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THE LAST WEEK IN REVIEW

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That was Vermont’s unemployment rate during January 2012, according to the Vermont Department of Labor. That’s the fourth lowest unemployment rate in the nation. The national unemployment rate during the same period was 8.3 percent.

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Back in the Big Dance

ast Saturday, the University of Vermont men’s basketball team defeated Stony Brook, 51-43, to claim the America East conference championship. Winning the conference earned UVM an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. The win didn’t come easy — the Catamounts didn’t score a field goal in the final 10 minutes of the game. But a stodgy defense and five free throws sealed the win. Freshman player Four McGlynn, named America East rookie of the year, led all scorers with 14 points, while tournament MVP Brian Voelkel pulled down 15 rebounds. UVM heads to the NCAA Tournament for the fifth time since 2003, and first since new head coach John Becker took over. The Cats take on Lamar University of Beaumont, Texas, in a First Four play-in game Wednesday night in Dayton. The winner moves on to a much tougher challenge — a date with 1 seed North Carolina. The Cats won just one game in their four previous tournament appearances — a 2005 upset win over Syracuse University. Will they add to that total this year? We hoop so.

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Nothing like an extra hour of daylight. Combined with last weekend’s sunny, 60-degree temps, our seasonal affliction has changed from “cabin fever” to “spring fever.”

BAD MOODY’S

Burlington is once again on the watch list for a credit downgrade — owing to the ongoing Burlington Telecom fiasco. Guess they didn’t get Miro’s “fresh start” memo.

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The UVM Men’s b-ball team beat Stony Brook — on hostile turf — to win the America East championship. They’ll be March Mad Cats soon.

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NO TOLERANCE FOR INTOLERANCE

Kudos to Dan Balón for suggesting a serious evaluation of the climate in the Burlington School District [“Did Race Play a Role in the Recent Departure of a Burlington Principal?” February 22]. I hope the action steps and followthrough listed are pursued with fidelity and assessed for efficacy annually. It is my opinion that the mere possibility of racial intolerance warrants an investigation by the school board. Nevertheless, this article includes suggestions that go way beyond intolerance to include downright bullying of students from one or more faculty members. We preach to our students and children about tolerance and even the detrimental effect of acting as a bystander to such instances of injustice. It breaks my heart and makes my blood boil to imagine an adolescent who has been thrown into a foreign culture encountering even a moment of humiliation at the hands of someone who should be considered a trusting adult. I vividly remember a conversation more than five years ago between myself and a young adolescent from Tanzania who described to me an afternoon where she and her mother were approached by soldiers while working in the fields. That afternoon resulted in the young girl, age 6 at the

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time, pleading for her life. “Too much advocacy work”? Shame on those who would suggest such a thing. Every child deserves people in their corner — it’s concerning to me that it is even possible that those people are not all of the adults in a school. And to those faculty members that do right by those students, thank you for your work. Amira Bakr

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[Re “Will Burlington’s Next Mayor Spare Memorial Auditorium?” March 7]: I lived in Vermont for 40 years, and I know there is a fantastic group of electricians, plumbers and handymen living and working in and around Burlington. Why doesn’t the new mayor put the word out for volunteers to make the necessary repairs to Memorial Auditorium? It’s a great addition to Burlington, and I’m sure there are folks out there with the abilities and willingness to help. We love our community, and being part of it means pulling together when we can to get things done. Seems like if cost to the city was just materials — not materials and labor — things could move forward fast. Just sayin’. Victoria Loven

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Ken Picard’s profile captured Yves Bradley perfectly [“Big-Hearted Broker,” March 7]. I first met Yves back in college in the late ’80s, on my first day as a driver at the old downtown Domino’s, and he stood out from the first minute. Whether Yves Bradley dealing with a customer on the phone or meeting people, from the corner bartender to customers to parents, Yves was different. He connected with people immediately, and it was obvious that success in business and, more importantly, life, was a given for him. Yves has three things at the root of that success: an incredible work ethic, a genuine interest in people, and the character to treat everyone, regardless of their stage in life, with dignity and respect. Burlington is the better for his presence, as is most anyone who meets him. Steve costello RuTland TOwn

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Thanks for your timely report on the upcoming judiciary committee hearings [Blurt: “‘Right to Die’ Bill to Get a Hearing in Montpelier Next Week,” March 8]. Vermont should follow Oregon and Washington in providing its terminally ill citizens whose suffering is more than they can bear, the option for a gentle, peaceful death. The majority of Vermonters want this right. S.103 is built on Oregon’s 14year experience with their Death With Dignity law and its multiple safeguards. It is time for Vermont to move forward on this human-rights issue. David babbott, m.D. ShelbuRne

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[Kevin] Kelley states that demolishing Memorial Auditorium would be “a relatively hassle-free option since MemAud isn’t on the historic register” [“Will Burlington’s Next Mayor Spare Memorial Auditorium?” March 7]. In fact, Memorial Auditorium is listed on the State and National Registers of Historic Places as a contributing resource in the Main Street-College Street Historic District. Being listed does not in and of itself preclude the possibility of demolition, but it is an important fact to keep in mind as the city assesses potential options for the future of this important historic structure.

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I was upset reading the article titled “What Would It Take to Develop Burlington’s Waterfront Rail Yard?” [February 29]. While it seemed like the author had interviewed a diverse range of people on the subject of the rail yard’s redevelopment, they all seemed to share the perspective that its redevelopment would be beneficial to the city; the question seemed to be whether it would or would not happen depending on plans and capital, not whether it should or should not happen. The rail yard has inherent value as a living, working connection to the waterfront’s more industrial past. It also provides a unique kind of space where one can be mostly alone in the city, and I know that watching the gracefully powerful movements of freight trains is superior entertainment for many. I took particular offense to the phrase “aesthetic blemish,” as this is a subjective statement and should have been qualified as such. I believe that the grit and industrial rawness of the rail yard is a beautiful thing, especially in juxtaposition to its surroundings. A

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FEATURES

Will a New Polling Institute Put Castleton State College on the Map?

BY PAUL HEINTZ

years after Searsburg, why are Vermonters still fighting about wind power? BY KATHRYN FLAGG

Art: Vince Illuzzi Sr. carved

out a life — and Smithsonianworthy sculptures — in Barre’s granite sheds BY KEVIN J. KELLEY

20 VT Filmmaker Recounts Craptastic! Tale of Anna Nicole Smith BY MARGOT HARRISON

20 Breeding Robots? Eternal Life? Technology, Spirituality and Art

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Theater: Shirley Valentine at Vermont Stage Company

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38 Toasting Your Neighbor

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Hampshire is having its own liquid renaissance BY CORIN HIRSCH

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Food: A Vermont bill seeks to label genetically modified foods

54 Birth of the Cool

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UVM alum Jon Kilik Talks Hunger Games

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Sooty smoke plumes puff into contrastingly clean, stunning landscapes at Bryan Memorial Gallery, a treasure trove for those who go loco for locomotives. “All Aboard: An Exhibition of Trains” explores railroad culture through fine art, photography, videos and more than 500 historical objects. Track the state’s early history of rail transport through April 1.

Guy Davis discovered the blues not in the deep South, where his grandparents lived, but at a summer camp in Vermont, thanks to some white college boys on guitar. Now well versed in the genre’s roots, his acoustic picking and nuanced storytelling make him one of the top bluesmen in the country. He’ll come full circle at Tupelo Music Hall on Sunday.

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Count your lucky clovers — and maybe leave that sparkly green leprechaun hat in the depths of your closet. Irish ensemble Danú deliver a fashionably late but totally authentic dose of the Emerald Isle just after St. Patrick’s Day. Thick brogues and rousing Celtic reels make for great craic. SEE CALENDAR LISTING ON PAGE 48

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Fallen Star He starred in films with Frank Sinatra and Judy Garland, and partied with the likes of Elizabeth Taylor. But few remember Montgomery Clift. Local playwright Seth Jarvis changes that with Icon, his biographical drama about the struggles of this Hollywood actor, opening next Wednesday. Do your homework and watch three Montgomery Clift film screenings on Friday and Saturday.

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FRIDAY 16 The repertoire of Hahn-Bin (pictured) is already daring; throw in a dark, original narrative in which the violinist rises from the grave, and it’s no wonder this 24-year-old is turning heads. (His high-fashion makeup and mohawk don’t hurt, either.) We’d expect no less of the artist whose international debut, at age 12, took place at the Grammys. SEE CALENDAR SPOTLIGHT ON PAGE 43

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Right-to-Die Legislation Gets New Life ANS PENNER was battling stage IV lung cancer when a rightto-die bill was introduced in the Vermont legislature early

in 2011. After a successful career teaching religion at Dartmouth College, Penner had retired to Wake Robin, a senior living community in Shelburne, where he became active in the so-called deathwith-dignity movement. He served on the board of Patient Choices at End of Life Vermont, the main group behind a bill that would give terminally ill Vermonters with fewer than six months to live the option of taking a fatal dose of medication. While undergoing chemotherapy, Penner spoke out as a poster child for the legislation, saying that when things e s s e x s h o p p e s & c i n e m a got bad, he wanted to be able to end his life — and his suffering — voluntarily. FACTORY OUTLETS “I’m a good Darwinian. I understand [death] is a natural thing,” Penner told Seven Days in January 2011. “But I 21 ESSEX WAY, ESSEX JUNCTION, VT WWW.ESSEXSHOPPES.COM | 802.878.2851 want to be able to make decisions right through the end. If that’s what it came 8v-essexshoppes031412.indd 1 3/13/12 12:04 PMto, my hope is the legislature would have You’re in luck! passed that bill.” Penner died on February 25. The legislation he advocated for — called death with dignity by supporters and physician-assisted suicide by opponents — has gone nowhere. Despite Gov. PETER SHUMLIN’s support for the legislation, Happy St. Senate leaders have said the votes aren’t Patrick’s Day! there to pass it, and that debating a doomed bill would be a waste of time. Velvet Improbably, that bill now has a faint James Perse pulse — and will finally get a hearing. Michael Stars Sen. DICK SEARS (D-Bennington) agreed 7 for All Mankind Aidan Mattox to take three hours of testimony in the AG Jeans Senate Judiciary Committee he chairs Paige Premium Denim on Wednesday, March 14, to hear from Ella Moss the main groups for and against the Splendid BCBG legislation. He acknowledges pressure Alexia Admor from advocates to “better understand Vince their side.” Citizens of Humanity But Sears cautioned that there’s no Joe’s Jeans Seychelles guarantee the legislation will be voted Steve Madden on — by the committee or the full Senate. Dolce Vita Even if it is, he believes the bill still lacks the votes to pass in either chamber. But that grim prognosis hasn’t kept the opposing sides from lobbying hard. Patient Choices Vermont purchased a combined total of $8000 in airtime on Ecco Clothes WCAX and WPTZ to show a television 81 Church Street commercial supporting the legislation Burlington | 860.2220 during evening newscasts this week. eccoclothesboutique.com The group is also circulating a Zogby local organic natural

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poll the group commissioned in January that shows Vermonters favor the legislation by a margin of 73 to 19. The television ad is actually one that Patient Choices Vermont ran in 2007 — during a previous effort to pass a rightto-die bill — showing former Vermont congressman DICK MALLARY on his sofa with his wife, JEANNIE BROWNELL, discussing death with dignity. As first reported by Vermont Public Radio, Mallary, who suffered from terminal prostate cancer, took his own life last fall by means that have not been disclosed. In the middle of the new ad, the screen fades to black and text appears reading, “Congressman Mallary died

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waiting for ‘Death With Dignity’ to become law.” Mallary was a prominent public figure, and his death is a potent symbol for the death-with-dignity movement. But he and Penner are not the only rightto-die backers to pass away while the bill stalled. Another is ALICE COOK BASSETT, a wellknown former state legislator from Burlington who served in the Vermont House from 1983 to 1992. Bassett died on December 28 at age 86. Previously unreported is the fact that Bassett, like Mallary, took her own life — by starving herself to death after months of suffering. Her daughter, CINDY COOK, says her mother endured chronic pain and “unremitting nausea” after she fell and broke her hip in February 2011. Cook says her mother asked her to speak out in favor of a right-to-die law after she was gone. “She went to Wake Robin. I visited her every day,” Cook recalls. “I’d go over there and she’d be in tears, saying,

‘Another day. I’ve got to face another day.’ Finally, she said, ‘You know, if I could lick this nausea, I’d want to keep on living. But since it doesn’t appear that we can, I’m going to stop eating and taking my meds.’” Cook brought her mother home to Adamant but didn’t tell Wake Robin of her plans. “My sister told Wake Robin she was coming to visit me for a few days, which was true,” Cook says. “But they didn’t say that she wasn’t planning to come back. And then my sister wrote a letter and explained what was going on and she was choosing to die.” It took two weeks without food to end Bassett’s life. At one point, Cook says she thought about giving her mother a higher dose of morphine to “help her along,” but didn’t because the next morning, she was “clearly very close to going.” While supporters highlight stories such as Bassett’s, groups opposing the bill are responding with their own — through web video. In one, state Rep. ANNE DONAHUE (R-Northfield), a prominent voice for disability rights, says the legislation “scares” her. Vermont Alliance for Ethical Healthcare produced the spot that was posted on the True Dignity Vermont website. “We’ve got so many people who clearly don’t have choices and are not being helped by family members, or are in fact being abused and neglected,” Donahue says, “and they’re so vulnerable to being pressured.” The polling and posturing might all be for naught. Insiders tell Fair Game the bill is at least two votes shy of passage in the Senate, and virtually no senators are on the fence. But ADAM NECRASON, the chief lobbyist for Patient Choices Vermont, maintains hope that a hearing could move the bill. “We think the vote is close and the facts matter, and they come out through the legislative process,” Necrason says. “The Vermont dialogue is very mature on this, and the issue is ripe and ready for action.”

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U.S. Sen. BERNIE SANDERS (I-VT) has raised more than $3 million for his reelection campaign this year, but no candidate, Republican or otherwise, has come forward to run against him. Until now. Republican JOHN MACGOVERN, a former Massachusetts lawmaker who lives in

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his day job at VPIRG and decided to “donate” its concept to the advocacy group. Within a year — by summer 2011 — it became clear to all involved that the program was a wild success and that “it needed to grow out of VPIRG,” says Moore. “We needed to take on some investment capital and start a separate company.” Peterson and Moore spent the second half of 2011 establishing a new company,

thousands of dollars in start-up funding for SunCommon, hired a staff of 17 and were readying for a public launch in early March. But, Moore told the panel, “Today I am 100 percent wearing my VPIRG hat.” Moore went on to advocate for slight tweaks to a comprehensive solar incentive bill signed into law the previous spring with VPIRG’s support, including a higher threshold below which residential solar projects would be given

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which was registered with the Vermont secretary of state’s office in December as a “benefit corporation” — a for-profit company with a social mission. By year’s end, Peterson and two other VPIRG employees had joined the “company” — though Peterson remained VPIRG’s board president. Moore was still a VPIRG lobbyist when he made his plans public before the House Natural Resources and Energy Committee on January 10. “I think you all have made Vermont a place that can lead the nation in residential solar,” Moore announced, “and I want to be part of that on the other side of the coin. So hopefully I’ll be back here, but as a small business owner.” By the time of the hearing, Moore and Peterson had raised hundreds of

real world, in the field, if I — and I will be in a couple months — were running a solar company, would I go to Burlington, where the solar rate is different than everywhere else — it’s smaller and it’s totally up in the air in terms of what’s going to happen — or am I going to go somewhere else?” he asked. Coincidentally, Moore’s two VPIRGsanctioned tweaks would have directly benefitted his own business. According to internal SunCommon documents obtained by Seven Days, the company is banking on the legislature changing the threshold for expedited review, noting that, “2012 legislation will seek to extend the less onerous registration process to include systems up to 10kW — effectively including all potential [SunCommon] residential systems.” Moore said in a later interview that SunCommon would not do business in Burlington until BED pays the full 20cent incentive — a situation that would be resolved if the legislature passes the fix for which he was lobbying. Is all this kosher? Rep. Michael Hebert (R-Vernon), who sits on the energy committee, says he likes and respects Moore but he believes the testimony had “a bad flavor to it.” Committee Chair Rep. Tony Klein (D-East Montpelier) says he found it “weird” that VPIRG created the solar installation program in the first place, given the group’s advocacy mission. “It’s odd. There’s no question about it that it’s odd,” he said. “I’ve never heard of it happening before. But again, what’s even odder is if nobody within the organization questions it.” Executive director Burns doesn’t think Moore had a conflict of interest when he testified. “When he was working for us, he was advancing the precise policies VPIRG was standing for and will continue to stand for going forward,” Burns said. “If somebody then leaves our staff and sets up a business to promote solar energy in the state, and that program makes it more possible for tim newcomb

ounders of a new residential solar company called SunCommon hailed their business at a splashy press conference in Williston last week. Surrounded by an array of solar panels, dignitaries including Gov. Peter Shumlin and a crowd of new hires wearing gray company hoodies, copresidents Duane Peterson and James Moore said their company would change the way green business is done in the state. But the evolution of SunCommon from a pilot program of the Vermont Public Interest Research Group to a private, for-profit business illustrates how the mission of an advocacy organization may be compromised when profits come into play. In September 2010, the consumer and environmental advocacy group VPIRG launched a bold new program that would extend its influence beyond the Statehouse. Targeting specific Vermont towns and counties, it used its community-organizing model to design and market rooftop solar installations to homeowners. In the course of a year, the program — alternately called “VPIRG Energy” and “Solar Communities” — installed 130 electric solar systems and 170 solar hot water systems. According to VPIRG executive director Paul Burns, the program generated $4 to $5 million in sales, raising $275,000 for VPIRG. Burns says the idea came from feedback it received during its annual doorknocking campaign. “People kept asking us, ‘How can you make it easier for me to install solar? What can you do about that?’” Guiding the program were two longtime VPIRG hands who had worked together in the group’s fight to shutter the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant: VPIRG’s energy lobbyist James Moore and its board president — and sometime employee — Duane Peterson. Peterson, former “chief of stuff” for Ben & Jerry’s, says he came up with the program during a brief hiatus from

expedited review for approval by a state board. He argued that because the average Vermont homeowner would require a six- or seven-kilowatt solar system, the threshold should be increased from five to 10 kilowatts. “Where the number is now kind of makes it a little confusing out in the marketplace. Increasing it to 10 would make a lot of sense,” Moore told the panel. A second tweak he argued for would fix a loophole that allowed the Burlington Electric Department to offer just 16 cents for every kilowatt-hour of solar energy produced by homeowners, rather than an intended statewide standard of 20 cents. Moore said this was keeping solar installation companies from operating in Burlington. “Out there, as we were saying, in the

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arder to quantify is the value of the relationship Moore and Peterson sought with Green Mountain Power. In August 2011, the duo approached GMP about partnering with the electric company to offer a solar lease to its customers. According to SunCommon documents, “Green Mountain Power’s CEO and senior staff invested significant time with us to develop this innovative utility partnership,” and Moore and Peterson flew to California with a GMP representative to tour a solar manufacturing facility. Green Mountain Power never sealed the deal, but documents indicate SunCommon continues to believe it has “the inside track to GMP” and will be “in an ideal position to leverage the utility’s brand image, access to capital and billing systems to dramatically increase our sales.” GMP spokeswoman Dotty Schnure only confirmed discussions between the two companies.

“While we are not involved in SunCommon’s solar leasing program, we wish them the best in their efforts to bring solar to Vermonters and hope they are very successful,” she said. Moore and Peterson’s negotiations with GMP occurred against the backdrop of the largest proposed electric utility merger in Vermont’s history. In July 2011, GMP’s parent company, Gaz Metro of Canada, secured a buyout of Central Vermont Public Service, the only electric company in Vermont larger than GMP. If a state board approves the merger, the resulting company will control 70 percent of Vermont’s energy market. SunCommon documents presuppose the merger’s approval, saying, “what will soon be the largest utility in Vermont has shown great interest in forward-thinking energy planning.” Meanwhile, VPIRG had to decide if it was going to take a stand against the merger. But because of the ongoing talks that summer between the solar spinoff and GMP, Burns says he made sure Moore did not play a role in VPIRG’s deliberations on the matter. Barry Bernstein, president of the Washington Electric Cooperative’s board of directors, remembers it differently. He says Moore represented VPIRG at an August meeting of potential merger opponents. Burns confirmed that, but said Moore was replaced in such discussions shortly thereafter. VPIRG filed a motion to intervene in the pending merger in October and filed testimony in December generally supportive of the deal, saying it held “substantial benefits, both short and long term,” for Vermonters. Though VPIRG raised questions about the concentration of power Gaz Metro would hold over the state’s transmission utility, it backed the broader outlines of the deal. Sen. Vince Illuzzi (R-Essex/Orleans) was disappointed. An outspoken opponent of the merger, he noted, “It’s the perfect thing for VPIRG to take the lead on.” Illuzzi doesn’t think it’s a coincidence that GMP continued to negotiate with the VPIRG spinoff as the merger was debated. “Green Mountain Power, by providing that opportunity to VPIRG, was able to convert a potential foe into an ally, a business partner. I don’t see it as anything nefarious. I see it as a very thoughtful and smart business move,” he says. “I give them a lot of credit for having essentially parted the waters for the deal to go through.” m

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that business to flourish, I don’t see that as a conflict. I see that as a success.” In a follow-up interview, however, Burns said it would have been better if Moore’s successor, Ben Walsh, had done all the talking during the committee hearing. “But at the end of the day, fighting too hard to make solar affordable is a criticism I can live with,” Burns said. Unshackled from its nonprofit parent, SunCommon is now poised to make some cash. According to company documents, revenues are expected to grow from $2.2 million to $3.4 million by 2014. In that time, net income is projected to increase from $490,000 a year to $1.1 million. If that happens, some VPIRG board members will be rewarded. In addition to board president Peterson, SunCommon’s principal investors in the million-dollar startup include VPIRG board treasurer Mathew Rubin, secretary Crea Lintilhac and member Barbarina Heyerdahl. A number of other big VPIRG donors also count themselves as SunCommon investors. The company’s pitch to potential investors borrows the metrics and methods of VPIRG’s pilot program. And the VPIRG website still refers interested customers to “the new solar venture.” For all that, according to company documents, SunCommon plans to pay VPIRG $100,000, pending an independent appraisal of transferred assets. Burns confirmed that the figure cited is “about accurate.”

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ermont wasn’t a big enough prize in last week’s Super Tuesday presidential primary to earn much attention from the GOP candidates or the national news media. But a public opinion poll conducted by a little-known college in Rutland County was mentioned by political analysts from coast to coast — including MSNBC’s “Hardball.” “In Vermont, a poll from Castleton State College shows Romney in the lead, but Santorum within striking distance,” said Chris Matthews, the hyperactive host of “Hardball,” as he ran through a slew of poll numbers five days before the election. “Amazing! Look at this: Romney 34, but Santorum right up there at 27 up in Vermont. Don’t you love the publicity that gives all these colleges with their polling?” Dave Wolk sure does. Recalling his reaction as he watched the “Hardball” clip, the Castleton State College president says, “I looked at the TV and said, ‘Well, yeah!’” With the launch of the Castleton Polling Institute last fall — its first poll was released February 27 — the ambitious state college just west of Rutland hopes to follow the lead of Quinnipiac University, Marist College and other academic institutions that have distinguished themselves by building topnotch public opinion research shops. As campaigns have become year-round affairs, these schools have built national brands by providing fodder for politicos and the insatiable media that cover them. A polling institute has been a dream of Wolk’s since he took the helm at Castleton in 2001. From his vantage point, a poll promises the school as much publicity as a winning football team. But unlike sports, the poll will provide “an on-campus site for meaningful research in public policy. “This is a pretty blue-collar campus, and our students for the most part have jobs, and this provides a service-learning opportunity where they can make some money and learn a lot,” Wolk says. “It’s just a win-win for all of us, and if it puts Castleton on the national map, all the better. And if Chris Matthews wants to keep talking about us, we won’t mind.” The Castleton poll will also be a win for data-hungry political observers, journalists and politicians. While much

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of the country is saturated with survey data, Vermont has a paucity of polling, leaving the public reliant on pundits and emeritus political-science professors to make educated guesses about where the local electorate stands. The University of Vermont’s Center for Rural Studies conducts an annual poll to measure opinion on a wide variety of issues in the state. State Sen. Bill Doyle (R-Washington) conducts an informal, unscientific poll on Town Meeting Day each year to survey voters on hot-button issues of the day, such as the future of Vermont Yankee and whether the state should legalize marijuana. Rep. Sam Young (D-Glover) got into the game last year with his own Doylestyle town-meeting survey. But there’s no poll that regularly tracks Vermont politicians’ approval ratings or sizes up potential election matchups. The most competitive statewide race in the past six years — the 2010 gubernatorial election between Democrat Peter Shumlin and Republican Brian Dubie, and the five-way Democratic

primary that preceded it — produced just a handful of public opinion polls. One was commissioned collaboratively by WCAX Channel 3, WDEV-FM and Vermont Business Magazine. The three local media companies hired Maryland-based Research 2000 to survey Vermonters in February 2010 — six months before the primary and nine months before the general election. In the other poll, Vermont Public Radio hired Washington, DC-based Mason-Dixon Polling & Research to gather views on a number of statewide races and issues less than a month before the November election. Additionally, New Jerseybased Rasmussen Reports polled the race four times, though that outfit has come under withering criticism from New York Times polling guru Nate Silver for questionable polling practices and a history of inaccuracy. WCAX News Director Anson Tebbetts says his audience values polling data, though it can be expensive for his station to produce. He’s looking forward

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to visiting the Castleton program and potentially partnering with the survey shop. Ross Sneyd, VPR’s news director, says the Castleton Polling Institute could be particularly valuable if it tracks public opinion not just on political horse races, but also on substantive policy questions. “I think if they’re out there trying to get the pulse of Vermonters’ opinions on a broad range of things, I think that’s more interesting to folks who listen to us — and to us ourselves,” Sneyd says. That’s one of the goals, says Rich Clark, director of the Castleton Polling Institute. In his last job, running the Survey Research and Evaluation Unit at the University of Georgia’s Carl Vinson Institute of Government, Clark established a quarterly, statewide survey called the Peach State Poll, the purpose of which was to track changes in opinion on a wide range of issues. “This is the undervalued role of polls,” Clark says. “It creates a historical record of public opinion over time.” If Clark can find the money, he’d like to do the same in Vermont. But

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don’t expect it to be called the “Green said Mitt Romney); whether they supMountain Poll.” port a four-year gubernatorial term (58 “Our plan is to brand everything with percent did); and whether they back a the name Castleton,” he says, joking, constitutional amendment limiting out“Contractually, I’m obligated to say the side spending on political campaigns (76 name ‘Castleton’ every hour — even if percent said yes). I’m driving in the car by myself.” So how did Castleton fare in predictCastleton has invested around ing the outcome of the Vermont presi$100,000 getting the polling institute dential primary? In Clark’s view, pretty off the ground, according to Wolk. That well. price tag includes half of Clark’s salary, “Political scientists are brilliant at wages for student pollsters and outfit- predicting the past,” he jokes. “But I ting a 16-station, computer-assisted honestly believe we were pretty close to polling facility. Eventually, the school being on.” hopes the program will pay for itself The Castleton poll had Romney leadthrough fees paid by businesses, media ing Rick Santorum 34 to 27 percent, with outlets and government agencies that Ron Paul coming in third at 14 percent contract with the survey shop. Clark and Newt Gringrich drawing 10 percent. isn’t certain yet how often the institute On Election Day, Romney ended up winwill poll Vermonters; ning 39.7 percent that depends on how of the vote, while much paid work it Paul came in second gets to support the with 25.5 percent. “free” surveys. Santorum took Describing the in23.7 percent and stitute as a nonpartiGingrich garnered san entity, Clark says 8.2 percent. it would likely refuse Clark attributes to run polls for indithe differences cAStlE toN StAtE collEGE PrE SIDE Nt vidual candidates, between his predicDAVE Wolk though he said it is tions and the final possible Castleton results to two facmight permit a cantors: First, when the didate to buy an individual question on Castleton poll was being conducted — a a poll, so long as the arrangement was little over two weeks before the election fully disclosed. — Santorum was surging nationally. A key selling point for potential His numbers dropped in most places as clients, he says, is that money spent on Super Tuesday approached. Second, the Castleton polls will stay in Vermont. notion of Democrats taking Republican That’s one reason the school decided ballots to sow mischief in the primary to build a call center on campus instead gained momentum in the two weeks of farming out the work to out-of-state before the election — a factor Clark did vendors. Another reason, Wolk says, is not anticipate. that the school is committed to employ“An open primary is so goddamn hard ing students — who major in everything to predict,” he says. “We had estimated a from marketing to exercise science — far lower percent of Democrats crossing and incorporating the institute into the over because that idea came out after we school’s academic program. did the poll.” “This is part of our civic engagement Nevertheless, Clark was pleased with mission,” Wolk says. “Service learning is the outcome of the poll — and he was important to us, but it also educates the particularly happy about its reception in students about survey research, and it’s the press. pretty sophisticated.” “The media reaction was far greater For the first poll, Castleton students than I expected. In Georgia, every time interviewed 800 randomly selected we sent out a release, we got press, but Vermonters over several days in mid- it was usually a one-day news cycle. It February. They asked respondents who was forgotten within a couple days,” he they planned to vote for in the presiden- says. “This had a longer life span than tial primary (34 percent of Republicans I’m used to.” m

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s the vultures circle overhead, Vermont’s potentially vulnerable attorney general, Democrat Bill Sorrell, says he’s gearing up for a fight. Reached last week on his way back from a Washington, DC, conference of the National Association of Attorneys General, Sorrell said he held a fundraiser Sunday night that netted him “thousands” of dollars for his eighth reelection campaign — his first competitive race in years. “If you’re asking me if I’m afraid of a fight, the answer is no,” Sorrell said. “My first DC fundraiser ever in almost 15 years? I think that’s a sign of taking it seriously.” Even as Sorrell works to fill his campaign coffers, state Sen. Vince Illuzzi (R-Essex/Orleans) said the odds are 75 percent that he’ll challenge Sorrell this November. The longtime Northeast Kingdom legislator, who also serves as Essex County state’s attorney, said he spent the week reaching out to friends throughout Vermont to gauge support for a run. He also found himself in media interviews revisiting why his law license was suspended and he was nearly disbarred in the 1990s — and whether that disqualifies him for the state’s top legal job. “Some people react in different ways to missteps in their life and I think I learned from it and moved forward,” Illuzzi told Seven Days.

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director David Giancola learned that Anna Nicole Smith was dead. Five months earlier, the fatal overdose of the star’s 20-year-old son had cast a pall over the film. Now the media spotlight Giancola had courted glared harder, as cable news outlets rehashed the sordid details. When Illegal Aliens finally appeared on video, critics were quick to denounce it as exploitation, and its illegal downloads exceeded its sales. But Giancola had an ace up his sleeve. Unable to insure the 2005 shoot (because of the reputations of Smith and costar Joanie “Chyna” Laurer), he’d devised a seat-of-the-pants “insurance policy”: crew members filming behind the scenes. “If something goes wrong,” he remembers thinking, “we’ll have a reality show.” Giancola’s footage would take years to see the light of day — not as a reality show but as a documentary. Screening for the first time in its finished form

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nce upon a time, a young minimogul in sleepy Rutland, Vt., decided to make a splash by casting a notoriously erratic tabloid bombshell in his next film. His distributor said, “Please don’t do this.” His friend, a former primetime soap star, reluctantly agreed to produce. The bombshell was chronically late to the set and could barely speak her lines (when she wasn’t trying to rewrite them). But the ambitious director knew he could capitalize on the public’s voracious interest in her to build buzz around his sci-fi spoof. The tactic worked beyond his wildest dreams. Edgewood Studios, formerly known mainly as a maker of low-budget disaster flicks (one starred a very young Jesse Eisenberg), was suddenly being mentioned on “Entertainment Tonight,” Fox News and CNN. Then, in 2007, just before the first scheduled test screening of Illegal Aliens,

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magine uploading the contents of your brain to a supercomputer, so that even after death, you could live on in a virtual world — hanging out with your resurrected friends and family, having sex with whomever you wanted, feasting on perfected versions of your favorite foods and reaching a kind of digital enlightenment. It sounds a lot like heaven, no? It’s actually the vision of robotics professor and futurist Hans Moravec, who, along with popular science authors such as Ray Kurzweil, believes that our exponentially improving technology will eventually lead to what they call “singularity,” a phenomenon in which the human brain becomes one with technology. The anticipated results: greater-than-human intelligence and perpetual happiness. “If you look at popular science books on [robotics], they tend to tell functionally religious narratives,” says Robert Geraci, a religious studies professor at Manhattan College who explores the idea that advancements in technology

could grant us eternal life. He’ll join University of Vermont assistant professor of computer science Josh Bongard on Wednesday afternoon for the first in a series of conversations at Shelburne’s All Souls Interfaith Gathering that will explore the convergence of technology, humanity, spirituality and art. The talks, moderated by the former host of “Profile” on Vermont Public Television, Fran Stoddard, are cosponsored by the Shelburne Museum, Shelburne Farms and All Souls, in conjunction with the museum’s upcoming exhibit, “Time Machines:

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are the same everywhere takes a leap of faith, he says. “There are certain things you have to believe in order to make science work.” Think of our culture’s unwavering faith that pouring money into nanotechnology and robotics is going to solve humanity’s problems, Geraci suggests. “That particular faith, that technology can save us from ourselves, is really old but doesn’t have a good track record.” Take, for instance, predator drones. “We could use robots to send them to Mars, to send them to deep-sea canyons to teach ourselves about the world,” Geraci says wistfully. “Or we could send them to kill people in other parts of the world.” The last option, he says, is a mistake. As for that mind-uploading thing, Geraci is skeptical. While he believes that in the next few decades we may be able to begin learning languages by uploading dictionaries to our brains, he has his doubts about singularity. Sure, we can continue to increase our

Robotics device company Boston Scientific. Though it may A Josh Bongard seem counterintuicreation tive, the crossover of religion, science and technology is fundamental, says Geraci. “Just believing that the scientific method is functional” and that the laws of physics

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next Tuesday at the Green Mountain FilM it’s called Craptastic!. And its protagonist is not the former Playmate of the Year but Giancola himself. For a while, he says in a phone interview, he let the footage lie because he had “a lot of anger about the whole thing.” Finally, one summer, Giancola asked Edgewood interns to go through the tapes. “I found a story there,” he recalls. “I found some heart there and some drama.” It took three more years for Giancola to edit the raw material into Craptastic!, which juxtaposes his set footage with media clips. “At some points I’ve walked away in disgust — at myself, at the media, at the whole thing,” he says. Gradually, though, Giancola started to find the process “cathartic.” The film got less angry as his friend and producer, John James, encouraged him to “take the ‘fucks’ out.” And Giancola realized he needed to narrate the documentary himself — in a confessional, self-deprecating mode. That meant detailing how he lied to the media — when, for instance, he denied drugs were used on the set of Illegal Aliens. “I told out-and-out lies; I told fanciful stories; I bent things to do what was best for the film,” Giancola

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says now. No one ever fact-checked his claims, he notes. Giancola says he’s currently working on getting a distribution deal that could put Craptastic! in theaters next fall. He’s “gratified” by the laughter he’s heard at test screenings, and he hopes not to repeat the experience of Illegal Aliens, when “no matter what I did, we got accused of trying to make money off Anna’s death.” That’s why, says Giancola, he wants to stress that “Craptastic! is not about Anna Nicole Smith.” Indeed, while the set footage shows Smith struggling to speak coherently, it’s more sad than scandalous at this point. The real shock lies in seeing the star and her entourage plopped down in bucolic Vermont, strutting their stuff in barns and downtown Rutland. Giancola says the movie is “about me and the people who went into it very wide eyed. ... You get to watch how we all get eaten by the media monster.” m Craptastic! followed by Q&A with David Giancola and John James. Tuesday, March 20, 6:15 p.m. at the Pavilion Auditorium, Montpelier. $9. Advance ticketing info at greenmountainfilmfestival.org.

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machines’ computational power, but there are limits. “A really simple computer tends to work a heck of a lot better than a complicated one,” Geraci notes. “All you need to do is compare your laptop to your calculator and see which one breaks down more often.” We may never be able to craft a machine as failsafe as the human brain. “For most of us, the brain keeps working, and it doesn’t seem to miscompute in horrible, distressing ways,” he says. “I wonder whether it’s really plausible to have software that complex that’s not incredibly brittle.” When Geraci imagines the great mind-uploaded robot, “It says about three words and then it breaks,” he says. “Or it opens its robotic eyes … and then breaks.” With robotics rock star Bongard behind such a hypothetical project, though, you never know what could happen. Last fall, Bongard was named one of 94 winners of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, which came with a $500,000 research grant. He doesn’t build robots; he breeds them, creating virtual environments in which digital creatures can evolve. It sounds a lot like playing God, but Bongard sees his experiments through a

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ast March, when we asked warranted, though; as the film’s March film producer and University 23 release approaches, fans are snapof Vermont alumnus Jon Kilik ping up midnight-screening tickets. Coabout his next project, an owner MerriLL Jarvis says he’s already adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ best- sold out some shows at the MaJestic 10. Kilik himself will be back in Vermont selling young-adult novel The Hunger Games, he described it as a modestly that weekend — first to take questions budgeted movie that might draw some at a benefit screening at the Majestic, then to lecture at UVM’s Davis Center. attention. That’s one way of putting it. Since We caught up with him for a phone then, PR for the $75 million Lionsgate interview before he embarked on his film has come fast and furious, as press junket. have online reactions to it. When fans of Collins’ dystopian trilogy weren’t griping publicly about the ethnic composition of the cast (was Jennifer Lawrence “too white” to play the heroine?), they were gushing over the successive teaser trailers. In February, a parody mashup of the trailer with Lana Del Rey’s “Video Games” went viral. Tabloids insisted that the stars of Jennifer Lawrence The Hunger Games were already feuding with their Twilight box-office rivals. And this is before anyone has seen the movie: “We’ve done our best to keep it under wraps,” Kilik says. All the hype could be

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The Comedy of Errors might be the closest a William Shakespeare play ever gets to an episode of “Seinfeld.” One of the bard’s earliest, shortest and most farcical plays, its plot unfolds like a classic sitcom: Two sets of identical twins, separated at birth, spend one hilarious day The Comedy of Errors repeatedly crossing paths. What ensue are misdirected attacks, seductions and arrests, as well as accusations of infidelity, theft, madness and possession by the devil. “There’s a reason one of [Shakespeare’s] nicknames is the Bawdy Bard,” says director Ian Belknap, whose touring production of The Comedy of Errors stops by the st. Johnsbury academy next week. The tour is a collaboration of two of the nation’s leading Tony Award-winning troupes, the Acting Company and the Guthrie Theater. Belknap’s rendition of Errors is rife with slapstick and well-timed puns, as well as nods to Charlie Chaplin, such as the Little Tramp-inspired costumes — worn-out bowler hats and canes — for one set of twins. But he also stresses the story’s humanity. “Ultimately, [the twins] are looking for each other to find themselves,” says Belknap, and cites one of his favorite lines: “I to the world am like a drop of water/ That in the ocean seeks another drop.” Belknap’s Acting Company has a reputation for breeding stars — Kevin Kline, Patti LuPone and Rainn Wilson are all alumni. Started 40 years ago by the first graduating class of Juilliard’s Drama Division, the troupe attracts young professional actors in the first stages of their careers. What distinguishes it from other acting conservatories? “We have a great affinity for language,” says Belknap. The Acting Company teaches the public, too. In conjunction with each tour, it offers student matinees — such as Julius Caesar for area students next week — and workshops in acting, clowning and sword fighting. The company’s more intensive middle and high school programs “break down the huge wall of prejudice that most children have about Shakespeare.” Belknap himself was no fan of the bard in high school: “I viscerally remember sitting there and thinking, This is so boring.” What was the problem? “Our teacher never told us they were plays,” he says. Shakespeare isn’t for reading alone in silence, Belknap says he discovered after watching Richard Burton’s Hamlet. It’s for bringing to life on the stage.

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JK: That’s one of the reasons I was so excited about doing it. For me, it’s not strictly science fiction; it’s an allegory for our world today. It’s something we can all relate to, not so distant from the world and the future that especially young people today face. Farcical politics, a crumbling economy, an increasingly soulless culture ... A lot of kids feel that those in power can’t be trusted. That’s what the kids in the story are going through, and yet they still harbor hope.

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SD: What made director Gary ross [whose first feature, Pleasantville, kilik also produced] a good choice for The Hunger Games? he hasn’t been known for action-oriented movies. JK: I don’t really think of the movie as an action film. It’s really about people. It’s a very personal journey; that’s how the book reads. Gary as a writer has done that extremely well with scripts like Big and Pleasantville: alternate universes where the world is kind of turned on its head, anchored in believable reality. That’s what he did very successfully here, as well. You always have to believe the truth in this, even if the concept reads far-fetched. m 3v-johnsonstatecollege021512.indd 1

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whether it’s cruel or unaesthetic, you can simply tie a noose around the prisoner’s neck, hoist away, and wait while he or she slowly strangles. A less appalling method is to break the prisoner’s neck, normally by dropping from a height, causing immediate unconsciousness and quick death. In the early days, though, drops were relatively short, often less than three feet, which didn’t always produce the intended result. Prisoners often still strangled and, once in a while, survived, leaving the authorities with the decision of whether to rehang them or to interpret the event as a message from above and commute their sentences. A better approach was needed, and the so-called long

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drop, usually of seven to ten feet, gained favor in the mid-19th century. But while more is better, too much — depending on the condemned’s size and musculature — is really bad, as decapitation can result. To help themselves and their colleagues consistently determine the proper drop height, in the late 1800s executioners began to develop charts known as “drop tables,” correlating prisoners’ weights with how far they needed to fall. The tables were refined over the years, but hanging disasters have never gone away. An infamous screw-up happened at the Nuremberg war crime hangings in 1946, when several Nazi prisoners were executed using too short a drop, leaving them dangling but, for an excruciating interval, not dead. One struggled for 24 minutes before dying. Conversely, in 2007, Iraqi executioners hanged Saddam Hussein’s half-brother, Barzan

Ibrahim al-Tikriti, using a drop of nearly eight feet and yanked his head off. Another critical element is the rope. Over time standards were developed not only for length and thickness but also material, noose design and lubrication, since the noose must tighten smoothly at the instant of maximum extension. The rope has to be strong enough to survive the drop without breaking, but not so thick that tightening is impeded. The traditional hangman’s knot wasn’t always used: British standards called for a noose formed with a brass ring or eyelet to minimize friction, allowing the rope to slide quickly through and (ideally) produce a firm snap of the neck. Finally we come to the scaffold, which must be structurally sound, capable of supporting several people plus the momentum of the dropping prisoner, and equipped with a smooth-acting

and reliable trapdoor. Various designs have been used over the years; those preferring the tried and true might turn to the official British scaffold design, first published in 1885. We spent some time hunting for whatever hanging guidance might have been available in the U.S. in 1939, and frankly there may not have been much. The best we could do was a rough plan of a scaffold drop in the 1892 book My Experiences as an Executioner by the British hangman James Berry. Matters were put on a more systematic basis in 1944 when the U.S. War Department published official pamphlet number 27-4, Procedure for Military Executions, which provides everything from rope specifications to instructions on what music to play before and after. Of particular interest are the detailed dimensioned drawings and bill of materials for a complete scaffold — one trip to Home Depot and any competent carpenter could build one. Conspicuously omitted are drop tables and details of hangman’s knots; possibly because of the 1946 Nuremberg fiasco, these were included in the 1947 edition. No federal hanging manual is currently available that we could find, presumably because hanging by the U.S. military has been discontinued and is no longer specified for federal crimes. However, although we didn’t look, we wouldn’t be surprised to learn there were federal manuals for other methods of execution, since we’re one of the few remaining countries on earth where guidance on this subject is still in demand.

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Dear cecil, In 1939, a U.S. marshal in the territory of Alaska received a prisoner plus a judge’s order to hang him. According to an article I read [in Alaska Justice Forum, Spring 1996], the marshal had no experience with hanging and found a federal publication to provide guidance. The story is ambiguous about whether there was an official federal manual on hanging or various published aids available for marshals. Did such a manual exist, what did it contain and does the federal government still provide manuals on capital punishment methods? David Kenway

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a nasty, destructive and highly addictive substance that makes users paranoid, aggressive, violent and ugly, while also turning communities into hazardous waste dumps? Or have Vermont’s preventive measures successfully buffered the state from one of the most costly illegal drugs out there? Understandably, some in local law enforcement are reluctant to speculate publicly on why Vermont isn’t breaking bad. Why draw the unwanted attention of meth dealers to a new, untapped market? Others suggest it’s far more difficult to explain the absence of an illegal drug trade than the presence of one. “I guess we’re just thankful that it hasn’t hit us the way it has in other states,” says Capt. Glenn Hall, director of

the Vermont State Police drug task force. “If we were inundated with these things, we’d have our hands full.” Still, theories abound. According to one, Vermont doesn’t have a major meth problem because it doesn’t have many outlaw motorcycle gangs, which have historically been linked to meth production and trafficking. In contrast, New Hampshire has more meth, so the theory goes, because it has more biker gangs. And bikers prefer riding in the Granite State over the Green Mountain State because New Hampshire doesn’t have a helmet law. Could Vermont’s helmet law thus be keeping meth at bay? Anthony Pettigrew, an agent with the DEA’s New England division in Boston, won’t speculate. “There’s many, many variables, and a lot of it comes down to guesswork,” Pettigrew says. “I’m not going to get into the guessing game.” A fellow agent in the DEA’s Washington, DC, headquarters is more amenable to offering theories. Agent Todd Scott spent many years working in “meth states,” including his boyhood home, Kentucky, where in 2010 the DEA seized 931 labs. Scott says the notion that Vermont’s dearth of bikers has kept meth away sounds dubious. “That might have been true in the ’70s and ’80s, but we don’t see motorcycle gangs involved in meth labs and meth trafficking the way we used to. We just don’t,” he says. Although the evidence is limited, Scott suggests that a more probable explanation has to do with a commonly used method of cooking meth, which requires anhydrous ammonia, a chemical fertilizer found on large farms. He says the meth problem grew more severe in states such as Missouri, Kentucky,

Indiana and Tennessee because of the availability of large tanks of the chemical, which created a “perfect storm” for meth making. On the West Coast, Scott says, biker meth networks have largely been replaced by Mexican “super labs,” which crank out massive quantities of meth. Indeed, just weeks ago the DEA seized 750 pounds of methamphetamine, with a street value of $34 million, in San Jose, Calif., one of the largest meth busts in U.S. history. On the East Coast, Scott notes, more common are the “mom-and-pop labs” that use a single-pot cooking method to produce smaller, user-quantity batches. What’s worrisome, he adds, is that the higher-potency, higher-volume Mexican meth is starting to make inroads in the east, threatening to overtake the locavore crank. One possible factor working in Vermont’s favor, suggests VSP’s Hall: The state was proactive early on in passing legislation to regulate the sale of overthe-counter products containing ephedrine, pseudoephedrine and phenylpropanolamine, all of which are precursors to meth production. Today, “smurfing,” or sending runners to many different pharmacies to buy up small quantities of these products, is less common in Vermont than elsewhere. That said, Vermont still lacks a searchable database to help police identify who’s smurfing, or where. Some other states have passed laws requiring that the precursor products be sold by prescription only. In the absence of other reliable theories to explain our good fortune, perhaps it’s time Vermont considers a similar measure.

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t’s hard to go a week without seeing a story tied to Vermont’s growing drug problem. Most of the state’s burglaries, armed robberies, assaults and other violent crimes are directly linked to the opiate epidemic, which also takes a major toll on the courts, corrections, ER visits, psychiatric admissions and other emergency services. Prescription pills have surpassed heroin as the most commonly abused opiates in Vermont, reflecting national trends. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration reports that two-and-ahalf times as many Americans are now abusing prescription painkillers as are using heroin, cocaine, hallucinogens and inhalants combined. In 2012, it seems, America’s biggest drug cartel is Big Pharma. Yet, with Vermont’s streets littered with powders, pills and rocks designed to dispel the pain, however fleetingly, the state has largely avoided the ravages of methamphetamine, aka crank or crystal meth. Unlike other rural areas, the Green Mountain State — indeed, most of New England — has managed to dodge the crystal bullet. In 2010, according to DEA figures, drug agents in Indiana seized 599 meth labs and dump sites; in Tennessee, 1197; and in Missouri, 1624. In contrast, just three labs were reported in Vermont that year, and only 13 throughout New England. While the dearth of meth labs doesn’t necessarily mean Vermonters aren’t snorting or smoking the stuff — some arrives by mail — the DEA reported fewer than two kilograms seized in 2010. A national survey on drug use and health that measured state-level methamphetamine use ranked Vermont 45th, with only 0.17 percent of people admitting to using the drug. Is it dumb luck? The vagaries of geography? Vermonters’ natural aversion to

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CP: You also have to be able to sit in that environment and not get sick. It seems like a simple thing, but some people can fly forward, but if you put them in a seat that’s facing backwards, they get sick to their stomach. Air sickness is a big thing that sometimes separates people [between] doing it and not doing it.

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Care, about 20 minutes by air from Saranac Lake; the rest go to hospitals in Albany or Syracuse. Though Life Flight takes just one patient at a time, it’s hardly a first-class flying experience. As Pandolph puts it, “It’s not comfort but survivability we’re looking for.” We asked him to elaborate on the tricky logistics of rescue by air. SEVEN DAYS: How does flight medicine differ from working a ground ambulance? CHUCK PANDOLPH: First of all, in most helicopters, it’s extremely difficult, if not impossible, to do CPR because of its size. You can’t hear in there, so, consequently, all your patient assessments are based on looking at them, looking at your monitors, feeling for pulses and a lot of palpitation of the chest to make sure it rises and falls. You have to use all your other senses. You can’t use a stethoscope. You’re not going to hear [sounds such as] gurgling, or even hollering sometimes. We’re sitting there with helmets on and communicate back and forth to the pilot and other crew member. Sometimes we don’t even allow the patient to communicate with us because it’s distracting. SD: Besides extensive medical training and experience, what does it take to work a medevac helicopter?

SD: Ever had any scary in-flight incidents? CP: No. These pilots, I trust them with my life. I’ve flown with them for 21 years. They’re New York State Police pilots who have rigorous training and have gone through thousands of hours of flying. So they’re pretty responsible about when or when not to fly. Sure, we’ve flown through some bad weather, but I’ve never felt unsafe or in harm’s way. SD: What’s the hardest part of your job? CP: It’s a lot of waiting around. It’s like any fire department or rescue squad. The downtime and paperwork and logistics of keeping your credentials up to date are the hardest part for me. SD: And the easiest part? CP: Frankly, the easiest part is flying with the patients. As you do this and become more experienced, when you’re flying in the helicopter, you feel like that’s your office. When you get back to the [ground] and have to stay awake and do all your paperwork, that’s the hard part. m

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huck Pandolph’s “office” doesn’t have much elbow room. Located in the rear compartment of a twin-engine Bell 430 helicopter, it’s just eight feet long and threeand-a-half feet wide. Those are tight quarters, especially when he’s working on a patient who’s 6 feet 2 inches, and 250 pounds and just fractured his skull skiing at Whiteface Mountain. Still, Pandolph’s office has one helluva view. He’s chief flight nurse for North Country Life Flight Air Medical Rescue Team. Since 1989, the not-forprofit medevac helicopter has been providing critical emergency care to New York’s North Country — at no cost to patients. Based in Saranac Lake, it serves an area from Lake Ontario to Lake Champlain, and from the southern edge of the Adirondack Park to the Canadian border. Life Flight can turn a two-hour ambulance ride into a 15-minute flight, which often means the difference between life and death for a seriously ill or critically injured patient.

Pandolph, 63, is a Saranac Lake native who’s been working with Life Flight for 21 years. Like most of its crew, he got started as a volunteer emergency medical technician, then worked in an emergency room before attending nursing school. All told, he’s been involved in medicine “in some shape or form” since 1972. Among the nation’s 900 or so medevac helicopters, North Country Life Flight’s is unique in that it is owned, operated and dispatched by the New York State Police. The pilot and one crew member are state troopers, which means Life Flight can respond to a variety of incidents, such as car accidents, shootings, plane crashes, escaped convicts and search-and-rescue operations — “Pretty much anything you can imagine,” Pandolph says. Just minutes after the 9/11 attacks, Life Flight was deployed to New York City, 300 miles away. During Tropical Storm Irene, Life Flight was “all over the place,” Pandolph says; in Vermont, it assisted with the rescue of a Lamoille River boater who’d gone over a dam. Life Flight doesn’t even have to land to make a rescue. Pandolph can be lowered on a cable and hoist his patient back up in a basket. And his pilot can fly in the dark using night-vision goggles. About 80 percent of Life Flight’s patients go to Fletcher Allen Health

SD: What’s it like once your patient is aboard? CP: The helicopter, unlike a ground ambulance, is a very small box. You can’t pull over to the side of the road to sort out whatever medical emergency comes up... So you do any intervention you can before getting into that tiny little box. Then you’ve got to think of all the possible circumstances that can occur while you’re in that little box and be prepared to deal with it. For example, a simple thing like making sure that if you need to start an IV or do an intubation, you can just reach for them and not have them buried underneath something.

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he virtues or vices of wind power weren’t up for official debate at this year’s town meeting in the Northeast Kingdom town of Sheffield. The 16 massive wind turbines on a ridgeline in the town’s northeast corner have been turning since October, and most Sheffield voters showed up to decide how to spend the annual $520,000 payment the town will receive every year for the next 20 years. But the drama began 15 minutes into what would become a nine-and-a-half-hour meeting, when embattled select board chair Max Aldrich was called on to defend his longtime seat on the board. Aldrich played a pivotal role in negotiating Sheffield’s contract with the First Wind developers — and since then, he’s been the target of accusations in a local newsletter accusing the selectman of mismanagement and withholding information. Aldrich’s wife, Maureen, addressed the crowd with a voice charged with emotion, refuting the claims, and then turned to Max. “Max, this is not what you deserve after 25 years,” she said, to the applause of many of the gathered voters. The public skirmish speaks to the tensions simmering beneath the surface in Sheffield, says Sutton resident Paul Brouha, who lives a mile from the nearest turbine. “It’s like an armed camp over there,” he says of the little Caledonia County town of 703 residents, where the median household income hovers just below $35,000. But he might as well be speaking of the ongoing war over renewable-energy development in Vermont. Fifteen years after Vermont’s first commercial wind installation went online in Searsburg, the battle appears to be getting more pitched, not less. And its fiercest warriors are environmentalists, fighting against each other. In one corner, and mustering greater numbers and political might, are those who say the state must aggressively pursue the development of renewable-energy sources, including large-scale wind. There’s a tradeoff in building roads and infrastructure into previously undeveloped habitat, they admit, but the bigger problem — climate

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change, with its far-reaching, global implications — demands action. Not so fast, clamor the opponents of ridgeline wind power, who say the cost of developing the state’s iconic mountaintops is too great to wager. Annette Smith, executive director of Vermonters for a Clean Environment, says that even as proponents advocate for sacrifice in the face of climate change, residents near these projects are begging, “Don’t sacrifice us.” “They are making climate-change victims out of the people who live around the projects,” she says. Vermont environmental activist Bill McKibben balks at that statement. Visit Bangladesh, or El Salvador or even the trailer parks washed away in flooding from Tropical Storm Irene if you’re looking for victims of climate change, he says. “I do understand why people value their ridgelines,” says McKibben. “It’s a very good sign that a certain kind of environmentalism has sunk in deep enough that people don’t want to turn over their landscape to the highest bidder. That said, we’re facing the most important civilizational challenge in human history when it comes to climate change.” Between the two sides, it’s no man’s land. “It’s a ‘nonversation,’” says Lukas Snelling, the director of Energize Vermont, a group that opposes large-scale wind development, arguing it’s out of scale with Vermont’s landscape. “Wind divides. It divides communities. It divides families. And it divides environmentalists,” says Vermont writer Tom Slayton, a former editor of Vermont Life magazine. “It’s a very, very tough issue, and people tend to line up on one side or the other.” Part of the problem, he says, is that “the facts and statistics regarding wind power are not clear.”

Turbine Size Matters Vermont’s first commercial wind project went up on a ridgeline in Searsburg, in southern Vermont, in 1997. The 198-foot towers are much smaller than the 420-footers in Sheffield, and the facility’s capacity taps out at 6 megawatts. The 11 550-kilowatt turbines are already obsolete

by today’s standards, which can make repairs slow and difficult, but the blades are still turning. Green Mountain Power operates the facility on leased land, and estimates the turbines

ENVIRONMENT generate enough power for about 1600 homes. Before Searsburg, Vermont was home to the world’s first megawatt-sized turbine. The pilot Smith-Putnam windmill started spinning in 1941 on Grandpa’s Knob, near Castleton, with the help of General Electric and Central Vermont Public Service. The experiment was short lived, in large part because mechanical problems proved too difficult to fix during wartime. The prototype was retired in 1945 and dismantled a year later. It was not an experiment without promise, though. In an introduction to engineer Palmer Putnam’s 1946 book about the experiment, a former dean of engineering at MIT wrote of the turbine, “And hence it proved that at some future time homes may be illuminated and factories may be powered by this new means.” Still, the commercial wind industry in the United States didn’t take off for several more decades. Though energy crises of the 1970s kickstarted U.S. Department of Energy research into larger turbine designs, a boom-and-bust cycle of tax credits in the ’80s and ’90s — coupled with a decline in fossil-fuel prices — cut wind development off at the knees. At the same time, European countries such as Denmark, Spain and Germany rolled out long-term, consistent support of the

new technology, and today wind energy accounts for roughly 20, 13 and 8 percent of those countries’ electricity, respectively. The Searsburg project was, in its own way, something of an experiment: The site served in part as an education and research facility for wind generation in the Northeast, and lessons learned at Searsburg have factored into the design and performance of newer facilities. The project has come under attack from opponents, such as Energize Vermont, who claim that the turbines are inefficient and the energy produced at the site is expensive — but GMP says that just isn’t true. In 2010, the facility generated enough electricity to supply more than 2000 homes. The power sold at 6.3 cents per kilowatt hour, a rate that GMP says is more affordable than almost any other in-state renewablepower source. Searsburg town clerk Josie Kilbride, who lives within sight of the turbines, doesn’t remember much of a hullabaloo about the

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existing development, in the Green Mountain National Forest. Unlike the original Searsburg windmills, they’ve sparked fierce controversy in the region. “Twenty years from now, somebody will come along and say, ‘Why did you guys let that happen?’” says realtor Streeter, who thinks lower income and out-of-the-way parts of the state are being targeted to sacrifice their vistas for wind power. The new turbines would be nearly 200 feet taller than the existing ones and fitted with blinking red lights required by the Federal Aviation Administration. Some residents have raised concerns about the noise that the turbines will generate, the possible impact on wildlife habitat and the implications of ceding national forest land for wind development. But to Kilbride’s mind, a silent majority supports the project. Residents in Searsburg voted resoundingly against the project in 2007, but by Town Meeting Day in 2008, the ayes had it. That’s likely because Deerfield Wind agreed to pay the town $240,000 a year for the inconvenience of hosting the windmills. “One could argue, were they voting for the income or the windmills?” says selectman Gerald DeGray, who opposes the additional construction. Deerfield’s developer, the U.S. division of Iberdola, S.A. in Spain, has already earned preliminary approval from the U.S. Forest Service and Vermont’s Public Service Board, which regulates the construction of energy developments. If con-

the old and new towers, they say, are like apples and oranges. Until the Deerfield turbines are in, Streeter says, it’s impossible to know what their impact on surrounding communities truly will be. That goes for property values, Streeter says, as well as aesthetics. Which explains “the gamut of reactions,” she adds. “I think that is totally normal for something that you can’t see.”

Lowell and Behold

About half a dozen wind-energy projects are operating, in construction or under development in Vermont right now. Most are earning approval from the Public Service Board despite all the objections. Often that approval comes with conditions — 42, in the case of GMP’s Kingdom Community Wind project. In Lowell, GMP is on track to finish the 21-turbine Kingdom Community Wind development by the end of the calendar year. This year’s mild weather kept construction crews working through the winter, which is good news for the developer: In order to qualify for the production tax credits that are making the wind farm financially feasible, explains GMP spokesman Robert Dostis, blades have to be spinning by December 31 this year. Dostis and GMP project manager R O BE R T D O S TIS Charlie Pughe are making their way up a muddy, pocked road cut into the side of Lowell Mountain. Even in Pughe’s Chevy truck it’s slow going. Dostis is at the wheel and pulls to one side of the road to let a heavy piece of equipment rumble past on its way down the road. “It’s nice to see the progress being made,” says Dostis, glancing at the crew working on the site of the future maintenance building. Tall utility poles march up the slope of the mountain. The road passes the first spot where contentious blasting has taken place to clear the Robert Dostis and Charlie Pughe way for turbine pads and road access. Here, the dynamite cut eight or 10 feet into the rock. In other places along the ridgeline, the newly formed cliffs rise 45 feet. The clouds are rolling in, but off in the distance, just visible on a ridgestructed, it would be the first utility-scale wind project on line to the southeast, the Sheffield towers rise like little matchsticks on their mountaintop. national forest land. “People hear we’re blowing up a mountain,” Dostis A number of groups and individuals tried to stop the project at various stages of the process. Wilmington says, a little incredulous. The blasting isn’t pretty, but then ponied up $40,000 to hire experts to look into the impact again, he points out, neither are most construction sites. of the wind turbines on bear habitat and real estate values. Back in the truck, winding along the ridgeline, he points Streeter joined the group Save Our Ridgelines and lobbied to a few handmade signs visible in the trees just beyond hard against the project, but in the end she says the group the orange tape marking the property boundary. That, he ran out of steam — and money. Smith’s Vermonters for a says, was the protestors’ camp. Dostis talks at length about the outreach GMP has Clean Environment appealed the Forest Service permit. People on both sides agree it’s not fair to compare the established Searsburg and proposed Deerfield projects; BLOW HARD » P.30

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project when it first went in. There were some informational meetings, as she recalls, but few residents attended. Wilmington real estate agent Meg Streeter turned out for some, curious about the effect the turbines might have on the real estate market. A number of residents moved away after the project went up, she says. Others moved in. “It wasn’t like an exodus,” Streeter says. Armand Roy was one of the newcomers. He lives on Route 8 in Searsburg. Asked if he can see the turbines from his home, he replies jovially, “Are you kidding? They’re my sentinels.” Roy crosses the living room of his small house and peers out at the turbines about a mile away. It’s rare that he can hear them, he says, but his driveway is a popular stopping point for passersby who pull over to snap photographs from the road. Roy has lived in Searsburg for three years, and so he knew full well that he’d be looking at the turbines when he purchased his home. So did his neighbor, who has lived next door for 13 years — in a house vacated because of the windmills.

Blow Hard « P.29 done in Lowell and surrounding communities and about the widespread support the project enjoys among Lowell residents. But GMP’s Kingdom Community Wind project has drummed up the most vocal and arguably heated opposition to wind power in the state, including a dedicated band of protestors who camped on Don and Shirley Nelson’s adjacent property and disrupted construction. The standoff last fall led to the arrests of some protestors and lawsuit threats from GMP. Protests aside, Lowell had a lot going for it as a possible site for wind development. It is one of the windiest spots in the state, based on years of meteorological data from a so-called “met tower.” A willing landowner approached GMP to pitch the project, and, after GMP’s extensive campaign to educate local residents about the project, three-quarters of the town voted in 2010 to support the wind development. Residents reaffirmed that decision two weeks ago at town meeting. “We wanted to know if the community first and foremost wanted it,” Dostis says, adding that the company’s position at the outset was, “If the town votes no, we won’t build this.” Lowell also had infrastructure on its side: The wind farm is located near an existing electrical substation, crucial for moving electricity. Says Lowell resident Donald Peterson: “When they listed all the things they were looking for, you went, ‘Oh, shit, I’m in the crosshairs here.’” Still, constructing the project and transporting the power called for road building and clearing 150 acres in the process. Craftsbury resident Steve Wright — a former commissioner of the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department — was open-minded at first. He recalls saying to himself, “Well, if they can get those turbines in there and get them operating without tearing up the landscape, then I may be able to be OK with this.” But Wright soon decided that it wasn’t possible. When he considered the habitat destruction along with his own skepticism about the viability and productiveness of wind-power generation, he decided the project’s pros didn’t add up. Wright likens ridgeline wind to the

Vietnam-era policy of “burning villages in order to save them. We have been duped,” he adds. “I’m always sorry to say that, but the wind industry has become such a powerful lobby.”

Two Sides Polling suggests that 90 percent of Vermonters support wind development, and 74 percent support it “strongly.” Opponents say that’s just because most people don’t know the truth of the matter; supporters say it’s a vocal minority that has dominated the wind conversation. Dig into each side’s arguments, and it’s clear that neither can agree on even the basic facts. This is what Tom Slayton means when he points out that both sides, opponents and supporters alike, can roll out any number of studies to “prove” their points. “I think people do make up their minds and then line up their facts, quote unquote, to reflect that mindset,” Slayton says. “It couldn’t hurt to have facts that everybody agrees on. Will we ever have those facts? I sure hope so, but I think not.” Both sides accuse the other of providing misinformation. And sometimes, they even point to the same evidence to prop up their claims. Opponents of wind power in Vermont talk about the for-sale signs at properties surrounding a wind project in Lempster, N.H., as proof that wind turbines chase off homeowners. And yet, when

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GMP and a busload of Lowell residents visited Lempster, thier take was wildly different. Andy Tetreault, who lives in Lowell, says most of the visitors were impressed. “We saw cattle grazing by the windmills totally at ease, and it sounded like a modern refrigerator running in the houses.” Or consider a report out from the Agency of Natural Resources that suggests that the Sheffield wind farm hasn’t compromised the quality of water in nearby streams. Operations manager Andy Doak says it’s evidence of First Wind’s environmental stewardship: “We continue to prove that, no, we haven’t ruined the environment,” he says. To the contrary, opponents — including a hydrologist hired by Vermonters for a Clean Environment — claim the state cherry-picked data from sites too far away from headwaters to be relevant. Then there’s the tricky issue of carbon emissions. Opponents say that wind energy might not actually cut back on the carbon emissions that cause climate change, reasoning that because it’s an intermittent source of power — meaning electricity is only generated when the turbines are spinning — utilities must rely on backup sources to fill the gaps. Depending on how efficient or inefficient those sources are, they say, power can be wasted in ramping up or ramping down production. “It’s actually quite simple,” says Wright. “Wind energy doesn’t reduce carbon emissions.” He points to a study that suggests wind energy in Colorado and Texas has actually increased carbon dioxide emissions — but the study was conducted by Bentek, an analytics firm focusing on the natural gas and oil markets. Wind proponents say the study is nothing more than a mouthpiece for the fossil-fuel industry. They point to their own studies that show the intermittent nature of wind power isn’t a problem until about 20 percent of the grid is powered by wind. The two sides debate a slew of other issues: noise (negligible, say proponents; a threat to quality of life, says the other side); cost (reasonable only with subsidies, according to opponents); necessity (opponents say that far more of Vermont’s carbon emissions come from automobiles and home heating than electricity generation); tourism (a nonscientific study conducted by the Vermont chapter of the Sierra Club suggests wind turbines wouldn’t scare away tourists, but opponents disagree). In the end, the argument comes down to subjective emotions and values more than quantifiable, nonpartisan facts. “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder,” says Dostis.

Peterson, who trekked along the ridge as a younger man. “I’m willing to give up stuff like that if there’s a genuine commitment to have that be part of the solution, but it’s not part of the solution.” Wright, meanwhile, feels betrayed by the environmental community in Vermont to which he’s belonged since 1968. “This has been deeply personal for me,” he says. “And for many of the environmental groups, or so-called environmental groups, I just believe they’re wrong and they’re making … decisions guided by financial interests or grant funding.” There’s frustration on the other side, too. “I can’t argue with somebody who says they don’t want to look at something. I get that. I accept that,” says lawmaker Klein. But he bristles at the other arguments: That the Public Service Board isn’t listening. That the noise will be unbearable. That bear habitat is being compromised. The proof is in the pudding, Klein says: The permitting process is rigorous and lengthy, and in Sheffield’s case it took eight years and cost an estimated $10 million. “How much more of a time-out do people want?” Klein asks.

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electricity generation to some other part of the country. Wind, solar, biomass — we need to build all of these things, Klein argues. “There is no perfect technology,” he adds. “When we begin losing sight of that, that’s when we begin getting in trouble.” But sacrifice is a hard term to stomach for opponents on the other side of the issue — especially when they aren’t convinced that the sacrifice is meaningful. Lowell resident Peterson, for instance, is deeply bitter about the Lowell project. He watches the expansion at nearby ski area Jay Peak and is skeptical that energy produced at the Lowell site will make any dent in carbon emissions. All the wind turbines and solar panels in the world won’t make up for that waste, he says. “I lost something that I really, really treasured,” says

Opponents lost the battle to keep wind turbines out of Sheffield, despite drumming up an estimated $1 million to fund the opposition. Bake sales, barbecue chicken dinners, a $75,000 allocation from the town of Sutton — in the end, it fell short, the Brouhas say. They made their arguments to the PSB, and appealed decisions for as long as they could, but when all was said and done, Carol Brouha says, “Our voices were drowned out in the process.” The Brouhas complain that neighboring communities don’t see the same financial benefits as “receiving” towns like Sheffield and Lowell — though in Lowell’s case, GMP has set up a Good Neighbor Fund to shuttle some money into the surrounding communities. Paul Brouha says financial incentives wouldn’t erase the harm he thinks has been done in Sheffield — but it wouldn’t hurt, either. In some cases, residents from neighboring municipalities see more of the turbines than people in the towns that stand to profit from them. From the second floor of the Brouha’s Sutton home you can see the Sheffield turbines turning silently over the top of a line of trees. The structures turn gracefully, their blades slicing the air in great swoops. Ironically, the turbines aren’t visible from the town hall in Sheffield, where a standing-room-only crowd assembled on Election Day. During the long town meeting, conversation had less to do with the role turbines may or may not play in fighting climate change than with the changes that the new wind farm could bring to a small town with few resources. Sheffield voters went back and forth on the issue of tax relief: Should they wipe out municipal taxes altogether? Should they sock away more rainy-day cash? This, and not wind power, was the reason voters turned out in record numbers. Residents decided to allocate half of this year’s First Wind windfall to tax relief, which officials estimate will cut municipal taxes in the town by approximately 80 percent. The rest is going into a savings account. And Aldrich? He’ll keep his selectboard seat. In Sheffield, and in much of Vermont, the debate over large-scale wind generation comes down not to grandiose global goals but to small-power politics.

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Activists on both sides of the wind-energy debate wonder when — if ever — the conversation might budge. In Lowell, supporters such as Gert and Andy Tetreault — who receive a stipend from GMP to help with outreach on the Kingdom Community Wind project — say it’s time to give the contentious debate a rest. The town has voted. Construction is underway. GMP is clearing less land than the 150 acres allowed in their permit and conserving more than 2700 acres as one of the “conditions” of the project. They’re ready to move on. “They refuse to accept that the democratic process has taken place,” says Gert Tetreault of the project’s opponents, sipping coffee at her kitchen table with her husband. “I believe this isn’t at all about stopping Lowell. It’s about stopping the next project.” Andy Tetreault says neighbors are still civil in Lowell, but he thinks it’s impossible to make everyone happy on this issue. “Today, no one wants to lose,” he says. Meanwhile, Lowell selectman Alden Warner speculates that it might just be a matter of time before wind projects are accepted — as he believes them to be — as necessary, useful and largely unobtrusive infrastructure. Warner’s mother, who is 91, remembers when the first power poles went up in the region. At the time, he says, residents disliked those, too. “Today we don’t even think about them,” Warner says. “In my opinion, that’s exactly what’s going to happen with wind turbines. Eventually people won’t even notice that they’re there.” He also shares the view — with Rep. Tony Klein (DEast Montpelier) and Bill McKibben — that it’s time for Vermont to “start carrying our own load.” Warner says, “Let’s step up to the plate and sacrifice a little bit of view for the sake of doing something.” McKibben has stated publicly he’d like to see windmills on the ridgeline of the Middlebury Gap, where he lives, if it meant knowing that he wasn’t exporting the side effects of

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who at times repeated questions addressed to his nearly deaf father. The older man, who wears yellow-tinted eyeglasses and walks with a cane, had arrived for the Sunday interview clad in a maroon suit jacket and yellow vest. He thumbed through folders of photos and letters he had brought along for the occasion, pausing to point to pictures of his catalogued works, clearly a source of particular pride. One of them, “Veteran’s Memorial,” has stood in a park in Johnstown, Pa., since 1974, three years after it was commissioned by two local women whose sons were killed in Vietnam. The life-size figure

of a helmeted GI holding a child in his right arm rests on a granite base, on which are inscribed the names of 17 Johnstownarea soldiers who died in the World Wars or in Korea, Vietnam or the Persian Gulf. “Veteran’s Memorial” has not rested in peace, however. Vandals decapitated the sculpted figure five years ago and the original head has not been found. Local benefactors raised $11,000 to enable another Barre carver, Gary Sassi, to re-create the head from a maquette that Illuzzi Sr. had preserved. The restored memorial was unveiled in 2008. Unlike the piece in Pennsylvania, which appears static and sentimental, Illuzzi Sr.’s other catalogued work — a 1964 tribute to Ukrainian poet and freedom fighter Taras Shevchenko — is rendered in a dynamic, stylized manner like that of a fellow Italian sculptor: Michelangelo. Illuzzi Sr. carved a writhing, muscular, mythological figure straining to free his manacled hands and feet from a jagged array of rocks that encircles him. The drama of Illuzzi Sr.’s depiction is enhanced by the hero’s placement in relief at the center of a larger wall of Barre gray granite. Alongside it stands a tall bronze statue of a striding Shevchenko made by Canadian Ukrainian artist Leo Mol.

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As the title character in this onewoman show prepares a Thursday-night meal for herself and her husband, Joe, she narrates a tale of marital woe to the audience while occasionally conversing with the stage-left wall of her simple kitchen. These eccentric snippets of conversation come to seem normal after we learn how little life remains in the couple’s relationship — and after Shirley discloses that Joe sometimes vents his dissatisfaction to the kitchen appliances. In the title role, Karen Lefkoe — a staple of the Middlebury Actors Workshop — has

embraced an acting challenge of dizzying scope: a full-length play in which no other character appears (though several others are vividly described and imitated). That she portrays a middle-aged Liverpudlian — Liverpool being a region where the English accent is distinctive and strong — surely adds another degree of difficulty to her performance. (Incidentally, non-North American English accents have factored prominently in all three of VSC’s plays this season. The company’s final show will be Shakespeare’s As You Like It.) Under the direction of Doug Anderson, another fixture of the Middlebury theater scene, Lefkoe shines as Shirley. Her accent passes muster (this assessment based on many Beatles interviews heard over the years). Having cleared that first hurdle, she makes the role her own. While some portrayals of Shirley Valentine play to her longsuffering essence, such as Pauline Collins’ turn in the 1989 film adaptation, Lefkoe brings a bounce and vitality to the role. Her Shirley, at 42, is lost on the road to wherever her dreams were supposed to lead her. But she can still chuckle occasionally at the absurdity of her circumstances. As she says, “If you described me to me, I’d say you were telling me a joke.” All this changes when Shirley is invited by her girlfriend Jane to take a trip to Greece. So calcified is her home life that the prospect of her leaving Joe to fend for himself for a fortnight seems incredible, even to Shirley’s own daughter. It’s precisely the doubts of people in Shirley’s circle about her capacity to live her own life, however, that finally push her to shake things up. Scenic designer John Paul Devlin’s two sets — the Bradshaws’ modest home, with its yellow-on-white interior; and the beachfront taverna where Shirley lands in Greece — frame this portrait of a life safely lived in sedately inviting tones. The simplicity and light of the production’s effects reinforce the mood and themes of Shirley’s narrative exploration. One of the play’s notable strengths is the way in which Shirley’s monologue flows from topic to topic. In the first act, her commentary ranges widely and has the discursive, meandering quality of a housewife getting buzzed on Riesling while preparing yet another dinner destined to go unappreciated. Shirley shares anecdotes about recent events, reflections

on her youth, family life, friends and neighbors and a few of the insights at which she has arrived. Some of these insights border on batty, but they also reveal a mind that has not yet abandoned its search for meaning. Shirley’s comparisons of marriage to the Middle East (“There’s just no solution”) and of the clitoris to penicillin (they were both there the whole time just waiting to be discovered) stand out as particularly amusing. These ruminations lead Shirley to the more profound questions at the heart of the play: Whatever happened to that happy-go-lucky young woman she used to be? And, more to the point, can that woman be revived? The second act finds Shirley having thrown wifely caution to the winds and traveled to Greece for a fortnight’s holiday with Jane — without her husband’s approval. There, she narrates in a more linear fashion the events of her flight from domestic drudgery, which take some dramatic turns toward a surprising climax. Equally surprising, however, is the way the risks that Shirley has taken in traveling to Greece fade in the sun. She hits a couple of emotional bumps on her island tour, but her monologue sacrifices depth for a more superficial sweetness — reaching the point of treacle in some spots. To be fair, Shirley’s bold adventure should be judged on its own terms. What she’s trying to escape is an unsatisfying middleclass life largely of her own creation. That her epiphanies are more plainspoken than pithy is an authentic observation about her character, not a point of criticism. Lefkoe embodies this worldview convincingly. Her energy and cheery smile modulate the darker mood that drew Shirley out of her shell. For her, rock bottom is a comfort zone devoid of newness and discovery — not outright depression, more like a bedsore of the spirit. The familiarity of this pitfall of modern life may explain the enduring popularity of this play and its quirky protagonist, both well realized in this production. m

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here’s creative sushi, and then there’s the Funky Monkey. The name of this selection at Yama Japanese Restaurant isn’t just an attempt at Monchhichi-style kawaii (Japanese for “cute”). The roll is actually composed of eel and banana. Such is the adventurousness of Yama, St. Albans’ first devoted Japanese spot (Chinese Eastern Dragon also sells surprisingly tasty sushi). But that blessing is also its curse. There’s nothing wrong with ambition, but a kitchen needs to back it up with basic skills, something lacking in some of the dishes I tried at Yama. I arrived at the strip-mall eatery convinced I had found my new favorite restaurant. Hole-in-the-wall Japanese is my most treasured cuisine. Moreover, since opening early last month, Yama has garnered a unanimous five stars on 7 Nights, including a glowing review from a respected St. Albans chef-owner. I could barely stand the excitement. The atmosphere was clean and bright, with little of the standard “new restaurant” ambiance. The slightly lived-in feeling bolstered my confidence, reminding me of favorite Japanese neighborhood joints in my native New York tri-state area. One wall bore a series of artworks that resembled the patterns on Bill Cosby’s “Cosby Show”-era sweaters. The rest showcased photos of the restaurant’s dishes. Most were sushi plates complemented with piles of vermicelli, studded with drink umbrellas and lit by blue or pink LEDs. The Funky Monkey was the first dish to arrive at my table. A chunk of cooked eel made a strange bedfellow with a pile of ultra-thin banana slices, but I could see where the chef was going with the idea. The mushy fruit took the role more commonly occupied by avocado, adding a creamy element to the maki. However, the strong fishiness of the eel and the sweet banana didn’t quite work together, even with liberal zigzags of eel sauce on the plate.

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beautiful, with alternating layers of pink and white tuna and each slice topped with a single thin slice of jalapeño. That and a dot of sriracha sufficed to give each bite a pleasant afterburn. The filling of Kiss of Fire lowered its marks, though. The tuna inside was finely chopped and mushy, leaving no real textural difference between it and its pairing of avocado. Both were mixed with panko or tempura flakes. Even a soaking in wasabi-muddled soy sauce couldn’t completely alleviate the dryness. Another great idea turned misfire. The cooked dishes I tried were less complicated and more successful. The yakitori, or skewered chicken, was oddly Americanized with red peppers and chunks of canned pineapple, but the caramelized, mirin-based sauce was spot on. Hibachi dinners are a calling card at Yama, so I tried one of the least expensive, with chicken. The small, juicy chunks of meat, tossed in little more than soy sauce, were a fun eat, as were the noodles. Stir-fried broccoli, mushrooms, zucchini and onions were cooked to perfection, and I couldn’t get enough of the ginger sauce on the side. I was less fond of the honey mustard our server called “seafood sauce.” And, much as I enjoyed the dish, $15.95 seemed like a steep price for a noodle stir-fry. The best dish was my last. I’ve tried many a fried banana in my day, but this version was something special. Each slice was tempura-fried separately, with a subtle milky flavor that only grew when vanilla ice cream was placed in the middle. Once honey was drizzled on top, the dish evoked biblical Israel’s milk and honey. The dessert was the embodiment of what the chefs at Yama would do well to keep in mind: Simplicity can be delicious. Yama Japanese Restaurant, 133 North Main Street, St. Albans, 524-6660.

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It’s been almost seven months since the Alchemist Pub & Brewery was forced to shut its doors in the wake of Tropical Storm Irene’s wrath. This week, its devotees will finally be able to return to the beloved building with the opening of prohIBItIon pIg. Guests will see many familiar faces, says owner ChaD rICh. Of the 14 full-time employees at the Alchemist when it closed, 11 are now on staff at Prohibition Pig. The familiar burgers, fries, wings and pretzels are there, too, along with Alchemist brews, now produced on higher ground at the alChEmIst CannEry. Those beers are among 24 on tap and 120 bottles, giving PP one of the largest craft-beer lists in the Northeast. The bar also stocks about 100 bottles of craft spirits, many of them hard to find. Rich, the former bar manager at the farmhousE tap & grIll, has given that role at PP to JEff Baumann, who was once his boss behind the bar at amErICan flatBrEaD BurlIngton hEarth. By the end of the year, Rich hopes to begin distilling several of his own drinks. For now, Baumann has conceived a list of 12 cocktails made from craft-distilled beverages — and some other surprising ingredients. The Averna Flip features herbaceous Amaro mixed with chocolate stout, bitters and a whole egg. The Red Delicious pays homage to Rich’s formative years in North Carolina with Noilly Prat vermouth, applejack, Campari and the deep-red Southern soda Cheerwine. The food nods southward, too. Rich chose former Flatbread chef BrIan shEEhan to head his kitchen because of his way with meat. “I just used to see it on all the specialty flatbreads, braising meats, doing the amazing things he did,” says Rich. “He’s really talented. I’m really excited about his food.” Construction of some parts of the building took longer than expected, but the kitchen has been completed for weeks. In that interval, Sheehan has been perfecting the vinegar-sauced Carolina-style barbecue that gives the restaurant its name. Though Rich says he doesn’t want his business to be known just as a barbecue joint, he’s particularly taken with Sheehan’s brisket. As for the smoked, seared fish, he touts it as “something I can go in and eat many times a week, and I don’t feel guilty about eating it, either.” Rich will make room for shrimp and grits, too. Most likely, so will a slew of new fans. — A.L.

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IMAGINATIVE LIBATIONS. I picked up recently, costs about $8 for a 750-ml bottle and has a deep golden color. Its apricot-like nose belies a scrumptious, tart austerity of orange peel and soaked tea leaves, with mouthfilling acids. At 7.5 percent alcohol, it’s afternoon sippable, and its intense dryness lends it pairing versatility. White Birch Brewing in Hooksett regularly takes on apprentice brewers for six-month stints, offering them the chance to create their own brews and release them under the Apprentice Series moniker. Mainer Kate Wallace came to White Birch last fall, and, in November, she brewed Jasmine Farmhouse Ale — a dirty-copper, Belgian-inspired ale bearing only subtle hints of the jasmine flowers with which it’s brewed. Otherwise, it’s hoppy and mouth drying, its finish laced with herbs, spice and honey ($7.49 for a 350-ml bottle). TOASTING YOUR NEIGHBOR

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on grocery shelves contain genetically engineered components, yet the FDA has shied away from requiring GMO labels. The feds claim they hinder free trade and that no research definitively proves GMOs harm human health. Despite this opposition, Vermont’s strong stance on accurate labeling could carry H.722 into state law. “As this bill is based on Vermont’s misbranding statutes, it is more likely to survive a challenge in federal court,” says David Rogers, NOFA’s policy adviser. “In the

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we’re really behind the curve of where the world is going,” says Andrea Stander, director of Rural Vermont, one of the organizations that cowrote Vermont’s bill, along with the Northeast Organic Farming Association and the Vermont Public Interest Research Group. “So many people are excited about this, because we can draw a line in the sand and say, ‘Enough. We want to know,’” she adds. According to various estimates, a staggering 60 to 80 percent of all foods

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past, labeling bills have been challenged because they might violate the commercial clause of the Constitution. Misbranding statutes are a purview of the states.” Rogers theorizes that no state has yet successfully passed a GMO labeling law because of the enormous sway of foodindustry giants. To counter their clout, Vermont’s 16-page bill draws strength from detailed legalese — it goes as far as defining enzymes, organisms, genetic engineering and “in vitro nucleic acid techniques.” “Someone has to lead, and Vermont has led before in a number of areas,” says Rogers. The bill has broad support among food producers statewide, including Elysabethe James, who’s been raising heritage turkeys at her Bryn Meadow Farm in Charlotte for 12 years. In a sector dominated by selectively bred animals, James has experienced firsthand the difference between giant modern turkeys and older heritage breeds; a few years ago, she tried some of what she calls the “white factory turkeys” on her farm. “They have huge breasts, absolutely mammoth — but they had no taste. They had been altered and inbred to the point you couldn’t recognize the taste. They had trouble walking, they’re incapable of breeding, and they can’t fly,” James recalls. “There’s been a huge push from Monsanto and company to allow for these genetically modified animals, and so far not a lot of good has come from it.” The experience cemented James’ commitment to older, albeit smaller, heritage breeds, and she’s hopeful that labeling will entice consumers toward foods with more integrity, even at greater cost. “People can see the value in eating something natural,” James says — they just need to be able to trust the word. After the EU changed its labeling law in 2004, many consumers stopped buying foods with GMOs, forcing companies to abandon those crops, as well. Here on American soil, the prospect that ConAgra or Frito-Lay might need to relabel all its products to sell them in a tiny state seems almost surreal. Stander

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he label on your corn oil or cereal or tortilla chips reads “pure, 100 percent natural” or “all natural” — but what does that mean? According to federal rules, not much. There may be traces of genetically modified soy, corn, potatoes or other crops inside. The word “natural” conveys only that a food contains no added color, artificial flavors or additives. Genetically modified organisms, or GMOs, get a free pass. And, since the word “natural” still has a powerful pull for consumers, its use and abuse aren’t limited to corporate giants such as ConAgra. Food items from companies as seemingly crunchy as Kashi (owned by Kellogg’s) and Barbara’s Bakery have also been fingered for harboring GMOs. The state of Vermont has more stringent rules on misbranding than the federal ones, and those are at the heart of the bold bill H.722, aka the Vermont Right to Know Genetically Engineered Food Act. Introduced in February by Rep. Kate Webb (D-Shelburne), it would require all foods that contain GMOs to say so on their packages. “Vermonters care about food, and Vermonters care about choice. Choice is what this bill is about,” writes Webb in an email. “With this bill, the word ‘naturally’ would actually mean something.” This is not the first time a state has sought to label foods containing GMOs. With 93 percent of Americans supporting such labels, according to an ABC News poll, 17 states are considering bills to do just that. Supporters in California are gathering hundreds of thousands of signatures to bring the measure to a ballot this fall, and a national campaign called Just Label It aims to collect a million comments to send to the Food and Drug Administration urging it to label GMOs. This groundswell of support feels decidedly retro, at least in the global context. The European Union began requiring GMO labeling in 2004. Fifty nations do the same, and the United States and Canada are the only developed countries that don’t regulate such identification. “It’s just one more example of how

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Despite their recent woes, the region’s bees have been busy, at least judging by the number of meaderies that have cropped up lately. Mead maker Michael Fairbrother spent years learning the craft before founding Moonlight Meadery in Londonderry last fall. His inaugural line (made from single-varietal honeys) is ambitious: two traditional meads, 12 fruit meads (or melomel), six spiced meads and six limited-edition and “open category” meads, all with

one-word monikers such as Frisky and Flame. At 14.2 percent alcohol by volume, Wild is a bracing, garnetcolored fermentation of wildflower honey and wild mountain blueberries — off-dry and slightly medicinal, with a viscous undercurrent of blue and red fruit. As liquid pickings from New Hampshire multiply and align themselves more closely with the state’s terroir, Vermont has more competition on its hands.

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OPEN ROTA MEETING: Neighbors keep tabs on the gallery’s latest happenings. The ROTA Studio and Gallery, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 8 p.m. Free. Info, 518-314-9872. WINOOSKI COALITION FOR A SAFE AND PEACEFUL COMMUNITY: Neighbors and local businesses help create a thriving Onion City by planning community events, sharing resources, networking and more. O’Brien Community Center, Winooski, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 655-1392, ext.10.

crafts

KNIT NIGHT: Crafty needleworkers (crocheters, too) share their talents and company as they spin yarn. Phoenix Books, Essex, 5-7 p.m. Free. Info, 872-7111. MAKE STUFF!: Defunct bicycle parts become works of art and jewelry that will be sold to raise funds and awareness for Bike Recycle Vermont. Bike Recycle Vermont, Burlington, 6-9 p.m. Free. Info, 264-9687.

dance

GUIDED ARGENTINE TANGO PRÁCTICA: Buenos Aires-born movements find a place on a sprung floor. Elizabeth Seyler is on hand to answer questions. North End Studio B, Burlington, 8:15-10:15 p.m. $5. Info, 138-4959.

A PASSION FOR TEACHING, LEARNING & LEADERSHIP: Would-be teachers, principals and school leaders take a lesson on the Upper Valley Educators Institute’s certification programs. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 4:30-6 p.m. Free. Info, 603-678-4888.

fairs & festivals

BURLINGTON IRISH HERITAGE FESTIVAL: The Emerald Isle inspires a weekend of music, dancing, lectures, crafts, penny whistle and language lessons, a Céile celebration, and more. Various downtown locations, Burlington, 9 a.m.-noon. Various prices; see vtirishfestival.org for details. Info, 863-3614.

film

‘ADDICTION INCORPORATED’: Young drug researcher Victor DeNoble stumbles upon the ingredients of addiction and sparks a movement against tobacco industries in Charles Evans Jr.’s 2011 documentary. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 1:30 p.m. & 5:30 p.m. $4-7. Info, 748-2600. COMMUNITY CINEMA: Built fast and cleaner than ever, America’s new generation of cars is the subject of Chris Paine’s 2011 documentary, Revenge of the

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Electric Car. Rutland Free Library, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 773-1860. ‘STRENGTH OF THE STORM’: Directed by Rob Koier and produced by the Vermont Workers’ Center, this local documentary shows how mobile-home-park residents came together after their lives were upended by Tropical Storm Irene. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 748-2600. ‘THE CONFORMIST’: A young Italian man working for Mussolini is instructed to off his former professor in Bernardo Bertolucci’s 1970 drama. Roger H. Perry Hall, Champlain College, Burlington, 5:45-9 p.m. Free. Info, 860-2700. ‘THE DESCENDANTS’: George Clooney plays a man who finds out his wife — now in a coma — has been cheating on him in Alexander Payne’s 2011 Oscar winner. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 1:30 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. $4-7. Info, 748-2600. WOMEN’S FILM FESTIVAL: Documentaries and dramas share compelling stories about females over the course of this March screen attraction. Latchis Theater and New England Youth Theater, Brattleboro, 6:30 p.m. $7-8 per film; $30-35 per five shows; $100 unlimited entry; visit womensfilmfestival.org for details. Info, 828-5597.

food & drink

FUNDRAISING DINNER: Crêpe eaters get their fill; 10 percent of the proceeds support the Vermont Community Garden Network. The Skinny Pancake, Montpelier, 5:30 p.m. Cost of food and drink; donations accepted. Info, 861-4769.

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health & fitness

DISCOVERING YOUR INNER STABILITY: Can’t find your core? Instructor Robert Rex integrates Kundalini yoga, tai chi, Rolfing Movement Integration and more in exercises designed to stabilize the spine, strengthen muscles and maintain flexibility. Healthy Living, South Burlington, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 863-2569, ext. 1.

Into the Airwaves The static of tuning a radio dial fades out, and Abraham.In.Motion dancers drop to the floor in unison. New York City rising star Kyle Abraham’s punctuated street-style choreography molds to an ever-changing sonic backdrop of talk show call-ins, hip-hop and gospel songs. Sound is the catalyst for The Radio Show, but the Bessie Award-winning dance is really about the loss of communication, sparked by both the discontinuation of the FM station Abraham grew up listening to and his father’s Alzheimer’s diagnosis. The “choreography wriggles energy through the body, stretches it, suspends it, unleashes it,” writes Dance Magazine. Ride out the sound wave at Middlebury College.

GROWING STRONGER: Seniors increase their muscle power in training exercises for balance, flexibility and fortitude. Senior Citizen Center, Colchester, 1 p.m. Donations accepted; preregister. Info, 865-0360. TUNG TAI CHI CHUAN: Madeleine Piat-Landolt offers instruction in the principles and practice of this civil and martial art, with emphasis on its benefits to wellbeing. McClure MultiGenerational Center, Burlington, 5:30-7 p.m. $15. Info, 453-3690.

kids

BABY TIME: Crawling tots and their parents convene for playtime and sharing. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 10:30 a.m.-noon. Free; preregister. Info, 658-3659. CHESS CLUB: King defenders practice castling and various opening gambits with volunteer Robert Nichols. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

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It opens with a séance, which segues into a funeral scene. Soon enough, Hahn-Bin is returning from the dead in a fog-filled room, resplendent in theatrical makeup and his signature sculpted black mohawk. To say the South Korean-born violin virtuoso — protégé of Juilliard’s Itzhak Perlman — has a flair for the dramatic is putting it mildly. This staged resurrection, HAHN-BIN part of his avant-pop opus Till Friday, March 16, 8 p.m., at Paramount Dawn Sunday, takes listeners Theatre in Rutland. $10-15. Info, 775-0903. from Young Frankenstein’s paramountvt.org Transylvanian Lullaby to SaintSaëns’ Danse Macabre to Harold Arlen’s Somewhere Over the Rainbow. Guess the guy wasn’t kidding when he described himself as the “Viagra to classical music.”

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IMPROV NIGHT: Fun-loving participants play “Whose Line Is It Anyway?”-style games in an encouraging environment. Spark Arts, Burlington, 8-10 p.m. $5 suggested donation. Info, 373-4703.

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Put up your fists; if the title of their sophomore album is any indication, the Sweetback Sisters are Looking for a Fight. Fronted by Emily Miller and Zara Bode, the band is as likely to zing listeners with golden-era country THE SWEETBACK SISTERS Friday, March 16, 8 p.m., at Vergennes as earnest yodeling. Opera House. $15-20. Info, 877-6737. Roll with the punches as the sextet causes a rootin’-tootin’ riot with original and cover songs sticking to the traditional country-swing themes of heartache, love and loss. The inspiration may be retro, but the honky-tonk piano and twangy ensemble vocals come straight out of hipster Brooklyn. These hit makers take over the Vergennes Opera House on Friday.

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Dog Sled Story Time: Rug rats visit with a highly trained, sleigh-pulling pup, owned by Barbara Van Drimmelen, on the library lawn. Jericho Town Library, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 899-4686. Enosburg Playgroup: Children and their adult caregivers immerse themselves in singing activities and more. American Legion, Enosburg Falls, 10-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426. Fairfield Playgroup: Youngsters entertain themselves with creative activities and snack time. Bent Northrop Memorial Library, Fairfield, 10-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426. Highgate Story Hour: Good listeners giggle and wiggle to age-appropriate lit. Highgate Public Library, 11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Free. Info, 868-3970. Kids in the Kitchen: Would-be chefs have a ball whipping up lasagna roll-ups. Healthy Living, South Burlington, 3:30-4:30 p.m. $20 per child; free for an accompanying adult; preregister. Info, 863-2569, ext. 1. Lego Club: Children connect colorful blocks to create masterful structures of their own design. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 3-3:45 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 878-4918. Middle School Book Group: Passionate readers recount their favorite works. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7216. Middlebury Babies & Toddlers Story Hour: Children develop early-literacy skills through stories, rhymes and songs. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 10:30-11:15 a.m. Free. Info, 388-4097. Montgomery Story Hour: Good listeners are rewarded with an earful of tales and a mouthful of snacks. Montgomery Town Library, 9:30-10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426. Moving & Grooving With Christine: Two- to 5-year-olds jam out to rock-and-roll and world-beat tunes. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 11-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216. Pajama Story Time: Evening tales send kiddos off to bed. Berkshire Elementary School, 6-7 p.m. Free. Info, 527-5426. Preschool Discovery Program: Three- to 5-yearolds take to the outdoors while learning how to tap a tree. North Branch Nature Center, Montpelier, 10-11:30 a.m. $5. Info, 229-6206.

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Preschool Story Time: Tots ages 3 to 5 read picture books, play with puppets and do math activities. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 10-10:45 a.m. Free. Info, 878-6956. Read to a Dog: Bookworms share words with Rainbow, a friendly Newfoundland and registered therapy pooch. Fairfax Community Library, 3:30-5:30 p.m. Free; preregister for a 15-minute time slot. Info, 849-2420. Young Writers Workshop: Wordsmiths master the craft through fun prompts. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 388-4097.

language

Italian Conversation Group: Parla Italiano? A native speaker leads a language practice for all ages and abilities. Room 101, St. Edmund’s Hall, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 899-3869.

music

Farmers Night Concert Series: Continuing a series of winter entertainment begun in 1923, Northern Bronze and the Barre-Tones offer handbell arrangements and barbershop quartets in “Bells and Belles.” Vermont Statehouse, Montpelier, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 800-322-5616, aclarkson@leg.state.vt.us. Valley Night: Phineas Gage grace the lounge with folk-gospel grassicana. Big Picture Theater & Café, Waitsfield, 6 p.m. $5 suggested donation. Info, 496-8994.

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6-8 p.m. $15-18; preregister. Info, 224-7100, info@ vtherbcenter.org.

goals in an encouraging environment. Best Western Waterbury-Stowe, 4-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 244-7822.

Creating a Financial Future: Folks with basic money management under control learn about longterm savings and investing. Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 860-1417, ext. 114.

Networking Social: Accredited financial professionals swap business cards at this gathering with light fare and prizes hosted by the Vermont chapter of the Society of Financial Service Professionals. bevo catering, Colchester, 5-7 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 660-9639, exec@vtfinancialpro.org.

Pannier-Making Workshop: Do-it-yourselfers fashion bicycle carriers from backpacks, buckets, bungee cords, and some nuts and bolts. FreeRide Bike Co-op, Montpelier, 6:30-8 p.m. $5 donation; preregister. Info, 552-3521, freeridemp@riseup.net. Spend Smart: Those who struggle to save learn savvy skills for managing money. Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity, Burlington, 10 a.m.noon. Free. Info, 860-1417, ext. 114. Tropical Storm Irene Financial Planning & Educational Workshop: Residents of Waterbury, Richmond, Bolton, Duxbury, Moretown and Middlesex learn about accessing additional funding and dealing with financial issues. St. Leo’s Hall, Waterbury, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 855-767-8800.

talks

Conversations Series: Robotics & Humanity: Moderator Fran Stoddard explores technology, spirit and art with Joshua Bongard, UVM assistant professor of computer science, and Robert Geraci, Manhattan College assistant professor of religious studies. All Souls Interfaith Gathering, Shelburne, 4-5 p.m. Free. Info, 985-3346, ext. 3368. David Sobel: The environmental education author turns the topic to “Place-Based Education: Making School More Like a Farmers Market.” Twilight Auditorium, Middlebury College, 4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 443-5013. Vermont’s Energy Future: James Howard Kunstler, author of The Geography of Nowhere: The Rise and Decline of America’s Manmade Landscape and other books, envisions “The End of Cheap Energy.” Silver Maple Ballroom, Davis Center, UVM, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 656-4389. ‘We the People, Not We the Corporations’: Speakers David Cobb, Virginia Lyons and Jerry Greenfield weigh in on corporate personhood in this Green Mountain Global Forum event. Big Picture Theater & Café, Waitsfield, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 498-3606 or 496-6659, mkeough@madriver.com.

theater

‘Red’: In 1958 New York, abstract expressionist Mark Rothko works on a series of murals for the Four Seasons in Northern Stage’s dramatic play about artistic integrity. Briggs Opera House, White River Junction, 7:30 p.m. $10-60. Info, 296-7000. ‘Shirley Valentine’: A faraway vacation gives one middle-aged housewife the kick-start her suburban life needs in this Vermont Stage Company productions. FlynnSpace, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $10-32.50. Info, 863-5966. The Metropolitan Opera: Live in HD: Angela Meade stars in a broadcast screening of Verdi’s Ernani. Palace 9 Cinemas, South Burlington, 6:30 p.m. $18-24. Info, 660-9300.

words

Book Discussion Series: ‘Charles Dickens, 18122012’: Readers review David Copperfield and Jane Smiley’s short biography of the Victorian novelist to commemorate the bicentennial of his birth. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211. ‘The Hunger Games’ Book Discussion: Teens and adults refresh their memories about the popular Suzanne Collins dystopian novel before it hits the big screen. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955.

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agriculture

Button-Up Workshop: Vermonters learn to lock in heat and lower fuel costs through simple home improvements. Davis Center, UVM, Burlington, 2-4 p.m. Free. Info, 238-2123.

Lunch and Learn: Todd Fisher briefs gardeners about extending the growing season by weeks. Gardener’s Supply, Williston, noon-12:45 p.m. Free. Info, 658-2433.

Community Herbalism Class: Clinical herbalist Shona MacDougall identifies immune-boosting herbs, foods and supplements for both kids and parents. Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism, Montpelier,

business

Mastermind Group Meeting: Big dreamers build a supportive network as they try to realize business

community

Remembering Irene: Storm survivors share their stories over coffee, tea and cookies. Kids get their own activity table. Crazy Russian Girls Wholesale Bakery, Bennington, 5 p.m. Free. Info, 518-225-3170. Shelburne Road Corridor Study Public Meeting: Attendees assist in the development of short- and long-term recommendations for addressing transportation issues on this main thoroughfare. South Burlington City Offices, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 865-1794. Thursday Night Potlucks: My precious! Twentyand thirtysomethings discuss the spiritual and ethical implications of The Lord of the Rings film trilogy at an evening organized by Burlington’s First United Methodist Church and Ascension Lutheran Church. 25 Buell St., Burlington, 6-9 p.m. Free; bring a dish to share. Info, 881-3768, rachelstampul@gmail.com. Tropical Storm Irene Support Group: Berlin residents build community while sharing stories, learning coping methods and supporting neighbors. Berlin Elementary School, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 279-4670.

education

Windows on Waldorf: Adults catch up on the student curriculum and take a look at class projects. Orchard Valley Waldorf School, East Montpelier, 6:308:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 456-7400.

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Community Bike Shop Night: Steadfast cyclists keep their rides spinning and safe for year-round pedaling. FreeRide Bike Co-op, Montpelier, 6-8 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 552-3521. Create a Vision Board: Big dreamers focus their intentions and motivations in a workshop with life coach Marianne Mullen. Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 6-7:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 2238004, ext. 202, info@hungermountain.com. Feminine Spirit of the Living Earth: A new women’s learning group embarks on a metaphysical exploration through meditation, oneness and more. Rainbow Institute, Burlington, 5:30-7 p.m. Donations accepted; call ahead. Info, 671-4569. Tax Assistance: Tax counselors straighten up financial affairs for low- and middle-income taxpayers, with special attention to those 60 and over. Call ahead for an appointment. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 9:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955.

fairs & festivals

Burlington Irish Heritage Festival: See WED.14, 7 p.m.

film

‘Addiction Incorporated’: See WED.14, 5:30 p.m. ‘American Teacher’: Matt Damon narrates Vanessa Roth and Brian McGinn’s 2011 documentary about the lives of four teachers living and working in disparate urban and rural areas of the country. Producer Nínive Calegari hosts the screening. Dana Auditorium, Sunderland Language Center, Middlebury College, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 443-5013. Food for Thought Film Series: Foodie film buffs screen How to Cook Your Life, Doris Dörrie’s 2007 documentary about Zen chef Edward Espe Brown’s take on gastronomy and spirituality. Thatcher Brook Primary School, Waterbury, 7 p.m. Donations accepted. ‘Seabrook 1977’: Robbie Leppzer and Phyllis Joffe’s documentary chronicles the New Hampshire civil disobedience protest — an attempt to block construction of a nuclear power plant — that landed more than 1000 people in jail. Vermont Workers’ Center, Burlington, 6-9 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 919-819-3875.

‘The Art of the Steal’: Don Argott’s 2009 documentary suggests that the in-plain-sight relocation of Albert C. Barnes’ multibillion-dollar collection could be the hugest art heist of the century. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 748-2600. ‘The Descendants’: See WED.14, 7:30 p.m. ‘Thrive: What On Earth Will It Take?’: Steve Gagné and Kimberly Carter Gamble’s 2011 documentary reveals a global pattern of consolidation of power, and offers solutions for reclaiming our lives. Merrill’s Roxy Cinemas, Burlington, 7-9:30 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 864-4742. UVM Film Series: Girl power! A lineup of flicks celebrates the role of female directors. Next up: Jane Campion’s An Angel at My Table. Fleming Museum, UVM, Burlington, prefilm lecture, 6 p.m.; screening, 6:45 p.m. $4-10. Info, 656-4455. ‘Winter’: The Ski Channel’s inspiring documentary about skiing and mountain sports includes interviews with world-class athletes, including the late Sarah Burke. Proceeds from this screening and the related auction support a foundation in honor of the skier’s legacy. See calendar spotlight. Savoy Theater, Montpelier, 8:30 p.m. $10. Info, 225-6320, montpelier. winter@gmail.com. Women’s Film Festival: See WED.14, 6:30 p.m.

food & drink

Annual Soup Supper: Savory soups and salads wouldn’t be complete without dessert at this benefit for the Sara Holbrook Community Center. Miller Community and Recreation Center, Burlington, 5:30-8 p.m. $30; free for children under 14 with an adult; preregister. Info, 862-6342, jkounta@saraholbrookcc.org.

games

Chess Group: Novice and expert players compete against real humans, not computers. Faith United Methodist Church, South Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $2. Info, 324-1143.

health & fitness

Integrative Health Care Lecture Series & Neuroscience Grand Rounds: Vitaly Napadow, assistant professor at the Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, explores “Neuroimaging Potential Brain Mechanisms for Acupuncture: From Carpal Tunnel Syndrome to Fibromyalgia.” Davis Auditorium, Medical Education Center Pavilion, Fletcher Allen Health Care, Burlington, coffee and light breakfast, 9 a.m.; lecture, 9:30-10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 862-2333. Luxuriously Healthy Hair: Lather, rinse and repeaters learn simple recipes for luscious locks using basic ingredients such as olive oil, apple-cider vinegar, herbs and essential oils. City Market, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. $10-12; preregister. Info, 861-9700.

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Early-Literacy Story Time: Weekly themes educate preschoolers and younger children on basic reading concepts. Westford Public Library, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 878-5639, westford_pl@vals.state.vt.us. Fletcher Playgroup: Little ones make use of the open gym before snack time. Fletcher Elementary School, Cambridge, 9-10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426. Franklin Story Hour: Lovers of the written word perk up for read-aloud tales and adventures with lyrics. Haston Library, Franklin, 10-10:45 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426. Kids in the Kitchen: Small culinarians make a lemon-infused syrup to drizzle over shaved ice — a clever breaking of the standard “Don’t eat the yellow snow!” rule. Healthy Living, South Burlington, 3:304:30 p.m. $20 per child; free for an accompanying adult; preregister. Info, 863-2569, ext. 1. Middlebury Preschoolers Story Hour: Tiny ones become strong readers through activities with tales, songs and rhymes. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 10:30-11:15 a.m. Free. Info, 388-4097. Music With Raphael: Preschoolers up to age 5 bust out song and dance moves to traditional and original folk music. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

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Hammerstein classic. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $25-65. Info, 863-5966.

st. Patrick’s Day craft: Why stop at finding the pot o’ gold? Clever kids fashion a leprechaun trap. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 3 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 878-4918.

‘the official Blues Brothers revue’: Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi’s widow handpicked blues artists Wayne Catania and Kieron Lafferty to star in this live concert show fusing music, comedic antics and character quirks. Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center, Stowe Mountain Resort, 7 p.m. $36. Info, 760-4634.

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lewis franco anD the missing cats: Music lovers tune in for mostly original blends of gypsy, jive, bebop, Dixieland, blues and ballads. Stearns Performance Space, Johnson State College, 9 p.m. Free. Info, 635-1476. noontime concert series: Clarinetist John Klimenok entertains the lunch crowd. First Baptist Church, Burlington, 12:15-12:45 p.m. Free. Info, 864-6515.

vermont’s 40th army BanD: Bandmaster chief warrant officer David A. Myers conducts the patriotic ensemble in compositions from Johann Strauss, Clare Grundman and John Williams. Alexander Twilight Theatre, Lyndon State College, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 626-6200.

howarD frank mosher: The Northeast Kingdom author introduces his lively new memoir The Great Northern Express, which charts his three-month, 20,000-mile journey through America. Memorial Hall, Essex, 7 p.m. $5 cover charge will be credited toward a book purchase. Info, 872-7111.

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tele thursDays: It’s all downhill as folks try out free-heel skiing with the crew from Eastern Mountain Sports. Bolton Valley Resort, 5-8 p.m. Regular liftticket prices apply; reservations suggested to reserve demo equipment. Info, 877-926-5866.

talks

BookeD for lunch: Thea Lewis, Queen City Ghost Walk guide and author of Haunted Burlington: Spirits of Vermont’s Queen City, speaks about the supernatural. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 863-3403. BraD van liew: The sailor shares “Lessons From the Savage Seas,” which he learned on three solo races around the world. Film House, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 7 p.m. $20. Info, 658-3023.

monkton community Pechakucha night: Locals chitchat about everything from local history to composting in narrative presentations of 20 slides, each projected for 20 seconds. Monkton Fire Station, 6:30-9 p.m. $5 suggested donation. Info, 453-6067, monkton.talk@gmail.com.

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McCardell Bicentennial Hall (Off of Route 125) Middlebury College — Middlebury, VT

• Finding the Right Solution • History of Land Use and Water Quality in Vermont • The Future of Agriculture in Vermont

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starting over strong vermont: storytelling circle: Neighbors share their Tropical Storm Irene stories with those who can relate. Twin Valley High School, Wilmington, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 855-767-8800.

dance

Ballroom lesson & Dance social: Singles and couples of all levels of experience take a twirl. Jazzercize Studio, Williston, lesson, 7-8 p.m.; open dancing, 8-10 p.m. $14. Info, 862-2269. Dance tramP’s Dance showing: Paul Besaw, Julie Peoples-Clark, Dave Clark, Selene Colburn and Chong-Ho Kim offer an informal look at Clare Byrne’s work-in-progress choreography. Besaw also debuts his new solo work Fish Is Fish. Mann Hall Gymnasium, UVM Trinity Campus, Burlington, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, poor.sister.clare@gmail.com. english country Dance: Those keen on Jane Austen’s favorite pastime make rural rounds to music by Impropriety. Elley-Long Music Center, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 7-9:30 p.m. $5-8; $1 extra for first half hour for experienced dancers; bring finger food to share. Info, 879-7618, mdkent@comcast.net.

theater

what the cat DraggeD in: BeDrazzleD!: DJ Square-Hip spins the beats and the Goodwives and others perform at this drag-ball benefit for the Freeride Bicycle Collective. Plainfield Community Center, 7 p.m. $7 suggested donation. Info, 552-3521.

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education

Discover walDorf early eDucation: Children play while adults hear about the objectives of the nursery, preschool and kindergarten programs. Held simultaneously at Child’s Garden and Orchard Valley

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‘the raDio show’: Soul, hip-hop and classical compositions fuel dancer/choreographer Kyle Abraham’s abstract narrative about the loss of communication. See calendar spotlight. Dance Theatre, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 8 p.m. $6-25. Info, 443-6433.

‘south Pacific’: A World War II nurse tries to wash a man right outta her hair — to no avail — in the Broadway National Tour of this Rodgers &

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through the warDroBe: Rev. Alex Cameron leads a seven-week exploration of belief, salvation and personal growth focusing on C.S. Lewis’ The Chronicles of Narnia. Room 111, Lafayette Hall, UVM, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 448-0405.

women who write aBout Dance: a Panel Discussion: Kathryn Levy, Toni Bentley and Deborah Jowitt dissect their craft in a compelling conversation. Davis Family Library, Harmon Periodical Reading Room, Middlebury College, 4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 443-3168.

‘shirley valentine’: See WED.14, 7:30 p.m.

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Queen city tango milonga: Warm-ups and skill building for all levels lead into open dancing in the Argentine tradition. No partner needed; wear clean, soft-soled shoes. North End Studios, Burlington, 7-10:30 p.m. $7. Info, 877-6648.

‘reD’: See WED.14, 7:30 p.m.

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lisa alther: The part-time Vermonter reads from her new novel Washed in the Blood, which portrays the early history of the southern Appalachians. Flying Pig Bookstore, Shelburne, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 985-3999.

‘we the PeoPle, not we the corPorations’: See WED.14, Ira Allen Chapel, UVM, Burlington, free Ben & Jerry’s ice cream, 6 p.m.; talk, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 4983606 or 496-6659, mkeough@madriver.com.

‘a man for all seasons’: Sir Thomas More refuses King Henry VIII’s demand for a divorce in this dramatic play with period costumes and a dessert buffet. Randolph Union High School, 7:30 p.m. $4-7. Info, 728-3397.

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richarD czaPlinski: Drawing on 30 years of personal experience, this Transition Town Montpelier speaker explores “Simple Living and Energy Conservation: What We Can Do as Individuals; What We Must Do Collectively.” Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

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DaviD s. colville: The Mayo Clinic physician addresses “Cancer and Cardiovascular Troubles: Ways to Dodge These Bad Cs.” Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955.

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st. Patrick’s Day concert: Green-clad crowds tune in for vocal and instrumental Celtic music. Alexander Twilight Theatre, Lyndon State College, Lyndonville, noon. Free. Info, 626-6200.

keys to creDit: A class clears up the confusing world of credit. 294 North Winooski Ave., Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 860-1417, ext. 114.

Celebrate with an El Gato Kiwi Margarita!

‘the summer in gossensass’: Directed and acted by Middlebury seniors, Maria Irene Fornés’ play-within-a-play, set in 1891 London, portrays the passions of people in theater. Hepburn Zoo, Hepburn Hall, Middlebury College, 8 p.m. $4. Info, 443-3168.

Book Discussion series: ‘futures: utoPia anD aPocalyPse’: Readers explore 19th- and 20th-century visions of the future, focusing on Kurt Vonnegut’s Galápagos. Morristown Centennial Library, Morrisville, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 888-3183.

seminars

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Africa Night: Dinner, education and entertainment collide at a family-friendly fundraiser supporting continued development in South Sudan. After supper, a presentation illuminates examples of resilience, responsibility and hope in the landlocked country. Jeh Kulu Dance and Drum Theater wrap things up. St. James Episcopal Church, Essex, 6-8:30 p.m. Donations accepted; preregister. Info, 238-2677, africanight2012@aol.com.

fairs & festivals

Burlington Irish Heritage Festival: See WED.14, noon-1 p.m.

Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures and obstacles await intrepid XP earners. Cabot Public Library, 3-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 563-2721.

health & fitness

Gentle Yoga: Seniors participate in a mostly seated program presented by Champlain Valley Agency on Aging’s AmeriCorps member Jen Manosh. Huntington Public Library, 1-2 p.m. Donations accepted; preregister. Info, 865-0360, ext. 1058, jmanosh@cvaa.org.

kids

Community Playgroup: Kiddos convene for fun via crafts, circle time and snacks. Health Room, Bellows Free Academy, Fairfax, 9-10:30 a.m. Free. Info,

Sculpture Science: School-age kids construct an elaborate marble run with local artist Brian Slavin. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 10:30 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 388-4097. Swanton Playgroup: Kids and caregivers squeeze in quality time over imaginative play and snacks. Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, Swanton, 10-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426. Toddler Yoga & Stories: Tykes up to age 5 stretch it out in simple exercise and reading activities. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 10:15 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 878-4918. Wii-tastic!: Visual learners test out the video game console. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 3-4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6956.

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‘Cowboys & Aliens’: Extraterrestrials park their spaceship in the Old West in Jon Favreau’s sci-fi thriller, which stars Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford as the cowboys who just won’t have it. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955. Green Mountain Film Festival: This 15th annual cinematic showcase boasts more than 157 events — from screenings to special guests to the popular Green Mountain 48-Hour Film Slam — across four venues. See greenmountainfilmfestival.org for details. Various locations, Montpelier, 4-10 p.m. Various prices. Info, 262 3423. Macho Midnight Movies: A series exploring the portrayal of men onscreen presents Mark L. Lester’s Commando, a 1985 Schwarzenegger action thriller in which a retired special agent gets back in the game to recover his kidnapped daughter. BCA Center, Burlington, midnight. Donations accepted. Info, 865-7166.

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Montgomery Clift Film Screenings: Just before the premiere of Icon, local playwright Seth Jarvis’ drama about a one-time Hollywood golden boy, folks screen a trio of classic Clift films: From Here to Eternity on Friday evening, I Confess on Saturday afternoon and A Place in the Sun on Saturday evening. Off Center for the Dramatic Arts, Burlington, 8 p.m. $5. Info, 660-5545. Rendez-Vous With French Cinema: Select films — 17 Girls, The Last Screening, Moon Child, Pater, The Screen Illusion, Smugglers’ Songs and The Well Digger’s Daughter — grace the big screen in conjunction with the continent’s largest showcase for the best in contemporary French film. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 5:30 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. $4-7. Info, 748-2600.

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Fish Fry: Bigger fish to fry? Take a break for this edible affair hosted by the Winooski Firefighters Association. Winooski Fire Department, 5-8 p.m. $810; call for takeout. Info, 655-6420. Lenten Fish Dinner: Families dine on food from the sea — plus soup, salad, mac and cheese, and dessert — at this fundraiser for the school. Central Vermont Catholic School, Barre, 5-6:30 p.m. $6-10; $29 per family of four; free for kids under 4. Info, 793-4276, pte1218@aol.com.

Casino Night: Creative attire is encouraged as charitable gamers try their luck at the 35th annual fundraiser for the United Way of Lamoille County. Dibden Center for the Arts, Johnson State College, 8 p.m. $5-7. Info, 635-1478.

The Sweetback Sisters: Emily Miller and Zara Bode thread together country, swing and honky-tonk in songs about heartbreak. See calendar spotlight. Vergennes Opera House, 8 p.m. $15-20. Info, 877-6737, info@vergennesoperahouse.org.

Robert Resnik: The codirector of the Fletcher Free Library speaks about performing Irish music with Marty Morrissey. Faith United Methodist Church, South Burlington, 2 p.m. $5. Info, 864-3516. Valerie & Walt Kuentzel: As part of a lecture series on adventures, two speakers focus on the Island of Saints and Scholars in “Ireland: Then and Now.” Faith United Methodist Church, South Burlington, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 863-6764.

theater

‘A Man for All Seasons’: See THU.15, 7:30 p.m. Auditions for ‘Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street’: Thespians give voice to musical selections and interpret text for Stowe Theatre Guild’s upcoming production of Sondheim’s musical thriller, transported back in time to 1745. Callbacks will be held on March 20. Town Hall Theatre, Akeley Memorial Building, Stowe, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 253-3961, info@stowetheatre.com. ‘Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog’: The line between good versus evil gets blurry as a wannabe supervillian struggles to talk to his crush and defeat the obnoxious town superhero in this Vermont Teen Theatre adaptation of an online miniseries. Tunbridge Town Hall, 7 p.m. Donations accepted for Vermont Teen Theatre’s Tropical Storm Irene recovery efforts. Info, 728-3638. ‘Ground Hog Opry’: George Woodard, Al Boright, John Drury, Jim Pitman, Allen Church, Nancy MacDowell, Carrie Cook and Ramona Godfrey pool their talents for a live stage show centered on a fictitious radio station, WSMM (Well Shut My Mouth). Chandler Music Hall, Randolph, 7:30 p.m. $10. Info, 728-6464. ‘Red’: See WED.14, 7 p.m. ‘Shirley Valentine’: See WED.14, 7:30 p.m.

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All-You-Can-Eat Fish Fry: Diners fill up on fried or baked haddock, French fries, coleslaw and dessert. St. Ambrose Parish, Bristol, 5-7 p.m. $5-12; $35 for family of five. Info, 453-2488.

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For some kids, getting messy is a motivation to do art. For parents, it’s the reason those kids are banished to the basement to “create.” With the monthly MAJOR MESS program, a weekend class that lets kids indulge in disorder without tracking paint through the house, Purple Crayon Productions in Woodstock pleases tots and parents alike. Each class features seasonal themes — this month it’s St. Patrick’s Day and Easter. A variety of materials and media are explored in a flexible environment suitable for all ages. Sessions feature tactile elements such as MAJOR MESS: Saturday, March 17, Purple Crayon shaving cream, water Productions, Woodstock, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. $10. or mud. Info, 457-3500, purplecrayonproductions.org.

food & drink

Feast Against Famine: Tom Messner and Scott Delaire host an Irish sup of corned beef and cabbage, with traditional music and a silent auction, benefiting the Chittenden Emergency Food Shelf. Doubletree Hotel, South Burlington, 5:30-9 p.m. $100 Calcutta tickets. Info, 863-2037 or 658-7939, ext. 23.

Let’s Not Forget About Irene Benefit Concert: Dave Keller, Sara Grace and Paul Asbell each play solo acoustic sets. Proceeds go to the Central Vermont Community Action Council to support Tropical Storm Irene-affected families. Auditorium, U-32 High School, Montpelier, 6:30 p.m. Info, 229-0321, ext. 2242.

Ann Armbrecht: In “Tracking Spirit: A Pilgrimage to the Himalayas and Home,” the anthropologist notes how paying attention to the spirit guides the cultures of herbal medicine and sustainability. Unitarian Church, Montpelier, 7-8:30 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 229-6206.

Messing Around

Women’s Film Festival: See WED.14, 6:30 p.m.

Hahn-Bin: The Seoul-born violin virtuoso with the mohawk fuses classical music with pop performance art. See calendar spotlight. Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 8 p.m. $10-15. Info, 775-0903.

talks

film

‘Bullhead’: Michael R. Roskam’s Dutch crime drama involves a shady beef-trading deal with unexpected consequences. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 5:30 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. $4-7. Info, 748-2600.

in a celebration of Celtic music. Brown Dog Books & Gifts, Hinesburg, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 482-5189.

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527-5426. Dungeons & Dragons: Imaginative XP earners in grades 6 and up exercise their problem-solving skills in battles and adventures. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955. Enosburg Falls Story Hour: Young ones show up for fables and occasional field trips. Enosburg Public Library, 9-10 a.m. Free. Info, 933-2328. Kids Night Out: Games, science experiments, snacks and a movie keep youngsters from missing their parents too much. C.P. Smith Elementary, Burlington, 6-9 p.m. $15; preregister. Info, 864-0123. Middle School Book Group: Page turners chat about favorite works of lit. Lyman C. Hunt Middle School, Burlington, 3-4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7216. Montgomery Tumble Time: Physical-fitness activities help build strong muscles. Montgomery Elementary School, 10-11 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426.

Young Adult Series: Teens and tweens ages 10 to 17 get busy with crafts, movies and food in a hardcover hangout. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 6-9 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

music

François Clemmons & Friends: St. Patrick’s Day Concert: Green-clad folks sing along to lively Irish tunes by an esteemed tenor and a parade of guest artists. Concert Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 8 p.m. Free. Info, 443-6433.

‘Southern Hospitality’: Four riotous sisters must save their Texas hometown in this tale of hilarious shenanigans presented by the South Hero Players. Proceeds benefit Camp Ta-Kum-Ta. Folsom School, South Hero, 7:30 p.m. $6-12. Info, 343-5686. ‘The Comedy of Errors’: Comedic chaos runs rampant as two sets of twins separated at birth wander the same city, leaving a wake of mistaken identities, in this Shakespeare in the Hills farce. Haybarn Theater, Goddard College, Plainfield, 7:30 p.m. $6-16. Info, 229-4191. ‘The Summer in Gossensass’: See THU.15, 8 p.m. & 10:30 p.m.

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Brown Bag Book Club: Readers gab about Nancy Horan’s Loving Frank at lunch time. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 12:30-1:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

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agriculture

Tree Pruning: Gardeners bring their own shears and practice trimming outside with John Snell, cochair of the Montpelier Tree Board. Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 1-2:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 223-8004, ext. 202, info@hungermountain.com.

comedy

Nathan Brady Crain, Autumn Engroff & Colin Ryan: Three Vermont jokesters tickle funny bones with PG-13 material. Chandler Gallery, Randolph, 7:30 p.m. $9-11; cash bar. Info, 728-6464.

community

Senior Lunch Bunch: The 50-plus crowd sits down to a St. Patty’s Day meal of corned beef and cabbage. Windjammer Restaurant, South Burlington, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. $25; preregister; pick-up transporation available. Info, 864-0123.

dance

African Juba Dance Class: Experienced native dancer Chimie Bangoura demonstrates authentic Guinean moves for getting in shape. Shelburne Health & Fitness, 11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m. $12. Info, 3779721, chimieband@gmail.com. Capital City Contra Dance: Steppers move their feet to tunes by Dave Langford and Colin McCaffrey, and calling by Adina Gordon. Wear clean, soft-soled shoes. Capital City Grange, Montpelier, 8 p.m. $8. Info, 744-6163. ‘Chi-Town’: Urban Dance Complex members reinterpret the musical Chicago. Higher Ground Ballroom, South Burlington, 2:30 p.m., 5:30 p.m., 8:30 p.m. $14-17. Info, 652-0777. Pop-Up! A Queer Dance Party: DJs Llu and Knowlton preside over a St. Patty’s Day social celebrating queer culture. Old Labor Hall, Barre, 9 p.m. $5. Info, 999-5555. ‘The Radio Show’: See FRI.16, 8 p.m.

education

College Pathways: University-bound high school sophomores and juniors, and their parents, wise up on admission essays, student budgets, strategies for the SAT and ACT, financial aid, and more in a daylong workshop hosted by VSAC. St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 9 a.m.-2:45 p.m. Free. Info, 888-943-7301, info@vsac.org.

Dinner, Dance & Auction: Mount Mansfield Unitarian Universalist Fellowship hosts an evening of deejayed music, dance-floor action, and a live and silent auction. Grange Hall, Essex, 6-11 p.m. $20. Info, 881-8075.

Montgomery Clift Film Screenings: See FRI.16, 2 p.m. & 8 p.m. ‘Monty Python and the Holy Grail’: Just before the Broadway National Tour of Spamalot comes to the theater, audiences screen the madcap 1974 comedy that inspired it. Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 7 p.m. $4-6. Info, 775-0903. Rendez-Vous With French Cinema: See FRI.16, 5:30 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. ‘Thin Ice’: An insurance agent attempts to bamboozle a retired farmer out of a rare violin in Jill Sprecher’s 2011 crime comedy. Producer and 1987 Midd grad Andrew Peterson takes questions after the screening. Dana Auditorium, Sunderland Language Center, Middlebury College, 3 p.m. & 8 p.m. Free. Info, 443-3168. Women’s Film Festival: See WED.14, noon. Woodstock Film Festival: Winter Series: After a long absence, a professor finds illegal immigrants living in his New York City apartment in 2007’s The Visitor. Billings Farm & Museum, Woodstock, 3 p.m. $4-10. Info, 457-2355.

food & drink

Burlington Winter Farmers Market: More than 50 local farmers, artisans and producers offer fresh and prepared foods, crafts, and more in a bustling indoor marketplace with live music, lunch seating and face painting. Memorial Auditorium, Burlington, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 310-5172, info@burlingtonfarmersmarket.org. Capital City Winter Farmers Market: Root veggies, honey, maple syrup and more change hands at an off-season celebration of locally grown food. Gymnasium, Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 223-2958, manager@montpelierfarmersmarket.com. Celebrating Vermont’s Maple-Sugaring Season Through Chocolate: Sap fans sample the sticky sweet in Vermont-made chocolates. Lake Champlain Chocolates, Burlington, noon-4 p.m. Free. Info, 264-2146. From Sap to Syrup: Farmers-market visitors taste Vermont’s liquid gold as it is straight from the tree, then blend up some bike-powered maple smoothies. Memorial Auditorium, Burlington, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 861-9700. St. Patrick’s Day Cider Pairing Dinner: Four courses of traditional Irish offerings and Southern comfort food are each served with a hard cider from Vermont or the U.K. Proceeds benefit the Pride Vermont Festival. Cider House BBQ and Pub, Waterbury, 6 p.m. $55; $100 per couple; preregister. Info, 244-6828. Sugar-on-Snow Party: Hardened maple-syrup edibles usher in spring. Palmer’s Sugarhouse, Shelburne, noon-4 p.m. Free. Info, 985-5054. Vegetarian Eating for Beginners: Legumes are the topic du jour at Vicki and Rosalyn Moore’s educational workshop about preparing meat-free meals from inexpensive whole foods. St. Johnsbury Food Co-op, 10 a.m. $10. Info, 748-2655.

Spring Social: Farmers and gardeners grow excited about planting time through workshops, tours of the trial gardens, a potluck dinner and more. High Mowing Organic Seeds, Wolcott, 3-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 472-6174, ext. 101.

Acro Yoga Montréal: Lori Mortimer leads participants in partner acrobatics with a yogic consciousness. Laughing River Yoga, Burlington, 1-3 p.m. $25; preregister. Info, 324-1737.

fairs & festivals

Burlington Irish Heritage Festival: See WED.14, 10 a.m.-10 p.m.

film

‘Bullhead’: See FRI.16, 5:30 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.

4-H Vet Science 1: UVM Pre-Vet Club members organize hands-on activities for teens ages 13 and up. Jeffords 120, University of Vermont, Burlington, 12-2 p.m. $10; preregister. Info, 656-5429, rosemarie. garritano@uvm.edu. Dog-Powered Fun: Musher Jean Coffey and her team of sled-pulling canines inspire a doggone good time. Shelburne Farms, 9:30-11:30 a.m. & 12:30-2:30 p.m. $10-12 per adult/child pair; $5-6 for each additional child; preregister. Info, 985-8686. Fairfax Tumble Time: Tots have free rein over the open gym. Bellows Free Academy, Fairfax, 10-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426. Green Mountain Children’s Celtic Festival: Little ones celebrate the luck o’ the Irish at this family-friendly affair of step dancing, highland games, a soda bread baking contest and a parade led by a bagpiper. Proceeds support the Green

The Cat in the Hat’s Birthday Party: Little ones wish the bow-tied feline and his friends, Thing One and Thing Two, well. Activities, prizes and photo ops follow. University Mall, South Burlington, 10 a.m.noon. Free. Info, 863-1066, ext. 11.

music

Burlington Ensemble: “Baroque, But Going” features Vermont sopranos Suzanne Kantorski-Merrill and Wendy Hoffman Farrell in Giovanni Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater and Salve Regina. Ninety percent of the proceeds benefit KidSafe Collaborative, Puppets in Education, COTS, the Stern Center for Language and Learning, the Vermont Children’s Trust Foundation and Mobius. College Street Congregational Church, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $5 minimum suggested donation. Info, 598-9520. Gao Hong & Intersection: A master of the pipa, a pear-shaped lute, and her ensemble offer crosscultural styles, from Western art music to traditional Chinese to ragtime. Concert Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 8 p.m. Free. Info, 443-6433. Jaclyn Falk, For the Kid in the Back, Julian Jaster, Mail Myself to Thoreau: Local and regional bands deliver uplifting folk-punk, sad songs, acoustic jams and bluegrass fusions. The ROTA Studio and Gallery, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 7-10 p.m. $3-5. Info, 518-314-9872. Lúnasa: Fiddles, flutes and bagpipes let music fly as the Celtic quintet delivers a St. Patrick’s Day tour de force. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 8 p.m. $15-40. Info, 863-5966. Reel It In: Upbeat jigs channel the green shores of Ireland, though this quartet is actually based in central Vermont. Big Picture Theater & Café, Waitsfield, 7:30 p.m. $5 suggested donation. Info, 496-8994. Shape-Note Singing: Vocalists match notes to solfège syllables under the guidance of Ian Smiley. Tulsi Tea Room, Montpelier, 6-8 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 229-4008, vtshapenotesingers@gmail. com. The Starline Rhythm Boys: Vermont’s “house band” doles out vintage country, honky-tonk and rockabilly. Vermont Arts Exchange at Sage Street Mill, North Bennington, 8 p.m. $18-22. Info, 442-5549.

Casting Call for ‘The Green Knight’: Kid Brother Pictures seeks screen stars for this coming-of-age film adapted from the 14th-century Arthurian poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Quarterstaff Games, Burlington, 3-7 p.m. and Performing Arts Center, Cabot School, 10-11 a.m. Free. Info, 888-9353 or 678-793-8716. ‘Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog’: See FRI.16, 7 p.m. ‘Red’: See WED.14, 7:30 p.m. ‘Shirley Valentine’: See WED.14, 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. ‘Southern Hospitality’: See FRI.16, 7:30 p.m. ‘The Comedy of Errors’: See FRI.16, 7:30 p.m. ‘The Summer in Gossensass’: See THU.15, 8 p.m. VPT Murder Mystery Weekend: An innocent cabaret act turns into the ultimate interactive whodunit staged by Champlain Theatre. Marriott Harbor Lounge, Burlington, 11:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m. $200 includes three meals; preregister. Info, 654-3664.

SUN.18 activism

General Assembly: Supporters of the Occupy movement network, do business and share food. First Unitarian Universalist Society, Burlington, 2-4 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 861-2316, occupyburlington@gmail.com.

agriculture

Learn to Seed Save: Gardeners come to this workshop with Anne Miller of the Vermont and New Hampshire Seed Savers Organization armed with seed packets and plot dimensions. Huntington Public Library, 1-2:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 434-4583, hpl@gmavt.net. Seed Swap: Growers donate or share non-GMO seeds for spring planting. Huntington Public Library, 2:303:30 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 434-4583.

bazaars

WOKO Flea Market: Feeling thrifty? Bargain hunters flock to a sale of collectibles, antiques, crafts and household goods. Champlain Valley Exposition, Essex Junction, 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m. $3; free for kids under 13. Info, 878-5545.

community

Zephyr: The Addison County folk quartet infuses acoustic music with bluegrass, blues, gospel and country influences. Proceeds support the new Compass Music and Arts Center. Brandon Music, 7-9 p.m. $15. Info, 465-4071.

Town Meeting: Sen. Bernie Sanders listens to community concerns about the economy, climate change, health care and national debt. Town Hall, Bristol, brunch, 10:30 a.m.; meeting, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 202-224-5141.

seminars

dance

Final Cut Pro Open Lab: Beginning, intermediate and advanced 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.

Contact Improvisation: Points of physical contact are the starting line for spur-of-the-moment movements. Contemporary Dance & Fitness Studio, Montpelier. $5-10 for 10 a.m.-11 a.m. class (includes jam); $3-5 for 11 a.m.-noon jam only. Info, 318-3927.

Genealogy Workshop: On St. Patrick’s Day, speaker Ed McGuire sheds light on “Irish Census Substitutes for the 19th Century.” Vermont Genealogy Library, Fort Ethan Allen, Colchester, 10:30 a.m.-noon. Donations accepted. Info, 238-5934.

Mostly Balkan Folk Dancing: Louise Brill and Larry Gordon organize people into choreographed patterns from around the world. No partner necessary. Burlington Dances, Chace Mill, 3-6 p.m. $6 donation. Info, 540-1020, dance@together.net.

Introduction to PowerPoint: Slide-show makers experiment with templates, text, charts, animation and more. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 10-11:30 a.m. $3 suggested donation; preregister. Info, 865-7217.

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VCAM Access Orientation: Video-production hounds get an overview of facilities, policies and procedures. VCAM Studio, Burlington, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 651-9692.

sport

Shred-a-Thon: Snowboarders collect donations from friends, family and community organizations for each round of riding in this benefit for Burton’s Chill Foundation. Smugglers’ Notch Resort, Jeffersonville, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. $75-100 minimum fundraising donation. Info, 652-3577.

Puggie Playdate: Wrinkly faced pups older than 16 weeks wag their curly tails and compete in an Irishthemed costume contest. Proceeds benefit Green Mountain Pug Rescue. Play Dog Play, Burlington, 1-3 p.m. $5 donation per pug. Info, 626-8280. Summer in March: Motorcycle enthusiasts come in warm-weather attire for the first barbecue of the season. The first 20 people get their bike washed and dried. Green Mountain Harley-Davidson, Essex Junction, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4778. Treasures From the Attic: Appraisers eye antiques and ephemera to determine their worth at this benefit for the art center’s capital campaign. Chaffee

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Cabot Maple Fest: Come on, get sappy! Folks start the day right with a pancake breakfast, followed by a craft fair, silent auction, kids activities, tunes by Cold Country Bluegrass, sugar-on-snow and more. Various locations, Cabot, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Various prices.

kids

Page Pals: Young readers thumb through books while hanging out with teen and tween volunteers. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 10 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 223-3338.

‘A Man for All Seasons’: See THU.15, 7:30 p.m. Auditions for ‘Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street’: See FRI.16, 2 p.m.

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health & fitness

Irish Tales: Storyteller Linda Costello spins St. Patrick’s Day fables. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 2-2:45 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6956.

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Mountain Performing Arts scholarship fund. Thatcher Brook Primary School, Waterbury, 1-4 p.m. $5. Info, 244-8600.

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fairs & festivals

Burlington Irish Heritage Festival: See WED.14, 1-3 p.m.

film

‘Bullhead’: See FRI.16, 1:30 p.m., 5:30 p.m., 7:30 p.m. Green Mountain Film Festival: See FRI.16, 10 a.m.-10 p.m. ‘Heroes of the Holocaust: Courage and Faith in Action’ Film Series: Anna Paquin plays a social worker who helps thousands of Jewish children escape the Nazis in John Kent Harrison’s 2009 biographical drama The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler. Fleming Museum, UVM, Burlington, 6:308:30 p.m. Free. Info, 656-0750, perb26@comcast.net. Rendez-Vous With French Cinema: See FRI.16, 1:30 p.m., 5:30 p.m., 7:30 p.m. ‘The Fireman’s Ball’: A big party in a small town goes hilariously wrong in Milos Forman’s 1967 Czech comedy. Film critic Rick Winston offers a prescreening talk. Chandler Gallery, Randolph, 7 p.m. $5-8. Info, 431-0204, outreach@chandler-arts.org. Women’s Film Festival: See WED.14, 12 p.m.

food & drink

Pancake Breakfast: Batter up! Stacks of flapjacks start the day. Grace United Methodist Church, Essex Junction, 8:30 a.m. & 10:45 a.m. Free. Info, 878-8071. Sugar-on-Snow Party: See SAT.17, 12-4 p.m. The Pennywise Pantry: On a tour of the store, shoppers create a custom template for keeping the kitchen stocked with affordable, nutritious eats. City Market, Burlington, 2-3 p.m. Free. Info, 861-9700. Vermont Ice Wine Festival: Drink connoisseurs sample the fruits of the labor of the state’s wineries and cideries, as well as artisan cheeses and specialty food items. Jay Peak Resort, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. $30. Info, 988-2611.

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Laughter 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. North End Studios, Burlington, 11:30 a.m. $10 suggested donation; preregistration by email no later than three hours before the class is appreciated. Info, 888-4803772, contact@essasky.com. Qi-ercises: Jeff Cochran hosts a session of qigongstyle exercises based in movement, breathing, healing and meditation. The ROTA Studio and Gallery, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 10:30-11:30 a.m. Info, 518-314-9872.

language

Dimanches: Novice and fluent French speakers brush up on their linguistics — en français. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 4-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 864-5088.

music

Capital City Concerts: Musica Camerata Montréal offer a weighty program of chamber music, including Brahms’ String Quartet no. 1; Chausson’s Concerto for Violin, Piano and String Quartet, Op. 21; and Prévost’s Mobiles for Flute, Violin, Viola and Cello. Unitarian Church, Montpelier, 3:30 p.m. $10-25. Info, 793-9291, info@capitalcityconcerts.org. Danú: Named after a Celtic goddess, this leading Irish ensemble takes audiences on a journey through their native country. Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center, Stowe Mountain Resort, 7 p.m. $29-36. Info, 760-4634. Lake Champlain Trombone Choir: University of Vermont students, alumni and friends bring on a brass attack. UVM Recital Hall, Burlington, 3-4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 656-7776. ‘Los Angeles Philharmonic Live: Gustavo Dudamel and Herbie Hancock Celebrate Gershwin’: In a prerecorded concert broadcast, the famous philharmonic performs some of the composer’s best-loved works, such as “An American in Paris” and “Rhapsody in Blue.” Palace 9 Cinemas, South Burlington, 5 p.m. Call for price. Info, 660-9300.

Middlebury College Orchestra: Conductor Andrew Massey leads the student ensemble through orchestral numbers. The winner of the Alan and Joyce Beucher Concerto Competition is featured. Concert Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 443-6433. Ole Hass & Ingrid Cowan: In “Saints, Sinners and Sweethearts,” the husband-and-wife tenor and mezzo-soprano offer an all-English vocal recital of works by Purcell, Gilbert and Sullivan, Barber and Bolcom, Britten, and Gershwin. Susan Ricci provides piano accompaniment. Alexander Twilight Theatre, Lyndon State College, Lyndonville, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 626-6200. Sarah Stickle: The Burlington-based folk singersongwriter plays in the café. Healthy Living, South Burlington, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 863-2569.

sport

Sled Dog Race: Sure-footed pups expend energy in sprint classes, skijoring, a relay race and a treasure hunt race. Spectators enjoy food, a silent auction and a “Human Sled Dog Race.” Proceeds benefit the conservation of the Lowell Mountains. Eden Dog Sledding, Eden Mills, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. $5 donation per car. Info, 635-9070, edenmtlodge@gmail.com. Women’s Pickup Soccer: Ladies of all ages and abilities break a sweat while passing around the spherical polyhedron. Miller Community and Recreation Center, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. $3. Info, 862-5091.

talks

Frank Bryan: The UVM professor offers a history lesson in the state’s early local-government traditions, including the “Mountain Rule.” Ethan Allen Homestead, Burlington, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 865-4556, info@ethanallenhomestead.org.

theater

‘Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog’: See FRI.16, noon. Play Reading & Dessert: Pendragon Theatre thespians give voice to Yasmina Reza’s God of Carnage, a hilarious and harrowing look at modern marriage. Listeners get coffee and cake. Lake Placid Center for the Arts, N.Y., 6:30 p.m. $15. Info, 518-523-2512. ‘Red’: See WED.14, 5 p.m. ‘Shirley Valentine’: See WED.14, 2 p.m. ‘Southern Hospitality’: See FRI.16, 2 p.m. ‘The Comedy of Errors’: See FRI.16, 2 p.m. VPT Murder Mystery Weekend: See SAT.17, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Variety Show for Uganda: The Rutland Curbstone Chorus, Ladies Night Out and other local talent perform music, comedy and dance to raise money for the construction of an orphanage well in the East African country. West Rutland Town Hall, 3 p.m. $5-8; $20 maximum per family. Info, 438-2490.

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Tree Pruning: Gardeners bring their own shears and practice trimming outside with Geoff Beyer, city tree warden. Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 4-5:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 223-8004, ext. 202, info@hungermountain.com.

bazaars

Spring Fever Book Sale: Bibliomaniacs peruse a selection of almost-new hardcovers, as well as oldies but goodies worth revisiting. Rutland Free Library, 4-8 p.m. Free; visit rutlandfree.org to print a coupon for a free book. Info, 773-1860.

community

Tropical Storm Irene Support Group: Recovery workers gain peer support as they process their emotions and develop coping skills. Unitarian Church, Montpelier, 3:30 p.m. Free. Info, 855-767-8800.

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Legislative Breakfast Series: Dining and discourse come together as invited guests Speaker Shap Smith, Senate President Pro Tem John Campbell and Lt. Governor Phil Scott give an update on the legislative session. Sheraton Hotel & Conference Center,

South Burlington, 7:30-9 a.m. $20; preregister. Info, 863-3489.

poems. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 3:30-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

Tax Assistance: See THU.15, 9:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m.

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film

‘Bullhead’: See FRI.16, 5:30 p.m. Green Mountain Film Festival: See FRI.16, 1-10 p.m. ‘My Name Is Bill W.’: A World War I veteran with a liquor habit drinks his way through Prohibition, loses everything in the 1929 stock market crash and eventually founds the group that would become Alcoholics Anonymous in Daniel Petrie’s 1989 TV biopic. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 748-2600. Rendez-Vous With French Cinema: See FRI.16, 7:30 p.m.

food & drink

Fundraising Meals: Eaters dine out to support Vermont CARES on its 25th anniversary. Ten percent of every bill will be donated. Chili’s Grill & Bar Restaurant, Williston, 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Cost of food and drink; use coupon from vtcares.org. Info, 863-2437, ext. 15.

games

Chess Club: Players of all ages shuffle around royalty and their underlings on a checkered board. An experienced instructor leads the group. Fairfax Community Library, 2:45-4:15 p.m. Free; bring your own chess set if possible. Info, 849-2420. Game Night: High schoolers and adults fend off boredom with board games. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955.

health & fitness

Aura-Clearing Clinic: Call to reserve a 15-minute energy-field-healing session. Golden Sun Healing Center, South Burlington, 6-7 p.m. Free. Info, 922-9090. Herbal Clinic: Folks explore the art of “green” health care at a personalized, confidential consultation with faculty and students from the Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism. City Market, Burlington, 4-7 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 861-9700.

kids

Early-Literacy Workshop: Parents of preschoolers learn about developing their children’s reading skills at a three-week series including dinner, childcare and free books. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 5:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 878-4918. Ilsley Detectives Club: Fifth and sixth graders craft their own whodunit stories after learning about Sherlock Holmes with Middlebury College student Fanny Zhao. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 3:304:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 388-4097. Isle La Motte Playgroup: Stories and crafts make for creative play. Yes, there will be snacks. Isle La Motte Elementary School, 10-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426. May’s Monday Music & Movement: Energetic children lace up their dancing shoes for a fun class with May Podushnick. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 10:30-11:15 a.m. Free. Info, 388-4097. Music With Raphael: See THU.15, 10:45 a.m. Shake Your Sillys Out: Tots swing and sway to music with children’s entertainer Derek Burkins. JCPenney court, University Mall, South Burlington, 10:35 a.m. Free. Info, 863-1066, ext. 11. Stories With Megan: Preschoolers ages 2 to 5 expand their imaginations through storytelling, songs and rhymes with Megan Butterfield. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 11-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216. Swanton Playgroup: 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. Teen Advisory Board: Teens gather to plan library programs. Yes, there will be snacks. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 3-4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6956. Writing for Fun: Middle schoolers get the creative juices flowing by penning short stories, memoirs and

Capital Orchestra: Brass and string players join the ensemble at weekly rehearsals leading up to a spring concert under the direction of Dan Liptak. Band room, U-32 High School, Montpelier, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 272-1789. Recorder-Playing Group: Musicians produce early folk, baroque and swing-jazz melodies. New and potential players welcome. Presto Music Store, South Burlington, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 658-0030, info@ prestomusic.net. The Champlain Echoes: New singers are invited to chime in on four-part harmonies with a women’s a cappella chorus at weekly open rehearsals. Pines Senior Living Community, South Burlington, 6:15-9:15 p.m. Free. Info, 658-0398.

seminars

Computer Help: Technology snafu? Walkins receive assistance on basic internet issues, troubleshooting and operating questions. Lawrence Memorial Library, Bristol, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Info, 453-2366. Internet Essentials: Master the art of the worldwide web by picking up tips and tricks for Google, Internet Explorer and library databases. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 3-4:30 p.m. $3 suggested donation; preregister. Info, 865-7217. Spend Smart: See WED.14, 6-8 p.m.

talks

Angella Gibbons: The founding director of EarthWalk Vermont discusses “Children and Elders Together: Connecting With Nature.” Faith United Methodist Church, South Burlington, 2 p.m. $5. Info, 864-3516. Vermont Renewable Energy Options: Panelists Gabrielle Stebbins, Avram Patt, Steve E. Wright and Johanna Miller weigh in on developing sustainable energy in Vermont, with a focus on wind turbines on the Lowell Mountain ridge. Haybarn Theater, Goddard College, Plainfield, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 454-8311.

words

Bruce Piasecki: The author of Doing More With Less: The New Way to Wealth shares a groundbreaking approach to a new era of business. Green Mountain College, Poultney, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 287-8926. Kate O’Connor & Howard Dean: The longtime aide to the politician appears with him in support of her new memoir, Do the Impossible: My Crash Course on Presidential Politics Inside the Howard Dean Campaign. Shelburne Town Hall, 6 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 985-3999. Lisa Alther: See THU.15, Farrell Room, St. Edmund’s Hall, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 4 p.m. Info, 654-2536. Marjorie Cady Memorial Writers Group: 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.

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Volunteers for Peace: Potential volunteers learn about service opportunities close to home and abroad as VFP staff, past volunteers and Vermont partners share global experiences at a potluck. Friends Meeting House, Burlington, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Free; bring an international dish to share. Info, 540-3060.

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Vermont Nonprofit Conference 2012: Benchmarks for a Better Vermont: Through break-out discussions and group presentations, local nonprofits measure their performances, focus their efforts, and use data to share their stories with

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on his accident-insurance policy in Billy Wilder’s 1944 thrilling film noir. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 1:30 p.m. Free. Info, 748-2600.

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green mounTain Film FeSTival: See FRI.16, noon10 p.m.

Scrap-Booking TuTorial: Folks bring an album and photographs to transform memorabilia into a beloved heirloom in this cut-and-paste workshop with Margaret Spivack. Carpenter-Carse Library, Hinesburg, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 428-2878.

dance

‘le corSaire’: Grace and grandeur pervade this dainty production by Russia’s Bolshoi Ballet, broadcast in high definition to a projection screen. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. $12-15. Info, 748-2600.

environment

Fair Trade recycling: American Retroworks and Good Point Recycling’s Robin Ingenthron explores where electronic gadgets go to die. Presentation Room, Perry Hall, Champlain College, Burlington, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 865-5449.

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communiTy Bike Shop nighT: See THU.15, 6-8 p.m. creaTing ceremony: Life coach Fran Weinbaum helps participants plan steps to commemorating rites of passage. Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 6-7:30 p.m. $5-8; preregister. Info, 223-8004, ext. 202, info@hungermountain.com.

film

‘Bullhead’: See FRI.16, 5:30 p.m. communiTy cinema: See WED.14, FlynnSpace, Burlington. Info, 863-5966. ‘douBle indemniTy’: A man and his mistress scheme the murder of her husband in order to collect

‘pSycho’: There’s more to a quiet motel proprietor than meets the eye in Alfred Hitchcock’s enduring horror story. Film House, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 7 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 540-3018. rendez-vouS WiTh French cinema: See FRI.16, 7:30 p.m.

aFTer-School programS: Crafts, games, Legos and library-planning activities keep youngsters on the go. Call for weekly schedule. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 3:30 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338. Beginning WiTh moTher gooSe: Parents and caregivers join a two-part conversation about reading with children. Childcare provided. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 6:30-8 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 388-4097. cooking & Booking: Librarians and New England Culinary Institute students bring together the plate and the page. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 4-5 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 223-3338.

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celeBraTing eggS: Blue Heron Farm’s Christine Bourque offers an organic farmer’s perspective on how eggs are produced before folks make and eat eggs in a nest with steamed veggies, homemade hollandaise sauce and custard pie for dessert. Sustainability Academy, Lawrence Barnes School, Burlington, 6-7:30 p.m. $5-10; preregister. Info, 861-9700.

creaTive TueSdayS: Artists engage their imaginations with recycled crafts. Kids under 10 must be accompanied by an adult. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 3-5 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

home-BreWing BaSicS: Charles O’Connor details the do-it-yourself process as beer hounds share their own suds. Cabot Public Library, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 563-2721.

health & fitness

STepS To WellneSS: Cancer survivors attend diverse seminars about nutrition, stress management, acupuncture and more in conjunction with a medically based rehabilitation program. Fletcher Allen Health Care Cardiology Building, South Burlington, 6-7 p.m. Free. Info, 656-2176. underSTanding diaBeTeS: Akshata Nayak explores the connection between diet and Type 2 diabetes. Healthy Living, South Burlington, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 863-2569, ext. 1. yoga & WellneSS claSS: Participants make a commitment to their health. Cabot Public Library, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 563-3220, aliciafeltus@gmail.com.

FairFax STory hour: Good listeners are rewarded with a variety of fairy tales, crafts and activities. Fairfax Community Library, 9:30-10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5246. FroSTy & FriendS Therapy dogS: Young readers share their favorite texts with friendly pooches. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 878-4918. hand in hand: The Middlebury youth group organizes volunteer projects to benefit the environment and the community. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 388-4097. highgaTe STory hour: See WED.14, 10-11 a.m. kidS in The kiTchen: Hands-on baking activities yield a batch of jam-filled thumbprint cookies. Healthy Living, South Burlington, 3:30-4:30 p.m. $20 per child; free for an accompanying adult; preregister. Info, 863-2569, ext. 1. muSic WiTh roBerT: Music lovers of all ages engage in sing-alongs. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 1111:30 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

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pauSe caFé: French speakers of all levels converse en français. Levity Café, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 864-5088.

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keyS To crediT: A class clears up the confusing world of credit. Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity, Burlington, 10 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 860-1417, ext. 114.

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Parenting & Promoting Safety in the Digital WorlD: Staff from TECHNICOOL, Prevent Child Abuse Vermont’s Technology Safety Program, weigh the benefits, risks and concerns of children’s access to technology. Ted Mable Room, Northwestern Counseling & Support Services Family Center, St. Albans, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 552-4269.

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teacher’S learning community lectureS: Listeners hear out sound therapist and wellness educator Eileen McKusick as she speaks on “Exploring Therapeutic Sound Treatments in the Context of Emerging Paradigms in Wellness, Physics and Cosmology.” Stearns Cinema, Johnson State College, 5:45-7:15 p.m. Free. Info, 635-1476, ashley.brown@ jsc.edu. Zanetta JanSen: The visiting senior lecturer in sociology from the University of South Africa broadens horizons in “Globalization, Global Consciousness and Media Influence.” Room 005, Hauke Campus Center, Champlain College, Burlington, 8 p.m. Free. Info, 861-2343.

theater

‘reD’: See WED.14, 7:30 p.m.

words

earl lovelace: The Trinidadian author reads from his new work of historical fiction Is Just a Movie. John Dewey Lounge, Old Mill Building, UVM, Burlington, 5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 656-1094.

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BroWn Bag WeDneSDay SerieS: Small-business owners and employees do lunch and share time-management tips. Core Business Seminars, Burlington, noon-1 p.m. $5; preregister. Info, 373-7952.

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Kelley marKeting meeting: Marketing, advertising, communications, social media and design professionals brainstorm ideas for local nonprofits over breakfast. Nonprofits seeking help apply online. Room 217, Ireland Building, Champlain College, Burlington, 7:45-9 a.m. Free. Info, 865-6495. minDful SucceSS circle netWorKing grouP: Service professionals and small-business owners strive to make a difference in their communities. Thirty minutes of optional seated meditation precede an hourlong meeting and one-on-one connection time with peers. Shambhala Meditation Center, Montpelier, 10:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 225-5960. iPaD for BuSineSS Seminar: Small Dog Electronics briefs participants on the best uses of the tablet computer’s functionality in a business environment. Holiday Inn, South Burlington, 9-11 a.m. & 1:30-3:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 888-723-8129, events@ smalldog.com.

comedy

imProv night: See WED.14, 8-10 p.m.

community

community Dinner: Diners get to know their neighbors at a fun, low-key meal followed by a parents forum. O’Brien Community Center, Winooski, 5:30 p.m. Free; call to reserve child care. Info, 655-1392, ext. 21. oPen rota meeting: See WED.14, 8 p.m. volunteerS for Peace: Potential volunteers learn about service opportunities close to home and abroad as VFP staff and past volunteers share global experiences. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 7:30-9 p.m. Free. Info, 540-3060.

crafts

maKe Stuff!: See WED.14, 6-9 p.m.

dance

guiDeD argentine tango Práctica: See WED.14, 8:15-10:15 p.m.

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career Jam 2012: Job seekers brush elbows with more than 25 employers, including the Vermont State Police, Comcast, Peace Corps, Brandthropology and National Life. Alliot Student Center, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2536.

film

‘BullheaD’: See FRI.16, 1:30 p.m. & 5:30 p.m. ‘DouBle inDemnity’: See TUE.20, 7 p.m. green mountain film feStival: See FRI.16, noon10 p.m. ‘laWrence of araBia’: Peter O’Toole plays British Army officer T. E. Lawrence in David Lean’s 1962 epic adventure film. Roger H. Perry Hall, Champlain College, Burlington, 5:45-9 p.m. Free. Info, 860-2700. renDeZ-vouS With french cinema: See FRI.16, 1:30 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. ‘Strength of the Storm’: See WED.14, Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

miDDle School BooK grouP: See WED.14, 3:304:30 p.m. miDDleBury BaBieS & toDDlerS Story hour: See WED.14, 10:30-11:15 a.m. moving & grooving With chriStine: See WED.14, 11-11:30 a.m. PreSchool DiScovery Program: Three- to 5-yearolds take to the outdoors while learning about the returning red-winged blackbirds. North Branch Nature Center, Montpelier, 10-11:30 a.m. $5. Info, 229-6206. PreSchool Story time: See WED.14, 10-10:45 a.m.

music

eliaS String Quartet: In its Vermont debut, the string quartet offers imaginative takes on classics by Purcell, Suk, Janáček and Mendelssohn. Concert Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 7:30 p.m. $6-25. Info, 443-6433. muSic 101: WorKShoPS & café: Burlington Ensemble tune up in a new series of open rehearsals. All Souls Interfaith Gathering, Shelburne, snacks and socializing, 6 p.m.; music, 7 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 598-9520, michael.dabroski@gmail.com. valley night: First Crush grace the lounge with indie-pop duets. Big Picture Theater & Café, Waitsfield, 6 p.m. $5 suggested donation. Info, 496-8994.

seminars

Button-uP WorKShoP: See WED.14, South Burlington City Hall, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. community herBaliSm claSS: VCIH graduate Rebecca Dalgin offers insight on “Herbal Support for the Musculoskeletal System.” Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism, Montpelier, 6-8 p.m. $15-18; preregister. Info, 224-7100, info@vtherbcenter.org. creating a financial future: See WED.14, 6-8 p.m. homeSharing orientation: Attendees learn more about the agency that matches elders and people with disabilities with others seeking affordable housing or caregiving opportunities. HomeShare Vermont, South Burlington, noon-12:30 p.m. & 5:30-6 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 863-5625, home@sover.net. SPenD Smart: See WED.14, 10 a.m.-noon.

health & fitness

chucK collinS: The visiting author gives the odds in “99 to One: Why Wealth Inequality Matters and What We Can Do About It.” Haybarn Theater, Goddard College, Plainfield, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 454-8311.

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BaBy time: See WED.14, 10:30 a.m.-noon. cheSS cluB: See WED.14, 5:30 p.m. enoSBurg PlaygrouP: See WED.14, 10-11:30 a.m. fairfielD PlaygrouP: See WED.14, 10-11:30 a.m.

Barrie WalKley: The special representative to the Great Lakes region of Africa remarks on “U.S. Policy in Post-Election Congo.” Room 101, Cheray Science Hall, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2536.

converSationS SerieS: roBoticS & humanity: Moderator Fran Stoddard explores technology, spirit and art with Aubrey Shick, director of the Romibo Robot Project at Origami Robotics and design researcher for the Carnegie Mellon University Robotics Institute’s Quality of Life Technology Center. All Souls Interfaith Gathering, Shelburne, 4-5 p.m. Free. Info, 985-3346, ext. 3368.

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highgate Story hour: See WED.14, 11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m.

Jeff Buettner: The music department faculty member lectures on “A New Century of Singing: ‘The Silver Swan’ and Stylistic Spontaneity.” Franklin Environmental Center at Hillcrest, Middlebury College, 4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 443-3168. Scott ainSlie: In “100 Years of Robert Johnson,” the musician and scholar remarks on the lasting impact of the seminal bluesman. McCarthy Arts Center, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2536. vermont’S energy future: UVM assistant research professor Richard Watts gives all the gritty details in “Public Meltdown: The Story of Vermont Yankee.” North Lounge, Billings Hall, UVM, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 656-4389. Women of change luncheon & Panel DiScuSSion: Vermont Law School professor Cheryl Hanna moderates Sandy Baird, Sen. Peg Flory, Denise Johnson and Mary Just Skinner in a talk about “Making Strides in the Legal Rights of Women.” Unitarian Church, Montpelier, noon-1 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 479-8505.

‘icon’: Once a Hollywood star in the highest order, Montgomery Clift is the subject of local playwright Seth Jarvis’ latest theatrical work, which explores forces of celebrity, ambition, sexuality and more. Off Center for the Dramatic Arts, Burlington, 8 p.m. $1620. Info, 863-5966. ‘JuliuS caeSar’: History and tragedy collide in this great Shakespearean work presented by the Acting Company in association with Guthrie Theater. Fuller Hall, St. Johnsbury Academy, 10 a.m. $12-35. Info, 748-2600. ‘reD’: See WED.14, 7:30 p.m.

talks

tung tai chi chuan: See WED.14, 5:30-7 p.m.

greg gauSe: This UVM professor offers a point of comparison in “The Arab Spring, One Year Later.” Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 861-2343.

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food & drink

funDraiSing Dinner: Crêpe eaters get their fill as folk duo Joshua Panda and Ed Grasmeyer perform. Ten percent of the proceeds support the Vermont Community Garden Network. The Skinny Pancake, Burlington, 5:30-8 p.m. Cost of food and drink; donations accepted. Info, 861-4769.

gaBriela ochoa Brenneman: After a screening of a film about child labor in the production of chocolate, the manager of the Peace & Justice Center store sparks a conversation about “Free Trade or Fair Trade?” Plainfield Community Center, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 522-2376.

‘the comeDy of errorS’: The Guthrie Theater and the Acting Company collaborate on Shakespeare’s farcical adventure about identical twins separated at birth. Fuller Hall, St. Johnsbury Academy, 7 p.m. $1235. Info, 748-2600.

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farmerS night: Continuing a series of winter entertainment begun in 1923, Vermont high schoolers and top finalists in the Poetry Out Loud program offer recitations. Vermont Statehouse, Montpelier, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 800-322-5616, aclarkson@leg.state. vt.us. reaDing & DiScuSSion: farmS & garDenS SerieS: Bibliophiles react to stories about tending and growing, such as this month’s My Garden by Jamaica Kincaid. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338. m

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JERICHO PLEIN AIR FESTIVAL: Cost: $35/workshop. Location: Community Center, Jericho. Info: 893-4447, janesmorgan@comcast. net. Painting the Winter Landscape With Pastels with Gene RybickiJudkins, March 17, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Collage with Beth Barndt, April 14, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Painting the Landscape in Oils, no drawing skills required, with Jane Morgan, April 21, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Painting Spring With Watercolors with Kathleen Berry Bergeron, April 28, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

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DROP-IN: PAINTING: Apr. 5-May. 24, 6: 30-8: 30 p.m., Weekly on Thu. Cost: $10/session, $9/session for BCA members. Location: BCA Center, 3rd floor, Burlington. This class is open to all levels. Come paint from a still life or bring something that you are working on. Experimentation is encouraged. No registration necessary. BCA provides glass palettes, easels, painting trays and drying racks. Please bring your own painting materials. PAINTING: WATERCOLOR: Apr. 4-May. 23, 6: 30-8: 30 p.m., Weekly on Wed. Cost: $185/person, $166. 50/BCA member. Location: BCA Center, 3rd floor, Burlington. Learn how to paint with watercolor. This class will focus on observational painting from still life, figure, landscape and photos. Students will paint on watercolor paper and gain experience with composition, color theory, layering, light and shade. PHOTO: INTRO TO FILM/DIGITAL SLR: Mar. 21-Apr. 25, 6: 30-8: 30 p.m., Weekly on Wed. Cost: $145/person, $130. 50/BCA members. Location: Digital Media Lab, Burlington. Explore the manual 35mm film or digital SLR camera to learn how to take the photographs you envision. Demystify f-stops, shutter speeds and exposure, and learn the basics of composition, lens choices and film types/sensitivity. Bring an empty manual 35mm film or digital SLR camera and owner’s manual to class.

bodywork BODY MECHANICS FOR BODYWORKERS: Mar. 31, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Cost: $175/6 NCTMB continuing ed. hrs. Location: Touchstone Healing Arts, 187 St. Paul St., Burlington. Info: Touchstone Healing Arts, Touchstone Healing Arts, 6587715, touchvt@gmail. com, touchstonehealingarts. com. Increase your power, stamina and sensitivity! In this workshop, you will learn to move with more ease and efficiency while reducing strain and extraneous effort. You will discover how your attention and intention shape your work and that the effectiveness of your treatments is connected with your own comfort level.

building TINY-HOUSE RAISING: Cost: $250/ workshop. Location: Fletcher, Vermont. Info: Peter King, 933-6103. A crew of beginners will help instructor Peter King frame and sheath a tiny house in Fletcher, March 24 and 25. Local housing available.

childbirth BLISSBORN CHILDBIRTH HYPNOSIS: Burlington classes begin Mar. 25 & meet Sun., noon-2 p.m. Montpelier classes begin Apr. 1 & meet Sun., 6-8 p.m. Cost: $200/series, incl. Blissborn manual & CDs. Location: North End Studios, 294 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington; Yoga Mountain Center, 7 Main St., 2nd floor, Montpelier. Info: Unfolding Joy Hypnotherapy, Lauren Akin, 505-2283741, LaurenAkin. CHt@gmail. com, HypnosisForJoy. com. In this fiveclass series, discover how to use the power of your mind to create a birth that’s natural, joyful and connected.

dance 5 RHYTHMS WORKSHOP: Mar. 17, 2-5 p.m. Cost: $35/3-hr. class. Location: South End Studio, 696 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 540-0044, southendstudiovt. com. The 5 Rhythms, developed by Trance Dance pioneer Gabrielle Roth, is a cathartic, freeform practice where we move through the five rhythms of flowing, staccato, chaos, lyrical and stillness. It is a deep workout that integrates body, mind and soul. Open to all levels, the 5 Rhythms is a great way to release stress and feel more alive. Taught by Jane Selzer.

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ARGENTINE TANGO FOR BEGINNERS: call 802-505-8011 to schedule an interview Mar. 7-28, 6: 15-7: 15 p.m., Weekly on Wed. Cost: $13/1-hr class ($45 for 4 classes). Location: North End Studio B, 294 N. Winooski Ave., suite 116B, 16t-GreenMtnDruid022912.inddth1 2/27/12 4:01 PM Burlington. Info: In collaboration with Queen City Tango, Elizabeth Seyler, 862-2833, eseyler@temple. edu. Improvise, express yourself, collaborate, play. If you can walk, you can tango. Learn the basics in a friendly, welcoming environment for all ages. Instructor Elizabeth Seyler holds a PhD in dance and has taught tango since 2006. No partner or experience necessary. Wear comfortable shoes with hard soles.

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DANCE STUDIO SALSALINA: Location: 266 Pine St., Burlington. Info: Victoria, 598-1077, info@salsalina. com. Salsa classes, nightclubstyle, on-one and on-two, group and private, four levels. Beginner walk-in classes, Wednesdays, 7: 15 p.m. $13/person for 1-hr. class. 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 DANCE W/ A PARTNER!: Cost: $50/4-week class. Location: The Champlain Club, 20 Crowley St., Burlington. Lessons also available in St. Albans. Info: First Step Dance, 598-6757, kevin@firststepdance. com, FirstStepDance. com. Come alone, or come with friends, but come out and learn to dance! Beginning classes repeat each month, but intermediate classes vary from month to month. As with all of our programs, everyone is encouraged to attend, and no partner is necessary.

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PHOTO: PORTRAIT: Mar. 22-Apr. 12, 6-9 p.m., Weekly on Thu. Cost: $125/person, $112. 50/BCA members. Location: Digital Media Lab, Burlington. Prerequisite: Intro SLR Camera or equivalent experience. Improve your portrait-taking skills

PRINT: SILKSCREEN CLOTHING: Mar. 27-May 1, 6-8: 30 p.m., Weekly on Tue. Cost: $180/person, $162/BCA members. Location: BCA Print Studio, 250 Main St., Burlington. Students will learn a variety of techniques for transferring and printing images using hand-drawn, photographic or borrowed imagery. Learn how to apply photo emulsion, how to use a silkscreen exposure unit, and how to mix and print images using waterbased inks.

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INDIAN VEGETARIAN COOKING: Mar. 24, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Cost: $60/all inclusive. Location: Vermont Zen Center, 480 Thomas Rd., Shelburne. Info: Event Join us in celebrating Spring & Vermont Zen Center, Vermont Zen Generously sugaring season with: A Warm Sponsored By Center Info, 985-9746, vzcinfo@att. Sugarhouse, Free Sugarbush Tours net, vermontzen. org/cooking. html. & Demonstrations Learn how to prepare a delicious and & Tasty Treats (for a small fee) authentic vegetarian Indian meal in Visit vt.audubon.org for details the Vermont Zen Center’s spacious Or call 434-3068 to volunteer kitchen. Class taught by Manju Selinger. With a cookbook of the recipes in hand, you will be ready to prepare an Indian meal for your family and friends. No cooking experience 16T-GreenMtnAudubon031412.indd 1 3/13/12 12:12 PM necessary.

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CLAY: INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED WHEEL: Mar. 29-May. 17, 9: 30 a.m.-12 p.m., Weekly on Thu. Cost: $260/ person, $234/BCA members. Clay sold separately at $20/25-lb. bag, glazes & firings incl. Location: BCA Clay Studio, Wheel Room, 250 Main St., Burlington. Demonstrations and instruction will cover intermediate throwing, trimming, decorative and glazing methods. Class size will be kept small to provide individual attention to personal development. Students should be proficient in

DESIGN: ADOBE INDESIGN: Mar. 26-Apr. 30, 6: 30-8: 30 p.m., Weekly on Mon. Cost: $185/person, $166. 50/BCA members. Location: Digital Media Lab, Burlington. Learn the basics of Adobe InDesign, a program used for magazine and book layout, for designing text, and for preparing digital and print publications. Students will explore a variety of software techniques and will create projects suited to their own interests. Bring a Mac-compatible flash drive to the first class.

PRINT: PAINTING & DRAWING: Mar. 22-Apr. 26, 6-8: 30 p.m., Weekly on Thu. Cost: $185/person, $167/BCA members. Location: BCA Print Studio, 250 Main St., Burlington. Techniques such as etching, linoleum cuts, silkscreening and more will be taught. Students will also learn how to layer and apply inks, how to incorporate painting and drawing techniques, and how to use the printing press. Students can expect to leave with a unique body of work.

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CLAY: GARDEN POT PLANTERS: Apr. 16-30, 6-8: 30 p.m., Weekly on Mon. Cost: $80/person, $72/BCA member. Clay sold separately at $20/25 lb. bag; glazes & firings incl. Location: BCA Clay Studio, 250 Main St., Craft Room, Burlington. Learn the traditional Italian hand-building method for making your own ceramic planters. Decorate your pot with highrelief techniques to create sculptural patterns on the sides. These pots will be the perfect addition to your garden or houseplants and make a great gift for Mother’s Day!

CLAY: WHEEL THROWING II: Mar. 22-May. 10, 6-8: 30 p.m., Weekly on Thu. Cost: $220/person, $198/BCA members. Clay sold separately at $20/25-lb. bag, glazes and firings incl. Location: BCA Clay Studio, 250 Main St., Wheel Room, Burlington. Demonstrations and instruction will cover intermediate throwing, trimming, and glazing techniques. Individual projects will be encouraged. Students must be proficient in centering and throwing basic cups and bowls.

PHOTO: IPHONE/ANDRIOD: Apr. 14, 12-4 p.m. Cost: $40/person, $36/BCA member. Location: Burlington City Arts, Digital Media Lab, Burlington. Need some guidance with learning all of the photo apps for your smartphone? This fun and interactive halfday workshop will cover the features of popular apps such as Hipstamatic, 6x6, Pixlromatic, 8mm movie and others. Resolution, editing, printing options and more will be covered. Bring your phone!

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Contemporary Dance & Fitness Studio, 18 Langdon St., Montpelier; AllTogetherNow, 170 Cherry Tree Hill Rd., E. Montpelier, Info: Stuart Paton, 999-4255, spaton55@gmail. com. Burlington Beginners’ Taiko starts Tuesday, 4/24: kids, 4: 30 p.m., $60/6 weeks: adults, 5: 30 p.m., $72/6 weeks. Advanced classes start Monday, 4/23, 5: 30 and 7 p.m. Cuban Bata, & House-call classes by request. Montpelier: Thursdays: Voudou drums start 4/5 1: 30-2: 30 p.m., $45/3 weeks. East Montpelier: Thursdays: Djembe starts 4/5 , 5: 30 p.m., $45/3 weeks. Cuban congas start 4/19, $45/3 weeks. Taiko starts 3/22, 7 p.m., $45/3 weeks.

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INTERMEDIATE YOGA WITH CHRISTINE HOLT: Mar. 21-Apr. 25, 4: 30-5: 30 p.m., Weekly on Wed. Cost: $99/6-week series. Location: Evolution Yoga, 20 Kilburn St., Burlington. Info: 864-9642, evolutionvt. com. Wanting to move up to Level II, but not sure if you’re ready? Through careful attention and playful practice, we will get our arms around the essential skills required for a safe yoga practice that can last a lifetime!

exercise WHAT’S ALIVE INSIDE WALLOP: Tue. & Thu., 9-10 a.m. Cost: $13/1hr. class. Location: Chace Mill, suite 250, 1 Mill St., Burlington. Info: What’s Alive Inside Productions, Heidi Tappan, 355-4119, whatsaliveinside@ gmail. com, whatsaliveinside. com. Exercise rediscovered! Want to start your day off right? Want a one-stop shop? Well, then, Get Walloped! Feed your thirst for a high-impact physical, mental, emotional and spiritual routine that will kick your thoughts, body and spirit into alignment for a wonderful day. Experience vitality, connection, strength training and inspiration! Create a lifestyle of passionate conditioning.

gardening COMPOSTING 101: Mar. 22, noon-12: 45 p.m. . Location: Gardener’s Supply, 472 Marshall Ave., Williston. Info: 658-2433. Learn the basics of composting, save on waste removal and create a healthy soil amendment. Instructed by Mike Ather. SEASON EXTENDING: Mar. 15, noon-12: 45 p.m. Location: Gardener’s Supply, 472 Marshall Ave., Williston. Info: 658-2433. Learn how to extend our short Vermont growing season by weeks. Instructed by Todd Fisher. Free.

glass CREATIVE GLASSBLOWING CLASS AT AO GLASS STUDIO!: Individual classes call for details. Cost: $180/2-hr. class. Location: AO Glass Studio, 416 Pine St., behind Speeder & Earl’s, Burlington. Info: 540-0223, info@aoglass. com, aoglass. com. Experience the heat and fluidity of glass with one of our professional glassblowers. We guide you through making five glass objects that you can take home. Bring your sunglasses and your desire to try something new in our friendly, warm glass studio. Also open to events and group demonstrations.

herbs HONORING HERBAL TRADITIONS 2012: 9 a.m.-5 p.m., one Saturday monthly for 8 months. Cost: $850/8-mo. course. Location: Horsetail Herbs, 134 Manley Rd, Milton. Info: Horsetail Herbs, Kelley Robie, 8930521, htherbs@comcast. net, Horsetailherbs. org. Herbal Apprenticeship program held on a horse farm. Covers herbal therapies, nutritional support, diet, detox, body systems, medicine making, plant identification, tea tasting, plant spirit medicine and animal communication, wild foods, field trips, iridology, and women’s, children’s, men’s and animals’ health! Textbook/ United Plant Saver membership included. VSAC nondegree grants available. INTERNAL HERBAL REMEDIES: Mar. 21, 6: 30-8: 30 p.m. Cost: $20/2-hr. hands-on workshop. Location: Purple Shutter Herbs, 7 W. Canal St., Winooski. Info: Purple Shutter Herbs, Purple Shutter Herbs, 865-4372, info@ purpleshutter. com, purpleshutterherbs. com. Our ancestors’ first medicine was most likely fresh herbs taken internally. We instinctively crave herbs when

our body is unwell: think food as medicine. We’ll look at preparations such as syrups, capsules, pill balls, douches, suppositories, oxymels and slurries, as well as medicinal herbal candy to heal our bodies. LIP BALMS: A MINI WORKSHOP: Mar. 18, 2-3 p.m. Cost: $5/1hr. hands-on mini workshop. Location: Purple Shutter Herbs, 7 W. Canal St., Winooski. Info: Purple Shutter Herbs, Purple Shutter Herbs, 865-4372, info@ purpleshutter. com, purpleshutterherbs. com. Everybody uses and loses them, so learn to make your own! Join Laura in a onehour class where together you’ll make all-natural lip balms, both pots and tubes. Everyone will take home their own creations. This class is open to all ages: Kids are encouraged to attend. WISDOM OF THE HERBS SCHOOL: Preregistration req. Wisdom of the Herbs 2012: Apr. 21-22, May 19-20, Jun. 16-17, Jul. 14-15, Aug. 11-12, Sep. 8-9, Oct. 6-7 & Nov. 3-4, 2012. Wild Edibles Intensive 2012: Spring/Summer term: May 27, Jun. 24 & Jul. 22, 2012. Summer/Fall term: Aug. 19, Sep. 16 & Oct. 14, 2012. VSAC nondegree grants avail. to qualifying applicants. Location: Wisdom of the Herbs School, Woodbury. Info: 456-8122, annie@wisdomoftheherbsschool. com, wisdomoftheherbsschool. com. Earth skills for changing times. Experiential programs embracing local wild edible and medicinal plants, food as first medicine, sustainable living skills, and the inner journey. Annie McCleary, director, and George Lisi, naturalist.

knitting KNITTING CLASSES: Classes starting in March (daytime & evening). Location: The Knitting Circle, 23 Orchard Terr., Essex Jct. Info: 238-0106, thetravelingknitter@gmail. com. Learn to knit in a comfortable, helpful setting where you can purchase yarn and supplies. All ages and skill levels welcome!

language ANNOUNCING SPANISH CLASSES: Beginning week of Apr. 2 for 10 wks. Cost: $175/10 1-hr. classes. Location: Spanish in Waterbury Center, Waterbury Ctr. Info: Spanish in Waterbury Center, 585-1025, spanishparavos@gmail. com, spanishwaterburycenter. com. Spanish classes starting in April. Our fifth year. Learn from a native speaker via small classes, individual instruction or student tutoring. You’ll always be participating and speaking. Lesson packages for travelers. Specializing in lessons for young children; they love it! See our website or contact us for details. BONJOUR! FRENCH CLASSES: Location: wingspan Studio, 4A Howard St., 3rd floor, Burlington. Info: wingspan Studio, Maggie Standley, 233-7676, maggiestandley@yahoo. com, wingspanpaintingstudio. com. For youth and adults. Private and group classes in beautiful atelier, led by fluent, encouraging instructor. Preschool FRART! (French/

art) starts March 19, while adult spring classes (beginning and intermediate) start April 3. Visit website for more info and sign up now, as small class size allows for plenty of individual attention. Allons-y!

martial arts AIKIDO: Adult introductory classes meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 6: 45 p.m. Location: Aikido of Champlain Valley, 257 Pine St. (across from Conant Metal & Light), Burlington. Info: 951-8900, burlingtonaikido. org. This Japanese martial art is a great method to get in shape and reduce stress. We offer adult classes 7 days a week. The Samurai Youth Program provides scholarships for children and teenagers, ages 7-17. We also offer classes for children ages 5-6. Classes are taught by Benjamin Pincus Sensei, Vermont’s senior and only fully certified Aikido teacher. Visitors are always welcome. AIKIDO CLASSES: Feb. 21-Mar. 13, 6-7: 30 p.m. Cost: $65/4 consecutive Tue., uniform incl. Location: Vermont Aikido, 274 N. Winooski Ave. (2nd floor), Burlington. Info: Vermont Aikido, 862-9785, vermontaikido. org. Spring intro for new and returning adult learners. Aikido trains body and spirit together, promoting physical flexibility and strong center within flowing movement, martial sensibility with compassionate presence, respect for others and confidence in oneself. Vermont Aikido invites you to explore this graceful martial art in a safe, supportive environment. MARTIAL WAY SELF-DEFENSE CENTER: Please visit website for schedule. Location: Martial Way Self Defense Center, 3 locations, Colchester, Milton, St. Albans. Info: 893-8893, martialwayvt. com. Beginners will find a comfortable and welcoming environment, a courteous staff, and a nontraditional approach that values the beginning student as the most important member of the school. Experienced martial artists will be impressed by our instructors’ knowledge and humility, our realistic approach, and our straightforward and fair tuition and billing policies. We are dedicated to helping every member achieve his or her highest potential in the martial arts. Kempo, Jiu-Jitsu, MMA, Wing Chun, Arnis, Thinksafe Self-Defense. 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: 6604072, Julio@bjjusa. com, vermontbjj. com. Classes for men, women and children. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu enhances strength, flexibility, balance, coordination and cardio-respiratory fitness. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu training builds and helps to instill courage and self-confidence. 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 certified 6th Degree Black Belt,

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu instructor under Carlson Gracie Sr., teaching in Vermont, born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil! A 5-time Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu National Featherweight Champion and 3-time Rio de Janeiro State Champion, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

massage FOCUS ON THE SPINE: May. 1213, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Cost: $245/14 CEUs ($225 if paid by Apr 23; call about introductory risk-free fee offer). Location: Touchstone Healing Arts, Burlington, VT. Info: Dianne Swafford, 734-1121, swaffordperson@hotmail. com. In this class we will use Orthobionomy to explore a simple and natural means of working with neuromuscular tension (and pain) patterns that is gentle, effective and transformative. We access the innate, self-corrective reflexes, achieving pain relief and structural balance. We will focus on specific techniques for facilitating release in the neck, thoracic and lumbar vertebrae, sacrum and pelvis. INTRO TO MASSAGE SCHOOL WRKSHP: Mar. 24, 9 a.m.-noon. Cost: $25/3-hr. class. Location: Touchstone Healing Arts School of Massage, 187 St. Paul St., Burlington. Info: Touchstone Healing Arts, Mark Adams, 658-7715, touchvt@gmail. com, touchstonehealingarts. com. Our nine-month training in September prepares individuals for a rewarding career. You can expect personal and professional growth, detailed body sciences, exceptional massage technique and practice. Fourteen years of excellence!

meditation DREAM YOGA RETREAT: Apr. 13-15, 7-5 p.m. Cost: $125/ wknd. Location: Shelburne Old Town Hall, 5376 Shelburne Rd., Shelburne. Info: Younge Drodul Ling, 684-0452, VermontRSL@ gmail. com, http: //youngedrodulling. org. Meditation master Younge Khachab Rinpoche will teach the Tibetan Buddhist methods of Dream Yoga during this weekend retreat. Dream Yoga is the practice of meditation while in the sleep state. Anyone with an interest in Buddhism, beginner or advanced, is welcome and will benefit from these rare and precious instructions. INTRODUCTION TO ZEN: Sat., Mar. 17, 9: 30 a.m.-12: 30 p.m. Cost: $30/half-day workshop, limited-time price. Location: Vermont Zen Center, 480 Thomas Rd., Shelburne. Info: Vermont Zen Center, 985-9746, ecross@crosscontext. net, vermontzen. org. This workshop is conducted by an ordained Zen Buddhist teacher and focuses on the theory and meditation practices of Zen Buddhism. Preregistration required. Call for more info or register online. LEARN TO MEDITATE: Meditation instruction available Sun. mornings, 9 a.m.-noon, or by appointment. The Shambhala Cafe meets the first Sat. of each month for meditation and discussions, 9 a.m.-noon. An Open House occurs every third Fri.

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: 658-6795, burlingtonshambhalactr. org. Through the practice of sitting still and following your breath as it goes out and dissolves, you are connecting with your heart. By simply letting yourself be, as you are, you develop genuine sympathy toward yourself. The Burlington Shambhala Center offers meditation as a path to discovering gentleness and wisdom.

painting 6-WK. PAINTING CLASS: Apr. 2-May. 7, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost: $220/6 wks. of 3-hr. classes w/ an additional hr. for free ea. session. Location: Downtown Burlington, Burlington. Info: Steven Goodman, 324-3566, spg1e@yahoo. com, spgoodman. com. This class, designed for novice to intermediate artists, will begin with the basics of representational painting and lead the participant to more advanced techniques. The emphasis will be on using photographs as reference material for landscapes and painting still life from direct observation.

photography ONE-ON-ONE PHOTOGRAPHY: Mar. 6-Apr. 11. Location: Linda Rock Photography, 48 Laurel Dr., Essex Jct. Info: Linda Rock Photography, Linda Rock, 2389540, lrphotography@comcast. net, lindarockphotography. com. Digital photography, one-on-one private classes of your choice: beginner digital photography, intermediate photography, digital workflow, lighting techniques, set up your photo business, portrait posing, Photoshop and more. $69/half day, $125/full day.

pilates EVERY BODY LOVES PILATES!: The Cadillac lets you use resistance springs & straps for a great workout w/o all the stress. Location: Natural Bodies Pilates, 1 Mill St., suite 372, Burlington. Info: 863-3369, lucille@naturalbodiespilates. com, NaturalBodiesPilates. com. For a strong, flexible and beautifully relaxed body in a calm and professional studio setting. Come in today! Improve your posture and mood. Be more creative in your career. Save on expensive medical bills. Improve the quality of life. Have more enjoyable relationships and derive pleasure from healthy movement!

scrapbooking SCRAPBOOK RETREAT: MIDDLEBURY: Apr. 27-29: Fri., 10 a.m.-11 p.m. ; Sat., 8 a.m.-11 p.m. ; & Sun., 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Cost: $180/ all 3 days; 1- & 2-day pkgs. avail. Location: Spring Fling Scrapbook Retreat, American Legion, Middlebury. Info: Scrapbook Paradise, Blanca Jenne, 3884518, blanca@scrapbookparadise. net, scrapbookparadise. net. Spring Fling Scrapbook

clASS photoS + morE iNfo oNliNE SEVENDAYSVT.COM/CLASSES Retreat in Middlebury, Friday through sunday, april 27-29. scrapbooking all day with an 8-foot table. Prizes, games, contests. lunch, dinner and snacks are provided. One-, two- and three-day packages available. call or visit website for more info.

shamanism Walking the Path of the Shaman: Weekly individual or group sessions as requested. Location: Shaman’s Flame Offices, Stowe and Woodbury. Info: Shaman’s Flame, Sarah Finlay & Peter Clark, 253-7846, peterclark13@gmail. com, shamansflame. com. connect to a more expanded level of consciousness and engage the elemental intelligence of the universe. In group or individual sessions, learn the techniques of shamanic active meditation, called journeying. Work toward healing many emotional, physical and spiritual aspects of yourself, as well as gaining insight into your life path.

spirituality Jung & native WiSdom traditionS: Mar. 22-Apr. 12, 7-9 p.m., Weekly on Thu. Cost: $60/ course. Location: 55 Clover Lane, Waterbury. Info: Sue, 244-7909. explore, in a reading/discussion format, the many parallels between Jung’s analytical psychology and Native american wisdom

in this course that draws on the writings of Jung and Native authors. led by sue Mehrtens. life PurPoSe Journey grouP: Apr. 10-May. 15, 6: 30-8: 30 p.m., Weekly on Tue. Cost: $195/whole group. Location: Jungian Center, 55 Clover Lane, Waterbury. Info: HandTales, Janet Savage, 279-8554, janet@ handtales. com, handtales. com. Join seven other seekers committed to doing what it takes to be on a conscious path. Discover the keys to open the doorway to your life purpose. It’s all in your hands, literally. Four group sessions; plus three private consultations with Janet; bonus recordings of relevant topics. apply early. original ChriStianity: Mar. 21-Apr. 11, 7-9 p.m., Weekly on Wed. Cost: $60/course. Location: 55 Clover Lane, Waterbury. Info: Sue, 244-7909. Was Jesus really a figure in history or a mythic figure? Did Paul write all the epistles ascribed to him? What was the role of the Goddess in the original form of christianity? This course considers these and other provocative questions to paint a portrait of the earliest version of the christian faith. led by sue Mehrtens.

tai chi Snake-Style tai 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: 864-7902, 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 tai Chi: New 9-week beginner’s session started Jan. 11 & meets on Wed. at 5: 30. $125. All-levels class on Sat., 8: 30 a.m. Cost: $16/ class. Location: Vermont Tai Chi Academy & Healing Center, 180 Flynn Ave., Burlington. Turn right into driveway immediately after the railroad tracks. Located in the old Magic Hat Brewery building. Info: 318-6238. 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. Janet Makaris, instructor.

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well-being yoga & reiki: Mar. 6-28. Location: Blissful Wellness Center, 48 Laurel Dr., Essex. Info: Blissful Wellness, Linda Rock, 238-9540, blissfulwellnews. vt@ gmail. com, blissfulwellness. biz. see yoga and reiki March workshops and sessions online, or call us.

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maggiestandley@yahoo. com, wingspanpaintingstudio. com. Inspiring, fun, relaxed class for those wanting to explore painting for the first time or to jump-start their creativity/painting abilities. Detailed instruction, including materials, tools, techniques and visual art’s fundamentals. creativity exercises, individual input, group critiques and demos. come paint in a beautiful working studio with an experienced instructor!

yoga trauma-SenSitive yoga: Mar. 29-May. 24, 6: 30-7: 45 p.m., Weekly on Thu. Cost: $125/ series. Medicaid accepted. Location: Vermont Center for Yoga and Therapy, 364 Dorset St., suite 204, S. Burlington. Info: 999-2703, vtcyt. com. a yoga workshop treating PTsD, anxiety, depression, insomnia and fear with Deb sherrer, cYT, Ma. Trauma and loss can result in feelings of anxiety, sadness, agitation and reactivity, as well as PTsD symptoms (e. g., flashbacks, hypervigilance and nightmares). Yoga and mindfulness practices can gently shift these patterns, allowing individuals to reinhabit their bodies with a growing sense of safety, strength and stability.

Classes, Fine Art, Faux Finishes, Murals Maggie Standley 233.7676 wingspanpaintingstudio.com Arts-infused, interdisciplinary, inspiring classes, camps and workshops for kids, teens and adults. Visit the classes section at wingspanpaintingstudio.com for more details. Sliding scale available, all abilities welcome. Let your imagination soar!

evolution yoga: $14/class, $130/class card. $5-$10 community classes. Location: Evolution Yoga, Burlington. Info: 8649642, yoga@evolutionvt. com, evolutionvt. com. evolution’s certified teachers are skilled with students ranging from beginner to advanced. We offer classes in Vinyasa, anusara-inspired, 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.

Painting in oilS & aCryliCS: Mar. 29-May. 17, 9-11: 30 a.m., Weekly on Mon. Cost: $225/class series. Location: wingspan Studio, 4A Howard St, 3rd Fl, Burlington. Info: Maggie Standley, 233-7676,

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lessed with an expressive baritone and nimble fingers, Brattleboro’s Scott Ainslie is a master of American acoustic blues. He is also among the country’s most highly regarded blues historians, a veritable walking encyclopedia of blues and jazz. On Wednesday, March 21, Ainslie will give a lecture and performance at St. Michael’s College titled “One Hundred Years of Robert Johnson,” which examines the history and importance of the legendary blues pioneer. In advance of his appearance, Seven Days spoke with Ainslie by phone to chat about Johnson, the Caribbean roots of American jazz and the importance of coolness.

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SEVEN DAYS: Part of your lecture touches on the Haitian connection to American jazz. Can you give us the Reader’s Digest version? SCOTT AINSLIE: One of the interesting things about slavery in different cultures in this hemisphere is that while American whites were afraid of having their slaves educated, the French looked [favorably] on a slave’s talent. So if you were good with numbers, they were perfectly happy having you keep the books on the plantation. They were given inside jobs. So in Haiti there were music professors and teachers. There were black marching bands, musicians trained to play European instruments. But after the slave revolt in the early 19th century, and Haiti becomes a free black republic, we have black musicians who don’t have gigs anymore. So they migrate to the northernmost Caribbean port, which is, of course, New Orleans. So there is a collision of a repressed slave culture in the United States with less access to European instruments and skills who hold onto African music traditions, and a literate music culture from Haiti. And you wind up with jazz … this incredible music that is no longer French marching-band music, nor is it American blues. It’s a hybrid. SD: What are some sonic elements in early jazz that a layperson could hear to connect those dots? SA: This is where we don’t have much information. You can go back and hear marches that eventually turn into ragtime music a century later. But what we mostly have is circumstantial evidence, and I’m not sure a jury would convict on this. What we don’t have is musical DNA, the CSI guys. But the timing of it all makes sense. The other idea that moves, the other thing we can track into the Caribbean and then in and out of New Orleans and diaspora of black jazz musicians, is an idea that is part and parcel of American culture: coolness. SD: The birth of the cool? SA: Sort of. In the Yorba tribe in Niger River valley, there is this notion of how one develops a spiritual side and an artistic side. There is no dividing line between spirit and aesthetics, or spirit and anything, actually. There are three things required of a young person as they grow up. The first is to be inspired. The second thing, after you have the spirit coming into you, is to have the discipline to bring that vision to the rest of us. And not just, like, a hashish pipe dream in the middle of some Saturday night you don’t remember. You really need to have the force of will to do it. SD: And the third? SA: So when we see someone who has had a vision and can bring that vision to us in a disciplined way, we see that every aspect of their being begins to take on a sort of nobility. And everything they do we recognize as being different,

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not just the normal thing. And the Yorba word for that is itutu, which translates into “coolness.” SD: So the lasting imprint of Haiti on American jazz is coolness? SA: In a way. You can see it right now in the faces of black kids in Harlem. Watch hip-hop videos. You see this calm, if not dead-faced, kind of look. It’s an unflappability that’s built in. So what’s interesting is that you can track that idea of coolness right into Haiti and Cuba and Jamaica. But in America, it first turns up in the mouths of jazz musicians. SD: Speaking of coolness, Robert Johnson. Most people have a basic understanding of who he was and that he was important to the history of the blues. But what, specifically, makes him stand out from other musicians of that era? SA: There are three things that contributed to Johnson’s fame in later days — he died essentially an unknown blues musician. He had the misfortune personally, but the good fortune professionally, to die under mysterious circumstances when he was young. So the first thing is that we have these remarkable recordings, but they’re from someone we can’t check out. And for a long time nobody knows anything about him. So the mystery serves the romantic music critics. SD: We do love that stuff. SA: Exactly. There are two other things that separate Johnson’s work. One, he was a real chameleon. When he was very young he would not have heard a blues record, because they didn’t exist. So all of his early musical experiences would have been live, in the presence of these lions of Delta blues: Charlie Patton, Son House, Skip James. But around the time he was 16, he would start to hear some blues recordings, as well as Jimmy Rogers and country music, which people tend to forget about when they think about blues. But most of those blues guys loved Jimmy Rogers and played that stuff. But record companies only

wanted to record people with dark skin playing for people with dark skin. Anyway, Johnson had one foot in oral tradition, another in recordings. And he transcends those two worlds. What that means is that when you hear a collection of Johnson’s music, you hear a variety that other players didn’t have. You listen to his records, and it’s like a gateway drug for rock and rollers. You get a taste of all these different styles, and it’s very fetching. SD: And the second thing? SA: By the time he settles down to record when he’s 25, he knows how long a 78 is. And he’s not [been] caught a third of the way through a 12-minute performance at a juke joint and having somebody go, “Stop now. We’re running out of wax.” He knows how long those things are and he went into the studio to make records. So his work is lyrically tighter and there is generally an arc to the narrative of the song. He knows the form and format, and he’s making very canny use of it. He had also figured out what had become conventions in solo acoustic blues. He figured out how to keep a shuffling bass part going, and go up the neck and play the fancy stuff. He knew how to do things with guitar that nobody else was doing at the time, which came to him from blues piano recordings. He moved some of those sounds from the piano onto the guitar. He formalized some of the structures that have become clichés now in acoustic blues. But he was the first guy to get to it. All those things combine, the early death, the romance of this genius coming straight off the plantation… But what he was, was a very canny, ambitious 25-year-old, singing as high as he possibly could.

Scott Ainslie gives his lecture and performance, “One Hundred Years of Robert Johnson,” at the McCarthy Arts Center, St. Michael’s College, in Colchester, on Wednesday, March 21, at 7 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2536.

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superbooster Joe adler — who was the booking agent at Parima when it closed — into action. They met with Nectar’s talent buyer alex Budney, who, according to Mangan, “made them an offer they couldn’t refuse.” Hopefully that didn’t involve a severed horse’s head. But I digress. I’m pleased to announce that the Masquerade now has a permanent home at Nectar’s and Club Metronome, beginning next month. Mangan writes that having a stable location will allow him to continue expanding his concept for the party. With the weight of Nectar’s behind him, he says that will include inviting some big-name acts to the stage for future Full Moon rockanalias. Budney will turn the space over entirely to Mangan to transform the club into a different experience each month. Adds Mangan, “Good things come to those who … um, party every full moon.” Damn straight.

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In last week’s column, I wrote a bit celebrating the return of Mildred Moody’s Full Moon Masquerade to its original home at the space formerly occupied by Parima, now Three Needs. I was a big fan of the monthly party when it started at the late Thai joint last year, largely because the unique environs added another level of cool to an already sinfully fun event. So, I reasoned, the Masquerade coming back to said unique environs was good news. Then a funny thing happened. Due to a snafu working out the entertainment permitting for the event, the Masquerade was moved from the roomy digs of the new Needs to the decidedly more cozy confines of the 1/2 Lounge. Because God forbid something unusual and fun happen once a month in a bar without having to fill out the proper paperwork and/or ask permission. That would just be anarchy. Good looking out, liquor-control peeps. By the way, do you have to commute from the Prohibition era, or can you guys work remotely? Anyway, the goof spurred Masquerade founder scott

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raDio bEan: Ensemble V (jazz), 7:30 p.m., Free. irish sessions, 9 p.m., Free. rED squarE: Daphne Lee martin & Raise the Rent (gypsy jazz), 7 p.m., Free. DJ cre8 (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free. rí rá irish Pub: Longford Row (irish), 9 p.m., Free. thE skinny PanCakE: Ed Grasmeyer and Joshua Panda (folk, comedy), 6 p.m., $5 donation.

central

bagitos: The usual suspects (blues), 5 p.m., Free. Acoustic Blues Jam, 6 p.m., Free. comedy Night (standup), 7 p.m., Free. gusto’s: Open mic with John Lackard, 9 p.m., Free.

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City LiMits: Karaoke with Let it Rock Entertainment, 9 p.m., Free. on thE risE bakEry: Open Bluegrass session, 8 p.m., Donations.

northern

bEE’s knEEs: John smyth (singersongwriter), 7:30 p.m., Donations.

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thE hub PizzEria & Pub: seth Yacovone (solo acoustic blues), 7 p.m., Free. Moog’s: Jason Wedlock (acoustic), 8:30 p.m., Free.

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MonoPoLE: Open mic, 8 p.m., Free.

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1/2 LoungE: Burgundy Thursdays with Joe Adler, Aaron Burroughs (singer-songwriters), 7 p.m., Free. CLub MEtronoME: 2K Deep and Electrode Entertainment present Versus (EDm), 9 p.m., $3/5/7. 18+.

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highEr grounD baLLrooM: The Head & the Heart, Drew Grow and the Pastor’s Wives (indie folk), 7 p.m., $18. AA.

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moN.19 // Dr. Dog [iNDiE-rock]

Come Together There are two types of

Dr. Dog fans. The first are those who

prefer the woolly, unabashedly grainy retro-rock revivalism of the Philly-based band’s first records. The second swooned for the bright and decidedly cleaner ’60s pop sounds found on their last record, Shame Shame. On DD’s new album Be the Void, they split the difference, recapturing the gleeful scruff of their earlier work while continuing to refine nifty pop proclivities. This Monday, March 19, Dr. Dog mark their territory at the Higher Ground Ballroom. Get there early for songwriter birDiE busCh. highEr grounD shoWCasE LoungE: civil Twilight (rock), 7:30 p.m., $4.99/9.99. AA. LEvity CaFé: Open mic (standup), 8:30 p.m., Free. MonkEy housE: caroline smith and the Good Night sleeps, Dawn mitchele (rock), 9 p.m., $5. nECtar’s: Trivia mania with Top Hat Entertainment, 7 p.m., Free. The Lynguistic civilians, Learic, unkommon, Adeem & shaleem (hip-hop), 9:30 p.m., $3/5. 18+. o’briEn’s irish Pub: DJ Dominic (hip-hop), 9:30 p.m., Free. on taP bar & griLL: Jenni Johnson & Friends (blues), 7 p.m., Free. raDio bEan: Jazz sessions, 6 p.m., Free. shane Hardiman Trio (jazz), 8 p.m., Free. Kat Wright & the indomitable soul Band (soul), 11 p.m., $3. rED squarE: Old soul (soul), 7 p.m., Free. A-Dog Presents (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free. rED squarE bLuE rooM: DJ cre8 (house), 10 p.m., Free. rí rá irish Pub: Trinity (irish), 4 p.m., Free. Kitchen Party (celtic), 9 p.m., Free.

thE skinny PanCakE: Paul cataldo (folk), 8 p.m., $5 donation.

thE hub PizzEria & Pub: Dinner Jazz with Fabian, 7 p.m., Free.

vEnuE: Karaoke with steve Leclair, 7 p.m., Free.

Moog’s: Trevor caster (acoustic), 8:30 p.m., Free.

central

riMroCks Mountain tavErn: DJ Two Rivers (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free.

bagitos: colin mccaffrey & sarah Blair (folk), 6 p.m., Free. CharLiE o’s: Bingo for VT Foodbank, 9 p.m., Free. grEEn Mountain tavErn: Thirsty Thursday Karaoke, 9 p.m., Free. PurPLE Moon Pub: Old Dog New Tricks (acoustic), 8 p.m., Free.

champlain valley

51 Main: Verbal Onslaught (poetry), 9 p.m., Free. on thE risE bakEry: Gabe Jarrett & Friends (jazz), 8 p.m., Donations. tWo brothErs tavErn: DJ Dizzle (Top 40), 10 p.m., Free.

northern

bEE’s knEEs: Dave Keller (blues), 7:30 p.m., Donations.

regional

MonoPoLE DoWnstairs: Gary Peacock (singer-songwriter), 10 p.m., Free. oLivE riDLEy’s: Karaoke, 6 p.m., Free. tabu CaFé & nightCLub: Karaoke Night with sassy Entertainment, 5 p.m., Free. thEraPy: Therapy Thursdays with DJ NYcE (Top 40), 10:30 p.m., Free.

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baCkstagE Pub: Karaoke with steve, 9 p.m., Free.

bLuE PaDDLE bistro: carol Ann Jones (country), 6 p.m., Free. FRi.16

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Heavy metal and sex go together like leather and … is it getting hot in here? Anyway, the installment of Metal Monday at Nectar’s on March 19 will likely be the dirtiest in the history of the weekly series. The headlining band is an Albany act called — this is great

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“Top-shelf.”

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and a pleasantly low-key feel overall. I approve. This has been a fairly Nectar’s/Metronome-centric column, so why not push it a little further, especially since it means some love for our favorite local do-gooders, Big Heavy World? Wednesday, March 14 — what have I told you about reading me on Wednesdays? — BHW presents a freestyle rap battle called Words and Verbs, hosted by VERMONTY BURNS of

on the Seven Days staff blog, Blurt; by following me on Twitter — @DanBolles; or by liking my Facebook page: Dan Bolles — That Guy From the Seven Days. I’ll be blogging from Austin through Friday, musing about bands you should check out and bands you should avoid, and catching up with old pals such as VT expats the CAVE BEES.

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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. Andrew Bird, Break It Yourself

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Last but not least, as you’re reading this, I’m most likely hanging at an outdoor show in Austin, Texas, sipping a Shiner, scarfing down BBQ and generally basking in the madness that is South by Southwest. And, yes, I’m having a blast, thank you very much. Just a friendly reminder that you can keep up with my exploits all week

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Congrats to local rockers the PROPER, who celebrate the release of their new record, tulip/tsunami, with a show at the Monkey House this Saturday, March 17, aka St. Patrick’s Day. If you’re looking for a good alternative to the throngs of drunken Irish wannabes elsewhere about town on amateur night, you could certainly do worse. Not to spoil the review that will appear on these pages in the near future, but it’s a humble little slice of ragged pop-rock with some great hooks, nice arrangements

the LYNGUISTIC CIVILIANS. But this battle has a slight twist. Instead of a straight-up freestyle battle, contestants will be given certain words or phrases they have to incorporate into their rhymes. Sounds like fun, no? Also on the bill for the evening: local funky bunch FUNKWAGON and local electrorockers the BOUNCE LAB and KLOPTOSCOPE.

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suggestion to the folks at BCA. I love that cool local rock shows are happening at the gallery with some frequency these days. And I don’t think I’m alone. It’s a nifty space with a great atmosphere, and people seem to like attending shows there. But I’m guessing they’d enjoy it even more if they could actually, you know, see the bands. Since bands play on the same level as the crowd, unless you’re right up front or really tall, you spend most of the night watching the backs of people’s bobbing heads. That’s fun and all, but even a moveable 6-inch riser would make a world of difference. Either that, or mandate that anyone over six feet tall has to stand in the back of the room. Sincerely, short people.

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CLUB METRONOME: No Diggity: Return to the ’90s (’90s dance party), 9 p.m., $5. HIGHER GROUND BALLROOM: Vermont Comedy Divas: Josie Leavitt, Tracie Spencer, Autumn Engroff Spencer (standup), 8:30 p.m., $12/15. 18+. HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: Aer, Jacob Es (hiphop), 9 p.m., $10/12. AA.

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JP’S PUB: Dave Harrison’s Starstruck Karaoke, 10 p.m., Free. LEVITY CAFÉ: Friday Night Comedy (standup), 8 p.m., $8. Friday Night Comedy (standup), 10 p.m., $8. LIFT: Ladies Night, 9 p.m., Free/$3.

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NECTAR’S: Seth Yacovone (solo acoustic blues), 7 p.m., Free. Thunder Body, Soul Rebel Project (reggae), 9 p.m., $5. ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Fast & Loose (acoustic rock), 5 p.m., Free. Last Words (rock), 9 p.m., Free. RADIO BEAN: Ashley Sofia (singer-songwriter), 7 p.m., Free. Groove Shoes (rock), 10 p.m., Free. Phil Yates & the Affiliates (rock), 11:30 p.m., Free. Phone Home (rock), 1 a.m., Free. RED SQUARE: Me & You with Brett Hughes and Marie Claire (cosmo-rural), 5 p.m., Free. Mallett Brothers Band (rock), 8 p.m., $5. DJ Craig Mitchell (house), 11 p.m., $5.

RED SQUARE BLUE ROOM: DJ Wild Yeti (house), 9 p.m., $5. RUBEN JAMES: DJ Cre8 (hip-hop), 10:30 p.m., Free.

TWO BROTHERS TAVERN: Happy Hour with Trinity (Celtic), 4 p.m., Free. ’90s Throwback Night with DJ Jam Man, 10 p.m., Free.

RÍ RÁ IRISH PUB: Supersounds DJ (Top 40), 10 p.m., Free.

northern

VENUE: Fazlija & Nerka (rock), 9 p.m., Free.

central

BAGITOS: John Mowad (folk), 6 p.m., Free. THE BLACK DOOR: Live Music, 8 p.m., Free. Afinque (salsa), 9:30 p.m., $5. CHARLIE O’S: Mr. Yee & Friends, DJ Bay6 (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free. FRESH TRACKS FARM VINEYARD & WINERY: Borealis Guitar Duo, 5 p.m., Free. GREEN MOUNTAIN TAVERN: DJ Jonny P (Top 40), 9 p.m., $2. PURPLE MOON PUB: Sarah Wallis (singer-songwriter), 8 p.m., Free. THE RESERVOIR RESTAURANT & TAP ROOM: DJ Slim Pknz All Request Dance Party (Top 40), 10 p.m., Free. SLIDE BROOK LODGE & TAVERN: Ray and Russ (organ groove), 9 p.m., Free.

champlain valley

51 MAIN: Afro-Fusion Ensemble, 5 p.m., Free. 2nd Agenda (rebel folk), 9 p.m., Free. CITY LIMITS: Toast (rock), 9 p.m., Free.

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THE HUB PIZZERIA & PUB: Cats Under the Stars (Jerry Garcia Band tribute), 9 p.m., Free. MOOG’S: Eames Brothers Band (mountain blues), 9 p.m., Free. RIMROCKS MOUNTAIN TAVERN: Friday Night Frequencies with DJ Rekkon (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free.

regional

MONOPOLE: Lucid (rock), 10 p.m., Free. THERAPY: Pulse with DJ Nyce (hip-hop), 10 p.m., $5.

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CLUB METRONOME: Retronome (’80s dance party), 10 p.m., $5. FRANNY O’S: Karaoke, 9 p.m., Free. HIGHER GROUND BALLROOM: UDC Presents: Chi-Town (dance), 2:30 p.m., 5:30 p.m., 8:30 p.m., $15/17. AA.

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GUY DAVIS wears a lot of hats — not even including

the slick lid in the picture below. His multitudinous credits include work as an actor, director, writer, teacher and composer, as well as appearances on “Late Night with Conan O’Brien,” Garrison Keillor’s “A Prairie Home Companion” and David Dye’s “World Café.” But above all else, Davis is a bluesman. Though he was raised in a New York suburb, he was steeped in Delta tradition since before he could talk — or wear hats. And the gritty soul in his music speaks for itself. This Sunday, March 18, Davis plays the Tupelo Music Hall in White River Junction.

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and T-shirts and hardly seem the types to indulge in hair-care products, it’s fitting that such a hard-rocking throwback to 1980s pop metal comes to us from the Granite City, a hardscrabble town that can seem like it’s been stuck in a Ratt video since 1986. The band’s self-titled debut is a rowdy, shamelessly sleazy romp that harks back to the glory days of Mötley Crüe, Guns N’ Roses and Def Leppard. “Angelina” is a blistering opener that introduces lead vocalist David Lawrence as a worthy successor in the long line of high-pitched hairmetal screamers. “No Tell Motel” is as bawdy as its title suggests and features face-melting lines from lead guitarist T.J. Powers over a salacious, sex-metal groove. Nikki Sixx would undoubtedly approve. “Pretty Thing” is a passable nod to David Lee Roth-era Van Halen. The boner-driven “For the Ages” is a scorcher that would do Twisted Sister proud. “Talk a Good Game” is yet another Crüe-worthy bruiser. Really, all that’s missing from this cock-rocking trip down memory lane is the sixminute power ballad.

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The original three needs were wine, women and song. With the advent of rock, we collectively updated that chestnut to sex, drugs and rock and roll, which became the fundamental principles of the genre and lifestyle. That unholy trinity can be forgotten when we try to elevate rock as an art form. Nothing against the Radioheads of the world, but that’s exactly why bands such as Stone Bullet are important. They remind us of the gleefully seedy heart of rock and roll. Stone Bullet play the Knotty Shamrock in Northfield this Saturday, March 17.

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In my heart of hearts, I want to believe that the members of Stone Bullet pull up to every gig in an IROC-Z, shrouded in a plume of cigarette smoke as they stumble out of the car clad in torn leather pants and cheap sunglasses, reeking of Jack Daniels and Aqua Net. I want to believe they are surrounded by a cadre of slutty groupies and greasy manager types with bad British accents. And that one of them is missing an arm. I want to believe all this because Stone Bullet sound as though they were transported from the golden age of cock rock, perhaps through some mysterious portal linked to MTV’s “Headbangers Ball,” to deliver us from Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga and other assorted crimes against rock and humanity. In truth, Stone Bullet are composed of four twentysomethings from Barre, Vt. Though they typically sport jeans

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When they released their 2010 debut album, Nearly Lost Stars, Wooden Dinosaur immediately became one of the most compelling and artistically provocative bands in Vermont. That record, a deeply nuanced and emotionally fearless blend of worldly art rock and intimate indie-folk, was easily among the finest released that year, if not the last decade. The bar — and subsequent expectations for the band’s sophomore effort — were set extraordinarily high. On Spaces, not only do Wooden Dinosaur exceed those expectations, they offer an album so thoughtfully conceived and beautifully executed that it is nothing less than an instant Vermont classic. Wooden Dinosaur is the brainchild of songwriter Michael Roberts. On Nearly Lost Stars, he brooded, elegantly musing on insatiable wanderlust, unrequited love and other dark corners of an addled mind and poetic heart. Though not depressing, his writing exuded a palpable yearning and, at times, an insecurity that steeped the record in melancholy. Usually, the worst thing that can happen to a good, sad songwriter is to cheer up. (Like when Jeff Tweedy started writing songs about doing dishes.) Roberts is the exception. Now married and settled in Brattleboro, he is stable and happy. And his writing is even more focused, yet it retains the irreverent poignancy that made Nearly Lost Stars so gripping. On the loping opener, “Talking About Death,” Roberts confronts mortality with vitality and with lyrical turns both cunning and calming. “Good Winter,” presumably an ode to his blushing bride, could stumble into romantic

schmaltz were it not for his gentle subtlety, winking humor, and a vocal croon that sounds equal parts Willie Nelson and They Might Be Giants’ John Linnell. Roberts gets a touch political on “I Shot a Gun.” Yet even when addressing weighty subjects, he’s light and winsome but affecting. Though Roberts is remarkable, his talents may be outshone by the collective efforts of his backing mates. The record’s arrangements are stunning and intricate. They also represent a stylistic evolution from Nearly Lost Stars. Rather than esoteric indie-folk, Wooden Dinosaur delve into a sort of intellectualized earlycountry sound — imagine if Sufjan Stevens composed for Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys. Playful horn lines pirouette around Katie Trautz’s lithe fiddle strokes. Ornate vocal harmonies drift over ragged, propulsive drums, while Asa Brosius’ pedal steel shimmers like a sonic aurora borealis. What’s most impressive is that these fascinating compositions and exquisite performances never distract from Roberts’ writing. Instead, they add depth and character, suggesting an uncommon musical symbiosis. Wooden Dinosaur celebrate the release of Spaces with a show this Saturday, March 17, at the Black Door in Montpelier.

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Higher Ground Showcase Lounge: Katie Herzig, Andy Davis (indie), 7:30 p.m., $12/15. AA. JP’s Pub: Dave Harrison’s Starstruck Karaoke, 10 p.m., Free. Monkey House: The Proper CD release, Last Builders of the Empire, White Woods (rock), 9 p.m., $5. Nectar’s: The Seawolves (Celtic), 9 p.m., $5. On Tap Bar & Grill: Colin McCaffrey & Sarah Blair (folk), 4:30 p.m., Free. The Complaints (rock), 9 p.m., Free. Radio Bean: Less Digital, More Manual: Record Club, 3 p.m., Free. Samara Lark Plays Irish Drinking Songs, 5:30 p.m., Free. Super Gold Sing-Along with Jay Ekis (rock), 7 p.m., Free. Linda Bassick (singer-songwriter), 9 p.m., Free. The Lynguistic Civilians (hip-hop), 10:30 p.m., Free. Red Square: Craig Mitchell (house), 11 a.m., Free. Everybody’s Favorite Irish Drinking Songs Band (drunk), 2 p.m., Free. The Wall-Stiles Band (rock), 5 p.m., Free. Chris Kasper Band (rock), 8 p.m., $5. DJ Mixx (house), 10 p.m., $5. DJ A-Dog (hip-hop), 11:30 p.m., $5. Red Square Blue Room: DJ Cre8 (house), 5 p.m., Free. Rí Rá Irish Pub: Longford Row (Irish), 11 a.m., Free. The X-Rays (rock), 4 p.m., Free. Giants of Science (rock), 10 p.m., Free. The Skinny Pancake: Eric George Band (folk), 8 p.m., $5 donation.

central

Bagitos: Irish Session, 2 p.m., Free. Local Singer-Songwriters, 6 p.m., Free. The Black Door: Wooden Dinosaur CD release (indie folk), 9:30 p.m., $5. Charlie O’s: Blue Moon St. Patty’s Jigdown, 10 p.m., Free. Cider House BBQ and Pub: Dan Boomhower (piano), 6 p.m., Free.

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Knotty Shamrock: Stone Bullet (rock), 9 p.m., Free. Purple Moon Pub: Mind the Gap (Irish), 8 p.m., Free. The Reservoir Restaurant & Tap Room: Japhy Ryder (prog-rock), 10 p.m., Free. Slide Brook Lodge & Tavern: Curtis Grove (rock), 9 p.m., Free. Tupelo Music Hall: Jeanne and the Hi-Tops (blues, rock), 8 p.m., $15. AA.

champlain valley

51 Main: Soule Monde (organ groove), 9 p.m., Free. City Limits: Dance Party with DJ Earl (Top 40), 9 p.m., Free. ND’s Bar & Restaurant : The Ryan Hanson Band (rock), 8 p.m., Free. Two Brothers Tavern: Longford Row (Celtic), 6 p.m., $3.

northern

Bee’s Knees: The Alleycelticats (Irish), 4 p.m., Donations. Laslo Cameo (electric roots), 7:30 p.m., Donations. Black Cap Coffee: Jeff Nich (folk), 3 p.m., Free.

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The Hub Pizzeria & Pub: Karaoke, 9 p.m., Free. Moog’s: The Butterbeans (folk), 9 p.m., Free. Parker Pie Co.: Evansville Transit Authority (rock), 8 p.m., Free.

Rimrocks Mountain Tavern: DJ Two Rivers (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free.

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Roadside Tavern: DJ Diego (Top 40), 9 p.m., Free.

regional

Monopole: Eat Sleep Funk (funk), 10 p.m., Free. Tabu Café & Nightclub: All Night Dance Party with DJ Toxic (Top 40), 5 p.m., Free.

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Club Metronome: Mushpost and DRK present Bassline: Parallax, the Orator, DJ Darcie, Preay & Setian, Palmtrixx (EDM), 9 p.m., Free/$3/5. 18+. Higher Ground Showcase Lounge: Sarah Jaroz, Lera Lynn (singersongwriters), 7:30 p.m., $18/20. AA. Nectar’s: Mi Yard Reggae Night with Big Dog & Demus, 9 p.m., Free. Radio Bean: John Holland (singersongwriter), 11 a.m., Free. Old Time Sessions (old-time), 1 p.m., Free. Kurt Scobie (singer-songwriter), 4 p.m., Free. Trio Gusto (gypsy jazz), 5 p.m., Free. Galen Peria, Brad Peria & Anna Pardenik (singer-songwriters), 7 p.m., Free. Dented Personality (rock), 10 p.m., Free. Folsom Dale (rock), 11 p.m., Free. Rí Rá Irish Pub: Trinity (Irish), 5 p.m., Free.

central

Bagitos: Eric Friedman (folk), 11 a.m., Free. Purple Moon Pub: Silent Movie Sunday with Dark Lounge, 7 p.m., Free. Tupelo Music Hall: Guy Davis (blues), 8 p.m., $20. AA.

northern

Bee’s Knees: David Langevin (piano), 11 a.m., Donations. Tall Grass Getdown (bluegrass), 7:30 p.m., Donations. Black Cap Coffee: Dayve Huckett (jazz), 3 p.m., Free.

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burlington area

Club Metronome: WRUV & MIss Daisy present Motown Monday with DJs Big Dog, Disco Phantom, Thelonius X Llu, the Engine Ear, EOK (soul), 9 p.m., Free/$5. 18+.

thu.15 // Caroline Smith and the Good Night Sleeps [indie]

Well Rested

Caroline Smith likes to keep things simple, albeit deceptively so. Her songs take

root in basic pop progressions and then flower with lyrical turns that bloom amid delicate musings on love and life. The Minneapolis-based songwriter finds beauty in simplicity, which helps explain why her hook-laden indie pop has drawn comparisons to the likes of Feist and Joanna Newsom. This Thursday, March 15, Caroline Smith and the Good Night Sleeps play the Monkey House in Winooski with Dawn

Mitschele.

northern

Moog’s: Seth Yacovone (solo acoustic blues), 8 p.m., Free.

TUE.20

burlington area

Club Metronome: Bass Culture with DJs Jahson & Nickel B (dubstep), 9 p.m., Free. My Music Is Better Than Yours presents BamBooRa, DJ Haitian, Jakels & Storm (EDM), 9 p.m., $5/8. 18+. Dobrá Tea: Grup Anwar (Middle Eastern folk), 6 p.m., Free.

Higher Ground Ballroom: Dr. Dog, Birdie Busch (indie rock), 7:30 p.m., $20/22. AA.

Higher Ground Showcase Lounge: Perpetual Groove, Potbelly (jam), 8:30 p.m., $13/15. AA.

Nectar’s: Metal Monday: Vomlette, Underneath the Scabby Sheets, Filthy Minutes of Fame (metal), 9 p.m., Free/$5. 18+.

Leunig’s Bistro & Café: Dayve Huckett (jazz), 7 p.m., Free.

On Tap Bar & Grill: Open Mic with Wylie, 7 p.m., Free. Radio Bean: Ryan Fauber & Friends (singer-songwriters), 5 p.m., Free. Open Mic, 8 p.m., Free.

Monkey House: Upsetta International with Jon Demus and Selector Dubee (reggae), 9 p.m., $3. Monty’s Old Brick Tavern: Open Mic, 6 p.m., Free. Nectar’s: Boombasnap, Climbing Up the Walls (jam), 9 p.m., $5-10 donation.

Red Square: Industry Night with Robbie J (hip-hop), 11 p.m., Free.

On Tap Bar & Grill: Trivia with Top Hat Entertainment, 7 p.m., Free.

Ruben James: Why Not Monday? with Dakota (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free.

Radio Bean: Stephen Callahan and Mike Piche (jazz), 6 p.m., Free. Broken Machinery (jazz), 8 p.m., Free. HonkyTonk Sessions, 10 p.m., $3.

central

Bagitos: Open Mic, 7 p.m., Free.

Red Square: Upsetta International with Super K (reggae), 8 p.m., Free. Craig Mitchell (house), 10 p.m., Free.

central

Charlie O’s: Karaoke, 10 p.m., Free.

champlain valley

Radio Bean: Mark Kelly (singersongwriter), 7 p.m., Free. Ensemble V (jazz), 7:30 p.m., Free. Irish Sessions, 9 p.m., Free. Mushpost Social Club (downtempo), 11 p.m., Free.

Two Brothers Tavern: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., Free. Monster Hits Karaoke, 9 p.m., Free.

Red Square: Starline Rhythm Boys (rockabilly), 7 p.m., Free. DJ Cre8 (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free.

northern

The Skinny Pancake: Ed Grasmeyer and Joshua Panda (comedy, acoustic), 6 p.m., $5 donation.

Bee’s Knees: Josh Gould (old-time), 7:30 p.m., Donations. The Hub Pizzeria & Pub: Bob Wagner and Whiskey Bullet (rock), 9 p.m., Free. Moog’s: Open Mic/Jam Night, 8:30 p.m., Free. Open Mic, 8:30 p.m., Free.

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1/2 Lounge: Rewind with DJ Craig Mitchell (retro), 10 p.m., Free. Franny O’s: Karaoke, 9:30 p.m., Free. Higher Ground Ballroom: GWAR, Municipal Waste, Ghoul, Legacy of Disorder (metal), 7:30 p.m., $19/22. AA. Leunig’s Bistro & Café: Cody Sargent Trio (jazz), 7 p.m., Free.

central

Bagitos: Acoustic Blues Jam, 6 p.m., Free. Gusto’s: Open Mic with John Lackard, 9 p.m., Free.

champlain valley

51 Main: Blues Jam, 8 p.m., Free. City Limits: Karaoke with Let It Rock Entertainment, 9 p.m., Free.

northern

Bee’s Knees: Sarah Wallis (singersongwriter), 7:30 p.m., Donations. The Hub Pizzeria & Pub: Seth Yacovone (solo acoustic blues), 7 p.m., Free.

Manhattan Pizza & Pub: Open Mic with Andy Lugo, 10 p.m., Free.

Moog’s: George Agnew of Farmboy (singer-songwriter), 8:30 p.m., Free.

Nectar’s: The Edd, UV Hippo (live electronica), 9 p.m., $5.

regional

ONE Pepper Grill: Open Mic with Ryan Hanson, 8 p.m., Free. On Tap Bar & Grill: Paydirt (acoustic rock), 7 p.m., Free.

Monopole: Open Mic, 8 p.m., Free. m

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“All Aboard: An Exhibition of Trains”

“Winter Parade of Steam” by David Tutwiler

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s there anyone who doesn’t love a train? That is, aside from the auto industry and, arguably, the U.S. government? It’s a sad fact that the choo-choo has been shoved aside in this car-addicted nation. High-speed rail? Still a fantasy. But you won’t find any of that grousing at the Bryan Memorial Gallery in Jeffersonville; its current show, “All Aboard: An Exhibition of Trains,” only looks fondly to the past. This is necessarily and unabashedly a nostalgia fest, and the curators have spared no effort in finding vintage artifacts and images to engage the historian — and send older viewers down memory lane. A couple of working model train sets provide all-ages appeal, not to mention a clickety-clack soundtrack. But the Bryan is an art gallery, of course, and so “All Aboard” is also packed with competent artworks featuring trains as central figures. One of the most striking paintings is David Tutwiler’s “Winter Parade of Steam,” a 20-by-30-inch oil in which a train chugs through a small town — presumably in Vermont — on a frigid winter morning. Steam billowing from the smokestack envelops the long line of train cars and blurs into the snowy setting, putting the black engine in stark,

“ALL ABOARD” IS PACKED WITH COMPETENT ARTWORKS

FEATURING TRAINS AS CENTRAL FIGURES.

“Crosshead Detail CNR” by David Plowden

“The Fur Lady”

dramatic relief. Tutwiler’s composition gives this unpeopled scene a subtler drama, too: The tracks curve toward the foreground, and the train is aimed directly at the viewer. One wonders if the artist — a noted plein-air painter who counts filmmaker George Lucas among his patrons — sat outside waiting for this train to come in.

Liné Tutwiler — David’s wife — is also a capable painter, and her “Green Mountain Vista,” a 20-by-24-inch oil, is another engaging glimpse at yesteryear in Vermont. Here the perspective is longer: a narrow valley whose mountainsides extend into a misty “V” in the distance. A train is distant, too, barely visible, and a river ribbons along the val-

ley floor. A small cluster of houses clings to the hill in the foreground, on which the painter was ensconced. A tall pine, whose branches protrude into the picture at upper right, stands like a sentinel over this placid scene. Liné Tutwiler’s palette is muted; the hardscrabble hillsides are dotted with evergreens, but a knot of yellow-leafed trees suggests a not-so-vibrant foliage season. “Night Trains” is a dark-hued acrylic tempera by gallery namesake Mary Bryan, and one of the few images in the exhibit that plainly show a downside of trains: pollution. In this urban railyard scene, smoke congests the sky in angry plumes of black and gray. The work, part of the gallery’s permanent collection, is nonetheless aesthetically arresting and a departure from the generally devotional sensibility of the show. “All Aboard” includes many more paintings, from Colette Paul’s delicate watercolor “The New Haven” to Christopher Jenkins’ train-centric oils set in the West to Gary D. Lang’s realist train portraits. But other mediums are represented here, as well, including prints, reproduction travel posters and photographs. Among the best of the photos is David Plowden’s “Crosshead Detail CNR.” The black-and-white picture, just 11 inches square, homes right in on a photogenic train wheel and the interconnected working parts around it. It’s as easy to be awed — as Plowden obviously was — by the machine’s beauty as it is to marvel at its massive weight and well-oiled functionality. The detail alone speaks to the power of the “iron horse” and its essential role in history. The Green Mountain Rug Hooking Guild puts the locomotive to more playful purpose. Each of 63 rugs, 18 inches square, features a circus act riding on a train car. Crafters around the region contributed these humorous and exquisitely made rugs, which portray a giraffe, a lion, a “fur lady,” an elephant and so on. One is even styled after van Gogh’s “Starry Night.” This portion of the show casts a new light on hookers. To be sure, “All Aboard” is a scenic ride with something for everyone. But you’ll have to get in your car and drive to it. PA M EL A P O L S T O N

“All Aboard: An Exhibition of Trains,” Bryan Memorial Gallery, Jeffersonville. Through April 1. bryangallery.org

Art ShowS

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25th AnnuAl Children's Art exhibition: original artwork by students from burlington elementary schools. Through March 28 at Metropolitan gallery, burlington City hall. info, 865-7166. AdAm deVArney: "And Then the weather Changed," more than 50 original paintings and collages influenced by comics, skateboarding, urban culture and printed material predating the 1980s. Through March 31 at s.p.A.C.e. gallery in burlington. info, spacegalleryvt.com. AmAndA VellA: "what happens," paintings. Through April 30 at Dostie bros. Frame shop in burlington. info, 660-9005. CAsey reAs: "process," prints, animations, architectural wall fabrics, relief sculpture and interactive works all derived from variations on the same software algorithm. Through April 28 at bCA Center in burlington. info, 865-7166. ChAmplAin VAlley regionAl Art show: Creative work by area elementary, middle and high school students. Through March 21 at university Mall in south burlington. info, 862-6696. dJ bArry: "instantaneous," the artist's response to the 10th anniversary of 9/11, plus other acrylic paintings. Through March 31 at healthy living in south burlington. info, 461-5814. doug hoppes: "landscapes with a Twist," paintings. Through March 31 at seAbA Center in burlington. info, 859-9222. 'engAge': work in a variety of media by 35 Vermont artists with disabilities, including Robert Mcbride, Margaret Kannenstine, beth barndt, steve Chase, lyna lou nordstrum and Robert gold; presented by VsA Vermont. Through April 29 at Amy e. Tarrant gallery, Flynn Center, in burlington. info, 655-7772. eVie loVett: "backstage at the Rainbow Cattle Co.," photographs documenting the drag queens at a Dummerston gay bar; in collaboration with the Vermont Folklife Center. Through March 31 at bCA Center in burlington. info, 865-7166. 'eye of the beholder: one sCene, three Artists' Visions': pastel works by Marcia hill, Anne unangst and Cindy griffith. Through May 31 at shelburne Vineyard. info, 985-8222.

'the Art on burton': work by artists who have contributed to the design of burton snowboards, plus videos exploring the process of design. Through April 15 at helen Day Art Center in stowe. Awards ceremony for the board design competition followed by a panel discussion with the burton creative team and JDK designers: Thursday, March 15, 5-7 p.m. info, 253-8358. susAn CAlzA: "Much acquainted...missing," drawings, sculptures, photographs, videos and performance pieces inspired by the artist's recent travels in new York, new Delhi, Kathmandu and istanbul. Through March 30 at Julian scott Memorial gallery, Johnson state College. Talk: Thursday, March 15, 3-5 p.m. info, 635-1469.

sAlon eVening: enjoy artwork and a glass of wine. Thursday & Friday, March 15 & 16, 5-8 p.m., lille Fine Art salon, burlington. info, 617-894-4673. peter thomAshow: new collage work accompanies a live performance of looped guitar and theremin by the wolfson Memorial laboratory of Colour; also, a video installation by Robert bowen. saturday, March 17, 7:30 p.m., Main street Museum, white River Junction. info, 356-2776.

reCeptions mAry hill: "banners & paintings," recent work by the Vermont artist. Through April 25 at River Arts Center in Morrisville. Reception: Thursday, March 15, 5-7 p.m. info, 888-1261. 'night Vision: dreAms And self-expression': work by Karla Van Vliet, laura smith, Deb Degraff, Joan Murray and sarah lyda, artists affiliated with north of eden Archetypal

JordAn douglAs & Axel stohlberg: "(Re) memberings," hand-tinted, reimagined historical photos by Douglas; "little stories," found-object assemblages by stohlberg. Through March 31 at Vintage inspired in burlington. info, 488-5766. Justin lAnders: "Disposable landscapes," paintings made of cheap materials that are intended to be purchased, viewed for a short while and then disposed of or regifted. Through March 25 at brickels gallery in burlington. info, 825-8214. kAren dAwson: brightly colored, semi-abstract paintings. Through April 30 at people's united bank in burlington. info, 865-1208. leAh wittenberg: "A Meter's eye View," cartoons featuring anthropomorphized parking meters expressing their views on politics and culture. Through April 14 at the skinny pancake in burlington. info, 864-3556.

JAmes sCArolA: The original oil paintings the artist used as chapter heads for his novel Shivers: Tales of Terror and Suspense, plus shirts, prints and stained-glass works. Through April 11 at nunyuns bakery & Café in burlington. info, 338-0555.

mArCh Artists: work by Annemie Curlin, Charlie hunter, Carolyn enz hack, leah Van Rees, Judy laliberte, Jeff Clarke, steven Chase, Melvin harris and Axel stohlberg. Through March 31 at Maltex building in burlington. info, 865-7166.

JAson boyd: Abstract acrylic paintings. Through March 31 at Vintage Jewelers in burlington. info, 862-2233.

mArk boedges & Jerry geier: new paintings by boedges; sculpture and drums by geier. Through March 31 at Mark boedges Fine Art gallery in burlington. info, 735-7317.

Jess grAhAm: "love, winter," paintings. Through March 31 at the Artspace at the Magic hat Artifactory in south burlington. info, 658-2739.

Jodi whAlen: "Family Tree," abstract landscapes created with her sign-painter grandfather's French brushes and classic sign painter's paint. Through March 31 at the gallery at Main street landing in burlington. info, 540-3018.

miChAel lew-smith & Alex riCe-swiss: photographs. Through March 31 at nectar's in burlington. info, 658-4771.

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miriAm thompson: "interaction," monochrome acrylic-on-wood-panel paintings. Through March 31 at Davis studio gallery in burlington. info, 425-2700. 'monoChromAtiC': black-and-white photography. Through March 16 at Darkroom gallery in essex Junction. info, 777-3686. mr. mAsterpieCe: "The naughty naked nude show," figurative drawings and semi-abstract acrylic paintings. Through March 31 at Artspace 106 at the Men's Room in burlington. info, 864-2088. nini CrAne: Mixed-media, watercolor, acrylic and pastel paintings and giclee prints. Through April 30 at Magnolia breakfast & lunch bistro in burlington. info, 862-7446.

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pAmelA stAfford & kAtherine plAnte: oil paintings. Through March 31 at speaking Volumes 12v-mensroom062911.indd 1 in burlington. info, 540-0107. 'persiAn Visions': Contemporary photography from iran; 'imagining the islamic world': late 19th- and early 20th-century travel photography; 'A disCerning eye': selections from the J. brooks buxton Collection. Through May 20 at Fleming Museum, uVM, in burlington. info, 656-0750. peter weyrAuCh: "Rodz," black-and-white photographs of cars, gates 1-8; JuliA purinton: oil paintings, skyway; gilliAn klein: oil painting, escalator. Through March 31 at burlington Airport in south burlington. info, 865-7166. 'reCyCle/reuse showCAse': Artwork made by Chittenden County high school students from materials that would otherwise end up in a landfill. sponsored by Chittenden solid waste District. Through March 27 at Frog hollow in burlington. info, 872-8111. 'reVerie': landscape, seascape, still-life and architecture paintings by artists who paint in Cape Ann, Mass., and Vermont. Through April 7 at lille Fine Art salon in burlington. info, 617-894-4673. riChArd weinstein: new work by the Vermont artist and retired professor. Through March 31 at scarlet galleries in burlington. info, 508-237-0651.

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miChAel Albert: "Cerealism," collage posters made from recycled cereal and food-product packaging. Through March 30 at Jackie Mangione studio in burlington. info, 598-1504.

'CulturAl hero #2 the CAge of piss And enlightenment or the heAdless Confessions of the VAporized deer sweAter & free wi-fi': work by artists who have 16t-goodnewsgarage(donate)031412.indd 1 experimented over the last three months with the tools of the burlington-based isKRA print Collective. March 16 through 29 at JDK in burlington. Reception: screening of Aaron Rose's documentary film about sister Corita, the screenprinting nun. Friday, March 16, 6-9 p.m. info, 864-5884.

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'Jezebels And VAliAnt Queens And those thAt fAll in between': work in a variety of media by members of the collective we Art women (through March 31); ishAnA ingermAn: "unMasking: The Truth," masks (through March 25). At Fletcher Free library in burlington. info, 865-7211.

'metAmorphism': work by Frog hollow gallery assistants grace Miceli, Kylie Dally, Quinn Delahanty, Tasha Kramer-Melnick, Kristin ballif and Tree spaulding. Through April 1 at uncommon grounds in burlington. info, 865-6227.

Chepe CuAdrA: paintings that explore identity. Through March 24 at livak Room, Davis Center, uVM, in burlington. Reception: Thursday, March 15, 6-8 p.m. info, 730-4234.

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JACkie mAngione: watercolor paintings of factories along the winooski riverfront. Through March 31 at black horse Fine Art supply in burlington. info, 860-4972.

leigh Ann rooney & hilAry glAss: "ethereal Terra," paintings and photography by Rooney; etchings and illustrations by glass, on the first floor; robert brunelle Jr.: "Cold snap," paintings, on the second floor. Through April 27 at Community College of Vermont in winooski. info, 654-0513.

Dreamwork. Through March 30 at walkover gallery & Concert Room in bristol. Reception: poetry readings and live music. saturday, March 17, 5:30-6:30 p.m. info, 453-3188.

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frAnCophone show: work by French-speaking artists. Through March 31 at north end studio A in burlington. info, 863-6713.

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‘In the Trees’ At first glance, Missy Dunaway’s paintings of feathers appear to be scientific field guides. Each plume in

the composition is different: one long, curving and seemingly plucked from a pheasant’s tail, another small and downy, another shiny and strikingly blue. But the Maryland-based artist organizes the feathers not scientifically but according to personal associations and literary references. In her artist statement she writes, “Scrutinous attention to detail not only reveals the process of painting a feather, but also the process of falling in love with the character of each.” Dunaway’s work is part of a forest-themed group show called “In the

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Rick Jasany & Kevin Morin: Photography. Through March 31 at Union Station in Burlington. Info, 864-1557. Robert Waldo Brunelle: "Spilling the Beans: The Dropped Food Series," acrylic paintings. Through March 31 at Red Square in Burlington. Info, 318-2438. Roger Coleman: "that was so 19 seconds ago," new paintings. Through April 28 at Flynndog in Burlington. Info, 863-0093. Shahram Entekhabi: Happy Meal, a film featuring a young Muslim girl eating a McDonald's Happy Meal, in the New Media Niche (through August 26); 'Up in Smoke': Smoke-related works from the museum's permanent collection (through June 3). At Fleming Museum, UVM, in Burlington. Info, 656-0750. Sharyn Layfield: "A Month of Sundays," acrylic abstractions exploring color and organic structure. Through March 31 at Block Gallery in Winooski. Info, 373-5150.

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Student Exhibition: Paintings, photography and mixed-media works by Burlington College students. Through April 1 at Muddy Waters in Burlington. Info, 862-9616. Tara Goreau: Paintings by the Vermont artist. Through March 31 at Salaam in Burlington. Info, 658-8822.

The Home Base Literacy Project Exhibit: Artwork by adults with developmental disabilities. Through March 31 at Barnes & Noble in South Burlington. Info, 864-7505.

Sydorowich and Gary Eckhart. Through May 4 at Valley Art Foundation Festival Gallery in Waitsfield. Info, 496-6682.

Trice Stratmann: New England landscapes in oil. Through March 31 at Left Bank Home & Garden in Burlington. Info, 862-1001.

Janet Van Fleet: "Discography," mixed-media work that incorporates discs into grids. Through March 19 at Contemporary Dance & Fitness Studio in Montpelier. Info, 563-2486.

Zoe Bishop: "Beast and Bird," paintings and papier-mâché works. Through March 15 at Nunyuns Bakery & Café in Burlington. Info, bumblebishop@ rocketmail.com.

Jody Stahlman: "Dogs, Penguins, a Pig and a Frog," paintings. Through April 30 at the Shoe Horn at Onion River in Montpelier. Info, artwhirled23@ yahoo.com.

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Martha Loving Orgain: "Thinking With the Heart," mixed-media work. Through March 31 at Big Picture Theater & Café in Waitsfield. Info, 496-8994.

'Art is Literacy of the Soul': Artwork by area students. Through April 15 at Chandler Gallery in Randolph. Info, 431-0204. Barb Leber: "Black, White and Color," acrylic paintings; Cheryl Dick: "Birmingham and Beyond," pastels and oils. Through April 23 at KelloggHubbard Library in Montpelier. Info, 223-3338.

Mary Claire Carroll: "Living Connections: Voices and Visions from Shared Lives," photographs and text exploring Vermont's disability services; supported by the Vermont Developmental Disability Council. Through March 30 at Statehouse Cafeteria in Montpelier. Info, 828-0749.

'Earth Rhythms': Recent works by Marilyn Allen, Casey Blanchard, Bryce LeVan Cushing and Richard Weis. Through March 31 at Vermont Institute of Contemporary Arts in Chester. Info, 875-1018.

Mary Mead & Bert Yarborough: Work by the Colby-Sawyer College printmakers. Through March 31 at Two Rivers Printmaking Studio in White River Junction. Info, 295-5901.

G. Roy Levin: Found-object artwork by the founder of Vermont College's MFA in Visual Art program, who died in 2003. March 20 through 31 at College Hall, Vermont College of Fine Arts, in Montpelier. Info, 828-8636.

Nancy Silliman & Redel Frometa: "In Our Midst," paintings and mixed-media works that explore themes of home, childhood and love. Through April 14 at Nuance Gallery in Windsor. Info, 674-9616.

'Green Mountain Watercolor Exhibition': Work by James Gardner, Peter Jeziorski, Peter Huntoon, Barbara Pafume, Robert O’Brien, Robert

Nancy Taplin: Abstract paintings. March 21 through April 29 at BigTown Gallery in Rochester. Info, 767-9670. 'Natural Wonders': Sculptural assemblages by John Udvardy, mixed-media drawings by Marcy Hermansader and paintings by Anda Dubinskis. Through March 19 at BigTown Gallery in Rochester. Info, 767-9670. Phil Godenschwager: "The Same Old Thing All Over Again, From Another Point of View," stained glass, paintings and sculptures. Through March 31 at Hartness Gallery, Vermont Technical College, in Randolph Center. Info, 728-1237. Ray Brown: "From Vermont to Italy," landscape paintings that straddle abstraction and realism. Through April 6 at Central Vermont Medical Center in Barre. Info, 371-4375. Robin LaHue: Oil and mixed-media works that explore our relationships with trees and buildings. Through March 31 at O'Maddi's Deli & Café in Northfield. Info, 485-7770. Sienna Fontaine: "Born in Vermont," watercolors of flora and fauna. Through March 31 at Capitol Grounds in Montpelier. Info, curator@capitolgrounds.com. 'Sound Proof: The Photography of Matthew Thorsen, Vermont Music Images 1990-2000': Chemical prints accompanied by audio recordings in which the photographer sets the scene and the bands play on. Through March 31 at Governor's Office Gallery in Montpelier. Info, 865-1140. 'Storytime': Work in a variety of media exploring the human impulse to construct narratives; 'Never Forget': Work examining the creative journey of women. Through April 7 at Studio Place Arts in Barre. Info, 479-7069. 'The History of Goddard College: An Era of Growth, Expansion and Transitions, 1969-1979': Photographs, films and archival documents focused on the radical, innovative programs created at Goddard in the '70s. Through June 20 at Eliot D. Pratt Library, Goddard College, in Plainfield. Info, 454-8311.

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emerging Artists exhibit: Artwork by Mt. Abraham Union High School students. Through March 24 at Art on Main in Bristol. Info, 453-4032. 'environment And object in recent AfricAn Art': Artworks made of found objects and used materials and reflecting the environment’s impact on contemporary African life. Through April 22 at Middlebury College Museum of Art. Info, 443-3168.

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'in the trees': Work by Missy Dunaway, Ellen Granter, Nissa Kauppila, Genise Park, Julia Purinton, Peter Roux, Cameron Schmitz and Gary Starr (through May 9); john geery: Adventure photographs of Vermont and the Adirondacks

'invisible odysseys': Autobiographical dioramas by undocumented migrant workers telling the story of their journeys from Mexico to Vermont; includes text in Spanish and English. Through April 28 at Vermont Folklife Center in Middlebury. Info, 388-4964.

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'2012: Women in the Arts': Work by 11 Vermont women artists marking the 25th anniversary of the National Museum of Women in the Arts. Through March 17 at Chaffee Art Center in Rutland. Info, 775-0903.

(through March 30). At Edgewater Gallery in Middlebury. Info, 458-0098.

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portunity to exhibit on church street in Burlington. Deadline: April 16. info, artsalivevt@ yahoo.com, 660-9005, artsalivevt.org.

aFriCa NiGHt: new city Galerie is seeking both African and non-African artists inspired by that vast and varied continent. Deadline: march 20. info, newcitygalerie@gmail.com.

PHotoslaM Call For ENtriEs: wanted: students, pros, amateurs and photo fanatics for our third annual photoslam. At least one photo from each entrant will be printed and hung in gallery show. All ages. Deadline: march 25. exhibit may 4 through 26. phoTosTop Gallery, white River Junction. visit photostopvt.com for entry form and details or call 698-0320.

sUBMit to rEaCHiNG oUt! lGBTQQA and 22 years old or younger? outright vermont’s zine wants your art, stories, poetry, fiction, nonfiction, drawings, photography, rants, thoughts, recipes and articles. info, dawn@outrightvt.org.

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1st aNNUal PEEPs sHoW: have you ever wondered what to do with those marshmallow candies stacked high in the aisles around the holidays? make a diorama and enter it into the peeps show! Deadline for submitting entry/registration forms: march 17. Display opens to the public on march 23. info: vermontfolklifecenter.org. Call to artists: second annual Jericho plein Air Festival to be held July 21. To register, contact blgreene30@comcast. net or call 899-2974. art’s aliVE JUriED: Applications are available to download at artsalivevt. org. cash prizes and the op-

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WE DEliVEr! An unparalleled exhibit of mail and stamp art celebrates the south end Arts District and benefits seABA. Art must be postmarked by April 27 and addressed to seABA, 404 pine st., Burlington, vT 05401. send JpG files, indicating your name, also by April 27, to marie, greenbus@sover.net, and Bren, bren@flynndog.net, for inclusion on the seABA website. info, seaba.com/sead/. JUriED artist MEMBErsHiP: The chaffee Art center in Rutland is accepting submissions for juried artist membership. Deadline: march 20. info, info@chaffeeartcenter.org, 775-0356.

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'tHE GoVErNMENt MorGaN': photographs, paintings, prints and leather tack. Through march 31 at the national museum of the morgan horse in middlebury. info, 388-1639.

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'all aBoarD: aN ExHiBitioN oF traiNs': paintings and videos, plus model and toy trains; 'tHiNGs tHat MoVE': paintings and sculpture; 'tHE lEGaCY CollECtioN': work by 20 gallery artists. Through April 1 at Bryan memorial Gallery in Jeffersonville. info, 644-5100. CalEB stoNE: watercolor and oil paintings. Through April 13 at Galleria Fine Arte in stowe. info, 253-7696. 'CoNNECtED to VErMoNt': Two- and threedimensional work by vermont studio center executive director George pearlman, whitewater Gallery owner James Teuscher, Torin porter, Glenn Goldberg and Joel Fisher, among other artists. Through march 31 at Green + Blue Gallery in hardwick. info, 730-5331. DoNNa UNDErWooD oWENs: "vermont's magical Animal Kingdom," photographs. Through march 30 at Townsend Gallery at Black cap coffee in stowe. info, 279-4239. 'iN CElEBratioN oF WiNtEr': work by elisabeth wooden, sheel Anand, Bob Aiken, lisa Angell, Gary eckhart, hunter eddy, orah moore, Frank califano and Robert huntoon. Through march 31 at vermont Fine Art Gallery in stowe. info, 253-9653.

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JEaN CHEroUNY: "source of empathy," recent paintings. Through may 20 at Dibden center for the Arts, Johnson state college. info, 388-0320.

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KatHlEEN KolB: "snow light," oil paintings. Through April 30 at Green mountain Fine Art Gallery in stowe. info, 253-1818.

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CHaMPlaiN VallEY PHoto slaM: calling photographers of all ages. students, amateurs, pros and photography addicts in the champlain valley, we want to see your shots. Deadline: April 25. info, darkroomgallery. com/slam. oPEN Call to artists: open call to artists and writers for 21st annual exposed outdoor sculpture exhibition at helen Day Art center in stowe. Deadline: march 19. info, helenday.com/exposed. tHE PastElists: Bryan memorial Gallery announces a call to pastel artists for its summer exhibit, “The pastelists.” Deadline: may 11. info, bryangallery.org/ call_to_artists.html. tHE art oF CrEatiVE aGiNG: exhibit in central vermont featuring visual artists 70+ years old. Digital submissions of three works for jury review due by march 16 to mharmon@cvcoa.org, or call 476-2681. Call to PHotoGraPHErs: “night light,” a photography exhibit at the Darkroom Gallery. Deadline: midnight, march 21. Juror: linda Rutenberg. info, darkroomgallery.com/ex27.

'laNDsCaPE iN 3 VoiCEs': works in watercolor and oil by Terry Boyle, Barbara Greene and Tim hendel. Through march 18 at emile A. Gruppe Gallery in Jericho. info, 899-3211. latE-WiNtEr sHoW: Abstract work by Karen Day-vath, Tinka Theresa martell and longina smolinski. Through April 30 at chow! Bella in st. Albans. info, 524-1405. MarilYN JaMEs & JoN ZUrit: paintings by James and photographs by Zurit. Through march 31 at Artist in Residence cooperative Gallery in enosburg Falls. info, 933-6403. NortHErN VErMoNt artist assoCiatioN sHoW: work by member artists. Through march 31 at village Frame shoppe & Gallery in st. Albans. info, 524-3699. raVEN sCHWaN-NoBlE: "The nature of Grand isle county," photographs. Through march 30 at island Arts south hero Gallery. info, 489-4023. riCHMoND HooKErs sHoW: hooked rugs. Through march 31 at Jericho center Town hall. info, 899-2974. rYaN liBrE: "Kamui mintara, playground of the Gods," photographs of Japan's Daisetsuzan national park. Through march 31 at sterling college in craftsbury common. info, 586-7711. saraH Hart MUNro: collaged, textured paintings and abstract expressionist work. Through April 21 at northeast Kingdom Artisans Guild Backroom Gallery in st. Johnsbury. info, 748-0158. WilsoN 'sNoWFlaKE' BENtlEY: original photos salvaged from an old farmhouse in Bolton, on display for the first time. Through April 1 at vermont ski and snowboard museum in stowe. info, 595-5925. YU-WEN YU: "convergence," video and mixedmedia work by the Boston-based artist who explores time, rhythm, and music through the filters of east and west. Through April 15 at helen Day Art center in stowe. info, 253-8358.

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JeFF CoChran: Work by the local artist. Through March 22 at ROTA Gallery in Plattsburgh, N.Y. Info, 518-314-9872.

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'WhaT is a Trade? donald Fels and signboard PainTers oF souTh india': Work by the Washington artist who explores the link between trade and culture in Asia, Europe and the United States. Through March 25 at Burke Gallery, Plattsburgh State Art Museum, N.Y. Info, 518-564-2474. m

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'Feininger: The greaT Carnival': A retrospective of the American expressionist Lyonel Feininger, who spent most of his life in Germany, where the Third Reich condemned him as a “degenerate” artist. Through May 13 at Montréal Museum of Fine Arts. Info, 514-285-2000.

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he creators of Silent House have promised audiences two things and delivered neither of them. Co directors Chris Kentis and Laura Lau have marketed their new movie as a tale of haunted-house-style horror shot in one continuous, unedited take. It isn’t and it wasn’t. Things start out promisingly enough. The opening shot looks down on the principal player, Sarah (Elizabeth Olsen), from a height as she lingers by a lake. Aware of the one-take premise, the viewer can’t help but wonder how the camera operators will return to earth and track the ground-level action as it proceeds toward and into the titular vacation home — and can’t help but be impressed when they do so seamlessly. Olsen’s character, we learn, is helping her father (Adam Trese) and uncle (Eric Sheffer Stevens) fix up the family’s summer place to put it on the market. Vagrants have damaged the home, which is why the windows are boarded up and the interior looks like somebody just shot a Texas Chainsaw Massacre sequel there and bolted out the back door.

Rats have eaten through the wiring, so everybody carries lamps or flashlights in the constant dark. The nearest neighbor is miles away, and it goes without saying there’s no cellphone signal. All of which makes this a prime location for a bump-in-the-nightathon. And, for the first hour or so, that’s what we get. Olsen proved in Martha Marcy May Marlene that she’s a remarkable actress with impressive range, so it’s no surprise that coming up with a series of expressions that convey terror proves a piece of cake for her. These come in handy when Sarah begins to hear ominous noises, the men in the house disappear one after the other and a briefly glimpsed intruder pursues her from hiding place to hiding place in the locked home. So far, so fun. The no-cut-away conceit forces the camera to focus on what Sarah sees and, alternately, on her reactions. This gives the viewer a sense of sharing the increasingly creepy, claustrophobic ordeal with her, and, had the filmmakers maintained this course, Silent House might well have wound up one of the year’s finest horror films.

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his week saw the local arrival of two movies that couldn’t be more different — except that neither made bank at the box office and both are worth checking out. Just don’t bring any kids to Shame, the NC17 art-house flick about sex addiction from English director Steve McQueen. This is an adult film — not just in its subject, but in its style. Five minutes of McQueen’s long, icily removed takes is enough to convince viewers that sex addiction is Serious Business and not particularly sexy. The afflicted is Brandon (Michael Fassbender), a handsome, well-off financier type who lives in a minimalist Manhattan apartment and spends his off-hours bingeing on prostitutes and porn. For a while, he’s a hard character to care about, even after his perpetually hysterical sister (Carey Mulligan) crashes into his life and forces us to speculate about the troubled background that could have produced these siblings. Speculation is where it stops, because McQueen, as minimalist as his hero, supplies no backstory. Shame is a frustratingly withholding film that, in its early scenes, reminded me of Sofia Coppola’s Somewhere. But while Somewhere’s overprivileged, alienated protagonist went nowhere, Fassbender is skilled enough to take Brandon on a journey that’s more powerful as

Unfortunately, they didn’t. The most shocking thing in the movie, in fact, is a third-act twist that defies good sense while insulting the audience’s intelligence. The cardinal sin, where these late-in-the-game surprises are concerned, is failing to make them logical in the context of everything that’s happened beforehand. The twist in this picture is so imbecilically conceived, it actually renders every scary moment leading up to it impossible. Minor detail. Oh, and the whole business about shooting the film in one long take, à la Hitchcock’s Rope? Another minor detail: It never happened. Silent House may be said to unfold in 88 minutes of real time, as its advertising claims. But those 88 minutes were choreographed and filmed in 13 separate increments, which means they averaged approxi-

mately six minutes apiece. Longer than a typical shot, but a far cry from the movie’s running time. Kentis and Lau proved themselves masters of the psychological thriller with Open Water, so it’s confounding to find them so lost at sea. The choice of source material certainly didn’t help. Their latest is a remake of a 2010 Uruguayan horror film entitled La Casa Muda, which I believe should really translate to “Stupid House.” Given how dumbed down things have gotten at the cineplex lately, it wouldn’t surprise me should Silent House translate into major box office, but that won’t save it from being a waste of time in any language. R i c k Ki so nak

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it progresses. When he tries to have a “normal” date with a coworker (Nicole Beharie), her warmth and frankness pull Brandon out of his shell, and he opens up about his inability to have — or even comprehend — long-term relationships. It’s no shock when Brandon bolts back to his solitary, Maxim-approved lifestyle, or when he takes that lifestyle to the next, dangerous level. But his sadness and shame are palpable, and, by the end, we do care about something in the film besides McQueen’s beautifully composed images of an unforgiving city.

fear and loathing Olsen’s latest starts off nice enough but takes a twist so ill conceived it’s scary.

nd now, a movie you can take kids to: John Carter is what Cowboys & Aliens should have been. It’s loud, it’s silly, it’s colorful, it has CGI aliens and Civil War regalia, and, most importantly, it’s fun. It helps that this mashup isn’t some testmarketed modern concoction but the adaptation of a 1912 pulp novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs (best known as the creator of Tarzan). Rather than striving for a serious tone, director Andrew Stanton (WALL-E) and his two cowriters, one of whom is novelist Michael Chabon, follow Burroughs’ absurd plot twists with glee. Taylor Kitsch (of “Friday Night Lights”)

the joylessness of sex Fassbender struggles with his compulsions in McQueen’s drama.

plays the title character, a Civil War veteran who goes on a treasure hunt and finds himself pulled through a wormhole (or the 1912 conceptual equivalent) to Mars. There Carter becomes a pawn in the epic conflicts among various human and alien races, and pledges himself to save a fierce, midriff-baring princess (Lynn Collins) from marriage to a sneering villain (Dominic West). Of course he does. The plot is pure pulp, and Stanton mocks it with love — for instance, with the clever editing of an early sequence where we learn that nobody can keep John Carter down. (His cheerful indomitability comes in handy on Mars, where the low gravity gives him superheroic abilities, too.) The whole tall tale may remind viewers of the days when Episode IV was still known as Star Wars. Today’s blockbusters tend to

be processions of elaborate action setpieces linked by sketchy or minimal storytelling, reflecting their mixed-media origins as comic books, video games and toys. Burroughs, who couldn’t show his readers the action, had to entertain them with Wizard of Oz-style inventiveness — interdimensional travel! Alien family drama! A blue-tongued dog-hippo-hybrid sidekick! — and Stanton and co. put it all on screen. With its emphasis on narrative, John Carter plays more like an Asian than an American action epic, which could be why it’s earning so little over here. Or maybe it’s the dull-as-dirt title. Too bad, because kids — those ready for PG-13 violence, anyway — would probably dig this trip to Mars. Margot Harrison

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21 JUmp StREEt: Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum play puerile police officers who go back to school (literally) for an undercover operation in this comedy based on the TV series that launched Johnny Depp back in the day. With Ice Cube. Phil Lord and Chris Miller (Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs) directed. (109 min, R. Bijou, Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Palace, Roxy, Stowe, Welden) BEiNG FlYNN: A young man (Paul Dano) finds himself grappling with the delusions of his homeless dad (Robert De Niro) in this drama based on Nick Flynn’s memoir Another Bullshit Night in Suck City. With Julianne Moore. Paul (About a Boy) Weitz directed. (102 min, R. Palace) FRiENDS WitH KiDS: Does child rearing get easier when it’s shared by two best friends who aren’t lovers? A platonic couple decides to find out in this comedy from actress Jennifer Westfeldt, making her directorial debut. Jon Hamm, Adam Scott and Kristen Wiig also star. (108 min, R. Palace) GREEN moUNtAiN Film FEStiVAl: Eighty dramas, comedies and documentaries from around the world play at three downtown Montpelier venues. Film descriptions, schedules and ticketing info at greenmountainfilmfestival.org; see “State of the Arts,” this issue. (Savoy) tHE HUNGER GAmES: A teenager (Jennifer Lawrence) volunteers to replace her sister in a televised gladiatorial combat to the death in this adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ best-selling young-adult novel, set in a dystopian future. With Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson and Stanley Tucci. Gary Ross directed. See “State of the Arts,” this issue. (142 min, PG-13. Midnight screenings 3/22 at Essex, Majestic, Roxy, Stowe, Welden) JEFF, WHo liVES At HomE: Jason Segel plays a dude who lives happily in his mom’s basement until an errand gets him off the couch in this comedy from Mark and Jay Duplass (Cyrus), chroniclers of the slacker lifestyle par excellence. Ed Helms, Susan Sarandon and Judy Greer also star. (83 min, R. Roxy) W.E.: Madonna’s second directorial effort juxtaposes the forbidden love affair of Wallis Simpson and Edward VIII with the story of a modern-day woman obsessed with Simpson. Abbie Cornish, Andrea Riseborough and James D’Arcy star. (119 min, R. Palace)

Act oF VAloRHH Real Navy SEALS participated in this action adventure about American forces engaged in covert antiterrorism missions, and the Navy reportedly had a final cut. With Alex Veadov, Roselyn Sanchez, Nestor Serrano. Scott Waugh and Mike McCoy directed. (111 min, R. Bijou, Essex, Majestic, Palace, Paramount)

tHE ARtiStHHH1/2 A silent film star (Jean Dujardin) struggles to adapt to the advent of talkies in this award-winning old-movie homage from writer-director Michel Hazanavicius, which is itself black and white and almost entirely silent. With Bérénice Bejo, John Goodman, James Cromwell and a cute dog. (100 min, PG-13. Majestic, Marquis, Palace, Roxy, Savoy, Stowe)

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GoNEHH Amanda Seyfried plays a young woman convinced that her sister’s disappearance is the work of a serial killer from whom she herself escaped in this thriller from director Heitor Dahlia. With Jennifer Carpenter and Wes Bentley. (95 min, PG-13. Essex) HUGoHHHH Martin Scorsese changed pace to direct this fantastical family tale of a mysterious boy who lives in the walls of a Paris train station, based on Brian Selznick’s book The Invention of Hugo Cabret. With Asa Butterfield, Ben Kingsley, Sacha Baron Cohen and Chloe Moretz. (127 min, PG. Capitol, Essex [3-D], Majestic [3-D], Palace) iN tHE lAND oF BlooD AND HoNEYHHH Two young Bosnians find their relationship strained to the breaking point when they end up on different sides of the ethnic divide in this drama set during the Bosnian war. It’s Angelina Jolie’s directorial debut. Starring Zana Marjanovic and Goran Kostic. (127 min, R. Roxy; ends 3/15) tHE iRoN lADYHHH Oscar alert! Meryl Streep plays Margaret Thatcher, Britain’s only female prime minister, in this biopic from director Phyllida (Mamma Mia!) Lloyd. With Jim Broadbent as Denis Thatcher. (105 min, PG-13. Palace, Roxy, Stowe)

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GHoSt RiDER: SpiRit oF VENGEANcEH1/2 Nicolas Cage returns as the flaming undead biker, who finds himself protecting a young boy in the sequel to the campy hit based on a comic. With Fergus Riordan, Idris Elba and Ciarán Hinds as Old Scratch. Over-the-top-action meisters Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor directed. (96 min, PG-13. Essex; ends 3/15)

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DR. SEUSS’ tHE loRAXHH1/2 Dr. Seuss’ contribution to eco-consciousness becomes a computer animation in which a boy in a sterile suburb (voiced by Zac Efron) takes up the cause of the trees to impress a girl (Taylor Swift). With Ed Helms and Danny DeVito voicing the Lorax, whom you may have noticed recently selling cars on TV. Chris Renaud and Kyle Balda directed. (94 min, PG. Bijou, Essex [3-D], Majestic [3-D], Marquis [3-D], Palace, Paramount [3-D], Welden)

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AlBERt NoBBSHH1/2 In 19th-century Ireland, a woman (Glenn Close) improves her lot in life by spending decades passing as a man. With Mia Wasikowska, Aaron Johnson and Brendan Gleeson. Rodrigo Garcia directed. (113 min, R. Savoy; ends 3/15)

tHE DEScENDANtSHHH George Clooney plays a Hawaiian grappling with family transitions after his wife suffers an accident in this comedy-drama from director Alexander (Sideways) Payne. With Beau Bridges and Judy Greer. (115 min, R. Palace)

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BEGiNNERSHHH1/2 Christopher Plummer plays a man who makes a surprising late-life change — he comes out of the closet — in this drama from director Mike (Thumbsucker) Mills. Ewan McGregor is his adult son. With Mélanie Laurent and Goran Visnjic. (104 min, R. Palace; ends 3/15)

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Daniel Brown and Thomas Mann. Nima Nourizadeh directed. (88 min, R. Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Palace, Roxy) SAFE HOUSE★ A deserter from the CIA (Denzel Washington) emerges from hiding and enlists a less experienced agent (Ryan Reynolds) to help keep him alive in this action thriller from director Daniel Espinosa. With Brendan Gleeson, Sam Shepard and Vera Farmiga. (115 min, R. Big Picture, Majestic, Palace) THE SECRET WORLD OF ARRIETTY★★★★ From the animation studio of Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away) comes an adaptation of Mary Norton’s kids’ novel The Borrowers, about a 4-inch-tall family dwelling secretly in the floorboards of a human home. With the voices of Will Arnett, Amy Poehler and Bridgit Mendler. Hiromasa Yonebayashi directed. (95 min, G. Big Picture, Capitol, Essex, Palace) A SEPARATION★★★1/2 An Iranian couple seeks a divorce, unleashing a chain of unfortunate events, in this winner of the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar from director Asghar Farhadi. Starring Peyman Moadi, Leila Hatami and Sareh Bayat. (123 min, PG-13. Roxy) SHAME★★★1/2 Michael Fassbender plays a New York businessman struggling with sex addiction in this drama that has been more joked about at award ceremonies than awarded, despite critical acclaim. Carey Mulligan plays his sister. Steve (Hunger) McQueen directed. (101 min, NC-17. Roxy) SILENT HOUSE★1/2 A spooky lakeside cabin terrorizes Elizabeth Olsen in this horror flick shot (apparently, anyway) in one continuous take — a remake of a Uruguayan movie, and not to be confused with a found-footage film. With Adam Trese. Chris Kentis and Laura Lau directed. (85 min, R. Essex, Majestic)

A THOUSAND WORDS★1/2 Eddie Murphy plays a loquacious literary agent who abruptly finds himself forced to watch his words in a comedy that looks extremely reminiscent of Jim Carrey’s Liar Liar. With Kerry Washington and Cliff Curtis. Brian Robbins directed. (91 min, PG-13. Essex, Majestic) TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY★★★★ Gary Oldman plays a British intelligence agent seeking a mole during the Cold War in this adaptation of John le Carré’s spy novel from director Tomas (Let the Right One In) Alfredsson. With Colin Firth, Mark Strong, Benedict Cumberbatch, Tom Hardy and lots of other British thespians. (127 min, R. Roxy; ends 3/15) THE VOW★★1/2 Amnesia comes between newlyweds Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum in this sudser inspired by a true story. With Sam Neill, Scott Speedman and Jessica Lange. Michael Sucsy (HBO’s Grey Gardens) directed. (104 min, PG-13. Big Picture, Bijou, Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Palace, Welden) WANDERLUST★★ A downsized Manhattan couple (Jennifer Aniston and Paul Rudd) happen on “an idyllic community populated by colorful characters who embrace a different way of looking at things” in this comedy. Sounds like the standard Flatlanders-coming-to-Vermont story to us. With Justin Theroux and Malin Akerman. David (Role Models) Wain directed. (98 min, R. Essex) THE WOMAN IN BLACK★★ In which Harry Potter grows up fast. Daniel Radcliffe plays a rather young widower with a child who stumbles on a vengeful spirit in this British horror film from director James (Eden Lake) Watkins, based on Susan Hill’s novel. With Ciarán Hinds and Janet McTeer. (99 min, PG-1. Capitol)

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hen an old lady falls to her death in her luxurious penthouse on NYC’s Columbus Circle, cop Giovanni Ribisi investigates. His suspicions are aroused by the victim’s next-door neighbor, an attractive agoraphobe named Abigail (Selma Blair), who hasn’t left her apartment in years. Sure enough, we learn, Abigail has a past she’d like very much to hide. But when a couple moves into the deceased woman’s apartment, she finds herself all too exposed. Boorish Charlie (Jason Lee) has a tendency to beat on his trophy girlfriend, Lillian (Amy Smart), reminding Abigail of traumatic events in her own past. As she and Lillian form a friendship, Abigail is tempted to leave her safe nest and take action.

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Police were pursuing hit-and-run suspect Keith W. Brown, 54, in Waynesboro, Va., when Brown’s SUV got stuck in a large pile of mulch and soft clay. Brown exited the vehicle and tried to flee on foot — using a walker. He was quickly arrested. (Staunton’s News Leader)

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Intending to quit smoking, Tom Holloway, 57, of Niceville, Fla., switched to electronic cigarettes. He was puffing on one when it exploded in his mouth, severely burning his face, knocking out his front teeth and blowing off a chunk of his tongue. “The best analogy is like it was trying to hold a bottle rocket in your mouth when it went off,” North Bay Fire Department Division Chief Joseph Parker said. (Associated Press)

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sped off. He went three blocks before crashing into a 1999 Volkswagen Jetta. Officers arrested Rodriguez, who faces multiple charges. While attending to the driver of the Jetta, they learned he was Steven Broyles, 31, who had outstanding felony warrants for probation violation and was driving with a suspended license. (Hermiston Herald)

When Barney Fife Turns to Crime

Authorities charged Verlin Alsept, 59, with trying to rob a Family Dollar Store in Dayton, Ohio, by threatening the store clerk with a single .38 caliber bullet that he pulled from his jacket pocket. The clerk told him she couldn’t open the cash register without the manager, so the thwarted robber left — only to be tackled by a private security guard. (Dayton Daily News)

released from the Coconino County, Ariz., jail, he refused to leave. Officers asked him to leave four other times, and each time he refused. When he finally declared he had no intention of departing, he was arrested and charged with trespassing. (Flagstaff’s Arizona Daily Sun)

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As part of a stunt for the television show “Mythbusters,” a cannonball was supposed to go through some water-filled barrels and a concrete wall at the Alameda County Sheriff’s Department bomb range in Dublin, Calif. Instead, it overshot the barrels and then, according to sheriff’s Sgt. J.D. Nelson, took a “very unfortunate bounce … skyward.” It landed about 700 feet away, bounced through the front door of a home and out through a back wall, then bounced across the road and smashed the window and dashboard of a minivan. “We had some tremendous bad luck,” Nelson said, “and some tremendous

Up to a third of customers at a Chinese res- Overstayed His Welcome taurant at North Carolina’s Duke University After Martin Batieni Kombate, 44, was welcomed half-size portions of rice and noodles, by rob brezsny even when they cost the REAL same as full-size portions, according to researchers led by Tulane University Pisces (Feb. 19-Mar. 20) psychologist Janet Schwartz. Citing the study and his own eahorses have an unusual research into smaller porapproach to reproduction. It’s the tions, Cornell University’s male of the species that cares for Brian Wansink predicted, the eggs as they gestate. He carries them “We’re seeing some very creative ways of downsizing in a “brood pouch” on his front side. Of in the next couple of years.” course, it’s the female who creates the (Associated Press) eggs in the first place. After analyzing

good luck” in that no one was hurt. (Contra Costa Times) More than three years after a steel 155 mm artillery round from the Army’s Picatinny Arsenal misfired and crashed through the roof of a home more than a mile away in Jefferson, N.J., the Army offered homeowner Frederick Angle, 56, $7386.57 to cover the cost of repairing the roof, replacing bedroom furniture and euthanizing the family cat. Citing the emotional distress caused to his family, Angle said he was “disgusted, disillusioned” by the Army’s offer. When his lawyer urged him to accept it because of the difficulty of getting more money from the federal government, Angle began looking for a new lawyer to pursue his case, pointing out, “It would be un-American to give up the fight.” (Newark’s Star-Ledger)

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Hanadi Zakaria alHindi is the first Saudi Arabian woman to be licensed to fly a plane. But there’s an absurd law in her country that prohibits women from driving cars, so she needs a man to give her a lift to the airport. Is there any situation in your own life that resembles hers, Leo? Like maybe you’ve advanced to a higher level without getting certified on a lower level? Or maybe you’ve got permission and power to operate in a sphere that’s meaningful to you even though you skipped a step along the way? Now would be a good time to think about whether you should do anything about the discrepancy, and if so, how to do it.

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(May 21-June 20): Is it possible you were a spider in a previous life? If so, please call on the abilities you developed back then. You need to create an extra-big, super-fine web, metaphorically speaking, so that you can capture all the raw materials you will be needing in the coming weeks and months. If you’re not sure whether you are the reincarnation of a spider, then simply imagine you were. Stimulate daydreams in which you visualize yourself as a mover and shaker who’s skilled at snagging the resources and help you require.

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Kenneth Tynan asked a movie director about how he’d film an advancing army. Did it matter whether the action went from right to left across the frame or left to right? “Of course!” said the director. “To the Western eye, easy or successful movement is left to right, difficult or failed movement is right to left.” The director showed Tynan an illustrated book as evidence. On one page, a canoe shooting the rapids was going from left to right, while a man climbing a mountain was headed from right to left. Use this information to your benefit, Cancerian. Every day for the next two weeks, visualize yourself moving from left to right as you fulfill a dream you want to accomplish.

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(Sept. 23-Oct. 22): How did the Vikings navigate their ships through rough northern seas on cloudy and foggy days? Medieval texts speak of the mysterious “sunstone,” a “Viking compass” used to detect the hidden sun. Modern theories suggest that this technology may have been Iceland spar, a mineral that polarizes light, making it useful in plotting a course under overcast skies. Do you have anything like that, Libra? A navigational aid that guides your decisions when the sun’s not out, metaphorically speaking? Now would be an excellent time to enhance your connection with whatever it is that can provide such power.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): If you set up two mirrors in just the right way, you can get a clear look at the back of your head. You’re able to see what your body looks like from behind. I suggest you try that exercise sometime soon. It will encourage your subconscious mind to help you discover what has been missing from your self-knowledge. Daily

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Writing in the science magazine Discover, Corey S. Powell says, “There’s an old joke: If you tell someone the universe is expanding, he’ll believe you. If you tell him there’s wet paint on the park bench, he’ll want to touch it to make sure.” In accordance with the astrological omens, Capricorn, I invite you to rebel against this theory. I think it’s quite important for you to demand as much proof for big, faraway claims as for those that are close at hand. Don’t trust anyone’s assertions just because they sound lofty or elegant. Put them to the test. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): It’s an excellent time to better appreciate your #@%(!)* vexations and botherations. In fact, let’s go ahead and make this Honor Your #@%(!)* Irritations and Annoyances Week. To properly observe this holiday, study the people and things that irk you so you can extract from them all the blessings and teachings they may provide. Are you too tolerant of an annoying situation that you need to pay closer attention to? Is it time to reclaim the power you’ve been losing because of an exasperating energy drain? Does some jerk remind you of a quality you don’t like in yourself? Is there a valuable clue or two to be gleaned from a passive-aggressive provocateur?

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “Roots and wings. But let the wings grow roots and the roots fly.” That was written by Spanish poet Juan Ramon Jimenez, and now I’m passing it on to you. It will serve as a keynote for the turning point you’re about to navigate. In the coming weeks, you’ll generate good fortune by exposing your dark mysterious depths to the big bright sky; you’ll be wise to bring your soaring dreams down to Earth for a pit stop. The highs need the influence of the lows, Taurus; the underneath will benefit from feeling the love of what’s up above. There’s one further nuance to be aware of, too: I think you will find it extra interesting to interweave your past with

your future. Give your rich traditions a taste of the stories that are as yet unwritten.

(Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Recent scientific studies have confirmed what Native American folklore reports: Badgers and coyotes sometimes cooperate with each other as they search for food. The coyotes are better at stalking prey above ground, and the badgers take over if the hunted animal slips underground. They share the spoils. I suggest you draw inspiration from their example, Virgo. Is there a person you know who’s skilled at a task you have trouble with and who could benefit from something you’re good at? It’s prime time to consider forming symbiotic relationships or seeking out unusual partnerships that play to both parties’ strengths.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): This week you may learn the real reason the tortoise beat the hare, why two of the three blind mice weren’t really blind and the shocking truth about the relationship between Cinderella’s fairy godmother and the handsome prince. Myths will be mutating, Aries. Nursery rhymes will scramble and fairy tales will fracture. Thor, the god of thunder, may make a tempting offer to Snow White. The cow’s jump over the moon could turn out to have been faked by the CIA. An ugly duckling will lay an egg that Chicken Little claims is irrefutable proof the 2012 Mayan apocalypse is imminent. Sounds like a rowdy good time for all!

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(Nov. 22-Dec. 21): According to my Sagittarius friend Jonathan Zap, the Greek playwright Aristophanes had an ambivalent attitude about divine blessings. He said that no great gift enters the human sphere without a curse attached to it. I’m sure you know this lesson well. One of last year’s big gifts has revealed its downside in ways that may have been confusing or deflating. But now here comes an unexpected plot twist, allowing you to add a corollary to Aristophanes’ formulation. Soon you will find a second blessing that was hidden within the curse in embryonic form. You’ll be able to tease it out, ripen it and add it to the bounty of the original gift.

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As a result, you may be drawn to experiences that reveal things about yourself you’ve been resistant to seeing. You could be shown secrets about buried feelings and wishes that you’ve been hiding from yourself. Best of all, you may get intuitions about your soul’s code that you haven’t been ready to understand until now.

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Kevin at Rira’s We danced to a couple songs on Friday night. You first thought my name was Christine. Hope to see you again. When: Saturday, March 10, 2012. Where: RiRa’s. You: Man. Me: Woman. #910010

native beefalo and wine fields. I’ll be in the store again, pretending to need help, but really just to stare at your bootilicious behind. When: Wednesday, March 7, 2012. Where: Onion River Sports, Montpelier. You: Man. Me: Woman. #910002

ON THE RISE blues night 3/8, we shared some smiles across the room. When: Thursday, March 8, 2012. Where: On the Rise in Richmond. You: Woman. Me: Man. #910009

Very pretty, pretty drunk I’m so glad you took a cab home from the Old Northender last Friday night, especially since it was mine. I spied you

Hot fuzz on my tail? To the cute and funny state trooper who pulled me over 3/3. You saw my guitar in the back seat and asked me if it was really a guitar or a machine gun. I wanted to flirt with you but didn’t want you to think I was just trying to get out of a ticket. If you are available and interested... When: Saturday, March 3, 2012. Where: I-91. You: Man. Me: Woman. #910008 Re: Elmwood Ave. P. O., 2/29 Think you may be talking about me. Was the clerk male or female? When: Wednesday, February 29, 2012. Where: Elmwood Ave. post office. You: Man. Me: Woman. #910007

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Cat-lovin’ waiter/server at Magnolia! Hello! This is for the amazingly witty and silly cat-lovin’ waiter/server at Magnolia at lunchtime. Thanks for the banter about my coin purse. I left my twitter handle for you on my receipt, but the server for our table accidentally gave the info to the wrong person. :( Whoops! When: Wednesday, February 29, 2012. Where: Magnolia. You: Man. Me: Woman. #909995 Hey There Oprah! Dr. Phil here. Just a quick note to say how incredibly proud and excited I am about your BIG WIN. YOU DID IT! You kicked ass, and the long hours behind that desk finally paid off. Much love to you. Now is the time to celebrate! AND I am taking you out for drinks! It’s your time to enjoy baby! When: Tuesday, March 6, 2012. Where: Burlington Starbucks, Panera, everywhere. You: Man. Me: Woman. #909994 Hangin’ Tough Seventh-grade Music Theory class assignment: bring a song in to play and we’ll discuss its composition. I selected “Hangin’ Tough” by New Kids on the Block, you brought “Fee” by Phish. You were so nervous, forgot to tell you I like it. Reply if you see this. When: Saturday, March 3, 2012. Where: West Rock Mid School, 1989. You: Man. Me: Woman. #909993 Silver-vinyl jacket w/ black stripes Psyche! Phil Collins you were my neighbor, and Dudley Moore is you read I spy. Petunia was an Irish Setter, ‘The Cat Is A Dick’ and other fireside homonyms. This is a case of Rolling Rock ponies direct from Latrobe, PA,. Now get out! When: Thursday, March 1, 2012. Where: Beautiful Mt. Airey Lodge You: Woman. Me: Man. #909992

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mistress maeve Dear Mistress,

I started seeing a girl I work with, and it’s been nearly two months now. She insists on keeping it a secret from work people and even from some friends of mine. When people ask her, she says she’s single. She also has trouble communicating to me what our dating status is, yet she does not like the idea of me chasing other girls. At first I could see her reasoning: She wants to look professional at work and thinks dating a co-worker is unprofessional. However, after two months of hearing her tell people she’s single, it’s starting to sound insulting. I am crazy about her and I do believe she likes me a lot, but possibly not as much as I like her. Lately she has shown more interest, calling me more often, and we even discussed moving out of Vermont together. Thoughts?

Signed,

Working Man

Dear Working Man,

SEVEN DAYS

Hardworking,

03.14.12-03.21.12

While most human resource professionals would tell you that intra office dating is risky business, DiscoveryHealth.com reports that “four out of every 10 people meet their spouse at the office.” With stats like that, it’s not surprising that you find yourself in an office romance — but you should still proceed with caution. I think she has the right idea; discretion is key in workplace amour. If handled incorrectly, dating a colleague can cause coworkers to turn on you, affect office morale and negatively impact your career. That said, I don’t think fraternizing in the workplace is your biggest issue. She is sending you mixed messages. If she isn’t ready to meet your friends, how could she possibly be ready to move away with you? Have a conversation with her and share your concerns. It’s entirely possible that you like her more than she likes you, and it’s best to find out now before you really get hurt. If she says she wants to be with you, some things will have to change. It’s unreasonable to keep your relationship a secret from your friends. She’ll need to make an effort to get to know your pals. Further, I think it’s fair to ask her to say she’s “seeing someone,” instead of saying she’s “single.” If nosy coworkers press the issue, she can simply say, “I’m not comfortable discussing my personal life at work.”

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Rainy Main Street Girl You: female, dark wavy hair. Me: Tall, khakis, black rain jacket. 3/8, 4:30 p.m. Burlington Main Street sidewalk in front of Nectar’s. It was beginning Pine St. Lumber Yard Cutie to rain and you put your hood on as I was in yesterday buying spray glue I walked by you. You caught my eye in the rearview, and I think I saw you and again today buying a wood-stain and I’m wondering what the paper spying me, too. Your right shoe broke, marker. You checked me out both times. 1 6/14/10 was you were holding! Coffee or hot 1x3-cbhb-personals-alt.indd so you threw both into the snow and2:39:13 PM Me: black coat and dirty blond short chocolate? :) When: Thursday, March 8, walked up the drive barefoot. She’s got hair. I really only went in the second 2012. Where: Main Street Burlington. great legs, I thought. When: Friday, time to ask you out but I’m wicked You: Woman. Me: Man. #910006 March 2, 2012. Where: Taxi to St. Paul shy. Single? Interested? When: Friday, St.. You: Woman. Me: Man. #910001 March 2, 2012. Where: Pine St. midday. Re: New Yorker on everything You: Woman. Me: Man. #909991 My friends saw the ad and think your Mardi Gras Reunion spy was about me but where was I a I had so much fun catching up at Esox Met ya at the Brewski cashier? I know I’m not missing much of after the Mardi Gras parade! We really Met you at the Brewski and the a season. When: Wednesday, February have to make the gaps between hanging shotskis were almost as tasty as your 8, 2012. Where: South Burlington. out less than a year and a half. Let’s do it lipskis :-). Single yet? When: Saturday, You: Man. Me: Woman. #910005 again soon! You still have my number... February 25, 2012. Where: Brewski. and I still have yours. When: Saturday, You: Man. Me: Woman. #909990 No time to talk March 3, 2012. Where: Esox on Main I spy a cute redhead whom I spooked St. You: Woman. Me: Man. #910000 Leap Night by opening a stairwell door at CCV. Around 8:30 p.m., was it you wearing I’m really not scarey at all. You can At the “drug” store that long-sleeve gray shirt? It serves find out over a cup of coffee. I was I think it was your first day at the you so well;). You looked up at me as instantly tongue-tied, I thought you register today. I came in to print a I passed by. You brought up cherished were beautiful. I daydreamed about picture, and ended up buying a soda memories and lost dreams. I can see you in class and felt compelled to too. You were ringing me out and us talking about lessons learned and write my first I spy. When: Wednesday, we made eye contact for a few long nostalgic events. All we can do is March 7, 2012. Where: CCV. You: seconds. Your blue eyes and tall frame decide what to do with the time that is Woman. Me: Man. #910004 caught me right away. Let’s go out, given us. When: Wednesday, February see what’s there? Take a chance? 29, 2012. Where: Muddy Waters. Shell on Susie Wilson Rd. When: Monday, March 5, 2012. Where: You: Woman. Me: Man. #909988 I bought breath mints...you took Kinney Drugs, South Burlington. my breath away. You’re tall, tan You: Man. Me: Woman. #909999 Elmwood Ave. Post Office, 2/29 and handsome. I’m pretty, fit and Around lunchtime. You had brown petite. Dreaming of the day I can Runner in Yellow straight hair up in a ponytail. You make your perfect body glisten with You in yellow top, me in red jacket. I were wearing a light-blue coat sweat! When: Sunday, February 19, noticed your beautiful smile the first and filling out a form at one of the 2012. Where: Essex Colonial Mart. time we crossed paths. You must have clerk’s stations. Just wanted you You: Man. Me: Woman. #910003 been going a good distance because we to know that someone thought passed each other again over an hour you’re beautiful! When: Wednesday, Scruffy Knee-dropping ORS hottie later. I wish I stopped. Can we meet? February 29, 2012. Where: Post office. Came in for skis and left totally With a smile like yours, I would run to You: Woman. Me: Man. #909987 consumed by your passion for the ends of the earth with you. When: dropping-knees and skiing the greens. Sunday, March 4, 2012. Where: Pine I want to spend an afternoon on your Street. You: Woman. Me: Man. #909997 crux, weaving between Plainfield’s

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