strong l iVing exerci Se: See THU.03, 8 a.m.

‘t he animal Kingdom’ : The calls of the wild figure prominently in this program with mezzo soprano Erma Mellinger and pianist Greg Hayes. Rollins Chapel, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 3 p.m. Free. Info, 603-646-2422.

Vermont Philharmonic orche Stra : See SAT.05. Preconcert talk by VPO music director Lou Kosma, 3:10 p.m. Barre Opera House, 3:10 p.m. $515. Info, 476-8188. m-Pact : The acclaimed pop-jazz vocal ensemble offers “Signed, Sealed and Delivered,” the music of Motown, doo-wop and more. Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center, Stowe Mountain Resort, 3 p.m. & 7 p.m. $23-30. Info, 253-3000.

outdoors

Sleigh r ideS: See SAT.05, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. ‘t he art and Science of t rac King’ : Go sleuthing for signs of bird and animal life on this moderately difficult educational excursion. Mad River Glen Ski Area, Fayston, 10:30 a.m. $15-25; $65 per family of four. Info, 496-3551, ext. 117.

sport

2011 f rozen onion Winter Bi Ke r ace 2.0 : Chip the icicles off your trusty steed for a lungburning loop with lap options. Proceeds benefit the rebuilding of the Pete’s Greens’ barn. Montpelier, registration, 8:30 a.m.; race 10 a.m. Morse Farm Ski Center, $25 includes postrace food. Info, 229-9409, thefolks@onionriver.com.

theater

‘myethi oPia’: See THU.03, 2 p.m. ‘oli Ver tW iSt’ : See WED.02, 2 p.m. ‘t he Search for Sign S of intelligent the uni Ver Se’: See WED.02, 5 p.m.

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Poetry oPen mic: Scribes speak in stanzas of their own creation. Block Gallery, Winooski, 1-3 p.m.

Free. Info, 373-5150.

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‘a neW l oo K at aging’ : Interactive conversations thread through this five-week workshop about perceptions of old age, processing life experiences, changing roles and identities, and more. All Souls Interfaith Gathering, Shelburne, 6:45-8:45 p.m. $10 materials fee. Info, 985-3355 or 985-3819. community h er Bali Sm cla SS: Sweet-toothed folks rejoice when VCIH faculty member Larken Bunce discusses “Chocolate: Transformation From Guilty Pleasure to Divine Healer.” Preregister.

Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism, Montpelier, 6-8 p.m. $10-12; $5 materials fee. Info, 224-7100, info@vtherbcenter.org.

food & drink

‘a t aSte of chocolate’ : Amarah’s Chocolate Company summarizes the history of this sweettooth staple before a tasting of different varieties.

Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 1 p.m.

Free; space is limited; preregister. Info, 878-4918.

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chocolate- diPPing demo: See WED.02, 2 p.m.

health & fitness

aura h ealing clinic : People receive treatment for and feedback about their personal energy fields.

kids

infant Story h our : Kiddos up to age 2 absorb spoken-word yarns. Aldrich Public Library, Barre, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 476-7550, aldrichlibrary@ charter.net. l earn to Knit : All materials are supplied for this stitching circle with Joan Kahn. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 4-5 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338. muSic With mia : Tots form a circle for a special story hour with sing-along tunes. Center Court, University Mall, South Burlington, 10:30 a.m. Free.

Info, 863-1066, ext. 11.

Storie S With megan : Preschoolers ages 2 to 5 expand their imaginations through storytelling, songs and rhymes. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 11-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

SWanton Playgrou P: Kids and caregivers squeeze in quality time over imaginative play and snacks. Mary Babcock Elementary School, Swanton, 9:30-11 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426. t een adViSory Board : Middle and high schoolers help librarians plan cool programs and order new books. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 4-5 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

music

mad r iVer chorale r ehear Sal S: No auditions are necessary to join this community choir, which meets weekly to give voice to song selections from America’s greatest composers. Harwood Union High School, South Duxbury, 6:45-8:45 p.m. Free.

Info, 496-4781.

Vermont f iddle orche Stra r ehear Sal S: New and established members of the nonprofit community orchestra fiddle around in a jam session at 6 p.m. before practice time at 7 p.m. St. Augustine’s Catholic Church, Montpelier, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 877343-3531, info@vtfiddleorchestra.org.

talks

h aViland Smith : The retired station chief of the CIA considers “Counter-Terrorism and American Foreign Policy Today.” Faith United Methodist Church, South Burlington, 2 p.m. $5. Info, 864-3516. megan f orce & iSaBel Kloumann : Starry-eyed listeners learn about the nature and origins of R Coronae Borealis from two UVM astrophysics students. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 7:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 878-6955.

theater

‘la Party’ : A die-hard vegan falls off the wagon, leading to a wild night on the town, in this video-enhanced performance conceived and directed by Phil Soltanoff.

Warner Bentley Theater, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $10-26. Info, 603-646-2422.

words

marjorie cady memorial Writer S grou P: Budding wordsmiths improve their craft through “homework” assignments, creative exercises and sharing. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 10 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 388-2926, cpotter935@comcast.net. ‘t he art of the Storyteller’ : Best-selling author Jodi Picoult divulges how her tales develop — and much more — in an interview with Catherine Doherty. Proceeds benefit Northern Stage. See calendar spotlight. Briggs Opera House, White River Junction, 7:30 p.m. $10-35. Info, 296-7000.

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be accompanied by an adult. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 3-5 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

community

Village-Building con Vergence organizer S’ meeting : New faces are welcomed at a planning meeting for the third annual Village-Building Convergence, held in June. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 5-7 p.m. Free. Info, 276-3839, jennifer@twinpondretreat.com.

environment

green drin KS: Activists and professionals for a cleaner environment raise a glass over networking and discussion. The Skinny Pancake, Montpelier, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 262-2253.

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‘BaSic introduction to camera uSe’: Budding videographers learn about media production in this taping workshop. 294 North Winooski Ave., Burlington, 10-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 862-3966, ext.

16, morourke@cctv.org. entre Preneur Shi P day cele Bration : Biz kids honor the do-it-yourself spirit through networking, exhibits, an announcement of the “Building Entrepreneurship Education in Our Schools” winners and more. Vermont Statehouse, Montpelier, 8 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Free. Info, 828-2852.

Pau Se café : French speakers of all levels converse en français. Borders Books & Music, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 864-5088.

‘SPend Smart’ : Vermonters learn savvy skills for stretching bucks and managing money. Preregister.

Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 6:30-9 p.m. Free.

Info, 860-1417, ext. 104, growingmoney@cvoeo.org.

food & drink

chocolate- diPPing demo: See WED.02, 2 p.m. ‘coo King With miSo’: Foodies learn about the health benefits of this Japanese seasoning while whipping up a batch of soup. Preregister.

Sustainability Academy, Lawrence Barnes School, Burlington, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 861-9700.

Sou P & Bread night : Vermonters support the Enosburg Food Shelf by filling up on hearty homemade eats. Champions Sports Tavern at the Dairy Center, Enosburg Falls, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Food is free; donations accepted. Info, 933-2030. ‘t he f armer S f at t ueSday’ : Dinner guests learn more about the Vermont Natural Resources Council and statewide environmental movements over grass-fed beef and veggie burgers. Ten percent of sales benefit VNRC. The Farmers Diner, Middlebury, 5-8 p.m. $18. Info, 458-0455.

f airfax Story h our : Songs, tales and crafts captivate kiddos. Fairfax Community Library, 9:3010:30 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426. f ro Sty & f riend S t hera Py dog S: Young readers share their favorite texts with friendly pooches.

Preregister. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

KidS’ Story h our : Literature hounds show up for tall tales. Kids under 3 meet at 10 a.m.; ages 3 to 5 meet at 10:30 a.m. East Barre Branch Library, Barre, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 476-5118. muSic With r aPhael : See THU.03, 10:45 a.m. muSic With r oBert : The host of a weekly folkand world-music show on VPR explores tunes with music lovers of all ages. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 11-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216. oPen comPuter t ime: See THU.03, 3-4:30 p.m.

Science & Storie S: Little ones have a hoot learning about what makes owls such stellar nighttime hunters. ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center/ Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 11 a.m. Regular admission, $8.50-10.50; free for kids 2 and under. Info, 877-324-6386.

South h ero Playgrou P: Free play, crafting and snacks entertain children and their grown-up companions. South Hero Congregational Church, 10-11 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426.

St. al Ban S Playgrou P: Creative activities and storytelling engage the mind. St. Luke’s Church, St. Albans, 9:30-11 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426.

Story h our : Tales and picture books catch the attention of little tykes. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

Story t ime for t ot S: Three- to 5-year-olds savor stories, songs, crafts and company. CarpenterCarse Library, Hinesburg, 11 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 482-2878.

talks

‘r ePorting l iVe f rom War z one S: j ournali St S t ell t heir Storie S f rom the f ront l ine S’: WDEV’s Mark Johnson moderates this panel discussion with input from Sam Hemingway and Ryan Mercer of the Burlington Free Press, Darren Perron and Lance MacKenzie of WCAX, and author and retired foreign correspondent Louis Salome. Alumni Auditorium, Champlain College, Burlington, 8 p.m. Free. Info, 865-6434 or 861-2343.

theater

‘la Party’ : See MON.07, 7 p.m. & 9 p.m.

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health & fitness

l aughter yoga : What’s so funny? Giggles burst out as gentle aerobic exercise and yogic breathing meet unconditional laughter to enhance physical, emotional, and spiritual health and well-being. Miller Community and Recreation Center, Burlington, 9-10 a.m. Free. Info, 355-5129.

kids

children’ S Story h our : Two- to 5-yearolds tune in for audible prose.

Aldrich Public Library, Barre, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 476-7550, aldrichlibrary@charter.net. craftacular t ueSday S: Creative kids get caught up in low-tech projects.

Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 3:30-5 p.m.

Free. Info, 223-3338. creati Ve t ueSday S: Artists engage their imaginations with recycled crafts. Kids under 10 must

mary h olland : The author of Naturally Curious: A Photography Field Guide and Month-by-Month Journey Through the Fields, Woods and Marshes of New England takes listeners through the four seasons. Bear Pond Books, Montpelier, 7 p.m. Free.

Info, 229-0774. ‘extem Po’ l iVe original Storytelling : Amateur raconteurs deliver polished, first-person, 5-minute-long true stories at an open-mic evening, sans notes. Savoy Theater, Montpelier, 8:30 p.m.

Free to participants; $10 donation to the Youth Service Bureau to watch. Info, 229-0598.

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net Wor King l uncheon for Vermont h ealer S: Area herbalists, health practitioners, educators and others receive advice on “How to Create a Marketing and Promotional Plan for Your Business.” Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 225-5960, info@vermonthealers.org.

community

Winoo SKi coalition for a Safe and Peaceful community : Neighbors and local businesses help create a thriving Onion City by planning community

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O’Brien Community Center, Winooski, 3:30-4:45 p.m. Free. Info, 655-1392, ext.10.

middlE sChool booK Group: See WED.02, 4-5 p.m.

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montGomEry story hour: See WED.02, 10-11 a.m.

EmbroidErErs’ Guild mEEtinG: Needleworkers check out the sewing projects of their peers and get a little stitching done. Pines Senior Living Community, South Burlington, 9:30 a.m. Free. Info, 879-0198. italian ConvErsation Group: Parla Italiano?

A native speaker leads a language practice for all ages and abilities. Call for cancellations in inclement weather. Room 101, St. Edmund’s Hall, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 899-3869.

Knit niGht: Crafty needleworkers (crocheters, too) share their talents and company as they give yarn a makeover. Phoenix Books, Essex, 5-7 p.m.

Free. Info, 872-7111. lunCh & lEarn: Green thumbs learn how to “Breathe New Life Into Seasonally Blooming Plants” from speaker Judith Keyes. Gardener’s Supply, Williston, noon-12:45 p.m. Free. Info, 658-2433. sEaba swEEthEarts soirEE: South Enders socialize at a Valentine-themed affair with sweet treats, live music by the Queen City Hot Club, tango demonstrations, art and raffle prizes. SEABA Center, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. $10 for members; $15 for nonmembers; cash bar. Info, 859-9222. vErmont nonprofit lEGislativE day: Nonprofit colleagues meet legislators and gain usable advocacy skills in workshops. Common Good Vermont annual meeting, 9:30-10 a.m. Vermont Statehouse, Montpelier, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. $10. Info, 862-1645, ext. 21.

film

lGbtQ moviE niGht: Popcorn accompanies a screening of Rose Troche’s 1994 film Go Fish, about a small group of lesbian friends in Chicago. R.U.1.2?

Community Center, Winooski, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 860-7812. ‘pEnniEs from hEavEn’: Look out for fancy footwork by Steve Martin and Christopher Walken in Herbert Ross’ 1981 film about a sheet-music salesman. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $5-7. Info, 603-646-2422.

food & drink

fEElGood Community dinnEr: Ten percent of proceeds from drinks or dinner benefit this UVM student-led movement, working to empower people to end world hunger. Bluebird Tavern, Burlington, 5-10 p.m. Cost of food and drink. Info, 203-417-7421.

‘thE opEn tablE’: See WED.02, 6-8 p.m.

kids

ChildrEn’s story timE: Little ones sidle up to the story stage for page-turning tales about farm animals. Barnes & Noble, South Burlington, 10 a.m.

Free. Info, 864-8001.

EnosburG playGroup: See WED.02, 9-11 a.m. fairfax playGroup: See WED.02, 10-11 a.m. hiGhGatE story hour: See WED.02, 10-11 a.m. iCE sKatinG for homEsChoolErs: See WED.02, noon-2 p.m.

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‘aQuarius and thE rEbirth of GnostiC Christianity’: A PowerPoint presentation illuminates the relevance of Gnosticism in our times.

6 Fairfield Hill Road, St. Albans, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 524-9706, vermont@goldenrosycross.org. ‘bordErs, boundariEs and bulliEs’ lECturE sEriEs: A weekly series explores the mental and physical walls that divide us, as well as the ties that bind us together. Political scientist and economics instructor Kara Alnasrawi discusses free residence and restricted immigration. Burlington College, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 862-9616.

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GEorGE ‘pEsKunCK’ larabEE: A member of the Abenaki Sokokiak Nation of Missisquoi covers the history, culture and language of this New England tribe. Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 7 p.m.

Free. Info, 426-3581, jaquithpubliclibrary@hotmail. com. lamoillE County oshEr lECturE sEriEs: From transnational identity to regime change to oil politics, UVM professor F. Gregory Gause explores “American ‘En-Gulfed’: Why Every American President Gets Caught in the Persian Gulf.” Town & Country Resort, Stowe, 1:30 p.m. Free. Info, 253-9011.

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‘why fair tradE?’: Panelists Dr. Jeffrey Ayres, Dr. Robert Letovsky, Gaby Ochoa and Sandy Wynne converse about political, economic, ethical and practical issues. Farrell Room, St. Edmund’s Hall, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 5 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2536.

theater

‘olivEr twist’: See WED.02, 7:30 p.m. ‘strEEt bEat’: Urban rhythms, dancing and drumming on found objects collide in this high-energy show. Fuller Hall, St. Johnsbury Academy, 10:30 a.m. & 1 p.m. $4. Info, 748-2600.

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flynn CEntEr/flEtChEr frEE booK disCussion Group: Author Marc Estrin leads bibliophiles in a gab about Samuel Beckett’s play Waiting for Godot. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211. major jaCKson: As part of JSC’s Spring Author Series, the award-winning Vermont poet reads work aloud. Stearns Performance Space, Johnson State College, 5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 635-1343. sprinG hEalthsourCE Class: Nutrition educator and author Joan Dye Gussow looks to the future of food and sustainability in her new book Growing, Older: A Chronicle of Death, Life and Vegetables. Preregister. Davis Auditorium, Medical Education Center Pavilion, Fletcher Allen Health Care, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 847-2278. writErs’ Group: See WED.02, 7-9 p.m. ‘you ComE, too’: Spend winter considering the words of influential poets, including Mary Oliver and Emily Dickinson, through readings and discussion. Vermont Humanities Council, Montpelier, 5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 262-2626, ext. 304. m

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movinG & GroovinG with ChristinE: Young ones jam out to rock-and-roll and world-beat tunes. Recommended for ages 2 to 5, but all are welcome. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 11-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

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classes art ART CLASSES IN HINESBURG AT CVU: 200 winter/spring offerings for all ages. Location: CVU High School, 10 min. from exit 12, Hinesburg. Info: 802-482-7194, www.cvuhs.org/access. Two watercolor classes with Ginny Joyner, Pastel Portraits, Drawing for Beginners, Painting with Water Soluble Oils, Print Making, Calligraphy, Solar Etching, Darkroom Use. ART AT STUDIO PLACE ARTS: Location: Studio Place Arts, 201 N. Main St., Barre. Info: Studio Place Arts, Sue Higby, 802-4797069, shigby@sover.net, www. studioplacearts.com. Learn the Art of Photography with Andrew Wellman, Figure Sculpture in Clay with Pat DeGogorza, Monoprints and Collagraphs with LynaLou Nordstrom, Book Arts with Elissa Campbell, Pastels with Carol Gargon, Portraiture with Marie LaPre Grabon, Clay with Georgia Landau. Full descriptions online.

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JEWELRY: JEWELRY & METAL DESIGN: Weekly on Wed., Feb. 9-Mar. 23 (no class Feb. 23), 6-8:30 p.m. Cost: $175/nonmembers, $157.50/BCA members.

Location: BCA Clay Studio, 250 Main St., Burlington. Make your own earrings, bracelets, necklaces and more, while discovering the art of fi ne metal craftsmanship. Students will learn many techniques including sawing, forming, polishing and soldering while working with copper, brass or silver. Some basic supplies and equipment will be provided.

Limit: 12.

PHOTO: DIGITAL WORKFLOW: Feb. 17-Mar. 24, 6-9 p.m., Weekly on ° u. Cost: $250/nonmembers, $225/BCA members.

Location: Firehouse Center’s Digital Media Lab, Burlington.

Prerequisite: Intro Film/Digital SLR Camera or equivalent experience. Upload, organize, edit and print your digital photographs in this comprehensive class using Adobe Photoshop Lightroom.

Importing images, using RAW fi les, organization, fi ne-tuning tone and contrast, color and white balance adjustments, and archival printing on an Epson 3880 will all be covered. Limit: 6.

body BODY & MIND CLASSES IN HINESBURG AT CVU: 200 Winter/Spring offerings for all ages. Location: CVU High School, 10 min. from exit 12, Hinesburg.

Info: 802-482-7194, www.cvuhs. org/access. Core Strength, Weight Training, Zumba, Yoga (4 choices), Swing or Ballroom,

WORKING W/ FIBROMYALGIA: Mar. 26-27, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Cost: $275/($250 if paid by Mar. 5; $50 nonrefundable if you withdraw after Mar. 5); 16 CEUs. Location: Touchstone Healing Arts, Burlington, VT. Info: Dianne Swafford, 802-734-1121, swaf fordperson@hotmail.com.e° principles of Ortho-Bionomy can be applied in many different circumstances and situations, providing participants with more specialized approaches and applications. ° is class focuses on the characteristics of fi bromyalgia and the stressors that may help create the physical imbalances that cause its discomfort.

We will explore the ways in which Ortho-Bionomy can help those with fi bromyalgia. Terri Lee, instructor.

computers COMPUTER CLASSES IN HINESBURG: 200 winter/spring offerings for all ages. Location: CVU High School, 10 min. from exit 12, Hinesburg. Info: 802482-7194, www.cvuhs.org/ac cess. Computer & Internet Basics Tutorial, iWant iPods & iPhones, Google Aps, Improve Your Internet Experience, Windows Security: File and Control Panels, OpenOffi ce, Google Sketch Up, Skype, PowerPoint, Publisher, MS Word Basics and More, MS Excel Basics, Excel Up: ° e Next Steps, Excel Data Analysis, Website Design Fundamentals, Dreamweaver: Web Essentials, Social Networking for Families, Personalized Lessons. Full descriptions online. Senior discount 65+.

craft CRAFT CLASSES IN HINESBURG AT CVU: 200 winter/spring offerings for all ages. Location: CVU High School, 10 min. from exit 12, Hinesburg. Info: 802-4827194, www.cvuhs.org/access.

Beach Glass Birdbath, Mosaic Birdbath, Tiffany-Style Garden Frame, Woodworking, Welding, Wood Carving, Bead/Wire Jewelry Making, Metalsmithing, Spindle and Knobs, Wooden Bowl Turning, Rug Hooking: 2 levels, 3 Bag Sewing, Pillows Sewing, Clothes-Making Skills, Crochet, Cheap/Dirty Framing, Mosaic

cooking CULINARY ARTS: 200 winter/ spring offerings for all ages.

Location: CVU High School, 10 min. from exit 12, Hinesburg.

Info: 802-482-7194, www.cvuhs. org/access. One-night hands-on classes where you eat well! ° ai Cuisine, Vietnamese Specialties, Turkish, Colombian Specialties, Indian, Dim Sum, Szechuan, Moroccan, Greek Coastal, Argentinian, Chicken Parm Classico, Winter Soups/Foccacia, Beef Bourguignon, Raw Foods, Gelato, Berry Pie, Valentine Cookies, Cheese Making: Chevre/Feta From Goat’s Milk.

Full descriptions online. Senior Discount 65+.

series begins this ° ursday, Feb. 3. 7-8 p.m. Beginning Salsa.

A great way to get started and make some new friends. ° en, 8-9 p.m. very cool “Ladies Styling” with Shannon and some amazing turning combinations.

Interested in checking the newest dance craze in Burlington.

Location: South End Studio, 696 Pine St., near Lake Champlain Chocolates, just behind New World Tortilla, Burlington. Info: Sabrina, 802-540-0044, www. southendstudiovt.com. Why take lessons from us? David has been teaching salsa dancing in Burlington for over 12 years now. Little Known Fact #3: David has taught everyone that is teaching in Burlington how to Salsa! “David’s a great teacher.

He’s the best!” -DJ Raul, Amigos Entertainment. “David was my fi rst salsa dance teacher.”-Angel, Zumba instructor.

DANCE STUDIO SALSALINA: Cost: $13/class. Location: 266 Pine St., Burlington. Info: Victoria, 802-598-1077, info@ salsalina.com. Salsa classes, nightclub-style. One-on-one, group and private, four levels.

Beginner walk-in classes, Wednesdays, 6 p.m. Argentinean Tango class and social, Fridays, 7:30 p.m., walk-ins welcome. No dance experience, partner or preregistration required, just the desire to have fun! Drop in any time and prepare for an enjoyable workout!

LEARN TO SWING DANCE: Cost: $60/6-week series ($50 for students/seniors). Location: Champlain Club, 20 Crowley St., Burlington. Info: www.lindyver mont.com, 802-860-7501. Great fun, exercise and socializing, with fabulous music. Learn in a welcoming and lighthearted environment. Classes start every six weeks: Tuesdays for beginners; Wednesdays for upper levels.

Instructors: Shirley McAdam and Chris Nickl.

davis studio dance BALLROOM DANCE CLASSES: Location: ° e Champlain Club, Burlington. Info: First Step Dance, 802-598-6757, kevin@ fi rststepdance.com, www.

FirstStepDance.com. Beginning classes repeat each month, and intermediate classes vary from month to month. As with all of our programs, everyone is encouraged to attend, and no partner is necessary. Come alone, or come with friends, but come out and dance!

BURLINGTON’S BEST SALSA: DAVID LARSON & SOUTH END STUDIO: Burlington’s newest (& nicest) place to dance. Yes! Now there are 2 salsa dance studios in Burlington. New class

DESIGNER JEANS: Feb. 1-15, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Weekly on Tue. Cost: $100/class. Location: Davis Studio, 4 Howard St., Burlington.

Info: 802-425-2700, info@ davisstudiovt.com. Learn to embellish jeans by focusing on applique, stitching, sewing and printing techniques to create a one-of-a-kind pair of designer jeans! Bring in the jeans in your life that need a little lift. We will provide all other necessary materials. Register online at www. davisstudiovt.com. Adult class.

Instructor: Claudia Venon.

PRINTING ON FABRIC: Feb. 1-15, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Weekly on Tue. Cost: $100/class. Location: Davis Studio, 4 Howard St., Burlington. Info: 802-425-2700, info@davisstudiovt.com. Learn DAVIS STUDIO

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PRINT: DRYPOINT: Feb. 16-Mar. 23, 6-8:30 p.m., Weekly on Wed. Cost: $175/nonmembers, $157.50 BCA/members. Location: BCA Print Studio, 250 Main St., Burlington. Discover the ancient

Call 802-865-7166 for info or register online at BurlingtonCityArts.com.

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Garden Frame, Cake Decorating (3 choices), Knitting (3 choices), Hula-Hoop Making. Full descriptions online. Senior discount 65+.

TOKENS OF LOVE VALENTINE CARDS: Feb. 9, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Cost: $20/2-hour hands-on workshop. Location: Purple Shutter Herbs, 7 West Canal St., Winooski. Info: Purple Shutter Herbs, Purple Shutter Herbs, 802-865-4372, info@purpleshut ter.com, www.purpleshutter. com. Come for a cozy evening of creativity, making beautiful keepsake Valentines. All the supplies & inspiration will be provided, along with tea, chocolate & patient assistance. We’ll be working with glass gems, glittery gold paint, fabric, collage/decoupage & more. Each participant will be able to make several to take home.

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PHOTO: VACATION CAMP: Feb. 22-25, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. Cost: $150/nonmembers, $135/BCA members. Location: Firehouse Center’s Digital Media Lab, Burlington. Explore digital photography in this four-day vacation camp! ° is camp will include guided photo shoots in downtown Burlington and will cover the basics of making edits in Photoshop. Students will also print their own 8x10 images on our photo printer. Bring a charged camera and cords on the fi rst day. No experience necessary. Ages 9 to 12. Limit: 6.

Salsa, Hip Hop, Jazzercise, Clawhammer Banjo (2 levels), Voice-Overs, Guitar (2 levels), Beg. Piano, Piano: Return to Keyboard, SongBasket: Karen Sutherland, Creative Dance 4-7 year olds, Mindful Meditation, Emotional Freedom Technique, Mother’s Day Manicure, Soapmaking, Fabulous Facial, Energy Medicine, and Juggling.

Full descriptions online. Senior discount 65+.

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CLAY: TEAPOTS & JARS: Feb. 12Mar. 19, 9:30 a.m.-12 p.m., Weekly on Sat. Cost: $175/nonmembers, $157.50/BCA members. Clay sold separately @ $20/25 lb. bag, glazes & fi rings incl. Location: BCA Clay Studio, 250 Main St., Burlington. Have you wanted to work in sets? Learn new techniques to help you throw and shape precisely. Must be able to center and pull walls with at least two pounds of clay. Over 20 hours per week of open studio time included in addition to the class! Limit: 10.

DESIGN: ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR: Mar. 14-Apr. 4, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Weekly on Monday. Cost: $185/nonmembers, $166.50/ BCA members. Location: Firehouse Center’s Digital Media Lab, Burlington. Learn the basics of Adobe Illustrator: Lay out and design posters and

FASHION DRAWING WORKSHOP: Mar. 12-13, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Cost: $115/nonmembers, $103.50/BCA members. Location: Firehouse Center, Burlington. Learn the skills of fashion drawing in just a weekend! Figure drawing, garment rendering, design concepts and drawing from a live model. Join a low-pressure and fun environment while learning sketching tools you’ll use again and again. Recommended for the home sewer, art student, aspiring or accomplished designer, and more! Limit: 10.

printing technique of drypoint, which is etching onto materials such as plexiglass and copper. ° is method is wonderful for artists who love to draw and want detailed prints with an almost painterly quality. No experience needed. Over 20 hours per week of open studio time! Limit: 10.

PRINT: SILKSCREENING: Feb. 10Mar. 17, 6-8:30 p.m., Weekly on ° ursday. Cost: $195/nonmembers, $175.50/BCA members.

Location: BCA Print Studio, 250 Main St., Burlington. Design and print posters, T-shirts, fi ne art and more! Learn a variety of techniques for transferring and printing images using handdrawn, photographic or borrowed imagery. Learn how to apply photo emulsion, how to use a silkscreen exposure unit. Cost includes over 20 hours per week of open studio hours. Limit: 8.

PHOTO: HDR TECHNIQUES: Mar. 15-Apr. 5, 6-9 p.m., Weekly on Tuesday. Cost: $195/nonmembers, $175.50/BCA members.

Location: Firehouse Center’s Digital Media Lab, Burlington.

Learn how to capture brilliant color images with incredible detail in both shadow and highlight areas using High Dynamic Range photography. Landscape, architectural and night photography applications will be covered.

Participants can print archival prints on our Epson 3880 printer.

Intro Film/Digital SLR/equivalent experience, basic Photoshop or Lightroom experience. Limit: 6.

WATERCOLOR: Feb. 16-Mar. 23, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Weekly on Wed. Cost: $135/nonmembers, $121.50/BCA members. Location: Firehouse Center, Burlington.

Learn how to paint with watercolor. ° is class will focus on observational painting from still life, fi gure, landscape and photos.

Students will paint on watercolor paper and gain experience with composition, color theory, layering, light and shade. Class may move outdoors to paint en plein air on nice days! Limit: 12.

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BANJO: Location: CVU High School, 10 min. from exit 12, Hinesburg. Info: 802-4827194, www.cvuhs.org. Intro to Clawhammer Banjo with Pete Sutherland, Mondays, 5:306:45 p.m., 12 weeks beginning February 7. Limit: 10. Fee: $125.

Designed for guitar players or those with some string experience, Pete focuses on the elements of Americana music on the fi ve-string banjo. Also presented: Advanced Beginner Clawhammer, Mondays, 7:158:30 p.m., 12 weeks, beginning February 7. Limit: 10. Fee: $125.

Pete will take those with a beginner’s knowledge of banjo and introduce the next level of play to all. Two great offerings.

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Students will explore a variety of software techniques and will create projects suited to their own interests. ° is class is suited for beginners who are interested in furthering their design software skills. Limit: 6.

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how to effectively use stencils, carve your own linoleum blocks, and even print with potatoes to create unique, sophisticated or whimsical designs. You can print onto pillowcases, dish towels, placemats, curtains and anything else you can dream of! Register online at www.davisstudiovt. com. Adult class. Instructor: Erike White.

FIGURE DRAWING FOR MODEST INDIVIDUALS: Jan. 5-Feb. 23, 6:30-8 p.m., Weekly on Wed. Cost: $15/cash or check due upon arrival. No preregistration necessary. Location: Davis Studio Gallery, 404 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 802-425-2700, info@davisstudiovt.com. si ˜ weekly drop-in gives you the opportunity to practice drawing the human fi gure. ˜ e model will be fully clothed. Bring your own sketchbook and drawing materials (pencils, charcoal, etc.) or use what we provide. Learn tips to help you draw the human fi gure.

Beginners are welcome. Register online at www.davisstudiovt. com. Adult class. Facilitator: Clark Derbes.

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dreams INTRODUCTION TO DREAMWORK: Feb. 17-Mar. 10, 7-9 p.m., Weekly on ˜ u. Cost: $60/class. Location: 55 Clover Ln., Waterbury. Info: Sue, 802244-7909. Learn how to work with your dreams, connect to your inner life and empower yourself in a safe, supportive setting.

Led by Dr. Sue Mehrtens, teacher and author.

empowerment EMPOWERMENT CLASSES IN HINESBURG AT CVU: 200 Winter/Spring offerings for all ages. Location: CVU High School, 10 min. from exit 12, Hinesburg. Info: 802-482-7194, www.cvuhs.org/access. Lose Weight, Feel Great, Genealogy, Beekeeping, Fly Fishing, Foreign Affairs, Write Better, Resumes, Garden Jumpstart, Container Gardening, Pruning Trees, Goats, Islam and the Western World, Donner Party Story, Solar Energy 101, Bio Fuels 101, Energy=R We?, Cinema Club, Map & Compass, Motorcycle Awareness, ˜ e Toddler Years, Fathers & Children Together Group, Bridge (2 levels), Mah Jongg, Knots, VT Architecture, Civil War Book of Days, Grief Etiquette, Suburban

Homesteading 101. Full descriptions online. Senior discount 65+.

gardening BREATHE NEW LIFE INTO SEASONALLY BLOOMING PLANTS: Feb. 9, 12-12:45 p.m..

Location: Gardener’s Supply Williston Store, 472 Marshall Ave., Williston. Info: 802-6582433. Lunch & Learn Educational Series. Instructed by Judith Keyes. Registration not required.

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GROWING HERBS INDOORS: Feb. 23, 12-12:45 p.m.. Location: Gardener’s Supply Williston Store, 472 Marshall Ave., Williston. Info: 802-658-2433.

Lunch & Learn Educational Series. Instructed by Denyse Butler-Ayres. Registration not required. Free.

MASTER GARDENER 2011 COURSE: Feb. 1-Apr. 26, 6-9 p.m., Weekly on Tue. Cost: $365/ incl. Sustainable Gardening book. Late fee: $20 after Jan. 25. Noncredit course. Location: Various locations, Bennington, Brattleboro, Johnson, Lyndon, Montpelier, Middlebury, Newport, Randolph Center, Rutland, Springfi eld, St. Albans, Waterbury, White River Junction.

Info: 802-656-9562, master. gardener@uvm.edu, www.uvm. edu/mastergardener. Learn how to create a healthy and sustainable home landscape. A wide variety of horticultural topics are covered: fruit and vegetable production, fl ower gardening, botany, soil fertility, plant pests, disease management, healthy lawns, invasive plants, and more!

UVM faculty experts focus on gardening in Vermont!

SOIL BASICS: WHAT YOU MUST KNOW TO START A GARDEN: Feb. 16, 12-12:45 p.m.. Location: Gardener’s Supply Williston Store, 472 Marshall Ave., Williston. Info: 802-658-2433.

Lunch & Learn Educational Series. Instructed by Mike Ather.

Registration not required. Free.

healing MONTHLY READING/HEALING: First ˜ ursday of every month at 6 p.m. Mark you calendar accordingly. Doors will be locked after attendees arrive so there will be no interruptions. Cost: $20/ donation required. Location: Moonlight Gift Shoppe, Rt. 7, Milton. Info: 802-893-9966, moonlightgiftshoppe@yahoo. com. ˜ e healings will be given before the readings begin so that it would raise the energy vibration of the event. ˜ is would include the whole group, holding hands, sitting in a circle. ˜ e process includes the healing energy “knowing” that all are fi lled and surrounded with healing energy for their highest good. ˜ is energy can be “sent” also while this

process takes place, to include others, situations, etc.

healing arts USUI REIKI: 1ST DEGREE: Feb. 26, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Cost: $175/6-hr. class (NCBTMB approved provider). Location: Vermont Center for Energy Medicine, Hinesburg.

Info: Vermont Center for Energy Medicine, Cindy Carse, 802-9859580, cindy@energymedicinevt. com, www.energymedicinevt. com. Learn this ancient healing art that facilitates health on all levels (body, mind and spirit).

Many fi nd Reiki to be a powerful tool for personal growth and transformation. In this class you will be attuned to Reiki and trained to practice Reiki on your self, loved ones and animals.

herbs 150-HOUR CHINESE HERB PROGRAM: Sep. 24-Jun. 18, 2:15 p.m., Monthly on the 4th Mon. Cost: $1,750/150 hours.

Location: Elements of Healing, 21 Essex Way, suite 109, Essex.

Info: Elements of Healing, Scott Moylan, 802-288-8160 scott@ elementsofhealing.net., element sofhealing@verizon.net, si ˜ program will teach the fundamentals of Chinese medicine theory as well as a detailed study of assessment skills. We will cover well over 100 commonly used herbs and formulas for health and illness. ˜ is class is appropriate for beginners as well as other health care practitioners.

HONORING HERBAL TRADITION 2011: Cost: $850/9 a.m.-5 p.m.

1 Sat./mo. for 8 mos. Location: Horsetail Herbs, 134 Manley Rd., Milton. Info: Horsetail Herbs, Kelley Robie, 802-893-0521, htherbs@comcast.net, www.

Horsetailherbs.org. Herbal Apprenticeship program held on a horse farm. Covers herbal therapies; nutritional support; diet; detox; body systems; medicine making; plant identifi cation; tea tasting; plant spirit medicine and animal communication; wild foods; fi eld trips; iridology; women’s, children’s, men’s and animal health! Textbook and United Plant Saver membership included. VSAC grants available.

WISDOM OF THE HERBS SCHOOL: Wisdom of the Herbs Certifi cation Program begins April 23-24, 2011, & runs 1 weekend a mo. through Nov. We are currently interviewing for this program. Wild Edibles Spring Term will be held May 8, Jun. 5 & Jul. 10. Plan ahead & apply now for VSAC nondegree grant for 2011 programs while funds are plentiful. Location: Wisdom of the Herbs School, Woodbury.

Info: 802-456-8122, annie@ wisdomoftheherbsschool.com, www.wisdomoftheherbsschool. com. Earth skills for changing times. Experiential programs embracing local, wild, edible and medicinal plants, food as fi rst medicine, sustainable living skills, and the inner journey.

Annie McCleary, director, and George Lisi, naturalist.

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JEWELRY: STACKING RINGS WORKSHOP: Mar. 5, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Cost: $75/nonmembers, $67.50/BCA members. Location: BCA Clay Studio, 250 Main St., Burlington. Info: 802-865-7166.

Make a set of silver rings that you can stack up together on one fi nger to wear individually in this daylong workshop. ˜ is is a great intro into the world of jewelry making, while creating a fi nished, stylish product. Some basic supplies and equipment will be provided. Limit: 12.

PARLEZ-VOUS FRANCAIS?: Location: At your home or scheduled meeting place, Burlington, Mad River Valley, Stowe, Montpelier. Info: 802-496-7859, yvescompere@yahoo.com.

Communication and vocabulary enrichment, some grammar review. Fun and useful. Taught by Yves Compere, French native.

language FRENCH CLASSES THIS SPRING!: Classes from March 7 to May 19.

Cost: $225/per 10-week session.

Location: Alliance-Francaise of the Lake Champlain Region, #304 Dupont Building, 123 Ethan Allen Ave., Colchester.

Info: Alliance Francaise of the Lake Champlain Region, Micheline Tremblay, 802-4970420, michelineatremblay@ gmail.com, http://www.afl cr.org/ classes.shtml. Study French at the Alliance Francaise of the Lake Champlain Region! Five 10-week classes: Beginning, Intermediate A, Intermediate B, Spoken French I, Spoken French II. More info/registration, 802-497-0420 or www. afl cr.org/classes.shtml.

JAPANESE LANGUAGE CLASSES: Level 1: Tue., 7-8:30. Level 2: ˜ u., 7-8:30. Cost: $195/10 1.5-hr. classes. Location: St. Michael’s College, 1 Winooski Park, Colchester. Info: Japan-America Society of Vermont, Larry Solt, 802-865-3113, l.solt@burling tontelecom.net, www. jasv.org. ˜ e Japan-America Society of Vermont (JASV) is again offering Japanese language lessons.

Beginning Japanese Language Classes, Levels 1 and 2, will be offered starting February 8 and 10.

LANGUAGE CLASSES IN HINESBURG AT CVU: 200 winter/ spring offerings for all ages.

Location: CVU High School, 10 min. from exit 12, Hinesburg.

Info: 802-482-7194, www.cvuhs. org/access. Beginner French, Conversational Immersion French with Laure Angel, Spanish (3 levels plus Advanced Conversational Spanish), Italian for Travelers, Beginning Mandarin (2 levels), German for Beginners. Low cost, hands-on, excellent instructors, limited class size, guaranteed. Materials included with few exceptions.

Full descriptions online. Senior discount 65+.

LEARN SPANISH & OPEN NEW DOORS: Location: Spanish in Waterbury Center, Waterbury Center. Info: Spanish in Waterbury Center, 802-5851025, spanishparavos@gmail. com, www.spanishwater burycenter.com. Expand your opportunities and connect with a new world. We provide highquality, affordable instruction in the Spanish language for adults, teens and children. Learn from a native speaker via small classes, individual instruction or student tutoring. See our website for

martial arts AIKIDO: Adult introductory special: Join by February 1st and receive a three month membership and uniform for $175. Adult introductory classes meet on Tue. & ˜ u. at 6:45 p.m. Classes for adults, children (ages 5-12) & teenagers meet 7 days/week.

Location: Aikido of Champlain Valley, 257 Pine St. (across from Conant Metal and Light), Burlington. Info: 802-951-8900, burlingtonaikido.org. Aikido is a dynamic Japanese martial art that promotes physical and mental harmony through the use of breathing exercises, aerobic conditioning, circular movements, and pinning and throwing techniques. We also teach sword/ staff arts and knife defense. ˜ e Samurai Youth Program provides scholarships for children and teenagers, ages 7-17.

AIKIDO: Tue.-Fri., 6-7:30 p.m.; Sat., 9-10 a.m.; & Sun., 1011:30 a.m. Visitors are always welcome. Location: Vermont Aikido, 274 N. Winooski Ave. (2nd fl oor), Burlington. Info: Vermont Aikido, 802-862-9785, www.vermontaikido.org. Aikido training teaches body and spirit together, promoting physical fl exibility and fl owing movement, martial awareness with compassionate connection, respect for others and confi dence in oneself.

Adult Beginners Class: Intro to Aikido Practice, four consecutive Tuesday evening classes beginning February 2. Class time 6 to 7:30 p.m. Intro Class fee of $60 includes beginner’s uniform.

COMBAT FITNESS MMA: Mon.Sat. Location: Combat Fitness MMA, 201 Main St., Winooski.

Info: Combat Fitness MMA, Vince Guy, 802-655-1035, vteguy25@ gmail.com, combatfi tnessmma. com. Certifi ed and experienced instruction in Brazilian jujitsu, muay ˜ ai kickboxing, boxing, MMA and fi tness for adults and children; from beginners to the serious competitor. Pro shop. Home of Catamount BJJ. Trial classes and punchcards available. Student/military/law enforcement discount. Most reasonable prices in the area.

VERMONT BRAZILIAN JIUJITSU: Mon.-Fri., 6-9 p.m., & Sat., 10 a.m. 1st class is free. Location: Vermont Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, 55 Leroy Rd., Williston. Info: 802660-4072, Julio@bjjusa.com, www.vermontbjj.com. Classes for men, women and children.

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu enhances strength, fl exibility, balance, coordination and cardio-respiratory fi tness. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu training builds and helps to instill

courage and self-confi dence.

We offer a legitimate Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu martial arts program in a friendly, safe and positive environment. Accept no imitations.

Learn from one of the world’s best, Julio “Foca” Fernandez, CBJJ and IBJJF certifi ed 6th Degree Black Belt, Brazilian JiuJitsu instructor under Carlson Gracie Sr., teaching in Vermont, born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil! A 5-time Brazilian JiuJitsu National Featherweight Champion and 3-time Rio de Janeiro State Champion, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

massage ASIAN BODYWORK THERAPY PROGRAM: Weekly on Mon., Tue. Cost: $5,000/500-hour program. Location: Elements of Healing, 21 Essex Way, suite 109, Essex. Info: Elements of Healing, Scott Moylan, 802-288-8160, elementsofhealing@verizon.net, www.elementsofhealing.net. ˜ is program teaches two forms of massage, Amma and Shiatsu.

We will explore Oriental medicine theory and diagnosis as well as the body’s meridian system, acupressure points, Yin Yang and 5-Element ˜ eory. Additionally, 100 hours of Western anatomy and physiology will be taught.

Program starting September 2011. VSAC nondegree grants are available. NCBTMB assigned school.

meditation INTEGRATED AWARENESS MEDITATION: A MEDITATION WORKSHOP: Feb. 12, 2-6 p.m.

Cost: $75/workshop. Location: Vermont Center for Yoga and ˜ erapy, 364 Dorset St., Suite 204, S. Burlington. Info: 802658-9440, www.vtcyt.com. We will practice meditation by focusing on optimal posture, breath and balance through the principles of the Alexander Technique.

We will use creative visualizations and guided meditations to liberate the wisdom of our hearts. A wonderful introduction to meditation for beginners and an opportunity for experienced meditators to go deeper.

LEARN TO MEDITATE: Meditation instruction available Sunday mornings, 9 a.m.-12 p.m., or by appointment. ˜ e Shambhala Café meets the fi rst Saturday of each month for meditation and discussions, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. An Open House occurs every third Wednesday evening of each month, 7-9 p.m., which includes an intro to the center, a short dharma talk and socializing.

Location: Burlington Shambhala Center, 187 So. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: 802-658-6795, www.burlingtonshambhal actr.org. ˜ rough 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. ˜ e Burlington Shambhala Center offers

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movement Burlington Dances open stu Dio: Feb. 5th & 6th, all weekend long! Visit the website for early registration discounts for workshops. Free classes too!

Location: Burlington Dances, Chace Mill, top floor, 1 Mill Street, suite 372, Burlington. Info: Burlington Dances, Lucille Dyer, 802-863-3369, info@burlington dances.com, BurlingtonDances. com. From beginning students to those seeking mastery of movement at the highest level, this is a fantastic opportunity to feel how somatic awareness practices such as Delsarte, Pilates, Bartenieff Fundamentals, and Feldenkrais can support your body, mind and spirit in creative movement, social dancing, and dance as a healing art.

as much hands-on, instinctual knowledge as possible. sound architecture in composition, and an understanding of light, shadow and color will be covered.

Both a live model and still life will be used to work from.

photography ca Mera classes in hines Burg at cVu: 200 winter/ spring offerings for all ages.

Location: CVU High School, 10 min. from exit 12, Hinesburg.

Info: 802-482-7194, www. cvuhs.org/access. Photoshop Basics, Digital camera: Buttons/ Menus, share Photos, aperture Info, shutter speed skills, Digital spectrum, Next l ayers of Photoshop, advanced Digital Photography: Blending/Filters.

Full descriptions online. senior discount 65+. w inter classes- one-onone pri Vate classes o F your choice: Cost: $69/half day, $120/full day. Location: Linda Rock Photography, Essex Jct. Info: 802-238-9540, lrphotography@comcast.net.

Beginner Digital Photography, Intermediate Digital Photography, Digital Workflow, l ighting Techniques, set Up Your Photo Business, People Posing, Basic Photoshop and more. see what we offer at www.linda rockphotography.com for more details. sign up today!

psychology Mythology: Feb. 16-Apr. 6, 7-9 p.m., Weekly on Wed. Cost: $75/ class. Location: 55 Clover Ln., Waterbury. Info: Sue, 802-2447909. Discover some of the myths you are living in this Jungoriented workshop. l ed by sue Mehrtens, author and teacher.

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Drui Dry t raining in V t : 1 weekend/mo. for 9 mos. in the year. Cost: $1,700/9 weekend sessions throughout the year.

Location: Dreamland, Worcester.

Info: The Green Mountain Druid Order, Ivan McBeth, 802-5058010, ivanmcbeth@aol.com, www.greenmountaindruidorder. org. a three-year training of selftransformation in preparation to become a caretaker of the earth: an empowered human being, capable of communicating with nature and other humans, radiating peace and healing. We provide the map and the method, you provide the enthusiasm and commitment. come change the world with us! t he new Dispensation: Feb. 11-Mar. 4, 7-9 p.m., Weekly on Fri. Cost: $60/class. Location: 55 Clover Ln., Waterbury. Info: Sue, 802-244-7909. l earn about the new form of religious expression that carl Jung felt would be appropriate for the age of aquarius in this experiential course rooted in the Biblical teachings of Jesus.

w oo D t urning: Location: CVU High School, 10 min. from exit 12, Hinesburg. Info: 802-4827194, www.cvuhs.org. spindles and Knobs: Intro to the l athe with Ralph Tursini, Thursday afternoon or evening for two weeks beginning February 10. l imit: 6 per time slot. Fee: $95. also, Wooden Bowl Turning for Beginners, Thursday afternoon and evening beginning March 3. l imit 6. Fee: $135.

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w riting grants that w in: Feb. 18-25, 9:30 a.m. Cost: $149/ per workshop (one on 18th; one on 25th). Location: Vermont College of Fine Arts, 36 College St., Montpelier. Info: Mad River Educational Services, William Ritke-Jones, 802-279-3876, wjones@madriveredu.com, madriveredu.com. Do you need to learn how to write grant proposals or just improve your grant-writing skills? Register today for one or both of these grant-writing workshops: Writing Grants That Win, Parts I & II; or a 5-week grant-writing course. To register and for more information, go to http://madriveredu. com.

yoga Drop-in yoga with De B sherrer: Every Fri. this winter, 12-1:30 p.m. Cost: $12/class.

Location: Vermont Center for Yoga & Therapy, 364 Dorset St., suite 204, S. Burlington. Info: 802-658-9440, www.vtcyt.com.

Move. Breathe. strengthen.

Relax. a Vajra-inspired class, with Deb sherrer, cYT, Ma, that focuses on alignment, breath-informed movement, mindfulness and indepth poses to enhance strength, flexibility and grounding. l eave class with a greater sense of wellbeing and relaxation. all levels welcome. eVolution yoga : Daily yoga classes for all levels from $5-$14, conveniently located in Burlington. 10-class cards and unlimited memberships

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snake style t ai chi chuan: Beginner classes Sat. mornings & Wed. evenings. Call to view a class. Location: BAO TAK FAI TAI CHI INSTITUTE, 100 Church St., Burlington. Info: 802-8647902, www.iptaichi.org. 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. yang- style t ai chi: Beginning Jan. 12, Yang Style Tai Chi Part 1 Beginner’s class, Wed., 5:306:50 p.m. $150 for 10 classes.

All levels on Sat., 8:15-9:45 a.m. $16/class; monthly: $60/1 class per week, $115/2 classes per week. 3 calendar mos.: $160/1 class, $275/2 classes per week.

Beginning in Feb.: Yang Style Tai Chi Part 2. Location: Touchstone Healing Arts, 187 St. Paul St., #5, Burlington. Info: 802-318-6238.

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reiki (usui ) le Vel 1: Cost: $175/Sat., Feb. 12, 9:30 a.m.5:30 p.m. Location: Rising Sun Healing Center, 35 King St., Burlington. Info: Chris Hanna, 802-881-1866, chris@risingsun healing.com, www.risingsun healing.com. l earn this powerful hands-on healing art for healing and personal growth and be able to give Reiki energy to yourself an others by the end of the class.

Plenty of in-class practice. l earn the history of Reiki, and ethics of a Reiki practitioner. Individual sessions and classes available.

Member VRa. r eiki ii class oku Den: Feb. 12-13, 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Cost: $175/10-hr. class. Location: HeartSong Reiki, Stockbridge.

Info: HeartSong Reiki, Kelly McDermott-Burns, 802-7468834, kelly@heartsongreiki.com, www.heartsongreiki.com. This class will introduce the first three Reiki symbols. The student will experience the energy of each symbol through the three attunements, use of the precepts, jumon and mantras. Meditation techniques will be practiced. a manual and certificate included.

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snowkiting l essons: Daily lessons while ice is safe (generally Jan.-April). Cost: $120/3-hr. beginner class ($95 for 2-hr. advanced). Location: Lake Champlain, Sand Bar State Park, South Hero/Milton. Info: Stormboarding, Rachael Miller, 802-578-6120, rachael@storm boarding.com, www.stormboard ing.com. snowkite in your first lesson! Use the same alpine, tele or snowboard as on the mountain. We provide experienced, professional, fun instruction and modern gear. Great for skiers/ riders ages 10 to no limit, cruise or go big. Makes an excellent gift. Gear discount after lesson. l esson/gear gift certificates available.

available for discounted rates.

Mon.-Fri. @ 4:30 p.m., class is only $5!. Location: Evolution Yoga, Burlington. Info: 802864-9642, yoga@evolutionvt. com, www.evolutionvt.com. evolution’s certified teachers are skilled with students ranging from beginner-advanced. We offer classes in Vinyasa, anusarainspired, Kripalu, and Iyengar yoga. Babies/kids classes also available! Prepare for birth and strengthen postpartum with pre/ postnatal yoga, and check out our thriving massage practice.

Participate in our community blog: evolutionvt.com/evoblog. l aughing r iVer yoga: Daily yoga classes & monthly yoga workshops. $13 drop in; $110 for 10 classes. By-donation classes (pay what you can) Mon.-Fri. at 9 a.m. & Mon.-Thu. at 7:30 p.m.

Location: Laughing River Yoga, 1 Mill St., Chace Mill, suite 126, Burlington. Info: Laughing River Yoga, 802-343-8119, emily@ laughingriveryoga.com, www. laughingriveryoga.com. Yoga studio now open downstairs in the chace Mill. experienced and compassionate teachers offer Kripalu, Jivamukti, Vajra, Flow, Yin, Restorative, Kundalini, Iyengar and Groove yoga. educate yourself with monthly workshops and class series. l ots of light.

River view. Parking. all levels welcome! Deepen your understanding of who you are. r eiki an D r estorati Ve yoga For clarity an D health: Feb. 20, 2-4 p.m. Cost: $30 Location: Vermont Center for Yoga and Therapy, 364 Dorset St., Suite 204, S. Burlington. Info: 802-658-9440, www.vtcyt.com.

Restorative Yoga & Reiki, bringing two ancient modalities together in a 2-hour workshop. Offer your body permission to relax and your mind spaciousness to follow suit.

Feel the profound effects of these simple & rejuvenating practices, incorporating light and touch on the major chakras. No yoga experience necessary. Instructed by anne Martin and Jane Jarecki l anza. yoga Ver Mont: Location: 113 Church St., 4th floor, Burlington.

Info: 802-238-0594, www. yogavermont.com. Gift certificates are available. Daily drop-in classes. ashtanga, Vinyasa, gentle and yoga teacher training. experienced instructors-we would love to share our practices with you. www.yogavermont.com. yoga with Joe w illia Ms: Sat. Feb. 5, 8:15 AM OR Sun. Feb. 6, 10:00 AM. Cost: $15/1.5-hr. class. Location: Burlington Dances (Chace Mill, Upstairs), 1 Mill St., ste. 372, Burlington.

Info: Burlington Dances, Lucille Dyer, 802-863-3369, Lucille@NaturalBodiesPilates. com, BurlingtonDances.com.

Welcoming the Wobble-Balance at Play for Yoga and l ife. Our wobbles becomes our guides, leading us closer to our own center.

For many people yoga balance poses can feel intimidating to anyone with balance challenges.

This class playfully uses simple balance experiences for greater tranquility, ease and grace. m

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all w ellness: Location: 208 Flynn Ave., Studio 3A (across from the antique shops, before Oakledge Park), Burlington. Info: 802-863-9900, www.allwell nessvt.com. We encourage all ages, all bodies and all abilities to discover greater ease and enjoyment in life by integrating Pilates, physical therapy, yoga and nutrition. come experience our welcoming atmosphere, skillful, caring instructors and light-filled studio. Join us for a free introduction to the reformer, every saturday at 10:30 a.m. and the first Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m.: Just call and reserve your spot!

Burlington Dances open h ouse: Feb. 5 & 6, all weekend long; visit the website for schedules, and early registration discounts for workshops.

Free classes, too!. Location: Natural Bodies Pilates, Chace Mill, top floor, 1 Mill St., Suite 372, Burlington. Info: 802-863-3369, lucille@naturalbodiespilates. com, NaturalBodiesPilates. com. From beginning students to those seeking mastery of movement, this is a fantastic opportunity to feel how somatic awareness practices such as Delsarte, Pilates, Bartenieff Fundamentals and Feldenkrais can support your body, mind and spirit in modern dance, creative movement, Ballet, social dancing and dance as a healing art. core stu Dio pilates an D More !: We are open 7 days a week, from as early as 7 a.m. to as late as 7:30 p.m. Costs vary, as low as $10-$25/per class

l etterpress printing w orkshop: 3 workshops offered: 2/5, noon-5 p.m.; 2/12, noon-5 p.m.; and 2/19, noon-5 p.m. Limit of 3 students per workshop. Cost: $200/4-5/ hr. class. Location: Zoe Ink Studio, 266 Pine St., Suite 103, Burlington. Info: Zoe Ink, Zoe, 802-863-1468, zoe@zoeink.com, zoeink.com. l earn to print on a 1930 Platen Press at the Zoe Ink studio. You will learn the basics including the general mechanics of the press, as well as preparing the press for printing. We will work with photopolymer plates to create the finished product.

Take home 35 cards you print.

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Tai chi is a slow-moving martial art that combines deep breathing and graceful movements to produce the valuable effects of relaxation, improved concentration, improved balance, a decrease in blood pressure and ease in the symptoms of fibromyalgia. Brought to you by Vermont Tai chi academy and Healing center. Janet Makaris, instructor.

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color t heory w/ natasha Bogar: Mar. 2-23, 10 a.m.-12 p.m., Weekly on Wednesday.

Cost: $115 Location: Helen Day Art Center, 5 School St., Stowe.

Info: 802-253-8358, www. helenday.com. color is the base for many art forms, however the topic of color is far from basic. l earning about color theory and a touch of physics can help bring your designs to another level of interest and intention. This course will include interactive slide shows, a progression of hands-on painting exercises and written material covering the course content.

Fau X painting an D tro Mpe l ’oeil : Thu., Feb. 3-17, & Mar. 3-10, 9:30 a.m.-noon. Cost: $165/ class. Location: Helen Day Art Center, 5 School St., Stowe. Info: 802-253-8358, www.helenday. com. explore faux and tromp l’oeil (deceive the eye) painting. l earn about decorative techniques such as faux wood grain, stone, brick, marbling, stucco and foliage motifs that can be used in a variety of applications.

Work from sketches all the way to a final product. Basic drawing skills helpful, but not required.

Instructor: Rick l oya. 10% discounts for members. painting alla pri Ma w/ susie aMato: Feb. 25-27, 9:30 a.m.4:30 p.m. Cost: $385 Location: Helen Day Art Center, 5 School St., Stowe. Info: 802-253-8358, www.helenday.com. In this intensive workshop with a master teacher you will engage in a serious dialogue with your work. This class will help arm painters with

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depending on format. Location: Core Studio Pilates and Personal Training, 431 Pine Street, Suite 101, Burlington. Info: Core Studio Pilates and Personal Training, Kathy Brunette, 802-862-8686, kathy@corestudioburlington. com, corestudioburlington. com. enjoy the amazing mind/ body benefits of Pilates, Yoga, Massage & the challenge of Personal Training with high quality, professionally led classes 7 days a week. Mat, reformer & boot camp classes (which include spinning, TRX, strength, balance & eXO chair options) are available in our warm & friendly studio.

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ince meeting at a small gathering f or black old-time musicians in 2005, the Carolina Chocolate Drops have become one of the most successful young string bands in the country. The North Carolina-based trio, mentored by legendary fi ddler Joe Thompson, draws on a rich yet largely underappreciated component of American old-time music: black string bands. Inf using an appreciation f or tradition with modern sensibilities and techniques, the Carolina Chocolate Drops represent something deeper than mere revivalism. They represent a musical evolution.

Seven Days caught up with Chocolate Drops banjo player Dom Flemons by phone in advance of the band’s upcoming gig at the Barre Opera House on Saturday, February 5.

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SEVEN DAYS: Was it surprising for you to learn that there was such a rich history of black string-band music?

DOM FLEMONS: Oh, absolutely. We all had some sort of notion about it when we came to the Black Banjo Gathering in 2005. But, f or the most part, it was just kind of a gradual thing that we all learned about. We didn’t really know about any of this music either, just like anybody else. And even as we’ve played, we’re still learning more about it, too.

SD: Given that traditional music has been steadily growing in popularity, why is it only recently that people are developing an interest in black old-time?

DF: The string-band music and country music that’s been popular, that’s the easy stu° to get. It’s, like, if you get into ’60s rock, the Beatles are the fi rst thing you’re going to come up with. But then you can get into other bands like the Zombies or the Hollies. But that’s not going to be what happens fi rst.

SD: If you were to listen to black string-band music in a vacuum, what would be the stylistic and thematic differences from what most people associate with old-time?

DF: It matters who you’re talking about.

It’s very much a Southern thing, but also was a function of where the music was [made] in the Southern culture. And that’s true with both black and white string-band music.

SD: So it’s geographically specifi c?

DF: There’s more rural stu° and there’s stu° that’s more urban. Like, the Grand Ole Opry is an urbanized version of

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hillbilly music. So, what happened was that people were coming from the outer reaches of Nashville, f rom the country, into Nashville to play the music. Then, that was broadcast outside of Nashville.

And even those guys, they knew a lot of black string bands growing up in the country parts of middle Tennessee.

But the black string bands were very di° erent because they evolved into blues bands and jug bands … so you fi nd examples of those, too. Like, Jim and Andrew Baxter, f or example. They have a very urban sound, and they were from a part of Georgia where there was a more urban and cleaner sound. Then there are folks who were recorded in the fi eld, not on a commercial record.

SD: And what were the stylistic differences there?

DF: The more rural sound is of ten a more syncopated sound. The banjo tends to have a di° erent roll. It’s almost like f unk bass, where it’s really, really wild and syncopated, while the fi ddle is holding down the tune. Other times the black string band sounds just like white string bands, which is one of the reasons it never really caught on — it wasn’t diff erent enough. The public at the time wanted to hear the blacker music done by black people, not the white-derived music from black people.

The same thing happened with religious music. People drif ted away f rom the white-derived black spirituals, and gospel became the thing af ter that because it was a blacker f orm of expression.

SD: So, it’s sort of like the difference between Motown and Stax, where one was a more polished, groomed sound and the other a grittier, more natural type of soul music.

DF: That’s right. And you can see the differences there, culturally. In Detroit and Memphis, you have two di° erent sets of people and two di° erent audiences and di° erent music communities happening. Soul music is actually a very good comparison with how black string bands worked.

SD: Traditional music seems to be experiencing something of a youth movement, both in terms of drawing younger fans, and younger bands starting to explore the genre and take it in new directions. Why is it resonating with youth culture more now?

DF: I think the interest has always been there. But I think it’s di° erent enough from the popular music that people are hearing that they’re drawn to it and want to try it out. I mean, it’s not rocket science to play old-time music. It’s very simple. Some people go at it with a punk aesthetic, where it’s simple and you can just wail away on it and play as hard as you can, which is good enough in itself. But there are more outlets now, too, especially f estivals. And there are movies like O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Ghost World and a movie that inspired us, Louie Bluie. Even things like Johnny Cash’s American Recordings, Tom Waits doing old-time music on Mule Variations — those sorts of things have permeated

and started changing the pieces of the puzzle to make it something new.

SD: So it’s evolution.

DF: Right. The Carolina Chocolate Drops, we’re going to end up like the fi rst rock-and-roll singers, where we’re kind of older to these younger kids wanting to play old-time music, too. Like, you see Chuck Berry and Bill Haley … they’re not young people. Those people were doing other types of music and hitting middle age when they were playing for younger people. Then the younger people take it somewhere else — Buddy Holly, or anybody on Sun Records.

SD: You mentioned a “punk aesthetic.” Do you see parallels between folk music and genres like punk and hip-hop?

DF: Absolutely. And you mentioned hiphop — people haven’t delved into that aspect too much, yet, which I’m really waiting on. I can’t wait to see somebody else do it. The idea in my head is to have a country-blues album and have hip-hop artists do it, but do it pretty straight.

Cee Lo Green’s new song, [“F*** You”], that could work. Or even “Tightrope” by Janelle Monae, you could make that into a string-band number. There are parallels all over the place.

˜ e Carolina Chocolate Drops perform at the Barre Opera House on Saturday, February 5, at 8 p.m. $10-29.

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Apropos of nothing: It might be way too early/ borderline cruel for most of us to start thinking about the Burlington Discover Jazz Festival. But as yousAy PlAcAte keyboardist and all-around swell guy PArker shPer was rocking with his new Montréal-based

neo-soul outfit groundfood at Nectar’s this past Friday, I couldn’t prevent my thoughts from lazily drifting toward those hazy nights in June when all of Burlington is a stage. This is hardly going out on a limb since (1) BDJF honcho briAn MitAl was also in attendance that night; and (2) the band is signed to BDJF Swiss army knife lisA giordAno’s New Vogue label, but I’m venturing a guess that these cats might end up with a gig or three during our annual funky fortnight. And that would be a very good thing indeed — especially if they’re playing outside.

Think spring…

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Oh, yeah, and some guys named PAge and Jon… Best of luck to Johnson and all the folks at Pete’s Greens. And thanks, once again, to all the fans, artists and organizations that have chipped in and reminded me just why the hell we live here. Especially this time of year, we could all use a little heartwarming, right?

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If there is anyone in the state who could really use a hug right about now, it’s probably Pete Johnson of Pete’s Greens farm in Craftsbury. On Wednesday, January 12, Johnson’s winter food storage and processing facilities were destroyed in a fire. Fortunately, no one was hurt in the blaze.

Unfortunately, Johnson’s losses are devastating, and threaten the future of one of Vermont’s beloved veggie producers.

One of the comforting things about living in a closeknit community, such as we have in these here Green Mountains, is that when one person is in dire straits, others tend to respond quickly. (Another nifty thing: You can use the phrase “beloved veggie producers” and actually mean it.)

Vermonters have a long history of using music to help neighbors in need.

When Burlington DJs A-dog and Mike device lost their apartments in a fire in 2008, the community responded with a series of benefit shows and helped the turntablists get back on their feet. When lovable bouncer Mikey vAn gulden was nearly killed after being struck by a cab riding his bike home from Higher

Ground that same summer, there you were again, rocking out while opening your hearts and wallets to lend him a hand. Same for dAryl rAbidoux following his near-fatal car accident, also in the summer of 2008.

Wow, 2008 really sucked.

Moving on…

The cost of getting Pete’s Greens back in business will likely be staggering. But here you are again. And you’re bringing some phriends.

Thursday, February 3, Love Tomorrow Today, Select Design, Healthy Living and Gardener’s Supply will join forces to present quite possibly the biggest benefit show we’ve seen in years: “Hug Your Farmer: A Night of Music to Benefit Pete’s Greens” at the Higher Ground Ballroom. What warrants the hyperbole? I’m glad you asked.

The show, which sold out shortly before this issue went to press, will feature a slew of local musical talent lending their axes — and drums and horns, and keyboards, etc. — to the cause for a colossal jam session. As of this writing, the lineup includes russ lAwton and rAy PAczkowski of the trey AnAstAsio bAnd, bob wAgner, clint bierMAn and Peter dAy from the grift, rich Price from the sweet reMAins, JoshuA PAndA, Mike clifford

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1/2 LoungE: sirenix songwriters series (singersongwriters), 7 p.m., Free. DJ Kanga presents: The Lounge Lizard (hip-hop), 9 p.m. DJ Kanga presents: The Lounge Lizard (turntablism), 10 p.m., Free.

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LEunig's bistro & CaFé: Paul Asbell & clyde stats (jazz), 7 p.m., Free.

LiFt: DJs P-Wyld & Jazzy Janet (hip-hop), 9 p.m., Free/$5. 18+.

Manhattan Pizza & Pub: Open mic with Andy Lugo, 10 p.m., Free.

MonkEy housE: Am Presents: Woods, Ducktails, Toby Aronson (indie), 9 p.m., $10. nECtar's: Timbre coup (prog rock), 9 p.m., Free/$5.

18+. on taP bar & griLL: Leno & Young (rock), 7 p.m., Free. Open Blues session (blues), 8 p.m., Free. raDio bEan: Ensemble V (jazz), 7:30 p.m., Free. irish sessions, 9 p.m., Free. rED squarE: Zack duPont (indie folk), 8 p.m., Free.

DJ cre8 (hip-hop), 11 p.m., Free. shELburnE stEakhousE & saLoon: carol Ann Jones (country), 8 p.m., Free. thE skinny PanCakE: Joshua Panda's Vermont Winter Waltz Residency (soul), 8 p.m., $5 donation.

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CharLiE o's: Brett Hughes (country), 8 p.m., Free.

MuLLigan's irish Pub: Open mic with John Lackard, 9 p.m., Free.

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bEE's knEEs: Freddy and the Weeds (bluegrass), 7:30 p.m., Donations. thE brEWski: Rudy Dauth (solo acoustic), 8 p.m., Free. riMroCks Mountain tavErn: DJ Two Rivers (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free. rusty naiL: clever Gretel (rock), 7 p.m., Free.

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MonoPoLE: shady Alley (bluegrass), 10 p.m., Free.

MonoPoLE DoWnstairs: Gary Peacock (singersongwriter), 10 p.m., Free.

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thE grEEn rooM: conor mcQuade & Ryan mccrea (alt-country), 8 p.m., Free.

highEr grounD shoWCasE LoungE: The Defibulators, Gold Town (punk-grass), 7:30 p.m., $10/13/15. AA.

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1/2 LoungE: Tiffany Pfeiffer (neo-soul), 7 p.m., Free.

The Harder They come (dubstep), 10 p.m., Free. baCkstagE Pub: Open mic with Jess & Jeff, 8 p.m., Free.

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PurPLE Moon Pub: Open mic with 440hz, 7 p.m., Free. Open mic with 440hz, 8 p.m., Free.

LiFt: Get LiFTed with DJs Nastee & Dakota (hip-hop), 9 p.m., Free.

MuDDy WatErs: Zack duPont Trio (indie folk), 8:30 p.m., Free. nECtar's: Bluegrass Thursdays with something With strings (bluegrass), 9 p.m., Free/$5. 18+. nightCraWLErs: Karaoke with steve Leclair, 7 p.m., Free. o'briEn's irish Pub: DJ Dominic (hip-hop), 9:30 p.m., Free. on taP bar & griLL: Nobby Reed Project (blues), 7 p.m., Free.

PariMa aCoustiC LoungE: Burgundy Thursdays with Joe Adler, Julia and Anna Beerworth, Raph Worrick and Karen Laundon, scott mangan (singersongwriters), 8:30 p.m., $3. raDio bEan: Jazz sessions (jazz), 6 p.m., Free. shane Hardiman Trio (jazz), 9 p.m., Free. The unbearable Light cabaret (eclectic), 10 p.m., $3. soul session (soul), 11 p.m., $3. rasPutin's: 101 Thursdays with Pres & DJ Dan (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free/$5. 18+. rED squarE: selector Dubee (reggae), 6 p.m., Free.

A-Dog Presents (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free. rED squarE bLuE rooM: DJ cre8 (house), 9 p.m., Free. rí rá irish Pub: Longford Row (irish), 8 p.m., Free. thE skinny PanCakE: Nicole carey & Handmade Blues (folk), 8 p.m., $5 donation.

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grEEn Mountain tavErn: Thirsty Thursday Karaoke, 9 p.m., Free.

LangDon strEEt CaFé: maarten swaan and charlie christos (acoustic), 8:30 p.m., Donations.

LoCaLFoLk sMokEhousE: clint Bierman (acoustic), 8 p.m., Free. Fly Allusion (funk), 9 p.m., Free. nutty stEPh's: Bacon Thursdays with Noble savage (electro), 10 p.m., Free.

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1/2 LoungE: cG Jazz Duo (jazz), 7 p.m., Free. DJ craig mitchell (house), 10 p.m., Free. baCkstagE Pub: Karaoke with steve, 9 p.m., Free.

CLub MEtronoME: No Diggity: Return to the ’90s (’90s dance party), 9 p.m., $5. thE grEEn rooM: DJ Big Kat (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free. highEr grounD baLLrooM: The New Deal, mindelixir (live electronica), 9 p.m., $20/23. AA. highEr grounD shoWCasE LoungE: First Friday with myra Flynn, DJs Precious & Llu (electronica, neo-soul), 8 p.m., $5/10. AA. JP's Pub: Dave Harrison's starstruck Karaoke, 10 p.m., Free.

LiFt: salsa Friday with DJ Hector cobeo (salsa), 9 p.m., Free.

Marriott harbor LoungE: Gabe Jarrett (jazz), 8 p.m., Free.

MonkEy housE: stone Bullet, Dragonfly Physics, Grant/Black (rock), 9 p.m., $5. nECtar's: seth Yacovone (solo acoustic blues), 7 p.m., Free. Amplified.fm presents Waylon speed, The molenes (rock, Americana), 9 p.m., $5. on taP bar & griLL: Leno & Young (rock), 5 p.m., Free. Nightrain (rock), 9 p.m., Free.

PariMa Main stagE: shady Alley (acoustic rock), 8:30 p.m., Free. Funkleberries, cam cross (funk), 10:30 p.m., $3. raDio bEan: Workingman's Army (rock), 12:45 a.m., Free. Rik & Bec (folk), 7 p.m., Free. minor Tribal scuffles (rock), 10 p.m., Free. manifest Nextome (trip-hop), 11 p.m., Free. rasPutin's: DJ ZJ (hip-hop), 10 p.m., $3. rED squarE: The steph Pappas Experience (rock), 6 p.m., Free. Brothers mccann (rock), 9 p.m., $5.

Nastee (hip-hop), 11:30 p.m., $3. rED squarE bLuE rooM: DJ stavros (house), 9 p.m., $5. rubEn JaMEs: DJ cre8 (hip-hop), 10:30 p.m., Free. rí rá irish Pub: supersounds DJ (Top 40), 10 p.m., Free.

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Nectar’s. Levinson is coming off quite a year in 2010, presumably highlighted by gettin’ hitched to local neosoul siren MYRA FLYNN. She knows a thing or two about songwriter circles herself, having hosted them regularly at a number of local clubs over the years. Her husband must have been taking notes, as he’s lined up an impressive roster of talent. First up this week: ANDREW PARKERRENGA and MARYSE SMITH. Future sessions will include Lendway’s Mike Clifford, WAYLON SPEED’s KELLY RAVIN, ZACK DUPONT and STRENGTH IN NUMBERS’ EMMA FRANK, among others. Check it out every Saturday in February.

Band Name of the Week:

MINOR TRIBAL SCUFFLES. Love

the name, not as psyched about the funky jams. But as far as I know, these guys are the best band ever to come out of Poultney, Vt. OK, they might be the only band from Poultney. But still. Everybody has to start somewhere, right? They’ll be at Radio Bean this Friday.

received reunion gigs in Montpelier late last year, reintroduce themselves to the city they called home at the early part of the century.

Welcome back, gents.

Most folks probably know DON SHELDON as the man behind the annual Valley Stage Festival in Huntington.

Sheldon has helmed the small outdoor fest for the past five summers, scoring such notable acts as THE GREENCARDS, RANI ARBO & DAISY MAYHEM, THE DUHKS, ANAÏS MITCHELL, and ROBBIE FULKS, among many others of local and national renown. Not content to only ply his trade during the three-and-a-half warm weeks we call summer, Sheldon is branching out under the banner of Valley Stage Productions, and partnering with area clubs to present shows similar in both sound and spirit to his main event. The first such gig is this Thursday at the Higher Ground Showcase Lounge with Valley Stage vets the DEFIBULATORS and local whiskey-grass hot shots GOLD TOWN. By the way, if the former band sounds familiar, it may be because I mention the Brooklyn-based

punk-grass outfit almost every time they’re in the area, solely because they own my all-time favorite PR quip: “Like ‘Hee-Haw’ on mescaline.” Future VSP shows include THE WOES in March and the DOC MARSHALLS in May,

Metronome this Thursday with ILA MAWANA and local funky bunch BEARQUARIUM. And finally, I’ll leave you with a riddle: What is red and white — like, really, really white — has 16

both at Higher Ground.

In other Valley Stage news, Sheldon just announced this summer’s festival headliner: DANNY BARNES. We’ll have more on that story once the mercury climbs above freezing.

Welcome back, GANG OF THIEVES! The young rock outfit is back on native soil after seeking its fortune for a time on the left coast. They’ve returned home to work on a new record and make tour plans for the summer. They’ll be at Club

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Once again, this week’s totally self-indulgent column segment, in which I share a random sampling of what was on my iPod, turntable, CD player, 8-track player, etc., this week.

02.02.11-02.09.11

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Molenes, Molenes, Molenes, Moleeeeeenes With their latest record, Good Times

Comin’, Boston’s THE MOLENES have been tearing up both the Freeform American Roots and Americana Music Association charts — two of the more reliable resources for twangy goodness. A little bit country, a little bit rock and roll, the band trades in a boozy blend of cowpunk, alt-country and rockabilly that turns even the swankiest club into a sawdust-floored juke joint. This week the band plays a pair of VT dates: Friday, February 4, at Nectar’s with WAYLON SPEED, and Saturday, February 5, at Montpelier’s

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THE SKINNY PANCAKE: Judson Kimble (singersongwriter), 6:30 p.m., $5 donation. Glenn Roth (singer-songwriter), 8:30 p.m., $5 donation.

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CHARLIE O'S: Wahnder Lust (rock), 10 p.m., Free.

GREEN MOUNTAIN TAVERN: DJ Jonny P (Top 40),

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LANGDON STREET CAFÉ: Rurally Urban Records presents a Casually Formal Hip-Hop Dance Party (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Donations.

PURPLE MOON PUB: Dan Liptak's Casimir Effect (jazz), 8 p.m., Free.

THE RESERVOIR RESTAURANT & TAP ROOM: DJ Slim Pknz All Request Dance Party (Top 40), 10 p.m., Free.

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TUPELO MUSIC HALL: Gypsy Reel (Celtic), 8 p.m., $20.

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51 MAIN: Soule Monde (funk), 9 p.m., Free.

CITY LIMITS: Top Hat Entertainment Dance Party (Top 40), 9 p.m., Free.

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ON THE RISE BAKERY: Stone Cold Roosters (country), 7:30 p.m., Donations.

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CLUB METRONOME: Retronome (’80s dance party), 10 p.m., $5.

FRANNY O'S: Karaoke, 9 p.m., Free.

THE GREEN ROOM: Bonjour-Hi! presents Gucci Crew Saturdays (electro), 10 p.m., Free.

HIGHER GROUND BALLROOM: Barefoot Truth, Pulse Prophets (reggae, acoustic pop), 8:30 p.m., $12/15. AA. HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: Justin Townes Earle, Jessica Lea Mayfield (alt-country), 8:30 p.m., $13/15. AA. JP'S PUB: Dave Harrison's Starstruck Karaoke, 10 p.m., Free.

MARRIOTT HARBOR LOUNGE: The Trio featuring Paul Cassarino, Tracie Cassarino & Jeff Wheel (acoustic), 8 p.m., Free.

MONKEY HOUSE: MiniBoone, Villanelles, Parmaga (indie), 9 p.m., $5.

RIMROCKS MOUNTAIN TAVERN: Friday Night Frequencies with DJ Rekkon (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free.

RADIO BEAN: Tracy Thorne (folk), 8 p.m., Free. Sarah Aument (folk), 9 p.m., Free. The Fizz CD Release (rock), 10 p.m., Free.

RASPUTIN'S: Nastee (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free.

RED SQUARE: DJ Raul (salsa), 5 p.m., Free. Myra's Guest List (neo-soul), 6 p.m., Free. Conscious Roots (reggae), 9 p.m., $5. DJ A-Dog (hip-hop), 11:30 p.m., $3.

CITY LIMITS: Dance Party with DJ Earl (Top 40), 9 p.m., Free.

TWO BROTHERS TAVERN: Wiley Dobbs (bluegrass), 10 p.m., Free.

northern

BEE'S KNEES: Bill Burrell & the Gon Guiptoos (rock), 7:30 p.m., Donations.

THE BREWSKI: Red Hot Juba Spam Carving Party (cosmic Americana), 9 p.m., $2.

MATTERHORN: Blues for Breakfast (Grateful Dead tribute), 9 p.m., $5.

RIMROCKS MOUNTAIN TAVERN: DJ Two Rivers (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free.

ROADSIDE TAVERN: Johnny Devil Band (rock), 9 p.m., Free.

RUSTY NAIL: Bad Luck (rock), 9 p.m., $5-10.

MONOPOLE: Timbre Coup (rock), 10 p.m., Free.

TABU CAFÉ & NIGHTCLUB: All Night Dance Party with DJ Toxic (Top 40), 5 p.m., Free.

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1/2 LOUNGE: Funhouse with DJs Rob Douglas, Moonflower & Friends (house), 7 p.m., Free.

RED SQUARE BLUE ROOM: DJ Stavros (house), 10 p.m., $5.

CLUB METRONOME: Black to the Future with DJ Dakota (r&b), 10 p.m., Free.

RÍ RÁ IRISH PUB: The Blame (rock), 10 p.m., Free.

MONKEY HOUSE: Square Dance, 4 p.m., $5. Nathan K (singer-songwriter), 9 p.m., $5.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE: Split Tongue Crow (indie folk), 8 p.m., $5 donation.

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51 MAIN: Jonathan Lorentz Trio (jazz), 9 p.m., Free.

OLIVE RIDLEY'S: Glass Onion (rock), 10 p.m., Free.

OLIVE RIDLEY'S: Benjamin Bright (singersongwriter), 6 p.m., Free. Glass Onion (rock), 10 p.m., Free.

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PARIMA MAIN STAGE: Talking About Commas, Matt Wolfe (rock), 8 p.m., $3. Insurrection, Tyrant, Gabriel Night (dubstep), 10:30 p.m., $5.

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THE RESERVOIR RESTAURANT & TAP ROOM: One Way Out (rock), 10 p.m., Free.

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ROADSIDE TAVERN: Area 51 (rock), 9 p.m., Free.

P E R F O R M I N G

PURPLE MOON PUB: Poor Howard Stith (blues), 8 p.m., Free.

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MONOPOLE: Tim Herron Corp. (rock), 10 p.m., Free.

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BACKSTAGE PUB: Sturcrazie (rock), 9 p.m., Free.

POSITIVE PIE 2: BossMan (electro-reggae), 10:30 p.m., $3.

ON TAP BAR & GRILL: A House On Fire (rock), 9 p.m., Free.

MATTERHORN: 7 Lbs. of Pork (rock), 9 p.m., $5.

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1/2 LOUNGE: Erin McDermott (singer-songwriter), 7 p.m., Free. Space Echo with DJs Jahson & Nickel B (house), 10 p.m., Free.

TWO BROTHERS TAVERN: The Jesters (rock), 10 p.m., $3.

THE BREWSKI: PMP with Joe Moore (reggae), 9 p.m., $2.

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LANGDON STREET CAFÉ: The Speckers (old-time), 7 p.m., Donations. The Molenes (Americana), 10 p.m., Donations.

NECTAR'S: Justin Levinson Singer-Songwriter Circle with Andrew Parker-Renga and Maryse Smith (singer-songwriters), 7 p.m., Free. Grippo Funk Band (funk), 9 p.m., $5.

BEE'S KNEES: Broken String (bluegrass), 7:30 p.m., Donations.

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CHARLIE O'S: Lava Moss (rock), 10 p.m., Free.

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Reagan may be dead but, according to Curley and co., his evil legacy lives on.

The ills that plagued us then — war, poverty, social injustice, yuppies — still do so now. Sadly, bands like the Wards will never run out of things to scream about. But, oh, how they scream.

“I may be old, but I ain’t shot down yet,” declares Curley at the start of “Shot Down,” just as the band explodes in a maelstrom of slobbering punk fury.

The song is representative of the Wards’ ethos as a whole. Guitarists Franco and Chris Alley unleash frayed lines with ragged enthusiasm over rudimentary bass and Rick Lincoln’s frantic drums.

Meanwhile, Curley snarls submelodically with an unhinged intensity double that of most punks half his age.

It’s a sloppy, bracing mess — in other words, exactly what punk is supposed to be. Take notes, whippersnappers.

Reagan features a re-recording of the Wards signature anthem “Weapon Factory,” originally released in 1983.

Though the titular General Electric

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plant is no longer in Burlington, time has hardly softened the song’s bruising impact. When Curley excoriates factory workers for taking coffee breaks in the midst of building weapons that “destroy the future,” it’s as poignant — that’s right, poignant — now as ever.

In an age when punk rock has been reduced to the milquetoast wailings of adolescent wannabes decked in Ramones T-shirts from Urban Outfitters, the mere fact that a band like the Wards exists at all is remarkable.

That they would still be compelling and relevant 30-plus years after forming in the Queen City is a testament to the enduring promise of the genre. Or, perhaps, a sad suggestion that we never quite learned the lessons punk rock was supposed to teach us. At least we still have the Wards.

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“We are the Wards, we play punk.”

Such is the sneering opening salvo from Wards front man Tom Curley, introducing the latest album from the seminal Burlington punk band, Reagan Dead Wards Alive. Like the record itself, it is a straightforward declaration free of pesky contrivances such as subtext or irony. And, like each of the band’s sporadic releases since 1977, it is aggressively, defiantly lo-fi. The Wards have outlasted the Gipper, but it appears they still have some work left to do.

Clocking in at exactly one hour, over 24 tracks, Reagan is a blistering “fuck you” to … well, the same shit that riled up the band three decades ago. Ronald

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In music criticism, we talk a great deal about influences. In most cases, it’s an attempt to describe music in universally relatable terms. For example, if I tell you so and so clearly listens to a lot of Bob Dylan, you immediately understand some basic characteristics of said artist’s music without ever hearing it.

It’s an imperfect telepathy, but for our purposes it works, mostly. But what if we could boil down the various and disparate pieces that make an album and divine some elemental appreciation of its building blocks? Better yet, what if a band consciously did it for us?

Saddled with the nebulous “Americana” tag, Thetford’s Pariah Beat have long traded in a genre-jumping mishmash of rowdy twang. Their debut full-length, Pariah Beat Radio, was a riotous and, at times, schizophrenic exploration of roots, country, rockabilly and any number of other trailweary “alt” idioms. However, their sophomore full-length, Bury Me Not, reveals a more purposeful approach.

In discussions presumably involving copious amounts of whiskey and vinyl records, songwriters Nick Charyk, Billy Sharff and Emily Eastridge distilled the scope of their influences down to three albums: Car Wheels on a Gravel Road

by Lucinda Williams; Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc., by Dwight Yoakam; and Guitar Town by Steve Earle.

From the first notes of the raucous opening title track to the record’s solemn benediction, “Family Pet,” Pariah Beat have crafted a record that bows in reverence to their cowboyboot-clad trinity. But the band

transcends mere hero worship, applying members’ collective and individual strengths to illustrate what makes Pariah Beat unique.

Sharff ’s “I Don’t Want to Go to Heaven” is a humble, clever romp Williams would likely be proud to have written. Charyk’s cheeky, hothousetinged “Elvis in Jerusalem,” while stylistically divergent, reflects Earle’s pointed wit. And Eastridge’s playful “Ms. Ella Strickland” is a boozy piano rag that, at moments, is evocative of each of the band’s trio of inspirations while sonically removed from all of them.

Other cuts, such as “1000 Songs” and the cowpunk scorcher “Rosary Beads,” draw a more direct lineage, particularly to Earle. Still, while this band wears its influences on its flannel sleeves, Bury Me Not remains a unique and unpredictable record.

The flaw in citing an artist’s influences to describe his or her work is that it fails to completely address the merits of the artist in question.

Dylan may indeed have inspired our aforementioned friend. But that doesn’t mean that, just because you love Highway 61 Revisited, you’ll dig our fictional pal. (An ironic truth: Dylan has influenced a far greater number of bad songwriters than good ones.)

Regardless of our chosen discipline, we are all products of our influences.

What matters is how we wield those influences as a reflection of ourselves.

With Bury Me Not, Pariah Beat have expertly done just that.

Bury Me Not is available at PariahBeat.com.

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hipster convention, and deliver loud, fast and hooky-as-fuck rock and roll. And yeah, they’re from Brooklyn. But don’t hold it against them. MiniBoone play the Monkey House in New Williamsburg, er, Winooski on Saturday, February 5. Local indie heroes VILLANELLES and PARMAGA open.

RADIO BEAN: The Stephen Callahan Quartet (jazz), 6 p.m., Free. Honky-Tonk Sessions (honky-tonk), 10 p.m., $3.

RED SQUARE: Upsetta International with Super K (reggae), 8 p.m., Free.

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CHARLIE O'S: Karaoke, 10 p.m., Free.

MAIN STREET GRILL & BAR: Jairo Sequiera (Spanish guitar), 7 p.m., Free.

SLIDE BROOK LODGE & TAVERN: Tattoo Tuesdays with Andrea (jam), 5 p.m., Free.

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51 MAIN: Quizz Night (trivia), 7 p.m., Free.

TWO BROTHERS TAVERN: Monster Hits Karaoke, 9 p.m., Free.

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BEE'S KNEES: Tiffany Pfeiffer & the Discarnate Band (neo-soul), 7:30 p.m., Donations.

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THE BREWSKI: Seth Yacovone (solo acoustic blues), 8 p.m., Free.

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1/2 LOUNGE: Sirenix Songwriters Series (singersongwriters), 7 p.m., Free. DJ Kanga presents: The Lounge Lizard (turntablism), 10 p.m., Free.

333 Swanton Road, St. Albans, 524-0999 Across from TJ Maxx

Lunch: Mon-Sat 11am-2:30pm Dinner: Mon-Sat 4pm-9pm / Sun 4pm-8pm

CLUB METRONOME: S.I.N. Sizzle presents the King of VT Rap Battle (hip-hop), 10 p.m., $5.

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LEUNIG'S BISTRO & CAFÉ: Cody Sargent Trio (jazz), 7 p.m., Free.

FRANNY O'S: Karaoke, 9:30 p.m., Free.

LIFT: DJs P-Wyld & Jazzy Janet (hip-hop), 9 p.m., Free/$5. 18+.

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MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Open Mic with Andy Lugo, 10 p.m., Free.

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MONKEY HOUSE: Beat Vision with DJ Disco Phantom (eclectic DJ), 9 p.m., $1.

NECTAR'S: Timbre Coup (prog rock), 9 p.m., Free/$5.

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ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Paydirt (rock), 7 p.m., Free.

RADIO BEAN: Ensemble V (jazz), 7:30 p.m., Free.

Irish Sessions, 9 p.m., Free.

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MONTY'S OLD BRICK TAVERN: George Voland JAZZ: with Audrey Bernstein and Dan Skea (jazz), 4:30 p.m., Free.

RADIO BEAN: Open Mic, 8 p.m., Free.

NECTAR'S: Bob Marley's B-Day Celebration: Mi Yard Reggae Night with DJs Big Dog & Demus (reggae), 9 p.m., Free.

ROZZI'S LAKESHORE TAVERN: Trivia Night, 8 p.m., Free.

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PARIMA MAIN STAGE: Mike Sullivan (acoustic blues), 6:30 p.m., Free.

RADIO BEAN: Old Time Sessions (old-time), 1 p.m., Free. Trio Gusto (gypsy jazz), 5 p.m., Free.

northern

BEE'S KNEES: Suzie Brown (folk), 7:30 p.m., Donations.

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THE BREWSKI: Dale and Darcy (acoustic), 6:30 p.m., Free.

SWEET CRUNCH BAKE SHOP: Clancy Harris (folk), 10:30 a.m., Free.

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ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Comedy Open Mic, 5:30 p.m., Free. Open Mic with Wylie, 7 p.m., Free.

YE OLDE ENGLAND INNE: Corey Beard, Dan Liptak and Dan Haley (jazz), 11:30 a.m., Free.

RED SQUARE: Industry Night with Robbie J (hiphop), 8 p.m., Free. Hype 'Em (hip-hop), 11 p.m., Free.

RUBEN JAMES: Why Not Monday? with Dakota (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free.

central

MULLIGAN'S IRISH PUB: Open Mic with John Lackard, 9 p.m., Free.

PURPLE MOON PUB: 440hz: Fox, Hock and Jones (rock), 7 p.m., Free.

1/2 LOUNGE: Justin Levinson Songwriters Circle, 7 p.m., Free. Rewind with DJ Craig Mitchell (house), 10 p.m., Free.

ON THE RISE BAKERY: Open Bluegrass Session, 7:30 p.m., Free.

burlington area

CLUB METRONOME: Bass Culture with DJs Jahson & Nickel B (electronica), 9 p.m., Free.

HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: Middle Class Rut (rock), 7:30 p.m., $0.99. AA. LEUNIG'S BISTRO & CAFÉ: Cole & Rachel (jazz), 7 p.m., Free.

1/2 LOUNGE: Brett & Kat (singer-songwriters), 7 p.m., Free. Heal-In Sessions with Reverence (reggae), 10 p.m., Free.

NECTAR'S: Dear Havanah, Zack duPont (rock), 9 p.m., $5 donation.

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THE SKINNY PANCAKE: Joshua Panda's Vermont Winter Waltz Residency (soul), 8 p.m., $5 donation.

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NECTAR'S: Potbelly (funk-jazz), 9 p.m., Free/$5. 18+.

SHELBURNE STEAKHOUSE & SALOON: Carol Ann Jones (country), 8 p.m., Free.

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MONKEY HOUSE: Queer Night with DJ Gunner (house), 10 p.m., Free.

burlington area

RED SQUARE: DJ Cre8 (hip-hop), 11 p.m., Free.

Starline Rhythm Boys (rockabilly), 8 p.m., Free.

MONTY'S OLD BRICK TAVERN: Open Mic Night, 6 p.m., Free.

ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Trivia with Top Hat Entertainment, 7 p.m., Free.

CITY LIMITS: Karaoke with Let It Rock Entertainment, 9 p.m., Free.

TWO BROTHERS TAVERN: Open Mic Night, 9 p.m., Free.

northern

BEE'S KNEES: Fred Brauer (folk), 7:30 p.m., Donations.

THE SHED RESTAURANT & BREWERY: Eames Brothers Band (mountain blues), 7 p.m., Free.

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MONOPOLE: Open Mic, 8 p.m., Free.

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AUDITIONS Feb 12, 13

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bEE’S kNEES, 82 Lower Main St., Morrisville, 8887889. bLuE PADDLE biStro, 316 US Rt. 2, South Hero, 372-4814. thE brEWSki, Rt. 108, Jeffersonville, 644-6366. cLAirE’S rEStAurANt & bAr, 41 Main St., Hardwick, 472-7053. choW! bELLA, 28 N. Main St., St. Albans, 524-1405. thE hub PizzEriA & Pub, 21 Lower Main St., Johnson, 635-7626. thE LittLE cAbArEt, 34 Main St., Derby, 293-9000. mAttErhorN, 4969 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-8198. muSic box, 147 Creek Rd., Craftsbury, 586-7533. oVErtimE SALooN, 38 S. Main St., St. Albans, 524-0357.

PArkEr PiE co., 161 County Rd., West Glover, 525-3366.

PhAt kAtS tAVErN, 101 Depot St., Lyndonville, 626-3064.

PiEcASSo, 899 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-4411. rimrockS mouNtAiN tAVErN, 394 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-9593. ruStY NAiL bAr & griLLE, 1190 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-6245. thE ShED rEStAurANt & brEWErY, 1859 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-4765.

ShootErS SALooN, 30 Kingman St., St. Albans, 527-3777.

SWEEt cruNch bAkEShoP, 246 Main St., Hyde Park, 888-4887. tAmArAck griLL At burkE mouNtAiN, 223 Shelburne Lodge Rd., E. Burke, 626-7394.

WAtErShED tAVErN, 31 Center St., Brandon, 247-0100.

YE oLDE ENgLAND iNNE, 443 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-5320.

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NAkED turtLE, 1 Dock St., Plattsburgh, N.Y., 518-566-6200. oLiVE riDLEY’S, 37 Court St., Plattsburgh, N.Y., 518-324-2200. tAbu cAfé & NightcLub, 14 Margaret St., Plattsburgh, N.Y., 518-566-0666.

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ArVAD’S griLL & Pub, 3 S. Main St., Waterbury, 244-8973. big PicturE thEAtEr & cAfé, 48 Carroll Rd., Waitsfield, 496-8994. thE cENtEr bAkErY & cAfE, 2007 Guptil Rd., Waterbury Center, 244-7500. chArLiE o’S, 70 Main St., Montpelier, 223-6820. grEEN mouNtAiN tAVErN, 10 Keith Ave., Barre, 522-2935. guSto’S, 28 Prospect St., Barre, 476-7919. hEN of thE WooD At thE griSt miLL, 92 Stowe St., Waterbury, 244-7300. hoStEL tEVErE, 203 Powderhound Rd., Warren, 496-9222.

L.A.c.E., 159 N. Main St., Barre, 476-4276.

LANgDoN StrEEt cAfé, 4 Langdon St., Montpelier, 223-8667.

51 mAiN, 51 Main St., Middlebury, 388-8209. bAr ANtiDotE, 35C Green St., Vergennes, 877-2555 thE briStoL bAkErY, 16 Main St., Bristol, 453-3280. cAroL’S huNgrY miND cAfé, 24 Merchant’s Row, Middlebury, 388-0101. citY LimitS, 14 Greene St., Vergennes, 877-6919. cLEm’S cAfé 101 Merchant’s Row, Rutland, 775-3337.

DAN’S PLAcE, 31 Main St., Bristol, 453-2774. gooD timES cAfé, Rt. 116, Hinesburg, 482-4444. thE fArmErS DiNEr, 99 Maple St., Middlebury, 458-0455. oN thE riSE bAkErY, 44 Bridge St., Richmond, 434-7787.

StArrY Night cAfé, 5371 Rt. 7, Ferrisburgh, 877-6316. tWo brothErS tAVErN, 86 Main St., Middlebury, 388-0002.

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1/2 LouNgE, 136 1/2 Church St., Burlington, 865-0012.

242 mAiN St., Burlington, 862-2244.

AmEricAN fLAtbrEAD, 115 St. Paul St., Burlington, 861-2999.

AuguSt firSt, 149 S. Champlain St., Burlington, 540-0060. bAckStAgE Pub, 60 Pearl St., Essex Jct., 878-5494. bANANA WiNDS cAfé & Pub, 1 Market Pl., Essex Jct., 879-0752. thE bLock gALLErY, 1 E. Allen St., Winooski, 373-5150. bLuEbirD tAVErN, 317 Riverside Ave., Burlington, 428-4696. brEAkWAtEr cAfé, 1 King St., Burlington, 658-6276. brENNAN’S Pub & biStro, UVM Davis Center, 590 Main St., Burlington, 656-1204. citY SPortS griLLE, 215 Lower Mountain View Dr., Colchester, 655-2720. cLub mEtroNomE, 188 Main St., Burlington, 865-4563. frANNY o’S, 733 Queen City Park Rd., Burlington, 863-2909. thE grEEN room, 86 St. Paul St., Burlington, 651-9669. hALVorSoN’S uPStrEEt cAfé, 16 Church St., Burlington, 658-0278. highEr grouND, 1214 Williston Rd., S. Burlington, 652-0777.

JP’S Pub, 139 Main St., Burlington, 658-6389.

LEuNig’S biStro & cAfé, 115 Church St., Burlington, 863-3759.

Lift, 165 Church St., Burlington, 660-2088. thE LiViNg room, 794 W. Lakeshore Dr., Colchester. mANhAttAN PizzA & Pub, 167 Main St., Burlington, 864-6776. mArriott hArbor LouNgE, 25 Cherry St., Burlington, 854-4700. miguEL’S oN mAiN, 30 Main St., Burlington, 658-9000. moNkEY houSE, 30 Main St., Winooski, 655-4563. moNtY’S oLD brick tAVErN, 7921 Williston Rd., Williston, 316-4262. muDDY WAtErS, 184 Main St., Burlington, 658-0466.

NEctAr’S, 188 Main St., Burlington, 658-4771.

NEW mooN cAfé, 150 Cherry St., Burlington, 383-1505.

NightcrAWLErS, 127 Porters Point Rd., Colchester, 310-4067. o’briEN’S iriSh Pub, 348 Main St., Winooski, 338-4678. oN tAP bAr & griLL, 4 Park St., Essex Jct., 878-3309. oDD fELLoWS hALL, 1416 North Ave., Burlington, 862-3209.

PArimA, 185 Pearl St., Burlington, 864-7917.

PArk PLAcE tAVErN, 38 Park St., Essex Jct. 878-3015. rADio bEAN, 8 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington, 660-9346. rASPutiN’S, 163 Church St., Burlington, 864-9324. rED SquArE, 136 Church St., Burlington, 859-8909. rEguLAr VEtErANS ASSociAtioN, 84 Weaver St., Winooski, 655-9899. rÍ rá iriSh Pub, 123 Church St., Burlington, 860-9401. rozzi’S LAkEShorE tAVErN, 1022 W. Lakeshore Dr., Colchester, 863-2342. rubEN JAmES, 159 Main St., Burlington, 864-0744. thE ScuffEr StEAk & ALE houSE, 148 Church St., Burlington, 864-9451.

ShELburNE StEAkhouSE & SALooN, 2545 Shelburne Rd., Shelburne, 985-5009. thE SkiNNY PANcAkE, 60 Lake St., Burlington, 540-0188. thE VErmoNt Pub & brEWErY, 144 College St., Burlington, 865-0500.

LocALfoLk SmokEhouSE, 9 Rt.17, Waitsfield, 496-5623. mAiN StrEEt griLL & bAr, 118 Main St., Montpelier, 223-3188. muLLigAN’S iriSh Pub, 9 Maple Ave., Barre, 479-5545.

NuttY StEPh’S, 961C Rt. 2, Middlesex, 229-2090.

PickLE bArrEL NightcLub, Killington Rd., Killington, 422-3035.

PoSitiVE PiE 2, 20 State St., Montpelier, 229-0453.

PurPLE mooN Pub, Rt. 100, Waitsfield, 496-3422. thE rESErVoir rEStAurANt & tAP room, 1 S. Main St., Waterbury, 244-7827.

SLiDE brook LoDgE & tAVErN, 3180 German Flats Rd., Warren, 583-2202.

South StAtioN rEStAurANt, 170 S. Main St., Rutland, 775-1736. tuPELo muSic hALL, 188 S. Main St., White River Jct., 698-8341.

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“Under the Big Top,” “George Rouault: Cirque de L’Etoile Filante” and “Masked Spectacle”

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trio of concurrent exhibits at the Fleming Museum illustrates how visual artists have responded to classic threering perf ormers. “Under the Big Top: The Fine Art of the Circus in America,” “Georges Rouault: Cirque de L’Etoile Filante” and “Masked Spectacle: Commedia dell’Arte and Bread & Puppet Theater” create a colorf ul panoply of images relating to themes found in pageants and circuses.

“Masked Spectacle” leads o˜ the show in the museum’s Wilbur Room.

Detailed prints by American/Hungarian artist Giuseppe Pecsenke (19421989) f ocus on masked characters that have appeared in avant-garde European theater and seem to be infl uenced by Baroque etchings. Pecsenke’s “Commedia dell’Arte IV-A, ‘Il Detore’” is a lively portrait of a masked performer in character dramatically exiting a scene. The exhibit also includes 16 papier-mâché masks f rom Vermont’s own Bread & Puppet Theater, among them horned devils, large zebras and human-sized “White Clown” masks.

In the East Gallery, Rouault’s 1938 suite of 16 etchings with aquatint focuses on a darker aspect of clowns, in this case rendered in the French artist’s signature heavy black lines and rich colors.

“Madame Louison” captures a f emale clown in a tutu, with a masklike f ace, looking absently o˜ to the right. “Tristes Os” is a sad, muscular male fi gure with a haggard countenance. Rouault’s simplifi ed colors and dark outlines give his prints an appearance of stained glass.

These are melancholy, subdued portrayals; Rouault was more interested in the sad life of clowns than in their artifi cially jokey performances.

The most diverse exhibit of the three is “Under the Big Top,” which includes early 20th- through 21st-century paintings, prints and drawings, and even a f ew 19th-century Vermont newspapers advertising the circus. The exhibit’s aim is to explore the artists’ psychological connection to various circus perf ormers; af ter all, notes the Fleming’s commentary, artists, too, “lived by their skill and talent at the edges of society.”

Burlington artist Lance Richbourg’s “Clowns” drawing f rom 1997 empha-

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by Paul Cadmus (detail) Right: “˜ e Flying Codonas”

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event. Bellows’ theatrical light and symmetrical composition are sturdy and alive with movement.

“Circus Tent,” by 20th-century painter and illustrator George Luks — also a member of the Ashcan group — is informed by his interest in working-class subjects and street scenes. It depicts the outside of a big-top tent in the evening sizes the grotesque and frightening; the as a crowd streams into the show. Luks’ face at right is a skull with a pointed hat, style is simple, almost primitive, but his while a f ace crowded against it at lef t fi gures seem fi lled with anticipation is smeared with makeup and has dull, as they stride f rom darkness into the heavy eyes. bright world of the spectacle within.

George Bellows’ 1912 painting “The Bef ore moving pictures came along, Circus” conveys the skill of a f emale circus and vaudeville dominated popubareback rider standing on af astlar culture — and traces of their infl umoving white stallion, while a troupe ence are all around us. In November of aerialists defi es gravity overhead.

2010, large-scale posters from the 1890 Best known for his paintings of boxing “Forepaugh and the Wild West” circus matches, the American Ashcan School were discovered on the side of a buildpainter masterfully captures the energy ing being demolished in Barre. Unf orof an audience engrossed in a dramatic tunately, they were destroyed. A hap-

THE EXHIBIT’S AIM IS TO EXPLORE THE ARTISTS’ PSYCHOLOGICAL

CONNECTION TO VARIOUS CIRCUS PERFORMERS.

pier f ate met fi ve 1883 posters hidden by clapboard on a Colchester house in 1991. They were salvaged and donated to the Shelburne Museum, which owns a huge collection of circus art and artif acts. The Shelburne mounted “Circus Day in America,” a large, history-oriented exhibition last year, which included the conserved Colchester posters.

The Fleming’s current exhibit demonstrates the ongoing interest in the circus, and the signifi cance artists have f ound in its iconography and human elements. Big-top acts may be fl eeting, but the artistry and drama they engender are timeless.

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“Under the Big Top,” “George Rouault,” “Masked Spectacle.” Fleming Museum, Burlington. Reception ˜ ursday, February 3, 5:30 p.m. ˜ rough May 22.

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Bobby Mozumder. Submission deadline: February 14. Info, vermontphotospace.com/ex12.

reflections on BAsin hArBor: Each year Vermont artists are invited to find inspiration amid the natural beauty of the 700-acre resort on Lake Champlain. On display August 19-27. Deadline: March 4. Info: 475-2311. basinharbor.com.

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the Art of creAtive Aging: Exhibit of current work of older (70+) visual artists in central Vermont. Digital submissions due March 1. Contact mharmon@cvcoa. org or 476-2681 for more info. cvcoa.org. vcm Poster contest: Artists are invited to submit a poster design for the 23rd annual KeyBank Vermont City Marathon & Relay.

Prize. Deadline: March 10. Info at vermontcitymarathon.org/poster. flying high: SPA is seeking artwork for a multimedia exhibit called “Flying High,” which shows the dynamic qualities of flight.

Works will be “flying” from the ceiling of the gallery and the walls. Deadline: February 4. Info, 479-7069 or studioplacearts.com. cAlling inDie crAfters: VT’s own indie craft show is now accepting applications for the Spring 2011 Queen City Craft Bazaar.

Deadline: March 4. Apply online at queencitycraft.com. gAllery seeks new Artists: Art on Main in Bristol seeks new exhibitors in a variety of media; limited space for 2D. Jury February 19, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Application at artonmain.net under Artists Forms. true story: Photo eXhiBit: A picture tells a thousand words. For “A True Story,” we’re looking for the documented event, person or place. Submission deadline: March 14. Info, vermontphotospace. com/ex13.

eXPoseD!: Helen Day Art Center is accepting submissions for the 20th annual “Exposed!” exhibition.

Deadline is March 21. See helenday. com for details.

first friDAy Art wAlk: More than 30 galleries and other venues around downtown stay open late to welcome pedestrian art viewers.

Friday, February 4, 5-8 p.m., Various downtown locations, Burlington.

Info, 264-4839.

'An eXhiBit of their own: siX feAtureD women Artists': Paintings by Tiffany Torre, Cameron Schmitz, Claudette Enman, Josephine Habeski, Georgina Forbes and Carrie Bagalio. Through February 13 at Chaffee Art Center in Rutland.

Talk: Cameron Schmitz talks about her work, followed by a screening of Who Does She Think She Is?, a documentary on women artists by the producer of Born Into Brothels, Pamela Tanner Boll. Saturday, February 5, 2-5 p.m. Info, 775-0356.

Angelo ArnolD & Peter frieD: Arnold's upholstery-covered sculptural forms are reminiscent of furniture; Fried's paintings are inspired by English and French 19th-century landscapes. Through February 27 at Helen Day Art Center in Stowe. Talk: Fried and Arnold discuss their work. Wednesday, February 9, 6-7 p.m. Info, 253-6131. 'miXeD signAls: Artists consiDer mAsculinity in sPorts': Work by artists from the mid-1990s to the present who question the notion of the male athlete as the last bastion of uncomplicated, authentic identity in American culture during the preceding decades. Also in the Christian A. Johnson Memorial Gallery. February 4 through April 17 at Middlebury College Museum of Art in Middlebury. Talk: "Breaking

ongoing AlisA Dworsky: "Drawing Strength," rope and bamboo installations suggestive of topographical maps, in the First Floor Gallery. Through March 5 at BCA Center in Burlington. Info, 865-7166.

BenjAmin BArnes: "Gasoline," paintings reflecting the artist's connection to Vermont history and rural culture, and offering commentary on our culture's obsession with automobiles. Through February 28 at Art's Alive Gallery in Burlington. Info, 310-3211.

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linDsAy rAymonDjAck: “Sexy Fruit,” flirtatious photographs of fruit adorned with vintage jewelry.

February 4 through 28 at Block 12v-ArtisanHand020211.indd 1 Gallery in Winooski. Reception: Live jazz by No Color Blue with Josh Marsh. Friday, February 4, 6-8 p.m.

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‘unDer the Big toP’: The museum celebrates its circus-themed special exhibitions with music, hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar. 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Fleming Museum, UVM, in Burlington. Reception: Thursday, February 3, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Info, 656-0750. megAn humPhrey: "Valentine Vestiges," paper artwork honoring the holiday of love by the owner of Sweet Basil Cards, in the Pickering Room. Through February 27 at Fletcher Free Library in Burlington.

Reception: Friday, February 4, 4-5:30 p.m. Info, 863-3403. roger colemAn: Paintings.

Through February 28 at Red Square in Burlington. Reception: Friday, February 4, 5-9 p.m. Info, 318-2438.

'PArtners': Work by Frog Hollow artisans and their exhibiting artist significant others, including Wendy James and John Brickels, Tom Dunn and Sarah Ashe, Nick Seidner and Diane Rosenmiller, Robin Kent and Jim Barner, Eliza Collins and David Weissberger, Elizabeth and Howard Smith and Lucy and Mick Petrie.

February 4 through 28 at Frog Hollow in Burlington. Reception: Friday, February 4, 5-8 p.m. Info, 863-6458.

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sAnDrA elkin: “Women Town Clerks of Vermont: Reflections on Democracy,” a multimedia exhibit combining photographic portraits and the recorded voices of 19 clerks from around the state. The women speak frankly of the obligations of citizenship, state government and their towns. Through March 31 at Vermont Folklife Center in Middlebury. Reception: Friday, February 4, 5-7 p.m. Info, 388-4964. clAy stuDio stuDent show: The Bristol Recreation Department's third annual show features creations by school-age through adult students who have taken the studio class in recent months.

Through February 28 at Art on Main in Bristol. Reception: Saturday, February 5, 4-6 p.m. Info, 453-4032.

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Whittemore-Hill's work stems from studies of hands, both cartoon and real, representing possibility, power and need. Through February 6 at 215 College Gallery in Burlington. Info, 863-3662. 'georges rouAult: cirque De l'Étoile filAnte': The French artist's print portfolio, published from 1926-38, includes color etchings and wood engravings of clowns, in the East Gallery.

Through May 22 at Fleming Museum, UVM in Burlington. Info, 656-0750.

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john DAviD o’shAughnessy: Acrylic paintings on canvas and mixed-media works on paper.

February 4 through March 31 at Speaking Volumes in Burlington.

Reception: Friday, February 4, 5-7 p.m. Info, 540-0107.

‘highlow Project’: Large-scale photographs by Ned Castle depicting re-creations of decisive moments in the lives of young, at-risk Vermonters. Accompanying each photograph is an audio narration by its subject. February 3 through 25 at Vermont Supreme Court Lobby in Montpelier.

Reception: Thursday, February 3, 5-7:30 p.m. Info, 828-0749.

DAve mAtthews: Work by the Vermont artist.

Through February 28 at Brownell Library in Essex Junction. Info, 878-6955.

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feBruAry grouP show: Paintings by Jean Cannon and Helen Kyle, photographs by Warren Tarr and fiber art by Nancy Adriance. February 3 through 28 at Artist in Residence Cooperative Gallery in Enosburg Falls.

Reception: Thursday, February 3, 5-8 p.m. Info, 933-6403.

'Burlington electric: energy-efficient Art': Drawings by Burlington public school fourth graders inspired by their discussions about renewable energy with BED employees.

Through February 2 at Metropolitan Gallery, Burlington City Hall in Burlington. Info, 865-7166.

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erikA white & cArin lilly: Mixed-media work by the Vermont artists and mothers of small children, who find inspiration among the sippy cups and toys strewn throughout their lives. Through February 28 at Davis Studio in Burlington.

Reception: Friday, February 4, 5-8 p.m. Info, 425-2700.

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hArry Bliss: The artist discusses his work. Friday, February 4, 6-7 p.m., Amy E. Tarrant Gallery, Flynn Center, Burlington.

recreate fleeting moments to find beauty in the ordinary, unintended and mundane. Also, glass works

by Terry Zigmund and Lawrence Ribbecke, in the window. February 3 through March 31 at SEABA Center in Burlington. Reception: Friday, February 4, 5-7 p.m. Info, 859-9222.

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‘Both siDes of the coin: the creAtive Process AnD mArketing the work’: Jess Graham talks about how to make a living as an artist, develop a distinctive style, find the right audience and establish a loyal fan base. Thursday, February 3, 7-9 p.m., River Arts Center, Morrisville.

Info, 888-1261.

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Wednesday, February 9, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Info, 443-6433.

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Harry Bliss: "Genius," a retrospective of the world-renowned cartoonist and children's book illustrator includes original New Yorker covers, cartoons, student work, book jackets and children's books; also, original work from artists in Bliss' personal collection. Through March 26 at Amy E. Tarrant Gallery, Flynn Center in Burlington. Info, 652-4500.

'Human artifact': Work by various artists that explores the spaces and things that outfit our private lives, from backyard junk piles to attic hideaways.

February 7 through March 4 at Vermont Photo Space Gallery in Essex Junction. Info, 777-3686. inty & yuari muenala Vega: "Mushuk Pacha | Nuevos Tiempos | New Times," paintings reflecting the culture of the Kichwa people of the Ecuadorean Andes. Through February 28 at Flynndog in Burlington. Info, 734-5546.

Jessica nissen: "Rorschach Drawings," painted-over inkblots exploring perception, the subconscious and the extremes of spontaneous creativity, based on the controversial psychological test of the same name, in the Second Floor Gallery.

Through March 26 at BCA Center in Burlington.

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KatHleen Berry Bergeron: Watercolor paintings of rural Vermont scenes by the Jericho artist. Through February 28 at The Essex Culinary Resort & Spa in Essex. Info, 899-4628.

Kei egan: Traditional and magnetic collages with themes of spirituality, childhood, aviation, tranquility and time. Curated by the South End Arts and Business Association. Through February 28 at Pine Street Deli in Burlington. Info, 859-9222. 'maKe art, repeat': The group show that began at S.P.A.C.E. and Backspace galleries has moved and picked up a few more artists. Alecia Geno, Ashley Roark, Christy Mitchell, Greg Mamczak, Adam DeMasi, Clark Derbes and Carleen Zimbalati explore the theme of repetition in silk-screen prints, paintings, mixed media, and light-andshadow installations. Curated by the South End Arts and Business Association. Through February 26 at VCAM studio in Burlington. Info, 859-9222. marion c. Honors: "The Wild and the Sacred," mixed-media work by the New York-based nun, artist and organic gardener. Through February 28 at St. Paul's Cathedral in Burlington. Info, 864-0471.

'new Voices': Photographs from the Vermont Refugee Resettlement Program. Through April 1 at Community College of Vermont in Winooski. Info, 654-0513.

pippo lionni: Animations from the Paris-based artist's ongoing body of work, "Facts of Life," in the New Media Niche; a related large-scale print called "Urbanopolis," in the European and American Gallery. Through May 22 at Fleming Museum, UVM in Burlington. Info, 656-0750.

'tHe arrangement': Traditional, whimsical and satirical still-life photography by local, national and international artists. Through February 4 at Vermont Photo Space Gallery in Essex Junction.

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'under tHe Big top: tHe fine art of tHe circus in america': Work by modern and contemporary American artists fascinated by the circus and its performers' bohemian lives outside the ring. Through May 22 at Fleming Museum, UVM, in Burlington. Info, 656-0750.

'Vermont landscapes in BlacK & wHite': Photography by Ashley Arcury, Jeff Clarke, Natalie Stultz and Katelyn Ziegler. Through February 28 at Shelburne Vineyard in Shelburne. Info, 985-8222. winter group sHow: Work in a variety of media by Steve Campbell, Isaac Wasuck, Greg Mamczak, Dave Davidson, Kevyn Cundiff, Diane Gabriel, Lorraine Manley, Perry Bartles and Gaal Shepherd. Through February 28 at Maltex Building in Burlington. Info, 865-7166.

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BHaKti ZieK & Holly walKer: "Continuum," weavings that explore how language imposes artificial divides between continuous processes by Ziek; and "Haptikos," hand-built earthenware pots

by Walker. Through February 20 at Chandler Gallery in Randolph. Info, 431-0204.

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george lawrence & Jacquelyn Jimoi: "Two Views," landscape paintings and pastels by the husband-and-wife artists. Through February 12 at Tunbridge Public Library. Info, 889-9404.

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Jenna Kelly: "New and Used," abstract mixedmedia explorations of the human figure, Third Floor Gallery; "The Dark Side," work by Annemie Curlin, Dan Moran and Gerard W. Rinaldi, among others, Main Floor Gallery; "When No One is Looking," work exploring private moments by Robin La Hue, Ken Signorello and Janet Van Fleet, and others, Second Floor Gallery. Through February 26 at Studio Place Arts in Barre. Info, 479-7069.

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Jess graHam: Illustrative, irreverent and textural work by the Vermont artist. Through February 28 at The Cheshire Cat in Montpelier. Info, 223-1981.

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Joan curtis: "At One With Nature's Wiles: Recent Paintings and Sculptures," acrylics and mixedmedia constructions depicting human figures at ease amid upheavals of nature. Through February 11 at Feick Fine Arts Center, Green Mountain College in Poultney. Info, 287-8398.

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margot lasHer: "Shiro in Manhattan," photos of the Vermont artist's dog in the big city. Through February 28 at Capitol Grounds in Montpelier. Info, artwhirled23@yahoo.com. marK cHaney: "Guiding Light," digital art, giclée prints and tritography, in which two or more digital photographs are blended to make a single image.

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roBert waldo Brunelle Jr.: "General Baxter's Mansion 1858," acrylic paintings based on 19th-century photographs of the Rutland building.

Through March 30 at Wing Building in Burlington.

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tessa Holmes: Oil-on-canvas paintings based on the artist's photographic work. Through February 14 at Muddy Waters in Burlington. Info, 658-0466.

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'sHadows of tHe samurai': Armor, swords, prints, masks and other artifacts representing Japanese warrior traditions. Through May 11 at Fleming Museum, UVM in Burlington. Info, 656-0750.

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Through February 11 at Living/Learning Center, UVM in Burlington. Info, 656-4200.

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sareet rosenstein: "Why Did You Just Take a Photo of That?" a personal perspective on what gets interpreted through the lens of her camera in everyday life. Curated by the South End Arts and Business Association. Through February 28 at Speeder & Earl's (Pine Street) in Burlington. Info, 859-9222.

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Zoë Barracano: "Fidel, the End of an Era," intimate contemporary Cuban portraits and landscapes by the Vermont photographer. Through February 28 at Contemporary Dance & Fitness Studio in Montpelier. Info, 229-4676.

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Dane Verret: "Combining Communities: Dance and Photography," images of recent performances

by Dance Company of Middlebury and the student artist's home community of New Orleans. Through February 10 at Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College. Info, 443-6433.

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Kate mueller: "Color and Curve," pastel and oil portraits that play with shapes from the landscape.

Through February 18 at Christine Price Gallery, Castleton State College. Info, 468-1119.

Scott & Kelly FunK: "More Than Snow," winter photographs by the Richmond artists. Through February 28 at Gallery 160 in Richmond. Info, 434-6434.

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alex Bottinelli: Mixed-media and encaustic paintings with a luminous, ethereal quality.

Through March 6 at Bee's Knees in Morrisville. Info, 586-8078.

cheryl Daye DicK: "Memories: North and South," portraits and landscapes exploring African American history. Through February 27 at Emile A. Gruppe Gallery in Jericho. Info, 899-3211.

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Beth netelKoS: "Studio Sessions 2011," paintings of inner spaces inspired by natural surroundings.

Through February 28 at Townsend Gallery at Black Cap Coffee in Stowe. Info, 279-4239.

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elinor oSBorn: Wildlife photography by the Vermont artist. Through March 1 at Claire's Restaurant & Bar in Hardwick. Info, 472-7053.

JameS luciana: Selections from "Light and Stone" and "Italy: Facades" by the photographer and Marist College art professor. Through March 5 at Julian Scott Memorial Gallery, Johnson State College. Info, 635-1469.

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Pictured: “Back Story” (detail). larry GolDen: "Winter in the Kingdom: Landscapes and Landmarks," mixed-media paintings of buildings, streetscapes, mountains, woods and fields by the former St. Johnsbury Academy teacher. Through March 2 at Northeast Kingdom Artisans Guild Backroom Gallery in St. Johnsbury.

Info, 748-0158. marc awoDey: Paintings by the Vermont artist, in the Wings Gallery. Through August 8 at Dibden Center for the Arts, Johnson State College. Info, 635-1469. miKey welSh: "If Such a Thing Exists, Then Yes," abstract and representational paintings by the Burlington artist. Through April 17 at Helen Day Art Center in Stowe. Info, 253-6131. roBin maSSey: "Allusions of Nature," works that mix photographic methods with drawings to mimic how we view and remember the natural world. Through February 15 at Hazen's Notch in Montgomery Center. Info, 326-4799.

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Stephen huneck: "Words of Wisdom From Martin Luther King Jr. and Angel Artwork by Stephen Huneck," an exhibit curated by Gwen Huneck in honor of the civil rights leader and her late husband, both of whom, she believes, worked to bring love, healing, peace and tolerance to the world. Through February 28 at Stephen Huneck Gallery and Dog Chapel in St. Johnsbury. Info, 800-449-2580. the Jacob Walker Group & alex anGio: Work by members of the local arts organization, including Louisa Blair Pfaelzer, Ann Volatile, Phyllis M. Gable, Mable Sulham, Jane Desjardin, Ann Thursty, Marcia Shafer and more, in Gallery I; abstract paintings and Japanese woodblock prints by New York City artist Angio, in Gallery II. Through March 4 at River Arts Center in Morrisville. Info, 888-1261.

Val roSSman & JaniS pozzi-JohnSon: "Extravagant Color," a joint show combining Rossman's paintings, which imagine life as a patchwork quilt and Pozzi-Johnson's processdriven, layered abstract oil paintings. Through February 20 at West Branch Gallery and Sculpture Park in Stowe. Info, 253-8943.

Wendy Soliday: "Brilliant Colors/Delicate Dust," pastel and watercolor landscapes capturing vibrant moments of life arrested. Through March 31 at Green Mountain Fine Art Gallery in Stowe. Info, 253-1818.

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'Frank Stella: irreGular polyGonS': An exhibit marking the museum's 25th anniversary presents one of each of the artist's 11 monumental compositions for his 1965-66 series, along with preparatory drawings and other works. Through March 13 at Hood Museum, Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H. Info, 603-646-2808.

January Group ShoW: Recent work, including oil-based ink on paper by Patty Castellini; oil paintings by Charlie Goodwin; reclaimed wood paintings by Duncan Johnson; and mixed-media collages by Gordon Meinhard. Through February 5 at AVA Gallery and Arts Center in Lebanon, N.H. Info, 603-448-3117.

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They’re good humored, well traveled, intelligent, a tad bohemian and endlessly welcoming to a collection of friends who haven’t been as lucky in life.

Lesley Manville has earned award-season raves f or her remarkable perf ormance as Mary, the couple’s most f requent and most troubled guest. A secretary at the clinic

where Gerri works, she’s a wine-gulping, motor-mouthed mass of delusions. In a wonderful early scene, she joins the pair for Saturday night dinner, stops chattering just long enough to take the next sip, winds up at bedtime too sozzled to leave and then, after hours of babbling about herself, informs Gerri, “If you ever need to share, I’m here for you. I’m a very good listener.”

Enter Ken (Peter Wight), Tom’s old friend and schoolmate, who’s decided to pay a visit. A heart attack waiting to happen, he’s big bellied, chain smokes and always has a drink in his hand. It’s not so much that the years haven’t been kind to him. They’ve just blurred by too quickly. He gives the impression of having gone to bed 25 and woken up 60.

What are the odds in the Age of the Dysf unctional Family that a fi lm would f eature not only a loving husband and wife, but also a loving son? Oliver Maltman brings just the right touch to the role of Joe, a thirtyish legal-aid lawyer and the object of Mary’s cracked romantic f antasies. It hits her hard when one day, out of the blue, he brings home Katie (Karina Fernandez), the woman he intends to marry. She fi ts in immediately. I

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abbit Hole is a hard sell. Whether you have young children or not, the loss of one isn’t something you want to contemplate. By itself , the fi lm’s premise has about as much mass appeal as the support group that bereaved mother Becca (Nicole Kidman) ditches early in the fi lm. She can’t bear the company of other grieving parents so desperate to fi nd the upside that they tell themselves, “Heaven needed another angel.”

But hold on, because the fi lm isn’t just a wallow in vicarious misery. We may hope never to experience what Becca and her husband, Howie (Aaron Eckhart), are experiencing. But most of us know how it feels to have our lives derailed by a sudden loss or accident or misstep. (The movie’s title refers to the notion of tumbling down Lewis Carroll’s rabbit hole — or a physicist’s wormhole — and fi nding oneself in an alternate reality.)

Most of us have felt grief that makes us ask, as Becca asks her mother (Dianne Wiest), “Does it ever go away?” The fi lm’s answer is, not surprisingly, “Nope.” But it o° ers lowkey a˝ rmations that feel surprisingly solid.

Rabbit Hole is easy on the eyes. John Cameron Mitchell, creator ofHedwig and the Angry Inch and Shortbus, directs with more restraint than one might expect. He stresses everything that’s glossy, lush and verdant

THERE’S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY Sheen listens patiently as Manville’s character prattles on in Mike Leigh’s moving rumination on human connection.

haven’t seen a family this jazzed to be in one another’s company since “The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet.”

It’s against this backdrop of domestic jolliness that Leigh o° ers moving ri° s and ruminations on friendship, family, class, aging, dreams, disappointment and death. The fi lm is fi lled with small details that, on refl ection, contain monumental signifi cance, and they’re slipped into some of the most unf orgettable perf ormances you’ll see this

or any other year. It just may be Mike Leigh’s masterpiece.

Another Year is better by far than many of the movies we’ll be hearing about on Oscar night. I can’t imagine why it wasn’t invited to the party. Unless, of course, the Academy couldn’t fi gure out what category to nominate it in.

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about the suburban world where the a˙ uent protagonists live, and he doles out backstory in driblets — we know it’s been eight months since the death of the Corbetts’ 4-year-old son, but not the details.

At fi rst, the fi lm tests our patience by asking us to empathize with people who look, well, perfect. Baking and gardening without a hair out of place, Kidman could be remaking The Stepf ord Wives (again). Given the cold rebu° s Becca o° ers everyone — including her husband — she even more strongly calls to mind Mary Tyler Moore’s awardwinning turn as the ice-queen mom in Ordinary People (1980). Like that character, Becca refuses to weep or talk about her son — and she tosses his clothes in a Goodwill bin.

When she snips at her way-less-perf ect younger sister (Tammy Blanchard), Becca sounds like what she is — an overarticulate character written f or the stage. (David Lindsay-Abaire adapted his play of the same name.) When she erases the video clip of their son that Howie watches and rewatches on his cellphone, she just seems awful.

But gradually Kidman’s princessy hauteur melts, her reedy little voice gets deeper and warmer, and we begin to understand her.

We discover that Becca’s as mad as she is sad.

(When her mom urges her to seek comf ort in religion, she calls God a “sadistic prick.”)

The tenderness that she denies Howie comes out when she bef riends a teenager (Miles Teller), who played a role in the tragedy. It’s a role that plays to KidCOLD SHOULDER man’s established Kidman’s misery doesn’t star persona, belove company in Mitchell’s cause she tends to noncorny weeper. show the camera a china-dollf açade.

When it cracks, we see something real emerge, and those moments feel revelatory.

Rabbit Hole has a f ew clunker lines and manipulative elements. When Howie develops a f riendship with another grieving parent [Sandra Oh], we know exactly where it’s heading and what the writer is telling us.

But where other movies — Ordinary People among them — deliver a big, teary, theatrical catharsis, this one pulls back and stays real. Mitchell allows the actors’ performances to deliver the emotional payo° s. Hugging a dog (who’s more receptive to a° ection than Becca), Eckhart tells us all we need to know

about Howie’s feelings.

And Wiest has a monologue toward the end that is, in a word, luminous. Her answer to Becca’s question — does the pain ever stop? — seems to arrive on the spur of the moment and surprise even her. It illuminates the muted scene with a mood that shouldn’t be hopeful but is. “Closure,” the fi lmmakers suggest, is a myth. But, f or someone whose plans and dreams have been voided in an instant, putting one f oot in f ront of the other can be a triumph.

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ANotHER YEARHHHHH Mike (Happy-Go-Lucky) Leigh directed this slice-of-life tale of a happily married London couple and the distressed souls they draw into their orbit. With Jim Broadbent, Lesley Manville and Ruth Sheen. (129 min, PG-13.

Roxy) tHE lEGEND oF pAlE mAlE: This documentary from director Frederic Lilien traces the saga of a red-tailed hawk who built a nest on a Fifth Avenue balcony and thrilled the wealthy residents — except those who wanted to remove him. (85 min, NR. Savoy) RABBit HolEHHHH Nicole Kidman is up for an Oscar for her role as a grieving mother in this drama from director John Cameron (Shortbus) Mitchell, based on the play by David LindsayAbaire. With Aaron Eckhart, Miles Teller and Sandra Oh. (92 min, PG-13. Roxy) tHE RoommAtE: A college freshman finds her roommate is getting a bit too obsessed with her in this thriller. Sounds like Single White Female, undergrad edition. With Leighton Meester, Minka Kelly and Cam Gigandet. Christian E. Christiansen directs. (93 min, PG-13. Essex, Majestic, Palace, Paramount) SANctUm: James Cameron showed us with The Abyss and Titanic that he knows his way around water — and claustrophobia. Now he brings us an action thriller about divers who find themselves trapped in a vast underwater cavern. Shot in 3D. Richard Roxburgh, Ioan Gruffudd and Rhys Wakefield star. Alister Grierson directs. (103 min, R. Essex, Majestic [3-D]) SomEWHERE: You may never envy the life of a celebrity again after seeing the latest from director Sofia Coppola, in which a movie star (Stephen Dorff) drives his Ferrari and his life in circles. With Elle Fanning as his daughter, and brief appearances by Benicio del Toro and Michelle Monaghan.

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now playing 127 HoURSHHHH1/2 James Franco stars in this dramatization of the story of Aron Ralston, a Utah hiker who found himself literally between a rock and a hard place in 2003. Danny (Slumdog Millionaire) Boyle directs. With Amber Tamblyn and Kate Mara. (93 min, R. Palace)

BlUE VAlENtiNEHHH Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams play a married couple struggling to mend their relationship in this first feature from director Derek Cianfrance, which has generated awards buzz for both actors. (120 min, R. Marquis, Palace)

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tHE KiDS ARE All RiGHtHHHH Lisa (Laurel Canyon) Cholodenko directed this acclaimed study of modern family values in which a pair of teens with two moms (Annette Bening and Julianne Moore) decide they want to get to know their sperm donor. With Mark Ruffalo, Mia Wasikowska and Josh Hutcherson. (104 min, R. Palace; ends 2/3) tHE KiNG’S SpEEcHHHHHHCritics have predicted Oscars for this period piece about how England’s George VI (Colin Firth) found a strong voice with the help of an oddball speech therapist (Geoffrey Rush). The rating is for naughty language, which figures in his therapy. With Helena Bonham Carter, Guy Pearce and Derek Jacobi. Tom (The Damned United) Hooper directs. (118 min, R. Big Picture, Essex, Majestic, Marquis, Roxy, Savoy, Stowe, Welden) littlE FocKERSH1/2 Ben Stiller strives once again to prove his manhood to father-in-law Robert DeNiro in the second sequel to comedy hit Meet the Parents, this time with his offspring getting in the way. With Blythe Danner, Owen Wilson, Jessica Alba and Barbra Streisand. Paul (About a Boy) Weitz directs. (98 min, PG-13. Capitol, Essex, Paramount)

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mADE iN DAGENHAmHHH1/2 Women at a British Ford factory fight for equal pay for equal work in this drama based on events that really happened in 1968. Sally Hawkins, Miranda Richardson and Bob Hoskins star. Nigel (Calendar Girls) Cole directs. (113 min, R. Roxy; ends 2/3) tHE mEcHANicHH1/2 Simon (Con Air) West directs this meditative tale of a top-flight assassin (Jason Statham) on the war path to avenge his mentor (Donald Sutherland). OK, I was kidding about the meditative part. Expect ass kicking. With Ben Foster. (100 min, R. Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Palace) No StRiNGS AttAcHEDHH1/2 Natalie Portman’s next step after impersonating a ballerina and delivering a Golden Globe-winning performance?

Starring in this rom com about a busy doctor who seeks, er, stress relief from her buddy Ashton Kutcher. The original title was Friends With Benefits. With Kevin Kline, Cary Elwes and Greta Gerwig. One-time comedy great Ivan Reitman directs. (110 min, R. Bijou, Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Palace, Welden)

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GUlliVER’S tRAVElSH1/2 Jonathan Swift gets only the third writing credit on this family comedy updating his classic, with Jack Black as the traveler who lands on a strange island and finds himself grappling with major culture shock. Rob (Monsters vs. Aliens) directs. With Emily Blunt, Jason Segel and Amanda Peet. (85 min, PG. Majestic [3-D]; ends 2/3)

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tHE DilEmmAH1/2 Bachelor Vince Vaughn has to decide whether to tell his best friend and business partner (Kevin James) that he saw his wife out with another man in this star-studded comedy, the latest from Ron Howard. With Winona Ryder,

tHE GREEN HoRNEtHH Seth Rogen plays a superhero who’s a newspaper publisher by day and a crime fighter by night. Take that, decline of print media! Michel (Be Kind Rewind) Gondry directs this big-screen adaptation of the action franchise that began with 1930s radio serials. With Jay Chou, Cameron Diaz and Christoph Waltz doing his bad-guy thing. (108 min, PG-13. Bijou, Essex [3-D], Majestic [3-D], Marquis [3-D], Palace, Paramount, Roxy, Welden)

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coUNtRY StRoNGHH1/2 Gwyneth Paltrow plays a washed-up country star who tries to restart her career with help from a young singer-songwriter (Garrett Hedlund) in this show-biz drama from director Shana Feste. With Tim McGraw and Leighton Meester. (112 min, PG-13. Capitol, Majestic)

tHE FiGHtERHHHH Mark Wahlberg fights to win a boxing championship with the help of his dissolute half-brother (Christian Bale) in this sports/family drama from David O. (Three Kings) Russell. With Amy Adams, Melissa Leo and lots of Massachusetts vowels. (114 min, R. Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Palace, Roxy, Stowe)

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Jennifer Connelly and Channing Tatum. (118 min, PG-13. Bijou, Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Palace, Welden)

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friday 28 — thursday 10 The Dilemma 1:20 & 3:40 (Sat & Sun only), 7:10, 9 (Fri-Sun only). No Strings Attached 4:10 (Sat & Sun only), 7, 9 (Fri-Sun only).

The Green Hornet 1:10 & 3:50 (Sat & Sun only), 6:40, 9 (Fri-Sun only). true Grit 4 (Sat & Sun only), 6:50, 9 (Fri-Sun only). tangled Sat & Sun: 12:50, 2:30. Yogi Bear Sat & Sun: 1, 2:30.

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friday 4 — thursday 10 country Strong 1:30 (Sat & Sun only), 6:30, 9. The mechanic 1:30 (Sat & Sun only), 6:30, 9. No Strings Attached 1:30 (Sat & Sun only), 6:30, 9. true Grit 1:30 (Sat & Sun only), 6:30, 9. Little Fockers 1:30 (Sat & Sun only), 6:30. The Fighter 9.

ESSEX cINEmA

Essex Shoppes & Cinema, Rte. 15 & 289, Essex, 879-6543, www.essexcinemas.com

wednesday 2 — thursday 3 The mechanic 12:15, 2:40, 5:15, 7:45, 10. The Rite 1:10, 3:50, 7, 9:40. The King’s Speech 12:40, 3:40, 6:40, 9:25. No Strings Attached 12:15, 2:40, 5, 7:30, 9:50.

The Dilemma 2:35, 5, 7:25, 9:50. The Green Hornet (3-D) 12:45, 3:30, 7, 9:45.

Black Swan 12:20, 2:45, 5:10, 7:35, 10. Little Fockers 2:50, 5:15, 7:25, 9:45. true Grit 12:20, 2:45, 5:10, 7:35, 10. The Fighter 1, 4, 6:45, 9:40. Yogi Bear (3-D) 12:30. tangled (3-D) 12:10.

friday 4 — thursday 10 *The Roommate 12:30, 2:40, 4:50, 7:25, 9:45. *Sanctum (3-D) 12:10, 2:35, 5, 7:30, 10.

The mechanic 12:15, 2:30, 5:15, 7:40, 9:55. The Rite 1:10, 3:50, 7, 9:40. The King’s Speech 12:40, 3:40, 6:40, 9:25. No Strings Attached 12:15, 2:40, 5, 7:30, 9:50.

The Green Hornet (3-D) 12:45, 3:30, 7, 9:45. Black Swan 12:20, 2:45, 5:10, 7:35, 10. Little Fockers 12:25, 5:15, 9:55. true Grit 12:20, 2:45, 5:10, 7:35, 10.

The Fighter 2:35, 7:25.

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wednesday 2 — thursday 3 The mechanic 1:40, 4:40, 7:30, 9:50. The Rite 1:15, 4:10, 6:50, 9:30. No Strings Attached 1:30, 4:30, 7:20, 9:45. The Dilemma 1:20, 4:20, 7, 9:35. The Green Hornet (3-D) 1:10, 4, 6:30, 9.

The King’s Speech 1, 3:50, 6:40, 8:35, 9:25. country Strong 12:50, 6:10. Black Swan 12:30, 4:45, 7:10, 9:40.

Gulliver’s travels (3-D) 2:50. true Grit 12:40, 3:40, 6:20, 9:10. tRoN: Legacy (3-D) 3:20. The Fighter 3:30, 6:10, 8:50. tangled (3-D) 1:05. friday 4 — thursday 10 *The Roommate 12:30, 2:40, 4:50, 7:10, 9:30. *Sanctum (3-D) 1:20, 4:30, 7:15, 9:40.

The mechanic 1, 7, 9:30. The Rite 1:25, 4:10, 6:50, 9:35. No Strings Attached 1:30, 4:40, 7:20, 9:45. The Dilemma 1:15, 6:30. The Green Hornet (3-D) 1:10, 4:20, 6:45, 9:15.

The King’s Speech 12:50, 4, 6:40, 9:20. Black Swan 3:40, 6:20, 9. true Grit 12:40, 3:20, 6:10, 8:50. tRoN: Legacy (3-D) 3:30. The Fighter 3:50, 9:10. tangled (3-D) 1:05.

mARQUIS tHEAtER Main St., Middlebury, 388-4841.

wednesday 2 — thursday 3 The King’s Speech 6:30, 9. The Green Hornet (3-D) 6:30, 9. Black Swan 9. true Grit 6:30. friday 4 — thursday 10 Blue Valentine Fri: 6:30, 9.

Sat: 2, 6:30, 9. Sun: 2, 7. MonThu: 7. The King’s Speech Fri: 6:30, 9. Sat: 2, 6:30, 9. Sun: 2, 7. Mon-Thu: 7. true Grit Fri & Sat: 6:30, 9. Sun-Thu: 7. Yogi Bear Sat & Sun: 2.

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wednesday 2 — thursday 3 made in Dagenham 1:10, 6:15. The Way Back 1:15, 3:50, 6:30, 9:10. The Green Hornet 1:25, 4:10, 7, 9:15. The King’s Speech 1, 3:30, 6, 8:30. true Grit 1:20, 4, 6:40, 9:20. Black Swan 1:05, 3:05, 5:05, 7:10, 9:05. The Fighter 3:40, 8:40. friday 4 — thursday 10 *Another Year 1:20, 4:10, 6:40, 9:15. *Rabbit Hole 1, 2:55, 4:50, 6:50, 8:50. *Somewhere 1:25, 3:40, 7, 9:20. The Way Back 1:15, 6:20. The King’s Speech 1:10, 4, 6:30, 8:45. true Grit 3:45, 9:10. Black Swan 1:05, 3:05, 5:05, 7:10, 9:05.

(Thu only), 1:40, 4, 7:05, 9:30. Blue Valentine 1:35, 4:10, 7, 9:15. The mechanic 1:45, 4:15, 7:10, 9:30. The Rite 1, 3:45, 6:45, 9:10. 127 Hours 1:25, 6:30. No Strings Attached 1:05, 3:55, 6:45, 9:20. tangled Fri-Sun only: 1:10. The Fighter 1 (MonThu only), 3:35, 6:40, 9:20.

The Green Hornet 1:30, 4:05, 6:50, 9:25. The Social Network 3:40, 8:35. true Grit 10:30 a.m. (Thu only), 1:15, 3:50, 6:35, 9:10.

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wednesday 2 — thursday 3 The Green Hornet 6:30, 9.

Little Fockers 6:30, 9.

wednesday 2 — thursday 3 Blue Valentine 10:30 a.m.

(Thu only), 1:35, 4:10, 7, 9:15.

The mechanic 1:45, 4:20, 7:10, 9:30. The Rite 1:25, 3:45, 6:55, 9:10. 127 Hours 1:40, 6:40. No Strings Attached 10:30 a.m. (Thu only), 1:20, 3:55, 6:45, 9:20. tangled 1:10. The Dilemma 4, 9. The Fighter 1, 3:35, 8:35. The Green Hornet 1:30, 4:15, 6:50, 9:25. The Kids Are All Right 6:20, 9:05. The Social Network 3:40, 6:30. true Grit 1:15, 3:50, 6:35, 9:10.

friday 4 — thursday 10 *The Roommate 1:30 (Sat & Sun only), 6:30, 9. The Green Hornet 1:30 (Sat & Sun only), 6:30, 9.

10 Fayette Dr., South Burlington, 864-5610, www.palace9.com

friday 4 — thursday 10 *The Roommate 10:30 a.m.

friday 4 — thursday 10 Upstairs: The King’s Speech 1 & 3:30 (Sat-Sun & Wed only), 6, 8:30 (except Tue).

Downstairs: *The Legend of Pale male Fri: 6:30, 8:40. Sat & Sun: 1:30, 4, 6:30, 8:40. Mon: 1:30, 5.

Tue: 6:30, 8:40. Wed: 1:30, 4, 6:30, 8:40. Thu: 8:40.

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wednesday 2— thursday 10 The King’s Speech 2:30 (Sat only), 4:30 (Sun only), 7, 9:15 (Fri & Sat only). Black Swan 2:30 (Sat only), 4:30 (Sun only), 7, 9:10 (Fri & Sat only). The Fighter 2:30 (Sat only), 4:30 (Sun only), 7, 9:15 (Fri & Sat only).

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wednesday 2 — thursday 3 The King’s Speech 7.

The Dilemma 7. No Strings Attached 7.

wednesday 2 — thursday 3 Upstairs: The King’s Speech 1 & 3:30 (Wed only), 6, 8:30. Downstairs: Saint misbehavin’: The Wavy Gravy movie 1:30 & 4 (Wed only), 6:30, 8:40.

friday 4 — thursday 10 The King’s Speech 2 (Fri-Sun only), 7, 9 (Fri-Sun only). The Dilemma 2 (Fri-Sun only), 7. No Strings Attached 4 (Fri-Sun only), 7, 9 (Fri-Sun only). The Green Hornet Fri-Sun only: 4, 9. Yogi Bear Fri-Sun only: 2, 4.

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SAiNt miSBEHAViN’: tHE WAVY GRAVY moViE: Director Michelle Esrick tells the story of the counterculture legend also known as Hugh Romney in her documentary. (87 min, NR. Savoy; ends 2/3) tHE SociAl NEtWoRKHHH Director David Fincher and writer Aaron Sorkin retell the story of Mark Zuckerberg (Jesse Eisenberg), the college kid who invented Facebook and became richer than most of us put together. With Justin Timberlake, Andrew Garfield and Rashida Jones. (120 min, PG-13.

Palace) tANGlEDHHH1/2 The tale of Rapunzel lets down its hair and goes 21st century in this Disney animation about a rakish bandit who finds himself in the clutches of a bored, tower-bound teenager with 70 feet of hair. With the voices of Mandy Moore and Zachary Levi. Nathan Greno and Byron Howard direct. (100 min, PG. Big Picture, Bijou, Essex [3-D], Majestic [3-D], Palace) tRoN: lEGAcYHH1/2 Disney’s Tron (1982) was a milestone of sorts: an adventure set inside a computer at a time when the computers boasted about 2MB of RAM. In the long-delayed sequel, our hacker hero’s son (Garrett Hedlund) goes after Dad (Jeff Bridges), who’s still stuck in the cyberworld he created. With Olivia Wilde and Bruce Boxleitner.

Joseph Kosinski directs. (127 min, PG. Majestic [3-D]) tRUE GRitHHH The latest from Joel and Ethan Coen is a remake of the 1969 western classic, with Jeff Bridges in the John Wayne role of a U.S. Marshal who reluctantly helps a teen track down her father’s killer. With Matt Damon, Hailee Steinfeld and Josh Brolin. (110 min, PG-13. Big Picture, Bijou, Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Marquis, Palace, Roxy) tHE WAY BAcKHHH1/2 In 1941, a ragtag group escapes from a Siberian gulag and heads for freedom — even if it means walking across a continent — in this epic survival drama directed by

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aries (March 21-april 19): now and then, members of other astrological signs complain that i seem to favor you aries above them. if that’s true, i’m certainly not aware of it. as far as i know, i love all the signs equally. i will say this, however: Due to the idiosyncrasies of my own personal horoscope, i have been working for years to get more skilled at expressing qualities that your tribe tends to excel at: being direct, acting fearless, knowing exactly what you want, cultivating a willingness to change and leading by example. all these assets are especially needed by the people in your life right now. taUrUs (april 20-May 20): i’ve found that

even when people are successful in dealing with a long-term, intractable problem, they rarely zap it out of existence in one epic swoop. generally they chip away at it, dismantling it little by little; they gradually break its hold with incremental bursts of unspectacular heroism. Judging from the astrological omens, though, i’d say that you tauruses are ripe for a large surge of dismantling. an obstacle you’ve been hammering away at for months or even years may be primed to crumble dramatically.

gemini (May 21-June 20): My brother tom and i used to be on a softball team in santa Cruz. i played third base and he was the pitcher. For one game he showed up with a new glove that still had the price tag dangling. i asked him if he was going to snip it off. “nope,” he said. “it’ll subtly distract the batters and give me an advantage.” That day he pitched one of his best games ever. His pitches seemed to have extra mojo that kept the hitters off balance. Were they even aware they were being messed with? i don’t think so. in fact, my theory is that because tom’s trick was so innocuous, no one on the opposing team registered the fact that it was affecting their concentration. i suggest you try a similar strategy, gemini.

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(June 21-July 22): a famous atheist named edwin Kagin has incorporated performance art into his crusade against religious believers. Wielding a hairdryer, he “debaptizes” ex-churchgoers who want to reverse the effects of the baptism they experienced as children. The stream of hot air that Kagin blows against their foreheads is meant to exorcise the holy water daubed there way back when. Could you benefit from a similar ritual,

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Cancerian? if you have any inclinations to free yourself from early imprints, religious or otherwise, you’re in a favorable phase to do so.

leo (July 23-aug. 22): in an old “star trek”

episode, a woman visits the starship’s medical facility seeking chemicals she needs to start a hydroponic garden. The chief doctor, who has a high sense of self-worth and a gruff bedside manner, scowls at her. Why is she bothering him with such a trivial request? “now i know how Hippocrates felt,” he complains, “when the King needed him to trim a hangnail.” (ancient greek physician Hippocrates is referred to as the “Father of Medicine” because of his seminal influence on the healing professions.) i suspect that sometime soon, leo, you will be in a position similar to the ship’s doctor.

Unlike him, however, you should carry out the assignment with consummate grace. it’ll pay off for you in the long run — probably in ways you can’t imagine right now.

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(aug. 23-sept. 22): in leonard Cohen’s song “anthem” he sings, “There is a crack in everything / That’s how the light gets in.” From what i can tell, Virgo, the week ahead will be one of the best times all year for welcoming the light that comes through the cracks. in fact, i urge you to consider widening the cracks a little — maybe even splitting open a few new cracks — so that the wildly healing light can pour down on you in profusion.

liBra (sept. 23-oct. 22): When was the last time you created a masterpiece, libra? i’m not necessarily talking about a work of art; it might have been an exquisite dinner you prepared for people you love ... or a temporary alliance you forged that allowed you to accomplish the impossible ... or a scary-fun adventure you risked that turned you into a riper human being with a more authoritative standing. Whether your last tour de force happened seven weeks ago or seven months ago, my sense is that you’re due for another one.

The cosmic rhythms are conspiring to make you act like an artful genius. scorPio (oct. 23-nov. 21): Why is every-

thing so eerily quiescent right now? should you be worried? Has the momentum been sucked out of your life? Have you lost your way?

Personally, i think you’re doing better than you

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):

The renegade spiritual sect known as the Church of the Subgenius values one treasure above all others: not salvation, not enlightenment, not holiness, but rather Slack. And what is Slack?

It is a state of being in which everything flows smoothly — a frame of mind so unfettered and at ease that the entire universe just naturally cooperates with you. When you’ve got abundant reserves of Slack, you don’t strain and struggle to make desired events unfold, and you don’t crave things you don’t really need.

You’re surrendered to the greater intelligence that guides your life and it provides you with a knack for attracting only what’s truly satisfying. Happy Slack Week, Aquarius! I suspect you will have loads of that good stuff, which means your freedom to be your authentic self will be at a peak. realize. The dormancy is a temporary illusion. to help give you the perspective you need, i offer you this haiku-like poem by imma von bodmershof, translated by Petra engelbert: “The great river is silent / only sometimes it sounds quietly / deep under the ice.”

poet laureate robert Hass read and discuss his poem “etymology.” He said that while many of the fluids of the human body are named with english words, at least one isn’t: the moisture of a woman who is sexually aroused.

The anglo-saxons did have a word for it, he noted: silm, which also referred to the look of moonlight on the water. “Poor language,” Hass concluded, bemoaning a vocabulary that ignores such an important part of human experience. your assignment, sagittarius, is to correct for any problems caused by poor language in your own sphere. if you’ve been lazy about articulating your meaning or needs, then please activate your deeper intelligence. if there’s a situation in your life that’s suffering from a sloppy use of words, reframe its contours with crisper speech. you could even coin some new words or borrow good ones from foreign tongues.

caPricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): standup comedian arj barker says that when he writes each of his jokes, he’s thinking that all he needs to do is make it funny enough to get at least three people in the audience to laugh at it. More than three is gravy, and he hopes he does get more. but if he can just get those three, he believes, he will always get a lot of work in his chosen profession. in accordance with the astrological rhythms, Capricorn, i urge you to adopt a similar approach. to be successful in the coming days, you don’t need an approval rating of 80 percent.

Pisces

(Feb. 19-March 20): “everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense,” said writer gertrude stein many decades ago. isn’t that about a thousand times truer in 2011? it takes rigorous concentration not to be inundated with data. but that’s exactly your assignment, Pisces. it’s absolutely crucial for you to be a beacon of common sense in the coming days. to meet your dates with destiny, you will have to be earthy, uncluttered, well grounded and in close touch with your body’s intuition. if that requires you to cut back dramatically on the volume of information you take in, so be it.

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When a woman reported that a man exposed himself to her and her children, police in Mesa, Ariz., knocked on the apartment door of upstairs neighbor Michael Polley, 55. He answered with his pants still around his ankles. Court records noted he became “immediately angry” at being interrupted and began cursing at the officers, who arrested him.

(Phoenix’s Arizona Republic) Police said Jerome Taylor, 20, entered a restaurant in Hartford, Conn., wearing a mask, pulled what looked like a gun on the cooks and demanded money. The cooks refused and grabbed their knives.

Taylor promptly apologized and insisted it was all just a joke, and anyway, the “gun” was only an iPhone. (Hartford’s WVIT-TV) Police alerted to the theft of a 50-inch television off a delivery truck in Auburn, Wash., arrested Johnathon Barnes, 22, whom they spotted right outside the police station pushing a shopping cart containing the stolen set. (Seattle PostIntelligencer)

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One consequence of the shift was the closing of Florida’s Tampa International Airport for one week to renumber its main north-south runway to reflect its new magnetic alignment. (The Tampa Tribune)

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Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour freed sisters Gladys and Jamie Scott, who had served 16 years of their life sentences for armed robbery, on the condition that Gladys, 36, donate a kidney to Jamie, 38, who requires dialysis. Barbour explained he decided to order their release so the state wouldn’t have to pay for Jamie Scott’s treatment. (Reuters)

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“It was stupid,” Von Anhalt said after a doctor at an eye clinic in Beverly Hills, Calif., repaired the damage. Gabor, 93, suffered a similar eye injury years ago, according to her daughter, Francesca Hilton, when she mistakenly used “crazy glue” on her eyelashes. (CNN)

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When police accused Michael Elias, 28, of half a dozen home burglaries in San Antonio, Texas, he explained he had to keep committing the burglaries so he could afford to pay his attorney $150 a week to keep him out of jail. (San Antonio’s KSAT-TV)

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cute blonde at i spy live I like your love of animals. Nice red clogs :) Thank you for the hug. Coffee sometime? When: saturday, January 29, 2011. Where: Higher Ground. you: Woman. Me: Man. #908515 HiGHer Ground Hottie Hey, number 192, this is number 313 here. You really struck a chord w/ me & I want to take you out & show you a good time & have some fun! We met at the I Spy Singles Night at Higher Ground & it took me a great deal of courage to finally come up & talk to you! When: sunday, January 30, 2011. Where: Higher Ground i spy singles night. you: Woman. Me: Man. u #908514 r etrono Me, Jan. 29-30 At ‘80s night, you in flannel shirt & beanie, wandering around. We made eye contact on the dance floor & again when I was on my way out the door.

Really wanted to dance w/ you, but had to follow my ride out the door.

Would love to get together for another chance to dance, or coffee/drinks & conversation sometime. When: sunday, January 30, 2011. Where: Metronome. you: Man. Me: Woman. #908513

vt Waternsky I spied your T2T profile & am intrigued.

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Contact me should you care to hike w/ the dogs or get together sometime. Thanks! - earthwindnfire When: Thursday, January 27, 2011. Where: t wo2t ango. you: Man. Me: Woman. #908507

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clove Man in Montreal Spied you on the cold winter streets in Old Montreal. I’m glad I was there to keep you warm. You add the spice to my life. Happy Birthday. Love, Ginger When: saturday, January 22, 2011. Where: canada. you: Man. Me: Woman. #908500 sHelburne r oad bus Saw you on the Shelburne bus & smiled because you’re so cute in your black fuzzy bomber hat. You caught me staring, smiled back & brightened my day. Single? I want to take you out for a drink & more. You: black bomber hat, glasses, grayish coat, black & gray messenger bag.

Me: long brown hair, black coat, dress pants. When: Monday, January 24, 2011. Where: shelburne r d. bus. you: Woman. Me: Woman. #908499 dca airport We sat in the front of the airport shuttle & had a nice conversation on the coldest day of the year. I would have enjoyed talking more. Care to? When: Monday, January 24, 2011. Where: Washington. you: Woman. Me: Man. #908498 Fro M one dorkeedork to anot Her! I spy you at potlucks, on FB, on Two2Tango, finally by my side in a hurricane. Five months of sharing our lives, falling in love breath by breath, expansive heart learning, acknowledging the soul lessons are the only permanence. Gratitude for loving, learning, playing, nourishing each other’s growth. Thanks for standing vibrantly in the hurricane winds w/ me. When: t uesday, January 25, 2011. Where: in the hurricane. you: Man. Me: Woman. #908497

in My drea Ms I see you at Kmart. Your name is a type of music. Me: tall & nervous w/ shaggy blonde hair. You have eyes like Pocahontas & I always want to ask you out, but I’m too shy. Id like to be your John Smith. When: sunday, January 23, 2011. Where: shelburne r d. k mart. you: Woman. Me: Woman. #908502

t oo sHy to say Hi You: short-sleeve green T-shirt w/ tattoo peeking out, blond hair, saw you on the dance floor & by the bar.

Me: dark shoulder-length hair, purple shirt, black knee-high boots. Several furtive glances & an attempt to dance closer :) Couldn’t garner the courage to chat you up. When: saturday, January 22, 2011. Where: Metronome. you: Man. Me: Woman. #908492

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Dear Wendy,

Wendy and the l ost boy

After being together for the better part of five years, you’re not unreasonable in wanting to know if you’re on the same page about having kids. It sounds like your man has some debilitating fears of fatherhood that need to be addressed before he feels confident enough to be a parent. It’s time to revisit this issue and give it the weight it requires.

Tell him that you’re not willing to compromise on having kids, and that he needs to quit being wishywashy. It’s unfair for him to say he doesn’t want children, then follow up with “Don’t listen to me; my feelings aren’t permanent.” Encourage him to take some time to think, see a therapist, whatever — but tell him that he has to give you a clearer picture of what he wants, and he needs to do it quickly, so that you can make difficult decisions if need be.

Let him know that, despite his fears, you think he’d make a fantastic dad and that you’re willing to be a true partner in parenthood. Your Peter Pan references may be spot on — perhaps your Lost Boy simply needs to grow up a bit and gain more confidence before deciding to bring kids into Neverland. On the other hand, if he has no desire to hear the pitter-patter of little feet, you may need to be your own Tinker Bell and save yourself from this relationship.

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Feb. Fourt H Forever Thank you for making me the luckiest man when you said yes. I cannot wait for us to spend our lives together. You’re every line, you’re every word, you’re my

attractive Wo Man at k lin Ger’s I saw you last Wednesday at Klinger’s Bakery in S. Burlington. You would be the one w/ the red hair & blue eyes.

I believe you ordered soup. I asked if you were having a good day & the conversation was off. I enjoyed our talk & was hoping to continue it.

Coffee? When: Wednesday, January 19, 2011. Where: k linger’s bakery. you: Woman. Me: Man. u #908493

My boyfriend and I (both in our mid-twenties) have been together off and on for the past five years, parting ways only during times of extreme geographical difference. We get along fantastically, recognize our differences and seem to balance each other really well. We just can’t compromise on one very vital thing: I want kids someday, and he’s not sure.

He says he’s afraid he will forget to go to his kids’ band concerts, afraid he won’t provide enough rich cultural experiences, and he doesn’t want his kids to struggle with school like he did. We got into an uncomfortable conversation about whether we should continue to date if our views are so different on something about which we cannot compromise.

He told me not to listen to him and that his feelings aren’t permanent. I’m afraid that we’ll date happily for a few more years, and then when my “crazy clock” starts ticking, I will be alone in wanting a family.

Is it unreasonable to want to know now if we are on the same page about having kids in the future? Is his Peter Pandering likely to change, or should I listen to what he’s saying and make hard choices now?

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l enscra Fters Hottie You helped my friend put a new screw in her glasses. You are tall & fine. Didn’t see a ring, so here’s hoping you’re single? Either way, your hotness had to be acknowledged.

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t oo s Hy to ask yoursel F Your buddy told me you thought I was cute & wanted to ask for my number, but you were too shy to ask yourself. I’d love to serve you another G&T sometime. When: t uesday, January 25, 2011. Where: nectar’s. you: Man. Me: Woman. #908504

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Every time I see you my heart skips tried bringing you a CD a few times you: Woman. Me: Man. #908512 a beat & I lose my breath. You are at work, but you are never around so beautiful all I want is a chance to when I do. Name a time & a place & Hit/ r un Witness on Ho Ward make you happy & let you know what it’s yours, L! When: Friday, december I didn’t get to really thank you for it’s like to be loved unconditionally.

10, 2010. Where: r ed square. you: taking the time out of your day. Thank Please give US a chance. You will not be Woman.

Me: Man. #908506 you. It was comforting that you waited disappointed, I promise. When: t uesday, w/ me & much appreciated! Good January 25, 2011. Where: u-Mall. you: baGel Market beauty luck to you upon graduation from Woman. Me: Woman. #908496 You are a beautiful brunette & you Champlain this May. When: Friday, drive a blue Mitsubishi? I have seen Green sayin G “Hi” to blue January 28, 2011. Where: Howard st. you a few times recently, including this you: Man. Me: Woman. #908511 Hey, you cute (straightened) curlymorning, & you are always wearing haired girl who lives on So. Prospect a sexy smile! We said hi & made eye btv to san St. I’m thinking about you. Often. contact for a split second & it made Your piranha misses you. When: Sometimes naked. You’re hot. I can’t my day.

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