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SATURDAY 24
Charmed Thirds “I got a heart, I got a brain, I got a pocket full of pocket change,” sings rising indie-pop songstress Heather Maloney on the title track of her 2011 album Time & Pocket Change. She’s also got Chris Dorman and Jessica Smucker this Saturday, as the trio wrap up Bread & Butter Farm’s Silo Sessions concert series. Stunning vocals in an intimate bakery setting? Yes, please.
MUST SEE, MUST DO THIS WEEK COMPI L E D BY CAR OLYN F OX
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SATURDAY 24
Easy Access Since its 2005 inception, the Trey McIntyre Project (pictured) has made a name for itself by translating classic ballet movements into everyday body language and gestures. Oh, and they do it to everyday music, too — think Etta James or Peter, Paul and Mary songs. Accessible but always stunning, the troupe performs Leatherwing Bat, Bad Winter and Blue Until June.
SATURDAY 24
Ball Game Grab your mud boots and hunting hat! While a formal affair, the Vermont Young Professionals’ Vermonters’ Ball encourages playful mixing of high fashion and the, uh, more casual “Vermont fashion.” Folks show their stripes — perhaps while wearing plaid — for this party deejayed by the Lab.
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SATURDAY 24 & SUNDAY 25
Tap That Got a sweet tooth? Appease it at the Vermont Maple Open House Weekend, the state’s annual — and surefire — sign of spring. Swing by participating sugar shacks for tree tapping, sap boiling and samples of Vermont’s liquid gold in its many forms, sugar on snow most definitely included.
OPENING THURSDAY
This Magic Moment
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Joan Rivers needs a man ... for a one-night stand. It’s not what it sounds like. In anticipation of the saucy comedienne’s April 26 visit to the Flynn, 10 local funny guys fight over who gets to open for her. The contestants duke it out in a side-splitting display of comedy this Thursday. May the best man Win a Date With Joan Rivers. SEE CALENDAR LISTING ON PAGE 44
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“Take your typical bluegrass format and throw it through the wringer,” writes Jezebel Music, and you could end up with the Tall Tall Trees. The New York City foursome brings together electric banjos, story-driven lyrics and AfroBrazilian polyrhythms at Radio Bean this weekend.
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SATURDAY 24
The mundane becomes magical at “Spontaneous,” the Darkroom Gallery’s new exhibit. Documentary and street photography capture the happenstance beauty of a crowded cafeteria, the stillness of basking in a sunny field, that moment of wild abandon as a woman’s hair flies madly while she dances. Call it extemporaneous, or call it the human experience; you’ll want to take a look.
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