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he sold-out Sweet Start Smackdown dessert competition drew nearly 450 diners to Higher Ground last Thursday. The event, a benefit for the Vermont Food Bank, launched the third annual Vermont Restaurant Week, sponsored by the Vermont Federal Credit Union and organized by Seven Days. The competition featured 10 pastry chefs from all over the state, each of whom made hundreds of small dessert servings.

When guests arrived, they received three tokens apiece to vote for their favorite desserts while Burlington band Guagua provided a psychotropical soundtrack. After the tokens were tallied, three finalists took the stage.

They were: Miguel Bernard-Rivera, better known as Chef Papi, who presented miniature cups of gluten-free brownies with raspberry and lemon curd; James Gioia of Warren’s Pitcher Inn, who created a pecan blondie with maple parfait, covered with caramel whipped cream and bacon brittle; Robert Alger, the pastry chef at Trapp Family Lodge in Stowe, who made a strawberry shortcake with fresh berries and complimented by marzipan, layers of sponge cake and Chantilly cream.

Food writer Alice Levitt interviewed the men about their creations. Afterward, the audience was treated to tart commentary from Sweet Start’s three celebrity judges — Gesine Bullock-Prado, author of Pie It Forward, Ben & Jerry’s cofounder Jerry Greenfield and Burlington drag queen extraordinaire Amber LeMay. The winner? Robert Alger of Trapp Family Lodge; his strawberry shortcake was named the “Signature Sweet” of Vermont Restaurant Week.

Find the complete dessert menu at vermontrestaurantweek.com, and watch a video of the Smackdown produced by Seven Days’ multimedia producer Eva Sollberger. As Amber LeMay says in Left to right: Gesine Bullock-Prado, Amber LeMay, the video, “It was just delicious.”

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THE PROBLEM WITH B&J

Dear Ben & Jerry’s: Thank you for reminding us of our democratic ideals [full-page ad, March 28]. Now, while you are at it, will you explain why, when you support recycling paper, the reduction of carbon emissions to slow global warming and paper containers from sustainable forestry practices, you buy milk and cream only from conventional dairy farmers? Conventional dairy is predicated on making a surplus of milk to keep the price down, which it accomplishes by externalizing the costs of soil fertility and weed control into the lake. Because conventional milk is made in surplus, Vermont’s family dairy farmers are earning, with your “support,” less than their cost of production (why else are they going out of business?).

Here in Vermont, the “green state,” conventional dairy is the main source of pollutants entering Lake Champlain. B&J, the largest buyer of Vermont conventional milk, is supporting overproduction, low milk prices, driving farm attrition and lake

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“CHEAP” HAS A COST

Nice article [“Cheap Seats,” April 18], with one glaring omission: Allowing low-cost operators is really bad public policy. Just because others in the transportation industry have been getting away with this for years doesn’t make it right.

Unfortunately, this article too easily glazes over the deleterious effects that low-cost operations like this have on safety, workers, the public and the environment. Where is mention of the National Transportation Safety Board’s report that curbside operations like that utilized by megabus are seven times less safe than terminal operations? Where are interviews with current and former megabus workers? Where is mention that in response to poor wages and benefits, megabus workers have overwhelmingly voted to unionize?

Deregulation of the airline industry in 1978 precipitated the birth of the low-cost carrier, and we’ve all seen what that has gotten us. Everyone and everything but management and shareholders lose under the low-cost scenario. It’s not worth it.

Isn’t it obvious that there is something morally wrong with being able to bus between Burlington and New York for $36?

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Last week’s story “Spaces to Roam,” about the recent workplace modernization project at National Life Group in Montpelier, misreported the percentage of affected employees. The effort — a pilot project in National Life’s IT department — has not been implemented companywide, as was erroneously reported last week.

I wish the author had chosen to delve under the surface. After all, there is so much more to this story than the price of a cheap ticket.

allow minority interests a chance against those with more power. Sen. [Hinda] Miller’s amendment proposal is an example of one of these minority protections, and her actions were within the bounds of the legislative process.

Andy was correct to point that out, and I was really glad that he discussed at length Sen. [Philip] Baruth’s comments about the legislative process. His comments were some of the most illuminating on this issue and brought attention on the floor to the fact that Sen. Miller was not actually breaking any legislative proceedings.

Frustrated that the Death With Dignity bill did not make it to the Senate floor in yet another legislative session, Sen. Miller employed creative legislative tactics in order to serve her constituents who had been waiting years for this debate to take place regardless. No rules were broken, and the discussion on the floor took place within the rules — just not in the typical fashion that Vermont senators are comfortable with. Sen. Miller’s only act of disobedience was to break Senate norms.

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A list of local theater companies in the cover story, “Setting the Stage,” left at least one out: Girls Nite Out Productions. Launched in 2010 with Steel Magnolias, the group produces an annual show. Next up is The Odd Couple/Female Version, October 4-7 at Burlington’s Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center.

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As a longtime reader, I found your dip into absurdist humor absolutely refreshing. Alice Levitt’s “Getting Your Goat” [April 18] reaches heights that are almost Dadaesque in their insanity. “Mostly vegetarian”: One is either a vegetarian or not; it’s an either/ or proposition. “Not just pets ... produce excellent meat”: I was not aware that Americans are now eating their pets, but apparently this is a trend.

The right-wing media are full of the news that the president ate dog as a child, in another country. I knew I was fattening up my dog, Bernie, for a reason.

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When I read Andy Bromage’s Fair Game: [“Dysfunction Junction,” April 25], I was surprised to see that he was echoing many of my own thoughts about what occurred several weeks ago at the Statehouse. In writing the Vermont state constitution, its authors foresaw the need to create strategic safety valves in the rules process that

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Nuke of the North: Québec’s Gentilly-2 Reactor Faces VT YankeeStyle Closure Fight Should the Burlington Free Press Share Its Almost-Pulitzer Glory?

32 Veterans Day

BY BETHANY PRENDERGAST

36 Deeper and Deeper

Book review: The Deep Zone: A Novel by James M. Tabor

BY MARGOT HARRISON

BY KEVIN J. KELLEY

VYO Composer-inResidence Leaves a Musical Legacy

Music: 25 years of Fattie B

BY DAN BOLLES

40 Restaurant Week Diaries

Food: Seven Days eats Vermont

Novel graphics from the Center for Cartoon Studies

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A Vermont cabbie’s rear view

BY JERNIGAN PONTIAC

41 Side Dishes Food news

BY CORIN HIRSCH & ALICE LEVIT T

63 Soundbites

BY DAN BOLLES

70 Gallery Profile

Visiting Vermont’s art venues

BY MEGAN JAMES

87 Mistress Maeve

Your guide to love and lust

BY SEVEN DAYS STAFF

62 In Good Company

You Can’t See Mac Parker’s Film, But You Can Read His Book

BY MISTRESS MAEVE

STUFF TO DO 11 46 59 62 70 76

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BY MARGOT HARRISON

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The Raven; The Five-Year Engagement

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The Aerolites, The Aerolites; Boatman’s Lament, Boatman’s Lament

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Music: M. Ward talks about his new record

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20 The Church Street Marketplace Spruces Up With a New Mural

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BY DAVID LIBENS

History: War stories and memorabilia at an obscure Colchester military museum

News From Blurt

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Open season on Vermont politics

BY KATHRYN FLAGG

BY ANDY BROMAGE

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Women’s rights: Will young feminists follow Madeleine Kunin’s road map for revolution?

BY KEN PICARD

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Treasurer Beth Pearce Fell Into the Job — Can She Win an Election to Keep It?

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Pint Size Montbeerlier has outgrown its parking lot. In its third year, the cask festival — and Three Penny Taproom anniversary celebration — spills out to Langdon Street. (Best. Block party. Ever.)

Raise a glass to live music, grilled sausages and the onset of Vermont’s festival season.

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Grape Escape Shelburne Vineyard’s 2011-12 Music in the Loft Concert Series comes to a close on Thursday as the Chris Dorman Band serenades grapes — and whoever else may be listening — with heart felt folk. Wine is priced by the glass, American Flatbread’s mobile oven will be onsite and partial proceeds go to NOFA-VT.

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We’re still waffling over whether it’s safe to pack away our winter coats, but Billings Farm & Museum’s Southdown ewes are shedding their woolen wear for good this week. Wild and Wooly Weekend features sheep shearing, fiber demonstrations and border collie sheepdogs in action. All that’s missing is Babe.

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Night Writer “You don’t have to know about Ian McFeron’s background to know that these songs were all probably written in cheap motels in the middle of the night, and history tells us that’s where the best ones come from,” writes Maverick Magazine. The Seattle singer-songwriter puts his all-nighters to the test at Burlington’s Skinny Pancake on Saturday.

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Has The Hunger Games piqued your curiosity about dystopian futures in cinema? Fritz Lang was ahead of his time with 1927’s Metropolis, replete with mad scientists, underground factories and robots. New Hampshire composer Jeff Rapsis accompanies the sci-fi masterpiece with live, original piano music at the kickoff of this season’s silentfilm series in Brandon.

“By uniting perceived function with absurdity, I mimic human experience,” writes Oliver Schemm of his sculptures. That explains the artist’s eclectic body of work, which ranges from a tent of curiosities to machine-enhanced music makers. Take a look at Castleton State College’s Christine Price Gallery, the subject of this week’s gallery profile.

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Family Matters Last winter, 19-year-old Zach Wahls addressed the Iowa House Judiciary Committee in support of same-sex marriage. Almost immediately, his speech became a YouTube sensation. Now he’s back in the spotlight with a brand-new memoir, My Two Moms: Lessons of Love, Strength and What Makes a Family. He discusses the book — and the issues still at hand — at Shelburne’s Flying Pig Bookstore.

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When state lawmakers descended on Montpelier four months ago, much of 16t-crowbookstore050212.indd 1 5/1/12 9:10 AM Vermont was still suffering from the effects of Tropical Storm Irene. Politicians of all stripes said the second half of the 2011-12 session would be about one thing: rebuilding. With that kind of unifying message, it seemed as if the session would be one big — and boring — fix-it fest with a “Kumbaya” soundtrack.

But by the end, it was more like “Crazy Train,” with a backlog of important bills and the Senate going off the rails.

So what did our esteemed governor and legislators — most of whom want you to give them two more years — actually accomplish over the past biennium? A lot. And not a lot. Some of the most contentious bills — a philosophical exemption for childhood vaccines, to name just one — were still unresolved as of press time.

Seems that for everything that got done, something equally important fell by the wayside. Here’s a selective list of bills signed into law in the past two years — the highlights, lowlights and “grow lights” of the 2011-12 session.

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to undo the democracy-eroding Citizens United campaign finance ruling.

Meanwhile, statewide campaign finance reform went nowhere, meaning Vermont’s officeholders can still gorge themselves at the corporate donation trough.

• After 248 years of confusion, it took an act of the legislature to finally resolve the town line between Shelburne and St. George. Considering that, it’s a minor miracle they can redistrict the entire state every 10 years.

• Vermont now has criminal penalties for human trafficking and a program of services for victims. Meanwhile, the feds are unraveling a prostitution ring that was bringing women from New York City to service workers on Vermont farms.

BY THE END, THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION WAS MORE LIKE “CRAZY TRAIN,” WITH A BACKLOG OF IMPORTANT BILLS AND THE SENATE GOING OFF THE RAILS.

• Medical-marijuana patients will now have a safe and legal place to obtain their medicine, thanks to a dispensary bill passed last year. People sick with AIDS, cancer and MS were heretofore left to grow it — or buy it on the black market. Meanwhile, legislation to decriminalize possession of two ounces or less of pot went up in smoke.

• Lawmakers could have passed a bill granting Vermont driver’s licenses to migrant farmworkers, many of them here illegally. Instead, they punted to a summer study committee, which will navigate the road to licensure by next January. Sorry, José and Raúl — you’ll just have to keep walking those 20 miles to the doctor’s office.

The Big Bopp-er

He’s been called “the constitutional terror of Terre Haute” and “public enemy No. 1 for fair elections.” He’s the lawyer behind Citizens United, the infamous “corporations are people” case, and he’s spent a 30-year legal career challenging — and overturning — state election laws around the country.

On Monday, JAMES BOPP JR. appeared in a Vermont courtroom to argue for throwing out what remains of Vermont’s already-weakened campaign finance regulations. A white-haired lawyer from Indiana, he’s representing the conservative Vermont Right to Life Committee in a lawsuit against the state, filed in August 2009, that finally came to a hearing on summary judgment motions. Bopp’s lawsuit seeks to strike down state law so that political committees can raise money without disclosing their donors, and run ads without saying who paid for them.

It’s a complex First Amendment case that state lawyers say could also effectively permit the existence of Vermontlevel Super PACs — political committees that can raise and spend unlimited sums to support or oppose candidates, while keeping secret the identities of their funders.

Presiding over Monday’s hearing was U.S. District Judge WILLIAM K. SESSIONS III, who greeted Bopp warmly. The two are practically old friends ... or maybe old frenemies.

This case is the third campaign finance lawsuit Bopp has brought against Vermont since 1997 — all before Judge Sessions. It marked the second time he’d squared off against Assistant Attorney General EVE JACOBS-CARNAHAN, who argued the state’s case at Monday’s hearing.

In the identically named 1997 case of Vermont Right to Life Committee v.

Sorrell (that would be Attorney General BILL SORRELL), Bopp persuaded a federal appeals court to declare Vermont’s mass media disclosure rules unconstitutional, prompting the legislature to change the law. His next lawsuit, Randall v. Sorrell, went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, which in 2006 struck down Vermont’s strictest-in-the-nation campaign spending limits.

So what does mean ol’ Bopp have against the land of soy milk and honey, anyway? Nothing in particular. Bopp sues pretty much every state that imposes what he believes are “onerous” campaign finance restrictions on groups such as Vermont Right to Life. Bopp says he presently has three dozen campaign finance lawsuits in the courts.

“It’s kind of a shotgun approach,” Jacobs-Carnahan observes. “He puts all these cases out there all around the country and, whenever he likes a decision, he pushes it further.” That might

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explain why Bopp inadvertently referred to Vermont as Virginia and Maine during Monday’s hearing.

“He has trouble remembering which state he’s in,” Jacobs-Carnahan theorizes.

What’s so onerous about Vermont elections law? Filling out forms, for one thing. Bopp told Sessions that rather than filing regular reports — even during periods when PACs are not raising or spending money — the law should require only “event-driven” reporting when a PAC does something: holds a fundraiser, airs a TV ad or the equivalent. Anything more burdensome has the potential to reduce political participation by average folks, he said.

No matter that Vermont Right to Life treasurer Sharon Toborg said under oath that she spends just five to 15 minutes filling out each of the organization’s reports.

Perhaps more importantly, Bopp wants to eliminate the $2000 contribution limit on PACs such as the Vermont Right to Life Committee — Fund for Independent Political Expenditures (VRLC-FIPE), an offshoot of the main organization that has advocated for pro-life candidates, including the 2010 Republican nominee for governor, brian Dubie.

The Vermont Right to Life Committee maintains an extensive mailing list of pro-life voters, candidates and activists that it wants to share with VRLC-FIPE to use for political activities. But the mailing list is valued at more than $2000, so sharing it would constitute an illegal contribution. Bopp wants to strike down that $2000 contribution limit.

Jacobs-Carnahan told Sessions that doing so would be “totally contrary” to a century of Vermont campaign finance law.

“The whole purpose of these laws has been driven by the need to ensure the integrity of our electoral system,” she told the judge. “If the public ceases to believe that politicians are not accountable to people but to monied interests, the democratic system will have failed.”

In a midwestern twang, Bopp laid out the evidence against the state — a string of campaign finance case law stretching back to the pre-Watergate

era — to show that Vermont’s laws violate First Amendment rights. At one point, a worked-up Bopp was gesticulating so wildly with his arms, he knocked a microphone right off the podium.

“This parade of horribles is completely bunk because they can do all the disclosing the law requires with [event-driven] reports,” Bopp said in response to the state’s warnings.

Sessions interrupted Bopp at one point to note an irony: a section of the Citizens United decision actually upheld disclosure rules by reaffirming the rights of states to require identifying information from campaign donors.

“It’s a fairly progressive ruling in that regard,” the judge said.

Sessions was clearly enjoying jousting with Bopp — a bright legal mind.

There was laughter in the courtroom several times and, at one point, Sessions told the loquacious lawyer, “My grandchildren refer to me as Bop. I don’t mean to suggest we’re related in any way.” More laughter.

Watching Monday’s court action from the front row were Toborg, KaThy Scheele, the head of elections at Secretary of State Jim conDoS’ office, and Assistant Attorney General SuSanne young, who served as legal counsel to former Republican governor Jim DouglaS — who twice vetoed campaign finance reform bills. No other media attended.

Standing outside the courtroom after the three-hour hearing, a more subdued Bopp wouldn’t hazard a guess as to how Sessions will rule in the case.

Neither would Jacobs-Carnahan. But both agreed on one thing: No matter who wins, the fight is likely to rage on in federal appeals court.

From there? Who knows. Maybe the conservative U.S. Supremes will take another whack at Vermont’s election laws, and we’ll get Bopped again. m

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Treasurer Beth Pearce Fell Into the Job — Can She Win an Election to Keep It? B y Paul He i ntz

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he’s one of Vermont’s topranked officials, but that doesn’t mean you’ve heard of her. You’ve certainly never cast a vote for her.

Plucked out of political obscurity in December 2010 to serve as state treasurer, Beth Pearce has spent the past year and a half adjusting to a few new roles: state banker, boss, politician. This year she’s adjusting to yet another one: candidate for election.

Until recently, Pearce says, “I’ve taken more of a second seat, second chair in most of my career.”

That all changed when Pearce, a longtime deputy to then-treasurer Jeb Spaulding, got a call shortly after the November 2010 election. At the time, she was at home in Barre recovering from foot surgery.

“Jeb called me up and said, ‘I’ve gotta talk to you,’” Pearce recalls. “I said, ‘Well, you know, the house is a mess and I’m limping around, but come on by.’”

Spaulding had some news for Pearce.

Though he had just won his fifth twoyear term as state treasurer, he was resigning to take a job as a top staffer to governor-elect Peter Shumlin. What’s more, Spaulding had talked Shumlin into appointing Pearce to replace him as treasurer.

According to Spaulding, Shumlin “was persuaded that the state of Vermont would benefit by having someone of her caliber in the office and took her at her word she would take seriously the responsibility of running a legitimate campaign for election.”

David Coates, a retired KPMG managing partner and consummate political insider, says it was remarkable that Shumlin chose Pearce. He could have picked any one of a number of established pols.

“He was badgered with people who wanted that position — some who are in the legislature now,” Coates says. “He went for competence, and I give him high marks for that.”

Pearce certainly doesn’t fit the mold of a politically ambitious statewide officeholder in Vermont. Typically, lower-ranking constitutional officers — treasurer, secretary of state, attorney general, auditor and lieutenant governor

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— do their time, rely on experienced deputies and then run for higher office.

Not so with Pearce.

“I think the best state treasurers are those who are not using the position as a political stepping stone,” Spaulding says. “I can’t imagine Beth is aspiring to run for any other office.

I think she was born to be state treasurer.”

Coates, who serves on several state boards with Pearce, agrees.

“The treasurer’s office shouldn’t be about politics. It should be about

competence — and she brings an extraordinary amount of competence to that office,” he says. “She’s so darn good financially and understands all of the aspects of what it takes to be treasurer.”

Though a neophyte to elected office, Pearce has politics in her blood.

Born and raised in West Springfield, Mass., Pearce and a twin sister were the oldest of five children in a family deeply enmeshed in local politics. Her grandmother campaigned for women’s voting rights. Her father,

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a Western Union manager, served on the select and school boards and ran unsuccessfully for state Senate in 1960.

“When I would go down the street as a kid, people would stop and say, ‘Your grandmother helped me with this, your dad helped me with this, your mother did this,’” she says. “That was a heritage I was proud of.”

A younger sister got involved in Democratic politics and a brother became a political consultant, but Pearce spent most of her career as a financial professional in local and state government, eventually serving as a deputy state treasurer in Massachusetts.

When her boss, Shannon O’Brien, left office after losing a gubernatorial race to a guy named Mitt Romney, Pearce applied to be Spaulding’s No. 2 in Vermont.

Spaulding says he was struck by the first half of Pearce’s email address: ECAFR. “It was Elizabeth, C-A-F-R, which stands for Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,” Spaulding says.

“That’s still her personal email address.

She’s just into the mechanics of state finance. I thought that email address said a lot about her.”

It doesn’t take long for Pearce to admit the obvious during an interview in her Montpelier office — a drab room on the fourth floor of the Pavilion state office building, decorated with Van Gogh prints and overlooking the east entrance of the Statehouse.

“I’m a geek. I’m absolutely a geek,” she says. “I love talking to actuaries.

I joke that at parties I’ll gravitate to actuaries, which is not something most people would do.”

Pearce talks a mile a minute with an accent that betrays her Massachusetts roots. When it comes to the job, she’s beyond voluble, gleefully rattling off numbers and acronyms. But when asked about her political beliefs or her personal interests, she’s more reticent.

“I like bird watching. I’m not the best at identification, but I enjoy the walk and the contemplative period with that,” she says. “And I have a hobby that’s a little offbeat: I like non-Euclidean geometry and areas of theoretical physics.”

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Ea Locat l though her foot surgery left her with a pronounced limp that slows her on stairs. Driving around in her black Subaru Legacy — replete with the state’s official No. 3 license plate — back and forth to a meeting of the State Infrastructure Bank Board, she nearly causes three separate traffic accidents.

Perhaps she’s juggling too much in her head to drive safely? This reporter fastens his seat belt.

Perhaps to prepare herself for the approaching campaign season — this will be Pearce’s first election since her early twenties, when she ran for a role in West Springfield’s town meeting — Pearce peppers her answers with talking points about job creation and renewableenergy financing. But it’s clear that she’d rather be talking about CAFRs. Despite Pearce’s utter lack of electoral experience and presumably nonexistent name recognition, she doesn’t have a declared opponent. Yet. Vermont Republican Party chairman Jack Lindley says that will soon change.

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“We have a great candidate. I’ll let her make the announcement on May 14,” Lindley hints.

One name that has floated to the surface is that of Wendy Wilton, a former state senator from Rutland who has served as the city treasurer since 2007. Wilton was evasive when asked last week if she would seek the job.

“Many people have asked me. I have thought somewhat about it, but I have not made a decision,” Wilton said.

Back on the fourth floor of the Pavilion, a fourth grader from Londonderry has shown up at the office. As part of a school project, the girl had sent Pearce a letter that read, “I think state treasurer would be a cool job.” Pearce’s staff invited the girl up for a tour.

Guiding the 10-year-old around the office, Pearce attempts to impart upon us the thrills of cash management, unclaimed property and sound financial planning. As the tour drags on, the fourth-grader appears more and more skeptical of how cool a job state treasurer might be. But Pearce is animated. She thinks it’s plenty cool.

“I love this job. I want to do this for a long time,” she says. “This is what I like doing. I get excited about cash management.” m

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of an incumbent treasurer — Spaulding credits Pearce with aggressively defending Vermont’s cash reserves when she served as deputy treasurer during the financial crash of 2008.

“Vermont didn’t suffer the kinds of losses many other states did, and that was primarily the result of Beth’s competence, not mine,” Spaulding says.

Pearce is particularly proud of her office’s response to last spring’s floods and Tropical Storm Irene in late August.

During the former, her staff worked to make sure child-support recipients and retirees received checks without interruption. During the latter, the office accelerated the distribution of local highway aid and education payments to towns hit by Irene — and extended education tax deadlines.

“It was a really big deal for us,” says Christina Moore, a volunteer FEMA officer for the town of Halifax, which endured $4.4 million in damage during Irene. “Anybody that allows us to delay a payment becomes a hero in our minds.”

When Pearce showed up in Halifax on Town Meeting Day, Moore says, the southern Vermont town was impressed that a statewide officeholder had traveled so far to visit them.

Pearce walks as fast as she talks,

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Mostly, Pearce makes clear, she loves her three grandchildren and her job.

With a staff of 34, Pearce oversees the flow of more than $4 billion a year in state funds. The office issues bonds, invests state funds, oversees three pension plans and seeks to return unclaimed property.

“It’s a substantial amount of money that flows through the office — literally billions on an annual basis — so it’s important to be transparent and accountable and to be sure the people’s money is taken care of,” says former governor Jim Douglas, who preceded Spaulding as state treasurer.

Perhaps one of the most important duties of a treasurer is to protect the state’s bond rating, a measure of the state’s fiscal responsibility that determines the interest rate at which it can borrow money. With two AAA ratings and one AA+, Vermont’s is the strongest in New England. Though bond ratings are the product of a number of factors — not simply the job performance

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decades-old nuclear power plant that sits about 135 miles from Burlington was scheduled to close in 2012 but is now seeking a new lease on life.

For years, nearby residents paid the reactor little mind — indeed, many were unaware of its existence — until antinuke activists sounded the alarm about the plant’s safety and reliability record. Those concerns were fueled, in part, by unscheduled outages; releases of radioactive isotopes, notably tritium, into the environment; and tons of spent nuclear fuel stored on-site in dry-cask containers.

The corporation that owns and operates the plant, which employs about 750 people, has repeatedly assured neighbors that the reactor is safe — and promised government leaders and regulators that the plant would be decommissioned on time.

But now the utility, which has a reputation for secrecy regarding the plant’s finances and internal operations, has instead proposed refurbishing the reactor and keeping it running until 2040.

The national regulatory body that oversees nuclear safety effectively rubber-stamped the plan, even before it had received a comprehensive safety-analysis report.

Regulatory approval of the plant’s continued operation came despite overwhelming opposition from local citizens; 320 municipalities adopted a resolution calling for the plant’s closure.

Now antinuke activists are pressing the government, which has the final say, to keep its promise and shut down the aging reactor before a serious accident occurs.

We’re talking about Vermont Yankee, right? Wrong. It’s the Gentilly-2 Generating Station, nestled on the banks of the St. Lawrence River in Bécancour, Québec.

But the story of the 675-megawatt nuclear plant is eerily similar to that of Vermont Yankee. Pronounced “jhontee deu,” but often referred to simply as “G-2,”

it’s the only operational nuclear plant in Québec. The province next door — Ontario — has 20. Another nuke, a twin of G-2, is in New Brunswick.

G-2, which opened in October 1983, is owned and operated by Hydro-Québec, one of Canada’s largest utilities and a major supplier of Vermont’s electricity. In 2009, Hydro-Québec provided more than 1.7 million megawatt-hours of electricity to Vermont, or nearly one-third of the state’s entire energy load, according to the Vermont Department of Public Service.

G-2 represents 2.5 percent of HydroQuébec’s total generating capacity — a drop in the bucket compared with the 97 percent that comes from hydroelectric dams. Hydro-Québec representatives cannot say how much power Vermont derives from G-2. All the electricity it generates is fed into Hydro-Québec’s electric grid.

Why should Vermonters care about G-2 if its energy contribution to Vermont is negligible at best? For one, G-2 lies midway between Québec City and Montréal, making it the nearest nuclear reactor to northern Vermont — closer than Indian Point in Buchanan, N.Y.; Pilgrim Nuclear in Plymouth, Mass.; Seabrook Station in Seabrook, N.H.; or Millstone Nuclear in Waterford, Conn. In fact, G-2 is closer to thousands of Vermonters than Vermont Yankee. By the end of 2012, perhaps as early as September, the provisional government of Québec will decide whether the plant shuts down for good or stays open for another 28 years.

To learn more about Gentilly-2, I drove three and a half hours north to TroisRivières. Many of the city’s residents cross the Laviolette Bridge each morning to work in Le Parc Industriel et Portuaire de Bécancour, or the Bécancour Waterfront Industrial Park, the largest industrial complex in Québec. The park is situated at the crossroads of three electrical

transmission networks. The massive highvoltage lines, which also deliver power to New England, can be seen along Autoroute 20, a major east-west highway between Montréal and Québec City.

In Trois Rivières, I meet up with Michel Fugère, 63, from Mouvement Sortons le Québec du Nucléaire, or the campaign for Nuclear Phaseout in Québec.

Fugère has spent more than 25 years fighting Gentilly-2. A genial and animated Québécois who speaks English with a thick French accent, Fugère drives us to nearby Champlain, a quaint agricultural village of about 1600 people. The homes are a mix of historical and modern; those along the St. Lawrence look pricey.

Champlain offers the best public view of G-2, which lies just four kilometers, or 2.5 miles, across the river. From this vantage point, it’s an unimpressive-looking facility. Like Vermont Yankee, it lacks the stereotypical nuclear cooling towers and the massive, domed containment core building.

Fugère drives us through a residential neighborhood near the Notre-Dame-dela-Visitation Church. Several years ago, he says, about a half dozen women on one street developed thyroid problems, which Fugère’s group blamed on G-2’s emissions.

They distributed placards that read, “Zero Nucléaire.”

Those weren’t the first public health problems blamed on G-2, Fugère notes.

More than 20 years ago, Fugère says, he threw himself into Canada’s antinuke movement after a number of babies were born with unusual birth defects in an area downriver from G-2. HydroQuébec vehemently denied the cases were connected to the plant — indeed, no causal link was ever proved. Nevertheless, Canadian antinuke activists point out that their country’s emission standards for radioactive releases from nuke plants are much higher than those in the European Union or the United States.

Tritium is especially problematic, Fugère says, because G-2’s reactor design, known as the CANDU-6, causes it to release more tritium annually than any other nuclear plant in the world. In fact, the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC), the equivalent of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), allows G-2 to release a greater quantity of tritium into the air and water each day than was estimated to be leaking from Vermont Yankee in a year.

Canada’s standard for tritium in drinking water is nearly 10 times higher than the limit set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Fugère says Québécois sentiment against nuclear energy runs deep, though one “JeanJacques” encountered in Trois Rivières voices a pronuke view: “Gentilly is good jobs and good for companies with power,” says the 42-year-old in broken English.

Polls have consistently shown that a majority of Canadians oppose nuclear power, and that opposition only grew after last year’s nuclear disaster in Fukushima, Japan. An April 2011 public opinion survey by Abacus Data found that only 34 percent of Canadians supported nuclear power; 58 percent said that Canada shouldn’t build any more nukes and should close all existing ones. Only 22 percent characterized nuclear power as “safe.”

Fugère readily admits he’s not a trained scientist and refers more technical questions to Gordon Edwards, president of the Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility. Edwards, who’s based in Montréal, is Québec’s equivalent of Arnie Gundersen of Burlington. He’s a nuclear physicist who has spent years challenging claims about the safety, reliability and economics of Canada’s nuclear industry.

Edwards arrived in Québec in 1974, at a time when Hydro-Québec was planning to build 100 nuclear reactors along the St. Lawrence River. In 1976, he and two colleagues gave a presentation on

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nuclear power to Québec’s natural resources minister. Two years later, Québec declared a moratorium on new reactor construction other than that of Gentilly-2, which was already in progress. (Gentilly-1, a prototype reactor, never operated properly and has sat idle for years.) Canada has 22 nuclear power plants.

Edwards admits that most Québécois haven’t followed the Vermont Yankee story any more closely than Vermonters have followed that of G-2. He’s an exception. Not surprisingly, Edwards sees many striking parallels between the two plants. Like all nuclear reactors, he says, G-2 and VY are at the tail end of the so-called “bathtub curve” — a graphic representation of the likelihood of maintenance problems, which tends to be greatest when a reactor is new, when it’s nearing retirement or right after it’s refurbished.

As Edwards explains, G-2 cannot continue to operate without replacing thousands of radioactive tubes that

adds. “People don’t feel empowered to understand what’s going on, because they don’t know the technical terms and can’t decode the documents that they read.”

He points out that Hydro-Québec already went ahead and spent $800 million “behind people’s backs” on the refurbishment, even though the decision to keep the plant operational still rests in the hands of the provincial government.

Compounding the problem is an alleged culture of secrecy at HydroQuébec. Though the company is owned

by Québec citizens, Edwards says getting information is even harder than it is in the United States.

I encountered that resistance when my request to Hydro-Québec to tour the facility was denied “for security reasons.”

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Reached by phone, Marie-Elaine Deveault, a spokesperson for HydroQuébec in Montréal, says that critics’ claims about maintenance and reliability problems at G-2 are overblown. She insists that the plant’s record is “very good, actually. It’s all in the maintenance.” As she explains, G-2 is shut down once a year to keep it in tip-top shape.

“The CNSC would never let us run unless we were reaching the highest security possible,” she adds.

But Edwards says such assertions illustrate the “Jekyll and Hyde” nature of nuclear power. He notes that G-2 sits in an active earthquake zone: “It’s safe until it becomes very dangerous.” And then it becomes not just a local but a global concern.

To wit: Several weeks ago, Fugère organized an event commemorating the one-year anniversary of the Fukushima disaster. To demonstrate how and where nuclear radiation might travel in the event of a similar accident at G-2, organizers launched three atmospheric balloons outfitted with GPS units. Within hours, the balloons were tracked to Maine.

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constitute the reactor’s primary cooling system. Over 30 years, those tubes have grown brittle, corroded and dangerously thin, he explains, dramatically increasing the likelihood of a loss-of-coolant accident, like the one that blew up Switzerland’s Lucens reactor in 1969 and Chernobyl in 1986.

Part of Edwards’ concern is that the refurbishment, which has an estimated price tag of $2 billion, won’t include replacing the reactor’s steam generators, whose components are also 30 years old.

“When you fix up an old car, it’s the parts you don’t fix that are most likely to break down,” he explains. The fact that Hydro-Québec isn’t replacing its steam generators is “a worry, to say the least.”

Why isn’t the CNSC mandating that work? As Edwards explains, the CNSC, like its American equivalent, tends to accept such decisions from nuclear-industry executives without much skepticism.

“We have a regulatory agency here that is so pronuclear that they just regard this whole refurbishment, which is essentially rebuilding the core of the reactor, as if it were regular maintenance and consequently doesn’t require a special hearing or investigation.

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he Burlington Free Press made news last month when it was named a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize — the most prestigious award in journalism. The Pulitzer board did not pick a winner this year in the “editorial writing” category, but on April 16, it announced that Vermont’s largest daily newspaper had made the short list, for a “campaign that resulted in the state’s first reform of open government laws in 35 years, reducing legal obstacles that helped shroud the work of government officials.”

The Free Press covered its own Pulitzer nod, of course. An un-bylined story on Page One the next day said the paper’s editorials “helped persuade the Legislature last year to require judges to award legal costs to people who win public records lawsuits.”

A second front-page “article” in the following Sunday’s paper — by publisher Jim Fogler — credited the editors with “prodding Vermont to make its first reform of open government laws in 35 years.”

That’s a powerful journalistic narrative.

But is it accurate?

The public-records law signed by Gov. Peter Shumlin last year made a number of reforms. As referenced by the Free Press, it created penalties against government agencies that deny access to records when the person requesting them prevails in court. It also established a legislative study committee charged with reviewing the public-records act and each of its more than 250 exemptions.

Who deserves credit for the changes?

At the Statehouse last week, some politicians were just as eager as the Free Press to claim some responsibility for what they see as an important, and politically popular, victory.

“I was pushing transparency right from the get-go,” says Secretary of State Jim Condos, who barnstormed 14 Vermont towns on a “transparency tour” last year.

The two lawmakers who quarterbacked last year’s legislation maintain the bill had been on their to-do list since 2007.

“I never read the editorials,” says Sen. Jeanette White (D-Windham), who chairs the Senate Government Operations Committee. “I cannot tell you what one of the editorials said, except the one that said I was acting like a weasel.”

White’s counterpart in the House, Rep. Donna Sweaney (D-Windsor), admits there was “nudging from the news media,” but insists the Free Press “was not the driving force.” She credits her own committee, plus a coalition of advocates that includes Condos, the American Civil Liberties Union of Vermont, the Vermont Press Association (of which the Burlington

Free Press is a member), Brattleboro-based Prison Legal News, state archivist Gregory Sanford and the Vermont State Employees Association (VSEA), as well as citizen activists.

“It was a commitment we had made to look at this for some time now,” Sweaney says. “We were probably late in getting to it.”

Sanford, Vermont’s official keeper of state records, says that while last year’s changes significantly strengthened the open-records law, advocates have been “tinkering with it all along.” He cites an earlier change that expanded the definition of records to include digital ones. He also notes that case law has “reformed” the law, citing a 2011 ruling

by Superior Court Judge Geoffrey Crawford in a lawsuit

about everything from local embezzlers to the investigation into the mysterious disappearance of an Essex couple, Bill and Lorraine Currier. The paper endorsed Burlington mayoral candidate Jason Lorber — who came in last of four contenders in the Democratic caucus — because of his transparency platform.

The body of editorials earned the Free Press a Scripps Howard Foundation National Journalism Award in 2010.

That same year, the paper reassigned veteran reporter Mike Donoghue, who serves as executive director of the Vermont Press Association, from the sports desk to news, in part to cover open-government stories. Together with other Free Press reporters and editors, Donoghue has challenged Vermont’s notori-

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brought by the VSEA that said the union could not be charged simply for inspecting public records.

“I don’t want to quibble — the Free Press should get its due — but I see the push that resulted in the change as a group, though not coordinated, effort,” Sanford says. The Rutland Herald fought two cases to the Vermont Supreme Court in an attempt to obtain records in secretive police discipline cases — helping establish new precedent in the process. The Valley News and VTDigger.org both battled the Hartford Police Department over records relating to alleged misconduct by its officers; VTDigger’s Anne Galloway teamed up with the ACLU to sue for records in the Wayne Burwell case, in which an African American man was pepper-sprayed in his own home after Hartford police mistook him for an intruder.

But at the Free Press, open-records reform has been a veritable crusade.

Since 2008, editors Mike Townsend and Aki Soga have penned more than 100 editorials calling for greater transparency in Vermont’s halls of power. They’ve extracted public-records lessons from stories

ously weak public-records law — once ranked second worst in the U.S. — to win release of previously sealed criminal records and pry open secretive court proceedings.

But he’s not alone. Several Vermont newspaper editors complained to Seven Days that the Free Press appeared to be claiming sole credit for changing the records law. But, tellingly, none would go on record saying so.

Doug Clifton, a retired Pulitzer Prizewinning newspaper editor who lives in Middlebury, says the Free Press deserves credit for bringing the open government issue to the forefront, because it has done more than any other news outlet in Vermont “on the freedom-of-information front.”

“Did the Free Press go overboard in claiming credit for legislative action?” asks Clifton, who was executive editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer and the Miami Herald. “I think you could make an argument either way. But I don’t think it’s untoward that they take some credit for it.”

The real test, Clifton says, would be how the Free Press characterized the impact of

its campaign to the Pulitzer board. “If they say they were the moving force on the law, that would be an overstretch,” he says.

Ironically, the Free Press editors were not forthcoming with that information.

Soga supplied a written statement that read: “It’s quite an honor that reflects on everyone at the Free Press. …There’s plenty of work left to do for open government in Vermont. We’re not done.”

Asked to provide a copy of its nominating letter — media outlets recommend themselves for Pulitzers — Soga said, “I’m afraid I have no access to our submission package. You’ll have to track down Mike.”

That’s Mike Townsend, the Free Press executive editor. Townsend didn’t reply to numerous phone and email messages over the past two weeks requesting an interview, a copy of the submission letter or any other information about how the Free Press characterized its own role in changing public-records law in Vermont to the Pulitzer board.

Sig Gissler, administrator of the Pulitzer Prizes, told Seven Days he could not help on that score, either.

Richard Coe is editorial-page editor of the Bulletin in Bend, Ore., and chaired the five-member jury that reviewed Pulitzer submissions in editorial writing. While Pulitzer rules limit what he could say about the selection process, Coe tells Seven Days that the Free Press was nominated because it was “among the top submissions that we felt we had this year to choose from.” Soga and Townsend share the finalist honor with Bloomberg News (for editorials examining the European debt crisis) and the Tampa Bay Times (for editorials that led Florida Gov. Rick Scott to “mend his ways”).

Coe says his jury received 60 submissions in editorial writing this year and narrowed it down to the final three. Why was no winner chosen? Gissler says he can’t discuss confidential deliberations but explains that, quite simply, no submission won majority support from the Pulitzer board. The group did not pick a fiction winner this year, either.

“We don’t really go into details into why a prize is awarded or not awarded,” he says.

Coe admits that it’s often difficult to draw a direct link between a newspaper’s editorializing and its impact on changing public policy, adding that Pulitzer juries do not independently research such things.

But impact isn’t the only metric: The Pulitzer board also looks for editorial writing with “clearness of style, moral purpose, sound reasoning, and the power to influence public opinion.”

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Noisy and United on a Raw May Day in Montpelier

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Several hundred Vermonters joined in a noisy, festive demo on a raw May Day in Montpelier, waving red-and-white placards emblazoned with the slogan “Put People First.” A panoply of causes was represented on an occasion that most of the world celebrates as the workers holiday.

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) earned the day’s loudest cheers and touched on income inequality, child poverty, climate change, the Citizens United corporations-are-people decision and “our dysfunctional health care system.”

Sanders also denounced three U.S. wars: in Iraq, in Afghanistan and “against women.”

Some of the additional concerns represented at the rally included Abenaki rights, vaccine choice, student indebtedness, postal workers’ job security, childcare workers’ unionization efforts, Vermont Yankee’s relicensing, the impact of Tropical Storm Irene on mobile-home dwellers and the status of migrant farmworkers.

Bernie Hernandez, a farmworker from Mexico, drew laughs and applause with the line “Without us, there are no creemees!”

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When Burlington mayor Miro Weinberger nominated friend and political adviser Ian Carleton to the post of city attorney two weeks ago, he hoped for a speedy confirmation by the city council this week.

But instead of a new job, Carleton got a grilling from skeptical councilors at an informal session Monday night. They asked the attorney and former Vermont Democratic Party chairman about his loyalty to Weinberger, his partisan past, his Huntington residence and his salary.

“I’m trying to figure out if I can trust you,” said Councilor Sharon Bushor (I-Ward 1), one of seven councilors to express reservations about Carleton’s appointment. Eight of the 14 councilors must approve it.

Asked why he should make $112,000 a year — $4000 more than outgoing city attorney Ken Schatz — Carleton cited his private-sector experience and education.

“I graduated from the best law school in the country. It was ranked No. 1 when I was there and is still ranked No. 1,” said Carleton, who attended Yale Law School.

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bout a year ago, Leunig’s Bistro co-owner ROBERT FULLER was passing through Alabama on his BMW motorcycle en route to Florida when he came on the town of Dothan. The self-described Peanut Capital of the World, Dothan is also famous for its dozen or so murals depicting notable local personages and scenes from town history.

As one of many highway travelers who would never have visited Dothan if not for its murals, Fuller became inspired to endow Burlington with a similar tourist attraction. He decided to seed an ambitious mural project on the Church Street Marketplace with a $10,000 donation.

“Robert Fuller is the visionary behind this whole thing,” says Québec artist Pierre Hardy, who is now nearing completion of the trompe l’oeil extravaganza that will transform the alleyway alongside Banana Republic leading to the Marketplace parking garage. Fuller invested in Hardy’s mural, titled “Everyone Loves a Parade!,” at a point when the project’s overseers were having trouble persuading sponsors to cover its $80,000 cost.

“It was really hard to present it to people without them seeing what it actually looked like,” says Church Street Marketplace director RON REDMOND. “It wasn’t until January, when you could see clearly what Pierre was doing, that people got it.”

The fundraising goal has now been reached, Redmond reports.

Even in its current form — 4-by-8-foot panels leaning against the walls of an Essex garage — Hardy’s work has the visual power to persuade skeptics. And the work is likely to engage shoppers and strollers. Colorful and hyperrealistic, the mural unspools an eclectic cast of major and minor Vermont celebrities.

There’s Robert Frost and bouffanted Hot Dog Lady LOIS BODOKY; Ethan Allen and Snowflake Bentley; John Deere and John Dewey; Molly Stark, Veronica Lake and Wall Street tycoon Hetty Green; Maria von Trapp and Rudyard Kipling; John Flynn, C.P. Smith, George Perkins Marsh, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Fred Tuttle, Jody Williams, Sen. BERNIE SANDERS, TREY ANASTASIO and at least a score more.

Hardy has also included a few famous figures not known to have ever visited Vermont. Abe Lincoln, for example, is shown waving from a window because, the artist explains, Vermont was the first state to abolish slavery. OK, but what about Elvis? What’s the King doing here? “It’s a parade!” Hardy responds. “Something like this has to be whimsical.”

The bearded, 50-year-old artist graciously hosts visitors to the makeshift studio where he and two Vermont assistants, ETHAN MILLER and MARY VITTUM, are working to complete a project that began eight months ago. Hardy clearly takes pride in his creation, but he acknowledges an undercurrent of anxiety, as well.

“It’s been a very complex project,” Hardy says. “The emotions and reactions along the way have been very intense.”

That’s partly because he’s had to find ways to add several individual likenesses at the behest of the Church Street Marketplace. For $2500, a sponsor gets a “full body image presence” in the parade, while it costs $7500 to have a storefront and its logo included in the tableau. Due in large part to the constant updating, the dedication of

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the finished 124-foot-by-16-foot mural has been pushed back from May to some time in June … or maybe July.

“It’s like we’ve been building a plane at the same time we’ve been flying it,” Redmond comments.

In addition to continually revamping the mural, Hardy has had to cope with the dislocation of living in the Courtyard Marriott hotel on Battery Street since September. “It’s taken a lot of adapting,” he admits. But Hardy’s affable manner has also helped him make friends with several hotel employees, whom he has painted into the mural.

With all the commercial signs Hardy is obliged to incorporate, some critics might view “Everyone Loves a Parade!” more as a cheesy billboard than as a playful work of public art. The artist is confident, however, that the mural’s celebratory spirit will prevail over the presence of brand names.

Having created murals in the Dominican Republic and Lebanon, as well as several sites in Canada, Hardy has built a reputation over the past 28 years as a skillful

painter who doesn’t compromise on essentials. His insistence on maintaining artistic control prevents him from taking on private residential commissions, he points out.

“A homeowner would have to agree to all my conditions, and that’s not easy to do,” Hardy says.

A marketplace committee chose him for the Burlington mural project in a 2009 competition that drew entries from 15 artists in Canada, France and the United States. Part of the deal is that Hardy will engineer his work to endure for at least 20 years with only occasional touch-ups. The acrylics and high-tech exterior house paint he applies on industrial-grade plywood will be coated to guard against fading from sunlight and to allow easy removal of graffiti.

The unveiling will occur during the Marketplace’s 30th anniversary year. It’s time for the freshening up that Hardy’s work will provide, Fuller says, and notes that most U.S. downtowns that established pedestrian shopping streets during the past three decades have been unable to sustain those initiatives. “Church Street has been hugely successful, but you have to keep renewing it,” he declares.

Fuller has further ambitions for downtown Burlington that are about as large in scale as “Everyone Loves a Parade!” He sees Hardy’s mural as the first of half a dozen he hopes will be installed in the Queen City, eventually making it as well known for its wall paintings as is Dothan, Ala. hardyart.com/everyonelovesaparade.html

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A year ago, Paterson sat down with “the two Jeffs,” as they’re known — VyOA’s music director-conductor JeffReY Domoto and choral director JeffReY buettneR — to discuss possible themes for a major commission marking the end of his residency. Paterson had just read Eaarth, environmental activist bill mcKibben’s 2010 book, about how global warming has already wrought a new planet, requiring new ways of living.

“For me, it was eye-opening, a little shocking,” declares the New york City-based composer. “i do believe our actions are causing irrevocable damage to the environment, and i want to do what i can to help.” So he proposed writing “something about the environment.”

The result is “A New Eaarth,” Paterson’s ambitious, half-hour work for the unusual combination of orchestra, chorus and narrator.

The VyO will premiere the piece at its spring concert this Friday and Sunday, in Stowe and Burlington.

The narrator will be mcKibben himself. “Bill is basically one of Rob Paterson the strongest spokespeople for this stuff anywhere, not just in Vermont,” Paterson notes of the Ripton resident and 350.org founder. The composer, who says he “loves working with the kids,” wanted to give them a chance to collaborate with the luminary in their own back yard. mcKibben will read a plain-spoken text Paterson wrote that begins with dire warnings (“This is really happening. yet as nations, we do nothing.”) and ends on a note of hope (“We can change who we are.”). mcKibben says he hasn’t yet heard the music — he and the VyO will perform together for the first time at Friday’s rehearsal — and he has never performed an orchestra-backed narration before. But he’s not worried. “i do a lot of public speaking,” he says with understatement.

The narrator’s passages alternate with the chorus singing excerpts from poems by James Joyce, William Wordsworth and others.

Domoto says the orchestral music is through-composed — that is, not separated into movements — and he deems the orchestration “quite good.”

Less reserved, VyO violist Gawain usheR, 15, of Shoreham, calls the music “emotionally incredible.” “The notes are not hugely complex, but the hardest part is the emotional content,” he says.

Usher, a homeschooled 10th grader, sees the trajectory of hope in “A New Eaarth” as an echo of Vermont’s recent path from devastation in the wake of Tropical Storm irene toward “community togetherness.”

Does he feel hopeful about the planet and global warming? “i really do,” Usher says. “it is a problem, but it’s fixable, and it will be fixed now. i would say, based on my knowledge of the people here in Vermont, it’s a hopeful future.” m

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named Cecil Billings, who is smitten with her and her background. (“And you left this place?” he asks, when she brings him to meet her parents.)

The two fall chastely in love against the backdrop of the rugged mountain that rises above the Millers’ farm — for them, an emblem of nature’s beneficent power. For a Texas-based energy company, however, that same mountain is a potential lucrative source of “rare earth” minerals.

The defenders and exploiters of nature square off in a battle for the land with echoes of recent cases such as the Lowell Mountain protests. “They would be stealthy,” writes Parker of the Texans, “using Vermonters’ own words

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ver a decade, MALCOLM “MAC” PARKER of Addison did the unthinkable: He raised $28 million from Vermonters to make a film.

But the bulk of that money went to repaying the investors themselves, and $3.8 million ended up in the pockets of Parker’s silent partner, Connecticut chiropractor Louis Soteriou. Now, as his fraud case draws national press, Parker is trying to begin the repayment of his debts — by selfpublishing a book.

It sounds like a joke. But, unlike his still-unfinished documentary, Birth of Innocence, Parker’s novel, Rare Earth, is readily available. He’s selling downloads for $12 on his website, with an assurance that “55% of proceeds will go directly into an escrow account for the benefit of lenders.” And he has sent the book to each of those lenders — whose responses to his new endeavor vary.

On April 11 Parker, 54, pleaded guilty to two charges of fraud in federal court.

He is cooperating with the prosecution of Soteriou and can’t discuss the case. But he agreed to sit down with Seven Days — with his attorney present — to talk about Rare Earth.

“I’m not so naïve as to think that writing one novel and posting it on a website as a PDF is going to repay the money that I owe,” says the soft-spoken Northeast Kingdom native. While Parker hopes to secure an agent and trade publication for Rare Earth, he says he made no “calculated decision” to write it. “That’s what I was given to do, and that’s what I’m doing.”

That’s no mere turn of phrase. After he realized Soteriou had betrayed his trust, Parker says, “I began thinking and asking and praying, literally, OK, what can I do as a creative person to fulfill the promises that I have made?” In April 2011, he continues, he “woke up in the middle of the night and the whole book was there, saying in no uncertain terms, ‘Write me.’” He posted it on the web in February and has sold 30 copies so far.

What is this book that Parker was “given” to write? It is not a thinly veiled account of his current troubles. (Parker has detailed his history with Soteriou in a statement to the U.S. District Court.)

While it doesn’t argue Parker’s own cause, Rare Earth does defend a value he says is still paramount for him: trust.

The novel’s protagonist is Marnie Miller, a young woman who has left her ancestral Vermont farm for a city job and a series of dead-end relationships. Until, that is, she meets a sensitive young man

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and ideals against them — ‘alternative energy,’ ‘green technologies.’”

Defending the land is a perennial subject for Vermont writers. But what about the charges that Parker himself took advantage of his fellow Vermonters by collecting their money for a project that remains unrealized?

Parker has described himself to the court as acting under the guru-like sway of Soteriou, a self-styled healer. Some readers might see in the story of Marnie and Cecil a wishful rewriting of those events. Marnie

fights her native mistrust as she gives herself over to a new way of looking at the world. But while her slow-to-come trust is rewarded, Parker’s “decade of positive, transformational experience” with Soteriou eventually led to a radical betrayal.

“For me, this whole story is really about trust.

Phenomenal trust,” says Parker. “My trust — misguided, but trust nonetheless — and people’s trust in me.”

The book, he continues, is “about trust and reclaiming it, and reestablishing it in places where it’s been broken.” By sending it to the lenders, he claims, he sought not “to try to convince them, but hopefully to demonstrate that I’m doing all I can to make this right.”

How do Parker’s investors feel about that endeavor? ROBERT MELIK FINKLE, who lent him $525,000, has become one of his strongest critics. “At this point I am so angry and disgusted by Mac Parker that anything he attempts in the guise of creativity is repulsive to me,” Finkle writes in an email. Still, he “forced” himself to read Rare Earth, which he calls “insipid, trite, predictable and saccharinely sentimental,” as well as a “diversionary tactic” aimed at the courts, not the public.

In a message to Parker, Finkle calls upon him to abandon this venture and focus on

bringing Birth of Innocence to market.

SHARON GUTWIN, owner of RehabGYM, lent Parker $100,000 and considers herself a friend of his family, she says in a phone interview. She hasn’t had time to read Rare Earth, but says, “I don’t think that it has much chance of helping in any sizable way.

This is a show of how Mac Parker’s heart is in the right place.”

Of Parker himself, Gutwin says, “This is a person who was extremely gullible and vulnerable.” She recalls an occasion on which she met Soteriou, who seemed mentally unstable to her, and observed that “Mac was looking at this guy with a smile and a trance. That’s what scared me.”

“Part of what I’m learning is that I’m still a trusting person, but I’m far more awake,” says Parker now. “I don’t want the lesson for me to be to go into a shell and be a hard and cynical person. That’s not who I am.” His book, he says, “is about and for the people who trusted Mac Parker. So my hope is that it will be very successful, for them.”

Whatever its prospects, Rare Earth conveys the author’s worldview with passion and eloquence, giving readers a taste of what they might eventually see in his film. Gutwin thinks Parker is sincere: “He really believes he can someday pay everything back.”

At the same time, she sees irony in his choice to devote 15 percent of the book’s proceeds to his family’s living expenses: “If it were me, I’d be living in a tent.” macparkervt.net

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“Drawn & Paneled” is a collaboration between Seven Days and the Center for Cartoon Studies in White River Junction, featuring works by past and present students. These pages are archived at sevendaysvt.com/center-for-cartoon-studies. For more info, visit CCS online at cartoonstudies.org.

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Dear cecil, Why do we have allergic reactions? What use do allergies serve? I can’t imagine any Darwinian advantage.

I can’t see being a successful mastodon hunter with sneezing and hacking giving away your position. Don’t get me started on trying to woo a female with things that are meant to be dry being moist and things that are meant to be moist being dry and itchy.

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About one in five people in the developed world suffers from at least one allergy. Lucky is the sufferer who’s allergic to just one thing. For example, sensitivity to ragweed or birch pollen can induce food allergies due to cross-reactions between the pollen and similar food proteins such as those found in apples.

Why are some people oversensitive? Because, to put the most positive spin on it, they’re better at recognizing tiny amounts of potentially harmful substances and mobilizing a white-bloodcell smackdown. This process has developed over millions of years

Is there something you need to get straight? Cecil adams can deliver the straight dope on any topic. Write Cecil adams at the Chicago reader, 11 e. illinois, Chicago, iL 60611, or cecil@chireader.com.

and works well overall, leading some researchers to term our immune system — even in hyperactive mode — one of the greatest success stories of evolution.

The problem is that it takes your immune system a while to learn what’s harmful and what’s not, mainly by being exposed to enough of the benign substance over time. That’s how allergy shots work: giving you gradually larger amounts of allergens to desensitize you.

This takes us to the so-called hygiene hypothesis, discussed here in the past. In our sterile modern world, exposure to allergens when young, a critical time for training the immune system, has been greatly reduced. Fewer chronic infections and parasites

Chinese researchers found urban children were more than three times as likely to have asthma or allergies than rural kids, especially those exposed to livestock or farming. This is true even after accounting for the possibility of “healthy farmer effect” — i.e., the tendency for those who are too allergic for farm life to leave while sturdier folks remain.

Urban Chinese children were almost nine times more likely to be allergic to cats than their rural cousins.

There’s evidence that early exposure can reduce allergic sensitivity to the dreaded peanut. A study comparing Jewish kids in Israel and the UK found a clear inverse relationship between early peanut consumption and occurrence of peanut allergies, even after genetics and socioeconomic considerations were factored out. Another study concluded high levels of peanut exposure during infancy were bad but modest levels could desensitize protectively.

Though we can’t yet say why with certainty, it seems evident allergies are on the rise in the industrialized world. Long-term studies in Denmark, the UK, Japan and other countries have found significant increases in allergy complaints. One bright spot: Allergies in France may be leveling off. Is it exposure to earthy French cuisine? No idea, but in an age of helicopter parenting, it’s tempting to think the best defense against allergies may be early-childhood contact with good, old-fashioned dirt.

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ou ingrate. Sure, a runny nose doesn’t do much for your sex appeal. But if it weren’t for allergies, or at least for the physiological mechanism that gives rise to them, you’d be dead.

Allergies are an overzealous version of the chain of events that enables your body to defend itself against foreign invaders such as parasites, protozoans, bacteria and viruses. Thinking it’s under attack, a type of white blood cell in your body produces immunoglobulin E (IgE) antibodies. These antibodies latch onto other cells and encourage them to release histamine and other inflammatory chemicals, a hyperallergenic response sometimes called atopy. Result: the usual allergic symptoms and a rush for Benadryl.

Inconvenient? Sure. But what would you rather do, be a doormat for bacteria or sneeze?

have also limited our ability to adapt to allergens. The hygiene hypothesis hasn’t been proven, largely because the genetic and biological factors behind allergies remain poorly understood.

However, there’s reason to think you’d have fewer allergies now if as a kid you’d spent more time living in filth.

Many studies indicate spending time on a farm during childhood reduces the likelihood of allergies, especially hanging around farm animals and stables. Drinking unprocessed milk may also help. For nonfarmers there seems to be a relationship between allergy incidence and the cleanliness of your living conditions. A German study found children who slept on dirty — sometimes filthy — mattresses were much less likely to suffer from hay fever and allergies, a protective effect seen in both farming and nonfarming households.

Children and mothers living in the less industrialized Russian part of the northern European region of Karelia had substantially fewer allergies than their more Westernized Karelian neighbors in Finland, possibly due to greater exposure to microbes in soil and water. A Mongolian study found those living closer to the soil in small villages had fewer allergies than those living in towns and cities.

One multi-country European study found that microbial exposure while in the womb could help prevent development of allergies.

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Our Town at certain jobs, such as the transport of loud, lust-crazed knuckleheads.

“Great,” he said, “let’s go there; let’s do it — Philipsburg.”

“Toby, that’s a nonstarter,” his friend said, to my relief. “It’s nearly three, and the wedding is in the morning — in just a few hours, actually.”

“You guys are up here for a wedding?”

I asked.

Before my seatmate could answer, Toby blurted out, “How about hookers?

Any Asian prostitutes in town?”

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or asian hookers.

“Hmm… could you be a little more specific? I mean, are we talking about Vietnamese? Chinese? Korea? Perhaps Nepal?”

Toby didn’t think that was funny, big surprise. In fact, he seemed to take my question seriously.

“I don’t give a fuck, as long as they’re Asian.”

“Well, that’s lovely,” I said, “but I don’t think I can help you there, either. As far as I know, B-town doesn’t have strip clubs or Asian hookers. We really are a backwater, I guess.”

Not for the first time, I thought about the random, if not chaotic, aspect of my occupation. Before these guys, my last fare was a couple of young, bright-eyed visual artists who spoke lucidly with me about the challenges and joys of creating art in the 21st century. Before those two was a recent Eastern European immigrant, a hardworking woman who had just gotten off work bussing tables at a tony Church Street restaurant. And before that, before that… To steal a line from Forrest Gump, cab driving is like a box of chocolates, which means sometimes you get the nuts.

As we turned onto Cherry Street, Toby reiterated his central point of the evening: “Man, I hate this fucking town.”

The truth is, I am way too identified with the Queen City, my adopted hometown. I take remarks like Toby’s personally, and how nuts is that? I was seriously poised to defend Burlington’s honor, but something gave me pause, and it wasn’t my general reluctance to tussle with drunken louts.

Rather, it dawned on me that this city is simply not for everyone. Burlington’s charms, as it were, are lost on a large percentage of the population. Most tourists are in town because they want to be here, were drawn to be here, and they enjoy their stay immensely. But if you’ve just been dragged here for a wedding, you may not get the vibe, or you may get it and not like it, particularly in the absence of paid Asian companionship.

Burlington is not quaint; it’s not trendy; it’s not really hip, and I don’t think it ever will be. But I love this town, and here’s hoping it never loses what

makes it — for some folks, including me — the greatest place to call home: its steady heart of gold.

Of course, when we pulled up to the hotel, Toby immediately passed me a twenty over the seat. “Keep it,” he said, with a big, dopy grin. “Sorry I busted your chops.”

I hate when this happens. Just when I’m really starting to detest a dude, he goes and redeems himself. I wish the bad guys would stay bad guys, and the good guys would stay good guys. I would truly appreciate the consistency, and I don’t think that’s too much to ask of the universe. But no, people are constantly revealing themselves as complicated, multidimensional actors. It’s enough to make me drop my censorious and reproachful attitude. Someday I just might.

Toby got out, and my seatmate said, “Hey, would you mind dropping me at the Hilton around the corner? I’ll throw you a couple extra bucks.”

“No problem, man. And you don’t have to give me any more money. Your friend laid a twenty on me.”

As we scooted over to the Hilton, my customer said, “You know, Toby is really a good guy. He just gets so freaking obnoxious.”

“Well, you know what?” I said, chuckling. “I, too, think of myself as a good guy, and I also get freaking obnoxious sometimes. How about yourself?” m “hackie” is a twice-monthly column that can also be read on sevendaysvt.com. to reach jernigan pontiac, email hackie@sevendaysvt.com.

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here’s the strip clubs?

Oh, fuck — don’t tell me this town doesn’t have strip clubs.”

Thank God these guys were only going to the Courtyard Marriott on Battery Street, because I really didn’t want to spend more than eight minutes in their company. Well, at least not with the man in the backseat; his compatriot sitting next to me in the shotgun seat seemed suitably mellow and self-contained.

“You’re outta luck, buddy,” I replied over my shoulder and the din of the radio. (I had considered just ignoring the guy, but he had asked me a specific question, and I’m nothing if not polite.)

“You want to see a naked woman tonight, you’re gonna have to use your charm.”

My seatmate couldn’t resist. “If that’s the case,” he joked, “my boy back there doesn’t stand a chance.”

I thought that was pretty funny and let out a laugh; his friend, not so much so. “Oh, you’re fuckin’ hilarious,” he said.

“You know what? I hate this fucking town. And more to the point, where is the nearest strip club?”

“Montréal,” I replied, but then remembered a closer location. “Check that,” I corrected myself. “I guess there might be a club or two just over the border, maybe in Philipsburg.”

Even if they wanted to take that ride, and even if they were prepared to pay me big bucks to make it happen, there was no way I would do it. This reflected an evolution in my work philosophy. In my earlier years of hacking, if the mission was legal and the money right, I’d drive anywhere, anytime. But these days, I draw the line

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Saturday’s rally, however, focused less on Kunin’s new feminist agenda than it did on the old standards: reproductive freedom, violence against women, equal pay. Dressed for the cold weather in winter hats, gloves and scarves, the women in attendance were joined by a smattering of men, children and dogs.

Scrawled chalk messages decorated the sidewalk leading toward the Statehouse.

“May the choice be with you!” read one,

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The women represented the campus chapter of VOX: Voices for Planned Parenthood, which has gained momentum at UVM in the wake of political discourse about women’s health care and access to contraception.

“No one thought we would have to have these conversations again,” said senior Emily Therrien.

“There’s a lot at risk,” agreed senior Samantha Wyman.

not unlike the women on the Statehouse lawn, and rallied for women’s rights at the nation’s Capitol. In her “maiden” speech as a state legislator, Kunin spoke up in favor of the ultimately doomed Equal Rights Amendment. In response to an old friend who said of the women’s movement, “I was never one of those angry women,” Kunin countered, “I’m still angry.”

And she is, rallying the troops in

Therrien, Fuller and Wyman are the outliers, according to Kunin. In The New Feminist Agenda, her third book, she acknowledges a generational disconnect on the subject of women’s rights. Most young women today seem reluctant to describe themselves as “feminists,” Kunin notes, and she does not “want to become the scold who bemoans how little this generation knows or cares about her years of struggle.”

And Kunin, now 78, did struggle. She linked arms with fellow protesters and marched in favor of abortion rights. In her thirties she took up her own placard,

her senior years, at a time when other leaders might sit back and enjoy their lakefront views. “Why the anger?”

Kunin asks in the early pages of The New Feminist Agenda. “What did I expect?”

In short, she expected more. She expected more female leaders in Congress and state legislatures. That more than 3 percent of Fortune 500 companies would be led by women. That “by the year 2011, grandmothers like myself would be able to tell their grandchildren of how life used to be ‘long ago,’ when families had to figure out for themselves how to be both wage earners and caregivers.”

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ndie-music darlings Neko Case and Anaïs Mitchell lent their celebrity to a women’s-rights protest last Saturday in Montpelier. But when Madeleine Kunin stepped up to the podium before the boisterous crowd of some 200, Vermont’s first — and so far only — female governor was even more stirring than the stars with whom she shared the stage.

On the same day, in every state in the country, women were gathering on Statehouse lawns and in city squares to protest the so-called “war on women.” It’s a battle that’s far less pitched in Vermont, protesters in Montpelier acknowledged, but the talk of the day was of solidarity, sisterhood and “standing our ground.”

Kunin’s address — punctuated with catchy phrases met by generous applause — had the feeling of a campaign speech. On access to health care and insurance reform: “Having a pair of ovaries should not be a preexisting condition.” On the importance of women in leadership roles: “If you’re not at the table, you’re on the menu.”

Campaigning for office isn’t all that different from burnishing a political legacy, which Kunin appears to be doing these days, with high-profile appearances, guest commentaries, a documentary in progress. Suddenly, it seems like she’s everywhere.

She’s also promoting a new book, The New Feminist Agenda: Defining the Next Revolution for Women, Work, and Family, which hit bookstore shelves just in time for Saturday’s rally. Part policy manifesto, part research digest, Kunin’s book argues that for all the advances of the women’s movement in the United States, the country is way behind when it comes to family policies designed to support women in the workforce.

“It may seem a retrograde step to suggest that feminists like me, who strove to liberate ourselves from the limited roles of wife and mother, have come full circle to focus, once again, on the family,” Kunin writes. Yet she argues that’s exactly where the country must turn its attention — to early education, quality childcare and paid parental leave.

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illustrated with a pastel-colored Yoda.

Others carried signs: “Don’t Tread on Me” was the headline for a diagram of a woman’s reproductive system.

University of Vermont freshman Jess Fuller mugged in front of the golden dome for a picture with a placard reading, “This is what a feminist looks like.”

As a photographer snapped a group posing nearby, they shouted “Vagina!” instead of “Cheese!”

With the breeze threatening to carry off their Planned Parenthood flyers, Fuller and some classmates from UVM weighted them down with heavy stones.

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President Bill Clinton was a Kunin fan — and still is. He contributed a glowing blurb for the new book. After she left office, Kunin sat on Clinton’s vice presidential search committee and later served as the deputy secretary of education in his administration. In 1997, he tapped her to serve as the U.S. ambassador to Switzerland and tiny Liechtenstein.

As for the work-life balance that Kunin is now championing?

“We had none,” says Bankowski.

“There’s always that tug. This is the story of women’s lives, and I don’t know that that’s a whole lot different.”

In fact, Kunin says that very question inspired her to write The New Feminist Agenda. Women are forever asking her, “How did you do it?” What they mean is how did Kunin balance motherhood — she has four children — and an ambitious political career?

She was lucky, Kunin says. She had a supportive husband and the financial

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then-attorney general John Easton, she became the fourth woman in the U.S. to be elected governor. She served three terms. “There were so many firsts,” says Bankowski. To her mind, Kunin brought energetic, forward-thinking leaders into government, and women occupied Kunin’s cabinet and personal staff in unprecedented numbers. She appointed the first woman to Vermont’s supreme court.

Kunin rolled out universal access to kindergarten in the state, and set in motion the popular Dr. Dynasaur program that still provides free or low-cost health care for children and pregnant women.

resources to hire caregivers when her children were young. Even after she landed a seat in Vermont’s House, she commuted home to Burlington in time for dinner most evenings.

“I thought that if I tossed the balls in the air just right, and was adept enough to catch them, I could have it all — career, husband, kids,” she writes. “Most days I did, some days I didn’t.”

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The release of Kunin’s The New Feminist Agenda couldn’t have been better timed — in the middle of a presidential campaign season that will be remembered for its failed Republican candidates, each seemingly more conservative than the next.

Talking heads on both sides of the political divide are railing about the war on

“going where few women had gone,” says former chief of staff and campaign manager Liz Bankowski.

The campaign wasn’t interested in making that point. In fact, early polling showed that voters favored Kunin when they learned about her experience as a legislator, but her lead vanished when those same voters subsequently learned about her gender. A commercial early in the campaign led with text that detailed Kunin’s qualifications before unveiling a photograph that gave away the fact that she was female.

“We did our best not to make

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gender an issue,” says Bankowski, who herself was a trailblazer as one of the first women in the country to lead a statewide campaign for office. Winning debates was crucial, Bankowski says, as was looking and acting like a governor.

As the election drew closer, though, the mood shifted. Women began flocking to campaign events with handmade banners that read “Madeleine,” and the campaign — which had previously shied away from such informality — produced what came to be known as the “lipstick button”: Kunin’s first name scrawled in red on a white background. Bankowski says grassroots support for Kunin as a female candidate finally convinced strategists that it might be OK to have the gender conversation.

“This is why the women who are the first carry so much of the burden,” says Bankowski. “They’re navigating so much more.”

When Kunin narrowly defeated

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Kunin ditched her black hat when she stepped up to the podium last Saturday, and the brisk wind caught at white hair that, in her Statehouse portrait, is darker and neatly coiffed. Her voice rang over the loudspeaker as she reminded those gathered across the lawn that progress rarely follows a straight line, then issued her call to action: “I ask you to be ready to fight the fight that we began and cannot afford to lose. What I’m doing is

women. Clicktivism went viral when the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation rescinded Planned Parenthood funding.

Stay-at-home moms were up in arms when Democratic pundit Hilary Rosen recently dissed Ann Romney for “never working a day in her life.”

Meanwhile, chasing the zeitgeist, the blogerati are dissecting HBO’s new drama “Girls” from 25-year-old wunderkind writer-director-actor Lena Dunham.

The show follows a quartet of white, twentysomething women as they bounce between bedrooms and internships in New York. It’s “Sex and the City” for a new generation.

Into this latest flurry of girl talk comes The New Feminist Agenda.

Kunin calls more attention to gender in the book than she ever did in her political days. During her 1984 bid for the governor’s seat, Kunin’s campaign was about credentials, not feminist trailblazing, even though she was clearly

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came to believe that finding a better answer — to a question that has been relevant since at least the 1960s — was the unfinished business of the women’s movement.

“We were promised so much,” she says. “You know, that you can do it all.

But we didn’t really make it possible to do it all.”

Women in the wake of the feminist revolution of the 1970s flocked first to colleges and universities and then to the workforce. Though the National Committee on Pay Equity shows that American women still earn, on average, 77 cents to the dollar compared to men’s salaries, the U.S. hit a historic tipping point in 2010. For the first time in the country’s history, women outnumbered men on the payroll.

About this meteoric rise of women in the workplace, Kunin writes, “The women’s movement sparked changes that far exceeded expectations.”

It’s what came after — or rather, what failed to come after — that concerns her.

Whereas many other countries instituted new workplace policies at the same time that women joined the workforce, Kunin argues that the U.S. still operates on a 1960s ideal of family politics — one that assumes there is a breadwinner at work and a caregiver in the home.

“We have succeeded for a long time in kind of a laissez-faire attitude toward families and children,” she says. “But I think that that philosophy of ‘you’re on your own’ is very hard to continue to support.”

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Cheryl Hanna, a professor at Vermont Law School, could have been a case study for Kunin’s book. She is among the ranks of women who earned an education and professional degree in the wake of the women’s movement. A latchkey child of the 1970s, Hanna watched her mother go to work with other secretaries in the Ford Motor Company’s “pink ghetto.”

Hanna says her mother, a single parent, was poorly paid and didn’t enjoy protection against sexual harassment or gender discrimination now guaranteed under the law.

In the evenings before her mother returned home from work, Hanna watched the protests and rallies of the burgeoning women’s movement unfolding on the television news. And she benefited from the social activism it represented.

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Kalamazoo College to Harvard Law School to her current position on the faculty at VLS. Along the way, she found it isn’t easy to balance professional success with raising a family. No matter what the profession, Hanna says, “The minute those [child] car seats go in, the world sees you differently.”

New lawsuits and increased complaints hint at growing dissatisfaction from parents who perceive discrimination in the workplace. Last year, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission marked a 23 percent increase from 2005 in the number of complaints filed by women who alleged unfair treatment due to pregnancy. Hanna has noticed an uptick in so-called “caregiver discrimination.”

While certain classes, like race and gender, are protected under the law against discrimination, parenthood isn’t, she says.

“When we talk about what discrimination in the workplace looks like these days, it’s really about caregiver discrimination,” Hanna says.

Lawsuits so far have focused on caregivers in fairly high-powered professional worlds. The allegations tend to be that an equally qualified parent has been passed over for a promotion in favor of a single or childless person. That parent could be male or female, Hanna points out.

The bigger issue, as she sees it, is that some would-be parents aren’t even making it to the point when they might be passed over in favor of another employee. In her work as a professor, Hanna sees young professional women “opting out” too soon. They might choose a career path that they assume will be more family-friendly down the road, even if they don’t yet have children.

“They opt out too early all the time,” Hanna says. “Then, five or seven years down the road, they’re not nearly as far ahead as their male colleagues are, and they don’t have as many choices at that point.”

Hanna is skeptical that policy changes — one of Kunin’s favored tools — can fix the problem; instead, she looks to private companies that are instituting innovative new work-family policies for tenable solutions. Hanna says Kunin is invaluable in this debate because she’s one of very few women who’ve risen to power.

“It’s often women who will be the ones who carry forward these agendas,” Hanna says of better childcare or familyleave policies or flexible work time.

“In order to have the world change for women, we need women in power. That’s the bottom line.”

Kunin has made a similar argument in the past: Encouraging women to run for office was the subject of her 2008 book,

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Kunin campaigning in 1980 with Joan Mondale (right) and Marcelle Leahy (left)

Pearls, Politics & Power: How Women Can Win and Lead. Now she turns her attention to the agenda these women need to undertake.

Even Kunin had reservations about labeling that agenda “feminist.” She says she fought her Chelsea Green editor about including that word in the book’s title, and the editor won. Ten pages into the manuscript, though, Kunin asks, “In order to fulfill the expectations that feminism promised, do we have to jettison the word ‘feminism’ itself?” Toward the end of her manifesto she makes the case for building a broad-based coalition of women, men, children and elders. Which is to say, everyone.

Semantics aside, Kunin covers a lot of ground in The New Feminist Agenda. She outlines policies that other countries have implemented — often with great success — that encourage a healthier balance of work and family life. Those include more generous family leave, especially after the birth of a child, and better access to early-childhood care and education. She makes the point that these policies aren’t just about making individuals happier or more relaxed, but have economic and social ramifications.

“We’re such a quarterly-report, bottom-line country,” Kunin says. Bring up family leave or mandatory sick leave, she

says, and someone is bound to shout, “Jobs killer!”

In her book, Kunin points to the work of Nobel Prize-winning economist James Heckman, who has calculated that every dollar invested in early education brings a return of $7. She writes about case studies at private companies where paid maternity leave has led to increased employee retention.

Kunin draws a correlation between the country’s staggering rate of childhood poverty — nearly a quarter of U.S. families with children under the age of 6 live in poverty today — and what she calls the “lack of enlightened familywork policies.”

“We cling to the romance of the selfmade man (woman) who succeeds on his (her) own,” Kunin writes. She argues for rethinking this “treasured American credo” altogether.

Her goal is a lofty one. And connecting the dots between Kunin’s goals and on-the-ground action will be difficult, she admits, especially since those who stand to gain the most from more humane family and work policies aren’t yet paying attention.

“I think a lot of young women think, I don’t have to worry about this yet,” Kunin says.

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It may be that young “feminists,” if that’s what they choose to call themselves, are divided on the relevance of Kunin’s work-life agenda.

On the one hand, there’s Caroline Bright, 21, a St. Michael’s College senior and former Miss Vermont who gushes about her ambitions for a political life.

She has known since she was 10 years old that she wanted to be a politician someday — a strange choice, she admits, for a grade-school kid.

“Some girls are like, ‘I want a pony,’” she says with a laugh. “I was like, ‘I want a gavel.’”

Bright has been a Kunin acolyte since her first visit to the Statehouse, when she noted the portrait of the “proud, strong woman in this blue suit.” As a teenager, Bright read Kunin’s Pearls, Politics & Power and realized, “It felt like there was someone out there who believed in what I wanted to do.”

“I think that’s the reason so many young people gravitate toward her,” says Bright, who shows up for interviews wearing pearls. “She is this living, breathing, physical embodiment of what is possible for us to achieve.”

Across town, at UVM, sophomore Maura McGovern agrees that Kunin is a role model — “I really appreciate all that she’s done,” she says — but she’s

skeptical about Kunin’s latest agenda, and not nearly as inspired as Bright.

McGovern is a member of Fed Up Vermont, a grassroots campaign in Burlington that organizes for women’s reproductive rights and to end sexual violence. Like many young women, she says it’s hard to connect to issues of the work-life balance at this point in her life.

McGovern is more worried about the prevalence of rape and sexual violence on college campuses. She bristles at attacks on women’s reproductive health.

“We’re sinking back so quickly,” she says. “Time and time again, women have been let down by the government in this country. It’s really disheartening, and it makes it hard for me to believe in the system working for women.”

Kunin has spent some time mulling over a similar question in the lead-up to her book’s release: Can we afford to fight for a new feminist agenda when it seems like the old one is still under attack? Kunin says yes — that if women only defend the territory they’ve won, they won’t make any new advances. She also argues that deep-seated cultural problems around caregiving, childcare and family leave are among the biggest challenges facing women today.

“Until we find a way to sort out how to share these responsibilities — between spouses, partners, employers and governments — gender equality will remain an elusive goal,” she writes.

Still, it’s a hard sell in a year when sexier women’s issues are front and center. At Saturday’s rally, Sen. Bernie Sanders railed, “We are not returning to the days of backroom abortions,” and the crowd went wild. These were the issues they’d showed up to defend, the agenda that merited sign making and chanting.

Kunin gets that: “Abortion and violence are the fundraisers,” she writes.

“Paid family leave and childcare are not.”

She’ll have to make the case that her new feminist agenda deserves the same kind of rally. And Kunin will have to win over skeptics, some of whom are the young and energetic banner-carriers of today’s feminist movement — such as McGovern.

“It’s awful having to make hierarchical choices about what is more important. Everything is important,” McGovern says. “But it’s a bummer that we live in a society where there’s push back. It’s always very reactionary. It’s hard to make gains when everything is always being taken away.”

At Saturday’s rally, Therrien acknowledged, “I think we all get bogged down in how angry we are. And we are angry.”

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uess how much tuition cost when I went to college” says 87-year-old Bob Picher.

“You’ll never get it!” Picher takes a bite of his sandwich, inviting estimates from the three men who sit with him around the lunch table at the Vermont Veterans Militia Museum and Library at Camp Johnson. “$342,” offers John Schneck, a fellow vet and museum volunteer.

The men have heard this story several times, but that doesn’t make the dollar figure — Schneck is correct — any less astonishing.

College tuition is not the only huge difference between young people today and Picher’s generation; their life experiences are, too. Like his fellow museum volunteers, Picher enrolled in the U.S. Army before earning his college

degree and, by the time he completed his studies at Assumption College in Worcester, Mass., he was a veteran of both World War II and the Korean War. This disconnect may be one reason the Colchester museum draws only a small number of college students, despite being located less than 500 yards from the main campus of St. Michael’s College.

“There aren’t many of you, frankly,” notes Ozzie La Mothe, who, like Picher, is a World War II and Korea veteran. “If I was a 20-year-old, I might have other interests, too.”

But plenty of young locals, including St. Mike’s students, do have an interest in history. And the vets sitting around the museum’s lunch table have a lot of history to share. Their combined

service spans three wars and adds up to nearly 100 years.

Supplementing this firsthand experience is a vast array of memorabilia inside the museum. Several pieces date back to the early 1800s, and the museum’s tiny library holds a collection of archives including rosters of every Vermonter who has fought, starting with the Revolutionary War. An accompanying set of cards lists the soldiers who were killed and the cemeteries they’re buried in.

This collection, explains volunteer John Danley, a Vietnam-era veteran, is the only one of its kind in the state.

Nevertheless, few locals seem to know the military museum exists, though it’s been there for 40 years. The museum moved about 400 yards from its

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previous location in the 1980s, museum president Bernie Pfenning explains. He hopes to drum up interest in the place by distributing brochures at Vermont interstate rest areas. And though the paleblue building is visible from Route 15, the men agree that prominent signs should be installed by the road.

At least the admission is enticing: There isn’t one. The museum subsists entirely on donations. Access is easy, too. Though located at Camp Johnson, the place is open to the public and requires no identification from visitors.

If the Veterans Militia Museum is generally underappreciated, vets Picher, La Mothe, Schneck and Danley look forward to their weekly visits. All four are on hand from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. every Thursday, ready to share their wisdom and stories, none of which is in short supply.

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American flag made. The Germans, many of whom were Nazi sympathizers, were bitter toward the victorious American soldiers, he says. But, determined to display his country’s pride, Picher presented a local tailor with his hodgepodge of materials and asked him to sew an American flag.

“I made it very clear, especially with the aid of my weapon,” Picher recalls. “I didn’t point it at him, but I moved it a little bit so he knew what I meant.”

Picher’s scare tactics must have worked, because the flag was ready within days.

It flew above his company area, hoisted high for all to see. But the flag didn’t get all the glory it deserved. Shortly thereafter, an article ran in the Stars and Stripes newspaper describing the first American flag to fly in Germany after World War II. “Mine was finished two weeks before that,” Picher says. “I never wrote to the Stars and Stripes to make a correction, but

mine was first, and I still have it. That’s my most highly treasured possession of World War II.” La Mothe, too, cherishes his photos.

In his wallet he keeps a photo of himself as an 18-year-old, fresh-faced Air Force cadet, along with several snapshots of his beautiful late wife, Barbara, and a worn photo of his 10 children gathered on the sofa at Christmastime.

La Mothe met Barbara between his two tours, he relates. She was his nurse at Fanny Allen Hospital, tending to an injury unrelated to the war.

Certain he was falling in love but not ready to get married, La Mothe reenlisted and began training, this time with the Army during the Korean War. On Thanksgiving weekend in 1950, La Mothe proposed. He and Barbara were married a month later.

She wrote to him every day that he was stationed in Korea, and it was through one of these letters that he found out his first son, Ben, had been born. The letter arrived three weeks after the postmark date.

“It was a fine day,” La Mothe recalls.

After he returned home, La Mothe worked full time for the Vermont National Guard while Barbara cared for their growing brood. “My wife was just superb,” he remembers. “She took care of everything. It’s been a wonderful life. Fiftysix years, 14 days we were married,” he continues. “Sounds like a long time, right?

Not long enough.”

La Mothe lives alone now, and looks forward to his Thursday gig at the museum.

Like his buddies, he’s happy to regale visitors with war stories.

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La Mothe credits Schneck and Danley with taking care of the museum’s administrative aspects. The two are good with computers and capable of sending emails.

“Bob and I say the only computer we have is between our ears,” La Mothe, 87, says with a laugh. “But I’d say it’s working quite well.”

Indeed, La Mothe’s recollection of dates, numbers, names and weaponry is rivaled only by Picher’s. The Winooski natives met in grammar school 80 years ago. And despite their advanced years, the two seem not to be slowing down much. Picher is involved with the Winooski Historical Society and, if genes are any indication, he’ll continue offering his services at the military museum for years to come. His sister, whom he refers to as “only 96,” is a nun who works full time as the archivist at a convent in Québec.

Picher describes her ability to remember the dimensions, frame size and approximate value of every picture the convent acquires.

“And she puts all that in the computer,” he adds. “Google? I’ve never used Google once in my life!”

Like his sister, Picher is an archivist in his own right. He remembers stories from his strict Catholic school days and his two tours of duty overseas as though they happened yesterday.

Picher vividly recalls being fired upon in Germany during World War II and diving for cover in the 6-inch-deep tire tracks left by heavy tanks, frantically digging deeper with the spoon from his mess kit.

These memories are paired with photos from Picher’s WWII album, which he references often. His favorite photo shows an American flag flying high above his company’s camp in Beerheide, Germany.

Immediately after the war ended in 1945, and while still stationed overseas, Picher collected red, white and blue cloth to have an

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“It was not a fun time to be in the Guard,” Danley says.

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“We spent three days in my bunker — me and all the friends I had! We had gathered some rations and ate out of cans.

We took some direct hits right on top of my shelter; a little dirt came down between the logs. But all four of us survived.”

Unlike his older peers, John Schneck had always intended to go into the service.

His father lost a hand in the Normandy invasion in 1944, and his wife’s uncle, Forrest, was part of the original Band of Brothers, a famous World War II unit whose story was made into a book and later an HBO miniseries.

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“The Band of Brothers was essentially about a company of the 101st Airborne,” Schneck explains. “They had parachuted into France on D-Day and then into Holland, and were part of the Battle of the Bulge in Bastogne” in Belgium.

Uncle Forrest died two and a half years ago, Schneck says, but he continues to be inspired by the connection. “[The Band of Brothers] just made a whole new revelation in terms of the sacrifice that the men had made during that time frame,” he says, his eyes filling with tears.

John Danley, too, was born into a family with strong military ties. His father was a World War II veteran, and his brother served in Vietnam. And though Danley did not serve overseas during the war, he witnessed much of the chaos that ensued in the 1960s, most notably the wave of civil disturbances that occurred in

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here are still a few places left on Earth where, if you come to grief, you’re on your own.

Those lethal sites include certain peaks and “supercaves” delving miles beneath the earth, and Waitsfield author James M. Tabor writes about them with knowledge and brio. In two nonfiction best sellers, Forever on the Mountain (2008) and Blind Descent (2010), this former History Channel producer has chronicled expeditions so perilous that the corpses of those who died en route often remain as warnings for explorers to come.

In The Deep Zone: A Novel, published this month, Tabor has switched gears without changing the subject. He returns here to the underground world of Blind Descent, and readers of that book will recognize features of Cheve and Huautla, real mammoth caves in Mexico.

But it would be impossible to confuse Tabor’s sober nonfiction with The Deep Zone, which is fiction in hyperdrive.

It’s a fast-paced techno-thriller bristling with guns, two-fisted heroes and heroines, scantily clad women, colorful bad guys, and acronyms. While the science behind the story is thoroughly researched — and fascinating — this is very much a beach book.

In Blind Descent, cavers endured unbelievable hardships for the thrill of discovery. In The Deep Zone, they do it to save the world. Hallie Leland, a brilliant young microbiologist, caver and all-around formidable outdoorswoman, has been summoned to Washington, D.C., to join a team seeking a last-ditch weapon against a rogue strain of Acinetobacter bacteria.

First contracted by soldiers in Afghanistan, the flesh-eating infection is poised to rampage through the U.S. military, and the president has proclaimed it “potentially the worst threat since Pearl Harbor.” The most likely cure is an organism known as “moonmilk” that thrives in the depths of a Mexican supercave, on a site contested by drug lords, natives and federales. Because of her previous experience there, Hallie is recruited for a mission to descend 5000 vertical feet and recover a new sample — in just a week.

As if those stakes weren’t high enough, Tabor tips us off to the presence of moles inside the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) who once framed Hallie for espionage and retain a vested interest in her mission’s failure. This

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being a thriller, the conspiracy ascends busy underground. But to the highest levels of government. those cavers didn’t have a Tabor’s omniscient narrative is week to save humanity, and almost frenetically busy. Chapters foit’s hard not to giggle at pascused on the cave expedition alternate sages in The Deep Zone like with ones devoted to a heroic army this one: doctor; to scientists striving to break [H]e peered straight into the bacterium’s genetic code; and to a her eyes and held his gaze slew of villains, ranging from dead-eyed there and, crazy though it psychos with special-ops training to a seemed, one mile deep in Cabinet member who blithely relieves a supercave, on a mission himself on the Lincoln Memorial. that could save hundreds of The tale is paced like a summer action people from horrible deaths movie — and is sometimes just — or not, if they failed — as hard to take seriously. The Hallie decided he was going characters conform so fully to to kiss her. type that readers will quickly FROM It’s as if, an hour into ferret out the THE DEEP ZONE Contagion, Laurence Fishburne identities of the “He says that the cave is another world,” stopped barking quarantine BARDA moles.

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Many enter the cave and never return. Those often sounds who do return are different.”

Tabor’s prose rarely gets this like something [...] silly, though he does indulge in Roland (2012) Hallie felt goose bumps rise on her arms. a few too many sentences like Emmerich could The old man was speaking the truth. On her “I’ve got GPS waypoints to the have penned. other trip into the cave, she had experienced exactly what the curandero described. One cave in a HUD on my NVDs.” And, by continuof the hydrogeologists, a hard-core smoker, But then, The Deep Zone is a ally taking the had a cold when they entered Cueva de thriller in the mode of Michael action outside his Luz. It intensified with frightening speed, Crichton, who was never celstar setting — the becoming pneumonia in both lungs before they reached the cave’s terminus. If he had ebrated for his turns of phrase, cave — Tabor not disappeared, it was entirely possible that and all the author really needs dilutes its unsethe would not have made it out of the cave in to do is keep readers hooked tling force. any case. Another of the men had flirted with while satisfying their appetites That is unforher — just lightly, nothing offensive — during their trip down to Mexico. The deeper they for science-y stuff. tunate, because went, the more powerful his lust became, the That Tabor does, for the the underground more insistent his advances, until toward the most part. But he might have scenes are not just exhaustively end she slept with her sheath knife in one done well to bypass some of the detailed but tense and freaky. hand inside her mummy bag. That man, too, firefights and Bondian villainy Tabor has made his Cueva de had disappeared. in favor of more time in the Luz a virtual theme park of cave. A passage to the bowels of nightmares, from a 500-foot drop to a flooded tunnel to an acid lake. Luckily, one of the Earth that “breathes” like a living organism, plays the expedition members, a shadowy government agent tricks on the human mind and hides creatures with the named Wil Bowman, has brought a pack of high-tech potential to save us from super-bacteria — all that is not just thrilling but real. The novel’s well-worn thriller gadgets that would make Q slaver with envy.

Bowman is also 6-foot-4 with “unblinking eyes the tropes pale by comparison. blue of glacial ice,” and he’s super-dreamy — in Hallie’s view. In an apparent bid for the female audience, Tabor has not merely created strong central women characThe Deep Zone by James M. Tabor. Ballantine Books, ters but turned his supercave into an unlikely setting 432 pages. $26. Tabor will speak and sign books on for romance. There’s a basis for this: In Blind Descent, Friday, May 4, 7 p.m., at Northshire Bookstore in Manchester.

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fter 25 years of DJing in and around Burlington, Fattie B (aka Kyle Thompson) has a lot of good stories. And many of them — like the following one — aren’t exactly suitable for a family publication.

(Warning: The next several paragraphs are rated NC-17. If you’re prudish, or easily offended or embarrassed, please skip ahead. Really.)

About seven years ago, Thompson was spinning 1980s pop hits for a sweaty throng of weekend warriors at Retronome, as he’d done each Saturday night for 13 years. The long-running weekly dance party at Club Metronome in Burlington continues to be noted for its neon-dappled Top 40 tunes and its status as one of the city’s “meat markets.”

From his perch in the club’s cramped DJ booth, he’d watch a typical scene unfold: an undulating sea of debauched revelers grinding and groping to, say, “Cruel Summer” by Bananarama or Cyndi Lauper’s “Girls Just Want to Have Fun.” “You’re basically seeing from the top of the chest to the top of the knee,” says Thompson of the porthole that offers a view of the dance floor from the booth.

“You have to lean down to see anybody’s face. So you never really know who is in front of you.”

Thompson recalls it was a hot summer night, which meant the secondfloor club was positively sweltering — the crowd a jiggling mass of booze, cologne and overheated hormones.

“It was, like, 110 degrees in the club, and I had a buddy in the booth with me. We were laughing at this guy grinding some girl right in front of the window,” says Thompson.

“There’s people all around them, but they’re just grinding away,” he continues. “All of a sudden, she flips her miniskirt up and rolls her underwear down.”

That thing you’re thinking couldn’t possibly happen now? It’s about to happen. (Seriously, skip ahead if you’re skittish. Please.)

“He whips out his dick, and they start having sex, like, right in front of the booth,” Thompson says, a Cheshire grin creeping across his face.

(I told you to skip ahead. But since you’ve made it this far…)

“I turned to my buddy and said, ‘Watch this, I’m gonna mess with them.’”

Thompson began adjusting the speed of the track.

“And he starts going faster and faster,” he says.

Then he slowed the track down. And sped it up again. And slowed it down, watching as the couple frantically tried to keep pace.

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After the song, Thompson grabbed a stick he kept in the booth to ward off drunks who got too close, slid it through the window and poked the would-be John Holmes to get his attention.

“I said, ‘Listen, I’m gonna give you one more song to finish up, and then I’m gonna tell security.’”

The song finished — as, presumably, did the couple — and the guy peered through the window. “He says, ‘Thanks, man,’ and disappears,” Thompson recalls.

“Only at ’80s night,” he adds, clearly chagrined.

While that’s an amusing — and extreme — tale, not all of Thompson’s stories have such, ahem, happy endings. For instance, there was the time a drunken bachelorette dumped her cocktail on his brand-new mixer because he hadn’t played her entire list of requests quickly enough. Or every time someone asked to hear “Girls Just Want to Have Fun.”

“God, I hate that fucking song,” says Thompson, rolling his eyes.

On Friday, May 11, at Club Metronome, Thompson will reach his silver anniversary as a DJ. That’s a long time to do anything. It’s an achievement.

But in a conversation with Seven Days, it’s obvious Thompson approaches the milestone with mixed feelings.

“I love it, and I … well, I guess I don’t hate it,” he says of his trade.

Thompson is something of a local mogul. In addition to DJing, he’s been the MC for a number of local hip-hop bands, most notably the successful acidjazz/hip-hop fusion outfit Belizbeha, which gained national renown in the 1990s. He was the owner of a popular hip-hop fashion and culture boutique on Church Street called Steez. He’s an accomplished artist and graphic designer.

And, especially among local musicians, he’s regarded as Vermont hip-hop’s elder statesman, a guru of sorts to the current generation of artists. But he’s

best known to the public as a DJ, specifically at the decidedly nonartistic outlets of Retronome and its weekly sister session at Metronome, ’90s Night.

That makes Thompson a curious figure. He’s the Burlington DJ equivalent of Crash Davis, the fictional lead character in the classic baseball movie Bull Durham. Davis, played by Kevin Costner, is the all-time minor-league leader in home runs, which, as he remarks to Susan Sarandon’s character, is “a dubious distinction.” Dubious because, while it means he’s had success and longevity, he’s achieved them outside the majors.

That’s not a perfect comparison, given that Thompson has experienced so much success beyond DJing, and in art and music generally. But it works because both Crash Davis and Thompson ultimately love what they do and are bound to it, even though the venue may not always be what they had in mind when they were younger.

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“I had, like, one tape deck, an eighttrack player, one turntable,” he says. “I’d just make mixes in my room. I’d even mix with, like, two cassettes, using the pause button to try and beat match.”

His first real gig was a monthly teen dance party at Holley Hall in Bristol.

“It was something for kids who had nothing to do on the weekend to have something to do besides cause trouble,” he says. “I know I was causing trouble.

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Thompson’s fascination with DJing led him to the nightclub Border, which later became Club Metronome.

The former had a weekly teen night, the Young and the Restless Dance Party, which Thompson attended religiously to pick the brain of club owner and DJ Tod Warner.

“I would bug him constantly about records I didn’t know,” says Thompson.

“I’d bring a pen and paper and write down everything he had.”

From the era of those handwritten lists, Thompson progressed through innumerable gigs at virtually every club in town, past and present, and now he finds himself on the precipice of a quarter-century behind the decks.

“To my delight, and horror,” he jokes.

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says Thompson, who also regularly DJs at 1/2 Lounge and, in the summer, at Breakwater Café, where he’s been free to expand his mixes beyond the 1980s and dig into his own favorites.

“I’ve always been the type of DJ who wants to turn people on to stuff they don’t know: ‘If you like this beat, you should check this out,’” he says. “I love that aspect.”

Thompson himself was first turned on to DJing at a seventh-grade dance in his hometown of Bristol, Vt. A high school senior was at the deck.

He was mesmerized “the minute I saw how he had his setup going, and how the crowd was reacting, and that just by playing music he’s controlling the whole room so easily,” recalls Thompson — “he’s making all these people so happy, and all he’s doing is buying records.”

Thompson was hooked, fascinated by the DJ’s ability to be the life of the party.

“I was really interested in the power aspect of it,” he says. “You really do change someone’s day, or week or month, just by playing one song they really like or maybe hadn’t heard. That’s a cool concept to me.”

Thompson describes his first DJ setup as if it were the electronics section at Goodwill.

Thompson says he’s often contemplated getting a “real job” — he was a graphic- design major at Champlain College and still does freelance work in that field.

After playing in a touring band and working as a DJ, he doubts he could ever exist in a 9-to-5. Still, the 41-year-old is now married and looking to buy a house, and sees children in his future. DJing doesn’t come with a retirement plan or benefits. Staying out until 3 a.m. is not behavior recommended by Parenting for Dummies.

For now, though, Thompson finds the DJ lifestyle too good to give up. So is the income. “Why would I work 50 hours a week when I can work 10 and make more money?”

Thompson asks rhetorically. Even his folks appear to agree. “My parents are always like, ‘If you quit, you’re an idiot,’” he says.

“It’s made me a lot of money, and it’s a fun job,” Thompson continues. But he admits he sometimes has lurid visions of how it might all end. “I have dreams of a packed house at quarter to 2 in the morning, and me shutting the music off, and people are like, ‘Hey! What the hell?’ And me pulling out a gun and blowing my brains out, going out in a blaze of glory.”

Or maybe just dropping the needle on some Cyndi Lauper, one more time.

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“You,” his date told him, shaking her head, “are living in la-la land.”

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Restaurant Week is a great opportunity to eat at one of those spots you’ve never been to but always wanted to try.

However, for my first dinner of the week, I visited an old standby — L’Amante in downtown Burlington.

My friend Matt and I made a reservation for the Italian restaurant’s dining room, a sleek space with banquettes along two of the pale-green walls; ultimately, though, we opted to sit at the cozier bar, which is my favorite way to dine there. The weekend bartender, Ian Delorme, is gracious and knowledgeable, and sitting in close proximity to strangers makes for great people watching.

While we like to drink wine, Matt and I are not oenophiles, so we let Ian pick a bottle for us. Our neighbors at the bar, a white-haired, professorial man in his sixties and his much younger date, did the same. “I want a big wine, under $10,” the professor instructed Ian.

pork curled around herbs and fennel and then sliced, jelly-roll style. “The beans are rocking with these bitter greens,” the professor’s date raved about the creamy cannellini and broccoli rabe that accompanied the porchetta. But while the pork was wonderful, at this course it was my fork trespassing on Matt’s meal: a slab of lightly seasoned, grilled swordfish served over a saffron risotto cake and asparagus that tasted like spring.

L’Amante’s Restaurant Week menu doesn’t include dessert, but we would have had to turn it down had it been offered. We left our kickoff Restaurant Week meal sated and happy to have spent the evening at a tried-and-true spot. Now onward, to discover new favorites!

meat sauce. My supposedly vegetarian friend Matt ordered the asparagus ravioli with mushrooms and sage, which he claimed was delicious, though his fork spent more time on my plate than his own.

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nother year, another dining bacchanalia. At least that’s how Vermont Restaurant Week can feel as we peruse 80-plus menus and short out our circuits trying to decide where we’ll go, when we’ll go and how on Earth we’ll fit it all in.

After the sugar overload of Thursday’s Sweet Start Smackdown, we wavered slightly, but a few Seven Daysers bravely ventured back into the calorie-rich fray to sample the goods. Here are their tales — from Burlington to Bethel, Mendon to Newport.

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and I wish I’d heeded him (see “cannot stop myself,” above). Based on the amount we’d eaten so far, I assumed that the third course would be a small plate, but what arrived were full-size entrées.

Matt had the fish, while our fellow barflies and I all got the porchetta, roast

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A duck drumette does not look like a chicken drumette. It’s bigger than a chicken leg, too, though similarly shaped. The sight of three atop a pile of perfectly lime-and-cilantro-flavored, Thai-style slaw was more than a little impressive. But that’s how it goes at the new dinner service at Cosmic Bakery & Café in St. Albans.

The breakfast-and-lunch eatery expanded to include the third meal last month. Just in time for Restaurant Week, Cosmic is now serving its previously weekend-only dinners from Tuesday through Saturday. New RESTAURANT WEEK DIARIES

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In its year and a half open, Rustico’s went from serving homestyle Italian cuisine to upscale continental. The space at 21 Essex Way in the EssEx shoPPEs & cINEMa will make an even greater departure on Monday, May 7, when it reopens as the EssEx BakEry & caFé.

The bakery will open its doors at 7 a.m. and serve breakfast sandwiches and pastries made daily by new EssEx cuLINary rEsort & sPa executive pastry chef PErrIN wILLIaMs. Williams is best known as the founder of Waterbury’s now-closed Center Bakery and as a wedding-cake crafter extraordinaire at her own Vermont Cake Studio, also now defunct.

Early-morning options at the bakery will be served on Williams’ housemade English muffins or croissants and include egg-and-cheese sandwiches with ham, bacon, veggie sausage or portobello mushrooms. Quick-service lunches will range from Cobb or Niçoise salads to sandwiches such as turkey and Brie and BLT with garlic mayo — all available cold or grilled.

Everyday sweets will include sticky buns, cookies, fruit pies and tarts, with individual cakes and tarts topping out at $3. Dinner planners can pick up full-size cheesecakes, carrot cakes and flourless Chocolate Devastation cakes filled with chocolate mousse.

Williams will continue to create special-occasion and wedding cakes to order.

Creemees in the summer are a no-brainer, but the ones at the Essex Bakery will be available all year and made on a preservative-free base from the st. aLBaNs cooPEratIvE crEaMEry. Don’t expect to be limited to chocolate and vanilla, either. Williams says she’s offering creemees with local maple to start and will add flavors such as strawberry and black raspberry as they come into season.

Treats aren’t all this Essex Culinary Resort satellite will offer. As soon as June, Williams plans to team up with chrIstINE Frost, chef at the Essex’s Cook Academy, to offer classes a few days a week after the bakery closes at its usual 5 p.m.

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When he isn’t on camera, Lacasse, 33, is executive chef at the Drawing Room in Chicago, where the style of his cuisine wouldn’t be out of place back home in Vermont.

Seasonality and creativity are paramount for him, says Lacasse. Those values show in his dishes, such as spring-lamb breast with caramelized rhubarb, roasted asparagus and mint coulis.

Before NECI, Lacasse got his start as a dishwasher at

the now-defunct Dockside Restaurant. After that, he put in four years at the DaILy PLaNEt supporting chef ty ForMEL, now of JuNIor’s ItaLIaN in Colchester. Lacasse bounced between kitchens in Burlington and Seattle before landing at NECI. While in culinary school, he interned at Hugo’s in Portland, Maine, with James Beard Foundation award-winning chef Rob Evans; and staged at celebrated New York restaurants Tabla and Aureole. From the chefs at those three establishments, says Lacasse, he learned “endless creativity and respect for the product.”

Lacasse admits he generally returns to Burlington only “for weddings and funerals,” but this summer he does plan to hit the Queen City for a visit.

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room was welcoming. So was the soft lighting, the appealing music on the sound system — a sort of chill/ambient/ world mix — and the friendly host. My companion and I studied the prix-fixe menu to make our dinner selections before choosing a wine. Our waiter proved a capable sommelier, patiently describing a number of options and carefully considering the pairing with our meals. In the end, we chose a Château d’Aqueria rosé from France’s Rhône region. With a rich-pink hue, it

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England Culinary Institute-trained chef Nicholas Smith is already pulling out all the stops.

The salad of cabbage, carrots and cucumbers was irresistible, but the meaty wings themselves were the clear star of the first dish I tried. The sticky, sweet-and-spicy duck would have been a dish worth returning for at Vermont’s best Thai restaurants.

However, Smith’s menu consists mostly of elevated comfort food.

The scene at Cosmic is certainly homey. On Friday night, groups of all ages, from infants to senior citizens, packed the small cluster of tables at the front of the bakery, enjoying their food to the acoustic stylings of rock band Near North.

Though curious about the vegan tofu scallops served over Israeli couscous, I couldn’t resist the disparity of an elegant rack of lamb cooked in the back of a bakery. The meat was an ideal medium, tender inside with a jacket of crisped, salty fat. Its deep-purple cabernet reduction was sweet and fruity, a great foil to crunchy, butter-poached asparagus. It all rested on a gigantic pile of the same luscious potatoes that filled the petite, pink, twice-baked potato bites we’d tried as a starter.

My boyfriend was thrilled with his pile of potatoes, too — hand-cut honey-truffle fries. There is no fryer at Cosmic — yet.

For now, Smith says, he crisps up every batch of deep-brown, snack-bar-style spuds in a deep pot. They accompanied meat loaf in a sweet, tomato-based sauce with just a hint of spice.

Smith is passionate about making delicious options for diners on vegan or gluten-free regimes, and several dishes at Cosmic fit the bill. I tried the vegan crème brûlée. The texture was slightly more gelatinous than creamy, and it reminded me of Asian desserts I love with a Vermont-y touch of maple.

The maple cheesecake with a glutenfree nut crust, a contender at the Restaurant Week kickoff Sweet Start Smackdown, was light and creamy enough to convert even a cheesecake hater. For $25, my three-course dinner made me a convert to nights at Cosmic, too.

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was delicious and surprisingly complex.

For appetizers we settled on the exotic-sounding Wild Mushroom Cappuccino and the house-cured smoked gravlax. When it arrived, the former looked rather strange: a brownish, creamy soup with a green blob — spinach-nutmeg foam — on top. But the combination of tastes was exquisite and got our meal off to a happy start. The gravlax was satisfyingly salty and robust, served in rolled-up sheaves with a nest of crisp shaved asparagus, tiny toast points and a dollop of sauce gribiche, which is basically finely minced egg salad. Again, the combination of flavors was inspired, even if the ingredients were difficult to assemble together. My companion had the clever idea of forgoing the toast and making a “wrap” with the smoked salmon.

Our entrées were potato-crusted day-boat cod and grilled chicken Statler.

The crispy potato was a delectable contrast to the pillow-soft fish. Though the menu did not mention chickpeas, there they were, along with the advertised kale and sausage. The finish, a chorizo-smoked paprika oil, added a subtle bite. The chicken came with fiddleheads and roasted radishes (they tasted more like root vegetables, which, come to think of it, they are). Its crispy

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The NWS says temperatures this week won’t even flirt with frost, so let’s hope our growers dodged the bullet.

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This weekend marks the third annual MontbEErlIEr, a cask and anniversary party at Montpelier’s thrEE PEnny taProoM. This year, the event will take over a block of Langdon Street and include a special treat: thrEE PEnny EsPEcIalE, a “massively hopped and dry-hopped” IPA brewed during a visit that Three Penny’s three owners made to sEan lawson

at lawson’s FInEst lIquIDs in Warren.

To balance out some of the higher-alcohol casks on offer, the trio intentionally gave their beer a low alcohol content, 3.5 percent. Half of the batch will be bottled and sold in all the usual places you find Lawson’s Finest Liquids, and $1 from each sale of Three Penny Especiale will go to rural VErMont.

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dishes that arrived exhibited artistry and layers of complementary flavors.

For instance, a warm pea soup served as a colorful backdrop for the crispy-on-the-outside, succulent-onthe-inside cube of pork belly that floated in its midst. The soup itself — dotted with chives and plump peas — had the astringency and lightness of spring.

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on a limb to take part in Vermont Restaurant Week — the farther an eatery is from Burlington, the less likely it is to participate. So I wanted to drop in on this stately inn near the White River, where I thought the atmosphere might make for a romantic evening. It did — as my boyfriend and I made our way though the warren of jewel-toned rooms, we felt like we were traveling back in time.

Since owners Rick Harrington and Fred Leary revamped the inn last year, it’s been gaining a rep for artfully composed and sometimes unusual morsels, such as Scotch eggs and pickled shrimp. The $35 Restaurant Week menu seemed tame by comparison, but the

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surface was rich and flavorful, even without the fiddlehead pesto.

We could have left sated at that point, but dessert was part of the deal.

We managed to make a passion-fruit panna cotta and a lemon-poppy-seed strawberry shortcake disappear within minutes. Neither was overly sweet; the panna cotta was light and zingy. Our attentive waiter brought us two small glasses of port, gratis, which also went down easily and brought this elegant, memorable meal to a classy conclusion.

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For dessert, we broke one of the golden rules of dining, which is never to order the same thing: Neither of us could resist a maple crème brûlée, and we broke through the fragile top to scoop out the silky custard underneath. It was superb.

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design touches, the inn’s interior made us think of a cross between Moose Meadow Lodge in Waterbury and the Kitchen Table in Richmond.

I opted for the $35 Restaurant Week menu and ordered the housemade cavatelli as an appetizer and the grilled Portuguese steak as an entrée. Shawn went rogue and ordered a scallop-andlobster dish off the regular menu — he wasn’t up for three courses, and seafood was calling his name.

The steak dish featured a plump fillet perched on a rack of thick, perfectly roasted steak fries dotted with Parmesan cheese. I was originally attracted to this dish because of the fried-egg topper, but I quickly learned that the thick, crimson piri-piri sauce was the star ingredient.

The pungent African spice packs a big kick then mellows, just in time for you to taste the delicious, perfectly cooked steak.

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It wasn’t until early April that I realized I had booked the Sweet Start Smackdown on the same night as Joan Rivers’ performance at the Flynn Center! While I knew some people would try to attend both events in the same night, this was not possible for me, as I was one of the Smackdown’s organizers. Already resigned to the fact that my partner, Shawn, and I would not be among “the gays” at Ms. Rivers’ (possibly only) Burlington performance, I was thrilled to realize that Joan was continuing on to Rutland’s Paramount Theatre the very next day.

We scoured the Restaurant Week guide in search of a Route 7 eatery worthy of our date with Joan. A Rutland-born coworker recommended a restaurant just five minutes from the theater, in Mendon: Restaurant Week newcomer Red Clover Inn & Restaurant.

Though dining early isn’t usually our style, Shawn and I arrived at the inn for a 6 p.m. dinner and were the first to be seated in the immaculate, cozy dining room. We chose a table near the tavern’s fireplace, with a picturesque view of Pico Mountain. With its rustic-yet-refined

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We ordered a bottle of pinot blanc from Oregon, then watched as several other diners filed in to enjoy a special Restaurant Week meal. My cavatelli dish was served with roasted oyster and shiitake mushrooms steeped in a light, flavorful broth that paired well with our wine choice. Shawn had an uncommonly beautiful green salad that was easier to photograph than it was to bite into. The leaves were big, fresh and in need of slicing!

was petite and delicate — closer in style to the cavatelli appetizer I enjoyed.

The seafood was fresh and buttery, but Shawn noticed that the lobster meat was a tad overcooked.

When I asked our server, Thomas, for help in deciding among the three dessert choices, we learned that he had made

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them all himself! Shawn and I decided to split the pineapple-Key-lime pie, and ordered a couple of espressos. The pie was deliciously tart, and the dollop of fresh whipped cream was dreamy. The plate was adorned with a cheeky, cocoadusted silhouette of the Restaurant Week fork — nice touch!

Shawn and I were thrilled with our visit to Red Clover Inn. The dining experience felt like a true getaway and set the right mood for an evening at the Paramount. Although Ms. Rivers’ fare was much less refined than Red Clover’s, her spicy humor did remind me of that delicious steak sauce!

food the atmosphere. For instance, the veal meatballs that filled the Stroganoff were bathed in a creamy mushroom sauce and dusted with green herbs. The dish tasted like the love child of mom’s casserole and the best brown-butter béchamel.

Also novel was a plate of salmon and sea bass fillets layered and then wrapped in wilted romaine lettuce. The whole thing came atop an ethereal grapefruitcream sauce that was tangy enough to elevate and balance the oily fish. A carOlyn FOx

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Since the Farmhouse Tap & Grill opened in 2010, I’d been perfectly content sipping brews at its outdoor beer garden or, in the colder months, in the downstairs parlor. Somehow I’d never been compelled to take a table upstairs and order a proper meal. What finally enticed me? The promise of Misty Knoll Farms popcorn chicken on the Vermont Restaurant Week menu.

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the meat was tender, the breading light and perfectly crunchy. sculpted cone of yellow rice added a Caribbean — or lakeside? — touch.

That dish’s polar opposite came in the form of venison cannelloni, gooey and melting, in which it was hard to tell where the savory flavors of the game ended and the smoky tomatoes and veins of ricotta cheese began. The whole thing was so rich, I took most of it home.

Even still, we braved dessert — a fistsize round of chocolate lava cake, molten and dark on the inside. The luscious vanilla-bean ice cream that was served alongside wasn’t an afterthought; like every detail of Le Belvedere’s ambience and food, it hit just the right note. c o r iN H ir S c H

basement parlor, a dimly lit barroom that evokes a 1920s speakeasy, the wait for our table was not the obstacle it would have been at many other Burlington restaurants. Instead of having to crowd the entrance hallway or hover awkwardly at a packed upstairs bar, we simply headed downstairs and found two seats at a communal wooden table.

Draughts of Citizen Cider and Hill Farmstead Florence and some addictive maple-rosemary bar nuts sustained us for the next hour.

When we finally settled in at a cozy two-top upstairs, the restaurant was buzzing — and, frankly, as another round of brews arrived, so were we. I was stoked to start with the popcorn

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I just like saying the word: Memphremagog. But even better than saying it is watching the sun set across that lake while nursing a glass of steelaged chardonnay and some tender veal Stroganoff.

We drove nearly two hours to reach Le Belvedere, the elegant, sun-splashed bistro that opened on Newport’s waterfront last winter. For months, we Seven Days food writers have wanted to sample a place that dishes out sushi, tapas and martinis in a lonely corner of the state. So when Le Belvedere signed on for Restaurant Week, a visit was a foregone conclusion.

It’s too bad that the day was cold and blustery, because the restaurant is ringed by an enticing stone terrace that overlooks the water. Luckily, Le Belvedere also sports floor-to-ceiling windows, and the killer view was a powerful draw. In the lounge, every pair of plush leather armchairs was filled with couples sharing bottles of wine and looking utterly relaxed as the last rays of sun disappeared over the water.

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chicken. Resting on a bed of delicate greens and mild buttermilk aioli, the meat was tender, the breading light and perfectly crunchy (if a tad too salty). My boyfriend’s salad, laced with baby fennel and Does’ Leap chèvre, was fresh and creamy.

In preparation for the entrées, our server brought out a narrow wooden serving board holding ketchup, grainy mustard, aioli and barbecue sauce. “It looks like a cricket bat of condiments,” my boyfriend noted. His veggie burger, topped with a cabbage slaw and presented with a monstrous portion of fries, was fall-apart tender and bursting with flavor; hands-down the best he’s had, he said. My Maplebrook Farm ricotta gnocchi, dressed in a light spring-garlic pesto, was soft and pillowy.

Each bite demanded I chew slowly to savor the texture.

By dessert, we were already beyond full. I feared for my rhubarb upside-down cake, which was served cold and rather dry — a troubling trend I’ve noted at restaurants. But it was revived when eaten in the same bite as the vanilla ice cream. My boyfriend’s lavender panna cotta, topped with crème fraîche and paired with two buttery shortbread cookies, was light and silky. All told, it was a crazy-good deal for $25 each, and we’ll be back for the food again. m

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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.

Trailer Park Boys: In “The Ricky, Julian and Bubbles Community Service Variety Show,” the characters of a hit mockumentary TV program must perform a puppet show about the dangers of alcohol and drugs. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $31.15-41.88. Info, 863-5966.

‘Thin Ice’: An insurance agent attempts to bamboozle a retired farmer out of a rare violin in Jill Sprecher’s 2011 crime comedy. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 1:30 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. $4-7. Info, 748-2600.

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Annual Meeting: Attendees elect new board members, vote on bylaws and review the activities of this community center. Heineberg Community & Senior Center, Burlington, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 863-3982.

Listening Sessions on Health Care Reform Benefits: Participants offer input on potential benefit designs for Green Mountain Care, Vermont’s proposed single-payer health care system. Burlington City Hall Auditorium, 6-8 p.m. Info, 828-2316.

Vermont History Day Presentations: Milton High School students share presentations on the Berlin airlift, the Philippine revolution, Mormonism, Title IX and the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia.

Milton Historical Society, 7:30-9 p.m. Info, 363-2598.

Vermont Italian Club: Members gather historical information and photos of Burlington’s displaced Little Italy neighborhood, which they plan to incorporate into four interpretive signs throughout the area in which it stood. Community Room, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 862-5961.

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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.

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.

Pajama Story Time: Kids up to age 6 wear their jammies for evening tales. Arvin A. Brown Library, Richford, 6-7 p.m. Free. Info, 527-5426.

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Preschool Discovery Program: Three- to 5-yearolds take to the outdoors while learning about the wonders of wildflowers. North Branch Nature Center, Montpelier, 10-11:30 a.m. $5. Info, 229-6206.

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In shimmering robes and a bejeweled Khaira Arby and headdress, Khaira Arby looks every bit the Her Band Sunday, May 6, 7:30-11:55 African diva that she is. Her songs evoke Mali’s p.m., at BCA Center in history through tales of ancient warriors, Burlington. $15; free for BCA colonial struggles and contemporary salt-mine members; cash bar. Info, 8657166. burlingtoncityarts.org workers. The references may go in one ear and out the other — Arby shows off her vocal chops in several languages, but English isn’t one of them — but the gripping fusion of traditional African, rock, electric blues and reggae needs no translation. Known for her electrifying showmanship, this “Nightingale of the North” champions peace at Burlington City Arts on Sunday.

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Saturday, May 5, 8 p.m., When the band members have names like Oisín, Damien and Tristan, you know you’re at Barre Opera House. $10-26. Info, 476-8188. dealing with the real thing. And acoustic Irish barreoperahouse.org quintet Téada are about to get even more authentic with the addition of Séamus Begley, an acclaimed West Kerry singer and accordionist. Noted for their “trademark combination of youthful energy and old-school respect” by the Irish Times, the band takes on traditional Emerald Isle slides, polkas and hornpipes with something of a punkish twist. Do a little jig and join them at the grand finale of Barre Opera House’s Celebration Series.

‘The Deep Blue Sea’: Trapped in a loveless marriage, a woman enters into an erotic relationship with a Royal Air Force pilot in Terence Davies’ 2011 adaptation of Terence Rattigan’s play. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 1:30 p.m. & 5:30 p.m. $4-7. Info, 748-2600.

Vermont Restaurant Week: Hungry? Eight full days packed with prix-fixe menus, tasting events, a culinary pub quiz and more will sate that appetite.

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‘Naked Lunch’: Inspired by writer William S. Burroughs, David Cronenberg’s offbeat 1991 film focuses on a man who accidentally kills his wife and becomes part of a wild government conspiracy. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $5-7. Info, 603-646-2422.

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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.

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Early Season Salads: Home cooks show off the flavors of spring in creative dishes involving fennel, roasted beets, ricotta, boiled farm eggs and more.

Healthy Living, South Burlington, 5:30-8 p.m. $20; preregister. Info, 863-2569, ext. 1.

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.

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Selling to the Employees: King Arthur Flour CEO Steve Voigt, Vermont Employee Ownership Center program director Don Jamison and Hogue Business Valuation’s Ray Hogue focus on the future in “Employee Ownership as a Path for Business Succession.” King Arthur Flour Baking Education Center, Norwich, 2-5 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 321-8362.

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Yogis and nonyogis, heads up: Here comes the fourth annual Burlington Yoga Conference — and if pretzel poses aren’t your thing, you can still get in on the citywide search for self-actualization. The insightful affair begins Friday with a yogadance workshop, doubling as a fundraiser for the Vermont Foodbank. Locally and internationally renowned instructors preside over mat sessions, healing arts, lectures and meditations sprinkled plentifully throughout the weekend — and Saturday ends with the brand-new Liberate Spring Gathering, a sacred dance party with music by Eccodek and DJ HyFi, hoop dancing by Shakti Sunfire and Siena Moon, and an Acro Yoga demo.

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hink of climate change as a numbers game. Scientists have established that the safe upper limit of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is 350 parts per million. Our current figure is 392. Folks do the math on Saturday, when 350.org links extreme weather to that discrepancy. In Waitsfield, the “keynote” location of a global day of action, Vermonters share stories and footage of Tropical Storm Irene, which “just happens to be one example of the very erratic weather patterns in Vermont today,” notes volunteer Anne Dillon. A live-streamed rally with local leaders and 350.org cofounder Bill McKibben caps a day of panel discussions and environmental art putting our corner of the world in context.

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Environmental art project and tree planting at Quench Artspace, 9 a.m.-noon; “Stories From the Front Lines of Climate Change in Vermont” at Flemer Field, 1-3:30 p.m.; Connect the Dots Rally and massive group photo at Flemer Field, 3:30-6 p.m.

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Rutter’s Gloria, as well as spirituals, African freedom songs and masterworks. Bethany Church, Montpelier, 7:30 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 223-2424, ext. 24.

Craftsbury Chamber Players: In “Speak to Me,” a piano quartet performs music inspired by literature.

South Congregational Church, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m.

Free. Info, 748-8291.

Judy Collins: The Grammy Award-winning singersongwriter and social activist strums her guitar at an intimate show. Barre Opera House, 7:30 p.m. $33-37.

Info, 476-8188. ‘oPus 24’: Professional woodwind and string musicians produce original student compositions at this Vermont MIDI Project event. Town Hall, Ludlow, noon8 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 879-0065.

PerCussion ensemble ConCert: Students create a beat in an end-of-semester performance. Ballroom, Southwick Hall, UVM, Burlington, 7:30-9 p.m. Free.

Info, 656-7776.

Valley night: Cash Is King grace the lounge with alt-country. Big Picture Theater & Café, Waitsfield, 7:30 p.m. $5 suggested donation. Info, 496-8994.

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6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 222-4536.

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hash house harriers: Beer hounds of legal age earn their suds with an invigorating run and highimpact game of hide-and-seek. Meet at the parking lot at 50 North Williston Rd., Williston Village Bike Path, 6:15 p.m. $5 if it’s your first time (includes food); $10 otherwise; bring ID. Info, 355-1015.

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mountain bike ride: Onion River Sports staff bring intermediate to advanced riders to different area trails each week. Carpooling is an option; call ahead for details. Onion River Sports, Montpelier, 5 p.m. Free; riders under 15 must be accompanied by an adult; riders under 18 need signed parental permission; helmets required. Info, 229-9409.

Wednesday night World ChamPionshiPs: Fast riders vie for bragging rights in town-line sprints.

Onion River Sports, Montpelier, 5:30 p.m. Free; riders under 15 must be accompanied by an adult; riders under 18 need signed parental permission; helmets required. Info, 229-9409.

talks

eugene uman: Vermont Jazz Center’s artistic director details “The Life and Times of Thelonious Monk,” an American jazz giant. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 388-4095. harold holzer: A historian shares his thoughts on “Why Lincoln Matters: To Presidents, to History and to Us.” Filene Auditorium, Moore Hall, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. Free. Info, 649-1184. mary Childers: A memoirist discusses her broken childhood, her path out of poverty and the ethical issues she faced writing about them in Welfare Brat.

First Congregational Church, Manchester, 7 p.m. Free.

Info, 362-2607. miChael arnoWitt: In a piano performance and lecture, the musician explores Beethoven’s sketchbooks to understand his creative process. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955. rob mermin: Circus Smirkus’ founder upends assumptions about how the world works through mindboggling demonstrations in “The History of Magic.”

Goodrich Memorial Library, Newport, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 334-7902. sienna Craig: Recounting years spent living in Nepal, the anthropologist speaks on “Horses Like Lightning: A Story of Passage Through the Himalayas.” Rutland Free Library, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 773-1860. ‘the gnosis today’: Religious thinkers discuss the implementation of gnostic principles in daily life. Foot of the Hill Building, St. Albans, 4-5 p.m. Free. Info, 5249706, vermont@goldenrosycross.org. tony magistrale: Why does Stephen King still matter? UVM’s Department of English chair responds, putting the writer in the context of the American Gothic tradition. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

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‘as you like it’: Lovers, disguises and misunderstandings abound in Jason Jacobs’ new adaptation of Shakespeare’s comedy, presented by Vermont Stage Company. FlynnSpace, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $1032.50. Info, 863-5966.

‘ChiCago’: Northern Stage seeks to “razzle dazzle ’em” with this Prohibition-era musical about a vaudeville-chorus-girl-turned-murderess. Briggs Opera House, White River Junction, 7:30 p.m. $31-68.

Info, 296-7000. the metroPolitan oPera: liVe in hd: Natalie Dessay stars in a broadcast screening of Verdi’s La Traviata. Palace 9 Cinemas, South Burlington, 6:30 p.m. $18-24. Info, 660-9300.

words

Peter garang deng: The memoirist recalls his childhood, as related to his book Lost Generation: The Story of a Sudanese Orphan. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 861-2343. extemPo: liVe original storytelling: Amateur raconteurs deliver brief, polished true stories, without notes. The CineClub, Savoy Theater, Montpelier, 8 p.m. $5 suggested donation. Info, 229-0598.

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groW your oWn shiitake mushrooms: Area mushroom hobbyist Michael Caldwell doles out tips and tricks for drilling hardwood logs and inoculating them with spawn. Bradford Public Library, 6 p.m. Free.

Info, 222-4536.

bazaars

sPring rummage sale: Savvy shoppers peruse clothing and other community donations. Proceeds benefit Leach Public Library. Most Holy Trinity Parish Hall, Orleans, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Free. Info, 754-2164.

crafts

eVery Woman’s Craft ConneCtion: Inventive females work on artful projects at a biweekly meet-up.

Essex Alliance Church, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 879-5176. oPen knit & CroChet: Stitch and tell: Fiber fans work on current projects in good company.

Kaleidoscope Yarns, Essex Junction, 2-4 p.m. Free.

Info, 288-9200.

environment

transition PeChakuCha: Ideas for a world without oil flow rapidly at a forum organized by Transition Town Montpelier and Yestermorrow Design/Build School. Big Picture Theater & Café, Waitsfield, 7-9 p.m.

Donations accepted; cash bar. Info, 496-5545.

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Caroline baird CriChfield memorial fund for Women in need fundraiser: Steve Howard, Armina Medic and Nietra Panagoulis — all victim advocates within the offices of Vermont State Attorneys — guest speak at the 14th annual gathering of this fund, which provides women in emergency situations with financial assistance. St. John’s Club, Burlington, 5-7 p.m. Info, 862-2001. 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.

film

‘the deeP blue sea’: See WED.02, 5:30 p.m. ‘thief’: In the late 1950s, a 12-year-old forges a childhood friendship with a young Saddam Hussein in Julian Higgins’ award-winning short film. A discussion with the director and a distinguished panel follows. Hoehl Welcome Center, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 603-646-2803. ‘thin iCe’: See WED.02, 7:30 p.m.

food & drink

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, 10-11 a.m. Free. Info, 861-9700.

Vermont restaurant Week: See WED.02, 11 a.m.11 p.m.

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

breast/oVarian health 101: Women ages 18 to 45 take hold of their health at a workshop with a medical presentation by Tina D’Amato of Vermont Women’s Wellness and a testimonial from Ellen Dube. Q&A session and pink-cupcake reception follow. Vermont Women’s Wellness, Williston, 6-7:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, angelasmith@bebrightpink.org. fitness hooPing: Hula-Hoopers wiggle their hips in a cardio workout aimed at improving coordination, balance and stamina. Union Elementary School, Montpelier, 7-8 p.m. $10. Info, 223-2921.

kids

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. ‘food for thought’ library Volunteers: Pizza fuels teen discussion of books and library projects.

Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 4-5 p.m.

Free. Info, 878-4918. franklin story hour: Lovers of the written word perk up for read-aloud tales and adventures with lyrics. Haston Library, Franklin, 10-10:45 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426. 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.

PaJama story time: Little kids rock nightgowns and flannels as special guests read from books.

Fairfax Community Library, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 527-5426.

PresChool disCoVery Program: See WED.02, 10-11:30 a.m. stroller strolling: Young families roll along the recreation path together. Community Park, Fairfax, 9:30 a.m. Free. Info, 782-6332.

language

Plauderstunde: Conversationalists with a basic knowledge of the German language put their skills to use over lunch. Zen Gardens, South Burlington, noon.

Free; cost of food. Info, 862-3100 or 863-3305.

music

burlington songWriters: Lyricists share and critique original works. Heineberg Community & Senior Center, Burlington, 7:30-9:30 p.m. Free. Info, 859-1822.

Jazz @ home: The East Bay Jazz Ensemble offer 10-piece swing and blues standards. Davis & Deleault follow up with improv innovations. Lebanon Opera House, N.H., 7 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 603-448-0400. musiC in the loft ConCert series: The Chris Dorman Band execute artful storytelling and melodies. Ten percent of proceeds support the Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont. Shelburne Vineyard, 5:30-8 p.m. Free; wine available by the glass (proper ID required). Info, 985-8222. student reCital: Members of Su Lian Tan’s Performing Chamber Music class offer eclectic music, from jazz to Steve Reich’s Different Trains. Concert

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Tony Trischka & TerriTory: Hot Mustard Bluegrass open for one of the world’s top banjo pickers. Vergennes Opera House, 8 p.m. $15-18. Info, 877-6737.

sport

Thursday nighT naTionals: Bikers set the pace for a weekly ride along ever-changing routes. Onion River Sports, Montpelier, 5:30 p.m. Free; riders under 15 must be accompanied by an adult; riders under 18 need signed parental permission; helmets required.

Info, 229-9409.

talks

afTer dark speaker series: In “Conditioning Your Body, Sports Injuries, Back Pain and Yoga,” medical experts Bruce Beynnon, Sharon Henry and Helene Langevin host a walk-through talk of the “Our Body: The Universe Within” exhibit. ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center/Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 6:30-8:30 p.m. $15-20; cash bar. Info, 877-324-6386.

Torin finser: The longtime educator and author speaks on “Anthroposy Today and Tomorrow.”

Orchard Valley Waldorf School, East Montpelier, 7 p.m.

Free. Info, 456-7400.

theater

‘as you like iT’: See WED.02, 7:30 p.m. ‘chicago’: See WED.02, 7:30 p.m. ‘geTTing sara Married’: Essex Community Players’ lighthearted comedy concerns an aunt who decides to get involved in her niece’s love life — to much hilarity. Memorial Hall, Essex, 8 p.m. $14-16. Info, 878-9109. ‘lyddie’: Katherine Paterson’s protagonist, a young girl trying to reunite her family at the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, graces the stage in this original Lost Nation Theater adaptation with music and dance. Montpelier City Hall Auditorium, 7 p.m. $1035. Info, 229-0492. ‘serious Money’: Written in rhyming couplets, this stock-market satire by Caryl Churchill is produced by Middlebury College students. Seeler Studio Theatre, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 8 p.m. $6-12. Info, 443-6433.

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vicki doudera: The mystery author discusses her latest Darby Farr whodunit, Deadly Offer. Barnes & Noble, South Burlington, 5 p.m. Free. Info, 864-8001.

fri.04 pTo Tag sale: Sales of household goods, toys and clothing support Sustainable Living Initiatives Motivating Youth. Orchard School, South Burlington, 4-7 p.m. Free. Info, 863-3395. ruMMage sale: Thrifty shoppers find clothes, books and toys galore — and a bag sale on Saturday. United Church of Fairfax, 3-7 p.m. Free. Info, 849-6313. spring ruMMage sale: See THU.03, 9-11 a.m.

firsT friday: Downtown shops and art galleries stay open late. Various locations, Brandon, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Free. Info, 247-6401.

conferences

Jsc dance enseMble: Students bring down the house with a high-energy, end-of-semester production. Dibden Center for the Arts, Johnson State College, 7 p.m. $5; free for the JSC community. Info, 635-1476.

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.

education

chaMplain college coMMenceMenT: Seventy students receive master’s degrees after a speech by Vermont Speaker of the House Shap Smith. Argosy Gymnasium, IDX Student Life Center, Champlain College, Burlington, 10 a.m. Free; ticket required. Info, 865-6432.

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a nighT of hope: Supporters of the Carrie Premsagar Foundation, an organization dedicated to meeting the needs of families dealing with cancer and other life-threatening diseases, tune in for hors d’oeuvres, dancing, auctions and more. The theme: “Denim and Bling Goes White.” Sunset Ballroom, Comfort Suites, South Burlington, 7 p.m. $35; cash bar. Info, michael@carriepremsagarfoundation.org. spring soirée: Stolen Moments get things swinging at an evening of hors d’oeuvres and auctions benefiting Shelburne Farms education programs. Inn at Shelburne Farms, 7-10:30 p.m. $100; cash bar. Info, 985-0342.

film

‘pollock’: Ed Harris directed and starred in this 2001 biopic about the tortured life and redeeming art of this abstract expressionist. Loew Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., prefilm discussion with Hood Museum curator Sarah Powers, 6:30 p.m.; film, 7 p.m. $5-7. Info, 603-646-2422.

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Hilton Hotel, Burlington, silent auction, 5 p.m.; host reception, 5:30 p.m.; general reception, 6:30 p.m. $55-250; preregister. Info, 229-1783, fshaw@ vtdemocrats.org.

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spagheTTi supper: Meat and vegetarian sauces smother plates of pasta. Proceeds support the Bradford Historical Society. Grace United Methodist Church, Bradford, 5-7 p.m. $8; free for kids under 6.

Info, 274-2190. verMonT resTauranT Week: See WED.02, 11 a.m.-11 p.m. verMonT resTauranT Week: booze ’n’ breWs: MeeT The beer cockTail: Otter Creek head brewer Mike Gerhart and Red Square mixologists blend Wolaver’s ales into uncommon — and uncommonly delicious — libations. Red Square, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Cost of food and drink. Info, 864-5684.

health & fitness

avoid falls WiTh iMproved sTabiliTy: A personal trainer demonstrates daily practices for seniors concerned about their balance. Pines Senior Living Community, South Burlington, 10 a.m. $5. Info, 658-7477.

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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, 527-5426.

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burlingTon yoga conference: Yogis ignite positive change through mat sessions, group workshops, meditation and discussion. See calendar spotlight.

Various locations, Burlington, 6:30-8 p.m. Various prices; see burlingtonyogaconference.com. Info, 999-3589.

india Jazz suiTes: Pandit Chitresh Das and Jason Samuels Smith riff on each other’s work in an imaginative music-and-dance collaboration. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 8 p.m. $15-37. Info, 863-5966.

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bazaars

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.

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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.

Montgomery Tumble Time: Physical-fitness activities help build strong muscles. Montgomery Elementary School, 10-11 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426.

Musical Story Time: Three- to 5-year-olds develop early-literacy skills through books, songs and rhymes.

Essex Free Library, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free; preregister.

Info, 879-0313.

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.

music

‘A Poet Sings’: Frank Whitcomb accompanies the Colchester Community Chorus and poet Ruth Baskin in a spring concert with song and dance. Colchester High School, 7:30-9 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 862-3910.

Blues Soul Dance Party: Old-school soulsters Johnny Rawls and Dave Keller take the stage after Susanna’s Catering serves up a spread of Southern comfort food. River Arts Center, Morrisville, 6 p.m. $15; cash bar. Info, 888-1261.

Joe Cribari: Listeners take in acoustic-guitar originals. Brown Dog Books & Gifts, Hinesburg, 7 p.m. Free.

Info, 482-5189.

Mad River Chorale: A 30-member community chorus offers funny and heartfelt works by P.D.Q. Bach, Eric Whitacre and Irving Fine. Congregational Church, Waterbury, 7:30 p.m. $12-15; free for children 11 and under. Info, 496-4781.

Morgenstern Piano Trio: Making their New England debut, the winners of the KalichsteinLaredo-Robinson Trio Award perform masterworks

by Debussy, Bernstein and Brahms. UVM Recital Hall, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $20-25. Info, 656-4455.

Northern Bronze Handbell Ensemble: Ring-aling! Community members chime in with “Bells Blithe and Bold: Music That Stirs the Soul and Enlivens the Heart.” Heidi Soons provides harp accompaniment. All Souls Interfaith Gathering, Shelburne, 7 p.m. $10-12; free for kids under 10. Info, 999-3556.

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Paul Lewis: The pianist’s final all-Schubert program at the college takes listeners through the German Dances; Piano Sonatas nos. 14 and 16, A Minor; and Allegretto in C Minor. Concert Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 8 p.m. $6-25. Info, 443-6433.

The Grift: In “Rock Around the Clock,” the recent Vermont Battle of the Bands winners rewind to the 1950s with music by Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, the Marvelettes, Elvis and more. Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, 8 p.m. $12. Info, 382-9222.

Faith United Methodist Church, South Burlington, 2 p.m. $5. Info, 864-3516.

Margaret Carpenter: Justin Morrill Homestead’s head gardener details a historic garden-preservation project in a PowerPoint presentation. Chandler Gallery, Randolph, noon. Donations accepted; bring lunch. Info, 728-9878.

theater

‘Chicago’: See WED.02, 7:30 p.m.

‘Getting Sara Married’: See THU.03, 8 p.m.

‘Lyddie’: See THU.03, 8 p.m.

Nor’Eastern Playwrights’ Showcase: The Vermont Actors’ Repertory Theatre presents staged

Spring Migration Bird Walk: Trailblazers wander a local birding hot spot, scouting out warblers, vireos, thrushes, waterfowl and other spring migrants. Berlin Pond, 7-8:30 a.m. $10; free for North Branch Nature Center members; call for meeting location. Info, 229-6206.

talks

Jon D. Erickson: The UVM professor and managing director of the Gund Institute for Ecological Economics speaks about the movement “Towards an Economics of Shared Prosperity in a Finite World.”

Occupy Central Vermont General Assembly: Citizen activists incite the change they want to see in the world. Visit occupycentralvt.org for location, Montpelier, 3-5 p.m. Free.

Vermont Antique Expo & Sale: Crazy for collectibles? More than 60 dealers set up shop at this fair presented in conjunction with the Spring Fine Art & Craft Show. $1 of each admission benefits Vermont Public Television. Champlain Valley Exposition, Essex Junction, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. $7; free for kids under 12. Info, 878-5545.

activism

Burlington Community Tree Nursery Planting: Volunteers plant saplings, which will later be transplanted to B-town streets, at this Branch Out Burlington! initiative. Folk musician Robert Resnik and Morris dancers On the Border perform. UVM Horticultural Research Center, South Burlington, 9-11 a.m. Free. Info, 656-5440, mskinner@uvm.edu.

One Kid’s Trash For 40 years, volunteers for GREEN UP VERMONT have pitched in to “spring clean” the state. Last year, Vermonters removed more than 40,000 bags of rubbish from Green Mountain roadsides. Interested community members contact a local organizer — easily found by visiting greenupvermont.org — to find out how and where to pick up trash in their area. Many hands make light work, and Green Up garbage bags are provided. Some towns offer snacks and prizes. In Rochester, they’re hiding necklaces among the trash.

Find one to win an iPad. This year’s Green Up Day kicks off a new season of post-Irene recovery work.

Helping out will make the whole family feel good — and tired.

conferences

Burlington Yoga Conference: See FRI.04, 7:30 a.m.-9 p.m.

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.

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Capital City Contra Dance: Folks in soft-soled shoes practice their stepping to calling by Rachel Nevitt and tunes by Perpetual E-Motion. Capital City Grange, Montpelier, 8 p.m. $8. Info, 744-6163.

‘Cinderella’: City Center Ballet’s fanciful production, set to music by Prokofiev, is a tale of love in two acts.

Lebanon Opera House, N.H., 1:30 p.m. & 7 p.m. $14-18.

Info, 603-448-0400.

JSC Dance Ensemble: See FRI.04, 7 p.m.

‘Shifting the Frame: Dance for the Camera Screening’: Come dressed for a Hollywood movie premiere as dance students present short films choreographed for the screen, not the stage. Dance Theatre, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 8 p.m. $6-12. Info, 443-6433.

education

Champlain College Commencement: Some 450 seniors receive bachelor’s and associate’s degrees after a keynote speech by Dublin’s Patrick Masterson.

Memorial Auditorium, Burlington, 10 a.m. Free; ticket required. Info, 865-6432.

environment

GREEN UP VERMONT: Saturday, May 5. All day, at cities and towns statewide. Free.

Info, 229-4586. greenupvermont.org

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Toni Catlin & Brett Hughes: The duo perform original folk-rock with a touch of country twang.

Lincoln Peak Vineyard, New Haven, 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Free; wine priced by the glass; bring a picnic or buy a cheese plate. Info, 388-7368.

outdoors

toys, clothing, books and household items. A bake sale fuels their efforts. Sustainability Academy, Lawrence Barnes School, Burlington, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

Free. Info, 864-8480.

agriculture

‘As You Like It’: See WED.02, 7:30 p.m.

The What Cheer? Brigade: The 19-piece brass band from Providence produces “luddite hardcore” sounds.

Gymnasium, Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, 8:30 p.m. $10; by donation for kids under 12. Info, 229-9942.

Vermont Youth Orchestra & VYO Chorus: Jeffrey Domoto conducts rising talent in the world premiere of Robert Paterson’s A New Eaarth, a work inspired by Bill McKibben’s Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet. Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center, Stowe Mountain Resort, 8 p.m. $5-10. Info, 655-5030.

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readings of Charlene Donaghy’s Gift of an Orange, Geoffrey Craig’s Divorce First Class and Margot Lasher’s Intake. The Brick Box Gallery, Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 7:30 p.m. $15. Info, 773-8038, actorsrepvt@aol.com.

‘Rent’: Based on Puccini’s La Bohème, this New York City East Village tale enacted by Green Mountain Theater Group follows artists and bohemians as they grapple with life, death, love and art. Haybarn Theater, Goddard College, Plainfield, 8 p.m. $20.

‘Serious Money’: See THU.03, 8 p.m.

‘The Mousetrap’: Whodunit? Martin Bones directs the Marble Valley Players in this Agatha Christie murder mystery with a thrilling final twist. Town Hall Theater, West Rutland, 7:30 p.m. $15. Info, 353-5932.

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Saturday Art Sampler: Creatives use decorative paper, newsprint, oil pastels and acrylics in small mixed-media paintings. Davis Studio Gallery, Burlington, 10 a.m.-noon. $24. Info, 425-2700.

bazaars

PTO Tag Sale: See FRI.04, 8 a.m.-2 p.m.

Rummage Sale: See FRI.04, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

Tag Sale: Supporters of local learning adventures practice sustainability by shopping for gently used

350.org Connect the Dots: Climate Impact Day: Citizens identify the link between extreme weather — such as Tropical Storm Irene — and climate change as part of 350.org’s global day of action. See calendar spotlight. Various locations, Waitsfield, 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m. Free. Info, david@350vt.org.

Calais Green Up Day: Helping hands clean the roadsides and drop off bags of litter and recyclables.

Bottle and can deposits benefit a Calais Elementary School field trip to Boston. Recycling Depot, East Calais, 9 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 456-8924, fletcherd@ hotmail.com.

Green Up Vermont: Neighborhood groups around the state rid the roadways and rivers of refuse.

Various statewide locations, all day. Free. See greenupvermont.org for details. Info, 229-4586.

Rozalia Project: Cleaning Vermont’s Waterways: On Green Up Day, volunteers pull on their gloves, pick up trash and collect data to further the understanding of marine debris in Vermont. Lake Champlain Community Sailing Center, Burlington, 10 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 651-1885.

Waitsfield Green Up Day: Volunteers from across the state help clean up from the lingering impacts of Tropical Storm Irene in the Mad River Valley. Bridge Street Marketplace, Waitsfield, 8:30 a.m. Free. Info, david@350vt.org.

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100 Ball Raffle, Dinner & Silent Auction: The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention hosts an annual benefit including food, a silent auction and games of luck. Elks Club, Barre, 6-10 p.m. $100 includes dinner for two and one raffle ball; preregister.

Info, 272-6564, vtafsp@gmail.com.

Alpine Bike Swap: Pedal power to the max! Folks buy, sell or trade wheeled rides. Alpine Shop, South Burlington, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Free. Info, 862-2714.

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An EvEning for grAcE: Dinner, dancing, tunes by the Hitmen and a silent auction raise money for Camp Ta-Kum-Ta and honor a lifelong camper. Old Lantern, Charlotte, 6-11 p.m. $50; $375 per private table. Info, 318-1218.

BEEr fEstivAl trAnsportAtion: Suds lovers hop a party bus to the Montbeerlier festival. 1824 House, Waitsfield, 2-11 p.m. $20 round-trip. Info, 496-7555.

BikE swAp: Pedalers buy or sell used rides. Onion River Sports, Montpelier, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 229-9409. cinco dE MAyo cElEBrAtion & silEnt Auction fundrAisEr: Bandanna belt out tunes at this benefit for the Lincoln Cooperative Preschool. Burnham Hall, Lincoln, 6-10 p.m. $6-8; childcare available. Info, 453-3510.

EvErything prEgnAncy & BABy Expo: Expectant and new families connect with childbirth educators, birth and postpartum doulas, chiropractors, massage therapists, vendors of baby clothes, and more.

Williston Central School, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. $5; free for kids under 16. Info, 482-3192, eronsnycoflove@yahoo. com. grAnd opEning cElEBrAtion: Jukebox Ferry, Mary Provencher, Talking Lake and friends perform. Just Dancing Gardens & Greenhouse, Williston, 1-3 p.m.

Free. Info, 863-3530. hErB dAy: Naturally grown seasonings get a nod through daylong demos highlighting the flavor and uses of tea leaves and spices. City Market, Burlington, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Info, 861-9700.

John Brown dAy 2012: An annual grassroots freedom-education project features speakers, music and a reception celebrating the life and work of the abolitionist. John Brown Farm State Historic Site, Lake Placid, N.Y., 2-4 p.m. Free. Info, 518-962-4758. kEntucky dErBy gAlA: The Boys & Girls Club of Burlington hosts a live broadcast of the races, complete with cocktails, wagers, a hat contest, dinner and auctions. The Barn at Lang Farm, Essex Junction, 5-10 p.m. $125. Info, 864-5263.

Moonlight in vErMont BEnEfit BAll: Dinner, entertainment and the Vermont Pride Awards celebrate 14 years of RU12? Community Center’s commitment to building LGBTQ community across the state. Sheraton Hotel & Conference Center, South Burlington, 6 p.m. $45-50. Info, 860-7812.

‘wE ArE thE world’: Diversity Rocks International Youth Group hosts a dinner of global cuisine with live entertainment. Burlington City Hall Auditorium, 5:30 p.m. $8-12; $20 per couple. Info, 338-4627. wild & wooly wEEkEnd: Southdown ewes shed fleece during two days of shearing; border collies help with the herding. Fiber-spinning demonstrations, a children’s art show and tours of the dairy farm augment the affair. Billings Farm & Museum, Woodstock, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Regular admission, $3-12; free for kids under 3. Info, 457-2355.

psychic fAir: Follow your intuition to tarot readings, astrology charts, crystal balls, aromatherapy and more. Nature’s Mysteries Books & Beyond, Lyndonville, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. Info, 626-8466.

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‘MEtropolis’: Jeff Rapsis provides piano accompaniment to a screening of Fritz Lang’s 1927 masterpiece, hailed as the grandfather of all sci-fi movies.

Brandon Town Hall, 7 p.m. Donations accepted for the restoration of Town Hall. Info, 603-236-9237.

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richMond chocolAtE wAlk: Map in hand, chocoholics swing through town to sample decadent confections and creative pastries. Proceeds support two Camels Hump Middle School Odyssey of the Mind teams as they proceed to the world finals. Various locations, Richmond, noon-4 p.m. $20-22; preregister.

Info, 434-8440, vtis4us@sover.net. swEEt ’n’ sAvory All-you-cAn-EAt piE BrEAkfAst: Dessert for breakfast? OK! Doublecrusted pastries make a filling first meal at this annual Orchard Valley Waldorf School affair. Christ Church, Montpelier, 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. $7; $25 per family; free for kids under 5. Info, 456-7400. woodstock wintEr fArMErs MArkEt: Eggs, produce, meats, jams and more are readily available thanks to local farmers and crafters. Masonic Hall, Woodstock, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 763-2476.

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dEpot Bingo: Players cross their fingers for five in a row at this benefit for the Depot Theatre. Heritage House, Westport, N.Y., 5-7 p.m. $5 entry; $1 per extra card. Info, 518-962-8680.

health & fitness

hErBAl MEdicinE: Clinical herbalist Betzy Bancroft transforms fresh herbs into simple recipes for salves, infused oils and more. City Market, Burlington, 2-3:30 p.m. Free. Info, 861-9700. tEEn skin cArE: Homemade facial-care products vanquish seasonal stress, dry skin and wallet woes all at once. City Market, Burlington, noon-1 p.m. Free.

Info, 861-9700. yogA workshop: Leo Leach leads a mat session exploring Patañjali’s eight-limbed path and techniques of pranayama before invigorating asana sequences.

Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 10:30 a.m.-noon. Free; preregister. Info, 878-4918.

kids

EArly-childhood MAyfEst cElEBrAtion: Little ones connect with nature through a colorful ribbon dance around the maypole, garland-crown crafts, pony rides and a picnic. Rain date: Sunday. Lake Champlain Waldorf School, Shelburne, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Free. Info, 985-2827, ext. 12. fAiry plAyshop: Children ages 4 and up craft elf doors and fairy houses for the mythical creatures.

City Market, Burlington, 10-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 861-9700. it’s All ABout MoM!: Just before Mother’s Day, thoughtful children craft gifts and flower greeting cards for that special someone. Gardener’s Supply, Williston, 10-11 a.m. Free. Info, 658-2433.

Jon sciEszkA: Fans of the Spaceheadz series celebrate its third installment with the author. Flying Pig Bookstore, Shelburne, 11 a.m. Free; preregister.

Info, 985-3999, flyingpigevents@gmail.com.

‘JunglE JoE’s wildlifE AdvEnturEs’: A multimedia show introduces young audiences to 15 exotic species on loan from the Bucks County Zoo & Conservation Society. Chandler Music Hall, Randolph, 3 p.m. $13-23. Info, 728-6464.

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kids night out: Adults go out on the town while kiddos ages 4 and up immerse themselves in art, dance and storytelling activities. Proceeds support a teen jazz dance-tour fund. Contemporary Dance & Fitness Studio, Montpelier, 3-7 p.m. $5 per child per hour; preregister. Info, 229-4676. spAnish-lAnguAgE coMMunity BrEAkfAst: Early risers pick up conversational español at this educational meet-up aimed at elementary students and their friends and parents. Students from Middlebury College’s Spanish department aid the learning through games and wordplay. 94 Main Street, Middlebury, 8:30-10 a.m. Free. Info, 382-9325 or 989-5200.

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‘pAriAh’: A Brooklyn teen struggles to come to terms with her sexuality in Dee Rees’ 2011 drama. Loew Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 6:30 p.m. & 8:30 p.m. $5-7. Info, 603-646-2422.

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‘cErtifiEd copy’: Juliette Binoche stars in Abbas Kiarostami’s provocative romantic drama about a gallery owner and a British author who go on a tour of the Tuscan countryside. Dana Auditorium, Sunderland Language Center, Middlebury College, 3 p.m. & 8 p.m. Free. Info, 443-6433.

MontBEErliEr: This third annual cask festival hosted by Three Penny Taproom offers housemade sausages, live music and, of course, plenty of on-tap options. Langdon Street, Montpelier, 3-10 p.m. Free; for ages 21 and up with valid ID. Info, 223-8277.

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rotAry gEAr swAp & sAlE: Athletic types sell or buy hiking, backpacking, camping and other outdoor equipment. Proceeds benefit both the Vermont Youth Conservation Corps’ Tropical Storm Irene recovery efforts and the social missions of the Burlington Sunrise Rotary Club. West Monitor Barn, Richmond, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Free. Info, 238-3972.

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and plants. North Branch Nature Center, Montpelier, 9:30 a.m.-noon. $10-12; preregister. Info, 229-6206.

flutist Karen Kevra, violinist Kurt Coble, violist Orlando Wells and cellist Leo Grinhauz in a colorful and varied program. Unitarian Church, Montpelier, 7:30 p.m. $10-25. Info, 793-9291.

Dan Schurman: Fellow students back up the Johnson State College senior in old classics and contemporary musical theater. Dibden Center for the Arts, Johnson State College, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 635-1476.

Dartmouth WinD Symphony: In “British Invasion,” Matthew M. Marsit conducts the Hop ensemble in works by Adam Gorb, Kenneth Hesketh and others. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 8 p.m. $5-20. Info, 603-646-2422. maD river chorale: See FRI.04, United Church of Christ, Waitsfield. play piano noW: introDuctory SeSSion: Key players learn about Simply Music, a revolutionary, Australian-developed method for learning the 88 keys. Westwood Drive, Montpelier, 10:30-11:30 a.m.

Free; preregister. Info, 595-1220. ripton community coffeehouSe: Acoustic band Dollar General — composed of Michael Chorney, Robinson Morse, Geza Carr and Asa Brosius — play original songs, as well as renditions of works by Tennessee Williams and Sun Ra. An hourlong openmic set precedes the concert. Ripton Community House, 7:30 p.m. $3-9. Info, 388-9782.

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.

sport

burlington chilDren’S Space fun run: Kids and adults stretch their legs on a 1- or 5K jog on grass and dirt roads, as well as parts of the Riverwalk Trail.

Intervale Center, Burlington, registration, 9 a.m.; 1K, 9:30 a.m.; 5K, 10 a.m. $5-10; $20 family max. Info, 658-1500. introDuctory bicycle riDe for neW riDerS: Cyclists-in-training set a leisurely pace after learning the rules of the road. Dorset Park, South Burlington, 10 a.m. Free; helmets required. Info, 399-2352.

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‘behinD the paranormal’: Author and journalist Paul F. Eno, his son Ben and “bard of the bizarre” Joe Citro give the scoop on the things that go bump in the night. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

SounD inveStment Jazz enSemble: Students with big sound get the community hopping around with contemporary jazz. Concert Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 8 p.m. Free.

Info, 443-6433.

vermont olD cemetery aSSociation Spring meeting: Charlie Marchant discusses his research on Civil War burials in “Where Were They Then and Where Are They Now?” Town Hall, Wardsboro, 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m. $10 for lunch. Info, 773-3253.

téaDa: Ireland’s traditional-music group belts out jigs, slides and polkas from the past with driving energy. See calendar spotlight. Barre Opera House, 8 p.m. $10-26. Info, 476-8188.

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vermont honorS choir feStival concert: Sixth through ninth graders bust out show-stopping songs to accompaniment by pianist Diane Huling. Mead Chapel, Middlebury College, 1 p.m. $6-8; $20 family maximum. Info, 989-7355.

‘getting Sara marrieD’: See THU.03, 8 p.m.

WorlD muSic percuSSion enSemble: As part of the HopStop Family Series, Dartmouth musicians perform West African selections in “The Big Beat: African Drumming, Singing and Dancing.” Plaza, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 11 a.m. Free.

Info, 603-646-2422.

outdoors

Spring WilDfloWer Walk: Carpoolers head to Middlesex Notch to take in an amazing array of petals

literary reaDing: Cora Brooks, Phyllis Rachel Larrabee, Martha Zweig, Merry Gangemi, and other poets and writers present their penned expressions.

Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 2-4 p.m. Free. Info, 426-3581, jaquithpubliclibrary@gmail.com. zach WahlS: An internet celebrity for his speech to the Iowa House Judiciary Committee about same-sex marriage discusses his book, My Two Moms: Lessons of Love, Strength and What Makes a Family. Flying Pig Bookstore, Shelburne, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 985-3999.

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‘chicago’: See WED.02, 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. ‘lyDDie’: See THU.03, 8 p.m.

cotS Walk: Follow the path a homeless person in our community might take, visiting various programs and shelters run by the Committee on Temporary Shelter. Music and free ice cream included. Battery Park, Burlington, 2 p.m. Donations. Info, 864-7402.

agriculture

potting party: Community members get their hands dirty for a good cause, repotting plants for the Friends of the Burlington Gardens and Grow Team O.N.E. Spring Plant Sale, which will support neighborhood gardens and garden education. 162 North Champlain Street, Burlington, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Perennial donations accepted during and in advance; call to sign up. Info, 598-3139.

bazaars

vermont antique expo & Sale: See SAT.05, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

conferences

burlington yoga conference: See FRI.04, 7:30 a.m.-6 p.m.

dance

‘cinDerella’: See SAT.05, 2:30 p.m.

nor’eaStern playWrightS’ ShoWcaSe: See FRI.04, 7:30 p.m.

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‘rent’: See FRI.04, 8 p.m.

WilD & Wooly WeekenD: See SAT.05, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

‘SeriouS money’: See THU.03, 2 p.m. & 8 p.m.

‘SeuSSical the muSical’: Horton the elephant and the Cat in the Hat are among the storybook stars of TheatreworksUSA’s colorful, song-filled romp for young audiences. Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 2 p.m. $12.50-19.50. Info, 775-0903. ‘the mouSetrap’: See FRI.04, 7:30 p.m. ‘the napoleon 2012’: Green Candle Theatre Company chronicles the life and times of Napoléon Bonaparte in a slightly historical, and wildly imaginative, comedy. Off Center for the Dramatic Arts, Burlington, 2 p.m. & 8 p.m. $10-20; rated PG-13. Info, 863-5966.

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community breakfaSt: Early birds rise and shine for a neighborly meal. VFW Post, Essex Junction, 9-11 a.m. $3-6. Info, 878-0700. fiDDleheaDS, rampS & other WilD fooDS: Foodies learn to cook with nutrient-packed, foraged ingredients. On the menu: pistachio pesto with ramp leaves, cashew curry with fiddleheads and daylily tubers, and yogurt panna cotta with ginger or berries.

Sustainability Academy, Lawrence Barnes School, Burlington, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. $5-10. Info, 861-9700.

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balkan folk Dancing: Louise Brill and Larry Gordon organize people into lines and circles set to complex rhythms. No partner necessary. Burlington Dances, Chace Mill, 3-6 p.m. $6 donation. Info, 5401020, dance@together.net.

‘aS you like it’: See WED.02, 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.

Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $5-7. Info, 603-646-2422.

‘the hunger gameS’: In a dystopian future, Katniss Everdeen takes her sister’s place in an annual, televised fight to the death in this film adaptation of the book by Suzanne Collins. Spaulding Auditorium,

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.

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Dartmouth college glee club: Gleeks belt out songs of loyalty and devotion to the “College on the Hill.” Rollins Chapel, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 2 p.m. $5-18. Info, 603-646-2422. khaira arby anD her banD: A Malian songbird threads a message of peace through indie-rock desert blues. See calendar spotlight. BCA Center, Burlington, 7:30-11:55 p.m. $15; free for BCA members. Info, 865-7166. ‘la Serva paDrona (the Servant turneD miStreSS)’: Midd kids Julianne Wieboldt and Nathaniel Rothrock sing big in this rendition of Giovanni Battista Pergolesi’s opera buffa. Concert Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 443-6433. north country choruS: Alan Rowe conducts “The Bard and Beyond,” featuring text by William Shakespeare and George Herbert set to music.

Congregational Church, Peacham, 3 p.m. $5-10. Info, 748-5027. northeaSt fiDDlerS aSSociation: Stringedinstrument players gather for a monthly jam. VFW Post, Morrisville, noon-5 p.m. Donations accepted.

Info, 728-5188. northern bronze hanDbell enSemble: See FRI.04, St. Albans Historical Museum, 4 p.m. noyana SingerS: The hospice choir of the Visiting Nurse Association of Chittenden and Grand Isle Counties explores how music can alleviate endof-life passage in “We’re on Our Journey Home: Singing for the Dying, Easing the Way.” Christ Church Presbyterian, Burlington, 3 p.m. Donations accepted.

Info, 862-1898.

StuDent recital: Members of Su Lian Tan’s Performing Chamber Music class offer eclectic music, from jazz to Shostakovich. Concert Hall, Mahaney

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hoW to buy at auction: Ethan Merrill of Duane Merrill & Company Auctioneers & Appraisers and Kyle Scanlon of K.C. Scanlon: Estate Sales & Consignment Services offer a primer for beginning and advanced collectors. Champlain Valley Exposition, Essex Junction, 1 p.m. Included with admission to the Vermont Antique Expo & Sale, $7 or free for kids under 12. Info, 878-5545.

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.

WinooSki community choruS: A spring concert of choral music takes listeners “Back to the ’80s.” Our Lady of Providence, Winooski, 2:30 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 655-1112.

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Info, 443-6433.

Sunday Jazz: Jonathan Lorentz, Anthony Santor and Gabe Jarret dole out modern jazz heavy on the sax. Brandon Music, 7 p.m. $15-18. Info, 465-4071.

Vermont Choral union: The oldest area a cappella group spans five centuries of madrigals, sacred motets, songs of love and music for quiet evenings. McCarthy Arts Center, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 3 p.m. $5-15; $40 per family; free for kids under 12 and those with St. Mike’s ID. Info, 864-4934.

Vermont youth orCheStra & Vyo ChoruS: See FRI.04, Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 3 p.m. $10-15.

Info, 655-5030.

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drawing BirdS & BloSSomS: Sketchers practice on still-life flora and faster-moving fauna in an artistic workshop with illustrator Libby Walker Davidson and naturalist Gwendolyn Causer. Green Mountain Audubon Center, Huntington, 1-4 p.m. $15-20; preregister. Info, 434-3068.

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CoVered BridgeS of Chittenden County BiCyCle ride: Pedal pushers traverse gently rolling hills through Shelburne, Charlotte and perhaps Ferrisburgh, braking for a tasty treat at the Old Brick Store. Dorset Park, South Burlington, 9:45 a.m. Free; helmets required. Info, 578-8803. middleBury maple run: the SweeteSt half: A half-marathon draws runners through downtown and winding rural pastures that offer scenic views of the Green Mountains and Adirondacks. Porter Medical Center, Middlebury, 9 a.m.-noon. $25-75. Info, 388-7951, ext. 2.

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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. aVoid fallS with improVed StaBility: See FRI.04, 10 a.m. 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.

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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. muSiC with raphael: See THU.03, 10:45 a.m.

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.

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puBliC hearing: The Williston Selectboard hosts a meeting about the proposed amendments to the Sewer Allocation Ordinance. Town Hall, Williston, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-5121.

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daVid BudBill: The poet and playwright discusses scenes from Judevine and A Song for My Father.

Faith United Methodist Church, South Burlington, 2 p.m. $5. Info, 864-3516. diane mCdonald goodriCh & tim BrookeS: In “So You Have a Story: Now What?,” the authors dole out tips for getting published in the digital age.

Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 6:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 878-4918. 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.

Shape & Share life StorieS: Prompts trigger true tales, which are crafted into compelling narratives and read aloud. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 12:30-2:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

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Co-op Solar info SeSSion: Energy-conscious Vermonters learn about installing and using solar water heating for the home — as well as the federal and state incentives to do so. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 7 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 8604090, info@ecvt.net.

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the metropolitan opera: liVe in hd SerieS enCore: Natalie Dessay puts on the red dress in a broadcast screening of Verdi’s La Traviata. Lake Placid Center for the Arts, N.Y., 4 p.m. $12-18. Info, 518-523-2512.

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‘the mouSetrap’: See FRI.04, 2 p.m.

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‘Creating a finanCial future’: Folks learn to build wealth over a lifetime. Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Info, 860-1417, ext. 114.

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.

‘lyddie’: See THU.03, 7 p.m.

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Computer help: Technology snafu? Walk-ins receive assistance on basic internet issues, troubleshooting and operating questions. Lawrence Memorial Library, Bristol, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Info, 453-2366.

roger Swain: The host of a long-running TV gardening show speaks about “The New Victory Garden.”

Damon Hall, Hartland, 4 p.m. $10. Info, 436-2085.

‘getting Sara married’: See THU.03, 2 p.m.

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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.

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piano reCital: Students of Cynthia Huard take a seat at the hammers and strings. Concert Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 443-6433.

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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.

BoB manning: The retired art history professor paints a portrait of a fiercely independent artist in “Georgia O’Keeffe: An American Master.” Groton Free Public Library, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 866-5366.

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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.

naSCar whelen all-ameriCan SerieS SeaSon opener: Stock-car champions and competing speed racers zoom around the track. Devil’s Bowl Speedway, West Haven, 1:30 p.m. $15-18; free for ages 12 and under. Info, 265-3112.

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‘STand Up, SiT down and LaUgh’: Local yuksters Josie Leavitt, Kit Rivers, Mike Thomas and Shelby Ferland pack the punchlines in a comedy show.

FlynnSpace, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $12. Info, 863-5966.

conferences

VErmonT Foodbank hUngEr ConFErEnCE: National and local leaders spark discussions on creative approaches to eliminating hunger. Steve Robbins delivers the keynote lecture. Sheraton Hotel & Conference Center, South Burlington, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. $40-65. Info, 477-4121.

VErmonT’S digiTaL FUTUrE ConFErEnCE: State leaders set a plan into motion for using internet technology as a tool for job creation and to strengthen communities, reinvent schools and increase citizen participation. Champlain College, Burlington, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. $15-50. Info, 223-6091.

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baLLroom danCE CLaSS: Folks take instruction in rumba and cha-cha from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., and waltz and foxtrot from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Union Elementary School, Montpelier. $14. Info, 223-2921 or 225-8699.

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grEEn drinkS: Activists and professionals for a cleaner environment raise a glass over networking and discussion. The Skinny Pancake, Montpelier, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 262-2253. opporTUniTiES For proTECTing & improVing waTEr rESoUrCES oF ThE winooSki riVEr: Vermonters tune in for a presentation and roundtable discussion of the Agency of Natural Resource’s Winooski River Basin Water Quality Management

Plan. Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 7-8:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 426-3581, jaquithpubliclibrary@gmail.com.

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brown bag LUnCh & hiSTory TaLk: Museum educator Susan Peden walks history buffs through the Judd-Harris House. Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History, Middlebury, noon. $2; bring a lunch.

Info, 388-2117.

LiSTEning SESSionS on hEaLTh CarE rEForm bEnEFiTS: See WED.02, Rutland Free Library.

film

Ciné SaLon: Local film buffs share the art of the cinematograph through a curated collection of short clips. Howe Library, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. Free. Info, 603-643-4120.

health & fitness

a medically based rehabilitation program. Fletcher Allen Health Care Cardiology Building, South Burlington, 6-7 p.m. Free. Info, 656-2176.

kids

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. highgaTE STory hoUr: See WED.02, 10-11 a.m. kidS in ThE kiTChEn: Little ones transform tubers into twice-baked potatoes packed with cheese, herbs and veggies. Healthy Living, South Burlington, 3:304:30 p.m. $20 per child; free for an accompanying adult; preregister. Info, 863-2569, ext. 1. riChFord pLaygroUp: Rug rats let their hair down for tales and activities. Cornerstone Bridges to Life Community Center, Richford, 10-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426, fgibbfdirectservice@gmail.com.

CommUniTy mEdiCaL SChooL: Professor emeritus John Tampas lectures on “Imaging Pioneers: The History of Radiology at UVM and Fletcher Allen.”

Carpenter Auditorium, Given Medical Building, UVM, Burlington, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 847-2886.

SCiEnCE & SToriES: Kids have aha! moments regarding the science of seeds. ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center/Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 11 a.m. Regular admission, $9.50-12.50; free for kids ages 2 and under. Info, 877-324-6386.

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. Miller Community and Recreation Center, Burlington, 5:30 p.m. Free; preregistration by email no later than three hours before the class is appreciated. Info, 888-4803772, contact@essasky.com.

SoUTh hEro pLaygroUp: Free play, crafting and snacks entertain children and their grown-up companions. South Hero Congregational Church, 10-11 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426.

LiCk ThE SUgar habiT: Drawing on the principles behind nutrition-response testing, Suzy Harris explores how the “white plaque” affects digestion, energy, immune function and the brain. Healthy Living, South Burlington, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free; preregister.

Info, 863-2569, ext. 1.

STEpS To wELLnESS: Cancer survivors attend diverse seminars about nutrition, stress management, acupuncture and more in conjunction with

ST. aLbanS pLaygroUp: Creative activities and storytelling engage the mind. St. Luke’s Church, St. Albans, 9:30-11 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426.

STory TimE in ThE nESTLingS’ nook: Preschoolers take flight in bird-themed craft, book, music and nature activities. Birds of Vermont Museum, Huntington, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free with regular admission, $3-6.

Info, 434-2167, museum@birdsofvermont.org.

language

paUSE CaFé: French speakers of all levels converse en français. Levity Café, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 864-5088.

music

SaLLy pinkaS: The ivory keys dance as the Hop pianist-in-residence interprets Beethoven’s Eroica Variations and more. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $1027. Info, 603-646-2422.

SETh & may: The Michigan-based husband and wife dole out folk-pop with a positive message. Bread & Butter Farm, Shelburne, 7 p.m. $14. Info, 985-9200.

seminars

baSiC inTrodUCTion To CamEra USE: Budding videographers learn about media production using public-access video cameras. 294 North Winooski Avenue, Burlington, 10-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 862-3966, ext. 16, morourke@cctv.org. inTErnET SaFETy: NEFCU information-security manager Mike Stridsberg exposes tricks of the hacker trade and lays out steps for protecting yourself from online scams and fraud. New England Federal Credit Union, Williston, 5:30-7 p.m. Free. Info, 879-8790.

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baCkroadS biCyCLE ridE: Steadfast cyclists power along a hilly path that’s 50 percent unpaved. Train Station, Shelburne, 6:15 p.m. Free; helmets required.

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CyCLing 101: Pedal pushers get out of the gym and onto the road on a relaxed spin with Linda Freeman.

Call ahead for starting location, Montpelier, 5:30 p.m.

Free; riders under 15 must be accompanied by an adult; riders under 18 need signed parental permission; helmets required. Info, 229-9409.

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Info, 985-0659.

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Gesine Bullock-Prado: A Hartford-based queen of butter, sugar and flour redefines pastry in her new cookbook, Pie It Forward. Food samples follow. Bear Pond Books, Montpelier, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 229-0774.

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Free. Info, 527-5426. natural herBal BuG sPray: Bugging out? Little ones mix up a nontoxic concoction to keep those pesky flies away. Fairfax Community Library, 3:304:45 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 849-2420.

Pajama story time: Evening tales send kiddos off to bed. Berkshire Elementary School, 6-7 p.m. Free.

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Phoenix Books, Essex, 5-7 p.m. Free. Info, 872-7111. make stuff!: See WED.02, 6-9 p.m.

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sPrinG salad luncheon: Folks get their veggies in as more than 40 homemade salads are served.

Proceeds benefit the church’s community outreach efforts. St. Luke’s Church, St. Albans, 11:30 a.m.-1:15 p.m. Takeout available. Info, 524-6212.

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Book discussion series: neW enGland uncovered: Readers find more to our region than meets the eye in Michael White’s A Brother’s Blood.

South Hero Community Library, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 372-6209. readinG & discussion of ‘lyddie’: Tied in with the current Lost Nation Theater production, Morgan Irons leads a chat about Katherine Paterson’s historicalfiction novel set at the start of the Industrial Revolution. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

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Zach Wahls: An internet celebrity for his speech to the Iowa House Judiciary Committee about same-sex marriage discusses his book, My Two Moms: Lessons of Love, Strength and What Makes a Family. Flying Pig Bookstore, Shelburne, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 9853999. m

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smart meter Panel discussion: Janet Newton of the EMR Policy Institute, Allen Gilbert of the American Civil Liberties Union of Vermont, Todd Kowalczyk of Central Vermont Public Service and a speaker from the Vermont Department of Health weigh the pros and cons of smart meters. Town Hall, Roxbury, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, roxburyenergy@ gmail.com.

‘stronG!’: Julie Wyman’s 2012 documentary looks at the triumphs and trials of Olympic weight-lifting champ Cheryl Haworth — who, at 300-plus pounds, has a hard time fitting in. Rutland Free Library, 7 p.m.

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african music & dance ensemBle: Students in professor Damascus Kafumbe’s class offer a lively end-of-semester concert of East African instrumentals, vocals and dance. Concert Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 8 p.m. Free. Info, 443-6433.

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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.

‘takinG fliGht’: Up-and-coming choreographers introduce their lightly produced dance experiments. Dance Theatre, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 443-3168.

BurlinGton accessiBility GrouP: Community members brainstorm ways to make navigating the Queen City more convenient for folks with disabilities. An ASL interpreter will attend. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 10 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 2241809, mcharron@vcil.org.

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gardening WORKING W/ FLAT STONE: 1st Sat. & 3rd Sun., Apr.-Jun. Cost: $200/course. Location: Jeffersonville Quarry, Jeffersonville. Info: 644-5014, jeffersonvillequarry@yahoo. com. Jeffersonville Quarry will be offering classes on how to work with flat stone. The instructor, Tim Aiken, has a degree in landscape design and environmental science and 20 years of experience in dry-laying flat stone for walls, patios, stairs.

Class size limited. 250 lbs. of free stone. Call today.

healing HOLISTIC PATIENT CARE: Jun. 2-3, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Cost: $250/ workshop. Location: Elements of Healing, 21 Essex Way, suite 109, Essex Jct. Info: Elements of Healing, Scott Moylan, 2888160, scott@elementsofhealing.net, elementsofhealing. net. This two-day workshop is for nurses and other health care practitioners. It will introduce a variety of assessment and treatment strategies rooted in Chinese medicine. It will include pulse and abdominal assessement as well as massage techniques that can easily be integrated into any modality of practice.

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EXPRESSIVE SELF-PORTRAIT W/ SUZANNE BELLEFEUILLE: Jun. 3, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost: $50/ person. Location: Helen Day Art Center, 90 Pond St., Stowe.

How can the seeds of your soul, expressed by a symbolic selfportrait, be nurtured and grow?

Create an image with photo collage, expressive drawing and painting. Guided imagery will be used as a tool to connect with your inner self. The focus will be on the process, not aesthetic result.

herbs DETOX W/ DR. GUARALDI: May 6-20, 2-4 p.m. Cost: $35/2-hr. info-filled workshop. Location: Purple Shutter Herbs, 7 W. Canal St., Winooski. Info: Purple Shutter Herbs, Purple Shutter Herbs, 865-4372, info@ purpleshutter.com, purpleshutterherbs.com. Join our spring cleanse to discover and remove common inflammatory foods, support your detox pathways and learn the benefits of water cure treatments. This will be a three-week cleanse with two classes. In the first class you’ll custom blend your own detox tea. This is a two-session workshop.

SUMMER FIRST AID KIT W/ LAURA: May 7, 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 focus will be on a kit for use in the summer months ahead.

Whether you’re hiking, camping, enjoying your own backyard or just providing basic care for your family, having a functional first aid kit is crucial. We’ll be making four herbal items.

WILDCRAFTING W/ THE SEASONS: May 12, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Cost: $60/class incl. take-home herbal medicine from the day’s harvest. Location: Metta Earth Institute, Lincoln. Info: Metta Earth institute, Gillian Comstock, 453-8111, info@ mettaearth.org, mettaearth. org. Spring is a traditional time to harvest wild roots, for food

WISDOM OF THE HERBS SCHOOL: Wild Edible & Medicinal Plant Walk, Fri., May 11, 6-7:30 p.m. Sliding scale $010. Preregistration appreciated.

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.

language ASI APRENDEMOS ESPANOL: Location: Spanish in Waterbury Center, Waterbury Ctr. Info: Spanish in Waterbury Center, 585-1025, spanishparavos@ gmail.com, spanishwaterburycenter.com. Broaden your horizons, connect with a new world. We provide high-quality, affordable instruction in the Spanish language for adults, students and children. Our fifth year. Personal instruction from a native speaker. Small classes, private instruction, student tutoring, AP. See our website for complete information or contact us for details.

FRENCH CLASSES THIS SUMMER!: 6-wk. term, begins Jun. 11 & continues through Jul. 19; classes held 6-7:30 p.m.; immersion session Jun. 11-21, 16 hrs. in 8 sessions, 8-10 a.m. Cost: $135/6-wk. class.

Location: Alliance Francaise of the Lake Champlain Region, 302-304 Dupont Bldg., 123 Ethan Allen Ave. , Colchester.

Info: Alliance Francaise of the Lake Champlain Region, Micheline Tremblay, 497-0420, michelineatremblay@gmail. com, aflcr.org/classes.shtml.

Alliance Francaise Summer French classes for adults.

Short refresh-and-review term designed to secure new skills, as a warm-up for your next level or to get you ready for a vacation in France, Quebec, Guadalupe!

Six weeks, just $135. Also: special two-week immersion for beginners. Full details and easy sign-up online.

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GREEN MOUNTAIN FLY-FISH CAMP: Jul. 8-12. Cost: $695/ all-inclusive wk. (food, lodging, instruction, complete fly-fishing outfit, fishing pack & fly-tying tool kit). Location: Seyon Ranch State Park, 2967 Seyon Pond Rd., Groton. Info:

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SWING DANCE CLASSES: May 9-30, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Weekly on Wednesday. Cost: $40/4-wk. session. Location: Champlain Club, 20 Crowley St., Burlington.

Info: Terry Bouricius, 8648382, terrybour@gmail.com, vermontswings.com. 1950s rock-and-roll-style swing dance lessons for beginners and intermediates, taught by Terry Bouricius. No partner necessary.

Terry has taught all styles of swing dancing to thousands of students using a fun but methodical approach since 1983.

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and medicine. This hands-on class will include herbal walk, medicinal plant harvesting, medicine making and discussion of Chinese medicine.

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TINY-HOUSE RAISING: Cost: $250/workshop. Location: Bakersfield, Vermont. Info: Peter King, 933-6103. A crew of beginners will help instructor Peter King frame and sheath a tiny house in Bakersfield, May 5-6. Local housing available.

ADOBE WORKSHOPS: May 9.

Cost: $20/full day, $10/half day for AIGA members. $100/full day, $70/half day for nonmembers. Free if you become an AIGA member. Location: Film House, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, 1 Main St., Burlington. Info: 496-2326.

AIGA Vermont present Adobe Muse Workshop, 9 a.m.-noon.

Create a website in just a day as easily as you create layouts for print. Adobe Sneak Peek Workshop, 1-4 p.m. Be among the first to hear about what exciting things Adobe has coming our way. Register now at vermont.aiga.org.

LEARN TO DANCE W/ A PARTNER!: Cost: $50/4-wk. class. Location: Champlain Club, 20 Crowley St., Burlington.

Lessons also avail. 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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JEH KULU WEST AFRICAN STYLE DANCE: Mon. & Wed., 5:30-7 p.m. at Memorial Auditorium, Burlington, $13.

Sat., 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at The Edge, S. Burlington, $15. Location: See website for other locations, and more classes. Info: 859-1802, jehkulu@yahoo.com. -

7 p.m. $45/3 weeks. Friday women’s Haitian drumming starts 6/15 5 p.m. $45/3 weeks.

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INTRO BIODYNAMIC CRANIOSACRAL: Jun. 7-10.

Cost: $550/4-day introduction.

Location: Town Hall, Worcester.

Info: Studies and Teachings in Liquid Light, Liz Heron, 603217-7746, lizheron7@gmail.com.

CranioSacral Biodynamics is a leading wave energy modality.

This form of therapy focuses on the formation of relationship between the practitioner and the deep organizing presence within the client. This intro is the prerequisite to the Foundation Training. To register please send a deposit of $250 made payable to Jan Pemberton, c/o Liz Heron, 5 Franks Lane, Holderness, NH 03245. Jan Pemberton is approved by the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork as continuing education Approved Provider #451619-11.

Green Mountain Troutfitters, Chris Lynch, 644-2214, chris@ gmtrout.com, GMFFC.com.

Green Mountain Fly Fishing Camp is New England’s newest destination camp providing kids between 10 and 15 years of age an incredibly unique, five-day/ four-night fly-fishing experience in one of Vermont’s most pristine settings.

DANCE STUDIO SALSALINA: Location: 266 Pine St., Burlington. Info: Victoria, 5981077, info@salsalina.com. Salsa classes, nightclub-style, on-one and on-two, group and private, four levels. Beginner walk-in classes, Wednesdays, 7:15 p.m. $13/person for 1-hour class. No dance experience, partner or preregistration required, just the desire to have fun! Drop in any time and prepare for an enjoyable workout!

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AIKIDO: Adult introductory classes meet on Tue. & Thu. at 6:45 p.m. Location: Aikido of Champlain Valley, 257 Pine St. (across from Conant Metal & Light), Burlington. Info: 9518900, burlingtonaikido.org. This Japanese martial art is a great method to get in shape and reduce stress. We offer adult classes seven 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: Cost: $65/4 consecutive Tue., uniform incl.

Location: Vermont Aikido, 274 N. Winooski Ave. (2nd floor), Burlington. Info: Vermont Aikido, 862-9785, vermontaikido.org. 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.

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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 JiuJitsu, 55 Leroy Rd., Williston.

Info: 660-4072, 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 ASIAN BODYWORK THERAPY PROGRAM: Weekly on Mon., Tue. Cost: $5,000/500-hr. program. Location: Elements of Healing, 21 Essex Way, suite 109, Essex Jct. Info: Elements of Healing, Scott Moylan, 2888160, elementsofhealing@ verizon.net, elementsofhealing.net. This program teaches two forms of massage, Amma and Shiatsu. We will explore Oriental medicine theory and diagnosis as well as the body’s meridian system, acupressure points, Yin Yang and 5-Element Theory. Additionally, 100 hours of Western anatomy and physiology will be taught. VSAC nondegree grants are available.

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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. 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.

meditation INTRODUCTION TO ZEN: Sat., May 5, 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, 9859746, 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.

movement GARDENING: THE EASY WAY: May 6, 2-5 p.m. Cost: $30/ person. Location: 845 East St., Huntington. Info: 735-3770.

This three-hour workshop will use the Feldenkrais Method to discover how you can move with more efficiency and less stress in your garden. Awareness through Movement Lessons will help you learn to weed out improper gardening movement habits. This workshop will include hands-on practice with garden tools. For more information and registration, visit vermontfeldenkrais.com.

photography ONE-ON-ONE PHOTOGRAPHY: 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.

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Hermine Loves PiLates mat!: Weekly: Mon., 11 a.m., Tue., 5:30 p.m., Thu., 9 a.m., Sat., 9:45 a.m. Cost: $13/dropin; better rates on your class card. Location: Natural Bodies Pilates, 1 Mill St., suite 372, Burlington. Info: 863-3369, lucille@naturalbodiespilates. com, NaturalBodiesPilates.com.

For a strong and beautifully relaxed body, mind and spirit, join Hermine’s mat classes in a calm and professional studio.

In addition to strength and flexibility, Pilates mat exercise relieves stress, promotes wholebody health, restores awareness and results in a general sense of well-being. Private sessions available by appointment.

pottery sPring Pottery CLasses: Classes Mon.-Fri. Location: Montpelier Mud, 961 Route 2, Middlesex. Info: Montpelier Mud, Michael Sullivan, 2247000, info@montpeliermud. com, montpeliermud.com. Mud season is still here! Pottery classes begin May 7 for kids, adults and teens, all levels. $80195, varies by class.

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CaLming tHe anxious Body and mind WitH Lindsay foreman: May 10-31, 5:30-7:15 p.m., Weekly on Thursday. Cost: $80/person. Location: Vermont Center for Yoga and Therapy, 364 Dorset St., Suite 204, S. Burlington. Info: 658-9440, vtcyt.com. Would you like to feel less anxious and more comfortable with yourself?

In a supportive environment, participants will examine their

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yoga 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, anusarainspired, Kripalu and Iyengar yoga. Babies/kids classes also available! Prepare for birth and strengthen postpartum with pre-/postnatal yoga, and check out our thriving massage practice. Participate in our community blog: evolutionvt.com/ evoblog. gentLe yoga & Beginner CLasses: Mon., 7:30 p.m.; Wed., 7:30 p.m.; Thu., 9 a.m. Cost: $12/ drop-in rate, 10-class cards, mo. passes avail. Location: Yoga Vermont, 113 Church St., Downtown Burlington. Info: 238-0594, kathy@yogavermont. com, yogavermont.com. Yoga Vermont offers ongoing Gentle Yoga classes. These classes are suitable for beginning students as well as advanced practitioners looking for a relaxing, nourishing practice. Our studio is quiet and clean. We have props or you can bring your own.

The last Thursday of each month is Restorative Yoga.

LaugHing river yoga: Yoga classes 7 days a wk. Cost: $13/ class; $110/10 classes; $130/ unlimited monthly; Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m. classes by donation, $5-15. Location: Laughing River Yoga, Chace Mill, suite 126, Burlington. Info: 343-8119, laughingriveryoga.com. We offer yoga classes, workshops and retreats taught by experienced and compassionate instructors in a variety of styles, including Kripalu, Jivamukti, Vinyasa, Yoga Trance Dance, Yin, Restorative and more. amazing guest instructors. Beautiful views of the river and plenty of parking.

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snake-styLe tai CHi CHuan: Beginner classes Sat. mornings

Working tHrougH stress and anxiety: a grouP ProCess WitH tisHa sHuLL & CaroLine o’Connor: May 3-Jun. 21, 5:30-7 p.m., Weekly on Thu. Cost: $30/session, $240/series. Location: Vermont Center for Yoga and Therapy, 364 Dorset Street, Suite 204, S. Burlington. Info: 658-9440, vtcyt.com. For those struggling with anxiety and high stress, this group is an chance to develop close relationships with other people, process issues surrounding causes of anxiety and stress, discuss coping mechanisms to live more fully, and work to overcome our fears.

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tHe anatomy of transformation WitH sPeCiaL guest dr. JuLieta i. rusHford-santiago: May 12, 10 a.m.-noon. Cost: $35/person.

Location: Vermont Center for Yoga and Therapy, 364 Dorset St., Suite 204, S. Burlington.

Info: 658-9440, vtcyt.com. learn how simple techniques like daily affirmations and the use of essential oils have a measurable and reproducible effect in the brain, which leads to increased self-awareness and facilitates personal transformation.

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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.

yang-styLe tai CHi: New 8-wk. beginners class session begins Apr. 25, 5:30 p.m. $125.

Cost: $16/class. Location: Vermont Tai Chi Academy & Healing Center, 180 Flynn Ave., Burlington. Turn right into driveway immed. 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.

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own inner “critical” voice in order to find their way to a more compassionate and loving self.

Gentle yoga postures, breathing exercises, journaling and guided meditation practices will be introduced.

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reiki training CLasses: Apr. 23-Aug. 31. Location: Shanti Healing Network, Burlington, VT. Info: Shanti Healing Network, Jennifer Kerns, 339222-4753, JKerns16@gmail. com, shantihealingnetwork. com. learn Reiki! a Japanese technique used to reduce stress, increase relaxation and support your body’s natural ability to heal itself. shanti Healing Network offers custom tailored classes that work with your busy schedule. Reiki levels 1, 2, 3, and a unique master/teacher apprenticeship program. Vsac nondegree grants available.

& Wed. evenings. Call to view a class. Location: Bao Tak Fai Tai Chi Institute, 100 Church St., Burlington. Info: 8647902, 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.

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Ward’s music feels timeless. His weary croon is evocative, his nimble guitar work transporting, whether he’s performing solo, in She & Him with actress and singer Zooey Deschanel, or with Monsters of Folk — his all-star side project with Conor Oberst and Mike Mogis of Bright Eyes and Jim James of My Morning Jacket. With gentle subtlety and an intoxicating whorl of blues, folk and country, Ward carries listeners to places they’ve never been but that feel familiar just the same. On his latest solo album, A Wasteland Companion, Ward muses on a life of travel and attempts to reconcile with what he necessarily leaves at home.

Seven Days spoke with Ward by phone in advance of his show at the Higher Ground Ballroom this Sunday, May 6.

SD: Lee Ranaldo from Sonic Youth is touring with you. What do you think of his new band?

MW: Well, Sonic Youth has been a huge influence since high school. And over the years I’ve become acquainted with Steve Shelley, who plays on my record. And Lee Ranaldo has a new solo record that I’m really excited about. But we’ve never shared a stage, so I’m excited to see what happens.

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SD: Any thoughts on the phenomenon?

MW: I’ve heard it’s a very expensive idea.

And I don’t think music needs more million-dollar ideas. It’s the same thing with film. You don’t need multimillion-dollar effects to tell a story, at least not the stories I enjoy. But if people enjoyed it, that’s great.

SD: I imagine, just as a fan, it must be pretty special to tour with one of your idols from high school.

MW: Absolutely. We just finished a West Coast tour with FireHouse, and it completely blew my mind. Sonic Youth and FireHouse were really the first live experiences of music I ever had. So to be able to share a stage with them was an honor.

SD: Your album has a provocative title.

Is there an explicit statement you’re making, or do you prefer to leave it open to interpretation?

MW: I think the best titles are the ones that people are able to put together on their own. So I’m open to interpretation.

SD: [Laughs.] You’re very kind. Much of the record was inspired by your travels and centers around the things you leave behind when you’re away from home. Do you ever wish your touring schedule were less demanding?

MW: I think I’m the same as everyone. A lot of times when you’re at home, you wish that you were somewhere far away. And sometimes when you’re far away, you wish you were at home. I think that’s just a very

SD: I usually suggest “13,” but that’s a good one, too. Have you spent any time with New Multitudes, the Woody Guthrie tribute that Jim James was involved in?

MW: I have not. But I’d like to hear it.

SD: Have you given any thought to doing that kind of project, not necessarily Guthrie, but exploring the “lost” songbooks of someone?

MW: You know, between making my own records and working with She & Him, that’s a good amount of record production.

I’m not exactly pounding the pavement for new projects.

SEVEN DAYS: You were at Coachella this year. Did you catch hologram Tupac?

M. WARD: I did not. I was not playing that day. I played Friday.

SD: I know it’s a T.S. Eliot reference. And this is probably just my being weird, but for some reason every time I look at the title I think of Garrison Keillor.

MW: Right, right. Well, I like that angle, too. [Laughs.] And I had not heard that interpretation, that the title was some kind of response to “A Prairie Home Companion.” But I really like that. I think you hit the nail on the head.

journalists or acquaintances or friends, I recommend a song called “The Ballad of El Goodo.” That’s a great place to start. Check it out on YouTube.

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human emotion. It’s just a fact of life. But I do believe that music is able to bridge gaps, whether we’re talking about geographic space or moments in time. That’s an element of music that I’m a little bit obsessed with and I keep going back to, for some reason. Especially music’s power to reconstruct time, whether we’re talking about hearing a song and it taking you back to when you were 6 years old, or hearing a song on the radio that in some real way connects you to the 18th century. I’m fascinated. It’s very mysterious. I’ll never know exactly how that works. It has something to do with the brain, and it bears investigation.

And that’s what a lot of the record-making process is for me, delving deeper into these mysteries and realizing that you’ll never get to the bottom of it and still stay fascinated by the idea, and stay inspired. It ends up rearing its head on a lot of these records that I produce.

SD: You dedicated the track “Clean Slate” to the late Alex Chilton of Big Star. What did his music mean to you?

MW: His records have been a big inspiration for a long time. And I’m constantly surprised by how few people are familiar with his catalog. When I am talking to

SD: I really don’t mean this as a backhanded compliment, but some of my favorite moments on your records are your covers. How do you reinterpret something like, say, “Let’s Dance” by David Bowie and genuinely make it your own?

MW: You deconstruct it. You start off with just guitar and vocals and see where that takes you. And when you deconstruct a song to that level, it’s like designing a building from the ground up. It’s no longer some preprogrammed production.

It’s all of a sudden a new beginning.

M. Ward plays at the Higher Ground Ballroom in South Burlington on Sunday, May 6, 7:30 p.m. $22/25. AA. The Lee Ranaldo Band open.

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Meanwhile, in Burlington, a collision of cosmic forces threatens to forever alter the landscape of Queen City debauchery when Mildred Moody’s Full Moon Masquerade meets Cinco de Mayo. Saturday, May 5, the Masquerade invades Nectar’s with an all-star lineup including local hip-hop heavyweights the lynguistiC Civilians and rebelfolk stalwarts 2nd agenda, alongside monthly regulars Mildred Moody, and live body painting by the huMan Canvas.

May God have mercy on our souls.

The Masquerade isn’t the only place you can catch the Human Canvas this Saturday. Body-paint artist kadina dinash will do a special afternoon session at — I swear I’m not making this up — Moe’s Southwest Grill in Williston. Welcome to Moe’s, indeed.

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roots — two members grew up here, including front man Pete Bernhard — and has been making national waves with its latest record, Stomp and Smash: Live at the Mystic Theatre, released late last year.

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Saturday, May 5, finds a perfect union of beer and … well, pretty much anything is a perfect union with beer.

But in this case, the third annual Montbeerlier festival marries delicious brews from Three Penny Taproom with the elastic, genre-bending sounds of the PriMate fiasCo outside on Langdon Street.

Follow up that afternoon hootenanny with a Cinco de Mayo bash in the farmers market parking lot behind Julio’s Cantina.

Sunday is All Species Day, an annual neo-pagan festival that includes a parade, Maypole dancing and the Birth of the Goddess Pageant, which I imagine is like a beauty contest, except that the contestants are dressed up as their favorite animals. Neat.

But wait, there’s more!

By Tuesday, May 8, you should have had ample time to shake the Montbeerlier hangover and/or find a way out of your animal costume.

If so, might I suggest taking in the devil Makes three at the Positive Pie 2? The ragtime punk band has Vermont

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Montpelier has quieted. But this weekend, Golden Dome music will bring some of her luster back.

The marquee event is the What Cheer? Brigade, headlining at the Vermont College of Fine Arts Gymnasium on Friday, May 4. You may remember one of the last big shows at the VCFA gym a few years back.

It was some gypsy band called gogol Bordello. I was there, and it was an allaround great night. Despite being a gym, it’s a nifty place to catch a high-energy show.

It’s sort of like Memorial Auditorium in Burlington, only much more intimate.

Oh, and the acoustics don’t totally suck, which is nice.

As for What Cheer? Brigade, they’re a 19-piece brass band from my native Providence, R.I., who refer to themselves as — this is awesome — “Luddite hardcore.” In other words, they don’t use any amplification. None.

The band is loud enough on its own that it plays its bombastic mix of samba, hip-hop, N’awlins jazz and Balkan grooves au naturel.

They were the sleeper hit of last year’s Newport Folk Festival — and by pulling an anti-BoB dylan, no less.

There are a couple of solid postshow options, including the official after party at the Black Door with a metal band called ChaliCe — not to be confused with the Australian gothic metal band of the same name. You could also swing by Charlie O’s to catch one of my favorite new Burlington bands, altcountry torchbearers shelly shredder, and Seth Gallant’s (in MeMory of Pluto, the dirty Watts) twangy new project, great Western. Speaking of GW, they’ve got some new tracks up on their Bandcamp

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I adore Montpelier and wish I could spend more time there. It’s artsy and friendly.

It has great restaurants.

It has a disproportionate number of bookstores and a great record store. And, of course, it has the greatest bar in the world: Charlie O’s.

It’s a lovable, quirky little city. The kind of place you root for. If it were a movie, it would be Rudy.

Not so long ago, Montpelier was an artistic and cultural hub that nearly rivaled its sister city to the north, Burlington. Obviously, due to the difference in size, they don’t compare on raw volume. But per capita, you could make a convincing argument that the capital city’s music scene was every bit as thriving as the Queen City’s, and was perhaps an even more close-knit community, to boot. The Lamb Abbey was booking bizarre underground shows. The Golden Dome Musicians’ Collective unified disparate parts of the scene under one banner.

Every weekend, it seemed, there was something cool happening in Montpelier.

And at the center of it all was the Langdon Street Café.

Not to beat a dead horse — and because we’ll be taking an in-depth look into the aftermath of LSC’s closing in a few weeks — but when the café shuttered its doors last spring, it was a critical blow to the arts and music scene in central Vermont. Not fatal, mind you, but it changed the city’s complexion. Most reports out of Montpelier over the last several months suggest that the scene is still recovering, and slowly at that.

While venues like the Black Door, Positive Pie 2, Charlie O’s and, recently, Bagitos Café, have helped take some of the sting out of that loss, the buzz that existed around music in

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1/2 Lounge: Scott Mangan & Guests (singer-songwriters), 8 p.m., Free. Rewind with DJ Craig Mitchell (retro), 10 p.m., Free.

Club Metronome: 2KDeep & Mushpost present: Clusterf*ck 2 (EDM), 9 p.m., $3/5/8. 18+.

The Reservoir Restaurant & Tap Room: DJ Slim Pknz All Request Dance Party (Top 40), 10 p.m., Free.

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

Tupelo Music Hall: Melissa Ferrick, Susan Cattaneo (singersongwriters), 8 p.m., $25. AA.

Monkey House: Jim Keller Band, the Aerolites (rock), 7 p.m., $5. 18+.

Radio Bean: Ensemble V (jazz), 7:30 p.m., Free. Irish Sessions, 9 p.m., Free.

Red Square: Shellhouse (rock), 7 p.m., Free. DJ Cre8 (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free.

Red Square Blue Room: DJ Mixx (house), 11 p.m., Free.

champlain valley 51 Main: Folk by Association (folk), 9 p.m., Free.

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City Limits: Top Hat Entertainment Dance Party (Top 40), 9 p.m., Free.

On the Rise Bakery: Bread and Bones (folk), 8 p.m., Donations.

Ian McFeron built his increasingly wide fan base the old-fashioned way: on the

road. Gigging in excess of 200 dates per year for nearly a decade, the Seattle-based songwriter’s yeoman work is paying off. His roots-laden, pop-tinged 2011 record, Summer Nights, garnered national recognition and landed gigs supporting the likes of Patty Griffin, Mike Doughty and Amos Lee. This Saturday, May 5, McFeron plays an intimate gig at the Skinny Pancake in Burlington.

The Skinny Pancake: Pandagrass (bluegrass), 6 p.m., $5 donation.

T Bones Restaurant and Bar: Chad Hollister (rock), 8 p.m., Free.

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Bagitos: Acoustic Blues Jam with the Usual Suspects, 6 p.m., Free.

Gusto’s: Open Mic with John Lackard, 9 p.m., Free.

champlain valley

Dobrá Tea: Grup Anwar (Arabic), 6:30 p.m., Free.

Franny O’s: Karaoke, 9 p.m., Free.

Higher Ground Ballroom: Shpongle presents the Masquerade with Phutureprimitive (EDM), 8:30 p.m., $22/25. AA.

Rí Rá Irish Pub: The Fizz (rock), 8 p.m., Free.

Venue: Karaoke with Steve LeClair, 7 p.m., Free.

central

The Black Door: Johnny Rawls, Dave Keller Band (blues), 8 p.m., $10.

Green Mountain Tavern: Thirsty Thursday Karaoke, 9 p.m., Free.

City Limits: Karaoke with Let It Rock Entertainment, 9 p.m., Free.

On the Rise Bakery: Open Blues Session, 8 p.m., Free.

Levity Café: Open Mic (standup), 8:30 p.m., Free.

northern

Monkey House: Arborea (rock), 9 p.m., $5. 18+.

51 Main: Charlie Hilbert (blues), 8 p.m., Free.

Nectar’s: Trivia Mania with Top Hat Entertainment, 7 p.m., Free. Bluegrass Thursday with Something With Strings (bluegrass), 9:30 p.m., $5/10.

18+.

City Limits: Trivia with Top Hat Entertainment, 7 p.m., Free.

Chow! Bella: Sean Ashby (singer-songwriter), 7 p.m., Free.

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

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Jones, Potbelly (rock), 9 p.m., $6.

Higher Ground Showcase Lounge: Horse Feathers, Brown Bird, the Porters (chamber folk), 7:30 p.m., $12/14. AA.

Bee’s Knees: John Smythe (singer-songwriter), 7:30 p.m., Donations.

1/2 Lounge: Burgundy Thursdays with Joe Adler and guests (singer-songwriters), 7 p.m., Free. Harder They Come with DJs Darcie and Chris Pattison (dubstep), 10 p.m., Free.

Club Metronome: Serotheft, the Big Dirty, the Bumping

Green Mountain Tavern: DJ Jonny P (Top 40), 9 p.m., $2.

Purple Moon Pub: First Crush (indie pop), 8 p.m., Free.

Leunig’s Bistro & Café: Lila Webb & the Cartwheels (jazz), 7 p.m., Free.

On Tap Bar & Grill: The Ryan Hanson Band (rock), 7 p.m., Free.

Fresh Tracks Farm Vineyard & Winery: Eric Friedman (folk), 5 p.m., Free.

Positive Pie 2: Heather Maloney Band (folk rock), 10 p.m., $5.

Higher Ground Showcase Lounge: Mike Doughty (rock), 7:30 p.m., $16/18. AA.

ONE Pepper Grill: Open Mic with Ryan Hanson, 8 p.m., Free.

central

The Pizza Stone: Jim K & Co. (blues rock), 8 p.m., Donations.

Franny O’s: Karaoke, 9:30 p.m., Free.

Nectar’s: 2KDeep & Mushpost present: Clusterf*ck 2 (EDM), 9 p.m., $3/5/8. 18+.

Venue: Shakedown (rock), 9 p.m., $5.

O’Brien’s Irish Pub: DJ Dominic (hip-hop), 9:30 p.m., Free.

On Tap Bar & Grill: Nobby Reed Project (blues), 7 p.m., Free.

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: Kyle Carey Trio (jazz), 7 p.m., Free. A-Dog Presents (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free.

Red Square Blue Room: DJ Cre8 (house), 10 p.m., Free.

Purple Moon Pub: Open Mic with Bruce Jones, 7 p.m., Free.

champlain valley

On the Rise Bakery: ITR @ OTR with Derek Burkins (singersongwriters), 8 p.m., Donations.

Two Brothers Tavern: DJ Jam Man (Top 40), 10 p.m., Free.

northern

Bee’s Knees: Phineas Gage (bluegrass), 7:30 p.m., Donations.

Brown’s Market Bistro: Folk

by Association (folk), 7 p.m., Free.

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

regional

Monopole: Doom and Friends (rock), 10 p.m., Free.

Two Brothers Tavern: The John Cugno Band (blues), 10 p.m., $3.

northern

Bee’s Knees: Stephen Morabito and Friends (acoustic), 7:30 p.m., Donations. Chalice (metal), 11 p.m., $5.

Rimrocks Mountain Tavern: Friday Night Frequencies with DJ Rekkon (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free.

Monopole Downstairs: Gary Peacock (singer-songwriter), 10 p.m., Free.

Levity Café: Friday Night Comedy (standup), 8 and 10 p.m., $8.

Olive Ridley’s: Karaoke, 6 p.m., Free.

Lift: Ladies Night, 9 p.m., Free/$3.

Monopole: Timbre Coup (rock), 10 p.m., Free.

Tabu Café & Nightclub: Karaoke Night with Sassy Entertainment, 5 p.m., Free.

Marriott Harbor Lounge: Pine Street Jazz (jazz), 8:30 p.m., Free.

Therapy: Pulse with DJ Nyce (hip-hop), 10 p.m., $5.

Therapy: Therapy Thursdays with DJ NYCE (Top 40), 10:30 p.m., Free.

Monkey House: Ulubula (rock), 9 p.m., $5.

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1/2 Lounge: John Creech and Co. (singer-songwriter), 7 p.m., Free. Bonjour-Hi (house), 10 p.m., Free.

Backstage Pub: Karaoke with Steve, 9 p.m., Free.

Banana Winds Café & Pub: Adam Springer (acoustic), 7:30 p.m., Free.

Club Metronome: No Diggity: Return to the ’90s (’90s dance party), 9 p.m., $5.

Franny O’s: Cousin It (rock), 9:30 p.m., Free.

Higher Ground Ballroom: Schoolboy Q. Ab-Soul (hip-hop), 8:30 p.m., $14/16. AA. Higher Ground Showcase Lounge: First Friday with Jane Boxall, DJs Precious & Llu (marimba, house), 8 p.m., $5/10.

18+.

JP’s Pub: Dave Harrison’s Starstruck Karaoke, 10 p.m., Free.

Nectar’s: Ashley Sofia (solo acoustic), 7 p.m., Free. Spiritual Rez, Otis Grove (reggae, funk), 9 p.m., $5.

On Tap Bar & Grill: Loose Association (acoustic rock), 5 p.m., Free. High Rollers (rock), 9 p.m., Free.

Radio Bean: Bill Burrell (singer-songwriter), 7 p.m., Free.

Rachel Efron (singer-songwriter), 8 p.m., Free. Troy Cartwright (country-soul), 9 p.m., Free. The Shakedown (rock), 10 p.m., Free.

Drunkard’s Dream (rock), 11:30 p.m., Free. Sean Ashby (rock), 1 a.m., Free.

Red Square: Casio Bastard (electro-rock), 5 p.m., Free. Booze ’n’ Brews: Meet the Beer Cocktail, 6 p.m., Free. The Blame (rock), 8 p.m., $5. DJ Craig Mitchell (house), 11 p.m., $5.

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1/2 Lounge: Dave Grippo & Friends (jazz), 7 p.m., Free. Space Echo with DJ Jahson & guests (house), 10 p.m., Free.

Backstage Pub: Phil ’n’ the Blanks (rock), 9 p.m., Free.

Banana Winds Café & Pub: Cinco de Mayo Party with the Banditos (rock), 8 p.m., Free.

Club Metronome: Retronome (’80s dance party), 10 p.m., $5.

Franny O’s: Karaoke, 9 p.m., Free.

Higher Ground Ballroom: Christina Perri, Sleeping at Last (pop), 7:30 p.m., $20. AA. Higher Ground Showcase Lounge: Barefoot Truth (acoustic pop), 8:30 p.m., $12/15.

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Red Square Blue Room: DJ Robbie J (house), 9 p.m., $5.

JP’s Pub: Dave Harrison’s Starstruck Karaoke, 10 p.m., Free.

Ruben James: DJ Cre8 (hip-hop), 10:30 p.m., Free.

Levity Café: Saturday Night Comedy (standup), 8 p.m., $8.

Rí Rá Irish Pub: Supersounds DJ (Top 40), 10 p.m., Free.

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Monday goes international — and super geeky — with the Netherlands-based fantasy prog metal band KNIGHT AREA. Imagine DIO riffing on Dungeons & Dragons. With keytar. This might be the most awesomely dorky metal band I’ve heard of since SEVEN KINGDOMS, who are — again, not making this up — a Florida power-metal band that bases all of its material on the A Song of Ice and Fire series by GEORGE R.R. MARTIN — better known as the books on which the HBO series Game of Thrones is based. No jape.

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rockers. Then, said young rockers grow up, start real bands and give back by rocking even harder.

Everybody wins.

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announced the dates for this year’s second annual Grand Point North Festival. The two-day bash, which last year featured a slew of great local bands alongside bigname national acts, will again take place at Burlington’s Waterfront Park, but this time not in conjunction with the Lake Champlain Maritime Festival. Rather, GPN (the fest) will happen on September 14 and 15 with some guys called the AVETT BROTHERS co-headlining.

The full lineup should be announced later this month.

Tickets are on sale now at gpnfest.frontgatetickets.com.

Last but not least, Angioplasty Media announced the full lineup for its second annual Waking Windows festival, which is at various locations around Winooski Thursday, May 10, through Saturday, May 12. Unlike last year, the indie-rock fest is not going up against the Burlington Discover Jazz Festival, which

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means I can actually go to a WW show or two. Nifty.

We’ll have a full rundown in next week’s column. In the meantime, check out angioplastymedia.net for schedule and ticket info.

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.

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Here’s the gist: Musicians toss their names into a hat that morning. Said names are pulled at random and said musicians are placed in a new band. Each new band has the day to practice for a showcase that evening.

Rocking ensues and, likely, a train wreck or two. At the end of the night, all proceeds, including donated instruments, benefit Girls Rock Vermont, a day camp for aspiring young female

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MARRIOTT HARBOR LOUNGE: Christopher Peterman Quintet (jazz), 8:30 p.m., Free.

MONKEY HOUSE: Rock Lotto and Instrument Drive (rock), 9 p.m., Donations.

NECTAR’S: Mildred Moody’s Full Moon Masquerade: Lynguistic Civilians, 2nd Agenda, Mildred Moody, the Human Canvas (rock, hip-hop), 9 p.m., $5. Cinco de Mayo Fiesta Grande: the Bounce Lab, the Bumping Jones, Cake Effect, Toni Macaroni, Robo-T (EDM), 1 p.m., Free.

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ON TAP BAR & GRILL: The Inlaws (rock), 9 p.m., Free.

RADIO BEAN: Less Digital, More Manual: Record Club, 3 p.m., Free. Briana White (singersongwriter), 6 p.m., Free. Andrew Merzi (singer-songwriter), 7 p.m., Free. Justin Levinson (rock), 9 p.m., Free. BAM (rock), 10 p.m., Free. Atlatl (metal), 11 p.m., Free.

Captain Chet Lawson’s Snake Oil Revue (punk-grass), 12:30 a.m., Free.

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RED SQUARE: DJ Raul (salsa), 2 p.m., Free. Todo Bien (acoustic), 5 p.m., Free. The Harple Veve Project (rock), 8 p.m., $5. DJ Mario (house), 11 p.m., $5. DJ

A-Dog (hip-hop), 11:30 p.m., $5.

RED SQUARE BLUE ROOM: Craig Mitchell (house), 7 p.m., Free.

T BONES RESTAURANT AND BAR: Open Mic, 7 p.m., Free.

central

THE BLACK DOOR: The Dirk Quinn Band (funk), 9:30 p.m., $5.

CORK WINE BAR: Kalev Freeman and Doug Perkins (jazzgrass), 8 p.m., Free.

MULLIGAN’S IRISH PUB: Ryan Hanson Band (rock), 7 p.m., Free.

POSITIVE PIE 2: Movement of the People (Fela Kuti tribute), 10 p.m., $10.

champlain valley

CITY LIMITS: Dance Party with DJ Earl (Top 40), 9 p.m., Free.

GOOD TIMES CAFÉ: Paul Geremia (blues), 8:30 p.m., $15.

TWO BROTHERS TAVERN: 3 Sheets 2 the Wind (rock), 10 p.m., $3.

northern

BEE’S KNEES: Folk by Association (folk), 7:30 p.m., Donations.

ROADSIDE TAVERN: DJ Diego (Top 40), 9 p.m., Free.

regional

MONOPOLE: Mutherload (rock), 10 p.m., Free.

TABU CAFÉ & NIGHTCLUB: All Night Dance Party with DJ Toxic (Top 40), 5 p.m., Free.

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1/2 LOUNGE: Songwriter’s Series (singer-songwriters), 7 p.m., Free. Building Blox with DJs Y-DNA & Legotronix (dubstep), 10 p.m., Free.

CLUB METRONOME: Johnny Rawls, Dave Keller Band (soul, blues), 6:30 p.m., $8/10. 18+.

HIGHER GROUND BALLROOM: M. Ward, Lee Ranaldo Band (singer-songwriter), 7:30 p.m., $22/25. AA. HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: Colin Hay, Chris Trapper (rock), 8 p.m., $23/25.

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RIMROCKS MOUNTAIN TAVERN: DJ Two Rivers (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free.

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steeped in its steamy blues and soul traditions from the moment he could hold a guitar and unleash a heartsick howl. He has played alongside the titans of genre and is now widely regarded as one himself. This week Rawls plays three Vermont dates: Thursday, May 3, at the Black Door in Montpelier; Saturday, May 5, at the Stone Church in Bellows Falls; and Sunday, May 6, at Club Metronome in Burlington. Local soul and blues

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challenged delivery is subsumed by the cacophony around him.

Perhaps that, too, is partly the point. Boatman’s Lament is drenched in the same sense of detached doom that one imagines must surround Charon, condemned to an eternity of monotonous labor. Even in the album’s louder, more dramatic moments — the screeching second half of closer “Strange Roux,” for instance — there’s a chilling sense of impending dread.

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Man, it’s gotta be tough to be the Boatman, spending eternity ferrying lost souls across the river Styx.

Nobody is happy to be on that boat.

The conversations must be positively dreadful — “Can you believe I’m dead?

Like, what the fuck?” ?” And the scenery can’t be all that great, either. Plus, the Boatman has to charge for the privilege of delivering passengers to eternal damnation. How often do you think he gets a tip for that?? He’s the cabbie on the highway to hell, and the meter is always running.

On their self-titled debut, Ferrisburgh-based quintet Boatman’s Lament offer Charon a little commiseration as well as something for the ol’ CD changer — Sirius’ signal presumably doesn’t reach Hades. The band delivers a sulfur-y maelstrom of self-described “Green Mountain progressive alterna-sludge.” Or, for the layperson, melodic metal and hard rock with sinister prog leanings. With six songs clocking in at a combined 53 minutes, the album is a fitting soundtrack for those long, slow paddles to purgatory, which in this case is largely a compliment.

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The Aerolites’ self-titled debut album doesn’t adhere to the confines of any one genre. Instead, it exists somewhere in the familiar grounds between jam, Americana and blues. In the first track, “Deception,” one can detect a healthy dose of the Grateful Dead, a hint of Tom Petty and a pinch of B.B. King — hardly a unique amalgamation in the Burlington music scene. In fact, it feels like we’ve heard this band and these songs a million times before, pouring from open windows up and down Buell Street in mid-July.

There is a fundamental problem with this genre-blending aesthetic. To simplify music history: The intention of jam music is a sort of transcendence, the intention of Americana is identification, and the intention of blues is toe-tapping salvation. When most bands attempt to channel these three influences in a single moment, the individual effect of each one is lost. The Grateful Dead pulled this off seemingly without effort, and it set their music apart from anything else. Ever. Such skill is rare.

But the Aerolites sound comfortable and content in their already-carved-out groove — just riding the snake. These kinds of jam-band songs seem to write themselves on the front lawns of this town.

The sounds you will encounter on The Aerolites are familiar, well played and easy on the mind. The album is chock-full of bouncing bass lines and playful guitar solos, but they just don’t demand the listener’s attention. You

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The primary culprit is vocalist Matt Schoop, whose delivery recalls late Alice in Chains front man Layne Staley.

And I don’t mean when Staley was alive. I mean zombie Staley. Schoop’s anguished drone is the perfect vocal 802.881.0068 • nidovt.com complement to his band’s bruising, 209 College St., Suite 2e brooding aesthetic. But at times his Burlington, Vermont near-monotone and occasionally pitch-

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can hear something there, but it simply glides over your ears and is gone. The same goes for Jeremy Harple’s often fast-fast-fast vocal delivery.

Perhaps this fleeting lightness is the music’s purpose. If so, the Aerolites succeed — this sounds like the soundtrack to a pleasant Burlington night. They’re not demanding your full attention; they just want you to half listen and relax.

But when taken out of that background-music setting, The Aerolites demonstrate all too well that bands can do everything technically right — and with a great amount of skill — but if they don’t take risks, their songs are quickly carried away, like a Frisbee on a crisp summer breeze.

The Aerolites play the Monkey House on Wednesday, May 2.

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1/2 lounge: sofa+Kings with DJs JJ & Jordy (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free. cluB MetronoMe: Thick chick (electro-dub), 9 p.m., $5/10. 18+.

HigHer ground BallrooM: Dark star Orchestra (Grateful Dead tribute), 9 p.m., $22/25. AA. leunig’s Bistro & café: Tom cleary Trio (jazz), 7 p.m., Free.

Monty’s old Brick tavern: Open mic, 6 p.m., Free. nectar’s: Tuesday Bluesday: the Bob macKenzie Blues Band, 9 p.m., Free/$5. 18+. on tap Bar & grill: Trivia with Top Hat Entertainment, 7 p.m., Free. radio Bean: Gua Gua (psychotropical), 6 p.m., Free. Eliza Rickman (singer-songwriter), 8:30 p.m., Free. Honky-Tonk sessions (honky-tonk), 10 p.m., $3. red square: storm cats (rock), 7 p.m., Free. upsetta international with super K (reggae), 8 p.m., Free. craig mitchell (house), 10 p.m., Free.

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two BrotHers tavern: Trivia night, 7 p.m., Free. monster Hits Karaoke, 9 p.m., Free.

HigHer ground BallrooM: neon Trees, chain Gang of 1974, nico Vega (rock), 7:30 p.m., $15/17. AA.

radio Bean: Last October (folk), 6 p.m., Free. Ensemble V (jazz), 7:30 p.m., Free. irish sessions, 9 p.m., Free.

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leunig’s Bistro & café: cody sargent Trio (jazz), 7 p.m., Free.

red square: Tickle Belly (folk rock), 7 p.m., Free. DJ cre8 (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free.

Bee’s knees: max Weaver (singer-songwriter), 7:30 p.m., Donations.

Moog’s: Open mic/Jam night, 8:30 p.m., Free.

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1/2 lounge: scott mangan & Guests (singer-songwriters), 8 p.m., Free. Rewind with DJ craig mitchell (retro), 10 p.m., Free.

ManHattan pizza & puB: Open mic with Andy Lugo, 10 p.m., Free.

tHe Black door: comedy night with B.O.B. (standup), 9:30 p.m., $5. gusto’s: Open mic with John Lackard, 9 p.m., Free.

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red square Blue rooM: DJ mixx (house), 11 p.m., Free.

city liMits: Karaoke with Let it Rock Entertainment, 9 p.m., Free.

Monkey House: six Brew Bantha, Bullshit Tradition, White Widow (rock), 9 p.m., $5. 18+.

tHe skinny pancake: pandagrass (bluegrass), 6 p.m., $5 donation.

on tHe rise Bakery: Open Bluegrass session, 8 p.m., Donations.

nectar’s: consider the source, the Edd (sci-fi middle Eastern funk), 9 p.m., Free/$5. 18+.

t Bones restaurant and Bar: chad Hollister (rock), 8 p.m., Free.

northern

one pepper grill: Open mic with Ryan Hanson, 8 p.m., Free.

central

on tap Bar & grill: pine street Jazz, 7 p.m., Free.

Bee’s knees: Zack dupont (singer-songwriter), 7:30 p.m., Donations.

Bagitos: Acoustic Blues Jam with the usual suspects, 6 p.m., Free.

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B

ill Ramage knows big art.

The artist has spent the last 30 years creating sculptural drawings and photographic works so enormous that precious few Vermont venues can accommodate them.

Castleton College’s Christine Price Gallery is one of them. So it’s fitting that Ramage, a semiretired art professor there, has curated the high-ceilinged space — which is actually the lobby of the John and Susan Casella Theater — since he transformed it into a gallery more than 30 years ago.

“We can be big and ostentatious here,” says Ramage, 69, exuding an infectious enthusiasm. It’s easy to see that he’s the kind of effervescent teacher who turns his students on to art for life.

Just be sure to call his art venue a gallery. “I get angry when people call it a lobby,” he says.

On a recent visit, it is anything but an ordinary vestibule. Castleton art instructor Oliver Schemm has filled the space with his interactive sculptures, creating a wonderland of arty toys, the highlight of which is the “Wunderkammer,” an old-fashioned, round, canvas tent filled with antique oddities and mysterious creations.

Visitors step inside to discover a mobile made of an old bugle, a bone, a small

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Inside Oliver Schemm’s “Wunderkammer”

propeller and a vintage Jell-O mold. On the floor sits an intriguing silver suitcase beside some sort of stove, from which emanates the gurgling sound of a radiator (or is it a passing train?). There’s a rusty typewriter, a cigar box and a grand sea captain’s steering wheel in front of a scratched-up mirror.

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It’s difficult to resist touching everything: prying open the suitcase, grabbing hold of the steering wheel and peering inside the cigar box. Survey questions Schemm distributes at the gallery entrance reveal that he hopes visitors do interact with the works. Ramage says a recent gallerygoer told him that when she caught a glimpse of herself in the tent mirror, she was surprised to find herself smiling.

Outside the tent, Schemm offers other opportunities for play: a 5-foottall circle of wood that can be spun by pulling a metal bar; a “Rocking Wheat Pendulum”; and a roughly 10-foot-high

Ferris wheel that rotates when cranked, causing brightly colored metal fish to loop around in place of passenger cars.

There’s an advantage to showing artwork in a lobby space: A couple thousand people pass through over the course of any given show, says Ramage. Running an academic gallery has its perks, too. “We don’t have to worry about a market,” he says. “We can do anything; we can be all over the place.”

Castleton has a relatively small art department — only three full-time faculty members — so the gallery, as Ramage sees it, is vital to exposing students to a broad range of work from professional artists. Plus, he says, “I think it’s good to challenge the community.”

Not every show is a hit, though. Ramage recalls one 15 years ago in which an artist wound black insulation tape around the inside of the gallery. Ramage overheard a tour guide leading a group of prospective students through the space. “Usually, there’s art in here,” she said.

Ramage began his teaching career at Ohio State University, but moved to Vermont after the 1970 shootings at nearby Kent State. By 1978, he was teaching at Castleton and about to start the gallery, which he named after local author and illustrator Christine Price.

Ramage has shown his own work here only twice — once before it became a real gallery and once to mark his official retirement in 2007. “I make such unmarketable work,” he says with a self-deprecating smile. A recent drawing measured 16 square feet. Several years ago, Ramage filled the Flynndog in Burlington with two roughly 37-by-10-foot panels.

Why so big? “My eyes are 63 inches off the floor,” he says, as if it’s perfectly normal to know the precise height of one’s gaze. Ramage likes the meridian of his work to occur exactly there. “It’s all about perception and space,” he says.

Trained as a sculptor at the Philadelphia College of Art and the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Ramage says, “Actually, I think of all these big drawings as sculptures.”

His face lights up when talking about the big ideas that fuel his big work. “Do you know that when we look at something, it goes to 30 different places in the brain before it becomes a conscious thought?” Ramage asks. “Seeing is just such a magical thing.”

Christine Price Gallery, 86 Seminary Street, Castleton State College. “The Canal of Sch(l)emm & the Zonule of Zinn” by Oliver Schemm, through May 18. Info, 468-1119. castleton.edu/soundings/gallery.htm

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15th Anniversary Show: Work by former and current members of the Rose Street Artists' Co-op.

Through May 12 at Rose Street Co-op Gallery in Burlington. Info, 735-4751.

Brian Collier: "The Collier Classification System for Very Small Objects," a participatory exhibit of things big enough to be seen by the naked eye but no larger than 8 by 8 by 20 millimeters. Through October 15 at Durick Library, St. Michael's College in Colchester. Info, 654-2536.

Carol MacDonald & Erik Rehman: "Transcendence: Mooring the Storm," artwork inspired by interviews with survivors of sexual violence, presented in collaboration with the Women's Rape Crisis Center. Through May 10 at Livak Room, Davis Center, UVM in Burlington. Info, 656-3131.

Chittenden County High School Seniors' Art Exhibition: Work by many of the county's finest high school artists. May 3 through 23 at Union Station in Burlington. Info, 864-1557.

'Curtains Without Borders': Large photographs of Vermont's painted theatrical scenery created between 1900 and 1940, plus one 1930s curtain from Beecher Falls, Vt. May 4 through July 28 at Amy E. Tarrant Gallery, Flynn Center, in Burlington. Info, 652-4510.

David Magnanelli & Brian Eckert: Drawings

by Magnanelli and photographs by Eckert, friends and reciprocal art influences for more than 10 years. Through May 31 at Uncommon Grounds in Burlington. Info, 865-6227.

'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.

Hing Kur: Black-and-white photography. Through May 27 at Pine Street Deli in Burlington. Info, 862-9614.

Jenny Peck: "50+ or - Years of Art in the Making," paintings, photographs and an etching; Champlain Elementary School Show: Clay scenes, sculptures and paper lanterns by fifth graders. Through May 30 at Fletcher Free Library in Burlington. Info, 865-7211.

Kadie Salfi: "Apex Predator: Body Parts," pop-artinfluenced graphics depicting animals targeted for their body parts. Through June 23 at BCA Center in Burlington. Info, 865-7166.

Lorraine Manley: Landscapes in acrylic.

Through May 31 at Metropolitan Gallery, Burlington City Hall. Info, 865-7166.

Michael Sipe: "Silent Faces," photographs of Burlington's homeless community. Through May 27 at Speeder & Earl's (Pine Street) in Burlington. Info, 658-6016.

Mr. Masterpiece: "The Naughty Naked Nude Show," figurative drawings and semiabstract acrylic paintings. Through May 31 at Artspace 106 at The Men's Room in Burlington. Info, 864-2088.

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Julie Püttgen: "Under the Shadowless Tree," encaustic paintings, postcards and cut-paper works. Through May 11 at AVA Gallery and Art Center in Lebanon.

The artist discusses her work: Thursday, May 3, 5:30 p.m. Info, 603-448-3117.

Upper Valley PhotoSlam 2012: More than 180 photos by photographers of all ages and experience levels. May 4 through June 1 at PHOTOSTOP in White River Junction. Reception: Music, food and an awards ceremony. Friday, May 4, 5-8 p.m. Info, 698-0320.

Gala Grand Opening: The new art center celebrates its official opening with a watercolor show by Jeanne Carbonetti. Saturday, May 5, 5:30-8 p.m., Vermont Institute of Contemporary Arts, Chester. Info, 875-1018.

'We Deliver!': Mail and stamp art that has made it through the postal service to SEABA. May 4 through 31 at SEABA Center in Burlington. Reception: Friday, May 4, 5-8 p.m. Info, 859-9222.

Nick Cooper & Oakin Roy: Artwork by the BFA students.

Through May 3 at Julian Scott Memorial Gallery, Johnson State College. Talk: Thursday, May 3, 3 p.m. Info, 635-1469.

Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen: The American decorative arts curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art delivers "Visionary Vermont Collectors: The Remarkable Legacy of Henry LeGrand Cannon, Electra Havemeyer Webb and J. Brooks Buxton." Wednesday, May 2, 6 p.m., Fleming Museum, UVM, Burlington.

Info, 985-3346.

'Art + Soul' Open House: Artists tour the grounds and get inspired for 'Art + Soul,' a one-night-only group art show featuring Intervaleinspired work. Saturday, May 5, 2-3:30 p.m., Intervale Center, Burlington. Info, artandsoulvt.org.

Jeanne Carbonetti: “The Power of Beauty: Introducing the Paradise Suite,” watercolors. May 5 through June 17 at Vermont Institute of Contemporary Arts in Chester.

Talk: Sunday, May 6, 2 p.m. Info, 875-1018.

receptions 'Night Light': Nighttime and low-light photography by artists around the world. Through May 13 at Darkroom Gallery in Essex Junction. Reception: Friday, May 4, 5-7 p.m. Juror Linda Rutenberg, who has photographed some of the world’s most famous gardens under the cover of night, tells her story: Saturday, May 5, 3 p.m. Info, 777-3686.

Ben Barnes: "Lesser Landmarks of Vermont," paintings. Through June 8 at Northeast Kingdom Artisans Guild Backroom Gallery in St. Johnsbury. Reception: Saturday, May 5, 3-5 p.m. Info, 748-0158.

Klara Calitri: "Flower Power," paintings and pastels. Through July 1 at Brandon Artists' Guild.

Shanley Triggs: "Vermont As I See It," watercolors. Through June 8 at River Arts Center in Morrisville.

Reception: Thursday, May 3, 5-7 p.m. Info, 888-1261.

May Featured Artists: Photo work by Eugene Garron and Suzanne Dollois, wooden bowls by Michael Fitzgerald and mixed-media work by Nancy Hayden. Through May 31 at Artist in Residence Cooperative Gallery in Enosburg Falls. Reception: Thursday, May 3, 5-8 p.m. Info, 933-6403.

Tabbatha Henry & Sage Tucker-Ketcham: "TWO/ Tabbatha Henry and Sage Tucker-Ketcham: Two Artists, Two Locations, Two Mediums," large-format ceramic work and paintings; smaller work by both artists concurrently exhibited at Shelburne's Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery through June 5. May 4 through June 30 at Select Design in Burlington. Reception: Friday, May 4, 6-8 p.m., Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery, Shelburne Info, 985-3848.

CCV Spring Student Art Show: Drawings, paintings, prints, digital photography and graphic design.

May 4 through 31 at Community College of Vermont in Winooski.

Reception: CCV choir and guitar students perform, Friday, May 4, 6-8 p.m. Info, 654-0513.

Justin Hoekstra: "Fist of Ginger," abstract paintings by the UVM senior and BCA Center ArtLab artist in residence. Through May 26 at BCA Center in Burlington.

Reception: Friday, May 4, 5-8 p.m.

Info, 865-7166.

Harald Aksdal: "Colors, Lines and Dots," paintings. May 3 through June 17 at Emile A. Gruppe Gallery in Jericho. Reception: Sunday, May 6, 2-5 p.m. Info, 899-3211.

Bech Evans & Erik Rehman: "Vessels and Semblances," new works in clay. May 4 through 31 at New City Galerie in Burlington.

Reception: Friday, May 4, 5-10 p.m.

Galen Chaney: "Street Level," large, abstract paintings inspired

by Aramaic script and urban graffiti. May 4 through June 23 at BCA Center in Burlington. Reception: The artist gives a talk. Friday, May 4, 5-8 p.m. Info, 865-7166.

'Eclectic Equines': Horsethemed artwork by Lindsey Monyleux, Helen Weatherall, Christine Orcutt and Denlore Photography. May 5 through 19 at ArtisTree Community Arts Center & Gallery in Woodstock. Reception: Horse lovers enjoy refreshments and watch the Kentucky Derby, Saturday, May 5, 5 p.m. Info, 457-3500.

'Emergence': An exploration of digital media by the inaugural class of Champlain College's Emergent Media MFA program. May 4 through 25 at SEABA Center in Burlington.

Reception: Friday, May 4, 5-8 p.m.

Info, 859-9222.

Deanna Meadow: "Nine Generations," black-and-white photographs documenting the Fitch family farm and homestead in Cornish, N.H. May 5 through June 16 at Nuance Gallery in Windsor.

Reception: Saturday, May 5, 4-6 p.m. Info, 674-9616.

'The 3rd Floor Show': New work by artists who occupy one floor of Burlington's Howard Space Center: Julie Davis, Sharon Webster, Linda Jones, Maggie Standley, Paige Berg Rizvi, Maea Brandt, Maggie Sherman and Wylie Sofia Garcia. May 4 through June 27 at Flynndog in Burlington. Reception: Friday, May 4, 6-9 p.m. Info, bren@ flynndog.net.

Rob Hunter: "Barnyards," photographs documenting Addison County's agricultural landscape.

May 4 through 30 at Brickels Gallery in Burlington. Reception: Saturday, May 5, 5-7 p.m. Info, 825-8214.

'Cut & Paste': Collage work in a variety of media, from paper and paint to film and digital media. May 4 through 26 at S.P.A.C.E. Gallery in Burlington. Reception: Gallerygoers bring collage materials and take part in creating what could be the 'World's Largest Collage,’ Friday, May 4, 5-9 p.m., Backspace Gallery, Burlington 'The Road Less Traveled': Artwork by Rock Point School students. May 4-31 at Rose Street Co-op Gallery in Burlington.

Reception: Friday, May 4, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Info, 863-1104.

'The Art of Creative Aging': Juried work by artists over 70 from Washington, Lamoille and Orange counties. Presented by Central Vermont Council on Aging. May 3-29 at Kellogg-Hubbard Library in Montpelier. Reception: Thursday, May 3, 5-7 p.m. Info, 476-2681.

Student Art Show: Work by elementary- and middle-school students from Stowe and Waitsfield. May 3-27 at Helen Day Art Center in Stowe. Reception: Thursday, May 3, 3-5 p.m. Info, 253-8358.

Gregory Forber: Drawings inspired by climbers. May 4 through July 2 at Petra Cliffs in Burlington.

Reception: Friday, May 4, 7-9 p.m.

Info, 657-3872.

'Artist Community: Rhode Island': Work by Dale Chihuly, Bunny Harvey and John Udvardy, among others, in the first in a series of mixed-media group exhibitions examining the extended network of relationships that define creative communities.

Through June 10 at BigTown Gallery in Rochester. Reception: Saturday, May 5, 5-7 p.m. Info, 767-9670.

'Land and Light and Water and Air': New England landscape paintings by artists from around the country; Andrew Orr: Landscape and still-life paintings.

May 4 through July 8 at Bryan Memorial Gallery in Jeffersonville.

Reception: An awards ceremony follows a roundtable discussion with the artists, Sunday, May 6, 2-5 p.m. Info, 644-5100.

Rachel Laundon & Lizzie Post: "Fur & Fins," dog and fish sculptures

by Laundon; "Goin' Back Home," New Orleans-themed artwork

by Post. Through May 31 at The Gallery at Main Street Landing in Burlington. Reception: Friday, May 4, 5-8 p.m. Info, 734-7344.

Christopher Lisle & Shaun Boyce: Large digital photographs

by Lisle and abstract paintings by Boyce. Through May 29 at Nectar's in Burlington. Reception: Friday, May 4, 5-7 p.m. Info, 658-4771.

Ward Joyce: Oil paintings exploring the forms of the city and the architecture of the human body. Through May 31 at Salaam in Burlington. Reception: Friday, May 4, 6-8 p.m. Info, 658-8822.

Jacob Martin: Work by the digital illustrator. Through May 31 at Speaking Volumes in Burlington.

Reception: There's a good chance the artist will play a tiny synth while making cat noises into a microphone, Friday, May 4, 3-6 p.m.

Info, 540-0107.

Lyna Lou Nordstrom: “A Life in Printmaking,” a mini-retrospective of monotypes and other prints.

Curated by SEABA. Through May 27 at VCAM Studio in Burlington.

Reception: Friday, May 4, 5:30-8 p.m. Info, 651-9692.

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Rachel Gross: Prints and works on paper. May 4 through 31 at Two Rivers Printmaking Studio in White River Junction. Reception: Friday, May 4, 6-8 p.m. Info, 295-5901.

dug Nap: “dug Nap’s Stuff,” paintings and an “art bed,” which the artist slides under an easel so he can paint in comfort. He’ll hang out on the bed throughout the month, working on an upcoming performance-art piece. May 4 through 31 at Frog Hollow in Burlington. Reception: The artist sings, reads from his poetry and signs prints, Friday, May 4, 5-8 p.m.

Info, 863-6458.

Duncan McKee: "A Sylvan Suite and Other Recent Works," paintings celebrating the beauty and grace of trees. Through May 31 at North End Studio A in Burlington. Reception: Friday, May 4, 5-7 p.m. Info, 863-6713.

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'Manifold Greatness: The Creation and Afterlife of the King James Bible': A national traveling exhibition that tells the story of the origins, creation and impact of one of the most influential books in history. Through May 11 at St. Michael's College in Colchester. Info, 654-2536.

Ed Epstein: New paintings.

Through June 28 at Vermont Supreme Court Lobby in Montpelier. Reception: Friday, May 4, 5-7 p.m. Info, 828-0749.

'May Day: The Workers Are Revolting!': Artwork by bar employees. May 6 through 31 at Red Square in Burlington.

Reception: Sunday, May 6, 6-9 p.m.

Info, 318-2438.

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Kathy Hart: Paintings and pastels; Gabriel Tempesta: milk paint on board; Adria Lazur: vertical landscapes on canvas. Through May 31 at the Daily Planet in Burlington. Info, 862-9647.

'Creative Competition': Artists bring a work of any size and medium and face off in the Root Gallery and Public Art School's people's-choice competition. $8 entry fee; winner takes all. Friday, May 4, 6-10 p.m., RLPhoto Studio, Burlington. Info, 540-3081.

Jim Thompson: Kites painted with a menagerie of animals and the occasional human. Through May 31 at Black Cap Coffee in Stowe. Reception: Friday, May 4, 3-5 p.m. Info, 279-4239.

Info, 735-2542.

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Justin Hoekstra: "Fist of Ginger," abstract paintings by the UVM senior and BCA Center ArtLab artist in residence. May 4 through 26 at BCA Center in Burlington. Info, 865-7166.

First Friday Art Walk: More than 30 galleries and other venues around downtown stay open late to welcome pedestrian art viewers.

Friday, May 4, 5-8 p.m., Various downtown locations, Burlington.

Info, 264-4839.

Reception: Friday, May 4, 5-7 p.m.

Info, 247-4956.

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'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, gates 1-8; Julia Purinton: oil paintings, skyway; gillian Klein: oil painting, escalator. Through May 31 at Burlington Airport in south Burlington. info, 865-7166.

PoKer hill arts exhibit: Artwork by kids participating in the after school art program in underhill. Through May 18 at The gallery at phoenix Books in essex Junction. info, 872-7111. riKi moss: "The paper Forest," an installation of curious life forms. Through June 12 at winooski welcome Center & gallery in winooski. sara Katz: industrial landscapes in oil, often depicted as if seen through the windows of a passing car. Through May 31 at Vintage inspired in Burlington. info, 355-5418. shahram enteKhabi: Happy Meal, a film featuring a young Muslim girl eating a McDonald's happy Meal, in the new Media niche; 'uP in smoKe': smoke-related works from the museum's permanent collection (through June 3). Through August 26 at Fleming Museum, uVM in Burlington. info, 656-0750. sPring exhibit: work by Joan hoffman, lynda Mcintyre, Johanne Durocher Yordan, Anne Cummings, Kit Donnelly, Athena petra Tasiopoulos, Don Dickson and Kari Meyer. Through May 31 at Maltex Building in Burlington. info, 865-7166. stePhanie holman thWaites: "Collecting light," nature paintings in oil, acrylic and mixed media. Through June 30 at Dostie Bros. Frame shop in Burlington. info, 660-9005.

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area artists shoW: "Beyond landscapes," work in a variety of media. Through June 10 at Chandler gallery in Randolph. info, 431-0204.

John bricKels & Wendy James: Clay creations

by Brickels and paintings and photography by James. Through May 31 at governor's office gallery in Montpelier. info, 828-0749.

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courtney Perry: "ghatanaa Bibaran: Memoir," photographs, sketches and drawings from a recent trip to nepal. Through May 8 at surdam gallery, green Mountain College, in poultney. info, 287-8398.

Kathrena raVenhorst-adams: "spring Bloom," watercolors, oil paintings and pastels. Through June 30 at Blinking light gallery in plainfield. info, 454-1275.

'green mountain Watercolor exhibition': work by James gardner, peter Jeziorski, peter huntoon, Barbara pafume, Robert o’Brien, Robert sydorowich and gary eckhart. Through May 4 at Valley Art Foundation Festival gallery in waitsfield. info, 496-6682.

leanne callahan: "Transform," oil paintings and ceramic work. Through May 8 at Feick Fine Arts Center, green Mountain College, in poultney. info, 287-8398. linda maney & missy storroW: "Textural Abstracts," acrylic, watercolor, oil, collage and mixed-media work. Through June 2 at Capitol grounds in Montpelier. info, curator@capitolgrounds.com.

hannah lansburgh & ben Peberdy: "new!™" collage work. Through June 6 at Main street Museum in white River Junction. info, 356-2776.

dug Nap. But many would be surprised to learn that the prolific Burlington artist creates many of his witty folk-art paintings in an “art bed.” “I like to be comfortable when I paint,” writes Nap of the bed on wheels, which he slides under an easel. “It also has a swing arm, which holds my brushes and miscellaneous art supplies, and was inspired by my dentist’s chair.” Hey, whatever works. Catch Nap in action creating a new performance-art piece on the art bed — and browse his original paintings — in a show called “dug Nap’s Stuff” at Burlington’s Frog Hollow through May 31. Pictured: “Cellphone City.”

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Call to aRtiStS WoRld’S laRGeSt CollaGe! Join us at the Backspace Gallery as we attempt to create the World’s Largest Collage! Guinness has been notified, so bring your supplies and scrap paper or just bring your hands, and we will provide the rest. The interactive collage will start at the opening reception on Friday, May 4, 5-9pm, and continue during the open gallery hours until May 26th. 266 Pine St., Suite 106, Burlington. Info, spacegalleryvt.com, 578-2512.

Wall to CanvaS: Seeking ‘street-style’ artists who use wheat pasting, stencils, collage, spray painting, markers and the like to create unique pieces of art for a creative liveart competition for cash prizes, at the Magic Hat Artifactory on Saturday, August 25. Must be 21+ to apply. Deadline: July 20.

Submission forms at magichat. net/walltocanvas.

CallinG foR entRieS: A juried photography exhibition: “Secrets and Mysteries.”

Deadline: June 6, midnight.

Juror: Catherine Edelman.

Exhibit to open July 5. Info, darkroomgallery.com/ex30.

Call to photoGRapheRS: This exhibit is about two photographic extremes, microphotography and macrophotography (aka wide-angle photography). Juror: Felice Frankel. Info, darkroomgallery. com/ex29. need aRt-feStival vendoRS: 10-by-10 spaces available at Memorial Day Weekend art festival. Last-

minute discounts available.

Info, Nichole, 888-5515. Info, vtartisanfestival.com. viSionS of yoRe: Gallery Hijinks seeks artists for a juried exhibition, visions of yore.

Info, galleryhijinks.com/about/ juried-exhibition. vt aRtiSanS needed: Seeking artisans in all mediums for a Burlington Town Center cooperative store opening in September 2012. Interested? Email darcyhandy@hotmail.com. maGiC hat aRtSpaCe: We’re looking for visual artists to hang for three-month blocks throughout the year. Send submissions for consideration to cochtera@nabreweries. unBound vol. ii Book aRt: Presented by ArtisTree Gallery.

Open to all artists working in New England or New york.

Juror: Daniel Kelm. Cash prizes. visit artistreevt.org/unboundentry for entry guidelines.

CReative Competition_004: Presented by the Root Gallery. $8 entry fee. People’s-choice vote: winner takes all (compounded entry money).

Limit one piece, any size, media or subject. Friday, May 4, 6-10 p.m. vote for your favorite piece until awards ceremony at 8:30 p.m. Location: RLPhoto, 27 Sears Lane, Burlington. Info, publicartschool@gmail.com. flaminGo flinG: The southern bird flies once again!

Twenty-five pink flamingos are available for artists’ interpretation to benefit SEABA for this year’s Flamingo Fling and Annual Meeting at the Soda Plant. Pick up your bird at the SEABA Center, 404 Pine Street, Monday through Wednesday,

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9-5 p.m. Decorate and bring back by June 15 for participation in the event. Info, seaba. com, 859-9222.

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aRt + Soul: Seeking submissions in any medium for creative pieces inspired by the Intervale Center. Artists will be invited to a one-night benefit and event on June 7, in which the artwork will be sold with a 50-50 split going to the Intervale and to the artist, and you set the price!

Info and submission forms, artandsoulvt.org.

JeRiCho plein aiR feStival: Second annual festival to be held July 21. To register, email blgreene@myfairpoint.net or call 899-2974. adk CoaSt aRtWayS pRoJeCt: Seeking original artworks on the theme of “set sail.” Winner receives regionwide recognition through reproductions of their work on mass transit, airports and merchandise. Deadline: May 7.

Info, plattsburgharts.org. diGital aRt ShoW: This show is open to artists creating their work in a digital environment.

All artwork must have been produced on a computer. This is not a show for digital photography. iPhone and iPad work will be accepted. Exhibition dates: June 5 through 30. visit vtframeshop.com for more info and registration form. 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.

SuSan Bull Riley: "Closely Observed," watercolors of flowers and birds. Through May 31 at Montpelier City Hall. Info, 540-679-0033.

'SWeet!': Works in a variety of media make up this sugary feast for the eyes; 'the teeny tiny': Four-square-inch works and other silent-auction items to benefit SPA programs; hal mayfoRth: "My Sketchbook Made Me Do It." Through May 26 at Studio Place Arts in Barre. Info, 479-7069.

david CaRlSon & phoeBe Stone: "Lost & Found: Recent and Rescued Photographs," new color shots paired with prints from black-and-white negatives

by Carlson; pastels and oil paintings by Stone.

Through May 31 at Carol's Hungry Mind Café in Middlebury. Info, 388-7050.

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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 at Edgewater Gallery in Middlebury. Info, 458-0098.

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Jill madden: Landscape paintings examining moments of solitude. Through May 31 at Edgewater Gallery in Middlebury. Info, 458-0098. oliveR SChemm: "The Canal of Sch(l)emm & the Zonule of Zinn," sculpture by the Castleton College art instructor. Through May 18 at Christine Price Gallery, Castleton State College. Info, 468-1119.

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'tol’ko po RuSSky, pozhaluiSta (RuSSian only, pleaSe)': Russian School photographs, Slavic festival costumes and Russian Imperial badges make up this exhibit chronicling the history of Norwich's Russian School, which operated from 1968 to 2000. Through September 2 at Sullivan Museum & History Center, Norwich University in Northfield. Info, 485-2183.

annual Student aRt ShoW: Work in a variety of media by area students. Through May 19 at Chaffee Art Center in Rutland. Info, 775-0356.

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'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.

5th annual Community ShoW: Work in a variety of media by community members of all ages. Through May 19 at Art on Main in Bristol. Info, 453-4032.

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SuSan SmeReka & Jodi Whalen: "Repair," an installation of 1700 weathered clothespins and more than 100 chine-collé collages, by Smereka; abstract landscapes by Whalen, who uses her grandfather’s antique French paintbrushes.

Through May 31 at Quench Artspace in Waitsfield.

Info, 496-9138.

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Student Artwork exhibit: The annual showing of drawings, sculpture, photographs, paintings, prints, installations and video created throughout the year. Through May 27 at Johnson Memorial Building, Middlebury College. Info, 443-3168.

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dAvid Smith: Landscape paintings. Through May 31 at Peacham Library. Info, 592-3216.

Group bFA Show: Work in a variety of media.

May 7 through 12 at Julian Scott Memorial Gallery, Johnson State College. Info, 635-1469.

JAnet wormSer: Paintings that explore abstraction in nature through pattern, ornament and color. Through May 13 at Claire's Restaurant & Bar in Hardwick. Info, 472-7053.

JeAn Cherouny: "Source of Empathy," recent paintings. Through May 20 at Dibden Center for the Arts, Johnson State College in Johnson. Info, 388-0320.

JeAnnie peterSon: "Reflections on Lake Champlain," photographs by the Vermont artist.

Through May 31 at Island Arts South Hero Gallery.

Info, 489-4023. mAGGie neAle: Abstract oil paintings. Through June 11 at Parker Pie Co. in West Glover. Info, 525-3041. merrill denSmore & JAmeS nACe: Paintings by the GRACE artists. Through May 13 at Bee's Knees in Morrisville. Info, 586-8078. 'mixinG it up': Work by new gallery artists Laura Schiff Bean, Marc Civiterese, Clark Derbes, Anna Dibble, Sarah Horne, Mallory Lake, Lori Lorion and Jessie Pollock. Through June 20 at West Branch Gallery & Sculpture Park in Stowe. Info, 253-8943.

permAnent ColleCtion exhibit: Work by Gayleen Aiken, Curtis Tatro, Mary Paquette, Huddee Herrick, Stanley Mercile, Emile Arsenault and Phyllis Putvain. Through July 10 at GRACE in Hardwick. Info, 472-6857. hArriet wood: "OCCUPY Space," abstract paintings by the antiwar artist. Through May 25 at River Arts Center in Morrisville. Info, 888-1261.

'Sweeten your pAlette: A SAppy Art Show': Maple-themed artwork. Through May 5 at Village Frame Shoppe & Gallery in St. Albans. Info, 524-3699.

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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. 'nAture trAnSFormed: edwArd burtynSky'S vermont QuArry photoGrAphS in Context': Monumental photographs from Danby, Barre and Carrara, Italy; 'men oF Fire: JoSé Clemente orozCo And JACkSon polloCk': Paintings, drawings and prints Pollock created following his 1936 trip to Dartmouth to see Orozco's recently completed mural cycle, plus Orozco's preparatory drawings for the mural (through June 17). Through August 19 at Hood Museum, Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H. Info, 603-646-2808.

'StAr wArS: identitieS: the exhibition': An interactive investigation into the science of identity through Star Wars props, costumes, models and artwork from the Lucasfilm Archives.

Through September 16 at Montréal Science Centre.

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Ketcham have more artwork than will fit in one gallery. So beginning May 4, they’re taking over two — Shelburne’s Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery through June 5 and Burlington’s Sage Tucker-Ketcham: Two Artists, Two Locations, Two Mediums.” It’s composed of Tucker-Ketcham’s multilayered, mixed-media abstractions and Henry’s ceramic work, about which she writes, “Sunlight filtered through trees; the play of the shadows on the sparkly snow; seemingly random patterns in a pile of leaves or sticks; rainwater pooling

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n the morning of April 20, I listened to “The Writer’s Almanac” as Garrison Keillor intoned, “It was on this day in 1841 that the first detective story was published: ‘The Murders in the Rue Morgue,’ by Edgar Allan Poe.” Realizing that The Raven would hit theaters in a matter of days, I wondered whether the timing was a sign the filmmakers really knew what they were doing, or pure coincidence. Well, I have my answer.

Nobody involved with this movie had the slightest clue what they were doing.

That certainly is true of screenwriters Ben Livingston and Hannah Shakespeare, whose idea it was to reimagine the author as an action hero. Their script takes as its starting point the historical fact that Poe was found wandering the streets of Baltimore raving incoherently on October 3, 1849, and died days later. The pair works backward from there, purporting to show us what Poe did during the days leading up to the third and thereby to explain his peculiar state.

Their solution to the mystery? Crime fighting. Local police are baffled when a series of killings turn out to be copycat murders inspired by Poe’s stories, and they seek

the writer’s assistance in tracking down the madman responsible. Of course, this doesn’t make a lick of sense — having concocted the fictional crimes wouldn’t give Poe an advantage in figuring out who’s imitating them in real life. Unfortunately for audiences, though, that’s far from the film’s biggest problem.

A bigger problem is that Poe is played by John Cusack. Hello? Poe was barely 5-foot8. The actor is 6-foot-3. And whose idea was the goatee? Cusack gives the most embarrassing performance of his career, fumbling from one poorly written scene to another.

One minute he’s doing his impression of a drunken genius; the next, giving us Poe the great lover; and then, most absurdly of all, chasing a suspect on horseback while firing gunshots into the Baltimore fog. Did I mention they make him wear a cape?

Luke Evans hams it up as police inspector Emmett Fields. It’s he who makes the connection between the gruesome crimes and Poe’s plots and recruits the writer to aid in his investigation. Alice Eve plays Emily Hamilton, a golden-tressed young heiress (she appears still to be in school) with an improbable thing for the by-this-time washed-

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’ve noticed an interesting phenomenon in reviewing movies. After any given film, critics are more likely to proclaim their love or hate, while the actual ticket buyer’s response is frequently “Eh, ’s all right,” as if they’d just enjoyed a perfectly good but not special hamburger.

This is partly because critics are picky (yes), and partly because we have to see whatever’s on offer. (Picking out and paying for a flick gives you a sense of ownership, which only disappears when you get something you weren’t expecting.) But sometimes critics, too, watch a movie and think, “Eh, ’s all right.” The problem is, that reaction doesn’t make for much of a review.

Hence this overlong introduction to my review of The Five-Year Engagement, which is a perfectly all-right movie. And by “all right,” I do not mean “meh,” as people say on the internet. Directed by Nicholas Stoller and written by Stoller and star Jason Segel (the team behind Forgetting Sarah Marshall), the film is funny and astute. Beginning where many romantic comedies end — with a proposal — it captures all the things that can go wrong with a relationship between the ring and the aisle.

Segel and Emily Blunt play the engaged couple, Tom and Violet, a chef and a psychol-

PISTOL-PACKIN’ POE Cusack plays the writer in a silly thriller that misfires at every turn.

up 40-year-old opium addict and alcoholic.

We aren’t forced to tolerate her lack of acting talent long. Shortly after one of Poe’s colleagues is given the “Pit and the Pendulum” treatment, she’s kidnapped during a masked ball thrown by her father and imprisoned in a casket under the bad guy’s floorboards, à la “The Premature Burial.”

What has any of this got to do with “The Raven,” Poe’s timeless poem? Not a thing.

Among the other questions raised by this dreary costume train wreck: What sort of bet did the great Brendan Gleeson lose to get him within a mile of the movie? And who is the feeble-minded filmmaker posing as V for Vendetta director James McTeigue? There’s simply no way the creator of that picture created this one. (Unless he skied into a

tree between projects. But I feel confident we would have heard about that on TMZ.) Never mind the goatee and the cape — whose bright idea was it to give Poe a pet raccoon?

I’m not making this stuff up.

Regrettably, however, someone did. What that person and the gifted artists who agreed to help bring the vision to fruition were thinking is beyond me. This is such goofball nonsense that it could’ve been good fun presented in the proper spirit, but there’s nothing camp or tongue-in-cheek about the film.

Movies simply do not get more ham-handed and hackneyed than this. Somewhere, Edgar Allan Poe is spinning in his grave. And somewhere, the folks who dole out Razzies are taking note.

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ogist, respectively. Post-proposal, they leave San Francisco and his upscale restaurant job for the University of Michigan, where she hopes to start her own career with a postdoc. Violet quickly settles in, but the only job Tom can find in Ann Arbor is slinging deli coleslaw beside a burly, bearded dude (Brian Posehn) who proclaims himself “a pickle geek.”

That detail may seem irrelevant, but it illustrates what makes The Five-Year Engagement just “all right”: The stuff happening at the margins is consistently more entertaining than the center. Blunt is cute and energetic throughout, and Segel does an endearing sad-sack shtick as Tom sinks into depression. But he’s already played this role a few too many times.

Viewers may find their attention wandering to the supporting cast, familiar to anyone who watches NBC’s Thursday-night lineup.

Violet’s sister and her shotgun husband — Alison Brie (of “Community”) and Chris Pratt (of “Parks and Recreation”) — steal most scenes they’re in. I’d happily watch a whole movie about that misbegotten couple, or about Lauren Weedman’s gravel-voiced Chef Sally. Mindy Kaling, Rhys Ifans, Jacki Weaver, Molly Shannon and others pop in to offer their own inspired, improv-style bits.

LONG HAUL The latest Apatowproduced comedy starts where most rom coms end.

As a disjointed comedy sampler, the movie shines. But as a whole, it’s about as dramatically compelling as ... a five-year engagement. The films of Judd Apatow (who produced) tend to meander, but Bridesmaids and Knocked Up still had tension at their cores. In Engagement, there’s no real suspense about whether Segel’s character will be dumped, because previous movies have trained us to see him as the good-hearted slacker who eventually gets his life in gear and gets the girl. He is, as we learned last Thanksgiving, a “Muppet of a man,” and who could resist that?

This Hollywood transformation is a touch ironic, because Segel started his career in another Apatow project, the TV series “Freaks and Geeks,” playing a good-hearted slacker who pursues an out-of-his-league girl, wins her, annoys her and becomes something of a stalker. Now there’s the kind of thorny relationship scenario that evokes viewers’ love, hate and painful laughter. (Maybe Segel needs to rediscover his dark side.) Watching Engagement, the most one can say is that Tom and Violet could both do a lot worse than stay together. Eh, ’s all right.

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Meanwhile, Alike’s best friend (Pernell Walker), who’s already left home, teases her because she hasn’t “lost her cherry” with a girl yet, while Alike’s beloved dad (Charles Parnell), a cop, would rather his daughters stay virgins for life. It’s a confusing world Alike is navigating...

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aries (March 21-april 19): on the one hand, you’re facing a sticky dilemma that you may never be able to change no matter how hard you try. on the other hand, you are engaged with an interesting challenge that may very well be possible to resolve. Do you know which is which? now would be an excellent time to make sure you do. it would be foolish to keep working on untying a hopelessly twisted knot when there is another puzzle that will respond to your love and intelligence. go where you’re wanted. gemiNi (May 21-June 20): “My father-inlaw was convinced that his sheepdogs picked up his thoughts telepathically,” writes richard Webster in his article “Psychic animals.” “He needed only to think what he wanted his dogs to do, and they would immediately do it. He had to be careful not to think too far ahead, as his dogs would act on the thought he was thinking at the time.” to this i’d add that there is a wealth of other anecdotal evidence, as well as some scientific research, suggesting that dogs respond to unspoken commands. i happen to believe that the human animal is also capable of picking up thoughts that aren’t said aloud. and i suspect that you’re in a phase when it will be especially important to take that into account. be discerning about what you imagine, because it could end up in the mind of someone you know! caNcer (June 21-July 22): your right brain and left brain have rarely been on such close speaking terms as they are right now. your genitals and your heart seem to be in a good collaborative groove, as well. even your past and your future are mostly in agreement about how you should proceed in the present. to what do we owe the pleasure of this rather dramatic movement toward integration?

Here’s one theory: you’re being rewarded for the hard work you have done to take good care of yourself.

gist was intrigued to discover an interesting fact about the rodent known as the elephant shrew: it much prefers to slurp the nectar of pagoda lilies than to nibble on peanut butter mixed with apples and rolled oats. The biologist didn’t investigate whether mountain goats would rather eat grasses and rushes than ice cream sundaes or whether lions like

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fresh-killed antelopes better than Caesar salad, but i’m pretty sure they do. in a related subject, leo, i hope that in the coming weeks you will seek to feed yourself exclusively with the images, sounds, stories and foods that truly satisfy your primal hunger rather than the stuff that other people like or think you should like.

success in hunting down remedies for complaints of both a physical and psychological nature. but you should be cautious about relying on conventional wisdom, just in case some of it resembles the idea that cigarettes are good for you. and always double-check to make sure that the cures aren’t worse than what they are supposed to fix.

Virgo (aug. 23-sept. 22): There are only a very few people whose ancestors were not immigrants. They live in africa, where Homo sapiens got its start. as for the rest of us, our forbears wandered away from their original home and spread out over the rest of the planet. We all came from somewhere else!

This is true on many other levels, as well. in accordance with the astrological omens, i invite you Virgos to get in touch with your inner immigrant this week. it’s an excellent time to acknowledge and celebrate the fact that you are nowhere near where you started from, whether you gauge that psychologically, spiritually or literally.

caPricorN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): outer space isn’t really that far away. as astronomer Fred Hoyle used to say, you’d get there in an hour if you could drive a car straight up. i think there’s a comparable situation in your own life, Capricorn. you’ve got an inflated notion of how distant a certain goal is, and that’s inhibiting you from getting totally serious about achieving it. i’m not saying that the destination would be a breeze to get to. My point is that it’s closer than it seems.

liBra (sept. 23-oct. 22): “When i’m good, i’m very good,” said Hollywood’s original siren, Mae West, “but when i’m bad, i’m better.” i think that assertion might at times make sense coming out of your lips in the next two weeks. but i’d like to offer a variation that could also serve you well. it’s articulated by my reader sarah edelman, who says, “When i’m good, i’m very good, but when i’m batty, i’m better.”

Consider trying out both of these attitudes, libra, as you navigate your way through the mysterious and sometimes unruly fun that’s headed your way. scorPio

(oct. 23-nov. 21): The Weekly World News, my favorite source of fake news, reported on a major development in the art world: an archaeologist found the lost arms of the famous Venus de Milo statue. They were languishing in a cellar in southern Croatia.

Hallelujah! since her discovery in 1820, the goddess of love and beauty has been incomplete. Will the louvre Museum in Paris, where she is displayed, allow her to be joined by her original appendages and made whole again? let’s not concern ourselves now with that question. instead, please turn your attention to a more immediate concern: the strong possibility that you will soon experience a

Taurus (april 20-May 20)

From an astrological perspective, it’s the New Year season; you’re beginning a fresh cycle.

How would you like to celebrate?

You could make a few resolutions — maybe pledge to wean yourself from a wasteful habit or self-sabotaging vice. You could also invite the universe to show you what you don’t even realize you need to know. What might also be interesting would be to compose a list of the good habits you will promise to cultivate, and the ingenious breakthroughs you will work toward, and the shiny yet gritty dreams you will court and woo. comparable development, the rediscovery of and reunification with a missing part of you.

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(nov. 22-Dec. 21): seventeenth-century physicians sometimes advised their patients to consume tobacco as a way to alleviate a number of different maladies, from toothaches to arthritis. a few doctors continued recommending cigarettes as health aids into the 1950s. This bit of history may be useful to keep in mind, sagittarius. you’re in a phase when you’re likely to have

aQUariUs (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): When most Westerners hear the word “milk,” they surmise it has something to do with cows. but the fact is that humans drink milk collected from sheep, goats, camels, yaks, mares, llamas and reindeer. and many grocery stores now stock milk made from soybeans, rice, almonds, coconut, hemp and oats. i’m wondering if maybe it’s a good time for you to initiate a comparable diversification, aquarius. you shouldn’t necessarily give up the primal sources of nourishment you have been depending on. Just consider the possibility that it might be fun and healthy for you to seek sustenance from some unconventional or unexpected sources.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20): you wouldn’t want to play a game of darts with an inflatable dartboard, right? if you were a smoker, you’d have little interest in a fireproof cigarette. and while a mesh umbrella might look stylish, you wouldn’t be foolish enough to expect it to keep the rain out. in the spirit of these truisms, Pisces, i suggest you closely examine any strategy you’re considering to see if it has a built-in contradiction. Certain ideas being presented to you — perhaps even arising from your own subconscious mind — may be inherently impractical to use in the real world.

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Investigators identified Thomas McMartin, 56, as the person who planted a motion-activated camera in a women’s locker room at New York’s Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute because he inadvertently photographed himself setting up the camera. “We have recovered numerous still photos which do indicate numerous female adults in various stages of undress, and we have recovered digital evidence which implicates the defendant,” Troy police Captain John Cooney said. (Troy’s Record)

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London-based Aviva Investors inadvertently sent an email notifying its entire worldwide staff of 1300 workers that they’d been dismissed and reminding them to turn over company property as they left their workplace. “It was intended that this email should have gone to one single person,” company official Paul Lockstone explained, adding, “From time to time, things go wrong.” (Bloomberg News)

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Mayor Bob Buckhorn issued a list of items that will be considered security threats at this summer’s Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla. On it are masks, plastic or metal pipe, string more than six inches long, air pistols, and water pistols.

Real pistols, however, are allowed. “If we’d tried to regulate guns, it wouldn’t have worked,” city attorney Jim Shimberg said, noting that state law bans all restrictions on carrying firearms in public places.

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Because the cabin is in the protected Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness area outside Aspen, restrictions hamper the cows’ removal. “We can’t use any mechanical means,” Segin said. “No aircraft, no helicopters, no chain saws, no ATVs.” There’s also a fire ban. As a result, the Forest Service is considering blowing up the cabin with the cows inside. The Colorado Cattleman’s Association said the animals probably entered the cabin seeking shelter during a snowstorm, couldn’t figure out how to exit it and starved to death. (Denver’s KMGH-TV)

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Hildebrandt, of Berlin’s Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, travels to South Africa and searches for wild bulls by helicopter. He immobilizes the animals using a narcotic dart, then applies a procedure called “electro-ejaculation,” which uses a 5- to 15-volt charge to force out a sperm sample. The challenge, Hildebrandt explained, is that the anesthetic in the dart triggers a muscle contraction that causes the elephant’s 1.5-meterlong penis to retract into its cavity. “In order to extract the sperm hygienically, we have to get the tip out and clean it,” Hildebrandt explained, noting that doing so takes some teasing. The sperm is then collected and immediately frozen. It costs

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roughly $130,000 to collect three liters of elephant sperm, enough to impregnate 65 cows — theoretically speaking, because although Project Frozen Dumbo has been collecting semen this way for two years, no female elephant has yet to be successfully inseminated with sperm that has been previously frozen. “But we’re close to it,” Hildebrandt said. “We’re very, very optimistic.” (Sweden’s Local)

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Porch soon? When: Friday, April 27, 2012. Where: bright blue kitchen with the checkerboard floor. You: Woman. Me: Woman. #910147 Barnes & Noble Lovely I sat across from you Friday afternoon (4/27), sitting at the next table at Barnes & Noble. You were blond. I wore black. You looked bright and shiny and happy in there. I keep thinking of that glance and smile that reached out. Who are you?

When: Friday, April 27, 2012. Where: Barnes & Noble. You: Woman. Me: Man. #910146 Spread Some Springtime Cheer It would be nice for a change of pace to see the Ispy used as a place for random kindness and praise. Let’s see how many people during the last bit of April and May can spy people doing random acts of kindness to others around the region. Try and work in your plug for a date, if appropriate ;). When: Friday, April 20, 2012. Where: here and there. You: Man. Me: Man. #910145

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mistress maeve Dear Mistress,

My friends convinced me to write you about this experience I had recently with a one-night stand — he had the weirdest habit when he was about to orgasm. During the roughly 12 hours we spent together, we had sex twice. Both times, as he was getting ready to come, he would tense his face and grunt out, “one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, 10.” When he hit 10, he orgasmed. I didn’t ask him about it, and he didn’t mention anything about this strange habit. I know that everyone has an O-face they make during orgasm, but is it normal to have a ritual like counting to 10?

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Dear Habitual Ritual,

Habitual Ritual

While counting out loud is one of the more unique orgasm stories I’ve heard, it could be worse. Remember when Charlotte from “Sex and the City” had sex with the guy who couldn’t orgasm without saying, “You fucking bitch, you fucking whore”? By comparison, counting to 10 is quite tame.

It’s perfectly natural to develop orgasm rituals, and many of these habits are started from a young age. It’s reasonable to think that your guy has been counting to 10 for as long as he’s been masturbating.

As an adult, he may have trouble achieving his desired orgasm without counting. Orgasm rituals are more common than you think — from pointing one’s toes to balling up the sheets into one’s fist, most of us have something we do while getting off. An informal poll of my friends this week revealed stories of teeth grinding, breath holding and chanting, “Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God.” All in all, your guy’s habit is totally normal. However, I don’t understand why he wouldn’t count backwards from 10 to one — certainly a countdown is more climactic than a count up. “Three, two, one, blast-off!”

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Burton Boy Talk, dark and handsome father of two beautiful girls. I am so blessed to be able to call you my husband and best friend. Thank you for all the hard work you do both at home and at work. We love you! J, A and E :) When: Tuesday, April 24, 2012. Where: Burton Snowboards. You: Man. Me: Woman. #910136

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